City Council Meeting: August 3, 2026

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AGENDA

CITY COUNCIL AND

THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE

PASADENA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

AUGUST 3, 2026

Closed Session: 5:00 P.M.

Public Meeting: 6:00 P.M.

Council Chamber, Pasadena City Hall

100 North Garfield Avenue, Room S249

Teleconference Location :

II San Pietro di Positano

Business Center

Via Laurito 2

Positano, Italy

The City Council may take action on any item listed on this agenda as it deems appropriate following consideration and discussion of the matter.

CLOSED SESSION – 5:00 P.M.

A.

CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL regarding pending litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)

Name of Case: City of Pasadena v. The Regents of the University of California

Los Angeles County Superior Court Case No. 25STCV31621

ACTION: ITEM NOT DISCUSSED

B.

CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL regarding pending litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)

Name of Case: Pasadena Unified School District v. City of Pasadena

Los Angeles County Superior Court Case No. 26STCP02735

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. WELCOME TO THE AUGUST 3RD TWENTY TWENTY SIX MEETING THE PASSING THE CITY COUNCIL. START WITH THE CALLING OF THE RULE. THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, COUNCILMAN COLE IS NOT IN THE ROOM YET. COUNCILMAN HAMPTON IS NOT JOINED THE MEETING YET. HE'S GOING TO JOIN FOR JUST CAUSE ROZENTAL ANNOUNCE CAST MEMBER JONES HERE. COUNCILMAN LYON HERE. COUNCILMAN MADISON, YOUR CUSTOMER MASSOUDA HERE, THE VICE MAYOR RIVA'S HERE. MAYOR GORDO HERE. THERE'S A QUORUM THE COUNCIL PRESENT. OK, MR. RIVAS, WILL YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AGAIN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. MR. TAKE THREE FIRST IN THE INTEREST OF TIME WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THE AGENDA OUT OF ORDER AND TAKE ITEM THREE UP FIRST GIVEN THE LEVEL OF PUBLIC INTEREST UH SO WE WILL JUMP RIGHT INTO ITEM THREE. YEAH, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CITY MANAGER MR. HAWKSWORTH. THANK YOU MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS WE ARE COMING BACK THIS EVENING, UH, SEEKING COUNCIL'S ACTIONS TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTIONS IN THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS TO PLACE A PARCEL TAX ON THE BALLOT FOR NOVEMBER. THERE WE GO. WE'VE SHARED THE SLIDE BEFORE THAT THE ONLY THING THAT WE DID AT IS IS IT WAS ASKED WHAT WERE OUR FINAL DEADLINES RELATING TO PUTTING SOMETHING ON THE BALLOT AND IF WE HAD TO MAKE A CHANGE WE JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT THIS WEEK, AUGUST 7TH IS THE LAST DAY A PLACE A MEASURE ON THE BALLOT IN AUGUST 12TH IS THE LAST DAY TO AMEND OR WITHDRAW THE MEASURE. I'M NOT GOING TO READ THIS. THIS IS THE BALLOT QUESTION. THIS IS THE SAME BALLOT QUESTION THAT WE SHARED IN THE STAFF REPORT. I WILL HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS PROVIDES FOR AN ANNUAL LEVY OF 19 CENTS PER SQUARE FOOT OF IMPROVED PROPERTY THAT IS A LEVEL NINETEEN PERCENT A NINETEEN SAID SORRY THERE IS NO ESCALATOR AND THEN WE TOOK COUNCIL'S COMMENTS FROM THE LAST MEETING AND THE PROVISION DOES INCLUDE INCLUDE INCOMES FOR LOW INCOME SENIORS AND OTHERS THAT MIRROR THE LANGUAGE IN THE CODE CURRENTLY FOR THE EXEMPTIONS OF THE LIBRARY PARCEL TAX AND THAT'S WHAT THIS SLIDE DOES. IT'S THESE TWO SECTIONS AND AGAIN THESE ARE THE SAME SECTIONS THAT ARE IN THE LIBRARY PARCEL TAX. SO IT WOULD MIRROR THOSE. WE DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IN THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE THAT WOULD BE APPROVED BY VOTERS THERE IS ONE CORRECTION THE DRAFT THAT WAS IN THE STAFF REPORT IT STARTS WITHIN THE FIRST FISCAL YEAR AND IT SHOULD HAVE SAID FOR EACH FISCAL YEAR. SO THAT'S ONE CHANGE THAT WE WANTED TO POINT OUT. IF THE COUNCIL MOVES FORWARD WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND THEN THE FINANCIAL MODEL SO THE THE PROPOSED PARCEL PARCEL TAX STRUCTURE WE REVIEWED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SCENARIOS ACROSS THE BOARD LOWER AMOUNTS, HIGHER AMOUNTS WITH INFLATIONARY GROWTH WITHOUT THAT AND HERE'S WHAT WE HAVE LANDED ON 19 CENTS PER SQUARE FOOT OF IMPROVED PROPERTY. WE'RE PROPOSING THAT IT'S ASSESSED ANNUALLY UNTIL ENDED BY VOTERS BY DOING THIS METHODOLOGY. IT DOES MEET THE CURRENT STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS FOR THE TEN YEAR FOR BOTH OPERATION AND CAPITAL. THIS FINANCING MECHANISM WOULD FUND THE CAPITAL ON A PAY AS YOU GO METHOD. WE COULD CERTAINLY ISSUE DEBT AND ACCELERATE THAT BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS METHODOLOGY WORKED FOR EITHER AND IT DOES AND THEN WE BELIEVE THAT THIS FINANCING MECHANISM WILL PROVIDE VIABLE OPERATIONAL REVENUE FOR APPROXIMATELY AT LEAST FIFTEEN YEARS AND THEN WE WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE TO EVALUATE IT IN THE FUTURE BASED ON WHAT THE GROWTH IS BASED ON A DEVELOPED PROPERTY AND WHATNOT OVER THE YEARS. SO HERE'S A COUPLE OF GRAPHS TO SHOW THE SPEND AND SO THIS FIRST GRAPH FIRST CHARTS ON THE LEFT, FIRST FIVE YEAR SECOND FIVE YEARS, THIRD FIVE YEARS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE SO YOU CAN SEE THAT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CAPITAL GETS DONE IN THE FIRST TEN YEARS AND THEN AS THE CAPITAL RAMPS DOWN THE OPERATIONAL COSTS RAMP UP AND TAKE OVER WITH THE REVENUES COVERING COVERING EACH YEAR AND THEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS GRAPH SHOWS HOW A PAY AS YOU GO MODEL WE WOULD BUILD UP FUND BALANCE AND THEN APPROPRIATE THAT MONEY TO DO THE VARIOUS CAPITAL PROJECTS AND I'LL FLIP TO THE NEXT SLIDE WHICH WILL SHOW HOW THAT TIMING IS. SO OF COURSE WEED ABATEMENT AND BRUSH CLEARANCE THAT KIND OF STUFF WOULD HAPPEN EVERY YEAR GOING FORWARD. THE LOWER ONES IN THE RED HIGHLIGHT THE CAPITAL PROJECTS AND SO UNDER THIS PROPOSAL AND WORKING WITH THE FIRE CHIEF WE LOOKED AT FACILITATING THE THE TRAINING CENTER FOR WITH THE HOPE OF CONSTRUCTION THAT THAT WOULD BE AT THE START OF PROBABLY YEAR TWO. STATION THIRTY THREE WE BUILD IDEALLY WOULD START YOUR THREE STATION THIRTY SEVEN WOULD THE IDEAL PART WOULD BE TO START RECONSTRUCTION AT THIRTY SEVEN AS SOON AS THIRTY THREE WAS DONE BECAUSE TALKING TO THE CHIEF IT WOULD PROBABLY BE CHALLENGING TO HAVE TWO STATIONS FULLY UNDER RENOVATION AT THE SAME TIME SO WE WE DO THEM CONSECUTIVELY AND THEN IN THIS MODEL IS A PAY AS YOU GO THE NIGHT STATION THE NEW NIGHT STATION WOULD WE WOULD BE DONE AFTER THIRTY SEVEN IS REBUILT OF COURSE IF WE EXPLORED ISSUING DEBT DOING IT THROUGH A DEBT ISSUANCE WE COULD LIKELY ACCELERATE THE NIGHT STATION EARLIER IN THE PROCESS BUT THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE AS A PAY AS YOU GO AND THEN AS I NOTED IN THE PRIOR SCHEDULES BY USING PAY AS YOU GO AND DOING THIS METHODOLOGY WE WOULD NEED TO RAMP UP THE OPERATIONAL FOR THE ADDITIONAL RESCUE AMBULANCES FIRE SUPPRESSION COMPANY LADDER TRUCK TOWARD THE LATER END STARTING FROM YOUR SIXTH THROUGH YOUR TEN AND THEN THE LAST ONE HERE IS SO THE PROPOSED PARTIAL TAX STRUCTURE IT WOULD BE THREE HUNDRED AND FOUR DOLLARS ON A SIXTEEN HUNDRED SQUARE FOOT. WE WERE ASKED LAST WEEK IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO COME UP WITH AN AVERAGE OF WHAT SOMEBODY MIGHT PAY IN TOWN SO WE DID LOOK AT SOME VARIOUS THINGS AND WE WERE ABLE TO COME UP WITH THE ONE AT THE BOTTOM WHICH IS A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOME WITH ASSESSED VALUE OF ABOUT 700 OR 50000 THERE. THEIR CURRENT PROPERTY PROJECTED ANNUAL TAX IS AROUND NINETY SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS IF YOU INCLUDED THIS THREE HUNDRED AND FOUR DOLLAR ASSESSMENT INTO THEIR PROPERTY TAX SORRY BEFORE YOU INCLUDE THIS THREE HUNDRED AND FOUR DOLLAR ASSESSMENT IN THEIR PROPERTY TAX. SO WITH THAT WE WILL ANSWER QUESTIONS OR AND PROCEED FROM THERE AND BEFORE WE GET IN TROUBLE WITH THE FIRE MARSHAL IF WE COULD HAVE SOME OF YOU GUYS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF THE EXIT, THERE'S PLENTY THERE'S A FEW SEATS LIKE I JUST WOULD LIKE TO CLEAR THE DOORS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD GET GUYS ANYBODY OUT. I JUST DON'T WANT THE FIRE MARSHAL CLOSE US DOWN. HERE WE GO. OK, THANK YOU MR. CLARK. WE HAVE AN ELEVEN DECIDE OK? WE HAVE TWELVE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND IF YOU WITH THE CLERK WILL CALL OUT NAMES IF YOU HEAR YOUR NAME PLEASE FORM A LINE IN THE CENTER AISLE. YOU WANT TO DO THAT FIRST? YEAH. LET'S LET'S HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC FIRST. UH, CARLOS UH JAVIERA FOLLOWED BY LEE WALLACE AND JACKIE ENGLISH THEN IDA DEMIRJIAN UH CHEN VU DAVID KISSINGER CHRISTIAN MILLER ROFFEY BITCHEN UH HAZIEST ROSS CLAIRE BRIAN ADUMBRATE ALI AND CHRISTINE TERAZ THOSE ARE THE CARDS THAT I HAVE. UM I'M SURE WE'LL GET A COUPLE MORE TWO MINUTES MAYOR. YES, TWO MINUTES AND I'LL RING A BELL WHEN YOU HAVE THIRTY SECONDS LEFT SO WHEN YOU HEAR THE BELL IT'S 30 SECONDS. GO AHEAD. GOOD EVENING. I'M CARLOS VALERA, PRESIDENT OF WEST PALESTINIAN RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION AND REPRESENTING WPRO VIEWPOINTS ON THE PASADENA FIRE DEPARTMENT'S TEN YEAR OPERATIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PLAN. AS WE'VE SEEN WITH THE HEAT AND CONFLAGRATION FIRE CAN OBLITERATE A COMMUNITY. THE PALESTINIAN YEAR FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS DELIVERED A PLAN THAT MITIGATES FIRE DANGER WHILE ALSO IMPROVING FIRE SUPPRESSION CAPABILITIES AND THE WPRO SUPPORTS IT. THIS PLAN WOULD IMPROVE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIMES ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND GROWING WILDFIRE RISK LOCALLY DEVELOP A LONG TERM PLAN TO ADDRESS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS FOR FIRE STATIONS, IMPROVE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND COMMUNITY SAFETY. FIND COMPREHENSIVE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. THE WPA SUPPORTS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S CONTINUED RESEARCH INTO THERMAL IMAGING TECHNOLOGY AS PART OF THE CITY'S EARLY WARNING STRATEGY FOR WILDFIRES. AS WE SAW WITH THE FIRE AND THE PALISADES FIRE, WIND DRIVEN WILDFIRES CAN MOVE FASTER THAN TRADITIONAL DETECTION SYSTEMS CAN KEEP PACE WITH NO TECHNOLOGY CAN GUARANTEE PREVENTION UNDER THOSE CONDITIONS. BUT EARLIER DETECTION CAN SHORTEN THE GAP BETWEEN IGNITION AND FIRE RESPONSE AND IN A FAST MOVING FIRE MINUTES MATTER WE CAN'T PUT A PRICE ON WHAT WE COULD LOSE IF WE DON'T ACT NOW. FIRE DOESN'T WAIT FOR BUDGETS TO CATCH UP. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. AND I WOULD JUST ASK FOR COUNCILMAN ROEHAMPTON TO SINCE YOU'VE JOINED THE MEETING IF YOU COULD ANNOUNCE YOUR JUST CAUSE ACCOMMODATION REQUEST. YES, I AM PARTICIPATING IN THE MEETING NO JUST CAUSE OF PROVISIONS FOR CHILD CARE PURPOSES AND I GUESS WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? NO. IS THERE ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF SEVEN OVER THE AGE OF 18 OR THERE NO ONE OVER THE AGE OF 18 HERE WITH YOU IN THIS ROOM? OK, THANK YOU. AND THEN THE UH SORRY THE NEXT SPEAKER IS LEE WALLACE, MAYOR GADO AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS WALLACE REPRESENTING WEST PAST THE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION. I'M ALSO HERE TO SUPPORT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S EXPANSION PLAN AND IF YOU APPROVE A VOTE ON THIS WITH PARCEL TAX, I WILL BE VOTING FOR IT EVEN THOUGH I WILL BE PAYING A LOT MORE THAN WHAT YOU UP THERE ON THE SCREEN IF WE DO NOT MODERNIZE MAKE OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT EVEN MORE EFFECTIVE HOME AND BUSINESS FIRE INSURANCE COSTS ARE VERY LIKELY TO INCREASE IF FOR SOME HOMES AND BUSINESSES THEY MAY FACE CANCELATION AND HAVING TO OBTAIN LOWER QUALITY INSURANCE COVERAGE AT HIGHER RATES. OPRAH HAS DEVOTED A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT TO RESEARCH TO EDUCATE OUR RESIDENTS ABOUT WHAT OUR HIGH WILDFIRE RISKS THAT IS MEANS IN TERMS OF GETTING AND KEEPING AFFORDABLE HOME INSURANCE. INSURANCE COMPANIES DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT TO INSURE A HOME BASED ON TWO SEPARATE EVALUATIONS. OF COURSE THE INSURANCE COMPANY EVALUATE AN INDIVIDUAL HOME FOR ITS RISK. THEY INCLUDE TREE TRIMMING LOCATION OF COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS, THE NEAREST FIRE HYDRANT, THE NEAREST FIRE STATION, ETC. INSURANCE COMPANIES ALSO WEIGH THE FIRE RISK AND AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY. THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IN DETERMINING A COMMUNITY'S FIRE RISK IS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. IF PASADENA FAILS TO PROVIDE THE RESOURCE IS TO MODERNIZE OUR FIRE INFRASTRUCTURE AND ADOPT NEW, MORE EFFECTIVE METHODS AND TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL SEND A CLEAR SIGNAL TO THE INSURANCE COMPANIES THAT WE ARE NOT SERIOUS ABOUT REDUCING OUR HIGH FIRE RISK INSURANCE COMPANIES CAN DRAW ONLY ONE LOGICAL CONCLUSION FIRE RISK AND NEED TO REMAIN HIGH AND ONLY GET HIGHER. HIGHER RISK MEANS HIGHER INSURANCE COSTS AND INSURANCE CANCELATIONS. SO THE REAL QUESTION IS NOT SIMPLY WHETHER WE PAY MORE TAXES. THE QUESTION IS WHETHER WE INVEST IN OUR OWN FIRE DEPARTMENT OR RISK PAYING MORE LATER THROUGH HIGHER INSURANCE BILLS WITH NO IMPROVEMENT IN PUBLIC SAFETY TO SHOW FOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. AND THEN JACKIE ENGLISH FOLLOWED BY UH ADA DOMITIAN AND THEN CHIMBU AND IF YOU HEARD YOUR NAME PLEASE COME FORWARD. GO AHEAD. I'LL UH MY NAME'S JACQUELINE ENGLISH AND I'M WITH THE OPERA . UH, I'D LIKE TO BEGIN WITH A SIMPLE QUESTION HOW LUCKY DO YOU FEEL TODAY? HOW LUCKY DO YOU FEEL? I'M ASKING THAT IS BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY FACES SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT RISKS THAT REQUIRE IMMEDIATE ATTENTION ACCORDING TO A REPORT CITED BY THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY HAS WARNED OF A SUBSTANTIAL LIKELIHOOD OF A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE IN THE LOS ANGELES REGION BY TWENTY FORTY FIVE IF A MAJOR RUPTURE OCCURS PARTICULARLY NEAR CAJON PASS, THE CONSEQUENCES COULD BE DEVASTATING FOR COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE REGION. WE'RE TALKING SIX POINT SEVEN OR ABOVE SIX POINT SEVEN WAS THE NORTHRIDGE QUAKE OK? THE GEOLOGIC SURVEY IS VERY WORRIED RIGHT NOW ABOUT THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT. WE CANNOT PREDICT WHEN THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN SO WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON PREPAREDNESS. ONE OF OUR MOST URGENT NEEDS IS ENSURING THAT OUR FIRE STATIONS CAN WITHSTAND A MAJOR SEISMIC EVENT. SEVERAL STATIONS I THINK TO HAVE NOT YET BEEN RETROFITTED FOR EARTHQUAKE SAFETY IF A SIGNIFICANT EARTHQUAKE WERE TO OCCUR BEFORE THESE IMPROVEMENTS ARE COMPLETED, WE RISK LOSING CRITICAL FACILITIES, EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND POTENTIALLY THE FIREFIGHTERS WHO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY THE LONGER WE DELAY THE GREATER THE RISK WHETHER THE SOLUTION IS CONSTRUCTING NEW FACILITIES OR STRENGTHENING EXISTING ONES. WE NEED TO BEGIN A PROCESS IMMEDIATELY DESIGN PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION TAKE YEARS AND EVERY YEAR OF DELAY LEAVES US VULNERABLE. EARTHQUAKES ARE NOT OUR ONLY CONCERN LUCKY US. OUR COMMUNITY IS ALSO SURROUNDED BY HIGH FIRE HAZARD AREA EXPERTS HAVE WARNED THAT THE EXTREME WIND CONDITIONS EXPERIENCED IN EARLY TWENTY TWENTY FIVE ARE NOT RUN A ONE OFF POWERFUL CHANDANA WITH ENGLISH. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. PARDON? YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. I THOUGHT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A BELL I I RANG IT. I DIDN'T HEAR IT. SORRY CAN I FINISH MY SENTENCE . OK WE NEED TO REDUCE THE FUEL LOAD IN THE ARROYO RETROFIT OR REPLACE VULNERABLE FIRE STATIONS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. STRENGTHEN OUR FIRE RESPONSE CAPABILITIES, INSTALL SIRENS AND WARN FOLKS EVACUATE AND INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE BEFORE A DISASTER OCCURS NOT AFTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU IRA DOMITIAN FOLLOWED BY CHIMBU THEN DAVID KISSINGER AND CHRISTIAN MILLER THEN OFF BUDGET YEAR. GOOD EVENING MELGAREJO COUNCIL MEMBERS MY NAME IS I'D I'D IMAGINE I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF PASADENA FOR OVER 50 YEARS AND I'M THE CURRENT PRESIDENT ELECT OF THE PASADENA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS. I URGE YOU NOT TO PUT THIS PARCEL TAX ON THE BALLOT AND THE REASON IS PUBLIC SAFETY IS ONE OF THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT FIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES BENEFIT EVERYONE WHO LIVES, WORKS SHOPS OR VISITS A GREAT CITY. THEY ARE NOT SERVICES USED EXCLUSIVELY BY PROPERTY OWNERS. YET THIS PROPOSAL PLACES THE FINANCIAL BURDEN PRIMARILY ON HOMEOWNERS INCLUDING MANY WHO ARE LEAST ABLE TO ABSORB ANOTHER RECURRING EXPENSE. MANY OF OUR SENIOR CITIZENS PURCHASE THEIR HOMES DECADES AGO. THEY ARE ASSET RICH BUT INCOME LIMITED LIVING ON FIXED FIXED RETIREMENT INCOMES THAT DO NOT INCREASE WITH INFLATION AND RISING TAXES. THEY ARE ALREADY FACING HIGHER COSTS FOR INSURANCE, UTILITIES, HEALTH CARE AND EVERYDAY NECESSITIES. ANOTHER ANNUAL TAX MAY SEEM MODEST ON PAPER, BUT MANY SENIORS IT BECOMES ONE MORE BILL THAT THEY MUST STRUGGLE TO PAY BEFORE ASKING HOMEOWNERS TO SHOULDER ANOTHER TAX. I ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO EXPLORE MANY REASONABLE ALTERNATIVES INCLUDING PURSUING STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS, IMPROVING OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES, STRENGTHENING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND IDENTIFYING NEW REVENUE RESOURCES THAT SPREAD THE COST MORE FAIRLY AMONG EVERYONE WHO BENEFITS FROM THESE ESSENTIAL SERVICES. WE ALL AGREE THAT OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS DESERVE THE RESOURCES THEY NEED. BELIEVE ME, I EXPERIENCED THAT FIRSTHAND. MY SON'S HOUSE BURNED DOWN IN THE EATON FIRE. OK, THE QUESTION IS WHETHER HOMEOWNERS, ESPECIALLY OUR SENIORS ON FIXED INCOME SHOULD BEAR A DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE OF THAT RESPONSIBILITY WHEN THESE SERVICES PROTECT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OTTO SHAMBU FOLLOWED BY DAVID KISSINGER THEN CHRISTIAN MILLER . HELLO. GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT COUNCIL MEMBERS MY NAME CHENU. I'M PART OF THE PASSAGE OF OUR DEPARTMENT. UM HERE AS A MEMBER AND AS A LOSER IN THE HEAT AND FIRE I WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR THIS FOR YOU GUYS TO LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE IF THEY SHOULD APPROVE THE TAX AND I HOPE YOU GUYS DO BECAUSE I I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO GO THROUGH WHAT I'M GOING THROUGH AND CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH AND THERE'S I THINK WE'RE A LITTLE LATE BEHIND ON THIS GAME BECAUSE ME AS A SURVIVOR IT FEELS LIKE PEOPLE HAVE MOVED ON AND IT'S THE NEXT THING SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THIS OUT THERE AND HAVE THE PEOPLE DECIDE. THANK THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. DAVID KISSINGER FOLLOWED CHRISTIAN MILLER THEN ROARED THROUGH THE CROWD CHEERING CHEERING WELCOME WELCOME. GOOD GOOD EVENING. MCGARRELL MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL DAVID KISSINGER WITH THE PASSAGE FOOTHILLS ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS. THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS DISCUSSION TONIGHT. EVERY FIRST RESPONDER STANDING BEHIND ME IN THIS ROOM AND IN THE APARTMENT DESERVE TO HAVE THE BEST RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR PROTECTING THE COMMUNITY. THIS MEASURE IS NOT IT AND I WOULD URGE YOU TO SEND IT BACK. IT NEEDS MORE WORK. IT NEEDS MORE ATTENTION, MORE FOCUS AND A BETTER FINANCIAL PLAN SO THAT THE FINANCIAL BACKING FOR THE DEPARTMENT COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE. SO WHAT'S WRONG WITH WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE PROPOSAL RIGHT NOW ON THE TABLE THE COST IS ACTUALLY SO THE VOTERS IN PASADENA HAVE BEEN ASKED A NUMBER OF TIMES SINCE TWENTY TWENTY TO PAY A LITTLE BIT EXTRA ON THEIR PROPERTY TAXES BRINGING THE TOTAL COST ACCORDING TO OUR CALCULATIONS CLOSER TO SEVENTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS OVER SEVENTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR SOME FAMILIES THAT IS AS MANY AS ONE TO TWO MONTHS OF GROCERIES BUT THE THE PROPOSAL AS IT STANDS NOW IS UNBALANCED AND IT IS UNFAIR TO PROPERTY OWNERS THAT THE THE BURDEN IS ALMOST ENTIRELY WE BELIEVE ON HOMEOWNERS THERE. WHILE THERE IS A PROVISION FOR LANDLORDS AND PROPERTY AND HOUSING PROVIDERS TO PASS IT THROUGH TO TENANTS THAT IS AT BEST A BYZANTINE, COMPLICATED AND POORLY DOCUMENTED PROCESS THAT A LANDLORD NEED TO APPLY FOR AGAIN AND AGAIN EVERY SINGLE YEAR FOREVER BECAUSE THIS ITEM DOES NOT HAVE A SUNSET. WE DO NOT HAVE FAITH RESPECTFULLY IN THE RENTAL HOUSING BOARD TO PROCESS THESE REQUESTS IN GOOD FAITH AND SO IT IS A DEEP CONCERN FOR US WHAT I ONCE AGAIN ASK TO DO IS SEND IT BACK, REWORK IT, COME UP WITH A FINANCIAL PLAN THAT WORKS AT A MINIMUM PROVIDES SOMETHING LIKE A SUNSET DATE AD FOR A MORE EQUITABLE AND BALANCED PASS THROUGH MAKE IT MAKE IT APPLY EQUALLY TO ALL THE RESIDENTS AND ALL BUSINESSES OF THE CITY COME UP WITH A BETTER FINANCIAL PLAN, SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY NEED TO GO TO THE VOTERS OR TO PROPERTY TAXES TO MAKE THIS WORK. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. YOU CHRISTIAN MILLER FOLLOWED BY ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON THEN HAZES RAPPORTS CLAIRE BRIAN ADAM BRADLEY CHRISTINA TERRORIZES WELCOME BACK MAYOR COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR GIVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I COME HERE REPRESENTING THE CITY AS A RESIDENT I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE BORN IN LONDON HOSPITAL AND AS A PASSENGER IN FIRE MANAGEMENT PRESIDENT AND TWENTY ONE YEAR EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY. I WANTED TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THINGS. FIRST OF ALL THIS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN KNOWN ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME. IT'S BEEN PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS. I FOUND SOME MORE DOCUMENTS FROM THE NINETIES THAT ARE ADDRESSING THESE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW AND I ALSO RECOGNIZE AND APPRECIATE AS PART OF YOUR TOP FIVE PRIORITIES. SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. IF WE HAD ADDRESSED IT FIFTEEN YEARS GO PROBABLY HALF THE COST. SO EVERY YEAR THAT GOES BY INFLATION AND MONEY JUST BECOMES MORE I DON'T LIKE PAYING A LOT OF TAXES. OUR CITIZENS PROBABLY DON'T EITHER BUT THEY'RE WILLING TO REFURBISH THE LIBRARY. I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE WILLING TO REFURBISH AND PUT MONEY INTO PUBLIC SAFETY. THE FIRE CHIEF AND THE MEMBERS BEHIND US ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR EVALUATING THE RISK. WE EVALUATE RISK FOR THEIR LIVES AND THE CITIZENS OF PASADENA. WE RISK A LIFE TO SAVE A LIFE. WE DID THAT MOST RECENTLY AT THE EATON INCIDENT. THE MEMBERS BEHIND HERE AS I WAS RESPONDING IN AS MY FAMILY WAS EVACUATING WERE TEXTING ME SAYING WHERE DO I GO? WELL, WE ALL CAME IN AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO. WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO COME IN TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY AND WE CAN'T DO THAT. WE DON'T HAVE A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. THIS PROVIDES US WITH A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. IT PROVIDES US WITH THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE COVERAGE TO THE CITY AND IT ALLOWS US TO RESPOND WHEN WE HAVE EMERGENCIES LIKE THE EATING INCIDENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU ROFFEY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND AS ALWAYS I WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR ALL THE LOVE AND SUPPORT THEY GIVE US EVERY DAY. I WOULD BE REMISS IF I NEVER IF I DIDN'T SAY THAT EVERY MEETING LOOK AROUND YOU IN THIS ROOM, EVERY ONE OF THESE FIREFIGHTERS THAT ARE HERE TODAY REPRESENTS ONE OF YOUR DISTRICTS OR WORKS IN ONE OF YOUR DISTRICTS BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I KNOW HOPEFULLY NONE OF YOU HAVE EVER HAD TO CALL NINE ONE ONE BUT THIS IS OUR NINE ONE ONE CALL THIS IS OUR CALL TO THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE AND GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP US BE SUSTAINABLE IN THE FUTURE. WE WANT TO LEAVE THIS PLACE BETTER THAN WE FOUND IT JUST LIKE CHRISTIAN SAID BEING CLOSE COMING UP CLOSE TO TWENTY YEARS AND ALL WE HAVE BEEN DOING IS TALKING ABOUT IT AND WE HAVE NOT TAKEN ACTION AND I THINK THE LONGER WE TAKE THE HARDER IT IS TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS. WE'VE DEFINITELY KICKED THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD FAR ENOUGH AND BEFORE I RETIRE AND I LEAVE THIS PLACE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LEAVE IT BETTER THAN WE FOUND FOR THE FUTURE. FIREFIGHTERS ARE IN THE BACK ROOM. THEIR SAFETY IS MY PRIORITY. I KNOW IT'S THE PRIORITY OF THE COMMUNITY TOO AND WE WANT TO DO THE BEST WE CAN AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO BE SUSTAINABLE AND THE CHIEF HAS DONE AN AMAZING PLAN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN TO KEEP THIS PLACE SUSTAINABLE GROW SO THAT WAY WE COULD LOWER OUR RESPONSE TIMES, GET THERE FASTER, MITIGATE DANGER AND HELP EVERYONE THAT'S OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY. SO PLEASE AGAIN LET'S HAVE A UNANIMOUS VOTE AND LET'S GET THIS MEASURE ON FOUR NOVEMBER AND KEEP THIS PLACE SUSTAINABLE AND AND AND TAKE CARE OF ALL OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND THEIR SAFETY AND THEIR FAMILIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. HAZIEST REDHAT BY CLAIRE RYAN AND ADAM REILLY THAN CHRISTINA TERRORIZES THAN PETE KERTZER. WELCOME. HI. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CHRIS LAWRENCE. I'M FROM THE ASSOCIATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES. I UNDERSTANDS AND BELIEVES THAT THE FIRE SERVICES ARE VITAL FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND SHOULD BE A TOP PRIORITY AS A CORE CITY SERVICE. HOWEVER, I STRONGLY OPPOSES THE PARCEL TAX RESOLUTION AS IT IS UNFAIRLY PLACED IT A FINANCIAL BURDEN SOLELY ONTO PROPERTY OWNERS FIRE SERVICES ARE ENJOYED BY THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY INCLUDING RENTERS, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INCLUDING NONRESIDENTS, TOURISTS, BUSINESS AND SOCIAL VISITORS. THEY CELLTEX ALSO KNOW TRANSACTIONS AND USE TAX WOULD BE FAR MORE EQUITABLE AND WE'LL FACE NO OPPOSITION ACCORDING TO THE CITY'S FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT. IF THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS URGENT THEN THE TAX WITH THE LEAST OBJECTIVE SHOULD BE UTILIZED TO SECURE PASSAGE WHICH IS A SALES TAX AND NOT A PARCEL TAX. THIS IS A RUSH RESOLUTION THAT USES THE PROPER MECHANISM AS OF A PARCEL TAX INSTEAD OF THE PROPER MECHANISM OF EITHER A PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY SALES TAX SO THAT EVERYONE NOT JUST PROPERTY OWNERS WHO BENEFIT FROM FIRE SERVICES WILL PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE. ONCE AGAIN WE URGE THE COUNCIL TO REJECT REJECT THE PARCEL TAX RESOLUTION AND INSTEAD USE A SALES TAX EITHER PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY. INSTEAD, IF THE COUNCIL MOVES FORWARD WITH THE PARCEL TAX WE REQUEST THAT ALL MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES BE EXCLUDED FROM IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, CLAIRE O'BRIEN FOLLOWED BY ADAM BRADLEY AND CHRISTINA TERRORIZES. LET ME SAY I HAVE THE DEEPEST RESPECT FOR OUR CITY FIREFIGHTERS AND FOR THOSE ACROSS THE STATE AND COUNTRY THAT RISKED THEIR LIVES TO KEEP US SAFE. BUT LET'S BE HONEST THIS PARCEL TAX IS BEING PROMOTED AS INCLUDING A COMPREHENSIVE WILD FIRE PREVENTION PLAN. IT DOES NOT LESS THAN FIVE PERCENT OF THE MONEY IS DIRECTED TO WILD WILD FIRE PREVENTION THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY AND THAT PALTRY AMOUNT IS STRETCHED TO INCLUDE LIQUOR CONTROL AND WORK PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT. NOT A SINGLE DIME IS EARMARKED FOR THE DIRE FIRE HAZARD PRESENTED BY THE ARROYO SECO WITH ITS DECADES OLD BUILDUP OF DEAD TREES AND LADDER FUEL. THIS TWO HUNDRED TWENTY SEVEN MILLION DOLLAR PLAN MISSES THE POINT ALL FIRE EXPERTS AGREE THAT FIREFIGHTERS ARE BASICALLY HELPLESS IN PUTTING DOWN HIGH WIND DRIVEN FIRE. FIVE WI