Burbank, California City Council Meetings, 3 May 2022

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Burbank City Council Meeting - May 3, 2022

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Live from burbank the media capital of the world.

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To participate in the general public comment period, please call now at.

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Three 818-238-3335 members of the public may speak for up to three.

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Minutes, depending upon the number of speakers.

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Good evening and welcome back.

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It's been a long time since we've gathered together like this, so welcome back.

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uh Welcome to burbank city council join meeting with successor agency housing authority.

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And parking authority on tuesday may 3rd 2022. I would like to invite reverend paul clarel from.

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Westminster presbyterian church to lead us in the invocation this evening. Will everyone please stand.

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And remain standing for the flag salute. Welcome happy birthday! Bob you're welcome, let's pray.

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Dear god, we gather here together for the first public meeting of the burbank.

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California city council, in two years and of course this is good news and bad news.

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Personally, lord, I thank you for this council. I thank you for these city leaders, who have stood.

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Here for us, through the dreaded, much lauded platforms, we all love to hate.

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Livestream teams zoom and the myriad of other ways we communicate virtually as someone who has.

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Used and been used by a social, anti-social media market these past two years I get it.

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Sometimes it's easier to not have people physically present, but the.

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People's business, be it civic or faith-based, was never supposed to be easy. It's a calling.

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So lord, I thank you for these people. These people, who have fulfilled their calling meeting day in.

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Day out for the past two years, I thank you for our fire and police personnel for our city workers, who.

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Have followed covet protocols and kept things running through a global pandemic. I thank you.

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As well for our medical and public health workers, people who have literally put their lives on the.

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Line to keep us safe for our teachers and other educators who have endured the soul-crushing.

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Glazed computer screen eyes who have put up with: why do we have to wear masks.

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Who have persevered through questions of? Why do we have to get vaccinated.

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Finally, lord, I stand here tonight cognizant of the more than 9 million people globally.

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Million domestically 300 burbank residents and for me the three members of my congregation.

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Including my own mom, who were with us two years ago and are no longer on this planet,.

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But to stand with you, we who are left commit ourselves anew to do something to be kind.

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To make a better way to love unconditionally here we are here, we go use us, amen, amen,.

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Please place your right hand over your heart and join me in repeating our pledge to our great.

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To the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation.

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Under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all, thank you.

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Thank you reverend for the invocation. I think he already left.

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uh Madam city clerk, please conduct the roll call. Thank you, mr mayor. First before I call.

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Your name, I want to wish you officially a happy birthday today, so you have to be here with us.

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Okay, councilmember frutos a groovy afternoon, a full council life is great happy to be here.

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Councilmember schultz present and happy to be here, thank you and happy belated.

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Birthday council, member springer here, thank you. Thank you vice mayor, anthony present, thank you.

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For everybody showing up and mayor solomontis present and glad to be here amongst everybody,.

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From the residents of the community, thank you. We would like to advise the community.

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That there will be six periods. Yes, you heard me right six periods of public comment tonight.

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Members of the public may comment in person or by telephone during the general public.

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Comment period and during the public hearing public comment period, public comment for the.

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Reports to counsel will be taken in person. Only the first period is for general public comment.

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On any matter concerning city, business and or any agenda item except the public hearing.

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If you would like to participate in general public comment over the phone, please call now at.

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All 818-238-3335 comments have been received. The second public comment period is for public comment.

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On this evening's public hearing for public comment on the public hearing by phone.

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We kindly ask that you call once again 818-233.

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After the general public comment, period has closed and when the public hearing begins.

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Additional in-person only public comment period will be available after each report to council.

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There will be a test after what I I said.

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um Tonight on announcements tonight the council will be I'm sorry. Yes, tonight, council will be.

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Adjourning in memory of city of burbank resident and active community volunteer judy pierce.

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Mrs pierce attended santa monica high school and ucla. She was a teacher at burbank, unified, school.

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District where she met her husband, bert mrs pierce, and her husband made burbank their home in 1968.

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Mrs pierce was active in the pta national charity league burbank. Temporary aid center family promise.

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Providencia guild of children's hospital and director of religious education.

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At saint robert bellarmine church, we are grateful for her dedication.

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And service in burbank council conveys her deepest condolences to the family.

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And friends of judy pierce and to all those in the burbank community who had the honor of knowing her.

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Joining us this evening is mrs judy pierce husband, bert pierce. Welcome mr pierce.

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Would you like to say a few words please.

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Yes, I would like to thank the mayor and the council, and all of the people who are involved in.

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Arranging this tribute to my wife, you'll notice, the mayor still refers to me as mr pierce. After.

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Being my neighbor for 40 years, but I blame that on his children who went to john muir.

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Where my wife and I met and taught- and his children of course referred to us as mr and mrs.

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Pierce and I've never been able to break jess of that habit. I don't call him mr talimantis.

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As you as you could tell from the pictures, judy was very concerned with family and.

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Friends and service six years ago it was mayor telemontes, who awarded her the certificates.

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For her volunteer service here in burbank, uh something that was not.

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Mentioned was in the 1984 olympics. She put on her uniform and went out to lax.

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Every morning and acted as a greeter for the uh athletes from the foreign countries that came in.

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Unlike me, a native of burbank, she was came in from the west side and when she was to.

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Be interviewed by the burbank school district, she had to get out a map to find out where burbank was.

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And how to get here, but she uh made burbank her home and never regretted it. She touched many lives.

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uh She was still doing substitute work in the schools up until uh the beginning of the.

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Pandemic in 2020 and uh accepted the presidency of the la providencia guild children's hospital.

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Even after she'd been diagnosed with cancer, unfortunately, she was not able to complete her.

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Term as president, but as I say, she touched a lot of lives and.

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I thank very much the people here and the community that allowed us to.

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To serve as much as we did to give back to our community. Thank you. Thank you, mr pierce.

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Well, like mr pearce said, we've been neighbors for many many years.

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And uh on behalf of the council, our thoughts and prayers are with you in the family, mr pierce.

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May she rest in peace.

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We have one announcement this evening following our announcements for may 3rd 2022.

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The city clerk's office is currently accepting applications for a total of 30 upcoming vacancies.

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On the following, ford, commission and committee are in public places, committee board of building.

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And fire code appeals board of library, trustees, burbank watering power board civil service board.

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Community development goals committee heritage, commission.

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Landlord tenant, commission and senior citizen board the deadline to submit an application.

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Is wednesday june 1st at 5 pm if interested apply online at burbankca.gov forward, slash bcc.

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Application, vaccination proof or medical religious exemption will be required of all applicants.

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For more information, please contact the burbank city clerk's office at 818-238-5851.

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Or email cityclerks at burbankca.gov.

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This concludes the announcements for this evening.

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We have five council presentations on the agenda this evening.

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The first presentation is a proclamation declaring may.

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2022 as older americans month in the city of burbank,.

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The proclamation reads: whereas the city of burbank includes a community of older.

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Americans, who deserve recognition for their contributions to our nation.

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And whereas the city of burbank recognizes that older adults are trailblazers advocating for.

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Themselves, their peers and their communities paving the way for future generations.

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And whereas the city of burbank is committed to raising awareness about issues facing.

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Older americans and helping all individuals to thrive in communities of their choice for as long.

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As possible and whereas we appreciate the value of inclusion and support in helping older adults.

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Successfully contribute to and benefit from their communities and whereas our community can provide.

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Opportunities to enrich the lives of individuals of all ages by promoting and engaging people.

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Of all ages in activity, wellness and social involvement emphasizing home and community-based.

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Services that support independent living and ensuring community members can benefit.

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From the contributions and experience of older adults now, therefore, ihsa telemonitors may the.

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City of burbank do hereby proclaim, may may 2022 as older americans month and urge every resident.

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To take time this month to acknowledge older adults and the people who serve them is powerful.

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And vital individuals who greatly contribute to our community, signed this third day of may 2022.

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So now I'd like to call up uh mr bruce oldham, chair of the burbank scenic board, mr olum, here's.

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The proclamation thank you and here's the mic for you to say a few words. I just want to thank.

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Everybody for the support and also the fact that uh we enjoy our meetings a whole lot and with.

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uh Some terms coming to an end and some positions being open. We'd love to have people apply for.

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A position on the senior citizen board because we think it's a.

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It's a really valuable valuable service to the community. Thanks very much for this thanks.

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Is a presentation of certificates of recognizing two recipients of the peter mcgrath ultra american.

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Volunteer service award, I would like to welcome kim free steph liaison to the burbank senior board.

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And supervisor of the joslin adult center and burbank volunteer program kim welcome.

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Good evening, mayor telemontes and members of the council.

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May is going to be exciting. It's older americans month and I'm honored to be here today to announce.

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This year's peter mcgrath, older americans, volunteer service awardees this award was.

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Renamed in december 2019 in honor of peter mcgrath, mr mcgrath was a respected community member who.

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Dedicated his time to volunteering on various city related boards, committees and commissions,.

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These very deserving individuals were selected by an evaluation committee.

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Composed of representatives of the burbank senior citizen board and the jocelyn house committee.

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Qualifications for being nominated are, you must be at least 60 years of age, be a resident of burbank.

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And have volunteered a significant amount of time for the betterment of the community, the.

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Committee was charged with the responsibility of making the decision based on the information.

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Provided only on the application, it was a difficult task. Indeed, this award is designed.

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To honor and encourage older adults to continue to be actively involved in their community, the.

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Following awardees certainly reflect the national older americans month theme for 2022 age, my way.

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I am pleased to announce the awardees for the city of burbank's 2022 peter mcgrath,.

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Outstanding senior volunteer service award. Our first awardee this evening is ron rother.

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Okay, I have something to say.

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You're well loved, as you can see over the past.

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Oh oreo and something I guess um over the past 60 years ron has been involved in many volunteer.

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Activities in the city of burbank he's been a member of the birming kiwanis for over 20.

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Years and held a variety of positions within the organization and received a number of awards ron.

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Is on the board of directors for the burbank ymca and works with the ymca youth and government ron.

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Also collects bags of clothes that thrift stores are unable to sell and recruits. Fellow kawanans.

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Volunteer kiwanis volunteers to help fill the hope of the valley truck with clothes for those in need.

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Ron cares about burbank and the needs of the people in the community.

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He is a dedicated creative problem. Solver for our community invests hundreds of hours on a.

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Monthly basis to help those in need ron has spent many hours, volunteering in the city of.

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Burbank and tonight we honor him for his service. Thank you for your outstanding volunteerism.

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And commitment to this to serve the burbank community, would you like to say a few words.

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When I got a call about three weeks ago from kim the first response, was I'm kim from jocelyn center.

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Justin center is for people over 60.

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I thought damn it. They finally figured out my agent's mandatory. I joined them.

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So but anyways, um thank you. It's a tremendous honor. um I think in life.

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I don't I don't do anything I've been blessed that every time I have a project, people show.

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Up, excuse me and uh when you read the list of things that I've done, you gave everybody an.

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Impression I can't hold a job but the main thing, but oh yeah, that's right. But if.

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When I first came here 50 years ago, I got involved with methodist church.

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You know it was super super deal. Mr stamper was a special person in my life um and then in 99.

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I joined the qantas club and it focused on people, kids, and I will have to say that nobody can do.

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Anything by themselves and accomplish a bunch what innate takes is a huge amount of people that.

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Help and if, if I'm raising funds for the clubs or the church or anything else,.

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You go to disney, you go to warner brothers, you go to universal, you go to.

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Nbc, you go nickelodeon and they all step up and give friends here from the.

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Saint joseph hospital, terry, so you come in right there behind me. um You say we need this. You got it.

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You got it the airport and if you really look at all the mom and poe kusamanos and the and worths.

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And all those people say how much you want will give it to you if they believe in what you do and.

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I always say: if you have the right bell cow, you can do anything and get anything you want, but I.

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Really tipped my hat to the people that the mon paw stores on san fernando road out in.

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Magnolia park and any other place in town that really suffered for the last two years and yet.

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Made something happen and they're all back and strong again, but more importantly, just the people.

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The people of burbank- and I really I accept it- it's an honor, but it's really the people. I just.

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Mentioned that make this city great, so thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

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I will add one thing I blessed with a very supportive wife. I really can't handle the.

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Annual stick to her because she does so much for other people and, more importantly, my family.

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They're, a great bunch of kids, I love being around it's a lot of fun, but every time they.

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For the last 10 years they keep. Why don't you retire? I promise I've done it three times, but you.

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Know my kids with gina they're, gina, jason, tony veronica, rob and lynn, and so god bless america.

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Well, we're not done yet our next warrior.

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This evening is lori eiser come on laurie. You have to come up here.

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Lori has been volunteering for many years and for the last 15 years she has been a dedicated.

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Volunteer at the burbank animal shelter, helping some of our furry friends find their forever homes.

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Lori can be described as kind humble and giving lori can be found at the burbank animal shelter.

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Taking care of a variety of roles, most notably leading the photo team photo team, coordinates.

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With the shelter staff and fellow volunteers on which available animals at the shelter.

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Will be spotlighted each week, these fun photos show how beautiful and charismatic each of our.

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Adoptable animals are, these photos are featured on a multiple social media platforms when the pet of.

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The week television program aired on television on the local television station lori help con.

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Collect and prep the animals for the show, as well as handle them before and after their appearance.

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She is always trying to show their best sign if you have ever seen some of the photos on the vbs.

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Facebook or instagram page or the burbank, animal shelter, facebook or instagram page lori, was most.

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Likely the one behind the camera lori can also be found at the shelter assisting staff by answering.

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The phone queries general queries of the public that come through the website. She has also helped.

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The medical team with supervising the animals before and after medical procedures, in addition.

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Lori promotes pet adoptions through participation in off-site events such as fire service day, which.

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Is coming up national night out and city-wide animal adoption fairs? Laurie is an integral part.

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Of the volunteers of the burbank animal shelter and its mission to aid and promote the burbank.

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Animal shelter, as well as to love, protect and adopt animals. Lori has dedicated countless hours.

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For the animals of burbank and her contributions have helped so many. In addition, I am proud to.

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Announce that lori will also be representing the city of burbank to be honored at our 2022.

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Awardee recipient for the los angeles county commission of older adults, volunteer service award.

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Would you like to say anything.

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I just want to say I love what I do and I'm not giving it up.

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I think everyone in those rows right there that are in red shirts, that work at the.

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Animal shelter or volunteer are very happy you're not going to give it up.

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Thank you, mayor telemontes. If you'd like to say anything.

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Well, let's come up for a picture ron come up here and the two awardees and.

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Congratulations well deserved.

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And keep up that volunteerism that spirit continue.

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Is that amazing or what huh so? The third presentation is, a proclamation declaring.

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May 1st, through the 7th 2022 as municipal clerks week in the city of burbank,.

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And here's the proclamation a lot of warehouses.

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Whereas the office of the professional municipal clerk.

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I got a lot of papers here. It's time, honored and in vital part of local government exists.

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Throughout the world in the office of the professional municipal court provides a.

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Professional link between citizens and the local governing bodies in agencies of government and.

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Other levels, whereas a professional municipal clerk serves as the information center on.

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Functions of local government and community and whereas professional municipal clerks.

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Continually strive to improve the administration of the affairs of the office of the professional.

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Municipal clerk, through participation in education programs, seminars, workshops in the.

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Annual meetings of their state, provincial county and international professional organizations.

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Now, therefore, ihsa telemontes made the city of burbank do hereby proclaim the week of may 1st.

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Through may 7th, as municipal clerks week and further extend appreciation to our city cleric.

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Suzette mullins and to all professional municipal clerks for the vital services they perform.

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In their exemplary dedication to the communities they represent, scientists.

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Third day of may 2022, ms mullins, would you like to come up here and accept your proclamation.

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Thank you, mr mayor, and I would also like to invite assistant city clerk, desiree and records manager.

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Yvette paul and, of course, alyssa and melissa are administrative analysts. This is part of our team.

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I do get the recognition on here as a city clerk, but really what makes the city clerk's.

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Office is the team we have I'm one of the most fortunate clerks in california that I could say.

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I'm standing here very proud of the staff that we have in the city clerk's office. I know tamil is.

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Shaking her head, because she knows exactly what our office does and for those of you that are.

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Not familiar, what is the city clerk's office do exactly we. As the mayor mentioned, we are really.

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The liaison and the link for the community and the legislative body we ensure that the public.

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Is well informed that we provide the right posting for legal requirements. We also handle.

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Our election process from every step of the way holding candidates hands to make sure to ensure.

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To make sure and ensure that they're successful through the election process, we also assist them.

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With filing requirements, we are the historian of our records for the entire city of burbank. So when.

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When I say historian, we have records since 1911 in our vault, which is really amazing. We are in charge.

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Of that, of course, our records manager event here does an incredible job, assisting the public in.

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Answering all the public records requests. We also have boards and commissions, as you heard earlier,.

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We are responsible for accepting the applications. I know melissa does a great job with that.

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Alyssa does a great job with filing with the candidates, and um the last thing that we have.

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That's kind of on the fun side, but it definitely requires a lot of work. We do process passports so.

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We are an official passport facility and we're very proud to say that we generate.

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Thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars to the general fund- and this makes us really happy.

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That we're able to assist the community and the surrounding communities to um have them accessible.

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To our office to be able to process their passports, so many uh responsibilities different.

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Hats that we wear every single day, but these uh standing here are my team members, some of them.

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And they make it happen every day with a great smile on their face. They do they. They no matter.

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What happens no matter what they're going through they do provide excellent customer.

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Service to the public, so if you ever need anything to find about our records or find.

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Anything out, please give us a call, we're always happy to help you. Thank you for the recognition.

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Thank you. Congratulations. You heard the city clerk say if you.

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Need a cup of coffee or anything come on down to her office and.

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So the next is a proclamation declaring may 2022.

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As asian american and peace pacific islander heritage month in the city of burbank,.

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Glass of water uh proclamation asian american and pacific islander heritage month, whereas asian.

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American and pacific islander american heritage month is observed during the month of may to.

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Recognize the contributions and influence of asian americans and pacific islander americans through.

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The history, culture and achievements of the united states, and whereas for more than a century asian.

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American and pacific islander men and women have made valuable contributions to all areas of life.

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Thank you in california, including government, business, arts and sciences, medicine, education,.

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Law enforcement and military and whereas the community is committed to providing.

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Comprehensive support to ensure that burbank is a place both equitable and welcoming to all people.

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And whereas the city of burbank is proud to celebrate asian american and pacific islander.

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Heritage month and commemorate the essential contributions, sacrifices and accomplishments that.

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Asian american and pacific islanders have made to burbank now, therefore, hsa telemontes by the.

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Mayor of the city of burbank do hereby recognize, may 2022 as asian american and pacific islander.

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Heritage month in the city of burbank, and I encourage all citizens to observe, recognize and.

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Celebrate the culture heritage and contributions of asian american and pacific islanders.

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To our country, our state and our community signed this third day of may 2022.. Congratulations.

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I'd like to call on miss takahachi vice president of the social action.

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For burbank human relations council to say a few words welcome.

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Thank you, mr mayor.

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Thank you, mr mayor and council members. My name is tamila takahashi, I'm the burbank human relations.

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Council vice president of social action, the bhrc is committed to building bridges of understanding.

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And reduce barriers that separate us from each other. We celebrate the diversity of our community.

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And advocate for inclusion of all voices and good human relations on behalf of the bhrc board,.

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We thank you for presenting the aapi heritage month proclamation tonight for me personally,.

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This proclamation means a lot, as my husband is ise first generation, japanese, american and my children.

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Are nisei second generation? Japanese, american, my husband's father was a young child living in japan.

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At the end of world war ii and as an adult living in the united states and owning a business, he had.

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Japanese, american peers and friends who had to recover and are still recovering from being from.

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Being in the internment camps- and we learned about those stories listening to my father-in-law, I'm.

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Also fortunate to have had many opportunities to work with folks who identify as asian-american and.

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Or pacific islander in our community, it is close to my heart that this proclamation recognizes the.

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Contributions that the aapi community has in our country and our city, everything from small.

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Businesses, like the one my father-in-law, had to community and organizational leadership like my.

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Children and my husband and beyond tonight I have the honor to introduce one of these.

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Impactful local leaders, who embodies the intention and sentiment of tonight's proclamation.

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Karen lau karen has showed up time and time again with positive impact in the burbank unified school.

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District and in our community, as a long-time advocate and activist for sustainability and.

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Environmentalism, karen is the chair of the busd eco council, and this is where I met her and have.

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Been following her work, she has been critical in moving forward. Many positive sustainable outcomes.

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In our schools and bringing together others who have a similar passion with this goal, karen and.

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Her team were able to form five school on-site sustainability committees during covid and each.

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Year she and her team organize earth day events district-wide these efforts, and so many others.

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Have made a lasting impact to benefit our schools and children. These created so much momentum in.

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Busd that it resulted in the recent formation of a district-wide sustainability committee.

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So, on behalf of bhrc, I would like to thank council for this proclamation tonight.

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Recognizing and highlighting the contributions of our aapi community members to our culture.

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History and achievements in the united states and locally in our city of burbank.

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And to receive this proclamation tonight, I'm honored to introduce karen lower.

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um Thank you, tamala. uh Thank you, mayor telemontes. I am karen lau mother of two founder and director.

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Of the burbank eco council and design consultant and community organizer, and I love bringing people.

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Together to share ideas to forward the mindful practices for our environment and.

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Overall, wellness diversity is something I take pride in, and representation and visibility is.

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Really important to us being able to see myself in roles and others before me, who look like me share.

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Fondness for the culture or even have a similar surname represents belonging as.

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A child of immigrants from hong kong belonging has always been fleeting during my childhood.

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Because of what we brought for lunch, smelled different compared to school, lunches.

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Or because of the different holidays, we celebrated or music or topics of folklore.

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It brought a cast of non-acceptance and in recent events with hate crimes, it is critical to create a.

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Dialogue in recognition that deserves fairness, light equality and justice. The aapi members in.

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This community, I I know, are proactive leaders in their professions, families and communities. We are.

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Passionate hardworking, intelligent, inclusive and civic oriented driven to provide a better future.

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For the next generations, um I'd like to take a moment to share two stories in the community is.

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That, okay, yes, okay, great from uh from my friend nan foberg. uh She is with me uh also a parent.

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In my uh at roosevelt school, um I echo karen's sentiment representation matters. While I don't.

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See myself much in burbank at large, I very much appreciate the space provided by my children's.

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School roosevelt elementary to become visible and provide the opportunity for my children and others.

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Like them to see themselves outside of their homes, elementary school, hallways and classroom,.

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Walls are often adorned with festive artwork that coincide with western holidays. Wonderful for the.

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Kids, who celebrate those holidays but somewhat alienating for the buddhist chinese vietnamese.

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American girl, I was who had little frame of reference, so it meant a lot to me to be invited.

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By roosevelt's di committee to share my family's biggest holiday lunar new year, we made videos.

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To share online during remote learning in 2021 this year, the campus was decorated with student.

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Made paper lanterns and hanging paper wishes and visited by the ucla aca line dance team. I know I.

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Wasn't alone in having big feelings, knowing my kids saw this part of themselves at school in a.

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Way, I never did growing up. Additionally, two years ago the school chose gracelands, where the mountain.

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Meets the moon as the school's one school one book selection. It was not only a valuable experience to.

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Read a beautifully written and engaging narrative together, but also an opportunity to connect.

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What the whole school was reading with what is displayed at our family homes or customs during.

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Special events, I never had that when I was in school until college. I treasure these.

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Experiences for they help my children embrace their identities as asian americans. Instead.

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Of compartmentalizing, as I did so that so that they're american at school and asian with family.

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The second story is from manish parikh. I grew up in the north part of the valley and did not feel.

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Like I had to assimilate because we had such a large group of people like me, I grew up performing.

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In dance competitions, participating in traditions and customs and hung out with indian americans, my.

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Age, we all understood what it was like to be. First generation born american from parents.

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Born abroad in india, we were lucky to be able to share that commonality. At home we eat our own.

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Food, listen to our music and taught our non-indian friends about our culture. We took our friends to.

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Our functions and we were able to normalize our culture even within this public school systems,.

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People love to dress up in in our traditional clothes, wear our jewelry and dance. Our dances.

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Indians love to celebrate with so much color and festivity. To be honest, there are not a lot of.

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Indian americans, here in burbank that part of my culture, that part of my culture has unfortunately.

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Been dampened by the lack of community here, however, as the diversity of burbank grows, I trust.

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That I will be able to start making connections to people who share both the indian culture.

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I also hope that the city embraces the concept of equity. It is not enough to simply say that we.

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Are a diverse community, it is up to cities to reach out to those that are underrepresented.

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And ask them to teach and share their stories. I hope that this month can be a start sharing.

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The richness of south asian culture, so these are just two stories from my community. uh I.

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Chose burbank to raise my family because I wanted a diverse, inclusive, equal opportunity.

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For them to grow up in that, they feel safe and accepted and celebrated for their differences.

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On behalf of the ai aapi community of burbank, I thank mayor telemates and.

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For and members of city council for proclaiming may as aapi heritage month.

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Now, last but not least, we have our last presentation this evening.

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Is a proclamation declaring may 1st through the 7th.

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2022 as national correctional officers and employees week in the city of burbank,.

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Whereas in 1984 president ronald reagan designated the first full week of may.

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As national correctional officers week and whereas in 1996, I think it's starting to get.

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Surrounded it's okay! No, I I think I feel safe, but I'm not quite sure.

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Excuse me, whereas in 1996 the name was officially changed to national correctional officers,.

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And employees week to recognize all employees who work in the nation's jails.

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Prisons and community corrections, programs and whereas the city of burbank's jail personnel.

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Are trained law enforcement professionals who serve in many capacities work in a demanding.

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And stressful environment and whereas the jail personnel of burbank police department exhibit.

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Compassion, professionalism and dedication in the performance of their duties now, therefore, hsa.

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Telemontes mayor of the city, burbank, do hereby proclaim the week of may 1st through the 7th.

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As correctional officers and employees weak in the city of burbank, the council of the.

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City of burbank recognizes the outstanding service. The city's jail personnel provide.

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For the safety and welfare of our community signed this third day of may 2022., congratulations.

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You're right chief, I felt surrounded there for a while.

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We'd like to say a few words chief or captain. Thank you. Thank you, mr mayor. So a couple weeks.

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Ago we had the pleasure of recognizing our telecommunicators, and this week we have the.

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Honor of recognizing our correctional officers and employees, two really critical components of.

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The police department that people often don't see, but that we certainly couldn't function without.

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uh These professionals often manage people on their worst day or one of their worst days.

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While treating them with dignity, compassion and respect and have the a plum to handle that.

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Despite the fact that that often isn't returned to them, so we're grateful for.

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The work they do and we're just we're thankful for the recognition tonight. Thank you. Thank you.

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Yeah, uh I'd like you to introduce tonya cooper, who is our jail manager.

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And uh provides oversight of a 24 7 operation and does a great job.

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And uh no, I I know I'm trying to figure out how many years you have with the department.

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The most senior jailer and uh she's uh one of our go-to jailers uh and it's one of the behind the.

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Scenes operating groups that is essential to the organization and to captain galici's comment about.

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Folks, on their worst day, usually it's folks that are not their best. There's, not a lot of group hugs.

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So navigating that process is essential and our folks do a great job. Captain irving, just you know.

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Command change had it for a handful of years, and now captain plegacy has it with tonya's oversight.

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We're doing just fine excellent! Thank you. Okay! Thank you. Thank you very much. Congratulations.

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Thank you very much. Thank you. Congratulations.

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Have a happy first meeting, everybody thank you.

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I'm so glad I got to meet the people who were doing the photos for the animal two.

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Years ago we got an animal from the animal shelter because of a photo on facebook. Oh is.

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That right yeah, they do good pictures. Let's get those animals out of there.

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Okay, moving on with the agenda here, uh city manager has do you have any anything to report.

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uh Yes, thank you, mr mayor. I do have one item uh if I could call the chief up to talk to report.

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Out on an incident that occurred on saturday night like to have him give a brief update.

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Thank you uh good evening, mayor vice mayor city, council members. I'm going to introduce captain.

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Irving, who provides command oversight of our investigative division, and he.

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Is uh going to give you an update on what occurred on saturday night? He has the intimate knowledge.

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Thank you chief good evening, uh mayor talamantes, vice mayor, anthony council of staff good evening.

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So this past saturday uh night at about 7 15, our officers were dispatched to the.

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400 block of south glen oaks regarding a shots, fired call that had just occurred and.

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The comments were that there was potentially a victim who had been shot when officers arrived.

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They encountered two males and a female physically fighting in the street on glen oaks. The parties.

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Were quickly separated and it was determined that the female had sustained two gunshot wounds.

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Once officers began treating the female for officers determined during the course of.

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Investigation that the female had been at a nearby business with her uncle preceding the incident.

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Once they concluded their business, she returned to her car that was parked on glen. Oaks was seated.

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In the driver's seat of her vehicle, when the suspect turns out to be her former boyfriend.

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Approached her and opened her car door and began a conversation rather quickly, he presented a firearm.

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Pointed it at the female seated in the driver's seat, the uncle who had been nearby in the parking.

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Lot approached the car tried to intervene as he did the suspect fired at least a shot or shots.

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In his direction, fortunately, he was not struck. The suspect then diverted his attention back.

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To the female in the in the driver's seat and fired shots, and it struck her two times.

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The female victim was transported to a hospital treated for non-life-threatening.

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Injuries her uncle was treated at the scene for more minor injuries that he sustained during the.

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Physical altercation, that that the subjects were having actually my mind, missed that part. So after.

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She was shot she actually got out of the car and began fighting with her ex-boyfriend. The.

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Uncle came around so there was a physical fight taking place and that's when officers arrived.

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A firearm was recovered at the scene. We believe that's the firearm, that the suspect used in.

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The shooting, the suspect was identified as 39-year-old glendale resident armin.

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Jaeger-Zarian he was arrested at the scene later booked for attempted murder and several other.

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Felonies today, the los angeles county district attorney's office reviewed the case and filed.

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Two counts of premeditated attempt: murder two counts of assault with a deadly weapon.

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And single counts each of felony domestic violence and stalking. He was also arraigned.

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Today, the suspect was arraigned today and is still in custody, with a 3.5 million dollars of bail.

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The investigation is ongoing and no other information will be released.

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Publicly at this time, thank you. Thank you captain. Thank you, chief.

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Thank you, mr city manager, mr city attorney, your police report, a closed session.

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Yes, mr mayor council, this evening, city council met in closed session on two items.

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First item is the case of artunion versus city of burbank, a matter of existing.

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Litigation pursuant to government code, section 54 956.9 d1 council took no reportable action.

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The second item was conference with the city's labor negotiator, ms betsy mcclinton uh pursuant.

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To government code, section 54 957.6 regarding uh burbank city, employees, association and council.

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Took no reportable action this evening. Thank you, mr city attorney. Now is the time for general.

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Public comment for members of the public who are here in person. Please present a completed, yellow.

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To the city clerk, if you wish to speak any person speaking during general public comment.

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May address the council on any matter concerning city business except the public hearing. If you.

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Speak to the public hearing item, your comments will not be included in the public hearing record.

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Persons may choose to use the first period of public comment.

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To address an agenda report, but will not be able to speak on that item following this segment.

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Comments are limited to three minutes per person in order to promote fairness,.

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Podium to help the speaker keep track of how much time is left. I encourage you to.

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For those wishing to call in during the general public comment, please call now at 818-238-3335.

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Once again, that's 818-238-3335.

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Callers will be placed in a queue until all in-person comments have been received.

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Our first speaker is.

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Tamala takahashi welcome.

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Thank you mayor good evening. I'm pleased to be the first person to make public comment.

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After pandemic and back in person good evening, mr mayor council, members staff.

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And the public, my name is tamela takahashi and tonight I'm wearing the hat of the chair.

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Of the infrastructure oversight board, it's wonderful to be able to be here.

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In person tonight, and I'm extremely pleased in a personal note, that you have kept the option.

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To call in for folks who would like to have their voice heard and are unable to attend in person.

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And I'm fortunate, it worked out for me tonight that I could be here, but, alas, I must leave at.

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Eight and as I have a family obligation so since I will not be able to stay through to.

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The portion of the meeting for the budget- I will be making my remarks now for item number and five.

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As you know, the iob is an advisory board for our measure. P, funded capital improvement program.

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The board, as well as many of staff and many staff members from across city departments,.

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Coordinated by our director of public works, kem berkman have been working for many many.

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Months to bring together a capital program for you to consider for the next fiscal year.

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Our collective goal was to use our available resources for the highest roi for both our.

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Community and for our city departments, using a standardized prioritization rubric that we.

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Collectively developed last year, the iob was able to review the proposed program.

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After some excellent conversation and several back-and-forths and adjustments, the board voted.

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To recommend the capital improvement program budget that you will be presented to you later.

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Tonight and I invite you to watch our march meeting on youtube where we discuss this item.

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During the presentation later, you will also hear from mr berkman regarding a request to counsel.

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From our board to reassess future infrastructure funding, I only have a couple minutes now, so I.

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Won't go into detail, but I want to convey that the board is unanimously in support of the letter. We.

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Wrote regarding this issue and we are advocating for funding process adjustments to create more.

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Sustainable capital program in future years, thank you to all of the staff, especially especially.

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And to mr berkman, mr han ms rosales for all the work you've done to put into the infrastructure.

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Budget together for us- and I want to extend a thank you to my fellow board members as well as.

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uh For their careful and thorough deliberation, and thank you to council for considering our recommend.

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Recommendations for the capital program budget tonight have a wonderful rest of your meeting.

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Thank you next speaker is laverne thomas welcome, ms thomas.

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Hi there everybody hi welcome back. Yes, it's nice to see the whites of your eyes.

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Well, I haven't and most likely wouldn't use your call-in. I think it's fantastic that you're.

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Keeping it in place for the community, you know it gives the community another way to participate.

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And I think it's fabulous. You know I have a city follow-up file. I've had it for years on my.

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Computer, you can imagine right one of the things I was reviewing it. One of the things that's on there.

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Is the dog park which has been there for almost 30 years, but we're moving along on it? I know that.

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The other is sb9 and adus, which I did not participate on because of the calling okay.

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The other thing that was on there that I found was the city's unfunded pension liability.

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Came up first time I heard it was in this very chamber.

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Brought up, I might add, with very evident concern by then councilman dave golonsky, so.

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I'd like to ask you this evening for an update, maybe you've had an.

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Update in rece, I would certainly think so, because it was october 2018 when I contacted calpers.

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And I was blown away by the amount of money, and so I just think it's very, very important.

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You know: look we have amazon there. Now look at all this stuff, we're bringing in the sea look.

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At all, the money that's coming in here come on now come on guys. Let's do that but anyway, so I.

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I think it would be great and I think it's uh what is it june or something.

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I think it's june middle of june or something end of june, that they do their little actuarials or.

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Whatever they do so maybe that would be a good time, but I'd sure like to hear about it anyway,.

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Can't stay in this chamber any longer. I'm gonna be 81 in a couple weeks by the way, you're taurus.

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Yeah good for you, so am I, but anyway I remember the days of butt over. I can remember one time.

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2 30 or 3 in the morning, but I was a lot younger then anyway, with that said, welcome back it's great.

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To have you here, this is where you belong. This is where we all belong so uh take care. Welcome back.

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I left the message for you: okay, thank you. Have a good night. uh Next speaker is louis altobelly.

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Welcome mr olivelli hi good evening council justin moving on up very nice great congrats.

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um The reason I came up tonight was, as we all know, mike nolan passed away.

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During covet and I kept checking with people, I know around the city to see if.

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He would ever have a funeral, I mean I figure it's out, even though it's coveted.

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You can have it outside and you know everyone's going to be fine, but nothing happened and.

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Even his family said well, we'll do it in a few months and and nothing ever happened, and uh um so.

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I just feel like he really didn't get a proper send-off. I understand that the council.

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Adjourned a meeting in his honor nice great- um um I I had known mike for a long time. In fact,.

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Mike um my father helped mike get his first job when he got back from vietnam.

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So I've connected to him for quite some time and uh he was very thankful to my father ever since.

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And every time mike and I talked to he'd bring that up. But it was very nice, um but those who.

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Knew you know mike knew him was a great patriot. He loved america. He did everything in his power to.

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Preserve defend and protect the traditions and institutions that make this country and this city.

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Great so um I made a a little video which is about to play and in honor of his service to our country.

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All right, please.

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God bless mike nolan yeah. May he rest in peace.

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Thank you for callers. We have completed in-person public comment for callers. Please remember to.

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Lower your volume on your tv or computer and take your phone off speaker when you.

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Deliver public comment: phantom city clerk: do we have any callers online for public comment.

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Yes, mr mayor, we do and we're ready to go. Okay, let's get started.

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Here's the person.

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It will be coming. I promise our first caller is michael elrick,.

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Hi, mr mayor vice mayor council members, my name is michael rick and I've been a fur bank resident and.

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Homeowner for seven and a half years, my wife and I fell in love with burbank searching for a home.

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We could keep our horse at and I can't imagine living anywhere else, um so I've worked for social.

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Gas for 17 just about 17 years, I started as a meter reader, and I worked my way up to where I.

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Currently am as a gis mapping assistant um on a daily basis. I approve engineering plans.

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And deal with easements, right-of-ways and public streets, I also have experience using accessor maps.

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I love burbank and our community and hope to serve on the board learning all things. Burbank.

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And I'm calling to basically let you know about myself that I applied for.

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The seat on the open planning board- and that is all thank you- have a great evening.

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Our next caller is lauren burns welcome hi. My name is lauren burns and I'm calling to refer michael.

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Ellerick for the planning board he's a strong staple in the community and has horses- and I.

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Think he would be a great addition to the planning board. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank speaker.

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The next caller is jake eisenheimer.

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Welcome hi good evening mayor vice mayor and council members, jay geisenheimer 25.

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Year, rancho resident, I am calling in tonight to recommend an applicant to the planning board.

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Over the years, I have watched many planning board meetings and have always been concerned about the.

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Constant changeover, the lack of involvement and interchange of some board members and the in.

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General lack of commitment, my recommendation is young. Almost a 10-year burbank resident involved.

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And looking to be more involved than he is, he wants to learn about burbank and all this laws.

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Codes and plans and help steer burbank into the future as the small town feel burbank is.

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He is intelligent, calm and gets along with people and most important. He is committed.

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And that would be michael elrick. Most of you have met michael eller, more than once and.

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So tonight I recommend for the next planning board member michael edwards elric. Thank you.

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Thanks speaker.

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Our next caller is nikki perez welcome hi good evening, mr mayor and good evening to all the.

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Members of the council, I'm calling tonight to urge that you support the adoption of the ggrp. I'm very.

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Thankful for all the work that the sustainability commission has done, that staff has done and that.

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All of you have done to make this document stronger. I'm also thankful to councilmember.

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Schultz for spearheading the inclusion of additional green new deal items that I advocated.

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For along with sunrise movement, la and the sierra club, to give the ggrp even more strength, I'm also.

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Very thankful to councilmember springer for listening to my concerns and including the need.

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For a hundred percent electrification of new construction, I think this is a great step forward.

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For burbank and by burbank- and I hope you all vote to adopt it today on a separate note, I would also.

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Like you like to urge you all to please support the state as they seek to enshrine a woman's right.

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To choose into the california state constitution as a woman, our help, I know my health care is very.

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Important to me- and I know all women feel that way and we all deserve to take our decisions and.

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The steps that we think are important, along with our health care, so I hope you will all.

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Support that decision for all of our peace of mind today, thank you for all the work that you do and.

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Congratulations on being back in person have a great night. Thank you very much next speaker.

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The next caller is erica reese welcome.

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Hi, uh my name is erica reese. I have lived in the burbank rancho since 2007.

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I've I've seen a lot of changes. I've. You know. I've watched people sell homes, I've seen the.

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Ram show go through changes, I am an equine owner. I live with my horse in my backyard.

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I'm calling on behalf of michael ehrlich. I would like to vote him to be part of the.

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The planning contingent of burbank I he's worked for.

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City work for a very long time. He has also been a member of the rancho, since, oh probably at least.

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2009 or 10 and he's very invested in the neighborhood. uh He has young horses that.

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He rescues he walks them down the city street. um I think I think he would be a valuable asset to.

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Being able to to plan pathways and walkways and anything that.

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Could benefit the equestrian neighborhood he's proven himself he's very dedicated.

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I I I support his effort, he is a humble man and he is a professional man and he is a dedicated man.

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So I I would like for the council to consider to vote michael ehrlich uh uh to be part of a.

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Planning for the city, uh he I think he has the experience and I I feel very confident about him.

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I almost said we don't have any collars, as one came through so hang on a second.

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The next caller is angela, pascal welcome hello, I'll, be free.

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um Can you guess what echoes if it's on my side.

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I'm going to assume this was on my side, I'm just calling in support for michael elrick, filling.

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The bank that planning board michael, has been a burbank resident for almost a decade, he's an.

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Extremely hard working human he's smart, he's fair and he cares deeply about the burbank community. I.

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Think he'd be a great asset to the planning board, and that was all that I wanted to chime in on.

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Thank you very much next speaker.

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No more callers, mr mayor promise this time. Thank you. Thank you. There being no further public.

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Comment I now declare the public comment period closed. Now is the time for a brief response from.

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City council, city manager and or the city attorney councilman schultz. Thank you very much, mr mayor.

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Just wanted to thank everyone both in person for the first time in two years and who called.

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In tonight, to provide public comment to those of you who spoke about a specific agenda item I'll.

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Address those comments when we get to it to ms perez. Thank you for your comment tonight. We're all.

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Aware of what's happening nationally, and I will at the end of the meeting when we introduce new items.

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Be addressing your comment at that time. Thank you, mr mayor. Thank you. Anyone else, colleagues.

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Cosmere springer, thank you to all the callers and um the items I will address as we.

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Move forward in the agenda but as far as miss thomas's comment, I know that I we've.

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Been informed of the pension liability issue, but I guess you can update her everybody later.

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uh Or now miss mary, absolutely I mean we had a whole discussion on it last week uh during.

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The budget meeting, I'm not sure if miss thomas, was able to see it if she's around, and I know.

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She calls in and uh we'll reach out, and we can certainly upload her. We have a great story to tell.

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As you know, we've been making prepayments we've been making additional payments we're driving.

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Down that unfunded liability, we have people paying all the employees paying their half. So there's a.

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Whole story there that we could certainly uh pass along. Thank you. That's all anyone else. Vice mayor.

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Thank you, mr mayor. Thank you all the people who called in and showed up this is uh going to be.

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Interesting moving forward um to uh mr uh atavali, I I too was uh watching and waiting for a funeral.

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Announcement for mr nolan, um I have not seen it yet. I did, however, attend uh the wake um they held.

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It at uh the um veterans lodge here the uh down on magnolia. I got to meet a lot of uh mike's family. I.

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Met uh former assembly member pat nolan, his brother, I didn't know mike, was so well connected.

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And you know it's funny mike and I couldn't be more polar opposites on our political leanings. But.

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When it came down to the service of the city- and you know the inner workings of how you.

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Build a community, um he and I could just talk and talk about all the things that we agreed on.

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And how to really build network of relationships and and that's really what a a community versus.

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Just a city uh is, and uh speaking on things that uh mike would hate to see me do uh to miss perez's.

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Comment: everyone is very much concerned about what's happening at the national level level.

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There are people in government who are working to fight back against what is possibly happening.

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At the supreme court it is just a brief, but it is a poor tense of things to come, and so I am.

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Grateful to all the people working on the ground to really ensure you know abortion access for.

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Every single burbanker and every single person in the country, so thank you. Thank you. Well, come.

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Tomorrow, fruitos. Thank you, mr mayor. I want to thank everybody that called in and also.

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The folks that came in person, it's great to see you miss thomas or laverne. My good friend.

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um And to mr attabelli, thank you. Thank you for mr nolan bringing him up and the short video you put.

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He was a veteran, he deserved our respect, um but I will share some funny that I always cracked up.

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So every time uh mike nolan was really mad at us and he would call us hiding the weenie he'd bring.

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A whole package of hot dog weenies and he would slam it on the counter there, and he says you guys.

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Are hiding the weenie, and I couldn't laugh because I had to maintain my composure.

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But mike was very creative, but what a lot of people didn't know is that off camera him and.

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I would hold court at ralph's because they had the little starbucks right there on victory in buena.

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Vista or sometimes we will hold court right there at the 99 cent store in the evening hours and.

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Mike had his heart in burbank.

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And one last item and I'll keep it real brief is that he came here as a kid.

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To city council and there's a picture that I saw because I wanted to go to his funeral and I'm like.

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Vice mayor, I didn't know when or where, but because of covet they limited to immediate family, but.

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Mike nolan there's a picture of him being escorted like in his early 20s or 30s out of the city.

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Council, I just saw a brief history picture of him, so mike has definitely been engaged and is.

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Definitely a member- and I honestly miss him and every time I think about him. It's either holding.

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Court at ralph's until 10 o'clock in the evening or he would bring in a package of hot dogs and say.

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Council you're hiding the weenie. Thank you. Thank you. Anyone else well, I like to reminisce about.

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Mr nolan, as well way back when I was in the fire department, we would cross paths many a times and.

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We'd have great conversations, you know what the character or the what he put on here for.

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The camera, I think, is different than what he did outside. He was very cordial. He was very.

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Down to earth when we had conversations outside.

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Of away from the camera, but he would put on a different face when he was here in front.

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Of the camera, but nonetheless mike knowles was mike nolan and may he rest in peace. Thank you.

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Okay, moving on to the consent, calendar may be enacted in one motion. Madam city clerk, please read.

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The consent calendar. Thank you, mr mayor consent. Calendar item number one adoption of resolution.

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Ordering the summary vacation v-423 of the public right-of-way at the werner boulevard, burbank.

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California and finding the project categorically exempt under the california environmental quality.

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Act item 2 approval of the change order to the contract with dottie brother equipment.

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Company for city-wide electrical projects bid number 1498 and those are the two items on consent.

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Is there a motion for consent? uh Mr mayor, I actually moved to pull item one from consent.

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Okay, we're moving uh item; no one, so that'll be discussed, brought back at the end of the meeting.

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Yes, mr vice mayor, uh I would just ask one quick question on number two: if.

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Ken berkman is available would be uh bwp I'll, be wp. Okay,.

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Yeah, uh oh you're, on though I don't know, oh okay, uh just a quick question, so we're increasing.

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The contract amount from 1 million to five million. um How is that fi? The four million.

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There is that uh inflation is it projected um developments.

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And then, lastly, how would future development impact fees backfill that four million dollars.

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Is primarily due to additional customer developments happening throughout the city? That's.

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In addition to what we typically reserve, that amount for which is for handling smaller capital.

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Projects or repair and replacement of some of our deteriorating underground substructures, so that.

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Additional is really just to keep up with all of the the coming foreseen developments heading. Our.

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Way and then how would those future development impact fees for those potential developments would.

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That cover par part of this cause and yes, that all of the customer developments are paid for 100.

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Percent by aiding construction fees so um pretty much all that would be covered. The additional.

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Okay, great so we're not putting the bill for them correct perpetuity, correct! Okay, great! Thank you. I.

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Appreciate that yeah, thank you. Thank you. Is there a motion for the one item left on the cassette.

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I'll move moved by councilmember springer second by councilman, frudos phantom city clerk.

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Councilmember springer, yes, councilmember fudos, yes, councilmember schultz; yes, vice mayor anthony, yes,.

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Mayor telemantes, yes, thank you. Thank you. This is a time and place for the hearing for the.

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Consideration to adopt the negative declaration and approve the greenhouse gas reduction plan.

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Update there will be a public comment period during the public hearing session.

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Before we begin, are there any disclosures related to this hearing? Colleagues, no okay, seeing none.

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uh Venom city clerk have the notices required by law been given. Yes, they have.

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Do we have the complete file of exhibits, correspondence, emails and other documents.

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Yes, you do, has the city received any written communications of this matter and have they.

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Been provided to all council members, yes, you received six in total correspondence and council.

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Happened, thank you. Well, the representative of the community development department. Please introduce.

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Yourself and summarize, the matter for us good evening, mayor telemontes and members of the.

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City council, my name is karen pan administrative officer for the community development department.

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And co-project lead with fred ramirez on the proposed greenhouse gas reduction plan, update.

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Being presented to you tonight for consideration, I'm here with other city team members from city.

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Departments as well as our consultant team members, hannah mize and andrew beecher from.

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Raincon consultants, thank you for the opportunity to be here tonight. It is a privilege and honor.

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To present this information to you in person with you and the community, this is a topic that.

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Aligns with city council's goals for the year, and that is to say, sustainability and quality.

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Of life staff's recommendation this evening is to adopt a resolution adopting a negative declaration.

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Pursuant to the california environmental quality act and approving the burbank's.

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Greenhouse gas reduction plan update and may please get the presentation. Thank you.

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The greenhouse gas reduction plan, which I'll be referring to as ggrp in this presentation, is the.

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City's plan to reduce greenhouse gas emission that will improve the quality of life for residents.

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Greenhouse gas emissions are emissions that are mostly made up of different types of gases like.

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Methane, nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide and these gases are released by human activities from trash.

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Agriculture, transportation and buildings when these gases are released, some are released into.

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The atmosphere and some are trapped in the atmosphere causing the climate change. The.

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City originally adopted the ggrp from 2013 as a supplement to burbank 2035 general plan.

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And in october, 2020 city council directed to bring back a report on current sustainability and energy.

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Conservation effort and consideration of a green master plan- and we are here this evening- to show.

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You, the accumulation and collaboration effort between community city stakeholders, boards and.

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Commissions, city departments and city council to update and replace our ggrp from 2013.

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The proposed ggrp update incorporates recent legislation, new measures, action items and.

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Recommendations and we'll be going over those details highlighting the sustainability efforts.

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Sustainability is a citywide effort that includes participation from all departments.

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Particularly, this project has been a leading effort from burbank water and power.

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City manager's office, community development, fire I.t library, services.

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Police parks and public works where there are strategy, measures and action items.

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The first step of this project was to evaluate the mission inventory here in burbank.

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Based on the 2019 data, the community emissions were from transportation representing 43 percent.

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31 percent from non-residential electricity use.

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10 percent residential electricity use, 13 percent natural gas use of buildings.

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3 percent from recycling and waste and less than a percent from industrial wastewater treatment.

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Once city staff completed the community greenhouse gas inventory, the city conducted an.

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Online community survey in october 2020 and held two online community workshops in november 2020.

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And march 2021, the purpose of those meetings was to share that information from the previous slide.

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Showing the inventory data and to obtain feedback from there city staff continued their outreach.

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With stakeholders, while outreach was unique during covid city staff would like to thank the key.

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Stakeholders and boards and commission for their continuing engagement, who have contributed to this.

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Project and that includes burbank water and power board transportation, commission park recreation.

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Community services board rise group, youth board, board of building and fire code appeals.

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Burbank fires, farmers, market, bourbon transportation management organization,.

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Rurbank eco council, burbank housing, corporation planning, board disney and warner brothers.

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Staff will like to especially acknowledge the collaborative work of the sustainable.

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Bourbon commission, including the ad hoc group, who participated in this effort since the beginning.

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Additionally, sustainable bourbon commission effort is recognized when they provided additional.

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Recommendations for city council consideration in may of last year. This is also referred to the.

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Proposed burbank green new deal at that same time, council members requested city staff to.

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Bring back that letter for discussion some of the recommendations included in that letter.

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Discussed hiring a sustainability coordinator, adding solar panels on roof space, new construction.

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To be all all-electric and incentivized rules for private employers to allow remote work, a list of.

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The recommendations from sustainable bourbon commission are included in the agenda packet.

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In attachment 7 and these recommendations help put together the proposed ggrp update.

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And in may of last year, council requested city staff to bring back a discussion.

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About sustainable burbank's, commission role, the development of the ggrp update is a.

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Continuation to build on that relationship with the commission and city staff.

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And to share ongoing collaboration in the implementation of the plan, the ggrp update.

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Is built to show that collaboration on an annual and triannual basis with the.

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Commission and the stakeholders, which are critical components in maintaining and up-to-date ggrp.

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With the understanding where our emissions are coming from in burbank,.

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And receiving community input, this is the proposed plan to reduce emissions.

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Together, we have created a total of 12 new strategies. Strategies are aspirational statements.

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Regarding future achievements, in key sectors and from those strategies, there are 21 measures.

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Measures are the long-range statements and goals to measure the mission reduction and there are 124.

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Action items: this is us twice as much action items and work compared to the previous plan from 2013.

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And the proposed plan has been has been a defined roadmap that outlines our short-term midterm and.

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Long-Term goals in the next eight to nine years strategy, one is regarding affordable housing.

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This is to partner with burbank housing corporation to electrify.

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Low-Income and affordable housing units with a goal of 100 units by 2020 and 320 units by 2045.

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Strategies two to three are focused on building an energy in february of this year, based on.

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Council's direction staff evaluated the possibility of new construction being.

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100 all-electric, this action item is included in the proposed ggrp. The city will be working on.

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Electrification reach code for all new buildings by 2023 the development of electrification, reach.

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Code will include engaging with stakeholders in the development of the ordinance.

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In september of last year, based on council's direction, staff also analyzed information on solar.

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Panels and ev charging around school, and this action item is also included in the proposed plan.

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To install five megawatts of local solar capacity with public and private adventures like schools,.

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And in march of this year, based on council's direction, staff looked at county of los angeles.

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Cool roof ordinance and the california energy code defines a cool roof as part of the city's action.

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Item the cool roofs uh is also as part of city action items and that will be updated as part of.

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The as part of the 2023 building code amendments next year and we'll be evaluating the feasibility.

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Of implementing similar regulations subject to consideration by the public and city council other.

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Action items in the strategy include conducting feasibility studies achieving 100 percent ghg.

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Neutrality by 2040 and the community-wide effort to convert 3000, residential and 170 commercial.

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Natural gas, fueled, hvac and water heating units in existing private buildings to electric heat pumps.

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There are four strategies related to transportation. The first is to reduce.

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Passenger car vehicle miles, traveled known as vmt vmt per capita, is calculated as the total annual.

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Miles of vehicles, traveled divided by the total population in the state or the urbanized area,.

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To achieve this, the city will need to implement the 2020, complete our streets plan and increase.

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Active transportation modes by 2 percent by 2030. This means that there will be more.

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Alternative transportation like public, like biking and public transit, the second strategy.

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In transportation is the transportation demand management, the bourbon transportation.

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Management organization, btmo, is a private non-profit organization formed in the 90s.

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To bring together employers, developers, building owners and others to collectively establish.

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Policy programs and services, which addressed local transportation and air quality issues and concerns.

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The btmo was formed to reduce congestions during peak hours and solve transportation problems.

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By providing services directly to its members and their employees.

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And the goal to ex and the goal in the ggrp is to expand btmo reaching 60 percent of.

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Employers by 2030 and 90 percent by 2045., this means employers with 24 25 or more employees.

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Would be part of the organization to reduce employee vehicle trips generated the third.

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Strategy is increasing the total number of zero emission vehicles by 23 by 2030 and 100 by 2045.

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This is driven by the state that directs california, air resources board carb.

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To develop regulations to achieve 100 percent zero emission car sales in california by 2035.

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And zero emission medium or heavy-duty vehicles by 2045. to achieve this action action items include.

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Increasing electric vehicle infrastructures at homes, work and schools to support the zero.

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Emission vehicles- and this would also include city fleet as well. The fourth strategy related.

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To transportation is parking. This action item includes implementing the city's six parking.

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Management principles such as managed parking at the downtown at metrolink stations in burbank. This.

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Would involve discussions with the community and council on updating the municipal code.

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Strategy, eight is regarding water, nexus energy. This strategy seeks to reduce per capita water.

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Consumption from current levels of 132 gallons per capita per day to 124 gallons per capita per day.

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And to achieve this, some of the action items include identifying feasible opportunities to.

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Expand recycled water infrastructure. Another example is installing a new advanced metering.

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Infrastructure system, with a web-based tool that allows customers to track and monitor the.

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Water usage. Another action item is to modernize our city-owned irrigation controllers each year.

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And to reduce our water usage, for example, parks and recreation department is currently.

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Upgrading irrigations at the debel golf course and we'll be looking at other facilities and parks.

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Strategy, nine is about diverting organic waste. The city is unique, that it has its own landfill.

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And waste system that serves our single family homes with recent state legislation.

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Sb 1383, the goal is to have a 75 percent reduction in organic waste by 2025.. Organic waste is the.

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Largest waste stream in california, this means more than half of our organic waste. Like greens,.

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Wood, food and paper can be diverted from our landfill. Some of the action items included in the.

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Proposed ggrp includes working with waste haulers and establishing an edible food recovery program.

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Strategies 10 to 12 are the last strategies.

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Regarding carbon sequestration, city government and adaptation, the action items included includes.

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Planting two thousand net new trees by twenty thirty and five thousand net new trees by 2045.

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To reduce heat island effect, the city will be implementing a modern tool to track its progress.

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Annually and to conduct a three-year review, the city will look at evaluating electrifying.

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Landscape and forestry equipment, as well as city fleet and creating an adaptation plan.

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With when dealing with immediate needs and resources to address climate change,.

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The proposed ggrp is consistent with the bourbon 2035 general plan in chapter 2. The goal of the.

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City is to seek sustainable energy efficient future. A the city is to seek a sustainable.

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Energy efficient future and complies with the state statewide ghg reduction goals. An initial.

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Study and a negative declaration was prepared for the proposed grp in accordance to the california.

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Environmental quality act or sql guidelines. The initial study found that there would be either.

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No impact or less than significant environmental impact on all the resource categories.

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The city received public comments from southwest regional council of carpenters.

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The city thanks the union and its representatives for the comprehensive discussion of the potential.

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Benefits that would rise from hiring local labor. However, labor is not an environmental resource.

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And therefore, is not an appropriate topic to analyze under sql the commenter's requests for.

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Changes to the ggrp are noted, but do not raise issues for the adequacy of analysis.

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And conclusion of this draft initial study and negative declaration.

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While the city has been making an effort to develop the proposed ggrp during the pandemic,.

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City staff continues to implement its action items.

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For example, with the partnership of information technology department, city.

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Staff developed new web pages to educate and provide resources to residents and businesses.

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The city's current sustainability webpage provides resources about recycling.

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Electric vehicles, green choice, programs and ideas on how the community can help reduce its emissions.

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Another resource that was recently developed by public works department.

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Is the where it goes webpage if anyone is unsure what is recyclable or not recyclable,.

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This is a web page to visit, to find an answer.

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Other milestones during the pandemic includes city council establishing the sustainability.

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Officer position this year, we've also adopted our completes our streets plan in 2020. We continue to.

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Plan we continue to make our efforts for the plant for greener burbank and since.

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That effort we've planted 700 trees, we've also applied and have been awarded over a million.

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Dollars in state and regional grants to implement specific plans and sustainable bourbon commission.

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Has made an effort to also educate our public by partnering up with library, services, department.

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And we have installed 16 new electric vehicle charging stations in downtown burbank.

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We continue to have our compost workshop and we recently did a construction.

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Of our 0.7 mile bike and pedestrian path at the burbank channel bikeway- and this slide is the.

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Image of burbank china bikeway an award-winning public works project which received a 2020.

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Grant we, which we received a award from southern california association of.

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Governments skag on a sustainability award for active, healthy and safe communities.

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While there are over 100 action items, the ggrp lays out a roadmap and a vision of what the.

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Short-Term midterm term plan short term plan, which are action, items that are included in the next.

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Three years include leveraging bwp's program to incentivize more electric appliances, a complete.

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Long-Range specific plans plant more trees with the plant for greener burbank initiative, develop.

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Code amendments that facilitate electrification, facilitate ev charger infrastructure, partner.

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With glendale on transportation, activities start with our annual reports and continue.

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To have public partnerships for solar panels on rooftops and complete our streets projects.

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Midterm plan, which are action items in the next four to six years, include modernizing.

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Our city-owned irrigation controllers implementing the city's parking management, principal citywide.

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Implementing sb 1383 partnering with burbank housing corporation.

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And implementing the water advanced meeting system to view consumption.

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The long-term plan, which represents seven to nine years,.

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uh Is to continue to expand the btmo reaching the sixty percent of employers.

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uh Purchasing a city bus fleet to be all electric and updating our transportation.

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Management ordinance program to reduce commute of employees with single occupancy vehicles.

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Install solar panels on rooftops and increase our city fleet and buildings to be electric.

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The implementation of the total ggrp update is estimated to be 2 billion investment to meet the.

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Ghg reduction target goals- half of the investment forecast is taken into consideration for renewable.

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Energy technology and implementation, all measures include city staff, consultant services.

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Education programs grant applications, structural changes and more and each.

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Strategy measure and action 9 would be reviewed in consideration for future city council meetings.

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And city staff will continue to seek funding for opportunities when available.

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So staff's recommendation recommendation um for tonight is for councils to take the following.

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Actions, one is to adopt a resolution adopting a negative declaration of environmental impact.

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Pursuant to sequa for the project and approving the city's greenhouse gas production plan,.

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This concludes my presentation and city staff and the consultant team are available to answer any.

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Questions that city council might have. Thank you. Thank you. We will now open the public hearing to.

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Hear from any persons who wish to speak on this matter, each person may address the council for up.

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To three minutes on this public hearing item only for members of the public who are here in person.

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Please present a completed salmon-colored public hearing card salmon caller.

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To the city clerk, if you wish to speak, I encourage you to state.

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Your name when speaking at the podium to assist the city clerk with minutes.

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For those wishing to call in during the public comment period, please call now at 818, 238 3.

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Callers will be placed in a queue until all in-person comments have been received.

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Do we have any speakers, mr mayor? I only have a card from miss takahashi. She left it. She said she.

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Did not want to speak but she's in support of the recommendation and I do not have any callers so.

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It's safe to go ahead and close the public comment period. Unless I don't see any cards coming. Okay,.

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Thank you there being no further public comment. I now declare the public comment period closed. Would.

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The representative of the community development department like to make any further comments.

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You're good okay. Does the council have any questions of staff? Colleagues vice mayor, please.

F

Thank you, mr mayor. uh Thank you miss pan. That was a great report and it's a very thick binder.

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um I wanted to uh uh go over something you mentioned earlier. You said you got.

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Input from the carpenters um I wanted to look at uh sequa, section, 21081, necessary findings.

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Where environmental impact report identifies effects, and under that section um it says.

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uh Pursuant to the policy, uh no public agency, you can um a public agency can approve a project.

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If they have one of the findings, which is considered respect to significant effects,.

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Which were subject to finding specific economic, legal, social, technological or other considerations.

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Including considerations for the provision of employment opportunities for highly trained.

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Workers, and so basically, what I'm reading under here in effect, is if a project.

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Provides training opportunities for highly skilled workers. It can be seen as a net positive versus.

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Not building a project that would utilize the training of those workers and my understanding is.

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Under sql, what they wanted to do was put a um sort of a variance in there to allow.

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People to train and work locally because they knew that people with trained skill sets would go where.

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The work is, and so by reducing the commute of these trained skilled workers and keeping.

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um You know development locally. You actually have a positive inf in impact on greenhouse gas.

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Reduction and all that instances- and so I'm I'm here I have here- I have a direct quote from a lead.

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Representative of southwest regional carpenter's logo, 661 saying hiring highly trained labor.

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Can be used as a mitigation effort under sequa is there? Is there a way that we can incorporate that.

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Language and those findings into this, because I'd hate to just completely throw out that possibility.

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If we can train people to work on these projects locally, we in essence are adding to our. You know.

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Sql mitigation and you know reducing commute hours, reducing travel time and you know if you're, paying.

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People, well that's the less total work they have to do so. They'll have to work a second job.

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Somewhere else and that cuts down on labor um uh traffic as well, so I is it possible for us to put.

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Those findings, uh you know uh sequa site, site number, citation number 21, 081.

AF

Thank you vice mayor anthony for that question. Regarding the sql analysis for the project.

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There's different types of sql analysis: that's done for a project.

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In this particular case, initial study was done, and what that means is that, as part of your exhibit 2.

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There are certain categories that we're looking at to see if there is environmental impact.

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On this project itself, and because this project is more of a long-range project, that's looking at.

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A programmatic effort, it's focusing on those efforts, as opposed to an actual development.

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Project and so that reference that the carpenters union used, as was regarding an environmental.

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Impact report, so, if you're looking at a specific development project, they have different criterias.

AF

Of how environmental analysis is looked at, and so in this particular case, it's reviewed differently.

AF

Because it's a programmatic effort, uh okay, I understand that. Let me ask you this then the.

F

This, the greenhouse gas reduction plan, is it going to affect future plan developments and.

F

Possibly even general plan updates, potentially and when those scenarios or situations come up, those.

AF

Would be addressed with those environmental analysis? Well, I guess my question is.

F

Would would we be okay, putting that uh caveat in there saying it doesn't apply.

F

To a general use of this update, but in the future, when the greenhouse gas reduction plan is.

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uh Applied to general plan updates or localized plan updates or plan developments.

F

Like I'd like to see that language in here just and have the caveat of.

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Doesn't apply generally, but it does apply specifically and um regarding the question.

AF

Are you interested in seeing that as an action item, a strategy, a measure or is that.

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Like language, just in general, of the overview of our plan, just in general overview, so that when we.

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Have findings later for specific plans? We have it in here and we can reference it that way. We're not.

F

Contradicting ourselves moving forward- and it just has to be something really small- that that's all.

F

I'd like to see if, if that's council's pleasure, so the language, I'm sorry, mr mayor, yes, go ahead.

T

I could uh the language that you referenced are concerned statement of overriding considerations.

T

As ms penn indicated, that's applicable when an eir is prepared for a project and.

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There are significant unavoidable impacts for which the council, in order to approve.

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The project is required to make findings of overriding considerations. There are many.

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Types of considerations, a council can consider to override a significant unavoidable impact.

T

Provision of skilled labor is one of them, but it's not exclusive. The language is, is a menu of.

T

Possible, so it really doesn't relate to the greenhouse gas reduction program at.

T

All that statement that was in the comment, letter uh kind of quotes out of context, the.

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Statement of overwriting considerations, which, as ms pan indicated, applies when you prepare an eir.

T

An eir was not prepared. This is a negative declaration that analyzes a policy document.

T

Targeted at strategies to reduce greenhouse gas, which has no relationship to labor or skilled.

T

Labor or labor training programs- those are programs that the council could discuss and.

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The council could put policies and programs in place, but that would be separate and apart.

T

From a greenhouse gas reduction program, which is intended as a menu of of um reduction strategies,.

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That future projects, if they're consistent with, are deemed to be in compliance with the city's.

T

Greenhouse gas reduction uh programs and limits so so it's a different structure. I understand.

T

What you're saying that language was taken out of context and is inapplicable to the environmental.

T

Document that was prepared, which is why there's language in there saying it's not an environmental.

T

Issue, it's also not a greenhouse gas reduction strategy. If you considered it a greenhouse gas.

T

Reduction strategy: it's not just a matter of dropping in a little bit of policy language.

T

We actually have to discuss what that program is and how it actually results in a reduction of.

T

Greenhouse gas emissions- I guess my only question is: if we don't consider it here, this document.

F

Isn't going to override any future plan updates or general plan updates, we can still use those.

F

Mitigation, that's baked into sequa, so we're not so it's not a mitigation. No, the council would need to.

T

Agendize and discuss a policy for labor initiatives. If that's what the council wanted.

T

That's not the matter, that's before the council this evening now, if this project had significant.

T

Unavoidable environmental impacts you might have before you a statement of overriding.

T

Considerations where you could say well, I can't make the findings unless you can show me where.

T

Some of these initiatives might be that's not the case. Okay, so, okay, that's fine! I'm okay, yeah.

F

Thanks fred, you know I just wanna, I just wanna piggyback on those comments in regards to.

C

As we as we move forward, I just don't want this to be forgotten. It should always be considered.

C

And I know it will be, but I just want to make make that statement that it should be considered.

T

The greenhouse gas reduction program- yes or the comment that comment about the overriding.

T

So that always has to be considered when new projects come forward. The greenhouse gas reduction.

T

Program is before you this evening, because in the past updating the plan kind of uh we really.

T

Weren't keeping up with it uh it we were so busy with projects. I say we I'm taking ownership for.

T

The team I belong to with community development, but the plan got so old and hadn't been updated.

T

So we were unable to use it as a benchmark to evaluate our greenhouse gas reductions.

T

This new plan has was prepared with much greater collaboration of all of the departments, with focus.

T

On what are the real-world world implications of electrification? So the utility was involved and.

T

All of the other aspects of the plan, the labor initiatives common in and of itself, is not part.

T

Of this plan, it's currently not part of any plan. It comes up on a project-by-project basis,.

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Because various labor groups who are concerned with different types of construction come out.

T

And they they take a they're a stakeholder in those projects and the larger projects have.

T

Then incorporated job site agreements and other things to, but the council doesn't yet have a.

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Policy on that, where it can be considered with regard to the greenhouse gas reduction program,.

C

Okay, so your your comment to uh the carpenters, for example, they have to keep on top of it.

C

As projects come before the council, they should so they turn so they have been.

T

They they have been on top of it with. I think, every project we've seen in the last five years.

T

uh As have the hotel, hospitality workers uh and some other groups uh that have been before the.

T

Council making comments on projects until there is some kind of a policy discussion about about how.

T

Those issues could be developed on a policy basis on on all projects, not just plan developments.

T

It it wouldn't be addressed with this greenhouse gas reduction program, all right mayor, maybe to.

AG

Give you some assurance to the group. Yes, uh you have two specific plans that are currently being.

AG

Developed, we have a third one, uh one for golden state, specific plan, one for downtown and another.

AG

One for the media district and we've received similar feedback from the carpenters union on.

AG

Two of those, and so as far as a potential venue to have a discussion on that particular policy.

AG

Those two specific plans may be ones that uh provide that venue, especially if there's any.

AG

Significant and unavoidable impacts associated with the development of them, so that, I think, would.

AG

Probably be the best venue for that conversation, but we wholeheartedly understand it's on our radar.

AG

And we'll follow up on it. No that's excellent to hear that's good news moving forward. Thank you.

C

Okay, where are we here? We um any other questions. Colleagues of staff.

AC

Okay, thank you. Thank you very much for the presentation so on on the presentation.

AC

For the short term plan, one to two years, one to three years, complete our streets projects.

AC

And I know in the plan there are short term midterm and long term. If I remember correctly.

AC

There are a lot of projects there, so are you proposing that we'll get them all in.

AC

One to three years, because there are some very good, interesting sustainable projects.

AC

And and I was going to ask for a timeline on those for the short term, medium and long.

AF

Thank you, member. uh Thank you, councilmember springer for that question. um When the complete.

AF

Our streets plan was adopted in 2020. um There were a number of projects that were in that plan.

AF

Specifically in terms of how it connects to the ggrp update the short term goals, which is one to.

AF

Two one to three years, the complete our street plan outlines three specific projects that they.

AF

Would like to complete immediately the first one being the phase one of the downtown burbank.

AF

Metrolink station to have protected bike lanes on front street, the design is 95, complete and so.

AF

We're estimating completion date of early 2023, uh the second project that the complete our streets.

AF

Plan refers to is the protected bike lanes as phase one of the completed complete. The first.

AF

Street complete streets project and that estimated completion date is also late. 2023.

AF

Which project is that a first street complete streets project with a protected bike lane.

AF

And then the third project that the complete hour street outlines as an immediate project, is the.

AF

Bonniewood frontage road and the first street pedestrian safety project.

AF

And that's another project that we're hoping to complete in late 2023.

AF

And you're right there are other projects in the complete our streets plan project.

AF

Those were the first three that were highlighted to be completed as short-term goals. Okay, thank.

AC

You so number one is that number one and two sounded really similar to me. So is number one.

AC

The extension of chandler to victory and then to protect it on front.

AC

uh I'm sorry I'll have a david crisky response. Thank you good evening, mr mayor members of the.

AH

City council, david kriske, with the community development department, so the first project on.

AH

The list is a protected cycle track connecting downtown burbank to the metrolink station.

AH

Begins at the intersection of first or ikea way and verdugo goes under I-5 and then makes a turn.

AH

To the north onto front street and connects to the metrolink station that will tie into the.

AH

777 front street development uh latera a condition of approval of that project is to connect that.

AH

Same cycle track up from burbank boulevard, southward to the metrolink station and so you'll.

AH

Have a protected cycle track, connecting downtown burbank to the metrolink station and the latera.

AH

Project the second project that the city council approved for for pursuit of implementation when.

AH

Complete streets was adopted was the first street protected bike lanes project uh that extends from.

AH

The intersection of first street and san fernando uh near in and out southward to verdugo and ikea.

AH

Way first street that'll be putting an in-street protected bike lane on first street through that.

AH

Stretch, it will be coordinated with the first street village project, which the city council.

AH

When they approve that project, when you approve that project uh implemented raised protected.

AH

Bike lanes on that project, frontage and they'll tie in together and then finally, the third project.

AH

Is the first street frontage road bonniewood closure project that will close the bonniewood.

AH

Connector from olive and first down to the freeway, basically along the airmark building, it will close.

AH

The portion connecting to first street so that pedestrians, when they're, coming off the metrolink.

AH

Off they all have overpass from the metrolink station. Don't have to wait in that little island.

AH

They'll be able to just directly cross over to the city streets and access into that frontage.

AH

Will be from bonnywood only it'll close the portion by first street, so those are the three.

AH

Early action projects that the council adopted when they approved the complete streets plan.

AC

Thank you. Is there a way to incorporate green street after attribute since we're in just such a.

AC

A drought like on lake street so that the tree wells can capture water and water. The trees.

AC

um While we're doing right- and maybe the grants that we apply for, can be enhanced because they do.

AC

Have green street components? Yes, so um separately from those three explicit projects, um the public.

AH

Works department and the city council approved our green streets um uh standards that are in.

AH

The municipal code, and so we apply those now to street projects uh when they're under construction.

AH

To implement the green project elements, our complete streets plan also identifies.

AH

Larger uh green street projects when we're doing street reconfigurations uh realigning roads so.

AH

For instance, all of sparks fordugo is one that I have immediately comes to mind and we're kind.

AH

Of recapturing right-of-way from streets to other uses, we would apply green streets elements to that.

AH

As well and then the avion project is an example of where we apply the green street standards to.

AH

Development projects latera will have a similar treatments on their frontage as well. Okay, so.

AC

These projects will incorporate green streak. um The the cycle track. Will the portion that later.

AH

Is constructing that's fully raised and protected? uh The other two projects are are are short-term.

AH

Quick build projects they're uh being built within the existing curb to curb of the street, so they're.

AH

Much lower cost and can be implemented more quickly, so those won't have any new green street.

AH

Treatments because we're not moving any curbs and gutters and and uh concrete infrastructure.

AC

And so the when I think of green street, it is like tree wells right that capture, storm water.

AC

Is that a green street component? Yes, and if you want to get it a little more technical, I would.

AH

Invite our public works department to be more specific, but, yes, it involves. uh You know capturing.

AH

Runoff from from from uh gutters, uh for instance, on avion, not only did we have tree wells, but we.

AH

Had inlets along the curb so as water flows down the the curb line, it can flow into the area where.

AH

There's natural vegetation to capture that, so those are the sorts of things.

AH

uh That we would be considering okay, thank you, and um this is back to miss pan. May we.

C

Can I ask questions mr krisky before he leaves now there's some water capturing that was.

C

Put in place on lake street over by burbank water and power several years ago, five or.

C

Six, are we doing what what that is doing right now? Are we putting in placing that that would.

AH

Be yeah if we're doing larger changes to our city infrastructure, like along hollywood way for avion.

AH

That's the sort of infrastructure that we would be putting in stuff, that's similar to what's in front.

AH

Of burbank water power, that was a very early example right, but yes, okay, thank you. Go ahead.

C

Because so just to follow up so those trees that, like avions trees,.

AC

They don't need, do they need supplemental water, I'm just trying to just get trees. That.

AC

I mean we can increase our tree, canopy cool us down and just use the water that we have.

AC

Since we have so little of it again, if you want to get it more technical I'd invite other experts.

AH

But I will say that the avion trees- I'm almost positive, are irrigated. I don't think we can get.

AH

Enough water from the rain, even if we're capturing it the best way that we can to support uh canopy.

AH

Trees, so you always need some irrigation to have good canopy growth and the avion project. Lotera.

AH

A lot of the newer development projects still are irrigated, luckily, mostly with recycled right.

AC

But irrigated thank you and on for the other complete streets projects, may we.

AC

um Have a timeline for those and as money becomes available for you know I think of chandler. That's.

AC

Included there and olive and san fernando magnolia, all of those there's so many so we assumed.

AH

um In the short term, midterm and long term on greenhouse gas reduction plan, what was.

AH

Achievable and what's already kind of in our cip, if the council wishes to have a discussion of of.

AH

Of prioritizing additional projects, accelerating projects re-prioritizing, I think that may be good.

AH

Discussion for the cip section of later this evening, where we will be outlining for you.

AH

What projects are in our cip now and what we're pursuing uh and and therefore the council can talk.

AH

About is that the right amount of work to be done and or is that the right priority? Okay, thank you.

AC

And um I have um question about the status of the specific plans just really quickly, not in.

AC

Depth but ones by this year and that year I think sorry I didn't acknowledge who I was last time.

AG

Apologize, I keep doing it. It's a bad habit, fred ramirez assistant director uh with planning so.

AG

uh The two, the three specific plans, two of which have been underway for a couple of years, they're.

AG

At the stage where we're meeting internally with the different departments like we did through the.

AG

Ggrp, greenhouse gas reduction plan to just make sure that uh whatever development is going to be.

AG

Proposed for council consideration that there are sufficient uh capacity both for infrastructure to.

AG

Support the development and also that it's in alignment with council goals that effort.

AG

Is currently underway and will take us into the beginning of the new year. We anticipate that one.

AG

Or both will trail each other in the early summer, where we actually will consider the.

AG

Specific plans uh for adoption early summer, 2020 2023, so that would be um the downtown and golden.

AC

State that's correct and then the media district, specific plan which we received funding recently.

AG

From the state, and also from skag they're, hiring we're in the process of working with skag to hire.

AG

The consultant that'll do the work and then we're in a parallel process. We're undertaking an rfp.

AG

For environmental review for that project, so that would happen a year thereafter, uh so 2023 2024.

AG

You'll have undertaken three of the specific plans that are, in the general plan, realization plan for work, yeah, okay, thank you and um in in this it says the.

AC

That 25, the city is considered, considering that 25 of staff will telecommute, I think by 2030.

AC

So do we know the impact. um I see that having a positive impact on.

AC

Transportation emissions, but also we won't need any new office buildings. Will we.

AG

In general yeah, I think you're correct on both uh uh comments in the sense of saying that it.

AG

Would benefit the city, uh the extent to which it means, as far as reducing greenhouse gases.

AG

And reducing the amount of uh floor area right uh office space, it would be something that.

AG

Is going to be considered through the city manager and the executive team as they look.

AG

At what that means, when they present a proposal for that policy to come forward to the council,.

AG

But ultimately you'll have the final say on the extent uh to what it's implemented.

AG

And what that means in the long term, there's two billion dollars worth of investment in the ggrp.

AG

And I know uh council has we wanted to bring this to you now, also because you're in the process of.

AG

Looking at a budget, there may be alignment across for this budget year of things that are in the grp.

AG

That are already being done, but then also so that, like us and sustainability and other stakeholders.

AG

That are working through this that you're able to consider the ggrp as an ongoing effort and.

AG

Ensuring alignment with policies and allocation of resources going forward for future budget years.

AC

Okay, thank you and um policies, programs for native species. So when we landscape now and like on.

AC

That's what we our plan includes, that is, that, right, like on these new bike plans,.

AG

Yes, I think you touched on the green streets policy- okay and, to the extent.

AG

Feasible for every project, it's actually a condition of approval for new development.

AG

So as far as they can implement it, we require it to be done, but we also look at it when the city is.

AG

Looking at plantings is looking at native species and drought, tolerant ways of irrigating them.

AC

Okay, thank you and um on the vulnerable, when we do undertake the vulnerability assessment.

AC

And emergency preparedness, um I suggest that we include the burbank advisory um burbank advisory.

AC

Council on disabilities and our senior board there so that they are included in that assessment. If, if.

AG

That's a direction of counsel. We can just include that going forward. Okay and I there was a line in.

AC

There to direct bwp to work with businesses on renewable energy and storage. So I think that.

AC

Maybe is a whole other report right because there are issues with that. um I guess I'll defer.

AG

To uh the general manager for bwp, but I can tell you even up until this point over the.

AG

Last two years it's been a topic of discussion uh internally, but we've been working with developers.

AG

To look at where there's opportunities for synergy and I'll use that word my term, not others, but to.

AG

See if there's alignment, where maybe uh looking at battery storage and other electrical, that.

AG

Benefits both the developer, but then even on a community-wide basis, and with that I'll step aside.

AG

And leave it to mr sealman, okay, because it it noted specifically like the studios. So thank you.

AI

Correct good evening, honorable mayor vice mayor council members, uh riad slayman assistant, general.

AI

Manager for electric services- uh yes, we do have plan uh like you see in the other.

AI

Other council meeting we presented the ritzy project where we're going to be putting out.

AI

Quite a bit of solar on top of four acres. Also, when we look at developments, we are looking to.

AI

uh Acquire the you know lease uh square footage on top of their buildings to put up solar. We also are.

AI

Working with burbank unified school district to see what opportunities we have to put solar and.

AI

Storage at their location, so it's not really one location, we're just trying to scour everything we.

AI

See in the city and we can get square footage, we can put solar we're going to go for it.

AC

Thank you and it specifically noted reaching out to the studios. Have we have we done that.

AI

We um there is a development that I don't I'm not sure to what extent I could speak about it now, but.

AI

You know, developments are happening with studios where they do have rooftop space and we are.

AI

uh Engaging in possibly leasing that space and putting up solar.

AC

Thank you. That's all I have thank you. uh Councilmember schultz was has been waiting.

C

To follow up on something that that's perfectly fine, mr mayor, we have a.

C

Question a follow-up question: please just a real, quick follow-up question.

F

We uh we pump all of our water up the hill, and that gives us water pressure for everybody.

F

In the city right uh is there a way, I'm just talking to you. We all know that that happens.

F

Is there a way to capture that water flowing downhill to generate power.

AI

um I think you gotta have a specific system in place to do that. I'm not sure to what extent we.

AI

Have any of that infrastructure in place? uh I mean it's doable absolutely, but I'm pretty sure.

AI

It costs quite a bit of money because one of the things I've been seeing with battery.

F

Technology is not actually a like lithium or storage, but a kinetic storage where you just pump.

F

A you know, a hydraulic all the way up and then at night you just let it fall and take that energy.

F

And go because we produce so much. We produce the sun produces a lot of energy in the middle of.

F

The day, but then we have evening where we don't generate, are we looking into doing any of that.

F

Outside the box kind of storage, or are we just waiting for some sort of lithium charge.

F

And take the technology as it is. Well, I'm not familiar right now. If, if we are looking.

AI

At that I know la has has that with with the lakes that they have right off the five there.

AI

um They're utilizing that technology I know a couple of other cities are.

AI

Have done that because of the location where you know where they are right now, I don't think we're.

AI

Looking at it specifically in the near term, unless we have, I have uh the agm for water.

AJ

My name is richard wilson, I'm the assistant, general manager for water systems,.

AJ

We're using inline turbines now we do that with our connection, our b5 connection, we call.

AJ

It that's our connection with the metropolitan water district inline turbine inside inside the.

AJ

Pipe and there's a turbine inside the pipe, the pressure that we get from the metropolitan water.

AJ

District is quite a bit higher than the pressure that we need so we're able to expend that energy.

AJ

By producing or expend the kinetic energy of the water by producing electricity through the turbine.

AJ

To answer your question about whether or not we can do that by using the force of gravity from.

AJ

The storage in the hills- yes, we can do that, but it would require some analysis because.

AJ

Like I said, the water that we get from the metropolitan water district comes in at a much.

AJ

Higher pressure, so as the water goes through that turbine, it reduces pressure. We lose that energy.

AJ

So as we take the water, that's in the reservoirs on the hill, as it goes through, the turbine.

AJ

We would lose that energy, so we can't lose too much of that energy or we'd have to re-pump it.

AJ

Again, if we wanted to get it right, you get bad pressure at your house. That's right, so we would.

AJ

Have to look at specific locations, specific flow rates we'd have to look at the specific specific.

AJ

Turbines that are available on the market and also the flow rates, maybe at one time a day it might.

AJ

Be worthwhile doing, but maybe another time of day it may not, so it really depends on.

AJ

The specific situation and location that we're looking at okay- great, thank you sure thank you.

AK

Hi don rothlindell, burbank water and power general manager- the only thing I would add is nothing.

AK

Nothing is off the table, nothing. We are going to look and explore every possible means. We have.

AK

To find renewable energy, and so um you just saw a very creative thinking that water.

AK

The water division of burbank water and power has already been doing and we will continue.

AK

That we have a 125 000 grant to look at iron flow batteries and iron flow batteries. On the a should.

AK

Last, a lot longer b should not fatigue and c are a lot less corrosive when they're done so you know I.

AK

Think we are so early on in this great leap. We are making to 100 greenhouse gas neutral position that.

AK

um We have to explore all possibilities so keep those ideas coming, because we like it.

AB

uh Thank you very much, mr mayor. um I have a few comments that I'll save for later, when we get.

AB

To that portion, but I just wanted to say from the get-go I probably got staff's heart rate up here.

AB

Last time he had a plan in front of me. I was a bit grouchy. um This is an exceptional document.

AB

This is what I would like to see from every plan. It is very detailed. It has an implementation.

AB

Timeline with short, medium and long-term goals, so kudos to all of the staff and the consultants.

AB

That worked on it. This is something we can really be proud of. So thank you for your work.

AB

um I did have a couple of questions so turning to page 30 of the ggrp.

AB

I'm just going to read a relevant portion and it does lead to a question.

AB

So we see below figure 9, which is our strategy measure and action process flow chart. It says.

AB

The measures and actions established in this greenhouse gas reduction plan.

AB

Update help the city meet the 2030 target and put the city on a trajectory towards meeting.

AB

The 2045 target of carbon neutrality, I think here's the key part that goes to my question.

AB

While the measures and actions included in this ggrp update reach the 2030 targets, more work is.

AB

Needed to reach the longer term 2045 emission reduction target. So my question: is you go on.

AB

In that document, to say that you anticipate a triennial return to council and update so.

AB

I guess my question is when you do come back in about three years, do you plan to to hopefully.

AB

Have a little bit more groundwork laid on how we're going to get to carbon neutrality by 2045.

AF

Thank you, councilmember schultz. For that question. uh The answer is yes,.

AG

Yeah, yes, and it's going to be a collaborative effort to look at what we need to do and.

AG

We'll have three years worth of input, both at the culmination of that third year, but every.

AG

Year between now and that year, where we're talking to sustainability, other stakeholders.

AG

Departments and the council, so I think yes at year, three we'll be looking and see. Technology may have.

AG

Changed over that time frame and maybe there's new opportunities that we haven't considered.

AB

Thank you um as a follow-up, and it's probably good that our general manager of water and power is.

AB

Making her way to the podium, sorry there I wanted to talk specifically about strategy eg-1, which is.

AB

Something I spent a lot of time reading the goal to achieve 100 greenhouse gas, neutral electricity.

AB

Generation by 2040., miss lindell, be honest. I was a little disappointed to read it. The first time.

AB

Because we all know we need to get there a whole lot sooner than 2040.

AB

But in reading and rereading it I see that staff put a lot of attention and detail and I understand.

AB

The the limitations that we're facing so I am going to support the document, but I did have one.

AB

Question on page 49 in discussing that strategy, it says an equitable pathway towards exceeding the 60.

AB

Required the 60 rps in 2030 is not identified in the measure. Therefore, the measure does not.

AB

Quantify the greenhouse gas emission reductions for the 2030 target year addressed in this.

AB

Analysis- and I think what that went to is that as staff was looking at how we equitably share this.

AB

uh Work that we're gonna have to do across the community. There are some unanswered questions, so.

AB

To piggyback off of the prior question, what do you hope to accomplish in the next three years.

AB

uh To try to lay more of a of a firm groundwork for how we're going to equitably spread. What I'm.

AB

Going to use to the term the hardship across the community as we really try to get to 100.

AB

Greenhouse gas, uh neutral, electrification, sure so again, don rothlandel uh general manager for.

AK

Burbank, water and power: the challenge is the two billion dollars that uh this plan entails. That's.

AK

Our challenge, and so, as mr ramirez noted, we hope for new technology that will help us get there.

AK

In the next three years, what we must accomplish, what we must accomplish is a clear set.

AK

Path to that 2030 plan and a good idea of how we might reach the 2040 plan.

AK

Right now, what we had, as I stepped into this role in the utility, was an aspirational plan.

AK

That was philosophical, it did not have specific details and a specific plan on how to get there as.

AK

We know from last week ms samra, who unfortunately is out with covid this evening and is not able.

AK

To be here with us, but miss samara is working very hard to identify utility scale, renewables.

AK

That's what we've got to have and we've got to be able to bring those on board in order to meet this.

AK

Target you know the wonderful partnership we've got with the airport on our regional intermodal.

AK

Transportation center on four acres of solar plus storage gets us one quarter of one percent.

AK

So that just tells you the scale of utility, you know utility utility scale, renewables that we've.

AK

Got to procure- and we will do that- partnering with other utilities in southern california, to keep the.

AK

Cost as low as possible, the costs, unfortunately, are just skyrocketing right now, because we are.

AK

Seeing the big hall in california, as utilities across the state, are recognizing that holy moly.

AK

It is seven and a half years away from 2030 and as other other communities are working hard like.

AK

We are to beat that goal, but so is the rest of the country now stepping up it's a wonderful problem.

AK

To have everyone wants to make this happen, and I know americans when we focus on something we can.

AK

Do amazing things and I'm counting on that, I'm counting on that that improvement, and so what.

AK

I want just like you do, council, member schultz is not an aspirational plan, but a doable plan.

AK

I want us to understand that price tag and watch that price tag come down as we work toward those.

AK

Solutions so within the next three years we will have a solid plan of how we are getting to 2060.

AK

And a darn good idea of how we're going to ge 20, 60, 20, 30, 60, whoo and then a solid plan of how we.

AK

Can get to 100 by 2040 or sooner thank you, miss lindell, and thank you for putting into words what.

AB

I could not. I will support this plan because it's more than aspirational, it has metrics. It has real.

AB

Teeth to it, so thank you for your work on that. I look forward to discussing it in three years.

AB

Very good um and I would miss lindell real, quick. I've got a question in regards to there's a lot.

C

Of large parking uh parking lots within the city that are privately owned, they don't belong to the.

C

City, but if we pay, if burbank water and power were to put solar systems on those lots empire center.

C

Is a perfect example: ikea is another perfect example. If we were bankwood and power were to put.

C

The solar systems on those lots would they benefit us with the renewables.

AK

Yes, love that question. We actually are starting a partnership, I'm giving mr slayman a look here.

AK

We are starting a partnership with burbank unified school district and we are covering their parking.

AK

Lots and putting solar plus storage on top that that project, along with the ritzy project,.

AK

Give us a real opportunity to see what kind of benefit we can achieve with local rooftop storage.

AK

And then we can certainly look at covering other parking lots and adding rooftop storage.

AK

Part of our challenge is that many of the rooftops within burbank were built without.

AK

Any thought of adding solar and they're just not built to support solar plus storage without a lot.

AK

Of reinforcement and expense, and so it may be a less expensive and more doable option.

AK

To look at covering parking lots which hey protects the vehicles while they're using them.

AK

And then also adds an ability for us to generate renewable electricity. Anything to add.

AI

Thank you all. I had one more item because of the new development that's happening. We are engaging.

AI

In them early enough, so that when they are building their building with the rooftop, with the.

AI

In mind the solar, but also we got to realize that there is infrastructure cost when you go through.

AI

For parking too, because you got to have you know steel metal beams that get put in you got to build.

AI

Those as opposed to when we we get that outside the city they're pretty much putting it on vacant.

AI

Land, so it's a lot less cost for them. However, what else is offset here is that we need to buy.

AI

Transmission rights to get all of those into burbank, and that's where some of that cost is.

AI

Offset when you build within territory so there's a lot of things to consider. We are considering.

AI

All of it- and we definitely think it's you know, as everyone buys, that mass utility scale solar.

AI

Outside and everybody bids for it, the price keeps on going up we're going to be able to build that.

AI

Essentially, cheaper here, so we're looking at those and we have like, I said, the usd we're looking to.

AI

Do a study to see how feasible it really is to build those? I know that I've seen over the years.

C

Busd, their their parking lots, they've, converted to solar energy, it's been slow, I mean the last.

C

10 years, maybe there was one build every three or four years, but now it seems to me like we're.

C

Moving a lot quicker because we want to do it, it's the right thing to do correct and that that money.

AI

You'll see that in the budget, that's something that's uh that we've added in there, because we.

AI

Know it's it's fast paced and we need to start going. You know when I go to palm springs. All.

C

Their colleges, their parking lots for the schools, arizona state. Their parking lot is packed with.

C

Solar anyway, I just want to share that. Thank you very much, colleagues, any other questions comments.

C

Because of foodos thanks, mr I just had three three quick ones um so miss panel. Maybe this is better.

AB

Addressed by mr berkman, but I just wanted to ask you in slide number 20 under the description of.

AB

Midterm plan, one of the bullet points listed, was implement senate bill 1383 and I just.

AB

Wanted to ask because there might be a little confusion out there, aren't we doing that a lot.

AB

Sooner than the four to six year time frame, I mean we did pass the ordinance earlier this year.

AB

What's going to start happening next year, or as soon as next year,.

AF

Regarding sb 1383, uh the main focus is that we divert um or we we reduce our organic waste by 75.

AF

By 2035 and and then there are other parts to the sb1383 that talks about a little bit more.

AF

Besides, just reducing that organic waste, so that includes partnering up with waste haulers.

AF

Educational programs, recovery programs, so yes, there is a shorter deadline of 2025.

AF

But there are other implications that are part of sb 1383 great. Thank you. The second.

AB

Of three questions is also for you, ms pan, um in your presentation, I believe you discussed.

AB

uh Or you reference an agenda item. I'd asked for a while back about cool roofs.

AB

You know this is a dense bit of material, so I could have read it and and can't remember.

AB

Where I found it, but but in which strategy would we find that discussion of cool roofs, ordinance.

AF

Regarding cool roofs, uh the most recent ordnance that we have that we've adopted as part of our.

AF

Billing code was back in 2014 and california as a state. They look at what their green code.

AF

Is and so when cool roofs comes up, which will be next year, we'll be able to look at that so.

AF

It's implied that within our standards of looking at our green code as a state.

AF

When we adopt our city code to match those standards, we'll be also looking at cool roofs.

AB

Okay, thank you for the clarification, because I agree with councilmember springer's point about.

AB

Building electrification, that is key, but when you discuss in the introduction of the ggrp.

AB

The estimated nearly 10 percent increase, in average uh temperature in burbank 100 years from.

AB

Now reducing the heat effect in those buildings becomes really crucial, so I would encourage staff.

AB

To continue looking at that final question, I don't know if we'll need some help from ms becker or not.

AB

On this, um but the uh second to last slide a two billion dollar investment. That's a lot of money! I.

AB

Guess my question is other than grant funding opportunities. Does staff have any thoughts on.

AB

How to pay for it and perhaps I'll slip a cheat code here a little bit. My understanding is that.

AB

There is some one-time general fund money that might be available to council, even if we were to.

AB

Adopt some of the recommendations in place about increasing our reserves? Might that potentially.

AB

Be one source of funding that council could look to of many to implement some of these strategies.

AF

And that's correct: uh when we were developing the grp update, we specifically looked at every single.

AF

Action item and estimated what that implementation cost is, while the focus was on implementation, we.

AF

Know that some of those action items have already been incorporated in our budget, so, for example, if.

AF

There's educational programs as an as an action item. Sometimes those are already as part of our.

AF

Budget but you're right there are some items in terms of the action items that are not in the.

AF

Current budget and will need to seek opportunities, such as the general fund, to meet those goals.

R

Yes, if I, if I could add on to uh you know so it's a nine year uh um uh uh basically program so.

R

Spreading over that two billion uh you're already funding some of that for from a variety.

R

Of different sources, luckily, the utilities, um especially uh water and power they'll, take on.

R

A lot of the uh the responsibility for that for as far as electrification and stuff. But a lot of.

R

Those projects that council member springer talked about you're using a lot of that measure, p money.

R

Which is unrestricted so so those complete streets, all that's going to be used, so we're definitely.

R

Going to be looking at, I think, all the other funds. We have roughly a 800 million dollar budget, as you.

R

Know so so we're going to try to use that and try to protect that unrestricted general fund money.

R

That we, we really hold precious for a lot of the operating uh budget of the city, so uh that goes.

R

To a lot of the core items, but uh from a one-time basis, certainly um if we need it, we come back here.

R

uh Hopefully we can find other. You know opm other people's money, uh that that's always first and.

R

Foremost but then also the special revenue funds and and uh more restricted funds first, but.

R

That's the plan, but yes certainly can do that, but we're going to try not to.

AB

Thank you and again outstanding presentation. Thank you, colleagues. Any other questions for the.

C

Customer most of my questions have already been asked, but one didn't so under uh social equity.

AD

Protecting those most vulnerable, including disadvantaged communities and small businesses,.

AD

Against the impacts of climate change by creating a healthier and more resilient city with that.

AD

I'm curious with regards to the golden state area, there's nothing that I could find regarding.

AD

The airport, something documented that our partner at the airport, outside of the solar panels at the.

AD

Ritzy but you know they still have a lot of land, a lot of cars, a lot of planes and then I look at the.

AD

uh Different types of oh, let me I don't want to guess, get right to when I'm looking.

AD

At implementation and monitoring the work plan section there's nothing I could find that shows.

AD

Our partnership with the airport, how are they going to be held to reduce the green house gases.

AD

Specifically in the northern part of our city, the golden state area, I didn't find anything and then.

AD

As I kept further reading, you know we talk about natural gas, consumptions, building facilities.

AD

And nothing nothing related to the airport when it comes to transportation. I read about off-road.

AD

Transportation, off-road equipment, public transit, but nothing regarding aviation and how are they.

AD

Partnering with us documented in this report that we can reflect back.

AD

In a year or two to see where they're at and hold them accountable for the metrics.

AF

Thank you, councilmember frutos, for your question uh in terms of the ggrp.

AF

We have general strategies about collaboration and partnership with public and private.

AF

Including the airport, they have been part of this discussion. They also have their own greenhouse.

AF

Gas production plan and- um and it is an effort- and we could definitely highlight in our plan- to make.

AF

Note that the airport is part of the collaboration so yeah again, this is a good report. I also.

AD

Will be supporting it, I'm not here to knock the authors of this report. It's really really great.

AD

My only thing is, I could not find anything to physically see that the airport was included.

AD

In the research and what the metrics are, that we're going to hold them accountable.

AD

When we start reviewing this or say the burbank sustainable commission.

AD

Can pick up one book and say hey, you know where they at with this. They committed back in.

AD

uh You know 2022 to reduce xyz and now it's five years later and we have so that's what.

AD

I'm asking for thank you. Thank you. Thank you, mr mayor. Thank you. Any other comment. Questions.

C

I now declare the public hearing closed and the council will now deliberate. What is the council's.

C

Pleasure is there a discussion or a motion? Anyone, that's remember schultz. You know before we make a.

AB

Motion I just wanted to take a moment to really thank a couple of people, um our commission, the.

AB

Sustainable burbank commission, really, I watched some of those meetings. I know you did as well.

AB

Councilmember frutos, and they spent a lot of time pouring over this plan in great detail.

AB

As did a lot of our boards and commissions, I want to thank staff for taking the time to incorporate.

AB

Some of the recommendations from the commission uh sunrise movement la a couple of activists that.

AB

We heard from tonight, including miss perez mr pike, um well, not everything that they recommended made.

AB

It into the plan a lot of it did, and I think it just strengthened the plan altogether so.

AB

I think it's a document we can be proud of um I'm happy to make the motion, but I I don't want to cut.

AB

Discussion short, if other people have anything they want to either for their comments. Counselor.

C

Fruitos. Thank you, mr mayor. Thank you sharon. um I will echo where uh councilmember schultz left off.

AD

Being the liaison to the sustainable commission, if you think back when this report came to us, how.

AD

You know they were, they were very vocal. They they weren't part of it. They had their own views, they.

AD

Wanted their voice to be heard so, mr mayor, for them to send us uh email with uh at least I read.

AD

Three of the comments plus miss kirschenbaum sent an individual email. um I'm going to be supporting.

AD

It because I also have witnessed their discussions and updating that. Mr mayor uh definitely um with.

AD

The burbank sustainable commission, in agreement with this report- you you were here last time we.

AD

Made some good progress and I'm glad that they were part of it and, if they're, supportive. I'm also.

AD

Going to be supporting it too, not just by reading it, but also by their information. I just wanted.

AD

To give them kudos for their subcommittee and the whole entire burbank sustainable communities, yeah.

C

They've come a long way and so have we yep. Thank you, mr mayor customer springer. Yes, um I'd like.

AC

To thank staff, I think it's an amazing report and it's exciting and encouraging and I think.

AC

um It's pretty com, it's comprehensive and um just to reiterate my statement about including.

AC

You know our seniors and our disabled in the vulnerability assessment and the.

AC

um Emergency emergency preparedness, they've already done some work on that they've had one.

AC

Zoom and so they're very much interested in being included. Okay, thank you. Thank you. Vice mayor.

F

Thank you, mr mayor, thank you to everybody who had a hand in putting this together.

F

um I want to talk a little bit about why we're here uh in 1950, enrico fermi.

F

Italian physicist was having lunch with a theoretical physicist, a nuclear physicist and.

F

A nuclear scientist and they were talking about alien life and how come there's no uh spaceships.

F

Around and he postulated a simple question, he said: where is everybody where's everybody in.

F

The universe and that question, and the four of them sitting around led to a discussion.

F

And what's called today, fermi's paradox: if the earth has only been around four and a half billion.

F

Years and we're already here, but the universe is 15 billion years old. Where is everybody and he.

F

Postulated that every society, every intelligent life in the known or unknown universe comes.

F

Across something that he claimed to be the great filter that at some point, an intelligent species.

F

Ruins their own ability to survive, it was 1950 at the time and the paradox that he postulated.

F

Was about nuclear war? He thought that we were going to blow ourselves up just like every other.

F

Intelligent life had done when they developed nuclear power in all the billions of years. That.

F

The universe has been around that paradox has not gone away, because what he says is at any point.

F

That a civilization is living, they don't know if the great filter is behind them or ahead of them.

F

Climate catastrophe is an existential crisis on this planet. We are staring down the barrel.

F

Of the great filter, will we pass it? Will we get beyond it? Will we as a society.

F

Ruin the very planet that is our home cities across the globe are doing what we're doing.

F

They're trying to do what we're doing they wish upon wishes that they could be in a position.

F

Where burbank is with all of these fine people working to create such an exemplary document,.

F

Moving forward, this, in essence, is kicking off nine years of what I hope to be a very successful.

F

uh In essence, a green new deal for burbank, like we are doing the work of pulling.

F

Literal carbon out of the air and keeping it where it needs to be in the ground. That's why.

F

We call it greenhouse gas reduction. That is the thing that we're doing saving the planet.

F

I commend everybody, who's had a hand in this. I am so proud of this document and all the people who.

F

Worked on it. Thank you, mr mayor. Thank you. I went away in and thank everybody that put this together.

C

Obviously, it's a great document there's a lot of information there very detailed, um so I joined.

C

My colleagues and saying thank you to everyone that put this together I'll, entertain a motion.

C

Because schultz, thank you, mr mayor. Let's pass a green new deal for burbank. I move that we.

AB

Adopt a resolution of the council of the city of burbank adopting a negative declaration of.

AB

The environment of environmental impact pursuant to the california, environmental quality act and.

AB

Approving the city of burbank's greenhouse gas reduction plan update project number.

AB

Nine three 22-000935 second there's a motion and secondly, for the discussion.

C

Madam city cook, councilman schultz, yes, councilmember fruitos, yes, councilmember springer,.

E

Yes, vice mayor anthony enthusiastically, yes and mayor tolemantos, yes, definitely thank you.

C

We have four reports to council this evening. After staff's presentation, the city council will proceed.

C

With in-person public comment only for each item, please fill out a yellow public comment card and.

C

Hand it to the city clerk speakers will be have will have three minutes to speak on the item.

C

At the conclusion of the presentation, as long as our speaker has not spoken in the item during.

C

The first period of public comment: the first report is the appointment to fill one vacancy.

C

On the planning board for an unexpired term, phantom city clerk, please present the report.

E

Thank you, mr mayor. On march 15th, the city clerk's office began advertising.

E

And accepting applications for the vacancy on the planning board for an unexpired term ending july.

E

31St 2023, created by the resignation of matt gamboa, due to professional and personal obligation,.

E

In order to obtain qualified candidates, a notice of unscheduled vacancy was advertised.

E

Through the following city website, city council, meeting announcements, all social media platform.

E

Press release to la times burbank leader and myburbank.com notices posted on city hall, bulletin.

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Board and community groups and organizations the deadline to submit the application to.

E

The city clerk's office for the planning board was thursday april 14 at 5 pm the city clerk's.

E

Office received five applications. The names are james ingram, larmont, cacien, timothy shannor.

E

Michael elk and ben blandford, the applications are listed in the order received and all applicants.

E

Have met the city of burbank covet 19 vaccination policy. Please note one of the applicants ben.

E

Blandford has also applied for the sustainable burbank commission and, if appointed his name.

E

Will be removed from the consideration for the sustainable burbank commission appointment, which.

E

Is tentatively scheduled to be presented to the city council on may 17th at the regular meeting.

E

So with that, if you don't have any questions, we can go to voting colleagues, we ready yes.

E

No public comment see uh all the staff sitting back there. Thank you all right. So are we ready.

E

Thank you. I will read the names to the record again: james ingram, larmont, kaczychen, timothy.

E

Shainer, michael eric and ben blenford right now, I'm taking the vote for james ingram. None.

E

Lerman kakischien, zero, timothy shainer, none michael elk, that's five! So congratulations.

E

Michael you've been appointed and just reminding everyone that we do have lots of openings.

E

So encourage everyone that applied here to continue applying for the new openings. Thank you.

C

Thank you minnesota clerk. The next report is a continuation of the.

C

Review of the proposed fiscal year 2022 to 2023 city budget, ms jennifer becker.

C

Director of financial services department, please present the report welcome.

AL

Thank you and good evening. I do have a brief couple of powerpoint slides that we will.

AL

Just take a look at, thank you very much, so we can go ahead and bring that up.

AL

Again, I'm jennifer becker with the financial services department. As you know, we're back.

AL

For our second week of budget review with our fiscal year, 2223 capital improvement program.

AL

Being the focus of tonight's presentations, followed by a review of discussion papers.

AL

But before I turn it over to mr berkman to present the cip budget, I wanted to quickly recap.

AL

The follow-up items that were requested by the city council last week at the end of our budget.

AL

Presentations uh several of those items were related to current or future cip projects. As such.

AL

Mr berkman is prepared to discuss those during his presentation this evening. These include the olive.

AL

Sparks verdugo redesign, downtown burbank scramble crosswalks san fernando boulevard, reconfiguration.

AL

And glen oaks boulevard traffic calming measures, and then we had two additional follow-up requests.

AL

The bi-annual budget for utility funds and the assistance for low-income bwp customers.

AL

That will both be returning to the council at a later date. If there's anything, staff has.

AL

Missed please let us know so we can address that during the remaining weeks of our budget process,.

AL

Yes, uh mr speaker also, I wanted to know about that.

AD

Deferral: deferral, since we don't have unless the chief is planning to replace.

AD

Or appoint an assistant chief deputy chief, remember, I brought up last meeting regarding the.

AD

Fifteen thousand, I didn't hear you talk about that that when it's that's coming back with further.

AD

Discussion, uh I thought we had a resolution to that, but I want to make sure it's official when I.

R

Did it in the budget yeah I was, I didn't, get necessarily counsel direction. We could certainly.

R

Add that um if that's something that there's not really a report there, it's just a decision.

R

By the council, so it's up to a majority if they want to pursue carrying over money.

R

uh For that or actually making an appropriation, we could do that um at the next meeting.

R

Okay, that's what I need to know when that's coming back for further discussion. Okay, thank you.

AL

Okay, so with that I'll introduce mr burkman from public works to present our 2223 cip budget.

AM

All right good evening, honorable mayor council members great to see you great to be here.

AM

um As we're pulling up the uh the powerpoint, I can intro this this program. um You know putting.

AM

Together, the the city's capital program is a huge annual effort led by public works. That's.

AM

Impossible to assemble in a meaningful way, without true partnership and collaboration with all the.

AM

Departments, long and short-term planning is really what produces the program, which is an ongoing.

AM

Process, guided by council's goals and policies, as well as guiding documents such as the complete.

AM

Streets plan and other specific plans, master plans for roads and sidewalks bike lanes parks.

AM

And other critical infrastructure, we look at everything that needs to be done.

AM

Prioritize it set anticipated scopes and budgets and schedules.

AM

And bring it before you and the public on an annual basis for your consideration and approval.

AM

To move forward so let's take a look at the fiscal year: 2223 proposed capital improvement program.

AM

So I'd like to start off noting the theme of the presentation, commitment to infrastructure.

AM

Because that is exactly what city council and the residents did, with the passage of measure p.

AM

Years ago, it was a very wise decision made much more evident, given the impacts of an unanticipated.

AM

Pandemic so there are two relevant guiding policies for the measure: p funds. We dedicate.

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No less than 50 percent of measure p revenue to infrastructure, repairs and maintenance and.

AM

Improvements and as uh chair takahashi of the iob mentioned earlier in public comment.

AM

The we dedicate a baseline minimum general fund annual commitment.

AM

Of 4.7 million dollars and the iob does have a request for council's consideration.

AM

In that regard uh to that baseline, which I will cover later in the presentation.

AM

So the past five years we've seen annual capital budgets of about 14 million to 19 million dollars, or so.

AM

As you can see, the proposed program before you tonight is uh an aggressive delivery goal. I like.

AM

To say aggressive but achievable, it highlights our recovery as we come out of the pandemic.

AM

At that 22.5 million dollar number, which surpasses the 21 million dollars proposed before covet hit.

AM

Tonight's program includes about uh almost 13 million dollars of work funded by measure p.

AM

A lot of work, as I mentioned, goes on behind the scenes to put the annual cip program together.

AM

So december we go to all the departments and they request new projects, which also includes.

AM

Each department reviewing their unfunded needs list and their projects to consider if they want.

AM

To submit them as a new project in january, uh public works staff scores the projects.

AM

With the as you know, last year I mentioned it was the first year of a prioritized methodology.

AM

That we prepared for use with the iov and based on that we go before the development oversight.

AM

Committee with staff and the iob, both in february and in march and as ms takahashi.

AM

Mentioned in march, the iob recommended presenting this capital improvement program to the council.

AM

So I know this is a bit small I'll zoom in later in the in the presentation, but this is our.

AM

Proposed program for 22.23 there's lots there. um There are 22 21 new projects considered this year.

AM

As well as 19 multi-year projects that are included.

AM

Because they require additional funds to continue or to complete.

AM

So taking a closer look at our new projects, we see annual projects at the top, which are most.

AM

Critical needs our roadways, our sidewalks and our facilities work. Those don't go away. Next, we see.

AM

Projects that are funded with restricted dollars, several from the vehicle equipment fund to take.

AM

Care of things like fuel tanks and vehicle lifts, while park funds will bring bleacher shade to.

AM

Mccambridge's ball field number one as well as upgrade the lighting for both ball fields.

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Number one and two with assistance from the burbank athletic federation funds.

AM

So next we can see measure p is being put to great use towards a wide variety of projects from.

AM

Irrigation systems at mccambridge to resurfing resurfacing the animal shelter floor to roof and.

AM

Building waterproofing improvements at the pd and fire headquarters. It's obvious the flexibility of.

AM

Measure p enhances our ability to take care of our infrastructure in a proper, proactive manner.

AM

This is the first year that there are more new projects submitted for inclusion in the program.

AM

Than measure p funding available, the scoring and discussions in the iob.

AM

And doc meetings resulted in the three projects below the red line.

AM

You see at the bottom not making it into the program this fiscal year. They will be added to.

AM

The unfunded needs list for consideration by the lead departments for submittal in future years.

AM

um So the next part of the the program is comprised of our ongoing or multi-year.

AM

Projects, these are typically larger and or more complex projects that require more extensive.

AM

Planning design or construction or perhaps in some cases, were placed on lower priorities during.

AM

The years to address unexpected or more critical work, one thing to note here: um the column prior.

AM

Year, appropriation is misleading and we'll change that to to next year to say prior year's.

AM

Plural appropriation because those funds were not necessarily allocated just last.

AM

Year they were, uh they represent a history of encumbrances or work that was done on a project.

AM

So, looking at the remaining multi-year projects, several critical projects are ready to get into.

AM

Their construction phases, including maxim park, restrooms the city, art services, building.

AM

And from the previous slide, the metro stink metro link station elevator, as well as the.

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The central library, civic center project, which is ready to enter into the design phase with an rfq rfp process,.

AM

So in a in a summary view in the in the pie chart you see of our 22 and a half million dollar.

AM

Proposed program we have about eight million dollars going into our streets and sidewalks.

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10 million dollars going into our facilities, three million dollars into parks and recreation.

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And then a million and a half into traffic and transportation improvements.

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So staff always seeks to acquire and apply grant funding then use our restricted dollars.

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And finally, put measure p to work before considering any other general fund usage.

AM

As you can see, this year's coming program is funded by more than a third with restricted funds.

AM

Along with sixty percent of unrestricted funds, and also includes five percent.

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Grant funded projects, there are ten restricted fund sources, bringing improvements to the city.

AM

As shown in the green outlined box uh to the right from park, development fees at about 100 000.

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To 2.3 million dollars of road maintenance and repair act, funds or sb1, as it's known.

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Helping us make significant progress on our city-wide roadway resurfacing program.

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So measure measure p um fun 3534 in our budget helps us not only design and construct new.

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Infrastructure and upgrade that which exists but also properly operate and maintain it. The.

AM

Five and a half million dollar maintenance budget helps us to take care of a wide variety of assets.

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Including 1.3 million square feet of building area and it's roofing flooring, mechanical electrical.

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Plumbing hvac systems, fixtures and furnishings graffiti streets and sidewalks parks, landscaping.

AM

Irrigation- and so you know just so many things in total staff is recommending an approximate.

AM

18.3 million dollars measure p investment into our infrastructure. This coming year,.

AM

So uh thank you to finance director becker providing this slide. It shows how our.

AM

Projected revenues are anticipated to increase and subsequently why we can confidently increase.

AM

Our infrastructure investment this coming year, fund 534, is comprised of the general.

AM

Fund infrastructure, commitment of the 4.7 million dollars in green. It has the measure.

AM

P, revenues in blue, as well as the interest income from revenues not being spent in yellow.

AM

So um before we get to what's, what's my favorite part of the presentation, the.

AM

Projects we've completed and those that are under construction council did have several follow-up.

AM

Questions on specific projects last week, as miss becker said, you know we.

AM

Have olive sparks and verdugo intersection the downtown burbank scramble crosswalk the.

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San fernando boulevard, reconfiguration and glen oaks boulevard traffic calming.

AM

So, first for the olive sparks for dugo intersection, we're looking to reconfigure.

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This six-legged intersection, we want to improve safety for all users.

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And we're looking to repurpose excess roadway for landscaping and public space.

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And that was that so um how to do so, we're looking to realign verdugo at olive, improve and.

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Shorten pedestrian crossings and also upgrade our traffic signals, install raised bike lanes.

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And provide that public open space and there's a potential rendering that you're seeing there.

AM

But we do need to consider the conceptual design of metro's north hollywood to pasadena the brt.

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Project as well as a rancho providencia, neighborhood protection plan, staff expect to.

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Return to the city council in summer to present revised project alternatives and cost estimates.

AM

And from a funding perspective, you know we have a 1.6 million dollars already appropriated for.

AM

Design and anticipated partial construction costs, but we also need two million dollars.

AM

For total construction costs, this three and 3.6 million dollar estimate isn't considering.

AM

Design elements that council asked staff to take a look at in 2018 and those include eight active.

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Eight additional active transportation, neighborhood protection and urban design.

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Elements that were suggested by the residents themselves.

AM

The downtown scramble crosswalk is actually related to the first street village.

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Project and it's at the intersection of first and palm- and this is one of.

AM

The conditions from the project to summarize looking to encourage pedestrian connectivity.

AM

And the developer had to contribute twenty five thousand dollars toward the construction of a.

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Scramble crosswalk or other high visibility, uh crosswalk treatment at first and palm.

AM

So we've been looking at this um and what we found was the.

AM

You know we have basically have a t intersection and the paseo up at the top kind of diagonal.

AM

Right, it's um a t intersection is not the um the right place for a scrambled crosswalk.

AM

And, given that the scenario that we have there, the high visibility crosswalks that you see are our.

AM

uh Plan and it helps people get across the street most efficiently without.

AM

The negative impact of there's not a fourth leg, so it's it's just not an applicable place. To put it.

AM

For san fernando boulevard, it's a one of our short-term priority projects.

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In the complete streets plan, we look to again improve safety for all roadway.

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Users with a northbound one lane or one-way traffic pattern between olive and magnolia.

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Also seek to reconfigure the parking and provide more outdoor, dining opportunities.

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And we wanted to note it is a pilot or test phase and it can be reversed.

AM

This project is funded with measure our local returns, and we have 187 000 allocated.

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Already for design and outreach and the analysis, the.

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Evaluation and looking at what we have now, we would anticipate about 360 000 for construction.

C

Is that one lane going northbound or two correct one lane one way one lane? Yes,.

AM

So for a schedule.

AM

The design and outreach we seek to start in july and commenced for about six months.

AM

Looked to come back to council in february to approve the uh the pilot or the test configuration.

AM

And have final construction commence in spring of 2023, while this uh the project's been proceeding.

AM

In accordance with the direction provided with council's approval of the complete streets plan,.

AM

Last week a question was proposed was posed to see if we were also considering a complete closure of.

AM

The roadway between olive magnolia and I did note that we were not, as that option was not.

AM

Part of the previously approved scope of work, but if council would like to have staff, add that.

AM

Option to the consultant's design and analysis tasks it can certainly it can certainly be done.

AM

We would need to discuss that option with the consultant to determine the additional time.

AM

And cost to do the work prior to executing the task order uh for that agreement.

C

Real quick vice mayor has a question yeah, just real quick. You mentioned that the one lane would.

F

Be a pilot test program and easily reversible. So would that not also be a beneficial to.

F

Move forward with a complete closure, if, if we were designing it in a reversible manner, then.

F

It could easily be changed into something else as well yeah. Well, if it was a complete closure.

AM

We could think of it as simple as putting k rail at the ends. That's true. It would.

AM

Certainly have a much much greater impact, of course, and there are discussions um with the p.

AM

Bid that they are supportive at the moment, but but yes, um we can close it with k-rail and leave it.

AM

Out there and then see how it works, which is also easily reversible right. Okay, I have a question. Yes,.

C

Go ahead, so um the illustration has has two lanes, so is that incorrect? It would just be one lane.

AC

Oh, uh mr krisky, that is incorrect right. I guess that's a maybe before shot of some so.

AM

Okay, that's right! That's exactly my question! I was looking at this and well thank you for pointing.

AM

That out, it's exciting to have a graphic. Okay! Thank you, sorry about that. So then, that would that.

AC

Result in the correction would it result in more a deeper like outdoor dining space for some of them.

AM

Right, basically, the outdoor dining could take up more of the lane widen uh the the permanent.

AM

um Sidewalks, the the I'm sorry, the the permanent improvements could be wider, sidewalks and outdoor.

AM

Dining, so that's something that we would be taking a look at with the designer okay. Thank you.

AM

So for the um glen oaks boulevard traffic calming uh request um first, since this is a.

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Capital program presentation: I wanted to provide an update on our current project. That's before you.

AM

So the glen oaks um boulevard and first street signal improvements, project.

AM

It's a the multi-year project, number five in the in the uh the kind of excel sheet. um It's all.

AM

Measure r highway operations, funding and 3.2 million has been appropriated.

AM

And design has been completed, uh staff were going back to metro with a 1.15 million dollar request.

AM

To get more money to do construction cost increases since the 2018 estimate.

C

So we'll have to go back to metro. Is that what you're saying yes so we're going back.

AM

In july, for their approval and with that we can get going in august. Thank you. We don't.

AM

Anticipate them saying no, but you know that's where we're at you never know. You never know.

AM

So um the project itself we're looking at street and signal improvements for 13 intersections.

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On glen oaks from reese place to orange grove avenue, as well as one intersection at orange grove.

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And first the the improvements consist of signal pole, replacements, flashing, yellow turn, arrows.

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Led lighting high visibility crosswalks as staff pointed out, as I like to say, audible pedestrian.

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Signals but there are accessible pedestrian signals aps, as we say, and traffic cameras, and we.

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Also have some sidewalk and ada ramp improvements and as well as the signage and striping, with the.

AM

Metro funding approval we anticipate starting construction in january and completing it.

AM

By november 2023 I've got a question about the ada ramps. Sure. Is there any concern with.

C

People with wheelchairs getting stuck on those bumpy, the truncated, domes right yeah, um so those.

C

Better work go ahead, yeah! Thank you. They are required in federal and state standards, so.

AM

That's why they're there um you triggered a memory, as you know, foreshadowing. um I love that they're.

AM

The color blue in burbank, I think, that's pretty cool they're, usually yellow or gray, so blue cudax.

AM

Kudos to everybody here, but they are required. um We do keep a close eye on them because they're.

AM

Tiles, and sometimes they come up so our streets, crews are always looking around and listening.

AM

For where reports are coming in and our sidewalk project and our roadway projects.

AM

You know we always are looking for improving ada ramps, as we need to as part of those projects.

AM

There are folks who say they are disruptive, I guess, to path of travel, but they are required.

AM

For us to put them in, thank you yes, vice mayor, um what is the difference between a directional curb.

F

Cut and a fan curb cut, which one are we moving forward, so it depends on the intersection itself.

AM

So typically um they are a uh a replacement or a rehabilitation at the site, so some have the.

AM

The fan or the the ones that are in the center and directionals are at the basically end of curve or.

AM

Where the crosswalks are so some intersections uh work better, so the um curb cut the ada ramp is.

AM

In the middle of the quarter, circle, let's say, and others uh have been there right into the sidewalks.

AM

So if there is an opportunity- and it makes sense- you know it's something that we always talk about.

AM

With community development and transportation, when we do complete streets.

AM

Projects going forward we'll take a look at these and if we need to modify them, they do.

AM

But most of the time our projects are remove and replace a lot of times. If you move a ramp around.

AM

That might not be enough right away to to move drainage. Grading. It's it's! um It's! It's not as.

AM

I like to say necessarily a plug-and-play type of thing to do. Well, we got a letter from a member of.

F

The burma advisory council on disabilities- and um you know I have to agree with her.

F

That the directionals are just much easier when you're in the the wheelchair going to the corner.

F

It kind of puts you out into the street a little bit um moving forward. Do we have.

F

Do we have monies available for those curb cuts where, if we have to like move a stop.

F

Sign or move a sewer grate that we can do that to get the directional curb cuts versus the fan.

F

Or, are we not um putting any extra money into those curb cuts taking them, as is just replacing.

F

Them there well um I'll answer it and then, if mr chriskie or traffic engineering manager, ed you or.

AM

Assistant public works director city, engineer dan renwon to sneak up behind me and fill me in.

AM

We do not specifically I'm seeing ghosts, um did not specifically put additional money.

AM

In to analyze every corner that we are doing a project in to see if we should replace it with.

AM

A directional crosswalks, or maybe even vice versa, but it sounds like to make that one into a two. So.

AM

I can't say we are at this time. Apparently your explanation was fine because nobody stepped up.

F

Is it appropriate at this time to to change our policy to see if we can like what no.

T

You're considering the budget yeah all right, um it's something that could come up under.

T

Additional agenda items: it's actually a very nuanced situation. It involves the.

T

Type of work that's being done in the roadway and whether there's a trigger for ada upgrades.

T

And staff will prioritize where there are no accessibility improvements uh and then look at.

T

What's in place and whether it needs to be upgraded to the standard, and as mr berkman.

T

Already indicated, it's oftentimes not a just a local standard, but we're also trying to see what.

T

The updated federal standard is so you'll see many different conditions. We've got some older.

T

um Ramps accessible, accessible ramps that are actually grooved concrete, like a chevron.

T

And because upgrades haven't triggered more ada upgrades since those were installed.

T

They don't necessarily have the same landing pad at the top, but they're still accessible, so you'll.

T

See many different conditions and it depends upon what the current standard is. That's in place.

T

And then, whether the work that's being done triggers the upgrade.

T

And further, how much right-of-way is available? One of the improvements that mr crisky discussed.

T

Earlier regarding the first street bikeway and the intersection of all of and first street.

T

Is is going to be the best implementation we can within the constrained right-of-way.

T

That's available, and so it's often that kind of a constrained circumstance where staff is.

T

Trying to implement the best accessibility, so it's not always a choice of. Do we want a corner.

T

Or do we want two directional, it's usually a very focused case by case analysis,.

F

All right, I'm just preparing mr hass in case something comes up at the end of the night.

F

Okay, continue all right. Thank you. So um that was that's our big measure, our project for glen oaks,.

AM

um But council will recall from our comprehensive traffic safety report in december that there were.

AM

Also interim signal timing modifications made on glen oaks to discourage drivers from speeding.

AM

During off-peak hours, specifically 10 at night, through 6 30 in the morning, while maintaining.

AM

Smooth and efficient traffic flow on this critical arterial during busier travel times during the day.

AM

So future considerations well.

AM

Once the um signal improvement project, major project is in place for our complete streets plan.

AM

Chapter 12: we will review the traffic data after one year of implementation and report back to you.

AM

The complete streets plan has glen oaks as a motorist priority street, so permanent physical.

AM

Infrastructure improvements such as medians or bulb outs and the like can be considered.

AM

So for the infrastructure oversight board and their their measure p discussions at.

AM

Their december meeting, they approved the letter to city council that requests that you.

AM

uh Consider increasing the amount of measure p funding during the annual.

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Budget development process based on what they said, the fiscal health of the city.

AM

In february I, uh through a memo through the city manager, sent to.

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The letter to the city, council and- and I believe it's in your packet as well.

AM

So our annual general fund infrastructure commitment at 4.7 million- that's the average.

AM

General fund project expenditures, three years before measure p, was adopted. So that's where that.

AM

Number came from as we know, fifty percent of the measure p revenues go towards infrastructure needs.

AM

And uh wanted to note that infrastructure fund balances are encumbered and carried.

AM

Over into future years, as you see with the multiple year projects that we have before you.

AM

So from from staff's point of view, our recommendation is: is that the measure p the fund.

AM

534 commitment to infrastructure can always be adjusted annually by the council. Therefore, let's.

AM

Keep the annual minimum general fund commitment at 4.7 million without indexing it to a cpi or.

AM

Other metric, you know we need to consider that measure p can be put to use in a variety of ways.

AM

Increasing the minimum general fund investment commitment would reduce that flexibility and.

AM

Potentially tie the council's hands to address other budgetary matters.

AM

uh In the future, and coupled with the fact we go back to the uh the bar chart that we showed.

AM

You revenues will grow, we think the minimum general fund investment should remain the same.

AM

So the olive avenue and magnolia boulevard bridge replacements, um you know the brt.

AM

Project proposed by metro has highlighted a past project that staff was working on years ago.

AM

The widening of both olive and magnolia bridges, I'd like to present a little bit of background.

AM

And history, what the projects consist of now and provide the opportunity for council to consider.

AM

Options going forward, you know these bridges go over metrolink tracks, the uh the freeway.

AM

The uh a drainage channel, the burbank western channel and several local streets.

AM

um Want to make sure everybody knew that the bridges are structurally sound and safe, um but.

AM

They are due for some routine maintenance work on the deck, um some cracks and and some spalling and.

AM

Joint work, but um we do know the railings are substandard as well.

AM

Quickly, just running through a few stats about the bridges, olive is 14 120 feet long and consists of.

AM

10 spans, three of which are owned and maintained by caltrans, and the remaining seven are the cities.

AM

And then magnolia is twelve hundred and sixty feet. Long also has ten spans, four of which are owned.

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And maintained by caltrans and the remaining six are ours.

AM

And the l.a county department of public works maintains our city-owned spans.

AM

So currently we have a capital project to replace.

AM

Both railings and perform the maintenance work, and that was established uh in this.

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Last budget hearing for this current fiscal year and we have 400 000 of measure p allocated to that.

AM

And uh that was a matching fund for requests uh through state and federal um representatives. Last.

AM

Year, new requests are currently being considered for the uh for submittal on the infrastructure.

AM

Investment and jobs act or the iija, and we had the rfp being developed for design services now.

AM

So you know we're looking to continue with the railing and rehabilitation work, create the project.

AM

Sheets, maybe for some future work, because we're looking at construction estimates for.

AM

Replacements at 100 million dollars for each bridge and we're looking at.

AM

Widening on both sides and looking at 20 million dollars for each bridge so.

AM

You know we want to continue with the railing and the rehabilitation work. Hopefully that comes.

AM

Through create, maybe some new project sheets for fiscal year, 2324 coming up as the iij program.

AM

Develops and to obtain funding for a larger scope of work. You know we know the metro board approved.

AM

Their version of the the brt project and also directed metro staff.

AM

To to help burbank to build up a more comprehensive project for olive avenue, on which.

AM

The bus rapid transit system will run right over our metrolink rail regional rail project uh tracks.

AM

All right, um let's get to the good part, so we have a lot of great uh completed projects to show you.

AM

um First thing is: is you'll, see kudos to uh parks and recreation department, a lot of great stuff in.

AM

Here for them and we'll get started with them, um so the isaiah miller and gross park playground.

AM

Renovations, this is before for isaiah and then after and now as a project.

AM

uh This project is about 940 thousand dollars. It was completed uh just last month. These three.

AM

There's miller before.

AM

Looking great after.

AM

This is my favorite, so here's his uh robert gross park before- and this is quite the transformation.

AM

Very cool yeah, yeah, really pops color and uh let's see so I'm a golfer. Here's.

AM

Is one of my favorites? So we know we did the the driving range before and and a lot of grading.

AM

Work and a beautiful range results with some some great stalls for everybody to hit off.

AM

Another picture different angle.

AM

So the what's interesting about this with the the golf course netting replacement and the.

AM

Bunker improvements, I uh I look at a fairway with a low fence and and no trees next to.

AM

A roadway and- and uh you know hopefully could hit it straight but wisely at 319.

AM

000 we have a very, very high net to catch some straight golf balls. Some stray shots and.

AM

The bunker work to complete the project is ongoing and it should finish in july.

AM

Maxim park got lighting upgrades at about 140 000 that was completed last october.

AM

And here's a couple of shots of maxim's lighting now and we also.

AM

Had lighting upgrades at isaiah valley a really cool shot of isaiah.

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Ballfield lighting, that's nice, yeah, great shot parks, um 585 000 project that was completed.

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In february and there's valley, more ball field lighting, very well lighted.

AM

And also um kind of, as the police chief said, behind the scenes with the jailers.

AM

In public works we have facility crews and public works facilities, managers that take.

AM

Care of behind the scenes things like the tuttle foy electrical panel replacement.

AM

This was a 82 thousand dollar project that was completed a couple months ago before and after.

AM

A striking difference much much safer and more reliable.

AM

We have our csb transportation management center, the data center hvac. So we have to keep all that.

AM

That great computer equipment, uh cool and running so at about 200 000.

AM

We replaced that system and that was completed last december.

AM

And also at the at the yard, we had a underground storage tank replacement.

AM

At about thirty thousand dollars um back in.

AM

uh Just last month we completed that the after picture is just smooth asphalt. That's all.

AM

All right, um this was an unfortunate but exciting end result project uh for public.

AM

Works: the arch monument restoration due to the accident that that occurred, it was 170 000.

AM

Project that we completed last uh september and a few um in progress photos.

AM

The foundation work and our column, uh steel, cage for reinforcement going in.

AM

The arch being lifted into place on the left and a cool note about this is the the plaque that.

AM

Was not destroyed, so that's the original plaque that is on the column and very great work by.

AM

The contractor to install the the rocks and boulders in the same motif as you see in the end.

AM

So our our uh 2021 annual sidewalk repair project was was completed. Last.

AM

uh September and um it's our annual budget 1.6 million dollars- and you can see what.

AM

Amazing job that staff did estimating and controlling the expenditures to come in.

AM

Pretty much right on the money um and this year's project is in the the bid phase and we'll start.

AM

Construction in a couple of months, the we have um two exhibits, really the one you're seeing is the.

AM

Sidewalk program- and we have our our five year program with the regions of work by year and.

AM

What you'll see going forward is the pavement program follows the sidewalk, so.

AM

The numbers add one in the future slide and that'll be our pavement work.

AM

So a couple of in progress photos.

AM

And then some examples of uh the completed work with the sidewalk.

AM

Project you know on the left, replacement of a a commercial driveway and sidewalk and to ensure.

AM

We have the maximum two percent cross grade on the sidewalk. The asphalt work is to transition.

AM

That and make sure it's properly graded for ada access and on the on the right.

AM

Those beautiful blue truncated domes with the uh with the new sidewalk there and the driveway.

AM

As well as a another example of oh there's, your your fan, ada cut or ada ramp, as well as.

AM

A residential driveway that they did and, lastly, some projects under construction.

AM

As we noted in the ggrp tonight, there's our beautiful purple pipe and I'll reclaim.

AM

Water line over the bell irrigation, devel golf course and irrigation improvements.

AM

This is a significant 1.8 million dollar project. That's scheduled for completion in august.

AM

Bless you, I think um the fiscal year 2122 our annual residential paving project is a huge effort.

AM

So there's that exhibit all the years following the annual sidewalk and it does so you kind of.

AM

Want to set all the curb gutter and driveway work, so it sets the edges for the roadway work.

AM

um So our current uh the bid was seven million, seven hundred and sixty one thousand three hundred.

AM

And twenty dollars, our biggest residential, paving project that I believe in our history.

AM

And we're looking, we started construction and it's going through november. All american asphalt was.

AM

Our lowest responsible and responsive bidder, there are many many streets that will receive.

AM

New roadway surfaces- and you know I'm pleased to let the council know.

AM

That, because we've made such great progress on our citywide pavement condition index.

AM

Which you may recall, was 68 for the roadways themselves at this time. Report last year were.

AM

Able to start hitting some alleys in earnest, we had one last project, but now we have five.

AM

And they consist of two alleys adjacent to burbank boulevard, one evergreen to pass.

AM

The other pass to maple, also another adjacent to burbank boulevard from california to ontario.

AM

Adjacent to magnolia, from hollywood way to cordova and finally adjacent to hollywood way.

AM

From chandler to cordova, so as we continue on our on our trek to get a a complete pci of our roadway.

AM

System to 73, we look we'll continue to look for the right opportunities to hit the alleys and.

AM

Get to a more maintenance of effort on the entire roadway system, so we can kind of keep.

AM

It in that low 70s and then hopefully free up more money for other types of improvements and, lastly,.

AM

We definitely in our contract bids, have the um powered by measure p signage and on the left, is.

AM

Verdugo westbound just by california, at magnolia, on the right eastbound just after florence.

AM

So I appreciate your time and attention staff from all departments- and I are here to answer.

AM

Any questions you may have so. Thank you. Oh thank you much for the report.

C

I, like the signage by the way. Yes, yes, it's it's required in the contract documents perfect.

C

Colleagues, yes, go ahead. Thank you, mr mayor. uh Mr berkman, I just had three questions for you.

T

I just want to confirm: there's no yellow cards for commenters. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Sorry.

AB

Thank you um so, mr brookman, I just had three questions. uh The first one I'm talking about.

AB

Slides 59 and 65, so comparing our annual sidewalk repair project and our residential paving project.

AB

I see that my part of town isn't scheduled to happen until 2024 2025. So what what did I do.

AB

Did I make you upset, I'm kidding, I'm kidding no. No. There is a serious question in this. um You.

AB

Know there are streets in this sector valley. Heart is one of them that you know do present.

AB

Mobility issues there's a lot of young families in that area and, speaking from personal experience,.

AB

If I'm trying to take ella out for a walk in the stroller, there is no sidewalk or there's.

AB

Incomplete sidewalks so you're forcing folks to walk straight in the street under either of these.

AB

Programs, do you anticipate remedying that in any particular way, or is there anything in the pipes.

AB

Moving forward to potentially improve mobility and pedestrian access in some of those areas,.

AB

So I know um our principal engineer and uh um paving program manager. Omar mojisi is here.

AM

And um I'll I'll answer in a general way and see if he wants to uh to fill in any details.

AM

But in general it's always something that staff looks at with every project to see.

AM

Where existing infrastructure needs to be replaced or improved, new infrastructure.

AM

Is typically not included in capital products because we have so much existing and new.

AM

Infrastructures is done by by developing, and that could be a single family home. That is.

AM

Rebuilding a home and is required to build that sidewalk or it could be major land development.

AM

That's required to build roadways and sidewalks all around it, so um in our capital projects now.

AM

Oh, would you like to fill in? Yes, please. Let me invite him up thanks.

AN

Good evening, honorable mayor and council members, my name is omar mohaji.

AN

I'm the principal civil engineer in charge of the pavement program in our city, like mr berkman.

AN

Said we just completed the 10-year program trying to catch up and bring our pci. That is the pavement.

AN

Condition index for our street. We brought it up from 5759 to 68., so playing catch-up game.

AN

Basically, and now we're doing, we feel we feel a sense of relief that we moving forward. We will.

AN

Be able even to improve more on that sidewalk is usually most of our city has plenty of sidewalks.

AN

And they are project related, in other words, somebody has to petition for it. It has to be.

AN

uh Probably surveyed by the residents to see who is in favor of it or not, we did have issues in the.

AN

Past in sidewalk on screen land, if you remember in hollywood way believe it or not, there's objections.

AN

So it's a standalone project. It's not part of the pavement. It's a standalone project. It's not part.

AN

Of the pavement program- and it can be done even after we visit the street- that's not an issue.

AB

Great, thank you very much for the explanation looks like I have some neighbors to talk to.

AB

um The second question I wanted to ask you about: was you, you discussed the olive avenue.

AB

Bridge and the magnolia boulevard bridge- and I know you said, and I want to be clear- everyone.

AB

Heard at home, they're still structurally sound, nothing wrong with driving on them correct. Do we.

AB

Have any estimates on their their current use of life? I mean at what point are we going to reach.

AB

A critical juncture where we do need to seriously look at replacing either of those bridges.

AM

Right, the caltrans inspects their own spans on their regular.

AM

Basis, I know l.a county inspects, our bridges city-wide every two years and um they score.

AM

An overall score for the bridge and a score in all the sub-components of the bridge, so.

AM

That's where the the safety issue comes from and and concurrence um or um what's the word.

AM

I'm looking for verification that things are safe and and all as well. It is something to plan for.

AM

Again, it's it's uh not something that is like an expiration date. It depends on how.

AM

The bridges are used, so that's why you have to continually inspect them and take a look at.

AM

Them but it's good to to plan for certainly when they're we're at uh what 60 years old.

AM

Now so it's it's definitely time to uh think about them in a serious way, and I appreciate that this.

AB

Is a really tough question, I'm kind of putting you on the spot, but are we talking about years.

AB

Left in life, are we talking about a couple decades? You know what is this? The health and condition of.

AB

These bridges, based on that most recent assessment. Well, I think um if uh mr mojesi has um any opinion.

AM

On that I'll keep looking the wrong way, but he's been involved in the in the bridge program.

AM

um In his time in public works so omar, thank you thanks good evening again, omar mojez city, burbank.

AN

Yes, um the bridges is usually like. I said it's depend on the in the use. There is no expiration.

AN

Date and we we set out to to um basically widen the bridges and bring them up to.

AN

Standards some about 20 years ago- and we did a few studies- resulted in, is probably widening.

AN

Would be more efficient and more useful for our money um and and and we went on that route.

AN

Except some other circumstances took place and- and we we backed off from from that um at this moment,.

AN

But in general um those bridges could stay on forever. In a way the county is commissioned. The.

AN

La county is commissioned to inspect them by annually and provide a report of the condition.

AN

Of the entire, not just those two bridges, 30 bridges in our city, they give us reports and.

AN

They give us recommendations for repairs and most likely, and we are involved with them right now.

AN

Is we commissioned them to secure some funding for us and they did in the past a few years and.

AN

And they'll repair it as it goes, but as far as what we call the superstructure, the bridge itself.

AN

There is no concerns at all. According to all these reports, we'll be receiving every two years so.

AN

Expected to live on for a long time to come. Thank you very comforting, my last ques. Oh yes, please.

AO

Evening, mayor council, members, dan ryan, public works department. I just wanted.

AO

To add councilmember schultz, these bridges were retrofitted in the mid 90s shortly after the north.

AO

Earthquake, so if you notice on the bridges, both magnolia and olive you'll, see these concrete.

AO

Square patches at the joints- and you can see from underneath you can see the cable stays at each.

AO

Of what they call bents from the columns that support the the deck above so they were, uh you.

AO

Know retrofitted, so fortunately that did occur and the county has definitely, as mr mahesy mentioned,.

AO

uh Has definitely complimented us on on the condition of these bridges and say there's a.

AO

Lot worse, bridges in the county than what you have here so it was. It was good to hear that.

AB

Thank you very much um vice mayor. Did you have a follow-up on that yeah? Mr mayor, don't mean to do.

AB

Your job for you, I just I saw him reason, zam, just a specific follow-up on that. When is that, okay.

F

How long did it take when we tore down the burbank boulevard bridge.

F

To opening it back up, what was the timeline there that it was? I recall it was 608 days, six wow.

F

How much of those days was exacerbated by the pandemic? Do we know that number like.

F

Did it get extended because of the lack of labor shortage and shutting things down or.

AO

That that's a tough one to answer. um I know caltrans was working still continuously.

AO

How efficiently, I'm not sure if it could have been, you know accelerated or more so than that.

AO

um There was some uh some unforeseen conditions they had to deal with and obviously.

AO

You know uh with you know, pile driving and other things like that, and some outreach and.

AO

You know there's a lot of impacts to to a significant project like that, so I I can't really.

AO

Give you a time frame or or if it could have been accelerated in any more than it was, and it's you.

AO

Know it could have been probably at a significant cost. The intersections just past the bridge.

F

With front street, and then all of the on-ramps and off-ramps on the other side is, are those one of.

F

The main reasons why we couldn't just do whitening for that bridge: it had to be retooled completely.

F

The reason I ask is because I'm looking here, it says 100 million dollars to replace magnolian.

F

Olive but only 20 million to widen them, and I'm like why didn't we just widen the burbank bridge.

AO

Well, it was, it was widened. uh I think mr mahesi was on that project.

AO

On over the railroad portion- and that was done back in the early 2000s, I believe 2006.

AO

And it was widened at that time. um To what extent I mean, maybe it wasn't widened enough.

AO

And it would been forecasted for the the needs. uh The current needs that we're looking at now.

AO

And it's not obviously matching the current uh widening of what caltrans did over the freeway.

AO

So it's unfortunately, it's a little bit of a bottleneck that we're trying to struggle with, and I know mr crisky is here as well, and we continue to have conversations with caltrans.

AO

On on solutions, you mean in on the burbank bridge, correct. Well, so the reason I ask these questions.

F

Is moving forward with magnolia and olive? We don't have those same intersections. You know so close.

F

Or the on-ramps and off-ramps so would it behoove us to just move towards a widening? Would that.

F

Lessen the amount of down time would we even be able to keep the bridges open unless and if.

F

We're not doing active construction most likely, yes, that that would be, and probably obviously.

AO

Written in the specifications and the plans that you must keep at least half the bridge open.

AO

Widen one side work on one side generally, do that and you definitely don't want to.

AO

Take down both bridges at the same time, so um we would have to be working on one. It's gonna.

AO

Be constricted, leave the one completely open and then and then flip. um So yes, we through.

AO

The widening, I believe it could definitely be done with uh with keeping half the bridge open. Okay and.

F

Then, if I could ask mr chrisky real quick sure the the widening of those, how would that play into our.

F

Complete streets plan uh bicycle infrastructure, pedestrian infrastructure is widening the bridges.

F

At 20 million dollars, gonna get us to where we need to be with all that other stuff. Yes, good.

AH

Evening again, mr mayor members, city council, so the complete streets plan uh did identify a project.

AH

For magnolia overpass that would involve widening and a substantial reconfiguration of the bridge.

AH

It would include adding, uh in addition to bringing up the bridge, to standard uh dealing with the.

AH

Bridge rails, bringing up everything to current conditions in terms of longevity, it would also add.

AH

A two-way protected cycle track on the north side of magnolia. The idea is that you're now connecting.

AH

Downtown or connecting across the freeway from downtown to the you know, magnolia park area of the.

AH

City, the overall plan is that for black for simple way of thinking about it, burbank is for cars.

AH

Magnolia is for bikes and all of this for transit, and so the idea with olive, of course, is we've been.

AH

Talking with the brt and the necessary requirement to have a good station there, that's how olive.

AH

Would be addressed under complete streets. Magnolia would be the the bicycle connection.

AH

Would connect to the chandler extension would connect all the way past the mall up to third.

AH

Street and the bike paths in downtown burbank, um so complete streets did address that um it also.

AH

Addressed burbank boulevard, we did some limited work with caltrans. I know that's a whole separate.

AH

Topic that we're working with them to fix, um but the idea is that all three bridges can accommodate.

AH

All modes, but that the priority is cars on burbank, because it's interchange, uh bikes on magnolia.

AH

Because it's just so central to the downtown and then transit on olive, okay, great! Thank you.

AD

Thank you, mr mayor, uh mr berkman, going back to the annual sidewalk repair project.

AD

So in my neighborhood, between victory on the south van owen on the north, about 10.

AD

Plus years ago they did resurfacing and money was tight, so certain uh driveways got replaced.

AD

And the other ones didn't and it's a very narrow sidewalk, so not knowing the dimensions but.

AD

You know you got one square of sidewalk and the other one they were supposed. They were.

AD

Supposed to come back sometime in the future, with monies to make all the the sidewalks safe for 88.

AD

Because it's it's old-school sidewalk, where one is up and one is down and the increase in wheelchairs.

AD

uh Mothers with strollers and bicyclists that don't want to ride their bikes on the street.

AD

They're on this very narrow sidewalk, and when they reach to a driveway that half of it is.

AD

Down the other half is up, they all tend to go on on the side. That's up because it's a it's a.

AD

Slant, it's a pretty steep one. Is there any way to finish up that project in this next budget.

AD

Of finishing those sidewalks, I know they did it by the providence elementary school. Some of those.

AD

Neighborhoods that had the same type of sidewalk got new driveways added to their sidewalks.

AD

For ada, or is that just maybe another budget, but I'm just curious for the safety of the ada.

AD

Compliance in that area sure so um councilmember frutos I'll answer it first and turn it over to.

AM

Mr rin and or mr mohasey, those situations are right away situations and in order to expand and.

AM

Properly grade driveway and sidewalk, you need to have the public property to do so. So I believe the.

AM

Places that didn't get it done didn't have that um if there's only one they leap frog from this was.

AD

Done to the residents, so it wasn't a public thing. It literally was people's driveways that were done.

AD

And they did a lottery based upon okay. This is a really bad driveway that should be replaced period.

AD

And when I asked way back, then they said: oh, maybe the next go around there'll be monies to finish. It.

AD

And I saw they did it down by providencia by the post office, all those streets behind there.

AD

Some of the neighbors got the newer, safer driveways, but buena vista got left behind. Okay.

AN

Good evening, council members and mayor um okay, the policy or the guidelines, I should say the.

AN

Guidelines for us in order uh when we go, we set out to uh renovate the street and make it ada meet.

AN

Ada requirements and pedestrians safe: these are the objective of uh renovating the street beside.

AN

Of course, making it drivable and safe for cars. It's not. The objective is to go and remodel the.

AN

Driveways in our city, we don't have enough money ever to do that. However, if there is any driveway.

AN

That is, has a vertical separation, and it's due to city tree in the parkway.

AN

That triggers us that's one of the conditions that triggered us to declare that we're going.

AN

To replace that sidewalk, because it's trip hazard and the city tree in the driveway is the cause of.

AN

It trying to minimize risk to the city, so that's one condition. The other condition is if it's over.

AN

The years the driveway settled and the flow line where the water is supposed to flow from one point.

AN

To another is stagnant, that's another safety issue that we have to address and we we take.

AN

Care of so in general, the budget for the sidewalk program is set out to remove unsafe conditions.

AN

Whether it is an alley approach or a private driveway or a bedroom, that it's not meeting.

AN

Standards that was the objective of the programs and moving forward. If there is another program for.

AN

uh Dealing with it, so I guess my final question on this would be so. Here's the sidewalk.

AD

The driveway's lower, you know what I'm talking about that wouldn't be an ada safety.

AD

Consideration because they're not big sidewalks, it really forces somebody in a wheelchair or.

AD

A motorized scooter when the bicyclist is coming right at them if they swing to the right or at.

AD

Nighttime when people are walking literally, the sidewalk is like this: it's not normal when.

AD

You get to somebody's driveway, it splits down, half of it, I understand and they did replace it.

AD

The last go around over 20 uh 10 plus years ago, when they resurfaced all of buena vista. Certain.

AD

Driveways at a lottery got picked to get the newer driveways because of that issue. Just curious.

AN

I yeah okay, so uh to make it a safe way and pathway for ada compliance. uh It was a moving.

AN

Target you can get away with a 32 inch and that mushroom now into a future development to 42 inch.

AN

If you're going around an object right, if it's like a an interruption, it's not a continuously.

AN

uh Substandard, so you are going at two percent across the slope of the sidewalk. You come to the.

AN

Driveway, the driveway is dropping down at eight to ten percent and you kind of let's imagine you're.

AN

Not in a wheelchair, it tilts you down, that's what you're referring to right these, these driveways.

AN

um Moving forward with uh with these cycles and catching up with our paving, if it's identified and.

AN

We are able to secure the right away right because that drive up. You cannot change its configuration.

AN

If you want to give more space for the sidewalk, let's say the 42 inch or 48, then that driveway.

AN

Apron will become very steep right. You have to lift it up, it may even not meet the standards.

AN

So we have to secure right away from the property owner that complicate matters if he has a driveway.

AN

Also is coming up at a grade. I don't think the neighbors would give you a hard time, because.

AD

Like I said their their sidewalks are literally there's. I have a streetlight in front of my house.

AD

The sidewalk is that small, that you literally have to wait for somebody, because it's a.

AD

Small limited walkway, so no I people on on that street will ask me from time to time.

AD

That hey the city told us 10 years ago that they would possibly come back they're not being.

AD

Demanded or anything, but that it's they want the safer sidewalks that other neighbors got.

AD

And certain ones did not, and it takes you all the way to van on and actually north of van nollen.

AD

uh Those residents going up to san fernando road, some of them also got missed because.

AD

There wasn't enough money to do every single driveway, so it was a lottery type system.

AD

And people are still waiting for that. So, if I may, through the mayor council member those situations.

AM

Our big picture things that we have to look at with every project right. We have uh 260 miles of.

AM

Of streets 50, which are alleys and 230 streets, have potentially 230 miles of sidewalks on each.

AM

Side, so we have to identify the issues that we have right then, and there and replace those.

AM

Things like that that are existing infrastructure. We do have to pick which one is easy to get done.

AM

And remedy the situation, I know uh if I'm saying this right, I imagine it's not necessarily.

AM

Pick a ball out of a hat caller lottery and every you know, house, with number three gets.

AM

A driveway, a new driveway. It's definitely a thorough and concerted effort. Analysis to see.

AM

All right we're going to be on this street. What can we do with the dollars that we have, and yes.

AM

Each cycle, as mr mojisi said, we continuously look to implement the improvements that we can.

AM

Both from let's number one put the uh safety and risk first and and take care of trip hazards for.

AM

Example in our concrete work and then if we have existing situations of ada issues, then.

AM

It's certainly something we're always looking at with with every project, but it just simply can't.

AM

Be done, but we are looking at it and appreciate the comments and we'll continue to look at it.

AD

Thank you. Thank you, mr mayor. Thank you very much. Councilmember frutos.

C

The gentleman that told you they'll be back, he doesn't work for the company anymore.

C

You're actually right, neither was the council at that time, either.

AD

That I asked yes because the weber springer yes, um thank you for the presentation, so I'm.

AC

um I'm concerned about our vision for the olive bridge um because mr chrisky, I think, said that.

AC

It would be for transit, but people have to get to that transit. So it seems to me that widening.

AC

Would be appropriate and so people could access transit safely from the top on one side there.

AC

Are stairs and an elevator that's often broken and then on the other side is the ramp.

AC

So may we expand our vision for that olive bridge. I think it needs more than just um rails. I know.

AC

The rails are very important, but it's a very unpleasant bridge to cross to access and it does.

AC

Go over the rail, the freeway, the channel and with brt, with a a rapid bus going on it with not much.

AC

Separation between the people on the sidewalk and the travel lane, it even is dangerous for.

AC

Somebody to lose their balance or our residence in a motorized, scooter or a wheelchair, and so.

AC

What would it take to expand our vision, enhance our vision for that bridge.

AM

Sure, council, member springer, what it would take, is council direction to tell staff to revise.

AM

The capital improvement project sheet that we have and lay out a long-term plan within that.

AM

That we can start implementing, as opposed to just the rail replacements and the bridge deck.

AM

Maintenance, that's there and now um and with the the iija funds coming, you know we could have that.

AM

um Let's say restart that feasibility study that we've already completed with a a bridge.

AM

Expert a consultant and take a fresh look at the widening for for olive and get that going again.

AC

And thank you because I know um on the 777 front, street uh magnolia was going to be.

AC

Rehabilitated redone widened like into the future, but now it seems.

AC

That the olive bridge project might need to be more imminent because of the um the rail.

AC

You know potentially will have amtrak and so um stopping okay, so we would just need to do.

AC

um Council direction to expand the vision for that bridge right. I think the the.

AM

The purpose and need in the nexus to to get back into the thoughts of of widening.

AM

Olive um are there and with the infrastructure, investment jobs act, um it seems like it would be a.

AM

Strong project to submit so we should do that. The appropriate time to do that is now.

AM

Yeah we could, we could um take direction, we have another meeting for this uh budget and we.

AM

Can come back with a revised project sheet for uh sounds like specifically for olive avenue, bridge.

AC

Oh okay, and should we also include magnolia in that too?.

AC

I I'm just asking if the money is there and if we have shovel ready projects at some point, I I don't.

AC

Know I'm just asking um mr city manager. The answer is certainly yes, uh but from a priority standpoint.

AM

As your public works director, I'd say, um focus on olive and keep magnolia in mind as.

AM

As we said, we definitely don't want to have both bridges out or worked on at the same time and.

AM

Because of the work that we know um is there in the connection to the metrolink station, it.

AM

Makes sense to hit olive first, okay, thank you, yeah, and if I could, uh uh through the mirror, um um I I.

R

Would just uh if council is okay, we could bring this uh consideration of of changing the scope.

R

uh Next week um as a discussion- and I think we may have a little bit better number- at least we have a.

R

Better estimate, as far as what to appropriate uh since we currently have a number just for the.

R

Rail, uh the the kind of short-term fix, so um so we could bring back a little bit uh better estimate.

R

As far as what that would look like, as far as expanding the scope and really trying to do a.

R

um Get it basically shovel ready for us to be able, then to really capitalize on grant monies other.

R

Monies and and maybe leverage um you know whatever other uh funds we have. uh Mr you mentioned that.

C

The survey has already come is complete. Do you mean the um the inspection by la county.

AM

Public works of the bridge right, yes, and I think we're due for one in january. Coming up this year,.

AM

Yes, odd year, january's is the next one. They don't give you estimates in regards to.

AM

No they're, specifically looking at the condition of the bridge and these the components. Okay, thank.

C

You vice mayor. Thank you, mr mayor. I promised I wouldn't bring this up mr burkman, but I got to ask.

F

You now uh now that we're talking about possibly putting down a concrete plan for the olive street.

F

Bridge would having a plan in place, help us to negotiate with metro on an olive street bridge.

F

Because they originally proposed- and I remember this years ago on transportation commission- that.

F

They wanted to put funding and doing an olive street bridge uh station at the top and they.

F

Removed those plans and were stuck at lake getting off the train there and walking. So if we put if we.

F

Did something to move this forward with a concrete plan, not necessarily actually putting shovel.

F

To ground, but getting something concrete would that help us secure some funds for metro to help.

F

Negotiate that station um so council member anthony, obviously I I can't speak for from.

AM

Metro, but from a public works perspective and the viability of a project and.

AM

The nexus to partner with a regional metropolitan transportation authority.

AM

I would think yes saying we, the city of burbank, are going forward with a plan we're in design.

AM

To widen the bridge and we're going to you know, look to you, let's, let's work on.

AM

Actually getting a real connection down to the station, I think it's a strong proposal.

C

Yeah and if I could I mean, uh if you remember one slide, caltrans.

R

Plays a role in this too, so uh they have six. uh I forget what multiple spans yeah so.

AM

There's there's gonna be a lot of work there. So uh um as we as we know with uh previous projects,.

C

All right anything um because we're fruitless sure go ahead.

C

Just to add my two cents: if we move forward with the olive bridge and we do what we're going to do.

AD

And we say hey, this is what we're doing? Are we actually playing into the hand of metro.

AD

Who already approved their eir that now we're already making the capital investment and.

AD

They'll say: hey, wait, burbank we're going to give you the 20 million, but we want our two.

AD

Dedicated bus lanes now I would say we got to be cautious because they didn't listen to us.

AD

They didn't listen to the residents, they wanted mixed flow on correction, the residents and us.

AD

Took a position to mix flow and now, during our budget, we're talking about adding infrastructure.

AD

To all of, I think we should back off and maybe put this at a later date, then move forward and.

AD

Then metro's going to say: oh yeah yeah. Well now we're going to go ahead and give you you know the.

AD

Two dedicated bus lanes that we already passed in our eir. That's what I'm just trying to bring that.

AD

Into the conversation, those are my thoughts, I'm not trying to be a hater right. I do want a safer.

AD

Bridge and a wider bridge, but I can honestly see metro and I'll say: oh wait. A minute. Burbank.

AD

You're already doing what we so those are my two cents. Thank you for this, mr mayor. If I could.

T

Just add a little bit of information council member springer had used the word shovel ready.

T

Mr berkman can correct me if I'm wrong, but the word shovel ready doesn't apply to any of these.

T

Bridges because they're not designed not only they're, not designed, we don't know how much.

T

Right-Of-Way, we need to reacquire at the foot of the bridges so in terms of putting it off.

T

There's actually a lot of lead time in in planning right-of-way acquisition, not only.

T

Ancient right-of-way that we relinquished around the bot, the the the turning radius.

T

On and off the bridges, um but if we're going to widen the bridge, that's we're widening it.

T

On over caltrans right-of-way and over metrolink's right-of-way, so that's a three-dimensional project.

T

That requires acquisition or licenses. It requires design. So we're there's, there's.

T

No one's going to need a shovel or gloves for a while, so so any momentum can be sustained.

T

And if the city did end up having a priority to design a bridge that met the city's needs.

T

There would certainly be an opportunity to get partnership from another major public entity.

T

That wanted to use that bridge or perhaps put a station in the middle or on the shoulder of it.

T

To say, I don't think we'd be moving too quickly to be able to.

T

um To work with our other stakeholders, it's it's a it's a long! It's a long shovel ready, usually means.

T

You've got a design. You've got yours, your your environmental review done.

T

You have your right of way and you're, just looking for a funding source to go out to bid, so I think.

T

The time frame is probably elongated. Well, yes, and just to to note that our metrolink station.

AC

It is not easily accessible, I mean you can go on front street, but it's not like going to glendale.

AC

Where you walk across you're at ground level, you walk across the tracks and you're there.

AC

So it needs attention, no matter if there's brt, just because the goal is to get people out of.

AC

Their cars and into metrolink or amtrak, so I and it's it's so critical to the first mile last mile.

AC

And the pedestrian experience is miserable on that bridge and I've seen bicycles, bicyclists on it too.

AC

And um it's alarming, and so I think that, no matter what happens with brt the bridge, it can be.

AC

A real visionary people um crossing connector from one side of our city to the other.

AC

Because we're you know just cut up with railroads and channels and freeways and if, if it's done in.

AC

A real creative way it I think it will enhance pedestrian, active transportation from one side.

AC

Of our city, to the other, you know uh real quick. I want to add in regards to what metro board.

C

Decided on they gave staff, even though they voted unanimously to proceed with this noho to pasadena.

C

Brt they gave staff direction to continue working with the city of burbank and the residents of.

C

Eagle rock so there's still some discussions to be had so I agree with the council member frodo's.

C

Let's not get too far ahead and show all of our cards if we have any show, but there are going.

C

To come back and talk to us talk to staff, that's what the direction of the metro board was to their.

C

Staff right, but it's our the bridge- needs to be rehabilitated, in my opinion, no matter what okay, so.

C

Thank you, mr um not dismissing your very important points.

AD

I actually support everything and I'm hearing it also from the mayor, but knowing.

AD

What we just went through with the burbank bridge and all the money on acquiring easements.

AD

Paying for a consultant and then an oversight consultant and all the utilities. I I just learned.

AD

How expensive that project is, and just like the other mayor said we shouldn't, show all our cards.

AD

Right now you know, like the gambler said you got to know when to hold them know when to fold.

AD

Them, and in this case by us going so fast, we are basically saying hey we're going to go ahead and.

AD

Do this and that when maybe in the negotiation going back and forth, some of the easement costs.

AD

That doesn't have to come out of our budget because we learned it with caltrans and remember.

AD

Both you and and the mayor went to the metro board and got the 75 million. That was short.

AD

So you guys were the hero, so I just bring that experience and knowing watching that.

AD

Meeting, let's, let's slow our roll down and and be really smart financially in our budget right.

AC

I just feel like this project should have been underway a few years ago with it's the.

AC

Second, busiest metrolink station in the system access is really difficult. It's dangerous and.

AC

The elevator is often broken, so a disabled person gets to the top. The elevator is broken there. There.

AC

Are stairs they can't use the stairs so they have to go back down or go all the way to lake.

AC

And um so I feel like it just is a project that, regardless of the brt, it needs to be done just for.

AC

Access to the metrolink station because it's not easily accessible. No, I agree but again, hopefully.

AD

Metro and amtrak and all our other transportation partners will share the same passion. I believe all.

AD

Five of us about making it accessible safer, almost no, I'm not disagreeing with you, I'm just thinking.

AD

Of the experience that we just went through and now I'm repeating myself so I'll stop. Thank you, mr.

AC

Mayor this would just be the design I mean this is a year's long project. Let me have the vice mayor.

C

Weigh in please, um I I understand, where you're coming from, um but a project isn't a project until.

F

The budget's allocated right, putting together just a small plan, to see where we want to go forward.

F

I don't think that's showing our cards, I think that's giving us something to negotiate with.

F

If, if metro or caltrans comes to the table and says here's what we all want to offer and we've.

F

Got nothing on our table to even negotiate with, I think we're at a loss. I think I support.

F

Council remember springer's idea of just putting a plan forward we're not allocating funds. How much.

C

Is a plan worth how much is a planned cost? It's not just putting the plan right right. It costs.

F

Money yeah, it costs money. What are we looking at we're looking at uh for a widening project, you're.

AM

Looking at millions of dollars for the plan, no just to put a plan together, just to like hey.

F

We're going to get some department folks, together and design some conceptual drawings can.

AM

I mean you're looking at 10 of a of a construction budget. So if we're saying 20 million, I would guess.

AM

Two for preliminary um conceptual plans hold on. Let me ask this: if caltrans or.

F

Metrolink or metro came to us they're not going to fund a whole 20 million project.

F

So wouldn't we have to pay more than 2 million at any point, here's where experience comes in.

AD

The mayor, you want to go ahead and answer this or you want me to tackle an answer.

AD

You can clean it up if I screw up here's where experience comes in burbank bridge.

AD

We got grants for that. We got matching grants from metro, so there's other public agencies all.

AD

I'm saying is: we need to look at our priorities in the budget process. I don't. I know vice mayor.

AD

You're talking about buying the stables, I can't discuss it, but so where do you want.

AD

A priority, stables or 2 million, and just just in conversation, I know, we've got a homeless, shelter.

C

That we need money, we've got, we've got the boys and girls club. I know all right so.

C

Okay, gentlemen, but the grants I'm saying the grants hang on a minute vice mayor finish:.

C

Your thought and then we'll go over to the vice mayor, okay, but this isn't that point: counterpoint.

C

Now, all I'm saying is, we need to prioritize and experience from dealing with the burbank bridge.

AD

There are transportation grants, there are mutual partner interests that we bring to the table.

AD

Caltrans will say: look we need this, we're going to go ahead and contribute this amount.

AD

Of money toward the 2 million just to do the study, the environmental design, I don't think.

AD

That we, through our budget process, should just fork out the 2 million, knowing the interests.

AD

We got to be strategically smart to use other people's money. Mr mayor no, and I totally get that.

F

And my concern is even in the burbank bridge project we had to put some money forward. We.

F

Didn't get the whole thing for free and so at what point in this design and scoping process.

F

Can we put together a partial plan and then go out for those grant funds like we have to start the.

F

Ball rolling before people are going to give us that grant money right. We have to come up with the.

F

Ideas and the proposals and then at some point we have something concrete to negotiate with caltrans.

F

I mean how did it work with the burbank bridge? Did we? It was a priority from caltrans that.

AD

They wanted and then metro I mean we were all involved in that right and it's just government.

AD

And it's it's, it's just a reality and you know they had an interest of widening the freeway.

AD

Then we're at the table. I, I really believe that this plan that we have for the budget and the.

AD

Priority and based on the experience- um this is something we should really. You know kind of.

AD

Let's see what's out there, we already know metro wants to run their brt, and if I was watching that.

AD

Meeting and listening to it very closely they're going to work with our staff to see we could so.

AD

Here's the negotiation, like you, said, sir okay. Well then, how about this? How about we propose.

F

Instead of starting the scoping and all of the funds on our end, we make it a priority.

F

For us to negotiate with metro, metrolink caltrans anytime, they come to the table for us.

F

In that, right of way that this widening becomes our priority on all of bridge, I'm not disagreeing.

AD

To disagree with you, but because our mayor is is in skag and he he has a great relationship.

AD

Working with skag, I kind of leave it up to our mayor to kind of work it with the other officials.

AD

And see what the feeling is and work with staff, I mean the mayor's really involved in stuff, like.

AD

This I I just have a comment. What I you know our residents are, we have told them mixed flow and a.

AC

Station on top of olive, what I fear is that um they're going to say: okay, we'll do the bridge.

AC

You know, but we want to designate, we want a bus only lane and that's not acceptable.

AC

To our residents we've told them, you know we support mixed flow and a station on top of olive.

AC

You know, and once certain benchmarks are reached, you know 17 500 cars off the road and onto the bus.

AC

Then, um let's consider the bus only lane, so that's what I'm thinking is that that will.

AC

That we'll have to agree to that bus only lane, and I I don't feel like that's being.

AC

Honest with our residents, because we've stated our position over and over again.

AC

And um so well the discussion's not over, even though they took a vote on it, they gave direction.

C

To their staff to continue the conversation with burbank and eagle rock, so it's not over! Oh okay,.

AC

So, let's ask them for two million dollars: it's not that simple! It's not that simple! We can ask.

AC

Them they could say you can ask yeah, you can ask anything, you want absolutely. You can go to the.

C

Board meeting and ask them yourself: okay, and then see what happens and it's not realistic.

C

Councilmember springer it's not realistic and that station above on top of olive, it's going to take.

C

Years, it's not going to be done. I know you're thinking of reasons why it can't happen and.

AC

I think we should think of reasons how it can happen, how we can make it happen, how we can.

AC

Do it for the residents of our city to make us safe, so I've been here for the residents access.

AC

You're not, but let's think of reasons how we can make it happen: okay, okay,.

M

Go ahead. Thank you, mr mayor. I'm glad to finally weigh in I've been the quiet one.

AB

um No, I you know what I would say is councilmember springer. I really appreciate your passion.

AB

And I think you know I'm going to depart a little bit from some of the comments that.

AB

Are made we need to stop living in fear of what metro will or won't do. This is an.

AB

Independent project, as far as I'm concerned, of whether or not the brt comes through.

AB

Vice mayor, if they want to approach us and talk about potentially funding it as far as I'm.

AB

Concerned if anyone from metro is watching, we've made our position clear and I'm still waiting.

AB

For an answer now I'm open to hearing what they have to say, but they haven't said anything yet.

AB

So I put that to the side when councilmember springer, I think you're absolutely right.

AB

Our residents deserve better connectivity with regional transit and, to the extent.

AB

I I don't think, there's any you know thing wrong with just having an informational item, maybe at.

AB

The next meeting- let's talk about it, what it would cost I'm absolutely open to having that discussion.

AB

I guess my caution to the group is: I don't think we need to play into the narrative that whether.

AB

Or not, we replace the olive bridge has anything to do with the brt again. We could hope all we.

AB

Want that metro would want to pitch in on it, they may they may not, and it doesn't change the fact.

AB

That we have an infrastructure project that, in the long term, would serve the needs of the residents.

AB

Of burbank, so let's talk: let's talk about that, let's prioritize that we'll deal with metro and.

AB

Brt another day when we get a response, I agree. Okay, uh I have one another question not about this.

AC

Okay, not about the bridge I'm moving on, but um as far as san fernando and the one way going from.

AC

Olive to magnolia, I think the two bridges yeah between the two bridges- yes, yes right! Yes, so.

AC

I think is it not wasn't that the compromise position wasn't that the the bid wanted the.

AC

One way because it was a compromise so that people could be dropped off and picked up.

AC

Because some of those businesses don't have outdoor dining, they need drop off and pick up.

AC

Access, so that's my question was that the the compromise position one lane one way.

AC

Expanded sidewalks parklets good evening again david krisky, with community development. um Yes,.

AH

That was that was kind of a compromise through the complete streets plan and then some subsequent.

AH

uh Survey information that our economic development folks did, especially when the.

AH

Street was closed for for covid uh the one-way access as a vision and the plan improved.

AH

Safety because it eliminates all the different movements of cars on the street, it narrows the.

AH

Street, so that we can look at opportunities for more sidewalk width and outdoor dining.

AH

And yet still provides visibility to some of the businesses, so cars can get in and out and still.

AH

Provides parking so it was a compromise across all the modes for safety, accessibility, outdoor.

AH

Dining and yet still maintaining visibility. um So that's how complete streets plan was evolved.

C

Thank you vice mayor uh when we say compromise, that's staff's compromise with the p-bid or a.

F

Compromise with all modes of travel, this was a compromise for all modes of travel and it was.

AH

Staff's interpretation of the outreach it received as part of the complete streets plan, in which.

AH

We put forth the project that we did and included it in the plan. Okay, all right.

C

Okay, thank you very much. Miss becker or.

C

Mr berkman, are you finished with your presentation? I'm all done, sir. Thank you. Miss picker.

AL

All right, thank you again, jennifer becker with the financial services department, I'm.

AL

Going to ask mr berkman not to go too far away, because our next item for discussion is our two.

AL

Discussion papers that we have available uh for the council this evening, both of those should be.

AL

Available in the very backs of your budget binders under the tab of supplemental materials, one of.

AL

Them you probably received in your packets on thursday. uh The first is a review of the impacts.

AL

Of fuel costs to our 532 vehicle fund, so I will turn it back over to mr berkman to discuss that.

AM

All right, thank you, miss becker.

AM

So, to run through this, our our current fiscal year is fund. 532 budget is about 13.7 million. It has.

AM

A proposed budget of about 17 million to provide for vehicle replacements, the four capital projects.

AM

In the recommended program and fuel purchases for all non-bwp vehicles, as for the fuel cost,.

AM

Itself, which is part of fund 532, the account budget has remained at about 1.6 million.

AM

Since 2014, while the fuel line item budget has a balance of 26 percent as of last tuesday, so.

AM

It's properly on track as far as expenditures go throughout the fiscal year. Staff is.

AM

Recommending an increase of 10 in anticipation of additional costs for the coming fiscal year, 2223.

AM

As can be seen with the accompanying uh bar chart the city purchases fuel.

AM

At a discounted rate, so we've always been under that. That line of excuse me.

AM

The line of um that would be related to a cpi increase since 2013 for a gallon of gas costs.

AM

The fuel budget has always been sufficient to cover temporary.

AM

Fluctuations in per gallon prices, but should prices continue to rise.

AM

There would be an increased vehicle rental rate costs for departments in the future.

AM

One thing to note, especially in light of our ggrp discussions earlier, we're looking to phase in.

AM

More alternative fuel vehicles and actually reduce the number of vehicles in the fleet.

AM

Where possible, public works just completed a fleet, optimization and diversification study.

AM

With a consultant and we'll start implementing the study's recommendations, this fiscal year.

AM

And reducing the number of gas powered vehicles.

AM

Should have a corollary effect of reducing our gas purchasing needs and budget.

AM

So we're in we're in a good shape and requesting recommending that 10 percent increase in that fuel.

AM

Purchase line item in fund 532, so that covers um the report. Thank you. Questions vice mayor.

F

um Yeah can can I come down there and fill up for 3.83 cents a gallon. That's great! Sorry, no.

F

That's my only question: it is surprising that our fuel costs were under two dollars in 2020.

F

That's because nobody was driving right right and with the uh what, with the oil price information.

AM

Service or or conglomerate, I guess that we can can buy in in in bulk at a very reasonable rate,.

AM

It really is of great value uh to the city and our expenditures uh and then, uh lastly, actual.

F

Honest question here, so you mentioned our greenhouse gas reduction plan at what point.

F

Do you predict that these are that most of our fleet, if not all of our fleet, is going.

F

To be electric, what is our plan for that? I could not predict that, but it's something that we're.

AM

Looking at uh each and every year, every vehicle has a service life and almost all of our vehicles.

AM

You know they have many or at least several years, so we're looking at opportunities. First of all, to.

AM

See do we even need this car, for example, and then we look at the service life and we say.

AM

Okay, this one is a good one to replace with an alternative fuel and looking down the road as to.

AM

Let's make sure we're saving the right amount if it's an electric vehicle, for example, it could.

AM

Be more expensive than a gas powered vehicle, but the cost of ownership over time. You know multiple.

AM

Factors that were incorporated into this study, so um it was kind of a holistic view and an analysis.

AM

To make sure we're on the right path so, every year we would go through this and we work with.

AM

The department say: okay, here's everything that is due to be replaced and we look at you know a few.

AM

Years out and let's plan for that, so um in future years, as we really get this going, uh we have 462.

AM

Who's myron units, 462 or so uh cars units uh vehicles. So um as we start picking them off, it'll.

AM

Be easier for us to say: hey, you know what we could see us finishing this in in 10 years, for example,.

F

uh Last question does police and fire use the 532 fund as well? um Yes, it's all vehicles, non-bwp.

F

Gotcha last last follow-up question: I hear that it's hard to find manufacturers that are making.

F

Fire engines that are electric, but is there any discussion for police cruisers to be changed over.

F

To electric, is that a talk that we're having at all or no it's it's part of the overall study. I.

AM

Can share from public works perspective? The heavy duty equipment is, you know at least double, if not.

AM

Triple the cost to to get the the technology is not there yet we're just looking at um things.

AM

Like, like sweepers the smaller equipment, um those are becoming more and more street sweepers street.

F

Sweepers, I'm sorry, yes and uh you know we have to look at battery life. Can they go a full day.

AM

Those are all um you know, we know. Technology is really improving each and every year. So that's.

AM

Part of our annual process say hey: where is it going to make sense and for which vehicles.

AM

Okay, all right, thank you. Real quick question in regards to electric vehicles. Has there.

C

Been enough of a history that we can say that these vehicles are going to last 10 or 15 years.

AM

um I don't know I mean it's, uh I don't have a analysis of when the first eevee got on the road.

AM

You know offhand, I guess it's, the the prius is the one I always know. That's the oldest one and.

AM

There's plenty of those I see on the road that are 10 years old for sure, but from an industry.

AM

Perspective and in in talking with my peers in public works, I think um you know certainly 10.

AM

Years is a reasonable number. I think our, I think, that's our vehicle life now so electrical systems.

AM

You know the the electrical cars the cost of ownership over time is is less because there's.

AM

Less maintenance issues and things to take care of, but when we bring in, for example, the alternative.

AM

Fuels, let's say the electric: we have to develop the infrastructure. The infrastructure is a lot.

AM

More expensive than the car and, of course, we're working with our partners in bwp to see how we.

AM

Expand and where uh to get the the best value for the city, because we have fruits.

AD

Thank you. This is for the vice mayor. You know, l.a city they're experimenting with their first.

AD

Full electric fire truck and then about a month ago, I spent a saturday at the police department.

AD

And they have uh their first hybrid police vehicle and what the officers are really liking about.

AD

That is that the traditional uh ford explorer is gasoline-powered because of the body, cameras and.

AD

Downloaded the information they have to leave the cars on that's right, but now with the hybrids, the.

AD

Officers are pretty excited because they can turn it off, but because it's a hybrid, the electrical.

AD

Equipment and most important downloading real time the information of the camera, it's actually what.

AD

You're talking about so definitely we already have one that there at least that I saw there. That was.

AD

Being tested, but definitely city, fire department is uh experimenting, their first electric vehicle.

F

um Just first uh for clarification, I have a 2008 uh prius hybrid and it's just over 300 000 miles.

F

And this morning the battery pooped out so 14 years, that's the life 14. I got to get a.

F

Whole new battery today, so is there a vehicle for sale? uh No, I'm keeping I'm buying a new battery.

F

I'll get another 300 000 miles off it uh customer schultz. uh Thank you, mr mayor. I think we're about.

AB

To lose mr burkman, so I just wanted to uh ask two follow-ups. I know you're here all night.

AB

No one thing I just wanted to before I get to my question. I just wanted to say to go back a half.

AB

Second, to the discussion of the olive street bridge, I just wanted to give some clarification to.

AB

Those who are watching uh vice mayor, I appreciate your approach to wanting to problem solve.

AB

As a practicing lawyer, I just have a commitment of I don't negotiate against myself. So that's where.

AB

I'm coming from we've made our position clear until we get a firm response point by point.

AB

As far as I'm concerned, there's nothing to discuss, so I just wanted to add that clarification.

AB

Mr burkman, um the one thing I forgot to ask you about was the iob's uh recommendation.

AB

That we upped the general fund commitment, um I'm gonna tell you at least how I see it and.

AB

Why I think that you're recommending we don't do that and correct me if I'm wrong.

AB

If we right now we're operating off of a pretty razor thin margin, a recurring.

AB

Surplus of about two hundred thousand dollars, if we were to up that this fiscal year.

AB

From 4.7 million to 5 million, doing that alone would put us in the red. Is that right.

AL

I'm happy to answer that question. That is a definitive yes, okay, um that does not mean that.

AL

In a future year, when we have less or more wiggle room within our budget that we may not elect to.

AL

Do that um you know my goal with not recommending uh that we permanently index. That contribution is.

AL

To tie the to not tie the council's hands in years that we do have a budget crisis or an economic.

AL

Downturn and we may need those funds for other things. Covett is a great example. We saw inflation.

AL

We saw cpi, but we certainly did not see an increase in our revenues during the pandemic. That.

AL

Would coincide with that inflation or cpi, which is why we try to stay away from indexing. Those items.

AL

And I would also say that the 534 fund has a very healthy fund balance.

AL

When we get to a point where there's a very large project looming that we may want to.

AL

Utilize, those funds- and we may want to put something towards a very exciting project.

AL

uh We could always, you know, turn to our general fund to make additional contributions.

AL

But until such time as we're spending every dollar of that 534 fund, I'm always going to recommend.

AL

uh Not putting in more than what we're able to expend in a given time period.

AB

Thank you miss becker and I just wanted the reason I asked that question is that we have some iob.

AB

Members who are probably watching or will watch it back. I appreciate the recommendation, but we.

AB

Do have a responsibility to maintain a balanced budget. I don't think it's in the cards for this.

AB

Year but we'll keep the recommendation in mind moving forward and I do just want to.

AL

Point out that 80 of the revenues for for the 534 fund come from measure p. That is growing at.

AL

A rate of between two to three percent per year, just based on our sales tax revenues.

AL

So most of the revenue does grow from year to year. I want to make it clear that 4.7 million that moe.

AL

Contribution is only 20 percent of the revenue. The other 80 percent is growing. You know, according to.

AL

Not necessarily cpi, but according to sales tax growth and as you've seen from our presentation.

AL

Last week, our sales tax numbers uh particularly measure p, which also counts that destination based.

AL

Online sales is doing quite well so year over year, there's going to be increase. It appears.

AL

Absolutely we initially projected revenues in the range of 16 to 17 million dollars when we.

AL

First started up this process with measure p and we think we'll hit over 20 million dollars by 2023.

AL

Sounds great excellent. Thank you. Come to my fruitos, mr mayor, I'm willing to at least for.

AD

This to come, for it doesn't have to come back and be in the final project. Just the gasoline.

AD

Bill sure, if you don't mind I'd like to make a motion see if we got enough to support it.

AD

I like to make a motion to support the staff's recommendation of a 10 increase to.

AD

1.738 million for fuel, so it gets permanently. If it's okay with you, mr mayor, that's my motion.

AB

Mr mayor, I just I just have a question for the city attorney. um I don't have any objection to.

AB

The motion, but I guess, is tonight the proper venue or does that need to wait till what is it may 24th.

AB

I guess this goes into the complete budget. This way, we don't have to go back and deal with it. We.

AD

Approved it, so it goes into the bigger picture of the budget. If I may. Procedurally, um this.

AL

Increase is already included in the proposed budget that we've presented for you. We had.

AL

Some specific questions about fuel, so we wanted to call this out this evening, so we could have.

AL

That further discussion, but it is already in the proposed budget, so you don't need to take.

AD

An action on it, we do not, you will be voting on the entire budget on may 24th, you're way ahead.

AL

C

uh I guess there's nothing else includes the report. Thank you very much. No, it's up to miss becker.

AL

There we go. Thank you again. um Our next discussion paper before you tonight is.

AL

A consideration of general fund reserve strategies.

AL

And if we could bring up that slide number seven on that powerpoint! uh This item was requested.

AL

By mayor talamantes, when we presented our major financial report to the city council on march 1st.

AL

As we reported during last week's budget presentation, we are estimating the general fund.

AL

Will have a balance of nearly 30 million dollars at the end of fiscal year. 2223, and this is due to.

AL

A few different reasons: uh first, the city council implemented coveted savings measures during.

AL

The pandemic that saved the city over 24 million dollars over the two years over the past two years.

AL

After that initial pandemic recession, our general fund revenues have recovered at a faster pace than.

AL

Anticipated and are now projected to surpass pre-pandemic levels in the coming fiscal year.

AL

And lastly, thanks to the federal government's american rescue plan, act.

AL

The city has nearly been made whole for the revenues that were lost as a result of covet 19.

AL

Bringing that balance back up to the 30 million projected that you see now, so I'm going to walk.

AL

You, through a few different options that we considered, starting with our formal reserves,.

AL

The city council's financial policies dictate that the city maintained two reserves: totaling.

AL

20 percent of the general fund annual recurring budget 15 is our working capital fund, which is.

AL

Designed to sustain city operations and in the event of emergency and or financial loss and 5.

AL

Percent is that emergency fund, which can be used to fund the city's response to a natural disaster.

AL

These reserves are both fully funded at 28.9 million and 9.6 million, respectively and combined.

AL

Can provide the city with 2.4 months of general fund operating funds in the event of an emergency.

AL

So the government finance officers association, which we know as gfoa their best practices.

AL

Recommends that cities reserve two months worth of general fund operating expenses and that equates.

AL

To roughly about 16 percent of the total budget, however, this gfoa recommendation is considered a.

AL

Minimum and doesn't really account for levels of risk faced by governments, so in april 2020 gfoa.

AL

Published a general fund reserve calculation worksheets, so local governments can use this.

AL

Worksheet to determine a target reserve level, that's appropriate for their agencies and it.

AL

Assesses topics such as your risk of natural disaster, your debt burden, the diversification.

AL

Of your revenues, expense volatility and your availability of capital funding.

AL

And based on staff's analysis of burbank's financial position, the worksheet recommended that.

AL

The city's level of reserves should be maintained in the range of 17 to 25 percent, so, while burbank.

AL

Breaks very well in most of the categories we analyzed between wildfires wind events and of.

AL

Course, a global pandemic. The past few years has certainly told us that our risk for disaster.

AL

Is a little bit higher than we once thought. So while we are within the gfoa recommended range.

AL

The city council may want to consider moving towards the higher end of that range to provide.

AL

The city with more of a buffer in the case of a catastrophic event or other emergency.

AL

So if we were to add five percent to the city's reserves for a total of 25 percent.

AL

This would provide the city with a full three months of operating expenses in reserve and in.

AL

Addition to that extra layer of financial security, it would also reflect positively to future bond.

AL

Rating agencies and potentially lower the cost of any future borrowing the city may choose to do.

AL

Even in the city, even if the city did have to utilize some amount of reserves for an emergency.

AL

The likelihood of falling below the recommended two-month gfoe minimum is decreased with a.

AL

Larger reserve and thus you're minimizing the impact of a disaster on the city's bond rating.

AL

So staff recently completed a survey of the formal reserve level levels of other cities in size and.

AL

Demographics to burbank uh the results ranged from 10 percent all the way up to 40. Of course,.

AL

Our neighboring friends in beverly hills uh with an average formal reserve of 21 among the nine.

AL

Cities surveyed, so if we increased burbank's reserves to 25 percent, uh that would put us in.

AL

Line with glendale who's, also at 20 and above that of pasadena, who is currently at 20 percent.

AL

uh So increasing our formal reserves would require a one-time contribution of 10 million dollars.

AL

In order to fund that fully and future contributions would be calculated based on 20.

AL

25 percent of the annual increase to the general fund, recurring budget.

AL

In order to maintain that fully funded status at the new reserve level,.

AL

So another option we took a look at is our compensated absences reserve.

AL

So compensated absences are absences for which employees will be paid at a future date and time.

AL

Such as a crude vacation, sick leave and universal leave, the government accounting.

AL

Standards board requires that the total amount of accrued leave by all cities. Employees must be.

AL

Calculated annually and reported as a liability on our annual comprehensive financial report.

AL

As of the last report, which was dated june 30 2021, the current outstanding general fund long-term.

AL

Liability for compensated absences was at 14.3 million, so the city maintains a compensated.

AL

Absences reserve within the general fund, which is currently funded at about two and a half million.

AL

Or 20 percent of that total long-term liability. So when an employee separates from the city and.

AL

Is paid out their remaining leave balances or when they elect to cash out as permitted by their mou.

AL

The compensated absences reserve is used to reimburse general fund departments for.

AL

The financial impact of those cash outs when it can't be absorbed within their individual budgets.

AL

The city has utilized an average of about 225 000 per year from this reserve over the past 10.

AL

Years and then it'll then get replenished to the 20 level in the following fiscal year. So as it.

AL

Extremely unlikely that all city employees would separate from the city and cash out their leave in.

AL

The same fiscal year uh staff doesn't recommend funding the compensated absences reserve at 100.

AL

Percent, however, if we were to increase that funding level from 20 percent to 25 percent.

AL

It would provide slightly more of a buffer for the city as the demographics of burbank's.

AL

Workforce evolves over time. As you are aware, the public employees, pension reform act or.

AL

Pepra lowered the retirement formula and increased the retirement age for all public employees hired.

AL

After january 2013., so as our pepper employees continue to comprise a larger portion of the.

AL

City's overall workforce, it is likely that we will see employees work longer and retire later and.

AL

Thus accrue more leave time throughout the course of their careers, and that will eventually need to.

AL

Be paid out by the city when they separate so an increase to this reserve from 20 to 25 percent.

AL

Would require a one-time contribution of seven hundred thousand dollars a future contributions.

AL

Would be based on how much of the reserve we utilize in future years, but would likely not.

AL

Change substantially from the average contribution we budget for now, so let's take a look at option.

AL

Three, in which the city could use those funds to make additional discretionary payments to calpers.

AL

Of course, this option is not new to any of you as part of the council's multi-year pension funding.

AL

Plan burbank has already made 41 million dollars in payments to calpers with another 12 million.

AL

Dollar, payment planned as part of the fiscal year 2223 proposed budget by paying down the city's.

AL

Unfunded actuarial liability with these payments, the city has been able to reduce the annual ual.

AL

Payment owed to calpers and increase the funded status of burbank's three pension plans, the.

AL

City has achieved 4.6 million dollars in annual recurring budget savings to date with another.

AL

Roughly million in savings expected following the payment that is planned for july 2022.,.

AL

So, on average, the investment returns earned by calpers exceed those earned by the city's cash.

AL

Portfolio, however, these returns are not achieved without some amount of risk. So one of the reasons.

AL

Staff recommended splitting those discretionary payments over multiple years, instead of all in.

AL

One year is to hedge against any one year of poor performance on calpers investments and minimize.

AL

The exposure to the city, it should also be noted that, unlike other investments, any payments made.

AL

Towards calpers pensions remain with calpers and cannot be returned to the city for any reason,.

AL

Lastly, any payment made to calpers from the general fund requires a proportional match.

AL

From the utility funds, as all of our non-safety employees are enrolled in the same miscellaneous.

AL

Pension plan so based on those factors, staff would not recommend any additional payments to calpers.

AL

Above and beyond the 12 million that we have currently proposed in the 2223 budget, however,.

AL

We will return to the city council with options to extend that multi-year pension funding plan next.

AL

Year after we receive our calpers actuarial report, which we expect in the fall of 2022.

AL

So the last option we looked at is contributing additional dollars to the city section 115, trust.

AL

Burbank established a section 115 trust for pension obligations in june of 2020, which allows.

AL

The city to set aside funds that could be used to help support future pension related economic.

AL

Volatility at the same time, the city council adopted the pension fund and commitment health.

AL

Commitment policy which states that any year-end general fund balance in excess of.

AL

Six percent of the general fund's budgeted recurring appropriations be used to fund.

AL

Employee pension liabilities, either through a 115 trust or through a direct payment to calpers.

AL

This annual funding commitment will be required if employee pension benefits are less than 90.

AL

Funded in our current level of funding, we average about 73 percent over the city's three plans.

AL

Now, while not as aggressive as calpers pension fund investments, the 115 trust.

AL

Typically performs better than the city's cash pool, but with a slightly more elevated level,.

AL

Of risk, the 115 trust is also more liquid than sending payments directly to calpers.

AL

As these funds could be withdrawn at any time to meet the city's pension obligations, this can.

AL

Include a payment of our annual normal cost for existing city employees or for.

AL

Additional one-time discretionary payments that the city elects to make towards our ual.

AL

So, based on the four options we just reviewed, we have three recommendations for the council.

AL

To consider tonight, because, of course, the finance department always likes to diversify.

AL

First, we recommend the city council increase our general fund, formal reserves from.

AL

20 percent to 25 by establishing a budget stabilization reserve account.

AL

Equivalent to 5 percent of the general fund recurring budget, which is right- around 10 million.

AL

This puts the city's reserve status as slightly higher than the average of our benchmark cities.

AL

And provides us with three months of operating cash in the event of a significant emergency.

AL

One full month, higher than the gfoa recommended minimum related to that we would recommend that.

AL

The council revise their financial policies to require our formal reserves be within a range of.

AL

20 to 25 percent this way should the council identify a need for additional one-time cash.

AL

Due to an economic downturn or even a high priority project, our budget stabilization reserve.

AL

Could be utilized without violating our financial policies or impact our future bond ratings.

AL

Second, we recommend increasing the general fund, compensated absences reserve from 20.

AL

Of liability to 25 percent of liability, which would require a one-time contribution of 700 000.

AL

Above and beyond the 384 000 contribution that has been incorporated into the proposed budget.

AL

For 22.23, this further ensures that the city can cover the cost of recruit, leave balances.

AL

Into the future, without any negative impact to the general fund budget and, lastly, assuming the city.

AL

Council approves the first two items. We recommend contributing funds to the city's section, 115 trust.

AL

In accordance with the city council's pension funding policy, assuming the budget is adopted as.

AL

Proposed we estimate that about 6.7 million would be contributed to the trust in fiscal year 2223. So.

AL

It is important to note that the city count should the council approve these recommendations. The.

AL

General fund would still have over 12.1 million in spendable balance remaining for any one-time.

AL

Or mid-year appropriations or other unexpected expenses that arise during the 20-23 fiscal year.

AL

So that concludes my presentation on this discussion paper and of course I am happy.

AL

To answer any questions you may have, thank you miss becker just to clarify real, quick.

F

We have options one through four, but then at the end you recommend a b and c. I guess: okay.

F

Also, essentially, one two and four okay, one two and four and they're, not they're, not options of.

F

Themselves, they're each individual option. We can pick more than one absolutely it's multiple choice.

AL

Of course, I would recommend uh our recommendation is to do all three okay, but uh should the council.

AL

Prefer to do one or two or all three, that's obviously uh up to the council all right.

F

This graphic alone, I'm not going to sight you, I think the rest of the budget is great. Thank you.

C

So is there a motion.

AB

uh Mr mayor, I don't know that we have. We don't think we need a motion tonight.

AB

But I would just add that I I really appreciate staff's recommendations, I'm in agreement with them.

AB

And I think the single best thing that we can do for the people of burbank is ensure.

AB

Our financial, health and liquidity and I think, all of those recommendations, recommendations.

AB

Absolutely do that so great work. I agree. That's why. Basically, we wanted to bring it for discussion.

C

And uh we're looking forward to the future, and I think this is in the best interest of our not only.

C

The city, but the residents as well absolutely so we want to wait to till the budget. Well, if I hear.

AL

That direction, what we'll do as part of the budget public hearing is we'll bring back the revised.

AL

Financial policy for the council to adopt as part of the uh budget adoption process that works for.

AL

Mr hess yeah uh we'll need to include some of this language in the resolutions, so it's important for.

R

Us to make sure that if you're good we'll bring that back on the 24th, absolutely yes yeah so.

R

Because we are going to be changing like our reserve policy and things like that, so we.

R

You're good for seat constantly member for us yeah I'll weigh in. uh I definitely in support.

AD

Of uh staff recommendations at the end, I think it's smart and uh we're still in the black we've.

AD

Got a good budget, but definitely, let's think about the future, no brownouts at parks or.

AD

Reduction in services to the residents, so no definitely I'm supportive.

AD

Of the recommendations, good, thank you, you get enough direction. Yes, absolutely.

AL

So uh this concludes our budget presentations. For this evening uh last week we covered all.

AL

Of our full operating budgets and tonight we covered our cip budget and our discussion papers.

AL

So we will be back to you in two weeks for the public hearing for our utility rates.

R

If I could, if there are other discussion papers that came out of.

R

uh um Tonight or that you thought of um over the over the last week, we would like.

R

To know now um so we could bring that back for next week, or at least have some memo.

R

uh Or at least a slide, so it can be a decision point for um final decision making um in.

R

A couple weeks, but not an additional agenda, that's separate if it's related to the budget.

R

It's good if it's not related to the budget. It's an additional item. Ms becker, I've got a request.

C

To try and increase the performing arts grant program for the cultural arts, commission.

AL

I believe that is currently at fifty thousand dollars per year and we've been using that.

AL

Performing arts set aside and our uh which I think was around two hundred thousand and we were going.

AL

To continue to appropriate that from that annually, so is the direction to bring back a paper uh that.

AL

Looks at increasing that by a certain amount. Yes, and what are you looking at uh doubling it.

R

Or doubling yeah we're currently in our second year of the the 200 000, so so this year is the.

R

Second year of the 50 000, so we we could bring back something to use some of the one-time money.

R

That 12.1 um uh used to an additional 200 000 for uh to basically double that um 50 to 100.. You know.

C

We're the media capital of the world right, I mean, and we have a cultural arts commission.

C

That is struggling to make us the media capital of the world at least help us.

C

Help the community, because they need money to do stuff. It's not it's not free things that they have.

C

In mind, they're, very creative, obviously there's this way they're in the cultural arts, commission.

C

And they've got great ideas and they've been limited because of budget. uh So I just wanted to.

C

Give them a little more money and see if they can. You know obviously and they're they're working on.

C

Trying to get more money by raising their own funds, uh so that's difficult as well! So that's.

C

The only reason I'm bringing it up we'll return with something for you on that councilman frudos.

AD

Thank you and mine is the police department, since we don't have a deputy chief there's, a 12 percent.

AD

On a vacant position, that's still in the budget. If the chief's going to fill the spot great, then.

AD

No discussion, but if he's not going to fill it, then his request should be covered by that vacant.

AD

Position versus increasing his budget by 0.3 percent we'll bring that discussion back. Thank you.

C

Because springer yes um is, would it be a good idea to have a small pool of money for.

AC

Traffic calming projects unforeseen at this point you know.

AC

I don't know how much, but since we're dealing with speed and issues arise, thank you.

AM

So can you uh councilmember springer repeat the question? Please.

AC

Would it be wise to have a small pool of money, a small fund of money to address unforeseen.

AC

Traffic calming projects- okay, I will point out that in the budget itself there is.

AM

There are three sections of engineering's budget that have three separate consultant funds that are.

AM

Additional monies to do just that, and, for example, one of them, I believe, is two hundred thousand.

AM

Specifically for traffic uh calming and investigations and analyses okay, thank you.

C

Okay, anything else: okay, we'll move on. uh Let's see.

C

The third report is an update on the california government code, section.

C

65858 d pertain to the adopted, inter emergency ordinance, establishing development control for.

C

Two unit residential developments and urban lot, splits in all single-family residential zones in.

C

Response to senate bill 9. make sure, is it mr xavier thomas assistant planner, the community.

C

Development department, please present the report. Thank you very much good evening, mayor telemontes.

AP

Vice mayor anthony and members of the council, my name is xavier thomas project planner for the.

AP

Proposed item, may I please have the presentation. Thank you tonight. The city council will be.

AP

Reviewing a report on the updates that followed from the adoption of the interim urgency ordinance.

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At the april 5th city council meeting for two unit, residential developments.

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And urban lot splits in the city's single-family residential zones in response to senate bill 9.

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On september, 16 2021, governor newsom signed into law, california, housing opportunity and.

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More efficiency act also known as senate bill 9. senate bill 9 took effect on january 1st 2022 on.

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April 5th 2022 city council adopted an interim urgency ordinance to ensure that the city had.

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Had in place interim objective development, design and subdivision standards, that would.

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Regulate sb9 projects, the urgency ordinance is set to expire on friday may twentieth.

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Twenty twenty: two: according to california government code, section six, five, eight five.

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Eight d, ten days prior to the expiration of the inter-emergency ordinance.

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The city council is required to is required to issue a written report describing the measures.

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Taken to alleviate the conditions that led to the adoption of the interim urgency ordinance.

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As outlined in the report, since the adoption of the inter-emergency ordinance on april 5th,.

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Here are the steps that city staff has taken to alleviate the conditions that led to the urgency ordinance.

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At the city council meeting of april 5th city council requested that staff explore.

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Additional standards that could be added to alleviate the impacts of future sb9 projects.

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These items include, first, any additional development, design and subdivision standards.

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Or controls that can be applied to two unit, residential developments and urban lot, splits.

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Including additional standards that can be applied in the equestrian zoned single-family residential.

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Neighborhoods second, assessing the feasibility of establishing a development standard that requires.

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All new two-unit residential developments to be deed, restricted, affordable units and finally,.

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Assessing the establishment of fines and or other penalties on homeowners who violate the signed.

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Urban lot split owner occupancy affidavit staff is currently in the process of evaluating analyzing.

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All these items and will bring back possible solutions for the city council's consideration.

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As a part of a future request for a zone text amendment, as of the time of this presentation,.

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Staff has received several inquiries and potential designs for two-unit residential developments.

AP

And urban lots for requests I'd like to make an amendment on the existing slide. It says: we've.

AP

Received zero submittals, as of this evening, we've actually received one just want to clarify that.

AP

Due to the ongoing work that staff still needs to conduct prior to the creation.

AP

Of permanent zoning development standards in response to sb9 and city council's direction,.

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Staff will be requesting that the city council extend the adopted interim urgency ordinance.

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For an additional 10 months and 15 days at the may, 17 2022 city council meeting.

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If approved, the extension will give staff time to further study those city council items.

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And any additional objective standards that would assist that would assist in mitigating.

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The potential impacts of sb9 projects in our single-family residential zoned neighborhoods.

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The extension if granted, would also provide staff time to undertake all the work to repair.

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A zone text amendment for consideration by the planning board and the city council at a separate.

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Public hearing all the work is expected to be completed during this requested extension period.

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In conclusion, in compliance with california government code, section 65858-d.

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City council is required to note and file a written report outlining the measures taken.

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To alleviate the conditions that led to the adoption of the inter-emergency ordinance.

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In order to further create additional development, design and subdivision standards for sp9 projects,.

AP

Along with any additional regulations sought by the city, council staff will be requesting an.

AP

Extension of the adopted inter-emergency ordinance for an additional 10 months and 15 days at the.

AP

May 17th city council meeting the extension will provide staff the necessary time to prepare a zone.

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Text amendment with permanent and comprehensive zoning measures for future consideration by the.

AP

City council: this concludes staff's presentation. I'm available for questions. Thank you for your.

C

Report uh the recommendations to know to file uh for this report. Yes, it is yes, colleagues.

C

Any questions comments, no all right. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Well, not file.

C

Next item on the agenda is the final report of the evening is a request to consider.

C

A city-wide humanitarian needs drive for the people of ukraine. I want to take.

C

Privilege here in regards I, I requested this agenda item and due to the circumstances that.

C

Are happening in ukraine right now and just around the world. um I want to hold this agenda item for a.

C

Future meeting, if my colleagues don't mind uh it's just too many uncertainties that are happening.

C

I spoke with the chief and they spoke to the city manager. I think it.

C

Is be best served if we hold this agenda item for a future night, if you don't mind, okay, great.

B

Thank you yeah, it's just all right. I appreciate it. Thank you uh chief. Thank you for your work, we'll.

C

We'll be talking, um this is a time for brief council comments. Yes, sir.

AB

That's right, mr mayor, we have item one and if I may speak to that, mr mayor.

AB

um The reason I pulled the item is that I actually reside within 500 feet of that right-of-way. So.

AB

In consultation with the city attorney, I will be uh recusing myself from this item.

C

How far can he get if there's no discussion, then I'll bring that another consent, and we.

AD

Can move it forward? Yeah I mean he could have recused himself at the time right, yeah at the.

AD

Time just to hold it to the end till the end, but that's okay, we'll talk we'll talk.

C

Yeah, well maybe he was talking to joe in the meantime. Okay, so go ahead. All right.

AD

Then consent item one um request to move it forward. Motion all second second motion. Second,.

C

Man up city, clear council, member footers, yes, okay, I was taken by vice mayor, anthony, yes, council.

E

Member springer, yes, mayor telemancy, thank you. Can somebody from staff notify councilmember schultz.

AD

Oh now let him stew out there. Oh he's back. I think he was by the water fountain outside.

C

Thank you, sir. um So this is a time for brief council comments, including reporting on council.

C

Committee assignments, colleagues, who wants to start councilman fudos. Thank you, mr mayor.

AD

Going back to wednesday april the 27th I attended, the matthew, pavelka scholarship awards.

AD

Program presentation at the burbank ballista guardian statue on thursday april, the 28th I.

AD

Attended the george is a park in person, community design feedback workshop. There was at least.

AD

35 residents in attendance and they did the the presentation, but then they had the charettes. Where.

AD

People can take the yellow, stickies and put their priorities, and there was a big thing and sharon.

AD

Will like this, there was a big thing on saving the trees and the canopies. That was a big thing.

AD

On uh friday april, the 29th I attended, the uh cal california city's public safety policy committee.

AD

The only thing I can report out is that sacramento is moving forward with a discussion about.

AD

Looking at marijuana and allowing out-of-state vendors to come and transport and sell marijuana.

AD

Within the state of california, it was a big discussion on the call and the idea is.

AD

It'll, hopefully kind of squash the black market, but there was a lot of other cities.

AD

That were supportive of just california. You know dispensaries and other folks were saying that you.

AD

Know what no matter, how hard these other cities are, trying they're still undercut by the black.

AD

Market by the cartel, on saturday april, the 30th I attended with our mayor, the family service agency,.

AD

Care walk and then later on that evening, I attended the burbank chamber of commerce.

AD

Excellent awards and just as a personal note to the members of the community and city staff.

AD

uh You know today was a big milestone for me, uh my birthday of uh 58 years old, but I do appreciate I.

AD

Did receive a lot of text, messages and emails from the community and staff and and I feel very lucky.

AD

And very fortunate asking the good lord for its blessings on my birthday. That's.

C

58 years young 58 years young, there you go and I'm ready to go disco dancing boy.

C

Anyone else, colleagues, that's why springer. Yes, thank you. I um also attended the matthew.

AC

Pavelka scholarship awards the advisory council on disabilities meeting and the senior board meeting.

AC

And attended zoom the cal city's housing community and economic development.

AC

Subcommittee and I have to tell you that the bills are still coming continue to come from sacramento.

AC

And um shout out to mr burkman: he provides the only.

AC

Public works perspective. That's just very helpful. um I attended the family service.

AC

Agency care, walk on the the chamber, excellence awards and um the coordinating council meeting.

AC

The first time that I've been there in person in a long time and that wraps it up. Thank you.

AC

Vice mayor, uh thank you, mr mayor. um I spent the last week uh in solana beach on vacation, so I'm.

F

Good all right welcome back. That's a nice spot because of my work, that's marshall! Thank you, mr.

AB

Mayor I'll be brief um april 27th I joined, I think pretty much. All of us were there at the matthew.

AB

Pavelka scholarship awards. The next day I attended the valley economic alliance board meeting no.

AB

Reportable action, though, I will say that they were very pleased to have their event at castaway. Very.

AB

Rave reviews about that venue and hopefully we'll bring them back.

AB

Friday april 29th I had a meeting with several community members and our police chief about.

AB

Concerns that they had about the regulation of firearms and ammunition in the city of.

AB

Burbank, more of an informational discussion, no reportable action.

AB

uh And lastly, friday april 29th i2 was attending the enviro. In my case the environmental quality.

AB

Policy committee for league of california cities- I think the most notable action is that there is.

AB

A proposed ballot measure entitled the california, recycling and plastic pollution reduction act of.

AB

2020 through the city manager, I'll make sure make sure everyone gets information about that.

AB

The committee uh voted to make a recommendation to the full league of california city's board.

AB

To endorse that ballot measure, so something that we'll probably see on our ballots come.

AB

November, that's all I have, mr mayor. Thank you in the interest of time. uh Let me see I also attended.

C

The matthew pavalka scholarship, awards program. I attended the chamber board monthly meeting.

C

Family service agency care, walk, burbank, chamber commerce, excellence awards. I was a guest speaker.

C

And inducted the newly elected officers at the burbank courting council, along with the council.

C

Member, I mean council member springer, we were both there and yesterday we had a panel discussion, one.

C

Of the mayor's shows, with the second century panel jeff worth mr gary and the ce ceo miss chase from.

C

Warner brothers, it was excellent and it was staff did a great job kudos to staff. Mr city manager.

C

So that worked out well anything else for the good of the order. I just passed 11.. Yes, please.

C

Now is the time for an introduction of additional agenda items to members of the council of any.

C

Items to introduce councilmember schultz. uh Thank you, mr mayor, um mr city manager. uh As a first.

AB

Step report: I'd like an agenda item regarding a proposed constitutional amendment set forth.

AB

By the governor, in conjunction with the senate president and the assembly speaker to codify and.

AB

Enshrine roe vs wade in the california state constitution like a letter of support on that.

C

Anyone else- yes, oh okay,.

AC

Prioritize our complete streets projects and they're prioritized for this budget, but.

AC

We're upcoming.

R

Can I add on to that, how about a um a review of the complete streets.

C

Good good do whatever you want, yeah, yes, okay, perfect! Thank you.

C

Exactly what she was looking for, thank you, mr city manager, vice mayor uh yeah, a first step.

F

Report on updating our policy on curb cuts to favor directional cuts whenever possible.

C

Okay, great, thank you very much. You got all that. That's your city manager,.

C

So we now adjourn the meeting in memory of city of burbank resident and active community.

C

Volunteer judy pierce to tuesday may 17 2022 for a regular meeting in the council chambers.

C

Public may view the media online or on television and would be able to provide.

C

Public comment in the following four ways: in person for general public comment: public hearings.

C

And reports to counsel, by calling directly to the council meeting to speak during the general.

C

Public comment period and public hearing items only by leaving an e-comment on the cd webpage.

C

By emailing the city council directly, thank you very much and stay safe and we're adjourned.