Jun 03, 2025 City Council

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REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL . COULD I GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE?

[4:30 P.M. - CLOSED SESSION - ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING]

HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI.

HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT. HERE. MAYOR. PRESENT.

LET'S SEE. DO WE HAVE ANY BLUE FOLDER ITEMS FOR CLOSED SESSION? NONE FOR CLOSED SESSION. OKAY. THERE'S NOBODY IN THE AUDIENCE.

ANYBODY ONLINE FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS AND NON AGENDA ITEMS. I DO SEE ONE ATTENDEE ON ZOOM, BUT WITH NO HAND RAISED.

AND THERE ARE NO ECOMMENTS FOR CLOSED SESSION.

OKAY. BEFORE WE RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION, WOULD YOU MIND READING OFF WHAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT? YOU GOT IT. AS AUTHORIZED BY THE GOVERNMENT CODE IS LISTED ON THE PUBLISHED AGENDA.

THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL BE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION, ITEMS F.1 AND F.3 ARE UNDER THE TITLE CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION. FOR ITEM F.1, THE NAME OF THE CASE IS JAMS ARBITRATION CASE REFERENCE NUMBER 5220006179 HARRY STUVER ET AL. VERSUS REDONDO BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CITY OF REDONDO BEACH.

ITEM F.3 THE NAME OF THE CASE IS GORNBEIN JENNIFER VERSUS CITY OF REDONDO BEACH AND DOES 1 TO 50 INCLUSIVE, CASE NUMBER 24TRCV03931. AND ITEM F.2 . CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED POTENTIAL LITIGATION.

THERE ARE TWO POTENTIAL CASES. THANK YOU. OKAY.

THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER WITZANSKY WHO WILL BE SPEAKING TO THESE.

YES, MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR ALL ITEMS. MYSELF AND CITY ATTORNEY JOY FORD FOR ITEMS F.1 AND F.3, WE WILL HAVE OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL JOSHUA DALE WITH US.

AND THEN FOR THE TWO POTENTIAL CASES UNDER F.2 IN ONE MATTER, WE WILL HAVE OUTSIDE COUNSEL JONATHAN KRAMER, ALONG WITH PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR ANDREW WINJE AND CITY ENGINEER LAWRENCE SABLAN, AND THEN WE WILL ALSO HAVE FOR THE OTHER MATTER W LEE SMITH, ALSO OUTSIDE COUNSEL. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO BEFORE WE RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION, JUST WANTED TO LET ANYBODY LISTENING OUT THERE THAT WE'LL GO INTO CLOSED SESSION, AND AT 5:30, WE'LL BREAK FOR CEREMONY OUT IN FRONT OF THE CIVIC CHAMBERS HERE ON THE PRIDE FLAG SO, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK IN HERE FOR OUR REGULAR MEETING.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO RECESS THE CLOSED SESSION.

SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY. MOTION TO SECOND. ALL FOR? AYE. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE WILL BE BACK ON THE AIR ON OR ABOUT 6 P.M..

ORDER RECONVENING TO OPEN SESSION FROM CLOSED SESSION.

[A. CALL TO ORDER]

PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC.

HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT.

HERE. MAYOR LIGHT. HERE. THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER, DO WE HAVE ANY ANYTHING WE HAVE TO ANNOUNCE FROM THE CLOSED SESSION? NO FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS EVENING OTHER THAN WE HAD PREVIOUSLY STATED THAT W.

LEE SMITH WAS GOING TO JOIN US. ONE OF OUR OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL W.

LEE, DID NOT MAKE IT THIS EVENING. AND WE WERE ALSO JOINED FROM OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM BY JESSE REYES OUR CAPITAL PROJECT MANAGER.

SO THOSE ONE ADDITIONS THERE AND ONE SUBTRACTION.

OKAY. WITH THAT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN TO OUR REGULAR MEETING.

SO MOVED SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.

ALL FOR. AYE. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE OPEN SESSION.

REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL . COULD I HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE.

HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI.

HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT. HERE. MAYOR LIGHT.

HERE. IF WE HAVE ANY VETERANS OR ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY IN OUR AUDIENCE.

PLEASE STAND TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR SERVICE, PLEASE.[APPLAUSE] OKAY, AND NOW LET US ALL STAND FOR THE SALUTE TO THE FLAG.

AND PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

I'D LIKE TO CALL UP HARPER, WHO WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

SO, HARPER, THE FLOOR IS ALL YOURS. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS HARPER, AND I'M A FIFTH GRADER AT JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

MY FAVORITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL IS ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS.

I LIKE TO SWIM IN REDONDO BEACH. PLEASE PUT YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART AND JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

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

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

AND IF YOU COULD REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENT INVOCATION, I WOULD ASK YOU TO FIT IN A LITTLE BIT FOR THE FALLEN OFFICER FROM BALDWIN PARK.

OFFICER RIVERA.

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THANK YOU. COME ON UP AND WE'LL GET A PICTURE WITH YOU, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

AND WE WANT TO SHAKE YOUR HAND. GREAT JOB. GREAT JOB.

LOVE THAT OUTDOOR VOICE AND THE SMILE. YEAH. GOOD JOB.

YOU'RE A FAST SWIMMER. OKAY. READY? THREE. TWO.

ONE. ONE MORE. THREE. TWO. ONE. DID YOU GET YOUR PICTURE, MOM? GET YOUR THE PICTURE.

HARPER. GOOD JOB. OKAY, NOW WE'LL GET TO

[D. PRESENTATIONS/PROCLAMATIONS/ANNOUNCEMENTS/ AB 1234 TRAVEL EXPENSE REPORTS]

IF YOU WERE OUTSIDE AT OUR CEREMONY, THIS IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A DUPLICATION, BUT IT DESERVES SAYING TWICE.

SO I'M GOING TO COME UP AND MAKE A PRESENTATION, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON WITH THE COUNCIL MEETING.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

OKAY. SARAH, DO YOU WANT TO COME ON UP? AND. FRANK.

OKAY. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. TODAY, IF YOU WERE OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW THAT WE HAD PLANNED TO RAISE THE PRIDE FLAG IN HONOR OF THE BEGINNING OF PRIDE MONTH. HOWEVER, THIS PAST SATURDAY, A BALDWIN PARK POLICE OFFICER, OFFICER RIVERA, WAS TRAGICALLY KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.

OUT OF RESPECT FOR OFFICER RIVERA'S AND ALL FALLEN OFFICERS, WE ARE FLYING ONLY THE US FLAG AT HALF STAFF UNTIL THE OFFICER IS LAID TO REST.

TO CONTINUE HONORING PRIDE MONTH, WE HAVE ARRANGED A MODIFIED DISPLAY IN OUR COUNCIL CHAMBERS LOBBY.

HOPEFULLY YOU SAW THAT ON YOUR WAY IN, AND AS SOON AS IT IS APPROPRIATE, WE WILL RAISE THAT FLAG BENEATH THE UNITED STATES FLAG AT CITY HALL.

I THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORT.

AS MAYOR OF REDONDO BEACH IT IS MY HONOR TO STAND WITH YOU TONIGHT AS WE OFFICIALLY PROCLAIM JUNE 2025 AS PRIDE MONTH IN OUR CITY.

I'VE GOT SARAH, BETTY LEINEN UP HERE. WHO'S THE PRESIDENT OF SOUTH BAY LGBT, Q PLUS, AND FRANK HANSELL, WHO'S THE PRESIDENT OF PFLAG. MANHATTAN BEACH AND SOUTH SOUTH BAY.

TO BE WITH ME UP HERE. PRIDE MONTH IS A TIME TO CELEBRATE THE COURAGE, STRENGTH, AND RESILIENCE OF OUR LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR FRIENDS, OUR FAMILY MEMBERS AND LEADERS WHO MAKE REDONDO A MORE VIBRANT, INCLUSIVE, AND COMPASSIONATE PLACE. REDONDO BEACH IS A COMMUNITY THAT BELIEVES IN DIGNITY AND THE WORTH OF EVERY PERSON.

TODAY AND EVERY DAY, WE REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUITY, JUSTICE, AND THE RIGHT TO LIVE AND LOVE FREELY.

PRIDE IS ROOTED IN BOTH CELEBRATION AND REMEMBRANCE.

IT HONORS THE PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE AND THE WORK THAT REMAINS TO BE DONE, TO ENSURE FULL EQUALITY FOR ALL.

WE CARRY FORWARD THE LEGACY OF THOSE WHO PAVED THE WAY FOR CHANGE.

IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO PRESENT THIS CERTIFICATE OF PROCLAMATION TO SOUTH BAY LGBTQ PLUS AND PFLAG.

MANHATTAN BEACH SOUTH BAY GROUPS WHOSE WORK EMBODIES THIS SPIRIT OF PRIDE.

LET THIS MONTH REMIND US THAT LOVE IS LOVE AND THAT WE ALL THRIVE WHEN EVERYONE IS SEEN, HEARD, AND VALUED. PRIDE IS NOT JUST A MOMENT, IT'S A MOVEMENT.

SARAH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? SURE.

OH, I CAN'T HOLD ALL THESE THINGS. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS SARAH BETTY LEINEN, A PROUD RESIDENT OF REDONDO BEACH AND PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTH BAY LGBTQ CENTER.

TODAY'S PRIDE PROCLAMATION IS MORE THAN SYMBOLIC.

IT'S A PUBLIC COMMITMENT TO INCLUSION, SAFETY, AND VISIBILITY AT A TIME WHEN LGBTQIA+ RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK IN CITIES AND STATES ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. PROCLAMATIONS LIKE THIS SEND A POWERFUL MESSAGE IN REDONDO BEACH YOU ARE SEEN. YOU ARE VALUED AND YOU BELONG. A PRIDE PROCLAMATION DOESN'T SOLVE EVERY CHALLENGE, BUT IT DOES CREATE SPACE.

SPACE FOR LGBTQ PLUS PEOPLE TO FEEL SAFE. SPACE FOR ALLIES TO STEP UP, AND SPACE FOR COMMUNITIES TO GROW

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LANGUAGE MATTERS. LEADERSHIP MATTERS. AND TODAY, REDONDO BEACH CHOOSES TO LEAD WITH PRIDE.

THANK YOU FOR STANDING WITH US AND HAPPY PRIDE.

WELL SAID. THANK. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD MY WORDS OF APPRECIATION AS WELL TO MAYOR LIGHT AND OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR ISSUING THIS PROCLAMATION.

AND ON BEHALF OF THE FAMILIES THAT WE SUPPORT THROUGH PFLAG.

THANK YOU FOR THIS ACT. WE LOOK FORWARD TO A FUTURE WHERE EVERY PERSON IS SAFE, CELEBRATED AND LOVED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. WELL SAID.

SO AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE RESIDENTS OF REDONDO BEACH, I PROCLAIM THIS PRIDE MONTH.

YEAH. THERE WE GO. THREE. TWO. ONE. THREE. TWO.

ONE. GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

HAPPY PRIDE. PRIDE. GOOD JOB. MAYOR.

OKAY, NOW WE'LL GET TO PRESENTATION. WELL, WE DID OUR PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS.

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND AB. ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR TRAVEL EXPENSE REPORTS.

AND I'LL OPEN UP. SEVERAL THINGS HAVE HAPPENED SINCE WE LAST MET.

I DID ATTEND, AS DID OUR MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS.

VALOR. A MEDAL OF VALOR LUNCHEON TO HONOR SEVERAL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.

IT WAS HEADED UP. THE MC WAS CAPTAIN SPRINGLE IN THE BACK THERE WHO GAVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT.

WE NOTICED THAT FROM THE PODIUM BUT I WANTED TO GO THROUGH THE OFFICERS WHO GOT AWARDS.

WE HAD OFFICER VIA PADUA, WHO GOT THE LIFE SAVING AWARD FOR A MAN DOWN CALL WHERE HE GAVE CPR AND IS CREDITED WITH SAVING THE LIFE OF OF THAT RESIDENT. WE HAD OFFICERS GONZALEZ, LICHTMAN AND PATEL WHO RESPONDED TO AN ACTIVE SHOOTER AT A HOTEL AND FOUND A MAN DOWN, AND THEY THEY THEY ARRANGED TO BEFORE THEY KNEW WHERE THE SHOOTER WAS TO, TO SAFELY GO IN AND EXTRACT THE THE VICTIM. WHILE MAKING SURE THE FELLOW OFFICERS WERE SAFE AND, AND WERE CREDITED WITH OFFERING THE FIRST ASSISTANCE THAT THAT CURTAILED BLOOD FLOW AND HELPED SAVE THAT PERSON'S LIFE.

AND THEY GOT THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD.

AND FINALLY THE MEDAL OF VALOR WENT TO BOAT SPECIALIST GODINEZ AND BOAT CAPTAIN SMITH, WHO RESPONDED TO A CAPSIZED BOAT IN A GALE AND SAVED SEVERAL FAMILY MEMBERS WHO WERE CLINGING TO THE BOAT WITHOUT ANY FLOTATION DEVICES ON.

SO WE WE WERE ONLY SECOND TO HAWTHORN, WHO HAD SEVEN OFFICERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS RECOGNIZED.

AND I THINK THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE QUALITY AND THE DEDICATION OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.

SO I WANT TO THANK THEM ALL. I ALSO HAD THE HONOR OF DOING A MINI STATE OF THE CITY TO SEVERAL REDONDO UNION HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN AND THE QUESTIONS THEY ASKED, SO I APPRECIATED THAT OPPORTUNITY.

SEVERAL OF US ATTENDED THE MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATION, WHICH WAS ANOTHER GREAT CELEBRATION IN REDONDO, AND I WANT TO THANK ALL THE FOLKS WHO BROUGHT THAT TOGETHER AND ESPECIALLY TOM LASSER, WHO DOES THAT FOR US EVERY YEAR.

I WORK WITH SOUTH BAY PARKLAND CONSERVANCY LAST WEEK ON THE BLUFF GARDEN CLEANUP.

IF YOU WALK THE ESPLANADE AND COMING UP I AM GOING TO BE HOLDING MEETINGS ON THE UPCOMING FIFA COMPETITIONS COMING UP IN LA NEXT YEAR, AND WHAT REDONDO CAN DO TO MONETIZE THAT AND SET UP SOME WATCH PARTIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR OUR OUR RESIDENTS.

AND ALSO SAME WITH WHAT OUR RESPONSES TO THE OLYMPICS.

SO THAT'LL BE COMING UP IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

AND THAT'S IT FROM ME. COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER.

IN ADDITION TO THE EVENTS THAT MAYOR LIGHT MENTIONED IN JUST IN THE LAST WEEK TAINTED COFFEE WITH A COP.

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THAT WAS AT MICHAEL'S UP ON ARTESIA BOULEVARD.

ATTENDED THE RETIREMENT EVENT WHERE THEY HONORED A NUMBER OF RETIREES, INCLUDING ONE WHO HAD BEEN THE CITY FOR, I BELIEVE, 42 YEARS. WENT TO THE STUDENTS OF THE YEAR LUNCHEON, GOT TO HEAR MANY INSPIRATIONAL STORIES ABOUT STUDENTS, YOUNG AND OLD. I WOULD SAY AND THEN WENT TO THE BEACH CITIES HEALTH DISTRICT STUDENT LED WELLNESS AND LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE AT BEACH CITIES HEALTH DISTRICT. IT WAS HAD TWO ADULT SPEAKERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE WAS DONE BY STUDENTS AT THAT EVENT.

THE CRANE THAT I'VE GOT THERE WAS A GIFT TO ME BY ONE OF THE REDONDO STUDENT ATTENDEES, AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT HE WAS HIS SORT OF SPECIAL SKILL THAT HE HAD THERE.

AND THEN OVER THE WEEKEND, BICYCLE BLOCK PARTY AT UPWEY UP ON ARTESIA BOULEVARD HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE, BIKES, EBIKES. I THINK THAT'S A NICE, GOOD ADDITION TO OUR CITY AS WELL.

UPWEY IS GOING TO BE, I THINK, A GOOD ADDITION TO REDONDO BEACH BUSINESSES.

AND THEN FINISHED THAT OFF WITH A RIBBON CUTTING AT THE ART DEPARTMENT ON 1/82.

THEY'VE ALSO BEEN IN THE CITY FOR 40 SOMETHING YEARS, BUT THEY JUST JOINED THE CHAMBER AND GOT THEIR THE RIBBON CUTTING.

AND I HAVE A CERTIFICATE THAT WE WERE GIVEN. TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR FROM THE SOUTH BAY BICYCLE COALITION AND SOUTH BAY. FORWARD FOR ATTENDING THAT EVENT.

AND THEN MOVING FORWARD KEEP THE ESPLANADE. BEAUTIFUL.

WE'LL BE HAVING THEIR MONTHLY SWEEP SATURDAY MORNING ON ESPLANADE BETWEEN OR AT AVENUE I, BETWEEN 9 AND 10 A.M..

AND THE RIVIERA VILLAGE SUMMER FESTIVAL IS COMING UP JUNE 27TH THROUGH 29TH.

SO KEEP BOTH OF THOSE IN YOUR CALENDAR. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. IN ADDITION TO THE MEDAL OF VALOR LUNCHEON, AS WELL AS THE MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATION AT VETERANS PARK LAST WEEK, I HELD A JOINT DISTRICT TWO AND DISTRICT THREE COMMUNITY MEETING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC AND SPOKE WITH MANY OF THE RESIDENTS OF.2 AND THREE, BUT ALSO MEMBERS OF OTHER DISTRICTS AROUND THE CITY.

SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA IF YOU CAN'T MAKE YOUR THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS WHERE YOU LIVE.

IT'S GOOD TO GO VISIT OTHER DISTRICTS TO HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH OVERLAP IN THOSE MEETINGS GOING FORWARD.

NEXT ON THE 14TH, COMING UP THE LIBRARY IS ACTUALLY KICKING OFF ITS SUMMER READING PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS.

AND AS PART OF THAT CELEBRATION, THE CITY IS GOING TO BE CELEBRATING JUNETEENTH ON THAT SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

AND ALSO, I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO BE CELEBRATING THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MAIN BRANCH LIBRARY.

ORIGINALLY WE WERE GOING TO DO A 25TH YEAR CELEBRATION, BUT THAT HAPPENED DURING 2020.

SO NOW WE'LL CELEBRATE THE 30TH AS WELL ON THAT DAY.

AND THAT'S WHAT I HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC. I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR VERY ENGAGED MAYOR AND NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS.

YOU COVERED JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING ON MY LIST.

SO NICE TO SEE YOU THERE. AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.

WE HAD WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY'S FAMILY NIGHT. THEY CAME OUT AND WITH THEIR BIG SHINY TRUCK, AND EVERYONE LIKES TO SEE THEM. SO THANK YOU.

YOU GUYS SHOWING UP. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. ALL RIGHT, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER BRAD WALLER, BECAUSE I COULDN'T GO TO THE SOUTH BAY COG MEETING LAST WEEK, AND HE'S ONE OF THE ALTERNATES. AND HE ATTENDED IN MY STEAD, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

ALSO, I DIDN'T I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE LEAVING TOWN THIS WEEKEND. SO HE ATTENDED THE THE UP WAVE BICYCLE BLOCK PARTY IN MY STEAD.

BUT THEN I ENDED UP STAYING IN TOWN BECAUSE THE WEATHER WAS LAST BEAUTIFUL HERE. AND SO WE WERE JOINED THERE AND UP.

WAVE IS REALLY COOL. IF YOU ARE IN THE MARKET FOR AN E-BIKE OR ESPECIALLY FOR A KID.

THEY SELL USED E-BIKES, THEY REFURBISH BIKES.

YOU CAN SELL THEM YOUR OLD BIKE THEY REFURBISH THEM, THEN THEY THEY SELL THEM WITH A WARRANTY.

AND I'VE NOTICED IF YOU LOOK AT BRAND NEW BIKES ARE ABOUT 40% CHEAPER BUYING THEM FROM THEM, AND THEY'RE HERE IN NORTH REDONDO, SO THAT'S PRETTY AWESOME.

IS THAT A PAID COMMERCIAL ANNOUNCEMENT? WELL, THEY'RE THEY'RE THEY'RE DOWN TO BUSINESS, RIGHT? AND THEY JUST HAD THIS HUGE EVENT AND THEY'RE PROMOTING BICYCLE RIDING IN THE CITY.

SO I DIDN'T WANT TO PROMOTE THEM. IT SEEMED LIKE A NOVEL CONCEPT.

ALL RIGHT. AND WANT TO THANK OUR CITY MANAGER, BECAUSE COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT HAS BEEN INITIATING MEETINGS WITH EVERY DEPARTMENT HEAD IN THE CITY. REGARDING THE BUDGET. AND YOU MIGHT THINK THAT'S WHATEVER.

THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. BUT IN OTHER CITIES, I'VE HEARD OF CITY MANAGERS NOT ALLOWING CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO TALK DIRECTLY WITH STAFF

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SO I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR CITY MANAGER FOR HIS POLICY OF OPEN HIS OPEN DOOR POLICY THAT HE'S HAD ALLOWING US TO TO TALK WITH EVERY ONE OF THE DIRECTORS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY, THEY'VE NEEDED AND WHAT THEY'VE ASKED FOR IN THE BUDGET.

ALSO THANK THE DIRECTORS FOR MEETING WITH US AND THANK COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT FOR INITIATING ALL THOSE MEETINGS.

MY COMMUNITY MEETING WILL BE ON JUNE 5TH, THIS THURSDAY AT 6 P.M.

AT PERRY PARK SENIOR CENTER. THAT'S IT. OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT . THANK YOU. MAYOR. I DID WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE SPRING 2025, REGION 17, AYSO 12 AND UNDER, GIRLS SOCCER TEAM. PURPLE POTATOES WON IT ALL IN A VERY DIFFICULT MATCH THIS PAST WEEKEND. AND I DO BELIEVE IT'S IN LARGE PART TO ONE OF THEIR COACHES.

COUNCIL MEMBER PAIGE KALUDEROVIC. THANK YOU. I WILL TAKE ALL OF THIS APPLAUSE BACK TO THE TEAM AND THE HEAD COACH. I WAS THERE FOR MORAL SUPPORT, BUT IT WAS IT WAS A GREAT GAME AND WELL DONE, POTATOES AND CONGRATULATIONS TO MARY.

I KNOW SHE HAD A BREAKOUT GAME AND HELPED TURN THE TIDE.

SO WELL DONE. I'M GOING TO MAKE HER WATCH THIS. SHE'S GOING TO BE SO EMBARRASSED. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MA'AM. OKAY. THAT'S IT.

OKAY. WE'RE JUMPING. IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING ON THE AGENDA, WE'RE GOING TO JUMP DOWN TO ITEM E APPROVING THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA.

[E. APPROVE ORDER OF AGENDA]

CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA? MOVE TO APPROVE THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA. SECOND.

OKAY. ALL FOR. AYE. OKAY. MOTION PASSES. LET'S SEE IF YOU GO TO ITEM F.

THAT IS A CANCELED MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY FINANCING AUTHORITY.

SO WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO G. BLUE FOLDER ITEMS.

[G. BLUE FOLDER ITEMS - ADDITIONAL BACK UP MATERIALS]

WE HAVE 87 AGREEMENT WITH DUKES ROUTE CONTROL, PUBLIC COMMUNICATION L1, WHICH IS THE PUBLIC HEARING RELATED TO THE STREET LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ASSESSMENT.

YOU HAVE PROP 218 REQUIREMENTS L3 REGARDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2025, 2026 PROPOSED BUDGET AND FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS, AND TWO PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO RULES ONE ONE, ONE ONE AND 1121 OF THE SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT'S DRAFT LETTER. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU.

CAN I GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE? SO MOVED.

SECOND. OKAY. ALL FOR A OKAY. JUMPING DOWN TO ITEM H CONSENT CALENDAR.

[H. CONSENT CALENDAR]

SO DOES ANYONE WANT TO PULL ANY OF THE ITEMS TONIGHT? OKAY. I SEE NO ONE. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR.

SECOND. OKAY, BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE, WE WILL OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK TO ANY OF THESE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS. I DO HAVE A CARD FROM MARK NELSON ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 87.

IS MARK HERE? I KNOW I SAW HIM SIGN FOR CHANGE.

GOOD EVENING. SO AS A YOUNG CHEMICAL ENGINEER, SORT OF LIKE OUR FORMER MAYOR, AND I DO MISS BILL.

I MADE TOILET PAPER, AND WE MADE IT INDESTRUCTIBLE SO THAT IT WOULD GO DOWN YOUR SEWERS, HANG UP ON YOUR ROOTS, AND NEVER BE ABLE TO MAKE IT THROUGH. SO I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU FILM, YOU KNOW, FOR FOR KILLING ROOTS.

AND ACTUALLY, WE HAD NO INTENTION OF MAKING, YOU KNOW, 14 GENERATION TOILET PAPER, BUT JUST HOW IT KIND OF KIND OF TURNED OUT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WANTED. BUT LATER I FOUND OUT THAT THE FOAMING ITSELF CAUSES PROBLEMS AROUND IT, AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY YOUR FOAM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW, THE NEW GENERATION OF FOAM IS BUT I KNOW THAT PREVIOUSLY WHEN IT WAS DONE, IT LEAKED OUT OF THE PIPES BECAUSE OF COURSE, IT HUNG UP THE PLUGS.

AND THE ONLY REASON ROOTS COME IN IS BECAUSE THERE'S HOLES.

I MEAN, THAT PART IS SIMPLE ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND.

SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE YOUR VENDOR TO USE THE LEAST TOXIC, LEAST OFTEN, YOU KNOW, FOAMING THAT THEY CAN DO. PLUS IT'S CHEAPER, RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT'S LET'S BE SERIOUS. THE LESS IT USE PEOPLE AT HOME IN ORDER TO AVOID HAVING THEIR SEWER DUG UP.

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SO I REALIZE THIS IS COMMERCIAL. I MEAN, I DON'T I DON'T OBJECT TO THE CONTRACT, BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE THEM TO USE A PRACTICE THAT WOULD BE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS ANYTHING ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR? ANYBODY ONLINE? I HAVE NONE, AND I HAVE NO COMMENTS.

OKAY. SO WITH THAT, I WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE.

ALL FOR ANYBODY OPPOSED? I VOTE UNANIMOUS. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU HAVE TO READ? YEAH. JUST ONE. H9. ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY. RESOLUTION NUMBER CC 2506 031.

A RESOLUTION OF CITY COUNCIL CITY, REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA AWARDING A PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACT TO SCL CONSTRUCTION.

CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTORS, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION, IN THE AMOUNT OF 151,000 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF KINGSDALE AVENUE, RESURFACING BETWEEN GRANT AVENUE AND 22ND STREET.

PROJECT JOB NUMBER 40880. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU.

SO THAT TAKES US TO ITEM I. WE DID NOT EXCLUDE ANY CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS. SO WE'LL BE JUMPING TO ITEM J. THIS IS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS.

[J. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS]

FOR ACTION. THIS SECTION IS LIMITED TO 30 MINUTES.

EACH SPEAKER WILL BE AFFORDED THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL, AND EACH SPEAKER WILL BE PERMITTED TO SPEAK ONLY ONCE AND WILL TAKE WRITTEN REQUESTS FIRST. SO THE FIRST ONE I HAVE IS MIKE SHIELDS, AND THEN THE SECOND IS JIM MUELLER.

HOW ARE WE DOING? IS THAT DRAMATIC ENOUGH? ANYWAY.

ALL RIGHT. I SENT YOU ALL AN EMAIL RECENTLY. I'M GOING TO READ IT INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD RIGHT NOW.

DEAR HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE REDONDO BEACH CITY COUNCIL , I HOPE THIS FINDS YOU WELL.

AND I WROTE TO PROPOSE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN OFFICE OF FILM COMMISSIONER FOR REDONDO BEACH.

AND TO RESPECTFULLY OFFER MY CANDIDACY FOR THIS POSITION.

REDONDO BEACH POSSESSES WHAT COUNTLESS PRODUCTION COMPANIES SEEK STUNNING COASTAL VIEWS, PICTURESQUE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND AUTHENTIC SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHARM. YET WE CONSISTENTLY WATCH AS NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY HERMOSA AND MANHATTAN CAPITALIZE ON THE LUCRATIVE FILM INDUSTRY WHILE OUR OWN ECONOMIC POTENTIAL REMAINS UNTAPPED.

THE LA FILM INDUSTRY GENERATES OVER 30 BILLION ANNUALLY, AND REDONDO BEACH DESERVES ITS SHARE OF THIS ECONOMIC WINDFALL.

WITHOUT A DEDICATED FILM COMMISSIONER, REDONDO BEACH LACKS A STREAMLINED PERMITTING PROCESS THAT ENCOURAGES PRODUCTIONS RATHER THAN DETERRING THEM.

PROACTIVE OUTREACH TO STUDIOS AND PRODUCTION COMPANIES.

A UNIFIED VISION FOR BALANCING FILM ACTIVITY WITH COMMUNITY NEEDS.

A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH LOCAL REGULATIONS.

THIS VACANCY COST OUR COMMUNITY THOUSANDS IN POTENTIAL REVENUE EACH MONTH AND COUNTLESS MISSED OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL BUSINESS STIMULUS.

I'VE GOT A MINUTE AND A HALF LEFT. WE'RE DOING GOOD. ALL RIGHT. ESTABLISHING THIS OFFICE WILL GENERATE SIGNIFICANT NEW REVENUE THROUGH PERMITTING FEES.

CREATE ECONOMIC RIPPLE EFFECTS FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES, HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, RETAIL, ETC..

PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS.

SHOWCASE OUR COMMUNITY'S BEAUTY TO A GLOBAL AUDIENCE.

ESTABLISH REDONDO BEACH AS A FORWARD THINKING, BUSINESS FRIENDLY CITY.

AS A LONGTIME RESIDENT WITH DEEP CONNECTIONS TO BOTH OUR COMMUNITY AND THE FILM INDUSTRY, I BRING ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIPS WITH PRODUCTION COMPANIES AND STUDIOS, COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE PERMITTING AND LOCATION SCOUTING PROCESS, A COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING REDONDO BEACH CHARACTER WHILE MAINTAINING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.

EXPERIENCE BALANCING THE NEEDS OF PRODUCTION TEAMS WITH RESIDENT CONCERNS.

THE VISION TO POSITION REDONDO BEACH AS THE PREMIER FILMING DESTINATION IN THE SOUTH BAY.

HOW ARE WE ALL DOING? ALL RIGHT. THE OFFICE OF FILM COMMISSIONER CAN BE STRUCTURED TO GENERATE MORE REVENUE THAN IT COSTS THROUGH COMPETITIVE PERMITTING FEES. PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS WITH INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDERS, AND CREATION OF THE FILM FRIENDLY INFRASTRUCTURE THAT CONTINUOUSLY DRAWS NEW BUSINESS EVERY MONTH WITHOUT A FILM COMMISSION REPRESENTS LOST PERMIT REVENUE, MISSED ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES, PRODUCTION, CHOOSING NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES INSTEAD, AND DELAYS IN ESTABLISHING REDONDO BEACH AS A PREMIER FILMING LOCATION.

THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY IS ACTIVELY SEEKING NEW FILMING LOCATIONS AS PRODUCTION REBOUNDS.

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I RESPECTFULLY URGE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE OPP TO ESTABLISH THE OFFICE OF FILM COMMISSIONER IMMEDIATELY, AND TO CONSIDER MY APPOINTMENT TO THIS POSITION. I'M DONE.

APPRECIATE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. JIM MUELLER AND THEN DAVID ROSENFELD.

GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO SPEAK TO YOU.

AND THAT WAS A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW. I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE CITY'S NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.

SINCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC IN REDONDO BEACH, AND ESPECIALLY WHERE I LIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE, NORTH REDONDO, I'VE BEEN CURIOUS ABOUT THIS COMMITTEE.

WHO'S ON IT, WHAT THEY PLAN TO DO, AND WILL THERE BE PROGRESS REPORTS? I'VE GOTTEN A SMATTERING OF INFORMATION. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS TAKEN POTENTIAL INVESTORS ON TOURS OF LOCATIONS IN NORTH REDONDO.

I'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THOSE TOURS AND THEIR RESULTS.

I'M ALSO CURIOUS ABOUT WHETHER THE COMMITTEE, WHICH I UNDERSTAND HAS NO COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WILL BE MAKING A WIDE SCOPE NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF THE COMMUNITY SURROUNDING ARTESIA BOULEVARD.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE I'VE ALWAYS BEEN IMPRESSED BY THE SIZE AND NATURE OF THE CONSUMER MARKET SURROUNDING ARTESIA BOULEVARD, AND I FOUND IT CURIOUS THAT VERY FEW BUSINESSES THERE ON ARTESIA HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REALLY TAP INTO THAT MARKET.

PEOPLE I TALKED TO ABOUT THIS TELL ME THAT WHEN THEY WANT TO DO SERIOUS SHOPPING OR HANG OUT WITH A CROWD, THEY GO TO MANHATTAN BEACH, MANHATTAN VILLAGE, DEL AMO OR HERMOSA.

THEY DON'T GO TO ARTESIA BOULEVARD NOW, WHY IS THAT? WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT? DEVELOPING ARTESIA BOULEVARD ECONOMICALLY MAY BE EASIER IF THE FIRST THING DONE IS TO FIND OUT WHY PEOPLE DON'T SHOP THERE OR HANG OUT THERE, AND WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND HAVE AVAILABLE.

YOU KNOW, LIKE A GENERAL SURVEY. SOMETIMES IT SEEMS LIKE THE CITY GOVERNMENT IS JUST THINKING THAT THE A CAP AND A BIGGER FIRE ARE GOING TO WORK LIKE MAGIC.

IT MAY TAKE MAYBE TIME TO ASK MORE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT AND DO A RETHINK.

ONCE YOU KNOW WHAT PEOPLE WANT, THEN YOU CAN FOCUS ON GETTING THEM THAT WHICH NEED LEADS TO A SUCCESSFUL INVESTMENT, WHICH LEADS TO SUCCESSFUL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHICH LEADS TO MORE REVENUE FOR THE CITY'S COFFERS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DAVID ROSENFELD AND THEN RICK WILLIAM MCWILLIAM.

SORRY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL .

I'M DAVID ROSENFELD. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN REDONDO BEACH.

A PROUD GRADUATE OF ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

I CAME UP TO SPEAK WITH YOU TONIGHT NIGHT ABOUT YOUR DRAFT RETAIL CANNABIS ORDINANCE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN FOLLOWING VERY CLOSELY AS A REPRESENTATIVE FOR ONE OF THE APPLICANTS, WE WANT TO STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONTINUE ALL OF THE GOOD WORK THAT WAS DONE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS TO CRAFT A SAFE RETAIL CANNABIS ORDINANCE FOR THE CITIZENS OF REDONDO BEACH.

WHILE SEVERAL RESIDENTS HAVE VOICED STRONG OPPOSITION, WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY MORE RESIDENTS WHO ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING ACCESS TO A RETAIL DISPENSARY THAT IS CLOSE TO HOME.

MANY OF THOSE SUPPORTERS, INCLUDING MYSELF, VOTED AGAINST MEASURE E IN 2022 STRICTLY BECAUSE THAT MEASURE WAS PROMOTED BY AN OUTSIDER AND IT WAS NOT COMING FROM REDONDO BEACH.

AND I'VE HEARD MANY PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THIS DEBATE CITE THAT MEASURE AS REASONS THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE OPPOSED TO TO THIS, WHEN IN FACT, I THINK, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE VOTED AGAINST IT FOR, FOR FOR DIFFERENT REASONS, AS I STATED. SO FOR ANYONE LET'S SEE. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS, WE HAVE CIRCULATED A PETITION TO URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ITS RETAIL CANNABIS REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.

SO FAR, WE HAVE COLLECTED 182 SIGNATURES ON THE PETITION.

AND IF ALL THOSE PEOPLE WERE HERE TONIGHT, IT WOULD FILL THIS COUNCIL CHAMBERS ALMOST TWICE.

THERE'S ABOUT 100 SEATS IN THE CHAMBER. SO I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO IMAGINE IF ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WERE HERE TONIGHT, I THINK YOU WOULD BE A LOT MORE COMPELLED TO TAKE ACTION.

SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE BRINGING THIS PETITION FORWARD TO YOU.

AND I JUST WANT TO, WHILE I HAVE JUST A FEW MORE MINUTES ONE MORE MINUTE, JUST TO BRIEFLY READ THE PETITION, IT SAYS WE, THE UNDERSIGNED RESIDENTS, BUSINESS OWNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS OF REDONDO BEACH, RIGHT, TO EXPRESS OUR STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE CITY'S RETAIL CANNABIS ORDINANCE.

WE COMMEND THE CITY COUNCIL FOR TAKING A THOUGHTFUL AND MEASURED APPROACH TO REGULATING CANNABIS BUSINESSES, AND BELIEVE THAT FINALIZING THE ORDINANCE AND RELEASING THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL IS A CRITICAL STEP.

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AND THOSE INCLUDE NEW TAX REVENUE TO SUPPORT ESSENTIAL CITY SERVICES, WHICH ARE CRUCIAL TO OUR CITY JOB CREATION AND LOCAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES REGULATION AND OVERSIGHT THAT PROMOTE SAFETY AND COMPLIANCE AND A REDUCTION IN THE ILLICIT MARKET.

SO ONCE AGAIN, I REALLY DO WANT TO URGE YOU GUYS TO AT LEAST JUST BRING THE MATTER UP FOR A VOTE.

I THINK YOU OWE IT TO THE RESIDENTS AND TO THE LAST COUNCIL FOR ALL THE GOOD WORK THAT THEY DID, TO AT LEAST BRING IT FORWARD AND HAVE IT BE DISCUSSED.

IF IT'S GOING TO BE SHOT DOWN AND THEN HAVE IT BE DISCUSSED AT LEAST, AND HAVE THE PEOPLE GIVE YOUR INPUT AND THEN TAKE IT TO A VOTE.

SO I'D LIKE TO SUBMIT THE PETITION, PLEASE, FOR THE RECORD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL FOR A OKAY. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER WITZANSKY.

WE ARE. THAT IS SCHEDULED TO COME BACK TO US.

YEAH, IT'S GOING TO COME BACK IN JULY. AND THAT IT'S IT'S A SIMPLE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE, THE THE AUTHORIZATION TO RELEASE THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.

OKAY. RICHARD MCQUILLEN AND THEN MARK NELSON.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I'D JUST LIKE TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON OUR SOUTH BAY STREETS PROJECT, WHICH I'LL CALL STREETS FOR SHORT. I SPOKE TO THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION LAST WEEK, AND I SHARED A QUOTE THAT I LIKE FROM GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, WHO SAID, BE REGULAR AND ORDINARY IN YOUR LIFE SO THAT YOU CAN BE VIOLENT AND ORIGINAL IN YOUR WORK.

SO I'VE BEEN LEADING MY REGULAR, ORDINARY, BORING LIFE WORKING ON THE STREETS APP BY THE AGENTS ARE WORKING ON IT NOW WHILE I'M HERE TALKING TO YOU.

I PUBLISHED A NEW VERSION OF THE APP ON SATURDAY.

IT'S STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND IT WILL BE FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

IT'S NOT PRETTY. IT'S NOT COMPLETE. IT'S NOT PERFECT, BUT PARTS OF IT ARE USEFUL.

INCLUDING SOME MAPS, AND I CAN NOW ONBOARD OTHERS TO CREATE ACCOUNTS AND STEWARD THE AVIATION AND ARTESIA MAPS AND FINISH THE MAP AND DO OTHER MAPS LIKE CORRIDORS AND SHOPPING CENTERS, ETC.

LIKE EVEN WHAT'S IN THIS REDONDO PLAZA. WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT.

WE'RE GOING TO MAP THAT AND EVERYTHING UP AND DOWN THE CORRIDOR HERE, SO THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE DRIVING HERE WILL KNOW GOOGLE MAPS DOESN'T TELL YOU THAT.

AND THEY'RE GETTING WORSE. I BELIEVE THE VALUE OF THESE STOREFRONT DIRECTORIES WILL BE REVEALED AS WE BUILD THEM AND BEGIN TO USE THEM FOR TOURIST STROLLS AND EVENTS AND COMMUTE STOPS, VISIT PLANNING, THE BIG SPORTING EVENTS COMING, AND MORE.

BUT THESE DIRECTORIES ARE JUST THE PORTAL TO WHAT I CALL COMMUNITY SOFTWARE.

IT'S FOR OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY, SPONSORED BY A COMMUNITY MEMBER, ME, AND I'M LEANING TOWARDS JUST MAKING IT COMMUNITY OWNED, BUT NOT A NONPROFIT. BECAUSE IF WE CAN DO IT RIGHT HERE, OTHER COMMUNITIES MIGHT BE INTERESTED BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ALONE IN OUR SITUATIONS.

ON THURSDAY, I'M HAVING A KICKOFF MEETING WITH THE REDONDO UNION HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO ARE VOLUNTEERING.

TWO OF THESE ARE WON THE STATE COMPETITION. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE FUN.

BOTH THE CHAMBER AND ITS NEW CEO, MARA SANTOS ARE SUPPORTING AND THEY'RE PROVIDING SOME MEETING SPACE, AND THE NBA WILL SPONSOR THE VOLUNTEER SHIPS.

IF ANYBODY WANTED TO ATTEND THAT MEETING, YOU'RE CERTAINLY WELCOME. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE ORIENTED TOWARD THE KIDS HELPING. IT'S 4 P.M. THURSDAY AT THE CHAMBER. I'M GOING TO HAVE MORE MEETINGS SOON TO INTRODUCE THIS TO THE ADULT COMMUNITY.

AND ALSO THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION. COMMISSION WANTS A MAP OF THE PUBLIC ART IN THE CITY.

SO I OFFERED TO BLEND THAT MAP WITH THE STREETS COMMERCE DIRECTORIES, AND THEY ARE INTERESTED IN PUTTING MAPPING ON THEIR AGENDA.

SO I'LL STOP FOR NOW. BUT AS ALWAYS, I APPRECIATE ANY SUPPORT.

AND SOON I'LL BE MAKING MORE OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE BUSINESSES ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

SO PLEASE CALL ME WITH ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OR SUGGESTIONS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THERE A PLACE WE CAN SEE THIS? SEE ARTESIA OR SOUTH BAY STREETS? THEY BOTH TAKE YOU TO THE SAME THING.

IT'S JUST LIKE I SAID, IT'S IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION. AGAIN.

SEE ARTESIA OR ARTESIA? YEAH. DOT COM. YEAH. IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN UPDATED NOW.

SO WHICH IS IT. DOT COM OR.ORG. DOT COM. OKAY.

THANK YOU. YOU BET. APPRECIATE THE WORK. MARK NELSON AND THAT'S THE LAST CARD I HAVE.

OKAY. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW, AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOUR COMMUNICATIONS ARE WITH BEACH CITIES ANYMORE.

THEY'RE PRIVATE. PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP PARTNER PULLED THE PLUG.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF P'S. THEY WERE THE ONES THAT WERE GOING TO DO THE ASSISTED LIVING.

THEY'RE THE ONES THAT DIDN'T SPEND THE $14 MILLION OF TAXPAYER MONEY TO DO ALL THE PREDEVELOPMENT.

SO, YOU KNOW, BAD SITUATION. BEACH CITIES. IN THE MEANTIME, WHILE NONE OF US KNEW THAT THE CONTRACTOR CRATERED YET WENT OUT AND CONTRACTED TO HAVE ANOTHER THIRD PARTY TAKE A LOOK FOR JUST ORDINARY SENIOR HOUSING.

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THEN THEY SPRUNG THAT ON EVERYBODY, AND WE LOOKED AT IT AND WENT, OH, THIS IS INTERESTING. ESPECIALLY THE PARTS ABOUT AND THE CITY CAN'T DO SQUAT BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE ENOUGH AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO BASICALLY GET OUT OF THE REGULATIONS AND LOCAL PERMITTING.

NOW THE NEXT THING WE HEARD WAS INSTEAD OF THAT, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ALL COMERS RFO, RFP, RF, SOMETHING WHERE BASICALLY THEY WANT PEOPLE TO TO BID AND SAY, LOOK, I'LL LEASE IT FOR THIS MUCH AN ACRE OR THIS MUCH A YEAR OR WHATEVER IT IS, I'LL DEMO ANYTHING I WANT THERE AND BUILD KIND OF WHATEVER I WANT.

THAT'S THAT'S HEALTH RELATED. OKAY. SO THAT I GUESS COULD BE APARTMENT BUILDINGS TOO.

WE DON'T REALLY KNOW. I REALLY THINK THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO TAKE AN ACTIVE ROLE IN TRYING TO MANAGE BEACH CITIES A LITTLE BIT.

I REALIZE THAT THEY'RE A DISTRICT, BUT THEY'RE A DISTRICT WHO HAVE 60 000A YEAR TAXPAYERS TO AND YOU KNOW, THE I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THE FINANCING ON THE ALCOVE PROJECT, BUT ALCOVE BEACH CITIES TOOK A $6 MILLION GRANT FROM THE STATE FOR A BUILDING THAT CAME WITH A 30 YEAR OBLIGATION TALE TO FUND IT FOR BEACH CITIES, MEANING OUR TAXPAYERS, BECAUSE BEACH CITY DOESN'T FUND ANYTHING. BEYOND THAT, IT ALSO BEACH CITIES EXPANDED IT TO 1.4 MILLION PEOPLE, ALL OF LA COUNTY SPA. SO BASICALLY, JUST THE REDONDO TAXPAYERS ARE ON THE HOOK FOR SOMETHING LIKE $75 MILLION OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS JUST TO FEED THIS ALCOVE PROGRAM.

SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, NOBODY'S WATCHING.

THEY'RE DOING WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU WATCH JOHN OLIVER ON HBO, BUT A FEW YEARS BACK, HE DID A THING ON SPECIAL DISTRICTS, AND IT WAS SPECIAL.

YOU'LL YOU'LL PROBABLY ENJOY IT A BIT BECAUSE SOME OF YOU HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU HOP IN BEFORE THEY DO ANY MORE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BENEFIT COST RATIOS OF LIKE 1 TO 30, YOU KNOW, NOT NOT A GOOD DEAL IMPACTS US, THE TAXPAYERS.

AND OUR PROPERTY TAXES ARE GOING TO BE HIT SOME AT SOME POINT TO PAY IT OFF.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WAS THERE ANOTHER CARD? OKAY. THAT'S ALL THE CARDS I HAVE THEN. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. GREGORY ANDERSON REDONDO BEACH. I JUST WANT TO BRING UP AN ISSUE THAT I'M FACING EVERY TIME I DRIVE MY STREET.

AND I REALLY HOPE THAT IN THE CONSENT CALENDAR THAT YOU DID TONIGHT OR ANY OTHER NIGHT, YOU DIDN'T PAY THESE PEOPLE YET.

BUT THE 1600 BLOCK OF HERON, YOU COME UP TO A STOP SIGN AND THERE'S ABOUT A OH, I DON'T KNOW, I'LL SAY AN EIGHT TEN FOOT SECTION THAT SINKS DOWN ABOUT 2 OR 3IN.

AND IT HASN'T BEEN FINISHED YET. I HOPE IT'S NOT FINISHED YET.

IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED. THERE'S A SECTION ON DIXON ON THE NORTHBOUND SIDE, BUT IT EXTENDS INTO THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE GOING DOWN TO FORD, WHICH IS A STEEL PLATE. AND THERE'S A SIGN SAYS STEEL PLATE.

THAT'S PROBABLY BEEN AT LEAST A MONTH THAT THAT'S BEEN GOING ON.

THERE'S GRANT, AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK THERE.

THAT IS HORRIBLE. THESE STREETS NEED TO BE FIXED.

SO I'M JUST SAYING. LET'S GET THEM FIXED. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON NON AGENDA ITEMS? ANYBODY ONLINE? I HAVE NO COMMENTS. AND AT THIS POINT I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY RAISED FOR THIS NON AGENDA ITEMS. YEAH I HAVE NONE. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY SO NOW WE'RE JUMPING DOWN TO ITEM K EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS.

[K. EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS]

OKAY. COUNCIL COUNCILMAN COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE.

I HAVE NONE. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC. NONE FOR L1 L2 CITY STAFF AND THE MAYOR L3 CITY STAFF AND THE MAYOR.

OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI L1 STAFF, MAYBE COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT

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THERE WE GO. COUNCIL MEMBER GARIN. THANK YOU.

ON L1, L2, L3 CITY STAFF, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI.

OKAY. AND ON ALL THREE, I HAVE TALKED WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND WITH SEVERAL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ON L THREE.

I DID GET FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC, BUT I DID NOT TALK DIRECTLY WITH ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, BUT DID GET SOME EMAILS AND I GUESS I WOULD AMEND MY L TWO.

I DID SPEAK WITH THE MAYOR. OKAY. ANY OTHER REVELATIONS? OKAY. SO NOW YOU OKAY? YEAH. THANK YOU. OKAY.

NOW WE'LL JUMP TO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. WE'LL START WITH L ONE WHO HAS THE FLOOR ON THIS ONE.

[L. PUBLIC HEARINGS]

I HAVE WITH ME TONIGHT THE CITY ENGINEER, LAUREN SABLAN, WHO WILL BE MAKING THE PRESENTATION FOR THE STREET LANDSCAPING, LIGHTING AND ASSESSMENT DISTRICT FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

BEFORE YOU GO ON, WE NEED TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. OH.

MOTION TO OPEN THE. WE DON'T HAVE TO NOW, BUT I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

I MOTION TO SECOND. OKAY. ALL FOUR. ALL RIGHT.

MADAM CLERK, IF WE COULD HAVE THE SPLIT. THANK YOU.

OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

TONIGHT WE'RE DISCUSSING THE STREET LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING ASSESSMENT DISTRICT.

THIS IS AN ANNUAL PROCESS TO AUTHORIZE THE ASSESSMENT FEE FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE STREET.

FOR THE STREET LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING DISTRICT. MY ANNUAL REPORT INCLUDES AN ASSESSMENT DIAGRAM, THE METHODOLOGY, AND THE PROJECTED COSTS FOR THE NEXT YEAR.

AND THAT WAS PRESENTED IN MAY 21ST. AT THAT TIME, COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION WITH THE INTENT TO LEVY AN ASSESSMENT TO ADDRESS THE COST TO MAINTAIN THESE ITEMS. THERE WE GO. SO TONIGHT'S ACTION IS TO TAKE PUBLIC INPUT AND DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO AUTHORIZE COLLECTION OF THE REVENUE NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE WORK TO MAINTAIN THE STREET LIGHTS, SIGNALS AND LANDSCAPE MEDIANS.

THE ANNUAL ANNUAL EXPENDITURE IS APPROXIMATELY $2.7 MILLION FOR THESE ITEMS, AND THE ASSESSMENT FEE, THE MAXIMUM THAT WE ARE ABLE TO COLLECT, IS $1.5 MILLION, WHICH TURNS OUT TO BE ABOUT $60 ANNUALLY TO RESIDENTS AND 120 OR SO TO COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS. THE REMAINING $1.2 MILLION IS FUNDED IN GENERAL BY GENERAL FUND.

TO INCREASE THIS COST OR THE FEE THAT IS COLLECTED, IT WOULD FALL UNDER PROP 218 PROCESS, WHICH HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO YOU AS PART OF A BLUE FOLDER ITEM.

THIS PROCESS DOES REQUIRE AN ENGINEER'S REPORT THAT WOULD BE PREPARED BY A CONSULTANT, AND IT WOULD ALSO REQUIRE A VOTE OF THE VOTE FROM OUR RESIDENTS. THIS PROCESS WOULD TAKE APPROXIMATELY 12 MONTHS OR SO.

AND SO STAFF IS NOW AGAIN RECOMMENDING THAT WE COLLECT THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT TO BE COLLECTED TO MINIMIZE THE GAP AND SUBSEQUENT IMPACTS TO THE GENERAL FUND. AND TO DO THAT, WE WERE RECOMMENDING THAT YOU TAKE COMMENT TONIGHT DURING THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN ALSO CONFIRM THAT THERE IS NO MAJORITY PROTEST AND THEN ADOPT BY TITLE THE RESOLUTION 25 6032.

AND WE'RE HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. YES. OKAY. SO I'M, I KEEP READING THIS AND I GET CONFUSED.

RIGHT NOW IF WE DON'T IF WE DON'T VOTE TO INCREASE THE FEES, THE FEES ARE GOING TO HAPPEN THE WAY THEY'RE IN THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW.

CORRECT. WELL, MAYBE I WOULD DO NOTHING. DO WE HAVE TO GO TO A VOTE? I WOULD REFRAME THAT QUESTION. IF WE DO NOTHING, WE WOULD LOSE ROUGHLY $1 MILLION IN UNDERSTAND THAT ASSESSMENT? YEAH. SO IN ORDER FOR US TO CONTINUE TO TO CAPTURE AND COLLECT AND APPLY TO THE ASSESSOR PAYROLL ON AN ANNUALIZED TAX BASIS, YOU HAVE TO TAKE THIS ACTION EACH YEAR SO WE CAN EFFECTIVELY RECONSTITUTE THE ROUGHLY MILLION DOLLARS EVERY YEAR, REGARDLESS OF WHAT EVERY YEAR. THAT'S WHAT'S THAT'S WHAT'S REQUIRED UNDER THE LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING ACT OF 19.

WHATEVER IT IS, WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IS NOT RIGHT NOW IS NOT AN INCREASE.

IT'S NOT AN INCREASE. IT'S A REAFFIRMATION OF THE EXISTING FEE STRUCTURE.

IF WE WANTED TO CLOSE THAT GAP, IS THIS THE TIME WHEN WE SAY, LET'S UP THIS AND PUT IT TO A VOTE, WE WOULD HAVE TO DO A SUPPLEMENTAL PROCESS. AND IT STARTS WITH AN ASSESSOR'S METHODOLOGY.

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YEAH. THANK YOU I APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT.

THANK YOU MAYOR. JUST TO PICK UP ON THAT POINT.

WHAT WERE WHAT'S BEING RECOMMENDED HERE IS TO INCREASE TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE UNDER THE EXISTING PARAMETERS, THE ASSESSMENT WHICH WE CAN DO SHORT OF GOING TO THE PUBLIC AGAIN.

CORRECT. RIGHT. CORRECT. THIS IS THIS IS TO MAINTAIN OUR EXISTING ASSESSMENT AS IS WHICH IS THE MAXIMUM THAT WE CAN COLLECT.

YOU COULD CHOOSE TO LOWER IT. YOU COULD CHOOSE TO DO THAT.

BUT WE CERTAINLY WOULDN'T RECOMMEND THAT. BUT WE ARE EFFECTIVELY ASKING YOU TO TO CONTINUE THE EXISTING ASSESSMENT FOR ANOTHER FISCAL YEAR CYCLE, EXISTING MAXIMUM ASSESSMENT THAT WE COULD DO UNDER THE CURRENT PARAMETERS, UNDER THE CURRENT PARAMETERS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE STREET LANDSCAPING LIGHTING ACT PRIOR TO PROP 218. THAT'S WHY WE'RE FROZEN EFFECTIVELY IN TIME AT THIS LEVEL.

ANYTHING BEYOND THAT HAS TO BE COLLECTED THROUGH A SUPPLEMENTAL PROP 218 PROCESS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. OKAY. I HAVE NO ONE ELSE RAISING THEIR HAND.

OR IS THAT CHANGING? YEAH. WAITING FOR IT. WELL.

SO. COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER. I'M GOOD WITH CONTINUING IT AS IS.

I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE. BUT WITH OUR FISCAL ISSUES, THE POSSIBLE TRASH CHANGE IS ALSO A PROP TO 18 VOTE. IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S A SEPARATE SEPARATE PROP TO 18 PROCESS.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT STRATOSPHERES FOR PROP TWO.

18. THIS TRASH COLLECTION FALLS UNDER WHAT'S CALLED A MAJORITY PROTEST PROCESS.

THE LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ASSESSMENT DISTRICT FALLS UNDER AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTING PROCESS, WHICH IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. SO THE STANDARD FOR APPROVAL IS HIGHER FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, BECAUSE IT'S ASSESSED ON PARCEL PROPERTY OWNERS AS A AS OPPOSED TO RATEPAYERS FOR A SERVICE.

SO IT'S GOT A DIFFERENT DISTINCTION. BUT IT ALL FALLS UNDER PROPOSITION 218, WHICH IS THE LAW THAT AFFECTED HOW TAXES COLLECTED GENERALLY FOR A NUMBER OF FEES.

BUT IF WE WANTED TO ADJUST THE FEE FOR A PROP TO 18 VOTE, IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE TO ALIGN THAT WITH.

IF WE WERE TO ADJUST THE TRASH FEES FOR A PROP TO 18.

WELL, THEY WOULD. THEY ACTUALLY WOULD FOLLOW TWO DISTINCT PATHS, AND ONE HAS A MORE ARDUOUS PROCESS ATTACHED TO IT.

SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO YOU COULD RUN THEM ON PARALLEL COURSES, BUT YOU WOULDN'T DO THEY WOULDN'T FOLLOW THE SAME TIMELINE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. OKAY, I WAS WONDERING IF THERE'S A SAVINGS BY HAVING ONE VOTE INSTEAD OF ITS TWO DISTINCT PROCESSES, UNFORTUNATELY. OKAY. I'D STILL BE ENCOURAGED.

ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THAT PROCESS. YOU'D NEED DIRECTION TO DO THAT.

WE WOULD. AND WE WOULD NEED TO ACTUALLY SPEND SOME MONEY ON A CONSULTANT TO HELP CREATE THE METHODOLOGY TO CONSIDER THE POSSIBLE SUPPLEMENTAL ASSESSMENT.

WE WE DID THIS A FEW YEARS BACK. IT WAS, I WANT TO SAY, 2017 SEVEN.

WAS IT 17 WHEN WE. WELL, IT FEELS LIKE IT LONGER AGO THAN THAT.

WE JUST TALKED ABOUT IT LAST TIME. WE TALKED ABOUT IT. I THINK THE LAST TIME WE ATTEMPTED IT THROUGH VOTE WAS EARLY.

YES. 2006. AND YOU HIRE A CONSULTANT AND EFFECTIVELY CREATE THE NEW METHODOLOGY.

THERE'S A PRO RATA SHARE OF PARCEL OWNERSHIP THAT DETERMINES WHAT YOUR VOTE MEANS IN THAT PROCESS.

AND YOU NEED EFFECTIVELY 50% PLUS ONE AFFIRMATIVE RESPONSE TO THE PROPOSED FEE ACTUALLY TELLING YOU, YES, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF IT, AS OPPOSED TO THE MAJORITY PROTEST PROCESS THAT RUNS FOR TRASH RATES.

AS AN EXAMPLE, WHERE YOU HAVE YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE OPPOSITE.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MAJORITY OF FOLKS TELL YOU NO PROACTIVELY.

AND IN THE ABSENCE OF THAT, YOU CAN ACT ON THE FEE INCREASE.

AND THAT'S BASED ON PROP 218 LAW. I MEAN, THE MAJORITY SAYING YES IS A MUCH HIGHER BAR.

IT'S MUCH HIGHER TO HAVE A 49% TURNOUT. AND THEY ALL SAY, YES, YOU DON'T PASS.

THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. WELL, YOU NEED YOU NEED A MAJORITY OF THE RESPONDENTS TO SAY YES, BUT MOST PEOPLE DON'T TAKE THE TIME TO AFFIRM AND SAY YES, PLEASE TAX ME.

SIMILARLY, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY TAKE THE TIME TO PROTEST THE INCREASED FEE.

WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRASH RATES ON A MARGINAL SCALE.

SO WHAT'S YOUR RECOMMENDATION? I MEAN, I SEE THE DEFICIT.

THAT'S A BIG DEFICIT. I MEAN, ARE YOU ASKING ARE YOU LOOKING FOR US TO OKAY, TONIGHT, ALL WE'RE DOING IS AFFIRMING THE EXISTING ASSESSMENT.

BUT IF YOU, AS PART OF YOUR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS, WANT TO CONSIDER US EXPLORING CLOSING THAT GAP AND SEEKING THAT SUPPLEMENTAL ASSESSMENT, WE WOULD NEED DIRECTION AS PART OF THE BUDGET.

WE WOULD NEED FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE CONSULTANT FUNDING.

IT'S IN THE PROBABLY $200,000 RANGE. IT'S NOT CHEAP.

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SO I'D SAY MAYBE NOT QUITE 250 CLOSE $150,000.

SO WE WOULD NEED A SINGLE APPROPRIATION, AND THEN WE'D HAVE TO COME BACK WITH THAT CONTRACT.

AND THEN ULTIMATELY, THAT SCOPE OF WORK WOULD BE EXECUTED. AND YOU WOULD, AS A COUNCIL, CONSIDER THE NEW PROPOSED METHODOLOGY OPTIONS.

WHAT'S ROUGHLY THE IMPACT PER RESIDENTIAL UNIT OF RECOUPING THAT ON FRONTAGE? PROBABLY THREE, THREE TIMES. ROUGHLY THREE TIMES TWO AND A HALF TO THREE TIMES WHAT'S CURRENTLY PAID.

WHAT'S THAT? WE'RE COLLECTING ABOUT $60 FOR A TYPICAL SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE RIGHT NOW.

PER YEAR. PER YEAR? 180. 100. AND THAT GETS US ABOUT HALF.

SO MAYBE DOUBLE THAT PLUS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A.

YEAH, FOR 30, 35 TO 40%. WE JUST DID MAINTENANCE THAT THE PROGRAM CAN ALSO PAY FOR IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH WE HAVEN'T DONE IN YEARS BECAUSE OF THE FUNDING ISSUE WE'VE JUST DONE.

MAINTENANCE COULD PAY FOR TREE TRIMMING. IT COULD DO IT COULD DO OTHER THINGS. SO.

OKAY. BUT ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW IS THE APPROVAL FOR THIS JUST TO GET THE COLLECTION ON, ON THE ROLLS FOR NEXT YEAR.

COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. JUST THE AFFIRMATIVE VOTE WOULD HAVE TO.

IS THAT IS THAT ON A BALLOT, IN A BALLOT BOX AT THE BALLOT? OR IT'S A LIKE A LETTER THEY SEND OUT AND IT'S A MALE, MALE, BLACK MALE VOTE.

WE HAVE TO GET 50% PLUS ONE OF ALL THE RESPONSES THAT COME BACK.

AND THAT'S THE PROCESS THAT THIS WAS FIRST PASSED BY.

NO, THIS WAS PASSED UNDER, I CHECKED IT'S THE 1972 LIGHTING ACT, WHICH AT THE TIME ALLOWED COUNCILS TO ADMINISTRATIVELY SET THESE FEES BY A HEARING, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY. EVER SINCE PROP 218, YOU NOW HAVE TO FOLLOW A DIFFERENT PROCESS.

SO IT'S AND ONE CAVEAT IT'S NOT JUST PROPERTY OWNERS, IT'S EACH PROPERTY OWNER MIGHT HAVE A DISPROPORTIONATE WEIGHTING OF ITS VOTE.

LARGER FRONTAGES MIGHT BE ASSESSED MORE MONEY.

SO HOMES WITH LARGER FRONTAGES WHO MAY POTENTIALLY ACHIEVE THAT GREATER ASSESSMENT HAVE A LARGER VOTE SHARE.

IT'S A IT'S FORMULAIC, ULTIMATELY SPECIFIC BENEFIT HAS TO BE ASSIGNED TO EACH PROPERTY AS WELL, WHICH IS PART OF THE REASON IT COSTS $150,000 FOR THE ASSESSMENT TO UNDERSTAND THE SPECIFIC BENEFIT PER PROPERTY.

THIS IS PROP TWO. THIS IS BY DESIGN. THIS IS WHY PROP 218 EFFECTIVELY WAS PASSED TO MAKE THESE TYPES OF ASSESSMENTS A MUCH MORE ARDUOUS PROCESS.

OKAY. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? ACTUALLY, ONE FOLLOW ON. GO AHEAD. SO IF YOU DIDN'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND SPEND THE MONEY TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WHAT'S ANOTHER WAY THAT YOU COULD RAISE THE MONEY TO YEAR OVER YEAR, FUND OUR LIGHTING, TREE TRIMMING, ETC.? WELL, YOU COULD YOU COULD GO A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ROUTE AND YOU COULD DO A FULL VOTE ON A PARKS DISTRICT OR A, A PUBLIC PARK AND OPEN SPACE DISTRICT WHERE YOU ASSESS, ASSESS EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY AND YOU CREATE A PROGRAM TO DO THAT.

AND ULTIMATELY YOU HAVE ALL VOTERS WEIGH IN ON THAT OUTCOME.

PARKS AND LIGHTING DISTRICT. YEAH, YOU COULD CREATE.

IT'S EFFECTIVELY A SPECIAL PARKS DISTRICT THAT WOULD HELP US FUND MAINTENANCE OF LANDSCAPE AREAS.

BUT AGAIN, THAT'S THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER PROCESS.

AND THE CONSULTANT FEE IN THAT SCENARIO IS MUCH HIGHER.

OH REALLY? YEAH. I MEAN YOU'RE NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A GREATER, GREATER PROPERTY POOL.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT NEW EXPENSES. YOUR YOUR METHODOLOGY IS MORE EXPANSIVE.

THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROPOSITION 218 VOTE ON INCREASING THE ASSESSMENT FOR LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING. TO ANDY'S POINT, IT WOULD COST A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS JUST TO GET THAT UP AND GOING, JUST TO STUDY, JUST THE METHODOLOGY. THEN YOU WOULD CONSIDER ASSIGNING THAT AND GOING FORWARD WITH THAT, AND THEN IT WOULD HAVE TO PASS THE VOTE, PLEASE TAX ME KIND OF THING.

YEAH. AND THEN IN 2006, I THINK, AND YOU MAY HAVE MENTIONED THIS WAS THE LAST TIME THE CITY DID THAT, AND IT WAS LIKE 57% AGAINST SOMETHING. THAT SOUNDS RIGHT.

IT WASN'T VERY IT WASN'T SUPER CLOSE. SO THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE PART OF THE CALCULUS, WHETHER TO GO THROUGH THE EXERCISE AND CLAW OUT 200,000 IF WE DON'T THINK IT.

YEAH, IT'S A CALCULATION OF DO YOU THINK THERE'S A HIGH PROPENSITY FOR SUCCESS HERE? AND IS IT SOMETHING YOU ULTIMATELY WANT TO PURSUE? ONE OF THE ONE OF THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE PROPOSED METHODOLOGY AT THE TIME IS THERE WERE FOLKS, PARTICULARLY WITH CORNER LOTS AND DIFFERENT SIZED FRONTAGES, THAT FELT LIKE THEY DIDN'T.

THEY HAD A DISPROPORTIONATE ASSESSMENT FOR THE BENEFIT THAT THEY WOULD ULTIMATELY ACHIEVE.

JUST BECAUSE THEY HAD INCREASED FRONTAGE DIDN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THEY HAD INCREASED LANDSCAPE BURDEN FOR THE CITY.

SO IT WAS A IT WAS A POINT OF CRITICISM FOR SOME FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THERE WAS A BIT OF A RALLY AGAINST THE PROGRAM.

YEAH. IF THERE WAS A DIFFERENT METHODOLOGY SELECTED, PERHAPS THAT THAT WAS VIEWED AS MORE EQUITABLE.

MAYBE THE OUTCOME IS DIFFERENT, BUT THAT'S ULTIMATELY WHAT THAT STUDY, THAT CONSULTANT WORK IS ABOUT TWO AND THREE AND A LOT.

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OKAY. THANK YOU. DOES ANYONE WANT TO DO A MOTION AT THIS POINT? IS THERE A PROTEST? THE CLERK RECEIVE A PROTEST? NO. WELL, THIS ONE DOESN'T REQUIRE PROTEST. THIS IS STILL AN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING PROCESS BECAUSE IT FALLS UNDER THE OLD LIGHTING ACT. SO I HAD TO CONFIRM THAT THERE'S NO MAJORITY PROTEST. YEAH. THAT'S NOT SORRY. NOT FOR THIS.

THAT'S. WE HAVEN'T THAT'S AFTER THAT 218 IS BEING DONE AND THE BALLOTS COME IN.

THAT'S WHEN I CONFIRM MOTION CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING.

WELL WE HAVEN'T HAD THE PUBLIC HEARING. I'M JUST LOOKING FOR A MOTION.

AND THEN WE CAN OPEN THE PUBLIC MOTION BY TITLE ONLY.

RESOLUTION NUMBER 2506032. SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND.

ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? GREGORY ANDERSON REDONDO BEACH HIS POINT OF CLARIFICATION.

AND I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING THIS. AND MAYBE THE CITY MANAGER COULD EXPLAIN THIS TO ME, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST THAT IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS COMING TO THE ATTENTION OF THE COUNCIL, BUT YET THE DATE IS JULY 1ST, 2025.

THIS ALL HAS TO BE DONE FOR THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR.

AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY? WHY IS THIS COMING SO LATE? THIS IS THE TIME. WELL, I SHOULD DEFER TO THE MAYOR.

THIS IS THE TIMING EACH YEAR. THIS COMES AT THIS TIME OF YEAR.

THE HEARING HAS TO CONCLUDE BEFORE THE START OF THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, MUCH LIKE OUR BUDGET ADOPTION.

SO AND WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PLACE IT ON THE FOLLOWING YEAR'S TAX ROLL.

SO THIS IS OUR NORMAL COURSE OF ACTION FOR THIS ASSESSMENT.

IF YOU GO BACK TO JUNE AND MAY AND JUNE AGENDAS OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS, YOU WILL SEE THIS SPECIFIC ITEM.

OKAY. I'M JUST I'M JUST CURIOUS WHY THE WHAT? I CONSIDER THE LATENESS OF THIS, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GAVE THEM THE OPTION OF A PARKS AND RECREATION OR LIGHTING DISTRICT, OR THESE OTHER OPTIONS THAT WERE WOULD HAVE TAKEN A LOT LONGER TO DO.

THOSE COULD NOT BE IMPLEMENTED BY JULY 1ST. JUST FOR THE RECORD, THOSE WOULD TAKE PROBABLY A YEAR OR TWO TO FORMALLY CONSIDER AND ACT ON.

THE ONLY THING WE CAN ACT ON TONIGHT IS CONTINUATION OF THE EXISTING ASSESSMENT STRUCTURE THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 1984, I BELIEVE I UNDERSTAND, THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING.

ANYONE ELSE? ANYONE ONLINE? I HAVE NO ONE FOR THIS ITEM.

ANY WRITTEN, ANY COMMENTS ALSO. OKAY. CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING MOVED SECOND.

OKAY, SO WE HAVE TWO MOTIONS ON THE FLOOR. WE HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING CLOSURE AND WE HAVE THE A MOTION TO PLEASE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS WRITTEN. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE A CALL.

THE VOTE ALL FOR AYE. ANYBODY OPPOSED? OKAY. UNANIMOUS.

ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY. RESOLUTION NUMBER CC 2506 032A RESOLUTION.

CITY COUNCIL CITY, REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, CONFIRMING THE DIAGRAM AND ASSESSMENT AND LEVYING OF THE ASSESSMENT FOR THE STREET LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ASSESSMENT DISTRICT FOR FISCAL YEAR FROM JULY 1ST, 2025 TO JUNE 30TH, 2026. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. NOW JUMPING TO L2, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON OUR ATHENS SERVICES RATE.

WHILE THEY'RE BOOTING UP. THIS ONE DOES HAVE A MAJORITY PROTEST COMPONENT. BEFORE I GET INTO IT, I NEED TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

YEAH OKAY. DO I GET A SECOND? SECOND? ALL FOUR.

OKAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. MIKE? YES.

OKAY. YEAH. SO THIS IS OUR ANNUAL PROCESS TO CONFIRM RATES FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR WITH OUR ATHENS CONTRACT.

ANDREA'S HERE. SHE'S OUR SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST WHO WILL BE PRESENTING TONIGHT.

THIS WE'VE TALKED RECENTLY ABOUT AN AMENDMENT THAT SAYS NOTHING TO DO WITH AN AMENDMENT.

THIS IS UNDER OUR CURRENT CONTRACT. SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ANDREA SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

SO WE'RE HERE TONIGHT FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED ADJUSTMENTS TO REFUSE RATES FOR THE 2526 FISCAL YEAR.

AND SOME OF YOU HAVE SEEN ME GIVE THIS PRESENTATION BEFORE WE COME.

STAFF COMES BEFORE YOU EVERY YEAR AT THIS TIME TO CONSIDER THE REFUSE RATES FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR FOR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES AS PRESCRIBED IN THE CURRENT ATHENS SERVICES AGREEMENT AND RATIFIED BY THAT PROPOSITION 218 PROCESS WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.

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PARDON ME, TO WALK YOU AND THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THIS ANNUAL PROCESS, AND WE WILL LOOK AT THE CURRENT ATHENS CONTRACT, THE PROPOSED RATE INCREASE. WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE PROPOSED RATES THIS YEAR RATE BREAKDOWN AND SOME COMPARISONS AND THEN THE RECOMMENDATION.

ALL RIGHT. SO THE CURRENT HAULER AGREEMENT, THE FIRST AMENDMENT OF THAT HAULER AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED IN JUNE 2019, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY IN YEAR SEVEN OF A NINE YEAR TERM OF THAT AGREEMENT.

THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES TO THE FORMULA AS OUTLINED IN THAT FIRST AMENDMENT SINCE 2019, AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES.

AND THOSE CHANGES ARE PART OF THE FORMULA, AS I LAID OUT IN THAT FIRST AMENDMENT, WERE RATIFIED LAST YEAR THROUGH THE PROPOSITION 218 PROCESS.

SO, AS WE JUST HEARD, REFUSE RATES, ADJUSTMENTS ARE GOVERNED BY PROP 218.

AND THE CITY COMPLETED THAT PROCESS. AND THE RATE METHODOLOGY WAS RATIFIED LAST YEAR, 2014, FOR THE FOLLOWING FIVE YEARS, 20 2024 2024. DID I MISS.

SORRY. SO, AS NOTED, NO CHANGES IN THE RATE METHODOLOGY PRESCRIBED IN THE AGREEMENT.

LAST RATIFIED IN 2024 BY THE PROP 218 PROCESS.

SO THE CURRENT AGREEMENT WITH ATHENS SERVICES OUTLINES THAT THE ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT IS AN INDICES CHANGE PLUS 1% IN 2526 IN FISCAL YEAR 2526. THAT INDICES CHANGE WILL BE 2.6%.

AND THEN THERE IS ALSO BUILT INTO THE CONTRACT A 1% ADJUSTMENT.

SO FOR THIS YEAR THE TOTAL PROPOSED INCREASE IS 3.6% FOR ALL CUSTOMERS, RESIDENTS, MULTIFAMILY UNITS, COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES. TO TAKE A LOOK A LITTLE CLOSER AT WHAT THOSE INDICES ARE, WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING SLIDE SHOWING THE BREAKDOWN IN THE THE CHANGES. THIS FOR THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR IN ALL OF THOSE INDICES.

SO THE TOTAL WEIGHTED CHANGES WHEN YOU TAKE ALL OF THOSE FIVE CATEGORIES LABOR, FUEL, EQUIPMENT, DISPOSAL AND OTHER THE TOTAL WEIGHTED INDICES CHANGE IS 2.6%.

THEN YOU TAKE THAT FORMULA ALL THE WAY BACK. INDICES CHANGE PLUS 1%.

THAT'S WHERE WE COME WITH THAT 3.6%. WHAT DETERMINES THE WEIGHT OF THE OF EACH OF THE INDICES.

SO THAT IS THAT IS OUTLINED IN THE FIRST AMENDMENT OF THE ATHENS SERVICES CONTRACT ATTACHED TO YOUR PACKET THIS EVENING WAS THE ATHENS SERVICES REFUSE RATE ADJUSTMENT LETTER, WHICH THEY ARE REQUIRED BY CONTRACT TO PROVIDE TO US EACH FEBRUARY.

AND THAT DETAILS STEP BY STEP. STEP 1234. THEY GO THROUGH THE INDICES AND THEN THE WEIGHTS AND THE WEIGHTED ADJUSTMENTS.

BUT WHAT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND OUT OF THAT IS THE WEIGHT SET BY CONTRACT OR IS IT DETERMINED FROM THE ANALYSIS.

DOES IT VARY YEAR PER YEAR, OR IS THAT EACH INDICES HAS ITS OWN INDICES, HAS ITS OWN WEIGHT IN PERPETUITY? THAT IS CORRECT. IT'S SET IN THE CONTRACT FROM THAT WAS OUTLINED IN 2019.

AND THEN IT WILL IT WILL MOVE OVER TIME AS EACH YEAR THE INDICES AS EACH YEAR THE CHANGE OCCURS.

SO IT'S COMPOUNDED OVER TIME. THE WEIGHT. YES, THE WEIGHT CHANGES.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT I'M REALLY CONFUSED. YEAH. SO THE FOR EXAMPLE I DON'T HAVE THE PACKET FOR THANK YOU. SO FOR EXAMPLE THIS YEAR, IF YOU LOOK AT STEP FOUR, THE REWEIGHT OF THE COST COMPONENTS, IT'S REWEIGHTED BASED ON THE PRIOR YEAR'S ADJUSTMENT.

AND SO THIS YEAR, THE COST ADJUSTMENT COMPONENT WEIGHTING FOR SAFE LABOR IS NOW 27.91%. AND THAT HAS BEEN REWEIGHTED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.

THAT'S CLEAR AS MUD TO ME. WELL, IF I IF I MAY GO AHEAD.

SO I'M GLAD THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAS JOINED US BECAUSE HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN, IN THE CREATION OF THIS CONTRACT.

SO I WILL APPRECIATE ANY FEEDBACK HE HAS TO THE MAYOR'S QUESTION.

SO I THE WEIGHT ASSIGNED TO EACH INDEX WAS THAT PART OF A NEGOTIATION AND A CONTRACT THAT WAS THEN LOCKED IN? OR IS THE WEIGHT THAT'S ASSIGNED TO EACH INDEX ITSELF BASED ON A DIFFERENT INDEX THAT FLUCTUATES INDEPENDENT OF WHAT WAS? THAT'S THE I MEAN, THAT'S YEAH, THAT'S THE QUESTION.

YEAH. THAT'S THE QUESTION. IT'S IT'S PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT.

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AND THERE IS AND I DON'T I BELIEVE THIS IS STILL THE CASE IN THE CONTRACT. I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IT AS CAREFULLY OF LATE. THAT WEIGHTING CAN BE ADJUSTED UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES DEPENDING ON WHAT IS OCCURRING IN THE MARKETPLACE.

SO BUT THE THE BASIS FOR THAT WAS A PRE-NEGOTIATED FIGURE THAT WAS CONTEMPORARY AT THE TIME.

OKAY. HOW DID THEY ADJUST IT YEAR TO YEAR? I'M SORRY.

THE THE THE BASIS FOR THE INDICES NOW IS ALSO FORMULAIC.

WHATEVER ADJUSTMENTS ARE OCCURRING ARE PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT.

I UNDERSTAND THE CHANGE IN INDICES. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE CHANGE IN THE WEIGHTING OF EACH INDICES.

THE THE WEIGHTING IS THE WEIGHTING IS PRESCRIPTIVE AS WELL IN THE AGREEMENT.

SO I CAN'T I CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT THE ADJUSTMENT BASIS IS AT THIS POINT.

IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE LOOKED AT THAT SPECIFIC CHART.

IT DOESN'T MOVE MUCH. IT'S AFFECTED BY THE OVERALL COST.

IF YOU HAVE A CATEGORY THAT'S CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER A SERIES OF SEVERAL YEARS, IT MIGHT CHANGE THE BASIS OF WEIGHTING OVER TIME.

BUT IT'S BUT AGAIN, IT'S LARGELY BASED ON THE INITIAL NEGOTIATED AMOUNT.

SO I CAN ADD A LITTLE MORE LIGHT TO THAT, PERHAPS IN THE IN THE PACKAGE YOU HAVE, THERE'S A STEP BY STEP PROCESS OF HOW THESE CALCULATION METHODOLOGY PLAYS OUT AND THE STEP FOR WHERE THE REWEIGH OF THE COST COMPONENTS IS CONSIDERED.

IT INDICATES THAT THE COST COMPONENT WEIGHTING WILL BE MULTIPLIED BY A CHANGE IN THE INDEX RELATED TO EACH OF THE INDICES CHANGES TO GET THE NEW COST WEIGHTING FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

OKAY, SO IT DOES ADJUST PRESCRIPTIVE. ORIGINALLY THERE WAS A NEGOTIATION.

HEY LABOR WILL BE X PERCENT, GAS WILL BE X PERCENT.

AND THEN WE'LL TAKE THE CHANGE EACH YEAR. AND IT WILL IT WILL GET A WEIGHTED EACH SEPARATE INDEX WILL BE WEIGHTED.

AND THEN BASED ON THE CHANGE YEAR OVER YEAR. HEY FUEL PRICES WENT DOWN.

LABOR WENT UP. THEN THE WEIGHT ASSIGNED TO EACH COMPONENT LABOR, FUEL, ETC.

WILL THEN CHANGE BASED ON MODIFIED. SLIGHTLY MODIFIED.

YEAH. SLIGHT OKAY. SO IT'S PRESCRIPTIVE ORIGINALLY, THEN SLIGHTLY MODIFIED BASED ON THE CHANGES TO EACH COMPONENT LABOR, FUEL, ETC.. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND THE INITIAL M IS THE ORIGINAL WEIGHTING.

YEAH. AND THEN IN COLUMN Q I GUESS IS THE NEW WEIGHTING.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? THE COLUMN WOULD HAVE BEEN THE FY 2425, NOT THE ORIGINAL WINJE, BUT BUT THE FY 2425 WAITING. YES. AND THEN Q IS THE 2526.

THAT'S CORRECT. SO IF I WAS TO GET YOU THE ORIGINAL WAITING, I WOULD PULL UP THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND IT WILL BE IN THAT FIRST AMENDMENT DOCUMENT.

SO LABOR GOES FROM 2709 TO 27.2%. FUEL GOES FROM 3.39 TO 2.14%.

MY RECOLLECTION IS THOSE RATINGS WERE MUCH MORE ROUNDED AT THE TIME, STARTING WITH WHOLE NUMBERS, AND SINCE THE SUBSEQUENT ADJUSTMENTS HAVE OCCURRED, THEY ARE SLIGHTLY ALTERED YEAR OVER YEAR BASED ON A COMPONENT OF THE TOTAL COST.

I DO BELIEVE I MEAN, THAT'S THE INITIAL THAT'S THE INITIAL BASIS.

AND THEN I THINK AS EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL INDICES CHANGE AND THERE IS AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE WEIGHTING AGAINST THAT TOTAL COST FOR FUTURE YEARS. SO IT'S ALL THAT'S THE NEGOTIATED FORMULA, IF YOU WILL.

IT JUST SEEMS THAT A 35% DROP IN FUEL WOULD WARRANT MORE OF A.

WOULD DRAG FUEL DOWN MORE THAN IT DID. WELL, FUEL IS A VERY SMALL COMPONENT NOW OF THE OVERALL COST.

THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING. WHY? BECAUSE IT IS YET TO SEE THE TOTAL BUILD UP OF COSTS.

BECAUSE IT'S VOLATILE IN IN SOME INSTANCES FUEL IS A VOLATILE COMPONENT.

AND IF WE HAD YEAR OVER YEAR FEES INDEXED TO THE PRICE OF A OF A BARREL OF OIL, WE WOULD HAVE MAJOR FLUCTUATIONS.

SO I THINK THE NEGOTIATION HAS FUEL AS A SMALLER STARTING BASIS BECAUSE OF ITS POTENTIAL FOR VOLATILITY.

THEN IT'S NOT BASED ON HOW MUCH FUEL IS, YOU KNOW, A COST.

IT IS JUST NOT IT JUST DOESN'T CARRY AS MUCH WEIGHT.

MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU LINE UP TO BE PLEASE. IS THAT SHOWING? OKAY, THIS IS THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT WITH ATHENS, WHICH IS THE ONE IN EFFECT RIGHT NOW.

AND I THINK THIS EXPLAINS IT RIGHT. IS IT FUEL IS 3.97% OF THE WEIGHTED.

YEAH RIGHT. THE WEIGHT. SO THAT'S WHY A 35% DROP DOESN'T REALLY MAKE.

DOESN'T MATTER. I KNOW I'M ASKING HOW YOU GOT TO THAT WEIGHT.

SOMEBODY GOT TO IT IN BACK IN 2011, RIGHT? YEAH.

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AND FOR SOMEBODY LIKE ATHENS WHO CAN BUY IN BULK AND CAN BUY, YOU KNOW, CAN FIX THEIR PRICES DIFFERENTLY THAN THE REST OF US.

I DON'T THINK IT'S AS MUCH OF AN ISSUE FOR THEM OPERATIONALLY.

IT CERTAINLY IS ONE, I DON'T WANT TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE HERE.

OKAY. SORRY FOR INTERRUPTING. NO, NOT AT ALL.

IT'S. IT'S VERY MUCH PART OF WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS THIS EVENING, BECAUSE WE COME BEFORE YOU EVERY YEAR.

THERE ISN'T A LOT OF CHANGE TO WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH TONIGHT. IT'S.

IT'S THE PRACTICE. IT'S THE METHODOLOGY AS WAS SET IN 2019.

SO THIS IS THIS IS A THAT'S A GREAT A GREAT SEGUE TO UNDERSTAND THAT METHODOLOGY.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO THIS EVENING. DO WE GET TO SEE COST EVER OR IS IT JUST WE'RE JUST CHARGED A FEE AS A CITY.

DO WE GET TO SEE COST? DO WE SEE? YOU MEAN ATHENS COSTS FOR OPERATIONS? WELL, THEY PROVIDE JUSTIFICATION IN THEIR LETTER EACH YEAR FOR HOW THEIR THEIR OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN IMPACTED.

BUT PART OF THE REASON WE WENT WITH THESE INDICES IS SO IT'S A CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT METRIC.

WELL IT MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE MATH TO FOLLOW, BUT IT IS IT IS I UNDERSTAND MATH I'M AN ENGINEER.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WAS. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT BEEN HERE TO NEGOTIATE THE INITIAL ONE.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE BASIS. THE BASIS IS THAT WE CAN TRACK THESE INDICES PUBLICLY, AND WE CAN DETERMINE COSTS BASED ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE INDUSTRY AT LARGE, AS OPPOSED TO ATHENS OWN 3.97% OF THEIR COST.

RIGHT. SO THEN I THEN AND THEN I COULD SEE WAITING THE VOLATILITY.

AND I THINK LARGELY SPEAKING AT THE AT THE START OF THE AGREEMENT THAT WAS THEIR BEGINNING POSITION.

YEAH. BUT BUT I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD THAT THAT'S PROBABLY HOW THIS ORIGINAL WEIGHTING WAS SET.

THAT'S WHY I SAID DO WE GET TO SEE COSTS SO WE CAN VALIDATE THAT IT'S STILL IN THAT RANGE? OR AS THINGS HAVE THINGS CHANGED, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE LOOKING COMING UP ON A, YOU KNOW, A REQUESTED AMENDMENT, WE CAN CERTAINLY ASK FOR THAT. THE CURRENT PRO FORMA, IF WE RECEIVE PROPOSED RATE CHANGES IN THE FUTURE, I APOLOGIZE. LET'S KEEP MOVING. NOT AT ALL. AND I'VE TAKEN A NOTE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT FOR OUR FUTURE DISCUSSIONS ON SECOND AMENDMENT THAT WE WILL, WILL WILL CERTAINLY INCORPORATE THAT INTO SOME OF THE REQUESTS WE HAVE FOR THE HAULER.

MOVING ALONG WITH TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION. OH, MADAM CLERK DO YOU WANT TO YOU WANT TO.

OH, SORRY. MY APOLOGIES. SO MOVING FORWARD WITH TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION, I WANTED TO SHOW HOW THAT 3.6% WILL IMPACT. THE PROPOSED REFUSE RATES FOR THE FOUR REDONDO BEACH.

SO THIS SLIDE YOU CAN SEE THE SINGLE FAMILY RATE AND THAT IS A SOLID RATE.

THAT'S THAT'S A SOLID NUMBER. WE KNOW THAT ALL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES HAVE A MONTHLY REFUSE RATE OF IN 24, 25, $29.78. AND THAT 3.6% TAKES THAT NEXT FISCAL YEAR TO $30.77.

SO THAT IS A TOTAL AN ANNUAL TOTAL OF $357.36.

AND THAT IS THE LOCKED SOLID RATE FOR OUR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS.

FOR THE NEXT TWO ROWS, YOU'LL SEE SAMPLE, BECAUSE FOR OUR MULTIFAMILY CUSTOMERS AND OUR COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS, THERE'S A MYRIAD OF POTENTIAL SERVICE LEVELS THAT THEY CAN AVAIL OF.

BUT WHAT WE'VE SHOWN YOU HERE IS A SORT OF A TYPICAL ONE OF OUR MORE COMMONLY USED SERVICE RATES.

SO FOR A MULTIFAMILY, WE LOOKED AT A TWO YARD BIN THAT SERVICED WEEKLY SHARED BY SIX UNITS, AND YOU CAN SEE THE CHANGE THERE FOR A PROPOSED 2526 FEE OF $170.49 A MONTH.

AND FOR COMMERCIAL, WE LOOKED AT A THREE YARD BIN SERVICE WEEKLY, AND YOU CAN SEE THE ADJUSTMENT THERE WITH THE 3.6% TO $263.37.

THEN WE DECIDED TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF OUR CLOSER NEIGHBORS.

NORMALLY AT THIS TIME STAFF DOES AN INFORMAL SURVEY OF, OF A WIDER AREA WITHIN THE SOUTH BAY AND NEIGHBORING CITIES.

BUT IT CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT WITH ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT SERVICES WE JUST TALKED ABOUT TO, YOU KNOW, TO DO AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON. SO WE TOOK A LOOK AT JUST TWO OF OUR CLOSEST NEIGHBORS, HERMOSA BEACH AND MANHATTAN BEACH. AND THIS SHOWS YOU WHAT A SERVICE LEVEL COMPARISON LOOKS LIKE.

I'LL TRY AND WITHOUT THE USE OF A POINTER, I WILL TRY AND HELP YOU SORT OF SHOW WHERE WE ARE.

REDONDO BEACH HAS UNLIMITED SERVICE FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS AT THAT $30.77 A MONTH RATE.

WE JUST DISCUSSED FOR THE PROPOSED FY 2526. I JUST POINT OF ORDER.

IS THIS IN THE PACKET? IS IT A BLUE FOLDER ITEM? JUST THE POWERPOINT. OKAY. THANK YOU. WITH WITH THAT IN REDONDO BEACH WE HAVE THAT INCLUDES RECYCLING AND

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YOU CAN SEE THEY HAVE THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SERVICE FOR REFUGEES.

BUT WE OFTEN COMPARE TO THAT UNLIMITED THAT 96 GALLON AT DOLLARS $0.96.

ALTHOUGH, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE THE LOWER OPTIONS, THEY RECYCLING IS INCLUDED.

HOWEVER, ORGANICS IS NOT INCLUDED, SO THOSE RESIDENTS WOULD ALSO HAVE TO SELECT AND PAY FOR ONE OF THE ORGANICS CARTS AT THE OPTIONS YOU SEE THERE BEFORE YOU.

THEY DON'T HAVE AN EVENT IN THE CITY AND THEY HAVE TWO ANNUAL PICKUPS PER YEAR.

EXCUSE ME COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI CAN YOU PLEASE MOVE THE MIC TOWARDS YOU? THANK YOU. WHAT ARE THE 35G, 64G 96G GALLON. PARDON ME? GALLON GALLON. SO THE SIZE OF THE CART, THE TYPICAL CARTS THAT WE HAVE IN REDONDO SINGLE FAMILY ARE 64 AND 96 IS WHAT YOU WILL SEE OUT ON THE STREET.

MOSTLY THE REALLY SMALL ONES THAT YOU DON'T SEE THEM VERY OFTEN IN REDONDO BEACH, RIGHT? OKAY. AND THEN FINALLY YOU SEE THE SAME FOR MANHATTAN BEACH.

THE VARYING SIZES, THE GALLON SIZES OF CARTS WITH THE INCLUDED RECYCLING AND ORGANIC SERVICE AND THEN THE AND BULKY ITEMS IS IF THERE ARE IF THERE IS A QUESTION, I'LL PAUSE HERE.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LIKE I THINK OVER TIME TO EXPAND ON WITH OTHER NEIGHBORING CITIES.

THIS IS A SORT OF A CUT AT TRYING TO HELP COMPARE AND PROVIDE AN APPLES TO APPLES LOOK AT HOW DIFFERENT SERVICE TYPES ARE CALCULATED, HOW DIFFERENT RATES PER CITY OR CONTRACT ARE CALCULATED.

IDEALLY, AS WE MOVE TOWARDS THE PROSPECTIVE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS, WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO HAVE CHARTS LIKE THIS FOR ALL OF OUR REGIONAL CITIES TO HELP PROVIDE A BROADER COMPARISON ACROSS THE AREA.

THIS WAS SORT OF AN INITIAL TAKE AT HELPING, I THINK, DISTILL THIS DATA INTO A SINGLE CHART BECAUSE, AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED, EACH CONTRACT IS DIFFERENT.

THE LEVEL OF SERVICE IS DIFFERENT. THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RECEIVING EFFECTIVELY UNLIMITED BULKY ITEM PICKUP AND BEING LIMITED TO TWICE A YEAR.

THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING ABLE TO THROW AWAY ALL OF YOUR WASTE AT ANY GIVEN TIME, AND BEING SUBJECT TO THE SIZE OF YOUR CONTAINER, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE.

SO I THINK THIS IS A START, AND AT SOME POINT WE'LL WANT TO EXPAND ON THIS CHART GOING FORWARD, BECAUSE THERE IS A DIFFERENCE. AND RIGHT BETWEEN TWICE A YEAR FOR PICKUP VERSUS UNLIMITED.

CORRECT. AND WHAT'S THE VALUE OF THAT. RIGHT.

AND IS IT IS IT WORTH IT. RIGHT. AND HOW OFTEN DO OUR RESIDENTS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

OR DO YOU DO YOU CONTEMPLATE A A SMALLER CART CONTAINER OPTION SERVICES WITHOUT UNLIMITED POTENTIALLY SO AS A WASTE AS A MEANS TO SAVE COST ACROSS THE ACROSS THE RATEPAYER SPECTRUM. HOW OFTEN DO WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT? BY CALLING IN TRASH THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE COMPLAINED TO US ABOUT, AND THEN GETTING IT PICKED UP THAT WEEK? I'LL SAY THAT TO THE TO THE POINTS AND DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE OTHER CONTRACT AMENDMENT THAT THE CITY MANAGER HIGHLIGHTED TO US IS THAT WE DO GET $600,000 IN STREET CLEANING, FREE STREET CLEANING BASICALLY ALL YEAR LONG, INCLUDING OUR CONTRACT.

YEAH. AND THAT THAT VALUE IS BALLPARK, THAT I COULD TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT THAT VALUE IS NOW WITH THE EQUIPMENT AND THE LIKE.

BUT YEAH, SOMEWHERE TO THAT ORDER OF MAGNITUDE. BUT THOSE ARE THERE'S OTHER COMPONENTS OF OUR AGREEMENT THAT AREN'T COVERED IN THESE CHARTS. BUT WE FELT LIKE, HEY, LET'S START TRYING TO BUILD OUT FOR YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE DATA THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT AS YOU DO COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS.

SO THIS SLIDE ATTEMPTS TO DO THE SAME FOR COMMERCIAL RATES.

AGAIN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE MYRIAD OF OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO, TO COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS.

BUT THIS TOOK THAT TOOK A STANDARD SERVICE FOR ONE OF THOSE TYPICAL RATES, WHICH IS A THREE YARD REFUSE BIN SERVICE ONCE A WEEK.

AND BEFORE YOU ARE THE THE RATES THAT ARE EXPERIENCED IN SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES THE PROPOSED RATE FOR REDONDO BEACH THIS YEAR, $263.37 FOR THAT STANDARD THREE YARD SERVICE, RECYCLING INCLUDED, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED, ORGANICS IS AN ADDITIONAL FEE.

YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT COMPARES TO THE OTHER CITIES.

OKAY. SO WITH THAT SAID TONIGHT WE ARE HERE TO REAFFIRM THE DETERMINED RATE ADJUSTMENT AS PER THE ATHENS CONTRACT AND AS WAS RATIFIED IN THE PROPOSITION 218 VOTE OF 2014, 2024. THAT'S THE SECOND TIME I'VE SAID THAT TONIGHT.

WE HAVE NOTICE THE PUBLIC HEARING WE RECEIVED THE RATE ADJUSTMENT INCREASE LETTER FROM ATHENS SERVICES PER THE PER THE CONTRACT.

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MAILERS WERE SENT TO ALL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNERS, AND INFORMATION WAS INCLUDED IN THE BILLING FOR ALL CUSTOMERS WHO RECEIVE THEIR BILLS DIRECTLY FROM ATHENS SERVICES, AND A COPY OF THE WRITTEN REPORT WAS PLACED WITH THE CITY CLERK.

SO WITH THAT TONIGHT. MADAM CLERK, HAVE WE OPENED THE PUBLIC HEARING? WE HAVE OPENED THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND SO WE STAND READY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ON THIS ITEM.

AND THEN WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY.

COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT. THANK YOU. MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

YES, MA'AM. PLEASE.

SO THIS WAS IN THE AGENDA PACKET. THIS LOOKS SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SHOWED ANDREA IN YOUR PRESENTATION.

RESIDENTIAL REFUSE RATE SURVEY AS OF MAY 2025.

REDONDO BEACH. WHO PREPARED THIS? THAT IS MYSELF AND STAFF MEMBERS.

YES. SO THIS IS THE INFORMAL SURVEY WE TALKED ABOUT WORKING WITH OUR COLLEAGUES THROUGHOUT NEIGHBORING CITIES AND AND GOING ONLINE.

IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT SOMETHING MORE FORMALLY, WE MAY USE THE ASSISTANCE OF A CONSULTANT, SOMETHING LIKE SOMEBODY LIKE HFA TO ASSIST US WITH A SORT OF MORE RIGOROUS RATE SURVEY.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND WHAT WAS ATTEMPTED IN THE SLIDE THAT YOU PUT UP WAS TO TO THE CITY MANAGER'S POINT, TRY TO BRING IT CLOSER TO AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON.

SO WE AS A COUNCIL MAYOR AND CITY CAN GET AN IDEA AS TO WHAT WE'RE GETTING FOR WHAT PRICE IS THAT RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. AND, YOU KNOW, WE WE JUST BEGAN ON THAT ENDEAVOR FOLLOWING SOME COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS WE HEARD IN OUR OTHER DISCUSSION ON ON SECOND AMENDMENT.

BUT IN ORDER TO DO THAT, I THINK SOME OF YOU HAVE SEEN OUR OUR THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH AGREEMENT WITH ATHENS SERVICES.

IT'S OVER 200 PAGES LONG. SO GOING THROUGH FOR EACH AND EVERY OTHER CITY, IT IS GOING THROUGH THOSE CONTRACTS, LINE, ITEM BY LINE ITEM, SPREADSHEET BY SPREADSHEET.

SO IT JUST TAKES IT TAKES THAT DETAILED ANALYSIS, OKAY.

AND WE'RE AND WE'RE NOT DOING THAT FOR TONIGHT'S HEARING.

THAT'S IN THE FUTURE. WE HAVE A CONSULTANT WHO WE WERE TOLD ABOUT LAST TIME WHO'S AN EXPERT PRESUMABLY IN THE AREA AND CAN HELP.

OKAY, THIS THANKS FOR EXPLAINING THAT. AT FIRST BLUSH, LOOKING AT THIS RESIDENTIAL REFUSE RATE, IT LOOKS LIKE SOME OF THESE OTHER CITIES ARE COMING IN LOWER, IF NOT SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER THAN ATHENS.

SO IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO GET MORE OF THAT INFORMATION AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME FOR SURE.

REPUBLIC WASTE RESOURCES, WASTE MANAGEMENT, INGLEWOOD.

ET CETERA. AND JUST AN OBVIOUS NOTE. THERE IS ALSO KNOWING WHAT THE PROPOSED 2526 RATE STRUCTURE IS.

THAT'S ONE OF THE KEY APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISONS.

INDEED. AND THEN WE HAVE THE ON THE NEXT PAGE COMMERCIAL RATE.

AND YOU DID A NEW ITERATION OF THAT IN YOUR PRESENTATION.

SAME THING WITH THIS. THIS WAS SORT OF THAT'S AN INFORMAL STAFF SURVEY.

OKAY. AND THERE'S OTHER CITIES. THERE'S CARSON GARDENA.

ALL RIGHT. WHO AT FIRST BLUSH APPEAR TO BE LOWER, EVEN FOR, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE RATES.

ALTHOUGH TO YOUR POINT, WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE FISCAL YEAR 2025, 2026.

WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE RECEIVING STREET SWEEPING, HOW MANY TIMES THEY HAVE PICKUPS.

WHAT'S THE VALUE OF THAT? HOW OFTEN ARE OUR RESIDENTS UTILIZING PICKUPS? WE'LL HAVE THAT DATA BECAUSE OUR CURRENT REFUSE HAULER KEEPS THAT DATA FOR SURE.

AND THEN SO WE CAN GET AN IDEA AND GO THROUGH THE METRICS WHICH WE'RE NOT EXPECTED TO DO AND AREN'T DOING TONIGHT.

OKAY. THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO TO APPROVE THIS AND MOVE FORWARD.

IS THERE ANY OTHER ALTERNATIVE AT THIS POINT? IT'S IT'S I MEAN, WE'RE SOMEWHAT OBLIGATED UNDER THE CONTRACT TO ADJUST THE RATES ACCORDING TO THE AGREEMENT.

WE BELIEVE I THINK OUR REAL ANALYSIS IS TO DETERMINE IF THE INDICES AND THE CALCULATIONS HAVE BEEN DONE CORRECTLY, AND WE BELIEVE THEY HAVE. OKAY. WE BELIEVE THE RESULTING FEES ARE ACCORDING TO CONTRACT.

THAT'S REALLY THE DETERMINATION WE'RE MAKING TONIGHT. ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT WOULD PERHAPS ENGENDER OTHER ACTION.

SO. OKAY. AND THE MAYOR AND OTHERS MADE THE POINT TONIGHT THAT THE WAITING AND THE FORMULA IS WHERE THE RATES MOVE. SO ON DAY ONE, YOU COULD HAVE A CONTRACT THAT LOOKS GREAT, BUT IT GETS ADJUSTED.

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YOU KNOW, FOREWARNED IS FOREARMED. AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG DEAL, TOO.

AND IT WAS THAT SAME EXPERT CONSULTANT THAT WAS A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR THIS TYPE OF RATE ADJUSTMENT FORMULA.

I MEAN, REALLY HFA HELPED US CREATE THE ORIGINAL INDICES IN WAITING IN 2011.

THEY HELPED US WITH THE 2019 UPDATE. THIS IS THE BASIS FOR I THINK IN FACT, AT THE TIME, ONE OF THE CONCERNS WAS TRANSPARENCY, NOT ALLOWING THE WASTE HAULERS PRO FORMA TO DICTATE YEAR OVER YEAR CHANGES.

RIGHT. BUT TO ALLOW IT TO BE BENCHMARKED AGAINST INDUSTRY STANDARD, WHICH THESE INDICES ATTEMPT TO DO, ALTHOUGH IN SOME INSTANCES VERY IN A SOMEWHAT COMPLICATED WAY.

OKAY. YEAH. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. MAYOR. THANK YOU STAFF.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. SO I THINK IT'S CLEAR THAT AT THIS TIME, BASED ON THE CONTRACT, WE HAVE TO PROCEED WITH THIS RATE ADJUSTMENT.

BUT I THINK THAT'S ALSO WHY YOU SAW ESPECIALLY COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT.

AND I LOOK AT THE PROPOSED SECOND AMENDMENT THAT ATHENS HAD REQUESTED OF THE CITY AND ASKED FOR SO MUCH DILIGENCE, USING AN OUTSIDE EXPERT AT H, F, AND H TO GO THROUGH EVERY ONE OF THE TERMS THAT THEY REQUESTED, COMPARE IT TO OUR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AND RIGHTS UNDER OUR EXISTING CONTRACT, WHICH IS 183 PAGES PLUS THE FIRST AMENDMENT. BECAUSE IF WE AGREE TO A SECOND AMENDMENT, WHICH IS NOT AT ISSUE HERE TODAY, IT WILL BIND FUTURE COUNCILS AND HEARINGS JUST LIKE THIS, WHERE THEY'LL FEEL AN OBLIGATION TO AGREE TO THE RATE ADJUSTMENT THAT'S BEEN PROPOSED BY STAFF. SO TONIGHT I'M INCLINED AND I WILL MOVE TO ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY THE RESOLUTION CC 2-506-00033.

BUT THAT SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN AS ANY LACK OF DILIGENCE IN ANY FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS THAT WE UNDERTAKE TO AMEND THE CONTRACT THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

AND AS COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT WELL NOTED. WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT INDICES WE LUMP OR CHAIN OUR RATES TO BECAUSE THEY WILL BE BINDING FOR YEARS TO COME. ON FUTURE COUNCILS AND RESIDENTS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. SO I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE TIMING OF THESE THESE INCREASES IN PRICES FOR RESIDENTS AND THEN WHEN THE NEW ATHENS CONTRACT POTENTIALLY WOULD COME INTO EFFECT, AND WOULD THAT BE A SECOND INCREASE WITHIN THE SAME YEAR? COULD YOU GIVE US SOME INSIGHT ON THE TIMING OF HOW THAT WOULD WORK OUT? IT'S A TWO DISTINCT PROCESSES.

AS YOU'VE NOTED, THESE WOULD BE EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST ACROSS ALL THREE RATE STRUCTURES SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY AND COMMERCIAL. WHAT'S REALLY, AT LEAST INITIALLY BEING DISCUSSED WITH ATHENS, PER THEIR PROPOSAL, IS AN ELIMINATION OF THE MULTIFAMILY CATEGORY AND PUTTING THOSE CUSTOMERS EFFECTIVELY INTO THE COMMERCIAL CATEGORY.

SO, AND WHEN YOU'RE IN THE COMMERCIAL CATEGORY, YOU'RE EFFECTIVELY SELF-SELECTING THE RATE AND FREQUENCY AND SIZING OF YOUR TRASH ENCLOSURE AREA AND NEED. SO THERE AT AT SOME POINT, IF THE COUNCIL ULTIMATELY AGREES TO THAT TYPE OF SERVICE CHANGE, EACH INDIVIDUAL MULTIFAMILY COMPLEX IS GOING TO HAVE TO WORK WITH ATHENS TO DETERMINE WHAT THEIR THEIR COMMERCIAL RATE PLAN LOOKS LIKE.

IS IT A SEVERAL LARGE BINS? IS IT ONE LARGE BIN? IS IT MULTIPLE RECYCLE BINS? AND YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF SMALL WASTE BINS ETC., SMALL ORGANICS BINS.

AND THAT'S GOING TO DETERMINE THEIR ULTIMATE RATE.

WHAT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT FOR THE COUNCIL IS TO DETERMINE WHAT IS THE LIKELY OVERALL AVERAGE CHANGE TO THOSE VARIOUS CONSTITUENTS AND CUSTOMERS, MEMBERS WITH SOME EXAMPLES. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A TEN UNIT COMPLEX CURRENTLY UNDER THE MULTIFAMILY STRUCTURE.

THEY PAY X. WHAT WOULD THEY LOOK LIKE. AND LIKELY BEING PAYING UNDER THE COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE WITH THE CHANGE.

MAYBE IT'S 20 UNITS, MAYBE IT'S 80 UNITS, MAYBE IT'S SIX UNITS.

WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT AND GIVE YOU ENOUGH I THINK COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS ON AN IMPACT BASIS.

SO WHAT WE'RE HEARING, THOUGH, FROM THEM IS THAT THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY PROPOSED CHANGE, AT LEAST IN THIS, IN THIS INITIAL CUT AT AN AMENDMENT TO OUR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL RATES NEXT YEAR, THOSE WOULD REMAIN UNCHANGED.

OKAY. COMMERCIAL RATES WOULD GENERALLY REMAIN UNCHANGED DEPENDING ON WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S SCOUT FEES OR OTHER FEES THAT COULD SUPPLEMENTALLY AFFECT THE BUSINESSES THEMSELVES.

SO THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY A CHANGE TO THE COMMERCIAL PROGRAM, BUT THAT'S ULTIMATELY WHAT WE HAVE TO RECEIVE FROM THEM AND NEGOTIATE WITH THEM OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS. THE PROPOSED CHANGE, I THINK THE SIMPLE QUESTION, WHICH I'M NOT SURE I HEARD ANSWERED WAS WHEN WOULD THAT TAKE EFFECT? IS THAT WHEN IT TAKES EFFECT AFTER THE APPROVED CONTRACT AND A SUBSEQUENT PROP 218 PROCESS SO IT COULD TAKE EFFECT AS EARLY AS NEXT WINTER,

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IDEALLY, I THINK WHAT YOU HEARD FROM ATHENS IS THEY'D LIKE TO SEE THE SERVICE CHANGE IMPLEMENTED BY THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR IN ORDER FOR US TO COMPLY WITH THE CURRENT STATE REQUIREMENTS. OKAY. THANKS. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBER. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYBODY CARE TO MAKE A MOTION? I DID MAKE A MOTION. SECOND. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? GREGORY ANDERSON REDONDO BEACH. I'M REALLY CONFUSED IF THERE IS A ANY KIND OF RATE INCREASE OR ANY KIND OF PAY, THEY GET MORE MONEY OUT OF THIS. I OPPOSE IT, AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO OPPOSE IT.

AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY. AT LEAST ON MY STREET THEY HAVE COME BY AND THEY HAVE REFUSED TO PICK UP CERTAIN PEOPLE'S TRASH.

DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DON'T HAVE A REASON. YOU CALL THEM AND THE COMPANY DOESN'T CARE.

SO WHAT DO THEY DO? OH, WE'RE GOING TO CHARGE YOU FOR COMING OUT HERE AND PICKING UP THE TRASH.

THEY SHOULD HAVE PICKED UP IN THE FIRST PLACE UNDER THE CITY CONTRACT.

SO THAT'S A PROBLEM RIGHT THERE. SECOND PROBLEM.

YOU HAVE A PROBLEM BECAUSE YOU HAVE STREET SWEEPERS.

YES, IT IS ATHENS, BUT THEY JUST LEAVE THE CANS RIGHT THERE IN THE STREET.

THEY DON'T PUT THEM BACK ON THE CURB ANYMORE.

SO YOU HAVE STREET SWEEPER THAT JUST GOES ON ROUND THESE CANS CAN THAT JUST SIT IN THE STREET? WELL, SOME OF THEM ARE LAZINESS, I GOT THAT. I WILL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR IS DYING, AND HIS WIFE IS MORE CONCERNED WITH HIM THAN A STUPID CAN AND GETTING IT ON THE CURB.

SO I UNDERSTAND THERE'S AN ORDINANCE, BUT SOME THINGS NEED TO BE LOOKED AT AS FAR AS THEIR UNWILLINGNESS TO FOLLOW THE CONTRACT AND DO THEIR JOB. OKAY. SO I WOULD OPPOSE ANY KIND OF RATE INCREASE.

I WOULD OPPOSE ANY KIND OF HIKE IN THE PAY OR WHATEVER BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT DOING THE JOB THEY SHOULD HAVE.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? ANYBODY ONLINE? I HAVE NO ONE ONLINE OR ECOMMENTS. OKAY. CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE TWO MOTIONS ON THE FLOOR.

WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION AS WRITTEN.

WE HAVE THE CLOSE OF PUBLIC HEARING. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI YOU HAD SOMETHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO SAY, MR. ANDERSON? YOU HAVE MY NUMBER IN YOUR PHONE.

JUST FEEL FREE TO TEXT ME ANYTIME YOU SEE A PROBLEM RELATIVE TO THE CANS OR WHATNOT ON YOUR STREET.

I'M HAPPY TO TO CALL IT IN AND DEAL WITH RESPOND.

MAY I RESPOND? YOU'RE ONLY ALLOWED TO SPEAK ONCE.

I'M SORRY. I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF I COULD RESPOND TO HIS COMMENT.

WELL, DO YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC QUESTION? NO, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. OKAY. OKAY, SO WE'RE ALL FOR ANYBODY OPPOSED? OKAY. OKAY. ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY. RESOLUTION NUMBER CC 2506 03A RESOLUTION OF CITY COUNCIL , CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING CONTRACTORS CHARGES AND CORRESPONDING CITY FEES FOR RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY AND COMMERCIAL REFUGE COLLECTION FOR THE 20 2526 FISCAL YEAR AND ORDERING THE ANNUAL REFERENCE CHARGES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 2026 TO BE COLLECTED ON THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES TAX ROLL.

THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. NOW JUMPING TO L3 PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE FISCAL BUDGET.

WE'RE NOT EXPECTING TO CLOSE ON THIS TONIGHT, BUT CAN I GET A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? MOVE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

I NOTE THAT COUNCILMEMBER BEHRENDT IS ABSENT.

THANK YOU. AND OBAGI WAS LATE IN SAYING I. OKAY, SO THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN.

WHO'S HANDLING THIS ONE? I WILL INTRODUCE THIS, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FEW VISITORS THIS EVENING.

WE'LL HAVE WE'LL HEAR FROM THE POLICE CHIEF. WE'LL HEAR FROM OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, AND WE'LL HEAR FROM OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR TO COVER A COUPLE OF THE HIGHLIGHTED DECISION PACKAGES. BUT WE'RE CURRENTLY PUTTING THE PRESENTATION TOGETHER.

I THINK WE'RE READY TO GO. THANK YOU. JUST A FEW INTRODUCTORY REMARKS FOR ME AGAIN.

AGAIN. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS IS OUR TECHNICALLY OUR SECOND HEARING OF FOUR AS IT PERTAINS TO THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2526 OPERATING BUDGET AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. TONIGHT WE'RE FOCUSED ON PRIMARILY THE OPERATING BUDGET.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THAT'S OUR THAT'S OUR FOCUS OF THE FIRST HEARING NEXT WEEK.

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IF THE COUNCIL CAN COME TO AN AGREEMENT, WE WILL BE ADOPTING THE BUDGET.

YOU'LL SEE THAT IN OUR BUDGET CALENDAR IN A LITTLE BIT. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTED DECISION PACKAGES.

WE'VE GOT OUR BUDGET RESPONSE REPORTS. WE'VE GOT A SUMMARY OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE BEEN PREPARED THUS FAR.

AND WE'VE GOT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS EFFECTIVELY TO CONTINUE THE HEARING TO THE 10TH.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. JUST A REMINDER, THE BUDGET IS BALANCED AS PROPOSED.

IT TAKES IN A SERIES OF ACTIONS. OUR CORE OPERATING REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES ARE STRUCTURALLY BALANCED, WITH ONE SIGNIFICANT CAVEAT, WHICH IS THE ABSORPTION OF OUR NOW AN APPARENTLY SUSTAINED UNFUNDED ACCRUED LIABILITY PAYMENT THAT WE ARE NOW SUBJECT TO WITH CALPERS. WE ARE SLOWLY ABSORBING THAT INTO THE BUDGET.

AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THIS YEAR, OUR $4.3 MILLION IS BEING EFFECTIVELY COVERED BY A $3.5 MILLION TRANSFER FROM OUR CALPERS RESERVE FUND TO COVER THE LION'S SHARE OF THAT EXPENSE OVER TIME.

OUR GOAL, OF COURSE, IS TO HAVE THAT BE PART OF OUR FULL STRUCTURAL REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE PRO FORMA.

OUR PLAN FOR THAT HAS BEEN TO DO THAT OVER A EFFECTIVELY A THREE YEAR PERIOD.

OUR HOPE WAS TO HAVE CHOMPED THAT DOWN BY ABOUT 50% THIS FISCAL YEAR.

WE'RE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND SCHEDULE IN THAT REGARD.

WE WILL SEEK TO CONTINUE, HOPEFULLY WITH INCREASED STRUCTURAL REVENUE NEXT YEAR, TO TO FURTHER CLOSE THAT GAP.

BUT AS YOU LOOK AT THE FINAL IMPACT AS IT PERTAINS TO THE DECISION PACKAGES, WHICH ARE POSITIVE ON AN ONGOING BASIS.

SO THE RECOMMENDATIONS THIS EVENING AS IT PERTAINS TO THE GENERAL FUND FROM A REVENUE AND OR STRUCTURAL SAVINGS STANDPOINT, EXCEED ONGOING COST THAT'S ACCRETIVE TO OUR BUDGET.

AND THEN WE HAVE OUR ONE TIME DECISION PACKAGES THAT ARE GENERALLY OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS AND OUR OTHER ANNUAL EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLE PURCHASE ACTIONS THAT WE HAVE SINKING AND RESERVE FUNDS FOR, SPECIFICALLY IN THOSE AREAS.

WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE, WE HAVE ABOUT $43,000 OF UNALLOCATED FUND BALANCE.

I WILL REMIND THE COUNCIL, AS I SAID IN OUR INITIAL INTRODUCTION A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, OUR REVENUES ARE VERY CONSERVATIVELY ESTIMATED.

WE USE A VARIETY OF OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS TO HELP US ARRIVE AT THOSE CALCULATIONS.

WE CONTINUE TO BE VERY JUDICIOUS IN SHOWING GROWTH IN THOSE AREAS.

AND IN FACT, AS I HAVE SAID IN THE PRIOR PRESENTATION, IN PARTICULAR, THE AREA OF TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX, WE'RE BEING CONSERVATIVE, GIVEN THE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN THE VISITOR COMMUNITY AND THE THE DELAY OF AT LEAST ONE SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY COMING ONLINE, THE LIGATO HOTEL. SO WE ARE CONSERVATIVE THERE AND WE HAVE DONE THE SAME WITH EXPENDITURES WE HAVE RESTORED IN MOST CASES, OUR MORE CONSERVATIVE OVERTIME BUDGET EXPENDITURE BUDGETS.

AND WE HAVE FULLY, FULLY LOADED OUR COMPOSITE SALARY PROJECTIONS FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COVERED UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES.

SO IT IS A CONSERVATIVELY FORECASTED BUDGET, BUT ONE THAT I THINK IS APPROPRIATE GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES ECONOMICALLY.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. GO ON. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I HEARD THIS RIGHT.

HOW MUCH ARE WE TAKING OUT OF THE CALPERS FUND? 3.5 MILLION. AND AND SO YOU SAY WE HAVE 42 K LEFT AFTER RECOMMENDATIONS.

BUT THAT IS THE OTHER OPTION WOULD BE TAKE OUT THREE CALPERS.

EXACTLY. STILL NEGATIVE. YEAH. YOU WE ARE USING EFFECTIVELY A ONE TIME SOURCE TO HELP COVER ALL OPERATING EXPENSES.

YES. SO OUR DECISION PACKAGES, THERE'S 52 OF THEM IN TOTAL.

34 OF THOSE, 52 ARE GENERAL FUND RELATED. WE'LL HEAR FROM A COUPLE OF OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS.

AS I SAID, AS MENTIONED, THE ONGOING IMPACT IS POSITIVE ON OUR STRUCTURAL BUDGET.

WITH THE PROPOSED DECISION PACKAGES. OUR 18 ENTERPRISE FUND DECISION PACKAGES TEND TO DO TEND TO DEAL PRIMARILY WITH OUR ANNUAL EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENTS, WHETHER IT BE INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY, VEHICLES EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS, ETC. WE ALSO HAVE SIGNIFICANT ONE TIME EXPENDITURES AND IN SOME CASES, ONGOING EXPENDITURES ASSOCIATED WITH OUR TRANSIT OPERATIONS AND SOME OF OUR TRANSIT RESTRICTED SOURCES OF FUNDS. AS I MENTIONED IN OUR PRIOR PRESENTATION, VERY FEW NEW POSITIONS IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, LARGELY BECAUSE WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT LONG TERM CORE EXPENDITURE.

THE FEW POSITIONS WE HAVE RECOMMENDED HAVE SOME OFFSETTING, EITHER EXISTING REORGANIZATIONAL SAVINGS OR A DEDICATED REVENUE SOURCE OR GRANT FUNDING SOURCE TO HELP OFFSET THEIR COST. WE DO CONTINUE TO TO PROPOSE FUNDING FOR OUR 27 CROSSING GUARD LOCATIONS.

THAT'S ONE OF OUR BIG DECISION PACKAGES. YOU'LL HEAR FROM THE CHIEF ON THAT TONIGHT.

WE'RE ALSO MAKING CONTINUED INVESTMENTS IN EMPLOYEE WELLNESS AND TECHNOLOGY, PARTICULARLY IN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS, AS WELL AS OUR CUSTOMER INTERFACE AREAS, WHETHER IT BE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, RESEARCH, ONLINE SERVICES THROUGH WEB TECHNOLOGY,

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OUR OUR TREE TRIMMING CONTRACT IS A FAIRLY COSTLY ONE.

WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST TREE CANOPY IN THE COMMUNITY, AND WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT FUNDING IN OUR DECISION PACKAGES TO SUPPORT THAT.

AND THEN YOU'LL HEAR FROM MARK A LITTLE BIT ON SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO HOW WE'RE PROPOSING TO SUPPORT PLAN, CHECK, EXAMINATION AND PERMIT TURNAROUND FOR SOME OF OUR KEY BUILDING PERMITS TO TRY TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE, MAINTAIN EXISTING STAFFING LEVELS, BUT TO SUPPLEMENT THEIR WORK THROUGH THIRD PARTY PLANS THAT HELP WE WE BELIEVE WITH TURNAROUND TIMES FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.

NEXT SLIDE. I THINK WE MIGHT BE MOVING ON NOW TO OUR FIRST DEPARTMENT HEAD WHO'S PRESENTING TONIGHT.

JOE HOFFMAN, OUR POLICE CHIEF WILL TAKE THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES.

JOE. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JOE HOFFMAN, POLICE CHIEF.

I'M HONORED TO BE HERE AND BE ABLE TO BE PART OF THE BUDGET PRESENTATION TONIGHT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF OUR KEY DECISION PACKAGES AS PART OF THIS BUDGET.

THE FIRST ONE IS ON POLICE TECHNOLOGY. SO WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE SUPPORT FROM THE CITY COUNCIL HISTORICALLY TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT NEW TYPES OF TECHNOLOGY THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR US TO DO A BETTER JOB, WHETHER IT'S THE WAY THAT WE IDENTIFY CRIME TRENDS, THE WAY THAT WE PROVIDE COMMUNITY SERVICE. THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY THAT'S KIND OF EMERGING INTO THIS MARKET.

AND I THINK THAT BEING AN EARLY ADOPTER OF SOME OF THIS TECHNOLOGY HAS SET US APART FROM A LOT OF OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT ORGANIZATIONS.

SO WE'VE BEEN FUNDING A LOT OF THAT THROUGH ONE TIME FUNDING AND GRANT FUNDING, AND WE'VE REALIZED THE BENEFIT FROM A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'RE USING. SO WITH THIS DECISION PACKAGE, WE'RE SEEKING TO MOVE THE MAJORITY OF THAT INTO THE CORE BUDGET.

SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT I WANTED TO SPECIFICALLY MENTION ARE THE DRONE PROGRAM.

WE'RE USING THE DRONE AS A FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM.

IT'S DRASTICALLY INCREASED SAFETY FROM RESPONDING OFFICERS AS WE'RE ABLE TO GET AN EYE OVERHEAD, OFTENTIMES LONG BEFORE THE OFFICERS ARRIVE IN VEHICLES AND DURING CERTAIN TYPES OF CRITICAL EVENTS, SUCH AS BEACH LIFE. 4TH OF JULY SUPER BOWL 10-K.

IT PROVIDES AN ADVANCED LEVEL OF SURVEILLANCE AND SECURITY THAT WE WOULDN'T OTHERWISE HAVE, AND WE'VE BEEN LIMITED IN THE WAY THAT OUR DRONE PROGRAM OPERATES, WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAVE A FLIGHT OBSERVER ON THE ROOF FROM OUR LAUNCH POINT, EVEN THOUGH WE OPERATE WITH A REMOTE PILOT IN COMMAND FROM OUR COMMUNICATIONS CENTER IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

BUT WE RECENTLY RECEIVED OUR FAA WAIVER. SO ONCE WE GO THROUGH THE TESTING PROCESS THERE, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO FLY THAT DRONE COMPLETELY AUTONOMOUSLY, WHICH ESSENTIALLY MEANS WE'RE NOT GOING TO NEED THE FLIGHT OBSERVER ON THE ROOF ANYMORE. SO WE HAVE THE WAIVER. WE HAVE THE WAIVER.

OH, GOOD. WE WE OBTAIN THE WAIVER. HOWEVER, OUR CONTRACT SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO MOVE TO THAT PLATFORM UNTIL WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FULLY VET IT OUT, TEST IT, MAKE SURE IT'S WORKING PERFECTLY. SO WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THAT PHASE RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT'S A HUGE STEP FORWARD.

THERE'S ONLY I DON'T EVEN KNOW THE NUMBER, BUT THERE'S ONLY A HANDFUL OF AGENCIES IN THE NATION THAT ACTUALLY HAVE THIS WAIVER.

AND BECAUSE WE WERE AN EARLY ADOPTER OF DRONE TECHNOLOGY AND BFR PROGRAMS, WE'RE ONE OF THE FIRST AGENCIES TO GET THAT.

THE NICE THING ABOUT THAT IS, IS AS LONG AS WE HAVE OPERATORS THAT HAVE THE FAA CERTIFICATION, THE 107 CERTIFICATION, THEN WE COULD FLY THAT DRONE 24 OVER SEVEN.

AND IT'S GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE CERTAIN 911 CALLS COME IN.

WE CAN GET AN AI SCRIPT OUT, WE CAN FLY THE DRONES TO CERTAIN TYPES OF CALLS.

AS LONG AS WE HAVE SOMEBODY THERE THAT CAN TAKE CONTROL OF IT IF NEEDED.

SO THAT'S A HUGE THING, A HUGE COMPONENT OF OUR TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO EXPANDING THAT.

LICENSE PLATE. READERS HAS BEEN A TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'VE BEEN USING FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, AND WE'RE EXPANDING THAT TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

IT GREATLY ENHANCES OUR ABILITY TO IDENTIFY VEHICLES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN CRIMES AND SOLVE CRIMES FASTER.

QUITE FRANKLY, THE LICENSE PLATE READERS ALLOW US TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY SAFER BECAUSE WE CAN IDENTIFY VEHICLES AND COMPLETE REPORTS QUICKER.

INVESTIGATORS USE THAT INFORMATION, AND MOVING THIS WILL HELP US MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S PART OF THE ONGOING BUDGET.

WE HAVE A VARIETY OF TOOLS THAT WE USE TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY.

WE HAVE ZEN CITY, WHICH WE'VE BEEN USING FOR A WHILE, WHICH IS A CUSTOMER SERVICE TYPE PLATFORM THAT SENDS OUT SURVEYS TO THE COMMUNITY.

FOR PEOPLE THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN CALLED OUT TO ASSIST AND ASK THEM, HOW ARE WE DOING? AND WE GET FEEDBACK AND WE GET THAT REGULAR FEEDBACK, WHICH WE USE TO DETERMINE HOW WE DEPLOY SERVICES.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SPIDER TECH, WHICH IS A SURVEY THAT'S SENT AFTER SOMEBODY CALLS THE POLICE.

DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF CALL THAT WE WENT ON CAR ACCIDENT, SOME SORT OF A REPORT CALL, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, THEY GET A SPECIFIC TYPE OF SURVEY THAT PROVIDES FEEDBACK ABOUT THE LEVEL OF SERVICE.

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USUALLY GOOD. BUT SOMETIMES THERE'S COMMENTS THAT ALLOW US FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH SUPERVISORS, SHARE WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION. AND AGAIN, IT ALLOWS US TO MAKE SURE IT'S A CHECK AND BALANCE FOR THE WAY THAT WE'RE PROVIDING SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. AND THIS WOULD INCLUDE THAT THOSE PROGRAMS ARE ALSO PART OF OUR CORE BUDGET.

DATA CONSOLIDATION IS PROBABLY ONE OF OUR BIGGEST ONES, AS I MENTIONED WHEN I STARTED TALKING, ALL THE TECHNOLOGY OUT THERE IS AMAZING, BUT THE AMOUNT OF DATA POINTS THAT WE'RE CREATING BY HAVING ALL THIS VERY VARIOUS TECHNOLOGY IS MIND BOGGLING.

MILLIONS OF DATA POINTS. THE THE CHALLENGE IS, IS THAT THEY'RE ALL STORED IN INDIVIDUAL SILOS THAT SOMETIMES TALK TO EACH OTHER AND SOMETIMES DON'T. AND CONNECTING THOSE DOTS IS REALLY CRITICAL FOR US TO BE AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT ORGANIZATION.

AND EACH ONE, HISTORICALLY, WE WOULD HAVE A DIFFERENT LOGIN AND A DIFFERENT PASSWORD FOR EACH ONE.

WE'D HAVE TO CROSS-REFERENCE EACH THING. AND BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF DATA THAT WE'RE HAVING, INEVITABLY WE WERE MISSING SOMETHING. AND WITH BRINGING PEREGRINE ONLINE, WE HAVE NOW A DATA CONSOLIDATION PLATFORM WHERE ALL THOSE SYSTEMS TALK TO EACH OTHER, AND IT CREATES A VERY SIMPLE SEARCH. IN FACT, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT WHEN I GET INQUIRIES ABOUT VARIOUS CALLS OR INCIDENTS THAT ARE OCCURRING, THE RESPONSE TIME IS A LITTLE BIT QUICKER THAN IT USED TO BE.

AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY THAT IS, IS BECAUSE THIS SYSTEM IS SO USER FRIENDLY THAT OFTENTIMES I'M QUERYING THE INFORMATION MYSELF AS OPPOSED TO.

REACHING OUT TO THE CRIME ANALYSIS UNIT OR THE COMMUNICATIONS UNIT BECAUSE THEY COULD DO IT FOR ME.

SO I'M NOT DISTRACTING THEM FROM DOING THEIR PRIMARY JOB TO RESPOND TO ME FOR INFORMATION THAT I'M GOING TO PASS ALONG.

I'M ABLE TO DO IT MYSELF. AND THAT'S BECAUSE THIS SYSTEM IS THAT EFFICIENT.

WE'RE USING IT ACROSS THE WHOLE ORGANIZATION.

COMMUNICATIONS CAN GET INFORMATION OUT IN A MORE REAL TIME COMPONENT.

PATROL CAN USE IT TO WRITE BETTER REPORTS INVESTIGATIONS, USES IT TO CONDUCT MORE EFFICIENT INVESTIGATIONS.

CRIME ANALYSIS USES IT TO PROVIDE MORE IN-DEPTH REPORTS ABOUT CRIME TRENDS THAT ARE OCCURRING.

AND THEN MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATION USES IT TO KIND OF MONITOR EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON AND RESPOND TO INQUIRIES. AND THIS WILL ALSO ALLOW FOR THAT TECHNOLOGY TO BE COVERED IN THE IN THE CORE BUDGET. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO WE ARE ASKING TO ADD A COUPLE OF POSITIONS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE WE'RE THE BIGGEST DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY, AND WE ARE CONSTANTLY EVALUATING THE POSITIONS IN OUR ORGANIZATION AND HOW WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB. THE FIRST POSITION IS THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES SUPERVISOR.

SO WE CREATED THE FIRST MUNICIPAL SERVICES SUPERVISOR SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

SHORTLY AFTER I BECAME CHIEF AND BECAUSE OF THE SPAN OF CONTROL THAT IS ONE OF THE AREAS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT WE GET THE MOST INQUIRIES ABOUT.

OUR MUNICIPAL SERVICE OFFICERS HANDLE PARKING ENFORCEMENT AND ANIMAL CONTROL, AND WE HAVE QUITE A FEW OF THEM.

YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE THERE, THERE'S 22 MUNICIPAL SERVICES OFFICERS CITYWIDE.

AND RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE ONE SUPERVISOR THAT REPORTS TO LIEUTENANT AND SPECIAL OPERATIONS DIVISION.

IT'S JUST TOO MUCH. IT'S JUST TOO MUCH. THE SPAN OF CONTROL THERE.

SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL MUNICIPAL SERVICES SUPERVISOR POSITION, AND WE'RE GOING TO COVER ALL SEVEN DAYS OF THE WEEK WITH THE SHIFTS THAT THEY WORK. WHAT THAT'S GOING TO DO IS IT'S GOING TO ALLOW FOR MORE OF A BALANCE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES RELATED WITH PARKING ENFORCEMENT AND ANIMAL CONTROL AND THE FIELD DUTIES, BUT ALSO INCREASE OVERSIGHT AND ENFORCEMENT.

AND THAT SUPERVISOR WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND CONDUCT ENFORCEMENT AS WELL, AND IT WILL REDUCE THE SPAN OF CONTROL TO TO A MANAGEABLE LEVEL.

SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR. SO WE'VE BEEN OPERATING WITH A SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR THAT'S IN A PART TIME CAPACITY.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT SOCIAL MEDIA IS ONE OF THOSE ITEMS THAT HAS TRULY ALLOWED US TO MARKET NOT ONLY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT THE WHOLE CITY AND REALLY PROMOTE THE BRAND OF THE CITY, INCREASE TRUST AND TRANSPARENCY.

AND IT'S BEEN A CRITICAL COMPONENT FOR HOW THE COMMUNITY VIEWS US.

AND WE'VE DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB. WE'VE USED VARIOUS PEOPLE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT JUST ARE KIND OF GOOD.

WITH SOCIAL MEDIA. I DO THE BEST. I'M SURE ALL OF YOU FOLLOW MY SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT AND I DO MY BEST TO.

I DID ONE FOR THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS YESTERDAY.

I TRIED TO TAKE A SELFIE WHILE I WAS RUNNING.

I DID THE BEST I COULD, BUT PEOPLE REALLY LIKE THAT STUFF AND YOU'LL NOTICE THE QUALITY OF SOME OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS SINCE WE BROUGHT ON, A PROFESSIONAL HAS REALLY GONE UP AND PUT US ON THE MAP EVEN MORE.

SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS TO TURN THAT INTO A FULL TIME POSITION AND EXPANDING IT BEYOND JUST THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO WE CREATE THE FULL TIME POSITION. AND YOU LOOK AT THE IMAGE THERE.

WHEN WE CREATED THIS IMAGE, WE WANTED TO MAKE IT SO IT WASN'T JUST ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

IF WE HAVE A FULL TIME SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR, THAT PERSON WOULD BE ABLE TO HELP WITH POST FOR THE CITY FOR ANY SORT OF CITY EVENT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE JUST HAD OUR SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR ASSIST WITH THE LAUNCH OF THE NEW FIRE BOAT, AND THEY'RE PUTTING A STORY TOGETHER FOR THAT.

RECREATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES, ANY SORT OF PROGRAMS THAT MIGHT BE COMING UP, AND IT WOULD BE OF A PROFESSIONAL QUALITY THAT I THINK WOULD ONLY ADVANCE THE CITY'S

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I THINK THAT GOES BEYOND BRANDING. THERE'S EDUCATION.

I GUARANTEE THAT THAT VIDEO WITH OFFICER GARCIA REACH MORE PEOPLE ABOUT COYOTES THAN THE COYOTE MANAGEMENT PLAN.

WELL, YOU NEVER THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO BE SO POPULAR.

I TALKED TO I TALKED TO HIM SHORTLY AFTER THAT VIDEO, AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW HE REHEARSED HIS LINES AND EVERYTHING. AND HE'S MR. COYOTE NOW. SO I'M STILL LOOKING FOR THAT AUTOGRAPH PICTURE, AND WE'VE GOT I CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN FOR YOU, MAYOR. WE WE GOT A LOT OF REALLY POSITIVE COMMENTS ABOUT THAT, BUT WE GET A LOT OF POSITIVE COMMENTS ABOUT A LOT OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS WE DO.

AND BY BRINGING PEOPLE IN THAT ARE EXPERTS IN IT, THEY GET A LITTLE BIT MORE EDGY, WHICH IS KIND OF WHAT WE NEED, AS OPPOSED TO JUST A STANDARD PICTURE AND A CAPTION.

SO IT REALLY KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS THE PERSONALITY AND THE DIVERSITY THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY.

AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND IT BEYOND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND REALLY TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF ALL THE THINGS THAT SOCIAL MEDIA HAS TO OFFER. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO IN ORDER TO CREATE THESE POSITIONS, WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN OFFSET SOME OF THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

SO I'M CONSTANTLY EVALUATING THE POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WHERE WE CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. IT'S NOT JUST MAINTAINING THE STATUS QUO, IT'S IF WE HAVE A POSITION THAT'S VACANT BEFORE WE SUBMIT A REQUEST TO FILL THAT POSITION, IT'S DO WE STILL NEED IT OR IS THERE SOMETHING BETTER THAT WE CAN DO? AND WITH THE ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY WHERE WE USED TO DO A LOT OF MANUAL CITATION ENTRY, A LOT OF THAT IS BECOMING MORE AUTOMATED.

AND WE HAD A POSITION, AN OFFICE SPECIALIST THREE POSITION THAT WENT VACANT.

AND INSTEAD OF FILLING IT, WE'RE LOOKING TO ELIMINATE THAT POSITION, TAKE THAT FUNDING AND APPLY IT TO THE SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR POSITION.

AND AS FAR AS THE MSO SUPERVISOR POSITION, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE TO REDUCE A LITTLE BIT OF OUR PART TIME BUDGET.

AND ALSO THERE'S GOING TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR INCREASED REVENUE THROUGH CITATIONS, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE A POSITION THAT WORKS IN THE FIELD AND CONDUCTS ENFORCEMENT AS WELL. SO WE WERE ABLE TO CUT SIGNIFICANTLY INTO THE APPROPRIATION NEEDED TO FUND THESE TWO POSITIONS BY LOOKING AT WAYS TO OFFSET THOSE COSTS.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO WELLNESS PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS BEEN FOCUSING ON FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.

THE MOST IMPORTANT ASSET THAT WE HAVE IS ANY ORGANIZATION IS OUR PERSONNEL, AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT NEW AND INTERESTING WAYS THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN THAT WORKFORCE AND TAKE CARE OF THEM. WELLNESS PROGRAMS IS A BIG THING.

THERE'S OBVIOUSLY BEEN A LOT OF INSTANCES OF OF PTSD AND MENTAL HEALTH, AND LOOKING AT WAYS TO BE PROACTIVE AS OPPOSED TO REACTIVE HAVE BEEN ESSENTIAL. I WE PUT A FEW PICTURES UP HERE OF THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, AND A LOT OF TIMES A WELLNESS PROGRAM WILL BE AN APP OR SOME SORT OF A PROGRAM WHERE PEOPLE CAN CALL OR LOOK UP RESOURCES. AND IN MY OPINION, OFTEN THAT IS JUST A WAY TO CHECK A BOX TO SAY, YEAH, WE HAVE A WELLNESS PROGRAM, BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE MOST EFFECTIVE.

SO PRIOR TO IMPLEMENTING WELLNESS PROGRAMS, WE LOOK FOR GRANT FUNDING AND OTHER WAYS TO TRY THINGS OUT TO SEE WHAT KIND OF RESPONSE WE WOULD GET AND HOW EFFECTIVE IT WOULD BE.

AND I LOOK AT THE WELLNESS PROGRAM IS MORE OF A CAFETERIA PLAN.

IT'S NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL PROGRAM. THERE'S GOING TO BE A VARIETY OF COMPONENTS.

DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION ARE GOING TO ENJOY DIFFERENT PORTIONS OF IT.

AND HOPEFULLY BETWEEN ALL OF THAT, IT'S GOING TO MAKE A HEALTHY ORGANIZATION.

SO SOME OF THE PICTURES UP THERE IS WE HAD A GOLF CLINIC.

WE HAVE REGULAR WORKOUTS WITH A PROFESSIONAL FITNESS TRAINER.

THAT'S THE GYM IN THE STATION. WE HAVE OFFICERS AT OUR DEPARTMENT THAT ARE ACCOMPLISHED JIU JITSU INSTRUCTORS THAT OWN A JIU JITSU STUDIO THAT ARE NOW DOING AN IN-HOUSE JIU JITSU PROGRAM. YEAH, THAT'S ME JUST WATCHING.

I'M NOT ACTUALLY ON THE MAP. AND THEN AND THEN WE DO TEAM BUILDING EVENTS.

AND THE PICTURE IN THE TOP, THERE WAS A PROGRAM THAT WE DID JUST FOR WOMEN OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHERE WE BROUGHT IN WOMEN LEADERS AND TALKED ABOUT THEIR JOURNEY THROUGH LAW ENFORCEMENT SO WE COULD ENCOURAGE, PROMOTE PROMOTING THE DIFFERENT RANKS, OPPORTUNITIES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

AND THOSE THOSE TYPES OF THINGS ARE WHAT BUILD THAT RESILIENCE, BUILD THOSE LEADERSHIP SKILLS.

IT BOOSTS MORALE. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO HAD DEPARTMENT WIDE EVENTS, SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN DOING SINCE I'VE BEEN THE CHIEF, WHERE WE BRING THE WHOLE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT TOGETHER AND FOCUS ON DIFFERENT TOPICS.

ONE YEAR IT WAS ALL ABOUT GOAL SETTING. LAST YEAR IT WAS ABOUT TAKING OWNERSHIP FOR LEADERSHIP AND HOW THEY CAN SUPPORT OUR DEPARTMENT MISSION, NO MATTER WHAT CAPACITY THEY'RE IN IN THE ORGANIZATION.

BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THE HEALTH HEALTHIER STAFF DELIVERS BETTER PUBLIC SERVICE BECAUSE IT'S A HEALTHY ORGANIZATION.

SO THIS IS HOW WE'VE BEEN KIND OF WORKING ON THE WELLNESS PROGRAM, WHERE WE'RE LOOKING FOR GRANT FUNDING.

WE HAD A WELLNESS GRANT AND WE'VE EXHAUSTED THAT.

WE'VE DONE STUFF THROUGH THE POLICE FOUNDATION.

WE'RE BEING CREATIVE BY USING PERSONNEL THAT WE ALREADY HAVE INSIDE OF THE ORGANIZATION TO DO THINGS IN AN ON DUTY CAPACITY.

BUT A COUPLE INTERESTING THINGS IS THAT WE'VE WE'RE SEEING LESS WORKERS COMPENSATION CLAIMS TO THE POINT WHERE I HEARD THAT OUR PREMIUMS ACTUALLY GETTING REDUCED.

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I THINK THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE CITY WIDE EFFORT AND THE CULTURE THAT'S BEING CREATED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY.

BUT PUBLIC SAFETY IS OBVIOUSLY AT A HIGH RISK FOR WORKPLACE INJURIES.

AND ALTHOUGH THIS ISN'T THE ONLY CAUSE FOR HAVING A REDUCTION IN THOSE, I THINK IT'S A FACTOR.

AND TAKING CARE OF OUR PEOPLE THROUGH WELLNESS PROGRAMS IS A GOOD THING THAT WE'RE INVOLVED IN.

SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO HERE IS MOVE SOME OF THE ONE TIME COSTS OR THINGS THAT WERE GRANT FUNDED INTO THE CORE BUDGET, SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THE WELLNESS PROGRAM FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WHERE WE CONTINUE TO EVALUATE IT, MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, AND KEEP THE HEALTHIEST WORKFORCE POSSIBLE SO WE CAN PROVIDE THE BEST LEVEL OF SERVICE.

CROSSING GUARD PROGRAM. SO CROSSING GUARD PROGRAM HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN A SIGNIFICANT POINT OF DISCUSSION OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.

SO THESE ARE JUST JUST SOME BASIC STATS RIGHT HERE. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 27 INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE STAFFED THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND 17 ARE ADJACENT TO REDONDO BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SITES.

THE STAFFING IS ALL MANAGED THROUGH THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS BUREAU, AND IT'S A COMBINATION OF CITY EMPLOYEES THAT ARE EMPLOYED AS PART TIME CROSSING GUARDS AND THEN CONTRACT EMPLOYEES TO ALL CITY MANAGEMENT, WHICH IS A COMPANY THAT PROVIDES CROSSING GUARD SERVICES.

SO YOU CAN SEE OUR FISCAL TOTAL, THERE WAS OVER $550,000 TO STAFF THOSE 27 CROSSING GUARDS LAST YEAR.

SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT CHEAPER FOR US TO DO IT THROUGH CITY EMPLOYEES, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S CHALLENGING TO GET ENOUGH APPLICATIONS IN ORDER TO FILL ALL THOSE POSITIONS. SO THE RATES ARE UP THERE FOR WHAT WE'RE PAYING FOR A CITY EMPLOYEE VERSUS WHAT WE'RE PAYING FOR THE CONTRACT EMPLOYEES BECAUSE OF THE MANAGEMENT COSTS AND EVERYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONTRACT. SO WE LIKE TO USE THE CITY STAFF WHEN AVAILABLE.

BUT THE CONTRACT STAFFING DOES ALLOW US TO BRIDGE THOSE GAPS AND NOT HAVE TO ASSIGN POLICE OFFICERS OR MSOS OR OTHER CITY PERSONNEL TO THOSE INTERSECTIONS AND TAKE THEM AWAY FROM THEIR PRIMARY DUTIES.

SO THE CORE BUDGET CURRENTLY CONTAINS FUNDING FOR 12 OF THE 27 SITES.

AND FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE'VE JUST BEEN GETTING ONE TIME FUNDING TO FUND THE ADDITIONAL 15 SITES.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN THERE. THAT'S THAT'S HOW WE'VE BEEN APPROACHING IT.

AND IT'S CHALLENGING TO THAT'S A BIG NUMBER. SO WE'RE WORKING ON TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, HOW TO PRESENT THIS FROM THE STANDPOINT OF ALL THE CORE BUDGET SITES, THE ONE TIME FUNDING.

THERE'S OBVIOUSLY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WHERE WE WANT TO GO WITH THE CROSSING GUARD FUNDING PERIOD.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO I KNOW THESE MAPS ARE SMALL, SO I'LL EXPLAIN THEM A LITTLE BIT.

BUT OF THE FIVE DISTRICTS THERE ARE CROSSING GUARDS IN EACH OF THE DISTRICTS.

THE WAY IT'S BROKEN DOWN IS DISTRICT ONE, HAS THREE SCHOOLS WITH A TOTAL OF EIGHT CROSSING GUARDS.

DISTRICT TWO HAS TWO SCHOOLS WITH TWO CROSSING GUARDS.

DISTRICT THREE HAS THREE SCHOOLS WITH 11 CROSSING GUARDS.

DISTRICT FOUR HAS TWO SCHOOLS WITH THREE CROSSING GUARDS, AND DISTRICT FIVE HAS TWO SCHOOLS WITH THREE CROSSING GUARDS.

AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES UP THE THE 27 POSITIONS.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, DURING MID-YEAR DISCUSSIONS THERE WAS TWO ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP, WHICH WAS ARTESIA AND THE BIKE PATH AND INGLEWOOD AND GRANT, AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A BRT.

WE JUST COMPLETED IT AND SUBMIT IT TODAY, SO YOU SHOULD HAVE THAT SOON.

IT'LL BE IN THE NEXT BATCH, WHICH HAS A DETAILED OVERVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF ALL.

IT'S ALL 27 CURRENTLY STAFFED INTERSECTIONS, PLUS THE TWO THAT WERE PROPOSED AT MID-YEAR.

SO IT'S GOING TO INCLUDE 29 INTERSECTIONS. AND WHAT WE DID WAS WE LOOKED AT THE VOLUMES OF TRAFFIC, PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC, BICYCLE TRAFFIC AND VEHICLE TRAFFIC AND CAME UP WITH A RANKING BASED ON HOW MANY OF EACH WENT THROUGH TO KIND OF PUT THEM IN ORDER OF HOW MUCH ACTIVITY IS AT EACH INTERSECTION.

SO IT'S NOT SAYING THAT ONE INTERSECTION IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANY OTHER.

IT'S SIMPLY A RANKING BASED ON THE VOLUME OF ACTIVITY THERE.

AND YOU SHOULD HAVE THAT DETAILED DATA IN THE PRR IN THE CHARTS ALL BROKEN DOWN, AND IT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO YOU PRIOR TO NEXT WEEK'S MEETING. SO THIS IS HOW IT CURRENTLY STANDS. 12 INTERSECTIONS IN CORE BUDGET AT 212,000.

THE DECISION PACKAGE THAT WE SUBMITTED IS FOR THE ONGOING ONE TIME FUNDING TO FUND THE REMAINING 15 INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL .

AND THEN THE POSSIBLE IDENTIFIED IS PUT IN THERE.

JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT IT WOULD COST IF IT WAS TO EXPAND BEYOND THE 27 TO 29, THAT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL 64,800.

SO THAT'S THE TOTAL COST OF WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO FUND THE CURRENT 27 AND TWO ADDITIONAL.

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CAN I ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION? YES. THE THE TWO ADDITIONAL WOULD ASSUME THAT THEY WERE HIRED THROUGH THE CONTRACT.

WELL, THE COST THAT YOU PUT HERE, I SUPPOSE IT DEPENDS IF IF THINGS MOVE INTO CORE BUDGET OR IF IT REMAINS CONTRACT.

BUDGET. BUT WITH THIS DOLLAR AMOUNT HERE IT IS WITH THE THAT'S CONTRACT PRICING, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY FOR US TO STAFF THOSE INTERSECTIONS PRIOR TO THE START OF THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. IF IF THERE IS AN APPROPRIATION FOR THAT AMOUNT.

MOVING FORWARD, DEPENDING ON HOW THE FUNDING ENDS UP FALLING IN BETWEEN CORE, CORE, BUDGET, ONGOING AND ONE TIME, THEN MAYBE THERE WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO INCREASE OUR ACTUAL WORKFORCE.

BUT IT'D BE VERY DIFFICULT TO OBVIOUSLY DO THAT BY THE START OF SCHOOL IN AUGUST.

CHIEF, WAY BACK IN THE DARK AGES, WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL, WE DIDN'T HAVE CROSSING.

WELL, WE HAD CROSSING GUARDS, BUT THEY WERE SCHOOL KIDS, RIGHT? SAFETY PATROL. WE WERE CALLED AND THEY PICKED KIDS THEY TRUSTED.

AND IT WAS AN HONOR TO GET SELECTED. AND THEN THEY GAVE YOU YOUR LITTLE THEY GAVE YOU TRAINING.

THEN YOU GOT YOUR WHITE BELT WITH YOUR BADGE. AND AND WE WERE THE ONES WHO WENT TO THE INTERSECTIONS.

AND I THOUGHT, MAYBE THAT'S SO ARCHAIC. IT'S NOT AROUND. BUT I RECENTLY LOOKED IT UP AND THERE'S STILL A NATIONAL SCHOOL SAFETY PATROL PROGRAM.

HAVE WE EVER LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, DOING OUR MAYBE LESS DANGEROUS INTERSECTIONS WITH SAFETY PATROL? WELL, NO, WE HAVE NOT, BUT WE HAVE APPROACHED THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND I TRIED TO COME UP WITH SOME.

THIS HAS BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT DISCUSSED IDEAS ABOUT POSSIBLY INVOLVING PTA AND USING PARENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO DO IT.

AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WASN'T INTERESTED. SO WE TRIED TO THINK OF SOME OUTSIDE OF THE BOX WAYS TO DO THE INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO OR TOUCHING THE SCHOOLS.

AND WE DIDN'T GET ANY TRACTION THERE. SO AND AS FAR AS USING THE THE KIDS.

THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE AN ISSUE FROM A CITY ATTORNEY STANDPOINT AND RISK MANAGEMENT AND LIABILITY, BECAUSE ONCE WE HAVE THEM ATTACHED TO US, THEN THEY COULD ESSENTIALLY BE CONSIDERED AN AGENT OF THE CITY AND COULD EXPOSE US TO ADDITIONAL LIABILITY.

SO I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW THAT WOULD WORK. IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD EXPLORE, BUT LIKELY NOTHING THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE ONLINE BY THE START OF THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR MIGHT BE ABLE TO ENABLE US TO CONTROL COSTS AND STILL KEEP SOME OF THE LESS DANGEROUS INTERSECTIONS COVERED WHILE PUTTING ADULTS, YOU KNOW, AT THE MORE DANGEROUS INTERSECTION.

SO IT ALLOWS US TO COVER MORE AT LESS COST. AND SOMEHOW OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE DOING IT ACROSS THE NATION.

SO I DON'T I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT THEY MUST ADDRESS THE LIABILITY PROBLEM TOO.

I CAN JUST SPEAK FOR WASHINGTON. I KNOW THAT THIS WAS KIND OF PUT OUT THROUGH THE SCHOOL ASKING FOR VOLUNTEER CROSSING GUARDS, AND IT IT DEPENDS ON VOLUNTEERS. IT DEPENDS ON PARENTS BEING WILLING TO SHOW UP AND SHOW UP CONSISTENTLY.

THAT'S THE PROBLEM I DIDN'T HAVE A PARENT WITH ME.

WELL, YOU KNOW, TIMES CHANGE. AND THE SAFETY PATROL PROGRAM, THEY DIDN'T SHOW PARENTS WITH EACH SAFETY PATROL MEMBER.

ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT PARENTS AS CROSSING GUARDS OR PARENTS WITH SAFETY PATROL PARENTS AS CROSSING GUARDS? PTA MEMBERS SPEAKING TO THAT. BUT. AND THEN, I MEAN, I, I WOULD BE I THINK THIS IS AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION, BUT I WILL SAY THAT I'VE ATTENDED SEVERAL CROSSING GUARD APPRECIATION DAYS.

AND I MEAN, THEY EXPERIENCE A LOT OF NOT A LOT, BUT THERE ARE INSTANCES WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY GET HONKED AT, THEY GET FLIPPED OFF, THEY GET YELLED AT, THEY GET, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S NOT GREAT BEHAVIOR BY PARENTS DROPPING THEIR KIDS OFF CONSISTENTLY. SO, YOU KNOW, I IT'S NOT AN EASY POSITION ALL THE TIME.

AND I THINK PUTTING MAYBE A FIFTH GRADER IN THERE WOULDN'T BE AN EASY, EASY ASK.

I THINK I MEAN, WE EXPERIENCE PEOPLE RUNNING STOP SIGNS.

THEY'RE JUST NOT ALWAYS. COLLABORATIVE. LET'S SAY IN THAT EVENT.

SO I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ASK OUR COMMUNITY TO STEP UP IN, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN JUST TURN ON.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REALLY ASK THE COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE AND SHOW UP.

BUT IT'S NOT A IT'S NOT AN EASY IT SEEMS TO INCREASE EVERY YEAR.

IT DOES. AND AT SOME POINT THERE'S A LIMIT TO HOW MUCH WE CAN AND I ABSOLUTELY I MEAN THIS IS THAT ACTUALLY.

YEAH. OKAY. YOU REALLY NEED THE CONSISTENCY WITH THE STAFFING.

YOU KNOW THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES. AND WITH EMPLOYEES OR WITH THE WITH THE CONTRACTOR WITH THE CONTRACTOR, IT'S THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO FILL IT. IF THE PERSON DOESN'T SHOW. AND YOU'D BE SURPRISED WHAT HAPPENS WITH STAFFING WHEN IT'S RAINING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO AND ONCE WE DECIDE TO STAFF AN INTERSECTION, THERE'S AN EXPECTATION THERE. SO IF IF THE PERSON DOESN'T SHOW UP, WE'RE GOING TO FILL THAT SPOT AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH SOME OF OUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF.

AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF ISN'T AVAILABLE. IT'S GOING TO BE POLICE OFFICERS BECAUSE ONCE WE DECIDE ONCE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZES THESE INTERSECTIONS, THAT'S IT. IT'S GETTING STAFFED ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO FOCUS ON THAT RELIABILITY. AND AS YOU MENTIONED WITH THE PARENTS OR THE VOLUNTEERS,

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AND THAT'S A CHALLENGE. WE NEED TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AUTHORITY, THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER, TO OFFLOAD THE SPORADIC ONE OR JUST ONE FOLLOW UP QUESTION.

CHIEF, IF WE MAY, IF DECISION PACKAGE 24 WERE FOR RECURRING FUNDS RATHER THAN ONE TIME FUNDS FOR THOSE 15 AND INCORPORATED INTO THE CORE BUDGET, WOULD THE NUMBER DROP BECAUSE THEN YOU'D HIRE THEM ON AS PERMANENT STAFF? WELL, IT PROBABLY WOULD, BUT MAYBE NOT DURING THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE TO HIRE 15 PEOPLE.

I MEAN, I'M NOT EVEN SURE WE COULD HIRE 15 PEOPLE IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

SO I THINK THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, MOVE IT IN AT THIS RATE AND FOCUS ON ONLY, YOU KNOW, FILLING THESE INTERSECTIONS AND CONTINUING TO HIRE.

AND AS WE DID HIRE, THEN HOPEFULLY WE WOULD HAVE COST SAVINGS AS WE APPROACH MIDYEAR OR MAYBE THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ONE LAST QUESTION. THE NUMBER THAT YOU HAVE OR THE NUMBER THAT YOU SHOWED WHAT WE SPENT LAST YEAR FOR CROSSING GUARDS OVER HALF MILLION DOLLARS. DOES THAT INCLUDE WHEN OFFICERS HAD TO STAND THAT POST OF AN ABSENT CROSSING GUARD? NO, NO, THAT'S JUST PART OF OUR NORMAL OPERATING BUDGET.

WE'RE NOT PAYING PEOPLE OVERTIME TO COME IN AND STAFF THESE POSITIONS.

WE'RE USUALLY FINDING AN MSO THAT'S ON DUTY. OR IN THE LAST CASE SCENARIO, WE'RE ASSIGNING A POLICE OFFICER.

FORTUNATELY, OUR STAFFING IS AT A POINT RIGHT NOW WHERE TYPICALLY IT'S BEING FILLED BY MSOS OR NON-POLICE OFFICER POSITIONS.

BUT THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT A FACTOR. THAT'S JUST MAKING SURE THAT'S JUST OUR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY WITH NO, NO, NO. SO IT'S UNDERSTATED FOR THOSE ABSENCES, RIGHT.

MAYBE A LITTLE BIT THERE. YEAH. AND I'D DEFINITELY LIKE TO HEAR THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OPINION BEFORE WE LOOK TO GET CHILDREN AND PARENT VOLUNTEERS MANNING THOSE INTERSECTIONS FROM A LIABILITY STANDPOINT.

WELL, AS FORMER SAFETY PATROL CAPTAIN, WHEN I WAS IN FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADE AND FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, IT'S DEFINITELY POSSIBLE. SO WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT.

SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE A VOLUNTEER INTERESTED IN DOING IT AGAIN.

I MAY STILL HAVE MY ORANGE BELT. YOU GOT ORANGE.

WE HAVE WHITE. I THINK I THINK WE COULD DO A SOCIAL MEDIA POST WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE VOLUNTEERING SOMEWHERE.

SOMEONE POSTED A PICTURE OF OUR CLASS. I'LL SEND IT TO YOU.

WE COULD TALK ABOUT CROSSING GUARDS FOR HOURS.

YES, YES. ANY MORE? ANY MORE QUESTIONS OF JOE? BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO PUBLIC WORKS? YEAH, A DIFFERENT SUBJECT.

IF I MAY. THANK YOU, CHIEF. BY THE WAY, I SUPPORT EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO BRING THE BEST TECHNOLOGY AND REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU ALL DO TO KEEP REDONDO SAFE. ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR POSITION.

LOVE THE WORK THAT THE SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR IS DOING.

SO I FORGOT HER NAME. BUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT THEY'RE DOING AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE OTHER ACCOUNTS, ESPECIALLY RECREATION AND THE LIKE, IS THEY'RE DOING LIKE STATIC IMAGES AND YOU ALL ARE DOING VIDEO, WHICH PEOPLE PEOPLE LOVE THE VIDEO. SO AND I AND I DO LOVE WHAT REC HAS DONE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY SERVICES IN INCREASING YOUR POSTS, GETTING THEM OUT, BRANDING THEM WITH THE, WITH THE CITY LOGO AND THE LIKE.

AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION TO HAVE THE SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR WORKING FOR ALL THE DEPARTMENTS.

IN PRR 17, YOU OR SOMEBODY IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WROTE ABOUT THE RED LIGHT CAMERA POSSIBILITIES.

I THOUGHT I SAW A LOT PASSED AT THE STATE THAT ONLY ALLOWED CERTAIN CITIES TO USE RED LIGHT CAMERAS.

OR CAN ANY CITY USE RED LIGHTS? THAT'S FOR THE SPEED CAMERAS.

THAT WAS A OKAY, THAT'S JUST FOR THE SPEED CAMERAS. YEAH. SO RED LIGHT CAMERAS ARE A PROGRAM.

THEY ARE A PROGRAM THAT'S AUTHORIZED RIGHT NOW.

CONTROVERSIAL, BUT IT IS IN EXISTENCE. AND JUST DOING MY DUE DILIGENCE, I JUST EXPLORED WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING.

CULVER CITY CURRENTLY HAS A VERY ROBUST RED LIGHT CAMERA PROGRAM.

I MET AND SPOKE WITH THEIR CHIEF ABOUT IT. IT IS QUITE A ROBUST MANAGEMENT PROCESS BECAUSE OF THE WHAT'S WHAT IS ENTAILED WITH IDENTIFYING THE DRIVERS, SENDING THEM THE NOTICES THE COURT FOLLOW UP AND EVERYTHING THAT IS NEEDED WITH THAT.

ULTIMATELY, THEY DO BRING IN A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF REVENUE RELATED TO IT.

THEY HAVE A LOT OF CAMERAS. THERE'S A THIRD PARTY THAT THAT MANAGES ALL THE SYSTEMS. IT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE STOOD UP IN REDONDO BEACH, BUT IT'D BE IT WOULD BE A CHALLENGING ENDEAVOR TO GET IT UP AND RUNNING IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, BECAUSE WE'D PROBABLY HAVE TO ADD PERSONNEL. RIGHT? OKAY. SO THEN DOES THAT, DOES IT DOVETAIL FROM THAT, THAT YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO JUST DO A PILOT PROGRAM WITH ONE RED LIGHT CAMERA? IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT, YOU'D WANT TO DO MULTIPLE INTERSECTIONS.

NO. WE COULD. WE COULD I MEAN, IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE SAFETY, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

BUT I THINK WE WOULD NEED TO ACTUALLY EXPLORE IT IF THERE WAS A DESIRE TO LOOK AT POTENTIALLY INSTALLING RED LIGHT CAMERAS BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN CONTROVERSIAL IN VARIOUS CITIES. THEY PUT THEM UP, AND THEN THEY PEOPLE WANT THEM TAKEN BACK DOWN SO WE COULD EXPLORE THE FEASIBILITY FOR A RED LIGHT CAMERA PROGRAM AND REPORT BACK ON WHAT WOULD

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WE'VE HAD THOSE CHALLENGES WITH OUR ALPR SYSTEMS WHERE THEY DON'T WANT US TO ATTACH OUR EQUIPMENT TO STATE POLLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WE'VE HAD TO BE CREATIVE WHERE WE PUT THEM ON CITY OWNED PROPERTY THAT'S ADJACENT TO STATE ROUTES, BUT HAS A VIEW OF IT. SO PUTTING A RED LIGHT CAMERA ON ON PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY MAY OR MAY NOT OCCUR, AND WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A TIME FRAME ON THAT. BUT YOU KNOW, THAT IS ONE OF THE VIOLATIONS THAT HAS ATTRIBUTED TO SOME OF THE MOST SERIOUS VEHICLE ACCIDENTS THAT WE HAVE HAD IS RED LIGHT VIOLATIONS.

I'LL JUST SAY IF WE WERE TO EXPERIMENT WITH IT, I'D BE HAPPY TO VOLUNTEER.

ARTESIA AND AVIATION, AVIATION AND GRANT OR AVIATION, ARTESIA AND ORANGE, DEPENDING ON WHICH ONE WAS THE MOST DANGEROUS, ACCORDING TO PUBLIC WORKS. SOME VERY BAD ACCIDENTS AT ARTESIA, AND WE WOULD WANT TO LOOK FOR INTERSECTIONS THAT HAVE MODERN SIGNAL EQUIPMENT AND IDEALLY THE INFRASTRUCTURE FROM A ELECTRONIC AND UTILITY STANDPOINT TO SUPPORT IT.

SO I WOULD, I WOULD. I THINK IT'S WORTH CONSIDERING.

BUT IF WE DO IT WE NEED TO GO SLOW. WE NEED TO PILOT IT.

AND WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO BANK REVENUE ASSOCIATED WITH CITATIONS.

RIGHT. AND TO THE POINT, INCREDIBLY CONTROVERSIAL.

AND THE LAST THING WE NEED IS TO TURN THE RESIDENTS AGAINST OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

AND THEY'VE DONE SUCH GREAT THINGS OVER A COUPLE BUCKS OFF A RED LIGHT CAMERA THAT PEOPLE HATE.

SO I WANT TO BRING THE RESIDENTS ALONG BEFORE DOING ANY KIND OF TRIAL OR WHAT HAVE YOU.

FOR THAT, WE WOULD NEED TO GO SLOW. I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT I TRIED TO INCLUDE A VARIETY OF OPTIONS RELATED TO TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT THAT COULD AT LEAST BE PRESENTED.

SO AT LEAST MAYOR AND COUNCIL KNOWS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS OUT THERE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE INCORPORATED TO ENHANCE TRAFFIC SAFETY IN THE CITY.

COOL. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. CHIEF.

I'VE GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS, ACTUALLY. OKAY. DID PAGE GO ON? NO, NO, NO. I ASKED ALL MY ON THE LICENSE PLATE.

READERS, ARE YOU LOOKING AT STATIC LOCATIONS FOR ALL OF THOSE OR SOME OF THEM ON VEHICLES? WE HAVE BOTH BECAUSE BUT MOSTLY STATIC. NOW FOR THE ADDITIONAL ONES FOR THE IN THE DECISION PACKAGE.

YEAH. STATIC. WELL, I MEAN MOSTLY STATIC, BUT WE ARE USING LICENSE PLATE READER TECHNOLOGY FOR EXAMPLE, TO DO THE FOR OUR PARKING ENFORCEMENT RIVIERA VILLAGE.

SO WE HAVE PARKING ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES THAT HAVE LICENSE PLATE READERS ATTACHED AND ALL THE FOUR HOUR MARKING IS ALL DIGITAL NOW.

IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, THE DAYS OF GETTING OUT AND MARKING A TIRE WITH CHALK, YOU KNOW, THAT WENT AWAY A LONG TIME AGO. SO NOW THE THE CAMERAS ARE SOPHISTICATED ENOUGH THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY MARK THE EXACT LOCATION, RECORD THE LICENSE PLATE, AND THEN WHEN THEY DRIVE BACK THROUGH AFTER FOUR HOURS, IT ALERTS THEM THAT THAT VEHICLE HASN'T MOVED. SO WE DO HAVE A COMBINATION OF MOBILE AND FIXED ALPR.

AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT A ALPR TRAILER THAT WE CAN DEPLOY AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS, DEPENDING ON CRIME TRENDS OR AROUND SIGNIFICANT EVENTS THAT ARE OCCURRING IN THE CITY. OKAY. I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE TRAILER BEING ABLE TO MOVE IT AROUND.

THIS MIGHT BE FOR THE CITY MANAGER. IT'S RELATED TO THE SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR POSITION.

SO WHO IS DOING SOCIAL MEDIA OUTSIDE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT NOW? IS THERE A IS IT A VOLUNTEER EMPLOYEE OR. YEAH, IT'S DECENTRALIZED RIGHT NOW.

SO IT'S EACH DEPARTMENT'S CHARGE EFFECTIVELY TO MANAGE THEIR OWN SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES.

SOME DEPARTMENTS DO IT BETTER THAN OTHERS. OBVIOUSLY, POLICE HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB.

THE GOAL HERE WOULD BE TO MAKE OUR CURRENT INDIVIDUAL FULL TIME, AND THEN ALLOW HER TO INTEGRATE WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, AND THEN TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES BEYOND POLICE I.E.

FIRE, RECREATION, PUBLIC WORKS, ETC. AND THEN ULTIMATELY SUPPLEMENT THEIR THEIR ACTIVITY AND THROUGH MY OFFICE IDEALLY, JANE, WE WOULD THEN INTEGRATE AND COORDINATE THE COMMUNICATIONS OUTREACH ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION.

SO WOULD YOUR OFFICE FUND THE EXTRA BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S COMING OUT OF THE POLICE, ITS GENERAL FUND.

I MEAN, THIS IS A GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTION. SO WHETHER WE APPROPRIATE THE MONEY AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE OR WE APPROPRIATE POLICE, WE CAN. IT'S THE SAME FUNDING SOURCE. THE POSITION IS CURRENTLY STAFFED THERE, AND WE DO STILL BELIEVE THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK WILL BE RELATIVE TO POLICE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS. BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF OPPORTUNITY.

ALL RIGHT. AND THE LAST IS, YOU KNOW, JUST ON THE WELLNESS PROGRAMS. I THINK THAT REALLY IS SOMETHING THAT PAYS FOR ITSELF. AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT DOESN'T. WE CAN'T LOOK AT THAT AND SAY BASED ON WORKER'S COMP, BASED ON ABSENCES, BASED ON EVERYTHING ELSE, WE HAVE SAVED ALL THIS MONEY.

BUT YOU KNOW, KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE THAT'S BEING SAVED.

AND SO THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT I WOULD NEVER GO AGAINST ANY KIND OF EMPLOYEE WELLNESS PROGRAM LIKE THAT.

WELL, AND THE OTHER THING I WOULD ADD IN, YOU KNOW, THE CHIEF MENTIONED IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE,

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FOLKS CAN BE MOBILE. I MEAN, IT'S NOT JUST A LOCAL OPPORTUNITY.

WE LITERALLY ARE COMPETING WITH POLICE AGENCIES THROUGHOUT MULTIPLE COUNTIES.

AND IN ORDER TO BE COMPETITIVE IN TODAY'S ENVIRONMENT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A ROBUST WELLNESS PROGRAM BECAUSE PEOPLE DO CONSCIOUSLY CONSIDER THEIR PERSONAL WELL-BEING AND MENTAL HEALTH OPPORTUNITIES.

SO I DON'T THINK THIS IS A NICE TO HAVE ANYMORE.

THIS HAS BECOME A NEED CRITICAL TO HAVE COMPONENT OF OUR BENEFIT STRUCTURE WITH WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.

WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO ADD TO THE WELLNESS PROGRAM.

FOR ANYONE THAT WANTS TO JOIN US. WE'RE GOING TO BE DOWN AT THE BEACH SURFING ON JULY 29TH.

WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WITH A LOCAL FOUNDATION THAT DOES SURFING FOR MOSTLY IT WAS STARTED WITH MILITARY AND PTSD AND THEY REACHED OUT.

I HAD A MEETING AND I'M LIKE, WELL, LET'S SEE HOW IT GOES.

AND WE PUT IT OUT TO THE DEPARTMENT AND IT FILLED UP WITHIN TWO HOURS, WHICH IS SUPER ENCOURAGING BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE CATCHING ON TO THE BENEFITS OF THESE WELLNESS PROGRAMS AND REALIZING THAT THERE ISN'T A STIGMA ATTACHED TO IT.

THESE ARE DESIGNED TO HELP THEM IN A PROACTIVE MANNER.

SO WE'RE NOT RESPONDING TO ISSUES AFTER WE HAVE LESS OF AN ABILITY TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT.

DOES THE FIRE HAVE SIMILAR WELLNESS PROGRAMS. THE SHARP PERFORMANCE IS SOMETHING THAT'S EXTENDED TO THAT.

THAT DEPARTMENT AS WELL. THEY HAVE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, BUT SIMILAR, I THINK, TO ANSWER YOUR SIMILAR STRESSFUL FIRST RESPONDER.

VERY MUCH SO TO PROMOTE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE SHARP PERFORMANCE, WHICH IS THE PERFORMANCE COACHING PLATFORM THAT WE'RE USING, THE INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR SHARP PERFORMANCE RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT A 3% UTILIZATION RATE.

AND I REACHED OUT TO SHARP PERFORMANCE TO GET SOME STATISTICS ON OUR UTILIZATION.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS AT A 41% UTILIZATION RATE.

POLICE IS AT 18. AND WE'RE CONSTANTLY WORKING TO TO BUILD THAT UP, WHICH IS STILL VERY, VERY GOOD.

BUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT USAGE IS OUTSTANDING, WHICH IS VERY, VERY ENCOURAGING.

THANKS. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU CHIEF. THANKS, JOHN. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP I BELIEVE WE HAVE ANDY WINJE.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN. COUNCIL AND MR.. YOUR HONOR.

MAYOR TONIGHT, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF OUR DECISION PACKAGES THAT ARE PART OF THE THE BUDGET, AS HAS BEEN PROPOSED. WE HAVE A FEW ISLANDS THAT SERVICES THE CITY VEHICLE, CITY OWNED VEHICLES AND OTHER VEHICLES.

THROUGH FUEL PURCHASE AGREEMENT AGREEMENTS. WE'VE HAD 13 CALLS OCCASIONS SINCE JULY 1ST WHERE IT'S BROKEN DOWN.

SO WE'VE KIND OF DUCT TAPED THE THING BACK TOGETHER.

IT'S TIME TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. SO DECISION PACKAGE 28 ADDRESSES COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH REVISITING THAT THOSE FUEL ISLAND PUMPS, THE DIESEL AND GASOLINE ESPECIALLY, AND REHABILITATING THAT EQUIPMENT SO IT'S MORE RELIABLE FOR OUR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CLIENTS.

WE HAVE THREE REORGANIZATION POSITIONS THAT I'VE PROPOSED HERE IN DECISION PACKAGES 34, 35 AND 38.

THE FIRST HAS TO DO WITH CONVERTING ONE OF OUR PARK CARETAKERS TO AN IRRIGATION TECHNICIAN SPECIALIST.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IRRIGATION CONTROL SYSTEMS ARE GETTING FAIRLY COMPLICATED THESE DAYS.

AND THE THE CITY'S URBAN FORESTER RECOMMENDED THAT WE TRAIN SOMEBODY, KEEP SOMEBODY UPDATED ON THIS WHO CAN TRAIN THE REST OF OUR LEAD WORKERS OUT IN THE FIELD. JUST STAYING CURRENT ON ALL THESE UPDATES.

NUMBER 35 HAS TO DO WITH THE CHANGE IN THE ENGINEERING DIVISION.

WE HAVE A PERSON WHO'S KIND OF OVER PERFORMING HER JOB DESCRIPTION.

DOING PLAN CHECK. COMPLICATED PLAN CHECK. TRAINING OTHERS FOR PLAN CHECK.

WE INTRODUCING A SENIOR LEVEL AT THE ASSISTANT ENGINEER POSITION.

TO ACCOMMODATE THAT, THOSE EXTRA DUTIES. AND PUT THAT PERSON IN A POSITION OR WHOEVER THE CANDIDATE IS IN A POSITION TO TRAIN OTHERS IN THE DEPARTMENT FOR THAT VERY IMPORTANT PLAN CHECK SERVICE.

AND THEN THE BOTH OF THOSE, BY THE WAY, ARE GENERAL FUNDING MODEST INCREASES, 18,013 2013 THOUSAND RESPECTIVELY.

THE SOLID WASTE POSITION IS FUNDED THROUGH OUR SOLID WASTE FUND.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT 27,000. ALL OF THESE ONGOING APPROPRIATIONS.

AND THAT IS CONVERTING A POSITION THAT WAS FORMERLY A FIELD POSITION.

WE CALLED IT A RECYCLE RANGER WHO WOULD ASSIST WITH FOLLOWING UP ON TRASH COMPLAINTS OR PICKUP COMPLAINTS THAT THAT DUTY IS BEING TAKEN CARE OF BY OUR RECYCLING SPECIALIST. AND THIS POSITION HAS BEEN VACANT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.

I'D LIKE TO FILL IT, CONVERT IT TO AN OFFICE BASED POSITION THAT WOULD HELP US HANDLE OUR ELECTRONIC TRACKING OF WASTE THAT'S REQUIRED TO BE COMPUTED AND

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WE HAVEN'T DONE A GREAT JOB OF THAT IN THE PAST.

IT'S ALL BEEN A PAPER SYSTEM. WE'RE CONVERTING THAT TO AN ELECTRONIC SYSTEM, AND WE NEED SOME PERSONNEL TO HELP THAT ON THE BACK END.

SO THOSE ARE THREE POSITIONS THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING FOR REORGANIZATION.

DIFFERENT TITLES BUT NET ZERO. BODY. HEAD COUNT IN THE DEPARTMENT.

NUMBER 49, NUMBER 49 AND 50 ARE WHAT I'M CALLING TRUING UP OF SPECIALIZED SERVICES AND MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES, RESPECTIVELY. LAST YEAR, WE REQUESTED A SIMILAR THING.

THE COUNCIL ADOPTED A ONE TIME APPROPRIATION TO KIND OF CATCH OUR CORE BUDGET UP TO WHAT OUR REAL COSTS ARE NOW, WHICH HADN'T BEEN ADJUSTED IN SEVERAL YEARS. BECAUSE THEY WERE JUST ONE TIME LAST YEAR.

WE'RE RECOMMENDING THIS YEAR THAT THEY BECOME PART OF OUR CORE BUDGET THROUGH AN ONGOING APPROPRIATION TO INCREASE SERVICES.

SPECIALIZED SERVICES HAS TO DO WITH ELEVATORS, TRAFFIC SIGNALS, THINGS THAT ARE FAIRLY COMPLEX AND ARE ON BOARD.

STAFF CAN'T ALWAYS ADDRESS ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF ISSUES.

NUMBER 14 IS TREE TRIMMING. THIS IS HONESTLY ANOTHER ONE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO TRUE UP SOMEDAY.

WE DON'T THINK THIS IS THE YEAR TO DO IT. SO WE'VE ASKED FOR A ONE TIME APPROPRIATION HERE TO GIVE ME THE NEXT SLIDE THERE.

STEPHANIE. THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TREE TRIMMING CONTRACT AND HOW THAT WORKS.

I JUST WANT TO GO INTO A LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL HERE.

WE ARE IN CONTRACT YEAR FIVE. WE HAD A FOUR YEAR CONTRACT WITH WEST COAST ARBORIST THAT WAS SIGNED IN 2019 AND 2023.

WE DID A THE FIRST AMENDMENT WHICH ADDED FOUR MORE YEARS.

SO YEAR FIVE WAS TWO YEARS AGO. THIS UPCOMING YEAR WILL BE YEAR SEVEN OF THAT CONTRACT.

THE CONTRACT IS BASED ON GRIDS. THE CITY IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR GRIDS, GEOGRAPHIC AREAS WHERE WE DO THE PRUNING AND THE VARIOUS RESPONSES.

AT THE BEGINNING OF THAT FOUR YEAR PERIOD OF THIS CURRENT AMENDMENT, WE ESTIMATED COST TO ADDRESS ALL THE TREES IN THE VARIOUS GRIDS AND USED A NOT TO EXCEED VALUE IN OUR CONTRACT THAT'S SHOWN THERE AS PART OF THAT TOP TABLE.

5.945636 52 GRID EIGHT. I'M SORRY, YOUR GRID NUMBER FOUR IS OUR SMALLEST GRID, SO IT'S SMALLER NUMBER.

AND THEN HOW WE FUNDED THAT OVER THE LAST 4 OR 3 YEARS IS SHOWN.

283,000 IS OUR CORE BUDGET. EACH YEAR WE'VE ASKED FOR ONE TIME APPROPRIATIONS THROUGH THE DECISION PACKAGE PROCESS IN YEAR FIVE 311,000. LAST YEAR, ONLY 145,000. THIS YEAR 306,000 UP.

TO GET TO SEE THE TOTAL FUNDING THERE, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IN YEAR SIX LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR, WE'RE PROPOSING TO KIND OF UNDERFUND OUR EXPECTED WHAT WE ESTIMATED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

THAT'S DUE TO JUST HAVING TO SHARPEN THE PENCIL HERE AND MAKE FUNDING JUST NOT ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO MEET EVERYTHING THAT WE HAD ANTICIPATED BEING ABLE TO DO WHEN WE SIGNED THIS CONTRACT. SO THAT'S THE KIND OF THE FUNDING HISTORY THERE.

AGAIN, THIS IS ONE THING THAT WE'D LIKE TO EVENTUALLY MOVE INTO CORE BUDGET WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT.

BUT THIS YEAR WAS NOT THAT YEAR. THE CHART ON THE RIGHT JUST GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN IDEA OF WHAT GOES INTO THOSE EXPENSES.

ABOUT 85% ON AVERAGE OVER THE FOUR YEARS GOES INTO JUST STRAIGHT PRUNING, TRIMMING, PREDICTABLE STUFF THAT HAPPENS YEAR OVER YEAR. THERE'S A BIENNIAL TRIM. WE HAVE SOME TREES, CHINESE ELMS AND PALMS ESPECIALLY, THAT GET TRIMMED TWICE IN THAT FOUR YEAR PERIOD, RATHER THAN ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS. OCCASIONALLY, EXTRA PALM SKINNING COMES UP.

THAT'S A PRETTY SMALL AMOUNT AS WELL AS TREE REMOVALS.

PROBABLY BE HAPPY TO HEAR IS A REALLY SMALL PART OF THIS CONTRACT.

TREE PLANTING IS ABOUT 7.5%, WHICH IS A GREAT NUMBER THAT AFFORDS US AT LEAST 100 TREES A YEAR IS OUR GOAL EVERY YEAR.

WE'VE HAD A YEAR OR TWO WHERE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO MORE THAN THAT RECENTLY, SO THAT'S ALWAYS EXCITING.

BUT WE TARGET ABOUT 100 TREES EVERY YEAR, AND THEN ADDITIONAL SERVICES JUST HAVE TO DO WITH EMERGENCY CALL OUTS, SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT, ETC. THINGS LIKE THAT THAT MIGHT BE NEEDED.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THE BASIS OF OUR TREE TRIMMING CONTRACT.

AND BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS AND IT IS A BIG NUMBER, I CERTAINLY WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON THAT.

SO I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE CORE BUDGET NUMBER OF 283.

WHERE DID THAT COME FROM AND WHY IS IT FIXED OVER TIME? FANTASTIC QUESTION. I WISH I COULD GIVE YOU THE WHOLE ANSWER.

WE DID A LOT OF RESEARCH LAST YEAR ON THAT TO FIND WHERE THAT 283 NUMBER CAME FROM.

OF COURSE, AS TIME GOES ON, AS TREES GET BIGGER AND AS ALSO WITH INFLATIONARY COSTS, THESE NUMBERS ALL GROW.

SO THIS WAS PROBABLY AN APPROPRIATE NUMBER BASED ON REAL ESTIMATED COSTS BACK WAY BACK WHEN OVER TIME WE'VE HAD TO INCREASE THAT NUMBER.

BUT 283 IS KIND OF THE NUMBER THAT WE WORK WITH STEPHANIE LAST YEAR ON THIS AND OTHERS TO KIND OF TARGET WHAT THAT WAS BASED ON THE HISTORY IN OUR, IN OUR SOFTWARE SYSTEM. SO I COULDN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT YEAR THAT YEAR THAT NUMBER WAS SET, BUT I'M SURE IT WAS BASED ON REAL COSTS AT THE TIME.

AND EVERY YEAR WE'RE TEMPTED TO, AS EACH YEAR WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE THESE COSTS TO CONVERT THE CORE NUMBER INTO SOMETHING MORE SUBSTANTIAL,

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IN CRITICAL AS TREE TRIMMING IS. IF WE ARE PUT TO THE TEST WITH RETAINING STAFFING OR PUBLIC SAFETY AND OTHER THINGS, THIS IS A REAL CONSIDERATION FOR REDUCTION. SO RATHER THAN ABSORB THIS INTO THE BUDGET AND ACCEPT THIS IN PERPETUITY, WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH THE ONE TIME FUNDING IS, IN EFFECT, SHEDDING SOME DAYLIGHT ON IT, ON THE ISSUE TO HELP THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS A SUBSTANTIAL COST AND THAT WE ARE INVESTING RESOURCES IN.

IT'S UP TO EACH SUCCESSIVE COUNCIL TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS ENOUGH.

AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME COUNCILS, YOU SEE THAT 145 LAST YEAR AS AN EXAMPLE, SOME OF THE PRIOR COUNCIL MOTIONS HAVE ACTUALLY REDUCED THIS NUMBER IN THE FINAL DETERMINATION. SO WE'VE WE'VE HAD DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON THIS VERY ISSUE.

SO FOR NOW, WE, WE, WE ARE UP AGAINST A VERY ROBUST GRID YEAR, UNFORTUNATELY WITH, WITH TOTAL COSTS.

AND WE'RE PROPOSING $590,000 OF FUNDING. IF CIRCUMSTANCES WERE DIFFERENT, WE MIGHT GIVE YOU WE MIGHT PROPOSE A BIT MORE.

WE FELT THIS WAS THE JUDICIOUS APPROACH, BASICALLY A 10% REDUCTION IN THAT TOTAL VALUE.

OKAY. LAST THING I'LL SAY IS A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE TREE TRIMMING CONTRACT GOES FOR OUR STREET TREES, WHICH ARE PART OF OUR LANDSCAPING LIGHTING DISTRICT. SO THAT IS FUNDED THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND.

EVENTUALLY WHEN FOR FOR THE THE DEFICIT FROM WHAT COMES THROUGH OUR OUR LANDSCAPE LIGHTING ASSESSMENT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT A FEW MINUTES AGO.

BUT THIS WOULD BE AN AREA THAT WOULD BE, WOULD BENEFIT BY FINDING ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR LANDSCAPE LIGHTING DISTRICT.

AND SO AS AN OUTSIDER LOOKING BEFORE, I ALWAYS ASSUMED THAT THE GRIDS WERE BASED ON EQUALIZING THE NUMBER OF TREES.

AND IT SOUNDS LIKE GRID FOUR HAS FAR LESS. IS THERE ANY REASON, OR WOULD IT MAKE SENSE TO EQUALIZE THE GRID SO THAT THE BUDGET COULD BE A LITTLE BIT SMOOTHER, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO BE BOUNCING THINGS AROUND? IT'D BE EASIER TO PLAN. YEAH. IT'S A COMBINATION OF THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE CITY.

NORTHERN DISTRICTS HAVE FEWER STREET TREES AND SMALLER STREET TREES THAN SOME OF OUR SOUTHERN DISTRICTS.

ONCE THE GRID IS SET UP, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO JUST CHANGE IT RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE TREES ARE GOING TO GROW NO MATTER WHAT GRID THEY'RE IN.

RIGHT. SO WE'RE TRYING TO TO, TO TO MINE THAT AS WELL AS WE GO THROUGH AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING TREES GROW BEYOND, YOU KNOW, SAFE LEVELS WHERE WE'RE EITHER BLOCKING VIEWS, TRAFFIC VIEWS OR WE'RE IN DANGER OF LIMBS FALLING OFF OR THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

AND YOU MENTIONED CHINESE ELMS, AND I'VE GOT ONE IN MY FRONT YARD.

AND IT DEFINITELY GROWS FASTER THAN THE FOUR YEAR TRIM.

GENERALLY, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW MINE ISN'T ON A TWO YEAR CYCLE, BUT IT GETS TRIMMED EVERY TIME THE TRASH TRUCK BREAKS A LIMB OFF, OR EVERY TIME THE WIND BREAKS A LIMB OFF OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO IT'S IN THAT ADDITIONAL SERVICES THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, AS OPPOSED TO THE, THE THE TWO YEAR CHINESE ZONES ARE NO LONGER ON OUR LIST OF APPROVED STREET TREES. YEAH, WE DON'T WANT THEM. DON'T WANT FICUS.

DON'T WANT EUCALYPTUS. A LOT OF OTHERS. THAT RIGHT.

WELL, THAT'S PART OF THE REASON GRIDS ONE AND THREE HAVE THOSE HEAVIER, HEAVIER FUNDING CYCLES BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE EVERY OTHER YEAR PALM TRIMMING AND CHINESE ELM TRIMMING. SO BUT YOUR POINT'S WELL TAKEN AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS CONTRACT.

IT WILL WE WILL, I THINK, REEVALUATE THE GEOGRAPHY AND THE INVENTORY TO TRY TO DO OUR BEST TO SMOOTH IT.

AND WE MAY WANT TO EVEN BEGIN TO CYCLE TO SOME DEGREE THE BIANNUAL TRIMMING AMONG SPECIES WHERE WE'RE NOT DOING ALL OF IT IN ONE SEQUENCE, BUT PERHAPS SPREADING THAT OVER OVER THE FOUR YEAR PERIOD.

SO AND MAYBE WE'LL PLANT MORE TREES IN GRID FOUR.

IT COULD BE THAT, TOO. MAY I? YEP. SO ALSO, WHERE IS GRID THREE? I GOT THE MAP RIGHT HERE IF YOU WANT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. CAN WE LIGHT UP, TOBY, PLEASE? SO, GRID THREE IS YOUR CLUE. OKAY. AND THEN JUST TO CLARIFY. SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE STREET AND LANDSCAPING, LIGHTING, DISTRICT ASSESSMENT. AND THAT WAS UNDERFUNDED.

BY WHAT? $1.2 MILLION. SO A SIGNIFICANT CHUNK OF THAT IS THIS 580 SOMETHING.

YEAH. THAT ONLY INCLUDES THE CORE. WHEN WE ADD THE DP, THAT 1.2 GOES TO 1.5.

OKAY. SO BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES IT IS A BIG PORTION OF IT.

GOT IT. YEP. YEP I'M WITH YOU. NOW I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.

YEP. DO YOU KNOW WHERE THIS GRID WAS WHEN IT WAS DEVELOPED AND HOW IT WAS DEVELOPED?

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SO WHAT OCCURS TO ME WHEN I SEE THIS GRID, MR. CITY MANAGER, IS THAT IT'S NOT PRIORITIZING OUR ECONOMIC CORRIDORS.

IT'S NOT PRIORITIZING. FOR EXAMPLE TAKE A LOOK AT THE TREES.

SORRY. TAKE A LOOK AT THE THE TREES ON ARTESIA BOULEVARD.

THIS IS NOT ANYTHING LIKE WHAT THE TREES LOOK LIKE AT THE WATERFRONT.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S BECAUSE YOU KNOW, SANFORD SANFORD TRIMS THEM FOR BEACH LIFE OR IF WE PRIORITIZE TRIMMING THEM FOR BEACH LIFE.

BUT IF THIS IS AN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR THAT WE'VE PRIORITIZED OUR PALM TREES, AT THE VERY LEAST, NOT NOT EVEN THE BIG ONES IN THE MIDDLE THAT PROVIDE GREAT SHADE AND ARE BEAUTIFUL.

BUT OUR PALM TREES SHOULD NOT LOOK THIS SHAGGY AND SHOULD BE TRIMMED UP.

AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THESE PALM TREES WILL NOT BE TRIMMED FOR ANOTHER YEAR.

ACTUALLY. RIGHT. I BELIEVE THAT'S RIGHT. I THINK BASED ON THE YEAR FOR THE GRID FOR.

RIGHT. SO HOW WOULD WE GO ABOUT HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT MAKING CHANGES TO THIS GRID EVEN? I MEAN, JUST PRIORITIZE THE PALM TREES BECAUSE THEY HAVE SUCH AN ESTHETIC TO THEM WHEN THEY'RE CLEANLY TRIMMED VERSUS VERSUS THIS, WHICH LOOKS MORE LIKE, OH, NOBODY CARES ABOUT THIS AREA.

RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT. AND WE'VE HAD DIFFERENT REQUESTS OVER THE YEARS.

THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN RIVIERA VILLAGE IS IN CATALINA HAVE BEEN TRIMMED ON A MORE REGULAR BASIS.

ARTESIA HISTORICALLY WAS IDENTIFIED AS A CORRIDOR THAT RECEIVED EXTRA TRIMMING IN CERTAIN YEARS.

THE WAY TO ADDRESS IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC AREA THAT WE WANT TO SEE CLEANED UP IS YOU TREAT IT AS A SPECIAL EFFECTIVELY.

AND WE ULTIMATELY SET ASIDE FUNDING FOR THAT PARTICULAR COMPONENT OF THE WORK.

THE CONTRACT WITH OUR PROVIDER ALLOWS FOR EXTRA TRIMMING.

I MEAN, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO FUND THAT AS NEEDED.

WE WOULD NEED THE APPROPRIATION TO TO SUPPORT THAT.

I BELIEVE WE HAVE A PRR COMING TO YOU REGARDING THE COSTS FOR ARTESIA PALM TREE.

I THINK WE MIGHT EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT COST IS.

AND DO YOU HAVE THAT OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD? I BELIEVE YOU'VE ALREADY DRAFTED THAT. I DRAFTED IT LAST WEEK, AND IT'S IT'LL BE READY FOR THE NEXT. I'D BE INTERESTED TO FIND OUT THE COST FOR EVERY YEAR TRIMMING ON OUR TREE.

OR MAYBE EVERY TWO YEARS, IF THAT'S ALL WE CAN AFFORD FOR NOW.

BUT AT LEAST MORE REGULARLY THAN EVERY FOUR YEARS.

AND ANY OTHER HOT SPOTS WHERE WE HAVE HIGHLY VISIBLE TREES.

RIGHT. AND THERE IS I MEAN, I WILL SAY THERE IS PREEMPTIVE VALUE IN TRIMMING BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, IF WE DON'T TRIM, WE'RE GOING TO CLEAN UP A LOT OF PALM FRONDS AND A LOT OF FALLEN LIMBS.

SO WE HAVE REACTIVE WORK THAT THAT ENSUES WHEN IN HIGH WIND EVENTS AND WITH RAIN.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY MAINTAINING OUR URBAN FOREST.

IT'S JUST WHAT TO WHAT LEVEL CAN WE REALISTICALLY AFFORD? RIGHT. COOL. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION ABOUT DECISION PACKAGE 49.

THERE WERE SEVERAL ADDITIONS IN THIS ONE, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU CAN ADD A LITTLE MORE COLOR TO THE SAND MAINTENANCE ADJACENT TO THE CHART HOUSE.

THAT WAS, AS IT SAYS HERE, WAS RECENTLY COVERED BY HERMOSA.

BUT IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY. HOW MUCH IS THAT? SO WE HAVE A TINY LITTLE PORTION OF BEACH. THE CITY OWNS MOST OF THE BEACH.

IN FRONT OF OUR CITY IS COUNTY OWNED AND MAINTAINED.

THIS LITTLE BEACH IN FRONT OF THE CHART HOUSE RESTAURANT IS ACTUALLY OURS TO MAINTAIN.

HISTORICALLY, THE COUNTY WAS MAINTAINING HERMOSA BEACH.

WHO ACTUALLY OWNS ALL OF THEIR BEACH? UNLIKE US, THE COUNTY UNDER A SERVICE CONTRACT WAS MAINTAINING THAT PORTION AND PICKING UP THE LITTLE PIECE IN FRONT OF OUR CITY AS WELL. THEY SAID THEY'RE NO LONGER GOING TO DO THAT.

WE WE LOOKED AT A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS, INCLUDING PURCHASING EQUIPMENT, MAYBE CONTRACTING EQUIPMENT.

THE COUNTY IS DOING IT VERY INEXPENSIVELY FOR US, SO WE ARE ENTERING INTO AN AGREEMENT OR PLAN TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM TO DO IT. IT'S SOMETHING ON THE ORDER OF $20,000 ANNUALLY.

SO IT'S NOT A HUGE NUMBER. OKAY. AND JUST TO CLARIFY, SO THAT LITTLE STRETCH OF BEACH IS OWNED BY REDONDO BEACH.

THE WAY HERMOSA OWNS ITS BEACH, AS OPPOSED TO OUR OTHER BEACHES THAT ARE IN LA COUNTY.

THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. IN THE PAST, DIRECTOR WINJE, WE HAVE ALLOCATED ADDITIONAL MONIES FOR OVERTIME HOURS FOR PUBLIC WORKS FOR CLEANUP OF THE ESPLANADE INTERNATIONAL BOARDWALK, ARTESIA BOULEVARD, TRASH CANS, ETC.

DURING HIGH BUSY, YOU KNOW, BUSY TIMES, ETC..

HAVE THOSE FUNDS BEEN UTILIZED AND IF SO, ARE THEY UTILIZED GENERALLY IN THE SUMMERTIME OR ANY PARTICULAR SEASON? WE HAVE HIGH DEMAND IN THE SUMMERTIME FOR FOR THE PIER ESPECIALLY.

WE HAVE A LOT OF CLEANUP TO DO EVERY WEEKEND AT THE PIER.

AS YOU CAN IMAGINE WITH THE CROWDS, WE ALSO HAVE SOME DEMAND IN OUR OUR FLEET MAINTENANCE DIVISION,

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PARKS MAINTENANCE OCCASIONALLY. THOSE ARE OUR HIGH DEMAND AREAS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ON DECISION PACKAGE 49, YOU GOT 100 K AGAINST THE HARBOR UPLANDS OR.

I'M SORRY, TIDELANDS AND 15 K AGAINST THE UPLANDS.

IS THAT FOR THAT HERMOSA BEACH SECTION? A PORTION OF IT IS FOR, I BELIEVE THAT'S TIDELANDS DOWN THERE.

THE THE SAND SECTION YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN FRONT OF THE CHART HOUSE? YEAH. IT'S A SMALL AMOUNT. IT'S NOT THE FULL 100,000 DOWN THERE.

WELL, IT'S 100,000 THAT WERE THERE. ARE THERE ARE YOU STILL HE'S BEHIND YOU OVER THERE? YEAH. ROB, IF YOU CAN MAYBE HELP ME WITH THE SPECIFICS OF THE HARBOR TIDELANDS.

$100,000 CONTRACT RESCISSION PACKAGE 49. GOOD EVENING, ROB OSBORNE, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

WHAT WE DID FOR LAST YEAR'S BUDGET WAS WE LOOKED AT ALL OF OUR CONTRACT BUDGETS AND THEY HADN'T BEEN ADJUSTED, AS ANDY MENTIONED, FOR 4 OR 5 YEARS, GOING BACK TO CITY MANAGER.

AND HE HAD ASKED US TO NOT COME IN WITH SMALL INCREMENTS EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS AND COME IN WITH A BIGGER NUMBER. WE WENT THROUGH ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT OPERATIONS AND SORT OF PROJECTED OUT WHAT WE EXPECT ACTUAL EXPENSES TO BE.

AND IT ASKED YOU LAST YEAR FOR THE, YOU KNOW, TO BUMP IT UP, TO BUMP UP OUR BUDGETS TO THAT AMOUNT AS FAR AS HARBOR TIDELANDS, YOU GET SOME OF THE PARKING STRUCTURE THERE. SO SOME OF THE SOME OF THE MAINTENANCE THAT GOES DOWN THERE WITH ELEVATORS AND HVAC, CERTAIN THINGS LIKE THAT. IT WASN'T SO MUCH THAT MORE DEMAND GREW IN THE TIDELANDS THAN THE UPLANDS.

IT WAS JUST THAT THE TIDELANDS WAS MORE OUT OF BALANCE FOR WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY SPENDING THESE DAYS THAN THE UPLANDS.

THAT'S WHY YOU SEE 100,000 ON ONE SIDE AND ONLY 15 ON THE OTHER.

HOPE THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION. NOT REALLY. IT DOESN'T.

IT JUST SEEMS SO UNBALANCED WHEN THE I MEAN, THE TIDELANDS IS BASED, IT'S BASICALLY THE THE PIER AND THEN SOME SEASIDE LAGOON AND MOLES. RIGHT. THE PARKING STRUCTURE AS WELL. PART OF THE PARKING STRUCTURE, BUT NOT ALL OF IT.

I MEAN, ONLY LIKE THE ONE OFF PACIFIC. THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT IN THE TIDELANDS.

THE NORTH PIER PARKING STRUCTURE, I THINK, IS THE ONE THAT'S IN THE TITLE. ONLY PART OF IT.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF IT, YOU KNOW, THE PART YOU ENTER BEFORE YOU GO TO KINCAID'S.

THAT'S IN THE UPLANDS. YEAH. I'M NOT SURE I CAN.

I'M GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU WITH MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS. SOUNDS LIKE THE LEVEL OF DETAIL YOU WANT IS NOT READY HERE IN OUR HEADS AT THE MOMENT.

I'M JUST CONCERNED WE TREAT THAT AS AN ENTERPRISE. IT HAS TO FUND ITSELF, NOT THE HARBOR.

ENTERPRISE IS THE ONLY AREA WE REALLY DO THAT, THAT IT HAS TO SUPPORT ITSELF.

BUT YET FOR THESE OTHER ONES, WE'RE TAKING FROM OTHER FUNDS LIKE THE GAS FUND, YOU KNOW, TO FUND IT.

BUT EVERYTHING IN THE HARBOR, IT HAS TO WE WE CHARGE BACK TO THE HARBOR AND IT JUST SEEMS YOU KNOW IT.

I DON'T GET A GOOD I DON'T KNOW HOW WE DO TRACKING OF COSTS IN THE CITY, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE A BUSINESS WHERE, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY CLOCKS IN AND THEY DO SO MUCH IN THE HARBOR, IN THE TIDELANDS AND SO MUCH IN THE UPLANDS AND SO MUCH OUT OF THAT AREA.

IT'S GOT TO BE A GUESSTIMATE. AND I JUST QUESTION THE STANDARD THAT WE'RE DOING THAT, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE TIDELANDS IS WHERE WE'RE HURTING RIGHT NOW.

IT'S IT'S BEEN IN A DEFICIT FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW.

YEAH. WHAT WE CAN COME BACK TO YOU WITH IS, IS PERHAPS A DETAIL ON THE TIDELANDS MAINTENANCE CONTRACT, BUDGET BEFORE AND AFTER THIS PROPOSED DP. I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH IN THE WAY OF CONTRACT FUNDING AGAINST THE TIDELANDS FOR PUBLIC WORKS MAINTENANCE DOWN THERE. THIS WOULD BRING THAT NUMBER UP. I'M GUESSING THE TOTAL UPLANDS NUMBER IS STILL LIKELY TO BE MUCH HIGHER THAN THE TIDELANDS NUMBER, BUT THE CORRECTION IN THIS YEAR IS DISPROPORTIONATE TO THE TIDELANDS.

UPLAND IS BUILT INTO THE. THE CORE OF UPLANDS IS IS PROBABLY MUCH IS MUCH I WOULD IMAGINE MUCH HIGHER THAN THE CURRENT CORE BUDGET FOR TIDELANDS AS IT PERTAINS TO PUBLIC WORKS OPERATIONS. OUTSIDE OF THIS, I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE ALLOCATING AND DETERMINING.

IS THIS A GUESSTIMATE OR IS THERE SCIENCE? IT'S BASED ON PAST PAST CONTRACT EXPENSES AND AND ONGOING NEEDS WHEN THEY GO ON BOTH SIDES.

HOW DO WE, AS YOU KNOW, FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH IS TIDELANDS, HOW MUCH IS UPLANDS? IT WE CAN PROBABLY GIVE YOU MORE DETAIL ON THAT.

IT DEPENDS ON IF THE IF THE SERVICE IS SPECIFIC TO THE PIER AND IT'S OVER THE WATER AND IT'S A UNIQUE CONTRACT TO THAT AREA.

WHEN WE PULL TRASH, WE DO A RIGHT. RIGHT. THAT'S OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE A TIRELESS EXPENDITURE.

IF IT'S A IF IT'S A GENERAL CONTRACT THAT IS OCCASIONALLY GOING TO WORK IN THE TIDELANDS AND OCCASIONALLY GOING TO WORK IN THE UPLANDS, AND IT'S A GENERALLY 50 TO 50 SPLIT. WE OFTENTIMES JUST ASSIGN A 50% ALLOCATION TO BOTH FUNDS.

IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S SPECIFIC TO THE UPLANDS, PAVER MAINTENANCE OR THINGS THAT WE KNOW ARE ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE LINE,

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SO IT'S JUST GOING TO DEPEND ON THE NATURE OF THE CONTRACT AND THE AND THE TYPE OF WORK.

BUT WE CAN GET YOU MORE DETAIL ON THAT IF YOU'RE CURIOUS ABOUT IT.

AND CHARTHOUSE IN THE TIDELANDS OR THE UPLANDS, OR IS THAT JUST IN THE GENERAL FUND? WE DON'T HAVE ANY MAINTENANCE OBLIGATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE.

NO. I'M TALKING ABOUT REVENUE FROM SALES TAX.

I THINK CHARTHOUSE I THINK CHARTHOUSE FALLS TO THE UPLANDS.

I THINK IT'S ABOVE THE MEAN HIGH TIDE LINE. YEAH.

I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS PART OF THE HARBOR ENTERPRISE.

IT IS. IT'S A LEASEHOLD. IT'S THE CRYSTAL COVE LEASEHOLD, AND I BELIEVE IT ALL ACCRUES TO THE UPLANDS.

OKAY. OKAY. IF IT'S CRYSTAL COVE, I THINK IT'S.

I BELIEVE IT'S CRYSTAL COVE. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. OKAY. ELEANOR, I THINK WE'RE NOT QUITE DONE YET.

WE'VE GOT ONE MORE ONE MORE. DEPARTMENT HEAD PRESENTER THIS EVENING, MARK WEINER, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.

AS YOU KNOW, MARK HAS BEEN WORKING HARD TO I WOULD SAY ASSESS AND IMPROVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONS, PARTICULARLY AS IT PERTAINS TO COUNTER FUNCTIONS, STRATEGIC PLANNING EFFORTS, MANY DIFFERENT EXERCISES TO TRY TO GET THERE.

THIS PARTICULAR DECISION PACKAGE HE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS ONE THAT HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED THROUGH THAT ASSESSMENT, HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED THROUGH DEPARTMENT STRATEGIC PLANNING CONVERSATIONS.

AND WITH THAT MARK, IF YOU COULD SORT OF WALK THE COUNCIL THROUGH OUR PROPOSAL HERE.

YEAH. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL . SO THIS DECISION PACKAGE IS REALLY TARGETED AT IMPROVING CUSTOMER SERVICE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENTS AND CUSTOMER SERVICE. SERVICE IN OUR DEPARTMENT IS REALLY MEASURED PRIMARILY IN TWO WAYS.

ONE IS BY HOW WE INTERACT WITH THE CUSTOMERS, HOW HELPFUL AND PROFESSIONAL WE ARE, ALSO BY THE LENGTH OF TIME TO REVIEW THE PROJECTS.

AND THAT'S PROBABLY TYPICALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IN TERMS OF HOW CUSTOMER SERVICE IS RATED FOR OUR PERFORMANCE.

SO THIS DECISION PACKAGE WILL HELP ON BOTH OF THOSE FRONTS.

AND IT'S IT'S TO EXPEDITE THE BUILDING PLAN CHECK PROCESS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS REALLY SOMEWHAT OF A BOTTLENECK IN OUR PROCESS CURRENTLY. AND JUST TO WALK YOU THROUGH HOW IT CURRENTLY WORKS, WE HAVE TWO IN-HOUSE BUILDING PLAN CHECKERS.

WE ISSUE ABOUT 3000 PERMITS A YEAR. SO IT'S QUITE A BIT FOR TWO PLAN CHECKERS.

ABOUT 20% OF THOSE PLAN CHECKS ARE OUTSOURCED TO THIRD PARTY CONSULTANTS, AND THE AVERAGE REVIEW TIME IS 6 TO 8 WEEKS.

TO DO EACH REVIEW OF THE PLANS AND REALLY, IT'S DUE TO THE VOLUME.

IT'S DUE TO THE COMPLEXITY OF REVIEWING THESE PLANS FOR BUILDING CODES.

IT'S A LENGTHY PROCESS. THOSE SAME PLAN CHECKERS ARE ALSO TASKED WITH WORKING WITH THE CUSTOMERS, GUIDING THE ARCHITECTS ON THEIR PROJECTS, HELPING AT THE COUNTER IN ADDITION TO THE PLAN PLAN CHECKS.

SO IT'S A PRETTY HEFTY WORKLOAD, AND THAT'S LED TO SOME OF THESE LENGTHY REVIEW TIMES.

AND THIS IS THE REASON WHY WHY IN SOME CASES, THE PLAN CHECK PROCESS CAN TAKE A YEAR BECAUSE SOMEBODY WILL SUBMIT, SAY IT TAKES EIGHT WEEKS TO REVIEW THE PLANS.

THEY THERE'S ALMOST ALWAYS CORRECTIONS. THE ARCHITECT GOES BACK ADDRESSES THOSE RESUBMITS.

IT'S ANOTHER EIGHT WEEKS. IF THAT HAPPENS THREE TIMES, YOU'RE LOOKING AT NINE MONTHS TO A YEAR FOR THE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS.

SO OUR GOAL IS TO COMPRESS THAT AND GET IT DOWN SUBSTANTIALLY.

AND WE'RE PROPOSING TO STILL MAINTAIN OUR TWO FULL TIME IN-HOUSE PLAN CHECKERS.

HOWEVER, WE ARE PROPOSING TO OUTSOURCE APPROXIMATELY 70% OF OUR PLAN CHECKS TO THIRD PARTY CONSULTANTS.

AND WITH THAT AGREEMENT WITH THE CONSULTANTS, THERE WOULD BE WHAT WE REFER TO AS A REVENUE SPLIT, AND THAT WOULD BE OF THE PLAN CHECK REVENUE, WHERE THE CONSULTANT PERFORMING THE PLAN CHECK WOULD RECEIVE 60% OF THE PLAN CHECK REVENUE. THE CITY WOULD RECEIVE 40% FOR MANAGING IT, FOR DOING THE QUALITY CONTROL ON IT, AND FOR COMMUNICATING WITH THE APPLICANT ON THE APPLICATION.

WITH THIS SYSTEM, WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT THE AVERAGE REVIEW TIME WILL GO DOWN TO 1 TO 2 WEEKS AND EVEN SHORTER FOR MORE MINOR PROJECTS THAT WILL FREE UP THE PLAN CHECKERS TO WORK ON THE MINOR APPLICATIONS THAT COME IN AND TURN THOSE AROUND WITHIN A COUPLE DAYS.

AND IT'S ALSO GOING TO ALLOW THE PLAN CHECKERS TO WORK MORE DIRECTLY WITH CUSTOMERS AND DO MORE OF THE HANDHOLDING, AND SOMETIMES REQUIRED TO HELP THE ARCHITECTS NAVIGATE THE CHALLENGING BUILDING CODES AND ADA CODES AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT GOES INTO DEVELOPING PLANS.

SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE LEANED INTO THIS SYSTEM OVER THE PAST FIVE MONTHS OR SO WITH SOME OF THE EXTRA FUNDING WE'VE HAD IN OUR CONTRACTED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES BUDGET. AND IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE.

WE'VE REALLY REDUCED THE REVIEW TIMES. IT'S LED TO BETTER CUSTOMER SERVICE.

WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING CUSTOMER SURVEY RESPONSES IN RECENT MONTHS AND THEY'VE BEEN POSITIVE.

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AND THAT'S REALLY BEEN MINIMIZED LATELY. SO IN SHORT, THIS IS REALLY GOING TO HELP THE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS.

IT DOES COME AT A FISCAL IMPACT OF APPROXIMATELY 200,000 ANNUALLY.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE ARE GIVING UP A LITTLE MORE REVENUE TO THE CONSULTANT, AND WE'RE LEANING MORE ON CONSULTANTS TO AUGMENT STAFF.

BUT I REALLY FEEL IT'S NECESSARY TO ENHANCE THE SERVICE OF OUR DEPARTMENT.

AND I WILL SAY THAT WE DID A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RECENTLY, AND WE RECEIVED PROPOSALS FROM MULTIPLE FIRMS. IF THIS IS APPROVED, WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING AN AGREEMENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THOSE FIRMS. AND AS PART OF THE TERMS, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DELIVER THE PLAN CHECKS WITHIN THE REQUIRED TIME OF.2 WEEKS BE AVAILABLE TO ASSIST WITH STAFF AND CUSTOMERS. AND THERE'S OTHER PERFORMANCE STANDARDS THAT WE'VE SET PER THE RFP.

SO THAT'S AN OVERVIEW ON THIS DECISION PACKAGE, AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

SO THIS WILL ALL BE DONE THROUGH EYEWORKS. SO I WORKERS ARE A PERMIT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

AND THE CONSULTANTS AND WE'RE IT'S ALREADY WORKING THIS WAY.

THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE SYSTEM ALSO. AND SIMILAR TO THE APPLICANT THEY TRANSMIT THROUGH THE PORTAL.

AND IT'S THE CONSULTANT PORTAL AND THE FISCAL IMPACT.

WHAT ARE YOU COMPARING THAT TO? ARE YOU COMPARING THAT TO IF WE IF WE HIRED MORE PEOPLE.

NO. OUR CURRENT CORE BUDGET. SO THE IMPACT BECAUSE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. THE CURRENT CORE DOESN'T MEET THE DEMAND RIGHT. CURRENT DEMAND FOR THE NUMBER OF.

SO SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS REALLY AN APPLES TO APPLES.

NO. SO WHAT IT MEANS TRULY FOR US IS WE'RE GOING TO IN SOME INSTANCES, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO REDUCE OUR EXPECTED REVENUE COLLECTION.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADJUST HOW MUCH WE EXPECT TO PAY TO THIRD PARTY CONSULTANTS FOR THE REVENUE WE DO COLLECT.

IF WE IF WE SAID WE'RE OVER CAPACITY, WE NEED TO HIRE PEOPLE.

THIS WOULD ACTUALLY TURN THE OTHER. THIS WOULD BE CHEAPER THAN HIRING PEOPLE.

NO IT'S TRUE. THERE ARE SCENARIOS. ONE OF THE OTHER ADVANTAGES TO THE THIS MODEL CREATES FLEXIBILITY FOR US.

IT ALLOWS US TO EXPAND AND CONTRACT WITH WITH PERMIT DEMAND, AS OPPOSED TO CARRY FIXED COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ANY CIRCUMSTANCE.

SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPERATIVE. ULTIMATELY, I THINK THIS WILL NOT ONLY ALLOW US TO BE MORE RESPONSIVE TO THE BUILDING COMMUNITY, BUT IT WILL HELP OUR EXISTING PERSONNEL FOCUS ON THEIR CORE COMPETENCY AND WORKING THROUGH THEIR PRIMARY ISSUES, AND ALLOW A MORE EFFICIENT THIRD PARTY GROUP TO EXECUTE THE DAY TO DAY PLAN CHECKS THAT CURRENTLY BOG DOWN OUR PLANS.

EXAMINERS. WHEN WE GET LARGER PROJECTS AND WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE THAT CUSTOMER FORWARD APPROACH, HELPING THE ARCHITECTS. ET CETERA. SO PART OF THE FEEDBACK I GOT FROM A MULTITUDE, NOT A MULTITUDE, SEVERAL DIFFERENT INPUTS PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WAS NOT THAT THE INITIAL PLAN CHECK THAT DIDN'T BOTHER THEM SO MUCH.

IT WAS THAT WHEN THEY ADDRESSED WHAT WAS IN THE INITIAL PLAN CHECK AND AGAIN THEY RESUBMITTED IT, CAME BACK WITH NEW THINGS THAT WEREN'T ON THE, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO FIX THE LAST TIME.

AND SO THEY SAID, IF YOU JUST GET ALL THOSE UP FRONT, WE COULD DO IT ONCE INSTEAD OF THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING TO COME BACK MULTIPLE TIMES WITH THINGS THEY COULD HAVE ADDRESSED THE FIRST TIME.

HAD IT BEEN IN THE AND I THINK, CAPACITY TO ANALYZE THESE THINGS AND NOT FUNNEL THEM THROUGH JUST TO, YOU KNOW, OVERLY BURDENED PERSONNEL WILL HELP IMPROVE THAT FIRST REVIEW.

RIGHT. WE'LL HAVE A MORE THOROUGH FIRST PLAN.

CHECK IF YOU WILL. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND. ALSO, THIS ISN'T ALL IN YOUR DEPARTMENT, RIGHT? WELL, THIS PARTICULAR FOLKS HAVE TO WEIGH IN, LIKE, YOU KNOW, FIRE OR.

WELL, THERE THERE ARE THIS THIS THOUGH IS PERTAINING SPECIFICALLY TO THE BUILDING PLAN CHECK COMPONENT.

THERE IS ENGINEERING ENCROACHMENT PERMIT REVIEW.

THERE SOMETIMES IS A FIRE SERVICE REVIEW THAT WOULD BE INVOLVED.

THERE'S OF COURSE THE PLANNING COMPONENT ON THE ENTITLEMENT SIDE.

THAT'S SEPARATE FROM BUILDING PLAN PLANS CHECKS.

SO THIS IS A COMPONENT I DON'T KNOW MARK. IS IT GOING TO INCORPORATE FIRE PLAN CHECK AS PART.

BUT THIS IS REALLY THE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE REVIEW OCCURS THROUGH THE BUILDING PLAN CHECK REVIEW.

SO IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR THAT.

AND WE JUST RECENTLY HAD I MEAN, THE BLADE SIGNS, YOU KNOW, WERE DELAYED MONTHS FOR, YOU KNOW, THEIR COMMERCIAL OFF THE SHELF BLADE SIGNS THAT WERE GOING IN WITH FOUR BOLTS IN THE CONCRETE.

AND IT TOOK MONTHS TO GET THAT THROUGH. THIS WOULD THIS WOULD HELP THAT.

YEAH. SO THE OTHER BENEFIT OF THIS IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ADDITIONAL EXPERTS AND THAT COULD SERVE AS A PROVIDE A SECOND OPINION, WEIGH IN ON SOME OF THESE DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE ON WHAT THE BECAUSE THE BUILDING CODE IT'S THERE'S PARTS OF IT THAT ARE UP FOR INTERPRETATION.

AND BUILDING OFFICIALS WILL APPLY IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY IN EACH JURISDICTION.

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OKAY, I'M ALL FOR OUTSOURCING. I DON'T THINK BRINGING IN MORE INTERNALLY.

THERE'S ALL SORTS OF THERE'S A WHOLE TRAIL OF COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH NEW EMPLOYEES.

AND LIKE YOU SAID, THIS CAN BE SIZED FOR THE DEMAND.

NOT ONCE YOU HIRE SOMEONE THERE IN OR OUT. SO OKAY.

SORRY FOR TAKING UP THAT TIME. ANYBODY ELSE? PRETTY MUCH RELATING TO WHAT WAS JUST TALKED ABOUT.

WHAT WOULD YOU ESTIMATE THE COST WOULD BE IF YOU DID FULLY SOURCE INSTEAD OF DOING THE OUTSOURCING? LIKE HOW MUCH MORE THAN THAT 200 K COST WOULD WE BE TALKING? IT WOULD BE. WELL, IT DEPENDS ON HOW HOW MANY RESOURCES WE WOULD NEED TO ADD.

AND SO IT COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE. IT COULD BE ROUGHLY THE SAME DEPENDING THE CHALLENGE WE'RE FACING.

ALSO IS THAT THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF EXPERTISE IS IN HIGH DEMAND.

WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE TWO PLANS EXAMINERS THAT WE DO.

THEY HAVE GREAT SKILLS. THEY THEY UNDERSTAND THE CODE.

IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO HIRE THIS POSITION. THE PRIVATE FIRMS ARE FAR MORE COMPETITIVE AND ARE HAVING MUCH MORE FORTUNE AND RETAINING TOP TALENT.

SO EVEN IF WE DID FUND IT, I COULDN'T PROMISE YOU THAT WE WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL IN RECRUITING FOLKS THAT COULD REALLY HELP EXPEDITE THIS PROCESS.

AND THE NICE THING ABOUT HAVING A CONTRACT IS WE CAN HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE THROUGH THE CONTRACT TERMS. IT'S MORE DIFFICULT TO DO THAT INTERNALLY. I GUESS THIS IS A COST SAVINGS IS KIND OF WHAT I'M LOOKING AT.

SO I'M THINKING IF YOU WERE TO IF YOU WERE TO STAFF IT AND SAY IF I DID IT, THE NET COST TO THE CITY WOULD BE WOULD BE THREE.

WOULD IT BE ANOTHER TWO HEADS? THREE HEADS. I COULD GIVE A GUESSTIMATE ON THAT.

AND I WOULD SAY WE WOULD AT LEAST NEED TWO ADDITIONAL PLAN CHECKERS TO MATCH THE OUTPUT OF THIS WHICH WOULD PROBABLY BE AROUND 400,000 FULLY LOADED FOR BOTH.

AND THE CITY MANAGER IS CORRECT. IT IS FULLY BURDENED 400 OR THAT'S JUST THAT WOULD BE FULLY BURDENED, MAYBE PLUS SOME ADDITIONAL. BUT BUT THIS THIS IS A TOUGH POSITION TO HIRE.

I KNOW A LOT OF CITIES THERE ARE LOOKING FOR PLAN CHECKERS.

THEY'RE IN SHORT DEMAND, AND THEY'RE MOVING MORE TOWARDS THIS PRIVATE SECTOR MODEL BECAUSE, THE CITIES ARE GETTING OUTCOMPETED BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

FOR THIS PARTICULAR POSITION. YOU'VE USED THE SERVICES LIKE THIS BEFORE.

I HAVE, YES. THAT WAS ONE OF THE COMMENTS FROM ONE OF THE ARCHITECTS I RAN INTO WAS THE THE CONTRACT PLAN.

CHECKERS WERE MUCH BETTER THAN, THAN GOING THROUGH THE CITY PLAN CHECKERS BECAUSE IT WAS QUICKER AND IT WAS MORE COMPLETE.

YEAH. AND IN FACT, CURRENTLY WE HAVE AN EXPEDITED PROCESS WHERE YOU CAN PAY TO HAVE IT OUTSOURCED AND PAY ADDITIONAL.

THIS DOES AWAY WITH THAT. YOU'RE JUST RIGHT OFF THE BAT.

70% WILL BE GOING OUT TO THE THE CONTRACTOR. YEAH.

INCREASING THE SPEED AND AND OUR FOLKS ARE JUST IT'S THEY'RE JUST OVERBURDENED.

THEY HAVE TOO MUCH ON THEIR PLATE. THEY'RE EXPECTED TO BE RESPONSIVE AT THE COUNTER.

YOU KNOW, MARK OR I WILL PULL THEM IN FOR SOMETIMES DENIGRATING.

YEAH. CODE ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL. SO IT'S JUST IT'S A BIT OF AN APPLES TO ORANGES COMPARISON.

THIS MODEL WILL ALLOW US TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS.

YEAH. AND ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO BE MORE RESPONSIVE.

HANDHOLD THE PEOPLE. HAVE YOUR PEOPLE ABLE TO DO THAT AND REDUCE THE TIME, BECAUSE THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE COMPLAINT I HEAR IS AND BE ABLE TO FLEX.

IT'S LIKE THEY CAN THEY CAN PAY THIS MUCH MONEY SO THEY GET THEIR STUFF DONE RIGHT AWAY. AND MY THING TAKES A YEAR.

AND SO IF THE REGULAR RESIDENTS CAN NOW HAVE THEIR PLANS CHECKED OUT, THE TALE OF CALPERS INTO ACCOUNT WHEN WE COMPARE.

WELL, OKAY. SO ANYBODY ELSE? YEAH. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR WEINER, FOR BEING THE CHANGE THAT WE WANTED TO SEE.

IF THE OLD COUNCIL WERE HERE, THEY'D SAY, WOW.

YEAH. THANK YOU. BECAUSE SLOW TIMES IN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT OR THE.

AND THE PLAN CHECK REVIEW PROCESS HAS PLAGUED THE CITY FOR A LONG TIME.

SO THIS PIVOTS US TO BEING A LITTLE MORE BUSINESS COMMERCIAL, DEVELOPMENT FRIENDLY, DEVELOPMENT FRIENDLY.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT. ALSO, I'D LIKE TO I MEAN, IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN TO THE COUNCIL KIND OF THE NEXT STEP, THAT YOU EXPLAINED TO COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT AND I OF WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE EVENTUALLY IN YOUR DEPARTMENT IN TERMS OF WAS IT A PLAN CHECK SUPERVISOR? YES. SO EVENTUALLY SUPERVISOR IT'S NOT IN THIS BUDGET BECAUSE WE DO.

SO CURRENTLY WE'RE WORKING ON A DEPARTMENT FEE STUDY.

WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING THAT TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN A FEW MONTHS FROM NOW.

AND IT MAY RECOMMEND SOME MODEST INCREASES TO THE FEES.

AND WE WOULD LIKE TO APPLY THAT REVENUE TO HIRING A COUNTER SUPERVISOR.

AND WE DISCUSSED THIS WHEN I COVERED THE ORGANIZATIONAL ASSESSMENT.

THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION. AND REALLY, THIS PERSON IS THERE AS KIND OF A FRONT LINE SUPERVISOR FOR THE PERMIT TECHNICIANS.

THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE CUSTOMERS AND PROVIDES THAT LEVEL OF EXPERTISE.

BUT IT WOULD ALSO BE A RESOURCE TO THE CUSTOMERS WHERE THEY CAN GO DIRECTLY TO THIS PERSON AND FIND OUT WHAT THE ISSUE IS WITH THEIR PERMIT.

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THEY WOULD BE OVERSEEING IT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE RESPONSIVE TO CUSTOMERS.

THANK YOU. YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THIS. CAN I ALSO ASK ABOUT A DIFFERENT DECISION PACKAGE IN YOUR DEPARTMENT? YEAH, SURE. JUST FOR NUMBER FOUR THIS IS THE DEVELOPMENT FEE INCREASE.

PROJECTING OR USING A SEVEN. 6.7% UNIFORM INCREASE ACROSS ALL FEES.

MY QUESTION IS, IS THAT BASED ON THE SAME VOLUME OF APPLICATIONS THAT WE'RE SEEING NOW? THAT WAS BASED ON THE IT'S TO MATCH THE COST OF LIVING SALARY INCREASES THAT ARE OCCURRING THIS YEAR AND TO OFFSET THAT WHICH IS INCREASING THE COST, THE OPERATIONAL COST FOR THE DEPARTMENT. RIGHT.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS NUMBER IS, IS REFLECTIVE OF, OF WHAT WE ACTUALLY EXPECT.

IF WE'RE ARE WE SEEING FEWER APPLICATIONS COME IN YEAR OVER YEAR? AND IS THIS GOING ARE WE GOING TO GET TO THIS NUMBER THAT YOU.

YEAH. NO, IT'S A GREAT, GREAT QUESTION. I THINK YOU'RE ASKING IS THE ESTIMATED REVENUE CALCULATION PURSUANT TO CURRENT APPLICATIONS.

AND THE ANSWER IS YES. AND WE DO FEEL LIKE NEXT YEAR'S FORECAST DOES LOOK TO BE COMPARABLE TO THIS YEAR'S.

IT ACTUALLY IRONICALLY, MIGHT BE GREATER. AND WHAT'S ALSO INTERESTING IS AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE TRIED TO BE CONSERVATIVE WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSAL, BECAUSE THERE'S A SCENARIO WHERE OUR TURNAROUND INCREASES.

SO WE ACTUALLY PRODUCE MORE VOLUME AND ACTUALLY COLLECT MORE FEES AS A RESULT.

SO WE TO THE SHORT ANSWER IS WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT ESTIMATE AND ACHIEVING THAT ESTIMATE ON A GROWTH BASIS.

WE MAY ACTUALLY OUTPACE THAT, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO BE CAREFUL.

OKAY. YEAH I JUST WANT TO BE LIKE YOU ARE POSING CONSERVATIVE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE DIPPING INTO RESERVES THAT, YOU KNOW, DON'T EXACERBATE THAT PROBLEM BY, I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M VERY UNCOMFORTABLE GOING INTO THE RESERVES AND ESTIMATING, YOU KNOW, OUTCOMES LIKE THIS. I JUST WANT TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT THAT WE ACTUALLY CAN MEET THAT MARK.

YEAH, APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION. AND YEAH I AGREE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANKS, MARK. SO THAT'S IT FOR THE PLANNED PRESENTATIONS.

I DO WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT AS WE CONCLUDE THIS, IF YOU WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS OF OUR OTHER DIRECTORS, YOU'RE CERTAINLY WELCOME TONIGHT. YOU CAN ASK THAT QUESTIONS OF THEM NEXT WEEK OFFLINE, ETC..

SO THERE'S MORE TIME. I DIDN'T WANT TO JUST LIMIT IT TO THESE THREE DEPARTMENTS.

LET ME ASK A QUESTION ON THAT. SO YOU BRIEFED SOME OF THE THE DECISION PACKAGES THAT ARE IN HERE.

ARE WE GOING TO HEAR A BRIEFING ON ALL OF THEM? NO, NOT ALL OF THEM, BECAUSE IT TAKES AS YOU CAN SEE, IT TAKES A LONG QUITE A BIT OF TIME.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE YOU SOME HIGHLIGHTS. NEXT WEEK'S FOCUS WILL BE THE CIP.

WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT HERE IN THE CALENDAR. IF THERE ARE PARTICULAR DPS YOU ARE CURIOUS ABOUT.

WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS TONIGHT, NEXT WEEK, OR EVEN ON THE 17TH.

AND IF THIS IS THE THIS IS THE ONLY TIME YOU'RE PLANNING FOR DIRECTORS TO BRIEF US ON THE DECISION PREEMPTIVELY.

DIRECTORS ARE AVAILABLE TO YOU ON A Q&A BASIS TONIGHT.

YEAH. SO THE OTHER PART OF THE BUDGET IS YOU ALL ARE VERY WELL FAMILIAR WITH OUR BUDGET RESPONSE REPORTS AND PROGRAM.

SURPRISINGLY, WE'RE UP TO 58. AND HOPEFULLY NOT COUNTING TOO MANY MORE 30 WERE INCLUDED WITH YOUR PACKET THIS WEEKEND.

WE WE HOPE TO HAVE THE BALANCE OF THE 28 IN YOUR PACKET NEXT WEEKEND, IF WE GET ANY TONIGHT, WHICH I HOPE WE DON'T GET MANY, IF ANY. THAT MAY TRAIL A LITTLE BIT.

THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH WE CAN PRODUCE IN A WEEK'S TIME.

BUT THE GOAL IS TO TRY TO HAVE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION TO YOU IN AS MUCH TIME AS POSSIBLE TO ALLOW YOU TO CONSIDER IT AS PART OF YOUR BUDGET MOTION MAKING.

SO DROPPING BARS ON YOU ON THE 17TH DOESN'T REALLY HELP YOU MAKE BUDGET DECISIONS.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M CAUTIOUS ABOUT ADDING TO THIS LIST AS IT IS.

WE'LL GET YOU A BIG CHUNK IN THIS WEEK'S PACKET.

WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE A FEW THAT WILL BE DELIVERED TO YOU BLUE FOLDER NEXT TUESDAY.

BUT THEN AT LEAST YOU'LL HAVE A FULL WEEK TO CONSIDER THEM AS YOU GET PREPARED FOR THE MEETING ON THE 17TH.

SO IF SOMETHING'S IN THE YOU KNOW, AS WE JUST DISCUSSED ON ONE OF THE STREET THINGS YESTERDAY, I THINK IT WAS SAID THAT'S WITHIN A CURRENT BUDGET.

DO WE NEED TO PUT A BRA IN THAT? NOT. NOT NECESSARILY.

IF IT'S A QUESTION THAT WE CAN QUICKLY ANSWER FOR YOU IN TERMS OF SEQUENCE OR PROCEDURE YOU CAN JUST WHAT I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT ON, YOU KNOW, SAPPHIRE AND BROADWAY. DO I NEED TO BRING THAT UP? THAT'S A CAPITAL CONVERSATION.

WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT. THAT'S RIGHT. IT'S NEXT WEEK. IT WAS WITHIN OUR BUDGET. AND IT'S WITHIN YOUR PARTICULAR ISSUE HAPPENS TO BE RELATED TO TRAFFIC CALMING.

I THINK WE ALREADY HAVE A FUNDING SOURCE FOR IT, BUT WE CERTAINLY CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION IF A BRA CAN IF YOU IF YOU IF YOU REALLY WANT TO

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I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE ESTIMATES. IT'S GETTING IT IN THE PIPELINE.

WELL THEN THAT YOU DON'T NEED TO BE RR, YOU JUST NEED SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD CODIFY IN THE MOTION.

AND WE COULD ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR YOU NEXT TUESDAY. YEAH.

THIS HAS TO DO WITH SPEED CALMING POTENTIAL CONCERNS.

PEOPLE DOING DONUTS AT AT BROADWAY AND. YEAH, BUT THIS IS A REGULAR SPOT BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A BIG AREA.

IT'S A FIVE STREET INTERSECTION. IT'S A COMPLICATED AREA.

SO WE'VE GOT 58 CURRENTLY. I'M HOPING WE DON'T LEAVE TONIGHT WITH ANY MORE THAN THAT.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. STEPHANIE. WE'VE GOT LAST NIGHT, THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERED THE BUDGET AS THEY ALWAYS DO FOR WHAT WE CALL GENERAL PLAN CONSISTENCY. THEY, I BELIEVE, TOOK ACTION TO CONFIRM THAT IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN.

TONIGHT, OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE OPERATING BUDGET. NEXT WEEK'S FOCUS WILL BE CAPITAL PROJECTS.

YOU'LL HEAR FROM ANDY AND HIS TEAM AND THEN THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMISSION WILL REVIEW BOTH BUDGETS NEXT, NEXT WEEK ON THE 12TH, AND THEN WE'LL BE BACK BEFORE YOU ON THE 17TH FOR CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO YOU'VE ALREADY REOPENED THE HEARING? OF COURSE.

YOU'VE CONDUCTED SOME OF YOUR Q&A. I DO WANT TO STRESS, IF YOU'VE GOT MORE QUESTIONS ON THE DECISION PACKAGES OR THE BUDGET RESPONSE REPORTS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO YOU THUS FAR, WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM TONIGHT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. BUT IF YOU HAVE THEM, FEEL FREE.

AND THEN WE OBVIOUSLY NEED TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING TO JUNE 10TH.

OKAY. ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS OR ANY DISCUSSION? SURE. YEAH. SURE. SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED ALL THE DIRECTORS IS LOOKING AHEAD IN FUTURE YEARS, WHAT POSITIONS OR WHAT DO YOU WHERE DO YOU SEE GROWTH NEEDED TO SUPPORT YOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE LIKE? AND SOME FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT WAS THAT THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT NEEDED A PARTICULAR POSITION.

CAN YOU DIRECTOR HAUSE COULD YOU COULD YOU DESCRIBE TO US WHAT IT IS, AND CAN WE JUST GET A PRR ON THAT, PLEASE? YEAH, WE CAN GET A PRR. I BELIEVE YOU'RE REFERRING TO AN ADDITIONAL SUPERVISOR POSITION IN THE RECREATION DIVISION.

YES. YEAH, WE WE CAN PROVIDE FOR YOU. I CAN CRAFT THE QUESTION.

IT WOULD BE RELATIVE TO WHAT ADDITIONAL SUPERVISORY SUPPORT COULD BE ADDED.

THE RECREATION SERVICES DIVISION TO ASSIST WITH OPERATIONS.

AND AT WHAT COST? WE HAVE A VACANT POSITION THAT POTENTIALLY WE COULD USE TO HELP OFFSET SOME OF THAT COST.

IDEALLY, WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE SOME ADDITIONAL REVENUES IDENTIFIED TO COVER THE BALANCE.

AS AS I'VE SAID, WE'VE BEEN VERY JUDICIOUS IN THIS BUDGET WITH POSITION CONTROL.

SO WE'RE HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU THAT INFORMATION AS I THINK YOU GOT IT COVERED.

UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD. ALL RIGHT.

AND LET'S SEE ON ON JUST I'VE BEEN BROWN ACTING OBVIOUSLY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT ON CROSSING GUARDS.

WE MET OBVIOUSLY WITH THE CHIEF ABOUT ABOUT THAT AND I THINK WE'LL GET A VRR ON IT WHICH WILL IDENTIFY VEHICLES ON ACCOMPANIED STUDENTS, TOTAL E-BIKE RIDERS, ETC. YOU WILL.

THAT IS COMING FOR YOUR PACKET NEXT WEEK. I THINK WHAT WE'VE DEFINITELY AGREED ON IS NOT INCREASING THE NUMBER OF CROSSING GUARDS ABOVE THE 27.

WHAT I THINK WE'VE ALSO AGREED ON IS WE DON'T WANT TO PULL CROSSING GUARDS OUT OF EACH OTHER'S COUNT DISTRICTS, AND WE WOULDN'T WANT TO DO THAT TO ANYBODY ELSE EITHER.

SO UNLESS ANYBODY WANTS TO GIVE UP A CROSSING GUARD IN THEIR DISTRICT WHEN THEY SEE THE LIST OR THINKS, HEY, I WANT TO GIVE THIS PERSON, WE DON'T NEED THIS ONE, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, AT LEAST FROM OUR STANDPOINT MUCH CHANGE THERE, INCLUDING NOT ADDING THE ADDITIONAL TWO THAT ARE NEEDED, BUT IT WOULD BE AT A COST OF SOME OTHER SOME OTHER INTERSECTION AND I CAN I CAN SEE SYSTEMICALLY WHY WHY THERE'S A GROWING CROSSING GUARD DEMAND BY COUNCILS IS AS PEOPLE GET ELECTED, THEY SAY, HEY, I'LL GET YOU THAT CROSSING GUARD.

THEY GET THAT CROSSING GUARD AND IT JUST GETS ADDED TO THE LIST WITHOUT US EVER GOING BACK AND LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE LIST OF CROSSING GUARDS AND ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THE METRICS TO SEE, ARE THESE CROSSING GUARDS OBJECTIVELY WARRANTED AT THIS INTERSECTION? AND EVEN IF A CROSSING GUARD IS NOT OBJECTIVELY WARRANTED AT AN INTERSECTION, THEY ARE ALL CROSSING KIDS, AND THEY'RE ALL BEING CONFRONTED WITH VEHICLES THAT ARE CROSSING AT THE SAME TIME.

AND NOBODY WANTS TO PULL THAT CROSSING GUARD OFF.

AND I THINK THE RESIDENTS WOULD BE SUPER DISAPPOINTED IF THEY LOSE A CROSSING GUARD IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO AND AS YOU ALL HAVE ANY OTHER IDEAS ON THAT, I DO.

WELL, FIRST I WILL SAY THAT I DON'T THINK THEY'RE OBJECTIVELY UNNECESSARY AT ANY INTERSECTION JUST BECAUSE OUR ARE ACTUALLY THE POLICE CHIEF AND THE THE POLICE

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THAT BEING SAID I THINK THERE IS SOME DISCUSSION TO BE HAD IN EDUCATION FOR THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL STRAIN FOR THE CITY THAT IS CONSISTENT. SO I THINK HAVING OPENING UP THIS DISCUSSION, EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THIS, THAT THERE ARE AREAS THAT ARE MAYBE LESS DANGEROUS THAN OTHERS AND THAT THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO ADJUST THEM TO OTHER LOCATIONS THAT ARE MORE DANGEROUS, IS A FAIR CONVERSATION TO BE HAD, BUT I WOULDN'T WANT IT TO BE NECESSARILY MADE IN THIS VACUUM WITHOUT HAVING THE COMMUNITY AND THOSE THOSE FAMILIES THAT ARE USED TO THOSE CROSSING GUARDS BEING PART OF THAT CONVERSATION.

SO I THINK, I THINK MAYBE WE NEED TO DO SOME MORE OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY DISCUSSION TO REALLOCATE CROSSING GUARDS WHERE THEY'RE MOST NECESSARY, AND I WOULD BE OPEN TO THAT.

I CANNOT WAIT FOR YOU TO HOST THAT WORKSHOP. NO, NO, NO, THIS IS JOINT.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER KIND OF REMARKS OR ANYTHING? NO, NO. ALL RIGHT. WE DID PREPARE A WORKSHEET, IF YOU WILL, OF JUST OUR THOUGHTS.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL WANT TO SEE THAT NOW OR SOONER RATHER.

ABSOLUTELY. I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. BATED BREATH. TO BE. PLEASE. MY FAVORITE PART OF THE YEAR.

ALL RIGHT. SO OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT VRR? ONE WILL NOT CHANGE THE 42,906 BALANCE THAT'S LEFT AFTER ALL THIS MONEY IS APPROVED.

THAT IS STILL HOLDING UP. STEPHANIE IS NODDING HER HEAD. WE ARE STILL HOLDING THAT.

SO DECISION PACKAGE NINE SAYS THAT WE COULD DO OUR OWN ELECTION FOR THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT IF WE NEED TO RUN A SPECIAL ELECTION, IF THAT OCCURS IN TIME FOR $280,000. WE SPOKE WITH THE CLERK, ELEANOR MANZANO.

SHE SAID IT WOULD BE MORE WORK, BUT WE COULD DO IT.

AND SO WE VOTE TO WE WOULD VOTE TO TAKE THE CHEAPER IN-HOUSE OPTION FOR A SAVINGS OF $27,000.

DP 24 UNCHANGED. NO IMPACT. WE JUST QUESTIONED SHOULD WE HAVE REDUCTION? DECISION PACKAGE 45. THERE'S A $250,000 FENCE AT PERRY PARK THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE REPLACED, BUT ONE DAY IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. AND IT'S AGING.

SO WE WOULD JUST ALLOCATE SOME MONEY TOWARDS THAT.

I FIGURE FIGURED $75,000. GIVEN THE $271,000 BALANCE IN QUIMBY COULD BE FAIR, BUT I'M FLEXIBLE THERE.

I JUST WANT TO SEE SOME PROGRESS TOWARDS IT BECAUSE IT IS A BIG INVESTMENT.

JUST JUST A POINT OF REFERENCE. I KNOW THIS IS JUST A PRELIM TONIGHT, BUT IN THE FUTURE, LET'S MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR IN THE STATEMENT WHERE THE FUNDING SOURCE IS. SO REFERENCE QUIMBY SOMEWHERE IN THAT NARRATIVE.

I KNOW YOU'RE PULLING IT OUT OF OTHER FUND BALANCE, BUT SORRY.

OKAY. SO. OKAY. HELP! HELP! YEP YEP. AND IT'S.

YEAH, IT'S DRAWING OFF THAT BALANCE. ALL RIGHT.

ALSO ADDING QUIMBY FUNDS. OH, I DID ADD IT HERE TO AVIATION PARK PICKLEBALL.

SO WE HAD GONE TO BURR ON THIS LAST YEAR. WE HAD FUNDED IT TO, I THINK, $320,000.

THEY, I'M TOLD FROM CITY MANAGER WITZANSKY THAT THEY COULD PROBABLY START DESIGN THIS YEAR.

AND IT WOULD BE GOOD TO GIVE SUPPORT TO THE IDEA THAT THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT AND CONTINUE TO ADD MONEY HERE.

SO WE WOULD ADD AN ADDITIONAL $200,000 TO PICKLEBALL AVIATION.

THAT WOULD BRING THE BALANCE TO $71,000. WE CONFIRMED WITH THE MAYOR THAT HE'S SATISFIED WITH THE CURRENTLY WITH THE WITH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT'S ALLOCATED FOR WILDERNESS PARK.

AND IS HOPEFUL, OPTIMISTIC THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO FUND WILDERNESS PARK AS THAT MONEY GETS CONSUMED IN THE IN FUTURE YEARS.

AND I WILL SAY THERE ARE ESTIMATES FOR QUIMBY FUNDING REPLENISHMENT THIS YEAR ARE MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN THEY WERE LAST YEAR, BUT THEY'RE STILL ARGUABLY MORE CONSERVATIVE GIVEN THE HOUSING PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE PIPELINE. WE WILL HAVE NEW QUIMBY FUNDS ACCRUE OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT TOTAL WILL BE OR FOR THE NEXT YEAR? WELL, NEXT YEAR WE HAVE THE ESTIMATE, I WANT TO SAY, AT LIKE 1.6 MILLION OR MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THAT.

BUT BUT THAT IS NOT ACCOUNTING FOR THE 46 UNIT PROJECT THAT'S PROPOSED ON AT PEARL AND PCH.

SO THERE'S AT LEAST THAT MUCH LIKELY TO COME AS WELL.

I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, I DO THINK WILDERNESS PARK WILL REQUIRE MORE FUNDING IN THE FUTURE TO COMPLETE THE MASTER PLAN, BUT THE MONEY THAT'S ALREADY ALLOCATED IN THE CIP WILL BE GOOD FOR THE NEXT YEAR OR SO AT LEAST.

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AND IF YOU HAVE IF YOU HAVE A PROJECT THAT STAFF CAN GET DONE THIS YEAR THAT YOU WANT TO FUND FROM COLUMBIA, I THINK WE CAN BACK OFF ON ONE OR OTHER OF THESE.

AND FENCING BURR 25, THE FENCING ON GRANT AVENUE, THE NORTH SIDE AND THE SOUTH SIDE IS THERE.

IT'S BAD. IT JUST DOESN'T LOOK GOOD. IT DOESN'T MAKE THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE AROUND THAT AREA FEEL LIKE THE AREA IS CARED FOR. SO I'D WANT TO PARK.

NO, THAT'S FENCING ALONGSIDE GRANT AVENUE BETWEEN INGLEWOOD AND TRAIN CROSSING.

OR THE TRAIN? THE TRAIN TRACKS. RIGHT? YEAH. YOU CAN EVEN LOOK AT GOOGLE MAPS.

BUT IT'S RUSTED. IT'S CROOKED. I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHERE ALONG GRANT.

AND THERE'S A PICTURE OF IT AND THERE'S A PICTURE OF IT IN BR 25.

RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, THAT WOULD BRING THE BALANCE DOWN TO THE GENERAL FUND.

BALANCE DOWN TO 24,000. BR 29 MR. COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER WAS CONCERNED ABOUT.

I THOUGHT IT WORKS JUST FINE, BUT THEIR STAFF IS SUGGESTING THE UPGRADE.

THAT WOULD PUSH IT. THAT WOULD BE $23,900. BRING US DOWN TO 200 TO INTERRUPT THERE.

YEAH. WHILE WE'RE ON THAT SUBJECT, MIKE, CAN WE CONFER? IS THAT THE FIGURE THAT'S NECESSARY THERE? I THOUGHT THAT UPGRADE MIGHT BE CHEAPER THAN THAT. THIS IS THE UPGRADE IF YOU COME UP MIKE COOK OR IT DIRECTOR. GOOD EVENING, MIKE COOK.

IT DIRECTOR. SO YEAH, THAT IS THE ONE TIME UPGRADE.

COST FOR THE PROJECT IS RIGHT AROUND THAT $24,000.

AND THERE'S SOME VERY NEGLIGIBLE ADDITIONAL ANNUAL UPGRADES TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT $4,000 A YEAR.

SO THAT WOULD BE THE ONE TIME WE COULD ABSORB THAT IN THE OPERATIONAL BUDGET AS IT STANDS.

IF WE WANTED TO GO THAT ROUTE, THE $23,000, YOU COULD ABSORB SO AND SO COUNCILMAN OBAGI I THINK IF WE WERE TO FUND THAT, I THINK WE'D PULL IT OUT OF IT. SO THAT WOULDN'T BE A GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATION.

THAT'S THE POINT I'M MAKING WITH THAT. OKAY. SO THAT'D BE ANOTHER FUND.

SORRY. THE FULL 24,000 IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING TO ABSORB.

NOT SURE FOR THOSE THAT YOU'RE SAYING. YEAH. I THINK WE CAN HANDLE BOTH.

AND IT SHOULD DRAW AGAINST THE IT REPLACEMENT FUND AS OPPOSED TO THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE THERE.

CONCEPTUALLY, I THINK YOU CAN PROBABLY ZERO OFF THAT LINE IN EXCEL.

OKAY. WHAT DO YOU WANT. BUT THANK YOU. IT'S JUST IT FUNDS.

YEAH. JUST PUT. YEAH. JUST SHOW IT AS AN IT. IT FUND.

AND I'LL TELL YOU I AGREE WITH YOU. RATHER THAN GO TO A WHOLE NEW SYSTEM WHICH SEEMS LIKE A MAJOR TURNOVER, JUST UPGRADING WHAT WE GOT SIGNIFICANT. WITH A ONE TIME COST, WE'LL GET AN UPGRADE IN SERVICE.

AND THEN YOU SAY HERE LITTLE CHANGE TO ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION.

SO THAT SEEMS TO ME LIKE THE NO BRAINER PATH.

IT DOES. YEAH. AND ACTUALLY, IT'S ACTUALLY NO CHANGE TO THE EXISTING SUBSCRIPTION COST, BUT WE'D BE ADDING A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL FEATURES THAT WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE.

AND THAT'S WHAT THAT ADDITIONAL 4000 IS FOR. OKAY.

OH, HE'S DOING MATH ON THE FLY. OH. YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

WHAT'S THE WEIGHTING FACTOR? OKAY. SO IT DEPENDS WHAT YEAR.

HERE WE GO. SORRY. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON. WHOOPS.

ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE'RE DONE WITH THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. PR 35.

WE CHOOSE TO PURSUE GRANT FUNDING FOR SMALL OR MEDIUM SENSORY ROOMS IN ONE OR BOTH OF OUR LIBRARIES, RATHER THAN TRYING TO FUND THAT RIGHT NOW. SEEMS LIKE GRANT FUNDING FOR LIBRARIES HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THE PAST FOR THAT SELF-CHECKOUT KIOSK GRANT FUNDING ON THAT. THEN WELL, I FUNDED IT TO ZERO.

OKAY, SO PURSUE GRANTS. YEAH. OKAY. PR 36 UPDATING THE CITY LOGO ON THE KING HARBOR GATEWAY SIGNAGE AND REPAINT AND DESIGN.

SO WE PREVIOUSLY FUNDED THE REPAINTING AND THE TO TRY TO BRING THE BRAND OF THE CITY UNIFORM TO MAKE IT UNIFORM ACROSS THE CITY. WE'D WANT TO REPLACE THAT SAILBOAT WITH THE CITY'S LOGO.

AND POTENTIALLY WE'LL HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THIS, WHETHER TO CHANGE THE FONT ON THE SIGNAGE TO MATCH THE CITY LOGO FONT, WHETHER TO HAVE OUR DESIGNER DO THAT. SO THAT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL $60,000.

YES. THAT TAKES US NEGATIVE, BUT HOLD ON. WE'RE GOING TO GET TO POSITIVE IMPLEMENT THE MS 911 RESPONSE FEE THAT WE HAD PASSED LAST YEAR BUT NEVER GOT IMPLEMENTED TWO YEARS AGO, TWO YEARS AGO, TWO YEARS AGO, AND NEVER GOT IMPLEMENTED.

THIS IS A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE THAT IT WOULD GENERATE A QUARTER OF $1 BILLION TRYING TO COLLECT FROM COLLECTING FROM INSURANCE COMPANIES.

I THINK CITY MANAGER SAID BETWEEN 200 AND 300,000.

YEAH. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. I MEAN, WE'VE HAD ESTIMATES AS MUCH AS $970,000.

I WANT TO BE VERY CAUTIOUS. IF WE DO, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING BACK THE IMPLEMENTATION CONTRACT TO YOU IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

ASSUMING YOU ALL APPROVE THAT THIS IS A NUMBER WE COULD LIVE WITH, BUT I WOULDN'T PUSH THIS ANY HARDER THAN THAT FOR NOW,

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THIS WOULD BE THE OPTION THAT I'M SORRY, YOUR TIME IS UP.

THIS WOULD BE THE OPTION TO EXTEND THAT THAT KEEPS FLAGS AROUND FOR, LIKE, 18 MONTHS.

NOT REPLACE EVERY FLAG, BUT BUT HAVE A HEALTHY STASH EVERY OTHER ONE OR SO, AND REPLACE THEM EVERY 18 MONTHS OR SO.

THE RR 40, THE 40. THE NEXT THREE ARE BASICALLY IN ONE GROUP.

ADDING METERS TO RONDO. THAT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL.

THAT WOULD BE A ONE TIME COST OF 54,873. THE NEXT BAR IS THE ONGOING EXPENSES WOULD BE $13,653 FOR THOSE FOR THOSE MAINTAINING THOSE METERS, CONNECTING THEM, ETCETERA.

AND THEN THE MOST CONSERVATIVE REVENUE FROM THOSE METERS AT A 25% UTILIZATION FOR ONLY THREE QUARTERS OF THE OF THE YEAR, BECAUSE WE NEED TO GET COASTAL COUNCILMAN COULD YOU, COULD YOU UPDATE THAT TO REFLECT REVENUE, INCREASED REVENUE, AND THEN ASSUMING 25% UTILIZATION OF METERS.

JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR WHAT THAT IS. JUST PUT IT AT THE START THERE.

YEAH. I MEAN, THIS ISN'T A FINAL THING. I KNOW, I JUST TRYING TO GET US GET US READY FOR THE 17TH HERE.

OKAY. SO THAT WOULD BE $109,000, BRINGING THIS FUND BALANCE BACK UP TO 245.

45. I WILL SAY THAT SOMETHING WE'VE DISCUSSED WITH THE CITY MANAGER TO HELP WITH TRAFFIC LEAVING TORONTO.

MAYBE YOU COULD TALK ABOUT IT. WAS IS MAKING THAT RIGHT TURN LANE ALLOW THROUGH TRAFFIC STRAIGHT UP ONTO 1/90 SO THAT CARS CAN GET OUT THERE MORE QUICKLY. ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD? YEAH, AND I HAVE SOME MORE THOUGHTS ON THAT. I'LL OBVIOUSLY WORK WITH ANDY BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT TUESDAY, SO WE CAN PRESENT MAYBE MORE ON THAT CONCEPT AND GIVE YOU A BETTER SENSE OF COST.

BUT THE IDEA IS AND IT'S REFERENCED IN THE BUR, THE IDEA IS TO TRY TO IMPROVE THROUGHPUT, PARTICULARLY EASTBOUND ON TORONTO. WE HAVE A BIT OF A BOTTLENECK THERE, PARTICULARLY IN THE SUMMER MONTHS, BUSY WEEKENDS WHERE WE CAN HOPEFULLY INCREASE THAT CROSSING, AND WE THINK WE CAN MAKE IMPROVEMENTS WITHOUT ELIMINATING SOME OF THOSE PARKING SPACES.

AND WE'LL NEED TO GIVE YOU A COST ON WHAT THAT WILL TAKE TO IMPLEMENT.

BUT I'M THINKING THAT COULD COME OUT OF PERHAPS TRAFFIC CALMING.

WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND ANOTHER FUNDING SOURCE IN THE CAPITAL PROGRAM TO COVER THAT EXPENSE AS OPPOSED TO THE GENERAL FUND MONEY HERE.

SO THAT WILL BE OUR FIRST FOCUS. WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE MORE FOR YOU ON THAT NEXT WEEK.

DO WE HAVE TO GO TO THE COASTAL COMMISSION FOR INSTALLING THOSE PARKING METERS? NO, WE JUST HAVE TO FOLLOW OUR APPROVED RESOLUTION PROGRAM SO THERE ISN'T A LOCALLY ISSUED CDHP.

SO WE HAVE A MECHANISM. THERE'S A THERE'S AN IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD AND THE WHOLE THING.

BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO, I BELIEVE, GET THEIR JURISDICTIONAL AUTHORIZATION.

SO THE ONLY THING WE'D HAVE TO GET FROM THEM IS IF WE ELIMINATED CORRECT FOR THE, FOR THE BECAUSE WE'RE STILL MAINTAINING PARKING, WE'RE JUST METERING IT. BUT WE CAN PUT THE METERS IN WITHOUT GOING BACK TO COAST. WE HAVE TO FOLLOW OUR RESOLUTION.

YEAH, WE HAVE TO DO ALL OF THAT STUFF. THERE'S A SEQUENCE FOR IT, BUT WE DON'T NEED THEIR AUTHORIZATION.

BUT I'LL TELL YOU, I SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE WE'RE LOSING REVENUE IN THE CURRENTLY, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE JUST PUT METERS IN RIGHT HERE BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL PARKING FOR FREE JUST UP THE STREET.

AND SO I THINK WE'VE, YOU KNOW, IMPACTED OURSELVES.

YEAH. AND WE SHOULD FIND OUT IF WE HAVE TO LOSE ANY SPOTS BEFORE WE PUT THE METERS IN.

ESPECIALLY AT THAT END OF RONDO SO THAT WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, PUT METERS IN AND HAVE TO TAKE THEM OUT.

IF WE HAVE TO TAKE AWAY ANY SPACES. WE WILL WE WILL ANALYZE THAT.

WE FEEL LIKE EVEN IF WE WERE TO INSTALL THE METERS, LET'S SAY, AND WE WERE DETERMINED LATER THAT WE WANTED TO EXPAND THE THROUGHPUT LANE BECAUSE THAT CAPACITY AND QUEUING WAS WORKING.

WE WE BELIEVE WE COULD REPURPOSE THOSE METERS ELSEWHERE IN THE ORGANIZATION AS METERS GO GET DAMAGED OR GO DORMANT, ETC. SO EVEN IF WE SPENT THE MONEY, I THINK IT WOULDN'T BE CHASING GOOD MONEY AFTER BAD IF WE HAD TO PULL THEM OUT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I DIDN'T I DIDN'T PUT MONEY IN HERE FOR THE FOR THE TRAFFIC REDESIGN. OKAY. YEAH. IDEALLY, WE'D FIND THAT THROUGH THE CAPITAL PROGRAM.

SO THE R 51 CALLED FOR MORE FUNDING FOR THE BANNERS FOR ARTESIA BOULEVARD.

WE'VE GOT THE BRACKETS. KIDS. BUT TO ACTUALLY PRODUCE THE BANNERS, THEY NEED MONEY.

SO THERE'S THAT. BRR, 51 HARBOR DRIVE BANNER PROGRAM.

THEY NEED MORE HARDWARE THERE. THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL $30,545.

FIGURE IF WE'RE GOING TO DO A NEW CITY FLAG REPLACE THE OLD CITY FLAG AND WITH THE LOGO AND CREATE BANNERS THAT SAY REDONDO BEACH ON THEM.

WE PROBABLY NEED TO PROCURE THE SERVICES OF OUR JODY.

JODY. SMALL, SMALL, SMALL. YEAH. AND SO JUST THREW IN SOME MONEY HERE, AND I'D, I DO LIKE THE PRACTICE OF ALLOCATING

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AND WE WANT TO KEEP THOSE, KEEP THOSE EMPTY AND KEEP THEM CLEAN AND THE LIKE AND APPRECIATE THEIR DEDICATION OVER THE WEEKENDS DURING THE BUSY WEEKENDS.

SO THAT'S IT. THAT'S THOSE ARE OUR INITIAL THOUGHTS.

IT LEAVES $141,000 AND CHANGE. LEFT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A QUICK NOTE ON THE QUIMBY FUND REVENUE.

I THINK WE ACTUALLY PROGRAMED ABOUT ABOUT 1.1 MILLION WE'RE PROJECTING TO GET THIS YEAR.

AND AS THE CITY MANAGER WAS SAYING, THAT'S CONSERVATIVE.

WE MAY ACTUALLY GET MORE THAN THAT. BUT WE ALSO NEED TO SEE WHAT REVENUE COMES IN AT THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR THAT WILL IMPACT OUR BALANCE.

SO I THINK IT'S IT'S A GOOD CONSERVATIVE GOOD CONSERVATIVE BREAK.

SO SO THIS SO THE THE BALANCE YOU'RE SAYING THAT I HAVE OF 346,000 SHOULD BE 1.1 MILLION.

NO NO NO. THAT INCORPORATES SO THAT NUMBER IS POST CIP ALLOCATIONS IN THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET.

SO THAT'S A GOOD NUMBER WITH CONSERVATIVE. THAT'S WITH THE CONSERVATIVE QUIMBY ESTIMATE.

OKAY COOL. YEAH. IF IF THERE'S THIS LIKE AS I SAID, THERE'S A SMALL CHANCE THAT NUMBER COULD GROW IF WE SEE THE OTHER PROJECT COME ONLINE WITHIN THE FISCAL YEAR. AND TO STEPHANIE'S POINT, THERE'S A SMALL CHANCE THAT THAT NUMBER COULD BE SLIGHTLY ERODED IF THIS YEAR'S CLOSEOUT ISN'T AS STRONG AS INITIALLY ANTICIPATED. OKAY, SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU PUT INTO THAT AND THE DETAIL.

I APPRECIATE YOU SITTING DOWN WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS.

COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE THINGS THAT BRING IN MORE REVENUE AND SOME OF THOSE CRITICAL THINGS THAT I HIGHLIGHTED THAT I SUPPORTED AS YOU WENT THROUGH IT.

I DO WANT TO PREFACE I'M A LITTLE ANTSY WHEN WE'RE IN A WHAT WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY A $3.5 MILLION DEFICIT.

YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD BE PUTTING AS MUCH MONEY BACK INTO THE INTO THE RESERVE AS WE CAN AND NOT SPENDING AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

SO I'M A LITTLE I THINK SOME OF THOSE THINGS WE COULD DEFER WITHOUT ANY HARM.

IN FACT, I QUESTION WHETHER SOMEONE WE CAN GET TO OVER THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

SO THAT'S MY FIRST CUT AT IT. BUT WE'LL HEAR HOW THE DEBATE GOES WITH THE REST OF THE COUNCIL.

ALL. ANYBODY ELSE? I DON'T SEE ANY. HANDS UP.

NO. NO. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE NEXT STEP IN THIS.

YEAH. CAN YOU SAY. ALWAYS HELPFUL TO HEAR. YEAH.

AND THEN ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO ADDRESS US BEFORE WE CONTINUE THIS.

YOU'RE STILL SHARING YOUR SCREEN? OKAY. THANK YOU.

OKAY. MARK NELSON AND THEN DARRYL BOYD.

OKAY. GOOD NIGHT. GOOD EVENING. FOR THE LAST TIME TONIGHT.

SO THERE'S A CONTINGENT OF PEOPLE HERE FROM THE 500 600 BLOCK OF PROSPECT FRONTAGE ROAD.

AND THE ISSUE THAT WE'RE REALLY SPEAKING ABOUT THERE IS THE CIP, WHICH IS NEXT WEEK, BUT WE WEREN'T AWARE IT WAS GOING TO BE NEXT WEEK.

SO INSTEAD WE'RE GOING TO BECAUSE THE PEOPLE ARE HERE, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT IT TONIGHT.

IT'S STILL RELEVANT TONIGHT I AGREE. YEAH. SO THERE'S THERE'S TWO CIP ISSUES THAT ARE RELEVANT.

PRR THREE WHICH WAS STRICTLY SPEC SORT OF AS THE COST OF A SOUND WALL.

IT GOT EXPANDED AT SOME POINT IN THE, IN THE NARRATIVE TO AN IRON FENCE AS WELL.

IT DID NOT GET EXPANDED TO ACTUALLY THE COST OF K RAIL, BECAUSE K RAIL WOULD BE ANOTHER SAFETY OPTION TO STOP CARS FROM BOUNCING OFF OF BIG PROSPECT ONTO THE FRONTAGE ROAD. IT'S HAPPENED A COUPLE OF TIMES IN THE LAST DECADE.

YOU KNOW, FORTUNATELY NOBODY WAS THERE WHEN IT HAPPENED, RIGHT? SO NOBODY GOT SMASHED OR ANYTHING.

SO THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON WITH BUREAU THREE. PRR 22 CAME IN BASICALLY AS A REQUEST FOR SPEED CUSHIONS AND A FEW OTHER THINGS. THERE ARE TRAFFIC ISSUES.

THE PROSPECT FRONTAGE ROAD IS FUNKY. IT'S ONE WAY.

IT'S TWO WAY AT A T INTERSECTION. SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE WRONG WAY.

TRAFFIC IS PERVASIVE. U-TURNS ARE ILLEGAL ON BIG PROSPECT.

SO INSTEAD THEY'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST AS ILLEGAL TO GO DOWN THE WRONG WAY ON A ONE WAY ROAD.

SO THAT'S WHAT THEY CHOOSE TO DO INSTEAD. SO IT'S JUST IT'S JUST A MESSY PLACE.

PRR 22 HAS TURNED INTO ESSENTIALLY THE TRAFFIC CALMING BUDGET.

AND IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO THE THE PUBLIC WORKS AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION SAID,

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SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH 22 PEOPLE I'M SURE WILL WANT TO ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, HOW THE ROAD GETS RECONFIGURED AS WELL. GOING BACK TO PRR THREE, I TRADED NOTES WITH DIRECTOR WINJE.

I THINK THERE'S SOME REAL MATH PROBLEMS THERE.

THE WALL THAT GOT COSTED OUT WAS 24FT TALL. I'M THE WRONG KIND OF ENGINEER TO TO CRITIQUE WHETHER A 24 FOOT TALL BLOCK CINDER BLOCK WALL CAN HAPPEN. I WOULD SAY ARGUABLY NO. AND EVEN IF IT WERE GOING TO, THE SPECIFICATION IN THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY MANUAL IS 6FT TO 14FT TALL, NOT 24. SO BASICALLY THE PRICE OF THAT THING IS LIKE 3 OR 4 TIMES WHAT IT SHOULD BE ON TOP OF IT.

OUR FRIENDS AT CALTRANS DID THEM NO FAVORS BECAUSE CALTRANS MAKES ITS ITS BUDGET NUMBERS AVAILABLE, AND THEY WERE PULLED OUT FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTIMATION.

AND THERE WAS A 300 FOOT WALL IN THERE. SQUARE FOOT WALL.

IT WAS WILDLY EXPENSIVE. SO YOUR TIME IS UP, SIR.

AND THEY LEFT IT IN. OKAY. THANKS. THANK YOU.

GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU FOR STAYING. OKAY.

GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL MEMBERS. MAYOR LIGHT MR. WALLER. WALLER. FELLOW CAR GUY. GOOD TO SEE YOU.

MY NAME IS DARRYL BOYD. MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED OUR HOME AT 521 NORTH PROSPECT AVENUE IN APRIL 1993.

SO WE'VE LIVED THERE FOR 32 YEARS NOW. AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS LESS TRAFFIC ON NORTH PROSPECT AVENUE.

THE MEDIAN WAS MAINTAINED WITH HEALTHY FOLIAGE AND WAS VERY PRIVATE.

OVER THE YEARS AND TURNING INTO DECADES NOW, THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH COMPLETELY NEGLECTED THE UPKEEP AND MAINTENANCE OF THE NORTH PROSPECT AVENUE MEDIAN. THE FOLIAGE BECAME DISEASED AND DIED.

TRASH THROWN OUT OF CARS NEVER PICKED UP. IT BECAME A COMPLETE EYESORE AND REMAINED THAT WAY FOR MANY YEARS.

IN JUNE OF 2024, THE CITY DECIDED ABRUPTLY, WITH NO NOTICE OR ANY CONVERSATION WITH THE RESIDENTS HERE, TO COMPLETELY REMOVE ALL OF THE DEAD SHRUBBERY ON THE NORTH PROSPECT AVENUE MEDIAN.

IT COMPLETELY STRIPPED US OF ANY PRIVACY AND ANY BIT OF SOUND REFLECTION, EVEN THOUGH NOT MUCH THAT WE HAD LEFT.

THE CITY HAD NO PLAN, AND MANY, MANY MONTHS WENT BY UNTIL I INITIATED A MOVEMENT ON OUR STREET TO BRING THE MATTER TO THE CITY'S ATTENTION, TO TRY TO GET SOMETHING DONE ABOUT IT. IT HAS TAKEN LONGER THAN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HOPED FOR, BUT SOME PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE REGARDING THE FOLIAGE.

ALTHOUGH I'M NOT COMPLETELY SOLD ON THE TYPE AND MATURITY THAT HAS BEEN SELECTED, WE HAVE A MAJOR TRAFFIC AND NOISE PROBLEM, ALONG WITH THE PRIVACY ISSUES. THE STRETCH FROM PEARL STREET TO THE BCHD TRAFFIC SIGNAL HAS BECOME A RUNWAY OR A DRAG STRIP FOR SPEEDING CARS FLYING DOWN THAT HILL AT PEARL STREET.

FLYING THROUGH THAT STRETCH AT LEAST DOUBLE THE SPEED LIMIT CONSTANTLY.

PEOPLE DON'T JUST DRIVE, THEY ARE GUNNING AND GRINDING THROUGH THERE.

MY NEIGHBORS ON THE NORTH END OF THE STREET AND THE SIX HUNDREDS WILL ATTEST INCREASED TRAFFIC OVER THE DECADES, BUT IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, THE DEMEANOR OF DRIVERS HAS BECOME MORE RECKLESS AND MORE RUDE.

WE'VE NOT SEEN ENOUGH ATTENTION BEING PAID BY THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH TO DEALING WITH IMPATIENT AND SPEEDING DRIVERS, OR THIS ENTIRE SITUATION. THERE'S BEEN AN INCREASE IN VERY LOUD EXHAUST FROM MODERN MUSCLE CARS, AND THERE IS A RASH OF DRIVERS WITH ILLEGAL EXHAUST.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ACTUAL EXHAUST CUTOUTS THAT ARE ULTRA LOUD AND CAUSE A BACKFIRING EFFECT.

MOST OF YOU KNOW ME AS A CAR GUY AND I LOVE A HEALTHY SOUNDING RIDE, BUT SOME OF THESE CARS ARE LOUDER THAN EVEN TYPICAL CLASSIC MUSCLE CAR OR STREET ROD EXHAUST. AND I HAPPEN TO KNOW MR. WALLER WOULD KNOW TOO.

THESE ARE ON DAILY DRIVEN CARS ALL OVER THE PLACE.

NOW, THIS IS THE MODERN CAR CULTURE, AND WE SEE MANY OF THE SAME CARS THROUGH HERE DAILY OR THROUGH OUR STREETS.

SOME ARE EVEN EMPLOYEES OVER AT BCHD. THE BCHD AND SILVERADO BUILDINGS AT 514 NORTH PROSPECT FORMS A V SHAPED SOUND REFLECTOR. SIR, CAN I JUST FINISH? MAYOR, PLEASE, DO WE HAVE THAT POINTS DIRECTLY AT OUR HOME? YOU CAN'T. YOU CAN'T WAIT. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO EXTEND? NO, NO. I'M SORRY. WE HAVE TO KEEP IT CONSISTENT.

I TRIED, THERE'S A LOT TO SAY. IT'S HARD TO GET IT IN THREE MINUTES, BUT.

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JULIE HERNANDEZ. AT 611 NORTH PROSPECT. I'LL JUST PICK UP WHERE I LEFT OFF.

QUITE FRANKLY, I DON'T LIKE COMING HERE WITH THIS TONE AND THIS MANNER THAT I AM TONIGHT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S BEEN A SEVERE LACK OF ACTION ON OUR STREET TO HAVE NO TREES, DEAD TREES FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

IT'S JUST, FRANKLY, SUPER DISAPPOINTING. THE LACK OF ACTION FOR THIS LONG, YOU'RE BASICALLY SENDING US A MESSAGE.

JUST BECAUSE OUR ENTIRE STREET IS NOT HERE TONIGHT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE NOT UPSET.

DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE NOT DISGUSTED AND DISAPPOINTED. WE BASICALLY FEEL LIKE OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE JUST AS GOOD AS ANYBODY ELSE'S, BUT WE JUST FEEL SUPER IGNORED, SUPER NEGLECTED AND UNSAFE.

OKAY. RIGHT ACROSS FROM US, THERE USED TO BE BUSHES, SOME KIND OF SAFETY, SOME KIND OF BARRIER.

IF YOU TRY TO GET IN YOUR CAR THAT'S PARKED ON THE CURB, THERE'S SUCH A SLOPE, YOU COULD FALL INTO THE STREET.

GOT MY KIDS NOW. GRANDKIDS. OUR FAMILY'S BEEN ON THAT STREET FOR 40 YEARS.

BUT WHAT WOULD IT HAVE TAKEN? WHAT IF WE HADN'T COMPLAINED? WHAT IF WE HADN'T MADE NOISE? HOW LONG WOULD IT HAVE TAKEN FOR YOU GUYS TO DO SOMETHING? SO I'M SORRY WE'RE PAST THE POINT OF SMALL FIVE GALLON TREES. UNLESS YOU'RE GOING TO ACCOMPANY IT WITH A SUBSTANTIAL WALL TO FOR OUR SAFETY.

I'M JUST SHAKING. I CAN'T BELIEVE JUST TALK OF ESTHETICS, OF PALM TREES BEING TRIMMED ON ARTESIA EMBLEM SIGNS TO HAVE CONSISTENT BRANDING IN REDONDO. OUR FAMILIES ARE NOT SAFE. WE'RE BEING POLLUTED WITH NOISE.

WE'RE JUST BLENDING IN AS PART OF THE COMMERCIAL LANDSCAPE. WE'RE JUST A PART OF BIG PROSPECT.

WE'RE JUST A PART OF VONS PARKING LOT, AND I'M SURE IF IT WAS YOUR STREET OR YOUR HOUSE, YOU WOULD BE UP IN ARMS. THERE WOULD BE ACTION. I WORK FOR THE CITY OF TORRANCE, WORKED FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, WORKED FOR THE STREETSCAPE DEPARTMENT. I'M NOT COMPLETELY UNFAMILIAR WITH HOW THINGS GET DONE OR HOW FAST THEY CAN GET DONE.

I'M SURE THE MONEY IS THERE. YOU FIND MONEY WHEN YOU WANT IT.

WHEN YOU DEVELOP A HOTELS OR BIG SHOPPING CENTERS, YOU PLANT THE TREES THAT YOU WANT IN THE SIZE THAT YOU WANT.

YOU DON'T GIVE SOMEBODY A FIVE GALLON BUCKET AND GO, WELL, WAIT A FEW YEARS.

THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN FINE TWO YEARS AGO. IT'S NOT FINE TODAY. SO I DON'T KNOW.

I WAS HERE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, I SPOKE THEN I WAS A LITTLE MORE KIND.

I WAS A LITTLE MORE SOFT. BASICALLY. I FELT LIKE THAT FELL ON DEAF EARS.

I REALLY DIDN'T SEE MANY OF YOUR FACES THERE THAT NIGHT. HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOMETHING MOVING.

I REALLY HOPE SO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG NIGHT. I WAITED QUITE A WHILE TO SHARE MY PIECE.

I REALLY HOPE THAT WE CAN GET SOMETHING MOVING BECAUSE TRUST ME, THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS UPSET JUST BECAUSE WE'RE NOT HERE TONIGHT, I DO SPEAK FOR THEM. OKAY, SO IT'S ONE CITY BLOCK, ONE SIDE OF THE STREET.

IT'S NOT THAT BIG OF A PROJECT. I'M SURE YOU GUYS CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL AT THIS TIME? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR LIGHT AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS ANASTASIA BANHOLZER AND I'M A LOCAL MORTGAGE BROKER, A PROUD MEMBER OF THE REDONDO BEACH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND AN INCOMING CHAIR FOR THE CHAMBER'S MEMBER SERVICES AND AMBASSADORS COMMITTEE.

I ALSO SERVE ON THE BOARDS OF BOTH THE CHAMBER AND REDONDO BEACH ROTARY CLUB.

I MENTIONED THESE ROLES NOT TO LIST CREDENTIALS, BUT TO SHOW HOW DEEPLY I CARE ABOUT THE CITY I LIVE IN, I WORK IN, AND I'M RAISING MY DAUGHTER HERE. MAYOR LIGHT YOU'VE MET HER BEFORE, MY SPIRITED MR REDONDO BEACH, WHO PROUDLY JOINS ME AT RIBBON CUTTINGS, CLEANUPS AND COMMUNITY EVENTS.

SHE BELIEVES IN THE CITY JUST AS MUCH AS I DO.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT FOR ADDITIONAL FEE WAIVERS TO HELP CHAMBER CONTINUE HOSTING ONE OF REDONDO BEACH'S MOST CHERISHED EVENTS, THE SUPER BOWL 10-K. NOW IN ITS 47TH YEAR, THIS EVENT BRINGS 5000 TO 6000 RUNNERS AND OVER 20,000 SPECTATORS TO OUR STREETS, DRIVING FOOT TRAFFIC TO LOCAL BUSINESSES AND SPOTLIGHTING ALL THAT MAKES REDONDO SPECIAL.

THE CHAMBER, A NONPROFIT 123 YEARS, WORKS HARD TO SUPPORT THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THIS EVENT IS HUGE AS THE CITY'S TOP REVENUE GENERATING EVENT AND DRAWS VISITORS WHO OFTEN BECOME FUTURE RESIDENTS OR CUSTOMERS. AS AN INCOMING CHAIR OF THE AMBASSADOR COMMITTEE, I HELP LEAD EFFORTS TO INCREASE THEIR VISIBILITY AND GROWTH.

BUT PUTTING ON THE 10-K HAS BECOME SIGNIFICANTLY HARDER.

COSTS HAVE RISEN MORE THAN FIVEFOLD IN RECENT YEARS, AND THE NEW CITY'S REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING ADDITIONAL BARRICADES, NOW ADD OVER $35,000 TO OUR EXPENSES. FOR A NONPROFIT, THIS IS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO ABSORB.

WE ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR SAFETY AND COMPLIANCE AND WANT TO WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THE CITY, BUT WITHOUT ADDITIONAL FEE WAIVERS. THE FINANCIAL STRAIN THREATENS NOT ONLY THE EVENT ITSELF, BUT ALSO LOCAL ECONOMIC BOOST AND COMMUNITY PRIDE THAT COMES WITH IT.

MAYOR LIGHT AND COUNCIL MEMBER MEMBERS. YOUR SUPPORT TONIGHT WOULD HELP PRESERVE A LONG STANDING REDONDO TRADITION.

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO TO MAKE REDONDO A PLACE WE'RE ALL PROUD TO CALL HOME.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL AT THIS TIME? IS IT OFFICIAL? YES, SIR. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE YOU.

GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS. I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF THE REDONDO BEACH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AS THE NEWLY ELECTED CEO.

I AM HERE TO RESPECTFULLY, RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR ADDITIONAL FEES FOR SUPER BOWL 10-K.

THIS IS A CHERISHED TRADITION. THE COMMUNITY HAVE OUR RESIDENTS GET TOGETHER.

WE PROMOTE WELLNESS AS WELL, AND THE ADDITIONAL FEE WAIVERS WILL HELP ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A SAFE, INCLUSIVE AND HIGH QUALITY EXPERIENCE FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS WHILE KEEPING THE RACE ACCESSIBLE TO FAMILIES, STUDENTS AND RUNNERS FOR ALL LEVELS. EACH YEAR, WE WELCOME OVER 5000 RUNNERS, MANY OF WHOM STAY IN THE COMMUNITY, DINE LOCALLY AND CONTRIBUTE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

BEYOND THE RACE ITSELF, THIS EVENT ALLOWS US TO GIVE BACK IN MEANINGFUL WAYS.

IT FUNDS SCHOLARSHIPS FOR REDONDO UNION HIGH SCHOOL AND SUPPORTS FREE BUSINESS WORKSHOPS OPEN TO ALL CITY BUSINESSES IN THE CITY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY.

EVENTS LIKE THIS. YOUR DEDICATION TO THE WELL-BEING OF OUR CITY IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR LIGHT. CITY COUNCIL . CITY STAFF.

MARK HANSEN. I'LL SWITCH HATS TONIGHT. AT ONE POINT, I'M GOING TO HAVE MY HAT ON FOR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

I PROUDLY SERVED ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN THE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS COMMITTEE.

AND THEN I'LL SWITCH HATS AND TALK TO YOU AS A KING HARBOR VOTER.

I WANT TO START WITH THE CHAMBER EVENT. I CAN'T POSSIBLY SAY ANYTHING BETTER THAN THE WAY ANASTASIA AND MARK DID.

I HAD THE PLEASURE OF READING THEIR PRESENTATIONS BEFOREHAND.

I GOT NOTHING TO ADD OTHER THAN TO JUST COMPLETELY SUPPORT IT.

YOU GET IT? OKAY. WE BRING IN THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE PRESTIGE TO THE CITY, AND PEOPLE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY HERE.

SO I THINK I'LL JUST STOP IT THERE RATHER THAN REPEAT WHAT THEY DID.

SO GREAT. LET ME SWITCH HATS OVER TO THE HARBOR.

I WANT TO RISE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF DECISION PACKAGE NUMBER 26 TO PERMANENTLY ESTABLISHED A HARBOR MASTER AND HARBOR.

I THINK IT MAKES ALL THE SENSE IN THE WORLD TO COMBINE THOSE DUTIES WITH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.

WE ARE SUPER LUCKY TO BE A BEACH AND HARBOR TOWN, BUT THAT MEANS WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR IT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.

IT'S NOT A MATTER OF IF, IT'S WHEN WE GET HIT AND AND WHERE WE GET HIT.

THE HARDEST, OF COURSE, IS THE HARBOR. SO HAVING A HARBOR MASTER WHO'S ALSO SUPPOSED TO BE IN CHARGE OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS JUST MAKES A WHOLE BUNCH OF SENSE.

CURT MAHONEY HAS ALREADY BEEN FANTASTIC. HE ACCEPTED OUR INVITATION TO BE A GUEST SPEAKER AT HARBOR YACHT CLUB.

HE RECENTLY CAME TO A CHAMBER EVENT WITH OVER 70 BUSINESS LEADERS THERE.

THE MAYOR AND THE TWO COUNCILMEN. THANK YOU. GENTLEMEN WERE THERE.

WE NEEDED TO DO A STATE REQUIRED POSTING FOR THE NEW WHITE SEA BASS.

THE CONTRACTOR CALLED ME. I INTRODUCED HIM TO CURT, AND BY THE NEXT DAY, CURT SAYS, THANKS, MARK. GOT IT ALL TAKEN CARE OF. SO HE WAS ON IT INSTANTLY.

I MET WITH HIM WHEN HE FIRST GOT THE JOB, AND HE WAS SUPER PATIENT AND SAT DOWN AND DOWN.

LET HIM LET ME TELL HIM ABOUT THE LAST 25 YEARS IN THE HARBOR.

SO HE'S JUST HE'S JUST A GREAT GUY. AND MAYBE THE MOST OBVIOUS THING, BOAT RAMPS COMING.

THAT HARBOR IS GOING TO BE SUPER BUSY. AND TO BE TRAINING HIM NOW, GETTING HIM UP TO SPEED WILL BE GREAT FOR US.

I'LL HIT ANOTHER FEW THINGS REAL QUICK. BUDGET RESPONSE NUMBER 38 FOR AN ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMBER.

I THINK THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. YOU MIGHT TAKE A LOOK IN YOUR WIGGLE ROOM ON YOUR BUDGET FOR THAT NUMBER.

MY NEXT THING IS THE SIGNATURE SPECIAL EVENTS THAT HAS THE PBR HASN'T BEEN WRITTEN ON THAT YET, BUT I'LL JUST LET STAFF KNOW I'M HAVING MEETINGS WITH THE PRINCIPALS FOR BOAT PARADE AND A POTENTIAL NEW SEAFARER RIGHT NOW.

SO WE'RE WELL UNDERWAY ON THAT. AND FINALLY ON THAT RONDO THING.

TOTALLY SUPPORT THE IDEA OF YOU GUYS WORKING ON THAT.

CLEAN IT UP. OBVIOUSLY I DRIVE THAT JUST CONSTANTLY EVERY DAY.

AND IT'S TAKING ME THREE SIGNALS TO GET OFF A RONDO.

PEOPLE ARE BREAKING THE LAW, DOING ILLEGAL U-TURN AND CUTTING THROUGH HERMOSA TO TRY TO DO WITH THAT.

SO HOPE THOSE NOTES ARE HELPFUL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AT THIS TIME?

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HELLO, WAYNE. HI THERE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

WAYNE CRAIG, RESIDENT OF DISTRICT ONE. A COUPLE OF THINGS MAYBE TO THINK ABOUT.

MAYBE NOT SO MUCH IN THIS BUDGET, BUT GOING FORWARD. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP LAST NIGHT AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, AND WE EXPECT A LOT FROM OUR CITY SERVICES.

AND IN FACT, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT DOES A HUGE AMOUNT OF CIP PROJECTS EACH YEAR.

I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING LIKE, WAS IT 80 OR 89 IN THE PIPELINE NOW? AND I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE COULD DO TO HELP THEM WOULD BE LOOKING AT THE CITY YARD.

ONE THING WE DID DURING THE THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE POLICE AND FIRE STATION BOND MEASURE WAS WHETHER THAT SHOULD BE ADDED INTO IT.

WELL, CERTAINLY NOT AS GLAMOROUS AS A FIRE STATION OR A POLICE STATION.

IT'S EQUALLY IMPORTANT, AND I THINK WE CAN DO SOMETHING TO IMPROVE THE FACILITIES THAT THEY HAVE, WHICH ARE DATED BACK TO THE, I THINK, LATE EARLY 50S.

WE SHOULD PROBABLY TAKE THAT UP AT SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE, BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO BE EXPECTING ALL THESE CIP PROJECTS TO BE COMPLETED IN ANY TIMELY FASHION, MAYBE GIVING THEM A BETTER SERVICE YARD MIGHT BE A WAY OF DOING THAT, BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE AREAS, IF YOU'VE TOURED IT, THEY HAVE TO DO REPAIR ON VEHICLES AND SUCH OUTSIDE IN THE WEATHER.

THAT'S NOT A GREAT THING WHEN YOU'VE GOT RAIN OUT HERE. ANYWAY, ANOTHER ITEM TO CONSIDER IS SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP EARLIER, AND I. WELL, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES.

I GOTTA TELL YOU, GOING FROM 500,000 A YEAR TO $644,000 A YEAR FOR CROSSING GUARDS IS CONCERNING.

GRANTED, YOU KNOW, IT'S A POPULAR ITEM TO RUN ON.

MAYBE WE CAN GET ELECTED IF WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO BRING CROSSING GUARDS IN, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO EQUALLY HAVE A TALK ABOUT I THINK IT WAS MENTIONED TONIGHT, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT MOVING THEM OR TAKING THEM AWAY FROM AREAS.

I THINK BEFORE YOU HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, I THINK WE SHOULD GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND SAY, WHY ARE WE PAYING FOR ALL THIS? I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A COMMISSION OR SUBCOMMITTEE THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE LOOKING AT SOME KIND OF SHARED COST.

I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO DO SO YOU KNOW, WE WANT OUR KIDS TO GET TO SCHOOL SAFE, BUT IS THE CITY THE RIGHT PERSON TO BE SOURCING ALL THAT? ESPECIALLY WHEN WE CONSIDER THAT WE'RE ALSO PAYING FOR THE ELECTIONS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND WE'RE ALSO COVERING THE TRASH PICKUP. I UNDERSTAND NOW, AGAIN, SOME KIND OF SHARED PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE IS A FAIR THING.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER THAT AS WE GO FORWARD, RATHER THAN INCREASING COSTS TO RESIDENTS.

FIRST. YOU KNOW, WE HAD THIS HAPPENED LAST YEAR WITH WE RAISED ALL THE PARKING FEES, WE RAISED ALL THE FEES TO TO MOST OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE CITY AS WELL.

AND WE TOOK AWAY PARKING, FREE PARKING DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON, WHICH IMPACTED BUSINESSES IN RIVIERA VILLAGE.

SO IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HEAR BACK FROM THE SUBCOMMITTEE.

I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN MEETING FOR MORE THAN A YEAR AND THERE HASN'T BEEN ANYTHING REPORTED YET.

IT'D BE GREAT TO HEAR THAT THERE'S SOME PROGRESS BEING MADE TO HELP OFFSET SOME OF THOSE COSTS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? I HAVE NONE, AND THERE'S TWO ECOMMENTS.

ONE OPPOSES, ONE IS AGAINST. HOWEVER, YOU NEED TO READ THE COMMENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE RELATED TO CERTAIN PROJECTS.

THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. WE'RE GOING TO.

WHEN DO WE TALK ABOUT SIGNATURE EVENTS? IS THAT UNDER.

YEAH. YOU'LL GET A PRR. YOU'LL GET A PRR NEXT WEEK WITH THE LEVEL OF SUBSIDY THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED FOR EACH OF THE EVENTS HISTORICALLY. AND ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO THAT WOULD REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION.

SO HISTORICALLY, THE LAST FEW YEARS THE TEN KS RECEIVED A $10,000 SUBSIDY OR FEE WAIVER.

I THINK SEAFARER LAST YEAR, I WANT TO SAY 2 OR $4000 BETWEEN THAT AND THE BOAT PARADE AND THAT GENERAL BAR BALLPARK.

SPRING FEST RECEIVES A $13,000, I THINK, FEE WAIVER IN THE LAST YEAR OR TWO.

THE RIVIERA VILLAGE SUMMER FESTIVAL AND HOLIDAY STROLLS, I BELIEVE.

YEAH, THEY THEY AND MAYBE THE TRICK OR TREAT PROGRAM RECEIVED SUBSIDIES AS WELL.

BUT WE'LL HAVE THAT LIST FOR YOU AS PART OF THE PACKET NEXT WEEK. SUPER BOWL SUNDAY, TEN K5K.

THAT THAT'S TECHNICALLY GOT TEN K $10,000 THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

IS IT IN THIS YEAR OR. NO. THE SAME WHAT WE HAVE HISTORICALLY PROVIDED IN FEE WAIVERS IN THE BUDGET.

CURRENTLY, ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO HAVE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION.

SO THAT'S ALREADY INCLUDED IN THIS. THE CORE.

YEAH. THERE YOU GO. SO I KNOW WE HAD THE I THINK THE REQUEST IS FOR MORE ENHANCED SECURITY RESPONSE.

DO WE HAVE TO DO THAT? IS THAT IN PERPETUITY OR IS THAT.

I DON'T KNOW, CHIEF, IF YOU CAN, DO WE HAVE TO DO THE SAME THING WE DID AT THE SUPER BOWL TEN? I THINK THE EXPECTATION IS THAT THAT THAT WILL THAT REQUIREMENT WILL CONTINUE.

I DON'T KNOW, JOE. YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT, RIGHT.

THAT WAS A THAT WAS A RESULT AFTER THE. NO. I KNOW WHAT IT WAS.

I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS A PEAK. YEAH. I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S YEAH.

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BUT I THINK THE FIRST QUESTION IS, DO WE EXPECT FOR THE SECURITY MEASURES ASSOCIATED WITH THE 10-K TO CONTINUE? AND I THINK THE ANSWER TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, YES, WE EXPECT THE SECURITY MEASURES TO BE IN PLACE. BUT WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS SECURING A ELABORATE SYSTEM OF BARRICADES THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO USE OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AS OPPOSED TO HAVING TO USE ALL THE PUBLIC WORKS VEHICLES, WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE COST BECAUSE OF THE OVERTIME ASSOCIATED WITH THE PERSONNEL TO MOVE ALL THOSE VEHICLES.

SO I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO RE-APPROPRIATE SOME HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT FUNDING THAT WASN'T EXPENDED SO WE COULD BUY SOME OF THOSE BARRICADES.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH OTHER SOUTH BAY CITIES WHO ARE GOING TO BUY THE SAME EXACT TYPE OF BARRICADES, SO THAT WHEN WE HAVE LARGE SCALE EVENTS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING THOSE IN.

SO ACTUALLY, IT'S PROBABLY YES, THE SECURITY IS GOING TO CONTINUE AT THE SAME RATE TO PREVENT VEHICLES FROM ENTERING INTO ANY SIGNIFICANT EVENT.

HOWEVER, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO REDUCE THE COST SIGNIFICANTLY BECAUSE OF THE MECHANISMS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PUT IN PLACE. I WILL TELL YOU, THE MAYOR OF HERMOSA BEACH APPROACHED ME AT A RECENT MEETING AND SAID WE WANTED TO EXPLORE THE COST OF SHARING.

WE'RE DOING THAT SHARING THE COST OF THOSE BARRICADES. SO THEY'D LIKE US TO PUT THE BARRICADES UP ON HERMOSA AVENUE.

AND I'M KIDDING, THAT'S ABOUT 4TH OF JULY. BUT SO WE EXPECT TO LOWER THOSE COSTS? I THINK. SO, YEAH. I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE THOSE YET, BUT THAT IS THE PLAN.

IS THAT WORKING WITH THE OTHER CITIES AND REALLOCATING THE FUNDING SO THAT WE CAN PURCHASE.

DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE BY ABOUT HOW MUCH? NO.

I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE EXACT BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THE COSTS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THE EVENT, AND HOW MUCH OF THAT WAS ACTUALLY ATTRIBUTED TO THE ADDITIONAL ROAD CLOSURE AND SECURITY THERE WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW WHEN WE MAKE A DECISION HOW MUCH I UNDERSTAND.

BUT I DEFINITELY WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON. I THINK WE'VE ALREADY ACTUALLY PLACED ONE ORDER FOR ONE OF THE TRAILERS, AND WE'RE WORKING ON FUNDING FOR MORE BECAUSE IT'S A BIG COURSE.

I MEAN, OH YEAH, THE 10-K COURSE IS MASSIVE AND THERE'S A LOT OF AREAS THERE THAT WE HAVE TO PROTECT.

SO IT'S IT'S CHALLENGING. IT REALLY IS. BUT WITH THESE THEY'RE EASY.

THEY'RE PORTABLE. AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO A LOT OF IT ON OUR OWN.

IT'LL ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR SOME OF THE WATER FILLED BARRICADES AND A LOT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS VEHICLES. SO I AM OPTIMISTIC ABOUT BEING ABLE TO LOWER THOSE COSTS JUST WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SECURING. OKAY. THANK YOU.

I'LL TELL YOU, HAVING MOVED HERE IN 1989, THE FIRST SIGNATURE EVENT I ATTRIBUTED TO THE CITY WAS AT SUPER BOWL 10-K.

AND UNTIL MY KNEES WENT BAD, I RAN IT EVERY YEAR AND HAD A WHOLE STACK OF T SHIRTS.

BUT NOW I'VE OUTGROWN THEM. BUT UNFORTUNATELY.

AND THAT'S NOT IN HEIGHT. SO I WOULD HATE TO LOSE THAT BECAUSE IT IS A SIGNATURE THING.

AND I KNOW I HELPED PRESENT AWARDS LAST YEAR, AND THERE WERE PEOPLE FROM NEW ZEALAND AND HAWAII WHO COME HERE EVERY YEAR JUST FOR THAT EVENT BECAUSE THEY THEY LOVE THE WAY IT RUNS ALONG THE WATER.

IT'S ONE OF THE BEST COURSES. THEY THINK IT'S VERY WELL RUN.

SO I WOULD HATE, HATE FOR THAT TO DISAPPEAR FROM OUR.

IT'S A GREAT EVENT NO DOUBT. IT'S IT'S, AS THE CHIEF SAID, A DIFFICULT COURSE TO PROTECT.

AND YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE SOME OF THESE REALLY SIGNIFICANT AND TRAGIC EVENTS OCCUR, NEW ORLEANS, PARIS, YOU KNOW, IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY.

AND THERE IS EXPENSE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT LEVEL OF SECURITY.

SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH POLICE AND PUBLIC WORKS TO TRY TO MINIMIZE BARRICADE COSTS.

AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE CHAMBER TO FIND WAYS TO PROACTIVELY ADDRESS FEES AND COSTS SO IT CAN BE A SUCCESSFUL EVENT FROM A FUNDRAISING PERSPECTIVE FOR THEM TOO. IT'D BE NICE TO GET A FEEL FOR THAT BEFORE WE MAKE DECISIONS.

YEAH, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL PROBABLY BE PREPARED TO SPEAK WITH MORE DETAIL ON THAT NEXT WEEK AS PART OF THAT.

PRR. OKAY. QUESTION FOR GO AHEAD. MISS SANTOS, IF YOU COULD ANSWER.

YOU'RE CURRENTLY IN THE CORE BUDGET, RECEIVE A $10,000 WAIVER FEE WAIVER FOR THE SUPER BOWL SUNDAY, TEN K, FIVE K. WHAT IS THE AMOUNT OF WAIVER THAT YOU ARE SEEKING? AT THIS POINT, I DO NOT HAVE THE CURRENT CITY BILL, BUT IT IS IN THE 60,000 60.

YEAH. OKAY. AND THAT IS ADDITIONALLY ON TOP OF THE SECURITY MEASURES THAT WE HAD TO, WHICH WAS IN 35,000.

OKAY. AND HAVE YOU HAVE YOU CONSIDERED REDUCING IT TO A5K AND TALK TO THE DEPARTMENT ABOUT WHAT THE COST WOULD BE IF IT WAS BECAUSE WE JUST HEARD THE CHIEF SAY THAT ESPECIALLY PROTECTING THE TEN K COURSE IS WHAT'S THE CAUSE? CAUSE OF A LOT OF EXPENSE. OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS LOOKING AT TO SEE HOW WE CAN SAVE SOME THINGS AROUND.

YOU KNOW, IT IS A5K, TEN K AND IT IS A TRADITION THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR 47 YEARS.

WE WERE NOT EXPECTING ALL OF THIS, YOU KNOW, SECURITY MEASURES, AS YOU KNOW, THEY'RE COMING IN AND THEY'RE ALWAYS EVER CHANGING,

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BUT YOU KNOW, YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT WILL REALLY HELP US TO CONTINUE WITH THIS CHERISHED TRADITION.

LAST, CAN I ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION? YOU SAID YOU HAVE ABOUT 5000 ATTENDEES.

YES, WE HAVE 5000 PLUS ATTENDEES. OKAY. AND DO YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO TO MAKE A MODEST INCREASE IN THE ENTRY FEES TO COVER THAT COST? MAYBE ON THE BASIS THAT THIS PAST YEAR YOU KNOW, AS WITH, YOU KNOW, THE CITY FEES HAVE BEEN INCREASING. AND SO WE DID, AND WE SAW THAT WE LOST ALMOST A THOUSAND RUNNERS BECAUSE OF THAT INCREASE.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO THANK YOU. I KNOW THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. CITY MANAGER. AS FAR AS THE PRR ABOUT PROSPECT AVENUE IT SAID THAT YOU'RE IN THE YOU WERE IN THE PROCESS OF PLANTING.

YEAH. THE OPERATIONS IS WORKING ON ADDRESSING THE LANDSCAPING ALONG THE MEDIAN.

CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND AND SHARE THE CONCERNS FROM THE RESIDENTS AS IT PERTAINS TO THAT.

I THINK WE'RE CLOSE TO HAVING THE IRRIGATION SOURCED AND FIGURED OUT AND INSTALLED.

I KNOW WE'VE SELECTED SOME PLANTING TO TO TO PLANT ALONG THE MEDIAN TO IMPROVE THE THE THE SITUATION.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANY KNOWS EXACTLY WHEN THAT'S COMING IN.

I WAS TOLD I THINK BY THE END OF THE MONTH, BUT YEAH, I'M ACTUALLY PLANTING MATERIAL.

THE TALLER HEDGES ARRIVED TODAY IN THE YARD AND THEY'RE PLANNING WORK FOR BEGINNING THURSDAY WITH THOSE HELP WITH SOUND INSTALLATION GENERALLY.

EVENTUALLY, YES, EVENTUALLY. THEY'RE SMALL. THEY'RE MAYBE FIVE, FOUR, FIVE FEET TALL.

THEY'RE NOT YOU KNOW, LARGE AS LARGE AS THE OLEANDERS THAT WERE OUT THERE BEFORE.

OKAY. AND ONE OF THE I THINK ONE OF THE POINTS THAT ANDY AND MIKE KLINE HAVE MADE TO ME ALONG AS IT PERTAINS TO THE SIZE OF THE HEDGES THAT ARE BEING PLANTED, IS THERE'S A SWEET SPOT FOR WHAT WILL TAKE AND GROW WELL AND HAVE LONGEVITY.

TOO BIG A PLANT DOESN'T ALWAYS TRANSPLANT EFFECTIVELY.

WE WANT THIS TO BE A SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION LONGER TERM.

SO I THINK THE IDENTIFIED SIZE IS, I THINK, THE RIGHT COMBINATION OF OF SUBSTANCE AND POTENTIAL.

BUT I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE RESIDENTS WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS MUCH GREENER THERE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK THIS PROBLEM. WORKING ON A SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION THAT.

YES. I'LL SAY, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH TO THE RESIDENTS, THE FIRST I HEAR OF IT, I DON'T KNOW IF MY HEAD'S BEEN IN THE SAND, BUT THIS WAS NEWS TO ME WHEN I SAW THE BUR. I HADN'T HADN'T HEARD OF IT.

SO YEAH, GOOD TO KNOW. AND WE CAN WORK ON A PROBLEM ONCE WE KNOW ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU. I WISH I COULD HAVE FINISHED SPEAKING. SORRY.

THE RULES ARE THE RULES. BUT WE HEAR YOU. WE HEAR THAT THERE'S A NOISE PROBLEM THERE, AND THERE'S A POTENTIALLY A SAFETY PROBLEM. AND. AND WHAT I WILL SAY TO SPEAK TO THE PROSPECT ISSUES.

WE, THE MAYOR AND I HAVE MET WITH RESIDENTS THERE.

AND THERE ARE LAYERS OF ISSUES ALONG THAT STREET THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.

THE PUBLIC PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION HAS WEIGHED IN ON IT.

AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH CERTAIN STEPS THROUGH IT.

BUT OBVIOUSLY THE QUICKER IT GETS DONE, THE BETTER.

AND THE SOUND WALL ISSUE IS ALSO ONE THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED.

THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT ALSO, YOU KNOW, WILLINGNESS OF, OF OF ALL THE NEIGHBORS ON THAT STREET ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE BEST SOLUTION FOR SAFETY, FOR SOUND MITIGATION, FOR PRIVACY, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, BUT I UNDERSTAND IT HASN'T BEEN HAPPENING QUICK ENOUGH.

AND WE DO HEAR YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI.

OH, NO. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. CAN I GET A MOTION? DO WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING OR DO WE JUST CONTINUE A MOTION TO CONTINUE? SO MOVED TO SECOND. THE 10TH, THE 10TH. OKAY, MOTION AND A SECOND.

SECOND. ALL FOR ALL. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

I MAKE A TEN MINUTE RECESS. YOU NEED TO READ.

NO MOTION FOR. YEAH. HOW MANY MINUTES WAS THAT? TEN. TEN MINUTE RECESS. OKAY, BREAK. ALL FOR A.

WE'RE NOT DONE WITH THE MEETING. NO. WE'RE NOT. NO.

OKAY. OKAY. WE WILL BE BACK IN TEN MINUTES. WHICH IS STARTED THE DISCUSSION ITEMS AND SEVEN AFTER.

RECESS. I'M CALLING THE MEETING. BACK TO ORDER. CAN I GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER,

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COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT HERE.

MAYOR LIGHT HERE. OKAY, NOW WE'RE JUMPING DOWN TO TWO ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION PRIOR TO ACTION.

[N. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION PRIOR TO ACTION]

GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL ELIZABETH HOUSE, COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR.

TONIGHT WE ARE PRESENTING STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THE SERVICE PROVIDER FOR TRANSIT OPERATIONS.

WITH ME, I HAVE TARYN GUNN, OUR TRANSIT MANAGER.

WE ALSO HAVE DAN BOYLE, OUR TRANSPORTATION CONSULTANT.

AND IN THE AUDIENCE, THEY'VE HUNG OUT WITH US FOR THIS LONG.

THEY ARE OUR RECOMMENDED OPERATOR FOR OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM, SO I'LL INTRODUCE THEM ONE BY ONE LATER ON.

SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THEM AS WELL AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, YOU'RE WELCOME TO GO AHEAD AND ASK IT OF THEM. BUT WITH THIS I'LL HAND IT OVER TO TY.

THANK YOU ELIZABETH. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR LIGHT AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THOSE THAT ARE STILL PRESENT HERE THIS EVENING.

WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT THE CITY TRANSIT CONTRACT AWARD FOR BCT FIXED ROUTE AND DIAL-A-RIDE TRANSIT SERVICE.

SO ON OUR AGENDA THAT WE HAVE HERE TONIGHT, WE WILL FIRST BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT THE BEACH CITIES TRANSIT BACKGROUND, A LITTLE HISTORY OF THE BACK OF BC TRANSIT. NEXT WE TALK ABOUT THE REQUEST FOR THE PROPOSAL AND EVALUATION PROCESS THAT WE HAVE HERE.

DAN BOYLE, THAT WILL DEFINITELY GO THROUGH THAT AND GIVE YOU THE DETAILS AND SPECIFICS ABOUT THAT.

WE ALSO DID A COST ANALYSIS IN COMPARISON TO EACH AGENCY.

EACH AGENCY. SO YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE PRICING AND THE COST THAT WE HAVE.

AND THEN THE RECOMMENDATION WHY WE RECOMMEND THE GREAT TRANSIT TRANSIT CONCEPTS AS OUR CONTINUE WITH THIS CONTRACT.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE BC CITY TRANSIT HERE WE HAVE TWO LINES.

THAT'S ROUTE 109 AND ROUTE 102. 102 DOES MORE OF THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS, WHEREAS 109 KIND OF DO THE TOURS OF THE CITY GO BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH? WE HAVE 12 FLEET.

I'M SORRY, 20 BUSSES THAT PROVIDE THE DOES THE FIXED ROUTE SERVICES.

NATURAL CNG GAS VEHICLES. AND WE HAVE OUR WAVE DIAL-A-RIDE SERVICE WHICH BASICALLY HELPS IN TENDS MORE TO THE ELDERLY.

AND OUR CHALLENGE COMMUTERS THROUGHOUT THE REDONDO BEACH CITY TRANSIT, MANHATTAN BEACH HERMOSA BEACH AND ELDER CITY OF EL SEGUNDO.

HERE WE HAVE A FLOW CHART AND IT'S FLOW CHART.

AS YOU CAN SEE, IT HAS OUR MAYOR COUNCIL AT HAND AND OUR CITY MANAGER.

THE COMMUNITY SERVICE DIRECTORS. AND THEN YOU HAVE ME, THE TRANSIT MANAGER IN AN UMBRELLA KIND OF OVERSEE THIS DEPARTMENT HERE, WHICH IS OUR TRANSIT OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE THE DISPATCH AND SCHEDULING WHERE THEY KIND OF HANDLE AND MAKE SURE THAT TO DO SIGN ONS THE SCHEDULING OF CALLS THAT COME IN, ANY TYPE OF CHALLENGES THAT THEY'RE FACED WITH WHILE OPERATING THE SERVICE.

WE HAVE OUR VEHICLE MAINTENANCE, WHICH THEY DO THE UPKEEP FOR THE BUSSES AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE.

THEY HAVE TO ABIDE IN THE CHP RULES AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE SAFE AND THEY'RE CLEAN ON A REGULAR BASIS.

OUR MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT AND REPORTING. THEY ALSO PREVENT ALSO PRESENT TO US.

TO ME AND MY TEAM MANAGEMENT AND THE OVERSIGHT AND, YOU KNOW, THINGS, THE DOCUMENTS, THE NTD DOCUMENTS.

THEY ALSO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS IN COMPLIANCE WHILE THEY'RE HANDLING AND REPORTING EVERYTHING TO US.

THEY ALSO PROVIDE THE ZERO EMISSION BUS EXPERTISE FOR THE CITY.

THE ROLLOUT PLAN, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT. MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S NO POLLUTION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT THAT'S GOING ON.

THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT TRANSIT CONCEPTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ON A DAILY BASIS.

SO JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THAT CHART. YOU'LL SEE THE SAFETY TEAM THE MANAGER TEAM.

EVERYBODY IS INCLUDED. EVERYBODY IS INVOLVED MAKING SURE THAT THESE THINGS HAPPEN.

HERE WE HAVE THE RFP PROCESS. THESE ARE DATES THAT YOU CAN SEE AND I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE THAT ON OCTOBER THE 15TH, THE COUNCIL DID APPROVE FOR THE TRANSIT OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE RFP.

AND AS YOU GO UP, AS TIME GOES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, ON THE 22ND OF NOVEMBER, WE HAD FIVE PEOPLE THAT SUBMITTED FOR THE RFP.

ONE WAS DISQUALIFIED DUE TO NOT QUALIFYING, HAVING THE PROPER DOCUMENTATION THAT WAS NEEDED IN THE BEGINNING PROCESS HERE.

AND THEN THE FINAL BIDDERS WAS KEOLIS AND TRANSPORTATION, TRANSDEV AND TRANSPORTATION CONCEPTS.

ONE OF THE IMPORTANT DATES THAT'S ON THIS ON THIS FLOW CHART AS WELL, IS FEBRUARY THE 28TH, WHICH IS WHEN THE BIDDERS DID THE INTERVIEWS AT CITY HALL.

THE REASON THAT'S ALSO IMPORTANT WAS BECAUSE I JOINED YOUR GREAT CITY AS AN EMPLOYEE ON THE 18TH.

SO BEING ON THE 18TH, I WAS PRESENT FOR THE INTERVIEW, BUT I WAS NOT PART OF THE INTERVIEW EVALUATION PROCESS.

VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. SO FROM THAT POINT, I WILL TRANSFER IT OVER.

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I'M DAN BOYLE, DAN BOYLE AND ASSOCIATES. I WAS ONE OF THE FOUR EVALUATORS FOR THE FOR THE SCORING OF THE PROPOSALS.

DIANE AMAYA, WHO WAS YOUR FORMER INTERIM TRANSIT MANAGER, ASKED ME TO PARTICIPATE.

AND WE ALSO HAD TWO OTHER TRANSIT FOLKS, ONE FROM TORRANCE TRANSIT AND ONE FROM PALOS VERDES TRANSIT.

SO THE FOUR OF US READ ALL THE FOUR OF THE PROPOSALS.

WE MET THE DAY BEFORE. WE WERE INTERVIEWING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT OUR IMPRESSIONS WERE, AND TO DEVELOP QUESTIONS FOR THE FOLKS WHEN THEY CAME IN.

WE DEVELOPED A LIST OF QUESTIONS. MOST OF THEM WENT TO EVERYBODY.

AND WE HAD SCORED THE PRELIMINARY SCORING OF BASED ON READING THE PROPOSALS AND AFTER THE AFTER THE INTERVIEWS.

WHEN WE ASK THE QUESTIONS, SOME OF US CHANGED SOME OF OUR SCORES.

BUT BASICALLY IT WAS WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS HERE, THE SCORECARD RESULTS, YOU SEE THE POSSIBLE POINTS.

AND THIS IS THE TOTAL OF ALL FOUR SPREADSHEETS.

SO 400 POINTS TOTAL QUALIFICATIONS ARE KEY PERSONNEL.

PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT WAS THE MOST POINTS AND MOST IMPORTANT TO US PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.

EXPERIENCE AND TECHNICAL COMPETENCE, VEHICLE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.

COST EFFECTIVENESS. FTA TELLS US THAT WE CAN'T JUST GO OUT AND GIVE IT TO THE CHEAPEST BID.

WE HAVE TO HAVE A PROCESS OF OF SCORING. SO AND FINANCIAL VIABILITY WAS NOT SCORED BY US.

WE'RE TRANSIT PEOPLE. WE'RE NOT FINANCE PEOPLE.

THE CITY'S FINANCE DEPARTMENT LOOKED AT THEIR SUBMITTALS AND SCORED FINANCIAL VIABILITY.

AND YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS TRANSPORTATION CONCEPTS WAS THE HIGHEST SCORER WITH 375.5 OUT OF A POSSIBLE 400 POINTS FROM ALL FOUR OF US TOGETHER.

AND I WILL SAY EACH ONE OF US SCORED. TRANSPORTATION CONCEPTS IS THE NUMBER ONE, SO IT WAS A UNANIMOUS SELECTION.

WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COST, THE COST COMPARISON.

TALK ABOUT THE IF YOU COULD GO BACK ONE. OH, SURE.

I APOLOGIZE FOR JUMPING IN, BUT THAT FINANCIAL VIABILITY, YOU GUYS DIDN'T DO THAT.

THAT WAS SOMEONE ELSE. THE CITY, THE CITY'S FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT DID THAT.

WE WERE TRANSIT FOLKS. THEY COULD TAKE AND LOOK AT WHAT THE WHAT THE CRITERIA IS FOR THAT.

THAT'S WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO LIVE FOR THE NEXT FOR THE PERIOD OF THE CONTRACT OR I'M NOT A FINANCIAL GUY, I'M A TRANSIT GUY. BUT YES, THAT IS A CONCERN THAT THEY WANTED TO SEE HOW HOW VIABLE BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT THEY SUBMITTED. SO THE CITY'S FINANCE DEPARTMENT SCORED EACH OF THEM.

AND YOU SEE, THERE WASN'T MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM.

I MEAN, THESE ARE FOUR GOOD COMPANIES. I'VE WORKED WITH SEVERAL OF THEM, AND I KNOW SOMEONE WHO'S WORKED WITH EVERYBODY.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE RELIABLE COMPANIES. THEY WERE THEY WERE GOOD.

THE GOOD PROPOSALS, BUT THEY JUST DID NOT. TRANSPORTATION CONCEPTS WAS THE BEST.

AND YEAH, JUST I MEAN, I'M CONCERNED THAT IT'S THE SECOND, YOU KNOW, THE ONE THAT YOU'RE SELECTING WAS THE LOWEST, NOT THE SECOND LOWEST IN VIABILITY. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT I JUST.

IS THERE SOMEONE HERE THAT CAN TALK TO WHY THEY SCORED LOWER? THERE IS. I DON'T KNOW WHO WE CAN. MAYBE THAT'S A THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO WHEN WE FINISH PRESENTATION AND HAVE THEM EXPLAIN.

BUT I WILL SAY THAT THEY'RE THE SMALLEST COMPANY, AND THAT MIGHT HAVE HELD IT AGAINST THEM.

THESE OTHER COMPANIES ARE BEHEMOTHS INTERNATIONAL.

THEY ALL STRESS THEIR INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE AND EVERYTHING.

I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE THE BIGGEST CLIENT THAT THEY HAVE.

WHICH WAS IMPORTANT TO US BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD CONTINUITY THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

AND. AND SO THAT THAT I THINK WAS THE REASON THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE SCORED A LITTLE LOWER THAN OTHERWISE BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE SIZE THAT SOME OF THESE OTHER PLACES DO.

OKAY. THANKS. APPRECIATE THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO THESE ARE THE CONTRACT COST PROPOSALS FOR SIX YEARS.

YEAR ONE IS IN WHITE. YEAR SIX IS IN ORANGE. YOU CAN SEE THE TRANSPORTATION CONCEPTS ALSO HAD THE LOWEST COST.

AND THE COST WAS ONLY 15% OF THE PROCESS. I'VE TALKED TO ENOUGH CITY COUNCIL S TO KNOW THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO SEE WHAT THE COST IS, AND SO THAT THAT WAS A HAPPY COINCIDENCE. IT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN.

AT THE TOP RANKED FIRM IS THE LOWEST COST. SO IT WORKED OUT VERY WELL, AND TY IS GOING TO BREAK DOWN THE

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SO THANKS, DAN. THANKS FOR YOUR YOUR FEEDBACK AND YOUR DETAILS.

SO HERE WE HAVE A COST COMPARISON FOR ONE YEAR.

SO IF YOU GUYS TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, YOU CAN SEE CERTAIN THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT STAND OUT.

ONE BEING THE LABOR AND FRINGE OF THIS AND WHAT WE HAVE HERE.

THIS IS A BAR GRAPH. THAT'S APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON.

FOR PROCESS FOR THE PERIOD BASED ON EACH BIDDER'S COST PROPOSAL, COSTS WERE GROUPED INTO CATEGORIES AND ARE PRESENTED AS PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL COST FOR ONE PERIOD BASED OVER 42,000 SERVICE HOURS. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS GREEN COLOR AREA, THE LABOR AND FRINGE AREA THAT'S TC COST IS 83% OF FOR WAGES AND BENEFITS, WHERE 55% GOES TO WAGES FOLLOWING TRANSDEV KILLERS AND THEN NVS 66%.

SO THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT SHOWS THAT TC PUT A HIGH VOLUME AND A HIGH INTEREST IN MAKING SURE THAT THEY MEET THE MARK OF THE MARKET OF THE HOW THE PAY IS ACROSS THE BOARD. AND ALSO THEY INVESTED IN THEIR EMPLOYEES TO KEEP THEM IN THE BUILDING.

THEY TAKE A HIGH INTEREST IN RETENTION. THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE COMING TO WORK BECAUSE IF THERE'S NO DRIVERS, THERE'S NO SERVICE. SO THEY'RE REAL BIG ON MAKING SURE THAT THEIR DRIVERS ARE APPRECIATED.

THE DRIVERS ARE COMING TO WORK AND THEN ARE MEETING THE NEEDS THAT NEED TO BE ABLE TO FULFILL THE SERVICE ON A DAILY BASIS.

ALSO, TOO, IF YOU SEE THE COLOR ORANGE ON STARTUP, THERE'S NO STARTUP COST FOR TRANSPORTATION CONCEPTS BECAUSE THEY THEY'VE HAD THE CONTRACT FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS. WHEREAS TRANSDEV, YOU SEE THAT SMALL LITTLE ORANGE AREA.

WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY EXTENDED AND BROKE DOWN THEIR STARTUP COSTS OVER SIX YEARS.

SO THAT'S A LITTLE TWIST IN, IN IN THIS PRESENTATION HERE IS THAT THE START UP COST IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN YOU ALSO SEE TECHNOLOGY COSTS WHERE IT WILL BE KIND OF THE SAME COLOR AS THE BACKGROUND. BUT TRANSPORTATION CONCEPT TAKES PRIDE IN MAKING SURE THAT THEIR EMPLOYEES ARE WELL TAKEN CARE OF AND APPRECIATED ON A DAILY, AND THEIR INCOME IS BEING MET AS THEY GO THROUGH EACH TRANSITION COSTS BUILT INTO THE WHAT WE SAW IN THE LAST SLIDE.

YES, YES, IT'S A COMBINATION OF EVERYTHING. TRANSITION COSTS WAS WERE THEY STILL THE LOW BIDDER? YES. SO IF YOU TOOK OUT ALL THOSE TRANSITION COSTS, TRANSPORTATION CONCEPTS WAS STILL LOWER THAN ALL THE OTHERS.

YES. OKAY. PROBABLY BECAUSE THE YELLOW IS THE SMALLEST.

YOU'RE TAKING LESS PROFIT MANAGEMENT, RIGHT? SO YOU PUT BACK INTO YOUR DRIVERS AND THEN THEY ALSO HAVE A STAFF OF MANAGEMENT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY REQUIRE THE HIGH PAY, THE HIGH RATES AND THE HIGH SALARIES.

IT STILL PUTS THEM IN A CATEGORY BEING THAT THEY'RE AT THE EXACT NUMBERS.

THEY'RE 29 MILLION FOR THE TOTAL, WHEREAS NV, I BELIEVE IT'S AT 36 MILLION FOR FOR THE SIX YEAR PERIOD.

OR SOMETHING. I CAN GET YOU THE NUMBERS IF I DON'T HAVE I DON'T WANT TO I JUST I JUST WANTED TO SEE BECAUSE IT'S IT'S EASY.

WHEN YOU INCLUDE TRANSITION COSTS, THE INCUMBENT WOULD GENERALLY BE CHEAPER.

BUT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY REFLECTIVE OF THE SERVICE YOU'LL GET.

RIGHT. RIGHT, RIGHT. IF YOU KNOW THOSE OUT. AND IN FACT, THE SOURCE SELECTIONS I WAS ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WE HAD TO EVALUATE TRANSITION COSTS SEPARATE FROM CONTRACT VALUE. SO BECAUSE THAT AUTOMATICALLY WOULD WEIGH AGAINST, YOU'D NEVER PICK.

YOU'D RARELY PICK, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WHO HAD TO TRANSITION.

AND THEN I'M SURE YOU LOOKED AT IT AND SCORED SCORED THEIR MANAGEMENT.

BUT THE OTHER THING THAT JUMPS OUT TO ME IS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE THIN MANAGEMENT.

HOW'S EXECUTION NOW? IF THEY WERE RUNNING THAT WAY TODAY AND WE'RE SATISFIED, THAT'S CERTAINLY OKAY.

BUT THAT MAY BE A RED FLAG. YOU KNOW, FROM A FROM A FIRST GLANCE WITHOUT READING THE PROPOSALS.

AND WE CAN SPEAK TO HAVE THEM SPEAK TO THAT. BUT AGAIN, THEY'RE A VERY SMALL COMPANY.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MANAGEMENT AND HOW THAT MOVES UP FOR BIGGER, MORE INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY MEAN WHEN THEY SET ASIDE MONIES FOR MANAGEMENT.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A TEAM SERVING REDONDO BEACH.

IT COULD BE TEAMS SOMEWHERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COUNTRY. SO AGAIN, THAT'S PROBABLY REFLECTIVE IN THAT SMALLER BAR FOR TRANSPORTATION CONCEPTS.

THEY ARE A SMALLER COMPANY. I THINK THEY BUILD IT INTO THEIR OVERHEAD RATES, BUT THEY ALSO TO HAVE THEIR THE REQUIREMENT WAS BASED OFF AN RFP THAT THEY, THEY EVERY POSITION THAT WAS A POSITION FOR EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD TO BE THEY HAD TO HAVE A GENERAL MANAGER, OPERATIONS MANAGER AND YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

SO THEY HAVE THAT ALREADY EVEN TO GET TO THE POINT TO EVEN BE EVALUATED.

SO THAT'S AND THEY'LL SPEAK TO ME TO THAT ALSO AS WELL.

ONE THING THAT WE SAW, AND I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE REST OF THE COMMITTEE, THAT THE SELECTION COMMITTEE, BUT TO ME THAT MADE A DIFFERENCE, IS THAT THE GENERAL MANAGER HAS BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME.

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THEY'LL COME IN. BUT THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT HAVING A PERSON IN THE OFFICE WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON THAT THAT CERTAINLY INFLUENCED ME.

I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE REST OF THE PANEL, BUT BUT THAT WAS A FACTOR.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL, LIKE IT WAS STATED ONCE BEFORE, THEY WERE RANKED NUMBER ONE ON ALL COMBINED EVALUATIONS FROM ALL THE THE TEAM THAT WAS IN EVALUATION PROCESS.

THEY WAS ALSO NUMBER ONE IN THEIR PRICING AND RANKED, YOU KNOW, A COMBINATION OF THE EVALUATION PROCESS.

SO WE ALSO UNDERSTAND TOO THAT THERE'S A CURRENT FINANCIAL CLIMATE.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S FEES AND THE, THE THE FUNDING CAN FLUCTUATE UP AND DOWN.

AND WE HAVE CRUNCHED THE NUMBERS TO SEE WHERE WE ARE AND IF WE'RE POSSIBLY UP AGAINST ANY CHALLENGES.

BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND TOO, THAT IF SERVICE WAS TO DROP AND THERE WAS A DECREASE OF 25% IN SERVICE HOURS, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY WITH THE CITY AND WITH TRANSPORTATION CONCEPTS THAT WE HAVE THE AUTONOMY TO GO IN AND RENEGOTIATE SERVICE TO MAKE SURE THAT SERVICE IS STILL MOVING, HOW IT SHOULD BE, BUT IT MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY BE.

INSTEAD OF THREE BUSSES, MIGHT BE TWO BUSSES.

SO WE WE'RE WE THEY HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING THAT WE CAN RENEGOTIATE THE CONTRACT AT ANY TIME.

SO WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY DO UNDERSTAND THAT AS WELL.

SO WE RECOMMEND THAT THE AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR BCT, FIXED ROUTE AND DIAL A RIDE TRANSIT SERVICE BE GRANTED TO TRANSPORTATION CONCEPTS, WHICH IS FOR SIX YEARS FOR $29,754,503. IT'S NOT TO PANIC.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY. BUT ALSO WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS FEDERAL MONEY AND OUR LOCAL RETURN MONEY COVERS US.

FOR THESE SIX YEARS, WE'VE GOTTEN AN INDICATION YET ON WHAT THE FUNDING WOULD BE THIS YEAR.

YES. SO WE GOT THE FUNDING MARCH. IT'S ABOUT A 7% BOUT BETWEEN THE 7 TO 8% DECREASE FROM LAST YEAR.

SO THE YEAR PRIOR TO IN 24 COMING OUT OF COVID AND IN THE YEAR 24 THE FUNDING WAS EXTREMELY HIGH.

SO FROM THAT IT'S ABOUT A 7% DECREASE FROM WHAT WAS PRESENTED IN LAST YEAR'S FUNDING MARCH.

SO WE KNOW. SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE KIND OF CRUNCHED THE NUMBERS BASED ON FOR THE NEXT SIX YEARS AT 10%, AT 15%. AND THEN WHAT IF THERE WAS A DECREASE EACH YEAR THE SAME WAY? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHAT I WAS GETTING AT.

DOES THIS NUMBER REFLECT WHAT WE THINK WILL GET THIS FOR THE FIRST YEAR OUT OF THE GATE? YES. TO ADJUST THAT DOWN BY 7% FOR THE FIRST YEAR WE HAVE WE HAVE THE NUMBERS.

I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE NUMBERS. WE CAN GIVE YOU A MORE DIRECT.

NO, I'M JUST ASKING, DOES THIS NUMBER REFLECT WHAT WE KNOW REALITY IS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? YES. OKAY. YES. I DON'T NEED TO SEE MORE. OKAY.

YES. IS A GOOD ANSWER. YES. YES IT DOES. IT DOES.

WE'RE GOOD FOR THIS NUMBER. YEAH. AND WITH THAT, WE'D LIKE TO BRING UP TRANSPORTATION CONCEPTS TO GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK BEFORE WE DO.

QUICK QUESTION FOR FOR. I KNOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE ROUTE ADJUSTMENTS.

DOES THAT AFFECT THIS NUMBER AT ALL? I'M SORRY.

SAY THAT AGAIN. YOUR THE ROUTE ADJUSTMENTS FOR SOME OF THE LINES.

YOU'RE. NO, NO, NO, IT DOESN'T AFFECT THIS AT ALL, BECAUSE ANY TYPE OF ADJUSTMENTS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT STILL HAS TO STAY IN COMPLIANCE OF THE 42,000 HOURS. AS FAR AS THE ADJUSTMENT THAT HAS TO BE MADE.

SO THERE THERE'S NO EXTRA FEES TO SAY, OKAY, WELL, WE WANT TO TAKE IT.

WE WANT TO MOVE THE 109 ROUTE THREE MILES EAST MORE.

SO THAT WOULD BE TAKING IT OUT. AND THEN THERE'S AN EXTRA FEE.

SO ANYTHING ANY CHANGES THAT WE WANT TO DO OR WE EVALUATE TO DO WILL BE BASED OFF OF THE SERVICE HOURS.

THAT'S AGREEMENT TO THIS COURT OF THIS CONTRACT.

ANYONE ELSE BEFORE WE BRING UP THE NO OKAY OKAY.

IF OUR TRANSPORTATION CONCEPTS TEAM COULD COME UP AND INTRODUCE YOURSELVES WE HAVE THE PRESIDENT, PROJECT MANAGER AND OPERATIONS MANAGER WITH US TONIGHT.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR LY. COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS DAVID MUELLER AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF PARKING CONCEPTS AND TRANSPORTATION CONCEPTS. AND AND OUR HEADQUARTERS IS IN IRVINE, CALIFORNIA, SO WE'RE NICE AND CLOSE.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL .

HOW ARE YOU DOING TONIGHT? I'M BRETT BOEHM. I'M THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE CONTRACT AND HAVE BEEN FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS.

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HE'S GOING TO FIGURE IT OUT ONE OF THESE YEARS, BY THE WAY.

SORRY. THAT'S IF YOU CAN UNDERSTAND ME. AND GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER LAMP. I'M THE OPERATIONS MANAGER FOR THE LOCATION.

ALL RIGHT. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO SAY, OR ARE YOU JUST HERE TO ANSWER FIELDING QUESTIONS FROM US? IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE THE QUESTIONS.

I JUST HAVE A COUPLE REMARKS. WELL, WHY DON'T YOU DO YOUR REMARKS AND THEN.

AND I PROMISE YOU WON'T HAVE TO USE YOUR TIMER BUZZER ON ME.

THAT DOESN'T APPLY TO YOU. FIRST OF ALL WE'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT WE'RE VERY HONORED TO BE RECOMMENDED FOR THIS JOB AGAIN.

YOU KNOW, WAS MENTIONED THAT WE ARE A SMALLER COMPANY COMPARED TO THE, YOU KNOW, THE FOUR, THE THREE OTHER COMPANIES UP THERE. THOSE ARE THE BIG DOGS OF THE TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY.

TRANSDEV IS THE I THINK THEY'RE THE BIGGEST IN THE WORLD.

YOU KNOW, THIS CONTRACT HAS 40 OR 50 VEHICLES, RIGHT? 20. OKAY. SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S THAT'S IN OUR SWEET SPOT.

OUR SWEET SPOT IS LIKE 15 TO MAYBE 30 VEHICLES.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE COMFORTABLE DOING. AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN IS THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO AFTER A JOB THAT WE KNOW WE CAN'T DO WELL AT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO HURT OUR REPUTATION.

WE DON'T WANT TO DISAPPOINT THE CLIENT SO WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOOD AT.

AND IF IT'S NOT IN THAT SWEET SPOT, WE DON'T DO IT.

LIKE TRANSDEV, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY HAVE LIKE 500 VEHICLES IN VEGAS.

THEY'VE GOT LIKE 400 UP IN LA, THEY'VE GOT PROBABLY 300 IN SAN DIEGO.

AND YOU KNOW, WE JUST THINK THAT A COMPANY THAT'S GOT THAT KIND OF A PORTFOLIO, YOU'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU THE ATTENTION THAT WE WILL.

AND I THINK THAT OVER THE 15 YEARS THAT THAT WE'VE SERVED YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN IMPORTANT TO US.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN OUR FLAGSHIP TRANSPORTATION ACCOUNT.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A PARKING DIVISION AND WE HAVE A TRANSPORTATION DIVISION, AND YOU KNOW, THE THIS IS ALWAYS OUR, OUR SHOWPIECE FOR YOU KNOW, USE IT FOR REFERENCES AND LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE'RE LEGIT BECAUSE WE CAN DO AN ACCOUNT LIKE THIS FOR 15 YEARS.

AND YOU KNOW, I THINK OUR OUR TEAM SHOWS UP EVERY DAY UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEIR MISSION IS AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT, WHAT YOU ALL EXPECT FROM THEM AND OUR, OUR YOU KNOW, THE FIGURES YOU SAW FOR LABOR.

I THINK WE'RE INCREASING THE, THE AVERAGE PAY $5 AN HOUR WHEN WE GET THE NEW CONTRACT GOING.

AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF COMPANIES THAT WOULD HAVE TAKEN THAT $5 AND, YOU KNOW, PUT IT SOMEWHERE ELSE WHERE MOST OF IT WOULD HAVE GONE TO THE COMPANY.

MY BOSS, THE OWNER OF THE COMPANY WE JUST CELEBRATED OUR 50TH ANNIVERSARY LAST NOVEMBER.

AND YOU KNOW, HE'S A LEGEND IN THE PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY.

SUPER GUY. VERY, VERY ETHICAL, VERY HONEST. AND YOU KNOW, HIS CONCERN IS LOOK OUT FOR THE CLIENT AND THEN THE EMPLOYEES, AND THAT'LL TAKE CARE OF THE COMPANY.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM AT ALL DOING THINGS LIKE TAKING THE $5 AND GIVING IT TO THE EMPLOYEES.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT COMES BACK TO US AS YOU KNOW, HAPPIER EMPLOYEES, MORE RETENTION, AND YOU KNOW WORD OF MOUTH.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WANT TO WORK FOR US BECAUSE THE WAY WE TREAT THEM AND AND THE WAY, YOU KNOW, THE PAY AND EVERYTHING. SO I THINK THAT WE'VE OVER THE 15 YEARS, WE'VE DEVELOPED A PRETTY GOOD FORMULA AND GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE STAFF HERE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S A LONG TIME TO HAVE A CONTRACT.

AND TO GET, YOU KNOW AWARDED RECOMMENDED FOR THE CONTRACT AGAIN.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT SOME NEW TECHNOLOGY AND SOME CUSTOMER SERVICE ENHANCEMENTS THAT WILL IMPROVE OUR SERVICE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SIT BACK AND, YOU KNOW, JUST THINK THAT WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB FOR 15 YEARS.

WE'RE GOING TO KEEP PUSHING IT. AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE ACTUALLY I THINK, MAYOR, YOU HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE NUMBER OF MANAGEMENT PEOPLE.

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WE'RE ADDING TECHNOLOGY. WE'RE ADDING SOME NEW COMMUNICATION TOOLS AND, AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE RIDERSHIP A LOT MORE THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST. AND YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS HAVE A NEW TEAM OVER THERE.

AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE'VE GOTTEN OFF TO A REALLY GOOD START WITH THEM AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE HONORED AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO YOU KNOW, START THIS NEW CONTRACT AND, AND CAN CONTINUE TO SERVE THE BCT. SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, I GUESS.

MAYOR, I GUESS MY JOKE ABOUT THE BUZZER GOING OFF WASN'T THAT.

BAD. NO. THANK YOU. YOU DID ANSWER THE QUESTION I HAD.

I WAS I'M ALWAYS CONCERNED WHEN I LIKE THAT YOU HAD A LOT OF BUDGET TOWARDS THE PEOPLE DOING THE WORK.

BUT WHEN THE MANAGEMENT LINE IS SUCH A THIN PART THAT IT BRINGS, IT RAISES THE CONCERN.

IS THERE SUFFICIENT MANAGEMENT TO MAKE SURE IT'S GOING THROUGH SINCE YOU'RE THE INCUMBENT AND YOU'RE ADDING STAFF? I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN HOW YOU CAN FAULT THAT APPROACH? IT JUST SOUNDS VERY SOLID. SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK OF THE OF THE TEAM DOING THE EVALUATION.

IT SEEMS LIKE A NO BRAINER TO ME. ANY QUESTIONS? QUICK QUESTION. PROBABLY FOR STAFF, I THINK. DIRECTOR HAUSE ADDRESSED THIS EARLIER, BUT DOES THE CONTRACT PRESERVE OUR ABILITY TO CHANGE LINES, REROUTE THE BUSSES SO THAT WE CAN TARGET THOSE, THE TRANSPORTATION MOVEMENTS THAT OUR YOUTH WANT, FOR EXAMPLE? IT DOES. IT DOES BECAUSE WE BASE IT ON THE NUMBER OF HOURS, SERVICE HOURS, NOT NECESSARILY WHERE THE STOPS ARE.

SO IF WE MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE ROUTE, AS LONG AS WE'RE NOT INCREASING THOSE SERVICE HOURS, WE SHOULD BE TOTALLY FINE WITHIN THE CONTRACT.

YEAH. AND, YOU KNOW ANOTHER SIDE OF THAT QUESTION REALLY IS WE KNOW WE WORK FOR YOU GUYS.

YOU KNOW, WE WORK FOR THEM. AND YOU KNOW, BASICALLY WE FOLLOW YOUR ORDERS.

AND IF YOU GUYS WANT US TO DO A DIFFERENT ROUTE OR RAW.

MORE HOURS, LESS HOURS, YOU KNOW. THAT'S ALL WITHIN THE, YOU KNOW, YOUR RIGHT TO DO THAT.

SO WE DON'T GO INTO THIS THING GOING, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR SEVEN YEARS OR SIX YEARS.

WE KNOW AS AS THINGS CHANGE, WE HAVE TO ADJUST.

SO YEAH, JUST TO GET, YOU KNOW, LET YOU KNOW WHAT FEEDBACK WE'VE GOTTEN FROM OUR YOUTH IS THAT OUR ROOTS DON'T GO TO PLACES THAT THEY WANT TO GO AND THAT THEY NEED TRANSPORTATION TO DIFFERENT PLACES. YOU KNOW, OUR YOUTH CENTER, TEEN CENTER THAT'S COMING UP IN PERRY PARK AND STUFF.

SO WE MAY BE LOOKING AT REROUTING IN SOME TIME.

YEAH. AND I THINK THAT WITH SOME OF OUR NEW ENHANCEMENTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE MAY GET THAT FEEDBACK ON OUR BUSSES. AND WHEN WE GET THAT FEEDBACK, WE'LL PASS THAT ON.

AND YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT'LL HELP YOU MAKE MAKE ADJUSTMENTS.

COOL. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? MOTION TO AWARD THE CONTRACT FOR BCT FIXED ROUTE AND DIAL A RIDE.

TRANSIT SERVICES, TRANSPORTATION. YOU CAN SIT DOWN.

SIT DOWN. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND.

ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? ANYONE ONLINE WHO IS THE SECOND? OKAY. THANK YOU.

AND THEN NO ECOMMENTS AND NO ZOOM FOR THIS ITEM.

OKAY, WELL, I THINK THIS IS A NO BRAINER. EXISTING CONTRACTOR, THE BEST, THE LOWEST PRICE AND A GREAT PERFORMANCE.

AND REALLY INVESTING IN THE PEOPLE. IT JUST SEEMS A NO BRAINER.

SO I'LL CALL THE VOTE. ALL FOR IT. ANYBODY OPPOSED? OKAY, THAT WAS UNANIMOUS. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU.

LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU NEXT YEAR. THANKS FOR HANGING IN THERE.

LONG NIGHT. YES. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR HANGING OUT. YEAH. YOU CAN STAY FOR THE NEXT ITEM IF YOU REALLY WANT TO.

OKAY. HOPEFULLY THIS IS A QUICK ONE. ITEM END TO.

ARE YOU TALKING TO THIS ONE LUKE. LUKE'S GOING TO COVER THIS ONE. HE'S GOING TO.

NO I WON'T SAY THAT. YOU SAID HE'S GOING TO USE HIS AUCTIONEER VOICE TO GET THROUGH IT QUICKLY.

BUT. I WILL SPEAK QUICKLY, AND IT WILL COST $29 MILLION LESS THAN THE LAST CONTRACT THAT WAS JUST AWARDED.

SO SO THIS IS AN ITEM FROM THE SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.

THEY'VE PROPOSED SOME RULE CHANGES TO RULES 1111 AND 1121 THAT WOULD APPLY TO NATURAL GAS FIRED FURNACES AND THEN NATURAL GAS FIRED WATER HEATERS. AND BASICALLY THEIR AIM IS TO REDUCE NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS IN THE ENVIRONMENT BY HELPING STIMULATE A MOVE FROM THESE GAS FIRED DEVICES IN HOMES TO ALL ELECTRIC DEVICES.

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AND IT'S NOT AN ALL OUT BAN ON THESE DEVICES.

IT WOULD BE JUST ENCOURAGING AND INCENTIVIZING THE CONTINUED USE OF GAS FIRED ITEMS. AND SO THIS WAS AN ITEM THAT WAS BROUGHT TO STAFF AS A POTENTIAL TO CREATE A RESOLUTION OR LETTER TAKING A POLICY POSITION.

SO I'M BASICALLY JUST TEEING IT UP FOR THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO DISCUSS WHETHER OR NOT YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A POLICY POSITION ON THIS.

AND THEN IF YOU DO WANT TO TAKE A POSITION, HOW YOU'D LIKE STAFF TO PROCEED, RESOLUTION LETTER, ETC., AND HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE OR JUST SORT OF TEE IT UP FOR YOU ALL TO DISCUSS.

OKAY. I KIND OF QUEUED THIS ONE UP BASED ON, YOU KNOW, I GOT A HEADS UP THAT THIS WAS COMING IT SINCE IT HAD BEEN CHANGED.

I DON'T KNOW IF I THINK YOU PROBABLY ALL GOT THE EMAIL I DID ABOUT THE CHANGES, AND I LOOKED INTO THE SPECIFICS.

SO INITIALLY THIS WAS TO FORCE ALL NEW BUILDING AFTER 2027 OR IN 2027 AND BEYOND WOULD HAVE TO HAVE ELECTRIC FURNACES AND ELECTRIC WATER HEATERS. BUT THEN IT WENT ON FURTHER.

BY 2030 THEY COULD NOT SELL. YOU COULD NOT SELL GAS POWERED GAS FUELED WATER HEATERS OR OR FURNACES TO ANYONE, FORCING EVERYBODY ONTO ELECTRIC AS YOUR WATER HEATER OR YOUR FURNACE FAILED.

WELL, FOR A LOT OF REDONDO, TENS OF THOUSANDS, ACTUALLY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF HOMES BECAUSE WE'RE MULTIFAMILY DWELLINGS, MOST OF US, A LOT OF THE OLDER HOMES, MINE'S 93.

IT'S ON 100 AMP SERVICE AND REQUIRING TWO, TWO 20S WOULD LIKELY PUSH MOST MOST OF OUR HOUSING UNITS INTO HAVING TO GET AT LEAST AN ADDITIONAL 100 AMP SERVICE AND EVEN SOME OF OUR 200 AMPS, IF IT HAS A BIG POWER DRAW, COULD DRAW YOU TO THAT NEXT ONE.

AND THAT'S NOT INCONSEQUENTIAL. THAT'S WIRING IN YOUR HOUSE.

THERE'S NEW LAWS THAT SAY EACH ONE, EACH 220 HAS TO BE A HOME RUN.

SO THAT'S ROUTING A WHOLE NEW CIRCUIT THROUGH YOUR HOUSE.

THAT'S ANOTHER CIRCUIT BREAKER. AND THE COST OF DOING JUST THAT TRANSIT THAT, THAT CHANGE TO A HOUSE IS EXORBITANT.

AND IT'S GOING TO GET MORE EXPENSIVE BY 2030.

NOT CHEAPER. AND WE HAVE UNITS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT IN UNITS THAT ARE NINE STORIES TALL? I MEAN, IT'S JUST THE COST IS JUST RIDICULOUS.

SO OPPOSED I OPPOSED THIS FROM THE START. THEY'VE SINCE MODIFIED IT SO THAT WHAT IT SAYS IS INSTEAD OF BANNING IT, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMPLAINED, THEY SAY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SET GOALS FOR THE NUMBER, THE PERCENTAGE OF NEW FURNACES AND, AND WATER HEATERS THAT ARE NON EMITTED, NO EMISSIONS, WHICH IS ELECTRIC. AND IF THE MANUFACTURERS DON'T ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS, THERE'S A GROWING TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY DON'T MEET IT, THERE'S A HIGHER PENALTY PER UNIT THAT THE COMPANY HAS TO PAY.

AND THEY'RE JUST GOING TO PASS THAT DOWN TO THE CONSUMER.

SO LIKELY WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS THEY'RE GOING TO QUIT SELLING THEM IN IN CALIFORNIA BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH CHARGING THE THE PENALTIES DOWN TO THE AND THE PAPERWORK, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO MANAGE THOSE PENALTIES AND THE PER UNIT COST AND PER UNIT SALES.

SO EITHER THEY'LL BE UNAVAILABLE OR THEY'LL JUST PASS THE COST DOWN TO THE CONSUMER.

SO MY RECOMMENDATION, I, I WORKED WITH LUKE ON A DRAFT THAT'S IN OUR BLUE FOLDER.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO READ IT. I WAS KIND OF GOING DOWN THE MIDDLE GROUND OF BEING OKAY WITH THE NEW NEW CONSTRUCTION, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO SWITCH OVER, BUT OPPOSING ANY OF THE, THE, THEIR METHODOLOGY FOR CHARGING FOR THE EXISTING ONES.

AND I'M, I'M FLEXIBLE. I'M WILLING TO OPPOSE THE WHOLE THING.

I WAS JUST GOING TO I WAS WILLING TO THROW THEM A BONE. SO, SO JUST.

AND I KNOW YOU'RE COMING UP TO THIS ONE. ONE CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS THAT EVEN FOR THE NEW HOUSING ONE OF THE ISSUES FACING CALIFORNIA IN GENERAL IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND THAT'S NOT ONLY THE PURCHASE PRICE OF NEW CONSTRUCTION BUT IT'S ALSO OPERATING COSTS AND OPERATING ELECTRIC FURNACES TO HEAT HOMES IS SEVERAL TIMES THE COST OF GAS. SO IN TERMS OF AFFORDABILITY FOR HOMES, I THINK THAT THAT'S THAT'S A, YOU KNOW, LARGE AND ONGOING ISSUE FOR HOMEOWNERS IN, IN, IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE OUT THE LINE WHERE IT JUST LIMITS IT TO NEW CONSTRUCTION.

TOTALLY OPEN TO THAT. SO THAT'S THAT WAS ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, EVEN FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION, JUST HAVING IT IN THERE IS PROBLEMATIC. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT THANK YOU MAYOR.

I AGREE WITH THAT. AND I HAD THE SAME THOUGHT ABOUT REMOVING THAT THIRD PARAGRAPH.

BECAUSE THIS IS TOTALLY CONTRARY TO THE MISSION AND GOAL AND ACTIONS OF OUR CITY, WHICH IS PROMOTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND

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AND I'M GLAD YOU RAISED THIS QUESTION I HAVE.

THIS IS BEING SENT TO THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.

AND I THINK OUR COUNTY SUPERVISOR, HOLLY MITCHELL, IS ACTUALLY ON THAT DISTRICT.

SO I'M WONDERING IF SHE SHOULD BE COPIED ON HERE OR SENT TO HER, OR HAVE WE OPENED YET A LINE OF DISCUSSION WITH HER.

SO THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS. AND I THOUGHT YOU DID A GOOD JOB IN HERE, LUKE.

MAYOR. OTHERS OF CAPTURING. HEY, IT'S OVERLY BURDENSOME COST.

IF YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING, WE DON'T HAVE TO OVERLY WORDSMITH IT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST SENTENCE OR TWO THAT WE ARE IN FAVOR OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND WE'RE CONCERNED THAT THIS IS COULD UNDERMINE THAT.

THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS. I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. THANK YOU. YEAH. I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO DELETE, IF THE COUNCIL AGREES TO DELETE THAT WHAT YOU HAVE IN RED THERE.

I MIGHT ADD SOMETHING ON THE ONGOING PROCESS THAT AREN'T REFLECTED IN THERE, BECAUSE I HAVE SPACE NOW.

WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP IT ON ONE PAGE ON PAGE. SO I NOW I WOULD NOW HAVE SPACE TO DO THAT.

SO AND I'M ACTUALLY THAT'S THE WAY I WAS LEANING.

I JUST WANTED TO SERVE UP A SOFTER, SOFTER MESSAGE.

AND I ALSO KNOW THERE'S A COG. THERE'S A NEW COG AQMD REP THAT WE JUST APPOINTED.

WE'LL HAVE TO FIND OUT WHO THAT WAS. I AGREE WITH THAT.

MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE WE GET THE LETTER TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, CERTAINLY INCLUDING HOLLY MITCHELL'S OFFICE.

YEAH. OKAY. GO AHEAD. YEAH, I WOULD ACTUALLY DISAGREE WITH ELIMINATING THAT.

I THINK THIS KIND OF THREADS THE NEEDLE OF ACHIEVING YOU KNOW, THE, THE DIRECTION OF AQMD IN CREATING A MORE SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT, BUT ALSO NOT OVERBURDENING ALL OF THE HOUSING.

SO I MEAN. I GUESS I, I SUPPORT IT AS WRITTEN.

THOSE ARE JUST THAT'S JUST MY COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER.

YEAH, I'M A LITTLE MIXED ON IT. AT LEAST ON THE THE RED, YOU KNOW, TAKING OUT THE RED.

I DEFINITELY GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. YOU KNOW, MY HOUSE.

IF I HAD TO REPLACE MY WATER HEATER, MY ELECTRIC SERVICE CAN'T HANDLE THAT.

I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT. AND FURNACE. IT'S LIKE I GOT A FLOOR FURNACE.

I'VE GOT NO IDEA HOW I WOULD EVER DO ANYTHING.

THE WATER HEATER, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE IF THE RED WAS GAS FIRED WATER HEATERS, MAYBE AS A COMPROMISE OR SOMETHING, BECAUSE ELECTRIC WATER HEATERS ARE ACTUALLY MORE, MORE EFFICIENT THAN GAS.

BUT I WOULDN'T HEAT PUMP OR NOT, BUT I WOULDN'T WANT TO HAVE IT.

I LIKE ONLY NEW CONSTRUCTION, NO GOALS, NONE OF THAT OTHER STUFF.

BECAUSE, LIKE YOU SAID ANYBODY'S GOING TO HAVE A REPAIR OF A WATER HEATER OR A FURNACE.

EVENTUALLY THEY'RE GOING TO GO FOR OTHER APPLIANCES.

WHEN YOU OFTEN, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO DO THE REPAIRS, RETROFITS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, IT'S LIKE, OH, THIS DIED. NEXT THING YOU KNOW, IT'S A TEN, $15,000 BILL BECAUSE YOU GOT TO DO A WHOLE LOT OF WORK.

AND, YOU KNOW, DRYERS ARE NEXT AND STOVES AND.

YEAH, THAT'S GOOD. GO AHEAD. ONE OTHER THING.

I DON'T THINK IT NEEDS TO GO IN THE LETTER, BUT TO CONSIDER IS THE TARIFFS THAT HAVE BEEN ENACTED HAVE INCREASED THE COST OF SOLAR POWER.

SO SOLAR SOLAR POWER CELLS, I SHOULD SAY, INCLUDING THE ALUMINUM TARIFFS AND THE STEEL TARIFFS AND AND ALSO THE ELECTRICITY IS BEING PRODUCED, ESPECIALLY UNDER THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION, IS BEING MORE DIRECTED TOWARDS FOSSIL FUEL PRODUCTION.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE GETTING MUCH GREENER BY MOVING TO ELECTRICITY.

PLUS, OUR GRID ISN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE ALL THE CARS ELECTRIC CARS.

AND ALTHOUGH I THINK THE ADMINISTRATION BELIEVES THAT PLUS GOING MAKING EVERYTHING ELECTRIC, I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S A WISE POLICY. COULD BE MORE COSTLY FOR RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY CAN'T AFFORD SOLAR AND THE LIKE TO RUN EVERYTHING IN THEIR HOUSE, INCLUDING WASHERS, DRYERS, ETC.

ON ELECTRIC AND NOT USE GAS AT ALL, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS EXPENSIVE.

OKAY, CAN WE GET TO A MOTION? SOMEBODY ELSE CAN MAKE A MOTION.

I MAKE A MOTION. ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

SO TO APPROVE THE LETTER SANS THE RED FOR REASONS THAT WERE DISCUSSED AND

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YEAH. WHICH I. SURE. THAT'S FINE. I'LL. SECOND.

SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. A MOTION A SECOND. IS ANYBODY ONLINE TO.

OKAY. OKAY. WAYNE. CRAIG. GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WAYNE. CRAIG. DISTRICT ONE.

I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL. THANK COUNCIL MEMBERS.

OBAGI CASTLE AND MAYOR LIGHT FOR QUICKLY RESPONDING TO THIS ISSUE AFTER I BROUGHT IT TO YOUR ATTENTION LAST MONTH.

THE RESULT OF THE PROPOSED SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT RULES 1111 AND 1121 WILL WILL MANDATE HIGHER COSTS ON CONSUMERS AT A TIME.

WE CAN ILL AFFORD IT. BOTH AMENDED REGULATIONS WILL FORCE CUSTOMERS TO CHOOSE A MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE OPTION OF ALL ELECTRIC SPACE AND WATER HEATERS THAT COST THOUSANDS MORE THAN NATURAL GAS APPLIANCES, OR REQUIRE CONSUMERS TO PAY AN ADDITIONAL FEE TO CONTINUE USING NATURAL GAS SPACE AND WATER HEATERS COMBINE.

BOTH REGULATIONS WILL IMPACT MORE THAN 17 MILLION PEOPLE AND 10 MILLION UNITS IN A SINGLE FAMILY.

AMONG SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, MOBILE HOME PARKS, MULTIFAMILY RESIDENCE, OFFICE BUILDINGS, GROCERY STORES AND OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES, SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT STAFF DEVELOPED THE PROPOSED REGULATIONS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS WITHOUT TRANSPARENCY, INCLUDING PUBLIC EDUCATION OR REVIEW. BEYOND THE ADDITIONAL COST TO PURCHASE NEW UNITS.

THIS WILL ALSO INCREASE THE MONTHLY EXPENSE ON CONSUMERS, AS ELECTRIC UNITS COST MUCH MORE TO OPERATE THAN NATURAL GAS.

I URGE THE COUNCIL TO SEND A LETTER OF OPPOSITION TO THIS PROPOSED RULE CHANGE IMMEDIATELY, AS SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT WILL BE VOTING ON THIS MATTER WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

I ALSO WOULD ENCOURAGE, AS I THINK WHEN I SPOKE TO COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI IF HE COULD EXPEDITE THIS WITH THE SOUTH BAY CITIES COG AS WELL.

THE MORE CITIES THAT GET ON BOARD WITH THIS, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS WE COULD HOPEFULLY DEFEAT THIS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. OKAY. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS GRACE PANG.

LET'S. OKAY. ARE YOU THERE, DOCTOR PANG? YES.

THIS IS GRACE PANG. I WROTE IN A COMMENT AND I WANT TO READ IT.

AND I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS ALSO WROTE A LETTER.

I AM THE I'M THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS, CALIFORNIA ENERGY TEAM LEADER.

I'VE BEEN STUDYING THIS ISSUE, AND I'VE ALSO BEEN ELECTRIFYING MY OWN HOME IN REDONDO BEACH TO FIND OUT WHAT THE MARKET CONDITIONS ARE AND CONTRACTOR AVAILABILITY.

NOW, I UPGRADED TO AN ELECTRIC HEAT PUMP HEATER FOR A FURNACE AND AC AND I COOK WITH ELECTRICITY.

I HAVE AN ELECTRIC DRYER AND I'M DOING IT ALL WITH A 100 AMP PANEL.

IN FACT, I ASKED MY ELECTRICIAN IF I NEEDED TO HAVE A LARGER SIZE PANEL IF I'M GOING TO HAVE AN ELECTRIC HOT WATER HEATER AS WELL, AND, AND AN ELECTRIC CAR. AND HE SAID, NO.

100 AMP WILL DO YOU. WE'LL JUST PUT A SMART SWITCH ON YOUR PANEL SO THAT YOU'RE NOT RUNNING THE HEAT PUMP AT THE SAME TIME AS YOU'RE CHARGING YOUR CAR, AT THE SAME TIME, YOU'RE HEATING THE WATER AND BOTH THE HEAT PUMP, HOT WATER HEATERS AND THE HEAT PUMP FURNACE AC COMBO CAN BE PROGRAMED TO RUN ONLY WHEN ELECTRICITY IS CHEAP, AND SO YOU AVOID THE PEAK EVENING HOURS.

SO LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF DISINFORMATION OUT THERE.

AND OUR SUBSTATION, OUR COMMUNITY SCALE GRID IS ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD.

WE I RUN THE WATER AND INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP MONTHLY SERIES AND SHE ACTUALLY CAME TO TALK TO US LAST MONTH.

AND AND HE SAID THE HOME ELECTRIFICATION WASN'T REALLY A PROBLEM.

CARS MIGHT BE, BUT THEY THINK THAT THEY CAN WORK AROUND IT BY ROTATING IT, ROTATING ALL THE ALL THE CARS ON A BLOCK.

BUT HE SAYS OUR GRID IS READY. THEY'VE BEEN WORKING, THEY'VE BEEN PREPARING.

WE'RE READY. THERE IS NO OPERATIONAL ISSUE. THERE ARE PLENTY OF CONTRACTORS AROUND.

IN FACT, I ASKED MY CONTRACTOR HOW MANY EVERY YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR WHEN I CALL HIM, I ASK HIM HOW MANY GAS VERSUS ELECTRIC HEAT PUMPS ARE YOU PUTTING IN? AND NOW HE'S SAYING THAT ALMOST EVERYONE IS SWITCHING TO HEAT PUMPS IS NOT AN ISSUE IN OUR LOCAL AREA.

AND I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT THE REGIME, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE REGIME, HOT WATER HEATERS, IF THEY'RE THEY'RE ALL MADE IN THE US.

OR DID SHE JUST CUT OUT I DON'T KNOW. I'M HERE.

WERE YOU FINISHED? IT WAS KIND OF ABRUPT. OH, NO.

I'M JUST TELLING YOU THAT THERE IS NOT A SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUE BECAUSE THEY'RE MADE IN THE US,

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I, I CAN JUST IMAGINE SOMEBODY SAYING TO THEIR SPOUSE, I'M GOING TO GO TAKE A SHOWER AND THE SPOUSE SAYING, YOU KNOW, I'M CHARGING MY CAR. ANYONE ELSE? THERE'S TWO ECOMMENTS THAT WERE SUPPORT. AND THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENTS. OKAY.

I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. ALL FOR ANYBODY OPPOSED? I'M A NO. I PREFERRED IT AS AMEND OR AS WRITTEN THAT YOU THAT YOU PRESENTED.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THANKS. LET'S SEE. NEXT ONE.

[O. CITY MANAGER ITEMS]

I'LL START QUERYING ALL OF YOU ABOUT YOUR JULY CALENDARS, JUST TO SEE IF YOU.

IF THERE'S ANY VACATIONS PLANNED THAT WOULD FORCE US TO ADJUST OUR NORMAL MEETING SCHEDULE.

RIGHT NOW, THE FIRST MEETING IN JULY IS SCHEDULED FOR THE FIRST.

IT WOULD BE THE FIRST, THE EIGHTH AND THE 15TH.

THAT WOULD GIVE US A ONE WEEK BREAK IN BETWEEN, PRESUMABLY BUDGET ADOPTION ON THE 17TH AND AND THEN GET US RIGHT INTO ACTION ON THE FIRST 4TH OF JULY, OF COURSE, AS OF FRIDAY THIS YEAR.

SO UNLESS I'LL ASK YOU OFFLINE IF YOU'VE GOT ANYTHING SCHEDULED IN JULY, THAT WOULD BE PROBLEMATIC.

BUT FOR NOW, I THINK WE'RE TENTATIVELY LOOKING AT A NORMAL JULY CALENDAR FIRST, EIGHTH AND THE 15TH.

WHEREAS HISTORICALLY, SOMETIMES WE WILL CANCEL THAT FIRST MEETING IN JULY DUE TO THE 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY.

SO. AND THEN AND THEN ON THE OPEN WEEK BETWEEN OUR LAST BUDGET HEARING, THERE IS THERE'S ONE WEEK OFF.

YEAH. WE'VE GOT ONE COUNCIL MEETING WEEK OFF IN BETWEEN.

SO WE'D HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME. BUT WE HAVE HISTORICALLY CANCELED THAT FIRST MEETING IN JULY.

BUT I DON'T I'M SENSING FROM AT LEAST A FEW OF YOU I'VE TALKED TO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT THIS YEAR.

SO SOMETHING I MEAN, IT'S JULY, A PACKED MONTH.

WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO BE BUSY IN JULY. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE RFP DISCUSSION ABOUT CANNABIS.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GENERAL PLAN PHASE TWO DISCUSSION.

WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PLENTY ON THE ON THE DOCKET COMMISSION INTERVIEWS ON THAT SECOND TUESDAY.

DO YOU WANT TO DO THAT ON THE EIGHTH? THAT'S WHEN WE NORMALLY DO IT ON THAT SECOND TUESDAY.

AND THAT MEANS WE'VE GOT A CODE OF CONDUCT UPDATE TO DO BEFORE THEN TOO.

SO YEAH, THERE'S THERE'S A FEW THINGS GOING ON.

THE LAST ITEM I'LL MENTION, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL HAVE TO DO THE WHOLE CODE OF CONDUCT.

NO. YEAH. NOT NOT ALL OF IT. AND THEN WE WILL HAVE STRATEGIC PLAN OBJECTIVES FOR YOU NEXT TUESDAY FOR CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION.

SO THAT WILL BE PART OF THE WE'LL DO THAT BEFORE THE BUDGET HEARING.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. THANK YOU.

OKAY. ANY REFERRALS TO STAFF? COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER.

[Q. MAYOR AND COUNCIL REFERRALS TO STAFF]

OKAY. NOTHING TODAY. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC.

NO THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. OBAGI, PLEASE COME BACK TO ME.

SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT . NO THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER. OBAGI. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A REFERRAL FOR DISCUSSION.

JUST A DISCUSSION ABOUT, THE TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX IN REDONDO AND WHETHER WE COULD EXEMPT NEW HOTELS FROM THAT.

WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GET A DISCUSSION ON TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX LONG AGO AS PART OF A BUDGET MOTION, BUT WE NEVER GOT IT. SO I THINK WE NEED A FORMAL REFERRAL.

OKAY. SECOND, COULD WE INCLUDE IN THAT DISCUSSION THE MARINE HOTELS AND UPDATE THE MARINE AVENUE.

MARINE AVENUE HOTELS AND UPDATE ON THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE TAX AND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT? NO. SURE. I MEAN, WE CAN GIVE YOU THAT ALL ENCOMPASSING.

OKAY. SO AMENDED. SO DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

ALL FOR. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. NOPE. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. AND I HAVE NONE. SO WITH THAT TONIGHT, WE'RE ADJOURNING.

WE WILL BE ADJOURNING AFTER I GET THE MOTION IN HONOR OF IN MEMORY OF JIM ALLEN, FORMER CITY EMPLOYEE.

I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW MR. ALLEN. DO YOU KNOW HIM? I DID, YEAH. JIM WORKED IN THE WATERFRONT DEPARTMENT FOR MANY YEARS.

I WAS A VERY POPULAR STAFF MEMBER. LEFT THE ORGANIZATION SEVERAL YEARS AGO TO.

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HE LIVED MANY, MANY YEARS BEYOND, I THINK, EARLY EXPECTATIONS FROM DOCTORS.

LIVED IN THE SOUTH BAY WITH HIS FAMILY. YEAH.

JIM WILL BE MISSED. HE WAS MISSED WHEN HE, YOU KNOW, WAS FORCED, UNFORTUNATELY, TO TO EXIT THE ORGANIZATION WHEN HE DID.

WE'LL BE THINKING ABOUT JIM. OKAY. CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF MR. ALLEN, FORMER CITY EMPLOYEE. SO MOVED. I'LL SECOND.

OKAY. ALL FOUR. OKAY. THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.