May 05, 2026 Special City Council Meetings

RIGHT. SHE'S COMING IN A LITTLE BIT LATE, SO. OKAY, START THE MEETING. OKAY. WELCOME,

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COUNCIL MEMBER. DELGADO. YES. MAYOR. MAYOR FIGUEROA HERE. AND FOR THE RECORD, COUNCILWOMAN KIM WILL BE RUNNING A FEW MINUTES LATE, AS SHE NOTED. AT THIS TIME, THE APPROVAL OF THE

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ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA? NO CHANGES. OKAY. ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED. I'LL GO AHEAD AND SECOND. MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS IS. I'LL SECOND IT AND THEN A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER. PEREZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DELGADO. YES.

MAYOR. FIGUEROA. YES. AND AT THIS TIME, WE'LL DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PLEASE PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART. READY TO BEGIN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. AND AT THIS TIME, WE'LL DO PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR CLOSED SESSION ITEMS ONLY. NO. AND SO FOR PUBLIC FOR CLOSED SESSION. NONE, NONE. OKAY. SO AT THIS TIME WE WILL THIS IS THE TIME I SHOULD STATE ABOUT THE. CITY ATTORNEY, THE THE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING SHOULD BE ANNOUNCED WHEN YOU COME BACK IN.

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[ Reconvene Regular Meeting]

CITY ATTORNEY THANK YOU MAYOR. WE WE WENT TO CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS TWO ITEMS. AND THERE'S NO REPORTABLE ACTION FROM CLOSED SESSION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL BE

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WE'RE NOT REALLY GOING TO BE GETTING TO LINE ITEM BUDGET OR DEPARTMENT BUDGETS, BUT IT'S MORE OF A STATE OF THE BUDGET PRESENTATION. THIS IS A PRACTICE I'VE DONE IN DIFFERENT CITIES THAT GIVE COUNCIL INFORMATION NOT ONLY ABOUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE BUDGET IN TERMS OF PROJECTIONS, BUT ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT NEW CONCEPTS IN THE BUDGET. WE'RE PROPOSING SOME NEW EQUIPMENT, LIKE TONIGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT ON A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. WE'RE LOOKING AT PRESENTING TO YOU SOME EQUIPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS, SOME RESTRUCTURE REORGANIZATION WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION. AND SO THIS IS VERY INTERACTIVE. OUR CITY FINANCE DIRECTOR, LINCOLN AND I WILL TAG TEAM IT AND THEN OTHER DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS WILL COME UP. WE'LL HAVE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT COME UP AND MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION. SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK AS MANY QUESTIONS AS YOU LIKE. TONIGHT IS A STUDY SESSION SO YOU'RE NOT MAKING ANY DECISIONS. YOU CAN GIVE DIRECTION IN TERMS OF LIKE, SAY, ON THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OR SOME EQUIPMENT. AND BUT YEAH, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT. AGAIN, IT'S A STATE OF THE BUDGET, IF YOU WILL, PRESENTATION. SO WITH THAT, I'LL DEFER TO OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. LINCOLN. THANK YOU, MANAGER GONZALEZ. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. LINCOLN BOGART, FINANCE DIRECTOR HERE AT THE CITY. FIRST THING I WANTED TO DO IS START OFF THE WORKSHOP BY SAYING, THIS IS THE FIRST OF THREE PRESENTATIONS THAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE BUDGET, WITH THE THIRD BEING BROUGHT FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION FOR ADOPTION. SO WE ARE PROJECTING THIS YEAR OR THIS NEXT YEAR, GENERAL FUND REVENUES AROUND $45.5 MILLION. IF YOU LOOK AT THE PIE CHART UP THERE, YOU'LL SEE THAT 31 MILLION OF THAT COMES FROM TAXES OR ANOTHER, AND TRANSFERS IN ARE APPROXIMATELY 10.7 MILLION. ON TOP OF THAT, THE REST OF THE REVENUE CATEGORIES ARE FAIRLY SMALL IN IN RELATION TO THOSE, ONE THING I WOULD NOTE IS THAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THOSE

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THIS CURRENT YEAR WE WERE EXPECTING A SALES TAX DISPUTE TO DECIDE AGAINST US. AT THIS POINT WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANY WORD, BUT THERE'S BEEN NO NEGATIVE COMMUNICATION EITHER. SO WE WENT AHEAD AND BUDGETED AT THE EXPECTED AMOUNTS FROM OUR CONSULTANT FOR SALES TAX. WE ALSO ARE EXPECTING AN INCREASE IN INTEREST INCOME DUE TO HIGHER THAN EXPECTED CURRENT FISCAL YEAR END FISCAL YEAR RESULTS AND EXPECTED CONTINUE HIGHER INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT. SO BECAUSE THEY'VE KIND OF STOPPED LOWERING THE INTEREST RATES, WE'VE PUSHED UP OUR EXPECTATION OF THE RATES THAT THE REVENUE THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE COME IN. JUST A QUICK COMMENT. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, ON ANY SALES TAX TO THE CITY, THE CFTDCFTDA WOULD TO CLAW BACK THE CITY DOES HAVE A DUE PROCESS THAT THEY CAN APPEAL THAT THAT AMOUNT AND THEN EVENTUALLY NEGOTIATE A SETTLEMENT OR A PAYMENT PLAN. SO IT WOULDN'T BE THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO REPAY BACK ALL THAT AT ONCE IF THERE IS A CLAWBACK. SO IT'S IMPORTANT JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, THAT ANY HIT TO THE CITY IN TERMS OF THAT CLAWBACK WOULD NOT BE ALL AT ONCE. CITY DOES HAVE AN APPEAL PROCESS WITH THEM AT THE STATE LEVEL, AND THEN POSSIBLY ENTER INTO A REPAYMENT PLAN WITH THEM. SO THAT. SO YOU'VE DECIDED TO INCLUDE THAT THAT POTENTIAL TAX INCREASE, THAT THE INCOME OF THE TAX RIGHT IN THAT LINE. IS THERE A REASON NOT TO JUST EXCLUDE IT IN CASE WE HAVE TO GO DOWN THAT PATH OF PAYING IT BACK OR AFTER SPEAKING WITH MANAGER GONZALEZ, WE DETERMINED THAT IT COULD TAKE MULTIPLE YEARS FOR THAT IMPACT TO BE FELT AND THAT WE SHOULD HAVE SOME SORT OF FOREWARNING THAT IT'S COMING, AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO BRING THAT AS A SEPARATE ITEM. OKAY. SO THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS TAX ALLOCATIONS TO THE CITY. ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, IT SHOWS WHERE YOUR PROPERTY TAX DOLLAR GOES.

IF YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE RED IT SAYS CITIES IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY, THIS IS FISCAL 2425 BECAUSE IT'S THE MOST RECENT THAT THEY HAD PUBLISHED IS 8%. IT DOESN'T CHANGE A LOT FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

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ON THE RIGHT, THE STATE RECEIVES MOST OF THE SALES TAX. WE HAVE AN 8.75% SALES TAX. THE LOCAL PORTION OF THAT IS 1%, OR $0.01 ON EVERY DOLLAR THAT IS SPENT FOR SALES. AND THEN WE HAVE MEASURE U, WHICH IS ONE MORE PERCENT. SO OF EVERY DOLLAR OF SALES TAX WE GET TO EVERY DOLLAR OF SALES, WE GET $0.02 OF TAX. THEN ON TO THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES BY DEPARTMENT. ONE THING I WOULD NOTE IS THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS IN BLUE. THAT'S ABOUT $14.76 MILLION. IT'S NORMAL FOR PUBLIC SAFETY TO BE 3,040% OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET. OURS IS IN LINE WITH THAT. IF YOU INCLUDE THE TRANSFERS OUT FOR THINGS THAT THE GENERAL FUND HAS TO PAY FOR, AS WELL AS PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE CAPITAL SIDE OF THE CITY, THAT ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 70% OF GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES. ALL OTHER EXPENDITURES IN THE GENERAL FUND MAKE UP THE REMAINING 30%. SO SOME GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE UPDATES ARE SALARIES AND BENEFITS ACROSS THE GENERAL FUND INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY BECAUSE OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COST ALLOCATION PLAN, AND THAT IS OFFSET BY THE TRANSFERS IN FOR THE PAYMENT OF THOSE SERVICES THROUGH THE COST ALLOCATION PLAN, INSTEAD OF THE SALARIES BEING DISTRIBUTED OUT FROM THE POINT OF PAYROLL, THE POLICE SERVICES CONTRACT HAS AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 1.16 MILLION. I DID PUT A NOTE THERE THAT IT'S LESS THAN THE CURRENT YEAR CFD DEFERRAL AMOUNT. CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO FUND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IS A 325,000. SO THOSE WERE THE MAJOR CHANGES SO FAR. WITH THAT SAID, THE REVENUE AND EXPENSES SO FAR ARE BEFORE WE'VE GONE IN AND DONE A WHOLE LOT OF ANALYSIS TO SEE WHERE THINGS COULD BE IMPROVED OR COST REDUCED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

WE ALSO HAVE A PROPOSED GENERAL FUND REORGANIZATION. THERE'S WE'RE REQUESTING A COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR FOR RECREATION PROGRAMS, PUBLIC ART, SPECIAL EVENTS, SENIOR CENTER PROGRAMS, AND LIBRARY CONTRACT OVERSIGHT. IS IT GOING TO BE A IT'S A. YOU DECIDED ON HAVING A DIRECTOR TITLE FOR THAT ONE. IT SHOULD BE MANAGER. SO IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, OKAY, WE HAVE IT. OKAY, SO I WANT TO ASK OUR RECREATION COORDINATOR, JESSICA NAVARRO, EXPLAIN THE CURRENT AND EXISTING STRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE. AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS THAT THEY'RE KIND OF ALL OVER THE PLACE RIGHT NOW. SO I'LL HAVE HER PRESENT THAT SINCE SHE HAS THE MOST KNOWLEDGE ON THAT. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JESSICA NAVARRO AND I'M CURRENTLY THE RECREATION SERVICES COORDINATOR. SO GABRIEL ASKED ME TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MY DEPARTMENT. SO WE HAVE A A DISCONNECTION BETWEEN RECREATION SERVICES, SPECIAL EVENTS, SENIOR CENTER PROGRAMS, AND PUBLIC ARTS. WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE THESE UNDER. SO WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, WHICH CURRENTLY HOUSES THE RECREATION SERVICES AND SPECIAL EVENTS. WE HAVE MYSELF, THE RECREATION SERVICES COORDINATOR, HANDLING THOSE TWO. AND THEN WE HAVE THE SENIOR CENTER PROGRAMS AND SPECIAL EVENTS, ADDITIONAL SPECIAL EVENTS. WE CURRENTLY HAVE A SENIOR CENTER COORDINATOR, ASSISTANT AND OPERATOR HANDLING THOSE PROGRAMS. SO I'LL HAND IT OVER TO GABRIEL FOR THE NEXT SLIDE. SO MARY COUNCIL, WE'RE PROPOSING UNDER THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DIVISION IS A NEW POSITION FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES MANAGER. SO THOSE FUNCTIONS YOU JUST HEARD JESSICA EXPLAIN WE'RE GOING TO BRING THIS OVER.

THIS IS BY WAY OF BACKGROUND. THIS IS A COMMON PRACTICE IN OTHER CITIES THAT WILL HAVE A COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT DIVISION THAT WILL OVERSEE THESE STAFF EVENTS. SO IN THIS

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BECAUSE IT'S WE'RE PROPOSING A DIVISION DEPARTMENT THAT GROWS AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE THAT YOU CAN MAYBE CONSIDER MAKING IT A DEPARTMENT AT THAT POINT. I THINK YOU LOOK AT IT PUTTING A DIRECTOR LEVEL, BUT I THINK RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT MAKING A DIVISION, A MANAGER LEVEL POSITION APPROPRIATE FOR THAT. SO, GABRIEL, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T MANAGE THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT AT THAT DIRECTOR LEVEL, THEN WHAT WHAT DIVISION ARE YOU THINKING OF PUTTING THE COMMUNITY SERVICES MANAGER UNDER? SO SO THAT'S I'M STILL DEBATING THAT IN TERMS OF WHAT WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICER, THE ONE THAT BURDEN EITHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR PUBLIC WORKS OR WHATNOT. SO IT MAY JUST BE A STANDALONE, LIKE A BRANCH OFFICE IN THE SAME OFFICE BECAUSE IT'S SO HEAVILY INVOLVED, ESPECIALLY ON THE COMMUNITY EVENT FUNCTION THAT I THINK MIGHT TEMPORARILY, WITH THE FIRST FEW YEARS TO COMPLETELY MAKE IT A PERMANENT DEPARTMENT. I THINK IT MIGHT BE BEST OUT OF THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. SO, SO THEN UNDER THE CM RIGHT NOW WOULD BE WITH THE PROPOSAL WOULD BE THE COMMUNITY SERVICES AND THEN THE PIO, RIGHT? YEAH. UNDER THE YEAH. THE PIO WOULD EVENTUALLY MOVE OVER TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. THAT'S TYPICALLY WHERE YOU FIND IT ANYWAY BECAUSE A LOT OF THE INTERACTION, BOTH WITH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, IT WOULD BE IDEAL THAT THAT WOULD BE THE BEST LOCATION FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL. AND THEN THE DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT IS THAT YOU'RE THINKING OF ONE BEGINNER LEVEL OR, OR TWO BRINGING THEM IN FROM ANOTHER DEPARTMENT. THIS WOULD BE A NEW POSITION.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SO WITH THE DISCUSSION OF DEFERRED ASSESSMENTS THAT HAS RECENTLY OCCURRED, AS TO SOME PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED, WE WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THE DEFERRALS FOR POLICE AND FIRE ASSESSMENTS ON A CUMULATIVE LEVEL AT THE END OF THIS COMING YEAR WILL BE ABOUT $4 MILLION. AT THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE EXPECT IT TO BE 2.9 MILLION.

SO THAT'S ABOUT 1.1 MILLION THERE. IT'S GROWING AT AN ACCELERATING RATE. THE ANNUAL PAYMENTS ARE BASED ON 50% OF RESIDUAL CASH FLOWS. AND THERE IS A PAYOFF TRIGGER AT ANY PROPERTY REFINANCING, TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP OR AT 55 YEARS IF NEITHER, NEITHER OF THOSE OCCUR.

SO IF WE ASSUME THAT ALL THE PROJECTS GO THE FULL 55 YEARS WITH NO PAYOFFS, THE TOTAL ESTIMATED DEFERRAL OF JUST THE PROPERTIES WE HAVE RIGHT NOW WOULD BE CLOSE TO $117 MILLION.

SO JUST A QUICK NOTE, MARY COUNCIL, IF YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE FOR A MAJOR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES UPDATE, PLEASE. SO YOU SEE THAT POLICE SERVICES INCREASED BY 1.16, RIGHT? SO FAST FORWARD TO THE NEXT SLIDE. AND YOU SEE THAT AT THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE HAVE 2.9 MILLION IN DEFERRALS. RIGHT. THIS IS CONTRARY TO WHAT THE ONE DEVELOPER WAS SAYING, THAT THIS IS NOT CASH IN HAND THAT WE'RE HANDLING. RIGHT. BUT IT IS BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE DEFERRING IS FUTURE CASH, RIGHT? SO IF WE WEREN'T DOING THESE DEFERRALS, THE CITY WOULD BE COLLECTING 2.9 IN CFDS ASSESSMENTS, RIGHT? THAT 2.9 WOULD COVER THAT 1.1 NOT HIT THAT WE'RE GETTING THIS YEAR AND STILL LEAVE A MILLION PLUS BALANCE FOR ADDITIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES. RIGHT. SO AGAIN, CONTRARY TO WHAT THAT IT'S NOT CASH IN HAND. IT IS BECAUSE IF WE WERE COLLECTING THAT 2.9 TODAY IN ASSESSMENTS, THE BUDGET WOULDN'T BE FACED WITH WHAT WE'RE FACING WITH THE

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LATER IN THE PRESENTATION, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT A COUPLE DIFFERENT NEW PROGRAMS TO HELP ENHANCE THE SAFETY OF THE CITY, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. AGAIN, IF WE WEREN'T DEFERRING, THIS 2.9 WOULD COVER THOSE NEW PROGRAMS. SO SO IT DOES HAVE AN IMPACT IN YOUR OPERATING BUDGET WITH THESE DEFERRALS. SO AGAIN, WE HAVE A GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE TREND. YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S AGAIN BEEN GROWING. WE HAVE A LARGE JUMP HERE IN 2627. THAT ALSO HAS TO DO PRIMARILY WITH THE SALARIES AND BENEFITS INCREASE FROM THE COST ALLOCATION PLAN IMPLEMENTATION OFFSET BY TRANSFERS IN FOR SERVICES PROVIDED TO OTHER FUNDS, AND ALSO THE PUBLIC SAFETY CONTRACT AMOUNTS FOR POLICE AND FIRE. SO THEN WE HAVE SPECIAL EVENTS. THERE'S 662,500 BUDGETED RIGHT NOW FOR THE EVENTS OF THE CITY.

WE ESTIMATED ABOUT A 3% INCREASE ON MOST OR KEEPING THEM LEVEL. I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON. SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BRING BACK THE 16TH, SEPTEMBER 16TH EVENT IN ANY IN ANY WAY. IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A MOOT POINT OR I THINK THAT WAS GOING TO BE BROUGHT BACK AS A SEPARATE ITEM. OKAY. BY OUR WELL, EITHER THE NEW DIVISION OR BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, DEPENDING ON WHERE IT'S HOUSED. SO. SO LINCOLN, WE'VE COVERED THIS A BIT BEFORE WHEN I, WHEN I BROUGHT UP THE, THE TRUE EXPENSES OF AN EVENT. AND SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS WHAT WE, YOU KNOW, HANDED OVER FROM, FROM ONE, I GUESS, LINE ITEM. BUT THEN WE HAVE ALSO THE PERSONNEL AND, AND. RIGHT. AND, YOU KNOW, YEAH, I THINK THAT WHEN THE INDIVIDUAL EVENTS COME FORWARD, THE PRACTICE HAS BEEN RECENTLY TO ADD THE IN-KIND COSTS OF STAFFING EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT IN, IN THE REPORTS. BUT THEN IS IT, IS IT A BIT CHALLENGING THEN TO DIVIDE IT UP? MEANING DO WE HAVE SO MUCH MONEY FOR, LET'S SAY OVERTIME THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO THEN, YOU KNOW, SEE EXACTLY HOW MUCH EVENT IS BRINGING OR WE'RE USING IN TERMS OF PERSONNEL. WE HAVE EVENT SIGN UP SHEETS, SO WE KNOW THE STAFF THAT ATTEND AND WE KNOW THE DAY OF THE EVENT.

SO WE ARE ABLE TO QUANTIFY THAT. THANK YOU. QUESTION. JUST I KNOW WE'LL BE SEEING THIS AGAIN, BUT JUST FOR OUR STAFF THAT IS LISTENING, HOPEFULLY WE ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO. BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE TALKED, AS COUNCILWOMAN DELGADO MENTIONED, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THE EVENTS BEFORE, AND IF WE HAVE SOME THAT MAYBE NEED A LITTLE TWEAKING OR HAVE VERY LOW ATTENDANCE, THAT WE JUST KIND OF HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THAT WHEN THE TIME COMES, JUST TO SEE WHAT'S WORKING AND WHAT'S NOT. IT COULD BE THAT THESE EVENTS HAVE BEEN WORKING OUT PERFECTLY. WE'VE BEEN GETTING GREAT ATTENDANCE. EVERYTHING IS, YOU KNOW, GOING WELL. AND IT COULD BE THAT IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE MADE ANY CHANGES. SO JUST AS A, YOU KNOW, HEADS UP, HOPEFULLY WE TALK ABOUT THAT TO. WE HAVE COMMENTS ON THIS ONE. I DO LIKE THAT IDEA OF THERE'S SOME THAT DO NEED, YOU KNOW, JUST A LITTLE. THE ONE I'M LOOKING AT IS THE TACO EVENT. THAT'S THE ONE I'M JUST GONNA BE PUBLICLY TALKING ABOUT IT. THERE'S WAYS TO SPIN IT. SO JUST BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, THERE'S ALSO OPPORTUNITIES TO GET EVENTS WHERE WE GET SOME OF THAT MONEY BACK TO THAT, YOU KNOW, SO I THINK WE NEED TO BE MORE THOUGHTFUL WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT EVENTS TO SEE WHAT EVENTS WE'RE ACTUALLY BRINGING IN, WHAT ARE THE SALES TAX OR WHATEVER WE'RE GENERATING TO GET THAT BACK. SO FROM A BIG PICTURE PERSPECTIVE, RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A PRELIMINARY OPERATING SHORTFALL IN THE GENERAL FUND OF ABOUT 1.35 MILLION. AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A QUICK PUT TOGETHER. WE HAVEN'T REALLY DONE A LOT OF ANALYSIS TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY REVENUES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED OR EXPENSES THAT MAY NOT THAT MAY HAVE BEEN ASKED ABOVE WHAT'S ACTUALLY NEEDED OR REALLY PRIORITIZING PROGRAMS. FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE. WE ARE DOING A STAFFING ASSESSMENT OF VACANT POSITIONS, AND THERE MAY BE SOME REQUESTS TO RECLASSIFY SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS TO

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THAT'S YOUR BASIC LEVEL OF SERVICE. YOUR ENHANCED LEVEL OF SERVICE IS PUTTING A MOTOR UNIT OUT THERE ENHANCES PUBLIC SAFETY, RIGHT? YOU'RE ENHANCING THAT, THAT LEVEL FROM JUST A PATROL OFFICER TO A SPECIALTY TYPE OF SERVICE. OPTIMUM LEVEL WOULD BE A MOUNTED UNIT, RIGHT? THAT'S ABOVE AND BEYOND. YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE A MOUNTED UNIT. BUT AGAIN, THEY LOOK GOOD.

THEY'RE OUT IN THE PARADES. THEY HELP DO CROWD CONTROL. SO SO THAT'S HOW YOU CAN LOOK AT IT. BASIC PATROL OFFICER ENHANCE A LITTLE BIT ABOVE A MOTOR UNIT OPTIMUM IS REALLY THAT ENHANCED LEVEL OF MOUNTED UNIT. RIGHT. SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF THE LEVEL TYPES OF SERVICE AND THE LEVELS OF SERVICE. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT PUTTING OUR BUDGET TOGETHER, WE'RE LOOKING AT THROUGH THOSE LENSES WHAT'S MANDATED. WE WANT TO FUND THOSE FIRST CORE. WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO THE CITY THAT IS OF PRIORITY. AND THEN DISCRETIONARY IS WHERE YOU HAVE SOME ROOM TO MAYBE SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO DEFER IT. WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE IT, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO WITH THAT. AND THEN YOU HAVE A CHOICE TO, IN THE LEVEL OF SERVICE, DO WE WANT TO BE A BASIC, SEVERAL BASIC LEVEL OF SERVICE COMMUNITY? WE WANT TO BE MORE OF AN ENHANCED OR DO YOU REALLY WANT TO BE THAT OPTIMUM LEVEL? BUT TO GET TO THE OPTIMUM, OBVIOUSLY YOU NEED TO HAVE THE REVENUE, RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND.

AND SO THAT WE WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT PUTTING THE BUDGET TOGETHER, WE'RE LOOKING THROUGH THIS LENS IN TERMS OF TYPE AND LEVEL OF SERVICE. GABRIEL, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, ARE YOU LOOKING AT THAT CORE? MY UNDERSTANDING, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE SENIOR CENTER, THIS CORE, BECAUSE I MEAN, WE'VE GOT AN AGING POPULATION, RIGHT? SO WITHOUT IT, THERE'S REALLY NOWHERE FOR, FOR THAT AGE GROUP, RIGHT? THAT DEMOGRAPHIC MEANING THAT THE MANAGEMENT LEVEL WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU IDENTIFY THAT AS CORE, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES MANAGER THAT'S PROPOSED? WELL, YOU NEED YOU NEED A MAYBE I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING THE QUESTION, BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO NEED A MANAGER TO OVERSEE THE DIVISION. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SERVICES RIGHT NOW. RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE REFERENCING TO AT WHAT SERVICES ARE REALLY MANDATED CORE. RIGHT? RIGHT. YEAH. BUT I THINK TO THE COUNCILMAN'S POINT IS SAYING THAT THAT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES MANAGER WOULD BE A CORE LEVEL TYPE OF SERVICE, RIGHT? THAT THAT'S WHAT THE REASON WHY I THINK, I THINK THAT'S WHERE IT WOULD FIT. THAT'S WHERE IT WOULD COMMUNITY SERVICES. MY UNDERSTANDING IS A CORE SERVICE TO THE CITY. SO THEREFORE, YEAH, THAT MANAGER POSITION WOULD BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE CORE SERVICES FOR THIS NEW DIVISION UNDER THE SERVICES THAT THE CITY IS PROVIDING. BUT FOR ALL PRACTICAL THINGS, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TYPE OF HOW THE SERVICE IS LISTED. SO THAT'S WHERE THE NOT THE NOT THE NOT THE POSITION. RIGHT.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SERVICE BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE PUTTING THE BUDGET TOGETHER, RIGHT? YOU WANT TO FUND YOUR MANDATED SERVICES FIRST, RIGHT? YOU WANT TO THEN LOOK AT WHAT'S CORE AND DISCRETIONARY, BECAUSE IF YOU ONLY HAVE SO MUCH MONEY, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF LIKE YOUR HOUSE, RIGHT? YEAH. PAY YOUR BILLS. YOU MEAN YOU'RE PAYING YOUR MORTGAGE FIRST, RIGHT? WHATEVER INSURANCE IS FOOD ON THE TABLE, THAT SORT OF THING. YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THE SAME EXERCISE HERE, RIGHT? YEAH. SAME THING WITH THE LEVEL OF SERVICE, RIGHT? YEAH. HAMBURGER MEAT VERSUS FILET AMBIEN. RIGHT. SO IT'S LOOKING AT IT FROM THAT LENS, RIGHT? SO WE DO A SIMILAR EXERCISE WHEN WE'RE PUTTING THE BUDGET TOGETHER. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE ALSO ARE FOCUSING ON A NUMBER OF GOALS THROUGH THIS BUDGETING PROCESS. PUBLIC SAFETY AS ONE. THERE ARE GOING TO BE A COUPLE OF PRESENTATIONS FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TODAY ABOUT POTENTIAL CHANGES OR

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AND THEN THE EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE WITHOUT OUR EMPLOYEES, WE CAN'T PROVIDE THE SERVICES, RIGHT? SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE THE EQUIPMENT, THE RESOURCES, THE TRAINING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES. WE'RE A VERY LEAN ORGANIZATION AT APPROXIMATELY 90 EMPLOYEES FOR 50,000 RESIDENTS. RIGHT? SO RIGHT NOW, OUR RATIO IS ABOUT ONE EMPLOYEE TO EVERY 500 RESIDENT. THAT'S A LOT OF RESIDENTS FOR ONE EMPLOYEE. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO BE LEAN, THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING OUR EMPLOYEES, WE'RE GIVING THEM THE TOOLS, THE RESOURCES FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO BE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES. WE'RE IN THE BUSINESS OF PROVIDING SERVICES. WE DON'T MANUFACTURE A PRODUCT, WE DON'T SELL A PRODUCT. RIGHT? BUT WE ARE A SERVICE PROVIDER. SO OUR PEOPLE ARE THE BACKBONE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE AND DELIVER THOSE SERVICES. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A HIGH PERFORMING ORGANIZATION AND THAT OUR EMPLOYEES DO HAVE THOSE RESOURCES, QUALITY OF LIFE ENHANCEMENTS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR RESIDENTS HAVE THAT. OUR PARKS ARE CLEAN, THEY'RE WELL MAINTAINED. YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT CIP PROJECTS, NEW BRIDGES, NEW ROADS. THAT'S IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY. THAT'S GOING BACK TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS, THAT WE'RE PUTTING RESOURCES BACK TO WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM. SAFE ROADS. RIGHT? NO POTHOLES, CLEAN PARKS, CLEAN RESTROOMS, RIGHT. LIBRARY SERVICES, WHATEVER THAT MAY BE IN TERMS OF QUALITY OF LIFE. SO ALTHOUGH AGAIN, WE HAVE NOT HAD A FORMAL GOAL SETTING RETREAT, WE'VE BEEN LISTENING TO YOU AND THIS IS OUR UNDERSTANDING IN TERMS OF WHAT'S PRIORITY. SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AGAIN AND PUTTING THE BUDGET TOGETHER, WE'RE TAKING THESE FIVE INFORMAL GOALS INTO WHAT WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER FOR THE BUDGET. THANK YOU. SO WE GET MONEY FROM THE STATE EVERY YEAR FOR STREET MAINTENANCE. THERE'S BASICALLY THREE DIFFERENT SOURCES THAT ARE KIND OF RESTRICTED FOR ROAD MAINTENANCE. WE HAVE THE RMR, WHICH IS ROAD MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION ACT, ALSO KNOWN AS SB ONE. WE GET NEXT YEAR WE'RE EXPECTING ABOUT 1.25 MILLION FROM THAT SOURCE. WE HAVE THE STATE GAS TAX, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE HOODA TAX AND IT'S HIGHWAY USERS TAX. AND WE'RE EXPECTING ABOUT 1.3 MILLION FROM THAT NEXT YEAR. AND THEN MEASURE A, WHICH IS THE LOCAL TRANSPORTATION TAX. WE'RE EXPECTING ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION. SO FOR NEXT YEAR WE EXPECT JUST OVER 3.3 MILLION IN REVENUE SOURCES THAT CAN BE PUT TOWARDS ROAD PROJECTS. AND SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, GOING BACK TO THAT POINT, RIGHT, THAT THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S TAXPAYER MONEY THAT'S ONLY INTENDED FOR ROAD ANYTHING WITHIN THAT ROAD MAINTENANCE, RIGHT? IS THAT IT'S ONLY THE SURFACE, RIGHT? IT'S NOT ANY FACADE. IT'S NOT ANY WELL, OR WOULD SOMEONE KNOW, LIKE, JUST SO JUST, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. YEAH, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT RESTRICTIONS ON DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES, BUT THEY, THEY ARE ALL RESTRICTED. TYPICALLY IT'S CURB TO CURB, CURB TO CURB. AND SOMETIMES YOU'RE ABLE TO GO CERTAIN FEET FROM THAT IN TERMS OF THE RIGHT OF WAY. BUT THEY ARE CATEGORICALLY FUNDS THAT CAN ONLY BE USED ON THE ROADS. BUT TYPICALLY TO CURB THE CURB IS THE RULE OF THUMB THAT WE APPLY. SO TO PUT THAT INTO TERMS, WE HAVE A PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX MANAGEMENT. SO

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SO I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU'RE PROBABLY MORE LOOKING LIKE MAYBE TWO, 2.5 MILLION OF WHAT'S LEFT TO BE ABLE TO, TO PUT TOWARDS THAT 4.6, 4.6. SO YOU'RE ABOUT $2 MILLION SHY OF THAT, RIGHT? SO SOME CITIES MAY DO REVENUE BONDS, RIGHT? THEY'LL DO ONE BIG BOND ISSUANCE PLEDGE, SOME OF THAT MONEY, FUTURE REVENUE TO PAY THE DEBT SERVICE. AND THEY MAKE 20, 30, $40 MILLION DEBT SERVICE AND THEY TAKE ONE BIG CHUNK, BUT THEN YOU'VE TIED UP YOUR MONEY, RIGHT? AND OR YOU TAKE IT FROM THE GENERAL FUND AND PUT IT TOWARDS THE ROAD MAINTENANCE. RIGHT. BUT SHORT OF GRANTS, CALTRANS OR OTHERS, IT ALL CITIES HAVE STRUGGLED WITH TRYING TO GET THAT. SO, SO WHEN WE'RE SAYING, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO.

THAT'S THAT'S NOT ALL. USE IT UP FOR CONSTRUCTION. WE CAN ALSO USE IT FOR PAVEMENT. ARE WE THERE YET? ARE WE THEN PULLING FROM CONSTRUCTION WHERE, WHERE THAT FUNDING IS NEEDED ALSO. SO CITIES WILL DO. WE CAN BRING UP OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, BUT WHAT CITIES WILL DO IS COMPLETE RECONSTRUCTION COSTS A LOT MORE, RIGHT? ONCE A STREET FAILS IN THE IN THE ASPHALT FAILS, IT'S A COMPLETE RECONSTRUCTION, RIGHT? THAT'S A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE THAN JUST DOING SLURRY COATING, RIGHT? SO SOMETIMES YOU HAVE A GOOD STREET. SO IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THE LIFE OF IT, YOU'LL JUST DO A SLURRY COAT. YOU MIGHT CRACK FILL INITIALLY SLURRY COAT, BUT COMPLETE RECONSTRUCTION OF A STREET IS VERY EXPENSIVE. SO THAT'S WHERE CITIES PRIORITIZE.

THEY LET THE FUNDS BUILD UP FOR A COMPLETE RECONSTRUCTION OF A STREET THAT COMPLETELY HAS FAILED. AND THEN THEY USE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE EXISTING STREETS. BUT IT IS A CHALLENGE BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF REVENUE, RIGHT? I'M NOT SURE I'LL CALL OUR PUBLIC WORKS. I'M NOT SURE THE PRACTICE HERE THE CITY HAS USED, BUT THAT'S SOME OF WHAT SOME CITIES HAVE DONE. SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, YOU WOULD BE CORRECT. SOME OF THE MONEY GOES TOWARDS GRANT MATCHES FOR SOME OF OUR PROJECTS. SO FOR INSTANCE, THE AVENUE 50 WIDENING AND THE AVENUE 50 GRANT ARE THE AVENUE 50 BRIDGE PROJECT. THEY'RE BOTH LISTED AS GRANT FUNDED OR ONES LISTED AS GRANT FUNDED, BUT SOME SB ONE FUNDS ARE GOING TO GO TOWARDS THE AVENUE 50 BRIDGE TO HELP US MEET OUR MATCHING GOALS. BUT AVENUE 50 IS ALSO IN TERRIBLE SHAPE, SO, I MEAN, THAT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD BENEFIT TO THE CITY THAT WE'LL HAVE A BRAND NEW PAVED BRIDGE AND PAVED ACCESS FROM OATS LANE ALL THE WAY THROUGH ACROSS THE BRIDGE TO THE FREEWAY. SO THAT'S STILL COUNTS TOWARDS OUR PCI RATING, WHERE THAT ENTIRE CORRIDOR WILL HAVE THAT PAVEMENT UPGRADE. SO EVEN THOUGH SB FUNDS ARE GOING TOWARDS AN OVERALL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, THEY'RE STILL BEING SPENT ON PAVEMENT REHABILITATION BECAUSE THOSE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ARE IN AREAS WHERE WE NEED THE PAVEMENT REHABILITATION. ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE WOULD BE SHADY LANE. SO WE ARE SPENDING THE TCC MONEY WHERE WE GET TO COMPLETE THE. WE'RE GOING TO RECONSTRUCT SHADY LANE AND RESTRIPE IT. WE'LL HAVE NEW ADA RAMPS. WE'LL HAVE NEW BIKE LANES. BUT AS PART OF THAT PROCESS, WE ALSO GET TO MILAN OVER THE ENTIRE STREET. SO THAT'S A STREET THAT NEEDED

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THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS SLIDE? ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'LL HAVE A PUBLIC SAFETY UPDATE. SO SO COUNCIL, WE WANT TO PROPOSE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. ONE OF THEM FLOCK CAMERAS MAY BE CONTROVERSIAL BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT CHATTER OUT THERE. AND THE CITY OF SAN JOSE JUST GOT SUED. BUT NONETHELESS, I THINK THERE'S VALUE IN MAKING THAT PRESENTATION TO YOU ANYWAYS. AND SO THERE'S TWO PROGRAMS THAT WE WANT TO INTRODUCE. ONE IS A MOTOR UNIT FOR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, AND THE OTHER ONE OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE FLOCK CAMERAS. BUT I WANT TO ASK OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT SERGEANT, COME UP, CORPORAL, WHOEVER'S MAKING THE PRESENTATION ON MOTOR UNIT, ARE WE DOING THINGS RIGHT NOW? YEP. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. CAN YOU PULL UP JASON? CAN YOU PULL UP OR. JESUS. WRONG ONE.

LET'S TALK MOTORS FIRST. YOU THOUGHT SO. ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE HEARD FROM COUNCIL AND THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IS SPEEDING. AND A LOT OF OUR MAJOR THOROUGHFARES, AND ALTHOUGH I UNDERSTAND THE CITY DOES HAVE A DEDICATED TRAFFIC UNIT FROM EXPERIENCE IN OTHER CITIES I'VE BEEN AT AND WITH OUR OWN AGENCIES, A MOTOR UNIT IS A MOTORCYCLES, RIGHT? THEY TEND TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFECTIVE. IF YOU EVER SEE A MOTORCYCLE PARKED OR BEHIND YOU, YOU AUTOMATICALLY TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THE GAS OR YOU TEND TO. RIGHT. AND SO I LIKE TO PRESENT THIS CONCEPT TO YOU THAT THIS WOULD BE A NEW PROGRAM, BUT WE BELIEVE IT WOULD ENHANCE THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND PARTICULARLY THE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. SO AGAIN, RESPONDING TO THE TO THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY, WE WANT TO INTRODUCE THIS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. HEY, MY NAME IS TIM GARVIN. I'M CURRENTLY WORKING AS A CORPORAL WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, AND I'M ASSIGNED TO THE CITY OF COACHELLA AS YOUR ONLY TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. SO I'M JUST GOING TO TAKE A COUPLE MINUTES OF TIME TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS ALREADY KNOW AND YOU FEEL BECAUSE YOU GUYS LIVE IN THE CITY, YOU LOVE THE CITY. YOU KNOW THAT COACHELLA HAS A LITTLE BIT OF A TRAFFIC PROBLEM.

I'VE BEEN TO THE YOUR COUNCIL MEETINGS. I'VE HEARD THEM. I'VE HEARD THE CITIZENS TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT IT. OBVIOUSLY, WE GET A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT THAT EVERY DAY, ESPECIALLY SPEEDING OVER ON AVENUE 52. AND THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION, I HOPE TO CONVINCE YOU THAT WHILE THERE

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IT REDUCES THE VISIBILITY OF TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT WITHIN THE CITY AND ULTIMATELY LOWERS DETERRENCE. SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO ESTABLISH A TWO PERSON MOTOR TEAM. AND TO DO THAT ESSENTIALLY WOULD BE CONVERTING MY POSITION OF A TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT OFFICER TO A MOTOR POSITION, AS WELL AS ADDING ONE ADDITIONAL MOTOR OFFICER. SO LET'S GO. AND AGAIN, I'M JUST COMPARING IT TO ANOTHER CITY THAT I HAD THAT I COULD EASILY PULL THE STATISTICS FROM, WHICH IS GOING TO BE LA QUINTA. THAT'S THE CITY THAT I WORKED PRIMARILY FOR PREVIOUSLY. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, COACHELLA HAS A MUCH LARGER POPULATION, YET THE ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY IS DRAMATICALLY LOWER. AND UP THERE YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CITATIONS. LA QUINTA LAST YEAR ISSUED 4292 TRAFFIC CITATIONS, WHEREAS COACHELLA ISSUED 790 AT THE SAME TIME. COACHELLA HAS MORE INJURY COLLISIONS AND MORE HIT AND RUN TRAFFIC COLLISIONS. THIS TELLS US SOMETHING IMPORTANT. THE ISSUE HERE ISN'T AN ISSUE OF DEMAND, IT IS AN ISSUE OF CAPACITY. AND RIGHT NOW, COACHELLA DOESN'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO THAT LEVEL OF TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT. TO PUT IT SIMPLY, A COMPARABLE CITY LA QUINTA OR LA QUINTA IS A COMPARABLE CITY, BUT WE HAVE A HIGHER RISK AND FEWER RESOURCES TO ADDRESS THAT RISK. SO AGAIN, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A RECAPITULATION OF THE PREVIOUS ONE, BUT WE THINK THAT ENFORCEMENT DRIVES BEHAVIOR, AND WE THINK THAT WE HAVE THE NUMBERS TO SUPPORT THAT. AGAIN, LA QUINTA IS CONDUCTING ROUGHLY SIX TIMES MORE ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY. AND WHEN WE LOOK DEEPER, THE CITATIONS PER COLLISION IN COACHELLA IS ABOUT 1.7 CITATIONS ISSUED PER TRAFFIC COLLISION, WHEREAS LA QUINTA IS ISSUING ABOUT NINE.

AND THIS KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A VERY REACTIVE TYPE OF POLICING.

WHEREAS WE WANT TO PUSH FOR A MORE PROACTIVE TYPE OF POLICING, POLICING WHERE WE CAN HOPEFULLY, AGAIN, SLOW PEOPLE DOWN A LITTLE BIT, REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC COLLISIONS AND ESPECIALLY REDUCE THOSE INJURY TRAFFIC COLLISIONS, AND ALSO DISSUADE PEOPLE FROM PARTICIPATING IN HIT AND RUN TRAFFIC COLLISIONS, ESPECIALLY AS THAT'S VERY CUMBERSOME TO DRIVERS. AND WE THINK THAT MOTOR OFFICERS OR MOTOR MOTOR UNIT WOULD ALLOW THOSE OFFICERS TO BE MUCH MORE VISIBLE AND MUCH MORE REACTIVE TO SITUATIONS AS THEY DEVELOP, AND ALSO ULTIMATELY PREVENT THINGS. SO WHY DO WE THINK MOTOR UNITS WORK? IT'S A FASTER RESPONSE TIME. FUNDAMENTALLY, MOTOR OFFICERS ARE FASTER. THEY'RE ON MOTORCYCLES. MOTORCYCLES ARE FAST, THEY CAN SPLIT, THEY CAN CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC, AND THEY GET TO HIGHER PRIORITY CALLS FASTER. SO HERE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS PRIORITY ONE CALLS. NOW THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF PRIORITY. PRIORITY ONE CALLS ARE THOSE LIKE, SOMEBODY JUST GOT ROBBED, SOMEBODY JUST GOT SHOT. A MAJOR TRAFFIC COLLISION JUST OCCURRED. I THINK THERE WAS A TRAFFIC COLLISION THIS MORNING ACTUALLY OVER ON AVENUE 50. MOTOR UNITS CAN GET THERE VERY QUICKLY ON AVERAGE. AND AGAIN, I PULLED THESE NUMBERS FROM LA QUINTA. MOTOR UNITS CAN GET TO A PRIORITY ONE CALL IN ABOUT 3.8 MINUTES OR 3.9 MINUTES, WHEREAS A PATROL UNIT WILL GET TO THAT IN ABOUT 6.6 MINUTES. SO YOU'RE TALKING A COUPLE MINUTES DIFFERENCE AND MINUTES MATTER. MINUTES REALLY MATTER WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO SAVE SOMEBODY'S LIFE OR WHEN YOU REALLY WANT TO GET A BAD GUY BECAUSE THEY JUST DID SOMETHING HEINOUS. SO AND AGAIN, THEY'RE JUST MORE MANEUVERABLE, INCREASED VISIBILITY. AND ALSO ANOTHER THING GOING BACK TO WHAT THE CITY MANAGER WAS DISCUSSING WITH THIS ENHANCED LEVEL OF SERVICE, WHEN WE PUT MORE MOTOR UNITS ON THE STREET, THAT FREES UP YOUR PATROL UNITS THAT YOU'RE ALREADY PAYING SO MUCH MONEY FOR. BECAUSE I KNOW, I DO KNOW WE'RE EXPENSIVE, THAT YOU'RE PAYING SO MUCH MONEY FOR

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WHAT IS THAT, EL GRITO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I BELIEVE IS WHAT IT USED TO BE CALLED.

AND OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE JULY 4TH COMING UP. PEOPLE LIKE MOTORS, THEY DRIVE AROUND, THEY HAND OUT TICKETS, THEY LOOK REALLY COOL ON THEIR BIKES. THAT'S KIND OF A FRINGE BENEFIT, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE COMMUNITIES DO APPRECIATE. SO GOING INTO THE COST OF IT, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A BUDGET. I'VE MADE MY LITTLE SALES PITCH. THE START UP COST IS GOING TO BE AROUND $111,000 FOR TWO MOTORS. THAT'S ABOUT AN ESTIMATED, AND THIS IS A VERY ROUGH ESTIMATE, ABOUT $50,000 PER MOTORCYCLE. AND THAT CAN RANGE DEPENDING ON WHAT MOTORCYCLE ULTIMATELY IS SELECTED TO GO, AS WELL AS ABOUT $5,500 PER DEPUTY FOR PPE, WHICH IS HELMETS, BIKES, HELMETS, GLOVES AND GOGGLES, STUFF LIKE THAT. HOWEVER, WE DO THINK THAT MOTORS ARE MORE COST EFFECTIVE LONG TERM COMPARED TO PATROL VEHICLES AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT'S AN INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC SAFETY, COLLISION REDUCTION AND COMMUNITY CONFIDENCE. SO SO AGAIN THIS IS TARGETED DATA DRIVEN SOLUTION TO CLEAR TO A CLEARLY IDENTIFIED PROBLEM. WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR A LARGE EXPANSION OF THE UNIT. JUST TWO DEDICATED MOTOR OFFICERS. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I'M HERE FOR YOU GUYS. COUNCIL. I'LL START TO MY RIGHT.

SO THIS MAYBE IS A QUESTION FOR GABRIEL. WHAT WOULD THE. HOW MUCH WOULD THEN WE HAVE TO INCREASE OUR BUDGET WHEN IT COMES TO POLICE. WHAT WAS THE NUMBER. I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE AN INCREASE. I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE AN INCREASE OF AROUND 4 TO 500,000, I BELIEVE. I, I THINK I SENT YOU YEAH. FOR THE TWO FOR THE TWO OFFICERS WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 200 000 PLUS. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU TOUCHED ON IT. SORRY. SO IT WOULD BE WOULD WE BE ADDING TO ADDITIONAL OR YOU'RE JUST BASICALLY TAKING A TEAM THAT YOU HAVE HERE ARE GETTING ON MOTORCYCLES.

BASICALLY, MY POSITION WOULD BE CONVERTED TO A MOTOR POSITION, AND THEN IT WOULD BE AN ADDITION OF ONE EXTRA MOTOR ENFORCEMENT DEPUTY. SO THEN YOU WOULD BE CONVERTED AND WE WOULD ADD ANOTHER. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND THEN THE ONE TIME COST OF APPROXIMATELY $110,000 FOR THE WHAT HE MENTIONED RIGHT THERE. OKAY, OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN PEREZ, I WILL SAY THIS, THAT SOMETIMES IT'S HARDER FOR PATROL UNITS TO CATCH UP TO A SPEEDING VEHICLE TO CATCH UP TO SOMEBODY WHO'S ON A MOTORCYCLE. IT'S MORE I DON'T KNOW IF THE WORD IS FLEXIBLE FOR PATROL UNIT, A MOTOR UNIT TO ACTUALLY GO IN AND OUT OF VEHICLES, WHEREAS A VEHICLE CAN'T DO THAT. WE DO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH SPEEDING VEHICLES. IT'S NOT JUST IN ONE STREET. IT'S NOT JUST ON AVENUE 52. WE HAVE AVENUE 48, WE HAVE JACKSON STREET, WE HAVE CALHOUN, WE HAVE VAN BUREN. IT'S BEEN AN ISSUE, AND I CAN TELL YOU PERSONALLY, SOMETIMES IT IS HARD TO CATCH UP TO SPEEDING VEHICLES. AND I THINK THAT MOTORS ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE

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THEY'RE VERY FOCUSED ON THAT TYPE OF ENFORCEMENT. BUT THERE IS HOLD ON, HOLD ON A SECOND.

YOU GUYS CAN BE OUT AT NIGHT. CORRECT. TYPICALLY WE'RE NOT OUT AT NIGHT, BUT YOU'LL SEE SOMETIMES OUR MOTORS OUT AT OUR LA QUINTAS MOTORS, HELPING US OUT WITH LIKE OUR DUI CHECKPOINTS. BUT TYPICALLY WE'RE NOT DOING ENFORCEMENT AT NIGHT ON MOTORCYCLES. AND THAT REALLY JUST COMES DOWN TO A SAFETY THING. MOTORCYCLES ARE VERY HARD TO SEE AT NIGHT, AND I THINK IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IT'S NOT WORTH THE RISK. I DON'T KNOW OF ANY CONTRACT.

CITIES THAT ACTUALLY HAVE MOTORS TYPICALLY AT NIGHT. WOULD YOU GUYS THEN IF NEED BE, BEYOND A PATROL UNIT? YEAH. OKAY. LIKE JUST LIKE THE LA QUINTA MOTORS DO RIGHT NOW.

BECAUSE SOMETIMES ALSO IN THE SUMMER, ONCE IT HITS LIKE THAT 128 DEGREES, YOU'RE GOING TO GET COOKED OFF YOUR BIKE PRETTY QUICKLY. THE MOTORS WILL NORMALLY COME IN RIGHT AT DAWN AND WORK UNTIL ABOUT 10:00. ONCE IT STARTS GETTING REALLY HOT, THEN THEY'LL JUST GRAB A PATROL UNIT. AND THAT IS ANOTHER THING THAT I FORGOT TO MENTION WITH THE MOTORS.

TYPICALLY, WHEN I WAS WORKING OVER IN PALM DESERT AND LA QUINTA DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, THE MOTORS TASK, FIRST THING IN THE MORNING IS TO GO TO THOSE SCHOOL ZONES, WHICH ARE A LITTLE BIT IFFY TO DRIVE THROUGH BECAUSE IT GETS VERY CROWDED AND THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE DOING ENFORCEMENT OR EDUCATION, TRYING TO GET PARENTS TO REMEMBER THE RULES THAT THEY GOT SENT IN THAT EMAIL AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. IT'S LIKE, HEY, YOU'RE REALLY NOT SUPPOSED TO PARK HERE. OR, HEY, WHEN YOU DROP, YOU DROP OFF YOUR KIDS HERE OR THERE, OR WHEN THEY'RE JUST BLOWING THROUGH THE CROSSWALKS TO SLOW PEOPLE DOWN AND ACTUALLY START ISSUING THOSE CITATIONS WHEN WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE. WHEN WERE YOU, WHEN WERE YOU BROUGHT ON AS A, AS A TRAFFIC DEPUTY, AS A TRAFFIC DEPUTY? DECEMBER 26TH FOR COACHELLA. AND I MENTION IT BECAUSE PRIOR TO YOU, WE WERE JUST DEDICATING A FEW HOURS TO TRAFFIC. IT'S A REALITY. AND SO THE, THE SPEEDING VEHICLES, WHETHER THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA OR THEY'RE PASSING THROUGH BECAUSE WE GET A LOT OF TRAFFIC GOING ON GRAPEFRUIT AND THEN GOING ON TO CHAVEZ BOULEVARD. AND IT'S NOT A REFLECTION OF OUR COMMUNITY.

IT'S A REFLECTION THAT THERE HASN'T BEEN ACCOUNTABILITY FOR SO MANY YEARS. THAT'S WHAT IT IS. YEAH. THAT'S TRUE. EVERY CITY HAS HAS VEHICLES AT SPEED. BUT BUT HERE IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA, IT'S IT'S INCREASED TO A LEVEL I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT KEEPS INCREASING BECAUSE IN THEIR MINDS, IT'S LIKE, WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO GET CITED. I'M NOT GOING TO GET STOPPED. SO I DO THINK IT'S GROWN OVER THE YEARS SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF ENFORCEMENT. IT DEFINITELY COMES DOWN TO TO THE ACCOUNTABILITY PORTION OF IT. AND I BRING UP YOUR START DATE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST FROM, YOU KNOW, SUCH A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME AND IN THAT SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, HOW MANY CITATIONS ARE YOU GIVING? I'VE WRITTEN A GOOD NUMBER OF CITATIONS. DEPUTY CUEVAS BACK THERE STILL TAKES THE CAKE BECAUSE HE LOVES WRITING TRAFFIC SITES. SO MAYBE WE'LL GET HIM ON A BIKE. BUT MY, MY GOAL WHENEVER I WAS ON A TEAM IS WE TYPICALLY TRY TO GET AT LEAST TEN CITATIONS A DAY. TEN CITATIONS ARE WARNING OR, YOU KNOW, TYPES OF ACTIVITY. SO AND TO ACTUALLY HELP WITH THAT, I, WE DID A STREET RACING OPERATION A COUPLE MONTHS AGO NOW BECAUSE WE NOTICED THAT THAT WAS A PROBLEM. WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF COMPLAINTS OVER THERE NEAR 52. AND LA HERNANDEZ, BASED ON OUR INVESTIGATIONS, IT TURNS OUT IT'S, IT'S MUCH MORE BY LIKE ENTERPRISE AND POLK, THAT AREA. AND SO WE MADE A FEW ARRESTS THERE. AND COMING UP IN A COUPLE OF DAYS, I REACHED OUT TO LA QUINTAS MOTOR TEAM, AND I'VE ALSO GOTTEN CATHEDRAL CITY'S MOTOR TEAM TO ACTUALLY COME OUT HERE. AND WE'RE GOING TO DO A TARGETED, HIGH VISIBILITY TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT OPERATION ON A MONDAY MORNING.

SO I THE SPEEDING IS A IS A BIG DEAL FOR ME. IT REALLY IS. AND IT HAS BEEN ONE OF MY PRIORITIES FOR THE FIVE YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE. THERE ISN'T ANY OTHER. WELL, IT'S ONE OF THE HIGHEST WAYS THAT YOU'RE BASICALLY SHOWING THAT YOU HAVE NO RESPECT FOR HUMAN LIFE IS JUST A REALITY. YOU KNOW, WHETHER YOU'RE RACING OR WHATNOT. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST THEY HAVE NO RESPECT FOR, FOR HUMAN LIFE. THEY REALLY DON'T. YEARS AGO, I WANT TO SAY ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO, A FRIEND OF MINE, HER SON DIED ON GRAPEFRUIT BOULEVARD. SO HE WAS COMING ON TO GRAPEFRUIT BOULEVARD AND THERE WAS TRUCKS WHO WERE RACING. AND, YOU KNOW, HE GOT HIT AND THEN THEY TOOK OFF. THEY WERE NEVER ABLE TO GET THE PERSON WHO DID IT, YOU KNOW.

BUT HE DID DIE FROM IT. HE WAS TAKEN TO DESERT REGIONAL AND THEN HIS GIRLFRIEND WAS FLOWN OUT. THEY HAD A BABY IN THE BACK, BUT HE ENDED UP, YOU KNOW, DYING FROM THAT. AND, AND THERE

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LOOKING AT THAT, AND I CAN SEE HOW, HOW HAVING THIS POTENTIALLY COULD. SUPPORT THAT IN THAT SENSE, BECAUSE THEN, YOU KNOW, YOUR TEAMS WILL KNOW WHERE THE HOTSPOTS ARE. SO. OH YEAH. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE MOTOR TEAM WOULD BE SO EFFECTIVE, BECAUSE IT'S A SMALLER VISUAL PROFILE, SO THEY CAN GET OUT THERE AND ACTUALLY DO ENFORCEMENT.

BECAUSE AS YOU PROBABLY NOTICED, I NOTICED WHEN I DRIVE MYSELF, WHEN I SEE A COP CAR RIGHT BEHIND ME, IT'S SUPER VISIBLE. I CAN DRIVE PRETTY SAFELY FOR THOSE 2 OR 3 SECONDS THAT IT'S BEHIND ME. BUT THEN ONCE IT'S GONE, IT'S GONE. WHEREAS IF YOU'RE LIKE, WELL, I'M NOT SURE, I THINK I SAW A MOTOR DRIVING AROUND HERE, I BETTER JUST DRIVE THE SPEED LIMIT JUST TO BE SAFE OR STOP RUNNING STOP SIGNS, BECAUSE THOSE ARE MOST OF THE TICKETS I'VE BEEN WRITING RECENTLY RIGHT THERE ON 51 AND MECCA, BECAUSE NO ONE STOPS THERE. YEAH, WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT. IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. SO JUST REAL QUICK, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I'M NOT ASKING YOU. WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR APPROVAL OR ANYTHING, BUT IS THERE AN INTEREST ON YOUR PART THAT WE BUILD THIS INTO THE BUDGET? IF IT'S A NEW PROGRAM, YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT IT DOES TO THE BUDGET. OTHERWISE, IT'S JUST A PRESENTATION, BUT THERE'S JUST KIND OF A TO SEE WHAT IT DOES TO THE BUDGET. IF WE WERE TO ADD THIS NEW PROGRAM. I, I GUESS I'LL START, I, I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT IT DOES. I, YOU KNOW, HE MENTIONED THE NUMBERS. I MADE SURE TO KIND OF WRITE THEM DOWN SO I CAN REMEMBER, BUT I WOULD BE INTERESTED JUST BECAUSE.

THEY ARE RIGHT. WE DO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY PRETTY OFTEN AND WE LIVE HERE TOO. IT'S KIND OF HARD TO MISS WHEN WE OURSELVES SEE PEOPLE. TAKING THE STOP SIGNS AND, YOU KNOW, LIGHTS. AS A SUGGESTION. I SEE IT ALL THE TIME. I WHEN I'M CROSSING FROM 54 AND I ALWAYS SEE IT. SO THE INTERSECTION THAT I USE TO GET TO MY HOUSE IS BY FAR ONE OF THE SCARIEST ONES. SO I USUALLY GET HONKED AND I JUST WAIT. I'M LIKE, I AM NOT RISKING MY LIFE BECAUSE SOMEBODY'S GOING TO TAKE THAT RED LIGHT. IT HAPPENS ALMOST LIKE CLOCKWORK EVERY SINGLE TIME. SO I, I, I DO UNDERSTAND AND IF I HAVE SAFETY CONCERNS, I'M SURE THE COMMUNITY DOES TOO. AND THEY MENTION IT ALL THE TIME. SO I WOULD BE INTERESTED FOR THAT REASON. I THINK THAT AS A COMMUNITY, WE DESERVE TO LIVE. WE ALL DESERVE TO FEEL SAFE WHERE WE LIVE AND TRAFFIC. AND THAT IS SO IT'S SO MINUTE, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS CONSTANTLY CAUSING CONCERN. SO I, I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT IT DOES TO OUR BUDGET. SO YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE

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THEY PUT THE C, THE CSO. SORRY. BUT FOR ME, IT WAS LIKE, HEY, SECOND DEPUTY FOR TRAFFIC. BUT AND SO I REMEMBER THE FIVE YEAR PLAN. AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS THE SECOND YEAR IT WAS TO IT WAS A DISCUSSION OF BRINGING A SECOND DEPUTY AND THEN ALSO THE, THE, THE MOTOR CYCLE THAT GOES WITH IT. AND SO I THINK IT'S JUST GOOD TO GO BACK AND REVIEW THAT PLAN BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED, WHICH MAKES IT A BIT EASIER TO BRING IN AS WELL. YEAH. I THINK BRINGING BACK THAT PLAN TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND THE CITY COUNCIL, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD. SO WE CAN REVIEW THAT COMMITTEE, CAN REVIEW IT AND WHERE IT'S AT, BECAUSE FOLLOW UP WITH THE CAPTAIN AND SEE IF THEY HAVE THAT. I DO REMEMBER RECALLING THAT WITH RANDY SO BRIEFLY. I DON'T REMEMBER THE WHOLE LIKE SCHEMATICS OF IT, BUT I REMEMBER THERE WAS SOMETHING WITH THE FIVE YEAR PLAN, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO BRING TO THAT. I BELIEVE THAT PLAN DIDN'T DISCUSS A MOTOR SPOT, THOUGH, SO I THINK THAT WAS PART OF IT. I KNOW WITH THE CITY MANAGER WAS TRYING TO PUSH FOR WAS TRYING TO BRING MOTOR OFFICERS OUT. SO THAT'S WHY HE ASKED US TO PUT THIS TOGETHER. I THINK THEN IT WAS JUST MAYBE THEN A SECOND TRAFFIC DEPUTY. BUT NO MOTORCYCLES LIKE THAT, RIGHT? CORRECT. AND SO AND I SAY IT ONLY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE THE NEEDS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT HAVE THAT IN THE PLAN ALREADY. AND THEN MAYBE IT CAN JUST BE REVISED. AND TO LOOK AT THE, THE MOTORCYCLES AND IMPLEMENT THAT, IF THAT'S AN EASIER APPROACH. YEAH.

CONVERSION OF MOTORS, AS YOU HEARD IN FROM EXPERIENCE, THEY ARE MORE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE. YEAH.

OKAY. SO WE'LL LOOK FOR THAT PLAN, DISCUSSION COUNCIL NEXT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. IS IT YOUR TURN? YEAH, YEAH. HERE WE GO. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT THE FLOCKS SAFETY AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READER PROGRAM. TONIGHT, I'LL BRIEFLY EXPLAIN WHAT THE SYSTEM IS, HOW IT BENEFITS PUBLIC SAFETY, AND THE SAFETY SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE, PROPOSED CAMERA LOCATIONS, AND THE COST FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SYSTEM. ALL RIGHT, SO ON THIS SLIDE, FLOCK SAFETY IS AN AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READER SYSTEM THAT USES CAMERAS TO CAPTURE LICENSE PLATES, VEHICLE CHARACTERISTICS, AND TIME AND LOCATIONS OF PASSING VEHICLES. THIS TECHNOLOGY IS ALREADY WIDELY USED ACROSS CALIFORNIA AND THE NATION TO HELP LAW ENFORCEMENT IDENTIFY STOLEN VEHICLES LOCATED WANTED SUSPECTS, MISSING PERSONS, AND DEVELOP INVESTIGATIVE LEADS AFTER CRIMES OCCUR. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE SYSTEM DOES NOT MONITOR PEOPLE.

IT IDENTIFIES VEHICLES CONNECTED TO CRIMINAL ACTIVITY OR INVESTIGATIONS. THE VALUE OF THIS SYSTEM IS SPEED AND EFFICIENCY. IT CAN IMMEDIATELY ALERT DEPUTIES WHEN STOLEN VEHICLES OR WANTED VEHICLES ENTERS THE CITY DURING ACTIVE INCIDENTS. IT GIVES RESPONDING DEPUTIES BETTER SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. IT ALSO ALLOWS DEPUTIES TO SEARCH BY MAKE, MODEL, COLOR OR UNIQUE VEHICLE FEATURES WHEN NO PLATE IS AVAILABLE. THAT CAN BE CRITICAL IN HIT AND RUN CASES, ROBBERIES, ASSAULTS OR MISSING PERSONS INVESTIGATIONS. ULTIMATELY, THIS TECHNOLOGY HELPS US SOLVE CRIME FASTER AND DEPLOY RESOURCES MORE EFFECTIVELY.

LET'S SEE HERE. SORRY. OKAY, SOME STATS, THE STATISTICS, THE STATS IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE SLIDE SHOW HOW OFTEN THE TECHNOLOGY IS BEING USED ACROSS OUR REGION. THERE ARE OVER 1 MILLION ALERTS GENERATED, INCLUDING ALERTS TIED TO STOLEN PLATES, STOLEN VEHICLES, OR FELONY RELATED VEHICLES. THIS DEMONSTRATES THAT THE SYSTEM IS EFFECTIVE

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I'M SORRY IN THE RIGHT CORNER. SORRY. THE CHART SHOWS A WIDE RANGE OF INCIDENTS WHERE THE SYSTEM HAS PROVIDED ASSISTANCE. AS YOU CAN SEE, WHILE STOLEN VEHICLE RECOVERIES ARE A MAJOR BENEFIT, THE TECHNOLOGY ALSO SUPPORTED INVESTIGATIONS INVOLVING THEFT, VIOLENT CRIMES, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, BURGLARY, ROBBERY, DUIS AND MISSING PERSONS. THIS REINFORCES THAT THE SYSTEM IS NOT LIMITED TO ONE TYPE OF CRIME. IT IS A MULTI-PURPOSE PUBLIC SAFETY TOOL. OKAY, THIS NEXT SLIDE PROVIDES A REAL WORLD EXAMPLE OF HOW THE SYSTEM CAN ASSIST DEPUTIES IN IDENTIFYING OR LOCATING A SUSPECT VEHICLE. IN MANY CASES, EVEN WHEN A PLATE IS NOT VISIBLE, VEHICLE CHARACTERISTICS SUCH AS COLOR, MAKE BODY STYLE DAMAGE, OR ACCESSORIES CAN GENERATE VALUABLE LEADS. THIS CAN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE INVESTIGATION TIME AND IMPROVE OUTCOMES. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS JUST SHOWS THE REAR LICENSE PLATE OF THE VEHICLE. IT DOESN'T SHOW ANYBODY IN THE FRONT, RIGHT? SO JUST PROTECT PEOPLE'S PRIVACY. OH I'M SORRY. IT GOES BACK. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT ALSO GIVES YOU THE LOCATION OF WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS CAPTURED. RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. FOR PRIVACY. SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT TECHNOLOGY LIKE THIS MUST INCLUDE STRONG PRIVACY PROTECTIONS. THAT IS WHY ACCESS IS RESTRICTED TO TRAINED UNAUTHORIZED PERSONNEL. ONLY DATA RETENTION IS CONTROLLED AND MANAGED ACCORDING TO LAW, POLICY AND RETENTION REQUIREMENTS. UNDER CALIFORNIA SENATE BILL 34, DATA SHARING IS LIMITED. IT CANNOT BE SHARED WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES OR OUT-OF-STATE AGENCIES. REQUESTS FROM IN-STATE AGENCIES REQUIRE FORMAL DOCUMENTATION, INCLUDING WHO IS REQUESTING THE DATA, WHY IT IS NEEDED, AND THEN A COMMAND LEVEL APPROVAL IS REQUIRED BEFORE ANY RELEASE. ADDITIONALLY, ALL SEARCHES ARE AUDITED. WE CAN REVIEW WHO ACCESS THE SYSTEM, WHEN THEY ACCESS IT AND WHAT THEY SEARCHED, AND THEIR JUSTIFICATION JUSTIFICATION FOR THE SEARCH. SO IN SHORT, THERE ARE STRONG SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE TO PROTECT CIVIL LIBERTIES WHILE STILL ALLOWING LAW ENFORCEMENT TO USE THE TECHNOLOGY RESPONSIBLY. THANK YOU. HERE WE GO. THIS SLIDE IDENTIFIES THE PROPOSED CAMERA PLACEMENT LOCATIONS. THE SELECTED SITE FOCUSES ON MAJOR ENTRY AND EXIT ROUTES, KEY INTERSECTIONS, AND TRAFFIC CORRIDORS. THIS PLACEMENT STRATEGY IS DESIGNED TO MAXIMIZE COVERAGE OF VEHICLES ENTERING AND LEAVING THE CITY, WHILE USING THE FEWEST CAMERAS NECESSARY. THE GOAL IS STRATEGIC PLACEMENT, NOT OVERSATURATION. AND I'M NOT SURE IF YOU CAN SEE THE STARS ON THERE. THAT'S KIND OF THE BASIC LOCATIONS WHERE THE CAMERAS WOULD BE. ALL RIGHT, SO THE PROPOSED SYSTEM INCLUDES 14 CAMERAS AT AN INITIAL COST OF 49,000, WITH AN ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION COST OF 49,000 THEREAFTER. THIS PRICE INCLUDES INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE, REPAIRS AND SOFTWARE SERVICE, MEANING THERE ARE NO HIDDEN MAINTENANCE COSTS TO THE CITY. IF APPROVED, THE INITIAL PURCHASE WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH AVAILABLE ASSET FORFEITURE FUNDS, MINIMIZING IMPACT TO THE GENERAL FUND. THE ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION WOULD THEN BE INCORPORATED INTO THE FUTURE BUDGET PLANNING. FOR A RELATIVELY MODEST INVESTMENT, THE CITY GAINS A PROVEN PUBLIC SAFETY TOOL WITH REGIONAL CRIME FIGHTING BENEFITS. SO IN CLOSING, THE PROPOSAL PROVIDES THE CITY WITH MODERN TECHNOLOGY TO HELP PREVENT CRIME, RECOVER STOLEN VEHICLES, ASSIST INVESTIGATIONS AND IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY WHILE MAINTAINING STRICT PRIVACY PROTECTIONS AND ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES. AND THEN WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST COUNCIL CONSIDER THIS AND CONSIDERATION APPROVAL. ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? FOR CLARIFICATION WOULD BE DIRECTION. DIRECTION. OH, SORRY.

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SO I DO APOLOGIZE, BUT MAYBE WE CAN BRING IT BACK AND DISCUSS LATER. I DON'T KNOW, YOU GUYS WILL HAVE TO EXCUSE ME. I'M SORRY. WE HAVE THE FIFTH COUNCIL MEMBER. SHOULD I GO AHEAD? COUNCILWOMAN? GO. DO YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK? TO YOUR POINT, GABRIEL, IS WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CONTROVERSY, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO. SINCE COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ IS SUGGESTING THAT WE BRING IT BACK FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION, IS THAT WHEN WE DO THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND WE'RE GOING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, THAT WE ALSO TALK ABOUT THE LICENSE PLATE READERS SO THAT IT ELIMINATES MAYBE SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, CONCERNS OR CONTROVERSY TOWARDS IT. I THINK THAT ALSO GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR THE FEEDBACK FROM THEM. AND PERHAPS THEY JUST DON'T KNOW SOME OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, BENEFITS TO IT.

IF THAT SOUNDS LIKE, YEAH, NO, THAT'S FINE. WE CAN BRING SOME MORE PEOPLE UP. BUT AS YOU SAW IN THAT SLIDE, THE INFORMATION THAT'S GIVEN TO US, IT'S THERE'S NO PERSONAL INFORMATION ON IT AT ALL. SO LIKE I SAID, SO IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN OR IF THAT PLATE WAS PUT IN THE SYSTEM, THAT WOULD OBVIOUSLY ALERT US WITH, SAY, IF IT'S A MISSING PERSONS, RIGHT? SO THAT'LL GIVE US THAT PERSON'S INFORMATION. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT JUST CAPTURES VEHICLES IN PUBLIC SPACES. LIKE, LIKE ANYTHING ELSE DOES. SO, SO AGAIN, IT DOESN'T, IT WON'T GIVE US, SAY YOUR, YOUR INFORMATION AT ALL. SO THE ONLY THING IT DOES IS IT ALLOWS US TO SEARCH IF, HEY, ON THIS DATE AND TIME, THERE WAS A VEHICLE, THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE DRIVING IN THIS INTERSECTION THAT COMMITTED THIS KIND OF A CRIME. SO IT ALLOWS US THE ABILITY TO SEARCH AND START DIRECTING US TOWARDS PEOPLE. IF I GUESS YOU COULD SAY, IF I CAN MAKE A SUGGESTION TOO, IS THAT I, I VISITED CATHEDRAL CITY BECAUSE I, I REVIEWED THEIR CAMERA SYSTEMS YEARS, MAYBE 2 OR 3 YEARS BACK. AND I THINK IT MAY BE IT WOULD BE A GOOD FIELD TRIP ALSO FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO GO AND BE ABLE TO SEE IT IN ACTION. I THINK IT'S, IT'S DIFFERENT. AND WE WERE ABLE TO PULL, YOU KNOW, JUST THE LICENSE PLATES, BUT IT WASN'T, YOU KNOW, YOU COULDN'T SEE THE INDIVIDUALS, YOU COULDN'T SEE ANY OF THAT. NOR DOES IT GIVE YOU ANY OF THE INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU CAN HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL DRIVING IT, BUT THE VEHICLE MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE REGISTERED TO THAT PERSON. SO THEN, YOU KNOW,

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THEY THEY ARE, FULL DISCLOSURE, A BIT MORE HIGHER PRICE TAG EQUIPMENT. BUT THEY'RE OF THE OPINION THAT THIS IS THE TYPE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WOULD HELP THEM BE MORE PRODUCTIVE OUT THERE. NOT THAT THEY'RE NOT ALREADY, BUT IT WOULD ENHANCE THEIR CAPABILITY TO GET MORE WORK DONE HAVING THIS TYPE OF EQUIPMENT. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU THIS EVENING.

SO MY PUBLIC WORKS CREWS HAVE ASKED ME FOR FOUR PIECES OF EQUIPMENT. AND I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, BEING COGNIZANT OF POTENTIAL BUDGET DEFICITS AND MY INITIAL BUDGET REQUESTS, I ACTUALLY ONLY REQUESTED THE TWO NEW PIECES OF EQUIPMENT, BUT I DID WANT TO LAY OUT ALL FOUR OF THEM JUST SO YOU CAN GET AN IDEA OF WHAT IT IS. THE THE STAFF IS REQUESTING. THE FIRST ONE THAT WE REQUESTED WAS THE 6,500 POUND TELEHANDLER. THIS IS BY OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT, AND THIS WOULD BE ABLE TO BE USED BY OUR MAINTENANCE AND OUR PARKS BE BEING ABLE TO LIFT HEAVY OBJECTS ONTO ROOFS. THIS WILL HELP US WITH AIR CONDITIONING.

IT HELPS WITH MAINTENANCE. IT HELPS US A LOT WITH HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. AND THEN EVEN WHEN WE'RE DOING WORK IN IN THE PARKS FOR MAINTENANCE NEEDS, BEING ABLE TO UNLOAD PALLETS OF SOD, UNLOAD PALLETS OF GRAVEL, UNLOAD PALLETS OF EQUIPMENT. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TO RENT A TELEHANDLER ON A REGULAR BASIS TO DO ALL THAT WORK. AND THE ANNUAL RENTAL COST FOR CONSTANTLY HAVING TO DO THAT ADDS UP. SO THE TELEHANDLER IS THE NUMBER ONE THING WE WANT TO USE. AND THEN ALSO, ONE GOOD THING ABOUT THE TELEHANDLER IS YOU CAN EQUIP IT WITH A MANNED GATE AS WELL. SO FOR REPAIRING STREET LIGHTS IN OUR PARKS, REPAIRING OVERHEAD ITEMS IN THE PARKS, I HAVE A BROKEN TREE AND I A BROKEN BRANCH. I NEED TO GO TAKE IT DOWN. BEING ABLE TO ACTUALLY PUT A MAN IN A BOX AND LIFT THEM UP IN ORDER TO DO OVERHEAD WORK, THAT'S A VERY VALUABLE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. SAVES US A LOT OF TIME, SAVES US STAFF TIME SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO RENT THE EQUIPMENT, YOU KNOW, AND WASTE AN EXTRA DAY TRYING TO WAIT FOR THAT EQUIPMENT TO GET THERE. SO THAT WAS REQUESTED BY OUR PARKS AND OUR MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENTS TOGETHER. AND THEN ANOTHER ITEM, WHICH I'M SURPRISED WE DON'T OWN IS A BOBCAT SKID STEER. YOU KNOW, A LITTLE $100,000 BOBCAT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT STREETS USES CONSTANTLY. SO WE'RE CURRENTLY GOING OUT. WE'RE RENTING THAT ON A VERY REGULAR BASIS WHEN WE'RE DOING CONCRETE DEMO WORK, ASPHALT DEMO WORK, POTHOLES, WHEN WE'RE CLEANING UP TRASH SITES, WHEN WE'RE DOING HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT CLEANUPS, ILLEGAL DUMPING. I MEAN, THIS WOULD JUST BECOME A VERY VALUABLE. I WAS ACTUALLY SURPRISED THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE A BOBCAT SKID STEER, SO CERTAINLY RECOMMEND THAT. THE NICE THING ABOUT THE BOBCAT SKID STEER AND THE TELEHANDLER, THEY BOTH HAVE DIFFERENT ATTACHMENTS YOU CAN GET FOR THE FRONT END AS WELL, SO YOU CAN.

IT'S MULTI-USE. THE OTHER EQUIPMENT THAT THEY ASKED FOR IN THIS BUDGET CYCLE, BUT I KIND OF RECOMMENDED TO THEM THAT I THINK WOULD BE BETTER TO WAIT TILL THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE AS A REPLACEMENT OF OUR STREET SWEEPER. WE DO CURRENTLY HAVE A STREET SWEEPER UNIT, BUT IT'S CURRENTLY NOT OPERATIONAL. BUT I THINK WE SHOULD PRIORITIZE TRYING TO MAKE THAT OPERATIONAL, MAKE THAT LAST ANOTHER YEAR, AND THEN COME BACK NEXT YEAR AND SEE WHERE WE STAND AND POTENTIALLY GET THE NEW STREET SWEEPER FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. ANOTHER ITEM IS A LANDSCAPE TRACTOR. WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO LANDSCAPE TRACTORS, BUT THEY ARE BOTH WELL PAST THEIR SERVICEABLE LIFE. SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE GREAT THING ABOUT TRACTORS IS ALL THE ATTACHMENTS YOU GET FOR THEM WHEN YOU'RE DOING YOUR YARD, YOU'RE DOING THE YARD WORK WHEN YOU'RE MAINTAINING FIELDS. AND RIGHT NOW OUR TRACTORS ARE SO OLD, IT'S VERY HARD TO GET

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CAN THAT COME BACK A YEAR FROM NOW? TWO YEARS FROM NOW? YES. ANOTHER REASON I WANT TO WAIT ON THE STREET SWEEPER IS AS WE'RE ADDING SOME ADDITIONAL BIKE LANES WITH THE, LIKE, ARTS AND MUSIC PLAN. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME STREET SWEEPING AGREEMENTS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE WITH CVAG TIED TO THOSE. SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER EQUIPMENT WE GET IS GOING TO BE NARROW ENOUGH AND COMPLIANT SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CONDUCT MAINTENANCE ON SOME OF THE ENHANCED BIKE LANE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE ADDING. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T GET A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. NOW, THAT'S NOT GOING TO NECESSARILY WORK WITH SOME OF THE FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAVE FOR SOME OF OUR REGIONAL ENHANCED BICYCLE LANE PROJECTS AS WELL.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER REASON I WANT TO WAIT A YEAR. SO I'M OKAY WITH MOVING FORWARD WITH THE TOP TWO. OKAY. SO CAN WE GET A STRIPING VEHICLE? SURE. HOW MUCH ARE HOW MUCH DO WE HOW MUCH DO WE CONTRACT OUT? HOW MUCH DO WE SPEND ON THE STRIPING? AND THEN LET US KNOW HOW MUCH IT COVERS. OKAY. I THINK IN THIS PAST YEAR, WE SPENT ABOUT $230,000 ON STRIPING. AND THAT WAS FOR SEVEN LANE MILES. AND WE DO HAVE STRIPING EQUIPMENT, JUST KIND OF THE BIGGER EQUIPMENT THAT DOES THE LONG STRAIGHT LINES. THAT'S WHEN WE GENERALLY CONTRACT OUT. THAT'S WHEN WE HAVE DISCUSSED GETTING A STRIPER. THEY'RE KIND OF NOTORIOUSLY FINICKY AND BREAK DOWN A LOT. SO THAT'S ONE I THINK THEY DON'T NECESSARILY MIND CONTRACTING THAT OUT JUST BECAUSE THE EQUIPMENT BECOMES A LITTLE BIT MORE FINICKY AS FAR AS OPERATIONS. BUT WE DO HAVE STRIPING EQUIPMENT THAT WE CAN DO SHORTER LINES WHEN IT COMES.

WE DO ALL OF OUR OWN CROSSWALKS, WE DO ALL OF OUR OWN SYMBOLS, AND WE DO ANY DAMAGED AREAS WHERE WE NEED TO TOUCH UP LINES. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT JUST ON A BIGGER PROJECT. WHEN WE DO THE ANNUAL STRIPING, WHERE WE'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, SEVEN, TEN MILES WORTH OF LINES, THAT'S THE THAT'S THE PORTION THAT WE GENERALLY CONTRACT OUT. YEAH. THAT HELPS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ON THOSE ITEMS. YEAH, I DO, I DO RECALL THAT BIG CAT MACHINE.

SO WHEN THEY USED TO PUT ALL THE FUN LINES IN DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON. SO THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD. SO EXCITED. GOOD EVENING MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. SO LIKE PUBLIC WORKS ART DEPARTMENT ALSO HAS SOME EQUIPMENT DEFICIENCIES. THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER IS PRETTY STANDARD EQUIPMENT OF UTILITIES. LIKE ANDREW. I'M SURPRISED THAT WE DON'T HAVE SOME OF THIS EQUIPMENT. SOME OF THIS EQUIPMENT IS ACTUALLY REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT. THE FIRST FIRST ITEM HERE IS BACKHOE. SO OUR EXISTING BACKHOE THAT'S USED BY THE SANITATION DIVISION IS 28 YEARS OLD, IS FROM 1998. AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO KEEP IT ALIVE FOR PROBABLY THE LAST FIVE YEARS. I THINK ONE OF THE LAST THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO THAT BACKHOE, IT ACTUALLY CAUGHT FIRE. AND AND SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE THE MECHANICS AT THE CITY HAVE SAID THEY CAN'T REPAIR IT ANYMORE. THE THEY CAN'T FIND PARTS. AND SO THEY'VE ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED THAT WE REPLACE THIS UNIT. AND SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHAT WE USE THIS BACKHOE FOR AT THE, AT THE TREATMENT PLANT, IT'S WE HAVE DRYING BEDS AND WE HAVE TO CONSTANTLY REMOVE THOSE BIOSOLIDS FROM THESE DRYING BEDS TO ALLOW FOR MORE SLUDGE TO ENTER THESE DRYING BEDS. AND SO IT'S A, IT'S A CONSTANT OPERATION THAT, THAT WE HAVE AT THE AT THE TREATMENT PLANT. THE TREATMENT PLANT IS ALSO PRETTY, PRETTY LARGE. IT'S ABOUT 60 ACRES. AND SO WE USE THIS BACKHOE, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING MAINTENANCE, THAT WE'RE DOING SOME CLEARING AND GRUBBING. THERE'S A LOT OF VEGETATION OUT THERE. SO IT'S A, IT'S A CRUCIAL PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. SO THIS IS A

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THIS IS FOR SEWER, AGAIN, ANOTHER STANDARD PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, ACTUALLY, A LITTLE BIT OF A, OF A DOWNGRADE OR A STARTER. IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE SANITATION DISTRICTS HERE LOCALLY, THEY HAVE THEY HAVE CCTV ON, YOU KNOW, FULLY MOUNTED ON A VAN. AND AND THOSE UNITS, YOU KNOW, GO FOR ABOUT 400, 500, 000. WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR THAT. WE'RE ASKING FOR A, FOR A PORTABLE UNIT THAT WE CAN THAT WE CAN LOWER DOWN A MANHOLE FOR THE PURPOSE OF INSPECTING SEWER PIPELINE. WE HAVE WE HAVE OVER 120 MILES OF SEWER PIPELINE. AND THIS PIPELINE IS CONSTANTLY BEING JETTED. AND SO WE WE HAVE TO USE IT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE IDENTIFY AREAS IN THE SYSTEM THAT MIGHT BE CLOGGED WITH FATS, OILS, AND GREASE. MAYBE SOME

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SO, SO WE ARE USING THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO REALLY TRY TO MAKE OUR DEPARTMENT WHOLE. I THINK PREVIOUSLY IN SOME OTHER YEARS, MAYBE THE CONCERN WAS, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE THE RATE STRUCTURE TO ABSORB THOSE COSTS, BUT I THINK RIGHT NOW IS THE TIME TO, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO CONSIDER THIS, THAT IT'S GOING TO BE INCORPORATED INTO OUR RATE STRUCTURE. AND IT IS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR CASTILLO? I DON'T HAVE ANY NOT ANY. NO. THANK YOU. ON THE EQUIPMENT. I THINK THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU. YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH. SO COSTELLO FOR THE DUMP TRUCK, WE'RE LOOKING AT 72,000 A YEAR, RIGHT? WE'RE SEEING WATER AND SEWER SPENDING ABOUT 6000 A MONTH FOR DUMP TRUCK, RIGHT? YEAH. IF YOU DO 36 TIMES. YEAH. AND SO THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT.

FORGIVE ME. I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU. SO IT'S 300. I CAN'T REALLY SEE WHAT IS. IT'S 180,000. SO 180,000. SO IN ABOUT TWO YEARS, THEN IN ABOUT TWO YEARS, MAYBE TWO YEARS AND A HALF, WE WOULD BASICALLY BE BUYING THAT. AND THEN AFTER THAT WOULD BASICALLY BE A SAVINGS AT THAT POINT, RIGHT? WE WOULD BE CORRECT. AND THEN WHAT OTHER WHAT OTHER EQUIPMENT WERE YOU SAYING THAT KIND OF BUYS ITSELF OVER TIME? WHICH ONE IS IT? WELL, RIGHT NOW THE, THE, THE BACKHOE IS ALSO BEING RENTED BECAUSE IT DOESN'T WORK. SO THIS WILL PAY FOR ITSELF TOO.

THIS EQUIPMENT IS BEING RENTED AS WELL. THAT THAT EQUIPMENT'S PROBABLY BEING RENTED AT A RATE OF ABOUT MAYBE 3000 A MONTH. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU DO THE MATH THERE. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S FIVE YEARS OR. YEAH, PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE THAT. YEAH, YEAH, ABOUT 5 OR 6 YEARS. SO THAT THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IS BEING RENTED NOW BECAUSE IT DOESN'T WORK. THIS IS BEING RENTED BECAUSE WE CAN'T SHARE THE EXISTING DUMP TRUCK. IT'S, IT'S KIND OF IT HAS THERE'S JUST A LOT OF USE FOR IT. AND VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS. THIS IS A NEW THING THAT. SO THIS IS COMPLETELY NEW AND THIS IS NEW ALSO. BUT WE HAVE. WE'RE REQUIRED TO INSPECT A PORTION OF OUR SEWER PIPE FOR OUR MANAGEMENT PLAN. AND SO THIS THIS WOULD HELP WITH THAT. DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH YOUR CONTRACTING RIGHT NOW FOR. BECAUSE IT DOES SAY THAT YOU PAY. SO EVERY. WE DON'T HAVE. SO WE HAVE. WHENEVER WE HAVE A NEED TO INSPECT A PIPE BECAUSE WE THINK THAT THERE MIGHT BE AN ISSUE WITH IT. WE CALL A LOCAL CONTRACTOR. AND EVERY TIME WE, WE CALL THAT CONTRACTOR. THE EXPENSE IS ABOUT 1800 $2,000. EACH TIME WE DO THAT, WE'RE PROBABLY DOING THAT ONCE TO TWO TIMES A MONTH. SO SOMETHING THAT ALSO PAYS FOR ITSELF, THE THING THAT I DIDN'T MENTION ABOUT THIS DUMP TRUCK THAT I THINK WILL ALSO BE A BENEFIT TO THE DEPARTMENT, IS WE COVER A BIG AREA WITH OUR WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT DOING, WHICH IS, AGAIN, NORMAL OF UTILITIES, IS HAULING THE BACKHOE. IF YOU LOOK AT CV, CV, D, OTHER WATER AGENCIES, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THEY'RE HAULING THEIR BACKHOE WITH A DUMP TRUCK. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS, AND WE WE EXPERIENCED THIS IS, YOU KNOW, OUR YARD IS IN OUR YARD IS ON AN AVENUE 54 AND OUR SYSTEM GOES ALL THE WAY TO DILLON. AND THEN WE HAVE TO MOBILIZE TO. DILLON. WELL, IT TAKES IT TAKES THE OPERATOR LIKE 30 MINUTES TO DRIVE OVER THERE AND THEN 30 MINUTES TO GET BACK. IT JUST IT SLOWS DOWN OUR ABILITY TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES. AND SO ONE OF THE

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SO IT DOES HELP. ARE THESE TWO ITEMS THEN PROBABLY THE MOST CRITICAL TO SUPPORT OUR EMPLOYEES OR THE. OR IS THERE ANOTHER ONE? I WOULD I WOULD SAY I WOULD SAY THE BACKHOE AND TWO, THE BACKHOE AND THE DUMP TRUCK. THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT DOING. THEY ARE THE LOWER COST ITEMS, 100,000. ANOTHER ONE THAT'S 100,000. SO I THINK THAT FOR THE AMOUNT OF BENEFIT THAT WE WOULD GET FROM THESE TWO SMALLER UNITS RELATED TO THE COST, I THINK IT'S A IT'S A BIG BENEFIT. THE CAMERA, AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE SPENDING 1800 TO 2000 EVERY TIME WE CALL THE THE, THE CONTRACTOR THAT WE'RE DOING THAT ONCE, TWICE A MONTH, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WILL PAY FOR ITSELF TO PRETTY QUICKLY. SO I'M ASKING JUST BECAUSE LIKE FOR PUBLIC WORKS, YOU HAVE THE TOP TWO AND THE REPLACEMENTS CAN BE DONE WITHIN THE NEXT TWO YEARS OR SO. THEN, THEN, YOU KNOW, WOULD YOU SAY THEN THEN THE BACKHOE AND THE DUMP TRUCK WOULD BE FOR NOW AND THEN MAYBE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, THEN GO BACK TO THAT, THE CCTV AND THE OTHER ONE. I'M FINE WITH THAT. IF YOU IF THE COUNCIL WISHES TO SPLIT IT THAT WAY, I THINK THAT'S OKAY. BUT I THINK THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS IS THAT WE HAVE A RATE STRUCTURE THAT THAT WILL GENERATE THE REVENUE FOR THOSE EXPENSES, WHEREAS THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS MIGHT NOT BE MIGHT NOT HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY. AND THE CAMERA, YOU KNOW, I DID THE MATH AND THE CAMERA, YOU'LL PAY FOR IT IN TWO YEARS. SO. IT'S, YOU KNOW, SO, SO THE REASON I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE FOR, FOR UTILITIES, THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 600 K UPFRONT. AND SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING ONLY TO, YOU KNOW, IF WE DID THE RATE STUDY AND IT'S GOING TO, YOU KNOW, PAY ITSELF BACK. AND I'M JUST SAYING SO THAT WE DON'T TAKE A HIT THAT HARD UP FRONT, YOU KNOW? RIGHT.

SO THAT'S 600,000 IS SPLIT BETWEEN WATER AND SEWER. SO IT'S 300 MAYBE IN WATER, 300 AND SEWER. SO IT'S NOT GOING IN ONE FUND. YEAH. SO IT'S JUST A CONSIDERATION. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT, YOU KNOW I, I HEAR YOU PUT THE RATE STUDY. WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT BACK.

BUT I'M ONLY SAYING THIS, YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF LESSEN THE BLOW UP FRONT, YOU KNOW, AND SO, I MEAN, IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT, HEY, YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE 300 FROM SEWER AND 300 FROM WATER, AND YOU CAN DO THAT ALL UP FRONT. NOW, THEN I WOULD SAY IF, IF YOU WANT TO SPLIT IT, I WOULD TAKE THE DUMP TRUCK IN THE BACKHOE, RIGHT? THE FIRST YEAR, AND THEN I WOULD PUSH THE OTHER TWO TO THE NEXT YEAR. RIGHT. THAT THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE OKAY TOO.

ALL RIGHT. SO THEN FOR THE FOR THE BACKHOE AND THE DUMP TRUCK WOULD BE THE 303, 340 K ABOUT THERE. AND THEN FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR, THEN IT WOULD BE 226,000. AND THEN BY THEN, THEN HOPEFULLY WE HAVE THAT RATE STUDY. WE START GETTING SOME OF THAT MONEY BACK AND REPLACING IT. THAT WOULD WORK. THAT'S IF EVERYBODY ELSE IS IS OKAY WITH IT. AND THEN FOR PUBLIC WORKS, WE'RE LOOKING AT 250,000 UP FRONT FOR THE TWO ONES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, CRITICAL. AND THEN AND THEN THE REPLACEMENTS, YOU KNOW, 2 OR 3 YEARS OUT, YOU'RE LOOKING AT, I THINK, 150,000 THERE. MY CALCULATION MIGHT BE MIGHT BE OFF. SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THE 340 AND THE 250, SO WE'RE LOOKING STILL ABOUT MAYBE 600 UP FRONT FOR FOR BOTH AND DEPARTMENTS. CAN WE CAN WE HANDLE THAT. SO THE DIRECTION WOULD BE TO ADD IT INTO THE BUDGET AND SEE IF WE CAN, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, AND SEE WHAT THAT COMES

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RIGHT. AND SO I'M JUST SAYING, COMMENTING THAT WHEN WE DEFER EQUIPMENT, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS.

WE THEN GET HIT WITH ONE BIG EXPENDITURE. SO I THINK SPREADING IT OUT OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO, I THINK WOULD BE BENEFICIAL. BUT WHAT WE TOLD THE TROOPS IS WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT IT TO COUNCIL, RIGHT? IT'S NOT CHRISTMAS. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET EVERYTHING RIGHT.

BUT IF YOU GET 1 OR 2 PIECES OF EQUIPMENT, WOULD THEY WOULD APPRECIATE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AND MORE EFFECTIVE OUT IN THE OPERATIONAL SIDE. SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT, THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT MAYBE 600 K ESTIMATED AND THEN ABOUT 600 K, THEN THE SECOND YEAR TWO. NO, NO. WELL NOT FOR OUR DEPARTMENT IS COMBINATION OF PUBLIC WORKS AND YOURS. YEAH. BETWEEN THE TWO APPROXIMATELY. YEAH. BOTH. YEAH. THEY'RE BIG TICKET ITEMS. NO. AND I'M NOT I MEAN, I KNOW IN THE LONG RUN IT'S A SAVINGS. YOU KNOW, I REALLY DO KNOW. AND HONESTLY, JUST AS IMPORTANT, IF NOT MORE, IS MAKING SURE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES FEEL SUPPORTED AND THEY HAVE THE PROPER EQUIPMENT TO BE ABLE TO DO THEIR JOB, YOU KNOW, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT CAN WE DO THE FIRST YEAR? AND THEN WHAT DO WE DO THE SECOND YEAR? AND IF IT'S A, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THAT IS A TWO YEAR PLAN, THREE YEAR PLAN, WHATEVER. AND IF I MEAN, IF WE'RE SAYING THAT, HEY, WE CAN TAKE ON IF, IF WATER AND SEWER IS MORE OF A, OF A PRIORITY, YOU KNOW, THAN, THAN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN DO ALL OF THAT, I GUESS. I MEAN, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. JUST TO REEMPHASIZE, WATER AND SEWER IS INDEPENDENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. AND THE REVENUE PROJECTIONS FOR THESE EXPENSES HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE IN THE AND THE RATE STUDY. AND THE PROPOSED RATES ARE MEANT TO COVER THOSE EXPENSES. SO WE WILL HAVE. IF IF THAT'S THE BUDGET THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MEET, THEN THAT WILL BE THAT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S COVERED BY THE RATE STRUCTURE. YEAH. I THINK MAYBE BRING BACK IN THE FULL BUDGET. AND THEN YOU CAN REALLY SEE, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE IN TANDEM, RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT RATE STRUCTURE STILL NEEDS TO BE APPROVED, RIGHT? WE GOT TO GO THROUGH THAT WHOLE PROCESS, SO POTENTIALLY SHOW IT TO US. AND THEN IF IT LOOKS A LITTLE STRETCH, MAYBE YOU THEN YOU CAN SEE IT BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE GOT TO BE COGNIZANT OF THE RATE STRUCTURE, HAS TO STILL HAVE TO PASS THE FINISH LINE. RIGHT. AND I THINK THAT'S LIKE THE, THE BIG THING. BUT I AGREE THOUGH, LIKE WITH THE, I LIKE THE THINGS, IF IT'S GOING TO BE EFFICIENT, LET'S DO IT. BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, I DID THE MATH. AND LIKE, IF YOUR CAMERA, YOU GOTTA WAIT TWO DAYS FOR SOMEONE TO COME OUT AND THEN THAT'S A PROBLEM. THAT'S THE THING, RIGHT? LIKE, AND THEN YOU HAVE A LEAKAGE OR THE REMEMBER WE WERE DRIVING AROUND, YOU SAID THE POOP LINE WILL

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YOU HAVE TO MEET THAT DEMAND. SO AS YOU HAVE, AS YOU SEE HERE, YOU HAVE A PRETTY WIDE GAP. AND SO WHAT YOU'RE CREATING IS AN OPERATIONAL STRUCTURAL DEFICIT. AND THAT EVENTUALLY YOUR SERVICE LEVEL NUMBER OF PEOPLE, YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE CITY, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU'RE GROWING CITY, YOU'RE ADDING MORE STREETS, MORE PARK SPACE, AND YOU REQUIRE BODIES IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THAT. RIGHT. AND SO EVENTUALLY YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO START INCREMENTALLY ADDING MORE BODIES TO REDUCE THAT GAP BETWEEN YOUR SERVICE DEMAND AND YOUR SERVICE LEVELS, RIGHT? TYPICALLY WHAT YOU WANT TO BE IS RIGHT ALMOST IN LINE WITH ONE ANOTHER. BUT HERE, THIS DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE. IT JUST MAY MEAN THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TIMES YOU MOW THE PARKS, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH BODIES. SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO INSTEAD OF ONCE A WEEK. NOW IT'S EVERY TWO WEEKS, RIGHT? SOME OF THE MAINTENANCE, YOU'RE GOING TO START DEFERRING BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH BODIES. AND THE WORKLOAD BASICALLY IS EXCEEDING THE BODIES YOU HAVE. RIGHT. SO I ALWAYS LIKE TO USE A SLIDE LIKE THIS TO ILLUSTRATE THAT IT'S NOT JUST THE FINANCIAL STRUCTURAL DEFICIT, BUT THE OPERATIONAL SERVICE TO

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BUT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO FIND A WAY, A COMMON GROUND, A BALANCE WHERE WE'RE NOT JUST FOCUSING ON ONE THING. WHERE DO WE WHERE DO WE FIND A BALANCE HERE? DO WE HIRE MORE PEOPLE OR DO WE BALANCE IT OUT WITH TECHNOLOGY AND OTHER THINGS? SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. THANK YOU. SO ON TO SOME ECONOMIC FACTORS. THE CHART ON THE LEFT BASICALLY SHOWS THAT WE HAVE A SLOWING ECONOMY PROJECTED, WITH A PICKUP EXPECTED IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO. HOWEVER, IF YOU LOOK AT THE ONE ON THE RIGHT. OH, BY THE WAY, THESE ARE FROM BEACON ECONOMICS, FAIRLY WELL KNOWN ECONOMIST FIRM. IT SHOWS THAT JOB GROWTH BY MAJOR REGION IN CALIFORNIA HAS SLOWED TO NEARLY ZERO. ALL THE EXPECTATIONS.

WE'RE LOOKING TO A SLOWDOWN BUT NOT A RECESSION. AS YOU KNOW, WE ATTENDED A A BREAKFAST THE OTHER DAY AND WE WERE INFORMED THAT, YES, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A BUBBLE, BUT WE MIGHT HAVE A YEAR OR TWO BEFORE IT POPS. SO IT IS POSSIBLE THAT DOWN THE ROAD WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH SOME SORT OF DOWNTURN. BUT THE PROJECTION RIGHT NOW IS THAT IT'S STILL AT LEAST A COUPLE OF YEARS AWAY. SO TO RECAP, OUR PROPOSED BUDGET WILL COME TO COUNCIL IN MAY. IN ANOTHER STUDY SESSION. THEN THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET FOR CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION. WE EXPECT TO COME THE FIRST MEETING IN JUNE. THE PRELIMINARY EXPECTATIONS THAT WE COVERED TONIGHT INCLUDES A GENERAL FUND SHORTFALL OF ABOUT 1.35 MILLION FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR, AND STAFF WILL IDENTIFY STRATEGIES TO BALANCE THE OPERATING BUDGET AND IMPLEMENT THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED TONIGHT. SO SO SO THEN FOR THE FOR THE SPEEDING. IT WAS THEN LOOKING AT THE THE TWO MOTORCYCLES AND THEN THE ADDITIONAL DEPUTY, I WOULD SUGGEST LOOKING AT THAT FIVE YEAR PLAN BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S ALIGNED WITH THIS, BUT I KNOW IT'S PRETTY CLOSE. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SAYING FOR FOR PUBLIC WORKS, YOU KNOW, FOR THE FIRST TWO CRITICAL ITEMS IS 250,000. AND THEN WE'RE AND THEN CAZZULO MADE THE POINT OF FOR UTILITIES, THE 340 K. BUT THEN THE FOR THE OTHER TWO ITEMS, WHICH IS TWO TWO 226, THAT THERE MIGHT BE POTENTIAL THERE TO, TO ADD IN THE FIRST

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YEAH. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ALWAYS WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE GOT FROM IT. I THINK YOU SAID TO BRING BACK THE WHOLE THING IN THE BUDGET, RIGHT. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE ALL OF IT TO SEE. YEAH, WE'RE BRINGING IT BACK TO COUNCIL. YEAH, YEAH. THAT WAY WE CAN GET TO IT NOW, RIGHT? IT'S PRESENTED IN. YEAH. YOU PRESENT IT AND YOU ALLOW US TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BRING THIS BACK THE PROPOSAL AND UNTIL JUNE. RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS. SO THE PROPOSAL WILL COME TO YOU LATER THIS MONTH. OKAY. SO SO YEAH. AND THEN BUT THEN WE WOULD ADOPT IT UNTIL JUNE. YEAH. SO YOU'LL HAVE ANOTHER BITE AT THE APPLE. YEAH. SO WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY. YEAH. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ALL OF IT ON THERE. JUST TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS. WE MIGHT AS WELL.

THERE'S NO NEED FOR US TO TAKE OUT OUR CALCULATORS RIGHT NOW. LET US SEE IT, YOU KNOW, ON PAPER AND TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT IT WHAT IT IS. YEAH. WELL, I MEAN WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE NUMBERS. IT'S A LITTLE OVER A MILLION. IT'S A LITTLE OVER A MILLION. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR THEM TO SHOW US WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. RIGHT. YEAH. SO THEN THEY'LL SHOW. IS THAT JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION THAT I DIDN'T GET TO ASK YOU? LINCOLN WAS THE THE TWO CFR 200 COST ALLOCATION PLAN. MAYBE I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND KIND OF HOW THAT PROCESS IS GOING TO WORK.

SO WHEN YOU COME AND BRING IT BACK, I THINK ILLUSTRATING WHAT THAT IS BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, I DON'T KNOW THAT TERMINOLOGY AND REALLY KNOWING WHAT THAT TRANSACTIONAL LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT, HOW DOES THAT PLAY? LIKE MAYBE LIKE A SIDE TO SIDE COMPARISON OF HOW THAT ACTION IS DONE? I JUST WANT TO, I WANT TO SEE IT BECAUSE I HAVE TO GO DO SOME RESEARCH ON IT. THAT WAS MY ONLY QUESTION FROM THAT ONE SLIDE FOR YOU. SO I BELIEVE IT'S SUBPART G, I BELIEVE. OKAY, TWO CFR 200. I THINK IT'S A PART G. OKAY. YEAH, I JUST THE ONE WHERE YOU DO THE TRANSFERS.

YEAH. THAT, THAT I JUST WANT TO SEE WHAT IT'S ACTUALLY A KIND OF A CHARGE FOR SERVICE. AND THEN, BUT WE CLASSIFY IT AS AN ALLOCATION AND IT SHOWS UP IN THE TRANSFERS CATEGORY RIGHT NOW. YEAH. JUST THE WHEN IT COMES BACK, JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE LANGUAGE ON WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE AND HOW IT AFFECTS BECAUSE YEAH, I BELIEVE I CAN PRINT OUT THE, THE CALCULATION BOOKLET. IT BASICALLY RUNS LIKE 13 ITERATIONS OR AT LEAST UNTIL IT BREAKS EVEN TO THERE'S NOTHING LEFT TO ALLOCATE. AND I CAN PRINT OUT THE RECEIVING FUNDS AND THE SENDING DEPARTMENTS AND WHATNOT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE ON THE PRESENTATION? IF NOT, WHERE'S MY AGENDA? THERE IS A NO OTHER ITEMS AT THIS TIME. WE'LL ADJOURN THE STUDY SESSION AT

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