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Today is March 12th, 2025. Getting started here at 11 o'clock, Brenda. Can you get us started with a roll call please? Yes, Your Honor, Council Revans. Present. Councilor Mesa. Present. Councilor Eftergrove. President Mayor Potem Ramos. President. And Mayor Reyes. President. Thank you. Oh, can we get started please with an invocation? President Mayor Potem Ramos. Present. And Mayor Reyes. Present. Thank you. Oh, can we get started please with an invocation and Flaxloo. Councilwoman of the world, keen leaders in the invocation and Consumere Mesa, the Flaxloo. Thank you. Thank you for this. Today we thank you for all of the people who are here. We are so... Thank you for this day. We thank you for all the people who are here. We ask that you would just help us in all the decisions that we make today. What are the best for the city and the residents of the state of New Grahame? Amen. All right. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America It's to a republic for which it stands one nation under the individual liberty justice for all. Todd, do we have any closed session reports? Thank you, Mayor. Mayor, we did discuss the item on the agenda pertaining to the sale of the stadium, but there's no reportable action at this time. Thank you. City manager. Yes. Good morning, mayor Reyes. Mayor pro tem. Ramo city council, staff and members of. This morning you have several items on the agenda for your consideration and support. One of the items is the Adelante Waste Water Treatment Facility. It currently operates at a 3 million gallon capacity. With ongoing and future growth in housing and industrial development, the engineering department is proactively addressing the optimization of the wastewater treatment plant to meet the future sewer demands. We look forward to their presentation on this item this morning. Mayere is under your leadership and the guidance of this City Council. We continue to prioritize the improvement of distressed streets throughout our city. Over the years, the city has secured funding from various grant agencies to support these efforts. Recently, Dennis Street and Kay Street were identified as streets in critical need of repair. Through the San Bernardino County Community Development Block Grant, also known as the CDBG program, The City of Adelante was awarded $350,000 to repay and restore deteriorating streets in disadvantaged areas of our community. Also, the City of Adelante was recently awarded funding for two grant supported projects through the Highway Safety Improvement Program program also known as the HSI P cycle 12 Balfour Street improvements from cactus road to Rancho road the grant amount was a million $15,020 and there is a local match so I'm not going to say there's no impact to the general fund on this one But it's a very very small amount considering the the amount that we're receiving from the county of San Bernardino and that local matches only a 116,000 and 78 dollars I can assure you that dumpster Sha will come up with a way to offset that where eventually it will become no impact toward general fund. But as of right now, there is a very small amount of local match in order for us to receive a million dollars. We're only going to pay out as it stands right now, just a little over $100,000. The second project is a traffic signal. It's a traffic signal that we will be installing at the intersection of Rancho Road and Balfour Street at that intersection. That grant amount is coming in at just a little over $800,000, just under $900,000 correction. And on that one as well, there is a local match and And that one's for $98,000. And again, I'm sure Saba will figure something out to where it breaks even. And there's no impact to the general fund. But as of right now, there is a 98 local match of 98,000. These projects will enhance roadway, safety, and infrastructure supporting the city's ongoing commitment to improving transportation for your residents and our local businesses. In closing, I'd like to thank Mr. Cavill's MME, Richard Burgess and Alex Carmona from our engineering department for their endless support on our capital improvement infrastructure. Our city, our city desperately needs and so they've been very supportive in that area. Also, Sabah engineer, that is her last name engineer, has played also a major role and has been successful in securing millions of dollars for our city by way of state, federal and local grants. This concludes my report, Mr. Mayor and members of the council. Thank you. Thank you so much, Councilman Evans, anything for council updates? I just have only one event that I had to attend the last couple weeks, which is great to take some time off. But the phenomenal Queen Symposium put on by Dr. Jackson Jarrell at Adolence Ohio School was all that it was cut out to be. It was attended by over 150 women and youth girls in high school, I think up to age 24, and they recognized and honored 12 women that were doing great things in the community. And so this is her eighth, was her eighth annual. It was amazing and such a great, great opportunity for space for young girls to be mindful and understand the importance of self-love. And so it was really something to see. So I thank you, Dr. Jackson-J Jackson drill for the invite and for putting on an amazing event as always that's all I have thank you. Councilwoman of the Graph. I was I just got back recently from Sacramento from attending the 2025 California Housing Conference and there were a lot of people there there was was a lot of conversations on housing, transitional housing, especially. And I got to say, there was a very interesting network there to say the least. But that being said, it was informative. There were, I suspect we will see a lot of conversations on housing, not just here in El Lento, but throughout the whole high desert and of course, the rest of our state. And I also got to attend the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce yesterday, and there were some business owners from our area that were in attendance and some new business partners in the area that actually came from and expanding their businesses from Lancaster and from Palm Deal. So that was nice to meet them all. And there are some opportunities to partner and help in the community partnered with St. Mary's. They were one of the guest speakers and some of the programs, their initiatives for 2025, as we head into April shortly, which is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. And St. Mary's is opening. I've said it before, their SART program for the sexual assault victims and that team. And so there are many opportunities for community members to get involved and to help serve in that capacity and in some of the different groups that they're providing. So if you're interested in that, you can plug into St. Mary's website and to some of the, I'm sure the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce might have some links on their website. This last weekend's clothing drive at New Leaf Ministries was great. We actually were able to serve over 300 individuals and that was really awesome. Most people were able to receive all either new clothes or new shoes or new household items. We had a lot of baby stuff. We were very grateful for the donation we received from Hisparia Christian. We received many play swings for newborns and double strollers. New leaf ministry just opened up their little lambs resource ministry. So for anyone needing resources for babies, we've got bottles and all sorts of other great resources for the baby. So we were excited to share those resources with visitors that came to the clothing closet. Last but not least, Richardson's Park is going to have a food drive and diaper drive on March 18th which is next Tuesday. I believe you should probably get there before 9 a.m. it's supposed to start at 9 but if you've ever been to a community action partners food giveaway you want to get there. I don't yeah you know I hate saying that I want to I'm just gonna say 830 but but you guys is another reality, it might be eight. But it's nice, it's nice that they're saying that. I want to, I'm just going to say 830, but you guys know the reality. It might be 8. But it's nice. It's nice that they're hosting that at Richardson Park. I believe they are going to do that on a monthly basis. I believe it is going to be the third Tuesday of every month so you can mark that on your calendars. I know that New Leaf Ministries will be opening the new diaper bank here in Adelante as well. So we're excited to partner and again, be able to distribute diapers into the community for those who need it. And that's about it. Thank you, Councilor Mesa. Good morning everybody. Friday, just last Friday, I was asked by my company, Clark Pacific, to go speak at Victor Valley High School for their career day, which was a pleasant surprise. I really enjoyed it. It was 30 minutes with each class. I did two different classes. And I was able to speak on working at Clark Pacific. And all the great things we've done there and opportunities we'll be having for youth. We do have a summer internship for engineers so that's something that they're interested in. Then it kind of took off my jacket and I had my Adolento shirt under and kind of showed them how you can also have more than one goal and also be a councilman and kind of just explain to to them, you know, any job you have in your life, you don't know why you have it, but just do your best because it might kind of all come together at the end. And the reason I'm effective at where I'm at in both spots is because I get to work off each other and everything kind of when you're doing things for the city, when you're doing things for the community, it kind of all links together. and got me a little spark with the youth again because I haven't been coaching in about a year. So then Sunday went to a great event at Edelento High School. They had their baseball program out there with their coach and they brought all the little league out there and they did a nice baseball camp for them. They had stations everywhere, every 15 minutes they'd switch stations, boys and girls all over. And it was the youth of the high school, the high school kids that I play baseball showing all these kids how to do all these different drills. So it was the youth helping the youth and it was just exciting to see. The coach kind of stood back and let the kids run it and they did a great job. The kids were super happy, super just excited to be there running around and being with other kids and just sparked me again so I have let the kids run it and they did a great job. The kids were super happy, super just excited to be there running around and being with other kids and just sparked me again. So I have some things that are becoming up that I'm not going to speak on yet, but I miss doing that time that I was putting in. It's a little too much coaching because it's a lot of time, but I have something coming up that I'm going to be excited about. But I wanted to shout out the high school missparceles for letting them happen in the baseball coach and the organization and Adelaide to Little League for putting it together. Even but I have something coming up that I'm going to be excited about. But I wanted to shout out the high school missparceles for letting them happen in the baseball coach and the whole organization and Adelaide's a little week for putting it together. They even had food for them at the end of the day. So that's great. So go support Adelaide's a little week, March 22nd, 11am till 4.30. Richardson Park is going to be opening day. So come on out March 22nd, 11am to 430 and catch a ball game and there's going to be food and games and everything. Just come out and be... Park is going to be opening day. So come on out March 22nd, 11 a.m. to 430 and catch a ball game. And there's going to be food and games and everything. Just come out and be there an hour, be there two hours, whatever you feel. But it's going to be a fun time. Just come check it out. And that's all I got, sir. Mayor Proxim. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Great updates, Council. I'm actually going to, well, great morning, great morning, great morning to everybody in attendance. Buenos días, amos lindas y morning, great morning to everybody in attendance. Buenos dias, I'm Yslinda Cisbanes, Castan, Acquico, Nosotros, hoy. Thank you for joining us. I'm actually going to start off right where my colleague, Councilman Mesa, left off on praising principle per cells as we find ourselves doing a lot on February, on February 27th, Thursday, February 27th, I attended the State of the District for Victor Valle Union High School. Man, not only did it feel good to know that the entire district as a whole, numbers are up, numbers are up in everything that we need them to be up on, shout outs to Superintendent Coles for the amazing leadership and job that he's doing out there But when when they got to highlight the high school our high school It literally I got Terry. I got to you know, you know, your MPT likes to cry, right? So I got I got Terry I to see you know their stats Enrollments up graduating numbers are up They they had a clip where they showed you mayor actually, getting your haircut there. The amazing job that that program is doing right now, whoever started that program, shout outs to that program. I learned about another program that, what's the name of that, what do they do with the fostering? It'll come to me. It'll come to me. But this program focuses on foster kids, right? And just really taking them in, raising them well, you know, spending a little bit of extra time with them. They had a testimony that a young man gave there that was just, you know, mind blowing. And again, you know, principal per cells year after year after year is showing that she knows what she's doing out there. She's an amazing leader. She knows how to pick a team and pick a staff and really hold them accountable to ensuring that our kids are being prepared properly for the future. So shout out to the entire district, but a special shout out to other high school principal per cells and all the amazing staff and students that we have over there. Wednesday, March 5th, attended our SBCTA meeting. One thing that I wanted to highlight there that we actually passed in other Lentil motion, right, put it in motion, was the next step to the Ontario Connect Tunnel. This is pretty cool guys. It's in a nutshell, and I'll tell you guys what it is, and then I'll explain the benefit of for the high desert. It's about a four mile stretch of underground tunnel that's gonna be connecting the Ontario Airport to where the stop is going to be the main hub for Brightline in Rancho Cucamanga. This will be able to transport up to 300 passengers an hour from that location to Ontario Airport. The benefit for the high desert residents is now if we need to catch a flight from Ontario, instead of taking the hour drive or hour 15, hour 30 minutes however it takes nowadays, we can drive from here to the station there in Apple Valley. Jump on our bright line. We'll be down in Rancho Cucamunga in about 15, 20 minutes. Don't have to go anywhere. Just jump into that tunnel transportation and we're in the Ontario Airport. So it's an amazing project. I, there's still a long way to go on it, but it did reach the next stage. and again it is going to be a benefit to the residents here in the high desert. Following day, Thursday, March 6, attended my energy and environment committee meeting down at SKAG. City Manager, I'll be emailing you over the entire agenda for that particular meeting. We discussed thoroughly for about an hour and a half, climate resilient districts and financing. So I really feel it's something that, you know, if the staff and yourself don't already know enough about, let's definitely start looking into this, this specific program because they were, they're going to be making a lot of noise and there's a lot of funding that's going to be coming down the pipeline to help support These these climate resilient districts and these companies are also looking for cities to host incubators there in their cities as well To start to launch them. I know Apple Valley is actually currently enrolled in that program They're doing some work and there was about seven different other cities in Samardino County that are already involved I I'll get that list over to you as well. Immediately after that meeting attended our regional council meeting. This one was pretty cool. Again, Adelante was able to motion and approve the draft budget for SCAG. They're looking at just about four hundred million dollars that they're going to have available this year. So please, please city manager, if we can continue to direct staff to just be actively involved in their website, the toolbox Tuesdays, we know, and it's not a secret that SKAG this year is gonna be controlling a lot of the funding that's gonna be going to the different cities and different counties that are part of their team. So I definitely wanna make sure that we're up to date with everything that's going on with SCACs, so that when these monies are available, we can be first to apply. And you better believe your MPT is going to be very vocal on getting some of those funds. Immediately after that, got a chance to meet with Aquineta Warren, Mayor Aquineta Warren, the amazing mayor Aquineta Warren. and just the heads up guys, you're gonna see MPT bringing this up, I'm just trying to gather and get all the information from her so that I clearly understand how Fontana is doing it. But they have an amazing program, the mayor's youth advisory council down there. We need that. I know we spoke about it in the past. I know we've kind of played around it and we've, you know, we've danced around it. But guys we need it we 100% need it if we're looking to involve you know and start to groom You know our our students and our future leaders We definitely need to start somewhere and and I'm gonna have one more meeting with her in two weeks And by then I'll be able to have you know all the information I need to present to the council to present the city manager and staff and hopefully move forward with that And then lastly last night got to attend with Mayor the Island Elementary School Board, District Board meeting. Great meeting. Mayor, you did an amazing job at going up there and speaking on behalf of the city and updating them with all the ongoing projects that we have going on you can tell that that they were amazed by their eyes. And we also did ask for some support funding-wise for our utility bot for utility box artwork programs. So we're going to have a follow-up meeting to see if we can get $234,000 from them. Obviously, we will incorporate their logos, their schools, their mascots into certain boxes that we go with. But I'll have another update on that, forget funding from them, and we'll also be reaching out to the high school district as well to try and get a little bit of money from them. I ask your first friend that Dodger one coming soon. Yeah, let's go get started. Let's go get started. Lastly guys, just a couple quick little announcements and shout outs. Cap, let's, sir, shout outs and thank you to your deputies there. Twice in the last two weeks, I was driving around the city. I've seen them out tossing the ball around with a couple of the kids. I love it man. I know they don't have to do that. They probably have bigger and you know more crazy things that they're needing to worry about, but just the fact that they're stopping, they're getting out of the car, tossing the ball around once or twice. I know it means a lot to the children, it means a lot to me so please send them you know our thanks and appreciation for doing that. City Manager, shout out to you sir, you know I'm always doing a little bit of research and making sure you're at where you say you're gonna be at But I had a great report from from SPCTA from director wolf saying that you are One of the only city managers in the county that consistently and these are his words consistently and faithfully show up to every City manager technical advisory committee meeting so thank you very much I appreciate that. You know how much relationships mean to me. And it's important to be at those meetings, at those tables together, you know, to strengthen our relationships and to gather more information. Two more things that I'm done. Utility box artwork. Here's another call, okay? Any residents that are out there who have ideas, suggestions on what you would like to see. Please contact myself. Feel free to reach out to any other council members. We're coming around around too. My goal is to have some more boxes done by the end of this quarter. As long as we can get some a little bit of money that I'll be asking the council for during future agenda items. But any suggestions please reach out to us so that we can get your visions and your ideas out there on our utility boxes. Lastly, to piggyback a little bit on my colleague Councilman Mesa, he brought up that he was invited to speak. MPT was as well invited to speak out. So I got invited to speak on behalf of the EOPA, elected officials to protect America, and the Department of Energy. To go speak at the Energy Security Summit on May and the National Press Conference on May 5th and 6th, man, I got the email Monday, again, MPT, loves to cry, got Terry I because it an opportunity for I the Lent to be there on a national level and share, you know, share our story on what the Inflation Reduction Act and bipartisan infrastructure law has meant to I the Lent to the funds that we've been able to receive through it and the funds that we're applying for through it. So I'll be out there on those days guys, definitely representing us to the best. Again, it's an honor, it's a privilege. Thank you, EOPA, thank you Department of Energy. I look forward to going out there and speaking on our behalf. And with that, Mayor. I'm death. Thank you, thank you. Yes, I was just gonna say, call me on that one. Okay, we don't want to think. Yes. I want to say thank you everyone for being in attendance today to our former school counselor, college board, trustee, legend, you know, high desert, influence the emergency job, Pinkerton. Thank you so much for being here with us. You know, you've always been a great mentor, a great friend, and you've impacted thousands of kids' lives as your time working at Silverado and the other places and your tenure over at the college. So thank you so much for making time out of your day. To come here and hang out with us a little bit. I wanted to say, just kind of go backwards. Last night, you, I had the privilege to be able to attend our school district meeting here at the school district. Second and fourth, Tuesdays, roughly at about 5.30, but if you're a parent, if you have children in the school district, not only do we say reactive here and in these meetings, but most definitely be present and was going on at those board meetings. You guys know I'm one for free speech. I'm one that we've allowed people on the call on this mic to say what it is. They wanna say good good, bad, or indifferent, as long as it was directed to us. But this is not me trying to throw anybody under the bus, but this is me as a community leader asking other community leaders. Just how we had the challenging step in our game up, and they they just need to do better. Right? As a whole When when we're here, this is business for the city that is business for the school district and there's just a level of professionalism And and personalness that needs to get put aside when you're dealing with the business of the people and of the students They have an amazing superintendent, Dr. Walker, had the privilege of sitting down and meeting her, and her passion to wanna do good and want to stay here is great because we have had serious turnover from superintendents there. And if that's what it was, I probably understand why, right? So to my fellow colleagues, remember, you know, when we're here, we're doing what's best for the city, and when they're there, it's the deal is best for the students. Did mention to them about trying to potentially utilize some of their school resources in regards to a sports like the sports organization, the Alonso Heat, they're starting with football and cheer. I mentioned this in the past that ultimately they want to evolve and become a full sports organization. They want to start doing basketball next season and then they want to add on soccer. So reach out to them and see if we can potentially do some type of facility use agreements, whatever the case may be, whatever fees may be, but a lot of the coaches are interested in after football season going directly into basketball, right? So start off those conversations, let them know about the mud run and they're excited about all the stuff that was going on here in the city. Give us some updates in regards to economic development, housing, all the other other grief stuff that we have going on. And then I was privileged enough to be able to be selected to sit on, I'm trying to find my messaging, but this past Thursday, I was not able to attend my transportation committee meeting done in SCAG because Thursday was a busy day for me. I had the privilege to go to Gus Franklin and it was Dr. Suswick. So I went over there, read to the kids about three different classrooms. There was a lot of fun connecting with them. But then that evening at the Victor Valley Unified School District C-Meeting, I was selected to be one of the citizens on the Bond oversight committee. So like we know, we had the two measures that was voted on this past November for all the enhancements that were going to be going on in schools. So I'm one of the members there on that committee to ensure that the things that are being asked of and done are staying on track and it was an honor and privilege to be able to represent that to ensure not just physical responsibility but that the projects that are being done are being done in a timely manner. Thank you Principal Purcell for your trust and being able to represent to the best of my ability there. What else? What else? A little bit, Saturday news, you guys, you know, I really don't try to get too political here on this dius, but one of the things that I really do encourage all of our residents to continue to do is being engaged when it comes to our local leaders and the people that we have representing us. I'm trying to get the assembly of the Senate bill, but there is a Senate bill that was passed in 2023, and it's affecting one of our local businesses here. Safeway Signs is a business that's been here since 1992, so that's what, 33 plus years, 33 years, roughly to be exact. They have over 40 employees that work there and they hold contracts with Cal trends. So all the science, freeway, science, speed limit, science, stop, science, stuff like that. They make, well, this Senate bill is going into place this upcoming June. I'm pretty much what it's doing in layman terms is eliminating the competitive bid process and giving the jobs to inmates, to be able to make the signs there, and to be able to do all of that there at a lower cost. And what's unfortunate is now it affects, not only is it affecting members of our community and in business and our community, but there's no way that you can compete with that type of pricing and even be not profitable, but keep your doors open. I see both sides to what it is going on, but this is something that now directly is gonna be be impacting the lives of our residents and our business owners here locally. So, you know, just hearing, having hearing that and dealing with that and trying to connect the local business owner who again lives here in our Lanto and the residents to, you know, connect them with the assembly man with the Senate and see what it is they can possibly do to be able to assist him there. Councilmember Mesa, I haven't gotten an update in regards to if we're going to have the home on Derby, right? You know, you're talking about having us all out there. I'll take it at if you know, if we don't have something, you know, if I don't get an update, you know, that you want to have, I've been practicing, I went to Scania a couple of times already, you know, a little slow pitch, so let me know if we're going to have a little fun raise there. I talk to them, they do been practicing, I went to Scania a couple of times already, you know, a little slow pitch, so let me know if we're gonna have a little fun raise there. I talk to them, they do not have a little kid fence to bring in, so it might, for you, be a base hit derby. Okay, cool. So, like in T-Bop. I can do it. You know, it'll be fun. Okay, you know, so let me know if we're gonna have our work on that today, man. I appreciate that, you know I love it. I love it friendly Competition and whoever loses, you know throw a pie in the face Dunk in the water. Dunk in the water. Let's do it all right But just love But outside of that, you know a lot of just great stuff That we have going on here in the city. There is one other update that I wanted to share I I'm trying to find my exact notes. I didn't go to Skype because I had those two. This is upcoming Friday. We do have our legal California city meetings, which I will be attending. March 2nd, we did have our first day of open registration for the Alonso Heat. It was a great day. We had roughly about 70 kids that registered that day. It's open now. Parents can visit the website, register their kids and do all that great stuff. The roster spots are filling up rather quickly. I love the fact that we have the support and engagement from the community. lot of people we just walking around yesterday. One of the teachers over at Columbia Middle School said, hey, Mayor, you're a part of that new football program has come in here to the city, right? So being able to hear the teachers and race and they're supporting it, it's great to hear. So I look forward to a lot of great stuff there. And with that being said, Mayor Brutum One last thing, guys. I forgot probably the most important announcement. I was looking right at it and I didn't say it. To the amazing women on this council, to the amazing women in attendance, to the amazing women on staff and throughout the community. Happy National or Happy Women's History Month. Thank you for the whole month. They get the whole month. Thank you for everything that you guys do in our communities, in our homes, in our schools, and everywhere else that you guys reign at. So thank you very much. We appreciate you. Mary, I got one real quick. We lost a resident. I just wanted to, I'm out three-night. We lost Timothy Gerstin. So just prayers and family for him and his family and Diana and Esmeralda. Just prayers with you right now. Condolences for everything. Thank you. Yeah, so we'll just do a moment of silence for Tim. You know. Thank you. Thank you everybody. Yeah, Diana, our thoughts and prayers with you. Thank you for sharing that news conference with us. Would that be in said we don't have any presentations and now we move over to public comment here at 1134 going to go ahead and open the public comments. members of the audience wishing address the council council. Please grab a yellow speaker card and fill it out. Bring it down here to Brenda. If you are online, you like to speak. Go ahead and press star 9 to raise your hand. And then someone there will unmute you. We don't have any speaker cards. Brenda, anyone online? We have one, your honor. Okay. Hi. Can you guys hear me? Yes. Okay. I'm not sure if it was a dress or not when I was listening. But the reason I wanted to make a public comment is because I wanted to know a little bit more about how the council deals with committees and the reason I wanted to know about how the council deals with committees because sometimes people are on committees and they remove and not removed in terms of members of the council and I just wanted to warrant what removes people from being on committees versus being removed on committees. Okay. Thank you for your comment. And, Madam, if you want to reach out to our city clerk, she can give you a follow-up answer to that. During these public comments, we typically do not engage with the residents. So please reach out to Brenda Lopez and she can answer that question for you. All right, Mayor. We have another one. Go ahead, Kimmel Campbell. Go ahead. Hello, Mayor and council. question is also in regard to committees I know that we recently voted in January and I'm wondering if there are reasons why there would be changes to committees at this time. You honor that is an agenda item We may want to wait for those comments for that item. Yeah. Thank you. We have one more ending in 776. This is for General Public comments, please. Good morning and praise the Lord,. And we up on this fine day. You've got the glory for our story of Michael Irving say what I would like to say today, laugh all the work y'all doing in the city and everything y'all keep doing the work. Just a couple of things. My guy and man I love how you give and prosper that inflation reduction act only prime is just four days ago A good judge in New Hampshire a road island Like those funds from being frozen because of the pre pre because of the administration in now It's freezing that act and going to eliminate all the rest of the 39 billion dollars in that act. So you got to make it probably get the most money you're going to get from the inflation reduction act. So when we like Trump and Trump, we got to understand a lot of the money you guys have been getting, they're going to be cut out. Keep that in mind as you go for these projects that money may be poured back Because of an unelected uh A part tied Person is actually running the government right now. We don't need to mention his name Um, so no, let's don't get too political on the dius But let's also be mindful when we allow a person to put Uh, political on the dius and then you can't try to cop a high moral ground later on there. If you're not going to stop it there, then you can't open it up either. So if you're going to get political on the diet, and then let the guy next to you be political with his hat on the diet, I mean, then everybody should be able to get political on the diet. It's what you by you making that mention it up The company and it hurts that that company is May suffer but think about the tears that everybody's about to suffer from You know what I'm saying so now let's don't be too political So I think y'all for the work y'all been doing and let's thank the previous administration for the money You were all allowed it to get. Do that work. Just knowing that when you passed it for the other guy, you have passed it against your own people in yourself. So that's all I got to say. Y'all have a great day. Y'all keep doing what y'all doing. But remember, both have consequences even when you think they don't. Thank you. There's no one else at this time. You're on it. All righty, gonna go ahead and close what we're coming here at 1139 and move on with the consent calendar. Items and a consent calendar consider routine in nature and non-controversial and they require no further discussion by the council. They may be acted upon in one motion unless I remember the city council requests a separate discussion on an item, a motion that we approve. Mayor, I'd like to pull item five and item seven, not so much for discussion, but just a couple comments that I'd like to make. All right, the council, any of you else? No, all right. You want to just have the comments on those items and then World Motion? Absolutely, yes sir. I'd like to start with number seven, go backwards. And looking, obviously, you know, the rehabilitation of our chambers is something that we've been pushing for for quite some time now and I cannot wait to walk in here one day and finally see something else. When going through this, did see you know shout out to obviously staff for rejecting it. There was about close to $420,000 worth of one line item worth of IT gear. That's insane right. There shouldn't it we don't need that much. I'm not an IT guy and Carlos jumping here and correcting me if I'm wrong. I don't think we need anywhere near that number when it comes to IT. We've been doing a great job with what we currently have. Our computers work good, our mics work great. So maybe not focus so much on IT and just focus on the rehabilitation of the aesthetics and other things, seats, walls, things like that. And at a later date, we could potentially look at enhancing and upgrading our tech. And then for number five, the approval for the contract between James C. Hurtz associates. Jim, I read through every single line on that contract and I want to first start by saying thank you for taking a pay cut. We appreciate it but I do want to go public and let it be known that what was on that on that contract describing the things you did you do so much more than what was on their gym you do so much more man there's not what wasn't listed was was the number the countless numbers of hours that you and I spend on the phone the the numerous amount of meetings that we're in with CalTrans or or or or or or come in from SKA or the CTC, whether it's Long Beach coming up in a couple weeks to San Bernardino, to Upto Sacramento, to be able to have you there by my side, to be able to thoroughly and properly explain what we're trying to do with this access agreement on 395 that you can't put a number on that man. I wish it was 30,000 up versus down. You are without a doubt worth every single penny on that contract. And I just want the public and our residents in this council to know that there's a lot of work going on behind the scenes behind closed doors that that's not listed on that contract. And I want to just take this time out to thank you, Jim, for all your hard work, all the extra hours. It doesn't matter. I mean, you and I have spent more time on the phone these last 60 days, and we haven't, in the six years that I've been here. So thank you so much for everything that you do. And I'm really going to be, I'm really excited looking forward to when we finally break this milestone with the CTC and get this access, you know, approved thank you Jim. With that mayor, I'm good. I'm motion that we approve. On second, all in favor. Aye. APUA new business. Moving on to award contract for the Alonso WTP process improvement plan. Richard or Cobbos? It's going to be Kavos. If you can unmute Kavos, please. Kavos, she should be good to talk. Can you hear me? Yes. Okay. Good morning, Mr. Mayers and members of the City Council. Wastewater treatment plan, enhancement and optimization involves expanding the capacity of the Wastewater treatment plan. This project has been in the works for the past 12 months to get it to the design point and the design was completed and went out to bed and we solicited the four beds that they came in and the lowest bed was per-quater corporation for 2,432,556 and that project is going to take about 180 days to complete. And it involves installation of a blower and lift station and the capacity of the plant as the city manager alluded earlier. Currently is at 3 million gallon per day. This enhancement and optimization is going to increase the capacity to 3, approximately 3.8 million gallon, which is about 800,000 gallons per day in addition to what we currently can handle with our wish water treatment plant. The Lobiter, as I indicated, is per-quater corporation and we are currently going to rescheduling the project and it's going to get started probably within the next 30 days and move forward to get it done on time. If you have any questions, I'm available to answer your questions. Thank you, Carlos. I just have a quick question. Yes, sir. We're going to go from the 3 million gallons to 3.8 city manager with the with all the growth that we have going on and projected with the still waves with the melonskies with. There's all the projects are housing. Everything that it is that we have. How long is this 3.8 going to last us to deal the next phase expansion? Mr. Mayor, that's a great question. And it's a bit challenging to answer because we are growing at a rate that hasn't been seen before in over 25 plus years. I'm just going to say from 1994 to about 2017-18, there was absolutely no growth taking place in the city of Adelanto until this leadership and this administration arrived and under your leadership were growing fast. And I'm thinking I'm going to make an assumption but cobbles can probably answer that a little more accurate. the answer to that. A little more accurate. I'm just going to say within the next couple of years we're going to make an assumption but cobbles can probably answer that a little more accurate I'm just going to say within the next couple of years We're going to probably have to revisit this conversation however we are doing what is called a citywide sure and Water master plan study that will give you more of an accurate reading when that report comes out and we anticipate that report being ready for us within the next couple of months, no more than three. But I'll have Cobbos maybe explain that a little more if you don't mind, Mr. Mayor. Yeah, that's for everything you Cobbos. Certainly. I believe Mr. City Manager explained it fairly well. It is, we are growing as everybody is familiar with the city's leaps and bonds growth. Our water master plan is coming out this week or later maybe next week at the latest and it's going to give us the projection population growth projection for the next 20 years. And based on every five years, we upgrade our master plan and project our population growth. And we use that tool to anticipate how much water we need and how much wastewater is going to be discharged for our expansion of our facility. I believe we are currently, we received about $800,000 grant to design a wastewater treatment plant, the future wastewater treatment plant, which we have, we're working on it at the present time. We're thinking about building a 2.5 million gallon plant that is going to go into design within the next couple of months. And then it's going to take a year to complete the design and another year and a half, the two years to complete it. So our next expansion of the wastewater treatment plant is going to be potentially to and a half million gallons and it will be ready and available for Operation probably three years from today. If I I think I answered your question unless you need some more information on it. No, great job. I just wanted to share, and again, I know that you guys already were thinking about point two, right? So I'm glad that we're able to hear this just because one of the costs, right, and I'm glad that the additional enhancement is going to almost double what it is that we currently have operating. So thank you so much for preparing that. I ensuring that once this one is done, we're already moving in into the next because I feel this 800,000 additional gallons of water is going to very quick, especially with that 18 inch high pressure water line that's being installed off of Alalanta Road and everything else that we have going on. So, Cobbos, thank you so much. Mayor Prod you any questions? I do really quick. And I just want to piggyback on your last statement there. Quick shout-outs to Mr. Duane Oroz. I've spent some time at the project, at the work that's being done here on the corner of Al-Alaantarro and Eric's Pressway. Schooled me for about an hour there along with our PIO. and thank you guys for the amazing work that you're doing. But no, just a reminder that our wastewater treatment facility, guys, we can go after that IRA and BIL money we can we've already have in the past we can't we can't go again to the callers point There was a judge that that stopped some monies or that slowed some monies down But we have to understand is there There's monies that can be slowed down and there's some monies that cannot and will not be stopped period It's happening no matter what right? Especially and specifically for underserved communities right those communities that fall under that justice 40 program Which Al-Atlanta does right? So please let's look into that let's again Let's look into let's look into funding through scag energy and environment This is something that I know they would get behind with all the amount of time that we're spending, you know, improving our relationships with them. Mary and I, we're going to be asking for it. We're not going to hold our tongue. If you want us to ask for 3 million, we're going to go and ask for 6. Right? We're attending these meetings and we're being apart and we're supporting them so that when the ass comes from the city of Valentanto, they can say yes and not no, right? That's not a secret. So, um, mayor to your point, let's, let's, let's not wait, you know, three years from now to go after money. Let's start going after that money now and maybe three years moves to, and maybe two years moves to one. Senator Kazumar Misa. I know this is just replacing a part right now to upgrade us. Is there any other parts? I believe there was like one or two other parts when we first talked about this. That might need upgrading upgrading before the expansion. Do you have any information on that, Kavo? I have to be a voice monitor, because a lot of moving parts, motors, pumps, pipelines, gauges, everything. We continuously have to purchase parts and everything. But the biggest part or component of the equipment that we are going to add to this expansion involves a blower, which City Council approved it about eight months ago. We purchased it, we pre-purchased because this this was a very long-lead item to get. So we have it available at the wastewater treatment plant for the installation and there was also a pump lift station for wet well that that pump is also being purchased, the dedicated also awarded that contract again at the same time with the blower. And we have both major components available for installation. That's what I remembered. Thank you, sir. You're welcome. That's one of the group. So this isn't something that with all things considered in the near future and to the mayor's point, we're going to have to reassess this very quickly anyway. Is this not something that can be delayed or rolled into? Well, I guess I have a two-part question. If this was approved, is this decision, it synergistically works with the future decisions of things we're going to have to do. A, and B, is there an opportunity to delay this decision and work on a different plan that we're going to need? I'm just trying to understand because it sounds as if this 3.8 million gallons is not going to be sufficient for an extended period of time. So it almost sounds like we're going to have, I mean, if we're going to revisit this conversation again, why don't we plan in advance for? That's kind of think what we did eight months ago. So they were talking about these need to keep it going. So we approved the money to be spent until now we spent it. Is that okay? Now then we now we have the parts so now it's like we now want to install. So it's the install of the parts we already approved to keep the plant going. So is that that's accurate? That's what we're doing? Councilwoman Optic-Rof, that's a great question and a valid concern. And as we mentioned a moment ago, we're growing in such a high rated speed. That we don't want to get to the point where we impact the wastewater stream and plan where now we have the state water board shutting the city down. And so we need to take this step. Then to get to the bigger step later on, yes, ma'am. Okay, thank you. Councilman Evans. I have none. All right, going to go ahead and open up public comment here at 1154. Brenda, anyone online? No, you're on. Oh, we do have one Deborah Mitchell. This is for the agenda item the APU a new business item. Hi. Good morning everybody. I wanted to find out the criteria for removing and installing people to come in. Yes, can you hear me? Yes, that's an agenda item and that won't be coming up here in a few currently we're on the WW it's a water business Okay, I'll stay on until you do thank you No one else here on all right So that being're going to go ahead and close public comment here at 1155 and emotion that we approve the recommendation from staff second, my mayor pro tem all in favor. Hi Moving on to continued new business the city council appointments for the air quality management district Now this is something just to give Tom context for those online and for the members of the audience that are here in person. This is obviously going to be a discussion, right? But one of the reasons this discussion came up was because there is, if I, again, if I feel that I made a mistake, if I feel that there was some information that was not disclosed or anything else like that, and that's certainly not mistaken in appointing anyone, but allowing an opportunity to share and to speak in one of the things that I had afterwards this appointment, we currently have Councilwoman Evans that sits on the appointment for the Mojave Desert Air Quality Board Management and having a conversation with Council of the North of the World afterwards. It was one of those things that I'm not sure. I didn't present the right time to speak or share, but wanted to just bring this back before in regards to the qualifications of this. One of the things that we were striving on as a council is to ensure that we always have the best representatives on the boards, right? A lot of people want to have the mayor on the boards and this and the third, but when we have better people or qualified people to represent in different areas, that's where we're a board of five, right? A lot of people, my mayor pro-10 sits, you know, County Transit Authority board for us. And when we made those appointments, his office where he was working was right around the corner, right? So being able to have the right people and stuff like that, some of that we've been trying to install here for a while. So I just wanted to bring this back up to discussion in regards to this Brenda. Currently our delegate is Councilwoman Evans. Our alternate is Councilman Ramesha. That is correct. Okay. So I wanted just to bring this. I don't think there's much for myself. Mayor Platoon, do you want the evidence to say about this? Councilman Ramesha. We've always talked about that ases in our places. So that's one of the things we always go on. And then some of the callers questions for me personally, when you're going to represent our boards, you need to be a voice for not only our community, but for this board first. And when you're voting totally against us the whole time and then you're gonna go represent us at the same time, I just wanna make sure that our voice is being heard when we go to these boards as well, that we're in agreement and alignment and there's nothing else being said when these boards are going, throwing staff under water, saying, oh, staff didn't do that, I'm sure staff didn't do that. We get just got to make sure we're taking responsibility at all times and we represent our city and our staff when we go to these boards. Councilwoman, at the grove. When I look at all of the council members here on the day, I see professionals. I see that every board that we could possibly be on representing our city we have qualified individuals across the board in my opinion. And so it is my opinion that although some of us have different professional backgrounds all of us us are capable of serving well in representing our city. Now, some of us may have more experience in transportation, some of us may have more experience in housing, some may have more experience in policy making for legislator, for whatever those backgrounds are. And I think that we all collectively do a good job of those things. So as far as committees and boards and the questions about who and how, I think at the beginning of the year, when I know from my experience, we were asked, we were asked, you know, is anyone interested in this particular board? Is anyone interested in that particular board? And I do recall some people saying I'm interested in that or I'm not interested in that. And so I believe that there were discussions in regards to bringing it back. I don't know, like I said, I strongly believe that everybody is capable of being on any of these boards. And to my understanding in regards to this particular board, Councilwoman Evans has been on the board and correct me if I'm wrong. You served on this board previously when you were on the council as well. I think the mayor's office office is the mayor's office. The mayor's office is the mayor's office. The mayor's office is the mayor's office. The mayor's office is the mayor's office. The mayor's office is the mayor's office. The mayor's office is the mayor's office. The mayor's office is the mayor's You know, sometimes manager was not, again, the intention was not to move anyone from the board, but the intention was to, for information purposes. You know, sometimes we all are so busy, we forget all the things that we do. And prior to me coming to the city of Adelanto and becoming a resident here, I was involved with air quality to indoor air pollution. So I was a part owner of an indoor air quality company. We worked with medical facilities throughout the world with Crossell in specifics. We worked with indoor probiotics, soil-based probiotics. We worked with the Los Angeles Air Coalition. We worked with Clean Air Acts. We worked, it was all not saying that that is, you know, the Mojave Desert Air Quality Management deals with a vast majority of segments that have to do with air quality. Indoor air pollution is just one of many. And so the conversation that we had, I think, just brought information to the table that maybe some of the other council members didn't know that I had that experience. It was no way to take anything from anyone that was already serving on a board. However, that being said, I think, might be personally, somebody that has the experience that has been on the board, that has already been actively participating with that team. I think, unless there's something going wildly crazy in South, I think they are qualified board members. So that was those are my comments. Councilman Evans. Great comments, Councilmember Up to Grove, kind of took the wind out of my sales with that. You know, I think that Councilman Up to Grove is on point. I did, I have served on this committee first for two years as the alternate under Council member, Kamargo, who did a phenomenal job on this board. And once he left, I was moved to the delegate and then was mentored by him when I had questions because as the mayor addressed in the first time that we addressed these This committee's particularly it's a whole lot The terminology is different. It's it's It's it's a lot and so thank you again. I've I've thanked councilmember Camargo multiple times privately his mentorship, not only on the air quality control management district, but in other ways that he's been able to mentor. I think more than just me on this board. So, served two years. I thought I did a great job. I don't know. I also, I don't know what Councilmember Meza is speaking to when he talks about, you know, talking bad about staff outside of the here. Unless you have a report from someone from that committee, I'm not sure where that information is coming from. But that's something I do. I typically have my issues and discuss my issues with the people that I have those issues with. That's what I like to do that way. There's no confusion. And so I enjoy sitting on Mojabi Air Quality Management District. I think that I'm an asset to that team, just as I think I'm an asset to this team. I don't feel that any of us have to vote the same way all the time. And to say that I always vote against or the person always votes against we got two five votes today. So always is a is a absolute that's not accurate. I am and always have been vocal and I will say what I feel whether it's with everyone or against everyone. If I feel that it's right I I'm gonna say it. So I don't think that should be held against me or be framed in a way that looks negative. If I don't agree with an agenda item, I'm going to say that. And I also feel like I give a reason why. I would also like to point out that I think there's only been a few times that I voted and it may not be any. I cannot recall a time where I voted against the majority on this committee. So I think that yeah I always put my residents first and I want to make that very clear the residents of Adelanto are who I put first, not my relationships with folks or any of those things and I do my best in any area. Again to address some of the questions that the folks have brought up earlier typically how committees work is in January at the first meeting we have a discussion we appoint folks and it sits that way for the next two years until the next election. So I don't recall the time where this is ever happens where we're bringing up an item. And again, I think Councilman Upteregril for her comments. I do feel qualified. I think that I've put in the work. I've done a whole lot of extra meetings with Brad, who is the ED over there, who helps and ensure that we know we're doing. And so I would like to, I'll just put it out there. I would like to remain in my position as the delegate on that committee until it two years, y'all feel like I've done something wrong, which I feel like is a, if there was some evidence that I had done something wrong to be removed, cool, do what you got to do. But until that time, I think that we should stick with what we've been doing which is every two years. Thank you. So like I'll respond, questioning staff and on items that make no sense up here when we're talking about, oh, why don't we go for a middle one? Like didn't you read the report that said we have to go to the lowest bid? So just throwing out false information out here on the dias or you just not understanding the laws when it comes to going for the lowest bid, saying they always put in a lower bid and then they always overcharge later and then that wasn't the case. There was no evidence behind that just throwing out false information, challenging staff when they're years and years of education and engineering and they're engineers and they work with these people all the time and we're questioning them up here. Like those are all valid questions behind the scenes, but to do it up here with no meat and potatoes to back up anything you were saying, that's the frustrating part that I have. So maybe other people don't hear it. I just hear these little like digs that could be asked valid questions behind the stage up here. I don't feel they're valid. I feel like you're just throwing darts sometimes. And when it's directed at my staff, I get offended by that. That's why I speak up for them. That's why I'm kind of hard sometimes. That's the reason you get this little fight for me. It's nothing personal. It's, I've done it to other council members that have done it up here. So it's not just you, but those are the things that are frustrating and that's where I didn't want that to continue on other boards if it's happening or not. But those are the things I hear when I'm up here. I think I'll see you later. Any thoughts, can't you? up here. Any ghost council? All right, we're going to go ahead and open up public comment here at 1208 and all the members who were speaking earlier in regards to the committee questions now would be the time where you can get your full three minutes to ask your questions and engage or ask questions to the council. And please press star nine at this time. If you wish to speak, our first speaker is Tiana. Go ahead. Right. Okay. It just seems that there's an expectation for council members, especially council members, Steve on it, Evans to always align with the particular, I guess, vote or so for council member Mazda to suggest that if she disagrees with anything that equates the opposition, it makes the issue feel personal rather than a matter of, she just has a difference in the opinions on policies. So always expecting her to vote with you. It just undermines the whole purpose of having a diverse, you know, a voice in leadership. And so disagreement, again,, again, is not opposition. It's a part of healthy, democratic processes council member Mesa. And also, um, it just sounds like resentment. It sounds like personal, emotional issues. Um, and then you said, like, fight, why are you fighting anyone? I don't think it's your job as a council member to give somebody fight. Also, the city attorney in that meeting two meetings ago, he did say that bid should be responsible and reasonable. He did come back and correct this. So that's false information that you're putting out there. The fact that you even bringing this stuff up, it just seems like you're you're edging it on. We're just talking about a process of how if a longstanding committee member is effective, why should they be removed without cause, but okay, as in this place, whatever you said, again, we just don't I just don't want it as a community member, as a homeowner, as a resident, a resident as a city resident I don't want it to be a precedent for we're just gonna continue to remove people make up rules along the way so Get it together. Thank you Thank you apple Valley next is La Cree Williams Go ahead Hi and it's La Cree. Thank you so very much. So this kind of goes, and that no problem. This kind of goes to the question I was asking earlier. And I think it was addressed in the comments. But I also want to mention, you know, something that councilmember Mendoza said, and I forgive me if I pronounced your name correctly, that kind of bothered me is you trying to defend and look out for your people and how Councilmember Evans is not necessarily in agreement with you all and doing things behind closed doors. Even though this is definitely a public setting for residents in the public to be able to see what's going on, to be able to shed certain things to light, just in the way you spoke of why you have issues with the committee of her being on, it sounds like that is something that should in fact be behind closed doors. The fact that you were in a public setting and you bring up the issues you have internally and the backbiting internally, it really sounds very personal. Like you said, it's not personal yet. Your actions are stating very personal. And again, when people vote and elect people to be in office, they do so to represent the community at large, not necessarily a click behind the gaze of a town council. You all are not supposed to necessarily agree with everything and it's almost as if you want to present a united front. But everybody that is on the council was voted to be on set council and you were voted there because the community that you represent wanted you to represent their interests and I think it's a really sad precedence when you want people to align with you to a space and place where if you don't like what they say or you feel things are being nasty that you will put it out that way and as you say you, you're correcting. The very correcting that you have said that you've done because of her not aligning with you. Again, it seems very, very, very personal, especially for those of us who are not necessarily in the room sort of speak when you guys have private conversations. But you're reasoning and explanation that you presented in front of the council and in front of everybody. And this is not a closed session makes this seem not only personal but I'm professional. And I don't think that represents the people very well. And I don't think that is a reason to try to remove someone that was supposed to be appointed on the committee in the middle of it because of personal gain. I don't think that is something that anyone should do, especially if that's not within the rules or the books of what you're supposed to do in terms of how you represent a committee member on council. And that's all years of my life, 29 years, and I'm an independent voter, normally swing to the right, just to be completely honest. And Devana Evans has been the only Democrat, one of the only Democrats I've ever voted for, due to the community and everything that I've heard, did seem very personal. I didn't hear one good reason, or one mistake that has made other than questioning things and that's what we're supposed to do. Coming from a community member, I'm not involved in politics and stuff like that. I'm not on the council or you know don't go to any of these meetings as much I do watch them when I can but what I heard was very personal. And I believe that questioning things and questioning, stances and stuff like that shouldn't qualify for removal at all. Like, I don't even know why we're having this conversation. And it's wild to me that anyone would try to leave her her removal if that makes sense. She's amazing and I believe any council will be lucky to have her in a seat. That'll be all. Thank you. Next caller. Tomia Robles. Yes, thank you. I appreciate that. Yeah, so I am. The president of. May revs, which is represents national association group for real estate brokers. The local chapter here in the high desert. And what we represent and we stand for the community. What I heard has nothing to do with what Miss Evans has done for the community, it sounded completely personal. She is a staple within our community, she's a benefit. We are actually support not just myself but our chapter members who are all community residents of the High Desert chapter. We are out here in Alonso. She's helping us in encouraging renters to get education and become home buyers as our chapter also supports. What I heard was personal, but I also felt an error of an aggression. It felt as though the councilman was more so pushing his weight around as he mentioned he's done it before and he's doing it again, but it's all personal. Nothing at all about what she's done for the community, the benefit that she's been to the neighborhood, the residents, and it's just more, more to me, it seems more offensive than anything. This is something I feel as though you could have pulled her aside and discussed personally as opposed to discussing removing her. We, like I stated, the community we need her. We need her credentials, her experience. She's definitely a benefit. What I don't understand too is if we just voted on these committees in January, what exactly has she done that warrants her to be removed in the first place? I understand your personal emotions, but you know, you stated previously, you know, it's business, not personal, business is never personal. So take out your emotions, take out how you personally feel and the digs is so called alleged digs and offensive whatever you feel personally was offensive and tell us what exactly has she done that warrants for her to be removed I don't see any I didn't hear it at all thank you thank you next caller Kimmel Campbell. Go ahead. Hello again. I believe that the comments that have come prior to mine really express most of what excuse me I was planning to say but I also want to piggybackback on the fact that it definitely sounds personal, but in addition, Councilman Mendelssohn spoke of having private conversations and things not being brought out in situations that aren't positive. And I believe that advice should have been used in his own case. This sounds like something that could have been discussed by the board or one-on-one. If he felt that there was some discretion or misinformation, I believe that the council members are in this instance may not be positively reflecting what the community wants from our council members and working together and having a positive attitude towards one another. I believe councilwoman Evans definitely speaks up for herself and for the community. and I see no reason at all if this is the quorum, no reason at all that she should be removed from this committee. And you know, move forward from there. Thank you. Thank you. Next caller is Lee. Go ahead, sir. Okay, okay. Yeah, pretty much everybody to say it. See it everything so I'm going to try to take this one by one real quickly here. First, I want to give a congratulations. I think you missed a council woman, up the grove for your remarks and everything. So my, my, my, my addressing to you is going to be real short. I'm 45 years old. I can remember back to when I was five and started my first conyards in Missouri. So for you to sit there and say within two years, because you had two years to be on this committee to say you didn't know you old a business in your age. When you were grown working and working in the air pollution indoor outdoor. Hey, hey, I know you're Christian. I'm just saying kind of hard for me to say you forgot their business. Start a lot of businesses. They never forgotten either one of them. So I, I, but I can grow, I thank you for, for, for what you said, but I also now turn my iron to the mayor's in right there in the middle. This would not even be a thing if this wasn't for you. This is all because of you and your private conversation with this, uh, Miss up the grow. And you could have nipped this in the butt and said, you know what, Mr. Manda? I understand that you got that. You did that, but this is the precedent we have set. Let's follow this then we wouldn't even be here Because now I'm glad we hear because God works in the serious ways What it has done has exposed the other guy to the writer you sitting right next to you the guy to have a personal problem Not a political problem. Excuse me when run for a public officer, your first duty is to the public. You said the first duty is to the diet. So you need the first apologize to Ms. Evans for your vulgar attitude, your arrogance, and the way you have stepped her on this diet. It is unbecoming of a public servant for you to sit there with that attitude and act like you don't serve the public first. It did a mid-altor amount that the diaries and other things come before the public no sir you are public servants paid by public funds sitting in a public office. Your duty is to public not yourself not the mayor not Mr. Amanda up the road because y'all three both together all the time Because I can go back. Yes, it's been times you have voted against the diet Many times where it'd be 4132 the other vote that she gets sometimes to be Mr. Raymost But yes, sir your everything you said has exposed your personal problem with Miss Evans Not a conflict of interest of ideals or ideology. So personal conflict, you have with her. So for the mayor to even think about removing Miss Evans, it would be saying, you would be condoning it and it would be saying, you got a personal problem also with Miss Evans. So you can do what you want both how you want. But I am glad God has exposed. Mr. Mendoza his attitude is arrogant that it's unbecoming. Thank you sir your time was up. You honor we have no one else. All right. I'm going to bring back to council. So. And this part this part is going to offend and upset a lot of people. But if you're not proud to say that you're from the city of Alonso and it's currently live here in the city of Alonso. Respectfully. Your opinion goes over my head. because, thank you for always being direct, thank you for always being honest, thank you for always speaking your truth Because you live here in the city and I truly value what it is that you say even when we are not in agreement I don't want to hear phone calls from people who live in Victorville, Hesperia, Apple Valley, opinion hills to try to tell us how we shouldn't should not govern in the city of Alonso because I'm not responsible for you liking me, for you voting me, or you supporting me, it is my job to be, to do what's right for the residents who live in the community in the city of Alonso. So again, the personalness, and you know this because you were here for it. The personalness with this is trying to turn a leaf and do things different. And that is a conversation that I've had with everyone on these diaries. I'm moving forward in how we were going to heal and how it is that we're going to be able to move this city without allowing the past to affect how we move forward. But if we use the strategies, if we use the opportunities, if we use the schemes, if everyone would call it of the past, you're not going to bear a different fruit. That's my problem with this. I brought it up because I know how to admit when I make a mistake. And in full transparency for everyone listening, I did share with Councilwoman of the Grove, my frustration of it. And I said, why didn't you say it when we were talking about it yesterday? So for everyone to want to know how it is that I handled this, I do have those conversations out of respect because this dius is not a place to grandstand. This dius is not a place to belittle and not to come to your defense, right? We don't grandstand here. Are our legal counsel and our city manager and our staff have made it very, very apparent. You have any question that your constituents may have or want an answer to or this time of third. You receive the agendas on Thursdays, no later than Saturdays. If we're overwhelmed, we have Monday, Tuesday, pretty much now, because we don't have Wednesday anymore all day to do, but we have two full days. We can come in, we don't even have to sit in the appointment with the city manager. We can literally show up, ask our questions. He will pull staff. If they're not here in person, he'll put them on the zoom and he'll allow us to ask any and all questions. Yes or no, city manager? Yes, sir. So for the sake of us asking the questions and whether we think or not that we're attacking staff, well, as staff afterwards, if they felt attacked, and if they felt comfortable in sharing those things, that's the stuff that I said, and I shared with you as well, Councilwoman up to Councilwoman Evans, that we're going to have to do different to continue to show the unity on this dice to be able to move forward this city. Those are the things that bother me. Right? Yeah, can the councilman may still be a little bit too defensive this then the third when it comes to protecting our staff, but hey, I do it for you. I do it for you. I do it for you. I do it for you. I allow even when I don't agree with you. How many times have I told you you'll be quiet? You'll calm down. Right now, like four times. Exactly. So I'm not biased towards any one person I'm biased to what this meeting is and this is the business of the city This is something that should have not happened absolutely already had a conversation with councilwoman up the growth but if she has If she has knowledge if she has value or it could be a better Representative for the city by the long to that board, just how I share with you, Councilwoman Evans, I'm gonna allow the public and I'm gonna allow the other members that is Dias to hear those qualifications. That is our job. Doesn't matter how traditional is the same thing that former Councilman Ed Kamargo said when there was that moment in the past where we had to do something out of the norm because every year, and this is every, and every year appointment, every year we revisit these appointments, not every two, just how we revisit the mayor pro-temp every year. If it's out of the norm, it's out of the norm, doesn't mean that it can't be done. Only reason why this is a conversation was because I wanted to give that platform to Councilwoman Evans to share her two years of experience in the time that she had and to allow Councilwoman up to grow, to share her, her, her insight and well-being because it does not say nowhere on the agenda is item removal. So if that's people's opinions, that's people's opinions, or if someone is telling them to say those things, then that's someone to say those things. So like you said, Lee, it does bring a lot of exposure to how people want to move or not move, but I'm not going to be ashamed on the way that it is that we're moving. I can be the big bad wolf. I can be the bad guy. I have to do it for two and a half years. And I got no problem in doing it because it's something that was done already and I'm'm not going to forsake the betterment of where this city is going to go. If we cannot evolve as a leadership, if we cannot evolve as people, if we think that the way that we dress brings the level of professionalism and the hard decisions, then you got it all backwards. You can put the most beautiful makeup, the most beautiful perfumes, the most beautiful attire on a mummy and the body and the chorus still dead. How we lead our community, how we think about what's best for the residents of Avalanto, voters and non-voters for the city of Avalanto is what it is our job to do. So I don't like the old schemes and the old strategies coming into this agenda item. I don't want to, and again, I can get flooded. The next council meeting with a whole bunch of people from other neighboring cities calling me out and saying this is the third. Respectfully y'all didn't vote for me. So we'll just have a long council meeting. Done it before. We'll continue to do it again. So this was a moment to allow us five to put our egos, to put our personal differences. And let's see, are we really about who's the best serving person on this board? Is it going to be Councilwoman Evans with the two years that she had prior? Is it going to be Councilwoman up the gro Grove with the experience of dealing with air quality in Los Angeles? That's what the purpose of this was. To allow the five of us to hear really who are the best two people to represent the city of Adelanto in this aspect. Are we going to think about what's best for the residents? Because also when it comes to that board, something to think about, right? We are a heavy cannabis community. They have air quality issues. Are we going to make your harder on our cannabis industry, which is paying our tax dollars for the betterment of the city above the Lanto for X, Y and Z? All of those things taken to the equation for the best representation of who sits on his board. But again, I've, I took counsel from someone sitting to my right to evolve my leadership and to not allow things to hinder me when it comes to the leadership of the city. And I've put my best foot forward, but it takes two to tango. It takes five to move and to keep what's best for the city of Alonso as the primary reason on why it is that we're here. So I don't want my next two years, because I'm not going to predict that I'm going to win or even run in 2026 but I don't want these next two years to be filled with causing supporters of people who are not in my city. Respectfully your opinions to me do not matter. I want to hear from the people who live in the city. You come over here and cuss me out. You let me call me X, Y and Z because you're my resident. You're who it is that I'm responsible to to hear how it is that you feel. That's why I respectfully with the utmost respect because he's not ashamed to say how it is that he feels. And most of the time, it has something negative to do with me. But I hear what it is that he's saying and I pay attention because he is my resident. Just how I called out and said that all the long the school district needs to elevate and be better. I'm gonna say it to us and I've been saying it to us. We gotta be better. This should have never happened in the first place. This should have been a conversation that we had the first meeting of January. So this is exposing our level of either in maturity, lack of speaking or whatever the case may be, we can't do this, ladies and gentlemen. We got way too much important stuff that we got to be dealing when it comes to the building and the fixing of the reputation of the city of Alalanto. Mayor Pro Tem, anything? Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Great comments, man. Very well said. I cannot agree with you more. I wanted to hold my comments until after public comment. And I will agree with you on Mr. Lee. You know, I as well appreciate your comments, men. There was a time last year where you were missing an action. I think you were on the road traveling. And I actually missed you calling in to the meetings and sharing your thoughts. Because one thing that I know for a fact, whether they were negative or positive, whether they were against the mayor and myself or anybody on the council here, they're very well thought out, right? You don't just come on here and you don't just say whatever's on your mind, you think about what you wanna say, you back it up with facts and just like the mayor said, you are a resident, an active resident in our city who knows what's going on. And again, we appreciate your comments. Even though I think you got some names mixed up and all that stuff, but we can talk about that later. Thank you for always, you know, whether you're on a road or not, man, thank you for always chiming in. Thank you for listening and holding us accountable for what we're elected to do. I am going to start off by saying something, repeating something that I said yesterday at the AESD meeting is one of the things that I've learned in life and I thank the military in my 15 years of being in the military for showing me this and teaching me how to do this. It's one of the hardest things in life that we have to learn to, that we do, that we have to learn how to do, is learn how to work with people that we potentially maybe don't get along with, don't like, feel a certain type of way about. It's hard to do that. It's really, really hard. But what I said at the school district yesterday, and I'm going to say it to us here, is people of our caliber, elected officials, People that sit in seats like these and positions like these that represent thousands and thousands and thousands of other residents, kids or whatever. We sit here because we know how to do that. We know how to do that. I know for fact that's why we're in a position that we're in. If we didn't know how to do that, I promise you we wouldn't be here. Now whether we choose to or not, that is a completely different topic, different discussion. So I know that everybody on this council, regardless of how we feel towards ourselves, towards the weather, towards anything else, I know we can come together for the benefit and betterment of the city of Aval and and figure out a way to work together. What happens at these meetings, Mary, you're right. It represents the city. It's a business meeting. Now, are there shots here and there, right, to my colleague, Councilor Meza, you're just speaking how you feel. And you're entitled to that, man. Those are our feelings. It's not something that's wrong. It's not something that's right. It's your feelings. If you feel my blazer is ugly, that's how you feel. I know it's not ugly, right? So I applaud and I commend you for speaking up, right? And saying how you feel. What happens at these board meetings guys? I know you guys know this, right? The amount of power in partnerships right now is insane. In sane. And when we sit at these boards, right? And I feel I'm qualified to speak on it because of all the boards and committees that I sit on, right? That's what this is. It's a partnership. It's a partnership between the city of Adonso and that board as well as all the other board members that sit on that board or committee that represent all the other cities. It's a partnership. Whether you're a Democrat, Democrat, whether you're Republican, whether you're in the middle, whether you're this, whether you're that on your own time or when you're up here, it is what it is. I don't even want to talk about that. But let me tell you something for anybody and everybody that sits on a board on behalf of the city, like it's all about Adelanto, representing Adelanto. It's not about anything else. And if any one of us for one minute think that we can go there and not represent our city and be vocal for our city and support everything and anything that's going on in our city, whether you personally like it or not, shame on you, you don't belong on any board. I don't, I personally, I don't want you on any board. Because I make it a point to when we go to our boards, it's all about either Lanto, whether I like this project, that project, I don't care. Either Lanto's never wrong, we're always right, we're running some money, we're here, bring it. And we need to carry that same type of mentality to every single board, every single committee we're on, because we're power and partnerships. Now, I would love to see, and I know we still got to, you know, hear from some of the other council members, Mayor, you're absolutely right. I think, and I feel that having the best representation on every single board is key, right? It's 100% key, and there are some boards that some of us are better at representing and a little bit more knowledgeable than others and we should be in those positions. Now with the new evidence, guess for the lack of a better term of councilman Upteregroves knowledge and experience and hands on stuff with the company that she used to have have or currently has I Would love to see a word that I think that I knew that I was gonna just trying, you know Really really use a lot this year is a hybrid right? I want to see I think the most powerful thing we can do and I and I feel that An amazing one-two punch would be having two individuals that have not only knowledge but knowledge and experience on that board, right? Councilwoman Evans has a two years of experience on that board. I'm not sure if there's any board members that still sit on that that were there, you know, if there is, that's those are relationships that you mayor and that councilman Evans have had and have cultivated for the last three, four, five years. That means a lot. That means a lot. That's huge. So with that being said, and knowing that we have somebody with experience, somebody with knowledge, I want to put forth the motion that Councilwoman Evans. This is the motion because we still got three other members. Okay Well, I'll go ahead and You'll miss a councilor Mesa Mesa. I don't want to be that Mendoza guys. That's a good jerk Martina's got yeah, that guy's bad too Not personal and she didn't really know miss councilwoman Evans that there's nothing personal, right? Can ask the mayor when we were talking about this, I had mentioned all step down just so we don't remove her from the board. So there is two spots and kind of where Danny was going to that we have our person with the most experience and we have her as backup. It wasn't anything about that, but when it was starting to get posed and these questions started to get asked, I'm the only one who was transparent. I'm sorry you don't like my answers and I'm sorry, but these are my feelings we'll call it. But this is also a corporation and a company up here that the city of Adelanto and there's issues with employees here that do have their feelings shook Because I want to say it hurt because they're all professionals and they know how to handle it right but when people are saying I'm never gonna pass the budget because of x, y and z what happens if we don't pass a budget up here right and I'm so those are the kind of thoughts that just make me say like what are we what I don't want you to agree with me all the time let's have this dialogue the gentleman who called him I'm sorry for it lead. I remember disagreeing with you I want to say a year and a half ago two years ago when we were building the gas station you need to walk alcohol in there right I remember every word you say my sir and I listen and I disagree with you we need to have some alcohol in there but I do listen to you and I do listen to everything you say and I do have a passion and there was also a do listen to you. And I do listen to everything you say. And I do have the passion. And there was also a lady on the phone. I forget her name. She was from Adelaide and to us. Well, she said she goes Republican, but she's the only Democrat that she stands up for. So OK. So there was a second Adelaide until person on the call. Again, we pay it to, I don't know what she is or not, but she did say she was. But there was two at least residents. And this is what we're talking about. I am voted in by my residents. And they know who I am. And they know I get loud. And they know I'm a little tough around the edges because I'm passionate. And if you don't have your heart into this game, don't be in this game. That's my opinion. If you don't have feelings and strong feelings and strong views, then get out. I am passionate about this. This is where my kids live. This is where I live, this is where my family lives. So I am gonna be passionate about it. I come to work in their hair every day. I am gonna be passionate about it. Maybe that's why you not elected because you're not passionate about what you do. But this is not personal. But when I say we are representatives of the community, yes, first and foremost, but the community is not voting today or tomorrow on who's on our boards. We are. So when I say the answer to us, it's because any one of us can be removed for any reason by any one of us, not the residents. So there is some credibility and answerability to this bias when you go and represent us. And just like the mayor said, I don't want to throw out false statements, but if you're not for the cannabis industry and you're going out there, could you sway Mojave air to go and do some new things to shut them down? If you're a totally against cannabis, when that's one of our biggest things, that That's what our residents voted for that's that's what we're talking about you got to take your personal side and I'm not saying anything about my Seventh right now. I'm just saying as an example That whatever your views are and whatever I'm seeing you vote against That could affect our city when we're sending you out and now you're like do we really need cannabis in this industry? that we really over here? When that's not what the residents have said and what they wanted and what comes from our taxes. So that's why I worry about it because on that level. But I'm gonna again hold off on how we, I think we should vote on this as well to everybody speaks. So thank you. Councilman, at the group. I just wanted to clarify for Lee, you made, I appreciated everything you said, but I think there was some confusion. I never forgot that I owned that company or that I worked for that company. I just didn't share that information with the mayor or the council at the at that time. So I always knew as a big part, I was on TV for it for many years. So traveled the world. Couldn't forget it if I tried. Their products are still in my house. But that being said, all of my experience was an indoor air pollution. So everything indoor, I know a lot of stuff about that. but that is not what the Mojave Eric Quality Management District focuses on solely. And I do, again, I stand by what I said. Councilwoman Evans has been there representing the city of Adelanto into my understanding well. And I see no reason at this time to make any of those changes despite the fact that I have some experience in indoor air quality. So those are my comments. Councilman Evans. Thank you, sir. That was really. Okay, so I'm just gonna take my notes here. I think that it's Trying to find a word to not be divisive To display it to explain how I feel about the fact that when I am direct in speaking to staff, I'm attacking them. But according to Councilman Meza, when he's just being passionate, when he's talking and being direct. So I'm not sure why there's a difference there, why I can't just be passionate, why I have to be attacking staff. I know that you've said in the past that, you're the only one that that has to go to a nine to five or whatever but you don't know what I do for a living sir. So I get that like the mayor said there's Monday Tuesday to come in. He's seen me on Wednesday morning bugging staff like hey guys they didn't have time. I'm sorry my schedule has been crazy but can you answer these questions really quick? So it's not that my intent is to come and ask my questions for your information. Because like you said, we don't have conversations so you don't know my life. The one meeting where you were saying I asked questions was the one meeting that we've had so far where I didn't have time to come in. And even in that, I don't feel like I attacked anyone. I asked questions. I do appreciate and I said this in my opening comments. my acceptance speech if you will. I'm very direct and I appreciate directness right back to me. So if I'm asking a question, just answer the question. And there's no attack there. It's a simple question. Answer the question. If that's going to be an issue, then it's going to always be an issue. Because I'm going to always be directing. I'm going to always ask my questions where I see fit, not where you see fit. And so if I don't have the time in my schedule because we are contracted to two meetings a month, although we all do way more than that, it's this is a fair place to ask my questions as well. I don't attack anybody. I had never attacked anybody, but I am going to ask questions. and like you said, they can be tough questions. Don't let the attack. It's the question. Okay. I had never attacked anybody, but I am going to ask questions. And like you said, it could be tough questions. Don't unattack. It's just a question. OK. I don't know where these cannabis statements are coming from, because I've always been, and my statement is always, I don't partake in cannabis, but I'm pro cannabis. I've said that since 2018. There was countless times where three of us that sit up here currently were, you all need to do drug tests. Cool, drug test me, bro. You want a hair follicle? What you want to do? Because I don't partake in cannabis. So or any other drug for that matter, let me be clear before that be the rumor, right? I don't partake in cannabis, but I am and have always been a huge component of cannabis. In fact, Takoon hired me to do their grand opening. So, you know, I don't have an issue with cannabis, so I don't know why that's even being brought up. But the fact, and in my voting record and why I vote against things, I will always vote against things if I don't feel like they're right. And I want to bring up the sheriff because Mayor Pro Tem, you praised the sheriff's for their Positive policing which is the the term for what you describe with the thin playing football and all of that Every year that I voted no on the sheriff's contract was for two reasons and I was very clear in that I Want positive policing and I want body cameras Every year and every year I was ridiculed for she's tough on crime. She crime to go everywhere she no no I went body cams and positive policing Captain Lutz has brought in both of those things so whether you know it I'm sure it was divisive back then when I was a 4-1 voting against their contract every year but both of those initiatives have been enacted so. So was I wrong or is he wrong enough for enacting them? Sometimes we see things different and that doesn't make any of us wrong. I truly believe I've always believed that while I don't always agree with the mayor, we both want what's best for the city. We just have different views on how to get there and that's okay. I I'm not holding to Falling in line. That's that's not what I'm here for like you said your residence voted for you for whatever reason They voted for you and mine voted for me for the reason they voted for me and it just is what it is I I think that was all to address all of the things that I'm assuming were directed at me. Again, it is what it is. I enjoy that board. I learn on that board. I always represent Adelante. So first, even in places where I wish I could just be Steve on it. I'm always Councilman Evans if that's the reason I'm there. And again, I'll just reiterate that I would like to remain as the delegate on this sport. Thank you. What's your motion, Mayor Boothton? Mayor, council, we have roads to the resurface buildings to build and parks to plan. I want to put this to rest. I'd like to motion that councilman Evans remained a delegate and councilman Updegrove be the alternate for the Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District. Can we get a second? I like to motion that councilwoman up to Grove is a delegate and councilman Ebbons is the back. Before we do that, there was dialogue with Councilwoman Evans and Councilwoman up to grow. So before we do a separate motion. I don't know, I know, but it's still yet there was conversation. So I don't want it to think like there was not being respected in the conversation. So the second is there a second. So I was asking if she wanted to be the alternate because I would second if that's what she would like to do. So is there a second for that? So there's no second on that. So what's your second? What's your ocean? For a misceptic group, Councilman up to go to be delegate and for a mis-consumin' Evans to be the second. Can we get a second? You guys haven't figured it out. I'm not gonna second. I'm gonna go to a real call. So someone needs a second. It appears there is no second. So I'll move that the committee stays the same. Is there a second? I'll second that. Roll call please Brenda. Yes, Your Honor, Councillor Evans. Yes. Councillor Mesa. Yes. Councillor Dr. Grove? Yes. Mayor Fulton-Ramos? Yes. Mayor Re've to go. Yes Mayor for Tim Ramos. Yes, Mayor Reyes. No Well, we already know we weren't going anywhere mayor. So why It is what it is. Thank you motion passes for one requires dialogue Yeah, whatever New business contract award to Dennis Street in case three pavement rehabilitation projects CIP 2024-03 Cobbos Mr. Mayor, members of the City Council this project is CDBG funded project we have I believe believe we have received about close to $500,000 for this project. And most of the things we're doing this city of Odellonto, they get buried underground, nobody sees them. But fortunately, this one is peeping the surface road in the residential area that is going to enhance the neighborhood as well as noticeable by a lot of people who drive in that would leave in those two streets and drive through there. We received three bits, Hardy and Harper was the lowest bid for $349,000. The next bidder was about $20,000 higher than the. So we received some good bits. The project budget that we had received is slightly higher than what the construction cost is going to be. We probably will extend the road pavement to utilize all the funding we received from CDBG. Any question on that? Cobbos question. You know when we did the Koala Repayment from Amaraj to Chamberlain and Richard made mention of a newer technology, not technology, but a newer concept on what they were doing when they were laying down the asphalt to give it a longer Processor longer process I guess not not seeing it properly, but is that same concept happening with this project or no? I wasn't involved in that project, Mayor, but I believe maybe what he was talking about using rubberized asphalt for the cap. And rubberized asphalt is a lot smoother on the surface and it does last longer. Perhaps that's what he was talking about and we are going to be using rubberized cap. This project involves that taking out four inches of existing asphalt and replacing it with two inches of base material and two inches of rubberized asphalt on the surface. And that's probably what you may be referring to or what you heard Richard saying, but I'm not quite sure if that's what I think. That's for the worst cobbles. Thank you. Mayor Pro Tem. No, no, I'm just again excited for for more roads and I would just make a comment if we can, Captain Lutz left already, but if we can please continue to police these big rigs, I noticed over on Koala, where we did that amazing stretch and we're soon gonna do phase two of it. When you're making that right-hand turn off of Chamberlain onto Koala you're starting to see some little some little waves there dipping into the street and you know MPT did some some of his investigating and that's actually where these big rigs when they make that right turn is where they're shifting gears and adding a little bit more weight to that area on the street there and it's creating those waves so if we can just continue to to police those semi-s and areas where they're not supposed to be city manager, I'd appreciate it. Councillor Romesa. I got nothing. Councillor Winnock the Grief. Nothing. Councillor Winnock the Grief. I'm excited that we're using the rubber. We talked about this a long time ago. And I'm excited that that is being used. We've seen it in other countries and it is getting the job. I mean like next to cobblestone this is the way to go so super excited. Thank you. City Manager just to add on to what Mayor Pro Tem was asking until we pay them Raj Road or whenever the case may be. Can we explore and putting in cameras, right? Maybe on Chamberlain on the beginning of both sides and put up signage saying that they're gonna get signed that they come down our residential roads and force them to go down to Rancho Road, which is our designated truck stop because I know a lot of our community in the Lanto, you know, they do drive big rigs, right? But we're doing a lot of capital improvement projects and having these big rigs driving through residential roads, parking in front of their homes and everything looks like that. Like it's, we, we got a set of presidents that, hey, look, you have to figure it out on for yourself as well. So I don't want wanna go and install cameras to take pictures of license plates for big rigs, but if that's the way that's gonna make them stop, because we gotta do something so that we're not making all this investment into our capital improvements and just they're damaging the roads. Yes, Your Honor, and I'm pleased to. I'm happy to inform you that we are currently getting three bids on cameras. And some of these cameras that we're looking at are the similar cameras that you see at Walmart, Home Depot, Lowe's, with all the bells and whistles and the lights, much more affordable, much more cost effective, accurate. And so our own IT department is actually looking into that right now as we speak. So yes, you'll have three bits very soon, Your Honor. Awesome. I'm going to go ahead and I'm going to public comment here at 1257. Anyone on the line with? No, Your Honor. I'm going to go in and close public comment here and before our motion can we just make the correction and the recommendation I would love for it to be $34,900 but I think it's probably $349,000 for missing a zero so thank you honor you know so no don't give me wrong we could pay 34,000 I love it right but but it's probably now what the real cost will be. So would that be a say? That would be corrected, sir. Thank you. I'll accept. I'm ocean to accept the recommendation from staff. All in favor. Future agenda items. A few things for me. One, there's been a lot of preliminary work that Mayor Prok Tim and myself have been doing when it comes to the state of the city. We're actually going to be visiting and talking a little bit more with friends of the putso after we leave here. The goal is to have it done this year at the high school and utilize their performing arts room right where we had that a home ask off event right there I think it's our pack center. So we're going to go there, have some more conversations there but if we can put it as agenda item to set a date for the state of the city. Can I get a second? Second. On the favor. The other one was, oh my my goodness what was it? Can we look at, I know Councillor Macy was talking about and I know Sabah hasn't working on grants for rehabilitation of parks and of that sort in doing, you know, removing the wood and doing the foam. It just shows how much soft these generations are getting. I remember when it was just dirt. But anyway, cement. Grateful that you got some swings. But sandbox exactly. But I did mention to see if we can explore on doing some additional work over at Marconi. Not getting me wrong, I love the grass. I love the grass, right? But I would love to see if we can possibly see like how much are we spending on the maintenance of that, the water, all those other areas and what the cost would be to astral turf it. Because one of the things that I've noticed now that I'm in this world, thank you so much, Councilor Mermesa. Let's get back to the indoor park that I was lacking about. Hey, I've, we just had some people get involved that anyway, vacant land tax. When it comes to that, but just seeing if we can, I know we have the park on Bellflower, but that's a new park, see if we can potentially look at some grants and some services to Astral Turf out and do some park enhancements over at Marconi Park. Mr. Mayor, I'm happy to announce on this one as well that sawava submitted the application yesterday for New Astra turf at our Morkone Park. Awesome. Anything on Richardson or? I believe that grant, if I may, if I may city manager, I believe that grant was strictly from Mork, but I know Sabah is always looking for grants for parks. Why was that one particular? It's because America doesn't have baseball kids. Okay. Got it. Now, what we'll do some stuff. Well, I'll share with you why afterwards. Okay. Yeah. I know there's a valedry. I know there's a valedry. There is one more. I don't think about it. Care about mayor pro tem any future agenda. Yes sir. If we can get on the agenda, what we spoke about last meeting a little bit, the park's the signage at the parks regarding no smoking. If I can get a second on that. Second. Third. On the favor. Yes. On the favor. Hi. If we can bring back on the agenda the Utility box artwork program. I'd like to request a little bit of money from this amazing great looking council only if it's not really to and and hopefully by then I will have information regarding if we're gonna have funds as well well from either the AESD or VVUHD organizations as well. Can I get a second on that? As long as it's non-dogger. 49 years old. 49 years old. 49 years old. I guess. I guess. Thank you. And lastly, if we can bring back, I know we talked last year after the movies in the park about possibly doing a spring fleeing or Summer jam or something like that, right? Maybe not movies in the park maybe incorporating something different But if we can bring that back to discussion for council to either discuss whether we're gonna do some movies in the park So if we're gonna, you know, head in a different direction this year with doing some different I'd like to start you know those conversations because spring is just right around the corner okay I'll second that all in favor aye and that is all I have mayor councilman up to Grove I mean councilman Racer I mean does that has nothing I said I'm really trying to think I had another one. I'm good know if you know that's what I'm doing. I'm just going to say that I'm really trying to think I had another one. I'm good, thank you. Councilwoman Evans. Yeah, I'd like to bring for discussion sponsorship for the Black Grads. No second that. Thank you. I don't favor it. And then I would like to bring again for discussion on update on the trees. Oh, the fruit trees. Yeah. All in favor? Hi. Thank you. I forgot mine. I'll remember later. With that being said, our next regular city council meeting will held March 26th, 25 at 11 a.m. Our time out is 103. Can I get a second? Second. All in favor? Aye.