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[ 7:00 P.M. - CONVENE MEETING / ROLL CALL]
ALL RIGHT.THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED CHINO HILLS CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 9TH, 2021.
WOULD YOU MIND TAKING ROLL MAYOR? JOE'S HERE.
ALL RIGHT, THEN I WILL LEAD US IN OUR PLEDGE
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]
OF ALLEGIANCE, FOLLOWED UP BY OUR INVOCATION FROM CHINO VALLEY, INDEPENDENT FIRE DISTRICT CHAPLAIN, KEITH ROBY.I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[ INVOCATION: Chaplain Keith Roby, Chino Valley Independent Fire District]
FOR OUR INVOCATION BY OUR CHAPLAIN CHAPLAIN, ROBY.WE THANK YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY AND FOR ALL YOUR BLESSINGS, AS WE GATHERED TONIGHT, WE ASKED THAT YOU WOULD BE IN OUR MIDST AND HELP US TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT WOULD HONOR YOU.
WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO PROTECT AND WATCH OVER OUR CITY.
WE PRAY FOR THOSE THAT ARE SICK OR INJURED.
AND FOR THOSE THAT HAVE LOST LOVED ONES, GIVE THEM STRENGTH, COMFORT, AND HEALING.
WE THANK YOU FOR THOSE THAT WE RECOGNIZE TONIGHT FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO INTEGRITY, LEADERSHIP, PARTNERSHIP, SERVICE, AND RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ASSEMBLE OF PUBLIC FAITH AND TRUST.
WE PRAY FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM THE WISDOM TO CONTINUE TO USE THE RESOURCES YOU HAVE PROVIDED WISELY.
GIVE THEM UNITY OF THOUGHT THAT THEY MAY CONTINUE TO ENHANCE AND GROW OUR CITY FOR THE GOOD OF ALL THOSE THAT HAVE PLACED THEIR TRUST IN CONFIDENCE.
IN MY LEADERSHIP, WE PRAY THIS IN YOUR PRECIOUS NAME.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO RECOGNITION.
[3. RECOGNITION - Recognition of Deputies Alex Barrera and Julio Vasconcelos of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, for receiving the Lifesaving Award]
PRESENTATION THIS EVENING, RECOGNIZING DEPUTIES, ALEX BERRERA AND JULIO VASCONCELOS FROM OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT FOR A LIFESAVING AWARD CONGRATULATE, DEPUTY BARRERA AND DEPUTY VASCONCELLOS FOR RECEIVING THE LIFESAVING AWARD, THEIR QUICK THINKING AND DECISIVE ACTIONS HELP SAVE THE LIVES OF ONE INDIVIDUAL INVOLVED IN A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT.AND ONE PERSON WHO HAD DIALED NINE 11 FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.
CATHERINE WALKER, WOULD YOU MIND TELLING US THE STORY OF WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY? FIRST I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU ABOUT DEPUTY ALEX.
UM, THAT SAVED THE LIFE OF KEVIN SIBOS IN MAY OF 2020.
WHEN YOU HEARD A CALL ABOUT A MOTORCYCLE DOWN, BREYER DROVE TO AN UNFAMILIAR AREA WHERE HE CAME UPON MR.
PARDON? DEPUTY DEPUTY BREYER USED HIS TRAINING, TOOK IMMEDIATE LIFESAVING ACTION AND APPLIED A TOURNIQUET TO THE SEVERELY INJURED ARM, WHICH SLOWED THE BLOOD LOSS UNTIL PARAMEDICS ARRIVED.
FOUR MINUTES LATER, SYMBIOSIS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL, UNDERWENT SURGERY AND SURVIVED.
UM, MY UNDERSTAND THAT MR.
CAN YOU UNMUTE MR.
HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE SOME ANONYMOUS AND SOME PHONE NUMBERS.
SO IF YOU ARE ON THE LINE, COULD YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IN THE ZOOM APPLICATION OR DIAL STAR NINE TO RAISE YOUR HAND FROM A PHONE? I DO NOT SEE
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ANY HANDS RAISED AND HIS NAME'S NOT APPEARING IN THE LIST.UH, SO THIS AGAIN, ONCE AGAIN, THE CITY COUNCIL, AND I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THIS CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FOR YOUR EFFORTS THAT SAVED MR. SEBELIUS'S LIFE.
UM, DEBBIE BERERRA, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU, THIS IS KIND OF DISJOINTED GIVE YOU THIS CERTIFICATE.
SO RESPONDED TO A CALL FOR MEDICAL AID FOR A MALE WHO WAS NOT BREATHING.
DEPUTY BASKIN SWISS ARRIVED WITHIN MINUTES AND USED HIS TRAINING TO START CPR ON A CHINO HILLS RESIDENCE.
HE CONTINUED WITH CHEST COMPRESSIONS FOR A FEW MINUTES UNTIL FIRE PERSONNEL ARRIVED.
PARAMEDICS WERE GETTING TO PULSE AND TRANSPORTED.
MR. MA MLXN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR FURTHER TREATMENT, UH, CHINO VALLEY, UM, CHINO VALLEY FIRE PERSONNEL THANKED DEPUTY BASKIN SWELLS FOR HIS QUICK RESPONSE AND DECISIVE ACTIONS THAT WERE CRITICAL IN SAVING HIS LIFE.
DEPUTY BASKIN SALES FOLLOWED UP WITH THE FAMILY THE FOLLOWING DAY AND LEARNED THAT HE HAD SURVIVED AND WAS RECOVERING.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT HE MAY ALSO BE ON THE LINE.
THERE ARE TWO ENTRIES FOR, UM, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ASK TO UNMUTE ON THE FIRST ONE.
LET'S SEE HERE ONE SECOND HERE.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO KEEP YOU UP.
HI, THIS IS JUDY I'M ALEXA, UH, JOHN'S WIFE, JOHN, OR MORRISON.
IS HER, UH, WHAT DO YOU SAY TO DEPUTY? I MEAN SAID MY LIFE ANY MORE THAN THAT, I APPRECIATE IT.
JEOPARDY MAJOR KEEPING CONTACT WITH MY FAMILY AFTERWARDS, YOU CHECK UP ON ME, BUT PROJECTION.
AND I WAS HERE ALONG WITH THE OFFICER AND HIS FAMILY IS LISTENING.
I JUST LIKE TO SAY, AND TO YOU OFFICER DEPUTY OF ESSENCE SAILORS THAT, UM, NOBODY KNOWS, NOBODY KNOWS HOW WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO SAY A WORD.
AND WE ON OUR FAMILY IS SO GRATEFUL TO YOU.
UM, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH WORDS TO SAY HOW APPRECIATIVE WE ARE TO WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR FAMILY.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.
AND I THINK THAT CERTAINLY SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT THE KIND OF DEPUTIES THAT WE HAVE THAT PATROL OUR STREETS ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS, THAT YOU'RE ABLE JUMP IN AND TRULY SAVE LIVES.
BOTH OF YOU, IT'S CERTAINLY A TESTAMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT AND TO, UH, WHAT, UH, WHAT WE GET AS A CITY.
SO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE CERTIFICATE AS WELL.
YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR QUICK ACTIONS THAT SAVE LIVES, MR. MAYOR, AS YOU WERE WALKING OVER THERE, JUST A COUPLE THINGS REAL FAST, JOHN AND JUDY, THEY HAVE STRONG TIES TO THE COMMUNITY, JUDY, WITH GIRLS' SOFTBALL OVER THE YEARS.
AND JOHN WAS A HEAD COACH FOR THE GIRL'S SOFTBALL TEAM AT OUR YELLOW HER SCHOOL.
SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
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WE DON'T DO MANY PRESENTATIONS LATELY.SO KIND OF AT A, AT A SORTS WHERE WE NORMALLY DO.
ALL RIGHT, THEN AT THIS TIME WE WILL REPORT ANY ACTIONS TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I, THERE WAS NO REPORTABLE ACTION TAKEN.
AND WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS
[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS: At this time members of the public may address the City Council regarding any items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council, whether or not the item appears on the agenda, except testimony on Public Hearing items must be provided during those hearings. Please raise your hand via Zoom or dial *9 to be selected from the meeting cue. Individual audience participation is limited to three minutes per speaker.]
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 THOSE ITEMS APPEAR ON THE AGENDA, EXCEPT TESTIMONY ON PUBLIC 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 CITY CLERK.
I HAVE TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED TO BE READ INTO THE RECORD.
HOWEVER, WE WILL TAKE COMMENTS FOR WHOEVER RAISES THEIR HANDS.
ALSO, IF YOU HAVE CALLED INTO MAKE COMMENTS ON ITEM NUMBER 10, WE WILL HEAR YOUR COMMENTS AT THAT TIME.
AND ITEM 10 IS
SO OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS SUZETTE DANE.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.
MAYOR DOS MERE MARQUEZ COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF, AND RESIDENTS OF CHINO HILLS IS THAT DANG WITH FOURTH, FOURTH DISTRICT COUNTY SUPERVISOR CURT HOPKINS OFFICE.
FIRST OF ALL, ON BEHALF OF SUPERVISOR HAGMAN AND CONGRATULATIONS, THANK YOU TO OUR DEPUTY ALEX BARRERA AND DEPUTY JULIO.
WELL, YOU ARE TRUE HEROES AND CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FOR SUPERVISOR HAGMAN HAS BEEN DELIVERED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
SO YOU SHOULD BE GETTING THEM HOPEFULLY TO ME.
UM, I HAVE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT TONIGHT.
SUPERVISOR HAGMAN IS ENCOURAGING THE MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE INTERESTED IN BEING APPOINTED THE DA COMMUNITY COMMISSION TO APPLY.
NOW, THE APPLICANTS MUST BE RESIDENTS OF THE FOURTH DISTRICT AND SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING A RESUME.
IT MUST INCLUDE NAME, ADDRESS, AND EMAIL, A LETTER OF INTEREST TO ANSWER WHY YOU WOULD LIKE TO SERVE OR ARE QUALIFIED TO SERVE.
AND THREE REFERENCES, CONTACT INFORMATION ONLY.
PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATIONS, UH, TO MY EMAIL.
THAT'S SUZETTE DOT DANG@DLSDOTSDCOUNTY.GOV OR CALL OUR DISTRICT OFFICE AT (909) 465-5265.
FOR ANY QUESTIONS, MEETINGS FOR THIS COMMISSION TAKES PLACE ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.
AND THE TERM OF SERVICE IS ONE TERM THAT CONSISTS OF 18 MONTHS AS A COMMISSIONER, THE DEADLINE TO APPLY IS ONGOING, BUT APPLICATIONS RECEIVED BY MARCH 26TH WILL BE GIVEN PRIORITY.
SO IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO WILL BE A GREAT FIT, PLEASE ENCOURAGE THEM TO APPLY.
THE FIRST, UM, COMMENTS THAT WAS SUBMITTED WAS FROM MR. BRIAN AND PETROV, HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS BRIAN PETROFF, AND I AM WRITING THIS LETTER TO YOU BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED WITH STATE BILL AB SIX, EIGHT, SIX, WHICH WAS SIGNED INTO LAW BY GOVERNOR ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2018, AND MANDATES THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS TO BUILD 3,720 HIGH DENSITY HOMES ON UNDEVELOPED AND DEVELOPED LAND THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SHE, NO HILLS IS WELL-KNOWN FOR ITS HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE AND BEAUTIFUL RURAL ATMOSPHERE, WHICH IS THE REASON I MOVED HERE 35 YEARS AGO IN 1986, I LIVE IN DISTRICT TWO COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS DISTRICT, MY HOMELESS SURROUNDED BY HIGH DENSITY HOUSING ON ALL SIDES.
I LIVED NEAR CROSSROADS MARKETPLACE, WHICH IS IN COUNCIL MEMBER.
MARK HAS DISTRICT ONE IN AN ARTICLE IN THE CHAMPION IS PAPER DATED FEBRUARY 20TH, 2021 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, JOANN LOMBARDO STATED THAT THE CITY WOULD, COULD BE IN GOOD SHAPE.
IF THE CITY CAN INCLUDE DEVELOP SITES SUCH AS COMMERCIAL SITES, THE DIRECTOR FURTHER STATED THAT THERE IS A KEEN INTEREST FROM CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNERS TO BUILD HOUSING BECAUSE OF A CHANGE IN THE RETAIL MARKET.
THE OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE, JOHN MITCHELL OF CROSSROADS MARKETPLACE STATED THAT THEIR RETAIL CENTER IS ENCUMBERED BY BIG BOX STORES THAT ARE NOW VACANT AND COULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR HOUSING.
REALLY, AS YOU ARE ALL AWARE, THE PAST OWNER LET THE RETAIL CENTER GO INTO DISREPAIR FOR YEARS THINKING HE WOULD REPURPOSE THE SITE.
IN SEPTEMBER, 2016, HE SUBMITTED A PLAN TO THE CITY TO BUILD A HIGH RISE, APARTMENT COMPLEX PARKING STRUCTURE, KOREAN THEATER, NIGHTCLUB, AND SHOPS.
HIS PLAN WAS SHOT DOWN BY THE COMMUNITY.
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CENTER WAS SUBSEQUENTLY SOLD TO THE CURRENT OWNER WHO HAS BEEN RENOVATING AND REPAIRING IT FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS.THIS RETAIL CENTER HAS NOW PETS NOW HAS PETSMART AND DOLLAR TREE, WHICH ARE BOTH BIG BOX STORES.
THE STORES THAT RELOCATED AND ARE STILL IN BUSINESS ARE BEST BUY BED, BATH AND BEYOND AND BEVMO.
ALL OF WHICH MOVED TO THE CITY OF CHINO SPORTS CHALET DUE TO COMPETITION, WENT OUT OF BUSINESS.
DICK'S SPORTING GOODS, WHICH IS ALSO IN CHINO.
AND ONE OF THE COMPETITORS OF SPORTS CHALET IS ALSO A BIG BOX STORE.
MY POINT IS THAT BIG BACK STORE BOX STORES ARE HERE TO STAY.
IF THE NEW OWNER CAN'T LEASE THEM, THEN DIVIDE THEM INTO SMALLER UNIT.
SIMILAR TO WHAT HAPPENED TO THE K-MART CENTER IN DIAMOND BAR, LOCATED ON DIAMOND BAR BOULEVARD AT THE 60 FREEWAY, WHICH WAS CONVERTED TO THREE BUSINESSES IN THE FORMER KMART BUILDING.
I AM TOTALLY AGAINST ANY MORE HIGH DENSITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
PLEASE FIND A DIFFERENT LOCATION.
THE CITY NEED THE TAX REC NEEDS.
THE TAX REVENUE THAT THESE RETAIL COMMERCIAL CENTERS PROVIDE.
ONE OF THE POTENTIAL ALTERNATIVE LOCATIONS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD CONSIDER IS THE AEROJET PROPERTY.
NOW ON BY CORP, THERE ARE 400 ACRES.
PLUS WHEN YOU ADD IN THE MCDERMOTT RANCH, THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 580 ACRES.
ACCORDING TO THE CHAMPION NEWSPAPER ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN 2004, DTSC STATED IN THEIR REPORT THAT THE PROPERTIES USE IS UNRESTRICTED, INCLUDING FOR RESIDENTIAL HOUSING.
MY CONCERNS ARE WATER SHORTAGE DUE TO DROUGHT NOISE IMPACT ON LOCAL SCHOOLS, INCREASED TRAFFIC LOSS OF REVENUE FROM LOSING A RETAIL CENTER.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR SERVING OUR COMMUNITY AND DOING A GREAT JOB REPRESENTING OUR COMMUNITY.
IT IS MUCH, VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.
THE NEXT COMMENT THAT WE RECEIVED IS FROM MICHELLE, MY ADA, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN THE CITY PARK BASKETBALL COURTS WILL BE REOPENED.
THERE ARE NO COVID TRANSMISSION STATISTICS THAT SUPPORTS KEEPING THEM CLOSE.
THIS IS ONLY KEEPING ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FROM OUR KIDS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE IN A HEALTHY ACTIVITY FOR BODY AND MIND.
THOSE ARE ALL THE COMMENTS FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
ALL RIGHT, THEN AT THIS TIME I WILL TAKE ANY CONFLICT
[ CONFLICT OF INTEREST ANNOUNCEMENTS: Council Member abstentions shall be stated at this time for recordation on the appropriate item.]
OF INTEREST ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES.ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO HAVE, I WILL HAVE THE ONLY ONE TONIGHT.
WE WILL BE PULLING ITEM 11 TO BE HEARD AT THE END OF THE, UH, CONSENT CALENDAR.
UH, MY, THE NATURE OF MY CONFLICT OF INTEREST IS THAT WE WILL BE GOING OUT POTENTIALLY TO BID FOR SOLID WASTE SERVICES.
AND I WORK FOR A SOLID WASTE COMPANY, ATHENS SERVICES THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE A BITTER.
SO I WILL BE RECUSING MYSELF AND LEAVING THE ROOM TO COMPLETELY REMOVE MYSELF FROM ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST THERE IN.
SO THEN WITH THAT, UM, CONSENT
[ CONSENT CALENDAR (13 ITEMS) - All matters listed on the Consent Calendar are considered routine by the City Council and may be enacted by one motion in the form listed below. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless, before the City Council votes on the motion to adopt, Members of the City Council or staff request the matter to be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action. Removed consent items will be discussed immediately after the adoption of the balance of the Consent Calendar.]
CALENDAR, WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO PULL ANY ITEMS? ALL RIGHT.10 VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ, LIKEWISE 10, 11, 10.
MOTION TO APPROVE THE BALANCE, RIGHT? THAT WILL BE FIVE THROUGH NINE AND 12.
AND I HAVE TO RE SORRY, I FORGOT TO SAY, UM, ON ITEM 15, THIS ITEM, UH, REGARDING PIPE LINE AVENUE, SEWER MANHOLE ACCESS PROJECT, UM, IS REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA BECAUSE IT DOES NOT REQUIRE COUNCIL ACTION.
SO WE WILL BE, WE HAD A MOTION AND WE HAD A SECOND FOR FIVE THROUGH NINE, 12, 13, 14, 16, AND 17.
SO WHO GAVE THE SECOND? RIGHT.
MAYOR BENNETT, MAYOR MARK JOS.
THE MAYOR PRO TEM NEXT, UH, VICE MAYOR.
COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT ON NO LONGER BEAR.
THEN WE WILL BE HEARING ITEM 10 RATIFY
[10. Ratify City Manager’s notice exercising City’s option to purchase McCoy Equestrian and Recreation Center property for one dollar, approve purchase and authorize City Manager to take all related actions to complete the purchase, and find project exempt from review under California Environmental Quality Act]
CITY MANAGERS NOTICE EXERCISING THE CITY'S OPTION TO PURCHASE MCCOY, EQUESTRIAN AND RECREATION CENTER PROPERTY FOR $1 APPROVED PURCHASE AND AUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER TO TAKE ALL RELATED ACTIONS TO COMPLETE THE PURCHASE AND FIND PROJECT EXEMPT FROM REVIEW UNDER THE CALIFORNIA INVENTOR, ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT, MR. CITY MANAGER.MAYOR JOE CITY COUNCIL, UH, COLLEAGUES AND, UH, PUBLIC TONIGHT'S ITEM, UH, IS THE CULMINATION OF A INCREDIBLE GIFT THAT WAS GIVEN, UH, BY THE MCCOY FAMILY.
IN 1996, THE CITY ENTERED INTO A LONG-TERM LEASE, UH, AFTER THE PROPERTY WAS GIVEN, UH, FOR THE CITY TO CARE FOR IT, ESSENTIALLY AS STEWARDS AT THE CULMINATION OF THAT LEASE, WE HAVE THE OPTION TO BUY THE PROPERTY FOR A DOLLAR.
UH, THERE WAS A CASH CONTRIBUTION FROM THE MCCOY'S AS WELL, WHICH WENT TOWARD THE, UH,
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OUTFITTING AND UPDATING OF THE FACILITY.UH, OVER THE COURSE OF THE 25 YEARS, THE CITY HAS ALSO CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE FACILITY.
UH, AND THEN TONIGHT, UH, THE GOAL IS TO HAVE THE COUNCIL RATIFY US, TAKING THE STEPS TO MAKE THAT FACILITY GO FROM THE TRUSTEES TO THE CITY.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST IN THIS ITEM TONIGHT.
UH, WHAT'S NOT ON, ON THE AGENDA IS TALKING ABOUT THE USE.
THERE, THERE IS NO, UH, AGENDA ITEM.
AND I KNOW THAT THAT WILL COME UP IN SOME OF THE COMMENTS WE HAVE, BUT STRICTLY TONIGHT, WE'RE LOOKING TO START THE PROCESS FOR ACTUALLY PURCHASING THE PROPERTY.
WE HAVE A ONE-YEAR WINDOW WITH WHICH TO START THAT IN A SIX WINDOW THAT WE HAVE TO EXECUTE IT.
AND WE'RE WITHIN THAT TIMEFRAME RIGHT NOW.
THEN WHY DON'T WE TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS NOW? AND THEN WE CAN HAVE QUESTIONS DIRECTED TO THE CITY MANAGER AFTER THAT, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
I HAVE SEVERAL WRITTEN COMMENTS.
WE'LL TAKE THE COMMENTS WITH THE HANDS RAISED FIRST.
IF YOU SUBMITTED COMMENTS IN WRITING AND WASHED TO MAKE YOUR HAND YOUR COMMENTS ORALLY, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND WE'LL LET YOU SPEAK THEM RATHER THAN HAVE ME READ THEM RIGHT NOW.
I HAVE ONE HAND RAISED, AND THAT IS FOR MR. BILL HUGHES, MR. HUGHES BILL, LET ME TRY TO UNMUTE HIS MIC AGAIN.
SO IT SENDS THEM A MESSAGE, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THEY ARE BEING ASKED TO UNMUTE.
SO THEN THEY HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.
WE CAN LAND A SPACESHIP ON MARS, BUT MR. HUGHES, YOU CAN UNMUTE YOUR MIC.
HOW ABOUT WE COME BACK? RIGHT? I'M READY.
WELL, WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU THIS EVENING.
YEAH, I, I, I'VE NEVER GOTTEN LOST.
MARIANNE'S BEEN TELLING ME WHERE TO GO FOR A YEAR.
UM, UH, NUMBER ONE, I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT IT'S BEEN 25 YEARS SINCE, UH, I SAT DOWN AT HELEN MCCOY'S KITCHEN TABLE WITH DANNY GUNNELS, AND WE TALKED ABOUT HER PLAN FOR HER HOME TO BE LEASED HOME AND BARN THE FACILITY TO BE AT LEAST THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS AND TO BE PURCHASED BY THE CITY AT THE END OF 25 YEARS FOR ONLY A DOLLAR DANNY AND I WERE TO SERVE AS TRUSTEES OF THE MCCOY CRESTRON CENTER.
TRUST THE PURPOSE OF THIS TRUST WAS TO, AND I QUOTE PROVIDING SOLELY WITHIN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, WHERE THE PUBLIC MAY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF PARTICIPATING IN A QUESTION ACTIVITIES OF ALL MATRON TIMES IN QUOTE, THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS WAS TO DO THIS.
AND AGAIN, I QUOTE AS THEY DEEM APPROPRIATE INPUT FOR THIS TO HAPPEN, HELEN GAVE A TRUST CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO MAKE OR DEEMED HER DREAM OF REAL DANNY.
AND MY JOB WAS TO MAKE SURE THE CITY DID NOT REACH THE LEASE AND THAT HER PROPERTY WAS BEING USED IN THE MANNER SHE INTENDED.
IF YOU WALK THROUGH THE 20 ACRES OF THE MCCOY CRESTRON CENTER, SEE THAT THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS DID AN AMAZING JOB AT KEEPING ELLEN'S DREAM ALIVE.
ELLEN, HOWEVER WAS, WAS NOTHING.
IF NOT A REALIST, SHE LIVED ON THE PROPERTY UNTIL SHE DIED, WHERE SHE COULD SEE THE PROGRESS OF IT ALL COMING TOGETHER.
YES, SHE WANTED A QUESTION ACTIVITIES, BUT SHE WAS TICKLED WHEN SHE SAW HER OLD BARN BEING USED FOR PARTIES AFTER IT WAS REDONE, SOMETHING SHE GLAD THEY PAID FOR.
SHE DROPPED IN ON MANY OF THOSE PARTIES OVER THE YEARS, WE HAD OUR SON'S WEDDING RECEPTION THERE, AND WE CAN TELL YOU JUST HOW WONDERFUL IT TURNED OUT.
MY HOPE AS THE CITY GOES FORWARD AND PAYS THE GIANT PRICE OF $1 AND TAKES TITLE TO JUST JEWEL OF 20 ACRES IN THE HEART OF THE CITY IS THAT THEY CONTINUE TO PRESERVE THE CENTER AS ONE THAT CAN BE ENJOYED FOR YEARS TO COME BY.
THE CITIZENS OF CHINO HILLS ARE NOT ONLY EQUESTRIAN EVENTS, BUT FOR ALL OF THE OTHER GREAT THINGS THAT CAN TAKE PLACE THERE IT'S LOCATION NEXT TO OUR NEWER COMMUNITY CENTER GIVES THE CITY SOMETHING SPECIAL THAT YOU CANNOT FIND ANYWHERE ELSE.
IT'S PART OF THE FABRIC OF CHINO HILLS.
I FORGOTTEN THE IMPORTANT PART HERE.
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DOLLAR PAYMENT, IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN QUITE THE THING WHEN PRESENTED TO HELEN EACH YEAR AND SHE GOT A LOT OF AMUSEMENT OUT OF IT WITH THE FINAL $1 THAT ENDS WITH WHAT IS KNOWN AS A MACQUARIE CHRISTIAN CENTER TRUST.WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT THIS FINAL DOLLAR IS FRAMED AND HUNG IN THE OLD BARN, SO THAT THOSE WHO SEE IT WILL KNOW WHAT ONE WOMAN'S DREAM CAN DO.
I THINK THAT'S A FANTASTIC GESTURE.
IT'S LIKE THE FRAME WILL COST MORE THAN THE, UH, THE DOLLAR INSIDE, BUT WE, WE APPRECIATE THAT.
THE FIRST COMMENT THAT WE HAVE IS FROM SUSIE LISTRAK, DEAR COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M WRITING TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE MCCOY QUESTIONS CENTER AND REQUEST THAT THIS LETTER BE READ INTO THE MINUTES OF YOUR MARCH 9TH, 2021 PUBLIC MEETING.
AS YOU KNOW, THIS WONDERFUL FACILITY WAS DONATED TO THE CITY BY LONG-TIME RESIDENTS, FRANK AND HELEN MCCOY FOR USE AS AN EQUESTRIAN CENTER.
TRUST THEM, EQUATE TRUST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE STIPULATION THAT AFTER THE 25 YEAR LEASE EXPIRE, THE CITY COULD BUY THE QUESTION'S CENTER FOR $1.
THAT PURCHASE IS SET TO TAKE PLACE THIS WEEK AND RANKS UP THERE WITH NATIVE SELLING MANHATTAN ISLAND FOR A HANDFUL OF BEADS AS A GREAT DEAL FOR THE BUYER.
APPROXIMATELY 20 PRIME ACRES IN CHINO HILLS, FULLY DEVELOPED FOR A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES FOR A BUCK IS BOTH A FABULOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CITY AND A REMINDER OF THE INCREDIBLE GENEROSITY AND VISION OF THE MCCOYS.
BUT PLEASE NOTE THAT THE VENUE IS CALLED THE QUESTIONS CENTER, NOT THE MCCOY BINGO PARLOR OR THE MCCOY WEDDING CHAPEL, ALTHOUGH COVID HAS DERAILED A FULL YEAR'S ACTIVITIES.
PEOPLE IN THE CHINO HILLS EQUESTRIAN COMMUNITY WERE AND ARE CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR PLANS FOR MCCOY'S WHEN IT IS UNDER THE COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE CITY.
WHEN THE CHINO HILLS EQUESTRIAN OVERLAY WAS FINALIZED IN 2016, CITY COUNCIL PROMISED, CONCERNED RESIDENTS THAT AN EQUESTRIAN COMMITTEE WOULD BE CREATED TO HELP GUIDE FUTURE HORSE RELATED ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING THE USE OF MCCOY'S, BUT THAT COMMITTEE WAS NEVER FORMED.
SO NOW THE CITY IS ABOUT TO OWN A JUUL OF A SMALL EQUESTRIAN FACILITY WITHOUT EXPERTISE OR COMMUNITY INPUT INTO ITS MANAGEMENT.
WE ARE AFRAID THAT THE CITY WILL DISHONOR FRANK AND HELEN MCCOY'S INTENTIONS AND TURN THEIR FORMER HOME INTO A NON EQUESTRIAN PARK OR WORSHIP HIGH DENSITY HOUSING.
IN 2010, THERE WERE MORE THAN 30 HORSE SHOWS AT MCCOY'S, BUT IN 2019, THERE WERE THREE.
YES, THE EQUESTRIAN MARKET HAS CHANGED, BUT IT IS CURRENTLY STRONG AND THERE ARE EVER FEWER PLACES TO HOLD EVENTS, WHICH CREATES A HIGHER DEMAND FOR PLACES LIKE MCCOY'S MCCOY'S ARENAS ARE WATERED AND DRAGGED REGULARLY.
YET THEY'RE ALWAYS KEPT LOCKED.
SO WRITERS HAVE TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS TO USE THEM.
UNLIKE OTHER CITY PARK FACILITIES WITH REGULAR HOURS, IF THE MCCOY HOME OR BARN ARE RENTED FOR WEDDINGS, HAWKS ACTIVITIES ARE NOT ALONE.
IT SEEMS LIKE THE MCCOY EQUESTRIAN CENTER IS BEING PROMOTED FOR ANYTHING BUT EQUESTRIAN USE IF PROPERLY MARKETED.
AND WITH THE POSSIBLE ADDITION OF MODEST OVER NIGHT, STABLING FACILITIES, MCCOYS COULD BECOME THE PREMIER SMALL HORSE SHOW PARK IN ALL OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, UNLIKE SPORTS VENUES, WHERE PARTICIPANTS SIMPLY LOAD UP THEIR MINI BANDS AND DRIVE TO AND FROM COMPETITIONS EACH DAY, HORSES TRAVEL WITH LOTS OF GEAR AND SPEND SEVERAL DAYS AT MANY COMPETITIONS.
THIS CREATES OVERNIGHT HOTEL STAYS MEALS, FUEL AND SUPPLY PURCHASES FOR LOCAL SHOTS SHOPS AND RESIDENTS, RESTAURANTS, AND A SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE ECONOMIC IMPACT IN CITIES THAT HOST HORSE EVENTS, PLEASE FORM THE CHINO HILLS EQUESTRIAN COMMITTEE NOW AND ASSURE CHINO HILLS RESIDENTS PUBLICLY AT YOUR MARCH 9TH, 2021 MEETING THAT YOU ARE DEDICATED TO CONTINUING THE ROLE OF THE MCCOY EQUESTRIAN CENTER AS A CENTERPIECE OF A UNIQUE EQUESTRIAN COMMUNITY, JUST AS FRANK AND HELEN MCCOY INTENDED.
DEAR COUNCIL MEMBERS, PLEASE READ MY COMMENTS INTO THE MARCH 9TH, 2021 COUNCIL MEETING NOTES.
I HAVE BOARDED MY HORSES AND CHINO HILLS FOR MANY YEARS.
I ENJOY THE RURAL ATMOSPHERE, WHICH IS BECOMING HARDER TO FIND IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HORSES DO BEST IN QUIETER AREAS WHERE NOISE MACHINERY AND MOTORIZED VEHICLES ARE MINIMUM MINIMALIZED HORSES PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH AND ADULTS TO RECREATE AND LEARN.
AND CHINO HILLS HAS HISTORICALLY PROVIDED A SAFE ENVIRONMENT TO FOSTER THESE OPPORTUNITIES.
REAL ESTATE VALUES IN THE AREA REFLECTS THE HIGH INTEREST IN HORSE KEEPING FACILITIES AND THE RURAL ATMOSPHERE WITHIN A CITY.
I UNDERSTAND THE MCCOY EQUESTRIAN CENTER IS ABOUT TO BECOME FULLY OWNED BY THE CITY.
PLEASE KEEP THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THIS FACILITY ON HORSES AND HORSE RELATED ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING HORSE SHOWS.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS THE MCCOY'S ORIGINAL INTENT WHEN THEY SET UP THE EQUESTRIAN CENTERS DONATION TO THE CITY.
THE MCCOY QUESTION CENTER IS ONE OF THE AREAS OF HORSES AND THEIR OWNERS LOVE TO VISIT.
IF MONETIZING THE SENATOR CENTER NEEDS IDEAS, THE LOCAL HORSE OWNERS, GROUPS HAVE MANY CREATIVE THOUGHTS WHICH CAN BE IMPLEMENTED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
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NEXT WE HAVE FROM UNA TALK AS AN OWNER OF EQUESTRIAN PROPERTY AND CHINO HILLS, IT IS A VITAL IMPORTANCE TO ME THAT THE QUESTRAN COMMUNITY HAVE MEANINGFUL IMPORT IN THE DECISION-MAKING SURROUNDING THE FUTURE USE OF THE MCCOY QUESTIONS CENTER.I HOPE YOU WILL KEEP US ALL INFORMED OF THE ISSUES SURROUNDING THE PLANS FOR THIS GENEROUS GIFT TO THIS NEXT WEEK.
ALL I AM WRITING THIS EMAIL BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT.
THIS FACILITY HAS BEEN A BIG PART OF CHINO HILLS FOR MANY YEARS.
I AM A PROPERTY OWNER IN CHINO HILLS, AND I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT FOR MANY YEARS AND I GREW UP IN CHINO.
I LIVE NOT FAR AWAY NOW IN A, IN A NEIGHBORING CITY.
I HAVE RIDDEN HORSES FOR MANY YEARS SINCE I WAS A KID.
AND I REMEMBER THE DAYS ENGLISH RED WAS A SPECIAL PLACE.
I HAVE KEPT MY HORSES ON AN ENGLISH ROAD AND IN MULTIPLE PLACES IN CHINO HILLS, THERE'S NOWHERE LIKE IT.
HAVING A FACILITY LIKE MCCOY'S FOR EQUESTRIAN EVENTS IS A RARE TREASURE.
THE FACILITY IS BEAUTIFUL AND THE ARENAS CAN BE TOO CAN BE AGAIN TOO.
I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO USE IT FOR QUESTIONING EVENTS AND WEDDINGS.
I DO UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS HARD TO MAINTAIN AND BOOK OUT FOR EVENTS, INCLUDING EQUESTRIAN EVENTS.
BUT I DO KNOW THERE ARE BETTER WAYS TO DO IT.
AND IF YOU EVER NEED HELP OR IDEAS, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO SO.
I WANTED TO VOICE MY OPINION BEFORE THE MEETING TONIGHT.
SO EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE IN THE COUNCIL WHO MAY NOT HAVE GROWN UP IN THE AREA OR KNOW THE AREA AS WELL FROM THE QUESTION SIDE OF THINGS CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT A BEAUTIFUL TREASURE MCCOY'S IS AND HOW SPECIAL OUR CITY IS AND WHAT IT HAS MEANT TO THE HORSE WORLD FOR ALL THESE YEARS.
IF YOU ASK ANYONE IN THE HORSE BUSINESS ABOUT CHINO HILLS, THEY WILL TELL YOU WHAT A SPECIAL TELL YOU A SPECIAL PLACE.
NEXT WE HAVE COMMENTS FROM AARON, SIR, DEAR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AM WRITING TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE MCCOY QUESTIONS CENTER AND REQUEST THAT THIS LETTER BE READ INTO THE MINUTES OF YOUR MARCH 9TH, 2021 PUBLIC MEETING AS THIS BEAUTIFUL QUESTION FACILITY IS ABOUT TO TRANSITION TO A CITY OWNED FACILITY.
I AM CONCERNED ABOUT FUTURE USES OF THIS UNIQUE PROPERTY.
THE MCCOY QUESTIONS CENTER LIES IN THE MIDST OF A VERY SPECIAL EQUESTRIAN COMMUNITY WHILE URBAN SPRAWL CONTINUES TO SQUEEZE OUT RURAL LIVING SPECIFICALLY THE EQUESTRIAN LIFESTYLE NICOISE IS AN IMPORTANT PROPERTY TO THE EQUESTRIAN WAY OF LIFE THAT REMAINS IN CHINO HILLS IN THE SURROUNDING CITIES.
THIS FACILITY HAS IN THE PAST, PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN A QUESTION IN SPORTS, SUPPORTING BOTH YOUTH AND ADULTS.
THERE ARE VERY LIMITED WRITING RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THE EXISTING QUESTIONS AND CHINO HILLS, THEN MCCOY EQUESTRIAN CENTER IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF DAILY LIFE OF THE HORSES AND THEIR OWNERS.
IT COULD BE ARGUED THAT LOCAL EQUESTRIANS HAVE NOT USED THE FACILITY VERY MUCH IN RECENT TIMES.
IT ISN'T BECAUSE THEY HAVE LOST INTEREST IN USING THE FACILITY, BUT RATHER DUE TO THE LACK OF ACCESS TO THE ARENAS, THE LOCAL EQUESTRIANS ARE ANXIOUSLY WAITING FOR WHEN THE ARENAS WILL, ONCE AGAIN BE OPEN FOR USE DURING THE HOURS POSTED ON THE GATES AT PROPERTY INTEREST POINTS, THE FORMATION OF A CHINO HILLS EQUESTRIAN COMMUNITY COMMITTEE IS CRITICAL FOR DETERMINING THE FUTURE OF THIS VERY UNIQUE AND SPECIAL PROPERTY.
IT IS CRUCIAL THAT THE QUESTIONS AND CHINO HILLS HAVE A VOICE IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS REGARDING THE FUTURE OF THIS FACILITY, AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER WITH CITY OFFICIALS IN DETERMINING THE FUTURE OF MCCOY'S EQUESTRIAN CENTER AND FURTHER A QUESTION OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE CITY IS WELCOMED.
I THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS LETTER.
NEXT IS FROM TIFFANY KEL BRENTON.
DEAR SIR, COUNSEL, I HAVE BEEN AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE CHILI CHINO HILLS EQUESTRIAN COMMUNITY FOR THE PAST 31 YEARS.
CHINO HILLS HAS ALWAYS SOUGHT, OFFERED AN AMAZING ENVIRONMENT FOR THE EVER DWINDLING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA POPULATION.
ONE OF MY FOCUSES OVER THE YEARS HAS BEEN DEVELOPING YOUTH RIDERS.
THE QUESTIONING KIDS ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR COMMUNITY HORSES, GIVE THE KIDS A SAFE, HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT TO GROW UP IN HORSES.
HORSE KIDS MAKE RIDING A HUGE PART OF THEIR LIFE UNTIL THEY ARE 18 AND OFF TO COLLEGE.
BEING AN EQUESTRIAN FOR A YOUTH WRITER TEACHES AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF RESPONSIBILITY, WORK ETHIC, SPORTSMANSHIP, THE ABILITY TO FAIL AND PUSH ON EMPATHY, PATIENCE, PERSEVERANCE, KINDNESS, AND FOCUS.
THE MAJORITY OF KIDS WHO CHOOSE RIDING AND COMPETING AS THEIR SPORT HAVE MUCH HIGHER GRADES THAN MOST AS THEY HAVE TO LEARN TO BUDGET THEIR TIME.
THE FEW THAT STRUGGLED IN SCHOOL ACTUALLY WENT ON TO START IN SUCCEED IN THEIR OWN BUSINESSES.
THERE ARE A NUMEROUS YOUTH WRITERS FROM THE CHINO HILLS AREA WHO OVER THE YEARS HAVE NOT ONLY COMPETED AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, BUT HAVE GONE ON TO COMPETE AND SUCCEED AT THE STATE NATIONAL AND WORLD LEVEL.
MCCOYS HAS OFFERED A COMPETITION VENUE TO BOTH YOUTH AND AMATEUR WRITERS, HAVING A LOCAL CON COMPETITION COMPETITION AREA.
WHEN SO MANY ARE DISAPPEARING IS AN AMAZING ASSET TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THE MCCOY'S ENVISIONED THE GROUNDS AS THEY HAVE BEEN DESIGNED AND BUILT WITH INCREDIBLE AMBIANCE OF COUNTRY AND SERENITY AND QUALITY.
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE PLENTY OF BASEBALL, SOCCER AND FOOTBALL FIELDS IN THE CHINO HILLS AND SURROUNDING AREAS, ALLOWING MCCOYS TO REMAIN AT AN EQUESTRIAN CENTER, PRESERVES THE NATIONAL INTER
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INTEGRITY OF THE AREA AND HELPS TO PRESERVE THE ABILITY FOR KIDS TO REALIZE THE DREAM OF RIDING, OWNING AND COMPETING AS AN EQUESTRIAN.SINCERELY, TIFFANY KENDALL, BRINTON NEXT IS FROM JANINE MONAHAN, DEAR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AM WRITING TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE MCCOY'S EQUESTRIAN CENTER AND REQUEST THIS LETTER BE READ INTO THE MINUTES OF YOUR MARCH 9TH, 2021 PUBLIC MEETING NICOISE IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE CHINO HILLS EQUESTRIAN COMMUNITY.
I WOULD HATE TO SEE IT TURN INTO SOMETHING ELSE, TOO MANY QUESTIONS AND FACILITIES ARE CLOSING AND THE QUESTIONING COMMITTEES SHOULD CREATED TO HELP GUIDE FUTURE HORSE RELATED ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING THE USE OF MCCOY'S.
THIS WOULD ALLOW COMMUNITY INPUT INTO THE FUTURE OF THIS FACILITY.
ALSO, IT WOULD BE NICE IF THE ARENAS WERE LEFT OPEN AT SPECIFIED HOURS.
SO RIDERS COULD USE THEM AT THEIR LEISURE.
I LOVE TO RIDE FROM THE BARN OVER TO MCCOY'S AND IF ARENAS ARE OPEN, I WOULD USE THEM.
IT IS A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY FOR HOLDING HORSE SHOWS.
IF OVERNIGHT STABLING WAS ADDED, IT WOULD ALLOW PARTICIPANTS TO STAY AT LOCAL HOTELS AND DINE AT LOCAL RESTAURANTS, THAT'S ADDING TO CHINO HILLS ECONOMY.
PLEASE HELP KEEP ALIVE A LARGE PIECE OF THE EQUESTRIAN COMMUNITY AND CHINO HILLS.
NEXT WE HAVE LINDA POWELL, PLEASE DO NOT CLOSE YOUR QUESTION CENTER.
A LOT OF OUT-OF-TOWN CLUBS COME RENT YOUR FACILITY, PURCHASING YOUR TOWN AND LEAVE YOU MONEY.
WE HAVE TO EAT, GET GAS AND SPEND MONEY.
WHEN WE ARE AT YOUR FACILITY THAT IS RENTED BY SOME LOCAL, SOME NOT LOCAL SMALL CLUBS.
YOUR TOWN HAS SPENT SOME MONEY ON THE CENTER AND IT IS APPRECIATED.
PLEASE DO NOT THROW AWAY YOUR TAXPAYER'S MONEY BY CLOSING YOUR CENTER.
YES, IT STILL NEEDS WORK, BUT SO DO YOUR HOMES.
THE LARGER YOU MAKE THE FACILITIES, THE MORE YOU WILL RENT IT, PLEASE DO NOT TAKE AWAY.
ONE OF THE FEW CLEAN FACILITIES LEFT NEXT IS FROM CATHERINE HADLEY TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
IT HAS RECENTLY COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT THIS BEAUTIFUL FACILITY WILL BE CHANGING HANDS AND THUS BRINGING MANY CONCERNS REGARDING HIS FUTURE TO LIGHT.
I HAVE PERSONALLY USED AND GENERALLY APPRECIATE APPRECIATED THIS BEAUTIFUL FACILITIES.
ON MANY OCCASIONS FOR VARIOUS HORSE SHOWS, I HAVE COMPLETED AND WON MANY BELT BUCKLES AND CHAMPION TITLES THERE, AS WELL AS CHEERED ON MY DAUGHTER AND TOO MANY FRIENDS TO COUNT.
IT WOULD BE A DETRIMENT TO THE CITY AND THE EQUESTRIAN COMMITTEE AS A WHOLE TO HAVE THIS FACILITY ALTERED, TO BE ANYTHING LESS THAN IT CURRENTLY IS.
I HAVE SEVERAL FRIENDS WHO LIVE IN THE AREA AND SINCERELY APPRECIATE THE FACILITY AND ALL IT HAS TO OFFER.
IT IS A FABULOUS PLACE FOR FAMILIES TOGETHER AND VARIOUS AUTOMAKERS TO COME AND APPRECIATE THESE BEAUTIFUL MAJESTIC ANIMALS.
IT IS ALSO A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY FOR WHOLESOME OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, SOMETHING SEVERELY LACKING IN OUR CURRENT SOCIETY.
I HOPE THE COUNCIL WILL TAKE ALL OF THIS INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN DECIDING THE FATE OF THIS DELIGHTFUL FACILITY, IT IS TOO NICE TO ALTER AND WOULD BE A SLAP IN THE FACE TO THE MEMORY OF THE MCCOY FAMILY TO DO SO AFTER ALL THEY HAVE DONE FOR THE CITY.
I HOPE THAT THE FUTURE OF THIS FACILITY IS FILLED WITH MANY MORE HORSE SHOWS, AS WELL AS POSITIVE POSSIBLE QUESTIONING CLINICS, FUN, EQUESTRIAN GAMING EVENTS, AND POSSIBLY SOME COMPETITIONS FOR THE CANINE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ THIS.
I GENUINELY HOPE YOU WILL TAKE ALL OF THIS INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN MAKING YOUR FINAL DECISION.
HELLO CITY COUNCIL OF CHINO HILLS.
MY NAME IS AMY MILLER AND I'VE HAD MY HORSE TRAINING BUSINESS, AMY MILLER, DRESSAGE AND CHINO HILLS SINCE 1993.
I'VE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGES IN CHINO HILLS IN THE LAST 28 YEARS.
I REMEMBER WHEN THE MCCOY CENTER EQUESTRIAN CENTER WAS BEING BUILT AND THINKING THAT A 25 YEAR LEASE WITH THE CITY WOULD BE FOREVER.
IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE THAT ALL THAT TIME HAS PASSED ALREADY.
THE POMONA CHAPTER OF THE CALIFORNIA ADDRESS SOCIETY USED TO HAVE THEIR SHOWS AT MCCOY'S IN YEARS PAST AS DID A LOT OF OTHER CLUBS, BUT NOW THEY USE OTHER SJOGREN'S GROUNDS BECAUSE MCCOYS HAD MANAGEMENT ISSUES AND RAISE THEIR RENTALS WITHOUT HAVING SOMEONE IN CHARGE WHO KNEW HOW TO RUN HORSE SHOWS.
IT IS A SHAME THAT THE MCCOY CENTER IS LESS THAN A MILE FROM SEVERAL TRAINING STABLES AND CHINO HILLS, BUT IT'S NO LONGER A DESIRABLE CHOICE FOR THE CLUBS THAT WE SHOW WITH.
SOME OF US DRIVE TO PLACES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF LOS ANGELES FOR SHOWS.
NOW THAT USED TO BE HELD HERE AND WE OFTEN SPEND THE NIGHT BECAUSE THE COMMUTE IS SO LONG, THAT IS CLEARLY A LOST OPPORTUNITY FOR MCCOYS AND THE HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS IN THE AREA.
THOSE OF US THAT RIDE HERE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BE ABLE TO USE MCCOY'S FOR PRACTICING ON A REGULAR BASIS, WHICH DOESN'T HAPPEN WITH THE ARENAS, ALWAYS PADLOCK CLOSED AND THE FOOTING NOT IN SHAPE.
I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY DOESN'T QUITE KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MCCOY'S BASKETBALL COURTS, SOCCER FIELDS AND BASEBALL DIAMONDS ARE FAMILIAR TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND EMPLOYEES WHO MANAGE THESE SPORTS MCCOY'S IS A WELL-DESIGNED RIDING FACILITY AND DESERVES TO HAVE THE SAME EXPERT MANAGEMENT AS THE OTHER RECREATIONAL OPTIONS IN THE CITY.
YOU DO HAVE EXPERTS RIGHT HERE, THOUGH.
AND I THINK THE IDEA OF A HORSEMAN'S COMMITTEE TO PUT PROPERTY
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OWNERS, HORSE EXPERTS IN CITY, EMPLOYEE POISE AT THE SAME TABLE TO PLAN FOR MCCOY'S AND OTHER HORSE ISSUES.AND SHE, NO HILLS IS NECESSARY THAT WOULD BRING TOGETHER IDEAS FROM ALL STAKEHOLDERS TO IMPROVE MCCOY, EQUESTRIAN CENTER AND KEEP IT VERY QUESTIONING USE, WHICH IS WHAT THE MCCOY'S WANTED WHEN THEY PLANNED IT.
I ALSO WANTED TO COMMENT ON THE HUGE INCREASE IN PEOPLE WALKING ON ENGLISH ROAD, SINCE COVID, SOMETIMES IT IS ALMOST HARD TO DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD.
THOSE PEOPLE ARE ALL OUT ENJOYING THIS MOST UNIQUE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY AND LOVE TO PET HORSES AND ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THEM ON THE ROAD.
PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN CHINO HILLS LOVED HORSES.
MANY OF THESE PEOPLE DRIVE FROM OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS TO SPECIFICALLY VISIT THE HORSES ON THEIR WALKS.
THEY ARE INVESTED IN THE HORSES, KNOW THEIR NAMES, CHOOSE THEIR FAVORITES, INTRODUCE THEM TO THEIR CHILDREN.
IT IS ALWAYS A SPECIAL MOMENT TO WATCH THE KIDS EYES LIGHT UP.
WHEN THE HORSES GENTLY REACH DOWN TO NUZZLE THEIR HAND, PLEASE INCLUDE MY LETTER IN THE MINUTES OF THE MARCH 9TH, 2021 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING MCCOY'S RETURNED TO ITS FORMER POPULARITY AS A SHOW VENUE.
NEXT IS FROM STEPHANIE BENNETT.
DEAR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TRUST IS AN IMPORTANT VIRTUE.
AND FRANK AND HELEN MCCOY TRUSTED AND WERE TOLD THAT IF THEY DONATED THEIR PROPERTY TO THE CITY, IT WOULD BE PRESERVED FOR THE EQUESTRIAN COMMUNITY.
I PERSONALLY KNEW THEM AND MANAGED THEIR FUNDS USED TO BUILD OUT THE VENUE FOR PUBLIC USE AND WEDDINGS.
IF THEY KNEW IT WAS A POSSIBILITY THAT IN SUCH A SHORT TIME, THE CITY WOULD EVEN CONSIDER DOING AWAY WITH THE EQUESTRIAN ACTIVITIES OF THE FACILITY.
THEY WOULD NOT HAVE DONATED IT.
GOING BACK ON A PROMISE CAN FUTURE DONORS BY SEEING FIRSTHAND THE CITY WON'T HONOR THEIR COMMITMENT, PLEASE RECONSIDER AND MAINTAIN THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE DONORS AND PRESERVE A PIECE OF THE EQUESTRIAN LIFESTYLE THAT HAS BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART OF AMERICA SINCE ITS BIRTH.
I AM CURRENTLY ATTENDING COLLEGE, EARN A PLACEMENT ON THE DEAN'S LIST AND BOARD MY HORSE ON ENGLISH ROAD.
EVER SINCE I WAS SIX YEARS OLD, HORSES HAVE ALWAYS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT PART OF MY LIFE.
WHEN I WAS LITTLE, I ATTENDED SEVERAL HORSE SHOWS AT MCCOY AND LEARN VALUABLE LESSONS, NO MATTER WHAT PLACE I RECEIVED AT THE SHOW, HORSES HELP PEOPLE OF ALL AGES WITH GAINING MORE RESPONSIBILITY, FORMING A CONNECTION AND HELP WITH OUR TROUBLES.
EVEN IF, EVEN IF THEY DO NOT REALIZE IT, KEEPING MCCOY, HORSE FOCUSED, KEEPING MACQUARIE HORSE FOCUS WOULD HELP PEOPLE OF ALL AGES LEARN MORE ABOUT HORSES AND TEACH INDIVIDUALS MORE LESSONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
PLEASE READ THIS LETTER INTO THE MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
NEXT IS FROM MICHELLE OLER, DEAR CITY COUNCIL OF CHINO HILLS.
I AM A LOCAL HORSE TRAINER OF THE AREA FOR OVER 25 YEARS AND WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THE MCCOY EQUESTRIAN CENTER OPEN AND HOST MORE HORSE SHOWS FOR OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES AS IT WAS INTENDED TO DO SO.
THIS BEAUTIFUL FACILITY HAS BEEN A FAVORITE TO SHOW AT OVER THE YEARS, AND THERE IS A GREAT DESIRE AND NEED FOR A GOOD SHOW FACILITY LIKE THIS.
PLEASE OPEN THE FACILITY UP TO USE AS FRANK AND HELEN MCCOY INTENDED CHINO HILLS AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
YES, NEXT WE HAVE COMMENTS FROM BOBBY POPE.
I USED TO USE THIS FACILITY WEEKLY AS IT WAS ALWAYS WELCOMING AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
THE PAST TWO YEARS, THAT CHANGED AND NOW WITH COVID, IT IS PRETTY MUCH, IT IS PRETTY MUCH CLOSED ALL YEAR, ALL OF LAST YEAR.
MOST OF THE PROBLEMS WITH FACILITIES RAN BY THE CITY IS LACK OF A QUESTION AND KNOWLEDGE WHEN THIS FACILITY WAS MANAGED BY GREAT HORSE BY GRACE HORT BY EIGHT.
IT HAD SHOWS EVERY MONTH AND WAS BOOKED.
I PERSONALLY WENT TO THE CHINO HILLS SHOWS AS IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET EXPERIENCE WITHOUT SPENDING AN ARM AND A LEG.
THEY OFFERED RAINING ON GOOD FOOTING, AND THOUGH IT WAS NOT WITHOUT FLAWS.
IT WAS GREAT PLACE FOR TRAINERS AND NON-CHRISTIANS TO PRACTICE THERE WITH THEIR HORSES.
I REMEMBER THE LAST SHOW THAT I ATTENDED HAS 60 ENTRIES FROM THE RAINING COMMUNITY.
NOW WITH THE THREAT OF IT CLOSING, I SIMPLY DON'T CLAIM TO KNOW CITY POLITICS, AND I'M SURE THAT 20 ACRES WOULD BRING REVENUE TO THE CITY OF CHANGE.
BUT THE AMOUNT OF EQUESTRIANS LIVING IN THE STATE IN DROVES IS BECAUSE OF CALIFORNIA IS BECAUSE CALIFORNIA IN GENERAL IS MAKING MORE DIFFICULT TO ENJOY AND AFFORD TO HAVE HORSES.
BUT IN QUESTION ARENA IS SIMPLY CLOSING THE COFFIN'S LID ON THE EQUESTRIAN LIFESTYLE IN CALIFORNIA, KEEPING THIS FACILITY OPEN AND MANAGE WELL SHOULD BE A PRIORITY.
NEXT IS FROM KIMBERLY
MY FIRST TRAINING BUSINESS FOR HARSH FARMS IS LOCATED HERE IN CHINO HILLS.
I AM ALSO A LICENSED EQUINE VETERINARIAN AND BOTH MY HORSE BUSINESS AND VETERINARY PRACTICE.
I SEE STABLES BEING SOLD FOR HOUSING AND HORSES PUSHED FURTHER AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE SUBURBS.
I'VE ALWAYS LOVED CHINO HILLS BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS RIGHT HERE.
STABLES, RIDING AREAS AND TRAILS AND GREAT PLACES TO EAT AND DO MOST OF MY SHOPPING, EVEN THOUGH I DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY, THE SHOWS, AND LIKEWISE, WE'RE
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ALL ALWAYS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS HORSE COMMUNITY.AND I WAS SURPRISED HAVING BEEN AWAY AT SCHOOL TO BE BACK AND REALIZE NOTHING WAS HAPPENING AT MCCOY'S HAS AN ARABIAN HORSE TRAINER.
I KNOW HOW BELOVED FRANK AND HELEN MCCOY WERE AND REMEMBER HOW AMAZED WE ALL WERE WHEN THEY GAVE THEIR ENTIRE RANCH TO THE CITY FOR IT TO SIT UNUSED AND NOT EVEN MAKE IT EASY FOR US TO RIDE IN THOSE BEAUTIFUL ARENAS IS A SHAME.
I STRONGLY SUPPORT IN THE QUESTIONING COMMITTEE TO HELP PLAN FROM A COYS AND OTHER HORSE ISSUES IN THE CITY.
YOU HAVE KNOWLEDGEABLE PEOPLE RIGHT HERE WHO ALSO OWN RANCHES AND CARE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN THEIR HOMETOWN.
I WOULD ALSO LOVE TO SEE MCCOY'S TAKE SERIOUS STEPS TO HAVE SHOWS AGAIN, BECAUSE IT IS BOTH CONVENIENT, TOO MANY HORSE PEOPLE AND A GREAT FACILITY FOR SHOWING HORSE ACTIVITIES ARE BOOMING DURING THE PANDEMIC.
AS PEOPLE REDISCOVERED THE FUN OF OUTDOOR RECREATION WITH BUILT-IN SOCIAL DISTANCING WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF RIDING HORSES ARE ONE OF THE MOST DELIGHTFUL THINGS ABOUT CHINO HILLS.
AND IT SEEMS THE CITY SHOULD TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF HAVING MCCOY QUESTIONS CENTER RIGHT HERE TO MAKE, TO HELP MAKE THIS CITY A POPULAR SHOW, DESTINATION, AND EVEN MORE DESIRABLE PLACE TO LIVE.
PLEASE INCLUDE MY COMMENTS WITH THE MINUTES OF YOUR NEXT MEETING.
NEXT IS FROM STEVE AND MELINDA MILLER.
THIS LETTER IS TO EXPRESS OUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE MCQUAIG EQUESTRIAN CENTER AND REQUEST THAT THIS LETTER BE READ INTO THE MINUTES OF YOUR MARCH 9TH, 2021 PUBLIC MEETING WHILE WE LIVE OUTSIDE OF YOUR CITY.
WE HAVE BOARDED OUR COURSES ALONG ENGLISH ROAD FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS AND ENJOY THE TRAILS AND COMMUNITY OF CHINO HILLS THROUGH OUR MEMBERSHIP AND THE RAMIAN HORSE ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA.
WE KNEW AND PARTICIPATED WITH FRANK AND HELEN MCCOY IN MANY EQUESTRIAN EVENTS.
THEY AS WELL AS WE WERE ALWAYS WILLING TO SHARE THEIR LOVE OF HORSES WITH CHILDREN WHO WANTED TO PET THE HORSES NOSE.
AS YOU KNOW, THIS WONDERFUL FACILITY WAS DONATED TO THE CITY BY LONG-TIME RESIDENTS, FRANK AND HELEN MCCOY FOR USE AS AN EQUESTRIAN CENTER.
THEY ALSO DONATED VIA THE MCCOY TRUST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE STIPULATION THAT AFTER THE 25 YEAR LEASE EXPIRED, THE CITY COULD BUY THE QUESTION'S CENTER FOR $1.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE VENUE IS CALLED THE MCCOY QUESTIONS CENTER, NOT THE MCCOY BINGO PARLOR OR THE MCCOY WEDDING CHAPEL, ALTHOUGH COVID HAS DERAILED A FULL YEAR'S ACTIVITIES.
PEOPLE IN THE CHINO HILLS EQUESTRIAN COMMUNITY WERE IN ARE CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR PLANS FOR MCCOY'S WHEN IT IS UNDER THE COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE CITY.
WHEN THE CHINO HILLS, THE QUESTION OVERLAY WAS FINALIZED 2016 CITY COUNCIL PROMISED CONCERNED RESIDENTS THAT AN EQUESTRIAN COMMITTEE WOULD SEND, BE CREATED TO HELP GUIDE FUTURE HORSE RELATED ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING THE USE OF MCCOY'S, BUT THAT COMMITTEE WAS NEVER FORMED.
SO NOW THE CITY IS ABOUT TO OWN A JUUL OF A SMALL EQUESTRIAN FACILITY WITHOUT EXPERTISE OR COMMUNITY INPUT INTO ITS MANAGEMENT.
WE ARE AFRAID THAT THE CITY WILL DISHONOR FRANK AND HELEN MCCOY'S INTENTIONS AND TURN THEIR FORMER HOME INTO A NON EQUESTRIAN PARK OR WORSE WORST YET HIGH DENSITY HOUSING, PLEASE FORM THE CHINO HILLS EQUESTRIAN COMMITTEE NOW AND ASSURE CHINO HILLS RESIDENTS PUBLICLY AT YOUR MARCH 9TH, 2021 MEETING THAT YOU ARE DEDICATED TO CONTINUING THE ROLE OF IN THE QUESTION, THE QUAKE QUESTIONS CENTER AS A CENTERPIECE OF A UNIQUE EQUESTRIAN COMMUNITY, JUST AS FRANK AND HELEN MCCOY INTENDED.
NEXT IS COMMENTS FROM RON HENRY TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN AS MY WIFE IS A PARTICIPANT IN HORSE SHOWS AND HAS SHOWN AT MCCOY'S IN KEEPING WITH THE HISTORY AND TRADITION OF THE FACILITY.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE MCCOYS REMAIN HAS AN EQUESTRIAN CENTER MOVING FORWARD ITEMS TO BE CONSIDERED MOVING FORWARD.
CONTINUED USE OF THE FACILITY FOR HER SHOWS AND MORE HORSE SHOWS OVERNIGHT STABLING FOR DISASTER EVACUATIONS AND MULTIPLE DAY SHOWS PROPER FOOTING, MAINTENANCE, ACTIVE MARKETING MARKETING OF THE FACILITY FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS, INCLUDING HORSE SHOWS, SEMINARS, CLINICS, AND SIMILAR EVENTS, POSSIBLY A DEDICATED EXPERIENCE.
EQUESTRIAN MANAGER FOR THE EQUESTRIAN CENTER EXPANDED USE TO INCLUDE OUTREACH FOR DOG SPORTS AND OTHER SIMILAR ANIMAL EVENTS CONTINUED VENUE FOR WEDDINGS AND RECEPTIONS.
LET'S KEEP IT AS A DESTINATION OF QUESTIONS CENTERED.
THE PEOPLE WANT NEXT STAR COMMENTS FROM MS. CURTIS MERITS, DEAR CHINO HILLS CITY COUNCIL.
I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT MCCOY'S EQUESTRIAN CENTER BE KEPT OPEN AND OPERATIONAL AS A USING EQUESTRIAN CENTER.
I SHOWED FOR YEARS AT THAT FACILITY AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS HOUSES IN THE AREA THAT HAVE DONE SO ALSO, AND EXPERIENCED THE QUESTION.
MANAGERS SHOULD BE HIRED FULL-TIME TO RUN THE FACILITY AND GET IT BACK TO ITS GLORY DAYS WHEN SHOWS WERE HELD THERE ON A REGULAR BASIS, THERE ARE TOO MANY QUESTIONS IN FACILITIES THAT HAVE BEEN CLOSED.
REDUCING THE NUMBER OF PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO SHOW THEIR HORSES.
THE FACILITIES WILL NEED TO BE IMPROVED WITH GOOD FOOTING IN THE AREA AGAIN, AND ACCESS ALLOWED TO USE THE FACILITIES.
EVEN AT TIMES WHEN HORSE SHOWS ARE NOT BEING HELD, IT IS ALSO AN EXCELLENT LOCATION TO HOLD EQUESTRIAN CLINICS AND SEMINARS.
MANY OF WHICH I HAVE ATTENDED IT IS ALSO EASY TO ACCESS FROM JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE
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IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.A RECENT STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE AMERICAN HORSE COUNCIL.
CALIFORNIA HAS THE SECOND LARGEST NUMBER OF HORSES IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
THE HORSE INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTES ONE TO 1.7 MILLION JOBS.
AND THE TOTAL ECONOMIC IMPACT CREATED BY THE HORSE INDUSTRY IS $122 BILLION ATTACHED AS A FLYER CREATED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA THAT DOCUMENTS THESE FACTS TAKEN FROM THE STUDY CONDUCTED CHINO HILLS COULD EASILY BENEFIT FROM KEEPING IT A CLASSIC QUESTRAN DESTINATION.
THE HORSES ARE HERE AND WE ARE WILLING TO SPEND THE MONEY TO ENJOY OUR CHOSEN FORM OF RECREATION.
WHAT WE NEED ARE QUALITY FACILITIES.
AND UNTIL FAIRLY RECENTLY, MCCOY'S EQUESTRIAN CENTER ALWAYS FILLED THAT CATEGORY FROM THE 1989 MOVIE FIELD OF DREAMS. IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME.
YOU JUST NEED TO RETURN IT TO THE FORMER STATUS OF A CLASSIC QUESTION FACILITY.
NEXT ARE COMMENTS FROM DEB HYLEK DEREK CHINO, CAL CHINO HILLS CITY COUNCIL, PLEASE HONOR THE MEMORY AND INTENT OF FRANK AND HELEN MCCOY AND KEEP THE QUESTIONS CENTER AVAILABLE FOR YOUR QUESTRAN USE.
THE FACILITY IS UNIQUE TO THE AREA AND THE SURROUNDING CITIES AND SHOULD BE MAINTAINED FOR ITS INTENDED PURPOSE.
IT IS SKILLFULLY PLANNED FOR HORSE SHOWS, CLINICS AND EQUESTRIAN ACTIVITIES.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO PARTICIPATING IN SUCH EVENTS WHEN RESTRICTIONS ARE LIFTED AS THE COMMUNITY LEADER OF THE ONLY LOCAL FOUR H GROUP IN THE AREA WITH THE HORSE PROJECT, I FEEL IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY AVAILABLE.
IF YOU NEED FURTHER INPUT OR A COMMITTEE TO ASSIST WITH PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN THIS MATTER.
NEXT IS JENNY GILLUM TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY VOICE FOR THE DECISION OF THE MCCOY'S EQUESTRIAN FACILITY.
AS A PREVIOUS WRITER AT EVENTS AND SHOWS HELD THERE IN THE PAST.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE FACILITY ACTIVE.
IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE CITY TO HIRE A MANAGER FOR THE EQUESTRIAN FACILITY TO BE RUN SMOOTHLY FOR EQUESTRIAN EVENTS.
THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF SHOWS OR EVENTS THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO BE HELD AT THE GROUND WITH LOW COST UPKEEP IN TIME.
IT COULD BECOME A VERY WELL KNOWN AND USED FACILITY THAT COULD FINANCIALLY BENEFIT THE CITY.
IT WOULD NEED SOMEONE WHO COULD MANAGE IT PROPERLY.
AND WITH RECENT EVENTS WOULD BE A WELCOME RELIEF TO THE HORSE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO USE.
I PERSONALLY WOULD ATTEND EVENTS AS THEY ARE CLOSE AND THE FACILITY IS SET UP WELL, I WOULD, I WOULD EVEN BE INTERESTED IN THE FACILITY.
IF THE FACILITY WAS OPEN TO RIDERS AND TRAILERS DURING THE WEEK, IT IS A GREAT TRAINING FACILITY AND WE'D BE PERFECT FOR EVENTS AS THE HORSE COMMUNITY WOULD LOVE TO USE MCCOYS FOR EVENTS.
IF IT WAS OPEN TO US, NEXT IS FROM JENNIFER MASON.
I AM WRITING TO SHARE MY CONCERN OVER THE CHANGES AT MCCOY'S IN CHINO HILLS.
I AM RELATIVELY NEW TO CHINO HILLS.
I DECIDED TO BRING MY TWO HORSES TO CHINO HILLS BECAUSE WHEN SEARCHING AROUND, I ABSOLUTELY FELL IN LOVE WITH THE CHINO HILLS EQUESTRIAN COMMUNITY NICOISE IS A HUGE PART OF THIS VERY UNIQUE AND VALUABLE COMMUNITY.
PRESERVING THE QUESTION IN FACILITIES AND THE QUESTION NEIGHBORHOODS HELP TO KEEP SHE DOWNHILLS A VALUABLE AND DESIRABLE PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK.
I HOPE THAT SHE KNOWS WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP MCCOY'S AND PRESERVE THIS VERY VALUABLE ASSET.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION NEXUS FROM NANCY HARVEY, DEAR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M WRITING TO FIRST REQUEST TO HAVE ITEM 10 RELATED TO THE PURCHASE OF THE MCCOY CENTER, MOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR TO THE REGULAR CALENDAR FOR DISCUSSION.
I REALIZED THAT THIS MAY BE MUST BE DONE BY COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT I AM REQUESTING TO DO SO.
IN ADDITION, I AM WRITING TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE MCCOY EQUESTRIAN CENTER AND REQUEST THIS LETTER BE READ INTO THE MINUTES OF YOUR MARCH, 2021 PUBLIC MEETING.
I PERSONALLY HAVE A LONG AND LOVING HISTORY WITH THIS FACILITY AND THE INCREDIBLE CUP, COUPLE CHINO HILLS RESIDENT, FRANK AND HELEN MCCOY, WHO DONATED THEIR HOME AND LAND FOR THE EXPRESS VIEWS BY THE VERY ACTIVE AND THRIVING EQUESTRIAN FAMILIES LOCATED IN THIS AREA.
IN ADDITION TO SERVING EXISTING EQUESTRIANS AND MCCOYS WERE DEDICATED TO BRINGING NEW PEOPLE INTO THE INDUSTRY AND TO FIND THE LOVE OF A HORSE IS ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING RELATIONSHIPS ON EARTH AS PART OF THEIR DONATION OF THE LAND.
THEY ALSO DONATED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE STIPULATION THAT AFTER THE 25 YEAR LEASE EXPIRED, THE CITY COULD BUY THE EQUESTRIAN CENTER FOR $1 BEYOND THE STIPULATION WAS THE EXPECTATION THAT THIS GENEROUS GIFT WOULD RESULT IN THE CONTINUING UTILIZATION OF A FACILITY FOR EQUESTRIAN RELATED EVENTS.
WE ACROSS STRANDS HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT THE PURCHASE IS SET FOR THIS WEEK AND THAT THE POSSIBLE INTENTION IS TO DISCONTINUE THE USE OF THE FACILITY FOR WHICH IT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED, DONATED AND ACCEPTED BY THE CITY, THIS PURCHASE AND PROBABLE SUBSEQUENT CHANGE.
ALTHOUGH LEGAL IS ONE THAT IS IN COMPREHENSIBLE.
IT WAS VERY CLEAR THAT THE LONG-TERM GOAL OF THE DONATIONS BY THESE BELOVED CHINO HILLS RESIDENTS WAS TO KEEP AN ENHANCED LOVE OF HORSES AND THE OUTDOORS TO KEEP A LINK TO THE OUTDOOR ACTIVITY STRONG AND CHINO HILLS LONG-TERM
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MEANING 50 TO A HUNDRED YEARS NOT 25.PLEASE KEEP UPPERMOST IN YOUR MIND THAT THIS LOCATION IS CALLED THE MCCOY QUESTION CENTER.
LET'S REPEAT THAT NAME, THE MCCOY EQUESTRIAN CENTER.
AND ALTHOUGH COVID HAS DERAILED A FULL YEAR'S ACTIVITIES, PEOPLE IN THE CHINO HILLS EQUESTRIAN COMMUNITY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR PLANS FOR MCCOY.
WHEN IS UNDER COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE CITY.
WHEN THE CHINO HILLS A QUESTION OF LA WAS FINALIZED IN 2016, THE CITY COUNCIL PROMISED CONCERNED RESIDENTS THAT AN EQUESTRIAN COMMITTEE WOULD SIN BE CREATED TO HELP GUIDE FUTURE HORSE RELATED ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING THE USE OF MCCOY'S, BUT THAT COMMITTEE WAS NEVER FORMED.
SO NOW THE CITY IS ABOUT TO, ON A JUUL OF A SMALL EQUESTRIAN FACILITY WITHOUT EXPERTISE OR COMMUNITY INPUT INTO ITS MANAGEMENT.
THERE IS A REAL FEAR ON THE PART OF OUR CRESTRON FAMILY.
THAT CITY WILL TURN THIS INTO A NON EQUESTRIAN PARK AND THE MCCOYS LEGACY WILL BE LOST ON A PRACTICAL SIDE.
AS A SHOW MANAGER, I HAVE WITNESSED A CHANGE IN THE DIRECTION OF OUR SHOWS.
WE ARE SEEING A MARKED INCREASE IN THE SMALLER, MORE ENTRY-LEVEL SHOWS, AND THOSE SHOWS NEED VENUES AT WHICH TO RUN IN A QUIET QUESTION CENTER COULD BE ONE OF THOSE VENUES AND WOULD IN FACT SEE A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN THESE WITH VERY LITTLE ACTUAL CHANGE TO THE VENUE.
THE ADDITION OF SOME MODEST STABLING WHEN IT HAS LOCATION AND ENCOURAGE THE BLOSSOMING BUSINESS OF HORSE SHOWS TO COME INTO CHINO HILLS HAS FOLK COME IN TO GO TO HORSE EVENTS.
THEY UTILIZE MANY RESTAURANTS, HOTELS, AND SHOPPING AREAS, A SINGLE SHOW, AND HAVE A BIG ECONOMIC IMPACT ON BUSINESSES NEAR THE VENUE.
THERE'S JUST A COUPLE LINES LEFT.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANT ME TO CONTINUE.
IF PROPERLY MARKETED MCCOYS COULD BECOME THE DESTINATION, SMALL HORSE, SMALL HORSE SHOW PARKING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, PLEASE FORM THE CHINO HILLS EQUESTRIAN COMMITTEE.
NOW AS PER THE 2016 OVERLAY AND ASSURE CHINO HILLS RESIDENTS PUBLICLY AT YOUR MARCH NINE 2021 MEETING, THAT YOU ARE DEDICATED TO CONTINUING THE ROLE OF THE MCQUAID QUESTIONING CENTER AS A CENTERPIECE OF A UNIQUE EQUESTRIAN COMMUNITY, JUST AS OUR BELOVED FRANK AND HELEN HAD ENVISION NEXT, WE HAVE COMMENTS FROM, I THINK THIS IS A DUPLICATE AND THIS ONE'S CHARLOTTE, CHARLOTTE RESONANT, DEAR CITY HALL MEMBERS.
MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE BEEN A PART OF THE EQUESTRIAN COMMITTEE FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS.
I CERTAINLY STILL HAVE A HORSE BOARDED.
I CURRENTLY STILL HAVE A HORSE BOARDED OFF ENGLISH ROAD WHEN WE MOVED TO CHINO HILLS IN 1990, MR. AND MRS. MCCOY HAD THEIR BEAUTIFUL ARABIAN HORSE RANCH, WHICH I ENJOYED PASSING BY.
HE GAVE THE FEELING OF A RURAL COMMUNITY.
WE HAD MOVED FROM OVERLY CROWDED ORANGE COUNTY WHEN THE MCCOYS BOTH HAD PASSED AWAY AND THEY VERY GENEROUSLY DONATED THE PROPERTY ALONG WITH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CITY.
IT WAS STIPULATED BY THE MCCOY'S THAT THE CITY MAY PURCHASE THE FACILITY AFTER 25 YEARS, WHICH HAS NOW COME MYSELF ALONG WITH MANY OTHERS OF THE QUESTRAN COMMUNITY AM QUITE CONCERNED WITH WHAT THE CITY PLANS TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY, THE MCCOY RANCH AND NOW EQUESTRIAN CENTER IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE CITY'S HERITAGE.
IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THAT TO CHANGE THE CENTER'S CURRENT USE IS JUST ONE MORE MOVE ALONG WITH THE VANISHING HORSE FRIENDLY TRAILS TO TAKE AWAY ONE OF THE FEW REMNANTS OF WHAT WAS ONCE A HORSE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY.
I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THIS IS WHAT THE MCCOYS HAD HOPED.
IT WOULD REMAIN ANY CHANGES, ESPECIALLY ANOTHER PARK OR MORE HIGH DENSITY.
HOUSING WILL CHANGE THE WONDERFUL AIR OF WHAT IT USED TO BE.
I WILL ADD THAT MANY NON EQUESTRIAN RESIDENTS ALSO ENJOY THE ATMOSPHERE OF HORSES IN THEIR UNIQUE COMMUNITY.
JUST TAKE A WALK DOWN ENGLISH ROAD AND SEE ALL THE PEOPLE ENJOYING ONE OF THE VERY SPECIAL HIGHLIGHTS WITH CHINO HILLS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
NEXT IS FROM GABRIELA KLEIN TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF CHINO HILLS.
I AM GABRIELA KLEIN AND I BOARD MY HOUSE, MY HORSE, AND TEACH WRITING IN CHINO HILLS.
I OFTEN TAKE MY STUDENTS ON WALKS DOWN TO MCCOY'S FOR A MINI TRAIL RIDE EXPERIENCE.
IT'S FRUSTRATING THAT WE CAN'T ACTUALLY USE THE ARENAS WITHOUT HAVING TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO GET THEM ON LOCK.
AND, AND IF THERE WERE LOCAL SHOWS AT MCCOY'S AGAIN, IT WOULD GIVE MY STUDENTS A CHANCE TO LEARN THE STORE WITHOUT EVEN LEAVING TOWN.
MY LESSON PROGRAM IS GROWING LIKE CRAZY DURING COVID FAMILIES HAVE DISCOVERED WRITING IT AS A GREAT OUTDOOR SPORT, AND THERE ARE STRONG INTEREST IN WRITING, COMPETING TO HAVE MCQUAID QUESTION CENTER LITERALLY LOCKED UP AND HAVE NO MARKETING PLAN FOR USING THE FACILITY.
EVEN PRE COVID IS A HUGE LOSS IN A TIME OF RISING INTEREST IN EQUESTRIAN ACTIVITIES.
AND THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER USES FOR QUESTIONING EVENTS AT MCCOY'S.
I ACTUALLY TAUGHT AN EQUESTRIAN EXERCISE CLASS IN THE MCCOY RESIDENCE IN JANUARY OF 2020 AND HAD MANY REQUESTS TO MAKE IT A REGULAR EVENT.
I AM A MEMBER OF CHINO HILLS HORSEMAN'S ASSOCIATION, AND WE PUT ON A GREAT CLINIC AT MCCOY'S IN AUGUST OF 2019 WITH A FAMOUS HORSE TRAINER, STACY WESTFALL.
WE HAD ABOUT A HUNDRED PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOR THE CLINIC, AND THEY WERE AMAZED TO LEARN ABOUT MCCOYS AND
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SOME WONDERED WHY IT ISN'T USED FOR SHOWS ANYMORE YEARS AGO, THERE WERE GREAT SHOWS AT MCCOY'S.EVERYONE LOVED THE FACILITY AND THE CHOICE SHOWS WERE POPULAR, BUT THERE WERE SOME TIMES PROBLEMS BOOKING A SHOW OR HAVING ENOUGH WATER ON THEIR ARENAS FOR DUST CONTROL.
THINGS THAT A PROFESSIONAL SHOW MANAGER WOULD DEAL WITH.
THE CITY STAFF WERE ALWAYS FRIENDLY, BUT THEY CLEARLY HAD NO EXPERIENCE IN RUNNING A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR HORSE SHOW FACILITY.
MCCOYS IS A SPECIALTY VENUE IN THE CITY SHOULD HAVE EXPERTS TO RUN, OR AT LEAST GUIDANCE USE AN EQUESTRIAN COMMITTEE IS A PLACE TO START MAKING A STRATEGIC FIVE-YEAR PLAN WITH A BUDGET AND MARKETING PLAN TO RESTORE MCCOYS TO ITS FORMER POPULARITY.
PLEASE INCLUDE MY COMMENTS IN TONIGHT'S MEETING MINUTES.
THE FINAL COMMENTS THAT I HAVE TO READ ARE FROM LESLIE KOONS, DEAR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AM WRITING THIS LETTER REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF MCCOY'S EQUESTRIAN CENTER.
I MOVED TO CHINO HILLS IN 1988 AND WAS EXCITED TO BRING MY HORSE WITH ME.
I HAVE WATCHED AS A QUESTION, RESOURCES IN THE CITY HAVE DECREASED THANKS TO FRANK AND HELEN MCCOY.
THEIR HISTORIC PROPERTY WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO CONTINUE HORSE RELATED EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
THE PROPOSED EQUESTRIAN CENTER ON GRANDE WAS DENIED AND IT TOOK MANY YEARS TO FINALIZE THE QUESTION OVERLAY IN 2016, I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT AS THE PROPERTY COMES UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE CITY, THAT IT WILL NO LONGER REMAIN THE FANTASTIC EQUESTRIAN CENTER THAT IT CAN AND SHOULD BE.
PEOPLE COME FROM MANY AREAS TO USE THE FACILITY AND EVEN TRAILER IN THEIR HORSES TO TRAIN.
WHEN THE ARENAS ARE OPEN, I RIDE THERE MANY TIMES A WEEK WITH FRIENDS AS DO OTHERS FROM LOCAL BARNS.
AS A MEMBER OF THE CHINO HILLS HORSEMAN'S ASSOCIATION, WE HAVE USED A FACILITY FOR EVENTS IN CLINICS THAT HAVE BROUGHT PEOPLE FROM MANY OTHER CITIES WHO THEN SPEND MONEY AND CHINO HILLS.
AND AT THE SHOPS, THE POTENTIAL FOR BECOMING A CENTER FOR HER SHOWS IS TREMENDOUS.
IF IT IS MAINTAINED AND PROMOTED KNOWLEDGEABLY AND WITH EXPERTISE, OTHER EQUESTRIAN FRIENDS AND OTHER CITIES ASKED ME WHEN MCCOY'S WILL HOLD SHOWS AGAIN.
IN ADDITION, MANY PEOPLE WALK, BIKE, AND BRING CHILDREN TO ENGLISH ROAD
THEY OFTEN EVEN KNOW THE NAMES OF OUR HORSES.
NOW, I BELIEVE THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF CHINO HILLS.
IT NEED TO REMAIN IN QUESTION.
THE MCCOY'S INTENT WAS FOR IT TO MAINTAIN THE QUESTION HISTORY AND USE A LOT AND USE ALIVE AND CHINO HILLS.
IT HAS SO MUCH POTENTIAL TO DRAW PEOPLE WHO WILL THEN FREQUENT LOCAL BUSINESSES.
IF IT IS MANAGED IN A WAY TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE EQUESTRIAN USE, THIS IS A HISTORIC PROPERTY AS WELL.
AND I HOPE CHINO HILLS WOULD CONTINUE TO HONOR THE MCCOY'S WISHES AND KEEP THIS FACILITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR COMMUNITY, THAT IT USES AS WELL AS DEVELOP IT FOR FUTURE QUESTION EVENTS.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, CAN I ASK A QUESTION THAT MEANS, UH, AND I'M NOT SURE IF OUR CITY ATTORNEY WANTS TO ADDRESS THIS OR BEN, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF WE FOCUS ON WHAT IS EXACTLY BEFORE US TONIGHT.
AND IF POSSIBLE, JUST MAKE COMMENT TO THE NEXT TO THE LAST PARAGRAPH ON PAGE ONE OF NANCY, HARVEY'S A LETTER TO US WHERE SHE TALKS ABOUT, WE ADDRESSED A QUESTIONS, HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT THE PURCHASE IS SET FOR THIS WEEK AND THEN GOES ON TALKS ABOUT ADDITIONAL AND CHANGE ABUSE NET.
COULD YOU ADDRESS THOSE TWO THINGS? BECAUSE I THINK IT WILL CLARIFY A LOT OF WHAT IS BEFORE US TONIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE CONCERNED AND HAVE WRITTEN IN.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT FOR THAT, UH, FOCUS.
UH, WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO TONIGHT IS HAVE THE COUNCIL RATIFY THE ACTIONS THAT WE'VE TAKEN TO BEGIN THE PROCESS TO, UH, PURCHASE THE FACILITY.
UH, THERE'S STILL A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DUE DILIGENCE THAT NEEDS TO BE PERFORMED BY THE TRUSTEES AS FAR AS, UH, PROCESSING, UH, THE PURCHASE.
BUT, UM, THERE THERE'S NO CHANGE OF PROPERTY GOING ON TONIGHT.
UH THERE'S AND AS I COMMENTED, THERE'S NO, UH, DISCUSSION ABOUT THE CHANGE OF USE.
THIS IS JUST THE, BE THE BEGINNING AND THE AUTHORIZATION, FRANKLY, FOR, FOR US TO START THAT PROCESS WITHIN THE ONE-YEAR WINDOW AS STIPULATED IN THE, IN THE LEASE AGREEMENT.
AND THERE HAS BEEN NO PUBLIC COMMENT MADE BY THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS TALKING ABOUT THE POSSIBLE INTENTION TO DISCONTINUE THE USE OF FACILITY FOR WHICH IT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED.
I THINK WITH THAT CLARIFICATION, MAY WE CAN FOCUS ON THINGS, OTHER QUESTIONS.
CAN YOU REMEMBER ROGER, JUST JUMP IN HERE FOR A LITTLE BIT, GIVE A LITTLE HISTORY LESSON.
CAUSE I WAS SURPRISED TO HEAR A LOT OF THIS COMING UP TONIGHT ON WHAT I THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE A SIMPLE PROCEDURAL KICKOFF AT 1998, I WAS APPROACHED BY JONATHAN MARSHALL WHEN I WAS FORMER, LITERALLY PRESIDENT AND INTERACTED WITH THE CITY.
HE SAID, YOU MAY WANT TO APPLY FOR A COMMISSIONER'S POSITION WITH PARKS AND REC AND APPLY TO MIKE WICKMAN, WHO IS ORIGINAL COUNCIL MEMBER HERE.
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AND HE SAID, I THINK YOU MIGHT DO A GOOD JOB.SO I APPLIED AND MIKE WICKMAN INTERVIEWED ME AT THE TIME, 1998.
AND WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF INTERVIEWING AND NEAR THE END, HE SAID, I HAVE ONE PASSION THAT I'M REALLY FOCUSED ON AND IT HAS TO DO WITH THIS MCWESTERN THIS QUESTION FACILITY CALLED MCCOY.
AND THEY RECENTLY DONATED IT TO THE CITY AND I HAVE A COMPLETE PASSION FOR THIS PROJECT.
AND IF I NAME YOU, I'D LIKE YOU TO PUT A LOT OF FOCUS ON THAT, ON THAT FACILITY AS A COMMISSIONER, WHICH I DID.
SO I WAS NAMED TO THE COMMISSION AT THE END OF 1998 AND I ATTENDED EVERY EQUESTRIAN COMMITTEE MEETING THAT WE HAD.
SO AT THAT TIME, THE MCCOY QUESTION COMMITTEE WAS REAL AND WE MET QUARTERLY AND I MET BILL HUGHES AND DENNY GUNNELS AND UH, MR. TURNER, THE LAWYER AND OKAY, ALL THE PLAYERS INVOLVED, INCLUDING MRS. MCCOY USED TO ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS.
AND JONATHAN WAS THERE, MAYBE MIKE FLAGER AT THE TIME.
AND I DON'T THINK I MISSED A SINGLE MEETING OF THE MCCOY EQUESTRIAN COMMITTEE FOR ALL THAT TIME.
FAST FORWARD ELECTED TO CITY COUNCIL IN 2006, MIKE WECKMAN HAD ALREADY PASSED AWAY BY THEN.
AND I REQUESTED TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THEM.
THE COMMITTEE, EVEN THOUGH BILL KRUGER WAS THE ONE COUNCIL MEMBER ASSIGNED TO IT.
SO THEY ADDED A SECOND PERSON SO THAT I COULD CONTINUE.
MIKE WICKMAN'S REQUEST, EVEN WHEN I WAS NOW A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER OF ATTENDING THESE MEETINGS AND WE ATTENDED.
AND AGAIN, UM, A LOT OF IT, LOT OF THINGS WERE HAPPENING THERE.
WE WERE BUILDING IT OUT, SPENDING A COUPLE OF MILLION DOLLARS AT MCCOY'S HAD DONATED TO BUILD OUT THE, UM, THE STABLES AT A THIRD ARENA, REALLY FIX UP THE SHORE.
REGINA PUT IN, PUT IN THE, UM, UM, GRANDSTANDS, ET CETERA, REALLY MAKE IT A NICE SHOW PIECE.
SO THERE WASN'T A QUESTION COMMITTEE THAT WAS THERE FOR A LONG TIME.
AND THEN AS TIME WENT ON AND THE FACILITIES BEING BUILT OUT, THE MONEY WAS RUNNING OUT.
WE, WE RAN IT AS AN EQUESTRIAN FACILITY, BUT I COULD SEE IT WAS STARTING TO WANE AS FAR AS, UM, THE CITY INVOLVEMENT WHEN IT CAME TO RUNNING, AS MANY OF THE HORSE SHOWS AS MAYBE AS ORIGINALLY TAKING PLACE.
SO I KNOW THAT THE QUESTION COMMITTEE KIND OF DIDN'T EXIST MAYBE FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO.
I'M NOT SURE IF WE REMEMBER WHEN IT MAY HAVE KIND OF DISAPPEARED, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF EFFORT PUT INTO THAT PROPERTY AND THE LOVE OF THAT PROPERTY AND LOVE OF MRS. MCCOY.
I CAN REMEMBER JONATHAN MARSHALL DRIVING HER ALL OVER THE PLACE AND THE LITTLE GOLF CART AND SHE LOVED THE FACILITY.
SHE LOVED THE WAY IT WAS BUILT OUT.
SHE LOVED THE FACT THAT IT WAS BEING USED, NOT ONLY FOR A QUESTION, BUT FOR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE CITED EARLIER, WEDDINGS, SCOUTING, CITY EVENTS, UH, AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT THE FACILITY HAD TO OFFER.
SO I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A CROSS UTILIZATION THAT WAS MRS. MCCOY APPRECIATED A FULL COMMUNITY USE.
BUT A QUESTION WAS OF COURSE AT THE TOP OF THE LIST.
SO FAST FORWARD TO WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT, WHICH IS, UH, KICKING OFF THE TRANSFERENCE OF OWNERSHIP, WHICH HAS BEEN LAID OUT IN THE DOCUMENTS, AS ART SAID.
AND BEN HAS SAID THERE HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY NO DISCUSSION, NONE ABOUT DOING ANYTHING TO THAT FACILITY OTHER THAN AT LEAST CURRENTLY KEEPING IT THE WAY IT IS IN ITS STRUCTURE, WHICH MEANS EQUESTRIAN YOUTH USAGE AND ALSO A USAGE FOR WHEN WE GET BACK TO NORMAL, GET FOR SCOUTING AND OTHER MEETINGS AND WEDDINGS, ET CETERA.
SO THERE'S A, THERE'S A PASSION HERE WITH ME BECAUSE IT WAS REQUESTED OF ME 22 YEARS AGO TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT FACILITY IS UTILIZED THE BEST WE CAN.
IF WE WANT TO ENHANCE THE EQUESTRIAN USE, LET'S, LET'S GET IT GOING AGAIN.
WE CAN MEET BEFORE THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION, WHICH IS ULTIMATELY CAN BE THE COMMITTEE.
WE CAN HAVE A TOWN HALL OR TOWARDS SOME TYPE OF MEETING WITH THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND SOME OF THOSE LETTERS, AREN'T JUST FROM ENGLISH ROAD, THEY'RE FROM AROUND CHINO HILLS.
SO THERE IS A, A PASSION FOR IT.
UH, BUT I WILL ASSURE ALL THOSE THAT WROTE THE LETTERS THAT, THAT THEY HAD HEARD THAT THERE WAS A POSSIBLE CHANGE OF USAGE.
THERE HAS BEEN ZERO DISCUSSION ON THAT TOPIC.
AND I KNOW BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THERE SINCE ALMOST THE BEGINNING, SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW.
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IN WELL STATED.OKAY, MR. MAYOR, I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS IF I COULD, PLEASE.
FIRST OF ALL, UM, I MOVED IN THE CITY BACK IN 1984 AND WAS PART OF INCORPORATION.
AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU IF IT WASN'T FOR THE HORSE PEOPLE THAT WE HAD IN THE CITY, WE WOULD NOT HAVE BECAME A CITY.
THEY WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE OVER THE YEARS FOR CITY HOOD.
AND I KNOW OUR CITY DOES HAVE A LOT OF HISTORY WITH THE QUESTION AND I TAKE PRIDE IN THAT.
UM, YES, I WAS ALSO A COMMISSIONER ON PARKS AND RECS FOR 12 YEARS.
UH, QUESTION WAS REAL IMPORTANT TO ME OVER THE YEARS.
I WOULD HEAR AT THAT TIME ABOUT THE QUESTION OVERLAY AND NOTHING REALLY HAPPENED.
UM, BACK IN 2013, I GOT ELECTED TO THE COUNCIL AND WE AS A COUNCIL, TOOK A LEAD AND ACTUALLY GOT THAT TAKEN CARE OF IN 2016.
SO WE REACHED OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, WE GOT THEIR INPUT.
WE BROUGHT STAFF IN AND WE TOOK CARE OF THAT PROBLEM THAT HAD BEEN EXISTING FOR WELL OVER 15 PLUS YEARS.
SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE A RESPECT FOR THE EQUESTRIAN COMMUNITY.
NUMBER ONE, NUMBER TWO, WE DID REQUEST, OR I DID REQUEST AS A COUNCIL MEMBER TO AGENDIZE A CONVERSATION FOR THIS COUNCIL TO LOOK AT A DISCUSSION ON EQUESTRIAN USAGE, BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME ISSUES, SAFETY ISSUES WITH, IF YOU LOOK THROUGHOUT CHINO HILLS, THERE'S A LOT OF TRAILS WHERE THERE WERE SAFETY ISSUES.
IF YOU COME TO A LIGHT, YOU HAVE TO GET OFF THE HORSE TO BE ABLE TO PUSH THE BUTTON.
IF YOU GO DOWN ENGLISH ROAD TO RIDE YOUR HORSES WITH CARS AND PEOPLE WALKING, THAT WAS AN ISSUE.
AND THEN PEOPLE WERE UPSET ABOUT THE USAGE OF THE EQUESTRIAN CENTER MCCOY'S AND BEN AND MYSELF TOOK A TOUR TO NORCO.
THEY DO A TREMENDOUS JOB WITH THEIR FACILITY.
WE TOOK A TOUR OF THAT FACILITY.
WE GOT SOME REALLY GOOD IDEAS AND THIS WAS PRE COVID.
WE ACTUALLY INVITED THE COUNCIL, A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS TO COME TO OUR FACILITY TO ASSESS IT AND GIVE US SOME IDEAS.
AND THEY HAD SOME GREAT IDEAS.
AND THEN WE REACHED OUT TO SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO, TO HOPEFULLY GET SOME INPUT.
SOME VOLUNTEERS COME UP WITH SOME IDEAS.
AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THAT BAND.
I KNOW THAT YOU HAD TALKED TO SOME OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WERE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING AND THEY MIGHT JUST MIGHT NOT WANT YOU TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, BUT WE HAVE NOT CHANGED OR ARE WE GOING TO CHANGE WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE WITH THE EQUESTRIAN CENTER? IT'S GOING TO BE USED FOR HORSES? YES.
DID WE LOCKED THE ARENAS? YES, WE DID.
UH, WE HAVE A PHONE PHONE NUMBER OF A SIGN, SO ANYBODY CAN USE IT WHENEVER THEY WANT TO USE IT.
AND I KNOW TONIGHT IS FOR THE SALE A $1, BUT OUR INTENT IS TO KEEP IT EXACTLY WHAT MR. AND MRS. MCCOY WANTED US TO DO WITH THAT FACILITY.
BUT BEN, IF YOU CAN JUST SORT OF TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
UM, I THINK YOU RAISED SOME VERY, VERY IMPORTANT POINTS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN MISSED.
UH, IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT COMMENTS WE RECEIVED TONIGHT, UH, THE COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF, UH, RECREATION STAFF SPECIFICALLY DID QUITE A BIT TO, UH, STAY IN TOUCH WITH THE EQUESTRIAN MARKET.
UH, WE'VE SEEN UPS AND DOWNS, LIKE, LIKE JUST ABOUT ANY MARKET, BUT, BUT STAFF NEVER GAVE UP ON THE MCCOY EQUESTRIAN CENTER.
UH, IN ADDITION TO OUR MEETINGS WITH, UH, UH, LOCAL, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT, UH, ABOUT THE, THE MARKET FOR, UH, UH, EVENTS AND, AND OTHER USES, UM, WE HAVE DAY-TO-DAY CONTACTS WITH, WITH THE EQUESTRIAN COMMUNITY TO CHANGE OUR WAYS OF OPERATING OPENING GATES HERE, OPENING PA YOU KNOW, UH, RINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ACCESSIBLE, BUT, BUT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN, UH, AT, UH, KIND OF WITH THE EYE TOWARDS STEWARDSHIP.
THE TEAM REALLY IS INTERESTED IN INCREASING THE UTILIZATION OF THE MCCOY EQUESTRIAN CENTER.
AS YOU POINTED OUT BY SMEAR MARQUEZ, WE'VE REACHED OUT TO OTHER OPERATORS TO GET IDEAS RANGING FROM, UH, WHETHER OR NOT OUR FACILITY IS THE RIGHT SIZE, THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF EVENTS THAT MIGHT FIT WITH OUR FACILITY AND THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX, WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE A DOG EVENTS OR FOUR H EVENTS OR, OR SCOUT EVENTS.
I THINK WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT IS HEARING FROM, UH, BILL HUGHES.
ONE OF THE TRUST'S ORIGINAL TRUSTEES IS THAT HELEN MCCOY DID ENVISION THIS FACILITY HAVING
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MORE THAN JUST AN EQUESTRIAN PURPOSE.UH, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'VE DONE AS STEWARDS.
UH, YES, WE HOST, UH, WEDDINGS THERE AND I'VE HEARD MANY STORIES THAT HELEN WAS A GREAT WEDDING CRASHER.
YOU KNOW, SHE, SHE ENJOYED, UH, THOSE EVENTS, I THINK, UH, WITHOUT GOING ON TOO LONG ON ALL THE STORIES I'VE HEARD FROM COUNCIL AND STAFF, UH, TONIGHT'S OUTREACH WAS GREAT.
WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE TELL US WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT THE MCCOY EQUESTRIAN CENTER.
UNFORTUNATELY, THEY WERE ALL KIND OF FROM A POSITION OF FEAR.
NO, ONE'S TALKING ABOUT CHANGING THE PLACE.
WE HAVE A PROCESS FOR ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY AT THE STAFF LEVEL, AT THE COMMISSION LEVEL, THE COUNCIL LEVEL, ALL OF THOSE TOOLS ARE OPEN TO THE GROUP.
I'VE SPOKEN TO SEVERAL PEOPLE, WHETHER IT WAS ABOUT THE USE OF THE FACILITY, THE EMERGENCY USE OF THE FACILITY.
AND I KNOW, UH, UH, VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE.
YOU KNOW, PETER IT'S IN HIS DISTRICT.
AND ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE AT SOME POINT IN TIME, ASKED ME ABOUT MCCOY AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO USE THAT TO ITS HIGHEST POTENTIAL.
I CAN TELL YOU STAFF HAD IT ALL DIALED IN TO HAVE A OPEN HOUSE AT THE FACILITY TO TRY TO ATTRACT NOT ONLY LOCAL, UH, HORSE EXPERTS, BUT REGIONAL, UH, BECAUSE THEY HAD A VISION FOR HOW THE PLACE MIGHT BE USED.
UNFORTUNATELY, COVID PUT THAT ON HOLD, BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY BE CONTINUING IN THAT VEIN IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.
ANY OTHER COUNCIL COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
WITH THAT, LET'S UH, GET READY TO SPEND THAT DOLLAR.
MADAM CITY CLERK, WOULD YOU MIND TAKING, TAKING, TAKING THE VOTE ALL MOVED TO APPROVAL AND I'LL MOTION TO APPROVE.
CAN WE HAVE A SECOND? ALL RIGHT.
WHY NOT KNOW WHETHER TO BE HERE TONIGHT? I ONLY GOT ONE LEFT.
VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW FORMER CITY CLERK.
[11. Authorize issuance of Request for Proposals for Integrated Solid Waste Management Services]
WHICH VICE MAYOR MARK HAS.IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND TAKEN OVER, I'M GOING TO GO TAKE A WALK.
SO MR. CITY ATTORNEY, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE TO HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS.
ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS MOTION AND HAVE A SOCKET.
THIS IS PART OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR, CORRECT? COULD I HAVE A MOTION? WELL, WE, WE DO HAVE ONE LETTER BEFORE US THAT WE RECEIVED IN RESPONSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
TO DEATH IN THE TREATMENT PLAN.
HE'S GOING TO MOVE ALL SECOND.
I WENT OUT THE DOOR THREE MONTHS AGO.
WHY EMOTION IN A SECOND CALL FOR A VOTE PLEASE? VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN AND COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS.
MOTION PASSES FOUR ZERO WITH ONE RECUSED.
YOU THINK WE HAD A BREAK IN THERE? WELL, HE'S NOT MARRIED TONIGHT, SO THAT'S HARD.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET YOU LIVE THIS DAY.
HE'S NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK LAST.
AND THEN WITH THAT, WE WILL BE MOVING ON TO THE DISCUSSION CALENDAR.
THIS PORTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDAS FOR ALL MATTERS WHERE STAFF AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS IN DISPIRITED.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIA ZOOM OR DIAL STAR NINE TO BE SELECTED FROM THE MEETING QUEUE.
A INDIVIDUAL AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES AS IN WITH ALL OTHER ITEMS RECEIVE AND FILE CORONA
[18. Receive and file Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) update]
VIRUS DISEASE 2019 MR. CITY MANAGER.UH, A COUPLE OF NOTEWORTHY DEVELOPMENTS SINCE OUR LAST REPORT ON THE CORONAVIRUS.
UH, WE HAVE RECEIVED NEW GUIDANCE ON OUTDOOR AND INDOOR YOUTH RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY, WHICH STAFF IS EVALUATING HOW THAT MAY CHANGE OUR CURRENT, UH, OFFERINGS IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, UH, AS OF FEBRUARY 23RD, ALL TEACHERS, UH, SCHOOL SUPPORT STAFF AND LICENSED CHAIR CHILDCARE PROVIDERS, UH, ARE NOW ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE COVID-19 VACCINE.
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FEBRUARY 25TH, WE HOSTED A COUNTY EVENT AT THE EQUESTRIAN CENTER WHERE WE, UH, TARGETED 65 PLUS SENIORS FOR, UH, MAKING THE VACCINE AVAILABLE.AND WE HAD 102 PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN THAT EVENT.
UH, AND THERE WILL BE A FOLLOW-UP EVENT FOR A SECOND, UH, DOSES FOR, UH, PARTICIPANTS.
IT'S A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY.
WE'RE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO BRING, UH, THOSE VACCINATION, UH, RESOURCES, LOCAL, UH, UH, AN ADDITIONAL EVENTS.
AND THEN, UH, AS MANY OF THE FAMILIES IN CHINO HILLS ARE AWARE, UH, THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS GRADE, UH, TK THROUGH SIX ARE BACK IN SESSION.
SO, UH, WE ANTICIPATE THERE MAY BE SOME, UH, CHANGES FOR, UH, HIGHER GRADES IN SPECIFICALLY HIGH SCHOOL SOON.
SO, UH, WE ALSO HAVE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY WORKERS, UH, ARE NOW ELIGIBLE FOR THE COVID-19 VACCINE.
I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION.
UM, PROBABLY MORE IN JONATHAN'S A WHEELHOUSE, I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF, UH, PARENTS ASSOCIATED WITH LITTLE LEAGUES CAUSE LITERALLY EGGS HAVE STARTED REGISTRATION BACK UP, I GUESS WHAT'S THE, WHAT ARE THE STEPS TOWARDS ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO PLAY GAMES? MAYOR JOS, THANK YOU.
UM, WE'RE JUST WAITING ON THE COUNTY.
NO, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO COMPREHEND AS, UH, BEN HAD SAID, UH, KIND OF WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN THE WORLD AND, UM, IT IS CONFUSING.
AND SO, UM, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS, BUT WHAT WE'VE ALSO, UH, IN, WE WERE, UH, PREEMPTIVELY DOING HERE TOO, IS, IS THAT WE'RE PUTTING PROTOCOLS IN PLACE.
SO, UM, WE GET SIGN-OFFS BY THE LEAGUE THEMSELVES, UM, POTENTIALLY ALSO HAVING INDIVIDUAL WAIVER FORMS THAT NEED TO BE SIGNED ALSO.
SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT, UH, THEY'RE GOING TO BE GETTING INVOLVED WITH AND SUCH.
SO WE'RE PUTTING SOME THINGS IN PLACE.
SO WHEN WE DO FEEL LIKE WE CAN GIVE THE WORD GO, UM, CURRENTLY PRACTICES ARE TAKING PLACE AT THE PARK.
UM, THE GROUPS I CAN TELL YOU, AND I'VE TOLD BEN THIS SEVERAL TIMES HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB.
UH, ALL OF THE SPORTS GROUPS FROM AYSL SOCCER AT, UH, GRAND AVENUE PARK TO ALL OF OUR BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL ORGANIZATION.
SO, UM, THEY'VE BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE AND VERY, VERY PATIENT LIKE WE HAVE, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE PARKS OPEN.
THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT FOR GAME PLAY.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE KIND OF WAITING THE INTERPRETATION OURSELVES.
WE'RE THINKING THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME MORE MOVEMENT IN THAT, UH, IN THAT DIRECTION.
UH, MOST OF THE GROUPS ARE LOOKING AT, AT LEAST MY UNDERSTANDING PER STAFF IS LOOKING, UH, FIRST, UH, FIRST PART OF APRIL TO GET STARTED IN SUCH OF COURSE, SPRING BREAK IS ALSO THE FIRST PART OF APRIL.
SO KIND OF THE TIMING'S A LITTLE BIT FUNKY FROM THAT STANDPOINT, BUT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS, UH, HOPEFULLY BEING ABLE TO ALLOW THEM TO PLAY GAMES.
I KNOW TALKING WITH MY COUNTERPARTS IN THE CITY OF CHINO, AT LEAST MY LAST CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, THEY HAVE NOT, UH, GIVEN THE GO YET FOR GAMES AND THEY'VE BEEN PRETTY PROGRESSIVE AS IT RELATES TO USES OF THEIR FACILITIES AND SUCH.
SO KIND OF TELLS YOU WHERE IT KIND OF THE REGION IS AND STUFF JUST AS FAR AS THAT GOES.
BUT, UM, WE'RE HOPEFUL VERY SHORTLY THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE THAT GO FOR OUR GAME PURPOSES.
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE PROGRAMS, I WAS GOING TO SAY, MY LITTLE GUY'S PRACTICE ENDS IN 30 MINUTES, SO LET'S GET THIS THING GOING AND GO PICK THEM UP ACROSS THE STREET.
CAN I JUMP IN BRIEFLY BY ALL MEANS COUNSEL, MAYOR ROGERS.
SO THE, UH, TODAY WAS A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING AND THAT QUESTION WAS ASKED BY SUPERVISOR BAKA TO THE COUNTY HEALTH DIRECTOR, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT YOUTH BASEBALL.
HE SAID, THEY JUST HAVE TO FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES, THE SAFETY GUIDELINES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE.
I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE INTERPRETATION NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE.
WHAT ARE THOSE EXACT GUIDELINES BEING REQUESTED BY THE STATE IN 90 FEET, APART FROM EACH OTHER, IF YOU DEPART OR 60 FEET APART, EITHER WAY THERE'S SIX.
SO THAT QUAD, THAT SPECIFIC QUESTION WAS ASKED TODAY AT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING.
SO I THINK IT'S JUST MORE INTERPRETATION OF WHAT ARE THOSE SAFETY GUIDELINES THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE PUT IN PLACE.
YOU HAVE SOME PRETTY EXTENSIVE THINGS THAT WE'VE, THAT THE GROUPS HAVE HAD TO ADHERE TO AT COMMUNITY PARK.
LIKE WE, UH, WE'VE SPLIT UP THE PARK.
IT HAS THREE ENTRANCES, TWO OF THE FIELDS YOU COME IN, ONE OF THE GATES TO THE FIELD, YOU COME IN ANOTHER GATE TO THE FIELDS, YOU COME INTO THE OTHER GATE AND WE'VE GOT THINGS SET UP THERE WHERE PEOPLE ARE SOCIALLY DISTANCED AND SUCH WHEN THE, ON THE PATRONS, UH, UP
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TILL NOW WE HAVE NOT ALLOWED A SPECTATOR SEATING IN SUCH WITHIN, WITHIN REASON.WE KIND OF URGE THEM FOLKS TO STAY ON THEIR CARS AND SUCH.
AND SO WE'VE REALLY, WE'VE DONE ALL THE PROTOCOL, THINGS THAT WE BELIEVE THAT ARE APPROPRIATE AS IT RELATES TO IT AND STUFF.
AND SO IT'S A MATTER OF, I KNOW WE WERE GOING TO RUN IT PAST THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AS FAR AS SOME OF THE FORMS THAT WE'RE COMING UP WITH AND WAIVERS THAT PEOPLE WOULD NEED TO SIGN AND SUCH LIKE THAT.
SO BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FRANKLY, ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE ONE OF THE EASIER ONES TO GET BACK GOING AGAIN, WHERE YOU'VE GOT SOME OTHER SPORTS PROGRAMS LIKE SOCCER AND FOOTBALL WHO ARE IN ORANGE TIER AND YELLOW TIER AND SUCH THAT IS GOING TO TAKE A LOT MORE FOR THEM TO GET BACK RAMPED UP.
I MEAN, THERE'S THINGS LIKE TESTING THAT THEY HAVE TO SHOW PROOF OF AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO ON BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL IS FAR CLOSER THAN, UH, WELL, I THINK THE PROTOCOLS THAT ARE OUT THERE SO FAR BEING FOLLOWED, I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS WENT OUT, WENT OUT TO COMMUNITY PARK ON SATURDAY AND I SPEND EVERY SATURDAY THERE.
SO PLENTY OF MASKS, I THINK PEOPLE WILL REALLY WANT TO GET THE KIDS BACK OUT THERE AND PLAYING.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS ON THAT.
WE APPRECIATE, IT WAS CERTAINLY A JOY TO WALK THE, FIT THE FIELDS ON SATURDAY TO SEE THE NUMBER OF PRACTICES GOING ON AND A CHALLENGE OR SOMETHING THAT THE CHALLENGER KIDS, WHERE THEY ARE PRACTICING.
AND, UM, I'D SAY, I THINK THERE WERE SIX TEAMS PRACTICING ON THE VARIOUS FIELDS.
IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THAT PETER, WHAT IS CHALLENGER KIDS? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THE KIDS WITH DISABILITIES THAT, UH, IT'S OUR DISTRICT DISTRICT 23 HAS PUT INTO PLACE YEARS AGO.
JUST A JOY, A JOY TO GET THOSE KIDS OUT THERE TO PLAY.
AND THERE WERE PROBABLY, WELL, THEY WERE TWO TEAMS THAT WERE, THEY WERE DOING THEIR THING AND IT WAS, IT WAS A JOY TO WATCH.
WELL THEN WITH THAT, WE WILL BE GOING TO OUR TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS PUBLIC HEARING.
THIS IS THE PORTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA.
THIS PORTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDAS FOR ALL ITEMS THAT LEGALLY REQUIRE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC INPUT.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIA ZOOM OR DIAL STAR NINE TO BE SELECTED FROM THE MEETING QUEUE INDIVIDUAL AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS ENCOURAGED AND LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.
[19. Approve updates to Administrative Policies and Procedures Manual Section 12.3 - Facility Use Policy and adopt Resolution Amending Tables 2, 3, and 5 of the Master Schedule of Fees, Fines, and Penalties, modifying Facility Use Rental Fees, removing Facility Cancellation Fees from Community Services Rental Fees and Charges section, and adding Table 7 Recreation Facility Cancellation Fees]
APPROVE UPDATES TO ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES MANUAL SECTION 12.3 FACILITY USE POLICY AND ADOPT RESOLUTION AMENDING TABLES, TWO, THREE, AND FIVE OF THE MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES, FINES, AND PENALTIES MODIFYING FACILITY USE RENTAL FEES, REMOVING FACILITY CANCELLATION FEES FROM THE COMMUNITY SERVICES, RENTAL FEES AND CHARGES SECTION AND ADDING TABLE SEVEN RECREATION FACILITY CANCELLATION FEES.SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GONNA BE A FUN ITEM THAT WAS ABOUT FULL.
MARK HAS IN COUNCIL THIS EVENING.
I AM HERE TO BRING FORWARD THE FACILITY USE POLICY AND MASTER FEE SCHEDULE UPDATE.
THE POLICY REGULATES THE FACILITY USES OF ALL OF OUR RECREATION BUILDING FACILITIES.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THIS TO ENSURE THE PROCESS IS FAIR AND CONSISTENT AND ALL OF OUR RECREATION FACILITIES IN GENERAL, TO GIVE JUST A BRIEF BACKGROUND.
THE FACILITY USE POLICY THAT INCLUDE, WE INCLUDED THE CHINOS COMMUNITY CENTER, OFFICIAL MODIFICATIONS WERE MADE BACK IN 2014.
THAT WAS THE LATEST TIME THAT WE CAME TO COUNCIL WITH THESE IMPLEMENTATIONS.
SINCE THEN, THERE HAS BEEN SOME MINOR UPDATES IN 2017.
WE DID DO A FACILITY USE FEES STUDY, AND THAT WE DID INCREASE OUR FEES BY 15% IN 2017, AS WELL AS SOME MINOR CHANGES TO THE MCCOY CENTER REGARDING GIRL SCOUTS AND GOLD STAR AWARDS.
SO STAFF DOES LIKE TO COME BACK EVERY THREE TO FIVE YEARS AND KIND OF DO JUST A REFRESH OF THE POLICY AND MAKE SURE THAT THE GUIDELINES THAT WE HAVE IN SET IN PLACE AND OTHER AGENCIES KIND OF MESHED WITHIN EACH OTHER.
SO THIS EVENING WE'RE HERE WITH SOME UPDATES AND RECOMMENDATIONS SINCE OUR FACILITY IS CLOSED DUE TO COVID, IT WAS PERFECT TO KIND OF ALLOW THINGS TO KIND OF BE REFRESHED.
SO BEFORE WE DID BRING THIS FORWARD TO YOU, AS IT DID GO THROUGH SEVERAL MONTHS OF INTERNAL REVIEW FROM OUR FACILITY STAFF, WE DID DO REVIEWING OF NEIGHBORHOOD AND CITY FACILITIES AS WELL TO COMPARE OURSELVES.
IT WAS ALSO REVIEWED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY, WHICH IS CONSISTENT OF A MEMBER FROM EACH DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN LASTLY, IT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD IN DECEMBER TO THE PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION, WHICH WAS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL TO COUNCIL FOR THIS EVENING.
WE'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT NO RECOMMENDATIONS THIS EVENING INCLUDE ANY INCREASES TO ANY RENTAL FEES.
HOWEVER, YOU DO SEE THE MASTER FEE SCHEDULE IS ATTACHED, BUT WE'RE NOT INCREASING ANY OF THE ACTUAL RENTAL HOURLY RATES.
THERE'S JUST BEEN SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THE POLICY AS IT DEALS WITH THE CANCELLATION POLICY ITSELF, AS WELL AS SOME NON MODIFICATIONS TO THE, WHAT WE CONSIDER WEEKDAY AND WEEKEND HOURS.
AND SO THAT'S WHY THAT FEE SCHEDULES BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING AS WELL, YOU WILL
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SEE THAT BASED ON THE RED LINE VERSION, THERE'S MANY UPDATES TO THIS POLICY.SO I AM GOING TO KEEP IT BRIEF AND JUST GIVE YOU KIND OF THE MAJOR CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED.
WE DID A MAJOR REORGANIZATION JUST TO KIND OF STREAMLINE IT.
THERE WAS A LOT OF DUPLICATIONS WHEN THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS, AS WE ADDED DIFFERENT FACILITIES ON ALONG THE YEARS, WE WANTED TO STREAMLINE THOSE AND HAVE EACH FACILITY VERY CONSISTENT.
WE FOUND THAT IT BECAME VERY DIFFICULT FOR RESIDENTS TO RENT THE MCCOY CENTER AND THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
WHEN WE HAVE DIFFERENT CANCELLATION POLICIES, DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN BOOK 10 MONTHS IN ADVANCE OR 12 MONTHS.
WE DID A LOT OF THAT REFRESH TO KIND OF BRING EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
WE DID ADD A DEFINITION SECTION, WHICH DID CLARIFY SOME OF THE USER GROUPS AND THE DEFINITION SECTION AS WELL.
SOME OF THE MAJOR CHANGES TO THE USER GROUPS.
WE DID ENHANCE THE GROUP B, WHICH IS OUR CHINOS, NONPROFIT GROUPS.
WE ARE NOW ALLOWING THEM FREE WEEKDAY RENTALS.
AND MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AT THE MCCOY QUESTION AND RECREATION CENTER, PRIOR TO THIS, WE DID NOT ALLOW THAT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND SO NOW THAT WE'RE KIND OF OPERATING BOTH CENTERS TOGETHER, WE HAVE STAFF OVERSIGHT MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAYS ARE PRETTY CALM.
MOST OF OUR RENTALS EITHER OCCUR IN THE ARENAS.
IF WE HAVE HORSE SHOWS OR FRIDAYS, SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS WITH MAJOR EVENTS THAT HAPPEN.
SO THAT IS AN ADDED BONUS FOR OUR NONPROFIT GROUPS GROUP S WHICH IS OUR CHINO HILLS NONPROFIT SENIOR GROUP.
THIS GROUP WAS ESTABLISHED BACK WHEN THE COMMUNITY CENTER WAS FIRST BROUGHT ONLINE AND WAS MODIFIED ALONG THE WAY.
AND SO THIS USER GROUP IS ALLOWED TO HAVE UP TO 15 RENTALS PER MONTH FOR FREE AND GOING THROUGH OUR PROCESS, WE FELT THAT WE NEEDED TO BRING ON A LITTLE BIT MORE RESTRICTIONS INTO THIS CATEGORY WHILE ALL OF OUR CURRENT USER GROUPS WERE, ARE PROPOSING TONIGHT, THAT THEY MUST MEET A MINIMUM MEMBERSHIP OF 60%.
ALL OF OUR FOUR NON-PROFIT GROUPS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE MEET THIS CLASSIFICATION.
WE FELT LIKE IT WAS IMPORTANT AS A NONPROFIT.
YOU CAN JUST CHANGE YOUR ADDRESS AND THAT WOULD QUALIFY YOU, BUT YOU WON'T NECESSARILY HAVE MEMBERS THAT ARE ALL OF THE RESIDENT.
AND SO WHAT THERE'S MANY RENTALS THAT THEY WERE GETTING WE FELT WAS TO PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE RESTRICTIONS ON WHAT THAT GROUP DOES QUALIFY FOR.
AND THEN WE GO INTO OUR CANCELLATION POLICY AND FEES THAT HAVE AN ESTABLISHED IN THE EXISTING POLICY.
EACH FACILITY HAD ITS OWN CANCELLATION POLICY, WHICH I MENTIONED BEFORE IT GOT COMPLICATED.
AND SO NOW WE'VE SEGREGATED THIS INTO TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
THE FIRST CANCELLATION GROUP, OUR GROUP B NONPROFIT, CHINO HILLS NONPROFITS, AND GROUP S, WHICH ARE CHINO HILLS, SENIOR NONPROFIT GROUPS, WE'VE NOW MADE THEM THEIR OWN CANCELLATION POLICY.
SO IT'S NOW LESS RESTRICTIVE WITH A LOWER PERCENTAGE CHARGE TO THE CANCELLATIONS.
AND THEN FEES ARE NOT IMPOSED UNTIL 15 DAYS PRIOR.
THOSE CANCELLATION POLICIES REALLY DID EXIST OVER AT LIKE MISTAKEN GRAND AVENUE AND COMMUNITY CENTER MCCOY DIDN'T NECESSARILY.
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR OUR GROUPS TO PLAN THEIR MEETINGS AND COME IN.
AND THEN WHAT WE'VE NOW DONE IS CREATED A SECOND CATEGORY, WHICH INCLUDES GROUP C, WHICH IS OUR HAS RESIDENTS AND GROUP D, WHICH IS OUR NON CHINO HILLS RESIDENTS.
THESE ACCUMULATE ALL OF OUR PRIVATE RENTALS, PARTIES, WEDDINGS, AND CORPORATE EVENTS.
WE STRUCTURED THE, THAT GROUP TO BE MORE IN LINE WITH THE MARKET RATE SURROUNDING US.
SO STAFF ALSO DID CONDUCT A SURVEY FROM THE LOCAL CITIES AND PRIVATE FACILITIES, SUCH AS THE CHAFEE COLLEGE, THE GOLF COURSES, AND THE DIAMOND BAR CENTER.
YOU WILL SEE THAT WE'VE ALSO REQUIRED A 50% DEPOSIT UPON BOOKING OF THE FACILITY.
AND THE FINAL PAYMENT IS DUE 60 DAYS PRIOR.
SO WHILE YOU'LL SEE THAT CANCELLATION PERCENTAGE HAS INCREASED KEEPING MINUS ONLY ON 50% OF WHAT THE ACTUAL RENTALS ARE.
SO A PRIME EXAMPLE WOULD BE IF A DEPOSIT WAS RECEIVED, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANTED TO DO THE MCCOY QUESTIONING CENTER OR A GOLD PACKAGE, WHICH IS OUR BARN, AND THAT PACKAGE PRICE IS $1,100.
HALF OF THAT WOULD BE ROUGHLY AROUND $595.
THAT CANCELLATION FEE WOULD ONLY BE HALF OF THAT AT THAT POINT.
SO IT'S VERY MINIMAL COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES AND OTHER PRIVATE ENTITIES.
AND THEN WE ALSO DO STILL HAVE THAT VERBIAGE.
IT WAS REQUESTED FROM COUNCIL BACK THE LAST TIME IN 2014 THAT WE INCLUDED SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES THAT IF YOUR FACILITY, IF YOU CANCEL, AND THERE WAS A CANCEL IF PATIENT FEE THAT WAS CHARGED AGAINST YOU, IF WE NOW HAVE HAD IT THAT IF FACILITY IS REBOOKED AT THE SAME RENTAL PACKAGE OR GREATER AFTER A CANCELLATION, ALL FEES WILL BE REFUNDED.
SO AS A GOVERNMENT AGENCY, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AREN'T NECESSARILY ALWAYS KEEPING FEES AND MAKING IT FAIR AND COHESIVE.
AND SO THAT, THAT CLAUSE IS STILL REMAINS IN THEIR VERBIAGE HAS BEEN ADJUSTED TO THE GENERAL RULES REGARDING THE CURRENT MUNICIPAL CODE FIRE CODE REGULATIONS AND ALCOHOL PERMITS.
AS MOST OF THOSE FACILITIES DO ALLOW THOSE ACTIVITIES TO OCCUR.
ONE CHANGE THAT WE DID MAKE IS FOR THE RENTAL HOURS, SOME OF OUR FACILITIES, WE CONSIDERED WEEKDAY TO BE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY UNTIL 4:00 PM
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OR FRIDAY UNTIL 5:00 PM.AND THEN SOME FACILITIES WERE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, AND THEN THAT WAS IT.
SO WE STREAMLINE IT THAT NOW MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY IS WEEK, DAY AND FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY IS WEEKEND.
AND SO THOSE ARE THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT YOU SEE IN THE HOURS FOR THE FEE IN GENERAL, AS FOR OFFICE HOURS AND RENTAL HOURS, WE DID SOME ADJUSTMENTS.
WE HAVE ADJUSTED THE LIBRARY COMMUNITY ROOM HOURS NOW TO BE IN LINE WITH THE COUNTY LIBRARY OPERATING HOURS.
THEY CAN RESERVE AT 30 MINUTES AFTER OPENING AND 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO CLOSE, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THE REMOVAL, THE SUNDAY HOURS AT THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY CENTER OVER THE COURSE OF TIME FOR THE FACILITY BEING OPEN.
THIS WAS ALLOWED FOR ANYONE WANTING TO COME IN TO MAKE FACILITY RENTALS OR COME IN AND USE OUR WILLOW ROOM, WHICH WE CONSIDER FOR DROP-IN OVER TIME.
STAFF HAS BEEN KEEPING ATTENDANCE AND WE AVERAGE TWO TO THREE FACILITY RENTALS A MONTH, I'M SORRY, TWO TO THREE FACILITY RENTALS OR A SATURDAY OR SUNDAY THAT SOMEONE WILL COME INTO BOOK FOR THAT MONTH.
AND THEN ONE TO TWO FAMILIES PER SUNDAY, WE WOULD SEE HAVE IN THERE.
SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE REMOVAL OF THAT IN TOTAL, WE'LL HAVE A COST SAVINGS OF $10,000 ANNUALLY FOR THAT FACILITY.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO REQUESTING THE REMOVAL OF OFFICE HOURS IN THE MCQUAID QUESTIONING CENTER.
NOW THAT WE'VE COME ONLINE TO THE CHINOS COMMUNITY CENTER, ALL OF OUR STAFF, WE USED TO HAVE STAFF THAT WORKED AT MCCOY AND STAFF THAT WORKED AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
WE REALLY FELT THAT IT'S KIND OF A HUB BASE WHERE WE CAN OVERSEE BOTH.
AND SO ALL OF THE FACILITY AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECTS OF MCCOY IS NOW TAKING PLACE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO WHILE THE SERVICE LEVELS AND EVERYTHING WILL NOT CHANGE, WE JUST DON'T HAVE A BODY SITTING IN THERE ANSWERING PHONES AS IT WILL NOW BE DIRECTED OVER TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND THEN WE DO HAVE A CHANGE OF THE OPEN RIDE HOURS, THESE HOURS THAT WE CONSIDER OPEN, RIGHT? OR FOR ANY CHINO HILLS RESIDENTS THAT HAVE HORSES THAT WANT TO STOP BY, FOR FREE AND RIDE IN OUR ARENAS, WE HAVE ADJUSTED THEM TO ALIGN WITH OUR PARK HOURS AND FACILITY OPERATIONS.
THEY USED TO BE SUMMER AND WINTER, SIMILAR TO OUR PARK OPERATIONS THAT WE RECENTLY CHANGED.
WE'RE NOW RECOMMENDING THOSE TO BE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY FROM EIGHT TO FIVE, FRIDAY EIGHT TO FOUR AND SUNDAY EIGHT TO FIVE.
IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAD FOR THE SEASONS.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE ADDED AFTER HOURS OPEN RIDE WILL NOW BE AVAILABLE 30 MINUTES BEFORE DUSK, DEPENDING ON STAFFING AND FACILITY RENTALS.
SO WHAT WE FOUND IN THE PAST WAS AT MCCOY, WE WOULD ONLY HAVE OFFER OPEN RIGHT AVAILABLE UNTIL 5:00 PM NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND ON AVERAGE, WE'RE OPEN UNTIL NINE 30 AT NIGHT.
IT'S VERY EASILY FOR, TO HAVE THE OPEN RIDE HOURS OPEN FOR THE RESIDENTS EXTENDED BEYOND WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN OUR POLICY.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING THIS EVENING.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE ADDED A SECTION FIVE, WHICH IS A VARIANT REQUEST PROCESS.
UM, SO ON OCCASIONS WE DO GET REQUESTS THAT MAY NOT FIT WITHIN THIS POLICY.
THERE'S VARIANCE REQUEST PROCESS WAS CREATED TO HAVE A MORE FORMAL PROCESS.
UM, EXAMPLES MAY BE A CONFERENCE OR A FESTIVAL THAT MAY WANT TO USE BOWLS.
FACILITIES MAY NEED USE ILO HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING.
IT MAY ALSO BE NON-PROFIT GROUPS, CENTERS, ARP, OR THE CHINO VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
AND SO THIS NEW VARIANCE ALLOWS FOR A FORMAL PROCESS THAT WOULD GO THROUGH THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR AND POTENTIALLY TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR OFFICIAL APPROVAL ON THESE TYPES OF THINGS.
SO WITH THAT, I KNOW IT'S A LOT, BUT I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, WE WILL WORK AS CITY STAFF TO EDUCATE ALL OF OUR PATRONS.
OBVIOUSLY WE'VE BEEN CLOSED FOR AWHILE.
SO WE'VE ALREADY BEEN GEARING UP ON HOW TO EDUCATE ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS ON US BEING OPEN WHEN WE DO FINALLY GET TO THAT POINT, BUT WE WILL EDUCATE THEM ON THE NEW POLICIES THAT DO TAKE FORWARD.
AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT ALL OF THIS TAKE INTO EFFECT STARTING APRIL 1ST.
SO WITH THAT, I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, UM, REGARDING THE EQUESTRIAN CENTER, THE ARENA.
UM, DO WE HAVE LIGHTS ON THE ARENA? UM, HAVE WE EVER THOUGHT LIKE IN THE SUMMER MONTHS MAYBE TO EXTEND OPEN WRITING MAYBE LATER.
SO WE, WE HAVE HAD A CONSIDERATION.
WHAT WE HAVE AT THIS POINT IS WE'RE JUST SAYING 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO DUSK.
HOWEVER, IF WE HAVE RENTALS THAT TAKE PLACE THERE, WE CAN TURN ON THE LIGHTS AND ALLOW THEM TO COME AND DO OPEN.
SO IT IS UP TO THE PATRONS JUST TO LET US KNOW IF THEY WANT TO COME IN AND USE THE ARENAS.
WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? I DO NOT SEE ANY HANDS RAISED.
I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
SO IT'S ON, UH, LET'S SEE, IT'S ON YOUR PAGE 10 OF THE POLICY AND THEN PAGE SIX 30, SIX OF THE AGENDA.
SO IT'S KIND OF A TECHNICALITY, BUT IT SAYS SLEEPING OR LANDING IS NOT PERMITTED AT CITY FACILITIES.
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WE HAVE SOMETHING SOMEWHERE THAT WE'RE WAITING IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY THAT SUPERSEDED, WHEN WE'RE AT AN EVACUATION SITE, IT WENT OVER CITY FACILITIES.AND WE DID ADD SOMETHING IN THERE.
WE HAD TALKED WITH OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS COORDINATOR TO MAKE SURE THAT IF IT IS OPEN FOR A SHELTER, THAT WE GOT IT.
YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS THERE.
THE QUESTION, WOULD THAT ALL TAKE A MOTION IN A SECOND? SO MOVED WAS A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ PEGA.
WE HAVE A SECOND BY A COUNCIL MEMBER, BENNETT MOUNTAIN CITY CLERK.
WOULD YOU MIND TAKING A ROLE MAYOR JOSEPH? UH, YES.
[20. Adopt resolution approving Mitigated Negative Declaration, Mitigation Measures and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program under California Environmental Quality Act, authorize execution of agreement with Hazen and Sayer in amount not-to-exceed $829,579 for engineering design services, and Purchase and Sale Agreement with Boys Republic for purchase of 0.37 acres for $237,000 for the 1,2,3-TCP Removal Treatment Plant Project]
ITEM 20 ADOPTED RESOLUTION MITIGATE, UH, PROVING MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION MITIGATION MEASURES AND MITIGATION MONITORING AND PROGRAM UNDER CALIFORNIA, ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT AUTHORIZED EXECUTION OF AGREEMENT WITH HASAN AND SAYER.I HOPE I GOT THAT RIGHT IN THE, IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $829,579 FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES AND PURCHASE AND SALE OF AGREEMENT WITH BOYS' REPUBLIC FOR PURCHASE OF 0.37 ACRES FOR $237,000 FOR THE TCP ONE, TWO, ONE, TWO, THREE TCP REMOVAL, A TREATMENT PLANT PROJECT.
SO WITH THAT STAFF REPORT, MARY JO'S, MARK WILEY WITH OUR WATER DIVISION.
WELL, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT REMEMBER BACK IN SEPTEMBER, I CAME AND I GAVE A LITTLE, UH, UH, A PRESENTATION, HOW OUR WATER SYSTEM SYSTEM WORKED, WHERE WE GOT OUR WATER.
HOW MANY RESERVOIRS DO WE HAVE? AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, I INTRODUCED YOU TO ONE, TWO, THREE TRIKE FLORAL PROPANE.
UM, I'M JUST GOING TO CALL IT TCP FOR SHORT.
UM, SO BACK IN 1996, UH, AMENDMENTS TO THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT, UM, THERE WAS A REQUIREMENT OF THE EPA THAT EVERY FIVE YEARS THEY WOULD GET A LESS A LIST OF CHEMICALS THAT THEY WOULD REQUIRE WATER AGENCIES TO GO OUT AND TEST.
UM, SO IN THE THIRD TIME THAT THIS HAPPENED, WHICH IS IN MAY OF 2012, A CHEMICAL CALLED A ONE, TWO, THREE TCP, UH, WAS ON THAT LIST.
AND WE WERE REQUIRED TO TEST THAT AND WE WERE REQUIRED TO HAVE A REPORTING LEVEL OF 0.03 MICROGRAMS PER LITER, WHICH IS A VERY SMALL NUMBER IN ITSELF.
UM, A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON TCP, IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER, UM, IT'S A, UH, A CARCINOGEN MOST LIKELY, AND IT WAS FOUND IN PESTICIDES AND HERBICIDES, AND THIS IS PROBABLY DUE TO AGRICULTURE, UH, BACK IN THE DAY THAT WAS IN THE AREA.
SO IN JULY OF 2017, THE CALIFORNIA STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD ADOPTED, UH, OR THEY ADOPTED A RESOLUTION, UH, SAYING, UH, WE HAVE AN MCL NOW AT MCL STANDS FOR A MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL INSTEAD OF BEING 0.03, IT'S THE ADOPTED, UH, THE MCL TO BE 0.005.
THIS IS A VERY SMALL NUMBER, UH, JUST TO GIVE A QUICK ILLUSTRATION OF WHAT, HOW SMALL THAT IS.
IF YOU HAVE AN OLYMPIC SIZED POOL, WHICH HOLDS ABOUT 660,000 GALLONS, UH, FIVE PARTS PER TRILLION, WHICH IS WHAT THIS IS, WOULD BE FIVE DROPS OF ANOTHER LIQUID ENTERING INTO THAT POOL.
SO IT'S A VERY SMALL NUMBER, UM, IN DECEMBER OF 14, THAT NEW BECAME LAW.
AND WE HAD TO TAKE ALL OF OUR WELLS OFFLINE, UM, BECAUSE WE HAD A FEW WELLS THAT WERE, UH, CONTAMINATED.
UM, WE CANNOT BLEND THESE WELLS.
UH, USUALLY IF WE HAVE A KICK CONTAMINANTS SUCH AS NITRATE OR, OR ARSENIC, WE CAN BRING OTHER WATER IN LIKE WATER FROM THE STATE WATER PROJECT OR, OR OTHER WATER AGENCIES.
UM, THE STATE WILL NOT ALLOW US TO BLEND THAT WATER.
UH, THE ONLY MITIGATION IS TO TAKE THE, UH, THE TCP OUT OF THE WATER.
UM, I CANNOT STRESS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US TO HAVE THIS SOURCE, UM, OUR OWN WELLS.
UM, IF FOR SOME REASONS THE STATE WATER PROJECT GOES OFFLINE DUE TO AN EARTHQUAKE OR MAINTENANCE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD.
UH, RIGHT NOW THE STATE IS THE STATE AND OTHER WATER AGENCIES THAT WE DO BUSINESS WITH, UM, IS PROVIDING THE WATER THAT WE WOULD NORMALLY GET OUT OF THESE WELLS.
UM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE CHART ON THE, UH, UH, UH, IN OUR PRESENTATION HERE, W OUR LEVELS
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OF TCP IS 0.02, THREE.SO WHEN THE STATE CAME OUT WITH THEIR RULE OF MONITORING AT 0.03, WE THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS GOOD.
AND SO DID A LOT OF OTHER WATER AGENCIES.
AND WHEN THEY CAME OUT WITH THE 0.005 LEVEL, WHICH IS SO MUCH SMALLER, WE ALL KIND OF WERE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO TAKE A STEP BACK.
SO WE'RE NOT UNIQUE AS A CITY OR AS A WATER SYSTEM.
WE'RE NOT UNIQUE AS A WATER SYSTEM, RIGHT.
NOT UNIQUE AT ALL THE WHOLE STATE OF CALIFORNIA MIRROR.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, THIS DIAGRAM LISTS, UM, A LOT OF OUR WELLS, NONE OF OUR WELLS ARE, ARE IN CHINO HILLS.
UM, THEY ARE ALL KIND OF WITHIN ABOUT A ONE MILE, UH, UH, A DIAMETER OVER IN CHINO, WHICH IS, UH, AND THEY ALL PUMP TO A CENTRAL SPOT IN ALL THE WELLS SINCE THEY PUMPED TO A CENTRAL SPOT.
THAT THAT WOULD BE OUR BENIGN BOOSTER STATION ON EUCALYPTUS BY BOYS, UH, UH, PUBLIC OVER HERE.
UM, INSTEAD OF BUILDING A TREATMENT PLANT AT EACH WELL SITE, HAVING A CENTRALIZED LOCATION, UH, SEEMED LIKE IT WOULD BE THE BEST ALTERNATIVE, UM, THE BEST AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY TO REMOVE THE TCP IS CALLED A GAC OR GRANULATED ACTIVATED CARBON.
AND IT'S NOTHING MORE THAN A, A FILTER YOU WOULD HAVE ON YOUR SINK.
UM, SO THIS ILLUSTRATION IS OUR BOOSTER NINE STATION, AND, UM, RIGHT NEXT TO THE, OUR BOOSTER NINE STATION TO THE WEST, THERE'S A LITTLE AREA THAT'S OWNED BY BOYS REPUBLIC.
THAT WOULD BE PERFECT TO BUILD A PLANT.
AND IT'S ABOUT 0.3, SEVEN ACRES.
UM, HERE'S THE, HERE'S THE LITTLE KITE, UH, UH, SITE CONCEPT.
AS WE PUT MORE WELLS ONLINE, WE WOULD PROBABLY START OFF WITH, UH, FOUR TO SIX OF THOSE LITTLE TANKS, AND THEN WE WOULD INCREASE THOSE AS, AS WE BROUGHT MORE WELLS ONLINE.
UM, SO OUR RECOMMENDATION TO YOU IS, AS YOU READ EARLIER, IS TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION, UH, THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS APPROVING THE MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION MITIGATION MEASURES AND MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT FOR THE ONE, TWO, THREE TCP, UH, PLANT THAT, THAT WE HAVE.
UM, NUMBER TWO WOULD BE TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT, UH, WITH HAZEN AND SAWYER AND AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED $828,000, UH, FIVE 79 FOR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE PLANT AND AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT WITH ESCROW INSTRUCTION FOR THE, UH, 0.3, SEVEN ACRES OF LAND THAT WE NEED FROM THE BOYS' REPUBLIC.
UM, AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANYONE HAS.
I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS FIRST.
AND THEN WE CAN GO TO QUESTIONS IF YOU DON'T MIND.
SO WITH THAT, LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM, MADAM CITY CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS WE DID RECEIVE, UM, A COMMENT THAT WE DISTRIBUTED TO YOU, HOWEVER, THAT WAS NOT REQUESTED BE READ INTO THE RECORD.
SO THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED TO THE COUNCIL AND PLACED ON THE WEBSITE BEFORE THE MEETING TONIGHT, THE WRITER OF THAT IS, UM, ON THE MEETING.
SO I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS RAISE FOR ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS.
BUT THEN I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS.
THIS IS HOW THE COMMUNITY KEEPS ASKING WHEN WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THIS TYPE OF PROJECT TO PUT OUR WELLS BACK ONLINE.
AND AFTER A LOT OF HOMEWORK, THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT, AND THIS WILL BE A GREAT PROJECT.
SINCE WE'RE DOING THIS FILTER FILTRATION SYSTEM, MY QUESTION WOULD BE ON THE TCP.
ONCE WE, WE GO WITH, HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SYSTEM, WHAT'S THE ANTICIPATED LEVEL, AND IT'S GOING TO BE DROPPED DOWN TO DO WE HAVE A ROUGH IDEA? ZERO, ZERO.
WHAT ABOUT LIKE ARSENIC AND OTHER CHEMICALS THAT ARE IN THE WATER? WILL THAT TAKE CARE OF THAT TOO? NO, WON'T TAKE CARE OF OUR ARSENIC AT OUR PLANT 15.
WELL, AND WE DO HAVE A, UM, A MITIGATION PLANT THERE TO TAKE THE ARSENIC OUT.
WHAT ABOUT ISOLATION DISTRICTS? OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW BOYS' REPUBLIC IS A SCHOOL.
IS THAT A CONSIDERATION OR CONCERN BEING SO CLOSE TO THE KIDS? I SEE THE BASKETBALL COURT IS A COURT IS WHY I'M ASKING THE QUESTION.
AND, UM, WE HAVE A EXPERT ONLINE, UH, ON THE PHONE THAT WILL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION HURT.
AND I BELIEVE YOU HAVE HER, UH, UH, HER BIO.
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YEAH.ALL RIGHT, NICOLE, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU THIS EVENING.
THANKS FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.
WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO BE INVOLVED WITH THIS PROJECT AND HELPING THE CITY BRING THIS WATER.
UM, WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE, BUT WOULD YOU MIND ANNOUNCING WHO YOU ARE SO THAT THE PUBLIC IS AWARE OF? WHO'S SPEAKING, PLEASE.
I'M A VICE-PRESIDENT WITH HAZEN AND SAWYER, I'M ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERS.
UM, AND I'LL BE WORKING ON THIS PROJECT AS A TECHNICAL ADVISOR.
UM, I'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK, UM, INCLUDING FOR A LOT OF NEIGHBORING CITIES, UM, ON GAC, UM, INSTALLATIONS FOR TTP AND OTHER VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS THAT ARE REMOVED FROM THE WATER.
AND WE HAD A QUESTION CONCERNING ANY POTENTIAL DANGER TO THIS BEING LOCATED NEXT TO A SCHOOL.
UM, SO AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, THAT THE CONCEPT OF HOW THIS WORKS IS THAT WATER RUNS THROUGH THE GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON, UM, IN THESE, IN THE VESSELS, UM, IT IS THE TCP IS ABSORBED ONTO THE, THE GAC MATERIAL, MUCH LIKE YOU HAVE A BRITA SYSTEM.
UM, AND THEN IT RETAINS THAT TCP, IT STICKS TO THE, IT BASICALLY COMES OUT OF THE WATER AND STICKS ONTO THE CARBON VERY STRONGLY.
UM, AND IT OPERATES UNTIL YOU GET BREAKTHROUGH.
UM, AND YOU START TO SEE IT IN THE EFFLUENT.
AND AT THAT POINT, UM, THEN THE CITY WOULD CHANGE OUT THAT CARBON.
UM, AND YOU HAVE IT IN, UH, A LEAD LAG CONFIGURATION.
SO YOU ESSENTIALLY HAVE ONE VESSEL AND THEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER ONE THAT FOLLOWS IT IN SERIES SO THAT YOU CHANGE IT OUT AND YOU CAN KEEP THE WATER.
UM, NON-DETECT, YOU CAN HAVE A FULL TREATMENT, UM, ON THE EFFLUENT OF THE, THE SECOND VESSEL.
UM, SO WHEN YOU DO THAT, UM, WHEN YOU DO THE CHANGE OUT, YOU BASICALLY REMOVE THE CARBON FROM THAT VESSEL.
AND, UH, UH, A VENDOR WILL COME IN AND BRING A NEW BATCH OF CARBON, UH, PUT THAT INTO THE VESSEL AND THEN RESTART THE OPERATIONS.
UM, SO DURING THAT PROCESS, THE CARBON IS EXTRACTED FROM THE VESSEL.
UM, WHEN IT IS, IT IS THE CARBON KEEPS, IT HOLDS ON REALLY STRONGLY TO THE TCP.
AND SO THERE'S REALLY NO RISK OF ANY AIR EMISSIONS OR ANY SPILLAGE, UM, OF TCP OFF OF THAT CARBON.
SO THE, BASICALLY THE, UM, THE, FOR ANY EXPOSURE, UM, IS VERY MINIMAL.
SO JUST, I JUST WANT TO, I'M JUST WANTING TO KNOW THIS FOR SURE.
SO YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT THERE'S NO HEALTH HAZARDS PERIOD, CORRECT.
UM, THE, THE CARBON ITSELF WILL THE CONCENTRATIONS OF TCP, AS, AS MARK MENTIONED, UM, THE CONCENTRATIONS YOU'RE REMOVING ARE REALLY, REALLY SMALL.
UM, AND SO IT NEVER EVEN BUILDS UP TO BE A HAZARDOUS, UM, AMOUNT ON THE CARBON, EVEN WHEN THE CARBON IS READY FOR THE EXCHANGE.
UM, ONE THING THAT, THAT THE CITY WILL DO IS MONITOR TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOTHING ELSE BEING PULLED OUT INADVERTENTLY, UH, FROM THE WATER THAT'S ACCUMULATING ON THAT RESIDENT ON THAT, ON THAT CARBON OVER TIME.
SO IT WILL BE TESTED, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS NOT, UM, IT DOES NOT EXCEED ANY THRESHOLD, BUT FOR TCP, UM, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS INDICATED THAT, UM, THE LEVELS ARE REALLY LOW AND, AND WILL NOT RENDER THE, UH, THE CARBON HAZARDOUS.
AND JUST ONE LAST QUESTION, IS THERE GOING TO BE A CONTAINED CONTAINMENT BASIS OR BASE WHERE BASICALLY THERE IS AN ISSUE OR A PROBLEM THAT EVERYTHING WILL BE CONTAINED ON SITE? YES, THE CARBON, UM, WHEN IT IT'S BASICALLY, UM, YOU CAN THINK OF IT AS LIKE A, THERE'S BASICALLY LIKE FIRE HOSES, UM, THAT IT HOOKS IT, THEY HOOK UP A TRUCK TO THE GAC VESSELS, UM, AND THE, THE CARBON IS SLUICED IN, UM, WITH A WATER FLOW.
UM, AND THEN IT'S ALSO THE SAME WAY IT'S, SLUICED OUT WITH PRESSURE AND WATER FLOW.
SO IT GOES, IT BASICALLY COMES IN AND OUT, UH, WITHOUT EVER GOING INTO ANY BIG OPEN, VAST, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IT JUST IS GOING STRAIGHT INTO THE TRUCK.
AND THEN THE IT'S IT'S TAKEN OFF SITE FOR DISPOSAL.
WITH THAT, I WILL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS, AND I'LL SECOND THE MOTION, UH, MANAGING THE CLERK.
WOULD YOU MIND TAKING ROLL MAYOR JOS? YES.
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YES.NOW, ONE OF OUR FEW AND FLEETING PUBLIC INFORMATION
[ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT]
OFFICER REPORTS FROM DENISE.WE COULD CALL THIS MY SWANSONG PUBLIC INFORMATION REPORT TONIGHT.
UM, TONIGHT WE ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT IT IS WE'RE HITTING THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
UH, PRESIDENT TRUMP DECLARED A NATIONAL EMERGENCY MARCH 13TH.
I RECALL LEAVING WORK THAT NIGHT AND ALBERTSONS WAS PACKED.
UH, COULDN'T FIND A CARD I DECIDED TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.
UM, SO THAT WAS REALLY THE MARK THAT SHOWED US ALL THAT SOMETHING WAS, UM, OUR CITY DECLARED A LOCAL EMERGENCY ON MARCH 16TH AND THE COUNCIL RATIFIED IT ON THE NEXT DAY.
AND ON THE 18TH CITY HALL CLOSED AT FOUR 30, AND THAT CLOSURE WOULD END UP LASTING ABOUT 10 WEEKS.
UM, CITY STAFF WAS STILL WORKING.
WE WERE FINDING NEW WAYS TO WORK WITH OUR RESIDENTS AND CUSTOMERS ONLINE BY THE PHONE WHAT'S DROP-OFF BOXES AND A WHOLE VARIETY OF THINGS.
UM, FINALLY DID REOPEN ON JUNE 1ST WITH NEW PROTOCOLS IN PLACE.
SO, UH, THIS IS KIND OF JUST A MOMENT TO MARK THE CHANGE THAT WE ALL EXPERIENCED LAST YEAR.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER THE COVID-19 STATISTICS.
THERE ARE 288,000 GIVE OR TAKE NEW CASES.
UH, IT'S ONLY UP 6,000 AND THE PREVIOUS TWO WEEK PERIOD WAS 14,000.
SO WE'RE REALLY ON A DOWNWARD TREND.
UM, YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT I RECORD THE NUMBERS ON MONDAY AND DESCRIBE HOW MANY MORE CASES WE HAD IN ONE DAY, SIX WEEKS AGO.
THAT WAS 4,000 IN ONE DAY OVER LAST NIGHT, IT WAS ONE SO DRAMATICALLY CHANGING, UH, POSITIVE TESTS.
AND, YOU KNOW, HILLS IS UP 69 IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS FOR 5,656, THE TOTAL TESTS IN THE COUNTY, UH, POSITIVE TESTS THEM, SORRY.
THE TOTAL TESTS IN THE COUNTY IS, UM, 2,500,000.
AND THAT NUMBER WENT UP BY ABOUT 115,000 IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS.
THE POSITIVITY RATE IN THE COUNTY IS 11.3, 2% IN CHINO HILLS.
WE'RE CONTINUING OUR DOWNWARD TREND FOR THE NUMBER OF TESTS THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE GETTING, WHICH IS HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TESTAMENTS, YOU KNOW, HILLS IS GETTING CLOSE TO 74,000.
SO THAT IS AGAIN, DECLINING DRAMATICALLY FOR US.
UM, YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT THE TIERS THAT WE'RE IN, UM, ALTHOUGH WE'RE NOT LOOKED AT SEPARATELY, UH, HAVE TO DO WITH NEW CASES PER 100,000, WE'RE JUST AT A 3.4, WHICH REALLY PUTS US IN THE ORANGE TIER, UH, IF, IF WE TOOK CHINO HILLS BY ITSELF.
AND THEN IF WE LOOK AT THE POSITIVE TESTS, WE'RE ACTUALLY IN THE YELLOW TIER, WHICH IS, UM, CONSIDERED MINIMAL.
SO OUR CITY IS REALLY MOVING IN A GREAT DIRECTION FOR THAT DEATHS IN THE COUNTY STILL DID INCREASE 539 IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS.
AND DEATHS IN THE CITY WAS UP 14 FOR A TOTAL OF 37.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME BACKLOGS, WHICH MIGHT, WHICH MIGHT BE THE REASON FOR THAT.
UH, THE CITY MANAGER, THE CITY MANAGER, UH, MENTIONED OUR CLOSURES CONTINUING THROUGH APRIL 4TH AND ALSO STREETS.
WE'RE NOT ISSUING, UH, WE'LL BE WORKING TO MAKE OUR RESIDENTS AWARE OF THAT.
AND WE'D LIKE THEM TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, PAY ATTENTION TO THAT.
SO THEY'LL HEAR IT WHEN WE TELL THEM, UH, FOR, UH, THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED THAT THE ROADMAP HAS BEEN UPDATED, UH, TEACHERS, SCHOOL SUPPORT STAFF, GROCERY STORE WORKERS, UM, ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN ADDED.
AND THE NEXT PHASE THAT WILL BE HAPPENING IS, UM, INDIVIDUALS 16 TO 64 THAT HAVE UNDERLYING MEDICAL CONDITIONS OR DISABILITY, WHICH PUT THEM AT HIGH RISK WILL BE ADDED.
WE'VE HEARD THE DATE MARCH 15TH, BUT WE'RE A LITTLE HESITANT TO PUT THAT DOWN ON OUR WEBSITE SO FAR.
SO THAT'S THE NEXT ONE WE'RE WATCHING FOR, UH, TALKING ABOUT VACCINATIONS STATISTICS.
THE DOSES ADMINISTERED BY COUNTY PROVIDERS IS 325,600.
AND THE DOSES ADMINISTERED TO OUR RESIDENTS IN THE COUNTY ARE 415,700 ROUGHLY.
UM, THE DIFFERENCE FOR THAT IS THAT YOU CAN BE, YOU CAN GET YOUR VACCINATION WHERE YOU WORK OR LIVE.
UH, SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENCE IN THOSE NUMBERS.
UH, SOMETIME IN MARCH, ALL VACCINES ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE, WE'LL, WE'LL TURN TO THE STATE'S NEW PROGRAM CALLED THE, MY TURN, THE, MY TURN SYSTEM, THE COUNTY IS ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO GO TO THIS WEBSITE LISTED ON ONLINE THERE AND TO REGISTER FOR THAT SYSTEM.
UH, I CHECKED IT TODAY AND THE WEBSITES ARE STILL A LITTLE FUNNY.
SO WE DID SEE ONE THAT SENT YOU TO THIS
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EMAIL OR TO THIS WEBSITE TO GET A SECOND DOSE APPOINTMENT.AND IT REALLY DIDN'T TAKE YOU TO THAT.
SO IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK TO KEEP EVERYTHING UP TO DATE.
SO BE PATIENT ON THAT, UM, FOR NOW SINCE CAN CONTINUE USING THE VACCINE SITE FOR THE COUNTY.
AND WE'VE BEEN VERY HAPPY WITH THE EXTENDED PHONE LINE AT THE COUNTY WHERE THEY'VE BEEN HELPING OUR SENIOR RESIDENTS WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS OR SKILLS FOR THE, FOR THE INTERNET.
SO THEY INCREASE THOSE HOURS AND THAT'S BEEN A HELP FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
UH, AGAIN, ALL THE SITES FOR VACCINES ARE LISTED ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE AND WE ARE SEEING MORE ACCESS AVAILABLE AT LOCAL PHARMACIES, LOCAL PHARMACIES AND THINGS.
SO KEEP WORKING ON THAT, UH, FOR TESTING, UM, YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THAT TESTING THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN OFF THE LIST OF GOALS YET.
SO WE STILL ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO TEST, AND WE ARE PROVIDING THAT LOCALLY AT THE MCCOY EQUESTRIAN CENTER.
WE HAVE TWO MORE DATES LEFT IN MARCH, MARCH 17TH AND MARCH 31ST FROM NINE TO FOUR, YOU HAVE TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS GENERALLY, BUT YOU CAN PROBABLY WALK IN.
UM, THERE IS ALSO LOCAL TESTING AT THE SHOPS AND THEY DO HAVE A MOBILE, UH, TESTING BUS THERE FROM SEVEN TO SEVEN.
UH, THEY DO HAVE A DIFFERENT SYSTEM TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS.
SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE NOTE OF THAT WEBSITE.
WE HAVE BEEN THERE OURSELVES AND CHECKED AND THEY THEY'RE TAKING WALK-INS AS WELL.
UH, ANOTHER OFF COVID CONVERSATION IS WE HAVE OUR APPLICATION PERIOD OPEN FOR STUDENT MEMBER FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION THAT IS OPEN TO HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS AND SENIORS DURING THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR.
AND THEY SERVE AS A NON-VOTING ON THE COMMISSION.
SO THEY TRY TO BRING SOME OF THE YOUTHFUL IDEAS TO THE COMMISSION.
THEY MUST BE IN GOOD ACADEMIC STANDING CHINO HILLS RESIDENT.
UM, THE COMMISSION DOES REVIEW ITEMS RELATED TO PARKS AND RECREATION TRAILS EVENTS PROGRAMS. THE DEADLINE TO APPLY IS APRIL 9TH AT 4:00 PM.
WE'VE GOT APPLICATIONS ON OUR WEBSITE AND WE HAVE PROVIDED APPLICATIONS TO THE VARIOUS HIGH SCHOOLS IN TOWN.
NEXT TOPIC IS THE HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE.
WE'RE ENCOURAGING OUR RESIDENTS TO CONTINUE TO BE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS.
THE NEXT MEETING IS MARCH 16TH AND THE MEETINGS BUILD UPON ONE ANOTHER.
SO STAYING INVOLVED THE ENTIRE TIME IS, IS VERY USEFUL TO STAY UP TO DATE WITH WHAT, UH, THEIR, UH, INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE SHARING.
YOU CAN KEEP UP TO DATE WITH THAT INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL.
AND THEN THE NEXT MEETING IS APRIL 6TH AND IT IS BY ZOOM.
BLOOD DRIVES ARE CONTINUING THROUGH THE END OF FEBRUARY.
UH, FOR BOTH VACCINES AND BLOOD DRIVE, WE'RE WAITING TO SEE IF WE CAN ADD MORE APPOINTMENTS COMING UP FOR, UM, APRIL.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE TO OFFER TO BE A HOST FOR THAT.
UH, WE MENTIONED THE SPRING RECREATION PROGRAMS, AND AGAIN, MENTIONED OF THE WATER CONSERVATION DESIGN DESIGN ASSIGN CONTEST INTERVIEWS ARE DUE MARCH 19TH.
SO START DRAWING THOSE ENTRIES.
YOU CAN DRIVE AROUND THE CITY AND SEE SOME FORMER WINNERS TO GET SOME IDEAS.
SO ON MARCH 31ST, THERE'LL BE A 10:00 AM SESSION FOR SENIORS, 50 PLUS WE CALL THEM ACTIVE ADULTS, 50 PLUS.
AND IF YOU'RE 18 OR OLDER, YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE 6:00 PM.
YOU HAVE TO REGISTER FOR THAT.
YOU STILL HAVE TO BE 18 PLUS, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT REALLY GAMBLING, IT'S JUST, UH, IT'S JUST FOR ADULTS.
THOSE THAT ARE 50 PLUS COULD REALLY PLAY IN BOTH GAMES.
AND THEN THE NEXT ONE IS, UH, ACTIVE ADULTS HAVE A NEW STAY-AT-HOME ART PROJECT.
IT'S SOMETHING NEW WE'RE TRYING FOR THAT GROUP.
YOU'D HAVE TO REGISTER DRIVE BY PICK UP A KIT.
YOU NEED TO MAKE A SPRING WREATH, AND WE'LL HOOK YOU UP WITH, UM, VIDEO DIRECTIONS OR WRITTEN DIRECTIONS.
AND WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING READY TO GO.
AND FINALLY, WE ACTUALLY STILL HAVE A FEW TICKETS LEFT FOR OUR EASTERN EXCITEMENT EVENT.
UH, THAT EVENT IS RE-IMAGINED THIS YEAR.
SO FOR $20, YOUR FAMILY GETS 30 MINUTES OF THEIR OWN TIME TOGETHER WITH ICONS CRAFT STATION PHOTOS, WITH A BUNNY AT TAKE-HOME EASTER BASKET AND AN EGG DECORATING CONTEST KIT.
UH, FRIDAY, APRIL 2ND IS WHEN WE HAVE MOST TICKETS LEFT, WHICH IS FROM THREE TO SEVEN ON THAT FRIDAY.
SO GET OUT THERE AND SIGN UP FOR THAT.
AND YOU CAN FIND THAT ON OUR VIRTUAL RECREATION PAGE WITH THAT, THAT COMPLETES MY REPORT.
DO WE HAVE PLENTY OF QUESTIONS, RIGHT? TO KEEP HER UP HERE.
WE'LL BE INTRODUCING MY REPLACEMENT.
DO YOU NEED ANY PLAY MY MIND? YEAH.
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ALL RIGHT.[ SAFETY UPDATES - Police and Fire]
UPDATES.CHIEF WALKER BEEN A FUN DAY IN TOWN.
YEAH, IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BUSY.
IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BUSY, GOOD THING.
MAYOR JOE'S, UH, VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ AND THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, ON MARCH 4TH, WE CONDUCTED OUR FIRST TOBACCO COMPLIANCE CHECK.
THAT CHECK WAS, UH, FUNDED BY A GRANT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, TOBACCO DIVISION.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT ANY BUSINESS WITHIN THE CITY, UM, THAT SELLS TOBACCO PRODUCTS NEEDS TO HAVE, UM, CERTAIN SIGNAGE POSTED INSIDE THE BUSINESS AND AT THE REGISTER.
UM, WE WENT OUT AND CONTACTED 21 DIFFERENT BUSINESSES, 10 OF WHICH WERE OUT OF COMPLIANCE.
UM, THIS FIRST CHECK IS JUST BASICALLY INFORMATIVE AND ADVISING THE BUSINESSES OF WHAT THE REGULATIONS ARE AND REQUIREMENTS ARE.
AND WE'LL BE GOING BACK OUT IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE.
WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF VIOLATIONS THAT YOU TYPICALLY FIND ONE MORE TIME, SIR? WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF VIOLATIONS THAT YOU FIND? UM, SO THERE'S, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT PLACARDS THAT NEED TO BE, UM, PLACED.
ONE IS THE CALIFORNIA CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO, UM, PRODUCTS, RETAILER LICENSE.
AND THEN ALSO THE SECOND IS A STOP TOBACCO ACCESS TO KIDS ENFORCEMENT SIGN, UM, THAT NEEDS TO BE AT, UM, AT EACH REGISTER AT LOCATION.
UM, SO OF THE, OF THE 21 BUSINESSES, 10 OF THOSE DIDN'T HAVE ONE OR BOTH OF THE, OF THE PLACARDS VISIBLE.
UM, SECONDLY, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE NOTICED A VERY DISTURBING TREND OF ANTI-ASIAN VIOLENCE THROUGHOUT THE NATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD MEETINGS BEFORE WITH OUR ASIAN COMMUNITY, WE KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THAT RELUCTANCY TO REPORT CRIMES.
UM, I'M CONCERNED THAT CRIME TO THIS NATURE COULD POTENTIALLY GO UNREPORTED.
UM, SO FORTUNATELY, THUS FAR, WE HAVEN'T BEEN NOTIFIED OF ANY SUCH CRIMES IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, NOR DO WE HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE OCCURRED.
UM, BUT WE'VE REACHED OUT TO SOME STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, TO HELP SPREAD THAT MESSAGE AND, AND SHARE THE FACT THAT IF THEY ARE VICTIMS OF THE CRIMES, UM, PLEASE REACH OUT TO US AND LET US KNOW.
UM, AND IT'S, UM, EQUALLY IMPORTANT THAT I WANTED TO REMIND OUR ASIAN COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE, UH, WE ARE AN INCLUSIVE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WANT TO PROMOTE AND SUSTAIN A SENSE OF BELONGING.
UM, LASTLY, WE ARE PREPARING FOR OUR QUALITY OF LIFE MEETINGS.
UM, WE'VE GOT FEW PROJECTED DATES THAT, UM, WE'RE HOPING TO SOLIDIFY, UM, TOMORROW THEY'RE PROJECTED TOWARDS THE END OF THE MONTH AND THE BEGINNING OF NEXT MONTH.
UM, AND IT WILL DONE VIRTUALLY.
SO, UM, ASK THE COMMUNITY TO KEEP YOUR EARS AND EYES OPEN FOR THAT.
WE'LL OBVIOUSLY BE POSTING IT ON THE CITY WEBSITE AND THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL.
CAN YOU ADDRESS MAILBOX THEFT AND, UM, CATALYTIC CONVERTERS? HAS THERE BEEN A RASH OF THAT? IT SEEMS LIKE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THERE'S A LOT OF CALLS OR A LOT OF REPORTS TO THAT.
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? IS IT REALLY AS BAD AS IT APPEARS OR DO YOU KNOW ON WHICH ONE OR BOTH? BOTH INDIVIDUALLY, OBVIOUSLY.
SO CADILLAC CONVERTERS HAVE BEEN A, A HUGE TREND THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
UM, THERE ARE THREE PRECIOUS METALS THAT ARE IN THERE.
UM, WE KNOW THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS ARE BEING CUT OFF WITH SAUL'S OFF, UM, AND TRANSPORTED OUT OF STATE, UM, TO GET THOSE RAW, UM, METALS OUT OF THE, OUT OF THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS.
IT'S THE RHODIUM OR SOMETHING IT'S THE MOST EXPENSIVE, ISN'T IT THE MOST PRECIOUS? OR AM I SAYING THAT RIGHT? I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THE THREE ARE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT THEY'RE THREE THAT ARE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE.
UM, THE NUMBERS THAT WE WERE GIVEN, IF YOU TAKE A TRUCKLOAD OUT THERE, UM, THEY'RE GETTING ABOUT 3 BILLION BACK.
UM, SO IT'S EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE, SO THEY'RE NOT FENCING THEM LOCALLY APPARENTLY.
SO OUR, THAT WAS GOING TO BE A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION.
SO OUR COUNTY HAS NO NEED TO BE MONITORING, UH, SCRAP YARDS OR WHATEVER, WHEREVER THEY MIGHT FENCE THESE BECAUSE THEY'RE TAKING THEM OUT OF THE STATE.
BUT IT'S NONETHELESS STILL A PROBLEM.
AND ANY SUGGESTIONS ON HOW PEOPLE CAN, UH, ALLEVIATE THAT OR DROP THE, YOU KNOW, THE POSSIBILITY OF IT HAPPENING GARAGE, YOUR CARS OR COME THEM UP AGAINST YOUR GARAGE? YEAH.
THE ODD, THE OBVIOUS IS TO PARK YOUR, YOUR VEHICLES IN THE GARAGE.
IF, IF, IF ANIMAL, UNFORTUNATELY NOT EVERYONE HAS THAT ABILITY, UM, PARK YOUR CARS AND WELDED AREAS, UM, PARK IT NEXT TO WINDOWS, IF YOU CAN, UM, DO NOT PARK THEM IN THE STREET NEXT TO THE, TO THE GUTTER.
CAUSE IT GIVES THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE ROOM TO TRY TO GET UNDERNEATH.
UM, SO YEAH, AND JUST, IF YOU HEAR SOMETHING, UM, LIKE A SAWS, ALL GOING OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, IT'S PROBABLY YOUR, YOUR CATALYTIC CONVERTER GETTING READY TO BE STOLEN.
UM, MAILBOX THEFT IS OBVIOUSLY STILL, UM, A LUCRATIVE BUSINESS.
UNFORTUNATELY, UM, PEOPLE ARE STEALING THE INFORMATION AND USING IT FOR IDENTITY THEFT AND SO FORTH.
SO IT'S STILL CONCERNED, BUT A CATALYTIC CONVERTERS ARE DEFINITELY ON THE HIGHER END OF THE TWO.
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YOU'RE WELCOME.ALL RIGHT, CHIEF WILLIAMS. GOOD EVENING.
I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT OUT ON THE FIRE DISTRICT TONIGHT, UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANY SPECIFIC REASON.
[ COUNCIL REPORTS Mayor Johsz Legislative Advocacy Committee Vice Mayor Marquez League of California Cities Latino Caucus Board of Directors San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Board of Directors Southern California Association of Governments Regional Council Board Southern California Regional Rail Authority Board (Metrolink) State Route 91 Advisory Committee Council Member Moran Chino Valley Unified School District Board Omnitrans Board Council Member Rogers Chino Basin Desalter Authority Chino Hills Community Foundation]
COUNCIL REPORTS.I'LL KICK US OFF WITH THE LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY COMMITTEE AND PETER, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CHIME IN AS WELL.
THE MAIN FOCUS WAS MOSTLY THE $1.9 TRILLION FEDERAL STIMULUS, UH, UM, PROGRAM THAT IS BEING HASN'T YET BEEN APPROVED, BUT WILL BE APPROVED BY THE, UH, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SENATE AND SIGNED INTO LAW BY PRESIDENT BIDEN.
UH, THE GRAND TOTAL THAT WE'RE EXPECTING TO GET AS A CITY IS A LITTLE OVER $10 MILLION.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT WAYS THAT THAT WILL EVENTUALLY BE SPENT.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT MORE, UM, MORE JUST KIND OF A WAIT AND SEE ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
I KNOW WE'VE MISSED BY A COUPLE OF HOURS.
THE GOVERNOR JUST HAD HIS STATE OF THE CITY AT DODGER STADIUM, WHICH IS FUN FOR A MAYOR FROM SAN FRANCISCO.
SO I WAS THINKING OF THE SAME.
UM, SO YEAH, IT WAS JUST MOSTLY, JUST A QUICK LITTLE SNAPSHOT ON WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE LEGISLATURE.
THEY HAVEN'T BEEN IN SESSION FOR LONG, SO WE WILL KEEP THE CITY UP TO DATE ON WHAT WONDERFUL LEGISLATION WILL BE COMING IN FROM SACRAMENTO.
MARK HAS, WOULD YOU MIND REPORTING ON YOUR ASSIGNMENTS? OKAY, MR. MAYOR, FIRST OF ALL, IS THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES, LATINO CAUCUS.
THERE WAS NOT A MEETING EVEN THOUGH IT WAS POSTED.
NUMBER TWO, SPCT A BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING.
WE RECEIVED AN UPDATE ON MEASURE.
I REVENUE ESTIMATES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021, 2022.
WE ALSO UPDATED THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST CODE SCAG.
WE HAD A JOINT MEETING WITH ALL POLICY COMMITTEES, AND CYNTHIA WAS PART OF THIS.
THE TOPIC OR PRESENTATION WAS RACIAL EQUITY AND REGIONAL PLANNING IN HISTORY PERSPECTIVES, PRETTY INFORMATIVE LONG, BUT INFORMATIVE.
THE REGIONAL COUNCIL MEETING WAS AN IMPORTANT MEETING ACTION ITEM.
NUMBER ONE, WE HAD A PUBLIC HEARING AND DISCUSSION ON THE FINAL OF THE SIXTH CYCLE OF THE REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS, ALLOTMENT OR ARENA.
THE FINAL VOTE WAS 64, YES VOTES AND ONE ABSTENTION.
SO THAT WE'LL BE MOVING FORWARD REPORT ON.
WE ALSO ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A REPORT ON ARENA PROCESS AND ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION ITEM.
NUMBER THREE WAS APPROVAL OF THE 2021 FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
AND AN INTERESTING THING CAME UP AND THIS WAS, I THINK IT WAS ITEM NUMBER SEVEN REGARDING THE KRONOS VIRUS RESPONSIBLE LEAVE SUPPLEMENTAL ACT OF 2021.
THERE WAS A CONFUSION OF ALLOCATION, ALL THE MONEY'S APPROXIMATELY $1 BILLION BECAUSE IT WAS GOING TO GO TO LOS ANGELES AND THE OTHER COUNTIES DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS FAIR.
SO THEY PULLED IT FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION METRO LINK REPORT.
I HAD A CONFLICT WITH THAT MEETING, SO I DIDN'T ATTEND.
AND LAST REPORTING ACTION IS STATE ROUTE 91, A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE.
JEAN HERNANDEZ IS NOW THE CHAIRPERSON FOR, FOR THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES FOR MOST CTA AND BRIAN BERKSON IS FROM RCTC WILL BE VICE CHAIR.
WE HAD UPDATES ON THE 91 EXPRESS LANE.
ALSO, WE WENT OVER THE OTTA AND RCTC EXPRESS EXPRESS LANES FUND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ.
SO, UH, BEN KIND OF ALLUDED TO THE FACT WITH, UM, SCHOOLS RETURNING, WHICH WAS MAKING A LOT OF PEOPLE HAPPY, INCLUDING YOURSELF.
I'M SURE BRIAN
SO KIDS ARE GOING TWO DAYS A WEEK IN TWO DIFFERENT COHORTS.
UM, SECONDARY SCHOOLS ARE READY FOR STUDENTS TO COME BACK, BUT THEY JUST ARE WAITING FOR SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.
WE ALWAYS LOOK TO PETER AND WE SAY SAN MARINO COUNTY TO OFFICIALLY OPEN IN THE NEXT TIER.
UM, SEVERAL OUTDOOR SPORTS HAVE RETURNED.
UM, THEY'VE RELEASED SOME SCHEDULES FOR LIKE FOOTBALL AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT'S REALLY EXCITING THAT THAT THAT WAS MISSED.
THERE WON'T BE PLAYOFFS, BUT IT'LL BE A SEASON OF, HOWEVER, IT LOOKS IT'S EXCITING.
AND, UM, PARENTS CAN CHECK FOR SPECIFIC SCHOOL SITES FOR THE SPORTS SCHEDULE OF WHAT'S COMING BACK AND WHEN THE GAMES ARE GOING TO BE PLAYED AND THEN I'M TRANS YES, MA'AM NOTHING REALLY TO REPORT.
I WANT TO REMIND OUR RESIDENTS THAT WE HAVE,
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UM, OMNI RIGHT ON-DEMAND SERVICE.AND RIGHT NOW IT'S $4 TO RIDE AND WITHOUT $4 INCLUDES A DAY PASS.
SO IF A RESIDENT NEEDS TO GO SOMEWHERE BEYOND CHINO OR CHINO HILLS, UM, ANYWHERE IN OUR SERVICE AREA, THEY GET A DAY PASS AND CAN TRANSFER AND RIDE FOR FREE AND OTHER PARTS OF THE AREA IN OUR REGION.
ONE IS CHINO BASIN, ASSAULT OR AUTHORITY OR CDA IN OUR MEETING LAST WEEK, WE ADOPTED A LOT OF MONEY TALK AS WE DID LAST TIME.
UH, WE REVISED RESERVE POLICY.
WE DISCUSSED THE RESERVE POLICY AND ALSO WE DID A RECONCILIATION OF OUR COSTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 19 AND 20.
UH, BUT THE MAJORITY OF OUR TIME AS A BOARD WAS SPENT IN CLOSED SESSION ON A, ON A PUBLIC PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND THEN TRANSITIONING OVER TO THE CHANNEL HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
CYNTHIA AND I ARE BOTH BOARD MEMBERS, UH, WHICH WAS HELD YESTERDAY.
WE REVIEWED OUR AUDIT OF OUR BOOKS FROM 19 AND 20, THAT WAS PUBLISHED.
WE REVIEWED THE 2021, THE UPCOMING 2021, 22 PROPOSED BUDGET.
AND WE APPROVED SAMANTHA JAMES PEREZ AS A, UH, INCOMING BOARD MEMBER TO BE APPROVED OR DISCUSSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN A MEETING OR TO HOW WE TALKED ABOUT WINE WALK.
HOPEFULLY WINE WALK WILL TAKE PLACE.
UH, MELISSA GETS YOUR WALKING SHOES ON.
UH, ASSUMING THAT WE CAN BE IN FULL COMPLIANCE, OCTOBER 9TH WILL BE THE WINE WALK.
I HAVE A FEELING IT'S GOING TO SELL OUT PRETTY DARN QUICKLY BECAUSE PEOPLE WANTED A WINE WALK MONTHS AGO.
PEOPLE ARE THIRSTY, PEOPLE ARE THIRSTY.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE WINE WALK, A COMMITTEE, THE FIRST COMMITTEE MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE IN APRIL HOPE.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN PULL THIS OFF TO THE SATISFACTION OF, UH, THE, UH, STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
WE ALSO HAD TO POSTPONE A CONCERT SERIES THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO LAST YEAR AND WE WILL KICK OFF SOME VERSION, YOU KNOW, IN SEPTEMBER WE'LL DO ONE OR TWO CONCERTS, ONE FOR NOW, UH, WITH OUTDOOR CONCERT AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AT THE GAZEBO, JUST LIKE WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
[ COUNCIL COMMENTS]
OFF THE COUNCIL COMMENTS, COUNCIL COMMENTS? I HAVE NONE.WELL TRYING TO MAKE UP FOR COUNCIL MEMBER 20 LETTERS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY I'VE ALWAYS BEEN IN SUPPORT OF PRESERVING OUR QUESTION AND HERITAGE.
AND SO A LOT OF THAT STUFF IN MY OPINION, TOO, DID COME FROM LEFT FIELD, BUT I'M GLAD THAT WE'VE ALL STATED OUR POSITION.
SO I JUST WANTED TO FORMALLY STATE MY PERSONAL POSITION THAT I ALWAYS WILL BE IN SUPPORTIVE, UH, PRESERVING OUR EQUESTRIAN HERITAGE.
UM, ANOTHER THING I WAS GOING TO SAY WHEN RAY MENTIONED THAT, UM, WE HAD THE JOINT MEETING POLICY MEETINGS WITH SCAG.
IT WAS INTERESTING PART OF IT WAS FOCUSED ON, UM, HOUSING AND EQUITIES IN REGIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THE ONLY REASON I'M BRINGING THIS UP, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT AS WE SERVE ON DIFFERENT VARIOUS BOARDS, THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR EACH OTHER TO KNOW HOW WE'RE REPRESENTING OUR CITY AND WHAT WE'VE SAID.
SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT AT THAT MEETING, I'VE SAID, AND I'VE I RELATED TO RAY TOO, IS THAT A LOT OF THIS, THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE IN THESE MEETINGS, THEY REALLY NEED TO SEPARATE IT INTO URBAN AND SUBURBAN BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT JUST MISSES THE MARK WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE AND, YOU KNOW, HILLS OR BASED ON POPULATION.
SO, UM, I'M, I'M JUST MAKING A POINT TO REALLY STATE MY POSITION THAT ON SOME OF THESE MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE, THEY REALLY NEED TO SEPARATE IT BECAUSE WE DON'T LIVE BY A TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR.
YOU KNOW, I CAN GO ON AND ON WITH IT, WITH THE THINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT THAT WE REALLY WANT TO BENEFIT OUR CITIES.
WE NEED TO BE MEETING WITH, YOU KNOW, POPULATION SIMILARITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I, I PUT THAT OUT THERE ON BEHALF OF CHINO HILLS AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE.
AND DENISE, IT'S GOING TO BE SO HARD NEXT TIME, BUT THIS WAS A NICE, LAST, LAST SWAN SONG.
SO WHERE YOUR PARTY DRESS NEXT TIME.
AND WE'LL HAVE NICE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT TWO WEEKS FROM TONIGHT.
AND WE'LL HAVE THE KLEENEX READY.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN.
YOU KNOW, I ASKED THE CHIEF, UH, ABOUT THESE ISSUES GOING ON IN THE CITY WITH MAIL THEFT AND CADILLAC CONVERTER STUFF.
YOU KNOW, I I'VE SAID THIS MANY, MANY TIMES WITH REGARD TO A LOT OF EMERGENCY THINGS
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AND THEFT AND EVERYTHING ELSE W YOU HAVE TO BE YOUR OWN FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE.DON'T BE PARKING YOUR CAR OUT ON THE STREET, UH, WITH DOORS UNLOCKED AND VALUABLES IN PLAIN SIGHT.
UH, IF YOU HAVE MAIL CHECK YOUR MAILBOX EACH DAY THAT MAIL'S DELIVERED AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T LEAVE ANY MAIL IN THE BOX, UH, WHEN YOU WANT TO MAIL THINGS, DON'T PUT IT IN THE MAILBOX AND LEAVE THE FLAG UP BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST MAKE INVITING SOMEBODY TO COME AND TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR MAIL.
SO YOU HAVE TO HELP YOURSELF FIRST, UH, LIKEWISE WITH THE CADILLAC CONVERTERS, THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CHALLENGING DEPENDING ON WHAT YOUR PARKING SITUATION IS, BUT AT LEAST GIVE IT SOME THOUGHT AND TRY AND HELP YOURSELF NOT BE A VICTIM.
AND IF YOU ARE A VICTIM, DON'T JUST REPORT IT ON, YOU KNOW, UH, THE VARIOUS SOCIAL MEDIAS, LET THE POLICE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
IF YOU CAN GET DESCRIPTIONS OF MORE IMPORTANTLY LICENSE PLATE NUMBERS, OR ANY TYPE OF DESCRIPTION, OR IF YOU HAVE ANY TYPE OF VIDEO CAMERA, UH, ANYWHERE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO WHERE SOMETHING'S BEEN STOLEN, UM, YOU KNOW, CHECK WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS, THAT'S THE NETWORK THING, CHECK WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS TO SEE IF ANYBODY ELSE HAD GOT THESE PEOPLE ON, ON TAPE.
SO, YOU KNOW, JUST HELP YOURSELF AND HELP OUR POLICE HELP YOU, UH, GET, UH, YOU KNOW, PROTECTED PROPERLY.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I AM SO PLEASED THAT LIKEWISE WITH CYNTHIA, OUR EQUESTRIAN, YOUR GROUP, IT'S THE FOUNDATION OF THIS CITY THAT, THAT LOW SURENOS ARE THE TWO AREAS THAT REALLY REPRESENT AND GOT CHINO HILLS STARTED.
AND THE EQUESTRIAN COMMUNITY IS FANTASTIC.
UH, THEY DESERVE ALL OF THE, UH, SUPPORT.
WE CAN GIVE THEM AND I'M WITH, UH, PETER, UH, WE HAD THIS, UM, THESE MEETINGS REGULARLY.
AND LET'S HOPE THAT COVID-19, ALTHOUGH PRESENTING ADDITIONAL CHALLENGES WILL ALLOW US SOME WAY TO TRY AND UTILIZE BETTER UTILIZE THAT FACILITY FOR WHAT ITS INTENDED USE WAS.
SO, UH, I HOPE THAT THAT CAN HAPPEN.
AND, UH, THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTS FOR TONIGHT.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT, VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SCARED.
WHAT DOES SCARED SCAG IS THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS.
THEY ARE THE LARGEST METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES REPRESENTING SIX COUNTIES AND 191 CITIES.
THEY'RE THE INITIATOR AS FAR AS DISCUSSION FOR ARENA.
AND IN 2013, I GOT ELECTED AND WE HAD JUST RECEIVED OUR ARENA ALLOTMENT FOR CYCLE FIVE.
AND THAT NUMBER WAS ABOUT 868 UNITS.
UM, I TRULY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS AND ALLOCATION AND TOLD MYSELF TO BE MORE ACTIVE OR INVOLVED IN THE FUTURE.
SO FAST FORWARD CYCLE SIX COMES.
I STARTED ATTENDING MEETINGS ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO.
STAFF ATTENDED THE MEETINGS, THE REGIONAL COUNCIL DEBATED AND WENT OVER OVER DATA FOR FUTURE GROWTH.
UM, OUR INITIAL NUMBER SUBMITTED TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WAS ABOUT 400,000 UNITS.
AND THAT'S WHAT IT WAS FOR THE FIFTH CYCLE FOR SIX COUNTIES ACD, OR THE STATE DID NOT LIKE THE NUMBER THAT WE PRESENTED TO THE S TO THE ACD.
AND THEY CAME BACK WITH INITIALLY 1.4 MILLION UNITS, AND WE WERE ALL SHOCKED.
SO WE TALKED TO THEM, WE WENT BACK AND FORTH.
WE GOT THAT RE REDUCED BY ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITS, WHICH WAS NOT MANY, WAS A MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE.
SO WE DEBATED THE REGIONAL COUNCIL.
WHAT CAN WE DO? WE HAVE 191 CITIES, DO WE ALL FILE FOLLOW THE LAWSUIT INDIVIDUALLY? OR DO WE DO IT AS JOINTLY? SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE LOOKED AT SCAG ON THE BEST WAY TO MOVE THAT FORWARD.
A LAWSUIT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE BECAUSE WE WERE DEALING WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
SO THE DIRECTION THAT WE MADE WAS TO LEGISLATIVELY TALKING TO OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, TO COME UP WITH LAWS FOR THE FUTURE TO GET THAT REDUCTION ON TOTAL UNITS.
SO AGAIN, WE'VE TALKED TO OUR LOCAL OFFICIALS, JOSH NEWMAN, PHIL CHIN THEY'RE ON BOARD.
AND WE WERE ONE OF 53 AGENCIES THAT SUBMITTED AN APPEAL.
SO WE DID SUBMIT AN APPEAL TRYING TO REDUCE OUR DENSITY.
SO WE DID THIS AND AT THAT TIME WAS 3,720 UNITS.
AFTER WE DID THE APPEAL, TWO CITIES DID GET LESS DENSITY.
SO WE, WE GOT A PORTION OF THEIR DENSITY.
SO NOW OUR NUMBER WENT FROM 37, 20 TO 37, 29.
SO IT JUST A NUMBER FOR THIS NEXT EIGHT YEARS.
AND AGAIN, WE WILL NOT HAVE TO BUILD THE HOUSES WE HAVE TO ZONE FOR THOSE HOUSES.
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I CAN LOOK AT MY COUNT, MY COUNSEL TO MY LEFT AND TO MY RIGHT, NOBODY UP HERE IS HAPPY ABOUT US HAVING TO DO THIS.WHEN I MOVED HERE IN CHINO HILLS, THE POPULATION IN CHINO HILLS IS 30,000 PEOPLE TOTAL.
AND TODAY IT'S RIGHT AROUND 82,000.
WE'RE NOT HAPPY ABOUT THIS, BUT IT'S MANDATED TO US BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD.
DID WE JUST SIT ON OUR BUTTS AND NOT DO ANYTHING? NO, WE DIDN'T.
WE WERE VERY ACTIVE IN THE PROCESS.
UH, JOANNE LABARDO DID A SUPER JOB.
BEN MONTGOMERY DID A GREAT JOB.
I KNOW ALL THE COUNCIL APPEAR, WORKED TOGETHER TO GET THAT NUMBER REDUCED.
ALL I CAN DO IS APOLOGIZE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE GOT STUCK WITH THIS NUMBER, AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THE BEST TO COMPLY WITH THE STATE.
UM, I DID HEAR RUMBLINGS FROM PEOPLE ABOUT HUNTINGTON BEACH.
THEY DIDN'T COMPLY LAST TIME WHEN THEY GOT SANCTIONED, THEY GOT FINED.
AND THE FUNNY THING ABOUT THIS PROCESS ON MARCH 4TH, GUESTS WHO MOVED THE MOTION FORWARD HUNTINGTON BEACH.
SO THEY LEARNED THEIR LESSON, BUT ALL I'M STATING TO THE COMMUNITY OF CHINO HILLS, MY COUNCIL AND MYSELF WERE NOT HAPPY WITH THE FINAL ALLOCATION OR THE NUMBER, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN AS A CITY TO MOVE THINGS FORWARD.
SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS THERE.
THE LAST COMMENT I WANT TO MAKE IS REGARDING TREE ORDINANCES.
I GOT A CALL FROM A FRIEND OF MINE.
THAT'S PART OF AN ASSOCIATION AND THE WAY THAT WE INTERPRET THAT ORDINANCE, THERE WAS CONFUSING.
UM, THEY WEREN'T IN THE FIRE FIRE HAZARD OVERLAY, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ORDINANCE, THERE WAS CONFUSION ABOUT THEM BEING IN THAT, THAT OVERLAY.
SO THEN, UH, I REMEMBER GOING BACK WHEN I FIRST WAS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT NATIVE TREES.
WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT OAK TREES, BUT NOW WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT ANY TREE.
AND BEFORE IT WAS JUST OPEN SPACE.
NOW WE, WE DON'T CARE WHERE THE TREE IS.
IT'S IN YOUR OWN PERSONAL PROPERTY, WHICH WAS NEVER THE INTENT.
AND IF IT'S 44 INCHES OR, OR BIGGER THAN THAT'S PROTECTED TREE, I THINK IT'S AN ORDINANCE THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT.
AND AGAIN, I'VE TALKED TO THE CITY MANAGER AND I WOULD LIKE FOR EITHER OF THE COUNCIL TO LOOK AT IT, OR MAYBE KICK IT BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, I'VE TALKED TO KAREN BRISTOL, WHICH WAS PART OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
I'VE TALKED TO MIKE STOVER, I'VE TALKED TO ONE A DOE.
AND THE WAY THAT IT'S SITUATED TODAY IS NOT WHAT THEIR INTENT WAS WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED THE PROCESS.
SO AGAIN, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.
THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ.
UH, I GUESS I'LL TOUCH ON THE EQUESTRIAN, CAUSE I HAVEN'T SAID ANYTHING AND I'M STILL FAIRLY NEW AND I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER TOUCHED ON A QUESTION WHILE WE'VE BEEN ON HERE.
TO HEAR SOME OF THOSE COMMENTS, THEY CERTAINLY SEEM TO BE OUT OF LEFT FIELD FOR SUCH A SIMPLE ITEM OF A $1 SALE OF, YOU KNOW, A VERY GENEROUS GIFT FROM THE MCCOY FAMILY.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I KNOW THE, NONE OF OUR INTENT HAS EVER BEEN TO CHANGE WHAT, UH, WHAT THEIR INTENT WAS WITH THAT GENEROUS GIFT.
SO I THINK THAT'S BEEN REITERATED AND I HOPE THAT GETS PUT TO BED.
UM, AT A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING, I'D LOVE TO HAVE A STAFF REPORT ON, AND NOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S VAXXED TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR SINCE EVEN BEFORE CITY HOOD, THE WONDERFUL ISSUE OF GOLF BALLS COMING FROM LOW SERRANO'S CLUB DRIVE OR LOS RHINOS COUNTRY CLUB.
I WAS OUT AT COMMUNITY PARK ON SATURDAY MORNING, HAD A PARENT PULL ME ASIDE AND SAY, HEY, COME TAKE A LOOK AT MY WINDSHIELD.
LOOK WHAT HAPPENED? I WAS JUST DRIVING DOWN.
YEAH, JUST DRIVING PAST THE GOLF COURSE.
AND EVERY TIME WE ALWAYS SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A CITY.
HEY, IT'S NOT THE GOLF COURSE SAYING IT'S NOT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY GOLFERS SAYING, HEY, IT WASN'T ME.
CAN WE JUST GET SOMETHING IN BLACK AND WHITE ON WHAT THE, YEAH, JUST THE HISTORY WHO'S RESPONSIBLE.
WHAT, WHO SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE POSSIBLE ACTIONS ON HOW TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW NOBODY'S RESPONSIBLE AND THAT'S DISAPPOINTING TO SAY THE LEAST, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WE KNOW THE GOLFERS SHOULD DO THAT, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT NECESSARILY HAPPENS.
UM, SO YEAH, IF WE COULD HAVE A REPORT ON THAT AT SOME POINT IN THE NEAR FUTURE, UH, YEAH.
CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S BEEN 51 WEEKS SINCE WE DECLARED THAT EMERGENCY LAST YEAR.
WHAT A SERENE WEIRD TIME THAT WAS, I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER IT BECAUSE IT WAS ST PATRICK'S DAY.
SO WITH THAT, EVERYBODY HAVE A SAFE ST PATRICK'S DAY BE SMART IF YOU'RE OUT THERE.
[ ADJOURN IN MEMORIAM AND IN HOPE: Adjourn in tribute and honor of those who serve and have served in the Armed Forces at home and abroad. Their sacrifice and strength protect the goals and ideals that have made this Country great.]
BE A JOURNEY AND, AND MEMORY AND IN HOPE, UH, UM, WE WILL BE A JOURNEY AND, AND TRIBUTE AND STRENGTH OF THOSE WHO SERVE AND HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES AT HOME AND ABROAD THEIR SACRIFICE AND STRENGTH, PROTECT THE GOALS AND IDEALS THAT HAVE MADE THIS COUNTRY.WOULD THAT HAVE A GOOD EVENING? THANK YOU.
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