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[ 7:00 P.M. - CONVENE MEETING / ROLL CALL]

GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF CHINO HILLS CITY COUNCIL FOR NOVEMBER 24TH, 2020.

LENAY ROLL CALL.

SURE.

OKAY.

UH, MAYOR BENNETT HERE, VICE MAYOR.

JOE'S HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ, YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS HERE.

OKAY.

DO YOU NEED TO READ INTO THE RECORD, THE PROVISIONS BY WHICH WE ARE MEETING? YES.

GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR BENNETT COUNTY AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE OF EXECUTIVE ORDER IN 29, 20 ISSUED BY GOVERNOR NEWSOME ON MARCH 17TH, 2020.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, FIRST

[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]

I'M GOING TO HAVE US ALL, UH, ALL OF THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

PLEASE REMAIN STANDING.

OUR INVOCATION TONIGHT IS GOING TO BE GIVEN BY PASTOR JODY MOORE OF TRANSFORMATION, CHURCH.

READY? BEGIN.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL PASTOR JODY,

[ INVOCATION: Pastor Jody Moore, Transformation Church]

HOW ARE YOU DOING? I'M DOING GOOD, MR. MIRROR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE THE INVOCATION WITH YOU, UH, ON THIS EVENING TO THE MAYOR AND TO THE REST OF THE CHINO HILLS CITY COUNCIL, I BRING YOU GREETINGS.

UM, THIS WEEK WE WILL CELEBRATE THANKSGIVING.

WE HAVE SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR, AND THAT'LL BE THE FOCAL POINT OF MY TIME OF PRAYING ON THIS EVENING.

UH, BUT FIRST ALLOW ME TO ENCOURAGE YOU JUST WITH TWO VERSES FROM PSALMS ONE OH SEVEN, IT SAYS I'LL GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD FOR HE IS GOOD FOR HIS STEADFAST LOVE ENDURES FOREVER.

LET THE REDEEMED OF THE LORD SAY SO WHOM HE HAS REDEEMED FROM THE HAND OF THE ENEMY.

LET US PRAY, FATHER, YOU HAVE BEEN EXTRAORDINARILY GOOD TO US.

AND FOR THAT, WE ARE THANKFUL, UH, THIS IS THE WEEK OF THANKSGIVING, BUT WE SHOULD WALK WITH HEARTS OF GRATITUDE ALL YEAR ROUND BECAUSE EVERY DAY THAT WE WAKE UP, WE HAVE SOMETHING TO BE THANKFUL FOR.

WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE AIR THAT WE BREATHE.

WE THANKFUL FOR THE FOOD FOR WHICH WE ARE ABLE TO EAT WITH.

THANK YOU FOR OUR HOMES.

WE THANK YOU FOR OUR FAMILY.

UH, WE THANK YOU LORD FOR KEEPING US SAFE IN PROTECTING US.

WE THANK YOU FOR HEALTH.

UH, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT NATION THAT WE LIVE IN.

WE, WE THANK YOU FOR, UH, THE HAND OF PROTECTION OVER THIS NATION.

UH, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SOVEREIGNTY.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR MERCY.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR KINDNESS.

WE THANK YOU FOR WATCHING OVER US.

SO LORD, WE JUST WANT TO COME NOW AND JUST SAY, THANK YOU.

UH, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS CITY.

WE THANK YOU FOR THIS CITY COUNCIL.

UH, BLESS THE EFFORTS OF THIS COUNCIL.

CONTINUE TO BLESS THE CITY, CONTINUED TO LET YOUR HAND OF FAVOR, REST ON THIS CITY.

UH, LORD, WE ASK THAT ANGELS WITH SURROUND THE CITY, UH, TO PROTECT, TO KEEP AND TO GUARD.

UH, BUT MOST OF ALL, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO PROSPER THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS AND THE CHINO VALLEY TO THAT END.

WE GLORIFY YOU.

AND TO THAT END, WE HONOR YOU IN THE MATCHLESS NAME OF YOUR SON.

AMEN.

THANK YOU, PASTOR JODI.

AND, UH, GOD BLESS YOU AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

EVERYTHING IS GIVING US THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

THANKS.

THANKS JODY.

HEY,

[ CITY COUNCIL REORGANIZATION Select Mayor and Vice Mayor for terms of December 1, 2020 through November 30, 2021]

THE FIRST ONE I'M ON THE AGENDA IS THE CITY COUNCIL REORGANIZATION.

ALL RIGHT.

I'M BLAIR.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE, I'D LIKE TO JUMP TO IT.

ALL RIGHT.

JUMP RIGHT ON IT.

I'D LOVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE BRIAN JOE'S AS MAYOR AND RAY MARQUEZ AS VICE MAYOR FOR THE TERM DECEMBER 1ST, 2020 TO NOVEMBER 30TH OF 2021.

WONDERFUL.

ALL RIGHT.

DO I HAVE A SECOND ON THAT? I'LL SECOND.

ALL RIGHT.

SECOND, UH, ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT?

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I THINK WE'RE, THAT'S SOME PRETTY GOOD CHOICES THERE.

ALRIGHT.

LENAY OF, UH, VOCAL OR VERBAL VOTE PLEASE? UH, MAYOR BENNETT.

YES.

VICE MAYOR JOS.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN.

YES.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS.

YES.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL CONGRATULATIONS.

EXCUSE ME FOR A MOMENT WHILE I GO OUT FOR A PRESENTATION.

OKAY.

THE

[4. CITY TILE - Presentation of City Tile to Bill McDonnell for his service on the Public Works Commission from May 14, 1996 to November 30, 2020]

FIRST PRESENTATION THIS EVENING IS IT CITY TILE TO BILL MCDONALD FOR SERVICE ON THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION FOR MAY 14TH, 1996 TO NOVEMBER 30TH, 2020, MR. MCDONALD, WILL YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STAND AT THE PODIUM, SOCIAL DISTANCING FROM THE MAYOR OR WE'LL, WE'LL BE WATCHING LATER ON.

UH, WE ARE, UH, THE HYBRID TRADITION TONIGHT BECAUSE WE HAVE SOMETHING VERY, VERY SPECIAL THAT WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE AND WANT TO RECOGNIZE.

AND, UH, WITH THAT IN MIND, UM, TONIGHT I AM GOING TO BE HONORING SOMEONE WHO, UH, I HAD THE GREAT PLEASURE OF HAVING SERVE AS MY PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSIONER FOR 12 YEARS.

BUT, UH, BILL HAS SERVED THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY AS A PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSIONER FOR 24 YEARS.

THE COMMISSION WAS FIRST FORMED IN APRIL, EXCUSE ME, EARLY 1993.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER JIM THALMANN APPOINTED BILL TO REPLACE OUTGOING COMMISSIONER, TIM WALBRIDGE EXCUSE ME, I'M GOING TO DROP THIS JUST FOR A MOMENT.

I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT BILL HAS BEEN MY APPOINTEE SINCE I BECAME A MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL IN 2008, HE HAS SERVED AS CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS, BILL IS THE CONSUMMATE COMMISSIONER.

HE HAS WELL-PREPARED INSIGHTFUL, PASSIONATE, COLLEGIAL, AND HE HAS A SOLID UNDERSTANDING OF THE GOVERNMENTAL PROCESS.

HE'S AN EXPERT ON PUBLIC WATER AND ENERGY MATTERS.

AND HIS INPUT WAS SIGNIFICANT AS THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED POLICY REGARDING WATER ISSUES.

DURING THE SIGNIFICANT DROUGHT THAT WE HAD FACED IN CALIFORNIA, THE COMMISSION WAS KEY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR WATER CONSERVATION ORDINANCE, WHICH WAS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE REGION.

HE UNDERSTANDS HOW GOVERNMENTAL AFFECTS OR GOVERNMENT AFFECTS THE REAL LIVES OF PEOPLE.

AND HE MAKES SURE THAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE HEARD BEFORE A DECISION IS MADE.

ONE OF BILL'S COLA OR COLLEAGUES ON THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION IN THE EARLY DAYS, OUR PLANNING COMMISSIONER, MIKE STOVER SAID THAT IF HE WAS PICKING AN ALL COMMISSION, ALL STARS TEAM BILL WOULD BE A MEMBER OF THAT TEAM.

I THINK THAT SAYS IT ALL.

WHEN YOU, YOUR FELLOW COMMISSIONERS HAVE THAT HIGH REGARD FOR YOU, WE WISH YOU WELL IN YOUR NEW HOME, IN CORONA, ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS BEFORE I PRESENT THIS TO YOU? WELL, I'M GOING TO PRESENT IT TO YOU.

AND THEN YOU CAN SAY A FEW WORDS.

UH, EVERYONE THAT KNOWS THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS VERY, VERY, IT'S A VERY DISTINGUISHED AWARD AND IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS GIVEN OUT LIGHTLY.

THIS IS A CITY TILE THAT YOU'LL ALL BE ABLE TO SEE.

THAT IS THE BILL MCDONALD PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION MAY 14TH, 1996 TO NOVEMBER 30TH, 2020.

AND DID THIS GRATEFULLY, SORRY BY EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US AND I AS MAYOR.

AND HAVING YOU AS MY COMMISSIONER, I'M JUST EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU.

SO BILL, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND HAVE A FEW WORDS.

THANK YOU, ART AND, UM, FELLOW, UH, CITY COUNCIL FOLKS.

I IT'S JUST BEEN MY HONOR, UM, BASICALLY VOLUNTEER, UM, MY SERVICES AND MY, UM, LIMITED EXPERTISE, UM, FOR THE CITY OF THE LAST 24 YEARS.

MY SON'S HERE.

AND, UH, IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE THAT HE WAS VERY, VERY YOUNG AT THE TIME THAT I STARTED BECAUSE HE DROVE ME HERE TODAY.

SO, UM, BUT, UH, I, IT'S JUST BEEN A PLEASURE.

IT'S BEEN AN HONOR, UM, FOR FOLKS THAT ARE NEW TO THE CITY, JUST EVEN FACILITIES LIKE THIS, WE DIDN'T START OUT LIKE THIS.

THE CITY IS AN AMAZING PLACE AND IT'S AN AMAZING PLACE BECAUSE OF ART AND ALL THE OTHER FELLOW CITY COUNCIL FOLKS HERE AND THE CITY COUNCIL FOLKS BEFORE THEM AND THE CITY COUNCIL FOLKS BEFORE THEM AND THE COMMISSIONERS.

UM, THEY, IT'S A VERY SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE, BUT THEY'RE VERY SMART, VERY HARDWORKING AND DEDICATED, AND THEY'VE CREATED AN AMAZING PLACE FOR EVERYONE HERE.

AND YOU'RE ALL VERY, VERY LUCKY TO BE HERE.

UM, AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, THAT YOU'RE DOING TONIGHT AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, SERVE THE CITY.

THANK GOD.

RIGHT.

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THANK YOU, BILL.

WE'D LIKE TO TAKE A PHOTO WITH YOU AND HONOR OF YOUR 24 YEARS BECAUSE OF COVID.

I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO PUT BACK ON THEIR MASKS AND WE'LL GET A LITTLE CLOSER TOGETHER.

AND MUM IMPOSE MOMENTARILY FROM THE DIOCESE WITH OUR MASK ON BILL, PLEASE JOIN US BELOW THE DIOCESE.

WE'LL TAKE A PHOTO WITH YOU AND IF YOUR SON WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE AFTER THAT.

GREAT, YOU'RE WELCOME.

OH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

SO THIS IS ONE OF MY CLIENTS, THE OTHER ONE'S WORKING FOR THE CITY OF ARCADIA.

THIS IS WILLIAM JOHNS MARQUIS, AND THIS IS KIANA AND HIS SIGNIFICANT OTHER APPRECIATE IT, SIR.

WELL, AS YOU WALK OUT, BILL, YOU WILL CERTAINLY BE MISSED AND HE'S VERY HUMBLE.

HE WORKS FOR THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT AND UH, IN ISRAEL THERE, IT WAS, IT WAS SO TO OUR CITY WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD DO, AND HE WOULD ALSO BE A VOLUNTEER IN TOWN.

SO HE'S THE COMMISSIONER THAT YOU'D ALWAYS SEE.

HE REALLY EMBRACED THE WHOLE ROLE.

AND I THINK WE ALL FIGHT OVER WHO WAS, WHO APPOINTED YOU BECAUSE WE ALL THINK SO HIGHLY OF UNION.

YOU'RE JUST SUCH A DEAR FRIEND.

SO WE WISH YOU WELL, WE'LL SEE YOU SOON.

I'M SURE.

TAKE CARE.

THAT'S A LOT BILL.

THANK YOU.

THEN NEXT ITEM

[5. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming Chino Hills as a Purple Heart City]

IS A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING CHINO HILLS AS A PURPLE HEART CITY.

ALL RIGHT.

THE RESIDENTS OF CHINO HILLS HAVE GREAT ADMIRATION AND GRATITUDE FOR ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE SIX SELFISHLY SELFLESSLY SERVED OUR COUNTRY IN THE ARMED FORCES.

VETERANS HAVE PAID THE HIGH PRICE FOR OUR FREEDOM BY LEAVING THEIR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES AND DEFENDING THE HARD WON LIBERTIES OF OUR CONSTITUTION.

MANY CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY HAVE RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL IN RECOGNITION OF BEING WOUNDED IN COMBAT WITH AN ENEMY FORCE.

THE RIVERSIDE NATIONAL CEMETERY IS THE FINAL POSTING FOR MANY OF OUR VETERANS.

THEY FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR II, KOREA, THE COLD WAR VIETNAM AND THE IRAQ AFGHANISTAN WARS, AND ARE NOW AT REST EACH MONTH.

LOCAL VETERANS SALUTE THESE HEROES WHO ARE LAID TO REST AT RIVERSIDE NATIONAL CEMETERY.

THESE INLAND EMPIRE VETERANS ENSURE THAT EVERY VETERAN HAS A MOURNER IN ATTENDANCE AT THE CEREMONY AS THEY'RE LAID TO REST ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.

SO THE COUNCIL WERE PROCLAIMING CHINO HILLS AS A DESIGNATED PURPLE HEART CITY TO HONOR THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF OUR NATIONS, MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM WOUNDED, OR KILLED BY THE ENEMY WHILE SERVING TO PROTECT THE FREEDOM ENJOYED BY ALL AMERICANS ON THE CALL WITH US TONIGHT IS LEN TREVON DAVEY, A SERVICE OFFICER FOR THE MILITARY ORDER OF PURPLE HEART.

LYNN, PLEASE TELL US MORE ABOUT THIS PROCLAMATION AND WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU.

UH, THANK YOU.

UH, AGAIN, THIS IS A WHAT THE SIXTH OR SEVENTH YEAR IN A ROW THAT I'VE HAD THE HONOR OF, OF ADDRESSING, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL OF CHINO HILLS.

AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.

UM, AS A VETERAN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COMES TO MIND AS WE APPROACH THANKSGIVING IS, UH, IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR THE HOST OR HOSTESS TO SAY, OKAY, UH, POLITICS AND SPORTS ARE OFF LIMITS OR TALK ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT.

AND THE ROOM GOES SILENT UNLESS YOU HAVE A VETERAN BECAUSE THE VETERAN ALWAYS REMEMBERS WHERE HE WAS WHEN HE WAS IN SERVICE ON THANKSGIVING.

UH, PARTICULARLY IF, IF HE WAS, UH, OVERSEAS OR AWAY FROM HIS FAMILY, UH, THANKSGIVING BECOMES ONE OF THOSE MEMORIES THAT HE CAN TALK ABOUT AND IT MAKES EVERYONE IN THE ROOM APPRECIATE MORE.

THE FACT THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO GET TOGETHER THIS YEAR MAY BE SOMEWHAT LIMITED OR NOT, BUT IT MAKES

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THIS A SPECIAL THANKSGIVING REMEMBRANCE.

AND OF COURSE FOR US THIS YEAR, UM, WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE DEMIC THANKSGIVING AND I GUESS YEARS FROM NOW, UM, 15 YEARS, MAYBE A FIVE AND SIX YEAR OLD GRANDCHILDREN WILL SAY, GRANDMA, GRANDPA, WHAT WAS IT LIKE BRINGING A PANDEMIC THANKSGIVING? AND I SUPPOSE WE'LL SAY, WELL, WE HOARDED TOILET PAPER.

YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S SO DIFFERENT THIS YEAR, BUT FOR THOSE OF US WHO WERE VETERANS, UM, THE FACT THAT WE STILL HAVE PEOPLE OUT THERE THANKING US, UH, IT IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE TREASURE VERY, VERY MUCH.

SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR US AND THE SUPPORT THAT YOU'LL GIVE ALL OUR VETERANS.

THANK YOU, LYNN.

AND YOU KNOW, IRONICALLY, 52 YEARS AGO, WHEN I WAS IN CAMERON BAY, SOUTH VIETNAM, TOILET PAPER WAS, UH, UH, AN ISSUE THEN AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MY FRIEND.

I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

OKAY.

TAKE CARE AND GOD BLESS AND HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

ALL RIGHT.

NUMBER SEVEN.

UH, THIS IS GOING TO BE A PRESENTATION.

UH, LYNETTE, DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE THAT? SURE.

THIS IS THE NEXT, OH, EXCUSE ME.

I'M SORRY.

WE CAN NOT FORGET THIS.

I APOLOGIZE.

READ NUMBER

[6. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming November as Native American Heritage Month]

SIX.

THE NEXT ITEM IS A PROCLAMATION FOR CLAIMING NOVEMBER IS NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH.

AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

I HAD IT STUCK TO THE OTHER PAGE DURING NATIONAL ART NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH.

WE HONOR THE LEGACY OF AMERICAN INDIANS AND ALASKA NATIVES IN OUR NATION, THEIR CHERISHED LEGACY, RICH CULTURES AND HEROIC HISTORY OF MILITARY SERVICE INSPIRE US ALL THIS MONTH.

WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND SUPPORT NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES BY WORKING SIDE BY SIDE WITH THEIR LEADERS TO SECURE A STRONGER, SAFER COMMUNITIES AND PRESERVE THEIR SACRED HERITAGE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO COME ON BEHALF OF THE CHINO HILLS CITY COUNCIL, WE ARE PROCLAIMING NOVEMBER AS NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH TO GIVE US SOME MORE INSIGHT ON NATIONAL NARRATIVE NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH.

WE HAVE WITH US ANDREW SOLACE OF KEACH GABRIEL LIANO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ON THE CALL TONIGHT, ANDREW, THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY ON BEHALF OF OUR TRIBAL GOVERNMENT, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING OUR ANCESTRAL CONNECTION TO THE LAND AREA.

WHAT DOES THIS, WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS CHINO HILLS, CALIFORNIA, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS OUR VILLAGE COMMUNITY OF A SONG OF THE AMINA, THE PLACE OF THE CHIA.

WE ALSO WANT TO GIVE THANKS TO YOUR CONTINUED GOVERNMENT, TO GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR TRIBAL GOVERNMENT, FOR THE PROTECTION OF OUR TRIBAL CULTURAL RESOURCES.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONTINUE RELATIONSHIP FOR MANY, MANY YEARS TO COME AGAIN ON BEHALF OF OUR TRIBE, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU.

AND JUST SO EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS OUR TRIBAL GOVERNMENT OR OUR AFFILIATION OR CULTURAL AFFILIATION WITH THE CHINO HILLS AREA.

THIS WAS AN ANCESTRAL VILLAGE COMMUNITY THAT WAS SETTLED IN THAT AREA.

THE ONLY PRATO DOWN AREA, UH, WHAT IS NOW KNOWN PRATO TODAY, THEN THE ENTIRE CHINO HILLS AREA, MY FATHER, WHO IS STILL ALIVE WITH US TODAY LIVE WITH GENERAL GEORGE PATTON IN SAN MARINO, CALIFORNIA GENERAL.

GEORGE PATTON IS THE GRANDSON OF RAMONA YORBA, WHO HER FATHER'S ADOBE FIT THERE IN CHINO HILLS AREA.

IT'S THE YORBA SLAUGHTERHOUSE.

SHE RAMONA YOUR BUMP WAS THE WIFE FROM BENJAMIN D. WILSON, UH, MOUNT WILSON.

MY FAMILY CONTINUED TO EXIST TODAY.

MY TRIBAL GOVERNMENT CONTINUES DOING THIS TODAY AND WE'RE THE LINEAL DESCENDANT.

SO THE CHINO HILLS AREA AND RELATIVE TO THE WILSON PATTON FAMILY.

SO AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS PROCLAMATION, THIS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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ON BEHALF OF OUR TRIED MY FATHER.

AND I JUST GIVE MANY, MANY THINGS TO YOU IN ALL OF YOU.

I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT, GREAT ALL DAY AND BLESS ALL OF YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, ANDREW.

OKAY.

ITEM NUMBER

[7. PRESENTATION: Geocortex (GIS Application Viewer software) presentation]

SEVEN.

THE NEXT ITEM IS A GEO CORTEX GIS APPLICATION VIEWER SOFTWARE PRESENTATION, AND WE WILL HAVE THE CITY MANAGER MONTGOMERY DO THE INTRODUCTION.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

I'M GOING TO ASK OUR, UH, IT MANAGER TO COME FORWARD AND GIVE THAT PRESENTATION.

IT'S A LITTLE TOO TECHIE FOR ME.

SO GET THE RIGHT GUY AT THE PODIUM.

ALL RIGHT, THANKS.

UH, GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR BENNETT, COUNCIL, STAFF AND RESIDENTS.

MY NAME IS MATT JESTER, IT MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.

UM, WE'RE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THE AVAILABILITY OF A NEW, UH, WEB BASED MAPPING APPLICATION CALLED GEO CORTEX.

THIS APPLICATION ALLOWS THE CITY TO DELIVER DYNAMIC MAPPING FUNCTIONALITY TO NOT ONLY THE STAFF, BUT ALSO THE PUBLIC.

CAN WE CUE UP THE PRESENTATION? THANKS.

UM, IT IS PROGRAMMED IN HTML FIVE, MEANING THAT IT WORKS ON WEB MOBILE AND TABLET DEVICES.

AND WE ARE ABLE TO ALSO LINK DIRECTLY TO THIS APPLICATION, UH, FROM THE CITY'S WEBSITE OR CITI MOBILE APP.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SCREENSHOT, THAT'S THE CITY WEBSITE THERE AND THE EASIEST WAY TO ACCESS THIS NEW MAPPING PROGRAM IS THAT MAPS A LITTLE IMAGE THAT'S ON THE LOWER RIGHT OF THE SCREEN.

I HAVE IT BLOWN UP THERE FOR YOU.

SO FOR THOSE OF YOU AT HOME, INTERESTED TO TAKE A PEEK AT THIS, THAT'S THE EASIEST WAY.

UM, BEFORE I CONTINUE, I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE EFFORTS OF OUR STAFF.

UH, WE HAVE JOHNNY DAVIS, ONE OF THE GIS ANALYSTS IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY, A BIG CONTRIBUTOR TO THIS PROJECT.

ALSO KIMMIE LAMB.

WHO'S ANOTHER GIS ANALYST FOR THE CITY.

UH, ALSO, UH, GEORGE EMAR.

WHO'S ONE OF OUR INTERNS ON THE GAS SIDE AND ALSO THE IT STAFF, MICHAEL GOSS AND ALVIN RAMOS FOR THEIR HELP IN SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SITE.

WITHOUT YOU GUYS, I COULD NOT, WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS DONE.

SO THANK YOU.

SO, UM, I APOLOGIZE, SOME OF THESE IMAGES ARE KIND OF HARD TO READ, BUT THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU FIRST CONNECT TO THE SITE.

SO THIS KIND OF GIVES YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT AND I'M GOING TO KIND OF BREAK DOWN REAL QUICK, THE KEY AREAS OF THE SITE.

SO THOSE OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH HOW TO ACCESS THE INFORMATION FIRST IN THE UPPER RIGHT PORTION OF THE SCREEN.

YOU'LL NOTICE THE SEARCH BAR AND THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO SEARCH FOR SPECIFIC ADDRESSES OR ASSESSOR PARCEL NUMBERS.

THERE'S ALSO, UM, IT'LL AUTO-POPULATE SO WHEN YOU START TYPING IN NUMBERS AT ALL, IT'LL AUTOMATICALLY START MATCHING, UH, PARCELS WITHIN THE CITY.

SO THAT'LL HELP YOU, UM, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO TYPE THE WHOLE THING OUT, THERE'S ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDING ADDITIONAL CRITERIA IN THE FUTURE, DEPENDING ON, UM, WHAT TYPES OF THINGS PEOPLE WANT TO SEARCH FOR AND THE DEMAND FOR IT.

UM, THERE'S A HANDICAP LOGO.

YOU'LL ALSO NOTICE.

SO IT IS A WEB CONTENT, ACCESSIBILITY GUIDELINES, TWO LEVEL AA COMPLIANT.

I WON'T BORE YOU WITH THE DETAILS, BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY A VIDEO ON WHAT THAT MEANS.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE MIDDLE TIER OF COMPLIANCE.

SO, UM, THAT THAT'S GOOD FOR THAT COMMUNITY.

UM, ON THE TOP PORTION OF THE PAGE, YOU'LL NOTICE THE MENU BAR AND THERE'S, THERE'S FOUR DIFFERENT OPTIONS AVAILABLE.

THE FIRST IS THE FILE MENU, AND THAT'S GIVES YOU THE ABILITY TO EXPORT MAPS INTO SIX DIFFERENT COMMON FILE FORMATS.

AND THIS ALLOWS YOU TO SAVE IT INTO A DIGITAL FILE OR PRINT IT OUT IF YOU WANT.

AND, UM, NAVIGATION TOOLS WILL PRETTY MUCH GIVE YOU THE TOOLS THAT ALLOW YOU TO MOVE AROUND ON THE MAP MUCH LIKE YOU'D SEE IN GOOGLE MAPS OR GOOGLE EARTH, THERE'S ALSO A BOOKMARK OPTION.

THAT IS A SINGLE CLICK, UM, DESTINATION TO SOME POPULAR CITY SITES THAT WE CAN PROGRAM IN SUCH AS THE CITY CENTER OR SHOPS.

UH, THEY IDENTIFYING SEARCH TOOLS WILL SHOW YOU A FULL LAYER LIST AND ALSO PROVIDE YOU WITH OPTIONS TO IDENTIFY ONE OR MANY PARCELS IN THE CITY FOR YOU, POWER USERS.

WE ALSO PROVIDE THE ABILITY TO QUERY OR FILTER DATA BASED ON ANY OF THE ELEMENTS OF DATA WE HAVE IN THE SYSTEM.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S A USEFUL TOOL FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO, WHO WANT TO DIVE IN A LITTLE BIT DEEPER.

AND THERE'S ALSO THE ABILITY TO TOGGLE A GOOGLE STREET VIEW.

FINALLY, THE TASKS OPTION WILL ALLOW YOU TO TAKE DISTANCE MEASUREMENTS AND PLOT COORDINATES ON THE MAP.

YEAH, ONE SPECIAL PERK OF USING THE SYSTEM IS, UH, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE CITY, THE CITY'S AERIAL IMAGERY.

SO OFTENTIMES WHEN YOU'RE USING, UH, GOOGLE EARTH OR MAPS, YOU'LL BE LIMITED TO WHAT'S, UH, THE RESOLUTION OF A THREE INCH OR HIGHER ARIEL.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO INCH AERIAL IMAGERY HERE.

SO IF YOU NOTICE IN THE LEFT-HAND PORTION OF THE SCREEN, THERE'S A LITTLE BUTTON THERE THAT YOU CAN TOGGLE ON.

UH, IT'S IT'S FROM 2019 TWO INCH.

SO YOU'LL NOTICE THE CLARITY IS MUCH BETTER.

SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE, THE SHOPS THERE IN THAT PICTURE.

AND, AND THAT GIVES YOU KIND OF AN IDEA OF WHAT IT'S GONNA

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LOOK LIKE.

UH, THIS SHOW, THIS SLIDE SHOWS YOU ALL THE MAP LAYERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

UH, THE PARCEL DATA LAYER WILL CONTAIN PARCEL INFORMATION AND BOUNDARIES.

THE STREETS SYSTEM WILL IDENTIFY STREETS, RIGHT? AWAIZ, UH, STREET, SWEEPING SIGNS AND TRAFFIC COUNTS.

THE TRAIL SYSTEM HAS TRAIL HEADS, TRAIL CONNECTIONS, AND QUARTER MILE MARKERS LAND INFORMATION WILL CONTAIN ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS, COMMUNITY FACILITIES, DISTRICTS, A FIRE HAZARD ZONES, GENERAL PLAN, LAND USE, HORSE PROPERTIES, LANDSCAPING, LIGHTING, DISTRICTS, TRACKS, ZONING PD PLAN DEVELOPMENTS, AND, UH, SPECIFIC PLANS.

UH, COMMUNITY INFORMATION WILL CONTAIN, UH, CITY PARKS, COUNCIL DISTRICTS, UH, SCHOOLS, SCHOOL, ATTENDANCE AREAS, STREET, SWEEPING SCHEDULES AND TRASH PICKUP SCHEDULES.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A BUSINESS CENTER LAYER THAT CONTAINS ALL THE VARIOUS SHOPPING CENTERS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

SO BY DOING A SEARCH FOR A PARCEL OR IDENTIFYING A VISIBLE PARCEL ON THE MAP, YOU'LL BE PRESENTED WITH DETAILS ON A SPECIFIC PARCEL, BUT WHICH IS ON THE SCREEN RIGHT HERE.

UM, A FEW OF THE FIELDS AVAILABLE OR INFORMATION SUCH AS WATER ZONE, LOT SQUARE FOOTAGE, VOTING PRECINCT, VOTING COUNCIL MEMBER, TRASH PICKUP STREET, SWEEPING DAY, AND THE LISTING OF SCHOOLS YOU'LL NOTICE A SCROLL BAR BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT MORE INFORMATION THERE THAT YOU MIGHT FIND USEFUL.

SO I'D RECOMMEND YOU CHECK THAT OUT.

ANOTHER COOL FEATURE OF THE PROGRAM ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, THERE IS YOU CAN ACTUALLY EXPORT DATA TO, UM, CERTAIN FORMATS SUCH AS AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET.

SO THIS IS ESPECIALLY HELPFUL IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT MULTIPLE PARCELS AT ONE TIME AND YOU WANT TO KIND OF GET ALL THE INFORMATION TOGETHER.

UM, ONE REALLY COOL THING, UH, THAT RESIDENTS OR STAFF CAN ALSO RUN AS A PARCEL REPORT.

SO WHEN YOU'RE ON A SPECIFIC PARCEL AND I, AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE, THIS IS HARD TO SEE IN THE EXAMPLE, BUT THERE'S, UH, FOUR LINES NEXT TO THE ADDRESS AND IT'LL PULL UP AN OPTION TO RUN A REPORT, AND THIS WILL RUN A PARTIAL REPORT.

THAT'LL SUMMARIZE EVERYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH THAT SPECIFIC PARCEL, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN.

SO IT'S REALLY LIKE ONE STOP SHOPPING FOR RESIDENTS AND A LOT OF USEFUL INFORMATION.

UM, HERE'S A SCREENSHOT OF THE STREET, UH, SYSTEM LAYER WITH THE, UM, WE HAVE THE AERIAL TURNED ON AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE CITY STREETS AND STREET SWEEPING SIGNS TURNED ON.

SO YOU'LL NOTICE YOU CAN SEE THE STREETS THERE.

AND THEN YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE BLUE DOTS, WHICH INDICATE ALL THE STREET SWEEPING SIGNS.

HEY MATT.

SO WHEN YOU TYPE ON, WHEN YOU CLICK ON THE ICON AT THE BOTTOM, RIGHT, THIS IS THE FIRST SCREEN YOU SAY, IT SAYS FILTER LAYERS.

IS THAT WHERE YOU TYPE IN YOUR ADDRESS THE BEST WAY TO DO IT? SO SEARCH BAR IT'S ON THE TOP RIGHT OF THE SCREEN.

THAT'S THE, OKAY.

SEE THAT SEARCH BAR RIGHT THERE.

YEAH.

THAT'S ON THE VERY TOP RIGHT PORTION.

THAT'S THE EASIEST WAY.

YOU CAN ALSO LOOK AT THE MAP AND YOU CAN, THERE'S AN IDENTIFY AND SEARCH TOOLS.

AND THERE'S A POINT WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY CLICK ON A POINT ON THE MAP.

IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT VISUALLY.

ONE OF THE LAYERS THAT I THINK THE RESIDENTS WILL LIKE THE MOST, ESPECIALLY HIKING ENTHUSIAST IS THE TRAIL SYSTEM.

IN THIS EXAMPLE, THE AERIAL AND THE TRAIL SYSTEM LAYER IS TOGGLED ON.

YOU WILL NOTICE IN THE CENTER PORTION OF THE SCREEN, THERE IS THE MCCOY LOOP, THE COMMUNITY CENTER LOOP, AND THE EUCALYPTUS LOOP.

THIS MAP WILL SHOW YOU THE TRAILHEAD OR STARTED THE TRAIL AND EVERY QUARTER MILE MARKER.

IF YOU WANT TO TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL, TRY LOADING THIS APPLICATION ON YOUR SMARTPHONE AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE MOBILITY BENEFITS.

THIS IS WHERE THE APPLICATION REALLY SHINES.

GPS TRACKING WILL ALLOW YOU UTILIZE THREE CAPABILITIES, FIND ME WHICH WILL SHOW YOUR LOCATION ON THE MAP, TRACK ME, WHICH UPDATES YOUR POSITION CONTINUOUSLY ON THE MAP, AND THEN FOLLOW ME, WHICH IS THE SAME AS TRACK ME, BUT ALSO CENTERS THE SCREEN FOR YOU.

AS YOU MOVE ON THE TRAIL, YOU WILL NOTICE THE SCREENSHOT ON THE LEFT WILL SHOW A BLUE DOT ON YOUR CURRENT LOCATION, WHICH IS IN THIS CASE, THE START OF THE EUCALYPTUS LOOP PICTURED ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN.

IF YOU CLICK ON THE LITTLE IMAGE, IT'S SUPER TINY, IT'S ON THE IT'S ON THE LEFTMOST IMAGE.

THERE'S A LITTLE, LITTLE TINY IMAGE AND THAT'S, UH, WHERE YOU CAN SELECT THOSE THREE OPTIONS.

I THINK IT'S KIND OF, IT'S KIND OF A NICE FEATURE.

A LOT OF TIMES WHEN I'M HIKING, I LIKE TO KNOW WHERE I'M AT.

LIKE, IF IT'S A LONGER HIKE, LIKE A THREE OR FOUR MILE, OR LIKE, HOW FAR AM I THIS THING, OR, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH IS LEFT TILL I GET TO THE END OF IT.

SO I THINK PEOPLE REALLY FIND THAT USEFUL.

SO FOR LAND INFORMATION, I'M USING A SCREENSHOT OF THE LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING DISTRICTS.

THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION HAS MULTIPLE DISTRICTS.

SO I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD, UH, EXAMPLE.

AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE WHERE YOU HAVE A LOT OF ELEMENTS

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GOING ON, THERE'S A, WHAT'S CALLED A MAP LEGEND AND THAT LITTLE FOUR LINE THING NEXT TO WHERE IT SAYS LEGEND ON THE UPPER LEFT.

THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH YOUR OPTIONS WHEN YOU'RE IN A PARTICULAR PART OF THE SCREEN.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO CLICK ON TO SEE WHAT ELSE YOU CAN DO.

SO WHEN YOU CLICK ON SHOW LEGEND, IT'S GOING TO SHOW ALL THE DIFFERENT LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING DISTRICTS AND THEIR CORRESPONDING COLOR CODES.

UH, COMMUNITY INFORMATION IS ANOTHER USEFUL LAYER.

IN THIS EXAMPLE, I'VE SELECTED CITY PARKS AND SCHOOLS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF CHINO HILLS.

SO IF YOU'RE NEW TO THE CITY, THIS IS KIND OF A COOL THING.

AND YOU WANT TO KIND OF GET THE LAY OF THE LAND IN TERMS OF WHAT'S AVAILABLE AROUND YOU.

YOU CAN IDENTIFY, UM, THE PARCEL USING THE IDENTIFY AND SEARCH OPTION.

SO LIKE FOR INSTANCE, YOU CAN TAKE ONE OF THE PARKS, UM, IDENTIFY IT, AND THEN IT'LL POP UP WITH ANOTHER SCREEN THAT SHOWS YOU ALL THE INFORMATION ON THE PARK ITSELF.

LIKE, DOES IT HAVE A BARBECUE, A BASEBALL FIELD, A BASKETBALL COURT TENNIS COURT.

AND YOU'LL ALSO BE, UH, REDIRECTED BACK TO THE CITY.

IF YOU WANT TO SEE MORE INFORMATION ON THE CITY SITE.

UH, LASTLY, THE BUSINESS CENTERS LAYER CONTAINS ALL THE SHOPPING CENTER LOCATION, UH, LOCATIONS IN THE CITY.

JUST LIKE THE LAST EXAMPLE YOU CAN, YOU CAN CLICK ON THE IDENTIFY AND SEARCH, UH, TO A POINT OPTION AND HIGHLIGHT A PARTICULAR, UH, SHOPPING CENTER.

YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, IN THIS CASE, WE, UH, WE'LL CLICK ON THE SHOPS AND YOU NOTICE IT ZOOMS IN ON THE SHOPS.

AND, UH, THE LEFT PORTION OF THE SCREEN WILL CONTAIN DETAILS SUCH AS ADJUST LOCATIONS, DESCRIPTION, ZONING, AND A HYPERLINK BACK TO THE CITY.

UH, FOR MORE INFORMATION THERE'S SO MUCH MORE TO GET INTO, BUT I DIDN'T, I WANTED TO KEEP IT AS HIGH LEVEL AS POSSIBLE.

UM, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AT THIS TIME.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? IT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE, MATT, I TYPED IN MY ADDRESS AND IT TELLS YOU YOUR STREET SWEEPING DAY, IT TELLS YOU, UM, YOUR TRASH PICKUP DAY BASED ON YOUR ADDRESS.

SO ESPECIALLY FOR NEW RESIDENTS, THIS IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE.

YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO.

ALL RIGHT.

GREAT REPORT.

THANKS GUYS.

GOOD JOB.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT ITEM.

UH, MARK, IF YOU'RE ON THE LINE, ANY ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION.

SO THAT'S ACTUALLY, UM, ACTUALLY, I'M SORRY.

SORRY.

OKAY.

THIS IS ELIZABETH THAT HI, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UM, I AM FILLING IN TODAY AND THOUGH THERE WAS NO ACTION TO REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT, LENAY, WOULD YOU READ

[8. PUBLIC COMMENTS: At this time members of the public may address the City Council regarding any items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council, whether or not the item appears on the agenda, except testimony on Public Hearing items must be provided during those hearings. Please raise your hand via Zoom or dial *9 to be selected from the meeting cue. Individual audience participation is limited to three minutes per speaker.]

THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, PLEASE? NOW IS THE TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEMS WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE COUNCIL AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.

IF YOU WISH TO MAKE A COMMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IN THE ZOOM APPLICATION AND YOU WILL BE CALLED UPON WHEN IT IS YOUR TIME TO SPEAK, TO RAISE YOUR HAND FROM A PHONE PRESS STAR NINE, YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT TO SPEAK.

AND AGAIN, WHEN THE TIME HAS ELAPSED, ALL CALLS WILL BE MUTED AFTER THE TIME HAS EXPIRED.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD BEFORE BEGINNING YOUR COMMENTS.

WE HAVE ONE HAND RAISED AND IT'S A LAST NUMBER OF ONE, FIVE ONE, WHICH I THINK IS, UH, JOHN PARA, RODNEY GEIER.

RONNIE, IS THAT YOU ALOHA? ALOHA.

UH, GOOD, GOOD.

UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, UH, THE VERY WONDERFUL, UH, PRESENTATION OF PURPLE HEART.

UM, THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS IS VERY, VERY EXTRAORDINARILY, UH, KIND TO US WHO, UH, HAVE THAT METAL, UH, AND, AND IN SUCH A WONDERFUL WAY IN WHICH YOU'RE GOING TO BE HAVING BANNERS, SHOWING WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO THE PEOPLE AS THEY DRIVE BY IT, VARIOUS BANNERS ON, ON, UH, ON POLES IN, IN THE CITY.

I'D LIKE TO THANK, UH, THE MAYOR, UH, BENNETT, UH, FOR HIS EXTRAORDINARY, UM, UM, YEAR OF LEADERSHIP THAT WAS RATHER EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT AND EVEN PERSONALLY DIFFICULT FOR HIM DURING THAT YEAR.

AND, UH, AN UNINTERRUPTED, I WOULD SAY, UH, A VERY CLEAN CRICK CLAIRE THINKING PERSON WITH A GREAT HEART, UH, AND THE CITY OF GLASS.

AND THAT TRADE IS IN ALL OF THE MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE THE TRANSFER OF, OF, UH, POWER FROM A, UH, AN OUTGOING THERE TO AN INCOMING MAYOR WAS VERY, VERY QUICK AND VERY LOVING BECAUSE THE H ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCILORS.

SO VERY, VERY QUALIFIED

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IN THE PRESENTATION BY THE GENTLEMAN REPRESENTING THE, UH, SOCIETY OF, UH, PURPLE HEARTS.

UH, HE MENTIONED, UH, THE, THE RIVERSIDE NATIONAL CEMETERY, WHICH I WILL BE ENDING UP WITH MY FATHER AND MY FORMAL, MY FORMERLY ALIVE WIFE, A WIFE OF 42 YEARS YOUNG IS THE DE YOUNG IS THE, UH, THE HEAD OF THE HE'S THE DIRECTOR OF THAT CEMETERY.

AND IN THE TV SPECIAL THAT I WAS IN THE TWO OF US WHEN, ALONG WITH ONE OTHER VIETNAM VETERANS CALLED, UH, VIETNAM, HIS FAKES, WE WERE TOGETHER AND, UH, AND GOT TO, UH, GOD GOT TO SEE FROM THAT POINT, HOW MY LOVED ONES ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF.

SO WONDERFULLY IN A BEAUTIFUL CEMETERY AREA.

UH, YOU KNOW, IF I HADN'T HAVE BEEN DRAFTED, UH, OVER 50 YEARS AGO, I WOULD NEVER HAVE GONE THROUGH ALL OF THE EXPERIENCES THAT I HAD, UH, HAVE THE, HAVE THE WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE OF WATCHING CITY COUNCILS WHEN YOU COULD BE THERE IN PERSON BEING ASKED BY WHOEVER WAS MAYOR AT THE TIME DURING THESE CEREMONIES FOR THAT WE HAD TONIGHT TO INVITE A LOAN, A PURPLE HEART VETERAN, LIKE MYSELF, TO GET UP WITH THE MAYOR AND THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM DECIDE.

YOU'LL BE OF THE HEARTS FOR A CORY PICTURE SPEAKS VOLUMES.

YOU ARE TAKING GOOD CARE OF US CITY OF CHINO HILL, AND WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO RETURN THE FAVOR.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

HELLO, HUH? THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, RONNIE.

OKAY.

MAYOR AT THIS TIME, I DO NOT HAVE ANY OTHER PUBLIC SPEAKERS, BUT I DID RECEIVE TWO EMAIL PUBLIC RECORDS REGARDING CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM, NUMBER 12, THE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.

DID YOU WANT TO TAKE THEM NOW OR WAIT UNTIL YOU GET TO CONSOLIDATE? LET'S WAIT UNTIL WE GET TO THAT MOMENT.

ARE THEY BOTH ON 12? YES.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, LET'S BACK UP FOR A MOMENT THEN.

AND, UH, CONFLICT

[ CONFLICT OF INTEREST ANNOUNCEMENTS: Council Member abstentions shall be stated at this time for recordation on the appropriate item.]

OF INTEREST ANNOUNCEMENTS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSTENTIONS SHALL BE STATED AT THIS TIME FOR RECREATION ON THE APPROPRIATE ITEM.

ALL RIGHT.

I'M GOING TO BE, UM, ABSTAINING FROM ITEM 14, UM, DEALING WITH THE EXTENSION OF THE SOLID WASTE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT DUE TO A POTENTIAL CONFLICT IN WHICH MY EMPLOYER, ATHENS SERVICES COULD POTENTIALLY BE PUTTING IN FOR THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT DOWN THE ROAD.

SO I'M STATING MY POTENTIAL CONFLICT.

SO I WILL BE ABSTAINING FROM THAT VOTE.

OKAY.

ANYONE ELSE AT THIS POINT? ALL RIGHT,

[ CONSENT CALENDAR (13 ITEMS) - All matters listed on the Consent Calendar are considered routine by the City Council and may be enacted by one motion in the form listed below. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless, before the City Council votes on the motion to adopt, Members of the City Council or staff request the matter to be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action. Removed consent items will be discussed immediately after the adoption of the balance of the Consent Calendar.]

THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND LINDA, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL GO AHEAD.

ALL MATTERS.

LISTED ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAY BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION IN THE FORM LISTED BELOW.

THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS UNLESS BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL VOTES ON THE MOTION TO ADOPT MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OR STAFF REQUEST, THE MATTER TO BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR FOR SEPARATE ACTION REMOVED CONSENT CALENDAR OR ITEMS WILL BE DISCUSSED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ADOPTION OF THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR WITH THAT.

PETER, DO YOU HAVE ANY YOU ON A POLL? NONE.

NONE RE OKAY.

CYNTHIA.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, NEITHER DO I.

SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS ENTERTAIN A MOTION SINCE THERE IS NO DISCUSSION, UH, THE ABSTENTION ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR, EXCUSE ME, ITEM NUMBER 12.

EXCUSE ME.

NUMBER 14.

UH, BRIAN, BRIAN CAN BE NOTED THAT WAY.

I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS NINE, 10, 11.

WE'RE GOING TO PULL 12 BECAUSE WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 1920 AND 21.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY PETER A SECOND BY RAY VERBAL VOTE.

MAYOR BENNETT.

YES.

VICE MAYOR JOS.

YES.

WITH THE ABSTENTION NOTE ON 14.

OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS.

YEAH.

OKAY.

NOW WE'LL MOVE BACK TO ITEM

[12. Adopt Ordinance entitled: "An Ordinance of the City of Chino Hills Amending Title 16 of the Chino Hills Municipal Code to Amend Accessory Dwelling Unit Regulations and Finding Proposed Municipal Code Amendment 20MCA01 Exempt from Review Under the California Environmental Quality Act" - Second Reading (Introduced on November 10, 2020)]

NUMBER 12, WHICH WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT TO SPEAK ON.

YES.

THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT IS FROM MR. DAVID IOLA.

HE STATES DEAR CITY COUNCIL.

I AM WRITING IN RESPONSE TO THE ADOPTION OF THE ABOVE ORDINANCE RESTRICTING 80 YEARS, ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY OF SLEEPY HOLLOW NORTH AND SOUTH CARBON CANYON ROAD R ONE 42.

I AM AGAINST THIS ORDINANCE AS WRITTEN AND I AM IN FAVOR OF AMENDING TO ALLOW APPROVAL OF ADD 80 USE ALONG A LIMITED STRIP OF PROPERTIES THAT FACE NORTH AND SOUTH THAT DO NOT IN ANY WAY ADHERE TO THE FIRE DISTRICT CONCERNS OF NARROW STREETS, CHALLENGING

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TOPOGRAPHY, AND LIMITED ACCESS AND EVACUATION.

AS A HOMEOWNER IN SLEEPY HOLLOW, I AM AGAINST THE INCLUSION OF THESE LIMITED PROPERTIES INTO THE MAJORITY OF THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY, WHICH ARE SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS LISTED ABOVE REASONS.

THESE PROPERTIES SHOULD NOT BE LISTED WITH SUCH ARE AS FOLLOWS.

NUMBER ONE, HAVING AS OUR MEANS OF APPROACH ALLOWS FOR INSTANT EGRESS FOR EVACUATION, AS WELL AS IMMEDIATE ACCESS FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND FIRST RESPONDERS.

AND THE WIDTH OF THIS ROAD ALSO ALLOWS MULTIPLE EMERGENCY VEHICLES OF ALL TYPES TO PARK SIMULTANEOUSLY, IF NEEDED NUMBER TWO, CONCERNING THE CHALLENGING TOPOGRAPHY THAT HINDERS EMERGENCY ACCESS TO A MAJORITY OF HOMES IN THE COMMUNITY.

THE PROPERTIES IN QUESTION, BECAUSE THEY FRONT SR ONE 42 OR LEVEL IN LARGE PART, IF NOT IN THEIR ENTIRETY, DUE TO THE PROXIMITY TO THE ROAD, AND THIS ENJOY AN UNUSUAL EASE OF ACCESS THROUGHOUT EACH PROPERTY.

THREE, THE LOCATIONS OF THESE PROPERTIES, NORTH AND SOUTH OF STATE, ROUTE ONE 42, PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE ONLY LARGE FIRE HYDRANTS IN THE COMMUNITY.

THESE HYDRANTS ARE KNOWN FOR HAVING EXCEPTIONAL FIRE FLOW DUE TO THE WATER PRESSURE FOR EXISTING GRAVITY FEED WATER SYSTEM.

FOR THESE REASONS, THE PROPERTY HAS MENTIONED SHOULD NOT BE GROUPED WITHIN THE MAJORITY OF HOMES AFFECTED BY THE CONDITIONS CONCERNING TO THE FIRE DISTRICT AND SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ALLOWING FOR LIMITED DEVELOPMENT AT EIGHT YEARS PER STATE LAW, A CASE BY CASE REVIEW BY CITY PLANNING AND OTHER RELEVANT AGENCIES WOULD BE RECOMMENDED.

AND AT LEAST SHOULD BE SPECIFIC TO THE FOLLOWING MANDATORY AND ADEQUATE ONSITE PARKING A MAXIMUM 300 FEET DISTANCE FROM THE NEAREST FIRE HYDRANT, AND IF NECESSARY APPROVAL ONLY INCLUSIVE OR JUNIOR EIGHT YEARS AS THEY PRESENT NO ADDITIONAL STRESS TO EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND DO NOT EXPAND A DWELLINGS PLAN OCCUPANCY YOU ACCORDING TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

ACCORDINGLY, I URGE YOU TO AMEND 20 MCA ZERO ONE TO ACCOMMODATE THE LIMITED NUMBER OF HOMES NOT AFFECTED BY THE PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS, WHICH ARE USED BEING USED AS A BASIS FOR THE INSTIGATION OF THIS ORDINANCE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, DAVID.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

DO WE HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT.

I HAVE ANOTHER ONE.

AND THIS ONE IS FROM MR. STEVEN HOOD.

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR ADJUSTMENT TO THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORDINANCE REGARDING ADU.

THAT IS UNDER CONSIDERATION.

WE FEEL THERE SHOULD BE AN EXCEPTION TO THE PROPERTIES THAT HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO CARBON CANYON ROAD TO ALLOW THESE PROPERTIES TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE OVERALL RESOLUTION OF THE HOUSING CRISIS AT HAND ACCESS AND EGRESS THE PROPERTIES WITH DIRECT ACCESS TO CARBON CANYON ROAD DO NOT HAVE THE NARROW STREET WITH CONDITIONS CITED AS THE REASON FOR THE ORDINANCE.

THIS IS RECENTLY SERVICE STATE HIGHWAY THAT SERVES BETWEEN SEVEN SOUTH 7,000 AND 20,000 CARS A DAY.

THIS ROADSTERS AS THE PRIMARY EGRESS ROUTE FOR THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THIS COUNCIL AND THE GENERAL PLAN.

IF THE ROAD IS INSUFFICIENT TO HANDLE THE ADDED LOAD OF THE 80 YEARS, THE VIABILITY OF THE ROAD TO SUPPORT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THE CANYON SHOULD BE RECONSIDERED.

THESE PROPERTIES SHOULD RECEIVE SOME CONSIDERATION DUE TO THE DAILY TRAFFIC PATTERN TOPOGRAPHY BY DEFINITION, THE PROPERTIES UNDER CONSIDERATION HAVE DIRECT ACCESS HYDRANTS.

PATIENT SPACING IS VERY FREQUENT AND UP TO STANDARD DUE TO TOPOGRAPHY ISSUES.

THE WATER PRESSURE IS VERY HIGH, 180 POUNDS AT HOSE BED BEFORE REGULATOR ADDRESSING THE NEED.

THERE IS HIGH TRANSIENT POPULATION IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE HAVE PEOPLE TO LEAN TO STRUCTURES ALONG THE CREEK, LEADING TO FIRE HAZARD CONDITIONS AS THEY COOK OR ATTEMPT TO KEEP WARM THESE HOMES.

AREN'T ON THE FRONT LINE OF THE PROBLEM.

THE RESIDENTS ARE PROBABLY SOME OF THE MORE UNDERSTANDING AND LIKELY TO ACCOMMODATE THE POTENTIAL TENANTS SUBJECT TO CHALLENGE.

THE ORDINANCE IS VERY SPECIFIC TO ELIMINATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADS WITHIN A VERY SPECIFIC AREA, SLEEPY HOLLOW, HOWEVER, SPECIFIC AREAS, NOT INCLUDED IN A FREE DELIVERY AREA FOR THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER.

USUALLY THIS WOULD BE AN ALL EFFORTS ARE GOOD EFFORTS TO COMMUNICATE CATEGORY.

HOWEVER, WHEN THE ORDINANCE LIMITS DEVELOPMENT IN THE ONLY AREA NOT SERVED BY THE SITE AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATION, THERE IS NO REASON TO CHALLENGE THE ORDINANCE ON THE GROUNDS OF UNEQUAL NOTIFICATION.

THE CHALLENGE MAY BE ALSO MAY ALSO BE MOUNTED TO THE GENERAL PLAN AND THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE REQUIREMENTS THAT DO NOT ALLOW DEVELOPMENT OF THE PURCHASE.

LOTS WITHIN THE SUBDIVISION WHILE THE CITY IS HONORING DEVELOPMENT MAPS AND ADJACENT PROPERTIES TO THE PRE PROPERTIES, THE PREPARED BY THE COUNTY AND THE OUTRIGHT RESTRICTION

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OF THE 80 YEARS IS NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE STATE OF THE LAW, BUT RATHER CONTRARY TO THE SPIRIT OF THE STATE LAW, THERE SHOULD BE A PATH TO APPEAL OR SET CONDITIONS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE MET IN THIS ORDINANCE FOR THIS ORDINANCE TO STAND.

I STRONGLY URGE THE COUNCIL TO RECONSIDER THE LANGUAGE, TO RESOLVE THE ABOVE.

THIS COULD ALLOW SIGNIFICANT, BIG, SIGNIFICANT, BUT CONTROLLED ADDITION TO THE HOUSING SUPPLY AND MUCH NEEDED LOCATION.

STEPHEN HOOD, UM, BEN QUESTION ON THIS, UH, OR MAYBE, UH, BETH, IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO CHIME IN VERY DIFFICULT TO HEAR THE EXACT CON UH, CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY BOTH OF THOSE SPEAKERS.

UH, MAY I ASK JOANNE A QUESTION, JOANNE LOMBARDO PLEASE, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, AND BECAUSE THIS IS A STATE MANDATED NEW PROGRAM ON ADA'S AND WE HAD AN ADU, EXCUSE ME, AND WE HAD A VERY LENGTHY AND DETAILED REPORT ON THIS AT OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING WE'RE TONIGHT, UH, PROPOSING THAT WE GO AHEAD AND MOVE THIS FORWARD FOR A SECOND.

READING INTRODUCED BACK ON NOVEMBER 10TH.

IF YOU COULD UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS JUST VOICED, IS THERE A APPEAL PROCESS? IF IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY WANT US TO STOP THIS PROCESS, IT'S A STATE MANDATED PROCESS.

AS I UNDERSTAND THAT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A CHOICE IN THIS MATTER, BUT TO MOVE IT FORWARD.

CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT FIRST? IT IS CORRECT.

WE NEED TO COMPLY WITH STATE LAW AND THIS ORDINANCE WOULD ALLOW US TO COMPLY WITH STATE.

OKAY.

WOULD THERE BE AN APPEAL PROCESS IF SOMEONE COMES TO US WITH A PROPOSED ADU IN THIS GENERAL VICINITY OF SLEEPY HOLLOW, WHICH THEY WERE REFERRING TO, WOULD THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION? UH, IN LINE WITH THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAD A NUMBER OF WORKSHOPS AND THERE WAS A NOTIFICATION DURING THE WORKSHOPS WHEN WE HAD THE GUIDANCE FROM THE FIRE DISTRICT, THAT CERTAIN AREAS WITHIN THE CITY SHOULD BE, I WANT TO SAY EXEMPTED FROM THE ADU ORDINANCE BECAUSE THEY ARE IN A FIRE HAZARD OVERLAY AND ALSO A SMALL LOT OVERLAY.

UM, EACH OF THOSE RESIDENTS AND I PRESUME THE TWO THAT WE'RE SPEAKING TONIGHT DID GET A DIRECT MAILING FOR THOSE WORKSHOPS.

UM, WE DID HEAR FROM ONE OF THE, THE LETTER WRITERS AT THE LAST PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING THAT WE HAD TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERED IT AND THEIR DETERMINATION WAS TO STAY WITH THE FIRE DISTRICT RECOMMENDATION.

SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SECOND READING, THERE WILL BE THE STANDARD APPEAL PROCESS AND LIKE ANY ORDINANCE, THEY CAN BE AMENDED, UM, MANY TIMES.

SO IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC ISSUE THAT WE HAVE MISSED AND A RESIDENT ADDRESSES IT AND COMES TO THE COMMISSION AND THEY WANT US TO RECONSIDER, WE CAN DO IT.

I SHOULD ALSO MENTION THAT THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE WANTS IT IS FINAL.

WE'LL HAVE TO GO TO THE STATE HCD AND THEY'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT AND COMMENT ON IT AS WELL.

AND IF THE HTD FINDS SOMETHING THAT'S NOT CONSISTENT, THEY WILL SEND IT BACK TO US.

OKAY.

ANYONE ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? UH, PETER, YOU RAISED YOUR HAND FIRST.

I'M SORRY, JUST REAL QUICK.

AND IT'S PROBABLY A, RAY MAY SAY THE SAME THING.

UH, BUT I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM DAVID I, WHO IS THE FIRST LETTER AND HE LIVES RIGHT ON CARBON CANYON ROAD AND HIS, AND HE HAD SEVERAL POINTS THAT HE MADE, BUT REALLY THE MAIN ONE IS, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE MAP COULD BE SLIGHTLY REDRAWN TO INCLUDE SOME OF THE HOMES THAT ARE ON CARBON CANYON ROAD THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT VERSUS THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY? THAT IS, HE GETS IT, THAT'S NOT ACCESSIBLE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THAT MAY LIMIT, HE, I THINK HE SAID THERE WERE ABOUT 20 AFFECTED UNITS OR HOMES ALONG THAT STRETCH.

AND I SAID, WRITE A LETTER.

AND AT THE, YOU KNOW, I WOULD, I WOULD MENTION SOMETHING.

UM, BUT I, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW TIGHT THE MAP HAS TO BE.

IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO OPEN THE MAP UP A LITTLE BIT, TO LET SOME OF THOSE HOMES ALONG CARBON CANYON ROAD BE ALLOWED INTO THIS, UH, AND IN THE OTHERS NOT ALLOWED TO DO THE 80 USE AND JUNIOR AID TO USE, BUT I SAID, I MENTIONED IT AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S PROBABLY SIMILAR.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, FIRST OF ALL, YOU DIDN'T MENTION IT EARLIER THAT EVEN THOUGH WE DO HAVE THIS ORDINANCE AND IT MOVES THROUGH WITH THE CITY, SAY WE APPROVE IT TONIGHT, OR WE MOVE IT FORWARD.

IT STILL NEEDS TO BE APPROVED BY HCD.

SO ONCE ACD REVIEWS, IT THEY'LL LOOK AT IT.

THERE IS A SECTION ON WILD LAND INTERFACE THAT I WOULD IMAGINE THEY'LL PROBABLY LOOK AT STATE.

AND THEN ALSO MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IF AN INDIVIDUAL IS UNHAPPY WITH THE CITY ORDINANCE, THAT THEY CAN MAKE CONTACT DIRECTLY TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THAT THERE'S A NUMBER FOR THE INDIVIDUAL TO

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SORT OF PLEAD THEIR CASE.

SO THAT'S SORT OF HOW THE STATE WOULD LIKE TO.

OKAY.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY ASSISTANT THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS RAISED THEIR HAND.

UH, BETH, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT ABOUT THIS, RIGHT? AND YOU HAD ASKED, UM, WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE TO APPROVE IT TONIGHT ON, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO APPROVE IT TONIGHT.

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD.

IF YOU DID WANT TO LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE OF WHETHER IT COULD, WHETHER IT SHOULD BE WITH REDRAWN.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT FOR YOU, THAT YOU CAN CERTAINLY MOVE FORWARD WITH IT AS IT IS, BUT YOU COULD ALSO JUST ASK THAT THE ITEM BE CONTINUED TO THE NEXT MEETING AND HAVE THAT ISSUE LOOKED AT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO YOU, IF YOU HAD TO VENTURE AN OPINION TO US, OUR RECOMMENDATION, CAN WE ASK YOU WHAT THAT MIGHT BE? I KNOW I'M PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT.

I WOULD RECOMMEND LOOK, WELL, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S A POLICY DECISION, BUT, UM, I WOULD RECOMMEND LOOKING INTO IT, YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY WE'LL GO HCD, BUT IF THERE IS, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK INTO IT AND DECIDE THERE'S NO VULNERABILITY, THEN THAT'S GREAT.

BUT IF THERE IS, YOU KNOW, THESE INS TO DO AS THE MEMBERS OF PUBLIC SUGGESTS, THEN THAT'S WHY WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE PROCESS THAT TAKES SO LONG SO THAT ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN BE HEARD AND ALL ISSUES RAISED.

OKAY.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH, HEARING THAT COMMENT AND ADVICE FROM BETH, UH, I'M GOING TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, OH, WAIT, I'M SORRY, CYNTHIA.

UH, WHEN THIS NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED BY FOR THEM TO SUBMIT TO THE STATE THERE ISN'T A DEADLINE.

OKAY.

SO, UH, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO PULL THIS ITEM, SEND IT BACK FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION.

PETER.

YOU'LL MAKE THAT.

ALRIGHT.

DO I HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY BRIAN.

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S HAVE A VERBAL VOTE ON THIS ITEM.

NUMBER 12, TWO MAYOR.

I'M SORRY.

COULD I, I'M SORRY.

CAN I INTERRUPT US? IT WOULD BE BEST, I THINK, TO CONTINUE THE ITEM TO A, A CERTAIN DATE SO THAT WE DON'T GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS AGAIN.

SO I, I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH TIME, UH, THE COMMUNITY DIRECTOR WOULD WANT TO LOOK INTO IT, BUT IT WOULD BE BETTER TO DO THAT.

SO WE JUST CONTINUE THE SECOND READING.

OKAY.

JOANNE, DID YOU COME BACK UP? UH, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE RIGHT UP AGAINST HOLIDAYS.

UH, WHAT WOULD BE REASONABLE ON THE 60 DAYS, 90 DAYS? WHAT, WHAT WOULD YOU THINK? WELL, LET'S TAKE IT BACK IN JANUARY.

I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE DISTRICT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE FIRE DISTRICT THAT EXCLUDED THIS PARTICULAR AREA.

SO WE WILL WANT THEM TO WEIGH IN AND TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FINDINGS AS TO WHETHER IN THEIR OPINION, THIS IS APPROPRIATE TO EXEMPT THESE PARTICULAR HOMES.

SO I WOULD, UH, LOOK AT A DATE PERHAPS AT THE END OF JANUARY, MAYBE THE SECOND MEETING IN JANUARY.

OKAY.

AND I DO BELIEVE, I DON'T, I DON'T BELIEVE THE FIRE DISTRICT IS DARK IN DECEMBER, SO WE WERE THERE EARLY IN THE MONTH.

UH, SO THAT WOULD GIVE US A SUFFICIENT TIME TO GET AN OPINION FROM THEM SO THEY CAN, AGENDIZE IT, DISCUSS IT AND SEE IF THAT WOULD AGREE.

BE AGREEABLE OR NOT.

RIGHT.

WELL, WE'LL WORK WITH THE FIRE MARSHALL ON GETTING THE FIRE DISTRICTS HERE.

YEAH.

YEAH.

DANIELLE WOULD TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT.

CAUSE SHE GAVE A PRESENTATION AT THE LAST FIREBOARD MEETING LAST WEEK.

I WAS GOING TO REPORT ON IT LATER, BUT OKAY.

UH, SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION, UH, BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, IF WE COULD HAVE SOMEBODY FROM THE FIRE FIRE DISTRICT HERE, CAUSE I HAVE A FEELING IT'S NOT JUST THE ROADS THAT THEY HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT.

THERE'S PROBABLY OTHER REASONS.

AND I WOULD BE ABLE TO, I WOULD LIKE TO SORT OF VET THAT TO FIND OUT WHAT THOSE, ALL THE REASONS ARE WE'RE EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF, SINCE THERE'S NO SIGNIFICANT DEADLINE THAT WE HAVE TO MEET, MILES WILL ANSWER A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

AND IN KEEPING WITH BETH'S SUGGESTION THAT WE DO A DATE CERTAIN, WOULD IT BE BETTER TO DO MAYBE THE FIRST MEETING IN FEBRUARY? WOULD THAT GIVE ADEQUATE TIME YOU THINK TO GET SUFFICIENT INPUT? ALRIGHT, WELL WITH THAT TOO, WOULD YOU ONE LAST QUESTION? YES.

SINCE THEY ARE OKAY.

TODAY, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AN ADU, WE HAVE TO MOVE WITHIN 60 DAYS.

CORRECT.

SO IF SOMEBODY WAS TO MOVE FORWARD TOMORROW WITH AN ADU, WHAT WOULD BE OUR RESPONSE, AN ADU IN ANY OF THESE AREAS? THE ISSUE WOULD BE THAT IF THE FIRE DISTRICT'S RECOMMENDATION IS APPROPRIATE, IF WE DON'T ADOPT THIS ORDINANCE AND IF NOT ONLY THESE PARTICULAR LETTER WRITERS, BUT OTHER RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN THE MORE CONSTRAINED AREA, EITHER SLEEPY HOLLOW OR CANON LANE THAT ARE EXEMPTED FROM THE ADU ORDINANCE, THEY CAN PROCEED AND PUT IT INTO APPLICATION AND THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO PUT A, TO USE WITHIN THOSE RESTRICTED AREAS.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S A CONSIDERATION AT THE COUNCIL MAY WANT TO CONSIDER.

OKAY.

HONESTLY, I, YOU JUST SAID IF THERE WERE, UM, IF THERE'S NOT AN ORDINANCE TODAY, THEN THEY'RE NOT, THERE'S NOTHING

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THAT WOULD BE AGAINST THEM.

THAT'S CORRECT.

SO THAT'S THE CASE THEN WE NEED TO DO IT SOMETHING 60 DAYS OR LESS.

WOULD THAT BE APPROPRIATE? YOU'RE RIGHT.

I THINK WE CAN TAKE IT.

DEFINITELY.

UM, IF NOT THE FIRST MEETING IN JANUARY, THE SECOND MEETING IN CHEN.

OKAY.

SO SECOND MEETING, WOULD THAT, COULD I GET A, UH, AMEND THE AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION? ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

YEP.

ALL RIGHT.

WE GOT THE FIRST BY REPEATER.

SECOND BY RAISE THAT STILL GOOD.

RIGHT? OR WAS IT WAIT, I'M SORRY.

I LOST TRACK THERE.

OKAY.

UH, FIRST AND THE SECOND, UH, VERBAL VOTE PLEASE.

MAYOR BENNETT.

YES.

VICE MAYOR.

JOE'S YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS.

OKAY.

MOVING ALONG

[22. Approve allocation of $163,747 Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus funds to Meal Voucher Program assisting low-to-moderate income households affected by COVID-19 pandemic]

TO THE DISCUSSION CALENDAR, THIS PORTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDAS FOR ALL MATTERS WHERE STAFF AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS ANTICIPATED.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIA ZOOM OR DIAL STAR NINE TO BE SELECTED FOR THE MEETING QUEUE.

UH, INDIVIDUAL AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED THREE MINUTES.

THE FIRST ITEM IS ITEM 22.

UH, AND WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT ON THAT, BUT LET'S READ INTO THE RECORD WHAT THAT COVERS APPROVED ALLOCATION OF $163,747 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS TWO MEAL VOUCHER PROGRAM ASSISTING LOW TO MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS EFFECTED BY CORONA.

UH, EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME.

COVID 19 PANDEMIC.

EASY FOR ME TO SAY, RIGHT? YEAH.

GO RIGHT AHEAD.

WE ARE HERE THIS EVENING TO PRESENT FOR JUST A LITTLE BIT FOR, WE ARE HERE THIS EVENING, UH, FOR ACCOUNT TO PRESENT FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION A MEAL VOUCHER PROGRAM TO BE FUNDED BY THE CDBG CARES ACT FUND, THE PROGRAM WOULD CONSIST OF AN EIGHT $20 MEAL VOUCHERS PER MONTH, PER HOUSEHOLD VOUCHERS WOULD BE REDEEMED AT LOCAL CHANNEL HILLS.

PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS FROM A PRESELECTED MENU.

VOUCHERS WOULD ONLY BE REDEEMABLE FOR TAKEOUT.

NO DINE-IN THE PROGRAM WOULD BE OPEN CITY-WIDE WITH PARTICIPANTS, HAVING TO INCOME, QUALIFY, AND DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

IF APPROVED THE PROGRAM WOULD BE EXPECTED TO LAUNCH IN JANUARY AND RUN.

UM, TENTATIVELY THROUGH MARCH, CURRENTLY STAFF IS IN THE PROCESS OF OUTREACHING TO RESTAURANTS FOR INTEREST IN PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

OKAY.

SO WHAT WAS THE DOLLAR LIMIT PER FAMILY ON THAT? THEY WERE $8 VOUCHERS AND THIS ARE LIMIT VERBALLY CHARGED AT $20, EIGHT AT 20 PER FAMILY.

SO $160, CORRECT.

OKAY.

UH, ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF ON THIS? I WOULD RECOMMEND IF WE'RE GOING TO GO, OH, EXCUSE ME.

IS THERE ANYONE ONLINE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

OKAY.

UH, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS OUT ON OUR CITY WEBSITE, UH, GIVE IT TO THE CHAMPION, UH, GET IT CIRCULATED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, UH, WITH AS MUCH, UH, INFORMATION AS TO THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO QUALIFY FOR THIS AND THAT WE DO EVERYTHING, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS BEING RIGHT UP AGAINST THE HOLIDAYS.

IT WOULD BE NICE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ISSUE THESE VOUCHERS RATHER QUICKLY OR IS THERE A PRE-APPROVAL OR A VETTING OUT THAT MUST OCCUR? THAT'S GOING TO DELAY IT A COUPLE OF WEEKS OR WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S YOUR THINKING? UM, SO THE EXPECTED DATE WOULD BE EARLY MARCH.

UM, SO THERE ARE TWO STEPS TO THE, TO THE PROGRAM.

WE'D HAVE TO, UM, GET PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS TO SEE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING NOW.

UM, AND THEN THE SECOND STEP WOULD BE, UM, VETTING OUT THE PARTICIPANTS IN QUALIFYING THEM.

OKAY.

OKAY.

SO THIS IS NO WAY GOING TO AFFECT HOLIDAYS AT THIS POINT.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

ANYONE HAVE A QUESTION? A YES.

QUESTION.

OKAY.

UM, SO WE HAVE ROUGHLY 175 RESTAURANTS THAT ARE DEFINED AS RESTAURANTS, LIKE FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

SO, UM, ARE WE GOING TO ASK ONES THAT ARE, EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY BE CLASSIFIED AS A RESTAURANT, IT MIGHT NOT BE FINE WHEN LIKE THIS, LIKE, WOULD YOU INCLUDE LIKE A STARBUCKS BECAUSE THEY HAVE FOOD? UM, CURRENTLY WE ARE NOT INCLUDING STARBUCKS BECAUSE ARE CERTAIN HEALTH REQUIREMENTS OR THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE MEAL.

OKAY.

SO, BUT WE'RE EXCLUDING OBVIOUSLY LIKE ALL THE FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS FOR NOW.

UM, EXCEPT MAYBE LIKE POLO LOCO CHIPOLA, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'LL HELP HER OUT.

IF WE COULD GET, UM, THE LIST THAT YOU'RE USING TO REACH OUT.

I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO KNOW WHO, JUST SO WE CAN KNOW WHO YOU'RE REACHING OUT TO.

CAUSE THAT MAKES THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

THEY'RE NOT INCLUDING FAST FOOD BECAUSE THEY HAVE REQUIREMENTS.

THEY HAVE HEALTH WISE.

SO I THINK WE SHOULD KNOW WHO THEY'RE REACHING OUT TO.

AND THEN, UM, WE'RE GIVING OUT THE VOUCHERS PER HOUSEHOLD.

SO WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S ONE PERSON OR SIX PEOPLE IN A HOUSEHOLD THEY'RE STILL GOING TO BE GIVEN THE SAME AMOUNT.

YES.

NOW IS THAT OUR

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RULE OR THE RULE FROM THEM? OH, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? UM, YOU KNOW, WE RAISED, WE CHANGED THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT WERE REQUIRED UNDER THE OTHER, UH, INCENTIVES AND, AND HELPS.

UM, MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD, UH, DO A SLIDING SCALE AND ISSUE BASED UPON NUMBER OF FACTORS.

IS THERE A PERSON OR A FAMILY OF FOUR AND THEY'RE GOING TO GET THE SAME AMOUNT.

OKAY.

BECAUSE WHY DID WE COME UP WITH EIGHT? IT WAS JUST, OH, WE FIGURED FOR TWO WEEKS, HALF A MONTH, ROUGHLY MAYOR AND COUNCIL, IF I CAN WEIGH IN, UM, WHEN WE WERE STRUCTURING THIS PROGRAM, WE LOOKED AT OTHER MODELS OUT IN OTHER COMMUNITIES, BUT ALSO ULTIMATELY WE WANTED TO HAVE A PROGRAM THAT WE KNEW, UH, COULD REACH AS MANY FAMILIES AS POSSIBLE.

THERE ARE OTHER PROGRAMS OUT THERE, UH, THAT, UH, COMPETE WITH THIS, UH, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HAVE A DUPLICATION OF SERVICE.

SO, UH, WE WOULD BE MORE THAN WILLING TO CHANGE IT.

IT'S JUST, WE HAD TO PICK A STRUCTURE AND PRESENT IT TO THE COUNCIL.

AND SO HAVING EIGHT MEALS, UH, FOR A SINGLE HOUSEHOLD WAS JUST A STARTING POINT.

SO WOULD A PROGRAM LIKE SNAP, KEEP SOMEBODY FROM BEING ABLE TO EAT? YES.

OH, WOW.

OKAY.

SO FOOD STAMPS.

SO THEY DON'T WANT ANY DOUBLE-DIPPING KIND OF, YEAH.

OKAY.

WELL YOU SAID A COUPLE MORE, SO THEN THE WAY THAT WE'RE GONNA LIKE IDENTIFY PROGRAM APPLICANTS, UM, WE'RE SAYING WE'RE GOING TO REACH OUT TO THE CHINO HILLS, SENIOR GROUPS, UM, PEOPLE THAT HAVE APPLIED FOR OUR HOME IMPROVEMENT GRANTS IN THE PAST, BUT THAT HASN'T BEEN TOO MANY.

HAS IT, LIKE, WHAT DID YOU SAY? LIKE UNDER 50 PEOPLE? UM, BETWEEN LIKE 50 AND A HUNDRED OVER THE LAST 10.

SO I'M JUST BRINGING UP THAT WE'RE REACHING OUT TO THAT, BUT THAT'S RELATIVELY SMALL POOL OF PEOPLE THAT WE'RE CASTING THAT TO.

AND THEN THOSE THAT ARE SERVED BY THE HOPE RESOURCE CENTER.

SO THE ONES THAT ARE SERVED IS THAT BASED ON LIKE THE SIGN-IN SHEETS AT THE HOPE RESOURCE CENTER THAT LIT LIKE LIZ, LAURA KEEPS TRACK OF WHO GOES, RIGHT.

WHOEVER IS IN THEIR DATABASE AND THAT'S ONLY LIKE A DIRECT OUTREACH.

OBVIOUSLY THERE'LL BE CITYWIDE MARKETING ALL OF THE USUAL, BUT THOSE WILL BE LIKE DIRECT, UH, WE'LL SEND POSTCARD OR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS TO THEM.

IF, IF A FAMILY IT QUALIFIES FOR FREE LUNCH PROGRAM THROUGH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, ARE THEY DISQUALIFIED TO APPLY? YES.

YEAH.

THAT'S A WHOLE, THAT'S A TON OF PEOPLE.

WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO REACH OUT TO PLACES OF WORSHIP AS WELL NOW PASTORS AND THOSE FOLKS MIGHT KNOW OF PEOPLE THAT ARE KIND OF ON THE CUSP AND YEAH, IT'S JUST ONE MORE TOOL IN THEIR ARSENAL TO HELP THOSE PEOPLE.

YEAH.

MR. AMERICA, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

FIRST OF ALL, UM, I KNOW THE CITY OF CHINO HAS A MEAL PROGRAM AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF OUR CONSTITUENTS THAT ACTUALLY UTILIZE THOSE, THOSE PROGRAMS. UM, CAN WE CALL THEM AS A RESOURCE TO SEE WHO FROM CHINO HILLS IS TAKING PART? UH, THEY WOULD BE INELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM IF THEY'RE ALREADY PARTICIPATING IN THEIR PROGRAM.

OKAY.

SO WHERE DID I LOOK AT? THIS IS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A PROGRAM IN CHINO HILLS.

THEY HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE OUR CITY BOUNDARIES TOO, TO GET FOOD.

RIGHT.

BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE STILL RECEIVING FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.

SO THEY WOULD EITHER HAVE TO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THAT, IN THAT PROGRAM AND COME TO OURS.

THEY CAN'T BE IN BOTH PROGRAMS AT THE SAME TIME, BUT OURS IS VERY LIMITED.

SO ONCE THE MONEY'S GONE, THE PROGRAM'S OVER RIGHT OR MARCH WILL BE DONE.

RIGHT.

WELL, DEPENDING ON PARTICIPANTS, BUT THAT'S IT.

AND THEN AS FAR AS RESTAURANTS, WE HAVE TWO GOLF COURSES THAT HAVE RESTAURANTS.

HAVE WE MADE CONTACT WITH HIM AT ALL? NOT YET.

WHAT ABOUT BOYS REPUBLIC? THEY DO FOOD THERE TOO.

NOT YET, BUT UM, OKAY.

YEAH, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

WHAT'S OUR THINKING ON IT.

WELL, ONE OR THE OTHER, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

IS THERE AN INCOME REQUIREMENT ON THIS ELMA? YES.

OKAY.

SO LET'S SEE IN HERE, I DIDN'T READ IT, BUT I GUESS WE'RE REALLY GOING TO HAVE TO BE CREATIVE WITH FINDING A NICHE OF PEOPLE BECAUSE WITH THIS NO ALLOWING OF THE DOUBLE-DIPPING, IT'S LIKE IT'S EXCLUDING A LOT OF, A LOT OF PEOPLE TO YOUR POINT.

IF, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ONLY GOING TO ALLOW EIGHT PER MONTH, YOU KNOW, AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO THREAD THAT NEEDLE OF FINDING PEOPLE THAT AREN'T ON FOOD STAMPS OR AREN'T ON OTHER PROGRAMS. AND I SAY, WE INCREASED THE NUMBER.

IF YOU FIND THIS UNICORN OF PEOPLE THAT AREN'T ALREADY BEING SERVED, WE MIGHT AS WELL THROW MONEY AT IT.

AM I OKAY? AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S LIMITED EIGHT PER MONTH.

THAT'S JUST EIGHT PERIOD, RIGHT? OR IS IT PER, IS IT PER MONTH? PER MONTH PER HOUSEHOLD.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

OKAY.

SORRY.

AND ONE MORE THING THAT IT REMINDED ME WHEN ART BROUGHT UP BOYS REPUBLIC.

I'M NOT SURE IF THEY, IF PEOPLE, IF PEOPLE CAN BUY FOOD FROM THEM, BUT I KNOW THAT THE VAPS TEMPLE HAS A RESTAURANT THAT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

YEAH.

BUT THEY'RE CLOSED RIGHT NOW.

THEY'RE ONLY DOING THE SNACK SHOP IS ONLY OPEN AT THE VAPS.

UM,

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OKAY.

THIS IS, THIS IS LIKE GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS.

YEAH.

IT'S NICE TO THINK THAT WE HAVE MONEY AVAILABLE TO GIVE TO THEM, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS SO RESTRICTIVE ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN OR CAN'T QUALIFY FOR.

UM, IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN GO BACK AND LOOSEN THOSE RESTRICTIONS? DO WE HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THAT? IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN SAY THAT? OKAY.

JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE ON THIS PROGRAM OR THAT, THAT DOESN'T NOT QUALIFY YOU FOR THIS.

I MEAN, IS THERE A WAY WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AND SUPPORT IT? UM, SO THAT IT DID, UM, IT IS A HUD GUIDELINE THAT WE, YOU CAN'T BE RECEIVING, UM, ASSISTANCE FROM MULTIPLE FEDERAL RESOURCES FOR THOSE SAME THING.

SO THE ONLY THING WE COULD DO IS SEE WHAT TYPE OF ASSISTANCE THEY'RE RECEIVING AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT GETTING MORE THAN THE MEALS NECESSARY FOR THE MONTH.

I GUESS IT WOULD BE MORE OF AN ANALYTICAL APPROACH TO THE APPLICATION AS OPPOSED TO THE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.

OKAY.

I THINK BECAUSE OF THE RESTRICTIONS OF THEN NOT BEING ABLE TO QUALIFY, IF THEY'RE INVOLVED WITH ANY OF THESE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT MAY BE FOR THOSE THAT WE CAN FIND THAT CAN QUALIFY FOR OURS, THEN WE GIVE SERIOUS CONSIDERATION TO BOOSTING THE NUMBER PER MONTH PER FAMILY, SO THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY TO WHATEVER MIGHT BE THE EQUIVALENT OF WHAT THEY'RE GETTING THROUGH SOME OF THESE OTHER PROGRAMS, BECAUSE EIGHT $20 VOUCHERS FOR A FAMILY, LET'S SAY THEY'RE SIX, YOU KNOW, EASY MATH.

IF THERE'S FOUR IN THE FAMILY, THEY EACH GET TWO $20 MEALS IN A MONTH TIME.

UH, THAT WILL I'M SURE HELP THEM, BUT NOT TO THE EXTENT THAT I THINK WE AS A COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO HELP THEM.

SO I THINK WE NEED TO FIND OUT IF THERE'S A WAY WE CAN HONE IN ON THOSE THAT AREN'T GOING TO BE DISQUALIFIED BECAUSE OF OTHER PROGRAMS THEY'RE IN AND THEN REALLY THROW AS MUCH MONEY AT THEM AS WE CAN.

IS THAT SOUND LIKE A GOOD IDEA? RYAN MADE A REALLY GOOD COMMENT.

CHURCHES.

THEY HAVE FOOD, FOOD BANKS.

YEAH.

AND THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WE PROBABLY SHOULD BE LOOKING AT CARING FOR THE HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE.

THERE'S ANOTHER ONE IN CHINO.

I CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME OR THEY PROVIDE FOOD.

THOSE, THOSE ARE THE ORGANIZATIONS WE POSSIBLY COULD TALK, TALK WITH AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY POTENTIALLY, IF THEY'RE NOT RECEIVING FEDERAL ASSISTANCE, THAT'S PRETTY SURE THEY'RE NOT LIKE I KNOW PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING THERE AND GETTING SERVICE FROM THOSE ORGANIZATIONS MAY EVEN FEDERAL FUNDS, BUT NOT THAT PROGRAM, BUT THE INDIVIDUALS THAT'S THE PROBLEM.

SEE THEY COULD BE GETTING FEDERAL NUMBERS AND STILL GO THERE TO THESE FOOD PANTRIES.

BUT IF THEY'RE IN FEDERAL, THEN WE CAN'T GIVE THEM ANY MORE.

BUT WHAT I'M SAYING, THERE'S PROBABLY PEOPLE THERE THAT JUST LOST THEIR JOB.

THEY'RE TRYING TO GET TO, THEY'RE NOT IN THE PROGRAM, PULL OUT THE STOPS, ANYTHING WE CAN GO AFTER THAT, THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THE CAN POSSIBLY FIND CANDIDATES FOR THE, THE DOLLARS.

AND THEN ONCE WE GET SOME SORT OF AN IDEA ON HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE AND MAYBE WHAT AN AVERAGE SIZE FAMILY THEY HAVE, THEN WE CAN BRING IT BACK HERE, MAKE A, UH, AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE LIMIT.

WOULD THAT WORK? DO WE HAVE TO SET THE NUMBER THERE? I'M GOING TO ASK ALMA FOR A PROCESS QUESTION.

I KNOW OUR NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO BRING THIS BACK FOR A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO OUR, UH, HUD PLAN.

CORRECT.

AND THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY.

AND SO W UM, BETWEEN NOW, AND THEN, COULD WE LOOK AT, UH, SCALING WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO THE INDIVIDUAL A LITTLE DIFFERENT WHEN I'M HEARING FROM THE COUNCIL, AS YOU'D LIKE US TO MAKE THIS AS ATTRACTIVE AS POSSIBLE, GIVEN THAT LIKELY PEOPLE, PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO, UH, DISCONTINUE A CURRENT MEAL PROGRAM.

I KNOW THAT WHEN ALMA WAS DOING THE RESEARCH, UM, MANY OF THE PROGRAMS THAT I WOULD CALL COMPETITORS FOR THIS HAD ONGOING FUNDING, BUT WE WEREN'T SURE WHEN THAT FUNDING WOULD BE EXHAUSTED.

SO THE GOAL WAS TO HAVE A PROGRAM THAT MIGHT PICK UP AS OTHERS, UH, SUNSET IT, BUT ALSO WE, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD, UH, UH, COULD SERVE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.

BUT AS YOU POINTED IN THAT, WE'RE LOOKING FOR UNICORNS AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE A RARE CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE THIS BETTER THAN THE OTHER.

MAYBE ALMA WILL RUN SOME NUMBERS ON WHAT EIGHT VERSUS 20 WOULD PROVIDE ALMA IN YOUR RESEARCH WITH OTHER CITIES.

HOW ARE THEY MANAGING THIS? IF THIS IS NATIONWIDE WITH ALL PEOPLE THAT ARE DEALING WITH RECEIVING FEDERAL FUNDS, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THEY DOING I GUESS, IN ORDER TO TARGET THEIR RESONANCE? WELL, A LOT OF AGENCIES OR LARGE OR LARGER ORGANIZATIONS ALREADY HAVE, UM, MEAL PROGRAMS IN PLACE AT THEIR ORG, YOU KNOW, IN THEIR LOCAL JURISDICTION.

SO THEY'RE JUST MODIFYING THEIR PROGRAMS TO FIT THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC RULES.

UM, SO THEY ALREADY HAVE AN EXISTING DATABASE.

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OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

YEP.

OKAY.

I'LL ADD THAT.

I'M ALSO HEARING FOR THE COUNCIL.

YOU WANT US TO EXHAUST ALL POSSIBLE SOURCES OF PARTICIPANTS AS A COUNCIL MEMBER.

MARK HAS POINTED OUT.

WE MAY HAVE CHINO HILLS RESIDENTS PARTICIPATING IN PROGRAMS AND OTHER COMMUNITIES.

IT'D BE EASY ENOUGH FOR US TO REACH OUT TO THEM, TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE HAVE A PROGRAM THAT MAY SUIT THEIR NEEDS DIFFERENTLY.

SO WE'LL, WE WILL DEFINITELY BE REACHING OUT AND TURNING OVER EVERY ROCK POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.

AND THEN WE'LL STRUCTURE IT IN A WAY THAT WE THINK MIGHT MAKE IT ATTRACTIVE.

OKAY.

I HAVE A COUPLE MORE FOR ELMO.

GO AHEAD.

ONE MORE QUESTIONS.

ELLEN, CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT THE INCOME REQUIREMENT IS? IT SAYS LOW TO MODERATE.

SO HOW DO THEY DEFINE THAT? UM, IF MY MEMORY IS CORRECT IS LIKE, UH, FOR OUR HOUSEHOLD OF FOUR IS THE MAXIMUM INCOME IS 60,000.

OKAY.

AND THEN IF SOMEONE IS RECEIVING, UM, UNEMPLOYMENT FROM EDD, DOES THAT DISQUALIFY THEM TO APPLY? CAUSE IT STATE.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE BECAUSE OF COVID THEY'RE NOT WORKING THEY'RE ON EDD, BUT SO THEY COULD STILL QUALIFY, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF INDEPENDENT PEOPLE, SINGLE PEOPLE OR PEOPLE THAT HAVE FAMILY.

SO IF THEY'RE ON THE EDISON CARE PROGRAM, DOES THAT DISQUALIFY THEM? NO.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER OPTION IS THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE GETTING SUBSIDIZING FOR THE UTILITIES, THEY QUALIFY FOR CARE OR WHETHER IT'S LIKE, UM, EVEN OUR WATER BILLS.

WE CAN FIND THE LIST OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GETTING A DISCOUNT ON THE CITY, WATER BILL.

THOSE ARE PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE DOING THAT.

AND THEN THE ONLY LAST COMMENT I HAD IS THAT I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR BEST TO REACH OUT TO ALL THESE RESTAURANTS.

BUT I WOULD ASK BEN THAT IF STAFF FEELS THAT THEY'VE EXHAUSTED THE OUTREACH TO RESTAURANTS AND THEY FEEL THEY HAVE TO START GOING OUTSIDE OF CHINO HILLS, THAT YOU LET US KNOW, BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN.

I WANT US TO USE CHINO HILLS.

SURE.

I THINK WE ALL WOULD FEEL MORE FUEL MORE THAN COMFORTABLE GOING TO OUR LOCAL RESTAURANTS.

WE FREQUENT AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO SIGN UP.

RIGHT.

MR. MEREDITH MET MY LAST COMMENT.

I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU.

I KNOW THIS WAS A LOT OF WORK AND IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK, BUT WE TRULY DO.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

YEAH.

OUR BIGGEST CONCERN IS WE WANT TO GET AS MUCH MONEY TO THE PEOPLE THAT NEEDED THAT CAN QUALIFY.

I THINK THAT'S SIMPLY PUT, SO WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO ON THIS? DO WE NEED TO FORMERLY TAKE A VOTE TO DO THIS BECAUSE IT'S THIS SESSION ITEM, DO WE NEED TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT SHE DO THE THINGS THAT WE'VE JUST ASKED HER TO DO? PROCEDURALLY, HOW DO WE NEED TO DEAL WITH IT? I BELIEVE, UM, OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS, OR WE WERE LOOKING FOR THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION TO APPROVE THE MEAL VOUCHER PROGRAM.

WE'LL MAKE MODIFICATIONS TO IT AND BRING THAT FORTH AS PART OF OUR DISCUSSION OF THE, UH, UH, ITS SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT.

AND SO, UH, IF YOU WOULD, UH, IF YOU'RE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM, AT LEAST IN THE CONCEPT, WE'LL TWEAK THE, THE NUMBERS SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE BACK CONSIDERATION FOR THE ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION.

OKAY.

SO PLEASE, THE FIRST BY RAY AND ALL SECOND SECOND BY BRIAN VERBAL VOTE, PLEASE.

MAYOR BENNETT.

YES.

VICE MARY JO'S.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS.

YES.

OKAY.

WE NOW HAVE A RECEIVE

[23. Receive and file Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) update]

AND FILE CORONA VIRUS DISEASE, 2019 UPDATE BEN.

YES.

THANK YOU, MIRROR, UH, IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY AWARE OF, UH, THE IMPACTS OF THE CORONAVIRUS, BOTH LOCALLY AND, AND, AND WIDER REACH.

UH, WE PERIODICALLY COMMENT ON, UH, WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON, UH, A FEW NOTEWORTHY ITEMS HERE.

UM, THE CITY, UH, TOOK STEPS AFTER GETTING CLARIFICATION ON GUIDANCE FROM THE STATE TO REOPEN, UH, VOLLEYBALL COURTS, UH, AND, UH, PICKLE BALL, UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE GUIDANCE THAT THAT COULD BE DONE IN A SAFE MANNER.

AND SO WE'VE TAKEN, UH, THOSE STEPS RECENTLY, UH, NOVEMBER 13TH, HOWEVER, UH, TO PAINT THE PICTURE OF HOW THINGS CHANGE FAIRLY QUICKLY, THE STATE ISSUED TRAVEL ADVISORIES.

AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS AWARE THAT, UH, IF YOU HAVE, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY, YOU SHOULD NOT TAKE A NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL.

UH, AND THAT, UH, THE STATE IS RECOMMENDING THAT PERSONS ARRIVING IN CALIFORNIA, SELF QUARANTINE, UH, ALL OF THESE, UH, ITEMS SHOW THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN CONCERN AND RESTRICTIONS, UH, AS THE COVID VIRUS CONTINUES TO SPREAD, UM, NOVEMBER 18TH, THE CITY, UH, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, UH, HOSTED A FREE FLU SHOT AND COVID-19 TESTING EVENT AT THE MCCOY AND EQUESTRIAN CENTER, I HAVE TO THINK, I REALLY HAVE TO THANK STAFF, BOTH IN OUR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM AND AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER FOR, UH, HELPING TO FACILITATE THIS.

I KNOW THAT THE COUNTY SAID IT WAS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL, UH, PROGRAM

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OF ITS KIND.

WE HAD OVER 500 PEOPLE PARTICIPATE, AND I WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR COMING OUT BECAUSE IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAXIMIZE THOSE RESOURCES AND TESTS, TESTS, TESTS, UM, NOVEMBER 24TH, UH, JUST LAST WEEK, UM, UH, THE, THE CITY, OR ACTUALLY TONIGHT WE'RE ANNOUNCING THAT WE'RE EXTENDING OUR CLOSURES.

UH, WE HAVE A FEW AMENITIES MAINLY, UH, SOME OF OUR FACILITIES, UH, THAT REMAIN CLOSE.

WE LOOK AT THIS, UH, IF NOT DAILY, WEEKLY TO ASSESS WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN REOPEN, UH, UM, FACILITIES GIVEN THE INCREASE IN TRANSMISSION.

UH, IT'S PROBABLY NOT LIKELY THAT ANYTHING WOULD CHANGE DRAMATICALLY TO WHERE BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WE WOULD BE, UH, REOPENING, UH, ANY OF THOSE AMENITIES.

UM, I'LL ALSO NOTE THAT ON THE 19TH, UM, THE GOVERNOR, UH, UH, ANNOUNCED THE LIMITED STAY AT HOME ORDER PROHIBITING, UH, GATHERINGS AND SUCH AFTER 10:00 PM.

UH, ONE THING I WANT TO CALL ATTENTION TO AS MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS, AS YOU WATCH, YOU KNOW, LOCAL NEWS, YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN, UH, IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, YOU REALLY WANT TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THESE DIFFERENT, UH, HEALTH ORDERS AFFECT OUR, UH, COUNTY SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IS NOT LA COUNTY, UH, AND SPECIFICALLY HOW THINGS ARE IMPACTED IN THE CITY.

AND THEN ONE LAST PROGRAM IS, AS THE COUNCIL IS AWARE, WE SUSPENDED OUR STREET SWEEPING, UH, CITATION PROGRAM, UH, IN RECOGNITION OF THE, UH, MANDATORY STAY AT HOME ORDERS.

UM, WE HAVE, UH, A RESPONSIBILITY AS A CITY TO PERFORM STREET SWEEPING IN ORDER TO KEEP OUR STREETS CLEAN AND TO KEEP, UH, COMPLIANCE WITH OUR STORM DRAIN SYSTEM.

UH, WE HAVE, UH, BEEN PERFORMING OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO CONTINUE TO KEEP THEIR, THEIR CARS OFF OF THE STREETS IN ORDER FOR US TO GET MAXIMUM EFFECTIVENESS OF THE STREET SWEEPING.

UH, HOWEVER, UH, GIVEN THAT WE'RE COMING UP ON NINE MONTHS IN JANUARY OF THAT, UH, BEING SUSPENDED, WE'RE LOOKING TO RESTART OUR CITATION PROGRAM, UH, IN JANUARY, UH, WITH THE GOAL THAT RESIDENTS WILL, UH, INCREASE COMPLIANCE AFTER WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO KIND OF REMIND THEM A LITTLE MORE FORCEFULLY OF THE OBLIGATION TO KEEP THE STREETS, UH, CLEAR.

I DO HAVE TO POINT OUT THAT IN CHINO HILLS, YOU ONLY RECEIVE A PARKING CITATION ON STREET SWEEPING DAY.

IF THE STREET SWEEPER HAS TO GO AROUND YOUR VEHICLE.

AND SO YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN AND MOVE THE VEHICLE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE'RE, WE'RE AS FLEXIBLE AS WE CAN BE.

WE ALSO PROVIDE VOUCHER OUR EXEMPTION.

SO IF, IF THERE'S SOME SIGNIFICANT CONCERN, YOU CAN ALWAYS CONTACT THE CITY AND LET US KNOW AHEAD OF TIME, WHY YOUR VEHICLE COULDN'T BE MOVED OFF THE STREET.

BUT WE REALLY JUST ARE STARTING TO REMIND THE, UH, THE CITY AND INTRODUCE TO OUR RESIDENTS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO GET BACK TO ISSUING CITATIONS IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE MOVE THEIR CARS.

WE KNOW THAT MORE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR CARS, OR THEY'RE NOT, UH, UH, FORCED TO PARK ON THE STREET BECAUSE THEY ARE BACK AT WORK.

AND SO WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION EARLY ON THAT ITEM, AND THAT'S THE LAST ITEM FOR THE COVID REPORT.

OKAY.

BEN, ON THAT, TO THAT END ON THE STREET SWEEPING, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO NOT PANIC PEOPLE BY CALLING IT, THEY REMINDER, UH, GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY MOVING TO REISSUING, UH, CITATIONS IN JANUARY.

WOULD IT BE A GOOD IDEA DURING, UH, THE MONTH OF DECEMBER TO, TO CHANGE THAT AND MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE DIRECTED AS WARNING? UH, WE GOTTA DO SOMETHING AND OF COURSE, UH, I KNOW THERE'S QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW MUCH PEOPLE READ OUR LOCAL PUBLICATIONS, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO DO A PR PROJECT HERE TO TRY AND GET THE WORD OUT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE UPSET.

THOSE ARE NOT CHEAP TICKETS, UH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, NOTHING IN THE DRAIN, BUT RAIN AND IF IT'S DIRTY AND THERE'S A BUNCH OF STUFF OUT THERE, IT'S GOING TO GET INTO OUR STORE AND BRAIN'S GOING TO CAUSE PROBLEMS. SO W WE WE'VE BEEN AS NICE AS WE CAN.

AND AS, UH, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT IT AND NOT PUT PEOPLE IN A LOT OF STRESS, AND IT'S GOOD THAT WE'RE DOING IT AFTER THE HOLIDAYS, BECAUSE EVEN IF PEOPLE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS, THERE'S GOING TO BE FAMILY AROUND PROBABLY SO STREET PARKING IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE A PREMIUM.

SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO LESSEN THAT AND WAKE PEOPLE UP TO IT, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A REMINDER IN, IN JANUARY.

YEAH.

MAYBE PICK A DATE IN JANUARY THAT WE TRADITIONALLY WOULD RESTART THAT BECAUSE I KNOW WE GIVE A, AN ALLOWANCE

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FOR VISITORS AND FOR CHRISTMAS TREES TO BE LAID OUT.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT DATE YOU WOULD CHOOSE, BUT MAYBE WHEN WE START ADVERTISING DATE.

AND SO OUR PIO IS REALLY GOOD AT, AT HAMMERING ME FOR DATES.

UH, OUR, OUR PLAN WAS TO INTRODUCE THE CONCEPT TONIGHT AND USE THE WORD MAY.

UH, WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING IN DECEMBER THAT MEETING WILL CHANGE.

DEFINITELY UNLESS THE COUNCIL GIVES DIRECTION DIF DIFFERENT FROM WHAT I PROPOSED, OR IF SOMETHING DRAMATICALLY CHANGES IN THE WORLD OF COVID.

SO COME DECEMBER, WE'LL BE CHANGING THAT TO A SHALL OR WE WILL.

UH, AND PART OF, UH, OUR OUTREACH WITH THE COMMUNITY WILL BE LETTING THEM KNOW, UH, THAT, UH, BEGINNING, UH, JANUARY 4TH, WE WILL START, UH, TICKETING AGAIN.

AND SO, UH, I WOULD EXPECT THAT TONIGHT, EVERYONE GOT THE WARNING DECEMBER, THEY'LL GET THE CLEAR MESSAGE.

I'M SURE THAT THE CHAMPION WILL PICK UP AND WORK WITH THE CITY TO HELP GET THAT WORD OUT, BUT THEN WE'LL USE ALL OF OUR TOOLS TO ALSO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE AWARE, WOULD, UH, A, UH, INSERT IN OUR UPCOMING WATER BILLS BE HELPFUL AS WELL.

WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL.

I THINK THAT BECAUSE IT'S ARGUABLE, HOW MANY WILL WATCH THIS AND HOW MANY WILL READ THE CHAMPION.

SO MOST EVERYBODY WILL GET THEIR WATER BILL.

SO MAYBE THAT'S A BETTER VEHICLE TO USE AS AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING, ALTHOUGH I DON'T GET A WATER BILL ANYMORE.

YEAH.

I THINK I STILL GET ONE PAID ELECTRONICALLY.

SO MAYBE I'M JUST NOT, IT'S AN ELECTRIC SIGNS THAT WE HAVE THE ELECTRIC SIGNS THAT WE DON'T HAVE YET.

RIGHT.

OKAY.

UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? IT IS A RECEIVE AND A FILE.

SO WE WILL CONSIDER THAT DONE, UH,

[ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT]

PIO REPORT, DENISE, THERE YOU ARE, ARE UPFRONT, AND THAT'S WHY I CAN'T SEE YOU ALL RIGHT.

THE SPOT TONIGHT.

UM, YES, MAYOR COUNCIL TONIGHT, I'D LIKE TO REPORT ON THE COVID-19 CASES, LATEST STATISTICS.

UM, THESE ARE FROM YESTERDAY IN THE HOLE IN THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, THERE'S 85,000 GIVE OR TAKE CONFIRMED CASES THAT A NUMBER HAS JUMPED 16,455 FROM OUR LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

AND THE JUMP PRIOR TO THAT WAS JUST 10.

SO FROM 10,000 TO 16,500, IT'S A BIG JUMP IN CASES AS WE'VE BEEN HEARING.

UH, AND THEN I CHECK THE UPDATE FOR TODAY, ANOTHER 2,400 NEW CASES, JUST IN ONE DAY OF REPORTING.

SO THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE, UM, TESTING POSITIVE IS, IS, UH, IS HIGH.

UM, IN CHINO HILLS, WE'VE HAD, UH, JUST ABOUT 1500 TOTAL POSITIVE CASES.

THAT NUMBER IS UP NEARLY 300 FROM TWO WEEKS AGO.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THAT GROWTH IS SLOWING.

UM, IT IS SLOWING A BIT FROM JUMPS THAT WE SAW IN THE LAST MONTH OR SO.

SO IN FUNERAL HOMES, IT'S SLOWING A BIT, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TESTS.

IF YOU RECALL, WHERE WE'RE ENCOURAGING EVERYONE TO GET TESTED, AND WE'RE OVER A MILLION TESTS NOW IN THE COUNTY.

AND THE INCREASE IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS IN TESTING IS NEARLY 160,000 MORE TESTS.

AND THE TWO WEEK PERIOD BEFORE THAT WAS JUST 82,000.

SO THAT'S DOUBLED FROM 82,000 TO NEARLY 160,000 TESTS.

UM, THE PERCENTAGE OF, UM, POSITIVITY RATE IS 8.25.

SO, YOU KNOW, THE GOAL TO STAY OPEN WITH THINGS WAS 8%.

SO THAT NUMBER IS LOOKING PRETTY STEADY.

UH, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TESTS IN CHINO HILLS, UH, JUST OVER 30,000, THAT UPDATE IS ABOUT 2,800 FROM TWO WEEKS AGO.

OUR POSITIVITY RATE HAS CLIMBED A BIT FROM, UM, 4.8 TO 6.9.

SO WE HAD BEEN GOING DOWN IN, IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

WE WENT FROM 4.8 TO 6.9.

SO, UH, PROBABLY RELATED TO THE NUMBER OF TESTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY, UH, THE DEATHS IN THE COUNTY OVER 1,129.

AND THAT'S 33 UP FROM JUST TWO WEEKS AGO.

UM, OUR DEATH RATE IN CHINO HILLS IS HOLDING IT 10, UH, WHICH IS 0.6, A FATALITY RATE IN THE OVERALL COUNTY.

IT'S 1.3.

SO BEFORE WE GET OFF THIS, I THINK JUST FOR THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING THIS, WE HAVE TO SAY THIS.

I THINK IF YOU'RE JUST LOOKING AT NUMBERS, THE MORE TESTS YOU HAVE, THE MORE POSITIVES ARE GOING TO SHOW UP.

THERE ARE PROBABLY PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN POSITIVE AND WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T BEING TESTED.

UH, I'M NOT TRYING TO DIMINISH THE, THE NUMBERS, BUT I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS A CORRESPONDING INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF POSITIVE TESTS WHEN WE RUN SO MANY MORE TESTS.

SO PEOPLE WON'T KNOW THEY'RE POSITIVE IF THEY DON'T GET THE TEST.

SO BOTTOM LINE IS WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET THE TESTS SO THAT IF YOU ARE POSITIVE AND YOU DON'T KNOW IT, THAT YOU'LL AT LEAST FIND OUT

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ABOUT IT AND THEN CAN TAKE STEPS TO, UH, QUARANTINE AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO I JUST WANT THE PUBLIC, THAT'S LISTENING TO THIS TO GET THE MESSAGE, TO GET TESTED.

IT'S EASY ENOUGH TO DO, AND WE CAN GIVE THEM, IT'LL BE ON THE WEBSITE, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN GET THEM TESTED, BUT THEN FOLLOW THE NORMAL THINGS, WEAR A MASK, WASH YOUR HANDS AND STAY, KEEP YOUR DISTANCE.

SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.

WE HAVE TO PROTECT OURSELVES, BUT THE NUMBERS ARE GOING UP BECAUSE THANK GOODNESS WE'RE GETTING MORE PEOPLE TESTED.

SO I THINK THAT'S THE ANSWER TO THIS.

IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY BEEN THIS BAD ALL ALONG AND WE JUST HAVEN'T BEEN TESTED ENOUGH TO KNOW IT.

SO, YES.

AND THEN ALSO AS PART OF THE GOVERNOR'S TIER PROGRAM, UH, THE NUMBERS OF TESTS, YOU MUST KEEP THE NUMBERS OF TESTS HIGH IN ORDER TO MAKE, UH, STRIDES IN THE, IN THE DIFFERENT TIER SYSTEM.

YEAH.

WE'LL NEVER MAKE THE TIER SYSTEM IF WE DON'T SHOW THE, THE NEGATIVE SIDE, I MEAN, HIGH, HIGH NUMBERS OF TESTS.

YEAH.

AND ON THAT NOTE, UM, THE CITY MANAGER DID ALSO GIVE SOME STATISTICS ON OUR FIRST EVENT AT THE MCCOY LAST WEEK, UH, 535 TESTS.

I BELIEVE THAT THEY INITIALLY PLANNED TO HAVE 300 TESTS.

SO THEY EXPANDED TO MEET THE DEMAND THAT WE HAD HERE IN CHINO HILLS, UH, ABOUT 89 WALK-INS WERE ACCOMMODATED AS WELL.

UH, THE PROGRAM OF TESTING AT MCCOY IS GOING TO CONTINUE IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY, POSSIBLY AFTER THAT AS WELL.

UH, FIRST AND THIRD WEDNESDAYS IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY, WE'VE JUST PUT THAT INFORMATION OUT RIGHT NOW.

UM, IT'LL BE FROM NINE TO FOUR APPOINTMENTS ARE STRONGLY RECOMMENDED, AND I WANT TO STRESS THAT IF YOU GO TO THE COUNTY WEBSITE AND CAN'T FIND THE TESTING, WE MUST WAIT FOR THE COUNTY TO ACTIVATE IT.

SO WE CAN'T HELP HELP YOU GET SIGNED UP FOR IT UNTIL THE COUNTY ACTIVATES THAT.

SO I CHECKED IT JUST BEFORE TONIGHT.

UM, OUR TESTING EVENTS ARE LISTED ON THE COUNTY SITE, UNDER COUNTY TESTING.

UH, BUT YOU CAN'T SIGN UP FOR APPOINTMENTS YET.

SO IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK TODAY AND YOU CAN'T SIGN UP, LOOK THE NEXT DAY AND, UM, WE'LL KEEP AN EYE OUT.

WELL, THOSE JUST BE PURELY COVID TESTING OR WILL THEY HAVE FLU SHOTS AS WELL? GOOD QUESTION.

UH, THEY WILL ONLY BE COVID TESTING.

YES, THE COUNTY DOES ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GET FLU SHOTS AS WELL, BUT THEY, THESE EVENTS ARE JUST COVID TESTING IN THE FUTURE FOR DECEMBER AND JANUARY.

THANK YOU.

AND THEN, UH, I'VE GOT NOTHING TO ADD TO THE CITY MANAGER UPDATE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE COMMUNITY AWARE THAT CITY FACILITIES, THE CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT LOBBY, AND THE LIBRARY WILL ALL BE CLOSED ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY FOR THANKSGIVING.

AND WE CONTINUE TO, TO HOLD BLOOD DRIVES EVERY TUESDAY THROUGH THE END OF DECEMBER FROM ONE TO SIX, UM, WE'VE BEEN HAVING A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT AND LIVESTREAM TELLS US THAT THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT, UH, FACTOR IN THE, IN THE OVERALL BIG PICTURE TO GET SOME, UH, ADDITIONAL BLOOD DONATIONS.

UM, WE ARE STILL CONTINUING VIRTUAL REC.

SO WE FOUND LOTS OF NEW WAYS TO DO THINGS.

AND THE, THE THING THAT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THIS WEEK IS OUR THANKSGIVING TABLE.

TABLESCAPE DECORATING CONTEST.

SO IF YOU LOOK ONLINE, YOU CAN SUBMIT A PHOTO OF YOUR WINNING TABLESCAPE.

UH, WINNERS WILL RECEIVE A PRIZE TO HOBBY LOBBY, OUR CITY PHOTO CONTEST.

IT'S A FOURTH ANNUAL PHOTO CONTEST.

WE'VE EXTENDED THE DEADLINE TO DECEMBER 31ST.

SO WE'RE GIVING YOU A LITTLE EXTRA TIME TO MAYBE OVER THE HOLIDAYS.

YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR PRIZE PHOTOS THAT WERE TAKEN INTO NORTH HILLS, AND THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

IF YOU GOT SOME NICE PHOTOS OF THE BLUE RIDGE FIRE.

UM, WE'D LOVE TO SEE THOSE AS WELL.

HOLIDAY EVENTS IS THE NEXT TOPIC WE HAVE PIVOTED, UH, AND WE ARE, WE PLANNED SOME EXCITING THINGS FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON.

UM, MOST OF OUR TICKETED EVENTS ARE SOLD OUT.

SO THE MCCOY HOLIDAY LIGHTS IS SOLD OUT HOT CHOCOLATE, AND STORYTIME IS SOLD OUT AND THE GINGERBREAD HOUSE DECORATING CONTEST IS SOLD OUT AS WELL.

BUT YOU CAN STILL SUBMIT A PICTURE OF YOUR HOME DECORATIONS BY DECEMBER 11TH.

AND WE ARE ALSO HELPING SANTA WITH LETTERS TO SANTA.

WE HAVE A SPECIAL MAILBOX WILL GO STRAIGHT TO THE NORTH POLE TO SANTA AND THAT'S HERE AT CITY HALL, UH, THROUGH DECEMBER 11TH.

AND THE ONE TICKET EVENT THAT WE HAVE LEFT IS THE ACTIVE ADULTS, 50 PLUS CHRISTMAS LUNCH IN DRIVE-THROUGH.

SO PEOPLE ALWAYS ENJOY THIS EVENT.

UM, AND WE'LL BE SAD THAT WE CAN'T DO IT IN PERSON THIS YEAR, BUT WE WILL HAVE A DRIVE-THROUGH EVENT.

AND I THINK THE FINE PRINT SAYS THAT IF YOU HOLD THE TICKET, YOU'LL BE ENTERED INTO A RAFFLE.

SO, UM, SOME FUN THINGS TO COME UP WITH THIS YEAR, JUST A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN USUAL, AND THAT COMPLETES MY REPORT.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

HOW ABOUT SAFETY UPDATES

[ SAFETY UPDATES - Police and Fire]

KEPT THE MARKER.

GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR BENNETT AND COUNCIL.

UM, OUR TOY DRIVE IS SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 20TH.

UM, WANTED TO THANK YOU.

THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR BEING SO GRACIOUS AND BRINGING A BUNCH OF TOYS OUT.

UM, I WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THAT TOO.

UM, PLEASE REGISTER,

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UM, YOU'LL NEED TO GET, RECEIVE A CONFIRMATION FOR THAT TO PARTICIPATE.

AND, UH, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

UM, OR YOU CAN CALL (909) 364-2045 FOR THOSE RESERVATIONS.

WHEN CAN PEOPLE DROP TOYS OFF AGAIN? UM, THEY CAN COME DURING BUSINESS HOURS TO THE STATION LOBBY.

OKAY.

UM, TO THE STATION LOBBY BETWEEN EIGHT AND FIVE.

I'M EXCLUDING WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

DEPUTY CHIEF ROCKETSHIP.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT.

FIRST OF ALL, HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL OF YOU.

WE ASK THAT YOU HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM THE FIRE DISTRICT, A FEW ITEMS JUST TO UPDATE YOU ON.

WE'RE CURRENTLY IN A HIRING PROCESS, UH, TOWARD THE END OF THE PROCESS WHERE WE HAVE EIGHT OPENINGS AND POTENTIALLY A COUPLE MORE FROM RETIREMENTS, THAT'LL BE COMING UP IN THE YEAR.

SO WE HAVE, UH, MULTIPLE CANDIDATES IN THE PROCESS TO HOPEFULLY BRING THEM ON IN THE MONTH OF MARCH.

A FEW UPDATES ON, UH, ARE YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE MAKE CHILD SMILE PROGRAM.

THERE WAS A HYBRID MODEL, UH, LIKE MANY OTHER, UH, ITEM, UH, HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS THIS YEAR.

UM, WE WERE STILL GOING TO BE HONORING, UH, 100 CHILDREN FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

UH, BUT THERE WILL BE A DRIVE-THROUGH EVENT RATHER THAN THE ACTUAL EVENT THAT EVERYBODY IS USED TO.

ALSO, WE DO HAVE THE SPARKLE OF TOY DRIVE THAT WILL START RIGHT AFTER THANKSGIVING.

AND YOU CAN DROP OFF ANY TYPE OF, UH, TOYS, UH, PACKAGED PRE-PACKAGED TOYS TO ANY FIRE STATION IN THE DISTRICT, AND CERTAINLY HERE IN CHINO HILLS.

UM, AND LASTLY, WE JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR ALL THE SUPPORT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE BLUE RIDGE FIRE.

UH, THE AMAZING SUPPORT FROM THE PUBLIC, UM, FOR, UM, JUST, UH, THE ITEMS THAT WERE DROPPED OFF, THE CONTINUING SUPPORT THAT SEE BACK TO THE CITY.

SO WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE LIVE IN A SPECIAL COMMUNITY HERE THAT REALLY CARES ABOUT ALL THE, ALL THE RESIDENTS AND BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

IF YOU HAVE ANY SCOTT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MENTION A CONTRIBUTION THAT WAS MADE TO THE FIRE FOUNDATION LAST FRIDAY, THE 20TH? OKAY.

I'M NOT AWARE OF IT.

SO THE, A, B A P S ARE PRESENTED A CHECK FOR $6,000 BECAUSE SEVERAL OF THEIR DEVOTE TEAS OVER THERE WERE ACTUALLY AFFECTED PERSONALLY BY THE EVACUATIONS AND FIRES VERY CLOSE TO THEIR HOMES.

SO THEY MADE A CONTRIBUTION TO THE FIRE FOUNDATION AND THE AMOUNT OF $6,000 LAST FRIDAY, AND ACTUALLY COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS AND VICE MAYOR, JOE SUEUR.

AND I WERE ALL THERE TO DO THAT.

SO THEY BROUGHT OUT A TRUCK FROM THE CANYON AND, UH, JEFF WAS DRIVING IT CRAZY ENOUGH, BUT, UH, YEAH, THEY, THEY CAME AND TOOK PICTURES AND THERE WAS ACTUALLY SOME OF THE KIDS THAT ACTUALLY HAD BEEN EVACUATED.

SO IT WAS WELL RECEIVED AND, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST ANOTHER GOOD CORPORATE CITIZEN THAT IS DOING EXACTLY WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED.

THEY'RE SUPPORTING OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WE HAVE THE BEST AROUND ALL OF THIS.

SO, AND THAT'S SO THANKFUL, UH, THANK YOU TO THEM FOR DOING THAT.

AND JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THE FIRE FOUNDATION, THE FIRE FOUNDATION IS AN ORGANIZATION WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

THAT'S DESIGNED TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS, MAKE CHILD SMILES.

ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS, THAT'S OUT OF THE FIRE FOUNDATION, UH, THROUGH FIRE EDUCATION AND REPRESENTING, UH, FAMILIES IN NEED, AS WELL AS, UH, UH, THE FIRE FOUNDATION ALSO HAS A PROGRAM.

IF, UH, SOMEBODY WAS, UH, A VICTIM OF A FIRE AND, UH, LOST, UH, SAY CLOTHING, OR IT DIDN'T HAVE THE BASIC SUPPLIES WE CAN, UM, GIVE GIFT CERTIFICATES.

WE CAN ALSO LOOK FOR LODGING AND OTHER TYPES OF THINGS.

SO THE FIRE FOUNDATION IS REALLY BACK INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY, AND CERTAINLY THAT MONEY WILL GO TO ALL THOSE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS.

I JUST WANTED TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE PRAISE TO BOTH ORGANIZATIONS, TO BE APS FOR THE CONTRIBUTION TO THE FOUNDATION, FOR ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU JUST SAID, AND THE MAKE THE KIDS SMILE THING.

THEY'RE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING VIRTUAL THIS YEAR.

UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK ALL OF US IN THE COUNCIL HAVE BEEN TO, UH, WHEN THEY BRING THOSE BUS LOADS OF KIDS IN TO DO CHRISTMAS SHOPPING AT WALMART IN THE PAST.

AND YOU KNOW, THOSE KIDS ARE OUT THERE SHOPPING, AND MOST OF THE TIME ARE NOT SHOPPING FOR THEMSELVES, THEY'RE SHOPPING FOR THEIR BROTHERS AND SISTERS OR THEIR PARENTS.

SO IT WAS REALLY ALWAYS A WONDERFUL THING.

SO THANK YOU FOR, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL FOR ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THE FIRE DISTRICT AND THE FOUNDATION DO, UH, TO MAKE US NOT ONLY SAFE, BUT TO HELP US OUT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT.

I THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT, MR. MAYOR, YOU GOT A COMMENT, SCOTT.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL IN OUR CITY, UM, THAT POOR FARMER THAT GOT BURPED, UM, AND I GUESS YOU GUYS ARE REALLY STAYING ON TOP OF THAT, TALKING WITH FAMILY AND THAT HIS CAREER THERE FOR THEM.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU, TRULY

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APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU GUYS ARE DOING.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT.

COUNCIL REPORTS.

[ COUNCIL REPORTS Mayor Bennett Chino Valley Independent Fire District Board Vice Mayor Johsz West Valley Mosquito Vector Control District Council Member Marquez League of California Cities Inland Empire Division Meeting San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Transit Authority Metro Valley Study Session Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Committee Southern California Regional Rail Authority (Metrolink) Board Southern California Association of Governments Legislative/Communications and Membership Committee Council Member Moran Chino Valley Unified School District Board Council Member Rogers Water Facilities Authority Board]

FIRST ITEM IS MYSELF OR CHINO VALLEY, INDEPENDENT FIRE DISTRICT, UH, AT THE MEETING LAST WEEK, WHICH WAS DELAYED FROM VETERAN'S DAY ON THE 11TH TO LAST WEEK ON THE 18TH.

UH, THERE WAS RECOGNITION, UH, OF A COUPLE EMPLOYEE SERVICE AWARDS, A FLEET AND FACILITIES COORDINATOR.

STEVE BURNS WITH FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE AUXILIARY WORKER, DANIELLE TARAN, 15 YEARS.

AND THERE WAS A ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT, UH, OVERVIEW, UH, PRESENTED BY FIRE MARSHALL, DANIELLE BARNES.

UM, THAT WAS ESSENTIALLY IT.

UH, THERE WAS A LOT OF, UH, UH, INPUT AND, AND I WAS ABLE TO PERSONALLY THANK THEM FOR ALL OF THE HELP THAT THEY DID WITH THIS COMMUNITY, FOR THE BLUE RIDGE FIRE, AND WAS ABLE TO, UH, CONGRATULATE THREE BOARD MEMBERS THAT WERE REELECTED.

SO, UH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TONIGHT, UH, MOVING RIGHT ALONG, UH, UH, VICE MAYOR JOS, UH, WEST VALLEY MOSQUITO VECTOR CONTROL.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

UH, THE MEETINGS ARE NORMALLY, OR WOULD HAVE NORMALLY BEEN TODAY, BUT THE DISTRICT PUSHED IT BACK TO DECEMBER 1ST.

SO I'LL REPORT ON OUR ACTIONS AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES, INLAND EMPIRE DIVISION MEETING.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

FIRST OF ALL, WE'D PROBABLY HAVE THE BEST SPEAKER THAT WE'VE EVER HAD AND THAT'S JOANNE LABARDO DOES A WONDERFUL JOB STEPH ARENA.

AND ONE OF THE FACT FUN FACTS, NOT FUN FACTS, SORT OF DEPRESSING FACTS.

THERE'S 52 CITIES THAT ARE APPEALING THE PROCESS WITH ARENA.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND, AND YOU WERE VERY CLEAR WITH US.

SO THANK YOU.

SO IF A CITY DOES LOSE OR GETS A LOWER AMOUNT OF NUMBERS, THOSE NUMBERS DON'T GO AWAY AND NOW THE CITY WILL, SOMEBODY ELSE HAS THE EQUITY ELSEWHERE.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY YOU DID A TREMENDOUS JOB.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT.

SECOND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, AUTHORITY, TRANSIT AUTHORITY, METRO VALLEY STUDY SESSION AND MOBILE SOURCE AIR POLLUTION REDUCTION COMMITTEE.

OKAY, I'LL GO IN ORDER REAL FAST.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, TRANSIT, WE REVIEWED THE REDLAND PASSENGER RAIL PROJECT.

UM, ALSO WE WENT OVER THE FOURTH QUARTER.

YOU'RE IN TRANSIT OPERATIONS.

YOU GOT UPDATES.

METRO VALLEY, WE UPDATED GOT UPDATES ON ALL PROJECTS AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AND ONE NEAR AND DEAR TO US IS THE STATE ROUTE 60 CENTRAL AVENUE.

UM, THERE WAS MONIES THAT WERE LEFT OVER WITH THE TRADE CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT.

AND SO THE CITY OF CHINO WAS GOING TO HAVE TO PUT A PONY UP MONEY, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, ADDITIONAL MONIES, BECAUSE THERE WAS OVERAGE.

THEY GOT TO USE THOSE MONIES.

SO WE APPROVE THAT.

SO IT'S MOVING FORWARD IN WHAT MOBILE SERVICE AIR.

UH, WE JUST WENT OVER MEETING SCHEDULES AND PROJECT UPDATES.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, REGIONAL RAIL AUTHORITY, METRO LINK BOARD.

OKAY.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY NO.

AND THIS IS THE, PROBABLY ONE OF THE TIMES I SHOULD HAVE SAID NO.

SO I WAS INVOLVED WITH THE, UM, FUEL HEDGING POLICY AND WE'VE PROBABLY HAD MAYBE 15 MEETINGS WHEN WE FINALIZED THE POLICY LAST FRIDAY.

SO A LOT OF WORK, A LOT OF EFFORT, AND I'M REALLY HAPPY.

IT'S DONE.

ALL RIGHT.

AND FINALLY, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATES, MCGOVERN, GOVERNOR GOVERNMENTS, SCAG LEGISLATIVE COMMUNITY, UH, COMMUNICATION.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

WELL, WE JUST WENT OVER TO THE ELECTION, THE OVERVIEW FOR STATE AND FEDERAL, AND THEN WE WENT OVER THE 2021 LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM FOR STATE AND FEDERAL.

AND THOSE ARE MY ALL RIGHT.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN, CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, ANOTHER SHORT MEETING WITH NO ACTION ITEMS AND ALL THE LITTLE DARLINGS ARE ON THANKSGIVING BREAK THIS WEEK, RIGHT? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, ROGERS, WFA, WATER FACILITIES, AUTHORITY BOARD, YES, WATER FACILITIES, AUTHORITY.

JUST AS A REMINDER, WE ARE ONE OF THE FIVE PARTNERS ALONG WITH CHINO, MONTEVISTA ONTARIO AND UPLAND IN OWNERSHIP OF A, UH, FACILITY AND UPLAND, UH, THAT IS THE WFA AND THAT STATE WATER AND IT'S PROCESSED AND SENT OUR WAY.

SO WFA A COUPLE OF THINGS WE VOTED ON.

UH, WE DON'T HAVE AS MANY CAPITAL PROJECTS AS CDA, WHICH IS THE OTHER WATER.

ONE OF THE OTHERS THAT I REPORT ON, BUT THIS ONE, WE HAD IT.

WE HAVE A BIG SET OF, UH, ISSUES GOING ON THAT ARE MORE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.

THE FACILITY HAS BEEN AROUND FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS.

SO SOME THINGS ARE NOW BEING REPLACED.

WE VOTED ON $850,000 PROJECT TO RE REPLACE FILTER MEDIA, UH, FILTER MEDIA, WHICH FILTERS THE WATER COMING FROM THE STATE, AND THEN SHIPS IT DOWN TO US, UH, WERE VOTED ON THAT.

AND WE ALSO INITIATED AN ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN, WHICH IS A NEW SOFTWARE.

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SO WE REVIEWED THE ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN, UH, WHICH WE'RE NOW GETTING READY TO IMPLEMENT AFTER TWO TO THREE YEARS OF DISCUSSION.

SO IT'S JUST A VERY SOPHISTICATED SOFTWARE WHERE WE LIST EVERYTHING THAT THAT PLANT HAS AND WHAT ITS CYCLE IS FOR REPLACEMENT.

SO WE CAN BUDGET APPROPRIATELY FOR IT.

THAT'S IT.

ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL GIVE YOU A BREATHER FOR A MOMENT.

UH, CYNTHIA COUNCIL

[ COUNCIL COMMENTS]

COMMENTS.

OKAY.

A COUPLE OF QUICK COMMENTS.

UM, I'M SHARING SOME INFORMATION, UM, FROM OUR LOCAL SOROPTIMIST CHAPTER, WHICH IS AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION.

UM, THEN WE HAVE A LOCAL CHAPTER IT'S, UH, CHINO HILLS SOROPTIMIST.

SO EVERY YEAR THEY HAVE, UM, UH, LIKE A GRANT PROGRAM IS CALLED LIBERTY DREAM AWARD.

AND THE REASON I'M GIVING THE PITCH TONIGHT IS BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH THEIR OUTREACH DUE TO COVID AND THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MEET.

SO THEY'RE ASKING AGAIN, CALL FOR APPLICANTS.

SO THIS WOULD BE, UM, THIS IS FOR WOMEN WHO HAVE, UM, OVERCOME POVERTY, UM, DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE, DIVORCE, THE DEATH OF A SPOUSE OR SPOUSE OR OTHER LIFE CHANGES.

AND, UM, THE GRANTS ARE UP TO $3,000 AND THEY CAN USE THAT CASH TO OFFSET ANY COSTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR EFFORTS TO ATTEND HIGHER EDUCATION, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE BOOKS, CHILDCARE, AND TRANSPORTATION.

SO I'VE, I'VE ATTENDED THIS, UM, AWARD CEREMONY IN THE PAST, AND IT'S PRETTY, IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.

THE LIVES THAT HAVE CHANGED, UM, AND WHAT'S SURREPTITIOUS DOES FOR THESE WOMEN, SO OF ALL AGES.

SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN APPLYING JUST TO MAKE IT SIMPLE, GO TO LIVE YOUR DREAM.ORG, AND THEN JUST FIND YOUR LOCAL CHAPTER AND ALL THE INFORMATION NEED IS ON THAT.

AND THEN I WANT TO THANK, UM, THE SHOPS FOR HOSTING A DRIVE-THROUGH COLLECTION DRIVE OF GIFT CARDS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, UM, BENEFITING THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE FOUNDATION, UM, OVER, UM, A COMBINED EFFORT, GOT US A THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF GIFT CARDS THAT WE GAVE TO THE FIRE FOUNDATION.

SO I WANTED TO THANK THE SHOPS AS ALWAYS FOR BEING SUCH A GREAT PARTNER.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU BACK TO YOU, PETER.

HE HAS JUST A COUPLE OF BRIEF THINGS, CONGRATULATIONS TO BRIAN AND RAY, OR FOR TAKING THE NEXT STEP IN LEADERSHIP.

AND THANK YOU.

WE'LL DO A MORE EMBARRASSING MOMENT NEXT MEETING FOR YOU AS BRIAN.

CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT AS OUR LUCK THAT MAYOR FOR THIS PAST YEAR.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT THIS YEAR.

ART, UH, YOU ALREADY MENTIONED VAPS, WHICH WAS ON MY LIST TO TALK ABOUT AT THE DONATION OF $6,000 TO THE FIRE FOUNDATION.

SO CHECK, UH, IN CASE YOU ARE LOOKING FOR MORE INFORMATION, BEN AND, AND DENISE MENTIONED COVID RELATED, BUT FOR THE COUNTY, YOU CAN GO TO S BE COVID NINETEEN.COM AND THAT'S THE COUNTY WEBSITE.

AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION THERE, INCLUDING HOW TO SIGN UP FOR TESTING, UH, WITH THE SITES THAT ARE SHOWING UP HERE AT MCCOY IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, UH, IN DECEMBER, JANUARY, AND THEN ALSO OTHER TESTING SITES THAT HAVE BEEN ARE LOCAL TO US AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO EVERYBODY.

I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT THANKSGIVING.

IT CERTAINLY IS FOR US THIS YEAR.

WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

OUR KIDS WANTING DON'T WANT ANY TO SEE US THIS YEAR, WHICH I'LL REMIND THEM ABOUT, UH, DOWN THE ROAD.

BUT FOR NOW IT'S VERY, VERY INTERESTING YEAR, BUT HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL OF YOU.

THAT'S ALL.

I THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WONDERFUL JOB THIS PAST YEAR.

THANK YOU.

GOOD JOB.

UM, CYNTHIA BROUGHT SOMETHING UP TO ME REGARDING THE 91 PROJECT NOW, THE FLYOVER LANE.

SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THAT, UH, BACK ON MARK'S 31ST OR 30TH, TWO'S UP 2017.

UH, WE HAD A PROJECT DEDICATION CEREMONY.

WE DID MADE SOME IMPROVEMENTS ON THE 91.

THE FLY OVER LANE AT THAT TIME WAS IN THE PLAN, BUT BECAUSE THE MONEY THEY LOST, THE PROJECT WAS MORE MONEY THAN WE ANTICIPATED.

SO THAT GOT TAKEN OUT OF THE PROJECT.

SO THEY REVIEWED THEIR PLAN AGAIN, BACK ON APRIL THE 13TH, 2017, AT THAT TIME, THE FLY OVER LANE HEADING EASTBOUND 91 HEADING NORTH ON THE 71, THE COST WAS $113 MILLION.

AND SO, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING THE LAST MEETING, WHICH I'M PART OF THE 91 ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THEY DID HAVE SOME OF THE MONIES, BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ALL OF IT.

BUT I DID TALK TO BRIAN TODAY AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THE CTC BASICALLY FULLY FUNDED THAT, WHICH I'M REALLY HAPPY ABOUT.

AND JUST A FUN FACT THERE, MICHELLE MARTINEZ, SHE USED TO BE A COUNCIL MEMBER IN THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, AND NOW SHE'S THE NEW MEMBER FOR THE CTC.

SO SHE'S A GOOD PERSON THAT FOR US IN THE FUTURE THAT WE CAN COMMUNICATE AND TALK WITH HER ON PROJECTS.

UM, THE SECOND THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT REAL FAST, I DID ATTEND THE BIA, THE HOUSING POLICY CONFERENCE.

AND TO ME, I WAS TAKEN BACK A LITTLE BIT AND I GUESS ALL HOUSES IN THE FUTURE WILL BE ALL ELECTRIC.

SO THAT JUST SORT OF THE TREND.

SO

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THAT WAS DISCUSSED QUITE A BIT.

SO JUST MY FINAL COMMENTS, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO TALK A LITTLE BIT IN A FUTURE MEETING OF THE BLUE RIDGE FIRE, BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF WONDERFUL THINGS THAT THE FIRE DID AND THE POLICE DID.

AND I JUST WANT TO, I WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO TELL US WHAT THEY DID WITH EVACUATIONS AND IN SOME OF THE ROAD CLOSURES THAT WERE, WERE DONE.

AND I JUST WOULD REALLY LIKE FOR US TO, TO HEAR HER PRESENTATION TO THE COUNSELOR, JUST TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO BETTER ON MY NOTE, WE AS A COUNSELOR, NOT AS A COUNCIL COUNCIL, BUT AS A CITY, WE WERE PART OF THE EVACUATION.

WE ACTUALLY WERE ALLOWING PEOPLE TO COME FROM CARBON CANDY THROUGH PINE AVENUE EXTENSION.

AND THAT WAS AN ISSUE.

WE HAD TWO BIG FIRES AGO.

THEN WE KEPT THAT GATE CLOSED THIS TIME.

THEY DIDN'T, THEY, IT WAS OPEN AND OUR CITY STAFF DID THAT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW THAT FIRE.

AND THEN AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND I JUST WANT TO WISH EVERYBODY HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.

THANK YOU, RAY.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

UH, ONE OF THE JUST FIRST START OFF BY THANKING MY COLLEAGUES FOR, UH, MAKING ME BY MY BACK OF THE NAPKIN MATH COUNT, THE CITY'S 12TH MAYOR, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT AN OLD CITY, BUT IT'S, UH, IT'S INTERESTING THAT WE'RE STARTING TO GET, GET INTO THOSE NUMBERS.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR TRUST.

IT'S CERTAINLY BEEN GREAT TO WATCH YOU GUYS ALL BE MAYOR ON YOUR OWN.

SO A LOT, A LOT TO BUILD ON.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, YEAH, JUST, YOU KNOW, TO WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE SAID.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO SEE YOUR FAMILY, PLEASE BE SAFE.

THIS THANKSGIVING, YOU KNOW, THINK TWICE IF YOU NEED TO, BUT HAVE A SAFE THANKSGIVING.

WELL, I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU.

YES, SIR.

WERE YOU THE PRESIDENT OF THE FIRE DISTRICT AT ONE TIME? YES, SIR.

SO YOU WERE THE PRESIDENT AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE, I'LL LOOK AT IT.

SO WHAT'S NEXT? I DON'T KNOW.

IT WAS FUN.

I WAS TELLING MY KIDS THAT ARE, I DON'T KNOW.

IT'S BEEN PROBABLY A WHILE SINCE WE'VE HAD A MAYOR WITH YOUNG KIDS.

SO I HAVE AN 11 YEAR OLD AND A SEVEN YEAR OLD AND, UH, OUR FAMILY, SOME OF US SPEAK GERMAN.

SO I WAS TELLING HIM THAT IN MAYER, GERMAN IS BURGERMEISTER AND OH MY GOD, THE, THE ROARS AND CHEERS THAT CAME UP FROM, UH, FROM THE LITTLE ONES.

SO THIS'LL BE, THIS'LL BE A FUN TIME.

I HOPE CERTAINLY THAT COVID ALLOWS US TO DO THAT.

SO NEXT YEAR IN OCTOBER, OCTOBER FASTEST GOING TO BE , IT'S GOING TO BE, IT'S GOING TO BE FUN.

GOD-WILLING COVANCE GONE BY THEN.

SO YEAH.

THANK YOU.

WONDERFUL.

YOU KNOW, YOU TALK ABOUT CRAZY TITLES AND CRAZY THINGS THAT HAPPENED.

UM, MY LAST BIRTHDAY, MY, MY SISTER WHO LIVES OUT IN RIVERSIDE, UM, MANY OF YOU WHO KNOW ME KNOW THAT I WAS BORN IN ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND.

I CAME OVER WHEN I WAS FIVE YEARS OLD, SO DARN I, I LOST THAT ACCENT, BUT MY, MY SISTER, UH, PURCHASED FOR ME A ONE SQUARE FOOT OF LAND, UH, IN ABERDEEN.

AND I AM NOW OFFICIALLY LORD ARTHUR, ERNEST WARD BENNETT.

UH, SO IT'S YEAH, TALKING ABOUT GETTING A HOOT OUT OF THINGS, UH, IN THE FAMILY.

IT'S, UH, LORD BENNETT.

SO, AND, AND I I'LL LEAVE IT ALONE.

I KNOW YOU GUYS WILL LOVE THAT ONE AT SOME POINT IN TIME, I'LL PAY FOR THAT, BUT IT IS FUN.

UH, YOU KNOW, CONGRATULATIONS, UH, BRIAN, THIS BEING YOUR FIRST TERM AS MAYOR, UH, YOU'LL FIND THAT, UH, IT'S, IT'S A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE, UH, WHEN YOU LOVE THE CITY, LIKE, WE ALL LOVE THE CITY.

UH, YOU'RE GOING TO FIND IT TO BE ABSOLUTELY REWARDING.

UH, TONS OF MEMORIES.

I HOPE YOU DON'T HAVE SOME OF THE SAME MEMORIES THAT I'VE HAD THIS LAST YEAR.

UH, BUT THAT'LL BE GOOD RE UH, THIS'LL BE YOUR, YOUR SECOND TIME IN THE LINE HERE.

SO, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AS WELL.

UH, I DO WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY ON THE COUNCIL HERE FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THIS LAST YEAR AS MY THIRD TERM AS MAYOR.

UH, I WILL SAY MORE, UH, NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, BUT, UH, A LOT'S HAPPENED AND IT'S BEEN A VERY INTERESTING, UH, ENDEAVOR THIS YEAR.

A LOT OF THINGS HAVE HAPPENED SINCE THIS TIME LAST YEAR, AND I WILL BORE EVERYBODY WITH SOME OF WHAT I CONSIDER, UH, HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MAYOR AND MY YEAR AS MAYOR, UH, LATER ON.

BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH THANKSGIVING COMING UP, UH, I WANT EVERYBODY TO REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, THIS IS VERY MUCH LIKE, UH, VETERAN'S DAY AND MEMORIAL DAY.

AND SINCE IT SAYS THANKSGIVING, I THINK THAT WE ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO LIVE IN THIS WONDERFUL CITY OF CHINO HILLS NEED TO REMIND OURSELVES, SIT BACK, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A NORMAL THANKSGIVING, WE PROBABLY WON'T HAVE THE FAMILY GET WELL, WE CAN'T HAVE THE FAMILY, UH, THAT WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST, BUT THE KEY WORD IS THANKS.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, FREEDOM IS NOT FREE.

SO REMEMBER TO GIVE THANKS FOR ALL OF THOSE

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THAT HAVE PAVED THE WAY TO GIVE US THE FREEDOMS THAT WE ENJOY TODAY.

SO WITH THAT IN MIND, I'M GOING TO ADJOURN THIS

[ ADJOURN IN MEMORIAM AND IN HOPE: Adjourn in tribute and honor of those who serve and have served in the Armed Forces at home and abroad. Their sacrifice and strength protect the goals and ideals that have made this Country great.]

EVENING'S MEETING AND TRIBUTE IN HONOR, OF THOSE WHO SERVE AND HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES AT HOME AND ABROAD BECAUSE THEIR SACRIFICE AND STRENGTH PROTECTED THE GOALS AND IDEALS THAT HAVE MADE THIS COUNTRY GREAT.

AND WOULD THAT, THAT EVENING AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING .