Council - Regular Meeting

Right. Welcome everyone. Tonight is May 6, 2026. The time is 7:07 p.m. and I'm now calling to order the uh Balden Park regular uh city council meeting. Pastor Jackson, Pastor Flores, I know you've accompanied with a few other pastors. you guys can come and lead us in an invocation. If those of you who are able to stand, please stand. Thank you, mayor. All those in attendance today. Unless the Lord builds a house and unless the Lord guards the city, we put that together. Let us pray. We pray over our city, Lord. We pray over our leaders, Lord. We thank you for their heart and desire, God, to to build this city for you, Lord, that honors you and serves your people. Amen. Heavenly Father, we come before you right now in the name of the Lord and giving you the praise, glory, and honor, and thanksgiving. Lord, you tell us to come to your throne of room of grace that we may find grace and help in time of need. We're asking you to touch this

city called Bowwin Park, the mayor, the city council, the police department, the uh fire department, and all of those that are working together uh to bring forth a unity in our community to make a great city here in Bowwin Park. We asking you, heavenly father, in touching our schools, Lord, tearing down the strongholds in our schools, Lord God, bringing forth uh the children off of uh gangs and drugs, Lord. Touch them, Lord. Touch the families, Lord God, that they may dwell together and uh unity in the in the family, Lord God. This thing that they had every 15 minutes was an outstanding uh thing for our community. Heavenly Father, we asking you, heavenly father, in touch in the police department that they may be able to do their job, Lord, and go home safely, Lord God, in the fire department, the same thing. Our businesses, Lord, we're asking you, heavenly father, in blessing the businesses uh here in Bowen Park. And so therefore, Lord God, we are reaching out to you uh to do something in this time of season that we're in with our president, Lord God, with Israel, Lord God, the war that's going on, we need your hand there, Father, in the name of the Lord Jesus, we pray. Amen. Chief, can you lead us in the pledge of allegiance? Pledge

allegiance 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. Thank you for that, Chief. Thank you for that, Pastor Flores. Pastor Jackson. and all the other pastors as well. All right. Uh, city clerk, can we get roll call, please? Mayor Damian here. Mayor Roola here. Council member Aila, Council Member Estrada, Council Member Lozano here. Thank you.

Thank you for that. City clerk. Right. We have no announcements. Uh, actually I skipped. Uh, city attorney, can you please report from close session?

Yes. Thank you, mayor and council. We had uh four cases uh that were discussed during closed session. I have one item to report on and that concerns Rley, Inc. versus City of Bowwin Park. A settlement was reached in that case. This is case number 22 STCV28634 for a total payment to the city of $400,000. um pay 300 payable upfront which has already been made plus another $100,000 uh $10,000 a month. So that has been executed and I wanted to disclose that for the public record. Thank you for that city attorney. Right. We're going to go ahead and move on to uh proclamations, commendations, presentations. Tonight we are going to start I'm going to take this out of order uh for now. We're going to go ahead and start with the uh proclamation declaring May 3rd through May 9th, 2026 as professional municipal clerks week presented to Christopher Science, city clerk and Shirley Kon, CMC Chief Deputy City Clerk. Council member Estrada, can you do us the honor?

Yes. Thank you, Mayor. I'm going to go ahead and ask uh city clerk to come up here. So celebrating celebrating professional municipal city clerks week and I also want to acknowledge that it's also uh uh minutes me uh meeting minutes day today. Today exactly so you get to double dip and double celebrate uh read this proclamation. We have a ballpark city council proclamation for professional municipal city clerks week from May 3rd to May 9th, 2026. Whereas the office of the city clerk, a timehonored and vital part of local government, exists throughout the world, being the oldest among public servants. And whereas the office of the city clerk provides the professional link between citizens, the local governing bodies and the agencies of government at other levels. And whereas the city clerk have pledged to be ever mindful of their neutrality and impart impartiality, rendering equal service to all. And whereas the city clerk serves as the information center on functions of local government and community, city clerks continuously strive to improve the administration of the affairs of the city clerk's office through participation in educational programs, seminars, workshops, and annual meetings of their state, province, country, and international professional organizations. Whereas it is most appropriate that we recognize the accomplishments of the city of the office of the city clerks especially recognize the individuals of our ball and parks clerk's office Christopher SCs elected city clerk and Shirley Kyon EMC chief deputy city clerk who manages the office and fulfills the duties of the day-to-day services provided to city departments residents and community members. Now therefore, Daniel Damian, Mayor of the City of Bone Park, along with Mayor Prom, Gene Amayala, council members Alejandra Abila, Emanuel J. Estrada, Manuel Lozano, city clerk Christopher SCS, and

city treasurer Joanna Vanuela. We hereby pro proclaim May 3rd through 9th, 2026 as professional municipal city clerk's week, and the city of Baldwin Park further extend our appreciation to the city clerk's office for the vital services they provide to residents, surrounding cities, community members, and organizations. Okay. speech speech. Oh,

don't be looking at my email. Thank you so much. Um, well, first off, um, thank you so much to the entire city council. not a public speaker, so I definitely didn't have anything prepared to share, but I do want to give a big shout out to both Shirley and to Samantha um for all of the work that they do on a day-to-day basis to ensure that we are uh giving the city the utmost transparency um and and um the ability to uh be involved in the in the civic process. And so especially grateful to the entire city council, our mayor and council members for all that they do to support uh to support our office and um helping us bring our city to the 21st century and and to uh be able to to have our community access us 247 via our our website. Um, I do want to acknowledge both our council woman Aviar and council woman Ayala who both also served as city clerks here for the city of Baldwin Park. Um, and and grateful to have their support and everything that we do um because they they they have firsthand knowledge of all the hard hard work that goes on behind the scenes to to ensure that um our little democracy continues to function. So extremely grateful for everybody up here and for the entire uh entire city um and for this recognition and but um most important want to acknowledge behind me Shirley and Samantha who's not here uh for all of the work that they do. Thank you. Oh

Yes. Thank you, city clerk signs, chief deputy city clerk, know that your work does not go unnoticed. We appreciate everything you guys do for us. And then I just want to acknowledge a couple of people out in the audience. We have city clerk Christopher Himenez from the city of Montabelloo. And then we have uh and we also have Commissioner Oliver Himenez from the city of Montabelloo. And then we also have Gio with Senator Susan Rubio's office. All right. So now we're going to move on to the second proclamation which is declaring May 2025 2025 as older American month presented to Shirley. Uh, I'm I'm going to butcher your name. I already know. Um, Chia Chiaoui Shirley Tao, a 2026 Older American Citizen of the Year honore. And this is going to be presented by Council Member Manuel Ozano.

This one I'm going to do for her. So, she's also she's also going to be recognized um as the 2026 Senior of the Year award. So, she's going to get two recognitions tonight. Go ahead, Council Member Blo. All righty. I'll wait for her to come.

All righty. Thank you for Thank you for being here. Older American month champions um uh your health May May 2026. Older Americans are among our greatest treasured produ providing invaluable link to the past and wise councils for the future and the gift of longevity will ensure that today's and tomorrow's seniors will continue making significant contributions to our families by giving of themselves freely and by sharing their wisdom and energetic. It is important to acknowledge that the contributions older individuals have made to our economy well-being in our communities and the and the workplace through civic leadership and mentoring. The seniors of tomorrow will be increasingly multi multiculture and multigenerational more diverse socially, ethnically, and economically than in the past generations. And I'm also a senior as well [laughter] as an expanding older population uh will profoundly [clears throat] impact every first of our lives. You know what? My glasses are not working good. Jean, do me fair. Can you uh finish the rest? Oh, hold on. I think I got it. Profoundly impact and every um No, I cannot. Sorry about that. Brought my wrong glasses. I'm right here. Yeah. Whereas an an expanding elder population will profoundly impact every facet of our lives, redefining our ideas of work, retirement, and leisure, altering our housing and living arrangements, challenging our health care systems, reshaping our economy, and altering social and public policy. And whereas the opportunities and challenges that await us all as we begin a new chapter in human history require our continued commitment to the goal of ensuring that our senior citizens may enjoy active,

productive, and healthy lives and do so independently, safely. Uh whereas the declaration of older American month considers uh with the same recognition by the president of the United States with this year's quote champion your health. This proclamation is presented to Shirley uh Ca Shiao Cow. Thank you. A a volunteer that has lived in Baldwin Park for 18 years and a member of our senior center since 2022. Now therefore, our mayor Daniel Damian along with uh myself, your mayor prom Gene Amayala, our council members Alejandra Aila, Emanuel De Estrada, Manuel Lozano, our city clerk Christopher Science and city treasurer Joanna Valenuela do hereby proclaim uh May 2026 as older American month in the city of Baldwin Park. and we urge all our residents to participate in appropriate ceremonies honoring these wonderful men and women that serve our community. So, I'd like to present this proclamation along with the council.

I can eat the Thank you. And this is for our older American month. Yes.

Okay. Good. I got bigger file. Here we go. All right. Thank you. The CI the city council applauds you for your volunteer work, commitment, and the outstanding service you provide to the citizens and community members of Ballen Park. Thank you for the favorable recognition you bring to our city. On behalf of our mayor, Danny Damian, Vice Mayor Inayala, Council Member Alejandra Aila, Council Member Es Estrada, and Council Member Manuel Lozano, also our city um clerk, Christopher SCS, and Joanne Valenuela, city treasure. Thank you. to present you. Here we go. The symbol and the plaque of the city ball.

Thank you, Jean, for doing that. Okay, here we go. Oh, thank you. Oh, yeah. Yeah, sure.

And then Ros is gonna translate a couple of words for her. So, Rose, go ahead and translate. Thank you.

Thank you. Good. That's good. Come in here. Come in here. Thank you, Jean. One more.

We got one more. Then we've got Gio from Senator Susan Ruio's office. We see the Ree. Okay. Sorry. Let me start again. Good evening, Mayor, City Council, and community of Bowman Park. My name is Yanni Ree and I'm here on behalf of Senator Susan Rubio. It's truly an honor to be here tonight to recognize outstanding individuals for their service and leadership in the community of Baldwin Park. I would like to congratulate this year's senior citizen of the year. Your dedication, kindness, and contributions to this community have made a meaningful impact. And tonight, we celebrate you and all that you continue to do for residents of Bowwin Park. On behalf of Senator Susan Rubio and the state of California, it is my honor to present his certificate of recognition. Parkwin Parkin Park. Congratulations. I am so sorry. Can I see my

picture? Good. Yes. Good evening. Uh thank you, mayor and council members. Um I just want to say a few words. Um, we're really uh honored to be able to um give Shirley uh uh as honore for this year's um older Americans of the year. And I just want to say thank you to all of our seniors that came out today in support from our Julia McNeel Senior Center. That means a lot to us and it means a lot to Shirley, too. Thank you. Yes.

Want to invite her family members. All the families here come up here.

Come up here. And we can get Shirley's family up here. Take a picture. Should take a picture with her without us. Yeah, without us. All right.

We're gonna bring everyone. Okay. Okay. Come on. Okay.

On this side, too. Oh, yeah. All the way.

Get everyone. I don't want I don't want to hide you. I don't want to hide you. You're hiding the A husband cannot be.

Can we take that one over for you? Good job, Rose. Good job, Rose. Hold on. Hold on. Several more. One more. One more. Hold on. Thank you. We could we could share.

One more. One more. Make sure the hub is out there. Squirt it away.

Congratulations, Shirley. Thank you for saving me.

Oh, nice.

Which one's name? And then before I move on, I just got scolded. I will make a motion to close special meeting. Can I get a second? Second.

Special meeting is now closed. 30 minutes late, but it's closed. Do we have anyone in the audience for Looms for Lupus? No. Is there anyone here on behalf of Looms for Lupus fibromyalgia? No. Okay. We're going to go ahead and move their presentations to the following meeting. All right. Right. So, next we're going to go on to the um presentation certificate of recognition presented to our very own council member Emanuel Estrada for being elected board chair to the St. Gabriel Valley Regional Housing Trust.

All right. All right. And before I get started, I just want to say, you know what? I'm very proud of Emanuel Estrada because he's represented us with these committees very well. He's always representing Baldin Park, always looking for ways to bring funding into the city, whether it's grants or whatever it is. Very active. So, we do appreciate all the hard work that you put into this. Council member Strada, and I'm going to go ahead and read, um, chair of the San Gabriel Valley Regional Housing Trust. The city council congratulates you for being elected as chair of the uh, Sanro Valley Regional Housing Trust. We commend you for your leadership and commitment to increasing access to safe and affordable housing. You continue to work hard and support working families in our community and the entire San Gabriel Valley. Thank you for the favorable recognition you bring to the city of Baldin Park presented on this 6th day of May 2026 by myself, Daniel Damian, Mayor Promp Gene Amayala, council member Alejandra Aila, council member Emanuel J Estrada, council member Manuel Lozano, city clerk Christopher Science, and city treasure Joanna Valenuela. Let's give him a round of applause.

Mayor, may I add something, please? Yes. Go ahead, Council. I just want to add that his work throughout has been impactful, especially when we started the tiny homes. I mean, when we started that program, he was on it. He was even looking at places for styles of homes. And so, he was, as you say, foot boots on the ground when we started that program. And it has been very successful. we have been able to house so many of the homeless here in Baldwin Park and he had a lot to do with that. So, thank you

members. Thank you very much for bringing the recognition to the city ballpark and to the citizens. Thank you. Um, well, first I just want to thank council for for recognizing me here. I mean, you know, it's not something that we quite do often, but you know, the the the work is important and know it's really a labor of love and and understanding that there's a true importance to making sure that our neighbors and everybody has access to stable housing regardless of their economic situation and understanding that the situations of our neighbors impact us. So, it's not always about looking at the benefit of our for ourselves, but also for our neighbors, for our community to make sure that we have stability, that we have sta safety, and that all of our residents have dignity. Um, it's it's definitely a lot of work, you know, um, being on these on these commissions, but it's ultimately worth it to be involved to bring favorable recognition to Baldwin Park because Baldwin Park has been at the forefront of housing, at least here in the San Diego Valley, with our tiny homes and with our tiny homes for young families. And as we push for affordable home ownership and affordable housing is a lot of work. Uh so I also want to recognize that, you know, it's not just me doing this work. It's also our staff. We wouldn't be able to get this done without our staff, without our council who votes yes on a lot of these items. So the the the recognition is truly for for everybody up here on this DAS and everybody that's been supportive and understanding that these are important measures to continuously advocate for. So thank you. our phone.

And then we do have uh do you want to get uh Gio first? We do have Giovani from Senator Rubio's office.

Uh hi guys again once again my name is Giovanni. Thank you again for the opportunity to be here. On behalf of Senator Rubio, it is my honor to recognize Council Member Estrada. For your leadership and recent election as board chair of the San Gabriel Valley Regional Housing Dress. As a state senator for Senate District 22, Senator Rubio has been a champion for the San Gabriel Valley on issues including housing and homelessness. That is why since her first year in the state senate, Senator Rubio has worked closely with the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments on the issue and authored the legislation to create the San Gabriel Valley Regional Housing Trust. In the years since the creation of the Housing Trust, Senator Rubio has continued to work closely with the leadership of the San Gabriel Valley Regional Housing Trust in her role as chair of the San Gabriel Valley Caucus. Through that work, she has successfully secured over $36 million in state funding to help the housing trust fulfill its mission of building affordable housing projects and tiny home villages to help vulnerable people experiencing homelessness. We are proud to say that they have built nearly a thousand affordable housing units for families of the region. The work continues and Senator Rubio looks forward to working together with Cherrada and the entire leadership team of San Gabriel Valley Regional Housing Trust to continue the progress. Thank you and congratulations. in Spanish. Gabriel Gabriel Gabriel.

All right. Sorry, before I forget, I'm not going to run on, but I also know like Melinda from the Presbyterian Church is here. And so without Melinda, we wouldn't have our first SB4, our first and only SB4 project, which is the conversion of a church into affordable home ownership opportunities for families. So I want to acknowledge you. And then of course Senator and then of course Senator Susan Rubio who is not only from Baldwin Park but is the the the senator who authored the bill to create the regional housing trust APA. So you know it only makes sense that the you know it was founded by a Ballen Park uh resident and now Ballen Park gets to be at the at the at the chair. So thank you everybody. Oh, thank you. Well, while we take a council picture, I'd ask uh in the meantime, if my Montabello colleagues can come up here and join us in the group picture for the next one. Come on this side.

here. Okay. All right, guys. Got to get here in a minute. I see you.

Pleasure. Thank you very much. All right, bear with us. We just got a couple more. Okay. All right. The next one is a presentation certificate of recognition presented to our very own Maria Moreno, director of recreation and community services, who was honored by Supervisor Hilda Alsiz at the Women's History Month Power Hour. Maria, if you can join us up on the DAS,

the city council congratulates you for being selected as one of the honores. On behalf of Supervisor Hilda Aliss, we commend you for your long history of volunteerism, leadership, and contributions as a long tenur employee of the city of Baldwin Park's recreation and community services department. You're a true example of an extraordinary woman. Thank you for over 31 years of service and for the favorable recognition you bring to our community. Presented on this sixth day of May 2026 by myself Daniel Damian, Mayor Em mayor Potm Gene Emayala, council member Alejandra Aila, council member Eman Emanuel Estrada, council member Lozano, city clerk Christopher SCS and city treasurer Joanna Valenuela, here's your certificate. Maria,

just know that we're we're very proud of all the work that you do and it was a very welld deserved recognition. I know you've been with us for 31, so we're just going to ask for another 31 of you. Okay. You want to say a couple of things?

Oh, thank you. Uh first I would like to thank uh council member Emanuel Starta for the nomination as well as for uh supervisor Hilda Elsis for the recognition as well as you city council and as well as my colleagues and my staff RCS staff who uh always support and are part of uh my team that help us uh continue to provide exceptional recreational programs within the And uh thank you very much for the recognition.

Thank you guys. Oh my god. She She ran away. She ran away. Okay. This is why she's got to take a break. She's got to take 20 pictures.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you again. Thank you, Maria, for all that you do. If any of you have not seen her, I'm sure you have. She's always running around making sure that the community gets the best programs here in our city. So, she is the brain behind all those events. So, thank you, Maria, for being you. Thank you.

Yes. Thank you, Maria. Welld deserved. And then now we're going to move on to the uh proclamation uh declaring May 10th through the 16th uh May 10th through 16, 2026 as National Police Week presented to the Barton Park Police Department. If council member Abel, you can do us the honor.

And of course that's to the best police department in the San Gabriel Valley, right? Don't you forget that. National Police Week May 10th through the 16th, 2026. Whereas National Police Week is observed annually to honor the courage, sacrifice, and dedication of law enforcement officers who serve to protect. And whereas we recognize the dangers of the law enforcement profession and understand the difficulties in performing the duties and responsibilities of all law enforcement officers who are dedicated to protect all city residents and visitors with respect and dignity against deception, violence, and disorder. Whereas more than 800,000 law enforcement officers serve communities across the United States, including the 65 sworn officers of the city of Baldwin Park, which include the chief of police, captains, lieutenants, and sergeants. And whereas many law enforcement officers have made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty, including our very own officer Samuel Riveros, whose end of watch was March 31st, 2025. He will always be honored and remembered. His name will be engraved on all the walls of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, DC. And whereas this proclamation is presented to the Balna Park Police Department, we recognize and we thank them for their bravery, sacrifice, and commitment to serve and protect the residents, the community

members, surrounding cities, and our entire community. And I know that I'm not the only one that feels grateful for having such a great team here in our city. You guys are amazing. And every time I I see a police chase or something on the news and it's you guys, I'm on the edge and my heart is pounding and I'm bugging the chief. Chief and he's like, I'm on it, right, Chief? But I'm very proud of you all. I love the unity. I love how you work with every single community member and every single one of us. You are you are not selfish at all. You come out here. You leave your families behind to protect us to protect every single one of us here in Baldwin Park. So I thank you and this is an honor of you. So if you can all come up here, please don't don't run. Don't run. And it's it's amazing how shy police officers are. They don't like to to go in the limelight. They like to be discreet. Come on up here, every single one of you. Thank you for bringing such

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I just want to take a quick moment to thank the the mayor, the mayor prom city council. Um it's rare we get the acknowledgement that sometimes we feel that we deserve. But more importantly, um it's our honor to stand up here. As most of you know, we we did lose an officer last uh May 31st, Samuel, Officer Samuel Riveros. Uh the city council has been gracious enough to allow us to attend both the California memorial service, which just took place this past Sunday and Monday, where we got to honor him and a total of 13 fallen officers that we faced in the 2025 year. Um, next week we have the opportunity and the distinct honor of also going to Washington DC where our officer will be memorialized on the national monument for the law enforcement officers out there. And it's just a a reminder of what it is that we do. Um, we we take the sacrifice in stride. You know, we never expect to to lose one of our own, but I could tell you that this tragedy has cauterized this agency. the amount of support that we received not only from this community but the communities throughout the San Gabriel Valley and Southern California really helped us with the the healing process and sort of understanding the why. Um the the brave men and women that I've had an opportunity along with the chief to be a part of their hiring, their mentoring and their stewardship of our agency um has probably been the best honor of my life up to this date as far as my law enforcement career is concerned. So, um, Chief, I want to thank you for your mentorship, your guidance, your leadership throughout this department. Um, and just again a quick acknowledgement to this city council that has been supportive of us throughout these endeavors. Um, through honoring of Samuel Riveros and the opportunities and the um um decisions you guys are making, we we truly appreciate this. So, thank you.

Thank you. Thank you everyone and uh to our Boulder Park Police Department, just know that your work does not go unnoticed. We thank you guys uh every day for the commitment that you have for our community. So, thank you very much uh PD. All right, we're going to move on to our last presentation. This is the uh declaring May 17th uh through 23 as National Public Works Week presented to the public works department. Uh Mayor Potami, you can do us the honor.

Thank you, Mayor. And I'd like to have all of public works, please come on up from our director all the way down. If you're here from public works, come on over. And this is just a small Thank you. Yeah, this is a very small portion of our of our public works department and um it's it's my uh honor to acknowledge public works for the work they do here and um present them with this proclamation for public works week from May 17th to the 23rd, 2026. Whereas public works services provided in our community are an integral part of our citizens everyday lives. And whereas the support of of an understanding and informed citizenry is vital to the efficient operation of public works systems and programs such as streets and highways, sewers, storm drains, street lights, traffic signals, graffiti abatement, environmental programs, and solid waste collection. And whereas the health, safety, and comfort of this community greatly depends on these facilities and services. And whereas the quality and effectiveness of the public infrastructure and facilities as well as their planning, design, and construction is vitally dependent upon the efforts and skill of public work employees. And whereas this proclamation is presented to our public works department, we give thanks to all the qualified and dedicated personnel who staff public works. Good. I'm glad he came up in the city of Baldwin Park and recognize the importance of the work they perform. Now therefore, our mayor Daniel Damian along with our city council members Alejandra Avila, Emanuel J. Estrada, Manuel and Manuel Lozano, our city clerk

Christopher Science and our city treasurer Joanna Valenuela and myself, your mayor prom Gene Amayala do hereby proclaim May 17th to 23rd, 2026 as public works week in the city of Baldwin Park and call upon all citizens and civic organizations to recognize the contributions which public works staff create every day to our health, safety, comfort, and quality of life here in our beautiful community of Balm Park. So, thank you. Thank you so much.

I don't have a speech ready for you all, but I just want to just thank you for the honor. I know that um council supports us and public. Thank you all for uh just being uh here and just uh honoring the the group of people that make all this happen. Thank you. Thank you, public works. We appreciate all the work that you guys do for us.

Mayor, if I may add, go ahead. Council member, as you know, we have had a few um natural disasters and guess who's out there all night making sure that our drains are draining, that there are no trees blocking our streets, that is no that are no trees uh endangering any house. It is public works department there. They work behind the scenes. They're on call 24/7 just as our PD and they work hand in hand for the safety of our community of the community. So, thank you public works for everything that you do. Thank you for that, Council Member Aila.

Yes, thank you guys. Thank you public works and our police department and everyone that was here tonight. Before I move on, I do want to close on behalf of one of our seniors who just recently passed away. Um, I'll go ahead and read a short uh bio of his. Uh, the city of Ben Park proudly honors the life and legacy of Armino Bill Alvarez. A devoted volunteer and beloved member of the Julia McNeel Senior Center community. For the past three years, Bill gave generously of his time and heart supporting daily programs, special events, and community celebrations. He made people feel welcome with his warm smile, kind words, and uplifting presence. In October 2025, Bill was named senior prom king keen, a moment that perfectly captured the joy, spirit, and connection he's shared with everyone around him. Bill will be deeply missed, but his kindness, dedication, and the friendships he built will continue to live on in the senior center and in the hearts of all who had the privilege of knowing him. On behalf of the city council, we extend our heartfelt condolences and gratitude for a life so beautifully lived and service to others. Um, and just really brief on Bill, you know, I got to know him uh at the senior center. Always there volunteering, always there with a smile, always dancing, always helping out the rest of the seniors there. Um, and it was a tragic, you know, sad news to hear that he had uh passed away. They will be having his memorial service tomorrow morning at 8:30 in the morning um at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church. So, we close on his behalf.

Mayor, yes. Go ahead. also close on behalf of Natalie Loa Gutierrez. Uh born July 27th, 1932 and passed March the 12th, 2026. This is a person that's lived here in Ballpark for for decades. And actually her husband used to work for us, Sister Al Gutierrez, uh who used to work uh part-time for us. So our deepest condolences. I was able to attend the services for her. So we'll close on her behalf. Thank you, Mayor.

Yes. Thank you for that, Council Member Lozano. All right, we're going to go ahead and move on to uh public communications. Uh city chief deputy city clerk, do we have any speaker cards? Go ahead and call for speaker. My speaker is not working. We do have um five comment cards. The first one is Irma. Oh, I can't see. Good evening, Mayor Damian, city council members, city staff, and community members. I wanted to tell you about some of our items um featured on our libraries website for this month. We have we continue the one book, one coast with George Dai. There is a new uh LA County library card. It's called the summer of soccer. So, it's a special card. you can look on the website that has um soccer balls on it and it's a special card that we can get this summer. We're also celebrating Asian-American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month, um Mental Health Awareness Month, Jewish American Heritage Month, Foster Care Awareness Month, Older Adults Month, and um we have a Neighbors United Against Hate Lawn sign, which I have here today. And these lawn signs can be picked up at the library's website. I mean on the li at the library and um it's we're partnering with a company called or a group called LA versus Hate. That information is found on our website. Um I'll tell you about a some other programs that we have going on at the library. We um have our applications for summer teen volunteers. So the applications um went out April 28th through May the 16th. If you know

teens that want to be part of the summer discovery program and volunteering at the library on Wednesday, May the 13th, we're having the triple P positive parenting program seminar. Um, and that's from two from 6:00 to 7:30. It's join us to learn about the positive parenting program and explore strategies to take home and try with your family. This seminar will um lead to an accredited triple P positive parenting program. Uh will be led by a triple P positive parenting program librarian. We also have um a program for teens. It's storytelling through fiber art. It's on Thursday, May the 14th from 4:30 to 5:30 and it has to do with our one book, one coast program. Uh we all are also restarting or actually having our smarty pants story time. So that's for preschoolers and toddlers. That's going through May the 14th on Thursdays from 10:30 to 11:00. Um this Friday, our baby story time is kind of taking a couple of weeks off, but we're having yoga for babies and toddlers. So that's going to be Friday, May the 8th from 11 to 11:45. And then sort of just off the uh hot off the presses is our start tutoring summer session. So, it's going to be free small groupoup tutoring in math or reading. It's going to start it's going to be June 16th through August the 6th at Ballen Park Library. And um families can go to lacount library.org/star s-tutoring to sign up for tutoring for reading and math this summer. And again, that's for um ages for students enrolling in grades 2 to 7 in the fall. Um, so that's our summer program. Thank you for your time.

Next, we call Nathaniel Solo with Friends of the Baltimore Park.

Thanks so much for the opportunity. Uh, my name is Nathaniel Soil. I'm here to talk about the friends of the the library. I have all this written down. Apologies. I'm going to read at you. Um, I'm talking uh here to talk about the friends of the library and to do some recruiting. I understand there are some friends on the board on the council up here. Um um again, thank you for letting me speak. Uh would we would love to grow our small but mighty team right now. I'm going to read from the website to give some context for the group up here and the group behind me just so you understand what the friends of the library does. Uh do you have a passion for reading, a love for your community, a strong appreciation for libraries? If so, you should consider joining the Friends of the Library. Uh this is a group at your local LA County Library. This is just over on Balden Park Boulevard in Baldin Park. Friends of the library support the local library by holding fundraising events such as book sales, sponsoring and staffing library programs and events and helping to recruit volunteers, which is what I'm doing here now. Uh we only have four people right now, but like I said, we're trying to grow this. We're trying to get this thing going again. It has been uh to my understanding, a little dormant over the past couple years. Uh, Friends of the Library is a self-supporting nonprofit entity separate from the library itself. Membership is open to individuals interested in helping to enhance library services in their community. There are over 55 active li uh active friends of the library groups in the in the LA County area and the number of friends hopefully keeps growing in our area. uh to learn to become a friend, you can contact the library again just down the road on Balden Park Boulevard or email friends of the library bp as in balden parkgmail.com. Again, friends of the library bpgmail.com. Now, I'm going to entertain you with the song of the friends of the library. I'm just kidding. That's not a real thing. Please join the friends of the library. Thanks so much.

Next we call Reverend Paul Flores. Good evening, Mayor Pro Tam Council. Uh Paul Flores, uh pastor, Church of the Redeemer, 3739 Montterrey Avenue, Baldwin Park since 1961. Uh we are concerned like many are of the recent uh crisis that was in our city this past month, including the the car chase, the shooting across the street from our church, uh the killing of a young man on Bess, and then the uh the tragic uh deaths of the of the family on Milbury. Uh so we are declaring as pastors and clergy of the city of Balm Park joining with the nation on tomorrow on as national day of prayer. We're also making it a n or community day of prayer for Balden Park. So we will be meeting uh tomorrow at my church will be hosting that at 3739 Montrey Avenue Balden Park at 10:00 a.m. Um it'll be led by Pastor Jackson, our our police chaplain, and we invite all of you to participate. Uh, I gave you a little pamphlet that gives you the the seven themes that we'll be praying on, including our our city, our government, and uh, our police department for our protection and the safety of all those in the city limits. Bring a peace to the city, and we know that unless the Lord guards the city that we all do this in vain. Thank you for your time, and I appreciate your support. I hope to see you tomorrow. God bless.

Next we call Giovanni Ree with the office of Senator Susan Rubio. Okay. And next uh next we call Cindy Rubio. here to just ask please if we can have better communication between the city and the residents in Baldwin Park, especially south of the freeway. We've made several changes to programs that concern the people. They use the bus system. They use the new micro system and they have no clue what's going on. and then they're referred to a website or a QR code which most of the people that live in that area are seniors and have no idea what you're talking about. There's no signs on our side of the neighborhood. The closest information is at the Kaiser bus stop. A lot of the people in my neighborhood do not go to the senior center. They're not participants in that and they don't know what's going on. The bus system is closed on the weekend. Now, when we use the micro, that system, no one knows how to use it. There's CC people sitting there waiting for the buses on the city website. It still shows that the transit is going to pick up at certain times in the same locations at the same bus stops. Um, when you do use a QR code, it tells you that you need to register. Um, most of the residents in my part of the city do not know how to register. They use jitterbug phones or phones that are flip phones or phones that their grandkids didn't want anymore and they use those. They don't know how to do any of that. And there's no assistance for

them unless they go to the senior center. They need assistance on our side of the freeway to understand what's going on. When you drive by and you see a lady sitting there with her children waiting for the bus that you know is not going to come, it's very difficult to watch and they're sitting there for an hour. They're sitting there waiting for the bus to come. A lot of people don't have cell phones. So, we need better communication and we need help to let people know what's going on, specifically south of the freeway. We have no shelters to go to to look at the sign that has a QR code. We have no way to understand what's going on. Once you register for the micro, it tells you to enter your your debit card or your credit card to pay, but then once you go to that, it doesn't let you pay with your debit or credit card. You have to pay with cash. It doesn't accept tap cards. It's it's a big mess and we need help. So, if you could please do something to communicate better, it would greatly appreciate it. Thank you. Mayor, that wraps up all speaker cards received.

Thank you for that, city clerk. Um, is there anyone else in the audience wishing to speak who did not fill out a speaker card? Now is your time to speak. Hello everyone. My name is Alyssa Sandival. I am an eighth grade student at St. John the Baptist School. I would like to invite everyone to our Paris Fiesta on May 15th, 16th, and 17th. There will be lots of food, games, ride, music for everyone to enjoy. I would also to like you know along with the fiesta there are candidates who are running for fiesta king and queen. They sell raffle tickets for $1 each. The candidate to sell the most tickets is named king or queen and win $2,000 scholarship towards upcoming high school. I am a candidate running for queen. If you support me I could win a scholarship that will go towards my upcoming high school. Ramona Comin Secondary School, an all girls cath school in Al Hamburg, where I just made the cheer team. The tickets are $1 each. And if you can win the And you can win the grand prize of $5,000, second prize $2,000, or third prize $1,000. If you like to purchase tickets, I'll be outside selling. Thank you and have a good evening. Thank you. And I I hope you win.

All right. Is there anyone else uh wishing to speak that did not fill out a speaker card? Seeing no interest. Come on, Mr. Reals. How are you tonight? Good to see you. [laughter] All right, cut his time to one minute.

Uh, I've talked to Manny, I talked to Daniel, and I need to talk to the chief of police on problems that we're having at Barnes Park. There's people going in there at nighttime riding their dirt bikes. Not only that, but at the Walnut Creek too, they're doing the same thing. We have electrical bikes going into the streets. And the worst part of it is that I see those electrical scooters. And the worst part of it is that they have a driver and then they have a five year old kid riding with them. They don't do the stop signs. We need to put a stop to that. before somebody gets killed. You know, that's what happened over in Anaheim, uh, Orange County. I think that's what it happened. A kid over there ran over a substitute, uh, teacher. He was a Vietnam veteran. He died after the accident. U, we don't want that right here. We need to put a stop to it. It's uh it's getting out of hand to tell you the truth. I call not just to be a pain in the butt. Just put it bluntly. I call because I see those things. I call uh Anthony or I called one of the officers uh and I let them know what's happening. But we need to put a stop to it. The neighborhoods right now after that shooting that happened at the 711 is hot. It's very hot. You cannot walk to

Kaiser or anything. So they'll ask you where you from, man. They don't care the age or anything. We need to put a a little bit more effort into the neighborhoods, you know. Uh it's fine and dandy. We're trying to do something for the city, but at the same time, it's open our eyes up. You know, the stuff that really bothers me is that we haven't even opened Barnes Park and they already are starting to destroy it. Manny knows about it. I've talked to him about it and I talked to Daniel and I talked to to Anthony too. They're going to do some things so they don't drive in there. The chief, you need to put a little more attention to those areas right now, especially at night time. Okay. You know, we talked about some cameras in different areas.

Thank you, Mr. Re. The time is up. I'm so I know.

Thank you for that, Mr. Rios. Anyone [clears throat] else in the audience wishing to speak? Right. Seeing no interest on up close public communication. Uh Mr. Reinkle for bringing up that comment. Um I I'll address that at the end of uh the council meeting. I do have some council requests and then if chief just kind of on that if we can um up up uh patrol around the neighborhood areas uh cuz I have received a lot of calls lately. People are actually now starting to feel a little scared with some of the the incidents that have occurred over the last several weeks. So if we can just have a little bit more police presence if it's possible out within the neighborhood so that they can at least feel that you know we're being patrolled. I know that we're cut thin at times, but let's try to up the uh police presence, please.

Yes, sir. And then, um Cindy, we'll go ahead and uh talk to the city staff in regards to uh communications out on the other side of the freeway. And Mr. uh Pastor Flores, uh thank you for the information for tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. Hopefully, we can make it there after the the uh services. Um, anyone else on the council wishing to address any of the public comments? Yes, mayor. If I go ahead.

Um, uh, if we can I know I had asked if we can uh put something on that side of town where Miss Cindy lives like a a board or something where the community members can access it closer. I know we discussed that. If you can update us, update us on Absolutely. Council member uh, Avula. I suspect that should be completed in about 8 weeks maybe maybe less

and have more access to the information and any changes and then again help them with the issue from the buses. I know we have heard a lot of issues happening with the buses and it's impacting a lot of the community not only that side of town but most of Balden Park and I I know there is a lot of concern over the last few weeks. Um there has been a lot happening in the city of Baldwin Park unfortunately. Um and I know a PD is doing the best that they can to mitigate the issues. I know we have a a great gang unit um that are constantly working on plans and programs. Of course, of course they cannot disclose what the plan is and what they're working on, but that I can assure you they are working on that situation. And um as community members, we need to be vigilant. um some of the situations that happen. I it's mental health that's happening and you all know we're having a mental health walk here in our city soon. But that that's one of the biggest problems I see um with all the tragedies that are happening. It it all goes back to our mental health. So let's be vigilant of our friends, our family, our neighbors um to to check on them and if you see that there may be something wrong, report it so the people can seek the help that they need. But know that that our PD is working on mitigating the the problems here in the city. It it has been different situations, not just one. So it's hard to pinpoint exactly what it is, but it is going back to IC mental health. So, let's let's be vigilant out of everyone so that we can help each other and maybe stop some tragedies. Thank you.

Thank you for that, Council Rob. Mayor,

thank you. I too want to um just thank everybody for coming to to speak at public input and and give us your concerns. Um I I agree with my colleagues in terms of the safety of this community. It it's something that um is concerning to all of us. um the the occurrences that have been happening. Um and we are we are in a in a great community and we all just need to be like we said a little vigilant in ourselves and looking out for one another. Um so I I too uh would ask you chief just to you know up the patrol um the the visibility of the you know when they're out on patrol. I know they are out there. It's just you know when you see an officer you know it it makes you a little bit more calm. So, um I would encourage that and um I like I said, I thank everybody for coming to speak and I know some of the issues are be are going to be addressed and handled. Um I do want to thank Miss Alyssa for coming. I really appreciate you coming and and um as you know um I graduated from St. John's, so I really appreciate you coming and speaking. This can be kind of um hard to come and speak to a group of people, but I know that St. John's has prepared you for something like that. So, you know, we just we just do it. So, I congratulate you for getting into Ramona Convent. I too went to an all girls Catholic high school. So, I I I um appreciate that and that that's the choice that you you've uh you know kind of carved out for your path. So, congratulations on that and and good luck and hopefully on the Saturday. So, friends, if you if you can you know try to help her out. So, thank you. And I already have so thank you. Thank you, mayor.

Uh, mayor, go ahead.

Yeah, just uh, also, Chief Hana, just um, obviously recognize the police officers. I know they did a tremendous job. Um, the thing that we need to definitely concentrate, I know that uh, um, Captain Hendricks was a part of it. And you recall the sweets that we had here, Captain, years ago and back when you started 99 and back in the early 90s and a good portion of these individuals were kicked out of the city and up I'm not going to mention the county to offend a county, but nevertheless, we're down. I think that we need to definitely be tough and send a very clear message to these punks which are very few just to let everyone know they're very few. The unfortunate part is what happens chief and you're the expert is that know little crimes like this occur there goes a whole neighborhood when in essence the city is safe and and you maintain a good record and that's uh over I would say that the city is a safe city and that's one of the reasons why people are moving to this city. It's ideal because of the locations and so on and so forth. But I think that we need to be tough on these punks. we need to do it and lock them up or get all the different agencies throughout the county and let's go knock on the doors 2 3 4 in the morning uh those that are on parole or whatever the case may be just to send a very clear message because the way it was done at one time it was tough but it was a necessity and that's the reason how we were able to all of us together clean up the city and bring all the different types of commercials that we have here in the city. who cannot allow these individuals uh to run the streets under any circumstances even though it's a very small group to let everyone know so there's no panic. It's a very minute uh group that could be controlled and send the message. Thank you chief and thank all the officers for the wonderful job that they do.

Yes sir. Just to comment on that we do uh do uh operations and we've done it uh with the multiple agencies here in in the city. So we will continue to do that. Thank you sir. Thank you.

Yes. Thank you, Chief, because you guys have done a an amazing job with that. So, continue the hard work and let's get these these people off our streets. Um, and then I'm sorry, I'm going to reopen public communications. We did have a member of the audience here that did not understand uh English, so we do have an interpreter ready. No. pause this time really quick. Yeah, please. Facebook. So, city clerk. Okay.

You feel Okay. I'm here on a collective claim from 2023. My girlfriend has established so many accounts in my name. I have 120 accounts and uh I she's I've been living by the by the on on the river. I'm homeless and my girlfriend has taken everything away from me and she's there involved in witchcraft and I have told there is a police officer who's helping her out and I want to let you know that uh who he is and I'm I I can tell you or I can say it in public. You know, there's 128 accounts and I I would need help. Uh he has put charges against me. There were bench warrants and I spoke with the judge already and I explained to him the charges have been dismissed and I have another court set up in a few days. I have no money and these are involved this involves civil cases. H on the 12th I have a court appointment and uh I have a case to put uh him in jail.

Thank you for that. Okay, I will now close public communication. All right, we're going to move on to consent calendar. Council colleagues, are there any items wishing you are wishing to pull? I'm going to go ahead and pull number five. Right. Seeing no one uh else is wishing to point any items, I will make a motion or accept a motion to approve consent calendar one through six with exclusion of five. A second. Okay, we got a motion by I'll make the motion. Got a motion uh second by Mayor Poayella.

We have a first and a second. Council member Aila, Council Member Estrada. Council member Lozano, yes. Mayor Promayella, yes. Mayor Damian, yes. Motion passes. Thank you for that, city clerk. All right, motion passes. So, we're moving on to item number five. Daniel.

Yes. Thank you, mayor. Good evening, council. Um, so this item is to approve a change order with Gentry Brothers for our fisc year 26 CDBG sidewalk replacement project. So, the project is about 90% uh complete and um the bids came in really low. So, we have funding to do more sidewalks and um so tonight we're asking the council to consider approving the change order uh in the amount of $47,000 um together with the previous uh contingency that the council approved when we awarded the project would allow us to double the amount of sidewalks that were uh replacing or reconstructing. So, um I just want to um highlight that um the contractor Gentry Brothers had previously, you know, we meet with them weekly and they had previously committed to um honoring the same unit prices that they that they provided in their bid back in back in November, December of 25. And um um given the um gas prices and diesel prices going through the roof and um and um prevailing wage and salary increase, the contractors asking us to increase the unit prices. Um I'll say a little bit but on the order of about 10% on the entire project. And um so I just wanted to um highlight that because in the staff report it previously mentioned that the uh contractor Gentry Brothers um had committed to honoring the unit prices. Um I I handed out um a sheet that shows a change order. Um most of

the of the pricing is staying the same, but um uh the remove and replacing of sidewalks is going up from $10 to $12 per square foot. And I mean that's the biggest item there. But um when we bid this project, we had 18 bids. We got really favorable pricing. Still very competitive pricing. So, um I'm recommending that the that the council um uh support uh support us and approve this um change order. And with that, I'll answer any questions you may have. Thank you for that, Daniel. Colleagues, any of you have any questions? Mayor, go ahead. Council,

no. No. Um, no questions. But I kind of just did the, you know, based on the information you gave us, I did, you know, just kind of did a little quick average and it seems like most of these aren't even a a a 10 or 5% in uh increase. I think it's very minimal. And as I mean, you know, it's it's hard to deny that gas prices have affected all of us. And I can only imagine that of course it's going to affect uh construction operations as well. So, you know, um it seems that, you know, I'd wor I'd focus more and worry more about the the operations of Gentry Brothers themselves and, you know, whether they're doing a good job or not, but it seems that, you know, it seems to me that they they are the quality of the work is there. Um, you know, trying to go for a rebid or trying to, you know, I think we're going to end up losing more money than we'd save trying to, you know, start a new process or something.

Yeah. And I will add that um with this it's all CDBG funds um that we we would be in jeopardy of losing if we don't award it quickly. And I think you know the contractor knows that as well. So, it puts us in a tough spot, but I think it's reasonable and I agree with you, Council Member Strada, that we should take advantage of the low prices that we got and the funding that we have. And um it's it's a great opportunity to to continue replacing sidewalks. Like we've been replacing the last several months. Um this is a great project. We've gotten a few complaints. In the grand scheme of things, it's very, very minor. And this project is is going as smoothly as anybody could have hoped for.

And they've been with us, mayor, for for for years. Yeah. No, I agree. And and I don't want to lose the momentum that we have right now. We've gotten a lot of sidewalks done. I know we still have to hit a lot more, but I I looked at the price increase and it's not significant enough to go back out for RFP. So, um, does anyone have any other questions? Does anyone want to make a motion to approve? Make a motion with the adjustments of the new pricing increase. I second. No. Council member Estella. Motion by council member Estrada. Second by Mayor Potm Gene Amayella. Uh city clerk, can we get roll call, please? Yeah, we have a first and a second. Council member Aila. Council member Estrada. Yes.

Council member Lozano. Yes. Mayor Promayella. Yes. Mayor Damian. Yes. Motion passes. Thank you for that, city clerk. All right, now we're going to uh move down to reports of officers. We got the approval of the 2026 annual report for military equipment. Who will be is that a presentation or do we have a report?

Chief, I mean, captain. Evening, mayor, mayor proim, and members of the city council. I'm here tonight to present the Balm Park Police Department's 2026 annual military equipment report. Uh, it's been prepared in compliance with Assembly Bill 481, which has been codified in government code section 770 through 775. Um, this is something that needs to acquire or needs to happen every year on the part of the police department and be presented before the governing board, which is the city council. Uh, AB481 requires law enforcement agencies to obtain uh, approval of their military equipment use policy and to submit an annual report. Um, just to kind of give you guys an oversight, this report needs to cover six specific areas. I know I've done this before in the past, but I figured I'd take a little bit extra time this year as I've gotten more proficient with it to kind of explain the process to give you guys a better understanding and then to hopefully open it up to the uh members of the community that might still be here and have questions about this. So, one of the uh requirements for this uh report is um how the military equipment was used during the prior year and what the purpose was for. Second, were there any complaints or concerns received from the public to the city or to the PD? Third, the results of any internal audits and whether there were any policy violations noted by the police department. Fourth, the total annual cost of each type of equipment and the funding source going forward. Uh then they we need to report the quantity of each type of equipment currently in the department's possession. And finally, any equipment that the department intends to acquire within the coming year. This year's annual report addresses all six of these requirements. And the full report has been attached to tonight's staff report um available for council's review and it also been posted on the city website and the PD's website and we meet the 30-day compliance before presenting the report to you today. Um before coming to you this evening, the department as I mentioned completed

all the steps on March 26 of this year. That was when the annual report was submitted to the city clerk. It was also forwarded to the council members and as mentioned posted publicly on the police department's website. Um this report include all updates that we made to the uh military equipment use policy which is uh transposed in our exhibit A of our policy and has also been posted online. On [clears throat] April 22nd, we held our annual community engagement meeting in the arts and rec center which was been open to the public. Uh the meeting was held within 30 days of the report submission online. Um unfortunately or fortunately uh no members of the public attended. there were no written comments and concerns were received and that's been consistent for the last three years that we've done this. Um, at the end of this report, my suggestion would be if we could open it up to the public as well, just for any last minute people that might have any concerns or comments based upon my report and then we can sort of wrap it up after that. Um, so to kind of give you guys just an overview of what the report entails. Um, part of it is the the usage that we've done throughout the last year. Um, as you recall, there was an incident at the Olive, uh, middle school at one point last year, and at that um, during that call for service, there was military equipment used. Um, we [clears throat] did, uh, deploy some noise flash diversionary devices and some 40mm less lethal, um, items were used to include OC and CS chemical agents. And this was during a SWAT activation that did involve a barricaded suspect. Uh we have added uh Skideo which are uh the unmanned aerial vehicles or the drones. Um those have been operational and now deployed uh for the first time this past year. Um and there were several operations that were where it was used in support of SWAT tactical operations, patrol responses, officer safety and uh used at community event as overwatch and security for us to sort of monitor. All these flights were conducted by l not licensed but officers who have completed their FAA

part 107 certified um and and are considered licensed operators. Other military equipment including rifles, less lethal shotguns, the Bearecat and our mobile command post uh were as far as for operational purposes were only used for training purposes and or involved in community events such as the mobile uh field uh command post. We received zero complaints or concerns regarding our military equipment use during the reporting period. There were also zero violations of any military equipment use policy noted through our internal uh audits. This will mark the fourth consecutive year the department has reported zero complaints and zero violations which I believe reflects our our strong commitment of training discipline and professionalism and trying to stay adherence to the 481 uh AB requirements. Um, beginning this year, the department has added military equipment page on the department's website and we sort of updated it where um, the residents should be able to throughout the year submit complaints, concerns or questions at any time. A quick note on that, we are still working with the IT department because when we click the complaint concern button and it gets filled out, we are trying to determine where it's getting sent to. So, we're still working with it to sort of resolve who's receiving them and we've updated a new email address so it does come to the police department. um the costs and acquisitions that occurred. The primary acquisitions for this reporting period was the purchase of 10 uh select fire rifles associated with our SWAT team and that was presented to council uh and approved February 4th of this year, but will also be included in this reporting period. U we did have some training and uh certification costs when it came to getting our uh UAV, which again are the drones, just getting them trained up and getting sent through class. So, we antic or we estimated about $2,500 was spent on that. Um, also attached to the same staff report that deals with this military equipment is a request um for

planned acquisition for the 2026 2027. And I I was trying to get it on during this fiscal year 2025 to 2026. So, before we run out in June 30th, we are looking to acquire uh just up to $10,000 from our existing swap budget. So, we're not asking for any money, but just to replenish chemical munitions in any what are called NFDDDs or noise flash diversionary devices and their related delivery systems. Um, the reason why we want to do this is sort of twofold and I just want there to be full transparency on there. The biggest concern that we have that we just want to be prepared for um because we've been put on notice by the county and that's you know LA County Sheriff's Department is just being prepared to assist them if there are any regional or area D call outs for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Um they're being hosted in the Los Angeles region this summer and it gives us the ability to use our current munitions for training purposes to also prepare for the 2028 Olympics. Um the the adage or the thought process is we'd rather be prepared and not have to use something than to need something and not be prepared. Uh another change that's being made is there's been some uh identified safety concerns with other agencies and SWAT teams when it comes to a certain manufacturer of what are the noise flash diversionary devices. It's been a a common company that's been used um but we're trying to transition away from them and go to a different company that has better results called CTS. It would still be the same type of device. it would just be used through another manufacturer that has a better reputation of of quality and control throughout the uh SWAT and police communities. We also anticipate um being able to um and we only put this on there because we we have to list anything we might want to ask for. We anticipate, but we're not 100% sure if we can ask for more patrol rifles for our patrol team. The department hasn't boughten any since I want to say 2015. And as we've hired new officers um over the last two years

because of the sport of counsel and the the um sort of the culture that's changed and people wanting to come here, we typically right now officers buy their own rifles. And we'd much rather as an agency have some consistency and not have them have to go through the rigors of going through the the armor of our department and getting everything approved, but just have a standard uh rifle that is issued to them. So, I wanted to include that as a cost of up to and everything's just a quote of close to $35,000 that we might spend on on patrol carbine rifles. Um, but again, it's all going to be dependent on the budget and whether or not Rose gives me approval later on. So, um I I'll try to speed through the rest of it, but some of this is just what changes were made. And again, everything's listed in the report that was given to council. We were um I I one of the changes made is I had to add the three Skyo um UAVs to the current list. I did add the 10 uh select fire rifles from from the SWAT team. We did remove two of our older robots, which I didn't think about until I did a review of the policy. Two years ago, council allowed us to buy an upgraded uh robot, which is just the uh armored track vehicle that gives us a safe way to to clear a home without having to send officers in. I removed the two older rootech avatars from the military equipment policy and then there's been an update to the chemical munitions quantity since we've used some to reflect our current levels. So everything's been done with the intention of just providing an accurate um and transparent report for both the council and for the city if there was any concerns to look at. So, just real quick in closing, um prior to opening up to the to the community if there's anyone that wishes to speak, um staff that is the PD is asking u we are recommending that the city council approve the 2026 annual military equipment report as that's been updated along with the inventory. um hopefully

approve the proposed um $10,000 in the existing fiscal year 202526 SWAT operational budget and allow us to make those purchases for the needed chemical munitions and to approve the proposed updates to the military equipment uh use of force policy. Um the full report exhibits and everything has been attached and I'm available to answer any questions if you so have.

Thank you for that, Captain Hendricks. Uh before we go to the council for questions, do we open it up to the public? I think I will open up to the public uh if anyone wants to address. Right. Seeing no action, I'll now close it to the public. City council, do any of you have any questions? No. Right. Can I get a motion to approve? Second. We got a first and a second. City clerk, can we get roll call? Very detailed. Thank you.

We have a motion to adopt item number seven. Motion made by council member Aila. Second by council member Lozano. Council member Aila. Yes. Council member Estrada. Yes. Council member Lozano. Yes. Mayor Payala. Yes. Mayor Damian. Yes. Motion carries 5. Thank you for that city clerk. Thank you, Captain Hendricks. Very detailed report.

Thank you very much. Moving on to reports of officers. Item eight, presentation. City-owned ADU plan 65% completion presented by Randall uh I hope I don't butcher this Russ of RRM design group. Good evening sir.

Yes. Uh Mr. Mayor I wanted to give a little brief overview before Randall um made his present uh presentation. So, the update that's provided tonight is to give you a quick glance of what the city council authorized the movement of um establishing an ADU standard plans that will be approved by the city and utilized by our uh residents and developer uh within the city itself. So this is a 65% design review. Uh as an update to the council to make sure that we're moving in the right direction, getting the blessing and the understanding. I believe in the last update we provided you an update of the concept. This is a little bit further along the line before we proceed and authorize the consultant to move forward with the actual structural and uh and uh detailed drawings. and we want to get the blessing of the design before we move forward. Uh I'll turn it over to our consultant.

Excellent. Thank you. Uh evening, mayor, uh city council. My name is Randall or Randy if you will, Russ from RM Design Group. Uh we've been working for a few months now with staff on the uh pre-approved ADU project that uh we were selected um from our conceptual plans. And that you saw back at the back at the beginning there. Our process has been one of back and forth with city staff, sharing other options, other opportunities, evaluating conditions within neighborhoods to look at the best fit, uh the best materials, what's going to be mo not only most compatible, but most importantly most uh implementable uh by your community. So uh at this point, we're at the end of our design process. Um, you know, do you want to pull up the presentation? I can walk you through the package there.

Yes, our IT team uh is pulling that up and uh you could guide them by saying next.

Right. Well, this is an index. So, uh fairly boring. So, we can go on to next from that. Um but the uh project has uh multiple plans and each plan is presented with multiple style options. So, uh, you can go back to go back to all the way back scroll back to A2. Hopefully, we'll get right to the beginning of this. There we go. So, we have three uh sizes of plans. This one is intended to be uh either a studio or or Yeah. Okay. This one's designed as a studio. Rather studio. Again, it's 506 square ft. Um, we uh very simple design. All these are very boxy. That's part of what makes them just efficient uh places to build and fit into uh backyards. Typically, this is a small one. It'll fit in most any backyard, but typically we size these based upon or the maximum size based upon your typical lots so that we get proper setbacks on the on the sides so that every one of these will fit in your your standard uh backyards here. There's always exceptions, of course, but for a general rule. So, this is our uh regular studio unit. Um, nothing too uh too fancy about it, but it has enough room in there to be a very solid living space. Let's scroll through a couple of the renderings. We go on to the next one. One more, please. We have uh two different styles. Basically, this is what we call a traditional style. It could fit into a with a California ranch. It could be uh modified with different details to buy by by an end user if they wanted to to add little you can see we've got those angled kickers on the post there. Those those types of things those details are more optional to fit with the the style of the primary residence. Same with the

uh Wayne Scott you see going around there. Our designs present a generic solution to that. So they're designed to accommodate a Wayne Scott, but whether that could be brick, could be river rock, could be a stack stone fitting within whatever the the primary residence is. And that would be part of what your planning staff would confirm at time of permitting that they are matching the color and the materials of the existing house as much as possible. You're not going to match a 70-year-old house uh built postwar today, but I'm close in that style. So please uh continue on to the next one. Uh with each one of these we provided and I'm sure it's in your packet but provided uh four-sided architecture the elevations of these just indicating some basic information on there uh so you understand the materials the slopes we all targeting fairly low slope uh at the direction of of staff. Um we can go on to the next one. Then we have more of a Spanish Mediterranean style. Again, fit within uh hopefully fits within your community uh based upon all our our we call windshield surveys as we go by with with Google Maps to verify these things. Go on to the next one, please. We'll have an elevation of this and then to the next will be our second uh plan. This is a bit larger. Uh 840 843. Uh very popular. Just to give you some background, I do these things all over the state. I think we've done about 35 38 jurisdictions. Probably have numbering at this point in well over a 100 plans out there across the state. you'll find some level of repetit repetit repeatability of these that uh uh because there's only so many ways to to skinless that are most

efficient. This one a little bit different ones we've done before, but at the end of the day, these types of boxes with two bedrooms, super super efficient, very popular. We probably the general plan type that is used more than any other one that we found. Uh very simple to build, has nice spaces, decent size rooms, uh space for, you know, here a stack washer and dryer and uh yeah, that's kind of what that looks like. Go ahead and go to the our renderings here. Next one, please. Next slide. Oh, sorry, one more. So, here the same thing in the traditional style fits within as I said previously. Uh you can step forward another slide foursided elevations on here and please step forward one more to take us to the the Spanish Mediterranean style. And then finally let's go click two more ahead please. And this gets us to our third plan. Um this is designed as uh I think we evolved from your original program. I don't know you had a threebedroom in your original program. Through our discussions and evaluating what uh staff felt the needs were for the community that the three-bedroom option had a lot of value. Um we have uh discussed having that front bedroom there to basically be a flex room. It could get opened up and be a den or an expanded living area and just have a two-bedroom and that would work just fine also. Uh so it gives some options for the end user and you've got a inside washer and dryer. This this time we've got side by side which tends to work better for um uh people who need a little more accessibility. That's one of the trade-offs when we do these is

how much accessibility do you want to provide for aging in place. Things like sidebyside washer and dryers are more uh compatible with that. So we like to keep at least one of our options to have something like that. And uh we can scroll through the the next page for rendering. Oh, sorry. Two more. One more. There you go. I jumped too far. Go back one, please. Thank you very much. And then we've got uh you know, little covered porch here. Pretty uh straightforward and simple design. You'll note all these are just single direction gable framed or truss roofs with just porch pop outs on them. a real efficient uh uh structure to build. Go ahead and jump ahead two more. So, another one. And again, the the Mediterranean version of this. And uh with that, that really is where we've come from. But it's been two months, three months now from where we were in your conceptual designs that these are very close to, but small deviations from that that uh bring us to where we are today. And I'm here to answer any questions you might have. If I may, Mr. Mayor, I wanted to add a little bit more uh concept and understanding for the council. Um the work and the collaboration that we have amongst the community development staff that consists of planning, building and safety and uh with our consultant and the design team. We want to bring forth design that is functional, practical, and cost-saving efficiency for our residents. Um but most importantly giving them options in [snorts] terms of the number of bedrooms, the layout, the material and the flexibility of the design itself with three practical size square footage based on the needs

of the family and the community. They have the option to pick between these size in addition or the standard size. In addition to that, they also have the option to custom design the way they want it based on any additional size above and beyond what is going to be delivered to them as a free service or a free plan to the community itself to help expedite the process. So that option is always still there for them to give them the ability to modify, change, propose whatever other option other than the standard that's come before you. So that's the flexibility that we're trying to provide. the most popular, the most common and in many part certain type of size and design uh there's impact fees in terms of ADU some the smaller one are exempted other ones the larger one you know they have to pay the impact fee so residents have the option to choose based on their feasible situation based on their financing situation and you know they have that luxury to pick all the different options possible. So it's a lot of work a lot of opportunity and before our consultant move forward with all the detailed construction drawing which is the nitty-gritty of um construction plans. We want to make sure that design, the concept is uh reviewed, considered and blessed by the council because this will be what is being shared and presented to our community. Thank you.

Thank you for that, Okina. Thank you for that, Randy. Uh, city council, anyone have questions? I just have one question. How many square feet is plan three? 961. Back to that. I don't have that by memory. It was 961. 961. Okay. big. Very nice. Nice. I mean, they're definitely, you know, threebedroom in 961. You're not going to find an attract house out there being built anywhere. That is really references back to a time when we all felt we could live in spaces that weren't 2,000 ft as apparently people try to sell these days. And so we we take great pride in in trying to get small, efficient houses uh for these projects. Yeah.

Yeah. These are very nice. I'm going to be honest with these are very nice projects. I'm very pleased with the options that we have. Obviously, the one the studio, the two-bedroom, and the threebedroom really great options. Um, is there a way that you can email the city council a copy of the presentation? Absolutely. Yes. Staff will um uh in tomorrow we'll email the concept to the city our deputy chief deputy city clerk and she'll be able to forward that out all the council members. Mayor, very nice.

Yeah, I just want to say I think this is excellent presentation by the way. A lot of residents are extremely excited because this is an opportunity for them to invest on those big lots that you have in the back. Um, [clears throat] so there's total of three different uh possibilities, right? That is correct. Okay. and many other variety that the property owner choose to propose upon their own. But these are the standard plans. So the intent and purpose of these standard plans you will be able to bypass planning design review approval and

check building and safety a cost for them to hire an architect or designer. Um, in addition to expediting the time frame, you're talking about saving a value of a minimum 3 to four month of process with the caveat of not having to pay for the cost of construction because we're fronting that cost and we're making it as a standard template. And of course based on the flexibility of the applicant and the residents they have they can propose up to a maximum of 1,200 square feet if they choose to but that's on their own plans and their own choosing if they choose to go that option.

I'm glad you said that. I was going to ask about the 1200. So because the ads that we have here the um largest square foot would be the 900. Is that what I'm 900 ft or no? Yes. 9 almost 1,000 ft. Okay. And we do that intentionally to keep it below the,000 square ft threshold to make it feasible, more feasible. If you look at from the different size option, the thousand square foot, it gives you a sidebyside standard laundry facility per se as an example. um versus the smaller unit. It's more efficiency by uh a dual stack unit, saving space, maximizing usability and functionality.

Let me ask another question. By the way, excellent presentation. You go up up in the um peasant view area. So, you have some lots that are like 18,000 or 20,000 square feet. How many ADUs can they place in that backyard if there's that space? I'm kind of curious. It depends on the situation. Based on state laws, um, a property owner can propose a junior ADU. Oh, that's right.

An ADU, attach or detach. So, there's more flexibility and um SB9 or other options in ter in terms of subdividing lots if they're a much bigger lot. Uh, we do have those different application that's um constantly in the process. But this is the typical standard for the general residents of the community that will have a standard template that they can utilize for minimal cost. Does SB9 allow the owner of the property to sell one of those units independently or not? Yes. The ability for them to split the lot, sell it separately, that's within the realm of SP9,

which by the way, to let city council know, at one time that was going crazy. So we stopped it from uh having flag lots. We're talking years ago. So just But that's interesting. SB9 allows that. Okay. Yeah. There's a lot of flexibility in SB9 that unfortunately that's a state requirement and we have to abide by it, but we want to bring the uh the best product possible for our community. The flexibility is there for them. I

have a rental here on on Bon Park Boulevard, Ohio. That's 7,400 some odd square ft. The the home that's there now is 843 ft. So obviously you have that additional. So am I able to subdivide that under SP9 and sell it independently? It depends on the situation.

Um we always encourage if you have the flexibility of that. It all comes down to the cost factor and the practicality really comes down to how the initial home is built and where it's situated. Because some lot has homes as standard towards the front, the typical 20 to 30 foot setback and then you have some lot that's tucked way in the back of the lot and you have all this front yard. So there's a variety of situation and circumstance. The the more practical the lot is designed, the more option of flexibility that the property owner has.

And I I'll add that um SP9 allows you to subdivide your property. The smaller of the lot has to be um 40% of the size of the original lot. So it's kind of challenging on a regular single family home. Um, it's it's a little more feasible when you're on a corner lot because the smaller lot has to be 40% of the size of the original lot when you subdivide. So, how would that work on a 7,400 some odd square foot? 7,400 probably 3400 to 4,000 or 32 the smaller lot would have to be about 3,200 square ft approximately.

But is it is possible then? It is possible, but access is challenging if you're on a regular um on a regular interior single family lot because people would have to go through the sideyard to get through the back. So, it's it makes it a little challenging and then you have to um you have to live on the property for 3 years before you can um on at least one of the two properties. Um, so there's a couple barriers as to why it hasn't taken off like the state had wanted um, SB9 to take off. Interesting. Okay, that's why just wanted to ask. Thank you very much. Thank you, Council Member Mozano. Anyone else have any questions?

Um, sorry. I was just going to add to Council Member Lozano's conversation. I think there's a bill, I don't think it's passed yet, but there's a bill where you can sell off units on your lot and you kind of become an HOA. So, you're not splitting the property. You're going through like an HOA process where Yeah. That's like um like a condo map. A condo map. But it does require the city council to approve the that um an ordinance to allow like a condo map to to do what you're saying, council member Strata, um to sell airspace um as if it was a condo map. Thank you.

Thank you for that. And I just have a quick question for you um Okino or Randy, whoever can answer this. Do we have an estimated construction cost per square foot uh based on the plants and material that we're proposing here? Well, the construction costs Oh, apologies. Construction construction costs would be varied based on what contractor you're going to hire, what type of material or finishing that they're going to use, what type of appliance, and so forth. But so so the design that you have there, whether it's the traditional ranch style or the uh Spanish style, are we able to change the materials? Is that what you're saying? for

yes the the intent and purpose once a plan is finalized they have the ability to pick and choose and select what type of finishing what type of material that they can use to match their existing or come close to matching their existing and the flexibility if the material you know is no longer available they have a flexibility to pick and choose different type of finishing so all those factors will contribute into the cost per square foot absolutely

of the construction and there's you know and it fluctuate from months to years right material cost goes up cost of living goes up um tax and tariffs depending on where the materials imported from or fabricated or manufactured. So there's a lot that comes into play and the market for per square foot capita is constantly a moving target. It could it could be one one day and three month later it's going to change again or modify it. So it varies on different time frame and situation. We can expand on that a little bit if you if you don't mind because I sure go ahead. That's good.

You're absolutely right. But the the really important point here is to Understand that these are designed in a generic way that the materials can switch out. You horizontal siding, board and bat sighting. You want expensive 50-year presidential shake roof that goes down for the price of tile or you can get you can put a you know 20-year asphalt shingle roof on there at a third of that price per square foot. Both of those are built into our design. We do worst case scenarios uh in all all the situations whether it's the loading or the types of windows that are used. Uh you can imagine title 24 doesn't really like aluminum windows as much as it likes vinyl windows. We always go to the the worst case scenario in our design to allow all levels to work within these plans. So the end user really has a lot of flexibility to how it gets finished out.

I have a question as of right now. I know this could change with time depending on when how much would they be saving on plans itself? Well, an approximate average cost this time, right? Um, it varies depending on the size and depending on the design you have. That's the highest. In terms of cost, it could range between 15,000 to $25,000 right there. They're already saving on plans and all that. That's that's separate aside from time. Correct. So that's just a value for the cost um to design. Mhm.

I know that the firm uh Ry's firm in terms of the quotes and the RFP and the construction is that what's built into that the cost is a lot higher because they're also providing the all the different options but selling the copyrights aspect of it to the city to be utilized for as a standard template

and that's the key. But from a general standpoint and uh Randle could also provide you if he was he's an architecture firm. If a client were to hire him separately and aside he could give you the actual costs up front. I unfortunately we don't make a lot more giving these to your city than we do uh to an individual. The price is actually very similar. Um uh the difference is um you guys own them at the end of the day. I'm not actually owning these and administering them. You guys take them on um a and we do the engineering for these and we do the energy compliance documentation. The only thing we don't do in this package is your site plan which the end user has to do. Um but the value of that is certainly in the 20- $25,000 per plan range to an end user. And I think that's important for everybody to know the amount of money we're already saving those that want to build the ADUs

and and the reality. I don't know where you're at on your fee structure. Some cities, you know, like you said, the certainly the smaller one doesn't have impact fees because of its size. Um, you've got an exped expedited time frame for this. So, you're saving six months. Uh many cities are able to set these this operation up so that it's almost over-thecounter that someone can look at a a site plan especially because you have a lot of flat lots around here that someone has drawn up themselves brings in with the plans and they can get permits issued within days. Um so that's a huge time saving for yes most everybody. So two together are significant

and the applicant or property owner the investment that they're that is going to come out in additional to the pocket would be whether they want to hire let's just say a company like RRM to to provide them a site plan detail or information or anybody else um whatever that time frame is but as a homeowner if I'm the applicant when I come to the city you have three different design option. Well, three different floor plan. I want, you know, the smallest one cuz that's all I could afford, right? I'll choose that. Well, what design option would you like? Traditional, Spanish style, and what type of amenity option or layout option like what um Randy was alluding to, the porch, the size, the material, what have you. They have all that flexibility. I said, "Okay, I want plan number one, design number two, or design B." And then providing just site plan. Okay, here you go. Pay the permit, get your contractor to pull the permit, you start construction right away.

Perfect. Thank you. Any other council member have any questions? And you don't need direction for for approval, right? This is just an update. It's just an update. Um if you are satisfied with what's been presented, uh staff will direct um Randy and his team to move forward and that's where all the nitty-gritty will happen, the structural detail, the construction detail, title 24, and all the good stuff, the technical stuff that you people typically don't care about. So basically, you just need direction for Randy to go back and complete this from the 65% to the finished product, right? 100%. Yeah. Yes.

You got clear direction, every council member, you don't need roll call for this. Oh, hey, you got clear direction. Let's get this to 100%. Thank you very much, Randy. Appreciate it. Designs are beautiful. Thank you. I appreciate being in your city doing these types of projects. Have a good night. Thank you so much. All right. Now, we're at the end of the agenda. We're down to city council. No, city council, city clerk, city treasur, staff requests and communications. City council, before I go, do any of you have any council requests? Because I have a big list.

I have one. Yes. So, um I think I had already mentioned it to Manny, but I I would like to also put it on the record. Um you all know about the bus accident and the gravel truck that happened on Olive. Um Los Angeles and wallet. Thank you. So, I I have I would like to request to look into uh our ordinance or code, whatever it is that we need to look into if there's any way that we can prevent these trucks from crossing flying through our city because they literally do fly from one gravel pit to the next. And those streets are very busy in the morning. We have three schools around that area. Four with um with Charles the other school Bush Charles Burch. So there's a lot of traffic already. Uh parents dropping off and then there's the traffic from the commuters going to work. So I wanted to see if there is any way that we can prevent trucks from traveling through there, especially those gravel trucks. If you notice, those streets are very damaged because of that. So, I want to see if we can stop the trucks from going through there and going around through Arrow Highway and just going all around our city and not cross through there. Um, they use Los Angeles and they use Olive to cross through there. Yes.

No, I sorry about that. The mayor address uh council member somebody said I thought there was an MOU. I'm not certain if it's still around or not. quite some time ago with Irwin when they were going to um do the excavation there that they would not come onto Baldwin Park that they would go back out towards uh Zuza Canyon Road and onto Arrow Highway and lately I've been seeing them come from right past that area. I don't know whether that's valid or or that was in the past. I I don't I don't know because they're constantly cleaning the streets because of the dust that they accumulate. So we could look at that. I just

Yes. So if we can look at the municipal code, thank you Shirley, Mr. and update it so that they do go around if that was happening in the past because it's dangerous and they shouldn't be coming through our city. And um look into that, please. It's urgent. And also any big trucks coming through our cities. Like just the other day, last week, two big diesel trucks full with their whole trailer driving through my street. I'm like, are you kidding me? two different days. So, if we can keep an eye on that too, chief, because they shouldn't be driving through residential areas, but definitely look onto the the gravel trucks, please. Or any big truck coming through our city.

Right. So, we got consensus for uh council member Aila's request. Council.

Yeah. Thank you, Mayor. Um I was uh over the over the last weeks I I kind of came across the I know that we we have a moratorium on data centers and so I've I've kind of seen that other cities have this as a separate item. So it seems that it should be a separate item. So I'm I'm wondering if we should be looking at a moratorium on battery energy storage systems as well. I think they pose a very similar uh go through the process and uh look at the the process as well for battery energy storage systems because they do pose similar risks as well. And of course you know very small city we don't really have the space for to to uh to to yeah to you know host these these sites. So that was one of my my my uh concerns. Then I was going to ask if we could write a letter of support for AB 1738 which is uh under Assembly Member Curio. I'm assuming, you know, no relation to our city manager, but it's uh to uh potentially allow for remote inspections for specific um for for smaller projects such as uh re-roofs, HVAC systems, water heater, solar panels, and any additions under 800 ft, which I think would potentially be beneficial to our staff and of course to people trying to get um you know, just their their building complete to uh remote inspections. Yeah. Yeah. And uh one more since I know Mr. for real was here and he was talking about uh ebikes and um I know that there's a lot of controversy regarding ebikes and you know maybe a little biased cuz I ride an ebike but there's a uh very very uh important educational effort that we should be taking on which is the differentiating between ebikes and emotos and I I don't know what the you know what has the what type of um bike was used in the accident but there is the one of the biggest issues is that at the state level there's no regulations as to how e-ostos get sold or advertised. So, when families are, you know, a mom or dad is buying their their child a bicycle, they don't get the impression that they're buying an ebike and they're buying them an emoto.

Um, of course, one of the easiest ways to tell is whether it has pedals or not. Um, but beyond that, I mean, it's just uh so I would and then of course, ebikes are are very big. You know, they provide mobility for people who are, you know, seniors, people who have uh ADA uh needs and um and families like myself. if I use my ebike with my son. So, I would I would hate to, you know, not take a a a stance on the educational effort, but there is a bill called SBU 1167, which pushes for state regulations on emotos so that they don't get to get advertised as a regular ebike.

And and I know the school district just sent out a memo on banning these. I don't know which one they're banning now that you say that from students bringing them to schools because if you notice in the morning there are a lot of children riding uh I don't know which bike it is but without a helmet or more than one and I have seen uh adults with their little ones four year olds 5 year olds on those bikes without helmets so it is important that we we look at look into that. Thank you both. Uh, councelor Lozano, do you have any council requests? Yes. Good night. Mayor PM Ayella. No, thank you, Dad.

All right. So, I do have a few. Bear with me here. Um, and I'm going to mute I'm going to read mine so we can make it quick. Just agree with me or disagree and let's go. Um, I'm requesting an update for regarding Rome uh Rome's book, including a detailed report of what the city has been paid from 2020 to present. Um, I know council member Strada, Avila, Lozano, and myself have requested this information uh several months. Um, and we have not received a response. So, I'm requesting that this be updated to us as soon as possible. If it's unable to be provided promptly, I would like it I would like this item placed on the agenda for the next council meeting. Uh, do I have consensus on that? Yes.

All right. Number two, going to the bicycles and the ebikes. So, as we know, there's been a lot of incidents with ebikes and and bikes in general. So, I'm requesting staff to review and bring back options regarding youth riding bicycles and ebikes throughout the city in a dangerous manner, including crossing into traffic traffic, performing tricks in front of vehicles, failing to follow traffic laws, and riding without protective gear such as helmets. Um, there was just an incident that just happened on Friday on Clark and Bonner Park Boulevard where two miners uh were hit by a vehicle. I don't know what the investigation or what happened there, but it's it's something that's concerning because it's happened to me and I know it's happened to a lot of other residents that are driving, especially down Bottom Park Boulevard. These kids don't respect. They will flip you off. They will kick your car if they have to. And they're popping wheelies and they're doing all these tricks in between traffic. So, it's not only a safety hazard for them to get hit, but it's a safety hazard for us. So, I would like um to evaluate how traffic laws can be enforced even when minors are involved and what steps can be taken to prevent future accidents. So, I'm requesting staff to bring back options or a clear enforcement plan. Do I have consensus on that? Thank you. And then three, uh this is something brand new, but I I thought about it and I said, why not? I would like to request support of my colleagues here to bring forward a creation of an annual city of Balden Park citizen of the year award. Uh this award will recognize an outstanding B park resident who has made meaningful contributions to our community through service, volunteerism, leadership, civic engagement or efforts that improve the quality of life of residents. Um as you know, our city is filled with people who give their time and energy to Baldin Park. Um, so I would recommend that staff bring back um something for us to

consider um with some of the suggested qualifications that I I thought would would be uh good for that. Obviously must be a B park resident. Must have demonstrated a strong commitment to serving the Baltimore Park community. Contributions may include volunteer work, community leadership, youth or senior support, public safety efforts, community improvement, business or community involvement. nonprofit service or other acts that benefit residents. Nominations may be submitted by residents, community organizations, schools, businesses, or council members with the final selection being made by the city council. Do I have consensus for that? Senior.

Yeah, this is citizen of the year. So, it's not cuz citizen is something that we just do. I mean, senior is for the senior center. This is just in general from the community. Mayor, I just want to you know, we we did have one years ago. Really? this they over at the Marriott yet, but that's obviously gone. But well, maybe we can bring this on a low budget level. Of course. Of course. Here at city hall. Here at city hall, we just recognize somebody, you know, bring them up and and then and then once we start making more money, we can kind of ask No, maybe there's existing like criteria already, you know, not to reinvent the wheel that that maybe Manny or Maria could pull it up cuz Yeah, we used to do Yeah. So, bring something back to us with options that we can do and then discuss that. This is just a conversation starter to bring it back to us. So, we're all in consensus with that. Yes.

Okay. Now, moving to number four, renaming Caesar E. Chavez Street and name and naming the amphitheater. Uh, so I would like the city council to consider renaming Caesar E. Chavez Street adjacent to Morgan Park and also consider naming the amphitheater. Um, I believe the community should have input in this process and I'm [clears throat] requesting that staff explore promoting a community survey to gather public suggestions, narrow down the options, and allow the city council to make the final selection based on community input. Community input and cost.

Okay, so that's the fourth one. And then my fifth one is not more of a council request, but it's more of a comment. So, I would like to remind all city staff that we are here to serve our residents and businesses. The responsibility includes treating everyone with respect, courtesy, and professionalism. I understand that working with the public can be challenging at times. Still, we must maintain a high standard of professionalism, especially when assisting seniors and our most vulnerable members of our community. in additional if additional customer service training is needed for staff including supervisors then I believe we should move forward with that training to ensure our community receives the level of service they deserve. So if there's anything that can improve professional customer service training or whatever it is, I would hope I can get consensus to have them take that service training.

Fanny, didn't we just recently have a department go through to through a customer service training? It's it's been about a year. It's been a year. So, yeah. So, it's time for another training. So, it is a good idea to continue it in all the departments. Every department is different. Customer service should be every department. Every department because a refresher is always needed

and I'm not going to go into detail, but yeah, let's get that going. Um, lastly, I would like to thank a Bing Park Police Department. Well, not lastly, but one of the last ones. Uh, I want to thank the Baltimore Park Police Department for assisting the Oath to Country Foundation last weekend uh in helping landscape one of our senior veterans from the community. So, Chief uh please let your department know that we appreciate uh the community involvement uh that they do and their continued commitment to service our Berm Park residents. So, thank you for that, Chief. Um, and then I just want to really quick invite everyone to the Looms for Lupus uh event, the 6th annual uh wellness day, which will be this Saturday, May 9th, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. here at the Ark. So, if you're able to come out for um a day filled with good information, come on out. We also have our annual mental health awareness walk and resource fair on Saturday, May 16th from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon in collaboration with Assembly Women Blanca Rubio. We invite you we invite you to come out to Morgan Park for a onemile health awareness walk followed by lively resource fair filled with community booths, food, and live entertainment by Sto. So come on out there. We have the Asian-American and Pacific Islander Celebration uh Thursday, May 14th at 5:30 p.m. here at the Arts and Recreation Center. And then we have the Boxing Show coming up on Sunday, May 24th, 2026 at the Esther Snider Community Center uh here in Baltimore Park. It's free for children under age 5, $5 for ages 6 to 12, and $20 for ages 13 plus. Weighins at 900 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and doors open at 12 with the competition starting through 100 pm.

That's all I have for tonight. That was great. Anyone else? Those were good ideas. Mayor, go ahead. Oh, mayor, if I go ahead if if I may. Go ahead.

Uh, so firstly, um, uh, I I want to, uh, also thank my colleague, uh, city clerk Christopher Himenez for joining us. Um, coming out from Montabelloo. Um and and so uh on that theme, I also have a couple of city clerk and election related um pieces to share. Uh so so number one, I'm asking for council's consensus in their in uh writing a letter of support um to the California state legislature in um support of AB1821. AB1821 if um if passed and signed um by the governor would change the language in um the public records act which would change days to business days which would allow our office 10 business days to respond. It would allow us to uh get an extension of 14 business days. and why that's important. Um, oftentimes for holidays, uh, we're closed for 10 days and, uh, we aren't able to respond under this statutory requirement. So, by getting this across the finish line, um, we can ensure that our city is always in compliance uh, with state law. So, we're hoping that um I I don't know if we take a a telly, but hoping that I can get everybody's support to sign um the letter of support and we can uh send it um on the behalf of the entire city.

We got consensus for that.

Yeah. Thank you so much uh mayor and council. Uh that's number one. Uh number two is uh um we won't meet until after the general election. So, for anybody listening or anybody here, please make sure to vote. your uh mail mail mail-in ballots have already arrived. Uh the uh the drop boxes are open and you can drop off your uh your um your signed your sign don't forget to sign your ballot. Um now uh the these dropboxes are secure. They're bolted down. They are um they are picked up daily by the county. Um, and most importantly, um, if you are going to vote by mail and you prefer to not drop it off at a vote center or at a dropbox, please make sure that you ask the attendant at the post office to manually stamp your ballot. If it is not stamped manually stamped by the post office and postmarked, there is no guarantee that your ballot will be counted because under new USPS regulations, the stamp doesn't occur until it gets through the processing center, the regional processing center, which could be days after your ballot is dropped off at the post office. Um, and so with that being said, please utilize a vote center to drop off your your ballot. Please utilize a dropbox to drop off your ballot. If you take it to the post office, mail it seven days in advance or get a manual stamp and do not leave until they stamp your ballots. Um, with that being said, um, many of you guys are probably aware I spent a few days in Washington DC a few few weeks ago. I don't know, maybe last week. My days have blended where we had conversations about the elections. Um, we had multiple conversations. We had multiple um, uh, demonstrations. Um and ironically the day that I landed the Supreme Court um

uh published an opinion which um has uh altered the uh voting rights act. Um so not only do we have an assault from the Supreme Court, we have an assault from the legislature under the Save Act and we have an assault by President Trump with Executive Order 14248. So the only way that we as citizens can ensure that our vote that that we are um um uh you know moving our democracy forward is by voting and exercising your right to vote. So sorry for this very very long- winded um uh uh speech but um please remember to vote by June 2nd. Thank you for that city clerk. Always Mayor Mayor

good information. Go ahead city treasure.

Perfect. Thank you. Um, first and foremost, I just want to say thank you again to our public works um for an amazing job that they've been doing trying to keep our city clean and maintained well enough. Um, they've been responsive for the most part um very quickly to to calls when we need them to get out there and respond to whether it's cleaning up something or checking something out, which thank you very much to public works again for that. And um next I also want to thank our PD again for um all the hard work you guys do day in day out and um protecting our community and taking care of our community. I know there's been a lot of incidences lately and um you know sometimes they're beyond our control and especially right now with a lot of mental um health issues going on. So thank you for being out there our PD. Thank you chief. Um and next um I do have a small request. Um, it's really more for you, Chief. Um, for PD, I don't know if you guys can maybe start patrolling a little bit more doing drop off and pickup at schools, primarily the elementaryaries. Um, there's been some issues that have been brought up to my attention by um, families that attend the school where my kids go, but also other schools nearby. um where uh residents or people who have are dropping off children are parking on the crosswalks and they're dropping off their children. And there's been a couple times where um I've been told that some parents have almost gotten into altercations because they've asked them to move their cars and they don't move their cars. Um so if we can maybe start looking a little bit more into that or at least just patrolling at least for a few minutes during that drop off time. Um, and not just that, you know, you know, all the elementary schools primarily, especially the ones in the residential areas because, um, those are the ones that I see that that I've been told that they've been having some issues. Other than that, I think that's it. Thank you

very much. Perfect. Thank you very much for that, city treasure. And just so that we know, our next city council meeting has been cancelled due to the memorial of uh, Officer Sam Riveros in LA. So, we will see you guys at the first meeting of June. I will make a motion to adjurnn. Can I get a second? We are adjourned at 9:31 p.m. Good night, everyone.