City Council Meeting
The city council meeting could have been interesting if it hadn't dragged on for so long. At first I wasn't sure of what was going on because I couldn't find where they were at on the agenda. I finally found my place when they were doing the announcements and presentations. This part of the meeting took the most time, but I guess it was the most important. They gave six different presentations. The first was a proclamation in recognition of Business Appreciation Week. Four people went up on stage to accept the proclamation and the Pres./ CEO gave a speech. Next was the presentation of a certificate in recognition for Costco Wholesale. The received the BRACE award for "Retail Business of the Year." Dr. Min-Lee Cheng then went up to accept a Proclamation in recognition of "Mosquito and Vector Control and West Nile Virus Awareness Week.
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He warned the audience of the potential danger of a mosquito outbreak in Southern California, and if there were any sightings of mosquitoes, it should be reported.
A number was given for people to call. The Emergency Medical Services was then brought up. Only Stephanie Rasmussen, the EMS coordinator, went up to accept the proclamation because the rest of the team was on call for duty. The last presentation that was on the agenda was the proclamation for Emergency Medical Services Week. Fire Chief Peter Bryan gave a speech and invited the Fire Safe Council, who informs the public to increase fire safety, up to the front. They introduced all the people, and gave a number to call if anyone would like to join the Fire Safe Council. The council then took a vote to add one more presentation to the agenda. It was a presentation to Ruth Leal so she could present a wildfire documentary. The movement was approved and about fifteen minutes of the documentary was
shown. When that ended, it was time for the general public to address the city. A few people came up, but with nothing that seemed really important. A man preached about bike safety and how we need more of it in the city. A woman came up to present the city council with a posterboard of photographs she had taken of the new park being developed on Baseline and Milliken. Another man came to express his concern with Rancho developing too much and that open space must be kept. Finally, there was a complaint by a woman who warned the voting community NOT to vote for Kurth or Howdyshell in the next election. The council had time to give their responses, but most of it was commending the volunteers and the students who came to observe the meeting. That was pretty much the meeting until the city manager's staff report where they confronted the issue of the Etiwanda Creek Annexation. The council approved the proposal and after Diane Williams thanked people who signed some petition, the meeting was adjourned.
Essay
From what I observed in the meeting, the government concept I thought about the most was civic duty. The public is given several opportunities to participate in governmental affairs, and attending city council meetings is one of them. Not that many people attend other than the people who are required to be there for a class project, but the people who do attend, obviously have a high sense of civic duty. This concept deals with the public's obligation to participate and give back to the community. These council meetings are full of dry material that doesn't really interest many. People who show up, pay attention, and voice their opinions are doing more than any normal citizen would do. They are possibly influencing the government to steer in the direction of their opinion. These council meetings are one of few ways that politicians get insight into what the public is thinking. People who don't participate are preventing themselves from possible governmental aid. The people with a high sense of civic duty are the people who get heard
He warned the audience of the potential danger of a mosquito outbreak in Southern California, and if there were any sightings of mosquitoes, it should be reported.
A number was given for people to call. The Emergency Medical Services was then brought up. Only Stephanie Rasmussen, the EMS coordinator, went up to accept the proclamation because the rest of the team was on call for duty. The last presentation that was on the agenda was the proclamation for Emergency Medical Services Week. Fire Chief Peter Bryan gave a speech and invited the Fire Safe Council, who informs the public to increase fire safety, up to the front. They introduced all the people, and gave a number to call if anyone would like to join the Fire Safe Council. The council then took a vote to add one more presentation to the agenda. It was a presentation to Ruth Leal so she could present a wildfire documentary. The movement was approved and about fifteen minutes of the documentary was
shown. When that ended, it was time for the general public to address the city. A few people came up, but with nothing that seemed really important. A man preached about bike safety and how we need more of it in the city. A woman came up to present the city council with a posterboard of photographs she had taken of the new park being developed on Baseline and Milliken. Another man came to express his concern with Rancho developing too much and that open space must be kept. Finally, there was a complaint by a woman who warned the voting community NOT to vote for Kurth or Howdyshell in the next election. The council had time to give their responses, but most of it was commending the volunteers and the students who came to observe the meeting. That was pretty much the meeting until the city manager's staff report where they confronted the issue of the Etiwanda Creek Annexation. The council approved the proposal and after Diane Williams thanked people who signed some petition, the meeting was adjourned.
Essay
From what I observed in the meeting, the government concept I thought about the most was civic duty. The public is given several opportunities to participate in governmental affairs, and attending city council meetings is one of them. Not that many people attend other than the people who are required to be there for a class project, but the people who do attend, obviously have a high sense of civic duty. This concept deals with the public's obligation to participate and give back to the community. These council meetings are full of dry material that doesn't really interest many. People who show up, pay attention, and voice their opinions are doing more than any normal citizen would do. They are possibly influencing the government to steer in the direction of their opinion. These council meetings are one of few ways that politicians get insight into what the public is thinking. People who don't participate are preventing themselves from possible governmental aid. The people with a high sense of civic duty are the people who get heard