* 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] [ 7:00 P.M. - CONVENE MEETING / ROLL CALL] ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY OF CHINO HILLS COUNCIL MEETING. UM, MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU MIND TAKING ROLE PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE OF EXECUTIVE ORDER IN 29, 20 ISSUED BY GOVERNOR NEWSOME ON MARCH 17TH, 2020. THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE CONDUCTED REMOTELY ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. MAYOR JOS HERE, VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BENNET HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS, ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. UH, WE WILL HAVE OUR PLEDGE [ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG] OF ALLEGIANCE LED TONIGHT BY A COUNCIL MEMBER, PETER ROGERS TO BE FOLLOWED, UH, BY OUR INVOCATION THIS EVENING BY PASTOR JODY MOORE OF TRANSFORMATION CHURCH. SO PLEASE JOIN ME. YES, PLEASE JOIN ME IN A PLEDGE TO OUR COUNTRY. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO OUR WAY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC ONE NATION. THANK YOU. [ INVOCATION: Pastor Jody Moore, The Transformation Church] AND THEN PASTOR MOORE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UM, BEFORE I START THE PRAYER, I WANTED TO FIRST AND FOREMOST, UH, THANK ALL OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF CHINO HILLS FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND BALLSTON PRAYERS FOR ME IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY, UH, WHERE I WAS DOWN WITH COVID FOR MOST OF THEM UP IN THE HOSPITAL FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, UH, YOU REACHED OUT TO ME, YOU GAVE GREAT SUPPORT. AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME BEING BEFORE YOU IN 2021. AND SO I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO PUBLICLY CONGRATULATE YOU, UH, MAYOR JOS, UH, FOR, UH, YOUR NEW TERM AS MAYOR OF THIS GREAT CITY. SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND GIVE THE INVOCATION. LET US LOOK TO THE LORD HEAVENLY FATHER. WE'RE SO VERY GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR JUST ANOTHER ANOTHER DAY, WHICH MEANS THIS WAS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SERVE YOU FOR US TO DO GOOD BY LOVING OUR NEIGHBOR FOR US TO ADVANCE THE CAUSE OF TRUTH AND JUSTICE FOR US TO CONTINUE TO LEAD AND, UH, BE A BLESSING TO THIS CITY. I THANK YOU FOR EVERY LEADER. I THANK YOU FOR EVERY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER. I THANK YOU FOR OUR MAYOR. I THANK YOU FOR THE CITY MANAGER, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THE STAFF OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS. I PRAY FATHER, YOUR CONTINUED BLESSING. I PRAY YOUR CONTINUED PROTECTION. I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO ENDOW THEM WITH WISDOM. I, I WOULD EVEN GO SO FAR LORD AS TO ASK THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM WISDOM EVEN BEYOND THEIR YEARS, CONTINUE TO BLESS THIS CITY. LORD, I PRAY A HEDGE OF PROTECTION AROUND THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS. LORD GOD, I PRAY FATHER THAT, UM, THE PANDEMIC WOULD CONTINUE TO BE ROLLED BACK. UH, WE THANK YOU, LORD GOD FOR, UH, PROTECTION OF LIFE. WE THANK YOU, LORD GOD FOR CONTINUING TO BLESS THE CITY. UH, WE ASK THAT BUSINESSES PROSPER AND LORD GOD, WE JUST ASK THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO ADVANCE AND PROSPER, UH, THIS GREAT CITY, LORD GOD, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THE SCHOOLS, OUR TEACHERS, UH, HOPEFULLY THEY CAN CON UH, RETURN BACK TO SCHOOL, UH, VERY SOON. UH, CONTINUE LORD GOD TO GRANT WISDOM, UH, TO ALL OF THE LEADERS INVOLVED. WE ASK THIS IN THE MATCHLESS NAME OF YOUR SON. AMEN, MAN. AND THANK YOU, JODY. AND THANK YOU. UM, WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE TO BE WITH US TO LEAD THAT INVOCATION IN YOUR BATTLE AGAINST COVID. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU GUYS. TAKE CARE. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. ALL RIGHT. TONIGHT, [3. INTRODUCTION - New San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Employees: Al Girard, Lieutenant Thomas Jolin, Sergeant David Lara, Sergeant Shannon Laub, Sergeant Keith Nessel, Sergeant Narcie Sousa, Sergeant Ryan Girard, Detective Jonathan Bengard, Deputy Andrew Brown, Deputy] ONE OF THE FUN THINGS WE GET TO DO, UH, NEW, UH, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME NINE NEW EMPLOYEES TO THE CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND TO HELP US INTRODUCE THEM AS OUR CHIEF OF POLICE, CAPTAIN WALKER, THERE WE GO. THERE WE GO. WE'VE GOT PLEASURE OF HAVING A LOT OF PROMOTIONS, BRAIDED, A LOT OF TURNOVER. [00:05:01] UM, PADDLE BRIAN RECENTLY WAS MY LIEUTENANT. HE RECENTLY RETIRED WITH OVER 30 YEARS OF SERVICE AND HIS REPLACEMENT IS LIEUTENANT AL GERARD, EXCUSE ME, AL'S BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR A LITTLE OVER 27 YEARS. HE'S WORKED CORRECTIONS, UM, WORK, THE CITY OF RANCHO WORKED NARCOTICS, SPECIALIZED ENFORCEMENT DIVISION, UM, INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND COURT SERVICES. I WAS A SERGEANT IN CHINO HILLS BACK IN 2011 AND 2012. UM, HE'S ALSO A BOARD MEMBER OF THE SHERIFF'S RODEO COMMITTEE, UM, HUGE RODEO GUY. UM, YEAH, AND WHEN HE'S NOT WORKING, ENJOY STUDYING HISTORY AND SPENDING TIME WITH HIS HORSE NEXT STOP. THOMAS JOLEN, UH, GREW UP IN THE CITY. UM, HE'S GLAD TO BE COMING BACK. UM, AND WORKING HERE, HE RECENTLY CAME FROM THE FONTANA STATION, UM, AND HE WAS A DETECTIVE, UM, FOR US IN CHINO HILLS. UM, WHEN HE GOT PROMOTED, NEXT SLIDE, SHANNON LABS, BANDWIDTH, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SINCE JUNE OF 2001, SHE'S WORKED CORRECTIONS PATROL. UM, ALSO WORKED IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA SHERIFF'S TRAINING ACADEMY SINCE FEBRUARY, 2018. SHE'S BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE WEST VALLEY DETENTION CENTER. SHE'S MARRIED, UM, HAS ONE SON WHO'S A VARSITY WRESTLER AND IS A HUGE PHYSICAL FITNESS ADVOCATE. UM, SHE'S COMPETED NATIONALLY AND IN THE POLICE GAMES, NEXT SLIDE, KEITH NESSEL. HE, HE HAS ONE OF OUR SERGEANTS COMING ON, WORK IN PATROL FOR US. HE'S BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR A LITTLE OVER 22 YEARS. HE'S ALSO WORKED CORRECTIONS PATROL AND RANCHO, UM, WAS A DETECTIVE IN THE FONTANA STATION. AND MOST RECENTLY HE WORKED EIGHT YEARS IN THE NARCOTICS DIVISION. SO HE'S COMING TO US WITH A LOT OF EXPERIENCE. UM, DAVID LARA IS ANOTHER SERGEANT WHO'S WHO'S COMING TOWARDS US. HE'S BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR 16 YEARS. UM, ALSO WORK PATROL AND INVESTIGATIONS. MOST RECENTLY, HE'S COMING FROM OUR HOMICIDE DIVISION. DAVID IS A FORMER MARINE WHERE HE ROSE TO THE RANKS OF SERGEANT. UM, HE'S MARRIED AND A PROUD FATHER OF A FIVE-YEAR-OLD CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. AND, UM, DAVID HAS VOLUNTEERED AS A PARTICIPANT IN THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS PORTRAIT NARCAN SUSA HAS BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR ABOUT 16 YEARS. UM, HIS PREVIOUS ASSIGNMENTS ALSO INCLUDE CORRECTIONS PATROL AT RANCHO NORTH. HE WAS A DETECTIVE WITH US, UM, BACK IN 2017 AND HE WAS ALSO ASSIGNED TO THE SPECIALIZED INVESTOR INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION. UM, HE OWNS A CROSSFIT GYM AND UPLAND, JOYCE HIKING, PLAYING SOCCER, MENTORING, YOUNG PEOPLE. UM, AND AS A MEMBER OF THE CALVARY CHAPEL IN CHINO HILLS, LIKE WE'VE GOT LIKE 10 MORE TO GO. THAT'S GREAT. UM, DO FACES IN DETECTIVE, UM, RYAN GERARD HAS BEEN A MEMBER, UM, WITH THE DEPARTMENT SINCE 2003. HE'S ALSO WORKED CORRECTIONS PATROL AND RANCHO. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SEE A COMMON THEME, YOU SEE A THEME DEVELOPING. YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF INTERCHANGING GOING ON BETWEEN RANCHO AND US. UM, MOST RECENTLY RYAN HAD ONE OF THE BLOODHOUNDS, ONE OF TWO BLOODHOUNDS FOR THE DEPARTMENT. UM, SO HE'S VERY FAMILIAR WITH, UH, USING, UTILIZING THE DOG. UM, MARRIED HAS TWO DAUGHTERS AND HE ENJOYS TRAVELING AND, UH, ROOTING FOR A BASEBALL TEAM GO DODGERS. UM, JONATHAN VANGUARD IS ONE OF OUR DEPUTIES WHO IS GOING TO BE JOINING US OR HAS JOINED US. UM, HE'S BEEN ON SINCE 2015, HE HAS WORKED CORRECTIONS AND PATROL IN THE BIG BEAR STATION. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO ADD IS THAT ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING TO US HAVE ASKED TO COME TO CHINO HILLS. UM, NOT ALL OF THEM HAVE LIVED HERE, UM, BUT WE HAVE GOT A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE COMING TO THE CITY. UM, AND MOST OF THEM WITH A TON OF EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING, UM, VANGUARD, UM, HE, UM, SPENT TWO YEARS IN THE MINOR LEAGUES. HE WAS DRAFTED BY THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX IN 2013 AND THE AMATEUR DRAFT AND STILL ENJOYS PLAYING BASEBALL AND, AND HUNTING AND FISHING IN HIS FREE TIME. BEN, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. WE GET HIM ON OUR, UH, CORPORATE CHALLENGE TEAM. GOOD. THANK YOU. UM, DEPUTY ANDREW BROWN WAS HIRED IN 2017. HE'S WORKED CORRECTIONS, HE'S COMING NEW TO US WITH NO PATROL EXPERIENCE. UM, NEWLYWED AND HIS WIFE WERE EXPECTING THEIR FIRST CHILD IN THE SUMMER OF 2021 AND HE ENJOYS FISHING, PADDLE BOARDING, HIKING, AND, UH, UM, HIKING IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH HIS RESCUE DOGS. FANTASTIC. GOOD JOB, CHIEF. ANY COMMENTS? SPECIALIZATIONS. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. THANK YOU. IT'S IT'S UM, IT'S NICE TO SEE, UM, FRESH FACES COMING IN. UM, WE, WE LOST A LITTLE BIT OF THEM GOING, UM, WHICH IS IT'S, IT'S SAD TO SEE PEOPLE LEAVE, BUT THEY'VE, UH, GONE ON TO PROMOTIONS, WHICH IS GOOD. UM, AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO ALONG AND DO WHAT WE CAN. OH, THANK GOODNESS. THEY HAVE NAME TAGS SO YOU CAN KNOW WHO THEY ARE. YEAH. GOOD. AS SOON AS I THOUGHT I KNEW EVERYBODY, I'M LIKE, OH, WAIT A MINUTE. I GOT TO LOOK AT THEIR NAME TAG. WELL, VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT [4. PRESENTATION - General State and Federal Legislative Update - Townsend Public Affairs] THEN ITEM NUMBER FOUR, [00:10:01] OUR PRESENTATION, UH, GENERAL STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE UPDATE FROM TOWNS IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS. AND FOR THE NEXT PRESENTATION, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE ERIC O'DONNELL WITH TOWNS IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS. HE'S THEIR SENIOR ASSOCIATE WHO WORKS WITH US. HE'S ON THE CALL TONIGHT. SO THANK YOU, ERIC, FOR JOINING US, UH, BETTER UP ERIC. MY PLEASURE. HI. CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME OKAY? YES. YES, YES. PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, ERICA DONNA WITH TOWNSEND PUBLIC AFFAIRS TONIGHT, I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF LEGISLATIVE UPDATE AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL ABOUT WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND WHAT TO EXPECT IN 21. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. QUICK AGENDA. WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER A LEGISLATIVE SCHEDULE, SUCH AS GROUND STAGE FOR WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT THAT WAY WE'LL MOVE ONTO THE GOVERNOR'S JANUARY BUDGET AND PROVISIONS IN THE BUDGET THAT PROPOSES TO WANT TO SWITCH TO SPECIFIC LEGISLATION THAT, UH, PRIMARILY FOCUSES ON HOUSING, UM, AND THEN FINISH UP WITH SOME FEDERAL FUNDING UPDATE OF POTENTIALLY GOOD NEWS, UH, OF FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT QUICKLY ON THE CALENDAR. WE ARE AT THE START OF THE FIRST YEAR OF A BRAND NEW TWO-YEAR SESSION. SO SACRAMENTO HAS TWO YEAR LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS WHERE IF A BILL DOES NOT MAKE IT PASS IN THE FIRST YEAR, IT IS ALIVE FOR THE SECOND YEAR. BUT AFTER THAT SECOND YEAR, EVERYTHING IS DEAD AND HAS TO BE REINTRODUCED. SO WE'RE AT THE BEGINNING OF A TWO YEAR SESSION RIGHT NOW, EVERYTHING THAT WAS INTRODUCED AND FAILED TO PASS LAST YEAR, UH, HAS TO COME BACK THIS YEAR IN A DIFFERENT FORM, DIFFERENT BILL NUMBER. UM, LAST YEAR YOU'LL REMEMBER THAT WE HAD A, BECAUSE OF COVID-19 WE HAD A HYBRID IN-PERSON VIRTUAL MODEL IN SACRAMENTO. A LOT OF LEGISLATORS WERE NOT GOING TO SACRAMENTO. A LOT OF THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS TRANSFERRED ONTO ONLINE PLATFORMS, SUCH AS ZOOM IT'S LOOKING AT LIKE, AND WE HAD, THERE'S NOT, HASN'T BEEN AN ANNOUNCEMENT, BUT IT'S LOOKING LIKE FOR THE REMAINDER OF 2021, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE LOOKING AT A HYBRID MODEL IN SACRAMENTO, AS WELL AS THE LEGISLATURE TRIES TO KEEP AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE OUT OF THE CAPITOL AND OUT OF COMMITTEE CHAMBERS. EVEN RIGHT NOW, THE CAPITOL IS CLOSED TO, UH, TO ANYONE WHO DOES NOT WORK THERE. AND EVEN IF YOU DO WORK THERE ONLY ONE STAFF MEMBER IS ALLOWED PER LEGISLATIVE OFFICE IN THE BUILDING AT A TIME. UM, SO WHEN YOU CAN REALLY STOP, IT REALLY, UH, CHANGES THE DYNAMIC WHEN THE CAPITOL IS EMPTY. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, USUALLY THE BUSINESS HAS DONE FACE-TO-FACE IN SACRAMENTO, BUT WHEN IT'S EMPTY, IT HAS TO TRANSITION TO THE ONLINE PLATFORM. SO SOMETHING TO GET USED TO IN, IN 2020 AND 2021, THE BILL INTRODUCTION DEADLINE WAS ON FRIDAY. SO ALL BILLS CAN GO BACK ASIDE FOR A SECOND. SORRY. THE INTRODUCTION DEADLINE WAS ON FRIDAY. SO ALL BILLS THAT ARE INTRODUCED SO FAR ARE IN OR ARE FINAL FOR THE YEAR, UNLESS THERE WAS A GUT AND AMEND, UH, IN, IN, IN, LATER IN THE SESSION, ROUGHLY 2,400 BILLS WERE INTRODUCED. THAT'S SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN NORMAL YEARS FOR, FOR A JANUARY OR FOR JANUARY, FEBRUARY, UH, DEADLINES. SO, UH, IT STILL IS A LOT OF BILLS TO COME THROUGH AND YOU CAN IMAGINE THE DIFFERENT POLICY TOPICS, THOSE BILLS, UH, YOU KNOW, PERTAIN. IT'S A LOT OF, COVID-19 A LOT OF HOUSING, UH, BUT WE'LL GET INTO THAT IN A LITTLE SECOND IN A SECOND. UM, AND THAT PROCESS WILL CONTINUE, UH, ALL THE WAY THROUGH SEPTEMBER 10TH. ONE LAST DATA LEGISLATORS HAVE TO HAVE TO PASS BILLS AND THEN THE GOVERNOR HAS 30 DAYS TO SIGN AFTER THAT NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UH, LEGISLATORS LEGISLATURES PRIORITIES THIS YEAR COVID-19 IS GOING TO BE THE TOP LEVEL PRIORITY THAT REALLY INFLUENCES EVERY OTHER PRIORITY. UM, WILDFIRE PREVENTION IS A BIG ONE FOR THEM AS YOU KNOW, 2020 WAS THE WORST WILDFIRE OR MOST DESTRUCTIVE WILDFIRE SEASON ON RECORD IN CALIFORNIA. UM, I DON'T EXPECT THAT TO GET ENTIRELY BETTER IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, THE LEGISLATURE IS GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON USING A LOT OF THE CAP AND TRADE MONEY OR A LOT OF THE BUDGET ONE-TIME FUNDING ON WILDFIRE PREVENTION, ENFORCE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES TO REDUCE THE RISK OF WILDFIRE AND REDUCE THE RISK OF PROPERTY AND HUMAN LIFE. DURING THOSE EVENTS. CLIMATE CHANGE OBVIOUSLY IS A BIG PRIORITY IN CALIFORNIA AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE CAME IN, UM, SORT OF UNDER THE RADAR THIS YEAR, OR THERE'S BEEN A BIG PUSH FROM RURAL, UH, RURAL CALIFORNIA MEMBERS THAT THERE IS NO, UH, EQUITY IN THE BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE IN CALIFORNIA, AND THEY WERE TRYING TO DO THEIR BEST TO EXTEND THOSE, UH, HIGH, HIGH INTERNET, HIGH SPEED INTERNET ACCESS, AND SELF-SERVICE ACCESS TO DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES AND RURAL COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE, PUBLIC SAFETY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE WAS A BIG TOPIC LAST YEAR, BUT BECAUSE OF LAST MINUTE, UH, POLITICKING AND, AND DISAGREEMENTS IN THE CAPITOL AT THE DEADLINE, A LOT OF IT DID NOT GET DONE. IT DID NOT GET THROUGH. SO I DO EXPECT PUBLIC SAFETY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE TO BE BACK, UH, THIS YEAR, AT LEAST TOWARD THE LATER HALF OF THE SESSION. UM, AND THEN HOUSING, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT, UM, IS, IS, IS A MAJOR TOPIC IN CALIFORNIA AND HAS BEEN FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, UH, DUE TO OUR, OUR HOUSING SHORTAGE HERE. SO WE'LL GET INTO SOME WE'LL, WE'LL GET INTO SOME BILLS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THAT. UM, BUT FIRST WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THANK YOU, GOVERNOR IN JANUARY PROPOSED IS A BUDGET AND SENT IT TO THE LEGISLATURE, WHICH STARTS THE BUDGET PROCESS IN CALIFORNIA. UM, THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSING A $227.2 BILLION BUDGET. THAT INCLUDES [00:15:01] GENERAL FUNDS AND SPECIAL FUNDS. UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S AN ALL-INCLUSIVE NUMBER. UM, IT DID INCLUDE ABOUT 15 AND A HALF BILLION DOLLARS OF A PROJECTED SURPLUS THAT THEY ARE, THEY ARE RUNNING RIGHT NOW. UM, THAT'S VASTLY DIFFERENT THAN LAST YEAR IN MAY. IF YOU REMEMBER, WE WERE LOOKING AT ABOUT A $54 BILLION OPERATING DEFICIT. UM, SO, UH, THAT HAS QUICKLY TURNED INTO A 15 AND A HALF BILLION DOLLAR SURPLUS, THANKS IN PART TO, UH, HIGHER THAN EXPECTED INCOME TAX RECEIPTS, UH, IN A, IN A QUICKER RATE ECONOMY, UH, ECONOMIC RECOVERY IN CALIFORNIA THAN ORIGINALLY EXPECTED LAST YEAR. UM, HOWEVER, THOSE THAT SURPLUS IS ONE, ONE TIME ONLY, LIKE I SAID, AND IS EXPECTED TO GO AWAY NEXT YEAR, UM, WHERE DEFICITS WILL BE BACK. UM, THE BUDGET THE GOVERNOR SENT TO THE LEGISLATURE TO CONSIDER INCLUDES 22 BILLION IN PROJECTED RESERVES, UM, WHICH TAKES US A LOT CLOSER TO THE 10% RAINY DAY FUND MANDATE, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, PASSED BY A PROPOSITION OF CALIFORNIA VOTERS BACK IN 2014, UM, TO, TO HAVE A 10% SAVINGS ACCOUNT OF OUR, OF OUR ENTIRE BUDGET. UM, I WILL SAY THAT EARLIER TODAY, IF YOU WERE FOLLOWING THE NEWS AT ALL IN CALIFORNIA, THE GOVERNOR DID SIGN A SEVEN 7.6, ROUGHLY BILLION DOLLAR ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE. THAT INCLUDES A LOT OF $2 BILLION OF GRANTS TO SMALL BUSINESSES IN CALIFORNIA, $600 PAYMENTS TO, TO THE MOST NEEDY AND THE POOREST INDIVIDUALS IN CALIFORNIA, AS WELL AS A HOST OF OTHER ECONOMIC STIMULUS PROGRAMS AND PROCEDURES TO HELP PULL CALIFORNIA OUT OF, OUT OF THE ECONOMIC SLUMP. SO, UM, 7.6 BILLION. THAT'S A LOT OF THAT 15 AND A HALF BILLION THAT YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT YOU CAN SEE HERE. UM, AND THERE'S MORE TO COME. I WOULD IMAGINE ON THE CLIMATE CHANGE SIDE, UH, AS WELL AS THE COVID-19 RESPONSE SIDE, WHERE HE'S ALREADY PLEDGED ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF BILLION DOLLARS OF THAT, ONE-TIME SURPLUS ON COVID-19 RESPONSE, SUCH AS TESTING AND VACCINE DISTRIBUTION. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, A BUDGET FOR A TIMELINE FOR THE BUDGET. AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS FROM NOW UNTIL EARLY MAY, UH, BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE WILL MEET, UH, TO LOOK AT EACH OF THE LINE ITEMS IN THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL AND, AND DISCUSS THEM AND SEE WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION, UH, WHERE THEY WERE GETTING THEIR BACKUP DATA. UM, ALL OF THE, ALL OF THE PROCESSES THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT IN A COMMITTEE, UH, IN MAY, THE GOVERNOR RELEASED HAS MAY REVISE, WHICH HAS, UH, MOSTLY THE SAME INFORMATION AS THE JANUARY BUDGET, BUT IT WILL HAVE MUCH MORE ACCURATE FINANCIAL NUMBERS BECAUSE OF THE, UH, TAX DEADLINE IN APRIL. SO THE MAY WILL MEET MAY REVISE, WE'LL HAVE A LOT MORE ACCURATE NUMBERS TO BE ABLE TO FINE TUNE SOME OF THE PROPOSALS IN THE GOVERNMENT'S BUDGET, UM, FROM MAY TO JUNE BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEES, UH, AND, UH, THE, AND THE LEGISLATIVE LEADERS WILL LOOK AT THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET AND ADD THEIR OWN PRIORITIES INTO THE BUDGET AND NEGOTIATE WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ON BUDGET ITEMS, UM, ALL IN FOR JUNE 15TH, WHICH IS THE LEGISLATIVE DEADLINE TO APPROVE THE BUDGET THAT'S CONSTITUTIONAL CALIFORNIA. SO THE LEGISLATORS WILL NOT GET PAID IF THEY DO NOT RECRUIT A BUDGET BY JUNE 15TH. UM, YOU CAN, UH, YOU CAN BET THAT THEY'RE GOING TO REPROVE THE BUDGET BY JUNE 15TH IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO GET PAID. UM, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE NEW FISCAL YEAR WILL BEGIN ON JULY 1ST, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UM, SO QUICKLY, WHY WAS, AS WE'RE MOVING ONTO HOUSING, I WANTED TO GIVE A, A QUICK SNAPSHOT, UH, UH, CONTEXT OF, OF HOUSING IN CALIFORNIA. UM, AS YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, YOU KNOW, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN YEARS, UH, THAT THE THEME OF CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN TO TAKE LOCAL CONTROL AWAY FROM LOCAL AGENCIES IN THE SPIRIT OF PROVIDING ADDITIONAL SUPPLY OF, OF HOUSING, UH, STATEWIDE. SO THESE 10 BILLS ARE BILLS THAT I CHOSE, UM, THAT HAVE EITHER PASSED OR, UH, OR WORKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE PROCESS AND ALMOST PASSED, UM, THAT ALL ADDRESSED LAND, USE PLANNING, UM, LOCAL DESIGN REVIEW, ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, UM, REALLY ALL OF THE SUBJECTS, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT USED TO BE UNDER THE PURVIEW OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, UH, TO, TO APPROVE OR DENY BASED ON WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS RIGHT FOR THE COMMUNITY, UM, SLOWLY BUT SURELY CHIPPING AWAY ON THE LOCAL CONTROL THAT THAT CITIES HAVE. UM, HOUSING HAS REALLY BECOME A DEFENSIVE GAME FOR CITIES AND LOCAL AGENCIES UP IN SACRAMENTO. UH, IT'S REALLY HARD TO GET TRACTION ON THE OFFENSIVE AND TO PUSH THROUGH HOUSING, UH, SENSIBLE HOUSING MEASURES, UH, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE PUSHBACK FROM, UM, UH, USER GROUPS IN ACLU AND OTHER NONPROFITS THAT REALLY BELIEVE IN HOUSING AND TRYING TO PUSH HOUSING THROUGH STATEWIDE, UH, DOWN THE THROATS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, DESPITE, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST BY COMMUNITY CONDITIONS. UM, SO, UH, IN 2019, EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR SB 50, UH, PASSED ON THAT LIST IN 2020, UH, UH, THESE WERE HEADED TOWARD PASSAGE. I WOULD SAY COVID-19 DERAILED A LOT OF, UH, 2019 LEGISLATION, UH, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN HALF OF BILLS DIDN'T PASS BECAUSE OF COVID-19 AND, AND, AND THE DELAYS THERE. UH, BUT WE DO, BUT THREE OF THOSE BILLS IN 2020 ARE ALREADY BACK THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, HOUSING IS, IS REALLY, UH, A BROKEN WHEEL WHERE IF IT, IF IT DOESN'T WORK THE FIRST TIME, IT KEEPS COMING [00:20:01] BACK THE NEXT TIME. UM, SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE ON TOP OF THAT. UM, AND WE CAN GET INTO THE FIRST BILL HERE, UM, ON THE NEXT, THIS IS NOT, THIS IS THE ONLY NON HOUSING BILL ON THE LIST, BUT I DIDN'T, I WANT TO BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION AS IT COULD HAVE SOME POTENTIAL MAGNITUDE FOR THE CITY. UM, THIS BILL WOULD REQUIRE ALL LOCAL AGENCIES TO HAVE A INTERNET BASED OR CALL IN FEATURE FOR MEETING VIRTUAL, SUCH AS THIS ONE, UM, BECAUSE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, UH, TO INCLUDE A CLOSED CAPTIONING FEATURE, UH, TO REALLY PROMOTE ACCESS FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO LISTEN, UM, THAT HAS SOME COSTLY IMPLICATIONS TO IT. UM, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ABOUT THE TECHNICAL VIABILITY OF THAT, ESPECIALLY IN LOCAL, UH, OR RURAL, UH, A PLACES WHERE, UH, THE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, TECHNICAL EXPERTISE ISN'T AS READILY AVAILABLE. UM, ANOTHER CHALLENGE THAT BILL HAS IS THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE LOCAL AGENCIES TO TRANSLATE, UH, UH, MEETING MATERIALS INTO LANGUAGES THAT ARE SPOKEN BY AT LEAST 5% OF INDIVIDUALS IN YOUR JURISDICTION. UM, A LOT OF QUESTION MARKS SURROUNDING THIS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, INCLUDING WHO MAKES THAT DETERMINATION OF WHO SPEAKS, WHAT LANGUAGE AND WHAT IN AND IN WHAT JURISDICTION, UM, WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU HAVE TO TRANSLATE? WHAT TH WHAT DON'T YOU TRANSLATE? UM, AND THERE'S CONCERNS THAT THIS APPLIES TO, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, AT MEETINGS WHERE YOU, UH, CITIES WOULD BE ON THE HOOK FOR PUTTING THE BILL FOR TRANSLATORS FOR, UH, ANY LANGUAGE THAT IS SPOKEN BY 5% OF THE APRON, LOCAL AGENCIES JURISDICTION, UM, THAT HAS INTENSE, UH, YOU KNOW, FINANCIAL COST, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. UM, WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE OFFICER'S OFFICE WHO, UH, PREFERRED NOT TO TALK ABOUT THE 5% LANGUAGE, BECAUSE THEY HAD GOTTEN SO MUCH PUSHBACK FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENT ALREADY, UM, THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY DISCUSSED AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY EXP ARE EXPECTING TO TAKE AMENDMENTS, THAT THEY HOPE WILL BE SOME OF THOSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONCERNS. THOSE AMENDMENTS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND WE'LL BRING THEM BACK TO THE CITY. UH, BUT IT DOES NOT SOUND LIKE THEY'RE BACKING DOWN FROM THE CLOSED CAPTIONING FEATURE PORTION OF THE BILL. UM, BUT THERE MIGHT BE SOME SIGNIFICANT AMENDMENTS ON THE 5% LANGUAGE OF, OF, UH, TRANSIT PLEASE. I BUY PRO TEM ATKINS IS A SPOT BILL. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT AS IT'S WRITTEN, THE BILL HAS NO SUBSTANTIVE LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE. IT IS NOT A BILL THAT CAN PASS AS IS. IT REALLY IS ONLY AN INTENSE BILL. UM, THEY DO THIS IN ORDER TO GET BILLS IN BEFORE THE DEADLINE, AND WE'LL GO BACK AND AMEND THE BILL WITH SUBSTANTIVE LANGUAGE AT A DIFFERENT TIME WHEN THEY'RE READY. UM, SO SB FIVE IS A SPOT BILL THAT SAYS THAT IS THEIR INTENT LATER TO TURN IT INTO A HOUSING BOND STATEWIDE. SO THIS IS THE FIRST BILL OF THE PROTONS HOUSING PACKAGE. SHE'S CALLING, WE'LL GO THROUGH MOST OF THE BILLS IN THE HOUSING PACKAGE TONIGHT. UM, BUT ESSENTIALLY IT WOULD BE THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR A LOT OF THESE BILLS THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE IN A LOT OF THE HOUSING SUPPLY EFFORTS IN THE STATE AS FUNDING IS, UH, YOU KNOW, MOST OF, YOU KNOW, A MAJOR BARRIER TO, UH, TO HOUSING SUPPLY IN CALIFORNIA. THE BILL DOES NOT HAVE DOLLAR AMOUNTS YET IN TERMS OF HOW, HOW BIG THIS BOND WILL BE. UM, BUT IT DOES SPECIFY THAT IT WILL TARGET HOMELESS, LOW INCOME AND VERY LOW INCOME HOUSING CATEGORIES IN TERMS OF WHERE THIS FUNDING WOULD GO. THERE'S NO DATE, BUT MY BEST GUESS IS THIS'LL BE ON A NOVEMBER, 2022 BALLOT. UM, ASSUMING IT GETS THROUGH THE PROCESS THIS YEAR, UH, AND IT HAS TO GO THROUGH A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE IN ORDER TO HAVE A BOND. UM, BUT AS OF NOW, NO LANGUAGE, UH, GOING INTO THIS, WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT A COUPLE MONTHS MAYBE TO GET THAT LANGUAGE SP SIX BY CENTER EURO IS A REINTRODUCTION OF SB 1385 THAT YOU SAW ON THAT SNAPSHOT SIDE. A SLIDE. WHAT THIS DOES IS THIS BRINGS HOUSING AS AN ELIGIBLE ELIGIBLE USE FOR, UH, COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL ZONED PARCELS. SO, UM, THE INTENT OF THIS BILL IS TO TURN THE, UH, UNUSED, UH, COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL ZONED PARCELS INTO HOUSING AS AN, AS AN ELIGIBLE USE. SO, UH, AS PART OF THE, PART OF THE BILL, THOSE, UH, RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL ZONES, UH, PARCELS HAVE TO HAVE MORE THAN 50% OF THEIR SQUARE FOOTAGE AS VACANCIES IN TERMS OF THEIR TENANCY, UH, ABILITIES, UH, FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS. UH, BUT REALLY IT WOULD ALLOW A DEVELOPER TO GO TO A CITY AND REALLY FORCED THE CITY TO REZONE CERTAIN PARCELS AS RESIDENTIAL, IF THEY'RE IN A COMMERCIAL OR RETAIL SPACE, UM, AS LONG AS IT MEETS CERTAIN CRITERIA, INCLUDING THE VACANCY REQUIREMENTS, LIKE I SAID, I SAID, UM, A LOCAL AGENCY HAS THE ABILITY TO DENY THAT REQUEST AS LONG AS IT REALLOCATES THAT LOSS OF DENSITY. YEAH. SOMEWHERE ELSE, SO THAT THERE IS NO NET LOSS. UM, IT ALSO ALLOWS LOCAL AGENCIES TO DEVELOP, UH, OR TO BE SUBJECT TO ZONING, PARKING DESIGN, AND OTHER ORDINANCE THAT THAT WOULD APPLY TO OTHER LIKE DEVELOPMENT OF, OF SIMILAR DENSITIES. UM, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A, UH, CONCERN, UM, STATEWIDE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS INITIALLY. UM, THERE ARE SOME DESCRIPTIONS THAT MAKE IT, UH, PROBABLY NOT AS, UH, NOT AS USABLE AS IT, AS YOU MIGHT THINK, UH, STATEWIDE, [00:25:01] UH, BUT STILL ANOTHER ATTEMPT SACRAMENTO OF WRESTLING, LOCAL CONTROL FROM LOCAL AGENCIES. UM, IT'S CURRENTLY IN THE SENATE GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THE SENATE HOUSING COMMITTEE DOUBLE REFERRED. AND IT HAS YET TO BE SET FOR A HEARING, BUT THAT HEARING SHOULD BE IN THE NEXT THREE WEEKS HERE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE NINE, UH, BY, ALSO BY PROTON MAKIN. UH, THIS IS THE REINTRODUCTION OF SBO 1120 FROM LAST YEAR THAT FAILED ON THE LAST NIGHT AFTER IT, UH, PROCEDURALLY IT DIDN'T MAKE IT OUT OF THE ASSEMBLY BACK TO THE SENATE IN TIME FOR A PROCEDURAL VOTE, WHICH DID NOT MAKE THE PROTESTS VERY HAPPY BECAUSE SHE REALLY WANTED THIS BILL TO PASS LAST YEAR. UM, BUT REALLY WHAT THIS WOULD DO IS IT WOULD REQUIRE CITIES AND COUNTIES TO MINISTERIALLY APPROVE, UH, HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS OF TWO UNITS. SO A DUPLEX FOR EACH RESIDENTIAL PARCEL OR SUBDIVIDING LOTS INTO TWO EQUAL PARCELS, URBAN LOTS OF SPLITS. UM, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, NOT A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY CITIES HAVE TO PREVENT THIS. UH, THERE IS A LIST OF EXCLUSIONS, VERY HIGH FIRE SEVERITY ZONES IS ONE THAT WOULD HELP THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS IN TERMS OF PARCELS WITHIN THAT ZONE THAT YOU DO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF YOUR CITY IN THAT ZONE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE SPLIT THIS WAY OR TO BE ADDED ON THIS WAY, HISTORIC DISTRICTS, AND THEN PROXIMITY TO THE CERTAIN INDUSTRIAL USES LIKE HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES AS WELL. UM, I WILL SAY THAT THE LEAGUE IS TAKING A VERY BIG INTEREST IN THIS BILL THIS YEAR. THEY ARE PUSHING VERY HARD, UH, FOR A SET OF AMENDMENTS, UM, FROM THEIR CITIES, UH, FOR THIS BILL, INCLUDING I THINK MOST IMPORTANTLY CLARIFICATION ON ADU, UH, PROCEDURES. UM, CURRENTLY AS THE BILL IS WRITTEN, IT, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE FORCED TO REQUIRE EACH OF THESE UNITS. SO A DUPLEX ON A SINGLE FAMILY LOT, UH, EACH OF THOSE TWO UNITS CAN NOW HAVE AN ADU. SO NOW YOU HAVE FOUR UNITS AND EACH OF THOSE ADS CAN HAVE JUNIOR AID USE. AND NOW YOU'RE AT 60 UNITS ON A PARCEL THAT USED TO BE A SINGLE FAMILY HOME RESIDENTIAL. UM, SO, UH, THAT HAS SOME CONCERNS FOR THE LEAGUE, OBVIOUSLY, AND FOR CITIES ABOUT THE, THE LOSS OF CONTROL IN TERMS OF THAT, UH, THAT ZONING AND THAT OBJECTIVE DESIRED OBJECTIVE DESIGN REVIEW STANDARDS. UM, AS LONG AS THEY, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU CAN USE THOSE STANDARDS AS LONG AS THEY DO NOT CONFLICT WITH THE BILL. UM, BUT I FIND THAT TO BE VERY NARROW IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO. UM, THAT'S ALSO IN THE SAME COMMITTEES THAT WILL BE HEARD AROUND THE SAME TIME. I IMAGINE IN THE NEXT THREE WEEKS, SB 10 BY SENATOR WIENER IS ANOTHER RE-INTRODUCTION OF A BILL THAT FAILED LAST YEAR. UM, SENATOR WIENER IS THE AUTHOR OF SB 50. IF YOU'LL REMEMBER THAT REALLY TRIED TO, UH, FORCE HOUSING INTO AREAS THAT ARE TRANSIT RICH OR JOBS RICH OR AN URBAN INFILL SITE. UM, HE HAS BEEN DENIED SEVERAL TIMES NOW IN HIS, UH, UH, EFFORTS, UH, IN, IN, IN THAT TYPE OF BILL KIND OF TAKING A DIFFERENT APPROACH HERE, UM, WHERE INSTEAD OF MANDATING IT, IT'LL GIVE THE OPTION FOR A CITY TO OFFER, UH, TO PASS AN ORDINANCE, UH, TO BE ABLE TO ZONE PARCELS FOR UP TO 10 UNITS OF RESIDENTIAL DENSITY PER PARCEL WITH HEIGHTS DESIGNATED BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT. UM, THAT PARCEL HAS TO BE IN A TRANSIT RICH, A JOBS RICH, OR AN URBAN INFILL SITE WHEN SB 50 WAS GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. UM, WE WERE VERY INVOLVED IN THE MAP MAKING PROCESS AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THOSE MAPS WERE BEING DISTRIBUTED. WHAT IS A TRANSIT RICH AREA? WHAT IS A JOBS RICH AREA? UM, THOSE ARE ALL DETERMINED BY THE STATE BIND, UM, THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF, UH, THEY HAVE A SPECIAL OFFICE AGAIN, THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE THAT DETERMINES THESE. UM, IT DID NOT SEEM LIKE AT THE TIME CHINO HILLS WAS A TRANSIT RICH JOBS, RICH OR RENTAL SITE. UM, SO LARGELY, UH, UH, NOT, NOT USEFUL TO THE CITY AND, AND WOULDN'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF IMPACT, BUT THOSE DEFINITIONS CAN CHANGE EVERY FIVE YEARS DEPENDING ON, ON THE NEEDS OF, OF, OF THEIR SYSTEMS. SO WE DO WANT TO BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION. UM, IT, THESE PARCELS THAT DO GET AUTHORIZED BY ORDINANCES CANNOT BE APPROVEMENT NECESSARILY, OR BY RIGHT, UH, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS. THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THEIR, UH, EXISTING HOUSING PROCESS PLANNING COMMISSION, THE WHOLE, LIKE, UM, INTERESTING ABOUT THIS BILL IS THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE, IT WOULD ALLOW LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO PASS THESE ORDINANCES, UH, FOR THE, FOR THE DENSITY INCREASES, EVEN IF THE LOCAL AIDS, IF THOSE, IF THE AREA HAS A, UH, BALLOT MEASURE OR SOME SORT OF LOCAL VOTER INITIATIVE THAT, THAT, UH, PREVENTS IT. UM, SO EVEN IF YOU HAVE A, UH, CITIZEN VOTED UPON, UH, GROWTH, UH, RESTRICTED ORDINANCE, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN BEGIN TO OVERRIDE THAT, TO DO THIS, IF THEY WOULD LIKE WITH, WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, MAJORITY VOTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL. UM, ALSO IN THE SAME COMMITTEE, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. YEAH, OF COURSE THE WORDS COME UP A COUPLE OF TIMES, AND JUST A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THE TERMS THAT ARE LISTENING TO THE MEETING. SO CAN YOU LET EVERYONE KNOW WHAT MINISTERIALLY MEANS? YEAH, OF COURSE. SORRY. UM, MINISTERIALLY IS A TERM THAT BASICALLY MEANS WITHOUT CITY REVIEW, SO THE CITY HAS NO CONTROLS, NO ABILITIES TO SAY NO. UM, THEY REALLY, UH, IT'S A TERM THAT REMOVES AGAIN, REMOVED [00:30:01] LOCAL CONTROL BY SAYING YOU HAVE TO DO THAT BY RIGHT. IT IS THE RIGHT OF THE DEVELOPER TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THERE, UM, WITHOUT THE CITY HAVING MUCH SAY AS TO, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, TIME, PLACE AND MANNER. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, IF ANY, I'LL PAUSE THERE. JUST, JUST GENERALLY, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE HOUSING BILL SO FAR? I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT IN QUICKLY, BUT JUST WANTED TO, BEFORE WE SWITCH ON TO FEDERAL FUNDING, WE WANTED TO GET ANY FEEDBACK ON, WE'LL HIT YOU WITH QUESTIONS AT THE END. ERIC SOUNDS GOOD. SOUNDS GOOD. I'M ALMOST DONE. APPRECIATE IT. UM, ON THE FEDERAL FUNDING SIDE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD WITH OUR DC TEAM TO FOCUS ON STATE AND LOCAL FUNDING IN ANY COVID-19 RELIEF PACKAGE OUT OF WASHINGTON DC. SO, UM, AS YOU KNOW, UH, THROUGHOUT THE, THE LATTER LATTER END OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, UH, DURING COVID-19, UM, STATE AND LOCAL FUNDING WAS A BIG FOCUS OF, OF ALL ALL LOCAL AGENCIES, UH, IN ANY PHASE PHASE FOUR OR PHASE FIVE PACKAGE COMING FROM, UH, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE CARES ACT IN PHASE TWO DID HAVE, UH, SOME SIGNIFICANT FUNDING FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS NOT ENOUGH, UM, IN THAT CARES ACT MONEY WAS DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE STATE AND, AND WAS, AND ABLE TO, UH, GET INTO CITY COFFERS. BUT, UM, IT WASN'T ENOUGH TO COVER THE COSTS. IT RE IT REALLY WASN'T ENOUGH, UH, TO BACKFILL YOUR REVENUES, UM, AND SO MORE WAS NEEDED. UH, AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS IDENTIFIED RATHER EARLY, UM, THIS LATEST, UH, COVID-19 RELIEF PACKAGE FROM THE BITE OF THE ADMINISTRATION, UH, AND, AND FROM, UH, HOUSE DEMOCRATS AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN WASHINGTON, DC, IT INCLUDES 350 BILLION FOR STATE AND LOCAL FUNDING, UH, WHICH IS A HUGE NUMBER, 193 BILLION OF THAT WILL GO DIRECTLY TO STATES AS WELL AS WASHINGTON DC, 130 BILLION FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LIKE YOURS AND CITIES NATIONWIDE. UH, AND THEN I HAND FOR MONEY FOR TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AND TERRITORIES. UM, SO OF THE FUNDING BREAKDOWN, CALIFORNIA, UH, IF THIS PASSES AS IS CALIFORNIA WOULD RECEIVE 23, 26.3, EXCUSE ME, BILLION DOLLARS, UH, TOTAL TO USE, HOWEVER, THEY WOULD LIKE, UH, IN TERMS OF A COVID-19 RESPONSE, UH, AND PANDEMIC RESPONSE, THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS SPECIFICALLY DIRECTLY WOULD RECEIVE ABOUT 9.6 MILLION. UM, THAT'S A BIG NUMBER. UM, THAT'S, THAT'S BIGGER NUMBERS THAN, THAN PREVIOUS PACKAGES HAVE PROPOSED. UM, AND THAT IS A NUMBER THAT COULD HAVE SOME REAL IMPACT IN THEIR COMMUNITY, UM, IN TERMS OF RECOVERING FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. UM, SO WHAT, WHAT CAN YOU USE THIS ON? UM, YOU CAN USE IT ON ANYTHING, UH, BACKFILLING, ANY COSTS FOR RESPONDING TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, UM, AND, AND, AND HOW IT AFFECTED YOUR COMMUNITY. UM, IT WILL COVER ANY COSTS THAT ARE INCURRED DUE TO THE STATE OF EMERGENCY WE ARE IN, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING HARD TO GET INCLUDED. UM, AND IT IS INCLUDED IS TO REPLACE LOST REVENUE, UM, THAT YOU DID NOT RECEIVE BECAUSE OF THE GOVERNOR 19 PANDEMIC BASED ON, UH, JANUARY OF 2020, UH, PROJECTION SHEET. SO, UM, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT AS, UM, THAT IS A, A BLANKET, A BLANKET AUTHORIZATION TO ACCEPT A LOT MORE OF THAT MONEY IN TERMS OF WHAT, WHAT IT COULD BE USED FOR AS, AS PRETTY MUCH EVERY CITY IS DOWN MONEY IN TERMS OF THEIR SALES TAX OR PROPERTY TAX DEFERRAL, OR, OR WHATEVER YOU, YOU, YOU NEED, UM, IN ORDER TO, UH, IN ORDER TO MAKE, MAKE YOUR COMMUNITY WHOLE, UM, WE DO EXPECT A VOTE ON THAT IN MARCH, UH, MARCH 14TH IS THE TENTATIVE, UH, INTERNAL DEADLINE THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO WORK TOWARD. UM, I WILL SAY THAT THE CHANCES OF THIS ARE, UM, STRONGER NOW WITH A DEMOCRATICALLY CONTROLLED, UH, PRESIDENCY, SENATE, AND, UH, A HOUSE OVER IN DC. UM, YOU KNOW, THE MARGINS ARE VERY NARROW IN, IN, IN DC IN TERMS OF, UH, THE SENATE ONLY HAS, UH, IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY MARGINS, FRANKLY, THEY HAVE A ONE VOTE, UM, A TIE BREAKER, UH, AND THE HOUSE IS DOWN TO SIX OR SEVEN, DEPENDING ON IF THEY'RE SPECIAL ELECTIONS BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, UH, THAT THAT GETS SEATED. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A VERY THIN MARGIN HERE, BUT, UM, THIS IS THE MOST OPTIMISTIC WE'VE BEEN ABOUT ANY FEDERAL FUNDING PACKAGE SO FAR THAT INCLUDES STATE AND LOCAL FUNDING. SO, UM, WORKING HARD AND CROSSING OUR FINGERS THAT THIS PACKAGE GOES THROUGH AS-IS WITHOUT ANY HITCHES. AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, ERIC. UH, ERIC, I GOT A QUESTION PERTAINING TO THE 9.6 MILLION THAT WE'RE SORT OF ANTICIPATING RECEIVING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. WHAT DOES THAT BASED ON? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. APOLOGIES FOR NOT MENTIONING IT BEFORE. IT'S LARGELY AS IT'S LARGELY BASED ON THE EXISTING CDBG FORMULAS. UM, SO THERE'S, THERE'S EXISTING POTS FOR ENTITLEMENT CITIES, EXISTING POPPER, NON-TITLE ONE CITIES, UM, AND THOSE CDS, CDBG FORMULAS ARE QUITE TECHNICAL AS YOU KNOW, UM, BUT THEY HAVE A LOT TO DO WITH POPULATION. THEY HAVE A LOT TO DO WITH HOUSING COSTS, A LOT TO DO WITH POVERTY LEVELS. UM, SO IT'S REALLY A COMBINATION OF DIFFERENT, UM, UH, METRICS THAT THE STATE, THE FEDS USE, UH, TO DISTRIBUTE MONEY. SO IT IS MOSTLY THROUGH A CDBG FORMULA. THANK YOU ALL RIGHT NOW. AND I THINK THE ONLY THING I WOULD JUST TOUCH ON IS ERIC. I KNOW RIGHT [00:35:01] NOW WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR RENA PROCESS, AND WE ALL CERTAINLY KNOW THAT THESE DECISIONS IN SACRAMENTO ARE NOT MADE IN A VACUUM. SO SEEING AS YOU WENT OVER MORE HOUSING BILLS, UH, WOULD YOU RECOMMEND IF OUR RESIDENTS SAY OPPOSE THEM, THAT THEY REACH OUT TO OUR STATE SENATOR, A STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER AND THE GOVERNOR? ABSOLUTELY. THAT IS, THAT IS ALWAYS THE TRIED AND TRUE METHOD AND REALLY WORKS THE BEST. IF RESIDENTS DO FEEL CERTAIN WAYS ABOUT, UH, ANY OF THE BILLS I MENTIONED OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT GOES THROUGH, UM, IN SACRAMENTO, I REALLY WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO, UH, WRITE YOUR LEGISLATOR, UM, SENATOR JOSH NEWMAN, UH, SAVVY MEMBER, FULL CHEN, UH, AND THE GOVERNOR, UM, AND, AND TRY TO GET ON THEIR RADAR. I KNOW BOTH OF YOUR REPRESENTATIVES, UH, QUITE WELL, AND THEY HAVE BEEN, UH, VERY ENGAGED GENDER NEWMAN IS, IS BACK ON THE JOB IN NEWER, BUT, UH, SUDDENLY MEMBER CHEN HAS BEEN HERE FOR AWHILE, UM, AND HAS REALLY TRIED HIS BEST TO GET INVOLVED IN THE HOUSING DISCUSSION, UM, IN SACRAMENTO AND TRIED TO BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION AS A PART, AS OPPOSED TO BEING PART OF THE PROBLEM. SO, UM, I WOULD RECOMMEND WRITING THEM AND, AND I THINK THAT WOULD HAVE SOME GOOD IMPACT. WONDERFUL. WELL, ERIC, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE UPDATE. IT'S ALWAYS INSIGHTFUL AND SCARY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU EVERYONE. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. BYE. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING TO GO TO ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OF ACTIONS TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION. MADAM ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY. NO, THERE WERE NO APP. THERE WAS NO REPORTABLE ACTION. PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. [5. 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.] THEN AT THIS TIME WE ARE GOING TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEMS WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WHETHER OR NOT THAT ITEM APPEARS ON THE AGENDA, EXCEPT TESTIMONY ON PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS, WHICH MUST BE PROVIDED DURING THOSE HEARINGS. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIA ZOOM OR DIAL STAR NINE TO BE SELECTED FROM THE MEETING QUEUE INDIVIDUAL AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER, MADAM ASSISTANT CITY CLERK. WE HAVE, UH, QUITE A FEW AND I DO HAVE ONE TO READ IN THE RECORD, BUT FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO ASK PAT BELL, IS THIS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT OR ARE YOU WANTING TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 13 REGARDING THE CDBG GRANT BUTTONS, THE PDB GRANT FUNDS, PLEASE. OKAY. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND LOWER YOUR HAND IN YOU AND SPEAK TO YOU LATER ON. OKAY. AND OUR FIRST ONE IS THE TELEPHONE NUMBER ENDING IN THREE SIX, SEVEN, WAITING TO RECEIVE. HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. YES. GOOD EVENING. HI, THIS IS JOE SHAFFER FROM THE CHINO VALLEY SCHOOL BOARD. ALL RIGHT. CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME OKAY? YES, SIR. YES. THANK YOU. MAYOR JONES, COUNCIL, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY JUST WANTED TO TOUCH BASE WITH YOU ALL TONIGHT. THEY GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING WITH SOME OF OUR STUDENTS, UM, STARTING WITHIN A WEEK. UH, WE DID HAVE A SPECIAL BOARD MEETING THIS EVENING AND WE TOOK ACTION THAT WAS UNANIMOUS. UM, WE ARE ABLE NOW UNDER THE COUNTY AND STATE OPENING GUIDELINES FOR TK TO SIX, WHICH IS TRANS TRANSITIONAL KINDER TO SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS. UM, WE MEET THE THRESHOLD FOR THEM TO RETURN TO IN-PERSON HYBRID LEARNING. AGAIN, WE DID VOTE TONIGHT FOR, UH, TO RETURN OUR T K SIX STUDENTS, UM, AND IN A WAVE, SO TO SPEAK, UM, AFTER TONIGHT'S ACTION OR T K TO SECOND GRADE, STUDENTS ARE SCHEDULED TO RETURN TO BLENDED IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION ON THURSDAY, MARCH 4TH. AND THEN OUR THIRD TO SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS WILL BE RETURNING TO BLENDED IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION ON MONDAY, MARCH EIGHT. AGAIN, THIS IS ONLY FOR THOSE FAMILIES AND STUDENTS WHO ARE, WHO ARE IN THE BLENDED, UH, IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION MODEL. AND THOSE CAMPUSES FOR EACH STUDENT, WE'LL BE SENDING OUT INFORMATION STARTING TOMORROW AS TO WHAT SCHEDULES ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND ANSWER A LOT OF FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS. I ENCOURAGE PARENTS THAT MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS TO CONTACT THEIR INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL SITES FOR CLARIFICATION. UH, AND AGAIN, THIS IS ONLY FOR OUR FAMILIES AND STUDENTS WHO CHOSE THE BLENDED IN-PERSON LEARNING MODEL AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, OR HAVE CHANGED TOO TO THAT THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR. IT DOES NOT AFFECT OUR FAMILIES AND STUDENTS WHO CHOSE TO STAY ON DISTANCE LEARNING FOR THE YEAR. THOSE STUDENTS WILL REMAIN ON DISTANCE LEARNING WITH THEIR SAME TEACHERS AND INSTRUCTORS. AND AGAIN, THIS WAS ONLY FOR TK TO SIXTH GRADE. UM, UNFORTUNATELY THE STATE DID NOT CHANGE THE REQUIREMENTS TO BRING BACK OUR SECONDARY STUDENTS YET. UH, WE ARE GETTING CLOSER TO THAT NUMBER. WE DID TAKE ACTION TONIGHT, UH, TO ALLOW DR. INFIELD, OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF, TO BRING OUR SECONDARY STUDENTS BACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER MEETING THE CRITERIA, [00:40:01] WHICH IS CURRENTLY AT SEVEN CASES PER A HUNDRED THOUSAND OR BASICALLY OUR COUNTY NEEDS TO BE IN THE RED TIER. SO THAT'S JUST A QUICK SYNOPSIS OF WHAT HAPPENED THIS EVENING. AGAIN, I'M, I'M, I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BRING SOME OF OUR STUDENTS BACK. UH, AGAIN, THE, UH, BLENDED IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION WILL BE TWO DAYS OF, UH, SYNCHRONOUS INSTRUCTION, WHICH IS IN-PERSON TO DATABASE IT'S SYNCHRONOUS, WHICH WERE BE, UH, HOME STUDIES. AND THEN ALL STUDENTS ON DISTANCE LEARNING WE'LL HAVE ONE DAY WHERE THEY DO DISTANCE LEARNING FOR A MINIMUM DAY WITH THE TEACHER. AND AGAIN, EACH SCHOOL SITE WILL BE SENDING OUT INFORMATION THAT WILL EXPLAIN THAT IN FURTHER DETAIL. I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THOUGH. THANK YOU, JOE. ANY QUESTIONS? NOPE. YOU BET. ALL RIGHT. HEY, WE APPRECIATE IT. ALRIGHT, GOOD EVENING. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU, JEFF. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS THE LAST DIGITS PHONE NUMBER IS ONE, FIVE ONE. I BELIEVE IT'S RONNIE GEIER DVD AND RONNIE. OKAY. YES, SIR. HELLO. HELLO. HI. OH MY GOODNESS. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR JONES. IT'S A PLEASURE SPEAKING TO YOU AS MAYOR, UH, AND EVERY MEMBER OF THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL THAT ARE, THAT ARE GOOD, UH, THAT ARE GOOD FOLK THAT REALLY HELPED US HELP OUR YOUNG SISTERS FIND THEIR PASSIONATE AT ANY AGE. IT SEEMS THAT CHINO HILLS IS CONTINUOUSLY BRINGING UP THE FINEST. THERE IS IN THE COUNTRY SOMETIMES IN SOME VERY IMPORTANT AREAS OF STUDENTS, UH, OR EVEN ADULTS. IT'S JUST A REALLY AMAZING, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU TALK ABOUT PROFESSIONAL SPARKS, BUT REAL STRONG PRODUCTS THAT COME FROM OUR SCHOOLS, UH, THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE ENTERTAINMENT SPORTS-WISE OUT THERE IN THE COUNTRY. IT'S JUST AMAZING TO WATCH. I WAS AMAZED TO SEE IN, IN FACEBOOK TODAY, A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE BY JOSH THOMPSON OF THE CHINO VALLEY, CHAMPIONED A NEWSPAPER, UM, OF A, OF A, UH, REALLY STRIKINGLY ENERGETIC PITCHER, UH, SOFTBALL PITCHER FROM CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL WITH A BIG TITLE ABOVE IT ON THE ARTICLE STATING THAT SHE, YOU KNOW, HILLS HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL TEAM IS NOW RANKED NUMBER ONE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CITY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE, OF THE SEASON FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY NATIONWIDE, CHINO HILLS, NUMBER ONE, SOFTBALL AMAZING, BUT NOT UNUSUAL, JUST ABSOLUTELY A TERRIFIC THING. YOUR OFFICERS THAT WERE INTRODUCED TONIGHT FROM, UH, THAT ARE, ARE PROTECTING US. SO ONE OF THE NEW ONES IS, UH, OFFICER TOM JONES, FRIEND OF MY SON, WHO WAS ALSO IN, IN, UH, IN POLICE WORK AS WELL. THEY WERE BOTH ON THE CHINO, UH, HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM TOGETHER IN THE 18TH, AND THEN WENT ON TO A JC COLLEGE TOGETHER, UH, GREAT FAMILY. UH, THOSE TWO GENTLEMEN ARE LIVING THEIR PASSION AND THEY WERE FREE TO DO IT. AND IN MARVELOUS WAVES THAT ARE MADE POSSIBLE BY THE CITIES THAT THEY EITHER GREW UP IN AND, OR, OR JUST SIMPLY WHERE THEY DO LIVE. IT'S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. WE HAVE A DAUGHTER, A GRANDDAUGHTER THAT IS VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN THIS AND A PART OF, AND IN SOME WAY WITH THE, UM, WITH THE LADIES, THAT SOFTBALL TEAM AT CHINO HILLS HOSPITAL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT POSITION AND I DON'T, BUT I DO KNOW SHE IS LIVING HER PASSION. SHE REALLY LIVING HER PASSION. UH, JOSH THOMPSON, IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE NAME, THE PHOTOGRAPHER AND WRITER FROM THE CHINO VALLEY, CHAMPIONED A NEWSPAPER, UH, ALONG WITH, UH, MARIANNE NAPOLI WHO COVERS OUR CITY VERY, VERY WELL. AND CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS ARE VERY MUCH, UH, AWARD WINNERS. JOSH THOMPSON TOOK A PICTURE OF A LITTLE GIRL, NINE 11 CEREMONY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO IN FRONT OF, UH, PEYTON AVENUE, UH, UH, FIRE STATION, A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE CHILD WITH HER HANDS UP IN THE AIR AND, UH, PRAYING WITH AMERICAN FLAG COMING UP BETWEEN THEIR FINGERS THAT WAS PUBLISHED. AND JUST TOP JEFF THOMPSON RECEIVED, UH, THE NEWS PHOTOGRAPH OF THE YEAR FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ABOUT. SO THANK YOU FOR KEEPING THE FLAG WAVING AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES SO THAT THEY CAN FIND THEIR PASSION AT ANY AGE. THANKS FOR LISTENING. HELLO, HUH? THANK YOU, MR. GEIER. WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AS ALWAYS, ALWAYS SO POSITIVE. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS VERY WELCOME. THANK YOU, MAYOR IS SUZETTE. DANG. ALL RIGHT, MS. DANG. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR JONES, VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ COUNCIL MEMBERS. DID IT STAFF AND RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, HELP THE DANG WITH FOURTH DISTRICT COUNTY SUPERVISOR KURT HAGMAN'S OFFICE. I'M HERE TO SHARE TWO COUNTY UPDATES. FIRST [00:45:01] ELIGIBILITY IS OPEN TO ALL TEACHERS COUNTY AND MAY TAP DISTRICT VACCINE RESOURCES WE'LL USE ANY AVAILABLE PROVIDERS. CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME OKAY? YES. MA'AM I'M HEARING A LOT OF BACKGROUND NOISE. I WASN'T SURE WHAT THAT WAS. NO COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN BUMPING INTO THE MIC. OKAY. WELL, FIRST THE VACCINE ELIGIBILITY IS OPEN TO ALL TEACHERS AND SCHOOL SUPPORT STAFF IN COUNTY, AND THEY MAY TAP DISTRICT VACCINE RESOURCES OR USE ANY AVAILABLE PROVIDERS. SO MANY SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS HAVE MADE ARRANGE IN LOCAL HOSPITAL TO VACCINATE THEIR EMPLOYEES. SO WE ENCOURAGE TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF TO ASK THE EMPLOYERS, IF SUCH ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE OR USE ANY EXISTING BATHROOM DISTRIBUTIONS TONIGHT IN THE COUNTY BY MAKING AN APPOINTMENT AT S SP COVID-19 SLASH VACCINE. AGAIN, COVID-19 DOT COM SLASH VACCINE. SECONDLY, THE COUNTY IS TAKING AN ADDITIONAL STEPS TO ASSISTING YOURS, TRYING TO SCHEDULE VACCINE APPOINTMENTS. UH, WE HAVE EXTENDED HOURS TOWARDS DESTINATION HOTLINE, WHICH IS (909) 387-3911. AND WE HAVE ALSO ADDED STAFF TO HANDLE THE CALL. THE COUNTY LAST WEEK, LAUNCHED THE MOBILE VACCINATION PROGRAM, FOCUSED ON SENIOR CENTERS, LIBRARIES, AND OTHER LOCATIONS CONVENIENT FOR THE COUNTY. ALL THE RESIDENT VACCINATION CLINICS WILL CONTINUE TO ROLL OUT TO SERVE 65 PLUS RESIDENTS. THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF AGING AND ADULT SERVICES IS COORDINATING THE SCHEDULING AND LOCATION OF EACH CLINIC AND WORKING WITH LOCAL AREA COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN ALERTING SENIORS AND SETTING UP APPOINTMENTS. MOBILE VACCINATION VANS HAVE BEEN OUTFITTED WITH VACCINES AND RELATED SUPPLIES. AND ONCE IT'S ESTABLISHED THAT THE LOCATION CAN USE TO BE ABLE TO WALK UP WITH THEIR VACCINE AND MAKE THEIR SECOND APPOINTMENTS, UM, RIGHT THERE AT THE SAME TIME. SO THAT IS IT FOR THE EVENING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AND HAVE A GREAT EVENING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE UPDATE. WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. OUR NEXT SPEAKER LAST DIGITS ARE ZERO TO EIGHT. HI, GOOD EVENING. HI, GOOD EVENING. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 13. OKAY, WELL, WE'LL KEEP YOU IN THE QUEUE FOR WHEN ITEM 13 IS HEARD. THANK YOU FOR CALLING. THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, WE HAVE ONE COMMENT TO READ INTO THE RECORD. I HAVE NO OTHER HANDS UP TO SPEAK. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. SO THIS IS FROM LAUREN ENSBERG COMMUNITY RELATIONS SPECIALIST FROM CHAFEE COLLEGE. SHE STATES THAT JV COLLEGE SPRING SEMESTER SEMESTER STARTED JANUARY 11TH WITH OVER 17,500 STUDENTS. AND OVER 1800 ONLINE CLASSES, THE COLLEGE CONTINUES TO SUPPORT STUDENTS WITH AN ONLINE SUPPORT HUB AND VIRTUAL APPOINTMENTS FOR COUNSELING ADMISSIONS AND RECORDS, FINANCIAL AID, AND MORE. WE ARE CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH BY OFFERING MULTIPLE VIRTUAL EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS. ALL EVENTS CAN BE FOUND ON THE CENTER FOR CULTURE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE ON THEIR WEBSITE. CHAFEE COLLEGE IS OFFERING FREE ONLINE ESL COURSES LEVELS ONE THROUGH FIVE, AND YOU CAN APPLY FOR THIS PROGRAM@WWWDOTCHAFEE.EDU HOUSING AND FOOD INSECURITY CAN CONTINUE TO BE GROWING CONCERN AMONG OUR STUDENTS TO RESPOND TO THIS CRISIS. THE COLLEGE HAS LAUNCHED A PANTHER CARE PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH IMMEDIATE SUPPORT THROUGH MEALS, SHORT TERM HOUSING, EMERGENCY GRANT FUNDS, COUNSELING SERVICES, AND OTHER RELEVANT RESOURCES AND SUPPORT TOOLS. SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN IN MARCH, 2020, THE PANTHER CARE PROGRAM HAS SWITCHED TO A DRIVE-THROUGH MODEL AND HAS SERVED MORE THAN A THOUSAND STUDENTS IN NEED WAS SHELF-STABLE GROCERIES. DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON, THE PROGRAM GATHERED NEARLY 300 TOYS TO DISTRIBUTE TO THE CHILDREN AT PANTHER CARE STUDENTS. THE PEN TIM, THE PANDEMIC HAS UNDOUBTEDLY INCREASED FOOD AND HOUSING INSECURITIES AMONG STUDENTS. THE COLLEGE HAS FOCUSED ON PROVIDING HOLISTIC SUPPORT TO KEEP STUDENTS ON THEIR EDUCATIONAL PATH. WELL, THANK YOU. IT'S NICE TO HEAR AN UPDATE FROM CHAFEE COLLEGE. ALL RIGHT. THIS TIME, UH, ARE THERE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST THAN ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE SEEING NONE? WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE KISSES THEN [ CONSENT CALENDAR (5 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.] MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. UH, WOULD ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS LIKE TO PULL ANY ITEMS? NOPE. THAT WE'LL TAKE, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS JACKET, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BENNET, MADAM ASSISTANT CITY CLERK. MAYOR JOS. YES. MAYOR PRO TEM OR I'M SORRY, VICE VICE MARY MARQUEZ. [00:50:02] COUNT YOUR BELINDA COUNCIL MEMBER BENNET. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS. YES. ALL RIGHT. THE ITEM PASSES FIVE. OH, WE [11. Provide direction on automatic extensions of time for entitlement applications, plan check approvals, and building permits to mitigate impacts of COVID-19 pandemic] WILL BE MOVING ON TO THE DISCUSSION CALENDAR ITEM 11. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON, ON ITEM 11? PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. PROVIDE DIRECTION ON AUTOMATIC EXTENSIONS OF TIME FOR ENTITLEMENT APPLICATIONS, PLAN, CHECK, APPROVALS, AND BUILDING PERMITS TO MITIGATE IMPACTS OF COVID 19 PANDEMIC. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL. UH, TONIGHT NEXT ITEM IS FAIRLY SELF-EXPLANATORY. WE ACTUALLY, UH, ARE LOOKING TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR ANYONE WITH AN OUTSTANDING, UH, PERMIT AND, UH, BY GRANTING THEM AN EXTENSION. UM, OUR PUBLIC WHERE, UH, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR IS, UH, WITH US TONIGHT. IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE ITEM, UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS I HAVE, YOU HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND MADAME ASSISTANT CITY CLERK. MAYOR JOS. YES. MARQUEZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS. YES. PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH THEN ON TO ITEM [12. Receive and file Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) update] NUMBER 12, RECEIVE AND FILE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE. 2019 COVID 19 UPDATE. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? NO, WE DID NOT. WONDERFUL. ALL RIGHT. MR. CITY MANAGER, MARY JO'S, AS YOU KNOW, IT'S OUR, UH, GOAL TO MEMORIALIZE THE ACTIVITY SURROUNDING COVID-19. SO I JUST HAVE A COUPLE ITEMS I WANT TO COMMENT ON, UH, FIRST, UH, WE'VE SEEN SOME MOVEMENT IN, UH, OUR TIERS. UH, WE'RE NOW IN THE PURPLE TIER AGAIN, WHICH, UH, WHILE VERY RESTRICTIVE IS DEFINITELY LESS RESTRICTIVE THAN THE STAY AT HOME ORDERS. I, AS A COMMISSION, UH, SCHOOL BOARD, UH, CHAIR, UH, UH, JOE SCHAFFER. THANK YOU, PETER, FOR MOUTHING THAT FOR ME, UH, COMMENTED MUCH OF THIS WILL GIVE OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR CITIES MORE, UH, UH, AND OUR BUSINESSES MORE ABILITY TO MOVE WITHIN THE, UH, THE COVID, UH, ENVIRONMENT. UM, VACCINE HAS BEEN THE HOT TOPIC, UH, WITH THE COUNTY AND OUR, UH, LOCAL, UH, PHARMACIES AND DOCTOR'S OFFICE, HAVING MORE ABILITY TO, TO PROVIDE A VACCINE. SO ANYONE LOOKING TO HAVE A VACCINE SHOULD BE, UH, CHECKING MULTIPLE SOURCES IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO, UH, GET THAT VACCINE. THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO TRY AND FACILITATE, UH, AN EVENT HERE IN THE CITY, UH, AS WAS POINTED OUT, UH, THE COUNTY IS LOOKING TO BRING VACCINES WHERE THEY CAN TO THE PUBLIC. AND SO WE'LL, WE'LL WORK TO HELP FACILITATE THAT. UM, UNFORTUNATELY BEING IN THE PURPLE TIER MEANS THAT MANY OF OUR ACTIVITIES THAT WOULD INVOLVE, UH, CONTACT AND GATHERINGS ARE STILL, UH, UNABLE TO OCCUR. SO WE HAVE EXTENDED OUR CITY CLOSURES THROUGH APRIL 4TH, UH, BUT AS IS ALWAYS COMMENTED, STAFF IS ALWAYS TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY. SO IF, UH, IF SOMETHING CHANGES BETWEEN NOW AND APRIL 4TH, WE WILL, UH, UH, ROLL WITH THE NEW, UH, RULES AND TRY TO BRING SERVICES AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN. UH, UH, FOR TONIGHT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT OUR, UH, CDBG PROGRAM AND FUNDING ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, OUR CARES ACT PROGRAM. UH, BUT, UH, AND I'M SURE OUR PIO WILL, WE'LL TALK IN MORE DETAIL, BUT WE, WE DO HAVE A NEW, UH, SMALL BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM OPEN NOW. AND SO OUR RESIDENTS, OUR BUSINESSES SHOULD BE LOOKING AT APPLYING FOR THAT PROGRAM. UH, AND THEN, UH, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY TO PROVIDE, UH, COVID-19 TESTING. UH, UM, AS, AS THE WORLD SHIFTS FOCUS TO VACCINATIONS, WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE STILL HAVE AN, UH, THE ABILITY, UH, FOR FREE. AND I, I NEED TO DRIVE THAT HOME BECAUSE I STILL HEAR FROM PEOPLE, UH, THAT THEY DON'T GET TESTED BECAUSE IT COSTS $130 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. UH, YOU CAN GET TESTING FREE AT STANDUP SITES ANY DAY OF THE WEEK IN CHINO, THROUGH THE COUNTY, MULTIPLE REAS, UH, RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE. AND WE HAVE A CLINIC HERE IN CHINO HILLS EVERY OTHER WEEK THAT IS FREE. SO PLEASE, IF THAT'S YOUR DESIRE COME DOWN AND WE'LL, WE'LL FIND A WAY TO GET YOU TESTED. UH, AND THAT'S ALL, OR THE REPORT TONIGHT. PERFECT. ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER PREVENTING? UM, OUR LIBRARY'S GONNA OPEN BACK UP AS A COUNTY SAID, I HAVE NOT HEARD A CHANGE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF PETER KNOWS WHETHER OR NOT THE LIBRARY IS LOOKING TO CHANGE THEIR OPERATIONS. THEY'RE CURRENTLY PROBABLY [00:55:01] WHEN WE GET OUT OF PURPLE INTO RED, THERE MAY BE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE HOURS. OKAY. THROW UP ON TWO THIRDS OF THE TIME COMPARED TO WHAT THEY WERE. OKAY. THANK YOU. BOTH MIKE, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? NOPE. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE. [13. Provide direction for prioritization and allocation of eligible public service projects for 2021-22 Community Development Block Grant Funds] AND WE WILL BE MOVING ON TO PUBLIC HEARING. WE HAVE ITEM 13, PROVIDE DIRECTION FOR PRIORITIZATION AND ALLOCATION OF ELIGIBLE PUBLIC SERVICE PROJECTS FOR 20 OR 2021 TO 2022 C D OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS. ALMA. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO WE'RE HERE FOR OUR ANNUAL ALLOCATION OF PUBLIC SERVICE FUNDS FOR CDBG. THIS YEAR, WE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF SIX APPLICATIONS, A TOTAL LIEN, THEIR REQUEST OF $137,000. ONE APPLICANT WOULD BE A POTENTIAL NEW AWARDING. THE OTHER FIVE HAVE BEEN PASSED. AWARDEES. HUD HAS NOT OFFICIALLY RELEASED THE ALLOCATIONS FOR THE NEXT YEAR, BUT WE ARE PROJECTING THAT IT WILL STAY ABOUT THE SAME AT 416915% OF THAT OR TO 62,535 CAN BE ALLOCATED TO PUBLIC SERVICE GROUPS, WHICH MEANS THAT WE HAVE FUNDING REQUESTS IN EXCESS OF THE AVAILABLE FUNDING BY $74,465. COUNCIL HAS THE AUTHORITY TO ALLOCATE THE FULL AMOUNT OF PORTION OF THE AMOUNT OR NO FUNDS TO PUBLIC SERVICE GROUPS. ANY FUNDING NOT AWARDING WOULD BE REALLOCATED TO THE HOME IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM OR TO THE LOS RENAULT'S INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT. SO WE DO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE ORGANIZATIONS HERE VIRTUALLY, AND THERE'LL BE PRESENTING. UM, THERE ARE PROPOSALS TO GET THE SEAT NOW. PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. HOW DO WE WANT TO WORK? THIS? I'LL GO IN ORDER OF HOW IT'S ON THE STAFF REPORT. LET'S GO RIGHT. OUR FIRST IS NANCY NETTIE FROM THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY LIBRARY, JAMES S BELLMAN, CHINO HILLS BRANCH. PERFECT. NANCY FOR JOINING US POINT POINT OF ORDER. DO WE NEED TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FIRST? TAKE THIS TESTIMONY? SURE. PUBLIC HEARINGS OPEN. OKAY. THANK YOU. OH, OH, THANK YOU. CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? HELLO? YEAH. OH, OKAY. SORRY. SO GOOD EVENING. MAYOR JONES AND VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS NANCY AND NAUGHTY BRANCH MANAGER OF THE JAMES SAYS IN CHINO HILLS BRANCH LIBRARY. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT THE ADULT LITERACY PROGRAM. THE GOAL OF OUR LITERACY PROGRAM IS TO ASSIST ENGLISH, SPEAKING ADULTS, TO READ AND WRITE AT A LEVEL THAT WILL HELP THEM SUCCEED AND ACCOMPLISH GOALS IN EVERYDAY LIFE. THE GOALS OF OUR PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS VERY OFTEN INCLUDES APPLYING FOR A JOB ACCESSING THE INTERNET, PASSING A WRITTEN DMV EXAM, HELPING THEIR CHILDREN WITH HOMEWORK OR OBTAINING A G G E D OR OTHER DEGREE THAT WAS BETTER QUALIFIED THEM TO ENTER THE WORKFORCE OR IMPROVE THEIR CURRENT POSITION. THIS PROGRAM SERVES THE COMMUNITY DIRECTLY BY OFFERING TO THE SAME SERVICES. THE FIRST IS INDIVIDUAL TUTORING, WHICH LEARNERS ARE, ARE PAIRED ONE-ON-ONE WITH VOLUNTEER TUTORS. THE SECOND IS MATURE DRIVER'S EDUCATION, WHICH PROVIDES INSTRUCTION ON DMD GUIDELINES AND PRACTICE TESTS FOR SENIORS NEEDED TO RETAKE THE WRITTEN EXAM. GENERALLY SPEAKING, OUR PROGRAM HAS, HAS BEEN VERY POPULAR IN THE COMMUNITY. THE LAST FISCAL YEAR, TUNA LIBRARY LIBRARIES SERVE 32 LEARNERS WITH INDIVIDUALS, HURTED TUTORING AND 90 PARTICIPANTS IN A MATURE DRIVER'S EDUCATION PROGRAM. THIS, THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE HAVE FACED A FEW CHALLENGES OPERATING THE PROGRAMS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE CDC GUIDELINES. WE DID MODIFY OUR LITERACY PROGRAM AND PAUSE GROUP STUDIES, AND IN-PERSON LEARNING. WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO OFFER MATURE DRIVER'S EDUCATION IN PERSON. HOWEVER, WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS PROCESS OF RATES REVAMPED IN THE CLASS. SO WE MAY OFFER IT BY ZOOM. WE PLAN TO BEGIN OFFERING ZOOM FOR THE MATURE DRIVER'S EDUCATION VERSION IN APRIL, 2021. UM, ON A POSITIVE NOTE, WE HAVE RESUMED INDIVIDUAL TUTORING LESSONS FOR LITERACY, BOTH IN-PERSON AND ONLINE USING THE VIRTUAL PLATFORM. WE HAVE SERVED 25 LEARNERS THIS YEAR. WE'RE ALSO UTILIZING ALL THAT FORMS AND OUR RESOURCES THAT INCLUDES OUTREACH TO EXPAND OUR LIST OF AVAILABLE TUTORS. UM, SO ANYONE THAT'S INTERESTED PLEASE COME TO THE LIBRARY AND SEE ME. THIS PROGRAM HAS A PROFOUND IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF OUR LEARNERS. IN 2020, WE HAVE HAD LEARNERS WHO HAVE INCREASED THEIR VARIETY, READING COMPREHENSION AND COMMUNICATION, WHICH HAS ENABLED THEM TO QUALIFY FOR NEW JOBS AND PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN THE WORKFORCE. THIS IS DUE TO THEIR COMMITMENT [01:00:01] AND PARTICIPATION IN OUR LITERACY PROGRAM. IN ADDITION, WE ALSO HAVE TWO NEW LEARNERS WHO HAVE IMPROVED THEIR READING COMPREHENSION, AND NOW THEY'RE ABLE TO ATTEND A COMMUNITY COLLEGE. THIS HAS A NEED FOR LEARNERS TO INCREASE THEIR EDUCATION, TO LEAD TO A BETTER JOB PROSPECTS FOR EARNING AND EMPLOYMENT. EVENTUALLY LAUNCHING NEW CAREERS. MANY OF OUR LEARNERS HAVE ALSO EXPRESSED HAVING MORE CONFIDENCE AND BEING ABLE TO BECOME MORE INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY. THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE MADE POSSIBLE IN LARGE PART BY YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THE CITY OF CHINO HALLS. WITH YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HELPING MANY MORE ADULTS REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AS PARENTS, EMPLOYEES, AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TONIGHT. THANK YOU. AND JUST FOR POINT OF CLARIFICATION, DO WE COUNT THESE AS PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT NEED THREE MINUTES OR ARE THEY OKAY? LET'S GOTCHA. ALL RIGHT. CAN I GO OVER THREE MINUTES? I'M SORRY. YOU'RE GOOD. YEP. THANK YOU. OKAY, PERFECT. THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS PAT BELL WITH THE HOUSE OF RUTH. ALL RIGHT, PAT. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. GOOD EVENING. NOPE. HOLD ON. STILL. THERE WE GO. OKAY. WE CAN HEAR YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF MEMBERS, AND GUESTS. MY NAME IS PAT BELL. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR HOUSE OF RUTH PROVIDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES FOR PEOPLE RESIDING IN CHINO HILLS AND THE SURROUNDING CITIES IN BOTH LA AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. WE OFFER CRISIS COUNSELING TO BOTH ADULTS AND CHILDREN, EMERGENCY AND TRANSITIONAL RESIDENTIAL SHELTER AND OUTREACH SERVICES, INCLUDING CASE MANAGEMENT, LEGAL ADVOCACY, HOUSING ASSISTANCE, AND MUCH MORE. THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS PRESENTED MANY CHALLENGES AS AN AGENCY, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT'S PRESENTED CHALLENGES TO PEOPLE AT HOME THAT SUFFER FROM ABUSE FROM THEIR PARTNERS. IT'S NOT SO EASY TO CALL A CRISIS HOTLINE FOR HELP. WHEN YOUR ABUSIVE PARTNER IS HOME SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO YOU, WE STILL ANSWERED 1,918 HOTLINE CALLS AS MARCH. WE HAD TO QUICKLY PIVOT HOW WE DELIVER SERVICES TO IMPLEMENT ALL THE GUIDELINES ISSUED BY CDC AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH. WE BECAME FRONTLINE ESSENTIAL WORKERS. WE CONTINUED TO ACCEPT CLIENTS INTO SHELTER WITH THOROUGH HEALTH SCREENING AND ASKED EVERYONE TO ABIDE BY QUARANTINE AND ISOLATION PROTOCOLS. WE SHIFTED OUR COUNSELING SESSIONS TO A TELEHEALTH MODEL, AND WE MOVED OUR PREVENTION EDUCATORS TO ZOOM SESSIONS IN THE CLASSROOM REACHING 1,680 19 WITH OUR WELLNESS CIRCLE. THEN DECEMBER HIT THE COVID POSITIVE CASE COUNT IN LA COUNTY ROSE EXPONENTIALLY, AND THE POSITIVE CASES AT HOUSE OF RUTH ROSE AS WELL. OUR SHELTER WAS PLACED ON A FOUR WEEK QUARANTINE BY DPH. WE ISSUED MOTEL VOUCHERS FOR PEOPLE WE COULD NOT ACCOMMODATE AND SHELTER TPP, PPE GEAR, CLEANING, AND SANITIZATION HAZARD PAY FOR FRONTLINE STAFF AND PTO SELF-CARE DAYS FOR STAFF BEARING THE BURDEN OF A HIGH STRESS HIGH EXPOSURE JOB. OUR SHELTER CONTINUED TO OPERATE 24 SEVEN WITH A ROTATING STAFF, AND WE HAD TO REDUCE OUR OUTREACH OFFICES TO A 25% CAPACITY SCHEDULE. WE ADJUSTED EVERYTHING WE DO, WHETHER IT'S A VIRTUAL, TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER OR EVICTION PREVENTION ASSISTANCE AND HOUSING ADVOCACY, BECAUSE CLIENTS HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS OR FALLING BEHIND ON RENT. WE HELD CHILD SUPERVISED VISITS WITH DCFS OUTSIDE IN OUR COURTYARD, AND THAT LED US TO HOLDING CHILDREN THERAPY SESSIONS OUTSIDE. WE WERE STILL ABLE TO DELIVER 3,319 CHILDREN'S THERAPY SESSIONS THIS YEAR. NEEDLESS TO SAY, IT'S BEEN A YEAR LIKE NO OTHER. THE QUARANTINE HAS BEEN LIFTED FROM OUR SHELTER AND WE CAN NOW CAUTIOUSLY ACCEPT PEOPLE INTO OUR SHELTER AND RESUME FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS. FUNDING FROM THE UPCOMING YEAR FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR IS UNCERTAIN, OR SOME OF OUR FEDERAL FUNDING FUNDING COMES FROM VICTIMS OF CRIME COURT FEES, RESTITUTION, AND MARRIAGE LICENSE FEES. AND WITH THE COURTS BEING RESTRICTED, THOSE FEES AND FINES HAVE DIMINISHED SIGNIFICANTLY EXPECT THAT FUNDING TO BE CUT. WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL PROVIDE THE NEED FOR CDBG FUNDS FOR CRITICAL SERVICES THAT HEALTH OF RUTH PROVIDES TO YOUR COMMUNITY VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FACE AND MEASURABLE CHALLENGES IN OUR LIVES THAT ARE NOW COMPOUNDED BY COVID-19. IF YOU'RE MORE THAN ANY OTHER YEAR, I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF SUPPORT. THANK YOU, PAT. WE APPRECIATE YOU APPLYING AGAIN. YOU GUYS DO GREAT WORK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, MADAM CLERK, NEXT ITEM IS EILEEN GARCIA ON THE LINE WITH INLAND FOR HOUSING. AND [01:05:03] IS SHE ON THE LINE? ARE YOU THE ZERO TO EIGHT? IF SO, CAN YOU DO STAR NINE TO RAISE YOUR HAND? MS. GARCIA. ALL RIGHT, WELL MAYBE WE COME BACK TO EVENING. GOOD EVENING. WE CAN HEAR YOU. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS CARMEN GARCIA AND I'M THE CEO OF INLAND FAIR HOUSING AND MEDIATION BOARD. WE PROVIDE THEIR HOUSING AND LANDLORD TENANT SERVICES TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS. UM, TO DESCRIBE THE FAIR HOUSING SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE, PEOPLE CALL OUR OFFICE WONDERING, UM, WHAT THE HOUSING RIGHTS ARE ABOUT. WE PROVIDE THEM EDUCATION INFORMATION. WE ASSIST THEM IN TRYING TO RESOLVE ANY FAIR HOUSING ISSUES. AND IF THOSE ISSUES CAN NOT GET RESOLVED, WE EXPLAIN HOW THEY CAN PURSUE THEIR FAIR HOUSING RIGHTS. UM, BY FILING WITH DFEH OR WITH HUD, WITH OUR LANDLORD TENANT WORK, PEOPLE CALL OUR OFFICE WONDERING WHAT'S THE LATEST IN LANDLORD TENANT LAW. AND WE HELP LANDLORDS AND WE HELP TENANTS. ONE OF THE SPECIAL THINGS THAT OUR OFFICE DOES IS WE OFFER MEDIATION SERVICES TO EVERYBODY. AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE ACT AS MEDIATORS BETWEEN LANDLORDS AND TENANTS TO HELP THEM RESOLVE THIS INVOLVING RENT PROPERTY, BUT THE MEDIATION SERVICES ARE VOLUNTARY. SO IF EITHER THE LANDLORD OR THE TENANT DOES NOT WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN MEDIATION, THEN THEY DON'T HAVE TO, BUT AT LEAST WE HAVE GIVEN THEM INFORMATION ABOUT, UM, WHERE THINGS STAND IN TERMS OF LANDLORD TENANT LAWS IN CALIFORNIA. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO PROGRAMS THAT CHINO HILLS HAS FUNDED IN THE PAST. AND THOSE ARE THE TWO PROGRAMS THAT WE SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS FOR THIS YEAR. GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE FOR FISCAL. THANK YOU. OH, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, PLEASE. I'M SORRY. PLEASE CONTINUE. OKAY. FOR FISCAL YEAR 1920 FOR FAIR HOUSING, WE, UM, DELIVERED 168% MORE, UM, IN OUR DELIVERABLES THAN WHAT WE'VE PROMISED FOR LANDLORD TENANT. IN THE SAME YEAR, WE DELIVERED 152% MORE DELIVERABLES, MEANING WE HELPED 152% MORE PEOPLE THAN WHAT WE SAID WE WOULD, UM, IN OUR APPLICATION. AND SO THAT'S TYPICALLY WHAT WE DO. WE ASK, UM, FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY IN OUR APPLICATION, BUT EVEN AFTER WE'VE COMPLETED OUR WORK, WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO RESIDENTS OF CHINO HILLS. AND SO, UM, I ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER OUR APP. YOU CAN CERTAINLY USE THE CONTINUED SUPPORT. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MAN. I'M ASSISTANT CITY CLERK. THE NEXT IS CHINO NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE. KEVIN CISNEROS. GOOD EVENING, KEVIN YOU'RE ON THE LINE. MAYOR JOS, VICE MAYOR, MARQUEZ CITY, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY MANAGER, MONTGOMERY. MY NAME IS KEVIN SISTERS. I'M THE BOARD PRESIDENT FOR THE CHINO NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE. AND FIRST I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PAST SUPPORT OF ALL THAT WE ARE DOING AS YOU KNOW, NEEDY FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY GO WITHOUT PROPER FOOD AND ESSENTIALS EVERY DAY, DUE TO A VAR VARIETY OF FACTORS, INCLUDING LOW WAGES, JOB LOSS, INJURIES, ILLNESS, AGE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DIVORCE, AND THIS YEAR COVID-19 WELL SINCE 1945 THAT YOU DON'T EVER HAVE. THE HOUSE HAS BEEN WORKING HARD TO ENSURE THAT FAMILIES AND SENIORS AND STUDENTS AND INDIVIDUALS IN OUR CHINO VALLEY HAVE FOOD ON THEIR TABLES BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IT ALLOWS OUR STUDENTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT SCHOOL AND FOR OUR SENIORS TO LIVE A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE. WE HAVE AN ACTUAL STOREFRONT LOCATED ON SIXTH STREET, DOWNTOWN QUITO, AND THE HEART OF THE CHINO VALLEY, UM, WHERE WE ACTUALLY PROVIDE GROCERIES AND OTHER ITEMS TO 280 FAMILIES IN SENIORS EVERY SINGLE MONTH. AND THEY LIVE WITHIN THE CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 775 INDIVIDUALS THAT ALL QUALIFY FOR THE COUNTIES, VERY LOW INCOME TO MODERATE INCOME STANDARDS. SO THE TWO REQUIREMENTS ARE YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN THE CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES, AND YOU MUST MEET THE COUNTY'S INCOME REQUIREMENTS. WE DO VERIFY EVERY CLIENT. UH, NORMALLY WE OFFER HYGIENE ITEMS, BABY CARE ITEMS, CLOTHES, AND OF COURSE THE GROCERIES, WHICH ALL GO DIRECTLY INTO OUR COMMUNITY. BUT THIS YEAR DUE TO COVID-19, WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON GROCERY ASSISTANCE AND WE'RE DOING SO BY PROVIDING A SAFE ENVIRONMENT, HAVING OUR CLIENTS MEET US AT THE FRONT DOOR OF OUR STORE, [01:10:01] AND WE HAVE, UH, PUT TOGETHER FOR THEM PRE-PACKAGED BOXES OR BAGS OF GROCERIES THAT THEY CAN GRAB EASILY AND SAFELY FROM OUR VOLUNTEERS, UH, PUTTING THEIR COMES TO THEIR CAR OR IN THEIR, UH, WAGONS AND WHEEL HOME. AND IT'S REALLY BEEN A BEAUTIFUL THING. AND THIS YEAR WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON GIVING THEM MORE GROCERIES THAN EVER. SO IN THE PAST, PERHAPS WE GAVE A SMALL BOX OF CEREAL AND A SMALL PEANUT BUTTER, A SMALL JELLY, ET CETERA, RIGHT? THIS YEAR WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO THE SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY, GIVE THE FAMILY SIZE OF EVERYTHING AND JUST TRY TO STRETCH WHAT WE ARE DOING FURTHER FOR THOSE, UH, WHO NEED THE ASSISTANCE RIGHT NOW IN THE CHINO VALLEY. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THIS YEAR, WE GAVE AWAY A 300 PLUS FULL TURKEY MEAL, THE VALKYRIES IN THE CHINO VALLEY. UM, AND, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT. WE PARTNERED WITH CITY STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT IT GOT UP TO SENIOR CITIZENS. WE ALSO HOSTED OUR ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY WHERE WE HAD A TOY GIVEAWAY. WE GAVE TOYS TO HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN, INCLUDING A NEW SCOOTER FOR EVERY FAMILY. AGAIN, ALL STUDENTS OF OUR CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE ALSO GAVE HUNDREDS OF CARE PACKAGES TO SENIORS SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE SO SHAMPOO, DEODORANT, ALL OF THOSE GOODIES. I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, SOME FUNNY STUFF LIKE A, UH, A CROSSWORD PUZZLE THAT SENIORS LOVE TO DO, BUT WORKING HARD, ALSO WORKING HARD TO GET OUT THE WORD ABOUT THE CHEETO NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES, FREE GROCERY ASSISTANCE ASSISTANCE, UM, PROGRAM. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD TO STRENGTHEN OUR RELATIONSHIP AND COMMUNICATION WITH THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS STAFF. UH, WE HAVE ALSO HAD THE CHINO VALLEY CHAMPION RUN MULTIPLE STORIES ON OUR SERVICES. WE'VE BEEN POSTING ON CHINO CONNECTS TO, YOU KNOW, HILLS CONNECT. WE HAD SPECTRUM NEWS, RUN A STORY ON US. SO WE'RE DOING ALL WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE IN NEED KNOW ABOUT OUR SERVICES. WE ARE STRIVING TO ASSIST OUR NEIGHBORS IN NEED, WHICH WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE ALL OF THESE SERVICES TO OUR NEIGHBORS, FREE OF CHARGE THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS. LIKE YOU, WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU. AND, UH, WE JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO ASK FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE CHEATING THERE IN THE HOUSE. WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AND I ALSO WANT TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THANK SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYSTS AND ALMA HERNANDEZ, BECAUSE SHE IS GREAT AT GUIDING US THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THE PROCESS. ISN'T SIMPLE. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, ALMA. THANK YOU, CHINO HILLS COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. FLATTERY WILL GET YOU EVERYWHERE. THANK YOU. YEP. THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT, NEXT SPEAKER, NEXT TO HIS HEART TO SERVE RYAN BACHMANN. ALL RIGHT, BRIAN. HI THERE. THANKS ALMA. HI CITY COUNCIL. HOW ARE YOU DOING? DOING WELL, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. GOOD EVENING. YES. YES. UH, SO A HEART TO SERVE AS MOST OF, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, YOU'VE HEARD OF US BEFORE. WE ARE A CHINO HILLS BASED, UH, FIVE OH ONE C3 HERE, UH, IN CHINO HILLS. AND, UH, WE PROVIDE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, TRANSPORTATION ACCESS TO GENERAL SERVICES, UH, LICENSED COUNSELING AND LICENSED COACHING, UH, 12 STEP RECOVERY, ALL WITHIN A SINGLE LOCATION, A SOBER ENVIRONMENT HERE IN CHINO HILLS. UH, LAST TIME I WAS HERE BEFORE CITY COUNCIL WAS THREE YEARS AGO AND, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, AWARDED US A VERY GENEROUS AWARD TO OPEN A WOMEN'S HOME HERE IN CHINO HILLS. UH, WE TOOK THAT MONEY THAT, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL GAVE US AND WE INVESTED IT IN THAT HOME. AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THAT HOME IS, UH, NOW FULLY SELF-SUPPORTING. WE HAVE HELPED OVER 40 WOMEN IN THAT SINGLE LOCATION OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, UH, REUNITE WITH THEIR FAMILIES, UH, UH, START THEIR OWN BUSINESSES, ALL OF THEM, UH, GAIN EMPLOYMENT, UH, RE YOU KNOW, UH, GET THEIR LICENSES BACK, ALL THE THINGS THAT, UH, ARE NECESSARY FOR A PERSON TO TRANSITION, UH, OUT OF DIFFICULTY INTO A NORMAL LIVING ENVIRONMENT ONCE AGAIN. AND, UH, SO WE'RE HERE, UH, FOR A SECOND TIME, THREE YEARS LATER, UH, BECAUSE IT IS OUR DESIRE TO, UH, TO DO THAT AGAIN, BUT WITH A SECOND, UH, MAN'S HOME HERE IN CHINO HILLS. SO THAT'S IT. WELL, THANK YOU, BRIAN. I LIKE IT SHORT, SWEET. AND TO THE POINT. YEAH. ANY QUESTIONS WE'LL BE, WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU. OKAY. OUR LAST ONE IS PROJECT CHELLA, TONYA FLORES. HI, MS. FLORES. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING. DID MS. FLORES, CAN YOU HEAR US? SHE'S NOT UN-MUTING MS. FLORES, CAN [01:15:01] YOU DIAL STAR NINE? IF YOU CAN HEAR US AND THEN MUTE YOURSELF. SHE IS NOT UNMUTING GOING ONCE. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WHY DON'T WE WE'LL MOVE ON. AND THEN IF SHE UNMUTE YOURSELF OR PUSH A STAR NINE, WE'LL COME BACK. WELL, ONE QUESTION I DID HAVE ABOUT PROJECT CELLO IS THAT I NOTICED IN THE AGENDA PACKET, THE APPLICATIONS IS NOT FILLED OUT. DID THEY SUBMIT ONE? DID, WHERE DID YOU SEE THE SAME THING I DID HERE? I'VE GOT IT. OH, GOODNESS. PETER. OKAY. HOPEFULLY SHE CAN CALL IN. OKAY. THEY ARE FIRST TIME REQUEST, RIGHT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. OKAY. HEY, BRIAN, IF I COULD SAY A FEW WORDS, ESPECIALLY ON CELLO. YES. VICE MAYOR. MARK HAS FOOD. SHOULD WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. IT JUST ON CHELAN, YOUR APPLICATION, WASN'T REALLY COMPLETE. THERE'S A LOT OF AREAS THAT WERE DESCRIPTIVE AS FAR AS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO. YEAH. THERE'S LIKE MAYBE 10 BOXES AND ONLY THREE OF THEM WERE FILLED. THERE ARE A LOT OF BLANKS. SO JUST A GOOD OBSERVATION, MR. BENNETT LET, LET ME IS, YOU KNOW, I USUALLY THROW OUT THE NUMBERS AND EVERYTHING. WE HAVE $137,000 WORTH OF REQUESTS. WE HAVE $62,535 AVAILABLE. UH, NO REQUEST IS LESS THAN $10,000. UH, IF WE WANTED TO JUST CUT TO THE CHASE AND SAY, WHAT'S THE SIMPLEST WAY TO GET EVERYBODY SOME MONEY WE COULD JUST DO AROUND $10,000 TO EACH ONE. I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S RIGHT. I'M JUST SAYING WE COULD DO THAT WITHIN THE BUDGET. WE HAVE, I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT EACH ONE OF THESE AGENCIES HAS PROVIDED IN THE PAST. NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVED. THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT THING. UH, I AM TOTALLY IN SUPPORT OF HELP TO SERVE. UM, REALLY WAS AN ADVOCATE FOR HIM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. CYNTHIA AND I HAVE BOTH WORKED WITH BRIAN. UH, THEY'RE A GREAT ORGANIZATION, BUT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT $50,000 IS WHAT THEIR WISHLIST IS FOR 12 PEOPLE. AND WE JUST CAN'T DO THAT. WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO DO IT. THE PERSON THAT UNFORTUNATELY HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO TALK TO US IS REQUESTING $35,000, OUR TWO LARGEST REQUESTS AND EVERYBODY ELSE IN THAT 10 TO $15,000. SO I THINK WE NEED TO JUST START OUR DISCUSSION WITH THOSE THINGS OUT, THROWN OUT THERE AND DECIDE, OKAY. INDIVIDUALLY. UH, DO WE KNOW THESE, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE ALL KNOW KEVIN REAL, REAL WELL. YES. AS THE CHINO NEIGHBOR HOUSE, BUT A NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE. BUT IN FACT, THEY DO SERVICE CHINO VALLEY SCHOOL, A MEMBER. SO I THINK WE NEED TO START OUR DISCUSSION THERE. AND IF ANYBODY HAS ANY STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT THE MOUNTAIN REQUESTED VERSUS A 10,000 PER PERSON OR PER ENTITY, LET'S, LET'S START WITH THAT. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. UM, FOR ELMA, ISN'T THERE A CAP ON HOW MUCH WE CAN GIVE AN INDIVIDUAL APPLICANT? THERE'S NOT A CAP. OH, THERE'S NOTHING. THERE'S JUST A MINIMUM REQUEST. THERE'S A MINIMUM, BUT NOT A MAXIMUM. OKAY. SO THE MINIMUM 5,000? YES. THESE DAYS. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. WE GAVE 20,000 TO HEART, HEART TO SERVE TWO YEARS AGO, THREE YEARS AGO. AND THEN THEY JUST, UH, YEAH, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, I DID HAVE A QUESTION FOR HOUSE OF RUTH. IF YOU CAN GET HER BACK ON THE LINE. RIGHT. CAN WE BRING PAT BACK? OKAY. HI THERE. ALL RIGHT, PAT YOU LOUD AND CLEAR. HI, PAT. IT'S CYNTHIA MORAN. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS TIME. I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN INUNDATED WITH, UM, THE PANDEMIC AND THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AT HOME. BUT THE QUESTION I HAVE SPECIFICALLY IS ABOUT THE OUTREACH THAT YOU DO TO RESIDENTS OF CHINO HILLS. UM, I FOLLOW YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT, WHICH IS GREAT. UM, IS THERE A WAY, UNLESS I'M MISSING SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN OFFER A MORE ROBUST REACH OUT TO MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THE HIGH SCHOOLS, LIKE WHEN YOU JUST HAD THE, UM, I THINK IT WAS PREVENT DATING VIOLENCE PREVENTION YOU HAD, UM, SOME WORKSHOPS CAN, CAN WE ENSURE THAT YOU CAN REACH OUT TO OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS OR, UH, COLLABORATE WITH YOU TO GET STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE AS FAR AS, UM, JUST LISTING YOU GUYS AS A RESOURCE? YES, ABSOLUTELY. WE HISTORICALLY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN CHINO HILL HIGH SCHOOL WITH IN-PERSON, UM, [01:20:01] PREVENTION, EDUCATION SESSIONS. AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, GETTING TEACHERS AND COUNSELING STAFF CONNECTED WITH US FOR VIRTUAL LEARNING HAS BEEN A BIT CHALLENGING WITH THE PANDEMIC THIS YEAR. UM, BUT WE ABSOLUTELY, WE HAVE CHINO HILLS, UH, PRINTED ON THE BACK OF ALL OF OUR BROCHURES. UM, BUT OF COURSE, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SEEING PEOPLE FACE TO FACE AND NOT HANDING OUT AS MANY BROCHURES RIGHT NOW, SO WE CAN CERTAINLY PULL UP OUR ONLINE PRESENCE. SHE'S KIND OF THE FEEDBACK I SAW THIS LAST YEAR. YOU GUYS DO A FANTASTIC JOB, SO THAT'S ALL I HAD. THANK YOU, PAT. YEAH, OF COURSE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR PAT BEFORE WE LET HER KNOW FOR PAL? ALL RIGHT, MR. ROGERS? WELL, I WAS, I WAS GOING TO MAKE A SLIGHT PROPOSAL AND BACKFILL OF GOING WITH THE FIRST FOUR REQUESTERS, 15,000 FOR LIBRARY, 15,000 FOR A HOUSE APPROVED 12,000 FOR FAIR HOUSING, 10,000 FOR NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE. THOSE ARE ALL THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE GIVEN IN THE PAST TO THOSE ENTITIES THAT BRINGS IT TO 52,000 RIGHT THERE. AND AFTER THAT, I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION AFTER THAT, WHATEVER HAPPENS WITH THE, UM, I HAD ONE MORE THING BEFORE WE KEEP GOING. YES. ARE YOU DONE? NO, I WASN'T DONE. OKAY. SORRY. I WAS DONE, BUT SINCE SHE ASKED THAT QUESTION, I'M NOT DONE. SO THAT WOULD BE MY PROPOSAL. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN SEE WHAT WE DO WITH THE REMAINING 10,000 AND CHANGE. REMEMBER MARIA PRETTY MUCH. EXACTLY. AND THEN THE REMAINDER I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST THAT WE GIVE TO HEART TO SERVE. UM, I JUST WANTED TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT ART SAID. I KNOW THAT WHEN, UM, THEY OPENED THE WOMEN'S HOME SORT OF TRANSITIONAL HOME, I WENT OUT THERE SEVERAL TIMES, SO I GOT TO SEE FIRSTHAND THE WOMEN THAT WERE AFFECTED. UM, THEY ARE VERY GOOD STEWARDS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU WOULDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THAT HOME IS THERE. UM, I, IT'S NICE TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY THAT WORKS AND THAT CAN NOT IMPACT THE RESIDENTS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME IMPACT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PART OF THAT PROGRAM. SO WITH THE BALANCE, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE, UH, AT LEAST THE 10,000 GO TO HEART TO SERVE. UM, AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT I HAD THAT SOMETHING TO MAKE ME THINK ABOUT BECAUSE I HAVE THE SAME TOTALS AS YOU PETER, BUT YOU KNOW, GIVEN THIS LAST YEAR, EVERY YEAR IS DIFFERENT. UM, THE LIBRARY DOES A GREAT JOB. I SUPPORT THE PROGRAMS. YOU GUYS KNOW THAT, BUT A PART OF ME IS THINKING, YOU KNOW, CHINO NEIGHBORHOOD, HOUSE, AND HOUSE OF RUTH HAVE REALLY BEEN IMPACTED BECAUSE OF THIS LAST YEAR. AND I'M ALMOST INCLINED TO MAYBE LOWER THE LIBRARY TO 10 AND MAYBE SPLIT THAT FIVE BETWEEN CHINO NEIGHBORHOOD, HOUSE AND HOUSE OF RUTH. SO THAT'S MY ONLY COMMENTS. AND THEN I'LL DEFER TO THE NEXT PERSON. I HAVE A COMMENT, BRIAN, ABOUT THE INLAND FAIR HOUSING AND MEDIATION BOARD, YOU KNOW, GIVEN WHAT'S GOING ON IN A COVID ENVIRONMENT WITH PEOPLE NOT BEING ABLE TO BE EVICTED OUT. I'M JUST WONDERING IF THE SERVICE NEED IS THE SAME RIGHT NOW IN A COVID NOW GRANTED IT COULD LEAK, IT COULD STOP ANYTIME SOON, BUT WHICH WE HOPE FOR, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO MY POINT IS THAT THE TENANT AND LANDLORD DISCUSSIONS THAT HAVE GONE ON IN THE PAST MAY NOT BE AS PREVALENT RIGHT NOW. SO IF WE WERE TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT MAYBE REDUCING SOMEONE'S REQUESTS, I THINK WE SHOULD POSSIBLY REDUCE THAT ONE. BECAUSE AGAIN, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO DEFINITELY STAY BEHIND HOUSE OF RUTH AND CHINO HILLS OR CHINO NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE. AND I'D LIKE TO BE SURE THAT A HEART TO SERVE GETS SOMETHING BECAUSE I, LIKEWISE, WHEN THIS WAS JUST GETTING GOING, I WENT TO THEIR HOME AND THEY ACTUALLY WANTED ME TO BE ON THEIR BOARD OF DIRECTORS. AND I SAID, I SUPPORT IT TOTALLY, BUT I JUST CAN'T BECAUSE OF OBVIOUS CONFLICTS. AND THAT WAS BEFORE THEY STARTED ASKING FOR MONEY, BUT I'VE SEEN WHAT THEY DO. THEY HELP OUR OWN PEOPLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAVE ABUSE PROBLEMS AND THEY MAKE THEM, THEY GET THEM JOBS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AND THEY DO A GREAT JOB. AND WHEN YOU CAN, THE NUMBERS MAY BE NOT LARGE, BUT THE IMPACT THEY HAVE ON INDIVIDUALS LIVES AND THE FAR REACH THAT THAT HAS, I TOTALLY COMMEND WHAT HEART TO SERVE. SO I'M SIMILAR TO THE NUMBERS THAT YOU ARE PETER. I WOULD JUST MAYBE TAKE AWAY FROM INLAND FAIR HOUSING, MAYBE TAKE IT DOWN TO THE 5 MILLION OR FIVE, EXCUSE ME, $5,000 MINIMUM AND SPREAD THAT 7,000 THAT THEY WERE ASKING FOR TO THE REMAINDERS. AND THEN WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THIS NEW ONE. WELL KNEW FOR AWHILE THAT WE DIDN'T HEAR ANYBODY TALK ABOUT. AND THEY'RE ASKING FOR $35,000, MR. BENNETT, ONE SECOND. I THINK THEY MIGHT BE, ARE THEY ON THE BACKUP? ALL RIGHT. WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THEM. YEAH. WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING BACKUP. ALL RIGHT. PUBLIC HEARING HAS REOPENED TANYA WITH PROJECT CHELLA [01:25:02] AND YOU HEAR ME? YES. MA'AM THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. AWESOME. YEAH, I THINK EVERYONE IS A WONDERFUL TIME AND I APPRECIATE HAVING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE A PROJECT WITH THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS THERE AND ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS, MEMBERS, AS WELL AS RESIDENTS, CHINO HILLS PROJECT CHELLA HAS BEEN IN CHINO HILLS FOR OVER 18 YEARS. UM, WE HAVE SERVED OUR TEENS AND FAMILIES AND SHE KNOWS HILLS PROJECT SHELLA HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN EARTH DAY CELEBRATIONS THAT ARE Y'ALL A HIGH SCHOOL, AS WELL AS, UH, SERVING AVID HELPING OUR AT RISK, UM, IS MINORITIES, MIGRANT CHILDREN, FIRST GENERATION HELPING THEM FIND PURPOSE. ONE OF OUR MAJOR FOCUSES IS MENTAL WELLNESS. AND WE DO THIS IN A NONTRADITIONAL WAY AS MENTIONED THE PREVIOUS PRESENTERS, UH, PROJECT TELE HAS FOUND THAT MANY COMMUNITIES TO SAVE FACE WILL NOT GO AND SEEK OUT HELP PRIOR TO COVID. UM, YOU CAN REVIEW THE POLICE REPORTS. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WAS ALREADY ON RISE. OUR STUDENTS FROM CHINO HILLS HIGH, UM, I KNOW IN HIGH SCHOOL AND LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE VOLUNTEERS HAVE REPORTED THAT THEY HAVE FRIENDS OR THEY'VE KNOWN SOMEONE THAT HAS ATTEMPTED TO COMMIT SUICIDE OR HAS COMMITTED SUICIDE. AND THIS RAISED SOME MAJOR CONCERNS, NOT JUST IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT ACROSS THE NATION PROJECT. SHELLERS STARTED OUT WITH A MISSION OF HELPING AT-RISK TEENS IN THE PREVENTION OF HOMELESSNESS. AND AS WE FACED COVID AND THE MANY DEMANDS THAT OUR FAMILIES ARE NOW FORCED TO ADDRESS ON A DAILY BASIS. UM, WE'RE ALL AT RISK. WE ARE, MANY OF OUR FAMILIES MENTIONED THEY ARE LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK. OUR STUDENTS DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR FUTURES LOOK LIKE SEEKING SPORTS. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB WITH OUR STUDENTS THERE, BUT WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT ASKED ME. AND SO NOW THEY'RE FACED WITH THE QUESTION OF WHAT AM I GOING TO DO? AND SO ADDRESSING THE MENTAL WELLNESS, UH, SUICIDALITY, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK IN THE COMMUNITY IN 2019 PROJECT TELLER PARTNER WITH THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS. AND WE WORK WITH THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND BRINGING OUT HORSES AND OFFERING EQUINE ALTERNATIVE THERAPY AND FAMILY FUN DAYS. WE HAVE A PUPPET TIER THAT H G I'M SORRY, AM I ALMOST OUT OF TIME? YOU GOT 30 SECONDS. MA'AM OKAY. I'LL WRAP IT UP REALLY QUICK. WHAT WE'RE OFFERING IS THE SAME, THE SAME TYPE OF SERVICES THAT WE OFFER FOR FREE FOR THE LAST 18 YEARS, WE'RE ASKING FOR, UM, SOME FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THE CITY. UH, WE UNDERSTAND THAT MONEY IS TIGHT AND ALL THE WORTHY CAUSES, AND I THINK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME QUESTIONS SINCE YOU'RE THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK. UM, CYNTHIA, ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, MR. ROGERS? UH, NO, I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ. OKAY. MR. MAYOR, MRS. FLORES, UH, REAL QUICK, QUICK, YOU STATED THAT YOU'VE BEEN IN OPERATION FOR WELL OVER 18 YEARS. CAN YOU EXP CAN YOU EXPRESS TO US HOW MANY FAMILIES YOU'VE HELPED OVER THE YEARS FROM CHINO HILLS? SAY GOING BACK TO PRIMARILY, YES, WE ARE PRIMARILY HELP, UH, STUDENTS AT, UM, UH, YALL HIGH SCHOOL AND, UH, CHINO HILLS HIGH. UM, IN 2019, SHE DON'T KNOW HIGH SCHOOL FORMED A PROJECT CHELLA CLUB. AND AT THAT TIME WE HELPED OVER 200 STUDENTS JUST FROM CHINO HILLS HIGH IN PREVIOUS YEARS. I WANT TO SAY FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WE'VE WORKED WITH ABBOTT AT CHINO HILLS HIGH AND HAVE PROVIDED ONGOING WORKSHOPS TO HELP OUR ABBOTT KIDS IN TERMS OF MENTAL WELLNESS, GIVING BACK TO OUR MOST NEEDY AND VULNERABLE, WHICH ARE FOSTER CARE AND AT-RISK YOUTH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. BENNETT, ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I THINK I MAY HAVE SOME NUMBERS. I'VE GOT A QUESTION FROM EMMA REAL FAST. BEFORE WE START COMING UP WITH FIGURES. YOU MADE A COMMENT. WELL, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. EXCUSE ME. I KNOW YOU'RE GOOD. ALL RIGHT. PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. YOU STAYED AT 15%. WE'RE LOOKING ABOUT 68,000, BUT YOU ALSO STATED THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY SPEND MORE MONEY. IS THAT CORRECT? NOW? THAT'S THE, THE MAXIMUM IS 60 62,500. SO IF WE WANTED TO SPEND ANY MORE THAN THAT, WE COULDN'T DO IT. NO. OKAY. JUST WANT TO GET A CLARIFICATION ON THAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO THEN FROM EVERYTHING I WAS HEARING, IF WE WANT TO TAKE [01:30:01] ART WITH GOING AND MOVING INLAND A FAIR HOUSING MEDIATION BOARD DOWN TO FIVE, THEN THAT GIVES US FIVE. THAT GIVES US 7,000 MORE TO WORK WITH. SO THEN IF WE WERE TO WORK THAT I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE 12 TO HEART TO SERVE FIVE TO CHELLA SPLIT THAT. YEAH. I'M GOOD WITH THAT. SO THAT WOULD BE WELL, BUT ARE YOU'RE THE, YOU'RE THE MATH GUY? YEAH, LET ME, I'VE GOT A, BEFORE YOU MOVE ON OR YOU JUST HAVE A QUESTION, CAUSE YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT COVID WITH INLAND FAIR HOUSING. YES, I DID. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, SHE STATED THAT SHE WAS, SHE BROKE IT DOWN LIKE 150% AND ONE 60. SO TO ME, SHE WAS TELLING ME THAT SHE'S DOING MORE THAN WHAT SHE ANTICIPATED LAST YEAR. SO THE NUMBER REALLY DIDN'T GO DOWN. IT ACTUALLY WENT UP. OKAY. AS FAR AS THE PEOPLE THAT SHE'S HELPING. OKAY. IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS HARD WHEN THERE'S A NEW APPLICANT. IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T, UM, YOU KNOW, THINK IT'S A GREAT ORGANIZATION, BUT IT'S SOMETIMES TOO, IT'S ALL ABOUT TRACK RECORD IN AN ORGANIZATION CAN BE IN OUR COMMUNITY A LONG TIME. BUT FOR ME, IT'S HARD TO COMMIT TO FUNDS WHEN I DON'T HAVE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OR, OR HAVE OBSERVED THEM IN ACTION. IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT IT'S NOT A GREAT ORGANIZATION. SO I'M A LITTLE RELUCTANT TO GO AS HIGH AS FIVE FOR PROJECT CELLO ONLY BECAUSE I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT. AND I DON'T FEEL THAT THE APPLICATION WAS AS DETAILED AS IT COULD HAVE BEEN. UH, I KNOW I CAN ASK QUESTIONS NOW, BUT, UM, I'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE THAT'S FOR SURE. I MEAN THE SAME THING HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME THAT HEART TO SERVE CAME BEFORE US. I HAD NEVER HEARD OF THEM. UM, SO IT IS ON US TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT. BUT FOR ME PERSONALLY, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK I COULD SUPPORT AS HIGH AS FIVE FOR THAT. I FIND THAT'S THE MINIMUM. THAT'S THE MINIMUM. THAT'S WHAT WE GO THROUGH EVERY YEAR. THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL THEN IF WE WERE TO NOT FUND THEM THIS ROUND, THAT WOULD MEAN 17,000 STILL FLOATING OUT THERE. SO THAT WOULD, OKAY. I'M GETTING CLOSE HERE. I THINK TO THROW IT OUT FOR US REMAINDER OF FIVE. OKAY. THESE ARE UNUSUAL NUMBERS THIS YEAR. PETER DID A REALLY GOOD LAST YEAR IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, BUT OKAY, HERE WE GO. IF WE WERE TO SLIGHTLY REDUCE THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY LIBRARY AND MAKE IT 11,000, KEEP HOUSE OF RUTH AT 15 FAIR HOUSING. UM, AND, AND, UM, MEDIATION AT SEVEN, 12,535 FOR CHINO NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE, 12,000 FOR HEART TO SERVE AND 5,000 FOR PROJECT SELAH. I BELIEVE THAT'S THE 62, FIVE 35. I WOULD LIKE SOMEBODY TO CHECK THAT. MM, GOOD QUESTION. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR ELMA. SO AN ALMA TOO. IF, IF, UM, IF AN ORGANIZATION DOESN'T COMPLETE THE PAPERWORK OR DOESN'T MEET THE REQUIREMENTS, THEN THE MONEY DOESN'T, YOU DON'T CUT A CHECK TO THEM, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT MONEY AGAIN? SO THEN WE WOULD COME BACK THE FOLLOWING YEAR AND WE WOULD BE ALLOCATED TO EITHER LOS SERRANO'S OR THE HOME IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. OKAY. SO THE GOOD NEWS IS IF SOMEONE DOESN'T FOLLOW THROUGH, WE'RE NOT CUTTING THEM A CHECK UPFRONT, SO THEY DON'T FOLLOW THROUGH, THEY DON'T GET THE MONEY IN AND WE CAN PUT IT SOMEWHERE ELSE. SO MORE THAN ONCE. RIGHT. SO IT WAS GIVEN THAT I COULD SUPPORT WHAT ART SAID. YEAH. AND I DON'T KNOW. I'M JUST GONNA SAY MY 2 CENTS. I ALSO DON'T MIND IF WE PUT MONEY BACK IN, CLOSER ON, IT WAS TOO. WE DON'T JUST CAUSE THERE'S CHECKS IN THE CHECKBOOK. WE HAVE TO, IT DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE TO USE THEM. UM, BUT THEN WITH THAT SAID THEY HAD TO, I, SHOULD I TAKE THAT AS YOUR MOTION TO APPROVE ARTS NUMBERS? YES. OKAY. DO MATH CHECK THE MATH? SO JUST TO REPEAT THEM AGAIN, 11,000 FOR SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY LIBRARY, 15 FOR HOUSE OF RUTH, UH, INLAND FAIR HOUSING AND MEDIATION, 7,000 SHE KNOW NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE, 12,005 35 HEART TO SERVE 12,000, EVEN A PROJECT SALE OF 5,000, EVEN TOTAL 60 2005 35. MY GOODNESS. IT'S LIKE YOU WORKED IN FINANCE. ALL RIGHT. WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND WE GOT A SECOND MADAME ASSISTANT CITY CLERK. WOULD YOU MIND TAKING MARRIAGES? YES. VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS. YES. WONDERFUL ITEM PASSES FIVE. OKAY. THANK YOU, MARK. FOR YOUR MATH ASSISTANCE BECAUSE WE GOT SOME REALLY, I MEAN, I WISH WE HAD THE 137,000. I DO, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WHEN WE DON'T, WE HAVE TO KIND OF ADJUST. [01:35:01] DEFINITELY. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME WE WILL HAVE, THANK YOU, ALMA. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE I NEEDED? NO. THE SECOND ITEM [14. Approve proposed Substantial Amendment to 2019-20 Annual Action Plan for Community Development Block Grant Program and authorize City Manager to execute all agreements and related documents] ITEM 14 G THAT WE WERE GETTING, GOING TO SLIP ONE PAST THE GOALIE ITEM 14, UH, APPROVED, PROPOSED SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO 2019 2020 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM, AND AUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL AGREEMENTS AND RELATED DOCUMENTS. AND AT THIS TIME I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. NOPE. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? PUBLIC COMMENT. PERFECT. CLOSE THAT STAFF REPORT. MAY WE SHOULD HAVE HAD A STAFF REPORT FIRST SHIT. I'M JUST WAITING. UH, SO THIS, UM, SECOND ITEM IS FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE THIRD SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE 1920 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN. UM, THIS AMENDMENT INCLUDES DIRECTION GIVEN BY CITY COUNCIL HAD PRIOR MEETINGS BY ALLOCATING THE ENTIRE CDBG CORONAVIRUS FUNDS, UM, IN THE AMOUNT OF $659,080 TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS A BROAD CATEGORY, UH, THE CITY HAS IMPLEMENTED A TWO BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAMS UNDER THIS CATEGORY. UM, ONE WOULD BE THE MICRO ENTERPRISE BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM FOR BUSINESSES WITH FIVE OR LESS EMPLOYEES AND THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM FOR BUSINESSES WITH 35 OR LESS EMPLOYEES. THE ALLOCATION BETWEEN THE PROGRAMS IS AN ESTIMATE OR A PROJECTED NUMBER REALLOCATION OF FUNDS BETWEEN THE PROGRAMS CAN BE DONE WITHOUT A FORMAL ACTION PER OUR CITY CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN, SINCE BOTH PROGRAMS ARE UNDER THE SAME CATEGORY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL OF THIS AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOW STAFF TO SUBMIT THE ACTION PLAN TO HUD, THEREBY RELEASING FUNDS TO THE CITY, TO SEEK REIMBURSEMENT OF DISPERSE FUNDS TO DATE. THE CITY HAS AWARDED A TOTAL OF 55 GRANTS, TOTALLY $360,000. WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE FOURTH CYCLE OF PATIENTS AS A CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, UM, AND OUR CYCLE WILL BE CLOSING ON MARCH 4TH. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. SOUNDS GOOD. PRETTY STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT I'LL TAKE A MOTION. I'LL MOVE IT THOUGH. WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ. DO I HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS AND ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, VICE MARRIED OR SORRY, MAYOR JOS. YES. VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER BURNETT. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN. YES. THAT'S A MEMBER ROGERS. YES. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. FANTASTIC. THANK YOU, ALMA FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. THANK YOU. [ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT] OKAY. AT THIS TIME, DENISE, WITH THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT, DENISE GOO DENISE SHORT TIMER, YOU'RE GOING TO GET THAT. SO ONLY TWO MORE TO GO. UM, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL AND MAYOR. UM, I'D LIKE TO GO OVER THE COVID STATISTICS AS HAS BEEN OUR CUSTOM, THE NUMBERS ARE REALLY, REALLY GETTING BETTER. UH, THERE ARE 284,866 CONFIRMED CASES IN THE COUNTY. THAT'S UP 6,000 FROM TWO WEEKS AGO. UM, IN THE PERIOD BEFORE THAT IT WAS UP 14,000. SO IT'S DRAMATICALLY FEWER CASES. UM, I JUST CHECKED THE UPDATE FOR THE NUMBERS TODAY AND THEY JUST WENT UP 215. UH, WHEN WE WERE AT THE END OF JANUARY, IT WENT UP 4,000 IN ONE DAY. UM, SO REALLY A LOT BETTER IN CHINO HILLS, POSITIVE TESTS, 5,000, ABOUT 600, JUST UP 146 IN TWO WEEKS. UH, THE COUNTIES OVER 2 MILLION, NEARLY 2.5 MILLION TESTS SO FAR, UM, THE TESTING IS GOING DOWN AND IT IS STILL VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP TESTING BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE METRICS THAT THE, THAT THE STATE IS LOOKING AT TO MOVE US TO A LOWER TIER. UM, SO WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE OUR RESIDENTS TO KEEP GOING EVERY OTHER WEDNESDAY, TIM MCCOY FOR TESTING. RIGHT. THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT, DENISE. I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE THAT PEOPLE SAY, WELL, I'M NOT SICK. I FEEL FINE. SO I DON'T NEED TO TEST, BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO TEST. YEAH, EXACTLY. UH, AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE STATE'S LOOKING AT THAT NUMBER AND THE STATE IS ALSO LOOKING AT THE MEDIAN NUMBER OF TESTS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STATE. SO IF WE'RE NOT TESTING AS MUCH AS OTHER PLACES, IT MAKES US LOOK LOWER. UH, PRESIDENT JOE SCHAFFER'S COMMENT TODAY ABOUT GOING FROM PURPLE TO RED TO GET THE SCHOOLS REOPENED IF WE WANT TO GET THAT, MAKE SURE THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS IN THAT IT HAPPENS SOONER AND HOPEFULLY WE GET FROM RED TO WHATEVER THE NEXT COLOR IS, THE WAY WE GET THERE IS THROUGH TESTING TO REMINDER THOSE DATES A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN IN MY LIST. IT CAN ALSO AFFECT RESTAURANTS WITH DINE-IN AS WELL. THAT'S A MAJOR THING TO OUR SMALL BUSINESS IN THIS EXACTLY. UM, THE TESTING AND CHINO HILLS IS UP ONLY 4,000, THE LAST TWO WEEKS. IT'S ABOUT A THIRD OF WHAT IT WAS TWO WEEKS BEFORE THAT. SO, UM, OUR TESTING FACILITY HAD ABOUT 230 TESTS COMPLETED WHERE [01:40:01] WE WERE WE'RE USED TO SEEING ABOUT 600. SO IT'S, IT'S, UH, GOING DOWN A LOT. THE POSITIVITY RATE IN CHINO HILLS IS 6%, WHICH IS, UH, YOU KNOW, REALLY LOOKING GOOD. THE DEATHS IN THE COUNTY, 2,637 DEATHS IN OUR COUNTY. THAT'S ABOUT UP 500 IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS IN CHINO HILLS, WE ARE UP TO 24. I JUST CHECKED IT TODAY, WENT UP ONE. SO, UH, THE SCREEN MIGHT SAY 23, THAT NUMBER JUST WENT UP TODAY. UH, THE CITY MANAGER COVERED OUR LOCAL UPDATES. AND THAT YOU ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT LIBRARIES. UM, I CONFIRMED TODAY THAT THEY'VE ACTUALLY OPENED IN PERSON ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. SO YOU CAN USE A COMPUTER FOR ONE HOUR AND THEY HAVE A REDUCED CAPACITY, AND THEY'RE STILL OFFERING THERE TO GO PROGRAMS THAT YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF GET A CREATIVE BOOKS TO GO IN A OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY HAVE. SO THERE'S INFORMATION ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE FOR THAT THEY'RE JUST ON A MORE LIMITED SCHEDULE THAN THEY WERE, RIGHT. IT'S A TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, 11 TO SIX, SATURDAY NINE TO FOUR, UM, SUPERVISOR HAGMAN'S STAFF, UH, LISTED A COUPLE OF UPDATES THAT CAME OUT TONIGHT IN THE COUNTY UPDATE AT SEVEN 30, I WAS TAKING A LOOK ON MY PHONE. SO YOU DID HEAR THAT ALL TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF ARE NOW ELIGIBLE FOR VACCINES. THEY HAVE TO LIVE OR WORK IN THE COUNTY. AND SUZETTE MENTIONED THAT THEY CAN GO TO, UM, THE DISTRICT AND SEE IF THEIR DISTRICT HAS SHOTS OR GO THROUGH THE REGULAR COUNTY SYSTEM. ANOTHER UPDATE ON THAT WEBSITE IS THAT THE COUNTY IS PARTNERING WITH IHP FOR A MAJOR SITE FOR VACCINATIONS IN RANCHO. UH, THEY HOPE TO DO ABOUT 500 SHOTS A DAY, AND THAT IS A TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SO THAT'S WRAPPING UP RIGHT NOW AND THEN WE'LL BE LOOKING INTO THIS TO UPDATE OUR WEBSITE TOMORROW, BUT I DID SEE NEW UPDATES FOR COMPETITIVE SPORTS FOR YOUTH AND ADULTS. SO WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AND KIND OF DIGEST THAT IN THE MORNING, UH, BACK TO THE VACCINATIONS, THE COUNTY WEBSITE NOW HAS A DASHBOARD THAT SHOWS YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VACCINATED IN THE COUNTY. SO WE'RE UP AT ABOUT 307,000, UH, DOSES ADMINISTERED, UM, TO COUNTY RESIDENTS. AND, UH, THERE'S ANOTHER NUMBER, A LITTLE BIT LOWER ADMINISTERED STATE ADMINISTERED BY SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY PROVIDERS. SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENCE IN THE NUMBERS BECAUSE YOU COULD LIVE HERE OR WORK HERE. SO KINDA DEPENDS ON THAT. UM, THE COUNTY DOES RECEIVE THE VACCINE SUPPLIES FROM THE STATE, AND THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON KEEPING THAT THE VACCINES ON A REGULAR SCHEDULE THAT THEY CAN MAKE APPOINTMENTS FOR. UH, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE INFORMATION ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE, SP COVID-19 DOT COM FORWARD SLASH VACCINE. UM, YOU CAN FIND VACCINES AT PHARMACIES IN IT, A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROVIDERS NOW, SO THAT THAT WEBSITE IS GETTING BETTER DAY BY DAY. UM, OKAY. BACK TO THE TESTING AND CHINO HILLS ARE OUR DATES IN MARCH ARE, UH, FRIDAY, MARCH 5TH, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17TH AND WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31ST, NINE TO FOUR AT MCCOY IN NON COVID RELATED UPDATES. THE HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE FOR THE GENERAL PLAN IS UNDERWAY. UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO HELP EVERYONE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S A PROCESS THAT, THAT BUILDS UPON ITSELF. SO ATTENDING THE SERIES REALLY HELPS YOU, UH, GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF ALL THE DISCUSSION THAT'S GOING ON. THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE MARCH 2ND, AND IT'S SEVEN O'CLOCK VIA ZOOM AT PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS. UH, SO THE OTHER DATES IN MARCH ARE THE 16TH AND THEN APRIL 6TH AND ALMA MENTIONED THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS. SO I HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, WE HAVE TO DO A COMMERCIAL IT'S THE CARES ACT FUNDING THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN URBAN DEVELOPMENT. AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO HAND OUT THAT MONEY AS QUICKLY AS, AS APPLICATIONS ARE APPROVED. SO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE BEEN OUT VISITING RESTAURANTS AND BUSINESSES AND DRY CLEANERS TO HAND OUT THOSE CHECKS. AND IT'S A VERY GRATIFYING TO ACTUALLY PUT THAT MONEY IN THEIR HANDS. UH, ALMA MENTIONED THAT IT'S 35 EMPLOYEES OR FEWER. YOU HAVE TO BE A FOR-PROFIT STOREFRONT IN CHINO HILLS SINCE ST. PATRICK'S DAY LAST YEAR. AND THE OWNER MUST RETAIN AT LEAST ONE FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEE FROM A HOUSEHOLD THAT NEEDS LOW TO MODERATE INCOME LEVELS, WHICH IS ABOUT 60,000 FOR A FAMILY. FOR ALMA MENTIONED THE DEADLINE OF MARCH 4TH IN AMAA ALSO HELPS PEOPLE GET THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO FILL OUT THOSE APPLICATIONS. SO IF YOU CALL, YOU'LL BE TALKING TO ALMA AND THEN WE CONTINUE TO OFFER BLOOD DRIVES EVERY TUESDAY THROUGH THE END OF MARCH, UH, 12 TO FIVE AND SAME ROUTINE HAVE TO WEAR A FACE MASK. AND, UM, THEY'RE ALSO TESTING FOR COVID ANTIBODIES. SO YOU'LL GET THAT ADDED ATTRACTION. UM, OUR CITY RECREATION GUIDE JUST RECENTLY WENT OUT AND WE THINK THAT'S A GREAT PHOTO [01:45:01] ON THAT COVER. UM, WE ARE RE REDOING SOME THINGS LAST YEAR. WE, WE TRIED TO DO THE WATER CONSERVATION CONTEST AND COVID HIT. SO IT KIND OF DIDN'T REALLY END. SO WE'RE STARTING AGAIN. THIS YEAR ENTRIES ARE DUE MARCH 19TH. UH, WE DID PUT INFORMATION OUT THROUGH THE SCHOOLS LIKE WE USUALLY DO, UH, AND THERE ARE REALLY NICE PRIZES AWARDED TO THE WINNERS. EASTER EXCITEMENT HAS BEEN RE-IMAGINED, UH, THIS YEAR IT'S A PAID EVENT. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE CREATING A LITTLE POD FOR YOUR FAMILY. UH, YOU'LL HAVE A 30 MINUTE TIME SLOT TO DO CRAFTS, UH, GET YOUR PICTURE WITH THE EASTER BUNNY AND DO AN EGG HUNT WITH YOUR OWN LITTLE POD. UM, SO THOSE ARE FILLING UP QUICKLY AND MAY VERY WELL SELL OUT. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF ABILITY TO ADD MORE APPOINTMENTS TO THE TIMES FOR THAT BECAUSE OF ALL THE SPACES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. AND DENISE IT'LL BE AT MCCOY. OKAY. ONE OF THEIR BRADEN THOUGH, AND YOU DO GET TO GO HOME WITH A DECORATING KIT TO ENTER A CONTEST AND THE EASTER BASKET TOO. AND THEN A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS IN A VIRTUAL WRECK NATIONAL PLANT PLANT A FLOWER DAY IS MARCH 19TH. I BELIEVE I NEGLECTED TO WRITE DOWN THAT DATE. WE'RE HANDING OUT FLOWER PACKETS. IT'S THE DAY TO PLANT FLOWERS, LOOK FORWARD TO SPRING. AND WE'RE JUST ABOUT OUT OF THE KIDS THAT WE HAVE. SO IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO GO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL STORES AND BUY A PLANT AND PLANT FLOWERS TO, UH, YOU CAN HELP DISGUISE OUR LEPRECHAUN. THAT'S A CONTEST FROM MARCH 1ST TO MARCH 12TH, AND WE DO HAVE BINGO VIRTUAL BINGO ON MARCH 31ST AND THAT'S FOR ACTIVE ADULTS. UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS IN THERE IN THE BROCHURE. SO FEEL FREE TO TAKE A LOOK IT'S AVAILABLE IN YOUR REDBOX AND ALSO, UM, ONLINE. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU, DENISE. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. PERFECT. [ SAFETY UPDATES - Police and Fire] THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC SAFETY UPDATES, CHIEF WALKER, NOTHING TO REPORT. PERFECT. THANK YOU, CHIEF WILLIAMS TOP THAT DON'T SAY DITTO. MR. MR. MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ COUNCIL. UM, I'D JUST LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, WE JUST STARTED OUR CAPTAIN'S PROMOTIONAL EXAM TODAY. WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE HAVE AT LEAST THREE OPENINGS UP TO PROBABLY FIVE BY THE END OF THE YEAR, AND WE WILL BE HIRING 10 PEOPLE COME MARCH 15TH. SO YOU'LL SEE 10 NEW FIREFIGHTERS ON MARCH 15TH. AND IF WE GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THEM OFF, WE HAPPILY DO THAT. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO REPORT IN THIS. YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. OH, WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHIEF WILLIAMS. [ COUNCIL REPORTS Mayor Johsz West Valley Mosquito Vector Control District Board Vice Mayor Marquez California Institution for Women Citizen’s Advisory Committee League of California Cities Latino Caucus Legislative Committee San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Transit Committee Metro Valley Study Session Southern California Air Quality Management District Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee Southern California Association of Governments Legislative/Communications and Membership Committee Southern California Regional Rail Authority (Metrolink) Contracts, Operations, Maintenance, and Safety Committee Council Member Moran Chino Valley Chamber Board Chino Valley Unified School District Board Council Member Rogers Tres Hermanos Conservation Authority ] ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL REPORTS, AND I GUESS I WILL KICK IT OFF. UH, WEST VALLEY MOSQUITO VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT BOARD MEETING HAD A BOARD MEETING EARLIER TODAY. WE HAD OUR, UM, PERFORMANCE EVALUATION FOR OUR DISTRICT, UH, GENERAL MANAGER. SO SHE'S DOING A WONDERFUL JOB. AND THEN WE SWORE IN OUR LATEST, OUR NEWEST MEMBER FROM THE CITY OF UPLAND COUNCIL MEMBER, CARLOS GARCIA. SO HE IS OUR NEWBIE AND THAT'S WHAT I HAD TO REPORT. MOVE ON TO VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, THAT WAS SUCH, SUCH A GOOD REPORT. HOPEFULLY I CAN. I'M TRYING, I'M TRYING. FIRST ONE IS A CIW, NO REPORT. AND BASICALLY I HAD ISSUES SIGNING INTO A TEAM BY THE TIME I SIGNED IN THE MEETING WAS OVER. SO QUICK MEETING LINK TO CALIFORNIA. CITY'S LATINO CAUCUS, WE'RE SETTING OR GOAL OR GOALS FOR LEGISLATIVE STRATEGIES FOR THE YEAR. AND ALSO WE'RE TRYING TO COORDINATE LEDGED DAYS. WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO BE IN PERSON OR VIA ZOOM, SPC TA TRANSIT. WE APPROVED A THIRD-PARTY AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF REDLANDS AND THE UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS FOR THE STATION. AND THEN ALSO COST INCREASE FOR REDLANDS PASSENGER RAIL MAINTENANCE FACILITY. WE DID AN UPDATE ON TRANSIT, QUARTERLY OPERATIONS, WHICH ARE GONE DOWN METRO VALLEY. WE REVIEWED THE BUDGET OVERVIEW FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2021, 2022. WE WENT OVER MAJOR PROJECT STATUS REPORT AND WE REVIEWED THE MEASURE. I VALLEY LOCAL STREET PROGRAM, MOBILE SOURCE AIR POLLUTION REDUCTION. WE WENT OVER CONTRACT EXTENSIONS WITH THE PORTS OF LOS ANGELES. THE CITY IS MONTANA CITY OF EASTVALE, CITY OF BALTIMORE AND SCAG, AND THEN SCAG. WE HAD A GUEST SPEAKER, CECILIA AGUILAR CURRY. SHE'S THE CHAIR OF THE ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. SHE SPOKE ON AC ONE AND THAT'S ASSEMBLY CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT WHERE THE THRESHOLD FOR VOTING WOULD GO FROM TWO THIRDS DOWN TO 55%. SO WE'RE HOPING THAT'S GOING TO PASS IN THE FUTURE. ALSO FORCED GAG. UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS. THE STATE LEGISLATURE, BILL INTRODUCTION DEADLINE WAS ON FRIDAY OF LAST WEEK, MORE THAN 2,400 BILLS WERE SUBMITTED. UH, RESOLUTIONS IN BUDGET SPOT PILLS WERE INTRODUCED BY THE DEADLINE. SCAG [01:50:01] IS CURRENTLY TRACKING MORE THAN A HUNDRED BILLS THAT RELATED TO HOUSING. AND THEY'RE STAYING ON TOP OF A FORCE WATCHING OUT FOR, FOR OUR INTEREST. SOME OF THE BILLS HAVE PROBLEMS TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY APPLY TO A ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH AND DON'T RESPECT LOCAL CONTROL OR INTEGRITY OF THE HOUSING PLANNING PROCESS. SO WE'RE FIGHTING AT SCALE. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. AND SINCE YOU SHAMED ME, I'LL GIVE YOU ONE OTHER BIT OF INFORMATION FROM WEST VALLEY MOSQUITO. WE HAD AN RFP TO GO OUT FOR LEGAL SERVICES. SO WE DECIDED TO GO OUT AND WE FOUND A MUCH CHEAPER LAWYER. SO THERE'S MORE DETAILED FOR YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN, I'LL TOP YOURS, BRIAN, UM, NOTHING TO REPORT FOR CHAMBER AND, UH, PRESIDENT SCHAFER DID MY REPORT EARLIER FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD. WONDERFUL. I LOVE IT. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS, TRES HERMANAS CONSERVATION OFFICER. THERE'S GOING TO BE A STIRRING REPORT TO TOP IT ALL. AND RAY DON'T HESITATE TO BACKFILL ON THIS ONE. EVERYTHING WE TALKED ABOUT, IT WAS PROBABLY, IT WAS DEFINITELY UNDER A HALF, HALF AN HOUR MEETING. IT WAS LESS THAN THAT, BUT I DON'T WANT TO ADMIT IT BECAUSE IT JUST WENT SO QUICKLY. I THINK IT WAS RUNNING SMOOTHLY. THAT'S OBVIOUSLY IT, EVERYTHING WE TALKED ABOUT HOW TO DO WITH MONEY. IT WAS CHECK, REGISTER, TREASURER'S REPORT AUDIT, OR FAN OF OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. WE TALKED ABOUT MID YEAR BUDGET REVIEW, AND WE TALKED ABOUT ESTABLISHING A FUND RESERVE. AND, AND THEN BEFORE, YOU KNOW, IT ROGERS, BY ANY CHANCE, HAVE YOU BEEN OUT TO TRUST THE MODELS? DOES IT LOOK, HOW DOES IT LOOK OUT THERE? IT'S LOOKING GREAT AS YOU AND I WERE DRIVING OUT THERE. UH, YOU WERE THERE ALSO, WE'RE GOING TO CHECK, CHECK A FEW THINGS OUT, UM, FOR, FOR SOME POSSIBLE WE'RE DOING OUR HOMEWORK ON A POSSIBILITY OF SOMETHING TAKING PLACE ON THAT PROPERTY, BUT IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. IT'S JUST THE 2,500 ACRES GREEN. BEAUTIFUL. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU GUYS. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU CAN THINK OF? YEAH. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER VENTED. I FEEL LIKE YOU GOT LEFT OUT. SO [ COUNCIL COMMENTS] COUNCIL COMMENTS. OKAY. COUNCIL COMMENTS. UM, YOU KNOW, ONE THING I WANTED TO MENTION, WE TALKED ABOUT THE CARE ACT OR CARES ACT, SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS. SEVERAL OF US WENT OUT AND ACTUALLY DELIVERED SOME OF THOSE CHECKS THIS WEEK, 5,000 AND $10,000. AND YOU KNOW, TH THIS IS FREE MONEY FOR OUR BUSINESSES. IF THEY WILL APPLY, UH, THEY HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA, BUT IF, UH, IF THEY DO, UH, THEY GET THIS NEEDED SHOT IN THE ARM. AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S SUCH A WONDERFUL FEELING TO BE COMING TO YOUR BUSINESSES IN TOWN WITH A HELPING HAND AND FIVE TO $10,000 MEANS AN AWFUL LOT TO THE PEOPLE THAT CAN KEEP THEIR DOORS OPEN. UH, ONE THAT, UH, I DELIVERED, UH, WAS TO A TEA HOUSE THAT HAS 23 EMPLOYEES. THEY HAVE MAINTAINED ALL THE EMPLOYEES DURING THE ENTIRE COVID. SO THEY HAVE TAKEN TH THEY, THEY, THEY BELIEVE THAT THEIR, THEIR EMPLOYEES ARE TRULY PART OF THE FAMILY AND THEY HAVE TWO STORES, ONE HERE, AND, UH, I'M FORGETTING WHERE THE OTHER ONE WAS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY. BUT, UH, THEY LIVE HERE IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS AND THEY WERE JUST ABSOLUTELY THRILLED THAT THEY GOT THAT $10,000 TO HELP THEM OUT. SO JUST, JUST A WONDERFUL THING, UM, NOT TO BELABOR IT, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, COVID IS REAL. UM, MY WIFE AND I HAD IT BACK IN JANUARY AND WE WERE BLESSED THAT, UH, WE WERE TREATED QUICKLY AND, AND, UH, AGGRESSIVELY. AND, UM, IT HAPPENS FOLKS. SO, YOU KNOW, THE MASKS, OBVIOUSLY WE TAKE A LITTLE LIBERTY UP HERE BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING SO MUCH, BUT, UH, WE WALK AWAY FROM HERE, WE'LL GET THE MASK BACK ON. WE'VE GOT OUR HAND SANITIZER ROOM, WE'RE HERE AND WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, UH, WASHING YOUR HANDS ELSEWHERE. WE'VE GOT THE SCREENS. SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO OUR PART IN REPRESENTING THIS CITY AND STILL TAKING AND GOING BACK TO A BETTER FORMAT. WE REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, UPGRADE AND HYBRID, UH, SITUATION FOR COUNCIL MEETINGS IS YOU WANT TO SEE IT. YOU DON'T WANT TO JUST HEAR A VOICE. SO WE PUT OURSELVES IN THEORY IN A LITTLE BIT OF EXPOSURE DOING THIS, BUT WE WANT TO DO THIS BECAUSE WE WANT, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO BE A FACE, UH, FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING AND KNOW THAT, UH, THINGS ARE REAL AND THAT WE'RE STILL DOING THE CITY'S BUSINESS. AND WE HAVE A STAFF THAT ARE SITTING OUT IN THE AUDIENCE AND OUR CITY MANAGER, OUR CITY ATTORNEY, UM, THAT ARE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB, KEEPING THIS CITY FISCALLY, UH, IN GOOD SHAPE. UH, WE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THIS IS OLD NEWS, BUT EVERY QUARTER WE ADJUST OUR BUDGETS. IF REVENUES AREN'T COMING IN, WE WATCH OUR EXPENDITURES. WE'VE GOT CITIES AROUND THAT ARE JUST REALLY UPSIDE DOWN BECAUSE OF BAD MANAGEMENT, PURE AND SIMPLE. THIS [01:55:01] CITY. I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT ALL OF THE COUNCILS THAT HAVE PROCEEDED THAT HOURS BACK TO CITY HOOD, UH, 29 YEARS AGO, UH, HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB IN KEEPING THIS CITY FISCALLY SOUND. AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE ONE OF THE MOST FANTASTIC PLACES, UH, IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TO LIVE, BUT WE'RE FISCALLY, YOU KNOW, IN, IN SOLID SHAPE TOO. SO, YOU KNOW, UH, THANKS AND KUDOS TO OUR CITY STAFF AND MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR TAKING THAT POSITION THAT, UH, EVERY PENNY IS WATCHED AND WE DON'T DO THINGS WITHOUT GIVING IT CONSIDERABLE THOUGHT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, CONCENTRATE ON DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR ALL OF YOU OUT THERE. SO I WILL GET DOWN OFF MY SOAP BOX AND, UH, THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR RIGHT NOW FOR, UH, UH, COUNCIL COMMENTS. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN. I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK COMMENT. I WANT TO, UM, I ACTUALLY THOUGHT WE MIGHT GET SOME CALLS THIS EVENING FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. SO I WANT TO THANK THAT. SOME RESIDENTS FROM ALTERA THAT HAVE REACHED OUT ABOUT, UM, OBVIOUSLY THE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER IS BRINGING OUT MORE PEOPLE TO OUR BEAUTIFUL STATE PARK. SO THERE'S MORE PARKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THERE'S SOME OTHER ISSUES. SO I JUST WANT TO LET THEM KNOW THAT, UM, STAFF WILL BE WORKING ON THAT WITH STATE PARK. AND, UM, I KNOW PROBABLY SOME ARE LISTENING, SO TO THANK YOU FOR REACHING OUT AND, UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE MANAGERS. THANK YOU. MA'AM I HAVE A FEW ITEMS TO REVIEW. UH, ONE, I WANTED TO ECHO WHAT ART WAS TALKING ABOUT. I THINK SEVERAL OF US WENT OUT, MAYBE ALL OF US WENT OUT IN THE PAST WEEK TO HAND OUT SOME OF OUR SMALL BUSINESS GRANT FUNDING. I WAS PLEASED TO VISIT FIVE LOCATIONS SINCE HE WAS WITH ME ON ONE OF THOSE. YOU GOT A HAIRCUT AT ONE? I DID. I VISITED MY DENTIST AT THE OTHER ONE. YEAH. AH, DR. PARK. YEAH. UH, HANDED OUT $45,000. AND AS ART SAID, EACH ONE IS SO GRATEFUL TO RECEIVE A CHECK FIVE TO $10,000, UH, MONTESSORI SCHOOL. WE VISITED, UM, NEXT TO PRICES, PETS. BOY, WERE THEY HAPPY TO RECEIVE $10,000? I'LL TELL YOU. SO IT'S VERY GRATIFYING TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THESE MONIES FOR THE RIGHT REASONS AND TO, THEY CAN HELP PAY THEIR RENT NOW THAT THEY MAY HAVE BEEN INSTALLED ON PAYING THEIR RENT. SO IT WAS SUCH A GOOD FEELING TO, UM, TO HAND THOSE MONIES OUT FOR THE RIGHT REASONS, JUST TRANSITIONING. UH, THE CHANNEL HAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, UH, PULLED TOGETHER A LITTLE EVENT THIS PAST SATURDAY. CYNTHIA, THANK YOU FOR ORGANIZING ALONG WITH ASSISTANCE FROM MARY FALL HABER AND KATHLEEN SMITH AND OTHER VOLUNTEERS TO HAND OUT, UM, SOME COMMUNITY CARE PACKAGES TO MORE THAN 200 INDIVIDUALS THAT PASS THROUGH. SO IT'S JUST A WAY OF GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO KEEP THAT THE FOUNDATION NAME ALIVE, UH, WHEN WE'VE HAD SO MANY CANCELED EVENTS OVER THE PAST YEAR. AND LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE. UM, SPEAKING OF FOUNDATION, OUR GOAL FOR 21 IS TO STILL, UH, HOLD A COUPLE OF CONCERTS LATER IN THE YEAR, IF WE CAN PULL IT OFF. AND IF THE GUIDELINES ALLOW FOR IT, MAYBE A SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, SOMEWHERE IN THERE, AND IT ALSO TO HOST WINE WALK ON OCTOBER 9TH, UM, WE'RE PLANNING FOR IT. I BELIEVE WE CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN. IF EVERYTHING FALLS INTO PLACE. ALSO, UH, I WAS REMINDED TO JUST MENTION THAT WE'VE HAD SOME PRESS ON THIS. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT THAT THE UTILITY BOX ART PROJECT KICKED OFF, THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN THE BOARD FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. AND IT WAS BROUGHT UP AT CITY COUNCIL AND NOW IT'S COME TO FRUITION AND FOUR BOXES ARE OUT AND ABOUT AROUND THE COMMUNITY, OUT OF 50, SOME ODD BOXES. AND THE FIRST FOUR WERE JUST USED AS A TEST, A COMMUNITY GAUGE OR TEST TO SEE IF THERE WAS POSITIVE FEEDBACK. AND AS FAR, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS HEARD ANYTHING NEGATIVE BECAUSE I'VE HEARD NOTHING BUT POSITIVE ABOUT THAT. SO THOSE FIRST FOUR ARE DONE AND OUT, AND THERE'LL BE A HANDFUL MORE THIS SIX MORE COMING UP IN THE NEXT YEAR, WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR, THREE, THREE MONTHS, THREE YEARS, THREE MONTHS. OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO MEET AGAIN IN APRIL. THERE WILL BE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ENOUGH ART TO, TO SELECT THOSE NEXT SIX, OR IF WE HAVE TO DO A CALL FOR ENTRIES, BUT OVER TIME WITH 50 BOXES, IF WE DO PROCEED IN AND WRAP ALL OF THOSE BOXES, THERE'S GOING TO BE A GREAT DEAL OF COMMUNITY INPUT WITH THAT FOR SUBMISSIONS OF ARTWORK AND PHOTOGRAPHY. AND SO OTHERS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEIR IMAGES. NOW IT'S GOING TO BE NET, WE'LL HAVE TO PUT OUT THE GUIDELINES BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT'S JUST THE WAY THEY'RE FORMATTED. YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO USE A, PROBABLY A, LET'S [02:00:01] SAY AN IPHONE RESOLUTION. THERE'S GOING TO BE RESOLUTION ISSUES BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY BIG WHEN YOU WRAP THEM AROUND A BIG BOX. SO WE'LL PUT OUT SOME GUIDELINES, BUT LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS ENJOY SEEING THEIR ART SPLASHED AROUND TOWN OVER THE NEXT COMING YEARS, A QUESTION FOR BEN AND OR JONATHAN AND BEN AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT WHAT'S THE CURRENT THINKING FOR CONCERTS IN THE PARK? WELL, COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS, UH, HAS BEEN POINTED OUT, UH, TONIGHT AND CONSISTENTLY THE RULES CHANGE, UH, UH, ULTIMATELY, UH, FROM A BUDGETING PERSPECTIVE, A STAFFING PERSPECTIVE, A WORK PLAN. UH, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT, UH, COVID COMPLIANT, UH, CONCERTS, THAT'S OUR PLAN A, UH, AND THAT WOULD BE STRUCTURED SIMILARLY TO WHAT WE HAD IN THE, UH, OVERFLOW PARKING LOT IN YOUR CAR, UH, A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT. HOWEVER, UM, WE ARE HOPING THAT WE WILL GO FROM PURPLE TO RED. UH, I BELIEVE IT'S A RED TO YELLOW AND YELLOW HAS, OR ORANGE THAT'S CORRECT. UH, AND YELLOW IS THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE OF THE COLORS, BUT, UH, AS WE, UH, TRANSITION FROM COLOR TO COLOR, WE WILL, UH, NIMBLY MOVE OUR, UH, PROGRAMS TO WHAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE UNDER THOSE GUIDELINES. SO IN A PERFECT WORLD, IN AN OPTIMISTIC WORLD, WE WILL SEE MORE CLOSELY TO THE NORM, UH, UH, THIS SEASON. UH, BUT WE WILL DEFINITELY HAVE A CONCERT PRESENCE, EVEN IF IT'S, UH, OUT OF YOUR CAR. SO THE INTENTION IS TO BOOK THE EIGHT OR SO ACTS GET, PUT THEM ON AS IT'S EIGHT. WELL, IT HAS BEEN EIGHT LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY. IT WAS 10 WENT DOWN. IT HAS BEEN, W WHAT'S BEEN REALLY INTERESTING IS DURING THE COVID, UH, UH, RAMP UP AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON, WE FOUND THAT MANY OF OUR, UH, UH, CONTRACTED, UH, PERFORMERS WERE VERY FLEXIBLE. AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THAT, AS WE COULD NOT, UH, HAVE THOSE CONCERTS, THERE WERE TIMES WHEN THEY WERE WILLING TO JUST KIND OF WAIT AND SEE, UH, WE'RE GOING TO TEE THINGS UP FOR THE FUTURE. UH, BUT, UH, I THINK THAT WE'LL ALSO FIND THAT IT WILL HAVE A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY IN, IN SETTING THOSE PARAMETERS WITH OUR FUTURE CONCERT. RIGHT. OKAY. PERFORMANCE. SO YOU MAY BE BOOKING THE ACCIDENT EITHER THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN CAR, OR MAYBE AS THE SUMMER GOES ON, IT COULD BE IN PERSON THAT'S BACK AT VETERAN'S PARK. SOUNDS GOOD. JUST TRYING TO GET AN IDEA OF WHERE WE'RE GOING. AND I KNOW IT'S A YOU'RE RIGHT. THIS IS A, STILL A SLIPPERY SLOPE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT WE CAN AND, AND THAT SAME WITH THE FOUNDATION. WE'D LIKE TO DO A COUPLE OF OUR CONCERTS. WE'LL I'M SURE WE'LL BRING BACK DEREK. BORDELL VERY POPULAR JAZZ PERFORMER, DO IT AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. IF THINGS SEEM RIGHT, MAYBE IN SEPTEMBER, BUT JUST KIND OF TRYING TO CREATE A LITTLE HABIT OF THE WINE WALK. THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT WINE WALK IS GOING TO BE OCTOBER 9TH. WE HOPE MARK YOUR COUNTY. WE'RE PLANNING ON IT. I SHOULD MARK. THAT'S ALL I HAVE, RIGHT. THANK YOU. ROGERS, VICE MAN. MARQUETTE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, YOU GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ARENA WORKSHOP. UM, I JUST WANT TO KUDOS TO JOIN LABARDO AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR JOB WELL DONE. IT WAS WELL PLANNED AND VERY INFORMATIVE. UH, SOME OF THE COMMUNITY COMMENTS THAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION, ONE WAS PEOPLE CONCERNED THAT LIVE IN CARBON CANYON ABOUT FIRES. SO IT'S A BIG CONCERN. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE NEVER HEARD BEFORE IS THAT THERE'S PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY WANT TRAFFIC SIGNALS IN CARBON CANYON, BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THERE FASTER, WHICH THE SMILE ON MY FIRST WESTERN HILLS GOLF COURSE, UH, PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY OPEN SPACE THAT WILL NEVER BE BUILT ON, AND IT'S OPEN SPACE FOR THE WESTERN HILLS ESTATES. THAT'S NOT TRUE, AND IT REALLY WOULD BE NICE FOR THE FUTURE TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE. UM, ALSO, UM, HOW DOES ARENA EFFECT MEASURE YOU? AND I THINK THAT'S INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO SORT OF PUT OUT THERE TOO, AND THEN HOPING TO SEE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT CHINO HILLS. I LIKE THAT COMMENT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THAT MAYBE WE WERE THINKING ABOUT MIXED USE PROJECTS. AND I KNOW THERE WAS FOUR FOR THAT IN THE COMMUNITY AT THE NEXT SCAG REGIONAL COUNCIL MEETING ON MARCH 4TH, WE WILL BE DEBATING ARENA, FINAL ALLOCATION, AND THAT WILL COME FOR A VOTE IN FRONT OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL. UM, I'VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE AT SCAG AND JOANNE LABARDO MADE A GOOD COMMENT THAT, UH, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORS REALLY HAVEN'T HAD A SAY SO THROUGH THE ARENA PROCESS AND WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE FOR THE HOUSING ELEMENT. SO I DID TALK TO SARAH JEPSEN [02:05:01] FROM SCAG. I TALKED TO MRS. JOHNSON FROM SCAG, AND THEN THAT LED ME TO TALK TO MR. FRANK NAVARRO. HE'S THE MAYOR OF COLTON, AND HE'S ALSO THE SPC TA PRESIDENT. SO HE IS GOING TO BE PUTTING TOGETHER ALL THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORS THROUGHOUT SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. AND HE'S GOING TO HOST A MEETING AND HOPEFULLY THERE'LL BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE. AND SO AS A GROUP, WE CAN SEND THOSE CONCERNS, TEACH CD. SO JOANNA, THANK YOU FOR THAT IDEA. I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT. AND THEN ALSO THERE WAS TWO ARENA APPEALS THAT WERE APPROVED THROUGH THE PROCESS. ONE WAS RIVERSIDE COUNTY, AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WAS THE CITY OF PICO RIVERA. THEIR ALLOCATION WENT FROM 3,600 UNITS DOWN TO ABOUT 1,024. AND THE REASON THEY GOT A REDUCTION WAS BECAUSE OF THE WHITTIER DAM. I GUESS THE INFRASTRUCTURE I GUESS, IS BELOW WHERE IT SHOULD BE. AND BECAUSE OF THAT FACTOR, THEY GOT THE REDUCTION BY ABOUT 2000 UNITS. AND WE DO ALSO HAVE A MEETING PLAN FOR MARCH 17TH WITH SCAG AND SENATOR NEWMAN WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THAT MEETING WITH MYSELF. AND ONE OF THE TOP TOPICS IS GOING TO BE ARENA. AND THOSE ARE MY REPORTS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ. ALL RIGHT. AND JUST ONE QUICK LITTLE SIDE COMMENT AGAIN, TO WHAT WE SAID ABOUT HANDING OUT THOSE CARES ACT CHECKS. I HANDED OUT ONE TO A DRY CLEANER ON LOW SERRANO'S COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE THAT I LITERALLY HAD WALKED IN. CAUSE I WAS ORDERING FOOD NEXT DOOR AND SAID, HEY, YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THIS. AND THEY THANKFULLY WERE ABLE TO APPLY AND GET IT. SO IF YOU SEE A BUSINESS THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES, THESE BUSINESS OWNERS ARE JUST TRYING TO KEEP THEIR HEAD ABOVE WATER, AND THEY'RE JUST, THEY'RE JUST NOT AWARE. SO IF YOU'RE ONE OF THE HARDY FEW, THAT'S WATCHING THIS MEETING OR PAYING ATTENTION, PLEASE, IF THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, A DRY, CLEANER, OR A RESTAURANT SMALL BUSINESS THAT YOU KNOW THAT IT COULD POTENTIALLY APPLY, PLEASE HAVE THEM. PLEASE ENCOURAGE THEM TO APPLY, GO TO THE CITY WEBSITE AND GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. AND THEN JUST THE OTHER COMMENT, GLAD TO SEE JOE OR PRESIDENT SCHAFER COME ON, I'M ENCOURAGED TO SEE THE KIDS GOING TO AT LEAST T K THROUGH SIX, GOING BACK TO SCHOOL NEXT WEEK AND GLAD TO SEE YOU. THE GOVERNOR CHANGED HIS MIND AND IS GOING TO BE ALLOWING SOME HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS TO GO FORWARD. SO IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL. AND SO WE WILL BE MR. BEAR, BEFORE YOU END THE MEETING OR COMMENT, IF YOU DON'T MIND DEMAND MR. CITY MANAGER, I'VE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT SIGNS OVER THERE ON THE CORNER, EUCALYPTUS AND SHADOW HILLS PARKWAY. THEN ALSO ON GRAND AVENUE AND EUCALYPTUS. I KNOW AT ONE TIME THEY WERE, THEY WERE UP MAYBE FOUR OR FIVE TIMES A YEAR, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE SIGNS ARE ALWAYS UP, YOU KNOW, PERMANENTLY NOW. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF A STEP INSTEAD OF A GALVANIZED POLE. IT JUST STICKS UP IN THE AIR THAT WE'LL GET SOME MORE OF A PERMANENT STRUCTURE THAT LOOKS A LOT NICER THAN WHAT, WHAT HAS BEEN LOOKING LIKE FOR THE LAST, MAYBE THREE TO FIVE YEARS. SO IF WE CAN MAYBE LOOK INTO THAT, APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE STAFF, UH, DEVELOPING ALTERNATIVES FOR A MORE PERMANENT BANNER SIGN, UH, STRUCTURE. SO WE'LL, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT POSSIBILITY, WHICH WAS GOOD. PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. MY PLEASURE, BRIAN, AT THE CONCLUSION OF YOUR, UH, GERMAN HERE, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS ABOUT THE PERSON BEING HONORED. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YES. SO, UM, TONIGHT WILL BE A JOURNEY. UH, OUR MEETING AND MEMORY, UH, SHARON YANA HAFLINGER. UH, SHE WAS A CHINO HILLS RESIDENT. UH, SHE DIED AT THE AGE OF 71 UNEXPECTEDLY ON JANUARY 26TH, HER HUSBAND OF 46 YEARS. CHUCK REMAINED AT HER SIDE, UH, BEYOND HER PASSING. THEY'VE LIVED IN CHINO HILLS FOR OVER 40 YEARS. AND SHARON WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF ST. PAUL, THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH, AND SERVED AS THE INAUGURAL CO MEMBER OF THE ARAB CO-PRESIDENT OF THE MARRIED COUPLES CLUB. SHE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN MANY ASPECTS OF THE PARISH. SHARON HAD A LIFETIME OF HELPING OTHERS. SHE RETIRED IN 2018 AFTER A DISTINGUISHED 30 YEAR CAREER AT ST. LUCY'S PRIORI, WHERE SHE WAS A TEACHER, THE FOUNDER OF THE HAFLINGER SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM DIRECTOR OF THE KAIROS RELIGIOUS RETREAT PROGRAM, A MENTOR AND MANY OTHER THINGS FOR THE GIRLS AT THAT SCHOOL, WE EXTEND OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHIES TO CHUCK WHO WE'VE COME TO KNOW OVER THE YEARS THROUGH HIS INVOLVEMENT WITH THE 55 PLUS CLUB AND THE CHINO HILLS MILITARY SERVICE MONUMENT AND OUR VETERANS EVENTS. SO WE WILL BE A JOURNEY IN OUR MEMORY IN MEMORY OF SHARING THIS EVENING AND YEAH, AS A MEMBER, BUT, YOU KNOW, UH, I I'VE, I'VE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH CHUCK, UH, SINCE HER PASSING AND, AND HERE WAS A MAN WHO NOT ONLY LOVED THIS WOMAN, IMMENSELY WAS SO PROUD OF HER INDIVIDUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS. [02:10:01] AND HE HAD ASKED ME IF I WOULD JUST MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNEW THAT BESIDES ALL THE OTHER WONDERFUL THINGS SHE DID, SHE REGULARLY VOLUNTEERED AS THE PIANIST FOR THE CHURCH SCHOOL AND LOCAL, UH, SOCIAL FUNCTIONS. UH, SHE ALSO SUPPORTED THE U S ARMY PERSONNEL IN SOUTH KOREA BY HOSTING HER OWN RADIO SHOW. AND DURING HER, UH, ST LUCY'S YEARS, SHE TRIUMPHED AS A BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR. AND SHE ALSO WAS INVOLVED WITH, UH, THE W A S C COORDINATOR AND SHE WASP. AND, UH, HE THOUGHT THAT POSSIBLY YOU COULD EXPLAIN WHAT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT IS. UH, CYNTHIA, BECAUSE YOU WERE INVOLVED WITH SCHOOLS, YOU GUYS LIKE THAT, UM, WASC ACCREDITATION IS VERY IMPORTANT TO SCHOOLS. UM, SOMETIMES YOU GET ONE FOR TWO YEARS OR SIX YEARS, BUT THE FACT THAT SHE WAS THE LEAD ON THAT SAID A LOT TO HER, HER LEADERSHIP AND HER KNOWLEDGE OF THE SCHOOL CAMPUS THAT SHE WAS ON. SO I KNOW THAT HE WAS VERY PROUD OF THAT ACCOMPLISHMENT. AND, UH, SO BEING ON THE WASC ACCREDITATION IS, IS, UH, SOMETHING TO BE VERY PROUD OF AND HAVE SOME EXPERTISE. DEFINITELY. WELL, WE'RE ALL PROUD OF OUR SPOUSES AND, UH, THIS MAN IS NO EXCEPTION TO THAT. AND HE'S A VERY DEAR FRIEND AND A FELLOW VIETNAM VETERAN, AND I WANTED TO, UH, TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND A FEW ON THOSE STATEMENTS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO DO THAT. NO, DEFINITELY. WE CERTAINLY WILL MISS HER. WE, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW SHE ADDED SO MUCH TO THE COMMUNITY. AND SO WITH THAT, WE WILL BRING YOUR JOURNEY IN SHARON'S MEMORY THIS EVENING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. . * 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.