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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 WHICH ARE BACK THERE BY THE DOOR. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL IN PERSON, PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS AT THE END OF THE AGENDA AND WAIT FOR THE MAYOR OR CITY CLERK TO CALL ON YOU TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL VIRTUALLY. SPEAKERS PROVIDING IN-PERSON COMMENTS WILL BE CALLED FIRST AND GOT A FEW CARDS ALREADY. FIRST UP WILL BE BOB YOUNGSMA, FOLLOWED BY PETER CROTTY. WELL, GOOD EVENING, BOB JOHNSON, A RESIDENT OF CYPRUS. I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP A FEW THINGS. WE'VE GOT A AN ITEM THAT SAYS WE'VE HIRED A OVERHIRE POSITION. AND I'M REALLY KIND OF CURIOUS. YOU KNOW, OVERHIRE POSITION NORMALLY MEANS TO ME THAT WE KNEW WE HIRED SOMEBODY WE DIDN'T NEED TO KIND OF. I THINK YOU'RE STATING THIS INCORRECTLY. YOU REALLY WANT TO BE CLARIFIED TO THE PEOPLE THAT THIS IS BECAUSE SOMEBODY NEEDS HELP, NOT OVERHIRE. IT'S KIND OF A TERRIBLE THING TO SAY. I WANT TO BRING UP YOUR YOUR NEW BUSINESS.

IT'S YOUR CIVILITY PRINCIPLE THING. BACKCHANNELING I KNOW THAT YOU'VE GOT IT IN THERE THAT YOU WANT TO STOP THE BACKCHANNELING I CAN TELL YOU THAT FROM MY EXPERIENCE OF LOOKING AT A LOT OF OLD STUFF, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF BACKCHANNELING AND IT WASN'T ALL BY THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. IT WAS ALSO BY A CITY EMPLOYEE THAT WAS DOING A LOT OF BACKCHANNELING YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE HE IS NOT GOING TO BE DOING ANY MORE BACKCHANNELING. I MEAN, HE'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE DOING ANY OF THAT, BUT WE KNOW IT'S BEEN DONE. SO THE OTHER THING THAT I'M LOOKING AT IS, I SEE THAT YOU WANT TO GIVE RAISES TO PEOPLE, AND I AGREE WITH IT 100%. I'M NOT ARGUING ABOUT THE RAISES, BUT I BELIEVE SHOULD BE OUT THERE IS YOU SHOULD SEE WHAT THE AVERAGE COST IS PER CITY FOR ALL THESE ITEMS. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS LONG ENOUGH. I NEVER WANTED TO PAY THEM TOO LITTLE BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT THEM TO GO ANYWHERE. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE GETTING A PAIR, A PAY FAIR SALARY. BUT I ALSO DIDN'T WANT TO OVERPAY THEM. AND BY WHAT I'M LOOKING AT, I BELIEVE WE ARE PROBABLY OVERPAYING SOME PEOPLE.

AND I THINK YOU NEED TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN FRONT OF YOU. WHAT IS THE AVERAGE COST FOR THESE PEOPLE? IT'S NOT LIKE THE GUY THAT TURNS HIS HEAD TO THE LEFT THAT DOESN'T PAY ANY ATTENTION, BUT YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THAT. THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ITEM. AND THE OTHER THING IS, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE SECOND LINE ITEM UNDERNEATH ALL THE PEOPLE FOR THEIR MONTHLY WAGES IS, IS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE ANY COST OR SOMETHING? YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE SOMEBODY THAT'S MAKING, LET'S SAY, $7,000 A MONTH AND HE'S $42,000 UNDERNEATH THAT WILL TOTAL UP

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$7,000 A MONTH. THAT'S OVER $42,000. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG THERE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LINE ITEM MEANS. IT SHOULD BE TELLING US WHAT THAT LINE ITEM IS. SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO BRING UP I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, I HOPE THAT NOT EVERYBODY AT THE COUNCIL IS TAKING A NAP ON THE RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT UP IS PETER CROTTY, FOLLOWED BY MARILYN REAMS. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR BURKE AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS PETER CARROT. THE CARROT FAMILY HAVE BEEN CYPRESS RESIDENTS SINCE 1969. I AM HERE TONIGHT TO COMMENT ON E-BIKES AND STOP SIGN TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS BY PINEWOOD PARK. RECENTLY, MY SON WAS HIT BY A CAR AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. I LIVE IN VIEW OF PINEWOOD PARK. PINEWOOD PARK IS ON JUANITA STREET, WHICH RUNS FROM BALL TO ORANGE, WHERE CYPRESS COLLEGE IS LOCATED. IT'S IT IS SURROUNDED BY LAKE PARK AND GREENBROOK TRACT HOMES. DURING THE LAST TWO YEARS, SOME YOUNG E-BIKERS HAVE BEEN RIDING IN THE PARK MORE FREQUENTLY, OFTEN RECKLESSLY. E-BIKES ARE FAST, MOSTLY SILENT, AND TEAR UP THE GRASS AS THEY RIDE AROUND THE PARK. I'VE SEEN THEM NEARLY HIT PEOPLE LYING ON THE GRASS OR ACTIVE IN THE PARK. I BELIEVE E-BIKES ARE PROHIBITED FROM OPERATING WITHIN THE PARK. I'VE CALLED THE POLICE OFTEN TO ASK FOR THEIR HELP TO CATCH THE BIKERS. WHEN E-BIKERS LEAVE QUICKLY, THEY ARE DIFFICULT TO PURSUE AND CATCH. WE ALSO ENCOUNTER CARS RUNNING THROUGH THE STOP SIGNS IN THE MIDDLE OF JUANITA STREET. SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THE CYPRESS POLICE WERE FIRMLY AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO CATCH DRIVERS RUNNING THE STOP SIGNS. E-BIKES WERE NOT AROUND THEN AND NOT YET A SAFETY ISSUE. OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, I HAVE RARELY SPOTTED ANY POLICE CARS OR MOTORCYCLES POSITIONED TO HELP ENFORCE TRAFFIC LIGHTS INSIDE OF THE JUAN JUANITA STREET STOP SIGNS. THESE DAYS, MORE CARS RUN THE STOP SIGNS. AS DRIVERS KNOW, THERE IS NO POLICE SHOWING OCCURRING TO WITNESS THE ABUSE.

THERE WERE FEWER VIOLATIONS WHEN TRAFFIC TICKETS WERE BEING ISSUED. RECENTLY, A DRIVER RAN THROUGH A STOP SIGN WHILE TURNING RIGHT. THEY COLLIDED WITH MY SON'S CAR AS HE WAS PULLING AWAY CURBSIDE. PINEWOOD PARK. IT COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. MY SON IS OKAY. HIS CAR WAS NOTABLY DAMAGED. THAT ACCIDENT SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED WITHOUT REAL TIME ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS. PINEWOOD PARK AND JUANITA STREET ARE LESS SAFE. THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS MORE CITY RESOURCES TO HELP MAKE IT SAFER. CYPRESS IS AN AMAZING CITY TO LIVE IN. THE PINEWOOD PARK NEIGHBORHOOD IS AN EXCEPTIONAL COMMUNITY. REAL TIME ENFORCEMENT, LAWS OF LAWS ARE PROBLEMATIC. REAL TIME ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS ARE PROBLEMATIC. FUNCTIONAL SOLUTIONS ARE PROMPTLY NEEDED. CYPRESS NEEDS ADDED ENFORCEMENT OPTIONS. AND ADDITIONALLY, I THINK THE POLICE FORCE IS UNDERSTAFFED. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO LEAVE A COPY HERE. WHO WOULD I SUBMIT IT TO? THE CITY CLERK, PLEASE. THANK YOU. MARILYN REAMES, FOLLOWED BY LINDA STOCK. HI, I'M MARILYN REAMES, CYPRESS RESIDENT. I WANT TO SPEAK TO TWO ISSUES THE E-BIKES. IRONICALLY, WHEN I LEFT THIS MEETING A FEW WEEKS AGO, I BELIEVE IT WAS COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG THAT HAD BROUGHT UP E-BIKES. I CAN'T REMEMBER FOR SURE, BUT I THINK IT WAS. SO I'M DRIVING HOME AND I LIVE OFF OF WHAT I LIVE FOR, ENTERPRISE, BUT I COME DOWN LEXINGTON AND THAT'S THE WAY I GET HOME AND GO THROUGH COTTONWOOD CHURCH JUST TO GET HOME. AS I'M JUST PASSING LEXINGTON PARK ON LEXINGTON, IT IS PITCH BLACK. THERE'S NO STREET LIGHTS THERE, AND FOR KIDS ON E-BIKES, YOUNG KIDS ARE ON E-BIKES. THEY'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THEY'RE DOING WHEELIES. NO HELMETS, NO LIGHTS, NOTHING. I CAME THAT CLOSE TO STRIKING ONE OF THOSE CHILDREN. MY HEART WAS POUNDING. I DROVE FURTHER DOWN. I ACTUALLY CALLED OUR CYPRESS PD. I SAID,

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YOU'VE GOT THESE KIDS DOING THIS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. NOBODY CAN SEE THEM. AND NOW, NOW THEY'RE HEADING TO COTTONWOOD CHURCH, WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO WHERE THEY CONTINUE DOING THE WHEELIES AND WHATEVER IN INSIDE COTTON. MUCH SAFER IN AN EMPTY PARKING LOT. THAT'S WHERE THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN TO BEGIN WITH. I WISH PARENTS THIS ALL THIS TO ME. THIS IS ABOUT PARENTS. AND I KNOW THERE'S I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S PARENTS IN HERE THAT DEAL WITH THIS, BUT DANG IT, PARENTS NEED TO STEP UP AND EITHER STOP BUYING THESE BIKES FOR THESE KIDS OR MY THOUGHT PUT A DANG AIR. WHAT DO YOU CALL HIM, A TRACKER AIR TAG. WELL, ONE OF THOSE THINGS, DARN IT AND THREATEN THEM WITHIN AN INCH OF THEIR LIFE. I'M GOING TO BE TRACKING YOU, YOU LITTLE SUCKER. AND YOU BETTER BE WHERE I'M TELLING YOU TO. ARE YOU GOING TO LOSE YOUR BIKE? I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, I I'M JUST TRYING TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING BECAUSE I KNOW THE POLICE ARE SHORTHANDED TO BEGIN WITH. ANYWAY, I'M GOING TO STOP TALKING ABOUT THAT. AND I WANT TO ADDRESS THE NEW THE DISMANTLING OF THE ORIGINAL OF THAT CODE OF CONDUCT WHICH WAS PUT INTO PLACE QUITE A WHILE BACK FUNCTIONALLY TO STOP A PARTICULAR COUNCIL PERSON. AND ALL I WANT TO SAY IS THAT MOVING FORWARD, I PRAY THAT EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS CHAMBER, WHETHER IT'S ME OR ANY AUDIENCE MEMBER OR ANYONE ON THE DAIS, WILL ALWAYS TREAT THEIR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS WITH THE DEEPEST RESPECT, NO MATTER WHAT POLITICAL BACKGROUND THEY HAVE, NO MATTER WHAT RACE, NATIONAL, ANYTHING. PLEASE, PLEASE JUST TREAT EACH OTHER WITH DECENCY AND KINDNESS BECAUSE LORD KNOWS WE NEED THAT NOW MORE THAN EVER. LINDA STORCH. CAN WE GET A MICROPHONE? MAYBE. OR DOES THAT ONE REACH? I'VE GOT A SIXTH GRADE TEACHER'S VOICE. YOU GOT IT? YEAH. GO FOR IT. NO. IT'S OKAY, I THINK IF YOU CAN'T HEAR ME, LET ME KNOW. OKAY. A FEW WEEKS AGO, I AVERTED A POTENTIALLY TRAGIC SITUATION, JUST LIKE THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER WITH AN E-BIKE. I WAS TRAVELING ON MY SCOOTER. IT'S A HEAVY SCOOTER ON THE SIDEWALK, AND I CAME TO DENNY ON THE SIDEWALK. AND WHERE I MAKE A RIGHT TURN, AND THERE'S BROKEN CONCRETE THERE. SO I WAS GOING ALMOST ZERO MILES PER HOUR AS I CAME AROUND THE CORNER, AND AN E-BIKE HEADED THE WRONG WAY, COUNTER TO THE WAY THE TRAFFIC FLOWS. DOING ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR. I'M NOT KIDDING YOU. HE WHIZZED BY ME AND MISSED ME BY INCHES AND I'M NOT AS CONCERNED FOR ME, ALTHOUGH IF I'D TOPPLED IT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE KILLED ME, BECAUSE I'VE GOT A THING IN MY BACK AND ALL KINDS OF OTHER PROBLEMS. BUT I'M MORE CONCERNED FOR THE KID BECAUSE HE WOULD HAVE HIT ME AND THEN GONE OVER, HEAD OVER HEELS, TUMBLING DOWN THE STREET. I WAS JUST TERRIFIED AND LIKE THE PREVIOUS LADY, BECAUSE HE WAS SO FAST AND HE MISSED ME BY SO LITTLE. AND I LOOKED TO SEE IF HE HAD A HELMET ON AND HE WAS GOING SO FAST I COULDN'T EVEN TELL BECAUSE HE WAS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO BALL, AND I WAS JUST ONE RESIDENTIAL STREET SOUTH OF ORANGE. HE WAS ZIPPING RIGHT ALONG AND I DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS WEARING A HELMET. I CROSSED THE STREET TO HEAD EAST ON ORANGE, STILL HEADED TOWARD A SALON APPOINTMENT, AND THERE WERE TWO BIKERS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET NOT GOING QUITE AS FAST, PROBABLY 25 MILES AN HOUR. WHO WENT UP? AND THERE WAS A BICYCLIST COMING OUT OF SORRENTO, AND HE SAW THEM COMING, AND HE SHOULD HAVE STOPPED AT THE STOP SIGN. I DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS GOING TO, BUT. AND THEY WHIZZED BY HIM AND MISSED HIM BY A LITTLE BIT, AND HE TURNED AROUND AND WENT BACK HOME. AND I SUSPECT IT MAY BE BECAUSE HE HAD TO CHANGE HIS PANTS. HE WAS. I MEAN, THIS IS SCARY STUFF, PEOPLE. WE DON'T WANT THESE KIDS TO BE HURT. I UNDERSTAND WHEN I, I HAVEN'T TALKED TO EVERYBODY, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT RIGHT IN FRONT OF THIS VERY BUILDING A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. A FRIEND OF MINE, I HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH MANY PEOPLE, AND HE TOLD ME THAT AS HE WENT BY, HE SAW AN AMBULANCE, A KID LAYING ON THE STREET AND PARAMEDICS AND SOMETHING ELSE I'VE FORGOTTEN. BUT ANYWAY, YOU KNOW, THERE. SO THERE ARE ACCIDENTS OCCURRING AND I'M SURE OUR POLICE IS AWARE OF IT. NOW. I FEEL LIKE IT'S UP TO US TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. THESE KIDS.

I WAS DUMB AND YOUNG ONCE. I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE. BUT WE'VE GOT TO ENFORCE SOME RULES. AND I KNOW IF YOU LOOK UP, FIVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALREADY REQUIRE SAFETY TRAINING AND REGISTRATION TO BE

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ABLE TO RIDE YOUR BIKE TO AND FROM SCHOOL. THEY ARE LASALLE, CAPO, HUNTINGTON BEACH, IRVINE, AND OCEAN VIEW AND THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH A TRAINING PROGRAM WITH THEIR PARENTS, WHICH IS, I THINK, VITAL. WE NEED TO ALSO HAVE STRONG ENFORCEMENT. AS A TEACHER, I DIDN'T HAVE MANY RULES, BUT THE RULES I HAD, I ENFORCED. THANK YOU. PLEASE FINISH YOUR THOUGHT, MISS. OKAY.

YOU CAN'T JUST WAVE THEM OFF. YOU'VE GOT TO ENFORCE AFTER YOU'VE EDUCATED. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS BRITTANY COOK, FOLLOWED BY GENE. IS IT? YEAH. KING OR KING? GOOD EVENING. SO I WANT TO BRING A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE AS A PARENT WHO HAS A TEENAGE SON. E-BIKES ARE A CONSTANT CONVERSATION IN OUR HOUSEHOLD. AND I DO AGREE WITH THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING SAID TONIGHT. BUT I ALSO WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE EVERYTHING WITH A GRAIN OF SALT. SO FOR EVERY KID THAT'S OUT THERE DOING STUPID STUFF, THERE'S A KID OUT THERE THAT'S ABSOLUTELY FOLLOWING THE RULES, WEARING THEIR HELMET. AND, YOU KNOW, NOT BEING AN IDIOT. SO I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T WANT TO CREATE THIS SUPER BAD IMAGE OF E-BIKES AS A WHOLE, BECAUSE SOME KIDS CAN FOLLOW THE RULES. AND GENUINELY, I THINK THIS COMES DOWN TO A PARENTING ISSUE. WHAT I LIKE TO SEE SOME GUIDANCE OR RULES KIND OF IN PLACE FROM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IN OUR CITY.

YES, IT'S NEEDED, BUT ON THE SAME TOKEN, I MEAN, IF THERE'S A ROBBERY GOING ON AND A KID ON AN E-BIKE, I'D MUCH RATHER THE COPS BE AT THE ROBBERY. SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT ALREADY WORKS WITH LEXINGTON AND CYPRESS. I HAVE FIRST HAND KNOWLEDGE OF HOW THAT PROGRAM WORKS. IT'S FANTASTIC. THE PARENTS HAVE TO COME AND DO A TRAINING. YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALREADY DOING THAT.

AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT FIRST STEP. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT WHAT RULES WE WANT TO SEE. WE TALK ABOUT WHAT GUIDELINES WE WANT TO PUT IN PLACE. AND WE TRY TO CREATE A SAFER COMMUNITY FOR ALL. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THOUGH, WE CAN MAKE EVERY LAW WE WANT AND PEOPLE ARE STILL GOING TO CHOOSE TO BREAK THEM. SO I REALLY THINK IT COMES DOWN TO PARENT EDUCATION AND PARENT RESPONSIBILITY. AND AS I'M SURE WE ALL KNOW, WE CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH FOR THAT. SO I DO LOVE THAT WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION. I WANT TO KEEP HAVING THIS CONVERSATION. I WANT OUR KIDS TO BE SAFE. I WANT OUR DRIVERS TO BE SAFE. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST IT'S A MULTIFACETED PROBLEM. SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, E-BIKES ARE NOT ALL BAD. THAT BEING SAID, YES, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO WE NEED TO CONTROL THE SITUATION A LITTLE BETTER. IT'S A LITTLE OUT OF CONTROL. I ACTUALLY SAW FOUR KIDS ON E-BIKES THE OTHER NIGHT DOWN IN APARTMENT ROW, RIGHT BACK BY THE LASALLE BASE, RUNNING FROM A COP. I WAS, LIKE, SHOCKED, AND I WAS I WANTED TO BE LIKE, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO GET OUT AND USE MY MOM VOICE AND BE LIKE, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING? BUT IT WASN'T MY KID, SO, YOU KNOW, NOT MY PLACE. BUT YEAH. SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, I ENCOURAGE US TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AND TO LOOK AT IT FROM ALL ANGLES AND FIND SOLUTIONS, CREATIVE SOLUTIONS, NOT JUST BLANKET RULES. BECAUSE SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, YOU CAN MAKE EVERY RULE YOU WANT, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN ANYONE'S GOING TO LISTEN TO THEM. SO WE GOT TO GET CREATIVE, GUYS. WE GOT TO REALLY, REALLY FIGURE SOMETHING OUT HERE.

THAT'S ALL. ALL RIGHT, JEAN K. JEAN KING. HI, MY NAME IS JEAN KING, AND I'M, I'VE BEEN LIVING IN CYPRUS FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS. AND THESE E-BIKES ARE JUST LIKE CARS. THE KIDS DON'T FOLLOW THE RULES AND REGULATIONS BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW THE RULES AND REGULATIONS. OKAY. SO THEREFORE IF THEY DON'T KNOW THE RULES AND REGULATIONS, WHY ARE THEY ON THE STREETS LIKE CARS? I HAVE HAD ENCOUNTERS WITH THESE KIDS AND I PRAY TO GOD I DON'T HIT ONE BECAUSE I'M GOING TO GET SUED.

AND I DON'T EVEN HAVE AN E-BIKE. E-BIKES ARE NOT SAFE IN JUVENILES HANDS. THEY DON'T KNOW THE RULES. YOU HAVE TO KNOW THE RULES TO DRIVE A CAR, BUT YOU HAVE TO KNOW THE RULES TO DRIVE A BIKE THAT'S GOING 35 MILES AN HOUR OR 30 MILES AN HOUR WITH TWO KIDS ON THE BACK DRIVING ON THE STREET. I MEAN, DRIVING ACROSS THE STREET IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. I MEAN, THEY'RE KIDS. I DON'T BLAME THEM. I BLAME THE MANUFACTURER, AND I BLAME THE CITY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE THOSE KIDS SHOULD HAVE SOME KIND OF RULES, RULES TO FOLLOW AND A LITTLE CARD IN THEIR HAND THAT SAID THEY HAD FOLLOWED THE RULES. AND WHEN THEY HAVE AN INFRACTION,

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THEY COULD GET A TICKET LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE ON THE STREET. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SHARE.

PAUL KOKKINOS. AND THEN I'M NOT SURE IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKER CARDS. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. PAUL KOKKINOS, LONGTIME CYPRUS RESIDENT. I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT E-BIKES BECAUSE I WANT TO LISTEN TO THE CHIEF'S PRESENTATION FIRST, BUT I DID WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING FROM A LONG, LONG TIME AGO IN THE CITY OF CYPRUS. MY PARENTS MOVED HERE IN 1966 WHEN I WAS FIVE YEARS OLD, AND I REMEMBER THAT MOST OF THE INTERSECTIONS IN THE CITY THAT ARE NOW CONTROLLED BY TRAFFIC SIGNALS WERE NOT CONTROLLED BY TRAFFIC SIGNALS BACK THEN, AND IT WASN'T UNTIL SOMEBODY GOT BADLY HURT OR KILLED THAT THE CITY THEN TOOK ACTION AND PUT A, YOU KNOW, A LIGHT CONTROL, THE TRAFFIC CONTROLLED INTERSECTION IN THEIR WE HAVE PLENTY OF LAWS ON THE BOOKS FROM THE STATE ON THE E-BIKES. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS VERY BUSY DOING EVERYTHING IT CAN. BUT I DO BELIEVE THIS IS RAISED TO A LEVEL WHERE IT NEEDS AN ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM ENFORCEMENT EFFORT, AND HOWEVER, I LEAVE THAT TO THE EXPERTS. BUT I'M AFRAID THAT IF WE DON'T, IT'S GOING TO END UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF A TRAGEDY. SO YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY NOW NOT NECESSARILY TO MAKE NEW LAWS OR ORDINANCES, BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CURRENT ONES ARE AGGRESSIVELY ENFORCED BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO SAVE EITHER SOME YOUNG PERSON'S LIFE OR IT'S GOING TO SAVE SOMEBODY ELSE'S LIFE WHEN A CARELESS PERSON ON AN E-BIKE CAUSES GREAT BODILY INJURY TO SOMEBODY, MOST OF THE PEOPLE ON E-BIKES, I HAVE ONE MYSELF ARE GOOD CITIZENS, GOOD RIDERS. BUT THE ONES THAT AREN'T, THEY NEED TO BE CAUGHT AND THEY NEED TO BE PROSECUTED.

AND IT'S THE ONLY WAY I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO PREVENT SOME TRAGEDIES. SO THANKS FOR LISTENING. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CHIEF'S PRESENTATION. THANK. YOU. OKAY. YES. PLEASE LET US KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ONLINE FOR OUR AGENDA ITEMS. YES, MR. MAYOR, WE DO HAVE ONE HAND RAISED ONLINE, AND THAT IS. BY CHRISTOPHER YEE. OKAY, MR. YEE, IF YOU CAN HEAR US, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. HI. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER YEE. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN CYPRUS FOR 28 YEARS NOW, AND I WANT TO SHARE TWO THINGS. ONE IS I STRONGLY STAND BY AND AGREE WITH PREVIOUS SPEAKERS WHO HAVE MENTIONED THE NEED FOR ENFORCEMENT OF E-BIKE RULES. IT IS NOT OKAY FOR PEOPLE ON BIKES TO E-BIKES WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, RAVAGING THE STREETS AND WITHOUT ANY REGARD FOR OTHER SAFETY OF OTHER PEOPLE. I WANT TO MENTION SOMETHING WHICH I DON'T THINK I'VE HEARD TOO MANY PEOPLE ADDRESS, WHICH IS THE I WOULD LIKE TO ADVOCATE FOR. THERE ALSO BEING SAFER OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE ON E-BIKES, TWO BIKE INDUSTRIES AND THAT SPECIFICALLY BY THAT I MEAN PROTECTED BIKE LANES. HAVING DEDICATED PROTECTED BIKE LANES SEPARATED, SEPARATED FROM CARS BY PROTECTED, THAT MEANS BEING LIKE A CONCRETE BARRIER, LIKE A CONCRETE CURB. SEPARATING THE BIKE LANES FROM THE CARS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD HELP SAFETY OF BOTH DRIVERS AND E-BIKE RIDERS, AND IT REALLY SENDS A SIGNAL TO ANYONE ON AN E-BIKE THAT, HEY, DON'T BE IN THE STREETS, BE IN THE BIKE LANE. AND IT ALSO MAKES IT HELPS DRIVERS, YOU KNOW, NOT HAVE TO WORRY AS MUCH ABOUT CRASHING INTO OR HITTING E-BIKE BIKERS. SO I WANT TO BASICALLY PROPOSE THIS AS SOMETHING THAT I THINK THE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD LOOK INTO, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE CITY COUNCIL I KNOW IS LOOKING INTO PREPARING A MASTER BIKE PLAN OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT YEAR. AND SO I REALLY WANT TO JUST EMPHASIZE, YOU KNOW, ENFORCEMENT OF RULES IS PARAMOUNT. I STRONGLY AGREE WITH THAT. AND ON TOP OF THAT, CREATING AN ADDITIONAL SAFE WAY FOR BIKERS AND BIKERS TO TRAVEL ACROSS CYPRUS WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY, I THINK, GREAT FOR THE CITY TO HAVE. JUST A SEPARATE NOTE ON BIKE AND PROTECTED BIKE LANES, YOU KNOW,

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PROTECTED BIKE LANES ARE NOT VERY EXPENSIVE TO INSTALL, AND THERE ARE DEDICATED MACHINES THAT CAN LAY DOWN THESE CONCRETE BARRIERS. SANTA MONICA HAS DONE THIS. LONG BEACH HAS DONE THIS.

AND THEY ALSO, YOU KNOW, IF WE ESPECIALLY ON ROADS LIKE BALL ROAD OR IF WE CAN GET THEM ON LINCOLN AS WELL, THAT CONNECT BASICALLY TO THE SAN GABRIEL RIVER TRAIL, CYCLISTS LOVE TO BIKE AND PROTECTED BIKE LANES. THEY BRING IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY TO THE CITY, ESPECIALLY ON BALL ROAD. THERE'S NO NEED TO REMOVE THINGS LIKE PARKING SPACES. THERE IS NO PARKING ON THE STREETS ANYWAYS, SO IT'D BE REALLY EASY TO GET THESE THINGS INSTALLED. SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY IS LOOKING INTO AND CONSIDERING INSTALLING PROTECTED BIKE LANES TO PROTECT THE SAFETY OF BOTH DRIVERS AND CYCLISTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ONLINE? NO, MR. MAYOR, ALL RIGHT. THAT BRINGS US TO OUR CONSENT

[ 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.]

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. DO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WISH TO PULL AN ITEM, OR MAKE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM? OKAY, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION I WANTED TO ASK OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR. MR. BURTON, CAN YOU PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND OR CONTEXT FOR NUMBER SIX, THE AUTHORIZE A TEMPORARY OVERHIRE POSITION IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. MR. MAYOR, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THAT ITEM, IT'S PROBABLY BEST TO PULL IT FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR, VOTE ON THE BALANCE, AND THEN ASK FOR THE PRESENTATION. OH, IT'S IF YOU JUST REQUIRE SOME CLARIFICATION POINTS. YEAH. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG YOU THINK THAT WOULD TAKE. I DIDN'T INTEND A LENGTHY PRESENTATION, BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK, MR. BURTON? WELL, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, I CAN GIVE A REAL, REAL BRIEF FEW SENTENCE OVERVIEW, IF THAT'S. SURE. WHY DON'T YOU DO THAT? AND THEN IF THERE'S AN APPETITE FOR MORE, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW. OKAY. YES. SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO HIRE A WHAT WE CALL AN OVER HIRE TEMPORARY POSITION FOR SUCCESSION PLANNING PURPOSES IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, WHERE IF TWO MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES, SENIOR MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES AND INEVITABLY, THOSE POSITIONS WILL PROBABLY BE OPENING UP IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE CITY IS IN A POSITION MOVING FORWARD FOR SUCCESSION PLANNING PURPOSES. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, THEN I MOVE TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH SIX.

I'LL SECOND. THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. NEW BUSINESS ITEM SEVEN. CONSIDER

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CITY COUNCIL NORMS AND CIVILITY PRINCIPLES. THIS WAS PREPARED BY OUR CITY MANAGER, PETER GRANT.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND IT'S REALLY A DISCUSSION FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. THE NORMS AND PRINCIPLES THAT APPEAR ARE THE RESULT OF THE DISCUSSION THAT YOU HAD AT YOUR FACILITATED TEAM BUILDING WORKSHOP LAST MONTH, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM.

THANK YOU. WOULD ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES LIKE TO DISCUSS THIS? NO. WELL, SO I CAN ENTERTAIN A MOTION OR I HAVE SUGGESTIONS FOR HOW TO CUT IT DOWN IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED. BUT IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM. OKAY. I'LL SECOND. THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

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THANK YOU. NEXT UP, ITEMS FROM CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS RECEIVE A PRESENTATION FROM THE POLICE CHIEF REGARDING E-BIKES. CHIEF LAUTERBACK. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MAYOR. TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER E-BIKES. PRETTY MUCH WHAT AN E-BIKE IS, WHAT THE

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POLICE DEPARTMENT IS DOING TO ENFORCE THE RULES, WHAT THE RULES ARE AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO APPROACH THIS PROBLEM THAT'S NOT JUST PLAGUING OUR CITY, BUT EVERY CITY IN ORANGE COUNTY AND EVERY CITY BASICALLY IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. AND LISTENING TO THE RESIDENTS TONIGHT BEFORE I GET INTO MY PRESENTATION, IS THE FRUSTRATION THAT YOU'RE FEELING WITH E-BIKES IS THE EXACT SAME FRUSTRATION WE'RE FEELING IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL. HOPEFULLY TONIGHT AFTER THE PRESENTATION, IT WILL SHED SOME LIGHT ON WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HOW WE'RE APPROACHING THIS PROBLEM AND REALLY COMING UP TO THE SAME CONCLUSION THAT THAT YOU ALL HAVE COME UP WITH IS THAT IT IS A ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THE HOME AND NEEDS TO BE EDUCATED, BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH WE CAN DO, BUT WE ALSO NEED THE HELP OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE HELP OF THE PARENTS TO ENFORCE THESE RULES AS WELL. SO WITH THAT, SEE, MY PRESENTATION IS UP. SO WHAT IS AN E-BIKE? SO E-BIKES ARE SEPARATED INTO DIFFERENT CLASSES. AND THE FIRST ONE CLASS ONE, WHICH IS A MOTORIZED BICYCLE THAT YOU PEDAL AND CAN GO UP TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. CLASS TWO IS A THROTTLE ASSIST E-BIKE.

JUST LIKE A MOTORCYCLE. YOU TWIST THE THROTTLE TO GO. THAT ONE DOES NOT HAVE PEDALS OR PEDAL ASSIST, AND ALSO GOES UP TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. A CLASS THREE IS A MOTORIZED ASSISTED WHILE PEDALING, AND CAN TRAVEL UP TO 28 MILES AN HOUR. AND WITH THAT ONE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE YOU MUST BE 16 YEARS OF AGE AND WEAR A HELMET AT ALL TIMES WHILE ON THAT BIKE. THERE IS A FOURTH ONE THAT'S NOT MENTIONED BECAUSE IT'S NOT AN E-BIKE, IT'S AN E MOTORCYCLE, AND THAT ONE IS STRAIGHT ILLEGAL ON THE STREET, PERIOD. THAT THING CAN GET UP TO 68 MILES AN HOUR AND IS NOT STREET LEGAL. IT'S USED FOR, I GUESS YOU CAN SAY, AN ELECTRIC MOUNTAIN BIKE TO MAKE IT, TO PUT IT IN EASIER TERMS. SO WHAT ARE THE E-BIKE LAWS? SO E-BIKES ARE COVERED UNDER THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA'S CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE. AND THOSE BASICALLY SAYS YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW ALL THE RULES OF THE ROAD, JUST LIKE A VEHICLE AND JUST LIKE A BICYCLE, YOU HAVE TO GO WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. YOU HAVE TO OBEY ALL SIGNS SUCH AS SPEED LIMIT SIGNS, STOP SIGNS, WRONG WAY, ONE WAY, STOP AT ALL TRAFFIC LIGHTS YIELD WHEN THE POLICE PULL YOU OVER. THERE YOU GO. A LITTLE JOKE, BUT SERIOUS STUFF. DO YOU NEED TO YIELD WHEN THE POLICE PULL YOU OVER? SO FOR THE MOST PART, THOSE LAWS ARE IN PLACE AND WE CAN ENFORCE THOSE WHEN WE SEE THEM. AND WE RELY ON THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE CAN'T BE EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME. SO WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE AND YOU SEE ONE OF THESE E-BIKES DOING SOMETHING, THAT'S A VIOLATION OF THE LAW, THAT IS REALLY COMMON SENSE. THE LIGHT IS RED. YOU STOP FOR A RED LIGHT, YOU STOP FOR A STOP SIGN. WE REALLY RELY HEAVILY ON YOU CALLING IT IN ON THE NON NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER AND LETTING US KNOW SO WE CAN RESPOND OUT THERE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. NOW, LIKE I MENTIONED WITH THE E-BIKES THAT YOU DO HAVE TO RIDE THE RIGHT DIRECTION IN THE ROADWAY. YOU CAN RIDE ON THE SIDEWALK, BUT YOU HAVE TO RIDE AT A SPEED LIMIT THAT IS SAFE FOR BOTH PEDESTRIANS AND THE RIDER OF THE E-BIKE. WITH THAT, I BELIEVE IT WAS LAST YEAR WE ENACTED A MUNICIPAL CODE THAT COVERED RIDING E-BIKES IN OUR PARKS, AND CYPRUS WERE FORTUNATE THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE PROBLEMS THAT OTHER CITIES HAVE, SUCH AS HUNTINGTON BEACH, SEAL BEACH, ALL THE COASTAL COMMUNITY, CITIES THAT HAVE THE TRAILS ALONG THE BEACH WHERE E-BIKES HAVE BECOME VERY POPULAR, WHERE YOU'RE MIXING PEDESTRIANS WITH E-BIKES. WE DON'T HAVE TRAILS LIKE IRVINE, AREAS OF THE COUNTY WHERE PEOPLE ARE OUT HIKING ON THE WEEKENDS OR DURING THE DAY, AND THEN YOU HAVE THESE E-BIKES GOING CRAZY AND PASSING PEOPLE RUNNING INTO PEOPLE. SO WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE IN THAT ASPECT. BUT WE DO HAVE CITY PARKS AND WHAT THE RULE BASICALLY SAYS IN A NUTSHELL IS IF A TRAIL IN A PARK IS NOT INTENDED FOR A VEHICLE, IT'S NOT INTENDED FOR AN E-BIKE. AND AGAIN, WE RELY ON PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE PARKS THAT SEE THAT TO CALL US AND LET US KNOW THAT THAT'S GOING ON, AND WE GET OUT THERE AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN AND ENFORCE THAT. SO LOOKING AT WHAT WE'RE DOING ON A DATA DRIVEN BASIS. SO FOR OUR E-BIKE COLLISIONS, WE INVESTIGATE THOSE JUST AS WE INVESTIGATE ANY TYPE OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENT. IT'S DOCUMENTED ON A STATE ACCIDENT REPORT. IT'S SUBMITTED TO THE STATE. THERE'S A SPECIAL SECTION IN THERE FOR E-BIKES. WE CHECK THAT BOX AND WE SEND IT SEND IT OFF TO THE

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STATE FOR DOCUMENTATION PURPOSES, WHICH ALLOW THEM TO EITHER ENACT NEW LAWS OR TO ACTUALLY SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH E-BIKES OR ANY VEHICLE FOR THAT MATTER. SO WE ANALYZE THE LAST 39 MONTHS OF CALLS FOR SERVICE REGARDING E-BIKES AND WHAT WE'VE DONE ON A PROACTIVE ENFORCEMENT BASIS REGARDING E-BIKE ENFORCEMENT. AND OVER THE LAST 39 MONTHS, WE'VE HAD 1571 STOPS OF BICYCLES, AS WELL AS E-BIKES. WE'VE HAD 11 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS INVOLVING E-BIKES. OUT OF THOSE 11 ACCIDENTS, FIVE OF THEM WERE THE FAULT OF THE E-BIKE RIDER. SO LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE AND WHAT WE'RE DOING E-BIKES OVER THE LAST 39 MONTHS HAVE ARE AVERAGING ABOUT 1.2% OF ALL OF OUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENT AND CALLS FOR SERVICE. THAT'S A VERY LOW NUMBER COMPARED TO THE OTHER STUFF THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE COMMUNITY ON A PROACTIVE BASIS, AS WELL AS RESPONDING TO CALLS AND EVERYTHING THAT WE DO ON A DAILY BASIS. SO WHAT ARE OUR INITIATIVES TO ADDRESS THAT? SO IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER DURING PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE ARE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW. NOW AS A POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE CAN'T REQUIRE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ALLOW US TO COME IN. WE HAVE TO PARTNER WITH THEM AND THEY HAVE TO BE OPEN TO WHAT WE WANT TO DO. AND WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP, NOT ONLY WITH THE ANAHEIM UNIFIED HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT WITH CYPRESS SCHOOL DISTRICT. GREAT PARTNERS. THEY ARE OPEN TO THIS, AND THEY ARE ALLOWING US TO COME IN AND EDUCATE THESE KIDS ON THE DANGERS, THE SAFETY AND EVERY ASPECT IN OPERATING A VEHICLE ON CITY STREETS. SO WE'RE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY AND I CAN'T STRESS THAT ENOUGH, FOCUSING ON THE EDUCATION SIDE OF IT RIGHT NOW. AND WITH THAT, SOME OF THE SCHOOLS HAVE ENACTED THAT THESE KIDS NEED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE E-BIKE SAFETY CLASS IN ORDER TO EVEN GET THEIR E-BIKE ON CAMPUS. AND IF THEY DON'T TAKE THE CLASS AND THEY SHOW UP WITH THE E-BIKE OR A BICYCLE, THAT BIKE IS NOT ALLOWED ON CAMPUS, AND THE PARENTS ARE CALLED TO COME PICK UP THE BIKE. AND THE CHILD'S NOT ALLOWED TO RIDE THAT BIKE BACK TO SCHOOL UNTIL THEY PARTICIPATE IN THAT CLASS. SO WE'RE ALSO DEVELOPING ON OUR PD WEB PAGE A WHOLE LIST OF RULES, REGULATIONS AND EVERYTHING THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT ON E-BIKE SAFETY AND CREATING A HYPERLINK TO THAT SECTION TO COVER THE VEHICLE CODES AND MUNICIPAL CODES, AND SOME COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT E-BIKES. WE PARTNER WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND WE HAVE A GRANT THROUGH THE OFFICE OF TRAFFIC AND SAFETY, WHERE WE SPECIALIZE IN NOTHING. WE GO OUT ONE DAY, TWO DAYS, FOUR DAYS, WHATEVER THE GRANT REQUIRES. AND WE DO NOTHING BUT FOCUS ON BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. SO ON FRIDAY, WE DID ONE OF THOSE OPERATIONS. AND WITH THAT, IN JUST A FOUR HOUR PERIOD, AS SOON AS I FIND MY NOTES HERE, I JUST SCRIBBLED ON THE BACK PAGE.

SO ON FRIDAY IN FOUR HOURS, WE MADE 43 STOPS OF E-BIKES AND BICYCLES. OUT OF THOSE 43 STOPS, 37 CITATIONS WERE ISSUED. SO WE ARE HEAVILY ENFORCING WHEN WE HAVE THE TIME, THE MANPOWER, AND ALSO FULFILLING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS GRANT THAT WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET TO GO OUT THERE AND REALLY FOCUS ON E-BIKE SAFETY AND THE ENFORCEMENT ASPECT OF IT. THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IN REGARDS TO E-BIKE SAFETY IS WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE PROGRESS AND PRINTING ARTICLES IN THE PROGRESS THAT GET DISTRIBUTED TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ABOUT E-BIKE SAFETY AND REALLY TAKING A DIRECT APPROACH ON THE EDUCATION SIDE OF IT. AT THIS YEAR'S OPEN HOUSE MAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TENT SET UP TO DO NOTHING BUT CONCENTRATE ON E-BIKE SAFETY, E-BIKE RULES PUT UP A LITTLE RODEO FOR THE KIDS IF THEY BRING THEIR E-BIKES AND RUN THEM THROUGH THROUGH A LITTLE MOCK TRAINING. AND THAT'S STILL IN THE DEVELOPMENT STAGES.

SO I DON'T WANT TO GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY YET. BUT THAT'S OUR PLAN FOR OUR OPEN HOUSE, AS WELL AS GETTING THE WORD OUT THERE TO THE PUBLIC, NOT ONLY THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, THROUGH MEETINGS LIKE THIS, BUT ALSO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS THAT WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING, DO SOMETHING,

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AND THAT DO SOMETHING ISN'T GO CONFRONT THE KID OR KIDS AND START THE PROBLEM. BUT IT'S GET ON THE PHONE, GIVE US A CALL AND ALLOW US TO GO OUT THERE AND ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. AND SOME OF YOU MENTIONED YOU'RE RIGHT, THESE KIDS GET AWAY REALLY QUICK. AND SOMEBODY SAID THAT THEY WERE DRIVING THROUGH LASALLE. I THINK IT WAS I THINK BRITTANY SAID IT AND THE KIDS WERE RUNNING FROM THE COPS. I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, THAT IS COMMON, COMMON, COMMON THAT THESE KIDS RUN FROM US. BECAUSE WE'RE IN A CAR. THOSE BIKES CAN MANEUVER THROUGH APARTMENT COMPLEXES, CUT THROUGH PARKS AND GET AWAY. AND WE'RE CHASING ONE CARS, CHASING FOUR KIDS. SO IT DOES MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR US. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT DOES NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO ADDRESS IT ON A LOCAL LEVEL, BUT WE'RE ALSO TURNING TOWARDS OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS UP IN UP IN SACRAMENTO TO START CREATING STRICTER LAWS, PUTTING THEM ON THE BOOKS AND DOING THINGS LIKE MAKING IT A RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PARENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE KID HAS A LICENSE OR HAS TAKEN SOME TYPE OF A SAFETY CLASS. AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE IT, THAT IF THEY ARE ON AN E-BIKE, THAT THERE IS SOME TYPE OF CONSEQUENCE TO YOUR ACTIONS. BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE NOT THERE YET AND WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN WITH THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE. AND WE'RE HOPING THAT AS MORE CITIES GET ON BOARD AND THE MORE THAT WE TALK ABOUT THIS AS COMMUNITIES, ABOUT PARENTS, ABOUT CONCERNED CITIZENS, THAT OUR VOICES WILL BE HEARD NOT JUST IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT WITHIN LAW ENFORCEMENT IN A WHOLE, AND UP TO THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING THESE RULES AND THESE DECISIONS IN SACRAMENTO THAT ARE GOING TO LET US AND HELP US DO OUR JOBS TO PROTECT YOU GUYS BETTER. SO WITH THAT, THAT IS MY PRESENTATION TONIGHT ON THE E-BIKE SAFETY AND THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IN ORDER TO MAKE CYPRUS A LITTLE SAFER, TO MAKE YOU A LITTLE SAFER AND TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY A LITTLE MORE. SO WITH THAT, IF COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME THAT I CAN ANSWER, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY. YEAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF, AND THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG FOR AGENDIZING THIS ITEM. YOU KNOW, I KNOW FROM SPEAKING TO RESIDENTS AND SEEING RESIDENTS WHO CAME OUT TONIGHT, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT WHAT CAN BE DONE REGARDING E-BIKES, WHAT WE ARE DOING. AND SO I THINK THAT THIS PRESENTATION GIVES A HELPFUL FOUNDATION FOR WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHAT IN THE EDUCATION CAMPAIGN WE'VE BEEN DOING, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK IT IT GOES A LONG WAY IN INFORMING RESIDENTS. SO WE'RE NOT JUST SPECULATING ABOUT WHAT WE COULD BE DOING OR WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING. SO I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES. COUNCIL MEMBER MINIKUS CHIEF, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THIS QUESTION MAY CATCH YOU OFF GUARD. SO MY APOLOGIES. BUT OF THOSE CITATIONS THAT YOU WROTE ON YOUR LAST STOP, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THOSE WERE GENERALLY FOR? WERE THEY FOR SPEED RIDING ON SIDEWALKS? IT'S NOT STOPPING AT STOP SIGNS. I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT REASONS FOR THE STOP. SO THE CITATIONS MY GUESS WOULD BE REGULAR RULES OF THE ROAD STOP SIGN VIOLATIONS. PROBABLY DOING WHEELIES IN THE STREET WRONG WAY ON THE STREET, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH, AGAIN. I DIDN'T MEAN TO CATCH YOU OFF GUARD. I WASN'T SURE IF YOU JUST EDUCATED OLD TRAFFIC, I GUESS. YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER PETE. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. JUST A COUPLE OF CLARIFICATIONS. IF I UNDERSTOOD YOUR PRESENTATION CORRECTLY, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT AGE, WHAT SPEED HELMETS ARE. REQUIRED. IS THAT CORRECT? DOESN'T MATTER IF THEY'RE YOUNGER THAN 18. OKAY, I WHEN I MENTION THE HELMET HAD IT WAS REQUIRED ON THAT ONE BIKE THE MOTORCYCLE. OKAY. EVERYBODY HAS TO WEAR A HELMET. BUT IF IT'S AN E-BIKE CLASS ONE 2 OR 3, IT'S 18 AND UNDER. STILL HAVE TO WEAR A HELMET JUST LIKE YOU DO ON A REGULAR PEDAL BICYCLE.

OKAY, OKAY. AND I'M THINKING YOU PROBABLY DON'T HAVE THIS BECAUSE THERE WASN'T A NEED, BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY STATS? COMPARATIVE? YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU SAID IT WAS 1.2%. IN THAT CASE, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMPARATIVE DATA FROM YEARS PRIOR? I'M GUESSING YOU I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU WOULD, BUT YOU MIGHT KNOW WE WENT BACK THREE YEARS BECAUSE WE LOOKED AT WHEN DID THIS REALLY START BECOMING AN ISSUE. RIGHT. AND FORTUNATELY IN CYPRUS, THIS IS JUST NOW RISING TO THE LEVEL OF BEING AN ISSUE HERE IN THE CITY. SO WE WENT BACK. WE JUST FIGURED THREE YEARS WAS A GOOD SNAPSHOT. YEAH.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE STARTED OUR SEARCH. OKAY OKAY. AND I THINK YOU PROBABLY SAID IT AS WELL I SAW THE PROGRESS. YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT IN SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL. KIND OF A PUSHING OUT INFORMATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT, EITHER THROUGH CITY HALL OR THROUGH POLICE DEPARTMENT.

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YES. LAST I WANT TO SAY FRIDAY WE PUT OUT A LITTLE SOMETHING ON BIKE SAFETY, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO A CAMPAIGN LIKE THAT EVERY MONTH, PUSHING FORWARD. AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE CREATING ON OUR WEB PAGE, EXCUSE ME, ON OUR WEB PAGE, A HYPERLINK TO RULES OF THE ROAD, THINGS TO DO WITH E-BIKES, EVERYTHING ENCOMPASSING E-BIKES WILL BE A HYPERLINK TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. OKAY. AND THEN I KNOW, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE AND I THINK IT PROBABLY WAS NOT EFFECTIVE ENOUGH TO REALLY DO PUT A LOT OF SIGNAGE UP. BUT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT WHEN WE INTRODUCED IT INTO THE PARKS AND THEN WE SAID, WELL, HOW DO PEOPLE KNOW? RIGHT. IS THERE SIGNAGE THAT SAYS, NOT HERE? IS THERE ANY SIGNAGE THAT WE'VE PUT UP IN ANY OF THE AREAS WHERE IT'S JUST ABSOLUTELY FORBIDDEN? I THINK THAT'D BE A GREAT QUESTION FOR JEFF. SORRY, JEFF. YES. SO EACH ONE OF THE PARKS DOES HAVE A PARK RULES AND REGULATIONS SIGN ON THERE THE FIRST TIME WHEN WE WHEN WE JUST PUT IT INTO THE MUNICIPAL CODE, WE ENDED UP PUTTING UP TEMPORARY BARRICADES, SPECIFICALLY STATING THE AREAS OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE THAT CHANGED. SO WE LEFT THOSE UP FOR ABOUT A MONTH. AND ONE AREA THAT WAS HIGHLIGHTED WAS THE E-BIKES. OKAY, OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THE LAST THING I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT AND YOU CAN CONFIRM THIS FOR ME, BUT JUST FOR EVERYBODY'S INFORMATION, THE NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER IS 714229 6600. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. I SUGGEST YOU ADD THAT INTO YOUR PHONES UNDER YOUR ADDRESS BOOK AS A NON-EMERGENCY. IF IT'S AN EMERGENCY, CLEARLY DIAL 911. BUT FOR NON-EMERGENCY, DIAL THAT NUMBER. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHIEF. THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION. I'M GLAD THAT WE FINALLY GOT AROUND TO LOOKING AT E-BIKES IN THE CITY.

I KNOW IT'S A GROWING CONCERN FOR A LOT OF RESIDENTS, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE HAVING US WORK WITH CYPRUS PD TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. THIS PRESENTATION IS GOING TO BE POSTED ONLINE AT SOME POINT. NOT THE PRESENTATION, BUT I BELIEVE IT DOES GET POSTED THROUGH. I THINK ALICIA WOULD BE ABLE TO OR CITY CLERK CAN ANSWER THAT IF THE PRESENTATION WAS GOING TO BE UP THERE, BUT FOR US, IT'S GOING TO BE MORE IN DEPTH THAN JUST THE PRESENTATION. IT WILL COVER THE SPECIFIC VEHICLE CODES, MUNICIPAL CODES. IT'LL BE A LITTLE MORE IN DEPTH THAN THIS OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. WHAT'S OUR STANCE WHEN IT COMES TO WRITING E-BIKES ON SIDEWALKS? THEY'RE ALLOWED OKAY, YEAH, I SAW THAT ON THE ORANGE COUNTY. THE GRAND JURY. THERE'S ABOUT TEN OTHER CITIES THAT ALSO WERE ALLOWED. IS THAT FOR SO ANY KIND OF E-BIKE, EVEN IF CLASS THREE GOING 28MPH, CAN GO ON THE SIDEWALK, WELL, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE SAFETY FACTOR OF IT. IF THERE'S PEDESTRIANS ON THERE, 28 MILES AN HOUR PROBABLY ISN'T A SAFE SPEED. FIVE MILES AN HOUR MIGHT NOT EVEN BE A SAFE SPEED. SO WHEN YOU ADD THAT TO THE EQUATION WITH YOUR QUESTION, IT'S ALL DEPENDENT UPON THE TIME DATE SITUATION. SO IF THERE'S NO PEDESTRIANS ON THE SIDEWALK, 15 MILES AN HOUR MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE. 20 MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE DEPENDING ON WHERE IT IS. AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT THE AGE OF THE RIDER THAT'S RIDING THE BIKE. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I HATE TO SAY A MATURITY LEVEL, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S DEFINITELY A DIFFERENT MATURITY LEVEL BETWEEN A 15 YEAR OLD BOY AND A TEN YEAR OLD BOY OR GIRL AT THAT MATTER. SO THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO FACTORING. IF IT'S GOING TO BE A VIOLATION OR IF IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A VIOLATION. BUT IT'S NOT JUST A STANDARD BLACK AND WHITE ANSWER. I SAW THAT ON YOUR SLIDES THAT OUR CRITERIA IS FOR REASONABLE. OH, SORRY. YEAH, I SAW THAT OUR CRITERIA FOR PULLING SOMEBODY OVER IS A REASONABLE SPEED. IS THAT RIGHT? REASONABLE. I FORGOT WHAT IT SAID ON THE SLIDE. HOW ARE YOU GUYS MAKING THAT? DETERMINATION IF THEY'RE OPERATING AT A REASONABLE SPEED? I SAW THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE IN LOS ALAMITOS. YOU CAN'T SET A HARD AND TRUE SPEED LIMIT BECAUSE THERE'S NO SPEEDOMETER ON A LOT OF THESE BIKES 15MPH. WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE POLICE OFFICERS STAND ON THE SIDEWALK AND TRYING TO CLOCK PEOPLE AT 15MPH, YOU KNOW, AND SO BUT BUT I ALSO SAW THAT THEY PASSED A CITY ORDINANCE THAT. SPECIFICALLY

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TARGETED UNSAFE BEHAVIOR. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO CONSIDER, TOO? IS IT A CITY ORDINANCE? I SAW I SAW BUENA PARK ALSO RECENTLY USED THAT EXACT SAME LANGUAGE AND OPERATING IN AN UNSAFE MANNER. WELL, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A DISCUSSION FOR ANOTHER TIME. NOT HERE. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT REASONABLE SAFETY, I THINK COMMON SENSE IS THE WORD THAT COMES TO MIND. IF AGAIN, YOU HAVE A SIDEWALK THAT HAS MANY PEOPLE WALKING ON IT AND YOU HAVE A PERSON ON A BICYCLE OR AN E-BIKE THAT'S OPERATING IN AN UNSAFE MANNER, AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW WHAT AN UNSAFE MANNER IS. THAT'S GOING TO BE REASONABLE ENOUGH FOR US TO TALK TO THEM. IF THERE'S NOBODY ON THERE AND THEY'RE TRAVELING AT 15 MILES AN HOUR OR 20 MILES AN HOUR DOWN KATELLA WHERE THERE'S NO PEDESTRIANS AND IT'S AT THE BUSINESS PARK, IS THAT UNSAFE? PROBABLY NOT. BUT IF YOU'RE TALKING DURING WHEN SCHOOL IS LETTING OUT AND YOU'VE GOT 1500 KIDS WALKING ON THE SIDEWALK AND SOMEBODY'S OPERATING A BICYCLE OR AN E-BIKE IN AN UNSAFE MANNER, THAT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS AND APPARENT TO SEE. I THINK TO ANY HUMAN BEING. AND IF I MAY, MR. MAYOR, I SUSPECT THAT, YOU KNOW, POLICE OFFICERS HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE WHEREWITHAL TO APPLY REASONABLE JUDGMENT, JUST LIKE THE VEHICLE CODE PROVIDES, THAT DRIVING AT A MAXIMUM SPEED IS AGAINST THE LAW. BUT IT ALSO ALLOWS POLICE OFFICERS TO INCORPORATE THE CONDITIONS. SO TO THE EXTENT THERE ARE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS OR THEY'RE PEDESTRIANS IN THE VICINITY, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. SO I SUSPECT IT'S THE SAME LEVEL OF DISCRETION THERE. YEAH. THANK YOU. AND MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO, I SEE YOU, BUT I'M GOING TO FOLLOW UP ON THIS REAL QUICK. I THINK I HAD A SIMILAR QUESTION, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY, I'D SEEN SOME CITIES PASS AN ORDINANCE SAYING THAT YOU CAN'T OPERATE AN E-BIKE IN A QUOTE UNQUOTE UNSAFE MANNER. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL POTENTIALLY HERE, OR DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ALREADY HAVE THE DISCRETION AND YOUR OFFICERS HAVE THE DISCRETION? IF YOU SEE SOMEBODY OPERATING AN E-BIKE DANGEROUSLY THAT YOU COULD TALK TO AND GIVE THEM A WRITE THEM A TICKET OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES? YES, I BELIEVE WE ALREADY HAVE THAT DISCRETION AND WE HAVE THAT ABILITY TO DO THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG, DID YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I THINK I'LL YIELD FOR NOW, BUT I DO WONDER IF WE WANT TO TAKE THE NEXT STEPS AT NOW OR A LATER TIME. BUT I'LL LISTEN TO WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO SAY FIRST. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR PUTTING TOGETHER A GREAT PRESENTATION, I APPRECIATE IT. AND ALSO, THANK YOU TO THE RESIDENTS WHO CAME OUT AND SPOKE ON THIS MATTER. IT'S WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK. WHAT I WANT TO SAY ALSO IS THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR REACHING OUT TO THE SCHOOLS AND EDUCATING STUDENTS. A LOT OF THEM, I WOULD IMAGINE, BECAUSE I REMEMBER BACK WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER, DIDN'T REALLY REALIZE HOW WE WERE IMPACTING OTHER RESIDENTS AND SO FORTH. SO THANK YOU FOR REACHING OUT TO THOSE SCHOOLS. I KNOW AT TIMES TALKING TO TEENAGERS CAN BE INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND WORKING WITH THE STUDENTS ON THAT AND ALSO CONTINUING TO EDUCATE. I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA FOR YOU TO HAVE A BOOTH SET UP AT THE OPEN HOUSE SO THAT WE CAN BECOME MORE FAMILIAR, BECAUSE AS PEOPLE SEE THAT THE IMPACT OF E-BIKES AND DISCUSS IT MORE, I THINK PEOPLE WILL BECOME MORE COGNIZANT OF THEIR IMPACTS AND THINGS WILL TONE DOWN BETTER. THANK YOU FOR COLLECTING THE 39 MONTHS OF DATA, AND IF YOU CAN CONTINUE TO, PLEASE COLLECT THAT DATA AND WE CAN SEE WHETHER OR NOT MAYBE THERE'S A CORRELATION BETWEEN THE EDUCATION AND THE IMPACT OF HOW IT IS AND REDUCING POSSIBLE ACCIDENTS AND SO FORTH. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF ACTIVITY GOING AROUND BUENA PARK PASSED SOME LAWS. OTHER CITIES ARE EXPERIMENTING ON TRYING TO PASS LAWS. I KIND OF SHARE THE SENTIMENT THAT I THINK THERE ARE ALREADY LAWS ON THE BOOKS, AND I ALREADY THINK THAT WE ALREADY HAVE AN ABILITY TO ENFORCE IT.

I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF PASSING LAWS JUST TO SAY, HEY, I PASSED LAWS, SO I WOULD RATHER, LET'S SAY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND MONITOR THIS. AND PERHAPS MAYBE IN SIX MONTHS, NINE MONTHS, SEE THE EFFECTS OF THE EDUCATION, SEE HOW IT'S PLAYING OUT. AND THEN MAYBE FORMALIZE IT MORE IN A STRATEGIC PLAN. OR IF NOT, GO AHEAD AND LET'S SEE. AND A FOLLOW UP REPORT, MAYBE TOWARDS THE END OF THIS YEAR ON THE EFFECTS OF EDUCATION. BUT BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT AND VOICED THEIR OPINION ON THIS MATTER. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF, FOR A GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS I WANTED TO ASK. AND

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SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ESSENTIALLY NO LOOPHOLES WHERE SOMETHING THAT A DRIVER OF A CAR COULDN'T GET AWAY WITH, AN E-BIKE DRIVER COULD GET AWAY WITH. AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, I WAS CURIOUS, IS THERE ANY PROHIBITION AGAINST PEOPLE ON THERE ON E-BIKES, TEXTING, OR MAKING A CALL WHILE THEY'RE RIDING THEIR E-BIKE? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. NO, THERE'S NOTHING IN THE CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE THAT PREVENTS SOMEBODY ON A BICYCLE OR AN E-BIKE FROM TEXTING OR USING A CELL PHONE. OKAY, SO MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD THINK ABOUT. AND THEN I KNOW I'D SEEN SOME OTHER CITIES. I GUESS E-BIKES ARE PROHIBITED IN PUBLIC PARKS HERE, EXCEPT WHERE THEY'RE INTENDED TO TRAVEL, CORRECT? CORRECT. I SAW SOME OTHER CITIES ENACT SPECIFIC PROHIBITIONS ON NOT BEING ALLOWED IN PUBLIC DRAINAGE FACILITIES, OR NOT BEING ALLOWED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. IS THAT ALREADY COVERED BY EXISTING LAW? IF ANYBODY IS AWARE, OR IS THAT MAYBE SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK AT AND SEE? I DON'T. I'M ALMOST 100% SURE WE CAN'T GOVERN WHAT SOMEBODY DOES ON THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTY IF THEY ALLOW AN E-BIKE AT A GROCERY STORE OR A SHOPPING MALL AND THEY DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC RULES AGAINST THAT, AND EVEN IF THEY DID, IT WOULD BE A THE ONLY THING WE COULD DO IS A TRESPASSING IF THAT PERSON WAS WARNED PRIOR AND THEN THEY COULD BE CITED FOR TRESPASSING. BUT WHATEVER RULES THAT SOMEBODY CREATES ON THEIR OWN ON PRIVATE PROPERTY WOULD NOT BE ENFORCEABLE BY US. OKAY WITH THAT. THANK YOU. AND IT'S JUST TRYING TO SEEK REGULATION OVER PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT THAT WOULD BE CORRECT. OKAY. AND THEN REGARDING THE EDUCATION OR THE PROGRAMS WE HAVE AT SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS, ARE THESE PROGRAMS WHERE THE STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE THIS TRAINING IN ORDER TO BRING THE E-BIKE TO SCHOOL WITH THEM? IS THAT DID I UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECTLY? WELL, THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE SCHOOL WHAT RULES THEY SET FOR THAT. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO I BELIEVE IT WAS LEXINGTON WHEN WE DID THE FIRST E-BIKE SAFETY CLASS, THAT WAS PART OF THE REQUIREMENT. IN ORDER TO BRING YOUR BIKE ONTO CAMPUS, YOU HAD TO TAKE THE CLASS. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH.

WELL, YEAH. THANK YOU ALL. I THINK WE CAN ALL GIVE THIS SOME THOUGHT. I WOULD PERSONALLY, I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN EXPLORING THE NO PHONES OPTION WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING YOUR E-BIKE AND THEN PERHAPS TRYING TO PARTNER MORE AGGRESSIVELY WITH THE SCHOOLS OR EXPANDING THE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TO ENSURE THAT MAYBE EVERY STUDENT IN CYPRUS WHO'S DRIVING AN E-BIKE TO SCHOOL HAS GONE THROUGH SOME TYPE OF TRAINING, AND MAYBE THE PARENTS ARE AWARE THAT THAT'S THAT'S A REQUIREMENT AS WELL. SO I THINK THAT'D BE WORTH CONSIDERING IN THE FUTURE. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE OR COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? I SAW YOU PRESS YOUR BUTTON. GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU. MY SUGGESTION IS ACTUALLY CONCERNING THE DIFFERENT CLASSES OF BIKES. SO WE HAVE CLASS ONE, CLASS TWO, CLASS THREE BIKES. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY DETERMINED BY THE STATE LEVEL. THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHAT WE WRITE AT THE CITY LEVEL CAN'T SUPERSEDE OR PREEMPT WHAT HAPPENS AT THE STATE LEVEL. MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE IS I, I GREW UP IN TEXAS AND I, I USED TO RIDE LIKE A THREE WHEELER, JUST LIKE 300 POUNDS, YOU KNOW, AND IT WAS THROTTLE BASED. AND THOSE THROTTLE BASED MECHANISMS ARE VERY DIFFERENT FROM JUST THE TYPE ONE E-BIKES. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT MORE POWER. IT'S POWER ON TAP. IT ENCOURAGES YOU TO DO THINGS THAT YOU NORMALLY WOULDN'T DO ON JUST A REGULAR BICYCLE. AND FOR ME I, I, I THERE'S I WAS LOOKING AT THE GRAND JURY REPORT. THERE'S TEN CITIES THAT HAVE ALLOW BIKES ON SIDEWALKS, EIGHT THAT ALLOW EIGHT THAT DON'T ALLOW BIKES ON SIDEWALKS, AND FOUR THAT'S UNKNOWN. AND FOR ME, I'M OKAY WITH US ALLOWING E-BIKES ON SIDEWALKS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO KIDS, MIDDLE SCHOOLERS GOING TO GOING TO CLASS AND A LOT OF LOT OF STREETS. WE DON'T WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE SET UP FOR RIDING BIKES. AND IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY ALONG KATELLA, THERE'S NO GOOD PLACE FOR THEM TO RIDE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE GOING SO FAST. SO, YOU KNOW, IT MAKES SENSE FOR THEM TO RIDE BIKES ON THE BIKES ON THE SIDEWALK. I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE ONE OF MY FIRST IDEAS WAS TO LOOK AT CLASS TWO BIKES. THOSE ARE THE THROTTLE BASED BIKES. AND WHETHER WE COULD, YOU KNOW, RAISE THE AGE LIMIT TO 16 OR REQUIRE A DRIVER, A

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MOTORCYCLE LICENSE FOR THOSE. BUT WE CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE THAT'S ALREADY BEING GOVERNED AT THE STATE LEVEL. SO BUT WE DO HAVE CONTROL OVER WHO RIDES ON THE SIDEWALKS. AND THAT'S FROM CALIFORNIA VIA CODE 21206. CITY AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DRAWING UP AND ENFORCING LAWS OF BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIAN AREAS. AND SO WE CAN DETERMINE WHO'S ABLE TO RIDE ON THE SIDEWALKS. AND MY IDEA WOULD BE TO TRY TO DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM BUYING THOSE CLASS TWO AND CLASS THREE. CLASS TWO BICYCLES. DEFINITELY CLASS THREE BICYCLES, ESPECIALLY AMONG TEENAGERS. AND MY IDEA WOULD BE THAT WE PROHIBIT CLASS TWO AND CLASS THREE FROM RIDING ON THE SIDEWALKS. AND ONLY CLASS ONE. I DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS THE WRONG IDEA. I'M NOT AGAINST E-BIKES. I THINK THAT THE FUTURE I COULD EASILY SEE, YOU KNOW, EVERY SINGLE BIKER HAVING JUST A MINIATURE E-BIKE ATTACHMENT AT SOME POINT, JUST KIND OF LIKE HOW HYBRID CARS ARE TAKING OVER CARS. IT'S MORE EFFICIENT, IT'S EASIER. AND STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT KIDS AREN'T GETTING LESS EXERCISE ON E-BIKES. THEY'RE JUST GOING FARTHER BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAP INTO THAT E-BIKE. SO I DON'T WANT TO DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM US, FROM, YOU KNOW, GETTING THOSE E-BIKES.

BUT I DO THINK THAT CLASS TWO AND CLASS THREE, I'M ESPECIALLY WORRIED ABOUT THOSE, ESPECIALLY AMONG OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS. SO MY IDEA WOULD BE JUST TO TAKE THOSE OFF THE SIDEWALKS AND HAVE THEM ONLY RIDE ON THE STREETS AND THOSE IN THE BIKE LANES. THANK YOU. THANKS. AND THAT'S, I THINK, CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE CAN CONSIDER IN THE FUTURE. SO THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG, ONE LAST QUESTION, CHIEF. I FORGOT I HAVE A BUNCH OF PAPERS. I THINK THIS IS I KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT I KNOW THE ORANGE COUNTY GRAND JURY REPORT HAD SUGGESTED THAT ALL CITIES DO EDUCATION AND OUTREACH, WHICH WE'RE DOING, PASS AN ORDINANCE, WHICH I THINK WE'VE DONE TO AN EXTENT, AND THEN ALSO TRACKING, WHICH I'M GUESSING BASED ON YOUR PRESENTATION, WE DO TRACK E-BIKE ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS. IS THAT RIGHT? YES, YOU'RE CORRECT ON THAT. OKAY. GREAT I KNOW YEAH.

SO I'M GLAD WE'RE WE'RE FOLLOWING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. ALL RIGHT. ANY FINAL REMARKS? COUNCIL MEMBER MINIKUS. SO I REALLY ENJOYED THIS DISCUSSION AND THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR CLARITY ON ON SOME OF THE LAWS. AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG, I LIKE YOUR IDEA, EXCEPT JUST THINKING OUT LOUD HERE THAT IF WE AS A CITY BAN CLASS TWO AND CLASS THREE E-BIKES FROM SIDEWALKS, I WOULD HAVE TO GUESS THAT A LOT OF PARENTS WOULD BE UPSET THAT AS A CITY, WE'RE FORCING KIDS OUT ONTO THE STREET. JUST A THOUGHT, BUT I'M HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU ON ANY TYPE OF IDEAS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, BUT JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE FROM BECAUSE WE DEALT WITH THIS A LITTLE BIT IN LONG BEACH MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. AND I COULD JUST TELL YOU FROM THE PUBLIC REACTION THAT THE CITY GOT CITY COUNCIL GOT FROM THEN IT WAS IT WAS A LOT OF BACKLASH. SO BUT JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT THOUGHT WITH YOU GUYS. THANKS. YEAH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER I, I KNOW IN ONE NEARBY CITY I THINK THEY THEY DID AN AGE CUTOFF WHERE IT WAS 18 AND YOUNGER ON THE SIDEWALK IS OKAY. BUT ADULTS ON THE STREETS AND IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN. OH SORRY.

MAYOR PRO TEM BUENA PARK AT THAT LAST MONTH. BUENA PARK DID THAT LAST MONTH. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO. SO YEAH, I THINK THERE'S CERTAINLY SOME THINGS WE CAN CONSIDER IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

AND THEN THE LAST COMMENT I'LL HAVE ON THIS IS, I KNOW A LOT OF RESIDENTS CAME OUT TO SEE THIS AND TALK ABOUT THIS, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. BUT YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH THE PRESENTATION AND THEN TALK WITH ALL OF US ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW. BUT THE CONVERSATION DOESN'T END OKAY. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU WHAT YOU'VE THOUGHT, BASED ON WHAT YOU LEARNED DURING THE PRESENTATION. SOME OF THE SUGGESTIONS WE'VE BANDIED ABOUT, SOME SUGGESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE THAT WE HAVEN'T CURRENTLY DISCUSSED. SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO FOLLOW UP WITH ME OR WITH US. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE MAKING SOME PROGRESS, BUT I THINK WE CAN MAKE ADDITIONAL PROGRESS AS WELL. AND WE WANT YOUR INPUT AND INVOLVEMENT IN THAT. SO THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS DISCUSSION. ALL RIGHT. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER OR OUR NEXT ITEM IS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS IS PROPOSED STRATEGIC PLAN OBJECTIVES FOR CONSIDERATION AT THE CITY COUNCIL'S NEXT STRATEGIC PLAN WORKSHOP. SO I HAD AGENDIZED THIS ITEM AND THE IDEA WAS SIMPLY THAT WE HAVE A STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOP COMING UP IN

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APRIL. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYBODY BEFORE WE GET TOGETHER FOR THAT TO PUBLICLY SUGGEST ANY IDEAS THEY WOULD LIKE INCLUDED IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH USUALLY COVERS, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT SIX MONTHS OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON. AND SO I HAVE 1 OR 2 ITEMS I WAS INTERESTED IN SUGGESTING, BUT DO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ITEMS THEY'D LIKE TO SUGGEST? AS FOR POSSIBLE INCLUSION IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN? COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG. AND FOR THE RECORD, EVERY COLLEAGUES, YOU'RE ALSO FREE TO JUST RAISE YOUR HAND IF OR TAP ME IF I DON'T NOTICE THE SPEAKER BUTTON. BUT COUNCILMAN COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG, THANK YOU. YES, AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, MY ONE OF MY TOP PRIORITIES IS THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR RESIDENTS. AND ONE THING THAT I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT FOR US TO LOOK AT IS A CITY ORDINANCE GOVERNING SMOKING.

SECONDHAND SMOKE IS A PROVEN HEALTH HAZARD, INCREASING THE RISK OF HEALTH, DISEASE, LUNG CANCER, AND ASTHMA, ESPECIALLY FOR CHILDREN, SENIORS AND THOSE WITH RESIDENTS WITH EXISTING HEALTH CONDITIONS. MANY, MANY CITIES HAVE ALREADY TAKEN IMPORTANT STEPS TO ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE, BUT CYPRUS IS ACTUALLY TARGETED BY THE HEALTH CARE AGENCY AND BEING ONE OF THREE CITIES THAT COULD USE AN UPDATE TO THE SMOKING BAN, THEY'VE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT.

THEY'VE ACTUALLY DONE QUITE A BIT OF RESEARCH IN CYPRUS WITH THE THANKS OF SEVERAL STUDENTS, I THINK, FROM LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOL AND OXFORD OXFORD ACADEMY, AND THEY FOUND EVIDENCE OF SMOKING IN ABOUT HALF OF OUR PARKS AND 100% OF OUR PARK PARKING LOTS. THE PARK PARKING LOT IS KIND OF AN ISSUE FOR ME, BECAUSE ALONG MOST OF OUR WALKING PATHS, WHEN IT COMES TO OUR PARKS, THE IT SEEMS LIKE THE PARKING LOTS ARE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT THERE. SO MY PROPOSAL IS TWOFOLD. ONE IS UPDATE OUR EXISTING CODE ON SMOKING. SECOND IS INTRODUCE NEW CITY ORDINANCE BANNING SMOKING IN NEW AREAS. AND I THINK THE FOR THAT SECOND ONE, THE CITY MANAGER SUGGESTED THAT WE WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY TO LOOK AT WHAT'S BEEN DONE AND COME UP WITH A BEST PRACTICES MODEL. BUT BUT I ALSO FROM FROM THE COUNTY, ORANGE COUNTY HEALTH CARE AGENCY, THEY HAVE A MODEL ORDINANCE THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW CENTER AND THE AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION. SO I'LL FORWARD THAT TO THE CITY MANAGER, AND HE CAN DISTRIBUTE THAT FOR US AND OUR OUR CURRENT CITY ORDINANCES IS QUITE A BIT OUTDATED WHEN IT COMES TO SMOKING. FOR EXAMPLE, WE ARE RIGHT NOW SMOKING. AND OF COURSE THIS A LOT OF THESE DON'T APPLY BECAUSE WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN HAPPENED AT THE STATE LEVEL HAS SUPERSEDES WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT THIS IS WRITTEN IN. BUT FOR EXAMPLE, OUR SMOKING IN CYPRUS, SMOKING IS PERMITTED IN RETAIL STORES AND IN AREAS NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. SO IN THOSE BACK AREAS, IF YOUR SEATING CAPACITY FOR RESTAURANTS IS 49 OR LESS, THAT MEANS YOU JUST HAVE TO MAKE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR SMOKING. SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD TIME FOR US TO LOOK AT UPDATING THOSE ORDINANCES, BUT ALSO BRINGING IN SOME NEW AREAS. SO PARKS 100FT FROM OUR SCHOOLS, DAYCARE CENTERS, OUTDOOR DINING, RECREATIONAL AREAS. SO THAT'S THAT'S PART OF MY PROPOSAL. OKAY. THANK YOU. I HAVE A COUPLE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST FOR INCLUSION. SO THE FIRST IS THAT I'D LIKE US AS A COUNCIL IN THE SUMMER OR THE FALL TO CONSIDER POTENTIAL CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORMS AND IMPROVEMENTS IN TRANSPARENCY RELATED TO ELECTIONS AND THE FUNDING OF ELECTIONS HERE IN CYPRUS. WE DON'T YET HAVE ANY UNIQUE LAWS THAT WE'VE PASSED IN THIS AREA THAT I'M AWARE OF. THIS IS SOMETHING PEOPLE KNOW I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT, AND I RUN A NONPROFIT THAT HAS ADVOCATED FOR OTHER CITIES TO PASS REFORMS LIKE THIS, AND I'D LIKE US TO AT LEAST CONSIDER IT SOMETIME IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS HERE IN CYPRUS, SO WE CAN ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT THE APPLICABLE LAW IS, WHAT OPTIONS WE HAVE TO PASS REFORMS OR IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY, AND THEN WE CAN DECIDE IF WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH WITH ONE OR ALL OR ANY. SO THAT'S ONE SUGGESTION I HAVE FOR INCLUSION.

AND THEN THE SECOND IS I'D LIKE US TO DEVELOP SOME POLICIES PERTAINING TO CITY COMMUNICATIONS THAT WE PUT OUT TO CLARIFY HOW THAT WORKS IN TERMS OF WHO OFFERS THEM, WHO SIGNS OFF ON THEM. FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD STATEMENTS I THINK COME FROM THE CITY ON

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SOCIAL MEDIA OR THROUGH OTHER MEANS, AND IT WASN'T NECESSARILY CLEAR WHO WROTE THE STATEMENT OR HOW IT WAS APPROVED. WAS IT THE MAYOR? WAS IT THE COUNCIL? WAS IT THE CITY MANAGER? I THINK IT'S SOMETHING IT'D BE GREAT FOR RESIDENTS TO KNOW AND US TO JUST CLARIFY. AND I KNOW THAT AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, I THINK SOMETIMES IT CAN BE A LITTLE FRUSTRATING IF A STATEMENT COMES OUT FROM THE CITY AND YOU, YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT IN ADVANCE OR YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY INPUT IN IT. AND SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO LOOK AT SOME OPTIONS TO CLARIFY OUR HOW WE DO OUR CITY COMMUNICATIONS IN THE FUTURE. ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES? COUNCIL MEMBER PETE. YEAH, I DON'T HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS, BUT JUST TO HELP THE RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND WHEN WE DO THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS. BY THE WAY, YOU'RE INVITED TO COME.

SO WHEN THE DATE IS APRIL 6TH 16. OKAY, WE DO A SWOT ANALYSIS AND THE SWOT KIND OF HELPS DRIVE OUR FOCUS IN TERMS OF WHERE DO WE WANT TO SPEND, YOU KNOW WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST ISSUES WITHIN THE CITY. SO I DON'T HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS. I LOVE THE DOING THE SWOT BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES HAVE INPUT FROM I'LL CALL IT THE TEAM, THE STAFF AND OF COURSE COUNCIL. SO THAT TO ME WILL BE ONE OF MY KEY DRIVERS FOR WHAT ARE SOME OF THE KEY THINGS IN THE IN THE CITY THAT WE WANT TO ADDRESS. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I BELIEVE THAT TAKES US TO ITEM TEN. CONSIDER HOLDING THE MARCH 24TH AND MAY 12TH WORKSHOPS RELATED TO THE CONSIDERATION OF THE CITY'S ANNUAL BUDGET AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. I HAD AGENDIZE THIS ONE AS WELL, SO I WANTED TO CLARIFY AND BROADEN THIS A LITTLE BIT. SO WHAT I WAS THINKING WAS THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A SIMPLE IDEA THAT I THINK WILL IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY. CURRENTLY WE HAVE WORKSHOPS BEFORE COUNCIL MEETINGS, AND THEY'RE IN THE EXECUTIVE BOARDROOM, AND THEY CAN BE ABOUT A VARIETY OF TOPICS. THE BUDGET NONPROFIT GRANTS, THE CITY BRANDING INITIATIVE, ETC. BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT IN CHAMBERS, THEY'RE NOT RECORDED ON VIDEO. AND THAT POSES, I THINK, SOME ISSUES IN TERMS OF OUR RESIDENTS HAVING ACCESS TO INFORMATION ABOUT SOME IMPORTANT TOPICS. THEY DON'T GET TO SEE THE SAME VISUALS THAT WE SEE. IT CAN BE DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO FOLLOW THE DISCUSSION, I THINK. AND THEN BY THE TIME AN ITEM COMES FROM THE WORKSHOP TO A COUNCIL MEETING AS AN AGENDA ITEM, SOMETIMES IT'S A CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM AND A LOT OF THE DISCUSSION HAS ALREADY TAKEN PLACE. SO I THOUGHT THAT FROM NOW ON I WOULD LIKE TO TRY HAVING OUR WORKSHOPS IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS SO THAT THEY'RE VIDEO RECORDED. AND THAT WAY RESIDENTS CAN SEE THE SAME INFORMATION WE SEE. EVEN IF THEY CAN'T ATTEND THE MEETING, THEY CAN WATCH IT LATER WHENEVER THEY HAVE TIME. AND I SAW THAT SOME OTHER CITIES FOLLOW THIS MODEL. BUENA PARK, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY CALL THEIR WORKSHOPS STUDY SESSIONS, BUT THEY HAVE THEM AT THE END OF THEIR MEETINGS. AND SO THE WAY THEIR MEETINGS FUNCTION IS THAT THEY HAVE THEIR NORMAL COUNCIL MEETING. THEN THEY HAVE A BRIEF RECESS, AND THEN THEY HAVE THE STUDY SESSIONS. AND SO IT'S NOT THAT ALL RESIDENTS WOULD HAVE TO STAY THE WHOLE TIME, BUT IT'S THERE, IT'S ON VIDEO AND THEY CAN STAY OR THEY CAN WATCH IT LATER. IN TERMS OF THE TIMING, I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE A STRONG OPINION OF WHETHER OURS SHOULD REMAIN BEFORE COUNCIL MEETINGS OR BE. FOLLOW THE BUENA PARK MODEL AND HAPPEN AT THE END OF COUNCIL MEETINGS. BUT I DO THINK THAT HAVING THEM IN CHAMBER CHAMBERS AND RECORDING THEM ON VIDEO WOULD MAKE OUR OUR DELIBERATIONS AND OUR PROCESS A BIT MORE TRANSPARENT AND ACCESSIBLE TO RESIDENTS. SO THAT WAS MY IDEA OF WHAT I'D LIKE TO TRY AND DO MOVING FORWARD, AND I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION WITH MY COLLEAGUES. AND IF I MAY, BEFORE THE DISCUSSION ENSUES, I NOTICE ON THE PARTICULAR ITEM LISTED FOR TODAY'S AGENDA IS CONSIDERATION OF HOLDING THE MARCH 24TH AND MAY 2012 WORKSHOPS HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. I'M SORT OF HEARING THAT BEING BROADENED, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE FROM A BROWN ACT PERSPECTIVE THAT WE, TO THE EXTENT THAT THE COUNCIL DOES WANT TO BROADEN IT AND JUST MAKE IT APPLICABLE FOR ALL WORKSHOPS, THAT I WOULD SUGGEST POTENTIALLY BRINGING THIS BACK WITH A BROADER TITLE. YEAH, I THAT'S PROBABLY ON ME. I THINK WHEN I MENTIONED IT, I SAID SOMETHING LIKE, OH, I'VE NOTICED WE'VE GOT THIS WORKSHOP COMING UP, I'D LIKE TO CONSIDER DOING THIS IN CHAMBERS. AND I REALLY MEANT ALL WORKSHOPS. BUT PERHAPS WHAT WOULD MAKE SENSE THEN IS IF

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WE DID WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, WE'D AGREE TO HAVE THE MAY MARCH 24TH WORKSHOP IN CHAMBERS, AND THEN AT THE NEXT MEETING, PERHAPS WE COULD HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM TO CONSIDER ALL WORKSHOPS, BUT THAT'S PREMATURE. WE'VE GOT DISCUSSION TO HAVE ABOUT IT, SO I'LL OPEN IT UP TO MY COLLEAGUES. COUNCIL MEMBER MENISCUS. THANK YOU. JUST SOME THOUGHTS ON THIS. SOME RESIDENTS HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME AND, YOU KNOW, LISTENING TO THEIR IDEAS OR EVEN IF WE SHOULD MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THIS PROCESS. MANY RESIDENTS HAVE EXPRESSED WHY THIS IS EVEN NECESSARY, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE ALL THE WORKSHOPS THAT WE CONDUCT, ALBEIT NOT ON VIDEO, ARE RECORDED, AND ALL THE INFORMATION FROM THOSE MEETINGS IS, IS AVAILABLE TO THEM TO PERUSE OR STUDY ON AT THEIR OWN CONVENIENCE AND TO COUNCIL MEMBER PETE'S COMMENTS REGARDING THE SWOT. I THINK IT'S REALLY PREMATURE THAT WE DO ANYTHING. BEFORE APRIL 16TH MEETING. YOU KNOW, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY MEETINGS IN THE PAST EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN ON. I CAN REMEMBER PAST COUNCIL MEMBERS OR COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE PAST MENTIONING HAVING THE MEETINGS EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS. MY CONCERNS ARE THAT FOR AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, AND I'M SURE EVEN BEFORE RESIDENTS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT HAVING MEETINGS TOO EARLY, THE COUNCIL MEETING IS TOO EARLY BECAUSE THEY'RE THEY'RE STILL AT WORK OR COMMUTING HOME. AND AS I MENTIONED DURING THE LAST MEETING THAT WE ENDED AROUND 9 P.M, MY CONCERN IS THAT IF WE ARE TRYING TO GET A BROADER AUDIENCE, EITHER IN PERSON OR ONLINE, THAT IDEA OF THIS PROPOSAL WOULD WOULD PRETTY MUCH FALL FLAT BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF OUR RESIDENTS, AS YOU CAN ALL RELATE TO, HAVE PROFESSIONAL LIVES. THEY HAVE EARLY WORK AND SCHOOL SCHEDULES, NOT TO MENTION THEIR FAMILY'S HECTIC SCHEDULES WITH THEIR CHILDREN'S INVOLVEMENT IN DANCE AND SPORT HOMEWORK, AND THE MYRIAD OF ACTIVITIES THAT TYPICALLY FAMILIES IN OUR GREAT CITY DEAL WITH, NOT TO MENTION JUST SIMPLE FAMILY TIME. ALL THAT TO SAY, THE MAJORITY OF OUR RESIDENTS HERE IN THE CITY HAVE GREATER AND FAR MORE IMPORTANT THINGS GOING ON IN THEIR BUSY LIVES THAN TO COME TO A MEETING OR WATCH US AT HOME. WE'D LIKE TO THINK THAT WE'RE STARS, BUT WE'RE REALLY NOT. BUT I JUST FEEL, AS OUR RESIDENTS HAVE FOR ALMOST SEVEN DECADES HERE IN THE CITY, THEY'VE PUT OUR TRUST IN US TO GUIDE AND MANAGE THE CITY. AND I KNOW PAST AND PRESENT, WE'VE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF DOING THE GOOD WORK FOR OUR RESIDENTS. I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER PETE. YEAH. THANK YOU. YEAH, I'M KIND OF TORN ON THIS ONE BECAUSE WORKSHOPS ARE TRADITIONALLY INFORMAL AND KIND OF HAVE AN OPEN DIALOG TYPE OF FORMAT. SO IT PROVIDES ESPECIALLY FOR NEWER COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND I'LL SAY TWO YEARS AGO I WAS IN THIS BOAT. IT PROVIDES A LESS OMINOUS, IF YOU WANT TO SAY TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT, TO BE ABLE TO ASK THAT SMALL LITTLE QUESTION THAT'S JUST NAGGING AT YOU, BUT YOU DON'T YOU DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE SAYING IT IN THE DAIS. BUT THAT SAID, OKAY, IF THERE'S A STRONG DESIRE BY OUR RESIDENTS TO SEE WORKSHOPS AND SEE THE VISUAL, I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MINIKUS. I HAVE PULLED SEVERAL WORKSHOPS. YOU HAVE TOTAL ACCESS TO THE AUDIO. IT'S VERY GOOD ACTUALLY, AS WELL AS TO THE PRESENTATION. AND SO THE ONLY THING YOU'RE NOT GETTING IS THE IS THE VISUAL OF LOOKING AT SOMEBODY. AND I KNOW AGAIN WE'RE STARS. YOU GUYS WANT TO SEE US. BUT THAT SAID I I'LL KIND OF LEAN TO IF OUR NEWER COUNCIL MEMBERS FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO DO AND THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO HAVE IT IN THE OPEN, I'D SAY, LET'S GIVE IT A TRY FOR THESE TWO WORKSHOPS. SO BUT THAT WOULDN'T BE MY PREFERENCE. BUT THAT'S IF THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. I'LL SUPPORT IT. COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG. THANK YOU. YEAH, THIS WILL BE MY FIRST WORKSHOP.

ACTUALLY, I ACTUALLY, EVEN BEFORE I WAS ELECTED, I NEVER WENT TO ONE. I, YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY HAD THE MISCONCEPTION THAT THE CLOSED SESSIONS WERE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC AND NOT OPEN HERE. WHEN IT'S HERE, I, I FEEL LIKE PEOPLE KNOW THAT IT'S OPEN. AND I FROM MY

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UNDERSTANDING, IT'S JUST WE'RE JUST MOVING THE LOCATION FROM THE, THE SMALL BOARDROOM TO HERE. AND SO FOR ME, I THINK I'LL PROBABLY BE PRETTY COMFORTABLE. BUT IF I'M NOT, WE CAN ALWAYS MOVE IT BACK AS FAR AS TIMING AND WHEN WE CAN WHEN WE WANT TO START. 5 P.M. 6 P.M.

IF YOU GUYS WANT TO START AT 6 P.M. OUR NORMAL TIME, THAT'S FINE. IF YOU GUYS WANT TO START AT FIVE AND GET OUT EARLIER, YOU KNOW, AN HOUR EARLIER, THAT'S FINE WITH ME. BUT I'M OPEN TO ANYTHING. MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I FEEL LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER PETE DOES. I'M TORN BECAUSE I, I WANT INCREASED TRANSPARENCY. AND I SEE THAT THIS ROOM IN MANY WAYS ALLOWS THAT TO OCCUR. HOWEVER, I'VE ALSO BEEN TO WORKSHOPS. I'VE BEEN TO WORKSHOPS THERE IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM AS A AS A COMMISSIONER. AND ALSO I'VE SEEN THE VIDEO TAPINGS, I THINK I BELIEVE I SAW THE ONE THAT DIRECTOR OF PLANNING PUT TOGETHER, AND THE AUDIO IS PRETTY GOOD. THE YOU CAN HEAR THE RECORDING OVER THE PRESENTATION, AND I DO THINK WE MAKE IT READILY AVAILABLE. I KNOW I'VE SAT DOWN FOR QUITE A FEW HOURS WITH THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, AND A LOT OF THE DISCUSSIONS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ARE GOING TO BE PRETTY DEEP. AND I KNOW THAT IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR ME TO GET UP, WALK OVER TO THE SCREEN AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY IT'S A TOUCH SCREEN AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY VISUALLY FOCUS IN ON CERTAIN QUESTIONS ON THE PRESENTATION. AND IF NEED BE, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND BRING UP THE A, F, C, R OR SOMETHING WITH RESPECT TO THE BUDGET. THAT ALLOWS US EASIER TO DO THAT AS OPPOSED TO TRYING TO BE DYNAMIC HERE AND TRYING TO DISCUSS PRESENTATIONS. OR I CAN EVEN BRING IT UP A QUESTION I MIGHT HAVE ON MY LAPTOP THAT I DOWNLOADED OFF THE WEBSITE, AND I FIND THAT THE CONFERENCE ROOM, THE EXECUTIVE BOARD ROOM, MAKES IT EASIER FOR US TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE THAT DIALOG BACK AND FORTH AT THAT LEVEL OF GRANULARITY, AND WE CAN. IT ALSO MAKES IT EASIER FOR US TO GO BACK AND FORTH WITH PRIOR YEARS, AND THEN ALSO GO FORWARD WITH FOUR YEARS.

AS FAR AS THE BUDGET, HOW THAT RELATES TO THE EXPENDITURES. SO EVEN THOUGH I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT HERE, I THINK IT, IT, IT MAKES IT EASIER TO INTERACT AT THE EXECUTIVE AT, AT THE CONFERENCE ROOM OVER THERE WHERE WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET UP, WALK AROUND AND ASK THE QUESTIONS THAT I THINK SHOULD BE ASKED. WHEREAS HERE IT'S VERY DIFFICULT IN SOME RESPECTS TO BE ABLE TO DIG DOWN AND HAVE THAT DISCUSSION ON A MORE GRANULAR LEVEL. SO I, I'D LIKE TO KEEP THE MAY 24TH, I'M SORRY, MARCH 24TH WORKSHOP IN THE BOARD CONFERENCE ROOM. THANK YOU.

MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO. YEAH, I THINK I HEAR THE ARGUMENT ABOUT THE INFORMAL, INFORMAL NATURE OF THE WORKSHOPS BEING BENEFICIAL. I GUESS THAT'S THAT ISN'T HOW I'VE FELT ABOUT IT. I FEEL LIKE IT'S JUST IT'S A PERSONAL THING. AND FOR ME, I FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE BEING ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS WHERE EVERYBODY CAN SEE IT. AND THEN I GUESS ANOTHER ELEMENT OF THE WORKSHOPS IS IF WE HAVE A WORKSHOP AT 5 P.M. AND WE HAVE A COUNCIL MEETING AT 6 P.M, WELL, THERE'S KIND OF A CAP ON HOW MUCH TIME WE'RE GOING TO SPEND DIVING IN ON THAT ISSUE DURING THE WORKSHOP, WHEREAS IF IT WERE AT A COUNCIL MEETING, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE REGULAR MEETING, THERE'S NO LIMIT ON THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE CAN SPEND ASKING QUESTIONS OR, OR THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO, YEAH, I UNDERSTAND IT'S DIFFERENCES OF A, IT CAN BE PERSONAL DIFFERENCES OF WHAT YOU PREFER.

I MEAN, I PERSONALLY LIKE TO TRY IT. AND PART OF PART OF IT WAS WE HAD THE WORKSHOP LAST YEAR ON THE CITY REBRANDING INITIATIVE, OR CITY BRANDING INITIATIVE, WHERE THE CITY WAS GETTING A LOGO OR PLANNING TO GET A LOGO. AND I DIDN'T THINK A WHOLE I DIDN'T THINK A WHOLE LOT ABOUT THE ISSUE. BUT AFTER THE NEW YEAR, A LOT OF RESIDENTS STARTED ASKING ME QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, AND I SAW PEOPLE SPREADING INCORRECT INFORMATION ABOUT IT. AND I HAD PEOPLE COME UP TO ME AND SAY, WHY ARE YOU GETTING RID OF THE CITY SEAL? OR WHY ARE WE SPENDING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON THIS? AND WE WEREN'T GETTING RID OF THE CITY SEAL, AND IT WASN'T GOING TO COST HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. BUT BECAUSE ALL OF THAT HAPPENED IN A WORKSHOP THAT, YOU

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KNOW, NOBODY THOUGHT TO AUDIT, REQUEST THE AUDIO OF, NOBODY KNEW ABOUT IT. AND SO I FEEL IF THAT HAD HAPPENED DURING A COUNCIL MEETING ON A VIDEO, IT'D BE REALLY EASY FOR ME TO SAY, HEY, GO. YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LOGO AND THE SEAL. GO TAKE A LOOK AT THE VIDEO OF THE MEETING. YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A LOGO AND A SEAL IN A PRESENTATION. YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT WHY THE COUNCIL WANTED TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTIO. AND TO ME I DON'T. MY PERSONAL PREFERENCE, THAT'S A MINOR FACTOR. I REALLY JUST LIKE THE RESIDENTS BEING ABLE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE MORE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING. SO I'LL, I'LL MOVE TO CONSIDER HOLDING THE MARCH 24TH AND MAY 12TH WORKSHOPS RELATED TO THE CITY'S ANNUAL BUDGET AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. FORWARD. IF OH, AND IF I'M THE ONLY ONE, THEN THAT'S OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER MINGUS THANK YOU. JUST REALLY QUICK. THE WORKSHOPS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. AND I BELIEVE MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO JUST MENTIONED THAT MAYBE WE COULD DO A BETTER JOB OF, IF WE HAVEN'T ALREADY, ADVERTISING THEM INSIDE OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARDROOM INSTEAD OF HERE IN THE CHAMBER, BECAUSE I ECHO MAYOR PRO TEM COMMENTS IT, WE GET A LOT MORE OUT OF IT WHEN WE'RE IN A CLOSER NON-STRUCTURED SETTING, IF YOU WILL. AND I THINK IF YOU WANT TO GET, YOU KNOW, MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED AND LET LET YOU KNOW, OPEN THE DOOR OF GREATER TRANSPARENCY, WHICH I'M ALL FOR. I THINK THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST BETTER ADVERTISE IN THE IN THE BOARDROOM AND INSTEAD OF HERE IN THE CHAMBERS, I'LL JUST LEAVE IT THAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, WELL, THERE'S A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. ALL RIGHT.

THAT MOTION FAILS WITH THREE NO VOTES BY MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO, COUNCIL MEMBER AND COUNCIL

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MEMBER PETE. ALL RIGHT, THAT BRINGS US TO OUR SECOND ORAL COMMUNICATIONS PERIOD. THESE ARE FOR IN-PERSON COMMENTS ONLY. I'VE GOT A FEW SPEAKER CARDS ALREADY. AND SO FIRST UP, I BELIEVE IS CONNOR NICKERSON, FOLLOWED BY ROB JOHNSON IF HE'S STILL HERE. COUNCILMAN CAR.

YEAH. THANK YOU. THANKS. GOOD EVENING TO THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS CONNOR NICKERSON AND I LIVE IN CYPRESS. I'M HERE TODAY WITH THE CLEAN AIR COALITION AS A MEMBER OF THEIR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM. WE AT CLEAN AIR OC HAVE BEEN DILIGENTLY COLLECTING OBSERVATIONAL DATA ON CURRENT SMOKING BEHAVIORS FROM LOCAL PARKS, OUTDOOR SPACES, AND MULTI-UNIT HOUSING. THESE ARE SPACES IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE OUR FAMILIES, FRIENDS, AND LOVED ONES GATHER, AND I'VE WITNESSED FIRSTHAND THE ALARMING AMOUNT OF SECONDHAND SMOKE PREVALENT THERE. THE DATA IS CLEAR THAT THERE IS NO SAFE LEVEL OF EXPOSURE, AND THOSE MOST AT RISK ARE OUR MOST VULNERABLE. AS A CHILD, I LIVED WITH THE CONSTANT PRESENCE OF CIGARETTES AROUND ME. I REMEMBER HOW EVEN THE AIR WOULD TASTE DIFFERENT WHEN THE ADULTS IN MY LIFE CHOSE TO SMOKE. IT'S A REALITY THAT HAS AFFECTED MY LONG TERM HEALTH. NOW, LIVING WITH RESPIRATORY DISTRESS CAUSED BY CIGARETTE SMOKE, I WATCHED THE RAPID DECLINE OF MY GRANDMOTHER, WHO CHOSE TO NOT. SHE WAS UNABLE TO LET GO OF SMOKING EVEN AS IT TOOK HER LIFE. I BELIEVE MANY OF US SHARE THIS EXPERIENCE. EVERY FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER I HAVE HAS FELT THE WEIGHT OF WATCHING A LOVED ONE SUFFER FROM DEVASTATING COMPLICATIONS OF LIFELONG TOBACCO ADDICTION. IN MY EXPERIENCE, CLEAR AND COMPASSIONATE EDUCATION IS AN INVALUABLE TOOL TO DIMINISH THE PRESENCE OF TOBACCO AND NICOTINE PRODUCTS, ESPECIALLY AMONG OUR IMPRESSIONABLE YOUTH. ADVOCATING FOR RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THE HEALTH RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE PRODUCTS DEEPLY MATTERS TO ME. I DID NOT HAVE A CHOICE AS A CHILD AND BEING EXPOSED TO THE SECONDHAND SMOKE, AND I AM CONCERNED FOR THE CHILDREN OF MY COMMUNITY WHO ARE HAVING THEIR RIGHT TO CHOOSE TO LIVE A HEALTHY AND SMOKE FREE LIFE.