City Council - Regular Meeting

Welcome, welcome everybody to our regular meeting and our special concurrent meeting of the Alanto City Council, the Alanto Public Financing Authority, the Alanto Public Utility Authority, the Alanto Community Benefit Corporation, and the Successors Agency Board. Today is September 24th, 2025. Getting started here at 11:02. Brenda, can you get us started with a roll call, please? Yes, your honor. Councelor Evans, present. Councelor Mesa, present. Councelor Upgrove, present. Mayor Prom Ramos, present. And Mayor Reyes, present. Thank you. Um, Councilman Upgrove, can you lead us with the invocation and uh, MPT? flex.

Father, we just thank you for this day. We thank you for the opportunity to gather and um we just ask that you would continue to protect our city and guide all the leaders within our city and and just ask that we're able to do a good job. In your name we pray. Amen. Amen. Please place your right hand over your heart and repeat after me. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

First letter, last try a little bit. All righty. Um, city manager, any deletions or additions to the agenda to the agenda? I have none, your honor.

All righty. Before I move for approval of the agenda, you guys, um, I'd love the public comments, right? and and and I'm look forward to getting to them. But we do have a business matter with um our [Music] new business and I have a uh BIA uh regional mayor's forum that I'm a panelist speaker on to bring more housing and to bring more uh those type of construction jobs to the city of Alanto at 1150. Can we move up the new business up after the presentations just so we can handle the business and I trust the council if I miss any public comments that they will all be heard and respected. I'll motion for that uh movement of the item up to uh first business. All right.

All in favor? I I no. All righty. City manager announcements or reports.

Yes. Good morning, Mayor Reyes, Mayor Prom Ramos, city council staff, and members of the public. We continue to make a great deal of progress. I'd like to u take a moment to recognize uh Julio Caesar Chavez, and I'm not referring to the world famous boxing champion. Uh that's truly his name. He's one of our He's one of our former public public works department staff members who is now serving as our city blight abatement technician within the community safety department. Julio is uh working closely with code enforcement to address blighted areas across the city focusing solely on cleaning up neighborhoods. Mayor Reyes, this is um in direct support of uh one of the many priorities you and uh this city council have consistently shared with our residents and uh keeping our neighborhoods clean, safe, and free from debris that uh creates eyes. Um this effort not only improves safety but also enhances beautifification and community pride. In addition to the neighborhood cleanups, Julio and the team are also focusing on illegal dumping, illegal dumping areas throughout the city, tackling one of the most frequent concerns we hear from our residents. I'm pleased uh to report that uh this new department was launched just three days ago and uh has already made significant progress. Uh here are some photos, some before and after photos to highlight the impact of this new department. Adam or Cardlo, can you please uh show us some of these photos, please?

All right, so this is the after photo. uh before photos. This whole area was cleaned up before before all this is before. Then after Oh, go back. There you go. So, this area here has been heavily impacted off of Delicious uh for many years and um we've gone on ahead and put a burm or a um a fence fenced off the area there for in to for anyone to gain entrance. And um it has all been cleaned up now. There you go. So, all the refrigerators, tires, dishwashers, sofas have all been cleaned out. Next photo. Okay. All right. Well, thank you. Thank you for that. Appreciate it. Moving on to our Thank you, Julio, by the way. Thank you, Julio. uh for your uh dedication to making Adalanto a cleaner and safer place for our residents. Uh moving on to our wastewater treatment facility. The uh lift station and the blower upgrades have been uh completed with major improvements at the wastewater treatment plant. The new lift station is fully

operational, helping the plant to run more efficiently, and the uh newly installed blower is functioning as intended. These upgrades enhance the uh treatment of the wastewater uh plant. It improves reliability and supports the plant's ability to meet increasing daily demands. Also, we recently completed the uh refurbishment of uh one of the ponds at the wastewater treatment plant uh which was limited in its uh percolation capacity. By removing the dividing berm the pond the pond is now able to operate as uh as one pond and at full capacity. Uh this improvement not only uh restores functionality but also supports the city's sustainability goals. Adam, please uh can you show us the wastewater treatment plant? I'd like to uh share that with uh the city council and the residents as well. If you zoom in, you'll see uh one of the ponds at the wastewater treatment plant. All right. So, zoom in here, please. Go down. Okay. So, this this is two ponds. We removed this burm here, and now it's it's become one whole pond, allowing it to to be more efficient and and much more sustainable. And so, we're we're making improvements and optimizing the entire facility due to the uh the growth that we're experiencing or have been experiencing since 2008 under this leadership. Thank you. Thank you, uh, Adam. Uh, moving on to Senica Street, uh, rehabilitation project. Um, the engineering department has, uh, begun the design work for Senica Street, extending, uh, that rehabilitation program from Highway 395 to Aster Road. Uh the design completion is scheduled

for the end of October with the request for proposals RFP anticipated for release in early November. The full road rehabilitation project is expected to be completed by early next year. Uh providing residents with a safer and a much much more improved roadway. Um let's uh show them that as well. Um, so for our audience that are here today and and and viewers at home, um, Senica, is that Senica here? Yes. So, we're going to be paving this road from 395 here all the way brand new road all the way down to Aster. Uh, where is that at? Right here.

Oh, there it is. Okay. So, it's about a two-mile stretch. And so that's scheduled to be completed by the end of spring of next year. Also, at the same time, uh Chamberlain and Aster drainage design, uh that intersection of Chamberlain uh way and Aster Road has uh long experienced severe flooding during storms due to the uh lack of uh a storm drain system. We we lack a storm drain system in that area. And to address this uh the engineering department has initiated a surveying process and uh is preparing a hydraology report. This data will uh serve as the foundation of the design and implementation of a new storm drain system to reduce flooding and improve roadway safety in the area. So this area here where the U red uh dots located it's it's really more of a safety hazard. It's been there for since the inception of the city and uh more so ever since the development of all these homes took place. So a lot of the water runoff congregates right in this area putting a lot of our residents here and uh folks that are coming in off of Koala and driving down Chamberlain putting them at risk. So we're going to be addressing this uh as soon as possible. We anticipate if all goes well, this whole area will be addressed by next year. Thank you, Adam, for sharing that. Uh, in closing, in closing, our council uh city council chambers renovation is scheduled to begin on December 19th, shortly after our Christmas holiday city uh closure. Following uh early following earlier challenges uh with over budget bids and uh backwater delays, construction will now move forward with uh reopening the uh reopening

anticipated in the spring of uh next year. So that to uh we're looking at March time frame with the new council chambers. In the meantime, the uh city council may may choose to hold its meetings um at either the senior center or the stadium, ensuring uh continuity uh of public business while the uh chambers are under renovation. This concludes my report. Thank you, council. Thank you so much, city manager. Councilwoman Evans,

thank you, sir. Um I'm not ready. I was excited. Thank you, city manager, for those amazing updates. I was I was actually in tune today. Um the only major thing that I have um our Mojave Air Quality Management District uh meeting was canceled for this month. They didn't have enough business to bring us in. So we um our next meeting will be at the end of October and then we go for our um it's a new name. It's SWAG now. Um the convention is in November. So we'll I'll be attending both of those next month and in in November. Um, but I did attend the community land trust groundbreaking last week, week before last actually. Um, super excited for that. Super excited they chose Atlanta. And also want to give a huge thank you to the county for and for assembly man Juan Co for the dollars that he put in from brought back from the state. Um, this is going to bring uh it's 20 acres. They're calling it 20 acres of utopia um permanent affordable housing. It will be a fully functioning community. They plan on bringing recreation and all kinds of cool things there. Um, and then what'll happen with that is if you buy a house or you build a house on the land trust when you sell it, the land goes back to the land trust, which is keeps the houses affordable and makes it so that they have to stay in um the affordable range. So, super excited to have that here. I'm excited for the first one in I believe California to be happening here in the state of Atlanta. Even though it's technically county land, it's all good. We'll take it. Um, amazing project. If you guys haven't looked into it, it's the Adelano Community Land Trust. So, that's the major thing that I had this week. Thank you.

Question. Um, with that being in county land and the city uh being forced to pave all roads when it comes to uh any type of development, whether it's housing or jobs or anything else like that. uh their reasoning on why they forced the city to pave everything and not do traditional asphalt is because of the safety and the well-being of the fire trucks and the sheriff vehicles. Um are they requiring uh Mojave to be paved all the way out and then the road to get paved all the way down to Pond? That's a great question. I will get with Marbel and see if I can get an answer for you. I don't know. I haven't been involved like that in the project so I don't have that answer but I can definitely get it for you

because if they don't I would love to find out how the land trust was able to get the county to not do that so that we can find alternative so we can work the same thing so we can find alternative me because we have a lot of existing homes that are on dirt roads right and that that are that have old infrastructure or or none at all and if we can find an alternative to replace some of our actual dirt roads right um or reclaim some of our dirt roads exactly right so look into I'd appreciate that. Thank you. No problem. I got one quick question, mayor, on that. What about pricing? Did they mention pricing on where it's where it's going to start at? They did not. I don't have that, but I can I will write down and I'll actually get those questions answered. Hopefully by the end of the meeting. All right. Thank you, Councilwoman Up.

Good morning, everybody. It's good to see everybody here today. Um I just have brief reminders and and brief updates. Um quickly, we had a great bread drive um yesterday and a diaper distribution. And for those who don't know, um we have the opportunity for those who need diapers and wipes. Um the fourth Tuesday of every month, um there are diapers and wipes over uh next to the senior center. And there's also bread. And so uh we actually service the most amount of families uh yesterday than we have ever before. And that was awesome. And um also I wanted to just share that the San Bernardino uh County Public Defenders Office is bringing free legal assistance on Wednesday, October 8th to the Adalanto Stadium. And I think that's important because for um individuals that need some assistance with record clearing or if you have uh information that you need on bench warrants or modifying misdemeanors or anything of that nature, they are having their mobile unit come out and and set up booths so that uh our residents can come out and and get some of those services without having to drive to a courthouse. And so mark your calendars. That's going to be a great resource. Um, if you want to get more information about uh what they're doing with their mobile defense program, you can actually email info pd.sbccount.gov or you can check um their their Facebook and website. But I think that that's going to be a great opportunity for a lot of of residents. So, um that's going to be great. And other than that, I don't actually have any more updates.

All righty. Council Mesa.

Good morning, everybody. Um, let's see. September 10th, I had a meeting with the representative from Bright Line. Uh, Bright Line is the company that's in charge of bringing our um, speed rail from Vegas and it's going to hit Hisperia and Apple Valley and then uh, park in Ranch Cukamonga. From there, trains can go into LA. So, it's a big project coming in. Um, I have a follow-up meeting with them on the 30th with a lot of their brass to see about bringing business to Atlanta and some of our local companies. So, I'll keep you guys in tune on that. It's a huge project, millions of dollars from funding from the government. So, this is something pretty huge that uh can impact our community and bring more jobs into Atlanta. Um, on September 12th, um, it was a great night at Movies in the Park. Uh, met up with Daniel and Daniel had it all going, so I'll let him talk more about it, but uh, it was a great experience. It was a great night. I mean, it was great weather. It was perfect weather. I couldn't It wasn't too hot, wasn't too cold. It was just a nice night. So, please, when we throw these events come out, it was a pretty good crowd. So, we had food trucks everywhere. Um the art that we were showing, but the people really had um the residents really had a good time watching the movie. Um they were excited to see it. And then one guy was funny. He was walking out. He's like, "What movie you showing?" I'm like, "We're showing Jurassic." He's like, "Oh, we'll be right back." So, uh pretty good choice on the movies. Um, bring your kids out if you had a good time and uh look for the next things we're up to. Um, on this last Saturday I met with uh a new 501c3 that opened up. It's called I am love organization. Um, new to the community. I don't have a lot of uh understanding of what they're doing yet. Um, but I wanted to support anything new and opportunities coming to the city of Valenc. I'm going to be there to make sure that they feel our support. Um, sir has been around for a long time. His dad's done a lot of work. So, anything he's doing, I'm there to show him my support as well. So, the people are right that are there. Um, so

I'm excited to see what they can bring um to the community. But having a name like Love, let's let's go, you know. So, let's let's let's support them when you start seeing them post flyers or anything they're doing in the community. Um, I also met with another 501c3 that's about to start up. It's called Construction Youth of America. This is going on at Adalanto High School right now. Adanto, for one, Miss Parcell is doing an excellent job. She's mean to my son and he she should be. Okay. But um but she hands that that that place locked down. Some of the kids love her or don't like her. That's how a leader should be. You're not there to make friends. You're not there. You're there to run it. And the programs they have going on there, the Bible studies they have going on there. This is another thing that they have on there um where they they have a construction um they do drywall, they do framing um and uh what's his name? Uh FY FY say FY. Um Foley is just an amazing person who who who's doing he's been trying to get this going for a while. Um I've gone over there in behalf of Clark Pacific. I'm going to be going there this year to kind of talk to them about opportunities in construction that are at our company. Um, so his whole game plan is to make sure they have a some kind of skills before leaving the high school and also they're prepared with driver's license and and everything they need to get to a job. So it's not just uh knowing a skill, it's also being prepared to go and get a job, how to write a resume, and now you have the skills. Now you have the driver's license, now you're ready to go. So it's not just teaching you a skill, it's teaching you the whole aspect. So I I love it. We have a meeting Monday with Jesse to kind of go over it and kind of see his vision and his plan. So that was another one. Um, my son, he he wants me to start a 501c and he's bringing all his friends over before I'm ready for it, right? But he wants to start like a boxing club. I I signed him up for boxing up here in Oak Kills and he he has a bunch of extra gloves and his friends come over and they're boxing and they're having a good time. And I'm like, I rather you box at my house than fighting at school. So, let's let's

let's do this. So, you you'd be amazed on how many kids don't have an outlet that are in that 16, 17, 18 year old. And Amanda's been bugging me for a minute about that age group. um because there's not a lot of things for them. We we do a lot of things for our youth when it comes to five to six all the way up to 13, but once they hit a high school, if they're not doing something at the school, um there's not really much for them to do. So, I'm kind of experiencing that now that my my my kids are getting into those age brackets and kind of seeing what we can do um just to keep them busy as well. If we keep them busy, they're not busy messing around. So, those are some things that are coming up. Um a couple of announcements. October 11th. Um, this is one of the mayor's favorites. He asked me to bring it up for him. It's a vaccination clinic for animals.

So, it's gonna be here at city hall. And I don't know if you're going to be here, mayor, to cut the ribbon. He will shoot your dog or cat, but not with the shot. I don't know.

With the I don't know. I would trust him with it. But October 11th, 9:00 a.m. Saturday, city hall, there's a free animal clinic. not a free, but a clinic for vaccinations. And then the big one, the big one, guys, this is huge for all of us. Tell your neighbors, and you know which neighbors to tell. October 18th is cleanup day, okay? At the stadium. So, get a flyer. You might not need one, but your neighbor might need one. And go put it on your neighbor's door and say October 11th, because I'm taking some to a couple of neighbors that I have down not not on my block, but down the way. Um October 11's a free dump um at the stadium from 8 am to 1 pm. So let's be nice and tell our neighbors, hey go, you got a free day. Go don't waste that day. And that is October 18th to go clean up your backyard in your front yard and take it to the stadium for free 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. I'm sorry, October 18th. So let it be known. Thank you, sir.

I appreciate that. Took my thunder. MPT.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Great updates, uh, council. Uh, great morning. Great morning. Great morning to everybody in attendance today and online. Uh, quick some quick updates. I'm going to try and move fast because I know we've got a we've got an item to get to. Sorry to the translators in the back. Try and keep up. Uh, Wednesday 911 attended our Metro Valley session down in at SPCTA in Sanino. Um, one thing to report back to from there and that I learned that I've already spoken with with city manager about, uh, council was Adilanto motioned for the approval of an advance of up to five years of the city of Fontana's estimated equitable share of measure I funding, which was in the amount of $15.6 million for street repairs and widening. So, what that means for us is I wasn't aware and did not know that if we ever get into a position or if we ever want to ask for an advance um of our equitable share of Measure I funding, we can ask. Uh whether it gets approved or not, that's a different conversation. That's up to the board. Uh but that was new to me. Congratulations on Fontana for receiving the $15.5 million for their street repairs and widening. um city manager, we spoke about that offline. So, you know, let's definitely do our due diligence on on finding out what what that process looks like if we ever need to need to go down that that that road. Um right after that, attended our housing trust ad hoc meeting. Uh only thing to report back from there is the the ad hoc is at the funding stage right now where we are discussing how the trust will be funded um through various grants, loans, and through member cities dues as well. Immediately following that ad hoc meeting, I attended our EOPA clean energy policy briefing. Um, nothing too much to report back there, just a lot of more information on on clean energy. Uh, from there, jumped in the vehicle, headed out to Anaheim, uh, the Disney Resort, right? Uh, it was that was terrible drive out to Disneyland, right? Um, checked into the Mobility 21 Summit and attended the

evening reception. Uh, again, great networking, guys. This is what those receptions are about, right? To get some facetime with with our local leaders. um a lot of the leaders from the LA area. Um huge thank you to uh to director Ka Jesse from Skagg for spending some time with me and talking a little bit about the tour that we're going to have of of district 65 here. So SCAG's going to be coming out. We had the opportunity to host them last year here for the first time ever. Um, I'm I was able to secure a date next month where we're going to be having them come out, but we're going to tour them of the entire district which in incorporates uh Apple Valley, Victorville, and Hisperia. So, it's going to be fun to be able to take the lead on that. Um, after that, that following day, Thursday, September 12th, that morning, I attended the Mobility 21 Summit, the actual conference. A few takeaways from there. Uh thank you to the 125 plus vendors that were there with all the information that they had to share with us. Um just a few few takeaways. Power and partnerships guys moving forward. Um partnerships are the number one thing. It's going to access more funding. It's going to access more opportunities. It's going to access more more rooms. So we definitely need to look at how do we partner up with different organizations, different entities and our neighboring cities as well. um connecting cities within within themselves and neighboring cities. There's going to be a big push these next coming years on on different programs that are going going to be coming down the pipeline. How do we connect the north side of town with the south side of town? How do we uh much more better? How do we connect Victorville with Adelanto and the other cities um easier for for our residents, right? Autonomous vehicles was another takeaway. Um they're real. They're here. Some airports in Riverside and Vegas are already using these small buses that you jump in and there's nobody in it and it's just taking you to wherever you need to go. Um, it's pretty cool to see, pretty cool to be in one. A little bit creepy, I'm not going to lie, but uh but overall that is, you know, at the end of

the day that that is the future that we're heading into. So, be prepared for to see more autonomous vehicles. Um, another key takeaway from there was that uh some numbers were shared, some statistics and we're we're noticing that there are less people applying for driver's license which in turns means more people are utilizing public transportation which is good for overall for the environment. Um, immediately after the I left early from the summit. I left a little bit early because I needed to be back up here um that afternoon, Friday se uh th Friday, September 12th. Um, we uh came up here and attended the uh the human pop the go human pop-up event in conjunction with our movies in the park and uh just want to send a huge thank you again to uh to council for supporting the event to SCAG to the office of traffic safety to the go human people um to the to the 28 volunteers from the churches that came out to help us. what took what would normally take about three and a half hours was able to be set up in about an hour and a half because of all the volunteers that came out. So, thank you for that. Um, and it was an amazing day like Council Me said, right? A lot of our residents showed up. We had about 275 plus residents in attendance. We gave out 120 plus uh bicycle safety helmets. Some of the people here in attendance received uh some of the helmets. Uh my favorite takeaway though, ladies and gentlemen, Yep. Clap it up. My favorite takeaway was seeing the exhibits, right? The artistic crosswalks, the uh extended sidewalks, the uh medium refuge islands, the parkletits, to see these exhibits be set up, but more importantly to see them do what they're intended to do, slow traffic down, it worked. on Bafflower and on Senica, our speed limits are 45 miles per hour, which is a different conversation that we need to talk about. But every single vehicle slowed down when it came up to the artistic crosswalks, when it came up to the

median refuge islands, and that's what we need to focus on, right? How do we get these vehicles to slow down around our schools and around our parks? I've been at that park plenty of times when none of that stuff was there. And they're doing 45, they're doing 50, they're doing 55 down Synica and Balflau. I see it. And we visually we firsthand saw that these uh these exhibits work. Step off the mic really quick. Here's if you guys want to take a look at these afterwards. We'll have them out. These are some of the engagement boards that we had out there. Um and you'd come up some of the your residents would come up and they put stickers on what they want to see around the city. More lighting, more artistic crosswalks, different things. So, uh I'll I'll have these on display afterwards so you guys can take a look at them. And again, thank you to to the residents that all came out to support. And like Council Me said, the uh the movies in the in the park was a success. Our next one coming up is going to be taking place October 17th. Brenda, correct? October 17th, it's going to be our our harvest pumpkin patch where we're going to be doing a pumpkin giveaway pumpkin patch. Uh we're going to be doing a movies in the park. We're going to have stations where the the kids can come out and paint their pumpkins. So stay tuned for more information. Check out our our social medias uh platform so you can see more information on that. Saturday 9:13, another historic moment for San Marino County and the city of Atlanta. I attended the ribbon cutting launch and first ride of North America's first ever hydrogen power zero emissions passenger train in Sanernardino, the Zemu. It goes from Sanino, the city of downtown Sanino to Redlands. The Zemu represents a bold leap forward in clean transit powered by a cutting edge hybrid of hydrogen fuel cells and battery technology. It emits only water vapor, no emissions. Um, this makes it the nation's first the nation's first passenger train of its kind to be compliant with Federal Railroad

Administration standards and it epitomizes SBCTA's legacy of innovation in sustainable transportation. Thank you SBCTA for bringing this um to our county, the first ever. Um it was a pleasure to be in attendance with some of the other board members with director Carrie Schindler. Um I was able to bring my son King on the train as well. So uh it was cool to be able to to have Adilanto represent, you know, for our area down in San Marino. What it means for Adilanto, guys, maybe one day we'll have one of these trains in our backyard. Um, but what it means is that Adilanto was there and Adilanto was present and Adilanto's name will be mentioned right when it comes forever when it comes to this first kind of a train in our in our country. Uh, lastly, a couple last things and I'll wrap up. Mayor, Tuesday, 9:16, uh, another meeting with SBCA to strategize on the upcoming December CTC meeting regarding the Highway 395 access agreement. We have a 2:30 uh, meeting today with Mr. Jim Hirs, who will be addressing a couple other things. uh September 17th, Wednesday, attended our state of the county down in Ontario. Uh hats off and shout outs to all of our county supervisors. Did an amazing job. Supervisor Ralph did another amazing job for hosting it. Guys, San Marino County is in a great position right now. Our our leaders are doing what they need to do. Um we are in my opinion, we are the greatest county in the country. And then lastly, uh 9:18 attended my SPCTA mountain desert commit desert committee meeting here in Victorville. Um, just want to take a quick moment to, um, to thank and say, you know, uh, goodbye and job well done to, uh, the honorable Councilwoman Deborah Jones. Um, I believe that was her last meeting. She'll be stepping down for family reasons. And, um, uh, again, just thank you for all your mentorship, thank you for your guidance, thank you for your leadership, and, um, I know she has another council meeting, uh, still to attend, but for SPCTA, she's done. Thank you for everything that you've done for that committee and we look forward to

seeing you in the future. Lastly, to wrap up, National Night Out, ladies and gentlemen, National Night Out, October 7th. It begins at 5:00 pm. October 7th, 5:00 pm. Mark your calendars. We're going to be starting at Sierra Park, which is right off of Mojave. Start there at 5:00 PM. We're going to stay there for about 30 minutes. Then we're going to go out to um the new Glaspers Park off of Jonathan and Chamberlain. We're going to stay there for about 30 minutes and then we're going to end up at at Maronei Park um with the uh with the football. I believe football is going to be going on, practice is going to be going on. We're going to end there. Um so again, if you want to follow us to all the parks or if you want to meet us at one of the parks uh near your home, uh again, that date is October 7th at 5:00 pm. And with that, that wraps up my reports. Thank you, Mayor.

Thank you. Uh welcome and good morning, everybody. Um love to hear just how active all of our council is in different parts of our community. Uh no reportable actions for the VBTA meeting. Uh we are going to be heading out to Reno for our convention. Um I am trying to I'm supposed to be in Reno for for that meeting. Uh but also at the same time that is also the week that we're supposed to go out to Washington DC uh for our federal efforts out there. So um you know just grateful for all the hard work that everyone is doing uh and we have going on. Uh just been active here in the community, right? We have um the youth football programs going on, the activity at the high schools, the volleyball games. Um there's also the the youth football game. So grateful for everything that's going on. No reportable actions for me on any of my meetings. There's nothing crazy that uh you know that needs to be shared. Nothing worth making mention of, right? I don't really like to talk about things until it's coming to fruition. The one thing that I would like to just clear up at this time and and then city manager, please stop me or Todd, please stop me if um I'm speaking out of out of pocket. Um for years there's rumors and speculations that the city was or has sold the stadium and that, you know, it has switched possessions. And as many as you know, we were in active communications for about um what seven eight eight nine months. Um, but it was it was brought to a close. You know, when it comes to making a difficult decision and and doing something like that in regards to like selling a city asset, you know, we need to ensure that it's what's best for the residents. It's what's best for our community and the the the the best interest is for what's best for the city of Al Longo. Unfortunately, uh, this council did not think that it was the best move to to to release our asset um, and sell our asset. So, it has been

taken off of the market. Um, it is still an asset of the community. Uh, I do believe that and I will continue to say and and not shy away. I do believe that this asset should be sold um to a private company to to that that has the reputable, you know, um, experience in entertainment and and in and food um, and and and things of that sort to be able to develop out that whole area. Right. One of my fears and the reason why I believe it should be sold to the private sector is because the bones are already there and being able to create a a state-of-the-art entertainment center to continue on with activities, family-friendly events. And the last thing that I would want to see with all this boom and all this growth coming to the high desert at Victorville or Hisperia or Apple Valley then invest into a $50 million amphitheater, right? where then all the local entertainment can be taken away from our community because of the housing density or the reachability to the more populated communities. Right? So, um you whenever if if and when uh we do, please know that there's always going to be full transparency in the process. Uh but at this time, the the stadium has not been sold and it is in the the ownership of of our city. And with that being said, I'm going to go ahead and just uh transfer over to our presentations uh for our proclamation of National Arts and Humanities Month. Uh Brenda,

I think Mayor Prom can take that.

All righty. Council, come on down. [Music] test test. All right. Is uh is Miss Tay in attendance here? T FE T FE come on up here, please. And then Miss Vanessa Gomez, come on up here, please. All right.

So, I asked uh both of you wonderful ladies to come on up and join us here today because this this proclamation is was created and approved by by this council because of you two. Uh the passion that you both have for for art in our communities uh is it just goes beyond words. Uh what I have learned and I think what this council has learned about art and what it does for for our environment, for our mental health, for our youth, for the energy around the city, um is just it's it's it's overwhelming almost, right? Uh we have when when when I came to Adilanto, all I saw was brown and dirt, right? And in this last a little bit of green here, a little bit of green, right? Um but there was really no life, right? there was no energy to the city. Um, and in the last year and a half with with uh with your expertise, with your guidance, with your counseling, with your mentorship, with your with your talent, you have brought energy, more energy. You have brought more life. You have brought more color. Um, I love driving up and down 395 now. I love it because at every light you can look to the left or you can look to the right and you can see um amazing talent, amazing artwork, right? You see um expressions that you've never seen. And to be the first or one of the first cities in the high desert to bring uh artwork, right? I believe there's some out in Felin, but we'll we'll we'll we'll pass that to the county, right? That's county that's county land, right? Um, but to be the first out of, you know, Victorville, Apple Valley, Hisperia, it means a lot. It means a lot to me. I'm sure it means a lot to this council. Uh, we are not done. We are nowhere nowhere near done. We're going to bring more artwork, more artwork. We're going to bring more more artists to bring out more visions. We're going to get more of the community involved so that we can get our expressions out there. You're going to see walls. You're

going to see more boxes. You're going to see artistic crosswalks. You're going to see all that stuff, right? I'm committed um to ensuring that we get the support of the mayor and the rest of the council to move forward with more artistic work. So with that being said, Mr. Mayor, would you like to read the proclamation, sir? Let's go.

This proclamation October 20, 2025 as National Arts and Humanities Month. The National Arts and Humanities Month, NAHM, is an annual celebration held every October to recognize the importance of the arts and humanities in America. And the arts and humanities encourage public participation in culture events, raise awareness for the essential role in individual and community well-being and highlight the richest and diverse culture experience and experiences. Throughout this month, communities across this nation participate in free performances, workshops, readings, and art shows organized by culture institutions and the arts organizations, ensuring that all people may have access and enjoy the vital resources. Arts and humanities are essential to health, vitality, and democracy of our nation, helping to connect to our past, eliminate diversity, experience, broadening the perspectives, and foster empathy to deeper understanding of one another. In the city of the city of ad Atlanta acknowledges the value of arts and humanities in enriching the lives of the residents and enhancing the community's culture, educational and economic growth. Therefore, that I, Angela Mesa and Gabriel Rey, as the mayor of city of Atlanta, on behalf of the city council, do hereby proclaim the month of October 2025 as National Arts and Humanities Month in the city of Atlanta and encourage all residents to explore, experience, and support the arts and humanities in our community. Thank you.

I'd like council, would you guys, anybody want to say a little word? Mayor, start with you. No, we can go ahead and start start this way. Well, congratulations and I'm super excited. I'm doubly blessed because I also have the privilege of working with Tf Griffin and she has just been a huge blessing not only at our senior center but also running the arts program also for our youth in Atlanta. And so I've seen some of the great work that she's done and the inspiration and the encouragement sh that she has been able to bring out in our youth and she's been getting people excited about some of these programs that she participates in and that she creates all throughout the high desert. So I'm very grateful for your stewardship and the gifting that the Lord has given you. And I have also driven by these utility boxes and I am so excited. I I used to live in Auburn, California. And so the city itself, the steps there, there's so much artwork and it does it brings a vibrancy. It brings there's an uplifting naturally as you as you go down the streets. And so to see it here in our city is a blessing. And so thank you for the work that you both do and that you will continue to do and I look forward to continuing to see great great work.

Yeah, I'm super excited. Right. like like the mayor as kids growing up here, you know, we saw the brown and few other colors because we recognize the other colors. Um, for a long time, I never paid attention to utility boxes, be real, unless we were sitting on them as kids and then we get in trouble for sitting on the boxes. But now I know them. I see them. I was super excited because we had a lot of back and forth about the sports one, right?

Super excited when I drove by and there was no Dodger sign on it. So, thank you for working that out. Um, I'm just saying. Um, but no, it truly does bring a light that I didn't know we needed. So, I also want to thank Mayor Pro Tim Ramos for bringing it because I was like when y'all was talking about it, I think before I got here, you got back. It was and I'm like, why this is not even an important issue, but now I see how important it is. And we talked about doing murals before to help with graffiti. And I believe that this stops so much negativity while at the same time bringing in the positivity. So, thank you guys for your work. Thank you, Mayor Pat Ramos, for bringing this in. And I just look forward to more color.

I didn't say anything about the Dodgers, but we all know what's going on, right? And it's cool cuz we can wait for it says twotime champion after this year. Kids, you see what happened? I got put on the spot to read, so you got to be ready to go at any moment. So, let's make sure that's part of your thing, too. But the the incredible colors that are coming to the city, it's amazing. Um I I do like the one over there, by the way. It's a nice one. But u it would be nice Dodgers. We'll get the Dodger one out there. Um my my residents asked for it. So, but what you guys are doing, 49er one's coming on the second round. If they want a second round of ones, I'm not going to vote unless we get our Dodger and 49er one going. So, um thank you ladies. No, really. Thank you. Um, I know we just barely met too and and but I hear too much amazing things from Amanda about you and everything you've done in your whole life and to have you in our in our city. It's going to be a blessing even more so now that we we can promote both of you in in our city and show what you guys can do. I know the kids are are going by and seeing it. I'm seeing it down every block like everyone's talking about. I really love the the one that for the military that I think that one pops the best, right? The military one's the best, right? Cuz if that would have been Dodgers, I would have been second best. But military is the best. Like I love that one. And also the one that I think the first one we did um on the corner of Palmdale, that one also really pops out. Yeah. So there's a lot of good ones that are coming up. And like uh councilwoman um said that we didn't even notice they were there and now they're boom, they're they're big in our community. So um next I'm trying to push for the walls that we can paint, right? So we don't just have graffiti. No, we have our artwork our artwork in in the city and let's express ourselves. So, those are the next projects. And again, it's not only these two ladies. It's what art um people do we have in our community that can come and do this and and and then say, "I want this wall. This is what I want." And this is what they want. They want everybody involved. They want to bring their talent so more people show their talents in our city so we can get more of our residents involved where you just say, "Give me this wall and I'll show

you what I'm going to do." Like, we'll approve it. So, show your show us your art. Show us what you can do and and we'll approve you guys getting a wall so we can beautify the city together. Thank you. Ladies, I think it's a beautiful thing what it is that you've been able to do. But first and foremost, I just want to say thank you for reaching out. Right. A lot of times that's the hardest and the biggest hurdle is that communities don't feel that they can reach out to their electeds to share ideas, to express themselves, and to get stuff like this going. So, um, thank you so much for all of your hard work in our community. It does not go unnoticed. You know, I'm grateful for the beautiful artwork that we have because it does give a special pop to our community, right? everything that you're doing and your time invested into these kids. What a lot of people don't realize is that you're sewing more than what it is that you're receiving. And the problem is a lot of times people want to take more than what it is that they're giving. Right? So that's why being able to support these projects, people be able to support what it is that you're doing, you're leading with love. You're leading with let me do something for my community, not let me take something from my community. So projects like this, it's so easy to support. so easy to support because of what it is that you're doing and the impact and the change that you're making. Vanessa, thank you so much for your consideration on the colors, right? And this is the education that we learn. Like I was like, I would have never thought that colors play a factor to helping people with their mental health, what it is that they see, how it is is articulated, that knowledge that you're able to share. So get ready. We're going to invite you to a podcast because we're going to need you to elaborate on the importance of these things. But ladies, thank you so much. This is a simple way that we can appreciate you and honor you. Um, and thank you for all that you do for our community and that you're gonna continue to do because you are most definitely making an impact in our city in the city of Alanto and we appreciate you. Thank you so much.

And I will wrap up with just a simple we appreciate you. Thank you. We love you. And because of both of you, uh, the month of October is officially effective today. Uh, arts and humanities month. Thank you. You're good. Don't worry. One, two, three.

All right. Congratulations. All righty. I'm going to go ahead and just jump on this and then step out. Um Oh, cannot do that. Um I have to step away, right? I was trying to get to the item. Um I'm not sure if I can speak on it. knowing that it's starting right now. Um, so Mayor Pro Tim, if you want to go ahead and take over. Todd, question. We already moved it up.

Yes, sir. Hey, would I be able to just leave my my my remarks and then hand it over to Mayor Pro Tim? I don't want my remarks to be off come off as influential. Um, but I would like to just leave remarks on on where I stand with the uh voted item. Can we t want to tape them? Yeah, you can leave them as a private citizen, but they are not u and they can be part of the record, but they are not part of the participation in the action. Mayor, I'm sorry. Before you go, is it something that has to be voted on today or can it wait till the next meeting and be tabled item? City manager, that's your honor, are we referring to the VBTA item? Yes. Yes, it's a it's an action item. But is it a immediate action or can we hold off for I mean,

I'll leave it up to the council on that. So there's no urgency. Well, there is an urgency because the seniors do need to get transported to and from. Okay. And we're already what 60 days in when we got the bus. And

so I'll just leave my remarks you guys and then I'll step away. Um the purpose of getting this bus was to be able to have the seniors have access to it and be able to use it. Um because Molding Hearts is not or any of those drivers are not employees of the city. uh there's a huge liability on the city in regard to them accessing and utilizing that bus. Um I would just support that we um donate the bus to the entity that is managing it at the time or whatever the proper legal legality is. But um we need to I I believe and I support that we remove any type of liability from the city of Alanto and uh we we give that to the entity that is uh running and securing our senior center. So, those are my thoughts on that. Um, Mayor Pro Tim, can you please take over? Ladies and gentlemen, this is just an important meeting. I will watch the replays and listen to all of your comments. Uh, um, please, if you leave any phone numbers, you would like any follow-up conversations, please leave your contact information. I would love I'll be more than happy to meet with you guys. Um, but this u building housing and bringing those type of things to the city is also um an important what we're trying to accomplish. So, Mayor Pro, thank you.

There's another meeting going on in the day. What? That's why we have presidents. All right. So, we're going to move forward with the new business. Uh, number one discussion item, Victor Valley Transit Authority Bus. Anyone open public comment first? We got first. Okay. Councilwoman Evans, that's that's the intro. That's all we got. That's all we got. Oh, okay. Well, um, your honor, um, your honor, may may I may I tee it up? My my sincere apologies. Mayor te it up for us. Te it up, city manager. Sure. Absolutely. I'll do my very best. Uh,

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city council and members of the public, the agenda item before the city council this morning under new business concerns the Victor Valley Transit Authority bus. As the mayor indicated, he uh he played a major role in securing this vehicle to support our seniors, our senior center, and provide transportation for our seniors. Uh at this time, at this time, the bus is a city asset. However, if it is to be driven or managed by entities, entities outside of city employees, it presents a liability risk to the city. Therefore, staff is recommending that the city council discuss and provide feedback on this matter. Staff's recommendation is that the city council consider donating the bus to a qualified 501c nonprofit organization, i.e. the senior center uh which would allow these services to continue while releasing releasing the city of any potential liability. This concludes my statement.

Thanks, city manager. Councilwoman Evans. Well, um, while I understand the desire to release the liability of allowing another entity to drive our asset, I think that we need to find a workaround to donating the bus to a nonprofit, whether they are in good standing or not. I think that somehow, way, shape, or form, we've played this game already, right? um the bus was donated to an entity as opposed to the city and now that bus sits at that person's house, right? And so what I don't want to do is with I feel we set it up, y'all set it up for the bus to come to the city the proper way this time and now we would be making the same mistake and then giving it to someone else. If there's a way, I think the the best solution to this is to contract out the services, right? So, we figure out what it just like we contract the stadium and we contract other we at some point we were contracting with GIO to to run the detention center and the correctional facility uh or the detention center, I'm sorry. Um we we need to find a way to contract this service out to get the liability off of us and provide the service while still holding on to our asset. Because while Molding Hearts has been doing great and I I'm I don't want to speak negativity into the situation, but at some point they may decide to leave and now we've given the seniors bus to another nonprofit that's not providing the service to the seniors. So, um I would suggest we find some workarounds to limit the liability while not giving away our asset.

Thank you, Councilwoman Evans. Councilwoman of the Grove. I think that the idea of giving the bus to the senior center um is a good one and I think that because they have already done so much work in our city and additionally I think making things easier for good organizations is is what makes or those organizations stay. I know not always. However, when there is a partnership, when there's a good relationship, it makes it easier for good organizations to stay in the city and and invest in the city and to continue to invest. And they they started with their best foot forward. And I believe that this um this gesture on behalf of our city uh would only would only strengthen that relationship that we have. And uh being you know I I get to see the seniors three times a week. I get to see the excitement. They're only growing in numbers there. I do not see a decline. I do not see any indication of of this organization leaving. Although it is a it's an it's there's potential but in all things there are risks and I think that this is well worth that risk. And so for me, I would agree that um donating the bus to an organization that is going to utilize the bus uh for our residents, for our seniors is is definitely a good thing. And I think with that kind of gesture, it we'll only see more uh services come out and and improvements and and even more investments. Um, that is my hope

and uh like all things like all business practices there's a risk and I'm willing to take that risk. Thank Councilwoman Councilman Amesa

I'm good. Um there's risk but there's also the risk of the seniors that still not eating because they don't have a ride. Right. And there's there's we're talking about seniors eating. So, and have this is more than eating. We had seniors in here the other day talking about this is the best place they get to go to. They get to go see their friends. They get to go make new friends. Like, they can't wait to be there. And to have that opportunity open up for another one. Um, Molding Hearts is has already put so much money out of their pocket and it's like, put your money where your mouth is. They've already done it. and and they didn't know we were going to help them and and get it back to them and help them with their um appliances. They just went in there and did it and and um if they were to leave in 5 years or whatever, whatever it is, we'll get another bus. But I'm not I don't want to be the bureaucratic that says, "Oh, but we got to do it like this because the house never gets built. The house burnt down and we got to go through code. We got to go through and your house is never going to get built." And that's kind of what I see on these kind of things. We we got to trust people who are already investing in our community. The seniors love them. And if the seniors are saying, "Let's go for it," then I'm not going to get out of the way of the seniors, right? The seniors say, "We want this. We need this. And this is our community talking to us." So, if we talk back to them in any other way by saying, "We got you." I don't see why we should be doing that. Um, so I trust Molding Hearts. I trust them with everything they're doing, everything they've done already. And I I do agree with mayor. Maybe there's just language of the bus belongs to anyone who's taking care of our seniors in the 501c3. So if they're the ones that are in in there taking care of it, then those are the ones that should have the bus to provide for our seniors because at the end of the day, this isn't for the 501c3. This is for our seniors um and everybody that goes there so they can experience the good times, the games, the food, and the whole camaraderie with

all their friends at at the community center. So that's my take on it. Awesome. Thank you, Mr. Mesa. I have a few comments and a few questions and excuse me in advance if I'm a little all over the place. Um, but I'm actually glad the kids are in attendance today because I feel it it fits in with what I with what I want to say. I um I had the the privilege and the opportunity to meet with a specific senator a couple days ago for for a little bit of mentorship. Um, I won't mention the name, but one of the first things that he said to me that stuck out was there's two people that you need to make sure, two kinds of people, two types of people that you need to make sure that you always take care of in the community. The kids and the seniors. Kids and the seniors. She said, "Whatever you need to do to figure it out, make sure those two groups of individuals are taken care of because one group has paved the way and the other group will continue to pave the way." Then he said something funny about the guys in the middle, don't worry about them. They're all messed up. It's their fault, right? So, we won't we won't talk about that. But, um, and it and and it was it hit me because it's it's it's true, right? Our seniors are the priority. And and I feel that this I think that this this staff and this council did an amazing job at showing that when we approved the previous uh uh work for the uh for the AC and the hood and all that other stuff. Um Molding Hearts, I agree with you, council. Molding Molding Hearts has done an amazing job at the work they've done. Um their numbers speak for themselves. Their work speak for themselves. The seniors speak for Molding Hearts. Molding Hearts doesn't even need to speak for themselves. Um, Councilwoman Evans, you made a great point when you said, "We've played this game before, um, and we saw how it went." Couldn't agree with you more. Right. But I'll add

to that, if I may, that we've played this game before, but with a different team and different people, right? Um, I think we both agree that there was a lot of trust issues when it came to, you know, that other team and those other players. Um, maybe their hearts weren't in the right places. Maybe their intentions weren't in the right places. And it showed. It showed without a doubt. And that bus stayed. We don't got to mention where it stayed, but it stayed there. It's with cobweb. And it was it was almost like a disgrace and a smack in the face to our to our residents, our seniors, um, and to anybody else that helped bring that bus, you know, to the city. City manager, I have a couple questions and Todd, if you'd like to chime in, please chime in. I feel like I know the answers to them, but I just kind of for the record and I want to just be sure. Um if this bus is donated what if anything is the city on the hook or responsible for insurance, gas, um maintenance? Are we insure? Are we responsible for anything or are we completely washing our hands with any liability and responsibilities to that bus?

Yes. Uh thank you uh Mayor Problem City Council, members of the public. It's a great question and the answer is that uh once we transfer this vehicle to the entity uh we no longer are liable for anything. Um thank you.

Okay. Awesome. Now a concern that was brought up that I do that I do as well, you know, acknowledge and I agree with is is we give this bus and you know two years from now, three years from now that organization leaves and now we this this bus is is gone, right? and it's taken a lot of work and a lot of, you know, manpower to get this bus donated to us. Are we able to end the language? Um, does it have to be a donation? Can it be something where the city is protected so that if this organization moves forward or leaves, you know, three years, four years from now, the bus stays, right? Is it maybe a a lease for a dollar instead of a donation? Um, what can we do? and and city manager, you've done a great job at assembling a great team that makes great decisions and great contracts where we've where we've been able to add language into these contracts to protect the city. Um, so are we able to potentially move forward with some sort of donation or maybe it's that's not the right word so that they can use it responsibilities off of us. They're taking care of our seniors, but in the event that they decide to leave us three years, four years, five years from now, then that bus now comes back to the city of Adelaide.

Yes. Thank you again, uh, Mayor Prom. That that is absolutely doable. However, we, like you said, we pay good good money and we have a great team and, uh, our city attorney can definitely chime in on that, but I I believe we can we can do that. Yes. Is that a yes, Todd? That's how you're gonna tee it up. Yes, that was a yes. Thank you, sir. Uh before I open it up to public comment, uh Councilwoman,

you just prompted a question. Does anyone know the value of this bus? And the only reason I'm asking is because in three to five years, you know, for me, if the senior center here is is here for five years and they utilize the bus and they do it well and we're serving our residents, I don't know that the value of that bus after the fifth year matters to be honest because you don't you don't know some policy could change and we're not allowed to use that type of bus anymore because it's not energy efficient, whatever, you know. So for me if five years getting five years out of it is worth it and what happens after that really doesn't matter. Now if they left next month that'd be different. So there's there might be a difference in the value based on the time. And so do we know the value of this bus?

Yeah. Thank you very much for that question. Councilwoman upgra the bus is is u it's a good-looking bus but it's definitely not a new bus. It's it's a used bus that's it's got well over 200,000 miles if my memory serves me well. Uh we'll double check on the mileage. Uh but you know the these um these agencies maintain these vehicles over the years and so it's in good running operation or condition. Uh again we got to keep in mind that the this bus will be local. It's not going to be traveling out of state. It's going to be mainly utilized to operate within the boundaries of the city of Adalanto for the most part. Now,

for when we go to Vegas with them. Okay. Uh so, so yes, you make a good point about that as well.

So, go ahead. So again, it just goes back to my point being, you know, if if there maybe there's like a tier system where as long as they are here and using the bus, anything after five years, then, you know, whatever, but anything before five years, there could be language in the contract to that effect. I'm not I'm not personally motivated to do like a tier structure or any kind of buyback but for if if the council wanted to I wouldn't be opposed to it but I think that you know lot changes in five years that bus might not even be legal in five years.

Yeah, I think the the best approach here is just to keep it simple. There's a need here for our seniors to get to and from the senior center. I think we need to focus on that. This is a a senior center that that uh really has been o overlooked for many many years. We're no longer in that this place under Mayor Reyes's leadership in the city council. We're in a different place today. So So I think we need to keep it simple and and not not uh inundate the contract or the agreement with a whole lot of language. You have a question before I go to open just more comments.

Um I think that's a good point and I think that that for me would be a great compromise, right? Right. And I don't know that it needs to be the tour the tier system, which when you said I was before you even said I was like that would work, right? If it's one, let's say the the the value of the bus is $10,000, which I'm sure is way undervalued. $10,000 today, right? Every year they keep it, we knock off $1,000 or what if you want to be five years, then cool. Whatever the the math is that at year five, the value is zero. Keep your bus, right? Um that works for me. or like NPT said that there's a there's a a buyback or a give back stipulation in the contract. And and I I want to also be clear because I I felt it. I don't know if y'all felt it. So I want to make sure that my my stance is clear. I'm in no way not in support of the seniors the senior center or molding hearts. I believe in everything that's happening there. At the same time, my role here is to protect the assets of the city, right? So, it's business and people. It's two things that most times can coincide, right? And I'm hoping that we can find a solution that will have them come together. But at the end of the day, I want to make sure that we're protecting the city, not individuals that live in the city. Respectfully, I love the seniors, please don't hate me, but we have to be mindful and good stewards of what's given to us. So, um, I like the idea of either the tiered system or even just a buyback, a whatever, but something that says if they leave in this amount of time, we get our asset back because the goal would be to have another organization come in and they're going to need a bus and if I'm not mistaken, BBTA will give a bus directly to an organization so folks can go through BBTA themselves and get it. So,

thank you for those comments, council. We're going to open it up to public comment at 1211. I don't have any cards here for the bus. Um, anybody online? Brenda, Adam. All right, we're going to close public comment at 1211. Bring it back to council. Final comments. Councilwoman Evans, I made them already. Thanks. Councilwoman Upper Grove. Counciloman Ma.

Uh, just hearing what everyone's saying, I I just think we keep it simple on a 200,000 mile automobile. I don't think it's worth having it back even if we wanted it back. It would just be another cost to the city of a 300 or 400,000 mile automobile that we have to then worry about. So, um that's my take.

Thank you, Councilman Mesa. I would say that we that we direct staff then to uh move forward with with um drafting up a contract um or moving forward with direction of donating the bus or leasing the bus or however you guys want to structure it to protect um obviously keeping seniors in mind first but also protecting the city and its assets and then come back. Do we need to bring this back to council for approval of of anything or you just take it you got it from here. Excuse me, Todd. What are your thoughts?

No, given that we've had this discussion, I'd feel more comfortable bringing it back to the council to make sure we covered everything you've directed. So noted. Awesome. Good to go. Mayor Proz, if I can just point out a fact. According to Google, the average city bus at the end of its life is typically between 500,000 and a million miles. So 200,000 is still a brand new bus.

Thank you for that stat. So okay, so direction's been given draft of contract uh move forward with donation or lease protecting uh keeping seniors priority and then keeping the protecting the city the city assets and then come back to council as soon as possible with that. Is there going to be language in there that the the bus remains re reverts is the key word back to the city in the event that the senior uh administrators no longer are with the city. I would like I would I would ask that this council agree to at least a fiveyear at least a three to fiveyear uh deal where if they leave prior to that three or five year then it does need to come back to to the uh to the city council

again councilwoman um Savannah brought up a good point about the the bus being new but that's new to them because they have mechanics and they have everybody that touches it at at the BBC right we don't have anybody. Like that's that's my concern when I'm talking about it's an asset for the city. Like we we don't have people that can keep it even though it's 200 300,000. We don't we don't have anybody on staff or I don't even know if we have someone local. And that's another cost to us to keep it brand new. So that's that's why I bring it up is we don't have those resources to keep it as a brand new vehicle. even though it's just broken in and it's ready to go, which is awesome for our seniors. That's why I rather put it on them to kind of here go with it because that it's that whole maintenance part of it. It's nice to say we got a nice bus. It's brightly broken in and we can't do anything with it and it's going to sit in someone's front yard.

So So Council Member Mesa, what I'm hearing from you is doing a Sorry about that. Uh your honor, what I'm hearing from you is just doing a straight donation across the board and and and uh leaving it as is. I I would like to motion to do that. That way it's just a straight donation and with with no with no with no correct with just straight up straight up. That would be my motion. I'll second. We're going to take a roll call for that, please. Brenda, can I counter before that or does it got to die first? It's got to It's got to die. Okay. First. Am I wrong, Todd? Can I?

Yeah, the city clerk is wrong. We can do You can do a slow, Todd. So, I'd like Yeah, he's been waiting to say that. That's how you te that attorney. So, I'd like to do a stip I'd like to do a submotion that that it's donated with the stipulation that they are locked in for for a minimum of three years because that keeps us locked in here. that keeps services here, that keeps our seniors, you know, for three years. And to your point, Councilman up, Councilwoman Upgrove, things might change with the buses and transportation, right? So, at least we know for the next three years, we're locked in. They're locked in. Um, that would be my substitute motion. I'll second. Roll call, please. Brenda.

Yes, your honor. Councelor Evans, just so we're clear, Brenda, we're motioning on I mean, we're voting on the substitute motion, right? That's correct. The same thing. He just added a three-year. Got it. Yes. Councelor Mesa. Oh, say yes to my motion. Yes. Well, to the motion. Substitute motion. Yes. The whole shebang. Councelor upgra. Yes. Mayor Potm Ramos. Yes, Mayor. And then Mayor Reyes is noted as absent. Motion passes. Awesome. Thank you, council. Congratulations, Molding Hearts. Congratulations, seniors. Great job. Move back to public communication. Public comment. Brenda. Yes.

Correct. Okay. This is a time and place for members of the public to comment on any matter within the jurisdiction of the city council. Members of the public wishing to address the city council members on items not on the agenda can push star 9 on their telephones to raise their hands. The city clerk will call on you in order received. You will be asked to unmute. To do so, you must push star six. Please state your name for the record. There's a time limit of three minutes. Anybody online? Okay. And in my card, my hand here. First one, Mrs. Rhonda Dennis. Come on up. Okay. Good morning, um, council members, um, everyone on the the dascese. My name is Rhonda. Um, you know my name, you know my face and my passion for this city. Uh, my life has been dedicated to uh, working with children, the city of Atlanta, and it's rooted in a deep love for our community. The R Dennis Preparatory Academy and preschool is the culmination of that work, a vision to empower our children. Thank you for mentioning that. as one of the um areas that we need to to look at um with the tools they need to build a prosperous future. This proposal is not a simple real estate transaction. It is a request to partner with you on a project that will ignite a movement of economic and educational empowerment in Atlanta. I am asking for your trust in a plan that is unconventional. I know this, but deep deeply strategic and one that is designed to ensure a successful leg lasting legacy for this city. So, I have a proposal, a 2-year leasewood option to buy. Um, I'm respectfully request a two-year leasewood option to buy to

purchase the Glasper building and its surrounding acres. The key terms of this partnership would be lease agreement, a two-year lease at a m mutually agreable market rate with the first year to be dedicated to renovation and a portion of the second year for operation and further fundraising. Renovation RDPAP will be responsible for and will fully fund all necessary renovations to bring the building up to code for its intended use as a preschool and community center. This represents a significant non-reimburseable investment on our part, demonstrating our unwavering commitment to the property and its future. Option to buy the lease agreement will include a firm purchase price for the building and land, which RDPAP will have the option to exercise at any point during the two-year lease term. This structure is born uh born out of financial necessity and a strategic discipline. As a new nonprofit organization, RDPAP must establish a strong credit profile and a proven track record of operational and financial viability. The 2-year period will allow us to demonstrate the school's success to lenders, securing the necessary long-term financing to finalize the purchase. This approach mitigates risk for the city of Atlanta while guaranteeing our commitment. The long-term vision, a phase development plan for a community hub. Our plan is to transform the Glassford building and its acres into a vibrant educational empowerment campus through three distinct but interconnected phases. Phase one, the preschool and community center. This year, the Glaser building will Glasper building will be meticulously renovated to house our state-of-the-art preschool and the community empowerment center.

Thank you.

Thank you, M. Thank you, Mrs. Dennis. We appreciate you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Next up, Audrey Young. Good morning, uh, council. I am here representing my son. He's a fifth grader at Gus Franklin STEM Academy and we are here um I have a letter written from him. He's a little shy. Guess he's a man of little words. Uh dear Mr. Mayor and councils, we will be going on a field trip in April to the Three Oaks Science Camp School. All of the fifth grade students will be more than grateful if you could help donate to the fifth grade. The reason I would like to go to camp is that I've never been into the mountains before and I have never been away from home from my parents. I would like to go to science camp because I would like to gain hands-on experiment experiments like building a dam. When I get older, I would like to go into the military and the things that I would learn at camp could potentially help me do my job in the Air Force. Uh, thank you for your time, Rocco Young. And I my name is Audrey Young. I'm just a mom uh and a volunteer at the fifth grade comm community committee at Gus Franklin STEM Academy. Okay. Thank you for your time.

Thank you.

Uh no Flores. Good morning, council. My name is Noami Flores and I'm here on behalf of Gus Franklin Jr. STEM Academy, just like Miss Audrey Young. Um, I want to share with you the importance of our fifth grade science camp and why we are asking for your support. So, science camp is not just a field trip. It's a lifetime opportunity for our students to connect with nature, build confidence, and experience hands-on science outside of the classroom. Right now we're moving into a very technology friendly world and in class they all have Chromebooks that bring they bring home or they have in class and so going on to this field trip will kind of move them away from that technology and get their hands really dirty with our earth, right? Um they all our students are looking forward for this trip for years. They're in the school and that's all they talk about. First grade, second, third, fourth, they're excited to be in fifth grade because they know they have that field trip coming up. Um so our fifth graders if you don't know are very unique. They actually started kinder during co so that entire year was full of isolation and um no celebrations no no school events and very limited interaction with their peers. Um try to trying to have a kinder do online learning was very very difficult. It's very difficult year. But hey we survived. We're here. They're they're fifth graders now. They're looking forward to this. Now, after working so hard to overcome these early challenges, they face losing another milestone, right? Science camp. The school used to cover half of it. Um, but unfortunately, due to recent cuts the at the district level, most of that funding has been pulled away. So now the remaining cost per student is now simply too high for many families here in our wonderful city

to afford. As parents, we are fundraising every way we can, but we are still falling short. We're asking for your support to help bridge the gap. With your partnership, we can make sure every one of our fifth grade students has the opportunity and the chance to attend Science Camp, regardless of their family's financial situation. This is about equity, opportunity, and giving our students memories and experiences they deserved after such a difficult start to their school journey. Thank you for your time and for considering investing in our kids and in their future. Thank you. And if I butcher your name in advance, I apologize, okay? Because I'm looking at these cards and it's Yeah. Uh I'm just going to do the first name. Aubrey. Uh well, the last name. It's the last name. Let me see if I pafel.

Yeah, there you go. Okay.

Good afternoon, Mayor Prom, and council members. My name is Aubrey Penfield. I am a fifth grade student from Gus Franklin Jr. STEM Academy in the Adalto School District. I am writing this letter because of an amazing learning opportunity that our school is providing us with. We will we will be going to Three Oaks Outdoor Science School for 4 days and three nights from April 7th to April 10th. Three Oaks is an amazing opportunity to do hands-on learning stuff like hiking, seeing and touching animals, playing games, and having time to hang out with friends or classmates. Science camp is a place to have real world exposure to STEM. It is located near Lake Arrowhead in Crestline. Each student has to pay $425 before we go to science camp. This camp will help us understand that learning doesn't always happen in the classroom. We can learn anywhere. Some families don't have the money and aren't able to send their students to science camp. Schools aren't able to help due to budget cuts. These students will be missing out on a very fun learning experience. This is why we are asking for donations so we are able to go to science camp. That way all students who want to attend are able to go. Thank you for your consideration.

Sorry. Dad, come on up. You're next. Daniel. Daniel Pafel. Yes, great name, sir.

All right. Good afternoon, uh, Mayor Prom, council members, and fellow residents of Adalanto. My name is Daniel Pña. I've been a resident of Adalanto for since 2013, where my wife and I purchased our first home. We've attended many city council meetings back uh before the job pulled us away. Uh, but we were here when they were designating the green zone, uh, when we did the Turk McBride giveaway, which we were actually part of, and different events in the city. I'm a proud resident, and I say that with a passion. Um, couple things going off topic. Love what is going on in the community and to see everything come to life. I was here when a lot of the things were in zoning and now to see the Adalo Town Center actually coming to life. Um, as well as many other things within the city. Um, I took my daughter to the city event that you hosted recently. That was great. She's already sighing eyed me about the pumpkin patch coming. She's already looking at me saying, "We better go." So, I love to see the things like that with the community at work. We have a community uh board where we go out. Uh, I work at the federal prison and we go out and have events for the um for the families as well. So, I'm I love my community and everything that I live and work for. Um, we're here today because, um, like Naomi stated, back in 2019, the children, they didn't get to have their kindergarten promotion. They didn't get to have any of their kindergarten events. Now, we're stuck at with fifth grade due to f uh, budget cuts. There's no money. Everything's cut. We don't know how we're going to support their promotion, their fifth grade field trip, their science camp, their fifth grade dance, and their fifth grade field day. So, us as parents that are here in the audience, we are we formed a community. We've been started since July to try to figure out fundraising on how to figure out how to pay for all this stuff because it's stuck with pretty much us. The um school district doesn't have the funding to help with it. Uh so, we've

been uh we had a raising canes fundraiser. We were only pulled in 120 with that. It's better than nothing, but we're starting small. We have uh we're doing the uh world's finest chocolate sales. We have them here if anybody wants to buy them as well. We're working with that. So, we brought that box in. Um, but we're just asking for help. Uh, like I said, I was here back in the day when, uh, the green zone, we'll go with that for that. They stated they wanted to help out the community. So, now I think it's time we call upon them and see if they can help fund the cities. They donated bikes back in the day for that. So I say we call upon them again and see where they can help and uh help get these children to science camp and help uh let them have a unforgettable fifth grade year before they promote and go off on to other things. Uh thank you for your time. Good afternoon uh city city board. I am here uh and good afternoon everybody. I am here for uh try to uh take uh the attention from you guys about the adilanto growth. Why? Because we are living in very nice city Atlanta and and the road is in very bad shape. For me is a shame for to for to see the Delanto road and I I am thinking why the city don't pay attention about that way. Yeah, I see like they going they are planning to fix Charlie something like

that Charle but uh I I am thinking why they don't see to fix it at the lanto ro too. Uh I don't know if uh the city is trying to uh give that word to uh Amazon iron mountain or Dr. pepper or to give that word to the airport. I think so. I don't know because they they destroyed a lot of the city and sometime uh at night time because I living in the corner and I am very scared about the the dogs about coyote about the the very sometimes because uh at night time or very when it's very late quiet it's racing you know the the racing car very they go very bad and I thinking oh my god the uh the way is in very bad shape in any moment then going to lose the control those car will go on my car in my house or to another house that that's why I I am here for for try to ask to the city please don't don't give that area uh give a lot of negligency or or maybe I don't know I like I told you before maybe they are waiting the like Amazon or or Iron Mountain or or or Dr. Pepe fix fix that area but but uh also I I like to uh pay attention to that part of the city because it's is a rough uh Thank you very much.

Thank you ma'am Kiran. Come on down, Kyle.

Um, good day and um, dear Mayor, mayor prom and Este council members, I am Kairen Sautis and I'm a fifth grader student at Gus Franklin Junior STEM. Academy in the Alanto School District. I'm writing this letter because of a particular reason and an exciting opportunity that our school is providing to us fifth graders, including me, writing this letter. Fifth graders will be going to Three Oaks Outdoor Science School for four days, three nights next year during the month of April 7th to April 11th. Three Oak School is a is a school surrounding activities, mainly science and outdoor interactions for kids. Not only does the school provide activities, but it could also help with their learning at school. Us fifth graders are asking for a donation to help our school afford science camps because us students have never been to SC science camp and it's the only time we're going. It also parents have to pay $400 which is too much. So we we are asking for donation to afford it at at oats three oaks. There are many exciting activities. So we're going to be hiking, night hiking, having dance nights, skit nights, catching frogs, and way more activities.

I'm excited because I go in depth in science. Not not only are there activities, but there are benefits such as helping you being relaxed from the distress of learning term actions and not being alone. I'm hoping to go to dance night and hiking because that sounds fun and I've never experience action like these I just described. Lastly, these activities can cure boredom because all these activities instead of doing nothing. Um,

motion for 30 more seconds of doing nothing can be better. I mean, yeah, be better. Um, but every kid has done the same. Thank you for reading this letter that has context that is interesting to read and all of us fifth graders will be happy if you donate. Sincerely, um, Kyis, great job, Ky.

Aaliyah Flores. Dear May, Prom and City Council members, my name is Aaliyah Flores and I'm a fifth grade student at Gus Franklin Junior STEM School in Ottawanto School District. I'm writing this letter because of an amazing learning opportunity that our school is providing me with. We will be going to Three Oaks Outdoor Science School for 4 days and three nights during the month of April. I am so excited for this opportunity. Three Oaks is a great science school for kids to learn and to work as one team. This is a great opportunity for kids to learn more about science. They also have fun games that have science learning in them. What I am looking forward to is astronomy night, skit night, and going to a to a pond to look for frogs. There are going to be more opportunities to make friendships, great friendships, and get to know each other better. All of the fifth graders at Gus Franklin Junior STEM would be pleased if you would donate some money to our science school. A reason why this will be a great experience for the fifth graders group to be more independent. It will help me and all the fifth graders feel more confident in our abilities. We will feel also feel less overwhelmed and more mature. From my experience, when my sister had the opportunity to go last year, I noticed that when she came back, she was more mature. If I had the opportunity to go to Three Oak Science School, it would be an experience I will never forget. I have been doing research on the activities that I will be doing if I go to Three Oak Science School, such as hands-on learning, learning a lot of

team Wait, hands-on learning, a lot of teamwork, and real world problem solving skills. Three Oaks Science School is a great place where failure isn't seen as something negative. It will help do better on tests and improve their grades. This will also help them feel more capable and creative. Thank you for listening to my letter and supporting fifth graders at Gus Franklin. Sincerely, Aaliyah Flores. Great job. All right, Brenda, I'm going to close public comment at We already checked. Yeah. At 12:38.

And before we move forward, I just want to make a quick um statement to Aubrey, Aaliyah, Kairen, and the other young men and women that are that are joining us here today. Um you guys are doing the first step of receiving the help that you're asking for, right? You showed up, you came out and you spoke. There's a lot of adults that live in our city that won't even come out and do that, right? You guys are doing the first step. Congratulations. You guys are amazing for coming up here and taking time to to express yourselves and to ask for help, right? Your parents are superheroes, whether you know that or not. At night when you sleep, they go out and they fight crime and they're figuring things out. I promise you, they are. They're superheroes. You guys have we have a mayor and a city council that's phenomenal at figuring things out and putting their minds together and coming up with ways to help the community members that come out and ask for help. We have a city manager who's a magician. He makes magic happen. If you've never seen it, pull him to the side one day and tell him to show you one of his magic tricks. Right. Thank you for coming up and expressing your needs, your concerns. I'll be honest with you. I don't know what we're going to do. I don't right now. But one thing that I can assure you is that we're going to try and figure it out. We're going to try and figure something out to get you guys the help that you want because you do deserve to go to camp. You do you do deserve to go to to dances. You do deserve more. And if the school district is cutting budgets and they can't help, we're going to say okay and we're going to open up our doors and we'll figure it out. We might not be able to give you all the help, but we'll be able to give you some help. And I know the other council members are going to want to say something, so I'll I'll give them their time. Okay.

Can Can I get one of the parents to come up to the podium? Maybe we can ask a couple questions, right? And and just for just so everybody's aware, right? Common protocol is not to go back to discuss or debate during public comment. you guys come up, you speak on it, and then we listen and then we go back. Um, so, but because you guys are babies and you guys are special, it's gonna we're going to have some dialogue right now. Okay. For the parents. Okay. So, the some some of my concerns and some of my questions for you guys is um do you know how many kids first of all are in the in the camp in the class? In the class. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Can she join

whoever? Yeah. Hey, council. Also, if you guys if you guys I mean for the sake of time, we can we can we can bring this back at I want to make a motion, but I want to make sure they understand when I make the motion uh what I need to Yeah, for future agenda. Yeah, for future agenda. I'm going to be putting it on, but I need you guys to understand the scope on what I'm willing to put on to the agenda. Okay. Um so, how many kids are at the in the class? Total there's three fifth grade classes. So, totaling 93 fifth graders.

93 fifth graders. Okay. So, this is where I have a my here's my constraint that I I always like to put on. Um, your school is in Victorville, right? And that's where we have a an issue with this council. But the kind of way we get around that is and how we've worked together as a team is how many of those kids are at Atlanta residents out of those 93. So, when you um I'm g that's what I'm gonna try to help is those and I could say we give you $2,000 and it's only going to go to a few kids anyway, right? But if I can know the number of Atlanta kids because I only like to give money from Atlanta to Atlanta kids. So, I'm sorry. And that's that's my daughter's kid.

You see what I'm saying? So, so, so we're going to hit a lot of the kids and and that's where I can uh go to my back to my residents and they're going to be like, "Hey, why are you guys donating to Victorville?" how it's a school in Victor but but these are our kids and there's it's a performing school right it's for science and it's a different type so it's it's a choice that our kids get to make and I don't want to have that taken away from our kids I want to promote our kids that are from Atlanta to to get some of that so that's kind of how I could sell it to my team members um and so we all can kind of go with that so those are the kind of numbers I'm going to need and um the price of course of that uh that's a big one and then we can we can kind of get those numbers and then we can see what we can do. Um, those are kind of what we're looking for when we do those kind of things. So, great presentation today at home like around the corner. I live literally down the street.

Okay, you can you can bring it to Brenda. She can email it to us. Um, that way we kind of have that. We kind of understand that. Um, so great job coming to us. So, I just want to give you guys a little bit more direction on how to get your box a little tighter when you come to us. And these are the kind of things we're looking for. So, it makes it a little bit easier. And I love the kids in Victorville, too, but I want to make sure I take care of our babies here in our city with our residents money. So, that's the only reason uh we kind of do those kind of things. I have a quick question. So, would you recommend for those that live in Victorville, should we hit Victorville? I would definitely say, "Hey," and then be like, "Hey, Atlanta did this. What is Victorville going to do?" Hey, his up. They stepped up.

Hey, what is Hispanic? Whatever your kids are from, I would attack it that way. And that way everyone's like, "Whoa, 95 kids. What?" So, oh, 20 kids. Oh, so everyone and then the kids get to see how how good we are compared to all the good Victorville, right? And how Yeah, we can connect. We can connect offline. Um if you guys can do me a favor and please hang tight till after the meeting. We're not going to be too much longer. We actually our PIO brought down some gifts, some souvenirs for for all the kids in attendance on behalf of the city. Um we can connect offline on on speaking and connecting with Mayor Bera from Victorville. We all have great relationships with her. So if they see us stepping up, maybe they'll step up as well. Okay. Okay. Okay. Yeah. Anybody else? Counciloman upg.

Um great great comments, but I would also uh encourage you to reach out to your local nonprofits. Councilwoman Evans, especially not going to leave. I used to work for a nonprofit, so I'm I'm Yeah, I'm in constant communication with them.

I love it. I love it. I love it. Um definitely right in line with you um uh Councilman Mesa on on that. I had already wrote those questions down like listen here Victorville we appreciate y'all but y'all got way more money than we do. Um and and you got our schools over there. So there's that. Um but what I would like to suggest to y'all is that we have a committee in charge of putting on our events. MPT Ramos sits on that committee. There's an event that somebody's excited to go to in October. maybe reach out to the committee MBT Ramos and ask about getting a booth that y'all can use as a fundraiser. Okay.

At that in addition to Right. So, that's something that I don't believe has to come back to council. He's in charge of bringing out whoever he wants for the booth. So, um that gets around the red tape that government puts in. Outside of that, we'll have to bring back the item like um council me said. Okay. Also, really quick, lastly, have you guys been in touch with uh Mr. Ted Alejandre, Sanino County Superintendent? No. Okay. So, he's actually on we we'll get you in contact with him. He's going to be somebody that you might want to reach out to. He's on his way out and going into retirement. So, this might be something great for him to champion on his way out and leave on a on a high note. Okay, Alejandra, appreciate you guys time. Hang out for a little bit. We got We don't got too much longer to go and then we we got some stuff for you guys. Okay. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you so much for your time. Thank you. Okay, moving on to our consent calendar. Finally, uh, items on the consent cons items on the consent calendar are considered routine in nature and non-controversial and require no further discussion by the city council. They may be acted on in one motion unless a member of the city council requests a separate discussion on an item. Council member Evans, anything to pull? Why you coming to me like that? Come on. I teed it up for you. I don't have anything to pull, but I am going to vote no on an item. So, if we can just slow down during the vote. Thank you. Okay. Uh, Councilwoman Upgrow, nothing to pull. Council me motion. Do we accept the calendar as is? I will second. All those in favor? I I

I'm an I on everything except for four. Thank you. Moving on to the Atlanta Public Utility Authority consent calendar. Uh, I motion that we approve the consent calendar as presented. Uh, second. All those in favor? I'm sorry, you move fast. I want to recuse myself from that vote. Um, my family's main residence is off of one of those main streets. So, just for my own um moral compass, I'm going to recuse myself from that. Roger that. Good. Brenda,

sorry. Recuse yourself from what item for the No, not yet. Sorry. Not yet. No, that's not a concurrent thing. They blend together. So, you want to say no on the concurren? I want to recuse myself from the concurrent item. I'm sorry. Okay, understood. Yep. And now moving to our concurrent. Okay. No, the concurrent when he calls them together, they're all together. So, I will mark um council member Evans as recusing herself on that item. So, back to the APOA consent. Yes. Let me see. Who made the motion?

Uh, the motion was myself and second by Councilman Mesa, I believe. Okay, Brenda, I don't have a special the APU should be agenda. Okay, I just read that. Yeah, I I was right. Got it. So, and you're on the water. So, can you say that again? Can you turn your mic on? Yeah,

he was right. I was wrong. Does it happen often? But here we are. We're good. We're good. I just want to confirm. Council member, you're no on I'm I'm a yes on water. I apologize. Oh, a no. Yes. No. I'm a no on three. Yeah. You know, you know where I'm a no. I ap I apologize. The concurrent threw me off. So here's here's my vote, Brenda, so we're clear. On the concurrent calendar item, I'm a abstain. Yes. Or uh recuse. Yeah. Recuse on that. I'm a no on item four from the regular consent calendar. Yes. And I'm a uh no on three from the APUA. Got it. Thank you. Sorry. Thank you.

Okay. Uh no items removed from the consent calendar. Future I'm sorry. No, no items removed from the consent calendar. Future agenda items. Councilwoman Evans. Yes, I actually have a few. Thank you. I'm going to let uh Council Me take one of them because he called it out early. I think that's a little unfair, but do your thing, bro. Um, take it. I would like to have a future agenda item for a presentation from Miss Rhonda on her plan for the Glasper Center. So, you guys want to go vote on all them at one time or individually? I have a few.

I'll second. All in favor? Hi. Um I know that we set I I know that MPT Ramos last week asked for the um risk workshop to be put on expeditiously. I haven't gotten a a respon an email for dates for that. So if we can get an update on when that's going to happen or and or get it, you know, circulating dates so that we can plan that. I second that. All in favor?

All right. And then um the third one is going to be u resolution number 0624 which is our expense reimbursement resolution. Um huge shout out. I was whether you like them or you don't. I was excited to see a resolution ordinance with Jim Neman's name on it. Um but it hasn't been updated since I think it was 2006. Um so the numbers are outdated. Um like I think they said for breakfast we get $6 for the day. I don't know where we can find breakfast for $6. So, we need to update the ordinance. Um, so if we can bring that back. It's a resolution, ma'am. Oh, thank you. Resolution. I I did put that I put resolution number and then I still said ordinance. Um, so if we can bring that back for um second that as well. Noted.

All in favor? I counciloman upgrowth. I have nothing. Council me. I would like to bring it back uh for discussion and approval for the donation for the Gus Franklin Jr. STEM Academy. Once we have the information emailed to us, we can um review and and make a decision on our donation for next city council. Noted. A second. All in favor? I. You guys got it on there. All right. Good job. That's that's what happens. Like uh Pro Tim Raml said, when you show up, things happen. Okay. And if you're not at the table, you're on the menu. That means get there. Okay. Get there. Now you're on there.

And the mean guy put you guys on the agenda. Great job. All right. Great. You guys did great. Um the only two items I have for future agenda items, council, is if we can bring for discussion uh discussion and action for the wall art project so that we can look at different walls that belong to the city and start looking at different uh murals that we can get on there. If I can get a second. All in favor? I. and then bringing back the another round of utility box artwork for the city. If I can get a second on that, please. I'll second. All in favor? I I Nay. Gotcha. Got the no on here. Yeah, it's fine. Yeah. Yes. Okay. Still passed. Still passed.

Okay. With that being said, that leads us to our adjournment. The next regular count the next regular meeting of the city council will be held on October 22nd, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. Timeout is 12:52. Can I get a second? All in favor? I take care.