City Council - Regular Meeting

We'll start off with the invocation with led by council member Garcia. Thank you very [clears throat] gather together here today with the intent of doing good work. We to represent fairly and well those who have given us this task. May our efforts be blessed with insight, guided by understanding and wisdom. We seek to serve and respect for all. May our personal faith give us strength to act honestly and well in all matters before us. We ask these favors in your name. Amen. Amen.

Amen. Okay. And uh please remain standing. We have a special guest with us today to do our black salute. We have Mateo Marin, uh, second grade, South Ranchito Elementary. Please join us.

Good evening, mayor, members of the city council, members of the community. My name is Mat Marin. I'm a second grade student at Santinto Elementary. It is my honor to lead the pledge of allegiance. Please face the flag. Put your right hand over your heart and join me as we begin. 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. Thank you. All right, MATEO. [applause]

[laughter] OH, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. YEAH. YEAH. I got so happy with M I forgot to call him up. Mate, where you at? [laughter] Come on. Join us, Mateo. Bring your family with you. I'd like to give you a recognition for doing the flag salute.

Oh, damn. You did it. Good job. You just do it. You did an outstanding job.

Here, this is a recognition for you. Join us. Let's take a picture. Thank you for being here. I appreciate it. Going to face that way. We're going to take a picture. Okay. Put this facing. Wait, we got a little blue. There you go. Ready? There we go. There you go. Hey, big smile.

Is [snorts] it the family?

[applause] Good job. Good job. [snorts]

All right. Well, we're going to remain standing, but um we have a couple a few presentations, but before I continue, I just want to recognize our commissioners here with us today. Uh we have Rosio Pa, Parks and Recreation Commission. Thank you, Rosio, for being here. [clears throat] And we have also Bob Perez, Sister City Commission. Thank you both for being here and thank you for your work. Appreciate it. [applause] Okay, we're going to go ahead and uh we have a couple of recognitions here, but first we're going to start off by recognizing uh someone who's been significant to our community, Judge Margaret Miller Bernnal, which I'm going to go ahead and bring up uh Sergeant Steven Venezuela to make a few remarks. There he goes. Good evening, members of the city council, members of the community, and uh law enforcement personnel. My name is Sergeant Steven Valenuela. Um I'm the team leader of the Peora Station problem specific policing team, and I'm going to say a few words about uh Judge Bernal. I've known her for many years um as a gang investigator for many years here in Pico Rivera and as a sergeant of the uh problem specific policing team. So on behalf of Pico Rivera Station, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and the city of Pico Rivera, we would like to thank you and honor your 32 years of service on the bench as a superior court judge. Your impartiality and fairness to all during your career is a testament to your character and a reflection of all what is good about our system of justice. You have truly been an unbelievable law enforcement partner to the sheriff's department as a whole. Many investigators from homicide bureau, operation safe streets bureau, major crimes bureau, special victims bureau,

pora detectives, and the picoa problem specific policing team and other investigative units within the sheriff's department have been working with you for many years. Numerous other local law enforcement a agencies have also worked with you for many years. Law enforcement personnel across the board have the same opinion of you and your character. fair, impartial, and a partner to the community and to law enforcement as a whole. It's not solely about the numerous search warrants that you have signed for law enforcement personnel over the many years. It is that you have signed these search warrants at 11:00 p.m. 4:00 a.m. during your lunch break, while on the bench, while on vacation, or on your day off. It is appreciated by the men and women who wear the badge, who work tirelessly to put criminals who terrorize our communities behind bars. is reassuring to law enforcement that judges like you are there to support our efforts and do what is right for the citizens of the communities that we serve. It should be noted and you may not realize this, but the search warrants that you have signed during your tenure on the bench have directly impacted the quality of life of citizens who reside in Los Angeles County. From 2023 to 2025, search warrant signed by you and served by the Peak Rivera Station Province Pacific Policing Team results in the arrest of 400 gang members, the seizure of 150 firearms, and the seizure of approximately 150 pounds of illegal narcotics. This partnership has greatly reduced violent crime in the city of Pico Rivera and positively impacted the community of life, the citizens that we serve in this city. Your assistance to law enforcement extends far beyond that, but it shows the contributions that you have made to keep our communities safe. In conclusion, the Pico Rivera City Council and Pico Rivera Station want to thank you for your service, your partnership, and your tireless dedication to law enforcement in the communities we serve. We wish you a prosperous retirement, and we wish you and your family joy and health moving forward. This recognition

is welld deserved. Thank you from all OF US. [applause] [applause]

TEAM, COME ON up and join us up here, please. [clears throat] I want uh it's it's obvious it's apparent right here that we see all the all our uh deputy sergeants and quite a few folks from the uh Picod Sheriff Station to recognize you that you've been instrumental as the sergeant mentioned, you've been uh helpful and keeping our community safe. So, thank you. So, please come on up. And this is a proclamation on behalf of the city of Picoretta, the sheriff's department, the city council. Thank you very much for your service and happy retirement. Thank you. Enjoy. Please. Come on. Can we get our law enforcement?

Yeah. Let's get uh buddies. Oh, I didn't see them before. [laughter] You got a whole cheer here for So, there you go. Half on one side, half on the other. [laughter] I was in Norwalk. I was in I was in Whittier for 12 years and I was in Norwalk for 20 years. Congratulations. Thank you. This is my husband. Robert over here. Yell at him. Robert,

get in a little bit closer. Closer. Closer. Closer. Closer. So, I'm going to take a couple of photos. Stay still.

[snorts] So now you guys stay for a picture. We're gonna enforce. All right. Law enforcement only. Come on. Hurry.

Everybody [laughter] [snorts] Thank you. Yes. Just two of us. All right. Do you [clears throat] have any other Huh?

Is it just you? Just us two. Ready? One, two, three.

Thank you.

Thank you. [applause] [applause] Okay, we have a couple more presentations. won. As you some of you might already know, there was a contest to name our our next um mascot for this elections. I'm going to turn it over to our city clerk, Cynthia Ayala, to say a few words. It was her uh idea and I we really appreciate it and I'm glad you made this content. So, Cynthia, tell us more about it. Yes, honorable mayor and members of the city council, as you uh are aware, in December of 2025, the city clerk's office launched the uh name our orange initiative, a fun and meaningful way to engage the community and also at the same time uh acknowledge and um recognize the citrus groves that were known in Picor Rivera. Um, as part of this effort, we introduced a symbolic uh character u visual icon that is designed to uh serve as a friendly reminder and recognizable cue for u the city's elections information for the 2026 election season. Um we invited residents of all ages to submit their submissions um their name ideas and we in response we received over 80 qualified submissions. Um this initiative not only encouraged the civic participation but also highlighted the civic pride and also the creativity that creativity of the residents here in Pico Rivera. Uh so we are pleased to announce that the winning name selected through this initiative was Citrus Sam. Uh the name was chosen through a thoughtful

consideration between city staff, city commissioners and the top three names were taken to the public via our social media platforms and what the one final name was selected which was the citrus Sam. Um so this evening we are honored to recognize the two winners that selected those names. Um, one of the winners is here tonight. Uh, Sarah Baka. Uh, unfortunately, the second winner, Crystal Castro, couldn't be here with us tonight. But on behalf of the city clerk's office, we are thankful uh for their creativity, their participation, and for making this initiative u me memorable and engaging.

Thank you.

Well, thank you. Thank you, Cynthia. And uh you know obviously there was a democratic process that took place to elect uh select this um this uh recipient here and and congratulations to both of the winners. I know one of them cannot be here. Um you know believe it or not uh we do what we can to get folks to vote to engage in the in the voting process. Uh you know it's always a challenge. So I appreciate our city clerk's office to being creative to engage and hopefully this helps get more voter turnout out there. So with that, I'd like to bring up Sarah Vaka to receive a certificate of recondition for your So join us up here. Come on up here. [applause] Let's go. Sit.

No. Actually, you want to join us? Oh, I was trying to work. [laughter] I like it.

Yes, it is. Ready? One, two, one. Thank you so much.

Let's give HER [applause] [applause] OKAY. Did I read it right? So, next we have our recognitions of our Pico Fast Pitch 6U Gold Allstars that I understand is, you know, a long time coming for you to come up here and I'm glad. But before we continue, I'd like to hand it over to council member Lada to uh say a few words on that. Thank you, council member.

Thank you very much, Mayor. Um, I want to thank the 6U uh Pico fast pitch team for coming out. Um, I want to recognize the head coach, Stephen Delator. Uh, Mr. Delator will bring everyone up uh uh shortly. Um, I want to recognize the president of the board of the Rio Vista Fast Pitch, Mr. Jesse Hernandez. If you could please stand uh and and be acknowledged. Good. Thank you. [applause] Are there any other board members present? Adrian, Adrien, if you could please stand and be [applause] okay. Thank you. I I want to thank uh I want to thank everyone uh who participates, family, uh parents, grandparents, the coaches, and the little girls. Um because this is dedication and whether it's coaching or whether it's on taking a position on the board, it's sacrificing your time. It's sacrificing your time, your mental energy, being present, and creating a space for families and for little girls to develop their skills in softball, but not just softball, in life really. Um so I want to acknowledge that. Uh before we bring the girls up, I do want to make a brief apology to all the parents on why the delay occurred. Now, y'all were winning games during the summer. You were dominated, right?

Well, city hall, we went dark over the summer and then by the time your season was done, we kicked back up and we had a backlog of of folks that we wanted to bring up here before the end of the year. And then winter ball starts. And the thing about with these girls is that they're all so good, they're going to play year round. So then winter ball started and every Tuesday night you're playing a game or you're practicing. And then we said, well, what about the end of December because we're supposed to be back in the DAS. And then that got kicked to January and we're not back in the DAS yet. And and part of that's our fault because we we made some lastm minute changes and then it became February and then now we're being told we'll be back in the our DAS in March. But then your season starts within a few weeks. So my apologies for the delay, but at the end of the day, we want to honor the girls uh because this was a truly remarkable team. Um I just want to say one last thing and then I'm going to have everyone come up. I managed to see them play one game at Rio Vista. And who was the first baseman? Yeah. So she So John, you'll appreciate Council Member Garcia, you'll appreciate this. So she was holding a runner at first because there was a runner at first and she was holding the runner and then the pitcher went to go pitch the ball and she comes off the base and the batter hits a line drive right to her. She catches the ball without a hesitation. She turns around, touches first base, and doubles up the runner. AND [applause] and and for each position, you could talk about a play like that. And Council Member Garcia, you've coached decades. There's some things you just don't teach. It's

that's instinct. It that's just instinctual. And I want to thank the coaches, but it's really the these young girls that are putting it together, and that's why they have such a special run. So, with that, let's let's bring everyone up. I've talked way too much. AND [applause] YEAH, you know, as the team makes their way up here real quick, look at the the bows on top of the girls. This one, if you if you take a close look, seven tournaments, seven cities, 33 and 0. Let's give him another round of applause. 33 and 0. [applause]

Congratulations. Look at all those rings. Look at all those. There you go. Good job, girls. Good job.

Look at [laughter] a little bit more. Oh, you can come up. It's okay.

Check. Check.

Okay. Uh, good evening. Good evening everybody. Um,

you know, it's an honor to be here. Thank you, uh, City Council Pico Rivera. Thank you for having us. We really appreciate it. Um, you know, thank you for recognizing what the girls did this past summer. What they did was truly amazing. I had the front row seat to it all and uh, you know, I can't say enough about the girls. I want to say thank you to the parents. Uh, thank you to my team moms, Sabrina, uh, Cecilia. Thank you to my coaches, Coach Yoli, Coach Alex, Coach Gio, Coach Roger, Coach Adrian. Thank you guys for all your help. Um, but at the end of the day, uh, the girls are the ones that got it done. And, um, I, like I said, I can't I I can't put it to words what they did this past summer. They're just truly amazing. Um, and I'm just so proud of them. And, uh, you know, by us having this ceremony here today, it really uh, shows them um, you know, that the sky is the limit for them. and uh it goes a long way to them. Um thank you guys once again and I I really appreciate it. Thank you. Oh, one one last thing. These girls right here are 33 and0, seventime undefeated champions. [applause]

Well, I just got to say that it sounds to me that we'll be seeing you back here pretty soon. So, congratulations once again. You welld deserved and keep shining and keep making Pic look great. Thank you, ladies. All right. Ready, ladies? Right over here. One, two, three. Right. One, two, three. Thank you. One with just the

Okay. Ready? Right over here. Right over here. Over here. Right over here. Mia. Yeah. One, two, three. Ready. One, two, three. Thank you so much. [applause and cheering] Thank you.

Appreciate it so much. We'll be back. Thank you, brother. Stephen, we'll do it. Hey, you got a good resume. 33 and0 just a good resume. I really app Yeah. You don't

mind? I was kidding. I said I said 32 was 2 years. I said what a hell of a res. One of the parents I know their older brother and I seen this team. I said, "Wow, at least I made it."

Wow. They took over your discuss. [laughter] Okay. Um,

you got Joel. Oh, Joel's Raymond 14. Okay.

Okay. Let's continue with our meeting here. Uh we're done with presentations. Uh we want to lead us into uh into this public hearing. Uh before but before that I'd like to recognize uh two of our elected officials here with us representing People Water. Uh we got Pete Ramirez, former mayor Picera. Welcome Pete. And we have also Raymond Rodriguez as well from People Water. [applause] Thank you. Okay. Uh so that leads us into our public hearing. I want to open up the public hearing. Is there any memos on on this city manager? No memo, mayor. Any written or oral communications?

There were no written oral communications. No written or oral. So, I'm going to close the public hearing. Can I entertain my motion? Mr. Mayor, there's a first. Can I get a second? Second. And a second. Roll call vote, please. Council member Garcia, yes. Council member Laura, yes. Mayor Proend. Dr. Sanchez, yes. Mayor Kamacho, yes. Motion passes 40.

Thank you. Moving on to public comment. We're going to go and start with uh maybe I should put my glasses on and probably a little uh is with Joe Basto to join us from Paw Water District the 100redyear celebration. Thank you Joe. Uh good evening Mr. Mayor, Mr. Mayor Pat, Mrs. Mayor Pat, sorry uh city council and also uh everybody at the big city. Um uh my name is Joe Busuto and I serve as a general manager for Pico Water District. I'm here this evening to formally extend an invitation to the mayor and members of the Pava City Council's city manager and staff to attend a significant milestone in our community's history. The 100th anniversary celebration of the Pico Water District. Established in June 1926, the district has proudly provided safe and reliable water service to our community full of a century. Answering the call to serve the early farming community and first residents prior to the incorporation of the city of Picava 1958. This centennial represents not only celebration of our past but also a recognition of the strong partnerships that have supported our mission and our vision throughout the years and the years to come. On a personal note, I was raised here in Pico. Uh I grew up participating in local youth sports like baseball. [laughter] We run tournaments too back in back in the 80s. It was really fun. and I went through the school system and I proudly graduate from a rancher high school as well. Um, we always k around in the office. I graduated on a Thursday, went to work on a Monday for Pico Water District. So, [laughter] been here 30 plus years and I have a really love not just for the Pico waterership but also for our community

and the city of Pico Vera. It's probably why I stood there for so long. [laughter] I really really want to see um the community grow and and be successful. So um ju just as our current board president um you know he grew up here also and we have other directors as well uh who grew up within the city and also went to graduate from Rancho as well. We have deep roots in the city of FAR. [clears throat] It is both a professional privilege and a personal honor to serve the city and bring life to it. Our centennial celebration will be held on on Friday, June 26, 2026 at 11:30 a.m. at the water replacement district's Albert Robas Center in Pig Vera, which is a general regional facility that reflects our shared commitment to sustainability and re and responsible water management. would be deeply honored by your presence as you commemorate 100 years of public service and reaffirm our commitment to serving the residents of Pico with excellence, integrity, and most of all with purpose. Thank you for your time and consideration. I respectly hope that you'll be able to join us for this historical occasion. Also, I left um invitations for each and every one of you individually with um you can also go to our website and to register as well to attend this event. So, thank you. I really appreciate your time. Thank you.

I appreciate it. Thank you, Mr. Basto. And definitely 100 years. I mean, we're city nearing 70. So, definitely been around for some time. And, uh, thank you for for the good work that you guys are doing. Appreciate it. Um, and I believe we we should all be there hopefully. Thank you though. Uh, okay. Our next speaker is, uh, Erin Aier. Aar, excuse me. Um, the Smith Park Soccer Springfield.

Sorry, I have a speech right here. I just have it lined up so I could uh allow my friend to speak too. So, so hello every hello everybody. My name is Aaron Aguar. I grew up in Pico Rivera pract practically my entire life. I graduated at UCSD and I scored in the top 2% of the law school admissions test. I'm also a senior intern with Senator Bob Archeletta and I love Pico Rivera and one thing that makes Pico Rivera so unique is the fact that it has a great soccer culture. Us rivers a punch above our weight tremendously in this category with our city's biggest stars being the Rodon brothers were professional soccer players. I myself am ano alum and I played all four years on the soccer team. And while I was not an extraordinary player by any means, one thing that soccer stars like Rodon and I had in common was one thing. Fetas at Smith Park. Smith Park has been a pillar of the Pico Rivera soccer scene and Arenal soccer alum and just regular soccer enthusiasts of the city alike have partaken in a soccer session at Smith Park. These sessions were not memorable because of the great talent sharing the field, but rather the inclus inclusivity of it all. Everybody was welcome. high schoolers, people with disabilities, pros, Sunday league players, grandpas, you name it. However, a worrying trend these past years has been the abolishment of the resources my generation and the generations before us have had. Over the past two years or so, us soccer and retas lovers have essentially been pushed out by the AYO organization and we no longer have a place to play. This is a worried trend for a multitude of reasons. health outcomes, community, and just a safe investment of time for young people. I only have three minutes, so I'm I'm gonna share the floor with my friend, and he's going to share some other concerns you guys.

Yeah. Uh my name is Jonas Casillas, and also yeah, I have uh lived here for around 10 years. And then thank uh thanks to God, uh this is a beautiful city. So um throughout these years you know um that I have lived here I have used the Smith Park as one of my you know best I would say like a like a distraction something to for me to play uh soccer with my friends and everybody as a and you know uh after the two years passed uh they started building it and then they come with this new information that said that we no longer have plays to And then the the times that you guys have scheduled us uh so we could use the field are in the times that most of us have work or uh we're in school. So, I just we just like to see that you guys could change the time or have at least to 9:15 uh have the lights more for us at least have an hour or 1 hour and a half to play just uh just because you know uh this was our literally our culture routine like we will play every day only from Monday to Thursday and we will have a week and off and then it will be the same thing. It was just like culture. Yeah. Thank you. Right.

And I just wanted to know like um is there any other way we could continue this discussion further like through email or No. Well, thank you for the presentation and uh we will I'll work with staff and we'll figure see what we can do. I know uh one of the problems we have is the use of space and not enough space, but we'll uh talk to our director and um we'll circle back around. Okay. Thank you. But oh my Well, can can you stay be for the end of the meeting? Yeah, for sure. For sure. Yeah. Thank you so much. Thank you. Bye.

Okay. Next speaker is Iet Romero. Hello everyone. I just I'm here today. I want to thank the sheriff's pur sheriffs for taking care of our community and doing a good job on high priority calls. My concern is on the less priority calls like the music that's going on till 2:30 in the morning. What happens when the police go out? You know, there's a city ordinance. It says, you know, from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. it's quiet time. You know, are they enforcing? And then you also had put this out Pera ordinance saying about loud and unruly and unnecessary noise. Are they enforcing this? It says they're supposed to be giving them a verbal warning and then a citation and a fine and they could even be charged for the police going out there. Is this taking place or what's going on with these calls that are less not important? You know, are the police driving by three hours later and saying, um, well, we drove by, there was no noise cuz, you know, that's how long it takes. I called on Saturday, there was a party. It was till 2:30 in the morning. I started calling since 12:48. I called every half hour till about 2:00. I gave up. And then the next day, I called and I asked what took place. They said that they drove by and it had been after 2:30 because that's when the band finished playing. So after 2:30, so they must have went by and he said, "Oh, that they didn't hear any noise that um the band was putting the the DJ, they said DJ was putting the backpacking up and leaving." So did they get a verbal warning? Did they get a citation? You know, because this this brings not only just a loud

noise, but they bring all these people here. They park and they block our driveways. They throw trash all over. And you know, even when there's a park event, people, the soccer people, they park all over our community. They block our driveways. They park in front of fire hydrants. And and I want to know what's happening with these less priority calls. Thank you, Mr. Romero. Okay. Thank you. And um we will uh we have your address here, so we'll go ahead have our sheriff department look into it. Okay. Thank you.

Next is Lauren Talbid from the library. [clears throat] Good evening, honorable mayor and members of the city council. My name is Lauren Talbett and I'm the community library manager at the Pico Rivera Library and the Rivera Library. Here are our updates for March. Teens are invited to our web development program at the Pico Rivera Library on Wednesday, March 11th from 400 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. where they will learn the basics of web development and discover essential tools for developing and programming web projects. Families are invited to celebrate Women's History Month at the Rivera Library with our She Persisted program on Wednesday, March 11th at 4 p.m. Kids will learn about women who have made an impact on the world and make mini training trading cards which highlight their individual contributions. Both libraries will be closed next Thursday, March 5th, for staff development day. Thank you.

Thank you for that update. Okay, this concludes our public comment uh which will lead us into our consent calendar items two through eight, excuse me, through two through 10. Oh, excuse me. Thank you for that, Mayor Pro Tim. We do have two um written public comments that were submitted u to us the city clerk's office. uh one is in regards to um our having our council meeting today and the other is in regards to uh S River Parkway. We can have staff look into that. So, thank you very much. Thank you for that, Mayor Pro Tim. Um so now again, consent calendars item two through 10. I'd like to entertain a motion to approve.

I'd like to make a motion. We got a first second and a second. All those in favor say I. I. I. No abstensions or nay. So moved. And lead us into our regular agenda item. Uh now item 11, our first reading and introduction of an ordinance amending chapter 5.08, which is a business license and permit requirements of the Getta Municipal Code. Uh any pres any reports? No reports. mayor and city council. This is designed to give the city manager a little flexibility dealing with some of our smaller vendors during some of our special events.

Thank you, Mr. Cremona. Um like to entertain a motion to move. Second. First and second. All those in favor? I say I I I so moved. Item 12, adoption of the 2026 PE legislative platform. Do we have a presentation, Mr. City Manager? Yes, we do. I have Jesse to give our presentation.

Okay, can you all hear me? Good evening, honorable mayor, members of the city council, members of the community. My name is Jesus Garcia here to present item number 12, uh the uh adoption of the legislative with the staff recommendation to adopt the 2026 legislative platform. Okay, so just to recap, the legislative platform is the city's uh policy blueprint. It outlines our priorities for the given legislative cycle. Uh the city adopted its first platform in 2023 and since then we've been able to refine it further with each addition. Um it sets our policy goals, priorities, funding pursuits, uh what legislation we will oppose, support, seek amendments for as well as uh allows us to act proactively and uh effectively especially as legislation is introduced and it's in the state where we can be the most impactful in uh changing whether we wish to amend it, whether we wish to work with the author to better align with our priorities or if we just oppose it outright. Um staff will engage further with the council should there be any issues that are not included in the platform. Uh we work really closely to ensure that this is as accurate every legislative cycle and adopts to the everchanging needs of the policy landscape. So the clicker's kind of acting up here. Give me a second. Yeah. So, so right uh the platform outlines all priorities for every level of government, federal, state, local. Um in the booklets before you all, we uh we start with that to emphasize that we want to make sure that we have tangible and measurable goals every legislative cycle. Uh the way that I like to pitch it is if we had a moment to sit with an elected official, they often ask, "What is your ask? What is your need?" So the priorities really effectively and succinctly describe what we're looking to do as a city, what we prioritize and where we want to focus our legislative

efforts. Um at the federal level, something to highlight is we are continuing to work with the US Army Corps of Engineers obviously to find some form of solution to continue access to a lot of the facilities that are impacted by the weird narrow stamp project. Um, also as um, you all are aware with the passage of Prop 50 uh, and the redistricting at the congressional level, the city of Picoretta will now be split by two different and represented by two different congressional districts, the 38th and the 41st. So, we're making a point to outline that we have that continued coordination with both legislative offices when it comes to funding and priorities moving forward. Uh we also want to highlight that even though the federal government may have a different approach with uh in terms of how they advance policy, our priorities don't change, but perhaps the messaging or how we approach the benefits of such projects does. So, we wanted to highlight that we're continuing to emphasize the community and economic development benefits, goods movement benefits, uh business uh incubation benefits that uh align with our uh corridor revitalization efforts such as advancing our regional rail project. At the state level, we're continuing to advocate and be effective in advocating uh to secure uh park funding. As as we as we all know, the city is h has a massive impact with the loss of park space. We were able to secure language in Prop 4, which now we are working handinhand with the legislature to program into actual outcomes for us, whether that be in grant guidelines or in instructions to uh those agencies that are administering the funds. Uh we're also working really closely with highspeed rail to ensure that we're continuing to move the discussion with the Pico Rivera station and we have been successful in having conversations with uh leadership at highspeed rail and considering adding that station as part of a supplemental environmental uh station. Uh continuing on the regional and the local uh especially now that the city has been selected through the Metro Open Streets grants to serve as a celebration hub for the World Cup and in

the future for the in two years for the Olympics. We want to make sure we continue to leverage that opportunity to elevate the city as a regional [clears throat] destination advancing a lot of our ongoing initiatives and uh securing prioritization for resources for that matter. So the full slate of goals are outlined in the legislative uh uh platform for you all but those were just some highlights. Next slide please. So something that we wanted to highlight for you all is in addition to having this platform staff are also utilizing the technology that we have available. We have a platform that we call app well not that we call but it's called abstract that allows us to synthesize just large amounts of data. Um, if you all are not aware, just in the last two weeks, the California State Legislature dropped over 2,000 bills. Now, you know, I I'd like to say that I am talented when it comes to reading bills, but sitting there and reading 2,000 bills one line at a time can be timeconuming. So, we need to make sure that we're using effective use of technology and resources to effectively advocate and advance the priorities of this council. So with that we have um abstract which earlier we c uh it was an example of a cue of demonstrating all bills that were introduced in the legislative cycle which then I am able to pull into tracking reports so that I can be intimately familiar with what the language is when they uh originated. how we may find opportunities to advance our priorities or where we may have issues or may where we may want to u meet with legislatores legislators or uh further provide the council with updates as legisl legislation advances. Next slide. And an example is it's not just a tracker. Now with abstract, we're able to analyze. We're able to um summarize impacts. were able to even discover further issues that are relevant to this policy just to see is this has a likelihood of advancing. Are there other issues that are like this bill that we should be aware of? Um so this has

really broadened our reach in terms of the impact that we're able to uh have with advocacy. We saw that play out last year in the legislative cycle. How we were able to just almost multiply the amount of bills that we were able to speak on as well as the success that we've had in implementing amendments into bills in a very early stage. Uh next slide please. So here's a fun slide recent accomplishments. So just follow me here. Um you can go back to the last one. Right. So, as I spoke earlier, success I know this was in 2024, but it bears reminding that we were successful in introducing language into this Prop 4 state uh state ballot measure. And in this cycle, the reason why we're continuing to list it is we're now working on the programmatic side of it. So, now we're trying to go from words to real dollars. So, next slide. Uh we were also successful in this latest round of FY26 appropriations from the federal government. Thanks to Congresswoman Linda Sanchez, the city was able to secure yet another uh direct allocation for community project funding. Uh more information come as to what how the this uh council wishes to implement that funding. So, thank you to Congresswoman Sanchez. Next slide. So, this letter here serves as an example of where when we started uh prioritizing or uh including the regional rail station as one of our priorities in 2020 23 and how it became action. So from listed in our platform, it became a motion at the Metro Board. It became a funded study and it is now soon to become a second follow-up motion to continue advancing advancing that station. Now I don't want to talk lightly of that. Um in all my years working, you know, in transit, something like this truly bottom up from a city pushing an effort to push an infrastructure project is very difficult, very rare. So the fact that this council staff was able to just essentially form a regional consensus on advancing a regionally significant project and get the momentum at the

metro board and all relevant boards, state government is a testament just to how proactive we have been and how this council's leadership has been effective at translating like I said prior priorities in print to action. So uh next slide. Uh, we also want to give a shout out to our sustainability team. Just as good as the back-to-back Dodgers World Series champions, we have the back-to-back, you know, energy award winners over here. Uh, a lot of exciting policy. You know, we we don't just say we want to be green. We actually put our our money where our mouth is. We go out, we secure this funding. Victor and his team are very very uh successful in ensuring that this city continues to put out things to reduce climate impacts, heat island effects, and just more sustainability initiatives moving forward and affordability uh for the community. Uh next slide. And another fun initiative, uh two years ago, right, we secured the state funding for the state's I mean the city's first dog park and now we're days from the grand opening. This was the, you know, the uh groundbreaking, I believe, a couple months ago. So one thing is to secure the money, another thing is to put it to work. So we again a testament to this council bringing valuable community assets and it all starts from advocating our our leaders in government. Next slide. Uh so this was last year's edition and the reason why there's a random picture of it is because we were invited to uh go to Sacramento to the California Contract City Association and present to all members there that's just composed of council members, city managers across the entire region under the contract cities umbrella and essentially provide a case study of the development of our legislative platform and how the city goes about doing its business, how we go about advocating. Um and thanks under the leadership of Mayor Kamacho who was also chair of the contract cities legislative committee. Uh next slide. Um he led a panel of with myself, thank you for the invitation, as well as staffers from uh the assembly member Kamancho's office, advocacy staff to kind of lay out the um essentially a

101 of how our city has been as effective as we have been. And uh from what I've heard, other cities have taken that to stride and a lot I've seen a lot more legislative platforms adopted in the last um you know couple months. So coincidence, who knows? But also just a testament to Pico Rivera kind of leading the leading edge here in this region in terms of what it takes to really bring change and resources to your to your communities. Next slide. And we'll leave off with where with the future. I had mentioned earlier that we were successful in securing an open streets grant. Um, moving forward, this is also going to be one of our regional initiatives in ensuring that we're working handinhand with our elected representatives, elevating this, elevating the city of Picoretta's role on the global stage, ensuring that we get priority for resources and as well as, you know, just ensuring that it's a memorable uh festival here for all that are that can attend and maybe even rival some that are in LA. So we want to make sure that we have the adequate resources for that and that takes working uh with our elected representatives. So with that I conclude my presentation and again the 2026 legislative platform recommended uh for approval.

Thank you. Thank you Jesse. Thank you very much for that presentation. Like to open up for any questions, comments, just real quick, mayor. Uh Jesse, job well done. But when you said back to back, I hear Victor say three people. Let's do it. Tony, good job. It's coming. It's coming. Thank you. Okay.

No, I just wanted to thank you, Jesse. You've been um you know um you know, we were first and leading the way in many different subjects here in the city of Picora and the legislative advocacy is one of them. To be up in Sacramento and having many other cities uh listen to what we have to say and what we're doing in the city of Pica and then take notice and model their legislative platform. You know, we've come a long way to have a legislative platform and it allows us to, you know, position the city and making sure that our state legislators as they're introducing laws, many of them don't benefit our community. And I could talk about housing, I can talk about public safety, I can talk about many issues, but some do and we advocate for them and we oppose others. But I think I believe that when you have a legislative platform and you have a consensus and [clears throat] a coordinated effort, you're more effective in your advocacy. But in addition to that, as you pointed out, we also are very effective in the funding side of things. So, you know, we we've been successful on that and we continue to do so and I think this is a testament to that. Again, to you, Jesse, to our city manager and staff, thank you. Thank you for the presentation. Like to entertain a motion to approve our 2026 PUA legislative platform.

So, move a first and a second. All those in favor say I. I. I. So move. Thank you, Jesse. Thank you all. Okay, moving on to item number 13, our fiscal year 202526 city of Picoda midyear budget report as of December 31st, 2025. Mr. City Manager. Yes. Uh, mayor, city council, I'll turn it over to Director Jane Guo for a presentation. Thank you.

Great. Um, good evening, honorable mayor and members of the city council. Jen Gua, director of administrative services direct services is here tonight to present the fiscal um year 2526 midyear budget review focusing on the general fund and the enterprise fund. So here is a graph that visualize fiscal year 2425 and 2526 midyear revenues and expenditures for the general fund. As you can see both the general fund revenues and expenditures increased compared with the prior fiscal year. Next we're going to review the revenues. This slide compares the fiscal year 2425 midyear actual, the fiscal year 2526 amended budget and midyear actual revenues. Total revenues including transfers are approximately 1.22 million or 5% higher than last year. Here is the visual. Now sales tax remains steady at midyear. The year overyear increase is below the CPI indicating that rail growth is stagnant. As it is a core general fund revenue source, we will continue to monitor it closely.

Property tax increased due to the average medium sales price of a detached single family residential home continue to increase. Also after the successor agency was dissolved the general fund received additional 28,000 in property taxes in December 2025. U is higher primarily due to higher demand and usages of electricity. Business license revenue increased, reflecting the city's active collaboration with HDL's compliance division to recover aged balances. License and permits decreased because the city collected higher revenues from the nights in redevelopment in the prior fiscal year. All other revenues increased as the city started to collect rent from water and prime for office and storage space used to support enterprise activities that were previously fully absorbed by the general fund. Here is a graph that visualized fiscal year 2526 midyear revenue as a percentage of the amended budget. The city collected approximately 40% of the budgeted revenue in the first half of the year which aligns with historic trends. Next

Okay, sorry. Next, we will review expenditures. This slide compares the fiscal year 2425 midyear actual, the fiscal year 2526 amended budget and midyear actual expenditures. Expenditures have tracked the budget which is a positive sign of fiscal discipline. Most department expenditures increased compared to the prior year because of cost of living adjustment, vacancy filling, rising health care costs, elevated insurance premiums for general liability and workers compensation, as well as increased contract and supply costs. Here's a visual that compare the general fund midyear expenditures by department between this two years. Here are the departmental expenditures as a percentage of the amended budget. The city has spent about 53% of the budget so far which aligns with historic trends. Next, we're going to review the enterprise funds which operate with B4 service structures. For the water fund, the city continued to invest in capital outlay to improve water infrastructure, especially 217,000 was spent from the reserved net position. The city also spent about 600,000

from the ARPA fund for the water main project in the first half of the fiscal year. Next. Okay. Next, we will review the proposed budget adjustment for CIP projects. As part of the midyear review of all CIP projects, we identified additional funding needs and evaluated available funding sources to addresses the gap while prioritizing the use of more restricted funds first. As you can see here, we recommend allocating an additional $530,000 in local return funds such as Prop C and measure R to the first three projects and $40,000 in water fund resource for the force project. Now for the streets project to utilize more restricted funding source first we recommend appropriating additional 98,000 in the cup fund to the road resurfacing program overlay and reconstruction project. We would then transfer the same amount from that project's CIP funding to the citywide roadway re resurfacing and reconstruction 25 to 27 project. So this approach increases total street project funding by a little bit under $1

million while prioritizing the utilization of the cup fund. So here are our recommended action items. We also like to highlight the timeline of some key milestones for the upcoming budget process. As we prepare the fiscal year 2627 budget, we will continue to closely monitor revenues, expenditures, and other financial factors that may influence the city's fiscal outlook. If any significant changes emerge, they will be present to the city council for discussion and direction. So, that concludes my presentation. We're happy to answer any of your questions.

Thank you for the presentation presentation, Jane. Any questions, comments? Hearing none. I thank you for that. And I look to uh entertain a motion to receive and file a midyear budget report. Mr. Mayor, it's the first second and a second. All those in favor say I. I.

I. So moved. Thank you very much. That concludes our regular agenda item which leads us into our city manager staff reports. Any city manager staff reports? None. That lead us into the good of the order. I'll start [clears throat] to my left with uh council member Lada. Anything?

Uh no, we we we did have I do want to report out that we had a beautifification uh ad hoc in regards to Purple Heart Monument. Some divi uh design configurations. it was agreed that we send this to the Veterans Commission um so that they take a take a look at it and and and approve the design. So, we we run it by them first and then they'll come back with with their recommendation. Thank you for that, Council Member. Um Council Member Garcia. Oh, thank you, Mayor. [clears throat]

The Whitier Narrows Dam project over at Streamland Park, Pico Boyce, we know there's safety concerns. It's out of our control and it's going to displace uh Pico Boys. Pico Boys um an organization which is 70 years in existence, probably one of our oldest sports organizations in baseball here in Pic Rivera and um we know that construction is going to start. I ask that we take a proactive approach and I want to move that the city manager uh looks into some suggestions, some recommendations as we temporarily relocate Pico Boys as this dam project starts to come to fruition. So, if I can get a second on that.

Second that. Great. And so, we'll continue exploring that. Thank you, Council Member Garcia. I know was in the meeting as well and I think it's it's unfortunate situation, public safety, but displacement and we're doing everything we can. So, we're going to entertain those uh make sure that people voice has a home place as we move forward. So, thank you for that. Uh Mayor Potim,

thank you. Um I did attend um the Almani and South Almani Chamber of Commerce was invited for a discussion of the state of the region and the title was Olympic spirit is alive and we were invited to have a conversation about the regional projects and um items [clears throat] that are going on related to Olympics. Um, and we also, uh, received a demonstration by a six-time medalist. Um, she was a SK ski shooter out of LA Clay, which, um, they, that is their practice facility right now. So, I did get a demo of how to ski shoot. [laughter] Um, and I did take a couple shots, but that was great. I had the opportunity to do that, and we're really excited. Um, we discussed, um, of course, soccer. Um and although we don't have the facility to host the actual game yet, um the conversations about viewing parties, street parties, all of this was was discussed um um as a regional project with Elmani, South Almani and Pico Rivera. Um I also wanted to mention that the Pico Rivera Chamber of Commerce I will be a um speaker um for the sixth or the third annual women's um empowerment lunchon that's going to be on March 6th and there are tickets that are still available. Um men and women are invited to attend. Uh the theme is um women empowerment. So, um, this this will be at the Amii Hassienda and I believe it is, uh, $50 for a lunchon a lunchon ticket on, uh, Friday, March 6th. So, if you'd like to join me, all are welcome to attend. That's it for me.

Thank you, Mayor Pro Tim. Um, I do have a few items. I just uh wanted to uh last on Saturday attended the ribbon cutting of the KB homes on Roseme Boulevard. There's major much more development to occur. However, it's 95 town homes, beautiful town homes that are coming to our city. KB Homes is also building another 45 town homes over on Dery as well. It was uh I do, you know, invite you to go look at them. It's going to be a big highlight from what it used to be there and what is going to come. It's definitely a big plus for our community aside from the property taxes that are coming our way. So, that's always a plus. So thank you staff for working with them and continue to work with them on making that happen. Um build continue to build quality homes in our city of Porera. Um I know that as mayor prom mentioned World Cup uh in one of the public comments uh reading public comments stated in there about you know neighbor city um and the world cup uh you know we don't have this major sponsor to go ahead and and underwrite everything for us but we were that much more creative and better suited to actually we're going to be hosting activity zones in our city come June 26 and 27th uh coming about. So, we're going to stay tuned. We're going to be working all hands on deck trying to uh host some activity zones on Witter Boulevard as well as Smith Park alongside with our you know uh United Soccer League that is investing in our community. So, that is forthcoming. Keep an eye on that. And then, [snorts] uh also I have a question in regards to our road improvements. I know we've talked about the road improvements that are forthcoming. Mr. City manager, can you just um highlight once again when do we foresee uh some of the roads? Quite a few of them actually, both residential

and Roseby Boulevard coming our way. When do we see shovel underground? Yeah, I'm going to turn it over to Noi to get uh specific on it, but I do believe June we should start seeing uh construction in our streets.

Yeah, we're trying to target as best case scenario worst case scenario is mid June. I know there's some roads out there, you know, as you were mentioned, uh, Mr. Negrete, as your presentation, I mean, we would love to fix all roads, but it's not quite the case. We don't, you know, have that level of funding that's catered specifically assigned for road improvements, but we have quite a significant coming. And so to the public, you know, stay tuned as well. These these are road improvements are coming. Lastly, um, as was mentioned the last council meeting, we have our dog park, our first dog park coming to the city. So, I invite everyone, uh, come this Friday, 11:00 a.m. over on Rose Media Gallatin. Bring your your dogs, small, large, you know, on a leash, you know, but, uh, we welcome and, uh, it's going to be our first dog park. Um,

and one thing we forgot was we did the ribbon cutting for the regrand opening of Shakys today. That's right. Thank you for that. We rebrand opening for Shakys is correct and you know I think we had a little too many pizzas and uh mojo and our city manager is looking at me over here [laughter] and uh fried chicken and a little bit of everything but uh I know council member Garcia I'm sorry you had

Thank you. Uh just real quick if I may direct uh city manager to director of public works just to understand um the pothole and how they get filled and we know when we we do this the cold or the hot it's a temporary relief until the next rain. Um are we monitoring those? What what approach is uh the public works taking to be more proactive because we get the calls right after a rain on that. So, if you can please just elaborate briefly.

Yeah, thanks for the question. Um, we're aware there's a lot of potholes out there. Obviously, uh, the rain causes the potholes. Uh, so what generally happens is, um, all of our requests are tracked through a work order system. Uh, so we also know what streets to attack because we're out on that same street several times. Uh, so we try to take a more proactive approach is after the rains. We do know where those streets are. We do target the arterial streets first though or the streets that are more traveled and try to get those uh patched. Um the hot and the cold. Great question. So u there's a cold patch comes in a bag usually very temporary in nature. Uh where the hot mix is hot asphalt. So the binder uh sticks more permanently to that hole. Um what generally happens though when you put the cold in a in a more shallower pothole is that um it rains again and whether it's that same pothole or it could be two feet could be three feet adjacent and then we'll get the same phone call from the same resident saying hey you guys never did anything but not knowing that it was patched and then a hole unraveled right next to it. Um, part of the issue right now, especially this time of year, is the planet the plants, the asphalt plants themselves have been closing or they've been closed uh for several weeks to get not get that hot mix. So, we're patching more with cold mix uh to temporarily fix that. Uh, and we're coming back when we can uh with the hot mix to fix those. We try to make that um I think you uh we talked about this earlier in terms of timing. Obviously, you want that timing to be the least amount of time you you pave it with a cold patch to a hot mix. It's really about scheduling in terms of that plant and then when we can get the crews back out there. Uh again, the the highly traveled streets are the are the first

ones we're trying to hit. So, we have several residents that are very unhappy that we're not on their residential street right now. Uh and we're trying to let them know that we're trying to attack first the the highly traveled ways and then we we're aware of their street. And we'll get to that once we get off those highly traveled streets. Is there Yeah. Is there a price difference between the hot and cold and the the time it takes to do a cold versus a hot? Yes. Significantly on both. Much cheaper for the cold because it comes in a bag more readily available. The hot you got to go to the plant. And then also the prep work that it takes to do the cold patch versus a hot patch.

Hypothetically, how long does it take to do a cold versus the hot? Uh, I would probably say it probably takes you three times the amount of time to do the the proper permanent fix. Again, we're we're we're definitely aware you if you get a call, we're probably getting 10 times the calls from our side. Um, we're aware we're we have a dedicated crew to do this. Uh, our dedicated crew is four people, by the way, two full-timers and two part- timerrs. Uh what we try to do is on the weekends or on Fridays and Saturdays, we do try to get crews together from the other sections uh to try to attack several streets at a time. Uh this weekend we're doing uh some tree tree trimming. So the following weekend we're going to try to do another large uh crew dedicated to potholes, but it's happening every day of the week. The the issue is that one crew is on one street, right? And if it's not on your street, they're not doing anything. Uh but but we're trying to catch up.

Thank you. Over to

this question relates also to the potholes in the rain. Um I did receive a couple of messages regarding flooding um on two different streets, Burke and also the mines um river bed. Um not the river bed, the the bike path area. And um so regarding flooding in those areas, of course, it's throughout the city. I I want to um point out I understand that it's not just one street or two streets. Um can you explain to us what are some of the factors um that create this extreme flooding? Um Burke Avenue. I know I I received a photo of a man with water um up to his ankles. Um and so what are some of the factors that are creating um this and what can we the city also the residents do to to help with this? Yeah, I I would say that I'm I'm more or less concerned about flooding that happens like in a 20 minute interval or a half hour or an hour interval. It's when the rain stop, does the water go away? That should be the question you first ask because if it doesn't go away, then it is flooding. When it doesn't go away, it's just what happens is the systems are built for a certain frequency. So, if you just take a cup, you know, just a regular cup, a drinking glass, and you pour water in it, it's only going to hold so much. you get a bigger jug that'll hold more. Uh the systems though are built for uh a certain frequency of rain. When the rain exceeds that amount for that system, it's going to back up. That that's just what happens, right? You can only build uh the system so wide or so big for the pipe to handle so much water. When there's more water in there, it is going to back up. But as I as I said, when it when it the rain lets up a little bit or goes away, if that water then goes away, the system's doing what it's supposed to do. It's when it floods or stays there that the problem. So, um, one of the most common is underpasses is

when the water stays. What usually happens is that pump failed and then for whatever reason we have people go and they, you know, turn it off and on and then they get it working again and then the water goes away. At this time we really didn't have that issue in underpasses. It was on streets that are flat. So we're between two rivers and we're a flat city. So when when there's more rain on that street than than the street can handle or the or the system can handle, it will back up. But that's what it's supposed to do. Um, it's supposed to be contained between the curbs, right? You have a curb and a gutter so it doesn't go to your house, [laughter]

right? Exactly. When it goes into your house, that's significantly different. It's supposed to stay in the street. So, this the the the system is working. It's pipes and street that are conveying this water. If it's staying in the street, that's a good sign. And I think that's what we forget because we don't get a lot of rain here. Mhm. And and to Mayor Prom's uh point on Burke, we know that's a flooded area when you get consistent rain. And you've been proactive that in clearing drains, correct? Yes. Yes. To try to clear

So we have four times a year we go and we clear our our catch basins. Even before the rain, we go make sure they're clean. But also what we look at is our construction projects ourselves because we're mandated to have all these screenings so that our construction doesn't go into that catch basin and then right before the rain we got to peel that off to make sure that we have the openings free but the water has to go somewhere on Burke. It goes down into an empty lot at the very end it it's going to back up if there's too much water. Uh yeah, I I just want to say about the picture about the gentleman standing. Uh I've had that same photo sent to me and then I've asked him to go stand on the other side of the street and it'll be the exact same thing. Um because it's just the nature of Mines's Avenue. And so the other day, last week when it was raining really hard, I was driving and man, it was flooded right on both sides, especially the side without the bike lane. Yeah.

So, I parked my car, got off, and I snapped the picture. Um, because it is true like it's it's flooded for that time that it's raining heavy, but then about 20 minutes afterwards, the water the water precipitates. And I just think of what mines was like before the construction. That water would puddle and for days it it it would stay there. But now it it it drains because there's a proper slope. There's they they've reinforced the drain, so on and so forth. So it's, you know, it's it's just an unfortunate situation.

Let me just add two more things for you. Just let me just add two more things because you don't really think about this that much until when it rains. But there's not that many underground storm drain pipes in LA County. Not every street has one. Yeah. So, if you're assuming that the water's going to go into a pipe on my street, go look for a go look for an opening in the catch basin. There's not that many of those. Okay. So, where does the water go? Designed to go in the street. It's supposed to stay between the curbs. If it ever jumps a sidewalk, which is very rarely, people get like freaked out. Again, it's not in your home, right? It's supposed to do that. Okay. Number two is if you're curious about how high the water is on your street, take a drive to the nearest riverbed or where the water's supposed to go. If the riverbed elevation is higher than your street, where does that water go? Can't go anywhere. It's going to back up into your street. The when the when the riverbed elevation gets lower now, it allows for water to come in. Then your water will go out. Okay? So just be patient and and be grateful it only rains about 10 or 12 times a year here.

So co call public works when if it's not after half an hour after it stops raining if the water does not disappear and if it's encroaching into your home then you need I would just say if it jumps the curb then there's probably an issue. Either there's a backup that maybe maybe the basin is is jammed. There's a lot of things that get into that pipe into that basin that you wouldn't even imagine. Sometimes they block the park and don't call the sheriff's department unless it's [laughter] and the last two rains that we've had have been pretty extreme. So when you have floating trash cans on Passins Boulevard, something's wrong. [laughter] Just there's more intensity of rain than can fit into that cup.

Well, thank you for that, Mr. I would like to mention to our public works um last year we had a heavy rain and the Steve um I believe our city manager sent out some of the public works crew and they found there was a debris of a bumper a front bumper of a car that was blocking the storm drain.

So if you see anything blocking the few storm drains that's something to call the city to come clean up. So outside of the roads, um we have, you know, we have great news to announce that our council chambers will be ready next month. So we will be back at our coun our regular council, our renovated council chambers, the second meeting in March. So, we got one more meeting here to go and I'm looking forward to having our our first meeting at a newly renovated uh chamber. So, thank you public works for working on that. Uh lastly, uh we don't have a close session item and just wanted to state that, you know, we welcome once again, uh the consulate of Mexico and Los Angeles to do the consulate on wheels that are currently providing services at Pico Park. Um but I want to close this meeting uh on behalf of uh Gustavo uh Martinez who is the deputy council who unfortunately passed away. So want to close uh this meeting and adjourn this meeting on his memory. So thank you. Have a good evening.