CHECK GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME
TO THIS MEETING OF THE SENATE
COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS I
AM THE PROUD CHAIRMAN JOINED BY
MY VICE CHAIRMAN SENATOR NIELSEN.
THAT WE ARE WAITING TO ESTABLISH
A QUORUM BUT.
OUT OF DEFERENCE TO THE BIG ONE
OF THE.
AUTHORS INCENTIVIZE IT WILL
START AS A SUBCOMMITTEE.
AND SO PLEASE CENTER OF IRAQ IF
YOU WOULD.
AND YOU WILL BE PRESENTING ON S.
B..
ELEVEN THIRTY SEP. THAT IS
CORRECT NICE TO SEE YOU
GREAT TO SEE YOU. JUST TO WARN
YOU ANT WAS WE'RE GOING TO STAY
OUT OF QUORUM I HAVE TO PRESENT
A BILL OVER AND SENATE
TRANSPORTATION.
AT WHICH TIME IT WILL AFFECT
YOU BUT A OF NGUYEN CENTER
NIELSEN WILL.
A CONVENE FOR NONE OF THE ABOVE
CITY BE SENIOR POLICY THERE.
OKAY.
ALRIGHT THANK YOU SIR OF LAST
YEAR I HAD A CONSTITUENT COME TO
MY DISTRICT OFFICE AND NOW WANT
MEAT WANTED ME THOSE GIVEN TO THEM BY CALIFORNIA
WHEN THEY RETURN HOME.
SO S. B. THIRTY SEVEN ELEVEN
THIRTY SEVEN CLOSES THIS
INFORMATION GAP AND WILL FORM.
VETERANS OF ALL THE LICENSING
BENEFITS CALIFORNIA OFFERS.
GOOD AFTERNOON SENT CHAIR AND
MEMBERS
MY NAME IS SETH REVIEW AND I
WORKED WITH THREE GOVERNMENT
RELATIONS.
THE MAN AND THAT'S OF CALIFORNIA.
CALIFORNIA STATE COMMANDERS
VETERANS COUNCIL OF CALIFORNIA.
VIETNAM VETERANS ASSOCIATION OF
CALIFORNIA ARE IN SUPPORT OF SB
ELEVEN THIRTY SEVEN.
I'M GETTING A VALUABLE JOB AFTER
MILITARY SERVICE IS CRITICAL
MANY.
OF THE PROBLEMS.
WE OUR SCENE WHERE RECENTLY
RETURNED SERVICE MEMBERS SUCH AS
HOMELESSNESS OR SUICIDE CAN BE
ATTRIBUTED TO THE PROBLEMS.
OF REINTEGRATION INTO CIVILIAN
LIFE.
THE YOUNG MAN OR WOMAN WHO
SERVES FOUR THREE EIGHT YEARS IN
THE MILITARY.
IS IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME BEHIND
HIS OR HER PEERS WHEN THEY ARE
DISCHARGED MOST OF THESE PEOPLE
AND LISTS WHEN THEY'RE EIGHTEEN.
AND THEIR ENTIRE ADULTHOOD WAS
SPENT IN THE MILITARY.
AS OUTLINED IN THE ANALYSIS IT
IS CONSISTENT WITH CURRENT STATE
POLICY TO ENHANCE AND IMPROVE
OUTREACH TO VETERANS REGARDING
EMPLOYMENT.
BRYCE DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY.
I HAD A YOUNG FAMILY AND WAS
FACED WITH TRYING TO FIND A JOB.
I DID NOT KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN
MANY SERVICE MEMBERS ARE ALSO
TRYING TO FIND HOUSING AND
SCHOOLS.
FOR THEIR KIDS AT THIS TIME.
WITH ALL THE INFORMATION ON THE
INTERNET IT IS HARD TO KNOW
WHERE TO BEGIN.
I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT ANY STATE
RESOURCES ARE PROGRAMS.
FOR VETERANS AND TELL I HAD THIS
JOB S. B. ELEVEN THIRTY SEVERAL
OR REQUIRE CALVET IN THE D. C.
A..
TO BE PROACTIVE AND SPREADING
THE INFORMATION OUT VETERANS
COMMUNITY AND OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS.
CALVET IS AN OBVIOUS FIRST STEP.
FIRST STOP FOR RECENTLY
DISCHARGED SERVICE MEMBERS
SEEKING INFORMATION.
DCA IS AN OBVIOUS AND
APPROPRIATE AGENCY TO PARTNER
WITH.
THEY OVERSEE THE TYPES OF JOBS
WHICH LEAD TO MEANINGFUL CAREERS
IN THE TRADES OR PROFESSIONS.
WHEN WE CAN ASSIST VETERANS
TRANSITION INTO THREE MILLION
LIFE DO YOU THINK OF ALL. LONG
TERM CAREERS.
WE FREE UP CRUCIAL SOCIAL
SERVICES FOR OTHER CALIFORNIA'S
AND NEED.
AND THANK YOU A STRIP SHOW OF
WELCOME CENTER WHEN SHOWED A
MATTER SIGNIFICANT PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL STEPS A QUORUM. NEWMAN
AYE HERE NIELSEN.
DODD.
HUESO.
WHEN.
ROTH.
BY THE.
Q. AND TO DO WE HAVE ANY DUH
PRESENT HERE LIKE TESTS ON
BEHALF OF THE BILL.
IS ANYBODY HERE TESTIFYING IN
OPPOSITION TO THE BILL.
PLEASE EARLY ON BE I NEED
SUPPORT.
SUPPORT HIS OWN HIPS I DID NOT
GET THAT FAR COCA GOOD AFTERNOON
OUT HERE. MISTER CHAIRMAN
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE MY NAME
IS DON HARPER AND I'M WITH THE
AMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT
CALIFORNIA.
I AND THERE LEGISLATIVE CHAIRMAN.
OF OUR COMMISSION.
AND WORD WE HAVE A WHOLE OVER A
HUNDRED THOUSAND MEMBERS IN
CALIFORNIA.
I'M HERE TO EXPRESS OUR SUPPORT
FOR THIS BILL. TO GOOD BILL THE
RIGHT BILL DO FOR VETERANS ARE
WE YOU QUESTION I VOTE ON THIS
MATTER THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
COLONEL LORNA GREECE
REPRESENTING.
MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION
CALIFORNIA COUNCIL OF
FORTY ONE CHAPTERS FROM THE
OREGON BORDER TO SAN DIEGO.
AND WE SUPPORT THIS BILL.
I'M JIM WILL BE FOR THE
CALIFORNIA NATIONAL GUARD
ASSOCIATION AND WE ARE IN
SUPPORT OF THIS BILL.
GOOD AFTERNOON ROBERT BROWN ARE
I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE
LEGISLATIVE.
.
COMMISSION AMERICAN LEGION AN
URGENT I SPOKE ON THIS VOTE
THANK YOU THAT YOU MISTER BROWN
DIED ANYBODY HERE FROM THE
PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO TESTIFY. IN
OPPOSITION TO BILL.
SEEING NONE DO I HAVE A MOTION
THEY'LL.
SENATE WORLD WAS THE BILL MA'AM
SECTOR OF PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
SENATE BILL ELEVEN THIRTY SEVEN
DO PASSED THE FIRST RE REFER TO
BUSINESS PROFESSIONS IN ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT.
NEWMAN AYE NGUYEN AYE NIELSEN
AYE LISTENED AYE DODD.
HUESO. WITH SO I WENT.
WHEN I BROUGHT.
WILK
I WILK AYE.
SO I AM GONNA TAKE MILEY THANK
YOU CENTER BUT I CAN AND SEE YOU
AGAIN NEXT YEAR THANK YOU THANK
YOU VERY MUCH YOU'RE GOING TO
HOLD THE VOTE OPEN.
I SEE SIR GAINES CENTER NIELSEN
WILL TAKE THE GAVEL.
AND THEN I SHOULD ALSO NOTE
FIRST BALD GUY THE OTHER TWO
BILLS I'D I'D BETTER UP TODAY
ARE ON CONSENT. ARE AND THEN
FOLLOWING OUR POLICY HERE WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE AN OVERSIGHT
HEARING ON THE SUBJECT IS THE
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA VINCENT.
EXCUSE ME I WILL BE BACK CENTER
GAINES. RATES ARE ACTUALLY
AFTERNOON.
SURE NIELSEN AND MEMBERS OF.
PERCENT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
SENATE BILL THIRTEEN NINETY
SEVEN.
AND ALSO PRESENTING AUTHORS
AMENDMENTS.
WHICH SHOULD BE INCLUDED
POINTERS.
THOSE AMENDMENTS.
WEATHER DESCRIBED THE AMENDMENTS
A SENATOR. YEAH THOSE AMOUNTS
AMENDMENT SIMPLY ALIGN THE
DEFINITION OF VETERAN.
FOR THIS PURPOSE WITH EXISTING
LAW.
AND.
THIS IS A SIMPLE MEASURE THAT
WOULD UTILIZE EXISTING.
HONORING VETERANS LICENSE PLATE.
AND AT THE AUCTION FOR A NEW
DESCRIPTIVE LINE SIMPLY STATING
VETERAN.
THE SPECIAL INTEREST PLATE.
FOR VETERANS WAS CREATED IN
NINETEEN NINETY TWO.
IN TWENTY TWELVE AND TWENTY
TWELVE.
THE BILL WAS A BILL WAS
INTRODUCED AN ATTEMPT TO BROADEN
THE APPEAL OF THE PLATE.
TO NON VETERANS WISHING TO SHOW
THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE VETERAN
COMMUNITY.
THE NEW VERSION OF THE PLATE
READS HONORING VETERANS.
MY MEASURE WOULD RETAIN THE
HONORING.
VETERANS DESCRIPTION WHILE
PROVIDING ACKNOWLEDGMENT. OF
ACTUAL VETERANS WHO HAVE SERVED
BY ADDING THE DESCRIPTIVE TERM
VETERAN. UNIQUE TO THEM.
OUR GOAL IS TO BROADEN THE
APPEAL OF A PLATE ACTUAL
VETERANS WILL RETAIN THE ABILITY
OF NON VETERANS SHOW THEIR
SUPPORT TO THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO
HAVE SERVED OUR COUNTRY OUR
COUNTRY.
NOW THE ANTICIPATED I INCREASE
AND PLATE EGISTRATION REVENUES
WOULD EIGHT FUNDING FOR THE CBS
OWES THE COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE
OFFICES AS REQUIRED UNDER
CURRENT LAW.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY OVER TWENTY
THREE THOUSAND VETERANS HONORING.
VETERAN PLATES REGISTERED IN
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TODAY.
SINCE BOTH VETERANS AND NOT
VETERANS CAN UTILIZE THE
SPECIALIZED PLAY ALREADY IN
CIRCULATION. IT WOULD BE
REDUNDANT TO CREATE A NEW PLATE
PROGRAM. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE
HERE'S A SINGLE WORD DESCRIPTOR.
VETERAN VERSUS HONORING VETERANS.
MEMBERS THIS BILL HAS NO
OPPOSITION.
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR LIBEL.
THREE VF XIN TESTIMONY.
YES I SAID THREE BY THREE
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS WE
REPRESENT THE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION COUNTY VETERANS
SERVICE OFFICERS WHICH IS THE
SPONSOR OF THIS BILL. I'D LIKE
TO THINK SENATOR GAINES FOR
OFFERING THIS IMPORTANT
LEGISLATION.
S. B. THIRTEEN FIFTY SEVEN DOES
NOT SEEK TO CREATE A NEW
SPECIALLY LICENSE PLATE S. B.
THIRTEEN FIFTY SEVEN WILL BRING
BACK THE PREVIOUS DESIGNATION
RESERVED FOR VETERANS. WHILE
ALSO PRESERVING THE CURRENT
DESIGNATION HIRING VETERANS.
AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE
GENERAL PUBLIC S. B. THIRTEEN
FIFTY SEVEN. WELL ALLOW THE
VETERANS LICENSE PLATE PROGRAM
TO OFFER EITHER.
OF THESE TWO DESIGNATIONS
DEPENDING ON VETERAN OR GENERAL
PUBLIC STATUS OF THE APPLICANT.
THAT'S YOU THIRTEEN FIFTY SEVEN
SEEKS TO ALLOW VETERANS TO ONCE
MORE SHOW PRIDE IN THEIR
MILITARY SERVICE BY HAVING. THE
DESIGNATION OF VETERAN ON THEIR
LICENSE PLATE.
MANY OTHER STATES OFFER A
SIMILAR LICENSE PLATE AND
CALIFORNIA HAS LONG.
HAS A LONG LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
OF SUPPORTING AND IMPLEMENTING A
VETERAN PLATE.
S. B. THIRTEEN FIFTY SEVEN ALSO
HAS AN IMPORTANT PUBLIC POLICY
FUNCTION. VETERANS OUTREACH.
MANY VETERANS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR
VETERAN BENEFITS FROM THE. US
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
ONCE A VETERAN QUALIFIES
MONETARY BENEFITS.
OR PAID DIRECTLY TO THE VETERAN
ON A MONTHLY BASIS AND. OR IN
SOME INSTANCES RETRACTED LUMP
SUMS.
LAST.
FISCAL YEAR CALIFORNIA VETERANS
RECEIVED OVER FOUR HUNDRED
THIRTY SIX MILLION AND NEW
FEDERAL BENEFITS AS A RESULT OF
THE CLAIMS ASSOCIATED.
CLAIM ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY THE
CBS THOSE.
HOWEVER IS THERE IS A LARGE
AMOUNT OF VETERANS WHO ARE NOT
AWARE THAT THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR
THESE FEDERAL BENEFITS.
MANY OF THESE VETERANS ARE
LIVING ON FIXED INCOMES AND MAY.
BE RELYING ON STATE AND LOCAL
PROGRAMS TO STAY AFLOAT.
IS IMPORTANT THAT WE FIND THESE
VETERANS AND GET THEM THEIR
BENEFITS WHICH ARE DIFFICULT TO
QUALIFY FOR.
OUTREACH CAN BE DIFFICULT THAT
IS WHY THIS BILL IS IMPORTANT.
IT INCENTIVIZE.
VETERANS TO VISIT CVS OFFICES TO
QUALIFY FOR THE VETERAN
DESIGNATION ON THE LICENSE PLATE.
ONCE THERE THE CSO CAN INQUIRE
INTO THE VETERAN STATUS AND
DETERMINE IF THEY HAVE ANY VALID
CLAIMS TO THE VET.
TO THE VA BENEFITS
FOR INSTANCE A VETERAN VISITED
THE SOLANO COUNTY VETERANS
SERVICE OFFICE.
TO BE VERIFIED OF HIS VETERAN
STATUS FOR THE VETERAN
DESIGNATION ON A DRIVER'S
LICENSE
UPON A BRIEF INTERVIEW THE CVS
ARE DETERMINED.
THAT THE VETERAN COULD FILE FOR
BENEFITS
BECAUSE OF AGENT ORANGE EXPOSURE.
THE CDS ALL FILED THE CLAIM AND
THE VETERAN. GRIP PREVIOUSLY
BEEN LIVING ON TWELVE HUNDRED
DOLLARS TALL.
A THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY
DOLLARS A MONTH FROM SOCIAL
SERVICES NOW RECEIVES THIRTY TWO
HUNDRED A MONTH FROM THE VA. AND
ALSO RECEIVED A TWENTY TWO
THOUSAND DOLLAR RETROACTIVE
PAYMENT.
THE FOLLOWING VETERANS SERVICE
OFFICERS ARE IN SUPPORT.
S. B. THIRTEEN FIFTY SEVEN.
AMERICAN GI FORM. AMVETS
DEPARTMENT CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA
STATE COMMANDER'S ACTIONS
COUNCIL.
NATIONAL GUARD ASSOCIATION
CALIFORNIA.
THREE GET SENATOR HUESO HAS
JOINED US AND SENATOR ROTH
JOINED US.
AND WE ON THE SECOND OF THE TWO
BILLS THAT ARE BEFORE US TODAY.
SENATOR BY TAXES ON CALL.
GOOD AND TO ANYONE ELSE IN THE
AUDIENCE WHO WISH TO TESTIFY IN
SUPPORT.
YEAH I SAW LARA GRIEFS.
REPRESENTING MILITARY OFFICERS
ASSOCIATION CALIFORNIA COUNCIL
OF CHAPTERS WE SUPPORT THIS BILL.
GOING TO GREECE.
AGAIN DAWN HARPER WITH AMERICAN
LEGION ON BEHALF A HUNDRED
THOUSAND HUNDRED THOUSAND
LEGIONNAIRES IN CALIFORNIA WE
URGENT VOTE ON THIS MATTER THANK
YOU.
YOU TO HARPER ANYONE ELSE
SUPPORT.
ANY OPPOSITION.
THE BILL.
HEARING NONE
AND ROTH MOVE THE BILL.
AND THAT WE WILL ACCEPT THE I IS
AUTHORS AMENDMENTS TENDER TO
GAINES.
SO WE WILL MOVE THE BILL AS
AMENDED.
AND WE WILL CALL THE ROLL.
SENATE BILL THIRTEEN FIFTY SEVEN
DO PASS AS AMENDED BUT FIRST RE
REFER TO TRANSPORTATION HOUSING.
NEWMAN.
NELSON AYE NIELSEN AYE DODD.
HUESO. WITH SO I. WENT.
ROTH AYE ROTH AYE WILK AYE.
LOOK I.
BELOW BILL ON CALL.
IT YOU KNOW VEHICLE SHIFT. BACK
YOU. KNOW BRING UP THE CONSENT
CALENDAR.
WE ARE BILL CLINTON'S AFTER DAY.
THAT WOULD BE.
S. B. THIRTEENTH TWELVE BY
CHAIRMAN NEWMAN AND S. B.
FIFTEEN HUNDRED BY. THAT'S A
COMMITTEE THAT.
I AM SO MOVED BY GENDER OFF.
AND.
ANY DISCUSSION AND ANY MEMBERS
ON THE CONSENT BY WE DON'T
BELIEVE THAT'S UNCONTROVERSIAL
WILL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE ROLL.
SENATE BILL THIRTEEN TWELVE TO
PASS BUT FIRST REFER TO PUBLIC
EMPLOYMENT RETIREMENT WITH
RECOMMENDATIONS CONSENT.
AND SENATE BILL FIFTEEN HUNDRED
FIFTH CATHOLIC FIRST REFERRED TO
JUDICIARY WITH RECOMMENDATION TO
CONSENT NEWMAN.
NIELSEN AYE NIELSEN AYE. DODD.
HUESO WITH AYE. WHEN.
ROTH. ROTH AYE WILK AYE WILK AYE.
CAN HOPELESS WITHIN. GREATLY THE
ROLE OPENED THREE AYE VOTE WILL
WAIT TILL WE HAVE.
FOR HIGH FOR FLORA. VERY GOOD.
AND WELL WE NOW THEN ARE WAITING
FOR THE CHAIR AND OTHER MEMBERS
TO.
FELT LEFT OUT YEAH LET'S CALL
THE ROLL UNDIVIDED BILL THAT IS
S. B. ONE ONE THREE SEVEN.
DODD.
ROTH AYE ROTH AYE.
THE HEALING THAT OPEN.
MAYBE THAT WILL OPEN AND HE'S
NOT SEVEN PROCEED INTO THE
INFORMATIONAL PORTION OF THE
HEARING.
AND THIS IS THE.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA VETERANS
CEMETERY.
AND.
.
WHO WILL BE OUR FIRST WITNESS?
WE HAVE.
TED LEVEL FIVE FIVE.
NONE OF.
THERE WE ARE.
MISTER MIKE NEGATE.
AFTER DIRECTOR PREFERENCE
SERVICE DIVISION.
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
THE GATE WOULD YOU LEAD OFF.
SIR.
.
GOOD AFTERNOON MEMBERS OF THE
VETERANS COMMITTEE BY MICHALIS
MEDIUM TO ASSISTANT DEPUTY
SECRETARY FOR OUTREACH MEMORIALS
IN CEMETERIES. AT THE CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
I JUST PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW
OF THE STATE FEDERAL CEMETERIES.
WHICH ARE INTERTWINED IN TERMS
OF FUNDING AND AND OTHER ISSUES.
AND THEN WE CAN OPEN UP FOR
QUESTIONS OR FOLLOW ALONG WITH
THE. REST OF THE HEARING.
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW.
WITHIN THE VETERANS
ADMINISTRATION'S ARE BASICALLY
THREE ADMINISTRATIVE SECTIONS
THAT PROVIDE SERVICES TO BETTER
VETERANS.
THEY HEALTH BENEFITS AND
MEMORIAL SECTION.
AND THE NATIONAL CEMETERY
ADMINISTRATION IS UNDER THE
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY
FOR MEMORIAL AFFAIRS AND THE
OPERATING MAINTAIN NATIONAL
CEMETERIES. AND MEMORIALS AND
PARTLY FOR US THIS AND
OPERATIONAL STANDARDS OF FOR ALL
OF THE CEMETERIES AS WELL AS
OPERATE A NATIONAL. CEMETERY
GRANT PROGRAM.
WHICH WILL BE TALKING ABOUT
LATER.
ANY CEMETERY ASSISTED BY THE VA
GRANT PROGRAM MUST BE MAINTAINED
AND OPERATED ACCORDING TO THE
OPERATIONAL STANDARDS IN
MEASURES. OF THE NATIONAL
CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION THIS
MEANS OUR STATE CEMETERIES MUST
FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES SET FORTH
BY THE NATIONAL CEMETERY
ADMINISTRATION.
THEN ADMINISTRATION OPERATION
MAINTENANCE OF A VA SUPPORTED
STATES THAT VETERANS CEMETERY IS
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE STATE
IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY. HOWEVER
THE SECRETARY THE VETERANS
AFFAIRS T THE LOWEST LEVEL IS
AUTHORIZED TO PAY FOR PLOT
INTERMENT ALLOWANCES.
TO ASSAY WHICH HELPS ONE THE
CEMETERIES.
AND THESE.
COULD HELP KEEP THEM
OPERATIONAL.
WITHIN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
WE HAVE ABOUT NINE SEASON WEHAVE NINE.
NATIONAL CEMETERIES.
THERE'S FOR THAT ARE ARE
CURRENTLY CLOSE FOR BURIALS BUT
THEY'RE LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE
STATE. THE STATE CEMETERIES.
SUPPORT THESE ARE.
THE IS OF FEDERAL CEMETERIES BY
PROVIDING SERVICES TO TO OUR
VETERANS.
THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA VETERANS
CEMETERY AND I GO WAS THE FIRST
VETERANS CEMETERY. CONSTRUCTED
IN COOPERATION WITH THE US
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION. IT'S
OPERATED BY THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA IS LOCATED NEAR
REDDING TOWN CALLED I GO AND
PRIMARILY SERVES THE POP
VETERANS POPULATION OF THE
NORTHERN MOST CALIFORNIA
COUNTIES. HOWEVER ANY ELIGIBLE
VETERAN ALONG WITH THEIR SPOUSE
AND ELIGIBLE DEPENDENTS MAYBE
ENTERED AT THE CEMETERY WHICH
HAS BOTH OF. CREE MAINS AND IN
GROUND BURIALS FOR BOTH REMAINS
AS A AS WELL AS CASKETS.
AND COLUMBARIUM FOR FOR THE UC
REMAINS.
THE CALIFORNIA CUP CENTRAL COAST
VETERANS CEMETERY WAS. OPEN IN
OCTOBER ELEVENTH OF NIGHT OF
TWENTY SIXTEEN SKINNY.
THIS CEMETERIES A SECOND BLOW OF
OUR STATE RUN CEMETERY AND IT
WAS CONSTRUCTED IN OPERATION
AGAIN WITH THE US VETERANS
ADMINISTRATION. AS LOCATED IN
SEASIDE IN THE MONTEREY COUNTY.
THAT CEMETERY ONLY HAS COME
MARIO FOR FOURTEEN MEANS
ALTHOUGH IT'S MOVING FORWARD
INTO THE FACE TO TWO PRELIMINARY
PLANS TO INCLUDE IN GROUND
BURIALS ON THE REST OF THIS
LIGHT. ON AFTER THE ANALYSIS IS
DONE. WE DO HAVE A CEMETERY AT
YOUNT ONLY OUT BILL VETERANS
HOME.
IT'S LOCATED.
NEAR THE HOME AND ITS HISTORIC
CEMETERY WITH OVER FIVE THOUSAND
SEVEN HUNDRED VETERANS AND
DEPENDENTS.
BUT THIS CEMETERY ONLY ACCEPTS
INTERMINABLE ENTRANCE HOME
RESIDENTS AND THEY'RE ELIGIBLE
ELIGIBLE DEPENDENTS NOT AT THIS
TIME.
AND THAT IS JUST A BRIEF
OVERVIEW I CAN TURN OVER TO IT
DEPUTY SECRETARY ON THE GRANT
PROGRAM.
SIR.
PLEASE WITH YOUR*.
THANK YOU TURN GOOD AFTERNOON MY
NAME IS DAVE GERARD AND THE
CHIEF OF THE FACILITIES AND
BUSINESS SERVICES DIVISION AT
THE APARTMENT BUT FAIRS.
CLOSE ESTAS SPEAK ABOUT THE.
SENATOR GRANT PROGRAM.
THE SUCH THE STATE CEMETERY
GRANT PROGRAM WAS DEVELOPED TO
ASSIST STATES IN FEDERALLY
RECOGNIZED TRAVEL GOVERNMENTS.
AND PROVIDING GRAVE SITES FOR
VETERANS IN THOSE AREAS WHERE
THE VA'S NATIONAL CEMETERIES
CANNOT FULLY STAFFED.
SATISFY THEIR BURIAL NEEDS.
GRANTS MAY BE USED FOR THE
PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING
EXPANDING OR IMPROVING VETERANS
CEMETERIES THAT ARE OWNED AND
OPERATED BY THE STATE.
FEDERAL FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED
TRAVEL GOVERNMENT OR U. S.
TERRITORY.
US DEVIATE DOES NOT PROVIDE
GRANTS TO PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS
COUNTY CITIES OR OTHER
GOVERNMENT ENTITIES.
THE CEMETERY GRANT PROGRAM CAN
PROVIDE UP TO A HUNDRED PERCENT
OF THE DEVELOPMENT COST FOREIGN
APPROVED PROJECT.
GENERALLY THOUGH THAT IS NOT THE
CASE THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT IS
THE TARGET.
FIRST ENLISTMENT OF NEW
CEMETERIES.
US DEVIATE CAN PROVIDE FOR
OPERATING EQUIPMENT.
THAT THE.
U. S. DEVIATE DOES NOT PROVIDE
FOR THE ACQUISITION OF LAND.
THE VALUE OF THE LAND CANNOT BE
CONSIDERED AN ALLOWABLE COST
UNDER THE GRANT AND STATES ARE
SOLELY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
ACQUISITION AND THE TRANSFER OF
THE LAND.
THE PROGRAM ASSIST STATES IN
TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS PROVIDING
GRAVE SITES OR VETERANS IN
THOSE AREAS WHERE THE NCA CANNOT
SATISFY THEIR VERY ONLY SO
THERE'S A METHODOLOGY THAT THE
FEDS USE.
TO DETERMINE.
FEDERALLY.
.
LOCATED CEMETERIES THE STATE
CEMETERIES HAVE TO FIT WITHIN
THAT METHODOLOGY.
GRANTS ARE USED.
TO ESTABLISH EXPANDER IMPROVE
VETERANS CEMETERIES THAT ARE
OWNED AND OPERATED BY STATE
LOCAL TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AID IS
ONLY PROVIDED TO STATES AND AND
FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBAL
GOVERNMENTS BUT NOT TO PRIVATE
ORGANIZATIONS.
.
CEMETERIES. ESTABLISHED UNDER
THE GRANT PROGRAM MUST CONFORM
TO THE STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES.
PERTAINING TO THE SITE.
SELECTION PLANNING AND
CONSTRUCTION PRESCRIBED BY THE
VA. GENERALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS
THAT WHENEVER WE DEVELOP A PIECE
OF LAND FOR CEMETERY THE VA HAS.
AN ABSOLUTE.
AUTHORITIES TO PROVIDE INPUT
DIRECTION AND GUIDANCE.
ON THE.
.
DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF OUR
CEMETERIES.
SO WHILE THE STATE MIGHT.
PROPOSED PARTICULAR TYPE OF.
OPPOSE A PARTICULAR TYPE OF.
ARCHITECTURE AND SO FORTH THE
VA WILL IN FACT.
APPROVED DENYING REQUEST
ADJUSTMENT EXCEPT FOR.
CERTAINLY.
WE HAVE TO.
ONE HAS GOT TO GO BACK TO
COMMITTEE IF WE CAN OPEN THE
ROLE.
SENATE BILL ELEVEN THIRTY SEVEN.
DODD BY.
SO YOU THINK. SINGLE CLEAN.
SINCE WE NOW HAVE GONE OUT. THE
THE INFORMATION HEARING WE'RE
GOING TO RECONVENE. THE FORMAL
HEARING. AND WE WILL HAVE LITTLE
CONTROL. FOR. WEEK AFTER BY JACK
BILL AND THE GATES.
SENATE ELEVEN THIRTY SEVEN DIED
STILL ALIVE.
I THOUGHT IF I PICK YOU IF YOU.
THAT FOR. SEVEN OUT THAT PATH
OUT DATES AND.
LET'S DO CENTER TO GAINESVILLE.
SENATE BILL THIRTEEN FIFTY SEVEN
NEWMAN.
DODD I THOUGHT I WIN. WIN I.
WITH THAT THE THINK THAT THAT
WILL LEAVE THE ROLE PHENOMENA
ZERO I ENTERTAINED THE CONSENT
CALENDAR.
CONSENT CALENDAR SENATE BILL
THIRTEEN TWELVE AND SENATE BILL
FIFTEEN HUNDRED NEWMAN.
DODD I THOUGHT I WHEN. I WHEN I
WAS SIXTEEN GO BACK INTO RECESS
NOW AND.
BUT WE BELIEVE ROLE OPEN ON ALL
THREE.
WE'RE NOT GOING INTO RECESS FOR
HOLDING.
WHAT WOULD HAVE ALSO BEEN GOING?
OKAY WE'RE GOING BACK INTO THE
INFORMATION ERA COULD.
BECAUSE I CHAIRING THE PUBLIC
SERVICE.
THIRDLY OKAY PROCEED CERTAINLY
BACK TO THE INFORMATION ERICA.
SO.
WENT WHEN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA HAS A A GRANT
SUBMISSION.
TO MAKE BEHALF OF A LOCALITY.
WE DO SO WITH A MASTER PLAN
THAT TO DETERMINES THE FACES IN
WHICH WE INTEND TO APPLY FOR A
GRANT.
THE FEDS WILL THEN.
PROVIDE WHAT THEY DEEM IS
ALLOWABLE COSTS ALLOWABLE COST
IS THE FEDERAL SHARE THE STATE
SHARE IS THE REMAINDER THE ON
ALLOWABLE COSTS.
AND SO THERE'S WHERE YOU GET THE
BALANCE WITHIN A WITHIN A GRANT
SUBMISSION IT'STHE STATE'S
RESPONSIBILITY TO COME FORWARD
WITH THE STATE SHARE. IN ORDER
TO ALLOW THE FEDERAL GRANT TO
CONTINUE. THE STATE SHARE IS
GENERALLY USED AS THE.
.
AS THE.
.
AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IS GOING TO
BE USED FOR THE DESIGN OF THE
pFACILITY OR THE THE CEMETERY.
AND THE FEDERAL SHARE WILL IN
TURN REIMBURSE ONCE.
THE.
GRANT IS ACHIEVED.
OVERALL.
AS CONSTRUCTION OF CROUP.
OCCURS REIMBURSEMENT ACCOUNTS
AND REIMBURSEMENT ACTIVITY
OCCURS DURING THE DURATION OF
THE CONSTRUCTION.
THERE ISN'T HE A.
ANY AREDONE ON THE PROPERTY AS
WELL.
AND THE TRANSFER OF THE PROPERTY.
IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE.
.
PUBLIC WORKS BOARD AND AND THEIR
APPROVAL.
OKAY.
WHAT? GENERAL BUT WHAT WULD YOU
TELL US AND I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME
STATISTICS BACK HERE BUT FOR THE
RECORD IF YOU CAN GIVE US A
LITTLE UPDATE OF THE. FINANCIAL
STATUS ARE WE. DOING OKAY IN THE
NUMBER OF TOURNAMENTS AND ALL
THAT WE.
HAVE TAKEN CARE OF THE
POPULATION IN GOOD ORDER.
YES SIR THE THE A NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA VETERANS SEMINARIAN I
GOIS.
OPERATING PRETTY WELL THEN THEY
HAVE A NUMBER OF BURIALS.
PER MONTH AND ARE ABLE TO BE A
NEARLY SELF SUFFICIENT.
THE SEASIDE CEMETERY IS A
GROWING CEMETERY WAS JUST
FAMILIES OCTOBER.
TWENTY SIXTEEN SO THE.
THEIR.
.
THERE.
REACHING CAPACITY IN TERMS OF
THE DAILY WORK THAT THEY NEED TO
BE DOING.
AND BUT THERE IS A NEED FOR TO
MOVE ON TO FACE TO FOR THEM
GROUND BURIALS. THERE'S A NUMBER
OF VETERANS WHO MAY HAVE OR
RELIGIOUS.
PREFERENCE FOR IN BROWN VERSUS
CREMATION OF SO THERE'S SOMEONE
OF THE PENT UP NEED AND SO
EXPANDING INTO THE NEXT PHASE
WHICH IS PART OF THE PLAN. ON
AND AND IS MOVING FORWARD.
SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO MORE FOR
THE COMMUNITY AND AND SEE SIGN.
IS THIS CONSISTENT WITH YOUR
MASTER PLAN THEN.
IT IS THE.
THE THE FACE TO OF A. IT IS SO.
FACE TO. A ADDRESSES IN GROUND
BARRIER BURIALS THE REASON PHASE
ONE.
EXCLUDED THEM WAS TO ALLOW FOR.
THAT THE FEDS TO APPROVE.
IT REDUCE THE COST ALLOW US TO
GET OUR FOOT IN THE DOOR IF YOU
WILL ROM THAT POINT FORWARD THE
COMMUNITY.
REQUEST WAS TO HAVE IN GROUND
BURIALS AND SO WE'RE PROCEEDING
WITH THE WITH FACE TO AS QUICKLY
AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
UNDERSTOOD.
SO IT'S MORE OF A DESIRE.
AT THE LOCAL LEVEL TO GET THOSE
ON BOARD UNDERSTOOD.
DO WE HAVE ANY FOR A PUBLIC A
COMMENT ON THIS SECTION.
THERE'S NO OTHER THEN IF YOU
WOULD BE SO KIND WILL MOVE INTO
THE. A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
VETERANS CEMETERY STATUS UPDATE
AND. IF YOU DO PROCEED WITH THIS
MISTER IRAQ.
SO WHO'S NEXT.
GODSPEED JOHN SPANGLER.
YES SIR.
GOOD AFTERNOON THANK YOU.
I'VE MY MY SMALL PIECE OF
TODAY'S HEARING WAS TO TO TALK
ABOUT THE LEGISLATION THAT.
GOT US HERE AND.
SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO.
A IN IN TWO THOUSAND TWELVE
ASSEMBLY WOMAN QUIRK SILVA WAS
ELECTED THE SIXTY FIFTH ASSEMBLY
DISTRICT THEREAFTER SHE WAS
APPOINTED AS CHAIR TO THIS
ASSEMBLY VETERANS AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE.
SHE BECAME AWARE OF A THREAT
ARTICLE IN THE LOCAL MEDIA WHEN
ONGOING EFFORT IN ORANGE COUNTY.
BY VETERANS THERE TO HAVE A
CEMETERY LOCATED IN ORANGE
COUNTY.
AS A RESULT IN AFTER CREEK
COLLABORATION WAS STAKEHOLDERS
IN TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN.
SHE DEVELOPED IN CARRY
LEGISLATION IT WAS AB FOURTEEN
FIFTY THREE WHICH DIRECTED
CALVET TO DESIGN DEVELOP.
DESTRUCTIVE QUIP.
A STATE OWNED AND OPERATED STATE
VETERANS CEMETERY.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS
LEGISLATION WAS SPECIFIED THAT
THE SITE WAS A HUNDRED TWENTY
FIVE ACRES KNOWN AS THE AMENDED
AND RESTATED DEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENT SITE.
WHICH IS A MOUTHFUL SO MOST
PEOPLE JUST SAY ARDA SITE.
IN THE GREAT PARK.
SO AB FOURTEEN FIFTY THREE ALSO
DIRECTED CAL THAT TO APPLY TO
THE GRANT PROGRAM THAT WE'VE
BEEN DISCUSSING TODAY. FOR A
GRANT OF YOU KNOW TARGETED A
HUNDRED PERCENT IF WE CAN GET IT
AS AS.
DAVE DRIVE MENTIONED THAT'S THE
GOAL.
OF THE COSTOF DESIGN DEVELOP
AND CONSTRUCTING THE CEMETERY.
THAT BILL ALSO APPROPRIATED DE
SOME OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS FOR THE PURPOSE OF
CONDUCTING THIS INITIAL DESIGN
AND THE STUDY THAT'S NECESSARY
FOR THE PRE GRANT APPLICATION.
WE.
THAT WORK WAS COMPLETED AND
THEIR DEPARTMENT DID MAKE THE
PRE APPLICATION.
A.
AS WAS REQUIRED BY THE LAW.
IN JUNE OF TWO THOUSAND
SEVENTEEN.
THE CITY OF IRVINE ADOPTED A
RESOLUTION.
WHICH RESCINDED ITS.
COMMITMENT IF YOU WILL TO THEIR
ARDA SITE.
AND SUBSTITUTED A SECOND SITE.
I'LL CALL THE BAKE PARKWAY SITE.
THEN MORE RE EVEN MORE RECENTLY
THE BUDGET ACT OF LAST YEAR.
.
S. B. NINETY SIX.
CHANGE THE MILITARY AND VETERANS
COAT BECAUSE AS YOU MAY RECALL.
IT WAS SPECIFIC TO THE ARTIST
SITE.
SO.
THE BUDGET BILL DELETED THAT
REFERENCE TO THE OUR SITE.
I SUBSTITUTED THE BAKE PARKWAY
SITE.
AND APPROPRIATED FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS TO DO LISTS THE
SIMILAR STUDY AND PRELIMINARY
DESIGN WORK WITH REGARD TO THE
BAKE PARKWAY SITE. THESE CHANGES
WERE SUPPORTED BY ASSEMBLY WOMAN
QUIRK SILVA AND AT THE END OF
THAT WERE WERE AGAIN DIRECTED TO
APPLY TO THE.
I FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAM.
IT'S ALL GOT SIR.
AND.
.
THEN WE WOULD HAVE BEEN THE
MISTER CARLSON.
OKAY.
IN DEFERENCE TO THE CHAIR WHO WE
EXPECT BACK SOON WILL JUST.
BECAUSE OF.
A BRIEF BRIEF BREAK HERE WE WILL
NOT LEAVE RECESSING CONCEDING.
OKAY
.
FOLKS WE'RE SORRY FOR THE DELAYS
BUT DOES THIS IS A VERY VERY
BUSY TIME OF THE YEAR AND
MEMBERS OF SCRAPPING GOING EVERY
WHICH WAY
DELAY IN.
MEN OF MATURITY FUNNY WELL HELLO.
I'M SO I APOLOGIZE SO YOU WOULD
THINK THAT IN THE AREA WHERE WE
SHOULD HAVE A LAND PLANES ALWAYS
ON A DIFFERENT ONE WAY WE COULD
HAVE COMMITTEES THAT ADMITTED
SAMETIME. I'M SO I'D LIKE TO RE
OPEN THE ROLE.
ON THOSE VOTES AND WE'LL MOVE
FROM THEIR SIN MADAM SICK IF YOU
WOULD MIND.
SENATE BILL THIRTEEN FIFTY SEVEN
NEWMAN AYE AYE NEWMAN AYE THAT
SEVEN ZERO. THERE AGAIN THAT
BILL GATES AT SEVEN ZERO WNED.
CONSENT CALENDAR.
S. BE THIRTEEN TWELVE IN S. B.
FIFTEEN HUNDRED NEWMAN
I APOLOGIZED SO WHERE IN THE
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CEMETERY
SECTION ALRIGHT TESTIMONY.
MISTER SPEAKER YOU WOULD VERY.
TANNED RESTED AND READY IT'S
GOOD TO SEE YOU. KNOW. AND I
DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN WITH
SO LITTLE HERE.
IT'S A GOOD LOOK VERY HIGH I TWO
WEEKS OF RESERVED ICE I
UNDERSTAND.
OF
SO. WITHOUT FURTHER ADO.
I APPRECIATE IT.
NO SIMS ACROSS AND WITHOUT
FURTHER ADO I'D I THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE.
COLLEGE IS GOING TO LOOK.
I ACTUALLY A MUCH I'M DAVE
GIRARD.
BECAUSE IT. TAKES A LOT OF THEM
LIKE MY LIKE MY DAD LIKES A
CALLING ME THE MATERIAL ON THAT SIDE.
THAT IS TRADITIONALLY BEEN
REFERRED TO AS A GREAT PARK SITE.
IT IS LOCATED AT THE FORMER EL
TORO MARINE CORPS SITE AT YOUR
STATION.
I DID YES HIGHER TEAM OF
CONSULTANTS.
TO REVIEW THE SITE.
FROM THE SURVEYING DESIGN
GEOTECHNICAL HAS MATERIALS AND
SEQUENT PERSPECTIVE.
IN ALL DGI SPENT APPROXIMATE
EIGHTEEN MONTHS STUDYING A SITE
WITH A BUDGET OF FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS.
FOR CONTACTS SO YOU UNDERSTAND
THAT THE SITE ITSELF.
FIVE OR THE CEMETERY PROJECT
ITSELF TYPICALLY OCCURS IN
PHASES IN THIS CASE HERE WAS TEN
PHASES.
THE AND THAT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR
AND THE CEMETERIES THAT WE'VE
DONE FOR I GO AND OF CENTRAL
VALLEY.
.
THIS INITIAL PHASE WOULD SEE HER
TWENTY FIVE ACRE SITE PREPARED
INCLUDING THE DEMOLITION OF
SEVENTY SEVEN BUILDINGS.
EQUATES APPROXIMATELY ONE
MILLION SQUARE FET OF.
SPACE.
AS WELL AS THE UNDERGROUND
UTILITIES ON THE SITE.
IT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE
INSTALLATION OF ONE THOUSAND
SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY IN GROUND
CREMEANS.
THREE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND
FIFTY COLUMBARIUM NICHES AND THE
ERECTION OF SIX THOUSAND SQUARE
FEET. ADMINISTRATION MAINTENANCE
TYPE BUILDINGS.
IT ALSO INCLUDES THE
INSTALLATION OF OF ASSEMBLY
AREAS
DR WEIL'S.
AND ACCESS ROADS.
AS YOU KNOW THIS IS AN OLD
MILITARY SITE THE STUDY TEAM
FOUND A NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT
WOULD NEED TO BE REVIEWED-REMEDIATED. SHOW THE PROJECT.
PROCEED AT THIS LOCATION.
FIRST OF ALL BE THAT DEMOLITION
OF THE SEVENTY SEVEN STRUCTURES
INCLUDING ABATEMENT OF HAS THIS
MATERIAL.
WITHIN THOSE SITES.
ADDITIONALLY CONTAMINATED SOIL
AND GROUNDWATER THAT EXIST ON
THE SITE WOULD REQUIRE.
WELL ADDRESSING THE IMPACT.
ADJACENT.
SIDE ROSE IN ITSELF.
ALL IN ALL THE TOTAL PROJECT.
THE FIRST PHASE OF.
TERRY.
SEVENTY SEVEN MILLION
SEVENTY TWO.
OF THIS AMOUNT.
HALF OF THAT.
PRICING
DEMOLITION.
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL OF.
AS FOR THE.
.
BAKE PARKWAY SITE STUDY.
ON THIS PATH CURRENT YEAR POINT
OUT THAT WE RECEIVED FIVE
HUNDRED.
TO.
DO THAT STUDY.
AT THIS ALTERNATE LOCATION ALSO
KNOWN AS THE STRAWBERRY FIELDS I.
ESSENTIALLY AND WE BROUGHT IN
THE SAME TEAM THAT KINDA AND
THAT.
CONDUCTED THE INITIAL STUDY SO
THEY'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH WHAT
WITH WHAT OCCURRED.
SCOPE WAS IDENTICAL TO THE GREAT
PARK SITE WITH THE GOAL TO
PROVIDE A SCHEDULE.
COST ESTIMATE CONCEPTUAL SITE
PLAN FOR PHASE ONE OF THE
CEMETERY.
ALL OF THESE ITEMS ARE NECESSARY
FOR CALVET CEMENT FEDERAL GRANT
APPLICATION FOR THE SUMMER.
WELL FINALIZATION OF THIS REPORT
MAY TICKLE THE LONGER HOWEVER
DID YOU EXPECT DG* EXPECTS.
PROVIDE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS
A CALVET IN EARLY.
TO.
HER AFTER THAT THE NEXT THE
MEDIA STEP WOULD BE FOR CAL THAT
TO SUBMIT THE FEDERAL GRANT
APPLICATION.
FROM THE STATE'S PERSPECTIVE FOR
OUR OFFICE.
THAT THE PROJECT WOULD PROCEED
IS ANY CAP LOUDLY PROJECT
UTILIZING A DESIGN THAT BUILD.
MATHIS.
IN CLOSING.
IT'S REALLY TOO EARLY TO
DETERMINE WHICH SIDE IS.
IS BETTER OF THE TWO. THERE
STILL NEEDS TO BE THAT AND.
EXISTING STUDIES ON AN ANALYSIS
ON THE SECOND SITE.
AND WILL HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF
WHAT AND WHAT THE OUTCOME IS IN
EARLY JUNE.
THANK YOU MR KRAUSS IS SO I'D BE
IS IT ALSO TRUE TO SAY. THAT
THERE IS THERE'S BEEN NO RED
FLAGS RAISE WITH RESPECT TO THE
SECOND SAID THEY WOULD LEAD TO
INCLUDE THAT IS NOT OF I WAS
STILL TOO EARLY STILL TO
ROADKILL TO.
THEY'RE JUST OUT THERE NOW DOING
SURVEYS SO THE RESULTS OF THE
SURVEYS.
I'M NOT COMMITTEE.
SHOULD THE.
OKAY.
AND I'M STILL CATCHING UP SO I
THINK IF YOU ARE RIGHT IN FACT I
DON'T SEE. HAVE YOU SPOKEN YET I
HAVE ACTUALLY AND I HAD UP TO
ANYBODY'S TELLING ME AND.
APPRECIATE IT WAS OVERVIEW OF
THE CEMETERY GRANT PROGRAM
APPRECIATE THAT.
IN AGAIN THIS IS NOT BEEN A
GREAT SCHEDULED DAY.
AND I'M SO. NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
THE WORD SERIOUSLY QUESTIONS FOR.
YOU KNOW IT IF I COULD JUST MAKE
ONE POINT ON THE THE THE I
TALKED ABOUT THE.
FEDERAL AND THE STATE SHARE.
ALLOWABLE COSTS ARE WHAT THE
FEDS
SO THE NET IS THAT WE HAVE A
PRIOR A. B. PROCESS. UNDERWAY.
AND WE'RE LOOKING TOWARD EARLY
SUMMER FOR.
DOCUMENTATION THAT THAT WILL
THEN BE THE BASIS FOR THE GRANT
APPLICATION.
THE GRANT APPLICATION HAS TO GO
THROUGH BY JUNE THIRTIETH AND.
THE SUBMISSION INCLUDES THE
ESTIMATE THAT NICK WILL PROVIDE
A FEDERAL BUDGET DOCUMENT
SCHEMATIC DESIGN AND AN OVERALL
MASTER. DEVELOPMENT OF THE
ENTIRE BUILD OUT OF THE SITE.
IN CASE THAT'S THAT'S FOR THE
ENTIRE PROCESS TO IT WHAT WITH
THE ESTIMATED DATE BE FOR THE
COMPLETION. ON THE STATE IN THE
BAY PARKWAY STRUCK RESEALED SITE.
ROUGHLY A FEW MONTHS AFTER
COMPLETION OF.
FOR THE FIRST PART OF JUNE.
WILL HAVE EVERYTHING BUT IN A
SENSE IT'LL BE IN A DRAFT STATUS.
AND IT'S JUST BEING.
BASICALLY CHECKED FOR.
.
BITS AND PIECES OF INFORMATION
WITHIN THE STUDY ITSELF.
BUT BUT IN ALL PRACTICALITY THE
FIRST WEEK ROUGHLY IN JUNE.
WE WILL HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION
FOR FOR THE VETS TO SUBMIT ON
THIS APPLICATION.
NPR HAD APPRECIATED. VERY
HELPFUL THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LOOK
FORWARD TO LEARNING WHAT YOUSEF.
THANK YOU
.
SURE IT AT THIS POINT LIKE
MOVING TO PUBLIC COMMENT SO I
I'D WELCOME MEMBERS THE PUBLIC
WITH AN INTEREST.
IN THIS SUBJECT. IN.
ORDER OF YOUR PRESENCE BEFORE
THE MIKE.
I WOULD ASK THAT EACH OF YOU
WOULD LIMIT YOUR TESTIMONY A
PARTIALLY THREE MINUTES IN THE
INTEREST OF BREVITY.
AND PLEASE WHEN YOU GO STATE
YOUR NAME.
AND YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO THE
PROJECT TO WHOM YOU REPRESENT.
AND WE WELCOME YOUR TESTIMONY.
NEW SENATORS ON MELISSA FOX
IRVINE CITY COUNCIL OF OF ONE
YEAR AND FOUR YEARS WITH
COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION
BEFORE THAT AND I'VE BEEN
WORKING ON THIS PROJECT. SINCE
ITS INCEPTION.
WELL I ABSOLUTELY APPRECIATE
THAT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE
DONE ON THE NEW ANALYSIS OF THE
SITE.
I THINK MY BACKGROUND MIGHT BE
ABLE TO ASSIST
IN BREAKING DOWN THE DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN THE TWO SITES ONE OF THE
OTHER FIRST THINGS I DID WHEN I
TOOK OFFICE.
IN COUNCIL WAS TO ASK WHERE WE
WERE ON THE STATUS OF.
OUR A RDA SIDE IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE CEMETERY AND
I WAS INFORMED WITH NO PUN
INTENDED THAT IT WAS DEAD ON
ARRIVAL.
AND THAT HAD TO DO WITH THE
SEVENTY SEVEN MILLION DOLLAR
COST WHEN THERE IS. A.
QUITE A BACKLOG OF NEED AND.
A SHORTAGE OF FUNDS
SO. THERE WAS AT THE TIME A
PROPOSAL TO SWITCH TO WHAT WAS
BELIEVED WOULD POTENTIALLY BE A
MORE VIABLE SITE AND WE DID A
LOT OF INVESTIGATING ON THAT.
MYSELF INCLUDED AND WHILE
CERTAINLY THAT WE MIGHT.
NOT BE AT THE END OF THE
ANALYSIS WE CAN SAY THAT THE. A
RDA SITE WITH ITS SEVENTY SEVEN
BUILDINGS ONE OF WHICH WAS USED
TO TEST JET EGINES AND HAS DEEP
CONCRETE. WELL INTO THE GROUND
AND HAS BEEN.
ALLOWED BASICALLY ABANDONED AND
BECOME HOME TO BURROWING OWLS.
IT HAS SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES
THAT ARE. OF ANY LAYMAN CAN
UNDERSTAND AND THE A POTENTIAL
NEW SITE IS.
BEING USED FOR AGRICULTURE
EXCLUSIVELY BECAUSE IT WAS THE
END OF THE RUNWAYS AS THAT JETS
TOOK OFF A DEL TORO AND SO THERE
WAS NO STRUCTURES BUT IT MEANS
IT WAS.
USED FOR AGRICULTURE TO PREVENT
IN THE US SPECIES PROTECTED
SPECIES FROM MAKING IT HOME SO
THAT WOULD RUIN A REMAIN VIABLE
FOR CAN
ACTION.
AND SO WHILE THEY MIGHT FIND
PLUTONIUM ON THE STRAWBERRY
FIELDS I THINK IT'S A SAFE BET
TO SAY THAT IT IS. CERTAINLY
MUCH MORE VIABLE FROM THE
BEGINNING. WE HAVE WORKED HARD.
ON DELIVERING A VETERANS
CEMETERY IN OUR COMMUNITY
BECAUSE THE BECAUSE THE CLOSEST
ONE IS IN RIVERSIDE.
AND THAT'S PRETTY FAR FOR OUR
AGING VETERANS
I HAVE A FRIEND WHO'S A TAXI
DRIVER WHO.
ONCE TOOK A WOMAN. WHO SPENT
FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS JUST TO GO
VISIT HER HUSBAND HAD DIED THAT
IS NOT WHAT WE NEED IN OUR
COMMUNITY WHICH IS PARTICULARLY
FILLED WITH VETS?
I AM BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS ON THE PROCESS AND WE
ALSO HAVE STAFF HERE ARE
LEGISLATIVE ANALYST AND
ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AVAILABLE
FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE
ON THE TECHNICAL.
ASPECTS OF BOTH AND WE ALSO
HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEVELOPER WHO OWNS THE NEW SITE
ANY PART OF THE PROCESS WITH THE
SWAP WAS AN AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE
TEN MILLION DOLLARS IN FUNDS FOR
THE BUILDING OF THE CEMETERY.
WHICH WAS IMPORTANT TO US IN
MAKING OUR DECISION AS WELL.
THANK YOU THANK YOU CAST MEMBER
FUNCTION SO I I ACTUALLY AT THAT
THINK THE NEXT GUEST.
IF IT'S.
EXCEPT VOTE ON MISTER STRAIGHT
IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND.
VERY BRIEFLY SU SUMMARIZING.
SOME OF YOUR.
THE PATIENT.
THANK YOU SENATOR NEWMAN I WAS
NOT PLANNING TO SPEAK BUT HAPPY
TO DO SO I KNOW YOU TO PAY A.
AND ELOQUENT SPEAKER AND A SMART
GUY EVENTUALLY. WELL I.
SITTING HERE TODAY REPRESENTING
FIVE POINT COMMUNITIES THE OWNER
OF THE PROPERTY THAT.
IS BEING REFERRED TO IS THE BAY
PARKWAY OR THE STRAWBERRY FIELD
SITE.
THE CEO A MEAL HAD DIED HAS
SUBMITTED A LETTER TO.
THIS COMMITTEE THROUGH YOUR
OFFICE.
.
REITERATING WHAT COUNCILWOMAN
FOX JUST STATED ABOUT THE TEN
MILLION DOLLAR COMMITMENT.
SO THERE WAS A.
LAND EXCHANGE BETWEEN FIVE POINT
COMMUNITIES WITH THEIR PRIVATE
PROPERTY THE STRAWBERRY FIELD
SITE. AND THE CITY OF IRVINE.
AND UPON THE COMPLETION OF THE
TRANSFER OF THE PROPERTY TO THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. AND UPON
ISSUANCE OF THE PERMITS TO BEGIN
CONSTRUCTION OF THE CEMETERY.
FIVE POINT HAS COMMITTED TEN
MILLION DOLLARS AT MINIMUM. TO
THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA VETERANS
MEMORIAL PARK FUND THAT WAS
ESTABLISHED AS PART OF THE
ORIGINAL BILL. AND THEN LATER ON
THE BUDGET TRAILER BILL.
SO.
THAT'S THE THE FINANCIAL
COMMITMENT TO DELIVERING PHASE
ONE OF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK. I IN
ADDITION AS THE GERMAN FROM DG
S..
TESTIFIED. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING
AND COOPERATING WITH THE STATE
TO TRY TO PRODUCE THIS REPORT.
WOULD BE IN TIME TO GET TO THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AYE ON THEIR.
TIMELINE.
AND ALSO.
WE ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF
EVERYTHING THAT THE THE STAND AT
THE ASSEMBLY HAS TRIED TO DO TO
MOVE THIS ALONG AT A RECORD PACE.
THE THE OTHER CEMETERIES THAT
WE'VE HEARD OF HAVE BEEN YOU
KNOW TENURE ENDEAVORS AT LEAST
TO TO DELIVER IT THIS ONE.
OR ATTEMPTING TO DO AS FAST AS
POSSIBLE.
WE HAVE ONE ISSUE. IN THAT
THERE WAS A REFERENDUM FILED
LOCALLY.
AFTER THE ZONE CHANGE TO ALLOW
THE EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE PRIVATE
PROPERTY.
AND THE CITY PROPERTY.
SO ON JUNE FIFTH.
DURING THE THE STATEWIDE
PRIMARY THERE WILL BE ACTUALLY.
A.
VOTE BY THE CITIZENS OF IRVINE.
AS TO WHETHER THE LAND SWAP WILL
GO FORWARD SO.
WHILE THE STATE CONTINUES TO DO
THEIR ANALYSIS AND PREPARE THEIR
PRE APPLICATION.
THE LOCAL RESIDENTS OF THE CITY
OF IRVINE ARE GOING THROUGH THE
PROCESS OF EDUCATING THEMSELVES
ON THE SPECIFIED THE SPECIFICS
OF THIS LAND EXCHANGE. AND THE
REFERENDUM FILED
SO I DON'T KNOW IF. THAT ANSWERS
YOUR QUESTION IS BUDGET THAT
SECTION VERY HELPFUL SO EACH I
THINK I'D AND AN APOLOGIST NO NO
SORRY I DO APPRECIATE YOUR
TESTIMONY.
THANK YOU.
BAD BAD NEXT JUDGE ANY OTHER
MEMBERS PUBLIC COULD BE WILLING
TO SPEAK TO THE ISSUE.
YES IT.
PLEASE.
AND IF YOU'RE GOOD DEAD STATE
YOUR NAME.
AND YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO THE
TOPIC PLEASE.
MY NAME IS BILL* I AM THE
CHAIRMAN OF THE ORANGE COUNTY
VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK
FOUNDATION.
I AM A VIETNAM VETERAN OF THE
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS.
I FLEW WITH THOUSANDS OF OTHER
ESSENTIALLY TEENAGERS FROM EL
TORO TO VIETNAM IT IS THE LAST
PLACE THAT MANY OF THEM LESTER
ALIVE ON AMERICAN SOIL.
WHEN WE HEARD THAT EL TORO WAS
CLOSING IN NINETEEN NINETY NINE
THE NUMBER OF US FELT THAT THIS
WOULD BE THE IDEAL LOCATION.
FOR A VETERANS CEMETERY IN
ORANGE COUNTY AS WE HAD NONE.
AS YOU KNOW THE CITY EL TORO
SITE WENT THROUGH NUMEROUS
BALLOTS NUMEROUS.
PICTURES UP AND DOWN AND FINALLY
WHEN THE GREAT PARK SITUATION
OPEN UP AGAIN WE SAW AN
OPPORTUNITY TO. GO BACK AND AND
REASSERT OUR. OUR DESIRE FOR A
VETERANS CEMETERY AT MCAS EL
TORO THAT'S VERY CRITICAL TO US.
I WITH THE HELP OF CHURCH QUIRK
SILVA AND THE CITY WE DID OF
COURSE MOVE FORWARD WITH A. B.
FOURTEEN FIFTY THREE. THE EXACT
SITE THAT IS KNOWN AS ART OR WAS
SELECTED.
TO ESSENTIALLY NAIL DOWN A
DEADLINE OF THE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE IF WE DIDN'T HAVE A
SITE TO FIND. IT WOULD NOT GO
THROUGH THE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE THE BILL WOULD DIE OUR
CHANCES OF SEEING A VETERANS
CEMETERY IN ORANGE COUNTY WOULD
GO TO ZERO. SO ANYONE WHO SAYS
THAT THAT THERE'S ANYTHING
DESIRABLE ANOINTED HOLY OR
SPECIFIC ABOUT THE ARDA IN THE
SELECTION HAS AS ITS ORIGINAL
TENDED SITE.
DISK SHOULD SIT DOWN AND READ
THE HISTORY WE DO APPRECIATE
VERY MUCH. WHAT?
THE UNANIMOUS VOTES THAT HAVE
COME OUT OF THIS PARTICULAR
BUILDING AND BOTH OF BOTH THE
SENATE AND IN THE LEGISLATIVE
SIDE WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING
THAT THE CITY OF IRVINE IS DONE.
AND OR WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
RECOGNIZING THAT THE ARTIST SITE
HAS ITS PROBLEMS AS YOU KNOW
THERE'S THERE'S A SEVERAL
BUILDINGS SEVENTY SEVEN
BUILDINGS THERE.
THERE ARE CAP TOXIC DUMP CITES
THERE ARE BUILDINGS THAT WILL BE
EXCLUDED FROM THE CEMETERY THAT
WILL BE THERE IS AS.
ESSENTIALLY SCENIC STAINS
THERE'S AN FAA FOR SOMEBODY THAT
WILL NOT BE MOVED THERE'S AN OLD
TOWER THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE
PART OF THE CEMETERY THAT IS A
SEISMIC DISASTER. AND CAN'T BE
USED FOR ANYTHING OF ANY VALUE.
I'M THAT THE SITE HAS GOT
PROBLEMS IT'S ALSO OPPOSE
RESEARCH FIRSTLY BY BY THE
NEIGHBORS AND THE. NEARBY BRAND
NEW HIGH SCHOOL SO THERE WAS A
QUITE A BIT OF PROBLEM WITH THAT
PARTICULAR SITE AS VETERANS
CEMETERY.
.
WORKING WITH FIVE POINT WHO WE
VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THEY SAID
WE HAVE A PIECE PROPERTY HERE.
AND IT WAS EXCLUDED FROM OUR
CONSIDERATION AS IT WAS NOT IN
THE PUBLIC DOMAIN WHEN WE
STARTED IN THIS PROCESS AND THEY
SAID HERE WE ARE. TAKE A LOOK AT
THIS STRAWBERRY FIELD.
OUR FIRST CRITERIA WAS TO LOOK
AT THE MAP AND SEE THAT THE
STRAWBERRY FIELD WAS INDEED ON
MCAS SALTORO AND IT WAS.
S. DEFINE VERY CLEARLY AS PART
OF THE LAND THAT WAS.
THAT WAS SOLD AT AUCTION SO OUR
CRITERIA FIRST PART OF OUR
CRITERIA WAS MET WHICH WAS IS IT
ON MCAS EL TORO IT IS. IT IS ONE
HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE ACRES OF OF
BEAUTIFULLY SITUATED.
PROMINENT.
HIGHLY VISIBLE PROPERTY WHICH
HAS NOTHING THAT'S EVER BEEN
BUILT ON IT THERE'S NOTHING IT'S
AS I SAY THIS THIS SITE HAS BEEN
IN KINGSTON STRAWBERRIES.
WAITING FOR ITS DESTINY AS THE
HALLOWED GROUND HIS ARCH
COUNTIES VETERAN SENATOR.
.
IT TOOK AWHILE THE FIRST AT THE
FIRST PASS THE CITY OF IRVINE
FLATLY REFUSED TO EVEN CONSIDER.
THE SWAP.
AND WE HAD TO WAIT FOR A PERIOD
OF TIME INTO WE COULD BRING IT
FORWARD AGAIN ALMOST A YEAR
LATER DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME
WHILE WE WERE WAITING.
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WENT FORWARD
ON THE VETERAN CEMETERY
THERE WAS NO DISCUSSION THERE
WAS NO TRANSFER OF LAND THERE
WAS YOU KNOW THERE WAS SOME
PROGRESS BEING MADE TO GET IT
THROUGH THE VETERANS
ADMINISTRATION BUT THAT WAS
ABOUT IT.
ODD SINCE THE VOTE.
FOUND.
WHICH WENT THROUGH THE IRVINE
CITY COUNCIL WE MOVED EVERYTHING
FORWARD A LOT OF THAT WITH YOUR
SYSTEM SIR WE APPRECIATE THAT
TOO.
ARE THE THEN WE HAVE LIKE WE DID
HOLD IN OCTOBER THE TWENTY
SEVENTH A COMMUNITY.
FLAG RAISING AND DEDICATION
CEREMONY WHICH WE STARTED WITH
AN HONOR OVERFLIGHT OF WORLD WAR
TWO AIRCRAFT FOR THE GREATEST
GENERATION.
CLOSED IT WITH THE FLAG RAISING
BY A RACK AFGHANISTAN VETERANS
AS A FOR PASSING THE TORCH TO
THE NEWEST GENERATION HUNDREDS
OF VETERAN SHOWED UP FOR THAT
MANY MANY PEOPLE SPOKE.
OUR IT WAS JUST A WONDERFUL
THING FLAGS ARE NOW RAISED ON
THE SITE THERE'S A SIGN THERE
THAT SAYS THIS IS THE FUTURE
HOME OF THE OF THE SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA VETERANS CEMETERY.
OUR FACEBOOK IS JUST LOADED WITH
PEOPLE TELLING US THIS IS
WONDERFUL THIS IS GREAT.
WE WANT TO GET THIS THING GOING.
TOM WE LOOK FOR MAKING THIS
THING HAPPEN AS WE KNOW THAT
THAT CALVET BGS IS WORKING
FORWARD ON THEIR PACE.
WE WOULD HOPE THAT THEY WOULD
BE ABLE TO FINISH AND WE WILL BE
ABLE TO LOOK AT SOMETHING AS
UNOFFICIAL AS A IT WAS OFFICIAL
LIKE A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY
BY CALVET. POSSIBLY BY VETERANS
DAY OR THE MARINE CORPS BIRTHDAY
EITHER OR SINCE IT'S ON A MARINE
CORPS AIR STATION IN OUR MARINES.
OF ANOTHER THING THAT WE WOULD
WE WOULD HOPE TO GET HAPPEN SOON
IS THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE OVER
THE YEARS THAT ARE ASKING ME.
HOW DO I GET PRE REGISTERED FOR
MY BURRITO ON THIS SITE?
AND THAT WOULD BE A MATTER OF A
LINK ON THE CALVET WEBSITE TO
SAY SENDING YOUR QUALIFICATION
AND GET SIGNED UP ON THIS THING
NOW WHATEVER CALVET DECIDES THAT
THEY CAN MAKE THAT OFFICIAL. WE
WOULD REALLY LIKE TO APPRECIATE
THAT BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE
THAT SING THEIR HOLDING AS MUCH
AS THEY'RE HOLDING THEIR LOVED
ONES' REMAINS. UNTIL THE DAY
THAT THEY CAN BURY THEM.
IN ORANGE COUNTY AMONG THEIR
FELLOW VETERANS.
AND ONE OTHER POINT TO MAKE ON
THIS OF THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY
WHEN I INTERVIEWED WITH AND
REMINDED ME THAT EL TORO IS
ESSENTIALLY THEIR ELLIS ISLAND.
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF VIETNAMESE
FIRST SET FOOT REFUGEES AFTER
AFTER WE ENDED THE WAR FIRST SET
FOOT IN ORANGE COUNTY IN THE USA
ON EL TORO.
IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS THAT
I CAN ADDRESS I'LL BE HAPPY TO
KNOW MISUSED AND QUESTIONS.
I'M THE I DO BECAUSE RESEARCH
EFFORT FROM HIS FINGERS SO.
ISSUE IN MIND. I'M.
IN THE EVENT THAT THAT THE
REFERENDUM.
THE IN IRVINE.
ACTUALLY IS.
.
RUNS COUNTERS AB I UNDERSTAND
THAT IT'S ON IS THE ZONING ISSUE
BUT IT PRECLUDES THE DEVELOPMENT
OF THIS OF THE.
STRAWBERRY SITE ABOUT WHAT WOULD
THE IMPACT BE ON THE PROJECT
MACHINE.
SORRY.
WHILE I THINK IT IS IT A FAIR
QUESTION.
I THINK IT'S A LEGAL QUESTION
AND I'M NOT PREPARED.
KIND OF REACH THAT HYPOTHETICAL
AYE AS MUCH AS I KNOW IT IS A IT
MY AND I DON'T YOU PAY I WHAT I
WHAT I'M LIKE WHEN I'M ASKING
FOR IS THE LOGISTICAL AND.
AND AND AND SO THERE'S SOME
LEVEL OF UNKNOWN BUT WHAT WITH
THE LOGISTICAL IMPACT AND YOU
DON'T NEED TO UPON ON THE.
LEGAL ASPECTS.
I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN SEPARATE.
THE LOGISTICS FROM THE
LEGALITIES.
A. M..
THERE.
FLIP SIDES OF THE COIN SO WHAT'S
POSSIBLE AND WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN I
THINK WOULD BE DRIVEN BY AN
ANALYSIS OF WHAT THE LEGAL STATE
OF AFFAIRS.
WOULD BE AT THAT POINT GIVEN.
THE MANDATE THAT WE HAVEN'T
CHOSEN THE LET'S PRESUME
HYPOTHETICAL THAT IT'S IT IT
NECESSITATES SOME LEVEL DELAY.
AT WHAT WOULD THAT DO TO THE THE
FUNDING ALLOCATION FROM LAST
YEAR'S BUDGET WOULD WOULD.
WHAT IT?
CAN THAT FUNDING BE CARRIED
OVER UNTIL SUCH TIME AS IT'S
RESOLVED RESEARCH IMPOSSIBLE
THAT WOULD THAT THE TWENTY BELOW.
BUT IT WORKED TO HYPOTHETICAL
STEEP SIR I'D AYE I REALLY CAN'T
YOU SEE MY COMMENT SAYS HAVE
THAT WAS TO ME SUIT OKAY. BATES
OTHER WAYS IT GETS COMPLICATED
LOOK I MEAN YOU KNOW.
SPECULATING ABOUT THE OUTCOME OF
THIS YEAR'S BUDGET IS A LOT MUCH
LESS YOU KNOW.
WHAT WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN THE
FUTURE CITED I I AS MUCH AS I
WANNA?
GIVE MORE CERTAINTY TO ALL OF
THESE TOPICS ACT CANNOT.
GARY.
AT THE RISK OF ASKING OF THE
HYPOTHETICAL AND.
GETTING ASSUME RESPONSE ON YES.
I'VE IT EVENT THAT THE REVEREND
IS REFERENDUMS IS NOT PRECLUDE.
AYE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BAKE
PARKWAY SIDE WOULD WE STAY MORE
LESS ON TRACK.
AT THEIR BEST.
THERE ARE OTHER WITNESSES HERE
TODAY TO EXPLAIN THAT THIS FAR
AS WE KNOW WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO
MEET THEIR REQUIREMENTS
NECESSARY TO SUBMIT A PRE
APPLICATION.
SO THE GRANT PROGRAM.
MA AT AS YOU ACTED BY THE
CURRENT STATE OF THE LAW.
THIS YEAR ALL RIGHT SYSTEM ON
ROAD HYPOTHETICALS THAT IS
ASSUMING THAT DID TRANSPIRE.
ROUGHLY I WILL HOLD YOU TO IT
BUT WHAT WHAT'S THE TIME WHEN
LOOKING FOR FOR THE SUCCESS OF.
WHO I MAY HAVE TO ASK FOR BACK
UP YOUR BECAUSE I THINK
COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT IS?
IT MIGHT MEAN SOMETHING VERY
SPECIFIC IN SO.
SURE PERHAPS LIKE A HAWK COMIC
PROJECT SO ON WERE DIRECTED BY
THE BUDGET.
DO.
COMPLETE.
THE THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE.
STRAWBERRY FIELD SITE
AT THE END OF THAT.
ANALYSIS WE WILL SUBMIT A PRE
APPLICATION IT WILL MAKE ITS WAY.
TO THE U. S. DEVIATE IN OCTOBER
THEY WILL IN BETWEEN BETWEEN
JUNE THIRTIETH AND OCTOBER WE
WILL RECEIVE AN ACCEPTANCE
LETTER THAT SAYS THAT YOUR
PROJECT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IT WE
PLACED ON THE PRIORITY LIST.
PRIORITY LIST IS THEN CERTIFIED
IN OCTOBER OF EACH.
FEDERAL YEAR AND WE'LL SEE
WHERE THE STATUS OF THAT PROJECT
FALLS IT MAY FALL HEAD IT MAY
FALL BELOW.
THE EL TORO SITE WILL HAVE TO.
THAT THE THE INFLUENCE OVER
THOSESITES ARE THOSE PRIORITIES
IS IS A.
U. S. DEVIATE CALL.
ON THE THE THE ISSUE AS TO.
WHAT SITE THE COMMUNITY WOULD
LIKE TO PROCEED WITH CALVET WILL
NOT PROCEED UNTIL WE GET CLEAR
DIRECTION? FROM THE LOCALS
THROUGH THE BUDGET AS TO WHAT
WHAT SITE WE SHOULD PURSUE.
I MENTIONED THE FACT THAT THE.
STRAWBERRY FIELD SITE HAS THE.
A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF STATE
FUNDING AVAILABLE TO WHAT THAT
MIGHT GIVE IT MORE COMPETITIVE.
ADVANTAGE OVER THE OTHER SITE
AT SEVENTY SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS
THE SEVENTY SEVEN MILLION DOLLAR
SITE ALSO HAD.
THE FEDS HAVE ONLY A SIGN TEN
MILLION DOLLARS FOR IT SO
ESSENTIALLY THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA WOULD HAVE TO COME UP
WITH SIXTY SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS.
TO ADDRESS THAT THAT PARTICULAR
SIGHT SO.
CALVET WOULD NOT NECESSARILY
HAVE A PREFERENCE WE WOULD TAKE
DIRECTION THROUGH THE BUDGET WE
WOULD TAKE DIRECTION FROM THE
COMMUNITY WE LOOK AT IT AS WERE
THE MECHANISM WE THEN BECOME.
AND JUMP ON BOARD AND PUT OUR
HORSEPOWER BE FLOP BEFORE THE
PROJECT THAT THE THAT THE BUDGET
DIRECT SYSTEM.
ENSURE THAT THAT PROSPECTIVE
DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN CURRENT-FEDERAL FUNDING IN THE NET COST.
IT IS IF YOU KNOW THAT WOULD BE
POTENTIALLY PROHIBITIVE RIGHT
FOR THAT FOR THE ACTUAL
DEVELOPMENT OR REMEDIATION THE
SIZE AND NOT CORRECT. SIX IS A
MILLION DOLLARS TO GET.
TO THE NEXT PHASE.
SURE IT GONNA TAKE.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT THERE'S A
STUDY AN ONGOING RIGHT NOW TO
ASCERTAIN THE COST OF THE SECOND
SITE.
SO I THINK BUT I DID VENTURA
THINK THAT THE DIFFERENCES WITH
RESPECT THE FOR SIDE TO THE
ARTISTS I RAN IT.
SO SO THE ARTIST SITE.
THE FULL BILL DOWN OR I'M SORRY
THAT THE PHASE ONE IS IS DEEMED
TO COST SEVENTY SEVEN MILLION
DOLLARS EVEN THE FEDS HAVE SAID
THAT THEY WOULD CONTRIBUTE TEN.
THE EVALUATION.
FOR THE STRAWBERRY FIELDS SITE
IS STILL UNDER WAY WE DON'T KNOW
WHAT THE EXACT COST IS.
.
SO WE DO HAVE FIVE MILLION
DOLLARS IN THAT DEVELOPMENT FUND
TO ADDRESS THE STATE SHARE WE
STILL DON'T KNOW WITH THE
OVERALL COST THOUGH AND BUILD
OUT IS A PHASE ONE SO WE HAVE TO
WAIT TO SEE WHAT THAT IT
RESULTED.
AND AGAIN FORGIVE ME IF I'M
BEING DENSE HERE BUT THAT THE
TEN MILLION DOLLARS ALLOCATED.
PROSPECTIVELY IS FOR THE ARTIST
SITE CORRECT THAT'S CORRECT ANY
THAT IT IS IT REASONABLE TO
ASSUME THAT THAT MONEY THAT. YOU
KNOW PRESUMING A CHANGE A SHIFT
IN.
EMPHASIS WITH THAT MONEY THEN
CARRY OVER NATIONALLY WOULD YOU
START FROM SQUARE ONE TO TO
RECEIVE ALLOCATION FOR THE
SECOND SIDE IF THAT'S THE DESERT
SO SO SO EACH.
EACH.
OKAY SO.
.
IN MY EXPERIENCE WE HAVE NOT HAD
TO COMPETING SITES.
FROM A PARTICULAR COMMUNITY BUT
EACH SUBMISSION IS IS ON ITS OWN
SO THE THE SUBMISSION THAT WE.
MOVE FORWARD IN JUNE ON THIS
STRAWBERRY FIELD SITE WILL BE
EVALUATED WILL BE.
ACCEPTED AND AND THE THE COSTS
THAT WE SUBMIT.
WHICH WE WILL.
.
EVALUATING JUNE WILL TELL US
EXACTLY WHAT THE STATES AND THE
FEDERAL SHARE IS THAT'LL BE A
SUBMISSION. AND AND THEY'LL BE
SEPARATE
THAT ESSENTIALLY.
.
SO IT THAT SURE ANSWER TO THE
EXTENT THAT IT A LITTLE ASKEW A
BRUTE PRESUMPTIVELY. ASSUMING
THERE ARE NO BIG ISSUES WITH THE
BAY PARKWAY SIDE AND AND SO GOOD
AGAIN I GUESS I'M ASKING YOU TO
A POINT BUT LET'S ASSUME THERE
AREN'T.
AGENTS REASON WOULD FOR LEAST
FROM MY SIDE THAT WILL BE LESS
EXPENSIVE TO A POTENTIALLY.
JOHNNY BUT SAY SIMPLY GO AHEAD
OF HIM AND I WOULD I WOULDN'T
JUMP I WOULD PRESUME TO
INTERRUPT A CIRCLE.
WHEN A MAN GRABS THE MIKE HE'S
GOT SOME YOU SAY SIR GUY PLEASE
GO A QUOTE THAT I THINK THAT THE
PROBLEM IS THAT.
WE'RE BEING ASKED TO.
ENGAGE IN A HYPOTHETICAL WHERE
WE DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER IN.
IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT.
TO MAKE IT CLEAR BECAUSE THIS IS
SO IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY.
THAT.
UNTIL WE HAVE BOTH STUDIES IN
FRONT OF US.
WE CAN'T.
WE CAN'T TELL YOU WHICH SIDE
WOULD BE KNOWN I WANNA BE REAL
CLEAR I'M NOT ASKING TO I THINK
I THINK THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT.
LEVEL OF OF AMBIGUITY YOUR YOUR
YOUR.
ABOUT PROCESS NOT ABOUT HIM BUT
THAT PROCESS AND I THINK THAT
THIS IS
AT LEAST IN MY EXPERIENCE THIS
IS OFTEN WHERE IT GETS.
CONTENTIOUS NINE WOULD YOU KNOW
IF WE DON'T IN THE PROCESS
PEOPLE ARE AS CLOSE AS SUBJECT
TO. NON INDIAN INTERVIEW THINGS
WRONG AND SO THAT THAT'S ALL I'M
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS IS IS
LIKE IS THERE A BETTER PATH AND
HE SAID TO TO THE THE POINT TO
ANY WE. WE WON'T REALLY HAVE
COMPETING PROJECTS SO MUCH IS AT
THE END OF THIS I ASSUME WE WILL
HAVE ONE PROJECT WHICH.
HAS.
SORT OF YOU KNOW BETTER
MARRIAGE THAN THE OTHER AND IS
IT IS SO IS REASONABLE THEN TO
ASSUME THAT ONE.
WHEN AFTER SHOULD BE WITHDRAWN
SO THAT YOU KNOW ONCE YOU SUBMIT
FOR ARTE I ASSUME YOU CAN
WITHDRAW THEIR APPLICATIONS TO
THE FEDERAL DON'T SUCK GOING TO
FORCE. THE THE CITY TO DO THE.
IF YOU'RE YOU KNOW ONE OF THE
OTHER WILL BE BETTER PROPOSAL
MADE TO BE EQUAL BUT ASSUMING
ONE IS BETTER THE OTHER AYE I
WOULD ASSUME THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT WOULD CHOOSE THE ONE
WHICH IS.
BETTER ON BALANCE YOU SHAKE YOUR
HEAD NO SO DIFFERENT FROM THE
CITY PLEASE.
YEAH.
I'M I JUST WANNA CLARIFY WILL
FIRST ON THE SYSTEM CITY AND.
AND CITY MANAGER FOR IRVINE
CHAIR.
I'M IT'S NOT THE DECISION IS OR
EVEN MADE BY THE CITY AS TO
WHICH SITE IT'S INTERESTED IN
PROCEEDING WITH I THINK THAT WAS
SOMETHING THAT MR DRIVE CHINA
ALLUDE TO.
IT'S A CD LOCAL DECISION AND THE
CITY OF COMMITTED TO THERE BEING
A SITE. IT DID IN FACT SWITCH
SIDES WHICH IS WHAT'S BEING
DISCUSSED BUT THE ONLY SITE ON
THE TABLE.
AT THIS POINT IS WHAT WE CALL A
STRAWBERRY FIELDS ARE THE BIG
PARK WE SAY.
SO THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION
THAT WAS OFFERED A LITTLE BIT
EARLIER ABOUT A COMPARISON OF
CLASS THAT'S REALLY NOT WITH IT
HAPPENED.
I THINK IT'S GONNA BE IMPORTANT
FOR ON THE STATE'S UNDERSTAND
WHAT COSTS THAT WOULD BE FOR THE
STRAWBERRY FIELDS SITE GOING
FORWARD. BUT THAT'S THE ONLY
SAVE COST NOW IS NOT A
COMPARISON
AND THEN TO YOUR POINT CHAIRMAN.
WELL I THINK THAT ON I CAN
UNDERSTAND WHY A GOVERNMENT
STATE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE
NOT WILLING TO IN ANY WAY
INDICATE WHAT THE COST MIGHT BE
RELATED TO THE SECOND I THINK
THAT IT'S BECOME CLEAR. I'M ITS
BECOME VERY CLEAR BUT I THINK
THAT YOUR LINE OF QUESTIONING IN
YOUR LOGIC IS WHAT WE WOULD ALSO
AGREE WITH WHICH IS.
AS DESCRIBED THE ON THE FIRST
SAY WHICH WAS GONNA QUEST
THE FIRST PART SEVENTY SEVEN
MILLION.
OR SEVENTY EIGHT MILLION HALF OF
THAT CLASS WAS RELATED TO
DEMOLITION OF BUILDINGS.
THE SECOND SITE THIS RUBY FIELD
SAY HAS NO BUILDINGS
IT'S JUST AGRICULTURAL SITE SO
THERE COULDN'T BE THAT COST.
AND COULD THERE BUT BE OTHER
COSTS YES THERE COULD BE OTHER
CLASS BUT THE OTHER CRISIS COULD
BE SIMILAR OR LEFT THEN MOST
LIKELY.
ON THE KINDS ACOSTA WE'VE
ALREADY SEEN RELATED TO THE
ARTIST I.
SO IN ANY CASE IT'S VERY VERY
LIKELY NOBODY CAN SAY
DEFINITIVELY BUT IS VERY VERY
LIKELY LOGICALLY THAT THE SECOND
FIGHT WILL HAVE LOWER COSTS
ASSOCIATED WITH IT AND I DO I DO
I DO I APPRECIATE YOUR TESTIMONY
PARTICULARLY. OF YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO SET FOR IT SO SO
IS IT FAIR TO SAY FROM THE POINT
OF VIEW OF IRVINE THAT THERE.
THERE IS REALLY ONLY ONE
PREFERRED SITE AT THE MOMENT
RIGHT THERE ISACTUALLY NO
QUESTION NOT FROM THE POINT OF
VIEW OF THE IRVINE COMMUNITY.
THERE IS ONLY ONE SITE THAT'S
BEING CONSIDERED AND THAT'S THE
STRAWBERRY FIELDS I.
CRESCENTA
THANK YOU.
AND MISTER KIRK PLEASE.
IN REGARD TO WHAT THE VETERANS
ADMINISTRATION WILL DO SINCE THE
VERY BEGINNING OF THIS PROGRAM
WE HAVE HAD INFORMAL AND THIS IS
INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS WITH. THE
PEOPLE FROM THE VETERANS
ADMINISTRATION REGARDING WHAT
THIS PROCESS WOULD BE AND WE DID
INQUIRE TO SAY IF WE STEPPED
AWAY FROM THIS GRANT WHAT WOULD
WHAT WOULD BE THE SITUATION.
AND.
BASICALLY WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT
IN A LETTER THAT THAT I THINK
DID COME DOWN TO CALVET BECAUSE
THEY WAITED AND BEFORE THEY SENT
THAT TO ME TO INFORM CAO BET
WHAT THEY WERE WHAT THEY WERE.
PONDERING IS THAT IT'S JUST A
MATTER OF SWITCHING SITES ON THE
GRANT.
IN THE GRANT THERE ARE SEVERAL
DIFFERENT.
WELL LEVELS.
THAT ARE STATED IN THE GRANT THE
GRANT FOR THE ARTIST SITE
APPEARED ON THE LAST PAGE IT IS
ONE THOSE LISTED WITHOUT
ENABLING LEGISLATION AND.
FUNDS.
IT LISTED IT IS TEN MILLION
DOLLARS INFURIATED ON THAT PAGE
THAT WAS THAT WAS ABOUT THE
LARGEST GRANT THAT APPEARED ON
THAT PAGE. ALONG WITH A LITTLE
ASTERISK NEXT TO IT THAT SAID
THAT THE CEMETERY WILL SERVE. I
BELIEVE IT WAS LIKE A HUNDRED
NINETEEN THOUSAND VETERANS
BETTER THAN ANY OTHER NEARBY.
SO THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
IS IS VERY EAGER TO FOLLOW THIS
THING ALONG AND FOR MORE
INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS WITH THEM
WE WOULD SEE NO REASON WHY. AN
APPLICATION FROM CALVET WOULD BE
WOULD NOT BE APPROVED AND APPEAR
ON THE NEXT PRIORITY LIST AT THE
MAXIMUM AMOUNT FOR TEN MILLION
DOLLARS.
PLEASURE I APPRECIATE THAT
SHOWED SO BAD EITHER DID YASSER
CALVET.
IS YOUR EXPECTATIONS GENEROUS
OR IS IT SIMPLY DO YOU START
FROM SCRATCH WHICH WITH EACH
APPLICATION WITH NO ASSURANCE.
THAT THIS IS EQUIVALENT WILL BE
RECEIVED IN THE SAME WAY.
SO ON THE AS AS I SAID WE'VE AND
WE'VE NOT HAD TO COMPETING.
.
APPLICATIONS WE'RE GONNA IN
THIS JOINT MY BE STATED THEY
DON'T WE COMPETE SO MUCH AS ONE
IS FOR PROPOSING TO SUPERSEDE
THE OTHER.
RIGHT THAT'S TRUE RIGHTS IT DID
NOT REALLY COMPETITIVE AS WE
NORMALLY THINK OF IT UT RIGHT
THEY'RE ASSUMING ONE WOULD
SUPERSEDE THE OTHER WITH THEIR
FOR RECEIVE THE FUNDING IS
REALLY OUT HERE. WELL AND AND
AND.
.
AS YOU RECALL I SAID THAT WHAT.
THE THE STRAWBERRY FIELD SITE
ALSO HAS FUNDING AVAILABLE TO
ADDRESS SOME OF THE STATE'S
SHARE.
SO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.
IT IT WOULD SEEM LIKE THE
STRAWBERRY FIELDS I'D HAVE AN
ADVANTAGE.
IN THAT REGARD I'M. AND AGAIN
WITH WITH RESPECT TO THE
DEPARTMENT THERE'S FAIRS IN
THEIR.
COMMITMENT TO IT.
NO REASON TO ASSUME THAT THEY
WOULDN'T.
SWAP ONE FOR THE OTHER.
CORRECT.
GENEROSITY.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR I
APOLOGIZE FOR MISSING ALL OF
THIS OBVIOUSLY WAS IN ANOTHER
HEARING. I JUST WANTED
UNDERSTAND THE COSTS OF THE.
COST IS ABOUT SEVENTY SEVENTY
PLUS MILLION I WAS LOOKING IN
THE ANALYSIS AND I JUST WANNA
MAKE SURE IS THE CITY STILL
GUARANTEEING LOCAL FUNDING OF UP
TO FORTY MILLION.
THANK YOU. I CAN SPEAK TO THAT
ARE BY COUNCIL MEMBER MELISSA
FOX.
WE CONSIDERED AT ONE TIME.
FORTY MILLION DOLLARS IF THE
ONLY WAY TO BUILD THE CEMETERY
IN THE AREA WAS FOR THE A. RDA
SITE.
HOWEVER HAT WAS NOT A STRONGLY
SUPPORTED OPTION BY THE COUNCIL
PARTICULARLY WHEN THERE STANDS A
SITE WHICH IS.
THE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS
AND STANDS TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL
TEN MILLION.
FOR.
AND THE BUILDING FUNDS FROM A
PRIVATE PARTY IN ADDITION TO
STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS
AVAILABLE.
WHAT WOULD WE HAVE AND A OUR
DISPOSAL?
REDEVELOPMENT FUNDS
FOR WHICH WE HAVE TO BUILD THE
ENTIRETY OF THE GREAT PARK THEY
TOTAL ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY
EIGHT MILLION AND THE GREAT PARK.
IS BIGGER THAN CENTRAL PARK AND
AND THIS IS A LINE OF FUNDING
THAT IS.
SPECULATIVE AS TO TIMING WE
DON'T HAVE IT ALL AT THE MOMENT
WE HAVE A TOTAL OF FORTY MILLION
FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE PARK.
SO IT WOULD BE OUR PREFERENCE I
THINK AT THIS POINT WOULD BE
DIFFICULT TO GET SUPPORT. TO.
UP
GUT ALL OF OUR PARK FUNDING.
PUT INTO A CEMETERY HOW WHEN WE
HAVE OPPORTUNITIES THAT OF A
PRIVATE. DEVELOPER AND THE STATE
AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WE
THINK WOULD MAKE MUCH MORE SENSE
IF NUMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN
BANDIED ABOUT OF COURSE. THAT
ARE NOT SOLID IS THAT THE
BUILDING OF THE CEMETERY ROOM
WAS APPROXIMATELY TWENTY FIVE
MILLION.
BUT AGAIN WE DO HAVE TO WAIT
FOR ALL THE COSTS TO COME BACK
BUT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE
FIRST PHASE BEING SEVENTY COSTA
SEVENTY EIGHT MILLION WE KNOW
THAT THAT'S COST PROHIBITIVE.
SO IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR US
TO SUPPORT FORTY MILLION DOLLARS
AND ESPECIALLY ON A SITE THAT IS
SO HEAVILY CAN.
THAT BUT TO CLARIFY THAT THAT
FIGURE SEVEN SEVEN MILLION
DOLLARS WHOSE
WAS THE ACCEPTED NAY I OBSERVED.
WORKING FIGURE FOR THE ARTIST
SIDE AS THAT WAS CONTEMPLATED
THAT WAS THE.
.
DETAILED.
FIGURE THAT CAME BACK FROM THE
OWN GROUP WHEN IT REVIEWS THE A
ARE THE A SIDE AGAIN THIS WAS
THE HEART. OF THE EL TORO
MILITARY BASE WHICH HOUSE.
CONTROL TOWERS A SIGNIFICANT OF
RUNWAYS AND A JET ENGINE TESTING
BUILDING SEVENTY SEVEN BUILDINGS.
AND.
IN ADDITION TO THE DEMOLITION
THE REMEDIATION THERE ALSO WATER
ISSUES AND BURROWING OWL.
THOSE WERE NOT ANTICIPATED TO BE
ASSOCIATED WITH THE SECOND SITE
THEREFORE. I THINK WE HAS BEEN
ALLUDED TO EVEN THOUGH WE CAN'T
SAY WHAT IT WILL COST TO BUILD
AT THE SITE AT THIS TIME ON THE
STRAWBERRY FIELDS WE KNOW THAT
THERE WILL BE NO REMEDIATION.
OF A BUILDING BECAUSE THERE'S NO
BUILDING WE KNOW THAT THERE WILL
BE NO DEMOLITION OF BUILDINGS
AGAIN BECAUSE THERE'S NO
BUILDING LEAN WEEKEND HAZARD A
GUESS THAT.
BECAUSE THESE FIELDS HAVE BEEN
IN USE FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES
FOR SO LONG THAT A SPECIES HAVE
NOT HAD PROTECTED SPECIES HAVE
NOT HAD A CHANCE TO GET A
FOOTHOLD THERE SO WE. CAN.
LOGICALLY SAY THAT IT CERTAINLY
WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY LASSEN
LOSSES.
AGAIN LAST WEEK COME ACROSS
PLUTONIUM.
SOME.
YOU KNOW.
HIGHLY SPECULATIVE PROBLEMS WITH
THE NEW SITE
AND TO CENTER I JUST UNITS IS TO
CATCH A LITTLE BIT. EITHER IS A
PROCESS UNDER WAY FOR ASSESSING
VOB ALTERNATIVE SITE.
BUT NOTHING AS FAR AS YOU READY
UNTIL THE EARLY SUMMER.
MEGA MAN THE ONLY THING I SUCH A
JUNE.
THOSE WHAT NICK CARLSON SAID
FROM DVS.
THAT PROXIMATE ARE VERY.
THE ONLY THING THAT'S BEEN
APPROPRIATED SO FAR AS FIVE
MILLION DOLLARS ON STATE BUDGET.
THAT'S CORRECT YES.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE THING'S
GOING TO COST YET.
BUT AT SOME POINT TIMELESS THE
STUDY IS COMPLETED AND WE HAVE
TOTAL COSTS.
TRACKED ABOUT TEN MILLION
DOLLARS FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AND THEN.
THE REST WILL COME FROM A
COMBINATION OF
STATE AND LOCAL FUNDS PRESENT.
CORRECT SO.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE COST
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PHASE ONE OF
A POTENTIALLY TEN OR ELEVEN
PHASE HUNDRED YEAR BUILD OUT.
THAT COST ESTIMATE COMES FROM
GENERAL SERVICES GENERAL
SERVICES HANDS IT IF.
CAL THAT WE THEN GO THROUGH AN
EXERCISE WHERE CERTAIN
THRESHOLDS OR ARE ALLOWED. OR
NOT ALLOWED THE NOT ALLOWED
BECOMES THE STATE SHARE IT'S
CALLED A FOUR TO FOUR SEE IT'S A
FEDERAL BUDGET DOCUMENT.
AND CAN WE DO THAT WITH EACH
GRANT SUBMISSION.
AND THE FEDS WILL EITHER APPROVE
IT. OR DENY IT BUT WITHIN EACH
BY. BETWEEN JULY FIRST AND
OCTOBER WILL GET. WE ANTICIPATE
TO GET AN ACCEPTANCE LETTER AND
THAT ALLOWS US TO.
BE CERTIFIED ON THE LITTLE BE
THE TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN
PRIORITY LIST.
SO THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF
SECURING MORE THAN TEN MILLION
DOLLARS MORE THAN TEN MILLION
DOLLAR CONTRIBUTION
THE FEDERAL.
THE IT DEPENDS ON THE SIZE OF
PHASE ONE.
SO AND THAT IN THE OVERALL COST.
SO IF THE IF THE OVERALL COST
LET'S SAY FOR PHASE ONE WAS
FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS AND THE
THRESHOLDS WITHIN THE ALLOWABLE.
ONLY.
ALLOWED FOUR EIGHT MILLION THEN
THE DELTA BEING SEVEN MILLION
WOULD BE THE STATE SHARE THE
GOAL IS TO TRY TO ACHIEVE A
HUNDRED PERCENT.
THERE CALIFORNIA HAS SOME
DISADVANTAGES BECAUSE OF ITS
ENVIRONMENTAL INTENSE.
SOME OF THE A ANY WORK IS A
LITTLE HIGHER BUT THERE'S
THRESHOLDS THAT THAT THE FEDS
ONLY ALLOW. AND SO WE PUSH AS
HARD AS WE CAN TO ACHIEVE AS
MUCH MONEY REIMBURSEMENT FROM
THE FEDS ANYTHING THAT'S ON
ALLOW.
IS THEN THE STATE SHARE.
I'M SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR WITH IT
SINCE. THESE ISSUES COME THROUGH
THE BUDGET.
COMMITTEE FOR THAT I CHAIR AND
WE.
WENT WE DEALT WITH THE MONTEREY.
FORWARD PROJECT TO SEVERAL YEARS
AGO I DON'T REMEMBER THIS MUCH
CONVERSATION ABOUT IT BUT IT
PROBABLY WAS BECAUSE IT WAS
FORMER MILITARY PROPERTY AND.
THE LAND ACQUISITION WAS NOT THE
ISSUE THAT'S CORRECT.
SEARCH THROUGH THE OTHER THING I
WANTED TO SAY WAS THAT THE PART
OF I THINK WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IS.
I'M DEPENDENT UPON THE FEDERAL
BUDGET THAT'S ALLOCATED FOR THIS
PROGRAM FROM YEAR TO YEAR. AND
WHAT THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE
IN THE HOPPER THAT ARE BEING
CONSIDERED.
ARE. THOSE.
FACTORS.
CAN INFLUENCE HOW MUCH MONEY
MIGHT BE AVAILABLE.
FOR THE APPLICATION ONCE IT'S
RECEIVED.
IT'S AN IMPORTANT PROJECT.
THANK YOU MISTER
APPRECIATE THAT SIR ANY AND I
THINK WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
PROJECT THAT YOU KNOW THERE'S
SOME LEVEL OF UNCERTAINTY AS TO
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S.
THOSE ARE AFFIRMATION OF THAT
AFFECT THEIR LOOK AT ALL THE
PROJECTS THEIR SUBMITTED THROUGH
THE FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY AND.
WE OUR THE STATE WITH THE MOST
VETERANS BUT IT AYE AYE.
I THINK ALSO THEY TRYING.
ENSURE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF
THE DOLLARS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL THEIR
CRITERIA ARE BUT.
I JUST.
FELT LIKE IT IT'S THE THIS
OCCURS IN THAT UNIVERSE A MACRO
LOOK AT ALL THE PROJECTS THAT
ARE THERE. OUT THERE.
AND I CAN'T SPEAK TO ALL OF THE
FACTORS BUT I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT JUST TO NOTE THAT.
IT'S HARD TO SAY IN ANY GIVEN
YEAR HOW MUCH MONEY THEY WILL BE
AND HOW MANY PIECES OF THE PIE
IT NEEDS TO BE DIVIDED INTO.
SCOTT I ALSO WANNA DO REMIND
AGAIN THAT THERE IS A TEN
MILLION DOLLAR CONTRIBUTION.
FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR
STANDING BY FOR THE CEMETERY.
AND WE DO HOPE THAT AS.
THINGS CLEAR UP IN THE
INITIATIVE PROCESS IT'S AN
IRVINE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO
GO OUT AND PURSUE MORE PRIVATE
CONTRIBUTION FROM THE COMMUNITY.
PROBABLY IN THIS ANALYSIS.
IT WASN'T THERE WAS TESTIMONY
AND HAVE THE ARTWORK APPRECIATE
THAT SO WHAT WE'RE GETTING NE
TOO LATE THE DAY SO IS ANYBODY
ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO. A SUBMIT
PUBLIC COMMENT WITH RESPECT TO
THIS IMAGE
OF ROBERT BROWER I'VE THE IRVINE-RESIDENT AND HAVE WORKED WITH MR
COOKS AND
SO.
A TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN ON THIS
WORK WITH MR SPANGLER ON. THE
ORIGINAL ARTIST SITE.
I ONE OF THE FIRST BRING UP. ONE
POINT HERE IN TERMS OF.
THE WORK THAT CALVET IS DOING A
ELEMENTS OF THE REPORT. THAT I
THINK ARE CRITICAL. AND THERE'S
TIME SENSITIVE BECAUSE OF THE
REFERENDUM REFERENCED.
IN PRIOR TESTIMONY.
AND%
THERE ARE AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT THE COST OF.
AN IDEA OF THE COST OF THE
STRAWBERRY FIELDS BAKE PARKWAY
SITE.
AND ALSO.
A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF THAT.
AND.
THE IS THE PUT THE COMMITTEE IN
A POSITION TO GIVE.
DIRECTION TO CALVET TO
ACCELERATE THOSE DELIVERABLES.
SO THAT.
IT IS THEREFORE AVAILABLE.
FROM.
FOR THE ELECTION. AND.
IT'S NOT A JUNE ILL THOUGH IT'S
AN ELECTION ON JUNE FIFTH.
I DID A LOOK AT.
.
THE VOTING PATTERNS THE RICH
HAVE IN.
ORANGE COUNTY.
MOST OF THE.
PRIMARY.
VOTING OVER THE LAST FIVE
ELECTION CYCLES.
IS ALL DONE BY ABSENTEE
SEVENTEEN PERCENT ABSENTEE ON
AVERAGE.
ELEVEN PERCENT.
GOING TO THE POLLS SO.
THE INFORMATION TO COMPARE THE
TWO SITES FOR. IRVINE RESIDENTS
TO LOOK AT.
THAT'S SORT OF INFORMATION IS
CRITICAL TO DO THIS ELECTION
DECISION MAKING PROCESS.
TERMS OF THE ARGUMENTS BEING
THROWN UP.
AGAINST ONE SITE AS ANOTHER AND.
IT WAS TOLD ME EARLY ON.
WORKING WITH MR SPANGLER OF. NOT
COMING FROM MR SPANGLER BUT.
CALVET.
CALVET REACTS TO AND DOES WHAT
THE LEGISLATORS.
TELL THEM TO SO.
I JUST PUT THAT OUT.
APPRECIATE IT RIOTS OF GOING TO
THE CENTER LOS POINT. YEAH I DO
YOU KNOW THIS IS NO SAID HEARING
WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT THAT I'M
ENDEAVOR TO DO ANYTHING
DISPOSITIVE.
ON POLICY.
BUT LET ME SEE IF I CAN JUST
GET A LITTLE BIT OF CLARITY SO
THAT MR STANDARDS.
.
YOU'VE GOT A PROCESS I'M GOING
IT'S OF MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S
IT'S IT'S IT'S ON FEASIBLE.
TO HIS ANYTHING BY WAY OF
CONCEPTUAL RENDERINGS PRIOR TO
JUNE FIFTH FOR WHATEVER REASON.
DEAD THAT WOULD BE CONSISTENT.
WITH THAT PROCESS IS THAT
CORRECT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS IS WHAT I
CAN ANSWER THINK THIS WOULD BE
INDEED YES QUESTION.
.
AN AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE
THOUGHT OF THAT ANSWER OF
WHETHER IT MAKES SENSE OR IS.
IS IS IT POSSIBLE TO RELEASE
PRELIMINARY PIECES OF THE REPORT
BEFORE ITS FINAL WOULD TO BE
CLEAR THAT THAT WOULD BE. A
REPORT THAT SURELY WOULDN'T BE A
RENDERING ADDING LIKE IT ARE
USED.
AT I DON'T KNOW HOW IT MISTER
BECAUSE IF YOU IF YOU ES I'M SO
SURE.
INITIALLY THAT THE PREVIOUS
STUDY THAT WAS DONE A FEW OF
FORTY SIX.
EIGHTEEN MONTHS
TO COMPLETE.
WORD OF PROCESS NOW THAT WILL
BE DONE IN ABOUT ELEVEN MONTHS.
SO WE'VE XP THAT WE'VE WE'VE
WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING CAN'T TO
TRY TO ACCELERATE THIS.
TWO POINT WHERE WHERE I THINK
WHERE WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE
QUITE HIGH PERCENT DONE WITH
REPORT BUT WILL HAVE ENOUGH
INFORMATION.
IN JUNE SO I AT THE COULD BE
PREMATURE FOR US STEVEN.
CONSIDER RELEASING SOMETHING
EARLY ITSELF AS THE THE TEAM AT
BJS SMOKING AT BATS HAVE A
CHANCE.
I BET THE INFORMATIONS PREPARED
BY THE CONSULTANT.
NO I AND YOU AND I BE SURE THAT
SO I GUESS WE SESSION WHICH I
MEAN THAT THERE ARE NO
RENDERINGS THAT HAVE BEEN THAT
NIGHT HELENA YET. AND AND IT
DOESN'T SEEM AS I UNDERSTAND IT
THAT YOU'D HAVE THE THE THE
BASIS FOR CREATING THEM. YOU
KNOW UP
FOR JUNE ZECHARIAH THAT'S
CORRECT OKAY YOU SAID PREACHER
THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ANYWHERE YET
MISTER CARDS AND IN AS MUCH AS
THE. OPPONENTS OF THE THE ZONE
TEXT AMENDMENT ARE MAKING
STATEMENTS SUCH AS THERE IS NO
STUDY ON THE STRAWBERRY FIELDS
SITE I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE
THAT IT IS CLEAR ON THE RECORD
FROM OUR DISCUSSION. THAT THAT
STUDY IS INDEED IN PROCESS AND
WILL BE COMPLETED IN RELATIVELY
SHORT ORDER.
ACT I DOING OUT OF IT THAT MUCH
BEEN MADE VERY CLEAR HERE.
AND ANYBODY ELSE WHO LIKE AND
AND. OUTSIDE MOMENT FUNGUS Y.
MORE POINTLESS FUNDING ISSUE
THAT I NEGLECTED TO RESPOND TO
WAS PASSED THE FORTY MILLION
DOLLARS. THAT WAS PUT FORWARD
WAS CONTENT BY THE CITY COUNCIL
WAS CONTINGENT UPON MATCHING
FUNDS.
FROM THE STATE THE STATE WOULD
GIVEN AN ADDITIONAL FORTY
MILLION DOLLARS. FOR THE FUNDING
OF THE CEMETERY AND SO TALKING
ABOUT SOME OF THE. MISLEADING
STATEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE
ON THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN TOLD
RECENTLY BY SEVERAL SOURCES.
THAT THE LEGISLATURE WAS READY
TO MATCH FORTY MILLION DOLLARS
AND THAT THERE WAS AND THAT THE
CEMETERY.
AT THE ORIGINAL A RT A SITE WAS
IN FACT FULLY FUNDED SO THAT WAS.
A MISSTATEMENT AND CONTINUES TO
LIVE OUT THERE AND SO FOR THE
RECORD I WANTED TO GET UP THERE
AND.
EXPLAIN THE ISSUE ON THE FUNDING
FOR THE PAST SITE AND WHAT ITS
CURRENT STATUS.
AND APPRECIATE THAT SO IT AND
AND THAT THE POINT IS MADE BEEN
MADE I THINK VERY CLEARLY. WITH
RESPECT TO THE BUDGET THAT THE
DID YOU YOU WORK FROM YEAR TO
YEAR FROM BUDGET CYCLE BY CYCLE
SO THAT THERE'S NO ASSURANCE
EVER.
OF MONIES AVAILABLE AT SURELY
NOT ON THAT SCALE.
OKAY.
MADAM ANY US ANYTHING ANYBODY
MEMBER THE PUBLIC ELECTROCUTED
MEMBERS THE COMMITTEE.
SENATE ROTH ANYTHING ELSE.
TELL.
I MEAN DO YOU ANTICIPATE.
BY THE WAY IT TAKES.
.
THREE TO TANGO IN THIS BUDGET
SEE IS SENATE THE ASSEMBLY AND.
OF THE GOVERNOR'S SO.
NOTHING CERTAIN THE LEGISLATURE
UNTIL THE GOVERNOR AGREES FOR
THOSE PEOPLE.
DOWN SOUTH TO THINK OF LOGIC
LEGISLATURE CAN JUST DECIDE
WHAT'S IN THE BUDGET BUT DO YOU
ANTICIPATE ANY BUDGET TIMING
ISSUES WITH RESPECT TO THIS.
PROJECT IF THE STUDY COMES OUT
IN JUNE GIVEN THE FACT THAT.
YEAH WE'RE WRAPPING UP THE WHAT
TO.
EIGHTEEN NINETEEN BUDGET NOW
MOVING ON TO NINETEEN TWENTY
STARTING IN JANUARY.
SO SO THE FACT THAT THE.
THE PRE APPLICATION WILL GOING
TO JUNE THIRTIETH WE HAVE NO
IDEA WHAT THAT THAT COST IS FOR
PHASE ONE WE WILL THEN WAIT
UNTIL.
OCTOBER WHERE THE FEDS.
PRODUCE THEIR.
PRIORITY LIST AT THAT POINT WE
WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD TO
MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR THE NEXT
BUDGET CYCLE IN TERMS OF WHAT
THE STATE SHARE WOULD BE. IN
TERMS OF.
MOVING FORWARD WITH THE
REQUESTED AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT
ARE NECESSARY TO COVER THE STATE
SHARE THE STATE'S SHARE
ESSENTIALLY IS USED.
AS SEED MONEY AND YOU WORK AS
HARD AS YOU CAN TO GET TO COMPLY
HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLETED DESIGN
AND THAT'S WHEN YOU GET YOUR.
FEDERAL GRANT SO WHAT RIGHT NOW
WE'RE NOT A POSITION TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH ANYTHING BUT WE
WOULD PICK UP THE BUDGET CYCLE
WHEN WE KNOW WHAT THOSE
ANTICIPATED COSTS WOULD BE AND
AT WHAT POINT WOULD WE NEED TO.
TAKE A LOOK TO DETERMINE IF
THERE'S ANY LOCAL.
SHARING OPPORTUNITY IN THIS
PROJECT.
SO LOCAL SHARING OPPORTUNITY.
KIT I WOULD I GUESS I WOULD SAY
IS ONCE WE KNOW WITH THE STATE'S
SHARE OF COST IS BECAUSE THE
STATE SHARE OF COSTS.
MEANS THE COMMUNITY DONATION.
STATE BUDGET ECCENTRIC GENERAL
FUND EXCEPT FOR.
SO IT'S ALL OF THOSE THINGS
SOMETIME IN TWENTY NINETEEN WE
WE'LL KNOW WHAT THE SHAPE STATE
SURE OF COST IS AND THEN WE CAN
HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS IF
NECESSARY.
IF THE LOCAL JURISDICTIONS
INVOLVED TO SEE WHO PAYS WHAT
ACTUALLY SERIAL NO THAT THIS
SUMMER YOU'LL KNOW WHAT THE
STATE SHARE ARMS YET.
AND SO THAT WILL BE OF FINDING.
A AS AS A RESULT OF THE THAT'S
CORRECT ACTIONS POOR SO WE WILL
HAVE WE WILL HAVE AN ANTICIPATED.
THAT WE WILL SUBMIT A PRE
APPLICATION
PRE APPLICATION.
THAT WILL IDENTIFY THE STATE AND
FEDERAL SHARE WE WILL THEN WAIT
UNTIL THE FEDS GIVE US
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT IT'S BEEN
ACCEPTED AT THAT POINT WE KNOW.
THIS IS WHAT THE STATE SHARE.
AND THIS IS WHAT THE FEDERAL
SHARE.
IS AND THAT THAT'S WHAT WE
WOULD NEED FOR.
.
THE IS IT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH
THE PROJECT.
PERFECT.
THANK YOU AND RICHARD IGUESS
YOU PRO GET THE LAST WORD HERE
MISTER CUT.
THERE IS ONE OTHER POINT HERE
AND THAT THE THEIR SUBMISSION
HERE. GETS US TO A V. A GRANT
PRIORITY LISTING AS AT ALREADY
BEEN STATED THAT IS NOT A V. A
APPROVAL OF PLANTS.
AND THE THE CEMETERY THAT IS
CONSTRUCTED BECAUSE THIS COMES
UNDER VA.
VA FUNDING MUST MEET VA
STANDARDS FOR ARCHITECTURE FOR
DESIGN FOR FOR PERIODS OF
OPERATION. SO WHY WHAT IS BEING
STATED BY THE OPPONENTS AGAIN OF
OF THE ZONE TAX CHANGE AMENDMENT
IS THAT.
THE ARTIST SITE HAD
VIS A APPROVAL WHICH IT DID NOT
PRIORITY LIST.
AND WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR
FOR THE RECORD AS WELL AND I
APPRECIATE IT SO I AM I IS IF
ANY DAMNED. AND NOT SEEING ANY
OTHER COMMENTS. OR COVERS I I
WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY
APOLOGIZE THROUGH THE SEQUENCING
HERE THEY SAID CENTER ROTH AYE
BOTH HAD. SHAKEN FLING
ALLEGATIONS I APOLOGIZE FOR THE
IMPACT ON THIS OVERSIGHT HEARING
WHICH IS IMPORTANT AND AND SO
THAT I WANT TO SALUTE.
MISTER COOK WHICH BROWER
EVERYBODY ELSE WHO HAS WORKED SO
HARD ON BEHALF OF ORANGE COUNTY
SAID RICHARD SURE THAT THEY HAVE
A FINAL RESTING PLACE.
THAT IS CLOSE TO HOME.
AND THAT IS FUTURE BUT I THINK
RESPECTFUL ARE AND AN INTEGRAL
TO THEIR SERVICE THAT YOU KNOW
THIS GENERAL AREA IS THE
APPROPRIATE PLACE I THINK WE ALL
AGREE. IT HAS BEEN NO EASY THING.
IT YOU KNOW THESE ARE CLEARLY
COMPLICATED PLANNING ISSUES AND
AND THE INTERSECTION OF THOSE.
THOSE CHALLENGES WITH POLITICS
SEEM TO HAVE CREATED KNIVES HAVE
LASTING REPPERT QUESTIONS THAT
WE WOULD HOPEFULLY SOMEDAY. VERY
SOON WILL GET PASSED. I'M HERE
IN THE LEGISLATURE I THINK WE'LL
CONTINUE TO ENDEAVOR TO HELP.
AND NOT TO HINDER.
AND SHOWED THAT MR
MY COLLEAGUE.
LATELY.
YOU'RE REPORTING.
I