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DIRECTION, AND NO FURTHER REPORTABLE ACTION WAS TAKEN. THAT CONCLUDES THE REPORT.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THAT BRINGS US TO ORAL COMMUNICATIONS ON AGENDA ITEMS. 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 PUBLIC OF THE PUBLIC DURING THE MEETING. PLEASE COMPLETE A SPEAKER'S CARD AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL IN PERSON, OR FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS AT THE END OF THE AGENDA AND WAIT FOR THE MAYOR OR CITY CLERK TO CALL ON YOU TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL VIRTUALLY IN PERSON. SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED ON FIRST. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE BROOKE, FOLLOWED BY MARILYN REAMS. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. I'M HERE TONIGHT ON ITEM NUMBER 12. IS A RESIDENT REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL APPROVE. AND I'M ALSO HERE ON BEHALF OF BRITTANY, WHO SENT ME A MESSAGE.

AND I'M GOING TO READ IT INTO THE RECORD. PLEASE LET THEM KNOW. I HAD ANOTHER MEETING. IT

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WAS HER SON'S FOOTBALL MEETING AND SHE'S BEEN TRYING TO MAKE IT AND WILL BE THERE AS SOON AS SHE CAN. SHE SAYS SHE SPEAKS ON BEHALF OF OUR ENTIRE BOARD WHEN SHE SAYS THANK YOU TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR THEIR WORK. AND THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF US. THANK YOU. MARILYN REAMS. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. I ALSO. WANT TO LEND MY MY SUPPORT AS A RESIDENT TO ITEM NUMBER 12. THEY NEED ALL THE HELP THEY CAN GET. AND I'M SO GLAD YOU GUYS, AS AN AD HOC COMMITTEE SAW THE NEED AND STEPPED UP. AND BOY OH BOY, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL THING TO DO BECAUSE IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT THING TO DO IN THIS CITY. I ALSO WANT TO SAY TO THE PUBLIC WORKS. THERE'S A MAN NAMED KEVIN. I DON'T KNOW WHO HE IS.

I'M ASSUMING YOU DO. AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO HIM. HE GETS A RAISE. I KNOW I'M NOT IN CHARGE OF THAT, BUT I CALLED THE OFFICE WITH A CONCERN THAT WAS GOING ON IN ON AN INTERSECTION. IT WASN'T EVEN CYPRESS. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT. BUT HE WENT OVER AND ABOVE. HE CALLED LASALLE AND HE GOT A RESOLUTION AND HE GOT THE PROBLEM FIXED. SO PLEASE BRING HIM. IF HE'S OLD ENOUGH TO DRINK, I'LL BRING HIM A BOTTLE OF WINE ANYWAY, JUST AMAZING.

AND THE RESIDENTS IN MY COMMUNITY IN OVATION, ALL 500 OF US ARE THANKING HIM FOR HIS HELP IN RESOLVING A DANGEROUS SITUATION. SO ANYWAY, THE OTHER. I WANT TO ALSO SUPPORT ON THE NEW BUSINESS ITEMS TEN AND 11. I AGAIN FOR MR. BURTON'S STEPPING UP, STEPPING IN AND TAKING OVER AN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT SITUATION. AGAIN, I'M NOT IN CHARGE OF THE MONEY, BUT I'D LIKE TRIPLE THAT AMOUNT TO GIVE YOU. BY DOING SO AND SO GRACIOUSLY. THANK YOU. AND AND THEN ALSO ITEM 11. I AM THANKFUL THAT THE CITY IS IN GOOD HANDS AND THAT YOU GUYS ARE ARE ALREADY WORKING ON THIS AND THAT THE CITY'S NOT FLOUNDERING AT ALL UNDER THIS AMAZING LEADERSHIP. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER IN-PERSON SPEAKER CARDS FOR AGENDA ITEMS OTHER THAN THE PUBLIC HEARING. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON AN AGENDA ITEM? OKAY, MADAM CITY CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY HANDS RAISED ONLINE? NO, MR. MAYOR, THEN WE

[ 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.]

WILL MOVE ON 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 WOULD LIKE TO PULL, OR ITEMS THEY WOULD LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS OR OFFER COMMENTS ABOUT? COUNCIL MEMBER PETE. YEAH, I DON'T WANT TO PULL. I JUST WANT TO MAYBE MENTION A CONVERSATION THAT I HAD WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. AND PLEASE FILL IN ANY INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN. I HAD SPECIFICALLY ASKED HIM ABOUT ITEM. ITEM SIX AND ITEM SEVEN, AND SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO TWO THINGS. ONE IS THE SINGLE BID THAT CAME IN FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE DOORS OF THE SENIOR CENTER. AND THE SECOND THING WAS IN BOTH SIX AND SEVEN WAS THE THE COST GROWTH FROM OUR ORIGINAL ESTIMATE. AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT HOWEVER WE DO THIS, WE MAKE SURE THAT WE WE WE'RE NOT ALWAYS TAPPING INTO OUR RESERVES TO DO SOME OF THIS. AND THE QUESTION I HAD WAS, WHAT CAN WE DO DIFFERENTLY IN THE FUTURE IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE? BECAUSE WE KNOW CONSTRUCTION COSTS, MATERIAL COSTS, EVERYTHING IS GOING UP. AND SO DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF THE ESTIMATES WE DO, WE MAY SEE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE. SO SO THE QUESTION AND AND I'M HOPING I'M NOT PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT, NICK. BUT THE QUESTION I HAD FOR HIM WAS ARE THERE THINGS FOR SOME OF THE BIGGER PROJECTS THAT MAYBE WE CAN DO IN THE FUTURE TO ALIGN THE I'LL CALL IT ESTIMATES WITH THE END UP QUOTES OR THE THINGS THAT END UP IN OUR CIP. SO AGAIN, I'M GOING TO APPROVE

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THEM. I JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR EVERYBODY TO KIND OF HEAR WHAT YOU TOLD ME. YES.

I THINK ONE OF THE OPTIONS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT FOR THESE LARGER PROJECTS, IF WE DO HAVE THE LUXURY OF TIME, IS TO POTENTIALLY SPLIT THE PROJECT INTO TWO PHASES, WHERE IN YEAR ONE WE DO THE DESIGN, GET TO ABOUT 90% PLANS, FINALIZE THE SCOPE, GET A CONCRETE ESTIMATE THAT WE CAN PUT INTO THE BUDGET, AND THEN CONSTRUCT IN YEAR TWO. CURRENTLY, WHAT WE'RE DOING THE PROJECTS IS WE'RE DESIGNING AND CONSTRUCTING IN YEAR ONE. SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO PREDICT WHAT THE COST WILL BE BASED ON WHAT WE THINK THE SCOPE WILL BE. SO BY POTENTIALLY SPLITTING THE PROJECT INTO TWO, THAT MAY HELP US COME WITH MORE, MORE ACCURATE COST ESTIMATES FOR THE BUDGET. OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. AND AND THE OTHER THING WAS THE THE SINGLE BID. AND I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH GENESIS FROM PREVIOUS THINGS AS WELL AS THE SENSE OF URGENCY IN THE SENIOR CENTER TO TRY TO GET THOSE DOORS REPLACED AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE ON THAT? YES. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT ALSO THAT THIS PROCESS WAS A COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS. IT DID FOLLOW ALL LEGAL REQUIREMENTS. WHILE GETTING ONE BID IS UNUSUAL, IT IS NOT UNCOMMON. PUBLIC WORKS HAS WORKED WITH THE ARCHITECT TO REVIEW THE COST OR THE BID, AND IT DOES APPEAR TO BE FAIR AND REASONABLE. AND LIKE YOU MENTIONED, GENESIS BUILDERS. THEY WERE ALSO THE CONTRACTOR THAT BID AND THEY WERE THE LOWEST BIDDER FOR THE SENIOR CENTER IMPROVEMENTS ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. AND THEY HAVE BID ON A NUMBER OF PROJECTS HERE AT THE CITY, AND THEY WERE NORMALLY THE SECOND OR THIRD LOWEST BIDDER. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS. I REALLY I JUST WANTED TO I'M GOING TO APPROVE IT. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTOOD WERE SOME OF MY QUESTIONS WERE THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I WAS GOING TO ASK A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON THOSE ITEMS AS WELL. I JUST WANT TO MAKE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT WE'RE INSTALLING AND HOW THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE CURRENTLY HAVE THE THE THREE SLIDING DOORS, ONE IN THE FRONT AND TWO KIND OF IN THE BACK BY THE PARKING AREA. AND SO FOR THIS PROJECT, ALL THREE WOULD BE REPLACED. IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. ALL THREE SLIDING DOORS WILL BE REPLACED. THEY WILL BE REPLACED WITH A SWINGING DOOR. SO THE DOORS WILL SWING OPEN. THEY WON'T BE SLIDING TYPE DOORS, BUT THEY WILL STILL HAVE ADA ACCESSIBILITY WHERE YOU CAN COME UP, PUSH A BUTTON AND THE DOORS WILL OPEN. AND WHAT WAS THE MAIN REASON TO CHANGE FROM SLIDING DOORS TO SWINGING DOORS? ONE OF THE BIGGEST FACTORS WAS THE COST. THE SLIDING DOORS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE EXPENSIVE COMPARED TO SWINGING DOORS. ANOTHER CONSIDERATION ALSO IS THAT DUE TO THE LAYOUT OF THAT ATRIUM, IF YOU WILL, IF YOU WERE TO JUST WALK BY THE SLIDING DOORS, THE DOORS WOULD SLIDE OPEN AND THAT WOULD ALLOW THE COOL AIR TO ESCAPE BY HAVING THE THE SWINGING DOORS THAT WILL HELP US ALLOW US TO CONTROL THE TEMPERATURE MUCH MORE EFFICIENTLY WITHIN THE BUILDING ITSELF. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A QUESTION FOR YOU OR MR. DRAPER, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT, I GUESS, SENIORS WITH PERHAPS LIMITED MOBILITY, HAVING A MORE DIFFICULT TIME WITH SWINGING DOORS AND WITH SLIDING DOORS.

OUR STAFF IS AWARE OF IT, AND THEY DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE THE ADA, THE TOUCH BUTTONS TO WHERE IF YOU HIT IT, THE DOOR WILL AUTOMATICALLY OPEN. SAME THING AS WHAT HAS BEEN DONE TO THE RESTROOMS OVER THERE AS WELL. OKAY. AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO ASK YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE EAST WING HVAC PROJECT REPLACEMENT, BECAUSE THAT'S ANOTHER ONE WHERE THE COST HAS GONE UP SUBSTANTIALLY OVER THE BUDGET, AND SO HAVE WE SPENT A LOT ON THIS, ON MAINTAINING OR ON MAINTENANCE OF THIS SYSTEM IN RECENT YEARS. LIKE WHAT CONDITION IS IT IN? WE DO DO ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW REPAIRS OVER THE YEARS, PROBABLY TOTALING AROUND $10,000. BUT I DO WANT TO STRESS THAT ROUTINE MAINTENANCE IS JUST THAT. IT CANNOT REVERSE, YOU KNOW, AGE, CORROSION. AND ALSO WITH THESE UNITS REACHING UP TO 18 TO 20 YEARS, PARTS ARE MORE DIFFICULT TO SOURCE. SOMETIMES THESE THESE PARTS ALSO BECOME OBSOLETE. SO AGAIN, ROUTINE MAINTENANCE IS JUST THAT. HOWEVER, IT DOESN'T PREVENT, YOU KNOW, A FAILURE COMING DOWN THE LINE. AND SO ESSENTIALLY IS IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT EVEN THOUGH THIS SYSTEM IS WORKING NOW, AND I SUPPOSE THE MAINTENANCE COSTS HAVE NOT BEEN OVERWHELMING, YOU'RE CONCERNED THAT IF WE DON'T MAKE THIS EXPENDITURE NOW, IT'S GOING TO, I GUESS, ESSENTIALLY BREAK DOWN IN THE NEAR FUTURE. I GUESS IF YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU ONLY SPENT 10,000 OR SOMETHING ON MAINTENANCE, I'D THINK, WELL,

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MAYBE WE SHOULD KEEP DOING THAT FOR A FEW MORE YEARS RATHER THAN SPEND $900,000. BUT SO WHAT'S THE CALCULATION THERE? SO YES, THE UNITS STILL, THEY STILL WORK FINE. NOW, WE HAVE HAD ISSUES IN THE PAST. WHAT WE DO WHEN WE ASSESS THESE FACILITIES. WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR AND A CONSULTANT. TAKE A LOOK AT IT. WE DO USE INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICE. SO BECAUSE THESE UNITS ARE CLOSE TO 18 TO 20 YEARS OLD, IT DOES CARRY THE RISK OF A FAILURE DOWN THE ROAD. IT IS FISCALLY PRUDENT TO REPLACE THEM ON A SCHEDULE LIKE WE ARE NOW, VERSUS WAITING FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD. EMERGENCY FAILURES COULD CAUSE POTENTIALLY TWICE AS MUCH YOU'RE PAYING FOR EMERGENCY WORK TEMPORARY UNITS, NOT TO MENTION THE IMPACTS TO THE BUILDING OCCUPANTS ITSELF. THANK YOU. AND ON A RELATED NOTE, I NOTICED THAT WE HAVE UPCOMING PROJECTS IN OUR FUTURE CIP YEARS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO THIS, OR TO THE HVAC OR TO THE DOOR REPLACEMENT, BUT FOR EXAMPLE, THE DOOR REPLACEMENT, I THINK AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS BUDGETED AS $150,000 A COUPLE OF YEARS FROM NOW. IN LIGHT OF THIS NEW ESTIMATE FOR THE SENIOR CENTER, DOES THAT MEAN NEXT TIME THE CIP COMES BACK, THAT'S GOING TO BE A HIGHER BUDGET FOR THOSE PROJECTS AS WELL? THAT IS LIKELY, YES. EVERY TIME WE WORK ON THE CIP, EVERY YEAR FOR THE SEVEN YEAR CIP, WE DO REEVALUATE THE SCOPE AND CURRENT CONSTRUCTION COST, AS WELL AS MARKET VOLATILITIES SUCH AS TARIFFS, INFLATION, ETC. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER SEE YOU HAVE A QUESTION. THANK YOU.

IN REGARDS TO DELAYING THIS MAINTENANCE OR THE REPLACEMENT OF THESE DOORS. WE'RE LOOKING AT 900,000 NOW. BUT IF WE KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD A COUPLE OF YEARS THAT COULD BE 1,000,001 1,000,002, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. SO THAT'S ASPECT NUMBER ONE. ASPECT NUMBER TWO IS SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS NOW AND WE DELAY IT, AND GOD FORBID A SENIOR OR A STAFF MEMBER GETS HURT BECAUSE OF THE DOORS THAT COULD LEAD US OPEN FOR SOME FORM OF LIABILITY AS WELL. SO MY VOTE IS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THEN I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS. I'LL SECOND. I'LL SECOND. I'LL SECOND THAT. THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT.

THAT BRINGS US TO OUR PUBLIC HEARING. ESTABLISH A RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT DISTRICT NORTH AND WEST OF LEXINGTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. AND THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS PUBLIC HEARING ITEM. FIRST, I WANT TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO DISCLOSE ANY COMMUNICATIONS THEY'VE HAD WITH ANYONE RELEVANT TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING ITEM, I GUESS, I SUPPOSE. CAN YOU CLARIFY, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, SINCE THIS IS NOT A DEVELOPER BUT A PARKING PERMIT DISTRICT, HOW DOES THAT WORK? GOOD QUESTION. THANKS, MAYOR. TYPICALLY WHEN IT'S A DEVELOPER, YOU DISCLOSE ANY CONVERSATIONS YOU HAD WITH THE APPLICANT SLASH DEVELOPER. IN THIS CASE, IT SUFFICES TO JUST SIMPLY SAY WHETHER YOU SPOKE TO ANY PROPONENTS OR OPPONENTS WITHOUT THE NEED TO DISCLOSE NAMES. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO I'VE SPOKEN WITH A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN THAT AREA OVER, I'D SAY THE PAST YEAR. TO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES, HAVE ANY SIMILAR DISCLOSURES. OKAY. THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE

[9. Establish a Residential Parking Permit District North and West of Lexington Junior High School Prepared by: Nick Mangkalakiri, Director of Public Works Recommendation: Establish a residential parking permit district on Livermore Place, Manchester Place, Dorset Drive, Sussex Circle, Dover Circle, Devon Circle, Somerset Lane, and portions of Surrey Drive between 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.]

PRESENTATION BY OUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER, MR. DAVE ROSEMAN, WILL BE PRESENTING TONIGHT. THANK YOU. HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING DISTRICT, WITH OVERNIGHT PARKING PROHIBITIONS IN THE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD NORTH AND WEST OF LEXINGTON JUNIOR HIGH. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PARKING PERMIT DISTRICT IS A RESIDENT INITIATED PROCESS TO ALLEVIATE PARKING CONGESTION CREATED BY OVERFLOW PARKING FROM ADJACENT PROPERTIES. THE GOAL OF THE PARKING DISTRICT IS TO PROVIDE RESIDENTS WITH A REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF BEING ABLE TO PARK NEAR THEIR HOMES. THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS FOUR PARKING DISTRICTS. TWO ARE NEAR SCHOOLS TO ADDRESS OVERFLOW PARKING ON SCHOOL DAYS. ONE DISTRICT IS LOCATED EAST OF OXFORD ACADEMY

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AND THE OTHER IS LOCATED EAST OF CYPRESS HIGH SCHOOL. THE TWO OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE OVERNIGHT PARKING RESTRICTIONS TO ADDRESS OVERFLOW PARKING IMPACTS FROM ADJACENT MULTI-UNIT HOUSING COMPLEXES. IN ALL FOUR CASES, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PARKING DISTRICTS WAS SUCCESSFUL IN ADDRESSING PARKING CONGESTION AND THE RESIDENTS CONCERNS. IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR, RESIDENTS RESIDING NORTH AND WEST OF LEXINGTON JUNIOR HIGH SUBMITTED AN OFFICIAL PETITION REQUESTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PARKING DISTRICT THAT WOULD LIMIT PARKING TO PERMITTED VEHICLES ONLY BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 2 A.M. AND 6 A.M. IN THE MORNING.

THE NEW PARKING DISTRICT IS BEING REQUESTED TO ADDRESS PARKING CONGESTION ARISING FROM OVERFLOW PARKING FROM THE LINCOLN CENTER MOBILE HOME PARK AND CASA GRANDE APARTMENT HOMES, BOTH OF WHICH ARE LOCATED NORTH OF SURREY DRIVE. THE PROPOSED PARKING DISTRICT IS SHOWN ON THE OVERHEAD SCREEN THERE TO GIVE YOU A CONTEXT OF WHERE IT'S AT. THE PROPOSED AREA INCLUDES 132 PROPERTIES AND APPROXIMATELY 204 ON STREET PARKING SPACES. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE PROPOSED DISTRICT ONLY INCLUDES THE SOUTH CURVE OF SURREY DRIVE, IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE EIGHT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. THE NORTHERN CURB OF SLURRY DRIVE, SURREY DRIVE AND SOUTH CURVE OF CURVE OF SURREY DRIVE EAST OF THOSE EIGHT HOMES WILL REMAIN UNAFFECTED, ALLOWING PUBLIC PARKING OVERNIGHT WITHOUT THE NEED FOR A PERMIT. THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION REVIEWED THIS MATTER AND TOOK PUBLIC TESTIMONY AT THEIR JUNE 17TH MEETING. THE COMMISSION VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ESTABLISH A PARKING DISTRICT, AS REQUESTED BY THE RESIDENTS. AS OF AUGUST 27TH, I HAVE DETERMINED THAT 77% OF THE PROPERTIES WITHIN THE PROPOSED PARKING DISTRICT HAVE RESIDENTS THAT SUPPORT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PARKING DISTRICT AND OVERNIGHT PARKING PROHIBITION. I'VE ALSO REVIEWED THE PARKING CONDITIONS AND HAVE DETERMINED THAT THE MUNICIPAL CODE CRITERIA FOR CONSIDERATION OF A PARKING DISTRICT HAVE BEEN MET WITH 84% OF THE PARKING SPACES ON SURREY DRIVE AND LEXINGTON DRIVE BEING OCCUPIED ON A TYPICAL WEEKNIGHT. FURTHERMORE, 53% OF THOSE VEHICLES PARKED ON THE STREET WERE DETERMINED TO NOT BE OWNED BY RESIDENTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I ALSO BELIEVE THE PROPOSED PARKING DISTRICT, AS REQUESTED BY THE RESIDENTS, CONSTITUTES A SELF-CONTAINED AREA OF PARKING DEMAND AND SUPPLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MUNICIPAL CODE.

ALTHOUGH THE ENTIRE PROPOSED PARKING DISTRICT HAS A HIGH LEVEL OF SUPPORT FROM THE RESIDENTS, ONE STREET, DOVER CIRCLE, HAD ONLY A MINORITY OF RESIDENTS IN SUPPORT. SINCE DOVER CIRCLE IS PART OF THE SELF-CONTAINED AREA, I RECOMMEND THAT THE STREET BE INCLUDED IN THE PARKING DISTRICT, BUT NO PARKING SIGNS BE INSTALLED AT THIS TIME.

THEREFORE, THE OVERNIGHT PARKING PROHIBITION WOULD NOT BE POSTED NOR ENFORCED, NOR WILL RESIDENTS NEED TO OBTAIN PARKING PERMITS SHOULD IN THE FUTURE. THE RESIDENTS OF DOVER CIRCLE REQUEST THE POSTING OF SIGNS. PUBLIC WORKS COULD IMPLEMENT THE CHANGE ADMINISTRATIVELY, SINCE THE STREET WOULD BE WITHIN THE PARKING DISTRICT BOUNDARY. IF THE PARKING PERMIT PARKING DISTRICT IS APPROVED, RESIDENTS WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO PURCHASE PERMITS UNLESS THEY PARK ON THE STREET BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 2 A.M. AND 6 A.M.

RESIDENTS WILL HAVE THE OPTION OF OBTAINING TWO VEHICLE PERMITS. AND I HAVE I HAVE SAMPLES HERE. THIS IS THE TWO OF THESE TYPES THAT FIT ON A BUMPER. AND THEN ONE OF THESE, WHICH IS A GUEST HANG TAG THAT CAN GO FROM THE FROM THE REAR VIEW MIRROR. AND EACH OF THESE PERMITS COST HAS A ONE TIME COST OF $39, WHICH MEANS ONCE YOU HAVE THE PERMIT, IT'S GOOD FOR AS LONG AS YOU HAVE THE CAR, AS LONG AS YOU HAVE THE PERMIT. ENFORCEMENT OF THE PARKING DISTRICT IS TYPICALLY COMPLAINT BASED, AND PUBLIC WORKS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ORDERING AND INSTALLING THE NECESSARY SIGNAGE, AND THE PARKING RESTRICTIONS WILL LIKELY GO INTO EFFECT ON JANUARY 1ST, 2026. THIS CONCLUDES MY STAFF REPORT ON THIS MATTER AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. ROSEMAN. DO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE QUESTIONS THEY WOULD LIKE TO ASK REGARDING THE PROPOSED PARKING DISTRICT? I HAD ONE QUESTION RELATED TO ENFORCEMENT SINCE YOU RAISED THE TOPIC, AND WE'VE HAD OTHER AREAS IN THE CITY THAT HAVE HAD THESE DISTRICTS. YOU SAID THAT ENFORCEMENT IS COMPLAINT BASED.

HAS THERE HAVE WE HAD TO DEVOTE SIGNIFICANT CITY RESOURCES TO ENFORCEMENT IN THESE OTHER DISTRICTS, OR HAVE RESIDENTS? AND I GUESS GUESTS LARGELY ABIDED BY THE PERMIT AREAS? I WOULD DEFER TO THE POLICE CHIEF ON THAT. BUT FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT GENERALLY PEOPLE OBEY THE SIGNS. AND SO IT'S A VERY EFFECTIVE SOLUTION. OKAY. THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING. YES, HE'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. WE HAVE NOTICED THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE, THE MAJORITY OF

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THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY COMPLY WITH THE PARKING REGULATIONS. AND VERY RARELY ARE WE GETTING CALLS THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 6 IN THE MORNING TO GO OUT THERE AND WRITE A CITATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO. OH, COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG. THANK YOU. IS THERE AN EXPECTATION FOR WHERE THESE CURRENT PARKING RESIDENTS WILL, WILL GO FROM THE MOBILE HOME OR THE APARTMENT COMPLEX? I'M A LITTLE BIT WORRIED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO A NEIGHBORING NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD. YEAH. SO WORKING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE DID A PARKING SURVEY OUT THERE, AND WE FOUND THAT ESSENTIALLY THE DEMAND IS ABOUT 30 TO 35 CARS THAT ARE FLOWING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND WE WENT OUT AND LOOKED ON SURRY DRIVE. SURRY DRIVE IS NOT ALWAYS ALL THE WAY PARKED, SO THERE'S A SUFFICIENT PARKING AVAILABLE FOR THOSE 35 CARS ALONG SURRY DRIVE, AS WELL AS A LITTLE BIT ALONG AS WELL. SO IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE PUSHING THEM FURTHER AWAY. THOSE SOME OF THOSE SPOTS ARE ACTUALLY CLOSER THAN FURTHER INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. REMEMBER LAST TIME YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT OR SOMEONE HAD TALKED ABOUT THERE BEING A GATE THAT OPENS UP ON SURRY STREET? SURRY DRIVE THAT GOES KIND OF NORTH AND SOUTH AND A SHORTCUT. IS THAT STILL OPEN OR DID THEY CLOSE THAT? YEAH. THERE IS A GATE FROM THE LINCOLN CENTER MOBILE HOME PARK THAT THEY CONTROL THAT THEY'VE DECIDED TO LEAVE OPEN. AND IN THE PAST I'D HEARD THAT IT HAD BEEN CLOSED AT ONE POINT AND WAS OPEN DURING THE DAY AND CLOSED AT NIGHT, BUT NOW IT'S OPEN ALL THE TIME. ALL RIGHT. AND JUST TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD YOUR ANSWER TO COUNCILMEMBER CHANG'S QUESTION, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE SAYING, SHOULD THIS DISTRICT BE CREATED, YOU DON'T ANTICIPATE A, I GUESS, A DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD HAVING THE CARS MOVE THERE. IT'S MORE THAT THE 30 OR 35 CARS WOULD MORE LIKELY BE CONCENTRATED IN A DIFFERENT PART OF THE STREET, ESSENTIALLY IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD. IS THAT SOUND ABOUT RIGHT? YEAH. YES. THAT'S CORRECT. IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP AND AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO THE MOBILE HOME PARK WHERE THAT GATE IS, THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER WAS TALKING ABOUT IS JUST RIGHT AFTER THE CURVE OF THE ROAD OF SURRY AND LEXINGTON. IF YOU WERE TO WALK ALL THE WAY AROUND, SAY TO CHESTER DRIVE, THAT WOULD BE A LOT FURTHER THAN JUST PARKING ON SURRY DRIVE AND WALKING TO THE GATE. AND IF YOU GO OUT, I PERSONALLY WENT OUT THERE AND CHECKED IT, AND I AND I FOUND THAT THERE WAS SUFFICIENT PARKING ALONG SURRY DRIVE TO THE EAST AND THEN ALONG DANNY TO PARK. SO I DON'T THINK ANYONE WILL EVEN CROSS ANY. THERE'D BE SUFFICIENT PARKING ON THE ON THE WEST SIDE OF DANNY. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO ANY OTHER ANY FINAL QUESTIONS BEFORE I INVITE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC COUNCIL MEMBER PETE? YEAH. I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THIS UNTIL I LOOKED AT THE MAP. SO IS THERE ARE THE SCHOOL PROPERTIES CLOSED OFF? IN OTHER WORDS, MORE WORRIED ABOUT ARNOLD THAN I AM? LEXINGTON. SO, DO YOU KNOW, DO THEY HAVE GATES WHERE PEOPLE WOULDN'T PARK THERE AT NIGHT? I THINK THEY DO. RIGHT. YEAH.

THERE'S NOT A GATE. I THINK THERE MAY BE A CHAIN ACROSS THERE. YEAH. SOME KIND OF CLOSURE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BECAUSE I COULD SEE THAT MIGHT GO OVER TO THE NIGHT TIMES THAT I'VE BEEN OUT THERE AND OBSERVED THE PARKING SITUATION. THERE'S NOBODY PARKING IN THAT.

THAT PARKING LOT. THAT'S OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, WELL, THEN I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON THE ITEM. I CURRENTLY HAVE TWO CARDS. BILL ROSENBERG, FOLLOWED BY PAUL KOKKINOS. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE RESIDENTIAL PARKING. RESTRICTED PARKING DISTRICT, AS DESCRIBED BY PUBLIC WORKS. OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS UNIQUE IN THAT WE'RE THE ONLY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S BORDERED BY THE CITY'S LARGEST MOBILE HOME PARK, THE CITY'S LARGEST APARTMENT COMPLEX, AND THREE SCHOOLS LEXINGTON JUNIOR HIGH, ARNOLD ELEMENTARY, AND ABC ARNOLD PRESCHOOL. THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS AT RISK DUE TO BAD BEHAVIOR RELATED TO OVERFLOW PARKING, PRIMARILY FROM THE MOBILE HOME PARK. THIS

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ACTIVITY CONSISTS OF LOITERING, PUBLIC ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION, DRUG USE, INTIMATE SEXUAL ACTIVITY, LITTERING, AND LOUD NOISES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, SUCH AS LAST NIGHT. I'M A LITTLE SLEEP DEPRIVED BECAUSE SOMEBODY PARKED ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE AND MADE A LOT OF NOISE AT 145 IN THE MORNING DURING MY MORNING WALKS, I FREQUENTLY FREQUENTLY FIND AND PICK UP DISCARDED FAST FOOD TRASH AND EMPTY ALCOHOL BOTTLES AND CANS. IN RECENT MONTHS, I'VE COME ACROSS EMPTY CANNABIS CONTAINERS, NITROUS OXIDE CANISTERS, A BAG OF DRUGS WHICH I REPORTED TO PD, AND A CRACK PIPE. THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW TIMES I'VE COME ACROSS DISCARDED CONDOMS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, AND OFTENTIMES THESE ITEMS ARE FOUND WITHIN A HUNDRED YARDS OF SCHOOL GROUNDS. I AND OTHER RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS SINCE 2018 TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. SO THIS IS NOT A NEW ISSUE FOR US. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE SITUATION HAS GOTTEN SIGNIFICANTLY WORSE SINCE THE MOBILE HOME PARK MANAGEMENT DECIDED THEY WERE NO LONGER GOING TO LOCK THE GATE. THEIR ACCESS GATE ON SURRY DRIVE. AT NIGHT. SEVERAL CITY EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING POLICE OFFICERS, HAVE RECOMMENDED TO HOMEOWNERS, INCLUDING MYSELF, THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PETITION FOR RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT DISTRICT. AND ALTHOUGH SUCH A DISTRICT WILL NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEMS, IT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY MITIGATE THEM. SO I'M ASKING CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT TO PLEASE APPROVE THE PROPOSED PARKING DISTRICT. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. PAUL KOKKINOS. EVENING COUNCIL PAUL KOKKINOS, CYPRUS RESIDENT I LIVE IN THE IMPACTED AREA ON SOMERSET LANE AND I WANT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS SPECIAL PARKING AREA. EVERYTHING MR. ROSENBERG SAID, IN MY PERSONAL OPINION IS ACCURATE. SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SEE. THE OTHER THING THAT I DID JUST TO FURTHER LOOK WAS TO DRIVE INTO THE TRAILER PARK, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH I'VE LIVED IN CYPRUS FOR A LONG TIME, I HADN'T BEEN IN THE PARK, IN THE TRAILER PARK TRAILER PARK IN DECADES. IT'S REMARKABLE. EVERY ONE I DROVE PAST HAD AT LEAST TWO PARKING SPOTS IN IT, SOME OF THEM THREE BECAUSE IT'S THE WHOLE LENGTH OF THE MOBILE HOME. THERE ARE UNITS THERE THAT HAVE TWO CAR GARAGES, SO ADJACENT TO THEM I DIDN'T SEE THOSE RESIDENTS FULL OF PARKING, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DENSITY IS LIKE IN THE TRAILER PARK, BUT IT'S GOT TO BE HIGH BECAUSE IF THERE ARE THAT MANY PARKING SPACES AVAILABLE AND YOU HAVE THAT MANY MORE PEOPLE PARKING IN THE IMPACTED AREA, THEN SOMETHING'S SOMETHING'S UP. SO WITH THAT, I HOPE YOU CAN VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS. WOULD APPRECIATE IT. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OKAY, THEN I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. DO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE COMMENTS THEY'D LIKE TO MAKE? COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG, YOU? YEAH, I ACTUALLY HAVE SOME RESERVATIONS ON THIS. AND I WANTED TO HEAR THE UNBIASED OPINIONS OF MY COUNCIL MEMBERS. I RECOGNIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, COMING HOME LATE AT NIGHT, IT CAN BE A NUISANCE IF IT'S HARD TO FIND PARKING. BUT THE STREETS ARE NOT PRIVATE PROPERTY. IF SOMEONE'S PARKING IN THAT SPACE RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY HOME, I DON'T HAVE ANY RIGHT TO HAVE THEM MOVE. YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE AS MUCH A RIGHT TO THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY, THAT PUBLIC PROPERTY AS ANYBODY ELSE. AND SO I, I HAVE SOME RESERVATIONS ABOUT ESSENTIALLY TURNING THIS PUBLIC PROPERTY INTO A KIND OF SHARED PRIVATE PROPERTY. ON THE OTHER HAND, I RECOGNIZE THAT THIS ISN'T THE FIRST PARKING DISTRICT THAT WE'VE CREATED. THERE'S ALREADY LAWS IN PLACE.

THERE'S ALREADY A PRECEDENCE SET THAT THAT THAT MAKES IT SO THAT CYPRUS CAN CREATE THESE PARKING DISTRICTS. AND I DON'T WANT TO DISADVANTAGE THESE RESIDENTS FROM CREATING A PARKING DISTRICT COMPARED TO THE FOUR OTHER PARKING DISTRICTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN CREATED. AND I KNOW THAT AS WE SEE MORE AND MORE DEVELOPMENTS ON KATELLA AND ON LINCOLN, THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE THIS PROBLEM MORE AND MORE, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE RISE IN

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HIGH RISES AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS. THAT'S GOING TO POP UP ON LINCOLN AND KATELLA. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A LONG TERM SOLUTION TO, YOU KNOW, THE NEED FOR PARKING IN CYPRUS. SO, YOU KNOW, I'M I'M WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT ALL THIS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MINIKUS. THANK YOU. FIRST AND FOREMOST, SORRY FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH FOR ALL THESE YEARS. WORKING IN LONG BEACH. I DEALT WITH THE SAME THINGS THAT THE SAME ISSUES THAT YOU GUYS ARE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW. AND IT'S SAD. IT REALLY IS THAT PEOPLE FIND A PLACE AND THEY HAVE NO RESPECT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE AND THEIR WAY OF LIFE. THE THE THINGS THAT YOU FOUND OUT ON THE STREETS ARE, ARE NOT UNCOMMON IN MANY PARTS OF LONG BEACH AS WELL. AND SO I THINK TO TO YOUR POINT, KYLE, IS THAT IN INSTANCES LIKE THIS, I THINK IT'S NECESSARY WHEN THINGS HAVE BEEN OUT OF HAND FOR SO MANY YEARS, THAT WE AS A COUNCIL AND A GOVERNING BODY, ACT TO HELP PROTECT THOSE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THAT SPECIFIC AREA IN THE FUTURE, IF IT EVER WERE TO TURN AROUND OR SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN WHERE THAT NO LONGER WENT AWAY, THEN THE FUTURE COUNCILS CAN POSSIBLY RECONSIDER THAT. I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT I THINK FOR RIGHT NOW, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO TO HAVE THIS IN PLACE SO THAT WE CAN PROTECT THE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE LIVED THERE FOR A LONG TIME. SO THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PETE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YEAH, THE QUESTION AND I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO WHAT THE RESIDENT TALKED ABOUT AND THE TIMING OF LAST NIGHT'S INCIDENT. RIGHT. WHICH IF I UNDERSTOOD IT WAS CORRECTLY, I DIDN'T WRITE IT DOWN, BUT IT WAS IN THE ONE 3145 ISH RANGE. THAT'S OUTSIDE THE RANGE OF THE 2 TO 6. I KNOW IT'S VERY CLOSE. RIGHT. SO I APPRECIATE THE 2 TO 6. AND AND THAT MAY NEED TO BE EXPANDED. RIGHT. BECAUSE CLEARLY I THINK. THERE MAY BE MAYBE A NEED OKAY. WHERE IT'S CLOSER TO LIKE MIDNIGHT OR, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I'M NOT SUGGESTING A CHANGE. I THINK LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH 2 TO 6, BUT LET'S NOT CLOSE OUR EYES THAT EVERYTHING'S SOLVED BY 2 TO 6 BECAUSE IT MIGHT NEED TO EXPAND. AND THAT'S JUST A COMMENT I DON'T. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT? WELL, YEAH. IF THE INDIVIDUAL IS PARKING THERE AT 145, THEIR THEIR INTENT TO STAY THERE ALL NIGHT LONG. YEAH. SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THERE EVEN THOUGH THE THE RESTRICTION WAS 2 TO 6. YEAH. TYPICALLY WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS NOT DO PARKING RESTRICTIONS THAT GO ACROSS MIDNIGHT BECAUSE THEN IT BECOMES DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHEN IS IT, WHEN IS IT. SO 2 TO 6 IS A PRETTY STANDARD NUMBER THAT WE'VE USED IN OTHER PLACES IN THE CITY AND OTHER CITIES HAVE USED. YEAH. WELL, AND I ALSO THINK IT'S REASONABLE FOR THE TIMING AT NIGHT BECAUSE I, I'VE KNOWN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS OUTSIDE OF CYPRUS THAT HAVE EVERY DAY, AND THAT CREATES A LOT OF RESTRICTIONS FOR RESIDENTS, SO THAT IF THEY HAVE VISITORS, IT JUST BECOMES VERY COMPLEX BECAUSE YOU HAVE PEOPLE PARKING ON THE STREET, ETC. SO SO I'M GAME WITH THE 2 TO 6. I'M JUST SAYING WE MIGHT NEED TO BE OPEN POTENTIALLY THAT THAT MIGHT NEED TO BE EXPANDED. SO THANK YOU. WELL, THANKS TO EACH OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO'VE SPOKEN ON THIS FOR YOUR THOUGHTFUL COMMENTS. I THINK YOU'VE MADE VERY GOOD POINTS. EACH OF YOU, I WANT TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO SOME OF COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG'S CONCERNS, BECAUSE I AGREE WITH WITH YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT IDEAL TO TO HAVE A SITUATION IN A CITY WHERE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU MIGHT NEED A PARKING PERMIT DISTRICT, AND YOU CERTAINLY DON'T WANT A CITY THAT'S SORT OF PERMIT ONLY. AND I SOME OF YOU KNOW, I WENT TO UCLA FOR UNDERGRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL, AND THERE'S ESSENTIALLY NO PARKING NEAR THE CAMPUS. AND SO I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A RESIDENT AND FEEL LIKE YOU, YOUR FRIEND, CAN'T COME OVER BECAUSE THERE'S NO SPACE IN FRONT OF WHERE YOU LIVE, OR TO WAKE UP AND SEE ALL SORTS OF THINGS YOU SHOULDN'T BE SEEING ON THE CURB IN FRONT OF YOUR, YOUR HOME OR YOUR YOUR APARTMENT. AND SO IN THIS SITUATION, BASED ON WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS, WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER AND THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION, I THINK IT DOES MAKE SENSE HERE. AND ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT I THINK CUTS IN FAVOR OF IT IS THE DILIGENT STUDY YOU DID THAT SAID, THE RESIDENTS OF THE PERHAPS THE MOBILE HOME PARK OR THE APARTMENT COMPLEX WHO ARE POTENTIALLY PARKING IN THESE SPOTS NOW, OR GUESTS WHO ARE PARKING IN THESE SPOTS NOW, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, DISPLACED TO THREE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS. IT'S MOST LIKELY THEY'LL BE PARKING SIMPLY ON SURREY OR OVER ON DENNY. AND SO

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IF IT WERE A SITUATION WHERE I THOUGHT RESIDENTS AND THEIR GUESTS WOULD POTENTIALLY BE DISPLACED A LONG WAY AND UNABLE TO PARK NEAR THEIR LOCATION, THAT WOULD GIVE ME GREAT CONCERN. BUT BASED ON WHAT YOU'VE SAID AND ALSO BASED ON THE EXPERIENCE THAT WE'VE HAD WITH THE DISTRICTS WE'VE CREATED THUS FAR IN WHICH I'VE HEARD APPRECIATION FROM RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN THOSE DISTRICTS, AND I HAVEN'T GOTTEN EMAILS OR CALLS THAT ARE COMPLAINTS ABOUT NON RESIDENTS NOT BEING ABLE TO PARK IN THOSE DISTRICTS. I FEEL LIKE IT'S WORKED WELL IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE'VE DONE IT HERE. YOU'VE GOT THE SCHOOLS, THE MOBILE HOME PARK, THE APARTMENT COMPLEX. IT'S A LOT AROUND ONE SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND SO I THINK IT MAKES SENSE BASED ON BASED ON WHAT I'VE HEARD. AND SO AT THIS POINT, I'M COMFORTABLE MAKING A MOTION TO MR. CITY ATTORNEY, DO I READ THE TITLE SPECIFICALLY? YES. IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO JUST SIMPLY PROVIDE THAT TITLE SO IT'S CLEAR WHAT THE SCOPE OF THE RECOMMENDED ACTION IS. OKAY, WELL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ESTABLISH A RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT DISTRICT NORTH AND WEST OF LEXINGTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, AND I'LL SEND THAT. THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER TEN, NEW BUSINESS AMENDMENT TO

[10. Amendment to Schedule of Benefits for Executive Management Employees Prepared by: Fred Galante, City Attorney Recommendation: Approve a Resolution to amend the Schedule of Benefits for Executive Management employees to add a new pay provision for Executive Management employees who are appointed by the City Council to temporarily serve as Acting City Manager and to authorize a one-time payment to the Director of Finance and Administrative Services for his agreement to accept appointment as Acting City Manager.]

SCHEDULE OF BENEFITS FOR EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES, PREPARED BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY, FRED GALANTE. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND ALL THOSE PRESENT. THE CITY COUNCIL. AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, APPOINTED MR. MATT BURTON TO SERVE AS YOUR ACTING CITY MANAGER UNTIL SUCH TIME AS A AN INTERIM OR A PERMANENT CITY MANAGER IS APPOINTED. THE REALIZATION WE HAD IS THAT YOUR CURRENT DOCUMENTS DON'T PROVIDE FOR ANY COMPENSATION TO THOSE THAT. OFFER AND AGREE TO SERVE IN THAT ROLE. CITY COUNCIL PROVIDED SOME AUTHORITY IN CLOSED SESSION. WE'VE NEGOTIATED WHAT IS BEFORE YOU AND JUST SIMPLY IT PROVIDES FOR A 10% COMPENSATION ABOVE WHAT IS CURRENTLY BEING PAID TO MR. BURTON AS THE FINANCE DIRECTOR, PLUS $2,500 FOR ACCEPTING THE POSITION. AND IT ALSO ADDRESSES SOME OF THE WORK THAT WAS DONE PRIOR TO TO ADDRESS TRANSITION ISSUES. I SHOULD SAY. WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT THE RESOLUTION ESSENTIALLY INCORPORATES THOSE COMPONENTS. THANK YOU. WHAT DO YOU, MY COLLEAGUES, LIKE TO SAY? ANY REMARKS OR ASK QUESTIONS? OKAY. WELL, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK MR. BURTON FOR STEPPING INTO THE ROLE AND I APOLOGIZE. I KNOW IT'D BE EVEN BETTER IF MARILYN REIMS GOT TO SET THE SALARY FOR THIS ITEM, BUT BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE. SO WE'RE GOING TO I'M INCLINED TO GO WITH THE RECOMMENDATION BEFORE US. SO I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS WRITTEN. I'LL SECOND THAT. THAT MOTION IS CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. YES. THANK YOU. ITEM 11 CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENT OF RETIRED

[11. Consideration of Appointment of Retired Annuitant Sean Joyce as Interim City Manager and Approval of Employment Agreement Prepared by: Fred Galante, City Attorney Recommendation: Approve an Employment Agreement appointing retired annuitant Sean Joyce as Interim City Manager Effective September 15, 2025.]

ANNUITANT SEAN JOYCE AS INTERIM CITY MANAGER AND APPROVAL OF EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, ALSO PREPARED BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY, FRED GALANTE. THANK YOU, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND ALL THOSE PRESENT. GIVEN THAT MR. BURTON HAS OFFERED TO FILL IN THE ROLE, IT IS WITH THE RECOGNITION THAT HE HAS OTHER DUTIES TO ATTEND TO. SO THE THE OPTION AROSE TO. WELL, I SHOULD BACK UP. I, I DID REACH OUT TO SOME FOLKS THAT HAVE SERVED IN AS CITY MANAGERS AND HAVE ANY AVAILABILITY AND INTEREST TO SERVE. I, ON AN INTERIM BASIS. I'M EXCITED TO SAY THAT THE CITY HAS THIS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH VERY SEASONED CITY MANAGER TO HELP YOU DURING THIS TRANSITION. MR. SEAN JOYCE IS HERE IN THE AUDIENCE OR HE WAS THERE HE IS.

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AND HAS A LONG TENURE, INCLUDING HAVING SERVED MANY YEARS AS CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF IRVINE AS WELL AS INTERIM CITY MANAGER SINCE THEN FOR VARIOUS JURISDICTIONS. SO HE COMES WITH SIGNIFICANT QUALIFICATIONS AND BACKGROUND. THE CONTRACT BEFORE YOU ESSENTIALLY, PER STATE LAW REQUIREMENTS, DOES NOT PROVIDE FOR ANY BENEFITS, BUT DOES PROVIDE FOR COMPENSATION THAT IS COMMENSURATE WITH WHAT YOU WERE PAYING YOUR CITY MANAGER IN THE PAST. AND WITH THAT, THE STATE PERS RULES REQUIRE THAT THE CITY ACTIVELY ENGAGE IN THE RETENTION OF A PERMANENT POSITION WHEN WHENEVER HIRING A PERS ANNUITANT OF WHICH MR. JOYCE IS. SO WITH THAT, THE CITY COUNCIL IS PURSUING A PROCESS TO RETAIN THE CITY MANAGER, AND THAT WILL BE OCCURRING MOMENTARILY, AND YOU WILL SEE IT AT YOUR NEXT MEETING TO START THAT PROCESS. WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. BUT ESSENTIALLY THE TERM WILL RUN UNTIL THE EARLIER OF WHEN MR. JOYCE EXPENDS THE LIMITED HOURS THAT PERS ALLOWS HIM TO WORK 960 HOURS PER CALENDAR YEAR, OR SUCH TIME AS THE CITY APPOINTS A PERMANENT CITY MANAGER. WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG. THANK YOU. SO 960 HOURS. THAT'S ABOUT SIX MONTHS. IS THAT. IS THAT RIGHT? YES.

THE THE CONTRACT. IT'S A GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE THE CONTRACT DOES NOT REQUIRE THAT MR. JOYCE WORK A FULL SCHEDULE. IF IT DOES REQUIRE THAT HE PERFORM THE NECESSARY DUTIES OF THE CITY MANAGER POSITION. SO THERE IS SOME FLEXIBILITY. I, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL ACTUALLY EQUATE TO SIX MONTHS DEPENDING. IT COULD BE LONGER DEPENDING ON HOW MANY HOURS HE'S REQUIRED TO WORK. AND I WAS A LITTLE BIT WORRIED THAT IF WE WOULD HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO FIND A NEW CITY MANAGER. SO NICE TO TALK TO YOU, MATT, ABOUT THIS. WHAT'S THE TYPICAL TIMELINE OR PROCESS IT TAKES TO FIND A NEW CITY MANAGER? I MEAN, I COULD HELP ANSWER THAT. I'VE I'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS SEVERAL TIMES IN MY CAREER, BUT ESSENTIALLY, IF THE CITY PROCEEDS TO HIRE A RECRUITING FIRM, THERE IS A PROCESS TO CREATE THE FLIER FOR THE POSITION WITH ALL OF THE DETAILS. ONCE THAT IS DONE, THE POSITION IS POSTED AND ADVERTISED. THAT USUALLY TAKES ANOTHER MONTH, BUT BEFORE THE POSITION CLOSES, THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL CLOSES AND THEN THE PROCESS IS OFTEN DRIVEN BY THE CITY COUNCIL. THE RECRUITING FIRM GENERALLY HAS EXPERTISE IN NARROWING THE PROCESS DOWN, SO THAT THE COUNCIL DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL RESUMES, BUT REALLY FOCUSES ON THOSE THAT ARE. FOR CANDIDATES WITH THE REQUISITE EXPERTISE AND YEARS OF OF EXPERIENCE. SO IT COULD BE SEVERAL MONTHS, UP TO APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS. IT COULD EVEN BE LONGER IF THERE IS A PROTRACTED INTERVIEWS, ETC. BUT THAT THAT SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TIME. THANK YOU. SO. SO HOPEFULLY NEXT SPRING WE MIGHT HAVE A NEW CITY MANAGER THAT I THINK THAT'S THE GOAL. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PETE.

WELL MINE IS MR. JOYCE. NICE SEEING THE FACE WITH THE VOICE I HEARD ON THE PHONE. SO I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A PHONE CALL IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS AND VERY IMPRESSED WITH YOUR RESUME AND THE EXPERIENCE THAT YOU BRING. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. I THINK YOU'LL DO A GREAT JOB AND YOU DEFINITELY HAVE A GOOD FOUNDATION TO WORK FROM. SO, SO THANK YOU AND IT WAS A PLEASURE.

AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO PUT HIM ON THE SPOT. IF YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM HIM. HE CAN KICK ME LATER. BUT THAT'S AN OPTION TO ECHO. COUNCIL MEMBER PETE'S COMMENTS I ALSO HAD A PHONE CALL WITH MR. JOYCE AND I FOUND HIM TO BE EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY KNOWLEDGEABLE. I FELT LIKE HE GAVE ME STRAIGHT, DIRECT ANSWERS TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT I ASKED, AND THOSE ARE THE KIND OF QUALITIES I THINK YOU LOOK FOR IN ANYONE YOU'RE WORKING WITH. SO I'M EXCITED TO HAVE HIS EXPERIENCE AND FRESH SET OF EYES HERE IN CYPRUS, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE.

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COUNCIL MEMBER. MY COMMENTS BASICALLY JUST ECHO YOURS AND BONNIE'S, BUT I HAD A PHONE CALL WITH HIM KIND OF LATE IN THE EVENING BECAUSE HE WAS CRYING ABOUT THE ANGELS OR SOMETHING, AND HE. I SHARE YOUR PAIN, BROTHER. I SHARE YOUR PAIN. BUT NO, ON A SERIOUS NOTE, YEAH, TRUE PROFESSIONALISM OVER THE PHONE, SIR. AND GREAT, GREAT DIALOG BACK AND FORTH WITH YOU AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. EVEN THOUGH YOU WERE WATCHING THE ANGELS LOSE. BUT THANK YOU. YEAH, I DIDN'T KNOW MR. JOYCE WAS AN ANGELS FAN, SO. NO, I'M JUST KIDDING. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WITH THAT SAID THEN I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF SEAN JOYCE AS OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER. AND THAT INCLUDES APPROVAL OF THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT THAT'S ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. I'LL SECOND. I WILL POINT THIS IS EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 15TH. SO MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK. THAT

[12. Approve Additional Direct Funding and Waiver of Fees for the Cypress Community Festival Association Agendized by: Ad Hoc Subcommittee, Mayor Burke and Council Member Peat Recommendation: 1. Approve additional support for the Cypress Community Festival Association through the Non-Profit Grant Request Program; and 2. Appropriate $3,500 in FY 2025-26 from the District’s General Fund for the Cypress Community Festival Association's Insurance costs.]

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEMS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS. ITEM 12 APPROVE ADDITIONAL DIRECT FUNDING AND WAIVER OF FEES FOR THE CYPRESS COMMUNITY FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION. AND THIS IS AGENDIZED BY MYSELF AND COUNCIL MEMBER PETERS, MEMBERS OF THE AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE THAT MET WITH THE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION A NUMBER OF TIMES. SO TO GIVE A SUMMARY OF THE RECOMMENDATION, THE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION IS A PARTICIPANT AND RECIPIENT IN OUR NON PROFIT GRANT REQUEST PROGRAM. WE HAD A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM DURING OUR MEETINGS ABOUT STRENGTHENING THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE FESTIVAL, IMPROVING COMMUNICATION I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER PETE AND I BOTH ATTESTED AT THE LAST MEETING THAT WE THOUGHT IT'S BEEN PRODUCTIVE AND BENEFICIAL, AND THEN ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT CAME UP WAS A REQUEST FROM THE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION FOR ADDITIONAL NONPROFIT GRANT SUPPORT, AND ONE ELEMENT OF THAT REQUEST IS THAT THE CITY APPROPRIATE AN ADDITIONAL $3,500 TO COVER THE ACTUAL COSTS OF THE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION'S INSURANCE, BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL INTENT, I BELIEVE, OF THE GRANT THE FESTIVAL RECEIVES IS TO COVER THE COSTS OF THEIR INSURANCE, BUT THEIR INSURANCE COSTS HAVE RISEN OVER THE YEARS AND THE GRANT HAS NOT KEPT PACE WITH THAT. AND SO SINCE THAT WAS THE INTENT OF THE GRANT, WE RECOMMEND APPROPRIATING THOSE FUNDS. AND THAT'S AS A MAXIMUM. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY WHAT WOULD BE EXPENDED, BUT APPROPRIATING THOSE FUNDS TO COVER THE INSURANCE COSTS. AND THEN ALSO THE SECOND FORM OF ADDITIONAL SUPPORT WAS A WAIVER OF STORAGE FEES FOR THEIR USE OF ONE OF OUR CITY STORAGE FACILITIES.

AND SO I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT BOTH OF THOSE ADDENDUMS TO THE NONPROFIT GRANT REQUEST AND THEIR FUNDING. COUNCIL MEMBER PETE, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? YEAH, SO I FULLY SUPPORT IT AS WELL. I WANT TO SUPPLEMENT A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT THE MAYOR SAID IS, YOU KNOW, THE PURPOSE OF THIS WAS TO TRY TO ALSO IMPROVE THE COMMUNICATION. AND IN DOING THAT, CLEARLY THE THE FESTIVAL COMMITTEE HAD A REQUEST FOR US, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING.

BUT IT ALSO REALLY IT HELPED US OVERALL AS A CITY TO UNDERSTAND THE OVERALL SCHEDULE, THE OVERALL BUDGETS AND SOME OTHER THINGS AS WELL. SO THE OUTPUT WAS, HEY, WE REALLY COULD USE SOME HELP IN THIS AREA, BUT IN OVERALL WE ACHIEVED, I THINK, HELPING HIM IN THAT REGION, BUT ALSO REALLY HELPING US UNDERSTAND AND ALSO HELPING THEM IMPLEMENT A MORE ROBUST SCHEDULE THAT FITS INTO SOME OF THE CITY ACTIVITIES AND DEADLINES WE HAVE. SO OVERALL, I THINK IT'S IT'S BEEN A GOOD AD HOC, AND I THINK WE STILL HAVE ONE MORE MEETING TO REALLY TALK ABOUT KIND OF WHAT'S NEXT. BUT YEAH, SO THAT'S MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS. COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG THANK YOU. BONNIE. YOU JUST MENTIONED SOME SCHEDULING CHANGES. WAS THERE ANYTHING YOU GUYS, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME FOR ME TO ASK, BUT WERE THERE SOME SCHEDULE CHANGES YOU GUYS WERE THINKING ABOUT DOING? OKAY, YEAH, FROM A SCHEDULING STANDPOINT, ESSENTIALLY, NO. I MEAN, WHAT WE CAME UP WITH WAS PUTTING MORE OF A PROGRAM PLAN TOGETHER WITH CERTAIN DEADLINES AND WHEN THINGS WERE GOING TO HAVE TO BE DONE SO THAT WE WE COULD MAKE SURE THAT WE DID OUR PUBLICITY OR MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THE RIGHT APPROVALS IN PLACE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IN IN THE SCHEDULES, IT HELPED LAY OUT A BIG, BROAD PLAN BECAUSE THE CITY CLEARLY HAD SOME DEADLINES THEY NEEDED TO

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MEET. AND SO LAYING OUT THE ENTIRE SCHEDULE TO MEET THE OCTOBER 4TH DATE AND THEN BACKING OFF FROM THAT. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WAS REALLY VALUABLE FOR OUR CITY PEOPLE AS WELL, TO REALLY GIVE SOME INPUT AND SAYING, HEY, WE COULD REALLY USE SOME HELP IN THESE AREAS. SO DO YOU THINK THE FIRST WEEKEND OF OCTOBER, THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE? THERE'S NO QUESTION. IT'S A FIRST WEEK IN OCTOBER.

OKAY. SO YEAH, SO OCTOBER 4TH, OCTOBER 4TH IS THE DATE FOR THE RUN OKAY. SO I WANT TO SEE ALL YOUR ABLE BODIES OUT THERE AS WELL AS THE FOLLOW ON FESTIVAL FOR THE DAY. YES. AND I THINK BASED ON OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION, IS THEIR GOAL TO KIND OF PICK A CONSISTENT DATE FOR THE EVENT, WHICH I BELIEVE THEY'LL TYPICALLY TARGET THE FIRST SATURDAY IN OCTOBER. BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE TALKED ABOUT THE PROGRAM SCHEDULE AND THE DEADLINES LEADING UP TO THE EVENTS AS WELL. OKAY, WELL, THEN I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ADDITIONAL DIRECT FUNDING AND WAIVER OF FEES FOR THE CYPRESS COMMUNITY FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION.

I SECOND. THAT MOTION. THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THAT BRINGS US TO OUR SECOND

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ORAL COMMUNICATIONS PERIOD. AND AS A REMINDER, WE HAVE SPEAKER CARDS IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM FOR ANYONE WHO'D LIKE TO PARTICIPATE. I HAVE SUSAN STANLEY, FOLLOWED BY PEARL BOLTER. OKAY, SO I WROTE A LETTER FROM YOUR CROSSING GUARD. MY NAME IS SUSAN STANLEY. I LIVE IN CYPRESS AND I WORK AS A CROSSING GUARD, STARTING AS A SUBSTITUTE, WHICH GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE DIFFERENT TYPES OF INTERSECTIONS. THIS WAS VALUABLE BECAUSE IT RENEWED MY RESPECT FOR TRAFFIC IN GENERAL. I ALSO BECAME SUPER CLEAR THAT EACH INTERSECTION HAS ITS OWN CHARACTERISTICS, KIND OF LIKE ITS OWN VIBE. OF COURSE, THEY ARE DIFFERENT BY DESIGN BECAUSE SOME INTERSECTIONS ARE CONTROLLED BY A SIMPLE TRAFFIC SIGNAL, WHILE OTHER SIGNALS ARE MORE COMPLEX THAN MULTI LANES AND HIGH TRAFFIC. AND THEN THERE ARE THOSE INTERSECTIONS THAT DO NOT HAVE SIGNALS AT ALL, BUT RATHER ARE CONTROLLED BY FOUR STOP WAY OR TWO STOP WAY. BUT THE INTERSECTION VIBE THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT GOES BEYOND THE TRAFFIC SYSTEM SET IN PLACE. AND HERE'S WHAT I MEAN. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN CROSSING STUDENTS NEAR AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THE DRIVERS ARE LIKELY TO BE PARENTS, WHEREAS CROSSING STUDENTS NEAR A HIGH SCHOOL, THE DRIVERS ARE LIKELY TO BE PARENTS, BUT ALSO NEW DRIVERS.

AND THIS IS HOW THE INTERSECTION VIBE BEGINS TO TAKE SHAPE. IN THE SAME WAY, CROSSING STUDENTS AT AN INTERSECTION LOCATED INSIDE THE NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS WILL EVERY DAY LIKELY BE THE SAME DRIVERS AND THE SAME STUDENT CROSSERS, WHICH IS VERY, VERY DIFFERENT THAN CROSSING STUDENTS AT A BIG INTERSECTION BECAUSE MANY OF THE VEHICLES ARE NOT THE SAME DRIVERS EVERY DAY, AND THE STUDENTS OFTEN CROSS WITH OTHER PEDESTRIANS THAT ARE NON-STUDENTS. AND ALL THESE DIFFERENCES, AND MANY MORE, ARE WHAT I THINK GIVES A VIBE TO THE INTERSECTION. ANOTHER FACTOR IS HOW LOUD THE TRAFFIC IS ON A NEIGHBORHOOD STREET.

THE STUDENT IS BETTER ABLE TO HEAR THE CROSSING GUARD, BUT ON A BIG STREET IT CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO HEAR THEIR CROSSING GUARD. AND SO THE SAFEST WAY TO CROSS AN INTERSECTION, BUT ESPECIALLY ALLOWED INTERSECTION, IS TO LOOK AT YOUR CROSSING GUARD. SO THEY'LL KNOW. SO YOU'LL KNOW WHEN IT'S SAFE TO CROSS, AND ALSO TO LOOK AROUND AT THE VEHICLES RATHER THAN LOOKING DOWN AT THE GROUND OR AT THE PHONE. PAY ATTENTION AND WALK QUICKLY. SOME STUDENTS WALK ACROSS LIKE THEY'RE TAKING A STROLL IN THE PARK, AND THIS CAN BE UNSAFE FOR BOTH THE STUDENT AND THE CROSSING GUARD. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY A BIG SHOUT OUT TO MY STUDENT CROSSERS AND PARENT DRIVERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD DRIVERS, THE MORNING JOGGERS AND DOG WALKERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE THE ONES THAT GIVE OUR INTERSECTION THE COOLEST VIBE AND PARENT CROSSERS, ESPECIALLY FOR BEING GREAT EXAMPLES THAT PROVE EVERY DAY THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE THE BEST CROSSERS EVER. THERE ARE SO MANY FACTORS THAT GIVE THE INTERSECTION ITS OWN UNIQUE VIBE, AND DIFFERENT GUARDS ENJOY DIFFERENT VIBES. AND SO IT WORKS OUT GREAT. BUT THERE'S ONE THING THAT WILL ALWAYS BE THE SAME THE RULES WE FOLLOW TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE. JUST SO YOU KNOW, ALL OF US CROSSING GUARDS HAVE THE SAME INSTRUCTIONS AND ENFORCE THE SAME CROSSING RULES. THE RULES WE FOLLOW HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED WITH A LOT A LOT OF CARE AND THOUGHT FOR EVERYONE'S SAFETY, THE SAFETY OF THE STUDENT CROSSERS, THE SAFETY OF THE DRIVERS, AND ALSO THE SAFETY OF THE CROSSING GUARDS. FOLLOWING THE RULES KEEPS US SAFE AND ALSO MAKES IT EASIER FOR YOUR CROSSING GUARD TO SPOT POTENTIAL ACCIDENTS BEFORE THEY HAPPEN. OKAY, I THINK THE NUMBER ONE THING DRIVERS CAN DO TO HELP KEEP IT SAFE IS TO SLOW DOWN A BIT WHEN ENTERING THE INTERSECTION. SOMETIMES IT CAN EVEN TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO GET