[1) CALL TO ORDER:] [00:00:04] GOOD EVENING. I WILL NOT CALL THIS MEETING TO AN ORDER. IT IS 6PM. PUBLIC COMMENTS MUST RELATE TO THE AGENDA ITEM OR MATTERS WITHIN THE COUNCIL'S AUTHORITY. SPEAKERS WHO ARE OUT OF ORDER MAY BE REMOVED FROM DISCUSSION ON THAT ITEM. MAYOR, IF WE CAN DO THE ROLL CALL? ITEM NUMBER TWO. MADAM CLERK, MAY WE HAVE THE ROLL? MAYOR SALDAÑA. HERE. HERE. I'M SORRY. MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA. I'M HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ? HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER RAYA? HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER MEDINA, ABSENT. ALL RIGHT. HE'S NOT COMING? THANK YOU. I'M MOVING ON TO ITEM THREE. DO THE, PLEASE STAND FOR THE FLAG SALUTE. SALUTE, PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THERE'S SOMEBODY IN THE CROWD THAT WOULD JOIN US IN AN INVOCATION. I SEE NO ONE. FOR THE RECORD, FOR THE RECORD, WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER MEDINA. THANK YOU, PASTOR PAUL. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY AND THIS TIME TOGETHER. LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR OUR CITY. LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY IN IT. WE THANK YOU, LORD, FOR OUR LEADERSHIP. LORD PRAISE YOU. GIVE A WISDOM AND STRENGTH LORD, YOU WOULD US RIGHT. LORD, PRAY TO HELP US TO GET EVERYTHING DECENTLY IN ORDER. WATCH OVER OUR NATION, LORD, OUR STATE AND OUR COUNTY AND OUR CITY. LORD, PLEASE. PLEASE HAVE YOUR WILL DONE IN THIS MEETING. WE ASK THESE THINGS IN YOUR SON JESUS CHRIST, PRECIOUS AND HOLY NAME. AMEN. AMEN. LET'S HAVE A SEAT. MOVING ON TO ITEM FIVE. APPROVAL [5) APPROVAL OF AGENDA] OF AGENDA. ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA? NO CHANGES. THANK YOU. MR. HERBERT. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. SO MOVE. I'LL SECOND IT. MADAM CLERK, VOTE BY ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MAYOR 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 MAYOR SALDAÑA. TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS TO FORM. MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM 6. [Items 6.a & 6.b ] PRESENTATIONS 6A. WE HAVE RECOGNITION OF THE WASCO POLICE ACTIVITIES LEAGUE. PAL SUMMER NUTRITION PROGRAM INTERNS POWER PRESENTATION BY THE COORDINATOR. PAL COORDINATOR, MRS. GARCIA. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. GOOD EVENING. OKAY, SO I'LL BE GOING THROUGH OUR ACTIVITIES THAT WE DID FOR THE SUMMER FOR POWELL. VERY BUSY SUMMER. PREDICTIVE AND A GOOD OUTCOME. SO, FOR PAL, THIS IS THE FIRST, OUR FIRST OFFICIAL SUMMER. AND WE BROUGHT IN THANKS TO THE WONDERFUL GRANT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE FOR THE POW. IT WAS A SUMMER YOUTH NUTRITION PROGRAM. IT WAS AN EIGHT WEEK COURSE THAT WAS SPLIT INTO TWO SESSIONS. AND THE PALMA PROGRAM NUTRITION AND FITNESS PROGRAM WORKED WITH THE YOUTH AND COMMUNITY TO PROMOTE HEALTHY HABITS SUCH AS COOKING HOMEMADE MEALS AND EXERCISING. SORRY, THAT'S WHAT I JUST READ. SO, THIS IS TO. OVERALL, THE PROGRAM WAS TO BRING IN THE KIDS TO TEACH THEM WHAT IT IS TO COOK HEALTHY, EXERCISE AND MAKE IT EASY FOR THEM TO DO IT AT HOME. SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE DID WITH THEM WAS THE DECORATION OF THEIR APRONS AND CHEF HATS FOR THEM TO USE AS THEY WERE COOKING AND IN THE PROGRAM. THEY DID... [00:05:29] SO,SOME OF THE SIMPLE ACTIVITIES THAT WERE DONE WITH THE KIDS ARE, FOR EXAMPLE, A GRILLED CHICKEN QUESADILLA. THEY TRY TO DO SIMPLE RECIPES, LIKE I SAID, SIMPLE RECIPES WITH THEM FROM SCRATCH, HOMEMADE AND IN GROUPS TO LEARN HOW TO WORK TOGETHER. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THEY DID WAS COOKING BREAKFAST. I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK CENTRAL VALLEY EGGS. THEY DONATED THE EGGS FOR THE PROGRAM FOR THE WHOLE SUMMER. SO A REALLY BIG THANK YOU TO THEM. BUT THE KIDS LEARNED HOW TO DO CREPES PANCAKES AND EVERYTHING WAS FROM SCRATCH. EVERYTHING WAS MADE SCRATCH OR THE INGREDIENTS WERE ORGANIC. THEY WERE REALLY EXCITED, I KNOW TO DO A LOT OF THE COOKING. HOW TO TECHNIQUES ON CRACKING THE EGG PROPERLY, NOT TO GET ANY SHELLS AND THEIR MIXERS. NO, I'LL TAKE OVER. OKAY, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO, THEY ALSO WERE TAUGHT HOW TO USE A STOVE SAFELY, WORKING WITH THE HEAT AND EVERYTHING. SO, THEY DID PASTAS, TURKEY CHILI. BUT IT WAS A LOT MORE TO LEARN HOW TO USE THE UTENSILS IN THE KITCHEN, THE STOVE, THE OVEN SAFELY. THESE ARE SOME OF OUR KIDS THAT TOOK WHAT THEY LEARNED AT HOME. ONE OF OUR YOUTH TOOK THE FIRST DAY ACTUALLY MADE THE NO BAKE OATMEAL ENERGY BITES FOR HER CHEER TEAM. AND THEY HAD LEARNED THAT THE FIRST DAY. FOR THAT DAY THEY LEARNED HOW TO DISTINGUISH FOOD THAT'S GOOD FOR PRE WORKOUT AND POST WORKOUT. SO, FOR HER CHEER TEAM ON HER, SHE TOOK. SHE MADE THAT FOR THEM. AND THEN WE HAD OUR YOUTH, JAVI MADE THE PASTA FOR DINNER AT HOME. SO, HE WAS VERY EXCITED. THOSE PICTURES ARE SHARED FROM THE PARENTS. SO, THEY SENT THEM OVER TO US KIND OF IN THE WAY FOR THEM. THEY KNEW THAT THEY LEARNED HOW TO COOK AT HOME, SO THEY HAD A WHOLE MEAL. OH, THAT WON'T WORK. THEY ALSO LEARNED DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES IN EXERCISING. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE COMPONENTS OF THIS PROGRAM WAS TEACHING THE YOUTH THE HEALTHY LIVING, INCLUDING PROPER NUTRITION, REGULAR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM, YOUTH PARTICIPATE IN A VARIETY OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING STRENGTH TRAINING, FITNESS EXERCISE, WALKS AROUND THE PARK. THESE ACTIVITIES REINFORCE THE IMPORTANCE OF STAYING ACTIVE AND HELP YOUTH UNDERSTAND THE EXERCISE COMBINED WITH HEALTHY EATING HABITS THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF MAINTAINING A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE. OTHER ACTIVITIES THEY LEARN HOW TO READ AND UNDERSTAND NUTRITION LABELS INCLUDING SERVING SIZE, CALORIES, SUGAR, PROTEIN AND OTHER IMPORTANT NUTRIENTS. ONE OF THE MOST IMPACTFUL ACTIVITIES WAS DEMONSTRATING THE AMOUNT OF SUGAR FOUND IN MANY OF THEIR FAVORITE DRINKS. YOUTH WERE ABLE TO VISUALLY SEE AND PHYSICALLY WEIGH THE ACTUAL AMOUNT OF SUGAR CONTAINED IN THESE BEVERAGES, MAKING THE LESSON MORE ENGAGING AND HELPING THEM BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH ADDED SUGAR THEY MAY BE CONSUMING. THESE HANDS ON ACTIVITY ENCOURAGE YOUTH TO THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT THEIR BEVERAGE CHOICES AND MAKE HEALTHIER DECISIONS. THIS WAS A FUN ONE BECAUSE THEY DID NOT THEY WOULD PUT LIKE THREE CUBES OF SUGAR ON IT WHEN IN REALITY IT WAS LIKE A WHOLE BOX FOR LIKE THE COKE. SO YEAH, IT WAS REALLY AN EYE OPENER. ONE OF OUR HIGHLIGHTS FOR OUR SUMMER NUTRITION AGAIN THANKS TO WONDERFUL THEY AND OUR STAFF. BIG THANKS TO THE STAFF. THE FINAL DAY OF THE SUMMER NUTRITION PROGRAM, OUR YOUTH PARTICIPATED IN A FIELD TRIP TO THE WONDERFUL LA COCINA RESTAURANT WHERE THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE CHEF AND RECEIVE A BEHIND THE SCENES TOUR OF THE RESTAURANT KITCHEN. THE YOUTH WERE ABLE TO ENGAGE THROUGHOUT THE EXPERIENCE AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS [00:10:01] ABOUT COOKING, FOOD PREPARATION AND WORKING IN A PROFESSIONAL KITCHEN. FOLLOWING THE TOUR, PARTICIPANTS ENJOYED A HEALTHY MEAL ALLOWING THEM TO PUT INTO PRACTICE THE NUTRITION CONCEPTS THEY HAD LEARNED THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM. THE FIELD TRIP PROVIDED A FUN AND EDUCATIONAL WAY TO CONCLUDE THE PROGRAM WHILE GIVING YOUTH A FIRSTHAND LOOK AT HOW HEALTHY AND NUTRITIOUS MEALS CAN BE PREPARED IN A PROFESSIONAL SETTING. NEXT ONE. THESE, THESE ARE JUST PHOTOS OF THE ACTUAL TOUR OF OUR YOUTH AT THE COCINA. VERY WELCOME. THEY'RE VERY WELCOMING TO OUR KIDS. THEY WERE ABLE TO WALK INTO THE FREEZER THE WHOLE BACK WHILE THEY WERE COOKING SO IT WAS LIKE DURING WORK HOURS. SO, THEY WERE A LOT OF THE CHEFS AND THE STAFF IN THE BACK AND THEY WERE ABLE TO SEE ALL THAT. A COUPLE MORE PHOTOS OF THE FIELD TRIP AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR CITY OF WALL SCHOOL STAFF FOR HELPING MAKE THIS FIELD TRIP POSSIBLE AND SUPPORTING THE YOUTH THROUGHOUT THE EXPERIENCE. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EXTEND OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION TO CITY OF WALSGO DILO RITE FOR GENEROUSLY PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION FOR OUR YOUTH TO VISIT WONDERFUL LA COCINA. THEIR SUPPORT ALLOWED OUR PARTICIPANTS TO SAFELY TRAVEL AND SAFELY TRAVEL TO AND FROM THE FIELD TRIP AND EXPERIENCE A VALUABLE EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY. WE ARE TRULY GRATEFUL TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED MAKE THIS MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE POSSIBLE FOR OUR YOUTH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DIALA RICE A LITTLE HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING WITH OUR BOXING WITH OUR BOXERS. ALSO DURING THE SUMMER WE'VE HAD THE WALSCO PAL HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT SURROUNDING GYMS AND PARTICIPATE IN SUPERVISED SPARRING SESSIONS WITH OTHER YOUTH AND TRAINERS. THESE VISITS HAVE ALLOWED OUR PARTICIPANTS TO GAIN VALUABLE EXPERIENCE, BUILD A CONFIDENCE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE THEIR SKILLS IN A DIFFERENT TRAINING ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOP POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER LOCAL ATHLETIC PROGRAMS. WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THE GYMS AND THEIR STAFF FOR WELCOMING OUR PAL YOUTH, ALLOWING THEM TO TRAIN AND SPAR WITH THEIR ATHLETES AND HELPING PROVIDE THESE VALUABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH, TEAMWORK AND SPORTSMANSHIP. WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF GYMS COME TO POWELL IN THE EVENINGS SO THESE ARE PHOTOS OF THAT. AND ALSO WASCOPAL HAS GONE TO OTHER SURROUNDING GYMS ALSO FOR PRACTICE FOR SPARRING AND THEY LOVE IT. SO IT'S A GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR THEM TRAINING SOME OF OUR COMPETITIONS THAT WE'VE GONE TO. ONE OF THEM IS IN LAMONT. THE STRAP SEASON SPAR WARS. WASCOPAL WAS ACTUALLY HONORED TO RECEIVE THE BEST GYM AWARD OF THE STRAP SEASON SPAR WARS FOR DEMONSTRATING OUTSTANDING PARTICIPATION AND EARNING THE MOST WINS THROUGHOUT THE EVENT. OUR POWELL YOUTH SHOWED TREMENDOUS DEDICATION, DETERMINATION AND SPORTSMANSHIP WITH EVERY PARTICIPANT GIVING THEIR VERY BEST AND REPRESENTING WASCO POWELL WITH PRIDE. WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF ALL OF OUR YOUTH FOR STEPPING INTO THE RING, CHALLENGING THEMSELVES AND SUPPORTING, SUPPORTING ONE ANOTHER AND SHOWING THAT HARD WORK AND COMMITMENT CAN LEAD TO GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. SO THAT'S ONE. AND THEN OUR RECENT ONE WAS THE SCHEFTER CENTRAL SHOWDOWN. BOSCO PALS WILL PARTICIPATED THERE, PROUDLY PARTICIPATED IN TWO. IT'S A TWO DAY BOXING EVENT IN CHAPTER. OUR YOUTH ATHLETES BROUGHT HOME THREE CHAMPIONSHIP BELTS ALONG WITH INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF PRIDE AND CONFIDENCE. EVERY BOXER SHOWED UP READY TO COMPETE, GAVE IT THEIR ALL AND REPRESENTED WASCOPAL WITH HEART AND DETERMINATION. AGAIN. WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF OUR YOUNG ATHLETES FOR STEPPING OUTSIDE THEIR COMFORT ZONE, CHALLENGING THEMSELVES AND SHOWING WHAT HARD WORK AND COMMITMENT CAN ACCOMPLISH. BIG, BIG THANK YOU. BIG THANK YOU TO OUR COACHES FOR THEIR TIME, DEDICATION AND THE COMMITMENT THEY GIVE TO OUR COMMUNITY YOUTH. OUR COACHES SINCERELY VOLUNTEER THE TIME TO MENTOR, GUIDE AND ENCOURAGE OUR YOUNG ATHLETES WHILE TEACHING THEM THAT SUCCESS DOES NOT COME FROM MAKING EXCUSES. IT COMES FROM HARD WORK, DISCIPLINE AND DETERMINATION. THEY CONSISTENTLY REMIND OUR YOUTH THAT IF THEY TRULY WANT SOMETHING, THEY HAVE TO BE WILLING TO WORK FOR IT. THEIR IMPACT GOES FAR [00:15:02] BEYOND THE GYM. THEY ARE HELPING SHAPE OUR YOUTH INTO STRONGER, MORE CONFIDENT AND MORE RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EXTEND OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION TO THE CITY OF LAW SCHOOL STAFF AND THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF WASCO PAL AND OUR YOUTH. THEIR COMMITMENT FOR PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES, RESOURCES AND A SAFE AND POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ALLOW POWELL TO CONTINUE GROWING AND MAKING A MEANINGFUL IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND BELIEF IN THE IMPORTANCE OF INVESTING IN OUR YOUTH AND IN THEIR FUTURE. SO, WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. WE THANK YOU VERY, VERY, VERY MUCH. AND FROM THE PROGRAMS, WE HAVE SOME OF THE KIDS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE SUMMER PROGRAM AND IN THESE CHAMPIONSHIPS AND SPARRING EVENTS. SO, YOU GUYS CAN ALWAYS SEE THAT THEY. IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE WITH THEM AND THE GREAT IMPACT THEY DO. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, MRS. GARCIA. DO I JUST OPEN UP RIGHT NOW OR SHOULD I JUST PRESENT THE GIRLS UP HERE? YOU WANT TO STAND FOR? I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE MRS. EMILY SANDOVAL AND GRACE COBB. I DON'T KNOW HERE. THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT. THEY WEREN'T ABLE. OKAY, WELL, I'LL JUST. IT TONIGHT, BUT WE'LL TAKE. WE'LL TAKE IT AND I'LL MAKE SURE THEY GET IT. GO TO THE NEXT. MISSES CLARBO. THE CHAIRS. I'M SORRY, I WAS GONNA SAY. I DIDN'T. MAYBE YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE. I DO. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR THE HONOR THAT YOU ALLOWED ME TO TALK ON BEHALF OF ASSEMBLY WOMAN, DR. BAIN. I HAVE CALLED MS. GARCIA EARLIER TODAY BECAUSE I HAD. SO I WAS IN SHAFTER, YOU KNOW, WATCHING THE VACCINE, AND I WAS TELLING THE COUNCIL, MY MAN, I'M SO PROUD OF THESE KIDS. I'M PROUD OF THE PROGRAM, OF THE POWER AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IN LESS THAN A YEAR. AND THE RESULTS IS EVIDENT. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE TO GET OUT OF THE COMFORT ZONE AND JUST TO STEP OUT OF FAITH. BECAUSE TO GET HERE, YOU HEAR ME? I'M HERE TOO. BUT TO BE WITH DISCIPLINE. IT WAS JUST WONDERFUL TO SEE THE KIDS GAVE IT ALL. I WAS YELLING FOR ALL AND ALL INCLUDED. BUT I'M HERE TODAY TO CONGRATULATE OUR PROGRAM AND THE RECIPIENT OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP. AND ON BEHALF OF MY BOSS, ASSEMBLY WOMEN, DR. BAINES, WE GOT CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION NOT ONLY FOR THE KIDDOS, BUT FOR THE PROGRAM AND THE DIRECTOR AS WELL. SO IF YOU ALLOW ME, MAJOR, I HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FOR GRACE COP. I KNOW SHE'S NOT HERE TODAY, BUT IN HONOR OF THE SUMMER NUTRITION INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. BECAUSE IT'S TEACHING THE KIDDOS THAT IN ORDER TO THRIVE AND BECOME BETTER, YOU HAVE TO BE DISCIPLINED IN ALL STATES OF LIFE. AND NUTRITION IS ONE OF THEM. SO WE WANT TO THANK HER FOR OUR PARTNER WITH PROGRAM AND MAKING SURE THAT NOT ONLY THE KIDDOS, BUT EVERYBODY IN GENERAL HAVE THE TOOLS NECESSARY TO BECOME BETTER. AND THAT'S WHERE YOU COME IN. AND ALSO, EMILY SANDOVA. BUT THE REASON THAT I'M REALLY HERE IS BECAUSE OF THE KIDS. YOU KNOW, WHEN. WHEN I STARTED COMING HERE FOUR YEARS AGO, YOU KNOW, THE CITY WAS GROWING AND I WORK FOR THE ASSEMBLY. I SAW IT FIRSTHAND HOW UNITED AND HOW ALL YOU GUYS WOULD AGREE A LITTLE BIT OF SO FROM EVERYBODY MAKING THE CITY BETTER THAN WHAT YOU FOUND IT. I SEE IT IN THE STREETS, IN THE ALLEY, IN THE PROGRAMS FROM THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION, THE CLEANUP AND EVERYTHING. IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING JOURNEY LEARNING FROM YOU GUYS FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS. SO, I'M JUST GRATEFUL THAT YOU GUYS ALLOWED MY, THE OFFICE OF ASSEMBLY WOMEN AND MYSELF TO BE PART OF THIS JOURNEY AND CONTINUE TO GROW AND BE HERE, YOU KNOW, AS NECESSARY. SO, I HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FOR THE POWER PROGRAM. DIANA GARCIA PROGRAM DIRECTOR THANK YOU FOR RUNNING WITH IT AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU ALWAYS FOLLOW YOU. YOU KNOW, YOU WERE BOTHERING A KID. OKAY, WHAT GRANTS COULD I GET? WHY COULD I GET SOME FUNDS FOR THE KIDS? WE WANT TO MEET THIS AND ALL THAT. AND YOU WERE LIKE ME, YOU'RE LIKE, WHATEVER. I'M RUNNING WITH IT. AND YOU SHORTLY, A YEAR LATER, LOOK AT THE SUCCESS THAT THIS PROGRAM HAS HAD FROM THE GYM TO THE OFFICERS, TO THE CITY COUNCIL. BECAUSE THE KIDS ARE GOING TO HAVE A SAFE PLACE THAT THEY COULD GO AND HAVE A CONFIDENCE TO, YOU KNOW, LISTEN TO THEM AND MAKE THEM FEEL SEEN AND HEARD. AND THAT'S WHEN YOU COME IN. CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE. YES. YOU KNOW, AND IT STARTS OUT WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, LEARNING WITH MY BOSS, ASSEMBLY WOMEN. I LOOK AT THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE DECISIONS THAT YOU GUYS MADE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY THAT COMES TO YOUR CITY ARE LISTED AND KNOW THAT IT'S A PROCESS. BUT IN THAT PROCESS, WHEN YOU CONSIDER WHAT IT IS FOR. I COULD SEE THE ENDING, [00:20:01] THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TRANSITION OF THE WELL, 99% IS FOR EVERYTHING. THAT IS GREAT. SO, LIKE I SAID BEFORE FROM DOWNTOWN AND EVERYTHING IS GOOD. FROM THE P PROGRAM BOXING. I HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION IN £112 DIVISION 2026 CENTRAL SULTAN CHAMPION. RECOGNIZING THE CHILDREN. IF YOU WANT TO WAIT, I'LL WAIT. YES, PLEASE. NO, IT'S OKAY. SO, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT UP NOW FOR THE MY COLLEAGUES, MAYOR PRO TEM RAINA. ANY COMMENTS? THANK YOU, MAYOR. WOW, SO MUCH TO CELEBRATE. IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE. SCOTT, WAS THAT YOU BY THE DOOR USHERING THE KIDS INTO THE KITCHEN? DON'T YOU THINK HE WENT UNNOTICED? NO, I WAS THERE. YOU KNOW, IT AMAZES ME ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THE KIDS LEARN IN REGARDS TO NUTRITION AND BEING ABLE TO COOK THEIR OWN MEALS. AND ONE IN PARTICULAR IS VERY IMPRESSIVE. WELL, THEY'RE ALL IMPRESSIVE, BUT THE FACT THAT THEY NOW CAN READ NUTRITION LABELS, I THINK THAT ABOUT 99% OF THE POPULATION DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT. IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T KNOW. AND THAT'S WHY PEOPLE END UP EATING ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT ARE HARMFUL TO THEM. YOU MENTIONED SUGAR. HOW THE KIDS LEARN HOW MUCH SUGAR IS WITHIN EACH SODA, FOR EXAMPLE. BUT SUGAR COMES IN A LOT OF THINGS, AND PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT. AND THEN WHEN YOU CONVERT THE GRAMS OF SUGAR TO SPOONS OF SUGAR, TEASPOONS OF SUGAR, IT'S AN INORDINATE AMOUNT. AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SO MUCH OBESITY IN THE POPULATION. SO, I'M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THAT. AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT THE KIDS PARTICIPATING IN BOXING AND BRINGING, I BELIEVE, SEVEN OR EIGHT BELTS TO WASCO AS CHAMPIONS, AND ALSO THE COACHES BEING RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR SERVICE, I THINK THIS IS WONDERFUL. WHAT A WAY TO PUT WASCO IN THE MAP. YOU HEAR THAT. YOU HEAR US SAY THAT REGULARLY. IT'S JUST THE YOUTH OF WASCO, THE ADULTS OF WASCO, OUR COMMUNITY IS JUST OUT THERE SERVING AND MAKING THINGS HAPPEN. THANK YOU ALL AND CONGRATULATIONS. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MEDINA, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A LOT THAT HAS HAPPENED DURING THE SUMMER. IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, SCHOOL'S BACK IN SESSION. BUT YOU. THE POW PROGRAM IS SERVING ITS PURPOSE, RIGHT? YOU GUYS ARE STAYING BUSY. THIS IS JUST A QUICK HIGHLIGHT OF WHAT YOU GUYS DID IN THE SUMMER. YOU GUYS DID A LOT MORE THAN WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY. BUT THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DO FOR THE COACHES THAT ARE HERE, FOR THE STUDENTS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAMS, THAT ARE PUTTING IN THE WORK, THE PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY. AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT TAKES A VILLAGE, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS. AND THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL THINGS TO EVERYBODY THAT'S BEEN PART OF IT. YOU KNOW, LIKE SOMEBODY MENTIONED ABOUT GRANTS. YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING FOR GRANTS AND PARTNERSHIPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT TAKES US TO THAT NEXT LEVEL, RIGHT? BEING ABLE TO TAKE THE KIDS TO FIELD TRIPS AND TAKE THEM ELSEWHERE AND COMPETING AND WHATNOT. SO, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, YOU KNOW, TO YOURSELF AND TO THE REST OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE PROGRAM. SO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO, MEDINA. MR. RAYA. YEAH. I'LL FIRST START WITH THE NUTRITIONIST PROGRAM. I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA, MUCH NEEDED IN THIS COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE RISE OF JUVENILE DIABETES HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY, IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY KIDS WITH DIABETES. SO IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM TO START TEACHING OUR KIDS ABOUT NUTRITION, EATING RIGHT. ONE THING IS TO READ ABOUT IT AND LISTEN TO IT. ANOTHER THING IS TO ACTUALLY COOK THE MEAL STEP BY STEP. IT'S JUST VERY BENEFICIAL TO THE KIDS SO THEY CAN SEE AND MOTIVATE THEM, YOU KNOW, TO KEEP MAKING THE RIGHT DECISIONS IN THEIR LIVES AND HEALTH. AND FOR THE POWELL PROGRAM, WHAT CAN WE SAY? YOU KNOW, USUALLY IT TAKES THREE TO FIVE YEARS FOR A PROGRAM TO BE SUCCESSFUL, TO TAKE OFF. AND POWELL HAS BEEN BARELY ON THEIR SECOND YEAR. AND SINCE THE FIRST YEAR THEY'VE BEEN STRIVING. YOU KNOW, THEY GOT THE YOUTH INVOLVED RIGHT AWAY. AND THE ROSE PARADE AND THE WASCO NIGHT OUT, THE CITY CLEANUPS AND OTHER EVENTS, THEY JUST HAVE HELPS MOLD THESE KIDS TO BE THOSE CITIZENS THAT WE WANT THEM TO BE. LATER ON, THEY'LL BE OUR FUTURE CITY COUNCILMAN. THEY'LL BE OUR LEADERS HERE. SO, IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE YOUTH INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY. AND ALSO LASTLY, JUST LIKE TO THANK THE COACHES BECAUSE THEY'RE THE BACKBONE OF THE PROGRAM. WITHOUT THEM, YOU KNOW, THE PROGRAM, PROBABLY WE WON'T SEE A LOT OF THESE KIDS BECAUSE THESE KIDS COME INTO THE BUILDING. SOME OF THESE KIDS DON'T COME FROM FOR THE BOXING. SOMETIMES THEY COME WITH FOR THAT INTERACTION, THE ONE ON ONE TALK, THE MENTORSHIP. [00:25:03] AND THESE COACHES GIVE IT TO THEM AND YOU KNOW, THEY'RE VOLUNTEERS. AND AS YOU GUYS KNOW, IT'S VERY HARD TO GET VOLUNTEERS. FOR SOMEBODY TO DONATE THEIR TIME WITHOUT GETTING PAID. AND NOW WITH THE UNIONS AND EVERYTHING, IT IS A KILLER. OKAY? SO, I WOULD LIKE TO, FOR CARLOS AND OSCAR TO STAND UP TO BE RECOGNIZED. AND FOR ALL THOSE BOXERS OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE ATHLETES, THEY PUT IN THE EFFORT DAILY. SOMETIMES PRACTICE IS CANCELED AT THE HIGH SCHOOL FOR WHATEVER REASON. AND THEY ASK ME, HEY, ARE YOU GUYS PRACTICING? YEAH, WE'RE BOXERS. WE DON'T TAKE A DAY OFF BECAUSE OF THE WET, BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER OR WHATEVER. THEIR AUTHORS, YOU KNOW, THE SUMMER 100,506, THEY'RE OUT THERE WORKING HARD. AND THE BELLS ARE JUST A SYMBOL OF THEIR DEDICATION AND DISCIPLINE THEY HAVE PUT INTO THEIR WORK. SO GREAT JOB, GUYS. OKAY, SO MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH POWELL WAS ABOUT 25 YEARS AGO WITH BAKERSFIELD PAL. AND I WENT IN THERE AND THEY GOT THIS NICE BIG FAC FACILITY WITH INDOOR BASKETBALL COURTS AND A BOXING ROOM AND A TUTORING ROOM. AND THEY HAD HUNDREDS OF KIDS THERE, RIGHT? AND I THOUGHT, MAN, I WANT THIS IN WASCO. I KNEW WE'D NEVER SCALE IT TO THEIR SIZE, BUT I WANTED TO HAVE SOMETHING. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WAS HERE. WE, I HELPED TO BRING THE SAL PROGRAM IN AND IT DID ITS PART, YOU KNOW, FOR WHAT IT WAS, BUT IT NEVER FOUND THE SUCCESS THAT I WANTED. AND NOW I LOOK AT WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING AND YOU GUYS ARE LIGHT YEARS AHEAD OF WHAT BAKERSFIELD IS DOING BECAUSE THEY STILL VOLUNTEER THERE. AND DON'T GET ME WRONG, THEY'RE DOING GREAT THINGS OVER THERE, BUT THEY JUST DON'T. AND PROBABLY BECAUSE OF SIZE, THEY CAN'T DO ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST DIFFICULT TO COORDINATE 2, 300 KIDS AT A TIME, YOU KNOW, SO I THINK WE HAVE THE PERFECT TOWN SIZE TO HAVE THESE KIDS INVOLVED AS THEY ARE. AND LIKE MIGUEL SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONLY BEEN A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AND LOOK AT THE SUCCESS WE'RE ALREADY HAVING. AND YOU KNOW, I MADE THE JOKE THE FIRST DAY THAT WE OPENED THAT BUILDING, WE NEEDED A BIGGER BUILDING. AND THAT'S THE REALITY OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S JUST SO SUCCESSFUL. SO, TO THE YOUNG BOXERS OUT THERE. SO I GOT INVOLVED WITH PAL BECAUSE I WANTED A BOX AND I WENT IN THERE AND I'M SURE YOUR COACHES ARE PROBABLY KNOW MIKE DALLAS, THE LEGENDARY BOXING BOXER IN BOXING COACH FROM BAKERSFIELD. HIM AND SAUL ION THE MAYOR MCFARLAND WERE ACTUALLY MY TWO COACHES. AND I'LL BE HONEST, THIS ISN'T A BRAG SESSION. I WAS A TERRIBLE BOXER. I GOT PUNCHED IN THE FACE WAY MORE THAN I PUNCHED ANYBODY ELSE IN THE FACE. I DID WIN MY ONLY FIGHT AT BATTLE OF THE BADGES THOUGH. AND EVEN MY COACHES CAME UP TO ME AFTERWARDS AND SAID, HEY, I'M GONNA BE HONEST WITH YOU, WE THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA LOSE THAT FIGHT. EVERYBODY THOUGHT I WAS GONNA LOSE THAT FIGHT. BUT YOU KNOW, I NEVER GOT IN THERE AND BOXED AGAIN. AND IT WASN'T BECAUSE GETTING PUNCHED IN THE FACE, THAT'S NOT THE HARD PART OF BOXING, YOU KNOW. YEAH, YOU GET YOUR BELL RUNG ONCE IN A WHILE. THE HARD PART IS GETTING UP EVERY DAY AND GOING TO THE GYM. JUMP ROPING, RUNNING, PUSH UPS, SHADOW BOXING, SPARRING. BOXING IS ON A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF FITNESS. I THOUGHT I WAS IN GOOD SHAPE WHEN I STARTED TO BOX. I STILL LOST £20 AND I HAD JUST FINISHED RUNNING TRACK IN COLLEGE AND I LOST 20 POUNDS BOXING, YOU KNOW, AND SO THEY JUST WERE ON A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF FITNESS. IT'S A DIFFERENT TYPE OF FITNESS AND THE MENTAL TENACITY THAT IT TAKES TO GET UP AND DO IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. AND THAT'S WHAT I DIDN'T HAVE. I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH HEART TO CONTINUE WITH BOXING BECAUSE IT WAS SO HARD. AND SO YOU YOUNG MEN THAT ARE GETTING IN THERE, DOING IT EVERY DAY, EVERY WEEKEND AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE, THAT JUST SHOWS ME HOW STRONG MENTALLY YOU ARE. NOT JUST PHYSICALLY, BUT MENTALLY. YOU GUYS ARE STRONG, AND YOU GUYS. YOU GUYS ARE WINNING BECAUSE YOU GOT GREAT COACHING. AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU COACHES ARE DOING FOR THE PROGRAM BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE SETTING THE EXAMPLE, AND YOU GUYS ARE RAISING THE BAR HIGH FOR WASCO. SO, TO EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN PAL, THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO ECHO WHAT MY COLLEAGUES SAID. I MEAN, IT'S THE GREATEST FEELING, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED WITH ALL THIS, JUST THE DEPARTMENT ITSELF TO WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. I MEAN, THERE'S BEEN MOMENTS THAT I'VE. I'VE SEEN, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE BUILDING LITTLE ISSUES THAT WE MIGHT HAVE OR OBSTACLES THAT WE HAD TO, YOU KNOW, CROSS OVER. AND IT'S JUST HAPPENING WITH SO MUCH. SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED IN SUCH A LITTLE BIT OF TIME. AND IT'S BEEN A. IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING FEELING JUST TO SEE EVERYBODY OUT THERE. EVERYBODY'S A CHAMPION AND PARTICIPATING IN ALL THIS. WE'RE ALL CHAMPIONS, AND WE'RE ALL IN THIS FOR THE SAME REASON AND FOR THE [00:30:01] SAME MOTIVE THAT WE WANT OUR YOUTH TO. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU GUYS ARE BEING MENTORED. YOU GUYS ARE. FOR YOUR NUTRITION, FOR WHAT'S THE RIGHT FOODS TO EAT BEFORE AND AFTER WORKOUTS. I MEAN, THAT'S KEY. A LOT OF THESE NUTRITION FACTORS THAT TAKE INTO PLACE. I MEAN, IF YOU DON'T GET THE RIGHT RHYTHM AS FAR AS WHAT GOES ALONG WITH YOUR WORKOUTS, IT BECOMES MORE DIFFICULT TO EVEN THINK. AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE MR. MARTIN JUST SAID, JUST GETTING UP AND JUST, OH, I GOTTA GO TO PRACTICE. OR AFTER A LONG DAY OF SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, SCHOOL ITSELF OR ANYBODY, IT'S JUST. IT'S DRAINING AT TIMES, YOU KNOW. SO, I MEAN, KUDOS TO EVERYBODY, AND I'M JUST HAPPY TO BE PART OF IT. AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, DOING THEIR PART. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A GREAT. IT'S A GREAT FEELING, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALL I GOT. JUST GONNA CALL UP THE COACHES, AND THEN, YEAH, I'M GONNA GO AND CALL CARLOS PARETO AND OSCAR AND CECIL UP HERE. AND SHOULD WE JUST GO DOWN OR WAS IT. WELL, YOU CAN CALL EVERYONE ALREADY DIVIDED ALREADY. SO, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANGEL MARTINEZ, BRIAN CARCANA, EVAN RODRIGUEZ, ISRAEL OROZCO, JAMES GARCIA, JOHNNY ENCISO, AND MARIO OROZCO UP TO THE NICE. AND THEN WE JUST GO DOWN TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH THEM OR IF YOU WANT TO HAVE CLARA ABOUT DUVER CLARABELLE NOW WOULD BE THE TIME IF YOU WANT TO STEP UP AND TALK ABOUT BECAUSE SO THAT'S MY BAD. BUT I ALWAYS GO BACK AROUND AND I COME BACK AND I COME BACK SO IT GIVES ME AN EXCUSE TO GO TO THE BUILDING AND JUST TO SEE YOU GUYS. I FEEL GOOD. THANK YOU FOR THE ONE DAY I WAS A HERO. YOU GUYS ARE SUPERHEROES. YOU GUYS. EVERYBODY'S LOOKING UP TO YOU GUYS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE LIKE YOU. THEY WANT TO DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING WITH YOU BEING THE WALL FOR THE FUTURE GENERATIONS. SO STAY FOCUSED, STAY GLOBAL. LISTEN TO YOUR PARENTS OF COURSE AND THE WHOLE COMMUNITY OF WAS WATCHING YOU GUYS. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL FOR THE AMAZING JOB THAT YOU GUYS DID. CHAPTER. MICHAEL, THAT YOU RIGHT MARINE? I THINK GOOD. BUT I GOT CERTIFICATE OF RECOMMENDATION AND FOR THE ONE THAT I DON'T HAVE THEY CIRCLE BACK AROUND. CUZ I JUST CAME BACK FROM NEW YORK. I GOT UP WITH THE COACH. I SAID COACH, YOU TELL ME WHAT DAY THEN WE MAKE IT HAPPEN. SO, I KNOW THAT AD IS NOT HERE RIGHT NOW. ANGEL, BRIAN. AND THEN I GET YOU GUYS AND THEN OSCAR AND CENO. IS THAT THE COACH? SO, THE REST I PUT YOU. SO, I START GO BACK AROUND TOMORROW AT 3:30? YES, RIGHT NOW. I WILL BE THERE AT 3:30. CAN WE TAKE A PICTURE? YEAH. [INAUDIBLE] ISRAEL, EVAN, JAMES GARCIA,MARIO, ANGEL MARTINEZ, AND JOHNNY AND [INAUDIBLE] CONGRATULATIONS. [INAUDIBLE] [7) PUBLIC COMMENTS] [00:37:37] MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. PUBLIC COMMENTS. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON NON AGENDA CITY BUSINESS WITHIN THE CITY'S JURISDICTION. COMMENTS ARE LIVE ARE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER AND THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS PERIOD IS LIMITED TO 30 MINUTES WITHIN PERSON SPEAKING SPEAKERS HEARD BEFORE VIRTUAL SPEAKER. I'M SORRY SPEAKERS HEARD BEFORE WHAT? VIRTUAL SPEAKERS. YEAH. BROWN ACT REQUIREMENT THAT COUNCIL CANNOT DISCUSS OR ACT ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA EXCEPT UNPERMITTED BY LAW AS A RESULT COUNCIL MEMBER EXPENSIVE RESPONSES. I'M SORRY. DURING PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS MAY BE LIMITED. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS? PASTOR PAUL. MY NAME IS PAUL HERNANDEZ. I LIVE AT 1617 SECOND STREET AND TONIGHT I REPRESENT ONLY MYSELF. I HAVE UNOFFICIALLY ASKED THE CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR PERMISSION TO START A FIREARM BUSINESS IN MY HOME AND HAVE BEEN DENIED. DENIED. I'M ASKING OFFICIALLY. MY INTENDED BUSINESS ACTIVITIES REQUIRE THAT I OBTAIN AN FFL FEDERAL FIREARMS LICENSE AT MY HOME ADDRESS. HOWEVER, I WILL NOT BE PARTICIPATING IN BUSINESS ACTIVITIES FROM MY HOME THAT ZONING RULES INTEND TO PREVENT. THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND EXPLOSIVES, OR ATF, REGULATES THE FIREARMS INDUSTRY AND ISSUES FFLS. THE ATF DEFINES ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF DIFFERENTLY THAN THE COMMON USE OF THE TERM. FOR EXAMPLE, EVEN THOUGH I INTEND TO HAVE NO PUBLIC FOOT TRAFFIC TO MY HOME, NOR DO I INTEND TO HAVE ANY RETAIL OPERATIONS, MY BUSINESS ACTIVITIES REQUIRE THAT I HAVE AN FFL. BECAUSE MY COMPANY WILL MAKE MONEY RELATED TO FIREARMS. NO BUSINESS ACTIVITIES WILL OCCUR AT MY RESIDENCE DIFFERENT FROM ANY OTHER. NO DIFFERENT FROM ANY OTHER REMOTE WORK POSITION. THE BUSINESS, THE BUSINESS WILL JUST BE ME AND MY LAPTOP AT MY KITCHEN TABLE. I WILL NOT INVOLVE ANY. IT WILL NOT INVOLVE ANY RETAIL BUSINESS ON SITE, NO PUBLIC FOOT TRAFFIC, NOR WILL I BE ADVERTISING MY HOME AS A PLACE FOR CUSTOMERS TO VISIT. I AM WRITING TO SEEK APPROVAL FOR THE. MY PROPOSED BUSINESS ACTIVITY AT MY LOCATION. THE ATF WILL LIKELY CONTACT THE CITY OF WASCO OR YOUR OFFICES IN CONNECTION WITH MY FTEL APPLICATION TO CONFIRM THAT MY PROPOSAL, MY PROPOSED BUSINESS ACTIVITY IS IN FACT PERMITTED AT THIS LOCATION. IF THE ANSWER IS STILL NO, I'LL NEED [00:40:01] IN WRITING AN EXPLANATION OF WHICH CODES OR ORDINANCES I'D BE VIOLATING SO I CAN SUBMIT THEM TO MY BANK FOR A LARGER BUSINESS LOAN. PLEASE CONSIDER THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW A HOMEGROWN BUSINESS TO. TO FLOURISH. AND IF IT DOES, THEN I'D BE HAPPY TO MOVE TO A STOREFRONT ONCE THE CLIENTELE IS BUILT AND THAT BUSINESS IS ESTABLISHED. JUST IN CLOSING, 57% OF FFLS ARE HOME BASED IN THE NATION. ABOUT 14,000, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, MAY HAVE GOT THAT NUMBER RIGHT. ARE HOME BASED. I KNOW IT'S ALLOWED IN CALIFORNIA. I KNOW IT'S ALLOWED IN KERN COUNTY. IT'S JUST NOT IN WASCO FOR SOME REASON. AND I'M SIMPLY ASKING FOR PERMISSION. AND IF PERMISSION IS DENIED, SIMPLY AN EXPLANATION OF WHY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, PAUL. CAN YOU LEAVE YOUR CONTACT INFO WITH THE CLERK? THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. GOOD EVENING. I APOLOGIZE, CLARA, WITH ASSEMBLY WOMAN, DR. RAIN. I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT LONG AWAY, BUT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A HEALTH FAIR IN THE CITY OF DELANO. WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS HEALTH FAIR FOR MORE THAN FOUR YEARS. AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MOST LIKE 50 VENDORS THERE JUST GIVING OUR RESOURCES OF ANYTHING HEALTH RELATED. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WALGREENS GIVING US SOME FREE FLU SHOTS AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HEALTH CENTERS, CLINICA ADVENTURES, HEALTH CARE, FAMILY HEALTHCARE AND EVERY OTHER ORGANIZATION. THEY GIVE RESOURCES TO OUR RESIDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT 35TH REGARDING HEALTH. AND WE ALSO GOING TO HAVE A SMALL CARD SHOW THERE AND JUST RESOURCES FOR. FOR THE FAMILY. WE EVERY VENDOR IS GOING TO DONATE A RAFFLE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PEOPLE SO THEY COULD BE THERE AND ENJOYING. AND SO HOPEFULLY IF YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO AND YOU WANT TO COME AND SAY HELLO TO MY BOSS, WE'RE GOING TO BE ELLINGTON IS GOING TO BE NEXT TO THE PARK WRECK FROM 5 TO 7 O' CLOCK ON SEPTEMBER 30TH. ALSO WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING A FENTANYL TASK FOR DOMESTIC VIOLIN IN JALENO ON OCTOBER 1. I KNOW THAT THE ASSEMBLY WOMAN IS GOING TO BE CIRCLED BACK AROUND WITH THOSE ISSUES. WE'RE JUST SO GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU ALLOW US TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS AND WITH YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT NOT ONLY IN THE CITY OF MARFALLEN, BUT ALSO WASCO WITH THE FUNDS THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO ALLOCATE. AND SO IT'S A LOT OF SHOPS CLOSING THIS YEAR. SO WE ARE. THANK YOU FOR THE PARTNERSHIP THAT SHE HAS BUILT WITH YOU GUYS AND ALONG TAGGED ME ALONG TO GROW WITH YOU GUYS IN YOUR JOURNEY. AND IT'S JUST I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER. AND THEN YOU JUST LET ME RUN THE MANAGER TO ALLOW ME TO COME AND YOU KNOW, JUST MAKING MY BUSINESS TO BE IN THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS BECAUSE WE WORK FOR THE PEOPLE. AND SO I CONTINUE TO LEARN AND GROWING. SO, WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. YES, THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. DO WE HAVE ANY REMOTE. I'M SORRY. THERE STILL. MY APOLOGIES. COME ON UP. OKAY. I'M FROM THE DOLORES FOUNDATION. I COME TO MAKE A PETITION. TWO WEEKS AGO, THEY STOLE MY CAR, MY PHONE, A SPEAKER THAT WAS IN MY CAR. AND I WAS ASSAULTED WITH A KNIFE IN HAND IN A DARK STREET. I COME TO ASK IF THERE'S A POSSIBILITY FOR THOSE STREETS, THOSE DARK STREETS, EXCUSE ME, IF THEY CAN BE LIT. BECAUSE IF THAT PERSON DIDN'T CUT ME OR HURT ME, THERE COULD BE OTHERS THAT COULD BE HURT. SO, I COME TO MAKE THAT PETITION AND THERE'S A WAY TO PUT LIGHTS IN THE DARK STREETS OF WASCO, LIKE ON HIGHWAY 43. FROM POZO TO FILBURN, ALL THE LIGHTS ARE OFF. A FEW LIGHTS ON THE EXIT AND THAT'S WHERE I WAS ASSAULTED. THIS IS WHY I COME TO MAKE THIS PETITION. IF POSSIBLE, LET'S FIX THAT. SOME OF THOSE LITTLE THINGS SOMETIMES ARE THE BIGGER THINGS. FOR NOW, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I KNOW TOGETHER WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THIS. GRACIAS. THANK YOU. [00:45:03] MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY REMOTE COMMENTS? MAYOR? WE HAVE NO REMOTE COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM OR ANY OTHER ITEM ON THIS AGENDA. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY EMAIL COMMENTS, MADAM CLERK? NO EMAIL COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM OR ANY ITEM ON THIS AGENDA. THANK YOU. MOVING TO ITEM 8, SUCCESSOR AGENCY BUSINESS. WE HAVE NONE. ITEM 9, PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY BUSINESS. WE HAVE NONE. ITEM NUMBER 10, PUBLIC SAFETY REPORTS 10A. KERN [10.a. Kern County Fire Department (Appleton)] COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT. CHIEF APPLETON, WELCOME BACK. EVENING HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. COUNCIL, GOOD TO SEE YOU. I'VE BEEN GONE A LOT THIS SUMMER, SO I APOLOGIZE I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE. BUT I DO HAVE GOOD NEWS. OUR MONTHLY REPORTS WE HAVE HAD FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. WE HAD TO CHANGE THAT BECAUSE WE CHANGED THE WHOLE NATION. I THINK I EXPLAINED THAT EARLIER THIS YEAR ALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE NATION HAD TO CHANGE THEIR REPORTING SYSTEM. SO IT'S TAKEN US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, BUT WE GOT TODAY SIX MONTHS MONTH FROM JANUARY 1ST TO JULY 31ST REPORT. AND WE'LL HAVE A MONTHLY REPORT FROM HERE ON OUT. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CHIEF APPLETON MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA? NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, CHIEF. MR. MEDINA? NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. MR. RYAN. NO QUESTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, CHIEF. NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM 10B. WAS THE [10.b. Wasco Police Department (Mora)] REPORT FROM WASCO POLICE DEPARTMENT. CHIEF MORA. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. SO, EVERYTHING'S TRENDING AS IT SHOULD. FOR THE MONTHLY ACTIVITY WE HAD 1074 INCIDENTS, 496 CALL FOR SERVICE AND 7. I'M SORRY, 578 OFFICER GENERATED ACTIVITY. IN THE DISPATCH WORLD WE HAD 874 NON EMERGENCY CALLS AND 254. 911 EMERGENCY CALLS. WE'RE STILL IN THE GOLD STANDARD RANGE FOR THAT. TRAFFIC STOPS. 219 CITATIONS, 52 ISSUED, 29 WERE MOVING VEHICLES AND NINE WERE PARKING. FOR OFFICER CASES WE WORKED 102. OUT OF THE 102 CASES, 62 ENDED UP IN ARREST. WE HAD 37 CITIZEN CONTACTS AND 28 VEHICLE AND PEDESTRIAN CHECKS. WE HAD FIVE STOLEN VEHICLES AND WE RECOVERED THREE OF THEM. AND THEN FOR TRAFFIC WE HAD EIGHT TRAFFIC COLLISIONS TOTAL AND OF THOSE ZERO WERE ALCOHOL RELATED THIS TIME AROUND. SO, MOVING ON TO MORE FUN THINGS. THE MOVIE NIGHT ON AUGUST 7TH WAS. WAS A HIT. WE HAD ABOUT ANYWHERE BETWEEN 100 AND 120 PEOPLE SHOW UP. AND THE LIEUTENANT, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF CHRISTIAN TOVAR FROM THE CODE ENFORCEMENT, THEY COOKED UP 150 BURGERS AND 150 HOT DOGS AND THEY WERE ALL GONE. SO, THE MAP DOESN'T WORK. BUT IT WAS ALL GOOD. IT WAS ALL GOOD. SO, IT WAS A GOOD NIGHT FOR THE COMMUNITY, FOR THE OFFICERS. THEY HAD A LOT OF FUN AND THAT'S ALL. I HAVE NOTHING TO THANK YOU, CHIEF. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING FOR THE CHIEF? CHIEF, MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA. HI, CHIEF. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS PREVIOUSLY. THE KIDS THAT ARE ON BICYCLES RIDING ON ONE WHEEL THROUGHOUT THE CITY, HAVE YOU TAKEN ANY STEPS TO EDUCATE THEM ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW TO RIDE SAFELY IN THE CITY? BECAUSE I STILL SEE THEM OUT THERE IN GROUPS, RIDING ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD OR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, EXPOSING THEMSELVES AND OTHERS TO INJURIES. SO, YES, WE HAVE. ANY TIME, ANY OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE, WE DO TALK TO THE KIDS. UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIMES WHEN WE GO TO MAKE A TRAFFIC STOP, IT ENDS UP IN A LITTLE BICYCLE PURSUIT THAT GETS OUT OF CONTROL AND WE OPT TO JUST LET IT GO. BUT WE TRY. I KNOW THERE'S A BIKE RODEO COMING UP THAT WE'LL PROBABLY ATTEND IT. WE'RE NOT PUTTING IT TOGETHER, BUT WE'LL PROBABLY TRY TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT. WE HAVE [00:50:01] FLYERS AND A LOT OF GOOD STUFF COMING. I DO WANT TO ADD THAT I HEARD ABOUT ONE OF OUR OFFICERS STOPPED A GROUP OF KIDS THAT WERE DOING THIS AND NOT ONLY HE OR SHE STOPPED THEM, BUT IT TOOK IT, OR SHE OR HE TOOK IT UPON HIM OR HERSELF TO GO VISIT THE PARENTS AND TELL THEM WHAT THE KIDS WERE DOING, WHICH IS A CRUCIAL THING. SO, YES, YES, YES, THEY'RE REALLY INVOLVED WITH ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH YOUTH FOR WASCO. THEY ALSO DO TAKE THE TIME TO CONVEY THE MESSAGE ALL THE WAY TO THE PARENT IF IT NEEDS TO BE. YEAH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE WANT THEM TO USE THEIR TALENT, BUT NOT THE WAY THEY'RE DOING IT. RIGHT. BECAUSE IT MAKES IT DANGEROUS. THANK YOU, CHIEF. MR. MARINA. JUST KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, CHIEF. THANK YOU, MR. RYAN. JUST. JUST CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING FULLY STAFFED. AND ALSO WHAT REYNA WAS JUST MENTIONED, I THINK A GOOD IDEA WILL BE JUST TO HIT BOTH JUNIOR HIGHS DOING ASSEMBLY. THAT'S WHO YOU TARGET. BECAUSE THE BIKE RODEO, A LOT OF THOSE KIDS ARE DOING IT. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SHOW UP TO THE BAR RODEO. SO I THINK THE QUICKEST WAY IS JUST GO DO A LITTLE ASSEMBLY RIGHT THERE AT THE BOTH JUNIOR HIGHS AND YOU'LL PROBABLY HIT THOSE GUYS THAT ARE ACTUALLY DOING IT. YEAH, WE'LL. WE'LL DEFINITELY CONSIDER THAT FOR SURE. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, SIR. THANK YOU. I ECHO THAT. KEEP UP THE WORK. THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS PART. AGAIN, WENT ON TO CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS. ITEM 11, CONSENT CALENDAR. THE [11) CONSENT CALENDAR] CONSENT CALENDAR CONSISTS OF ITEMS THAT ARE ROUTINE AND NON CONTROVERSIAL IN THE STAFF'S OPINION. THESE ITEMS ARE APPROVED IN ONE MOTION UNLESS A COUNCIL MEMBER OR A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC REQUESTS REMOVAL OF A PARTICULAR ITEM TO SEPARATE CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING. WE HAVE ITEMS 11A TO 11I. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE MEMBERS WHETHER THEY HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST REGARDING ANY ITEM IN THE CONSENT CALENDAR. MAYOR PRO TEM REINA. NO CONFLICT. MEMBER MARTINEZ? NO CONFLICT. MEMBER MEDINA. I HAVE NONE. MEMBER RAYA? NO CONFLICT. AND I HAVE NO CONFLICT MYSELF. ARE THERE ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE AN ITEM? MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA? NO, NO. MEMBER MARTINEZ? NO, SIR. MEMBER MEDINA? I HAVE NONE. MEMBER RAYA? NO, I HAVE NONE MYSELF. ARE THERE ANY. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? SEEING NONE. MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY REMOTE COMMENTS? MAYOR, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY REMOTE COMMENTS. EXCUSE ME. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. SO MOVED. I'LL SECOND IT. THAT'S FINE. 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 COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR. MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU. MOVING TO ITEM 12, PUBLIC HEARINGS. WE HAVE NONE. ITEM NUMBER 13, DEFERRED BUSINESS. WE HAVE NONE. ITEM 14, NEW BUSINESS. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS? MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA, CAN YOU READ THE ITEMS? ALL RIGHT, SO WE START FROM ITEM 14. YOU SAID ITEM 14 14B. 14A. I'M SORRY. COUNCIL FINDS ACTION IS [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 and determining the City’s position regarding a resolution that has been submitted for consideration at the League of California Cities 2026 Annual Conference and Expo held on September 23-25, 2026, in Anaheim, California. (Hurlbert)] NOT A PROJECT DEFINED UNDER SECTION 15378 OF THE SEQUEL GUIDELINES. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE MANY ACTION TO APPOINT ONE VOTING DELEGATE AND TWO ALTERNATES AND DETERMINE THE CITY POSITION. THE CITY POSITION REGARDING A RESOLUTION THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED OR CONSIDERED OR FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE OF THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITY'S 2026 ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND EXPO HELD ON SEPTEMBER 2020. SEPTEMBER 23RD TO THE 25TH. 2026 ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA. MR. HURLBURGH. YES. HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. SO THIS IS PRETTY MUCH AN ANNUAL PROCESS HERE. THIS IS THE MEETING, THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF CAL CITIES WHERE OCCASIONALLY THEY HAVE NEW REQUESTS FROM THE MEMBERSHIP OR FROM THE BOARD THEMSELVES TO ACT UPON AT THE ANNUAL MEETING. IN THIS CASE, THE. THE CITY, THE CAL CITIES, RATHER, [00:55:01] IS PROMOTING THE IDEA OF A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO REVERSE SOME OF THE RECENT LEGISLATION. NOT SO RECENT, SOME OF IT GOING BACK YEARS THAT HAS BEEN STRIPPING AWAY LOCAL CONTROL OVER LAND USE AND ZONING IN PARTICULAR, BUT OTHER KINDS OF LOCAL CONTROL ISSUES MORE GENERALLY. SO, THIS YEAR, THE. THE ITEM THAT WE'RE PRIMARILY INTERESTED IN IS THIS MOVEMENT TO START A WORKING GROUP AND PROMOTE THE IDEA OF A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT THAT WOULD AT LEAST LIMIT THIS CONTINUED EROSION AND HOPEFULLY REVERSE SOME OF IT. SO STAFF HAS LOOKED AT THIS ITEM AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY OF WASCO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION. AND SO WHOMEVER IS CHOSEN AS OUR VOTING DELEGATE, THE STAFF RECOMMENDS VOTING IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM. IF THERE IS INTEREST IN MORE INFORMATION ON THIS, THE CITY, CAL CITIES HAS DISTRIBUTED SOME INFORMATION ON IT. IF YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED IT ALREADY FROM THE CITY CLERK, WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION FORWARDED OVER TO YOU. THERE ARE QUESTIONS I'M ANSWERED AND I WILL HAVE A QUESTION. A POINT OF ORDER HERE, MADAM CLERK. ARE WE GOING TO APPROVE THIS AND THE VOTING DELEGATE IN ONE ACTION? WE DO NOT NEED APPROVAL FOR THE RESOLUTION. IT'S JUST KNOWING WHAT DIRECTION. OKAY. COUNCIL IS GOING TO MOVE, SO WE'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. WITH THAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION OF STAFF AND THEN PROCEED WITH THE SELECTION OF THE VOTING DELEGATE AND TWO ALTERNATES. I'LL LET THE CITY CLERK HANDLE THAT PORTION. AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ATTENDING IS MAYOR SALDAÑA, MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA, AND COUNCIL MEMBER MEDINA. FROM THOSE THREE, WE NEED TO APPOINT THE VOTING DELEGATE AND THE TWO ALTERNATES. I NOMINATE COUNCIL MEMBER REYNA AS THE VOTING DELEGATE AND MYSELF AND ALTERNATE MAYOR AS ALTERNATES. OKAY, I KNEW THAT WAS COMING. YOU LIKE STAYING TO THE END OF THE CONFERENCE? I ACCEPT. OKAY, PERFECT. ALL RIGHT, SO MOVE ON WITH THERE. ANY COMMENTS? DO WE NEED AN APPROVAL? WELL, WE'LL HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE APPOINTING. OKAY. MOTION TO APPROVE MR. RAYA AS A VOTING DELEGATE AND MYSELF AND MR. MEDINA AS ALTERNATES. SECOND THAT. OKAY. MAYOR SALDAÑA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MEDINA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER RAYA. MOTION BY MAYOR SALDAÑA. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ TO APPOINT MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA AS A VOTING DELEGATE. MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. ITEM. 14B. IT'S A COUNCIL FINDS [14.b. Council finds this action is not a “project” defined under section 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines; Consideration of Adopting a Resolution Appointing Valentin Medina to the Office of City Council Member for District 3 Pursuant to California Elections Code Section 10229, Canceling the Election for District 3, and Directing that the Election for District 1 Proceed as Scheduled. (M. Martinez)] ACTION IS NOT A PROJECT DEFINED UNDER SECTION 15378 OF THE CEQA GUIDELINES. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTING A RESOLUTION. ADOPT APPOINTING VALENTIN MEDINA TO THE OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICT 3 PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS CODE, SECTION 10229. CANCELING THE ELECTION OF DISTRICT 3 AND DIRECTING THAT THE ELECTION FOR DISTRICT 1 PROCEED AS SCHEDULED. MRS. MARTINEZ. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS CONSIDERATION OF THE UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL ELECTION FOR DISTRICT 1 AND DISTRICT 3. THE NOMINATION PERIOD HAS CLOSED AND TWO CANDIDATES QUALIFIED FOR DISTRICT 1, GILBERTO REYNA AND AUBREY WIMBERLEY. BECAUSE TWO CANDIDATES QUALIFIED, THE DISTRICT 1 ELECTION WILL PROCEED AS SCHEDULED FOR DISTRICT 3. VALENTIN MEDINA WAS THE ONLY CANDIDATE TO FILE AND QUALIFY FOR THE BALLOT UNDER THE ELECTION CODE. WHEN ONLY ONE PERSON IS NOMINATED FOR A DISTRICT OFFICE, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY APPOINT THE INDIVIDUAL INSTEAD OF HOLDING AN ELECTION. CONDUCTING AN ELECTION FOR DISTRICT 3 SEAT WOULD RESULT IN UNNECESSARY COSTS WITH NO IMPACT ON THE OUTCOME. APPOINTING THE SOLE QUALIFIED CANDIDATE WOULD MAINTAIN DISTRICT 3 REPRESENTATION AND SAVE APPROXIMATELY $3,000 TO THE GENERAL FUND. THEREFORE, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY [01:00:01] COUNCIL ADOPT THE RESOLUTION APPOINTING VALENTIN MEDINA TO DISTRICT 3 CITY COUNCIL SEAT PURSUANT TO THE ELECTION CODE. CANCEL DISTRICT 3 ELECTION AND DIRECT THAT THE DISTRICT 1 ELECTION PROCEED AS SCHEDULED BETWEEN GILBERTO REINA AND AUBREY WIMBERLEY. THIS THIS RECOMMENDATION SAVES APPROXIMATELY 3,000, MAINTAINS REP. REPRESENTATION FOR DISTRICT 3 AND ALLOWS THAT DISTRICT 1 ELECTION TO PROCEED AS SCHEDULE. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MANY THE MEMBERS. NO QUESTIONS. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. AND I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FOR WOULD IT BE SO MOVED THE CONSIDERATION ADOPTING THE RESOLUTION. I'LL SECOND. 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 COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION. MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM 14C. COUNCIL FINDS [14.c. Council finds this action is not a “project” defined under section 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines; Receive and File Report Cooling Center Operation and Possible Minute Action and Direction from City Council for Future Activation. (Villa)] ACTION IS NOT A PROJECT DEFINED UNDER SECTION 15378 OF THE CEQA GUIDELINES. RECEIVE AND FILE REPORT COOLING CENTER OPERATIONS AND POSSIBLE MINUTE ACTION AND DIRECT FROM CITY COUNCIL FOR FUTURE ACTIVATION. MR. VIA. GOOD EVENING HONORABLE MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. SO LAST MEETING WE HAD WE HAD DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL TO OPEN UP THE COOLING CENTER FOR SEVEN DAYS STRAIGHT AS A TRIAL. SO WE HAVE SOME STATS OUT OF THE SEVEN DAYS WE HAD THREE PEOPLE ATTEND. I BELIEVE THE HOTTEST DAY WAS A SUNDAY. NO ONE ATTENDED OVER THE SATURDAY OR SUNDAY. SO NOW WE JUST NEED DIRECTION OF HOW WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD. THIS WAS OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, I BELIEVE. IT WAS ON FACEBOOK AND. ON SOCIAL MEDIA, I BELIEVE. I'M NOT TOO SURE IF IT WAS OUT ON THE PAPER. IT WAS PLACED ON THE PAPER AND THE AD IN THE PAPER, BUT IT WAS OUT. WHAT'S THAT? OH YES, THE MESSAGE BOARD HERE IN FRONT. BUT ALL THAT BEING SAID, WE. OUT OF THE SEVEN DAYS, ONLY THREE OUT OF THOSE DAYS, ONE PERSON ATTENDED EACH DAY, SO. WELL, THAT'S PRETTY INTERESTING. OPEN UP TO THE MEMBERS. WHAT DO YOU GUYS. I MEAN, LET'S MAKE A DECISION RIGHT NOW REGARDING THAT OR HOW DOES IT. I HAVE SOME COMMENTS, MAYOR. I'M SORRY. SERENA HAS A COMMENTS TO MAKE. GOOD. SO YOU FOLLOWED THE DIRECTION THAT THE COUNCIL GAVE. YES, AND THE RESULTS ARE NOT VERY GOOD. MARIA, COULD YOU BRING UP THE NUMBERS? THREE VISITORS OUT OF THE SEVEN DAYS. DO WE KNOW IF ANY OF THESE VISITORS WERE THE UNHOUSED. JUST BY ANY CHANCE, DO WE KNOW WHO THEY WERE? WE DO HAVE A LOGIN SHEET THAT WE HAVE THAT WE DIDN'T OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T OUTPOST. BUT YOU KNOW, I REASON WOULD SAY WE NEED TO ABANDON THIS PROGRAM. RIGHT. BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD VERY POOR RESULTS, NOT JUST THIS YEAR, BUT LAST YEAR AS WELL. BUT I STILL, I'M STILL CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE THAT HAVE NOWHERE TO GO IN VERY, VERY HOT DAYS. AND WE HAVE HAD DAYS OF 110 AND 111, WHICH IS EXTREMELY HOT, HOT, VERY UNCOMFORTABLE TO BE OUT THERE. AND SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, DO WE KNOW OTHER COMMUNITIES DO THE SAME THING? AND THEY'RE USUALLY PROMOTED THROUGH THE. ADDITIONALLY FROM WHAT THEY DO IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, THEY'RE PROMOTED THROUGH OUR DISTRICT 4 FACEBOOK PAGE AS TO WHO'S OUT THERE DOING IT. AND DO WE KNOW BY ANY CHANCE WHETHER THEY FIND THEMSELVES IN THE SAME SITUATION AS WE ARE NOW, IN WHICH WE HAVE VERY LITTLE SUCCESS, OR WHETHER THEY'RE MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN WE ARE? DO WE KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION? I DO NOT KNOW. I CAN FIND THAT OUT A COUPLE PHONE CALLS TOMORROW. I DO NOT HAVE THAT INFORMATION TODAY. RIGHT. AND IF THEY WERE TO BE MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN WE ARE, THEN WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'RE DOING TO REACH THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE OUT THERE IN THIS EXTREME HEAT WEATHER AND HOW THEY REACH THEM, HOW THEY'RE ABLE TO BRING THEM TO THE COOLING CENTER. I HATE TO ABANDON THE PROGRAM, GIVE YOU DIRECTION TO ABANDON IT AT THIS TIME WITHOUT HAVING SOLID INFORMATION AS [01:05:02] TO WHETHER WE COULD DO BETTER ON OUR APPROACH TO PUBLICIZE IT. AND AGAIN, YOU DID FOLLOW THE DIRECTION THAT WE GAVE YOU AS COUNCIL, BUT I DO THINK THAT BEFORE WE ABANDON IT, AND THAT'S MY OPINION, OF COURSE, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE REST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FEEL THAT WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHETHER WE COULD DO BETTER. THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT I'M ASKING. SO, MY DIRECTION WOULD BE TO FIND THAT INFORMATION AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL SO THAT WE CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION. HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF I MAY ADD A PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT LEWIS HASN'T MENTIONED, OUR HOMELESS OUTREACH COORDINATOR DID REACH OUT TO OUR UNHOUSED. SHE MADE AN EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THEY GOT A FLYER. SHE'S HANDING OUT WATERS TO THEM IN ADDITION TO JUST A FLYER. SO, I KNOW THAT ARE ON HOUSE. THE ONES THAT ARE WORKING WITH OUR HOMELESS OUTREACH COORDINATOR WERE MADE AWARE OF JUST FOR YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT I CAN PIGGYBACK ON THAT. I ASKED LOUIS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE AND HIS RECOLLECTION. OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE'VE HAD ONE UNHOUSED INDIVIDUAL COME IN, GET A WATER AND LEAVE. AND SO IT JUST KIND OF SEEMS TO BE THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED IN BEING, YOU KNOW, IN THAT STRUCTURE AND HAVE RULES THEY NEED TO FOLLOW OR WHATNOT. THEY WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE WATER FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT NOT INTERESTED IN STICKING AROUND. YEAH. AND I REMEMBER ALSO FROM YEARS PAST THAT WE HAD CITIZENS THAT ACTUALLY HAVE HOMES THAT DECIDED TO COME TO THE CENTER. AND I VISITED THE CENTER, I DON'T REMEMBER HOW MANY YEARS AGO IN WHICH, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE PEOPLE THERE. AND I VISITED BECAUSE I WANTED TO SEE HOW THINGS WERE GOING. AND THEN I ALSO VISITED ANOTHER TIME IN WHICH TWO OF OUR EMPLOYEES WERE THERE MANNING THE CENTER AND NO ONE ELSE WAS THERE. SO. BUT AGAIN, MY APPROACH WOULD BE THAT WAY. AND I WANT TO HEAR WHAT OTHERS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS SUBJECT. THANK YOU, MR. MEDINA. YEAH, I GUESS AS A FOLLOW UP, WAS THAT THE CASE FOR THIS TIME OR DID THE PERSON THAT DID ATTEND, DID THEY STAY OR DID THEY JUST GO GET A WATER? SO, I'M SORRY, I MUST HAVE MISSED A QUICK. I'M JUST GONNA MENTION THE PAST THAT, YOU KNOW, THE END HOUSE WOULD JUST COME GET A WATER AND. RIGHT THERE, THAT'S A TALLY. RIGHT. SO WAS THAT THE CASE FOR THIS GO AROUND OR WAS. YEAH, THERE WAS ONE INDIVIDUAL JUST CAME, GRABBED A WATER AND LEFT. TWO STAYED FOR MAYBE A HALF HOUR, IF THAT. OKAY. I DON'T THINK A HALF HOUR, BUT THEN ONE INDIVIDUAL WHICH CAME IN MONDAY IS A RESIDENT. OKAY. AND THEY ACTUALLY WERE THERE FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER. YES. OKAY. SO, LOOK, TO ME, YEAH, IT'S AN ADDED COST, BUT IF WE HAD THREE PEOPLE SHOW UP OR, YOU KNOW, THREE DIFFERENT PEOPLE SHOW UP, IT'S A WIN IN MY BOOK. RIGHT. I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH FOR THE FUTURE. I MEAN, WE'RE KIND OF TOWARDS THE TAIL END OF SUMMER. I KNOW THERE'S THURSDAY. I THINK IT'S LIKE 106 COMING UP. BUT BESIDES THAT, I MEAN, IT'S GOOD TO FRESHEN BACK UP. SO, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE WE OPEN THURSDAY, IF THAT'S THE ONLY DAY THAT'S PAST 105, AND THEN WE REASSESS FOR NEXT YEAR, YOU KNOW, IF WE WANT TO REALLY TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH OR IF WE WANT TO CANCEL THE PROGRAM ALTOGETHER. THAT'D BE MY RECOMMENDATION. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. MEDINA. MR. RYAN. JUST HARD TO BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, NO MORE JUST ONE CITIZEN IS USING IT. THEY DON'T TAKE, THEY'RE NOT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF. ADVANTAGE OF THIS, THE COOLING CENTER, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, WITH THE HIGH ELECTRICITY BILL, I WOULD EXPECT THAT MORE PEOPLE WILL COME IN. BUT YOU ONLY SAID ONE. ONE PERSON. WOW. RIGHT. SO KEEP, KEEP IN MIND WE STARTED THIS PROGRAM IN 2020. 2022. 22. AND I'M JUST CURIOUS, LIKE, AND IT'S BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT WHERE IT'S ONLY MAX, TWO PEOPLE. TWO PEOPLE. WOW. DURING THAT TIME FRAME THAT WE OPEN UP AT THE HOTTEST. YEAH, I'M JUST, UNFORTUNATELY, I'M JUST CURIOUS, LIKE, MR. REINA, JUST TO SEE IF, LIKE OTHER SURROUNDING CITIES ARE. THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL OR THEY'RE IN THE SAME SITUATION AS US OR DO THEY PROVIDE? LIKE THEY ALREADY GOT A, A LOG. THEY ALREADY GOT THE PEOPLE THEY NEEDED. THEY CALL THEM. WE'RE GOING TO BE OPEN. DO THEY PROVIDE LIKE A DIAL RIDE, GO PICK THEM UP AND BRING THEM AND THEN TAKE THEM BACK? WE, WE DID TRY. RIGHT. TWO YEARS IN A ROW. WELL, LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE WITH NO SUCCESS. I KNOW IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A TOUGH DECISION. JUST ONE OR TWO PEOPLE FOR SEVEN DAYS. AND THAT SERVICE WAS FOR FREE. THE DOLLAR SERVICE WAS FOR FREE, WAS OFFER AND IT WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL. HOW LONG DID THAT ONE PERSON STAY? UNFORTUNATELY, THEY DID NOT PLACE AN OUT TIME ON IT. SO. [01:10:06] I'LL SAY I. LOOKING AT THE COST AND LOOKING HOW MANY PEOPLE USE IT. I KNOW IT'S ONE PERSON AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT COUNCILMAN MEDINA SAID. ONE PERSON, TOUGH DECISION. I'D SAY JUST KEEP IT OPEN TO THIS DAY AND LIKE, COME BACK AND WE MIGHT HAVE TO CLOSE IT. NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE ARE USING IT. ALL RIGHT. SO MY ONLY CONCERN IS, ARE WE REACHING THE PEOPLE THAT NEED IT? YOU KNOW, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, EITHER WE'RE NOT OR NOBODY NEEDS IT, ONE OR THE OTHER. AND YOU KNOW, I LIKE THEIR OUTREACH TO THE, TO THE HOMELESS PEOPLE. BUT MAYBE I'M WRONG IN THINKING THIS, BUT I ALWAYS IMAGINE A CALLING CENTER BEING PREDOMINANTLY OLDER PEOPLE ON A FIXED INCOME THAT EITHER CAN'T AFFORD THE AIR CONDITIONING BILL. AND SO MY QUESTION IS, I DON'T THINK THAT A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS ARE FOLLOWING THE CITY OF WASCO'S FACEBOOK PAGE TO KNOW IT'S OPEN. A LOT OF THEM PROBABLY DON'T DRIVE TO SEE THE BILLBOARD. SO HOW DO WE REACH OUT TO THOSE PEOPLE? AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SOME SORT OF, YOU KNOW, ELDER RESOURCE THING THAT WE CAN PHONE BANK WITH OR SOMETHING. YOU KNOW, I'M JUST THROWING IDEAS. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT EXISTS, BUT SOME WAY TO LET THEM KNOW. AND THEN IF WE LET THEM KNOW AND THEY STILL DON'T SHOW UP, THEN I WOULD SAY, YEAH, IT'S A. NOT TO DO THE PROGRAM ANYMORE. BUT I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO REACH THAT DEMOGRAPHIC THAT WE'RE NOT REACHING RIGHT NOW. SO I. I WOULD SAY, LIKE, GILBERT, LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO AND KEEP IT OPEN FOR NOW. AND IF I MAY, COUNCIL MEMBER, LAST YEAR WE DID SEND OUT A. WHAT IS IT, A 911 REVERSE TEXT MESSAGE. WE ALSO HAD FLYERS FOR OUR SENIOR RIDERSHIP THAT WE HAVE IN... RIGHT. THAT INFORMATION WAS ALSO GIVEN TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION, WHICH THEY DO HAVE A SENIOR PROGRAM THERE, A BREAKFAST SENIOR PROGRAM, AND WE STILL DIDN'T GET. SO, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE PRETTY MUCH COVERED EVERY BASE THAT WE WANT COVERED. AND IT'S JUST. SO NOW THE QUESTION IS, DO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO FUND THIS WITH THIS NUMBER OF PEOPLE? IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT AN OUTREACH PROBLEM. IT'S CORRECT. I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, I FEEL KIND OF LIKE A JERK SAYING NO TO THAT ONE PERSON. BUT, YOU KNOW, AT THE SAME, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, I MEAN, IT'S MISERABLE BEING IN THE SEAT. IT REALLY IS. AND. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IS IT FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR US TO SPEND $3,800 A WEEK TO OPEN SOMETHING FOR ONE PERSON TO GO ONE DAY YOU CAN GO SIT IN STARBUCKS, YOU KNOW, LIKE, I MEAN, I KNOW THAT'S NOT THE BEST ANSWER, BUT IF YOU REALLY NEED A COOL PLACE TO GO SIT DOWN, YOU COULD PROBABLY GO TO STARBUCKS. I DON'T THINK THEY'D SAY ANYTHING TO YOU FOR FOUR GRAND A WEEK OF TAXPAYER MONEY. SO I WOULD LEAN TOWARDS GOING AHEAD AND SHUTTING IT DOWN. ALL RIGHT, WELL, I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE MAJORITY OF US DECIDED WE WANT TO KEEP PUSHING, AND THEN WE'LL DECIDE AFTER THIS ONE DAY. I MEAN, BECAUSE WE'VE. YOU GUYS HAVE PRETTY MUCH TRIED OUT JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING. WE COULD THINK ABOUT HOW YOU GUYS CAN OUTREACH TO PEOPLE. AND I MEAN, I WAS EXPECTING PEOPLE TO COME OUT BECAUSE I GOT APPROACHED THE DAY BEFORE, BEFORE YOU GUYS OPENED IT, AND THERE WAS LIKE THREE PEOPLE SAYING, WELL, WHY DON'T WE HAVE THE COOLING CENTER OPEN FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT HERE WALKING AROUND AND. RIGHT. BUT OBVIOUSLY LIKE ALL THE TIME THEY LIKE A LOT OF TALK, BUT THEY DON'T, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T DO THE WALK. SO IT'S JUST, IT'S KIND OF HARD. AND I THINK THE HOURS MAKE SENSE. IT'S, THEY'RE, IT'S OPEN FROM TWO TO SEVEN. ALL, ALL THOSE SEVEN TO SEVEN, WHICH IS THE HOTTEST TIME OF THE DAY IN REALITY. SO FIVE HOURS. SO, WE DECIDE ON HOW TO DO WHAT DO WE GO BY WITH THIS. SO TO, TO RESTATE IT AND MOD. FEEL FREE TO MODIFY ANY OF THIS. I'M GOING TO WING IT, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE KIND OF A CONSENSUS TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN THIS THURSDAY. WE'RE ALREADY SCHEDULED OR IT'S FORECAST TO BE OVER 105. AND IF FRIDAY IS 105, THAT'S A, THAT'S A. WE'RE CLOSED ON FRIDAY. WOULD WE WANT TO CONTINUE ALSO WITH FRIDAY IF IT'S FORECAST AT 105, WE WOULD ALSO NEED TO KNOW THE WEEKEND IF IT'S FORECASTED. DO WE KEEP GOING? I MEAN IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THAT'S LIKELY, BUT WE AREN'T GOING TO HAVE A CHANCE TO ALL GET TOGETHER AND DISCUSS THIS. SO, I WANT TO MAKE SURE STAFF IS CLEAR ON WHAT THE PATH FORWARD IS BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE TWO WEEKS BEFORE WE MEET AGAIN. SO, THURSDAY FOR SURE. WE'LL USE ALL THE SAME OUTREACH PLUS ANY OTHERS. WE'LL DO SOME QUICK RESEARCH ON WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING. IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE JUST HAVEN'T THOUGHT OF, WE CAN INTEGRATE THAT FOR THURSDAY. AND I WANT TO SAY I, THAT'S UNLIKELY THAT YOU HAVEN'T DONE WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING. BUT I WANT TO KNOW, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE RESULTS ARE WHEN THEY OPEN TRUST AND HOW THEY REACH [01:15:01] THOSE PEOPLE THAT ATTEND. YEAH. BECAUSE AGAIN AND MR. MEDINA AND I SEEM TO BE IN AGREEMENT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S SOMEBODY OUT THERE THAT NEEDS THE CENTER, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE IT OPEN. SO, WE WILL PLAN ON OPENING THURSDAY. IF THE WEATHER CHANGES FOR SOME REASON AND IT, THE FORECAST DROPS AND IT'S NOT GOING TO GET OVER 100, DO WE STILL WANT TO GO HOOD FORWARD WITH THURSDAY? ONLY IF THE, IF WE HAD PUT A THRESHOLD OF 105. SO IF IT IS NOT 105, THEN YOU DON'T NEED TO OPEN. OKAY. SO OPEN THURSDAY. IF THE FORECASTS ON WEDNESDAY STILL SAYS IT'S GOING TO BE 105. MY SUGGESTION. SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE THAT IF ON FRIDAY IT'S GOING TO BE 105 AGAIN, THAT YOU OPEN ON FRIDAY. OKAY. AGAIN, THE GOAL IS TO BE THERE FOR THOSE THAT NEED IT. AND THEN ONCE YOU DETERMINE WHAT OTHERS ARE DOING AND HOW SUCCESSFUL THEY ARE WITH THEIR PROGRAM, THAT WILL INFORM ME AT LEAST, AND I'M CERTAINLY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS TO WHETHER IT'S WORTH PROCEEDING, YOU KNOW, FOR THE NEXT SEASON, BECAUSE I'M HOPING THAT THIS HOT WEATHER WILL EBB, YOU KNOW. OKAY, SCOTT, I DO HAVE A. ANOTHER COMMENT. TO ME, THIS. I MEAN, LIKE I MENTIONED, WE'RE KIND OF TOWARDS THE TALENT. WHO KNOWS WHAT SEPTEMBER HOLDS, RIGHT? IT COULD BE HOT. IT COULD NOT BE. BUT TO ME, THIS ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING THAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE'RE BUDGETING FOR, YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, HEY, IT'S NOT A HUGE NUMBER, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TALK ABOUT. AND I THINK WE MAKE A DECISION EARLIER IN THE YEAR VERSUS, YOU KNOW, DURING THE. DURING ON THE FLY TYPE OF DEAL. RIGHT. BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, TWO YEARS AGO WE HAD A JULY THAT WAS 1, 105 FOR 25 DAYS STRAIGHT. YEP. RIGHT. SO EVERY YEAR IS DIFFERENT. AND I THINK WE NEED TO BE PLANNING MONTHS IN ADVANCE AND NOT, YOU KNOW, WEEK BY WEEK OR TWO WEEKS OR WHATNOT. SO TO ME, REALLY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO GATHER ALL THIS INFORMATION AND THEN WHEN WE'RE DOING THAT YEARLY PLANNING, THIS, THIS NEEDS TO GO IN THERE. OKAY, THAT'S. THAT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION. AND WE CAN CAPTURE THAT AS A TOPIC, MAYBE EVEN FOR THE MIDYEAR DISCUSSION. YEAH. SO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO I THINK I CAPTURED THE PLAN. AND SO I GUESS IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION, YOU WANT TO TAKE A VOTE, MADAM CLERK? YES. IS THAT WHAT WE WANT TO DO? OKAY. DO WE NEED A MOTION? THAT'S NOT REALLY A RESOLUTION. WE JUST. NO, JUST A MOTION TO CONTINUE WITH THE OPERATION. I'LL MAKE SOME MOTION. I'LL SECOND. THERE IT IS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM MAYOR SALDAÑA. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MEDINA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER RAYA. MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MEDINA TO CONTINUE THE OPERATIONS OF THE COOLING CENTER. MADAM CLERK, ONE OF OUR AUDIENCE MEMBERS WAS RAISING HER HAND. I THINK SHE HAS COMMENTS, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE ALREADY. DO WE WANT TO HEAR HER COMMENTS? THE MIC. I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN COMMENTING ON THE CALL CENTER, AND THAT'S FINE. SO I KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN INFORMED THROUGHOUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER MEANS AND THE COMMUNITY HASN'T RESPOND. SO WHAT ABOUT AN IDEA WOULD BE TO GO AROUND TOWN THE DAY BEFORE AND VOICE IT TO THE COMMUNITY. THE COOLING CENTER WILL BE OPEN FROM SUCH TIME TO SUCH TIME THE DAY BEFORE. LIKE A LAST RESORT. THAT WOULD BE A LAST RESORT. IF WE'RE INFORMING THE COMMUNITY THAT WAY THE DAY BEFORE AND THEN IT'S NOT BEING USED, THEN THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED LAST RESORT. SO WE KNOW THAT IT'S NOT USED VERY OFTEN HERE IN THE UNITED STATES BUT IN MEXICO, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S ACTUAL LOUDSPEAKERS THAT GO AROUND IN CARS. THAT'S WHAT SHE'S REFERRING TO. WOULD BE A LAST OPTION. THAT'S FOR SURE. WOULDN'T BE A BAD IDEA BECAUSE IT'D BE VOICED OUT TO THE COMMUNITY ACTUALLY AUDIBLY. [01:20:02] AND IF THEY DIDN'T USE IT THEN THAT WOULD BE LAST RESORT. THANK YOU. I DO APPRECIATE HER COMMENTS. I DO WANT TO SAY AND I WANT YOU TO TELL HER PLEASE THAT WE DO HAVE A HOMELESS COORDINATOR AND SHE HAS BEEN INFORMING THE HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT THE CENTER WOULD BE OPEN. IF I COULD, THERE ARE SIGNS POSTED AT THE PARK ABOUT DIFFERENT EVENTS. MAYBE POSTING THE SIGNS ARE AROUND TOWN WOULD INFORM THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS HER OPINION. NEEDED THE DAY BEFORE BECAUSE THEN THEY WOULDN'T KNOW. THAT'S IT. OKAY, I. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY IF I COULD, IS SHE'S SUGGESTING DOOR TO DOOR OR IS SHE SUGGESTING ICE CREAM TRUCK SPEAKER GOING DOWN THE MIDDLE OF EVERY STREET? PERSONALLY, AS A VOLUNTEER SHE WOULD GO HOUSE TO HOUSE TO LET PEOPLE KNOW. OKAY, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. BUT IF THERE'S LIKE A LOUDSPEAKER SHE WOULD DO THAT AS WELL. AND BY COMMITTEE MEMBERS AS THE LAST. IF EVERYTHING POSSIBLE HAS BEEN DONE AND IT'S NOT BEING USED, WELL THEN THAT'S IT. BUT SHE'S HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM 14D. YEAH, RIGHT. [14.d. 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 a Rental Agreement with unWired Broadband, LLC for the use of a portion of the industrial property south of 6th Street between H Street and J Street. (Hurlbert)] COUNCIL FINDS THE ACTIONS IS NOT A PROJECT DEFINED UNDER THE SECTION 15378 OF THE CEO GUIDELINES. ADOPT A RESOLUTION AND RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO FINALIZE AND EXECUTE A RENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE UNWIRED BROADBAND LLC FOR THE USE OF A PORTION OF THE INDUSTRIAL PORTION SOUTH OF 6TH STREET BETWEEN 8TH STREET AND J STREET. MR. HERBERT. YES, HON. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, SOME OF YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS. A WEEK AND A HALF AGO I WAS APPROACHED BY UNWIRED BROADBAND. THEY'RE CURRENTLY USING A PORTION OF A FARMING PROPERTY FOR LOCATION OF THEIR CONDUIT AND EQUIPMENT AND SO FORTH IN A C TRAIN. AND APPARENTLY THE FARMER DIDN'T THINK FAR ENOUGH AHEAD. HIS HARVEST WAS STARTED AND HERE'S ALL THIS BROADBAND STUFF SITTING RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF LAND THAT HE NEEDED. SO HE'S KICKING THEM OUT. I GOT A CALL FROM UNWIRED AND TALKED ABOUT PLACES THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE. THEY HAD OFFERED TO DO A SHORT TERM RENTAL OF A CORNER OF THE OLD LABOR CAMP PROPERTY. MET WITH THE TWO MEMBERS OF OUR REAL ESTATE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE COUNCIL AND TOLD THEM ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY. THEY GAVE ME KIND OF A LIMITED AUTHORITY ON THEIR OWN TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A SHORT TERM LIMIT OF LIABILITY AGREEMENT SO THAT THEY COULD START PUTTING A FENCE UP OVER THERE AND BE READY TO MOVE. VETTED THE RENTAL AGREEMENT AND THE LIABILITY AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY, THOSE ARE READY TO GO. AND UNWIRED WAS HAPPY WITH THE TERMS OF BOTH OF THOSE AGREEMENTS. SO JUST ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER THAT THE FORMAL RENTAL AGREEMENT THAT LAYS OUT THE FINANCIAL TERMS OF THIS. I ALSO TOLD THEM THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR A SHORT TERM I WASN'T INTERESTED IN CHASING THEM AROUND EVERY MONTH FOR A PAYMENT. THEY AGREED TO A 6 MONTH MINIMUM, NO REFUND AGREEMENT BASED ON 1200AMONTH. SO $7200 UP FRONT FOR 6 MONTH MINIMUM EVEN IF THEY'RE ONLY THERE A COUPLE MONTHS. AND THEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXTEND ANOTHER TWO MONTHS, MONTH TO MONTH. AND THEN WE HAVE TO CHECK IN WITH PINNACLE AND WITH THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY AREN'T READY TO MOVE INTO THAT AREA. IF YOU RECALL, THEY WERE INTERESTED IN A LONGER TERM USE OF IT, BUT THEY WON'T NEED IT WITHIN THE NEXT EIGHT MONTHS. SO AS IT STANDS, THAT'S WHAT THE RENT RENTAL AGREEMENT CALLS FOR AS A 400 BY 400 FOOT SITE. LEAVE IT AS THEY FOUND IT AND THEY'LL BE OUT UNLESS IT'S EXTENDED SOMEHOW WITHIN EIGHT MONTHS. IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, HAPPY TO ANSWER. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA? NO. THIS IS A WIN-WIN SITUATION. THE LAND IS NOT BEING USED AND THEY CAN BE THERE FOR SIX MONTHS AND POSSIBLY TWO OTHER MONTHS. I THINK WE SHOULD PROCEED. [01:25:03] YOU'VE ALREADY REVIEWED THE CONTRACT AS YOU MENTIONED, SO THAT WAS MY CONCERN THAT WE HAVE ALL DOTTED OUR EYES AND CROSSED OUR T'S? YES. THANK YOU, SERENA. MEMBER MARTINEZ? I HAVE NO COMMENT. MEMBER MEDINA? I HAVE NO COMMENT. MEMBER RAYA? I HAVE NO COMMENT. I HAVE NO COMMENT MYSELF. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? I SEE NONE. MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY REMOTE COMMENTS? WE HAVE NO REMOTE COMMENTS, MAYOR I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE. 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. MOTION BY MAYOR. MAYOR SALDAÑA TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION. MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM 13, REPORTS FROM COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES. 13A, CURRENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. 15A. 15A. I'M SORRY. I'M TELLING YOU SOME GLASSES. 15A, I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT. NOTHING. THANK YOU, MR. 15B, CURRENT ECONOMICS OF GOVERNMENT. MR. RAO, NOTHING TO REPORT. I'LL BE ATTENDING A MEETING THIS WEEK. THANK YOU. AND 15C, WE HAVE A WASCO TASK FORCE, COMMUNITY BEAUTIFICATION. [15.c. Wasco Task Force (Saldaña & Raya)] IT'LL BE AUGUST 29TH FROM 8AM TO 10AM WE'RE GOING TO MEET UP AT THE TERESA ELEMENTARY, TERESA BURKE ELEMENTARY PARKING LOT. AND I'LL BE SENDING OUT SOME EMAILS ALREADY, BUT I'VE GOT SOME FLYERS WILL BE POSTED UP AROUND TOWN SO PEOPLE CAN SEE. AND THAT'S ALL I GOT. MOVING ON TO ITEM 16, REPORTS FROM THE CITY MANAGER. YES. HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I'VE GOT A PRETTY GOOD LIST HERE, SO [16) REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER] BLAST THROUGH. STOP ME IF YOU. IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION. I HAVE THE REPORT ON THE COOLING CENTER. I THINK WE COVERED THAT. ANIMAL CONTROL UPDATE. WE JUST TO, THERE WAS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE STAFFING LEVEL AND SO FORTH. WE HAD A BUDGET FOR THREE FULL TIME AND ONE PART TIME. WE'RE CURRENTLY AT ONE FULL TIME, ONE PART TIME AND AT LEAST TWO CANDIDATES IN THE. IN THE PIPELINE. OKAY. ONE IN THE PIPELINE AND ONE WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK OUT TO RECRUIT. SO WORKING ON GETTING THAT FULLY STAFFED. G STREET POTHOLES THAT WERE NOTED BY COUNCIL A PREVIOUS MEETING. THOSE HAVE BEEN REPAIRED. WE HAVE A NEW BATCH THAT. THAT WE RECEIVED TODAY. YES, AND BRIEFLY MENTION THAT WE DID RECEIVE THEM. WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THOSE AND WE'LL GET A RESPONSE TO YOU IN THE MORNING ON THOSE. RIGHT. IF I MAY COMMENT ON THAT, SCOTT, I SENT 28 PICTURES. 28 WERE RELATED TO UNWIRED WORK AND TWO WERE UNRELATED BUT HAZARDS NEVERTHELESS. AND THAT'S JUST A SMALL SAMPLE. I ONLY WALKED SIX BLOCKS WITHIN THE. AND OF COURSE UNWIRE HAS DONE WORK IN A MUCH LARGER AREA IN MY DISTRICT. I KNOW THIS IS HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BUT I IN BRINGING THIS UP AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS BEING ATTENDED TO. AS YOU SEE IN THE PICTURES, THEY'RE QUITE TERRIBLE. SO, ARE WE GOING TO DISCUSS THIS IN CLOSED SESSION? IS THAT ONE OF OUR ITEMS, SCOTT? IT'S RELATED. SO YEAH, I CAN GET SOME. SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN CLOSED SESSION. OKAY. IF NOT, WHAT I'M ASKING IS WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION MORE THAN ONCE, ACTUALLY SEVERAL TIMES. AND WHAT ARE WE DOING? ARE WE ASKING THEM TO STOP WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND GO BACK AND FIX WHAT THEY HAVE LEFT BEHIND AND IS DETERIORATING AT A RAPID PACE OR I'M NOT SURE WE ARE DOING THAT. YEAH. AND INSISTED THAT THEY DO THEIR OWN SURVEY OF THE ENTIRE CITY TO GET A PRIORITIZED LIST TO US. RIGHT. INTERESTING THAT YOU SHOULD MENTION THAT BECAUSE I SAW THIS GENTLEMAN JUST WALKING THE STREET AND MEASURING. HE HAD A MEASURING TAPE AND HE WAS SURVEYING SOME OF THE WORK THAT THEY HAD DONE AND PUTTING WHITE PAINT MARKS AS TO. TO PLACES THAT THE ENTIRE CONCRETE NEEDED TO BE PLACED. BUT HE TOLD ME HE WAS DOING IT EVERY STREET. AND THEN TODAY, WHEN I WALK THE STREET TO SEND YOU THOSE PICTURES, HE DID NOT DO IT EVERYWHERE. SO, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. OKAY. IN OTHER WORDS, [01:30:02] IF HE'S THE ONE THAT IS GOING TO BE PROVIDING A PICTURE FOR UNWIRED AS TO WHAT THEY NEED TO FIX THINGS AND HE'S MARKING THOSE AREAS AND HE TOLD ME HE WAS GOING STREET BY STREET. THERE'S NO EVIDENCE THAT HE DID THAT. SO CURRENTLY ON WIRED, ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, WE MET WITH THEM AND THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO IS THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE THEIR STAFF WALK OUT THE AREAS WHERE THEY KNOW THERE'S LOCATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MISSED OR, YOU KNOW, FOR QUITE SOME TIME. THEY ARE NOT CURRENTLY DOING ANY EXTRA WORK. THEIR PATCHWORK IS STARTING TOMORROW. THEY SEND A LIST TODAY. I HAVE THAT WITH ME, BUT THEY'RE STARTING TOMORROW ON IT. NOW, THE LIST THAT THEY SENT TO US IS THE GENTLEMAN, YOU KNOW, CREW IS GOING OUT TO EACH LOCATION AND IDENTIFYING THOSE LOCATIONS. THEN THEY'RE GOING TO TRANSFER THAT TO US. WE'LL USE A PROGRAM CALLED VIOLETICS, WHICH IS OUR OWN PROGRAM THAT WAS PURCHASED LAST YEAR ON THAT, AND PINPOINT ALL THE LOCATIONS. AND THAT WAY THOSE LOCATIONS DON'T GET MISSED. OKAY. AGAIN, IF YOU NOTICE SOME OF THE PICTURES HAVE WHITE MARKS ON THEM, THAT MEANS THAT GENTLEMAN IDENTIFIED THOSE AS NEEDING REPAIR. BUT THEN SOME OF THE PICTURES THAT I SEND YOU, WHICH ARE SOME OF THE WORST OFFENDERS ON THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, DON'T HAVE THAT WHITE MARK, WHICH MEANS HE DID NOT IDENTIFY THEM. SO I WOULD MAKE SURE THAT I FOLLOW UP ON THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE GOING TO BE ATTENDED TO AND JUST, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO IT. I THINK THAT THE CONDITION OF THE AREAS AND THE DETERIORATION THAT HAS OCCURRED SPEAKS VOLUMES. RIGHT. THEY HAVE TAKEN TOO LONG TO GO BACK AND CORRECTED. SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THIS CORRECTED. AND ONE MORE QUESTION THAT I HAVE FOR YOU IS I HOPE THAT THE PICTURES THAT I SEND YOU HAVE THE METADATA SO THAT YOU CAN IDENTIFY THE LOCATION AND IF NOT I CAN POSSIBLY HELP YOU IDENTIFY THE LOCATION BECAUSE I DID THE WALK THROUGH DAY TODAY, THE WALKTHROUGH TODAY, BUT THERE'S A LOT MORE TO IDENTIFY. WELL, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND WORST CASE SCENARIO JUST GIVE YOU THE STREETS THAT THEY'RE ON, CROSS STREETS AND. AND WE CAN SEND ACROSS. I CAN TELL YOU THE AREA THAT I WALKED AND THAT WAY IT WOULD HELP YOU IDENTIFY IT. BUT AGAIN HOPEFULLY THE. THE PICTURES HAVE THE METADATA WHICH WILL ALLOW YOU TO HAVE THE COORDINATES FOR THEM. CORRECT. OKAY, BUT LET ME KNOW. WILL DO. AND. AND THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING. ADDRESSING IT. OKAY, NEXT ITEM. THERE WAS A POINTED OUT OR REQUESTED FOR A TRASH CAN TO BE PLACED AT PECAN PARK AND THAT HAS HAPPENED. SO I DON'T RECALL WHO HAD REQUESTED THAT. IS THAT YOU? OKAY. SO THERE SHOULD BE A CAN THERE. NOW THE HAWK INSTALLATION ON SR46, WE HAD REPORTED PREVIOUSLY THE POLLS WERE STILL SCHEDULED TO BE DELIVERED LATE THIS MONTH. AND THAT'S STILL OUR EXPECTATION. CORRECT. IF I MAY JUST MAKE A NOTE OF THAT PLEASE. THE KIDS WENT BACK TO SCHOOL THIS MONDAY OR TUESDAY AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO MOVE THAT. YES. AS FAST AS WE CAN BECAUSE THEY'RE CROSSING HIGHWAY 46 BEFORE WE LEAST HIT THE BEACONS WHICH DO NOT PROVIDE THE KIND OF PROTECTION THAT ONE THOUGHT THEY WOULD DO. AND NOW WE HAVE NOTHING THERE. SO. SO THAT WAS QUITE A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION AT STAFF MEETING THIS MORNING AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WERE WORKING ON. WELL, GOOD TO HEAR. YEAH. LET'S PUSH FORWARD SO WE CAN GET THAT DONE. OKAY. SNP EVENT SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 10TH. THAT ALREADY HAPPENED. NEVER MIND. I DON'T KNOW. IS THERE ANOTHER ONE SCHEDULED YET? WE DID. WE DO NOT HAVE THE DATE SCHEDULED YET. SO, WE'LL REPORT BACK WHEN WE KNOW THE DATE. COMMUNITY BREAKFAST HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 2, 7AM THIS IS THE KIND OF TURNING OUT TO BE AN ANNUAL MEETING HOSTED BY THE STATE PRISON. THERE WILL BE A NORMAL MEETING THAT YOU CAN ATTEND WITHOUT ANY EXTRA WORK. BUT IF YOU WANT TO GET THE TOUR IT REQUIRES PRE REGISTRATION SO THEY CAN QUALIFY FOLKS THAT THEY TAKE ON THE TOUR CONTACT DIRECTLY OR THE CITY CLERK. CITY CLERK HAS ALL THAT INFORMATION IF YOU'RE INTERESTED. SO SCOTT, IF I MAY INTERRUPT [01:35:03] YOU. SO FOR THE MEETING ITSELF WE'RE ABLE TO SHOW UP. I BELIEVE THAT'S WITHOUT. YEAH. IF ONE OF THE TOUR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. RIGHT, GOOD. BUT IT'S. WHAT? NO BLUE JEANS, RIGHT? NO, NO BLUE JEANS. RIGHT. CERTAINLY ON THE TOUR AND PROBABLY IN. EVEN IN THE PUBLIC MEETING AREA. THEY DON'T WANT YOU WEARING BLUE JEANS. JUST A HEADS UP. YES, BECAUSE THEY MADE ME GO CHANGE ONCE. YEAH, YOU MIGHT FIND YOURSELF IN HANDCUFFS. DON'T WEAR ANY ORANGE SHIRTS. ALL RIGHT, SO THAT. AND THAT BEGINS AT 7AM ON THE SECOND ROSE PARADE SCHEDULED FOR 9 12. AS WAS REPORTED PREVIOUSLY, WE PLAN TO HAVE CITY BOOTH THERE, SOME VEHICLES AND STAFF MANNING THEM. THE EVENING IN BLOOM IS THAT EVENING. THAT'S THE GRAND MARSHAL RECOGNITION AND THAT IS 6PM THAT EVENING AT AN ADDRESS THAT WE HAVE. AND A FLYER I THINK HAS BEEN FINALIZED NOW. YES, IT'S ON THE CITY COUNCIL'S CALENDAR. THERE YOU GO. KEDC ANNUAL DINNER, SEPTEMBER 10, -CLOCK- I THINK THAT'S STILL OPEN FOR RESERVATIONS, BUT IT OCCASIONALLY SELLS OUT. SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, PLEASE LET THE CITY CLERK KNOW. BIKE RODEO ON SEPTEMBER 19, SATURDAY FROM 9 TO NOON. AND THAT WILL BE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA PARKING LOT. THE LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION AWARDS CENTER, OCTOBER 15TH. THAT'S DOWNTOWN BAKERSFIELD AT THE DIGNITY HEALTH ARENA. AND THAT STARTS AT PRETTY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET A HEADCOUNT. THEY. THEY LIKE TO SELL THE TABLES A TABLE AT A TIME. AND SO IF, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, PLEASE LET THE CITY CLERK KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AND WE'LL GET A GOOD HEADCOUNT. SEPTEMBER 25TH IS. WE'LL START OUR DIAL A RIDE SERVICE TO THE KERN COUNTY FAIR. AND AS A SPECIAL EVENT, AS WE DO EVERY YEAR, UTILITY BILLING. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU RECEIVED COMMENTS FROM CONSTITUENTS OR IF YOU NOTICED YOUR UTILITY BILL THIS MONTH FOR SOME REASON THAT WE CAN'T FORENSICALLY DETERMINE. PART OF THE BILL WAS PAID AHEAD AND PART OF THE BILL WAS PAID IN ARREARS. NOW IT'S ALL PAID IN ARREARS. SO THERE WAS LIKE A. THE WATER PORTION WAS SHIFTED FROM. FROM AHEAD TO A REAR. SO EVERYBODY GOT A SHORT BILL THIS MONTH. THERE'S NO MORE MONEY OWED. THEY HAD ALREADY JUST PREPAID THAT THE PREVIOUS MONTH. NOW IT'LL ALWAYS BE PAID IN ARREARS. ALL THREE. YES. SCOTT, NAILED IT. BUT JUST REALLY TO. WE HAVE 02,800 RESIDENTS IN WASCO WHERE THEIR BILL'S ON A DIFFERENT CYCLE THAN THE REST OF WASCO. AND THERE WAS NO OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY OF WHY WE WERE HAVING TWO DIFFERENT CYCLES. AND SO YES, IT WAS THE. I HAVE IT AS THE WATER HAS ALWAYS BEEN PAID AFTER THE FACT IN ARREARS. AND SEWER AND REFUSE FOR THOSE 2,800 CUSTOMERS WERE BEING PAID IN ADVANCE. AND THERE WAS NO REASON FOR THAT. SO WE CHANGED THEIR BILLING. SO IT'S IN ARREARS LIKE THE REST OF THE RESIDENTS OF WASCO. NOW, THIS ONE BILL APPEARED A LITTLE BIT LOWER FOR THEM THIS ONE MONTH, AND THEN THEY'LL BE BACK ON CYCLE. NO MONEY, NO EXTRA MONEY WAS OWED, AND NO MONEY WAS, LIKE, FORGIVEN. SO IT WILL NOW THEY'RE ALL ON THE SAME CYCLE, AND IT MAKES OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY A LOT CLEANER IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. MS. BLAKEMORE. MY. MY BILL ONLY SHOWED ONE OF THE BILLINGS. THE TWO OTHERS WERE NOT THERE. YEP. IS THAT WHY? EXACTLY. NOW, IF IT WAS THE OTHER WAY AROUND, WHERE WE HAD TO CHARGE YOU MORE, IF THERE HAD BEEN DIFFERENT COMMUNICATIONS OF THAT ONE BILL, WE CREATED LIKE A CHEAT SHEET FOR THE CASHIERS AS EITHER. SOME PEOPLE JUST DIDN'T REALLY CARE. THEY'RE LIKE, MY BOTTLE, MY BILL'S LOWER. I'LL JUST PAY IT. BUT THE COMMUNITY THAT COMES IN TO PAY THEIR BILLS, THEY. THEY ASK THAT SAME QUESTION. WE WALKED THEM THROUGH. WE HAD A LITTLE CHART, BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH, TO GO OVER HOW THEIR BILL LOOKED AND HOW IT'S GOING TO LOOK NEXT MONTH, WHICH WILL BE REFLECTIVE OF HOW IT LOOKED TWO CYCLES AGO. AND JUST. IT JUST MAKES IT A LOT MORE EFFICIENT IN OUR DEPARTMENT TO HAVE EVERYBODY ON THE SAME BILLING CYCLE IN ARREARS, BECAUSE WHEN YOU DO IT IN ADVANCE, THEN THERE'S A TRUE UP THAT HAS TO HAPPEN AFTER THAT. OKAY, SO FOR THOSE OF US THAT WE DIDN'T GET TWO BILLINGS ON OUR BILL, WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT. NOPE. JUST BE HAPPY FOR THAT ONE LOWER BILL THAT ONE TIME. WELL, I ALWAYS PAY EXTRA MONEY [01:40:01] BECAUSE I NEVER KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT, LIKE MY WATER USAGE OR THE REFUSE, YOU KNOW, MIGHT BE DIFFERENT. AND SO I'VE ALWAYS PAID EXTRA. AND SO USUALLY IT WOULD SHOW US A CREDIT AT THE BOTTOM THAT GOES TO THE NEXT MONTH, AND IT ALWAYS DOES THAT. SO WE'RE JUST INCREASING OUR EFFICIENCY AND MAKING EVERYBODY ON THE SAME CYCLE. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. I'M GLAD YOU GUYS BROUGHT THAT UP, BECAUSE I DID HAVE A COUPLE COMMENTS, AND IT WAS ON THE LOWER END, SO THEY WEREN'T WORRIED ABOUT IT. RIGHT, RIGHT. AND WHEN IT'S LOWER, NOBODY'S GONNA COME SAYING, HEY, WHY IS MY BILL LOWER? IT'S THE OTHER WAY AROUND. BUT I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT. THAT'S WHY. SO THEN NEXT MONTH, IT'S JUST GONNA GO BACK TO NORMAL? IT'S GONNA GO BACK TO NORMAL. YEAH. OKAY. WE OPERATE ON AN ACCRUAL BASIS OF ACCOUNTING, TOO, SO WE ALWAYS CAPTURE WHAT WE NEED TO ACCRUE AT FISCAL YEAR END, JUNE 30TH. SO THAT MAKES EVERYTHING CLEANER. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT? SO IF YOU GET STOPPED ON THE STREET NOW, YOU'RE GONNA KNOW THE ANSWER. THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS STARTED A NEW ROUNDTABLE EVENT, WHICH WAS. TONIGHT WAS THE FIRST MEETING. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY SET IT FOR THE THIRD MEETING, THIRD TUESDAY OF THE MONTH. AND SO, IT COMES RIGHT BEFORE THIS MEETING STARTS, WHICH MIGHT MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO ATTEND. THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THEM MAYBE SHIFTING THAT A LITTLE BIT TO NOT CONFLICT WITH THE COUNCIL MEETINGS, BUT WE WILL UPDATE EVERYONE IF THAT HAPPENS. AND SO THERE WAS STILL SOME DISCUSSION GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE RECREATION AND PARKS DISTRICT ABOUT A JOINT MEETING. THERE WAS SUGGESTION THAT MAYBE WITH THE COUNCIL'S CONCURRENCE OR NOT AN OBJECTION, WE WOULD SET THAT UP AS A PRESENTATION RATHER THAN A FULL FORMAL JOINT MEETING. AND WE COULD HAVE THEM, WHOEVER CAN FIND A WAY TO ATTEND, TO COME AND DO A PRESENTATION ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING. AND THEY. YOU ALL COULD ASK QUESTIONS AND HAVE AN EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION IN A PRESENTATION FORMAT RATHER THAN GOING TO THE SEEMINGLY TOO COMPLEX TASK OF GETTING A TRUE JOINT MEETING TOGETHER. SO IF THAT SEEMS REASONABLE, AT LEAST AS A FIRST STEP, WE WOULD KIND OF WORK IN THAT DIRECTION. AND IF WE DECIDE THERE'S STILL MORE INFORMATION THAT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED, WE CAN TRY AGAIN FOR A JOINT MEETING. SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. I SEE MOSTLY HEADS NODDING, SO WE'LL GO THAT DIRECTION AND GO FROM THERE. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON MY LIST. IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE, HAPPY TO ATTEMPT. OKAY. SO, I WANTED TO ASK, AND NORMALLY I LEAVE THIS ON THE PORTION WHERE I GET TO SPEAK, BUT I'M GOING TO USE YOUR PERIOD AND. OKAY. I'VE BEEN WONDERING, WHAT IS OUR CURRENT HOMELESS COUNT AND WHAT IS THE CURRENT SITUATION WITH OUR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS? HOW MANY HAVE BEEN ABLE. HAVE WE BEEN ABLE TO HELP? AND HOW ARE WE PREPARING FOR A POSSIBLE INFLUX OF MORE HOMELESS PEOPLE? AND SO WHAT I WANTED TO ASK STAFF IS IF WE COULD GET ANOTHER REPORT ON HOMELESS. AND WHEN I SAID POSSIBLE INFLUX, WE KNOW THAT. WHAT IS IT? THE OLYMPICS ARE COMING DOWN SOUTH AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE, NO DOUBT, YOU KNOW, GETTING RID OF THEIR HOMELESS, MAYBE PUTTING THEM ON A TRAIN. SO WE NEED TO POSSIBLY BE PREPARED FOR THAT. OKAY. ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE HIGH CRY, WHICH I ATTENDED, AND IT WAS FUN. I THINK THAT WE HAD. I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT NUMBER, BUT I THINK IT WAS OVER 40 PEOPLE. IS THAT CORRECT, MR. MEDINA? YEAH, MAYBE EVEN 50 OCCURRED DURING THE RIDE. IS ONE OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS CAME AND SHE WAS TALKING, NOT TO ME, BUT TO SOMEBODY ELSE. BUT THIS PERSON RELATED TO ME WHAT THE OFFICER HAD SAID, AND THAT WAS THAT THEY WERE GETTING A LOT OF PHONE CALLS, OKAY, SAYING THAT WE'RE OUT THERE AND THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE BLOCKING THE STREET. OKAY, THAT. AND SO HER ASK WAS THAT WE ALL RIDE ON THE BIKE LANE. OKAY? SO IF YOU CAN IMAGINE 40, 50 PEOPLE RIDING A SINGLE FILE ON A BIPLANE WOULD PROBABLY MAKE IT DIFFICULT WHEN IT COMES TO CROSSING STREETS AND ALL THAT. SO I WANTED TO GET POSSIBLY FROM BOTH THE CITY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, SOME KIND OF [01:45:02] A DIRECTION THAT CAN BE USED THAT WE CAN USE WHEN HAVING THESE BIKE RIDES TO MAKE THEM EFFICIENT AND NOT INCONVENIENCE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, IN THEIR CARS. SO I DID SPEAK TO THE ORGANIZERS AND I SAID I WOULD BRING IT UP. AND SO IF WE COULD TALK IN A FUTURE MEETING AND MAYBE WE CAN INVITE ANA AND WHAT IS HIS NAME? HERMAN. HERMAN. TO COME HERE AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DISCUSS THIS. WE WANT TO MAKE IT SO, SO THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS FUND RIDES. BUT WE ALSO WANT TO BE SAFE OUT THERE AND IF WE CAN HELP IT, NOT INCONVENIENCE THOSE THAT ARE IN CARS. AND MAYBE WE COULD HAVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SORT OF LIKE AN ESCORT, LIKE WE DID ON THE ORIGINAL RIDE. WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT THIS TIME. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO CONSIDER AGAIN, THIS IS UP FOR DISCUSSION. SO IF WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT, AGENDIZE IT FOR A FUTURE DISCUSSION. OKAY. THAT'S IT FOR ME. YES. YEAH. OVER HERE. SORRY. YEAH. WE MOVE ON ITEM 17. MR. RAND JUST SPOKE HIS PART. MR. MEDINA, I HAVE NOTHING. HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT. MARTINEZ. I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT. I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT MYSELF. NOW MOVING ON TO ITEM 18. THIS EVENING WE HAVE CLOSED SESSION ITEMS 19A AND 19E. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? SEEING NONE. MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY REMOTE COMMENTS? MAYOR, WE HAVE NO REMOTE COMMENTS. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW ENTER CLOSE. WE WILL NOW ENTER CLOSE SESSION AND RETURN TO REPORT OUT. IT IS 7:48. [19) CLOSED SESSION] WE TAKE THE RECESS. THAT WAS EASY. WE'RE GOOD? ALL RIGHT, IT'S 8:29, THIS MEETING'S ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.