[ 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.]

GOING TO BEGIN TONIGHT'S EVENING WITH ORAL COMMUNICATIONS ON AGENDA ITEMS. AND THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON AGENDA ITEMS PRIOR TO ANY ACTION TAKEN. ALTHOUGH COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY PROVIDE BRIEF RESPONSES, THE COUNCIL MAY NOT ENGAGE IN A DISCUSSION WITH MEMBERS OF PUBLIC DURING THE MEETING. PLEASE COMPLETE A SPEAKER'S CARD WHICH ARE IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL IN PERSON. IF YOU'RE LISTENING ONLINE, YOU CAN FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS AT THE END OF THE AGENDA AND WAIT FOR MYSELF OR THE CITY CLERK TO CALL ON YOU TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL VIRTUALLY. SPEAKERS PROVIDING IN-PERSON COMMENTS WILL BE CALLED FIRST AND FIRST UP, WE HAVE JOHN PETE, FOLLOWED BY BROOKE NAVARETTE. JOHN PETE, THE PRESIDENT OF CYPRUS, FORMER MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR BURKE, MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THIS EVENING ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, THE AGREEMENT ON RIGHT OF RIGHT OF WAY LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE SERVICES. WE LIVE IN A BEAUTIFUL CITY WITH SO MANY POSITIVE AND WONDERFUL FEATURES, GREAT PUBLIC SAFETY, WONDERFUL PEOPLE, GREAT PARKS, INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS SECOND TO NONE, TOP NOTCH FACILITIES AND RECREATION PROGRAMS FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. WITH SUCH A HIGH LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE COMES A HIGH LEVEL OF EXPECTATION AMONG RESIDENTS. AS SEEN IN THE MOST RECENT COMMUNITY SURVEY, THE CITY IS MEETING AND EXCEEDING THE EXPECTATIONS OF RESIDENTS IN MOST AREAS. ONE AREA, HOWEVER, WHERE RESIDENTS HAVE BEGUN TO NOTICE A DROP IN THE LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE, HAS BEEN IN THE MAINTENANCE OF ROADSIDE MEDIANS, PARKWAYS AND PLANTER AREAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WEEDS,

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TRASH AND UNINTENDED VEGETATION HAVE BECOME MORE OF THE NORM IN SOME OF THESE AREAS. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, THE CITY HAS MADE MAJOR INVESTMENTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ATTRACTIVE MEDIANS AND PARKWAYS ALONG KATELLA, VALLEY VIEW AND LINCOLN AVENUES. IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THOSE INVESTMENTS AND ENSURE THE ATTRACTIVE APPEARANCE OF OUR LANDSCAPING. I BELIEVE WE NEED TO PLACE ADDITIONAL EMPHASIS ON MAINTAINING OUR GREEN AREAS IN A CLEAN, WEED FREE MANNER, MAINTAINING GRASS AND PLANTER AREAS IN A PRISTINE MANNER IS A CHALLENGE. I HAVE A LARGE YARD MYSELF AND AM CONSTANTLY BATTLING WEEDS, TRASH AND UNWANTED VEGETATION. SO PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THIS AS A CRITICISM OF OUR GREAT STAFF, OUR CITY MANAGER, OUR EXCELLENT MAINTENANCE TEAM OR ANYBODY ELSE. IT IS MERELY A REQUEST TO RESTORE OUR TURF AREAS, MEDIANS AND PARKWAYS TO THE LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE THAT WE HAVE COME TO EXPECT HERE IN CYPRUS. LOOKING AT THE AGREEMENT, IT LOOKS LIKE SECTION 15 OF THIS AGREEMENT PLACES ADDITIONAL EMPHASIS ON RESTORING OUR GREEN AREAS TO A MORE PRISTINE CONDITION. I AM HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL SEE THE RESULTS OF THE ADDITIONAL EFFORTS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS. ONE ITEM I DID NOT SEE SPECIFIED IN THE AGREEMENT IS THE REMOVAL OF UNPLANNED VEGETATION, SUCH AS TREES OR SHRUBS THAT SPROUT FROM SEEDS BLOWN IN BY THE WIND OR DROPPED BY PASSING BIRDS. SO THE QUESTION I HAVE IS WILL THIS AGREEMENT INCLUDE THE REMOVAL OF UNPLANNED VEGETATION WHERE A TREE OR SHRUB OR SOMETHING IS POPPING UP OUT OF A MEDIAN THAT WASN'T PLANNED? SO THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. BROOKE NAVARETTE FOLLOWED BY GARY HAMMERMAN. HI. MY NAME IS BROOKE NAVARETTE AND I'M A RESIDENT OF CYPRESS. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR BURKE, MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO AND COUNCIL. I'M HERE TO TALK TONIGHT ABOUT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 17, THE CIP. FIRST, I WANT TO SAY THAT THE PILOT PROGRAM IS A SUPERIOR IDEA. THANKS TO, I BELIEVE, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS AND REC MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED AND MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD. AS A FORMER RECOVERING PROJECT MANAGER OF 25 PLUS YEARS, I COULD IMAGINE THAT BEING A DIRECTOR WITH MULTIPLE PROJECTS IN A MUNICIPALITY, DEPENDING UPON COUNCIL MEETINGS TO GET STUFF APPROVED IS A BIT CHALLENGING. SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HELP THE PROCESS. SO I BEG OF EVERYBODY TO PLEASE APPROVE THAT COMPONENT OF THE CIP. THE OTHER THING IS THAT WHEN LEXINGTON PARK AND ARNOLD PARK WERE GOING THROUGH THE APPROVAL PROCESS, IT WAS MENTIONED THAT DUE TO THE COST OF THOSE PARKS AND THIS WAS MENTIONED MORE THAN ONCE, AND PARK AND REC REVENUES, THAT PROJECTS FOR FUTURE YEARS WOULD BE MUCH THINNER BECAUSE OF THE MONEY THAT HAD BEEN EXPENDED INTO THOSE PROJECTS. SO I'M A LITTLE FLUMMOXED AT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE MAY 27TH MEETING OF PUTTING EVERYTHING LIKE FORWARD, BECAUSE I WENT BACK TO JUNE 10TH OF 2024 AND IT WAS A 5 TO 0 VOTE, AND THERE WAS A WORK SESSION PRIOR TO THAT. SO HAD THERE BEEN SOME FORESIGHT, A LOT OF STUFF WOULD HAVE BEEN WORKED THROUGH, AND THE 2526 MIGHT HAVE LOOKED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN IT DID NOW. SO I THINK WAITING A LONG TIME TO BRING THAT STUFF UP ACTUALLY MIGHT HAVE BEEN A DISSERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS. SO I'M JUST ASKING TO PLEASE FOLLOW THE CURRENT PROCESS. ALSO, JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF RESERVES DOESN'T MEAN WE SHOULD BE SPENDING MONEY WILLY NILLY OFF THE CUFF. I PLEASE BEG OUR COUNCIL TO BE VERY PRUDENT IN USING OUR RESERVE FUNDS. THERE'S A LOT OF PLANNING THAT DIRECTORS HAVE TO DO, AND I JUST FELT AFTER THE MAY 27TH MEETING, THEY GOT THROWN UNDER THE BUS. AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT HAPPENED OR WHAT THE TIMING WAS, BUT AS A RESIDENT, I'D REALLY PREFER NOT TO SEE THAT AGAIN. SO PLEASE APPROVE 17 AS IS. IT LOOKS GREAT. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE PILOT PROGRAM WORKING OUT FOR EVERYBODY AND MAKING THINGS RUN SMOOTHER. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, GARY HAMMERMAN. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO AND THE REST OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A COUPLE OF MINUTES HERE TO ADDRESS AN ISSUE FOR A LONG TIME RESIDENT HERE OF CYPRESS. THIS IS KIND OF RELATED TO ISSUE NUMBER OR AGENDA NUMBER THREE, THE SEWER SYSTEM VIDEO EVALUATION. NOT EXACTLY AN EXCITING TOPIC, BUT MY MOTHER IN LAW, SUSAN HOBART, LIVES ON CHESHIRE IN CYPRUS, AND SHE BOUGHT HER HOUSE IN 1967 AND HAS BEEN A FAITHFUL TAXPAYER EVER SINCE THEN. HER AND HER HUSBAND HAVE LIVED THERE AND RAISED THERE. THEIR ONLY DAUGHTER, WHO'S SITTING BEHIND ME THERE IN THAT HOUSE AND HAS A LOT OF GREAT MEMORIES. AND UNFORTUNATELY, SUSAN'S BEING SOMEWHAT FORCED TO LOOK FOR A NEW PLACE TO LIVE. I GUESS THE SEWER SYSTEM SITUATION FOR HER HOUSE, KIND OF ADJACENT TO THE MOTOR HOME PARK THAT'S RIGHT BEHIND HER HOUSE, IS CAUSING A LOT OF NOISE AND VIBRATION, AND HAD A VERY NICE CONVERSATION

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WITH MAYOR BURKE A FEW MONTHS AGO, AND HE WAS VERY GRACIOUS TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I REALLY NEED TO EVALUATE EXACTLY WHERE THE NOISE AND THE SOUND IS COMING FROM TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THE SEWER SYSTEM VIDEO EVALUATION WILL ADDRESS THAT, BUT YOU'RE LOOKING AT APPROPRIATING ABOUT $148,000 TO THAT PROJECT. AND I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO ADD TO THAT PROJECT, TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT EXACTLY IS GOING ON. SUSAN HAS SEVERAL NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE NOW COMPLAINING ABOUT THE NOISE. NOW SHE'S GOT ABOUT A DOZEN NEIGHBORS THAT ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE NOISE TO HER, SAYING THAT IT'S ALMOST UNLIVABLE. SO SUSAN'S LOOKING FOR A NEW PLACE TO LIVE. SHE'S LOOKING AT BEING FORCED OUT OF HER HOUSE. AND I KNOW YOU ALL WOULDN'T WANT SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO HAPPEN. MY FEAR IS THAT AS THOSE NOISE GET WORSE AND WORSE, MORE AND MORE CITIZENS ARE GOING TO COMPLAIN. AND NOW THERE'S ONLY 12. BUT IN A YEAR OR TWO IT MIGHT BE 1200. THAT COULD COST THE CITY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. SO IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S WORTH SOME INVESTMENT FOR AN ENGINEERING FIRM IN THE CITY OF MANAGERS TO LOOK INTO THE ISSUES. EVIDENTLY, SUSAN HIRED A COMPANY AND I HAVE THE PAPERWORK WITH ME, MD ACOUSTICS, WHICH IS A NOISE CONSULTING FIRM, AND THEY CAME AND TOOK MEASUREMENTS ALL AROUND THE CITY AND ESPECIALLY AROUND HER NEIGHBORHOOD, AND DETERMINED THAT THE NOISE FROM THE SEWER, FROM THE MOBILE HOME PARK INTO THE STREET IN FRONT OF HER HOUSE IS CAUSING PROBABLY CAUSING THIS NOISE, BUT THEY NEED MORE MONEY TO BE ABLE TO EVALUATE. SUSAN'S A WIDOW ON A FIXED INCOME AND ISN'T ABLE TO INVEST $100,000 TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE NOISE IS COMING FROM. SO I HUMBLY ASK YOU GUYS TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE INVESTING A LITTLE BIT TO FIND OUT WHERE IT'S COMING FROM, WHAT THE ISSUE MIGHT BE, AND WHETHER THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THE VIDEO EVALUATION MIGHT BE ABLE TO ADDITIONALLY LOOK INTO THIS TO FIND OUT WHETHER THERE'S SOME MITIGATION TO TRY TO KEEP SUSAN BACK IN HER HOME. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANKS, MR. HAMMERMAN. IF, IF I MAY, THE SOUND ENGINEER REPORT THAT YOU'VE REFERENCED IS THAT ONE THAT YOU'VE ALREADY SENT TO OUR CITY STAFF, SHE SUBMITTED ONE. WE HAVE A LITTLE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM HIM BECAUSE HE SAID IT WAS ABOUT A YEAR AGO, AND HE FEELS LIKE THE SOUNDS ARE GETTING WORSE. BUT SUSAN WASN'T ABLE TO COMMISSION ADDITIONAL READINGS, SO HE SAID THE NOISES WERE MINOR AT TIMES AND OTHER TIMES MORE SIGNIFICANT. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY CAN ONLY MONITOR THOSE SOUNDS DURING THE DAY. AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THOSE SOUNDS ARE HAPPENING AT NIGHT, AND THAT'S WHERE THE NEIGHBORS ARE NOTICING THE VIBRATIONS HAPPENING. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE SEWER SYSTEM AND HOW THE BLOWERS AND THE AND THE MOTORS WORK, BUT THERE COULD BE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT COULD BE GLEANED TO FIGURE OUT WHERE IT'S COMING FROM AND WHAT TIME OF DAY IT'S HAPPENING.

OKAY, WELL, I'D ASK ANY INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVEN'T YET PASSED ALONG TO CITY STAFF OR COUNCIL MEMBERS. ANY ADDITIONAL DETAILS THAT YOU HAVEN'T PASSED ALONG? PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DO SO. WE CAN SO WE CAN ALL JUST KIND OF TAKE A LOOK AND MAKE SURE WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. DEREK SEALY FOLLOWED BY PAUL KOKKINOS. GOOD EVENING. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 17, THE SEVEN YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, SPECIFICALLY THE FUNDS ALLOCATED TO NORTH MAPLE GROVE PARK. A LITTLE HISTORY BACK IN 2022. IN APRIL, THERE WAS A ITEM TO PUT A RESTROOM IN AT THAT PARK. AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS THAT LIVE THERE OVERWHELMINGLY REJECTED IT. MR. MINIKUS MR. PETE WERE THERE, HAD A LITTLE TOWN HALL IN THE PARK, AND IN THE MAY COUNCIL MEETING, IT WAS VOTED TO RESCIND THAT PROJECT FROM THE BOOKS. THAT PROJECT WAS $600,000. AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS DISCUSSIONS OF IMPROVING THE PARK, BUT THE SHADE STRUCTURE GETTING RID OF THE WOODEN SHADE STRUCTURE. WE VOICED CONCERNS ABOUT THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT NOT BEING ABLE TO BE ON DURING THE HEAT OF THE SUMMER. IT'S JUST TOO HOT. AND NOW ONE OF THE SLIDES HAS A GIANT CRACK IN IT. MY SON CUT HIS ANKLE ON IT.

OTHERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT IT. IT WAS CAUTION TAPED OFF FOR A LITTLE BIT. THE CAUTION TAPE WENT AWAY. THERE'S PROBABLY ABOUT A FOOT LONG CRACK AT THE TOP OF THE SLIDE. YOU COULD GET YOUR HAND IN THERE. AND NOW I SEE ON THE SEVEN YEAR PLAN THAT THIS EQUIPMENT AND SHADE STRUCTURE ISN'T SCHEDULED UNTIL 2027. I'M ASKING THIS TO BE LOOKED AT AGAIN AND SEE IF THERE'S A WAY TO MOVE THIS UP. SEEING AS HOW THESE WERE BROUGHT UP IN 2022, AND SEE IF THAT PART OF THE PARKS PLAN CAN BE MODIFIED. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. PAUL COKINOS FOLLOWED BY JOSE TRINIDAD CASTANEDA. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL HERE TO TALK ABOUT 17 BRIEFLY. MY CHALLENGE WITH 17 IS THAT YOU BE GIVING ADDITIONAL POWER AND INFLUENCE RESPONSIBILITY TO THE CITY MANAGER. THAT ALREADY HAS, I BELIEVE, AN OUTSIZED AMOUNT OF ALL OF THOSE THINGS, AND THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT THE OPTICS ARE THAT OF THAT ARE. GOOD AT THE

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MOMENT SINCE THERE'S BEEN THIS REFUSAL FROM THE CURRENT COUNCIL TO ADDRESS FORMER PUBLIC WORKS MANAGER DOUG DANKS COMMENTS ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE OF OUR CITY MANAGER AND THE SUBSEQUENT, I'LL CALL IT SECRET, AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY COVERED UP $183,000 SETTLEMENT EXIT SETTLEMENT WITH MR. DANKS. SO I THINK THAT THERE HAS GOT TO BE BETTER WAYS, OR I SHOULD SAY, ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO SPEEDING UP PROJECTS IN THE CIP. MY OTHER ISSUE IS I WASN'T HERE FOR THE LAST MEETING. I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN THE EXECUTIVE BOARDROOM. I NOTICED IN CHECKING THE WARRANTS AND TRANSFERS THAT THERE'S ALREADY BEEN AN OVER $22,000 PAYMENT TO BE BE A ARCHITECTS TO COME UP WITH IT. FROM THE BRIEF DESCRIPTION, PLANS TO REMODEL THAT BEING HERE ON THE MAY 27TH MEETING AND HEARING THAT RIGHT NOW BETWEEN FINANCIAL AND MOSTLY CITY STAFF CAPABILITIES, IF ANYTHING WERE TO GO ON THE CAPITAL EXPENDITURE PLAN, SOMETHING HAD TO COME OFF. SO I'M CHALLENGED AGAIN ON HOW WE'VE GOT MONEY TO. REMODEL OR PERFORM A VERY EXPENSIVE REMODEL OF THAT EXECUTIVE BOARDROOM AND ALREADY STARTED ON THE PROJECT, SPENDING 22,000 TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO GET A PLAN FOR IT. AND WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO UPGRADE SOME PLAYGROUNDS THAT ARE SORELY IN NEED OF UPGRADING. THANK YOU. JOSE TRINIDAD CASTANEDA. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE A FEW OBSERVATIONS ON THE AGENDA AND SOME GENERAL DIRECTION I'VE BEEN SEEING, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO THE CIP, THE NEW BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER 17, I BELIEVE, AND WEAVING IN SOME OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS. SO THERE'S CLEARLY ROOM FOR INNOVATION, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO STREAMLINING HOW CIP PROJECTS ARE EXECUTED. IN A PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL MEETING, WE SAW HOW INEFFICIENCIES ARE HOLDING UP PROGRESS AND WHAT'S BECOMING INCREASINGLY CLEAR, ESPECIALLY FROM THIS AGENDA, IS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF HICCUPS THAT STEM FROM HOW THESE PROJECTS ARE BEING MANAGED. SPECIFICALLY, THE CURRENT STRUCTURE RELIES HEAVILY ON CONTRACTED SERVICES MANAGED BY YOUR CITY STAFF, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THROUGHOUT YOUR CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM FOR ON CALL CONTRACT SERVICES. SO WHILE I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A NEED FOR OUTSIDE EXPERTISE, YOU DON'T NEED THAT OUTSIDE EXPERTISE. FOR EVERY SMALL LITTLE THING. YOUR CALL FOR CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEERING SERVICES, THAT'S EMBARRASSING. LIKE EVERY CITY HAS A CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER.

THAT'S A STATE THAT HAS A TEAM, A SMALL TEAM WITH THAT. AND THE FACT THAT IT'S BEING CONTRACTED OUT FOR THOSE EXTRA AUXILIARY SERVICES IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU SHOULD LOOK OVER LIGHTLY.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I WOULD SEE OTHER CITIES TAKE LIGHTLY. IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS INDICATIVE OF, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT CYPRUS HAS A LAUNDRY LIST OF SERVICES THAT COULD BE HANDLED AND COULD ARGUABLY SHOULD, COULD BE HANDLED AND ARGUABLY ARGUABLY SHOULD BE HANDLED IN-HOUSE. SO HIRING LONG TERM SKILLED STAFF COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE COSTS WHILE ALSO BUILDING INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND CITY PRIDE. IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE AVAILABLE FOR YOU IN THE FUTURE, WHERE YOU WANT TO FILL VACANCIES BY PROMOTING IN-HOUSE, AND IT OVERALL STABILIZES THE CITY. AND SO, BECAUSE YOU'RE OUTSOURCING BASIC CITY FUNCTIONS WITHIN A LAUNDRY LIST OF CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS TONIGHT AT A PREMIUM WITH SOME CONTRACTS OR THE AVERAGE CONTRACT GOING WELL OVER 150 TO $275,000 FOR ONE FISCAL YEAR.

IT'S CONVENIENT IN THE SHORT TERM, BUT IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE IN THE LONG TERM. SO I'M ENCOURAGING YOU ALL TO THINK STRATEGICALLY ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IT WEAVES INTO STAFFING. IT IS OVERALL HITTING YOUR CITY VALUE OF INNOVATION, AND IT IMPACTS THE LONG TERM FISCAL HEALTH OF THE CITY. SO INVEST BACK INTO THE PEOPLE OF CYPRUS. INVEST BACK INTO YOUR CITY STAFF WHO WILL INVEST BACK INTO YOUR COMMUNITY AT LARGE. THANK YOU. GLENN BUTTON FOLLOWED BY DOCTOR FRANCES MARQUEZ. GOOD EVENING, GLEN BENTON, THREE DECADE RESIDENT OF OUR FINE CITY. I

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APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS OUR MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, CITY STAFF. CYPRUS IS A FABULOUS AWARD WINNING CITY, AND THAT'S DUE IN PART TO OUR AWARD WINNING AND HIGHLY RESPECTED CITY MANAGER. BUT IN CONTRAST WITH OTHER CITIES, WHEN OUR CITY PUTS OUT THE CALL FOR COMMISSION, CANDIDATES FOR COMMISSION APPLICANTS, WE HAVE MORE APPLICANTS THAN WE HAVE AVAILABLE OPENINGS. AND THAT'S EXCITING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OTHER CITIES STRUGGLE TO FILL THEIR COMMISSIONS. BUT I WAS CONCERNED WHEN I SAW ITEM ITEM 19 ON OUR AGENDA. I UNDERSTAND THAT IN A RECENT CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THE IDEA WAS. PUT OUT THERE TO EXPAND THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION. AND I HAVE. I'M NOT NEITHER IN FAVOR NOR OPPOSED TO THAT. THAT'S FINE. BUT THE NOTION THAT I READ IN THE AGENDA WAS TO ALLOW PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT CYPRUS RESIDENTS TO BE ON ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONS. WHY DOES THAT MAKE ANY SENSE AT ALL? ARE WE SOLVING A PROBLEM THAT DOESN'T EXIST? WHY WOULD WE DO THAT? WHY WOULD WE BRING IN OUTSIDE INFLUENCES INTO OUR WONDERFUL CITY? SO LET'S WORK WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE INVESTED IN OUR CITY AND RESIDENTS AND PEOPLE THAT CARE ABOUT OUR CITY, INSTEAD OF UNINVOLVED OUTSIDERS. THANK YOU.

MR. CITY ATTORNEY. I KNOW WE COULD PROBABLY ADDRESS THAT AT THE AGENDA ITEM, BUT IF YOU DO WANT TO DO IT BRIEFLY NOW. YES. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC. AND IN RESPONSE TO MR. BUTTON'S COMMENT, THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE IS REALLY TO COME IN LINE WITH STATE LAW. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT PROHIBITS MANDATING THAT COMMISSIONERS BE REGISTERED VOTERS, BUT THEY DO STILL HAVE TO BE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF CYPRUS. SO IT'S ONLY ELIMINATING THE REGISTERED VOTER REQUIREMENT. AND THAT DRAFT ORDINANCE. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME, DOCTOR FRANCIS MARQUEZ. SO GOOD EVENING. I WANTED TO FIRST THANK THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM FOR BLOCKING OFF THE SLIDE AT MAPLE GROVE NORTH PARK, AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL ADD MAPLE GROVE SOUTH PARK INTO THE NEW PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE THAT PARK LISTED THERE. THEY NEED THEY NEED NEW EQUIPMENT AS WELL. AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY, OF THE FOUR NEW CONTRACTS DISCUSSED IN TODAY'S AGENDA, NONE FULLY DIVE INTO WHAT COMPANIES SHOWED INTEREST AND HOW MUCH THEY BID. I THINK THE PHRASING IS VAGUE AND LACKS THE NECESSARY DETAIL FOR A TRANSPARENT GOVERNMENT BODY. FOR EXAMPLE, AN AGENDA ITEM FOR IT IS STATED THAT TEN FIRMS RESPONDED FOR THAT QUOTE APPEARED. MOST QUALIFIED RECEIVED INTERVIEWS, AND CHARLES ABBOTT AND ASSOCIATES, INC. WAS SELECTED. THE CITY'S TAXPAYERS REALLY NEED TO KNOW WHO THESE TEN FIRMS ARE, AND HOW MUCH THEY BID TO ENSURE THE CITY IS USING OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS AS EFFICIENTLY AND CONSIDERATELY AS POSSIBLE. YOU KNOW, EVERY AND I'M ASKING FOR EVERY AGENDA ITEM TO INCLUDE JUST THIS BASIC INFORMATION. I KNOW WHEN I WAS ON THE COUNCIL, I ALWAYS ASKED FOR IT. AND SO I'M LOOKING STILL LOOKING OUT FOR IT. AND I DON'T WANT RESIDENTS TO HAVE TO GO SEARCHING FOR IT. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. TAKE CARE. OKAY, IT LOOKS LIKE WE MAY HAVE SOME MORE IN-PERSON SPEAKERS. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY ONLINE? ALL RIGHT, WELL, IF I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKER CARDS FOR AGENDA ITEMS, BUT WE WILL CHECK IF WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ONLINE. OKAY? OKAY.

[ 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.]

THEN WE WILL MOVE 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 A CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM MAY DO SO WITHOUT REMOVING THE ITEM FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR. DO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ITEMS THEY'D LIKE TO PULL OR COMMENTS THEY'D LIKE TO MAKE? I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER MINIKUS THANK YOU. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 14. THE WARRANT REGISTER INCLUDES ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFER 17219 IN THE AMOUNT OF $341.78 AS REIMBURSEMENT FOR MEDICAL COVERAGE I'M ENTITLED TO RECEIVE AS A CALPERS ANNUITANT IN VOTING FOR ANY MOTION TO APPROVE THE WARRANT REGISTER. I AM NOT VOTING ON ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFER 17219 FOR THE REASONS I'VE JUST DISCLOSED. THANK YOU.

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OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG, THANK YOU. AND THIS QUESTION IS FOR NICK. I WAS CURIOUS, WHY IS IT THAT SOMETIMES WE DO LIST THE ALL THE VENDORS THAT APPLY FOR A CONTRACT VERSUS SOMETIMES WE DON'T WHEN WE HAVE CONTRACTS OUT TO BID FOR PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS, WE DO AWARD THOSE TO THE LOWEST BIDDER. WE DO LIST THEM ON THE AWARD INFORMATION CHECKLIST. WHEN WE'RE AWARDING CONTRACTS, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, THAT IS BASED ON QUALITY. IT'S A QUALIFICATION BASED SELECTION. SO WE DO INTERVIEW, WE DO WE INTERVIEW.

WE SELECT THE MOST QUALIFIED AND THEN WE CHOOSE THE TOP TO NEGOTIATE THE CONTRACT WITH. WE CAN IN THE FUTURE LIST THE CONTRACTORS IF YOU WOULD LIKE. BUT IN THE PAST WE HAVE NOT.

THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE. MAYBE WE COULD ADD IT TO THE AGENDA AT THE VERY END. OH, OKAY. I KEEP THAT IN MIND THEN PLEASE. I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS, JUST BASED ON SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS WE RECEIVED. SO TO JOHN PETE'S QUESTION REGARDING THE AGREEMENT FOR LANDSCAPING SERVICES, I THINK HE ASKED IF THAT THOSE SERVICES WOULD HELP ADDRESS SORT OF UNPLANNED VEGETATION. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S COVERED BY THE EXISTING SERVICES THAT WE'RE PLANNING ON? IF IT'S NOT PART OF THE CURRENT PLANT PALETTE AND THE CURRENT PLANS, THOSE SHOULD BE REMOVED BY THE CONTRACTOR BY THE CONTRACT. OKAY. SO THAT SOUNDS LIKE A YES. AND I GUESS I WOULD ENCOURAGE MR. PETE IF THERE'S ANY SPECIFIC AREAS YOU WANT US, OUR STAFF OR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM TO TAKE A LOOK AT. YOU CAN UTILIZE THE APP OR OR EMAIL, WHATEVER WORKS FOR YOU. AND THEN WITH REGARDS TO MR. HAMMERMAN'S COMMENT, HE HAD ASKED ABOUT THE APPLICABILITY OF, AS WE'RE DOING THESE SEWER SYSTEM EVALUATIONS, IS THAT AN OPPORTUNITY TO POTENTIALLY LOOK AT A SOURCE OF NOISE FROM A SEWER SYSTEM IN THE AREA HE'S DESCRIBING? SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE KIND OF ROLLED INTO THAT EXISTING PLAN, OR WOULD THAT BE A SEPARATE MATTER THAT WE'D WANT TO CONSIDER? SO THAT ISSUE IS NOT RELATED TO THE PROJECT ITSELF. THIS PROJECT WAS TO JUST EVALUATE ABOUT 20% OF OUR SEWER SYSTEM FOR STATE COMPLIANCE. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH MRS. HOBART FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS NOW. BASED ON HER HER ISSUES, WE HAVE GONE OUT STAFF. WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO SOCAL, EDISON, GOLDEN STATE WATER, THE GAS COMPANY, DIFFERENT UTILITY AGENCIES AS WELL TO TAKE A LOOK TO SEE WHAT COULD BE CAUSING THAT NOISE. WE ALSO SENT OUR SEWER VACTOR TRUCK TO CLEAN THE LINE AS WELL AS ACTUALLY VIDEOING THE LINE. THERE WERE NO ISSUES THAT WE COULD NOTICE. WE DID NOT SEE OR HEAR ANY NOISE OR VIBRATION WHEN WE WERE OUT THERE. THE NOISE STUDY THAT WAS PROVIDED TO US DID MENTION THAT THE NOISE COULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH PUMPS. HOWEVER, IN THAT AREA THERE ARE NO PUMPS FOR THE STORM DRAIN OR THE SEWER. SO WE ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO WORK WITH MRS. HOBART TO TRY TO HELP SOURCE THE LOCATION. BUT AT THIS TIME WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO FIND THE SOURCE OF THAT SOUND OR THE VIBRATION. OKAY, SO YEAH, IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT WOULD BE MAYBE A NATURAL FIT WITHIN THE EXISTING SEWER SYSTEM EVALUATION, BUT IT DOES SOUND LIKE MAYBE YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE, OR THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHO HAVE KIND OF HEARD A SOURCE OF NOISE. SO I THINK IT WOULD MAKE SENSE THEN IF, YEAH, YOU CONVEY THAT INFORMATION TO STAFF AND US AND THEN I GUESS SOUNDS LIKE STAFF'S COMMITTED TO EXPLORING ANYTHING THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL BASED ON THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. DOES THAT SOUND REASONABLE TO EVERYBODY? OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MINIKUS. OH, SORRY. NO. OKAY.

ANY OTHER OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR. I'LL SECOND. WE NEED THE MOTION. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION AND THEN. OKAY. I'LL SECOND. THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP IS OUR PUBLIC HEARING ITEM. SO

[ 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.]

THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS PRIOR TO ANY ACTION TAKEN. THIS IS A SIMILAR TO ORAL COMMUNICATIONS, WHERE WE CAN'T ENGAGE IN A PROTRACTED

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DISCUSSION WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. BUT WE CAN PROVIDE BRIEF RESPONSES AND YOU CAN COMPLETE A SPEAKER'S CARD. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS PUBLIC HEARING ITEM. OR YOU CAN ADDRESS THE COUNCIL VIRTUALLY USING THE SAME METHOD AS FOR ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. SO THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM IS RENEW THE CYPRESS CORPORATE CENTER LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NUMBER ONE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025. SLASH 26 MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD DISCLOSE AT THIS TIME COMMUNICATIONS WITH ANYONE RELEVANT TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING ITEM. DO I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES HAVE COMMUNICATIONS TO DISCLOSE? OKAY. SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE STAFF. REPORT ON THE ITEM. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. EVERY YEAR THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS THE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NUMBER ONE THAT WAS FORMED NEARLY 40 YEARS AGO. THIS DISTRICT PROVIDES ONGOING MAINTENANCE OF THE LANDSCAPE BERM, WHICH ACTS AS A BUFFER BETWEEN THE BUSINESSES TO THE NORTH AND THE RESIDENTS TO THE SOUTH OF THE STAUNTON CHANNEL.

THE 19 PARCELS, OWNED BY FOUR PROPERTY OWNERS, PAY AN ASSESSMENT ON A PER ACRE BASIS, AND EVERY YEAR WE LOOK AT THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, WHICH IS USED TO ADJUST THE ASSESSMENT FEE, WHICH TOTALS JUST OVER 105,000 THIS YEAR. BY ADOPTING THE RESOLUTION, CITY COUNCIL RENEWS THE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2526. AND THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JOINING MY COLLEAGUES HAVE QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM. ALL RIGHT. I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. DO ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. I WILL BRING THE ITEM BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. OKAY. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE ITEM. I MOTION THAT WE RENEW THE CYPRESS CORPORATE CENTER LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NUMBER ONE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2526. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. THAT BRINGS US TO NEW BUSINESS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 16, ADOPT THE CITY OF CYPRESS AND THE CYPRESS RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT. FISCAL YEAR 2025 SLASH 26 BUDGETS PREPARED BY MATT BURTON, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES. YES. THANK YOU. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS THE ADOPTION, THE ADOPTION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2526 BUDGETS FOR BOTH THE CITY AND THE PARK DISTRICT, BOTH BUDGETS ARE BALANCED AND THEY'RE LARGELY STATUS QUO. BUDGETS AND SERVICE LEVELS ARE UNCHANGED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. AS WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT, UNCERTAINTIES ARE ALWAYS OUT THERE, AND WE'VE SEEN IT IN THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, IF NOT THIS LAST SEVERAL DAYS. ITEMS THAT ARE CONCERNING WHEN WE TRY TO FORECAST FUTURE IMPACTS TO THE CITY. SO WE'RE ALWAYS MINDFUL OF THOSE CHALLENGES, AND WE'RE INHERENTLY CAUTIOUS IN HOW WE BUDGET VERY PRUDENT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T GET AHEAD OF OURSELVES. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE PRIORITIZE LONG TERM STABILITY OVER SHORT TERM SPENDING, WE ARE IN A POSITION WHERE WE CAN ADOPT A BUDGET THAT IS BALANCED EVEN WHEN WE'RE FACING THESE UNCERTAINTIES. SO THIS IS REALLY THE CULMINATION TONIGHT, ANYWAY, IS THE CULMINATION OF SIX MONTHS OF WORK THAT ALL DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, WORKING ON AND OVERSEEING BY THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. BUT REALLY, THE MID-YEAR BUDGET REVIEW THAT WE DO IN FEBRUARY IS THE UNOFFICIAL KICKOFF FOR THE BUDGET PROCESS. AND SO TONIGHT WILL BE THE FIFTH TIME THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS DISCUSSED THE BUDGET AND THE FOUNDATIONS ON WHICH THE BUDGET IS BUILT. MOST RECENTLY, WE HAD A BUDGET WORKSHOP ON MAY 12TH AND THEN A FOLLOW UP DISCUSSION HERE IN THE CHAMBERS IN LATE MAY. ON THE 27TH, THE CITY COUNCIL DID NOT DIRECT ANY CHANGES AT EITHER OF THOSE MEETINGS. SO THE BUDGET AMOUNTS PRESENTED TONIGHT ARE UNCHANGED FROM MAY. SINCE WE'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE BUDGET TWICE BEFORE, TONIGHT'S REVIEW IS GOING TO BE LIMITED TO A VERY HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND. AND BECAUSE THE GENERAL FUND IS WHERE OVER 90% OF CITY OPERATIONS ARE RECORDED, AND IT'S THE POT OF MONEY THAT IS UNRESTRICTED AS TO USE ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, EVEN WITH THE UNCERTAINTIES WE

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REFERENCED EARLIER, THE OUTLOOK FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR IS PRETTY GOOD. THE CITY'S PROJECTED.

WE'RE PROJECTING A MODEST DEFICIT OF ABOUT 600,000, BUT WE ARE CONTINUING TO FUND SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF CAPITAL PROJECTS USING GENERAL FUND MONIES FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A $600,000 DEFICIT, WELL, WE ARE BALANCED. AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE DRAWING DOWN ON $307,000 OF MONIES SPECIFICALLY SET ASIDE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES.

AND THEN WE'RE USING ABOUT 260,000 OF RESERVES THAT ARE SET ASIDE TO DO THIS EXACT PURPOSE OF BALANCING BUDGETS, WHERE THERE'S A SLIGHT SHORTFALL. SO WHEN WE JUST LOOK AT REVENUES YEAR OVER YEAR, TOTAL REVENUES ARE UP 2.4%. AND WE CAN SEE FROM THIS THESE GRAPHS HERE HOW IMPORTANT SALES TAX AND PROPERTY TAXES ARE TO THE CITY'S FISCAL HEALTH. YOU KNOW, THEY MAKE UP ALMOST TWO THIRDS OF TOTAL REVENUES ONGOING FOR THE CITY. AND ONE THING THAT WE HAVE SEEN, AND IT'S NOT JUST US AS THE CITY OF CYPRUS, IT'S A STATEWIDE ISSUE, IS CONTRACTION ON SALES TAX REVENUES OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT'S REFLECTED IN HOW WE'RE APPROACHING THE BUDGET FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. SO YOU SEE A LITTLE DIP IN SALES TAX THAT WE'RE PROJECTING FOR NEXT YEAR. FORTUNATELY WE'RE SEEING STRONG PROPERTY TAX GROWTH YEAR OVER YEAR, WHICH IS MORE THAN OFFSETTING THE DECLINES IN SALES TAX. WHEN WE GO OVER TO THE EXPENDITURE SIDE. YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS IS GOING UP. AND WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS A REFLECTION OF THAT. WE'RE ABOUT 3.5% YEAR OVER YEAR HIGHER IN OUR OPERATING EXPENDITURES THAT WE'RE WE'RE PROPOSING TO BUDGET. AND, YOU KNOW, AS YOU CAN SEE, POLICE MAKES UP ABOUT 60% OF THAT TOTAL. AND WHILE SERVICE LEVELS ARE UNCHANGED IN ALL DEPARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, THE IMPACTS OF INFLATION WE ARE SEEING ACROSS THE BOARD EMPLOYEES ARE COSTING MORE. AND, YOU KNOW, CONTRACT SERVICES, WHETHER IT BE FOR MAINTENANCE, ANIMAL CONTROL, REQUIRE CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR NORTH ORANGE COUNTY HOMELESS SHELTERS, CONSULTANTS, EVERYTHING IS GOING UP. JUST TRANSITIONING NOW TO THE REC DISTRICT. YOU KNOW, THEIR THEIR REVENUE STREAM YEAR OVER YEAR IS VERY STABLE COMPARED TO THE CITY'S 80% OF THEIR FUNDING COMES FROM PROPERTY TAX. AND AS I MENTIONED, THE CITY'S PROPERTY TAX GROWTH THAT WE'RE SEEING ALSO EXTENDS TO THE DISTRICT. SO WHILE DISTRICT REVENUES LOOK FLAT YEAR OVER YEAR, THERE'S A $400,000 ONE TIME AMOUNT IN THE PRIOR BUDGET FOR A CAPITAL PROJECT GRANT MONIES. SO IF YOU FACTOR THAT OUT, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT ABOUT A 4% INCREASE IN REVENUES YEAR OVER YEAR, WITH PROPERTY TAX BEING THE PRIMARY DRIVER THERE. BUT, YOU KNOW, AS WE ALWAYS MENTIONED, PROPERTY TAX OVER THE LONG TERM IS STABLE. BUT. OFTENTIMES INFLATION AND THE COST OF RISING COSTS OF. ITEMS SUCH AS CAPITAL PROJECTS, IT'S HARD TO KEEP PACE WITH THE PROPERTY TAX GROWTH. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TOUCHED ON THE DISTRICT'S BEEN INVESTING HEAVILY IN PARK AND FACILITIES IN RECENT YEARS. SO THOSE RESOURCES THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE GOING FORWARD ARE LIMITED. THEN LAST ITEM IS WE ALWAYS LOOK BEYOND THE ONE YEAR THAT WE'RE ADOPTING THE BUDGET FOR. AND, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO TRY TO LOOK OUT AND SEE WHAT KIND OF CHALLENGES WE'RE DEALING WITH OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT, YOU KNOW, TO PREDICT WHERE WE'LL BE IN SIX MONTHS, MUCH LESS WHERE WE'LL BE IN FIVE YEARS. BUT WE DO OUR BEST TO GET A GENERAL IDEA OF WHERE WE'RE HEADED. AND YOU KNOW, THIS THIS SLIDE WE SEE EVERY YEAR AND EVERY YEAR IN RECENT YEARS, THE RED IS ABOVE THE GREEN, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IN A PERFECT WORLD IT WOULDN'T BE. BUT THE DEFICITS YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE PROJECTED OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, YOU KNOW, RANGE BETWEEN 300,000 UP TO ABOUT $1.4 MILLION. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE

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SEEN THESE FOR MANY YEARS NOW. SO THE AMOUNTS THAT WE'RE PROJECTING HERE ARE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE RECENT PAST. YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION THAT WOULD NATURALLY COME UP IS, ARE THESE DEFICITS MANAGEABLE? AND I THINK THE ANSWER IS YES. THEY THEY LIKELY ARE MANAGEABLE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALSO REMEMBER THAT THE FORECAST DOESN'T FACTOR IN ANY POTENTIAL RECESSION IMPACTS OR OTHER MAJOR EVENTS THAT MAY HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE CITY. BUT ALSO THE OTHER THING THAT'S NOT FACTORED IN ON THE POSITIVE SIDE IS ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT OR NEW PROJECTS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT COULD GENERATE ONGOING REVENUES TO THE CITY. THEY'RE NOT INCORPORATED INTO THIS JUST BECAUSE OF THE UNCERTAINTY. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN THESE TYPE OF DEFICITS BEFORE AND WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN TACKLING THEM IN THE PAST. AND, YOU KNOW, BY BEING PROACTIVE AND STRATEGIC IN OUR RESPONSE. AND THAT APPROACH WILL CONTINUE. SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO ADOPT THE BUDGETS FOR BOTH THE CITY AND THE PARK DISTRICT. AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS CITY COUNCIL MAY HAVE. THANK YOU, MR. BURTON. JOINING MY COLLEAGUES HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THE BUDGET. OKAY, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.

AND WE HAVE THIS BUDGET ITEM. WE ALSO HAVE THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND SOME OF THE QUESTIONS SORT OF OVERLAP. SO SOME OF THEM MAY FIT INTO EITHER CATEGORY. ONE QUESTION I HAD IS SO WE'VE TALKED PREVIOUSLY ABOUT THE COUNCIL AND STAFF TRYING TO WORK TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF KIND OF ILLEGAL DUMPING IN THE SUMNER PLACE AREA. AND THERE'S NOTHING EXPLICITLY IN THE BUDGET IN TERMS OF FUNDS ALLOCATED FOR THAT. BUT I THINK WHEN THAT CAME UP LAST TIME, MR. BURTON, YOU WERE PRETTY CLEAR THAT NOT HAVING FUNDS ALLOCATED IN THE BUDGET DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T POTENTIALLY SPEND MONEY ON A SOLUTION OR ADDRESSING THAT PROBLEM. IS THAT RIGHT? YES. IN REGARDS TO WHAT THE BUDGET IS, IT'S A SPENDING PLAN. BUT IT LIKE ANY PLAN, IT CAN BE AMENDED AS ITEMS RISE TO THE TOP THAT NEED ADDRESSING MORE URGENTLY.

SO IT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND DO BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS NECESSARY FOR PROJECTS THAT ARISE OUT OF NOWHERE. THANK YOU. AND I GUESS ON A RELATED NOTE, MR. MANGALA KIRI, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING A WORKSHOP ON THAT TOPIC OR PRESENTATION PRESENTED ABOUT THE SUMNER PLACE ISSUE AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS. IS THERE A TIMELINE FOR WHEN YOU WOULD EXPECT THAT TO HAPPEN? WE'RE LOOKING AT EARLY FALL, PROBABLY RIGHT AFTER THE SUMMER BREAK. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN I WANT TO TURN A LITTLE BIT TO THE PARKS DISTRICT'S BUDGET. SO I NOTICED THAT WE ARE PLANNING ON A MAINTENANCE COST FOR ARNOLD CYPRESS PARK OF APPROXIMATELY $360,000 FOR THIS YEAR. AND THEN I BELIEVE WE'VE ALLOCATED SOME ADDITIONAL STAFF TO ARNOLD CYPRESS PARK SPECIFICALLY AS WELL. I WANTED TO ASK, ARE THOSE COSTS ONE YEAR COSTS THAT WE ANTICIPATE AS THIS PARKS NEW AND WE'RE JUST KIND OF GETTING UP TO SPEED AND FIGURING OUT, OR ARE THOSE ANTICIPATED TO BE ANNUAL COSTS THAT RECUR EACH YEAR? OKAY, I THERE ARE A FEW QUESTIONS THERE, BUT I GUESS I'LL FIRST MENTION THE STAFFING LEVELS THAT YOU REFERENCED. YES, THOSE ARE PART TIME, ADDITIONAL PART TIME HOURS THAT ARE BEING ALLOCATED TO ARNOLD CYPRESS PARK, WHICH MY UNDERSTANDING IS PROBABLY WOULD BE ONGOING, YOU KNOW, MIGHT EVOLVE OR CHANGE OVER TIME. BUT THE THOUGHT PROCESS THERE, I BELIEVE, IS TO HAVE THOSE PART TIME HOURS, YOU KNOW, ONGOING. AS TO THE MAINTENANCE COST, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S STILL REMAINS TO BE SEEN AS, AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, WHAT ACTUAL COSTS END UP BEING ON AN ONGOING BASIS TO MAINTAIN THE PARK. BUT IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, THERE IS A ONE TIME AMOUNT OF $50,000 CONTINGENCY. THAT WAS A DECISION PACKAGE. AND, YOU KNOW, AS PRESENTED IT, IT IS A ONE TIME AMOUNT AND IT IS NOT RECURRING AT THIS TIME. YOU KNOW, HOW THAT FACTORS INTO FUTURE BUDGETS, YOU KNOW, WILL BE DETERMINED, I THINK DEPENDING UPON WHAT WHAT KIND OF HURDLES AND CHALLENGES THEY SEE OVER THERE IN THE MAINTENANCE AREAS. OKAY, SO THE I GUESS THE 360,000

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IS AN ESTIMATE OF MORE ONGOING IN THE 50,000 IS MORE ONE TIME CONTINGENCY. THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. I GUESS ON A RELATED NOTE, SO ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTICED WHEN I WAS GOING OVER THE PARKS DISTRICT'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET IS THAT THE PAST THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR, WE'VE SET ASIDE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT PROJECTS IN THE PARKS DISTRICT THAN WE DID IN THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS, ON AVERAGE. IS THAT OR I GUESS, WHAT'S THE REASON FOR THAT? AND I AND TO BE CLEAR, I DON'T MEAN NEW DEVELOPMENTS. I JUST MEAN KIND OF ROUTINE CAPITAL PROJECTS. RIGHT? I, I THINK A LARGE AMOUNT OF THAT IS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A DIRECT RESULT OF WHEN ARNOLD CYPRESS WAS APPROVED, YOU KNOW, THE REPAYMENT OF THE LOAN FROM THE CITY. WOULD, YOU KNOW, FROM A CASH FLOW PERSPECTIVE, DIP INTO THE AMOUNTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO FUND CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE? SO I THINK WHEN THAT WAS APPROVED TWO YEARS AGO, TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO, THE EXPECTATION IS THAT WOULD SLOW DOWN CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. OKAY. AND SO WE EXPECT THAT TO CONTINUE, I GUESS, FOR THE NEAR FUTURE AS WELL. I WOULD, I WOULD SAY FOR THE NEAR FUTURE. YES.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK. OKAY. SO ANY QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES OR ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG THANK YOU. I'M CURIOUS, HOW MUCH DOES ACP AND LEXINGTON, HOW MUCH DO THEY GENERATE A YEAR? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THIS NUMBER OFF OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, BUT I AM CURIOUS ABOUT HOW MUCH IS THEY ACTUALLY OFFSET, HOW MUCH THEY MAKE VERSUS HOW MUCH WE SPEND ON THEM. YEAH, I DON'T HAVE THAT DETAIL RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I CAN SAY IT'S NOT SUFFICIENT TO OFFSET THE COST. I MEAN, THE SUBSIDY IS SUBSTANTIAL, BUT YEAH, BY ITS VERY NATURE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT UNCOMMON IN THE PARK. YOU KNOW, DISTRICT, IT'S SUBSIDIES BY THE GENERAL PROPERTY TAX DOLLAR ARE ARE COMMON. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS ITEM. I MOTION THAT WE ADOPT THE CITY OF CYPRESS AND CYPRESS RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT FISCAL YEAR 2526 BUDGETS. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM IS ADOPT THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 TO 2032, SEVEN YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, AND AMEND MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 21, A RELATED TO PURCHASING AUTHORITY LIMITS PREPARED BY OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. GOOD EVENING.

TONIGHT, I'LL BE WALKING YOU THROUGH THE PROPOSED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2526. THE CIP LAYS OUT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PRIORITIES FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR AND HELPS US PLAN FOR THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS. SO WHY DOES INFRASTRUCTURE MATTER? IT SUPPORTS EVERYTHING WE USE AND WHAT WE DO FROM THE ROADS WE DRIVE ON, THE PARKS WE ENJOY AND THE FACILITIES WE RELY ON EVERY DAY. KEEPING IT IN GOOD SHAPE IS A CORE CITY FUNCTION, RIGHT ALONGSIDE PUBLIC SAFETY AND RECREATION, AND IT'S ALSO ONE OF CITY COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS TO MAINTAIN INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES. OVER THE PAST YEAR, WE'VE COMPLETED SEVERAL HIGH IMPACT PROJECTS LIKE THE ROOF REPLACEMENT AT CITY HALL, OUR ANNUAL STREET RESURFACING PROJECTS, AND OF COURSE, ARNOLD CYPRESS PARK AND THIS YEAR'S CIP. WE ARE PROPOSING 42 PROJECTS FOR THE SEVEN YEAR PERIOD, WITH 22 PROJECTS THIS YEAR ALONE WITH INVESTMENTS OF 37 MILLION IN YEAR ONE AND JUST OVER 98 MILLION OVER THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS. IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT YEAR ONE IS WHAT IS BEING ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT, AND THE REMAINING SIX YEARS ARE A PLANNING DOCUMENT. LOOKING AHEAD, THE UPCOMING CIP INCLUDES A MIX OF FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS, INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES AND DESIGN WORK, AND A FEW HIGHLIGHTS. INCLUDES THE UPGRADES TO THE MEYER AVENUE PUMP STATION NUMBER ONE, WHICH WILL RETURN TO CITY COUNCIL IN SEPTEMBER TO DISCUSS PHASING OPTIONS AND POTENTIAL COST SAVINGS. WE'RE ALSO INSTALLING ACCESSIBLE PEDESTRIAN SIGNALS AT ALL INTERSECTIONS CITYWIDE, REPLACING THE AGING HVAC SYSTEM AT CITY HALL, AND ALSO STARTING THE OUTREACH AND DESIGN FOR THE SYCAMORE PARK EXPANSION. AT THE

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MAY 27TH MEETING, CITY COUNCIL ALSO ACCELERATED THE START OF PARK PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, MOVING IT UP FROM YEAR THREE, WHICH IS 2728 TO YEAR TWO 2627. WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING TO BUNDLE THE DESIGN AND OUTREACH EFFORTS, WHERE WE'LL BE DESIGNING FOR TWO PARKS AND BUILDING 1 IN 1 YEAR AND BUILDING THE OTHER PARK THE FOLLOWING YEAR, AND THEN REPEATING THE CYCLE. THIS EFFORT BUILDS ON THE CITY'S CONTINUED INVESTMENTS IN OUR PARKS AND FACILITIES, WHERE OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS WE'VE INVESTED MORE THAN 50 MILLION. THESE IMPROVEMENTS RANGE FROM ROUTINE MAINTENANCE LIKE PARKING LOT SEAL COATS TO NEW AMENITIES SUCH AS DRINKING FOUNTAINS, PICNIC TABLES AND BENCHES. WE'VE ALSO ADDED NEW RESTROOMS AT WILLOW PARK, EVERGREEN AND OAK KNOLL, INSTALLED RUBBERIZED PLAY SURFACING AT EVERY PARK, AND ALSO COMPLETED NEW PARK CONSTRUCTION AT MCKEE, LEXINGTON AND ARNOLD. AND HERE ON THIS TABLE, YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE EVEN YEARS, WE'LL BE DESIGNING FOR TWO PARKS AND CONSTRUCTING ONE WHILE CONSTRUCTING THE OTHER PARK IN THE ODD YEAR. AS PART OF CITY COUNCIL'S GOAL TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY AND MANAGE COSTS, WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING A STREAMLINING PILOT PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF CIP PROJECTS. THE IDEA IS TO ALLOW ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL FOR ROUTINE PROJECTS AS LONG AS THEY STAY WITHIN BUDGET. ALL EXISTING PURCHASING AND BIDDING REQUIREMENTS STILL APPLY, AND WILL PROVIDE QUARTERLY UPDATES AND A FULL YEAR END RECAPS TO CITY COUNCIL SO THEY CAN STAY FULLY INFORMED. FOR THIS PILOT PROGRAM, WE'RE RECOMMENDING EIGHT PROJECTS, WHICH ARE ALL ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND OR REPLACEMENTS AND REPRESENTS LESS THAN 12% OF THE FISCAL YEAR CIP BUDGET. THESE PROJECTS INCLUDE THREE STREET AND OR PARKWAY PROJECTS, THREE FACILITY PROJECTS, AND TWO PARK PROJECTS RANGING FROM 50,000 ALL THE WAY UP TO 2.4 MILLION. WITH THE PILOT PROGRAM, WE CAN SAVE UP TO 4 TO 8 WEEKS OFF A PROJECT TIMELINE, MEANING REDUCED DELAYS, LOCKING IN PRICING SOONER AND DELIVERING RESULTS TO THE COMMUNITY FASTER. IT ALSO HELPS US MEET OUR MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT REQUIREMENTS AND FREES UP RESOURCES. SO TONIGHT, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE SEVEN YEAR CIP, CONFIRM IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN, DETERMINE THE PROJECTS ARE EXEMPT FROM SEQUA, ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO UPDATE PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACT THRESHOLDS. EDIT. INTRODUCE FOR FIRST READING AN ORDINANCE TO UPDATE THE MUNICIPAL CODE. AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON REGARDING THE PRESENTATION OR ANY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ITEMS? COUNCIL MEMBER PETE, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. FIRST OF ALL, NICK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR MOVING FORWARD THE PROJECTS BY A YEAR. I KNOW THAT KIND OF PROBABLY CHANGED A LITTLE BIT THINGS THAT YOU WERE DOING, BUT WE APPRECIATE THAT AND LISTENING TO US, AND I THINK IT WAS A GOOD, GOOD EXCHANGE OF DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD TO GET TO THAT COMPROMISE QUESTION. I LIKE THE ABILITY TO TRY TO SAVE TIME AND HOPEFULLY COST THAT WILL RELATE TO COST. WHEN YOU DO THE REPORT OUT TO ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SAY, HEY, HERE WE ARE. DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE? HAVE YOU GIVEN ANY THOUGHT TO IT YET? IT'S STILL IN DEVELOPMENT, BUT AT THE VERY MINIMUM, WE'LL DISCUSS WHICH PROJECTS WERE APPROVED DURING THAT PERIOD, WHETHER IT'S A PLAN AND SPECS APPROVAL OR AWARDING THE CONTRACTS. AND THEN WE'LL PROBABLY PUT TOGETHER A TIMELINE TO SEE APPROXIMATELY HOW MUCH TIME WE THINK WE'RE SAVING BY DOING THIS PROCESS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S WHERE I WAS KIND OF GOING IS JUST TO UNDERSTAND IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME, SOME WAY TO QUANTIFY WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT DANIEL, MY OTHER COLLEAGUES HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG. THANK YOU. I ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY ELSE, IF YOU GUYS WANT TO ASK A QUESTION NOW, IT MIGHT BE A GOOD, GOOD TIME. BEFORE WE MOVE INTO DISCUSSION, DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW? I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. DO YOU WANT ME TO DO THOSE? YEAH, PLEASE. OKAY. SO ONE OF THE ISSUES WE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY WAS THERE'S A KIND OF ISSUE WITH THE LACK OF GREENERY AND LANDSCAPING ON CRESCENT AVENUE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET. AND WE TALKED ABOUT INCLUDING THAT IN THE CIP IN SOME CAPACITY OR SORT OF TARGETING THAT AREA FOR RESOURCES. HOW IS THAT INCORPORATED INTO THIS CIP IN THE SHORT TERM? THERE ARE A FEW LOCATIONS WHERE WE CAN PLANT TREES ALONG CRESCENT ON BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE. LIKE I

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MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE IS NO IRRIGATION OUT THERE NOW, BUT THERE ARE PRODUCTS WHERE THEY'RE ALMOST LIKE WATERING BAGS WHERE YOU CAN PLACE AROUND THE BASE OF THE TREE TO HELP WATER THOSE TREES. IN THE LONG TERM, WE CAN LOOK AT FUTURE PROJECTS, AND WHETHER IT'S YEAR TWO OR YEAR THREE WHERE WE CAN LOOK AT CHANGING THE PLANTING PALETTE OUT THERE TO MAKE IT MORE DROUGHT TOLERANT. OR IF CITY COUNCIL DECIDES TO, WE CAN LOOK AT A MORE EXTENSIVE PROJECT WHERE WE ACTUALLY BRING IRRIGATION OUT TO THOSE AREAS AND DO ANOTHER LANDSCAPING PROJECT OUT THERE. OKAY, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE A COUPLE OF OPTIONS OR PHASES. AND SO IF A RESIDENT ASKS ME, WHAT CAN I TELL THEM ABOUT, HEY, YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE SOME TREES PLANTED WITHIN X AMOUNT OF TIME. YES, THERE ARE SOME TREES PLANNED FROM THIS CURRENT YEAR'S TREE PLANTING PROJECT. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER TREE PLANTING PROJECT COME JULY 1ST. SO SHORT TERM THEY CAN PROBABLY SEE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. LONG TERM WE'LL HAVE TO DISCUSS FUTURE YEAR PROJECTS. OKAY. THANK YOU. ONE ISSUE THAT WE DISCUSSED AS PART OF THE CYPRESS SCHOOL DISTRICT AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE WAS, I GUESS, PAINTING CURBS OR PERHAPS PUTTING SIGNAGE FOR BUS STOPS WHERE THERE ARE BUS STOPS AND KIND OF OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY OR AT A PARK. I KNOW THAT'S MAYBE NOT RISING TO THE LEVEL OF A CIP BUDGET PROJECT, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON TRACK TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT SO WE CAN, I GUESS, ADDRESS THAT RESIDENT CONCERN ABOUT MAKING CLEAR WHERE THE BUSSES STOPPED FOR SCHOOL PICKUP AND DROP OFF. YES, WE'LL WORK WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON THAT. IF IT DOES LOOK LIKE IT IS FEASIBLE. THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN BRING BACK TO THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION. AND THERE IS A PROJECT IN THE CIP. IT'S A STANDING PROJECT FOR VARIOUS TRAFFIC SIGNAL STRIPING IMPROVEMENTS FOR PROJECTS THAT STEM FROM THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION, THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO WAIT FOR A WHOLE NOTHER BUDGET CYCLE. SO THERE IS MONEY BUDGETED FOR VARIOUS PROJECTS, AND THAT WOULD COVER A PROJECT SUCH AS THIS. OKAY, THAT SOUNDS GOOD. ALSO, WE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED, SO WE ARE PLANNING TO PUT IN A SHADE STRUCTURE OVER THE PICNIC AREA AT MAPLE GROVE SOUTH PARK, AND I HAD SUGGESTED LOOKING AT PUTTING IN SHADE OVER THE PLAYGROUND AS WELL, OR AT LEAST GETTING PRICING ON THAT. WHEN IS. AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WAITING, I THINK, UNTIL JULY, AFTER THE AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS BACK ON PARK AMENITIES. SO IS THAT WHEN THAT ITEM IS GOING TO COME BACK TO US OR. YEAH, WHEN WILL THAT MAPLE GROVE SOUTH KIND OF ITEM WE POSTPONED BE BACK BEFORE THE COUNCIL I GUESS IS MY QUESTION. SO THAT PROJECT IS NOT CONSIDERED OR CONTEMPLATED IN THIS CURRENT OR I GUESS IN THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, CIP, IF CITY COUNCIL DOES DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT, WE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK AND APPROPRIATE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THAT PROJECT. YES, MAYOR. THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION WAS THAT YOU DISCUSS IT AGAIN ON THE 14TH OF JULY. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO DISCUSSED WE MOVE SOME THINGS AROUND BETWEEN THE LAST DRAFT OF THE CIP AND TONIGHT'S DRAFT. AND SOME OF IT IS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. BUT I THINK OR THE MAIN CHANGE WAS TO MOVE SOME THINGS UP FROM 2728 TO 2627. AND SO ARE WE SURE THAT WHEN THAT COMES BACK BEFORE US, THAT'S GOING TO THAT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE? AND YOU'RE REFERENCING THE PARK PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT? YEAH, I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS WE MOVED UP. YES. THERE IS NO PLAN TO CHANGE THAT ANY FURTHER. OKAY. I ALSO WANTED TO ASK ABOUT WE HAVE SCHEDULED A REPLACING THE PICNIC SHELTER AT WILLOW PARK, AND I KNOW WE HAD A SHELTER THERE PREVIOUSLY. HOWEVER, I ALSO KNOW WILLOW PARK HAS A LOT OF TREES AND I ALMOST WONDER IF THERE'S A WAY TO KIND OF PROVIDE NATURAL SHADE OVER THE PICNIC AREA, GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF TREES THERE, IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN DISCUSS AND CONSIDER BEFORE THAT COMES BACK FOR, I GUESS, AN AWARD OF A CONTRACT. PUBLIC WORKS WILL WORK WITH JEFF AND HIS TEAM TO DETERMINE THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE PICNIC SHELTER, THE LOCATION WHERE WE HAVE IT NOW. THERE IS NO CURRENT CURRENTLY THE CONCRETE PAD FOR IT. IF WE WERE TO MOVE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE, WE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT OR TO SEE IF THE TREES COULD PROVIDE ADEQUATE SHADE.

BUT ANY CHANGE TO THAT PROJECT SCOPE, I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER TO JEFF ON THAT. OKAY. YEAH. SO WE DON'T THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPLAINTS THAT WE HAVE OVER AT WILLOW PARK IS WHEN WE

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REMOVED THE SHADE STRUCTURE, NOTHING WAS EVER PUT BACK. SO IT DOES ANY SHADE DURING THROUGH THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SO IT JUST DEPENDS. WHEN THE SUN DOES GO DOWN, THEN THE SHADE DOES KIND OF GET, YOU KNOW, OVER THAT AREA BECAUSE OF THE TREES. BUT DURING THE MIDDLE PART OF THE DAY IT DOES NOT HAVE ANY SHADE OVER THERE. OKAY. YEAH, I LIVE NEAR THERE AND I KNOW I THINK IN THE LATER AFTERNOON THE SHADE HITS IT NATURALLY, BUT EARLIER IN THE DAY IT DOESN'T. AND SOMETIMES I WONDER IF, OH, IF WE JUST MOVE THEM OVER, WOULD THAT CHANGE THE TIMING? SO I'D BE CURIOUS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE CAN DISCUSS THAT IN THE FUTURE. WELL, THAT'S RIGHT NICK. WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS WE'LL DESIGN IT AND BID IT AND THEN BRING IT TO COUNCIL. SO IF THERE'S DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL TO TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO THAT, WE NEED THAT NOW SO AS TO NOT WASTE BOTH STAFF TIME DESIGNING THE PROJECT, THE CONSULTANT COSTS OF DESIGNING THE PROJECT, THEN OF COURSE, THE EFFORT THAT IT TAKES FOR CONTRACTORS TO BID IT, RATHER THAN SORT OF WHERE WE FOUND OURSELVES WITH MAPLE GROVE. RIGHT. WE BROUGHT A DESIGN PROJECT FORWARD. THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERING TAKING A DIFFERENT PATH ON IT, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY THE ROLE YOU PLAY. BUT IF WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION EARLIER IN THE PROCESS, WE CAN COME BACK TO YOU WITH OPTIONS BEFORE DESIGN TAKES PLACE. IF THAT'S SOMETHING THE MAJORITY WOULD LIKE TO DO, THAT'D BE GOOD DIRECTION TO GET TONIGHT. OTHERWISE WE'LL BE BRINGING SORT OF PROJECT AS CONTEMPLATED IN THE CIP. FORWARD TO YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH I'LL FOLLOW UP ON THAT. BUT I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER MINIKUS YOU WANTED TO JUMP IN? YES. THANK YOU. MY CONCERN IS THAT IF WE REMOVE AND REPLACE A CONCRETE PAD, THAT'S GOING TO ADD SUBSTANTIAL COST TO THE PROJECT OVERALL. EXCUSE &E. SECONDLY, PERHAPS THERE MIGHT BE A BETTER WAY DURING THE DESIGN PHASE OF THAT SHADE STRUCTURE, THAT IT COULD BE DESIGNED IN A WAY TO PERHAPS PROVIDE MORE SHADE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. JUST AN OPTION TO CONSIDER. THANKS. YEAH. AND SO I GUESS THIS TIES INTO WHAT I WAS ALSO GOING TO MENTION. SO WE'VE GOT THE PLAN FOR A STRUCTURE SHADE STRUCTURE, WILLOW PARK. AND WE'RE ALSO SAYING IN JULY WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND CONSIDER OPTIONS FOR SHADE STRUCTURES AT MAPLE GROVE SOUTH PARK. AND THEN WE HAD A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS SEND IN COMMENTS. AND 1 OR 2 SPOKE TONIGHT ABOUT MAPLE GROVE, NORTH PARK. AND WE HAD THE REC COMMISSION HAD THEIR MEETING WHERE THEY GATHERED INPUT FROM THEIR COMMISSIONERS AND PUT TOGETHER SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WHICH PARKS THEY'D LIKE TO SEE HAVE SHADE OR UPGRADED PLAYGROUNDS. I DON'T HAVE MY ALL THE DATA, BUT I BELIEVE MAPLE GROVE NORTH WAS MENTIONED IN THEIR TOP TIER AT LEAST. AND SO I WHAT I'M WONDERING IS IF AN EFFICIENT THING TO DO MIGHT BE INSTEAD OF TREATING ALL THESE AS LIKE 3 OR 4 ONE OFF PROJECTS WHERE WE'RE GETTING MULTIPLE BIDS, COULD WE POTENTIALLY CONTACT A VENDOR AND HAVE THEM JUST COME TO US WITH DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND PRICING FOR ALL OF THESE PROJECTS WE'RE KIND OF CONTEMPLATING, AND THAT WAY MAYBE WE SAVE SOME MONEY BY DOING MULTIPLE THINGS AT ONCE AND UTILIZING THE SAME VENDOR.

AND SO I'M CURIOUS IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO, SINCE WE'RE KIND OF TALKING ABOUT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PARKS FOR SHADE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. CONTACTING VENDORS IS A GREAT RESOURCE IN GETTING PRICING. BUT I THINK THE DIFFICULTY HERE IS THAT PAST PRACTICE HAS BEEN TO INSTALL THE FABRIC SHADE SAILS WITH THE STEEL POST. IF CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE US TO GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION, WE WOULD HAVE TO KNOW WHAT TYPE OF DESIGN, WHAT SIZE, WHAT PRODUCT FOR US TO TAKE A LOOK AT SO WE CAN GET ADEQUATE OR ACCURATE PRICING FROM THE CONTRACTORS FOR THAT DESIGN. YEAH. AND YOU'RE SCHEDULED TO HAVE YOUR JOINT MEETING WITH THE RECREATION COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION ON JULY 14TH. IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO THE SHADE STRUCTURES, WHICH TRADITIONALLY HAS BEEN TO REPLACE ROUGHLY IN KIND, RIGHT.

WE SWITCH FROM WOOD TO STEEL AND FABRIC SHADE STRUCTURES. THAT'S A GREAT CONVERSATION, I THINK, TO HAVE AT YOUR JULY 14TH MEETING AS PART OF THE JOINT MEETING WITH RECREATION COMMUNITY SERVICES STAFF, THAT IS CLOSE ENOUGH ON THE HEELS OF THE CIP THAT IF THERE IS A DIFFERENT DIRECTION FOR HOW THE COUNCIL WANTS TO APPROACH THOSE, WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT INTO OUR EFFORTS TO GO OUT AND DESIGN AND COLLECT BIDS FOR THESE TO YOUR POINT, MAYOR, IF WE AND THIS IS STANDARD PRACTICE, WHEN WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WE'RE DOING A SIMILAR OR THE SAME PROJECT AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. WE WILL TRY TO BUNDLE THAT BIDDING EITHER TO CUT DOWN ON THE PROCUREMENT

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COSTS OF THE MATERIALS OR BUY THEM IN BULK, EVEN IF WE HAVE MULTIPLE CONTRACTORS WORKING ON THEM, THE SAVINGS FROM THE CONTRACTOR WORKING AT MULTIPLE DISPARATE LOCATIONS NOT LIKELY TO BE SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE THEY STILL HAVE TO MOBILIZE AND DEMOBILIZE. BUT IF WE'RE BUYING MORE MATERIAL, AT LEAST IN THE PRE INFLATIONARY WORLD, THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COST SAVINGS. OKAY. AND SO I GUESS WHAT I DON'T WANT TO HAPPEN IS THAT. WE, THE COUNCIL DECIDES WE'D LIKE TO PUT IN THE PICNIC SHADE AT WILLOW, PUT IN SHADE OVER THE PICNIC AREA AND THE PLAYGROUND AT MAPLE GROVE SOUTH, AND MAYBE EVEN CONSIDER PRICING FOR MAPLE GROVE NORTH. BUT BUT THEN WE CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN THE BUDGET. SO I JUST WANT TO. OR THE CIP. SAME CONVERSATION YOU HAD WITH THE FINANCE DIRECTOR. IT IS YOUR BUDGET, YOUR CIP. THREE VOTES TO THE CITY COUNCIL CAN CHANGE THAT AT AT ANY TIME. YOU MAY HAVE TO PRIORITIZE PROJECTS OR APPROPRIATE MONIES OUT OF RESERVE, BUT YOU HAVE THAT ABILITY TO YOU THROUGHOUT THE FISCAL YEAR. OKAY. AND SO THE WILLOW PARK PROJECT WON'T COME BACK BY LIKE JULY 14TH. SO WE DO HAVE TIME. IF WE WANTED TO CONSIDER WORKING WITH A CONTRACTOR TO GET PRICING ON ALL THOSE DIFFERENT PLACES, I MEAN, JULY 14TH IS YOUR NEXT MEETING. WHAT WHAT WE WOULD DO, AND WE CAN STRUCTURE THE AGENDA TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS SORT OF ALL OF THE SHADE RELATED PROJECTS THAT ARE UNSTARTED IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. RIGHT? BECAUSE WE'RE STILL IN FISCAL YEAR 2425, IT ALWAYS FEELS LIKE WE JUMP AHEAD WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET, ALONG WITH THOSE THAT ARE RECOMMENDED AND WOULD BE ADOPTED BY THEN. IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE CIP, WHICH WOULD BE 2526, WHETHER THOSE WHETHER AND HOW THOSE GO FORWARD TOGETHER WOULD BE A FUNCTION OF WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVES. AND THEN WHERE NICK AND THE DESIGN CONSULTING TEAM THINKS THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ECONOMIES OF SCALE OR EFFICIENCIES. AND SO YOU'RE SUGGESTING THAT WE DISCUSS THAT IN JULY AND GIVE DIRECTION, FOR EXAMPLE, GO GET PRICING FOR A VARIETY OF SHADE STRUCTURES AT DIFFERENT PARKS. NOT NOT REALLY. I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE INEFFICIENT TO SAY THE LEAST. WHAT I'M SUGGESTING IS ON JULY 14TH, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE SHADE STRUCTURE FROM WAS THAT MAPLE GROVE SOUTH THAT DIDN'T GO FORWARD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO? OKAY. THAT ONE IN PARTICULAR, THE COUNCIL SAID, BRING BACK. WE HAVE A SHADE STRUCTURE AT WILLOW THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW. ARE THERE ANY OTHER PICNIC SHOW. SO THOSE TWO PROJECTS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE EITHER IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, CIP OR FISCAL YEAR 2526 CIP, WE CAN HAVE YOU CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE RECREATION COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION ON JULY 14TH ABOUT HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE PROJECTS DESIGNED. IF BEFORE YOU WANT TO DO DESIGN, YOU'D LIKE US TO BRING FORWARD SORT OF THE SPECTRUM OF SHADING OPTIONS, I ASSUME, FROM PEOPLE HOLDING UMBRELLAS OUT THERE TO, YOU KNOW, GEOENGINEERING, SOMETHING THAT FLIES UP IN SPACE. WE CAN GIVE YOU THAT. THAT'S A REAL THING. YOU WOULDN'T USE IT FOR A PARK, BUT IT'S A REAL THING. WE CAN GIVE YOU THAT SPECTRUM OF OPTIONS. WE WOULD WANT YOU TO GIVE US DIRECTION. HEY, THAT'S THE APPROACH WE'D LIKE TO SEE YOU TAKE AT ONE OR BOTH OF THESE PARKS, AND WE WOULD GO OUT AND DESIGN A PROJECT TO MATCH THAT DIRECTION. IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE OPTIONS BEFORE YOU GIVE US THAT DIRECTION, THAT WOULD BE SAME DIRECTION. THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING TO ASK US TO DO ON JULY 14TH. AND THEN BEFORE WE DESIGN THOSE PROJECTS, WE'D COME BACK AND SAY, HEY, WE THINK THESE ARE THE KINDS OF SHADING THAT WOULD BE WORKABLE AT THESE PARK LOCATIONS. AND HERE ARE THE DIFFERENT APPROACHES THAT WILL GENERATE MORE SHADE. LESS SHADE.

COST MORE MONEY, COST LESS MONEY, BE DELICIOUS TO TERMITES OR NOT, AND HAVE YOU GIVE US DIRECTION FOR THOSE TWO PARKS? WHETHER YOU WANT TO GO FORWARD WITH THE SIMILAR TECHNOLOGY AT BOTH OF THEM OR DIFFERENT, AND YOU CAN SORT OF THINK ABOUT YOUR OPTIONS JUST BY THINKING ABOUT THE LAST THREE NEW PARKS WE BUILT, RIGHT? MACKIE, LEXINGTON AND ARNOLD CYPRESS PARK ALL HAVE DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO SHADING THEIR PICNIC AMENITIES. THEY'RE ALL EFFECTIVE DEPENDING ON THE TIME OF DAY, BUT THEY'RE ALL A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. IF COUNCIL WANTS TO SORT OF BEYOND SAYING WHICH HAS BEEN THE TRADITIONAL APPROACH, BRING US A RECOMMENDATION TO REPLACE THIS ROUGHLY IN KIND. IF YOU WANT TO GET MORE GRANULAR, GIVE US MORE DIRECTION AFTER YOU SEE YOUR OPTIONS ON THE KIND OF SHADE THAT GOES IN THAT PARK, THAT'S A CONVERSATION. CONVERSATION. WE'D START ON JULY 14TH. THOSE PROJECTS WOULDN'T GO FORWARD UNTIL WE GOT DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL ON EXACTLY WHAT KIND OF SHADE AMENITY YOU'D LIKE TO SEE US INSTALL AT THE PARK. SO I'M NOT. YEAH, I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION ON THAT. ONE REASON I'M BRINGING THIS UP IS

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SO I SPOKE TO A REPRESENTATIVE FROM A PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT COMPANY RECENTLY, AND, YOU KNOW, I GO TO CONFERENCES AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF COMPANIES THAT HAVE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AND CATALOGS. AND I SPOKE TO ONE OF THEM, AND HE WAS SAYING THAT ONE THING THEY DO IS THEY WILL COME OUT AND GO TO YOUR PARK AND KIND OF MEASURE THE AREA FOR FREE, GIVE YOU PRICING OF DIFFERENT KIND OF STANDARD SHADE OPTIONS FOR FREE, GIVE YOU PRICING ON PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT. AND SO I'M WONDERING, WOULDN'T IT MAKE SENSE TO CONTACT THAT COMPANY OR SOMEONE LIKE THAT AND SAY, HEY, CAN YOU GO VISIT WILLOW PARK? CAN YOU GO VISIT MAPLE GROVE SOUTH, MAYBE GO VISIT MAPLE MAPLE GROVE NORTH AND COME BACK TO US WITH OPTIONS FOR SHADE STRUCTURES AND PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT FOR THOSE PARKS? AND THEN I THINK WE'RE SAYING THE SAME THING IF THAT'S THE COUNCIL DIRECTION, AFTER YOU TALK WITH THE RECREATION COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION ON JULY 14TH, THAT'S THE SORT OF EXERCISE THAT JEFF AND NICK WOULD GO THROUGH AND COME BACK TO YOU WITH YOUR OPTIONS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT KIND OF NO DOORS ARE CLOSED TO US ON THIS STUFF BEFORE THAT JULY MEETING BECAUSE. I SEE I HAVE SOME COLLEAGUES WITH COMMENTS. COUNCIL MEMBER PETE, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YEAH I THINK THE ITEM BEFORE US IS TO IS TO APPROVE THE CIP. RIGHT. AND WE'VE GONE THROUGH IN DETAIL THE ELEMENTS OF THE CIP AS WELL AS WE PUT TOGETHER OR THE STAFF PUT TOGETHER THE CIP ELEMENTS BASED ON THE STRATEGY THAT WE DEVELOPED AND SOME OF THE ACTION ITEMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER MONTHS AGO. I KNOW WE WANTED TO LOOK AT SOME OPTIONS, AND I THINK THERE WAS A DISCUSSION THAT WE CAN ALWAYS ASK FOR OTHER OPTIONS. WE CAN MOVE THINGS AROUND IF WE NEEDED TO. WE CAN PUSH THINGS OUT IF WE NEEDED TO. BUT I THINK RIGHT NOW NICK IS SAYING I JUST NEED APPROVAL OF THE CIP, YOU KNOW? SO AS WE GO INTO JULY 1ST, I HAVE AN APPROVED BUDGET. OKAY. WHEN JULY 14TH COMES AROUND, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET, AND I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH DETAIL IT'S GOING TO BE OR RECOMMENDATIONS. I DON'T HAVE VISIBILITY TO THAT, AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE TO REALLY UNDERSTAND IT, AS WELL AS WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE, AS WELL AS THE COST AND DIRECTION. SO MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH APPROVING THE CIP, AND WE HAVE THE OPTION IF LATER ON, IF IT MADE SENSE FOR US TO MAKE CHANGES TO THAT AND PUSH OTHER THINGS OUT, TO DO THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO FOR THIS YEAR, WE ALWAYS HAVE THE OPTION TO DO THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I SEE YOU TAPPING COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG. THANK YOU. DAVID. WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR POINT, I'M I'M I'M ACTUALLY IN FAVOR OF IF AT THE JULY 14TH COUNCIL MEETING, THE AD HOC MAKES THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION IF THEY HAVE IF THEY ALREADY HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WHAT THEY CHOOSE AND THEY IF THEY DO CHOOSE MAPLE GROVE SOUTH AND WILLOW PARK AS POTENTIAL TARGETS FOR SHADE, THEN WE GO AHEAD AND, YOU KNOW, GO WITH THE CITY'S RECOMMENDATIONS WHEN IT COMES TO THE SHADE STRUCTURES THAT ARE CHOSEN. BUT I DO WANT US TO, OR AT LEAST THE COMMISSION TO THINK ABOUT THIS QUESTION ABOUT WHAT KIND OF SHADE THEY DO WANT IN THE FUTURE. SOME OF THE COMMISSIONS, YOU KNOW, THEY RECOGNIZE THAT FOR A LOT OF PARKS, THERE'S ALREADY SHADE WHEN IT COMES TO. FROM THE TREES, EXISTING TREES OR SHADE FOR THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT VERSUS SHADE FOR THE PLAYGROUND PLAY AREA VERSUS SHADE FOR THE SITTING AREA, VERSUS SHADE FOR THE SEATING AREAS. SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SHADE, I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION THAT I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO LOOK AT LONG TERM AND PERHAPS HAVE THE COMMISSION COME UP WITH A STRATEGY FOR HOW WE WANT TO ADDRESS SHADE IN THE STRUCTURE. BUT IN TERMS OF I'M WORRIED ABOUT US SLOWING THINGS DOWN, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO POSSIBLY ADDING SHADE STRUCTURE TO THOSE TWO PARKS. SO I WOULDN'T MIND IF WE DO, YOU KNOW, GO IF THE COMMISSION DOES SAY THESE TWO PARKS NEED SHADE, THEN WE GO AHEAD AND MOVE THOSE FORWARD. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

YEAH, I THINK I DON'T THINK ANY OF US WANT TO KIND OF DELAY THE INSTALLATION OF SHADE IN ANY OF THE PARKS. I JUST I MOSTLY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT FORECLOSING THE POSSIBILITY OF,

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OF ADDING IT ANYWHERE OR LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY OTHER OPTIONS. AND I, I AGREE WITH YOUR POINT, COUNCILMEMBER PEAT. I KNOW WE'RE WE'RE KIND OF FOCUSED ON THE FOUNDATIONAL THING IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CIP. BUT I GUESS IN IN LIGHT OF THE COMMENTS WE GOT FROM A LOT OF RESIDENTS IN THE MAPLE GROVE AREA, I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE'RE HEARING THEM AND WE'RE NOT FORECLOSING THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDRESSING THEIR CONCERNS TO JUST, YOU KNOW, AND JUST BECAUSE WE PASS A CERTAIN CIP TODAY DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T GET PRICES FOR ADDITIONAL SHADE STRUCTURES OR REPLACEMENT PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT IN JULY AND DECIDE THAT, HEY, THIS LOOKS LIKE A GOOD DEAL AND A BENEFICIAL THING AND MOVE FORWARD WITH IT THERE. AND THEN. COUNCILMEMBER CHANG, I THINK YOU HAD AN ADDITIONAL KIND OF ITEM. I THINK THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS ON THIS, BUT YOU HAD SOMETHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO MENTION. YEAH. THANK YOU. THERE'S REALLY TWO PARTS TO THIS AGENDA ITEM.

THERE'S THE SEVEN YEAR CIP AND THEN THERE'S THE STREAMLINING PROCESS. I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE SEVEN YEAR CIP, ESPECIALLY WITH US MOVING THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT BUDGET, BUMPING THAT UP A YEAR SO THAT WE START REPLACING THOSE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENTS A YEAR EARLIER. BUT I AM WORRIED ABOUT THE STREAMLINING PROCESS FOR YOU GUYS. DON'T DON'T KNOW. WE DID HAVE A WORKSHOP ON THIS STREAMLINING PROCESS. WE HAD A THERE'S A PRESENTATION. IT WAS ABOUT A FEW MONTHS AGO, BUT WE DID ADD THIS AS A PART OF THE AGENDA ITEM FOR THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING. SO WE JUST ADDED IT THIS PART. SO IDEALLY I THINK THAT WE BREAK UP THESE TWO PARTS. THE SEVEN YEAR CIP, I'M FULLY ON BOARD WITH US MOVING FORWARD WITH IT. BUT I THINK WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY SLOW DOWN THIS PROCESS WHEN IT COMES TO THE STREAMLINING PROCESS. I KNOW FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF TIMES WE DO SIGN OFF ON THESE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY PROJECTS WHEN IT COMES TO MAINTENANCE. BUT I'M WORRIED THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A SCENARIO WHERE IT'S DIFFERENT FROM WHAT IS SHOWN HERE AND THAT WE GO OUT AND SIGN OFF ON IT, AND WE MISS THAT ONE PROCESS OF PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO COMMENT. SO THE STREAMLINING PROCESS, ONE THING THAT IT DOES DO IS THAT IT REMOVES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC AND THE COUNCIL TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AT ALL THE PROJECT, AT THE PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING APPROVED. AND SO I'M WORRIED THAT WE DO DEPEND ON THE PUBLIC QUITE A BIT WHEN IT COMES TO BRINGING UP COMMENTS LIKE YOU SAW TODAY. YOU KNOW, WE HEAR YOU GUYS FEEDBACK. IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON WHETHER THE SEWER SYSTEM OR ANY KIND OF SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT, WE DO LISTEN TO THOSE COMMENTS. AND SO I DO WANT THE PUBLIC TO HAVE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON THOSE ON THOSE PROJECTS. AND I THINK WE TO MY KNOWLEDGE, WE MIGHT BE ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES IN ORANGE COUNTY TO APPROVE OR ADOPT THIS, THIS, THIS STREAMLINING PROCESS. AND I DON'T WANT US TO BE THE FIRST.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH THE CITY MANAGERS WHEN IT COMES TO HIS PHILOSOPHY.

I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE THE FIRST CITY TO ADOPT A POLICY OR CITY ORDINANCE. AND I DON'T WANT TO BE THE LAST CITY. YOU KNOW, I WANT TO BE SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE. SO I'M WORRIED THAT IF WE ARE ONE OF THE FIRST, THAT IT DOES OPEN US UP TO ANY SOME KIND OF LIABILITY THAT WE DID NOT FORESEE. SO I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A BIT RUSHED IN OUR DECISION TO MOVE THIS. I'M GOING TO ASK ACTUALLY THE COUNCIL TO ACTUALLY BREAK THIS OFF AND POSTPONE IT AND HAVE A SEPARATE PRESENTATION. IT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU GUYS SAW TO GIVE YOU GUYS TO GIVE THE PUBLIC A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THIS PRESENTATION AND BE ABLE TO COMMENT ON IT AND GIVE US ANY FEEDBACK ON IT. AND I'M ALSO HOPING THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH A LIST OF ALL THE CITIES THAT HAVE ALREADY ADOPTED THIS STREAMLINING PROCESS, AS WELL AS A DECISION TREE, SOMETHING THAT BONNIE PETE MENTIONED. YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO TELL WHAT GOES INTO THIS STREAMLINING PROCESS AND WHAT DOESN'T GO INTO THE STREAMLINE PROCESS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE DOING A RESEARCH, YOU YOU HAVE YOUR SUBJECT POOL, WHAT GETS SELECTED FOR THIS RESEARCH SUBJECT POOL AND WHAT DOESN'T. THANK YOU. THANKS. AND SO I'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT IN A MOMENT. BUT I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER MINIKUS HAS A COMMENT. THANK YOU. KYLE, JUST YOUR COMMENTS. A COUPLE OF THINGS CAME TO MIND. I BELIEVE THAT THIS THIS IS JUST A PILOT PROGRAM AND THAT IF FOR WHATEVER REASON WE DON'T LIKE IT, WE CAN ALWAYS GO AND VOTE TO

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CHANGE IT BACK TO THE STANDARD PRACTICE THAT WE'VE DONE. I, MR. CITY ATTORNEY OR MR. CITY MANAGER, COUNCIL MEMBER CHING MENTIONED LIABILITY. IS THERE ANY LIABILITY IN DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING OR PROPOSING TO DO? NOT THAT I CAN TELL FROM MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE SUGGESTION I MAY NEED TO GET MORE DETAILS OR REALLY. GET A SENSE OF WHAT IS DESIRED, BUT I'M NOT SEEING ANY ISSUE. I JUST JUST REVIEWING THIS. I DON'T I DON'T SEE ANY LIABILITY AS FAR AS TRANSPARENCY GOES. I THINK THERE'S LOTS OF SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE FOR THIS PILOT PROGRAM TO MOVE FORWARD.

IF THERE'S ANY OTHER THINGS. COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG, THAT YOU THINK OF THAT WE CAN ADD TO THE TRANSPARENCY OF IT. I'D BE I'D BE WILLING TO SUPPORT THAT. BUT I THINK WE'RE GOOD WHERE WE'RE AT. I THINK IT'S A GOOD BALANCE AS FAR AS STREAMLINING TIMES. AND AGAIN, THERE ARE SAFEGUARDS BUILT INTO THIS ENTIRE PILOT PROGRAM THAT WE COULD PULL IT BACK AT ANY TIME. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, SIR, TO JUST VOTE IN FAVOR OF IT, IF YOU WOULD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO. SO I WOULD SUPPORT SEPARATING THESE ITEMS BECAUSE I DO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE A LITTLE DIFFERENT. SO FOR RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND. SO MONTHS AGO OR MAYBE EVEN CLOSE TO A YEAR AGO, THERE WAS A STRATEGIC PLAN ITEM GOAL FOR THE STAFF TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL WITH OPTIONS OF HOW TO STREAMLINE CAPITAL PROJECTS. AND I GUESS WHAT CAME BACK WAS THAT THE SUGGESTION OF HOW TO STREAMLINE IT WAS TO TAKE CERTAIN CONTRACTS THAT ARE A PART OF THESE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT YOU NORMALLY SEE ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, AND THE COUNCIL VOTES ON THEM, AND THERE'S A STAFF REPORT ACCOMPANYING THEM. AND TO KIND OF TAKE SOME OF THEM AWAY FROM THAT PROCESS AND ALLOW THE CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE THEM ADMINISTRATIVELY. AND MY GENERAL INSTINCT IS TO NOT WANT TO MOVE IN THE DIRECTION OF KIND OF HAVING LESS INFORMATION REGARDING ON OUR FINANCIAL ITEMS WE'RE APPROVING OR ON CONTRACTS. AND I DO SEE I DO UNDERSTAND HOW OF COURSE, THAT COULD SAVE SOME TIME FOR STAFF NOT TO HAVE TO REPAIR, PREPARE A REPORT, AND COUNCIL DOESN'T HAVE TO VOTE ON IT AND RESIDENTS AREN'T COMMENTING ON IT. ON THE OTHER HAND, I DO THINK THERE'S POTENTIALLY OTHER WAYS TO STREAMLINE CAPITAL PROJECTS OR OR DO THINGS MORE EFFICIENTLY. AND SOME OF THE OPTIONS I THINK WE, YOU KNOW, HAVEN'T REALLY DISCUSSED AS A GROUP COULD RANGE FROM CONTRACTING OUT SERVICES TO HIRING ADDITIONAL STAFF IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE I THINK I GUESS WHAT I'VE SEEN IN MY TIME ON THE COUNCIL IS IT'S NOT THE TWO AND FOUR WEEK DELAYS THAT REALLY DING YOU SO MUCH AS WHEN YOU POSTPONE A PROJECT FOR A YEAR, AND THEN THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES OR THERE'S SIGNIFICANT INFLATION AND THEN THAT CAN REALLY HURT. AND SO I ALSO THINK THE QUESTION OF WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE THIS IS I THINK WE MENTIONED THAT IN THE WORKSHOP AND WE HADN'T IDENTIFIED ANY OTHER CITIES THAT HAD KIND OF DELEGATED AUTHORITY IN THIS WAY, SHORT OF MAYBE IN LIKE A PANDEMIC ENVIRONMENT OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. AND SO I'D, I'D SUPPORT BIFURCATING THIS AND VOTING ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND THEN HAVING THIS EITHER COME BACK OR WE COULD JUST PRESS, PRESS PAUSE ON IT UNTIL WE GOT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW EXACTLY IT WOULD WORK AND WHAT CRITERIA ARE USED. LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW THIS WOULD APPLY TO, I GUESS, QUOTE ROUTINE PROJECTS, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW ROUTINE PROJECT IS DEFINED. SOME OF THE PROJECTS IN THE LIST WE HAVE HERE ARE NOT PROJECTS I'VE SEEN BEFORE IN MY TIME ON THE COUNCIL, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW ROUTINE THEY ARE, BUT I JUST THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF STRIP AWAY THE COUNCIL'S AUTHORITY, WE SHOULD TAKE MORE TIME AND LEARN THE DETAILS AND FIGURE OUT IF THERE ARE OTHER, OTHER WAYS WE COULD STREAMLINE CAPITAL PROJECTS WITHOUT DOING THAT. SO, I MEAN, I GUESS MY INITIAL THOUGHT IS I'D MAKE A

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MOTION TO APPROVE THE SEVEN YEAR CIP SEPARATE FROM THIS, THESE CHANGES TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE, AND THEN WE CAN KEEP DISCUSSING THIS MUNICIPAL CODE ISSUE IF PEOPLE WANT TO. AND JUST TO CLARIFY, YOUR MOTION IS TO ADOPT ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS ONE THROUGH FOUR. BUT HOLD OFF ON ITEMS. I'M NOT SURE IF FOUR IS INCLUDED. OH PARDON ME, FOUR I THINK HAS A PILOT PROGRAM SO NO.

IT'S JUST THE FIFTH RECOMMENDATION THAT IS THE PILOT PROGRAM. I SEE YOU, SCOTT. I'M JUST GOING TO WAIT FOR THEM TO. SORRY, I WOULDN'T GET CLARIFICATION. ON THE RECOMMENDATION. ITEMS ONE THROUGH FOUR ARE THE ADOPTION OF THE CIP. ITEM FIVE IS THE MUNICIPAL CODE CHANGES TO ENABLE THE PILOT PROGRAM? OKAY. WELL, IN THAT CASE I'D MOVE ITEMS ONE THROUGH FOUR. AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER, I SAW YOU HAVE YOUR HAND RAISED. THANK YOU. YEAH. THE STATEMENT YOU JUST MADE ABOUT STRIPPING AWAY OUR AUTHORITIES, I DISAGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT.

THE PUBLIC DIRECTORS, I'M SORRY, DIRECTORS, THE CITY MANAGER AND THE DIRECTORS ARE ALL VERY TRANSPARENT WITH US THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS. IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE BEING CUT OFF FROM NOT BEING ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS OR PARTICIPATE IN THESE ROUTINE TASKS THAT PUBLIC WORKS IS PROPOSING. SO I DON'T THINK WE'RE BEING STRIPPED OF OUR POWERS HERE OR OUR ABILITY TO GOVERN. I JUST THINK THAT THIS IS A PRUDENT WAY TO MOVE FORWARD. AND AGAIN, I'LL REITERATE, IT'S A PILOT PROGRAM. IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE CAN'T PULL BACK. THANK YOU, IF I MAY, MAYOR. SO I JUST LOOKED UP THE RESOLUTIONS. IT'S ACTUALLY THE PILOT PROGRAM IS PART OF RESOLUTION ITEM NUMBER ONE. AND NUMBER FIVE, YOUR CITY MANAGER EXPLAINED. SO ITEM ONE, THE RESOLUTION. SECTION TWO AUTHORIZES THE PILOT PROGRAM. SO SHOULD SHOULD YOU WISH TO APPROVE IT. WITHOUT IT, THAT SECTION TWO WOULD HAVE TO BE REMOVED. AND THEN THE TITLE. OH ACTUALLY YOU DON'T NEED TO AMEND THE TITLE. AND I ALSO WANTED TO MAYBE PROVIDE AS YOU'RE THINKING THAT THROUGH THROUGH THAT PROVIDE A. FURTHER EXPLANATION. IN RESPONSE TO COUNCIL MEMBER MONICA'S QUESTION ABOUT LIABILITY ISSUES, I SHOULD HAVE ALSO SAID THE WAY THE GOVERNMENT CODE READS IS THAT A CITY RECEIVES GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY IF IT FOLLOWS CERTAIN PROCEDURES, SO THAT WHEN YOU APPROVE PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS, THERE ARE IMMUNITIES. IF YOU DO GET SUED FROM LIABILITY, UNLESS YOU CREATE A DANGEROUS CONDITION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY, ETC, ONE OF THE WAYS YOU GAIN THAT IMMUNITY IS BY HAVING EITHER THE COUNCIL OR A DESIGNATED OFFICER USE THEIR DISCRETION IN REVIEWING AND APPROVING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS. SO THE ORDINANCE WOULD DO THAT. SO I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE MAYBE A MORE COMPLETE RESPONSE TO MY LAST COMMENT.

THANK YOU. SO THEN HOW WOULD YOU RECOMMEND I MOVE FORWARD WITH MY ITEM TO APPROVE THE CIP BUT NOT THE. YEAH, SO IT WOULD BE ITEMS ONE THROUGH FOUR AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, BUT REMOVING I PARAGRAPH NUMBER TWO OF ITEM ONE AND THREE. OH RIGHT. BECAUSE THE NOTICES OF COMPLETION DO COME TO THE COUNCIL. SO THAT'S CORRECT. PARAGRAPHS TWO AND THREE OKAY. WELL THEN I MOVE. I BELIEVE YOU SAID ITEMS ONE THROUGH FOUR, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PARAGRAPHS TWO AND THREE OF ITEM ONE.

CORRECT. AT THIS TIME. THEN IS IT APPROPRIATE TO OFFER A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO JUST APPROVE THE ITEM NUMBER 17 AS IS AT THIS POINT, UNLESS IT RECEIVES A SECOND? YOU COULD JUST INTRODUCE ANOTHER MOTION. I'LL I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION, BUT SECOND THE MAYOR'S MOTION.

YEAH. AND IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE. SO COUNCIL MEMBER NICKS, IF YOU'RE GOING TO

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CONTINUE PUSHING FOR THE STREAMLINING PROPOSAL, I GUESS THERE'S SOME OTHER POINTS I WANT TO MAKE. SO ARE YOU OKAY WITH JUST VOTING ON THE CIP. AND THEN WE CAN DISCUSS THE STREAMLINING PROPOSAL SEPARATELY. NO, I JUST THINK WE SHOULD JUST. GO WITH THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION FIRST AND THEN GO FROM THERE. OKAY. WELL, THEN I GUESS A COUPLE OTHER FEW OTHER POINTS I WANT TO MAKE REGARDING THIS ITEM. SO REGARDING KIND OF THE. CURRENTLY THE PROCESS IS THESE CONTRACTS COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL. WE VOTE ON THEM AND THEY'RE APPROVED SO RESIDENTS CAN SEE THEM AND THE COUNCIL VOTES ON THEM. THE PROPOSAL IS THAT THAT WOULD BE GONE. AND THE CITY MANAGER WOULD APPROVE THEM ON HIS OWN, AND THE COUNCIL WOULD FIND OUT AFTERWARDS IN A QUARTERLY UPDATE, THAT. STRIKES ME AS POTENTIALLY A LONG TIME TO WAIT. I GUESS IT COULD BE UP TO THREE MONTHS BEFORE WE KNEW WHAT CONTRACT WAS APPROVED. AND IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WANTED TO DO, AND I THINK YOU SAID YOU'RE OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY, I WOULD SAY A WAY TO DO IT WOULD BE THAT AT EVERY COUNCIL MEETING OR EVERY MONTH, THE CONTRACTS THAT WERE AWARDED AND APPROVED SHOULD BE ON THE AGENDA, SO THAT WE ALL KNOW THAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE MOVING FORWARD AND WHAT'S GOING ON THERE. BUT BUT NOTHING'S PREVENTING US FROM OBTAINING THAT INFORMATION. BY WHAT? I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU MEAN. LIKE IT WOULDN'T BE PROVIDED TO US. IT'S RIGHT NOW. IT'S ALL PROVIDED TO US. AND UNDER THE PROPOSAL, IT WOULDN'T BE. BUT IF YOU IF YOU CALLED THE CITY MANAGER OR A PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION. I'M NOT EVEN SURE. WELL, HOW WOULD I KNOW WHAT TO ASK FOR? SIMPLE. YOU SAY, ARE THERE ANY CONTRACTS PENDING THAT THAT ARE GOING FORWARD? OR WE CAN ALSO ASK THE CITY MANAGER TO PROVIDE US WITH A LIST OF THEM. SO WHY WOULDN'T WE JUST DO THAT? AND HE'D PUT THOSE ON THE AGENDAS THEN JUST FOR THE PURPOSE THAT WE'RE THIS CAME UP TO BEGIN WITH IS JUST TO SIMPLY KIND OF STREAMLINE THE PROCESS AND SAVE, TRY TO SAVE TIME. AND AGAIN, IT'S JUST A PILOT PROGRAM. THIS ISN'T ANYTHING THAT'S CONCRETE. SO I DON'T SEE THE HARM IN AT LEAST GIVING IT A TRY. COUNCILMEMBER CHIANG, THANK YOU. FOR ME, I'M REALLY JUST ASKING FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, BE CAUTIOUS AND SLOW THINGS DOWN. FOR THE MAJORITY OF RESIDENTS, I THINK IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU GUYS HAVE EVER HEARD OF THIS, AND YOU DON'T HAVE ANY DETAILS ABOUT IT, AND IT JUST POPPED UP. I DON'T THINK ANY OF YOU GUYS REALLY COMMENTED ON IT, BUT I THINK IF YOU GUYS KNEW THE DETAILS ABOUT IT, YOU GUYS WOULD COMMENT IT. SO I, I AGAIN, I JUST, YOU KNOW, HOPING THAT MAYBE WE COULD BRING THIS BACK.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN HAVE A PRESENTATION AND WE CAN HAVE ANOTHER DISCUSSION. WE CAN HEAR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC AND THEN MOVE FORWARD TO IT. I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE THIS PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE PILOT PROGRAM, ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S A CHANCE THAT WE MIGHT VOTE IT DOWN IN THE FUTURE, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR US TO BEGIN A PILOT PROGRAM THAT IS DESTINED TO FAIL. SO, YOU KNOW, I, I WANT US TO, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO TAKE THE TIME. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY RUSH. THIS IS A MAJOR CHANGE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH TO CHANGE THE POLICY OF THE CITY. AND SO IF IT IS THE RIGHT THING, THEN MAYBE IT IS. AND WE CAN, YOU KNOW, SLOWLY FIND THAT WAY THROUGH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS BEFORE I GUESS I THINK THERE WAS A MOTION AND A SECOND. AND THEN A COUNTER. CAN YOU RESTATE THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION? YES. TO SIMPLY ADOPT ITEM NUMBER 17 AS IS. I'LL SECOND. SO IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION FIRST. AND IF

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THAT DOES NOT PASS, THEN CONSIDERATION OF THE ORIGINAL MOTION. AND I GUESS TO BE CLEAR, IF THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION IS VOTED DOWN, THE ITEM REGARDING CHANGING THE OR THE STREAMLINING WOULD STILL BE DISCUSSED OR COUNCILMEMBER CHIANG IS DISCUSSING. IT WOULD BE JUST DISCUSS MORE THOROUGHLY AT A LATER MEETING. WELL, THEN YOU WOULD CONSIDER THE UNDERLYING MOTION WHICH WOULD STRIP OUT THE TWO SECTIONS OF ITEM NUMBER ONE AND REMOVE ITEM NUMBER FIVE. SO THAT WOULD BE SEPARATELY CONSIDERED BY THE COUNCIL. OKAY. MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO, I SEE YOU RAISED YOUR HAND. SO THIS QUESTION IS FOR THE CITY CLERK. SO TO CLARIFY, THIS VOTE RIGHT NOW BEFORE US IS ITEM 17 AS IT IS IN THE AGENDA, THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION CORRECT? YES. YOU'RE VOTING ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY ADOPT TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION AS DESCRIBED IN THE AGENDA. VERY WELL. THAT MOTION CARRIES WITH THREE YES VOTES AND TWO NO VOTES BY MAYOR BURKE AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHING. AND IF I MAY BRIEFLY, THE CITY COUNCIL INTRODUCED ORDINANCE NUMBER. I GUESS WE DON'T HAVE A NUMBER ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRUS, AMENDING SECTION 21, A 19 PURCHASING SYSTEM OF THE CYPRUS MUNICIPAL CODE, ESTABLISHING UPDATED PURCHASING AUTHORITY LIMITS, AND THAT PER THE AGENDA, IS BEING READ BY TITLE ONLY AND WAIVING FURTHER READING. THANK YOU.

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OKAY, I THINK THAT BRINGS US TO NEW BUSINESS ITEM 18 APPOINT CITY COMMISSIONERS AND APPROVE REVISIONS TO THE BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES POLICY MANUAL PREPARED BY OUR CITY CLERK. YES, MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT COMPLETES THE ANNUAL COMMISSION RECRUITMENT PROCESS AND RECOMMENDS APPOINTING RESIDENTS TO FILL FIVE UPCOMING COMMISSION VACANCIES. THE CITY COUNCIL HELD SPECIAL MEETINGS ON MAY 20TH AND 21ST TO INTERVIEW 26 APPLICANTS AND REACH CONSENSUS ON THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS FOR THE RECREATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION KENNETH RUSSELL AND QUENTIN BENTLEY FOR THE SENIOR CITIZENS COMMISSION. MARILYN REAMS AND GLENN BUTTON FOR THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION. ROBERT BASTIAN AND THE CITY COUNCIL ALSO DESIGNATED ALTERNATES FOR EACH OF THE COMMISSIONS, WITH AN LOGO FOR THE RECREATION COMMISSION. LINDA CROCE FOR THE SENIOR COMMISSION, BLAISE BENTZ AND DWAYNE SUMMERS FOR THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION, AND EACH OF THESE SELECTED APPOINTEES WILL SERVE A FOUR YEAR TERM ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2029. ADDITIONALLY, THIS ITEM RECOMMENDS THE REPLACEMENT OF A CURRENT SENIOR CITIZENS COMMISSIONER, CYNTHIA FEIN, WHO WAS APPOINTED TO THE COMMISSION LAST YEAR TO SERVE A TERM FROM JULY 1ST, 2024 TO JUNE 30TH, 2028. DURING HER FIRST TERM. EXCUSE ME? DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF HER TERM, COMMISSIONER FEIN WAS ABSENT FROM FOUR REGULAR MEETINGS, WHICH IS IN CONFLICT WITH THE ATTENDANCE POLICY SET BY CITY COUNCIL, AND IT IS RECOMMENDED BASED ON THE ALTERNATE LIST ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. EMERGING FROM THE INTERVIEW OF APPLICANTS IN THIS CYCLE THAT LINDA CROCI BE APPOINTED TO FILL THE REMAINDER OF COMMISSIONER FEIN'S TERM, AND THEN FINALLY, THIS ITEM ALSO RECOMMENDS MINOR REVISIONS TO THE BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES POLICY MANUAL, AND THESE REVISIONS ARE MINOR, AND THE PURPOSE IS TO CLARIFY THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE YOUTH ACTION COMMITTEE AND UPDATE TERM LIMIT LANGUAGE TO CLARIFY THE ELIGIBILITY OF COMMISSIONERS WHO WERE PREVIOUSLY APPOINTED TO TERMS OF LESS THAN FOUR YEARS. IN RESPONSE TO OUR PROCESS TO CREATE AN ANNUAL RECRUITMENT PROCESS. AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. JENNY. MY COLLEAGUES HAVE QUESTIONS FOR OUR CITY CLERK. SO I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS. SO REGARDING THE RECOMMENDATION TO REMOVE COMMISSIONER FEIN FROM THE SENIOR COMMISSION WAS COMMISSIONER FEIN, HAS SHE BEEN NOTIFIED THAT SHE'S BEING REMOVED OR RECOMMENDED FOR REMOVAL? YES. SO THE STANDARD PRACTICE IS IF A THE ATTENDANCE

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POLICY REQUIRES THAT COMMISSIONERS DO NOT MISS FOUR MEETINGS WITHIN A 12 MONTH PERIOD, AND THAT'S REGULAR MEETINGS, NOT INCLUDING SPECIAL MEETINGS. AND SO OUR PRACTICE HAS BEEN THAT IF SOMEONE REACHES THREE ABSENCES WITHIN A 12 MONTH PERIOD, THEY ARE NOTIFIED BY LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR THAT OVERSEES THE COMMISSION, REMINDING THEM OF THE POLICY, LETTING THEM KNOW THESE ARE THE DATES THAT YOU MISSED, AND THIS IS THE TIME IN WHICH YOU MUST NOT MISS A SUBSEQUENT MEETING IN ORDER TO STAY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ATTENDANCE POLICY.

COMMISSIONER FEIN DID RECEIVE THAT LETTER. SHE SO SHE IS AWARE THE DIRECTOR ALSO DID REACH OUT TO HER FOLLOWING HER FOURTH ABSENCE AND LET HER KNOW THAT SHE'S SUBJECT TO REMOVAL, AND SHE WAS FINE WITH THAT. SO SHE WANTS TO BE REMOVED FROM THE COMMISSION. THEN I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER TO JEFF BECAUSE HE SPOKE WITH HER DIRECTLY. WHEN I SPOKE WITH HER, I TALKED TO HER ABOUT THE ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENT, AND SHE SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU IF YOU GUYS NEED TO REMOVE ME, THAT'S FINE. OKAY. SO I'M A LITTLE TORN ON THIS BECAUSE I DID SEE THAT SHE WAS APPOINTED AND SHE MISSED A FEW MEETINGS. I THINK SHE MISSED THREE MEETINGS LAST YEAR. BUT THEN WHEN I CHECKED THE MINUTES OF ALL OF THIS YEAR'S MEETINGS, SHE HAD ATTENDED ALL OF THEM EXCEPT FOR THIS MONTH. AND SO I, I HAVEN'T SPOKEN WITH HER. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A REASON SHE MISSED INITIAL MEETINGS OR A REASON SHE MISSED THE MOST RECENT ONE, BUT I'M A LITTLE HESITANT TO REMOVE A COMMISSIONER WITHOUT SORT OF KNOWING MORE INFORMATION. AND. YEAH, IT'S JUST I WAS REALLY CAUGHT OFF GUARD BY THIS, SO I DON'T KNOW. OH, COUNCIL MEMBER PETE. YEAH, THE OTHER THE OTHER COMMENT ON THIS ONE IS, AS A COMMISSIONER. YOU'RE EXPECTED TO BE INVOLVED AND ENGAGED AND PARTICIPATE AND VOLUNTEER. AND WHEN I READ THE MINUTES, I VERY RARELY, IF ANY, SAW REPORT OUTS FROM HER IN TERMS OF WHAT SHE ACTUALLY DID TO SUPPORT THE COMMISSION. I DIDN'T SEE THAT SHE WAS INVOLVED IN THE SENIOR THING. I DIDN'T SEE THAT SHE PARTICIPATED IN HERE OR VOLUNTEERED HERE. SO I THINK IT'S AND MAYBE, MAYBE THE DIRECTOR CAN GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INSIGHT. BUT I THINK IN ADDITION TO NOT BEING PRESENT FOR MOST MEETINGS IN THE, WELL, FOUR OF THE LAST MEETINGS IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS, I THINK THERE WAS ALSO NOT NOT ENGAGEMENT IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY WOULD EXPECT FROM A COMMISSIONER, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER. I JUST READ THE MINUTES AND I DIDN'T SEE MUCH REPORT FROM HER AT ALL. SO. CORRECT. I THINK MISSING THAT MANY MEETINGS, IT'S HARD TO BECOME ENGAGED AND BE INVOLVED IN THE ITEMS THAT THE OTHER SENIOR COMMISSIONERS DID. YEAH. OKAY. WELL, PERSONALLY, I, I'D LIKE TO AT LEAST SPEAK TO COMMISSIONER FEIN BEFORE I VOTE TO REMOVE HER FROM COMMISSION. BUT THAT'S JUST MY PERSPECTIVE.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS ITEM? COUNCIL MEMBER MENDEZ. MADAM CITY CLERK, SO YOU DID CONFIRM THAT SHE MISSED THREE MEETINGS. SHE SHE MISSED FOUR. SHE'S MISSED FOUR IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS. BUT YES, SHE DID RECEIVE NOTIFICATION AFTER HER THIRD. I BELIEVE WE ACCOMMODATED HER TO PARTICIPATE IN POTENTIALLY HAVING MISSED A FIFTH MEETING. SHE WAS PARTICIPATED VIA TELECONFERENCE PER THE REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE BROWN ACT, AND I'M NOT SURE IF SHE ATTENDED THE WHOLE MEETING VIA TELECONFERENCE OR I DON'T ATTEND THAT MEETING. SO THE RECREATION STAFF WOULD HAVE TO CONFIRM THAT. BUT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. OKAY. AND THEN DIRECTOR DRAPER, YOU HAD A PHONE CONVERSATION WITH HER, AND SHE WAS FINE WITH BEING REMOVED, CORRECT? WHEN I REMINDED HER ABOUT THE POLICY, SHE SAID THAT THAT WAS FINE. OKAY. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG. FOR ME, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE OFTEN HAVE THE BEST OF INTENTIONS, BUT FOR SOME REASON, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE HEALTH OR SOME FAMILY REASONS. THEY OR, YOU KNOW, NEED TO CARE FOR SOMEBODY ELSE THEY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND. SO FOR ME, I, I'M IN

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FAVOR OF FOLLOWING THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MAY I MAKE ANOTHER COMMENT, PLEASE? YEAH. SO THE THOUGHT IS WE'RE GOING TO FILL THE ALTERNATE POSITION IS THAT WHAT IS THAT WHAT WE'RE GOING FORWARD WITH. AND IS THAT WHAT I HEARD? OKAY. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT SINCE LINDA CROCE AND I'D REALLY LIKE TO HAVE THIS FOR A DISCUSSION, SINCE LINDA CROCE HAS BEEN A PRIOR MEMBER OF THE COMMISSIONER IS SHE'S BEEN A COMMISSIONER FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS. AND WE HAD MADE A DECISION TO MAKE A CHANGE. BUT SINCE WE'RE GOING BACK AND SHE'S GOING TO BE PUT BACK ON, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT SHE CONTINUE ON AND FULFILL THE FOUR YEAR AND HAVE MARILYN REAMS FULFILL THE ALTERNATE POSITION, OR JUST HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT. ANY THOUGHTS FROM ANYBODY ON THAT? SORRY. CAN YOU CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT AGAIN? I'M SORRY I KNOW SO LINDA CROCE WAS CURRENTLY OR IS CURRENTLY ON THE COMMISSION. AND THERE WAS WE MADE A DECISION IN OUR DISCUSSIONS TO HAVE HER AS AN ALTERNATE AND, AND PUT IN MARYLAND REAMS INSTEAD. HOWEVER, IF WE'RE GOING TO FULFILL BOTH SPOTS, MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO GIVE HER THE FOUR YEAR TERM.

IT'S LIKE RETURNING TO BE A COMMISSIONER AND HAVE MARYLAND FULFILLED THE THREE YEAR TERM THAT IS OPEN BY THE VACANCY. SO AND NOT SAYING NO TO NEITHER, I'M JUST SUGGESTING THAT ONE WOULD COME UP SOONER THAN THE OTHER WAS MY RECOMMENDATION. OH GO AHEAD. YEAH. HONESTLY, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I, I KNOW WE INTERVIEWED SO I IT'S I'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH MY NOTES. I CAN'T OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD I, I DON'T KNOW I, I'M LEANING TOWARDS, JUST TOWARD, YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD WITH OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, THE ONE THAT WE DID DECIDE. BUT THAT DOES REMIND ME, IF WE DO MOVE THE TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE ALTERNATES TO THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION, WE MAY NEED AN EXTRA ALTERNATE FOR THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION. AND I THINK I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A PLAN FOR THAT OR NOT. YOU'RE GETTING AHEAD OF YOURSELF. OH, THAT'S THE NEXT AGENDA. THAT WOULD BE AN AGENDA ITEM. YEAH, I, I GUESS I'D SUPPORT JUST KEEPING THE ITEM AS IS. I KNOW THAT LINDA CROCE HAS SERVED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS ON COMMISSIONS ALREADY, AND SO I, I GUESS I'M MORE INCLINED TO GIVE A NEW APPLICANT A SHOT TO SERVE THE FULL FOUR YEAR TERM. SO IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I'LL MOVE THE ITEM AS RECOMMENDED. I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION, AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO BASICALLY. AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHY. TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO PUT LINDA CROCE INTO THE FOUR YEAR OPENING FOR THE SENIOR COMMISSION, AND TO PUT MARILYN REIMS AS THE THREE YEAR ALTERNATE, BUT BECOME A PERMANENT PLAYER IN THE THING.

SO I'LL TELL YOU WHY. AND I TALKED TO MR. MAYOR ABOUT THIS, AND I'VE TALKED TO MISS MARILYN REAMS ABOUT THIS AS WELL. SUBSEQUENT TO THE INTERVIEWS, THERE WERE LET ME LET ME CLARIFY. WHEN I LOOK AT COMMISSIONERS, I SOMETIMES CONTACT THE REFERENCES AND OR I JUST LOOK INTO DO A SEARCH ON BONNIE PEAT AND WHAT COMES UP. AND IN DOING THAT, I COME UP WITH SOME INTERESTING THINGS JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, I FIND OUT SOME THINGS ABOUT PEOPLE THAT I DIDN'T KNOW, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT TWO DAYS AFTER THE INTERVIEW, THERE WAS A POST IN THE AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF EMOTION GOING ON AROUND SOME OF THE STUFF THAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN THE CITY. AND SO I HAPPEN TO RUN ACROSS A POST THAT WAS PUT OUT THERE BY MARILYN REAMS. AND KEEP IN MIND, MARILYN REAMS IS A FRIEND OF MINE, OKAY. AND IT I'M NOT GOING TO READ THE DETAILS, BUT I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS APPROPRIATE FOR A POTENTIAL CANDIDATE AND A LEADER OF THE CITY TO MAKE COMMENTS, SUCH AS SHE DID AGAINST FELLOW PEOPLE RESIDENTS. IT WAS ACTUALLY AGAINST A GROUP OF RESIDENTS. NOW YOU CAN MISINTERPRET WHAT SHE SAID, BUT IN MY OPINION, SOCIAL MEDIA PLAYS A PART TODAY, JUST LIKE ANYTHING ELSE DOES. AND WHEN YOU READ SOMETHING LIKE

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THAT, I WAS VERY CONCERNED TO THE POINT WHERE I CONTACTED HER DIRECTLY AND I, I REALLY SAID, YOU KNOW, MARILYN, THIS WAS OUT OF LINE AND I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT YOU BEING A CANDIDATE BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE STATEMENTS. AND MAYBE IT'S NOT NOW IS NOT A GOOD TIME. OKAY. I ALSO REACHED OUT TO MR. MAYOR, AND I TALKED TO HIM ABOUT MY CONCERNS, AND I SUGGESTED THAT, YOU KNOW, AS A FRIEND, NOT AS A COUNCIL MEMBER. AND THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS I AM SUGGESTING THAT WE MAKE THE CHANGE. I AM NOT SUGGESTING TO TAKE HER OFF. I'M JUST SUGGESTING THAT SHE GET THE LESSER OF THE TWO TERMS. SO GIVE LINDA CROCE, WHO HAS SERVED HER TIME FOR FOUR YEARS, GIVE HER FOUR YEARS MORE BECAUSE SHE HAS DONE A GOOD JOB, AND THEN HAVE MARYLAND REAMS FULFILL THE THREE YEAR POSITION. AND THAT'S IT'S REALLY A REASON OF PERSONAL DISCRETION. AND I WILL SAY FOR ANY COMMISSIONER AND I SEE A FEW COMMISSIONERS HERE, I'M JUST GOING TO REMIND YOU, WHEN YOU'RE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, YOU REPRESENT THE CITY. AND IT DOESN'T MEAN IF IT'S ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR IF IT'S ON A ONE ON ONE, OR IT'S WHEN YOU'RE IN A COUNCIL MEETING. I JUST ASK TO BE PROFESSIONAL AND PLEASE DO NOT TAKE ANY ATTACKS AGAINST ANY RESIDENTS. IF YOU FEEL YOU NEED TO DO THAT, PLEASE CALL THEM ON THE PHONE AND DON'T MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT WHAT THEY COULD DO DIFFERENTLY. SO WITH THAT, THAT IS THE REASON I'M MAKING MY RECOMMENDATION. SO I MY THOUGHT IS I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE TO HAVE LINDA CROCE AS THE FOUR YEAR AND THE MARYLAND REAMS AS THE ALTERNATE FOR THREE YEAR. I'LL SECOND THAT. I SEE.

COUNCILMEMBER CHANG HAS A YOU HAVE YOUR HAND RAISED OR IS THAT FROM PREVIOUSLY? OH NO. MY. YES.

OKAY. SO IF I'M CORRECT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SUBSTITUTE MOTION. IS THAT RIGHT? CORRECT.

YEAH. AND I DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN A WHOLE RABBIT HOLE. I, I STAND BY MY ORIGINAL, THE ORIGINAL MOTION AND THE ORIGINAL KIND OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE CAME OUT OF THE INTERVIEWS WITH.

I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO START KIND OF SCRUTINIZING THE FACEBOOK COMMENTS OF COMMISSIONERS AND APPLICANTS, THAT'S A WHOLE CAN OF WORMS. AND I, I THINK MARILYN REAMS WOULD ADD A LOT OF VALUE TO THE COMMISSION. ONE THING I LIKE PARTICULARLY IS THAT SHE LIVES IN A SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY, WHICH I THINK GIVES HER A VALUABLE PERSPECTIVE FOR THE SENIOR COMMISSION. I THINK THAT REALLY BRINGS AN ASSET TO IT. SO, YEAH, I'M READY TO VOTE ON THE MOTIONS. OKAY. YOU'RE VOTING ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER PETE. THAT MOTION FAILS WITH THREE NO VOTES BY MAYOR BURKE, MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO, AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHE.

SO THAT MEANS THAT THE ORIGINAL MOTION THAT WAS MADE IS LIVE FOR CONSIDERATION.

THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. SO I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONER APPLICANTS. AS A COMMENTER ALLUDED TO AND I'VE MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, WE HAD SO MANY GREAT CANDIDATES, AND WE'RE THRILLED ABOUT THE COMPOSITION OF THE COMMISSIONS. I SEE SOME OTHER APPLICANTS HERE WHO WEREN'T SELECTED THIS TIME. I'VE GOT SOMETHING COMING UP LATER TO HOPEFULLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET GET INVOLVED IN DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT I JUST WANT TO, ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE COUNCIL, EXPRESS OUR OUR DEEP GRATITUDE FOR YOUR INTEREST IN GETTING INVOLVED IN THE CITY. SOME OF YOU BROUGHT GREAT IDEAS TO THE INTERVIEWS THAT EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT ON THE COMMISSION, I'M HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON. SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. ITEM NEW BUSINESS 19.

THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE UPDATING THE MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE COMPOSITION OF THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION AND ELIMINATING THE REQUIREMENT COMMISSION. APPLICANTS MUST BE A REGISTERED VOTER IN CYPRUS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION REGARDING THE PROCESS FOR APPOINTING NEW MEMBERS OF THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION, PREPARED BY CITY MANAGER PETER GRANT. SOMETIMES THE AGENDA TITLE IS OUR REPORT TO YOU, AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE INSTANCES. THE ORDINANCE WOULD INCREASE YOUR TRAFFIC COMMISSION FROM 5 TO 7. THAT'S A MULTI-STEP PROCESS. THERE'LL BE A SECOND READING AT YOUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, AND IT TAKES EFFECT 30 DAYS AFTER THAT. SO YOU'D BE DEPENDING ON THE DIRECTION YOU GIVE US THIS EVENING IN A POSITION TO APPOINT THOSE TWO VACANCIES AS EARLY AS THE AUGUST 25TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING. BUT THERE ARE EFFECTIVELY TWO

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QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT THAT WE NEED THE CITY COUNCIL TO ANSWER FOR US. THE FIRST ONE IS THE PROCESS BY WHICH YOU CHOOSE TO MAKE THOSE APPOINTMENTS. AS COUNCILMEMBER CHIANG REFERENCED A COUPLE MINUTES AGO, YOU JUST APPROVED TWO ALTERNATES AS POTENTIAL TRAFFIC COMMISSIONERS, PUTTING THOSE TWO FOLKS ONTO THE COMMISSION IN AUGUST. WHERE YOU TO DO THAT WOULD EMPTY YOUR VACANCY LIST. THAT'S NOT UNCOMMON. IT'S UNCOMMON FOR IT TO HAPPEN QUITE THAT QUICKLY, BUT IT'S NOT AT ALL UNCOMMON FOR THE VACANCY LIST TO RUN EMPTY AND THEN BE REFILLED AS PART OF THE SUBSEQUENT YEARS. COMMISSIONER RECRUITMENT. OR YOU COULD RECRUIT AGAIN FOR THOSE TWO TRAFFIC COMMISSION VACANCIES, AS I THINK I MENTIONED, WHEN THE COUNCIL DISCUSSED THIS THE FIRST TIME, THERE WAS ONLY ONE VACANCY FOR TRAFFIC COMMISSION THIS YEAR, AND THERE WAS AN INCUMBENT COMMISSIONER INTERESTED IN IT THAT MAY HAVE AFFECTED YOUR RECRUITMENT POOL, YOUR CANDIDATE POOL, AND SO YOU MAY CHOOSE TO RECRUIT AN INTERVIEW AGAIN AND SELECT THAT WAY. THAT'S SOMETHING WE'D LIKE YOUR DIRECTION ON THIS EVENING. AND THEN WITH THAT. A FEW YEARS AGO, AS THE CITY CLERK MENTIONED A WHILE EARLIER, WE STAGGERED TERMS SO THAT EVERY COMMISSION WOULD RECRUIT FOR VACANCIES EVERY YEAR, AND THAT THE CITY WOULD RECRUIT FOR COMMISSIONERS EVERY YEAR. THERE'S A SIMILAR CHALLENGE TO DO THAT WITH THIS TRAFFIC COMMISSION EXPANSION. IF YOU ADD TWO COMMISSIONERS NOW AND APPOINT THEM TO TERMS THAT WOULD END FOUR YEARS FROM NOW, FOUR YEARS FROM NOW, YOU WOULD BE RECRUITING FOR THREE TRAFFIC COMMISSIONERS. YOU'D BE OUT OF BALANCE. AND SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OPTIONS IDENTIFIED IN THE AGENDA REPORT THAT YOU STAGGER THOSE TERMS SO THAT THEY'RE NOT BOTH FOUR YEARS WITH THAT. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND HELP YOU SORT OF DETERMINE THE DIRECTION YOU'D LIKE US TO GO. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO REGARDING THE ALTERNATE SITUATION IN WHICH IF WE APPOINTED THE TWO ALTERNATES IN AUGUST, WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY TRAFFIC ALTERNATES ARE YOU IS ONE OPTION TO APPOINT ADDITIONAL ALTERNATES AT THAT TIME IN AUGUST, AND THEN THE OTHER IS TO NOT HAVE ANY. AND THEN JUST RECRUIT IN THE FUTURE. THOSE WOULD BE YOUR YOUR TWO OPTIONS. THE COUNCIL'S CONSENSUS LIST THAT CAME OUT OF YOUR INTERVIEWS DIDN'T HAVE A THIRD ALTERNATE FOR TRAFFIC COMMISSION, AND I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD. THOSE INTERVIEWS WERE ABOUT A MONTH AGO. IT'S A LONG TWO DAYS. YOU TALKED TO NEARLY 30 PEOPLE. HOW WELL YOU RECOLLECT THAT IS AN OPEN QUESTION, I THINK. SPEAKING FOR NICK, ESPECIALLY WITH SEVEN COMMISSIONERS, YOU'D BE SAFE RUNNING WITHOUT AN ALTERNATE LIST. AND SHOULD ONE OF THOSE COMMISSIONERS MOVE OUT OF TOWN OR HAVE AN ATTENDANCE PROBLEM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO FILL THAT SEAT RIGHT AWAY. YOU COULD WAIT UNTIL THE 2026 RECRUITMENT AND USE THAT PROCESS TO FIND THE MISSING ALTERNATE. AND I SUPPOSE, WOULD IT ALSO BE POSSIBLE TO IF WE NEEDED AN ALTERNATE TO JUST AT THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY IT HAPPENED IN FEBRUARY. WE COULD HAVE A MEETING AND DECIDE AT THAT TIME, WELL, WE'D LIKE TO APPOINT THIS ONE PERSON FROM LAST TIME WHO WE THOUGHT WAS GOOD OR WE'LL OPEN UP RECRUITMENT THEN. YEAH, YOU COULD YOU COULD RUN A RECRUITMENT. YOU COULD APPOINT SOMEONE WHO HADN'T APPLIED. YOU KNOW, THE HOW THE COUNCIL OR WHO THE COUNCIL APPOINTS. YOU'RE REALLY ONLY GUIDED BY ONE RULE AND THAT'S THAT. THEY BE A RESIDENT OF CYPRESS. OKAY. SO WE'VE GOT TWO QUESTIONS, FOLKS.

WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE ALTERNATES AND HOW TO STAGGER THE TERM. SO WHAT WHAT WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK.

WELL, IT'S ACTUALLY WHO DO YOU WANT TO APPOINT. AND THAT THEN CREATES YOUR ALTERNATE PROBLEM.

OR HOW DO YOU WANT TO APPOINT SOMEONE IF YOU SEND US BACK OUT TO RECRUIT, YOU DON'T HAVE AN ALTERNATE PROBLEM. IF YOU TAKE THE TWO FOLKS OFF THE ALTERNATE LIST, THAT'S THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST DIRECTION. HEY, IT'S BOB AND JOE FROM THE ALTERNATE LIST AND THEN GO FROM THERE. OKAY. I DOUBT THEY'RE THERE. THOSE ARE THEIR ACTUAL IS BLAZING DWAYNE. BUT BUT YEAH. WHAT DO YOU THINK ON APPOINTING THE TWO EXISTING ALTERNATES VERSUS WAITING? I'M OKAY WITH THAT. YEAH. ME TOO.

OKAY, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A CONSENSUS TO APPOINT. I BELIEVE IT'S BLAZE OR. SO TONIGHT. YOU'RE GIVING US DIRECTION. THOSE SEATS DON'T OFFICIALLY EXIST UNTIL AUGUST.

OKAY, SO DIRECTION THAT ONCE THOSE SEATS ARE OPEN, SHOULD THIS BE APPROVED, WE WOULD APPOINT THE TWO EXISTING TRAFFIC COMMISSION ALTERNATES TO ACTIVE POSITIONS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SECOND THEN, IS THE STAGGERING OF TERMS, I BELIEVE AT LEAST ONE OPTION LISTED IN THE AGENDA WAS

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ONE FOUR YEAR TERM AND ONE THREE YEAR TERM, WHICH I DIDN'T SEE ANY REASON TO OPPOSE. BUT DO MY COLLEAGUES HAVE OTHER, OTHER ARRANGEMENTS THEY'D LIKE TO CONSIDER? THAT SOUNDS GOOD. AND MAYBE WE COULD JUST FLIP A COIN, SEE WHICH ONE GETS A THREE AND WHICH ONE GETS THE FOUR. OKAY.

WHAT DO YOU. ALL RIGHT, THUMBS UP FROM COUNCIL MEMBER PETE. YOU MIGHT ALSO CONSIDER ASKING THE COMMISSIONERS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. DO YOU NEED. SO I THINK IT SOUNDED LIKE THERE WAS A CONSENSUS FOR THE FOUR AND THREE YEAR TERMS. DO YOU NEED ADDITIONAL DIRECTION FROM US AT THIS TIME? THE. YEAH, I MEAN, I KNOW WE LAUGHED ABOUT IT, BUT WHICH COMMISSIONER TO WHICH OF THOSE SPOTS IS SOMETHING YOU COULD EITHER GIVE US DIRECTION FOR OR THE CITY CLERK COULD DRAW LOTS. IF THE COMMISSIONERS DON'T HAVE PREFERENCES THEMSELVES. YEAH, I MEAN, I CERTAINLY DON'T RECALL EITHER OF THE APPLICANTS SAYING THEY HAD ANY ISSUE WITH SERVING A FULL YEAR TERM. SO I'M FINE WITH JUST LUCK OF THE DRAW. OKAY. LUCK OF THE LUCK OF THE DRAW, I BELIEVE. SO LETTING THE CITY CLERK MAKE THE DETERMINATION IF THEY BOTH EXPRESS EQUAL EXCITEMENT FOR THE FULL TERM, SHE CAN PICK A RANDOMIZED PROCESS. YEAH. SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. WE'VE GOT A QUARTER WE CAN FLIP. ALL RIGHT. AND JUST FOR SORT OF PROCESS SAKE, RIGHT. YOU'LL HAVE THE SECOND READING CREATING THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION. WE HAVE TO MODIFY THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO CREATE THOSE STAGGERED TERMS. SO THIS WILL COME ON THE AGENDA A COUPLE MORE TIMES. BUT THOSE ACTIONS WON'T PREVENT THE COMMISSIONERS FROM BEGINNING TO DO THEIR DUTY ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY. OKAY. THANK YOU. DO YOU NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM? OKAY. SO I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS LISTED IN THE AGENDA. AND SO ARE WE DEFERRING ON THIS ORDINANCE NOW? BECAUSE WITH THE NOTION THAT IT'S GOING TO BE REVISED IN THE FUTURE, OR THE IDEA THAT WE'D COME UP WITH THE CITY CLERK IS WE'RE GOING TO BRING A SECOND ORDINANCE FORWARD, CREATING A STAGGERED TERMS RIGHT RESOLUTION, AMENDING THE POLICY MANUAL, WHICH DICTATES THE TERMS GOTCHA. SO THEN THIS MAKES A TON OF SENSE TO THE BUREAUCRATS. TRUST ME. THEN THE CURRENT ACTION, SHOULD THERE BE A MOTION TO APPROVE, WOULD INCLUDE ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS, CALIFORNIA. AMENDING SECTION TWO DASH 60 ELIGIBILITY FOR APPOINTMENT AND SECTION TWO DASH 70 COMPOSITION OF ARTICLE FOUR BOARDS. PARDON ME BOARD COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES OF CHAPTER TWO ADMINISTRATION OF THE CYPRESS MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION, AND THAT'S BEING READ BY TITLE ONLY AND WAIVING FURTHER READING. OKAY, SO I MOVED TO DO THAT. NOW I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. BUT DO WE NEED TO DISCUSS THE ALTERNATES FOR THE ALTERNATES FOR THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION? I WOULDN'T SAY NEED. IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO GIVE DIRECTION ON IDENTIFYING NEW ALTERNATES, YOU CAN DO THAT.

I THINK YOU'LL BE NOT DOING IT BASED ON OUR HISTORIC DOING NOTHING AND NOT IDENTIFYING ALTERNATES FOR THE ALTERNATES. YEAH, OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO SORRY. DID YOU SECOND, I SECOND.

OKAY. WHATEVER YOU GUYS SAID. THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. THAT BRINGS US TO OUR

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SECOND ORAL COMMUNICATIONS PERIOD. I BELIEVE MR. HAMMERMAN LEFT. SO I HAVE BETH CULVER, FOLLOWED BY LARRY ANDRE. THANKS. JEEZ, I ALMOST FELL ASLEEP. ANYWAY, I HAVE AN INQUIRING MIND AND KIND OF, LIKE, GETS ME ALL KINDS OF TROUBLE. BUT I LOVE RESEARCH AND I LOVE READING ABOUT I LOVE HISTORY, I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT IT. I HAVE HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS TONIGHT YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER BECAUSE I KIND OF KNOW THE ANSWERS. IS THIS MAPLE GROVE PARK THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? THE SAME ONE THAT WE DISCUSSED IN 2022, WHERE THEY WERE WANTING TO GET A RESTROOM IN THERE, AND THE NEIGHBORS WENT NUTS WHEN THEY FOUND OUT THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE A TOILET THERE, BECAUSE THEY WERE ENRAGED, BECAUSE THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE FACILITIES ATTRACTING THE HOMELESS AND THE DODGY DOINGS OF OTHER UNSAFE ISSUES IN THE RESTROOMS IN A SECLUDED SMALL AREA. REALLY. ANYWAY. AND SPEAKING ABOUT ALLOWING SPURIOUS COMMENTS MADE TOWARDS CYPRUS CITIZENS IN HERE AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA IS NOT NAUSEATING AND IT REFLECTS ON YOUR LEADERSHIP. I HAVE A QUESTION. MY OTHER QUESTION, AND IT'S. IT'S GOING

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TO REFER TO SOMETHING THAT WAS WRITTEN IN APRIL 20TH ABOUT IN THE APRIL 28TH COUNCIL MEETING.

I'LL JUST READ ONE PARAGRAPH BECAUSE I WANT TO RUSH THROUGH THIS MEETING. A DISGRUNTLED FORMER CITIZEN CYPRUS EMPLOYEE USED PUBLIC COMMENTS TO CHASTISE THE CITY COUNCIL FOR SIGNING A LETTER A SETTLEMENT DUE TO THE ISSUES THIS DISGRUNTLED FORMER EMPLOYEE HAD WITH A CURRENT CYPRUS EMPLOYEE. CAN ALL CYPRUS RESIDENTS NOW USE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, OR GO TO FORMER OR CURRENT CYPRUS COMMENTS TO GO TO AFTER FORMER CYPRUS EMPLOYEE, AND EVEN TO GO AFTER FELLOW CYPRUS CITIZENS. I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION BECAUSE THIS REGARDS TO THIS, BECAUSE A MEETING, I THINK IT WAS JUST LAST MEETING. THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN WAS YOUNG, EVERYBODY'S YOUNG COMPARED TO ME. ANYWAY. HE HE MADE SOME AWFUL NASTY THREATS ABOUT A CERTAIN COUNCIL MEMBER IN HIS ABSENCE. AND WE ALL KNEW THIS WAS NOT A SERIOUS. SO I'M WONDERING IF HE'S FAMILIAR WITH I'M WONDERING ALSO BROWN ACT PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE, EVEN THE ROBERT'S RULES. ARE CITIZENS REALLY ALLOWED TO MAKE, ESPECIALLY IN THEIR ABSENCE IN A COUNCIL PERSON'S ABSENCE, ALLOWED TO OPENLY MAKE THREATS AGAINST THE COUNCIL MEMBER WITHOUT ANY. MAKE ALL THIS CAUSTIC COMMENTS WITHOUT ANY RESPONSIBILITY FROM THE LEADERSHIP TO STAND UP AND NOT ALLOW THIS TO GO ON. BECAUSE I KNOW ACCORDING TO THOSE RULES, ROBERT'S RULES AND ALL THAT STUFF, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO VILIFY A FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBER OR SOMEBODY, A CITIZEN ON THE DAIS. YOU SHOULD HAVE CALLED OUT THE MAYOR, OR SOMEBODY SHOULD HAVE CALLED OUT THAT PERSON AND TOLD THEM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LARRY ANDRE, FOLLOWED BY JOSE TRINIDAD CASTANEDA. HI, I'M LARRY ANDRE. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS EVENING. YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GOOD COMMENTS BY RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF CYPRUS AND HOW THEY THINK THAT FUNDS SHOULD BE ALLOCATED FOR THE BOARDROOM OR FOR PARKS SUCH. THAT'S REALLY NICE THAT THEY'RE DOING THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO FIND MONEY. BUT WE MUST REMEMBER TO REMAIN WITHIN THE LAW. THE CITY COUNCIL HAS TO ACT LAWFULLY AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, AND THAT YOU MUST FOLLOW THE LAW. AND OFTENTIMES MONEY IS ALLOCATED FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES. AND I FOUND OUT THAT THE BOARDROOM MONEY THAT WAS SPENT OR IS TO BE SPENT, $600,000, WAS PROVIDED EITHER BY A GRANT OR SOME PURPOSE FOR THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF BUILDING THE BOARDROOM. WE CANNOT ALLOCATE MONEY FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO TREE TRIMMING BECAUSE IT'S NOT ALLOWED, BECAUSE OF LAW AND THE WAY THAT MONEY IS BUDGETED IN THIS PROCESS. SO I'M SPEAKING IN. ACCLAMATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT YOU REMAIN WITHIN THE LAW AND THAT YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB AT WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

REMEMBER WHEN MY FAMILY MOVED TO THIS CITY IN 1967, THERE WAS A BIG UPROAR ABOUT THE $14 MILLION THAT WAS BUILT ON THIS THAT WAS SPENT ON THIS CITY CIVIC CENTER PROJECT THAT WE'RE ALL IN TODAY.

AND WE SEE IT HELD UP, AND IT HASN'T BEEN REALLY REMODELED IN 57 YEARS. THE OPPORTUNITY IS COMING FOR THAT BOARDROOM. AND REMEMBER, YOU ARE TASKED WITH THE PURPOSE OF BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE. I DON'T MEAN FIVE YEARS, BUT 100 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD AND YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB FOR IT.

YOU'RE USING THE MONEY IN THE RIGHT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION HERE. AND SO AS MUCH AS WE CARE ABOUT PARKS AND THESE OTHER THINGS, WE HAVE TO ALLOCATE THE MONEY THROUGH LEGAL PROCESS TO DO THAT. WE CANNOT STRIP IT FROM A BUDGET FROM ANOTHER AREA IN THE CITY FUNDS AND VIOLATE THE LAW, OR YOU'LL GO TO JAIL OR PRISON. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. JOSE TRINIDAD CASTANEDA, FOLLOWED BY DOCTOR FRANCIS MARQUEZ. CHELSEA, GOOD EVENING, JOSE TRINIDAD CASTANEDA. SO I JUST WANTED TO DIRECT MY COMMENTS TOWARDS THE PREVIOUS GENERAL COMMENTS THAT I MADE IN SPECIFIC IN SPECIFICITY. HERE. I WAS TALKING DIRECTLY ABOUT THE CITY'S CIP FUNDING ALLOCATIONS AND THE DIRECTION OF THE CITY WITH REGARDS TO STAFFING AND OVERALL OUTSOURCING, VERSUS USING LABOR IN-HOUSE. AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER MY PUBLIC COMMENTS, YOU HAD YOUR FINANCE DIRECTOR THAT TRIED TO CREATE A COMPETING NARRATIVE IN OPPOSITION, IN OPPOSITION TO THE NARRATIVE THAT I HAD PUT OUT. AND WHILE THAT'S ALL FINE AND DANDY, I JUST WANT TO RECOMMEND THAT THAT MAY FALL CLOSER TO BROWN ACT VIOLATION BECAUSE IT CREATES A DIALOG FROM WITHIN THAT PUBLIC COMMENT SPACE. SO JUST IN MY INTERPRETATION, I WOULD BE WARY OF THAT AND DISSUADE YOUR CITY STAFF FROM TRYING TO CREATE A COMPELLING ARGUMENT THAT BENEFITS THE OVERALL KIND OF PICTURE THAT THEY'RE PRESENTING IN THEIR PROPOSALS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL, BEING THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT BEING SAID, CITY OF CYPRUS HAS AN

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ENVIABLE AND JUST VERY WELL RUN FISCAL HISTORY WITH THE WITH THE CURRENT RESERVES THAT YOU HAVE.

OTHER ELECTEDS ARE JEALOUS OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS FOR THAT EXPANSE THAT YOU HAVE. SO NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT. THE CITY IS NOT BEING RUN IN A GOOD WAY, BUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED AND WHAT I AM TRYING TO EXPRESS MORE DILIGENTLY HERE, IS THAT YOU HAVE TO BE WARY OF CITY STAFF THAT DO THESE KINDS OF THINGS WHEN THEY PRESENT A BEHAVIOR THAT IS ALMOST INSUBORDINATE TO COUNCIL DIRECTION, OR JUST IN DIRECT OPPOSITION TO WHAT A NARRATIVE THEY HEAR FROM RESIDENTS OR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, OTHER STAKEHOLDERS, WHAT HAVE YOU, THAT FALLS IN LINE WITH WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO PRESENT. YOU HAVE TO BE WARY, AND YOU HAVE TO BE MORE CRITICAL OF THAT BECAUSE IT OFTEN CAN BE JUST THE AT THE SURFACE, RIGHT UNDERNEATH. THAT COULD BE A WHOLE SYSTEM OF BEHAVIORS THAT ARE INSUBORDINATE TO COUNCIL DIRECTION. AND THE CITY RESIDENTS HERE, THEY'RE THE ONES ELECTING YOU ALL TO BRING THE HAMMER DOWN, TO GIVE THAT DIRECTION TOP DOWN. SO I DON'T LIKE SEEING WHEN CITY STAFF ARE TRYING TO MANIPULATE A KIND OF OR COERCE A NARRATIVE THAT IS BEFUDDLING AND CONFUSING TO WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO PRESENT AND DO HERE ON THAT COUNCIL. SO THAT'S JUST MY PERSONAL THOUGHTS. LAST POINT IS THAT YOU DO NEED TO SWITCH TO ZOOM, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT EVEN OFFERING A CHANCE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. FOR VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENTS ON YOUR GO TO MEETING WEBINAR APP. AND THAT COULD BE A DIRECT VIOLATION OF RESIDENTS FREE SPEECH AND ABILITY TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS, NOT ON THE AGENDA. THANK YOU REALLY QUICK. MR. CITY ATTORNEY, DID YOU HEAR ANY POTENTIAL BROWN ACT OR BROWN ACT VIOLATIONS FROM THE FINANCE DIRECTOR? I HAVE NOT, THANK YOU. DOCTOR FRANCIS MARQUEZ, FOLLOWED BY BROOKE NAVARETTE. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. IN LINE WITH TALKING ABOUT THE BROWN ACT, I SAW AN ARTICLE BY VOICE OF OC, WHICH THE ACLU CALLED OUT THE MAYOR OF HUNTINGTON BEACH FOR CUTTING OFF PEOPLE'S PUBLIC COMMENTS. BUT THE MORE IMPORTANT THING IS ALLOWING NOT ALLOWING PEOPLE TO ADDRESS A COUNCIL MEMBER BY NAME. THE ACLU HAS SAID THAT THAT IS A VIOLATION OF THE BROWN ACT, AND THAT IF A RESIDENT WANTS TO COME UP HERE AND MENTION A COUNCIL MEMBER'S NAME, THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO THAT. I KNOW THAT CYPRESS HAS BEEN DOING THAT. OUR CITY ATTORNEY HAS RECOMMENDED THAT ALL THE FOUR YEARS I WAS HERE. THAT IS INCORRECT. SO WE ARE ALLOWED TO SAY SOMEBODY'S NAME AND NOT ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE.

I HAVE TWO THINGS THAT I WANTED TO DISCUSS TWO DIFFERENT TOPICS. FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S BEEN 56 DAYS SINCE FORMER PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR DOUG DANKS STATED THAT CITY MANAGER PETER GRANT SHOULD BE FIRED FOR CAUSE AND ALLEGED MISCONDUCT. AS A MEMBER OF THE CYPRESS CITY COUNCIL, I WAS EXCLUDED FROM THE CLOSED SESSION MEETINGS ABOUT MR. DANKS CASE. THAT IS VERY SERIOUS IN MY EYES. I DID NOT KNOW THAT HE SPENT $100,000 OF OUR TAXPAYER MONEY AT THE CITY MANAGER TO INVESTIGATE MR. DANKS, AND PAID HIM $183,000. MR. MINIKUS SIGNED THAT AGREEMENT. I WANT TO QUESTION, DOESN'T THIS TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THE ETHICS OF OUR CITY MANAGER? HE HAS NOT RESPONDED TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHY A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL WAS LEFT OUT OF A CRITICAL DISCUSSION. I MEAN, SHOULDN'T HE BE EMBARRASSED BY THIS UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR? I HAVE BEEN ASKING MYSELF FOR THE LAST 56 DAYS, WHERE IS THE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR CITY MANAGERS IN ORANGE COUNTY? WHERE IS IT? I'M LOOKING FOR IT. I DON'T SEE IT HERE. AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY, FRED GALANTE. MR. GRANT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THAT INVESTIGATION AND IT'S CLEARLY IT'S OBVIOUS THAT YOU'RE USING IT TO PROTECT YOUR THREE VOTES, TO KEEP YOUR CONTRACTS AND TO KEEP YOUR JOBS. YOU KNOW, AND I WANT TO KNOW, WHY ARE YOU SO AFRAID OF HAVING HANDING OVER AN INVESTIGATION THAT CYPRESS RESIDENTS PAID FOR? TO ALL THE RESIDENTS SITTING HERE, YOUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS PAID FOR THIS INVESTIGATION THAT HAS NOT BEEN HANDED OVER TO THE FULL COUNCIL.

THAT'S THAT'S A CRITICAL, CRITICAL PROBLEM. LIKE I SAID, IT'S A THE INVESTIGATION IS THE PROPERTY OF THE RESIDENTS. I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW, AND I'M WONDERING, IS THERE INFORMATION IN THE INVESTIGATION THAT BOTH OF YOU DID NOT WANT ME TO SEE, SINCE WE DO HAVE A LAWSUIT IN FEDERAL COURT? THAT'S WHAT I WONDER. MR. GRANT SPENT $100,000 OF OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO INVESTIGATE MR. DANKS. BUT THERE'S NO INVESTIGATION ABOUT MR. GRANT. HOW DOES THAT LOOK TO CITY EMPLOYEES WHO ARE REQUIRED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE IF THEY HAVE ALLEGED WRONGDOING? I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THEIR SUPERVISOR NOT BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE. THE STANDARD SHOULD BE THE SAME FOR EVERYONE. I HAVE ONE MORE THING I WANT TO SAY IN A DIFFERENT TOPIC. PLEASE FINISH

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YOUR THOUGHT. SO I'M THE PROUD GRANDDAUGHTER OF MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS. MY FATHER SERVED OUR COUNTRY DURING THE KOREAN WAR. HE OPERATED MY GRANDPARENTS SMALL FAMILY FARM WHERE MY MOTHER WORKED AS A BOOKKEEPER. THEIR HARD WORK EARNED THEM ENOUGH TO BUY A HOME IN CYPRESS IN 1974, WHERE MY FIVE SIBLINGS AND I GREW UP. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S DECISION TO TARGET HARDWORKING PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO NAVIGATE A VERY BROKEN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM THAT I'M AWARE OF BECAUSE I WORK FOR FOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS, AND NOBODY CAN GET IT RIGHT. SO PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING NOW. AND THE DECISION TO DEPUTIZE THE NATIONAL GUARD AND DEPLOY MARINES TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN RESPONSE TO PROTESTS IS A DANGEROUS OVERREACH OF FEDERAL POWER. I THINK WE NEED TO STOP THIS, PLEASE. THIS ESCALATION UNDERMINES OUR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY AND INSTILLS GREATER FEAR AND MARGINALIZATION IN OUR COMMUNITIES. JUST TO BE CLEAR, I'VE LET OTHER PEOPLE GO OVER, AND I'M JUST TRYING TO BE CONSISTENT IN HOW I HANDLED IT AT A MINUTE OVER AT THIS POINT, MY GRANDPARENTS, PRIOR TO ANY DECISIONS OR ANYTHING THAT WE ARE MAKING WITHIN THE CITY, WE DON'T MAKE CONTENT BASED RESTRICTIONS ON PUBLIC COMMENT. BUT PLEASE, PLEASE FINISH MY GRANDPARENTS AND PARENTS PERSEVERANCE, EVEN IN THE FACE OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, HAS INSPIRED ME TO ALWAYS FIGHT FOR WHAT'S RIGHT AND LEAD WITH CONVICTION. I'M JUST URGING OUR LEADERS, COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND PUBLIC SERVANTS TO STAND TOGETHER AND UPLIFTING JUSTICE AND PROTECTING CIVIL LIBERTIES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MAYOR. I NEED TO RESPOND BECAUSE MY PROFESSIONAL INTEGRITY HAS BEEN QUESTIONED AND I JUST HAVE TO MAKE IT 100% CLEAR. I HAVE NEVER AND I SAY NEVER SAID THAT A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC CANNOT USE A COUNCIL MEMBER'S NAME. YOU ARE WELCOME TO REVIEW ANY VIDEOTAPE WHERE I'VE MADE THAT CLEAR. I HAVE NEVER SAID THAT, SO I STRONGLY TAKE OFFENSE TO THAT CHARACTERIZATION. NUMBER ONE, I HAVE ALWAYS SAID THE RULE IS THAT YOU CANNOT POINT TO A COUNCIL MEMBER AND SAY YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. SO AND SO I DID SO OR I WHATEVER YOUR ISSUE IS, YOU HAVE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE. I'VE NEVER SAID THAT YOU CANNOT USE A COUNCIL MEMBER'S NAME IN THAT CONTEXT.

SO PLEASE BE CAREFUL BEFORE YOU ASCRIBE WRONG INFORMATION ABOUT MY LEGAL ADVICE. NUMBER TWO, I ONLY DO WHAT THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZES ME TO DO. I DO NOT HAVE DISCRETION TO RELEASE ANYTHING UNLESS I AM AUTHORIZED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO DO SO. THANK YOU MAYOR. BROOKE. I HAVE ALREADY FOLLOWED BY MARILYN REAMS. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. MY NAME IS BROOKE. I'M A RESIDENT OF CYPRESS. I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER FRANCIS MARQUEZ HAS SPOKEN NUMEROUS TIMES BEFORE THIS COUNCIL REGARDING THE PETER GRANT AND DOUG DANKS ISSUE, STATING THAT SINCE SHE WAS ON COUNCIL AT THE TIME, SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE CLOSED SESSION DISCUSSION AND BEEN MADE AWARE OF THE SETTLEMENT. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE. WHILE I AM NOT AN ATTORNEY, I THINK THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND OR A VIOLATION OF THE ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE. MY REASONS ARE AS FOLLOWS. FIRST, SHE HAD PREVIOUSLY THREATENED THE CITY WITH LITIGATION REFERENCE. CLOSED SESSION DATES ONE 2422. CLOSED SESSION CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. ANTICIPATED LITIGATION, THREAT OF CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATION AND HARASSMENT SUBMITTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER FRANCIS MARQUEZ. NEXT, THERE ARE ADDITIONAL CLOSED SESSIONS STATING CLOSED SESSION LIABILITY CLAIMS PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE NINE. EXCUSE ME. 5495695 CLAIMANT COUNCIL MEMBER FRANCIS MARQUEZ AGENCY CLAIMED AGAINST THE CITY OF CYPRESS. THE DATES FOR THESE ARE TWO 2723 THREE, 1323, FOUR, 1023, FOUR, 24, 23, FIVE, EIGHT, 23. THEN ON AUGUST 20TH, 2024, SHE FILED A CASE IN FEDERAL COURT. AUGUST 20TH PUBLIC RECORD. PACERS.GOV. AND THEN ON SEPTEMBER 23RD WAS THE CLOSED SESSION REGARDING PETER DANKS. EXCUSE ME, PETER GRANT AND DOUG DANKS. THE ATTORNEY HAS AN OBLIGATION TO PROTECT THE CITY. FRANCIS NAMED PETER GRANT AND THE CITY AND COUNCIL MEMBERS IN HER LAWSUIT.

HE HAD AN OBLIGATION. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A CONFLICT OR WHATEVER LEGAL TERM FOR HER TO HAVE BEEN IN THAT ROOM. SHE HAS BEEN COMING UP HERE MEETING AFTER MEETING AFTER MEETING, SAYING THAT SHE HAD A RIGHT TO ALL THAT AND SHE DIDN'T. AND LET ME TELL YOU WHAT SHE DID. MAY 12TH. SHE FILED THIS IN FEDERAL COURT. THESE AGAIN, ARE ALL PUBLIC RECORDS, PLAINTIFF'S OPPOSITION TO MOTIVE FOR DISMISSING FIRST, SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH CAUSES, PAGE NINE, LINE 13 THROUGH LINE

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21. IF THE COURT GRANTS ANY PORTION OF THE MOTION, DOCTOR MARQUEZ RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS TO LEAVE TO AMEND NOTABLY, NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CITY OF CYPRESS SHOW THAT DOCTOR MARQUEZ CAN AMEND TO ADD ADDITIONAL RELEVANT FACTS. ET CETERA, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. AND I'M GOING OVER SINCE YOU LET HER GO OVER. I'M TIRED OF THE DRAMA. NEXT. FRANCIS MARQUEZ HAS BEEN A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO MULTIPLE LAWSUITS. NUMBER ONE, PUBLIC RECORDS ACT ASSISTANCE. THESE FIGURES ARE, AS OF MAY 27TH. WARRANT REGISTER, $35,773.66. FORTIS LLP VERSUS FRANCIS MARQUEZ, CITY OF CYPRESS, $87,643.11. CALIFORNIA IS AWARE VERSUS CITY OF CYPRESS, $107,640.11. PLEASE WRAP UP SOUTHWEST VOTER REGISTRATION EDUCATION PROJECT.

$1,500,074.62. FRANCIS MARQUEZ VERSUS THE CITY OF CYPRESS. THAT'S THE CASE FILED IN FEDERAL COURT AS OF MAY 27TH. $28,090.05 GRAND TOTAL AS OF MAY 27TH, $1,759,221.55. THE DRAMA MUST END. THIS IS GOING TO BE A HUGE LIABILITY. IN ADDITION TO POTENTIAL NEW CASES. BUT AFTER READING AND RESEARCHING ALL OF THIS, THE TWO CENTERS FOR HER THE FIRST CENTER VALID, THE SECOND VALID SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A CENTER. THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN INVESTIGATION OF A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED AND CLOSED, DISCLOSED TO THE RESIDENTS OF CYPRESS. NO, YOU LET HER GO OVER. YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE ME MY $0.28 BECAUSE I'M NOT PLAYING.

YOU'RE ALREADY THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. NO, SHE HAD ONE MINUTE AND 28 SECONDS. I STOOD HERE AND WATCHED IT. YOU WANT TO DO THAT? YOU WANT TO GET ANOTHER LAWSUIT? BRING IT. DAVID, I'M TIRED OF THIS DRAMA. STOP IT. GET BACK TO THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY. END IT. MARILYN REAMS. GOOD EVENING. I'M MARILYN REAMS, RESIDENT IN CYPRESS. I'M UP HERE TO JUST. I'VE HAD CERTAINLY HAD NO INTENTION OF BEING UP HERE AT ALL, BUT I. YOU KNOW, I THERE IS NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT TO ME, NOR HAS THERE EVER BEEN THEN MY INTEGRITY AND MY HONOR, MY COMMITMENT TO TREATING PEOPLE THE WAY THAT I WANT TO BE TREATED. AND I HAVE BEEN IN THIS CHAMBER FOR YEARS NOW, FAITHFULLY ATTENDING THESE MEETINGS. AND I HAVE WATCHED BOTH ON THE DAIS AND FROM THE AUDIENCE. PEOPLE GET UP AND DISPARAGE AND RIP PEOPLE APART AT THE SEAMS, TEAR THEM APART, AND IT TEARS MY HEART APART. THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE TONIGHT FROM MY FRIEND. WERE MIS. IT WAS COMPLETELY MISUNDERSTOOD AND I DID NOT. JUST TO DEFEND MYSELF. I WASN'T OUT JUST POSTING ON FACEBOOK. I RESPONDED TO A BRUTAL AND CRUEL AND VICIOUS POST BY SOMEONE. DISPARAGING.

AGAIN, IT'S THE THING THAT SEEMS TO BE A PART OF TOO MANY PEOPLE, AND IT IS THE MOST UN-CHRISTLIKE BEHAVIOR. I HAVE SEEN. THIS CODE OF CONDUCT, THE CIVILITY CODE THAT WAS ENACTED BY THIS OR THE FORMER COUNCIL THAT WAS WORTHLESS. IT FELL ON DEAF EARS, AND WHEN PEOPLE WOULD COME UP HERE AND STAND AND RIP PEOPLE APART, IT WAS JUST IGNORED. I AM I AM TRYING VERY HARD TO LIVE A LIFE THAT IS HONORING TO GOD, AND THAT HONORS MY FELLOW MAN AND FELLOW WOMAN. AND IT'S HARD TO DO THESE DAYS. I FEEL PASSIONATELY ABOUT MY FELLOW MAN AND HOW PEOPLE ARE TREATED IN THIS WORLD, AND I AM ABSOLUTELY STUNNED AT THE WAY THAT EVEN MEMBERS ON THE DAIS HAVE WENT

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AFTER AND RIPPED THE SOULS OUT OF PEOPLE AND DONE SO WITH NO CONSEQUENCE. WE ARE BETTER THAN THAT. ALL OF US ARE BETTER THAN THAT, AND I STRIVE TO BE THE BEST WOMAN I CAN BE AND MAKE MY CHILDREN AND MY GRANDKIDS PROUD OF ME. SO I DEFEND MY NAME AND MY HONOR AND MY INTEGRITY BECAUSE THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. OKAY, LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER CARD. OH, YOU ALREADY MADE YOUR COMMENT. WELL, I GUESS I'LL WAIT NEXT TIME. THANK YOU. WAS THAT IT? YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO DEFEND MYSELF. I'LL BE BACK NEXT TIME, BECAUSE THESE ARE REALLY A BUNCH OF LIES AND YOU KNOW IT. NO, NOT ALL RIGHT, FOLKS. WE'RE ON THE HOME STRETCH HERE. SO

[ COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS FROM CITY-AFFILIATED BOARDS AND COMMITTEES AND REMARKS League of California Cities Orange County Division - June 12 Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District - June 19 Orange County Sanitation District - May 28]

THAT CONCLUDES, I BELIEVE, OUR SECOND ORAL COMMUNICATION. AND BRINGS US TO COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS FROM CITY AFFILIATED BOARDS AND COMMITTEES AND REMARKS. COUNCIL MEMBER MINIKUS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO START US OFF? THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE LAST MEETING I WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND AND BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT SITUATION, WE FIND OURSELVES HERE IN LA AND ORANGE COUNTY.

THE BASE IS BASICALLY IN LOCKDOWN, SO THERE WILL BE NO MAC MEETING FOR MY NEXT REPORT EITHER. I'VE ATTENDED THE LAST TWO CONCERTS ON THE GREEN. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN, IT'S JUST IT'S JUST A GREAT TIME FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN THERE, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

ALSO, THIS PAST FRIDAY, I ATTENDED THE COMMUNITY RESOURCE FAIR AT THE SENIOR CENTER. JUST A GREAT EVENT THAT'S PUT ON BY PUBLIC WORKS AND THE SENIOR CENTER STAFF CAN'T SAY ENOUGH GREAT THINGS ABOUT IT. IT REALLY BRINGS ALL THE SERVICES THAT SENIORS CAN BENEFIT FROM INTO ONE PLACE THAT'S EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYBODY. AND I WAS ABLE TO SIT AND SPEAK WITH SOME OF THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES THAT WERE THERE, AND THEY JUST HAVE THE BEST INTEREST AT HAND AND AT HEART WHEN IT COMES TO THE SENIOR COMMUNITY HERE. SO JUST A PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OH GO AHEAD. SORRY.

AS YOU ALL SEE, I'M DRESSED A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY TONIGHT. SO THIS IS MY SUMMER ATTIRE THAT I BROUGHT FORTH LAST YEAR. AND SO I WOULD REQUEST FROM DAVID IF YOU COULD BRING THE SUMMER TIRE BACK FOR JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER. DEPENDS ON HOW THE WEATHER GOES. BUT SUMMER SEPTEMBER'S ARE GENERALLY HOT AS WELL. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. ALL RIGHT. SO SORRY. WHICH MONTHS? JULY AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER OKAY. WELL I'LL TAKE THAT UNDER CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER PETE OKAY I ATTENDED THE COMMUNITY FESTIVAL AD HOC ALONG WITH OUR MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER AND DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC. SO THE OCTOBER 4TH COMMUNITY FESTIVAL IS MOVING ALONG WELL. AND WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT THEIR BUDGETS AND SOME OF THEIR NEEDS. SO IT WAS GOOD MEETING AND THEY'RE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS. LET'S JUST SAY IT THAT WAY. ALSO WENT TO THE OPEN HOUSE FOR RAYMOND WEST. RAYMOND WEST IS OVER OFF OF KATELLA AND VERY INNOVATIVE BUSINESS. THEY THEY REALLY DO LIKE FORKLIFTS AND STORAGE SYSTEMS, BUT THEY HAVE FIGURED OUT HOW TO PACKAGE IT WHERE THEY HAVE BECOME KIND OF A SOLUTION PROVIDER. AND SO WE GOT A COMPLETE TOUR AND THEY SHOWED US THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO. THEY HAVE GREAT STOCKING SYSTEMS. IT'S PRETTY AMAZING. AND ALTHOUGH I WENT AS A COUNCIL MEMBER AND I BELIEVE WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT WENT AS WELL. THEY HAD A LOT OF THEIR CLIENTS THERE. SO THEY HOSTED THOSE THAT WOULD COME AND POSSIBLY BE BE CUSTOMERS OF THEIRS IN THE FUTURE. SO VERY WELL DONE AND IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THEM. IT'S AMAZING HOW DEEP THAT BUILDING IS. AND THEN I ATTENDED A BOYS AND GIRLS EVENT. THAT'S WHY I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GO TO THE CONCERTS ON THE GREEN, AS WELL AS A FLAG DAY EVENT. AND THEN THIS WEEK, FRIDAY. AND I DON'T WANT TO STEAL THE CITY MANAGER, BUT WE HAVE OUR SALUTE TO AMERICA. SO IF YOU GO TO ANY, ANY ONE OF OUR EVENTS, THAT'S

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THE ONE YOU GO TO. I HOPE YOU GO TO ALL OF THEM. BUT IT'S A GREAT NIGHT AND IT'S A GREAT NIGHT TO CELEBRATE AMERICA IN OUR CITY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG, THANK YOU. I ALSO ATTENDED THE CONCERTS ON THE GREEN WITH SOME OF SOME OF THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS. TON OF PEOPLE. DEFINITELY WORTH GOING. ALTHOUGH I'M A FAN OF NEW JACK SWING, THAT'S WHAT I GREW UP WITH. I THINK THAT'S THE NEWEST GENRE OF MUSIC, AND IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, CLOSE TO 30 YEARS OLD.

SO MAYBE WE, YOU KNOW, MAKE MAYBE NEXT LINEUP, MAYBE WE CHOOSE SOMETHING LESS THAN 30 YEARS OLD, YOU KNOW, MAYBE 2000. THAT'D BE NICE. YOU KNOW, 25, 20 YEARS OLD. YEAH. I ALSO ATTENDED THE AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE RECREATION COMMITTEE, RECREATION, COMMUNITY SERVICES WORK. WE'RE LOOKING AT PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. AND ALSO SHADE STRUCTURE ABSOLUTELY EXCEEDED ALL MY EXPECTATIONS. I DIDN'T HONESTLY, I WASN'T EVEN SURE IF THEY WOULD, YOU KNOW, TAKE A LOOK AT OUR REQUESTS. BUT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE BLOWN AWAY NEXT TIME. NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. DEFINITELY WORTH COMING FOR AND LISTENING TO THEM. SOME SMALL THING. I ALSO I MET AGAIN WITH CYPRESS CITY COLLEGE, CYPRESS COLLEGE AND THEY'RE MAKING SOME HEADWAY ON THE NIGHT MARKET. THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE THIRD THURSDAY OF APRIL SO APRIL 16TH. SO THAT'S SOMETHING DEFINITELY WORTH CHECKING OUT. WE'VE GOT CONTACTS WITH OKAY. WHO DOES THE PACEMAKERS. THEY HAVE LIKE 60 OR 70 VENDORS THAT COME OUT TO THAT THING. SO I DON'T KNOW WE MIGHT NEED SOME HELP. THEY MIGHT NEED SOME HELP FROM THE CITY. SO WE'LL KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THAT. THANK YOU.

RIGHT. MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO, GOOD EVENING. FIRST I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING THANK YOU TO THE RABBI'S INVOCATION FROM THE BEGINNING OF OUR MEETING, I REALLY APPRECIATED THOSE WORDS THAT WERE SPOKEN. SECOND, ATTEND A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEETING WHERE HARRISON RAYNE SPOKE. HE'S AN EXPERT ON FIRE, AND WE DISCUSSED THE RECENT EATON AND PALISADES FIRES. AND HE BROUGHT UP A HOME HARDENING MEASURES. AND SOME OF THE ATTENDEES ASKED ASKED SOME FURTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. AND SO I REACHED OUT TO THE OCFA REACHED OUT TO MATT SCHULTZ. SCHULTZ, OUR DIVISION CHIEF, AND ASKED HIM WHAT RESIDENTS CAN DO, AND HE PROVIDED ON A GREAT LINK ON THE WEBSITE OCFA. ORG, THE WEBSITE UNDER SAFETY TAB. AND THEN YOU GO TO READY, SET, GO. AND IT GIVES A LOT OF ADVICE ON HOW YOU CAN HARDEN YOUR HOME TO REDUCE THE EXPOSURES. SO I WANT TO THANK MATT FOR PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION. THE CDD BOARD MEETING I DIDN'T ATTEND IT ON THE 19TH, BUT LAST WEEK, AS EVERYONE KNOWS, WAS NATIONAL MOSQUITO AWARENESS WEEK. AND AT THE MEETING I SPOKE WITH. LAURA YOUNG, THE HEAD OF OCM, AND SHE TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION. SHE SENT IT TO ME, TALKING ABOUT THE PROCESS TO RESPONDING TO MOSQUITO BORNE DISEASES. IF YOU WANT ME TO SHARE IT WITH YOU, I WOULD BE MORE THAN WILLING TO FORWARD IT TO YOU. ADDITIONALLY, WE'RE HEADING INTO WEST NILE VIRUS SEASON, SO JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER ARE WHEN THINGS PICK UP. AND IN THAT PRESENTATION IT TALKS ABOUT THINGS YOU CAN DO, OBVIOUSLY TO AVOID EXPOSURE. OBVIOUSLY REDUCING SOURCES OF BREEDING PLACES FOR MOSQUITOES.

AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, TRY NOT TO GO OUT DURING SUNRISE, SUNSET, WEAR, MOSQUITO RETARDANT AND SO FORTH. GREAT PRESENTATION. I ALSO ATTENDED THE RAYMOND WEST OPEN HOUSE ON THE 12TH, SHOWCASING ITS NEW HEADQUARTERS. I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND THE LUNCHTIME SESSION, BUT I WENT TO THE AFTERNOON SESSION AND IT WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. WHAT THEY DO, THE LEVEL OF EXPERTISE THEY EXHIBIT, THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH TOYOTA, AND MANY OF THE REASONS WHY THEY CHOSE CYPRESS AS THEIR NEW HEADQUARTERS. ADDITIONALLY, ON THE 12TH, I WASN'T AT THE LUNCHTIME SESSION FOR RAYMOND WEST BECAUSE I WAS ATTENDING THE MOBILE OFFICE HOURS FOR OUR LOCAL ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISOR. THEY HAD SOME. SHE HAD A REPRESENTATIVE. JANET HAD A REPRESENTATIVE HERE FROM HER OFFICE, AND IT WAS OVER AT THE LIBRARY. SO IT'S A GREAT SOURCE IF YOU WANT TO GO OUT AND REACH OUT TO THEM. SHE'S THAT OFFICE IS TRAVELING THROUGHOUT THE REGION, AND SO I'M NOT SURE WHEN THEY'LL BE BACK. BUT IF YOU EVER WANT TO GO, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GO ALL THE WAY DOWN THERE, YOU CAN GO AHEAD. AND SHE'S TRYING TO GET LOCAL. I ATTENDED OFF CONCERTS ON THE GREEN ON THE 13TH FRIDAY AND THE UPCOMING SALUTE TO AMERICA. LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. SO I ATTENDED MANY OF THE SAME EVENTS AS MY COLLEAGUES. COUNCIL MEMBER PETE AND I ARE IN THE COMMUNITY FESTIVAL SUBCOMMITTEE, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO BE WORKING WITH THEM, AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE EVENT THIS YEAR, THE FIRST WEEKEND OF OCTOBER. CONCERTS ON THE GREEN. I'VE BEEN TO BOTH OF THOSE, AND I APPRECIATE THE RESIDENTS WHO'VE COME UP TO ME WITH COMMENTS OR CONCERNS, OR POINTED OUT THINGS THEY'D LIKE