[ ORAL COMMUNICATIONS ON AGENDA ITEMS (Three minutes per speaker. The City Council may adjust the time allotted per speaker.) The public may address the City Council on agenda items prior to any action taken. Although Council Members may provide brief responses, the City Council may not engage in a discussion with members of the public during the meeting. Please complete a Speaker's Card to address the City Council in-person. Please follow the instructions at the end of the agenda and wait for the Mayor/City Clerk to call on you to address the City Council virtually. Speakers providing in-person comments will be called first. Members of the public are encouraged to communicate with the City Council via email at adm@cypressca.org or by calling 714-229-6699.]

THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON AGENDA ITEMS PRIOR TO ANY ACTION TAKEN. ALTHOUGH COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY PROVIDE BRIEF RESPONSES, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY NOT ENGAGE IN A DISCUSSION WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC DURING THE MEETING. PLEASE COMPLETE A SPEAKER'S CARD. TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL IN PERSON, PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS AT THE END OF THE AGENDA AND WAIT FOR THE MAYOR OR CITY CLERK TO CALL ON YOU. TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL VIRTUALLY. A SPEAKER'S PROVIDING IN-PERSON COMMENTS WILL BE CALLED FIRST, AND MEMBERS ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE COUNCIL VIA EMAIL OR VIA PHONE, WITH THE EMAIL AND PHONE LISTED ON THE AGENDA. OKAY, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT A FEW IN-PERSON SPEAKERS TONIGHT.

I'D LIKE TO CALL UP BOB YOUNGSMA, AND HE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ROB JOHNSON. GOOD EVENING, BOB JOHNSON, A RESIDENT OF CYPRESS. FIRST, I'M GOING TO START OFF AND SAY CONGRATULATIONS. I MEAN, WE'VE GOT A NEW YEAR. LET'S HOPE THAT WE GET RID OF ALL THE RIFFRAFF THAT WE HAD GOING ON BEFORE. NO MORE ARGUMENTS AND NO MORE FIGHTING. I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO BE NICE IF THAT HAPPENS. I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME RIGHT PEOPLE THERE TO DO THAT. OBVIOUSLY, SOMETIMES YOU GET BIT WHEN YOU CHANGE RULES, AND SOMETIMES THOSE RULE CHANGES COME BACK AND GET YOU. I ALWAYS TELL EVERYBODY, GO BY PROTOCOL, DON'T GO BY YOUR GUT. THAT WAS PRETTY POOR. SO NOW WE FOUND OUT PROTOCOL DOESN'T COUNT. ANYWAY, I'M BRINGING UP NUMBER FIVE.

NUMBER FIVE, I THINK IS GREAT, I THINK. YEAH, YOU'RE FIXING CURBS, SIDEWALKS AND RAMPS. THE THING I DON'T SEE THERE IS. WHERE ARE THEY? WHERE ARE THEY REPAIRING THEM? I BELIEVE WE SHOULD HAVE A MAP THAT COMES OUT WITH THAT DOCUMENT SHOWING WHERE EVERYBODY KNOWS THEY GET REPAIRED. SO THERE'S NO ARGUMENT. INSTEAD, YOU'VE GOT LINEAL FOOTAGE THAT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR LINEAL FOOTAGE AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE AND FIX SOMETHING ELSE. AND NOW THINGS AREN'T THAT WAY. IT SHOULDN'T BE THAT WAY. IT SHOULD BE. EVERYBODY SEES IT AND THEY KNOW IT, AND THEY EXPECT TO KNOW WHERE IT'S GETTING REPAIRED. THAT'S WHAT THE MONEY IS ABOUT. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M HOPING FOR, THAT YOU START PUTTING MAPS OUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT REPAIRING THINGS. AND LIKE I SAID, SO OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THIS ISSUE ABOUT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, YOU KNOW, ADDENDUM NUMBER ONE, AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE, THAT EVERYBODY SEEMS TO FORGOT ABOUT. I THINK WE NEED TO RELOOK AT THAT. ARIZONA HAS ALREADY PROVED IT. THE CITY IS NOW NEGOTIATING WHAT THEY HAVE TO PAY OUT TO THE PERSON THAT THEY DECIDED TO ESCORT OUT, BECAUSE THEY SAID SHE WAS SPEAKING OUT OF A DIFFERENT TIME, WHERE THEY DIDN'T LET THAT SPEAK. THEY REFUSED TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE MAYOR. THEY WANT THE MAYOR BECAUSE HE'S THE ONE THAT ORDERED THE PERSON TO BE HANDCUFFED AND ESCORTED OUT. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER ISSUE. SO IS THAT CITY GOING TO HAVE TO PAY OFF FOR THE MAYOR MAKING A POOR DECISION WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAYS YOU CAN'T PICK WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT, IF YOU GET THE ALLOTTED TIME, YOU GET TO SPEAK, IT IS WHAT IT IS. SO YOU NEED TO GO BACK AND READDRESS THAT. AND ALSO I'M GOING TO BEAT YOU UP ABOUT YOU NEED TO GO BACK TO TALK TO RESIDENTS, FIND OUT WHEN THEY'D LIKE THIS MEETING TO START. A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WORK CAN'T GET HERE AT 6:00 ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN. SO YOU MADE IT VERY HARD FOR THEM. YOU TOOK THEM OFF THE NORMAL COMMUNICATION ON THE INTERNET. YOU NEED TO PUT THEM BACK. THEY SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHTS TO SPEAK. YOU'RE TAKING IT AWAY FROM THEM. TECHNOLOGY IS A FANTASTIC THING IF IT'S USED FAIRLY. BUT THE LAST FEW COUNCILS DECIDED NOT TO BE FAIR AND THEY TOOK IT AWAY FROM PEOPLE, AND I GUESS IT WAS SO THEY THINK THEY COULD GO HOME EARLY. JUST AS A REMINDER, I'VE ALREADY CHECKED WITH MULTIPLE DAYS AT A TIME. GO THERE. THANK YOU SIR. GOOD NIGHT. JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS IS THE TIME TO SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA. THANK YOU. CAN'T HOLD IT? YES. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS ROB JOHNSON AND HE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY PEARL BOELTER, ROB

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JOHNSON, CITIZEN FOR THE CITY OF CYPRESS FOR OVER 25 YEARS AND ALSO A FORMER TWO TIME MAYOR.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR BURKE, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY STAFF. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO REPRESENT OUR WONDERFUL CITY BY SERVICING, SERVING, SERVING ON THE OCFA BOARD FOR EIGHT YEARS. FOUR OF THOSE YEARS ALSO WAS ON THE AIR BOARD. I KNOW IT CAN BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES AS A MAYOR TRYING TO MAKE ASSIGNMENTS AND ALSO FIND THE RIGHT EXPERIENCES TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS. I BELIEVE THAT BONNIE PETE, WHO I'VE KNOWN FOR OVER 12 YEARS, WOULD BE A GOOD REPRESENTATIVE FOR CYPRESS, SERVING ON THE OCFA BOARD, KNOWING SHE CAN HANDLE DIFFICULT ASSIGNMENTS. I KNOW THAT SHE WORKED 35 YEARS IN THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY. I KNOW IN HER CAREER SHE HAD TO WORK WITH COMPLEX CONTRACTS, MARKETING, DEVELOPING BUDGETS, FIVE YEAR OUTLOOKS, OVERSEEING 250 EMPLOYEES, AND WORKED WITH HR ON COMPLEX EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS. I HOPE YOU'LL AGREE THAT BONNIE IS THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR OCFA. IN MY EXPERIENCES WITH OCFA, I KNOW THEY ALWAYS ENCOURAGED THE CITY TO REPRESENT IT, TO REMAIN LONG TERM BECAUSE ON THE BOARD THERE, FOR THEM TO BECOME FAMILIAR WITH SOME OF THE COMPLEX DIFFICULTIES THAT ARE ON THE BOARD THAT YOU WILL OVERSEE, YOU'LL BE WORKING WITH THE CHIEF, YOU'LL BE WORKING WITH MANAGEMENT AND ALSO THE LOCAL UNION. 3631 SO AGAIN, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.

NOW WE HAVE PEARL BOULTER FOLLOWED BY GLENN BUTTON. GOOD EVENING. HAPPY NEW YEAR. AND HONORABLE BOARD. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL I'M SPEAKING ON ITEM NUMBER SIX. AND I ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS THE ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY APPOINTMENT. AND MY POSITION IS GOING TO BE BASED ON A COMMON SENSE APPROACH WHERE I BELIEVE THAT READING THAT LETTER FROM THE FIRE AUTHORITY, IT MAKES COMMON SENSE TO MAINTAIN THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE BOARD OR THEIR BOARD INSTEAD OF REPLACING THEM, BECAUSE IT TAKES TIME TO ORIENT NEW PEOPLE, AND IT TAKES TIME TO TRAIN THEM ON HOW TO WORK IN THAT KIND OF ENVIRONMENT. AND I KNOW YOU MIGHT SAY THAT THE PRIOR COUNCIL MEMBER, MALLORY, RECENTLY TRANSITIONED BONNIE PETE TO THIS POSITION, BUT STILL, THAT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY FROM THE FACT THAT THERE HAS BEEN TRAINING THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO BONNIE PETE. AND WE ARE A CITY THAT'S ACTUALLY A COMMON SENSE CITY, OKAY? WE INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE. WE INVEST IN SAFETY, WE INVEST IN BASIC COMMON SENSE AREAS. AND THIS IS A COMMON SENSE DECISION THAT WE DON'T WANT TO CAUSE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO GO TO OCFA. SO THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH AN ADDITIONAL NEW MEMBER. AND THEN ALSO WHY PUT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ON OUR CITY TO ACTUALLY FILL THAT RESOLUTION, TO DO ADDITIONAL WORK? THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE DONE BECAUSE WE HAVE A GREAT CANDIDATE AND WE HAVE A GREAT PERSON ON THAT BOARD ALREADY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS GLENN BUTTON. SORRY, A LITTLE CHOKED UP WITH ALL THE SMOKE. SO HERE WE ARE AT THE SECOND CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF OUR NEW MAJORITY. AND SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW LEADERSHIP. WE HAVE ALL ALL OF US THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THROUGHOUT THE CALIFORNIA, ACROSS OUR NATION. WE'VE ALL BEEN SEEING THE HORRIFYING AND DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES OF PUTTING POLITICS AHEAD OF PUBLIC SAFETY DURING THE ONGOING LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRES. WE'RE BETTER THAN THAT. WE DON'T NEED TO DO THAT. ATTACHED TO THIS EVENING'S CYPRESS CITY COUNCIL AGENDA IS A LONG STANDING POLICY OF THE ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY. THEY PUT IT IN THE FORM OF A REQUEST FOR CITIES TO PROVIDE CONTINUITY IN THEIR APPOINTED REPRESENTATIVES. IN THE WORDS OF OCFA BOARD CHAIR, WITH AN OPERATING BUDGET APPROACHING HALF $1 BILLION, OVER 1500 EMPLOYEES FOR LABOR ASSOCIATIONS AND THE OPERATION OF 78 FIRE STATIONS, THE ISSUES WE FACE ARE MYRIAD AND COMPLEX. THE LEARNING CURVE IS STEEP. TO BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, ITS OPERATIONS AND FINANCES, AND THE TYPE OF POLICIES AND ISSUES THAT COME BEFORE THE BOARD. SO I AM NOT AWARE OF THE DIRECT ENGAGEMENT BY OTHER CYPRESS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH THE OCFA. BUT I DO KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER PETE AND HER FAMILY HAVE

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VISITED EVERY SINGLE ONE OF ORANGE COUNTY'S FIRE STATIONS. EVERY ONE PROBABLY MORE THAN THE REST OF THE CITY COUNCIL COMBINED. JUST A GUESS. MY HOPE FOR OUR CITY, FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS AND FOR OUR COUNCIL, IS THAT EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS WILL BE VALUED MORE HIGHLY THAN POLITICAL CRONYISM OR A LUST FOR POWER. PLEASE TAKE THIS UNDER CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU, MADAM CITY CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKER CARDS FOR IN-PERSON? LET US CHECK. WE DO HAVE ONE HAND RAISED ONLINE AND THERE ARE NO MORE IN-PERSON SPEAKER CARDS.

OKAY, WE'LL BEGIN THE VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. JUST ONE MOMENT. OKAY. WE DO HAVE A HAND RAISED ONLINE BY ANN MALLORY. OKAY. AND, MALLORY, CAN YOU HEAR ME? ARE YOU PREPARED FOR COMMENT? I CAN THANK YOU. SO FOR HAPPY NEW YEAR TO MAYOR BURKE, MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO AND THE REST OF THE CITY COUNCIL. I WISH YOU WELL AS YOU KICK OFF THIS NEW YEAR AND POLICIES FOR OUR WONDERFUL CITY. I POLICY REGARDING THE. VARIOUS COMMITTEES. AND I DO KNOW THAT THE. YOU KNOW, LENGTHY PROCESS LOOKING AND TRYING TO DECIDE WHO TO ASSIGN TO WHAT. COMMITTEE. I THINK WAS CRITICAL TO. ASSIGNING THE MOST QUALIFIED, WHO HAS THE MOST EXPERIENCE, WHO CAN REALLY ENSURE THAT NOT ONLY CYPRUS INTERESTS ARE REPRESENTED, BUT THE INTERESTS OF THE COUNTY. AND IN THAT LIGHT, I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO RECONSIDER THE APPOINTMENT TO OCA. I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT COUNCIL MEMBER. BE. BE CONTINUED. IN THAT POSITION. SHE. DID BOTH OF. ME.

GRADUATIONS. SHE'S BEEN TO EVERY SINGLE FIREHOUSE. NO. DURING THIS TIME OF GREAT TRAGEDY, I KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER PETE HAS BEEN HER. I MISS MALLORY, CAN I ASK YOU TO PAUSE FOR A MOMENT? WE'RE HAVING SOME AUDIO ISSUES WITH YOUR COMMENT. I THINK WE'VE HEARD SOME OF WHAT YOU SAID, BUT MAYBE NOT AS MUCH AS WE'D LIKE. MADAM CITY CLERK, DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON WHAT'S GOING ON? IT COULD BE THE CELL CONNECTION OR THE COMPUTER CONNECTION. I'M NOT SURE. OKAY, WELL, THANK YOU, MISS MALLORY. YOU HAVE A MINUTE AND NINE SECONDS TO CONTINUE. I'LL GIVE YOU LONGER IF YOU NEED IT TO GET THE MESSAGE ACROSS. IF YOU CAN STILL HEAR ME. BUT JUST BE AWARE THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING SOME CHALLENGES WITH THE AUDIO. THAT'S A REAL PROBLEM. YEAH. I SHOW. MISS MALLORY AS MUTED SELF MUTED OKAY. WELL SHE HOPS BACK ON. PLEASE LET ME KNOW. THANK YOU OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER HANDS RAISED. NO OTHER HANDS RAISED ONLINE. BUT WE DO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL CARD OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY PAUL KOKKINOS. GOOD EVENING. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY. IT'S A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU. I WASN'T GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT ITEM NUMBER SIX, BUT I'M GOING TO I THINK WE COME AT IT FROM A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ANGLE. AND THAT IS IT'S A NEW START. WE HAVE NEW VOICES ON THE COUNCIL. I THINK IT'S SADLY LAUGHABLE TO INFER THAT

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SUPPORTING OUR NEW MAYOR, AS OPPOSED TO COUNCIL MEMBER PETE. PETE, IS CRONYISM. I'VE BEEN WATCHING THE COUNCIL FOR A YEAR NOW, AND I'M HOPING THAT 2025 WILL FINALLY SEE AN END TO THE DECADES OF CRONYISM THAT HAVE EXISTED ON THIS COUNCIL. SO I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING IN. IN.

IN, IN. WELL, SORRY FOR LOSING THE WORD THAT I SUPPORT MAYOR BURKE AS A FRESH NEW VOICE ON THE OCFA. THE GENTLEMAN IS AN ATTORNEY, A VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE MAN, VERY SMART MAN. AND I THINK THAT OCFA WOULD BE SERVED WELL BY THE MAYOR. THANK YOU. MAYOR BURKE. MISS MALLORY DID REJOIN THE WEBINAR. OKAY, GREAT. SORRY. FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER. MALLORY, I KEEP WANTING TO CALL YOU. IF YOU'D LIKE TO CONTINUE WITH YOUR COMMENT, PLEASE DO SO. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR BURKE, I APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH. SO JUST TO WRAP UP QUICKLY, I THINK THAT COUNCIL MEMBER PETE IS HIGHLY QUALIFIED FOR THIS ROLE. EVEN BEFORE SHE WAS ELECTED AS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, HER KNOWLEDGE AND ENGAGEMENT WITH THE FIRE AUTHORITY WAS, YOU KNOW, IMPRESSIVE. AND SHE'S DONE QUITE A LOT OF WORK IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. AND I THINK EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, OR AT LEAST AS IMPORTANTLY, IS THEY'RE ASKING THAT SHE CONTINUE. AND WHEN OUR FIREFIGHTERS ARE PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE IN THE WAY THAT THEY ARE AND THEY MAKE A REQUEST, I THINK WE SHOULD LET THEM. I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE A LOT TO DO TONIGHT. LOTS OF APPOINTMENTS AND DECISIONS TO MAKE. THIS WOULD BE MY ONE RECOMMENDED CHANGE TO YOUR. YOUR ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE COMING YEAR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER HANDS RAISED? MADAM CITY CLERK? NO, MR. MAYOR. OKAY, THAT TAKES US TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. ALL

[ CONSENT CALENDAR All matters listed on the Consent Calendar are to be approved with one motion unless a Council Member requests separate action on a specific item. Council Members voting no or abstaining on a Consent Calendar item may do so without removing the item from the Consent Calendar.]

MATTERS LISTED ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR ARE TO BE APPROVED WITH ONE MOTION. UNLESS A COUNCIL MEMBER REQUESTS SEPARATE ACTION ON A SPECIFIC ITEM. COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTING NO OR ABSTAINING ON A CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM MAY DO SO WITHOUT REMOVING THE ITEM FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR. DO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WISH TO PULL AN ITEM OR HAVE QUESTIONS OR REMARKS ABOUT AN ITEM? COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG. I THINK WE DISCUSSED WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY STAFF ABOUT POSSIBLY HAVING ME AND COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER MEDRANO ABSTAIN FROM THE FIRST ITEM MINUTES. YES. ABSTENTION IS APPROPRIATE. IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE MEETING AND HAVE READ THE MINUTES, YOU ACTUALLY CAN LEGALLY VOTE. BUT CERTAINLY SINCE YOU DID NOT PARTICIPATE, THE ABSTENTION WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. OKAY, DO ANY OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES WISH TO SPEAK ON ANY MATTER? OKAY, THEN I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH FIVE. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. YOU CAN SIMPLY STATE AN APPROVAL ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, IF THAT'S YOUR DESIRE, AND JUST ABSTENTION ON THOSE TWO ITEMS. I CAN DO THAT VERBALLY OR DO THAT CERTAINLY. I WOULD RECOMMEND AT THIS TIME THAT IF MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG WISH TO ABSTAIN ON ON ITEM NUMBER ONE, THAT YOU SAY SO NOW BEFORE YOU LOCK IN YOUR VOTE. I'LL BE ABSTAINING FROM ITEM ONE. I ALSO WILL BE ABSTAINING FROM ITEM ONE. AND BE SURE TO HIT THE LOCK VOTE BUTTON ON YOUR SCREEN. AND THAT VOTE CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY, MOVING ON TO NEW BUSINESS

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APPROVED CITY COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS TO ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMITTEES. SO ATTACHED TO

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THE AGENDA, YOU CAN SEE MY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EACH COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT. TO PROVIDE A LITTLE CONTEXT. PERHAPS I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE. I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN HAVING PRINCIPLES TO HELP GUIDE MY DECISION MAKING AND TRY AND LEAD TO FAIR AND CONSISTENT OUTCOMES. AND SO THERE WERE A FEW PRINCIPLES I TRIED TO RELY ON IN MAKING THESE ASSIGNMENTS. FIRST, I TRIED TO LISTEN TO MY COLLEAGUES AND PAIR THEM WITH ASSIGNMENTS THEY ARE INTERESTED IN. SECOND, I TRY TO MAINTAIN CONTINUITY TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE FUNCTIONING OF THESE BOARDS AND COMMITTEES. IDEALLY, THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TURNOVER, AND THEIR PREFERENCE IS TO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES WHO SERVE FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A TWO YEAR TERM, I RECOMMENDED THAT THEY CONTINUE TO FULFILL THAT TERM. I ALSO THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SHARE RESPONSIBILITY AMONG COUNCIL MEMBERS. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE THREE MORE DEMANDING BOARDS THAT MEET MORE OFTEN, AND I THOUGHT THE FAIREST THING WAS TO DIVIDE THAT UP AMONG THREE DIFFERENT PEOPLE. AND SO I ASSIGNED RECOMMENDED ASSIGNING A DIFFERENT PERSON TO EACH OF THOSE BOARDS. AND I GAVE ONE OF THOSE POSITIONS TO EACH OF OUR THREE MOST SENIOR COUNCIL MEMBERS. OVERALL, I COULDN'T GIVE EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER EACH ASSIGNMENT THAT THEY REQUESTED, INCLUDING MYSELF, BECAUSE MULTIPLE PEOPLE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN CERTAIN ASSIGNMENTS. BUT I TRIED MY BEST TO SET THINGS UP IN A WAY THAT I THOUGHT REPRESENTED GOOD TEAMWORK AND MAXIMIZE THE LIKELIHOOD OF CONTINUITY IN THE FUTURE. THERE ARE TWO ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT I SHOULD NOTE. SO I EXPECT THERE WILL BE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE BREAKDOWN WITH THE THREE MONTHLY OR SEMIMONTHLY COMPENSATED BOARDS, WHICH ARE OC SANITATION, ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY, AND MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL. AS YOU MAY KNOW, ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION AND MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL BOTH ASK THAT REPRESENTATIVES SERVE FOR TWO YEAR TERMS. IN ADDITION, OC SANITATION AND ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY HAVE WRITTEN LETTERS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA REQUESTING THAT WE RETAIN OUR CURRENT MEMBER. SO THAT POSED A BIT OF A CHALLENGE, BECAUSE I WANTED TO DIVIDE THOSE UP AMONG THREE DIFFERENT PEOPLE. I DECIDED THAT THE MOST LOGICAL THING TO MAINTAIN CONTINUITY WAS TO KEEP COUNCIL MEMBER MINIKUS ON OC SANITATION, SINCE HE'D BEEN SERVING THERE FOR TWO YEARS, I RECOMMENDED THAT COUNCIL MEMBER PEET SERVE ON MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL BECAUSE SHE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A TWO YEAR ASSIGNMENT THERE, AND SHE HAD ONLY RECENTLY BEEN APPOINTED TO ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY LATE LAST YEAR. SO THAT WAS MY THOUGHT PROCESS ON THE BREAKDOWN THERE. THE SECOND THING I SHOULD MENTION IS THAT AFTER THE AGENDA CAME OUT, COUNCIL MEMBER PEAT INFORMED ME THAT SHE HAS RESIGNED FROM THE ORANGE COUNTY MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT BOARD. THAT MEANS WE WILL NEED TO FIND SOMEONE TO FILL THAT REMAINING YEAR OF HER TERM. I THINK THE BEST WAY TO GO ABOUT THIS MIGHT BE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION AS IT PERTAINS TO ANY BOARDS OR COMMITTEES BESIDES MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL, AND THEN ONCE THAT'S DECIDED UPON, WE CAN DECIDE HOW BEST TO FILL THAT SEAT. I'M OPEN TO OTHER IDEAS, BUT WITH THAT SAID, I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAN. YEAH, ONE OF THE FIRST. THANK THE MAYOR AND THE CITY STAFF FOR PUTTING THIS WORK INTO THIS DOCUMENT. IT SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY FAIR DISTRIBUTION OF RESPONSIBILITY. THAT BEING SAID, I FOR MOST OF YOU GUYS, YOU YOU MIGHT BE SIMILAR TO ME. I YOU KNOW, I'M KIND OF LEARNING THIS PROCESS AND THERE'S, THERE'S REALLY THREE VERY PRESTIGIOUS BOARDS THAT ARE HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER. IT'S THE THREE THAT WERE MENTIONED THERE. THEY ALSO OFFER PAY. IT'S THE OCFA, THERE'S THE MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL AND ALSO THE SANITATION DISTRICT. AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, PUSH AND PULL AND, AND POLITICAL MOVES TO GET ON ONE OF THESE THREE BOARDS. I'M ACTUALLY ON THE, ON THE BACKUP FOR SANITATION DISTRICT. AND I THINK IT'S BEST THAT I ACTUALLY STEP AWAY FROM THIS. I HAVE YOUNG KIDS AND IF ANY IF ANYTHING, THERE'S IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF LAST MINUTE CHANGE THAT I HAVE TO GO, THEN THERE'S A LOT OF THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THAT I WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE IT BECAUSE OF MY KIDS. SO I'D LIKE TO REMOVE MYSELF FROM THAT POSITION. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG. SO WE CAN CONSIDER THAT AS PART OF A DISCUSSION AS WELL. AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER PETE, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I

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DID MEET WITH THE MAYOR LETTING HIM KNOW OF MY INTEREST FOR BEING ON OCFA. AND IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH A CRONY TYPE OF ATTITUDE TO GET ON THE OCFA. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S CLEAR. ANY ONE OF THESE COMMITTEES OR BOARDS ARE REALLY FOR OUR RESIDENTS. WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR RESIDENTS? IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH SHOULD I BE ON THIS ONE BECAUSE I'M A MAYOR? SHOULD I BE ON THIS ONE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO BE ON IT AND I THINK IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST, ESPECIALLY ON THE THREE ONES THAT ARE ON THE TOP. IT'S ALL OF THEM ARE ABOUT THE RESIDENTS. WE ARE REPRESENTING THE CITY OF CYPRESS. WHEN WE GO TO ANY OF THESE MEETINGS. AND SO THE THOUGHT PROCESS FOR ME WHEN I TALKED TO THE MAYOR HAD TO DO WITH WHO HAS THE MOST EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH OCFA AND THE TYPE OF BUSINESS THAT OCFA IS? YES. I RESIGNED FROM VECTOR. I HAD TOLD THE MAYOR THAT I'D BE WILLING TO DO THAT. AND I DID DO IT LAST WEEK. I SERVED THE LAST TWO YEARS. I SERVED A HALF A TERM OF WHEN SOMEBODY ELSE HAD RESIGNED AND I SERVED HALF OF MY TERM. SO I'VE OFFICIALLY ACTUALLY SERVED TWO YEARS ON THE VECTOR BOARD. I PURPOSELY CONTACTED THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE VECTOR, AS WELL AS THE CLERK, TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING, SO THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE WOULD BE ANOTHER HOLE, BECAUSE THERE ARE SEVERAL CITIES THAT ARE FILLING FILLING HOLES RIGHT NOW. SO I DID THAT, AND THEN I FOLLOWED UP WITH A COMMUNICATION TO THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CLERK, AS WELL AS I LET MR. THE MAYOR KNOW THAT I HAD DONE THAT. SO AND THAT WAS AFTER THE AGENDA HAD BEEN RELEASED, I GOT A LITTLE BIT SURPRISED BY THE AGENDA BECAUSE I THERE WAS NO FOLLOW UP DISCUSSION WITH ME AND THE MAYOR ABOUT WHAT HIS CHOICES WERE SPECIFICALLY FOR OCFA. SO AS I GO THROUGH AND I LOOK AT THIS AND I LOOK AT EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE, I'M SORRY, BUT I'M GOING TO COME DOWN. I'M THE BEST CHOICE. OKAY, I'LL TELL YOU.

I'LL TELL YOU WHY ONE IS AND I'LL COME UP WITH I HAVE A VISUAL. ALL RIGHT. SO 20 YEARS AGO, I STARTED WITH MY FAMILY A TOUR OF OCFA. AND IT WAS REALLY MEANT TO BE, REALLY FOR MY SON.

OKAY. AND WE STARTED. HE WAS ENAMORED BY FIRE, AND WE STARTED, AND WE JUST GRADUALLY STARTED GOING. IT'S LIKE, WELL, WHY DON'T WE DO THEM ALL? OKAY, SO WE CREATED THIS BOOK AND THIS WAS FROM 2005 TO 2016. AND IN THERE THERE'S 70 SOME STATIONS THAT WE VISITED. WELL, IT STARTED WITH A FAMILY EXCURSION. IT ENDED UP AND THIS IS WHY I SAY ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE, I GOT AN EXTREME AMOUNT OF KNOWLEDGE ON EQUIPMENT, WHAT THEY DO, WHAT THE CHALLENGES ARE, HOW OUR CITY IS SUPPORTED BY FIRE AUTHORITY. AND I REALLY REALIZED THAT IN THE FIRST MEETING THAT I STEPPED INTO IN OCTOBER FOR OCFA, WHEN I SAT THERE, I FELT LIKE I, I KNEW MORE THAN WHAT I ACTUALLY THOUGHT I KNEW. WHEN WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE ISSUES WERE. SO THERE ARE TWO LETTERS THAT CAME IN FROM OCFA. ONE IS DIRECTLY FROM THE CHAIRMAN ON OCFA, AS WELL AS FROM THE ORANGE COUNTY PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS, AND THEY BOTH SENT LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR ME SAYING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE FOR ME TO CONTINUE ON THE BOARD. IN ADDITION, I UNDERSTAND HOW THE STRUCTURE OF HOW WE PAY FOR OUR SERVICES AND TERMS OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AS TO COMPARED TO 5 OR 6 OTHER CITIES THAT ARE UNDER MORE OF A CASH THING VERSUS A STRUCTURE. I ALSO, WHEN I MET WITH THE CHIEF, I HAVE MET WITH THE FIRE CHIEF, I HAVE MET WITH LEGISLATION, I HAVE MET WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNION. AND WHEN DOING THAT, MY FURTHER EXPERIENCE IN AEROSPACE BECAME HIGH ON THE LIST. THEY JUST RECEIVED TWO HELICOPTERS FIREHAWKS. I WORKED IN AEROSPACE FOR 35 YEARS. THOSE FIREHAWKS ARE MILITARY AIRCRAFT. THEY ARE A DERIVATIVE OF THE BLACK HAWK, AND THEY HAVE GE ENGINES. I WORKED GE FOR 12 YEARS AND I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE CONTRACTING ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DO THE SERVICES ON THOSE ON THOSE HELICOPTERS. I UNDERSTAND THE BUDGET, A HALF $1 BILLION BUDGET. I UNDERSTAND THE RESOURCES. I UNDERSTAND THE

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CHALLENGES AS THERE ARE RETIREMENTS GOING ON. THERE ARE PEOPLE ON MEDICAL LEAVE AND IT'S LEAVING SOME SHORTAGES OF STAFFING. I UNDERSTAND I TALKED TO THE STATION 17, WHICH IS OUR LOCAL STATION, YESTERDAY, AND THEY HAVE ADVISED ME THAT ENGINE 17 IS OR IS OR WAS. IT STILL IS, I BELIEVE, IN ALTADENA FIGHTING THE FIRES. SO THEY HAVE A TRUCK THERE, WHICH OF COURSE IS MANNED WITH, WITH FOUR FIREFIGHTERS. ENGINEERING CAPTAIN, AS I LOOK AT IT, I, I WANT TO SAY HOW DO WE BEST REPRESENT THE RESIDENTS OF CYPRUS WITH WHAT I JUST SAID, WITH THE FEEDBACK OF SOME OF THE FOLKS HERE, AS WELL AS SPECIFICALLY WHAT IS OCFA HAS SAID, I'M ASKING MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS TO LOOK AT THE DATA, LOOK AT WHAT'S REALITY, NOT WHAT I WANT AS A PERSON ON THE COUNCIL. SO I AM RECOMMENDING THAT I BE ON THE OCFA BOARD AND CONTINUE TO BE ON THE BOARD FOR THE NEXT 12 MONTHS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PETE, COUNCIL MEMBER MINIKUS. THANK YOU. EXCUSE ME. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU, DAVID, FOR MY CONTINUED YOUR SUPPORT OF MY CONTINUED EFFORTS ON OC SAND. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF WHAT WE DO OUTSIDE OF THIS CHAMBER IS RELATIONSHIP BUILDING. AND IT IS PROFESSIONAL CONTACTS AND HOW WE'RE VIEWED AS A CITY IN GENERAL. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S TO EVERYTHING THAT THAT BONNIE JUST SPOKE TO, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MAINTAIN THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE, ALONG WITH THE EXPERIENCE THAT WE'VE GATHERED ALONG THE WAY. I REJECT THE NOTION OF CRONYISM. I THINK THAT'S THE FURTHEST THING AWAY FROM COUNCIL MEMBER PETE'S MINE, AS SHE IS DEDICATED DECADES OR OVER A DECADE AT LEAST, TO SUPPORTING, LEARNING ABOUT AND GETTING TO KNOW THE PEOPLE ON A VERY PERSONAL LEVEL OF THE ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY. AND SO WITH THAT, I WOULD ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO RECOMMEND THAT COUNCIL MEMBER PETE REMAIN ON THE ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. YEAH, WELL, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MINIKUS. YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO I WANTED TO BE OPEN WITH EVERYBODY THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE CHALLENGING DECISIONS. AND WE'RE LUCKY TO, I THINK, HAVE A NUMBER OF QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS ON THE COUNCIL TO SERVE IN A LOT OF THESE DIFFERENT ROLES. I THINK WE'RE FORTUNATE FOR THAT. AND I TOOK THE INPUT I GOT FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS AND FROM OUTSIDE BOARDS VERY SERIOUSLY, AND I REALLY GRAPPLED WITH THESE DECISIONS. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY IS MY TOP PRIORITY. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THAT VISION STATEMENT ON THE WALL, IT'S OUR CITY'S TOP PRIORITY. AND I THINK ALL MY COLLEAGUES ARE COMMITTED TO THAT. YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO PERSONALLY ENSURE THAT OUR CITY HAS A GREAT REPRESENTATION ON ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY.

AND FRANKLY, I WANTED TO END THE REVOLVING DOOR THAT WE'VE HAD THERE WITH THREE DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBERS SERVING THERE IN 18 MONTHS OR WHATEVER IT WAS. AND I THOUGHT THAT THIS LINEUP OF COMMITTEE BOARDS AND COMMITTEES AND BOARD ASSIGNMENTS WAS THE BEST WAY TO ENSURE THAT CONTINUITY. YOU KNOW, THE LAST THING I WOULD SAY IS ALSO THAT WE'RE A TEAM, AND WHOEVER IS IN A SEAT ON A BOARD, THEY'RE NOT ALONE. IF CHOSEN TO SERVE ON ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY, THE FIRST THING I'M GOING TO DO IS TRY AND GET TOGETHER WITH COUNCIL MEMBER PETE AND LEARN FROM HER KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE. AND COUNCIL MEMBER MALLORY, WHO USED TO SERVE IN THAT ROLE. I'D BE HAPPY TO GET TOGETHER WITH ROB JOHNSON BECAUSE FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, HE WAS ON THERE FOR EIGHT YEARS AND THAT MAY BE A RECORD FOR CYPRUS. AND SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THESE ARE THESE ARE CHALLENGING, CHALLENGING DECISIONS. BUT I VALUE MY COLLEAGUES INPUT. I TRIED TO DO WHAT I THOUGHT WAS FAIR AND PRINCIPLED, AND I DO STAND BY MY RECOMMENDATIONS. IF ANY OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES WISH TO SPEAK, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. OTHERWISE, I'M PREPARED TO MOVE THE ITEM AS RECOMMENDED IN THE AGENDA. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL AND

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COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG AS THE ALTERNATE FOR ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION. SO I MAKE A MOTION TO DO SO. I SECOND THAT MOTION. I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN ALTERNATE MOTION, PLEASE. I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN ALTERNATE MOTION FOR MYSELF. BONNIE PETE TO BE ON THE OCFA BOARD. AND THAT'S THAT'S ONLY ON THAT ONE. THANK YOU. AND I'LL SECOND THAT. AND JUST TO CLARIFY, WITH ALL THE OTHER APPOINTMENTS SUGGESTED BY THE MAYOR, BECAUSE EXCEPT FOR THAT, NO, I WOULD SUGGEST WE DO OCFA SEPARATELY BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS ON VECTOR AS WELL AS THE OPEN THING FOR THINGS. SO I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE OTHER DISCUSSIONS. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. SO FOR CLARIFICATION, THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION IS SOLELY REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT TO OCFA. THAT IS MY MOTION, YES. IT WAS A SUBSTITUTE MOTION THAT TAKES PRECEDENCE. SO THE COUNCIL WOULD DECIDE ON THAT SUBSTITUTE MOTION FIRST. OKAY. WE'LL HEAR ONE MORE TIME. YEAH. CAN YOU READ WHAT THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION IS? JUST SO EVERYBODY'S CLEAR. SO THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER PETE, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MINIKUS TO APPOINT COUNCIL MEMBER PETE TO THE ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY BOARD. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. SO THE VOTING IS OPEN. SO YOU WOULD VOTE YES OR NO AND LOCK IN YOUR VOTE OR ABSTAIN. AND THAT VOTE, THERE'S TWO YES VOTES BY COUNCIL MEMBER MINIKUS AND PETE, TWO NO VOTES BY MAYOR BURKE AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG, AND ONE ABSTENTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO. PER THE MUNICIPAL CODE, ABSTENTIONS GO TO A YES VOTE SO THAT MOTION WOULD PASS. AT THIS TIME. WELL, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT PROVISION OF THE MUNICIPAL. IT'S IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE. I CAN LOOK UP THE SECTION ON THAT.

YEAH, AND I APOLOGIZE. PRESS YOUR BUTTON. COUNCIL MEMBER MEDRANO ASKED ME THAT QUESTION BEFORE THE VOTE, AND I DID NOT GIVE HIM THE CORRECT ANSWER. SO, MR. MAYOR, THAT WAS MY FAULT. I APOLOGIZE AND WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE APPROPRIATE THING TO DO IF COUNCIL MEMBER MEDRANO DESIRES, WOULD BE TO TAKE THAT VOTE AGAIN. THAT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY. I APOLOGIZE, MR. PRESIDENT, BECAUSE I DID READ THAT IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE THAT NAPS. IF YOU ABSTAIN, THEN IT GOES TO IT DEFAULTS TO THE YES SIDE. THAT IS WHAT I UNDERSTOOD. AND THEN IN THE END, HOWEVER, SINCE THIS WAS A SUBSTITUTE MOTION, I WASN'T SURE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT TO BECAUSE I THOUGHT THE MUNICIPAL CODE WAS NOT CLEAR ON THAT SUBSTITUTE MOTIONS. SO THANK YOU CITY CLERK I AM. THIS IS NOT THE STANDARD FROM ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER OR ROSENBERG'S RULES OF ORDER, BUT IT DOES STATE IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE THAT. UNEXCUSED DISQUALIFICATION AND ABSTENTION SHALL BE COUNTED BY THE CITY CLERK AS A VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE PARTICULAR MOTION, SO THAT THAT SEEMS FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD. AND I THINK THAT THE CITY CLERK HAD IT CORRECT. OKAY. WELL, CAN I SUGGEST A REVOTE THEN? OKAY. I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE VOTE ON THAT SUBSTITUTE MOTION AGAIN JUST FOR THE SAKE OF CLARITY.

FOR THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION, BE SURE TO LOCK IN YOUR VOTES. ON. THAT SUBSTITUTE MOTION FAILS WITH THREE NO VOTES BY MAYOR BURKE, MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG. SO NOW WE WOULD RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION. IS THAT CORRECT, MR. ATTORNEY? MR. CITY ATTORNEY, IS IT CORRECT THAT NOW WE MOVE ON TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION? THAT IS CORRECT. AND I'LL JUST RESTATE WHAT IT WAS SO EVERYONE CAN FOLLOW ALONG. SO I MOVED THE RECOMMENDATIONS LISTED IN THE AGENDA REPORT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL AND THE ALTERNATE SEAT ON ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION. AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG SECONDED THAT MOTION.

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PLEASE BE SURE TO LOCK IN YOUR VOTES.

WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR. OH, THERE WE GO. THAT MOTION CARRIES WITH FOUR YES VOTES AND ONE NO VOTE BY COUNCIL MEMBER PETE. OKAY. AND SO WE HAVE TWO SLOTS TO FILL. AND I'M WE'VE GOT A SLOT ON MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL AND THE ALTERNATE SEAT ON ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION. NOW I APOLOGIZE IF DOES ANYBODY NEED A REFRESHER ON ANYTHING ABOUT THE COMMITTEE, THEIR SUBJECT MATTER, THE DATE, MEETING TIME, ANYTHING LIKE THAT OR. OKAY, WELL, I'M CERTAINLY OPEN TO RECOMMENDATIONS OR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST FROM MY COLLEAGUES. IF ANYONE WOULD WISH TO SPEAK.

COUNCIL MEMBER MINIKUS. THANK YOU. I WOULD MOTION THAT COUNCIL MEMBER PETE FILL IN AS THE ALTERNATE POSITION ON OC SAN. YEAH, I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MINIKUS I WANTED TO ASK COUNCIL MEMBER PETE, IS THAT A POSITION YOU WOULD LIKE TO FILL? I CURRENTLY DO IT, SO THAT WOULD BE FINE. OKAY, SO WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. AND NOW WE'VE GOT MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL. AND IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS THEIR INTEREST OR AN OPINION, PLEASE PRESS THE SPEAKER REQUEST BUTTON. OKAY. AM I TO INTERPRET THAT TO MEAN THAT PERHAPS NOBODY WANTS TO STEP INTO THAT ROLE, OR YOU'D LIKE ME TO STEP INTO THAT ROLE? OR COUNCIL MEMBER PETE, THANKS FOR ASKING. YEAH, I KNOW HAVING SERVED THAT ON TWO YEARS, IT'S AN EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT INTRODUCTORY. SO I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND OUR MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL, LEON MEDRANO, TO FILL THAT SPOT AND FILL THE LAST, I'LL CALL IT THE NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS THE SECOND HALF OF THE TERM. SO I MAKE A MOTION TO, WELL, I WON'T MAKE A MOTION. THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PETE. AND I KNOW YOU'VE DONE AN AMAZING JOB SERVING ON THAT BOARD. I APPRECIATE YOUR RECOMMENDATION. MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO, HOW WOULD YOU FEEL ABOUT SERVING IN THAT ROLE? FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THE OFFER. I JUST RECALL HOW MUCH COUNCIL MEMBER PETE, VARIOUS UPDATES YOU PROVIDED DURING YOUR TIME. AND IT'S VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE THE WORK THEY DO THERE AND IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE THE WORK THAT COUNCIL MEMBER PETE DID IN THAT ROLE. AND I WOULD REMEMBER HER GIVING VERY SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF WHAT SHE DID AND THE LEVEL OF COMMITMENT SHE HAD AND THE BRINGING OF DATA TO THE PEOPLE OF CYPRUS, AND MAKING IT CLEAR OF HOW IMPORTANT THAT ROLE IS. SO THERE'S SOME HESITATION FOR ME TO TAKE THAT ROLE SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE IS A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME COMMITMENT TO THAT, BECAUSE I SAW IT, OBVIOUSLY, IN HOW SHE CONDUCTED HERSELF AND HOW SHE WENT ABOUT GATHERING THE INFORMATION AND RELAYING IT TO US HERE IN THE CITY OF CYPRUS. SO I'M ONLY HESITANT BECAUSE AS STEPPING INTO THIS NEW ROLE, I'M STILL TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE TIME COMMITMENT THAT'S REQUIRED IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL. AND EVERY DAY I AM HUMBLED BY THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT I HAVE TO LEARN. SO IF IT'S MORE A QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT. OTHERS THINK THAT I WOULD BE

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ABLE TO GET UP THE LEARNING CURVE IN ENOUGH TIME BECAUSE I JUST REMEMBER HOW MUCH TIME YOU SPENT. COUNCIL MEMBER PETE, AND HOW MUCH THAT IT'S AN ENTIRELY NEW LANGUAGE. AND WHAT IS BEING DONE THERE IS NOT TRIVIAL. WE LIVE IN A VERY SAFE CITY BECAUSE OF THE EFFORTS DONE THERE, AND SO I JUST WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT. I DO AND WOULD BE VERY HONORED TO STEP INTO THAT ROLE.

HOWEVER, THOUGH, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WITH THIS ROLE, IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER ROLES, THAT I'M NOT SHORTCHANGING THE PEOPLE OF CYPRUS. YEAH. SO LET ME LET ME GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. SO WHEN YOU ATTEND, ESPECIALLY THE TOP THREE, YOU ARE REPRESENTING CYPRUS. AMONGST IT COULD BE 25 OR 30 CITIES. THE GREAT THING ABOUT IT, AND ESPECIALLY WITH A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER, IS ACCESS TO NOT JUST THE MOSQUITO BOARD, BUT ACCESS TO OTHER CITIES AS WELL. SO I SEE IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY. AS YOU GET MORE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING, YOU WILL HAVE ACCESS TO OTHER CITIES AND THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND IT HONESTLY IS A GREAT WAY FOR YOU TO EXPAND YOUR KNOWLEDGE, BECAUSE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO KIND OF POSSIBLY TALK TO OTHER CITIES ABOUT MAYBE THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING OR THINGS THAT WORK FOR THEM. SO I SEE IT AS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET FAMILIAR WITH WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING. AND IT'S I'LL SAY IT'S THEY DO MOST OF THE WORK, RIGHT. THEY'RE THE SCIENTISTS, THEY DO IT. THEY PASS ON ALL THE INFORMATION. AND BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD SPOT TO GET SOME FAMILIARITY WITH OUTSIDE OF CYPRUS. SO AND I DON'T THINK AS YOU GET MORE FAMILIAR WITH THINGS IN CYPRUS, I DON'T THINK IT WILL TAKE THAT MUCH OF YOUR TIME PERSONALLY OTHER THAN YOU HAVE MONTHLY MEETINGS THAT YOU GO TO. I DON'T THINK IT'LL TAKE A LOT OF YOUR TIME. MY OPINION? WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, BOTH OF YOU. AND SO WITH THAT SAID, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO TO SERVE ON THE ORANGE COUNTY MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT BOARD. I'LL SECOND THAT. THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. WELL THANK YOU EVERYBODY. NEXT UP IS AGENDA ITEM SEVEN. OH, WE HAVE AN APPROVAL. YES WE DID WE DID WANT TO BEGIN MY MOTION. I BELIEVE WE DOTTED OUR I'S AND CROSSED OUR T'S. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NUMBER SEVEN, ESTABLISH A CITY COUNCIL AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE TO ADVISE AND ASSIST WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE. MADAM CITY CLERK, CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS ITEM, PLEASE? SURE. THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU IS AN OBJECTIVE ON THE CITY COUNCIL STRATEGIC PLAN, AND THAT IS TO CREATE A CITY COUNCIL AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE TO ADVISE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE QUESTIONS FOR THE 2025 COMMUNITY SURVEY THAT WE WILL BE WORKING ON A LITTLE BIT LATER THIS YEAR. THE THIS AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE IS TEMPORARY IN NATURE, AND WILL CONSIST OF TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WILL WORK WITH CITY STAFF AS WELL AS OUR SURVEY FIRM, TO FIGURE OUT THE QUESTIONS AND THE DIRECTION OF THE TOPICS TO BE COVERED. THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY WILL ULTIMATELY COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THEY WILL PROVIDE THE CITY COUNCIL WITH STATISTICALLY RELIABLE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW RESIDENTS RATE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN CYPRUS AND HOW THEY MEASURE THE CITY'S PERFORMANCE IN DELIVERING MUNICIPAL SERVICES. THE CITY HAS PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED THIS TYPE OF SURVEY IN 2018 AND 2022, AND WE DID ALSO HAVE AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEES SERVING IN THE SAME CAPACITY FOR BOTH OF THOSE SURVEYS, AND THE PROCESS FOR CREATING THIS SUBCOMMITTEE IS FOR APPOINTMENT RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE MADE BY THE MAYOR AND THEN CONFIRMED BY THE CITY COUNCIL VIA A VOTE. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO I'M OPEN TO IDEAS ON THIS. I WOULD POTENTIALLY BE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THIS SUBCOMMITTEE. I'D BE OPEN TO A NUMBER OF ARRANGEMENTS, AND IT'S A COUNCIL DECISION. SO MOSTLY I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES ARE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN HELPING CRAFT THE

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QUESTIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY SURVEY THIS TIME AROUND. COUNCIL MEMBER PETE, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION. MAYOR BURKE. ABSOLUTELY. I THINK YOU'D BE PERFECT ON THAT. THE SECOND I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND COUNCIL MEMBER KYLE CHANG, AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE OF HIS BACKGROUND AND SPECIFICALLY STATISTICIAN AND DOING DATA AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHICH IS A BIG PART OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY SURVEY COMES OUT WITH, IS, IS TAKING A GROUP A LOT OF INFORMATION AND COMPILING IT INTO SOME KIND OF STATISTICS THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT IT IS, WHICH I BELIEVE IS HIS BACKGROUND. SO THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION. COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE KIND WORDS. I. I WOULDN'T MIND IT. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU GUYS FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT IT. IF YOU GUYS DO, I WOULD GLADLY DEFER TO YOU. BUT YES, I'M A STATISTICIAN AND I HAVE DONE QUITE A FEW PROGRAM EVALUATION FOR PROGRAMS AT RIVERSIDE COUNTY AND ALSO ORANGE COUNTY WITH THE HEALTH CARE AGENCY. SO I WOULDN'T MIND IT IF I WAS SELECTED FOR THIS COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MINIKUS AND I WOULD SECOND THAT NOMINATION. OKAY. DOES THAT COUNT AS A FORMAL MOTION OR DO WE NEED A I JUST NEED CLARIFICATION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER PETE THAT HER MOTION OF WHAT HER IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT. YEAH IT WASN'T BUT I WILL MAKE IT A MOTION OKAY. THAT IT THAT THE AD COUNCIL THE AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRES BE STAFFED BY MAYOR BURKE, AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBER KYLE CHANG. THERE'S A MOTION AND COUNCIL MEMBER, DID YOU SECOND THAT MOTION? I DID OKAY. THE VOTE IS OPEN. THAT MOTION CARRIES

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UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. THAT BRINGS US TO OUR SECOND ORAL COMMUNICATIONS PERIOD. MADAM CITY CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY CARDS? I SEE ONE COMING. I SEE TWO COMING. I WILL NOT DO THAT AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP. ALL RIGHT. MARILYN REAMS FIRST UP, FOLLOWED BY PAUL CASINOS. HI. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. I WASN'T GOING TO SPEAK ON ANYTHING, BUT THIS ITEM SEVEN MADE ME THINK OF WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW WITH THE CITY. WITH THE WITH THE CONTEST? YES, WITH THE LOGO. AND I THOUGHT, WHAT A LOVELY IDEA WHEN I FIRST SAW THAT. AND THEN, BOY, YOU KNOW, SOCIAL MEDIA. YAY! SOCIAL MEDIA AS PEOPLE ARE JUST RIPPING IT APART, TEARING THE COUNCIL APART, MAKING IT POLITICAL, MAKING IT UGLY, DEMANDING TO KNOW WHO THOUGHT OF THIS STUPID IDEA AND WHO'S PAYING FOR IT. I HAVE NO IDEA WHO DID. I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT.

I'M NOT AN ARTIST AT ALL. I DID DO THE LITTLE SURVEY WITH THAT. AND YOU WEREN'T ASKING. IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU WEREN'T ASKING FOR ARTISTS TO. YOU GOT A TEAM OF PEOPLE THAT ARE MUCH SMARTER THAN THAN THAT. BUT SO I WAS WONDERING, BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN ASKING THERE'S NOT SOME BIG FINANCIAL, I GUESS. I GUESS YOU CAN'T REALLY ANSWER ME DIRECTLY, BUT YOU KNOW, THE CRITICISMS. OH, IT'S GOING TO COST THE CITY ALL THIS MONEY TO DO THIS LOGO. I IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME THAT IT WOULD, BUT MAYBE SOMEBODY COULD ADDRESS THAT. AND THEN MOVING FORWARD TO THE NEW THE THING YOU JUST VOTED ON I JUST I HOPE THAT WHEN YOU'RE CRAFTING THAT SURVEY THAT THAT THERE'S A PLACE I'D LOVE TO SEE MORE. I KNOW IT PROBABLY DIDN'T HELP A STATISTICIAN, BUT I LOVE TO SEE THE OTHER COLUMN WHERE PEOPLE WHERE PEOPLE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY SAY WHAT THEY'D LOVE TO SEE. IN A, YOU KNOW, FOR THE CITY. SOMETIMES YOU JUST YOU CAN'T POSSIBLY ANSWER BETWEEN TWO CHOICES. IT'S TOO HARD. SO I THINK TO GET AN ACCURATE AND

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ACCURATE FEELING ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE WANT IN THE CITY WOULD BE A NICE THING TO SEE. BUT THAT'S MY $0.02. THANK YOU. PAUL KOKKINOS. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. THIS IS A QUICK ONE SOMETIME LAST YEAR AND I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHEN. I BELIEVE YOU AGREED ON ALLOCATING SOME FUNDS TO UPDATE THE CITY'S GOVERNMENTAL TRANSPARENCY PAGE SO THAT IT WOULD BE EASIER TO PULL UP CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION DATA AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND IT DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE BEEN UPDATED. SO I WAS JUST WONDERING IF, LIKE, YOU COULD SHARE WHERE THAT PROJECT MIGHT BE RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU. MADAM CITY CLERK, IS THAT SOMETHING WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON, OR IS THAT SOMETHING MAYBE WE CAN BRING UP AT THE NEXT MEETING? WHAT DO YOU THINK? THE. IF HE'S SPEAKING, I THINK HE'S REFERRING TO FINANCE NET FILE. YES. EVERYTHING IS ONLINE. THE NET FILE PORTAL. THERE IS SOME BUGS ON THE PUBLIC PORTAL. SO THOSE ARE BEING WORKED OUT RIGHT NOW. BUT THEY SHOULD BE HOPEFULLY RESOLVED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. OH, OKAY. WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. BUTTON.

I TAKE IT YOU'RE NEXT. YES. YOU MAY BEGIN. GLENN BUTTON, NEARLY A 30 YEAR RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF CYPRUS. IT WILL BE NEXT MONTH, BUT I JUST WANTED TO APPLAUD THE COUNCIL FOR BEING SUPPORTIVE OF SPECIFIC TASKS THAT ALIGNED WITH EXPERIENCE, LIKE THE SURVEY WITH THE STATISTICAL BACKGROUND. AND AT THE SAME TIME, I WANTED TO EXPRESS DEEP CONCERNS WITH THE WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER PETE BRINGS TO THE COUNCIL AND HOW THAT WAS JUST PASSED OVER FOR THE OCFA THAT GRIEVES ME. SO I HOPE THAT OUR CITY COUNCIL CAN WORK TO RECOGNIZE QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE. APPROPRIATENESS TO A SPECIFIC ISSUE, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS TONIGHT? MR. YOUNGSMA? WELL, GOOD EVENING AGAIN. BOB JOHNSON, RESIDENT OF CYPRUS. YEAH, I WANTED TO BRING UP THE LOGO THING. I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT WE'RE EVEN THINKING ABOUT. AND IT'S NOT ABOUT ANY NASTINESS OR ABOUT IT. IT'S THAT THAT THEY'RE NOW CALLING A SEAL, WHICH I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY CALL IT A SEAL HAS BEEN REPRESENTING THE CITY AS A LOGO FOREVER. IT'S BEEN ON EVERY PLAQUE, IT'S ON THE STREET SIGNS, IT'S ON THE UNIFORMS OF THE POLICE OFFICERS. IT'S ON ALL THE CARS. IT'S ON ALL THE COMPANY VEHICLES. THE STATE OR THE CITY VEHICLES. IT'S ON EVERYTHING. EVERY LETTERHEAD AND EVERYTHING. IT'S REPRESENTS ITSELF AS A LOGO TO GO CHANGE. THAT IS GOING TO COST A LOT OF MONEY. THAT'S GOING TO BE UNSEEN MONEY. AND I GUARANTEE YOU, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS LONG ENOUGH BY CHANGING LOGOS, THAT IT'S GOING TO BE FOR THE CITY, WELL OVER $100,000 TO CHANGE A LOGO. THAT REALLY IS ACTUALLY A PRETTY NICE LOGO. I THINK IT REPRESENTS THE CITY PRETTY WELL. WHOEVER DESIGNED IT BACK THEN WAS GOOD, AND THEY DID A BEAUTIFUL JOB. I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK EVERYWHERE IN THIS CITY, FROM STREET SIGNS TO EVERYTHING, WE HAVE THE LOGO, YOU MIGHT CALL IT A SEAL, BUT IT'S THE LOGO. I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY IS PAYING THE FEE TO COPYRIGHT IT. I BET YOU THEY DID. THAT MEANS NOBODY COULD COPYRIGHT IT. THAT MEANS EVERY SO MANY YEARS THEY HAVE TO PAY ANOTHER FEE TO MAKE SURE NOBODY TOUCHES IT AGAIN. AND THAT ALSO MEANS THAT IF YOU CHANGE IT, YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FEES FOR COPYRIGHTING AGAIN, AND ALSO HIRE SOMEBODY TO DO THE ARTWORK. I MEAN, I CAN'T IMAGINE CHANGING SOMETHING THAT IS ACTUALLY PERFECT FOR THE CITY.