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ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. I WILL NOW CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
[1) CALL TO ORDER]
THE TIME IS 6:01 P.M. MADAM CLERK, CAN WE PLEASE HAVE THE ROLL CALL? MAYOR MEDINA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER RAYA. HERE.COUNCIL MEMBER. REYNA. I'M HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM SALDAÑA AND COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ ARE ABSENT.
THANK YOU. IF YOU CAN, PLEASE STAND FOR THE FLAGS LOOP.
THE LOOP PLEDGE AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON
[5) APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
TO ITEM NUMBER 5. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA? YES. HONORABLE MAYORWE HAVE, BECAUSE OF THE QUORUM WE HAVE, WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THE MEETING.I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE DEFER THAT ITEM TO A LATER MEETING WHEN WE HAVE A FULL QUORUM.
AND THAT WHAT ITEM WAS THAT? IT'S 14.A. 14.A? ALL RIGHT. IS THAT THE ONLY CHANGE? YES IT IS.
MAYOR, I HAVE HOUSEKEEPING I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS ITEM IS. CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY RISK MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY ON THAT REPORT THE WORD RISK IS MISSPELLED AS RICK.
WE COULD JUST CHANGE THAT TO RISK THAT WOULD BE GREAT I CAN DO BETTER I [LAUGHTER] INTENDED TO WRITE THE ITEM NUMBER, BUT I FAILED TO AUTHORITY. IT'S AT 11.C? WHAT DID YOU IT YEAH LOOKS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IT IN THE LAST LINE OF THAT PARAGRAPH? YES IT'S STILL RUNNING AND ONE OF THEM IS SPELLED AS RICK. YES HOUSEKEEPING.
THE INDIVIDUAL ITEM YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU'RE RIGHT MY APOLOGIES. OKAY, SO WE'LL MAKE NOTE OF THAT.
IF IT'S IN THE TITLE IT SHOULDN'T AFFECT THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE ITEM.
NO. IT WAS JUST SPELLING CORRECTION SO ANYWAY, MY APOLOGIES. I MOVED TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER REYNA HAS MOVED TO APPROVE THE AGENDA WITH DEFERRING BUSINESS 14.A.
SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER REYNA MADE A MOTION AND COUNCIL MEMBER RAYA SECONDED.
MAYOR MEDINA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER RAYA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER REYNA.
MOTION IS APPROVED WITH THREE AYES, WITH MAYOR PRO TEM SALDAÑA AND COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ ABSENT.
THAT'S FINE GOT IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT THANK YOU. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 6 PRESENTATIONS.
[6.a. BeWith - Community Calendar Platform ]
WE HAVE ITEM 6.A BEWITH COMMUNITY CALENDAR PLATFORM.AND TODAY WE HAVE A VIRTUAL PRESENTATION AND COMMONNESS.
HOPEFULLY I DON'T MISSPELL YOUR NAME, BUT ASAPH HALEY, IS THAT GOOD?
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YES THAT'S PERFECT. AND HE'S A CHIEF GROWTH OFFICER.IS THAT CORRECT? YES. ALL RIGHT THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MAYOR MEDINA NICE TO MEET EVERYONE.
I'LL JUST SHARE MY SCREEN. IS THIS WORKING? YEP WE SEE IT.
OKAY, PERFECT. SO, A QUICK OVERVIEW ON OUR PLATFORM.
REALLY, THE MAIN CHALLENGE THE SYSTEM IS HERE TO SOLVE IS THAT RESIDENTS ARE MISSING OUT ON KEY EVENTS, ACTIVITIES, PROGRAMS, AND BASICALLY THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY.
THERE ARE TOO MANY PLATFORMS, TOO MANY STAKEHOLDERS, TOO MANY DIFFERENT WEBSITES.
SO REALLY, THE IDEA IS THAT, FIRST OF ALL, FROM THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS OR THE DIFFERENT INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS, BUT THERE'S ALSO A POSSIBILITY TO BRING EVENTS FROM THE ECOSYSTEM ITSELF.
IT'S SUPER SIMPLE, THE WAY THE SYSTEM WORKS. SO ONE WAY TO HOST EVENTS ON THE PLATFORM IS THAT LOCAL EVENT ORGANIZERS OR LOCAL OR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS COME AND CREATE EVENTS ON THE CALENDAR.
OKAY? WHAT DOES THIS ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE. SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE CITY OF MACOMB IN ILLINOIS.
THIS IS THEIR WEBSITE. THE IDEA IS THAT THE CENTRALIZED CALENDAR IS GOING TO BE EMBEDDED INTO THE WEBSITE SEAMLESSLY, AS WE CAN SEE OVER HERE. RESIDENTS CAN COME IN AND FILTER BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
CLICK ON A SPECIFIC EVENT OR JUST GO TO SEE ALL EVENTS.
I LIKE TO SHOW THIS EXAMPLE BECAUSE IT SHOWS PERFECTLY THE ECOSYSTEM.
SO AS I SCROLL DOWN OVER HERE AS A RESIDENT, I CAN SEE THAT THERE'S AN EVENT FROM THE YMCA, FROM A SPORTS ORGANIZATION, FROM THE PARKS DISTRICT TO LOCAL MUSEUM.
SO THIS IS THE IDEA TO HAVE THIS ONE UNIFIED PLACE FOR RESIDENTS TO FIND EVERYTHING.
THE PLATFORM IS OBVIOUSLY MOBILE FIRST, SO THE USER EXPERIENCE IS ALWAYS CUSTOMIZED FOR MOBILE.
THAT'S HOW WE KNOW TODAY 89% OF RESIDENTS ACTUALLY USE THE SYSTEM.
PEOPLE DON'T TYPICALLY OPEN UP A DESKTOP TO COME AND SEE EVENTS.
AND MAYBE ONE LAST PIECE OF INFORMATION OVER HERE.
EVEN THE SEARCH CAPABILITIES TODAY ARE REALLY UP TO DATE.
SO LET'S SAY I'M LOOKING FOR A BOOK CLUB. I'LL CLICK OVER HERE, SEARCH, AND THEN IT SCANS ALL OF THE EVENTS THAT EXIST ON THE CALENDAR AND JUST GIVES ME BACK ALL THE, IN THIS CASE, ALL THE BOOK CLUBS, SO I CAN SEE WHATEVER IS RELEVANT, READ MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT BOOK CLUB AND THEN GO SIGN UP OR WHATEVER THAT USE CASE IS.
MAYBE ONE LAST EXAMPLE RELATIVELY CLOSE TO YOU FOLKS.
SO THIS IS BEAUMONT IN CALIFORNIA. AGAIN, SAME IDEA.
THIS IS THEIR CALENDAR. ONE LAST PIECE THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE.
AS YOU CAN SEE OVER HERE, THIS IS AN EVENT UNDERPINNING ADMIN APPROVAL.
IT ALWAYS WILL TAKE A WASCO STAFF TO GO OVER THE EVENT ITSELF AND DECIDE IF THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE EVENT AND IT'S GOING TO BE BASICALLY POSTED OR PUBLISHED FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO THIS JUST IS AN EXAMPLE OF A LOCAL THAT IS CREATING A FREE DOCUMENTARY FILM SCREENING.
OKAY. I'LL HAND IT OVER TO YOU FOLKS IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR MAYBE SORRY.
ONE LAST ITEM. THIS IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR THE CITY OF WASCO ON THE WEBSITE.
SO WE ALREADY BUILT THE INTEGRATION, BUT IT'S NOT PUBLIC YET.
AND THIS IS LIVE WHAT YOUR CALENDAR LOOKS LIKE.
SO IT ALREADY HAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT MEETINGS.
AND THERE'S ALREADY LIKE A MOBILE HEALTH CLINIC.
WHAT WE'RE DOING IS GETTING MORE AND MORE EVENTS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
AND THIS IS GOING TO GO LIVE. PERFECT THANK YOU.
I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. COUNCIL MEMBER ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YEAH JUST ONE QUESTION. BEFORE ANY ORGANIZATION IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THE STAFF FROM THE CITY HAS TO SCREEN IT? THEY HAVE TO APPROVE IT FIRST, RIGHT?
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YEAH ABSOLUTELY. OKAY THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS MEMBER RAYA? NO WILL BE ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY AND WITH PRIOR APPROVAL FROM OUR STAFF.SO NOTHING THAT WOULD NOT BE PERTINENT WOULD MAKE IT TO THE CALENDAR.
SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT'S LIVING IN THE CITY WEBSITE.
IF A COMMUNITY MEMBER, COMMUNITY LEADER OF AN ORGANIZATION WANTS TO POST, THEY UPLOAD IT DIRECTLY LIKE THEY WOULD GO TO THE WASCO WEBSITE AND UPLOAD THE DOCUMENT THERE AND THEN IT GOES FOR STAFF APPROVAL? WHAT IS THAT? OR WHAT DOES THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE? YES SO IT'S EXACTLY THE WAY YOU SAID IT.
I'LL GO BACK MAYBE TO A CERTAIN SLIDE TO SHOW YOU AGAIN.
SO THE WAY EVENTS GET ON THE CALENDAR. SO ONE ROUTE IS WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED.
LOCAL STAKEHOLDER COMES TO THE CALENDAR, THERE'S A PLUS BUTTON.
IT FILLS OUT. IT OPENS UP A FORM WHICH THEY NEED TO FILL OUT.
THEY NEED TO ACCEPT THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO GO OVER THE POLICY OF THE CITY.
AND THEN THEY CAN GO AND CREATE AN EVENT UNDER PENDING ADMIN APPROVAL STATUS, MEANING THAT ONLY WHEN CITY STAFF WILL REVIEW THIS EVENT AND DECIDE TO APPROVE IT, ONLY THEN IT WILL BE POSTED ON THE CITY'S CALENDAR.
AND THEN THE OTHER WAY IS THAT OUR SYSTEM KNOWS TODAY TO PULL AUTOMATICALLY EVENTS THROUGH APIS.
SO IT'S NOT THAT ALL HIGH SCHOOL EVENTS ARE AUTOMATICALLY GOING TO BE PUBLISHED, BUT BASICALLY IT'S GOING TO ELIMINATE MANUAL WORK FOR BOTH THE STAFF AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE STAFF AT THE CITY OF WASCO. SO TWO OPTIONS ON HOW EVENTS COULD APPEAR HERE.
AND IN ANY OPTION, IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT PENDING ADMIN APPROVAL PROCESS WHICH TYPICALLY TAKES A FEW MOMENTS JUST TO READ THAT EVENT, SEE THAT IT HAS A NICE PHOTO, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEN YOU CAN JUST APPROVE IT ON THE SPOT.
OKAY. AND THEN ON THE USER SIDE, YOU MENTIONED THAT IT'S MOBILE FRIENDLY.
SO IS THIS AN APP THAT WE WOULD DOWNLOAD AND WE'RE USING? OR WE WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE WASCO WEBSITE? OR WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE ON THE USER SIDE? SO ON THE USER SIDE, CURRENTLY, THE WAY IT IS FOR THE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF WASCO.
WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT THE CITY COULD ALSO COMMUNICATE WITH RESIDENTS TO INVITE THEM TO UPCOMING EVENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO A REALLY SOLID USE CASE WE SEE IS THAT RESIDENTS GET AN EMAIL OR A TEXT MESSAGE WITH A REMINDER OR AN INVITATION TO AN UPCOMING EVENT.
BUT THAT IS ANOTHER WAY ON HOW THE RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO EXPERIENCE THE PLATFORM.
BASICALLY, JUST TO GET AN INVITATION, SEE A HYPERLINK AND CLICK ON THAT AND BE SENT BACK.
THERE IS AN OPTION OF AN APP WHICH IS JUST RESIDENTS IT WILL BE A WHITE LABEL APP.
BUT CURRENTLY IT'S IN OUR MORE SIMPLE VERSION AS THE WEB VERSION.
OKAY THANK YOU. AND ANOTHER QUESTION THIS WOULD BE MORE FOR YOU, SCOTT.
IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTING OR WE'RE GOING? YES.
WE'RE DOING THIS ENTRY LEVEL KIND OF EXPERIMENTATION WITH IT.
MAKE SURE IT DOES WHAT WE THINK IT WILL. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS MENTIONED, BUT MAYBE BEARS MENTIONING AGAIN, IS THIS AUTOMATED LINKAGE TO OTHER TRUSTED CONTRIBUTORS IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE GET TO DECIDE WHO THOSE FOLKS ARE. THEY GET TO DECIDE HOW MUCH ENERGY THEY WANT IN TO PUT IN AND BUT IT ALSO SAVES US A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME BECAUSE WE CAN BUILD THOSE SAME LINKAGES TO OUR FACEBOOK CONTENT AND OUR INSTAGRAM CONTENT.
AND WE CAN DO USING TOOLS BOTH IN THIS PLATFORM AND IN THE OTHERS.
CREATE OUR CONTENT, POST IT IN ONE SPOT, AND IT PROPAGATES OUT.
SO WE DON'T HAVE OUR STAFF CHASING AROUND FIVE DIFFERENT PLATFORMS. OKAY. AND I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, IT SOLVES ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE STARTED TO SEE TWO BIG PROBLEMS.
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ONE IS AWARENESS IN THE COMMUNITY FOR A SINGLE PLACE TO GO AND MISSING OUT OR STOMPING ON TOP OF OTHER GROUPS EVENTS. BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T KNOW. YEAH, YEAH.WE CAN'T GO AND CHECK EVERY TEN DIFFERENT WEBSITES WHEN WE SET THE DATE FOR OUR EVENT.
YEAH. NO, I REALLY LIKE THAT IT'S A CENTRALIZED HUB ESSENTIALLY.
RIGHT? WITH ALL THE EVENTS AND THEN EVERYTHING IS SORT OF IN THE SAME PAGE.
IDEALLY SO I KNOW YOU'RE SAYING WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE WEB APP, BUT IDEALLY I THINK THIS SORT OF WOULD BECOME AN APP, RIGHT. LIKE WHERE THAT'S THE EASIEST WAY TO NAVIGATE AND IT'S EASIER TO USE AND WHATNOT.
BUT THAT SORT OF FUTURE STATE? AND IF YOU JUST HAVE A PERSISTENT LINK TO THE CALENDAR IN YOUR MOBILE, ON YOUR MOBILE DEVICE, IT'S GOING TO GO RIGHT THERE. IT'S GOING TO LOAD THE MOBILE VERSION OF THE CALENDAR.
SO THERE WILL BE SOME DIFFERENCE IN FUNCTIONALITY BETWEEN THAT AND THE PURE WEB APP.
OKAY. AND IN TERMS OF ARE WE LIVE OR WE'LL BE LIVE AT A CERTAIN DATE OR? GOING TO BE LIVE SOON THERE LOADING CONTENT AND TESTING AND WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE IT AS EFFECTIVE AS POSSIBLE.
WANT TO ESTABLISH THESE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WITH THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND, YOU KNOW, ORANGE HEARTS AND WHOEVER ELSE, GET AS MANY PEOPLE ON BOARD AS POSSIBLE TO KIND OF KICK IT OFF.
SO PEOPLE SEE THE VALUE ON DAY ONE. OKAY AWESOME.
WELL, WE WOULD DEFINITELY WANT TO BE INFORMED OFF OF WHEN THAT HAPPENS SO WE CAN TEST IT AS WELL.
A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS CORRECT.
SO WHEN OUR PARTNERS, SO TO SPEAK, THOSE THAT WERE GIVING ACCESS WILL POST SOMETHING, BUT THAT WILL NOT POST IMMEDIATELY UNTIL OUR STAFF REVIEWS IT. CORRECT. NOW, THE CALENDAR HAS BEEN MENTIONED MORE THAN ONCE IN THIS CONVERSATION.
AND WHAT I'M WONDERING IS YOU'RE CREATING EVENTS AND DOES THIS PLATFORM HAVE THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO INCLUDE IT IN THEIR CALENDAR, AND ALSO LET THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE HEAVY IN THE EVENT KNOW THAT THEY'RE ATTENDING? YES. SO. THERE ARE FEATURES THAT THE SYSTEM SUPPORTS THAT FOR SIGNING UP.
AND IT CAN BE TAKEN WELL BEYOND THAT PROCUREMENT OF TICKETS AND RESERVATIONS.
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF FEATURES THAT WE WILL NOT BE ATTEMPTING TO CONQUER ON DAY ONE.
AND THAT APPLIES TO ANYBODY THAT PARTICIPATES ON THIS PLATFORM.
SO I THINK IT'S GREAT. I REALLY LIKE IT. I LIKE WHAT YOU SHOWED US THAT YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALREADY A LOT OF INFORMATION ON IT, MOSTLY COUNCIL MEETINGS [LAUGHTER]. BUT HOPEFULLY SOON OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AS WELL THANK YOU.
GREAT PRESENTATION, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WITH THAT YEAH GO AHEAD. IF I JUST MAY ADD ONE LAST COMMENT.
BACK TO YOUR QUESTION. SO THERE'S ALSO THERE'S A FEATURE THAT IS A PART OF THE SYSTEM WHERE RESIDENTS CAN SUBSCRIBE TO CALENDARS SO THE CITY CAN DECIDE WHICH CALENDARS ARE GOING TO BE OPEN. BUT BASICALLY IT ENABLES RESIDENTS TO JUST DOWNLOAD ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT CALENDARS TO THEIR SMARTPHONES OR TO THEIR OWN SYSTEMS. SO IT'S SUPER USER, SUPER SIMPLE USER EXPERIENCE FOR RESIDENTS BOTH TO NAVIGATE, BUT ALSO IF THEY WANT TO SIGN UP TO SAVE EVENTS OR TO SAVE A SPECIFIC CATEGORY. SO THEY WILL ALWAYS JUST HAVE IT ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR OWN CALENDAR.
THAT'S HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS. VERY GOOD PERFECT.
ALL RIGHT. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOLKS.
THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS RESERVED FOR PERSONS DESIRING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, INCLUDING THE COUNCIL ACTING AS THE GOVERNING BOARD FOR THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY ON ANY MATTER NOT ON THIS AGENDA OVER WHICH THE COUNCIL AND SUCCESSOR AGENCY HAVE JURISDICTION.
SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES. A MAXIMUM OF 30 MINUTES WILL BE ALLOWED FOR ANY ONE SUBJECT.
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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 NOT IN THE AGENDA, SUBJECT TO NARROW EXCEPTIONS. THIS WILL LIMIT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS AND REQUESTS DURING THIS COMMENT PERIOD.
ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? SEEING NONE. ARE THERE ANY EMAIL COMMENTS? THERE ARE NO EMAIL COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM OR ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEMS. THANK YOU. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 10, PUBLIC SAFETY REPORTS.
[10.b. Wasco Police Department (Fivecoat) ]
GOOD EVENING HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS MY NAME IS SERGEANT GALLAGHER I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF JULY THROUGHOUT THE MONTH, OUR OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A TOTAL OF 1654 INCIDENTS.THIS INCLUDES 1084 CALLS FROM THE PUBLIC AND 570 OFFICER INITIATED ACTIVITIES WHILE ON PATROL A YEAR TO DATE, WE HAVE HANDLED 11,526 INCIDENTS REGARDING ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY.
OUR OFFICERS MADE 119 ARRESTS IN JULY DURING THE YEAR TO DATE, TOTALED TO 656 ARRESTS THERE WERE EIGHT VEHICLE REPORTED STOLEN DURING THE MONTH AND OUR TEAM RECOVERED EIGHT STOLEN VEHICLES.
SO FAR THIS YEAR, WE HAVE HAD 83 STOLEN VEHICLES REPORTED AND 74 RECOVERED LAST MONTH, OUR OFFICERS CONDUCTED 221 TRAFFIC STOPS, RESULTING IN 78 CITATIONS BEING ISSUED AND BEYOND, ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS CONTINUE TO STAY CONNECTED WITH THE COMMUNITY.
THEY MADE 24 POSITIVE, PROACTIVE CONTACTS WITH OUR RESIDENTS WHILE OUT ON PATROL AND LASTLY, WE'RE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR PAL BUILDING WILL OFFICIALLY OPENING AT THE END OF JULY ABOUT 25 TO 30 KIDS HAVE BEEN COMING IN REGULARLY AND ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN THE BOXING AND FITNESS PROGRAMS OUR COACHES AND OFFICERS AND OUR PROUD DIRECTOR HAVE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB CONNECTING WITH THE KIDS AND BUILDING A POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT PERFECT THANK YOU COULDN'T EVEN TELL YOU WE'RE NERVOUS [LAUGHTER].
IF YOU DON'T MIND IN CASE THERE'S ANY THING IN CASE THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.
YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN OFF ALL THIS MONTH, YOU KNOW, AND I CONSTANTLY SEE, YOU KNOW, PATROLLING COPS ALL OVER MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN I GO TO THE STORE. SO THAT TELLS US YOU GUYS ARE ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT.
AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF TWO OF MY BOYS ARE ON THE PAL PROGRAM, AND THEY LOVE IT.
THEY COME HOME ALL EXCITED. AND WHAT MAKES A PROGRAM IS THE COACHES AND THE STAFF THERE.
THAT'S TRUE. YEAH. NO WONDER THEY LIKE IT [LAUGHTER].
THAT NEEDS TO BE ON THE CALENDAR SO WE CAN ATTEND [LAUGHTER]. YEAH NO, IT'S BEAUTIFUL BUILDING.
JUST ONE THING THAT I SEE. I WAS TALKING TO MARIA, AND THEY.
I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO PUT A SHADE STRUCTURE BECAUSE IT DOES GET REALLY HOT.
THE SUN JUST HITS ON THERE BECAUSE SOMETIMES MY BOY, HE'S AN OLDER KID.
AND HE SAYS THAT SOMETIMES I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO PUT THEM BECAUSE IT'S TOO HOT.
YEAH. YEAH SO YEAH SO I'M GLAD THEY GONNA PUT A SHADE STRUCTURE THERE.
YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AWESOME, COUNCIL MEMBER REYNA, ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NO, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SIR. EXCELLENT PRESENTATION. YEAH, EXCELLENT PRESENTATION.
GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. YEAH. I JUST HAVE A COMMENT. JUST DRIVING AROUND WITH SCOTT EARLIER ONE THING THAT THAT WE WERE DISCUSSING WAS IF WE CAN GET ON SOME SORT OF ROTATIONAL PLAN FOR.
I MEAN, SCHOOL IS COMING UP, RIGHT? I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH STAFF TO DEDICATE AN OFFICER FOR EACH SCHOOL, BUT, YOU KNOW, LOOKING INTO HAVING SOME SORT OF ROTATIONAL DEAL WHERE WE HAVE OFFICER PRESENCE, YOU KNOW, BEGINNING OF SCHOOL AND THE SCHOOL, THAT TYPE OF STUFF. I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT PARENTS HAVE BROUGHT UP QUITE A BIT. SO YOU KNOW, WE WOULD DEFINITELY APPRECIATE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SURE THANK YOU. AND I'LL BE SEEING YOU HERE MORE REGULARLY [LAUGHTER]. I DO HAVE SOMETHING I WANT TO BRING UP.
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SOMETIMES IN THE EVENINGS I GO OUT AND WHAT ARE MY PLANS.AND TWICE I'VE HEARD GUN DISCHARGE. AND TO ME, THAT'S WORRISOME.
SO BE AWARE OF THAT. IT IS SOMEWHERE EAST OF THE WEST SIDE PARK, BUT THEY'RE SO CLOSE THAT I CAN HEAR THE ECHO REBOUNDING ON THE HOUSES ACROSS THE STREET.
IT'S REALLY CONCERNING. I DID REPORT IT. AND, YOU KNOW, AN OFFICER WENT BY, BUT AFTER IT HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST YOU'RE GUESSING. I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S COMING FROM.
SO JUST BE AWARE THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MEMBER REYNA.
WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 11. CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS CONSENT CALENDAR.
[11) CONSENT CALENDAR]
THE CONSENT CALENDAR CONSISTS OF ITEMS THAT ARE ROUTINE AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL IN THE STAFF'S OPINION.THIS EVENING WE HAVE ITEMS 11.A TO 11.M.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MEMBERS IF THEY HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON A PARTICULAR ITEM ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. MEMBER RAYA? NONE. MEMBER REYNA? NO CONFLICT MAYOR. AND I HAVE NO CONFLICT.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE AN ITEM? SEEING NONE, ARE THERE ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE AN ITEM? MEMBER RAYA? NO. MEMBER REYNA. NO MAYOR JUST A CORRECTION TO ITEM C.
ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. WITH THE NOTE THAT ITEM C NEEDS A SPELLING CORRECTION.
PERFECT, MADAM CLERK, WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND.
CAN WE GET THE VOTE BY ROLL CALL? OKAY MAYOR MEDINA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER RAYA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER REYNA.
AYE. MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER REYNA. YES COUNCIL MEMBER RAYA. SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RAYA.
YEAH, THOSE TWO LAST NAMES ARE REYNA, RAYA [LAUGHTER].
YES I'M JUST A LITTLE LOST. TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR, WITH THE CONDITION OF THE SPELLING TO BE CORRECTED ON 11.C YES AND COUNCIL MEMBER, MAYOR PRO TEM SALDAÑA AND COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ ARE ABSENT.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 12.
[12.a. Council finds that this action is not a “project” defined under section 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines; Adopt a Resolution Amending the Traffic Impact Fee Rate Schedule pursuant to Chapter 13.24 of the Wasco Municipal Code 02-4269. (Villa)]
PUBLIC HEARINGS ITEM 12.A COUNCIL FINDS THAT THIS ACTION IS NOT A PROJECT DEFINED IN THE SECTION 15378 OF THE CEQA GUIDELINES CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE TRAFFIC IMPACT FEE RATE SCHEDULE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 13.24 OF THE WASCO MUNICIPAL CODE 02-4269. MR. VILLA. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL, WE HAVE THE UPDATED TRAFFIC IMPACT FEES FOR THE COMMUNITY CODE 13.24 THIS ANNUAL REVIEW IS PERFORMED BY THE CITY ENGINEER TO CALCULATE AND ADJUST THE FEES USING THE ENGINEERING NEWS RECORD CONSTRUCTION COST INDEX FROM LOS ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO. LAST YEAR'S FEE WAS $119.22. THIS YEAR IT'S ONE $121.20.
IF APPROVED, THE IMPACT FEE WILL TAKE EFFECT SIX DAYS AFTER TODAY.
STAFF RECOMMENDS ADOPTING A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE TRAFFIC IMPACT FEES RATE SCHEDULE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.
THANK YOU, MR. VILLA. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS? MEMBER RAYA? NONE.
MEMBER REYNA? NO COMMENTS MAYOR WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE OR I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OR I'LL MOVE TO APPROVAL.
CAN I GET A SECOND? I'LL SECOND CAN WE GET A VOTE BY ROLL CALL? MAYOR MEDINA.
AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER RAYA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER REYNA.
AYE. MOTION BY MAYOR MEDINA SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER REYNA TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION.
MOTION IS APPROVED WITH THREE AYES, WITH MAYOR PRO TEM SALDAÑA AND COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ ABSENT.
THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE, LIKE NOTHING HAPPEN.
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12.B COUNCIL FINDS THAT THIS ACTION IS NOT A PROJECT DEFINED IN THE SECTION 15378 FROM THE CEQA GUIDELINES,[12.b. Council finds that this action is not a “project” defined under section 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines; Adopt the 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, Landscape and Lighting Maintenance District No. 01-02, Landscape and Lighting Maintenance District No. 06-1, and Landscape and Lighting Maintenance District 2017-1 for Fiscal Year 2025/26. (Villa) ]
CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION 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 LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO.
01-02 LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO.
06-1 AND LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT 2017-1 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025/2026 MR. VILLA. THANK YOU MAYOR THE CITY HAS FIVE LANDSCAPING LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS THAT REQUIRE THE CITY ENGINEER TO REVIEW AND UPDATE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, ADDING THE INCREASE PER CPI THIS YEAR, CPI WILL INCREASE BY 2.4%.
THE FEES ARE USED TO COVER OPERATING MAINTENANCE COSTS AROUND EACH DISTRICT. STAFF RECOMMENDS ADOPTING EACH RESOLUTION, CONFIRMING THE DIAGRAM AND ASSESSMENT FOR EACH OF THE FIVE DISTRICTS.
WITH THAT, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I'LL ANSWER PERFECT AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ANY COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS? MEMBER RAYA. I HAVE NONE.
MEMBER REYNA. JUST A QUESTION. THIS IS A ROUTINE WE DO THEM EVERY YEAR.
BUT THEN I READ THAT ONE OF THIS WAS A POLICE DISTRICT WHERE WE WERE COLLECTING POLICE FEES.
NO, THIS WAS A PRIOR ONE THAT WAS ON THE ON CONSENT.
OKAY. THAT WAS ON CONSENT. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTION.
ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT WITH THAT, I HAVE NO COMMENTS.
I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. MOVE TO APPROVE MADAM CLERK, CAN WE GET THE VOTE BY ROLL CALL? MAYOR MEDINA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER RAYA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER REYNA.
AYE. MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER REYNA SECONDED BY MAYOR MEDINA TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTIONS.
MOTION IS APPROVED WITH THREE AYES WITH MAYOR PRO TEM SALDAÑA AND COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ ABSENT.
[15.a. Kern Economic Development Corporation (Medina)]
REPORTS FROM COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES. 15.A KERN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.WE HAVE A FUTURE MEETING, SO NOTHING TO REPORT AT THIS TIME.
15.B KERN COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, MR. REYNA. THANK YOU MAYOR.
[15.b. Kern Council of Governments (Reyna)]
THE PERMIT FOR THE HIGHWAY 46 POPULAR PEDESTRIAN BEACON LIGHT IN THE HAWK SYSTEM WAS APPROVED BY CALTRANS AND WAS SUBMITTED TO CAMERON ARNOLD. SO WE HAVE IT ALREADY HERE AT THE CITY.AND I WAS LOOKING BECAUSE I READ THE REPORT WHEN I FIRST GOT IT.
AM I CORRECT IN THAT? YES YEAH THE ONLY REASON WHY I BRING IT UP IS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MOVE FORWARD QUICKLY ON IT, BECAUSE IT DIDN'T SEEM TO HAVE A LONG DEADLINE.
IT WAS A VERY SHORT DEADLINE TOWARDS THE END OF THIS YEAR.
YEAH. AND WE'RE ALREADY IN AUGUST. IT DEPENDS IF IT'S WHAT THE DEADLINE IS FOR IF IT'S FOR CONSTRUCTION IT'S JUST GOING TO GO OUT TO BID OKAY. YEAH IT WILL GO OUT TO BID LATE THIS WEEK EARLY NEXT.
SO THE BID PACKAGE IS NEARLY READY TO GO. OKAY AWESOME.
AND OF COURSE I DON'T HAVE IT ON MY NOSE, BUT THE ONE FOR ACROSS THE STREET ON 8TH AND 43.
THAT ONE WAS ALREADY APPROVED. PREVIOUSLY I DID REPORT ON THAT.
ARE WE MOVING FORWARD ON THAT AS WELL? CORRECT SO YES WE ARE.
SO IF YOU RECALL, WE WANTED TO WAIT TILL THE SECOND ONE WAS APPROVED.
SO THEY BOTH GO OUT TO BID TOGETHER AND CONSTRUCTION STARTS AT THE SAME TIME.
THE TDA TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT ACT ARTICLE 3, BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN PROJECT STILL HAS SOME MONEY LEFT, WHICH WAS ROLLED UP TO THE NEXT CALL FOR PROJECTS AND WAS APPROVED AT THE LAST MEETING ON JULY 17TH.
SO IF WE HAVE ANY PROJECTS, AND I'M CERTAIN WE DO, WE MIGHT WANT TO TAP INTO THAT POT OF MONEY.
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NEXT FEW MONTHS TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND PROVIDE A BRIEF PRESENTATION ABOUT HIMSELF AND THE COG.I DO WANT TO SAY THAT HE HAD SENT AN EMAIL BACK IN JULY 7TH, WHICH I MISSED.
SCOTT, HE DID TELL ME THAT YOU RESPONDED TO HIS EMAILS.
I DID, YES. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. BUT ANYWAY I WOULD ASK STAFF TO WORK ON BRINGING HIM HERE.
NO DOUBT A LOT OF THE COMMUNITIES IN KERN WILL WANT TO VISIT WITH HIM, AND SO IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IF HE CAN COME TO OUR COUNCIL MEETING AND ALSO TO MEET WITH US SEPARATELY OF COURSE YEAH. THAT WOULD BE SCOTT WOULD BE SETTING THAT UP SO.
THANK YOU. YEAH HE WANTS TO FIND OUT WHAT OUR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS ARE.
AND THAT'S IT FOR MY REPORT. WELL, THERE'S ONE MORE THING I WANTED TO MENTION.
THIS IS A COMMUNITY BASED OUTREACH MINI-GRANT PROGRAM THAT WAS RELEASED THURSDAY, JULY 17TH, THE DAY OF THE MEETING. AND THE PROPOSED DUE DATE IS FRIDAY, AUGUST THE 22ND AT 12 NOON.
AND IT SAYS WHO SHOULD APPLY? THIS IS A MINI-GRANTS OF UP TO $2,500 WILL BE PROVIDED TO COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS WITH EXISTING COMMUNITY CONTACTS TO ENSURE DIVERSE AND EXTENSIVE INPUT BY FURTHER EXPANDING COMMUNITY OUTREACH ACTIVITIES AND THUS FROM THE CURRENT COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS. YOU MAY HAVE IT YES, YOU MAY HAVE IT.
I'M SORRY THAT THEY DID NOT PROVIDE A ELECTRONIC COPY OF IT OR OTHERWISE.
I'VE DONE IT ALREADY, SCOTT. AT LEAST TWICE, I BELIEVE.
SO I'LL BE DOING THAT IN THE FUTURE. AND I BELIEVE THAT'S IT.
[15.c. Wasco Task Force (Saldaña and Medina)]
WE HAD IT AT CENTRAL PARK, BASICALLY. DID THAT SECTION OF FILBURN A LOT MORE TRASH THAN THE [INAUDIBLE] REALLY SEES.BUT IT WAS GOOD WE HAD A GOOD REPRESENTATION FROM THE COUNCIL.
I KNOW, KERI, YOU SENT US AN EMAIL, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
WITH THAT, I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER.
[16) REPORTS FROM THE CITY MANAGER]
YES, HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.SO WE GOT PART OF THESE HAVE ALREADY BEEN GIVEN.
BUT I'LL REPEAT A LITTLE BIT. PAL UPDATE AS WE SAID, IT'S NOW OPEN WE'RE SEEING GOOD RETURN ATTENDANCE FROM THE YOUTH THERE. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THERE WILL BE THIS BACK-TO-SCHOOL EVENT NEXT TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
TO COME AND KIND OF CELEBRATE THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL EVENT.
SO NEXT COMMUNITY BREAKFAST MEETING. TOMORROW, 7 A.M.
WILL BE HELD AT THE INDEPENDENCE HIGH ADULT CENTER.
REAL QUICK ON THE HOW ONE SCHOOL STARTS. WHAT'S THE TIMES? IS IT GOING TO BE, LIKE, RIGHT AFTER SCHOOL? I BELIEVE SO I.
GO AHEAD. HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, I MAY ADD TO THAT I BELIEVE WE'RE STILL GOING TO OPEN DOORS AT 2:00.
BUT I KNOW THAT PD IS WORKING, POSSIBLY EXTENDING THOSE HOURS.
RIGHT NOW WE CLOSE AT 5:00, I BELIEVE. 5:00, 05:30.
BUT NOW THE SCHOOL WILL START. WE POSSIBLY MIGHT BE EXTENDING HOURS TO EITHER 6:00 OR 06:30.
SO THE GOAL IS TO STILL OPEN DOORS AT 2:00 AND CLOSING MIGHT BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT WE REALIZED TODAY I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE OUT THERE AND YOU KNOW, I FEEL BAD BECAUSE I HAD TO, LIKE, I HAD THIS MEETING.
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I HAD TO TELL KIDS, HEY, WE GOT TO GO. WE GOT TO CLOSE [LAUGHTER]. THEY DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THEY REALLY DO LIKE IT A LOT.OKAY AWESOME PERFECT THANK YOU. AND THAT WAS MISSING FROM MY REPORT.
I WAS SUPPOSED TO REINFORCE THAT APPEAL FOR VOLUNTEERS AND COACHES.
SO IF YOU KNOW FOLKS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY YOU THINK WOULD FIND REWARD IN DOING THAT WORK, PLEASE.
HOW MANY WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS SIGNED UP? SO I THINK THAT'S IT FOR NOW. WHAT'S THE ASK? HOW MANY ARE WE LOOKING FOR? THE MORE THE MERRIER [LAUGHTER].
YEAH OKAY THE SCHOOL IT'S JUST GOING TO START AND THE WORD IT'S JUST GOING TO START SPREADING AROUND, AND IT'S GONNA PICK UP BIG TIME OKAY. MORE KIDS. ALL RIGHT WE'LL SPREAD THE WORD YEAH. THANK YOU SIR. YEAH I DON'T I MEAN, AT SOME POINT, I GUESS YOU COULD HAVE TOO MANY.
YEAH PERFECT ITEM FOR THE CALENDAR. YES [LAUGHTER].
ADOPTION EVENT ALSO ON THAT DAY, 9 A.M. TO 1 P.M.
OVER AT GROCERY OUTLET. SO WE'LL SEE HOW MANY PUPPIES WE CAN GIVE AWAY.
THE [INAUDIBLE] REGIONAL DINNER AGAIN IS ON 8/14 6:00 P.M.
RSVP DEADLINE IS 8/8. SO COMING UP HERE IN A COUPLE OF DAYS.
SO PLEASE LET THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE KNOW IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.
THE ROSE FESTIVAL IS NOW ON THE CALENDAR. 9/5 IS THE WINE AND ROSES DINNER.
RSVP THROUGH THE CLERK'S OFFICE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT.
AND IF YOU DIDN'T NEXT YEAR WAS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY.
NATIONAL NIGHT OUT STILL SLATED FOR OCTOBER. WE HAVE NOT SET THE FINAL DATE.
WE ARE AWARE THAT WONDERFUL IS INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING AND MAY HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THE POLICE DESK. SO WE CONFIRMED THE DATE FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
OH, GOOD. OCTOBER THE 10TH DO WE HAVE THE TIME? LAST TIME WE DID, IT WAS FROM 5:00 TO 9:00.
SO I'M THINKING POSSIBLY GOING TO BE THE SAME TIME FRAME.
OKAY THANK YOU YES, SIR THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 9TH, 4:00 P.M. AT BARKER PARK.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE RECEIVED A FLYER ON THAT.
WITH MORE INFORMATION OR NOT. I CAN CHECK. WE'LL CHECK IF WE HAVE RECEIVED WILL I KNOW THEY SENT MAILERS BECAUSE I GOT ONE. OKAY.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALSO SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST JOINT MEETING WITH THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT.
DISTRICT, RATHER. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27TH, 6:00 P.M, HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
THERE WILL BE A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY ON SEPTEMBER 25TH FOR THE FIBER OPTIC PROJECT.
IT'S A LITTLE LATE IN THE GAME, SINCE THEY'RE OUT THERE DIGGING AND BORING AND PULLING CONDUIT, BUT IT WILL BE AT 9:00 A.M. AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THE LOCATION YET.
CENTRAL FILBURN. CENTRAL OF FILBURN AT THE PARK OKAY.
YES RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET IN THE LITTLE AREA OKAY. WOULD, YOU BE SENDING OUT AN INVITATION? YES I'LL SEND THEM UP CHIEF'S RETIREMENT DINNER. AS YOU'RE AWARE, THE CHIEF HAS ANNOUNCED THAT WE ARE HOLDING A DINNER FOR HIM ON AUGUST 29TH
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FROM 6 P.M. TO 9 P.M. IT'LL BE HELD AT THE REC AND PARK HALL, FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE VETERANS HALL.AND SO, LOTS OF WORK. BUSY PREPARING FOR THAT.
IT'S MIXED EMOTIONS, OF COURSE, BUT WELL DESERVED ON HIS PART.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. YOU'VE PROBABLY ALREADY BEEN CONTACTED BY THE CLERK'S OFFICE, BUT IF NOT, PLEASE RSVP THROUGH THE CLERK'S OFFICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO WE CAN GET A GOOD COUNT.
AND THEN FINALLY, ALREADY THE THUNDER WAS STOLEN.
THE HAWK AND BEACON SYSTEMS WERE APPROVED [LAUGHTER].
AND MY ONLY PART TO ADD TO THAT WAS THAT THE BIDS ARE CLOSE AND READY TO POST, SO WE SHOULD BE MOVING FORWARD VERY QUICKLY. IT'S AMAZING HOW MANY YEARS HAS TAKEN TO GET TO THIS BUT YEAH, IT WAS CONSTANTLY A WORK IN PROGRESS AND WELL, IT'S STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS, [LAUGHTER] BUT WE'RE SO CLOSE TO IT NOW.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY ANNOUNCEMENTS. THANK YOU, SCOTT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL FOR SCOTT? MEMBER RAYA NO. OKAY. THANK YOU, SCOTT. THANK YOU, SCOTT.
WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO REPORTS FROM CITY COUNCIL.
[17) REPORTS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL]
MEMBER RAYA? NO. MEMBER REYNA. YES, A FEW COMMENTS.WE'VE DONE THAT EVERY YEAR, AND WE SHOULD BE ALREADY PREPARING TO DO THAT AGAIN.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S IN YOUR RADAR, BUT IF IT ISN'T, WE NEED TO START WORKING ON IT.
ALSO, AS WE PREPARE TO MEET WITH THE RECREATION AND PARKS DISTRICT BOARD, I WOULD LIKE STAFF TO LOOK INTO THE PROBABILITY OF THE CITY OF WASCO USING [INAUDIBLE] FUNDS TO PROVIDE RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES TO SENIORS.
I FREQUENTLY HEAR OUR SENIORS COMPLAINING BY THE LACK OF ACTIVITIES PROVIDED HERE IN THE CITY.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, THEY ALWAYS COMPARE US TO SHAFTER.
AND THEY SAY SHAFTER HAS A ROBUST SENIOR PROGRAM.
AND THEY SAID, WELL, THEY TOLD US IT SHOULD BE THE CITY AND IN SHAFTER IS THE CITY [LAUGHTER] OR I MEAN, THEY'RE JUST NOT DOING ENOUGH. SO MAYBE WE CAN COLLABORATE WITH YOU KNOW, WASCO RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT TO DO THIS. I'M NOT SURE, BUT YEAH, LET'S BE PREPARED TO DISCUSS THAT AT OUR UPCOMING JOINT MEETING.
PLEASE SIDE OF CENTRAL, BETWEEN 7TH AND STREET, 7TH STREET AND HIGHWAY 46.
YOU DID THAT IMMEDIATELY AFTER I REQUESTED IT, AND I HAD FORGOTTEN TO THANK YOU.
I DID NOTICE IT, BUT IT WAS AN IMMEDIATE THING.
IT WAS LIKE THE NEXT MORNING IT WAS GONE. SO THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING SO QUICKLY.
YOU KNOW, IT'S INCREDIBLE THERE'S ALWAYS SO MUCH JUNK.
TRASH [LAUGHTER] ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. ALSO, THERE WILL BE A STUFF THE BUS EVENT AT WALMART ON AUGUST 8TH STARTING AT 8 A.M. FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT CHILDREN, WHICH IS BEING HOSTED BY JANET GRANT.
AND IF IT IS NOT ON YOUR CALENDARS, YOU MIGHT WANT TO INCLUDE IT.
THEY'RE ASKING FOR SCHOOL SUPPLIES, AND I WANTED TO JUST FOLLOW UP ON SOMETHING I ASKED BEFORE.
HAS OUR DIRECTOR SEND OUT THANK YOU NOTES TO THOSE WHO DONATED? THE LIST THAT WAS ON AMAZON. HAS THAT BEEN DONE? HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL I KNOW THAT SHE'S WORKING ON THEM.
A THANK YOU CARD AND A PHOTO OF THE KIDS. SO MY I WOULD PROBABLY SAY IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS SHE WILL BE SENDING THOSE AND THERE WILL BE PHOTOS OF SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE DONATED AND HOW KIDS ARE USING IT.
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I HAVEN'T CHECKED IT. IT SHOULD BE. IT SHOULD STILL BE ACTIVE.AND WE I KNOW THAT DIANA IS WORKING WITH OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THERE WERE THE ONES THAT ORIGINALLY SET UP THAT LIST TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE EVERY NAME AND HOPEFULLY ADDRESSES. THERE WAS SOME PEOPLE THAT DONATED ANONYMOUSLY, SO WE DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE.
BUT THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE KNOW THAT DONATED, THEY WILL BE RECEIVING A THANK YOU LETTER.
MY PROPOSAL WOULD BE THAT IF PEOPLE DONATE THAT, THEY AUTOMATICALLY BE SENT A THANK YOU NOTE.
BECAUSE IF YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP THAT UP FOR MONTHS, THEN AS SOON AS SOMEBODY DONATES SOMETHING, A THANK YOU NOTE SHOULD PROCEED RATHER THAN WAITING FOR EVERYBODY TO DONATE.
SO THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION, BUT THANK YOU.
I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THAT'S IT FOR ME. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU MEETING THAT, I GUESS, USED TO HAPPEN PRE-COVID OUT AND THIS ONE WAS HOSTED AT ARVIN AT THE BC EDUCATION CENTER.
THAT WAS PRETTY COOL. I'VE BEEN TO ARVIN, BUT NEVER REALLY STOPPED [LAUGHTER].
SO SEEING THAT AND, YOU KNOW, THE STATE OF THE ART OF THAT LOCATION AND WHERE IT'S PLACED AND THE OFFERINGS THAT THEY HAVE IT WAS PRETTY NEAT TO SEE AND GETTING TO INTERACT WITH THE OTHER FOLKS FROM, YOU KNOW, SURROUNDING CITIES AND WHATNOT. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS AN APPETITE TO HAVE THAT ON A QUARTERLY BASIS. SOUNDS LIKE WE'VE HOSTED THAT IN THE PAST AT SOME POINT.
SO HOPEFULLY AT SOME POINT WE CAN DO THAT AGAIN.
SO THAT WAS THAT WAS PRETTY COOL. THE OTHER DEAL.
I KNOW SCOTT AND I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS, BUT, YOU KNOW, KERI, MAYBE YOU HAVE AN ANSWER, BUT I'VE SEEN MORE ADUS POPPING UP. I'M CURIOUS IF YOU HAVE A COUNT OF HOW MANY HAVE POPPED UP, AND I'M CURIOUS IF FOLKS ARE GOING THROUGH BECAUSE I KNOW AT ONE POINT YOU TALKED ABOUT PLANS, RIGHT? THE CITY IS PROVIDING PLANS. SO I'M CURIOUS IF FOLKS ARE ACTUALLY USING THOSE PLANS OR IF THEY'RE USING BUILDER PLANS.
I DON'T HAVE ANY TAKERS EXISTING OTHER USES TO PROVE WHICH ONES ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT AROUND US HAVE BEEN OUR OWN CLIENTS OKAY YEAH IF YOU DON'T MIND, I. THERE'S DEFINITELY A NEED.
I MEAN, WE ALL KNEW THIS, RIGHT? BUT I MEAN, DONE, I THINK IT'S GOOD THANK YOU. BESIDES THAT, I MEAN, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT AREAS THAT NEED SOME, YOU KNOW, ATTENTION IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC. AND I KNOW THE CITY HAS DONE SOME WORK IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE RED ZONE AREAS.
CHIEF THANK YOU. ARE YOU SURE? [LAUGHTER]. BUT THANK YOU, OBVIOUSLY, FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR US.
I'M SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.
AND WE'LL FOR SURE BE THERE AT YOUR AT YOUR DINNER LATER THIS MONTH.
WITH THAT, WE HAVE ITEM 18 CLOSED SESSION. SO THIS EVENING WE HAVE ITEMS 18.A THROUGH 18.C.
[18) CLOSED SESSION]
ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING THE CLOSED SESSION ITEMS AT THIS TIME? SEEING NONE, WE WILL NOW TURN TO CLOSED SESSION AND RETURN TO REPORT OUT.YEAH, WE'LL HAVE A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS. THANK YOU,
THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED IS AT 7:10 P.M. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.