[ 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.]

PERIOD. 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 CARD TO ADDRESS THE 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 COUNCIL. VIRTUALLY, SPEAKERS PROVIDING IN-PERSON COMMENTS WILL BE CALLED ON. FIRST, LET ME SORT THROUGH THESE A LITTLE BIT AND MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING THE RIGHT COMMENTS DURING THE RIGHT PERIOD, AND THEN I'LL CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER FORWARD. OKAY. FIRST UP IS JIMMY FULLER, FOLLOWED BY BROOKE NAVARETTE. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I KNOW I'VE ONLY GOT THREE MINUTES, SO I'M GOING TO JUST GET STRAIGHT TO THE POINT. SPEAKING ON THE CYPRUS FESTIVAL AGENDA ITEM. AND I WANT TO JUST SAY THAT THE RESOLUTION AS WRITTEN AND PRESENTED TONIGHT IS NOT WHAT WE AGREED TO IN THE WORKSHOP TWO WEEKS AGO. AND IT'S NOT WHAT OUR BOARD HAS AGREED TO EITHER. THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS WRITTEN WAS, QUITE FRANKLY, A LITTLE INSULTING TO OUR BOARD.

AND IT ALIENATED TWO THIRDS OF OUR PRIMARY PARTICIPANTS IN THE FESTIVAL. OUR DISCUSSION TWO WEEKS AGO, BRITTANY AND I THOUGHT WAS HONESTLY, REALLY PRODUCTIVE WENT REALLY WELL. IT LEFT TRUE OPTIMISM FOR A RENEWED PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, A PARTNERSHIP FOCUSED ON COMMUNICATION. AND IF THE COUNCIL IS SERIOUS ABOUT THIS PARTNERSHIP, THEN WE HOPE THAT YOU'LL APPROVE A RESOLUTION BASED ON THE WORKSHOP THAT WAS DONE TWO WEEKS AGO AND NOT WHAT WE HAVE HERE TONIGHT. I SENT IN RED LINES LAST WEEK. I THINK EVERYBODY GOT THEM. THAT'S WHERE

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WE'RE COMING FROM. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. OKAY. BROOKE NAVARETTE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY PEARL BALTER. HI. LONG TIME NO SEE. MY NAME IS BROOKE NAVARETTE AND I'M A RESIDENT OF CYPRUS. AND I'M HERE TONIGHT ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE. JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. SO FIRST, I'M NOT CLEAR IF THIS ITEM IS FOR NEW AND OR REPAIRS. REGARDS TO THE PARKS. AND I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED WHY THIS ISN'T FALLING UNDER THE CURRENT STRUCTURE OF THE RECREATION COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION. IT DOING AN AD HOC FOR THIS SEEMS A LITTLE BIT OUT OF THE CURRENT PROCESS. MAYBE SOMETHING COULD HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE SIX MONTH STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES. AND ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO RECOMMEND IS THERE'S A DOCUMENT CALLED CITY OF CYPRUS PARKS AND FACILITIES, CONDITION AND UTILIZATION ASSESSMENT STUDY. IT WAS DONE BY RJM DESIGN AND IT WAS FINALIZED IN JUNE OF 2017. AND IT HAS A LARGE SUPPLEMENTAL, A APPENDIX TO THAT DOCUMENT. AND ESSENTIALLY IT WENT THROUGH ALL THE PARKS. IT'S GOT PICTURES AND SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS. AND A LOT OF THE ITEMS IN THAT FLOWED INTO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROCESS.

AND THEN THERE WAS A SUBSEQUENT COMMUNITY WORKSHOP AFTER, I BELIEVE THAT WAS 2018. I MIGHT BE A LITTLE OFF THERE. MY MEMORY IS A LITTLE BIT FUZZY, SO PERHAPS THIS SHOULD GO THROUGH THE COMMISSION, OR MAYBE A NEW STUDY NEEDS TO BE DONE. BUT I WASN'T REALLY CLEAR ON THE SCOPE BASED ON WHAT WAS ON THE AGENDA. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. PEARL BOULTER, FOLLOWED BY GEORGE O'HARA. HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS PEARL BOULTER, A RESIDENT OF CYPRESS. MY COMMENTS ARE ON ITEM NUMBER NINE, THE PROPOSED AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AND SHADE STRUCTURES. FIRST OF ALL, I WAS WONDERING IF THERE HAD BEEN KIND OF A REASON FOR THE NEED OF THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE. MAYBE ACCIDENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED, OR COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS REGARDING THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AND SHADE STRUCTURES. IF NOT, I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT DEVELOPING AD HOC COMMITTEES FOR ISSUES THAT ARE NOT THAT ARE TYPICALLY TAKEN CARE OF BY CITY STAFF AND COMMISSIONS. THESE COMMITTEES REQUIRE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, TIME AND MONEY THAT COULD BE SAVED OR TO ADDRESS OTHER ISSUES. AND IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF CITIES ARE NOW DEALING WITH THE ISSUES OF ELECTRIC BIKES. SO TO ME, THAT SEEMS LIKE PROBABLY A MORE PRESSING ISSUE. AND, YOU KNOW, THE RESOURCES WOULD BE WELL NEEDED. ALSO, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S A GOOD USE OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TIME. YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THEY HAVE A LOT GOING ON. AND THEY ALSO MAY BE EXPERTS IN OTHER AREAS. SO UNLESS THERE IS A SPECIFIC REASON OR REASONS FOR THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE, I WOULD RECOMMEND NOT SPENDING RESOURCES ON AN ISSUE THAT IS WELL TAKEN CARE OF BY THE CITY AND COMMISSION STAFF. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

THANK YOU. ONE QUICK COMMENT I'LL MAKE IS THAT I BELIEVE AT OUR NEXT MEETING OR OUR SECOND MEETING IN MARCH, WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING A PRESENTATION SPECIFICALLY DEDICATED TO EDUCATION ABOUT E-BIKE RULES AND EDUCATION. SO WE'RE ON TOP OF THAT. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO YOU AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS PARTICIPATING IN THAT WHEN IT'S DISCUSSED IN MARCH. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. GEORGE O'HARA, FOLLOWED BY MARILYN REAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR BURKE. MY NAME IS GEORGE O'HARA, AND I'M THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CYPRESS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. I'M HERE TO ADDRESS AGENDA ITEM SIX. THE CHAMBER IS PROUDLY PARTICIPATED IN THE CYPRESS COMMUNITY FESTIVAL FOR OVER 40 YEARS. I AM HERE TO REAFFIRM OUR SUPPORT OF THE FESTIVAL AND THE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION ON WHOSE PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE. WE HAVE RELIED ALL THESE YEARS. WE OFFER OUR SUPPORT TO THE PROCESS OF MAKING THE CYPRESS COMMUNITY FESTIVAL AN EVEN GRANDER CELEBRATION OF OUR FAIR CITY. THANK YOU. MARILYN REAMS, FOLLOWED BY BOB YOUNGSMA. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.

I'M MARILYN REAMS, CYPRESS RESIDENT. I'LL BE REALLY, REALLY BRIEF. THERE'S A LOT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT. I'M SPEAKING TO ITEM SIX. ABOUT THE COMMUNITY FESTIVAL, AND THE ONLY THING I WANT TO SAY IS I WANT TO THROW. I WANT TO THROW TWO HATS IN THE RING FOR THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.

COMMITTEE? IF THAT'S VOTED ON. I'D LOVE TO SEE BONNIE PETE. AND I'D LOVE TO SEE MARY BURKE ON

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THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE. I JUST THINK IT'D BE A GREAT BLEND. AND ANYWAY, BEYOND THAT, I GOT NOTHING ELSE. THANK YOU. BOB YOUNGSMA, FOLLOWED BY COLIN EDWARDS. GOOD EVENING. BOB JANSMA, RESIDENT OF CYPRESS. I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I THINK THE AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR THE PARKS WAS A GOOD IDEA. IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA TO GET MORE INFORMATION FROM OTHER PEOPLE, JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A SITUATION WHERE YOU'VE ALREADY GOT PEOPLE THAT ARE GIVING YOU THAT INFORMATION. IT'S ALWAYS BETTER TO GET SOME OUTSIDE INFORMATION. SO I THINK THE GOOD IDEA IS TO GO AHEAD AND DO IT. AND LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS MYSELF FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS. IT WAS ALWAYS WISE FOR ME TO GET OUT OF MY OFFICE AND GO TO OTHER PEOPLE AND TRY TO GET INFORMATION, AND SO I'M TELLING YOU, IT'S A GOOD IDEA, BUT I WILL TELL YOU, YOU'VE GOT IT TO CLOSE. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU'RE YOU'RE PICKING ON EVERYTHING. YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THE SIDEWALKS AND STUFF. YOU KNOW, I HAVE A PARK ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE. I FELL DOWN A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO. GOT HURT. DID I MAKE ANY CLAIMS? NO. HAVE ANYBODY REPAIRED IT? NO.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE PLAYING POLITICS OR WHAT, BUT I BROUGHT IT UP IN THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. REALLY? I GUESS THE CITY MIGHT BE WAITING TO GET SUED. I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF A TERRIBLE THING. YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANT TO GET SUED. THE FIRST THING YOU SHOULD DO WHEN SOMEBODY SAYS, HEY, I FELL DOWN. YEAH, I WAS USING A CANE AT THE TIME WHEN I FELL. YEAH, PROBABLY WITH PEOPLE WALK BETTER THAN ME. THEY WON'T. BUT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THINKING OF EVERYBODY AND EVERY CONDITION. WHAT HAPPENS IF SOMEBODY'S CARRYING A BABY AND SHE ABSENT, YOU KNOW, TRIPS OR HE TRIPS OR SOMETHING, AND THE BABY GETS HURT BECAUSE SOMEBODY IN THIS CITY IS DOING POLITICS AND NOT REPAIRING SIDEWALKS, BUT PAYING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN PARTS. ALL THE ORIGINAL PARKS SHOULD BE TOP NOTCH. I THINK THE SHADES. I THINK THE TOYS. I THINK EVERYTHING SHOULD BE TOP NOTCH. AND THEN YOU WORRY ABOUT BUILDING A NEW PARK, AND YOU'VE SKIPPED THAT BECAUSE SOMEBODY WANTS TO PLAY POLITICS. IT'S NOT GOOD. I FELL, MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE SUED, BUT THAT'S NOT THE TYPE OF PERSON I AM. BUT POLITICS SHOULD NEVER BE IN THE GAME. YOU SHOULD FIX THOSE SIDEWALKS. THE MINUTE I SAID SOMETHING AND YOU HAVE DONE NOTHING. AND I'VE NOTICED THAT MOST OF THE OLDER PARKS SEEM TO HAVE THAT PROBLEM. NOT THE NEWER ONES, BUT THE OLDER ONES. YOU KIND OF IGNORE THE OLDER ONES FOR THE NEWER ONES. THE IDEA IS GOOD BECAUSE MAYBE THOSE OUTSIDE PEOPLE WILL TELL YOU THE SAME THING. I'M TELLING YOU, FIX THIS. SPEND THE MONEY NOW.

THAT'S WHERE IT SHOULD BE SPENT, AND THEN WORRY ABOUT YOUR MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR PARKS WITH FUNNY SIGNS. THANK YOU. COLIN EDWARDS FOLLOWED BY KELLY K. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. I'M COLIN EDWARDS, CYPRESS RESIDENT HERE IN AN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY. I WANT TO THANK THE PRIOR COUNCILS AND THE VISIONARY LEADERSHIP AT OUR RECREATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT.

WE REALLY DO HAVE THE BEST DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTY THANKS TO JEFF AND HIS TEAM. AND I'M ALSO SO GRATEFUL THAT CYPRESS HAS A ROBUST PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAM, INCLUDING YOUTH SPORTS, WHERE TEACHES OUR YOUNG KIDS VALUABLE LESSONS ON TEAMWORK, BUILDING CONFIDENCE, STAYING FIT, AND EXERCISING. AND I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT CYPRESS HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THOSE IN A COUPLE OF PARKS HERE IN TOWN. REGARDING ITEM NINE, I WANT TO THANK MR. BURKE FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD. THANKS SO MUCH FOR OPENING THIS UP FOR DISCUSSION. WE SUPPORT THE CONCEPT. I SUPPORT THE CONCEPT GENERALLY, BUT I THINK THE CIP RIGHT NOW HAS, AS YOU SAID, STARTING IN 2027, KIND OF A LONG RUNWAY OF WHICH PARKS TO LOOK AT TO REPLACE THE PLAYGROUNDS AS THEY COME OUT OF THEIR USEFUL LIFESPAN. SO I THINK THE APPROPRIATE THING TO DO WOULD BE TO LOOK AT THIS IN PROCESS AS WE REPLACE THE PLAYGROUNDS, THEN LOOK AT THE SHADE THAT GOES OVER THE FOOTPRINT TO MATCH THE PLAYGROUND. THAT WAY WE'RE NOT KIND OF REJIGGERING ANYTHING.

PRIOR TO THE REFURBISHMENT. SO ANYTHING THAT WE DO, WE SHOULD HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AT. THE DEADLINE WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS A LITTLE BIT TIGHT. I'D LOVE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE RUNWAY ON THAT, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A DELIBERATE, OPEN, TRANSPARENT PROCESS WHERE EVERYONE'S INVOLVED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE PARKS FOR OUR CITY. WE OWE IT TO THE KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE ALL WANT THE SAME THINGS FOR OUR KIDS, MAYBE JUST A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WAY TO GET THERE. THAT'S ALL I GOT. MAKE SURE EVERYONE VOTES TOMORROW. THANKS SO MUCH. KELLY K AND THEN I HAVE ANOTHER. ARE THERE TWO CARDS FOR KELLY? YEAH, I WAS CONFUSED ON HOW TO ACTUALLY ADDRESS ALL OF THE MULTIPLE ITEMS THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD HAVE MY TIME. SO THIS THREE MINUTE PERIOD IS FOR ALL AGENDA ITEMS COMBINED. THE SECOND ORAL COMMUNICATIONS PERIOD IS FOR GENERAL ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. SO I'D SAY FOCUS ON EXISTING AGENDA ITEMS IN THIS THREE MINUTES. OKAY, GREAT. SO MY FIRST THING IS BASICALLY IT'S

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AGENDA ITEM THREE. I KNOW IT'S KIND OF RANDOM, BUT I NOTICED THAT WE HAVE A NEGATIVE BALANCE IN OUR CITY BANK ACCOUNTS. WHEREAS FOR THE PREVIOUS EIGHT YEARS WE HAVE ALWAYS MAINTAINED A PRETTY HEFTY AMOUNT OF MONEY. AND SO MY QUESTION IS WHERE DID ALL THAT MONEY GO? SO JUST FOR A LITTLE BIT OF REFERENCE, IN 2025, WE HAVE A -0.8 MILLION. IN 2024 WE HAD 3.4 MILLION ABOVE.

AND THEN IN 2023 WE HAD 7.5 MILLION. IN 2022, WE HAD 4.4 MILLION. IN 2021, WE HAD 3.5 MILLION. AND I DID THE MATH. AND IT AVERAGES OUT TO ABOUT $3.36 MILLION IN OUR BANK ACCOUNTS.

AND SO I WANT TO KNOW WHY WE HAVE A DEFICIT, BECAUSE IF I DID THE MATH CORRECTLY, WHICH I MAY HAVE NOT DONE RIGHT, IT'S WE'RE MISSING $4.2 MILLION FROM JUST OUR THE BANK ACCOUNT, LIKE THE CITY BANK ACCOUNT. AND THEN THE SECOND THING I WANT TO SPEAK ON IS AGENDA ITEM SIX AND NINE. AND THAT RELATES TO, YOU KNOW, THESE AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEES. I JUST WANT TO KNOW, HOW MANY SUBCOMMITTEES DOES ONE CITY REALLY NEED? WE ONLY HAVE LIKE WHAT, 50,000 RESIDENTS A LITTLE ABOVE, BELOW. IT'S KIND OF IT JUST FEELS REALLY UNNECESSARY AFTER A CERTAIN POINT. AND THEN I BELIEVE I ADDED NUMBER FIVE. AND THAT RELATES TO THE HOUSING ELEMENT. AND I WASN'T ABLE TO ACTUALLY READ THE RESOLUTIONS AND THE AMENDMENTS TO THAT PLAN. SO I APOLOGIZE TO ALICIA BECAUSE I KNOW SHE WORKED SO HARD ON ALL THAT, AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED BEFORE, BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE FURTHER CLARIFICATION ON HOW THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS ARE GOING TO AFFECT THE DISTRICT ELECTIONS. AGAIN, DOING THE MATH, I NOTICED THAT OUR ELECTIONS ARE WON ON LIKE A 200, LIKE A VERY, VERY SLIM MARGINS. AND SO I JUST THINK THAT HAVING THOSE NUMBERS BEING ACCURATE AND REFLECTIVE OF LIKE THE REAL DATA, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL CYPRUS RESIDENTS TO BE AWARE OF THOSE THINGS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, GUYS. BETH CULVER.

GREETINGS. MY NAME IS BETH CULVER AND I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. I JUST WAS WONDERING WHY LAST YEAR A CERTAIN COUNCIL MEMBER VETOED OR VOTED NO ON ALL PARKS, IMPROVEMENTS IN ALL KINDS OF STUFF LIKE THAT. AND THIS YEAR, THEY'RE WILLING TO DEVELOP AN AD HOC COMMITTEE, WHICH KIND OF LIKE TO CHAIN TO CHING COMES TO MIND, AND WHY THEY'RE WILLING TO CREATE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO SPEND $20,000, WHICH IS HALF OF SOME PEOPLE'S SALARY HERE, TO HAVE SOMEONE COME IN AND TELL YOU WHAT WHAT EQUIPMENT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I CAN TELL YOU THAT I'M FREE. AND SO THAT THAT CONCERNS ME, THAT THAT SEEMS LIKE A FRIVOLOUS USE OF MONEY.

AND THEN CAN I SPEAK ON ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM OR DO I HAVE TO? YES. THE OTHER ONE I HAVE IS THE FUN ONE. IT'S ABOUT WHAT? THE DEVELOPMENT ON LINCOLN. I'M VERY CURIOUS ABOUT THAT AND WHY YOU HAVE TO PROCEED WITH IT, BECAUSE THIS LITIGATION THAT WE'RE YOU'RE COMPLAINING ABOUT REALLY DOESN'T APPLY TO CHARTER CITIES. AND I REFER TO THE COMMENT BY FROM BBQ LAW.COM. AND THEN ALSO IN THE CHARTER CITIES AND THE SUMMARY OF THEIR. WHAT DO YOU CALL THEIR GENERAL, THEIR CHARTER CITIES VERSUS THE GENERAL LAW. IT'S A CHARTER CITIES HAVE SUPREME AUTHORITY OVER THE STATE'S MANDATES. AND WHY YOU WOULD BE CAVING INTO SOMETHING ELSE. BECAUSE MY VISION, MY MIND, IS THAT YOU'RE DEVELOPING THIRD WORLDS ALONG LINCOLN HIGHWAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKER CARDS FOR AGENDA ITEMS. MADAM CITY CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ONLINE? NO. MISTER MAYOR, OKAY, MISTER MAYOR, BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, I'D LIKE TO ASK MR. BURTON TO RESPOND QUICKLY TO MISS KAY'S CONCERN ABOUT THE CITY'S CHECKING ACCOUNT BALANCE. SURE. I WAS GOING TO MENTION THAT DURING THE CONSENT CALENDAR, BUT GO AHEAD NOW, MR. BURTON. YES. THE NEGATIVE BALANCE IS OUR CHECKING ACCOUNT. WE TRY TO KEEP A MINIMUM BALANCE IN THERE BECAUSE WE DON'T EARN INTEREST ON IT. AND SO WE ACTUALLY CUT CHECKS ON JANUARY 31ST THIS YEAR. AND WE DIDN'T DO THE TRANSFER TO COVER THOSE CHECKS UNTIL THE 1ST OF FEBRUARY. AND YOU KNOW, TO MAXIMIZE PLAYING THE FLOAT FOR LACK OF A BETTER

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TERM. SO AND SO I SUPPOSE IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT WE'LL HAVE A POSITIVE BALANCE VERY SOON. A CURRENTLY WE DO. AND IT'S JUST A TIMING ISSUE THAT HAPPENS ONCE IN A BLUE MOON. OKAY. WELL GOOD.

[ 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.]

I KELLY KEEN ON CATCHING THE ONCE IN A BLUE MOON EVENT. ALL RIGHT. THAT BRINGS US TO THE 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 THE 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? SEEING NONE, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH FOUR. I'LL SECOND. BE SURE TO LOCK IN YOUR VOTES. THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

[ PUBLIC HEARINGS (Three minutes per speaker) The public may address the City Council on public hearing 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. Council Members should disclose communications with anyone relevant to a Public Hearing item.]

NEXT UP IS OUR PUBLIC HEARING. THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. SO ESSENTIALLY WE HAVE AN ORAL COMMUNICATIONS PERIOD FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING ITEM. THE ITEM IS TITLED APPROVE AMENDMENTS TO THE LINCOLN AVENUE SPECIFIC PLAN AND THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE ELEMENT TO IMPLEMENT THE 2021 TO 2029 HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE. MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD DISCLOSE AT THIS TIME COMMUNICATIONS WITH ANYONE RELEVANT TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING ITEM. DO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY SUCH COMMUNICATIONS TO DISCLOSE? SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE PRESENTATION BY OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR, ALICIA VELASCO. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE. AS MENTIONED THIS EVENING, I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO THE LINCOLN AVENUE SPECIFIC PLAN AND GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS. THE LINCOLN AVENUE SPECIFIC PLAN AND THE LAND USE ELEMENT AMENDMENTS THAT I'M PRESENTING THIS EVENING ARE PART OF THE LARGER HOUSING ELEMENT IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS, WHICH HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE 2021. THE HOUSING ELEMENT IS A KEY PART OF THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN AND SETS LONG TERM STRATEGIES WHICH GUIDE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY. THE HOUSING ELEMENT IS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW, WHICH MANDATES THAT CITIES PLAN FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF UNITS EVERY EIGHT YEARS FOR THE CURRENT CYCLE. THE STATE REQUIRED THE CITY OF CYPRESS TO PLAN FOR 3936 UNITS. THIS REQUIREMENT IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE CITY'S REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT, OR RHNA. THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE CURRENT ZONING PLAN IN JUNE OF 2022, WHICH THE STATE CERTIFIED THAT SEPTEMBER. THE STATE REQUIRES CITIES TO IMPLEMENT THEIR HOUSING ELEMENTS AND UPDATE THE ZONING WITHIN THREE YEARS OF THAT CERTIFICATION. THE CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN ACTIVELY, ACTIVELY IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN SINCE 2022, AND CITIES THAT DO NOT IMPLEMENT THEIR HOUSING ELEMENTS WILL BE SUBJECT TO STATE PENALTIES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE, SUCH AS LOSING LAND USE AUTHORITY LAWSUITS AND FINES. AS MENTIONED, THE CITY'S RINA ALLOCATION WAS 3936 UNITS.

THE CITY RECEIVED CREDIT FOR 1296 UNITS, WHICH WERE ALREADY PERMITTED OR ZONED FOR, AND THEN IT LEFT. THAT LEFT A BALANCE OF 2640 UNITS. AFTER A COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PROCESS, THE UNITS WERE ALLOCATED ACROSS THE CYPRESS TOWN CENTER, TOWN SQUARE, AND COMMON SPECIFIC PLAN. THE LINCOLN AVENUE SPECIFIC PLAN, AND A SINGLE PARCEL WITHIN THE CYPRESS BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CENTER SPECIFIC PLAN, WHICH IS LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF KATELLA AVENUE AND SIBONEY STREET. THE 676 UNITS, WHICH WERE ASSIGNED TO THE CYPRESS TOWN CENTER AND COMMON SPECIFIC PLAN, WAS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS IN NOVEMBER UNDER MEASURE S. SO TONIGHT WE ARE CONSIDERING THE AMENDMENTS TO THE LINCOLN AVENUE SPECIFIC PLAN TO ACCOMMODATE ITS PORTION OF THE UNITS IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THE ZONING AMENDMENT TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNITS AT KATELLA AND SYDNEY WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE CITY COUNCIL. SO AT THIS MOMENT, THOUGH, I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT THERE'S NO ACTUAL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PROPOSED THIS EVENING. THESE AMENDMENTS ONLY ELIMINATE THE GOVERNMENTAL BARRIERS TO ESTABLISH THE NECESSARY ZONING TO ALLOW PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT TO DEVELOP THESE PROPERTIES, PROVIDED THAT ALL THE OTHER CONDITIONS THAT PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT NEEDS ARE MET. SO THERE'S NO ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION PROPOSED TONIGHT, AND THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE TO BUILD ANY OF THESE UNITS.

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THAT'S COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS BUILDER'S REMEDY. I KNOW THAT THAT'S BEEN THROWN ABOUT IN THE PAPER A LOT, AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S REFERRING TO. AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE CITY WOULD BE SUBJECT TO LAWSUITS AND FINES, BOTH BY THE STATE AND BY PRIVATE ENTITIES. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS THIS EVENING WERE INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR HOUSING ELEMENT IMPLEMENTATION. THE PROGRAM EIR WAS CERTIFIED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN JULY OF LAST YEAR, SO NO FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IS REQUIRED. THIS HAS BEEN A FAIRLY LONG PROCESS WITH ONGOING PUBLIC OUTREACH AND EDUCATION SINCE 2021, INCLUDING 12 PUBLIC

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MEETINGS AND THREE WORKSHOPS. THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE FOR THESE AMENDMENTS WAS POSTED AND PUBLISHED OVER 20 DAYS AGO, AND THERE'S BEEN NO PUBLIC COMMENT RECEIVED BESIDES THE COMMENT AT THE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL INTRODUCE FOR FIRST READING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LINCOLN AVENUE SPECIFIC PLAN AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE LAND USE ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN. AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO OPEN THIS UP FOR MY COLLEAGUES. IF WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. COUNCIL MEMBER. ALICIA, THANKS FOR THAT GREAT PRESENTATION. JUST FOR MAYBE THE PEOPLE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE, SOME OF THEM OR THE PEOPLE AT HOME LISTENING. THE CHANGE IN HEIGHT REQUIREMENT FOR THE BUILDING. CAN YOU GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT MIXED USE IS? OH, RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO A MIXED USE PROJECT WOULD BE ONE THAT HAS A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT GENERALLY ON THE FIRST FLOOR. I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE. AND THEN WITH RESIDENTIAL USES ABOVE. SO USUALLY THAT'S 2 TO 3 STORIES OF RESIDENTIAL ON TOP OF THE COMMERCIAL USES. IT COULD ALSO BE WHERE THE COMMERCIAL USE IS IN FRONT TOWARDS THE STREET, AND RESIDENTIAL IS SEPARATE BUT BEHIND IT. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PETE. THANK YOU. ALICIA. NICE JOB AGAIN. NICE JOB. TWO QUESTIONS. ONE IS FOR CLARITY FOR ME, BUT MAYBE THE RESIDENTS AS WELL. IF MEASURE S HADN'T PASSED, OR LET'S JUST SAY IT WAS A NO AND EVERYTHING HAD TO GO ON. LINCOLN. YOU SAID THAT THE WE'RE GOING WE JUST GOING TO GO FROM 20 TO 30 UNITS PER ACRE.

WHAT WOULD IT HAVE BEEN IF THE 676 UNITS HAD TO GO ON TO LINCOLN? RIGHT. SO CERTAIN AREAS ON LINCOLN AVENUE, GENERALLY ON THE EASTERN AREA OF THE CITY, WERE GOING TO BE ZONED AT 50 TO 60 UNITS PER ACRE. OKAY. ANSWER THAT QUESTION. THE SECOND THING IS THE 50 FOOT HEIGHT AND I UNDERSTAND AND I, I GET IT. IS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION IN THAT FOR WHAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ANY FENCE? WE'VE HAD A RESIDENT THAT CAME IN, AS YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHERE IN FACT CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING A VERY HIGH RISE BUILDING RIGHT BEHIND THEIR PROPERTY, OVERLOOKING INTO THEIR BACKYARDS. IS THERE CONSIDERATION AT ALL FOR THAT, OR HOW DOES THAT HOW DOES THAT WORK? WELL, WE DO HAVE A REAR YARD SETBACK REQUIREMENT, WHICH WOULD HAVE TO BE MET AND ALSO OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS. SO WE WOULD USE THOSE TO BUILD THE BUFFER. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. I THINK MY ONLY QUESTION FOR THE SAKE OF EVERYONE'S UNDERSTANDING IS WE'RE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO DO THIS. CORRECT? YES. THAT'S CORRECT. CHARTER CITIES ARE NOT EXEMPT. AND FRED WANTS TO WEIGH IN. BUT THAT IS CORRECT. THE STATE LAW HAS MADE IT EXPRESSED THAT IT APPLIES TO ALL CITIES GENERAL AND CHARTER. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY MORE COUNCIL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? ALL RIGHT. THEN I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE PUBLIC TO COME FORWARD. YOU CAN FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD. I DO HAVE ONE. I BELIEVE, FROM MARILYN REAMS. AND. EVENING AGAIN, MARILYN REAMS, CYPRESS RESIDENT. I, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, ALICIA. I HAVE, YOU KNOW, I WAS A HARD NO ON MEASURE S COMPLETELY SELFISH, I WILL ADMIT. WE ARE. YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW ME, WE ARE. SLID BACK OFF OF KATELLA AND ENTERPRISE AND CANNOT GET OUT AS IT IS. THE TRAFFIC ON KATELLA IS IN IS UNBELIEVABLE. AND I REALIZE THAT THIS THIS IS FOCUSING MOSTLY ON THE LINCOLN AVENUE, BUT WE, MYSELF AND HUNDREDS OF OTHER RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO BE THE RECIPIENTS OF UNBELIEVABLE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC EVEN MORE THAN IT ALREADY IS. I'M BEGGING THE COUNCIL, THE CITY, TO REALLY TAKE A HARD LOOK AT WHAT IS GOING TO BE DONE ONCE THIS BUILDING STARTS TAKING PLACE ON TOP OF WHAT'S ALREADY THERE. WE CANNOT EVEN TURN ON ENTERPRISE DRIVE WITHOUT DANGER OF SOMEBODY

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REAR ENDING US WHEN WE'RE TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON KATELLA. THERE'S NOT EVEN A STREET SIGN.

THERE'S NO STREET SIGN WARNING ANYONE THAT THERE IS A CORNER COMING UP, AND PEOPLE ARE TURNING RIGHT ONTO ENTERPRISE. WE DESPERATELY NEED THAT SIGNAL. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS UP TO LOS ALAMITOS TO GET THAT SIGNAL, BUT I AM BEGGING THIS COUNCIL TO CONSIDER DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO WORK WITH LOS ALAMITOS AND GET THE SIGNAL MOVED FROM COTTONWOOD CHURCH, WHICH IS THEY WANT THAT AS MUCH AS WE DO TO MOVE THAT TO ENTERPRISE AND GIVE US SOME MEASURE OF PROTECTION.

I, I JUST IT'S A QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE HERE AND A SAFETY ISSUE. AND I, I, I, YOU KNOW, THE, THE STATE REQUIRING THIS I UNDERSTAND IT. AND YOU'RE SAYING EVERY EIGHT YEARS AT WHAT POINT DO YOU RUN OUT OF SPACE OR DO WE START BUILDING 150 FOOT TALL BUILDINGS TO PACK IN A BUNCH OF CITIZENS? THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY IS I'M ALSO BEGGING THIS COUNCIL AND THE CITY AND WHOEVER CAN DO IT, TO WORK WITH THE POST OFFICE TO GET OUR ZIP CODE 972, OR WHICH IS LOS ALAMITOS, COMING UP AS PART OF CYPRESS. I'M SICK OF BEING TOLD I LIVE IN LOS ALAMITOS. I DON'T. I LIVE IN CYPRESS. DARN IT. AND YOU WANT TO ADD ALL THESE NEW PEOPLE? THANK YOU. BOY. KELLY, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SORRY, I'M NOT AS PREPARED FOR THIS. BUT AGAIN, MY QUESTION AND I APPRECIATE HOW MUCH WORK AND EVERYTHING HAS BEEN PUT INTO THIS. BUT AGAIN, MY QUESTION IS HOW WILL THIS AFFECT CYPRESS CITIZENS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT RELATES TO LIKE ELECTION, LIKE ELECTIONS AND ALL THAT STUFF? I, I JUST HAVE SO MANY CONCERNS ALONG WITH LIKE THE TRAFFIC ISSUES AND I'M NOT EVEN LIKE I SAID, I COULDN'T GET THIS, GOT THESE DOCUMENTS TO LOAD ON MY PHONE. THAT'S ME ISSUE. SO I JUST HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS STILL, AND I WOULD REALLY URGE YOU GUYS TO AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S TREMENDOUS PRESSURE FROM THE STATE FOR COMPLIANCE. AND THAT IS NOT THAT'S NO FUN. BUT I REALLY THINK THAT IF IT'S POSSIBLE, TRY TO HOLD OFF ON THIS AND REALLY, REALLY CONSIDER THE IMPACT THAT THIS IS GOING TO HAVE ON ALL RESIDENTS, CURRENT AND FUTURE. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HERE TONIGHT WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OKAY, THEN I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. DO MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? OKAY. THEN I'LL. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. OH, I JUST ENTERTAINING A MOTION. OKAY. MOTION. I'LL. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENTS TO THE LAST. I LIKE THAT SHORTENING IN THE GENERAL LAND USE ELEMENT TO IMPLEMENT THE 2129 HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE. AND I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. AND BEFORE THE ROLL CALL, IF I MAY READ THE TITLE OF THE ORDINANCE, MR. MAYOR. YES. THANK YOU. BEFORE THE COUNCIL IS AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SELECTED PROVISIONS OF THE LINCOLN AVENUE SPECIFIC PLAN RELATED TO MULTIFAMILY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN STANDARDS, AND MULTIFAMILY PERMITTING PROCEDURES AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING ELEMENT IMPLEMENTATION. AND THAT'S BEING READ BY TITLE ONLY AND WAIVING FURTHER READING FOR THE AGENDA PROVISION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

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NEXT UP IS NEW BUSINESS APPROVAL RESOLUTION, ESTABLISHING AN AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE TO CONSIDER OPTIONS TO ENSURE THE FUTURE SUSTAINABILITY AND VIABILITY OF THE CYPRESS COMMUNITY FESTIVAL.

MR. CITY MANAGER, IS THERE ANY ARE THERE ANY STAFF REMARKS ON THIS ITEM? ONLY THAT THE RESOLUTION IS THE OUTCOME OF CITY COUNCIL DIRECTION FROM A WORKSHOP THAT YOU HELD ON

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FEBRUARY 10TH. IT CREATES THE AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE. THE CITY'S PROCEDURE FOR THAT IS THAT THE MAYOR TRADITIONALLY NOMINATES TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SERVE ON THE AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE, AND THAT IS THEN APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. SO TWO WEEKS AGO, WE CONDUCTED A WORKSHOP TO DISCUSS CLARIFYING AND STRENGTHENING THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION WITH REGARDS TO THE COMMUNITY FESTIVAL. A RECOMMENDATION EMERGED FROM THAT WORKSHOP TO CREATE AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE. WE HAVE A DRAFT RESOLUTION THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA. WE HAD A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE COMMUNITY FESTIVAL COMMENT ABOUT THE RESOLUTION, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. HERE'S HOW I'D LIKE TO DO THIS. SO FIRST, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY SOME POINTS AND MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHAT'S HAPPENING, AND THEN WE CAN MAKE ANY DECISIONS WE NEED TO MAKE. THE FIRST THING I WANT TO CLARIFY IS JUST HOW THIS AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE WILL WORK. SO MAYBE MY QUESTIONS FOR THE CITY MANAGER OR MR. DRAPER. BUT SO WE HAVE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS COMMITTEE WILL CONSIST OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE VARIOUS GROUPS LISTED IN THE RESOLUTION AND THAT THOSE REPRESENTATIVES WILL GET TOGETHER TO ALL IN THE SAME ROOM, MEET TOGETHER IN PERSON PERIODICALLY, AND DISCUSS THE ITEMS DESCRIBED IN THE RESOLUTION. IS THAT CORRECT? NOT EXACTLY. AS YOU RECALL FROM THE WORKSHOP, TO COMPLY WITH THE BROWN ACT, THE AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEES OFFICIAL MEMBERSHIP IS LIMITED TO COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND THAT'S WHY THE LANGUAGE IN THE RESOLUTION SPEAKS TO WORKING COOPERATIVELY WITH OR CONSULTING WITH. I DON'T RECALL IT EXACTLY OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. YOU CAN THINK OF THE OTHER BODIES BEYOND STAFF LISTED IN THE RESOLUTION AS GROUPS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS DIRECTING THE AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE TO ENSURE THAT IT INCORPORATES IN ITS PROCESS. BUT IT CERTAINLY DOESN'T LIMIT YOU FROM MEETING WITH OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES WHO AREN'T IDENTIFIED IN THE RESOLUTION. AND THEN, YES, I WOULD EXPECT THIS SUBCOMMITTEE WILL BE MEETING HEAVY WITH THE DIFFERENT PARTNERS THROUGHOUT ITS DELIBERATIVE PROCESS. SO CAN THE AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE SAY TO ALL THE DIFFERENT PARTNERS, HEY, WE WANT TO MEET TOGETHER ON MARCH, WHATEVER, AND DISCUSS THIS? SURE. YEAH. THAT'S FINE. OKAY. SECOND THING I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND IS THE RECOMMENDATION IS FOR MEMBERS OF THE RECREATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION TO PARTICIPATE OR TO. YES, TO BE INVOLVED. HOW WILL IT BE DETERMINED WHICH MEMBER OR MEMBERS FROM THAT COMMISSION WOULD PARTICIPATE? WELL, UNLESS THE COUNCIL PROVIDES SPECIFIC DIRECTION. WHAT JEFF AND I HAVE DISCUSSED IS ASKING THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR OF THE RECREATION COMMISSION TO SERVE. THEY'VE SORT OF BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE COMMISSION ITSELF AS THEIR LEADERS FOR THE YEAR, JUST LIKE MAYOR AND MAYOR PRO TEM ARE BY THE CITY COUNCIL. OKAY. AND THEN THE THIRD THING I WANTED TO CLARIFY BEFORE WE JUMP INTO SOME, I GUESS, CHOICES IS THE TIMELINE. THE RESOLUTION SAYS THE COUNCIL WILL REPORT BACK, OR THE COMMITTEE WILL REPORT BACK TO THE COUNCIL BY NOVEMBER 10TH, 2025. BUT THIS COMMITTEE WOULD BE MEETING SOONER, PROBABLY STARTING IN MARCH, AND COULD CERTAINLY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL BEFORE THEN, BECAUSE WE WANT TO IMPROVE THE RELATIONSHIP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. RIGHT. NOT WAIT TILL NOVEMBER. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THE WORKSHOP. THE STAFF REPORT, I THINK, SAYS THAT THE SUBCOMMITTEE IS INTENDED TO BEGIN ITS WORK PROMPTLY. WE PICKED NOVEMBER 10TH BECAUSE THAT'S THE LAST REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF THE CALENDAR YEAR. IT WOULDN'T SURPRISE ME AT ALL, GIVEN THE POTENTIAL BREADTH AND SCOPE OF THE ASSIGNMENT HERE. IF THE COUNCIL DIDN'T REFRESH THE AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE AND EXTEND PAST, THEN. BUT IF THERE ARE DECISION POINTS THAT NEEDED COUNCIL DIRECTION, OR IF THE SUBCOMMITTEE HAD COMPLETED ITS WORK PRIOR TO THAT, WE'D BRING THEM BACK IN AND TACKLING THE COUNCIL MEETING. OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT, I WANT TO JUMP INTO CLARIFYING THE REPRESENTATION ON THIS COMMITTEE. BUT BEFORE THAT, DO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE THINGS WE'VE I TOUCHED ON THE TIMELINE OR MEMBER PARTICIPATION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? COUNCIL MEMBER OR COUNCILMEMBER CHANG. YEAH, I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE CYPRESS FESTIVAL. I THEY

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THEY THE, THE NONPROFIT THAT PUTS TOGETHER THE THANK YOU, THE NONPROFIT THAT PUTS TOGETHER THE CYPRESS FESTIVAL. THEY THEY HAD SEVERAL SEVERAL ISSUES WITH THE LANGUAGE THAT WE USE FOR THE IN THE ACTUAL AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE. I'M WONDERING IF, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD ADDRESS NOW OR IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD ADDRESS AT A LATER TIME. YEAH. SO I WAS PLANNING TO SAY WE SHOULD WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT GROUPS WILL BE REPRESENTED ON THIS SUBCOMMITTEE. NOW, I THINK BEFORE WE CREATE THE SUBCOMMITTEE, I DIDN'T I DON'T PERSONALLY KNOW THAT. AND THE OTHER CHANGES RELATED TO LANGUAGE OR SOMETHING I FELT LIKE WE NEEDED TO GO INTO. BUT THAT'S MY THOUGHT FOR NOW. DOES THAT SOUND REASONABLE TO YOU, OR WERE THERE OTHER WERE THERE SPECIFIC ITEMS IN THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU WANTED TO DISCUSS NOW, BECAUSE I THINK WE SHOULD CLEAR UP ANY LANGUAGE DISCREPANCIES NOW RATHER THAN LATER? NO, I AGREE. I IT WAS SPECIFICALLY WITH THE CYPRESS FESTIVAL LEADERS HAD IN MIND, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE SENSE TO ME THAT IF WE PASS SOMETHING NOW AND THEN THE BOARD, THE CYPRESS FESTIVAL BOARD DOESN'T AGREE WITH WHAT WE PASSED. SO IDEALLY WE'D PASS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY AGREES ON. YEAH.

OKAY, SO LET ME TRY AND LAY THIS OUT AND THEN I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION. SO TWO WEEKS AGO WE CONDUCTED THE WORKSHOP. THE IDEA OF CREATING THIS SUBCOMMITTEE WAS RECOMMENDED. AND I THINK AT THE TIME THE DISCUSSION INVOLVED REPRESENTED HAVING REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE FESTIVAL, THE COUNCIL, THE RECREATION COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION AND CITY STAFF. AND I THINK THERE WAS A CONSENSUS THAT THE MEETING WENT WELL AND WE WANTED TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION. AND THE FESTIVAL REPRESENTATIVES WOULD BRING THAT IDEA TO THEIR BOARD, WHICH I BELIEVE THEY DID. AND THEN STAFF CREATED THIS RESOLUTION EMERGING OUT OF THE WORKSHOP. I THINK ONE OF THE ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT I GUESS HAS ARISEN SUBSEQUENTLY IS SIMPLY WHETHER OR NOT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WOULD BE WOULD PARTICIPATE AS A REPRESENTATIVE IN THE SUBCOMMITTEE. AND THAT'S A DIFFERENCE IN THE LANGUAGE WE HAVE IN OUR DRAFT AGENDA, AND A DIFFERENCE IN WHAT THE FESTIVAL REPRESENTATIVE PROPOSED. AND SO I THINK THE. I GUESS WE'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION ON THE AGENDA, AND THEN WE'VE GOTTEN AN EMAIL AND COMMENTS FROM THE FESTIVAL REPRESENTATIVES SAYING THAT THEY WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND THEY'D WANT APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION THAT DIDN'T THAT CONFINED THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE TO THE FESTIVAL REPS. THE COUNCIL ASKS COMMISSION AND CITY STAFF. SO I THINK WE NEED TO TRY AND MAKE A DECISION ON HOW WE WANT TO DO THIS AND MOVE FORWARD, HOW TO MOVE FORWARD IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION. SO I WANT TO OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.

AND ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION, MR. MAYOR, THE EMAIL THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION ALSO REMOVED THE RECREATION COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION FROM THE LIST OF IDENTIFIED PARTIES, NOT JUST THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. OKAY. SO, YES, SO THE WORKSHOP INCLUDED CONVERSATION ABOUT THE RECREATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION THAT I RECALL. SO YEAH, I GUESS WE'VE GOT SOME DIFFERENT THINGS TO CONSIDER. WHAT DO WE ALL THINK? COUNCIL MEMBER P WILL BE THE BRAVE SOUL WHO SPEAKS FIRST. OKAY, SO GOING THROUGH THE MARKUP, LET'S JUST GENERALLY US TALK ABOUT THE ONE SPECIFIC DELETION WAS THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. NOW I DON'T HAVE ANY ANY POINT OF IS THE CHAMBER BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED. I KNOW THEY'RE ACTIVELY THEY'RE IN THEY'RE A MEMBER AND IT'S A CITY EVENT. ARE THEY. AND MAYBE YOU WERE ON THE, THE BOARD BEFORE. WERE THEY ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE CYPRESS FESTIVAL? SO I COULD SORT OF ANSWER THAT. WELL, I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE CHAMBER AND THE FESTIVAL SITTING THERE. CAN I MAYBE ASK ONE OF THEM TO COME FORWARD AND ANSWER THAT? OR BOTH? BOTH. IF YOU BOTH LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND ANSWER THAT, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR EITHER OF YOU. OKAY. JUST ONE PART OF THE FESTIVAL. THE CHAMBER RUNS ONE PART OF THE

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FESTIVAL, THE BUSINESS EXPO. SO WE'RE ONE PART OF THE MUCH LARGER FESTIVAL. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. THAT PROVIDED CLARITY. SO THANK YOU. AND IT ALSO CROSSED OUT THE CITY. AND WHAT WAS I APOLOGIZE FOR THIS, BUT WHAT WAS THE CROSS OUT OF THE CITY ABOUT. AND ARE YOU REFERRING TO. YEAH. LIKE RIGHT HERE. RIGHT HERE IT SAYS INCLUDING IN THE SECOND, WHEREAS. OKAY. SEE RIGHT HERE THE RED LINE SHOWS THE. OKAY. WELL CAN I ASK A FESTIVAL REPRESENTATIVE TO COME FORWARD AND EXPLAIN WHY IN YOUR DRAFT RESOLUTION, YOU STRUCK THROUGH THE PHRASE IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH, INCLUDING THE CYPRESS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE CITY. SURE. WELL, JEFF EDUCATED ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT RESOLUTIONS LAST WEEK, AND WE DIDN'T REALIZE THE WHEREAS IS THE HISTORY PART OF THE RESOLUTION, NOT THE ACTION PART.

SO THAT WAS A MISTAKE. OH WELL THEN THAT MAKES IT EASY. YEAH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ALL SET ON THAT PART. BUT SORRY. LET ME KEEP GOING DOWN. YEAH. SO FURTHER DOWN UNDER SECTION TWO , IT DELETED THE COMMISSION AND I'M, I'M A LITTLE. I APOLOGIZE JIMMY. MAYBE YOU NEED TO STAND UP THERE. BUT WHY WHY WOULD YOU DELETE A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION OR TO BE ON THERE? IT'S WHAT BRITTANY AND I WERE EXPLAINED IN THE WORKSHOP. WE WANT TO GET RIGHT TO THE DECISION MAKERS. THE FIVE OF YOU OR TWO OF YOU IN THIS CASE. AND IT'S JUST ADDING MORE PEOPLE TO THE ROOM, WHICH, IF WE HAVE THEM, GREAT. IF NOT, EITHER WAY, IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER TO US.

IT'S JUST WE FIGURED THIS IS THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO GET RIGHT TO THE COUNCIL. OKAY. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. SO THANK YOU. BUT I THINK THE COMMISSION PLAYS A VERY KEY ROLE WITHIN OUR CITY.

AND I'D HATE TO HAVE THEM EXCLUDED FROM SOMETHING I KNOW THEY DON'T NECESSARILY GO OVER, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU GUYS DO, BUT THEY PLAY A VERY KEY ROLE IN OUR PARKS AND REC AND ALL THE ACTIVITIES WE DO. I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE A MISS ON OUR PART IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THE COMMISSION THERE. SO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. THAT QUESTION, CAN WE KEEP GOING? YOU CAN KEEP GOING. OKAY.

HE HAS A REQUEST. AND BASED ON WHAT THE CHAMBER, I AGREE. I THINK THEY AGAIN, I DON'T MEAN TO BE ADDING MORE PEOPLE TO IT, BUT IF THEY DO PLAY A KEY ROLE WITH SOME OF THE BUSINESSES THAT WE DO, THAT SEEMS LIKE IT MIGHT BE A KEY PART OF AT LEAST GENERALLY PART OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE'RE IF WE GO AS WE GO FORWARD, I DON'T THINK IT'S WE'RE GOING TO DELETE THAT. I DON'T DISAGREE, I THINK ■THE CONCERN WITH THE CHAMBER WAS IS OUR BOARD HAS MULTIPLE PRIMARY PARTICIPANTS. OKAY. YOU'D ONLY BE SELECTING THE CHAMBER. SO WHERE IS KIWANIS? WHERE IS PTA? THEY PLAY A VERY PIVOTAL ROLE IN THE FESTIVAL BOARD AND ORGANIZING THE EVENT. SO THE PUSHBACK THAT I RECEIVED FROM OUR BOARD IS, WELL, WHY ARE WE BEING EXCLUDED? YEAH. SO WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO IT. BUT THEN ARE WE INCLUDING EVERYBODY IN THAT KIWANIS PTA? SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I WAS COMING FROM IS IF WE JUST STICK TO THE FESTIVAL BOARD, YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER. YEAH, BRITNEY AND I REPRESENT EVERYBODY ON THE FESTIVAL. AND IF THERE'S CERTAIN MEETINGS OR, OR SOME COMMITTEE MEETINGS THAT WE NEED TO BRING PEOPLE IN ON CERTAIN AREAS OR PARTS OF THE EVENT, THEN OF COURSE WE'LL DO THAT. BUT THE PUSHBACK WE RECEIVED IS WHY IS ONLY ONE GROUP BEING SINGLED OUT? WHY AREN'T WE INCLUDING EVERYBODY WHEN THEY ALL REALLY DO DIFFERENT ROLES? ALL IMPORTANT. BUT YOU KNOW, THEY ALL DO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE FESTIVAL? WELL, MAYBE I WON'T SAY THERE'S LIKE A TWO TIER, BUT MAYBE THERE IS A I THE COMMISSION I THINK NEEDS TO BE ON THE, THE AD HOC, MAYBE THE CHAMBER, MAYBE THERE IS THAT NEXT LEVEL THAT GET MAYBE PART OF DISCUSSIONS AS WE GET INTO MAYBE SPECIFIC TOPICS. I DON'T DISAGREE RELATED TO THAT. SO OKAY, I UNDERSTAND THAT. SO TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. THIS IS AN INTERESTING ONE. SO MAYBE THIS IS CLARITY ON OUR PARTS. OKAY. I HAD UNDERSTOOD THAT BECAUSE THE TRAIN'S MOVING FOR THIS YEAR, THAT IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD DO IT FOR THIS YEAR. BUT I THINK WE ALL CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THIS YEAR IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO HAPPEN JUST BECAUSE OF WE DON'T WANT TO STOP THE TRAIN FROM MOVING. AND SO CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. DID WE NOT AGREE THAT, YOU KNOW, HEY, YOU GUYS GOT TO GO FORWARD WITH WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR THE YEAR, AND THEN THIS AD HOC IS GOING TO BE DONE IN PARALLEL, BUT THAT WON'T NECESSARILY IMPACT ANYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING IN 25. IS THAT DID I

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MISUNDERSTAND THAT? THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTOOD. CAN I SHARE? SO I THINK LARGELY, YES. SO THIS COMMITTEE FROM WHAT I REMEMBER, WOULD KIND OF MOVE IN PARALLEL WITH THE FESTIVAL'S PLANNING THIS YEAR. AND SO MAYBE A LOT OF THINGS THAT THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSES WOULD NOT REALLY IMPACT THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL AND WOULD COME INTO PLAY IN THE FUTURE. HOWEVER, I DO RECALL OR I THINK I RECALL FESTIVAL REPRESENTATIVES SAYING, WELL, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION AND BE ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT LIKE PLANNING THE DATE, FOR EXAMPLE. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO I THOUGHT I RECALL SAYING, WELL, THAT KIND OF THING. YEAH, IT'D BE GREAT TO JUST, YOU KNOW, IMPROVE THAT NOW AND BE CLEAR ON THAT NOW, WHEREAS OTHER THINGS WOULD TAKE LONGER. SO THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING OF IT. BUT IF SOMEONE FEELS I DIDN'T REMEMBER CORRECTLY, FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN. NO, THAT IS WHAT I HEARD AS WELL. YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU'RE RIGHT. AND SO I DO SEE IT IN PARALLEL. I ABSOLUTELY COMMUNICATION IS KIND OF I CALL IT THE CORE OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS PROBABLY, MAYBE SOME THINGS THAT NEED TO BE IMPROVED FOR THE FUTURE IS KIND OF WHAT WE SAID. YOU KNOW, WE AGREE. AND SO THERE ARE CERTAINLY THINGS LIKE THE DATE. I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF THE BIGGEST QUESTION MARK OUT THERE, RIGHT? THAT CAN BE DONE IN PARALLEL. OUR FIRST PLANNING MEETING IS NOT UNTIL APRIL. RIGHT. SO OKAY, IN THEORY SOME THINGS CAN HAPPEN FOR THIS YEAR. YEAH OKAY. OKAY. I MEAN AS AS THE MAYOR SAID, I MEAN, IF WE CAN PULL IT IN FROM NOVEMBER, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S GOING TO COMPLAIN THAT WE PRESENT IT. YOU KNOW, IN SEPTEMBER, OUR FIRST MEETING OR END OF AUGUST OR SO. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WOULD COMPLAIN. SO, BUT I THINK LEAVING IT AS IT IS WITH THE MOTIVE THAT WE TRY TO BRING SOMETHING EARLIER WOULD BE GREAT. I THINK I ADDRESSED MOST THINGS OTHER THAN MAYBE THE TITLE, WHICH I'M NOT AS CONCERNED ABOUT IN THE TITLE, OTHER THAN THE INTENT OF WHAT WE WANT TO DO. SO, SO MY, MY SUMMARY IS IF YOU HAVE MULTIPLE OTHER COMMITTEES, CHAMBER, AS YOU SAID, PTA AND OTHERS, MAYBE THEY'RE ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS AND THEY GET CALLED IN. BUT I THINK AGAIN, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE THE COMMISSION THERE. I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE CITY REPRESENTATIVES THERE AS WELL FROM THE PARKS AND REC. AND THEN I THINK WE SHOULD BE GOOD. OKAY.

MR. MAYOR, IF I MAY KIND OF UNDERSCORE AN IMPORTANT POINT. YOUR CITY MANAGER REFERENCED TO KEEP THIS COMMITTEE NIMBLE WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET IN PRIVATE AND NOT BE SUBJECT TO THE BROWN ACT, THE ONLY DECISION MAKERS. SO MAYBE THIS GOES TO MR. FULLER'S POINT, ARE THE TWO MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL THEY MAY CONSULT WITH SHOULD THEY WISH TO CONSULT WITH THE KIWANIS OR ANY OTHER ORGANIZATION. NOTHING IN THIS RESOLUTION WOULD PROHIBIT THAT. BUT IT DOES GIVE GUIDANCE THAT YOU SHOULD CONSULT WITH THESE ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE CHAMBER AND THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION. BUT CERTAINLY THAT DOESN'T EXCLUDE OTHERS. BUT AGAIN, THE DECISION MAKERS, AS FAR AS ANY RECOMMENDATIONS, ARE THE TWO MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU. AND I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THIS EARLIER. JUST FOR CONTEXT, I WAS PLANNING TO NOMINATE COUNCIL MEMBER PETE AND MYSELF TO SERVE AS THE COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES. AND SO JUST TO SO I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, WHICH IS THAT IF THIS COMMITTEE WERE CREATED AND WE WERE THE REPRESENTATIVES, WE COULD DECIDE, ALL RIGHT, WELL, FOR THIS FIRST MEETING, WE WANT THIS GROUP, THIS GROUP AND THIS GROUP REPRESENTED. AND FOR THIS NEXT MEETING, WE WANT TWO MORE GROUPS. AND FOR THIS NEXT MEETING, WE WANT ONLY THIS ONE GROUP. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. IT WOULD BE WITHIN YOUR DISCRETION AS TO WHO YOU WOULD WISH TO CONSULT WITH. OKAY. SO I THINK THAT FLEXIBILITY POTENTIALLY ALLOWS FOR ALL THIS TO WORK WELL. AND WE'LL JUST HASH OUT EXACTLY HOW. BUT COUNCIL MEMBER OR MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO, YOU REQUESTED TO SPEAK.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FIRST I WANTED TO SAY COUNCIL MEMBER PETE, I THOUGHT BROUGHT UP VERY GOOD POINTS. EXCELLENT POINTS. I WANT TO REITERATE, I THINK THAT COMMUNICATIONS IS VERY MUCH A BIG PLUS AND EVERYONE WOULD BENEFIT FROM THAT. I ALSO THINK BRINGING IT IN AND GETTING TO THE TIMELINE VERY QUICKLY, LIKE WE DISCUSSED BACK ON FEBRUARY 10TH, I THINK WOULD BE VERY WISE AT THIS POINT. ALSO, I THOUGHT A LOT OF THE SPEAKERS TODAY, FOR INSTANCE, COMMISSIONER COLIN EDWARDS BROUGHT UP A REALLY GOOD POINT ABOUT BRINGING IN THE COMMISSION. AND ALSO, I THOUGHT GEORGE O'HARA BROUGHT UP A REALLY GOOD POINT ABOUT BRINGING IN THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. AND I THINK BRINGING BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT ABOUT MAYBE REVISITING AND HAVING KIWANIS BE A PART OF IT. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I WALKED OVER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY CLERK, I'M

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SORRY, CITY MANAGER, AND ASKED, HEY, SHOULD I DISCLOSE SOMETHING? I WAS A COMMISSIONER AND I ALSO AM INVOLVED WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND I'M ALSO INVOLVED IN KIWANIS. SO I ASKED WHETHER I SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T VOTE ON THIS AND THEY SAID NO, IT'S FINE TO GO AND VOTE ON THIS. SO I'M A LITTLE BIASED, I WILL SAY. BUT I DO THINK INCREASED COMMUNICATIONS IS A IS A BIG THING, AND I THINK BRINGING THEM IN THOSE DIFFERENT GROUPS, THOUGH AT TIMES IT MAY SEEM TO WANT TO SLOW THINGS DOWN. AND I KNOW YOU ARE OPERATING UNDER A VERY TIGHT TIMELINE. I THINK THERE WOULD BE BENEFITS TO HAVING THEM THERE. AND I ALSO THINK REVISITING WHETHER OR NOT KIWANIS OR OTHER GROUPS WOULD WANT TO BECOME MORE ACTIVELY INVOLVED, I THINK IS A WISE MEASURE TO REVISIT LATER ON AND SEE IF IT'S APPROPRIATE. BUT LIKE I SAID, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER PETE BROUGHT REALLY GOOD POINTS. COUNCILMEMBER CHANG YEAH, I'LL JUST BRING UP A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, GIVING WHAT THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID THAT THE ONLY REQUIRED PEOPLE ARE THE ACTUAL TWO PEOPLE FROM THE CITY COUNCIL. AND IF YOU DO WANT TO MAINTAIN THE MOST FLEXIBILITY AS YOU HAVE THESE DIFFERENT TIERS, YOU MIGHT WANT TO JUST KEEP IT AS SMALL AS YOU CAN, JUST HAVE THE RECREATION COMMITTEE STAFF AND ALSO THE TWO MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. AND IF YOU WANT TO BRING IN OTHER PEOPLE, THE COMMISSION, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE PTA. KIWANIS, THE, YOU KNOW, AT THAT TIME, BRING THEM IN. BUT IF YOU WANT TO KEEP IT SMALL, JUST KEEP IT SIMPLE AND TRY TO GET AS MUCH DONE AS YOU CAN WITH JUST A SMALL STAFF. AND I WOULD I WOULD VOTE FOR JUST KEEPING IT SMALL. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. SO I THINK COULD BE WRONG, BUT MAYBE I'M SENSING A PATH FORWARD HERE. SO HERE'S WHAT I'D SUGGEST. AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE FESTIVAL OR CHAMBER YOUR FREE TO COME FORWARD AND TELL ME IF YOU DISAGREE. SO WE'VE GOT THE DRAFT RESOLUTION ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA. MY THINKING IS THAT WE. REMOVE THE CHAMBER FROM THE SECTION TWO PARAGRAPH A, NOT BECAUSE WE DON'T SUPPORT THE CHAMBER'S INVOLVEMENT, BUT BECAUSE I THINK THE ORIGINAL SORT OF MEETING OF THE MINDS FROM THE WORKSHOP HADN'T INCLUDED THE CHAMBER. AND I TAKE THE POINTS THAT MULTIPLE OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE MADE, MADE AND THE FESTIVAL HAS RAISED ABOUT. THE CHAMBER ISN'T THE ONLY SORT OF ADDITIONAL PARTNER WITH THE FESTIVAL. THERE'S ALSO KIWANIS, THERE'S ALSO THE PTA. THERE MAY BE OTHERS. SO MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NEW RESOLUTION, REMOVING THE CHAMBER LANGUAGE FROM SECTION TWO A WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT. THE AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE CAN ENGAGE WITH THE CHAMBER OR KIWANIS OR THE PTA OR OTHER GROUPS AS SEEMS APPROPRIATE, BASED ON SORT OF THE TOPIC OF DISCUSSION FOR THAT MEETING OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE AMENABLE TO THE FESTIVAL AND TO THE CHAMBER? ALL RIGHT. WELL, IS THAT SOMETHING? SO THEN WE'LL FIND OUT IF IT'S AMENABLE TO THE COUNCIL. SO I MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RESOLUTION AS DRAFTED. BUT REMOVE THE SECTION AND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FROM SECTION TWO A. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. AND THEN AFTER THIS WE'LL DISCUSS WHO YOU HAVE IN MIND. OR IS THAT PART OF THE.

OH, SHOULD WE NAME OUR PEOPLE? BUT YOU COULD DO IT AS ONE MOTION IF YOU'D LIKE. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET BOLD. AND COUNCIL MEMBER PETE AND MYSELF WOULD SERVE AS THE COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE. SO THAT'S MY MOTION IN ITS ENTIRETY. I BELIEVE I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. NEW BUSINESS, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, RECEIVE THE FISCAL YEAR 20 2425 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM MID-YEAR UPDATE. ACTING DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, MR. MANGKALAKIRI, PLEASE LEAD THE WAY. THANK YOU, HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, TONIGHT, I AM PLEASED TO PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. I'M SORRY. HERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. YES, THAT BEACH WOULD BE QUITE AN IMPROVEMENT. A LOT OF WATER. I ALSO WANT TO WALK THROUGH HOW THE CIP IS STRUCTURED, HOW WE

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PRIORITIZE OUR PROJECTS, AND WHY A LONG TERM APPROACH IS SO IMPORTANT. SO TAKING A STEP BACK, WHAT IS THE SEVEN YEAR CIP? THE CIP IS ESSENTIALLY OUR CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE ROADMAP.

IT'S A SEVEN YEAR OUTLOOK THAT HELPS US PLAN, BUDGET AND EXECUTE PROJECTS IN A WAY THAT'S COORDINATED AND COST EFFECTIVE. THE STRUCTURED PLAN ALSO ALLOWS US TO BE PROACTIVE RATHER THAN REACTIVE, ENSURING WE MAKE THE RIGHT INVESTMENTS AT THE RIGHT TIME. AS I'M SURE YOU CAN ALL RELATE, IT'S ALWAYS MORE EXPENSIVE TO WAIT UNTIL SOMETHING BREAKS TO FIX IT. IF WE DON'T PLAN AHEAD, WE RISK HIGHER COSTS, MORE DISRUPTIONS, SAFETY CONCERNS, AND SAFETY CONCERNS TO THE COMMUNITY. SO HOW DO WE DECIDE WHICH PROJECTS MOVE FORWARD AND WHICH ONES WAIT? WE FOCUS ON A FEW KEY FACTORS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING SMART WITH OUR TIME AND RESOURCES. FIRST, WE LOOK AT OUR MASTER PLAN DOCUMENTS AND THE CONDITIONS OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. THESE ARE OUR ROADS, SEWER, STORM DRAINS, PARKS AND FACILITIES TO SEE WHAT NEEDS REPAIRS OR FULL REPLACEMENT. SAFETY ALSO COMES FIRST. IF SOMETHING POSES A RISK TO THE PUBLIC, IT MOVES UP TO THE PRIORITY LIST. WE ALSO CONSIDER COST EFFECTIVENESS. IF WE CAN BUNDLE PROJECTS AND MAKE USE OF ECONOMIES OF SCALE, WE CAN SAVE MONEY AND REDUCE DISRUPTIONS. THERE'S ALSO REGULATORY COMPLIANCE. WE ALSO HAVE THIS. WE ALSO HAVE TO STAY ON TOP OF REGULATIONS LIKE ADA ACCESSIBILITY, PREVENTING SEWER OVERFLOWS, AND PROVIDING FLOOD PROTECTIONS TO AVOID BIGGER ISSUES DOWN THE ROAD. AND FINALLY, WE FOCUS ON COORDINATION. WE WORK CLOSELY WITH UTILITIES, DEVELOPERS AND OTHER AGENCIES TO MAKE SURE OUR PROJECTS ARE ALIGNED INSTEAD OF CONFLICTING. BY CONSIDERING THESE FACTORS, WE ENSURE PROJECTS ARE WELL PLANNED, EFFICIENT, AND COST EFFECTIVE RATHER THAN REACTING TO ISSUES AS THEY ARISE. SO HOW DOES THIS APPLY TO SOME OF OUR PROJECTS HERE IN THE CITY, STARTING WITH OUR SEWER SYSTEM, WE RELY ON OUR SEWER MASTER PLAN, WHICH GIVES US THE LONG TERM OUTLOOK ON OUR SYSTEM NEEDS. AND WE DON'T JUST RELY ON THE DOCUMENT ITSELF. WE ALSO PERFORM ANNUAL VIDEO INSPECTIONS TO MONITOR THE ACTUAL CONDITIONS OF OUR SEWER LINES. THESE INSPECTIONS HELP US CATCH ISSUES EARLY ON SO WE CAN PLAN REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENTS INSTEAD OF DEALING WITH COSTLY EMERGENCIES. PLUS, THEY KEEP US IN LINE WITH STATE MANDATES TO PREVENT OVERFLOWS AND PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH FOR OUR STORM DRAINS, WE FOLLOW THE MASTER PLAN OF DRAINAGE, WHICH IDENTIFIES AREAS WITH CAPACITY ISSUES AND OUTLINES IMPROVEMENTS TO REDUCE FLOODING RISK. WE FOCUS ON AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING AND ALSO ENSURING THAT OUR SYSTEMS CAN HANDLE THE INCREASING CHALLENGES POSED BY HEAVY RAIN EVENTS. MAINTAINING OUR STREETS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SERVICES WE PROVIDE, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE RESIDENTS NOTICE IMMEDIATELY TO ENSURE WE'RE MAKING THE BEST USE OF OUR FUNDS, WE FOLLOW A PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN WHICH IS UPDATED EVERY TWO YEARS. THIS PLAN EVALUATES THE CONDITION OF EVERY ROAD IN THE CITY AND HELPS US DETERMINE THE BEST APPROACH, WHETHER IT'S A ROUTINE SLURRY SEAL OR A FULL RECONSTRUCTION LIKE AN OVERLAY PROJECT. BY STICKING TO THIS PLAN, WE MAXIMIZE THE LIFESPAN OF OUR ROADS WHILE MAKING THE MOST EFFICIENT USE OF OUR AVAILABLE FUNDS. AND JUST LIKE THE STREETS, WE TAKE A STRATEGIC APPROACH TO PARK IMPROVEMENTS, RELYING ON ASSESSMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION AND STAFF TO IDENTIFY WHERE UPGRADES ARE NEEDED MOST. WE CONSIDER AGE, SAFETY CONCERNS, REPAIR HISTORY AND VANDALISM, AS WELL AS HOW OFTEN A PARK IS USED. BUSIER PARKS HAVE SERVED MORE RESIDENTS OFTEN TAKE PRIORITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN UPGRADES IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY OR EXPAND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. COMMUNITY FEEDBACK ALSO HELPS US FOCUS ON NEEDS LIKE BETTER LIGHTING, IMPROVED PICNIC AREAS, OR UPDATED PARK AMENITIES. BY WEIGHING ALL THESE FACTORS, WE KEEP OUR PARKS SAFE, FUNCTIONAL, AND ENJOYABLE WHILE MAKING SMART, COST EFFECTIVE INVESTMENTS. LOOKING FORWARD, WE ARE FACING SOME SERIOUS CHALLENGES. ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES WE SEE IS MANAGING OUR AGING INFRASTRUCTURE. MUCH OF CYPRESS'S ORIGINAL INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOW OVER 60 YEARS OLD AND REACHING THE END OF ITS USEFUL LIFE. WHILE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE CAN EXTEND THE LIFESPAN OF SOME ASSETS, OTHERS WILL STILL REQUIRE FULL REPLACEMENT IN THE COMING YEARS. AT THE SAME TIME, EMERGENCY REPAIRS ARE INCREASING, ESPECIALLY WITH SINKHOLES AND FAILING PIPES. WE'RE SEEING THE CYCLE OF DROUGHTS AND HEAVY RAINS, FOLLOWED BY DROUGHTS, AND IT'S PUTTING A STRESS ON OUR AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, LEADING TO MORE COSTLY AND DISRUPTIVE REPAIRS. ECONOMIC FACTORS ALSO ADD TO THE COMPLEXITY WE'RE SEEING RISING CONSTRUCTION COSTS, INFLATION AND TARIFFS, MAKING IT HARDER FOR OUR PROJECTS TO STAY WITHIN BUDGET. IN ADDITION, STAFFING RESOURCES ARE LIMITED, SO WE MUST CAREFULLY PRIORITIZE OUR PROJECTS TO ENSURE WE CAN DELIVER THEM EFFECTIVELY. GIVEN THESE CHALLENGES, STAYING COMMITTED TO A LONG TERM PLANNING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER. NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE TODAY. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE SEVERAL MAJOR PROJECTS UNDERWAY WITH INVESTMENTS OF JUST OVER $14 MILLION AS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR FOR OUR ROADWAYS, FACILITY UPGRADES, PARKS, TRAFFICS, AND UNDERGROUND UTILITIES. FOR OUR

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ROADWAYS. WE'VE JUST COMPLETED PAVING OVER 14 LANE MILES OF PAVEMENT ALONG PORTIONS OF VALLEY VIEW, BALL ROAD AND ORANGE AVENUE, AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO START THE RESIDENTIAL STREET RESURFACING PROJECT NEXT MONTH IN THE SOUTH PART OF TOWN. FOR OUR PARKWAYS, WE PLAN ON REPLACING OVER 2000FT■!S OF SIDEWALKS TO MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH ADA ACCESSIBILITY GUIDELINES AND OVER 300FT OF CURB AND GUTTER TO ALLEVIATE PONDING ISSUES. FOR OUR SEWER PROJECTS. WE HAVE A PROJECT STARTING IN APRIL TO REALIGN VARIOUS SEWER PIPES ALONG LINCOLN AVENUE, AND WE ALSO HAVE A PROJECT TO UPGRADE THE EXISTING CONTROLS AT VARIOUS STORM WATER PUMP STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WE'RE ALSO WRAPPING UP THE DESIGN FOR THE MYRA AVENUE PUMP STATION NUMBER ONE PROJECT. FOR OUR FACILITIES. THE ROOFING PROJECT IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY AT CITY HALL, AND WE'RE CURRENTLY PREPARING CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS FOR THE UPCOMING EXECUTIVE BOARD ROOM REMODEL. FOR OUR TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS. CITY COUNCIL RECENTLY AWARDED THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO RETROFIT THE CITY OWNED STREET LIGHTS TO LEDS, AND WE'RE ALSO SOLICITING BIDS FOR ACCESSIBLE PEDESTRIAN SIGNALS CITYWIDE, A NOTABLE PROJECT I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE REPLACEMENT OF TRAFFIC SIGNAL CABINETS AND CONTROLLERS AT ALL 61 SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS CITYWIDE. IF YOU EVER GO OUT TO ONE OF THE INTERSECTIONS, YOU'LL NOTICE A TRAFFIC CABINET AT ONE OF THE CORNERS. IT'S ROUGHLY THE SIZE OF A REFRIGERATOR, NORMALLY WHITE OR SILVER IN COLOR. THERE'S A PICTURE THERE ON THE TOP LEFT. THESE CABINETS HOUSE THE TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS THAT POWER AND OPERATE THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL. AND AS WITH ANY OTHER TECHNOLOGY, THESE DO GET OUTDATED. OUR CONTROLLERS ARE OVER 25 YEARS OLD NOW AND HAVE BEEN DEEMED OBSOLETE BY THE MANUFACTURER, MEANING THEY NO LONGER MAKE SOFTWARE UPDATES OR REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR THEM. FORTUNATELY, ALL OF OUR CONTROLLERS ARE STILL IN VERY GOOD WORKING CONDITION AND WE SAW THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROACTIVELY UPGRADE THESE AS OPPOSED TO WAITING FOR THEM TO FAIL AND THEN SCRAMBLING TO LOOK FOR REPLACEMENT PARTS OR PUTTING A PROJECT TOGETHER. WORK WILL BE COMPLETED ONE INTERSECTION AT A TIME AND WILL BEGIN NEXT MONTH.

AND DURING THAT WORK, THE INTERSECTION WILL OPERATE AS A FOUR WAY STOP SIGN TO HELP MINIMIZE TRAFFIC IMPACTS. WORK WILL OCCUR DURING THE NON-PEAK HOURS, TYPICALLY AROUND 9 A.M.

TO 2 P.M. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE UPCOMING SPRING BREAK TO DO WORK AROUND THE SCHOOLS, AND ALSO DOING THE BUSIER CORRIDORS LIKE VALLEYVIEW AND KATELLA ON THE WEEKENDS WHEN TRAFFIC IS NOTICEABLY LIGHTER. LASTLY, FOR OUR PARKS, WE'RE IN THE FINAL STRETCH AT ARNOLD CYPRESS PARK, AND WE'RE ANXIOUSLY AWAITING THE GRAND OPENING IN THE COMING MONTHS.

THE DESIGN IS ALSO CURRENTLY UNDERWAY FOR THE VETERANS PARK, RESTROOM AND SPORTS COURT IMPROVEMENTS. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR PARKS, INCLUDING MACKEY PARK IN 2017, WHICH WAS THE FIRST NEW PARK IN THE CITY IN OVER 20 YEARS, AND LEXINGTON PARK IN 2022. IN THE LAST TEN YEARS, WE'VE ALSO INSTALLED RUBBERIZED SURFACING AT ALL PARKS AND REPLACED A NUMBER OF PARK AND PICNIC AMENITIES THROUGHOUT. AND THIS YEAR, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE ALSO GETTING READY FOR ARNOLD CYPRESS PARK. LOOKING AHEAD, WE HAVE SEVERAL UPCOMING PROJECTS THAT WILL FURTHER ENHANCE OUR PARK SYSTEM, ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT BEING THE SYCAMORE PARK EXPANSION, WITH DESIGN SCHEDULED FOR THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR AND CONSTRUCTION IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR. IN THE SEVEN YEAR CIP, WE ARE PREPARING TO REPLACE AGING PLAYGROUNDS ACROSS MULTIPLE PARKS STARTING IN 2027. MOST OF OUR PLAYGROUNDS WERE INSTALLED BETWEEN 2003 AND 2008, AND ARE NOW REACHING THE END OF THEIR USEFUL LIFE. OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REPLACEMENTS ARE BASED ON CONDITION, USAGE AND ASSESSMENTS DONE BY THE COMMISSION AND CITY STAFF TO MAKE SURE THESE UPGRADES ARE COST EFFECTIVE AND LONG LASTING.

WE'RE TAKING A PHASED APPROACH. SHADE STRUCTURES ARE ALSO A GREAT ADDITION TO OUR PARKS, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE INSTALLED IN THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY. TO BE STRATEGIC, IT'S BEST TO COORDINATE THEM WITH PLAYGROUND UPGRADES. INSTALLING A SHADE STRUCTURE TOO EARLY COULD MEAN EXTRA COSTS FOR REPLACING THE RUBBERIZED SURFACING TWICE, AND SHADE STRUCTURES ALSO NEED TO ALIGN WITH FALL ZONE REQUIREMENTS AND EQUIPMENT LAYOUTS, SO INSTALLING THEM TOO EARLY COULD LIMIT FURTHER FUTURE DESIGN OPTIONS. BY PLANNING THESE IMPROVEMENTS TOGETHER, WE CAN CREATE A SAFE AND WILL DESIGN PLAY SPACE WHILE MAKING THE MOST USE OF OUR RESOURCES. TO SUMMARIZE, THE CIP PROVIDES A STRUCTURED, LONG TERM APPROACH TO MAINTAINING AND ENHANCING THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE BY FOLLOWING A STRATEGIC, DATA DRIVEN PROCESS, WE ENSURE THE INVESTMENTS ARE MADE WHERE THEY WILL HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT, WHILE MAXIMIZING EFFICIENCY AND COST EFFECTIVENESS. TONIGHT, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVE AND FILE THIS UPDATE AND TO PROVIDE DIRECTION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 THROUGH 2032. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR CITY

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COUNCIL'S CONTINUED SUPPORT AND INVESTMENTS IN HELPING US MAINTAIN AND ENHANCE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL GET INTO QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS. COUNCIL MEMBER MINIKUS, YOU'RE UP FIRST. THANK YOU. GREAT REPORT. AND YOU KNOW, IT JUST HIGHLIGHTS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IT TAKES TO, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY KEEP OUR CITY THE TOP NOTCH CITY THAT IT IS, BUT IT'S ALSO REFLECTIVE OF THE MANPOWER IT TAKES TO ACHIEVE ALL THE GOALS THAT YOU GOT LAID OUT HERE. IT'S QUITE, QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT. WHAT I'D LIKE TO ASK, JUST A REAL QUICK QUESTION ON YOU MENTIONED THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL BOXES BEING REPLACED. WHAT'S THE AVERAGE TIME IT TAKES TO REPLACE A TRAFFIC SIGNAL BOX SO THAT THE CITIZENS AND THAT TRAVEL THROUGH OUR CITY AND THE RESIDENTS KNOW ABOUT HOW LONG THAT'S GOING TO TAKE PER INTERSECTION, AND IF THEY NEED TO AVOID THOSE INTERSECTIONS FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME. SO IT DOES TAKE TYPICALLY ONE INTERSECTION PER DAY.

THEY'RE LOOKING BETWEEN 4 TO 6 HOURS PER LOCATION. THEY'RE LOOKING TO START AFTER 9:00 AND THEN HOPEFULLY WRAP EVERYTHING UP BY 2 P.M, WHICH IS WHEN THE PEAK HOUR AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR STARTS AGAIN. AND THEN WOULD WE ALSO BE SENDING OUT PUBLIC NOTICES ADVISING THE CITIZENS OF WHEN THAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE? YES. WE'LL BE HAVING SOME NOTIFICATIONS THROUGH PUBLIC OUTREACH, AND WE'LL ALSO HAVE UPDATES ON OUR CITY WEBSITE AS WELL. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG. THANKS, NICK. I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE PEDESTRIAN LIGHTS UPGRADE. IS THAT ARE YOU ADDING NEW PEDESTRIAN LIGHTS TO NEW CROSSWALKS THAT DON'T EXIST? OR ARE YOU REPLACING THE LIGHTS THAT ARE PEDESTRIAN LIGHTS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE? I MY BIGGEST CONCERN ABOUT SOME OF OUR PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALKS IS THAT THERE'S THE BIG SQUARE YELLOW LIGHTS THERE. THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS VISIBLE. OR IT COULD BE THAT PEOPLE AREN'T USED TO THEM. BUT I DO THINK IF WE HAD LIKE THERE'S SOME CROSSWALK, THE BIG ROUND CROSSWALKS, YOU KNOW, UPGRADING THOSE CROSSWALKS, UPGRADING THOSE TYPE OF LIGHTS TO THE MORE VISIBLE LIGHTS WOULD BE AN IDEAL OPTION. SOMETIME THIS PROJECT WILL ONLY UPGRADE THE PEDESTRIAN SIGNALS AT THE SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION. THESE PROVIDE AUDIBLE CHIRPING SOUNDS SO THAT THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED CAN BE NOTIFIED OF WHEN TO CROSS. AND THESE ALSO HAVE. IT'S ALMOST LIKE A MOTION SENSOR WHERE YOU CAN JUST WAVE YOUR HAND INSTEAD OF PUSHING THE BUTTON TO ACTIVATE THE SIGNALS AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANKS. I HAD A FEW QUESTIONS. ONE CAN YOU GIVE ME A TIMELINE FOR THE VETERANS PARK RESTROOM REPLACEMENT? YES, WE JUST RECEIVED THE 90% DESIGN PLANS FOR THAT, SO WE SHOULD BE WRAPPING THAT UP PRETTY SOON. AND WE HOPE TO SOLICIT BIDS PROBABLY IN APRIL, WITH AWARDING A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT BY MAY OR JUNE OF THIS YEAR. OKAY. AND THEN ONCE THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT IS AWARDED, HOW LONG WOULD A CONSTRUCTION TAKE? I WOULD ENDEAVOR 40 WORKING DAYS FOR THAT TYPE OF PROJECT. SO THEN MAYBE WE'RE LOOKING AT JULY OR AUGUST FOR COMPLETION. YES. THAT'S CORRECT. THANK YOU. AND THEN YOU HAD MENTIONED THE STREET RESURFACING AND PAVING. AND SO PERIODICALLY RESIDENTS WILL REACH OUT TO ME AND ASK, WHEN IS MY STREET GOING TO BE RESURFACED? OR I'VE HEARD THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHEN. IS THERE ANY SCHEDULE OR INFORMATION THAT WE CAN DO, PROVIDE OR CAN PROVIDE SO RESIDENTS CAN SEE, OH, MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS SCHEDULED TO HAVE THE STREET RESURFACED IN THE NEXT THREE MONTHS OR WHATEVER IT IS. SO IN THE SEVEN YEAR CIP, WE DO INCLUDE A LIST FOR THE UPCOMING YEARS PROJECT. THE PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN ALSO INCLUDES A SEVEN YEAR FORECAST. WE COULD LOOK AT UPLOADING THAT TO THE CITY WEBSITE. THAT DOES PROVIDE THE FORECAST FOR THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS. HOWEVER, I DO WANT TO JUST ADD THE DISCLAIMER THAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE PLANNED PROJECTS THEY ARE ACTUAL PROJECTS WILL BE BASED ON ACTUAL CONDITIONS. ALSO COORDINATION WITH UPCOMING UTILITY PROJECTS AND OTHER PROJECTS IN THE AREA. SO THAT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. YEAH. I WOULDN'T EXPECT TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOMETHING IN THE PLAN SIX YEARS FROM NOW AND HAVE RESIDENTS HOLD YOU TO IT. BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE THERE IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE MORE PROMINENTLY PUT ON THE WEBSITE OR FRAMED IN A WAY SO THAT IF A RESIDENT WANTS TO KNOW IF THERE'S PROJECTS THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD IS GOING TO BE REPAVED IN THE NEXT YEAR, WE COULD SHOW THAT TO THEM. IS THAT POSSIBLE? YEAH. THE PROJECT THAT'S ADOPTED IN THE CIP FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. WE CAN

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INCLUDE THAT PROJECT MAP ON THE ON THE CITY WEBSITE. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND NICK, WE CYCLE THROUGH THE WHOLE CITY EVERY ABOUT SEVEN YEARS, RIGHT? CORRECT. YEAH. SO MOST STREETS WILL BE RESURFACED AT LEAST ONCE EVERY SEVEN YEARS. THANK YOU. AND THIS IS SOMEWHAT RELATED TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM FOR THE AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE I WAS INTERESTED IN CREATING. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I'D BE INTERESTED IN EXPLORING ARE OPTIONS FOR THAT STAFF GIVING US RECOMMENDATIONS OF MAYBE 2 OR 3 PARKS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE RETROFITTED WITH SHADE STRUCTURES OVER THE EXISTING PLAYGROUNDS. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IN SOME SOME PLACES THAT MIGHT NOT MAKE SENSE IF WE'RE GOING TO JUST REPLACE THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT ANYWAY IN THE FUTURE, YOU'D WANT TO DO IT THE SAME TIME. BUT IF IT WERE A PLAYGROUND WHERE MAYBE WE WERE HAPPY TO KEEP THE SAME FOOTPRINT AND WE COULD ADD SHADE, MAYBE THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE. SO IS IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO BRING 2 OR 3 RECOMMENDATIONS BACK TO COUNCIL? AND THEN WE CAN DECIDE IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE INTERESTED IN DOING? THAT'D BE SOMETHING WE'D LOOK FOR SOME CONSENSUS DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL TONIGHT ON, AND IF THERE IS SUPPORT FOR THAT WE'LL PROGRAM IT INTO THE CIP. OKAY. SO I GUESS I'LL OPEN IT UP TO MY COLLEAGUES. SO WHAT I'M SUGGESTING IS THAT AS PART OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN PROGRAM, CITY STAFF COMES BACK TO US WITH MAYBE, HEY, THESE 2 OR 3 PARKS COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE SHADE STRUCTURES ADDED. DO YOU WANT TO ADD SHADE TO THEM? I'D BE CURIOUS TO SEE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. WOULD ANYBODY ELSE BE CURIOUS TO SEE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER MINIKUS, THANK YOU. GOING BACK TO VETS PARK AND THE RESTROOMS DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE, AND I'M NOT SURE HOW HOW IT'S GOING TO BE DONE COMPLETELY, BUT ARE THE BATHROOMS GOING TO BE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN DURING THAT TIME, AND IF SO, ARE PORTA POTTIES GOING TO BE MADE AVAILABLE AT THE PARK? YES, THE RESTROOMS WILL BE CLOSED, AND WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT POSSIBLY HAVING PORTA POTTIES OUT THERE AT THAT TIME. I'M SURE THE FAMILIES WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. AND ALSO, JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE THIS NUMBER, I DON'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT RIGHT NOW, BUT I'M SURE IT DEPENDS ON THE SIZE OF IT. BUT WHAT IS AN AVERAGE COST OF A SHADE STRUCTURE? WE'RE LOOKING PROBABLY AT A QUARTER MILLION PER LOCATION, AND IT COULD RISE DEPENDING ON THE SIZE, COMPLEXITY AND THE DIFFERENT DESIGNS TO IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SORRY A QUICK, QUICK QUESTION. YOU SAID A QUARTER MILLION PER SHADE STRUCTURE. BUT I WAS LOOKING AT THE BUDGET. I DON'T HAVE IT WITH ME, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S 100,000 A YEAR FOR EACH STRUCTURES. THOSE WERE FOR THE PICNIC SHADE SHELTERS. THOSE ARE ROUGHLY 15 TO 20 BY 20 IN SIZE FOR THESE OTHER PLAYGROUNDS, FOR EXAMPLE, VETERANS PARK, YOU WILL HAVE ONE AREA WITH THE TOT LOT, WHICH IS MEANT FOR 2 TO 5. YOU HAVE ANOTHER AREA FOR 5 TO 12. AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE THE SWING SET. SO YOU COULD HAVE THREE SEPARATE SHADE STRUCTURES, OR YOU COULD HAVE ONE LARGER ONE WITH AN INTEGRATED DESIGN IN THAT AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. SO COUNCIL DIRECTION FOR SHADE RECOMMENDATIONS OR NO. ALL RIGHT. YES. NOT. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS ITEM. YEAH.

COUNCIL MEMBER PETE. YEAH. JUST AS A GENERAL COMMENT, I GUESS I'M NOT SURE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH ITEM NUMBER NINE, BUT I GUESS I'M GOING TO KIND OF RESERVE THE RIGHT TO COME BACK TO THIS ITEM. SO IF NINE KIND OF LEADS US TO A, HEY, WE WANT TO INCLUDE SOME THINGS IN THE CIP OR WHATEVER, I'M GOING TO RESERVE THE RIGHT TO COME BACK TO THIS ITEM. I ALWAYS HAVE TO DO THAT ANYWAY, BUT I JUST WANTED TO OPEN IT UP AND LET YOU KNOW THAT I MIGHT DO THAT. SO.

BUT OTHERWISE I'M NO OTHER COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. SO THEN SHOULD WE IF YOU WANT TO COME BACK TO IT, SHOULD WE MOVE TO FILE. WELL HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THIS COUNCIL MEMBER PETE. FOR CLARIFICATION ON PROCESS. OKAY. IF WE GO AHEAD AND PROVIDE TO RECEIVE OKAY. I'LL JUMP IN AND JUST SORT OF CUT YOU OFF. IF DURING YOUR CONVERSATION ABOUT AGENDA ITEM NINE, THERE'S SOME CONSENSUS DIRECTION ON WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE US PROPOSE IN THE CIP IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS, WE CAN TAKE IT THEN. OKAY, SO WE NEED TO COME BACK TO THIS ITEM. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD TO KNOW.

OKAY. I'M TRYING TO THINK SO. I MOTION WELL COUNCIL MEMBER MADRONE MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO I'M SORRY. SO WE CAN APPROVE SEVEN DISCUSS NINE AND THEN MAKE A MODIFICATION THAT MAY IN FACT

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IMPACT SEVEN LATER ON. WELL, SORT OF, BUT NO, WHAT YOU'D WHAT YOU'D BE DOING WHEN YOU WERE DISCUSSING AGENDA ITEM NINE IS IF A CONSENSUS DEVELOPED ABOUT SOMETHING THAT YOU'D LIKE US TO INCLUDE IN THE PROPOSED CIP BUDGET THAT COMES FORWARD IN APRIL, MAY, MAY, IN MAY, YOU CAN PROVIDE THAT DIRECTION WHILE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE. OKAY. YEAH, VERY MUCH. AND TO BE CLEAR, AT THIS STAGE, I WASN'T PREPARED TO SAY WE SHOULD INCLUDE A SHADE STRUCTURE IN THE BUDGET. I WAS GOING TO REQUEST THAT STAFF PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS OF IF WE WANTED TO POTENTIALLY ADD A SHADE STRUCTURE TO A PARK, WHICH PARKS WOULD YOU RECOMMEND US CONSIDERING? SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS INTERESTED IN PURSUING. I THINK, IF I MAY, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHATEVER. IF THE SUBCOMMITTEE IS CREATED, WHATEVER ITS RECOMMENDATIONS ARE, WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL, WHETHER IT'S PART OF THE BUDGET OR OTHERWISE. MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO SO ONE OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT PACKAGED HERE IN THE CIP. AND SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DIRECTOR, FOR PROVIDING THIS UPDATE. I'D LIKE TO SAY. NOW, I KNOW WE HAVE WORKSHOPS LATER ON IN APRIL AND SO FORTH TO TALK ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN. AND THOSE ARE MORE GEARED AT THOSE ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND THEY'RE ALSO GEARED TO TALK ABOUT ITEMS LIKE THIS, I BELIEVE, WHERE WE CAN GO INTO MORE GRANULARITY. IS IT OKAY FOR ME TO ASSUME, I REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I WENT TO THE THESE WORKSHOPS, THAT WE CAN BRING IT UP THERE, AND THAT MIGHT BE A BETTER AVENUE OR A MORE REASONABLE PLACE TO GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE MORE GRANULAR THINGS. I SOUND LIKE THE ATTORNEY HERE. IT DEPENDS. IF YOU'RE PROVIDING DIRECTION ABOUT HOW YOU'D LIKE US TO DEVELOP THE CIP THAT WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU, YOU CAN DO THAT TONIGHT, AND YOU CAN DO THAT AS PART OF THE WORKSHOP THAT WILL HAVE ON THE CIP. BUT AT THAT POINT, WE WILL HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED A FULLY FORMED RECOMMENDATION FOR YOU. SO YOU'D BE CHANGING IT AT THAT POINT. SO THE INPUT EARLIER THAN BETTER TO THE MAYOR'S POINT, IF THE COUNCIL ISN'T FOLDING PROJECTS INTO A BUDGET, HAVING A LIST OF POTENTIAL RETROFIT OPPORTUNITIES OR HAVING THAT DEVELOPED WOULD BE A STRATEGIC PLAN OBJECTIVE, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, IN THE LANGUAGE THAT WE USE FOR THE STRATEGIC PLAN WOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE THE RECREATION AND PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTORS WORKING WITH THE RECREATION COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION SHOULD PREPARE A PREFERRED LIST. OR I CAN'T THINK OF A VERB NECESSARILY, BUT OF THE PROJECTS OR THE PARKS WITH PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT THAT WOULD BEST ACCOMMODATE A RETRO, A SHADE RETROFIT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. RIGHT? WE HAVE A STANDING COUNCIL POLICY THAT WE ADD SHADE TO PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT WHEN WE REPLACE IT. IF, AS A PART OF A BROADER CONVERSATION ABOUT CHANGING THAT POLICY, THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE US TO DEVELOP OR TO ANALYZE ALL OF THE PARKS AND SAY, HERE ARE YOUR YOUR BEST PROSPECTS. THAT'S SOMETHING THE MAYOR AND I HAVE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT AND, YOU KNOW, PLACES YOU WOULDN'T OBVIOUSLY NEED TO DO IT RIGHT. LEXINGTON PARK HAS SHADE, MACKEY PARK HAS SHADE INTEGRATED ARNOLD CYPRESS PARKS ALREADY SHADED. THERE ARE SOME OTHERS THAT HAVE TREES. OTHERS STILL THAT JUST AREN'T AREN'T VERY BUSY. STILL OTHERS WHERE YOU PROBABLY COULDN'T FIT THE SHADE STRUCTURE IN, AND PUTTING THAT TOGETHER SO THAT YOU HAD IT TO PROVIDE DIRECTION ON THE CIP NEXT YEAR AS PART OF THE MID-YEAR BUDGET. THAT'D BE A GOOD STRATEGIC PLAN OBJECTIVE, AND WE MEET FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING ON APRIL 16TH. DID I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YOU DID OKAY. YOU YOU DID. AND I'M GOING TO THROW ANOTHER VARIABLE OR QUESTION INTO THIS. SO WE HAVE THIS THAT WE'RE HAVING TONIGHT THE CIP. WE HAVE THE STRATEGIC PLAN WORKSHOP IN APRIL. THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE COMMISSIONERS. NOW WE WANT THE COMMISSIONERS TO BE INDEPENDENT RIGHT. AND COME UP WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS. SO HOW SHOULD WE FOLD THEM INTO THIS AND HEAR THEIR OPINION ON THIS MATTER, ON THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR, THE STRATEGIC PLAN REFERRAL WOULD BE AND THIS IS PRETTY COMMON FOR THE WAY WE'VE STRUCTURED PRIOR OBJECTIVES. IT'S AN ASSIGNMENT GIVEN TO A DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR TO WORK WITH A COMMISSION TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL. AND THAT'S TYPICALLY HOW THESE THINGS HAPPEN. THE RECREATION AND PARKS DISTRICT BUDGET AND ITS CIP ARE DEVELOPED BY STAFF PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION FOR EVALUATION, COMMENT AND THEN COME FORWARD TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. THAT'S SORT OF YOUR YOUR SORT OF THE TOP OF THE PYRAMID.

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CONGRATULATIONS. AND STAFF AND COMMISSIONERS INPUT FLOWS UP TO YOU ALL FOR DECISION MAKING.

THANK YOU. YEAH. AND I WANTED TO CLARIFY WHY I WAS SUGGESTING THIS NOW RATHER THAN THROUGH STRATEGIC PLANNING. SO IF WE WAIT FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING ON THIS, I GUESS THE EARLIEST WE COULD POTENTIALLY GET A NEW SHADE STRUCTURE IN A PARK IS PROBABLY 18 MONTHS OR BE FISCAL YEAR 2627, AND I WANTED TO AT LEAST US TO CONSIDER AN OPTION OF ADDING SHADE TO A PARK BEFORE THEN. AND SO THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT THAT ASKING STAFF TO GIVE US RECOMMENDATIONS OF 2 OR 3 OPTIONS NOW WOULD AT LEAST ALLOW US THE OPTION OF SAYING, OH, WELL, THIS SEEMS LIKE A GOOD FIT. YEAH, LET'S DO THIS IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2526 BUDGET, MAYBE WE WOULDN'T FIND ANYTHING, ANY URGENT NEED, BUT IT WOULD AT LEAST GIVE US THE OPTION. AND THAT HOC SUBCOMMITTEE I'M GOING TO PROPOSE WOULD GET RECREATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION INPUT FOR LONGER TERM AND MORE DETAILED ISSUES. BUT I THOUGHT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, IN ALL HONESTY, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND RECREATION DIRECTOR COULD PROBABLY GIVE US THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS OFF THE TOP OF THEIR HEAD RIGHT NOW IF I ASK THEM FOR IT. SO I WAS JUST TRYING TO GIVE US THE OPTION OF DOING IT SOONER. SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO, WE CAN ASK FOR THE RECOMMENDATIONS AT THIS TIME FOR THE 2 OR 3, IF WE WANT TO WAIT LONGER, WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL. BUT I GUESS JUST TO PROVIDE SOME CLARITY ON OUR PROCESS, RIGHT. THE WORKSHOP THAT THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE IN MAY IS ON WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING YOU ADOPT A MONTH LATER AS PART OF THE CIP. SO YOU COULD CERTAINLY GIVE DIRECTION TO REORGANIZE THE FISCAL YEAR 2526, WHICH IS NEXT FISCAL YEAR'S CIP BUDGET. AT THAT MEETING. TO THE MAYOR'S POINT, THIS ISN'T A PARTICULARLY ONEROUS EXERCISE.

IF WE GOT DIRECTION, EVEN AT STRATEGIC PLANNING ON APRIL 16TH, IT'D BE MY EXPECTATION WE COULD BRING MAYBE NOT A EVERY PARK ASSESSED RECOMMENDATION BACK FOR A PROJECT, BUT CERTAINLY THE TOP FEW PROSPECTS WHICH WE'VE ALREADY SHARED WITH THE MAYOR AND OFF THE TOP OF OUR HEADS, OUR PINEWOOD PARK, CEDAR GLEN AND VETERANS. NOBODY CAN HOLD ME TO THOSE. I'VE SAID IT AT A PUBLIC MEETING, BUT THEY ARE SORT OF OFF THE TOP RIGHT, BASED ON THE AGE OF THE EQUIPMENT THERE. THE SURROUNDING PIECES OF PARK AMENITY AND HOW MUCH THOSE PARKS ARE USED. BUT THAT AND THIS IS WHERE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE WORDS MATTER, RIGHT? RECOMMENDATIONS FROM US, AT LEAST WHEN I HEARD THAT REQUEST. AND THIS MIGHT BE THE CASE FOR SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO DIDN'T SUPPORT THE IDEA. THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BUILD THAT INTO THE CIP, AND THAT REQUIRES SPENDING MONEY. IT REQUIRES REORGANIZING PROJECTS, PARTICULARLY NEXT YEAR, RIGHT.

WHEN WE'RE OPENING ARNOLD CYPRESS PARK, WHICH FROM A COMBINED IMPACT ON RECREATION, COMMUNITY SERVICE AND PUBLIC WORKS IS ACTUALLY MORE WORK THAN BUILDING IT, BECAUSE JEFF SUDDENLY PICKS UP A WHOLE BUNCH OF LOAD. IT'S EASIER FOR NICK, BUT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A SHAKEDOWN CRUISE PHASE AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. SO THE CIP IS, YOU KNOW, HAS SORT OF THESE LONG TERM KNOCK ON EFFECTS. AND THEN, AS NICK MENTIONED IN HIS PRESENTATION, RETROFITTING SHADHIN PRESENTS A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER COMPLICATIONS WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THE USEFUL LIFE OF THE SHADE STRUCTURE, THE USEFUL LIFE OF THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, THE FALL ZONE, ALL OF THOSE THINGS LINE UP. SO THE EXECUTION OF IT'S A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED THAN THAT. YEAH. AND I GUESS WITH THE WORD RECOMMENDATION, I DIDN'T INTEND BUILD 2 OR 3 PROJECTS IN THE CIP. I JUST MEANT TELL US WHICH PLACES YOU COULD WE COULD POTENTIALLY ADD SHADE, AND THEN WE'LL CONSIDER AT THE UPCOMING WORKSHOP, FOR EXAMPLE, WHETHER WE WANT TO DO ONE OR MORE IN THE CIP. AND SO OUR PREFERENCE FROM A BUDGETARY DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE LIKE A RETROFIT SHADE STRUCTURE, THE CIP FITS INTO THE BUDGET IN MULTIPLE YEARS AND PROJECTS AND ALL THOSE GOOD SORTS OF THINGS. WE WANT TO BRING A DOCUMENT FORWARD TO YOU IN MAY. THAT IS THE CLOSEST THING TO WHAT ACTUALLY GETS ADOPTED. WE IT'S NOT A SORT OF A THROW SPAGHETTI ON THE WALL EXERCISE FOR US. SO IF THERE IS SUPPORT FOR BUILDING A SHADE RETROFIT PROJECT INTO THE CIP, IF THERE'S CONSENSUS SUPPORT FOR IT, THAT'S GREAT DIRECTION TO HAVE NOW BECAUSE WE ARE ACTIVELY DEVELOPING THE BUDGET AND CIP NOW. AND WHEN ONE PROJECT COMES INTO THE CIP, ANOTHER ONE GOES OUT BASED LARGELY ON THE HUMAN RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO WORK ON THOSE PROJECTS. AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, AND NICK SAID IT MUCH LESS OR MUCH MORE GENTLY, WE HAVE A LIMITED CAPACITY TO TAKE ON EXTRA PROJECTS IN 2526 FROM A HUMAN RESOURCES PERSPECTIVE,

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BECAUSE WE ARE OPENING ARNOLD CYPRESS PARK. ALL RIGHT. WELL, BUT YOU CAN MAKE THAT CHANGE UP UNTIL THE DAY YOU ADOPT THE BUDGET. IT JUST CAUSES MORE BACK END WORK FOR US. COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG. THANK YOU. I WAS THINKING THAT THIS RECOMMENDATION FOR THE SHADE STRUCTURES MIGHT BEST BE FOLDED INTO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE. IT KIND OF SEEMS TO FALL UNDER THAT PURVIEW. I AND IT COULD BE ONE OF SEVERAL THINGS. RIGHT? WE COULD BE LOOKING AT THE SHADE STRUCTURES.

WE COULD BE LOOKING AT THE UPGRADES TO SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT. ANY OTHER KIND OF RECOMMENDATIONS, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. WE'RE WE'RE KIND OF SHIFTING OUR APPROACH TO HOW WE'RE RENOVATING OUR PARKS, LIKE NICK SAID. SO THE LAST MAJOR UPGRADES FOR ALL OUR PARKS WERE BETWEEN 2003 AND 2008, SO IT'S BEEN ABOUT 17 YEARS SINCE WE LAST HAD AN UPGRADE. AND THEN NOW WE'RE MOVING TO A FLOATING APPROACH. I THINK THAT'S THAT'S THE WAY NICK DESCRIBED IT IS ONCE A YEAR WE TACKLE A RENOVATION OR FOR ONE OF THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENTS FOR ONE OF THE PLAYGROUNDS I THINK WE HAVE, IS IT 21, 21 PARKS, SOMETHING AROUND THERE, 2021 OR 2021 PARKS. SO I MEAN, IT COULD IF WE DO, IF WE DO MOVE TO THAT APPROACH, IT COULD TAKE A WHILE BEFORE WE RENOVATE ALL OUR PARKS. IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, 20 YEARS BEFORE WE RENOVATE ALL OUR PARKS. AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, YOU KNOW, THOSE THOSE PARKS THAT ARE IN BETTER CONDITION, BUT THEY STILL NEED SHADE, THEY MIGHT BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR RENOVATION AT THAT TIME. AND I, I KIND OF LIKE THE IDEA OF JUST KEEPING IT CLEAN, HAVING THIS CAP AS IT IS, AND THEN POTENTIALLY TACKLING THE SHADE STRUCTURE RENOVATION WITH WITH AN AD HOC COMMITTEE. ALL RIGHT.

WELL THEN WE CAN POTENTIALLY FOLD THAT IN ON ITEM NINE. SO I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE OR RECEIVE AND FILE THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM UPDATE. AS IS WITH THE DIRECTION THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN BY THE COUNCIL. IS THERE A SECOND? WE'RE JUST VOTING ON NUMBER SEVEN RIGHT. CORRECT. VOTING ON SEVEN. RIGHT? YES. OKAY. DID YOU SECOND. YEAH I'LL SECOND. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. ITEMS

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FROM CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT CONSIDER A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING WOMAN'S CLUB OF CYPRESS MEMBER KATHY MCGRAW. COUNCIL MEMBER PETE, YOU AGENDIZE THIS ITEM. PLEASE LEAD THE WAY. YEAH, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS IN OUR LAST MEETING, AND WE HAVE ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA ITEM IS THE PROCLAMATION. I DON'T PLAN ON READING IT ALL, BUT LET ME JUST READ A COUPLE OF THE ITEMS TO GIVE YOU A PERSPECTIVE. AS IS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I'M ON THE WOMEN'S CLUB OF CYPRESS. I'VE BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS NOW, BUT KATHY MCGRAW IS THE LONGEST TERM MEMBER RIGHT NOW OF THE WOMEN'S CLUB. SHE JOINED THE BACK IN 19. GET THIS. 1975 SHE JOINED THE CYPRESS JUNIOR WOMEN'S CLUB AND THEN WHEN THAT DISBANDED IN 81, SHE THEN CAME TO THE WOMEN'S CLUB OF CYPRESS. SO THIS YEAR SHE'S CELEBRATING HER 50TH YEAR WITH THE CLUB, AND NEXT MONTH WE HAVE A BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION FOR THE CLUB, WHICH IS 59 YEARS, AND WE'RE GOING TO HONOR HER AT THAT TIME WITH A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT DIGNITARIES COMING IN AND EVERYTHING TO CELEBRATE HER 50 YEARS. SO JUST TO LIST A COUPLE OF, I JUST PUT TOGETHER A COUPLE OF HER CONTRIBUTIONS AND I'M JUST GOING TO LIST THIS ONE. ONE IS DOUBLING THE SIZE OF THE MEMBERSHIP TO 111 MEMBERS WHERE WE ARE TODAY VOLUNTEERED APPROXIMATELY 10,000 HOURS, MENTORED 33 CLUB PRESIDENTS, SUPPORTED OVER 25 FUNDRAISER TEAS. FOR THOSE THAT KNOW WE HAVE TEAS IN MOST YEARS. HAS DONE A LOT OF QUILTING AND SEWING AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR THE SICK AND NEEDY, AND SHE DONATED FUNDS FOR REPLANTING 1600 ACRES OF TREES IN CALIFORNIA NATIONAL FORESTS AND SO MUCH MORE. SO WE'RE REALLY HONORING HER AND THANKING HER FOR EVERYTHING THAT SHE'S BROUGHT FOR BEING A MEMBER FOR 50 YEARS AND FOR HER MENTORSHIP AND LEADERSHIP. SO I WOULD APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT AND APPROVAL. THANK YOU. SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

I'LL SECOND THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

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ALL RIGHT. ITEM NINE. CONSIDER ESTABLISHING AN AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE TO REVIEW AND POTENTIALLY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING PARK PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AND PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. SHADE STRUCTURES I AGENDIZE THIS ITEM. SEEMS LIKE MAYBE WE SHOULD TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER, BUT HERE WE ARE. ALL RIGHT. SO. PARKS ARE, TO ME, ONE OF THE MAIN DRAWS OF OUR CITY PEOPLE TALK A LOT ABOUT CYPRESS IS SAFE. WE HAVE GREAT SCHOOLS, WE HAVE NICE PARKS. AND AS A PARENT OF YOUNG KIDS, GOING TO PARKS IS A BIG PART OF MY LIFE. IT'S THE SAME WAY FOR A LOT OF OUR FAMILIES, AND I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AT OUR PARKS AND PARKS IN SURROUNDING CITIES THE PAST FEW YEARS. IN DOING THAT, I'VE RUN INTO A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS AT THESE PARKS, AND THERE'S PLAY DATES AND WE TALK. AND I'D SAY, BY AND LARGE, PEOPLE ARE THRILLED THAT CYPRESS HAS AS MANY PARKS AS WE DO. NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE, THERE'S ALMOST ALWAYS A PARK YOU CAN WALK TO, WHICH IS FANTASTIC. BUT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SUGGESTIONS OR QUESTIONS THAT I WOULD SAY COME UP REPEATEDLY FROM RESIDENTS, AND THE TWO MAIN ONES I HEAR ARE ONE. I WISH THIS PARK HAD MORE SHADE, AND TWO, IT'D BE GREAT IF SOME OF OUR PARKS HAD MORE UNIQUE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT LIKE SO AND SO. PARK IN A NEIGHBORING CITY, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I, I AGREE THAT WE COULD HAVE BENEFIT FROM THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. AND IN TERMS OF WHERE WE'RE CURRENTLY AT, WE'VE SEEN THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT. WE HAVE AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG MENTIONED A LOT OF OUR PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT IS CURRENTLY 17 YEARS OLD OR MORE, SOME 20 YEARS OLD OR MORE. AND OUR EXISTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN IS ESSENTIALLY TO REPLACE ONE PLAYGROUND STRUCTURE PER YEAR STARTING IN FISCAL YEAR 20 2728, AND POTENTIALLY, IF IT MAKES SENSE AT THAT PARK AT A SHADE STRUCTURE AS WELL. AND SO THAT'S OUR CURRENT PLAN. ONE OF THE REASONS I WANTED TO CREATE AN AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE AND MAYBE DIVE A LITTLE DEEPER ON THIS, IS THAT THE PLAN ISN'T DETAILED TO THE TO THE DEGREE THAT WE. CAN TELL RESIDENTS WHEN A CERTAIN PARK MIGHT HAVE UPGRADES OCCUR, OR IF A CERTAIN PARK WILL HAVE A SHADE STRUCTURE ADDED IN THE FUTURE. WE CAN'T REALLY GIVE THEM A TIME WINDOW OR CERTAINTY AS TO THAT, AND I FEEL LIKE THAT PRESENTS SOMETHING AS A CHALLENGE FOR ME AS A REPRESENTATIVE WHEN I'M AT THESE PARKS, BECAUSE PEOPLE ASK ME QUESTIONS IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SHADE AND I MEAN, THE BEST I CAN DO IS SAY, YEAH, I HOPE WE'LL ADD SHADE HERE AT SOME POINT. I DON'T KNOW, OR YEAH, I'D LOVE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, MORE UNIQUE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT HERE. AND I KNOW IT'LL HAPPEN AT SOME POINT, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHEN. AND SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS HAVE AN AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE THAT WORKS WITH OUR STAFF IN THE RECREATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION TO FOCUS A LITTLE MORE ON THIS. AND HOPEFULLY, AT THE END OF THE DAY, HAVE A BIT MORE DETAILED, FULLY FLESHED OUT PLAN THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH OUR RESIDENTS. WHAT I'M PROPOSING IS THAT THIS COMMITTEE OF TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG AND MYSELF, SINCE I BELIEVE WE'RE HEAVY USERS OF OUR LOCAL PARKS, WOULD SOLICIT RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE RECREATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION TO GET THEIR IDEAS ON WHICH PARKS COULD BENEFIT MOST FROM ADDED SHADE AND WHICH PARKS THEY WOULD PRIORITIZE IN TERMS OF REPLACING THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE PARKS AND EQUIPMENT OURSELVES, WILL GO OVER THE EXISTING PLAN WITH CITY STAFF, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING.

THESE ARE THE THREE PARKS WE SHOULD PRIORITIZE FIRST, OR THESE PARKS MAKE THE MOST SENSE TO ADD SHADE STRUCTURES. AND WE DEFINITELY WANT TO DO THAT. AND I THINK THE DEADLINE IN THE RESOLUTION IS JANUARY 10TH. POTENTIALLY THE SUBCOMMITTEE COULD MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE THEN IN ORDER TO GET SOMETHING, A PROJECT IN THE PIPELINE FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, IF THAT WERE DEEMED APPROPRIATE. BUT MY HOPE IS AT THE END OF THIS PROCESS, WE WOULD WE WOULD HAVE A GREAT PLAN TO IMPROVE OUR LOCAL PLAYGROUNDS, ADD MORE SHADE TO OUR PARKS, AND A MORE CONCRETE PLAN THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH RESIDENTS SO THAT WHEN THEY ASK, WE CAN GIVE THEM MORE DEFINITIVE ANSWERS THAN WE CURRENTLY CAN RIGHT NOW. AND I THINK IF WE DO

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THIS, WE'LL ENSURE THAT WE CAN. WE'LL HAVE ATTRACTIVE PARKS THAT ARE AN ATTRACTIVE DESTINATION FOR FAMILIES FOR YEARS TO COME. SO MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE CREATE CREATE THE SUBCOMMITTEE AS DRAFTED IN THE RESOLUTION. COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG AND I SERVE AS THE COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES.

AND WITH THAT SAID, I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES. COUNCIL MEMBER MONICA'S. SO. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO SHADE STRUCTURES. IN FACT, IF THERE IS A PARK THAT DOESN'T HAVE A SHADE STRUCTURE AND THE EQUIPMENT, THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT IS GOING TO BE CHANGED OUT NEXT YEAR, I'M ALL FOR THAT. BUT TO NICK'S POINT, THE LIMITED STAFFING AND RESOURCES THAT PUBLIC WORKS HAS TO CARRY OUT THESE TYPE OF PROJECTS. IS GOING TO BE EXTREMELY CHALLENGING. NOT FROM NOT FROM JUST A MANPOWER ISSUE, BUT ALSO A FINANCIAL ISSUE. AND THANK YOU TO THOSE PEOPLE THAT CAME AND SPOKE ABOUT THE AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE. AND I'M GOING TO RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT WE EITHER PULL THIS OFF THE AGENDA COMPLETELY OR VOTE NO ON IT. AND FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, OR FROM A CONSTRUCTION STANDPOINT, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT IS CONTINUALLY EVOLVING AND SHAPE DESIGN AND COMPLEXITY. AND IF YOU ADD NEW EQUIPMENT AFTER THE SHADES ARE ALREADY INSTALLED, THE SHADES MAY NOT GIVE ADEQUATE COVERAGE FROM THE SUN TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEW EQUIPMENT. IT MAKES MORE SENSE. LIKE I JUST SAID, TO INSTALL SHADE WITH EQUIPMENT, BECAUSE THEN ALL THAT CAN BE REPLACED AT THE SAME TIME, AND THE POSITIONING OF THE EQUIPMENT AND SHADING CAN BE DESIGNED TO WORK EFFECTIVELY WITH EACH OTHER. AS NICK NOTED EARLIER, IF WE DON'T DO IT IN THIS MANNER, THE RESULT WOULD BE A WASTE OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS 200 A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS PER SHADE STRUCTURE IN SHADE EQUIPMENT. THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS THREE PARKS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THAT INCLUDE LEXINGTON, MACKY, AND SOON TO BE OPEN ARNOLD CYPRESS PARK THAT ARE EXTREMELY FAMILY FRIENDLY AND HAVE SHADE STRUCTURES AND UP TO DATE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT THAT COULD ACCOMMODATE I GOSH, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AT LEAST. I FEEL AS THOUGH THIS AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE WOULD CREATE UNNECESSARY BURDEN ON CITY STAFF RESOURCES THAT COULD BE BETTER SPENT ON CURRENT, ONGOING PROJECTS WHILE FOCUSING ON THE CITY'S DAILY OPERATIONS AND THE STRATEGIC PLAN. BUT MOST OF ALL, WE DON'T NEED AN AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE A PARKS AND REC COMMISSION WITH WHOM WE'VE ENTRUSTED TO DO THE VERY THING THAT THIS AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE IS TRYING TO CREATE. AND I FEEL APPROVING THIS WOULD UNDERMINE THEIR MISSION AND DEEPLY AFFECT THE CURRENT COMMISSION AND ALL OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONS MORALE, LET ALONE, I BELIEVE MANY OF THE MEMBERS ON THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION ARE SENIORS. NO OFFENSE IF YOU ARE, BUT YOU KNOW AND I FEEL A YES VOTE ON THIS AD HOC WOULD BE A SLAP IN THE FACE TO THE VERY COMMUNITY THAT WE CAME CLAIM TO CARE SO MUCH ABOUT. THE SECOND ASPECT OF THIS IS LOOK, THIS COMES DOWN TO A FEW BASIC FUNDAMENTALS OF BEING A GOOD AND THOUGHTFUL LEADER. A GOOD LEADER DOES NOT WASTE TIME OR THE RESIDENTS TAX DOLLARS AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, A GREAT LEADER DOES NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, INTENTIONALLY UNDERCUT AND DESTROY THE MORALE OF THE GOOD WORKS OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU OR WE HAVE ENTRUSTED TO CARRY OUT THEIR MISSION. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION HERE THIS EVENING ABOUT THE REASONS WHY AN AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE IS NOT NECESSARY. WE HAVE SEVERAL RESOURCES FROM PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS AND REC, THE COMMISSION, AS WELL AS THE DIRECTORS AND CITY MANAGER THAT CAN ACCOMPLISH THIS MISSION WITHOUT AN AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE. WITH THAT, I'LL YIELD BACK MY TIME. THANK YOU. THANKS. I JUST WANTED TO ASK FIRST, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY CONVERSATION ABOUT THE AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE YET BECAUSE THE AGENDA ITEM JUST STARTED. WE DID HAVE SOME RESIDENTS COMMENT ON IT, BUT WE'RE STARTING THE CONVERSATION NOW. BUT WE DO HAVE A CODE OF CONDUCT THAT PREVENTS ATTACKS AGAINST COUNCILMEMBERS. I'M NOT ATTACKING ANYBODY.

PLEASE DON'T. PLEASE DON'T INTERRUPT ME, SIR. ANYBODY. PLEASE DON'T INTERRUPT ME. I WOULD RESPECTFULLY, YOU SUGGESTED THAT GOOD LEADERS DON'T. AND GREAT LEADERS DON'T BRING FORWARD ITEMS LIKE THIS. HOW IS THAT ATTACKING? I'M ASKING, WHO ARE YOU REFERRING TO

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IN TERMS OF EVERYBODY? I DIDN'T. DID I SINGLE YOU OUT? DID I SINGLE YOU OUT WITH THE ITEM? YOU'RE STRETCHING THIS, BUDDY. JUST. I'M NOT. I'M NOT TRYING TO ARGUE WITH YOU. I'M JUST STATING WHAT I FEEL. AND IF YOU GET UPSET WITH THAT, IT'S NOT MY INTENT. I'M SIMPLY SAYING THAT THIS AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE IS NOT NECESSARY. WE HAVE ALL THE RESOURCES IN PLACE THAT WE NEED, AND I FEEL THAT MOVING WITH AN AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE IS A SLAP IN THE FACE IN THE MORALE OF THE COMMISSIONS THAT WE HAVE ENTRUSTED WITH MAKING DECISIONS BASED FOR THE CITY. THOSE THOSE COMMISSIONS BRING BACK THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS TO US, AND WE FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THEM. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. I'M NOT ATTACKING ANYBODY. NO, THAT'S NOT ALL YOU'RE SAYING. ALL. IF ALL YOU WERE SAYING WAS ABOUT THE SUBSTANCE OF THE AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE AND WHETHER IT MAKES SENSE TO CREATE AN AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE AND WHAT'S AN APPROPRIATE USE OF RESOURCES, THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY COMMENTARY ABOUT WHAT GOOD LEADERS DO OR WHAT GREAT LEADERS DO. YOUR ASSESSMENTS OF HOW HUMAN BEINGS ARE LEADERS, AND WHAT YOUR STANDARDS OF LEADERSHIP ARE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH WHETHER WE SHOULD PUT SHADE STRUCTURES IN OUR PARKS. SO I JUST ASK. THEY ABSOLUTELY DO. WELL, YOU'RE BECAUSE THE PROCESS THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO BRING UPON THE CITY IS YOU'RE DEGRADING THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION AND POSSIBLY EVERYBODY ELSE. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. OKAY. WELL THANK YOU. YOU'RE A LITTLE TOO SENSITIVE ON THIS SITUATION HERE. I'M NOT ATTACKING YOU. I'M NOT ATTACKING LEO. I'M NOT ATTACKING KYLE. I'M NOT ATTACKING BONNIE. I'M JUST EXPRESSING MY OPINION. AND YOU'RE GETTING UPSET OVER IT. AND THAT'S, LIKE, UNCONSCIONABLE TO ME. I DON'T UNDERSTAND ANY OF THAT. SO TAKE A DEEP BREATH FOR ME. PLEASE DO NOT TELL ME HOW TO BREATHE OR CONDUCT MYSELF. I AM SPEAKING NOW, DAVID. YOU'RE YELLING. CALLING SOMEONE TOO SENSITIVE IS ANOTHER FORM OF A PERSONAL ATTACK. OH DEAR LORD. OKAY. I UNDERSTAND YOU'VE EXPRESSED YOUR OPINION THAT BY SUGGESTING AN AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE TO CONSIDER PLAYGROUND STRUCTURES, I AM DEGRADING THE ENTIRE CITY. YOUR OPINION HAS BEEN REGISTERED. I DIDN'T SAY THAT. YOU SAID THAT. YOU LITERALLY JUST SAID IT. YOU JUST SAID THIS DEGRADES THE ENTIRE CITY TO WHAT YOU WANTED TO SAY. AGAIN, I'M NOT TRYING TO BE CONFRONTATIONAL. HERE YOU ARE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE YOU'RE SO YELLING AT ME ABOUT THIS AND SO UPSET ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I'M TIRED OF BEING LECTURED BY YOU ABOUT WHAT GOOD LEADERSHIP IS AND HOW SENSITIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE. AND I'M TIRED OF COUNCIL MEMBERS AND RESIDENTS BEING ATTACKED DURING MEETINGS BY YOU. YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS COMMITTEE ATTACKING ANYBODY, NOT ATTACKING ANYBODY. DAVID, TELL YOURSELF WHAT YOU MADE YOUR COMMENTS. COUNCIL MEMBER PETE. OKAY, I HAVE A I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. ONE IS I WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT IT WAS SOMETHING COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG SAID. WE DID HAVE AN I WON'T SAY AN UPGRADE, BUT I'LL CALL IT AN UPGRADE. WHEN WE DID A PLAYGROUND RESURFACING, SO THAT WAS DONE COMPLETELY. SO THERE HAS BEEN SOME WORK DONE ON SOME OF THE PLAYGROUNDS. OKAY. AND AGAIN, THAT'S NOT A BIG THING, BUT IT WAS JUST I SEE IT ON MY SHEET. OKAY. THE SECOND THING IS SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND. THE SHADING IS IT IS IT TO BRING MORE KIDS OUT TO MAKE IT SAFER FOR THEM? HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE SHADING ASPECT. ARE KIDS NOT ARE THEY UNCOMFORTABLE OR THEIR PARENTS UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE IT'S TOO HOT OR WHAT? WHY? SHADING? JUST CURIOUS. YES, IT'S LARGELY BECAUSE. A LOT OF OUR PARKS DON'T HAVE SHADE STRUCTURES COVERING THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, WHICH MAKES THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT TOO HOT TO USE ON VERY HOT DAYS. OKAY, I RECENTLY TOLD SOMEONE I WAS THINKING OF A RESIDENT. I WAS THINKING OF CREATING A AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE TO LOOK INTO HOW WE COULD IMPROVE OUR PARKS, AND THE RESIDENTS RESPONSE WAS SHADE, SHADE, SHADE. I OFTEN TALK TO RESIDENTS IN OTHER CITIES OR IN CYPRUS WHO SAY, WE LOVE THIS OTHER PARK IN THIS OTHER CITY BECAUSE SHADE COVERS THE PLAYGROUND, WHEREAS IN CYPRUS AND SOME OF OUR PARKS, IF IT'S A HOT DAY, IT'S TOO HOT TO USE THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. AND IF YOU'RE A PARENT SITTING ON THE SIDE, YOU DON'T HAVE SHADE TO RELAX AND HANG OUT WITH YOUR KIDS. SO THAT'S THE IMPETUS FOR SHADE IS JUST TO MAKE IT COOLER AND MORE HABITABLE ON HOT SUMMER DAYS. OKAY, OKAY. SO AS I

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LOOK THROUGH THIS ITEM AND I WASN'T SURE, I MEAN, I KIND OF READ EVERYTHING THAT WAS THERE, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME TO LIGHT FOR ME IS PROCESS. AND SO MY THOUGHT WAS, I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY TO HAVE AN AD HOC, SO I WOULD NOT VOTE YES ON THIS. HOWEVER, OKAY, WE HAVE A COMMISSION AND WE HAVE A GROUP OF FOLKS THAT ARE VERY RESPONSIVE TO THINGS THAT THEY ARE BEING ASKED TO DO. AND IF WE WANT TO DO AS YOU SAID, OR I KNOW YOU DIDN'T GET ANY INPUT FROM THE PREVIOUS ONE, BUT IF WE WANT TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT SOMETHING AND COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE HAVE A PROCESS FOR SAYING, HEY, LET'S LET'S PUT IT ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN DISCUSSION IN APRIL AND I CLARITY WOULD BE GREAT IF ANYBODY THINKS I'M WRONG, BUT PUT IT ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR APRIL SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A DIALOG THAT SAYS, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO, HOW WE WANT TO DO IT. AND HOPEFULLY BY THEN WHEN WE COME INTO THAT MEETING, WE'LL HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A GOOD DECISION, SAYING, HEY, LET'S PUT IT IN THE CIP FOR THESE THREE PARKS OR NOT, LET'S REPLACE ALL THE EQUIPMENT FOR THESE PARKS. YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, I THINK, I THINK HAVING AN AD HOC IS CONTRARY TO THE PROCESS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE. AND IT ALSO EXCLUDES THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO I THINK IF WE HAVE SOMETHING, LET'S PUT SOMETHING INTO THE COMMISSIONERS HANDS, HAVE THEM DO THE WORK. AND IN THE MEANTIME, WE ALL CAN TAKE THE ACTIVITY TO VISIT EVERY PARK, RIGHT, AND DO OUR OWN ASSESSMENT OF THE PARKS SO THAT WHEN WE GET BACK TOGETHER OR WHEN OUR STRATEGIC SESSION IS, WE ARE MORE INTELLIGENT. IF YOU WANT TO SAY OF SAYING, HEY, HERE ARE THREE PARKS. WHY AND WHAT? OKAY, I THINK PUTTING AN AD HOC IS UNDERMINING THE COMMISSION A BIT. THAT MAYBE WASN'T THE INTENT, BUT I THINK IT UNDERMINES THE COMMISSIONERS THAT WE HAVE. AND THEY ARE VERY GOOD. AND YOU KNOW THAT AS WELL. THEY ARE VERY GOOD AT BEING RESPONSIVE AND DOING WHAT THEY'RE ASKED TO DO, BUT THEY HAVE TO BE PRETTY CLEAR ON WHAT THEY'RE BEING ASKED TO DO. OKAY.

CLEARLY THERE MIGHT BE A TRADE OFF FOR COSTS OR RESOURCES, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN TALK ABOUT, RIGHT? I THINK MY POINT IS WE HAVE A PROCESS. LET'S USE IT. AND THIS IS PERFECT ITEM IF YOU WANT TO SAY FOR US AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SAY, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO. AND I THINK IF I RECALL, YOU HAD ASKED FOR STRATEGIC ITEMS TO BE MENTIONED IN THE MARCH EARLY MARCH, 1ST MARCH MEETING. TO ME, I WOULD PUT IT OUT THERE. I WOULD SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO. WE WANT TO REVIEW THIS. AND WHEN WE GET TOGETHER ON APRIL, LET'S, LET'S REVIEW IT.

AND IF IT IF IT SAYS, YEAH, THAT LOOKS GOOD, THEN I WOULD SAY, YEAH, LET'S PUT IT INTO THE PLAN AND LET'S, LET'S DEVELOP A CIP IF, IF THAT'S REQUIRED TO GET IT DONE. JUST UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE BUDGET AND EVERYTHING IS, WHICH I THINK IS WHAT YOU WERE PLANNING TO DO FOR THE AD HOC.

BUT I THINK GIVING IT TO THE COMMISSIONERS IS THE WAY TO GO. AND HAVING US AS THAT BODY PROVIDING DIRECTION. IN THE MEANTIME, THOUGH, I THINK WE ALL PROBABLY NOT A BAD IDEA. OKAY, TO GO VISIT OUR PARKS AND YOU GUYS SEEM TO HAVE PROBABLY MORE INTERACTION THAN WE DO, BUT GO VISIT THE PARKS AND GO SEE GO SEE WHERE THE SHADE STRUCTURE OR WHAT THE WHAT THE EQUIPMENT LOOKS LIKE. I MEAN, WE IF WE DON'T HAVE A LIST, I'M SURE OUR CITY MANAGER CAN FORWARD IT. WE ALL KNOW WHICH ONES WERE PUT INTO PLACE. AND LIKE 2000, WHAT WAS THE OLDEST ONE RIGHT NOW OF 2001, 2002, 2000, TWO, 2003. BUT AGAIN, IT MAY NOT BE A HEAVILY USED PARK VERSUS ONE THAT WAS PUT INTO PLACE IN 2007. SO I, I THINK I LIKE THE IDEA OF SAYING, HEY, LET'S LOOK AT OUR PARKS, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE IT ACCOMMODATING, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT FAMILIES THAT WE WANT TO BE OUTSIDE. WE WANT THEM TO GO TO THE PARKS AND MAKE IT ACCOMMODATING. BUT MY RECOMMENDATION IS NO TO THE AD HOC. AND LET'S LET'S HAVE THE COMMISSIONERS DO THE WORK AND REPORT BACK TO US. SO THAT'S MY COMMENTS. COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG, THANK YOU. THERE'S TWO MAIN PARTS THAT I SEE TO THIS TO THIS AD HOC. ONE WOULD BE LOOKING AT THE SHADE STRUCTURES. AND THE SECOND IS THE REGARDING THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. I'LL TALK A BIT ABOUT THE SECOND ONE.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE SCHEDULED TO START REPLACING OUR EQUIPMENT, PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT IN 2027 2028. AND THAT'S A FEW YEARS OUT. AND WE'RE SCHEDULED TO SPEND ABOUT $450,000 ON UPGRADING OUR EQUIPMENT EVERY YEAR. AND I THINK RIGHT NOW THE PLAN IS TO SPEND 450, POSSIBLY ON EACH OF THOSE PARKS. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE COMMISSION RIGHT NOW IS KIND OF

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OPERATING UNDER THAT ASSUMPTION THAT WE WILL BE SPENDING THAT'S KIND OF LIKE THEIR GUIDANCE IS 450 FOR EACH PARK. I'M HOPING THAT THROUGH THIS COMMITTEE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO POSSIBLY MOVE AROUND THAT MONEY. AND I DID TALK TO THE CITY MANAGER. THE 2027 ISN'T A HARD START DATE.

IT'S POSSIBLE FOR US TO MOVE IT UP TO 20, 26, 27. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING I WANT TO CONSIDER, IS THAT IF WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE THAT MONEY AROUND, I, I SEE US AS HAVING FOUR PREMIER PARKS PARKS.

WE HAVE LEXINGTON PARK, ACP PARK, VETERANS PARK AND OAK KNOLL PARK, AND THESE ARE PARKS THAT I SEE AS ALMOST REGIONAL, LIKE WE'LL BRING IN A LOT OF PEOPLE, AT LEAST WHEN I'VE TALKED TO THE PEOPLE, I ASK THEM WHERE THEY'RE FROM. A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE NOT FROM CYPRESS, THEY'RE FROM OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES, AND THEY JUST REALLY LIKE OUR PARKS. AND THEN THERE'S THOSE FOUR PARKS, AND THEN THERE'S NEIGHBORING PARKS. AS FAR AS THESE REGIONAL PARKS, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOMETHING WHERE, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE REALLY JUST A SIGNATURE, A REALLY MARQUEE PARK. LIKE, FOR ME, MY DAUGHTER, SHE LOVES DANCING CENTRAL PARK. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN TO IT, BUT IT'S LIKE A THREE STORY GIANT STRUCTURE WITH MULTIPLE SLIDES. AND, YOU KNOW, FOR US, WE'LL GO OUT OF OUR WAY TO GO TO STAUNTON TO GO TO THIS HERITAGE PARK. IF YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN TO THAT ONE IN CERRITOS, IT'S LIKE A BIG ISLAND. IT'S GOT LIKE A BIG CASTLE, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE A JUST JUST AN AMAZING PARK. AND I FOR ME, IF WE CAN MOVE, SEND THEM MONEY AROUND TO REALLY WORK ON THESE SIGNATURE PARKS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE FROM CYPRESS. SO I KNOW WE HAVE THIS. RECREATION COMMISSION AND I, I, I WOULDN'T WANT TO TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM THEM. WHAT I'M REALLY AFTER ARE, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THEM TO GET SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE OUR PARKS. AND THESE ARE JUST SUGGESTIONS, YOU KNOW, IF NOTHING HAPPENS FROM THIS, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THIS, THESE SUGGESTIONS, THE SALE, THE UPGRADES, IT DOESN'T GET ANYTHING. IT DOESN'T GET DONE IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS. AT THE VERY LEAST, WE'LL HAVE A REALLY GOOD PLAN MOVING FORWARD. STARTING IN 2027, WE'LL BE ABLE TO POINT TO THESE PARKS ARE THE PARKS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON, WORKING ON IN 2027, 2028, 2029.

AND THIS IS WHAT WE CAN BRING TO OUR OUR RESIDENTS. YOU KNOW, THIS IS WE DO HAVE A PLAN MOVING FORWARD. AND THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO. AS FOR OUR SHADE STRUCTURES, I YOU KNOW, I DO WANT TO HAVE THAT IN MIND ABOUT WHAT NICK SAID. YOU KNOW, IT'S A VERY EXPENSIVE PROCESS, $250,000. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IF THERE'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING LIKE PINE PINEWOOD PARK THAT'S KIND OF SOUTH OF CYPRESS COLLEGE, I, I STILL SEE THAT PARK AS BEING IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE, BUT IT DOES GET REALLY HOT IN THAT PARK, AND IT'S JUST A LITTLE LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD PARK. IT DOESN'T GET THAT MUCH USE. SO THAT MIGHT BE KIND OF LIKE A THAT'S ONE THAT THAT PETE MENTIONED. THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR UPGRADES, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY IF YOU KNOW IT IF THERE'S AN ASSESSMENT AND IT'S PROBABLY IT MIGHT BE OUR 15TH OUT OF, YOU KNOW, 20 PARK IN TERMS OF THE CURRENT STAGE OF DEGRADATION, THEN YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE CAN GET 15 YEARS OUT OF THE SHADE STRUCTURE, YOU KNOW I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING FOR US TO LOOK TO THINK ABOUT. SO I SEE THIS AS MORE OF A, AN INFORMATION GATHERING SUBCOMMITTEE. AND OF COURSE, WHATEVER WE GET OUT OF THIS SUBCOMMITTEE, WE'LL HAVE TO BRING IT BACK TO THIS MAIN COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. SO, YOU KNOW, I EVEN IF IT'S JUST INFORMATION, I THINK THAT'S THAT'S WORTH GETTING. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO. THANK YOU. I'LL TRY TO BE CONCISE HERE. A LOT OF POINTS WERE ALREADY TOUCHED ON, SO I DON'T WANT TO BE TOO REPETITIVE, BUT I FEEL I HEAR WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT WANTING TO HAVE SHADED STRUCTURES. AND OUR NEWER PARKS HAVE THAT. SO IT DOES SEEM AS IF, THOUGH THE INPUT IS BEING HEARD AND THE DIRECTORS ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH GOING AHEAD AND PROVIDING THOSE OPTIONS. AND WE DO HAVE PARKS THAT DO THAT. I THINK IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO SHADE. AND I DO AGREE THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD GO AHEAD AND IMPLEMENT. NOW, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE PROCESS. I KNOW I ASKED EARLIER ABOUT IT TO THE CITY MANAGER. I'LL PROBABLY ASK AGAIN HERE, BUT WE HAVE COMMISSIONERS. I WAS A COMMISSIONER AND I KNOW THAT I'M LOOKING HERE AT PAGE TEN OF THE COMMISSIONER POLICY MANUAL, AND THERE IS AN AD HOC COMMITTEE, SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS A TASK

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FORCE, IS A COMMITTEE APPOINTED FOR A SPECIFIC LIMITED TIME, PURPOSE OR PROJECT. AND I SO I THINK THAT MAYBE THIS IS ME DOING A COMPROMISE. OR MAYBE THIS IS ME JUST ASKING ABOUT THE PROCESS, BUT PERHAPS AN AD HOC COMMITTEE MADE UP OF COMMISSIONERS CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO MOVE THAT AND LOOK AT THIS, BECAUSE THE COMMISSIONERS, I THINK, CAN FOCUS ON THAT. AND THEN ALSO THEN THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND HAVE INPUT. PEOPLE ATTENDING THE COMMISSION MEETINGS CAN ALSO TALK WITH THE COMMISSIONERS. HOWEVER, THOUGH I AM CAUTIOUS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A PROCESS HERE WITHIN THE CITY, AND THIS IS WHERE I'M GOING TO ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY AND ALSO CITY MANAGER THAT THE COMMISSIONERS ARE THERE TO BE INDEPENDENT AND WE SHOULD NOT, AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, PUTTING A HEAVY HAND INTO HEARING THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS OF WHAT WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO SAY. SO I'M KIND OF CAUTIOUS WITH SAYING, HEY, HOW DO WE DO THIS PROCESS OF GETTING COMMISSION? COMMISSIONERS GIVE US A RECOMMENDATION ALONG WITH THE DIRECTORS WITHOUT US VIOLATING THAT INDEPENDENCE. SO THAT'S MORE OF A PROCEDURAL QUESTION TO THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY. BUT I'LL HOLD OFF BECAUSE I ALSO HAVE SOME MORE QUESTIONS HERE. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE DIRECTORS FOR PUTTING A DOLLAR TAG ON THE SHADES. I THOUGHT IT WAS A FEW BUCKS. I'M OBVIOUSLY VERY IGNORANT. IT IS COSTING A LOT MORE. IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GO TO HARBOR FREIGHT AND PICK UP AND INSTALL IN A WEEKEND. SO IT IS A MEANINGFUL AMOUNT. YOU MULTIPLY THAT BY 2 OR 3, AND YOU REALIZE THAT YOU'RE NOT JUST SPENDING A FEW DOLLARS, BUT YOU'RE MOVING THINGS AROUND. SO WE IMPLEMENT THE SHADE HERE. WE HAVE TO TAKE SOMETHING OFF HERE. SO I REALIZE THAT IT'S A IT'S A VERY DELICATE KABUKI DANCE THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. ON THE PLANNING SIDE, THIS I ALSO WANT TO USE AS A POINT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO ATTEND THE COMMISSIONER MEETINGS, GO AHEAD AND ATTEND THEM AND WEIGH IN. IF THINGS ARE SHADED, GO TO THOSE MEETINGS AND LET THE COMMISSIONERS KNOW SO THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND HAVE BETTER INFORMED DECISIONS. AND I WOULD ALSO THEN LIKE TO USE THIS AS A PLUG. WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR COMMISSIONERS THE FIRST MONDAY IN APRIL. WE'LL START ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS. SO PLEASE GO AHEAD IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SEEING THIS THROUGH. AND YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE IT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT, PLEASE APPLY TO BE A COMMISSIONER. THE COMMISSIONER PERIOD IS OPEN UNTIL THE LAST FRIDAY IN APRIL. AND SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR, IS THERE A WAY WE CAN SET UP AN AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE OF COMMISSIONERS TO GO AHEAD AND DO THIS AND HAVE THEIR FIRST OPINION SO THAT BECAUSE I REMEMBER AS A COMMISSIONER, WE WOULD HAVE THE COMMISSIONERS GO TO THE PARKS EVERY MONTH, WALK THROUGH THEM, AND THEN REPORT BACK INFORMALLY AND FORMALLY AT THE COMMISSION MEETING. SO IS THERE A WAY WE CAN GET A MORE INVOLVED CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY WITHOUT VIOLATING THE INDEPENDENCE? SURE. AND FRANKLY, THE COUNCIL DOES IT ALL THE TIME. THIS WOULD BE A REFERRAL TO THE COMMISSION TO SYNTHESIZING WHAT I'VE HEARD, DEVELOP A SCHEDULE FOR THOSE LARGER EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT.

THE $450,000 BUDGET ITEMS THAT ARE IN THE CIP, SO THAT THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY HAS A BETTER SENSE OF WHICH PARK SLASH PARKS, IS LIKELY TO COME FORWARD THAT YEAR. BASED ON THE EVALUATION CRITERIA. YOU COULD ALSO ASK THEM TO PREPARE A LIST OF THE BEST PROSPECTS FOR SHADE RETROFITTING. IF THE CITY COUNCIL DECIDED TO PIVOT AWAY FROM ITS WEIGHT TO SHADE UNTIL YOU REPLACE PHILOSOPHY AND THERE'S GOT TO BE A RHYME I CAN COME UP WITH THERE, I'LL WORK ON THAT. AND I THINK YOU CAN ALSO AND I'M REALLY DON'T NEED TO DO THIS FORMALLY, BUT JEFF AND I ARE HEARING IT. BUT YOU CAN CHARGE THEM WITH. AND I'M GONNA STEAL A WORD FROM THE MAYOR HERE ADVANCING MORE WHIMSICAL DESIGNS WHEN PARK REPLACEMENTS COME FORWARD. AND FOR EVERYBODY'S SORT OF REFERENCE. AND IT PREDATES ALL STAFF. SO I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THIS, BUT PARTICULARLY IN OH SEVEN, OH EIGHT, BUT BETWEEN OH FOUR AND OH FIVE AND 2008, THE CITY WENT ON A PARK EQUIPMENT BUYING SPREE, RIGHT, 3 TO 4 TO AS MANY AS EIGHT PROJECTS IN A GIVEN YEAR. I DON'T KNOW IF COSTCO IS RUNNING A SPECIAL OR WHATEVER HAPPENED, BUT THOSE PURCHASES, WHILE I'M SURE THEY WERE VERY EFFICIENT AND VERY EFFECTIVE, I DEFINITELY LACKED WHIMSY. WE HAVE AN INTEREST IN REPLACEABILITY AND, YOU KNOW, ONE PIECE FITTING IN MULTIPLE PARKS, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. BUT THE CONVERSATION THAT COUNCIL IS HAVING TONIGHT WOULD BE A GOOD STRATEGIC PLAN OBJECTIVE TO ASSIGN TO THE RECREATION COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION. OR YOU COULD JUST AS PART OF A MINUTE ACTION ISSUE THAT CHARGE TO THEM AND HAVE THEM BRING THAT BACK. THE SCHEDULE FOR THE LARGER REPLACEMENT PROJECTS FOR

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STARTING IN 27 OR 28, OR EVEN IDENTIFYING ONE THAT COULD BE ACCELERATED IF WE COULD FIT THAT INTO THE CIP. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD HAVE DONE IN TIME TO MAKE PART OF THE CIP PRESENTATION WORKSHOP TO YOU IN MAY, AND SAME IN THE SAME THING WITH THE. IF WE DECIDED TO START RETROFITTING SHADE PROJECTS, WHERE DOES THE COMMISSION THINK WE SHOULD GO? AND, YOU KNOW, JUST THE COMMISSIONERS SPEAKING FOR THEM, JUST LIKE STAFF, WE MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL. AND IF YOU FOLLOW OUR RECOMMENDATION, GREAT. IF YOU DON'T, GREAT. IN BOTH CASES, WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE PROCESS AND GO FROM THERE. AND THE ONLY OTHER ITEM I WOULD ADD TO THAT IS I KNOW MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE SAYING THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO STAY INDEPENDENT OF THE COMMISSION. THE COMMISSION BASICALLY FOLLOWS THE POLICY DIRECTION OF THE COUNCIL. SO THE COMMISSION IS THERE TO REALLY STUDY AND GIVE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL. BUT ULTIMATELY THE COUNCIL CAN GIVE YOUR POLICY DIRECTION TO THE COMMISSIONS THAT THAT'S ENTIRELY WITHIN YOUR AUTHORITY. OKAY. THANK YOU. BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A POLICY IN THE CITY, HAS A POLICY WHERE WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ATTEND COMMISSIONER MEETINGS FOR THE SPECIFIC REASON THAT UNLESS 24 HOUR NOTICE. BUT THE REASON BEHIND THAT IS BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY DO NOT WANT TO INFLUENCE THE COMMISSIONERS WHEN THEY MAKE THEIR DECISION AND VOTING PROCESS. SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY I ASK THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER PETE, I JUST WANTED TO ADD A COUPLE OF THINGS, AND IT KIND OF GOES ON TO THE MAYOR PRO TEM COMMENTS. WHAT WHAT I DON'T WANT TO DO IS USURP THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WE'VE GIVEN TO THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION. SO I'M JUST GOING TO READ TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHERE I'M COMING FROM. THERE'S AN ORDINANCE THAT WAS PUT OUT THERE, SECTION TEN OF ORDINANCE 405, THE RECREATION AND PARKS COMMISSION SHALL ADVISE THE CITY COUNCIL ON ALL MATTERS SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE COUNCIL PERTAINING TO ACQUISITION, DEVELOPMENT, MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. I CONSIDER THIS TO BE THAT, AND I'M I'M CONCERNED THAT IF WE DO THIS, ARE WE CHANGING OUR PROCESS, AND IF SO, DO WE NEED TO CHANGE HOW WE DO THINGS WITH COMMISSIONERS? I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S THE INTENT. OKAY. BUT I THINK THE I ALREADY I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT WHAT I WOULD HAVE SAID BEFORE, BUT I THINK THE COMMISSIONERS ARE EQUIPPED AND ARE IN PLACE TO DO WHAT WE'RE ASKING THEM TO DO. AND WE HAVE EVERY, EVERY RIGHT, IF YOU WANT TO SAY RIGHT HERE, NOT RIGHT TODAY, BUT RIGHT HERE TO GO IN AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE WANT TO ACCELERATE REPLACEMENT OF SOME OF THE PARK EQUIPMENT. BUT WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO KNOW, AS THE CITY MANAGER SAID, IS THERE'S TRADE OFFS, RIGHT? SO THERE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO APPLY ALL THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO DO PROJECTS X, Y, Z AS A RESULT. BUT THAT'S WE MAKE DECISIONS LIKE THAT ALL DAY LONG, RIGHT. WE JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE ARE. IF IN FACT THERE ARE TRADE OFFS THAT WE NEED TO DO. BUT I THINK STEP ONE IS MAYBE GOING BACK AND SAYING, HEY, COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE US A REPORT WITH YOUR TOP 3 OR 4 RECOMMENDATIONS AND BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. AND I THINK AS WE COULD BE PREPARED TO POSSIBLY DO SOMETHING INTO THE CIP IF IT'S APPROPRIATE. SO THAT'S MY COMMENTS. THANKS. SEE, I, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT A FEW OF THE TOPICS. I GUESS ONE, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO KEEP IN MIND, RIGHT, THAT THIS PROPOSED AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE WOULD ONLY BE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL SO THE COUNCIL COULD DECIDE IF ANY GIVEN PROJECT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OR NOT. IF A CERTAIN COUNCIL MEMBER IS THINKS IT'S A TERRIBLE IDEA TO EVER ADD SHADE TO AN EXISTING PLAY STRUCTURE, THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO VOTE FOR THAT. BUT AT THIS STAGE, ALL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS BRINGING RECOMMENDATIONS FORWARD FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER. I DON'T SEE HOW THAT COULD BE A BAD THING. I ALSO THINK AS TO THE POINTS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED REGARDING THE RECREATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION. IN THE RESOLUTION, IT SAYS THAT THE AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE WILL GET INPUT FROM THE RECREATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION. I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER PETE JUST SAID, WELL, STEP ONE, HOW ABOUT YOU GET RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMISSION FOR WHICH PARKS YOU'D LIKE TO FOCUS ON WHEN THAT'S IN THE RESOLUTION? WHAT I'M PROPOSING IS NOT EXERCISING THE RECREATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION FROM THIS

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PROCESS. IT'S SPELLS IT OUT RIGHT. THEY'RE REQUESTING THEIR INPUT. BUT I GUESS GENERALLY SPEAKING, I THINK TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE. AND THE RECREATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION MEMBERS HAVE THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON WHICH PARKS, MAYBE THEY THINK SHOULD HAVE SHADE ADDED OR WHICH PLAYGROUNDS WE THINK THEY THINK WE SHOULD UPGRADE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. I THINK THAT COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG AND I HAVE OUR OWN PERSPECTIVES, AS WELL AS PARENTS, AS USERS OF THE PARKS. YOU KNOW, FRANKLY, I FEEL AN OBLIGATION TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE PARENTS THAT I SPEAK TO IN THESE PARKS WHO SAY THEY WANT MORE SHADE OR SAY THEY WANT EXISTING PLAYGROUND STRUCTURES. AND SO TO ME, IF WE SAY, HEY, LET'S GET TOGETHER, LET'S GET RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE RECREATION COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION, COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG AND I WILL ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND COME UP WITH RECOMMENDATIONS, AND WE'LL CONSIDER THEIRS AND WE'LL CONSIDER WHAT WE SEE. AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL AFTER HAVING PUT EVERYBODY'S HEADS TOGETHER. AND WE'LL WE'LL RECOMMEND SOME OPTIONS FOR MOVING FORWARD. AND THEN THE COUNCIL AS A GROUP GETS TO DECIDE WHETHER WE MOVE FORWARD OR NOT. FRANKLY, I THINK IT WOULD PROBABLY WORK OUT PRETTY WELL. AND I I'M SURPRISED THAT THE TENOR OF THIS CONVERSATION TO A DEGREE. BUT. I HAVEN'T HEARD. I GUESS MAYBE I'VE MISSED IT. I HAVEN'T HEARD IN THE DISCUSSION FROM MY COLLEAGUES AT LEAST, HOW HAVING MORE PEOPLE PAY ATTENTION TO THIS ISSUE AND TRY AND PUT HELP PUT TOGETHER A CONCRETE PLAN IS A BAD IDEA HOW IT'S WORSE THAN HAVING FEWER PEOPLE. SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RESOLUTION AS DRAFTED, BUT I SEE SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ADDITIONAL REMARKS. COUNCIL MEMBER MINIKUS. YOU STATED A MOMENT AGO THAT YOU DON'T YOU DON'T SEE WHY THIS IS A BAD IDEA. AND SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT I SPOKE TO TONIGHT WERE FROM PEOPLE ON THE COMMISSION, NOT JUST THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION, BUT OTHER COMMISSIONS. AND THE COMMENT BASICALLY WAS, WHY IS THIS HERE? DON'T DOESN'T THE COUNCIL TRUST US TO DO THE JOB THAT WE VOLUNTEERED FOR? WE'RE DEDICATED TO THIS, TO THIS COMMISSION. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S A BAD IDEA.

YOU'RE THE WHATEVER WAY THIS DECISION COMES OUT. WELL, IF AN AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE IS CREATED, I CAN TELL YOU THAT YOU THAT THE WHOEVER VOTES IS GOING TO SEND A VERY NEGATIVE MESSAGE, NOT JUST THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION WHO DEDICATED THEMSELVES TO THIS POSITION, BUT ALL THE OTHER COMMISSIONS AS WELL. AND I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT. THANK YOU. YEAH, I MEAN, THANKS. I FEEL THAT THE MESSAGE I'D BE SENDING IS THAT THE COUNCIL ACTUALLY CARES SO MUCH ABOUT THIS, THE WORK THAT YOU DO THAT WE WANT TO MORE PROACTIVELY GET YOUR INPUT AND PUT A PLAN INTO PLACE THAT'S MORE DETAILED SOONER. COUNCIL MEMBER PETE. YEAH, I MEAN, THE COMMENT YOU MADE IS I WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE OR RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE TO RESIDENTS. I THINK YOU CAN BE RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE IF YOU SAY, HEY, OUR PARKS AND REC COMMISSION IS GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. WE HAVE SEVEN DEDICATED PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THIS, AND IN APRIL, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT AS PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. AND IN THE MEANTIME, ALL FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE GOING TO GO TO EVERY PARK. WE'RE GOING TO GO TAKE A LOOK AND WE'RE GOING TO UNDERSTAND IT. AND THEN WHEN WE GET BACK TOGETHER, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION ABOUT HOW TO BETTER OUR PARKS WITHIN THE CITY. SO I THINK THERE'S A DIFFERENT RESPONSE THAN WHAT YOU SAID. BUT I THINK IT'S I I'M GOING TO HAVE TO I'M GONNA HAVE TO AGREE WITH SOME OF THE COMMENTS MADE, IS I DON'T WANT TO USURP WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE COMMISSIONERS. I JUST I THINK WE NEED TO STAY AT THE GOVERNANCE LEVEL, AND WE NEED TO STAY AT PROVIDING DIRECTION AND LEADERSHIP AND LET THE COMMISSIONERS DO WHAT THEY DO BEST. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AS DRAFTED. I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. OKAY.

IS THERE ALSO AN APPOINTMENT OF THE MEMBERS WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG AND MYSELF APPOINTED AS

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THE MEMBERS? YES. AND I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. SO THE RESULT OF THAT MOTION IS TWO YES VOTES BY MAYOR BURKE AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG. TWO NO VOTES BY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND ABSTENTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO, WHICH WOULD GO TO THE SS PER THE MUNICIPAL CODE, SO

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THE MOTION PASSES. ALL RIGHT. THAT BRINGS US TO OUR SECOND ORAL COMMUNICATIONS PERIOD. IF THERE ARE, I HAVE A FEW SPEAKER CARDS ALREADY. IF THERE'S ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK, YOU CAN FILL OUT A CARD. FIRST UP, IS IT ROBERT WINTER? FOLLOWED BY BROOKE NAVARETTE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU COUNCIL. SO MY NAME IS ROBERT WINTER. I'M A CYPRESS RESIDENT SINCE 99. I GUESS MY QUESTION IS ABOUT MONEY. AND IT MIGHT NOT BE APPARENT THAT THIS MONEY SITUATION AFFECTS US, OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY, BUT IT VERY WELL MAY.

SO EVERYBODY IS AWARE THAT WITH CHANGES IN THE PRESIDENCY, THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME THREATS AGAINST OUR STATE AND SOME WITHHELD CONGRESSIONALLY APPROVED FUNDS. I DON'T KNOW PERSONALLY HOW DEPENDENT WE ARE ON THESE FUNDS. INFRASTRUCTURE, SOME MENTAL HEALTH CLINICS. I KNOW SOME NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES HAVE HAD CLOSED DOWN SOME CLINICS BECAUSE OF THIS. SO I WOULD LIKE THE COUNCIL TO PROACTIVELY UNDERSTAND HOW THIS IMPACTS OR POTENTIALLY IMPACT US, BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS REALLY NEED TO KNOW, BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS TYPICALLY WOULDN'T KNOW THIS. IF WE ARE DEPENDENT ON FUNDS. SO THAT'S THE FIRST THING. I WAS A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE RESPONSE ABOUT THE CHECK FLOATING SITUATION GOING ON OVER HERE, BUT I WOULD LIKE A LITTLE BIT BETTER EXPLANATION ABOUT THE NEGATIVE CHECKING ACCOUNT BALANCE AND DRAWING CHECKS OFF OR WRITING CHECKS OFF A NEGATIVE ACCOUNT BALANCE. I'M HOPING IT'S JUST THAT IT'S PAPERWORK. SO HOPEFULLY IT'S THAT AND NOT THAT WE'RE RUNNING A FLOATING SCHEME.

THANK YOU. BROOKE NAVARETTE, FOLLOWED BY PEARL BOLTER. HI, I'M BROOKE FERRETTI AND I RESIDE IN THE CITY OF CYPRESS. I JUST HAVE TWO ITEMS. THE FIRST ONE IS AN IDEA I CAME UP WITH AND REGARDS TO THE COMMUNITY FESTIVAL THAT JIMMY AND BRITNEY SEEM TO LIKE, AND I KNOW THAT THERE WAS AN AD HOC COMMITTEE DONE A FEW MEETINGS AGO FOR THE COMMUNITY SURVEY WITH TRUE NORTH THAT'S BEING WORKED ON. WHY NOT LOOK AT PUTTING 1 OR 2 QUESTIONS ON THAT SURVEY, THAT DEAL DIRECTLY WITH THE COMMUNITY FESTIVAL. YOU COULD DO ONE, YOU KNOW, AN OPEN ENDED ONE, YOU SUGGESTIONS? ANOTHER ONE. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT POLITICAL BOOST DURING ELECTION SEASON? BUT I WOULDN'T DO ANY MORE THAN 2 OR 3. JUST KEEP IT SIMPLE AT THE END OF THE SURVEY. SO THAT'S THE FIRST IDEA OR SUGGESTION. AND THEN THE SECOND ONE. AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS WOULD FALL, BUT AT SOME POINT I THINK IT'S 2026 OR 2028. OUR CONTRACT WITH ORANGE COUNTY ANIMAL CARE AND TUSTIN IS UP FOR RENEWAL. AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF. BAD PUBLICITY AND A LOT OF ISSUES WITH TESTS AND ANIMAL CARE. SO I'D LIKE CYPRESS TO LOOK AT THAT AND MAYBE CONSIDER CONTRACTING.

PERHAPS WITH WAGS OVER IN WESTMINSTER, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SAVE MONEY AND GET BETTER CARE FOR THE ANIMALS, BUT I'M MENTIONING IT NOW BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S A PROCESS TO RESEARCH THAT.

AND I LEARNED DURING THE ACADEMY, THE CYPRESS ACADEMY LAST SPRING THAT THAT CONTRACT FALLS UNDER PARKS AND REC. SO MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COMMISSION COULD ADD LATER DOWN THE LINE. SO THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. HAVE A NICE EVENING. PEARL BOULTER FOLLOWED BY TEDDY LLOYD.

HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. PEARL BOULTER, RESIDENT OF CYPRESS. I RECENTLY WROTE AN OP ED FOR THE EVENT, NEWS ENTERPRISE, ABOUT THE CHANGES THAT COULD PLACE FOR OUR VOTER

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SYSTEM IN ORANGE COUNTY IN 2020. I'M GIVING THE CITY CLERK COPIES OF THE OP ED FOR EACH OF YOU AND WANT TO PROVIDE SOME SUMMARY COMMENTS TONIGHT. IN 2025, ORANGE COUNTY VOTERS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO REVERSE THE CHANGES THAT OCCURRED IN 2020, WHICH WAS CALLED THE VOTERS CHOICE ACT AND RETURN TO PRECINCT VOTING. THE PRIOR SYSTEM THAT WE HAD FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. AND PEOPLE WILL BE FAMILIAR. THAT'S WHEN YOU GO TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND VOTE AND THEY USE PAPER ROSTERS, AND IT'S BASICALLY A PRECINCT OF 1 TO 2000 PEOPLE. AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE CHAIN OF COMMAND AND EVERYTHING IS SO SIMPLE. ALL RIGHT. SO THE VOTERS CHOICE ACT REDUCED VOTING IN PERSON BY 82%. AND YOU CAN SAY, OH, EVERYBODY VOTES BY MAIL. WELL THAT WASN'T TRUE. OUR VOTING HAS GONE DOWN CONSIDERABLY IN PERSON. BECAUSE OF THAT. PEOPLE NOW HAVE TO DRIVE TO THESE VOTE CENTERS. I MEAN, BEFORE YOU COULD WALK TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL, TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD CLUB, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO THE OTHER THING THAT IT DID IS IT REQUIRES THESE VOTE CENTERS, REQUIRE ELECTRONIC POLL BOOKS, AND THESE ARE CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET. AND SO HERE YOU HAVE A SYSTEM WHICH IS ACTUALLY ABLE TO BE HACKED BECAUSE IT'S CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET, WHICH IS ACTUALLY IN NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR OWN CALIFORNIA STATE ELECTION CODE, WHICH SAYS YOU CAN HAVE NO EQUIPMENT CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET IN AN IN-PERSON VOTING SITE. WHAT ELSE HAS HAPPENED IS OUR COST OF ELECTIONS HAVE INCREASED BY 25%. AND IN THIS OP ED, I BASICALLY HAVE SOURCED EVERYTHING THROUGH PUBLIC RECORDS, ACT REQUEST, WEBSITE, EVERYTHING. SO IT'S ALL SOURCED. OKAY. SO WE'VE INCREASED OUR SO OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE NOW CUT IN GOING INCREASE TO VOTE. AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO TAKE VOTES FROM PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF OUR COUNTY. SO WE ARE PAYING TAX DOLLARS TO GET OTHER PEOPLE'S BALLOTS WHICH IS CRAZY OKAY. AND NOW WE ALSO KNOW SINCE THESE LAST YEARS, IT TAKES WEEKS TO GET OUR ELECTION RESULTS, WHICH IS RIDICULOUS. I MEAN, IT'S JUST BEYOND. AND SO WE NO LONGER HAVE ELECTION DAY. WE HAVE ELECTION MONTH, WHICH IS RIDICULOUS TO VOTERS SHOULD WANT THEIR ELECTIONS TO HAVE INTEGRITY, WHICH INCLUDES VOTER ID, PAPER ROSTERS AND RESULTS WITHIN DAYS OF ELECTION. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THESE COMMENTS. TEDDY LLOYD. MR. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, GOOD EVENING. EVEN THOUGH I LIVE IN CERRITOS, BUT I KNOW CYPRESS VERY WELL AND I AM SO EXCITED THAT THE CYPRESS IS GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A NEW PARK, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A REBUILD. AND BECAUSE I'M A DOUBLE BRUINS, MEANING I WENT TO UCLA UNDERGRAD AND GRADUATE SCHOOL, I WILL GO TO UCLA TOMORROW FOR AN EVENT, AND I JUST WANT TO SPREAD THE NEWS THAT CYPRESS IS GOING TO HAVE A GREAT PARK. YOU KNOW, CYPRESS, ARNO, ARNO, CYPRESS PARK. AND THEN TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY PARKS TO BE SO NICE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT OPEN YET. I HOPE IT OPEN TOMORROW. IT WOULD BE GREAT. AND ALSO I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PICKLEBALL COURTS. I AM SURE YOU PROBABLY SEE ME VISITING HERE SEVERAL TIMES TALKING ABOUT PROMOTING THE SPORT OF PICKLEBALL. AND THEN I'M GOING TO TELL EVERYBODY THAT I KNOW THOSE ARE THE BEST PICKLEBALL COURTS THAT YOU WILL EVER FIND IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. OKAY. AND THEN IF SOMEBODY SAYS THERE IS, PLEASE SHOW ME WHERE. I'LL GO CHECK THAT OUT. OKAY. SO IN ANY CASE, ALSO, I HAVE DISCOVERED BECAUSE I WENT TO THE, I GUESS, THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING, THAT THERE WOULD BE NO CHARGE TO VISITING. I'M SO EXCITED. SO I FEEL IT'S TIME TO MAKE A LITTLE PAYBACK. WELL, PAYBACK, NOT NECESSARILY BY DOLLARS AND CENTS. OKAY, I WANT TO PAYBACK BY OFFERING SOMETHING AS FOLLOWS I KNOW EVERY CITY HAS TO DO BUDGETING AND ALL THAT, AND THEN I'M ASSOCIATED. AND I'VE ALSO WORKED FOR THE UCLA BUSINESS FORECAST. NOW IT'S CALLED THE ANDERSON FORECAST. SO I'LL BE HAPPY TO ASSIST THE CITY OF CYPRESS WHEN THEY WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE UCLA ANDERSON FORECAST, WHICH IS PRETTY WELL KNOWN THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA AND THE WORLD. AND I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE THAT AS A NO CHARGE. OKAY. BE HAPPY. AND ALSO, THE OTHER FACTOR, I'M SURE MOST PARENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE RESIDENTS IN CYPRESS, THEY MAY HAVE KIDS, DAUGHTERS AND SONS APPLYING IN HIGH SCHOOL. LOOKING FORWARD TO APPLY TO UCLA, WHICH

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IS NOW THE NUMBER ONE PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN THE IN OUR COUNTRY. AND THEN I'LL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THEM ASSISTANCE AND ADVICE. I MYSELF WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS. I WOULD SAY YOU SAID IT FOR NEARLY TEN YEARS AS A BOTH UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS, AND THEN ALSO WORKED FULL TIME. SO I'D LIKE TO SHARE INFORMATION TO HELP THOSE PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S IT LIKE. AND FOR THOSE STUDENTS, BECAUSE MANY STUDENTS ALWAYS SAY TO ME, OH, YOU SELL THIS THEIR DREAM SCHOOL, THEY WANT TO GO. I SAY, FINE, I'LL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE. SO I'D LIKE TO DO THAT AS A WAY TO AS A PAYBACK FOR THE CITY OF CYPRESS BUILDING, ARNOLD PARK, ARNOLD PARK, I HOPE IT WILL BE TOMORROW, BUT WHO KNOWS? BUT I'M VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT, AND I WANT TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH THE CITY OF CYPRESS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE A NICE EVENING. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO MORE SPEAKER CARDS AND ONE QUICK RESPONSE, MR. MAYOR, TO MR. WINTERS POINT. YES. WE CAREFULLY MONITOR THE CHAOS THAT SEEMS TO BE ENVELOPING WASHINGTON, DC AS IT RELATES TO PAYMENTS THAT FUNNEL DOWN TO LOWER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT. FORTUNATELY, WE RELY ON ALMOST NO FEDERAL FUNDING FOR OUR OPERATIONS. BUT THE FEW SMALL POTS OF MONEY THAT WE DO, WE'VE GOT A CLOSE EYE ON, AND THE WARRANT OR THE INVESTMENT REPORT HITTING ON THAT NEGATIVE COUNT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER WHAT MATT WAS EXPLAINING, WHICH IS THAT WAS. A MOMENT IN TIME. THAT'S A REFLECTION OF HIS EFFORTS TO MAXIMIZE THE COMMUNITY'S ABILITY TO EARN INTEREST ON ITS PORTFOLIO, WHICH AT THE BOTTOM LINE OF THAT REPORT IS ABOUT $183 MILLION, NEARLY FOUR TIMES OUR ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET, THE ENVY OF, I WOULD IMAGINE, EVERY CITY IN CALIFORNIA. A GREAT QUESTION, SIR. ALL RIGHT. I BELIEVE WE HAVE A ANOTHER OR A HAND RAISED FROM MR. YOUNGSMA. OH, I APOLOGIZE, MR. YOUNGSMA. YOU ALMOST MISSED. THAT. YOU CAN MARK MORE THAN ONE. YEAH. BOB YOUNG HAS BEEN A RESIDENT OF CYPRESS. WOW. I GOT TO FIND OUT HOW TO BE NASTY AND NOT HAVE TO BE NASTY. I GUESS I THOUGHT I WAS, BUT OKAY. ANYWAY, I'M GOING TO BRING UP A FEW ISSUES HERE. I HAVE A DRESS CODE PROBLEM AND I THINK IT'S A IMPORTANT ISSUE.

YOU KNOW, WHEN WE SENT A REPRESENTATIVE OUT FOR THE CITY TO GO TO A GRAND OPENING, HE REPRESENTS THE CITY. I'M EXPECTING TO SEE HIM IN A TIE IN A SUIT. I'M NOT EXPECTING HIS SLEEVES ROLLED UP IN HIS HANDS, IN HIS POCKET, POSING FOR A PICTURE. THAT'S NOT A VERY BUSINESS LIKE. LOOK FOR ANYBODY TO GO OR ANYBODY TO REPRESENT SOMEBODY. I MEAN, I'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS LONG ENOUGH. WHEN I HAD TO GO IN FRONT OF SOMEBODY, I HAD TO LOOK THE PART. THE MANAGER DID NOT LOOK THE PART FOR A GRAND OPENING. AND I BELIEVE YOU PROBABLY HAVE A DRESS CODE. I EXPECT YOU GUYS TO START ENFORCING IT. SO. BUT THE OTHER THING I GOT TO BRING UP IS I FEEL THAT THE CITY, THE COUNCILS NOW FOR MANY, MANY YEARS HAVE NOT BEEN DOING A JUSTICE TO THIS CITY. AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS THE CITY HAS NO BACKUP. GOD FORBID SAY SOMETHING HAPPENS TO THE CITY MANAGER. WHAT'S THE CITY GOING TO DO? HAS NO BACKUP. MOST CITIES THAT HAVE OUR SIZE APPARENTLY HAVE LOOKED AROUND. I SEE THIS IS NOT A SMALL CITY.

EVERYBODY KEEPS SAYING 50,000 PEOPLE, 50,000 PEOPLE. THAT'S THERE'S SMALL CITIES ARE 10,000 PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD BE MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE SOMEBODY COLLECTING THE SALARY.

HE'S COLLECTING AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE AN ASSISTANT. THAT WAY, IF SOMETHING DID GO WRONG, THE ASSISTANTS GOT BACK UP INFORMATION AND THE CITY OPERATES BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT FORCES YOU PEOPLE TO GET IN A HURRY TO GO FIND SOMEBODY IN A SHORT TIME THAT YOU MAY NOT. IT MAY BE A BAD DECISION. SO YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND ANOTHER HUNDRED, 200, $300,000 TO DECIDE. YOU MADE A BAD DECISION, MAYBE MORE. I THINK YOU NEED TO LOOK AT GETTING A BACKUP, AND I THINK WE SHOULD BE ADDRESSING THAT. I BROUGHT IT UP A FEW TIMES. I THINK EVERYBODY KIND OF KNOWS WHICH WAY I'M GOING, BUT I'M NOT HAPPY WITH THE MANAGEMENT THAT WE HAVE. THERE'S BEEN TOO MANY THINGS I'VE WATCHED THAT I DON'T LIKE. THIS IS NOT HIS CITY. THIS IS OUR CITY. THAT MEANS YOU UP THERE AND EVERYBODY. AS A RESIDENT, HE'S NOT EVEN A RESIDENT AND HE MAKES DECISIONS.

AND YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN HANDING HIM RESPONSIBILITY AFTER RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE HE KEEPS COMING IN AND ASKING FOR MORE POWER. AND YOU KEEP GIVING HIM THE POWER. AND HE SHOULDN'T HAVE THE POWER. THE COUNCIL IS THE POWER. HE TAKES DIRECTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL, NOT FROM HIMSELF.

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SO ANYWAY, DO YOU KNOW WHERE I'M GOING? I RECOMMEND YOU TO LOOK AT IT SERIOUSLY. $477,000 A YEAR

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