* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] OKAY. SHE SAID THUMBS UP. RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED [ 7:00 P.M. - CONVENE MEETING / ROLL CALL] CITY OF CHANNEL HILLS COUNCIL MEETING FOR TUESDAY, JANUARY 26TH, 2021. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU MIND TAKING A ROLE FOR US PLEASE? MAYOR JOE SECOND VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT HERE, AND COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS HERE. ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. WONDERFUL. ALL RIGHT. WOULD YOU MIND JOINING [ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG] ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO BE FOLLOWED BY OUR INVOCATION FROM CHAPLAIN KEITH ROBEY FROM THE CHINO VALLEY INDEPENDENT FIRE DISTRICT. SO IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, PLEASE JOIN ME. ALL RIGHT. 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 AND A CHAPLET ROBY, PLEASE. [ INVOCATION: Chaplain Keith Roby, Chino Valley Independent Fire District] THANK YOU, MAYOR. PLEASE BUY YOUR HEADS WITH ME, FATHER. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY AND YOUR LOVE AND YOUR GRACE. YOUR WORD SAYS THAT WITH CONFIDENCE, WE CAN DRAW NEAR TO THE THRONE OF GRACE THAT WE MAY RECEIVE MERCY AND FIND GRACE TO HELP IN TIME OF NEED. WITH THAT PROMISE, WE HOLD AND TENDER PRAYER. THOSE THAT ARE SUFFERING AT THIS TIME FROM ILLNESS, LOSS AND FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN. REMIND US THAT AS YOUR CHILDREN, YOU HAVE NOT GIVEN US A SPIRIT OF FEAR THAT YOU CAN HEAR ALL THE PRAYERS. YOU CAN SEE ALL THE NEEDS THAT YOU ARE A PROVIDER THAT REMINDS US, THAT WE CAN TRUST YOU WITH WHATEVER MAY COME. I PRAY FOR ALL OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND TRUSTED WITH THE CALLING OF PUBLIC SERVICE. KEEP THEM PURE IN HEART WISDOM TO USE THE RESOURCES YOU HAVE PROVIDED WISELY AND TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT WILL BRING GLORY TO YOUR NAME. I PRAY FOR YOUR CONTINUED PROTECTION AND BLESSING FOR CITY COUNCIL, FOR COMMUNITY AND FOR FAMILIES AND CONFIDENT IN YOUR STRENGTH, MERCY, AND LOVE FOR US IN CHRIST. AMEN. AND THEN THANK YOU, KEITH. APPRECIATE IT AS ALWAYS. THANK YOU. ALL [1. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming February as Black History Month] RIGHT. SO OUR FIRST PROCLAMATION TONIGHT WILL BE FOR CLAIMING FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH. UM, WE, UH, EACH YEAR BLACK HISTORY MONTH WAS OBSERVED IN FEBRUARY BLACK HISTORY MONTH, UH, CAN BE TRACED TO 1926. WHEN DR. CARTER WOODSON, THE FATHER OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH BEGAN THE ANNUAL OBSERVANCE TO HELP RECTIFY THE OMISSION OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS FROM HISTORY BOOKS IN 1976, THAT WEEK ONE COMMEMORATION WAS EXPANDED INTO ONE MONTH THAT IS NOW CELEBRATED AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH. BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATES THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND THE ARTS, CIVIL RIGHTS, EDUCATION, ENTERTAINMENT, GOVERNMENT, HISTORY, MUSIC, POLITICS, SPORTS, AND MANY OTHER ENDEAVORS. DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, WE ENCOURAGE OUR RESIDENTS TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE OF BLACK, ABOUT BLACK HERITAGE, AND TO HONOR THE MANY BLACK LEADERS THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE PROGRESS OF OUR NATION. AND I'M VERY PROUD TONIGHT THAT WE WILL HAVE, UH, BRIANNA HENDERSON, THE SECRETARY OF THE IOLA HIGH SCHOOL BLACK STUDENT UNION, EXCEPT THE IN OUR PROCLAMATION IS, UH, FROM THE CITY. UH, BRIANNA, PLEASE TELL OUR RESIDENTS HOW THEY CAN RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS BRIANNA HENDERSON. I'M A JUNIOR MEMBER OF THE BLACK STUDENT UNION AT REUBEN SIL A HIGH SCHOOL. IT IS AN HONOR TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF THE BSU, THE BSU GETS POSITIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE REPRESENTATION OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY ON, [00:05:01] AND WE PROMOTE LEADERSHIP, COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND STUDENT EMPOWERMENT. AS A CLUB, WE WANT TO BRING AWARENESS ABOUT BEING AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN IN TODAY'S SOCIETY AND AIM TO TEACH OTHERS ABOUT DIVERSITY THROUGH ACTIVITIES AND CLUB MEETINGS. I BELIEVE THAT BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS IMPORTANT FOR STUDENTS MY AGE TO CELEBRATE IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL PAY OUR RESPECTS TO PEOPLE FROM THE PAST WHO PAVED THE WAY FOR US TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE ALL OF OUR DREAMS, OUR EDUCATION, OUR FUTURE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, AND OUR PERSONAL GOALS HAVE BEEN SHAPED BY AFRICAN-AMERICANS WHO FOUGHT AND GAVE THEIR LIVES SO THAT ALL AMERICANS COULD HAVE THESE BLESSINGS. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MAYOR JOS, MR. MONTGOMERY, MS. SIERRA BOY, AND THE SMELTS FOR THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU ON A WONDERFUL JOB. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ACCEPTING THIS ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY, BLACKS, UH, BLACK HISTORY MOM, CERTAINLY AS AMERICAN HISTORY. SO WE APPRECIATE YOU, UH, YOU, UH, ACCEPTING THIS AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR, UH, YOUR WILLINGNESS TO STEP UP. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN [2. RECOGNITION - Winners of the 2020 Fourth Annual Photo Contest: Grand Prize May Chew 1st Place, Hometown Pride Category John Clodfelter 2nd Place, Hometown Pride Category Maria Mendoza 3rd Place, Hometown Pride Category Anand Patel 1st Place, Pets Category Daniel Lopez 2nd Place, Pets Category Robert Player 3rd Place, Pets Category Kevin Stenson 1st Place, Outdoors Category John Clodfelter 2nd Place, Outdoors Category Wayne Mass 3rd Place, Outdoors Category Alejandra Marron] ITEM NUMBER TWO RECOGNITION OF OUR CITIES, UH, PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS, UM, ANNUALLY, WE HAVE A PHOTO CONTEST, UH, THAT HAS BEEN A CROWD, A CROWD FAVORITE AMONG OUR RESIDENTS, AND IT CONTINUES TO GAIN IN, UH, PARTICIPATION AMONG ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS. IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR THEM TO SHOW OFF THEIR SKILLS AND REALLY SHOW THE TALENT THAT CHINO HILLS HAS. AND TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THE CONTEST AND INTRODUCE OUR WINNERS, I'M GOING TO CALL ON A COMMUNITY SERVICES SUPERVISOR, MELISSA ARMITT. THANK YOU, MAYOR JONES AND GOOD EVENING. IN 2007, WE HELD OUR FIRST ANNUAL PHOTO CONTEST AND RECEIVED ONLY A 51 ENTRIES. THIS YEAR, WE HAVE GROWN TO 185 ENTRIES. WE'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE WHO SUBMITTED PHOTOS FOR THE CONTEST. THERE WERE A LOT OF GREAT PHOTOS IN THE COMPETITION WITH TUFTS. I FIRST LIKED TO THINK THAT JUDGES WHO HAVE THE CHALLENGING TASK OF SELECTING OUR WINNERS COUNCIL MEMBER, PETER ROGERS, VALERIE MCCLUNG, COMMUNITY RELATIONS MANAGER, DENISE CATTERTON, PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER AND CITY STAFF MEMBER, DANIEL GUZMAN AND BRANDON FUNDER SHARE. NOW LET'S ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS OF OUR THREE CATEGORIES. ALL OF OUR WINNERS THIS EVENING WILL RECEIVE A VARIETY OF GIFT CARDS TO LOCAL BUSINESSES AND RESTAURANTS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR FIRST CATEGORY AND HOMETOWN PRIDE. OUR THIRD PLACE WINNER A NUN PATEL FOR SUBMITTING FUN PLACES FOR EVERYONE AT THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY CENTER. WHAT A GREAT PHOTO NEXT STEP. SECOND PLACE WINNER MARIA MENDOZA FOR SUBMITTING DEPUTY CUESTA AND BENSON FELLOWS DEDICATED TO OUR COMMUNITY TAKEN AT THE SHOPS AT CHINO HILLS AND OUR FIRST PLACE WINNER FOR HOMETOWN PRIDE. JOHN CLODFELTER FOR SUMMITING MORNING WALK WITH ELLIS SABA IN SUMMIT RANCH. NEXT STEP IS OUR PETS CATEGORY. OUR THIRD PLACE WINNER KEVIN STENSON FOR SUBMITTING WELCOME TO MY STREET. NOW IT GIVES ME A TREE PICTURE WAS TAKEN AT THEIR FRONT GATE. NEXT UP IS OUR SECOND PLACE WINNER ROBERT PLAYER FOR SUBMITTING MURPHY THAT MAGNIFICENT TAKEN DURING HIS SWIM LESSON AT SILVER ROSE RANCH. AND OUR FIRST PLACE WINNER FOR PETS GOES TO DANIEL LOPEZ FOR SUBMITTING SMILING PIXIE TAKEN IN THEIR BACKYARD. AND OUR LAST CATEGORY IS OUTDOORS. AND OUR THIRD PLACE WINNER GOES TO AL HUNDRE MARREN FOR SUBMITTING EXERCISE HILL IN THE CENTER OF BUTTERFIELD BRANCH. NEXT STEP, SECOND PLACE WINNER WAYNE MAP FOR SUBMITTING HERO AT WORK FIREFIGHTERS BATTLING THE BLUE RIDGE FIRE. AND OUR FIRST PLACE WINNER FOR OUTDOORS GOES TO JOHN CLUB FELDER FOR SUBMITTING MAJESTIC MORNING AND SUMMIT RANCH. AND FINALLY, WE HAVE A GRAND PRIZE WINNER THIS YEAR FOR OUR FOURTH ANNUAL PHOTO CONTEST, WHICH GOES TO MAY TWO FOR SUBMITTING ELECTRIC FLIGHT AT VILLA BORBA PARK. WHAT A GREAT PHOTO. I THINK WE'VE ALL HAD THAT EXPERIENCE. ONCE AGAIN, WE LIKE TO THINK ALL WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS YEAR IS PHOTO CONTEST. ALTHOUGH WE TYPICALLY DISPLAY THE WINNERS AT OUR COMMUNITY CENTER, OUR VIRTUAL DISPLAY WILL BE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE@CHINOHILLS.ORG SLASH PHOTO CONTEST, STARTING FEBRUARY 1ST. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO ALL OF OUR WINNERS. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU, MELISSA. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR WINNERS, BUT, UH, WHAT A DIVERSE AND GREAT, UH, GREAT CROSS-SECTION OF OUR CITY. IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE, TO [00:10:01] SEE THE TALENT THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE. ALL RIGHT OFF TO ITEM [3. PRESENTATION - Blue Ridge Fire] NUMBER THREE, OUR PRESENTATION REGARDING, UH, THE BLUE RIDGE FIRE TO PRESENTED BY DEPUTY CHIEF COOK THE TUNA VALLEY, INDEPENDENT FIRE DISTRICT. SO A CHIEF COOK OFF AND AWAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT A I'M COMING THROUGH CLEAR ENOUGH FOR YOU. NO, I'M SORRY. SPEAK UP. NO, I'M JUST MESSING WITH YOU. GO FOR IT THOUGH. OKAY. VERY GOOD. HEY, WITH THAT SAID, UM, BEFORE WE JUMP IN ON BEHALF OF THE FIRE DISTRICT AND FIRE CHIEF SHACKLEFORD, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND THANK OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, OUR COOPERATORS, AND OF COURSE, THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS FOR THE OVERWHELMING SUPPORT AND RESPONSE TO THE BLUE RIDGE FIRE WITH THAT SAID, WE'LL JUMP RIGHT INTO THE PRESENTATION. NEXT SLIDE. THE BLUE RIDGE FIRE, UH, KICKED OFF ON OCTOBER 26TH, 2020. AND THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE WANT TO GO OVER, UM, ARE THE FIRE ACTIVITY THAT WAS GOING ON IN THE REGION, THE UNIFIED COMMAND PERSPECTIVE, THE RESOURCES EVACUATIONS AND THE FINANCIAL IMPACT. NEXT SLIDE, THE FIRE WEATHER THAT, UH, PARTICULAR MORNING WE WERE UNDER A RED FLAG WARNING. IF YOU CAN REMEMBER THAT WE WERE EXPERIENCING SANTA ANA WINDS, WE HAD A LOW RH AND CRITICALLY LOW FUEL MOISTURES AT SIX 45, THAT SAME MORNING, ABOUT 16 MILES FROM THE START OF THE BLUE RIDGE FIRE IN THE COUNTY OF ORANGE AT THE CROSS SECTION OF SILVERADO CANYON AT SANTIAGO CANYON, THE SILVERADO FIRE HAD STARTED, WHICH CREATED A SIGNIFICANT RESOURCE DRAWDOWN OF FIREFIGHTING CAPABILITIES. AND THEY WERE UNDER A MAJOR EVACUATIONS OR ANY LARGEST IN THE COUNTY'S HISTORY OF OVER 90,000 RESIDENTS TAKING PLACE WHILE THE BLUE RIDGE FIRE STARTED. NEXT WEEK, WE RETIRED STARTED AT 1:00 PM, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE ON THE 26TH. AND IT WASN'T IN THE, UH, OUR DISTRICT'S JURISDICTION. AND THE POINT OF ORIGIN WAS JUST BEHIND THE GREEN RIVER GOLF COURSE. NEXT SLIDE. FORTUNATELY FOR US CORONA FIRE WAS THE FIRST UNIT ON SCENE DUE TO THE PROXIMITY AND LOCATION OF IT BEING DOWN IN THE CORNER OF THE 91 AND THE 71 UPON THE FIRST UNITS ARRIVAL, UH, DUE TO THE WIND DRIVEN NATURE OF THE FIRE. IT WAS ALREADY BURNING AT 200 ACRES AT A DANGEROUS RATE OF SPREAD, AND IT WAS BURNING IN TWO DIRECTIONS DUE TO THE WINDS, BOTH IN THE NORTHWESTERLY AND NORTH LEAD DIRECTIONS STRUCTURES WERE IMMEDIATELY BEING THREATENED IN THE CITY OF YOGANANDA. AND THE FIRE WAS BOTH IN ORANGE COUNTY AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WHEN THE FIRST UNIT ARRIVED ON SCENE, RIGHT. WE INITIALLY WENT INTO A UNIFIED, UH, COMMAND, UH, RIGHT AWAY, RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE, WHICH INCLUDED THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT, THAT ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY OF THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF'S AND THE ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF'S NEXT SLIDE. I WAS SENSING PRIORITIES AND OBJECTIVES BY THE UNIFIED COMMANDERS, AND IT WAS ALWAYS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY WAS TO PROTECT AS MANY LIVES AS POSSIBLE, CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY DEFENDANT AS MANY STRUCTURES, PROTECT CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. UM, AND AGAIN, THIS WAS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FIRE AND HAD THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTION, SIMILAR TO OTHER FIRES THAT WE SAW UP AND DOWN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, UM, AND COULD HAVE, UH, BEEN CATASTROPHIC FOR THIS AREA. SO I AND AGGRESSIVE AERIAL ASSAULT FROM THE AIR. UM, WE PUT IN A SIGNIFICANT ORDER FOR AIRCRAFT, UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO THE HIGH WINDS. UM, THERE WAS A PERIOD OF TIME, THE FIRST OPERATIONAL PERIOD OF 12 HOURS, UH, THE FIRST 12 HOUR PERIOD THAT OUR SUPPRESSION EFFORTS WERE HAMPERED BY THE WINDS. AND WE HAD TO GROUND SOME OF THE AIRCRAFT. NEXT SLIDE, OUR PARTNER AGENCIES, UH, INITIALLY WERE, UH, OBVIOUSLY THE DISTRICT, THE CHRONIC FIRE DEPARTMENT, CAL FIRE WITHIN INCREDIBLE RESPONSE, ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY. AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, UH, CHINO HILLS BELIEFS AND, UH, CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, NEXT SLIDE, UH, WE THREW EVERYTHING WE HAD AT IT. UM, ESSENTIALLY EVERY ON DUTY PERSONNEL, UH, WERE ACTIVATED AND SENT THEM TO THE FIRE. AND, UH, WE BACKED THROUGH ALL THE, THE, UH, DISTRICT IMMEDIATELY WITH OFF DUTY PERSONNEL. NEXT SLIDE SET UP IN TWO DIFFERENT DISTRICTS, UH, DISTINCT DIVISIONS BACK, UH, IN THE, UH, THE CHINO HILLS AREA AND PROVIDED A STRUCTURE DEFENSE GROUP TO PROTECT THE STRUCTURE. NEXT SLIDE, TOTAL, WE HAD 140 FIRE ENGINES FROM THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, RESPOND TO THE BLUE RIDGE FIRE. WE HAD OVER 16 AIRCRAFT, WHICH INCLUDED LARGER TANKERS AND HELICOPTERS OR BULLDOZERS TWO HAND CREWS AND THE TASK FORCES FROM THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT. UM, AND WE, UH, HIT IT, LIKE I SAID, WITH EVERYTHING, HAD BOTH THE SUPPORT STAFF AND CHIEF OFFICER'S STAFF. NEXT SLIDE PARTICIPATING IN AGENCIES. I WON'T GO THROUGH THEM ALL, BUT A INCREDIBLE AMOUNT [00:15:01] OF SUPPORT FROM ALL OF OUR LOCAL AREA PARTNERS AND COOPERATORS, AND, UH, THAT LED TO A SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME FOR US. NEXT SLIDE IN TOTAL, THE BLUE RIDGE FIRE CONSUMED APPROXIMATELY 14,000 ACRES. SADLY ONE STRUCTURE WAS DESTROYED IN THE CITY OF YORBA LINDA AND ORANGE COUNTY WITH AN ADDITIONAL NINE STRUCTURES DAMAGE IN THAT SAME PROXIMITY AND THE CAUSE IS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION. NEXT SLIDE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. UM, THE COST PORTION OF THE MOUTH, AND ALL WE WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO HERE IS THAT, UM, APPROXIMATELY 75% OF THE FIRE ON THE BLUE RIDGE FIRE WAS BURNING IN THE CHINO HILLS PROPERTY AREA. NEXT SLIDE, AND THE TOTAL COST TO FIGHT THE FIRE JUST WITH FIREFIGHTING RESOURCES CAME OUT FOR THE TUNE OF ABOUT $13 MILLION. NEXT SLIDE. UM, I'LL KIND OF BREEZE THROUGH THIS. I KNOW THE, UH, UH, CHINO WHOLE SPRUCE. DEPARTMENT'S GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT, ABOUT EVACUATIONS HERE IN A MINUTE, BUT JUST SOME, UH, TERMINOLOGY THAT WE WANT TO GO OVER AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE'S AWARE OF AN ADVISORY IS A SHELTER IN PLACE. UM, AND THAT'S WHERE RESIDENTS WERE REMAINING INSIDE AND CLOSED THE DOORS AND WINDOWS AND EVACUATION WARNING, WHICH IS VOLUNTARY. THERE'S THE POTENTIAL OR IMMINENT THREAT TO A LIFE THAT SHOULD BE, UH, OR EXCUSE ME, A POTENTIAL THREAT TO LIFE WE'RE UNDER A PROPERTY AND THEN AN EVACUATION ORDER, WHICH IS MANDATORY. THAT'S AN IMMINENT THREAT TO LIFE. AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT, DURING THAT FIRE. NEXT SLIDE. UM, AGAIN, UH, WE'LL LET THE SHERIFF'S FARM AND TALK ABOUT THE EVACUATIONS, BUT JUST SOME THINGS THAT WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TO OUR FIRE PREVENTION STAFF ASSISTED IN OPENING THE GATES WITH PINE VALLEY ESTATES AND VALLEY SPRINGS. UH, NEXT SLIDE, AS WELL AS, UM, MAKING SURE THAT THERE WAS A COORDINATED EFFORT, UH, IN THE, UH, CARBON CANYON AREA AND MAKING SURE ALL THOSE GATES WERE OPEN AND ASSISTING WITH, UH, RED CLOSURES WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY. NEXT SLIDE IN TOTAL, UM, APPROXIMATELY 6,000 HOMES WERE EVACUATED, UM, IN THE CHINO HILLS AREA, WHICH ENCOMPASSED ABOUT 15,000 RESIDENTS. YOUR BELINDA HAD ABOUT 400,000 HOMES THAT WERE EVACUATED WITH APPROXIMATELY 10,000 RESIDENTS. AND THEN KEEP IN MIND THE SILVERADO FIRE, WHICH WE ENDED UP MERGING TOGETHER AS FAR AS FROM A UNIFIED COMMAND PERSPECTIVE, HAD 90,000 RESIDENTS. SO THIS WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST SCALE EVACUATIONS AND THAT'S EVER BEEN DONE IN THIS REGION. NEXT SLIDE. UM, AT THAT POINT, UH, WE CAN OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS NOW, OR WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THE PRESENTATION, BUT AGAIN, WE JUST WANT TO THANK, UH, THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS AND ALL OF OUR COOPERATIVES FOR AN INCREDIBLE OUTCOME TO THIS FIRE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHIEF COOK. WHY DON'T WE, UH, LISTEN TO THE PD PORTION AND THEN MAYBE WE CAN TAKE QUESTIONS AT THE END. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I BELIEVE OUR, UH, CHINO HILLS POLICE. DEPARTMENT'S GOING TO BE CHIME IN BRIAN. LOGAN. CAN YOU HEAR ME, SIR? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. HI EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. MAJOR JONES AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE FOLLOWING SLIDES, I'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE, UH, STAFFING LEVELS AND INFORMATION REGARDING THE EVAC TIMELINE, ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND PRIORITIES WE HAVE. AND IN THE END, SOME OF OUR LESSONS THAT WE LEARNED THAT'S THE CHIEF MENTIONED THAT BLUE RIDGE FIRE STRETCHED THREE 3G THREE DAYS FROM THE OCC TO CHINO HILLS IMMEDIATELY. WHEN WE GOT WORD, OUR GOAL WAS TO PROTECT AND MAINTAIN OUR CITY OR COMMUNITY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, AT THE HEIGHT OF THE FIRE NUMBER OF PERSONNEL, WE'RE IN WE'RE IN SOME HIGH, YOU CAN SEE, UH, ONCE IT WENT INTO THE LARGE NUMBERS, WE HAD AS MANY AS 15 MEMBERS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY, COMING OUT TO OUR CITY TO HELP. AND NORMALLY WITH THE CITY WE'RE AT POSSIBLY SIX TO EIGHT BODIES, UH, WITH THE CALL FOR HELP, WE HAD PEOPLE AS FAR AS, UH, MORONGO VALLEY COMING OUT TO HELP US THE EVACUATIONS, AS THE CHIEF MENTIONED, WE'RE RIGHT AROUND 15,031 FULL, WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 5,958 HOMES THAT WERE EVACUATED AND HAD A TOTAL NUMBER OF 1,251 MAN HOURS. UH, ONCE WE STARTED TO SET UP [00:20:01] THE ICS LOCATION AND THE UNIFIED COMMAND, WE HAD SERGEANTS AT THE FIRE STATION 62 AND IN YOUR BELINDA TO, TO PASS THE WORD ON WITH WHAT WAS GOING ON. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WHAT YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN IS AN EVACUATION TIMELINE. I WON'T GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT, BUT I WANT YOU TO, TO NOTICE THE NUMBER OF MINUTES BETWEEN CALLS, THERE WAS A LOT OF, UH, CALL HISTORY GENERATED DURING THREE DAYS. IF YOU LOOKED AT THE TOTAL CALL HISTORY, WE HAD 98 PAGES OF CONSTANT INFORMATION GOING THROUGH. THAT WAS THE TOTAL FOR THE CALL. UH, OUR EVACUATION STARTED AS VOLUNTARY AS EARLY AS ONE 51 IN THE AFTERNOON. AND IN APPROXIMATELY 14 MINUTES, IT CHANGED TO MANDATORY EVACS AROUND AVOCADO RANCH WITH ALL THIS INFORMATION GOING THROUGH, WE'RE BUSY TRYING TO PASS THE INFORMATION TO DEPUTIES THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN TO THE PATROL SIDE OF CHINO HILLS AND GETTING MEETING LOCATIONS WHERE THEY COULD MEET AND TO GET THEIR ASSIGNMENTS. SO BETWEEN ONE 51 AND FOUR 19, YOU CAN SEE THAT A REVERSE NINE 11 ONE FOR EVACUATIONS WARNING OCCURRED. AND THE SLEEPY HOLLOW AREA HAD, WE WERE ABLE TO GET 70% OF THE RESIDENTS EVACUATED WHERE 30% EITHER REMAINED OR WERE ALREADY OUT OF THERE. UH, THE RESIDENT, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WHEN IT CAME TO ADDITIONAL RESOURCE, THE ALREADY CONTACTED US. THE, OUR DISPATCH CENTER RECEIVED AN INCREASED NUMBER OF CALLS FROM RESIDENTS REPORTING THE FIRE. AT THAT POINT, WE STARTED HAVING COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE CITY YARDS AND CALTRANS FORECLOSURES, AND SIGNBOARDS TO GO UP, ASSIST OUR RESIDENTS, OUR PRIORITIES, AS THE CHIEF MENTIONED, WE'RE STARTING THE PRESERVING LIFE TO PRESERVING PROPERTY MORE AND MORE CALLS CONTINUED TO COME IN. SO, UH, WE WERE, UH, WORRIED ABOUT TAKING CARE OF OUR RESIDENTS, CONCERNS. OUR SHIFT COVERAGE DEPUTIES ARE ALREADY ON 10 HOUR SHIFTS. SO MANY HAD TO EITHER STAY OVER THAT FIRST DAY OR COME IN EARLY TO COVER THE NUMBER OF BODIES THAT, UH, WE NEEDED TO GO FOR OUR PERIMETERS AND TO HANDLE THE EVERYDAY CALLS. YOU'LL SEE PERSONNEL HAD TO CONDUCT A DOUBLE DUTY. THEY HAD TO COORDINATE WHERE THESE BODIES THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN TO CHINO HILLS BEFORE GET TO THEIR LOCATION, UH, THINGS AS SMALL AS RESTROOM BREAK FOR GUYS THAT HAVE BEEN OUT IN THE LINE AND NEEDED A BREAK MEALS, UH, DELIVERY SHIFT RELIEF. WE, WE, WE HAD TO MANAGE ALL THAT WITH A LOT OF INFORMATION. IF YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT THE SUMMARY TOTAL AMOUNT OF HOURS THAT WE USED WERE 1,251, APPROXIMATELY 70 PERSONNEL. OUR TOTAL COST CAME OUT TO AROUND $178,000 SPENT ON THIS, UH, BLUE RIDGE PYRE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SOME OF THE LESSONS WE LEARNED KIND OF SHOWED US THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSISTENCY WITH ALL THE AGENCY TECHNOLOGIES. WE HAD TO WORK WITH AGENCIES OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY. AND WHAT NORMALLY HAPPENS IS THE AGENCY HAS DIFFERENT RADIO FREQUENCIES, AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN AN ISSUE ONCE YOU'RE BORDERING, UH, THESE OTHER CITIES AND OTHER COUNTIES. WE ALSO FOUND THAT NEIGHBORHOOD MAPS FOR ASSISTING STAFF, NOT ASSIGNED TO CHINO HILLS, BUILDING, BUILDING A, UH, I CALL IT A STACK OF MAPS TO HAND OUT KIND OF LIKE OUR FIRE BAGS. WE HAVE PREPARED FOR ALL OF OUR DEPUTIES. WE WOULD HAVE TO INCLUDE SOME OF THOSE, UH, IN ORDER TO HAND OUT TO OUR STAFF THAT WE NEEDED LOGISTICALLY MANPOWER, GETTING PEOPLE OVER HERE, AS SOON AS WE CAN, THAT FIRE MOVED VERY FAST, UH, DURING THE INITIAL START OF IT, UM, [00:25:01] LOCATING BRIEFLY LOCATION BASED ON WHERE, UH, UNITS ARE SETTING UP TRANSPORTATION. SOME OF THE DEPUTIES COMING FROM OUTSIDE AGENCIES, ALTHOUGH COVERING THE MORONGO AREA, THEY HAD TO DOUBLE UP IN UNITS, BUT WE NEEDED, WE NEEDED MORE, UH, MORE DEPUTIES WITH SEPARATE UNITS TO COVER DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. WE ALSO NEED A DIFFERENT DEBT OR SEVERAL DEPUTIES TO COVER CLOSURES. AND WE LEARNED THAT MANY MORE OF THE EVACUATION ROUTES, UH, WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT AND BEGAN TO AS WITH MOST THINGS. THERE'S A COMMUNICATION IS A UTMOST IMPORTANCE AND WE'RE ALWAYS LEARNING AND TRYING TO GET BETTER AT THAT NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT I HAVE. UM, I'LL STAY UP FOR, FOR QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SERGEANT LOPEZ, WE APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION FROM YOU AND SHE, UH, MY COLLEAGUES WHO WOULD LIKE TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS, COUNCILMAN MARQUEZ. HEY, THANK YOU. UH, MR. MAYOR, RIGHT? YEAH. FIRST OF ALL, HEY, YOU GUYS DID A TREMENDOUS JOB, VERY PROUD OF, UH, THE FIRE AND POLICE OFFICERS ON THE PERFORMANCE, BUT I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. SO FIRST QUESTION IS, I KNOW YOU GUYS WERE UNIFIED COMMAND. WHERE WAS THE LOCATION? THE COMMAND STRUCTURE LOCATION. THAT WAS, I BELIEVE IT WAS AN ORANGE COUNTY, BUT CAN YOU TELL ME THE LOCATION YESTERDAY? YOU WERE AT THE PARK IN THE CITY OF GOLDEN. OKAY. UM, WE GET, UM, INFORMATION THROUGH THE MEDIA AND THEY NEVER REALLY MENTIONED CHINO HILLS. SO AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BREAKDOWN WAS. UH, WE HEAR SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR BELINDA, BRAYA ALL THE ORANGE COUNTY CITIES, BUT WE NEVER REALLY HEARD TOO MUCH ABOUT CHINO HILLS. SO I KNOW, IS THIS GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN? YEAH, IT IS. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE COULD DO IN THE FUTURE TO, UM, UH, HAVE YOU INFORMATION VIA THE NEWS MEDIA, UH, INCLUDE CHINO HILLS. SO THAT WAS A CONCERN THAT I, THAT I GET HAVE ON THIS FIRE. THE SECOND THING, OR QUESTION THAT I DO HAVE IS A COST $13 MILLION FOR FIREFIGHTING AND 178,000 FOR, UM, POLICING. HOW WAS THAT MONEY PAID? AND IS THERE A, CAN WE GET RECOUPED ON ANY OF THOSE FUNDS? YES, SIR. I CAN, UH, SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE FIRE COST. UH, SO THE, UH, THE FARM MANAGEMENT ASSISTANT GRANT THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH FEMA, UM, THAT WAS, UH, REQUESTED EARLY ON WITHIN THE FIRST 12 HOURS OF THE INCIDENT AND IT WAS ACCEPTED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND SO THEREFORE, UH, CERTAINLY THE FIRE DISTRICT AND THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS IS ELIGIBLE TO PUT IN FOR THEIR COSTS, UH, REGARDING THE RESPONSE TO THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT WITH A 75% COVERAGE ON THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE FOR THE FIRE RESPONSE. AND WHAT ABOUT THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH CAL FIRE, UM, THAT WE PAID FOR, FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES IN CASE OF A, A MAJOR FIRE DID THAT COME INTO PLAY? ABSOLUTELY. YEAH, SO IT ACTUALLY, WHEN, WHEN IT WAS ALL SAID AND DONE AND THE DUST SETTLED, THE CAL FIRE PICKED UP A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THE, UH, AERIAL COSTS FOR THE AIRCRAFT AND THE HELICOPTERS AND BULLDOZERS, ET CETERA. SO, UM, DEFINITELY A CONTRACT WELL WORTH HAVING AND, UH, PAID DIVIDENDS ON THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR PRE-PLANNING THIS SCENARIO BY US ACTUALLY HAVING THAT TYPE OF, UH, INSURANCE PER SE. HEY, MY LAST QUESTION I DO HAVE, AND THEY KNOW THAT WE ON THE SAN BERDINO SIDE OR CHINO HILLSIDE DID A TREMENDOUS JOB AS FAR AS CLOSING DOWN CARBON CANYON. UH, BUT WE ONLY TAKE CARE OF THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, BUT WE ACTUALLY HAD PEOPLE FROM CHINO HILLS THAT WERE ALLOWED TO GO TO ORANGE COUNTY, BUT THEN WE STOPPED THEM RIGHT THERE AT SAN BERNARDINO. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE COULD DO IN THE FUTURE AS FAR AS COMMUNICATING. CAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE WE DID COMMUNICATE WITH THE CITY OF BRIA, BUT TO ME THERE SEEMS LIKE THERE MIGHT'VE BEEN SOME BREAKDOWNS. UH, CAN ANYBODY TALK ABOUT THAT ISSUE OR CONCERN? I COULD GIVE YOU A LITTLE, SIR. WHEN, WHEN CONTACTING BRAYA I WANT TO SAY THAT THERE WERE, UH, MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE FROM, UH, OUR DEPARTMENT THAT MAY HAVE MISSED A MESSAGE. AND, UH, ONCE AGAIN, IF, IF WE'RE ABLE TO GET ON THEIR, THEIR RADIO LINES, SO IT'S OVER THEIR RADIO INSTEAD OF A ONE-ON-ONE INTERACTION WITH SOME OF OUR DEPUTIES THAT MIGHT HELP, UH, COMMUNICATING WITH THEM MORE OFTEN, UH, WOULD ALSO HELP CONSTITUENTS OF CHINO HILLS. YOU GUYS DID A TREMENDOUS JOB. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS, MR. MERRICK, YOU SIR. THANK YOU. AND, UM, I I'M REMISS, I, [00:30:01] UH, MISSED A ROD, A ROD HILL AND DANIEL FROM THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS ON THEIR PORTION OF THIS TO, UH, TOUCH ON WHAT CITY STAFF ACTUALLY DID. SO, UH, RON DANIEL, WOULD YOU MIND, UH, TRYING IT IN AND THEN WE'LL FOLLOW IT UP WITH NO PROBLEM. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. HOW ARE YOU ARE WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. MY PORTION, THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT, WE'LL FOCUS ON THE ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE CITY'S EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER BASED ON DIRECTION FROM THE CITY MANAGER IN RESPONSE TO THE I'M SORRY, NEXT SLIDE, BRANDON. SORRY, THERE YOU GO. UH, BASED ON DIRECTION FROM THE CITY MANAGER IN RESPONSE TO THE EMINENT FIRE THREATS TO THE COMMUNITY, THE EOC WAS OPENED AND STAFFED AT 3:00 PM ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 26TH, THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE EOC WAS TO COORDINATE RESPONSE ACTIVITIES, GATHERING, SHARE CRITICAL INFORMATION AND MANAGING RESOURCES FOR THE FIELD. NEXT SLIDE, THE EOC WAS OPENED AT LEVEL TWO WITH STRATEGIC STAFFING LEVELS IN 12 HOUR OPERATIONAL PERIODS. UH, THIS LEVEL ALLOWED FOR CONSTANT MONITORING OF THE FIRE THREAT AND PROVIDED THE CITY, UH, WITH THE ABILITY TO RESPOND TIMELY. THE SITUATIONAL CHANGES THE MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS AND PLANNING SECTIONS OF THE EOC WERE STAFFED THROUGHOUT THE EVENT. AND WE WERE FORTUNATE TO ALSO HAVE EOC PARTICIPATION BY BOTH THE TWO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT. NEXT SLIDE, UCS ACTIVITIES, UM, INCLUDED OPENING UP A PHONE BANK AND HOTLINE TO PROVIDE REAL-TIME INFORMATION TO THE RESIDENTS, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNICATION PORTAL WITH THE COUNTY'S OFFICE MERS SERVICES TO ENSURE RESOURCES WERE AVAILABLE AS NEEDED. THEY COORDINATED THE OPENING OF A TEMPORARY EVACUATION SHELTER WITH THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT THE COMMUNITY SERVICES CENTER AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. THEY COORDINATED VARIOUS ROAD CLOSURES AND DISTRIBUTION OF TRAFFIC CONTROL MEASURES WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. NEXT SLIDE, A COORDINATED EVACUATION WARNINGS AND ORDERS WITH THE CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT DISTRIBUTED NUMEROUS FIRE-RELATED PUBLIC ALERTS AND NOTIFICATIONS AND DEVELOP GIS INTERACTIVE EVACUATION MAPS FOR THE USE OF WITHIN THE EOC. NEXT SLIDE YOU'LL SEE COORDINATION WITH OUTSIDE AGENCIES INCLUDED AS YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD SNOW HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT HANDLED LARGE SCALE EVACUATIONS, UH, THROUGH COORDINATION WITH THE EOC, THE RED CROSS, THE SYSTEM, UH, 489 RESIDENTS WITH HOTEL AND MEAL VOUCHERS THROUGH THE TEMPORARY, UH, EVACUATION CENTER AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND THE INLAND VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY ESTABLISHED A TEMPORARY ANIMAL SHELTER AT THE DECOY EQUESTRIAN CENTER WITH THE ASSISTANCE THAT HE NEEDED SERVICES STAFF, ACCORDING TO THE HOUSING FOR 89 ANIMALS AND BIRDS. EXCELLENT. AND THIS IS MY FINAL SLIDE BEFORE TURNING OVER TO DANIEL. UH, THIS SLIDE PROVIDES YOU WITH DETAILS RELATED TO PUBLIC INFORMATION ACTIVITY SPECIFICALLY. UH, THE TWO OF THOSE POLICE DEPARTMENT USED THEIR OWN TENS SYSTEM TO SHARE EVACUATION MESSAGING TO THE COMMUNITY. THE CITY'S WEBSITE SAW DAILY VISITS INCREASED BY OVER 60,000 VISITS PER DAY DURING THE FIRE EVENTS AND THE PIO TEAM PUSHED OUT 65 NEWS FLASHES, 68 EMERGENCY ALERTS AND 64 SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS RELATED TO THE FIRE. AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PORTION OF PRESENTATION. AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DANIEL. BUT WITH DR. PROBABLY WORKS DIRECTOR TO WRAP THINGS UP, GO FOR IT. DANIEL, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UM, IN AN EMERGENCY TYPICALLY PUBLIC WORKS STAFF IS READY TO WORK CLOSELY WITH POLICE AND FIRE PERSONNEL, UH, TO ASSESS THE RISK AND IMPLEMENTED RESPONSES. UH, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAD PLAYED THE KEY ROLE IN THE CITY'S RESPONSE TEAM, AND THIS TEAM WAS READY TO ASSIST WITH THE BLUE RIDGE FIRE. I JUST WANT TO SHARE AN INTERESTING FACT WITH ALL OF YOU. UH, SOME OF YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT PUBLIC WORKS WAS OFFICIALLY ADDED AS A FIRST RESPONDER IN 2005 BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND BY FEMA. UM, SO JUST THE FUN FACTOR FOR YOU ALL PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED. UH, THE BLUE RIDGE FIRE STARTED AT ABOUT ONE WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT UNFORTUNATELY SIX THAT MORNING PUBLIC WORK STAFF WAS, UM, RUNNING AROUND A LITTLE BUSY, UH, WITH, UM, UH, THE COME DOWN TREES DUE TO THE SANTA ANA WINDS THAT WE DISCUSSED EARLIER. UM, AS SOON AS WE HEARD ABOUT THE BLUE RIDGE FIRE STAFF QUICKLY PIVOTED AND, UH, ASSIGNED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST WITH, UH, WITH THE STATE OF EMERGENCY, UH, THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS COMPRISED OF FOUR DIVISIONS AND EACH ONE PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE. NOW WITH THIS EMERGENCY, THE FOUR DIVISIONS, OUR ADMINISTRATION MADE US AN OPERATION, UTILITY OPERATIONS AND ENGINEERING ADMIN STAFF, UH, DEPLOYED PROPERLY TO THE EOC AND KEPT THE STAFF MEMBER THERE AT ALL TIMES TO ASSIST THEM WITH ALL THE MATTERS RELATED TO THE EMERGENCY. UH, WE ALSO HAD ADDITIONAL ADMIN STAFF THAT WAS SITUATED AT THE CITY YARD, UM, HELPING OUT WITH THE CALL CENTER AND WE LAY IN CRITICAL INFORMATION OVER TO THE EOC. WE HAD OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS DIVISION. UH, THEY WERE CALLED UPON TO CLOSE ROADWAYS INSTEAD OF TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES THAT KEEP VOCATIONS. [00:35:01] THIS GROUP WAS ALSO ASKED TO MONITOR STREET CLOSURES AND EVACUATION AREAS. AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A UTILITY OPERATIONS DIVISION. THEY MONITORED ALL OF OUR WATER RESERVOIRS, UH, ENSURING THAT WE HAD SUFFICIENT WATER SUPPLY, UM, TO SHARE THAT WATER, UH, FIREFIGHTERS HAD ENOUGH WATER TO FIGHT THE FIRE. UM, IN ADDITION TO MAKING SURE THAT RESIDENTS HAD ENOUGH WATER IN THE, UH, THE SOUTHERN AREA OF THE CITY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, SHORTLY AFTER THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT, UH, WE HAD, UH, THE ENGINEERING TEAM. UM, WE ASSEMBLED A TEAM OF ENGINEERS AND INSPECTORS TO ASSESS BURN AREA AND TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL RISK OF MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS FROM ANY FUTURE RAINSTORMS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE MAP UP BEFORE YOU HERE SHOWS, UH, ESSENTIALLY THE AREAS, UH, THAT, UH, FROM THE BLUE RIDGE FIRE THAT WERE ADJACENT TO HOMES, WE HAD THIS TEAM OF ENGINEERS AND INSPECTORS HAVE WALKED THIS ENTIRE PERIMETER, UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT OVER THREE MILES. UH, IT WAS A DAUNTING TASK BECAUSE OF THE, THE HILLY TERRAIN PLUS YOU HAD BURNED AREAS, BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT IN JUST OVER TWO DAYS. UM, AND WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY PUT TOGETHER, UM, A LIST OF ITEMS FOR OUR TEAM TO GO OUT AND, UH, AND IMPLEMENT IN TERMS OF BMPS FOR FUTURE RAINSTORMS. UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UH, THIS POST-FIRE IMPLEMENTATION INCLUDED THE INSTALLATION OF HAY BALES AND A SAND BAG SPECIFICALLY AT A CRITICAL AREA AT MR CANYON ROAD, WHICH YOU CAN SEE HERE AT THE, YOU GOT THREE PHOTOS ON HIS SLIDE AT THE BOTTOM SECTION, YOU'VE GOT TO AN AREA OF MR CANYON ROAD. SO STAFF WAS TOLD HAY BALES AND SANDBAGS AT THAT LOCATION. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE STAFF SQUATTED CLEAN, ALL FINISHED FACILITIES, MAKING SURE THAT THERE WAS ENOUGH CAPACITY TO ACCOMMODATE FOR ALL THE RAIN AND THE, ALL THE LOOSE DEBRIS THAT WOULD BE COMING DOWN, UH, FROM, UH, FROM THIS FIRE. UM, SINCE THE FIRE WE'VE HAD JUST OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN, UM, DUE TO, UH, TO SASS BRAG OF APPROACH, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY, ANY ISSUES RELATED TO, UH, TO MUD OR DEBRIS FLOWS THAT WE HAVE A, AN ADDITIONAL 1.5 INCHES EXPECTED, UH, OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT, UH, COUPLE OF DAYS HERE ON THURSDAY ON FRIDAY, UH, STAFF WAS CURRENTLY OUT THERE, UM, DOING THE SAME THING. THEY'RE CLEANING OFF ALL DENIS FACILITIES, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH CAPACITY AND ENSURING THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC. THAT CONCLUDES MY REMARKS. UH, THANKS FOR THE TIME AND BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU, RON AND DANIEL, UM, COLLEAGUES, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ANY COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GO WITH CYNTHIA AND THEN WE'LL FOLLOW IT UP WITH ART ACTUALLY. UM, MY QUESTION PROBABLY START WITH ROD. UM, ROD, THE QUESTION I HAVE IS, UM, DID WE DO A STAFF DEBRIEF OF HOW, HOW WELL THINGS WORKED WITH LIKE THE OUTSIDE AGENCIES, FOR INSTANCE, LIKE RED CROSS AND I VHS TO SEE WHAT CAN BE IMPROVED IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT NEEDED TO BE IMPROVED, AS FAR AS, UM, HOW OUR STAFF PROCEED, PERCEIVED HOW THOSE AGENCIES WORKED WHEN THEY WERE OVER AT MCCOY AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND JUST SPECIFICALLY, WE HAD DEBRIEFS WITH AND DEPARTMENT AND WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WE HAD WITH BOTH OF THOSE AGENCIES. UM, I THINK STAFF RESET TO IVH. WE HAVE SOME DIFFICULTY GETTING A DEBRIEF SCHEDULED WITH THEM. UM, AND I WILL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP ON RED CROSS. I DON'T RECALL IF WE HAD TO REPEAT BRIEF WITH THEM OR NOT. YEAH. IF WE CAN, IF WE CAN DO THE SAME THING WITH INLAND VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY AND RED CROSS THEY'RE KIND OF TIMELINE, THE SERVICES THEY PROVIDED AND SOMETHING SIMILAR LIKE WE'RE TONIGHT. I THINK THOSE TWO AGENCIES ARE VERY IMPORTANT. SO IF YOU CAN KEEP PRESSING FOR US FOR SOMETHING WITH THAT, THAT'D BE SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO SEE IN THE FUTURE. DEFINITELY NO PROBLEM. AND THEN WITH, UM, WITH CALTRANS, UM, IT'S SOMETHING SIMILAR BECAUSE I KNOW WE RELIED ON THEM WITH COORDINATION OF SIGNAGE ON THE 71 WHEN WE HAD, UM, CLOSURES ON BUTTERFIELD RANCH ROAD. AND I KNOW THAT THE EVENT WAS VERY FLUID. I GET THAT, BUT MAYBE IF THERE'S A WAY WE CAN PLAN FOR A FUTURE, KNOCK ON WOOD, YOU KNOW, THERE'LL BE ANOTHER FIRE. AND IF THE WAY THAT THAT EVACUATION GOES ON BUTTERFIELD, IT'S REALLY HARD BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE, WHEN YOU TELL PEOPLE THAT SOUTH OF PINE IS CLOSED AND EVACUATED, BUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE EAST OF BUTTERFIELD ARE STILL OPEN THAT LITTLE SMALL POCKET OF, YOU KNOW, HUNTERS HILL AND THE OTHER, THE OTHER TRACKS, THAT'S WHERE YOU GET THE CLOSURES THAT MAKE IT HARDWARE. IF WE HAD HAD SOMETHING ON THE FREEWAY SOONER FROM CALTRANS, A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULDN'T BE EVEN EXITED JUST, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT YOU GUYS ALREADY KNOW. BUT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT THOSE KINDS OF CLOSURES WILL HAPPEN AGAIN WITH A FIRE. MAYBE WE HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE AS FAR AS WHEN WE, WHEN WE CLOSE BUTTERFIELD SOUTH OF PINE TO HAVE STUFF IN PLACE OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO HANDLE THE PEOPLE THAT CAN STILL GO IN AND OUT KIND OF LIKE HOW YOU GUYS DO WITH CARBON CANDY. AND YOU KIND OF HAVE TO PLAN THAT. DEFINITELY WE DID HAVE A PREPLAN WITH RED CROSS IN ITHS, [00:40:01] BUT I DO NOT KNOW THAT WE HAVE A PLAN WITH CALTRANS SO WE CAN DEFINITELY REACH OUT AND SEE IF THEY CAN ASSIST US WITH SOME OF PLANNING. YEAH. BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN, WHEN PEOPLE, WHEN PEOPLE EXIT, BECAUSE THERE WAS A CLOSURE AT SOCAL, THEY GO DOWN TO PINE AND THERE WAS NO SIGN SAYING THAT THAT WAS CLOSE TO. SO THE FREEWAY WAS BACKED UP. PINE WAS BACKED UP AND, UM, JUST SOMETHING. SO WE CAN KIND OF MAKE THAT AS, YOU KNOW, IMPROVE UPON THAT UP AS BEST WE CAN FOR FUTURE. AND THEN, UM, THE ONLY OTHER COMMENTS I HAD WAS, UM, WHEN, WHEN I WAS HEARING THE SHERIFF'S REPORT, I THINK THAT'S GREAT THAT YOU'RE GIVING MAPS TO ARE OUT OF THE AREA. UM, SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES WHO AREN'T FAMILIAR. SO WHEN, SO, SO WHEN THEY'RE STOPPED STOP SOMEONE AND SOMEONE SAYS, OH, I LIVE OVER IN, YOU KNOW, HUNTER'S HEALER HERE. THEY'LL KNOW WHERE THAT IS BECAUSE THEY'LL HAVE A MAP OR THERE'LL BE DEBRIEFED ON IT. CAUSE IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR EVERYBODY. AND THEN, UM, THE INTERACTIVE MAP WE HAD FOR EVACUATIONS WHERE A RESIDENT COULD TYPE IN THEIR ADDRESS AND KNOW IF THEY ARE MANDATORY, EVAC WAS FANTASTIC. THAT WAS REALLY GREAT. AND, UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, MR. BENNETT. YES. I WOULD JUST STATE THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CALL IT THE PLEASURE, BUT I HAPPENED TO BE MARRIED AT THE TIME AND, UH, SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE, UH, COMMAND CENTER AND ALSO OVER AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WATCHING THE PEOPLE BEING I'VE BEEN HOTEL VOUCHERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, UH, AS WAS JUST REPORTED. I MEAN THE INTENSITY OF THIS AND WHAT WAS GOING, UH, COULD THINGS BEEN A LITTLE BETTER? YEAH. BUT WHEN IT'S SO FLUID, I THINK THAT THE TIME THAT OUR CITY HAS INVESTED IN GETTING PREPARED FOR THESE, UH, DISASTERS JUST PAID DIVIDENDS, I THINK YES, THERE CAN ALWAYS BE SOMETHING THAT GOES BETTER. BUT WHEN WE HAVE A CIRCULATION ISSUE FOR TRAFFIC, LIKE WE DO, WE HAVE A STATE HIGHWAY THAT IF YOU CAN'T COORDINATE ON BOTH ENDS OF IT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE LOG JAMS WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE LET THROUGH FROM ONE END AND CLOSED OFF ON THE OTHER END, UH, WHEN YOU'VE GOT, UH, THE 71 DOWN SOUTH AND YOU'VE GOT FIRE GOING ON DOWN THERE, UH, YOU KNOW, TH TH THIS WAS ALMOST THE PERFECT STORM. I MEAN, WE HAD WINDS, WE WERE BLESSED THAT THE WINDS DIDN'T CHANGE AND THAT THEY STAYED GOING THE DIRECTION THEY WERE, BECAUSE THIS COULD HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY CATASTROPHIC, UH, WHAT THEY DID AND SECURING, UH, WHAT THE CHIEF DID IN SECURING THE FALL MEEHAN IT'S TAKE CARE OF THE SLEEPY HOLLOW AREA. I MEAN, WE CAN GO THROUGH AND ITEMIZED ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WENT SO WELL. AND I MEAN, SO MANY THINGS COULD HAVE GONE WORSE AND, AND REALLY BAD, BUT THE PREPARATION THAT ALL OF OUR AGENCIES, UH, INVOLVED IN A RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH CAL FIRE, UH, AND THE INNER AGENCIES IN ORANGE COUNTY AND, AND EVERYBODY THAT WAS INVOLVED, UH, I THINK WE WERE NOT ONLY BLESSED, UH, WITH WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT GOT BETTER AND DIDN'T MAKE THIS WORSE. BUT THE MAIN THING IS THAT THE COORDINATION BETWEEN ALL OF THE ENTITIES THAT WERE INVOLVED, OUR POLICE, UH, SURROUNDING POLICE, THE FIRE FIGHTERS, UH, WE, WE CAN LOOK AT THIS EVENT AND SAY, LOOK, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THIS IS AN EXERCISE OR A CASE STUDY IN WHAT THINGS CAN GO, RIGHT. I THINK WE WOULD PASS WITH FLYING COLORS. YEAH. THERE'S THINGS THAT COULD HAVE IMPROVED, BUT WE W WE AIR ALL OF THESE ENTITIES AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE ARE OUR HEROES BECAUSE THEY SAVED OUR CITY AND THEY SAVED MANY, MANY RESIDENTS BEING BODILY HARMED AND HAVING THEIR HOMES BURNT TO THE GROUND. SO KUDOS TO ALL OF YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FROM THE, FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. IT WAS A GREAT EFFORT BY EVERYBODY INVOLVED. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. MENDEZ, UH, PETER, AND THEN RAY AGAIN, AND THEN I'LL END. IT SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, BRIAN. UH, EVERYBODY'S PRETTY MUCH COVERED SOME OF THE THINGS I HAD MADE NOTES ON. I WILL SAY THAT THE, EVERY TIME THIS HAPPENS, WE GAIN MORE EXPERIENCE ON HOW TO HANDLE THINGS. THE 2008 FIRE WAS A MAJOR FIRE HERE, AND WE WATCHED HOW THAT DEPLOYED AND THEY WERE USING, UH, ALL THE MAPS AND THEY WERE, THE MUTUAL AID WAS, WAS, UM, A THING TO WATCH. IT WAS, IT WAS FANTASTIC. AND, BUT WE LEARNED FROM THAT AND LEARNED HOW TO DEPLOY IN DIFFERENT REGIONS OF CHINO HILLS. AND I THINK EACH ONE BECOMES A LEARNING EXPERIENCE AS HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP BY SOME OF THE OTHERS. AND, UH, I HAVE ALSO HUNG OUT AT THE ELC AND WE LEARNED FROM THAT STRUCTURE, HOW TO IMPROVE THAT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. SO OUR FIRST OPPORTUNITY REALLY TO USE A COMMUNITY CENTER FOR AN EVACUATION LOCATION FOR, UH, SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS, UH, WORKED OUT GREAT. I THINK WE CAN IMPROVE IT. YOU KNOW, WE WERE DEALING WITH THE COVID TIMES RIGHT NOW, WHERE THE SWEDES CENTER HAD BEEN CLOSED FOR FOR MANY MONTHS. [00:45:01] UH, BUT THAT IS OUR GO-TO LOCATION AND WE'VE LEARNED FROM IT. AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE EQUIPMENT THERE NOW, GENERATORS, ET CETERA. UM, FOR MORE RESIDENTS TEND TO BE LOCATED THERE IN AN EMERGENCY. WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN, REALLY. I DON'T WANT TO REVIEW WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE SAID OTHER THAN THANKING FIRE POLICE RED CROSS, FOR SURE. THEY WERE THERE SO QUICKLY, UH, AND VHS FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION. THEN, UH, IF SOMETHING ELSE OCCURS TO ME, BRIAN, I'LL BRING IT UP. BUT I THINK IT WAS JUST EVERYBODY HAS, HAS, UH, DESCRIBED OUR FEELINGS AND OUR OBSERVATIONS. AND I THINK THERE'S NO NEED FOR IT. YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. ROGERS. UH, MR. . THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UH, TWO LAST QUESTIONS REAL FAST. UM, I WANT TO THANK OUR PUBLIC WORKS. THEY DID A TREMENDOUS JOB. THIS IS I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE, UH, 1984. I'VE GONE THROUGH ABOUT THREE OR FOUR MAJOR FIRES THROUGH CHINO HILLS. AND THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAD OUR STAFF PUBLIC WORKS, OPEN UP THE GATES THERE ON CANDIDA LANE, AND THEN ALSO BELLY SPRINGS. BUT MY ONLY CONCERN IS THIS. I WOULD REALLY LOVE FOR THEM TO LOOK OFFICIAL WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE THE APPROPRIATE PPE, MAYBE A NO MIX TYPE OF JACKET, MAYBE A HELMET AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE RADIOS AND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF TRAINING BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE RUDE, NASTY, UM, THAT WANT TO GO BACK INTO A CARBON CANYON. AND I JUST SORT OF FEEL THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT, BIT BETTER TRAINING FOR THEM IN THE FUTURE. SO THAT'S ONE QUESTION AND THAT WOULD BE TO DANIEL. UM, AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION I HAVE IN CARBON CANYON WATER IS SO MUCH BETTER BECAUSE OF HILLCREST. WE BOUGHT, WE BROUGHT IN A BIG SUPPLY OF WATER TO BE ABLE TO, TO, UH, FIGHT FIRE AND CARPET CANDY, WHICH WAS, IS ONE OF THE REASONS I WANTED THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, THERE IN CARBON CANYON, BRINGING IN A GOOD SUPPLY OF WATER. BUT I DID NOTICE THAT WE DID HAVE STRIKE TEAMS UP IN HILLCREST. WE HAD THEM IN AREAS WITH DEFENSIBLE SPACE AND MY QUESTION, THIS IS GOING TO BE FOR FIRE. AND I KNOW THIS IS SORT OF A GRAY AREA. UM, I KNOW THAT WE JELLED SLEEPY HOLLOW AND WE DID THAT PRIOR TO THE FIRE REACHING UP SLEEPY HALL. IS THERE ANY CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE FOR FIRE PERSONNEL TO SET UP STRIKE TEAMS IN SLEEPY HOLLOW? SURE. THIS IS A DEPUTY CHIEF COOK AGAIN. YEAH, JUST LIKE ANY AREA WE GO AND WE PREPLAN AND WE HAVE AREAS, UM, THAT MIGHT HAVE POTENTIAL, UM, HIGHER RISK OR FIREFIGHTING PERSONNEL WHEN THEY COME INTO PARTICULAR AREAS. AND, UH, THAT PARTICULAR AREA THAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO IS WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER TO BE A HIGH RISK FOR OUR FIRE PERSONNEL TO GO IN BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF, UH, EGRESS AND INGRESS INTO THAT PARTICULAR AREA, THE TIGHT ROADS WINDY, UM, OBVIOUSLY THE DENSITY OF THE HOMES AND THE, THE ACTUAL, UM, VEGETATION THAT'S THERE. SO, UM, THAT WAS THE DECISION THAT WE MADE AND THAT'S WHY WE PUT THE GEL TASKFORCE IN THERE TO GET IN THERE. AND, UH, PRE-TREAT THOSE HOMES. UM, SO WE COULD GET THE FIREFIGHTERS OUT OF THE WAY IN THE EVENT THAT IT WAS A WIND DRIVEN FIRE COMING AT US. AND WE OBVIOUSLY DON'T WANT TO PUT OUR PERSONNEL RIGHT AT THE FIRE FRONT AND WE WOULD LET THE FIRE FRONT PASS AND THEN COME BACK IN AND MOP UP THE AREA. SO, YES, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. AND IS THERE ANY CONCERN AS FAR AS CANOPIES? I MEAN, I, I BELIEVE, UM, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THAT CAN PUT A CANOPY IS? SURE. THAT'S ANYTIME YOU HAVE A GROWTH THAT, UH, CONNECTS WITH, UH, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD OR A PARTICULAR AREA. SO IN THIS CASE YOU COULD THINK OF AN ARCH OR SOME TYPE OF ARBOR SET UP, AND THE FOLIAGE GOES OVER THE TOP OF THE ROADWAY AND THEREBY WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE, UH, RAPID SPREAD OF FIRE IN THAT AREA. ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TELLING ME THAT AREA AND THE JOB THAT YOU GUYS DID. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND I'M JUST GOING TO TOUCH ON A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT ITEMS. UM, THIS TOUCHED ON SO MANY LESSONS FROM THE FREEWAY COMPLEX FIRE THAT IT'S JUST AMAZING TO SEE THAT IT KIND OF STARTED IN THE SAME PLACE, MADE ITS WAY UP THROUGH OUR CITY IN THE SAME WAY. AND, UH, CHIEF COOK, JUST, JUST A QUICK QUESTION. UM, I HEARD FROM A MAN I HEARD FROM A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT RESIDENTS THAT SAID, HEY, WE MADE IT THROUGH THE FREEWAY COMPLEX FIRE. WE MADE IT THROUGH THE BLUE RIDGE FIRE. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THINGS ARE, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE FINE. WE DON'T NEED TO EVACUATE OUR HOMES. WE'RE GOING TO BE SAFE NO MATTER WHAT, HOW BAD COULD, COULD THIS HAVE REALLY TRULY GOTTEN YEAH. MAYOR WITH ALL DUE RESPECT. UH, WE HEAR THAT A LOT AS WELL, AND WE TRY TO CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC. UM, AND CERTAINLY CALIFORNIA IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, THERE'S A PHENOMENON CALLED EVACUATION FATIGUE AND IT'S REAL. AND, UH, OFTENTIMES, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL SAY, OH, YOU EVACUATED TOO EARLY. AND THE FIRE NEVER GOT THROUGH OUR HOMES AND WE SHOULD'VE NEVER BEEN EVACUATED IN THE FIRST [00:50:01] PLACE. AND CERTAINLY WE UNDERSTAND THAT SEDIMENT AND WE UNDERSTAND THE DISRUPTION THAT TAKES PLACE WHEN AN EVACUATION ORDER GOES IN. BUT, UH, AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS TO PROTECT HUMAN LIFE AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO EVACUATE TO THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE IN WHAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE THE FIRE FRONT PATH, UH, FORTUNATELY, OR UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE, THAT PARTICULAR REGION, WE HAVE EXTENSIVE FIRE HISTORY. AND SO HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF AS YOU ARE ALL WELL AWARE, AND YOU'VE LIVED THROUGH THAT AND IN THIS CASE, HISTORY COULD HAVE REPEATED ITSELF. AND IF THIS COULD HAVE BEEN ANY OTHER CONDITION WHERE WE HAD A, UH, A WIND REVERSAL, WHICH HAPPENS ON THESE FIRES QUITE OFTEN, THEY MAKE THEIR OWN ENERGY AND THEIR OWN WEATHER, UH, THAT COULD HAVE TAKEN PLACE. AND FRANKLY, UH, TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST WITH YOU, WE COULD HAVE HAD A REPEAT OF PARADISE. WE COULD HAVE LOST THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF POEMS IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA. UM, AND, UH, WE HAD WITH THE WIND DRIVEN FIRE, YOU CAN THROW AS MANY ASSETS AND RESOURCES AT IT. LIKE I MENTIONED, THE AERIAL ASSETS GROUNDED BECAUSE OF THE WINDS. UM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN PUT AS MANY FOLKS IN FRONT OF THESE FIRES AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO STOP THEM. AND THE FIRE WILL STOP WHEN IT'S READY TO STOP, OR THE WEATHER CHANGES. SO IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT RESIDENTS DO NOT FALL INTO THE EVACUATION FATIGUE FACTOR AND THAT THEY HEED THE WARNINGS OF THE PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND THEY TAKE IT SERIOUSLY WHEN WE EVACUATED AREAS. SO NATHAN, WE JUST TRULY GOT LUCKY THAT THE WIND, YOU KNOW, AS, UH, AS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT HAD TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A MAJOR WIND EVENT THE DAY OR TWO BEFORE, AND JUST THINK, THANK GOD THAT WE, THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD THE WIND GO THE RIGHT WAY, BECAUSE THIS REALLY COULD HAVE TRULY HAVE TURNED INTO A COMPLETE DISASTER. ABSOLUTELY. WITHOUT A DOUBT. AND I'LL ALSO SAY I GOT TO GIVE CREDIT TO, UM, ALL THE FOLKS THAT, UH, EXPERIENCED THE FREEWAY COMPLEX FIRE AND THE SOLAR PLAN THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE. AND SO THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THE COOPERATION BETWEEN ALL OF THE CITIES, ALL OF THE JURISDICTIONS AND AGENCIES ALSO PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN GETTING THEIR RESOURCES THERE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND ALL BEING ON THE SAME PAGE. AND I THINK THAT ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THE OUTCOME THAT WE EXPERIENCED. WELL, THANK YOU, NATHAN. APPRECIATE IT. AND THEN SERGEANT LOPEZ, I'M GOING TO KIND OF CALL ON SOME OF THE BAD ACTORS ON THIS. WE HAD A LEGITIMATELY LARGE ISSUE WITH RESIDENTS, JUST STRAIGHT UP, LYING TO DEPUTIES ABOUT, HEY, I NEED TO GO IN FOR MEDS. HEY, I NEED IT URGENTLY GO IN BEHIND THE EVACUATION LINES. THIS WAS TRULY AN ISSUE THAT COULD HAVE LED TO A LOSS OF LIFE AND, YOU KNOW, PULLING RESOURCES AWAY FROM CRITICAL FIRE NEEDS. RIGHT. THANK YOU, BRIAN. I APPRECIATE IT. THANKS FOR THAT. THANKS FOR THE HELP. TRYING TO MENTOR POINT HERE. HEY, HEY, RESIDENTS, DON'T LIE TO OUR SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES TO SAY THAT I NEED MEDS. AND THEN WHEN THE DEPUTY ESCORTS YOU TO YOUR HOUSE, YOU STRAIGHT UP SAY DAP, SORRY, I'M NOT LEAVING. I'M NOT GOING TO LEAVE. YOU KNOW, DRAG ME INTO MY HOUSE. IT'S, IT'S COMPLETELY IRRESPONSIBLE. I, I GET THAT. THIS IS A, THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S AN ANNOYANCE TO YOUR LIFE, BUT MY GOD, IF THE WINDSOR CHANGED AND WE TRULY HAD A SHIFT, PEOPLE WOULD BE DEAD. SO LISTEN TO THE, LISTEN TO THE EXPERTS. I KNOW, BELIEVE ME. I KNOW THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT IT JUST BOTHERS EVERYBODY, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO TRY TO SAVE. YEAH. SO SORRY, BRIAN. I'M, UH, SAYS IN LOPEZ ON STEPPING ON YOU, BUT ANYTHING YOU WANT TO TRY AND MAN, ON, ON WITH THAT, SIR, OUR DEPUTIES ARE, ARE PUT IN PLACES TOO TO STOP THE MOVEMENT, UH, OF, UH, RESIDENTS TAKING THEMSELVES INTO DANGER. IT DOES GET FRUSTRATING. AND EVEN ON OUR SIDE, THEY MAY DECIDE TO LET SOMEBODY IN. BUT SOMETIMES WHEN YOU LET SOMEBODY IN, YOU MAY AS WELL LET EVERYBODY IN. IT'S EITHER ONE OR THE OTHER. WE NEED TO KEEP EVERYBODY OUT FOR THEIR SAFETY. AND IF YOU LEAVE ONE TIME, YOU MIGHT GET LEFT OUT OUT OF YOUR HOUSE THAT GOES WITH PRE-PLANNING. AS LONG AS YOU KNOW, THE AREA THAT YOU LIVE IN SET UP A PLAN, SHOULD ANYTHING HAPPEN AND PUT THAT PLAN INTO PLACE AS SOON AS WARNINGS AND ORDERS FOR EVACUATION BEGIN. DEFINITELY. AND I MEAN, I'M A HUGE FAN OF PERSONAL FREEDOM. IF YOU MAKE THAT CHOICE, YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN. DON'T, DON'T PUT OUR DEPUTIES AND DON'T PUT OUR FIREFIGHTERS INTO THAT POSITION BECAUSE YOU HAVE WILLINGLY SAT THERE AND WHY TO MY DOOR DEPUTIES ABOUT NEEDING SOMETHING. SO I'M GOING TO GET OFF MY HIGH HORSE, UM, WITH THAT. UH, IF ANY OTHER [00:55:01] COLLEAGUES WANT TO CHIME IN, UH, ART OR CYNTHIA? I CAN'T SEE ON MY SCREEN JUST BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT IS. BUT, UM, WITH THAT, UH, MR. BENNETT, I SAW YOU ON MUTE YOURSELF. OH NO. I JUST, UH, JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I'M STILL HERE. I'M STILL AWAKE. I APPRECIATE IT. WELL WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR, OUR FIRE, UH, OUR FIRE DISTRICT AND POLICE DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT FOR ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK. YOU KNOW, IT SAID, SORRY TO TOUCH, PAY TO GET BACK ON MY HIGH HORSE ABOUT PEOPLE LYING TO OUR DEPUTIES. IT'S A MISDEMEANOR. YOU'RE LUCKY. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET CHARGED WITH IT. IT TRULY IS A CRIME. DO NOT LIE TO OUR DEPUTIES ABOUT WHY YOU NEED TO GO IN, OKAY. IT'S THROUGH THEIR SHEER BENEVOLENCE. YOU WERE FINE, BUT DO NOT LIE TO THEM. IT'S IT'S IT PUTS EVERYBODY AT RISK WHEN THAT HAPPENS. MR. MARQUEZ IS PREMIERE. YOU BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT. AND I JUST WANT TO SORT OF SAY A FEW WORDS ON THAT. WELL, HEY, YOUR FIRE FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE OFFICERS, THEY DO WANT TO, YOU WANT TO BE THERE FOR YOUR PROTECTION. THEY WANT TO SAVE YOU IF THEY CAN. BUT ONCE THEY ASK YOU TO EVACUATE, YOU MAKE THAT CHOICE TO STAY. IT'S A FIRE DOES OVERRUN. YOU CHANCES ARE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO COME BECAUSE THEY'RE THEY'RE SPREAD OUT. CAN IT BE TOO DIFFICULT BY THE TIME THEY GOT THERE, THE FIRE IS GOING TO PASS AND WHATEVER IS GOING TO HAPPEN HAPPENS. SO AM I CAN ALWAYS JUST RELATE TO A FIRE TRUCK. WHEN I USED TO FIGHT FIRES MANY YEARS AGO WAS THE OAKLAND FIRE, NOT TOO FAR FROM BERKELEY. AND, UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF LOSS OF LIFE, LIFE UP THERE BECAUSE PEOPLE DECIDED TO STAY THERE LIVE AT THE LAST MINUTE, THEY DECIDED TO LEAVE ALL AT THE SAME TIME, THERE WAS A TRAFFIC JAM AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN A SLEEPY HOLLOW OR CORBIN CANYON. SO IF THEY ASK YOU TO LEAVE, PLEASE LEAVE. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BE DIFFICULT. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SAVE LIVES. SO THANK YOU. BRILLIANT FOR THE MESSAGE. YOU APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, SIR. AND THANK YOU, COUNCILMEN MARQUEZ. ALL RIGHT. WELL WITH THAT, IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANYTHING TO SAY, WE CAN TOUCH ON IT LATER, WE WILL BE MOVING TO [4. 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.] PUBLIC COMMENTS. SO AT THIS TIME, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEMS, UH, WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WHETHER OR NOT THE ITEMS APPEAR ON THE AGENDA, EXCEPT TESTIMONY ON, EXCEPT FOR TESTIMONY ON PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS, WHICH MUST BE PROVIDED DURING THOSE HEARINGS, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS VIA ZOOM, DIAL STAR NINE, TO BE SELECTED FROM THE MEETING CUBE INDIVIDUAL AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER. AND WITH THAT MADAM CITY CLERK ASKS WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS SO FAR. THE FIRST SPEAKER IS STEVEN ELI. ALL RIGHT, DIRECTOR, ELI. HE LOWERED HIS HANDS. SO LET ME, STEVE, YOU WANT TO SPEAK, HOLD ON ONE MOMENT. LET ME ALLOW HIM TO TALK. OKAY. THERE WE GO. OKAY. NOW CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH. GREAT. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR COUNCIL, UM, RESIDENTS. I JUST WANTED TO SAY HAPPY NEW YEAR AND A HOPE THAT WE CAN SOMEDAY BE BACK TOGETHER AGAIN IN PERSON. UH, GLAD TO HEAR MR. BENNETT IS DOING BETTER, UH, AS A FELLOW SURVIVOR, UH, OF THIS VIRUS, IT'S NO PICNIC FOR SURE. UM, JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE THINGS REAL BRIEFLY. UM, WE HAVE STARTED THE CONSTRUCTION OF, UH, THE REHAB AND, UH, MODERNIZATION OF REGIONAL PLAN FIVE AND CHINO OFF KIMBALL. UM, THAT IS A PROJECT THAT I GO ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS, UH, AND HAS THREE, THREE MAIN PHASES. AS I'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, IT'S A LITTLE OVER $400 MILLION PROJECT, UH, TO MODERNIZE THE FACILITIES TO, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO CLOSE OUR REGIONAL PLANT TO SOLID HANDLING FACILITY. SO WE'RE BUILDING NEW SOLIDS HANDLING FACILITY STATE-OF-THE-ART AND ALSO, UM, TO ACCOMMODATE GROWTH, UH, BOTH THE PRESERVE, AS WELL AS THE ONTARIO RANCH AREAS. WE'RE GONNA INCREASE THE CAPACITY BY ABOUT A THIRD OF THE FUNDING OF THAT IS BY VERY LOW INTEREST LOANS, INCLUDING WHAT THEY CALL A WIFI, A LOAN FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WHICH IS A LITTLE LESS THAN $200 MILLION AT 1.3, 6%, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO START PAYING IT BACK UNTIL, UH, AFTER CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETED AND THEN IT WILL TAKE 30, IT'LL BE 35 YEARS TO BE REPAID. SO THAT'S A GOOD INVESTMENT. UM, WE FEEL FOR, FOR THE REGION, YOU KNOW, WE SERVE 875,000 PEOPLE, INCLUDING NOT THE 80,000 PLUS RESIDENTS OF CHINO HILLS. UM, WE ALSO GOT AUTHORITY FROM THE USCPA, WHERE THEY GRANTED US THE ABILITY TO APPLY FOR ANOTHER LOAN UNDER [01:00:01] THE WIFI PROGRAM. UM, AS YOU MAY KNOW WELL, BUT YOU DON'T FEEL AS PART, UH, OF OUR SURFACE AREA MAY BE MORE MODERN. A LOT OF THE FACILITIES ARE 50 TO 70 YEARS OLD. UM, THE GOOD NEWS IS WE ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR ANOTHER $94 MILLION FOR PROJECTS IN THE AREA. YOU KNOW, IF PEOPLE DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT THEY, THEY, THEY TAKE A SHOWER, THEY JUST WANT IT TO GO DOWN THE DRAIN, BUT IT TAKES A LOT OF BOTH AT THE LOCAL LEVEL FOR YOUR CITY, AS WELL AS FOR US ON THE HOME LEVEL. SO, UM, WE'RE EXCITED. WE ARE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT WAYS TO SAVE MONEY ON THE LINE ON RACE. UM, LAST YEAR, ALL THE RATES AND THIS JULY 1ST AT SOME OF THE RATES WILL BE GOING BACK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAINTAIN THE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE HAVE. UM, STEVE, I THINK, I, I THINK I HEARD THE DIGITAL HUB PULLING ON YET. SO ARE YOU FREE? AND YOU KNOW, AND, UH, ANYTIME PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT WELL, WE APPRECIATE IT. WE APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT I EUA IS DOING, UH, FOR US. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE UPDATE. HAPPY NEW YEAR. THANKS. HEY, WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU, UH, THAT YOU DID OKAY WITH COVID. THANKS. ALRIGHT, MADAM CITY CLERK, NEXT SPEAKER. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NATHAN AND I'M GOING TO UNMUTE MIKE. ALL RIGHT, MR. BASS, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR COUNCIL AND CHIEF COOK, SARGENT LOPEZ AND CITY ADMINISTRATORS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATIONS AND YOUR WORK AND THE FIRES LAST YEAR. IT WAS REALLY INCREDIBLE TO SEE THE CONTAIN SO QUICKLY. UM, UM, MY NAME IS NATHAN BETH. I'M A REPRESENTATIVE OF SENATOR JOSH NEWMAN AND CITY OF CHINO. UH, I WENT TO INTRODUCE OUR OFFICE TO THE CITY. I KNOW THAT MANY OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY ARE STRUGGLING TO WORK WITH STATE AGENCIES AT THIS TIME, ESPECIALLY EDB. SO I WENT TO MAKE OUR OFFICE AVAILABLE TO SERVE THE CONSTITUENTS IN THIS DISTRICT, IN THE CITY OF JUNO'S. UM, AND THEN YOU NEED WITH THE STATE GOVERNMENT, YOU CAN FIND US ONLINE AT FD DOT 29 DOT SENATE, EXCUSE ME, FD DOT 20 NINE.SENATE.CA.GOV. UM, AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET IN CONTACT US IN CONTACT WITH US FROM THERE. YEAH. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. AND I KNOW ALL FIVE OF US HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH THE SENATORS, SO WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND THE SENATOR WAS DOING FOR OUR RESIDENTS AT THE SHRINE TIME. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. MA'AM CITY CLERK. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RONNIE. RONNIE. HAPPY NEW YEAR. HERE WE ARE. HERE WE GO. WE'RE HERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. A WONDERFUL EVENING. UH, GETTING THE RELIVING OF THE CIRCUMSTANCE THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR, UH, THE, THE WELL THOUGHT OUT WELL PLANNED FOR A MIRACLE OF CHINO HILLS AND THE BLESSING THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE CHANGE IN WIND AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT I'LL TELL YOU, IT'S INTERESTING WHEN YOU LIVE HERE AND, UH, THE THREATS IS SUDDENLY THERE AND YOU KEEP GETTING, UH, UH, GOOD FREQUENT UPDATES ON MAPS ON LINE THAT, UH, FROM PEOPLE LIKE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN, UH, TELLING US WHERE THE EVACUATION AREAS ARE AND WHERE THEY ARE NOT, AND CONTINUALLY TELLING US WHAT THE LIKELIHOOD MAY BE, THAT, UH, THAT THOSE LINES WILL CHANGE. AND SINCE, UH, OUR AREA HERE WHERE I LIVE HERE IN THE HILLS, UH, WAS NEXT IN LINE FOR AN EVACUATION. IF IT DID HAPPEN, IT WAS VERY, VERY, VERY HELPFUL AND VERY OF GREAT USE. AND I HAVE LOVED ONES IN ANOTHER AREA THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ANOTHER AREA OF THE CITY THAT WOULD HAVE ALSO BEEN, UH, AFFECTED IMMEDIATELY. SO, UH, THE CARE AND, UM, UH, INDEX BURT WAY, BUT FROM THE HEART WE GET, UH, THE BEST FROM THOSE THAT ARE TRUSTED WITH TAKING CARE OF US. AND, AND IT REALLY DEEPLY APPRECIATE, UH, UH, THAT IT MEANT A LOT AT THAT MOMENT. AND SINCE IT'S FORGETTABLE, ANOTHER THING THAT WAS UNDER FORGETTABLE ABOUT THE FIRES WAS, UH, THE, THE FIGHT THEY HAD WITH THE, UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD A REAL FIRE FIGHT GOING ON AT SOCAL CANYON. UH, I THINK IT WAS THE SECOND DAY OR THIRD DAY. AND, UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF AIR TRAFFIC, UH, GOING ON TO THAT AREA AND THANK GOD THEY WERE, BUT I WAS, UH, A COUPLE OF, [01:05:01] I DUNNO, ABOUT TWO MILES AWAY OR A MILE AWAY FROM, FROM WHAT WAS HAPPENING THERE. AND I WAS WATCHING THE PLANES AS THEY WERE COMING IN AND THE HELICOPTERS, AND THEY WERE COMING IN A CIRCLE, WHICH WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE THE CIRCLE WOULD END IT SO CAL AND THEN IT COME UP TOWARDS MY WAY. SO ANY NEW AIRCRAFT THAT CAME IN WITH, WITH FIRE DROPS WOULD BE RIGHT OVER MY HOUSE, IN A CIRCLE GOING RIGHT BACK DOWN. SO IT WAS LIKE, UH, A FERRIS WHEEL, UH, WATCHING THAT KIND OF WORK, UH, GOING ON. IT WAS JUST AN ABSOLUTE, UH, AN ABSOLUTE THRILL TO SEE, UH, INACTION, EVERYONE KUDOS TO EVERYONE. UH, WE OWE YOU A LOT. THANK YOU. JUST IN CLOSING PURPLE HEART, A LOT OF, UH, A LOT OF ACTIVITY, UH, ONLINE AND FACEBOOK ABOUT PURPLE HEARTS. AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AS A CITY TO, UH, HONOR THOSE WHO WERE WILLING TO GIVE IT ALL. AND THE DISPLAYS THAT YOU HAVE HONORING PEOPLE WITH THE METAL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAPPY NEW YEAR. THANK YOU, RONNIE, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU AS WELL. AND WE'D CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE, THE SACRIFICE THAT ALL OF OUR PURPLE HEART AWARDEES HAVE GIVEN FOR A NATION. THANK YOU FOR THE KIND WORDS FOR OUR FIREFIGHTING EFFORTS FROM THE FIRE DISTRICT AND OUR STAFF. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MADAM CITY CLERK. I DO NOT SEE ANY HANDS RAISED AT THIS TIME, SO WE'LL GIVE EVERYONE ONE MORE SECOND. IF YOU WISH TO MAKE A COMMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IN THE ZOOM APPLICATION OR DIAL STAR NINE. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE CONFLICT [ CONFLICT OF INTEREST ANNOUNCEMENTS: Council Member abstentions shall be stated at this time for recordation on the appropriate item.] OF INTEREST TO ANYBODY HAVE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE NO SPEAK NOW OR FOREVER. HOLD YOUR PEACE. ALL RIGHT. [ CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS (4 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.] CONSENT CALENDAR. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR? TYPICALLY THE PUBLIC DOESN'T SPEAK ON THE CONSULTANT. GOOD. THAT'S WHAT I LIKE. WOULD ANYBODY LIKE, WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO PULL ANY ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOVE BY COUNCILMAN ROGERS AND A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ WITH THAT. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU MIND, UH, TAKING ROLL MAYOR JOS VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS. YES. MOTION PASSED FIVE SERUM. ALL RIGHT, FANTASTIC. NOW WE GET TO THE CONSENT OR SORRY TO THE DISCUSSION CALENDAR. THIS PORTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA IS FOR ALL MATTERS WHERE STAFF AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS ANTICIPATED. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIA ZOOM OR DIAL STAR NINE TO BE SELECTED FROM THE MEETING. Q INDIVIDUAL AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED AS ONCE AGAIN TO THREE MINUTES. SO WE HAVE THE RECEIVE [9. Receive and file Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) update] AND FILE CORONA CORONA VIRUS DISEASE, 2019 COVID-19 UPDATE. SO WE, WHY DON'T WE TAKE A, WHY DON'T WE TAKE A, UM, STAFF REPORT AND THEN WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS AT THE END. SURE. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR JOS CITY COUNCIL THAT HAS BECOME OUR TRADITION. WE LIKE TO MEMORIALIZE WHAT'S OCCURRED BETWEEN COUNCIL MEETINGS AND THE COVID, UH, SPACE. UH, THIS STARTED OFF AS A FAIRLY SHORT REPORT, UH, AND UNEVENTFUL ONE. UH, WE HAVE TO REEVALUATE EVERY 30 DAYS OR SO OUR OPERATIONS TO SEE IF WE'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN UP SOME OF OUR FACILITIES. UNFORTUNATELY, GIVEN THE CURRENT, UH, COVID ENVIRONMENT, UH, WE'RE GOING TO BE EXTENDING OUR CLOSURE OF CITY FACILITIES LIKE OUR COMMUNITY CENTER MCCOY, UH, UH, FACILITY, UH, FOR ANOTHER, UH, MONTH, UH, THROUGH FEBRUARY 28TH, UH, WE'LL UH, CONSISTENTLY AND, AND FREQUENTLY REEVALUATE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND SERVICES BACK CLOSER TO NORMAL. BUT RIGHT NOW, UH, THOSE CLOSERS WILL REMAIN THROUGH THE 28TH OF FEBRUARY. UM, OUR REPORT ALSO, UH, WANTED TO CALL TO THE PUBLIC'S ATTENTION THAT THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR COORDINATING VACCINES AND, UH, OUR AREA. UH, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHANGE ASSOCIATED WITH VACCINES, AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC THAT THERE'S FRUSTRATION WITH THE SYSTEM. AND AS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD TODAY FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, THEY'RE CHANGING THE SYSTEM. THE CITY WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND SHARE THAT INFORMATION. UH, BUT WE ALSO ARE HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY AND WE WANT THE COMMUNITY TO BE AWARE THAT IN ADDITION TO THE COUNTY RESOURCES THAT ARE TYPICALLY DEPLOYED IN HOSPITALS, UH, WE'RE HEARING MORE AND MORE ABOUT, UH, VACCINES BEING MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH, UH, ALBERTSONS CVS AND OTHER RESOURCES LIKE THAT. SO, UH, BE DILIGENT IN YOUR SEARCH, UH, AND, UH, THE COUNTY AND THE CITY WILL WORK [01:10:01] THE BEST THEY CAN TO PROVIDE THOSE, UH, VACCINATION, UH, OPPORTUNITIES, BUT, UH, CHECK WITH YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER AND, UH, YOUR LOCAL PHARMACY. YOU MAY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY THERE AS WELL. UH, UH, SINCE THE PUBLICATION OF THIS COVID, UH, REPORT, UH, MONDAY THE GOVERNOR, UH, ANNOUNCED THE LIFTING OF THE REGIONAL STAY AT HOME ORDER, WHICH RESULTED IN US GOING BACK TO, UH, THE CONDITIONS FOR THE PURPLE, UH, TIER, UH, ESSENTIALLY THIS, UH, HAS, UH, MADE IT, UH, NOW POSSIBLE FOR OUR RESTAURANTS TO REOPEN THEIR OUTDOOR DINING. UH, WE'VE ALSO SEEN THE EXPANSION OF, UM, UH, RETAIL OPPORTUNITIES. AND SO WE JUST WANT OUR PUBLIC, UH, TO KNOW, UH, THAT OUR CURRENT SITUATION, UH, WHILE IMPROVED, UH, UH, STILL HAS RESTRICTIONS AND WE WANT THE PUBLIC TO JUST, UH, DO THE BEST THEY CAN TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. UH, AND WITH THAT, I'LL CONCLUDE MY REPORT. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BEN. I KNOW THINGS MOVE, MOVE FLUENTLY KNOW, UH, PETER AND I WERE ON, OR ALL OF US HAVE BEEN ON WITH OUR STATE SENATOR ON FRIDAY, AND IT'S AMAZING TO SEE HOW, UH, THINGS CHANGE SO QUICKLY WITHOUT ANYBODY REALLY KNOWING WHAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING. SO WE APPRECIATE, UH, APPRECIATE THE UPDATE. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR I'M SORRY, MADAM CITY CLERK. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? NO, THERE ARE NO HANDS RAISED FOR THIS ITEM. WONDERFUL. ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS JUST CHIME IN? CAUSE IT'S HARD TO MANAGE THE SCENE. DO WE NEED A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE? YES. SO I'VE MOVED. I THINK WE'RE GOOD. YEAH. WE DON'T NEED A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM. ALL RIGHT. ONE DIRT FULL. ALL RIGHT. WELL THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO CERTAINLY MOVE. OKAY. SO [10. Re-introduce 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" for first reading by title only and waive further reading] WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 10 REINTRODUCE ORDINANCE AND TITLED AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS AMENDING TITLE 16 OF THE, OF THE CHINO HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE TO AMEND ACCESSORY DWELLING, UNIT REGULATIONS, AND FINALLY PROPOSED MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENT 20 M C A O ONE EXEMPT FROM REVIEW UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT FOR FIRST READING BY TITLE ONLY AND WAIVE FURTHER READING AMIR CHOSE. I'M GOING TO ASK OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, UH, JOINING LOMBARDO, UH, TO TAKE THIS ITEM FOR YOU. WONDERFUL. JOANNE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I CANNOT SEE THAT SHE'S NEEDED, BUT I DID NOT SEE HER. SHE MADE, LET ME MEET HER. SHE SEEMS ON ME, BUT I'M NOT SURE. JOANNE. DO YOU READ ME OVER? CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, MA'AM PERFECT. GOOD. SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE HEADPHONES. EXCUSE ME. THANK YOU. UM, YES. WHO HAS DONE A LOT OF HARD WORK ON THIS ORDINANCE? WE'LL BE PROVIDING A BRIEF PRESENTATION, SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING, ONCE AGAIN, AS MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENT 20 MCA ZERO ONE AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, THIS IS AN UPDATE TO THE CITY'S REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT. NEXT SLIDE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. BY WAY OF VERY BRIEF BACKGROUND, ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS ARE SECONDARY DWELLING UNITS THAT PROVIDE COMPLETE AND INDEPENDENT LIVING FACILITIES FROM THE PRIMARY HOMEOWNER AND EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTY. UH, IN 2019, THE STATE ENACTED STATUTES THAT FURTHER LIMITED THE ABILITY OF LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO IMPOSE REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS ON ADU AND AS MAYBE EXPECTED SINCE THE INACTION OF THESE STATUTES, THE INTEREST FROM THE PUBLIC HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADU. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS ITEM IS RE REVIEWED A NUMBER OF TIMES, INCLUDING THREE PUBLIC WORKSHOPS THAT WERE HELD BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOLLOWED BY A PUBLIC HEARING TO REVIEW THE STATUTES ENACTED BY THE STATE RECEIVE INPUT AND TESTIMONY FROM THE PUBLIC. AND WE CONSIDERED THE AMENDMENTS TO THE ADU REGULATIONS ON NOVEMBER 10TH AND ORDINANCE WAS PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL AND DURING A PUBLIC PUBLIC HEARING, THEY CITY COUNCIL TOOK PUBLIC TESTIMONY, DISCUSS PROPOSED UPDATES AND VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. I KNOW THAT FOR 24TH, [01:15:01] 2020, THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERED TWO COMMENTS THAT WERE RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC SUGGESTING THAT THE PROPERTIES OF BUDDING CARBON CANYON ROAD WITHIN THE OVERLAY DISTRICT SHOULD BE EXEMPT FROM THE OVERLAY DISTRICTS PROHIBITION OF ADA USE. AFTER CONSIDERING THESE SUGGESTIONS, CITY COUNCIL CONTINUED, THE ITEMS PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STAFF AND THAT, YOU KNOW, VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT CONSIDERED THE SUGGESTED AMENDMENTS FIVE, PLEASE. HE EDU INELIGIBLE INELIGIBILITY DISTRICT IS PROPOSED TO MITIGATE AGAINST THE THREAT OF WILDFIRES, THAT COMBINATION OF SMALL LOTS AND THE HIGH FIRE HAZARD AREAS. AND IN CERTAIN AREAS OF CITIES, SPECIFICALLY THE SLEEPY HOLLOW COMMUNITY AND THE CANON LANE COMMUNITY ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF CARBON KENYON ROAD PRESENT PARTICULAR CHALLENGES, INCLUDING HILLY TERRAIN, STEEP AND NARROW STREETS, AND OFTEN ONE ROAD ACCESS PLACING PEOPLE AT RISK OF FIRE IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. IT WAS DETERMINED DURING THE INITIAL REVIEW THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADU AND THESE AREAS WOULD INTRODUCE ADDITIONAL RESIDENTS AND VEHICLES INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS, THEREBY PLACING MORE INDIVIDUALS AT RISK IN ANY EMERGENCY SITUATION AND INCREASING THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES THAT WOULD NEED TO EVACUATE THE AREA IN THE EVENT OF A WILDFIRE FOR THESE REASONS, THE DEVELOPMENT OF 80 YEARS WITHIN THE MOBILITY DISTRICT COULD BE PROHIBITED. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT, THE CITY CONSIDERS THE SUGGESTIONS THAT WERE SUBMITTED BY THE PUBLIC REGARDING THE PROPERTIES WITHIN THE OVERLAY DISTRICT THAT, UH, BUT CARBON CANYON ROAD AS THE ACCESS AND SAFETY CONCERNS NECESSITATING THE OVERLAY DISTRICT DO NOT APPLY TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE OTHER PROPERTIES IN THE OVERLAY DISTRICT, THE CITY AND FIRE DISTRICT FOUND IT REASONABLE TO ALLOW THESE PROPERTIES DEVELOP A, TO USE A SET OF CRITERIA AND WERE DEVELOPED TO ENSURE THAT THESE PROPERTIES, THE DEVELOPMENT OF ABS ON THESE PROPERTIES WOULD NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THAT HEALTH AND SAFETY RISKS. THESE INCLUDE THAT THE PROPERTY MUST HAVE, BUT CARBON CANYON ROAD, IT MUST HAVE DIRECT VEHICULAR ACCESS TO CARBON CANYON ROAD AND INTRODUCED A PARKING CRITERIA AND REQUIRING THAT THESE PROPERTIES IN ORDER TO DEVELOP AN ADU MUST BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT ONSITE PARKING, TO ACCOMMODATE THE AGGREGATE NUMBER OF REQUIRED PARKING SPACES FOR BOTH THE PRIMARY HOME, AS WELL AS THE ADU. THE REASON FOR THIS PRIMARY, THIS PARKING CRITERION IS THAT ALLOWING THE DEVELOPMENT OF EIGHTIES, THESE PROPERTIES IN SITUATIONS WHERE THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT PARKING WOULD LIKELY RESULT IN VEHICLES BEING PARKED ON THE ROADS OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. AND AS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED, THOSE ROADS ARE SUBSTANDARD BASED ON FIRE STANDARDS FOR WIDTH AND THE FIRE DISTRICT DETERMINED THAT ANY ADDITIONAL VEHICLES PARKED ON THE STREETS REPRESENTS A POTENTIAL THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, CONTINUATION OF THIS ITEM PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STAFF TO REVIEW AN ADDITIONAL ASSEMBLY BILL THAT BECAME EFFECTIVE ON JANUARY 1ST, 2021 ASSEMBLY BILL 31 82, MADE SOME CHANGES REGARDING STATE LAW THAT THE CITY IS NOW INCORPORATING INTO ITS PROPOSED REGULATIONS. THE FIRST BEING THAT COMPLETE ADU APPLICATIONS THAT ARE NOT OCTOPOD BY LOCAL AGENCY CAN BE DEEMED COMPLETE, DEEMED APPROVED, EXCUSE ME, WITHIN 60 DAYS. ADDITIONALLY, IT SPECIFIES THAT 80 HAS BEEN COMMON INTEREST DEVELOPMENTS MAY BE LEASED OR RENTED REGARDLESS OF ANY COVENANTS RESTRICTIONS IN THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS THAT WOULD PROHIBIT THAT. ADDITIONALLY, B MUST ALLOW AT LEAST 25% OF THOSE UNITS TO BE RENTED OR LEASED. PERHAPS MORE PERTINENT TO THE CODE AMENDMENT AT HAND IS THAT IT WOULD EXPAND THE PERMISSIBLE COMBINATIONS OF ADU AND JUNIOR EIGHTIES ON SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THEREFORE, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE BE UPDATED TO ADDRESS THE CHANGES PURSUANT TO AB 31 82, IN THAT THE NEW STATE LAW WOULD ALLOW A JUNIOR ADU TO BE COMBINED WITH A DETACHED ADU ON THE SAME PROPERTY OR EDU WITHIN THE EXISTING OR PROPOSED PRIMARY DWELLING UNITS OR WITHIN AN EXISTING EXACERBATION, EXCUSE ME, BECAUSE THEY THINK ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. THE PRIMARY DIFFERENCE HERE IS THAT PRIOR TO THIS ASSEMBLY, BILL, A JUNIOR 80, YOU COULD ONLY BE COMBINED WITH A DETACHED NEW CONSTRUCTION ADU. SO THIS SHOULD JUST PROVIDE ADDITIONAL COMBINATIONS FOR EIGHTIES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. IN ADDITION TO THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED SECTION OF THE ORDINANCE, THE EXEMPTION CATEGORY, AS WELL AS THE SEPARATE UTILITY STANDARDS WOULD ALSO BE UPDATED TO REFLECT CHANGES CAUSED BY INCORPORATING AB 31 82 INTO PROPOSED ORDINANCE. STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL INTRODUCED THE UPDATED ORDINANCE ADOPTING MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENT 20 MCA ZERO ONE, AND FINDING WHAT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS EXEMPT FROM REVIEW UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MAY HAVE. ADDITIONALLY, FIRE MARSHALL, DANIELLE BARNES IS ALSO AVAILABLE. SHOULD THE COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PUBLIC SAFETY ONE? WONDERFUL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT THOROUGH PRESENTATION. COUNCILMEN ARE SORRY. VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. HEY RYAN, REAL FAST. UM, EVEN THOUGH WE APPROVE THIS, [01:20:01] THIS STILL NEEDS TO GET APPROVED BY HCD, RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT. IT WILL GO UP TO HCD AS SOON AS COUNCIL, IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES THAT WOULD COME BACK TO US, CORRECT? CORRECT. THANK YOU. PERFECT COUNTS MOUNT ROGERS OUT. SORRY, THAT'D BE, I'LL GET TO YOU RIGHT NOW, ROGERS AND THEN BRYNN. I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT THAT. THANK YOU, RYAN, FOR FOLLOWING UP ON SOME THINGS AND IT WAS A GOOD PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MS. MORAN, UH, FOR RYAN, HOW MANY APPLICATIONS, UM, HAVE WE RECEIVED SINCE WE APPROVED THIS FOR THIS IN PARTICULAR? I'M JUST CURIOUS, UM, ROUGH, ROUGH AMOUNT. WE'VE RECEIVED A ABOUT 22 IN THE LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OVER THE PREVIOUS YEARS. RIGHT. I COULD SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN'T CHANGE THAT MANDATE THAT IT HAS TO BE, WHAT IS IT? SIX 60 DAYS OR IT'S AUTOMATICALLY APPROVED, CORRECT? THAT IS IN TREND IN STATE LAW NOW. SO IF WE SEE SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME EVEN MORE INFLUX, IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. I GUESS THERE'S A QUESTION MAYBE FOR LIKE JOANNE OR BEN, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HIRE A CONSULTANT TO HANDLE JUST THAT. I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE WORKLOAD, SINCE I KNOW I'M NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO TURN IT AROUND IN 60 DAYS, BUT NOW YOU'RE MANDATED TO DO IT THEN WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO ANSWER THAT? OKAY, THANK YOU. THIS IS JOANNE LOMBARDO. UM, SO FAR WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HANDLE THE INCREASE IN THE EXPECTED INCREASE. WE WILL KEEP THEM POSTED AND IF IT DOES LOOK LIKE IT BECOMES BURDENSOME, WE'LL CERTAINLY LET THEM KNOW. BUT AS WE STAND NOW, WE FEEL WE CAN, CAN MEET IT FOR THE TIME BEING, UM, AS THE DEMAND INCREASES, WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR. OKAY. THANK YOU, JOANNE. I CAN'T REMEMBER BENDED ANYTHING. UM, I'VE JUST FIGURED IT OUT. NO, NO, THAT'S FINE. ALL RIGHT. WONDERFUL WITH THAT. UH, MADAM CITY CLERK, ANY COMMENTS? I DO NOT SEE ANY HANDS RAISED AT THIS TIME FOR THIS WONDERFUL. THEN WE WILL, I WILL TAKE A MOTION AND SECOND ANSWERS. MOTION ROGERS WITH THE MOTION. I'LL SECOND. AND MR. BETTA WITH A SECOND. ALL THOSE ARE WITH, SORRY. MADAM CITY CLERK. MAYOR. YES. MA'AM VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER BENNET. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN. YES. REMEMBER ROGERS PASSES FIVE ZERO. ALL RIGHT. THEN ON [11. Approve Property Transfer and General City Facilities Development Impact Fee Payment Agreement with Chino Valley Independent Fire District for potential transfer of approximately four acres of property at Soquel Canyon Parkway and Pipeline Avenue for possible construction of new fire station] TO ITEM 11 AND APPROVED PROPERTY TRANSFER IN GENERAL RULE CITY FACILITIES, DEVELOPMENT IMPACT A FEE PAYMENT AGREEMENT WITH TUNA VALLEY, INDEPENDENT FIRE DISTRICT FOR POTENTIAL TRANSFER OF APPROXIMATELY FOUR ACRES OF PROPERTY AT SOCO CANDY PARKWAY AND PIPELINE AVENUE FOR POSSIBLE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW FIRE STATION. THERE YOU GO. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR JOS, UH, FOR THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION TONIGHT, UH, WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT, AS YOU POINTED OUT, SOME OF THE DEAL POINTS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A LETTER OF INTENT THAT THE CITY AND THE FIRE DISTRICT ENTERED INTO, UH, IN OCTOBER OF 2020, UH, THE KEY COMPONENTS OF THAT, UH, LETTER OF INTENT ARE INCLUDED IN THE AGREEMENT BEFORE YOU DENIED, UH, THE, THE HIGH POINTS, UH, OF THIS, UH, AGREEMENT WOULD PROVIDE, UH, FROM THE CITY TO THE FIRE DISTRICT, $8 MILLION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND OUTFITTING OF A NEW FIRE STATION AT ROUGHLY THE INTERSECTION OF WHERE, UH, PIPELINE, UH, CROSSES, UH, SOCAL CANYON OR TERMINATES AND SOCAL CANYON PARKWAY. UH, THESE FUNDS WOULD BE COMING FROM THE CITY'S DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES, WHICH ARE COLLECTED, UH, SPECIFICALLY FOR A VARIETY OF GENERAL CITY FACILITIES. UH, UH, AND, UM, THE WAY THE AGREEMENT IS CURRENTLY STRUCTURED, UH, WE WOULD HAVE $4 MILLION OF THE EIGHT, UH, UH, AVAILABLE AND PRESENTED BY THE CITY TO THE FIRE DISTRICT AT THE CLOSE OF ESCROW, UH, AND THEN $4 MILLION AT THE AWARD OF THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT. UH, IN ADDITION TO THE FUNDING FOR THE FIRE STATION, THE CITY IS PROVIDING UP TO FOUR ACRES OF LAND FOR, UH, THE NEW STATION AGAIN AT, UH, PIPELINE IN SOCAL CANYON, UH, IN AS, UH, ANOTHER COMPONENT OF THIS, UH, DEAL, UH, THE CITY WOULD RECEIVE FROM THE FIRE DISTRICT, UH, THE, UH, OLD FIRE STATION BUILDING, UH, AND PROPERTY AT, UH, 40, 40, UH, EUCALYPTUS, UH, RIGHT NEXT TO BOYS' REPUBLIC, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC EYE. [01:25:01] IN ADDITION, UH, THE, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT WOULD ASSUME THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE WILD LAND FIRE PROTECTION, UH, PROGRAM, WHICH CURRENTLY COSTS THE CITY ROUGHLY $150,000 A YEAR. UH, AND THIS WOULD THEN BE ASSUMED BY, UH, THE FIRE DISTRICT. UH, AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE MENTIONED DEEP, UH, POINTS, UM, WE WOULD HAVE THE CITY, UH, WITH, UH, CONSULTATION FROM THE FIRE DISTRICT WORK TO DEVELOP, UH, AT LEAST EXPLORE AND DEVELOP A, UH, A SEPARATE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT THE SPECIFICALLY FOR, UH, FIRE, UH, UH, FACILITIES, UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE, UH, ATTORNEYS FROM THE, UM, FIRE DISTRICT ALONG WITH, UH, CHIEF SHACKLEFORD AND MYSELF HAVE WORKED, UH, UH, VERY, UH, CLOSELY WITH THE COUNCIL AND THE FIRE BOARD TO, UH, COME UP WITH THESE, UH, DEAL IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE FUTURE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIRE STATION. AND I WILL, UH, OPEN, UH, UH, IN MY PRESENTATION HERE AND OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS FOR ME OR THE CITY ATTORNEY, UH, ON THIS ITEM. UM, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BEN. I THINK I'LL OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST, AND THEN WE WILL HEAR FROM CITY COUNCIL. SO MADAM CITY CLERK, ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, HAVE YOU WONDERFUL. ALL RIGHT. MR. MARQUETTE AND VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'VE BEEN, I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT, UH, COMMUNITY FACILITIES WOULD DIP TO, UH, TO FILM AN IMPACT FEES IS FOR ALL COMMUNITY FACILITIES. AND I REALLY AM REAL HAPPY TO RASH THESE MINERALS SPECIFIC AS FAR AS NON FOR FIRE FUTURE FIRE BUILDINGS. SO, UM, WHEN, WHEN DO YOU THINK WE'LL BE READY TO START, UM, ACQUIRING DIF UH, THROUGH, AS WE BUILD HOUSES, WE LOOK AT MAYBE A YEAR AWAY BEFORE THAT MONEY STARTS COMING IN, AND ONCE IT COMES IN, WHERE DOES IT GO DIRECTLY TO FIRE? ARE WE GOING TO BE KEEPING THE MONIES AND THEN JUST, UH, UH, JUST DOING ANY COUNTIES? SO THE PLAN WOULD BE, UH, TO DEVELOP A NEW DIF PROGRAM, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE A STUDY THAT WILL IDENTIFY HOW MUCH WE WOULD BE CHARGING THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER, THIS AGREEMENT DOES PROVIDE A MECHANISM FOR ONCE THAT'S ESTABLISHED TO RECORD THE DIFF AND THEN REMIT IT TO THE FIRE DISTRICT, AND I BELIEVE IT'S ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. SO, ALL RIGHT, MR. BENNETT, NO QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT, MS. MORAN, UH, NO QUESTIONS FOR ME. ALL RIGHT, MR. ROGERS, NO QUESTION. IT'S JUST A STATEMENT OF, UH, I'M GLAD THIS IS BEING FINALIZED AND IT'S BEEN A LONG WORK IN PROGRESS BY A NUMBER OF STAFF MEMBERS FROM BOTH SIDES. AND, UM, THE ELECTEDS, JUST HAPPY TO SEE THIS AND ANOTHER BENEFIT THAT CHINO HILLS WILL RECEIVE BESIDES THE PROPERTY, UM, AND WILD LAND FIRE IS THE FACT WE'LL HAVE A BRAND NEW FIRE STATION CENTRALLY LOCATED. SO I'M GLAD THIS IS ALL WORKING OUT. AND I KNOW THAT CHIEF AND ALL THE, UH, UM, INDIVIDUALS ON FIRE ARE HAPPY ABOUT THIS ALSO. SO I'M JUST, I'M JUST HAPPY THAT WE'RE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO RESOLVE THIS AND WE CAN MOVE ON LOOKING FORWARD TO THE VOTE. DEFINITELY. I THINK IT'S CERTAINLY IN LIGHT OF THE REPORT THAT WE SHOULD KIND OF AT THE BLUE RIDGE FIRE AND LITERALLY HOW THE FIRE GOT DOWN TO WHERE THIS PROPOSED STATION WILL POTENTIALLY BE. WE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'RE, WE'RE GLAD TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AND GET OUR CITY'S FIRE STATION. AND THE JUNIOR VALLEY INDEPENDENT FIRE DISTRICT IS A WONDERFUL PARTNER TO HAVE. SO WITH THAT, I WILL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND. SO MOVED WORKERS. WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ. DO YOU HAVE A SECOND AUDRA SECOND. OKAY. COUNCILMAN ROBBINS WITH A SECOND. MADAME CLERK, WOULD YOU MIND TAKING ROLE OR SORRY, TAKING A VOTE MAYOR JONES BEFORE WE DO. I SEE MY HAND GOING UP. SO MY KINSLEY, SO I'M NOT SURE IF HE WISHES TO SPEAK JUST BRIEFLY. HEY, BILLABLE HOURS. LET'S GO MARK. THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL. I JUST WANT TO POINT NOW THAT THERE ARE SOME, UH, NOTHING SUBSTANTIVE, BUT WE ARE STILL WORKING ON FINALIZING THE GRANT DEEDS AND SOME OF THE EXHIBITS, UH, AND WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE, UH, REFERENCES IN THE AGREEMENT WHATNOT ARE CORRECT, BUT I JUST WANTED THE COUNCIL KNOW THAT WILL BE BETWEEN [01:30:01] THE CITY ATTORNEY AND, UH, C MATTERS OFFICE WILL BE NON-SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES THAT MAY BE MADE TO THE, THE AGREEMENT, BUT THAT'S IT. AND THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WONDERFUL. ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS NOT A 100% DONE DEAL, BUT WE ARE FINALIZING THE DEAL, DONNA, JUST AS WE'RE REALLY TALKING REAL MINOR CHANGE, THE MINOR DETAILS. YEAH, FINE. GOTCHA. ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO WE HAD EMOTION AND EMOTION BY THE SECOND BY COUNCILMAN ROGERS. ONCE AGAIN WAS STARTED OFF. YES. MA'AM MY FAIR MARQUEZ. I'M HERE. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT. YES. COUNCILMEMBER MORAN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS. YES. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. FANTASTIC. ALL [ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT] RIGHT. NOW WE ARE OFF TO THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT GOODIES. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AM I COMING THROUGH CLEARLY? YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER THE COVID STATISTICS THIS WEEK AS IS OUR CUSTOMER, AND YOU'LL BE HAPPY TO KNOW THAT THINGS ARE TRENDING IN A MUCH BETTER DIRECTION. UH, THE COUNTY HAS 264,000 CASES, WHICH IS ONLY UP 32, NEARLY 30 3002 WEEKS, WHICH IS DRAMATICALLY BETTER THAN WHAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING IN THE LAST SURGE. UM, THE TOTAL POSITIVE TEST IN CHINO HILLS IS 5,085, WHICH IS UP 775 AND TWO WEEKS. AND THE TOTAL TEST IN THE COUNTY, UM, THEY'VE ACTUALLY RECORDED, UH, 2 MILLION AND 300,000 TESTS, WHICH IS GOING UP STILL BY ABOUT 450,000 IN TWO WEEKS. SO A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL CONTINUE TO GET TESTED. THE POSITIVITY RATE IN THE COUNTY IS GETTING MUCH BETTER AT 11.4, 1%, UH, AND TESTING AND CHINO HILLS IS DOING WELL AS WELL WITH NEARLY 55,000 TESTS HAVING BEEN TAKEN, UH, BY CHINO HILLS RESIDENTS. OUR POSITIVITY RATE IS 18.1%. SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WE SEE THAT TREND LOWER. UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT DEATHS IN THE COUNTY THERE HAS BEEN BACKLOG OF REPORTING DEATHS IN THE COUNTY. AND SO WE DO EXPECT TO SEE SOME JUMPS BECAUSE A LACK OF RECORDING THEM, UH, IN THE DECEMBER TO EARLY JANUARY PERIOD. UH, BUT AT THIS POINT WE HAVE JUST ABOUT 1700 DEATHS IN THE COUNTY. UM, WE STILL ARE HOLDING AT 12 IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, 12 DEATHS IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS. UH, THE CITY MANAGER REALLY COVERED THE STATE UPDATE WAS THE LIFTING OF THE REGIONAL STAY-AT-HOME ORDER. UM, THERE IS ACTUALLY THE ORIGINAL STAY-AT-HOME ORDER, UM, THAT WAS ADOPTED IN MARCH AND INGESTED IN MAY, THAT STILL ISN'T IN PLACE, WHICH IS REALLY ASKING CALIFORNIANS TO STILL TRY TO STAY HOME AND, YOU KNOW, GO OUT FOR CENTRAL THINGS. SO THAT IS ACTUALLY STILL IN PLACE, BUT THERE ARE NO CURFEWS OR ANY OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT HAD BEEN IN PLACE. ONE THING I'D LIKE TO MENTION IS THAT HAIR SALONS, NAIL SALONS, BARBERSHOPS MASSAGE, THOSE ARE ALLOWED TO OPEN AT A REDUCED CAPACITY INSIDE AGAIN, AND MUSEUMS AND VIEWS CAN RESUME OPERATIONS OUTSIDE. SO THAT'S PART OF THE STATE UPDATE. UM, THE COUNTY HAS PROVIDED SOME NEW INFORMATION ON THEIR WEBSITE. THEY NOW HAVE A QUARANTINE AND ISOLATION CALCULATOR WHERE YOU CAN ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS IN THE CALCULATOR, OR WE'LL HELP YOU TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH TIME YOU SHOULD QUARANTINE HER ISOLATE AND THAT ADDRESSABLE BE SHOWING ON THE SCREEN MOMENTARILY. THE CITY MANAGER TALKED TO BRUCE ABOUT VACCINES, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT SHE KNOW WHAT HILLS HAS LEFT THE COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT KNOW THAT WE ARE VERY WILLING TO HAVE A VACCINATION SITE IN CHINO HILLS, AND WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THEM TO GET BACK TO US AND LET, LET US KNOW IF WE CAN HELP THAT GET MOVING. AND SO ONCE WE HEAR SOMETHING, WE'LL BE SURE TO PUT THE WORD OUT QUICKLY, UH, AS EVERYONE KNOWS, YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR VACCINES IF YOU'RE OVER 65 ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE, AND YOU CAN ALSO SIGN UP TO GET TO GET ALERTS ABOUT VACCINES. SO IF YOU GO SP COVID THAT NIGHT, EXCUSE ME, SB COVID-19 DOT COM FORWARD SLASH VACCINE, THAT IS THE BEST PLACE TO GO TO LOOK FOR APPOINTMENTS. AND, UH, I THINK THE BEST, THE BEST INFORMATION IS THAT THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF APPOINTMENTS RIGHT NOW. UM, AS SHIPMENTS AND ADDITIONAL DOSES COME IN, ADDITIONAL APPOINTMENTS WILL BE ADDED. AND I'M NOTICING THAT THE WEBSITE IS LOOKING A LITTLE BETTER, WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE LOCATIONS AND WHAT ARE THEIR APPOINTMENTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE BEFORE YOU GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF FILLING OUT ALL THE INFORMATION. SO IF YOU'RE TRYING TO HELP A RELATIVE OR A FRIEND GET SIGNED UP, JUST BE PATIENT AND, YOU KNOW, CHECK BACK, MAYBE CHECK BACK AT ODD TIMES IF YOU HAVE TO HAPPEN TO UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT OR SOMETHING, UM, AND, AND TRY YOUR BEST AND [01:35:01] DO EVERYBODY WOULD LIKE TO GET SHOTS AND WE'RE HOPING TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION. UH, I'D LIKE TO ALSO REPORT ON THE COVID-19 TESTING AT OUR MCCOY FACILITY IN CHINO HILLS, UH, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE EXCELLENT, UH, PARTICIPATION AT THAT SITE. JANUARY 23RD, WE HAD JUST ABOUT 600 APPOINTMENTS MADE. AND BY THE TIME THE DAY WAS DONE WITH WALK-INS AND SOME NO-SHOWS, WE ENDED UP WITH ABOUT 600 TESTS AND PEOPLE CAME ON SATURDAY, IT GOT RESULTS BY SUNDAY. SO THAT'S HAPPENING VERY WELL. OUR FUTURE COVID TESTING DATES SINCE, YOU KNOW, HILLS WILL BE FEBRUARY 3RD AND 17TH, WHICH IS THE FIRST AND THIRD WEDNESDAY. AND THEN IN MARCH, THERE HAPPENS TO BE THREE WEDNESDAYS. SO IT WILL BE THE THIRD, THE 17TH AND THE 31ST, AGAIN, THAT'S NINE TO FOUR AT THE MCCOY CENTER. AND WITH THAT PROCESS AS WELL, THE COUNTY OPENS THOSE REGISTRATION APPOINTMENTS ABOUT FIVE TO SEVEN DAYS IN ADVANCE ON, UM, ON THEIR TESTING WEBSITE PAGE. AND THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE A LIMITED NUMBER OF WALK-INS. SO THEY DO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO GET TESTED, BECAUSE THAT DOES HELP WITH THE STATISTICS THAT THE STATE IS LOOKING FOR IN OUR COUNTY BLOOD DRIVES CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE BENEFIT OF TESTING FOR ANTIBODIES TO COVID-19 AND WE'LL BE HAVING BLOOD DRIVES ON TUESDAYS THROUGH THE END OF FEBRUARY AT CITY HALL THERE FROM 12 TO FIVE. AND I DO HAVE ONE LAST ITEM THAT WAS ADDED TODAY. UH, WE GOT WORD THAT THERE WAS A MESSAGE BOARD IN CARBON CANYON INDICATING THAT THERE WOULD BE LANE CLOSURES ON THURSDAY THIS WEEK. AND WE DID LEARN THAT THAT WAS EDISON WORK. THEY WILL BE PUTTING UP A NEW POLL IN THE VICINITY OF SUMMIT RANCH. SO IF YOU ENTER THE CANON AT CHINO HILLS PARKWAY, UH, IN THAT STRAIGHTAWAY THERE, IT WILL BE DOWN TO ONE LANE PERIOD. UM, AND THE CREWS WILL BE FLAGGING ONE DIRECTION OF TRAFFIC THROUGH AT A TIME THEY'VE INDICATED THE WORK HOURS ARE EIGHT TO FOUR. AND SO IF YOU PLAN IT AHEAD THAT WAY DURING THOSE HOURS, YOU SHOULD LEAVE A LITTLE TIME TO SPEND, I DON'T KNOW, 10 MINUTES WAITING YOUR TURN TO TRAVEL THROUGH THAT AREA. UH, IF IT CAUSES, UH, IF RAIN HAPPENS, THEY'LL PROBABLY CANCEL THE PROJECT. AND IF IT GETS RESCHEDULED WOULD BE SURE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT COMPLETES MY REPORT. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DENISE, THOROUGH AS ALWAYS WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE [ SAFETY UPDATES - Police and Fire] ON TO OUR POLICE AND FIRE SAFETY UPDATES. SO, UH, CAPTAIN WALKER, MAYOR JONES AND COUNCIL, GOOD EVENING, I'VE GOT A FEW ITEMS FOR THAT EVENING AND A FEW ITEMS FOR THIS EVENING. UM, LAST MEETING I SPOKE ABOUT OUR ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTROL GRANT. UM, WE WENT OUT THIS PAST WEEKEND AND COMPLETED SOME COMPLIANCE CHECKS. WE VISITED 24 LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND IDENTIFIED NUMEROUS VIOLATIONS. UM, MOST OF THE VIOLATIONS CONSISTED OF IMPROPER POSTING OF INFORMATION, SUCH AS IT NEEDED TO BE AN ABC APPROVED PLACARD INDICATING YOU HAVE TO BE 21 AND OLDER TO PURCHASE, UM, CANCER AND PREGNANCY WARNINGS AND NO OPEN CONTAINERS OR LOITERING. UM, ADDITIONALLY, UH, UH, PLUS WITH THIS GRANT IS THAT GRAFFITI IN THAT AREA MUST BE REMOVED WITHIN 72 HOURS. SO IT KEEPS OUR CITY LOOKING NICE AND CLEAN, UM, ON THE SAME THEME OF GRANT, UM, DURING SUPER BOWL WEEKEND, WE WILL BE UTILIZING OUR OFFICE, UM, TRAFFIC AND SAFETY GRANT AND OUR TRAFFIC DIVISION WILL BE WORKING SUPERBOWL SUNDAY, UM, TO DISCOURAGE DUIS. I WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR IMPAIRED DRIVING. UM, SO WE PLAYED WITH OUR COMMUNITY TO PLEASE DESIGNATE A SOBER DRIVER. IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO OUT AND, OR USE A RIDE SHARING APPS TO GET A DRIVER, UH, GET TO WHERE YOU NEED TO GO SAFELY. UM, ON THE TRAFFIC THEME, UM, OUR TRAFFIC COLLISIONS HAVE, UH, SHOWN A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION FROM 2019 TO 2020. WE SHOW A 36% REDUCTION IN TRAFFIC COLLISIONS AND A 29% DECREASE IN INJURY COLLISIONS. UM, CURRENTLY WE'RE ATTRIBUTING THAT TO, UM, OUR TRAFFIC CORPORATE WHO HAD BEEN ADDED TO THE DIVISION, HAD LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, IDENTIFIED HIGH COLLISION AREAS. UM, AND THOSE ARE STIPULATED BY FIVE PLUS COLLISIONS IN A PARTICULAR AREA. AND THAT YEAR, AND WITH THAT, WE INCREASED OUR STAFFING EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT FOR THAT JOB LOCATION OR FOR THOSE LOCATIONS. UM, IN ADDITION TO WE CAN'T, UH, WE CAN'T, UH, WOULD BE REMISS IF WE DIDN'T MENTION COVID, UM, TRAFFIC IN THE CITY HAS DECREASED A LITTLE BIT. SO WE BELIEVE ALL OF THAT HAS, UH, HAS LENT ITSELF TO THE REDUCTION AS WELL AS THE BARS CLOSING EARLY, OUR DUIS ARE DUMPED SIGNIFICANTLY AS WELL. UM, LASTLY, I WANTED TO GO OVER A COUPLE OF CURRENT TRENDS THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE CITY. UM, THE FIRST TREND IS CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFTS. UM, THIS WAS NOT ONLY A, UM, [01:40:01] A TREND IN OUR CITY, BUT ACROSS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, IT'S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE. AND IT'S RATHER RAPID, UM, OVER THE PAST 90 DAYS AND OUR CITY ALONE, WE'VE HAD APPROXIMATELY 30 CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFTS. UM, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A CREW THAT, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING RECENTLY MADE AN ARREST, AND THAT ARREST WAS, UM, CLEAR SIX ADDITIONAL CASES THAT OCCURRED IN THE CITY. UM, WE HAD A, ANOTHER SUSPECT THAT, UM, WE HAD IDENTIFIED, UH, THAT PERSON WENT INTO PURSUIT, UM, AND THEY WENT THE OPPOSITE LANES OF TRAFFIC ON THE 71. SO, UM, DUE TO THE SAFETY OF OTHER MEMBERS, WE CANCELED THE PURSUIT. UM, SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE ASKING, UM, OR EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY ON IS, UM, IF YOU HAVE THE ABILITY WHATSOEVER, PLEASE PARK YOUR VEHICLE IN CARS. UM, IF YOU'RE UNABLE TO DO THAT, PARKING WELL-LIT AREAS, UM, KEEP THE VEHICLE IN VIEW, UM, UH, HOME SURVEILLANCE OR, UM, YOUR COMMUNITY SURVEILLANCE, IF ANY, UM, AND JUST BE AWARE, UM, IT'S TAKING THESE, THESE, UH, THESE LESS THAN A MINUTE TO GET UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLES. UM, MAKE TWO SEPARATE CUTS. THEY'RE TAKING THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS AND OFF THEY GO. UM, AND THE LAST TREND, IF YOU WILL, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE AN INCREASE IN OUR RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES. AGAIN, UM, YOU HAVE A CREW, AT LEAST ONE CREW THAT ARE GOING AND SMASHING THE REAR WINDOWS TO OUR RESIDENCY, UM, AND GOING IN AND GRABBING, UH, HIGH DOLLAR ITEMS, HIGH DOLLAR PURSES, SHOES, WATCHES, ET CETERA, AND, AND LEADING WITHIN A MINUTE OR SO. UM, AGAIN, WE ASKED THAT, UM, OUR RESIDENTS WITH THE TECHNOLOGY, IF THEY CAN HAVE LIGHTS THAT ARE AUTOMATED TO TURN ON AND OFF, UM, THROUGHOUT THE DAY OR NIGHT, I'LL LEAVE A TELEVISION ON AND DO WHATEVER YOU CAN TO APPEAR TO HAVE SOMEONE INSIDE THE RESIDENCE. UM, THIS CREW IS NOT ONE TO GO IN AND PEOPLE ARE HOME. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR EMPTY HOUSE. UM, AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY, UH, CONVERSATION FOR LEADING NO ATTORNEY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, JOHN. CERTAINLY UNSETTLING, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, UNSETTLING TRENDS, BUT WE APPRECIATE THE JOB THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES. ALL RIGHT. SHE SHACKLEFORD CHERYL YOU'RE MUTED ON THE CALL ANY LONGER. WELL, WE HAD PLENTY OF FIRE DISTRICT INFORMATION TONIGHT. WE CAN. I REMEMBER, I DON'T KNOW IF, UM, NATHAN, ANYBODY, ANYBODY FROM THE FIRE DISTRICT SPEAK NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE. AND THERE, THIS IS A CHIEF COOK AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, REITERATE, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, THE COOPERATION AND THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE. WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR THE APPROVAL TONIGHT, UH, STATION 68 AND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BRING TO THE COMMUNITY. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT PARTNERSHIP AND DEVELOPING PLANS TO GET THAT STAFFED AND BUILT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AND, UH, WE CONTINUE TO BE ENTRENCHED IN THE COVID BATTLE ALONG WITH, UH, ALL THE, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS OUT THERE. SO JUST A REMINDER TO PLEASE SOCIAL DISTANCE, WEAR YOUR FACE MASK. AND WE WERE THERE IN A STATE OF OPERATIONAL READINESS TO RESPOND TO YOUR NEEDS AND TO REPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MY GOSH, NATHAN, YOU ARE GOOD. GOOD JOB. ALL RIGHT. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS HAS A QUESTION. I DO HAVE A QUESTION, UH, NATHAN, WHERE WE HAVE A RAIN EVENT COMING UP AS SANDBAGS FOR RESIDENTS. ARE THEY AVAILABLE? WHERE CAN THEY FIND THEM? YES, SIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. UH, WE SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THAT WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE THEM AVAILABLE, BUT OUR FIRST SESSIONS AND, UH, WE ARE PREPARED TO GIVE THOSE OUT TO THE RESIDENTS AND, UH, WE WILL BE MONITORING THE, UH, MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS VERY CLOSELY TO ENSURE THAT, UH, UH, RESIDENTS ARE AWARE OF ANY DANGER THAT THEY MIGHT BE IN AND WE'LL WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE ANY EVACUATIONS THAT NEEDED, BUT LET'S HOPE IT DOESN'T COME TO THAT. PERFECT. THANK YOU. WONDERFUL. ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. UH, NATHAN, AND, UH, JOHN, FOR YOUR COMMENTS, WE ARE GOING TO BE MOVING [ COUNCIL REPORTS Mayor Johsz Chino Valley Independent Fire District Board Legislative Advocacy Committee West Valley Mosquito Vector Control District Board Vice Mayor Marquez League of California Cities Safety Policy Committee Southern California Association of Governments Legislative/Communications and Membership Committee Southern California Regional Rail Authority (Metrolink) Board Council Member Moran League of California Cities Environmental Policy Committee Chino Valley Chamber of Commerce Board Chino Valley Unified School District Board Omnitrans Board Council Member Rogers Tres Hermanos Joint Powers Authority Water Facilities Authority Board] ON TO CITY COUNCIL REPORTS. I WILL KICK IT OFF WITH THE TUNA VALLEY, INDEPENDENT FIRE DISTRICT BOARD MEETING. WE, UH, THE MAJOR ITEM WAS WE HAD THREE RETIREMENTS FROM CAPTAINS FROM THE FIRE DISTRICT. IT'S UH, YEAH, IT WAS, IT WAS GREAT TO SEE, BUT IT WAS ALSO SAD TO SEE THREE GUYS THAT I KNEW FROM MY TIME ON THE TUNA VALLEY FIRE BOARD AND RAISE TIME ON THE FIRE BOARD THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE PUT IN, THEY [01:45:01] PUT IN THEIR HARD WORK, THEY'VE PUT IN THEIR YEARS SERVING OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THEM, UH, GO OFF INTO THE SUNSET AND ENJOY THEIR RETIREMENT. SO THAT WAS THE, UH, THE LARGER ITEM FROM THE FIRE DISTRICT BOARD MEETING, OUR LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY MEETING. AND PETER, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CHIME IN ON THIS AS WELL. ESSENTIALLY. IT WAS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A NEW CONGRESS, WE HAVE A NEW STATE LEGISLATURE, JUST KIND OF A LAY OF THE LAND OF WHERE WE SEE THE GOVERNOR'S PRIORITIES AND WE'LL RECEIVE PRESIDENT BIDEN'S PRIORITIES IN TERMS OF LEGISLATION AND WHERE THEORETICALLY, THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS CAN USE OUR RELATIONSHIPS TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, GET THE BEST, UH, THE BEST DEAL FOR OUR RESIDENTS. UM, VERY, VERY THOUGHTFUL INSIGHT FROM OUR, UH, OUR STATE ADVOCATES IN OUR FEDERAL ADVOCATE, UH, PETER, ANYTHING ON THAT, UH, OUR TOWNSON, TOWNSON AND ASSOCIATES GROUP. I'M VERY PLEASED WITH THE PERFORMANCE THERE. THEY'RE ON TOP OF IT, THEY'RE DOING THEIR HOMEWORK. UM, IT JUST SO HAPPENED. THAT WAS INAUGURATION DAY WHEN WE HAD OUR, OUR, UH, MEETING AND RDC REP, UH, DESCRIBED IN DETAIL WHAT WAS HAPPENING AROUND TOWN. AND, UM, BUT THEY'RE WATCHING CLOSELY TO SEE WHAT CHANGES ARE GOING TO TAKE PLACE THAT MAY BENEFIT, UH, CITIES SUCH AS CHINO HILLS. SO THEY'RE THERE, THEY'VE GOT THE PULSE AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MEET WITH THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS AND SEE IF WE CAN BRING SOME FUNDING OR ESPECIALLY FUNDING GRANTS, ET CETERA, TO, UM, TO OUR CITY. DEFINITELY. AND I THINK IT MAKES ME APPRECIATE EVERY TIME WE TALKED TO THEM, THEY HAVE SO MANY CLIENTS UP AND DOWN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT WE ARE NOT DESPERATE, BUT SO OF THEIR CLIENTS ARE. SO IT REALLY MAKES ME APPRECIATE THE, THE FISCAL CONSERVANCY, UH, CONSERVATIVE NATURE OF WHAT OUR CITY HAS HAD THROUGH YEARS PAST THAT WE'RE ABLE TO WEATHER THROUGH THIS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND BE ABLE TO PERSEVERE. SO FOR SURE. THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU, PETER. ALL RIGHT. THEN I WILL TOUCH BASE ON THE WEST VALLEY MOSQUITO VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT BOARD MEETING. WE HAD OUR BOARD MEETING TODAY, UM, FAIRLY UNEVENTFUL. UM, NON-EVENTFUL IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT. JUST OUR FIRES ARE, UH, OUR MOSQUITO VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT IS CONTINUING TO WORK ON THE NORMAL VECTOR ISSUES THAT ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR YOU. ALL RIGHT. VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ, WOULD YOU MIND REPORTING ON YOUR, UH, ITEMS? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK A CITY SAFETY POLICY COMMITTEE, FIRST OF ALL, UM, I HAVE ANOTHER COLLEAGUE ON THAT COMMITTEE. THAT'S QUIET. SO IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY, BRIAN, CHIME IN. OH MY GOSH. WE, WELL, IT WAS SO IN-DEPTH. UM, YEAH, NO, I, I I'M STEPPING ON RAY'S TOES, BUT I, UH, THE PRESIDENT OF THE CALIFORNIA LEAGUE OF CITIES GAVE ME AN APPOINTMENT TO SERVE ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AS WELL FOR THE LEAGUE OF CITIES. SO I APPRECIATE LEARNING FROM RAY AND JUST WATCHING THAT, HOW EVERYTHING GOES AND HOPEFULLY ADDING A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, INSIGHT INTO, INTO IT. SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE CHANCE TO CHIME IN. OH, YOU WILL MAYOR. UM, UH, WE DID HAVE A GENERAL BRIEFING AND, UH, WAS TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STATE BUDGETS. UM, IT'S A RECORD BREAKING BUDGET OF $227 BILLION, UH, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR OF 2021, 2022. UM, THE RAINY DAY FUND, WE'LL BE INCREASING THAT FUND BY 35 BILLION NEXT FISCAL YEAR AND 15 BILLION WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR COVID-19 FOR TESTING AND BACK VACCINATION. ALSO, WE WENT OVER FOUR PRIORITIES, STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FOR THE LEAGUE OF CITIES. ONE IS TO SECURE STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING FOR LOCAL COVID PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE AND ECONOMY ECONOMICS RECOVERY FOR ALL NUMBER TWO SECURE FUNDING TO INCREASE THE SUPPLY AND AFFORDABILITY OF HOUSING AND RESOURCES TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS AT RISK. NUMBER THREE, IMPROVED STATE, LOCAL COORDINATING, AND PLANNING TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY DISASTER, PREPAREDNESS, RESILIENCE, AND RECOVERY, AND PROTECTING MODEL MODERNIZED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. THOSE ARE THE FOUR PRIORITIES FOR THE LEAGUE OF CITIES JUST FOR THIS COMING YEAR. UH, LET ME GO TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS FOR STATE. UM, WE, WE HAVE AN EVICTION MORATORIUM RIGHT NOW. THAT'S CALLED AB 30 88. THIS EXPIRES ON ONE 30 ON THE 31ST OF THIS MONTH. UM, AB 15, WE'LL EXTEND THAT TO 1230 FIRST OF 2021. UM, I JUST HEARD, UH, PRIOR TO THE MEETING THAT THE GOVERNOR ACTUALLY EXTENDED, UH, AB 30, 88 TILL JUNE, I BELIEVE [01:50:01] SO. UH, EVERYBODY'S SORT OF CONCERNED PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING IN HOUSES WON'T GET EVICTED BECAUSE OF COVID. UM, NUMBER TWO, THE ACA OR ASSEMBLY CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. UH, THEY TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS. THE THRESHOLD RIGHT NOW IS A TWO THIRD VOTE, AND THEY'RE TRYING TO DROP THAT DOWN TO 55% OR 75% AS FAR AS VOTING. UM, ONE OF THE ABS THAT I SORT OF, UH, SOME OF THE BILLS THAT I WAS SORT OF CONCERNED ABOUT, IT'S AB ONE 15, IT HAS TO DO WITH COMMERCIAL ZONE PROPERTIES THAT ARE APPROVED PROJECTS. IF THERE'S NOT A NEED FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES TO BE BUILT, THEY CAN SWITCH IT OVER WITHOUT GETTING A ZONING CHANGE FROM THE CITY TO RESIDENTIAL. SO IT'S, UH, AN AREA OF CONCERN THAT I DO HAVE, AND I'D LIKE FOR US TO STAY ON TOP OF THAT. AND THEN WE ALSO WENT OVER UPDATES ON STATE AND FEDERAL BUDGETS. AND THE LAST THING I WANT TO SORT OF TALK ABOUT ON SCAPE IS A SP 45 SENATOR FORTINO, UH, SPONSORED THIS BILL IS $5.5 BILLION, AND IT'S FOR WILDFIRE PREVENTION, SAFE, DRINKING WATER, DROUGHT PREPARATION, AND FLOOD PROTECTION. AND I THINK THERE COULD BE SOMEBODY THERE FOR US IN THE FUTURE FOR SAFE DRINKING WATER AND ALSO WILDFIRE PREVENTION, UH, MOVING TO FCRA OR METRO LINK. WE APPROVED A NEW FARE PRODUCT IT'S CALLED A FIVE DAY FLOOD, PLAIN PLAN. WE'LL PASS IT. ALSO, KIDS WILL BE ABLE TO WRITE FOR YOU ON THE WEEKENDS. UM, I NEVER REALIZED HOW MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY GET KILLED ON A TRAIN TRACKS. UM, AND I'VE BEEN ON METRO LINK NOW FOR ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS, THREE YEARS. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DIED. SO WE DID A REVIEW OF A REPORT THAT WE RECEIVED ON GRADE CROSSING AND RIGHT AWAY. AND OUR GOAL IS TO ELIMINATE AND MAKE IT SAFER AND ELIMINATE LOSS OF LIFE. AND THAT'S MY REPORT. WONDERFUL THING VERY MUCH. LET'S SEE. I CAN JUST SAY THEM ALL AT ONCE. LET'S SEE HERE. SO IT'S THE SEASON OF BOARD RETREAT. SO, UM, FOR OMNITRACS, WE HAD OUR YEARLY BOARD RETREAT TO SET GOALS FOR THE AGENCY AND, UM, TO DEVELOP A STRATEGIC PLAN, UM, CHINO VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. UM, WE HAD A SMOOTH TRANSITION, SO THANK YOU ART FOR, UM, THE SMOOTH TRANSITION. AND WE ALSO HAD A BOARD RETREAT, UM, JUST GOING OVER, UM, GOALS FOR THE NEXT YEAR. UM, I'M JUST STILL MY FEET WET, UH, WITH THE CHAMBER. SO I'LL HAVE MORE TO REPORT AS THE MEETINGS PROGRESS. UM, THE CHINO VALLEY SCHOOL BOARD MEETING WAS VERY, VERY SHORT, JUST THE CONSENT CALENDAR. UM, ACTUALLY NO PUBLIC SPEAKERS, A LOT OF EDITORIAL COMMENTARY BY BOARD MEMBERS, UH, ON REOPENING AND VACCINATION. AND THAT WAS IT. UM, FOR THE LEAGUE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY POLICY COMMITTEE. THAT'S ONE OF THE OTHER POLICY COMMITTEES OTHER THAN, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY THAT A RATING AND BRAND NEW SERVE ON. SO WE, MOST OF THE MEETING WAS, UH, DEVELOPING PRIORITIES FOR, UH, THE EEQ COMMITTEE POLICY COMMITTEE. UM, AFTER A LOT OF, UM, LIVELY DEBATE, WE KINDA NARROWED DOWN AS A GROUP, WHAT WE THINK IS IMPORTANT TO FOCUS ON. UM, SO THEY NARROWED DOWN THE LIST TO, UM, REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE, ADAPTION PLANNING, UH, WILDFIRE AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS. UM, THE ENERGY SHORT FILL FALLS THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING, UM, WITH THE HEAT WE HAD THE SUMMER AND THE WIDESPREAD POWER SHUTOFFS, AND THEN LASTLY, THE SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING ISSUES. SO, UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE INCREASING COSTS TO LOCAL AGENCIES TO RECYCLE IT, IMPLEMENT THESE NEW STATES, UM, ORGANIC WASTE MANDATES. I'M SURE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO WEIGH IN A LOT ON THAT. BRIAN IS THINGS MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. UM, SO THERE'S ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THAT AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. MA'AM MR. ROGERS. OKAY. THAT'S A WRAP. IT IS. UH, AND I SERVE ON THE TRAYS FOR MILES CONSERVATION AUTHORITY. THIS WAS A VERY BRIEF MEETING. IT'S MORE LIKE OUR ANNUAL MEETING TO ELECT, TO DO CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR. AND THAT IS THE ACTION WE, WE PERFORMED ON, UH, ON THAT MEETING. AND WE ELECTED RAY AS OUR CHAIR REPRESENTING THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS. AND AS A VICE CHAIR, KATHY MARCUCHI FROM THE CITY OF INDUSTRY WAS ELECTED IN THAT ROLE. AND OTHER THAN THAT, IT WAS [01:55:01] VERY BRIEF BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT TOOK PLACE. AND THEN I THINK THERE'LL BE MORE SUBSTANCE IN OUR FEBRUARY MEETING. SO THAT'S IT FOR TRACE AND WATER FACILITIES, AUTHORITY, WFA, UH, SIMILAR IN NATURE. IT WAS OUR ANNUAL MEETING OR A MEETING TO ELECT OFFICERS. SO WFA AGAIN IS LOCATED IN UPLAND AS FAR AS OUR FACILITY TO TREAT STATE WATER. AND I WAS ELECTED AS CHAIR FOR THIS COMING YEAR. AND MIKE MILL MILLHISER WHO REPRESENTS A MONTA VISTA WATER DISTRICT IS THE VICE CHAIR. AND DEBBIE DORIS PARATA IS OUR SECRETARY FROM THE CITY OF ONTARIO. AND IT WAS AN INTERESTING MEETING BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A HUGE TRANSITION THIS YEAR, THIS MONTH, REALLY WITH A NEW MEMBER ON THERE'S FIVE MEMBERS ON THE BOARD, AND CHINO HAS A NEW REPRESENTATIVE. UPLINE HAS A NEW REPRESENTATIVE WITH ONTARIO'S NEW REPRESENTATIVE. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME GETTING UP TO SPEED AT THESE MEETINGS FOR THOSE THREE AGENCIES. OTHERWISE WE DID OUR MID OR FISCAL MID-YEAR REVIEW WHERE WE, UM, OUR, OUR GENERAL MANAGER MAKES ADJUSTMENTS TO THE BUDGET BASED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING ON SITES. WE TOOK CARE OF THAT, AND HE ALWAYS GIVES SOME INFORMATION AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON PRICING, ET CETERA. AND AS YOU KNOW, IT'S STATE WATER. SO THE STATE WATER WE BUY AND IT'S, IT COMES DOWN TO A LAKE, SO WE'RE WET AND THEN WE IMPORT IT IN AND WE TRADE IT. SO LAST YEAR, UH, ACRE FOOT OF WATER, WHICH HAS 325, 326,000 GALLONS. SO AN ACRE FOOT LAST YEAR WAS $755 FOR THAT ACRE FOOT DISH. THIS YEAR STARTING THIS MONTH IS 777, AND THEN NEXT YEAR WILL BE 799. SO PRICING CONTINUES TO GO UP ON THE COST OF WATER FOR, FROM METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT. AND I BELIEVE BRIAN, THAT IS IT FOR WFA. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMAN ROGERS, [ COUNCIL COMMENTS] COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT, WOULD YOU MIND GIVING US YOUR CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS? SURELY NO PROBLEM. UH, YOU KNOW, EARLIER WE TALKED ABOUT THE COVID VACCINATION AVAILABILITY, UH, I JUST HAPPENED TO BE AT RITE AID, UH, IN 4,200, UH, CHINO HILLS PARKWAY, THIS, UH, LATE THIS AFTERNOON, PICKING UP THE PRESCRIPTION MYSELF AND SOMEONE WAS THERE GETTING A VACCINATION. SO THEY ARE DEFINITELY GIVING, UH, COVID VACCINATIONS AT THE RITE AID THERE IN THAT SHOPPING CENTER. SO IF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR A PLACE, CAUSE I KNOW WE'VE RECEIVED SOME EMAILS FROM PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE OVER 65 NOW THAT WANT TO TRY AND GET VACCINATED, UH, THAT IS ANOTHER, UH, LOCAL RESOURCE FOR THEM. UM, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, UH, ALL OF, YOU KNOW, AND MANY, MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE, UM, BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH ME, BOTH MY WIFE AND I BOTH HAD COVID, UH, WE CONTRACTED IT, UH, THE EARLY PART OF THIS MONTH. UH, WE ARE NOW, UH, HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE ARE, UH, OUT OF QUARANTINE. WE ARE STILL TAKING IT VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY AND THAT GLOVES MASKS THE WHOLE BIT AND MINIMIZING OUR TRIPS AWAY FROM THE HOME. UH, IT LEAVES YOU W WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE IN THAT OUR DOCTOR TOOK A VERY AGGRESSIVE STANCE AND GOT US MEDICATIONS AND THE, UH, COVID ANTIBODY, UH, EFFUSION, WHICH IS GIVEN BY, UH, IVY. SO, UH, WE'RE BLESSED IN THAT, UH, UH, THIS VERY SERIOUS DISEASE. WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, STAY OUT OF THE HOSPITAL. UH, THAT WAS OUR DOCTOR'S PRIMARY THING. SO I'M JUST SAYING THIS TO TELL PEOPLE THIS IS REAL FOLKS, I'M SURE THAT THERE IS NOBODY OUT THERE NOW THAT DOESN'T KNOW SOMEBODY OR HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER THAT HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY THIS DISEASE. UH, IT KILLS PEOPLE AND PEOPLE JUST NEED TO WAKE UP AND YOU NEED TO, UH, ACT ACCORDINGLY. YOU NEED TO SOCIALLY DISTANCE, YOU NEED TO MASK UP AND YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL AND, UH, TAKE IT FROM ME AND ALL THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, UNFORTUNATE ENOUGH TO GET IT, BUT FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO SURVIVE IT. UM, IT'S SERIOUS. SO I JUST TELL ALL OUR RESIDENTS TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND TAKE CARE OF THOSE AROUND YOU. AND IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR GIVING THIS TO SOMEBODY, YOU WOULD FEEL EXTREMELY GUILTY. SO, UH, PLEASE, PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND ALL OF YOUR RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. OKAY. UH, A QUESTION FOR STAFF, UH, IF YOU LOOK ON OUR UPDATED, UH, OR EXCUSE ME, CHANNEL, UH, THREE LISTINGS OF OUR COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE A FEW THAT HAVE BEEN REPLACED. SO IF WE CAN PLEASE GO IN THERE [02:00:01] AND UPDATE, UH, CHANNEL THREE AND 41, UH, TO REFLECT ALL OF OUR CURRENT, UH, CITY COMMISSIONERS, THAT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. UH, OTHER THAN THAT, NOW THE THING'S GOING TO OPEN BACK UP A LITTLE BIT, AGAIN, GO BACK TO MY EARLIER COMMENTS, UH, DO SO, BUT DO SO SAFELY. AND OF COURSE THOSE BUSINESSES ARE STRUGGLING AND NEED YOUR, UH, PARTICIPATION IN PATRONAGE RIGHT NOW. BE SURE TO DO IT AND, AND TO GO THERE AND TAKE THOSE MEALS OUT, OR, UH, IF THEY HAVE OUTDOOR DINING, WHATEVER IT IS, TRY AND SUPPORT OUR LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES, BECAUSE THEY ARE TRULY SUFFERING DURING THIS PERIOD. BUT AGAIN, DO IT SAFELY. AND WITH THAT, THAT MY COMMENTS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, IT'S UH, IT'S CERTAINLY NOT FALLING ON DEAF EARS. WE ALL NEED TO KEEP, UH, PUSHING FORWARD COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS. WOULD YOU MIND CERTAINLY JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS, REALLY. UM, I NOTICED THAT WE ARE NOW HOSTING, SO MAYBE DENISE OR, OR, OR BEEN A PUBLIC WORKSHOP FOR, UH, 2021 DASH, 2029 HOUSING ELEMENT FOR FEBRUARY 2ND. I KNEW WE WEREN'T GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER COUNCIL MEETING BEFORE THAT TIME. UH, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THEY CAN SHARE ON, ON THIS EVENT, COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS, I'M GOING TO ASK JOANNE LOMBARDO TO, UH, PROVIDE YOU WITH A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THAT EVENT BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS, UH, COORDINATING THAT EFFORT. PERFECT. YEAH. YES. THANK YOU, BEN. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN ROGERS. WE WANT TO GET THE WORD OUT THAT WE ARE STARTING OUR HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE PROCESS. WE'VE REPORTED TO THE COUNCIL A NUMBER OF TIMES IN THE PAST FEW YEARS ABOUT OUR RENA PROCESS OR REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT PROCESS, AND REALLY THE INORDINATE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT THE CITY WILL NEED TO ACCOMMODATE WITHIN THE HOUSING ELEMENTS. SO NOW THAT WE KNOW WHAT OUR RENA OBLIGATION IS, WE ARE STARTING THE PROCESS. SO WE'RE TRYING TO REACH AS MANY, UM, GROUPS, ENTITY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AS WE CAN, SO WE CAN INFORM THEM ABOUT THE PROCESS ABOUT, UM, WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE. AND SOME OF THE REALLY DIFFICULT CHOICES THAT THE CITY WERE MADE TO ME TO MAKE IN EVALUATING POTENTIAL SITES TO MEET OUR OBLIGATIONS. SO THIS IS THE FIRST OF OUR WORKSHOPS, AND WE ANTICIPATE WE'LL HAVE A NUMBER, UH, BEFORE THE HOUSING ELEMENT IS DUE TO THE STATE, WHICH IS MID-OCTOBER. OKAY. NOW I SEE IT'S FEBRUARY 2ND AT 7:00 PM VIA ZOOM. UM, IS THERE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE THAT OUR RESIDENTS CAN ACCESS TO KNOW THE LINK, HOW TO GET, TO GET TO THE MEETING? YES. THE NOTICE IS ON THE WEBSITE AND WE'RE UPDATING THE WEBSITE REGULARLY, SO WE'LL BE ADDING MORE TO IT AND THEY ARE WELCOME TO CONTACT ME AND MY CONTACT INFORMATION I BELIEVE IS ON THAT NOTICE. PERFECT. THANK YOU, JOANNE. AND, UH, LET'S SEE, MISTY, MR. CITY MANAGER. I DON'T KNOW IF HE KNOW THE INFORMATION OR NOT LAST MEETING. WE, WE FINALIZED, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDING FOR SOME OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, ET CETERA. HAS THE APPLICATION PERIOD OPENED FOR THAT NEXT ROUND? NO. AND I'M PULLING UP A EMAIL FROM, UH, OUR PROGRAM COORDINATOR. UM, WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON IS WE HAD A VERY STRONG, UM, RESPONSE TO, UH, THE LAST ROUND OF THE SMALL BUSINESS, UH, UH, PROGRAM. AND WE ARE PROCESSING THOSE APPLICATIONS. AS SOON AS WE GET A SENSE OF HOW MANY OF THOSE WILL BE FUNDED. UH, WE WILL BE REOPENING FOR A NEW ROUND OF, UH, APPLICATIONS RIGHT NOW. WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT WE'LL BE, UH, IN MID FEBRUARY THAT WILL REOPEN, UH, THE APPLICATION PERIOD FOR FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. UH, ONE PARTICULAR RESTAURANT HAD HEARD WE HAD DONE THIS, SO I SAID, WELL, CONTACT HIM NOW THE TIME. AND THEN THEY WERE TOLD IT WAS TOO SOON. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA APPLY JUST DON'T. THEY DON'T WANT TO LOSE OUT ON THE OPPORTUNITY, ESPECIALLY IF THEY DIDN'T QUALIFY LAST TIME AROUND FOR WHATEVER. SO DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION, WHAT'S OUR W HOW ARE WE GOING TO HANDLE THAT AND AGGRESSIVE IN MAKING SURE THAT, UH, UH, BUSINESSES KNOW WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING FROM OUR NORMAL, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA. UH, IN ADDITION, WE'VE DONE, UH, UH, DOOR TO DOOR, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, DISTRIBUTION OF FLYERS. SO I W I WOULD SAY THAT, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO PUSH THE MESSAGE OUT, UH, [02:05:01] PRETTY AGGRESSIVELY. AND IF ANYONE IS, UH, UM, WANTS TO INQUIRE WHILE YOU CAN'T APPLY YET, BUT IT'S NOT TOO SOON TO ASK. SO FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO THE CITY AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE DIRECTLY COMMUNICATE WITH THEM ONCE. UH, UH, IF WE HAVE, UH, WE CAN ESTABLISH AN INTEREST LIST AND THEN REACH OUT, UH, ONCE WE, UH, ACTUALLY OPEN UP THE APPLICATION PERIOD. AND THEN SINCE WE'RE ON THE TOPIC, I'LL ALSO POINT OUT THAT THE COUNCIL MADE, UH, A CHANGE TO THE PROGRAM, UH, LAST TIME AND REMOVED ONE OF THE BARRIERS, WHICH WAS THE JANUARY 1ST START DATE, UH, OF THE BUSINESS. AND SO, UH, ANYONE WHO APPLIED IN THE PAST AND WERE DENIED BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE A BUSINESS LICENSE IN THE RIGHT TIME PERIOD. UH, NOW THAT'S BEEN PUSHED BACK TO, I BELIEVE THE DATE IS MARCH 17TH. SO, UH, UH, AGAIN, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO THE CITY IF ANY BUSINESS HAS A QUESTION ABOUT THEIR ELIGIBILITY AND THE TIME. RIGHT. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, BEN. MR. MAYOR, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. MS. MORAN. I HAVE NO COMMENTS. EVERYONE HAVE A GREAT EVENING, SHORT SWEET, AND TO THE POINT I LOVE IT. ALL RIGHT, VICE MAYOR. MARK HAS THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, HEY, BY THE WAY, GREAT MEETING. GOOD JOB, MAN. APPRECIATE IT. FIRST OF ALL, UM, SENATOR NEWMAN, UH, MET WITH BRIAN AND MYSELF, AND, UH, HE'S REALLY OPEN. AND IN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY LIKED TALKING TO HIM ABOUT WAS TRANSPORTATION. SO HE SITS ON THE STATE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. ALSO, HE SITS ON THE CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, AND SO HE WOULD BE A GOOD RESOURCE FOR US IN THE FUTURE, AS FAR AS LIKE EUCLID AVENUE, THE 71 PARKING CANYON. AND SO, UH, MR. SENATOR NEWMAN KNOWS WHAT OUR ISSUES ARE, WHAT OUR CONCERNS ARE, AND HOPEFULLY HE'LL BE THERE FOR US AS WE MOVE FORWARD ON THOSE ISSUES. UH, THAT'S ONE THING I WANTED TO PUT OUT THERE. THE SECOND THING IS LEGISLATIVE UPDATES. I SIT ON A COUPLE OF LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES. BRIAN DOES, AND, AND PETER, BUT I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD GET MAYBE TOWNSEND IN ASSOCIATE TO AGENDIZE THEM TO ACTUALLY COME TO A MEETING AND SORT OF GO OVER. SO EVERYBODY ON THE, ON THE COUNCIL UNDERSTANDS, UH, SOME OF THE HOTSPOTS OR THE DIRECTION THAT, UH, THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT THE ASSEMBLY OR THE SENATE IS GOING TOWARDS AS HELPS YOU. SO IF WE COULD MAYBE ARRANGE THAT MR. CITY MANAGER I'D APPRECIATE THAT. AND THEN THE LAST THING IS CRYSTAL MODELS. UM, PETER AND MYSELF, SIT ON THIS COMMITTEE OR JPA, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE INPUT FROM MY COLLEAGUES TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT, WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE OR, UM, OR GIVE SOME INPUT FROM THEM. UM, JUST FOR INFORMATION FOR MYSELF AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH TRUST HONESTY. AND THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, OR THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ. APPRECIATE IT. UH, MY ONLY ONE COMMENT IS GOING TO BE, I'M GOING TO ASK A JOANNE, JOANNE, WOULD YOU MIND GIVING US JUST A QUICK 10,000 FOOT LEVEL, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, INSIGHT INTO HOW THINGS ARE GOING DEVELOPMENT WISE IN TOWN. IT'S WONDERFUL TO HEAR THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS LIFTED THE OUTDOOR DINING RESTRICTIONS AND WHAT NOT, BUT, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY WANT TO JUST SEE WHERE THINGS ARE PROGRESSING. SO JOANNE, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND SURE. HAPPY TO. WELL, IT HAS BEEN A ROUGH TIME FOR OUR COMMERCIAL CENTERS. A LOT OF THE RESTAURANTS AND SERVICES HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING, BUT THE GOOD NEWS FOR CHINO HILLS IS THAT OUR MARKET IS STILL STRONG. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF PENDING LEASES. AND ALSO A LOT OF THESE LEASES ARE BEING FINALIZED AND MOVING TO TENANT IMPROVEMENTS. AN EXAMPLE IS THE O'REILLY'S AUTO PARTS IS COMING TO WHAT IS NOW THE GROCERY OUTLET CENTER AT THE CHINO HILLS SHOPPING CENTER. WE ALSO HAVE A ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHOCOLATE FACTORY COMING TO THEM. SORRY, ONE QUICK SEC. SO O'REILLY IS GOING TO BE GOING WHERE THE PRINT BANNING CAGES ARE, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. RIGHT NEXT TO THE GROCERY. I KNOW I HAVE A BUNCH OF LITTLE LEAGUERS THAT ARE MY SON'S FRIENDS THAT ARE GOING TO HIT ME IN THE KNEE CAPS WHERE THEY TRY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE ABLE TO CONVEY TO THEM WHERE IT WAS ACTUALLY GOOD. YES. AND I, I, MY, MY SYMPATHY GOES OUT TO THOSE WHO LOVE BASEBALL, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE MARKET CONDITIONS ARE, ARE OUT OF OUR CONTROL. UM, BUT AT LEAST IT WILL GO TO A USE THAT WILL BRING IN SOME RETAIL SALES TAX FOR THE CITY, AND ALSO SURPRISE SUPPLY, UM, AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES, WHICH SERVES A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY ALSO. THAT'S FINE. THANK YOU ALSO [02:10:01] THAT, UH, USE THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE. AND PERHAPS THE LITTLE LEAGUERS WOULD LIKE IT IS ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHOCOLATE FACTORY. THAT WILL BE KIND OF THE SHOPS. OTHER USES COMING TO THE SHOPS. IS IT URBAN FISH TACO, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO GO AT WHERE THE BROCK REXY WAS, AND ALSO A PRESSED JUICERY. SO PEOPLE WHO WANT TO HEALTHY REFRESHMENT AND OVERALL, WE STILL HAVE MAJOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS GOING ON. THE STORAGE DISTRICT IS, IS MOVING FORWARD. THE RESERVE APARTMENTS, THE LAST PHASE, THE VILLAGE CROSSING DEPARTMENTS IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THE COPTIC CHURCH AND THE BUDDHIST TEMPLE ALSO UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND ALSO THE BATTER SCHOOL. AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF LARGE ENTITLEMENT PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE SECRET PROCESS, INCLUDING THE VILLA BARBARA PLANNING AREA, WHICH HAS LINKED TO PLANNING COMMISSION LAST WEEK. AND WE COME INTO THE CITY COUNCIL SOMETIME IN FEBRUARY, WE'RE EXPECTING RANCHO SEE ALITO SHADY VIEW OF A LARGE RESIDENTIAL PROJECT, AND ALSO THE COSTCO GAS EXPANSION AND RELOCATION IS STILL MOVING FORWARD. CAN YOU HEAR ME? DID I GET LOST? NOPE. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THAT GIVES THE OVERVIEW SUMMARY OF, OF THE MAJOR ACTIVITY. WONDERFUL. JOANNE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WITH THAT, I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE ANY MORE TIME. SO CERTAINLY APPRECIATED, UH, APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES AND THEIR HARD WORK ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY. [ 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.] AND SO TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TO ADJOURN AND MEMORY OF, UM, OF KURT ALLEN, UH, KURT, UH, WE ALL, WE ALL, WE ALL KNEW, UH, HER PASSED AWAY ON JANUARY 23RD AFTER BATTLING CANCER SINCE 2016, KURT AND HIS WIFE, CHERYL MOVED TO CHINO HILLS IN 1977 AND RAISE THEIR TWO SONS AND A DAUGHTER THERE. COACH SPENT HIS CAREER AS A LICENSED REALTOR AND BROKER. HE SERVED AS THE TRI COUNTIES ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS, UH, DIRECTOR SINCE 2004. AND WAS IT PAST PRESIDENT CURRY LOVED THE OUTDOORS. AND A FAVORITE PASTIME WAS CLIMBING MOUNT WHITNEY, WHICH ISN'T EASY. HE VOLUNTEERED FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS AT CASA COLINA WITH THEIR OUTDOOR ADVENTURE PROGRAM. HE HAD A PILOT'S LICENSE AND HE LOVED THE SCUBA DIVE. KURT WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER AT, UH, HUMANITY CHURCH IN, IN POMONA. MANY OF US ON THE CITY COUNCIL KNEW KURT JUST, HE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF OUR CITY. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE QUANTIS CLUB. HE TOOK PANCAKES AT BREAKFAST WITH SANTA. HE WAS ACTIVE WITH OUR BREAKFAST FOR THE EASTER BUNNY EVENTS. HE SERVED ON HEALTHY CITIES. I KNEW HIM FROM HEALTHY CITIES WHEN I SERVED ON IT WITH HIM. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW, BUT KERR WAS A VIETNAM ERA VETERAN, AND T HE SPOKE, HE SPOKE AT THE DEDICATION OF VETERANS PARK IN 2012. WE KNOW HE LOVED HIS FAMILY. HE LOVED HIS FIVE GRANDKIDS AND ALL OF HIS NIECES AND NEPHEWS. AND IT'S GOING TO LEAVE A, YOU KNOW, LEAVE A HOLE IN THE HEART OF OUR CITY. KERR WAS A GREAT GUY. UM, YEAH, WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT KURT DID FOR OUR CITY AND OUR COUNTRY AND OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE EXTEND OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHIES TO HIS WIFE, CHERYL, THEIR KIDS, GRANDKIDS, FRIENDS, AND EXTENDED FAMILY. UM, AND IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING, I'D LOVE TO ENTERTAIN THAT. YES. MR. MAYOR MARQUEZ. WELL, I'VE KNOWN CREW FOR WELL OVER 30 YEARS. WELL, I KNOW THAT HE LOVED HIS WIFE, CHERYL. HE LOVED HIS FAMILY, SO, BUT HE ALSO TOOK LEADERSHIP ROLES. HE LOOKED, UH, REAL ESTATE. UH, HE WAS A BROKER. HE HAD TOOK THE LEADERSHIP WITH THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS AND ALSO NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS. CRUDE. ELLEN WAS A TRUE GENTLEMAN. HE WAS JUST AMAZING PERSON. AND HE'S A PERSON THAT, UH, IF I EVER NEEDED ANYTHING, I KNEW I COULD CALL HIM AND HE WAS MY FRIEND AND HE WON'T BE MISSED. SO REST IN PEACE FOR THANK YOU, VICE MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS. YES. UH, THANKS, BRIAN. I THINK YOUR REVIEW THAT YOU READ REALLY SUMMED UP NICELY KURT AND HIS LIFE AND HIS PARTICIPATION IN THE COMMUNITY. SO THERE'S, I DON'T WANT TO GO ON OTHER THAN A NEW CURVE FOR MANY YEARS. AND A NEIGHBOR WAS ALWAYS AROUND AT EVENTS, GREAT ATTITUDE. I HADN'T SEEN HIM [02:15:01] RECENTLY BECAUSE OF COVID I SUSPECT AND ALL THE EVENTS THAT WERE CANCELED, BUT HE BROUGHT, HE PUT A BRAVE FIGHT ON, ON HIS CANCER FIGHT. AND, UH, UH, AS RAY SAID, MAY REST IN PEACE. UH, WE'RE GOING TO MS. KIRK AND HIS PARTICIPATION IN THE CHINO VALLEY. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANKS, BRIAN. IT'S MY PLEASURE, CYNTHIA, ANYTHING PUNCHING? I THINK IT'S ALL BEEN SAID. HE, UH, IF YOU KNEW HIM EVER, UM, HE WAS THE TYPE OF PERSON YOU IMMEDIATELY LIKED HIM. HE WAS REALLY AMICABLE GUYS. AND OF COURSE, AS A FELLOW VIETNAM VETERAN, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE AND HIS FAMILY FOR, UM, FOR, FOR ALLOWING HIM TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 55 PLUS CLUB AND THE VETERANS GROUP. AND, UH, HE SUPPORTED EVERY ONE OF US WHEN IT CAME TO OUR COUNCIL RUNS. UH, HE WAS VERY, VERY SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT HE BELIEVED WAS GOOD GOVERNMENT. AND, UH, SO HE'S GOING TO BE MISSED. HE REALLY WILL BE MISSED. SO GOD BLESS HIS WHOLE FAMILY. YEAH. YES. MA'AM YOU HAVE TO WRAP IT UP. JUST EVERYONE HAS JUST SUMMED IT UP REALLY GOOD. AND, UM, I GOT TO KNOW HIM MORE WHEN I CHAIRED THE HEALTHY HILLS, BUT YOU WOULD SEE KURT EVERYWHERE IN TOWN AND WHETHER IT WAS A STATE OF THE CITY OR SOMETHING. AND HE WOULD ALWAYS COME UP TO EVERYONE AND SAY, HI, HOW'S IT GOING? AND EVERY, EVEN WHEN HE WAS BECOMING VERY SICK, HE JUST ALWAYS HAD SUCH A POSITIVE ATTITUDE. AND, UM, HE NEVER COMPLAINED, IT WAS NEVER PITY PARTY. HE WAS JUST ALWAYS POSITIVE. SO WHEN I LEARNED THE NEWS OF HIS PASSING, I WAS VERY SAD AS ALL OF US ARE. SO, UM, SUCH A GREAT IMPACT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO HIS FAMILY AND HIS, UM, AND HIS WIFE IS LISTENING. IT'S LIKE, AT LEAST YOUR HUSBAND AND FATHER WILL BE MISSED. HE LEFT A LASTING IMPACT ON OUR CITY. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE RYAN. DEFINITELY. THANK YOU. AND JUST ADD ON THAT. YEAH. CURRENT, CURRENT CAST, A LONG SHADOW IN OUR CITY. WE, WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT, YOU KNOW, HIS FAMILY, YOU KNOW, GAVE HE BED, SHARING HIM WITH US. HE WAS, HE WAS A GREAT GUY. UH, WE, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE, WE'RE CERTAINLY GONNA MISS HIM AND WE ARE PROUD TO ADJOURN THIS MEMORY IN HIS HONOR. AND WE, WE CERTAINLY GIVE OUR WARMEST, YOU KNOW, CONDOLENCES TO THE CITY. UH, WE, WE LOVE YOU GUYS FOR, FOR WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH. AND SO TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF KURT ALLEN AND ADJOURN AND MEMORY AND TRIBUTE AND HONOR, ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED OUR NATION IN THE ARMED FORCES AT HOME AND ABROAD THEIR SACRIFICE AND STRENGTH, PROTECT THE GOALS AND IDEALS THAT HAVE MADE OUR COUNTRY. GREAT. AND WITH THAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. . * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.