City Council Meeting — September 1, 2021

States of America and to the Republic of the States, one nation under God, and the world for liberty and justice for all. Justice for all. Thank you all.

City Clerk, please call roll.

Thank you. Council Member Peter Chan. Here. Council Member Hans Liang. Here. Council Member Fred Cernoso. Here. Mayor Pro Tem Henry Lo. Here. And Mayor Yvonne Yu. Here. All present.

Thank you. And City Manager, City Attorney, do we have any agenda, addition, deletion, change, or adoption?

None, Madam Mayor, from the City Manager's Office.

None from the City Attorney, Madam Mayor. Thank you. And so let's move on the agenda. 1A, presentations, community cleanup, September 18th, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Garvey Ranch Park.

Madam Mayor?

Yes. Oh, the public community. Missed the whole part. Do we have any public communication?

Thank you. Let me ask the audience. audience if you would like to speak during public communications now it's time to do so please press uh star nine if you are on the phone or use the raise hand feature at this time

madam mayor i do not see any in the audience however we do have written communication

NEW SPEAKERS, OKAY.

VINCENT CHANG.

NEW SPEAKERS, I'M SORRY.

I DO HAVE A SPEAKER NOW. DO YOU WANT ME TO CALL THE SPEAKER?

NEW SPEAKERS, OKAY, SURE.

NEW SPEAKERS, RICARDO. RICARDO.

HI THERE.

I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE MY INPUT ON THE 5G REPORT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE SPEAKING ABOUT.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE TIME OR DO I NEED TO MOVE? 5G, WE DON'T HAVE 5G TODAY. SO IT'S THE 5B?

WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON, SIR? THE 5G TELECOMMUNICATIONS PART OF IT.

THAT'S 5B. OKAY, SO SHOULD I WAIT TO SPEAK UNTIL YOU GET TO 5B? Sure. Okay. Thank you. Thank you.

Okay. Madam Mayor, we have a written communication.

Okay. Vincent Chang. Okay.

Vincent Chang, City Clerk on September 1st, public comments from Rose Bubion. I sent in a public comment back in March for item 5B

and is a strong opponent of the original plans the city had for $100 million in tax dollars. What is the outcome and what is the current plan for the money? That is all for public comment.

Thank you.

Okay. Do we have any more written or public comments? None, Madam Mayor. Thank you. So for the let's move on to the presentation 1A community cleanup September 18 8 a.m to 1 p.m far v ranch park Frank Lopez. Hi good evening mayor good evening mayor

portem council members Frank Lopez public works director city engineer just coming before you to let you know that we'll be having another community cleanup event in September This event is scheduled for September 18th from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. This time we'll be having it at Garvey Ranch Park. And we ask residents to come in through the Alhambra Avenue entrance. And they'll be met with staff assisting to offload. We're obviously still requiring masks to be worn. And again, we want to clarify the type of items that can be brought in. These include furniture, rugs, mattresses. On the flyer, you'll notice it does say appliances with an asterisk, and that is because we do accept microwaves, toaster ovens, washers and dryers, water heaters, furnaces, refrigerators. If the Freon has been removed, then we can take that. Freon requires special treatment. And so, unfortunately, if it still has that component in it, we cannot take it. But if it's been removed, our waste management company can take it. So, again, no electronic waste this time. Also, no hazardous waste. But, again, we look forward to this event. We've had a few successful events over the past year. and we look forward to another successful event of helping clean up our community.

Thank you. Any questions from any council members? Okay. Let's go then. Thank you so much, Frank. Thank you. And then so moving to the consent calendar. Before we start the consent calendar, I wanted to make a note that for item 3B, since I have a potential conflict of interest, if the item being picked, I'm required to recuse myself, then Mayor Pro Tem Henry Lo will host the item for me. So for consent items 3A and 3B, anyone wanted to call on any items? Council members?

I didn't hear anything, so may I get a motion to approve the consent calendar?

Move for approval. Second.

Okay. City clerk, please call roll.

Council member Peter Chan, can you hear me? Yes. Okay, thank you. All right, council member Hans Liang. Yes. Council member Fred Cernoso. Yes. Mayor Pro Tem Henry Lo. Yes. And Mayor Yvonne Yu.

Yes.

Thank you.

Thank you. Okay, we don't have any public hearings. So for a new business, 5A, ordinance enacting water conservation measure and requirements. So yeah, Public Works Director, Frank Lopez, the floor is yours.

Yes, again, thank you, Mayor. Good evening. Good evening, Mayor Patem, Council Members, Frank Lopez, your Public Works Director, City Engineer. I'll be presenting this item. And if there are any questions afterwards, I also have our utility manager Richard Gonzalez will be available. So the item before you tonight is an ordinance enacting water conservation measures and requirements. So we're asking for you to consider introducing and waiving the first reading of this ordinance and amending the Monterey Park Municipal Code to add chapter 14.25 enacting these new regulations. So, as you know, California has gone through over the last several years, we've experienced drought conditions. And so, I don't think it's new news, but we want to be proactive in moving forward and helping to make the situation better. And so this new ordinance creates various stages of drought emergencies that would be enacted by resolution. Some of these measures include fines for violations of the restrictions, restrictions on the frequency of irrigation and the types of irrigation that we have. If you hadn't heard, recently Governor Newsom had declared a state emergency drought throughout the state.

And so again, this ordinance is helping us to come into not compliance, but in helping

make the situation better and well, essentially compliance.

So if you remember back in 2009, or if you were around in that time, we had adopted a previous ordinance for water conservation measures.

That was in response to Governor Schwarzenegger's executive order.

That ordinance closely folLod a Los Angeles County phase water conservation plan amendments.

Again, in 2013, to comply with the green building standards, we adopted Ordinance 2097 that also established some requirements for landscape and for new developments to encourage the use of drought-tolerant plants and also to prohibit the type of irrigation systems that tend to leak water.

And so promoting the drip style irrigation.

Then again, during the drought of 2012 to 2015, we adopted an emergency regulations.

And those were adopted as an emergency, which they had a sunset clause. And so those expired in 2016.

Throughout the years and throughout these water conservation measures, the city has

shown that it's improved and reduced its water use.

Your staff report includes a table that shows that we've gone from close to 11,000 acre

feet of water use per year to about 7,000 7500 acre feet. However, the declaration by the governor recently is asking that we continue to reduce water

use and conserve at least an additional 14%.

So this ordinance does mimic previous ordinances and the types of measures that it will enact, such as having violations. However, it does increase violations. So we have $100 for a first violation, $200 for a second violation, $500 if someone does not fix the issue after. the second violation. And so it also enacts additional stages of emergency, of drug emergencies. So there's a stage five and stage six where nd in stage 5 we are increasing the reduction of water use between 41 and 50% and 50%. ! Stage 6 would reduce demand by more than 50%. ! As a director, I'd be responsible for monitoring that together with staff and making sure we have sufficient supplies and that we're doing what we need to to reduce use when necessary. And so we would be, if this is enacted, we would come back with a resolution to enact the recommended stage. For instance, currently with the request to reduce by 14%, we would be at least at a stage two, possibly more. And so again, Again, we're enacting these water conservation regulations to make sure we're in compliance with the state to make sure that we're doing our part and for the environment and reducing wasted water. And we can take any questions if you like. Again, my utility water manager, Richard Gonzalez is here tonight. That concludes our presentation. Thank you. Thank you, Frank. Any questions from any council members?

Yes, Madam Mayor. I have a question. Thank you. Thank you so much for that presentation, Frank. I was curious, the last time we were in a drought situation and we levied fines and penalties to residents for violations,

how much, do you know how much was generated from those fines and penalties the last time we imposed them?

I know council member, I don't have a number of how much was generated through those fines.

It's something we could look into definitely and get that information back to you.

Okay.

I think I would, I'm curious and I'd like to know I'm sure so what other council members and the reason why I'm asking this question is because depending on what the amount is, I think that how these funds, if they're of a substantial amount, is of interest to me because on the one hand, we want to, of course, educate our public about the importance of water conservation and also perhaps give them information and even tools on how they can save water.

So, for example, if, you know, if we're if unfortunately a resident gets fined for a use of some violation of our drought measures, it could also be maybe maybe they're not aware about plants that are drought resistant because they're more part of the natural flora that's in this area or part of it could go into educating our public about the importance of water conservation.

And I just bring that up because, again, you know, maybe it's not a lot of money, but if we do end up finding folks, I'd like to maybe actually see if that money, whatever amount generated, could be used to educate the public as well as give them tools to become more conservative water.

Absolutely. And we are already working on that type of education. We do have some banners that are posted up that are asking residents to please conserve water.

And we will continue pushing different types of whether it's social media and or education out to the residents to help them out, including developing a plant palette that we can put on our website and such, which other water districts and water agencies have done.

Right. I'm curious, and again, somewhat related to what we're discussing right now, but near my home up in Orange, there was a demonstration garden that I believe was funded by our water district, the San Diego Valley Municipal Water District. I think they gave funding for that, but I'm just curious, like, like, do they also have maybe perhaps funding that could help, like, replicate what was in that demonstration park garden that could be deployed elsewhere? If our residents want to also plant similar drought resistant plants in their front yard, backyard. And also, I would even be curious, is this something that we could replicate at all of our parks? I mean, we have, of course, beautiful parks, and we're known for our park. But at the same time, can our parks themselves be role models, if you will, of water conservation by maybe replicating what we see at the demonstration garden up on Orange Avenue?

And yes, we're definitely going to try to help in the look of our parks or changing our normal habits to be more lean towards conservation. I can ask Richard to answer with regards to any programs that San Gabriel Valley Water District currently has. I know in the past they did have that grant for for that garden obviously they have had other grants so we're actually working on a project now that would implement no-touch faucets that help conserve water as they automatically shut off Richard any other programs at St. Gabriel yes good evening madam mayor

Council members. So Henry to answer your question myself and staff have been communicating with the San Gabriel Valley Water District in regards to other ways we can reach out to the community and that topic that you are discussing was brought up. There are rebate programs for urinals, for toilets, those types of things but we're also asking for possibly rebates for native California plants and or drought tolerant plants. And that discussion is ongoing, but it is something that we're talking to them about. It may not be a huge amount, but it is incentive to get people to start to change the landscape of their homes and how we use water. This is going to be our new normal. And I think it's it's it would be proactive for us to start having these incentives out there for the community to take advantage of and not only help the city, but help themselves in the future of water use as as we go on to more years of drought, possibly.

Okay.

Okay, so thank you. And then next up, Council Member First and also.

So just want to thank you. I've seen the banner at the intersection of Garvey and Garfield about asking people or residents to conserve water. So thanks for that. You said right now we're like in a stage two drought emergency, and I'm reading the different restrictions here. It says that we're limited to water in our yard two times a week. So how soon will that go into effect?

Well, obviously, we would need to wait for the ordinance to take effect, which is 30 days after adoption. Once that happens, we would come back to the council with a resolution, making the recommendation to go into whether it's stage two or three conservation mode.

Okay, so we could be in, we could even be in stage three at this point or when this is finalized then.

Potentially, yes.

And then how do you plan? I see all the different restrictions here. How do you plan to enforce this?

Well, obviously, that would be a team effort with staff, whether it's public works, code enforcement, residents themselves. But as best possible, it would be a team effort.

and then um i had another question i forgot what it is uh oh so publicize you talked about social

media and stuff so i'm assuming once this is finalized it'll go out in the cascades and on

the city's website try to let the residents know definitely yes we can we can do that

No further questions. Thank you. Thank you. Council Member Hasna.

Yeah, thank you. Thank you, Frank and Richard for the presentation. You know, just a thought that this is not the first time that we've gone through this. And I remember last time there were a lot of resources that we had produced regarding informing the residents, et cetera. I think one of the things that we need to, and was mentioned before is to ensure that our residents understand what's happening it's always a shock when they don't know and they violate some of the rules and then get get fined right so you know in addition to in the cascades on the website maybe also in the water bill something may you know there may be a message saying important information please check www. and then leave them to the website which would have the information on the different tiers and what the expectations are and you know like how you can do your part you know to help out but i think that you know another thing that was brought up with the water boards i remember during the time that we were going through this last time you know maybe we can ask some of the water board members to come and give a presentation to the council i remember there are members of various water boards that came talk to us about some of the you know more technical aspects the actual numbers cubic feats of water etc kind of explaining that whole thing and then also I remember they were the ones that were able to you know what we had partnered with them on on some of those low flow low flow toilets as well as water conserving dish dish you know dishwashers and and clothes washers so just again just as the others said to let's see what kind of partnerships we can build with the water boards and kind of get a unified message and really create the link which is necessary for the resources, whether it's coming from them or for us. And again, just let's make sure the public's aware, you know, because one of the things that we experienced last time is people got, you know, fines or whatever they weren't, they didn't even know, you know, they were not educated on what was going on. So let's make sure that we do a good outreach to the community so that they know you know multiple media social media the uh cascades the website maybe a water bill something to really get the repetition so people know hey this is coming and uh you know these are some things to expect uh based on whatever you know stage that we're in uh but those are my comments and uh we've been through it before and you know we did really well last time and i think we have the experience to get through at this time, just as stellar.

Thank you, good suggestions. Thank you. Council Member Chen.

Thank you, Mayor. And thank you, Frank. And thank you, Richard for the presentation. And yes, we, as Council Member Hans Leon talked about that we experienced that a few years ago and we enacted that's the four stages in the city ordinance to be served

of water in the city. And now we expand it to six stages instead of four. So my question is this is to conform with the state law, isn't it? The sixth stage? That's correct. With what's

happening currently, this helps us to comply with that. Okay. And then my question may be to the

city of Cheney is that since we conform with the state law and can the city council of the city and act on ourselves without the state is taking the lead or do we have to after we enact this ordinance that we must comply with the state order.

Thank you, Madam Mayor, members of the council. Council member Chan. So in order for the city to enforce the regulations with regard to water conservation, it actually has to be enacted within the city's own jurisdiction.

This is not, for example, a vehicle code violation where something can be applied statewide.

Each jurisdiction needs to enact its own local regulations and then enforce them on a local level.

So you would need to adopt this ordinance and add it to the municipal code in order for the employees to be able to enforce it.

Hope that answers your question.

Oh, yeah, that's clear. And because since we conform with the state law, my question is that do we have to follow the state or do we just follow our needs in the city, whatever that is, because the city is different from the state and from other cities. So that's my question. So you answered clearly that we can act on ourselves based on our needs in the city. So that's great. And then I look at the chart on the iPad. That is page 51. And I can see the chart that's from the fiscal year 1999 through 2021. And I can see the reduction from the acre food usage. Consumption is from over 10,000, close to 11,000 in year 2000. And now we are down to 75,000 acre food. And so which is like over 25% reduction. So which is a very good reduction throughout this 20 years period. And so have to, you know, thank all the residents in the city to conserve and to save water, which is. And of course, your technology is a big part of that, that we can save water. and of course your technology is a big part of that we can save water. ! And so this is a good thing, but we need to continue to save water and conserve water ! In order to have more water in the future. ! But I would like to suggest that Mayor Pro Temp Lo suggests that if we can find some incentive for homeowners or apartment owners or whatever to for homeowners or apartment owners or whatever to convert the water consumed lawn, the green lawns that we so proud of and so we like to have to change it to, you know, the climate resistant plants or cover so that we can conserve water. And I think a few years ago, we have done that. We have come up with some incentive, although it's not much, but still is some kind of incentive for residents to change that. And so I would like to ask the city staff to find any way, or even if ourselves, the city, can afford to come up with some money to give some incentive to the homeowners to convert to the native plants. And of course, Mary Pro Tem, A low mention that there was an illustration garden on Orange and Metro, which is close to my home. And I pass by all the time. So that's a very nice garden and people can use that. Or we can even partner with like Home Depot or any other nurseries. If they can help to give some incentive and some suggestions on what to do, how to do it, and come up with some costs so that the residents can easily convert to some climate resistant plants instead of just a green lawn. So I think that would be a good suggestion. And then also I would suggest to, if we put in anything, enforcement or whatever, start with ourselves. Ask the park staff, public works or whatever, you know, check all the sprinkler system, check all the sprinkler heads, see if there's any leak or if there's a, because we are in an automatic timer. so if the timer is too long or do we have to adjust it according to the needs so I think and also like City Horror and the park and there's toilets and facilities there's faucets and stuff see if there's any leak or any water breaking things or whatever that we can save money so save water and of course money as well and so start with ourselves and then set a good example so that people can know, okay, the city is not wasting water. We are using it wisely and conservatively. So those are my suggestions. And I think we are doing good, but because of the climate change and everything, and so we need to do more. So I have no problem in this ordinance. Thank you.

Thank you. Good suggestions. Council member Chen. And so before we make a motion, do we have any public comments?

Thank you, Madam Mayor. Audience, if you wanna speak on this item, this is the time to do so. Please press star nine if you are on the phone or if you are on your computer, you can use the raise hand feature.

Madam Mayor, I do not see anybody wanna speak on this item. However, we do have a written communication on this item. Okay.

Vincent Chang, City Clerk, written communication for September 1st, 2021. Item 5A, ordinance enacting water conservation measures and requirements. Communication from Joe Chu. I submit the following questions. One, does the city have plans on implementing a mandatory stage one or stage two drop emergency plan? If yes, how soon? Question 2. How does the City plan on reducing demands an additional 14% per the Governor's July 8, 2021 Executive Order N-10-21? And can the City post on their website a running monthly demand usage compared to the month of previous year, so residents can view usage and reduction? Question 3. How is the new automatic watering reading system doing and is it being used for water conservation? There are no other written communications.

Thank you. So, Public Works, Frank, do you have any, can you follow up with those questions that the resident asked?

Yeah, I think we kind of already referred to the question regarding, you know, the ordinance would need to be enacted after adoption. It's 30 days and then we'd be looking to come back to make sure we're in compliance with the governor's order.

I think the other question was.

They mentioned about the previous year, but then we already post like the past 20 years, right?

Correct. The staff report does include usage. we can do something. As part of this program, we will likely dedicate a page to water conservation, and so some of this information will be provided there. We still need to develop it, but we'll be

working on it in a timely manner, as obviously this is important. We've gathered quite a bit of information. Richard's been working with San Gabriel Valley Water District, and so we should be able to get something put together, including the education information to get out. And I think the last question was about our meters. Definitely the meters, they do work.

We are looking at additional types of meters that not only would help with the, so these new meters are more accurate. We are looking at even further just to, we want to be able to conserve.

One of the issues, as you know, that comes up sometimes is water leaks in our mains.

There are meters out there that use radio frequencies and echolocation-type software to detect the leaks. And so we're looking to technology as well to be able to meet these demands to reduce water use. So, yes, the new meters do work much better. They're more accurate than in the past. The current system, we've had some issues with the manufacturer, but generally, they definitely work better than the older meters. But we are looking to new technology to help us further conserve. Thank you. And Mayor, for the time, Lo, you have questions? I do. Thank you.

You know, I want to thank you, Madam Mayor. You know, I really want to thank our resident who made public comment, because I think that's actually a really good idea, especially if we can post progress on our webpage as we're trying to meet our goals to conserve water. And I think a comparable example of how we as a community has really been mobilized to reach benchmark this.

Well, the pandemic, we're in COVID.

And if you recall, we had a goal that the President of the United States had tried to encourage of a 70 percent vaccination rate. And I think a lot of that drove all of our efforts.

In fact, here in Monument Park, I mean, we should be very proud that our vaccination rate is now 86 percent, the highest actually in the West Sigma Valley. But I think maybe perhaps the city, as part of its marketing, is, you know, make it as another like a campaign or a goal setting. Like, you know, if we're going to reduce, our goal is reduce a 14 percent reduction. You know, what does that mean in terms of individual usage or citywide usage? And I think that perhaps we could use a figure like that as a benchmark to encourage people to try and attain that, those goals. And I would even make the suggestion that perhaps as a city, we may want to even consider maybe doing it like a contest. Like we recognize perhaps like outstanding apartments,

outstanding businesses, outstanding industries or residents

who have reached our benchmark goal and that we recognize them as a water champions,

you know, but I think turn it into kind of a campaign

and also a way to recognize efforts by those residents and businesses that do actually make an effort to conserve water.

Yeah, I mean, if we have those kind of contests, I don't think I will win because I have a lot of trees.

Well, we could always encourage them to get resistant trees.

But just a thought though, because I think it's one thing to just say, put up banners, but in my opinion, it's also a little static.

And so how can we be more proactive?

And I think the best example of where we have been doing a good job of being proactive is with the pandemic. is the steps we've taken to encourage people to get their vaccines and probably why those efforts is the reason why we have the highest vaccination rate in the western portion of Sangamon Valley.

I think we should use that approach in meeting our goals to save water.

Thank you. Thank you, Mayor Pro Tem. And Council Member, how's that?

Yeah, just really quick, you know, as Henry was, Mayor Pro Tem was mentioning those ideas, I think another thing too, given that Mayor Pro Tem Lo has a lot of relationships with the school boards, is there may be some kind of program with the youth, the kids talking about water conservation, and then maybe they have like a little water conservation project that they have to bring home and do it with their parents. And that's part of an assignment about how to save water, et cetera, et cetera. And then that also helps to kind of train and educate the younger, the next generation, if you will, on conservation and about thinking and those types of those ways of saving and being, you know, conserving.

Actually, Council Member Liang, actually, if I could respond to your comment.

Actually, our local water district actually for years has promoted education through grants to local school districts, as well as materials like coloring books, coloring books, and also support for school initiatives to also plant demonstration gardens. And so I think that that's a great idea, council member.

And perhaps, again, it's something that we can consider the city reaching out to the water district as well as our school districts to do and enhance what has been done before to educate families about the importance of water conservation. Right. Thank you.

Any other comments? If not, then can we have a motion to approve item 5A?

Move to approve 5A ordinance enacting water conservation measures and requirements.

Okay. Any second?

I second. So, city clerk, please call the roll.

Thank you. Council Member Peter Chan? Yes. Council Member Han Siyang? Yes. Council Member Fresno-Noso? Yes. Mayor Pro Tem Henry Lo? Yes. And Mayor Yvonne Yu.

Yes.

Motion carries. Thank you.

Thank you. So for Item 5B, order is amending Chapter 21-34 of the Monterrey Part Municipal Code recording the installation of wireless telecommunications facilities in the public right-of-way and amending Chapter 9-66- I'm sorry, 9.66.010 regulating interference with radio communications and the resolution adopting small wireless faculty facilities regulations.

So, all right. So I think, yeah, Frank, this is you again. Yes.

Again, good evening, Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem, Council Members, Frank Lopez, Public Works Director. The item before you tonight, as you mentioned, Mayor, is we're asking that you consider introducing and waiving the first reading of an ordinance amending chapter 2134 of the municipal code regulating installation of wireless telecommunication facilities and public rights of WIT and amending chapter 9.6610 regulating the inference with radio communications as well as the resolution adopting the small wireless facility regulations. So currently our municipal code doesn't identify small cell facilities or small wireless facilities. And so when applications began to come in for installation of such facilities in the right-of-way, they were treated the same as other wireless facilities, the much larger facilities that normally you would see on private property or public properties, but not in the right way. And so by amending Chapter 2134 and Chapters 9.66-010, we would be coming into compliance with Federal Communications Commission's regulations. So these are actually, the FCC came out with regulations back in 2018. And so these would define and establish development standards for small wireless facilities to promote orderly development of those and also provide for the city to have input on those. So we want to accelerate. In order to accelerate deployment of wireless infrastructure, also known as 5G communication, connectivity, Monterey Park. The FCC issued a ruling back in September 27th of 2018 to remove barriers, facilitate the deployment of such small wireless facilities and under this rule, cities are required to expedite the review of applications for small cells in the public right of way. If you're familiar, 3G and 4G technology, those use the larger macro cells, the cell towers, hours, but the 5G, the way it works, it is deployed at smaller type facilities with more facilities throughout in order to reach the ideas that this 5G connectivity reaches as many, if not everyone, as possible. There are some conditions such as that in order to qualify as a small cell facility, They can't be more than 50 feet high or not more than 10% taller than adjacent structures, no more than 28 cubic feet in volume. That is the attachments for the facility, 28 cubic feet. That's something like a refrigerator in a single-family residence. And so the FCC also established maximum permitted radio frequency emissions, and it does prohibit local governments from regulating wireless facilities based on environmental effects. One of the most important things about the FCC ruling is that it created the shot clock. In order to make the process more efficient, it created a shot clock timelines. And so we're to respond to applications for small wireless facilities within 60 days when they're located on existing infrastructure and within 90 days when it's a new installation, a new, for instance, a new pull with the small wireless technology. And so the 2018 ruling from the FCC took effect in January 14th of 2020. So, unfortunately, we're a little behind, but we're trying to get caught up on this. And a couple of things to note is we are restricted from certain types of, you know, comments, like aesthetic, especially unless they're reasonable. They're not any more burdensome than those types applied to other infrastructures. However, the important thing and a good reason for this coming forward tonight is that if they're published, we are able then to review the structures and comment based on our published regulations. And so I can help answer any questions. Again, the idea is to help streamline these types of facilities. I can answer any questions. Our city attorney is here. You can also help answer any

questions if you haven't. If I could just tag team on what Mr. Lopez said, Madam Mayor, members of

the council, just to reemphasize, this is a requirement of federal law. So the city doesn't have much choice in the matter. The regulations being proposed are simply to inform staff and

inform the public about how these types of wireless facilities will be processed within the city.

They reflect what federal law already requires and what the city would have to implement in any event. So to some extent, we have tailored it specifically for Monterey Park to the extent that federal law allows the city to do so.

But let me just be very, very clear for those folks that are watching and for the city council that this is not a choice by the city of Monterey Park.

This is a requirement of federal law and specifically by the Federal Communications Commission.

Happy to answer any questions.

Thank you. Thank you.

And so actually, before we move into the council member questions, we want to, I remember we have a public speakers that wanted to speak on this item.

Cindy, Deputy City Club, would you please call the person?

Thank you.

Audience, if you want to speak on this item, this is the time to do so. Please use the raise hand feature or if you're on the phone, press star nine at this time.

Okay, first speaker, I have Amir.

Good evening. Good evening, Madam Mayor, City Council, staff. My name is Amir Johnson, and I'm here with AT&T. We do have a few comments regarding the ordinance. First, I want to thank the city and thank Frank Lopez. We've worked with you guys over the past two or three years with some existing small cells in the city, and you guys have been a wonderful partner thus far. AT&T appreciates the city's efforts to develop small cell regulations, which will help the city's residents, businesses, and visitors by providing a framework of important technology investment. AT&T offers the following comments and summary of key concepts to help the city fully comply with the applicable laws while fostering responsible deployment. it. First, in regards to FCC shot clock, AT&T supports the city's proposed administrative process for small cell applications with important caveats to ensure the city can comply with the FCC shot clock rules. Please note that the shot clock begins when the application is submitted, not when the city later deems the application complete or incomplete. Also, for each small cell application, the city must issue any incomplete notice within 10 days after the application is submitted. Later, incomplete notices will not be, will not toll the applicable 60-day or 90-day shot clock. While the proposed resolution does a good job outlining a relatively efficient process for small cell applications, the proposed appeal process may risk shot clock compliance. I want to talk about a few other things. Prohibited support structures. The proposed resolution improperly bans all small cell attachments to decorative poles, traffic signals, and new non-replacement wood poles. To avoid potentially prohibiting services in certain parts of the city, the city should reconsider these bans. And as a practical matter, these types of attachments may aesthetically superior. Where feasible, traffic light attachments preserve aesthetics by allowing providers to cover busy areas in multiple directions from one site. The city should allow new or replacement decorative poles for small cells subject to the condition that they be designed to look substantially similar or nearby decorative poles. AT&T has a state law franchise right to place new poles under Section 7901. As far as new poles as streetlights, as a practical matter, AT&T prefers to co-locate small cells on existing infrastructure in the public right-of-way. but where a new pole is needed the city cannot require new poles to be street lights or other city-owned poles. Location preferences as a practical matter small cells are low profile low power facilities that need to be placed near customers where they can serve high volumes of network traffic. The proposed resolution however lists residential districts and locations within 200 feet of residents as less preferred for small cells. These location restrictions run a substantial risk of effectively providing wireless service, especially portions of the city that are largely residential. In regards to pre-approved designs, AT&T has had success working with many municipalities under a pre-approved design process. Such a process could help the city meet its aesthetic goals while avoiding unnecessary disputes over prohibiting structures or less preferred locations. AT&T sees value in the type of process and we could be happy to sit down with staff to go over processes, ideas and common small cell designs. Electric meters, the city prefers that providers use flat rate electric service or shrouded smart meter. These electric meter requirements need to be limited to the extent feasible to avoid prohibited wireless facilities in certain parts of the city. For example, the electric distribution company may not allow AT&T to use flat rate service, and AT&T may need to instead utilize a separate ground-mounted electric meter. In conclusion, AT&T looks forward to working with the city on small cell installations and designs and looks forward to developing a win-win small cell policy. Again, we've worked closely with the city. Frank has my information, Frank Lopez and his staff. anything I can do to assist with assisting with this ordinance, please feel free to reach out. I'll send a copy of our comments to mayor and city council. I'll send it to Frank Lopez and to the city attorney. Thank you for allowing me to make comments this evening. That's all I have.

Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, we have Ricardo.

Hi there. I just wanted to, on behalf of the Monterey Park Chamber of Commerce, I'd like to support the idea of installing the 5G, I guess, infrastructure. I do not know why the city has taken it so long to do this. City of Monterey Park is one of the last cities that does not offer any 5G coverage, which unfortunately affects not only the businesses, but also the residents. So I hope that you guys enact this and work not only with AT&T, but with the rest of the carriers and making sure that 5G is throughout the city of Monterey Park, not just in selected areas. Thank you for your time. And I say go for the approval.

Thank you. Thank you. Madam Mayor, there are no other speakers on this item.

Okay. Thank you. So any questions from our council member? Okay. Council members, Mayor Potempo.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Out of curiosity, again, as I'm reading the language and the staff report, as well as listening to the report by staff this evening. So I know that there is mentioned that there are limitations about, I guess, and I guess there is language in there to make sure that cities do not use the issue of aesthetics to, I guess, interfere with the installation of these equipment. But I'm just curious, what exactly, do we know what exactly does that mean when we say that there, that when staff says that there are, there can be limitations or restrictions on imposing aesthetic rules? For example, like how in some communities, because people don't like the way cell phone towers look, they have installed cell phone towers that look like trees. I mean, that seems reasonable to me. In other words, can that be done as the aesthetic or are there very clear rules from the federal government about what is considered aesthetically allowable?

Well, it does just limit them to being reasonable and something that would be applied to other infrastructure. So a good example is the kind of the streetlight example in that they use the streetlights to install if they're co-locating. And if they were installing a new facility, that it'd be a pole that looks exactly like, very similar to the streetlight standards that are in that corridor. and so the poles would be tapered so that when you're driving along the corridor, that profile of that pole doesn't stand out as a big blocky piece of infrastructure that doesn't look like it belongs there. So I think that's what we're referring to, but they also don't want agencies to demand something that, yes, would be unreasonable for 5G. Again, they're not the macro facilities. For instance, requiring to do a tree for a 5G small cell would probably be unreasonable. But for a large macro cell facility, it's very reasonable. For the smaller ones, again, these are small units that can be attached to poles, utility poles, streetlight poles. And so I think that's an example. Does Does that answer your question? It does.

And maybe also I'm a little ignorant about the technology deployed, but with 5G networks,

are we talking about equipment that is less visually intrusive as, for example,

like cell phone towers,

which I think many people associate cell phone servers as with those unsatellite

towers, but with 5G technology, is the equipment different or is it in some cases smaller and therefore less

intrusive visually? Yes. So again, imagine I was in my staff report, I tried to describe

the limitation of about 28 cubic feet for equipment. So that's about the size of a refrigerator.

But imagine that refrigerator cut up into pieces and you see these attachments on a pole,

on the sides of a pole. And so they can't be much more intrusive than that 28 cubic feet.

And yes, we're talking about much smaller than the macro cells and then the larger cells that we're used to seeing on property.

These would be installed again, they would be installed in a very good, again, street light.

And so and would be done in a way that would limit how intrusive it looks in a neighborhood or in a commercial corridor or anything like that.

I don't have a diagram, but I'm happy to send something out to you guys if you'd like.

Thank you. Thank you.

And then to me, I have some questions that how many 5G antenna towel will be in Montreux Park?

Well, that would be determined to the coverage that the providers want to have. Obviously, there's a limit. So the thing about 5G is that it has limits to how far it reaches, and so it does require more installations. However, again, the units are much smaller. require more installations. However, again, the units are much smaller. But the idea is that the ! service, the 5G connectivity can reach as much of the city as possible.

! Okay, so the ballpark, about 100?

! You know, I'd have to look at the city, ! I'd have to look at the city, and depending on the coverage, you know, whether it's 100 feet or 200 feet, then you can imagine how far apart they might have to be on a corridor. And I don't have that data. Okay, and then most of them will be actually attached to the streetlight?

have that data. Okay and then most of them will be actually attached to the street light?

Yeah we always prefer a co-location. So yes attached to like a street light pole or an existing power pole. Both of those are alLod. I want to say that there's probably a good example on Newmark east of Garfield. I know there was an installation there. If you're really interested and you want to email me, I can take a look to see what installs have been done. And you're welcome to take a look at what they look like. But they are definitely-

How about like mountain or residential area like Highland or Brightwood? Do we have anything that will cover the whole 5G area?

So, yeah, again, the 5G connectivity is intended to work differently than the larger towers. So the 5G, as long as there's right away and where to place them, they would be placed at, again, that distance that they can cover. It'd be up to the providers, though, how far they go.

Okay, thank you. So, Council Member Liang, you have any questions?

Yeah, just really quick. In, you know, even after the ordinance is passed and we're allowing for this in terms of the number, I know that the mayor was kind of wanting to see how many we're talking about. It's really and tell me if I'm getting this wrong, but even if we pass the ordinance, it would still be the cell providers that would be coming to you saying we want to put one here. We want to put one here. We don't have enough here. and then based on the requirements that the carriers have they would kind of determine what

is necessary for the coverage right that's correct thank you for clarifying that councilman really

on that's that's exactly right and then also you know on the 28 cubic feet right since we have a number of cellular providers is that 28 cubic feet per provider or is it 28 cubic feet per 5G site, regardless of the number of providers?

Per site, per facility. It's 28 cubic feet of that equipment that's attached to the pole.

So you could have like an ATT and equipment along with Verizon, along with whoever else has 5G tapped into that kind of box, if you will, then, that 28 cubic feet box.

Yes. And I'm not sure about this, but I don't know if with 5G they can share the same facility. I'm thinking that they don't, like they share the larger facilities sometimes. But yeah, it would be 28 cubic feet. And I think it'd be per site. So we can get some clarification on that.

Okay. Yeah, I just wanted to make sure that, you know, if we had multiple providers, we didn't have three refrigerators on the pole. instead of just fun. So thank you.

Thank you. And Council Member Chen?

Thank you, Mayor. And thank you, Frank, for the presentation.

And also thank you, Mr. Johnson from AT&T and also Mr. Enrique from the Chamber of Commerce for your presentation, your ideas.

But I would like to at this time

stick to what the staff's recommendation And if there's any suggestions or anything, then maybe work out later. That's my idea at this time. And then let me tell you, I make a little calculation.

28 cubic feet of one box, that's around just this approximate layer. It's 4 feet by 4 feet by 1.7 feet. That's under 28 cubic feet. So four by four and close to two feet deep.

That's quite a big refrigerator. It is a good size refrigerator, put it this way. And then if we have like, although one pole beyond, we have only one,

that's what the staff recommendation,

but we have four corners of the intersection or in a row, then we have so many refrigerators all throughout the city, which is, you know, not really look good.

Although the federal government law is that we cannot say it does not look good and we can prohibit it.

So that's disalLod by the federal law. And we cannot say that. But I would like to suggest to the staff and work with all the carriers, if they can share those refrigerators. I mean, the boxes, put it this way. And instead of having so many of them in the city,

and I know that people doesn't like it because it doesn't look good.

No matter what design you have, it's just a big refrigerator in a pole, you know, hanging there in the air. And that's kind of like weird.

So, of course, we will try to make it look good. like Mr. Johnson mentioned, that they would like to have the design of the city. I like that. And let's work out some kind of design so that we get, you know, not as bad looking or not too intrusive into the area.

And so try to work that out instead of all the companies have their individual boxes everywhere so that they can share it, then we can reduce it to a lot more.

So try to work that out. And at this time, I would, because this kind of like, whatever we, and we have done that before, like the big cell towers, we have gone through this many times, and not much we can do about it, because it's under the federal law. and we cannot use any zoning or anything that prohibits those things coming. But I just wish the staff and the companies can work out something to reduce the number in the city.

So that's what I would like to ask.

Thank you.

Thank you. Mayor Keklo, do you have a question?

A real quick suggestion to piggyback

what my colleague, Councilman Chan, just said. But let me ask,

Would it be considered aesthetically reasonable to ask? Because I know we're talking about reasonable versus unreasonable.

But would it be reasonable to ask the carriers if they're going to put these four by four refrigerator-sized boxes on our street lamps, can they be painted?

I'm serious.

I mean, if you drive around the city, we actually have utility boxes that are painted in different art design. and I believe that because we actually got a grant for that.

But I mean, again, it may sound silly, but can it be painted?

And thank you. City Manager, you have any questions?

Not so much a question, Madam Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem, Council Members, just some additional comments. In normalcy, when a carrier comes in, we not just take an application but what we do is we ask them for a master plan of their coverage throughout the city and then that reveals exactly where the dead spots and where they're trying to locate their facilities and don't forget they still have facilities right now as we speak whether it's 3G or 4G system. There are cell towers that we either can see or they're on private property. Those facilities are still going to be used for 5G. So I don't want everybody to get this picture where there's going to be all these poles all over the city of Monterey Park. There will be additional poles to help them provide 5G service throughout the city. and before they can do that with all the carriers they have to have a master plan they cannot just come in and piecemeal and give it to us and I'm sure Mr. Johnson from A&T understands that because we've been working with them and other carriers and I know Frank and staff has done that so I just want to reassure you we are balancing the community's needs and what by law is required for the carriers, but we understand your concerns and we will make sure these concerns are vetted as part of the process.

Thank you. Thank you. So if we have no more comments or questions, may I get a motion to approve item 5B?

Move to approve item 5B.

Any second?

Second.

Okay. And so city clerk, please call roll.

Thank you. Council member Peter Chan? Yes. Council member Hans Leung?

Yes.

Council member Fred Cernoso? Yes. Mayor Pro Tem Henry Lo? Yes. And Mayor Yvonne Yu?

Yes.

Motion carries. Thank you. Thank you.

So, okay, going to the city communications last remark. Can we have council member Chen?

Thank you, mayor. And all the council members and city manager on board, we went to Santa Barbara for the ICA conference. ICA means Independent California Cities. And they have many good topics, like talking about local control, like talk about electric vehicles, the recovery plans, the PPP, that's the public-private partnerships, and the energies and all kinds of different topics. And so we learned quite a lot. and it's good to see our colleagues and from other cities get together. And finally, we have a chance to meet and talk. And I hope everyone is safe after the conference. No one gets COVID or anything because we do have masks inside. And so we do all the precautions. And that is good. So hopefully we will have more of those in-person conferences coming. And also I attended the COG meeting last week. And one important thing they talk about is the organic waste. And I've talked to the city manager about it. And so it's about time that we have to talk about all kinds of waste in the city. because it's required by the law that we have to reduce it and recycle all kinds of waste. So it's time to start thinking about it and devise some kind of ordinance or some kinds of regulations, how to regulate food waste, paper waste, even plants and everything, organic waste. It's not just restricted to food. So it affects everyone, even in a single family house. So let's start working on that. And I just wish everyone has a nice day and stay safe. Thank you.

Thank you. Council Member Hausner.

Thank you, Mayor. Yeah, I as well attended along with my fellow council members to the Independent Cities Association Conference. uh council member chan already indicated all the things that we you know the seminars that we um were presented with i also want to just echo that you know it was a we've all been on lockdown for so long and while council member chan and i uh have served for quite some time and we've had the experience of attending conferences and meeting our colleagues from different cities It was the first opportunity for our mayor, for Mayor Pro Temlo and also Council Member Fred Cernoso to attend that conference. So, you know, I think that oftentimes, you know, you do the work, you focus on doing the homework, we miss out on being able to just sit down with each other to have a meal and to just, you know, be ourselves and, you know, develop relationships other than just about work all the time, you know. So, you know, I want to thank all my colleagues. They were all very, you know, I know Peter had a lot of questions to ask during one of the seminars, as I did on social media and some of the laws that regulate that. But overall, it was a great conference. I hope that the three new council members enjoyed it as much as I did. And I just want to wish everyone a great evening. Thank you.

Thank you. Councilmember Freston-Nussel?

I just want to echo what my colleagues, Councilman Chan and Councilman Leong said about Santa Barbara. It was my first conference, so I was a little nervous about it, I guess. But right away, as soon as we went in that first day, I recognized a guy that I used to work with a few years back who is now a council member in Azusa. So it's good to connect with him and talk with him. And he was a new guy on the block and I was a new person. Plus he represents Azusa and my cousin lives in Azusa and he actually knows my cousin. So that was pretty cool. So I also want to thank my fellow council members introducing me to their spouses. I mean, we know each other, but don't get to know our husbands and wives. and, so it was good to get to meet them as well. also Carl's ! wife, I believe her name was Kelly, but, you know, she was fun to listen to. Um, also, want to thank Peter for taking me on Saturday afternoon to the mission there and then going downtown walking around having an ice cream, so that was nice, for him and his wife to, to offer to do that. I just want to bring up also the Also, the firehouse is going to be completed, I believe, before our next council meeting. So looking forward to that on September 11th. Every day pass by there and see it progressing more and more. Looks like the outside is just about done. I don't know about the inside, but the outside is looking nice. So looking forward to seeing that. and today I was in City Hall reading the agenda, doing some stuff at my desk and when I was leaving ran into Chief Kelly and she showed me the police badge for the month of September honoring the 9-11

I don't want to say holiday the memorial I guess would say the police badge it has the Twin Towers on it so that looked pretty sharp. I don't know if she could share that on her screen, but just appreciate her

taking the time to show me that. So thank you all for, again, taking me under your wing during

the conference and just showing much grace to the new guy on the block. Thanks a lot.

Thank you. Thank you. Mayor Pro Tem, Henry Lo?

Thank you, Madam Mayor. Yes, I will also echo the sentiments of my colleagues. This weekend's conference of the Independent Cities Association was very enlightening. I think all of us who attended the conferences, the sessions had some good presentations that we were shown and lecture that we listened to as far as revitalizing our commercial corridors. I know I certainly appreciated a lot of the reports about what retail and commerce is going to look like in a post-pandemic world and how we need to adapt to those new realities, especially because all of the habits that were picked up during the pandemic, such as online ordering, is not going away. and that will have an impact on our retail and how we adapt is very important for the future of

not just this city but all cities and so I appreciate being there with my colleagues as well as

our city council colleagues from neighboring cities I know it was nice to see fellow

council members from Alhambra as well as San Gabriel Valley, Acadia as well as San Gabriel

And so, again, it's always good to be reminded that, you know, we're not just one city and an island, but we are part of a region.

Also, on Monday, on my own dime, I attended the conference in Sacramento for Equality California and for their annual leadership summit.

And this is their annual gathering of LGBTQI elected and appointed officials from throughout California.

It was a one-day conference, and it was our first time since the pandemic to attend in person. But yes, there were all precautions taken. In fact, you couldn't even enter the conference unless not just showing you were vaccinated, but also show that you have a negative COVID test result that's not more than 96 hours. But during the conference, I was proud as Mayor Pro Tem to discuss with people there that Monterey Park this year made history by co-hosting its first LGBT Pride event. And I hope that something we'll be doing annually as a city that prides stuff on being inclusionary. And we also talked about ways in which we work together with our state representatives, our federal representatives at the local level to make sure that our communities

continue to be inclusive places.

Because unfortunately, we're seeing across the nation

as well as in parts of the state attacks on our fellow transgendered citizens. And we'll make sure that all residents feel safe wherever they live.

And then finally, I'd like to also give an update that the mayor, myself,

participated in a meeting of the ad hoc committee for the Metroplex of the Los Angeles Airport Roundtable.

As many of you know and heard before, the mayor is the designated appointee to represent our community.

and I'm the alternative. But yesterday, there was a meeting of the ad hoc committee in which we both attended,

as well as a resident of our city who has been writing about the increase in airplane noise and concerned about what's being done about it, as well as attended. This yesterday meeting was also attended

by representatives from our congressman's office, from Congressman Judy Schu's office.

And I want to thank the staff of the congressman's office for also attending that meeting. But during this roundtable meeting, our resident presented a presentation, very extensive presentation about the frequency of planes that have been increasingly flying over our city since June, as well as the noise that's been measured. And really the need for this issue to our concerns to be listened to as a city. and one of the things that was reported back to us by the chair of the ad hoc committee Mr. Jeff Thompson who also works for Los Angeles Councilmember Mike Bonin

is that now that the city of LA's lawsuit has been settled with FAA

and hopefully there will be no other lawsuits

but while there are lawsuits FAA was not in a position to even talk to the roundtable or to cities or to residents about our concerns And so hopefully we can at least have more of a dialogue in which our concerns are conveyed, but they can also respond to us.

And one of the most significant things that have occurred in the last 18 months is that the roundtable has submitted proposals to change the routes of the flights as they, what's called the downward, north downwind flight path.

I know it sounds very technical jargon, but the north downward flight path is where you have planes flying from the north, from northern California, that's merging with traffic flying from the east and landing at LAX. And many residents, of course, have been subjected to the noise for reasons such as weather, congestion, or security reasons, turn around over our city. But the roundtable, which Monaco Park is a part of, has been submitted what is called an option B alternative to try and alternate the flight path so that it's higher up in altitude and also further east. And what we're hoping is that now that this option has been submitted to FAA, the Federal Aviation Administration, that they can actually give us some feedback as far as what's being proposed. And I think what's also important to also acknowledge is that, you know, we've had more engagement now with our congressman's office. And I'm hoping that our federal representatives will continue to be engaged on our behalf to make sure that our concerns, our residents concerns about the noise generated from these airplanes are listened to by FAA. And Madam Mayor, please feel free to add anything else to what was discussed at the ad hoc meeting yesterday.

Okay, Council Member Chen.

Yeah, thank you for giving me another chance because I forgot two very important occasions. That's the police officers welcome the new police officers. And thank you for the police chief put that together. And so since the pandemic, over a year and a half, we haven't done any physical meetings at all. And so we headed in the Abunds Park and welcomed all the new officers at the same time. And those new officers that I saw them on the street sometimes, but didn't have a chance to meet them. So that was a good time to welcome them and to the Monterey Park family. And also the second occasion is to the promotion of the officers. And so we congratulate all those officers that's, you know, due to their services and the merits. And so they got promoted for what they did. So congratulations to all of them. And so thank you. And I see police chief, maybe she would like to say something. Thank you, chief, for all your leadership. And good job.

yeah thank you okay i just want to take a moment to uh i'm not in uniform tonight but i want to try to show you guys uh if it's gonna work or not let's see oh let's see if we can get it to catch

yeah yeah closer but i think we're getting up hold on you shut your phone let's see if we can get it

Yeah, closer. Okay, closer. There we go.

Oh, cool. Yes, the badge, right?

Yes.

Is that silver?

Oh, no. It is. It's got the Twin Towers on it. It is designed after the New York NYPD badges. So that's just a quick glimpse of what it looks like.

Oh, great. Thank you. Thank you, Chief Gordon, for sharing the new badge.

And so, Mayor, another thing, and I know that you will talk about it and just with the news to all the residents, we lost two very important residents in the city. So I would like to have asked the mayor to talk about that thing. Yeah, sure.

It will come after, you know, our remarks. Thank you. Sure. And then Council Member Hans-Leon, you have anything to? Okay. And so, okay, for me, my remarks, yes, last week, you know, we all, all five council members, city manager and city attorney all went to the IC events and conference in Santa Barbara. You know, we all had a great time. And finally, all of us can sit together and have dinner. We have got a chance to meet each other personally, including other city's council member. And interestingly, you know, they look a lot better in person than on Zoom.

And I had a lot of Santa Barbara Uni, sea urchin, that I can't help myself to just go and eat everything by myself at the pier.

But I was a little bit, I was a bit stressed out, as I also have to attend and speak at the Democratic Party executive meeting every night. three caucus per night for three nights during the ICA conference. So I was worried about, you know, internet connections and the time arrangement, but finally it all turned out well. So I also attended the LAX noise committee with Mayor Pro Tem, Henry Lo. I think that Henry already speak everything about it. So I'm not going to repeat that. And thank you, Mayor Pro Tem Lo for bringing up and also organize the meeting. As you may all receive the front page of our Cascade newspaper, talk about the new mobile app that we're going to launch in a few weeks. And we encourage businesses to participate. And please check our website for detailed information. There is no fee to join, but you have to meet a certain criteria to qualify. And our city will help to provide money back to users to encourage local businesses spending. So, yeah, that's all for me on my part. And so tonight, our meeting will be dedicated to two community members and 13 service members who passed away recently. I will read the bio of William Bill Sanchez, the resident and the oldest living American Legion Post 397 member, who is 103 years old. Then our Mayor Pro Tem Henry Lo will read the bio of Johnny Thompson, a resident and commission member. And last but not least, we will have our city manager Ron Bull to read the names of the 13 U.S. service members killed in the Kabul attack. So, okay, bear with me. So William Bill Sanchez, the bio. William Bill Sanchez, born in 1918, lived to be 103 years young, a sergeant in the U.S. Army, World War II veteran, and president of World P.O.W. you. Mr. Sanchez enlists in the Army in September 1940. He chose to go to an outpost in the Philippines because the then 22 years old had a scholarship to UCLA and said he was looking for excitement and want a short tour to start his undergraduate study. While serving in the World War II on May 6, 1942. His whole division was captured after keeping the Japanese at bay for five months. Mr. Sanchez survived the Bhutan death march on the Japanese prison Cam Omori for nearly four years until he was free on September 22, 1945. Mr. Sanchez has been the familiar face at many patriotic national holiday events and American Legion in Monterey Park for many years. As a POW veteran, he advocates for veterans' rights and benefits and help at the Veterans Hospital. William Bill Sanchez was a national hero, a mentor, and loved by many. He will be Miss Dealey, but

Thank you, Madam Mayor. And certainly it's with a heavy heart and with great sadness,

but also with deep humility that I have the privilege of offering this tribute and testimony

to the life of someone who has been such a deep and integrated part of the fabric of

our community here in Monterey Park and that's Mr. Johnny Thompson. And I'm sure who here among us

has not at least once walked into Johnny Thompson music store to buy instruments, audio equipment,

or get equipment repaired, or to buy music sheets, or just have a chat with Johnny Thompson

and hear about his opinions of what direction our city is going, especially the downtown area,

and really his passion he had as a resident, an entrepreneur, as a member of our downtown Monarch Park to see our city do better to progress and also to be an advocate for our downtown business district and to see that it get its fair share of investment dollars, which businesses like his and all the fellow residents deserve. but it is an enormous loss for our city to lose someone who's so special, such as Johnny Thompson.

And, you know, I'll read a part from his bio that was provided to me by our city staff.

Johnny Thompson, along with his brother and parents, moved to Monterey Park in 1949.

Since 1949, he lived and worked in our city.

In 1959, as a sophomore at Mark Keppel High School, he decided to give guitar lessons and to promote a love of music and also the importance of music in education.

And I think what's touching as I'm reading his bio and I'm getting humbled to give his life's history is that his love of music was also a family love and family effort.

My understanding is that while he was giving guitar lessons to promote his guitar lessons, he also had a hand-painted sign that was hung from the family's front yard fence.

And after graduating from high school in 1961, he opened Johnny Thompson Music as a retail store and offered music lessons.

Johnny's father, who was a professional carpenter, helped build displays for his store, and his mother helped with customers.

And again, that I think is really a touching story, a family story about how a family came together to promote their son's interest and to see it blossom.

In the 1980s, Johnny Thompson was a founding member of the Downtown Merchants Association, which is now known as the Garvey Garfield Business Improvement District.

And also he began to work closely with our local school districts during this time to promote a love of music and also to offer his services to help our students to learn and appreciate music.

And I think, you know, what is really telling about his dedication was his willingness to, you know, really go above and beyond. For those of us who are involved in education, remember in the early 2000s, music education was almost decimated because of the 2002 No Child Left Behind Act, which as part of its efforts to repurpose reprogram education, actually put arts and music as somehow in a more secondary tier compared to other skills. And I think people like Johnny recognize that arts and education, music education,

is equally important as all subject matters in education.

And until nine, Johnny helped start a parent firm, Music and Arts Association. that include a web page and continue to promote the importance of arts, music, and education.

Johnny served as a committee member for our Business Improvement District Advisory Committee for many years and has consistently donated many hours of volunteerism to our schools and to the community,

as well as to the Alhambra Education Foundation, that is the foundation for the Alhambra Unified School District, as well as the Alhambra Latino Association.

I know for me personally, I was very honored as a council member when I had the opportunity to ask Johnny to continue to be a member of the Business Improvement District Advisory

Committee as the representative for my district, District 4, and it was a role and responsibility

which Johnny offered to do without any wavering of commitment.

And so I'm very humbled and honored that I was able to read apart from his biography and history.

And certainly I think that it's fair to say that this city is incredibly grateful and honored and has benefited greatly from the lifetime of service, lifetime of volunteerism, lifetime of being an involved member of our community here in Monterey Park.

Thank you. Council member Huntsdown, you have anything to add? Okay. And so next, we'll have the city manager run both to read the names of the 13 US service members killed in the couple attack. Thank you,

Madam Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem, Council members. I will be reading the 13 names and then also a brief overview of the tribute to these individuals. Marine Corps, Lance Corporal David L. Espinoza. Marine Corps Sergeant Nicole L. Gee Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Darren T. Hoover Marine Corps Corporal Hunter Lopez Marine Corps Lance Corporal Riley J. McCollum Marine Corps Lance Corporal Dylan R. Merola Marine Corps Lance Corporal Kareem M. Nkuli Marine Corps Sergeant Johanny Rosario Ricardo. Marine Corps Corporal Uberdo A. Sanchez. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Jared M. Schmidt. Marine Corps Corporal Deegan Page. Army Staff Sergeant Ryan C. Knoss. Navy Hospital Men Maxton W. Sovet 13 service members killed in Kabul Attach. 10 of the 13 service members killed in Kabul airport were from Camp Pendleton unit in Oceanside. Nine of the Marines were part of the 2nd Battalion 1st Marine Regiment known as the 2-1. The sole Navy sailor was a corpsman who had been attached to this unit. They were all deployed together in April as a special crisis response force. They were projected to return home this fall. Their ages range from 20 to 31 years old with an average age of 22. 11 Marines, one Army, one Navy. 11 men and women that protected and served their country with the ultimate sacrifice. Thank you, Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem, Council Members for this space and time.

Thank you. Thank you, Ron. And so last call is any questions, comments from anyone? Okay, if not, then I declare the meeting adjourned. So thank you and have a good night, everyone. Bye.