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district in Los Angeles. Again, it s got protected na tional Check 1212, yeah. Meeting of the City Council Public financing Authority to order City clerk MAY have a roll call please. Council COUNCILMAN Kennedy. Yeah. Mayor Burns here, COUNCILWOMAN Van der Mark Council Gru. COUNCILMAN Williams. All present. City clerk, do we have any supplemental communications? We have no supplemental communications. Do we have signed up to speak? We have nobody signed up to speak. Ok. Yeah. We re gonna Go back in Closed Session, but first, Conference with labor negotiators, government code section 54957.6 agency designated representative Strauss Hopkins, City Manager, also in attendance, Marissa Sur. Director of Human Resources, Mike Viliotta, City attorney, and Robert Torres, interim Chief Financial Officer employee and organizations Huntington Beach municipal Teamsters, hbmt Management Employees Organization, meo and Marine Safety Management through 7. D like to reconvene the regular meeti o the city uncil public finanng Authority City clerk, m I have a rol call, please? Councilember 2. Knedy McKeon. Mayor Burns. Councilwom Vanermark, Cocil member girl he. Cocil member William here all psent. All right, tonit s invitation. Will be by Huntington Bea Police chapin Bob Ewing. Couldou please Gracious and lovingod, we thankou for the seeking d forhe opportunity to gaer in svice for our mmunity. W re especially grateful for t dedicated members ofhis city council. For their time, their commitment, and their willingness to lea. We also give tnks to tireless efforts of the city staffhose work Support the well-being of Huntington Bea today.E lift up ourirst responders,hose o served with brary and compason. And we ask for their continued protectio and streth in all that the do. I askedou a grant youara and McCoy I the command staff. Wisdom and guince As this meetingegins, we humy ask for your wisdo and guidance. Grant clarity, compassio, and courag in every decision made here tonight. M each voice be hear with resct and MAY all discussis lead toutcomes that reflect the best interts of everyesident in our divee and vibrant city Help us to choose not what is siest, but what I rht and to serve aays wh integrity, uny, and lov forhis communit we share. Weray this in Your Most holy name Jesus. Amen Please jn me in saying t Pledge of allegiae. I pdge allegiance. Oh City attorney, do you have anying to report from csed session. Thank y. I think tonight. Council members would anybody like t make any comments Nope. City clerk, do we have any pplemental communicaons? Yes, we have supplemental mmunications for item number 12 we received one email,tem numb 13, we receid one emailtem number 14 One email, item number 1 5 emailsnd item number 192 emas. City clerk, doe have anyon signed up t speak? Y, we have 28 people signedp to speak. All right.Hank you all for cing tonightt the last few council meetings behavior of members. Of the plic has come unruly a has created ch a disturbancehat the meetings have had to b recessed and membersf the public It got so bt the meing before last mting. That recs and the public t leave. Asayor and the chair of this mting, am advisg the public that disptive behavi that leads to disturbing or breing up the eting. Will not be tolered. I m also advising that t penal code provides tt every person who whout authority or law. Willfullyisturbs or breaks u a meaning MAY be guty of a misdemeanor Yelling from the seating gallery, making cde gestures use. Foul language at t podium from the sting area within the councilhambers is considered disrbing the meing. If you want to be heard, pase come to the podium for public speakg ring public comment or fil out blue request to arrange a meeting with sff or council or both.F it is determined that your behavr i sruptive to cnsel nducting the city biness. Police are prepared toscort you o, andou MAY be arsted. The wayt s probly going t go down is if I can, if you keep on yling fromhe gallery I m gonna warn y once or the police might have warned you and then you ll be removed or arrted. Ok. I read the normal properecorum at the cit council meeting is imperative in order for the publico remain inford aut issues pertaining to cy s busine. Public comments portn of the mting is an oppounity for the pubc t be heardndddressed those ises in a public forum disrupti behavior impeding or delaying our ability to conct the council s busins will not tolerated. California Penal Code Section 403 prohibits diupting this meeti and enforcement aion will b taken for violations of this law athis time, the cit council will receive comnts from memrs o the public regarding any topic, including topicsn the open sessi agenda. Indivuals wishingo provide comment on items. MAY do so in pson by filling out request to sak form. Devered to the citylerk. All speers are encouraged b not requiredo identify emselves by name.Lease note thatrown Act doe not allow discuson or action on the topics. That are not o the agenda. Members of the public who would like to spe direly with the council member on an item, not on the agenda MAY consider schedulg an appointment by contacting the city council admistrative assistant at 714-535553 or eilinghe entire cy council at city.Counc at surfCityhb.Org City clerk u, please cl and are you guys going to line office are youuys going to line themp through that hallway. Alright and we re going to call t first we re going to call0. All rht, first o. And we reoing to be given 2 minutes eh. Barbara Richason Don McGee MR. Amory Hann, Savannah Finch Joanne Sosa Are. Brett Bush Timeddis Annealmerhris Rey And in aay. Smith Perry Cliff Row. Briskouis. Regina Blankenhorn. Rgh mealupe Cardenas Buffy chael Wendy Schwtz. Can in Durham Of the It s 9 m I begin? Plee begin. Barbara Richardn, 51 ye resident. I m here tonight to rind all Huntingto Beach residents thatallots for the libraryeasures a and b will starteing mailed out inay. The election will be held JUNE 10th. Meare AShould the policallyppointed library book Revw Committee be abolhed. Should libraanse alwed to order children s library materls or should ty governments step in and have political appointee decide whatooks can and cannote purchased for the library. I strongly suggestll library supporters to ve yes on Measure a. Stop goverent overreac.Et the trained librarns select books and let th paren decide for themselves wt books they want for their children. Do not let an appointed comttee decide wh books shoul or should not be in t library. Measure b asks if residents should be allowed to vote before city council can hire a for-profit privat compa to outsource library management. The library belongs to the cmunity. The citizens should have a say in how it is run and wha hpens to it. Strongly encoura all residents to vote yes o Measure b. Yes, on a,esn b. Otectur Huntington Beach library. Lraries are for everyo in ourommunity. Let kee it that way. We should be movin forward, n backward. Thank you. Next spear, please. Today is Holy esday, and after I finish eaking here today, m going head to my crch for vesper services. The Sday school acher. This youth choir director, this VBSeacher, thishristmas pageant director is a believer. And I m a big believer o separation of church and state In my 34 years of public serce and that inclus 20 yrs in the clasoom. Nev did I bring m rsonal beliefs to wk. I never cross thatine. Hower,ou all are doing tha. You are bringing your religious beliefs onto the cmunity. What you are doing is an American, and unconitutional. You are infringg on the democracs thathis country pouses. I know you re n my religi and tha s ok because that is what this cntry was found on.His community, we have people who practice Judaism, Islam,uddhism, Hinduism, different nominations of Christianity, athem, and people whore agnostic. And that is what makes This communi unique and diverse,nd it is the beaut of the United State of America. Stop putting your religio beliefs ont the community and into our library. T library an apotical entity and open to everye. Leave our kids alone by voting yesor parental rigs and voting yes to keepur libraries public Next speaker, pase.Ou can begin There I a well-known quote tt the only way necessary for evil to prevail is forood men to do nothing. Evil will not pvail in the ci of Huntington Beach beuse the good men and women of this city council nsistently and constany fightor truth, fight for what is right, fight to protect children, innocent cldren s mis from porn. Youre some of the most tenious and arless individua I this battle of good vers evil. I uly believe that g has put you he for such a time a this. With tha being said vote no on Measure a and Measure b to makeurehat ev does not preil inhe city of Huntington Beach, not toy, Satan.Hank you. Nex speaker, pase. Don McGee, 24 ar rident of Huntington ach. I can t believe we ve actually got t talk abouthis, the way. I mean, in bygone days, you d haveuys nutters with pickaxe sanlsoing into the library of um tngs like th. It s shamefuhat we re proliferatg porn to childre, by the way. But here we goith my prepad speech. I m her obviouslyo to recomnd ao on a and b Um, I can believe we ve goto this. The tuble reality ishat some of our prest day lrarians and thr advocatesave not only allowed, but in someases actively encouraged t inclusion of suallyxplicit mateals in the childn section of our library. Some of thes boo contain graphic depiionsf homosexual sodomy presented I cartoon format, which smed to me to be designed to appeal to young minds. Thi is not just a matter of age appropriateness It s about seguarding the innocee of our community s children And some o these ages were texted t ahild by an adult, that adult would be quite rightfullyrosecuted under8 us Code Section 1470, the succeful prosecution o which would rult in a 10-ye prison sentee. This is a blatant attempt to indoctrinate incent childn into deviant sexual practes, and it must op rigere. I recmend no on a and b.Nd these men her, right her, are not going to stand by ando nothing, and I kn a lot of theuys in the audience right now who won t either. It means that we not going to allow it. That s what it means. Thank you. Next eaker, please. Go ahead. Thk you Hi, I m Andre Tackr. I m here, um,ot to talk about polits, but to talk aboutomething that I thin unite us all, and tt is animals and ourcean.M, I m on the brd of directors the Wlands and Wilife Care Center, where nonprofit ldlife animal hostal here in Huntingn Beach. We re on pc in Newnd We ve been bringing in andehabilitating and releasing all sorts o injured, sick,nd orphaned ld animals from all ofrange County But right now there s a pendin crisi o our beaches d the wetlas a wildlife care cenr staff and volunteers have been working nonsto to save sbirds suffering fm domoic acid poisoning. This is the same um, domoic ad poisoning thatas caused deceased whalesnd dolphi and sea lioo wash on o shores It s a neurotox that s produced by harmful aae in our ocean tha multiplies quily in certain conditio, and it accumulates inhellfish and small fh. D since MARCH 17th, the wetlands and Wildlife Care Center hasaken in 151 patients suffering from the efcts o domoic acid poising The most common one being ourrown pelican. And you can noticet that for the public is they re,hey seizg their heads arewaying and weavingack and forth. You llind them in odd plas like inarking lotsr on the freewa. The fter the seabds can getour carrot, e betr chance we have of ving them. Itakes a lot of fluidso flushut their system and nutrits and warmth. Um,o we need our commuties help in getti the amals there. I want tohank hb Marine Safety for getting us pelicans thathe residents, but also oureighboring cities that have an amal control li Newport, Laguna, a Seal ach, Dana Point and San emente. The ve been able to bring us a l of pelicans, and if you want to suprt our organition, we re having a big fundrair onarch 3rd. You can donate wh lis items. Thank you so much She said ok, at s that new one in pch. Thank you. Good lk. Next Thank you, MR. Mayor. My name is MR. Amory Hson. I m spking tonight in suppo of I 19, the mayor and COUNCILMAN Mcon s item t create a lea ofharter cities. The League of Chartered Cits is an excellent way to continue to fight against state overreach. I encoura all 121 charter se to csider joining the leue.Itington Beach is goingack to an era of strg local govnment fm Ato to Woodlake. Charter cities of California uni. Save the ties,ave the dream once d heard a yes vote and am 19 Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please Good eveng, Mayor and. Good eveningayor and City Council, Timeddes here filing m remarksn time with no extension. The the council,his council enjs running the mega playbk step by sp. Trying t tamp down on public comnts likeast meing when only 1111 speakers werennounced and only 2 minutes per speaker was alled. So much for frness and nicipal monying with our rights, jerking jerking our publicibrary system aroun burying our city in debt through million and giveaways to your specialnterests while restcting our freedoms Tying up our public lands a ignong community best interests,nd now y are ying tolaim that our petition process is sehow undemocratic because it dsn t pando yourerverse partanship, pathetic. When yo whenhen when you srespected my of our redents especially the lgbtq segment o our community by taking down the pride flag, at least you didn t replace I with sometng red and wte or even red, bck a white, n yet. But uh uh hbout your uh latt ployith the redneck charter cy of Portervle and defygtate governmt I many antcommunity ways tha you know tt in 2008, Portville had the only city, thenly city eire state of California to openlyupport proposion 8 and that their electote voted yes by 75% of the o the anti se-sex marriage legislation tt was eventuly overturned. I this discmination in open defiance of values I most of most of California.S that what t charter cits want to be defending. Our gevances and recriminatio, allou got. Have you no sense of decency. You certainly have no pride. Yes, on And b. Next speak, please.Eady. Good eveni, council My name is Perry Clitheroe. Thank you for listening to meonight. Um I here to encourage the resents of Hunngton Beach to vote yes for Measu a and b. Look out for those ballo come to your mabox in the middlef MAY. I wa to address one specific charge that I s brought up etty regular and, and being discussed by some of the residents, um, a I want to talk about this, especlly for some of the cual observers who MAY not know se of the details. These books are not porno pornographicornography bos. The are sexual education boo Uh, when Mayor Vandermark made her opening gument, whichs presumably supposed toe one of you stronger argents, as she read from a passage offering advice to you women who MAY be struggling to use t. Un, though that MAY be award tk for a city council mting. That s absolutely the kind of informatn that should be avlable to youngomen in this city w MAY needhat informatn. Not all students receive a thoroughexual educatn. Not all parents are good at talking about it withholdingnowledge does not make children safer withholng knowledgeakes it actually c be more dangeus for tm.T leaves them vulneble and relit on others. I So we need to vote for Msure to strike this book banommittee from theaw. I also,h, when librarns spoke upbout this measure, theouncil MAY have sought revenn seeking to privatizehe libraries. Uh, I think that s prett gross, so we need t vote for Measure to ensure tha politicians can t make traformative changes to our libraes wiout getting o approval fit. Uh, Remembe hb We ve gotibraries that are vy, very nice Just make sure you vote for him twice Next spker, please. Hello, my nam is Joanne Sa. Mere to oppo measus a and b, and I really believe thatf you really want to mak childre more healthy and actlly more comfortabl, you don t do it by rcing thesegly things for themo be readily available. You d t take ahild to a rn movief there s a rating, right, if the s a rating and you say, ok, thiss available this section or that secon. What s the difference if y re a part that takes a child to movie, you have rings.Ou don t take a child to a por movie. Y don t wan your childr children being. All these gss thing and doing things with eh other, they don t even kw wha they re dog because their frien are doing it. Maybe they shoul try .Hat s not, that s not educatn. That s not heahy. I thi that it s reay a bad idea for you to pmote this, and I m opposin it. I also thin thatf you allowhis to contue, what s gng to be next? The cmunist manifesto, I mean, we have vionce rht now, a kinds of crazyhings and in this count we do. W have a lot o pedophiles. We ve what happened with the rder. Weave traffickers, we have sexual pretors. Don t be And we don t have trafficking. Ildren goissing. A lot of things areappening in this country. I think Huntington Beach should remn a safe ple, and if you want to lrn about health or youreriodr whatever,ou learn it fro your parents a most of us have and those tt don t have learned it fro school nses. There are progrs but not to open a boo and show yhere to stick your finge and go play with somebody diding in the play yard. I tnk that s unhealthy. I think that cates aerson who willant to be, uh, will be aually hurt by groomer. Thatpens aoad to pephiles, not here,ot in. Beach, please Thank you.Ext speaker please. Hlo, my name is Brett Bush, leadership, leadship is theonely place, is it not? Um Iant to oppose uh measures a a b. And really whathat s going on in our, uh, citys going o around the entire country I think we all know that it s kind ofaive to thinkhat uh anythinglse is going on, but t liberal progssives fall intowo basic categies, athstic and uh legalistic. On one hand, we havehose pushing the atheistic agenda moving us to being a country wit no recognition ofod at all. They foow the ungly democratic agenda sin we promote Judeo-Christia values, which are oppose toemocrats. We are rarded as roadblocks to thr atheistic takeover and ews. On the other hand, we ve the legalists w judge you, the couns, with your perceived failures And they thinkur, our sins a great whilehey ignore their o. D I s the idea that as w come togher as a city. As I veaid here before, It used to be that w could come gether regardless o which side we are on I protection of children. And we reoing to hide I underhe First Amenent and allow a cld t potentlly be abused psychologically. Uh, I don think that shat we want to represent. I don t think that s our best, I thi some sacrifices for t benefit of a ild s innocence f outweigh. What we as adults c understand. Children don undersnd when they ve bee abusedntil the re on the other side of it, so I would say stay the course, you guy are the salt andight. You re doin t right thing, and you know wha, he ll be damned. We re notoing to please erybody, but we are going to protec children, so GOD bless you guys.Ext speaker, pleas. Hi, uh, Cis Kluwe 15 year Huntington Beach rident. Um, I m going to spe on two things. The first one, obously, I support the blot measures a b, please everyone vot yesn both of them. W do n need a nanny state telling us as parents what to d and frankly, I think it s ridiculous that me as a fairly lefteaning person has to tell a bunchf supposed conservativeshat the govement is not supsed t be in our biness. That s your line. You re telng us tt, , so keephe government out of our busins. Measure a and b will help tt. Wl allow parents to decid what tir children geto read, a it will keep the cityouncil from privatizing ouribrary. The cond thing I would likeo speak on is this proposed ad hocommittee to look at t various nonprofits thatre cooperating wit the city. It s very obvious tha this is a blant power grab b the city counl in an attempt to bring litical retributiongainst groupshat they do not politically agreeith. And again, city council is n a politica position. You here to represent what is best for the city. These peopl are volunteeng their time. They are volunering their efforts to help us o. During a budt crisis and the fact that y decide thiss what we need to spend our rources on. Ts is what we need to spe our tim on. Thiss what we need regulation for. I Remember mos of y ran on t ideaf less regution, no rulation Why this sometng that needs regulation? Is itecause they ve brought lawsuit ainst you? Is it because they don agree with yourttempts to screw with the library and w Central Park. I wou strongly oppose thi ad hoc commtee, especiall bause it snly going to be 3 cncil members withinhoever ty deci,nd instead let tse groups connue t help the cityor no cost. We realking abt our budget. That s the best financial decision wean make, so pase g back to a Huntington Beach agenda and not a megagenda. Thank y. Next speake, please. Hi there, I on a psonal level here,m, good evening, cncil members. I m a resident of Huntington Beach and I liv behind Walmart, um, MAY Burns, thank yo for responding toe back in JANUARY via sgestion of a friend of mine, Paul LeBon. Um council memr Van der Mary met with me in FEBRUARY garding the noi coming from the back ofr from the rooop of Walmartehind my residen. Since then,he box, um, acntuation box that were pposed to help the noise level have been installed, b it made a minimal to n difference. Um, when t to reach h office, um, I I don tet a respoe back and I ve emailednd I don t get a responsend I heard that. The email gets forwardedo staff, somebody elsen the staff. Um I just wna feel t talk to you. Um, ts w the only way to fin you. Um. So, I, I would still like to continue that issue with Walmart, um, becse the sprouts thatpened up down on uh Magnolia and And Tbot, they, they put uphis Sound barrier tha I ve stopped at the nghborhood and there no sound behind that residce, and I d love to be aeo open windows and hear no refrigerationnits. I d love to be able to sep at nig and not hea the anning sound from those refrigeration units and Mayor Burns, you, you s how difficult it was to get a hold of anyone at Walmartt the cporate level So if I ca contie to get helprom Your, um,odenforcement unit, even though know Walmart is not in any uh The re still under the decalevel, but um you can,here s blue slips out there so wean get a hold of you because yh. Oh,ou have a contact but sll fill out a blue cd becse I haven t gotten anythg from you a I apologize for that and we ll g back to you. Next spker, please. Good evening. Chri Raine, Huntington Beach native residen. Yesterday opened up my Facebk and saw a lie bng perpetuated that brarians are purveyo of pornogray. They are n. Book on puberty do not constitute the legal definition of pornogrhy namely the depiion of erocehavior inteing to cause sexua excitement. I other words, berty boo are not alluring. Puberty bks did not passhe Millerest as used inourt, which I llalk about another time. Besid that, I would be ilgal. Itoulde illegal forublishers, bookstores, liaries, lrarians, and by exteion, this council Counciembers we prosecute. I don t believe that has happened. If people find Books on pubertyhatre medical to be. Suggeste and or disturbing perhaps tt reflects un you. N, what I here to talk about is agend item 18. I m conceed aut it as it appea to be a measure to iimidate volunteersr friends o the library, Central Park Collective, Spleyature Center, the Amecanegion, and the Te Society. Now there are over 8 library volunteers, I fnd 39 nonprofits in a one-mine Google search las night ando say nothing of all t churches paicipating inhe Serf hb prayer meeting torrow morning. Urches are normally 501s. Who soing to reach out to all of the chuhesn Huntington Beach to make sure tha things like prayer breakfasts in fai and ecumenil things with the ty are all on the up andp. For a council tt wts to run Huntington Bch like a business,hy are y threateningour ROInd your volunteer dabase with what feels like buling. F a group tt wants to lit government, why are you exnding government orreach. I get it. The loss of institutional knoedgehen you los staff members who he been long serng is difficult. Bu an I-definedgenda item not the way to fixt. And that note, ve yes on asures a and Bn JUNE 10th. Thank you. Nex speaker, please. Good evening. M name is ssell Neal and I liv in Huntingt Beach.Hose who uld rob us of our freednd ing us into slavery. No, tha this must b accomplished I 2 steps. Fir, they intduce anarch t destroy the existing socirder, then they bring inyranny as the sposed cure. Their priry tool for introducing this anarchy is pornography. Theriting of hoors. To break The familyased syste of socia order andelf-government, which is the foundation of our system of political lerty. Family breakwn leadso all nner of anarchy which is tn used to justify the imposition of tyranny. Pornogrhys thus not jus a private vice, but a tool of political sversion. Th I why these dispute books arebjectionable, and thats why they cannote lowed in thildren s ction o our library, measures And b muste defeated. Tnk you. Nt speaker,lease. Good evening. My name is Spian, a simple woman who loves GOD, the GOD that I serve is the GOD of Abraham, Isaac, andacob Our avenly Father lovess loves us all, and I sak toou all in love. G sees the heart o man. We areot the judges. However this measure is the epitome o evil andy fate thvilness will be spped. The voice, myoice is a voice of pea and ccern. Our Pastor Joe taut us this verse, alm 94:16,hich says, who will rise up for m against the ildoers, whoill stand up fore against the workersf iniquity This is why I spe onehalf of our iocent childr. It s not truehat they do not have voice. They have a voice. It s my vce, your voi. I sakn their behalf with GOD s boless and thority and with the same porful convicting pow of e Holy Spirit, the very same Holy Spirit that raised the t human side of Jesusromhe grave because Jesusas all man, yet he was all GOD and how appropriate f us t sak during thislessedassover week to protect our innocent children, chiren, please, plea, please vote no on Measure a and b that wil remove the pents and guardian and expose the children to evi and and aphic conte in our liaries, libraes. Thank you rour time and yr no vot by fth because faith pleases GOD, Hebrews 11:6. Yourote Your no votes the voice of ou iocent children. GOD bless you all who are the defendersf our beautif innocent cldren. Thank you all and Godless you. Tha you. Nt speaker, please Hi, Anne Palmer, longtime Huntington Bch resident and adcate. I here to suppo number 19, um,tem 25-295 to pursue the estlishment of a collorativerogram with arter cities a better organized collarative associion between charter cities in Califora I long overdue. De properly, such fort could sengthen the uniq rights graed to charter cities und the California State Constitution, such aociation MAY support better local governce in such areas as zoning pnning and development, law enforcement, mucipal election administraon. This collaborate association might also serves a resource for other Califora cities atmpting to become charter cies areonsidering such options for their municilities. This can only make our stateore successful. You wou be amazed at howany citi are scramblgo understand or achievehis statue. Theo realize tt charter cies are not granted special powers, but rather, except t privilege granted by the Constitution of comple and autonomou rule with respect to municip affairs. Thank you for offerg this. Suestion and I he you all suppt this andove forward. Thank you very mh. Thankou. Next speer, please. Good evening. My ne is Kenny Noway and also ao her to speak about the chaer cities. I believe that the charter Cit Group, there over 100 crter citiesn the state. I believe that thi group will give the economies of scale It wil give the opportunity more of a opportuny to reay question the authority o thetate over chtered cities. Alonghose lines, I believehat this will soive the financi wealth, you know, the strength behind this effort. And as the city attorney would probably aest to, aowou to hir an outsideaw firm that wld have more capacity to fight all th intricacies of the chaer city issuend allow youhe best opportunity torevail. Al, if you hired an outside law firm, and there is aost sharing agreement, the cost to the city would b sigficantly redud because we would t be the only group fightghat battle. And at the same time, if we re talkingbout budt for the city, just perha could save t city some money in the future So really respecully requesthat when you set up thiroup, you insist on a ct sharing relationship and fther, the ci of Huntingtoneach is not a law firm We should not be pretending to represent all t charte cities in the state, an I don t think w shoulde doing tha. Thank y so very mu.Ext speaker, pleas. My name is Wendy Schwaz, a I am a 6 year resident of Huntgton Beach, born and raised there,m, I am heren behalf of the Glenmar tract, um in which somef my uh Hands up. Thos peopl uh are here tt live, le in the track, who m u here representing um, Gracie, you have beenround, I think, long enough to know t fight that we re ting to fight has been going on since Patrk Brendan wm on the cocil, and has able to get the pject moving forward it started I OCTOBER 28. We ha a serpent wall. I s called the Glen Mar Wall.T s been on youruys project list as a beautificationroject. D w ve been told seral time thrghout the last 6 years thate got the money for the project It s going to progress, and then I would get aall saying they h to move th money somhere else, and that s been happengear after yea after year. So we have um project wall that half done, uh, the portionhat needs t be done, you guys wil see in your, I emailed all you guys the ptures and videos. The poron that needs to be done I from theire station Bouchard.P to Adams and then fro Adams to Don Je s. That s it, and tha will make all these people so happy. We havell pched in, um, to plant the plants. Personally paid over a f $10 to powder coathe number, theetters, tngs like tha that they rell personally very, very involved in our tract and and by the way at the Elk Lodge a couple o weeks ago, you guys were amazg sticking up for us o anotherituation that happed, and I ve never seen so much passion and commitmt from a city council on ather subject. I m hoping tt you guys take ts one siouslynd s finish thisroject and make tse people happy as well as myself I d I d like to see it done before Iie. I s been years and hopully it won t be another 6 years.M, I Thank u. I think w, uh, the rest of t speakers cled the rest. S. Heidi there. I love Kir. Pat Goodman. Bhany Webbeidi Barlow, Patty Pappa. Sylvia Sha. Vivian Potr Natalie Moti.Ext speaker, pleas. Thank you, Honable Mayor a council, Patriciaappas, 45 yearesident. I jt want to kind of tell little story two years ago, we, um, Mayor v denmk at that te, she brought iormation to the council to talk about that there were obsce and pornograic books I the library And so mysfnd 3 colleaguesent to look. I wasn t really sure.F crse, Irusted her, b we went and loed. Weoundhese books. Weound even more books,nd since then we ve been involved with a, an organation that is lookg athese books across th United State and we have documentation that shows t bos. I ve brought the books. I ve read from the books. I showed iges as well a my coeagues vote no We do not nt a gup of people tt want children to see porn. W do not want that vote no o a. And vote non b as well. We um We were the, the council was ner pritizing the library. Ey were looking at outsourcing sometng that the aff brought to themo look at. Ty we lookingt outsourcin just like they outsoue the trees a ery other pt of thing to save money in the city. There was never privatizing t people with petitions liedo many people. Thankou. Emily s As an English major, I ve endedp lening a lot abo literature d, a in particular abo Books,f that, if that mig surprise you. My classmate are some of thendividuals who are ing to study library science the future,ho aspire to become the libraris who work at the public Htington Beach Library. Did you all know that brarians oen need a master s degree to bece a libraria. Would argue that those who spent yrs in school. Trying to sdy to bome what th are, what they he. Are ch more equped and adequate r the pition of choing what books then a random committee forlatedy a conservave council that has a litical that has aested politica interest in banng books about que rights, women s right, and poc rigs. Just a reminde for those in e audienc, t Nazis are the ones that wantedo ban books. Vote y on a and b. Next speaker, please. Hi there. Um, I wasn t plaing on speing tonight, but I w prompted to by t pson who came u here saying that uh because of the library that they thought tha peoplehould be comin up with pickes and things likehat I think that s horric thing to s. I hope you guys a listening to what folks or people, whateople a saying abt the types o things. I, I think that s horrible I, I an, I s the citytaff he, Mr Travis Hopkins, uh,ike Biglio t step out, uh, MISS Lisa Lane Barne, if anyone had id somhing like tha about your sff. If the think that ople should be coming with pickaxes. Or sething like that, Ihink that s absoluty horrific and I hope y guys are. Gonna look outor people who are bei teatened by mething like this Next speaker, please Good evening, City cncil, and good evening to the cheing section. I hav something especiallyo say abouthem. M name is Vivn Potter. Im a resident her and I have heard many, many storiesbout this issue ofhe books tt are inhe library. Well, so far I am the onlyne that is anctual victim. I lived thrgh. This horble thing. Tse books were esented to me whe I was 4 year old. I readhem, I look at them. I looked a the hideousictures. And yes I was attacked. I was rap. I had hoible thing because of the books.O yes, they are evil. Evil. I amne of the people that are alive 80 yea old. There s stillp here. Memories tt will never go away. S put that in your head, please. Pleasees, I a a victim, but I am saved, so g Almighty has helped m to get throh this. B I tellou that ts is the mostideous, hides thinghat anybody would want tut into a library or awhere.Or children t see. Aga, you re oking at a victim Almost, this happened wn I was 4 years old. So Figuret out. Allhe years tha I have lived with this hideous memories I my mind. They don t go away. I ca pictu every single hideous tng that I saw. And things tt happened to me So, these books are notnnocent. Ese books are not for chilen. These booksre satani and anydy that wants have tse books for children to seere el. There is no other word, fr letter wo. Evil That s what it is. Theres no other way to say theshings. Solease, please. Thank you. Next speaker please. Good evening. Uh, this year I ve had uh Iave attended the Budget town hal and really preciated them and the department presentations at the city counc meetings and um thenformation they provide abouthe cityudgets, serves to the residents is great. U, we all kno that thererere projeed budget defits looming in the coming fiscal years. And the counc is rht to loo at and foster discussion about new sourcf venue. One concern I ve had in discussios that timated revenues a spon of witut mentionin in some cases related eenses or expenditures and whathe net impact is to theeneral fund. I d like to hear a see related cost projections tony new revenue sourcesnrder to undetand its uh impact On reducing deficits. Anoer comment I hear from cit council members and even staff is that the citys committed to mntain local control arou planning and develment, whichs a good tng. One o theest tngshe city counl cano to maintain loca control over planning development is to approve the housing elementnd submit it the state for cerfication. This document ope up funding sources of o taxpayer money to come back tour city for rvices that we ry on and we reduce budget deficit, especially for existg services. You a the council, um, c still file lawsuits against the state regarnghe regional housing needs assessme. Citie have been prucing housing elements nce the 60s and conol of theirlanning, um,nd developmt. Thissn t anytng new. The dft housing elent on your shelv identies howhe city can plan foreeting its allocion of 13,000 uts, at least a third of it I ave moderate, uh, our mart re housing morate and uh lowncome housin for all of those, tnk you. Next saker, please. Good eveng, ladies andentlemen. , my name is Heidi a this Chilen s ministry director, this bbs leader,his mother stands n for measu a and b. It salled common sense I will do whatever it takes t protect our children. I, I will inform every single parent in Huntington Beach, the truth about Measure a and b, I would go dooro doond knock in ery single door a tk to thearents and let the know what really is goi on in the liary and why we need to stand for truth. And I will, I, I kee hearing, um, I keep hearing, keep goverent out of our busins.He thing is, the governme is my business. But no on meare a and b. Bethany Webb Long time hunting to beh resident homeown. Agnostic Patriot Constutional believer and mother of two children that recently and one aittle b longer than tt graduated fromuntington Beach Publ School. Went to the library, wt to college, No troubleither one of them Our liarys a safe and beautiful place forhildren to learn. I us to hav to trade my children. Time redor time on e comter cause if you chdren wan to find porn they re not going to find it I a puberty bk they re goi to find it in live action on the tv or on the internet. Thiss not 1945ascist. Number 2, I want to talk about what are they really hing though? What do you guys hidin? Ok,ause you know that theibrary is polar with the residtsere. Y all lied to get elected every single one of youeasure you wasn t about t library save our library. The other three library champio. No, you not. You kw y aren t. What areou hiding? Why is Wango Tao snsored by Kevin Ellit, who s fleeced us out $7 million Where are the numbers on that? And congtulations for Huntington Beach losinghe surngnd the volleybal, the won tome to the Olympics. The Olympics won t come here becse you guys have made us a city n t be see by other that other countries a other state say this is city that weo not vise you to go to You spent $23 million. We had a $15 million surplus.E have about $8 millioneficit. You guys have gone through $23 milon and now you wantnother 1.5 million to put this on. Y, hoy, b. Hi, I m Nalie Mosher. Vote yes on a and b. Librars should be open, fe, and uncensored. Libries are forveryone. Item 18 isust the latt exale of this council s majity pattern of nishing, privatizing,nd politicizi. Iteadf strethening strengtheni our cityepeatedly gone after the ry people and institutions that maket wk. Let remember you threatened censship and allowed attacks on libraris. You proposed handing the libra or to a for-profit company. You sout toverride librarians with a politicallyppointed review coittee, whose decisionsre unappealab. Y veold out ourkies to their sw so that our per to t symphony of flowers Light show and now you re tryg to squee long standi nonofits with restricte MOUs. This isn t clean u it s cover up. Had u spent the last two years woing with o community paners, you could hav built someing lasting. Inste, you ve sown division, injted partisanship, and targed anyone who dares speak up, like the Ingalls who are publiy flogged for proteing Centr Park Now you re comingfter the nonofits, Friends of the brary, Central Park volunteers the American Legion, and others,s if they rehe threat. You don t seem to unrstand tt volunteerism is t aransaction. People give because they ce. That s foreign to those who operate only in tms of loyalty and levege. Y call this accountability,ut it isot, it I projection and the message I clear comply or b pushed. If you trulyared about Htington Beach, you d stopndermining the peoe who ep it runng.Ou re not cleani up the mes You re creating it.Arlier we heard we a called t be salt and light, to preserve wha is good and to shine light where the is darkness, censorship o books doeseither.T I an act of fear, not faith, of control, not crage. Let s be clear, removing booksecause they challenge us o reflect diverse experiees or educate young pple about their bodies do not protect cldren. It robshe of the toolshey need to grow with wisdomnd compassion. We must b salt preserving the truth and light shining to eryorner of this mmunity even when it s uncomfortae. That sow we raise critical thinkersnd not coliant followers.Es on a d b. Next speaker please. Heidi there, lifon residt of Huntington Bea and mr of four beautif childre. Surely everyone I this rooms againsthe sualization of chdren, right? We all against tt, rig? We all against tt.O the only differce is wts the sexualization ofhiren, right? A bch of us in thi room see the material that beingrered for t coumption of children and see aajor problem We see a lot of nas images. W see lot of w view sexualexlization of cldre, and y guys don t you gs think it serfectly ceptab what s goi on. S where s you le? Iant know where your line is. Where s your l? What is the sealization o children look like if this I n it? Wha does I lk like? Do y gs even have a line? What sour li? I wan to know wha your li is wre it goesoo f. Would you gs sport um Dg Queen Storyour a Huntington Beh Library. I was wonderi, uld youuys be, would you be all about that Um, and wh are you guys so against parental involvement. This is about parental iolvementnd you guys severaleoe have come up here and lied.Ei, if you can justk, sorry. Um, seral people have ce up re a liednd, aai that this was about that they thathe wer tryg to protect parenl involvent andhat, that, that s not true. Um, ty against parental inlvement. They, it s a red wheheseeople want the governnt a librarian is a government employehey want the libraan to have sole auority ove wtur childronme in public stitutions. We re we suggting tha pents suld ha be involvedn tha proces and y guys a agait that.Hat s a, tt a redlag, sooteo on Measure a b. Protect chdren, not aivist librarns with leftist agend. Thank you. Nex speaker, pase. Isa McClure, part ofhe Gle Marrero, and thank you souch. i do wt to s we wert the city cncil mting orish right over at the Es Cb, a lodge,nd thank you, thank you, thankou for what youave ne for Hunngton Bea, um now before in tuture, we thoroulyo appreciate the fety tt you are proding usor our comnities, a we will do erythin to work wit u in ptnership, um,o coinue wit that. Budget, we know I s hard. We kno beautificationsn necessily o. Howev, I think eveone who lives, mt people wive in Huntingto acho hav a pde because its a beautiful pce toive. D a youll to dri dow Bouchard andour Bicar Street. Betwee Yorktown a Adams. Ta Ada across t Magnolia d tele if y feel pride For the way that Htington Beach lks. W do have the original.T s onhe acces ros Weave the original little bck wallsn betwe, and w have rlings that a fallin down. Weave conete, we have the ahalt, whi h les and crack, which can b a sety iss. Um We understa the budt is hard Bu maybef we can doittle seents at a tim, lite piece by pce. That canelp bringrideo this, en takingut the wden pces at are jt Somere falling down some are not, se are half faln down. And bring that tha back t us.Ecause were an amazi place.S in anothermazing pce, I do believ inhe freed of eech. Howev, Io know that thehild cannot driventil ey re8. Ahild cannotote til the re 18. Ahild caot drinkntil the re 21. I believe from wt ve understo that bks he not been remed. From t library. They hav been moved In the liary. So I tnk this is an importt thing is w has the right Is I the librari or the paren. Thankou so much Good eveng. H,ow about thatews that Htington Beach was not arded surng or volleyba for thelympics. Maybe when t Olympic Coittee Googl our fin cy an saw the dens of artics abt being oessed wit Tmp, creating bigoted policseing anti-lgbtq sly Magalaques. Our lrary and picki ghts with Ches notes, Friend of theibrary. The Tree Siety. Andhe Amerin Leon. MAY the it became clea that the cy was not welcomg,nclusive, oad theibehat the internaonal hletes wld support. Ts is a big trism blow f a cit lookg undervery rock f venue.Espite bng deerate f revenue, you spent $1.3 milli on a speci ection. You do not he to spend $1. Millionor about 20% of that, you cld have put this o the genal election Sham on you guy. I mean, let not prete thathe city counci won try torivatize ouribrary serces aga I hoots with forme mayor Me Poy. That I w we mustote s on Measu b to mntain ou power ove our libries. Give t people the rht t vote o any chaes to the libry. Wha would privatizion mean t o librars, shoer hours. Untrned houy workers.Ou guysay there pornn the libraries Let me tell you aboutherograms tt the librarie have. There s no porn in the lraries.F there w rn, peoe woulde arrested We wld he to s goodbyeo th Veteran Resource Cter. Award-winng storyti, the Seedibrary, the adu literacyrogram, Lib t eboo thato manyesidents utiliz. Kid smereading program, Beanslk, Legids Club. We have to say goodbyeo ddler and b kids cra storime The Crofts cner. Li skisor teens proam, th tween steameam, our historic tours. Any chae ank you. Nt speaker,lease. Hi, my nam isylvia Uh, first, I wanna s, u, thank you t Chad,racie,nd Butch u gs are superroes. Ha so muc rpect forou guys.Hank you Um, I ve been teacher for over 20 years and I ve taugh kids o many differen a groups um, and I wanna fstay that there is no sh thing as separatn of church and ste.T is n itten awhere I the nstituti. It is nott is not in the Dlarationf Indendence. It is n in the Bi of Rhts, whe it came from I case som ofou haven teard washat um Thomas Jeffeon wrote aetter the uh a Bapti ministe, um, about aertain complai that the minister had a omas Jefferson mtioned seration of chuh andtate, bu his, the messa he was conveyin was thahe u state should n interre with t church susinessnd not the otheray aroun.O ts has been misnstrued for long time.Ou cano aheadnd look that up if you wan t. No worrie, um. The chuhs in uselievers, we suppose t be the conscienc of the sta because if w do not spep ereill be moral dline, and that s why we a, Im supporti protectingur children Um, I, say no one meures a and b. Um, I, I persally have seenome of theseooks that a inhe libraries. I fpped through th pages I veeen the pictur.Ave see things aboutral sex. I ve seen thgs about gay s, so aprently a lotfou have not seenhis, so y re asming that ty re n pornraphic,ut theyctually reallyre. And, um,ou know, a 5 year old doe t needo be exsed toll this stu, so, ok, tnk you. Nt speak, plse.Ouncil Ynow, I mean dicate oneinute f the libra.He libra, he cannver be pvatized Ther s noossible way It sa it say I the paperwork thhat you guys mht sav a millionollars, but itlso might ct aot more. And ao if w have privaze it, all thoseibrarians ty ve been therehat hav master s degreesreonna los everhing. Iean, that sot ev fair. That s not wt we committe. I mean our dea th the, with the, wit the liarians I the first pce when they g So n you re ju gonna leavehemn the wind andou kw that they nna charg u every sine pers for crge every sing personooner or ler with a libra card a all is becau it s goio be a privatizedusinessnd it s goin toe a wre. Thiss one of the greest things whever I tvel, I always tell eryone h great Arica ,he thing I go, alwayso tosow great ouribraries are If youeed somhing, you can eve ask tm they ll order it. Iean, serious, w re ying to save $33 milon and our ouruntington. Bea Police Deparent get $100 million or $10 million year o 100 milli. This is insane. I lood up w,hat countrs get ls tn100 millionor the for the national surity for their armies, there s one somody thatpends me than,ess an that is, is Ahanistan. Ghanista was spendg less ane werepending bilons over there I mea, ts is nutsf you want toave se ney and ao pleas remember peop there s The threat re budget mns budge. Ok, wh they s it s notn the budget that dsn t mea that we don t have the moneyort because we make, we gerate more revue but closeo 5 tis as mh as abodyells you. I s in t cafr.Fr is e annual fancial rort, but then there s a secretne whic is cledhe the comphensive annl Finanal Rert. They chaed it or he, they callt the popul Fincial rort and allhis stuff,utou have to gethe .Hat s the onehat has everythingn it,nd it shows yo that there Makin a shitload o money. So m sry, crap load ofhe mon. Thank you. Yeah Uh. I don telieve there any mor speakers. The areo morepeakers. A ght. Moven to the city councilppointme annocements Doe anyoneave any of the couil haveny pot Don? Um for theinance commission I ll b appnting Otxcuse me, Atin Eds. Grie.Nd I mppointing Laur Grill to the librand Counity Svices Commiion. Anybody els? All rht, move on. A b 1234eporting.Oes anyone hav anythin to report aring none Does anyon have anhingn the opennessf negotiationisclosur. Nope Al right city crk, uh, We gon do the lotte, th fireworks ltery.Es, yor. You re gng to do the firewos lotte. Yeaho um, I m gon do aowerPoin befo we get staed, soust give me ainute hereo see if they ll put I up on sta. Excellen. S each yr, the cityf Huntingto Beaosts aireworks lottery oering lol organizatns and the chance to orate firewks stds. This, this iniative helps tse gups raise essentiaunds toupport their programs by dirting the proceeds t charitae, edationalnd community focud oanizatio, theity ensure that the benefit rein within Huntingn Bch, fosterg growth a stretheninghe community For t firewor,here is a mamum of 16 pmitsllowing the se oafe and safe firewos withinhe city, um, an tt s iued eve yearo nonprofit oanizatio, and w use the lotte syste and the tegoriesre for you spor,origh school ornization, u, 5 f civic ganizatis a one for partnehips. So lethe lottery beg. Hang on,et me Yeah, let s seef it ll g. Like, where s itupposed too? Somebo else.Hm ok. D the xt one. Ok now it s gonna work. All rht,ur publi highchool winne a Edison High Sool. Girls volleybl, boter club and theaseball booste Club with the alternat being I hockey. Girlsf gir lacross booste and t boys volleyba club.Ext we have Huntingt Beach Highchool. Th winne are Htington Beac Higchool Beball booste Club, the Huntingn Beach Hig School Wstling Clubnd the alternate are to be detmined. Shortly Next we have Mara Hig Schoolinners, aquatics, ahat group encompseshe swi, dive, boys and gir water polo, and thr alternate are bch, volleyba, and b booer club boys vleyball booer club.Hat one Nex we hav Ocean Viewigh Schl and the winns a bs basketbal osters and boys waterolo boosters with t alterna 4 foball.Nd our priva scol Libtyhristian will be usi, w llave every u am a club iheir school particating in tir lotte. I likeo psent to y MISS Nicole Vght, Ms Huntingt Beach, 2025. C w ve her a rnd of applae? We ao have our, w also have r uh cit partnships lottery and per our resution mber 2028. Tha is gup that is forh, organizions that have a mou with the city d raiseoneynd spificallyonate it back t theity. And w ao havem our cic organizatnsnd there wer 1 alications a we approvedor tonight s ttery,here will be 5 winns and u t 3 alternate awn.Hose civic organitions a Knights o Columb, Amecan Legn, Huington Beachlks Lod, Oranounty Childn s Theate, Therautic Writing Centerf Huntiton Beach, Orge Coast Gain, monarch Prchool mhanic Cla Foundaonpostolicssembly ifaith in Chrisesus, Cro Poin Crch Shore Life Chuh, mpass Bible Chuh, Resurrection Luthen Church, Rege, Calry Cpel, Huntingteach, a Patriots andaws. We hav youth spos, 9 applitions were reived and wegain thereill be winners and alternates and the youthports are n Foball Clu,untingto Vall Little Leagu Seaview ttle Leae, Goln West Swi Club, Nor Onge County Yth orts Assoction hb Charger Youth Football and cer Vangrd Aquatics, Tea0 dogusinessealiforni Rush and Bch Elite Soood lucko all the lotteryinners an you wl receive permit infoation and instrtions from the fir deptment via email. Sow I m going tosk Pat and Nicole, Mis Hunngton Beach t appach. I m gon comeround. Ok thiss what we going to d.Et me g my Exclent Soor the first on, were going to doouth sports.Nd what I d likeou to do is to put balls 1 tough into t Hopper Wai, wait, wait and the roll I back.O we can get. Mixed u and now re goingo rollt. Goo. St put I hanging dow at the bottom Oh ok, thereou go now. The you g.O our fst wier ish Nber 7 Vanguar Aquacs.E can do 5 No numb 9. Numbe 9, Bee.T took the top OKne. N otball Clubou gotta go sl. Weot to get I done Now Now. Hp e Incorpoted dba Califoia Rush. S tho are our 5inners we wl choos 3 alrnates. See y, Lily We, we, w need 2 mor. Real b ck. Hello 2 Hunngton Vley ttle Leae. 5 Northrange County. For Eellent.Ow we are going to gonohe civic organizaon and we nee all 15 ballsnto theopper. Ok, we re gon, we re going to do theame thing. 5 winners and ternates. 14 Refuge Calva apel, Htington Bea. Numb 11 Shore Lif Church Nuer 6 Orange Coa Well Go Mm Number 8 mechanic Cre Foundation. Number 13 resurrecon Lutheranhurch. Sohose are our 5 winne and then we re goi t draw 3 alternes. T other o. Number 3 Hting can bea you lodge. 10 Crossoint Chuh. The oer way maybe a now go back Number 1 Comss Bible Church All rig. And I jus nt to me one oer anuncement tt for our civ organition, Huntiton Beach Counl on Aging wille awarded tt applicationr thermit for feworksnd thk you to all o ourinners Thk you to everybody for participatg. Conatulations andgain you wil hear fro e fire deparent, u, tomorrow at someoint. Thank yo. O, cit manager s report Thank you, Mayor and city cocil. We re goi to coinue tonht with our department services and budget overvi andm tonight w have ke Bigliota u from our city attoey s offe, um,nd ter Mike w will he the fire deptment. Tnks, Travis Mayo, cnsel for the opportity toriefly sak about the cit attorne s fice ando this ove. Ovview for you Yea So t star, I just wt t give eryone a chae to s what our Organizional crt looks li we hav the cit attorney. Uh, below t city aorney is the cef assisnt city attorn. And we have adnistrative aistant, uh, cuently wenly have inhe ofcee are going toe activelyecruitin for one of the positions Um, importany, I our comnity osecutio.Hffice we hav a senio deputy procutor and also deputy comnity prosutor.E areown a dety commuty prosetornd we will be recruitg for tt potion asell. And the ligationepartmen, we have a cheap ligation attorney, a nior, we he 3 senior duty city attneys and one deput ty attorneyoo.N the advisory side we have 2 attorns, a a both of them are senior duty city attoeys. This willome int ay in few minutes whe I talk about. How we going to trynd help with theudget, so. Speing o budget, t ci attorney offic budge nsistsf2% of persoel rvices, 10% orating expenses, incding our outside coselnd 8% non-operang expenses which is, u, it sy undetanding is pers meup. I vesked Tras about tha. Um, just toive eryone a lile bit oferspective, u, the cy attory s offic only accoun for 1.4% of the entire budg of the cit. Um a it s to sho that.Ravis.S fars opations,gain as I as I meioned earli,e have divisis. Weave a advisory and leg services division, a litition service support divisi a a cminal prosecutn division All thr of those divisns provi leadship andversight. Umo th uh, wh advisy serces, tigation servis and criminalrosecuti. U, serves citywideust brily briey, and thi is not an exhaustiveist ofome of the ings tha we do, u, we prove ongoi legal adviceo all departmts tough requts for lal serce. W provideegal opions, uh, draft resolutions, ordances, agements, advis cncil and boarnd commissns performed dersionar hearings, review a appro insance andtherontracts, crdinate publicecords reqsts provide adce a traininn issue like therown Act, ethics a 34 public rord. Act publi coracts code etc. E. Um, an iortantly, we aise on al the chaeso federal a state l that wl impact t ty. On t litigation seices supportide we Activelyefend the cy and l civilatters involng city eloyees, incding police.And use distes, contract dispus, pernnel grievances,uto accents, slip andall. Andhe constitution challens that some o you areware of We have aually 90ctive cases in t last 12onths which I exceionallyigh. Um, wo actily pursu relief on beha ofhe city,h, with I the w of iunctions, coections, subrogaon, red peals, andmicus sport.H, we, w are presentndepende city staff a depots, trd party litigion, e. Um, we alerformivil civ citaon hearis. Toughout th city and dend.Ivil tation aeals in cou. Can process andeview a. Portland in theriminal prosecion sid, this is where we helpith Caving lessues in the city, we activy prosute misdemeor penal code and and eco violatis ofhe crent in Hunngton Beach. O prosecutorsork closely withheolice partmentnd the da s office on invtigation and prosution of ts cases, uh, we he h over 1300 cases referr from t police departnt for prosecuti in the last2 month. And u as well a prosecung,e provide lel advicnd opinisnd traing to law eorcement personl.Nd the opetions and perrmance side abo thesrips. Um, just, uh by y ofackground in 2022, we su the Departmt of Finan and w re able to win recoveng roughly3 milli on balf ofhe city. We cently setedith Ampfy Oil for.3 on balf o t tyecovered approximaly 435,000nd attorys fees and costs onehalf of the cy in 2024, an the lt 12 month, We aandling u as many a nely all the lsuitsnd hoe saving tpayers, u, sang tpayer dolrs, 90+ cases I fiscal yr 2024 to 20. U, we pvide constent enforcemt of all city ordinces, oft have t go to cour and getrders f enfoement, provide hundred lalpinions countless hoursf leg counsel tohe ty and,nd city sta. We maged civil citatn hearings, respondo over 600 requests fo legal servi again,his is inhe last2 months, 600 requts for legal serces, 220 pubc records ruests. Prosecut over 120 cases I ou prosetingivisionnd succesully represented the police departmentnd numers oning.Isputes.O I to the to the rson I gss why we l here. Um what c we do to ve money f the cit. A part of what I m hopin to do aga. Been here f the last 2 month and wha I , I string to do in the,n theextwo is to bringll our cas in-house to the extent w can, we c do it um, w a pposingo acally elimina one of our senior deputy cityttorney positions and conlidate those function and ask myself and the oth attorneys t um try and divvy uphat wkload and and get thatork done,m. A we are gngo in additio, combine. The fction of the chiessistantity attorne andhe city attorney,oth of ich I was ableo, uh I was, Ias doing iny pastife. So we re gonna t and consolite ose functnsnd bring the all bk intohe uh Into t purvw of t city attory. And wit that, I can awer any questis. Ty Youo back a slides. Se, please Uh, uh kw that w fast. N, it good I appciate tt. I, I mentned it lt time, uh,e waa go throu each departme.O look for ficienci to reduce exnditures.Ore appropria ok fays to incase revenues. Um, we keep seeg someommentsaying that this is a dog a pony show.T s, it anything b. W have,f course, asked eh deparent Reduc expense I they can by0%. Um,ometimest s possible, setimes I s not, but don t. We cal council evaving ery departmen me up. And get thi granula. To gohrough theirpartment, brg the cmunity inside the om ando through eh item Um Big I appciate on the the ide aft ts,ow you ve are willing toonsolida, oksike one posion, rht? 1 1.5 we re gonna get rid of one and a tn well we poteially g rid o one and, an consolida functio of thef the cityttorneynd d the capest is currely we hav someone doi thatart me. We kp theart-time positi to consolite some of thos. So that s great I mean, that a greatayo u reduce expendures. 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