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All right, good evening. I would like to call this regular session of the City Council meeting to order at 6.01. Can I get a roll call, please?

Councilmember Laura? Here. Councilmember Finn? Here. Councilmember Martinez?

Here.

Mayor Pro Tem White?

Here.

Mayor Voigt? Here.

All right, and can we get a report out from closed session, please?

Yes, the council met in closed session. Item B1 was conference with legal counsel regarding pending litigation, and that was City of Beaumont versus Simon Lee Arts. The case number is listed in the agenda. There was no reportable action. Item B2 was conference with legal counsel regarding existing litigation, and that is Arlene Burroughs versus the City of Beaumont. There was no reportable action. Item B3, conference with legal counsel regarding existing litigation, and that was Praven Trivedi versus the City of Beaumont, and there was reportable action in that item. There was a motion authorizing the City Attorney's Office to defend the action. That motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem White and seconded by Mayor Voigt. The vote was as follows. The mayor voted yes, Mayor Pro Tem voted yes, Council Member Lara voted yes, Council Member Martinez voted yes, and Council Member Fenn voted yes. The next item is B4, and that was conference with labor negotiators. The city designated representative administrative services director, Carrie Mendoza, or her designee, The employee organizations were the police managers, SEIU, police officers association, and managers professional technical. There was reportable action taken on that item. There was a motion to approve July 1, 2026 memorandums of understanding between the city and SEIU and one MOU and the police officers association and the other MOU. That motion was made by Councilmember Lara. It was seconded by Mayor Voigt. The vote was as follows. Mayor Voigt was in favor, Councilmember, Mayor Pro Tem White was in favor, Councilmember Fenn in favor, Councilmember Martinez in favor, and Councilmember Lara in favor. Item B5 was conference with legal counsel regarding existing, I'm sorry, initiation of litigation involving two potential cases. There was no reportable action taken on that item and that concludes the report out.

All right, thank you very much for that report out. And now if you would please join me in an invocation by Mr. Dave Hawley, and then that will be followed by our Pledge of Allegiance by Council Member Lara.

Oh yeah, very good.

If you would, bow your heads and we'll pray. Heavenly Father, we come before you tonight and we thank you for our city council. We pray that you would continue to give them wisdom and discernment and integrity in the decisions that they make. Fill their hearts with joy and love, Lord. Let them not be entwined in the snares of pride or selfish ambition, and that they would all be in unity in the decisions that they make that would continue to uplift and provide for our community here in Beaumont. We ask these things in Jesus' name. Amen.

All right. Thank you, both gentlemen. And do we have any adjustments to the agenda tonight?

Yes, Mayor. Staff is requesting the item G8 be pulled. Staff would like additional time to reveal. Okay.

So we will be pulling item G8 from the consent calendar. And that will move us on to announcements and recognition. I would first, before we head into the National Parks Recreation Month, just say a huge thank you to the fire departments from around the area and all the work that they have been doing for the fire that is to our west. And a big shout out to them for keeping us informed and up to date in our citizens the same. So with that, we will then move on to the National Parks and Recreation Month. So National Parks and Recreation Month, whereas the parks and recreation is an integral part of communities throughout this country, including Beaumont, and whereas parks and recreation promotes health and wellness, improving the physical and mental health of people who live near parks. And whereas parks and recreation creates memorable experiences through sports and enrichment activities, community events and beyond. And whereas parks and recreation promotes time spent in nature which positively impacts mental health by increasing cognitive performance and well-being and alleviating illnesses such as depression, attention deficit disorders, and Alzheimer's. And whereas parks and recreation support human development and endless learning opportunities that foster social, intellectual, physical, and emotional growth in people of all ages and abilities. And whereas parks and recreation strengthens community identity by providing facilities and services that reflect and celebrate community character, heritage, culture, history, aesthetics, and landscape. And whereas parks and recreation is a leading provider of healthy meals, nutrition services, and education. And whereas parks and recreation supports safe, vibrant, attractive, progressive communities that make life better through positive alternatives offered in their recreational opportunities. And whereas the U.S. House of Representatives has designated July as Parks and Recreation Month, and now, therefore, let it be proclaimed that July is recognized as Parks and Recreation Month in the City of Beaumont. So thank you to our Parks Department and all of the staff that are out there keeping our spaces just so wonderful for us. I mentioned it previously, but our parks are just such a pride of Beaumont and all the work that goes into keeping them that way. And then the enrichment programs and endless development and learning opportunities that are provided by our recreations team as well. So thank you all. All right, that will then move us on to our public comment period. Any one person may address the city council on any matter not on this agenda. If you wish to speak, please fill out a public comment form provided at the back of the table and give it to the city clerk. There's a three minute time limit on public comments. There will be no sharing or passing of time to another person. State law prohibits the city council from discussing or taking actions brought up by your comments. Do we have any public comment today?

Yes, I have two in person. First one is Doug Emery.

Good evening Mayor, Council Members and Mayor Pro Tem. So you're probably aware last month we had a very successful Cherries Jubilee and Gift Basket Extravaganza at the Chattanooga Centre. We had over 130 attendees and were able to give about $10,500 in scholarships to local students in the area. So that event was very successful here. I think it was our close to 30th Cherries Jubilee. But I'm also here to talk about peace. It's very hard for us as citizens of Beaumont and other locations to solve peace in the world, peace in North America, but we can encourage peace in our community. And one of the initiatives that Rotary is doing is installing peace poles throughout the community where we can gather around and promote peace in our community. So I'm going to use some flyers here. So the Beaumont Cherry Valley Rotary Club is having a peaceful unveiling event ceremony next Friday, June 26, 11 AM at the Chatney Center. Our guest speakers include Mayor Jessica Voigt, I think it's on the calendar. We have Supervisor Gutierrez also speaking. And we have other individuals. I wanted to speak as well. We also have a special presentation by the Morongo Band of Mission Indians. They'll be coming out and doing a ceremony, maybe a dance, and some words in their native language. So this peace poll will have eight languages, a lot from the history here in Beaumont, as well as two native languages as well. So I'm looking forward to you coming. I'll send you a draft agenda and invite other council members to attend as well. And so I'll just leave some flyers here. Again, this is next Friday, June 26th, 11 a.m., and we will have refreshments before and some pizzas afterwards. So thank you for this opportunity.

Thank you.

Next speaker is Tony Rossetti.

Hello. Thank you for letting me speak again. I've came a couple times, three times now, wanting to talk about a project. Not really a project. I've owned a house for 20-some years, an apartment building that was an office of mine or their house. According to your comments, I see now that you guys can't respond to me on any actions. I might have to go through lawyers to talk to your lawyers, but I prefer to talk to someone in person to see if we can handle it. So if I have to pay some fines, I can pay them, then I can legally do work now that I do have money to work, even though I have many projects. And that's the project at 635 American Avenue over here in Beaumont. It caught fire a couple of Christmases ago. And before that, during COVID, I lent it out to family members and it burnt down. And then the East Street gang in the area probably took it over and stole probably $125,000 or more from companies and other banks from us, which the cops still haven't researched any of that very well. So that's because I had personal items there. And they took bank accounts, company accounts, falsified documents. Hopefully you're getting a better deal on that. And hopefully you might have found the person that burned it up and did something to them. But it happened in the city of Blythe. They just demoed the building on me and charged me 110 grand. What I could do, 30 grand. And I had the building sold to the transportation department, which for long term. But I don't have to sell it to them. But I was going to. I don't know yet still. I've got, as I told you before, I've done a lot of construction over years. But the last 20 years, all I did is screwed around and played with a little real estate. And now I have too many. I'm going to lose 100 lots subdivision and 29 palms. But that's just because it's not worth throwing $14 or $20 million into something to make it go.

Even though I could work with that city, donate all that land, let them build it.

But I don't have anybody calling me over there on that. And I have a bad partner on that, too. Wish he didn't pay my $400 grand in taxes on that, which is just a little money when you deal with millions when you build schools. And hopefully, have you guys got your second high school building here yet or no? We still got to build. I mean, when I did the remodel on the Dysart school, it was just a litigation from the Dysart land was graded, and the winds destroyed it, and you guys ran a multimillion-billion-dollar lawsuit. That was no fun. But if you can call me, have somebody call me, set me up a meeting so I can talk to you about 635 America, and I'd appreciate it so I can at least be able to go there and work on my projects here in town. That's all. There's a couple other items later on that I'd like to talk about that you guys have going on. Okay. Thank you. Thanks.

Mary, we'll have staff contact them.

Okay. Thank you.

We'll have them contact you. Simone, do we have any callers on the line? We have no callers at this time.

And I have no written requests. OK. And we will move on to our consent calendar. Are there any other items besides the G8 item to pull for discussion? Well, G8 will be tabled, and then we'll.

Yeah, Mayor, I'd like to pull G13 for a question.

G13, and any others?

Mayor, I'd like to pull G5.

All right, G13 and G5. Other than that, I will entertain a motion for the other ones.

Mayor, I'll make a motion to approve consent items G1 through 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 14.

I'll second.

You say G13 as well? Yes. Okay, very good.

Well, no, I said 14 because I pulled 13.

Oh, you pulled 13. I apologize.

Okay, can we get a roll call? Council Member Lara?

Yes.

Council Member Finn?

Yes.

Council Member Martinez? Yes. Mayor Pro Tem White? Yes. Mayor Voigt? Yes.

All right, we will start with G5, if you're all right with that.

Yeah, thanks, Mayor. Just real quick, I like the fact that they're looking at an aggressive replacement ratio on the billboards. I just want to make sure, as they move forward with that, that the ratio's clear. In other words, that if it's like an installation of one digital billboard and it's removal of two, I wanna make sure that it's not two poles, because I've seen billboards that have, or poles with two billboards, some poles with one billboard, Some, I don't know if they're legal or not, have two poles with one billboard. So to me, it's the static face that makes it clearer to me. But just moving forward, I just want to make sure that that's clarified in our ordinance. That's all I have, Mayor. And with that, I can make a motion to approve item G5, if there are no comments.

Any other comments from any council members? Okay, and I think staff has direction with regards to that. And I'll second for G5. Can I get a roll call? Council Member Lara?

Yes.

Council Member Fenn?

Yes.

Council Member Martinez?

Yes.

Mayor Pro Tem White?

Yes.

Mayor Voigt?

Yes. And that will take us to item G13. Council Member Martinez?

Thank you, Mayor. So the question has to do... Chief, I appreciate your out-of-the-box thinking on this, and I'm glad to see that the tool is being used to augment rather than to replace personnel, so I appreciate that. My only concern in a couple of questions I have is the fact that Is this going to be a first line of defense? And if so, is our liability being increased because that's going to be making the decision on where the call's going? And I just have concern about the proven record and how we looked at other agencies using it and how it's the track record on the software.

It's actually a great question. We've actually visited a few departments that currently use it. One of them is Anaheim PD. They use it because they have large-scale events, and if there's a 911 call at a location, once created, the system will automatically recognize when people are calling about that topic. It's not weighing down a human dispatcher, but just getting more additional information in the background. We have been testing it for the past six months internally in Beaumont at a limited capacity. It's been doing live transcription, translation services for us. We weren't able to get the full package as a trial because there's implementation processes and costs that come with that. We will be doing a phased approach. So we're really going to be treating it as a business line answering service right now. Because if you look at our numbers, last year we took 77,000 calls. Of those 77,000, just about 60,000 became calls for service for police officers, but only 14,000 were for 911 calls. So we take a lot of calls through our dispatch center. We have two to three dispatchers on every day, and most of their time is spent answering business calls, not 911s. So the goal is to this system, phase one is just kind of take the business side of the phone calls to free up dispatchers to be available for 911 calls. Because I don't want any residents, none of us do, getting a busy line or just ringing in an emergency. So if there's an emergency, I would really like to see our people freed up to deal with those. And as the The program proves itself as we trust it more. We can start implementing it with more what it truly has to offer. And it's evolving. Right now they're testing the ability to live stream from your phone. Instead of calling, you can live stream actual video. So it's no more asking, okay, can you describe what the suspect looks like? It's show us. And now we can actually have video we share with the officers. So there's a lot of capabilities. We're going to start off small. We don't want to take risks, unnecessary risks. But I do want to take the steps moving forward to provide just a better service to our community. And that is when they call 911, someone's going to answer.

Thank you. And that's a perfect answer because it shows that we're doing diligence and trying to improve the service but being cautious at the same time. So I appreciate that. And that's all I have.

Okay, anybody else have any comment comments on this one Mayor Pro Tem?

No.

All right, then I'll entertain a motion for G13.

Mayor, I'll make a motion to approve consent item G13. I'll second.

All right, can I get a roll call please? Councilmember Laura?

Yes.

Councilmember Finn? Yes. Councilmember Martinez? Yes. Mayor Pro Tem White?

Yes.

Mayor Voigt?

Yes. All right. Moving on from consent, we will go to our youth council report. I don't know if we have one this time since I think we're in summer. All right. No youth council. And so that will take us to our public hearing. Item I1, fiscal year 2026-27, adoption of GAN limit, citywide budget, and five-year capital improvement plan. And our staff report will be given by Carrie?

Yep. Sorry, I got a PowerPoint if you'll show my screen, IT. So good evening, Mayor and Council. On behalf of Lisa Leach and the finance team, Marsh is in the audience, our budget analyst this evening. I'm pleased to present the Beaumont's fiscal year 2026-2027 annual operating and capital improvement budget. Tonight's presentation will cover the key elements of the city's financial plan, including the GAN limit, the city-wide operating budget, and the five-year CIP. And Mr. Vestal is across from me in case you have any questions about his projects. So what we're asking for council to do tonight is to consider adopting the fiscal year 26-27 budget with three main fiscal documents, the GAN limit appropriations, which is required, the fiscal year citywide operating budget, and the five-year capital plan. These items support legal spending authority, long-term capital investments, and financial transparency. Notably, the city maintains a structurally balanced general fund budget. Oh, we have technical difficulties this evening. I didn't notice it wasn't on the screen.

I saw the loose cable, but I'm not a practitioner, so I just stay quiet.

I saw it too, but I was told that was set up on the computer. Anyways, apologies.

Sorry, it's still not showing up. Oh, it's still not.

So there we go. There it goes. All right. So on to slide three. So first and foremost, what your gam limit is. So your gam limit restricts the amount of tax revenues the city can appropriate each year for fiscal year 2627. The city's limit is 146.1 million. Our subject revenues are only 62.1 million, meaning we are below the cap. The budget process began with us setting the timeline in January, followed by department input. In April, I guess we should have had that recap at the beginning. In April, we had the workshop, reviewed the enhancements, and we held the second workshop for edification. So all of that to say that our GAN limit and the budget that we've proposed to you are in line. All right. So general fund revenues are projected at $75.6 million this next fiscal year, which is a 4.4% increase over the prior year. Expenditures are budgeted at the same, 75.6 million, which is a 4.9% increase over prior year budget appropriations. The budget includes funding for one new position in the general fund, 332,223 in operational enhancements, and 500,000 in capital projects. The budget as presented this evening is balanced, and changes in budget surplus from the budget workshop which was about 45,000 include programming that balance to sponsorships at council's discretion once a formal policy has been adopted. So we've earmarked that and set that aside for you. Moving on to the wastewater fund, it's budgeted at 16.7 million, a 3% increase with one new position and $550,000 in capital investments. The transit fund totals 3.9 million with a 7.8% increase and also a one position addition. When we look across all city funds, total revenues are 168 million and expenditures are 162.5, ensuring a structurally balanced budget across the operational needs. Capital improvement projects, Mr. Vestal. This covers your 26, 27 through 20, 30, 31. This year's focus includes street improvements, public safety infrastructure, parks, facilities, and wastewater system upgrades. The council reviewed and proposed projects in April and May. Tonight we are proposing the closure of approximately 26 completed and or consolidated projects to keep the plan current and actionable. So adopting the budget and the CIP authorizes expenditures for the year. It ensures continued service delivery, investment in infrastructure, and compliance with state requirements such as the GAN limit, Tonight, staff recommends holding a public hearing, adopting the three resolutions along with approving the 2627 requisition list. And with that, I'd be happy to answer any questions and just want to thank staff, department heads, their analysts, the finance team, everybody involved in the budget process.

It was an interesting year. Thank you, Carrie. All right. I will open up this public hearing at 625. And do we have any public comment for this item?

I have no written requests. Simone, do we have any callers on the line?

We have no callers at this time. All right. So seeing no public comment, I will close the public hearing at 625 and open it up for council discussion. Mayor Pro Temway?

Thank you. I may have known this at one time and just forgotten it, but the revenue we're projected versus expenditures is $8 million over or about there, right?

that one slide that we saw it's about a what was the increase it was budget timeline let me go back to my presentation here the revenues and expenditures the projected revenues are increasing 4.4 percent expenses are at 4.9 um can you pull the slides back up

There was one where it had the word structurally balanced at the bottom of the page. I think it was one of the last two or three pages.

All funds.

There you go. Go back.

That one.

So all funds is a $6 million. Explain to me, first of all, what all funds represent. I mean, I can see where $70 plus million is general funds, $16 million wastewater transit, $3.9. But there's a lot of other monies in the all funds. And then I notice that the revenues exceed the expenditures really by a significant, I mean, $6 million. And shouldn't we be budgeting to use that $6 million or more of the $6 million than we are?

So when we mean structurally balanced, obviously our revenues exceed our projected expenditures. The total of all funds includes wastewater, transit, general fund. We also have some transfers in, some other things that aren't captured in the slide. There's some of those. There are some additional funds for wastewater that are set aside for their fund balance and their what do they call it, their equipment replacement fund. So there's some in there. And let me see if I can find it.

The restricted funds also include reserves and set asides too. So with things like wastewater, there's a schedule for building up reserves and fund balance. So those wouldn't be programmed, they wouldn't be programmed in their full capacity. Okay. But the general fund, as I'm sure you're aware, is structurally balanced, and as of the last meeting, we reallocated the remaining $45,000 surplus to the donation account, so now it's zeroed out. The expenses match the revenues for the general fund side.

The general fund, okay. Correct. My concern is, I think over the years, I think last year was probably the lowest that we had over... I DON'T WANT TO CALL IT SURPLUS, BUT WE HAVE MORE REVENUE OVER EXPENDITURES EVERY YEAR NOW AND IT'S IN THE MILLIONS EACH YEAR. SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW, SHOULD WE BE BUDGETING A LITTLE LESS CONSERVATIVE OR ARE WE AT THE RIGHT TONE? ARE WE GOING TO END UP WITH ANOTHER 3 OR 4 MILLION THAT WE

At the end of the year that we could have used for some of the things that we were not able to approve at this point Right now you are very likely, but I'm gonna bring likely what that you will end with a surplus of no adjustments are made What I intend to do is bring you adjustments at mid-year that include compensation for the mo use that we discussed tonight, so you will be to ensure that the end of year will be a balanced budget. Okay. And then I will bring you other recommendations as well to potentially utilize some of that very likely surplus.

Okay. All right. Thank you.

Any other questions or comments from council? All right. Otherwise, I'll entertain a motion.

I'll make the motion.

I make the motion to waive the full reading and adopt by title only resolution of the City Council of the City of Beaumont approving the appropriation limit for the 2026-2027 fiscal year. And waive the full reading and adopt by title only resolution of the City Council of the City of Beaumont, California adopting an operating budget of expenditures for the period of July 1st, 2026 to June 30th, 2027. And waive the full reading and adopt by title only a resolution of the City Council of the City of Beaumont adopting a five-year capital improvement plan for fiscal years 26-27 through 2030-2031 and related prior year CIP project list. and approve the fiscal year 26-27 requisition list. I'll second. Okay. Oh, now you'll second.

Can I get a roll call, please? Councilmember Laura? Yes. Councilmember Finn? Yes. Councilmember Martinez? Yes. Mayor Pro Tem White?

Yes.

Mayor Voigt?

Yes. And once again, I want to echo the huge thanks to the staff and the department heads. Budget is a large undertaking as well as organizing the CIP. And I do want to recognize that closing out that many feels great.

And not to beleaguer this item too long, but I just want to just reiterate what I said at the last meeting. It's very impressive how fiscally prudent Beaumont's been, and to end this last fiscal year with the fund balance that Beaumont has is very impressive, and it gives the city some really good options for the future. So I just want to reinstill that again, that Beaumont is very strong, and it's been run in a very fiscally prudent manner. It's evident.

Great. Thank you for that. Okay, we will move on to our public hearing to consider adoption of the 2026 sustainability plan.

And... Mayor, staff is requesting this item be continued to the meeting of August 4th to allow additional time to review as well.

Okay, well then I will make a motion to continue the scheduled public hearing to August 4th meeting.

I'll second.

And can I get a roll call on that one, please?

Council Member Lara?

Yes.

Council Member Finn?

Yes.

Council Member Martinez?

Yes. Mayor Pro Tem White? Yes. Mayor Voigt?

Yes. And moving right along, that takes us to our action items. And this first one will be a fun one. And this is our annual resolution to place the levy of special taxes for a community facilities district on the fiscal year 2026-27 Riverside County tax roll. And Mr. Spicer is here to give us a report.

Is this on? All right. All right, good evening, honorable mayor, mayor pro tem, council members. Shane Spicer here with Spicer Consulting. It's my pleasure to present this item to the council. The item before you is the adoption of five separate resolutions authorizing the levy and collection of special taxes for the city's CFD for fiscal year 26-27. separate resolutions have been prepared to accommodate the recusals of certain council members, so we get to play musical chairs, for whom properties within specific CFD boundaries. So as you know, each fiscal year, the city of Beaumont annually levies special taxes in accordance with the Melrose Community Facilities Act of 1982 to fund debt service, public safety services, maintenance services, administration costs, and future facilities funding within its community facility districts and improvement areas. The special taxes collected each year are used to pay for those said services within 33 improvement areas and within CFDs 2016-1 through 4, 2018-1, 2019-1, 2021-1, 2023-1, and your 2025 series. So this is a snapshot of the year-over-year changes. The proposed fiscal year 26-27 levy includes approximately 34,920 individual charges on approximately 16,149 parcels throughout the city. The proposed levy is approximately 30.8 million compared to 30.1 million the prior year and represents an increase of approximately 2.25%. So the key drivers for the year-over-year change of the 2.25% includes major factors including new development. Approximately 269 new developed parcels were added to the tax rolls within improvement areas 93-1, IAE 8F, 2016-3, and 2025-1. These additional parcels increase both debt service and service-related revenues while expanding the city's tax base. For this year, the service cost inflation for CPI applicable to services CFDs is 3.24%, and combined with new development, the service-related revenues increased approximately 4.6% from the prior year. As you know, these adjustments help offset ongoing increases in utility, labor, material, and maintenance costs. The next impact is public safety. So public safety revenues increased approximately 13% due to the annual 5% escalator within those applicable CFDs, as well as the additional development occurring within 2016-3 and 2025-1. Bond obligations, as you may recall in December 2025, bonds were issued for CFD 2023-1 improvement areas one and two to fund approved public improvements. As a result, debt service obligations increased approximately 3% compared to the prior fiscal year. As every year, staff reviews available revenue balances and service funds and is recommending enrollment below the maximum authorized special taxes where possible. As a result, the proposed fiscal year 26-27 levy is approximately $679,000 below the maximum amount authorized under the governing CFD documents. And finally, there are some CFD refunding opportunities, and your finance team is currently evaluating the potential refunding of five existing CFDs. Those include CFD 93-1, Improvement Areas 8D, 8E, and 17C, along with 2016-1 and 2016-2. As long as market conditions remain favorable, these refundings could reduce special taxes for approximately 1,765 homeowners. We're hoping to have that determination ahead of the August tax enrollments this year. So regarding fiscal impact, as noted in the staff report, the impact of the general fund is indirect as the administration and maintenance portions of the assessments collected provide funding for CFD administration and maintenance activities within the benefiting areas. So the recommended action is to adopt all five resolutions confirming and authorizing the annual levy for fiscal year 26-27 for the city's CFDs. This concludes my report, and I'm happy to answer any questions.

All right. Thank you for that. And do we have any public comments?

Yes, I do have one written in-person comment. Tony Rossetti.

Hello. I met you guys earlier. I mean, I brought me in this town because I was remodeling your high school. By doing so, I saw the Dysart Estate. I almost bought it, but couldn't get the money for the people. The Melrose is a temporary reconstruction of putting in the infrastructure to build a city. That was the thing for 15 years. I acquired one house in 08 because of the banks going broke. I almost lost a million. And it was in a district where it got finished in 2005. I bought it in 208 at a reduction. Now, the 15 years should have been over four years ago for the Melrose reduction. So for four or five years, I paid an extra five grand plus 1,700 more homes. At that time, In 06, there was probably only 1,200. It might have been eight. You had the Sundance, or you have the ranch over here, over here. And the Sundance area only had about 350 at that time. This is nice that they're bringing up that I saw in the window that I might save five grand a year. I've got four other cities I have to do this in because I spent a million bucks in five days, so I didn't lose it in about five houses. So if they do adopt a resolution, it has warrant for the last five years, even though you can reduce that and take part of that to help out your park infrastructure, your sewer, your water. And the other infrastructures, too, is sewer and water. During the time I was here, I had a chance to buy a big parcel of land way up off Orchard. Went to the auction. I didn't get it. The water district stole it from the owner for paying back taxes only because they were dead. And they got the big water tower up there. And now Cherry Valley gets the benefit of a million dollar property for 30 grand and put it on us. And that was 20 years ago they got it. So I've learned a lot in real estate. I've done a lot of construction. I enjoy watching things grow. I've driven through this town for the whole years of my construction, and I started that in the 70s. But please work on getting a reduction for the 1,800 homes, plus or minus. Even if they've got to give 1,000 back to help out parks or your thing, you should have 20 years of knowing what it costs to maintain that. even the little maintains for the cracks and this and that. Don't just do away with the one that they do and says, oh, let's redo the street. And they kept it on the books. That's all I want to talk about that. There's other things, but I want to go play some pool.

Please give me a call and talk to others.

And to watch the cities grow, I've built, like I told you before, over seven schools in Reno Valley. Started back in there. I built the very first modular school before the modular guys, and that was back in 80. That was in Sky Country. You guys have a good day and good luck with everybody else.

Thank you for your time. Thank you, Mr. Rossetti. And good luck on your pool game today. And do we have any other public comment? Simone, do we have any callers on the line? We have no callers at this time. All right. Any council discussion?

I have a quick question for Mr. Spicer. As you know, I'm not a fan of Melrose either. But I was unaware of any districts in the city that were less than 30 years. Have you come across any?

No. No. They all have at least a 30-year term. Okay.

Thank you. That's all. And I also wanted to let Mr. Lara know that if he wants to join in in musical chairs, you could create a Melrose for your one house. You get the one vote. That's a good question.

Take that into consideration.

Thank you, Mayor Pro Tem.

And Council Member Finn?

I had the same question as Mayor Pro Tem. Thank you.

Perfect. All right. Then I will make a motion to waive the full reading and adopt by title only a resolution of the City Council of the City of Beaumont, California, levying the special tax and community facilities districts number 93-1, 2016-1, 2016-2, 20 let's say it 2016 one through four 2018-1 2019-1 2021-1 2023-1 2025 series and directing the county auditor to collect the same on the tax rolls i'll second all right and can i get a roll call council member laura yes council member finn yes council member martinez yes mayor protein white

Yes.

Mayor Voigt. Yes.

Mayor, and I'll be recusing myself on the next item because I own a property in that district. All right.

Mayor, I'll make a motion to waive the full rating and adopt by title only a resolution of the City Council of the City of Beaumont, California, levying special tax in Community Facilities Districts 93-1, A-114, and B-14, and directing the county auditor to collect the same on the tax rolls for A-114 and B-14. I'll say it.

And can I get a roll call, please?

Councilmember Laura? Yes. Councilmember Finn? Yes. Oops, I'm sorry. Council Member Martinez? Yes. Mayor Pro Tem White?

Yes. Mayor Voigt?

Yes.

And if we could, do we need those? And you get them in? Yeah, we can do it that way.

I'm recusing myself from the next item, my own property in the IA9 district.

Mayor, I'll make a motion to waive the full reading and adopt by title only a resolution of the City Council of the City of Beaumont, California, levying special tax in Community Facilities District 93-189 and directing the county auditor to collect the same on the tax rolls in 189.

I'll second. Can I get a roll call?

Council Member Laura?

Yes.

Council Member Finn? Yes. Mayor Pro Tem White? Yes. Mayor Voigt?

Yes. And I will now be recusing myself as I own property in Facilities District Number 93-1. Thank you.

Thank you.

All right I'm gonna go ahead and make a motion to waive the full reading and adopt by title only a resolution of the City Council of the City of Beaumont California levying the special tax in community facility district number 93-1 I a 8e and directing the county auditor to collect the same on the tax rolls I a 8e I'll second I

Council Member Laura?

Yes.

Council Member Finn?

Yes.

Council Member Martinez? Yes. Mayor Pro Tem White?

Yes, and I'm going to recuse myself for the next motion since I live in Improvement Area 18.

CITY MANAGER BOWMAN MIGHT NEED SOME WALK-UP MUSIC NEXT TIME WE HAVE TO DO THIS. JUST A SUGGESTION, SIR.

YOU CAN DO THAT.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO WAVE THE FULL READING BY TITLE ONLY A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BOWMANT, CALIFORNIA LEVING SPECIAL TAX AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT 93-1 IA 18 AND DIRECTING THE COUNTY AUDITOR TO COLLECT THE SAME ON TAX ROLLS IA 18.

Second can I get a roll call please?

Councilmember Laura. Yes.

Councilmember Finn.

Yes. Councilmember Martinez. Yes. Mayor Voigt.

Yes All right, that will bring us to items J 2 and also J 3 which I will be recusing myself out of an abundance of caution Well, we don't see that there is a conflict My husband does work for some of the entities that are here And I'll hand it over to you.

I'll just add to that. I'll confirm that we don't believe that the mayor has a conflict, but to avoid the appearance of impropriety, she's recusing herself by choice.

Thank you. And Mayor Pro Tem White, it's yours.

Okay. Item J2. Correct? Yes. Fiscal year 26-27 local responsibility area wildland protection reimbursement agreement. CAL FIRE CONSIDERATION OF LOCAL RESPONSIBILITY AREA WILDLAND PROTECTION, REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BAUMONT AND THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTION FOR WILDLAND FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES WITHIN THE DESIGNATED LOCAL RESPONSIBILITY AREA WILDLAND ZONES LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR PROTEM. FOR THIS ITEM, DEPUTY CHIEF BEVERLYN WILL BE PROVIDING YOU A PRESENTATION ON THIS AS WELL AS THE NEXT ITEM.

Good evening, Mayor Pro Tem, Council Members. My name is Mike Beverlin. I'm the Deputy Chief of Eastern Operations. I haven't spoken to you before, but when Chief Fish promoted in December, I took his spot on a promotion. And so Chief Hopkins is a part of my team. And as you probably know, he's on vacation out of state. So I'm here to answer any questions that you might have in regards to the item before you.

Thank you. And do we have any public comments on this?

I have no written requests. Simone, do we have any callers on the line? We have no callers at this time.

Okay. I'll open it up to discussion with council.

I just want to add just some highlights that this is a one-year agreement and actually has a reduction in cost of $2,674 over the previous year.

Are you sure?

I double checked. It's actually going down. OK.

Seeing no comments, I'm open to motion.

Mayor Pro Temo, I'll make a motion to approve the fiscal year 26-27 Local Responsibility Area Wildland Protection Reimbursement Agreement with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, CAL FIRE, in an amount not to exceed $62,525.06 and approve the associated requisition and authorize staff to complete the necessary procurement and budgetary actions related to the agreement. and authorize the mayor pro tem to execute the fiscal year 26-27 local responsibility area wildland protection reimbursement agreement on behalf of the city.

So before there's a roll call, Mr. Pinkney, we had an issue with this before where the item was approved by council that was... the mayor had to sign and the mayor at the time had recused himself from that item. Is this have to be signed?

So as part of the motion, perhaps authorize Mayor Pro Tem to execute the agreement. Is that a requirement as opposed to the mayor?

I'm sorry? Is that a requirement as opposed to having the mayor? Yes, we wouldn't.

Because she has chosen to recuse herself, we would not have her sign any of the documents. And that would go with both J3 as well.

Okay, I just want to confirm your signature block is currently included in the agreements I just to confirm your signature block mayor pro tem is included in on both of these agreements in anticipation of that.

Okay. So my concern was I was the mayor at the time, and it was brought up as an FBPC complaint against me that I should not have signed it because I had recused myself from it. But we looked it up in California state law, and it shows that I can sign it even though I didn't approve it or that I recused myself. Do you remember that whole discussion? Yeah, I remember that.

But I'd recommend that we do it this way. Okay. You don't have a conflict on either of these items. I do not.

I'm just concerned that those people are still out there and are going to see this and go, okay, so now it's okay to do it? But I've had enough complaints.

It's more to avoid the, you know, not because, as the mayor indicated when she recused herself, she's not recusing herself. We don't think she has a conflict. She's doing it out of an abundance of caution. and to avoid any appearance of impropriety, given that her husband works for a CAL FIRE. So we don't think there's a legal conflict. There's an express exception under the conflict rules when the financial interest is from a government source, which in this case, her husband works for a government agency. So we believe that fits within the exception. So I don't think there's legally, technically, a conflict. But in these situations, particularly in light of the point that you've raised and what you had to go through, the better approach to avoid all of that would just be to have the mayor pro tem sign the document when the mayor recused himself.

No, I'm just concerned about the idiot out there who might come back and say, oh, okay, now he's approved it.

Now it's good to go. Let's file another complaint against him. Well, I think based on this discussion that we just had on the record that we've clarified why we're doing it the way we're doing it. Okay. All right.

I need a second on that.

I have a second.

Roll call, please.

Council Member Laura?

Yes.

Council Member Finn?

Yes.

Council Member Martinez?

Yes.

Mayor Pro Tem White?

Yes.

And we'll go on to Item J3. Approval of fiscal year 2627 fire protection agreement County of Riverside Fire Department consideration of a fire protection agreement for fire protection and emergency response services from the County of Riverside Fire Department

Mayor Pro Tem, I'll go ahead and just start this off and I'll pass it to Deputy Chief Beverlyn. So this is an agreement that includes fire protection services for the city as well as services from the supervising fire marshal and fire safety specialist. Just a couple highlights. This is a one-year agreement with a one-year extension, which is similar to the previous. I do want to note there's about a 2% increase in this agreement that's driven by a few factors. But just to get more down to the specifics of what that is, for fiscal year 26-27, which is the current budget you just approved, that increase is approximately $257,000 for years 27 and 28. The total agreement amount raises by another 200,000 to 10.5 million, and then 2728, it has one final increase from 10.5 million to 10.99 million. And these increases are driven by two different factors. First off, during COVID, there was a shortage of paramedics countywide. Riverside Fire and Cal Fire had to redistribute the paramedics across different units and resulted in not all units having a paramed with them. This is going back to the model of having one paramed with each squad that's out. In addition, it's going with their standardized staffing model, which includes one captain, one engineer, one paramed, and one firefighter with each unit. So those are the two driving factors as described by the contract. We do anticipate, we did not build in the $257,000 increase to this year's budget because over the last few years, this is a not to exceed budget you're authorizing. So when you look at the historical expenditures of the last three years, There's been substantial savings each year of at least $300,000, so we're confident this year that it's very likely that we're not going to have to absorb any additional cost, although we'll be ready if we need to. And then we will, of course, budget for the following year if we choose to exercise the extension. With that, I'd like to pass it to Chief Beverland to make sure I didn't miss anything or misquote anything.

Yeah, did a great job explaining all of those things. You know, the shortage of paramedics really put a damper on things for us for a little bit. For everybody's knowledge, some of the colleges that were preparing paramedic students to go out into the field when COVID hit, they just all kind of shut down. We are just now kind of getting to the point where paramedic schools are back to full enrollment. College of the Desert actually opened up their own paramedic program this year and had a graduating class of, I think, 12. They're fully engaged in the next semester with 40 students on the books now. So we're starting to turn the corner, and we see over this next year that we should be able to get back to where we were with paramedic staffing.

Okay, thank you. And do we have any public comments on this item?

I have no written requests. Simone, do we have any callers on the line? No, we have no callers at this time.

So I'll go ahead and open it up to discussion here. Council Member Martinez. I'm good. Thank you. Council Member Lara.

make a motion if there's no further discussion council member finn i just got a quick one so with our new delivery of our um tda truck um we're at full staff with that with station 106 is that correct yes sir okay all right just wanted to Ask that question for the public since the new truck was here and making sure that they were fully aware that we're in good shape with Station 106. So thank you. Okay.

With that, Mayor Pro Tem, I'll make a motion to authorize Mayor Pro Tem to execute the fire service agreement with the County of Riverside Fire Department in an amount not to exceed $10,053,935 for an initial term of one year. Approve an associated requisition and authorize staff to complete the necessary procurement and budgetary actions related to an agreement and authorize city manager to exercise a one-year renewal option through written notice with the County of Riverside Fire Department. Subject to council approving funding and satisfactory service performance. I'll second.

Roll call, please.

Councilmember Laura?

Yes.

Councilmember Finn?

Yes.

Councilmember Martinez?

Yes.

Mayor Pro Tem White?

Yes. All right. With that, we'll bring the mayor back. Thank you.

All right. That brings us to item J4, formation of an ad hoc sponsorship and donation committee. Staff report by Mr. Boatman.

Thank you, Mayor. Staff has been working on a donation policy. It was brought to the council and continued earlier this year. The donation policy will lay out rules and procedures for staff and the community submitting applications for sponsorships and also council making decisions which ones to award. With that, this is a policy document and staff is requesting that council form an ad hoc subcommittee of two members. This will require no more than two meetings, hopefully one, and will be immediately dissolved upon approval. So very much appreciate council's participation in this and look forward to working with you on this document.

All right, thank you.

Do we have any public comments for this item? I have no written request. Simone, do we have any callers on the line? We have no callers at this time.

Okay, well, I will open it up for council discussion or volunteers at this point.

Mayor, I just got freed up off the HR committee, so I may have some free time on my hands.

Okay, so I hear one raising of our hand there with Councilmember Lara, and I am happy to join as well if there are no other takers. You were going to do it? You just got added to the Cal and Mesa two by two, so I was like, oh. I was going to do it if nobody else was. Okay. I will take it on this one. All right. So we have our two council members who will be joining that committee for two meetings, as promised. So do we need, do we need, was that all we needed, or do we have to have a motion for them?

You can appoint mayor or you can have a vote. It's either way.

Are we okay with the appointments? Okay. All right.

I mean, if you're not okay, I mean, somebody else could take my spot.

Appointments so moved. All right. Item J5, authorization of the interim deputy city manager employment contract and an additional report by Mr. Bowman.

Thank you, Mayor. The deputy city manager position was vacated on June 11th, and I am recommending the appointment of Carrie Mendoza to this position on an interim basis. Carrie has been, has over 30 years experience in the public sector. She holds a master's degree in public administration. As the council is aware, she also held this position on an interim basis from December 2nd, 2025 through May 11th, 2026. She has been very, very helpful to me in my transition into the city, and I find her highly qualified. appreciate your consideration of this interim appointment. With this, her compensation in this interim role would be as follows. Retirement and deferred compensation would be participation in CalPERS as a classic membership of 3% at 60. In addition, she'll receive annual cafeteria benefits consistent with those provided to other nonrepresented employee groups, currently 22,980 annually. plus city prepaid premiums for a $50,000 term life insurance policy and disability coverage, leave accruals consistent with those provided to other nonrepresented employee groups, currently 200 hours of vacation leave, 96 hours of sick leave, 40 hours of executive leave, and 14 paid holidays. A monthly vehicle allowance of $350. Also, city paid dues and travel expenses for participation in a professional organization such as ICMA. The contract provides for an annual salary of $241,000 representing a 5% increase. And this interim appointment will be valid until the permanent position is filled. With that, I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have.

All right. Thank you. Do we have any public comments for this item?

I have no written requests. Simone, do we have any comments on the line?

We have no callers at this time. All right. Council discussion? All right. Seeing none, then I will move to approve the employment agreement with Carrie Mendoza for the interim deputy city manager and authorize the city manager to sign the agreement.

I'll second.

Can I get a roll call?

Councilmember Laura? Yes. Councilmember Finn?

Yes.

Councilmember Martinez? Yes. Mayor Pro Tem White? Yes. Mayor Foyt?

Yes. Right, and that takes us to our last action item.

Mayor, I just wanted to note for the record that during my presentation, Ms. Mendoza stepped out of the room and recused herself.

Thank you. All right, that takes us to item J6, to request the City Council to approve a memorandum of understanding between the City of Beaumont and the Police Management Unit and the managers, professional, technical, as individuals. So this staff report will be given by Ms. Mendoza, who has joined us again.

Thank you. Community Mayor and Council again. You have before you two memorandums of understanding. We have copies for the public at the back counter. And it establishes a new term similar to what you heard Mr. Pinckney report out from closed session. Same terms and conditions apply for these two unrepresented groups. The term of the agreement is July 1st, 2026 through June 30, 2029. There is a typo in the staff report as I read this. Market salary adjustments were made pursuant to the Evergreen Classification and Compensation Study. We'll bring that back to you as an overall ratification in July. It includes a cost of living increase of 4% and a CPI adjustment or salary-based adjustment for years 2 and 3, 1% minimum, 3% maximum. There's some advanced degree and education incentives, salary steps are increased back to 5% from their previous 2.5%. New provisions include longevity for 10, 15, 20, and 25 year provisions for employees, an additional 20 hours of admin leave, some increased cash out capabilities, and removal of the revenue sharing provision. This was all negotiated with the help of the HR subcommittee and the entire council. I'd like to thank you for everything and the groups as well for being so amicable. And with that, I'll be happy to answer any questions about the documents.

All right. Thank you. And do we have any public comment for this item?

I have no written request. Simone, do we have any callers on the line?

We have no callers at this time. Okay. And with that, I will open it up to council discussion.

Mayor, if there's no discussion, I'll make a motion.

All right.

I'll make a motion to authorize the city manager to execute the MOU between the city of Beaumont and the police management unit and the managers, professional, technical, as individuals.

I'll second.

All right. And can I get a roll call, please? Council Member Lauren? Yes. Council Member Finn?

Yes.

Mayor? Council Member Martinez?

Yes.

Mayor Pro Tem White? Yes. Mayor Voigt?

Yes. And once again, I would like to just thank Mrs. Mendoza and all of the entities that have been going back and forth, as well as the HR committee up here. It was a great process. So thank you all. And I am glad that we can meet and confer. All right, that takes us on to our legislative updates and discussion. And we will have Darren. Okay.

Good evening, Mayor and City Council. This item provides a brief update on the state and federal legislative activity currently being monitored by staff. The 2026 legislative session continues to move forward through the latter stages of the legislative process with many bills advancing through fiscal review and committee hearings. A few state legislative highlights to report include AB 1337, the Information Practices Act, which would expand a local agency's responsibility related to the collection, storage, and disclosure of personal information, which may require updates to the city's privacy and record management practices. AB 1786 and AB 2033 would provide cities with additional public works procurement and project delivery tools through expanded best value contract authority and a pilot program for job ordering contract. This measurement could provide better flexibility for maintenance, repair, and capital improvement projects. SB 1014 would affect how preliminary estimates for required on-site and off-site improvements are prepared for development projects and may impact review and infrastructure planning processes. SB 1117 and AB 1294 both address house and land use matters. These measures may affect ADU permitting requirements, house entitlement application procedures, and community development review processes. At the federal level, staff continues to monitor the fiscal year 2027 appropriations process and service transportation reauthorization efforts, both which may influence future grant opportunities, transportation funding programs, and infrastructure investment priorities. Staff is also tracking ongoing FEMA reform discussions, including recommendations that could shift additional emergency management and disaster recovery responsibilities to state and local agencies. Overall, staff will continue to monitor legislative and budget developments for potential impacts to the city, grant funding, infrastructure programs, and state-local partnerships. Staff will return to council with these updates and recommendations should any action, policy direction, or implementation measures become necessary. That concludes my presentation. I'm here for any questions.

Great. Thank you for that. Do we have any public comments on this item? No written requests. Simone, do we have any callers on the line?

We have no callers at this time.

Okay. And then I'm going to open it up for council discussion. Council Member Fenn?

Yes. Thanks, Mayor. Question for staff. I can't remember the bill number, but there was one that was proposed earlier about the fire maps and kind of like public oversight and review, you know, like a five-year review period and so forth. Are we not tracking that anymore? Or is that in a spot where there's not necessarily an update? I apologize not having the bill number.

But it was something that was brought to the council before that we were keeping an eye on But I didn't see it here So I don't know if this was an entire list that we're tracking or if that one kind of fell off the radar No, so staff is still tracking it We're just providing updates on new bills that have had any changes if we were to provide all the bills It would be you know several dozen page document. Okay, so these are just kind of updates We still are tracking it and if there's any additional information we can provide that. Oh super. Okay.

All right. Thank you

I do think, Council Member Finn, with regards to that one, that we did submit a letter, I believe you were speaking of the one that Cal Cities requested the letter of approval, and that was in alignment with our legislative platform that we had approved. I do believe that that letter was submitted.

All right. Thank you. Sure.

And any other? Yep. Council Member Martinez.

Thank you. We still have a consultant, right, for state lobbying? Correct. Correct. All right. And we are communicating with them on a lot of this information?

Correct. We have monthly meetings with CPG, who is our legislative consultant on the state level. And on those monthly meetings, we go over the agenda before we present these items to you. They give us a breakdown on every single bill that we are tracking. And if there are any opposition or support letters, they provide a template for those. We edit those and then provide those to the mayor for signature.

Okay, and the only reason I asked is on that, because it kept saying staff will monitor, staff will do the stuff with this. So I want to make sure that we're getting our money's worth on that side over there. So I appreciate it. Thank you.

Understood. Agreed. Okay, very good. Then we will receive a file. All right. And do we have a city treasurer report? I don't think so. All right. City attorney?

Nothing this evening.

Everything we had, we covered in closed session.

Okay, great. City Manager?

Yes, as we're heading into summer, I have a list for you that I'm going to read briefly. So as we kick off summer festivities, Parks and Recreation programming is already underway and building momentum across the community. The movies in the park have already begun on Wednesday nights, showing at 7.30 p.m., providing residents with a chance to enjoy free... family-friendly entertainment. Pop-ups in the park are being offered throughout June and July on Tuesday at various parks across the city, with morning sessions from 8 to 11 a.m. and evening sessions from 6 to 8 p.m. These events include games, crafts, and family-friendly activities designed to bring recreation directly into neighborhoods. Beaumont Nights continues every Thursday through July 30th from 6 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. at Town Center, featuring local vendors, entertainment, and a vibrant community atmosphere. On Friday, July 3rd, Oakley's Star Spangled Color Run will kick off the Independence Day weekend at the sports park, bringing residents together for a fun, high-energy community event. On Saturday, July 4th, the city will host the Red, White, and Boom Freedom Festival at the sports park from 5 to 9 p.m. with the fireworks show beginning at 9 p.m. National Night Out and Touch a Truck will take place on Thursday, July 30th at the Beaumont Knights location, highlighting the strong partnership between residents and the public safety and offering hands-on community support ON HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES FOR FAMILIES. FINALLY, THE SENIOR LUAS SOCIAL WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 29TH AT NOON AT THE CRC, PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR OLDER ADULTS TO GATHER AND CONNECT WITH THEMED ACTIVITIES. I like to say vintage, sorry. All of these events are formalized in the summer edition of the City Magazine, which went to print today and will be distributed to every household in the community. They will also be featured in our upcoming Beaumont on the Move video series scheduled for release on July 1st. So as you can see, our staff is very busy and it should be a jam-packed, fun summer.

Great. Thank you for that. I think there's a pop-up at the Chattanooga Center tonight, so that is awesome. And I saw that there was one canceled today, most likely due to the smoke, I am assuming, for that. All right. Any other future agenda items that we would like to add to the agenda? All right. Seeing none, then we will move on to council reports. And Mayor Pro Tem White, you want to start us off?

I get to go first?

Yeah, why not? We'll go backwards today. Okay.

Okay. RCTC approved placing a Measure A renewal continuation proposal on the November ballot. Right now, Measure A, which was originally approved by voters in 1988, renewed by voters in 2002, expires. It's a half-cent sales tax, and it expires. In 2039 so the measure that RCTC is putting on is to continue that half cent transportation sales tax Beyond 2039 so it's not going to start now. It's not increasing Anybody's taxes at this point. It'll just continue that half cent sales tax beyond the expiration date and And that is going to the ballot. The numbers, the polling, the surveys they did show that it's got a pretty good chance of getting the two-thirds that it needs. Everyone knows we need infrastructure in Riverside County. And the Beaumont Knights last week, I want to thank staff. I've been harping on a battle of the bands for I don't know how long. Probably you guys are all getting tired of me, but the first band came out. They had maybe 60 people out there, starting exactly at 6. And it seemed to have a night where you had two performances. You had the crowd coming for the local band, and you had the rest of the crowd coming for the headliner. So I want to thank staff. You guys really did a good job on that, putting that all together. And that's all I have.

Great. Thank you. And we'll go down to Council Member Fenn.

Thank you, Mayor. On the 3rd of June, I attended Riverside Transit's Finance Committee. And then on the 4th, Transportation Now, which is our group effort for transportation. And in that meeting, we reviewed the short-rate transit plans for Riverside Transit, City of Beaumont, and City of Banning. And then also just an FYI that Riverside Transit Agency was helping with public transportation for the World Cup. And that's been very successful with that. So we're excited for RTA staff and the effort that they put into that. And then on the 9th, we had our PASCOM meeting, which is our emergency preparedness. We had our own city manager, Chris, there to give an update and a little bit of behind the scenes of what effort's going to be going in from staff to get our city's plan updated and so forth. So that's my report.

Great. And Council Member Lara. Yeah.

Thank you, Mayor. Just a quick reminder that the WRCOG General Assembly will be this Thursday, June 18th, from 4 to 9. So fortunately, it ends at 9, which is my bedtime. So that'll work out. I also want to thank Public Works for their efforts in moving up that sidewalk project for the school district on 8th Street to try to get that to avoid conflict with the school year beginning. So thank you for that. And then congratulations to Ms. Mendoza. Thank you. That's all I have, Mayor.

All right. I agree with that for the sidewalks. I saw that posted on our social media, and that was a very welcome surprise. So thank you both. All right. Council Member Martinez.

Thank you, Mayor. So I attended the Cal Cities Environmental Committee Zoom meeting. It was our last one for the year. And we had our major discussion on the Building an Affordable California Act, or BACA Act, which is also known as the CEQA ballot initiative. After some discussion and several members from both sides speaking, the committee decided to recommend to the Cal Cities Council to oppose the initiative. It has a lot of flaws that they'd like to see fixed up. So as presented, they decided that it would be best to support that. We also got an update on SB 254 and several guest speakers. And that concludes my report.

All right. Thank you very much. And for me, I too attended on June 4th our taxation and revenue policy group with Cal Cities. We had some information on just financial health diagnostics and talking about some tools and best practices, as well as a good discussion with regards to what AI might be doing in the future with regards to forecasting and financial forecasting and some of those aspects. So we talked a little bit about the budget and the statewide budget as well and just went through a couple other bills. SB 922 layered, which is a bill looking at streets and highways and actually came out of a Redlands issue with waste management and how We weren't going to be able to transfer the cost basically for or use the taxes, I think it is, to fix the streets. So that's been sponsored by this group. And then, of course, we had some discussion on that high-speed rail authority and some things that are coming down the lines with regards to that. And that was it. All right. That will end our meeting for today then. which takes us to adjournment at 7.19.

There we go.