City Council - Regular Meeting

Okay, Edward, you have to bring it up. Hey,  how you doing? Good. No student report today,   huh? Oh, cool. I was up there working the day up  there in the announcers booth redoing the sound.   Yeah, we're good to go. Are we good football  game? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Good a good afternoon.   Good evening. Thank you for joining us uh here  this evening for our regular meeting of the 77th   Monrovia City Council this Tuesday, October 21st,  2025. And I will call this meeting to order at   7:32. And uh we will start our evening with our  invocation by Barbara Golar. Is Barbara here?   Sorry, we didn't get that on. Um I did receive  an email from Barbara. She's not able to attend,   but she did send her words and I can um read  them for her if you like. All right. And uh   Alice will read the words of the invocation  uh from Barbara and it'll be followed with   the pledge of allegiance by council member Larry  Spicer. Roger. All right. As we gather in this   chamber of service during free speech week, we  are reminded of the great gift of being able to   share our voices freely and respectfully. May the  light of wisdom illuminate each mind here tonight.   May compassion guide our words, and may justice  shape the decisions made within these walls. Let   us remember that each soul is precious, each voice  matters, and that our shared purpose is to uplift   the well-being of every member of this community.  May our differences become sources of strength,   our collaboration, a beacon of hope, and our  actions reflections of love in motion with   gratitude for this moment of shared service and  the freedom that allows every voice to be heard.  

Thank you. Please stand and put your right hand  over your heart. Ready? Begin. I pledge algiance   to the flag of the United States of America and to  the republic for which it stands. One nation under   God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for  all. Thank you. Thank you, Larry. You're welcome,   Mayor. Okay. Um, roll call, please. Council  members Beldon here. Spicer present. Mayor Prom,   Dr. Kelly here and Mayor Chevlin here and council  member well sorry Jimenez is excused. Thank you   very much. Uh we did not have a close session  this evening so there's no report on that. We   did have a great study session on the possible  uses of the uh the property that we purchased   at 222 East Cyprus and you'll be hearing  much more uh going forward on that. Um,   moving on then though, our presentations  and proclamations, we have my favorite, uh,   Kevin McManus from the Pasadena uh, Humane Society  is here and has Nala with him this evening. Hi, Nala. Hi, Kevin. Hello. We know who's more  important. Nala. Uh Nala is um actually my my   backup dog because Ru, who you're seeing on your  screen there, uh got about 6 feet away from my car   and decided she'd rather stay at the shelter this  evening. So, her apologies. But Nala I brought   uh who is a fantastic ambassador and one of the  nicest dogs. Um she's happily meeting everyone who   comes in. Um uh she's 6 years old, which makes  her eligible for one of my favorite programs,   which is our senior for senior program. So,  she's absolutely free for an adopter over 60. Um,   but if you're thinking, "I'm not 60 yet. I still  want Nala." Um, if you wait till Friday the 24th,  

and you adopt her or any other dog between  the 24th and the 31st, uh, the adoption   fee is only going to be $31. Uh, so that's  regardless of age, breed, whatever, any dog.   I can't guarantee that she's going to be as  kissy as Nala, but uh yeah, she's a good girl. I'm not coming down here. Um speaking of, we had  a fantastic um wildlife day a couple weekends   ago. Um so I hope some of you were able to attend  that. Um and another fantastic free adoption just   this past Sunday where we had 90 adoptions. Wow.  Really helped us out. Um, but we still of course   have dogs. So, if you're in the market, come on  down. How are you doing uh with the the animals   that had to be rehomed after the fires? Yeah, we  sadly still have a handful of owned pets that were   boarding for free for folks who have lost their  homes um with no real end in sight for a lot of   them. Um many of them thankfully are in what  we call emergency caregiver foster homes. So,   the dogs and cats um are still with people.  They're just not their people. Um and tragically,   we've had a handful of dogs, even as lately as  this this past week, uh where the owners have   ultimately after 9 months, decided  that they've had they really can't   um find a place to live. And so, the  animals have been surrendered to us. Um so,   there's a handful of of what we call our  fire dogs who are available for adoption.   Oh, well, we'll come down and and have  a picture with Nala. All right. Ready?

Yes. [Music] I don't either. I mean, yeah, they are a responsibility, but they are  fun. Yeah. Okay. Thank you, Kevin. Okay, moving   on then to our student government representative  report. Uh Elsie is or Elise is not here uh today   obviously and so we look forward to hearing from  her at our next meeting. Um and I don't believe   there are any changes to our order of business.  Correct. All right. And then our consent calendar   are items CC1 through CC4 and are considered  ordinary in business and can be enacted with one   motion. Uh unless there's something that someone  needs to pull. Move for approval. Do we have a   second? Second. We have a motion and a second and  then without objection then so approved. Okay.   Moving on then to our public input and we thank  you for your time coming out here to uh tonight   and we encourage your comments. Uh this time  is for items not on our agenda. You can provide   public input during the uh actual agenda items but  this portion is for public input for items not on   our agenda. And so do we have any speaker cards?  Uh, and if you could please keep your uh, comments  

to three minutes and I'll have Alice announce the  speakers. Starting with Brenda Trainer. Brenda, thank you very much. I'm Brenda Trainer. I am uh,  I was sitting in at the uh, study session about   the House on Cyprus. It is a house that I refer to  as the Measure K House. I I know that is not its   official name, but it is the first big project  that the Measure K money really spent for our   community and the first real visual demonstration  of the value of Measure K for our community. Um   I am so pleased to see the range of schemes that  was presented and the ideas that are being bounced   around about that how that project is going to  proceed. Um just a couple of quick observations. I   am encouraged that you are going encouraging more  public input about how the project will proceed   and I know from the city manager newsletter to  other places that that's important. And again   I will reiterate that the measure K committee  has suggested that the council always identify   measure K projects as measure K projects. And I  hope that on the reports and the ideas and the   things that come through that somewhere on there  that this can be identified as a project that was   uh supported by and in fact entirely purchased  with measure K dollars the people's dollars that   b that bought this and I think that's an important  thing to reiterate. uh I know you're going to get   a lot of public comment as and I'm pleased that  you are encouraging such in in additional forms. I  

just wanted to give you my quick observation that  the concept of having community space in such as a   bungalow corridor. Those ideas are that multi-unit  kind of development I think is wonderful. And it   seems to me that the most obvious thing is that  that should be the first floor of the home of the   uh whole mansion and that the upstairs would  be for the property manager. that seems the   more appropriate way to use that house so that  everyone who is on that property can in fact enjoy   and share and there could be a library there or a  TV viewing room or a big dining room because some   of the units if they're only 550 ft you're not  really going to be able to have a dinner party and   it would be nice to have a community room where  people can meet and gather with uh a larger crowd   and to share that Victorian and I'm surprised that  that didn't come up in the present presentations   from the study group. So, I hope that that's  something that uh can be considered as you all   move forward as one of a lot of input I'm sure  that you're going to get. Um, other than that,   I think it's great. The other thing that that I do  know about that property is that the front part,   I know they were talking about the big trees,  but there were originally a line of uh fruit   trees there and lemon trees. And at one point in  time, they had been cut down, so there were only   lemon tree stubs. And the brave little lemon tree  has grown back up out of the stump. And there's   still So I'm I'm a lemon tree person myself, and I  think it would be great if we also get some lemon   trees and some fruit trees because that's so much  of what was down in that neighborhood. And leaving   that house in that neighborhood, I think, is  essential. It is a true gift to that neighborhood.   And I think that this will be a a highlight to  that neighborhood and complement the neighborhood  

treasure that is the neighborhood treasure sign  that's just a couple of houses down and this could   be a really wonderful gathering place for the  community and the new residents that can use that   property. Thank you very much and carry forth with  the good projects of Measure K. Barbara Striford. Good evening. Good evening. Uh, so my name  is Barbara Striford. I live at 801 West Darty   Road. It's directly across the street from 8th  Street. On October 5th at 5:00 PM on Sunday,   this young woman was run over by a hit-and-run  driver and killed. Every year we have a terrible   accident at that corner. Uh, I have filed a re  a safety report because they're speeding and the   visibility is not good. So, I've also brought this  picture of where what it's like from my driveway   on trash day. So there's no visibility for the  first lane and there's only marginal repres   visibility for the second lane. People indicate  that well they have a light at 10th and they have   a light at sixth but the light at 10th is only  activated if there's a car there. And even though   it sounds like it's two blocks, I walked it. It's  a quarter of a mile. And on our way here, there   was a person running across Darty Road. There  needs to be a traffic light there or something  

to slow the traffic down. The speed limit is 40  miles an hour and most people are going greater   than that. Some people are going 50 and 60 miles  an hour in that area. So, I wanted to bring this   to your attention. I have filed the safety  report. They have received the safety report,   but I have not heard anything back. I'm going to  leave these pictures with you so that you have a   chance to take a look at them. And that's that's  all I wanted to say. Uh I I am deeply deeply   troubled by this young woman dying. And this is  the first fatality that we've had in that area.   But my younger daughter when she lived with me  was hurt in an accident at that location. Another   person in our same building, her his daughter  was hurt in a in an accident at that location.   Two years ago, the accident was so bad that the  one of the cars involved was actually on our   sidewalk in front of my building. So, if somebody  had been on the sidewalk at that time, they would   have been killed. So, it it's definitely  a problem and I wanted you to understand   uh the problem, the issue. Uh and that's  why I came tonight. Thank you very much. Sherry Lochner. Good evening. My name is Sheri Lochner  and I'm a resident of Monrovia as is my   mother Laura Lochner and I grew up here.  I wanted to start this evening by thanking  

Councilman Ed Beldon for his attendance  at the vigil for Roberto on last Friday.   Thank you very much. We very much appreciate you  and you coming along and your support. I am here   this evening to advocate for day laborers and  other people who are immigrants targeted by ICE.   As you would be well aware, ICE is continuing in  their fascist unlawful practices of detaining and   kidnapping people throughout Southern California  and indeed throughout this country. How does that   make you feel? Are these the actions of a  fair, just, and functioning democracy? My   colleagues have reinstalled the memorial for  Roberto Carlos Montoyo Valdez several times,   and we will continue our practice for as long  as needed. We want to see a permanent memorial   for Roberto commemorate his life and death as  a result of the brutal, unjust tactics of ICE.   I stand here this evening because I and my  colleagues refused to allow the government to   sweep Roberto's death under the carpet. Roberto  Carlos Montoya Valdez died as a direct result   of unlawful ICE action that has no place in our  community. Indeed, throughout the United States,   the entire premise of storming a day laborer  site like the Monrovia Home Depot is rooted   in criminalizing poverty and immigration status.  These actions are unconstitutional and unamerican.   What if Roberto were your father, your brother,  your friend? How would you feel about his tragic   death? I noticed in the words of this evening's  invocation that each voice is precious. The Monrovia City Council's silence on Roberto  Collers Mononttoya's death is deafening.   My questions for the city council this  evening are what progress has been made  

on securing the report investigating the  circumstances resulting in Roberto Car   Carlos Montoya Valdez's death and how can my  colleagues work with the city council to to   secure an appropriate site for the erection  of a lasting memorial for Roberto? And three,   when is the city council going to stand up  to the authoritarian actions of this federal   government and denounce the ICE rights and secure  justice for Roberto Carlos Mononttoya Valdez? I   am reminded of the words from Mahatma Gandhi.  The true measure of any society can be found   in how it treats its most vulnerable members. I  stand for justice. I stand for compassion. Where   do you stand? Yosoy Roberto Carlos Montoyo  Valdez. Thank you. Thank you, Joseph King. Yes. Hi. Yeah, my name is Joseph King and I'm  actually a resident of Dwarte, but um you know,   I kind of feel like this is one community. Um I'm  also friends with Sher, one of the people that's   been volunteering time over at the Home Depot. And  um the reason why I wanted to come forward today,   um first I want to acknowledge I mean it was  kind of short notice that we we notified you,   but I do want to thank um Mr. Beldon for coming  to our vigil on last Friday. Um, you know,   it really meant a lot to us and I know it meant a  lot to his family as well. Um, I did get a chance   to go to the wake after Mr. Montoy had passed away  and um, it's a very they're an awesome family and   um, they really appreciated you coming. I I did  as well. Um, that's basic that's basically it. Um,   just wanted to thank you for that.  Um, the other thing too I know um,   actually just we've been working with the local  artist Josiah. I think um, Mr. Himenez actually   is the one that hooked us up with him. Um, so  we appreciate that as well. Um, but um, Josiah,   he actually did install some like some posters  actually during that vigil and unfortunately it   was um, someone had vandalized it and torn one of  them off. Um, so we're going to be fixing it. Um,  

like we keep on putting up the memorials and  we're just going to keep on doing that. But   um, yeah. So hopefully maybe next time  um, something happened we can give you   more heads up and hopefully maybe more people  can come. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Nelson. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening, council.  Thank you, Council Member Beld and also for going   to that service. I'd like to categorically  denounce any and all political violence and   corruption, both big and small. Emphasis  on small. Speaking of which, regarding the   charity community media of the foothills, Kim  TV studio and the city of Monrovia in general,   may wisdom guide us on our path. Good  party says among things among other things,   corruption can affect local government operations  and bring harm to communities. Understanding   specific forms of corruption can help make  the concept of corruption more tangible.   Conflict of interest is when an election official  makes decisions based on their own personal gain   rather than the well-being of their community.  They are becoming involved in a conflict of   interest. Embezzlement is the intentional misuse  or misappropriation of funds or property entrusted   to an official's care. Fraud is a broad term which  describes intentional deception or the deliberate   misrepresentation of facts in information  for personal gain. Nepotism means giving an   unfair advantage to family members or friends in  employment or other opportunities. Identifying   red flags and signs of corruption. Most often  resources that were meant to serve the needs   of the community were instead used to benefit  only the corrupt individuals. Identifying red   flags may not always mean corruption is taking  place. Instead, a sign that more investigation   may be required. Another sign of embezzlement or  fraud is irregular financial activity. There may  

be unauthorized expenditures, unexplained  budget overruns, or discrepancies between   financial records. Funds may also be diverted  in unexpected ways. Favoritism who are closely   connected to people in power. These kinds of  favoritism could be a sign of nepotism, cronyism,   or conflict of interest. Transparency.org or says,  "We define corruption as the abuse of entrusted   power for private gain. Exposing corruption and  holding the corrupt to account can only happen if   we understand the way corruption works and the  system that enables it." The Brenn Center says   corruption harms ordinary people. Regarding  charities, the California Attorney General   says the organization is also required to serve  public rather than private interests. Generally,   that means that its activities benefit a large  and indefinite class of individuals as opposed to   a small identifiable group. I contend activities  at KGMTV Studio benefit only a small identifiable   group, not the community as a whole. Thank you  for your attention. Thank you, Bonnie Tomlin. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. I'll  speak. Good evening. Uh my name is Pamela Hawkins   and I'm a member of Shiloh AM Zion Church on  Huntington and Kenya. I just wanted to bring   our we have a new minister that's from New  Jersey that is our new pastor and I wanted   to bring her to introduce to the council because  she's new from New She's never been to California.   This is her first time and she lives in the  park right next to the church. So, welcome.   Welcome. Her name is Reverend uh Bonnie Tomlin.  Hello. Nice to meet everyone. I am so glad to be   here. I've been here since uh the end of July.  And I do have to say that this is a beautiful,   beautiful part of the country and as Pam said,  I've never been here before. And so uh I'm not  

only just coming out here, but coming out here to  move. And so so far it has just been really really   really just a very pleasant experience. And this  was what I had wanted to do was just to at least   meet some of the city leaders and just kind of  let you all know that I'm here. And so you know   if if there's anything that Shiloh can do for you,  please feel free to uh reach out. Okay. Well, we'd   love to invite you to come help us out with our  invocations for our our meetings. That's one way.   Thank you. Thank you for the introduction. Okay. Uh anyone else wanting to provide public  input? Not seeing any then we will close that   portion and we will move on then to we have no  public hearings this evening. Um reports of city   manager and staff RCM1 uh city council directives  and Mr. Fe. Yes. Thank you, Madam Mayor. Um,   one update I'd like to provide at the last  meeting, council asked staff to provide a letter   to the governor and the state attorney general,  uh, specifically requesting the governor's office   help uh, investigate uh, Mr. Carlos Montoya  Mononttoya's death investigation and provide   information that it can to the city of Monrovia.  Um, we are not providing that directly through the   uh, state's web portals. We actually have local  liaison contacts in the governor's office that   we reached out to them directly and asked for  their assistance. So that happened uh early uh   or late last week, excuse me. Um and so they're  they're provided that to the necessary parties   and we'll provide a report back to the council  assuming that there is one. Great. Thank you.   The the only additional item that I have uh this  evening is um the November 4th council meeting   also falls on the date of a special election. Um,  council may recall several years ago we adopted  

a policy that says the city would not hold uh  official city council meetings on the dates of   municipal elections, presidential elections. Um it  did not specifically call out special elections,   but we've consulted with the city attorney's  office and um he has suggested that if the council   wants to continue or wants to cancel a meeting,  you need only provide direction to staff to cancel   the meeting and we'll take all necessary steps to  notify the public uh and schedule the meeting for   the next regular scheduled meeting which would  be November 18th. That also happens to be an   important meeting date for the um public hearing  on the assessment district. But I did want to   provide that update to city council and see if you  have any direction you'd like to provide. Council, what is it you want? Dylan, do we want  to have a council meeting on Tuesday,   November 4th, which is the same night as  a special a statewide special election?   I'm under my opinion because it's a voting date. I  I vote for um no counsel meeting that day. Is that   in the form of a do we need a motion or something?  I think it's just general direction, but I think   consensus direction is is helpful for Is everybody  okay with not holding a meeting? I I am concerned   since this is coming to us kind of at the last  minute. Is there anything that needs to be coming   before us that by uh prolonging that or putting it  off would create an issue there? There is not. We   I checked the forecast agenda which is something  we discussed earlier today. I don't see any items   on there that cannot kind of easily wait until  the next meeting. I I I would agree with Council   Member Spicer that if it's an election night  that it seems that that's a more pressing event   than our wonderful time together. I agree as well.  Okay. All righty. You have your consensus then and  

then you'll notify and it'll be um we'll notify uh  the public of the cancellation. But the definitely   obviously we have our November 18th meeting  that is of much importance. Thank you. Okay.   Um I did want to bring up one of the items on the  um public comment was the report that was made for   the safety uh the safety committee and if that is  being routed for discussion. I I wasn't aware of   all the accidents that may have been occurring  at that um intersection or that section of the   block and th this is the first I've I've heard of  the safety report. So, I'll I made a note as well   to follow up tomorrow. Um, just for purposes  of the listening public on that date, uh, just   before 6:00 p.m. on that Sunday night, um, we did  receive the call, um, that a pedestrian had been   hit by a vehicle. It was a hit and run. Turned out  to be a very young Monrovian, very unfortunately,   she passed away uh, at the hospital. Um, the  police department is continuing its investigation.   and we're very optimistic that leads will turn  into uh outcomes, but at this point we're not   sharing additional information. Um, typically  when incidents like this happen, we review the the   history at a site. We look at traffic collisions,  traffic reports, calls for service, and then we   run those through the traffic safety committee,  which includes the police department, the public   works department, the city's traffic engineer,  and we determine whether um whether um changes   need to be made to the infrastructure. Um I would  point out what makes this one more unique is we   have we don't have a witness of the incident, what  happened um and and so we we can make assumptions.   Um, but it happened in broad daylight on a busy  Sunday night and that's been one of the challenges   to the investigation is identifying whether there  are witnesses present. Thus far, we found none.  

And I just want to remind everyone, it's not  something that we can just automatically do is   install a traffic light. It has to go through a  very prescribed process. And uh I know it breaks   our heart to know that someone was killed, but  we can't just automatically install either stop   signs or signals. And so that's why we ha have  our traffic safety committee that that it does go   through the process. But that's that's under state  law. We can't just go and do that on our own. So   thank thank you Dylan. Any questions of Dylan?  Okay, great. Thank you very much. Um then u moving   along then to our reports of city council members.  Um Mr. Beldon. Thank you, Madam Mayor. I was   actually going to talk just briefly about the uh  the really relevant and and unfortunate topic of   um the passing of that woman on Dory Road. Uh and  then we've had a very active uh week and a couple   weeks where there's been quite a few accidents um  with cars and pedestrians and um did have a chance   and thanks of course to the city hosting the safe  streets for all workshop uh to really just look   at at opportunities to modify our streets to make  them a little safer for both pedestrians, people   on bikes, and for cars as well since we all share  the streets together. So um thanks for hosting   that. I maybe that is I think one of the outcomes  of that to have some plan that we could look at   uh some ways we can make some improvements to  our streets to make them safer for everybody for   all users which is great. Um the uh walk bike and  roll event was also this past Wednesday last week   uh was really outstanding. Thanks so much for all  the city folks that came out. Uh I know we had pl   people from public works there. We had um some  of our city manager folks in in spirit as well.  

um and our police department that came out  and really helped support. We had more than   20 kids and a lot of adults that came out  and just had a great day going to school and   uh it it was I think it it's building which is  nice to see a lot of more kids getting out there   and then every day it seems like there's more  people out there finding some alternative ways to   get to school which helps all of us so that those  that have to drive to school uh don't have to wait   as long a line, right? Um the uh just a couple  other updates from the clean power alliance.   Uh I I think many of you probably actually got  your Edison bills just uh if if you're not aware,   there was an increase in price, but now it's also  looking at a little bit more um modification to   your how your bill looks. There's now a base fee  that's set uh there's a set base fee that everyone   gets and then there's what you have to pay to  Edison as well for uh delivery charges. So,   um that's just going to be a different uh  tactic that's moving forward. Apparently,   it was in a a state bill a couple years ago and  uh so now that's it's locked in. That's not the   one that's based they were they were doing that  pilot or they were contemplating doing it uh based   on your income. No, this one is not income based.  No. Um, well, sorry, it does have a different rate   for folks that are low income. So, maybe that's  what you're thinking. Yes, there is a different   base rate if you are someone that's on the care  plan or or fall in. And and folks, if if they   don't know if you can always go online and look  and see if you qualify for some of those uh um   reduced rates for folks that are in lower incomes,  which it's it's a great opportunity for people.   Uh, and are we doing Cal City stuff today or you  guys want you can do it? Uh, just some updates   from Cal Cities. Uh, I know many of well many of  us here were there. Um, give me one moment here.   Just as you're looking for it to clarify on the  Edison Edison what there if we are a part of the  

clean power alliance or you've signed up for that  the Edison portion that's for the transmission the   cost of transmission not the energy cost. Right.  the transmission and distribution and then it   makes it look like you have a second bill that's  your clean power alliance bill and yeah you are   absolutely right so it's the same bill essentially  the the comparisons are the same if you had CPA or   if you didn't have Edison except if you have 100%  green you might be paying a little premium but   it's they're pretty similar just look different  uh just a couple quick uh insights from Cal   Cities that many of us went to uh about 3 days of  meetings including including some ethics training   uh really relevant of course for all the work  we do here um how to stay out of trouble but   I think most of us would stay out of trouble  anyways so these people are doing egregious acts   um and I don't think any of us are ever going  to do that which is great um but there were some   really good sessions on emergency response a lot  of lessons learned from the recent fires and how   um those departments have reacted and how the  communities reacted how the cities reacted in   terms of uh looking at planning for resiliency  and and how they would respond in the future and   changes they may made made to like the EOC and how  to train staff. Uh some takeaways as well in terms   of uh financing for uh resilient or uh in this  case electrification and opportunities to find   rebates out there. There's still some around and  some pretty uh creative infrastructure financing   mechanisms out there. Um and then there's a  lot of vendors that go to this conference. So,   there's always some things that you might want to  pick up a little flyer here and there. Uh, just   a couple I I that caught my eye. One is actually  a tracker for um short-term rentals. Interesting   to see. Um I'll share something later with you  just to reports on that. Uh and then there are   a lot of energy updates and rebates available  that through some mechanisms here and so for  

um from AQMD to Edison to SoCal Gas uh for a  lot of things you might be doing around your   house even for multi- uh family homes as well. So  just keep an eye out for that. And then of course   there are some affordable housing developers out  there just uh sharing what they have in terms of   what they do and where they work and some some of  those uh buildings that they exhibited out there   looked pretty great. So maybe it's an option  for us in the future. Um I will end there,   but I hope somebody will talk about the fall  festival and the uh street rides forever. So   thanks Larry. All right, so I'll start off with  the um a report on the community services. The   annual trick or treat and Halloween bash will  be held this Friday, October 31st from 3 to   6 pm. Oldtown Monroia and Library Park will be  taken over by ghosts, goblins, and so many more   and doggy decorated dogs. It's going to be some  everything. And just watch out for my costume.   um come to see all the amazing costumes and  enjoy a safe trick-or-treating experience.   And it's just a reminder that the street  fair will be closed on October the 31st,   but it will be returning on November the 7th. Um  we also received great news this week. The San   Turu Tuni Park is near completion and we have a  grand opening date. details to be released soon,   but save the day Monday, December the 8th at 400  p.m. We're looking forward to celebrating with the   community this new park. And regarding the League  of California City, since um Edward went over some   of the sessions that we had the opportunity to  attend, we also had a um a good keynote speaker,   Crystal Washington. She was offering insights  on emerging technologies um AI and the future  

of civic engagement. She's also known for making  complex tech topics accessible. She energized city   leaders with practical strategies for navigating  digital transformation and fostering innovation   in local government. We also had Erin Irwin is it  Brochovich? Aaron Aaronovich. Say it again. Aaron   Brochovich. One more time. Aaron Brochovich.  Watch the movie. She delivered the Friday   keynote inspiring um city leaders with um her  message of persistence, environmental advocacy,   and community empower empowerment. She's known  for her heartbreaking work in the PG&E case   and and her continued fight for environmental  justice. She shares stories from her career and   emphasized the importance of local leadership  in tracking infrastructure, water safety,   public health challenges. Her keynote encouraged  attendees to embrace their roles as change makers   and to stand up for their communities with  courage and conviction. And I'll let Becky   give the update on the hot rods. Oh, okay. Tama.  All right. Hello everyone. I am really excited to   report on a couple of things, but the first thing  I'm going to report on, I have the privilege of   sitting on the ad hoc committee for the Olympics.  And we had an amazing uh meeting uh SGV COG ad hoc   uh committee for the Olympics. And the Olympics  is July the 14th. The it starts July the 14th,  

2028. So we are officially a thousand days away.  And this particular um event or events I should   say regarding the Olympics is posed to be a very  one of the largest Olympics that has ever existed.   That's what I'm being told. Like the largest.  Um they're expecting 10 to 15 million tickets   to be sold. Um there's 800 plus events um per  day. They're expecting 1.2 million trips people   uh traveling and as relates to going to the the  various events. Um there are 80 days of games   operations. So this is supposed to be the biggest  Olympics ever. 30 40% from USA uh 30% from outside   of the USA also as it relates to the economic  impact study um a lot of investments is going   on right now. So Monrovia has a great opportunity  to grab some of that money that is going to be   uh floating around with all of our visitors that  will be coming um around the San Gabriel Valley.   Um and there's several ways in which we can  partner. There's conversations that are going   on now. Um SGVs, uh particularly the SGV, there  are a lot of uh events that are happening within   SGV such as the Roseb aquatic center. They will be  hosting events. The Roseb Stadium will be hosting   events. Santa Anita Park will be hosting events.  a wittier narrow clay shooting fairground cricut  

stadium and by the way I didn't know this but  cricket uh they are expecting a large group for   cricket cuz that's one of the largest um spectator  sports. Did you guys know that in the world? Did   you know that in the world? Well, guess what?  It's going to be at the Pomona Fairgrounds. So   you have to go through Monrovia concerning the  that metro. You know, there's a lot going on. We   have great opportunities here. So another fun fact  concerning public transportation that it's going   to be equivalent to hosting seven Super Bowls  a day. That's in terms of the capacity and how   many people that is going to be uh traveling.  It's like hosting seven Super Bowls a day. So   that's something to think about. I'm I'm rushing  just I'm not going to say everything, but here   are some opportunities that we could possibly  get involved in. We could these are activation   types. We can have a fan zone. We can have open  streets. We can have hospitality houses. We can   have training sites. We can have brand houses. And  we can um host lo uh events for local culture and   business. as I was looking over it. Uh, and it'll  be up to council to decide, but fan zones and open   streets seemed like something that we could  rock because that's something that we do well   already. And um, and so there's more information  on that and we'll talk later uh, more about that,   but there's opportunities for that. and Metro  will there there's no money that they're going to   be giving us, but as it relates to open streets,  there's um different apparatuses and in terms of   uh uh directional signs and things that we  could put on the on the ground, big um activity   uh balloons and things of that nature that they  there's some things that they can support us with  

in terms of um uh uh machinery, if you will. Um  not necessarily dollars and cents right now, but   there are some um opportunities. So, there's  lots of opportunities. So, I just wanted to   uh kind of update us. There's more, but but as  we go along, uh continue to bring it to council   and to uh the community to keep us updated and we  just need to pray for money. Yes. Not just for us,   for the Olympic. you know, it's it's going to  be kind of like an investment if we want to   grab the money because it's going to be a lot  of money opportunities for our businesses is a   economic development opportunity. And that's the  only way this will work is if we could turn this   over to make it economically uh feasible for our  businesses within our community. And I think that   there's a way that we can turn it around where  we can uh bring more businesses to our city,   more people, sorry, to our city. We could we  could invite businesses too. Yeah. All the more   the marrier. Yes. And I do have one uh thing I  want to say concerning the library. I'm taking   over Sergio's job tonight with my long report.  It's okay. Um I want to say that uh this Friday,   October the 24th, the library will be hosting  game night for adults. For adults. How fun is   that? It's free. Uh the program is hosted for  individuals. variety of board games, puzzles,   Nintendo, Switch, and more. This is for adults.  Adults. Adults. The program provides a great   opportunity for social settings while also  mastering your gaming skills. This Saturday   also from 10:00 to 11:00, the library will be  hosting a sensory friendly morning prior to   the library opening to the public designed for  neuro divergent children to enjoy the library  

in less stimulating environment. In addition,  the storytime exploratory play and a safe place   for building independent creative skills. This  is a free program. registration is suggested   and again that's this Saturday from 10 to 11 and  that's another reason why I just absolutely love   our library. This is a very special uh event that  um the staff put together. So I love that. That's   it. Okay, great. Yes, our library is super in  programming and I love that library of things   they have. Check it out. There's lots of things  that you can check out from sewing machines to   uh uh guitars to tool sets of tools and all  sorts of great things. Um, going back to the   League of California Cities, uh, Edward Larry and  I also with the futurist, uh, Crystal Washington,   we participated in a little exercise and she  was pointing out about perceptions and looking   at things and and predicting or making uh,  selections or decisions. And so they gave us   three different sets of uh, pictures. The first  one, it looked like two two pictures of grapes.   They looked almost identical, but the one was  a little funky. And so, uh, if you picked one,   you were good. At the other one, you were dead.  Uh, so we picked we survived. We survived. We   picked the grapes. The other ones were called moon  seeds, and if you ate those, you would die. Uh,   this and so there were there were three sets  of those. I won't go into each one of them,   but we selected the correct one each time and so  we survived. That's right. And everybody else is   dead. Yeah. And we were a small minority that did  select the correct um made the correct selection.  

So that was a lot of fun. Also um I attended a um  a session that was very interesting on youth and   how they are incorporated in your decision your  city decisionmaking not just youth groups and   things like that but that was very interesting  to hear what many of the cities were doing and   there was also uh an opening lunchon for the LA  division of the league uh and the speaker was   Lieutenant Governor Elini uh Kalakas and uh on the  importance of strengthening collabor collaboration   and aligning priorities between local and state  leaders which we don't always align very well but   yes important goal. Um so and then on uh I wanted  to mention that last Tuesday the city council and   staff met with assembly member uh John Harabedian  at our Canyon Park Wilderness Center. It was a   very nice session. He was very impressed uh with  our nature center in Canyon Park in general. And   I did ask afterwards, we took a picture. He had  not heard of Samson the hot tub bear. And so I   did ask Dylan if he could find a uh addition of  Samson the hot tub bear and send it and send it to   uh send it to Mr. Harbedium so he can learn all  about our hot tub bear. that that it was a very   uh great time to talk about and specifically  we talked about the passage of SB79 and what   that might mean to our neighborhoods. Uh he has a  different take than we do and um he did vote for   that u measure and uh he indicated that there were  some alternatives that we could uh investigate and   we asked him if his staff could please work with  our staff to find out what those alternatives are.  

And that has to do with the zoning and density and  in areas close to like our gold line. Um and then   uh I did f this last Friday I attended  the uh business life awards lunchon in   actually in Burbank and it did honor um I think  I can't remember the total number of women but   uh there were two local um um what 25 29 29 yes  Brenda was there and uh at any rate the director   of the San Gabriel Valley Council uh cog and uh  Yoko Yawa from Foothill Transit were two um ladies   that were um honored that day. And uh Saturday  Street Rods Forever, it was a great uh time on   um uh in Oldtown on Myrtle. Lots of great cars.  And Edward, you said that you someday would like   to have one of those those hot rods. I found one.  There was one that was for sale. I took a picture   of it. I'm going to have to say it for you. Yeah,  I I for 22,000. Yeah. I don't know how much it   was, but I took a picture of it and the little  for sale sign. So, lots of great automobiles,   lots of people coming out having a great time.  Um they um and they've uh indicated that they're   going to make sure that we're uh included in  future um events. Uh we were all there. The   entire council was there. Uh, let me see here. Uh,  Quanis, Taste of Old Town. I wanted to shout give   a shout out for that that Sunday, this Sunday  the 26th. And, um, you can get your tickets um,   on Eventbrite. And it's a great time. It's coming  back after several years on a hiatus, but lots of  

good food and um drink out on uh Myrtle in Oldtown  and live music. So, please please support that   event. Again, Sunday the uh 26th and it's Monrovia  Quanis Taste of Oldtown. You can find them online   on Facebook and Eventbrite. Um, and tomorrow  I will be representing the San Gabriel Valley   Regional Housing Trust at a ribbon cutting for the  Caesar Chavez Foundation. Chris uh Hartmire East   in Village Grand Opening uh for which Regional  Housing Trust awarded 1 million in gap funding   for that project. Um, and that one here's here's  maybe an example. It is a 100% affordable 90 unit   development. Now, we're not we're not proposing 90  units on Cypress, but uh they are making a 100 u%   affordable project uh work, but it does require a  lot of subsidies. Um and you didn't bring this up,   Edward, but I know that um many of us are going  to the Empire, the Monroia Parks, Wilderness,   and Recreation event this Thursday evening  in Canyon Park, raising money for our parks   and recreation. And so look forward to that. And  Saturday is make a difference day. Everyone has   an opportunity to make a a difference that day,  but every day is make a difference. Um, show up   at the park at I think it is 8 8:00 a.m. Uh, 7  o'clock. 7 o'clock continental breakfast. Okay.   You can get something come in. Yeah. Sign up. But  sign up and they and if you don't know what to do,   they'll assign you to a project. Um, and I think  they disperse you around 8:00 to go to the various   projects. But come out and support our San Gabriel  uh volunteers, San Gabriel Valley Volunteer Center  

and just making Monrovia um a beautiful  place, more beautiful than it already is.   And on Monday the 27th, we will be attending a a  an award ceremony for our SGV care program here   in Monrovia. And that's at it's in USC USC. At any  rate, so we're looking forward to supporting our   police department at that uh award event. And  just hey, can you believe it? Daylight savings   time ends Sunday, November 2nd. So, we'll be  remembering to um set our clocks back. Spring   forward, fall back. Um and the I'll just give  a quick uh shout out for the Monrovia Community   Prayer Breakfast. Uh our theme this year is  resiliency through faith and that's Friday,   November 21st. Our speaker will be Brock Milhorn,  a Navy veteran and uh he also works with the   Veterans Peer Access Network and our local  Monrovia Library Veterans Center. And so that will   be a great event and tickets are available um uh  through the chamber website. And on those tickets   for the uh Quantis Club, there are a lot of groups  that are also selling tickets. I know that Key   Milikin from Center Stage is selling them. I know  there's some other like 80 different restaurants,   right? A lot. I don't know about 80, but there's  going to be lots at Quanas. Do you know how many   vend 56 56 different vendors? So, at any rate,  with that that that does it for my um report and   we are moving on then to administrative reports.  AR1 fiscal year 2526 budget update resolution 25  

uh 2025-51 and fiscal year 20 2526 schedule of  fees and charges update resolution number 2025-52   and we will be uh taking those separately in terms  of our vote and oh yes sorry no take it away Ray   thank you so much good evening mayor Chevlin and  members of city council thank you for your time   this evening the present presentation before  you tonight is the fiscal year 2526 quarter 1   budget update and hard copies of the presentation  slides have been provided to you this evening. So   the purpose of tonight's presentation is to  provide a high-level preliminary financial   update of the prior fiscal year fiscal year  2425 based on pre- audit numbers and present   the fiscical year 2526 budget adjustments  for council's consideration. We'll also   briefly review two proposed minor updates to the  fiscical year 2526 fee schedule and also provide   council with an update on several other important  discussion items. As a highle financial overview,   the city remains in a stable financial position.  However, there continues to be uncertainty in the   economy. The government shutdown that began this  month along with changes happening at the federal   level can have potential impacts to the city.  However, most major city revenues remain stable   with property tax and sales tax performing as  projected. On another positive note, inflation has   continued to stabilize compared to previous years  and this is expected to positively impact the cost   of goods and services procured by the city. As  part of the city's financial resiliency plan,   the city also continues to evaluate long-term  financial strategies that help to protect the   general fund, such as the proposed combined  citywide assessment district. So overall, the  

city remains in a flexible position and can adjust  to changes in the economic environment as needed.   So, we're currently working on our  financial audit for fiscal year 2425,   and we have some preliminary numbers to share with  council this evening. So, for 2425, general fund   revenues are expected to be $1.5 million better  than budget. This is primarily due to onetime   PIS settlement revenues of approximately  1 million received during the year. Also,   toot is expected to be 310,000 better than budget,  which is great news. And on the expenditure side,   prior year expenditures were less than budget  by 390,000, primarily due to savings and   maintenance operations costs through the diligent  management of our operating departments. Overall,   the general fund is expected to end the year  with a $2.7 million surplus, which is over $1.8   8 million better than expected which is great  news. That's great news. Um I Ray I did want   to ask on the POS I know that that was a one time  1.06 but of those we get continued or we will get   continued payments. They might not be as large  as 1.06 but for about how many years will we   get those payments? It varies depending on the  settlement. Excuse me. This this is primarily   from the company 3M but there are nearly a dozen  PAS settlements. Um we'll be receiving funding   from from several if not all of them. So the then  the terms are different. Okay. Great. Thank you.   Thank you. And we'll take a look at the numbers  on the next slide. So the following table here   provides a summary of the key points discussed  in the previous slide. And you'll see the 2425   revenues exceeded the budget by 1.5 million and  expenditures came in under by 390,000. So again,  

that brings our estimated 2425 surplus to 2.7  million, which is 1.8 million better than budget.   So given this surplus, staff is a is proposing  a few things. So staff is proposing to set   aside $500,000 for programs that promote economic  development and for the 2028 summer Olympics. In   addition, staff is proposing a budget adjustment  of $1 million to fund the police dispatch console   replacement project. As council may be aware, the  city is only one of two remaining agencies in LA   County where dispatch remains on an analog system.  And yes, is that the total cost of that unit or is   it Yeah. Yes. 1 million is the total cost. Okay.  Sorry. Oh, no problem. Of course. No worries. Um,   so, um, as I was saying, the city is only one  of two remaining agencies in LA County where   dispatch remains on an analog system. and recent  emergency events and power outages have further   highlighted the need to update the dispatch  system to make sure that we have a reliable   roundthe-clock system that can easily communicate  with other agencies. Those are proposals for the   2425 general fund surplus. And in addition to a  positive general fund, most other funds are also   projected to have positive surpluses. But once  the audit is complete, we'll return to council to   present the final audited numbers and the ACTUER.  Now that we've done a 2425 general fund review,   let's take a look at our 2526 quarter 1 budget  numbers. So this first slide here provides   a highle summary of the citywide current and  proposed budget categorized by fund type. You'll   note that there is a slight increase in revenues  being proposed going from 164.5 million to 165.2  

million. And expenditures are being proposed to  go from 151.9 million to 155.5 million which is   an increase of about 3.5 million. And we'll take  a closer look at those proposed adjustments in the   presentation. But I wanted to mention that when  expenditures exceed revenues for a given line,   it indicates the use of reserves that have been  set aside in a previous period for use in this   period. So let's start with general fund revenue  adjustments. As I mentioned earlier, overall   revenues remain stable. Property tax and sales  tax continue to perform as projected. So no budget   adjustments are being proposed for those revenue  categories for quarter 1. Toot on the other hand   outperformed budget projections in the prior  fiscal year. Due to the growth in this revenue   source, a positive adjustment of approximately  305,000 is being proposed. In addition, we're   proposing an increase of 27,000 for library and  community services donations and reimbursements.   We're also proposing a reduction of around 190,000  due to the timing of some PAS settlement revenues   that were received earlier than anticipated. And  lastly, staff is also proposing a positive budget   adjustment of 200,000 for AB 1290 revenues,  which are redevelopment property tax revenues,   which also outperform budget projections for  the prior year and continue to trend upward.   So this slide includes our general fund revenues  and as you can see there's a proposed increase to   to the all other revenues category for a total  positive revenue adjustment of approximately   350,000 overall. Now let's take a look at the  general fund expenditure adjustments of 50,000 or   more. So first an increase of a little over 53,000  is being proposed for potential city partnerships.  

This will allow the city to partner with a school  district to help repair the MHS pool. In addition,   an increase of 250,000 is being proposed for  adjustments related to the class and comp study,   which is underway and will take effect in  January of 2026. This adjustment is based   on updated estimates for the provisions  included in theUS. And earlier I mentioned   that staff is proposing to set aside funds  in the general fund from the 2025 surplus   for programs related to the 2028 summer  Olympics and for economic development   at 250,000 each. This slide includes our  general fund expenditures. As you can see,   the proposed increase to personnel cost of  250,000 is related to the class and comp. That's   that first row at the top. And the $1 million  adjustment is the is for the PD dispatch console   replacement project. The proposed expenditure  adjustments to the general fund total 1.3 million. This next slide shows the estimated surplus  at the end of fiscal year 2526 given these   adjustments. The 2526 general fund surplus was  originally anticipated to be 2.3 million when the   budget was approved in June. And this evening,  we're proposing a positive revenue adjustment   of 343,000 and an increase to expenditures of  1.3 million, which again includes the 1 million   for the PD console replacement. In addition to  other adjustments done during the fiscal year,   the revised general fund surplus for 2526  is now anticipated to be 1.12 million. Now,   let's take a look at other city funds,  also known as the non-general fund funds.   So this table here provides a highle summary of  the city's non-general funds. Overall, proposed   revenues are a little over 77 million and proposed  expenditures are a little over 78 million. Again,  

the excess of expenditures over revenues is  based on the planned use of reserves that   have been set aside in a prior year. Let's start  with revenue adjustments. For revenue adjustments,   we're proposing an increase to the CDBG fund of  $93,000 due to an increase in funding allocation   from rollover of unspent funds from the prior  year. This increase in revenues is offset by a   proposed expenditure adjustment for a similar  amount. We're also proposing an increase in   storm drain maintenance of 204,000 related to the  Encanto Park project. This revenue adjustment is   also offset by a proposed expenditure adjustment  of the same amount. As a note, a complete listing   of all revenue adjustments by fund are included  as attachment A to resolution number 2025-51. This next slide lists the expenditure adjustments  over $50,000 for our other city funds accounts.   So, first we're proposing an increase of 95,000  to Measure W funds to incorporate our annual   membership to the Rio Hondo San Gabriel River  Watershed Management Authority. In addition,   an increase of 342,000 is being proposed for  asset forfeite funds. This is partially offset by   anticipated revenues of 40,000. These budget items  were inadvertently emitted when we developed the   budget, so we're correcting it now and including  them. The last two items for CDBG and storm drain   maintenance for 93,000 and 204,000 respectively  are the offsetting expenditure adjustments   discussed in the previous slide. I'd like to  take this time to pause to see if council has any   questions before we move on to updates on measure  K. So the CD um BG fund is that we under spent the   previous funding allocation from 2425 that is  allowed to roll over into 2526. So we'll have  

a bigger bigger amount to spend for 2526. I just  need to make sure it gets spent and money. Okay.   Thank you. Of course. Okay. So, we'll move on to  Measure K. We wanted to provide council with a   quick update on Measure K. As council will recall,  the 2025 Measure K spending plan was approved in   December 2024. And the spending plan outlined  seven projects and appropriated 16 million of   Measure K funded projects. Staff has commenced  work on most of these initiatives and progress   is well underway. Measure K revenues continue  to show consistent growth and over time we've   built up a fund balance and we're estimating  an ending fund balance of over 30 million at   the end of 2627. I did want to note that the  library facility enhancement budget of 6 million   is currently built into the budget and is already  factored into the ending fund balance calculation.   I also wanted to share that we recently met  with the measure K committee on September   23rd and provided a measure K project update  and a financial update. During that meeting,   the committee did provide feedback. So,  I wanted to share that with you tonight.   As council will recall, the city did a survey  a few years ago regarding Measure K projects,   and the committee suggested that city council  consider inviting proposals again from the   community, and that the committee suggested  they'd like to be able to provide input about   those proposals. We wanted to make sure to pass  this suggestion along to council this evening.   Thank you. Of course. Next, I'd like to do a quick  review of our capital improvement program or CIP.   As council is aware, our CIP program has been  classified into eight distinct categories and   for 2526, there are 36 different projects planned  within these categories. As part of this update,  

staff reviewed all CIP projects and based  on this review are proposing an increase of   2.32 million in CIP expenditures. These budget  adjustments were based on updated timing and   costs and in most cases unused budget from the  prior year was rolled over into 2526. So some   of the more notable adjustments include the PD  dispatch console replacement project which is   an increase of 1 million. Sattorutsi which is an  increase of 152,000 as a rollover from unspent   prior year budgets. The Wellfield electrical  project which is an increase of 1.2 2 million   which is also a rollover of unspent prior year  budgets. And lastly is the station square ACTV   project which is uh a decrease of 113,000 to  adjust or match per the final grant award. A detailed listing of budgeted projects  descriptions and project status are included   as exhibit one to this report. In addition,  attachment B to resolution number 2025-51   itemizes all of the CIP adjustment proposals for  council's consideration. I did want to mention a   few of the projects that we've recently completed,  namely the fuel pump replacement project,   Huntington Drive and Fifth, as well as Canyon  Park. In addition to these completed projects,   there are 32 other projects in progress  at various stages, including the community   center renovations, design, mountain and  peek as well as the Sattoru Suni Park. As part of this update, we do have two minor fee  adjustments. Staff is proposing an adjustment to   PD's traffic collision report fee to increase it  by $6. This increase is intended to cover costs   for the records request management web portal  specific to traffic report requests. Staff is   also proposing a clerical correction to the  previously named credit card convenience fee.  

We're proposing to update the description  to third-party payment processor fee. In summary, the general fund is expected to close  2425 1.8 8 million better than originally planned   and staff will return to city council to present  the final results of the audited 2425 numbers and   to present the acter once it's complete. The  budget proposal presented this evening better   aligns our 2526 budget with updated estimates.  And while there is some level of uncertainty in   the economy, the city is in a good financial  position to have flexibility and to pivot as   we've done in past years and can freeze spending  in non-essential areas if needed. Staff will   continue to closely monitor the budget and will  return to council with a second quarter update in   February or sooner if needed. And with that, I'd  like to thank you for your time. I'd be happy to   answer any questions you might have. Questions?  I thank you, Ray, for the report. It was really   good. Of course. Thank you. Good news. Yes. We're  not looking sad, are we? Hopefully not. No, I feel   good. Thank you all for the the diligent work and  making sure that our uh city is run effectively   and efficiently and still doing great work, which  is amazing. So, thank you all. Um uh one question   on the PAS funds. I mean, you don't have to  answer this, just maybe a suggestion or thought.   Uh but uh I do know that we've contemplated some  treatment facilities that are I wonder if we might   want to think about putting some of our settlement  funds and holding them in account to help cover   the costs of the treatment for PEOS at our well  facility at some point. So maybe just an idea for   the future efforts. I have no problem with the way  we're allocating them for everything here uh that   we're talking about. I I it's your last slide,  so it just was curious question maybe for someone  

on staff. um the traffic report fee. Do we charge  uh for any other police reports? Like if you just   go to file a police report, do you get paid you  have to pay a fee? Yeah. With the highway patrol   and everything, there's there's certain there's  certain reports where when we produce documents   and the uh and we're able to collect a fee also  for some of the um IT related costs for different   technologies we use to collect the reports. Um  the state law is very specific on what we can and   cannot charge fees for and so we align our fees  with what's allowed under state law. But for the   traffic collision report um we do have that go  through it goes through every we get quite a few   requests mostly from insurance companies um but we  make them go through the police department records   request and they pay the fee. So this is actually  to get a copy of it. Copy of it. Yeah. Perfect.   Okay. So we don't charge them to file it, right?  or for us to take down the report. That's not this   is this is a document that we produce for them at  their request. This is not us performing like a   traffic report. Perfect. Thank you. Yes. I want to  ask um concern. Good job. And I'm so excited about   um the due diligence that your team has done  um to ensure that we are on the right track.   I wanted to ask I see that a lot of the um our  extra funds I I agree with all of the places in   which they're going. Is there funds that are  just that are not earmarked for anything that   that we have that are we're just going to put  in the savings that they're not earmarked for   anything? That's that's a great question. So um  any year where we have uh an ending surplus so   our anticipated 2425 and even our anticipated 2526  especially in the general funds those go into our   fund reserves and so we always try to hold on  to a healthy amount of fund reserves and that  

can be used of course for any emergencies rainy  day funds and those are technically not earmarked   but we hold on to them as a reserve fund in the  general fund. Yes, I thought. Okay. Um, I wanted   to ask the library. We've got the 6 million set  aside and I know it's been a long time coming, but   uh if I understand correctly, we're doing a review  of of those amounts to see um if there could be   some adjustments. When is when is that supposed to  come back to us? It should be coming very soon. Um   it uh just for the sake of the listening public  when we updated the engineers estimate to perform   the library enhancement project the costs were  close to $12 million. And so we said that's you   know while it's a good project we believe in the  project that's far far exceeds what we thought the   cost would be at the time we began the project.  So the direction was given let's look at what   our options are. But before we really think about  construction projects, let's talk with staff and   see where the needs are within the building. So,  that's really the work that we've been doing. Tina   uh and Carrie, the library manager, have been  working with their supervisors and staff to gather   feedback and try to prioritize where would it  be best to spend money on upgrading the facility   that isn't the $12 million cost, but how can and  there's additional feedback that council shared   such as can we activate the park space better,  more often? Can we update some of our, you know,   highly programmed areas like our our children's  area? Uh, and maybe even update some of our floor   plans and layouts with that inside the building,  which will certainly be uh far less expensive than   the $12 million. So, we expect to be bringing  something back to city council uh within uh   before the end of the year, but I'd say because  we won't have a meeting the next one in November,   it will either be that second meeting in November  or by early December, but very soon. Great. And I   I wanted to mention since we use the acronym the  ACTUER several times just so you all know that's  

the annual comprehensive financial report. That  is what the ACTER is. Uh we also uh use the term   sometimes the Gatsby GSB and that's governmental  accounting standards board and we we do very well   in in that category. So at any rate just wanted  to throw those uh two in there. Uh okay we have   it is that are we done? Yes that's okay. Um we  have two uh items then and we will take them   in individual correct individual motions. So we  have the fiscal year 24 20 2526 budget update and   that's resolution number 2025-51. Do we have  a motion to approve same? So move. We have a   motion. We have a second. Can I please have a roll  call vote? Council members Belton, yes. Spicer,   yes. Mayor Prom, Dr. Kelly, yes. Mayor Chevlin,  yes. And then uh for our fiscal year 202526   schedule of fees and charges update. That's  resolution number 2025-52. Do we have a motion?   Second. We have a motion and a second. Roll  call vote, please. Council members Belton. Yes.   Spicer. Yes. Mayor Prom. Dr. Kelly. Yes. And Mayor  Shlin. Yes. Thank you very much, Ray. Awesome uh   report and and all good news. Um can I ask Dylan  a question? Sure. Hey, Dylan. Um is there any way   we can get a report on that um golden u muscle?  Oh, the koaga. Oh, yeah. Yeah. In Absolutely.   The muscle. Yep. Absolutely. We'll schedule it.  It's an invasive species that really wres havoc   on water pipes and lines. Yeah. our water delivery  system. Okie dokie. Uh thank you. That does it for  

our administrative reports. We don't require any  further public input. Um there are no items pulled   from the consent calendar if needed. And our next  scheduled meeting, as you heard this evening,   we are going to cancel our November 4th um meeting  due to the um the election special election in   California on that day. And our then our next  meeting would be then on November 18th, 2025, 7:30   p.m. here in these council chambers. A very very  very important meeting we will be having. Yes,   we but we do have to hold the successor agency,  the redevelopment agency. Yes, before we leave   the room tonight. Yes, I've got I've got my little  orange sheet here, but um and so um at any rate,   um we then are adjourning our regular meeting  uh at 8:50 p.m. in memory of May uh Thai men,   mother-in-law of planning commissioner Mike  Vashani. And so we our hearts and prayers go out   to um um Mike uh our planning commissioner. And  with that then we are calling to order um at 851.   Do I have to call it to order separately? Okay.  Well, we're moving ahead to the regular meeting of   the successor agency to the Monrovia Redevelopment  Agency and um Okay, I'm starting with Okay,   I just convened it and then roll call, please.  Board members Belton, yes. Spicer, here. Vice   Chairman Kelly, here. And Chairman Chevlin,  here. Uh our consent calendar is SACCC1. Uh   and it is considered routine in nature and can be  entertained with one motion. Oh, it's CC1 and CC2,  

excuse me. Um and so do we have a if unless  there's something to be pulled or discussed, do   we have a motion to approve our consent calendar  again? SACCC1 and SACCC2. So moved. Second. We   have a motion and a second. Can we please have  a roll call vote? Uh, yes. Board members Belton.   Yes. Spicer. Yes. Vice Chairman Dr. Kelly.  Yes. And chairman. Yes. Yes. Okay. Um, then   it has it's got public input. Do we have anyone  wanting to provide public input? Uh and those   are items that are on offer any any any matters  um not on our agenda. Correct. I'm reading it. Anybody wanting to make a public comment? Not  seeing any. Then we will close that portion. We   do not have any administrative reports. There  are no items pulled from the consent calendar   and therefore I'm adjourning this meeting at  8:53 and we are done. Amen. So, thank you for   joining us this evening and see you see see y'all  on the uh uh end of November 18th. November 18th.