>> GOOD EVENING. [ 1) CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:04] I WILL NOW CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. THE TIME IS 6:01 PM. MADAM CLERK, CAN WE PLEASE HAVE THE ROLL CALL. >> MAYOR MEDINA. >> HERE. >> MAYOR PRO TEM SALDANA. >> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER MARTINEZ IS NOT HERE. COUNCILMEMBER RAYA? >> HERE. >> COUNCILMAN REYNA? >> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER MARTINEZ IS ABSENT. >> THANK YOU. IF YOU CAN, PLEASE STAND FOR THE FLAG SALUTE. >> SALUTE PLEDGE. >> >> PLEASE REMAIN STANDING. MR. LITCH, PLEASE LEAD US IN THE VOCATION. >> DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO DO BUSINESS HERE FOR THE CITY. I PRAY LORD FOR EACH AND EVERY COUNCIL PERSON WHO'S HERE. EVERYBODY WHO HAS REPRESENTED DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU, LORD FOR ALL THE GUESTS THAT ARE HERE AS WELL TONIGHT. WE ASK A SPECIAL PRAYER FOR THE FAMILY OF THE YOUNG MAN THAT WAS KILLED ON SATURDAY ON THE ROAD TRACKS IN CHAPLIN, AS WE REMEMBER THEM TODAY, COMFORT THEIR PARENTS. WE PRAY FOR THE SAFETY OF ALL OF OUR KIDS COMING AND GOING TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY. FOR THE PEOPLE WHO TRAVEL THROUGH OUR CITY. WE ASK YOUR BLESSING ON THIS EVENING IN JESUS' NAME, I PRAY. >> AMEN. >> THANK YOU, MR. LITCH. >> PLEASE SIT. I WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 5. [ 5) APPROVAL OF AGENDA] APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA? >> NO. >> SEEING NONE, I WOULD LIKE TO STAND A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. >> MOVE. >> I'LL SECOND, MADAM CLERK, WE CAN GET THE VOTE BY ROLL CALL. >> MAYOR MEDINA? >> AYE. >> MAYOR PRO TEM SALDANA? >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RAYA? >> HERE. > COUNCILMEMBER REYNA? >> AYE. >> MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM SALDANA, SECONDED BY MAYOR MEDINA TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS FORM. MOTION WAS APPROVED WITH FOUR AYES WITH COUNCIL MARTINEZ ABSENT. >> THANK YOU. MOVE ON TO PRESENTATIONS, ITEM NUMBER 6. [6.a. Proclamation for Community Action Partnership of Kern Hunger Action Month ] WE HAVE ITEM 6A, PROCLAMATION FOR COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF KERN HUNGER ACTION MONTH. DO WE HAVE SOMEBODY FROM [OVERLAPPING]? >> YES. >> PERFECT, IF YOU JOIN US. FAMILIAR FACES. I REMEMBER YOU, YES. >> HI. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS SUZANNE [INAUDIBLE], AND I'M HERE TO REPRESENT COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF KERN. WE'RE A POVERTY FIGHTING AGENCY FOR ONE OF A THOUSAND NATIONAL AGENCIES. WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR 60 YEARS AND WE'VE BEEN ROOTED IN TO ADDRESS PROBLEMS OF FOOD INSECURITY. TO HELP OUR COMMUNITIES WITH EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION WITH OUR HEAD STARTS AND ALSO IN ENERGY ASSISTANCE AND OTHER 20 DIFFERENT SERVICE LINES WITHIN OUR AGENCY. I WAS GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FOOD BANK AND THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS HERE IN WASCO. >> PERFECT. THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING. GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS AGAIN. IT WAS OUR PLEASURE TO HOST YOU JUST A LITTLE LESS THAN A YEAR AGO, THE FOOD BANK, AND A LOT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THEN. THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT YOU. SEPTEMBER IS HUNGER ACTION MONTH, AND HUNGER ACTION MONTH IS SOMETHING THAT'S RECOGNIZED AROUND THE COUNTRY. FOOD BANKS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY SET ASIDE OF THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER TO FOCUS OUR ATTENTION AND OUR ADVOCACY AROUND ENDING HUNGER. YOU'RE GOOD. [LAUGHTER] THANKS. AROUND ENDING HUNGER, AND FOR US HERE AT CAPK, IT IS OUR PRIMARY FOCUS AT THE FOOD BANK OF FULLY ADDRESSING FOOD INSECURITY ACROSS KERN COUNTY, THAT INCLUDES RIGHT HERE IN WASCO. OVER THE LAST YEAR, WE DISTRIBUTED HERE IN WASCO OVER 620,000 POUNDS OF FOOD. WHEN YOU PUT THAT INTO MEALS, IT'S ABOUT 1.2 POUNDS PER MEAL. THAT'S WELL OVER HALF A MILLION MEALS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY OF WASCO. THAT'S IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YOUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE WASCO FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH, THE GRIFFITH BAPTIST CHURCH, YOUR OWN PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT THAT HELPS US WITH THE COMMODITY DISTRIBUTION. THE THING THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WITH [00:05:04] ALL OF THAT IS THAT WE COULDN'T DO THE WORK THAT WE DO WITHOUT GREAT PARTNERS. WE JUST WANT TO SAY ON BEHALF OF CAPK AND OUR FOOD BANK, THAT IT'S A PRIVILEGE. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO BE PARTNERED WITH YOU IN THIS WORK. WE'VE GOT A LOT MORE TO DO. IT'S REAL EASY TO FOCUS ON HOW LONG THE LINES ARE AND HOW DEEP THE NEED IS BECAUSE IT TRULY IS. BUT WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON WHAT WE ARE DOING, THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED. I WANT TO MAYBE HIGHLIGHT ONE MORE THING JUST BEFORE I TURN IT BACK OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE. THAT IS THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M REALLY PROUD OF RIGHT NOW IS THAT OVER THIS LAST YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO COBBLE TOGETHER ALL OF OUR ELECTED STATE OFFICIALS, BOTH REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT STATE OFFICIALS, SO OUR TWO ASSEMBLY PEOPLE AND OUR TWO SENATORS TOGETHER COLLABORATIVELY TO ADVOCATE ON OUR BEHALF WITH THE GOVERNOR DURING THE STATE BUDGET PROCESS, TO BE ABLE TO GET SOME ONE TIME FUNDING TO SUPPLEMENT THE WORK THAT WE DO ACROSS CALIFORNIA IN THE FOOD BANK NETWORK. I BELIEVE AS A RESULT OF THAT, WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING IS REALLY SUBSTANTIAL FUNDING FOR OUR CAL FOODS PROGRAM. OUR CAL FOODS PROGRAM ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE FOOD TO SUPPLEMENT WHAT WE BRING IN IN DONATION. BECAUSE OF THAT, THAT TRANSLATES TO REAL PRACTICAL MEALS FOR PEOPLE RIGHT HERE IN WASCO. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT BECAUSE IT'S A TIME OF A LOT OF DIVISION. IT'S A LOT OF TIME OF SEPARATION, PEOPLE ON THIS SIDE, PEOPLE ON THIS SIDE. BUT THAT WAS ONE EXAMPLE WHERE OUR LEADERS CAME TOGETHER AND SAID, HUNGER IS NOT A PARTISAN ISSUE, AND WE CAN UNITE AROUND THAT. THIS IS HUNGER ACTION MONTH AND WE'RE HONORED TO STAND BEFORE YOU AND ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION AND SUZANNE IS GOING TO SHARE JUST A FEW MORE THINGS AROUND HOW THE COMMUNITY CAN GET INVOLVED WITH HUNGER ACTION MONTH AND SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES WE HAVE PLANNED. >> PERFECT. THANK YOU. >> HUNGER ACTION MONTH, THE WHOLE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. WE HAVE SEVERAL ACTIVITIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE HOSTING. TODAY, WE HAD OUR PRESS CONFERENCE THIS MORNING. WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING A BLOOD DRIVE ON FRIDAY THE FIFTH, IT'S GOING TO BE AT THE CORNER OF 18TH AND L RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM SEQUOIAS FROM 10:00-3:00. WE ALSO HAVE HUNGER ACTION DAY AND THAT SEPTEMBER 10, AND THAT'S WHERE WE ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO WEAR ORANGE. THIS IS MY HUNGER FIGHTING SHIRT. I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO WEAR ORANGE AND JOIN US IN HAVING THAT AWARENESS. WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU SHARE IN SOCIAL MEDIA AND ENCOURAGE OTHERS. WE HAVE THE KGT FOOD DRIVE AND LUNCHEON. THAT'S SEPTEMBER 10 NEXT WEEK AT COMPASSION CORNER, AND THAT'S FROM 7:00 AM-6:00 PM. WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE LUNCH FROM 11:00-1:00. THAT'S A TRI-TIP SANDWICH WITH CHIPS AND A DRINK FOR $15. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE TAKING ANY TYPE OF DONATIONS AND CANS THAT YOU WANT TO DROP OFF AT THAT TIME AS WELL. WE HAVE A COMMUNITY BOX BUILDING DAY, WHICH IS GOING TO BE SEPTEMBER 20 AND THAT'S GOING TO BE DONE AT OUR FOOD BANK FROM 8:00-11:00. WE ENCOURAGE IF WE HAVE YOUNG KIDS THAT ARE TRYING TO GET VOLUNTEER HOURS THAT THEY ATTEND THAT EVENT. THE LAST ONE THAT I WANT TO REALLY FOCUS ON IS AND I WANT YOU GUYS TO PERK UP YOUR EARS BECAUSE IT'S TIME FOR THE FAIR, AND THE FAIR IS A GREAT PARTNER OF OURS. ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, IF YOU BRING SIX CANS TO THE ENTRANCE, YOU WILL GET A FREE ADMISSION. WE REALLY WANT YOU GUYS TO SUPPORT AND MAYBE ADVOCATE FOR OUR BEHALF AND SHARE THAT WITH YOUR FAMILIES, OR FRIENDS, OR COLLEAGUES THAT IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE ATTENDING THE FAIR, IF THEY CAN ATTEND ON SEPTEMBER 23 ON TUESDAY, SIX CANS WILL GET THEM IN FOR FREE. WITH THAT, WE DO HAVE A VIDEO THAT WE WANT TO JUST PLAY. >> RIGHT NOW, FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE GOING HUNGRY. NOT NEXT WEEK, NOT NEXT MONTH, TODAY. MOTHERS SKIPPING MEALS SO THEIR KIDS CAN EAT. SENIORS CHOOSING BETWEEN MEDICATION AND GROCERIES. CHILDREN GOING TO BED WITHOUT DINNER. THIS IS HAPPENING, AND IT'S HAPPENING HERE. AT THE CAPK FOOD BANK, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MEET THE NEED. WE'RE DISTRIBUTING FOOD ACROSS KERN COUNTY EVERY SINGLE DAY. BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH. OUR SHELVES ARE THINNING, OUR FUNDING IS DRYING UP. THE NEED IS GROWING. FEDERAL AND STATE SUPPORT HAS BEEN CUT. SINCE 2020, WE HAVE BEEN STRETCHED TO THE LIMIT. WE HAVE THE TRUCKS, WE HAVE THE WAREHOUSE, WE HAVE THE TEAM, BUT WITHOUT IMMEDIATE SUPPORT, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO KEEP UP. >> I DO THINK THIS COMMUNITY IS GOING TO TAKE A HIT FROM THE FUNDING CUTS. WE'RE ALREADY SEEING IT AND THE COMMUNITY FOOD GIVE VOICE. THERE'S A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT CAN PHYSICALLY GO AND WORK. BUT THESE SENIORS, THEY NEED IT THE MOST. >> WE RELY ON THE PARTNERSHIP IF IT CAME TO THE WHOLE. I'D BE LIKE GOING BACK TO COVID. TO BE HONEST, RIGHT NOW, [00:10:01] YOU GUYS ARE NEEDED DONATIONS. TELLING THE COMMUNITY THAT WHATEVER THEY CAN DO TO STAND UP AND SPEAK UP AND PARTNER, IF IT'S VOLUNTEERING, IF IT'S THROUGH DONATIONS. YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS KERN COUNTY. >> RIGHT IN THE FIELD, AND EVERYTHING IS SO EXPENSIVE, NOW. THIS IS A BIG HELP FOR US. >> EVERYBODY IS STRUGGLING. IT'S NOT ONLY ME. IT WOULD BE HARD FOR US NOT TO HAVE THIS STOCK, SO I HOPE THEY WON'T STOP IT. >> THE PARTNERSHIP WITH CAPK IN OUR PANTRY HAS JUST EXCELLED OUR GROWTH AND ALLOWED US TO SERVE MANY MORE FOLKS THAN WE EVER COULD HAVE IMAGINED. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO NOT ONLY EXPAND OUR SERVICES, BUT EXPAND OUR SPACE TO ACCESS REFRIGERATORS AND FREEZERES, THAT WE COULD HAVE NEVER PURCHASED BEFORE. >> WE'RE NOT JUST FUNDING PROGRAMS, WE'RE FUNDING STUDENTS, AND WE'RE FUNDING EDUCATIONS, AND WE'RE FUNDING FUTURE. >> FOOD INSECURITY WITH STUDENTS. IT'S VERY REAL AND [INAUDIBLE] EVERY DAY. SOMETIMES IT'S THE DIFFERENCE AND WHETHER OR NOT A STUDENT CAN ATTEND CLASS THAT DAY. >> SOMETIMES THE ONLY FRUITS OR VEGETABLES OR ACTUAL NUTRIENT BALANCED FOOD THAT STUDENTS GET IS FROM THE FOOD PANTRY. WITHOUT IT I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF STUDENTS WOULD BE IMPACTED. >> I SEE KIDS COME OVER HERE AND START PUTTING BREAD IN THEIR POCKETS AND HERE THAT THEY SELL THEIR [INAUDIBLE]. THEY'RE GOING TO DO [INAUDIBLE] THEY LIVE FOR THE FAMILY. BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY GOT FOOD [INAUDIBLE] >> THESE AREN'T STRANGERS. THESE ARE YOUR NEIGHBORS. THE SINGLE MOM [INAUDIBLE], THE VETERAN DOWN THE STREET. THE FAMILY WORKING TWO JOBS, BUT JUST CAN'T KEEP UP WITH. THEY NEED FOOD. THEY NEED HOPE AND THEY NEED IT NOW. >> THEY [INAUDIBLE] IT VERY WELL WORKING AND IT'S REALLY NEEDED IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IT'S PRIORITY. >> [INAUDIBLE] IS TRYING TO CHANGE THE LIVES. IT'S MORE THAN JUST THAT LITTLE HELP THAT I THOUGHT I CAN GET. I CAN SEE HOW PEOPLE WALK AWAY WITH A SMILE. THEY ARE NOW HAPPY. IT'S LIKE SOMETHING BIG HAPPY FOR THE DAY TEST [INAUDIBLE]. >> TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS CAN FEED A FAMILY FOR AN ENTIRE WEEK. MAYBE THE ONLY MEAL THEY GET. THIS IS NOT A FUTURE PROBLEM. IT'S NOT A SOME DAY PROBLEM. IT'S A RIGHT NOW PROBLEM, AND YOU CAN GET A SOLUTION. PLEASE GO TO CAPK.ORG OR CALL NOW. MAKE A DONATION, FILL A FRIDGE, FEED A CHILD. BE THE REASON A FAMILY EATS TODAY. >> AWESOME. >> WELL, I KNOW THAT YOU'VE VISITED OUR FOOD BANK AND YOU'VE SEEN ALL THE WORK THAT GOES INTO GETTING ALL THE FOOD DISTRIBUTED. BUT AGAIN, WE WANT TO THANK YOU AND THANK THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE IN WASCO THAT HELP US DO THE LAST LEG OF DISTRIBUTION AND DO THE WORK THAT WE DO WITH YOU GUYS. >> WE THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. A LOT OF INFORMATION. A LOT OF GREAT WORK HAS BEEN DONE. I THINK, MYSELF AND A COUPLE OF COUNCILMEMBERS BEING OUT THERE REALLY PAINTS A PICTURE. IT PAINTS A PICTURE OF THE NEED AND THE OPERATION. HOW BIG OF A OPERATION IT REALLY IS. IT TAKES FOLKS LIKE YOURSELVES, PUTTING THE WORK IN AND FIGURING EVERYTHING OUT AND WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS BECAUSE WE'VE TALK TO DIFFERENT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND THEY TALK HIGHLY OF YOU GUYS, BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO IT WITHOUT YOU WITHOUT THAT PARTNERSHIP. WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. THE VIDEO IT'S A GREAT VIDEO TOO TELLS A GREAT STORY. THERE DEFINITELY IS A NEED, AND IT'S A NEED OF EVERY DAY. I THINK THAT'S JUST THE WORLD WE'RE LIVING IN RIGHT NOW. I THINK YOU GUY PUT IT BEST THAT IT'S BRINGING FOLKS TOGETHER. WE THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO. WE DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION, BUT BEFORE I DO THAT I'LL OPEN IT UP THE FLOOR FOR THE REST OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS. MAYOR PRO TEM SALDANA. >> I LIKE TO ECHO WHAT MAYOR MEDINA JUST SAID, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON AND AFTER GOING TO YOUR GUYS LOCATION, IT WAS AN EXCITING MOMENT TO SEE HOW MUCH FOOD ACTUALLY GOES THROUGH THERE. BUT THANK YOU GUYS AND LOOK FORWARD TO KEEP COLLABORATING WITH YOU GUYS. THANK YOU GUYS FOR EVERYTHING. >> MEMBER RAYA. >> WELL, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE AWARENESS TO OUR COMMUNITY FOR TACKLING THIS MAJOR PROBLEM. NOT ONLY WE FACE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT ACROSS THE STATE. WITH THE HIGH PRICES OF HOUSING AND INFLATION, A LOT OF OUR LOCAL FAMILIES ARE FORCED TO DECIDE EITHER TO PAY THE RENT OR THEIR MORTGAGE OR BUY GROCERIES. I JUST APPLAUSE YOU GUYS DEDICATION, COMMITMENT TO ENDING HUNGER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING THAT. >> THANK YOU. REYNA. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. THE WORK THAT YOU DO IS [00:15:01] INVALUABLE TO THE FAMILIES THAT YOU POSITIVELY AFFECT. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WHILE I DID NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION CENTER, I HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE LOCAL FOOD DISTRIBUTION WITH THE RECREATION CENTER PARKS DISTRICT. I THINK THAT IT'S INCREDIBLE. ONE HALF A MILLION MEALS, 620,000 POUNDS OF FOOD DISTRIBUTOR HERE IN WASCO. THAT IS WONDERFUL. THE WORK THAT YOU DO, THE POSITIVE IMPACT THAT YOU HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S INCREDIBLE. I THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY FAMILIES OUT THERE WHO ARE IN NEED OF FOOD. >> I'LL JUST BRIEFLY TELL YOU THAT WE'RE ALSO NOW BRINGING FOOD THROUGH FOOD FORWARD TO WASCO. I'M INVOLVED IN THAT. IT'S AN EFFORT WITH AN ORGANIZATION CALLED LIDERES CAMPESINAS, AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, AND WE HAVE FOOD DISTRIBUTION COMING UP SHORTLY. I THINK THAT ALL OF US TOGETHER CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE FOR THOSE THAT ARE IN NEED. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. I APPRECIATE YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> LET'S GET AROUND THE OF APPLAUSE FOR THEM. [APPLAUSE] [BACKGROUND] >> LOOK AT THE CAMERA. 1, 2. THERE YOU GO. >> THANK YOU. WE'LL SEE YOU HAVE THE FAIR. [OVERLAPPING] WE DO HAVE AT OUR FOUNDATION, CATHY FOUNDATION. BACH PARISH WHICH IS PROPER ACTION MODE. WE HAVE A SHIRT, WE HAVE PIN. WE HAVE YARD SLICE. >> [INAUDIBLE]. >> THE INFORMATION, THAT'S ON FLIERS AS WELL. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 7, [7) PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA: ] PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA. THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS RESERVED FOR PERSONS TO SIGN 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. 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 ON THE AGENDA. SUBJECT TO NARROW EXCEPTIONS, THIS WILL LIMIT A COUNCIL MEMBERS RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS AND REQUESTS DURING THIS COMMENT PERIOD. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? SEEING NONE, MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY? WHAT'S THAT? >> NEED TO COME UP. >> CAN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM? [BACKGROUND] >> NEED TO COME TO THE MICROPHONE. >> COME TO THE PODIUM. >> COMMENTS TOWARDS THE DISPLAY THAT WE JUST SAW. >> YOU'RE ASKING COMMENTS TOWARDS THAT? >> NO. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN GENERAL? >> SEVEN. >> PUBLIC COMMENTS. >> [OVERLAPPING] YEAH, PUBLIC COMMENTS. >> ON THE NINE ITEMS AGENDAS. >> SEVEN. >> THEN STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. >> MY NAME IS MICHAEL DELOTORE. I DID GO TO HIGH SQUARE, GRADUATED 2012, I BELIEVE. WE HAVE SOME CONCERNS THAT ARE NOT ON OUR MEASURE OR POST HERE. [00:20:02] THEY'RE WITH ME. MY BIGGEST CONCERN WAS, I HAVE TWO THINGS. I'M GOING TO WRAP IT UP. I ALREADY TOOK A LOT OF YOUR TIME. BUSINESS LICENSE, VIA CHURCH, VIA RESTAURANT, VIA GROCERIES, ETC. OPERATING BUSINESS WITHIN THE CITY OF WASCO. AS I ATTAINED A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE AT ST. JOHN'S PARISH, THERE WAS A OUTDATED BUSINESS LICENSE TO SELL AND OPERATE. THAT DATED 2018, IT IS 2025. THE CHURCH IS STILL OPERATING BUSINESS WITHIN WASCO. YOU HAVE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS BE ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PAMPHLET OR LEAFLET OF THE CHURCH DURING COLLECTIONS. THAT IS BEING TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. ALSO, [INAUDIBLE], I'M IN BUSINESSES LOOKING AT THEIR LICENSES TO SEE IF THEY'RE CURRENT OR CONCURRENT TO DATE, SOME OF THEM ARE OR NOT. AS AN ISSUE OF MINE. ANOTHER THING IS CLEAVING FIBER OPTICS. YOU SEE THOSE THINGS PEOPLE IN TWO-BREAKER BOXES ON BIRCH OR WHATEVER THE STREET THAT IS, 11TH IN BIRCH. WHO IS REGULATING THIS? WHO IN OUR COMMUNITY OR COUNTY IS REGULATING THESE THINGS? I ASKED THE GENTLEMAN, WHAT IS YOUR NAME? WHAT IS YOUR LICENSE TO OPERATE? WHAT IS YOUR BUSINESS THAT YOU WORK WITH? THEY FAILED TO PROVIDE ME WITH INFORMATION. SAID WE DON'T HAVE TO OWE YOU ANYTHING. WE DON'T HAVE TO GIVE YOU ANY INFORMATION. WELL, I'M FROM BACK IN THE DAY WHEN PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC HAD BUSINESS, THEY PRESENTED YOU WITH THEIR INFORMATION WHY THEY'RE THERE. NOT SOMEONE JUST TAPPING INTO BOXES INSTALLING WIRES AND CUTTING WIRES. IF I ASK HIM AS A PERSON IN THE COMMUNITY, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING. WHAT IS YOUR BUSINESS AND IF NOT, GIVE ME YOUR LICENSED NAME SO I CAN FOLLOW UP MY OWN RESEARCH. I WAS TOLD TO FUCK OFF, PRETTY MUCH. FORWARD. WATER QUALITY IN THE DISTRICT. THAT IS PART OF WHAT THIS MEASURE IS. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT. TRASH. WHY ARE PEOPLE THROWING TRASH IN OUR BINS? I CONDUCTED AN INTERVIEW WITH OUR WASTE MANAGEMENT OPERATOR IN ALLEYWAY IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS JOB. WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES REGARDS TRASH. I CONDUCTED IN-PERSON INTERVIEWS. HE JUST DIRECTED ME THAT THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT TRASH COMPANIES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. >> THANK YOU. IF YOU WOULD LIKE, YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR CONTACT NUMBER WITH THE CITY CLERK. >> WE WILL SPEAK. >> SHE'S GOT IT. THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO? MADAM CLERK, DO YOU HAVE ANY EMAIL COMMENTS? >> NO EMAIL COMMENTS, MAYOR, AND ANY OF THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. >> PERFECT. THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON [10.a. Police Lieutenant Lloyd Galutira] TO ITEM NUMBER 10. NEW EMPLOYEE POLICE DEPARTMENT BADGE PINNING CEREMONY, FOR POLICE LIEUTENANT LLOYD GALUTIRA. ALMOST GOT IT. [LAUGHTER] >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I'M GOING TO FACE I IF THAT'S OKAY. TODAY WE HAVE A GOOD DAY FOR US. WE ARE OFF TO A GOOD MONTH. [INAUDIBLE] HE TOLD ME TO KEEP IT SHORT BUT AS MUCH AS HE DOES FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, IT'S HARD. LIEUTENANT GALUTIRA HAS BEEN WITH US FROM THE BEGINNING. I DON'T THINK THERE'S EVER A TASK THAT I ASSIGNED TO HIM THAT [INAUDIBLE]. A MONTH AGO, FOR EXAMPLE, I ASKED LIEUTENANT, IT'D BE NICE IF WE CAN WRAP UP ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE STARTED UNDER THE LAUNCH OF CHIEF FIVECOAT. HIS RESPONSE IS LET'S GET THIS DONE. SHORTLY AFTER THAT, THERE WAS EMAILS, THERE WAS FOLLOW-UPS, THERE WAS BRIEFINGS. AS OF SATURDAY, THIS PAST SATURDAY, EVERYTHING IS GOOD. [APPLAUSE] SUCH A GREAT ADDITION AND EVEN FROM THE PATROL [INAUDIBLE] CARS, HE'S TEACHING OTHERS AS WELL. OVERALL, VERY HAPPY WITH WHAT HE'S DONE IN THE DISTRICT HOSPITAL. THE BIGGEST QUALITY I WAS SAYING IS THAT HE IS SIMPLE. WHAT IT IS, IS THAT HE CARES. HE CARES ABOUT AND TALKS ABOUT COMMUNITY POLICE, THAT HE'S BEHIND ALL THOSE OPERATIONS THAT YOU SEE COPS WITH THE CAR NATIONAL LAYOUT. YOU NAME IT, HE'S DONE IT, AND HE'S HAPPY TO DO IT, AND HE CONTINUES TO DO IT IN THE FUTURE. [INAUDIBLE] [00:25:14] >> HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, AS YOU CAN TELL BY MY DRESS, I ANTICIPATED BEING HERE IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT. THEN AT THE REQUEST OF THE CURRENT [INAUDIBLE], I WAS ASKED TO BE INVOLVED IN THE PINNING OF HIS BADGE. I'M VERY, VERY HONORED TO BE DOING THIS, LLOYD, THE WORDS THAT CHIEF MOORE HAD TO SAY ONLY SCRATCH THE SURFACE OF THE MAN. I THINK WE ABSOLUTELY GOT THE RIGHT GUY [INAUDIBLE]. CITY MANAGER AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS MANY TIMES. I WAS LIKE, I HAD A GREAT SECOND IN COMMAND. I GOT THE BEST MAN I COULD POSSIBLY HAVE WHEN IT CAME TIME FOR ME TO LOOKING AT [INAUDIBLE] WAS LIKE WHO IS GOING TO BE A SECOND. I NEED A SECOND THAT IS AS GOOD FOR YOU AS YOU AND FOR ME. WE FOUND THAT MAN. CHIEF [INAUDIBLE]. LITTLE STORY ABOUT THE CHIEF, WHEN I MET THE CHIEF, HE WAS A COMMANDER IN THE [INAUDIBLE]. WE HAVE AN INSTANT [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER] >> SORRY. [LAUGHTER]. >> YOU CAN STAND RIGHT THERE. RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME. I. >> I LLOYD GALUTIRA. >> DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. >> DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. >> THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND. >> THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND. >> THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. >> THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. >> AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. >> AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. >> AGAINST ALL ENEMIES FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. >> AGAINST ALL ENEMIES FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. >> THAT I WILL BEAR TRUTH, FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE. >> THAT I WILL BEAR TRUTH, FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE. >> TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. >> TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. >> AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. >> AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. >> THAT I WILL TAKE THIS OBLIGATION. >> THAT I WILL TAKE THIS OBLIGATION. >> FREELY WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION. >> FREELY WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATIONS. >> OR PURPOSE OF EVASION. >> OR PURPOSE OF EVASION. >> AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY. >> DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER. >> DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER [00:30:04] [APPLAUSE] >> THE MIC BUTTON THERE. THAT'S PERFECT. >> SORRY. I ALWAYS HAVE TROUBLE WITH THIS. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT AND FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS A LIEUTENANT FOR THE WASCO POLICE DEPARTMENT. I'M TRULY GRATEFUL, AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK CHIEF M, CHIEF CHARLES FIVECOAT, FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE. I'M EXCITED TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD AND DOING GREAT THINGS WITH THIS DEPARTMENT AND OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, AND CONGRATULATIONS. OBVIOUSLY, IT'S WELL DESERVED. I FEEL LIKE I ALWAYS LEARN SOMETHING NEW, IN TERMS OF BACKGROUND AND THE EDUCATION THAT YOU HAVE. I THINK WE'RE IN GOOD HANDS. I THINK WE HAVE A SOLID TEAM. OBVIOUSLY, THE CHIEF, FORWARD THINKING, WE'VE SAID IT BEFORE. IT'S ALL ABOUT STRATEGY AND LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY. I THINK WE'RE IN GOOD HANDS, THE CITY OF WASCO. WITH THAT, WE DO HAVE SOME REPRESENTATIVES THAT HAVE SOME CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION. WE WILL START WITH JANET TAPIA FROM SENATOR OFFICE. IT'S ALWAYS SO AWKWARD BECAUSE I WANT TO FACE YOU AND THE COUNSEL AT THE SAME TIME. IT'S OFF NOW. IT'S ON NOW. [LAUGHTER]. BATTERIES LOW. [LAUGHTER] GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS JANET TAPIA, CURRENT COUNTY DISTRICT REP FOR STATE SENATOR MALARTADO. I JUST WANT TO SAY, CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS NEW AND WELL DESERVED ROLE. CHIEF MORA IS LEAVING SOME PRETTY BIG SHOES TO FILL, BUT FROM THE SOUNDS OF IT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE NO TROUBLE AT ALL. I'M GOING TO HAVE A SENATOR SAY, CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU FOR ALL DONE FOR CITY AND YOUR ROLE UP TO HERE NOW AND WE TRUST THAT CITY IN GOOD HAND AND WISH YOU THE ABSOLUTE BEST. WE HOPE THAT YOU ENJOY YOUR LAST NAME FROM HERE ON FORWARD, PEOPLE CAN CALL YOU [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE]. THANK YOU. NEXT STEP, WE HAVE CLAIRE BA GUTS FROM ASSEMBLY MEMBER, DOCTOR BAIN'S OFFICE. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. [INAUDIBLE] WHAT I HONOR IS WE COME TO THE RESIDENT OF THE WHOLE DISTRICT. BUT BY SAMPLE AND I SAW THE ARBOREAL WITHDRAWAL DAY. I VERY INQUIRED. I'LL GIVE MY EYE BECAUSE GIVE YOUR EYE ON. WHEN THEY GIVE THAT NOT ONLY FOR THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE SAKE AND EVERYTHING. IT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME THAT THE TEAM GOT YOU WHEN YOU BACK HERE AND CONTINUE THE LEGACY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MY DAUGHTER REGULATION OR YOUR NEW ENDEAVOR MANY MONTHS IT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME CONGRATULATION. [APPLAUSE] [LAUGHTER]. NEXT UP, WE HAVE MARIA ESPINOZA FROM DAVID COUCH OFFICE. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS MARIA ESPINOZA WITH THE OFFICE OF SUPERVISOR DAVID COUCH, AND IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE ONCE AGAIN AND CELEBRATE THIS PROMOTION OF LIEUTENANT GALA DINNER. I HAVE NO DOUBT AFTER HEARING OF THE WORDS OF CHIEF MORA AND CHIEF FICO THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE AMAZING IN THIS POSITION. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND I CAN'T WAIT TO WORK ALONGSIDE YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. BEFORE YOU TAKE A SEAT, MR. RAYON, I'M SURE YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US OVER HERE. [LAUGHTER] HE WAS COMFORTABLE OVER THERE? STAY AT THE PODIUM. I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR ANY COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS, SO MAYOR PRO TEM. [00:35:02] WELL, LIKE MARIA SAID, AFTER HEARING CHIEF AND EVERYBODY TO TALK, AND ON OF THAT, JUST THE TIME I'VE GOT TO BE IN DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS THAT WE'VE DONE TOGETHER. IT IS TRUE THAT HEART YOU HAVE, IT SHOWS THAT YOU DO CARE AND THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR OUR COMMUNITY. I CONGRATULATE YOU ONE MORE TIME. THANK YOU. MIGUEL A. RAYA. CONGRATULATIONS, LIEUTENANT GUITAR. YOU'RE GOING TO BE A GREAT ASSET NOT ONLY TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT TO OUR COMMUNITY. YOU HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH THE YOUTH, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT FOR OUR DEPARTMENT TOO. I KNOW YOU WORKED AS A POLICE RESOURCE OFFICER IN THE LANE FOR A LOT OF YEARS. THAT BROUGHT YOU A LOT OF CONNECTION AND INSIGHT TO THE YOUTH THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE USING HERE GREATLY AND LAST TIME I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH YOU, I LIKE YOUR VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF THE POW BUILDING. I SHARE THAT WITH YOU, SAME VISION. WELCOME AND CONGRATULATIONS. MIGHT GOD GIVE YOU THE WISDOM IN THE HEAL TO STAY IN THAT POSITION AS LONG AS YOU CAN. THANK YOU. GILBERTO REYNA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. LIEUTENANT GALTERA. TALK ABOUT SUCCESSION PLANNING. THE CHIEF DID A WONDERFUL JOB IN SELECTING ALEX AND NOW SELECTING YOU. THAT GIVES ME A LOT OF CONFIDENCE. I'VE SEEN THE THINGS THAT YOU DO, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO EXCEL IN THIS NEW POSITION. CONGRATULATIONS. STAY SAFE. [APPLAUSE] NEXT STEP, WE HAVE RECOGNITION OF CHIEF POLICE FIVE C. JOIN HIS CHIEF. [10.b. Recognition Chief of Police Fivecoat] WE'LL START OFF. WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO MR. HUBERT OVER HERE. WELL, WE DON'T WANT THIS TO END UP WITH BOTH OF US BLUBBERING ON THE FLOOR, SO [LAUGHTER] CHIEF, WE GOT TO SAY A LOT LAST FRIDAY AND SO DID EVERYBODY ELSE. NOTHING'S REALLY CHANGED. I JUST SO BLESSED THAT YOU PICKED UP THE PHONE THAT DAY THREE YEARS AGO AND THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PULL IT OFF. I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE ANYBODY ELSE COULD HAVE DONE IT. IT'S BEEN GREAT TO SPEND THAT TIME NOT ONLY BUILDING THE PD, BUT BUILDING OUR FRIENDSHIP FURTHER AND REALLY HAVE APPRECIATED THIS TIME. I DON'T IMAGINE THAT'S GOING TO END NOW. YOU HAVE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB INSTILLING THE CULTURE NEXT DOOR THAT YOU WANTED AND THAT I WANTED, AND I THINK THAT'S MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU GIVING US THESE YEARS OF YOUR TIME AND WISH YOU WELL DOING A LITTLE BIT OF NOTHING, [LAUGHTER] MAYBE FOR A WHILE. THAT'S A TALL ORDER, I KNOW FOR YOU, BUT I HOPE YOU GET TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF THAT AND ENJOY YOUR TIME AND ENJOY YOUR FAMILY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] I WISH THERE WAS MORE I COULD SAY THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO BETTER DESCRIBE THIS EXPERIENCE. ALL I CAN TELL ALL OF YOU, I'VE PRETTY MUCH SAID FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS HAS BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME. ALL OF YOU MEAN SO MUCH TO ME. AS WE WERE TALKING EARLIER TODAY, I MENTIONED TO THE DIRECTORS STAFF OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. NO ONE HERE WAS EVER AN EMPLOYEE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. EVERYONE HERE WAS A FAMILY MEMBER AND PEOPLE THAT I TRULY LOVE AND THAT GOES FOR EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM. THIS WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE IF WE HAD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. [APPLAUSE]. [00:41:47] [OVERLAPPING] CHIEF, I KNOW THE MAJORITY OF THE MAJORITY OF US WERE AT YOUR DINNER, BUT I DO WANT TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE OF US THAT WEREN'T. IF THERE'S ANY COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS, SO I'LL OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR MAYOR PRO TEM. I ALREADY EXPRESSED MY GRATITUDE TO CHIEF BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO MAKE TO THE DINNER. BUT THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING, AND BY THE GRACE OF GOD, EVERYTHING WENT AND WE'RE HERE. THANK YOU. MEMBER MIGUEL A. RAYA, ANYTHING TO ADD? THANK YOU, CHIEF FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE. I THINK YOU FULFILLED THE DREAM THAT THAT COMMUNITY WANTED TO BUILD THEIR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND YOU DECIDED TO COME AND YOU DID A GREAT JOB, AND WE'RE ALL GRATEFUL FOR THAT. WE'RE NEVER GOING TO FORGET THAT. YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE IN OUR HEART. EVERY TIME WE COME IN TO THE MEETING, WE OPENED THE DOOR, YOU WERE ALWAYS RIGHT THERE WITH A SMILE, GREETING, EVERYONE [LAUGHTER]. YOU'LL BE MISSED GREATLY. THANK YOU. MEMBER REYNA. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, CHIEF CAME HERE TO DO A JOB AND HE'S DONE IT WONDERFULLY. BUT HE ALSO CAME HERE AND CAME INTO MANY OF US LIVES AND TOUCHED US IN A WAY THAT FEW PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO DO. IF I ADMIRE YOU, I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR YOU. I THINK YOU'RE A WONDERFUL INDIVIDUAL, A GREAT MAN, AND I'M HAPPY TO CALL YOU A FRIEND. THANK YOU. CHIEF, OBVIOUSLY, I DON'T HAVE MUCH ELSE TO ADD IT. YOU'RE WELL LOVED, YOU'RE WELL RESPECTED. WE ALL SAW THAT AT YOUR DINNER. A LOT OF GREAT THINGS WERE SAID ABOUT YOU. YOU'RE A STANDARD PERSON, PERSON OF CHARACTER AND YOU LEAD BY EXAMPLE. WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE THANK YOU FOR SETTING THE TEAM IN PLACE AND LEAVING US IN A GOOD SPOT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY DEEPLY NEEDED. THANKS TO YOU AND YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THE REST OF THE FOLKS THAT WORK WITH YOU WE'RE HERE TODAY. THANK YOU, I KNOW IT'S BITTERSWEET. BUT THANK YOU, AND I'M SURE YOU WILL BE WELL MISSED BY NOT JUST CITY COUNCIL, BUT EVERYBODY HERE, SO THANK YOU. OPEN THE FLOOR FOR COMMENTS. [APPLAUSE]. WITH THAT, I DO WANT TO OPEN UP THE FLOOR, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SAY A FEW WORDS TO CHIEF. [LAUGHTER]. CHIEF, I APOLOGIZE. I'M SURE YOU HEARD THAT I WAS ON MY WAY TO YOUR CEREMONY, BUT THE SENATOR'S FLIGHT WAS DELAYED, AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE TRAFFIC WAS I WON'T GET INTO IT. BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY ON BEHALF OF THE SENATOR, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SERVICE HERE TO THE COMMUNITY OF WASCO. I REMEMBER WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED OUT AND WE WOULD START TALKING ABOUT HOW EVERYTHING WAS GOING, AND YOU WOULD SAY, OH, WE'RE EXPECTED TO DO THIS BY JULY. BUT I THINK WE'LL HAVE IT DONE IN MAY, [00:45:02] AND THEN I'D COME IN AND IT'S DONE IN APRIL. IT WAS JUST LIKE THAT TIME AFTER TIME. ALL THE WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO THE CITY, ALL OF THE STUFF THAT YOU HAVE DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY OF WASCO IS A SAFER PLACE, COMING IN FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND SEEING THOSE REPORTS AND JUST SEEING HOW WELL THE CITY WAS BEING TAKEN CARE OF WAS AMAZING AND IT WAS GREAT WHEN I COULD TURN BACK AROUND AND JUST SHARE THOSE UPDATES WITH THE SENATOR. THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS HAVING MADE YOURSELF AVAILABLE TO OUR TEAM FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DID TO THE CITY, FOR THE CITY. YOUR SERVICE IS, I CAN'T EVEN SAY HOW THANKFUL WE ARE FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DID HERE FOR THE CITY OF WASCO. WE WISH YOU THE ABSOLUTE BEST IN YOUR RETIREMENT. WE HOPE THAT YOU CONTINUE TO SEE US AS FRIENDS AND PARTNERS, AND YOU CAN REACH OUT TO US WHENEVER. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> ANYBODY ELSE? >> HELLO AGAIN, EVERYONE. CHIEF, I WANTED TO BRING A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION BECAUSE LIKE JANET, I ALSO WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT LAST FRIDAY. BUT NEVERTHELESS, I FEEL IT'S BITTER SWEET MOMENT. I WISH YOU WELL, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU THAT I LOVE WHAT I DO AND WHO I WORK WITH, SEEING LEADERSHIPS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, CHANGING THE WORLD AND COMING INTO ORGANIZATIONS AND LEAVING THEM IN A BETTER SPOT. THEY WERE AT IS JUST AMAZING, AND IT GIVES ME FAITH THAT ONE DAY I CAN BE LIKE THAT. I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND I JUST HOPE THAT YOU HAVE A GREAT RETIREMENT. I FEEL LIKE I WASTED AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GET TO WORK A LOT TOGETHER, BUT IT'S SOMETHING I'M NOT GOING TO WASTE AGAIN WITH CHIEF MORA, YOU'LL BE SEEING A LOT OF ME, BUT CONGRATULATIONS, AND I HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT [APPLAUSE]. >> DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER PRESENTATIONS? >> [INAUDIBLE] >> WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS, SO WE WILL NOT HAVE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS. THE TIME AT 6:49PM. PERFECT. I WOULD NOW CALL THIS MEETING BACK TOWARD THE TIME IS 6:59. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 11, PUBLIC SAFETY REPORTS. [11.a. Kern County Fire Department (Appleton)] COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT, CHIEF APPLETON. >> MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I SHOULD HAVE GOT UP EARLIER, THAT WAY I COULD SAY MY PIECE. I DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS GOING TO LEAVE. [LAUGHTER] IT'S BEEN A NEAT OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT START FROM SCRATCH. WATCHING CHIEF FIVE COTE, AND MR. HARBERT, AND THE COUNCIL BRING THAT POLICE DEPARTMENT UP FROM SCRATCH HAS BEEN REALLY NEAT TO SEE AND A DIFFERENCE IT HAS MADE IN THE COMMUNITY. CHIEF IT'S BEEN FUN TO SIT NEXT TO CHIEF FIVE COTE AND CHAT WITH THEM ON THE PHONE DIFFERENT TIMES AND SEE HIM HERE AROUND TOWN, DIFFERENT EVENTS. HE'S TRULY I KNOW THE TERM GETS THROWN AROUND A LOT, BUT I TOLD HIM EARLIER, HE'S TRULY A GOOD LEADER. I DON'T TAKE LEADERSHIP LIGHTLY, AND HE IS TRULY A GOOD LEADER, AND WILL BE MISSED. DID A GOOD JOB IN FINDING HIM, SCOTT IT WAS A FANTASTIC CHOICE THERE. THEN ALL THE HIRING OF THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS OUTSTANDING IT'S MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY. IT ALSO MAKES A DIFFERENCE FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR DEPARTMENT AS WE'RE OUT THERE ON THE STREETS. I COULD SEE THE DIFFERENCE FROM OUR PEOPLE FROM WHAT WAS GOING ON BEFORE, TO WHAT IT IS NOW, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT'S SAFER FOR THE COMMUNITY IT'S ALSO SAFER FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS WHO ARE OUT THERE AS WELL, AND THEY HAVE A QUICK RESPONSE OR THEY'RE QUICKLY, SHOWING UP AND HELPING. IT'S JUST GREAT TO SEE GREAT TO SEE. GOOD TO SEE CHIEF FIVE COTE RETIRING AGAIN. [LAUGHTER] HOPEFULLY THIS TIME, I THINK IS HIS LAST TIME. BUT GREAT JOB THAT HE'S DONE AND THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE IN BRINGING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO FRUITION HERE SO JUST WANT TO SAY THAT. [00:50:04] I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW WE'LL BE HERE, I HAVE A FUNERAL TO GO TO ON SATURDAY AS WELL, BUT WE'LL BE IN THE PARADE ON SATURDAY FOR THE ROSE FESTIVAL PARADE SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. ANY QUESTIONS? >> I THINK WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU, CHIEF. >> THANK YOU. >> ITEM 11B WASCO POLICE DEPARTMENT, CHIEF MORA. [11.b. Wasco Police Department (Mora)] >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I WILL TRY TO BE AS BRIEF AS I CAN. THESE STATS ARE GOING TO COVER THE MONTH OF AUGUST. BUT YEAR TO DATE, WE HAVE 13,202 TOTAL INCIDENTS. IN AUGUST, WE HANDLED 1676 INCIDENTS, OF WHICH CALLS FOR SERVICE WERE 1028, AND OFFICER INITIATED ACTIVITY WAS 648. IT'S BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT. TOTAL ARRESTS FOR AUGUST 77. STOLEN VEHICLES, EIGHT RECOVERED THREE. OUR FRIENDLY, PEACEFUL CONTACTS GONE UP WE'RE AT 34 FOR AUGUST. TRAFFIC STOPS. WE MADE 311 STOPS AND CITED 86 PEOPLE AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU, CHIEF. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE MEMBERS? MAYOR PRO TEM SALDANA? >> NO QUESTION. >> MEMBER MEDINA. >> JUST ONE QUESTION. WOULD YOU SHARE THAT CHART WITH ME AGAIN? >> OF COURSE. >> THANK YOU. APPRECIATE. >> THANK YOU, CHIEF. >> THANK YOU. >> WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 12, CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS. [12)CONSENT CALENDAR] CONSENT CALENDAR. THE CONSENT CALENDAR CONSISTS OF ITEMS THAT ARE ROUTINE AND NON CONTROVERSIAL IN THE STAFFS OPINION. THESE ITEMS ARE APPROVED IN ONE MOTION UNLESS THE COUNCIL MEMBER OR MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC REQUESTS OR REMOVAL OF PARTICULAR ITEM. THIS EVENING, WE HAVE ITEMS 12A-12D. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ASK THE MEMBERS IF THEY HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON A PARTICULAR ITEM. BLESS YOU. ON A PARTICULAR ITEM ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. MAYOR PRO TEM SALDANA? >> I HAVE NONE. >> MEMBER MARTINEZ? OH, SORRY. MEMBER RAYA? >> NONE. >> MEMBER MADINA? >> NO CONFLICT, MAYOR. >> I HAVE NO CONFLICT. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE AN ITEM? >> [INAUDIBLE] >> BUT IT NEEDS TO BE ON ONE OF THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. >> [INAUDIBLE] >> NO, WE'VE MOVED ON FROM THAT. ARE THERE ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE AN ITEM? MAYOR PRO TEM SALDANA? >> I HAVE NONE. >> MEMBER MARTINEZ? >> MEMBER RAYA? >> NONE. >> MEMBER MEDINA? >> NONE, MAYOR. >> I HAVE NONE. I WOULD LIKE TO RETURN THE MOTION FOR APPROVAL. >> MOVED. >> I WILL SECOND. MADAM CLERK, CAN WE GET THE VOTE BY ROLL CALL? >> MAYOR MEDINA? >> AYE. >> MAYOR PRO TEM SALDANA? >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAYA? >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER REYNA? >> AYE. >> MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM SALDANA, SECONDED BY MAYOR MEDINA TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR. MOTION IS APPROVED WITH FOUR AYES WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ ABSENT. >> THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 14, THE THIRD BUSINESS. [14.a. Council finds this action is not a “project” defined under section 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines; Discussion and Possible Minute Action to Appoint One Voting Delegate and Two Alternates for the League of California Cities 2025 Annual Conference and Expo to be held on October 8th -10th, 2025, in Long Beach, California. (Hurlbert)] WE'VE GOT ITEM 148. COUNCIL FINDS SECTION IS NOT A PROJECT DEFINED UNDER SECTION 15378, THE EQUAL GUIDELINES. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO APPOINT ONE VOTING DELEGATE AND TWO ALTERNATIVES FOR THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITY'S 2025 ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND EXPO TO BE HELD ON OCTOBER 8 THROUGH THE TENTH 2025 AT LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, MR. HARBERT. >> YES, HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. THIS ITEM, IF YOU RECALL, WE DIDN'T HAVE VOTING DELEGATE QUORUM LAST TIME. WE'RE A LITTLE CLOSER THIS TIME, SO THIS WILL BE COMING UP AT THE ANNUAL CAL CITY'S CONFERENCE. WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS HAVE THE COUNCIL SELECT FROM THE THREE MEMBERS WHO ARE ATTENDING A LEAD DELEGATE AND TWO ALTERNATES TO VOTE AT THE LEAGUE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING. THE THREE THAT ARE ATTENDING ARE MAYOR PRO TEM SALDANA AND COUNCIL MEMBERS REYNA AND MARTINEZ. WITH MARTINEZ ABSENT TONIGHT, I WOULD RECOMMEND HAVING HIM AS AN ALTERNATE THEN SO NOW IT'S A RACE FOR SECOND. >> THANK YOU, SCOTT. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? [00:55:04] SEEING NONE. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS? MAYOR PRO TEM SALDANA. >> NO COMMENTS. >> MEMBER MARTINEZ. MEMBER RAYA. >> NO COMMENT. >> MEMBER REYNA? >> NO COMMENTS. >> WITH SCOTT'S COMMENTS, SO WE NEED ONE DELEGATE AND ONE ALTERNATE. >> BY DEFAULT, COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ CAN SERVE AS THE OTHER ALTERNATE OR YOU COULD VOTE HIM AS THE DELEGATE IN HIS ABSENCE. >> IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU TWO ARE THE ONES ATTENDING FROM THE PODIUM. IS THERE ANY VOLUNTEERS IN TERMS OF WANTING TO BE THE DELEGATE? >> NOBODY WANTS TO BE A DELEGATE [LAUGHTER]. >> I'LL NOMINATE YOU GILBERT. [LAUGHTER] I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE YOU AS A DELEGATE AND THEN MAYOR PRO TEM SALDANA AS ALTERNATE. >> ALL IT DOES NOT PERMITTED TO LEAVE ON TIME. >> PERFECT. >> IF I COULD ADD A LITTLE BIT TO THIS, NOT TO PROLONG IT, BUT TO DATE, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY NOMINATED ISSUES TO BE DISCUSSED AT THE GENERAL MEETING. IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN THERE CAN ALSO BE AMENDMENTS TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S CHARTER THAT COME IN AT THE LAST MINUTE. BUT IF THERE AREN'T, THEN WE'LL BE OKAY. IF WE DO RECEIVE NOTIFICATION OF ANY ISSUES THAT WILL BE VOTED UPON, WE'LL BRING THEM BACK AT A LATER MEETING. OR IF IT'S TOO LATE TO BE AT A REGULAR MEETING, I'LL BRING THAT INFORMATION WITH ME AND MEET WITH THE DELEGATES, IF WITH THIS COUNCIL'S PERMISSION, WE'LL DECIDE ON THE SPOT WHAT THE CITY'S POSITION OUGHT TO BE AND INSTRUCT THE DELEGATE TO VOTE THAT WAY. >> PERFECT. YOU WOULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION IF THAT HAPPENS? >> YES. >> PERFECT WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPOINT MEMBER REYNA AS VOTING DELEGATE AND MAYOR PRO TEM SALDANA AS ALTERNATE AND MR. MARTINEZ. CAN I GET A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> MADAM CLERK, CAN WE GET TO VOTE BY ROLL CALL. >> MAYOR MEDINA? >> AYE. >> MAYOR PRO TEM SALDANA? >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAYA? >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER REYNA? >> I THINK I WILL ABSTAIN, NO I'M KIDDING [LAUGHTER]. >> I'M LIKE WHAT? >> NO. AYE. >> MOTION BY MAYOR MEDINA, SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM SALDANA, TO APPOINT COUNCIL MEMBER REYNA AS VOTING DELEGATE AND MAYOR PRO TEM SALDANA, AND COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ AS ALTERNATE. MOTION IS APPROVED WITH FOUR AYES WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ ABSENT. >> THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 15, NEW BUSINESS. [15.a. Council finds this action is not a “project” defined under section 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines; Authorize City Manager or designee to accept the Final Version of the Stormwater Master Plan. (Villa)] WE'VE GOT ITEM 15. COUNCIL FINDS THIS ACTION. IT'S NOT A PROJECT DEFINED UNDER SECTION 15378. SQL GUIDELINES, AUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER, WERE DESIGNATED TO ACCEPT THE FINAL VERSION OF THE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN, MR. VIA. >> GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO DEFER TO MR. JOHN KOHLER, WHO HAS BEEN PATIENTLY WAITING VIA ZOOM. HE'LL DO A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON THE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN AFTERWARDS, WE'LL HAVE QUESTIONS. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER. >> THANK YOU. >> JOHN. YOU'RE UP. >> MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TO EXPLAIN PROGRAM. [INAUDIBLE] >> IT IS. >> THE PROJECT ITSELF WAS TO DETERMINE THE PLAN HORIZONS AND LANDS USE ASSUMPTIONS FOR THE EXISTING SYSTEM AND FUTURE GROWTH. >> JOHN? >> YES. >> SORRY FOR THE INTERRUPTION. ARE YOU GOING TO PUT THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION TO FULL SCREEN, PLEASE? THERE WE GO. >> SORRY ABOUT THAT. THAT COINCIDED WITH THE GENERAL PLAN AND THE 25 YEAR PROJECTION PROVIDED BY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. WE REVIEWED THE CITY EXISTING INFORMATION, THE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM AND INCORPORATED THAT INTO A CIVIL STORM MODEL THEN WE CALCULATE FLOWS TO ASSESS THE CURRENT CAPACITY OF A SYSTEM AND IDENTIFY FUTURE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COLLECTION SYSTEM. [01:00:04] AS WELL, WE ASSESSED THE EXISTING CONDITION OF THE DETENTION AND RETENTION PONDS IN THE CITY AND CAME UP WITH RECOMMENDED IMPROVEMENTS TO DEAL WITH DEFICIENCIES AND TO SUPPORT FUTURE GROWTH. LASTLY, CREATED A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FOR STORMWATER MASTER PLAN. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF COMPONENTS TO THE STRONG DRAINAGE SYSTEM. THERE'S THE SURFACE STREETS AND GUTTERS TO CONVEY THE RAINWATER. THERE'S THE INTERSECTION OF CATCH BASINS. THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SWAMPS AND PONDS OVERALL, THERE ARE 17 MILES OF STORM RAINS. THERE ARE 12 PRIVATELY OPERATED EITHER HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION OR BUSINESS OPERATED SUMPS. TEN CITY OPERATED SUMPS, TWO CITY OPERATED DETENTION PONDS AND ONE CITY OPERATED RETENTION PLANT. >> WE EVALUATED THE PONDS, BASED ON THE LOCAL DESIGN CRITERIA THAT'S ITEM NUMBER 1, WHICH IS A FIVE DAY DURATION STORM THAT OCCURS STATISTICALLY ONCE EVERY 10 YEARS. THAT'S A SIZING CRITERIA THAT IS SHARED WITH. WELL, IT'S COME FROM KERN COUNTY, AND 18 OUT OF THE 24 PONDS PASS CRITERIA. MORE COMMON CRITERIA ELSEWHERE THROUGHOUT THE USA IS THE ONCE IN 100 YEAR OR 1% OCCURRENCE EACH YEAR STORM VOLUME. BASED ON THAT, WE WANT TO SEE HOW THAT COMPARED THE LOCAL CRITERIA AND 22 OUT OF THE 24 PASS. LASTLY, SECONDARY CRITERIA IS THESE PONDS FUNCTION BY EVAPORATION AND INFILTRATION AND BECAUSE OF THE RAINY SEASON IS THE SEASON WHEN THERE'S LESS SOLAR RADIATION. WE ASSESSED IT BASED ON INFILTRATION WILL THEY DRAIN WITHIN THREE DAYS AND 17 OF 24 PASSED. OVERALL, VERY GOOD. WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF ALL PONDS, WHETHER WALL IT WAS PRESENT AFTER DRY WEATHER, WHETHER THE SLOPES AND RAIN ACCESS AND FENCES AND WALLS AND PUMPS, IF APPLICABLE WERE IN GOOD CONDITION, AND NEARLY ALL OF THEM WERE IN GOOD CONDITION. THE PLAN IDENTIFIES THOSE FEW THAT ARE DEFICIENT. IN THE PONDS AND SUMPS OUR MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS IS ONE NEW RETENTION POND NORTHWEST OF THE PRIMARY RETENTION POND THAT'S ADJACENT TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. REPLACING THE DIESEL PUMP WITH THE WEST SIDE RETENTION POND AND LEVEL MONITORING OF ALL THE DETENTION AND RETENTION PONDS SO THAT THEY CAN BE OPERATED BETTER. MOVING ON TO THE STORM DRAINS. THE PRIMARY CAPACITY LIMITATIONS WERE FOUND TO BE ON THE SEVENTH STREET CORRIDOR FROM THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT TO REDWOOD DRIVE, AND ON HOLBORN STREET, FROM A CENTRAL AVENUE TO PALM AVENUE. WE RECOMMENDED SOME NEW STORM DRAINS ON THOSE CORRIDORS. THIS SUMMARIZES ALL THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS HERE VISUALLY. THERE'S THE NEW RETENTION POND, THE TWINNING OF THE BIKES ON SEVENTH STREET. THESE SPOTS HERE WERE PROBLEM SO SPOTS IDENTIFIED A CITY PASS WHERE SURFACE FONDING OCCURS AND THERE WERE MORE THAN THESE, SO WE PRIORITIZE THEM BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SCHOOL CROSSWALKS. IN THIS CASE, THERE'S AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THERE OR PROXIMITY TO THE SHOPPING HERE ON ASCOT DRIVE, WHERE A LOT OF RESIDENTS OF ASCOT MAKE THE REACH OF THE SHOPPING ON FOOT. THOSE WERE PRIORITY IMPROVEMENTS. THIS IS THE FUTURE RECHANGE THERE IN THE SIZE. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE. [01:05:03] >> THANK YOU, JOHN. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE MEMBERS? MAYOR PORTA? >> I HAVE NO QUESTION. MEMBER? >> NO. >> MEMBER. >> THESE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO IN THE FUTURE. >> YES. WE LAID OUT A PRIORITY OF EACH OF THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND THEN FIVE YEAR PRES AFTER THAT PRIORITIZING BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE CITY AND ALSO FOR THE ONES PROJECTS THAT WERE A LITTLE FURTHER OUT, LOOKING AT SPREADING OUT THE COST OVER THE YEAR, SO IT WOULD BE MANAGEABLE FOR THE CITY. >> HOW LONG A TERM ARE WE LOOKING AT TO ACCOMPLISH THIS? WE SET IT OUT OVER THE FULL TERM OF 5 YEARS. BUT THE HIGHEST PRIORITY WOULD BE THAT LARGE RETENTION POND, NEITHER THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLAN. >> AS WE KNOW WITH THE WEATHER CHANGING THIS ONCE IN 100 YEAR FLOODS ARE OCCURRING MORE FREQUENTLY IN MANY COMMUNITIES, WE HAVEN'T HAD ONE OURSELVES, THAT IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT WERE TO OCCUR, WE WOULD BE IN THE TROUBLE, I SUPPOSE, BASED ON THE CURRENT. >> RICK. I THINK ENGINEERS, WE KIND OF THE PREFERRED TERMINOLOGY DATABASE IS A 1% CHANCE BECAUSE REALLY ONCE IN 100 YEARS IMPLIES THAT THAT'S HOW OFTEN IT WILL OCCUR, BUT IT'S REALLY THE STORM HAS A 1% CHANCE OF OCCURRING EACH YEAR. IT'S A BACKWARDS LOOKING THING. IT'S BASED ON NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND SECURITY AGENCY NOAA STATISTICS. EVERY FIVE TO 10 YEARS, NOAA UPDATES THE QUESTION OF WHAT IS YOUR 1% STORM. IN CONTRAST TO THE LAST UPDATE OF THIS PLAN SOME 15 YEARS AGO. THE 1% STORM IS BIGGER AS YOU'VE JUST POINTED OUT. WE'VE TAKEN THAT INTO ACCOUNT USING THE MOST RECENT NOAA'S STATISTICS. BUT I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT IN ANOTHER 10, 15 YEARS, THE 1% STORM WOULD BE BIGGER AGAIN. >> ONE MORE QUESTION, IF I MAY. THIS PLAN IS FOR THINGS THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO DO TO SATISFY THE NEED FOR STORM DRAINS AS WELL AS FUTURE GROWTH, CORRECT? >> CORRECT. YES. GOOD POINT. >> WELL, I WANTED TO ASK DOES THIS PLAN INCLUDE REQUIREMENTS THAT THE CITY MIGHT HAVE OF THOSE BUILDING WITHIN THE CITY, WHETHER IT IS A APARTMENT COMPLEX OR WHETHER IT IS BUSINESSES THAT WOULD REQUIRE TO HAVE SUMS TO ABSORB ANY RUNOFF FROM PARKING LOTS OR STRUCTURES THAT ARE BEING BUILT? >> THAT IS IN MUNICIPAL CODE NOW REQUIRING ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT TO LOOK AFTER DRAINAGE, AND TO CREATE THOSE SUMPS AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE KERN COUNTY CRITERIA, WHICH COMPARES, AS I POINTED OUT QUITE FAVORABLY TO NATIONAL CRITERIA. THAT DESIGN CRITERIA HAS SERVED THE CITY PRETTY WELL. AS PART OF OUR PLAN, WE DID IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPERS TO HAVE A COMMUNITY SUMP THAT SERVES MULTIPLE THE DEVELOPMENTS TO MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT BECAUSE THEY DO NEED A MAINTENANCE RAMP, AND SOME OF THE VERY SMALL SUMPS IN TOWN, IF YOU LOOK AT THEM, THE MAINTENANCE RAMP OCCUPIES UP TO A QUARTER OF THE POND ITSELF, WHICH MAKES IT VERY INEFFICIENT. WE LOOKED AT A REGIONAL APPROACH IN SOME OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENT AREAS SO THAT TWO OR THREE PROPERTY OWNERS COULD COMBINE AND HAVE A SUMP [01:10:01] THAT'S MORE ECONOMICALLY VIABLE THAT SERVES THAT AREA. BUT IN GENERAL, THE DEVELOPERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE THAT THEY DEVELOP IN ACCORDANCE WITH THAT CODE. OF COURSE, THE CITY OVERSEES THAT, MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO. >> THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS, SO I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU. >> I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. I JUST DID MISS ONE STEP. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? THEN I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. >> I'LL MOVE TO APPROVAL. >> I SAID, IS THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? WHAT'S THAT? DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT? COME UP TO THE PODIUM. MY CONCERN WAS IN REGARDS TO DRAINING. IF YOU COULD PULL BACK UP EITHER THE SLIDE OR WHATEVER, IT'S 17 24, THERE WERE CERTAIN ONES THAT WERE APPROVED OR PASSED. WHEN YOU WERE DRAINING THESE, WHERE ARE THEY BEING DRAINED TO? I HAVE SEEN IN KINGS COUNTY, THIS IS KERN COUNTY, DRAINAGE FROM SEWERS INTO PONDS OF LOCAL PARKS, SUMPS OR PONDS. SEWER INTO PUBLIC AREAS, WASTE INTO A PUBLIC PARK AREA FILLING A POND. I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU GUYS ARE DRAINING THIS STUFF AT, BUT MY CONCERN IS DRAINAGE. WHERE IS IT BEING DRAINED? WHERE IS IT COMING FROM THESE PONDS AND SUMPS? WHERE ARE THEY BEING TRANSPORTED FROM AND BACK TO? >> THE CURRENT TOPIC IS STORMWATER, SIR, NOT WASTEWATER. >> WATSTE, PONDS AND SUMPS. THIS IS A RESERVE A POND, RIGHT? OR A SUMP? THIS IS A STORMWATER, NOT WASTEWATER. WE'RE ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT THE WASTEWATER PLAN. THAT'S NEXT ON THE AGENDA. BUT WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT NOW IS RAINFALL, ESSENTIALLY, NOT WASTEWATER, NOT SEWER. >> BUT RAINFALL IS NOT A POND OR A SUMP. IT IS NATURAL RAINFALL. THIS IS RESERVE OF WATER. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DRAINAGE. >> I UNDERSTOOD YOUR CONCERN WAS ON WASTE SEWAGE. >> I SEE IN OTHER COUNTIES. WERE THEY USED FROM WATER BEING DRAINED AND RAINED INTO SEWER. JUST QUITE STUPID. IF YOU TAKE RAINWATER FROM A POND AND TAKE IT INTO OUR SEWERS, YOU'RE WASTING WHAT IS POSSIBLY CLEAN WATER THAT COULD BE FILTERED TO THE WATER DISTRICT. >> WELL WE'LL CAPTURE THAT CONCERN. >> BUT MY CONCERN IS WITH PONDS AND SUMPS. NOT WASTEWATER. WHERE IS THE DRAINAGE BEING DRAINED INTO? >> I THINK I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN. THE SUMPS ARE AT THE TERMINAL POINT FOR THE STORM BRAS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT SERVE. WHICH IS WHY THE CITY HAS 22 SUMPS SPREAD ALL OVER. MOST OF THE STORM BRAINS ARE DISCONTINUOUS. THEY DON'T CONNECT TO EACH OTHER. THEY JUST COLLECT TO LOCAL SUMP AND THAT'S WHERE THE WATER STOPS. THE SUMPS ARE SIZED TO ABSORB ALL THE WATER INTO GROUND TO INFILTRATE IT WITHIN THREE DAYS BASED ON THE DESIGN SUMP. >> WHAT IS THE LOCAL SUMP? YOU HAVE 22 SUMPS INTO ONE LOCAL SUMP. WHERE IS OUR LOCAL SYSTEM LOCATED? >> NO. THERE ARE 22 LOCAL SUMPS THAT ARE INDEPENDENT THAT DON'T CONNECT TO EACH OTHER. THEN THE OLDER PART OF THE CITY, WHICH WAS DESIGNED MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, 40, 50 YEARS AGO OR LONGER, HAS THE STORM GRID SYSTEM THAT CONVEYS THE WATER TO A DETENTION POND AND LEFT SIDE PARK, AND THEN ONWARD TO A TERMINAL POND ON THE BASE WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND WE'LL TOUCH ON THIS SUMP LATER. THAT POND HAS A PUMP SYSTEM THAT ATTRIBUTES THE SUMP WATER OVER FARMLAND. I GUESS IT'S THE SIMPLEST WAY TO PUT IT. THAT'S THE POND YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN. RIGHT THERE. >> YOU HAD A DEPICTION OF SOME BLUE STARS UP ALONG THE CENTRAL AREA OF WHERE WE STOP. YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME LOCATIONS IN REGARDS TO SUNRISE, THAT WAS NOT REALLY IN REGARDS TO PONDS AND PUMPS. MY THING IS, I HAVE SEEN A DRAINING SYSTEMS WITHIN THE CITY OF WACO FULL OF DIRT STICKS TRASH. OUR DRAINAGE SYSTEMS THEY'RE NO PONDS. THEY'RE NOT IN REGARDS TO AGAIN RAIN RAINFALL. >> THIS IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE OPERATOR OF THE SUMP, WHICH COULD BE A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION OR A SUMP OR THE CITY ITSELF, [01:15:02] OR THE ONES THAT ARE OWNED BY THE CITY TO ACTUALLY REMOVE ANY TRASH. THERE ARE FENCE TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT, KEEP WIND TRASH FROM FALLING IN THERE. BUT INEVITABLY, SOME TRASH DOES WASH DOWN THE STORM DRAIN SYSTEM AND END UP IN SUMPS. IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SUMP OWNER OR OPERATOR TO REMOVE THAT TRASH AND TO PUT IT IN A SOLID WASTE. >> WE SUMP OWNERS WITH HOMEOWNERS THE SUMP IN FRONT OF OUR HOME LOCATED THE STORM DRAIN. IS THAT PUT US IN OWNERSHIP OF THAT SUMP TO RESPONSIBILITY IN CLEANING THAT SUMP? BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING SUMP OWNERS. THE CITY HAS MISERABLY. >> HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION. EVERY STOCK BELONGS TO SOMEBODY. IT EITHER BELONGS TO THE CITY OR IT BELONGS TO A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION AND THAT ENTITIES OR THERE'S SEVERAL IN THE CITY THAT BELONG TO APARTMENT BUILDINGS OR TO RETAIL STORES, AND THE OWNER OF IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING. >> ANY CONCERNS, WE WOULD TAKE THIS TO A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION OR THE CITY OF WASCO IF WE ARE A RESIDENT, BECAUSE I AM A RESIDENT CITY OF WASCO. I AM NOT A CITY WORKER OR A PART OF THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, SO MY CONCERNS FOLLOWING THIS MEETING, WHERE DO I ADDRESS THESE ISSUES? >> I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU GO TO THE CITY PUBLIC FIRST AND GIVE THEM YOUR ADDRESS AND THEN THEY CAN DIRECT YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? SEEING NONE. I WOULD LIKE TO TAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. OR I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. >> MADAM CLERK, CAN GET THE VOTE BY ROCA? >> MAYOR MEDINA? >> AYE. >> MAYOR PEMA? >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAYAN? >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RINA? >> AYE. >> MOTION BY MAYOR MEDINA, SECONDED BY MAYOR [INAUDIBLE] TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION. MOTION IS APPROVED WITH FOUR AYES WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ. YOU WILL MOVE ON TO IT AND 15 B. [15.b. Council finds this action is not a “project” defined under section 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines; Authorize City Manager or designee to accept the Final Version of the Wastewater Master Plan. (Villa)] COUNCIL FINDS ITS ACTION NOT PROJECT DEFINED SECTION 15378 OF THE SQL GUIDELINES, AUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER DESIGN TO ACCEPT THE FINAL VERSION OF THE WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN, MR. RIA. >> HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. FOR THIS ONE TO BE THE SAME THING. WE'LL DEFER TO JOHN KOHLER AND DO A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON THE WASTEWATER [INAUDIBLE]. >> THANK YOU, MR. RIA. >> JOHN, TAKE IT AWAY. >> THANK YOU. LET SEE TRYING TO DO IT FULL SCREEN AGAIN. HOW DID I DO THAT? THERE WE GO. WASTEWATER. ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE OTHER PRESENTATION. YOU BASICALLY LOOK AT WHAT THE CITY HAS PHYSICALLY AND EVALUATE IT AND LOOK AT DOES IT SERVE THE FUTURE GROWTH OF THE CITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GENERAL PLAN. THEN LOOK AT CALCULATING A FAIR SHARE OBLIGATION BY LAND USE FOR EXPANSION THAT WOULDN'T BE COVERED BY NORMAL DEVELOPMENT. WE LOOKED AT THE COLLECTION, THE CONVEYANCE, AND THE TREATMENT SYSTEM. I'LL START AT THE END OF THE SYSTEM WITH THE TREATMENT. THE PLAN YOU HAVE HAS BEEN BUILT AND EXTENDED OVER A PERIOD OF ALMOST 60 YEARS NOW. IT'S AFTER THE IT'S CONSISTED OF SECONDARY TREATMENT. WAS FORTUNATE IN THAT YOU DON'T DISCHARGE YOUR TREATED INFLUENT TO A WATER COURSE, SO SECONDARY TREATMENT MEETS THE STATE STANDARDS. YOU HAVE A STATE DISCHARGE PERMIT FROM A STATE WATER BOARD. WHICH IS REVISITED BY THE WATER BOARD PERIODICALLY, AND YOU'VE BEEN MEETING STANDARDS THE TREATMENT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL. THE CITY, I THINK, STARTING ABOVE A DECADE AGO, CONVERTED TO WATER METERS, WHICH CHANGED THE WAY. PEOPLE WERE CHARGED FOR WATER CONSUMPTION. AS A RESULT, CITIZENS OF LASKA BECAME VERY CONSCIOUS OF WATER CONSERVATION, [01:20:05] WHICH ALSO RESULTED IN THE BIG DROP IN WASTEWATER GENERATION. THEY WERE CONSERVING WATER. IT HAD THE EFFECT OF GENERATING WASTEWATER TO KEEP THE UTILITY. CURRENTLY, THE CITY IS ONLY USING 45 TO 50% OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS PERMITTED A TREATMENT CAPACITY. BECAUSE YOU'RE MEETING STANDARDS, THERE'S NO NEED TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY OR CHANGE THE TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY. THERE'S A MIRROR REVIEW OF YOUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND SCHEMATIC OF WORKS, AND THEN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT SITS UP HERE. ALL OF THESE FIELDS ARE WHERE THE TREATED EFFLUENT IS APPLIED. THEY HAVE CROPS ON THERE'S A FARMER WHO LEASES THE LAND FROM OF THE CITY, HAS A CONTRACT WITH THE CITY TO MANAGE THE TREATED EFFLUENT. THE CROPS CAN'T BE CROPS THAT GO DIRECT INTO THE COVERING PILE THEY HAVE TO BE ANIMAL FEED OR KNOTS SOMETHING LIKE THAT SO THAT THERE'S NO POSSIBILITY OF CONTAMINATION. BUT BUT THEY ARE TREATED. THE AVERAGE FLOWS ARE 1.5 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY. THERE'S SOME SEASONAL PEAK. YOU DO HAVE A COUPLE OF INDUSTRIAL USERS, ONE OF THEM BEING AN IN PROCESSING PLANT, SO THERE'S SOME DURING HARVESTING AND PROCESSING SEASONS IN THE WINTER FALL WINTER. THERE THERE'S AN INCREASE IN FLOW. BUT YOUR PERMITTED CAPACITY IS PRE GALLONS PER DAY, SO YOU'RE ROLLING IT. THE IMPACT OF THOSE INDUSTRIAL USERS, THE TWO MAJOR USERS, THEY ACCOUNT FOR 8% OF THE DAILY AVERAGE. BUT THEY DO CROSS THE PEAK FLOWS AND THEY DO HAVE MORE CONCENTRATED WASTEWATER. AS A RESULT, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO PRETREAT AND TO HAVE BUFFER STORAGE SO THAT THEY RELEASE THEIR CONTRIBUTION IN A WAY THAT YOUR COLLECTION SYSTEM AND YOUR TREATMENT SYSTEM CAN HANDLE. THE ISSUES WITH THE PLANT IN TERMS OF IMPROVEMENTS RELATE TO AGING EQUIPMENT, THE ONLY EQUIPMENT THAT'S ACTUALLY UNDERSIZED THAT NEEDS TO BE INCREASED IN SIZE ARE THE DIGESTORS, WHICH IS PART OF THE TREATMENT PROCESS ONTO THE COLLECTION SYSTEM. WE MODELED IT WITH BENTLEY SEWERCAD SOFTWARE. THERE ARE 58 MILES OF GRAVITY SEWER. THAT JUST FLOWED BY GRAVITY AND 1 MILE OF PRESSURE SEWER FED BY THREE LIT STATIONS. THESE ARE THE LOCATIONS OF THE LIT STATIONS THE CITY TO NUMBER THEM FROM WEST NUMBER 1, NUMBER 2, AND NUMBER 3. THAT'S THE REVERSE ORDER OF THEIR AGE. THESE COLORED AREAS ARE THE AREAS THAT THEY WILL ULTIMATELY SERVE, ALTHOUGH THIS NUMBER 3 IS IN A FULLY DEVELOPED AREA, SO THERE'S NO CHANGE BETWEEN ULTIMATE AND CURVE. THIS IS A TYPICAL SEWER GENERATION PATTERN. THIS ONE IS FOR RESIDENTIAL. THERE'S A PEAK AT NOON IN USE AND MUCH HIGHER PEAK AND GENERATION IN THE EVENING WHEN PEOPLE ARE DOING LAUNDRY AND DOING MORE COOKING AT HOME. THERE ARE DIFFERENT PATTERNS FOR INDUSTRIAL USE AND FOR BUSINESS SEWER SYSTEM AND FOR STOOLS, AND WE MODELED EACH CONNECTION IN THE CITY OR GROUP OF CONNECTIONS AND APPLIED THESE THESE PATTERNS TO GET A MEANINGFUL RESULTS ON THE FLOWS IN THE SEWERS. WHAT WE FOUND FOR THE LIT STATIONS, NUMBER ONE, THAT'S THE ONE UP THERE. NUMBER 1, WITH SIZE FOR THIS GIGANTIC AREA, AND THERE ARE VERY FEW HOMES IN THE AREA RIGHT NOW, [01:25:01] AND AS A RESULT, THE PUMPS DON'T RUN OFTEN ENOUGH, AND THE SEWAGE SITS THERE, COMES SEPTIC. IT STARTS TO MICROORGANISM AND IT STARTS TO DIGEST AND GENERATE CORROSIVE HYDROGEN SULFIDE GAS. OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS UNTIL THERE'S SUCH TIME AS THE UPSTREAM COMMUNITY GROWS, THE PUMPS ACTUALLY SHOULD BE DOWNSIZED WITH GRINDER PUMPS THAT CYCLE AND GRIND TO PREVENT THE HYDROGEN SULFIDE LIKE GAS FORMING AND TO SPEED UP THE PUMP CYCLE. NUMBER 2, IT IS ADEQUATELY SIZED. THERE'S A LITTLE CORROSION, BUT NOTHING TOO BAD THERE. NUMBER 3, IS RUNS VERY FREQUENTLY AND ACTUALLY LARGER PUMPS, SO HERE'S NUMBER 3. HERE'S THE PUMPS AND OFF DURING THE DAY, AND HERE'S NUMBER 2, WHICH RUNS PROPERLY. THAT'S IN THE EVENING, IT TURNS ON, RUNS TURNS OFF, AND THEN THIS WOULD BE THE EVEN RUSH. THIS WOULD BE EARLY MORNING, LIKE FOUR OR FIVE IN THE MORNING. THIS WOULD BE 6:00 P.M TO 10:00 P.M, AND THIS IS WHAT YOU HOPE TO SEE. THE PROBLEM WITH THE PUMP RUNNING A LOT ON THE LEFT IS THAT EXCESSIVE PUMP CYCLES JUST WEARS THEM OUT. IDEALLY LESS THAN TEN CYCLES PER HOUR. IN THE COLLECTION SYSTEM. ALL OF THE SURCHARGES THAT WE NOTED IN THE MODEL RELATED TO ONE LONG SEGMENT ON 7TH STREET THAT IS UNDER SIZE RELATIVE TO THE FLOW. WE ALSO, BASED ON A CITY STAFF REPORTING, WE IDENTIFIED SOME AREAS, SOME TROUBLE SPOTS WHERE THERE WERE FLAT SEWAGE SLOPES AND DEGREES SOURCES, ALLY USUALLY RESTAURANTS. THERE ARE SOME STORES THAT PREPARE FOOD ON SITE TWO, AND BREEZE IS REALLY THE ENEMY OF SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEMS, AND SO WE IDENTIFY AREAS THAT NEED MORE ATTENTION BUT AS I SAY, A CITY STACK FOR PREMATURE WARES. THIS IS THE AREA OF THE STORE SEWER DRAIN THAT NEEDED IMPROVEMENT. HERE THIS IS IF YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT IS RE SLICED THROUGH THE STREET, THIS IS REMINDED ME A STREET SURFACE. THESE GRADES, VERTICALLY, THE MANHOLES, AND THESE TWO PARALLEL GRAD LINES ARE THE SEWER AND YOU CAN SEE PARKS THE BLUE LINE, THE FLOW IS ABOVE THE SEWER AT CERTAIN ONLY CERTAIN TIMES OF THE DAY, GENERALLY SPEAKING RED 898 TO 10:00 P.M. SOME AREAS ARE JUST A LITTLE WORSE THAN OTHERS. AS THE SEWER FLOW CHANGES AS COURSE THIS LINE GOES UP AND DOWN, BUT AT ITS WORST, THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. HERE ARE THE TROUBLE SPOTS THAT I'VE MENTIONED, ONCE AGAIN, RELATED TO AREAS OF FLAT SEWER SLOPES AND SOURCES OF BREAKS. WE MODELED A NUMBER OF ALTERNATIVES AND TO IMPROVE THE SYSTEM AND WE ALSO MODEL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. WE ALSO LOOKED AT FUTURE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT EAST OF THE HIGH STREET RAIL, AND WE FOUND THAT THE ADDITIONAL SFLOWS APART FROM THE CITY'S 7TH STREET CORRIDOR. IT DIDN'T IMPACT THE COLLECTION SYSTEM IT'S ALL ADEQUATELY SIZE. THE FUTURE GROWTH OF THE CITY DIDN'T IMPACT THE TREATMENT CAPACITY. THE PLANT SIZE IS ADEQUATE, AND WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND EAST OF THE RAILWAY AND WHAT BE NEEDED THERE. THIS IS AN OVERALL MAP OF THE CITY SHOWING ALL THE FUTURE GROWTH THAT WE CONSIDERED, AND IT'S A LITTLE MORE DETAIL AND HERE'S THE FUTURE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE EAST SIDE. THAT WAS CONSIDERED IN THE PLAN AS WELL. WE AGAIN, DID THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, AND WE USED THIS PRIORITY SEQUENCE, [01:30:02] HEALTH AND SAFETY OF CITIZENS AND WORKERS WHO WORK IN PUBLIC WORKS. WHETHER IT'S CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, WHETHER YOU COULD LIVE WITH IT OR CAN WORK FOR SHORT TIME OR NOT. CAPACITY LIMITATIONS IN THE SYSTEM, AREAS THAT HAVE REPEATED MEANS, THE TROUBLE SPOTS THAT I ALLUDED TO EARLIER. THEN ONCE AGAIN, WE NEED TO SET COSTS OVER TIME. USING THAT, AGAIN, WE GET A 25 YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN WHERE THE FIRST FIVE YEARS ARE SENT IS IDENTIFIED PER YEAR AND THEN AFTER THE FIRST FIVE YEARS, E 500 INCREMENTS TO ADDRESS ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE IDENTIFIED. THANK YOU. >> QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU, JOHN. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? COME UP TO THE PODIUM. >> MICHAEL [INAUDIBLE]. MY CONCERNS WERE YOU HAD MENTIONED A FARM THAT OUR WASTEWATER IS GOING TO A VERSION OF THAT SEWAGE OR WATER WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WASTEWATER IS GOING TO LIVESTOCK THAT IS BEING TREATED. THE WATER IS BEING TREATED AND THEN BEING GIVEN TO THAT LIVESTOCK. I NEED YOU TO EXPLAIN ON THAT. >> TREATMENT ON WATER AND THEN FEEDING IT TO LIVESTOCK, AND THEN RELY ON THAT LIVESTOCK FEED. >> NO WE'RE FEEDING THE CROPS, WE'RE FEEDING THE HAY LATER. >> WHAT ARE WE TREATING THAT WATER WITH? NO, I HAVE WORKED OUT OF THE FIELDS FROM THE GRAIN AND FEED MILL TO PLANTING ALMONDS, POTATOES, TOMATOES, ALL THESE FRUITS IN OUR AREA. I WANT TO KNOW, YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S A LIGHT TREATMENT GOING ON WITH THIS WASTEWATER, WHAT IS THE TREATMENT? WHAT IS THE PLAN THE TREATMENT THAT IS GETTING FED TO TO OUR LIVESTOCK? >> BRIEFLY THE TREATMENT CONSISTS OF REMOVING THE SOLIDS FROM WASTEWATER AND ALLOWING THE NATURALLY OCCURRING MICRO ORGANISMS IN WASTEWATER TO DIGEST THE WASTE. THE PRODUCT THAT THEY CREATE IS ESSENTIALLY WATER WITH SLIGHTLY ELEVATED NITROGEN GAS. IT'S ALMOST THE WEAKEST IMAGINABLE FERTILIZER YOU CAN IMAGINE WHEN IT'S APPLIED TO THE CROPS. IT DOESN'T HAVE TERTIARY TREATMENT, WHICH IS DISINFECTION, CORRELATION OR ULTRAVIOLET TREATMENT BECAUSE IT'S NOT REQUIRED BY STATE LAW. THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH, I WOULD SAY HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITIES IN CALIFORNIA THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT DISCHARGING TO A CREEK OR TO THE OCEAN OR TO A LAKE OR SOME WATER BODY THAT THE STANDARD IS SECONDARY TREATMENT. IT'S CALLED LAND APPLICATION. YOU'RE ALLOWED TO APPLY TO ANY CROP THAT IS NOT DIRECTLY EATEN BY PEOPLE. ANY CROP THAT'S FED TO COWS OR IF IT'S FED TO THE ROOT TO THE TREE, AND THE NUTS ARE GROWING FROM THE TREES, THEY'RE NOT ON CONTACT? >> IT'S NOT PERTAINMENT TO OUR LAND HERE IN WASCO NOT TO OUR OCEANS, OR ANY OUTSIDE AREA. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CITY OF WASCO MUNICIPAL CODE. [OVERLAPPING] >> I JUST EXPLAINED THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WASCO AND OTHER AREAS. >> IS THIS GOING TO BE ALLOTTED IN OUR PAPERWORK? IS THIS GOING TO BE A LOT FOR US TO READ? ARE YOU GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE THESE PROCESSES PUT IN PAPER? BECAUSE YOU'RE EXPLAINING IT TO ME, BUT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO READ IT. YOU ARE IN FRONT OF A COUNSEL HERE, AND THIS IS GOING TOWARDS WHAT IS FOOD LIVESTOCK. THAT TREATMENT NEEDS TO GET PUT IN A PROCESS IN A PAPER FOR US TO READ. THAT'S MY CONCERN. IT KNOW WHAT YOU'RE EXPLAINING. YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S A DIVIDE IN BETWEEN WALL. >> I'LL POINT YOU TO THE RIGHT PLACE TO LOOK. FIRST OF ALL, OUR SCOPE WAS TO ASSESS THE SYSTEM THAT THE CITY HAS AND TO IDENTIFY DEFICIENCIES AND COME UP WITH A CAP ROVE PLAN. I'M JUST SUMMARIZING IN A PUBLIC MEETING, [01:35:02] BUT AFTER THE PLAN IS ADOPTED, IT BECOMES A PUBLIC DOCUMENT, THEN YOU CAN OBTAIN IT FROM THE CITY. IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL TREATMENT REGULATIONS, THE CITY HAS A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PERMIT WITH THE STATE. THAT TOO IS A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD, AND IT CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE STATE WATER BOARD OR FROM THE CITY. IT SHOWS IN QUITE A BIT OF DETAIL, WHAT'S REQUIRED TO THE CITY, THE TARGETS THAT THEY MEET. THEY'RE REPORTING REQUIRE TO REPORT TO THE STATE ON A MONTHLY BASIS, HOW THEY HOW THEY MEET THE TARGETS IMPOSED BY THE STATE. THAT TOO, ALL THOSE REPORTS ARE ON THE STATE WEBSITE. I'M SURE CITY STAFF CAN POINT YOU TO IT. BUT MY MY REPORT DIDN'T REVISIT ALL THESE EXISTING DOCUMENTS IN TERMS OF EXPLAINING THEM AGAIN. THEY'RE ALREADY EXPLAINED ELSEWHERE AND IT'S PUBLICLY AVAILABLE. >> YOU HAVE THE STATE WEBSITE THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE THEM WITH NOW. SINCE YOU HAVE REGULATION WITH PROVIDING THIS INFORMATION, YOU SHOULD KNOW THE WEBSITE. CAN YOU PROVIDE IT TO ME NOW? >> IF YOU PROVIDE YOUR INFORMATION TO THE CITY CLERK, I CAN EMAIL THE LINK AND HAVE IT SENT TO YOU THROUGH THE CITY. >> YOU CAN GO TO THE STATE WATER RESOURCE CONTROL BOARD. >> MY ISSUE IS [OVERLAPPING] I WOULD GO OUT TO THE WATER DISTRICT OUT HERE IN WASCO OUT THERE BY KIMBERLINA? >> NO. >> WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? >> SWRCB. IT IS THE STATE WATER RESOURCES. >> WHAT IS THE ADDRESS TO THAT BUILDING? COULD WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A MEASURE THAT YOU'RE PUTTING INTO THIS AND YOU SHOULD HAVE A WEBSITE YOU CAN GET TO ME NOW, YOU SHOULD BE TELL ME NOW. >> THAT IS THE WEBSITE CALLED STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD. >> THEN OUR NEXT TOPIC, I WON'T TAKE TOO MUCH MORE OF YOUR TIME. IT'S IN REGARDS TO LIFTS. WE HAVE LIFT TIMES USE VIA COMMUNITY BUSINESS TIMES OF USAGE, BUSINESS, PERSONAL COMMUNITY. WHAT ARE THE LIFTS? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? IN THAT SITUATION OR DISCUSSION? ARE THEY FLUSH SYSTEMS? YOU OUT A CHART OF TIMES OF USAGE THAT HAD HIGH USAGE, LOW USAGE, TIMES DEPICTED AND SEPARATED ACCORDANCE TO COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS. A LIFTS FLUSHING SYSTEMS, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? >> THIS IS THE PATTERN OF WASTE ITERATION. PEOPLE ARE NOT MAGNETIC TO 4:00 AM. GENERALLY SEE FOR SERVE FLOW. AS THEY PREPARE GET READY FOR SCHOOL WORK, THEY TAKE SHOWERS, THEY PREPARE LUNCH, ETC. THAT'S A PATTERN OF USE. THAT IS SEPARATE FROM THE QUESTION OF LATE SESSION. I CAN GO BACK TO THAT MAP. >> THEY JUST PASSED IT, THE STATION BACK. RIGHT THERE. >> YES. I'M GOING TO GO TO THE FULL STREET. THERE WE GO. THE SEWERS ARE UNDERNEATH YOUR STREET OR BACK PLANE SOMETIMES YOU'VE THE FLOW DUE TO GRAVITY. THE PIPE FROM YOUR HOUSE, STARTS BELOW THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE AND HAS A SLOPE OF GENERALLY SPEAKING 2% OUT TO THE MAIN IN THE STREET, SOMETIMES STEEPER. THEN THE MAIN OF THE STREET SLOPES AND FOLLOWS THE STREET. LET'S SAY YOU'RE LIVING HERE IN THIS [INAUDIBLE] YOU'RE GOING OUT TO THAT MAIN, WHICH JOINS ANOTHER MAIN, WHICH JOINS ANOTHER MAIN. EVENTUALLY, BECAUSE IT LOST SO IS SO FLAT, IT ENDS UP IN A GIANT MANHOLE THAT ACTUALLY HAS TO PUMP IT BACK UP AND START TO PROCESS AGAIN WITH THE SLOPING PIPES ALL THE WAY TO THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. WE CALL THAT A LIFT STATION. IT HAS PUMPS THAT PUMP THE SEWAGE BY NOW IS SOMETHING LIKE 20 FEET UNDER THE STREET. PUMPS IT UP TO A SEWER THAT ONCE AGAIN, IT STARTS AT FIVE FEET AND THEN IT SLOPES ALL THE WAY [01:40:02] OUT BECAUSE THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IS ACTUALLY 7 MILES FROM THAT. I MEAN, IF YOU WERE IN THE CITY THAT HAVE A NICE SLOPE LIKE CLOVIS, ALL OF THIS WOULD BE GRAVITY GOING TO THE FINAL PLANT. BUT MOST IS EXTREMELY FLAT. IT ONLY SLOPES A FEW FEET FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER. THERE ARE A SERIES OF STATIONS THAT LIMIT THE SEWAGE FROM AN AREA AND PUT IT BACK IN THE GRAVITY SYSTEM THAT FLOWS. >> THERE'S THREE OF THOSE, YOU THINK? >> THEY'RE ARE THREE. YES. >> THOSE 7 MILES OUT OF THE CITY, WHERE IS THAT WASTE CENTER? WHERE IS THAT 7 MILES AT? WHO IS USING THOSE HYDRAULICS OF THOSE LIFTS, IS THAT CITY ORDINANCE? IS THAT CITY WORKERS? IS THAT THE CITY OF WASCO? >> IT'S CITY LIMITS. CITY LIMITS ARE IRREGULAR OR ALL SEVENTH STREET UP TO THE WASTEWATER TREAT PLAN. >> DO YOU HAVE AN ADDRESS FOR THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT? >> SOME OF SEVENTH STREET AT A VERY END. >> IT'S 5410, SEVENTH STREET. WHERE IT ALL ENDS? TAKE SEVENTH STREET, WEST TILL IT ENDS. 5410, SEVENTH STREET. THAT'S THE WASTEWATER. THEN WHO WAS IN CONTROL, WHO IS MANAGING A MAINTENANCE OF THESE AGAIN? >> THE CITY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. >> CITY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU, SIR. THAT IS ALL. >> THANK YOU. WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS, MAYOR PRO TEM SALDANA? >> NO COMMENTS. >> MEMBER RAYA? >> NO. >> MEMBER REYNA. >> COUPLE OF QUESTION MAYOR. IN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WE HAD DESIGNATED IMPROVEMENT OF THE TRICKLING FILTERS. WE DID THAT? >> THAT IS CORRECT. THAT'S BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. >> I THINK GENTLEMAN GIVING THE PRESENTATION SAYS THAT WE HAVE AN AGING DIGESTER. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST, BUT HAVE WE ALREADY ASSIGNED MONEY TO THAT? IT'S A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT? >> WE HAVE NOT. THE DIGESTERS ACTUALLY UNDERSIZED. THE DIGESTERS AND GREAT WORKING ORDER. THEY'RE JUST UNDERSIZED THAT NEED TO BE EXPANDED. >> BUT WE HAVE NOT LOOKED AT THIS IN THE PAST AND ASSIGNED IT INTO A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN PROJECT? [OVERLAPPING] >> ALTHOUGH WE DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, THOSE DEPRECIATING ASSETS ARE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT DURING THE RATE STUDIES. NOW THAT WE'VE TAKEN ON THE NEW WATER WORTH RATE STUDY ANALYSIS SOFTWARE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO ASSIGN THOSE FLUIDLY AND MUCH MORE ACCURATELY THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST. ALTHOUGH IT MAY NOT APPEAR ON OUR LIST OF IDENTIFIED CAPITAL PROJECTS, THAT OVERALL AGING IS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN THE RATE SETTING. >> BECAUSE I MEAN, WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS IN THE PAST MULTIPLE TIMES. >> AT IT ALL THE TIME. >> I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT CAME AS A SURPRISE TO ME. I KNOW THAT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AGES, BUT I WAS A BIT SURPRISED ABOUT THE DIGESTER. >> I CAN ADD IT REALLY QUICK, ONE OF THE REASONS AND NOT OVERLOOKED, BUT THE EXPANSION FOR 4.2 MILLION EXPANSION THAT'S ALREADY ON THE SHELF FOR FUTURE INCORPORATES WHAT THEY CALL AN OXIDATION DITCH. BUILDING THAT OXIDATION DITCH WOULD TOTALLY GET RID OF USING THE DIGESTERS. THAT WE TOOK THAT INTO ACCOUNT, WHERE IN THE FUTURE, WHY WASTE MONEY NOW, WHEN IN THE FUTURE, BUILD, YOU WERE JUST GOING TO GO YOU WERE GOING TO ISOLATE THOSE REMOVALS AND GO WITH THE NEW TREATMENT. THAT WAS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. >> WELL, THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. THANK YOU FOR THAT ANSWER. THEN THERE WAS A SUGGESTION ABOUT THE PUMPS THAT ARE REACHING THIS PEAKS MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS OPPOSED TO A MORE NORMAL PATTERN THAT'S SHOWS ON THE RIGHT SIDE. THE SUGGESTION WAS TO DOWNSIZE THOSE PUMPS SO THAT THEY ARE NOT GENERATING THIS GASES THAT ACTUALLY DESTROYS THE INFRASTRUCTURE. HAVE WE ALREADY LOOKED AT THIS IN THE PAST? [01:45:04] I DON'T REMEMBER, AND THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING AND ASSIGN A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT TO IT? >> I DON'T RECALL THE DOWNSIZING PORTION OF IT. WHAT IT IS IS LIFT STATION 2 AND 3 ARE THE LEAST USED, AS YOU CAN SEE ON IT. THERE WERE SIZE FOR THAT WHOLE DEVELOPMENT TO BECOME TRUE AND IT HASN'T DEVELOPED IN THAT AREA VERSUS ONE. I BELIEVE ONE IS THE WAY THEY HAVE LABELED THROUGH IT. NO, THEY HAVE IT BACKWARDS. HOW I CAN'T SEE THAT FAR, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW HE HAS THAT ONE. [OVERLAPPING] NUMBER THREE IS THE ONE IN PINK? >> NO. THE LIFT STATION 1 IS IN PINK. >> NUMBER 3 IS THE ONE THAT'S HEAVILY USED BECAUSE THAT WHOLE DEVELOPMENT IS DEVELOPED. THAT'S WHY IT'S UP AND DOWN AND IT'S A SMALLER FIVE HORSE POWER PUMP THAT'S IN THERE. WELL, THERE'S TWO OF THEM. >> I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, WE ARE LOOKING AT IT AT THIS NOW. THIS WILL GENERATE THIS NEEDED, WELL IT'S GENERATING THE NEED FOR US TO DO SOMETHING. >> CORRECT. >> NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR A VERY DETAILED EXPLANATION. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MR. REYNA. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO MAINTAIN THE MOTION FOR APPROVAL. [BACKGROUND] >> PERIOD OR UNDERSTAND. MY QUESTION IS YOU GUYS BUDGET? I WORK OUT THERE, IT'S $70,000 TOWARDS THESE ACTS OR THESE PLANS OR THESE PROJECTS. IS THIS THE BUDGET YOU GUYS ARE DECIDING ON THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT? >> WE'RE NOT DECIDING. >> IT'S WASTEWATER AND THAT STORMWATER. THOSE TWO ARE UNDER THAT AMOUNT. UNDER CEQA GUIDELINES, NOT TO EXCEED A CERTAIN AMOUNT. >> THAT WAS FOR THE PURCHASE OF WATER METERS. THAT WAS A CONSENT ITEM 12C. >> IS THIS STILL WITHIN 15? IT STILL CONTINUES ON. YOU REFERENCED 12 ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 15, AND YOU GUYS REFERENCED THE SAME GUIDELINES, AND IT'S IN REGARDS TO THE SAME BUDGET. IS THAT THE BUDGET THAT'S OVERSEE? >> BEING ITEM 12 C. THAT WAS PART OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THAT WAS AN EARLIER ITEM. WE'RE IN ITEM 15. >> WE'VE SINCE PASSED THAT. >> TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. WATER AND WASTEWATER, ARE THEY CONTAINED IN THAT $70,000 NUMBER? >> EXACTLY, IT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. >> NO. THEY'RE NOT. THAT'S FOR POTABLE WATER METERS, AND THAT WAS FOR PURCHASE OF PHYSICAL METERS. NOT PART OF THE WATER OR WASTEWATER STUDY. >> SO MR. REENA HAS MOVED. I WILL SECOND, MADAM CERO. >> MAYOR MEDINA. >> AYE. >> MAYOR [INAUDIBLE]. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAYA. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER REENA? >> AYE. >> MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER REENA, SECONDED BY MAYOR MEDINA. TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION, MOTION IS APPROVED WITH FOUR EYES WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ. >> JOHN, I THINK THAT CONCLUDES YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION. >> YOU'RE VERY WELCOMED. >> THANK YOU, JOHN. >> THANK YOU, JOHN. >> WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 15C. [15.c. Council finds this action is not a “project” defined under section 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines; Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager or Designee to Execute an Employment Agreement with Lloyd Galutira as Police Lieutenant. (Hurlbert)] COUNSEL FINDS SECTION IS NOT A PROJECT DEFINED UNDER SECTION 15378 OF THE CEQA GUIDELINES. ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WITH, LLOYD CALORA, AS POLICE LIEUTENANT, MR. HUBERT? >> YES, HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. WE DID THE PINNING NOW IS THE PAPERWORK. THIS IS A STANDARD DEPARTMENT LEVEL OR DIRECTOR LEVEL; EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, CLOSELY MIRRORS THE PREVIOUS THAT NOW CHIEF MORA HAD, AND IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE. >> THANK YOU, SCOTT. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, AT THIS TIME? COME ON THAT. >> THIS IS THE END OF 15? >> CORRECT. 15C. >> MY CONCERN WAS ADOPTING A RESOLUTION WITH LLOYD GALTIERA. [01:50:07] WHY ARE WE ADOPTING A RESOLUTION WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE OR WHATEVER POLICE DEPARTMENT AGENCY, IN REGARDS TO WASTEWATER? >> IN REGARDS TO WHAT? >> STORMWATER. >> THIS IS A COMPLETELY SEPARATE ITEM. THIS IS 15C. IT'S BASED ON SECTION. >> IT MEANS NEW BUSINESS. IN THREE ITEMS UNDER NEW BUSINESS, A, B AND C. WE'RE NOW ON C. >> IF YOU GIVE ME A MINUTE TO GRAB THE PAPERWORK, I CAN READ IT VERBATIM, IT'S IN THE AS DOCUMENT. >> IT'S RIGHT THERE THE ENTIRE REPORT IS NOT IN THERE, THOUGH. >> WE DO HAVE THE AGENDA. THAT'S THE AGENDA, AND THAT WOULD SHOW ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE REVIEWING NOW. >> WE HAVE 15C. COUNSEL FINDS ACTION NOT A PROJECT UNDER SECTION 15378 OF CEQA GUIDELINES, ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WITH LLOYD GALTIERA, POLICE LIEUTENANT HUBERT. WHY IS THAT MAN INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT, AND WHY DOES HE NEED TO BE ADOPTING A RESOLUTION, IF HE IS LAW ENFORCEMENT? >> I THINK THE POINT HERE IS15 IS NEW BUSINESS. THAT'S A CATEGORY OF STAFF REPORT. A, IS THE FIRST NEW BUSINESS STAFF REPORT. IT HAD TO DO WITH STORMWATER. B, IS THE SECOND NEW BUSINESS STAFF REPORT, HAD TO DO WITH WASTEWATER. C, IS NEW BUSINESS HAVING TO DO WITH AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE LIEUTENANT. >> THANK YOU FOR CLEARING THAT UP. >> SURE. >> MY CONCERN OUR ASSOCIATION WAS 15378 CEQA GUIDELINES. >> CEQA IS THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT. IF THERE'S A PROJECT THAT CHANGES THE ENVIRONMENT, THEN THERE'S ADDITIONAL FINDINGS THAT THE COUNCIL MUST MAKE AS PART OF THAT PROJECT. THIS IS NOT A PROJECT UNDER CEQA GUIDELINES, BUT THE FOLKS IN SACRAMENTO INSIST THAT WE MAKE THAT FINDING WITH EVERY ITEM WE DO. HERE WE MAKE THAT FINDING THAT IT IS NOT A PROJECT AS DEFINED IN CEQA, THAT IS PART OF THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THIS ITEM. >> THANK YOU. >> SURE. >> THANK YOU. WE WILL MOVE ON. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS, MAYOR PATE? >> I HAVE NO COMMENTS. >> MINA. >> NO COMMENTS. >> I HAVE NO COMMENTS. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. >> APPROVE. >> I WILL SECOND. MADAM CLERK, WE GET THE VOTE BY ROLL CALL. >> MAYOR MEDINA. >> A. >> MAYOR FOR TEMPLDANA. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAYA? >> AYE. >> COUNCILMAN MEDINA? >> AYE. >> MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MEDINA, SECONDED BY MAYOR MEDINA, TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION. MOTION IS APPROVED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINA SEPS. >> THANK YOU. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 16 REPORTS FROM COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES. [16.a. Kern Economic Development Corporation (Medina)] WE'VE GOT ITEM 16 A, CURRENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. I BELIEVE WAS THAT DINNER THIS MONTH? >> YES. >> I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT DAY. >> THE DINNER IS ON THE 10TH. >> IS THAT ON OUR CALENDAR? >> YES, IT IS. >> TENTH. THAT IS NEXT WEEKS. FROM THE MEMBERS, I KNOW I THINK BELIEVE I SIGNED UP, ARE YOU? >> MINA SIGNED UP AS WELL? >> WERE YOU SIGNED UP FOR THAT? >> WELL, THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY THING TO REPORT THAT'S 37 DUEL. 16 B, CURRENT COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT, MR. REENA? >> NOTHING TO REPORT. >> 16C WASCO TASKFORCE. MAYOR PRO TEMP. [16.c. Wasco Task Force (Saldaña and Medina)] >> I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GO DARK AGAIN ON SEPTEMBER, FOLLOW UP WITH OCTOBER. >> THANK YOU. MOVE ON TO ITEM 17, [17)REPORTS FROM THE CITY MANAGER] REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER, MR. ORB. >> HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, A FEW ITEMS. ONE, JUST GENERALLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO CONVENE. YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY BEEN NOTIFIED, BY THE CITY CLERK, TO CONVENE THE AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR POSITIONS ON LEGISLATION. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PENDING ITEMS WITH MY SCHEDULE. WE'RE TRYING TO SET THAT UP FOR TOMORROW. SHOULDN'T BE TOO LONG. WE'RE GOING TO SET IT UP AS A ZOOM CALL JUST TO REVIEW A COUPLE OF PENDING LITIGATION THERE. [01:55:06] >> WHO IS IN THAT COMMITTEE? >> YOU AND MAYOR MEDINA. >> COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ. >> I'M SORRY. >> I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING. >> WHAT TIME IS THE MEETING? >> 10:30. >> IN THE MORNING? >> YES. >> CAN WE SCHEDULE IT FOR A LATER TIME. I DO HAVE A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT AT 10:00 AM. I'LL BE FREE IN THE AFTERNOON. >> AFTERNOON. >> WE'LL COMPARE CALENDARS AND FIND A TIME SOMETIME IN THE AFTERNOON. >> THANK YOU. >> THAT WOULD BE FINE. I'LL HAVE THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE DURING THE CALL FOR THAT. >> SCOTT, I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU. IF YOU HAVE IT AVAILABLE, SEND IT TO ME AHEAD OF THE MEETING. >> YES. WE'LL GET WHAT WE HAVE. TONIGHT? >> YES. >> WE'LL SEND IT TONIGHT. >> OH, I CAN READ IT WILE I'M WAITING FOR MY DOCTOR'S REPLY. >> WE'LL HANDLE THAT THE COOLING CENTER REPORT. WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF OPPORTUNITIES TO OPERATE THE COOLING CENTER THIS SUMMER. WE'VE HAD NO PARTAKERS. STAFF RECOMMENDATION AT THIS TIME. THIS PAST ATTEMPT WE HAD BOTH THE COOLING CENTER OPEN AND OFFERED FREE DIAL RIDE THAT REQUIRES KEEPING A DRIVER AVAILABLE FOR THE WHOLE PERIOD OF TIME ON OVERTIME. WE HAD NO CALLS FOR SERVICE. THERE WAS ONE CALL TO DIAL RIDE, AND IT WAS TO TAKE THE PERSON TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION. THE COOLING CENTER. THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO CURTAIL, FOR NOW, THE DIAL RIDE OFFERING AND GO AHEAD AND STAY WITH OUR COMMITMENT TO OPEN THE CENTER WHEN THE FORECAST IS ABOVE 105. ONLY IN EXTREME SITUATION WOULD WE DO THE ENTIRE WEEKEND. WE WILL CERTAINLY OPERATE ON SATURDAYS, BUT ONLY WHEN NECESSARY ON SUNDAYS. IF THERE'S DESIRE TO DISCUSS THAT IN ANY MORE DETAIL, WE CAN AGENDIZE THAT. BUT I SEE NODDING, SO WE'LL PROCEED THAT WAY. COMMUNITY BREAKFAST IS TOMORROW OUT AT THE STATE PRISON. PAPERWORK WOULD HAVE ALREADY HAD BEEN TURNED IN FOR THE FULL TOUR. OTHERWISE, THERE ARE SOME DETAILED INFORMATION AVAILABLE. IF YOU'RE SIGNED UP, YOU PROBABLY ALREADY HAVE THAT INFORMATION. IF NOT, CITY CLERK CAN PROVIDE THAT. SNIP EVENT ALSO TOMORROW 8:00 AM HERE ON EIGHTH STREET. RESERVATIONS SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE FOR THAT BY NOW, THE USUAL TIME, 8:00 AM. ROSE FESTIVAL CELEBRATION, THE WEEKEND IS COMING UP, THE WINE AND ROSES DINNER. IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY AND YOU'RE INTERESTED, THE CLERK NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT THAT RIGHT AWAY. I WILL BE OUT OF THE OFFICE THIS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. MARIA LARA WILL BE ACTING CITY MANAGER IN MY ABSENCE. WE HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING COMING FOR A BUSINESS ON SEVENTH STREET, LINDA PENA IS THE NAME OF IT. THAT WILL BE ON SEPTEMBER 12 AT 9:00 AM. YOU'LL RECEIVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE TO ATTEND. THERE IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN KEPT PRETTY QUIET, WALMART REMODEL REOPENING. THEY'RE WANTING TO HOLD A RIBBON CUTTING ON SEPTEMBER 26TH. WE'LL GET SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THAT AS WELL OUT TO YOU AND GET THAT ON YOUR CALENDARS IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE. THERE WILL BE A GROUNDBREAKING FOR NEXT GEN ED PROJECT ON 9:25 AT 9:00 AM, AND THAT WILL BE HELD OUT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE NEW CENTRAL AVENUE PARK. THAT'S THE LAST I HEARD ANYWAY. WE'LL GET YOU ADDITIONAL DETAILS, BUT 9:00 AM OUT AT THAT SITE. NATIONAL NIGHT OUT DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10TH, AND THAT IS SCHEDULED TO RUN FROM 4:00-9:00 PM. WONDERFUL CORPORATION OR SOME BRANCH THEREOF IS PARTICIPATING IN THAT. >> SAYS SEPTEMBER 10? >> OCTOBER 10TH AT 10:10. >> CALENDAR INVITES ARE COMING. >> THEY'VE BEEN SENT OUT. >> THEN 10:18, WE HAVE A COMMUNITY CLEAN UP THAT'S CO-SPONSORED BETWEEN THE CITY AND AMERICAN REFUSE. THERE IS A FLYER THAT WE WILL GET DISTRIBUTED TO THE COUNCIL AND TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH VARIOUS MEANS, SOCIAL MEDIA, ET CETERA. OCTOBER 18TH, 09:00-12:00 AT BARKER PARK, [02:00:04] AND THERE WILL ALSO BE A WAY TO SCHEDULE BULKY ITEM PICKUPS AS PART OF THIS EVENT. THAT WAS IT. >> MAY I ASK A QUESTION. >> SURE. >> YOU MENTIONED ROSS DINNER. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? >> THAT'S THE WINE AND ROSES EVENT THAT THEY HAVE EVERY YEAR. YOU'RE JUST PULLING OUR LEGS? >> NO. >> I STAND CORRECTED. [OVERLAPPING] >> PLEASE, HAVE MAIL BEFORE YOU PLAN ON AFTERWARD. >> GOOD CALL. >> THAT'S IT. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE MEMBERS? SEEING NONE. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 18 REPORTS FROM CITY COUNCIL. [18)REPORTS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL] MAY PRO ANYTHING TO REPORT? MEMBER? >> NOTHING TO REPORT. >> I DO HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT BESIDES WHAT, SCOTT, HAS ALREADY MENTIONED ABOUT THE WALMART REOPENING. I DON'T THINK THAT'S ON THE CALENDAR, RIGHT? >> NO. I DON'T HAVE THE ACTUAL SCHEDULE TIME FOR THE RIBBON CUTTING. AS SOON AS I GET THAT INFORMATION, I'LL HAVE IT IN YOUR CALENDAR. >> PERFECT. THANK YOU. WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 19. CLOSED SESSION. [19)CLOSED SESSION] THIS EVENING, WE HAVE ITEMS 198 THROUGH 19D. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING THE CLOSED SESSION ITEMS AT THIS TIME? SEEING NONE. WE WILL ENTER INTO CLOSED SESSION AND RETURN TO REPORT OUT. >> FIVE MINUTE RECESS, MAYOR? >> THAT'S FINE. FIVE MINUTE RECESS. >> HERE WE GO. >> THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THE TIME IS NOW 8:30. >> GOOD, EVERYBODY. >> HAVE A GOOD NIGHT, TOM. [OVERLAPPING] * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.