City Council - Regular Meeting

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I'm going to call to order the city council meeting August 11th. We stand for the pledge of allegiance. I push your hand over your heart.

I 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.

Madam Clerk, could you call the vote?

Yes, Mayor Quorum is present for the City Council, Successor Agency, Housing Authority, and Joint Powers Authority.

Okay, we're going to pull O2 off the agenda, and we're going to go to public comment. Any person's wish to address the council on the item on today's agenda may do so at this time.

Mayor, respectfully, there was a public comment sent via email, and so we passed everything out to the dice. Okay, thank you. Yes, sir.

Okay, with that, we'll go on to... All right, go right ahead. I'm sorry, how are you doing, Mayor?

Didn't get the chance to distinguish if the... We're paying an invoice, seems like we're paying an invoice out to 360 Studios in the amount of $240,000. Now, there's another unauthorized payment for $13,000. On June 10th, if I'm correct, there was an original contract for over $300,000. You guys decided, and I want to understand this, who was at this table in this seat days after event to authorize another contract for $240,000. How did that happen? Who are the decision makers in that room who say, you know what? I don't usually do this, but let's keep the party rolling. At the expense of taxpayers for $240,000? Now, I was alerted to this hustle about a year ago. There's an investigative report going around about the hustle on Market Street. And you know who's included in that hustle? Ding, ding, ding. Former executive assistant, Terese Rose.

So when I got the information, I don't scare too easy.

I don't walk around in white suits looking like the colonel proclaiming I claim schools, save schools, and all that stuff. But I fight the good fight. So when I received the email, let me say, this is the words of your girl. I got a, hold up. Caught me off guard here. From Sharice Rose. You stupid, spineless coward. You really thought you could forward that lying, slanderous email and not face the consequences. You thought you could play messenger for Yolanda Davidson, filth, and just walk away unscathed. You have no idea what you've just done. I have dealt everything I have from the ground up with my blood, sweat, and tears. That's paraphrase. But her reach goes as far as beyond that. That same high school was tore down last week or two months ago in record time where there's no rules, regulations. You know what's behind that? Sharice Rose. You guys are stealing from this city blind and you guys are using the pretense of the Englewood Transit Connector to share the money amongst your rich friends.

Thank you, sir.

Council members, I'm going to address an additional thing on item number three, the unauthorized purchases. I don't know that the residents of this community would be so thrilled about all these parties if they knew that one of them costs $75,000. While their water rates went up, while we do without services, that we don't have anybody monitoring or at least staying in at least, I'm very certain, one park to make sure our children don't get injured. I could go on about for how many years there have been failure to maintain a particular building. I'm going to leave that for now and hope Alex Padilla deals with that very quickly because this weekend, it was very disastrous. We have forgotten that the taxpayer dollars are to be used for infrastructure and for things that are important, not party time, party time, and more party time. It reminds me of my neighbors who spent over and were happy to proclaim $8,000 for a two-year-old's birthday party. Do you really think that child's going to remember it? And then Holy Toledo, when their daughter became a young lady and they threw her the quinceanera, was a $25,000 party. Never mind they had not paid rent for a year. Never mind that their automobiles were repossessed. And I'm afraid... That sentiment is what is happening to our community. And I'm going to thank Mr. McCoy for bringing up the school. It was a WPA school, should have been registered as a historic site, but after realizing that nobody gave a rip about, well, Fox Theater was registered and it's been gutted. We have some incredible treasures in this community and it seems like some are hell set on putting them in the path of a bulldozer. Do any of you know the history of the boot store? That is the third building of the Englewood Bank. that went on to become absorbed after already going to, I think it was nine banks, meeting the needs of local community members. But we say, if they're old and white, we gotta tear that thing down, don't we?

Okay, with that, we'll close public comment. Item one, CSA 1 and H1.

More register.

Receive and file. CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS TWO THROUGH NINE, I BELIEVE. SO MOVED.

SECOND.

MADAM CITY CLERK.

COUNCIL MEMBERS GRAY. AYE. PADILLA. AYE. MORALES. AYE. FAULK. AYE. MAYOR BUTTS. Aye.

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Staff report recommending the mayor and council members approve the grant funding allocation for the Inglewood Transit Connector Project, authorizing updated funding allocations related to previously secured grant funding and awarded contracts as set forth in attachment one.

Move items one and two.

Second.

Second. Before we have a report, Mr. McCrumbie?

Mr. Mayor, this item is not related to Mr. McCrombie.

Okay. Madam City Clerk.

Council Members Gray. Aye. Padilla. Aye. Morales. Aye. Fogg. Aye. Mayor Butz.

Aye. SPH1.

Staff report requesting the mayor and council members set a public hearing to consider an appeal of special use permit number 26-00014 to allow an automated car wash facility on a C2-P1 zone property at 6818 South La Cienega Boulevard.

I set the public hearing for September 1st, 2026 at 2 p.m. 01-

Staff report recommending the mayor and council members adopt ordinance number 26-09, repealing chapter 5, article 1, section 19.6 of the Inglewood Municipal Code, known as the sale of purchase of more than one handgun within a 30-day period prohibited to conform to recent court decisions.

Motion away for the reading second move adoption second madam city clerk.

Excuse me, Mary Can we go back to the roll call for the motion?

Okay, go ahead.

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I move adoption madam city clerk council members gray Padilla Morales fog.

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I go to a1

YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THE RECORD SHOULD REFLECT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL RECESSED INTO CLOSED SESSION. ALL MEMBERS WERE PRESENT. THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR RECEIVED A REPORT FROM CITY STAFF AND LEGAL DIRECTION WAS GIVEN, BUT NO FINAL ACTION WAS TAKEN TODAY IN CLOSED SESSION. THANK YOU.

ANY TWO?

NOTHING TO REPORT, MAYOR.

OKAY. FOR CM1, WE HAVE A REPORT THAT WAS DELAYED FROM LAST WEEK. MR. MCCRUMBY.

Good afternoon, Mayor, City Council. Thank you for this opportunity to come before you today. We've reached a tremendous milestone. A few weeks ago, the Mayor and City Council received and filed the draft land use plan that would become the document that would serve as what the city uses to conduct a programmatic environmental impact report for a comprehensive general plan update. As I mentioned, today marks a truly historic milestone for the city of Englewood. Since 2003, the city has methodically worked towards updating our general plan. The general plan has not been comprehensively updated since 1987, and to put that into perspective, I was five. Since then, Englewood has transformed in ways few could have imagined. We've become a global destination. We've welcomed the FIFA World Cup. We have another Super Bowl on the horizon, as well as the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Whether you've lived here your entire life or are new to our community, one thing is clear. Inglewood is on the map. So the question is, what comes next? That's exactly why today's presentation is so important. A general plan is much more than a planning document. It is a city's roadmap to the future. It provides a vision and policy framework that will guide decisions made by this body for years to come, helping us to determine where housing should be built, where businesses can grow, how we improve our neighborhoods, and how we invest in our community. Most importantly, it helps us to ensure that the tremendous opportunities ahead translate into real benefits for the people who call Inglewood home. While the planning division led this effort, this is not our plan. From the very beginning, we wanted this general plan to reflect the voices of the people who will live it every day. You, your children, and your grandchildren. That's why we spent countless hours engaging the community. We held public meetings, hosted neighborhood pop-up events, met with stakeholders, collected online comments, answered questions, and most importantly, we listened. Every comment received was documented, carefully considered, and has helped shape the land use plan that's presented today. So I would like to sincerely thank all the residents, business owners, community organizations, and stakeholders, the planning commission, our general plan advisory committee for your participation in this process, your ideas, your concerns, and your vision have been invaluable. I would also like to thank our city administration, our mayor and city council, because your commitment to responsible financial stewardship has made it possible for the city to undertake such a comprehensive update. Your support and vision have laid the foundation for a document that will guide Inglewood's future for decades. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE RECENT RECEIVING FILE MIGHT HAVE CREATED A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION AS IT MIGHT HAVE CREATED THE THOUGHT THAT SOME OF THE DISTRICTS OR COUNCIL DISTRICTS WOULD HAVE BEEN RECREATED BY VIRTUE OF THIS GENERAL PLAN UPDATE. AND I WANT TO BE PERFECTLY CLEAR THAT THIS GENERAL PLAN UPDATE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY REDISTRICTING OF ANY COUNCIL BOUNDARIES. THIS GENERAL PLAN UPDATE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY REDISTRICTING OF COUNCIL BOUNDARIES. SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND I WANT TO INTRODUCE MY TEAM WHO WILL BE PRESENTING TODAY IN DETAIL OUR GENERAL PLAN LAND USE PLAN. WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, MS. RENEEKA BROOKS WHO WILL PRESENT THE OVERVIEW OF THE PLANNING PROCESS.

Thank you, Bernard. And thank you, council and mayor. So we are about to present a very super condensed version of work that has been going on since 2023. There's a lot of valuable information. And so we're excited to be here to present this to you. So this presentation will be made by members of the project team, which include myself and colleagues, Jonathan Nettler, who is with the planning firm Placeworks as our partner in this effort, and Sean May, one of our planners in the Inglewood Planning Division. And so during this presentation, we'll accomplish several objectives. We're going to review where we are in the process. We're going to discuss the approach used to update the land use plan. We're going to present the proposed plan and key changes. And we will conclude with the discussion of the next steps, which include the environmental review. So we are currently in phase two of the project. Phase one included the establishment of the vision statement and guiding principles. And as mentioned, we're currently in phase two, which focuses on the land use plan. And the goal is for the adoption of the comprehensive update in spring of 2027. So the vision statement and guiding principles reflect the community's aspirations, which was gathered through all the public outreach done to date. And the guiding principles have informed the land use recommendations that will be presented to the council at adoption. Key themes related to land use include focusing growth within existing centers and corridors, revitalizing downtown Inglewood, SUPPORTING ECONOMIC VITALITY, EXPANDING HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES, ENCOURAGING TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AND REINVESTING IN UNDERUTILIZED PROPERTIES WITHIN THE CITY. THE PROPOSED LAND USE PLAN REFLECTS ALL OF THESE PRIORITIES. So the general plan update goes beyond land use. Major updates will be made to the land use, circulation, conservation, and noise elements in open space. And minor updates will be made to the housing, safety, and environmental justice element. And as a result of a plethora of community feedback, the city is excited to be establishing its first economic development element. But tonight's presentation will focus on land use. So one of the major goals of the update is to improve consistency between the land use plan, the zoning code, and the existing built environment, which in several areas are inconsistent. And the improved alignment will accomplish several things. It would reduce ambiguity. It would improve public understanding. It will streamline the development review process, which I'm a fan of. Like there's nothing worse than having inconsistent maps and no one knows what to do. And streamlining the process is a huge factor. And it will also improve consistency with state planning requirements. And so this comprehensive update, it takes place in two components. The first component are the administrative updates. That resolves the inconsistencies I just talked about. It also includes updating the land use category definitions. So we'll have new definitions that describe the land uses. And it will also have a map where the land uses are divided by parcels, which again is really important to help us be able to relay accurate information to the public. The other updates include analyzing the focus areas throughout the city, where during this process, the community has identified areas of greatest potential for change. So we have done a lot of work with the GPAC. I know we have some members here. I want to acknowledge the GPAC members for your hard work in this effort. And those comments have been relayed to the updated plan. So this slide reflects the schedule and all the work that's been done to date regarding public outreach. And as mentioned, the GPAC has played an important role. We've had five meetings with the GPAC. Each meeting, they provided insightful feedback to the project team. And we've also had two community-wide workshops and an online survey that were promoted both in English and Spanish. And so as mentioned, the community outreach has played an important role in this process. To date, we've had like 3,500 comments, which is a lot. And as Bernard mentioned, all these comments have been carefully considered as we're looking at where we want to update policies and goals in a general plan. We've also had the privilege of working with the high school students. Now, as a planner, that has been, to date, the highlight of this project. You know, we have some brilliant students. They're very insightful, really engaged. We should be very proud of the youth. And we've also attended several community events, pop-up events, which has been a great opportunity to reach out to the public. And with that, I am going to turn this over to Jonathan.

Welcome, Jonathan.

Thanks so much. Thank you, Veronica. And thank you to the mayor and council members for providing me with an opportunity to speak with you this afternoon at this important milestone in the general plan update. It's an honor for me personally to have a role in building this legacy for the city of Englewood. And I want to start with a presentation of the proposed land use plan, which is the culmination of more than a year of intensive effort, as Renika described, working with the community members, with our advisory committee, with city staff, and with key city stakeholders. And I'm going to walk through the key changes and additions that are reflected in this plan. And I'm going to start with a comparison to the current zoning map of the city. And as Renika had described, the current general plan land use plan is inconsistent with the zoning map. And that creates problems for planning staff, it creates problems for yourselves, it creates problems for property owners when thinking about appropriate land uses now and in the future for individual parcels in the city. Because the zoning map has been updated more frequently, applied more frequently, and more meticulously detailed, that has been the baseline and the benchmark for updating the land use plan and the general plan to reflect what is on the ground today and what is recognized in the zoning map. When combined with the input that we heard through that public outreach process that Renika described, the result is a land use plan that closely correlates to the zoning map. It expresses the community's vision for the future of Englewood. And it will be a more effective tool for your use, for the planning staff's use, and for property owners' use. I'm going to talk about each of the land use types that are reflected in the map and in the land use table that you received in the staff report when this was originally received and filed. The first category I want to discuss is residential land uses because state law requires that the residential land uses in the general plan are consistent with the zoning map. What we have when we update the plan for that alignment is a synchronized map that reflects what's on the ground today and what's permitted in the zoning code. Now, what you see on the slide here at the top is a comparison of the current land use designations for residential uses in the current general plan, which are out of sync with the zoning code. At the bottom are the revised residential land use types to align with the zoning code. And I just want to describe each of those in a little bit of detail. You can see there's an illustration also on this slide that shows the types of residential buildings or homes that are associated with each of these land use categories. The residential low category is typically detached single family homes. And you can see there is a range of densities associated with that. is described as dwelling units per acre. And that is the means by which the city controls the amount of homes, the types of homes that can be built on each property. The second category is residential low-medium, which typically includes detached single-family homes and then also attached single-family homes, like townhomes or duplexes. The residential medium category includes attached residences, single family residences, and also low density multi-family housing. And then the last category, medium high, contains multi-family residences. And here you can see on the map where each of those categories are distributed throughout the city. The city's established residential neighborhoods will continue to be designated solely for residential use. as they are not expected to change over the lifetime of the general plan to 2050. So I want to emphasize that again. That only the names of these categories are changing to align with zoning. These neighborhoods are expected to maintain their current scale and use into the future. The biggest change that is reflected in the land use plan are new mixed use categories that can be applied throughout the city. They reflect the community's desire for more housing opportunities, particularly in places where it is restricted today. And the mixed use categories are delineated between corridors, which are the city streets and boulevards, and districts, which represent larger, deeper parcels of use. And the reason that we distinguish between those two is because if you think of the character of a parcel along a street, it's often shallow. It only fronts generally on two lengths. If you think of a deeper, larger parcel, larger than an acre, larger than two acres, it often has internal circulation. It often fronts on or frequently three of its sides on other land use types. So there's sensitivity in how it meshes with the surrounding neighborhoods. So we apply different designations and definitions in order to maintain and encourage the characteristics that are different between those types of parcels. What you see on this slide are different representations in the illustration of how floor area ratio can be distributed along within a parcel. And floor area ratio, FAR, is the means by which the city controls non-residential intensity on a single parcel. This is where the mixed use categories are distributed within the city. And this is one of the primary means by which the updated land use plan implements those guiding principles that Renika mentioned. In particular, focusing growth and development within existing centers and along commercial corridors, revitalizing the city's commercial corridors, and expanding housing opportunities for all ages, household types, and income levels. I'll add that the mixed use designations also provide the city with maximum flexibility to accommodate a variety of mixed-use development types, whether they be vertically arranged within a single building, so an example would be a commercial or retail use on a ground floor or housing above, or distributed horizontally next to each other within a single parcel or along a street. The plan also includes special planning areas. These reflect specific plans and TOD plans adopted by the city recently. They were reconfirmed, the objective of these plans, through the public outreach process, and they remain unchanged through this update. Commercial land use categories are similarly delineated between streets versus districts, or in this case, centers. And while state law allows for homes in commercially zoned districts, Under certain circumstances, the city can and will adopt policies and inducements to maintain the character of these primarily commercial areas. Finally, there are a series of other land use types that are non-residential, which include industrial flex. That is typically associated with light manufacturing, clean industry, and supporting retail uses. The reason it is not shown widespread on this plan is a lot of the areas of the city that are designated for that use are within the Westchester Veterans TOD plan, so are included in that category. Similarly, the public and quasi-public category includes the cemetery, it includes government buildings like City Hall, The reason you don't see City Hall reflected on this plan or the city yard or that those Use types are covered in the downtown TOD plan So it would appear in the proposed land use plan under that designation and then finally the the last remaining category is open space which includes park spaces and park facilities I'm gonna stop there and hand it over to Sean who's going to talk about where we go from here. Thank you

Thank you, Mayor and Council. I will briefly talk about the next steps as we go forward from this draft land use plan. As echoed by my colleagues, this land use plan is a result of community feedback, stakeholder interviews, and staff input that looks to shape Inglewood's future development. Staff will now move into an analysis that looks at the environmental impacts of the build-out capacity of this plan. This analysis allows Inglewood to proactively respond to changing development landscapes and shows thoughtful planning the city is undertaking as it looks at the impacts on both current residents and future generations. As the land use element takes its final shape, it guides the policies and implementation actions to ensure this next level vision becomes a reality. Maps and graphics will be updated to reflect the data received as a result of drafting the final plan. This will create the pathway to final adoption that will help bring Inglewood's land use into line with state legislation, provide consistency between the general plan and zoning code, and bring Inglewood to the next level. Right here, you'll find our website, where you can join our mailing list and keep updated as we continue through this plan. We have upcoming events, including economic roundtables, environmental scoping meetings, and general plan advisory committees. So you can follow along at our website. And if you join the mailing list, you'll receive these updates. And if there are any questions from the public, please contact the planning division at the emails listed on the screen. This concludes our presentation, and we welcome any council questions, comments, or feedback. Thank you, sir.

With that, we'll go on to CC1.

Thank you so much, Mayor. First, I wanted to make mention that the treasurer and I, we attended Movies in the Park about two Saturdays ago. It was really nice, so kudos and good shout out to our Parks and Rec Department and David Medina, always so Daniel, thank you. Daniel, thank you so much for just his kind hospitality. Also, again, with the city treasurer and my deputy, we attended the Marvin Engineering Street reveal. And so that was an honor and a blessing, too. be able to be a part of that. And then lastly, I would like to just encourage all of our residents, our councilmen from the second district is having a chilly cook off. I tell you, my son loves the event. I know it's going to be an outstanding event. So I'm encouraging our residents to get out there, get there early, find you a good parking spot and enjoy the festivities. Thank you, Mayor.

Thank you. CT1.

Monthly Treasurer's Report for the month ending June 30th, 2026.

We're receiving file. Madam Treasurer, did you have any comment? All right. CSA2, the successor agency is in session.

Monthly Treasurer's Report for the month ending June 30th, 2026. Receiving file.

We'll adjourn the successor agency. The housing authority is in session, H2.

Monthly charges report for the month ending June 3rd, 2026.

Receive and file, adjourn the housing authority. The JPA is in session, JPA1.

Monthly charges report for the month ending June 3rd, 2026.

Receive and file and adjourn the JPA. Appointments to boards commissions committees. I as mayor Nominate and appoint Derek steals to the construction appeals board Is there second second second, sorry madam city clerk Council members gray.

I put the fog.

I mirror buds. I public comments ANY PERSON RISHING TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL ON ANY MATTER CONNECTED WITH CITY BUSINESSES MAY DO SO AT THIS TIME. WE'LL TAKE COMMENTS. EXCUSE ME, MAYOR, I THINK THERE'S ONE MORE APPOINTMENT.

OH, THERE'S ONE MORE.

OH, ONE MORE APPOINTMENT. YES, SIR. I missed it. It's okay. Okay. Councilwoman Dionne Falk appoints, nominates, and I appoint Rodney Taylor to the Parks and Rec Commission.

Second. Second.

Madam City Clerk.

Council Members Gray. Aye. Padilla. Aye. Falk. Aye. Mayor Butts.

Aye. You guys tricked me. Now, public comment. Any persons wish to address City Council on any matter? Connected with City Business, not elsewhere considered on agenda. May do so at this time for one minute. We're going to take comments from people present first, and then we'll check to see if anyone's on the phone line.

No one's in the queue, Mayor.

All right, so go right ahead.

You're up. You're up.

You're up. I'm Irving Gordon, Century Heights Neighborhood Watch Association, and a member of the GPAC. And I would like to address one of the things of next level that were not mentioned. The members all know it as the dreaded T word, which is traffic. I've been trying to get information on the traffic impact. I love most of what they're doing, the horizontal versus the mixed-use housing and businesses, but I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET SOME INFORMATION ON THE TRAFFIC IMPACT, ESPECIALLY ON THE 104th STREET PROJECT OF 575 HOMES, AND THAT I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE TIME, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN AND HOW WE CAN GET A TRAFFIC IMPACT STATEMENT ON THE PROPOSAL FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS. I WON'T BE HERE, BUT I THINK IT'S NECESSARY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

HELLO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS MICHAEL. And I wanted to address Arborvita Street. I do live off Arborvita Street, and I've lived there for most of my life. One thing that the street is, it's a one-way street both ways, but it's gotten more traffic in the last five years because of the stadium and because of the rental center that they just built two years ago. And the street just wasn't made for this. And there's just cracks everywhere, long cracks. There's potholes everywhere. And on top of that, people are weaving on that street to go to the stadium. You're going straight into Hollywood Park and the NFL media building. And as well, it's a bus route street as well. So it's just taking a lot of traffic, more so ever in the last five years. And I know you've repaved Century in Manchester, and that's great, but this street, should be repaved as well. It is a very heavy traffic. And I'm particularly talking about the business area between La Cienega and La Brea.

All right. Thank you, sir.

A quick answer from Councilman Morales.

I have a quick answer for you just because we've been discussing that. But Arborvita from La Cienega to Prairie, is during the SoFi Stadium events is well-traveled. You know, we started by not allowing traffic coming through Arborvita going west outside of the stadium. And the small businesses were requesting because they need some of the traffic. They need some of the business to come uh buy their store and hopefully purchase and leave uh some econ economic benefit to them so what we did was we opened it up during those events uh the fact of uh you're correct in terms of having it repaved and some of the structures that uh need to be kind of you know made nicer so we've been in deep discussions about that and i believe arborvita Don't want to set the date, but I know that we've discussed it in the past And so we'll take a look at that and I just wanted to address it in case you left and you're welcome to come To my office and I'll give you an update. Thank you. Thank you, man. You're welcome.

Thank you, sir This land use project is very questionable anytime when you have consultants using the terms expect That's not a guarantee and then I was listening to mr. Mays comments and and he goes on to talk about how he's going to talk about how these projects are going to affect traffic, then automatically he shuts off and provides an email address. Now, if the gentleman from the GPAC can't get answers, and from what I look at from the initial look at this, you guys plan to just bomb the city and build a bunch of new housing. You guys are building beyond capacity. the ability for this city to be able to manage. If people are yelling and screaming bloody murder now about traffic, what do you think they're going to say when you put up all these units? This project, all this development is not only destabilizing Englewood, it's destabilizing South Bay and beyond. And all you guys are doing is, when is the next donor check coming in?

Thank you, Mr. McCoy.

Morris Griffin, better known as Big Money Griff. My concern was parking. I noticed there was no mentioning of parking when we talk about the planning. And cars, we have to have parking. That's my biggest issue. So I would hope that you guys consider parking as well. I know we're leaning towards public transportation. in the city of Inglewood and we're a capitalist society. I understand all that. But at the same time, I think we need to consider parking. Thank you.

Thank you. Next speaker.

Mayor Butts, I know you were taught that once you tell one lie, you have to keep telling more lies to cover up the first one. From the very first day I spoke with you, you told me I could assure you Brian was alive in the backseat of the police car. Lies. You said body cameras would not have made a difference in Brian's death. Lies. If that were true, I wouldn't be standing here demanding answers and transparency. You told the community that Brian's attorney was given information, but what we received was heavily redacted records. That is not transparency. answer one simple question why was brian pulled over in the first place what was the legal reason for the traffic stop that question should not take months to answer it should it should not require excuses redactions or conflicting statements why was brian bostick pulled over answer that simple question first thank you next speaker

Stop it. I didn't start.

Ma'am, you can start. I'll give you another 10 seconds. Okay.

Council members, welcome back to our movement. Through these last months of protesting for transparency and justice for Brian Bostic, I've learned that trying to change this city doesn't start only with words. You need conviction in your heart. We've learned to stay hopeful because hopelessness is the enemy of justice. Hope allows us to push forward even when the truth has been distorted by people in power like yourself, Mr. Butts. It allows us to stand up when you tell us to sit down and to speak loudly when you tell us to be quiet. It has taught us that the opposite of brutality is justice and that the character of our nation isn't reflected on how we treat rich and the privileged, but how we treat the disfavored and the condemned. This system has taken more from Brian Bostic's life than it has the power to give back, which is justice and transparency. But if each of us learn to address the change with hope and look at ourselves closely, including yourself, Mr. Butts, You will see that we all need justice, mercy, and perhaps some measure of unmerited grace. We will continue to fight for justice. And Mr. Butts, you got to stop with the lies and stop being the yes man.

Our actions. Ma'am, you're at time. Thank you, ma'am.

that you have for the family of someone who was killed in this city, killed by Englewood PD. is absolutely despicable. It's disgusting. This is a family who is grieving and you have done nothing but lie to them, be petty with passive aggressive comments, kick them out of city council meetings over and over again, attempt to do an illegal ban of the family for 120 days. You can't even look because you know this is who you are. You're pathetic. And every single one of you sitting there not doing anything, you all have blood on your hands in the same way that the unnamed officers do. You are complicit and you are complacent. The family is asking for nothing more than what any of you would ask for if it was your loved one. And yet you want to meet them with disdain and with harassment. Justice for Brian Bostic and we will be here every single week to demand the same thing release any Information that you have stop lying stop doing character assassination against somebody Good afternoon What a powerful statement

I will let the entire public know that not too long ago, several of us wanted to make an appointment with the chief who, not too long ago, was the highest paid chief of police in the entire state of California. Not only did he not appear, we were told no one could tell us how we could make an appointment. That's been several weeks. Unfortunately, at the same time, I didn't catch the guy's name, the other two people did. There was a situation outside with a couple getting very loud and crazy, and it looks like it might come to blows. It is unfortunate that three women without uniforms had to try to calm that down, because no one would come out of the blasted police department to solve anything. After 70 years, I have never been more disappointed in the police department.

Hello, my name is Fredricia Dixon. I'm a resident of District 2. I'm also a mayoral candidate. I'm here to address two concerns. Number one, it's been five months since the Englewood Police Department killed Brian Bostic. We still have not been given an investigative report. We know that the Englewood Police Department used force. We need to know what type of force was used. We need to know the police officers that were there on the scene. We also need to know if they are still patrolling our streets. Number two, it was recently brought to my attention that there are people who are working in the city clerk's office that are relatives of folks who are running for office. Thank you, Madam City Clerk, for all the work that you are putting into this election. However, I simply ask for a fair election. The people of Englewood need to know that it's going to be fair and that even the appearance of favoritism is not acceptable. So also, Padilla, we know that you're running for office. Your niece works in the clerk's office.

You're at time, ma'am.

Also.

Ma'am, you're at time. Ma'am, you're at time. Ma'am, you're at time.

I WANT TO THANK NEXT LEVEL FOR COMING OUT. THEY DID A GREAT JOB TALKING TO THE COMMUNITY. WHOEVER DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO GO TO ANY OF THE NEXT LEVEL EVENTS, THEY DID ACTUALLY LISTEN TO THINGS THAT WE WANT. I'M HOPEFUL THAT SOME OF THOSE THINGS WILL COME TO FORESION. I'M ALSO CONCERNED THAT IT SEEMS LIKE AN OVERBUILD. INGLEWOOD IS A PLANNED COMMUNITY. When they made Englewood, they made it big enough for the 100,000 people that live here. We already have too much traffic. We already have too much noise. We don't have enough security. We're paying millions and millions of dollars for outside agencies to keep our neighborhoods secure. Our tax dollars are going up in smoke for parties, and we just need to get it together here in the city of Englewood. But Next Level did do an excellent job. Thank you. Oh, and I was very saddened after the great time that I had on 4th Avenue at the block party that the mayor of this city would not speak to me and my family. I thought that was very, very disrespectful, Mayor Butts.

I did say hi to you. And you did not. Yes, I did. But anyway, you're at time. Thank you. Okay, with that, we'll close public comment. We'll go to council comments. Councilman Gray, District 1.

Thank you. First of all, thank you to the public, everyone who's here and spoke today. You often hear me talk about civic engagement, and I really do believe in that, and I believe that all voices should be heard. Before I go on with my comments, I would like to ask the mayor to adjourn the meeting in memory of two people who just recently died. Milton Smith, who lived, I believe, on Fifth Avenue, Eighth Avenue, he died recently. And Milton was very much involved in the community. He would have been down here to these council meetings all the time he would do that. So condolences to his family. He is a true community activist. So God bless his soul. Charlene Price, who is the mother of former council member, current price recently died. I think she died this morning and Charlene was very active when her son was on the city council. She was always there a part of all the activities that he planned and She lived in my district, in the first district. And so may God rest her soul. And we just offer condolences to the Price family. So if you would adjourn the meeting in their honor. Thank you. You know, I wanted to just mention the fact that, well, first of all, let me just congratulate Bernard McCrombie and his staff because the land use plan update, which is important to the general plan, is very important to everyone who lives in this city because it really will determine the development of this city in the future. And so I'm glad to hear that there were 3,500 comments because I do believe the community needs to be involved in what we do as policy makers. I really do believe that when we make decisions. So please get involved. I know that was an update today. The next step, I believe, is environmental impact review, which is important. Someone talked about traffic. Traffic does impact what happens in this city. And so please consider the comment from the public regarding that, parking, all those things are important. We had National Night Out. It was a good event because it allowed the community to interact with the police department. And that's a good thing. You need to know who is responsible for keeping this community safe. Now, Congresswoman Maxine Waters was at this event. She allowed the Bostic family to be heard. She gave them voice. And I commend her for that, because I do believe that every voice should be heard, whether we agree with that person or not. You should be heard. I believe in that. We recently today went to a ceremony renaming a street after Marvin Way. Marvin Engineering is an icon in the city. It's been here forever. It's provided jobs. So congratulations to the Marvin and Jerry family. They were the founders. They had many family members there today, and you can see that. So also there was a block club meeting that I attended, 4th Avenue. Congratulations to Cheryl and Jason. They're reestablishing a block club in their area, which is great. Block clubs are very, very important to this city. Please participate in that. I want to mention just a couple other things. Town Hall meeting is coming up. Can I have one more minute? Yes, you may.

Thank you. Yes, you may.

Town Hall meeting is coming up, District 1, August 20th. Come out and hear updates from your department heads. Come and ask questions. Find out what's going on in the city. We're also having Family Unity Day, August 29th at Darby Park. It's a family-focused event. So please come out and be a part of that. So thank you, Mr. Mayor.

Thank you, Councilman Padilla, District 2.

Thank you, Mayor. And I think all of us on the dais were there this morning. Marvin Engineering, or Marvin Group, as many know it, is located right here on Beach. They've been here since, what, the 70s, Mayor? 63. 63, okay, well, even longer. And they've been, you know, really good partners of things that we're doing here in the city of Englewood. So we renamed a street from Grosvenor Street to marvin way after marvin gussman who founded marvin engineering and the other co-founder is jerry friedman so we also displayed a plaque that's going to be put on that corner on their property so congratulations to the Marvin Engineering Group, the family on that celebration, especially to Howard and David Gussman and their sister. The whole family was there, so it was really nice to see that event. Condolences to Graham Price and his family on the passing of their mother, the icon of the family, and keeping her and the family in our prayers, and may her soul rest in eternal peace. The general plan presentation was something that a lot of folks have been waiting for. I know we have, and we're looking forward to other presentations regarding the general plan. uh so i want to thank uh bernard and your your group there that came up and and did the presentation there's a lot of information that's gathered from the community from stakeholders and that's why it's so important to stay engaged and what we're doing in this city. But I want to really thank the General Plan Advisory Committee. One of my representatives, Kip Rudd, is here in the audience. Kip, thank you. Thank you all that are on that board, or on that committee, for your time and your input. It's vitally important that we hear from everybody, from the high schoolers, the seniors everybody property owners people that come and visit our city and business owners we're all stakeholders so this is our big bite at the apple so let's take a big bite and let's chew on it and let's make some sound decisions as we move this city forward and let's look at what environmental impacts there are You know, we have a lot of great things happening in this city, but we can only do it if we have the community support. So thank you all for helping us. Now, let's say you're looking for something to do this Saturday.

I don't know.

Say it's 4 o'clock. You're at home. What do I do? Come out to North Park. I've got my annual chili cook-off and the picnic. I've got 12 folks from our community that are making their chili, and they're working on it now. It's amazing. These folks make three or four bashes and share it with their family and stuff so that they can get it right for Saturday. So come on out. It's a free community event. Did I say that word right? Free? No cost. Everything's free. There's going to be plenty of food. We're actually going to be giving away some clothes for young adults and for children, especially, and infants. So you'll be able to go home with some clothes. Those that need it, please come on out. We have, I'm sorry, did I say free raffles? We're going to have free raffles. We're going to have bicycles, scooters, and toys for the kids. Everything is about family. And so please come out. We're going to have music, face painting, and a bunch of vendors out there. North Park on Hargrave and Wexham. We'll see you at 4 o'clock. But wait. Mayor, give me 30 seconds. After the picnic, you say, well, what can I do now? What can I do? It's after. It's already 8 o'clock or 7.30. Stick around for Movies in the Park. It'll be the last Movies in the Park of the season right there at North Park. So come out. It's been the early evening. Bring your blankets. Bring your chairs. And let's just chill and have a fun-filled evening. God bless you. We'll see you Saturday.

Thank you. Council Member Fogg.

You are too funny. Okay, so I'm going to talk pretty quickly. First, I want to congratulate our new District 4 Parks and Rec Commissioner on his appointment, Rodney Taylor. right there thank you so much i look forward to working with you i want to acknowledge some of our other commissioners here uh charlotte williams is here planning commissioner and then also i want to acknowledge um the marvin group on their ceremony like all the other council members did here today what an amazing uh company they've grown so much and They have so much to be proud of. So congratulations to the Marvin group on this milestone that they celebrated today. And then also congratulations to Chief Mark Fronterata and Cinder Eller on having a wonderful night So congratulations to everyone. I do want to give a special shout out to our director, Brian Walker. We haven't been in council and we've been dark, but he did an amazing job during the FIFA World Cup. He kept the city safe. He kept our residents safe. He kept the attendees of FIFA safe. So he's one of those brothers that's low key and quiet, but he is a powerhouse. And so congratulations, Brian, on such a wonderful job working with all the federal agencies, the state agencies, everybody on making sure that FIFA World Cup was a wonderful, successful event and safe for everyone. I have the Let's Get Healthy line dancing coming up. That's on August 20th, next Thursday from 6 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. It's at the Crenshaw Imperial Shopping Center. I don't think we have a flyer. We had a little AI technical difficulty. I'm just going to say it like that. Check in, check in, AI. but um anyway uh so that's uh august 20th and then on august 26th uh raising canes is having a we are open event um so we are inviting all of um city of englewood to come on out uh that is again on august 26th at 9 a.m it's a little early that's the only time they could do it but um they're gonna have some um free prizes that they'll be giving out so it's gonna be a great event so i hope you're able to join me um the also i want to take a really quick opportunity to thank everyone on the music festival. It was a huge effort. And I want to take this time to thank everybody at City Hall. Of course, we're a team, but I want to thank everybody for making it come to life. Mayor and council members, our city manager, uh thomas you all parks and recs team thomas bun and social media team tony almost and the public works team bill thompson the parking and traffic team our uh chuck dennis um Mayor, can I have hopefully at least another minute? Chuck Dennis and Victoria Entertainment, Mogul Behavior, Emery Ward and his security team, and my assistant, and of course, Sabrina Barnes, the former director of Parks and Recs, who came back and sang the national anthem, and it was absolutely lovely. I want to acknowledge some birthdays. I bet y'all don't know. Mayor Butts just had a birthday. Happy birthday. Ava Williams, my assistant, and Gina Cole, and also Cheryl Gwynn is celebrating her 80th birthday. So wishing all of them a happy birthday. And Lastly, I want to close in honor of Dorothy Shaw. She was a close family member of the Shaw family. And, you know, Mayor, if you could please close in their honor. So that's all I have. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. Dorothy Shaw. Thank you so much, Mayor. Appreciate you.

Oh, thank you. I'm going to go with Councilman Eli Morales. Thank you.

So real briefly, I'm just going to cover some of the same things. First of all, National Night Out, it was a great event. And just remember that our police department has some great men there, and we owe a lot to them for keeping our city safe consistently. And it was a good turnout, and we really enjoyed it. the land use plan i mean shout out to bernard where are you bernard oh there you go uh his team just put together a great plan to to go out to the community we have a team the gpac we were all um recommended somebody who spoke out mine has come to my office to give me an update uh really grateful for the voice we had i have to tell you that you know folks are paying attention they know what city they want so thank you for that presentation uh marvin engineering You know, you forget, you know, Marvin has been here for so long. And when we had nothing here in the city of Englewood, you know, Marvin Engineering was here and it was something we could always point at. We always have gained a certain level of respect from having such a great engineering firm here. We're also fortunate to have seen and known the original founders. This is a big corporation and it's family run. But what was special today was to see that, you know, we went there. And they felt it was just as special that Englewood was a part of their history. They're very proud to be here in the city of Englewood. And it's the future of their generations and their family that are going to continue to run it. So that was really just great to see. And then one gentleman talked about parking. I know the mayor may mention it, but we have a few projects. We have a transportation hub, which we're contemplating. with probably about a thousand parking spots. So we understand the level of importance that exists for parking throughout the city of Englewood. Outside of that, everybody have a nice evening.

Thank you. And again, talking about traffic, one of the key components of the Transit Connector Project is the establishment of a transit hub where the CVS shopping center is. And that should be at least 1,000 spaces. This is a work in progress. Now, one of the things about Marvin Engineering in the city, Marvin Engineering is the second largest employer in the city. They're probably the second oldest Establishment in the city and it was Amazing the way they parallel the development of Inka wood. I also want to acknowledge Larry Springs our planning Planning Commissioner chair and with that we're going to close in the name of Dorothy Shaw Milton Smith and Charlene price and with that we're adjourned