Jul 21, 2026 City Council

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GOOD EVENING. I WILL NOW CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:00 P.M.

[1) CALL TO ORDER]

SPEAKERS WHO ARE NOT WHO ARE OUT OF ORDER MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE DISCUSSION.

FROM DISCUSSION ON THAT ITEM. TIME LIMITS WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED.

MEETING DETAILS, GUIDELINES AND CAPTIONING INFORMATION ARE AVAILABLE ON THE AGENDA AND THE AND THE CITY WEBSITE. ROLL CALL PLEASE. MAYOR SALDAÑA.

HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA. I'M HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ.

HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER MEDINA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER RAYA.

HERE. ALL MEMBERS PRESENT. CAN WE PLEASE STAND FOR THE FLAG? SALUTE. ALL THE TIME I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

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

IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE CROWD THAT MIGHT WANT TO JOIN US IN THE INVOCATION? I SEE NOBODY, SO LET'S BOW OUR HEADS FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEASE. THANK YOU.

MOVING ON TO ITEM 5. APPROVAL OF AGENDA. ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA?

[5) APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

NO. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL WITH THE CHANGES MENTIONED.

THERE ARE NO CHANGES, BUT YEAH, I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION.

I'LL SECOND IT. THANK YOU, MR. REYNA. MADAM CLERK VOTE BY ROLL CALL.

I'M SORRY, MAYOR SALDAÑA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA.

AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MEDINA.

AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER RAYA. AYE. ALL MEMBERS PRESENT.

THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM 6. PRESENTATIONS.

[6.a. Caltrans SR46 Improvement Project Update ]

AND THEN TURN ON HER MIC GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE ON OUR WASCO STATE ROUTE 46 ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT MIC]. MY NAME IS SHELLEY AND I'M THE PROJECT MANAGER, AND I'LL ALSO BE ADMINISTERING THE CONSTRUCTION FOR THIS CONTRACT.

YOU MIGHT NEED TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE DIRECTLY INTO IT SO JUST GOING OVER SOME OF THE PROJECT GOALS FOR THIS PROJECT IS TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND TRAFFIC OPERATIONS BY PLACING A ROUNDABOUT AT THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROUTE 46 AND STATE ROUTE 43 TO IMPROVE ADA ACCESSIBILITY WE'LL BE DOING SOME WORK ON PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALKS AND F STREET AND J STREET, REDUCE DELAYS AND IMPROVE CORRIDOR FREIGHT MOVEMENT YOU CAN JUST TELL HER TO CHANGE THE PAGE SO THIS GIVES YOU A VISUAL OF THE AREA SO YOU CAN SEE THE ROUNDABOUT WE'LL BE PLACING AT 43 AND 46.

IT WILL ALSO INVOLVE CONSTRUCTING A BRIDGE FOR THE BNSF RAILROAD STRUCTURE IT'S A COMBINED PROJECT SAFE WITH THE SAFETY ROUNDABOUT AND HIGH SPEED RAIL IMPROVEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION CAPITAL IS $70.2 MILLION. NEXT SLIDE. SO THE PROJECT SCOPE INCLUDES UTILITY

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IT ALSO INCLUDES RECONSTRUCTING THE INTERSECTION WITH THE SINGLE LANE ROUNDABOUT WITH THE CAPACITY TO BE RECONFIGURED INTO A TWO LANE ROUNDABOUT WILL BE WIDENING STATE ROUTE 46 BETWEEN F AND J WILL BE REPLACING THAT BNSF RAIL BRIDGE AND LOWERING THE ROADWAY PROFILE TO ACCOMMODATE A STANDARD 16-FOOT 6" CLEARANCE HEIGHT UNDERNEATH THAT BRIDGE.

CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF TEMPORARY SHOOFLY FOR THE BNSF BRIDGE WILL BE DEMOLISHING AND RELOCATING AN EXISTING PUMP HOUSE, CONSTRUCTING A NEW RETENTION BASIN, AND CONSTRUCTING A NEW PILE WALL.

NEXT PAGE YOU CAN SEE WE'LL BE ADDING IN A IN THAT NORTHBOUND RIGHT TURN POCKET, WE'LL BE ADDING A DESIGNATED RIGHT TURN LANE. AND WE'LL HAVE A, AN ISLAND THERE. AND IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THIS WILL BE THE ROUNDABOUT CONFIGURATION. AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE WE'LL HAVE BIKE LANES GOING ALONG 46 AND. THAT'LL BE OUR ROUNDABOUT CONFIGURATION.

NEXT SLIDE. SO ON OUR SCHEDULE. CURRENTLY WE ARE WORKING ON UTILITY RELOCATIONS TO BE COMPLETED AROUND MARCH OF 2026. AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE SEVERAL UTILITIES TO BE RELOCATED AND WE HAVE SOME CONSTRAINTS INVOLVED WITH ALL OF THE UTILITY RELOCATIONS. OUR CONTRACTOR IS SET TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION IN NOVEMBER OF 2026.

AND AS I MENTIONED, THE UTILITY RELOCATIONS ARE WILL BE ONGOING.

SO YOU'LL BE SEEING THAT GOING ON WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AND THROUGH MARCH.

CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION SHOULD BE OCTOBER OF 2029.

AND NEXT SLIDE. TRAFFIC IMPACTS. SO THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK WILL BE PERFORMED BEHIND K-RAIL AS WE DO THE WIDENING ON 46. BUT THERE WILL BE SOME LANE CLOSURES.

AND THOSE WILL BE REVERSING CLOSURES WITH FLAGGERS AT NIGHT.

THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME FULL FREEWAY CLOSURES OF STATE ROUTE 46, AND THOSE WILL BE LIMITED TO BRIDGE DEMO WORK AND ERECTING THE GIRDERS FOR THE BRIDGE. THERE WILL ALSO BE FULL CLOSURE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 46 AT F STREET.

AS WE AS WE DO REDO THAT ROADWAY AND THEN ALSO FULL CLOSURE AT J STREET AS WE DO THE THE ROUNDABOUT AS WE BUILD THE ROUNDABOUT IN SECTIONS. NEXT SLIDE.

SO COORDINATION, LIKE I MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE SEVERAL CONSTRAINTS ON THIS PROJECT.

WE DO HAVE SEASONAL WORK CONSTRAINTS DUE TO UTILITY REQUIREMENTS.

AND ALSO FOR BNSF. BNSF DOESN'T ALLOW WORK DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER THAT WOULD IMPEDE THEIR TRAINS.

WE ALSO HAVE TO COORDINATE SOME OF THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE PERFORMED BY BNSF, AS WELL AS COORDINATION WITH HIGH SPEED RAIL AS THEY'RE PERFORMING THEIR WORK ON THEIR GUIDEWAY. AND OF COURSE, WITH ALL THOSE INVOLVED, WE HAVE PERMITS THAT WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THE WORK WITH THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES. WE'LL ALSO BE COORDINATING OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OUTREACH.

SO WE'LL BE HAVING OUR PIO IN TOUCH WITH THE CITY.

WE HAVE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND ALSO PUTTING OUT COMMUTER ALERTS WHEN WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE ANY TYPE OF CLOSURES.

AND THERE'S SO I'LL HAVE DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE. WITH THE CONTRACTOR INVOLVED.

SO WHEN YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES OR ANYTHING THAT'S BROUGHT UP PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME AND, AND WE'LL DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP WITH THAT.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCILMAN? PRO TEM MAYOR REYNA.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. SHELLEY, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU. WE'VE BEEN AWAITING YOUR ARRIVAL FOR A WHILE.

[LAUGHTER]. WE KNEW THAT YOU WERE BECOMING GIVING US AN UPDATE.

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YOU MENTIONED THAT F STREET WILL BE CLOSED. AND THOSE CLOSURES.

YOU MENTIONED THAT SOME OF THE CLOSURES WILL OCCUR AT NIGHT.

BUT DO YOU EXPECT THAT F STREET WILL BE CLOSED DURING THE DAY AT ANY ONE TIME DURING THIS PROJECT? YES, IT WILL BE CLOSED DURING THE DAY FOR A PORTION OF TIME.

AND IT'S THE SECTION THAT'S JUST TO THE NORTH OF 46.

AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE MAINTAIN ACCESS TO ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND BUSINESSES DURING THAT.

ANY CLOSURES. OUR CONTRACTOR. THEY ARE LOOKING AT TRYING TO TO MINIMIZE THOSE CLOSURES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW LONG THE CLOSURES WILL BE? AT THIS TIME. LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE WORKING ON MINIMIZING THAT.

SO IT COULD BE SEVERAL DAYS AT A TIME. WILL YOU LET US KNOW AS SOON AS YOU FIND OUT? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALSO, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WOULD BE BIKE LANES ON THE ROUNDABOUT. DID I HEAR YOU SAY THAT? YEAH. IN 46, GOING THROUGH THE ROUNDABOUT. SO THE NEXT QUESTION WOULD BE, SINCE THERE'S GOING TO BE BIKE LANES ON THE ROUNDABOUT, DO YOU PLAN TO EXTEND THOSE BIKE LANES BOTH GOING WEST AND EAST ON HIGHWAY 46? SO IT IS WIDE ENOUGH TO HAVE THOSE BIKE LANES, BUT THEY ARE NON-EXISTENT.

AND SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO PUT BIKE LANES AT THE ROUNDABOUT IT WOULD MAKE SENSE IN MY MIND TO ADD THOSE BIKE LANES TO BOTH SIDES OF HIGHWAY 46, BOTH IN THE EAST AND WEST DIRECTION.

OTHERWISE, I'M NOT SURE WHAT PURPOSE THEY WOULD SERVE. JUST TO GO AROUND THE CIRCLE.

WELL, [LAUGHTER] THEY GO, THEY DO GO FROM F STREET TO J STREET, RIGHT? SO ALL THROUGH 46, IT'LL BE THERE. THERE'S A SHARED PATHWAY FOR PEDESTRIAN AND FOR BICYCLE.

I DON'T KNOW AS FAR AS GOING FURTHER TO THE EAST, IF THERE'S ANY PLANS I CAN FIND OUT FOR YOU, I'M KIND OF LIMITED TO THE, THE LIMITS OF THIS PROJECT.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND ONE MORE QUESTION I HAVE, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE ASKED BEFORE, AND I'M NOT SURE WHETHER ORIGINALLY WHEN THIS PROJECT WAS DESIGNED, WE WERE TOLD THAT THE UNDERPASS WOULD INCLUDE FOUR LANES. IT WOULD BE A FOUR LANE UNDERPASS.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON THAT BNSF BRIDGE.

YOU'RE GOING TO TEAR IT DOWN AND REBUILD IT. AND, AND SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, IS IT.

IS IT THE PLAN TO HAVE FOUR LANES UNDERNEATH THAT, THAT BRIDGE? DO YOU KNOW? SO THE, THE STRUCTURAL SECTION IS BEING BUILT SO THAT IF IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COMES ABOUT IN THE FUTURE, YOU COULD WIDEN IT TO FOUR LANES. AT THIS TIME, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE STRIPED FOR FOUR LANES.

WE DON'T. RIGHT.

SO IT WILL BE PREPARED SO THAT IF IN THE FUTURE IT NEEDS TO BE FOUR LANES, IT CAN BE.

YES. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S THAT'S VERY GOOD. AND.

YOU MENTIONED ALSO ADA ACCESS AT THE ROUNDABOUT.

I BELIEVE YOU SAID THAT. RIGHT? AND SO IS THE ADA ACCESS GOING TO BE ON F STREET? I'M CURIOUS AS TO NORMALLY WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE YOU KNOW, THAT QUALIFY FOR THE ADA CROSSING THIS BUSY CROSSING. AND SO I'M WONDERING WHAT. I GUESS THIS IS FOR THE FUTURE.

IT'S MORE INFRASTRUCTURE GETS BUILT. I'M NOT QUITE SURE.

WELL, WE'RE IMPROVING THE PEDESTRIAN. PEDESTRIANS, CROSSWALKS AND EVERYTHING THROUGH THERE.

AND ANYTIME WE GO IN, WE, YOU KNOW, WE IMPROVE IT SO IT'S ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYONE.

SO, WE DO FOLLOW THE ADA GUIDELINES.

YES, BOTH. BOTH. OKAY. THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU JUST THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND THE PRESENTATION.

OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A COUPLE YEARS.

HIGHWAY 46 BEING ONE OF OUR MAJOR CORRIDORS THAT RUNS THROUGH OUR CITY.

I EXPECT LIKE ANYTHING ELSE, THERE'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, SOME HURDLES ALONG THE WAY.

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YOU KNOW, FINGERS CROSSED. BUT AS THINGS COME UP THE COMMUNICATION I THINK IS THE BIGGEST THING FOR, FOR ME. SO THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU. MEMBER RAYA.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE ON ALL THIS INFORMATION.

THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD WAS THE QUESTION THAT MR. REYNA ASKED ABOUT THE BIKE LANES ON THE ROUND PATH BECAUSE WE, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, WE DON'T HAVE ANY BIKE LANES [LAUGHTER] IN HIGHWAY 46.

BUT OVERALL, LOOKING FORWARD TO FOR THIS PROJECT TO BE COMPLETED IN 2029, RIGHT? OKAY. AND IT'S GOING TO BE VERY HELPFUL FOR SMALL TOWN, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY IT BRINGS MORE BUSINESSES IN AND IT DEFINITELY IS GOING TO HELP WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC GOING. SO THANK YOU. MEMBER MARTINEZ.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. AND I PRETTY MUCH HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS, BUT MR. REYNA PRETTY MUCH COVERED THEM ALL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION SHELLEY. THANK YOU. LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.

THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM 7. PUBLIC COMMENTS IN

[7) PUBLIC COMMENTS]

THE. THERE'S NOTHING. THE NEXT JUST JUMP TO THIS. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON NON-AGENDA CITY BUSINESS WITH THE CITY JURISDICTION. COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER AND THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS PERIOD IS LIMITED TO 30 MINUTES, WITH IN PERSON SPEAKERS HEARD BEFORE VIRTUAL SPEAKERS.

BROWN ACT REQUIREMENTS THE COUNCIL CANNOT DISCUSS AND ACT ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY LAW.

AS A RESULT, COUNCIL MEMBER RESPONSES DURING PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS MAY BE LIMITED.

ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? YES, SIR OKAY. PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE.

CAN YOU PUSH? CAN YOU HELP THEM PRESS THE BUTTON? BUENAS TARDES MI NOMBRE LUCILA LARA [SPANISH].

GOOD AFTERNOON MY NAME IS LUCILA LARA OFICIALES AQUI? [SPANISH]. I COME TO ASK A QUESTION.

MR. HURLBERT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ANSWER? YES, THAT WOULD BE CHIEF MORA AND MYSELF.

PERO HAY MUCHOS OFICIALES QUE ESTAN CORRIDOS DE OTROS PUEBLOS [SPANISH].

BUT THERE'S A LOT OFFICERS THAT HAVE BEEN FIRED FROM OTHER TOWNS. AHORA OTROS OFICIALES TAMBIÉN QUÉ NO MÁS PORQUE LE DA LA GANA LO PARAN A UNO [SPANISH].

NOW YOU HAVE OFFICERS THAT JUST BECAUSE THEY WANT TO STOP US. Y TIENE UN SARGENTO QUE LE ESTÁ DICIENDO A LOS OFICIALES.

A ESTAS MUJERES QUE ME PARÓ A MI HIJA PORQUE NO TENEMOS PLACA EN EL CARRO ENFRENTE [SPANISH].

THERE'S A SERGEANT THAT'S BEEN TELLING HIS OFFICERS TO STOP PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE A LICENSE IN THE FRONT.

Y EL OFFICIAL NO TRAE PLACA EN SU CARRO TAMPOCO [SPANISH].

THE OFFICER ALSO DOES NOT HAVE A LICENCE PLATE.

SERGEANT MANUEL. Y CUANDO VINO. CUANDO VINO AQUI A LA ESTACION LES DIJO A TODOS LOS OFICIALES ESTABAN AQUI, DIJO CUANDO VEAN ESTA MUJER. ESTAS DOS MUJERES EN EL CARRO EN EL QUE SEA PARENLAS PORQUE VENDEN DROGAS [SPANISH].

WHEN THE SERGEANT CAME TO THE OFFICE, HE TOLD ALL HIS OFFICERS, WHEN YOU SEE THIS WOMAN IN A CAR, STOP THEM BECAUSE THEY SELL DRUGS. Y TENGO PRUEBAS [SPANISH].

AND I HAVE PROOF THAT HE SAID THAT. Y LAS PUEDO ENSENAR EN LA CORTE LAS PRUEBAS PORQUE.

NO ESTA BIEN QUE TENEMOS UN SARGENTO QUE ESTA ACUSANDO A PERSONAS SIN TENER PRUEBAS.

PORQUE NO TIENE PRUEBAS PORQUE YO NO LE HE VENDIDO DROGAS [SPANISH].

HE DOESN'T HAVE PROOF BECAUSE I HAVE NOT SOLD HIM DRUGS. SE DE CUENTA.

MI CASA MI CARRO. PERO SI NO HAY NADA LOS VOY A DEMANDAR.

A EN PERSONA Y A PARTE A LA CIUDAD [SPANISH].

BUT IF THEY FIND NOTHING. I'M GOING TO SUE THEM. HIM PERSONALLY AND THE CITY.

TIENEN MUY MUY MAL SERVICIO [SPANISH]. OTRA COSA PORQUE ESTA OCUPANDO OFICIALES QUE TIENEN TEY Y AQUI SI HAY ALGUIEN TENGA TICKETS DE

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YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I'M SURE YOU KNOW WHO IT IS.

OKAY. USTEDES TAMBIÉN TOMAN EN CUENTA DE QUE HAY OFICIALES AQUI ESTAN CORRIDOS [SPANISH].

NO TODOS TODO HABLANDO DE TODOS TENEMOS OFICIALES MUY BUENOS.

PERO TENEMOS OFICIALES QUE PARAN A LA GENTE. USTED DEL OFICIAL SILVA ESTA BUENO ESTO QUE SE LE ESTÉ METIENDO A MI HIJA EN TODAS SUS REDES SOCIALES [SPANISH].

THEY JUST STOPPED US JUST BECAUSE THEY WANT TO? YOU THINK IS FAIR TO HAVE AN OFFICER THAT'S FOLLOWING MY DAUGHTER IN ALL SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS? [SPANISH].

WHAT KIND OF OFFICER IS THAT? A PARTE QUE YA HA SIDO CORRTIDO DE OTRAS DOS, VECES MAS DE OTROS DOS PUEBLOS.

WHAT KIND OF OFFICER IS THIS? ESTO YA ESTA PEOR [SPANISH]. THIS IS CORRUPTION.

AQUI LA MAYORIA LOS OFICIALES VIENEN DE SUS VECINOS TODOS.

SE PONEN EN CONTRA DE LOS POBRES OFICIALES QUÉ NO VIENEN DESDE [SPANISH].

QUÉ ES ESO? YOU HAVE TEN MORE SECONDS. OKAY. CUIDADO CON EL DINERO DEL PUEBLO [SPANISH].

NO VAN A ESTAR PAGANDO POR UNO [SPANISH].

OKAY. GRACIAS [SPANISH].

DO WE HAVE ANY REMOTE COMMENTS? NO, THERE ARE NONE, MAYOR.

THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY EMAIL COMMENTS, MADAM CLERK? THERE ARE NO EMAIL COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM OR ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEMS. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM 8. SUCCESSOR AGENCY BUSINESS.

WE HAVE NONE. ITEM. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 9.

WASCO PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY BUSINESS, WE HAVE NONE.

MOVING ON TO ITEM 10. PUBLIC SAFETY REPORTS. KERN COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT.

CHIEF APPLETON IS NOT HERE, SO WE'LL BRING IT ON TO WASCO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

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

THIS REPORT IS GOING TO COVER THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF JULY.

THINGS ARE TRENDING NORMALLY. IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAD A HUNDRED.

01,111 INCIDENTS, 545 CALLS FOR SERVICE AND 566 OFFICER GENERATED ACTIVITY. IT LOOKS LIKE WE MAY HAVE ANOTHER REPEAT FOR THE MONTH OF MAY, WHERE THERE'S MORE ACTIVITY FROM THE OFFICERS THAN CALLS FOR SERVICE.

SO MOVING DOWN THE LINE. TRAFFIC STOPS. WE MADE 234 TRAFFIC STOPS ISSUED, 64 CITATIONS, 31 ARE MOVING, 12 ARE PARKING. MOVING DOWN. CASES.

SO FAR WE'VE WORKED 80. AND OUT OF THE 80 CASES, WE HAVE 45 ARRESTS THIS FAR.

FOR CITIZEN CONTACTS WE HAVE 30. AND PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICLE CHECKS ARE A LITTLE LOWER THIS TIME AROUND.

IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE TRENDING DOWN STOLEN VEHICLES.

WE HAD TWO, BUT WE RECOVERED SIX. AND THEN FOR THE TRAFFIC COLLISIONS, WE HAD FIVE.

WE HAVE HAD FIVE SO FAR, ONE OF THEM BEING DUI RELATED.

SO ON ANOTHER NOTE. WE JUST FINISHED OUR ONE WEEK OF THE JUNIOR SUMMER CAMP, AND WE'RE GETTING READY TO SHOW YOU A VIDEO, BUT SO THAT YOU KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING.

WE HAD A SCHEDULE LAID OUT FOR THEM. THE KIDS LEARNED HOW TO DO BUILDING SEARCHES.

THEY GOT CLASSROOM TIME AND THEY DID SOME SCENARIOS.

THEY ALSO LEARNED CPR. THEY LEARNED FELONY STOPS AS WELL AS SOME INVESTIGATION TACTICS.

AND AS THEY ALSO LEARN CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATIONS.

AND FRIDAY, WHICH WAS THE LAST DAY WE HAD A FUN DAY AT THE POOL.

IT WAS REALLY FUN. WE HAD A LOT OF OFFICER ENGAGEMENT.

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THIS IS OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY. WE PLAN TO STAY FOCUSED AND KEEP MOVING FORWARD.

AND YOU SHOULD SEE MORE POSITIVE STUFF COMING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WAS THAT MIKE LYNCH TEACHING THEM HOW TO BOB AND WEAVE.

THAT. [LAUGHTER] CPR. OH, I THOUGHT HE WAS IN THE CLIP BEFORE THAT TOO.

I THOUGHT HE I THOUGHT HE WAS THE CLIP OF THE BOXING BEFORE THAT.

HE COULD HAVE BEEN, I GUESS. OH, GOOD IDEA THOUGH.

[LAUGHTER]. I THOUGHT IT WAS HIM. WE HAD A LOT OF. IT WAS REALLY GOOD.

WE HAD FUN WITH IT AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO IT AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.

AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING ANYTHING.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU CHIEF. ANY QUESTIONS FROM MAYOR PRO TEM MR. REYNA. NO JUST A COMMENT. GREAT JOB. I SAW THAT VIDEO ONLINE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A LOT OF FUN TO WATCH A LOT OF LITTLE KIDS PARTICIPATING. WHAT WAS THE AGE? WE HAD ANYWHERE FROM 6 TO ABOUT 14, 15.

WE HAD A COUPLE OF TALL KIDS IN THERE. OKAY. BUT THE MAJORITY WERE LITTLE KIDS.

AT THE REC POOL, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. ALL RIGHT.

VERY GOOD PIZZA PARTY. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU, CHIEF.

YOU'RE WELCOME. THIS IS A WONDERFUL PROGRAM TO START IN, YOU KNOW, TO CREATE A TRADITION OUT OF.

SO THANK YOU. MEMBER MEDINA. YEAH CHIEF OBVIOUSLY.

YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ALWAYS STAY ENGAGED WITH THE COMMUNITY. I THINK THAT'S JUST ONE MORE THING YOU GUYS ADD TO THE TO THE BOOK. OBVIOUSLY IT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS WELL RECEIVED. AND I KNOW THERE WAS PARENTS ASKING, YOU KNOW, ABOUT MORE ENROLLMENT AND WHATNOT.

SO SEEMS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE A SUCCESS DOWN THE ROAD.

I JUST HAD TWO SORT OF SIDE QUESTIONS ON THE DRONE.

CAN YOU GIVE US JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON THAT? I KNOW THERE WAS LAST TIME THERE WAS STILL KIND OF TRAINING GOING ON. IS THAT STILL THE CASE? YEAH. SO THE DRONE, WE HAD THE DRONE COME FALL DOWN OR IT WENT DOWN LAST WEEK.

WE SINCE HAVE RECEIVED A NEW ONE. THE WARRANTY AND THE CUSTOMER SUPPORT IS PROBABLY THE BEST I'VE SEEN.

OKAY. AND WE'RE SETTING IT UP AGAIN. SO THE WAY IT WORKS IS WE HAVE DISPATCHERS TRAINED TO RUN IT NOW, BUT IN ORDER FOR THEM TO TRAIN OTHERS, IT'S LIKE A TRAIN THE TRAINER SITUATION.

THEY HAVE TO HAVE OVER 20 HOURS OF FLIGHT TIME.

BUT WE'RE HAVING SUCCESS STORIES ALREADY AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S WELL RECEIVED SO FAR FROM THE BUSINESS MEETING THAT WE HAD WITH BUSINESS OWNERS. I'M SORRY, THEY ALL LIKED THE IDEA AND SUPPORT THE PROGRAM.

SO IT'S COMING. AGAIN, WE'RE THE FIRST AGENCY IN KERN COUNTY TO HAVE A FULL THERE'S A COUPLE OF BUGS THAT WE NEED TO WORK OUT, BUT WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS.

SO I WILL LET YOU GUYS KNOW WHEN IT'S FULLY UP AND RUNNING.

OKAY. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WAS THE FLOCK SYSTEM.

SO I KNOW PART OF THAT IS THE WHOLE VEHICLES BEING STOLEN AND WHATNOT.

HAVE WE SEEN THAT HELPING OUT AT ALL? I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY WE'VE DEPLOYED.

ALL OF THEM ARE OUT OR IT'S JUST TWO OR. WELL, YOU KNOW, THE FLOCK IS THE REASON WHY WE'RE RECOVERING THIS VEHICLE.

SO WE GET A NOTIFICATION WHEN A STOLEN VEHICLE IS COMING IN AND THE OFFICERS WILL START PATROLLING THE AREA AND THEY COME ACROSS IT.

THERE'S ALSO BEEN SITUATIONS WHERE THEY'LL RUN A PLATE.

WELL I'M SORRY, IT'S BASICALLY NOTIFICATION BASED.

WE, THEY COME INTO OUR CITY, WE GET A NOTIFICATION.

OKAY. ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT IS. GOTCHA. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU CHIEF. YOU'RE WELCOME. MAYOR MEDINA.

I MEAN, MEMBER RAYA. I'M SORRY. WELL, CHIEF THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THANK YOU FOR SENDING THE OFFICER TO THE POWELL BUILDING AND TALKING TO THE KIDS.

I SEEN HIM LAST WEEK, AND YOU NOTICE RIGHT AWAY THE WHAT THE IMPACT THAT HE HAS WHEN HE GOES IN THERE,

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WE'RE GETTING THOSE KIDS CHIEF MORA, THAT YOU KNOW, THOSE KIDS THAT NEED TO BE IN THAT PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, THE KIDS THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, THOSE KIDS THAT ARE IN TROUBLE, CONSTANTLY IN TROUBLE IN SCHOOL, AND THEIR PARENTS DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THEM. THEY'RE THERE. AND I SEE, AND I'LL SAY THE NAME OF THE OFFICER.

OFFICER COOK. YEAH. I SEE HIM AND HE KNOWS WHO THEY ARE.

AND HE GOES AND TALKS TO THEM. HE MENTORS THEM.

AND I THINK THERE WAS AN INCIDENT YESTERDAY AT POWELL, YOU KNOW, THE KIDS, YOU KNOW, BEING BOYS, YOU KNOW, PLAYING AROUND OUTSIDE THE RING, HITTING EACH OTHER.

AND HE, HE GATHERED EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM, PUT THEM IN THERE AND JUST LECTURE THEM, LECTURE THEM AND, YOU KNOW, TOLD THEM ABOUT THE RULES, WHATEVER.

ALL THAT SLAPPING AND EVERYTHING OCCURS INSIDE THE RING, NOT OUTSIDE.

SO THAT WAS GREAT TO SEE FROM AN OFFICER. AND THAT'S WHAT'S NEEDED.

AND THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. OF COURSE. APPRECIATE IT. YOU'RE WELCOME. AND MARTINEZ.

YEAH, FIRST OF ALL, I LOVE THAT IDEA FOR THAT LITTLE PROGRAM THAT YOU GUYS PUT ON. THAT'S AWESOME. KIDS OUT THERE DOING FELONY STOPS. IT REMINDS ME OF THE ACADEMY, YOU KNOW, [LAUGHTER] WITH ALL OF THE PT AND EVERYTHING ELSE GOING ON IN THERE.

BUT THAT KIND OF BROUGHT UP AN IDEA. DO WE HAVE AN EXPLORER PROGRAM? WE DON'T. WHEN WE. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT. WE DON'T AS OF NOW BECAUSE I KNOW EVEN BACK WHEN IT WAS THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, THEY HAD A VERY ROBUST EXPLORER PROGRAM OUT HERE.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO SEE COME BACK.

I'M GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT THE CITATIONS AND THAT YOU GUYS ARE NOT FORGETTING ABOUT PARKING.

I'VE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING ON SOCIAL MEDIA LATELY ABOUT PEOPLE PARKING WRONG IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, SO I'M GLAD YOU GUYS ARE STAYING ON TOP OF THAT.

SO THANK YOU. YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU CHIEF. I MEAN, IT'S ALWAYS A HEARTWARMING, HEARTWARMING FEELING FOR ME.

AND I'M PRETTY SURE FOR ALL MY COLLEAGUES TO SEE PROGRAMS LIKE THIS THAT ARE ESTABLISHING THAT MENTALITY ON THE YOUTH TO START GETTING SOME KIND OF IDEALS, MAYBE TO BECOME COPS ONE DAY IN THEIR LIVES. OR IT COULD CPR COULD TAKE THEM IN DIFFERENT THINGS, YOU KNOW, SO ALL THOSE, ALL THOSE ALL THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, IT'S, IT'S AN AMAZING THING AND IT'S A GOOD FEELING TO BE PART OF IT.

AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU GUYS DO. THANK YOU CHIEF.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE SUPPORT. OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER 11.

[11) CONSENT CALENDAR]

AND THE STAFF'S OPINION. THESE ITEMS ARE APPROVED IN ONE MOTION.

UNLESS. UNLESS A COUNCIL MEMBER OR A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC REQUEST THE REMOVAL OF A PARTICULAR ITEM FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. ITEM 11 A. RECEIVE AND FILE.

NO. WE HAVE 11.A TO 11.L FOR CONSIDERATION. 11.A 11.L HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST REGARDING ANY ITEM ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA. I HAVE NO CONFLICT MAYOR.

MEMBER MARTINEZ. NO CONFLICT. MEMBER MEDINA. NO CONFLICT.

MEMBER RAYA. NO CONFLICT. AND I HAVE NO CONFLICT MYSELF.

COULD I MOVE TO APPROVE? NO. GIVE ME ONE MINUTE MAYOR.

IF YOU CAN, PLEASE PRESS IF. YOU'RE ON THE REMOVAL OF THE ITEM I'M ON. YES, I'M ON ALL ITEMS. AND THEN I ASKED ALL THE OTHER MEMBERS.

YOU DID THE CONFLICT FIRST, RIGHT? YES. AND NOW YOU'RE DOING THE REMOVAL OF AN ITEM.

YEAH. DOES ANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE AN ITEM TO REMOVE? NO, NONE. OKAY, SO THEN WE JUST OPEN UP THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

OKAY. IT'S ALL RIGHT. WE. I THINK WE SKIPPED A STEP, SO WE DID THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST ONLY.

OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING DO I JUST GO ONE AT A TIME? SO YOU ALREADY DID THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND YOU JUST NEED A REQUEST IF THERE ARE.

ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE AN ITEM? THAT'S. OKAY. MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA. NO. MEMBER MARTINEZ.

NO. MEMBER MEDINA. I DO HAVE ONE ITEM THAT I WOULD LIKE FURTHER CLARIFICATION ON WHICH IS 11.K.

THE CITY ATTORNEY'S CONSENT. I'D LIKE TO JUST ANTICIPATE, ANTICIPATE AND ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE.

CORRECT. CHANGE ORDERS. YEAH. SO THAT PARTICULAR ITEM CAME IN WELL BELOW ENGINEER'S ESTIMATES FOR THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT WE HAD ALLOCATED.

THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR NEGOTIATED WITH THAT CONTRACTOR, AND HE AGREED TO EXTEND THE WORK AT THE SAME PRICING WHILE THEIR CREW IS HERE.

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SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET MORE WORK DONE THAN WE ANTICIPATED.

OKAY. YEAH. SO THE AMOUNT WAS THE BIG THING THAT STOOD OUT TO ME.

BUT WHAT WASN'T CLEAR TO ME IN THE DETAIL WAS WHAT WAS WHAT OTHER WORK WE WERE GOING TO TAKE ON.

IT JUST SAID KIND OF LIKE THE EXPANSION OF THE WORK, BUT THERE WAS NO CLEAR DEFINITION.

TO WHAT IT IS, JUST EXPANSION OF THE WORK. SO WHERE IT HAS IT LAID OUT, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HAVE THAT MAP THAT WE CAN SHOW.

YES. SO THE MAP THAT'S GOING TO BE DISPLAYED NOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH, WITH THE EXTRA FUNDING THAT WE HAVE SINCE COME IN SO LOW, IS THAT WE'RE PLANNING ON GOING WEST, SAME AREA AND LOCATIONS BETWEEN 1ST AND 5TH STREET, HEADING WEST PAST I BELIEVE PALM, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. GOTCHA. ASK GRIFFITH. SO THE PLAN IS.

CORRECT. WE'RE GOING TO USE THE FUNDS. YES. SORT OF, I GUESS, ON THE EXPANSION.

AND THEN JUST FOR SORT OF THE RECORD, THERE WAS ONLY ONE BID THAT CAME THROUGH.

THAT'S CORRECT. BUT THERE WAS, I BELIEVE, ABOUT EIGHT DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS THAT REQUESTED THE DOCUMENTS TO BID.

YEAH. ONLY ONE BID. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MEMBER RAYA. NO. AND I HAVE NONE MYSELF.

ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? NONE.

MADAM CLERK. DO WE HAVE ANY REMOTE COMMENTS? THERE ARE NONE, MAYOR.

I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION. SO MOVE.

AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ.

AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MEDINA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER RAYA.

AYE. MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

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

PUBLIC HEARINGS. WE HAVE NONE. ITEM 13. DEFERRED BUSINESS.

WE HAVE NONE. MOVING ON TO ITEM 14. NEW BUSINESS.

[14.a. Council finds this action is not a “project” defined under section 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines; Adopt a Resolution Approving the Amended Salary Schedule for the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 in Compliance with the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) Requirement for Publicly Available Pay Schedules. (Vera) ]

RIGHT? YES. COUNCIL FINDS THAT THIS ACTION IS NOT A PROJECT DEFINED UNDER SECTION 15378 OF THE CEQA GUIDELINES.

ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE AMENDED SALARY SCHEDULE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM. CALPERS. REQUIREMENT FOR PUBLICLY AVAILABLE PAY SCHEDULES.

MRS. VERA. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

THE SALARY SCHEDULE PRESENTED FOR COUNCIL REVIEW TONIGHT INCLUDES THE AMENDED SALARY FOR THE NON EXEMPT CLASSIFICATION OF WATER SUPERVISOR.

THE CLASSIFICATION FOR THE SALARY WAS BUDGETED UNDER FISCAL YEAR 26-27 AS RANGE 46, AND IT WAS INCORRECTLY IDENTIFIED AS RANGE 44 IN THE PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED SALARY SCHEDULES.

OUTSIDE OF THAT, THAT IS THE ONLY CHANGE BEING REQUESTED IN TONIGHT'S SALARY SCHEDULE.

IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, I CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE THOSE QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU MRS. VERA. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS? MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA.

NO COMMENTS. MAYOR MEMBER MARTINEZ. NO COMMENT.

MEMBER MEDINA. NO COMMENTS. MEMBER RAYA. NO COMMENTS.

I HAVE NO COMMENTS MYSELF. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? SEE NONE. MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY REMOTE COMMENTS? THERE ARE NONE, MAYOR. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

SO MOVED. I'LL SECOND IT. MADAM CLERK. VOTE BY ROLL CALL.

IT'S MOTION FOR APPROVAL. MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

OKAY. MEMBER SALDAÑA. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA.

AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MEDINA.

AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER RAYA. AYE. MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MEDINA.

SECOND BY MAYOR SALDAÑA TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION.

MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM 14.B.

[14.b. Council finds this action is not a “project” defined under section 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines; Adopt A Resolution Amending Resolution No. 2026-4341 to add Section 8 to add a clause pursuant to Elections Code § 10002 the governing body hereby Requests the Board of Supervisors of the County of Kern to permit the Kern County Elections Division to Provide any and all Services Necessary for conducting the General Election on November 3, 2026, and agrees to Pay for Said Services in full. (M. Martinez) ]

ADOPT A RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTIONS NUMBER 2026-4341 TO ADD SECTION 8 TO ADD A CLAUSE PURSUANT TO ELECTIONS CODE 10002. THE GOVERNING BODY HEREBY REQUEST THE

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FOR CONDUCTING THE GENERAL ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2026 AND AGREES TO PAY.

THE SAID SERVICES IN FULL. MRS. MARTINEZ. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER.

THIS ITEM AMENDS RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026-4341 FOR THE NOVEMBER 3RD, 2026 GENERAL ELECTION.

A REQUIRED STATEMENT WAS UNINTENTIONALLY OMITTED FROM THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION.

THE AMENDMENT ADDS THE LANGUAGE REQUESTING THE CURRENT KERN COUNTY ELECTIONS TO CONDUCT THE ELECTION AND CONFIRMING THAT THE CITY WILL PAY FOR THE SERVICES. THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE CORRECTION REQUIRED BY THE ELECTION CODE.

STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE AMENDED RESOLUTION IF COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE OR ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE MEMBERS? MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA. NO QUESTIONS, MAYOR. MEMBER MARTINEZ. NO QUESTIONS. MEMBER MEDINA.

NO QUESTIONS. MEMBER RAYA. NO QUESTIONS. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS MYSELF.

ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? NO COMMENTS.

MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY REMOTE COMMENTS? THERE ARE NONE, MAYOR.

THANK YOU SO MOVED. I'LL SECOND IT. MADAM CLERK, VOTE BY ROLL CALL.

MAYOR SALDAÑA. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA. AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MEDINA.

AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER RAYA. AYE. MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA.

SECOND BY MAYOR SALDAÑA TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION.

MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM 14.C.

[14.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 Finalize and Execute Amendment No. 1 to the Existing Service Agreement with GoTo Connect Technologies USA, LLC for an amount not to exceed $21,600.00, subject to City Manager and City Attorney Review. (Hurlbert) ]

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

WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OVER TWO YEARS AGO THE STAFF LOOKED FOR A SOLUTION FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

AT THAT TIME, A GO TO TECHNOLOGIES PROVIDED A CLOUD-BASED PHONE SYSTEM INCLUDING FREE PROVIDED PHONES, NO UPFRONT COST FOR A NOMINAL MONTHLY COST PER PHONE.

OUR CURRENT SYSTEM IS AN OLDER PBX SYSTEM. IT'S CALLED MITEL AS THE MANUFACTURER.

VERY DIFFICULT TO GET PARTS FOR THIS PHONE. WE HAVE THERE IS NOT AN ONGOING MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT AND NO LOCAL TECHNICIANS THAT SPECIALIZE IN THIS EQUIPMENT. WE'RE EXPERIENCING MORE AND MORE FREQUENT PROBLEMS WITH THE EXISTING MITEL SYSTEM.

AND IT'S TIME FOR IT TO GO. SO WE LOOKED AT AND BEFORE YOU ON THE STAFF REPORT IS A LOOK AT THE OTHER QUOTES THAT WE GOT FOR OTHER SOLUTIONS, ALL CLOUD BASED AND BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE WITH GO TO CONNECT AND THE PRICING WE BELIEVE THAT IT'S THE BEST SOLUTION AT THIS TIME. ONE OF THE BIGGEST ADVANTAGES IS THEY JUST PROVIDE THE DESKTOP PHONES AS PART OF THE DEAL.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUY THOSE UPFRONT IF WE WANT TO ACQUIRE SPECIALIZED PHONES, WE CAN OBVIOUSLY DO THAT.

AND THEIR SYSTEM IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE CONFERENCE ROOM PHONE.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE WANTED TO DO THAT THE PRICING SHOWN IN THE STAFF REPORT IS THE CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE THAT $20 PER LINE WAS THE HIGHER AMOUNT. WE ARE, I BELIEVE ARE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE A LOWER MONTHLY RATE BASED ON THE TOTAL PHONES THAT WILL HAVE APPROXIMATELY 90 PHONES ALTOGETHER CITY WIDE.

THE BIG ADVANTAGE ALSO OF STAYING WITH GOTO CONNECT IS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT FOUR DIGIT EXTENSION CALLING AND TRANSFERRING BECAUSE WE'LL ALL THE WHOLE CITY THEN WILL BE ON THE SAME SYSTEM. RIGHT NOW.

IF I WANTED TO CALL THE CHIEF AT HIS DESK, I HAVE TO DIAL A SEVEN DIGIT NUMBER TO, YOU KNOW, GO OUT AND GO BACK INTO THE GO TO SYSTEM FROM MITEL AND VICE VERSA.

SO THAT WILL BE A BIG ADVANTAGE GOING FORWARD.

SO IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER THOSE.

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE MEMBERS? MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA. I READ THE REPORT.

IN ESSENCE, ALL YOU'RE DOING IS TAKING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CONTRACT AND YOU'RE EXPANDING IT TO THE ENTIRE CITY.

CORRECT. NOT ACTUALLY GETTING A NEW CONTRACT.

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IT'S BEEN HERE. I DON'T KNOW, 20 YEARS? MAYBE? 27. AND WE HAVE TO GO OUR HOURLY FOR HELP WITH IT.

SO YEAH, WE WILL SAVE THAT COST CERTAINLY GOING FORWARD WITH, WITH NOT HAVING TO HAVE THAT AND IN ADDITION, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUY ANY EQUIPMENT. IT WILL PROVIDE, THEY WILL PROVIDE IT FOR FREE, EXCEPT FOR CONFERENCING PHONES.

YES. WHICH YOU MIGHT NEED HERE AND THERE. CORRECT.

I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. MEMBER MARTINEZ.

NO QUESTIONS. MEMBER MEDINA. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS.

MEMBER RAYA. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS MYSELF EITHER.

THANK YOU, MR. HURLBERT. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? SEEING NONE.

MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY REMOTE COMMENTS? WE HAVE NONE, MAYOR.

THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

SO MOVED. I'LL SECOND. MADAM CLERK. VOTE BY ROLL CALL.

MEMBER SALDAÑA. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA. AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MEDINA.

AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER RAYA. AYE. MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ.

SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MEDINA TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION.

MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM 15 REPORTS FROM COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES.

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

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

I WON'T TO HAVE A MEETING UNTIL AUGUST. WE'RE DARK IN JULY AND WE'RE DOWN TO ABOUT 15.C WASCO TASK FORCE.

[15.c. Wasco Task Force (Saldaña & Raya)]

ITEM NUMBER. MOVING ON TO ITEM 16 WITH REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER.

[16) REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER]

A FEW UPDATES HERE. WE HAVE THE HAWK INSTALLATION IS CONTINUING ON SLOWER THAN WE'D LIKE, BUT IT CONTINUES ON, I BELIEVE. JUST WAITING ON MATERIALS STILL. THERE IS A BIKE RODEO.

WELL, LET ME GO IN ORDER HERE. THERE'S A COMMUNITY BREAKFAST.

AUGUST 5TH, 7:00 A.M. THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD AT INDEPENDENCE HIGH.

WE HAVE THE BIKE RODEO SEPTEMBER 19TH SET FOR SATURDAY.

09:00 A.M. TO NOON, AND THE STARTING PLACE THERE WILL BE THE HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA PARKING LOT.

THEY ANNOUNCED LAST TIME THE. MAY I INTERRUPT YOU? SURE. IS THIS A BIKE RODEO OR A BIKE RIDE? THIS IS A BIKE RODEO.

THE RODEO. THIS YEAR, THEY'RE PARTNERING WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL ON THEIR COMMUNITY RESOURCE FAIRS ARE COMBINING EVENTS WITH THEIR RESOURCE CENTER SO THIS WOULD BE DIFFERENT THAN THAT. SO. RIGHT.

BUT YOU CALL IT A STARTING POINT. MAYBE I'M READING TOO MUCH.

YEAH. AND I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE AGENDA IS.

LISTENING TO YOU. WELL, YOU ARE, AND I'M SPEAKING WITHOUT A DAILY OR THE AGENDA FOR THE DAY IN FRONT OF ME.

SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY AREN'T DOING A RIDE AROUND THE BLOCK LIKE THE RIDE PART.

YEAH. THAT'S WHY I WAS A BIT CONFUSED SO. IN THE CAFETERIA PARKING LOT IS WHERE THAT WILL OCCUR.

THANK YOU. SURE. AUGUST 10TH FROM 7:00 A.M. TO 4:00 WILL BE A SNIP EVENT SPONSORED BY THE LOVE DOGS GROUP. AND THIS IS A PRE-REGISTRATION.

THIS IS NOT A FREE EVENT. AND SO RESERVATIONS ARE DEFINITELY NEEDED AND IT'S $20.

SO IT'S A HIGHLY DISCOUNTED PRICE, BUT NOT FREE.

DO YOU HAVE THE PHONE NUMBER IN FRONT OF YOU? I DO NOT HAVE THE PHONE NUMBER. WE PROBABLY HAVE A FLYER.

YEAH, WE DO HAVE FLYER. BUT ONCE THE UPDATED FLYER COMES OUT, WE'LL HAVE IT POSTED ON THE WEBSITE. OUT THERE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO. YES. TO HAVE IT.

YEAH. THAT'S STILL THREE WEEKS AWAY. FOUR WEEKS AWAY SO.

OKAY. SCOTT, WHO DID HE SAY WAS SPONSORING THIS EVENT? THIS IS AN ORGANIZATION CALLED LOVE DOGS. LOVE DOGS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SURE. LOOKING OUT. SEPTEMBER 10TH.

JUST A REMINDER IS THE KDC ANNUAL DINNER. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED AND YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP YET, PLEASE GO THROUGH THE CITY CLERK TO GET YOUR RESERVATION.

WE AT OUR LAST MEETING WE HAD A CITIZEN THAT SPOKE ABOUT SIDEWALK ISSUES, PARTICULARLY AT MAPLE AND POZO IN THAT GENERAL AREA.

AND MR. VILLA. HAS A QUICK UPDATE ON THAT. SO YES, JUST A QUICK UPDATE.

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ONCE THAT PROJECT WAS COMPLETED, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT.

WHAT. THAT SIDEWALK THAT SHE WAS MENTIONING IS THE PARTS OF SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL.

FORTUNATELY, IT WAS MISSED ON THE ACTUAL STUDY, BUT LOOKING AT IT, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PART OF IT.

SO I LET HER KNOW THAT ONCE WE GET EVERYTHING PAID OUT WITH THE FIRST PHASE OF THE CONSTRUCTION WE WILL REVIEW THE FUNDING THAT'S LEFT OVER AND PROCEED ON TO THEIR SIDEWALKS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THEN THE LAST TWO ITEMS, WE HAVE THE ROSE PARADE LOOKING OUT TO SEPTEMBER 12TH.

THERE WILL BE AN EVENT CALLED EVENING IN BLOOM.

AND THAT'S A DINNER DESIGNED TO RECOGNIZE THE GRAND MARSHAL OR MARSHALS.

THAT'S 6:00 P.M. ON 9/12 AT A RESIDENCE, I BELIEVE, ON FRESNO AVENUE.

WE'LL HAVE THE, THE EXACT ADDRESS AVAILABLE. SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT, PLEASE LET THE CLERK KNOW.

AND THEN THE ROSE PARADE, OF COURSE, IS EARLIER THAT DAY ON 9/12, THE CITY WILL HAVE A BOOTH AND SOME VEHICLES THERE AND STAFF SUPPORTING THAT EVENT.

SO IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, HAPPY TO ANSWER.

ANY QUESTIONS WE HAVE? NO QUESTIONS FOR SCOTT. MEMBER MEDINA. NO QUESTIONS.

MEMBER RAYA. QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MR. HURLBERT. YOU'RE WELCOME. MOVING ON TO ITEM 17.

[17) REPORTS FROM CITY COUNCIL]

THANK YOU, MAYOR. I DO HAVE A FEW THINGS HERE.

I'LL BE BRIEF, THOUGH. I ATTENDED THE SAINT JOHN'S FOOD DISTRIBUTION.

THIS IS THE SAINT JOHN'S LÍDERES CAMPESINAS FOOD FORWARD.

FOOD DISTRIBUTION. WHERE WE DISTRIBUTED OVER 36,000 POUNDS OF FOOD TO OVER 500 FAMILIES.

AND THIS IS AN EFFORT THAT BENEFITS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

AND SO IF YOU EVER WANT TO COME AND JOIN US AND VOLUNTEER, EVERYONE IS WELCOME.

SO I LEAVE THAT FOR EVERYBODY OUT THERE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.

WE TALKED ABOUT ALLEYS NEEDING A REPAIR AND WE MENTIONED I MENTIONED A FEW AND I'M NOT QUITE SURE I KNOW STAFF WORKS ON THIS RIGHT AWAY. BUT I VISITED THE GAS STATION, THE FAST-FOOD GAS STATION ON HIGHWAY 46, AND THE ALLEY BEHIND THE STATION IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE. THERE'S A VERY LARGE HOLE NEAR GRIFFITH STREET.

AT GRIFFITH AVENUE. EXCUSE ME. AND I'M WONDERING WHETHER I THINK THE STAFF REPAIR SOME OF THAT ARE ALREADY.

BUT CAN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AGAIN AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS COVERED? DEFINITELY. WHAT GAS STATION WAS THAT? THE FASTRIP ON HIGHWAY 46.

NEXT TO GRIFFITH. GRIFFITH AVENUE. I THINK PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT THEY HAVE THIS LARGE TRUCKS, TRUCKS ENTERING AND EXITING THROUGH THAT ALLEY, AND THEY MAY JUST BE TEARING UP THE SURFACE.

WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT. YEAH. AND ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS THIS ARE WE PLANNING I KNOW THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY WORKING ON THIS, THAT I KNOW. OKAY. BUT CAN YOU PROVIDE THE COUNCIL AS TO A PLAN THAT YOU HAVE FOR REFURBISHING THESE ALLEYS? I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE IT BASED ON CONDITIONS, AND SOME OF THEM MAY GET WORSE AS WE GO THROUGH THE YEAR.

BUT IF THE STAFF COULD PROVIDE THAT THAT WAY, AT LEAST WE KNOW THAT IT'S IN THE WORKS.

WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD DO? YES, WE CAN WORK ON THAT. OKAY.

AND THEN LAST MEETING, I ASKED A QUESTION REGARDING ON WIRE'S TIMELINE FOR REPLACING ASPHALT PATCHES WITH CONCRETE.

IT'S BEEN SEVERAL WEEKS SINCE THEY WENT THROUGH MY DISTRICT AND THERE MAY STILL WORKING IN PARTS OF IT, BUT THEY HAVEN'T COME BACK TO REPAIR OR CHANGE THIS ASPHALT PATCHES WITH CONCRETE AND WHAT'S

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AND SO NOW THOSE ARE TRIP HAZARDS FOR THOSE THAT WALK ON THOSE SIDEWALKS.

SO CAN WE PLEASE ASK THEM? IN THE PAST, WE HAVE ASKED UNWIRED TO STOP ANY NEW WORK AND GO BACK AND CATCH UP WITH WHAT THEY LEFT BEHIND. SO MAYBE THIS IS A TIME WHERE WE CAN DO THAT SCOTT? THEY WENT THROUGH A LITTLE PHASE OF SOME, YOU KNOW, BUMPS HERE AND THERE WITH, WITH STAFFING.

SO THEY WERE NOT DOING ANY EXTRA WORK. LIKE I MENTIONED THE LAST TIME, THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW ON PALM IS NOT UNWIRED.

IT'S A STATE PROJECT THROUGH CVIN BUT ALL THE OLD STUFF THAT YOU MENTIONED, IF IT'S SINKING NOW, WE ARE WORKING WITH STAFF CURRENTLY, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR GIS TECH.

HE IS LOCATING EVERY LOCATION, ALL THE LOCATIONS THAT STILL NEED TO BE REPAIRED, AND HE'S MAPPED IT OUT FOR HIM.

AND IT'S GOING TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE NEW STAFF THAT UNWIRED HAS BROUGHT ON. YEAH, I REALLY WANT TO SEE THEM OUT THERE FIXING THESE PROBLEMS BECAUSE IT'S NOT ONLY A LIABILITY FOR THEM, IT'S A LIABILITY FOR THE CITY AS WELL.

I AGREE. SO LET'S TAKE CARE OF THAT. AND THEN I GOT GOOD NEWS.

I WAS EXCITED TO SEE THE COUNTY WORKING ON LOCAL ROADS.

THEY RESURFACE CENTRAL AVENUE FROM KILBURN ALL THE WAY TO KIMBERLINA.

AND I SPOKE TO ONE OF THE WORKERS THERE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS TITLE WAS OTHER THAN HE WAS DIRECTING TRAFFIC STOPPING [LAUGHTER].

BUT HE SAID THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE WORKING AROUND WASCO.

AND SO THIS IS GOOD NEWS. THIS CENTRAL AVENUE WAS IN NOT VERY GOOD SHAPE, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT CAME TO THE CORNER OF KIMBERLINA AND CENTRAL. IT WAS IN A REALLY BAD SHAPE.

THEY'VE ALREADY ALSO FIXED THE CORNER ON PALM AVENUE AND KIMBERLINA.

I MENTIONED THAT BEFORE OUR LAST MEETING. SO.

I, SCOTT, I WANTED TO ASK YOU THIS. THE COUNTY.

WE HAD APPROACHED THE COUNTY ABOUT DOING OUR LOCAL ROADS WHEN THEY'RE WORKING IN THE SECTION THAT BELONGS TO THEM.

AND WE KIND OF GAVE THAT UP BECAUSE THEY CAME UP WITH A PROPOSAL THAT WOULD COST US MORE MONEY THAN IF WE DID IT OURSELVES.

BUT MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN REVISIT AGAIN? SURE WE CAN. WE CAN ASK FROM TIME TO TIME AND SEE IF THEIR SITUATION HAS IMPROVED OR CHANGED WHERE THEY AREN'T LOOKING TO MAKE.

RIGHT. THEY SHOULDN'T BE MAKING MONEY ON US. [LAUGHTER] BUT, YOU KNOW, IT COSTS SO MUCH TO REPAIR OR RESURFACE A ROAD.

BUT IF WE CAN WORK ON GAINING THIS AGREEMENT OR PUTTING THIS AGREEMENT IN PLACE SO THAT THEY WOULD BE BETTER SUITED ONCE THEY HAVE ALL THEIR EQUIPMENT TO JUST DO THAT.

CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. AND REMEMBER TO INCLUDE BIKE LANES [LAUGHTER].

LET ME SEE. I BELIEVE THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

MEMBER MEDINA. I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THERE IS FOLLOW UP WITH THE RESIDENT FROM LAST MEETING.

THAT WAS PART OF MY, YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY QUESTIONS THAT I WAS GOING TO HAVE. I DO HAVE A QUESTION WHEN IT COMES TO WEED ABATEMENT AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP IN THE PAST, I JUST CAN'T RECALL. BUT DO WE HAVE A MASTER MAP THAT SHOWS, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE CITY IS IN CHARGE OF VERSUS WHAT THE RESIDENT IS IN CHARGE OF.

BECAUSE I KNOW LIKE IN LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, IN DOWNTOWN 7TH STREET I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE TWO INTERSECTIONS ARE, BUT ON CORMACK, THERE'S A CHURCH ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND THEN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THAT CHURCH, THERE'S AN EMPTY LOT AND IT'S WEEDS EVERYWHERE, RIGHT? IT'S JUST AN EYESORE. SO I DON'T KNOW, LIKE WHAT BELONGS TO THE CITY, WHAT BELONGS TO THE PROPERTY OWNER.

AND THEN SAME THING ON, ON ANAN. I KNOW THE CITY STAFF WAS JUST THERE WORKING ON TRIMMING TREES AND WHATNOT, BUT THERE'S LIKE A LITTLE SECTION PROBABLY FROM HERE TO THE DOOR THAT'S DIRT AND THERE'S A BUNCH OF WEEDS, SO IT JUST DOESN'T LOOK GOOD, RIGHT? YEAH. SO ANY, ANY GREEN BELTS THAT ARE AROUND OR ANY, ANYTHING THAT'S ON THE SIDEWALK THAT THE CITY MAINTAINS THAT DEFINITELY.

OKAY. NOW THE EMPTY LOTS WE CAN GET WHO OWNS THEM AND GET AHOLD OF THEM, MAYBE THROUGH CODE.

YEAH YEAH, THE ONE ON SEVENTH STREET NEEDS TO GET LOOKED AT. OKAY.

YEAH, THAT'LL. I'LL SEND THAT TO CODE. THAT'LL BE, THEY'LL SEND A NOTICE TO THE PROPERTY OWNER.

OKAY. YEAH. WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THE LOCATION ON ANAN.

RIGHT? YOU SAID. ON YEAH, ON ANAN. IT'S LIKE RIGHT BY WHERE THERE'S THAT GREEN STRIP.

IT'S JUST SOUTH OF THAT. THE CITY GUYS ARE JUST WORKING ON IT.

OKAY. AND IT'S JUST OUTSIDE OF THE FENCE LINE.

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WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN I GUESS MY QUESTION IS THERE LIKE A, SOME SORT OF DEFINED MAP OR LIKE IF I WANTED, IF I'M DRIVING BY AND I WANT TO KNOW, SHOULD I BE REPORTING THIS TO THE CITY? WE DO HAVE A MAP THAT HAS ALL THE GREEN BELTS.

IF I MEAN, IF THAT HELPS, WE CAN SHARE THAT. I MEAN, THAT JUST HELPS.

IT HAS ALL THE GREEN BELTS THAT WE MAINTAIN THAT THE CITY MAINTAINS.

I MEAN, THAT'D BE HELPFUL. IF YOU CAN EMAIL THAT TO US. WE CAN DO THAT.

YEAH.

CODE COMPLIANCE CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT. SO I CAN SHOW YOU HOW TO REPORT THAT AS WELL.

YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. THE REPORTING PROCESS COULD AND SHOULD BE THE SAME.

YEAH. THE DETERMINATION OF WHO'S RESPONSIBILITY HANDLED IS HANDLED INTERNALLY WITH THE STAFF.

SO IF IT'S OURS, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT IF WE'VE MISSED IT SOMEHOW.

YEAH. I GUESS IT'S MORE LIKE IS THERE ALREADY A DEFINED GUIDELINE? RIGHT. HEY, THIS, THIS BELONGS TO THE CITY. AND IF WE SEE IT, THEN IT'S LIKE, ALL RIGHT, IT SHOULD BE GOING THROUGH THE CITY VERSUS GOING ONLINE, RIGHT? OR DOES IT MATTER? IT, IT WON'T MATTER AS FAR AS GETTING THE RESOLUTION, BECAUSE WHEN IT'S REPORTED HERE, LET'S SAY THROUGH MYGOV OR SOMETHING, AND YOU JUST REPORT IT WITH THE LOCATION AND A PICTURE IT'LL COME INTO.

MYGOV STAFF WILL LOOK AT IT, LOOK AT OUR INTERNAL OKAY. GOTCHA. ALL RIGHT. PERFECT. SOUNDS GOOD.

THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I GOT. MEMBER RAYA. YES.

I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK MARIA LARA. I THINK IT WAS LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE GETTING A GRANT TO BRING SOME INTERNSHIPS, SOME TO HIRE SOME YOUTH TO WORK THROUGH THE CITY.

AND THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HOW MANY KIDS? FIVE? FIVE FINALLY, YOU KNOW, BEING FROM A SMALL TOWN, IT'S VERY HARD TO FOR THESE YOUTH TO GET A JOB OUTSIDE.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OUR FAST-FOOD RESTAURANTS ARE THE POSITIONS ARE ALREADY FILLED. SO IT'S VERY HARD FOR THEM.

AND THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH AN INTERVIEW. THEY HAD TO WRITE THEIR OWN RESUME.

AND NOW THEY'RE CURRENTLY WORKING RIGHT NOW THROUGH THE CITY GETTING THAT EXPERIENCE.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, MARIA, FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DID TO GET THESE GRANTS FOR THESE KIDS.

I DON'T KNOW BUT I KNOW THAT THE SUPERVISOR LOVES HAVING THEM.

YEAH. SO DEFINITELY, I MEAN THEY'VE WORKED OUT.

THEY, THEY HAVE THEM, YOU KNOW, THEY HELPED OUT WITH THE TREES. YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A CONCERN BROUGHT UP WITH THE TREES DOWN 7TH STREET. SO STAFF TOOK THEM OUT THERE THE NEXT MORNING AND SHOWED THEM HOW TO TRIM THEM.

AND TIE THEM BACK UP AND RE-STAKE THEM. SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS ACTUALLY REALLY GOOD.

THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE GOT THAT FAR, BUT UNFORTUNATELY. BUT WE HAVE THE STAFF NOW.

THEY'VE SHOWN THEM DIFFERENT AT DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.

SO EVEN INDOORS. WE EVEN HAD THEM WORK WITH ONE OF OUR FACILITIES MAINTENANCE GUYS.

SO THEY'RE LEARNING DIFFERENT THINGS THERE. SO I THINK EVERYONE SEEMS PRETTY HAPPY THERE.

AND DEFINITELY THE SUPERVISORS ENJOY THE EXTRA HELP FOR SURE.

ARE YOU JUST GOING TO KEEP THOSE FIVE? BECAUSE I HEARD FROM SOME OF THE KIDS THAT THERE MIGHT BE ANOTHER GROUP OF KIDS COMING IN.

NEW KIDS. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF A FEW MORE KIDS GETTING HIRED THAT WOULD LEAVE THAT UP TO MS. LAURA. [LAUGHTER]. YES, HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

YES. SO THE GRANT WAS FOR EIGHT INTERNSHIPS. SO WE HAVE THREE MORE OPENINGS.

IT'S FOR TWO YEARS. AND THIS ROUND WE RECEIVED FIVE APPLICANTS.

ONE OF THE TARGETS IS POWELL. THERE HAS TO BE POWELL MEMBERS.

SO THIS. AND THEY HAVE TO BE 18 YEARS OLD TOO.

SO THIS YEAR WE HAD FIVE GRADUATES FROM, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS HERE IN TOWN AND FROM POWELL.

SO THERE IS THREE MORE THAT WE HOPE TO BRING IN, WHETHER IT MIGHT BE NEXT SPRING OR MAYBE LATER THIS FALL.

MAYOR IF I MAY ADD A COMMENT TO SOMETHING YOU SAID JUST A MOMENT AGO, THE 7TH STREET AND YOU KNOW, TREES AND LANDSCAPING. AND I WANT TO COMMEND YOU BECAUSE YOU TOOK IMMEDIATE ACTION.

AND IT'S ALREADY THE DIFFERENCE IS NOTICEABLE.

SOME OF THOSE BUSHES THAT WERE ALL BROWN ARE STARTING TO GET SOME GREEN.

AND SO MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT THIS BE SOMETHING, AND I KNOW THAT YOU DO THAT, OR STAFF IS SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THAT, THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS, THEY CHECK THEM BECAUSE THIS MANY SPRINKLERS OR EVEN DRIPPERS STOP FUNCTIONING AND THEN THE LANDSCAPING STARTS SUFFERING. SO, BUT I WAS VISITING AFTER WE HAD THE 4:00 MEETING,

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[LAUGHTER]. SO THAT IS PROOF POSITIVE THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING WAS DONE AND IT'S WORKING.

SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

MEMBER MARTINEZ. I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT THAT ONE LAST YEAR WAS PRETTY BEAT DOWN. YOU KNOW, THE GRASS, EVEN SOME OF THE BRANCHES FROM THE TREES LAST SUMMER WERE COMING DOWN INTO THE BLOCKING THE WALKING PATH. WE HAD TO GO AROUND.

I'LL SAY THE LAST THREE, FOUR MONTHS HAS BEEN LOOKING GREAT.

I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S OUR LONGEST WALKING PATH HERE IN WASCO.

AND IT'S VERY VISIBLE TO A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS BECAUSE THAT'S A MAJOR INTERSECTION THAT THEY TAKE TO GET 43.

SO I HAVE OTHER COMMENTS FROM OTHER PEOPLE THAT LIVE ACROSS TOWN SAY, HEY, MAN, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE, WITH THE TREES, WITH THE GRASS? AND I JUST HAVE TO SAY IT LOOKS.

RIGHT NOW, IT LOOKS REALLY NICE. SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU WE'LL PASS THAT ON TO STAFF.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO ITEM 17. I MEAN I'M SORRY.

ITEM 18. CLOSED SESSION PUBLIC COMMENTS. ITEM 19.

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CAN WE TAKE A BREAK? TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE BREAK.

THANK YOU. YES. WE JUST NEED THE MAYOR TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.

ALL RIGHT, IT IS 7:30. MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.