City staff reported that they met Aug. 21 with Hyperion managers and outside consultants to review ongoing maintenance and planned improvements at the Hyperion facility and that four notices of violation have been reported to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) since the last meeting.

A city staff member briefed the council, saying the Aug. 21 meeting included Dr. Sandstrom and consultant Philip Frias and that the staff met with Hyperion general manager Barbara Romero and her team to “go through a whole slew of issues related to the facility,” adding that “this group will be meeting now on a regular basis to get updates on what they are doing by way of improvements and maintenance work at the facility.” The staff member said the city will report on those items as they become available.

The staff member also told the meeting that “we did become aware that there were 4 notices of violation since the last meeting, for, that were reported to AQMD.” The briefing did not specify the dates or alleged violations detailed in those notices.

During public comment, a resident urged the city to ask Hyperion to resume a quarterly public presentation and question-and-answer session, saying, “I don’t think they’ve done that in over a year. So the next time you speak with the nice folks at Hyperion, could you see about getting that back on calendar so we can have some more, you know, Q and A from the public?”

City staff reminded the public that a community facility tour will take place “this Saturday from 10 to noon” and that information is posted on the city website. The staff briefing did not specify the exact calendar date for the Saturday referenced or further details about the AQMD notices.

No formal motions or votes were recorded on the Hyperion update during the portion of the meeting in the transcript provided.