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ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU,

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UH, FOR JOINING US TODAY

[ 3:00 P.M. - CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL]

AT, FOR OUR CITY OF CHINO HILLS FEE SCHEDULE WORKSHOP.

SO AT THIS TIME, MADAM CITY CLERK, PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER, ROGER, ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.

WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU.

MA'AM MR. MONTGOMERY,

[2. Discuss Annual Update to Fees, Fines, and Penalties]

MAYOR JOS AND CITY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY.

AS YOU KNOW, ANNUALLY, WE REVIEW OUR FEES, FINES, AND PENALTIES TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT ANY CHANGES ARE NECESSARY FOR THE YEAR.

UH, WHAT'S PROPOSED FOR YOU TODAY, UH, REPRESENTS QUITE A BIT OF WORK.

UH, AND I WANT TO THANK OUR FINANCE AND DEPARTMENT TEAMS FOR, UH, DILIGENTLY LOOKING AT THEIR OPERATIONS TO SEE WHERE FEES NEED TO BE ADJUSTED BASED ON COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES.

I ALWAYS HAVE TO LEVEL SET MY BRAIN FOR, FOR FEES, FINES, AND PENALTIES, AND REMIND MYSELF AND FOR ANYONE OUT IN THE AUDIENCE.

YOU KNOW, IF HE, UH, SHOULD RECOVER THE COST OF A SERVICE BEING PROVIDED, SOMETIMES IT'S DIRECT COST.

SOMETIMES IT'S MARKET DRIVEN, SOMETIMES IT'S SUBSIDIZED, UH, ACCORDING TO THE COUNCIL DIRECTION, UH, AND THEN FEES AND PENALTIES ARE USUALLY DESIGNED TO TRY AND, UH, ENCOURAGE PEOPLE NOT TO DO AN ACTION THAT WE, UH, UH, WE, WE DEEM UNDESIRABLE.

SO I'M GOING TO ASK OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, KRISTA TO WALK US THROUGH, UH, THE HIGH POINTS AND THEN WE'LL, UH, WALK IT WITH A LITTLE MORE DETAIL THROUGH THE ACTUAL FEE SCHEDULE.

SO KRISTA, THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TODAY, WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS THE USER FEE ANNUAL UPDATE TO THE MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES, FINES, AND PENALTIES.

THE CITY'S USER FEES ARE BASED ON A COST RECOVERY CONCEPT, MEANING THAT THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE GENERATED FROM THE FEES MAY NOT EXCEED THE ESTIMATED REASONABLE COST OF PROVIDING THE SERVICES.

THE PURPOSE OF THE UPDATE IS TO DETERMINE THE CURRENT REASONABLE COST OF EACH SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE CITY THAT IT CHARGES A USER FEE FOR USER FEES ARE ADOPTED TO FUND PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT PROVIDE LIMITED OR NO DIRECT BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY.

AS A WHOLE, THE USER FEES ARE CALCULATED BY MULTIPLYING THE FULLY BURDENED HOURLY DEPARTMENT OR DIVISION RATES.

BY THE AVERAGE TIME SPENT TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE DIRECT RELATED TO THE USER FEE, FULLY BURDENED, HOURLY RATES INCLUDE SALARY AND BENEFIT COSTS, PLUS ALL APPLICABLE OVERHEAD AMOUNTS FOR THE BLENDED GROUP, WHICH IS EITHER THE DEPARTMENT OR DIVISION STAFF IS PROPOSING THAT THESE FEES BECOME EFFECTIVE ON JULY 1ST, 2021 DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS PROVIDING IS I'M SORRY, PROPOSING SEVEN NEW FEES, A MINOR USE PERMIT, ENTITLEMENT EXTENSION, A SMALL WIRELESS FACILITY PERMIT, A SMALL WIRELESS FACILITY PERMIT AMENDMENT, A ZONING CLEARANCE FOR ELIGIBLE FACILITY REQUESTS, ANY ZONING CLEARANCE FOR CO-LOCATION, WHICH WITH AN ADDITIONAL I'M SORRY, INITIAL DEPOSIT OF $3,712.

OTHER NEW FEES INCLUDE A ZONING CLEARANCE ENTITLEMENT EXTENSION WITH AN INITIAL DEPOSIT OF $1,732.

ANY SMALL WIRELESS FACILITY PRISMIC CONSENT FORM WITH A FLAT FEE OF $494.

THE PROPOSED INITIAL DEPOSITS EQUATE TO THE FULL COST OF AVERAGE STAFF TIME REQUIRED TO PROCESS EACH.

DID I REACH ME THREE MINUTE LIMIT YOUR TIME'S UP KRISTA REAL QUICK QUESTION.

YEAH, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A STANDARD FEE OF THE 37, 12, AND SEVERAL OF THESE FEES.

HOW MANY HOURS STAFF HOURS IS THAT ACTUALLY BASED UPON? DO YOU HAVE A ROUGH IDEA? AND I'M SAYING IT MOSTLY FOR ANYONE THAT'S LISTENING IN.

YES.

LET ME JUST, CAUSE I KNOW IT'S IN THE DETAILS.

WE'LL GET TO FIGURE IT OUT.

UM, FOR THE ONES THAT ARE $3,712, IT'S 15 HOURS OF STAFF TIME.

THE FOUR 94 IS TWO HOURS OF STAFF TIME AND THE 1007 32 IS SEVEN HOURS OF STAFF TIME.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

UH, THE SIDE IS BECAUSE WE PREVIOUSLY HAD A SECTION FOR MISCELLANEOUS FEES, BUT WE MOVE THE FEES FOR SALE OF DOCUMENTS, COPIES AND ELECTRONIC COPY OF RECORDS TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE SECTION AND THE PLOTTER MAP FEES.

WE MOVED TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE SECTION SINCE THE IT DIVISION IS IN THAT DEPARTMENT.

SORRY, WHAT DOES A PLOTTER MAP? REALLY BIG MAP, SPECIAL PRINTER AND ALL THAT FUN STUFF.

GOTCHA.

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MOST OF THE FEE INCREASES BEING PROPOSED TODAY DID NOT EXCEED A 4% INCREASE.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE FEES THAT DID INCREASE BY MORE THAN $10 AND 4% ENGINEERING HAS FOUR FEES THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING TO INCREASE TO $1,401 TO RECOVER THE FULL COST AND IS PROPOSING TO INCREASE THE FEE FOR A BROKEN OR DAMAGED ANGLE STOP PENALTY TO $517 AND 50 CENTS TO RECOVER THE FULL COST OF FIXING IT.

PLUS A $50 PENALTY.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE THREE DEPARTMENT OR DIVISION FULLY BURDENED, HOURLY RATES THAT ARE INCREASING BY MORE THAN $10 OR 4%.

I'M SORRY.

AND 4%.

THESE RATES ARE FULLY BURDENED LENDED RATES FOR A DEPARTMENT OR DIVISION AND USE TO CALCULATE THE PROPOSED FEES THAT ARE BEING DISCUSSED TODAY.

KRISTA, CAN YOU LET THE PUBLIC KNOW IT IN S MEANS THE ACRONYM? I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS, BUT JUST IT'S USEFUL THAT KRISTA NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM, IT'S BASICALLY CLEAN STORM WATER ACTIVITY, WHICH IS WHY WE DO STREET CLEANING.

YES.

FOR THE MOST PART.

YEAH.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

AND THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE FULLY BURDEN POSITION RATES THAT ARE INCREASING BY MORE THAN $10 AND 4%.

THESE RATES ARE FOR EACH SPECIFIC POSITION.

THE CITY HAS BUDGETED.

THEY DO NOT FEED INTO THE PROPOSED FEE SCHEDULE, BUT INSTEAD THEY CAN BE USED FOR SERVICES FOR WHICH THERE IS NO SET FEE AND THE CITY NEEDS TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH TO CHARGE FOR THE SPECIFIC PERSONNEL THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

UH, WE CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME, OR WE CAN GO THROUGH EACH PAGE, LIKE IN THE BUDGET, IF YOU UP TO YOU, MR. BENNETT, KRISTA W WITH YOUR ACCOUNTING BACKGROUND, I KNOW YOU WORKED FOR AN ACCOUNTING FIRM.

SO DID I, UH, WE USED TO CALL IT FULLY LOADED RATES, WHICH OF COURTS INCLUDED EVERYTHING AND THE KITCHEN SINK TO GET UP TO THAT HIGHEST HOURLY RATE PER, UH, PER HOUR OF WORKER OR, UH, CHARGEABILITY.

THE ONE THING THAT WE'VE BEEN CRITICIZED FOR IN THE PAST FOR OUR FEES IS THE FACT THAT IT SEEMS IN MANY INSTANCES FOR SPECIFIC ITEMS. AND WE'LL PROBABLY GET INTO THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS LINE ITEM BY LINE ITEM THAT THE FEES SEEM TO BE WAY OUT OF WHACK FOR WHAT'S CONSIDERED THE EFFORT THAT'S BEING DONE NOW, FULLY BURDENED RATES WHEN YOU'RE FIGURING IN EVERYTHING, ALL OF THEIR BENEFIT PACKAGE AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO EXPLAIN TO THE GENERAL RESIDENTS OUT THERE THAT ON AN AVERAGE, THOSE, THOSE FIRST ON THAT ONE SLIDE, IT'S BASICALLY $247 AN HOUR OR WAIT, EXCUSE ME, IT WAS TWO 74 OR TWO, $247 AND 47 CENTS PER HOUR IS A FULLY BURDENED RATE AVERAGE.

NOW, IF YOU'D GO THROUGH THIS SHEET AND YOU LOOK AT THE FULLY BURDENED RATE POSITION BY POSITION AND TYPE OF, OF A FEE WITHIN THAT, WE RECEIVED A SEPARATE HANDOUT ON SOME OF THE RATES ARE, ARE, YOU KNOW, FOUR OR $500 PER HOUR.

HOW DO WE EXPLAIN TO OUR RESIDENTS HOW WE'RE CHARGING THEM $247 AN HOUR TO DO WHATEVER IT IS IS NECESSARY FOR THEIR EQUIPMENT? GIVEN THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE CAN'T HAVE A PUBLIC GIFT OF FUNDS.

WE NEED TO HAVE THESE COSTS BECOME, UM, GET FULL COST RECOVERY.

BUT I JUST HAVE A REAL HARD TIME WHEN I THINK OF SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT ARE OUT THERE, AND I KNOW HOW YOU CAN ADJUST FULLY LOADED RATES VERSUS WHAT YOU ACTUALLY CHARGE.

SOMEBODY FOR IT.

FEES SHOULD BE AN ELEMENT OF WHAT IS A CITY SERVICE.

AND I I'VE, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK WE'VE SEEN THIS THING FOR YEARS.

I'VE BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, MY 13TH YEAR AND I'VE NEVER HAD REALLY HAD A PROBLEM WITH IT, BUT NOW I START LOOKING AT THIS CLOSER AND I THINK, ARE WE RE, ARE WE REALLY CORRECT? AND TRYING TO RECOVER FULL COST TO PROVIDE A SERVICE WHEN THE FULL COST, NOT ONLY IS WHAT WE'VE PAID THESE PEOPLE ON A DAILY BASIS, BUT THEIR TOTAL LIABILITY OR THEIR TOTAL COSTS WITH BENEFITS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO THAT'S A LONG QUESTION.

THE BOTTOM LINE IS HOW DO WE EXPLAIN THIS TO OUR, OUR PEOPLE? BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GET CRITICISM ON THIS.

WE NEVER HAVE EVER HAD A FEE ISSUE COME UP WITHOUT GETTING A BUNCH OF PIMP, YOU KNOW, P UH, RESIDENTS, UH, YOU KNOW, COMPLAINING OR MAKING COMMENTS ABOUT, SORRY TO ASK SUCH A LONG.

SO FIRST OFF, I MEAN, YEAH, YOU DON'T WANT TO LOOK AT THESE RATES AND SAY, OH, THESE EMPLOYEES WERE NOT MAKING THAT MUCH.

YOU KNOW, IT STARTS OFF WITH OUR BASE SALARY.

WE ADD THE BENEFITS THAT THE CITY HAS TO PAY.

AND THEN

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THERE ARE TWO RATES.

THERE'S THE INDIRECT RATE AND THE DIRECT RATE, THE DIRECT RATE RELATES TO THE COST OF THE DIVISION.

SO ANY CONTRACTS, THEY HAVE SUPPLIES, JUST DIFFERENT, UM, EVERYDAY COSTS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE THAT GETS TACKED ON.

SO DEPENDING ON THE DIVISION AND THE COSTS, AND THEN THERE ARE THE INDIRECT RATE, WHICH ARE THE CENTRAL SERVICES.

SO FINANCE, WE DON'T CHARGE ANY OF THESE RATES.

SO THE WHOLE COST OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND THE OPERATING PART, IT CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE RISK HR CITY TO SOME DEGREE, WE'RE ALL CENTRAL SERVICES THAT PROVIDE SERVICE TO ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

SO OUR COSTS, OUR PROPORTIONATE COSTS GETS TACKED ONTO THOSE RATES BECAUSE THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO RECOVER THAT.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE FOR ANY CITY THAT'S DONE A RECENT STUDY.

THIS IS GENERALLY THE METHODOLOGY.

SO WE'RE CONSISTENT, YOU KNOW, IN HOW IT'S BEING DONE CURRENTLY.

OKAY.

LET ME ASK NOW A MORE LOADED QUESTION TO BEN TO DEAL WITH.

UM, WHEN WE LOOK, WHEN WE HIRE AS AN INDIVIDUAL, A PLUMBER TO COME OUT TO OUR HOUSE AND ELECTRICIAN, TO COME OUT TO OUR HOUSE, SOMEONE TO SERVICE OUR, OUR, UH, LAUNDRY EQUIPMENT, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE 50 BUCKS AN HOUR.

IT MIGHT BE A HUNDRED DOLLARS AN HOUR, WHATEVER, IT'S A WAY LESS THAN WHAT WE'RE CHARGING FOR FEES ON A PER HOUR BASIS.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE FEES ARE A LUMP SUM BASED UPON HOPEFULLY RECOVERING ALL OF THE F THE, THE TIME AND EFFORT PUT INTO PROVIDING THAT PERMIT, OR, YOU KNOW, SATISFYING THAT FEE REQUIREMENT FOR WHATEVER IT IS THAT SOMEBODY'S HAVING DONE AROUND THEIR HOUSE.

WHAT'S OUR, WHAT WOULD IT COST US IF WE SUBSIDIZED OUR, WHEN THEY ARE GETTING PERMITS AND, AND FEE WISE, WHAT WOULD WE SAY? HOW MUCH WOULD WE BE SUBSIDIZING IF WE CHARGE THEM A QUOTE, NORMAL OR NOMINAL RATE, ANY WILD IDEA? I MEAN, I REALLY STRONGLY BELIEVE ABOUT NOT GIVING AWAY PUBLIC FUNDS.

AND I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO GET BACK ALL THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

BUT IT'S AT A POINT NOW WHERE IT'S JUST, I MEAN, WHEN I LOOKED AT SOME OF THE INDIVIDUAL JOBS PERMITTING FOR POOLS, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WATER HEATERS A LONG TIME AGO, IS THERE SOME, IS THERE A MIDDLE GROUND HERE SOMEPLACE? BECAUSE THIS JUST SEEMS EXCESSIVE.

IF WE'RE A CITY PROVIDING SERVICES.

YEAH.

WE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO GET REIMBURSED FOR THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE, BUT WE DON'T GET REIMBURSED TOTALLY FOR OUR POLICE AND FIRE PROTECTION.

SO WHAT WOULD MAKE THIS ANY DIFFERENT? I'M SORRY, I'M JUST RAMBLING BEFORE, BEFORE BEN.

UM, YOU'RE RIGHT.

IT HAS COME UP BEFORE OUR, I THINK ONE THING WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME TO CONSIDER AS FAR AS SUBSIDIES IS THAT IF SOMEONE IS PULLING PERMIT FOR A HOME REMODEL AND IT'S SUBSIDIZED BY THE GENERAL FUND, WHY SHOULD RESIDENTS THAT AREN'T REMODELING THEIR HOME, BE SUBJECT TO THAT? SO IT GETS REALLY, WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES, OKAY, SO WHERE ARE WE GOING TO DRAW THE LINE? BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT A LOT OF THESE SERVICES, THEY SHOULD BE CITY SERVICES.

WE PAY OUR TAXES FOR IT, BUT IT'S JUST HARD WHERE YOU DRAW THE LINE WHERE WE'RE SUBSIDIZING SOMETHING THAT ANOTHER RESIDENT'S NOT BENEFITING FROM.

SO THAT WAS ALL I HAD.

NO, AND THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT.

NOW, I BELIEVE THAT MY HEART HEARTS ALSO, I JUST THOUGHT THESE ARE THINGS, THESE ARE RANDOM THOUGHTS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THAT.

I KNOW PEOPLE ARE GOOD.

THAT WILL TAKE THE TIME TO LISTEN TO THIS ARE THINKING ABOUT TOO.

SO WHY NOT FLUSH THEM OUT AND DISCUSS IT, THROW IT ON THE TABLE AND COME UP WITH A RATIONALE FOR WHY WANT TO WORK.

I KNOW EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS, AND THIS COMES UP, THIS TYPE THING, AND THE BASIS FOR HOW I LOOK AT IT IS AS LONG AS WE'RE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE OTHER CITIES DO AND HOW THEY RECONCILE THEIR BOOKS ALSO.

SO THAT WE'RE CONSISTENT WITH OUR, WITH OUR FEEDS.

THAT'S WHY SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WHEN WE HAD TO CHALLENGE THE WATER HEATER, THAT'S THE SIMPLEST ONE TO TALK ABOUT.

AND WE BACKED OFF AFTER REALIZING THESE, THESE ARE ASTRONOMICAL COMPARED TO WHAT REAL REALITY CALLS FOR SOMETIMES DO THAT BODY CHECK.

AND, BUT IT'S FOR AS LONG AS WE'RE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING, AS FAR AS THAT'S, THAT'S HOW I LOOK AT IT PERSONALLY.

WELL, AND MR. SORRY, GO AHEAD.

I JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S A POLICY DECISION ON YOUR END.

OUR JOB IS TO PRESENT YOU WITH THE FULL COST, YOU KNOW, SO YEAH.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

UH, CHRIS, I GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU AS FAR AS REVENUES COMING INTO THE CITY, UM, WHAT PERCENTAGE IS PERMITS OR WHEN THEY GET CHARGED THESE CHARGES, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE PERCENTAGE IS COMING TO THE CITY? IF YOU GIVE ME A FEW MINUTES, I CAN LOOK IT UP LATER ON.

YOU CAN, YOU CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

SO THAT'S ONE THING, THE SECOND QUESTION THAT I DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, AREN'T, WE DO SUBSIDIZE DEPARTMENTS, WE DO IT WITH RECREATION FOR OVER

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$7 MILLION BUDGET.

AND WE PROBABLY, I THINK GET LIKE A COUPLE MILLION DOLLARS.

WE SUBSIDIZED BY MINIMUM $5 MILLION.

SO DO WE DO THAT TODAY? YEAH, WE DO.

OH YEAH.

AND, AND TO, TO, UH, CYNTHIA'S POINT, NOT EVERYBODY HAS KIDS AND ENJOYS THOSE COSTS THAT WE'RE SPENDING AS A CITY FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES.

SO IT'S JUST LIKE, WE PAY OUR PROPERTY TAXES.

IF YOU NO LONGER HURT KIDS AT HOME, YOU'RE PAYING PROPERTY TAXES TO SUBSIDIZE KIDS GOING TO SCHOOL, WHICH, I MEAN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE THESE THINGS AND NUMEROUS, UH, YOU KNOW, WAYS TO EXPLAIN IT AND NUMEROUS CASES WHERE, YEAH, IT MAY NOT BE FAIR TO EVERY SINGLE INDIVIDUAL, BUT I FIGURE THESE ARE GENERAL THOUGHTS.

THE WORKSHOP LET'S KICK IT AROUND HERE.

MARK HAS.

AND THEN MR. MONTGOMERY, JUST ONE LAST QUESTION.

UM, AGAIN, FOR ME BEING ON DIFFERENT COMMITTEES THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND EVEN CALIFORNIA, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT GREENHOUSE GASES, UM, CARBON PRINT.

AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IF AN INDIVIDUAL IN OUR CITIES TRYING TO MAKE THAT SMALLER, WE SHOULDN'T PENALIZE THEM.

AND I FEEL THAT WE, THAT WE DO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE A WINDOWS, YOU PAY X AMOUNT OF MONEY.

WE SHOULD BE APPLAUDING AND MAKING THAT AN EASIER PROCESS FOR THEM.

SO AGAIN, I'M, I'M HAVING AN ISSUE CAUSE I KEEP ON HEARING GREENHOUSE GASES, CARBON FOOTPRINT, BUT YET WE'RE INSTEAD OF, UM, TRYING TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO, TO MOVE FORWARD, TO DO A SAVINGS FOR US OR MAKE OUR ENVIRONMENT BETTER, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE ACTUALLY CHARGING PEOPLE TO DO SOME GOOD THINGS.

SO I'M HAVING AN ISSUE WITHOUT GOTCHA.

VISUAL MEMORY.

THERE WAS A LOT THERE, OH, JOHN MAYER VIRTUALLY KICKED ME UNDER THE TABLE IF I START TO RAMBLE, BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY THE CONVERSATION EVERY DEPARTMENT HAS HAD WITH FINANCE AND FINANCE.

AND I HAVE HAD CONSISTENTLY TO COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN'S EASIER POINT TO TACKLE.

DEFINITELY OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THE ACTIVITY IS, AS KRISTA POINTED OUT, IF THAT ACTIVITY HAS A VERY NARROW PRIVATE BENEFIT, THEN WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PERSON PAYS FOR THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO GET THE BENEFIT OF THE ENHANCEMENTS TO THEIR HOMES WHEN THEY GET INSPECTIONS AND DO THAT REMODEL.

AND WE REALLY SHOULDN'T BE CHARGING THEIR NEIGHBORS.

AND SO THAT, THAT IS ONE OF THE BASIS FOR THE WHOLE PROCESS.

BUT TO YOUR POINT, COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT, YOU'RE RIGHT.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THESE RATES, THEY'RE THERE THEY'RE LARGE, BUT I WOULD ALSO CHALLENGE THAT ANY PRIVATE BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, THE COST OF THE GRILL, THE COST OF THE COOK, THE COST OF THE GENERAL MANAGER ALL GO INTO THE COST OF YOUR BURGER.

AND SO UNFORTUNATELY EVERY BUSINESS MODEL HAS TO TAKE ALL OF THE DIRECT AND INDIRECT COSTS IN THEIR PRICING.

THE CHALLENGE HERE THOUGH, IS OUR CUSTOMERS, OUR RESIDENTS CAN'T COMPARISON SHOP BASED ON, ON, ON PRICE, BUT THAT'S WHY WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE USING THE SAME METHODOLOGY THAT OTHER CITIES USE.

SO THAT AT LEAST WE HAVE A GOOD SENSE THAT WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING EXORBITANT TO VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ POINT THERE.

WHEN WE GO THROUGH OUR FEES, YOU WILL SEE EXAMPLES OF WHERE PAST COUNCILS HAVE RAISED THAT EXACT QUESTION.

HOW DO WE INCENTIVIZE CERTAIN ACTIVITIES EITHER BECAUSE THEY HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT OR BECAUSE COMPLIANCE IS THE MAIN BENEFIT AND WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT'S THE COST.

SO EXORBITANT THAT A PERSON WON'T PARTICIPATE IN THE, IN THE PERMITTING PROCESS TO YOUR INITIAL QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT.

I DON'T THINK WE COULD GIVE YOU A SIMPLE, CAN WE JUST CHARGE A FLAT RATE BECAUSE IN A LOT OF CASES, SINCE, AS WE POINTED OUT, THERE ARE MULTIPLE HOURS OR MULTIPLE INPUTS, IT'S JUST VERY DIFFICULT, BUT I DO APPRECIATE, AND I KNOW THE COUNCIL GOES THROUGH THIS EVERY YEAR AND AN INDIVIDUAL CONVERSATIONS WITH ME AND STAFF.

THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING A DILIGENT REVIEW OF THESE FEES.

THERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES AND WE'LL GO THROUGH IT WHERE THE COUNCIL HAS GIVEN DIRECTION AND STAFF HAVE FOLLOWED THAT DIRECTION TO SAY, WE THINK THIS COSTS 500 BUCKS, BUT WE'RE ONLY GOING TO CHARGE 300, OFTENTIMES THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO LOWER THE BURDEN TO THE RESIDENT.

SOMETIMES IT'S BECAUSE OF MARKET FACTORS.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T CHARGE FOR OUR REC CENTER MORE THAN WHAT THE GOING RATE IS, MAYBE IN A DIAMOND BAR, CHINO COMPARISON, YOU KNOW? SO THOSE FACTORS ALL GO IN.

I JUST CAN ASSURE YOU THAT WHEN STAFF, AS, AS KRISTA POINTED OUT, NO ONE ON OUR TEAM IS MAKING THE NUMBER YOU SEE.

BUT WHEN YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT ANY DECISION MADE IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, WE'LL PROBABLY TOUCH ON THE PERMIT, TECH, THE PLANNER

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AND OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, ALL THAT HAS TO BE CONSIDERED.

WHEN YOU REALIZE THAT THEY'RE IN THIS LOVELY CITY HALL, WE HAVE TO TRANSFER THE COST OF WHERE THEY WORK ALSO THROUGH THE, THE STRUCTURE.

SO IT JUST REMINDS ME OF WHEN I HAD A PROJECT AT MY HOUSE AND MY CONTRACTOR WAS EXPLAINING TO ME HOW MUCH HE HAS TO PLAY AS FAR AS WORKERS' COMP FOR AS, AS COMPARED TO WAGES.

I THINK EVEN THOUGH WE'RE ALL TRYING TO WRAP OUR HEAD AROUND HOW THESE NUMBERS GET THIS BIG, WE HAVE REAL WORLD EXAMPLES OF HOW MORE THAN JUST THE WAGE OF THE PERSON DOING THE WORK, COMPOUNDS THE ISSUE.

AND SO WE'VE DONE OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO TRY AND MAKE SURE IT'S ACCURATE, BUT ANY CASE WHERE THE COUNCIL WANTS TO GIVE DIRECTION TO LOWER, IT WE'D BE HAPPY TO.

I MEANT THAT.

ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, WHY DON'T WE START GOING UP? YES.

MA'AM LET'S TO ANSWER COUNCIL MEMBER RES VICE MAYOR RACE QUESTION.

UM, ABOUT WHAT PERCENTAGE, UH, LOOKING AT THE BUDGET, UH, FALLS INTO OUR CHARGES FOR SERVICES CATEGORY, AND THAT'S 14% OF THE GENERAL FUND.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

SHALL WE GO OVER THE ACTUAL ITEMS? OKAY.

YEAH, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF FEES.

AND SO WHEN KRISTA AND I WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE BEST WAY, WE'RE JUST GONNA, YOU KNOW, CRYSTAL WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THE DIFFERENT SCHEDULES, USUALLY THERE BY DEPARTMENT, MAYBE BY FUNCTION AND JUST JUMP IN.

IF YOU WANT CLARIFICATION, WE ALSO HAVE STAFF FROM THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, IF YOU NEED ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND FROM THEM.

OKAY.

LET'S GO.

SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CITY CLERK PAGE? HOLD ON.

CAN YOU GO LINE BY LINE? OOPS, JUST KIDDING.

YEAH.

SO THE COPIES THAT WE GOT TODAY ARE NUMBERED, BUT THE COPIES WE GOT PREVIOUSLY ARE NOT.

SO LIKE I WENT THROUGH MY NAME, WROTE IT, SO THAT'S WHY IT'S GOING TO BE HARDER FOR US SO WELL, AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT ON THE TOP.

WE'LL JUST GO PAGE BY PAGE.

YEAH.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

HOLD UP, HOLD UP.

WHICH ONE DID I THANK YOU.

PERFECT.

LET'S GO THROUGH THIS BECAUSE IT HAS THE VERY SIMPLY THE SAME AS THE STORE, RIGHT? IT'S IN THE SAME ORDER.

GOOD.

OKAY.

SO YOU CAN, IF YOU WROTE IN THE OTHER PACKET, YOU CAN, OKAY.

LET'S GO THROUGH THAT.

SO YES.

YOU'VE GOT A COPY OF BOTH, RIGHT? I DID, BUT I WROTE MY NOTES ON THIS ONE.

OKAY.

OKAY.

SO, SO FOR THE FIRST PAGE, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SO WE DON'T PASS IS GENERALLY PASSED THROUGH BECAUSE THAT'S FEDERAL LAW, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY.

SEEMS PRETTY CUT AND DRY.

HOW ABOUT WE GO ONTO THE NEXT PAGE? SO NOW WE'RE IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES ANIMAL CONTROL, BUT THERE WERE NO CHANGES FOR THAT.

I HAD A QUESTION THERE, JEN IT'S REMINDER, FILM PERMITS IN THE FILM FOR VIDEO, AND IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'VE SORT OF GONE DOWN.

I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHY IT WOULD GO DOWN, NOT UP WE HAD, UM, BECAUSE OF THE ALAMEDA DECISION, UM, OUR PER SALARY AND BENEFIT COSTS WENT DOWN A LITTLE BIT THIS YEAR.

SO THAT'S KIND OF REFLECTED IN THIS PARTICULAR FEE.

YEAH.

I ACTUALLY HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THAT LINE ITEM TWO.

AND MY QUESTION WAS ACTUALLY, UM, IF WE COULD IMPLEMENT A NONPROFIT RATE, SO WHAT'S HAPPENING A LOT IS I THINK WE GOT SOME CORRESPONDENCE FROM A RESIDENT.

THERE WERE SOME STUDENTS FROM AYALA THAT WANTED TO FILM.

IT WAS A SCHOOL PROJECT.

SO THERE'S SOME INSTANCES WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A VERY ACTIVE COMMUNITY THAT, THAT TAKES PICTURES OR FILMS TO DO THINGS IT'S FOR OF A NON-PROFIT NATURE VERSUS SOMEONE DOING IT FOR COMMERCIAL REASONS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP THAT TO CONSIDER HAVING A NON-PROFIT RATE FOR, UM, THESE, IF IT'S A STUDENT OR SOMEONE, WHAT RISES TO THE LEVEL OF EVEN NEEDING A PERMIT.

IF I'M GOING TO GO OUT THERE AND GET MARRIED AND WANT TO GO TO ENGLAND SPRINGS PARK FOR STILL PHOTOGRAPHY, DO YOU NEED TO PULL A PERMIT? YOU SHOULD.

YES.

OH, GEEZ.

IN ESSENCE, THE FILM PERMIT PROGRAM ASSESS THE IMPACT OF THAT ACTIVITY ON WHETHER IT'S, EVEN IF IT'S AT A PARK LIKE YOU DESCRIBED, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SURE.

WELL, HOW BIG IS YOUR WEDDING PHOTO? HOW LONG ARE YOU GOING TO BE? THERE ARE, IF IT'S FILMING AT A, AT A HOME OR SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO, DID YOU CLEAR IT WITH YOUR HOA WHERE IT DID? ARE YOU GOING TO NEED TO PARK ON THE STREET? WE, WE JUST, SO WHAT, WHICH PROPOSED HERE FOR FILMING AS OPPOSED TO STILL PHOTOGRAPHY AND MAYBE THIS GETS TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN'S QUESTION IS IF IT'S A SIMPLE PHOTO PHOTO PERMIT FOR STILL PHOTOGRAPHY, IT'S ABOUT AN HOUR'S WORTH OF TIME.

IF IT'S A LARGER FILM, UH, ACTIVITY, UH, IT'S THREE HOURS.

SO, UH, IF WE WERE GOING TO CREATE A NON-PROFIT RATE, IT WOULD THEN BE LOWER.

YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD JUST PICK A NUMBER THAT YOU WANTED US TO IMPLEMENT IN THE, IN THE FEE SCHEDULE.

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IT'S TO ME, IT'S LIKE, I DON'T KNOW.

IT'S A, IT'S A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO JUST SHOW THE COMMUNITY THAT IF THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT, AND THEY'RE NOT A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER, THAT'S TAKING GRADUATION PHOTOS OR WEDDING PHOTOS THAT WE'RE NOT CHARGING THEM THE SAME.

WE WOULDN'T CHARGE FOR THAT.

I MEAN, WE GO EVERY OTHER YEAR.

I KNOW WE TALK ABOUT THIS VERY SUBJECT, AS FAR AS I KNOW, WE'RE LOWER THAN MOST CITIES, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT KNOWN AS A FILMING TYPE CITY.

I RECALL THE RESIDENT'S NAME, BUT I'M BRINGING IT UP FOR THAT REASON THAT THESE STUDENTS DID THE RIGHT THING.

THEY CAME TO CITY HALL, THEY SAID, THIS IS OUR PROJECT.

THEY COULDN'T AFFORD THE FEES.

SO THEY HAD TO PICK A DIFFERENT PROJECT.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M BRINGING IT UP.

YEAH.

THAT'S ALL, I THINK THERE COULD BE SOMETHING IN LINE WITH, I MEAN, NON-PROFITS KIND OF AN OPEN-ENDED BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT EVEN A NONPROFIT THIRD OF THE STUDENTS, SO MAYBE THERE'S A STUDENT BALANCE STUDENT ID.

YEAH.

THAT'S I WOULD ASK THE COUNCIL.

WOULD YOU ALSO WANT TO LIMIT THAT TO CHINO HILLS RESONANCE? BECAUSE WHAT WE WOULDN'T WANT, UNLESS THE COUNCIL DIRECTED FOR US TO BE THE HUB FOR EVERY FILM STUDENT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, TO SAY I COULD GET IT DONE IN CHINO HILLS FOR A LOT LESS VERSUS STUDENTS THAT LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THAT'S JUST A POINT TO CONSIDER.

YEAH.

THAT MAKES SENSE.

YEAH, I'M FINE WITH IT.

YEAH.

BUT I GUESS HOW DO WE IMPROVE TO A STUDENT? HOW DO WE SEE? OKAY, SO LET ME ASK THE QUESTIONS.

CAUSE I'M GOING TO BE THE ONE MAKING THE CHANGE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO DO A CHINO HILLS STUDENT SLASH RESIDENT, A REDUCED RATE.

IT'S NOT SLASH IT'S HAS TO BE BOTH A STUDENT THAT'S STUDENT MUST BE A RESIDENT.

YEAH.

OKAY.

AND IS WE'RE GOING TO REDUCE BOTH THE STILL PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE VIDEO FOR THE PUBLIC.

WHO'S NOT LOOKING AT THE SAME DOCUMENTS AS US.

WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING STILL PHOTOGRAPHY IS PROPOSED AT $120.

UH, AND, UH, VIDEO MOTION PICTURE AT THREE, THREE 60.

SO IF YOU WANTED A STILL PHOTOGRAPHY, UH, STUDENT RATE, IT WOULD BE LESS THAN ONE 20.

AND IF YOU WANTED A FILM PERMIT FOR THE STUDENT, YOU KNOW, LOCAL RESIDENTS, STUDENT, IT WOULD BE A NUMBER LOWER THAN THREE 60.

IS THERE A FORMULA WE USUALLY USE FOR NONPROFITS? LIKE A PERCENTAGE OF THEIR REGULAR COST? I'M GOING TO LOOK TO JONATHAN OR THE FINANCE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE HAVE NON-PROFIT RATES.

I THINK WE JUST PICK A LOWER NUMBER AND YEAH.

YEAH.

I MEAN, IF YOU WANT TO SAY, YOU WANT TO SUBSIDIZE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER PERCENTAGE THEN I'LL DO THAT.

YOU KNOW, LIKE, AS AN EXAMPLE, IF YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO CHARGE 50% OF THE NORMAL RATE, THEN THAT WOULD CREATE A 60 AND A ONE 80, UH, RATE.

YEAH, I'M FINE.

WITH 50.

YEAH.

WE CAN SIT HERE AND NITPICK OVER 50 VERSUS 25 VERSUS 38.

AND WHO KNOWS? SO 50, 50 SOUND GOOD.

CAUSE YOU'RE BROUGHT UP.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

YEAH.

I THINK THAT'S FAIR.

OKAY.

WE'LL WORK ON THAT.

WE DON'T NEED TO NECESSARILY CALL IT A NONPROFIT DO IT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO FORCE IT.

WE'RE NOT CALLING IT THAT ANYMORE.

YEAH.

DO TO HELP THEM.

OKAY.

YEP.

STUDENT NOT OKAY.

STUDENT RESIDENT BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

SO IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT I'M HEARING, ANY PERSON THAT TAKES THE CAMERA TO A PARK, EITHER TAKES A PICTURE AND MAYBE I'M IN A CONTEST OR, UM, I DO A VIDEO AND I PUT IT ON THE INTERNET AND IT MAKES MONEY.

I SHOULD'VE GOTTEN A PERMIT FOR THAT.

I BELIEVE IT'S FOR COMMERCIAL USE.

AND SO WHAT WAS THE INTENT? UH, OFTENTIMES WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH ARE FATAH PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO TAKE YOUR WEDDING PHOTOS OR OFTEN KINGSTON, YETTA FOR PHOTOS OR WHATEVER THAT PERSON IS A PROFESSIONAL.

BUT NO, I DON'T THINK WE ARE LOOKING UNLESS THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT FOR SOMEONE WHO'S JUST DOING A, A PRIVATE.

SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF A STUDENT IS DOING A PROJECT AT SCHOOL, IT'S NOT FOR COMMERCIAL USE, HE'S DOING IT BECAUSE OF A PROJECT AND HE'S NOT GOING TO RECEIVE ANY MONIES WHATSOEVER.

HE DOESN'T NEED TO PULL A PERMIT.

THEN THE IMPACTS ARE STILL THE SAME.

SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE THEM FILL OUT A, UM, A PERMIT APPLICATION.

BUT I THINK THE WAY I ORIGINALLY INTENDED AND INTERPRETED YOUR QUESTION WAS AT A MUCH LOWER SCALE.

JUST THE AVERAGE PERSON OUT THERE WITH THEIR CAMERA.

NOW WE WOULDN'T EXPECT THAT.

SO ME BEING A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER, I'VE DONE THIS FOR 35 YEARS AND I'LL GIVE THE EXAMPLE OF ONE OF MY LONGTIME CLIENTS IS TOYOTA, OR WE GET BRAND NEW CAR, TAKE IT TO A LOCATION.

I HAD TO GET A FILM PERMIT TO DO IT.

THAT'S FOR COMMERCIAL.

IF I JUST PULL MY TOYOTA RAV4 IN FRONT OF ENGLISH SPRINGS PARK, AND IT'S IN A PHOTO, THAT'S NOT FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES, THAT'S JUST ME TAKING A PICTURE OF.

SO, I MEAN, YOU'RE RIGHT.

THE COMMERCIAL ASPECT AND MOST STUDENTS, UNLESS YOU'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING WITH SOME TIC TALK OR SOME,

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SOME COMPETITION OR SOME POSSIBLE PROFIT MAKING MUST.

I AGREE.

MOST STUDENTS ARE JUST DOING IT TO DO IT GORILLA FOR OUR PHOTO CONTEST.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHARGE PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE WALKING THE TRAIL WHEN THEY SHOULD.

IT DEPENDS ON YOUR WRITING TO GET $50.

YOU KNOW, IF WE EVER GET BACK INTO HAVING PROBLEMS, ENGLISH SPRINGS IS A GREAT SPOT FOR PROM PICTURES AND USUALLY FIVE OR SIX FAMILIES GET TOGETHER OR FIVE OR SIX GROUPS, YOU KNOW, AND AS YOU KNOW, ARE THEY WERE COMING FROM OUT OF TOWN TO DO THAT BECAUSE THE IS OUT CHARGING FOR.

AND HOW DO YOU, WHAT DO YOU DO ASK FOR AN ID? I KNOW THAT'S, IT'S A SLIPPERY, SOME OF THESE THINGS WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE ENFORCEMENT, TRUTHFULLY, WHENEVER WE PUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN THERE, BECAUSE OUR PEOPLE ARE JUST GOING TO BLOW IT OFF OR ARE THEY GOING TO FOLLOW THE RULES OR THEY EVEN KNOW IT IS IT'S REQUIRED.

YEAH.

SO THAT'S DIFFICULT.

SO LET'S MOVE FORWARD 50%.

YEAH, THAT'S FAIR.

OKAY.

ANY OTHER ITEMS ON THE CITY MANAGER OR IVH S BEFORE WE MOVE OFF OF A CITY MANAGER, I'LL JUST MAKE A QUICK COMMENT THAT THE RATES PROPOSED FOR IVH S UH, WILL LIKELY BE RECONSIDERED AS WE, UH, BRING THEIR NEW CONTRACT FORWARD, BUT AT THAT'LL BE ADJUSTED AT THAT TIME.

WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT PAGE FOR IHS, AND THEN NEXT TO MEET COMMUNITY SERVICES PERFECT FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES.

CORRECT.

I HAD A QUICK QUESTION ON THE MILITARY BANNERS AND IT WAS ACTUALLY FOR LIKE PETER AND JONATHAN AND ELMA WERE, WHERE DID WE LEAVE IT WITH THE FOUNDATION SUBSIDY ON THESE BANNER PROGRAMS? WE DO HAVE A SUBSIDY PROGRAM.

SO IS THAT NOT REFLECTED IN HERE? WELL, SOME PEOPLE CAN AFFORD TO DO IT.

THIS WAS FOR PEOPLE, ANYBODY CAN APPROACH AND ALMOST COORDINATES IT, BUT SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST WANT TO PAY FOR THEIR OWN FAMILY.

UM, SO I THINK I WOULD JUST WANTED TO BRING IT UP.

SO WHEN SOMEONE LIKE WATCHES THIS AND SAYS, WE'RE CHARGING RESIDENTS $256 FOR THE MILITARY BANNER PROGRAM TO MAKE THEM AWARE THAT THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION HAS A PROGRAM, BUT WE HAVE A LIMITED PROGRAM UNLIMITED.

IT'S MAXED OUT, IT'S MAXED OUT FOR THAT YEAR.

OKAY.

SO WE HAVE TO KIND OF KEEP THAT IN MIND.

ALSO, WE'VE BEEN, SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO, IT'S ONLY BEEN IN PLACE FOR A YEAR, TWO YEARS, MAYBE ONE YEAR.

YEAH.

ONE YEAR IN, BUT WE ARE SUBSIDIZING THE COST.

OKAY.

WHERE POSSIBLE.

AND I THINK IT'S NICE TO NOTE THAT IN OUR SPECIAL EVENTS PERMITS, WE'RE ACTUALLY LOWERING THE FEES.

SO THAT'S ALWAYS A GOOD THING TO SAY.

WE'RE JUST NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF RAISING THEM ON EVERYBODY.

RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON COMMUNITY SERVICES? I GOT A, YES I HAVE.

AND I THINK THIS HAS TO DO WITH CYNTHIA.

AND I'M SORT OF ON YOUR SIDE HERE FOR SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS FOR NONPROFITS, HOW MUCH MONEY DOES IT ACTUALLY RAISE THE CITY? IS IT A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY? IS IT A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY? WHAT WOULD YOU KNOW? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S, UH, AT OUR FINGERTIPS ALMA, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT ON HOW SO? IN OTHER WORDS, IF IT IS LESS THAN, WE'LL SAY 500 OR LESS, WHY AREN'T WE EVEN CHARGING THEM? ESPECIALLY IF IT'S NOT A PROFIT IN GOOD STANDINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND THEY'RE DOING GOOD WORK FOR US TO GET, TO TAKE A HIT FOR 500 BUCKS.

TO ME, ISN'T THAT MUCH MONEY.

I KNOW WE LOWERED IT.

DID WE LOWER IT? A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO? WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WE, WE, CAUSE WE'VE, THIS COMES UP ALL THE TIME ON THE 39% SUBSIDY, BUT I KNOW TO BE SPECIFIC, BUT THEN VERY FEW MAYBE ST PAUL'S MAYBE LET IT BE FOUNDATION APPROACH FOR A PERMIT.

THEY GET WAIVED.

YEAH.

THAT CAN BE WAIVED AS WELL.

AND WHO HAS THAT AUTHORITY? USUALLY IT'S ME.

THE CITY MANAGER GOTTA TALK.

SO, OKAY.

SO ARE WE PROPOSING THAT WE MAKE THAT FEE ZERO.

UM, CURRENTLY, UH, THESE SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT CITY FACILITIES, NONPROFIT IS SUBSIDIZED AT THE RATE OF 39% GOING INSTEAD OF THE FULL FOUR OH FIVE IT'S CHAR SUGGESTED THAT WE CHARGE TWO 47, THE ABILITY TO WAVE IT ON CERTAIN TIMES, I'M FINE WITH KEEPING IT THE WAY IT IS.

SO DEVIL'S ADVOCATE.

I'VE BEEN PART OF THE PROCESS FOR LET IT BE TO, TO DO THEIR WALK RUN.

THEY PUT IN STAFF PUTS IN A LOT OF TIME TO MAKE SURE IT'S AT THE SAFETY MAP AND EVERYTHING, ALL THE ELEMENTS THAT GO WITH IT, THEY MEET WITH TRAFFIC.

THEY MEET WITH POLICE, OUR STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE TYPES OF EVENTS ST PAUL'S 5K OR WHATEVER THEY DO, THAT, THAT THERE ARE COSTS.

SO THAT'S WHY WE BUILT IN, I THINK A FEW YEARS AGO, A DISCOUNT FOR NON-PROFITS TO MAKE THAT'S JUST DEVIL'S ADVOCATE AS FAR AS CHARGING, CHARGING SOMETHING.

BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.

IF WE'RE ONLY COLLECTING A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR, FOR THE COUNCIL'S BENEFIT, UH, WHEN, WHEN SOMEONE DOES REQUEST A WAIVER

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OF THE CITY MANAGER, WHAT I'M TYPICALLY LOOKING AT IS, ARE THEY A LOCAL GROUP? DO THEIR, WILL THEIR EVENT HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS AS PETER POINTED OUT, IT DOES TAKE SOME TIME FOR US TO REVIEW THAT.

BUT OFTENTIMES THESE GROUPS ALSO HAVE A BENEFIT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY WHERE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, MAKING A CONTRIBUTION TO OUR FOUNDATION OR TO OUR SHERIFF'S, UH, EXPLORE PROGRAM.

SO AS, AS, AS VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ POINTED OUT, IT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY WHEN WE DO, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A FEE ON HERE.

SO IF I LOOK IT, IT'S GOING TO BE ALL THOSE OTHER FACTORS ON HOW IT IMPACTS OUR COMMUNITY THAT WILL DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE WAVE EVEN THIS SUBSIDIZED FEE.

WHY A COUNTERPART TO CYNTHIA MORAN? WHAT ARE YOUR FEELINGS ON THIS? WELL, THERE'S DIFFERENT LEVELS OF NON-PROFITS AS WELL.

SO LIKE FOR INSTANCE, PETER AND I, WITH THE FOUNDATION, WHEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN EVENT, AND NOW WHAT THEY EXPECTED, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE'RE GOING TO RAISE, IT'S LIKE PERMITS AND FEES ARE IN OUR BUDGET.

SO LIKE, LET IT BE, OR ST.

PAUL, THEY HAVE PRETTY HEFTY BUDGETS.

I KNOW THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO RAISE MONEY AND I'VE BEEN ON THE ST.

PAUL FESTIVAL COMMITTEE YEARS AGO, WE WORKED THOSE COSTS INTO OUR BUDGET.

SO, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I KNOW THERE'S, THERE'S FLEDGLING NONPROFITS THAT TO TAKE A $247 HIT WOULD BE PRETTY STEEP.

SO I'M COMFORTABLE KNOWING THAT OUR CITY MANAGER CAN HAVE THAT DISCRETION TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE GROUPS, IF, IF NEED BE SURE.

SOUNDS GOOD.

YEP.

ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER COMMUNITY SERVICES RELATED ITEMS? ALL RIGHT.

SHANNON HEARING NONE.

WE'LL GO ON TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, BUILDING SERVICES.

I JUST HAVE A CLARIFICATION QUESTION FOR JOANNE OR SOMEBODY.

SO, UM, THERE'S A FEE FOR SWIMMING POOLS, RESIDENTIAL, AND THEN AN IN-GROUND SPA.

SO IF I'M BUILDING A POOL AND A SPOT AT THE SAME TIME, DO I HAVE TO PAY FOR EACH OF THAT? EACH OF THOSE, THE SPA AND THE POOL FOR 12, UH, $1,237.

IF THEY'RE CONNECTED, YOU MEAN LIKE IF THEY'RE CONNECTED WITH A POOL AND SPA.

YEAH.

THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

I DO SHOW WINSTON AS AN ATTENDEE.

I'LL ASK THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE TO, AND THEN RELATED TO THAT AS WELL.

SO UNDER THESE, UM, THESE FEES, I DON'T SEE A LINE ITEM FOR THE ADU, IS THAT BECAUSE IF I RECALL, THERE'S NO PERMIT FEE FOR 80 USE, IT'S A BUILDING PERMIT FEE.

SO IT WOULD DEPEND ON THE SQUARE FOOTAGE ONCE YOU CAN EXPLAIN IT.

OH, BUT WHICH LINE ITEM WOULD IT BE ON HERE? OH, I SEE.

I SEE.

NO, I SEE A JOANNE NEW CONSTRUCTION.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS IN HERE SOMEWHERE.

OKAY.

THAT'S FINE.

BUT WINSTON IS UN-MUTED AND, UH, EVA ALSO HAS HER HANDS BOUNDARIES.

SO HI, WINSTON.

I THINK I HEAR THE DOOR.

IT MIGHT BE HIM COMING.

WINSTON, DID YOU HEAR THE QUESTION FROM A COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ? I'M SORRY.

COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN.

WALKING TO THE MIC.

IF YOU'D FILL IT FULL OF SPOT TOGETHER, IT'S JUST THE ONE FEET.

GOTCHA.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

DID YOU ASK ABOUT THAT ONE? YES.

THERE IS A FEE FOR ADU IT'S IN THAT NEW CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE GETTING CHARGED.

YEAH.

YEAH.

OKAY.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR WINSTON? MAYBE WE'LL WAIT UNTIL YOU GET BACK TO YOUR DESK.

ALL RIGHT.

GO BACK TO THE ADU.

SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT PER THE STATE GUIDELINES, ISN'T THERE LIKE A MAXIMUM WE CAN CHARGE AND IT'S NOT THE FULL 80 YEARS.

UM, NO, THEY'RE NOT.

YEAH.

IF WE CAN GET SOMEONE TO THE MIC, SO, AND RYAN HAS RAISED IT.

YEAH.

THAT'S PROBABLY A BETTER QUESTION FOR RYAN.

DOES HE WALK IN HERE ALSO? WELL, HIS HAND IS RAISED.

I THINK WE'LL UNMUTE HIM.

AND THEN SEE IF RYAN GOT STUTTER.

ONE OF OUR PLANNING TEAM MEMBERS CAN RESPOND, I GUESS, FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT ARE WONDERING.

SO THE ADU IS ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS THAT WE RECENTLY HAS COME UP TO THE FOREFRONT BECAUSE OF THE MANDATES GRANNY FLATS, MOTHER-IN-LAW'S BORDER, THE STATE, LETTING THEM DO AS DO, DO WE HAVE DEFINITELY MEMBER CITY COUNCIL.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, SIR.

THANK YOU.

ABSOLUTELY.

SO AS FAR AS, UM, BUILDING PERMIT FEES GO, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY CAP WHERE THERE IS A CAP IS ON THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES FOR A NEW CONSTRUCTION EDU THAT'S OVER 750 SQUARE FEET.

THE CITY IS ALLOWED TO COLLECT

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DEVELOPMENT, IMPACT FEES, BUT ONLY UP INTO THE PROPORTION OF THE SIZE OF THE ADU RELATIVE TO THE SIZE OF THE HOME.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, 500 AND 500 WOULDN'T COUNT, BUT A 750 SQUARE FOOT ADU AND A 1500 SQUARE FOOT PRIMARY HOME, IT WOULD CHARGE 50% DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES.

OKAY.

RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FORMULA.

OKAY, GOOD.

ANY OTHER ITEMS FOR BILLING SERVICES GOING TO THE NEXT PAGE? OH, CLARIFICATION ON RETAINING WALLS AND BLOCK WALLS, RETAINING WALLS.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, TYPICALLY SIDE YARD OR BACK RETAINING WALLS, LIKE ON A HILLSIDE OR WHATEVER.

UM, ISN'T THERE A MAXIMUM OF THREE OR FOUR FEET IN HEIGHT ON THOSE RETAINING WALLS.

AND THEN FOR BLOCK WALLS.

THERE'S MY UNDERSTOOD IT.

IF WE HAVE FENCES UP TO SIX FEET IN HEIGHT OR UNDER SIX FEET IN HEIGHT, DOWN THE SIDE SAYING REPLACING WOOD WITH CONCRETE BLOCK, THOSE EXEMPT FROM PERMITS BECAUSE THEY USED TO BE, I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT.

UM, AS FAR AS RETAINING WALLS GO, UM, THEY'RE THERE ON THE PROPERTY LINE, BUT HEIGHT IS LIMITED.

UH, BUT IF THEY'RE NOT ON THE PROPER LINE, THEIR INTERIOR TO A LOT, THEN THEY'RE NOT, THERE'S NO HEIGHT LIMIT ON THEM.

OKAY.

UM, AS FAR AS BLOCK WALLS, IT'S KIND OF THE SAME RULE.

IF THERE ALONG THE SIDE OR THE REAR PROPERTY LINE, GENERALLY IT'S SIX FOOT IN HEIGHT UNTIL YOU HIT THE FRONT YARD SETBACK.

AND THEN THEY HAVE TO PROP THE FOREFOOT AND I, UH, ANYTHING, SIX FOOT OR LESS NON RETAINING DOES NOT REQUIRE A PERMIT AT ALL.

OKAY.

BETTER RETAINING WALL.

SAY A PERSON HAS A SLOPE BEHIND THEIR BACK.

SO THEIR TEAR STEPPING THERE, THEIR BACKYARD, THOSE RETAINING WALLS, IRRESPECTIVE OF HEIGHT WOULD NEED TO BE PERMITTED BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING IN INSPECTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

IF THEY'RE FOUR FOOT OR LESS IN HEIGHT WITH LEVEL BACKFIELD, THEY DON'T NEED IT.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

JUST WANTED TO GET THAT CLARIFICATION OUT THERE CAUSE IT'S ALWAYS CONFUSING.

SO.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

THEN CONTINUING WITH BUILDING SERVICES.

YEAH, JUST A CALM OR A, A COMMENT, A RAISED EARLIER POINT ABOUT TRYING TO INCENTIVIZE THINGS THAT ARE BETTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.

IT'S INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT ELECTRICAL V ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS AND SINGLE FAMILY HOME, UH, UH, PHOTO-VOLTAIC PERMITS ARE BEING SUBSIDIZED.

SO THAT'S GOOD TO SEE THE 33 WITH THAT.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.

CONTINUING WITH THE BUILDING SERVICES, PAGE SIX, STARTING AT THE TOP OF THE HVAC, UH, BUILDING SERVICES, STARTING AN ITEM NUMBER 42 DOWN.

OKAY.

I'LL LOOK LIKE PRETTY MINIMAL INCREASES.

ALL RIGHT.

SHOW US THE WATER.

THE ADDRESS CHANGE.

IS IT THE SAME PAGE AS THAT 54? IT'S ON THE PAGE SEVEN ON THE ONE WE GOT TODAY, ADEQUATE MECHANICAL PERMIT AND UH, PERMITTING FEES.

AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM IS PLUMBING, PERMIT AND FEES.

THE ADDRESS CHANGES UNDER ADMINISTRATIVE FEES, I BELIEVE.

AND THEN MISCELLANEOUS FEES UNDER THAT.

THAT'S WHAT I'M.

WHERE ARE WE THERE YET? WE ALREADY PASSED IT.

WE'RE GETTING ALMOST ALL RIGHT.

IF NOBODY HAD ANY QUESTIONS ON PAGE SEVEN AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO PAGE EIGHT, CONTINUING WITH BUILDING SERVICES, GRADING FEES, AND ADMINISTRATIVE FEES.

I HAD A CLARIFICATION QUESTION, RIGHT? YES.

MA'AM.

SO WINSTON WHERE IT SAYS, UM, THERE'S THESE COMPLIANCE PERCENTAGE CHARGES LIKE EXCESS COMPLIANCE PERCENT SET BY STATE LAW, ENERGY CONSERVATION COMPLIANCE.

IT'S LIKE, I GUESS DEPENDING ON THE PROJECT, IT CAN KIND OF BE A SIGNIFICANT, SO, UM, ARE THOSE PASSER FEES THAT GO BACK TO THE STATE? UH, NO, THEY, THEY WERE, UH, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH AN UNFUNDED MANDATE, THE W WITH THE STATE, WHEN THEY STARTED TO REQUIRE CITIES TO ENFORCE ENERGY CODES AND ACCESS CODES, UH, THEY, THEY KIND OF DID A LITTLE CARROT AND STICK APPROACH.

THEY SAID, WE WANT YOU TO DO THIS, BUT BECAUSE IT'S AN UNFUNDED MANDATE, WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW YOU TO CHARGE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF FEES TO RECOVER YOUR COSTS FOR DOING THAT.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, THEN THAT WE'LL MOVE ON TO PAGE NINE, MORE BUILDING SERVICE, MISCELLANEOUS FEES, ALL THE INCREASES LOOK MINIMAL.

PAGE 10 DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

I HAVE PLENTY.

WHAT IS INVESTIGATION FEE FOR MASSAGE CLINIC CORNER

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$371 INVESTIGATION FEE FOR MASSAGE CLINIC.

SO INVESTIGATION FEE FOR MASSAGE CLINIC OWNER.

YEAH.

THAT'S PROBABLY A BACK LINE ITEM FOR THE OPERATORS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO BE LICENSED LICENSING.

OKAY.

HMM.

I GUESS THERE'S NO OTHER BUSINESSES THAT THAT WOULD RELATE TO JUST ONLY MASSAGE.

RIGHT? I ALWAYS LIKED THE, UH, SORRY FOR MY OTHER JOB.

UH, SIT THROUGH COUNCIL MEETINGS.

AND I ALWAYS LIKE WHEN THEY HAVE FEES FOR FORTUNE TELLERS, CAUSE IT'S LIKE, HOW DO YOU DO THAT? WHY WOULDN'T, HOW DO YOU QUALITY CONTROL THE TELLERS UPFRONT? WE'RE FORTUNATE TELLERS LIKE THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA LICENSING BOARD PROBABLY THEN TO INVESTIGATE BEFORE THEY CAN OPEN IN OUR CITY.

NO, BUT I MEAN, WHO'S REQUIRES THIS INVESTIGATION.

THE STATE.

YEAH.

HMM.

OKAY.

EVERYTHING ELSE LOOKS PRETTY SOUTH, RIGHT? THE ITEMS IN RED WERE ALREADY DISCUSSED.

YEAH.

SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO PAGE 11, STARTING WITH A REVIEW OF GAIT GUARDED NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS DOWN.

YEAH.

TOUCHED ON THOSE NEW, UH, NEW FEES THAT KRISTA MENTIONED.

ALL RIGHT.

GO ON.

HEADING UP ON TOP.

UH, WE WERE ON PAGE 11.

UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DOES ON THIS ONE.

OH, GEEZ, SORRY.

UM, VERY BOTTOM IT'S ON THE NEW ONE SERVICES, UH, NUMBER 23, NUMBER 20.

ALL RIGHT.

ANY ITEMS ON THAT PAGE? CYNTHIA? YOU LOOK CONFUSED.

ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL MOVE ON THEN TO PAGE 12, STARTING WITH DEVELOPMENT FEES.

NUMBER 40 ON THE TOP LEFT.

AND I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

YES, SIR.

ITEM NUMBER 35 35 ATTENDED TO PARCEL MAP.

AM I READING THIS CORRECTLY? IT'S OVER $8,000 ITEM NUMBER 35, NINE 35.

IS THAT CORRECT? 8,686.

61 86.

YEAH.

WAS IT 80? IT WAS AT 80 37 37 60.

YEAH.

IT WAS 35 HOURS OF STAFF TIME ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

SO ATTENDED A UP, I MEAN, IF IT'S JUST A ONE PROPERTY AND IT'S DIVIDED INTO TWO, IS THAT WHAT WE CHARGED? I'D HAVE TO DEFER THAT TO THE DEPARTMENT.

COME ON UP BECAUSE THAT'S SMALL 35 HOURS STAFF TIME.

SO THIS IS SPLITTING A PERSON.

YEAH.

IT REQUIRES EXTENSIVE STAFF REVIEW ENGINEERING REVIEW OUR FIRE DISTRICT REVIEW.

AND IT DOES GO TO PLANNING COMMISSION.

SO THAT IS THE ADDITIONAL STAFF TIME THAT'S REQUIRED TO PREPARE TO REVIEW AND PREPARE.

AND THIS IS A TDA.

SO THAT IS A DEPOSIT BASED ON A TYPICAL AVERAGE COST.

SO IT'S A DEPOSIT.

AND BASED ON THE TIME SPENT ON THE PROJECT, THEN YOU, YOU TAKE THE MONEY FROM, FROM THERE OR HOW, OR IS IT 35 HOURS, NO MATTER WHAT, NO, IT'S THEIR, THEIR DEPOSITS.

SO MOST OF OUR PLANNING FEES FOR ENTITLEMENTS ARE WHAT WE CALL TDA TRUST DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS.

AND WE BASED THAT INITIAL DEPOSIT BASED ON THE AVERAGE COST OF REVIEWING SIMILAR TYPES OF PLANS.

AND WE DO KEEP A VERY EXTENSIVE RECORD OF HOW MUCH TIME THAT STAFF TAKES ON THESE VARIOUS APPLICATIONS.

SO WE TRY TO UPDATE TO MEET EACH YEAR TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON TARGET.

ARE WE CHARGING TOO MUCH? ARE WE CHARGING TOO LITTLE? UM, WHAT HAPPENS ON ON MANY TIMES THESE PROJECTS IS THAT WE ANTICIPATE PERHAPS TWO ROUNDS OF REVIEW.

SOMETIMES THEY TAKE THREE OR FOUR ROUNDS OF REVIEW FOR WHATEVER, FOR WHATEVER REASON OR ADDITIONAL RESEARCH, BECAUSE THE INFORMATION ON THE PROPERTY IS NOT READILY AVAILABLE.

WE HAVE A LOT OF, UM, OLD SUBDIVISIONS WITHIN THE CITY THAT OCCURRED INTO THE COUNTY.

OFTEN THOSE RECORDS AREN'T READILY AVAILABLE.

SO THAT TAKES ADDITIONAL STAFF TIME.

SO IN THOSE CASES, AND STAFF WILL INFORM THE APPLICANT THAT ADDITIONAL TIME AND IT IS REQUIRED.

AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL DEPOSIT IS REQUIRED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL STAFF COSTS ARE COVERED.

OKAY.

BUT TO RAISE INITIAL POINT ABOUT, IF IT DOESN'T TAKE THAT LONG, THE 35 HOURS AT TWO 47 AN HOUR IS THE $8,600.

IF IT ONLY TAKES 10 HOURS, FOR SOME REASON, THEN THEY'D ONLY BE CHARGED 2,400 OR 2,500 BUCKS.

RIGHT.

THEY WOULD GET A REFUND AND WE DO PROCESS A REFUNDS REGULARLY.

SO IT'S A DEPOSIT, LESS ACTUAL TIME SPENT UP

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TO THE 35.

IF THEY GO ABOVE 35, THEN IT'S AN ADDITIONAL $247 NOW AFTER THE 35.

CORRECT.

AND IF IT'S LESS, THEY'LL GET THE MONEY BACK FOR A REFUND PROCESS.

I CAN GET THAT VERIFIED THERE.

ALL RIGHT.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS IT WAS ON THAT PAGE.

IT WAS THE LAST QUESTION.

SO THE SERVICE, SOMEBODY GOES IN FOR 10 LITTLE TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP, AND NOW THEY GOT TO, IT BECOMES, UH, A FULL MAP.

WHAT IS THAT CALLED IS A TENTATIVE TRACK MAP.

WELL, THE TRACK MAP IS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PARCELS.

SO THERE'S VERY SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS BETWEEN A PARCEL MAP AND A TENTATIVE TRACK MAP AND THE SUBDIVISION MAP ACT.

SO TYPICALLY WHEN A PROJECT COMES IN, STEPH WILL KNOW FROM THE BEGINNING, IS IT A PARCEL MAP OR IS IT ATTENDED UP TRACK MAP? OKAY, THANK YOU.

MA'AM IT'S IT BECOMES A TRACK MAP.

IT GOES WITH THE PROPERTY TOO, RIGHT.

AND AT THE SAME WITH A PARCEL MAP, BUT ISN'T IT ALMOST INDEFINITE TIME OR IS THERE ON ATTENTIVE DON'T THEY HAVE A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD IN WHICH TO DO SOMETHING DO WHAT'S PROPOSED VERSUS A TRACK MAP CAN BE BASICALLY TIMELESS.

IS THERE A DISTINCTION THERE FOR BOTH MAPS AGAIN, THEY'RE GOVERNED BY THE SUBDIVISION MAP BACK.

SO THERE WE PROCESS A TENTATIVE MATCH FOR BOTH, FOR BOTH IT, FOR BOTH THE TRACK MAPS AND PARCEL MAPS.

UM, BUT THEY HAVE TO BE GO THROUGH ENGINEERING FOR THE FINAL MAP, AND THAT USUALLY REQUIRES SOME BONDING OR SOME ADDITIONAL REVIEW, AND THAT COMES THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL.

SO ONCE THAT FINAL MAP IS APPROVED AND RECORDED, THAT STAYS FOR ESSENTIALLY FOREVER WITH THAT PROPERTY UNTIL A SUBSEQUENT MAP IS APPLIED FOR AND OBTAINED.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PAGE, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STARTING WITH ITEM 40 PERMANENT SIGN REVIEW AND APPROACH 12 PAGE 12, THIS KIND OF BLEEDS OVER TO 12 AND 13 SAYS PREPARING TO FEES.

SO THERE'S, UM, ITEM NUMBER 48, WHICH IS THE BUSINESS LICENSE PROCESSING FEE.

IT'S GOING TO GET MOVED TO $81 AND THEN ITEM NUMBER 53 IS CALLED A OWNER OR EMPLOYEE APPLICATION PROCESSING FEE FOR I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS OR WHAT IS IT OWNER OR EMPLOYEE APPLICATION PROCESSING FEE FOR A MINOR ORIENTED BUSINESS.

SO YEAH, I GUESS WE HAVE, WHAT'S THE DEFINITION OF THAT? SO FASCINATING.

OH, THAT'S A GOOD ONE.

FASCINATING.

THE EXAMPLE I CAN THINK OF IS AN ICE CREAM TRUCK VENDOR.

SO WHEN THEY COME TO US FOR A BUSINESS LICENSE, THEY HAVE TO HAVE THIS.

AND AGAIN, IT'S A BACKGROUND CHECK.

OKAY, PERFECT.

CLEAR AS MUD.

I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.

SO THIS, SO THE $81 IS WHAT WE'RE AT WITH OUR BUSINESS LICENSE FEES RIGHT NOW.

YEAH, JUST THE TRADITIONAL ONE.

RIGHT.

AND THEN THAT OTHER 300 AND YES, PLUS THE, UM, HDL PROCESSING, IT'S 1513 IN THIS FEE SCHEDULE.

SO IF I, UM, HAVE JUST ARRIVED IN CHINO HILLS AND I'M GOING TO HAVE A HAIRSTYLING STATION AT ONE OF OUR SALONS AND SHE, YOU KNOW, HELL'S, HOW MUCH IS THAT GOING TO COST ME ROUGHLY? UH, WE HAD A RESIDENT REACH OUT THAT SHE THOUGHT IT WAS A CERTAIN AMOUNT.

AND I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY HIGH, I THINK SINCE THEN, AND WE GOT OUR QUESTION ANSWERED, BUT JUST SO SINCE THIS IS A PUBLIC WORKSHOP, LIKE I I'M, I THINK IT'S A HUNDRED DOLLARS AND 13 CENTS.

THAT'S ABOUT RIGHT.

YEAH.

SHE THOUGHT IT WAS CONSIDERABLY MORE SO.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

YOU GOT A LICENSE FOR BUSINESS LIGHT.

IS IT CONSIDERED BUSINESS LICENSE B TECHNICALLY, YES.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

BUT IT'S ONE IN THE SAME LICENSE FEE VERSUS BUSINESS LICENSE FEE.

WE JUST DROPPED THE WORD BUSINESS.

YOU SEE JUST LICENSE FEE OR YOU MEAN WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT.

WAS A BUSINESS LICENSE FEE FOR SOMEBODY TO HAVE A BOOTH RENTAL IN A PLACE.

YES.

THAT $81 PLUS THERE'S THE, UH, HDL COMPONENT TO PROCESS IT.

SO THAT'S 15, 13, AND THEN THERE'S LIKE A $4 STATE FEE ON TOP OF THAT.

SO THAT'S HOW I GOT TO THE A HUNDRED, BUT IT'S ALL FOR THE BUSINESS LICENSE.

OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT PAGE? WE'LL GO TO PAGE 13, THREE REMOVAL PERMITS.

GOOD QUESTIONS.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO 14, MR. MAYOR.

I'M SO SORRY.

NO, DON'T BE SORRY.

I HAVE A QUESTION PERTAINING TO ITEM 58 AND 60

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MINUTES.

MR. VICE MAYOR.

AM I 61? OKAY.

MY QUESTION WAS, I KNOW WHEN WE'VE INITIATED, INITIATED THE OVERLAY, I THOUGHT THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY WAS A LOT LESS.

AND I, FOR WHATEVER REASON, I WAS THINKING ABOUT LIKE $500.

AND NOW IT'S SHOT UP TO FOUR FOR 7,000 FOR THE EQUESTRIAN AND LARGE ANIMAL OR LARGE ANIMAL BUSINESS PERMITS.

CORRECT? YEAH.

SO WHEN THE OVERLAY WAS ESTABLISHED AND THE FEES WERE ESTABLISHED, THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION WAS THAT FOR ALL EXISTING EQUESTRIAN USES THAT THEY'D BE CHARGED A NOMINAL FEE.

AND SO, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE FEE SCHEDULE, WE HAVE A FEE FOR EXISTING OPERATIONS AND THEN FOR NEW.

SO IF A NEW EQUESTRIAN QUESTION FACILITY WAS TO COME IN, THAT WASN'T PART OF THIS ORIGINAL, THE ORIGINAL OVERLAY PROCESS, THEY WOULD BE CHARGED THE, THE COST OF PROCESSING THEIR APPLICATION.

SO IF SOMEBODY HAD A PERMIT RIGHT ON AN OVERLAY WHERE THEY PAID THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THEY SOLD THEIR PROPERTY, AND THE PERSON WANTS TO CONTINUE TO DO WHAT THEY WERE DOING BEFORE, WOULD IT BE A NEW PERMIT OR WOULD IT BE EXISTING? THE PERMITS RUN WITH THE LAND USE PERMITS RUN WITH THE LAND.

IN THE CASE OF A BUSINESS PERMIT, THEY WOULD JUST BE, UH, THEY WOULD REQUIRE TO GET A NEW BUSINESS LICENSE, BUT THIS EQUESTRIAN BUSINESS PERMIT WOULD RUN, RUN WITH THE LAND.

PERFECT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT.

WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PAGE.

PAGE 14.

OKAY.

ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, CONCERNS.

ALL RIGHT.

15.

ALRIGHT, MOVE ON TO PAGE 16.

SEE NONE.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO PAGE 17.

THEN WITH THAT, WE WERE MOVING ON TO ENGINEERING SERVICES ON PAGE 18 QUESTIONS, COMMENTS.

I DON'T SEE ANYTHING, PETER LORD.

OKAY.

ALL GOOD.

ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO 19 ROUGH GRADING PLAN REVIEW, ET CETERA.

ALL LOOKS LIKE MINOR.

$7 INCREASE IF THERE'S ANYTHING.

YEAH, IF THERE'S ANYTHING.

OKAY.

MOVE ON TO PAGE 20 AND FURTHER ENGINEERING SERVICES.

NO CHANGES IN ANY OF THOSE ITEMS ONTO FINANCE TO FUND STUFF.

I KRISTA, YEAH.

OKAY.

PAGE 21.

THERE'S BUSINESS LICENSE FEES AGAIN.

SO JUST AN INCREASE IN CPI IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

ALL RIGHT.

OKAY.

AND IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, ESPECIALLY WE WERE NEVER CHARGING MUCH MONEY FOR BUSINESS LICENSES.

IT WAS USUALLY IN THE $50 RANGE.

AND THEN IT WAS LOWERED A HANDFUL OF YEARS AGO.

I DON'T REMEMBER HOW MANY, THREE OR FOUR WHENEVER TO THIS FEE OF $15, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT A LOT OF CITIES WILL CHARGE YOU PER YOUR INCOME OR POOR PER THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES.

AND WE'VE ALWAYS STAYED VERY BUSINESS FRIENDLY WHEN IT CAME TO THAT.

THAT'S BECAUSE THEY HAVE A TAX.

WE DON'T HAVE A TENTATIVE BUSINESS LICENSE TAX.

OKAY, GOOD.

AT LEAST WE GET SOME MONEY OUT OF IT.

HEY, COME ON.

WE'RE RAISING IT BY 30 CENTS.

LOOK OUT.

YEAH.

IT GETS QUITE BIT EVERY YEAR.

UM, YEAH, IT IS GREEN RIVER SEWER BILLING.

IS THAT JUST FOR GREEN RIVER GOLF COURSE? YEAH.

IT'S JUST ONE BILL THAT WE JUST, THAT ONE.

SORRY.

WE'RE SINGLING YET FOR GREEN RIVER.

YOU'RE GETTING A 95 CENT INCREASE.

OKAY.

WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PAGE.

UH, PAGE 22 WATER LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF DECREASES.

IT'S THE OUTDATED DECISION EFFECTS.

YEAH.

OKAY.

THAT

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MOVE ON POLICE PAGE 23.

AND IT'S PROBABLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE ON THESE FEES THAT THEY'RE NOT SET BY US ARE SET BY THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

CAN WE INCREASE THE VIOLATIONS FOR CURFEW, CHINO HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE PENALTY.

HERE YOU GO.

OKAY.

NOTHING'S REALLY, MOST OF THEM ARE EVEN BEING DECREASED.

SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO PAGE 24.

SEEING AS NOTHING WAS CHANGING THERE, I WOULD MAKE IT.

THEN WE CAN MOVE ON TO PAGE 25 FURTHER POLICE ITEMS. NO CHANGES THERE.

BRIAN, ON T ON PAGE 25 CLARIFICATION, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ITEM 49 AND 50, CAUSE IT SEEMS REDUNDANT PARK AT AN EXPIRED PARKING METER VERSUS PARKING METER VIOLATION.

THEY'RE BOTH THE SAME PRICE.

LET ME TELL YOU, CAPTAIN, WALKER'S NOT HERE TO DEFEND.

SHOULD WE CALL IT SHERIFF MCMAHON? UH, JUST FOR THE AUDIENCE.

WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING IS, UH, TWO ITEMS THAT ARE VERY SIMILAR PARKING AT AN EXPIRED PARKING METER VERSUS PARKING METER VIOLATION.

I DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO.

I THINK WE CHARGE THE SAME.

I WILL CHECK WITH OUR POLICE CHIEF.

YES.

YOU DEFINITELY WANT A PRIZE FOR THAT.

UH, WE WILL, UH, CHECK WITH THEM PARKING METERS IN TOWN, OTHER THAN SHOPS.

THOSE ARE PRIVATELY HELD.

THEY COLLECT THE FEES.

IT'S UP TO US TO DO THE PENALTY OR UP TO THE TICKET.

OKAY.

SUPPOSEDLY I THOUGHT IT WAS A PRIVATE COMPANY THAT DID THE TICKETING OVER THERE AND NOT EVEN BECAUSE THAT'S A PUBLIC STREET.

SO I DON'T SEE IF ANYONE IN OUR AUDIENCE FROM OUR STAFF KNOWS THE DIFFERENCE IN RAISE THEIR HAND.

WE'LL SEE IT.

WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL CHECK WITH, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WE'LL MAKE SURE TO MAKE THE CLARIFICATION WHEN WE BRING THE FEES.

AND IF IT'S THE SAME, JUST TO CLEAN IT UP, DON'T TAKE ONE AWAY IF NEEDED.

YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO PAGE 26.

SORRY.

OKAY.

PAGE 26 TABLE 10 CITY, CHINO HILLS, FULLY BURDENED.

HOURLY RATES.

NO.

SO MUCH THE QUESTION.

IT'S JUST, IT IS WHAT IT IS.

RIGHT? CITY COUNCIL'S BURDEN RATE ON HERE.

PRICELESS PETER $3, $3.

YEAH.

I DON'T WANT TO CALCULATE HOW MUCH WE MAKE AN HOUR FULLY BURDENED.

NO, THE PACKET IS ENDING AFTER THIS BLENDED RATE.

SO I HAVE A QUESTION.

THERE WAS A TABLE IN THE OTHER PACKET ABOUT IVH S AND THEN THERE WAS THE STUFF ON JONATHAN'S DEPARTMENT UNLESS I MISSED IT.

OKAY.

HI, THE HS WAS SEVERAL PAGES BACK ON MY TABLE.

ONE PAGE 14 IN THIS ONE, I'M LOOKING AT THE SAME ONE AND THAT'S WHAT'S LOGICALLY NEXT STATURE.

WE DID THE OTHER, BUT YOU SAID WE WEREN'T GOING TO TALK ABOUT IVA CHESS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A NEW CONTRACT INFORMATION.

WELL, WHAT'S PRESENTED ARE THE CURRENT RATES FOR IVH S BUT WE MAY BE PROPOSING DIFFERENT RATES AS WE TALK ABOUT THEIR CONTRACT.

UH, I THINK TO ISN'T REALLY A FEE QUESTION, BUT, UM, DID WE, DIDN'T WE INCORPORATE A VETERAN'S FEE FOR LICENSING FOR VETERANS SERVICES IN A WAIVER.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

I THINK THE WAIVERS AT HIS DISCRETION, I THINK LIKE THE OTHER ONE, WELL, WE HAVE A PROCESS WHERE YOU WOULD THEN NOT BE CHARGED THAT FEE, SO IT SHOULDN'T BE REFLECTIVE.

RIGHT.

GOTCHA.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

I THINK WE'RE GOOD.

ALL RIGHT.

SO THEN I GUESS THE NEXT STEP IS TO MOVE ON TO, SO WHAT, WHAT THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN REVIEWING ARE TWO SEPARATE DOCUMENTS WITH THE SAME INFORMATION, JUST PACKAGED A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ACTUAL SCHEDULE OF FEES, THAT'S THE DOCUMENT THAT A RESIDENT WOULD BE ABLE TO LOOK THROUGH AND FIND OUT WHAT THOSE FEES ARE.

THE OTHER DOCUMENT THAT WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH IN DETAIL SHOWED THE CHANGES FOR THE FEES.

SO I KNOW THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN STARTED WITH THE ACTUAL SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR COMMENTS.

SO WE CAN EASILY KIND OF THUMB THROUGH THE DOCUMENT.

IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT WASN'T ADDRESSED, BECAUSE IT DIDN'T STAND OUT IN THE OTHER WORKING DOCUMENT, WE WERE HAPPY TO, I WORK BETTER WITH 14 POINT TYPE INSTEAD OF 10 POINT TYPE.

SO I HAD A QUICK QUESTION FOR IT'S UNDER JONATHAN'S IT'S THE SHOW WAGON RENTAL.

SO, UM, WE'LL PAGE, WHERE ARE YOU AT PAGE 22 ON THE FIRST PAGE 22 ON THE FIRST, OKAY.

SHOW WAGON RENTAL.

I KNOW THIS HAS COME UP A CONVERSATION BEFORE ABOUT OUR TIRED SHOW WAGON AND NON CHINO HILLS RESIDENTS, NON-PROFIT GROUPS OR BUSINESSES USING IT.

SO THERE'S STILL A GROUP D AND THE GROUP D IS CHARGED MORE, BUT I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO CONSIDER COMPLETELY ELIMINATING NON CHINO HILLS PEOPLE, EVEN USING OUR SHOW WAGON

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FOR RENTAL, LIKE MAKE IT NOT EVEN AN OPTION I'M ASKING, SHOULD WE CONSIDER REMOVING GROUP D FROM THIS PARTICULAR FEE SCHEDULE? YES.

THE FEES THAT WE CAPTURE FOR NON CHINO HILLS RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES DO THE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE CHARGE.

IS IT ACTUALLY GOING TO GO BACK TO BE ABLE TO FIND A NEW ONE? CAUSE I'M SURE IT PUTS WEAR AND TEAR ON IT.

THE REASON I BRING UP THE SHOW WAGON, I MEAN, IT GETS A LOT OF USE LOCALLY.

AND I THINK AT ONE TIME WE HAD A CONVERSATION.

WHY ARE WE EVEN LETTING OUTSIDE AREAS USE OUR SHOWS? DIDN'T WE STOP LETTING OUTSIDE ENTITY YEARS AGO, OTHER THAN A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, A COUNCIL MEMBER RAN YOUR TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

AND, UH, THE INQUIRIES FROM THE COUNCIL IS, IS THAT YES, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, UM, DUE TO THE WEAR AND TEAR.

SO UNLESS THEY ARE A QUOTE UNQUOTE SERVICE PROVIDER OF THE CITY, LIKE FIRE IN THE VALLEY, HUMANE SOCIETY, UM, THOSE TYPES OF, UH, ORGANIZATIONS, UM, UH, WE JUST DON'T RENT IT OUT ANYMORE FROM THAT STANDPOINT.

SO, UM, I GUESS IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE ELIMINATED IN, IN TOTALITY THAT WAY, IF SOMEBODY IS LOOKING AT FEES OR THE STRUCTURES OF THINGS, THEN THEY WOULD KNOW THAT, OH, I GUESS NON-RESIDENTS, UH, DON'T GET TO, UH, RENT THE SHOW WAGON AND SUCH.

SO DO YOU WANT TO REMOVE IT? I WOULD LIKE TO.

OKAY.

A MATTER ME SCRATCH A SCRATCH GROUP D FROM TABLE SIX PORT SHOW.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, DO WE, I GUESS, LOGISTICALLY, DO WE REALLY WANT TO GO PAGE BY PAGE OR DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON ANY OF THIS? IT'S ALL BEEN PRETTY ON THE, GOING THROUGH IT, TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY CENTER, RENTAL FEES AND ALL THAT, FOR SURE.

LET'S MOVE ON TO MR. MAYOR.

DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION PLEASE? I COULD, KRISTA, IF WE DID IMPLEMENT ANY OF THESE FEE STRUCTURE INCREASES, WHAT WOULD, WHAT'S THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE'D BE LOSING? DO YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION? I THINK IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF DECREASES ROUGH ESTIMATE.

IF YOU GIVE ME A MINUTE OR TWO.

SO ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT FEES FOR ANY CHARGES FOR ANY OF OUR FACILITIES AT ALL OFFICES THAT WE HAVE TODAY? ANYWAY, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE IF WE DID, BECAUSE OF COVID WE DIDN'T, WE JUST SAID, HEY, LOOK, WE'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP IT THE WAY IT IS.

WHAT'S THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY WE'D RELEASED IT.

A LOT OF THE PLUS OR MINUSES WERE TO GET US TO AN EVEN NUMBER.

SO IF SOMETHING WAS 37, 47, THEY EITHER MADE IT 38 OR 37 TOO.

THAT'S WHAT I NOTICED A LOT OF IT WAS JUST TO HAVE LIKE AN EVEN CLEAN NUMBER WITH NO CHANGE.

YEAH.

WHILE WE'RE WAITING ON WHILE WE'RE WAITING.

SO SINCE YOU'RE GOING TO BE ASKING POLICE ABOUT THAT ONE ITEM, I'M CURIOUS ON THE 47 WHERE IT SAYS PARKING, THERE'S A VIOLATION FOR PARKING DURING PROHIBITED HOURS OF TWO TO 6:00 AM.

I'M JUST CURIOUS WHERE IN CHINO HILLS, WE HAVE THAT WHERE YOU CAN'T PARK BETWEEN TWO AND 6:00 AM.

MAKE SURE I DON'T LEAVE MY CAR THERE.

THAT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY THOUGH.

YEAH.

CLARIFY WHAT, WHAT AREAS? I WOULD THINK IT'S THAT COMMERCIAL CENTERS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I'LL FIND OUT.

OKAY.

IT'S PROBABLY TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM SLAKING OVERNIGHT.

OVERNIGHT.

YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

SO THEN SHOULD WE MOVE ON TO TABLE TWO THEN CITY CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY CENTER, RENTAL FEES AND CHARGES PAGE 15.

OH, IT LOOKS PRETTY CUT AND DRY IS THAT TABLE SEVEN TABLE TO TABLE TO PAGE 15 ON MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES.

AND WE INCREASE IT'S EVEN, IT'S HARD TO EVEN REALLY TELL THEM THESE BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO TELL WHERE THERE ANY INCREASES AT ALL.

NOW THAT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ALL OF THEM INTO OUR FACILITIES, REALLY FEES, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE EVEN PROPOSE ANYTHING TO THE COUNCIL, UM, YOU KNOW, WE GO THROUGH A PROCESS AND THAT EVEN GOES FOR OUR PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER TO OUR VARIOUS CLASSES AND SECTIONS.

SO, UM, UH, YEAH, THAT'S, IT WAS NOTHING OF SUBSTANCE THAT, UH, CLEAN UP ITEMS THAT WE HAVE BROUGHT FORTH TO THE COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY AT THE LAST MEETING.

SOUNDS GOOD.

ALL RIGHT, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO MCCOY.

EQUESTRIAN.

SAME THING, TABLE THREE.

NO, NO BIG CHANGES.

ALMA SHAKING HER HEAD.

NO, I TRUST HER.

WE'RE ALL JUST UPDATED THROUGH THE FACILITY RENTALS ITEMS. SO THERE REALLY WERE NO CHANGES WITH THIS, TO ALL OF THOSE.

NO CHANGES OTHER THAN THE ARENAS ARE OPEN.

YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, YOU TOUCHED ON SHOW WAGON, CANCELLATION

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FEES.

YOU ALREADY TALKED ON THAT.

YES.

MA'AM.

IT'S ESTIMATING ABOUT 200 TO 250,000 IN REVENUE.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

ANY, IT ALL SEEMS SO CUT AND DRY.

IT DOES ANYTHING ELSE FROM YEARS PAST, WE'D BE HAVING A KNIFE FIGHT BY NOW.

STILL TIME.

OKAY.

I CAN'T, I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING ELSE.

I WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU.

YOU SORT OF SUITED US WELL RELAXED, THE DULCET TONES.

IT'S SPECIAL WATER.

HE GAVE US.

AND IT'S NICE WHEN THE, THE FEES ARE INCREASING BY A BUCK OR DECREASING BY A BUCK.

YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, OKAY.

WHAT MORE MR. BEN, DO WE NEED TO REALLY TOUCH ON? SO I'LL, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE THE CHANGES THAT WERE, UH, UH, PROPOSED BY THE COUNCIL AND THEN WE'LL BRING THAT BACK AND I'LL HAVE CHRISTA DESCRIBE THE REST OF THE PROCESS.

YES.

SO AT THE APRIL 27TH MEETING, THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, WE'LL HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING WHERE THESE WILL BE OFFICIALLY ADOPTED WITH CHANGES INCORPORATED.

OKAY, PERFECT.

MADAM CLERK, DO WE NEED ANY ACTION FROM THE DISMISSAL WORKSHOPS? THEY'LL KNOW.

OKAY.

WELL, TWO COUNCIL MEETINGS, RIGHT? YOU SAID APRIL 7TH? YES.

CAUSE NOT TONIGHT.

YES.

THE NEXT APRIL, APRIL 20.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

SO LET'S, I JUST WANT TO BE SURE WE GOT THE RIGHT DATE, SO YEAH, DEFINITELY.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL THEN WITH THAT, UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANY OTHER FURTHER COMMENTS, I'LL ADJOURN THIS WORKSHOP.

THANK YOU GUYS.

AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, THERE WERE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS.

PERFECT.

THANK YOU FOR KEEPING US HONEST.

ALL RIGHT.

WITH THAT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, LARRY JOURNEY TO THE SIX O'CLOCK CLOSEUP.

YEAH.

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

ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AT SEVEN O'CLOCK FOR OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY, CHINO HILLS CITY COUNCIL MEETING, MADAM CITY CLERK.

WOULD YOU TAKE ROLL MAYOR JOS HERE, VICE MAYOR, MY CASE, YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN HERE IN COUNCIL MEMBER.

ROGER, ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.

WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU.

[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]

MA'AM ALL RIGHT.

UH, PLEASE JOIN ME FOR A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO OUR GREAT FLAG, TO BE FOLLOWED BY AN INVOCATION BY CHINO VALLEY, INDEPENDENT FIRE DISTRICT, CHAPLAIN RUBIN ASTRADA READY.

BEGIN.

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

[ INVOCATION: Chaplain Ruben Estrada, Chino Valley Independent Fire District]

RUBEN.

WE'RE READY WHEN YOU ARE, SIR.

I SEE THAT HIS PHONE IS UN-MUTED, BUT I DON'T HEAR CHAPLIN.

ASTRADA CAN YOU HEAR US? UM, THIS WILL, OKAY.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

UM, KNOW LORD, WE, YOU KNOW, WE WELCOME YOU HERE TONIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HANDOVER.

S AS WE DELIBERATE, YOU KNOW, OUR CITY TO ACTIONS, WE DO SO, YOU KNOW, AND IN HOPE OF TRULY SERVING OUR RESIDENTS AND SERVING YOU.

UM, THANK YOU.

AND AMEN.

AMEN.

[01:15:06]

OKAY.

AH, YES, YES, SIR.

I HEARD, YEAH.

WHERE W WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU, YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR IN VOCATION CHAPLAIN.

CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? YES, SIR.

YES.

I'M NOT SURE WHY.

HE'S NOT HEARING US.

I SEE RONNIE GUYERS HAND IS RAISED.

I'M WONDERING IF WE'RE HAVING, HOLD ON ONE SECOND.

THE CRESTRON IS MUTED.

NO ONE CAN HEAR US CHAPLIN.

CAN YOU HEAR US? HELLO? YES, SIR.

CAN YOU HEAR US? HOLD ON ONE SECOND READING.

CAN YOU FIX THAT? BEAUTIFUL.

WE'LL GET A HANDLE ON IT BY THE TIME THE PANDEMIC'S DONE.

THERE WE GO.

ALL RIGHT.

CHAPLAIN, CAN YOU HEAR US, SIR? I CAN HEAR YOU NOW.

WONDERFUL, PLEASE.

WOULD YOU, UH, BRING, UH, BRING THE LORD'S BLESSING ON US THIS EVENING? YEAH.

YES.

GOOD EVENING.

EVERYONE.

AS A HONOR FOR ME TO DO THIS INVOCATION TONIGHT, THIS SPRING, OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE YOU AS THE SUPREME AUTHORITY OVER OUR LIVES.

WE RECOGNIZE YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE GOD OVER A SLOWER.

AND SO TONIGHT WE ASK FOR A SPECIAL BLESSING UPON THIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND UPON EVERY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, WE PRAY LORD FOR GUIDANCE.

WE PRAY LORD FOR DIRECTION FOR THIS MEETING, MAY EVERY, UH, ITEM THAT IS GOING TO BE DISCUSSED TONIGHT, BE GUIDED BY YOU MAY ALL THE ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW BE THAT ARE BEING SOUGHT FOR SOLUTIONS.

THE ACCOMPLISHED LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU POUR YOUR, A SPECIAL BLESSING TOWARD THIS MEETING AND BLESS EVERY ONE OF THESE PRECIOUS PEOPLE.

AND THIS MEETING.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOODNESS AND MERCY.

AND WE ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE LEADING AND GUIDING ALL OF OUR LIVES.

WE ASK THIS IN JESUS, THE MOST WONDERFUL NAME.

AMEN.

AMEN.

THANK YOU, CHAPLAIN.

ASTRADA.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU.

AND JUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE JUNE ZOOM ATTENDEES, WHO WERE NOT HEARING US EARLIER, ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL ARE PRESENT IN THIS MEETING, SORRY, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, HAVING SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES.

ALL RIGHT, WITH THIS, UH,

[7. INTRODUCTION - New Chino Valley Independent Fire District Fire Recruits: Joshua Baldwin Brian Kalousek Fernando Cardona Christan Noboa Frank Flores Marcus Phillips Jacob Feenstra Steven Sands Caleb Guinn Kenneth Skinner]

WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN, INTRODUCTION OF NEW CHINO VALLEY, INDEPENDENT FIRE DISTRICT RECRUITS.

SO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS CITY COUNCIL, I WANT TO WELCOME 10 NEW FIREFIGHTER RECRUITS, UH, TO THE CHINO VALLEY, INDEPENDENT FIRE DISTRICT, AND TO HELP INTRODUCE THEM.

WE HAVE FIRE CHIEF SHACKLEFORD ON THE LINE WITH US TONIGHT.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR JOSEY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU, CHIEF.

THANKS FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.

OUR DISTRICT HIRED 10 NEW FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS.

I'LL BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THEIR INITIAL ORIENTATION.

WE'LL NOW BRIEFLY, BRIEFLY INTRODUCE EACH OF THEM TO YOU.

FIRST IS JOSHUA BALDWIN.

JOSHUA RESIDES IN FRANCE.

HE WORKED FOR CAL FIRE FOR 11 YEARS.

UH, NEXT WE HAVE FERNANDO CARDONA.

HE RESIDES IN CORONA WITH HIS WIFE, TANYA, ALONG WITH HER TWO CHILDREN.

AND HE COMES TO US FROM THE CITY OF CORONA FIRE DEPARTMENT.

NEXT WE HAVE FRANK FLORES AND FRANK RESIDES IN SANTA POINTS, AND HE WAS MOST RECENTLY EMPLOYED WITH THE BARSTOOL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.

NEXT IS JACOB AND HE RESIDES IN YUCAIPA WITH HIS WIFE LEANDRA AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN.

HE WAS PREVIOUSLY EMPLOYED WITH THE LOMA LINDA FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, KAITLYN, GWEN, WHO'S NEXT.

AND HE'S A NATIVE OF CHINO HILLS WHERE HE RESIDES WITH HIS WIFE, ARIANA, AND THEY'RE EXPECTING THEIR FIRST CHILD LATER THIS YEAR.

AND KAYLA COMES TO IT FROM THE COLD FIRE DEPARTMENT.

NEXT WE HAVE BRIAN COLLUSIVE.

HE RESIDES IN HIGHLAND WITH HIS WIFE, HOLLY AND THEIR DAUGHTER, CHARLOTTE.

HE PREVIOUSLY WORKED AT THE COLTON FIRE DEPARTMENT.

NEXT IS CHRISTIAN ABOAH AND HE RESIDES IN UPLAND WITH HIS WIFE MOREN, AND HE WAS MOST RECENTLY EMPLOYED WITH MONSTER FIRE DEPARTMENTS.

NEXT IS MARCUS PHILLIPS AND MARCUS RESIDES IN MORENO VALLEY.

AND HE MOST RECENTLY WORKED WITH AMR, UH, OUT OF THE REDLANDS DIVISION AND ALSO FOR THE CALIFORNIA STATE PARK SYSTEM.

UH, NEXT IS STEVE SANDS

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RESIDES IN REDLANDS WITH HIS WIFE, CHELSEA AND THEIR FIVE CHILDREN.

AND HE ALSO PREVIOUSLY WORKED FOR THE COLTON FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AND FINALLY IS KENNETH SKINNER.

FIANCE AFFILIATE AND THEIR PUB HARLEY.

AND HE PREVIOUSLY WORKED FOR THE CATHEDRAL CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT.

SO NINE OUT OF 10 FIREFIGHTER, PARAMEDICS ARE FORTUNE ONE COMES TO US WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCE, BUT WE WISH THEM ALL WELL AND ARE VERY PLEASED TO HAVE SERVING OUR COMMUNITY.

WELL, THANK YOU, CHIEF SHACKLEFORD FOR, UH, INTRODUCING THEM.

I KNOW WE'LL ALL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING, WELL, HOPEFULLY NOT SEEING THEM AT OUR HOUSE, BUT SEEING THEM OUT, OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE, UH, WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT THE FIRE DISTRICT DOES.

AND I KNOW, UH, YOU'VE PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO RECRUITING THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST.

SO THANK YOU, CHIEF.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

FAIR.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL BE MOVING ON

[8. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming the week of April 18-24, 2021 as National Volunteer Week]

TO ITEM EIGHT PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING THE WEEK OF APRIL 18TH THROUGH THE 24TH AS NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK, UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTE TO THE BETTERMENT OF OUR CITY.

THESE VOLUNTEERS REACH OUT BEYOND THEIR, UH, PAID EMPLOYMENT AND THEIR NORMAL RESPONSIBILITIES TO CONTRIBUTE TALENT SERVICE AND COUNTLESS HOURS TO OUR COMMUNITY.

WITHOUT A DOUBT, OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE PRODUCTIVITY, EFFICIENCY AND COST EFFECTIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CITY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT WE HONOR THESE DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS BY PROCLAIMING THE WEEK OF APRIL 18TH THROUGH THE 24TH, 2021 AS NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK.

AND WITH THAT, JONATHAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE US A COUPLE OF STATS ON WHEN OUR VOLUNTEERS, THE IMPACT THEY HAVE ON OUR COMMUNITY? IT WOULD BE MY PLEASURE AMERICA SHOWS.

THANK YOU.

USUALLY I DON'T NEED A MICROPHONE.

SO TURN THAT BABY WAY DOWN.

UM, YES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH, I'VE HEARD THE COUNCIL SAY THIS MANY TIMES, UM, HOW IMPORTANT VOLUNTEERS ARE TO THIS COMMUNITY, UM, VOLUNTEERS, UM, WE HAVE THEM MANY SHAPES AND SIZES AND, UH, BUT THE ONE THING THAT COMES TRUE IS THE DEDICATION THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE TOWARDS THIS COMMUNITY AND WANTING IT TO BE A BETTER PLACE.

AND SO FROM THOSE VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE IN OUR SPORTS GROUPS TO OUR SERVICE CLUBS, TO OUR FOUNDATION, UH, AND SUCH, WE CERTAINLY THANK THEM FOR THEIR TIME.

JUST A COUPLE OF LITTLE QUICK STATS.

YES, 2020 WAS COMPROMISED, NEEDLESS TO SAY, AS IT RELATES TO VOLUNTEERS.

BUT NONETHELESS, WE HAD 85 VOLUNTEERS WHO ACCUMULATED 1,864 HOURS, WHICH BROUGHT A COST SAVINGS TO THE CITY OF $41,000.

UM, ON THE PD SIDE OF THINGS, UM, THERE WAS 47 VOLUNTEERS AND IS ACCUMULATED 2022 HOURS OF TIME AND THE EXPLORER 727 HOURS OF TIME.

SO AGAIN, UM, OUR VOLUNTEERS, UH, THREE OTHER REALLY SIGNIFICANT PROGRAMS THAT THEY'RE INVOLVED WITH OF COURSE IS, IS, UH, ADOPT A PARK.

UM, WE CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO THAT.

CERTAINLY HELPS US KEEP OUR PARKS CLEAN AND TELL US ABOUT OVERGROWN GRASS ON BALL FIELDS.

UM, WE ALSO HAVE THE, UH, ADOPTED TRAILS PROGRAM AS WELL AS THE ADOPTER ROADWAY PROGRAM TOO.

SO, UM, AGAIN, IT JUST MAKES A, TINO'S A GREAT PLACE WHEN WE'VE GOT SO MANY PEOPLE COMMITTED TO, UH, MAKING IT SUCH AS THAT.

AND SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PROCLAMATION AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO A MORE SIGNIFICANT VOLUNTEERISM OPPORTUNITIES IN THE REST OF THIS YEAR.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU, MR. MARSHALL, WE APPRECIATE THAT.

AND JUST A REAL QUICK NOTE, I REALLY MISS THE FACT THAT FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, WE'RE NOT DOING OUR VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION DINNER TO THANK THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

I KNOW THIS YEAR WAS CHALLENGING, BUT I SURE MISS THAT EFFECT TOO, TO GIVE HIGH FIVES TO ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS IN TOWN.

YEAH.

SO NEXT YEAR WE'LL BE BACK HOME.

YEAH.

AND WE DID, UM, WE, UH, THROUGH, WE HAD, UH, MONIES OF COURSE SET ASIDE IN THE BUDGET AND WE HAVE COME UP WITH SOME SWAG ITEMS AND SUCH.

AND SO WE WILL, THERE'LL BE A LEVEL OF RECOGNITION THAT WE ENDED UP DOING NONETHELESS.

SO STAY TUNED COUNCIL, CAUSE I'M ASSUMING WE'LL HAVE SOME LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION BY YOU.

NOT OF COURSE IN PERSON, BUT SOMETHING OTHER THAN THAT SUMMER.

THANKS.

FANTASTIC.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

WITH THAT, WE WILL BE MOVING

[9. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming April as National Autism Month]

ON TO ITEM NINE PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING APRIL AS NATIONAL AUTISM MONTH.

AUTISM IS A PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER AFFECTING THE SOCIAL COMMUNICATION AND BEHAVIORAL SKILLS OF THOSE AFFECTED BY IT.

AS MORE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS BECOME PROFICIENT IN DIAGNOSING AUTISM, MORE CHILDREN ARE BEING DIAGNOSED ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM RESULTING IN RATES AS HIGH AS ONE IN 54 KIDS NATIONALLY, WHILE THERE IS NO CURE FOR AUTISM.

IT IS WELL-DOCUMENTED THAT IF INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM RECEIVE EARLY AND INTENSIVE TREATMENT THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES,

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THEY LEAD SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED LIVES.

ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

I HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF APRIL AS NATIONAL AUTISM MONTH.

AND TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION VIRTUALLY WE HAVE, UH, NICOLE, APTOCAR A BOARD MEMBER FROM THE AUTISM SOCIETY, INLAND EMPIRE, UH, ON THE CALL WITH US TONIGHT.

UM, NICOLE IS ALSO A CHINO HILLS RESIDENT.

SO NICOLE, PLEASE TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF NATIONAL AUTISM MONTH.

I WOULD LOVE TO, UM, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU, MAYOR BRIAN JONES AND THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR PROCLAIMING APRIL IS NATIONAL AUTISM MONTH.

THIS MONTH USED TO BE FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON AUTISM AWARENESS AND EDUCATION, BUT WE ARE BEGINNING TO MOVE FORWARD INTO ACCEPTANCE AND INCLUSION WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY OF CHINO HILLS AND ALSO THE GREATER INLAND EMPIRE.

I'M A PROUD PARENT TO A CHILD WITH AUTISM.

AND AS YOU MENTIONED, ALSO ON THE BOARD OF THE AUTISM SOCIETY, INLAND EMPIRE, WHERE WE SERVICE OVER 14,000 LIVING PEOPLE LIVING WITH AUTISM BY PROVIDING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.

AND IF ANYONE LISTENING TONIGHT WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT OUR AUTISM EFFORTS, WE CAN DO SO BY VOLUNTEERING OR DONATING@AUTISM.ORG.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS HONOR AND FOR RECOGNIZING APRIL AS NATIONAL AUTISM MONTH.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, NICOLE, FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.

UM, JUST A, A QUICK QUESTION.

I KNOW THERE'S AN EVENT COMING UP.

DO YOU WANT TO PROMOTE THAT FOR THE AUTISM SOCIETY? YES, I WOULD LOVE TO.

SO, UM, DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL, WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL HERO WALKS AND HE CAN SIGN UP AS A TEAM OR REGISTER AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND YOU GO TO DOT ORG, SIGN UP IT'S SUPER EASY.

AND THEN ONCE YOU SIGN UP EVERY SATURDAY, WE DO A RAFFLE ON FACEBOOK LIVE AND YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE PRESENT TO WIN, BUT WE'RE RATTLING OFF ALL KINDS OF AWESOME PRIZES EVERY SATURDAY DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL AND AGAIN WERE RAISING MONEY, UM, FOR AUTISM, ALL THE MONEY STAYED WITHIN THE INLAND EMPIRE.

AND SO FAR WE'VE RAISED ALMOST $27,000.

SO, UM, PLEASE CONSIDER SIGNING UP.

THANK YOU.

THAT'S FANTASTIC.

THANK YOU, NICOLE, FOR, UH, FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU DO ON BEHALF OF SO MANY FAMILIES IN, IN THE INLAND EMPIRE.

THANKS.

ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN WITH THAT, WE WILL BE MOVING

[10. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming April as Donate Life Month]

TO ITEM 10 PROCLAMATION CROW PROCLAIMING APRIL AS A DONATE LIFE MONTH, ORGAN TISSUE, BLOOD MARROW AND BLOOD DONATIONS ARE LIFE-GIVING ACTS RECOGNIZED WORLDWIDE AS EXPRESSIONS OF COMPASSION TO THOSE IN NEED MILLIONS OF LIVES EACH YEAR ARE SAVED AND HEALED BY THESE TYPES OF DONATIONS.

THE SPIRIT OF GIVING AND DECISION TO DONATE ARE NOT RESTRICTED BY AGE OR MEDICAL CONDITIONS.

CHINO HILLS ARE SORRY.

CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS CAN SIGN UP WITH THE DONATE LIFE, CALIFORNIA DONOR REGISTRY WHEN APPLYING OR RENEWING YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE OR STATE ID CARDS THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES.

ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WE ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO SUPPORT DONATE LIFE BY BECOMING REGISTERED DONORS AND DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF APRIL AS DONATE LIFE MONTH TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION IS ONE LEGACY AMBASSADOR, ROBERT RALSTON, WHO IS JOINING US VIRTUALLY ON THE CALL.

ROBERT, PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO TELL US ABOUT THE DONATE LIFE MONTH AND HOW OUR RESIDENTS CAN SUPPORT THE CAUSE.

LET ME ASK HIM TO UNMUTE HIS PHONE.

ONE MORE TIME.

HERE WE GO.

ROBERT, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.

HE JUST MUTED HIM.

HI, THIS IS ROBINSON, SORRY.

I WAS AFTER PUBLIC BEING UN-MUTED.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, PLEASE ALLOW ME TO THANK THE HONORABLE MAYOR, BRIAN JOSEPH, THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL OF THIS GREAT CITY, UM, FOR THE PROCLAMATION, UH, DECLARING APRIL ORGAN DONATION AWARENESS AWARENESS MONTH NATIONALLY.

UH, YOUR SUPPORT IS SO GREATLY APPRECIATED EACH AND EVERY YEAR, UH, FOR THIS, UM, GREAT CAUSE.

UM, THERE ARE A FEW STATS THAT I COULD GIVE, UM, BRIEFLY THERE'S 107,000 PEOPLE WAITING RIGHT NOW NATIONWIDE FOR THE PHONE HEARINGS, YOU COULD FILL THE LOS ANGELES COLISEUM WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WAITING FOR THE PHONE TO RING, UH, IN CALIFORNIA ALONE, THERE'S OVER 22,000 PEOPLE WAITING.

YOU COULD FILL THE LOS ANGELES FOREMAN FORUM AT A LAKERS GAME WITH THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE JUST IN CALIFORNIA, WAITING FOR THAT LIFE-SAVING PHONE CALL THAT THERE'S A POSSIBLE MATCH FOR THEM.

UM, SO THE GIFT IS VERY RARE, BUT THE NEED IS

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VERY GREAT.

UM, PERSONALLY I WAITED ABOUT TWO YEARS FOR THE PHONE TO RING, UH, AND, UH, IT FINALLY DID FOR ME.

SO I WAS ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES AND BY YOU GUYS AND YOUR AMAZING SUPPORT FOR DONATE LIFE, UH, WE CAN RAISE THOSE NUMBERS.

EVERYONE CAN BECOME A DONOR BY GOING TO, UH, PUTTING THE PIG DOT ON THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE AT THE DMV, OR BY GOING TO WWW.DONATELIFE.ORG.

AND YOU CAN REGISTER THERE AT ANY TIME.

UM, WE HAVE SOME AMAZING, UH, UH, READY-MADE TOOLS AT DONATE LIFE.

THERE'S A QR CODE, UM, THAT, UH, WAS, THAT WAS SENT TO YOU GUYS, UM, WITH THE, UH, INVITATION FOR, UH, THE, THE REQUEST FOR THE PROCLAMATION, THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, EMAIL NEWSLETTERS, UM, YOU CAN DO UTILITY BILL SEARCH, THE CITY WEBSITE TO DONATE LIVE PROCLAMATION MONTH WEBSITES, UH, AND MORE SO, UM, THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

UM, THIS IS WHAT SAVED MY LIFE AND, UH, UH, WE CAN CONTINUE THIS WORK AND SAVE A LOT MORE LIVES EACH AND EVERY YEAR.

THANK YOU, ROBERT.

I KNOW IT'S A, IT'S A LABOR OF LOVE AND WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS, UM, WITH THIS COUNCIL MEMBER MARINE.

OH, I JUST WANTED TO CHIME IN FOR, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE FAMILIAR WITH, UM, MY BACKGROUND IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS.

UM, YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD THIS, BUT I'LL SAY IT EVERY YEAR BECAUSE IT'S SO IMPORTANT.

UM, FOR, SO THANK YOU FIRST, ROB, FOR BEING SUCH A GREAT ADVOCATE FOR ONE LEGACY AND DONATE LIFE.

AND A FEW YEARS AGO, UM, WITH THE UNEXPECTED DEATH OF MY BROTHER, HE WAS AN ORGAN DONOR ORGAN DONOR FIVE TIMES AND IT HAPPENED SUDDENLY.

SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT PINK DOT OR IF YOU'RE CONSIDERING IT, SOMETHING CAN HAPPEN IN A MOMENT'S NOTICE WHILE YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION OF WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO DONATE ORGANS.

SO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS LEARN ABOUT IT.

UM, THEY HAVE A LOT OF LITERATURE, UM, TO PUT YOUR MIND AT EASE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS AND HOW MANY LIVES THAT YOU CAN SAVE.

AND MY MOM IS ALSO A GREAT AMBASSADOR.

SO, UM, I ALSO WANTED TO THANK THE CHINO VALLEY, INDEPENDENT FIRE DISTRICT, UM, AND ROB COORDINATED THIS, BUT, UM, THEY DO FLAG RAISING CEREMONIES AND FOR THE WHOLE MONTH OF APRIL, THEY, THEY FLY THE DONATE LIFE, UM, ON THE FLAG AND A LOT OF COMMUNITIES DON'T DO THAT.

SO WE HAVE GREAT SUPPORT IN THIS COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU FOR THIS PROCLAMATION AS WELL.

THANK YOU.

MA'AM ALL RIGHT.

WITH THAT.

WE WILL BE MOVING ON.

UH, WERE THERE ANY, ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OF ACTIONS TAKEN IN CLOSE SESSION THAT NEEDED TO BE MADE MAYOR AND COUNCIL? THERE WAS NO REPORTABLE ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. CITY ATTORNEY.

[11. 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, WE WILL BE MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

MAYOR.

WE HAVE ONE HAND RAISED THAT I CAN SEE SO FAR TWO HAND RAISES.

SO IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK DURING THIS TIME, PLEASE DIAL STAR NINE FROM ZOOM OR YOUR PHONE.

RAISE YOUR HAND VIA ZOOM AND DIAL STAR NINE FROM YOUR PHONE TO SPEAK.

AND I DO HAVE ONE EMAILED COMMENT THAT I'LL READ AT THE END.

OKAY.

OKAY.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS RONNIE GUYER.

ALL RIGHT, MR. GUY, OR THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.

I HAVE SENT HIM A MESSAGE TO UNMUTE HIS MIC.

SO YOU'LL GIVE HIM JUST A MOMENT TO DO THAT.

MR. GEIER CAN YOU HEAR US? I'M GOING TO SEND THE MESSAGE AGAIN.

ALL RIGHT.

WE CAN COME BACK TO THEM.

OKAY.

IF WE WANT TO COME BACK TO HIM, THEN THE NEXT SPEAKER WOULD BE SUZETTE DAY.

ALL RIGHT, MS. DANG.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.

GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR JONES, VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF, AND RESIDENTS OF CHINO HILLS.

THIS IS, IS THAT DANG WITH FOURTH DISTRICT COUNTY SUPERVISOR KURT HAGMAN'S OFFICE SUPERVISOR HAGMAN IS NEXT DOCUMENT SHREDDING EVENT WILL BE IN CHINO ON SATURDAY, MAY 1ST BETWEEN 9:00 AM TO 12:00 PM OR UNTIL THE SHREDDING TRUCK REACHES CAPACITY.

LOCATION IS CHINO CITY HALL PARKING LOT AT ONE THREE, TWO SIX OH CENTRAL AVENUE IN CHINO.

THIS IS A FREE EVENT FOR OUR SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY RESIDENTS.

ONLY MASK IS REQUIRED AND LIMITED TO THREE STANDARD SIZE FILING BOXES OF DOCUMENTS PER VEHICLE FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SHREDDING EVENT, OR IF YOU NEED ANY COUNTY ASSISTANCE, OR IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING COUNTY PROGRAMS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO OUR DISTRICT OFFICE LOCATED IN CHINO HILLS BY CALLING (909) 465-5265.

THANK YOU AND HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

WE APPRECIATE THE, UH, THE UPDATE WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO GET MR. GUYER.

I'M GOING TO SEND HIM THE MESSAGE AGAIN.

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THERE HE GOES.

RONNIE.

GOOD EVENING.

HE IS UNMUTED.

HEY RONNIE.

THERE YOU GO.

WE CAN HEAR YOU.

THANK YOU.

OH BOY.

OH BOY.

IT'S GONE BACK AND FORTH.

DIAL, DIAL, DIAL.

THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.

FOR THE TIME.

UH TIME-RELEASE I WAS BLESSED, UH, UH, THIS TIME LAST YEAR, NOT THIS TIME, BUT AT THE END OF, UH, 2019, I WAS INVITED BY CYNTHIA MORAN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TO ATTEND A SPECIAL DONATE LIFE, UH, BREAKFAST.

AND SHE DIDN'T TELL ME ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT IT.

THIS IS AT A CITY COUNCIL MEETING AFTERWARDS, AND, UH, SHE DID THAT ON PURPOSE.

SHE WANTED ME TO BE THERE.

I LEARNED LATER FROM HER THAT SHE WANTED ME TO SHOW UP AND START DIGGING INTO WHAT I'M SEEING AND GET THE DETAILS DEEP BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I DID WHEN I WAS REPRESENTING MEMBERS OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE.

AND BOY DID MY HEART GET EMBOLDENED AND DEEPENED IN THAT SIMPLE PROCESS BECAUSE DONATE LIFE WAS A PLACE THAT MORNING OF TOTAL HAPPINESS.

AND I'M TALKING ABOUT HAPPINESS BROUGHT ABOUT NOT ONLY BY PEOPLE WHO RECEIVED A LIFE GIVING ORGANS, BUT I'M ALSO TALKING ABOUT THEIR DONATORS DONATORS HAVE EQUAL HAPPINESS AS THE RECEIVERS, THE RECIPIENTS.

AND THAT WAS A LIFELONG LESSON OF SEEING MIKE BEFORE MY VERY EYES.

IT WAS REALLY SOMETHING TO, UM, TO EMBRACE AND TO SHARE.

AND THAT'S WHAT I DO A LOT OF ANYWAY, IT'S I SHARE MY HEART, UH, AS I CAN ONLINE AND, AND HERE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, THE, THE CONNECTION EVEN BIGGER FOR THE EVENT ITSELF WAS THAT THEY HAD A ROSE PARADE FLOAT THAT THEY WERE ENTERING INTO THAT, UH, THE END OF THAT YEAR, A ROSE PARADE.

AND THEY HAD THE PRECEDENT OF THE ROSE PARADE TOURNAMENT, UH, COME IN AND GIVE US A HALF HOUR BRIEFING ON, ON THE WHOLE THING.

SO I HAD GOT IT STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH, ALL THESE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT HAPPENED, UM, TRUE GIVING AND RECEIVING LOVINGLY.

WHEN I TEACH STUDENTS IN SCHOOL ABOUT MY LIVING HISTORY.

AND I'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, I ALWAYS ASK THEM, DO I LOOK LIKE I'M A HAPPY MAN.

I'M IN MY FOURTH QUARTER OF LIFE.

THEY'RE IN THEIR FIRST QUARTER.

AND THEY SAY YES.

AND I SAID, WELL, HERE'S WHY I, IT HAS BEEN MY, MY, MY EXPERIENCE IN LIFE THAT THE TRUE HAPPINESS IN LIFE.

AND I SAYS WHAT I SHARE WITH THEM AND I ASK THEM TO WRITE IT DOWN.

SO IF THEY REMEMBER IT AND THEY DO WRITE IT DOWN AND REMEMBER IT BACK IN, THANK YOU NOTES TO ME, UH, LATER ON HAPPINESS LIFE.

THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE WRITING DOWN, THE TRUE HAPPINESS IN LIFE.

I'M SACRIFICING ON BEHALF OF OTHERS, HAMA RATHER THE SACRIFICES, THE GREATER, THE HAPPINESS.

AND IT'S ALL VERY, VERY TRUE.

IT WAS PERSONIFIED WITH DONATE LIFE.

SO IF YOU'RE CONSIDERING DONATING OR RECEIVING, PARTICULARLY DONATING, TAKE A LOOK AT THE HAPPINESS THAT REALLY EMBRACED YOUR HEART AND ALL THAT LOVE YOU.

OKAY.

ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

I LOVE THANK YOU, MR. GEIER.

WE APPRECIATE THE POSITIVE WORDS AS ALWAYS AT THIS TIME WE WILL BE MOVING ON.

UM, OH, SORRY.

WE HAVE A WRITTEN.

YES.

SO THERE ARE NO OTHER HANDS RAISED AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON WITH THE WRITTEN.

THIS IS FROM MICHAEL DEAR CITY COUNCIL.

I AM AN AVID CYCLIST AND RIDE THROUGH FAIRFIELD BRANCH ROAD THROUGH TO EUCLID BUTTERFIELD BRANCH ROAD ON A REGULAR BASIS.

SINCE RELOCATING TO CHINO HILLS, I HAVE REPORTED GRAFFITI TAGGING ON THE ADJACENT WATER UNDERPASS AT THE 71 FREEWAY.

ON MORE THAN I CAN KEEP TRACK OF PUBLIC WORKER ATTENDS TO THIS BY PAINTING OVER THE GRAFFITI.

BUT DAYS LATER, GRAFFITI REAPPEARS, THESE OFFENDERS SHOULD BE APPREHENDED AND PROSECUTED IN A MANNER THAT WILL DETER A FUTURE BEHAVIOR.

FURTHERMORE, I HAVE WITNESSED SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITIES IN THE PARKING LOT OF LITTLE CHINO SKATE PARK ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, PARTICULARLY IN THE LATER HOURS OF THE EVENING, I HAVE REPORTED SNEAKERS DANGLING ON THE ELECTRICAL WIRE, JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE TAGGING AREA.

I HAVE READ THAT THIS IS AN OPEN FOR BUSINESS SYMBOL SIGN THAT IS USED BY DRUG TRAFFICKERS.

I WAS ADVISED TO CONTACT EDISON ABOUT THIS, AND THEY HAVE REMOVED SEVERAL PAIRS OF SNEAKERS IN THE PAST, BUT THE SHOES KEEP GETTING THROWN BACK UP THERE.

IN FACT, I'VE SEEN SEVERAL BRANDS AND STYLES OF SNEAKERS HANGING UP THERE IN THE PAST TWO YEARS.

IN 2018, I REPORTED ALL OF THE ABOVE TO THE POLICE.

HOWEVER, THE ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO THE STATE AND I HAVE SINCE REPORTED MANY MORE TAGGING CASES TO ALEXIS DEL POINT AND DEFIANCE AND ATTRACTS I'M SORRY.

ON THE MORNING OF APRIL SIX, 2021, I DISCOVERED THAT THE SNEAKERS HAVE BEEN RELOCATED DIRECTLY ABOVE THE SKATE PARK.

THIS IS DISTURBING.

I THINK THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SKATE PARK AT THE END OF FAIRFIELD RANCH ROAD, ADJACENT TO THE ROAD CLOSURE WILDERNESS

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AREA WAS A BAD IDEA.

FIRST OFF THE SKATEBOARDING LIFESTYLE HAS DEVELOPED AN IMAGE OF REBELLION AND DEFIANCE AND ATTRACTS LIKE MINDED INDIVIDUALS.

THE SKATE PARK ALSO ATTRACTS UNWELCOME VISITORS WHO ARE APPARENTLY NOT FROM THE LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

THEY INFILTRATE A NEGATIVE NEGATIVELY INFLUENCED THE LOCAL USERS OF THE PARK, HIGHLY IMPRESSIONABLE STUDENT, CHILDREN, AND ADOLESCENTS MORE OVER, THEY HAVE NO REGARD FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY OR THE LAW TO ILLUSTRATE THE DEFIANCE.

LAST YEAR, THE PARK WAS CLOSED WITH SIGNS POSTED.

THIS HAD NO EFFECT.

CONSEQUENTLY FENCING HAD TO BE ERECTED TO PREVENT ENTRY THE SKATERS.

HOWEVER, CLIMBED DEFENSES ENTERED THE PARK AND CONTINUE TO BREAK THE LAW.

PUBLIC WORKS LATER SCATTERED ROCKS ABOUT THE SKATING AREA TO DETER INJURY, BUT THE SKATERS STILL CLIMBED THE FENCING, REMOVE THE ROCKS AND CONTINUED BREAKING THE LAW.

I HAD A DISCUSSION WITH PUBLIC WORKS STAFF OR SEAN O'CONNOR AND HE AGREES THAT EFFORTS AND FUNDING IS CONTINUALLY WASTED.

THIS REMOTE AREA OF THE CITY.

HE SUPPORTS MY PLAN FOR THE REPURPOSING OF THE SPACE.

IN MY OPINION, THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE BETTER SERVED AND REPURPOSING THE SKATE PARK INTO A LIGHT OF TENNIS COURT, WHICH MAY PROMOTE SAFER FAMILY ACTIVITY.

IN ADDITION TO DETERRING CRIME TENNIS, ALSO A PRESENT PRESENTS LESS ACCIDENT, LEGAL RISKS FOR THE CITY.

IN TERMS OF PERSPECTIVE USAGE.

I HAVE PERSONALLY WITNESSED A RESURGENCE OF TENNIS IN CHINO HILLS SINCE RICO LOCATING HERE IN 2017.

MOREOVER, SINCE VELANO PARK WILL BE REPURPOSED TO PICKLE BALL, CHINO HILLS ONLY HAS SEVEN PUBLIC TENNIS COURTS ON ANY MORNING OR AFTERNOON, EVENING, YOU WILL FIND ALL SEVEN TENNIS COURTS BEING USED AND PLAYERS WAITING IN LINE TO PLAY THIS TRULY WONDERFUL GAME AS A POINT OF REFERENCE ARCADIA, WHICH IS ONE FOURTH SIZE OF CHINO HILLS HAS 34 PUBLICLY ASSESSABLE TENNIS COURTS.

THERE'S MORE TO THIS, BUT WE RUN OUT OF TIME, BUT THIS WILL BE POSTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AFTER THE MEETING.

WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU.

MADAM CITY CLERK, WE WILL BE MOVING ON A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ANNOUNCEMENTS.

DO WE HAVE ANY FOR ALL RIGHT, THAT

[ CONSENT CALENDAR (10 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.]

WE WILL BE MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO PULL ANY ITEMS? WELL, PULL NUMBER 18 HAS TO DO FOUNDATION.

ALL RIGHT.

PULLING THE APPOINTMENT OF SAMANTHA JAMES PEREZ TO THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO APPROVE THE REST.

IF WE HAVE ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND US EMOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT AND SECOND BY VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ MAYOR JO'S VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS.

YES.

MOTION PASSES FIVE.

YES.

ALL RIGHT.

COUNCIL

[18. Appoint Samantha James-Perez to Chino Hills Community Foundation Board of Directors as recommended by Board, for term ending May 2025]

MEMBER ROGERS ITEM 18, JUST A PART OF THE PROCEDURE FOR ADDING AN INDIVIDUAL TO THE FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

IT PASSES THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL.

SO I WANTED TO PULL THIS WE'VE, UH, WE'RE PLEASED TO, AFTER THIS PHOTO IS TAKEN, UM, AD SAMANTHA JAMES PEREZ, WHO IS A CURRENTLY A PARKS AND REC COMMISSIONER, UM, AND ESSENTIALLY REPLACING BILL TAYLOR WHO LEFT A LITTLE WHILE BACK, BUT WE HADN'T REPLACED HIS POSITION.

AND WE WERE HAPPILY WELCOMING HER AND HER ENTHUSIASM AND THEIR, HER, HER, UM, EXPERIENCE IN LOCAL COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES TO THE BOARD.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE SAMANTHA JAMES BREATHS.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND GOT QUESTION.

RIGHT? DO WE HAVE ONE COMMISSIONER FROM EACH ONE OF THE COMMISSIONS OR NOW THAT IT'S NOT SET UP THAT WAY? IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT NO, WE DON'T.

OKAY, PERFECT.

THANK YOU.

SO WE HAD A MOTION.

WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT, MADAM CITY CLERK, MAYOR JOS, VICE MAYOR.

MARQUEZ COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS.

YES.

MOTION PASSES FIVE, ZERO.

YEAH.

FANTASTIC.

ALL RIGHT.

THEN WE ARE GOING TO BE MOVING ON

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

TO ITEM 22 FILE AND RECEIVE CORONA VIRUS DISEASE 2019 UPDATE MR. MONTGOMERY.

THANK YOU.

MARY JO'S CITY COUNCIL, UH, RESIDENTS AND ATTENDANCE.

UH, IT'S BEEN A BUSY TWO WEEKS SINCE WE LAST MET, UM, ON APRIL 1ST.

I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO RESTORE A COUPLE OF OUR AMENITIES, UH, IN THE RECREATION ARENA.

OUR BASKETBALL COURTS WERE RESTORED.

THE RIMS ARE BACK UP, UH, AND EVERYONE'S ABLE TO PLAY BASKETBALL NOW WITH PROPER, YOU KNOW, SAFETY PROTOCOLS.

UH, THE MCCOY, UH, ARENAS WERE REOPENED.

UH, BOTH OF THESE FACILITIES AMENITIES HAD BEEN CLOSED DUE TO COVID RESTRICTIONS, BUT WITH THE RECENT CHANGES THROUGH THE RED AND ORANGE TIER STAFF WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY A CLEAR PATHWAY FOR US TO REOPEN THOSE TO THE PUBLIC.

SO WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT.

AND THEN ALSO, UH, MANY OF OUR FACILITIES REMAINED RESTRICTED OR CLOSED.

UH, HOWEVER, THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH HAS BEEN REMAINS CLOSED HAD BEEN CLOSED TO ALL VISITORS AND STAFF HAVE NOW REOPENED THE ACCESS TO THE BATHROOM FACILITY.

SO IF

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YOU'RE TAKING A WALK OUT AT, UH, THE MCCOY AREA OR THE COMMUNITY CENTER, I, AND YOU NEED TO MAKE A PIT STOP, YOU CAN DO THAT AT THE COMMUNITY'S, UH, CENTER RESTROOMS. NOW, UH, IN ADDITION, UH, THERE WAS A LOT OF ACTIVITY, BOTH AT THE COUNTY AND THE STATE LEVEL.

UH, WE SAW OUR VACCINE, UH, VACCINATION, ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA CHANGE.

IT WENT TO FROM HEALTH CONDITIONS TO 50 PLUS, AND NOW IT'S SITTING AT 16 PLUS.

AND I THINK I SHOULD POINT OUT FOR OUR LISTENERS THAT THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO HAS AGGRESSIVELY MOVED THROUGH THE STAGES EVEN AHEAD OF, UH, THE STATE.

AND SO, UH, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WAS ALLOWING 16 PLUS BEFORE.

UH, THE STATE SAID YOU COULD, IT AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AHEAD.

SO THE COUNTY HAS BEEN VERY PROGRESSIVE AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THEIR, UH, RESIDENTS COULD BE PROTECTED.

AND SO WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT, UH, HELP OUR SCHOOLS.

WE NOW HAVE A FIRST, WE HAD K THROUGH SIX AND THEN WE HAD A SEVEN THROUGH 12.

UH, I'M SURE EVERYONE'S NOTICING A LITTLE BIT MORE TRAFFIC AS OUR KIDS ARE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL IN A VARIETY OF CONFIGURATIONS, BUT IT'S, IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT A RETURN TO NORMALCY.

UM, ON APRIL 6TH, WE HAD A, UH, VACCINATION EVENT AT THE MCCOY EQUESTRIAN CENTER.

UH, WE HAVE, UH, THREE MORE SCHEDULED IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE, UH, ONE IN APRIL AND ONE IN MAY AND ONE IN JUNE, UH, THANKS TO THE, UH, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH FOR, UH, FACILITATING THOSE.

AT OUR FIRST EVENT, WE HAD 215 PEOPLE SERVED, UH, AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO REPORT THAT 174 OF THOSE WERE CHINO HILLS RESIDENTS.

THAT'S THE GOAL IS TO TRY AND MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE.

AND THE COUNTY HAS BEEN MOVING WITH THESE MOBILE VACCINATION CLINICS IN ORDER TO GET THE HARD TO REACH POPULATIONS.

A COUPLE MORE, UH, JUNE 15TH IS GOING TO BE A NEW DATE FOR, UH, UH, CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS.

THE GOVERNOR HAS LAID OUT A PLAN TO GET US AS CLOSE TO NORMAL AS WE CAN PROBABLY FORECAST FOR AWHILE, JUNE 15TH.

WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR THE INFORMATION AND THE SPECIFICS, BUT WE'RE HOPEFUL.

UH, APRIL 10TH, THE CHINO HILLS BRANCH LIBRARY, THE JAMES THALMANN LIBRARY RESUMED REGULAR HOURS.

SO YOU CAN GET YOUR BOOKS.

UH, THEY'RE STILL DOING A SPECIAL, UH, ACTIVITIES, UH, IF YOUR COVID CONCERNS REMAIN, BUT YOU CAN ALSO GO TO THE LIBRARY NOW.

UH, AND THEN MY LAST POINT IS THAT, UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE, UH, COVID TESTING, UH, THROUGH THE COUNTY AT OUR MCCOY EQUESTRIAN FACILITY.

AND THAT IF RESIDENTS, UH, WE'RE REALLY, UH, PUSHING TO CONTINUE TO GET TESTING, UH, DESPITE, UH, THE ROLLOUT OF THE VACCINE, IT'S STILL A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO KIND OF TAKE THAT TEST LOCALLY.

SO, UH, STAFF, UH, MEETS WEEKLY, UH, TO TRY AND IDENTIFY OTHER AREAS.

WE CAN OPEN UP, UH, CHANGES WE CAN MAKE TO OUR OPERATION, UH, WITHIN THE COVID, UH, SCHEME.

UH, AND WE'LL BE MAKING THOSE CHANGES, UH, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

AND WE'LL BRING THOSE TO THE COUNCIL AS THEY DEVELOP.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

LET'S DO STREET SWEEPING TICKETS.

SO STREET SWEEPING BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN EVALUATING WHEN WE CAN ROLL THOSE OUT.

WE HAVE, UH, GIVEN THAT MORE PEOPLE ARE GOING BACK TO WORK, GOING BACK TO SCHOOL, IT'LL PROBABLY BE IN THE, NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE TO ANNOUNCE IT AND THEN, UH, PROMOTED AND GIVE PEOPLE ENOUGH TIME TO BE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT OUT OF THE HABIT OF MOVING THEIR VEHICLES.

THEN, UM, CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC COUNCIL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN REVIEWING QUITE, QUITE SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE LAST WEEK, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE MIGRATED FROM A RED TO ORANGE TIER, ONE OF THE RESTRICTIONS WE HAVE IS THIS ROOM REALLY WASN'T LAID OUT TO PROVIDE FOR SIX FEET OF SEPARATION.

SO WE'RE VERY LIMITED TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE CAN HAVE IN THE ROOM.

AND WE'RE, WE'VE BEEN CONCERNED THAT IF WE HAVE A, UH, A ISSUE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE AND FOR US 20 PEOPLE WOULD BE A LOT OF PEOPLE.

IF THEY WANTED TO SHOW UP TO AN EVENT OR A MEETING, WE WOULD HAVE DIFFICULTY IN STRUCTURING OVERFLOW AND PASS THROUGH FOR COMMENTS.

SO IT MAY BE, UH, YOU KNOW, INTO JUNE BEFORE WE CAN OPEN THAT UP, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE, UH, SOME, UH, DIRECT INTERACTION.

I'M HOPING THAT WITH WHAT THE GOVERNOR IS ROLLING OUT, UH, AS WE SAW AT THE SCHOOLS, MAYBE THE DISTANCE, UH, SEPARATION

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SHRINKS, UH, THE PROBLEM IS, IS IF ANYONE WHO'S BEEN FOLLOWING SOME OF THE NEW RULES, THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS, YOU GET DIFFERENT NUMBERS AND DIFFERENT CONDITIONS.

IF YOU CAN PROVE THAT EVERYONE HAS BEEN VACCINATED OR THAT, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S JUST SO DIFFICULT TO DO AND STILL BE ABLE TO, TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING, BUT AS SOON AS WE CAN FIGURE A CLEAR PATH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR BEN, ALL RIGHT.

AND I'LL JUST MAKE ONE QUICK COMMENT TO, UH, BEN'S COMMENT ABOUT THE COUNTY AND HOW AGGRESSIVE THEY ARE TRYING TO GET THINGS REOPENED AND TRYING TO, UH, GET, UH, VACCINATIONS INTO AND TO THE COUNTY RESIDENTS.

YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY A FUNCTION OF, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR FORMER MAYOR, UH, SUPERVISOR HAGMAN, YOU KNOW, HE'S REALLY BEEN HARD CHARGING TO, TO GET THIS DONE.

SO IT'S CERTAINLY APPRECIATED BY THE CITY.

ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, WE WILL BE MOVING ON TO PLANNING COMMISSION MATTERS.

UH, THIS PORTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA IS FOR MATTERS FROM APRIL SIX, 2021 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.

AND NO ACTION IS REQUIRED UNLESS TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS WISH TO REQUEST A REVIEW IN THE MATTER.

SO WE WILL BE BRINGING UP ITEM 23.

OKAY.

THEN WE WILL BE MOVING ON TO ITEM 24.

OKAY.

UM, THERE'S ITEM 20 THROUGH 23.

I ACTUALLY HAVE, UH, AN INTEREST.

SO I'M GOING TO BE STEPPING DOWN ON THIS MATTER 24, OR I'M SORRY, 24.

I WAS LOOKING UP HERE WITH THE SIGN 24.

SO MARK, DO I HAVE TO DISCLOSE WHAT THE RIGHT.

OKAY.

IT'S MY PERSONAL PROPERTY.

AND WE'RE TRYING TO SUBDIVIDE A SMALL PORTION OF THE PROPERTY TO BUILD A HOUSE FOR MY SON.

RIGHT.

AND ARE YOU STEPPING DOWN ON 25, ALSO 25? YES.

UM, IT WAS SORT OF CONFUSION ON THIS.

UM, I I'M, UH, I LIVE ABOUT 340 FEET FROM THAT PROPERTY, BUT BECAUSE OF FPPC, UM, I HAVE TO HAVE 500 FEET, ANYTHING LESS THAN 500 FEET.

I CAN'T BE PART OF.

OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER, MARK HAS WE'LL LEAVE THE ROOM AND THEN THE COUNCIL CAN, UM, TAKE WHATEVER OR NO ACTION YOU WANT ON 24 AND 25.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MR. CITY ATTORNEY.

OKAY.

SO WE HAVE ITEM 24.

WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO PULL THIS ITEM? NOPE.

NOPE.

NOPE.

OKAY.

AND 25? NO.

NOPE.

ALL RIGHT, THERE YOU GO.

CAN WE PERFECT.

OKAY.

WELCOME BACK TENTS.

OKAY.

PUBLIC HEARING

[26. Introduce Ordinances Entitled: "An Ordinance of the City of Chino Hills, Approving Municipal Code Amendment No. 21MCA01 Amending Title 16 of the Chino Hills Municipal Code Chapter 16.02 Definitions and Appendix A Land Use Matrix," and "An Ordinance of the City of Chino Hills, Approving Municipal Code Amendment No. 21MCA01 Amending Title 16 of the Chino Hills Municipal Code Chapter 16.34 Parking and Loading" - For first reading by titles only and waive further readings, respectively]

ITEM 26, THIS PORTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND WE DON'T NEED TO GET INTO THAT.

UM, I MIGHT AS WELL, THIS PORTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDAS FOR ALL MATTERS 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.

UH, OKAY.

SO 26, DO WE HAVE TO READ IT BY? NO.

UM, IF YOU'D LIKE, I WILL, UH, RESTATE IT VERY BRIEFLY.

THE FULL THING WOULD BE NICE.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, PLEASE.

SO THIS IS JUST TO INTRODUCE TWO ORDINANCES FOR A MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS, 21, MCA ZERO ONE, UH, THE DEFINITIONS APPENDIX AND, UH, CHAPTER 13, 1634 P FOR PARKING AND LOADING.

AND THERE IS A PRESENTATION ON THAT.

SO THERE'LL BE MORE SPECIFIC ON WHAT IT IS.

ALL RIGHT.

BATTER UP.

GOOD EVENING, MIKE.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, UH, BEFORE YOU USE MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENT NUMBER 21, MCA ZERO ONE, UH, TO AMEND CHAPTER 16.02 DEFINITIONS 16.3 FOR PARKING AND LOADING AND APPENDIX A LAND USE MATRIX, UH, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE, UH, IN, ON AUGUST 13, 2019.

UH, THE UPDATE WAS TO APPENDIX A LAND USE MATRIX, UH, CHAPTER 16.02 DEFINITIONS REPLACE SITE DEVELOPMENT PERMITS WITH MINOR USE PERMIT ADDED SECTION 16.79 ZONING CLEARANCE AND UPDATED CHAPTER 16.58 GENERAL PROCEDURES BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEX NATURE OF THIS UPDATE.

THERE WAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT SECTIONS THAT WERE UPDATED, UH, DURING THIS PROCESS, UH, STAFF HAS ENCOUNTERED, UH, SEVERAL CLERICAL ERRORS, UH, AS WE CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT THESE UPDATED SECTIONS.

UH, SO STAFF CONTINUES TO FIND THESE ERRORS AND FIND OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE FURTHER CLARIFICATION ON THESE PROVISIONS AND UPDATED SECTIONS.

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SO THE FIRST STOP IS CHAPTER 16.02 DEFINITIONS, UH, STAFF PROPOSES TO MODIFY THE GUEST HOUSE DEFINITION, UH, FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATION, AS NOTED IN BOLD AND STRIKE OUT LETTERING, UH, ON THE, UH, POWERPOINT.

UH, THIS IS REALLY TO, UH, GIVE A CLEAR DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE GUEST HOUSE AND THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS STAFF ALSO PROPOSES TO ADD A WAREHOUSE DEFINITION.

UH, CURRENTLY THE LAND USE MATRIX HAS A WAREHOUSE USE.

UH, HOWEVER STAFF DID NOT, UH, INCLUDE A CORRESPONDING DEFINITION.

SO STAFF PROPOSES TO ADD THAT ALSO TO ADD MEDICAL LABORATORY TESTING AND A RESEARCH DEFINITION.

UH, I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THIS WAS ON THE PREVIOUS LAND USE MATRIX AND WAS REMOVED IN ERROR.

UH, WE'RE ADDING IT BACK INTO LAND USE MATRIX AND AS WELL, ADDING A DEFINITION FOR IT.

UH, ADD PORTER CACHET DEFINITION.

THIS, UH, THIS TERM IS USED IN OUR, UM, ENCROACHMENT TABLE AND OUR GENERAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.

UH, ALSO ADD HIGHEST ADJACENT GRADE LOWEST ADJACENT GRADE AND FINISHED GRADE DEFINITIONS STAFF, UH, IS ALSO PROPOSING TO ADD, DEVELOP LAND DEFINITION.

CURRENTLY WE HAVE AN UNDEVELOPED LAND DEFINITION, UH, AND WE ARE LOOKING TO NOW ADD DEVELOP PLAN.

ALSO STAFF IS PROPOSING TO ADD OIL EXPLORATION, DRILLING AND PRODUCTION.

UH, THIS AGAIN, UH, SUCH AS THE MEDICAL LABORATORY WAS INCLUDED IN THE PREVIOUS LAND USE MATRIX.

AND IT WAS, UM, A RONIN SLEEVE REMOVED, UH, FROM THE, UH, THE UPDATE, UH, THAT WAS DONE IN 2019.

SO WE'RE POSING TO ADD THAT BACK INTO THE LAND USE MATRIX AS NOTED HERE, UH, ADDING THE OIL DRILLING AND PRODUCTION BACK IN AS WELL AS THE MEDICAL LABORATORIES AND THE CORRESPONDENT DEFINITIONS.

UH, THE SECOND PART OF THIS PRESENTATION IS FOCUSED ON CHAPTER 16.3 FOR PARKING AND LOADING ON ORDER TO FACILITATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON RELIGIOUS, UH, PROPERTIES OR THE GOVERNOR SIGNED ASSEMBLY, BILL 1851 IN SEPTEMBER OF 2020.

UH, THIS ASSEMBLY BILL FOCUSES ON RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION, AFFILIATED HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, UH, IN RELATION TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, IN BRIEF, THIS BILL, UH, REGULATES AND LIMITS THE CITY AND LOCAL AGENCIES, THE ABILITY TO REQUIRE SPECIFIC PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS.

UH, I E UH, REQUIRING REPLACEMENT PARKING SPACES, UH, FOR RELIGIOUS USES OR REQUIRING A SPECIFIC SPECIFIC NUMBER OF PARKING, UH, REQUIRED IN RELATION TO THAT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THESE TYPES OF SITES.

SO IN ORDER FOR CITI TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ASSEMBLY BILL THAT WAS SIGNED IN 2020, UH, STAFF PROPOSALS TO ADD SECTION 16.3, 4.110 RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION, AFFILIATED DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND PARKING REQUIREMENTS, UH, THIS SECTION, UH, WILL IDENTIFY THE PROPER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION, UH, INCLUDED DEFINITION, UH, DEFINING THESE TYPE OF, UH, SITES AND PROJECTS.

UH, AND WE'LL ALSO IDENTIFY THESE SPECIFIC REGULATIONS AND CRITERIA, UH, IN RELATION TO THE ASSEMBLY BILL AND WHAT THE LIMITATIONS OF LOCAL AGENCIES HAVE.

THIS IS THE LAST PART OF IT.

SO WHAT THAT STAFF CITY COUNCIL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TAKE PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND ADOPT YOU TO ORDINANCES APPROVING MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENT 21, MCA ZERO ONE, AND FINDING THAT THEY ARE EXEMPT FROM SQL REVIEW.

I CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, SIR.

UH, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE ALL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING? DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON THIS ITEM BEFORE WE SPEAK? I DO NOT SEE ANY HANDS RAISED.

I WANT TO CLOSE IT, BRING IT BACK AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

ANY COMMENTS? I JUST HAD TWO QUICK QUESTIONS.

WE'RE ADDING THE RELIGIOUS RESIDENTIAL RELIGIOUS PARKING THING IS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE BUDDHIST TEMPLE, UH, ON CHINO HILLS PARKWAY AT CARBON CANYON ROAD.

IS THAT WHAT THAT'S FOR? NO, NO, THIS IS JUST SPECIFIC TO THIS ASSEMBLY BILL THAT WAS SIGNED.

OKAY.

AND THEN HOW ABOUT THE ADDITION? OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE THE LABS, SO THAT'S THE KAISER LAB THAT WAS INADVERTENTLY TAKEN OUT.

HOW ABOUT THE OIL DRILLING? DO WE HAVE ANY PRO PERSPECTIVE OIL DRILLING IN THE CITY THAT WOULD REQUIRE US PUTTING THAT LANGUAGE IN THERE DEALING WITH OIL DRILLING PROPERTY? UH, WE DON'T DON'T HAVE ANY CURRENT APPLICATIONS AT THE MOMENT.

UM, THERE ARE MANY ACTIVE WELLS IN THE MAHALO OIL FIELD, SOUTH, UH, SOUTH PORCELAIN CHINO HILLS.

UM, WE, WE HAVE, UH, SEVERAL, UM, ACTIVE

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ENTITIES, UH, THAT OPERATE ALL OF THOSE OIL WELLS.

SO AT ANY MOMENT THERE COULD BE, UH, AN APPLICATION THAT COULD COME IN FOR THAT.

AND I, I WOULD JUST ADD SINCE I, UM, HAVE SOME KNOWLEDGES OF THIS, UM, WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, THERE HAS BEEN SOME INQUIRIES AND, UM, UNDER THE STATE LAW AND UNDER THE GENERAL PLAN, THIS IS SORT OF A CLEANUP ITEM OF, IT'S JUST NOT A MATTER THAT WE CAN JUST PROHIBIT THEM.

SO, OH, NO.

AND I WASN'T SUGGESTING, I WAS BASICALLY GOING TO ENDED UP BY SAYING, SO BASICALLY THIS IS JUST A CLEANUP, UH, OF THIS SECTION.

EXACTLY.

YES.

OKAY.

NO OTHER QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL THEN WITH THAT, I WILL, UH, MOVE THE ITEM.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

OKAY.

THE MOTION IS FROM YOU.

YES.

OKAY.

AND THEN THE SECOND IS FROM ROGERS.

OKAY.

MAYOR JOE'S YES.

VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER BENNET.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER MARIANNE.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.

THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.

ALL RIGHT.

AT THIS TIME,

[ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT]

IT IS TIME FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT, DENISE, SHE LOOKS SO YOUNG.

UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

AS THE CITY MANAGERS SHARED.

IT HAS BEEN A BUSY COUPLE OF WEEKS IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.

SINCE WE LAST MET.

UM, THE COUNTY HAS MOVED INTO THE ORANGE TIER, ALLOWING MORE OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES TO EITHER EXPAND CAPACITY OR REOPEN, UH, FOR OUR COVID NUMBERS.

AS OF MONDAY EVENING, THERE WERE JUST OVER 293,000 CONFIRMED CASES IN THE COUNTY AND 4,237 DEATHS AND CHINO HILLS.

OUR NUMBERS TODAY ARE AT 5,796 CASES.

AND 51 DOES THE COUNTY'S DAILY CASE.

THE DAILY NEW CASES REMAINS AT 3.4 PER 100,000.

AND THE POSITIVITY RATE REMAINS THAT 2% WHILE WE ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

THE COUNTY'S CASE RATE NEEDS TO CONSISTENTLY BE UNDER ONE TO QUALIFY, TO MOVE INTO THE YELLOW TIER.

THE COUNTY IS CONTINUING TO VACCINATE AT A RESPECTABLE RATE.

AS OF YESTERDAY EVENING, OVER 562,000 COUNTY RESIDENTS WERE, HAVE RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE DOSE OF THE VACCINE TO PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE.

THAT'S 34.9% OF OUR COUNTY RESIDENTS AND 20% ARE FULLY VACCINATED.

SO EITHER HAVING RECEIVED TWO DOSES OR THE ONE DOSE OF JOHNSON JOHNSON, LIKE THE CITY MANAGER SHARED EVERYONE AGED 16 AND OLDER, WHO LIVES OR WORKS IN THE COUNTY IS NOW ELIGIBLE FOR A VACCINATION RESIDENTS.

AGE OF 16 OR 17 CAN ONLY RECEIVE THE PFIZER VACCINE, WHICH IS ONLY AVAILABLE AT THE COUNTY'S PUBLIC HEALTH SITES AND STATE SITES.

UH, 16 AND 17 YEAR OLDS MUST ALSO PRESENT AGE VERIFICATION AND THE FORM OF A BIRTH CERTIFICATE DRIVER'S LICENSE OR SCHOOL THAT'S NATION RECORD.

AND THEY MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A PARENT OR GUARDIAN TO RECEIVE THE VACCINE.

THE CITY IS CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY TO MAKE THE VACCINE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.

UM, AS THE CITY MANAGER SHARED, WE WILL BE HOSTING AN ADDITIONAL VACCINATION CLINIC FOR APRIL 27.

APPOINTMENTS WILL BE RELEASED ABOUT A WEEK IN ADVANCE AND CAN BE MADE ONLINE OR BY PHONE AS DOSES CONTINUED TO BE MADE AVAILABLE.

UH, WE CONTINUE TO HOLD FREE.

COVID TESTING LOCALLY FOR ALL RESIDENTS AT THE MCCOY CENTER.

AS CITY MANAGERS SHARED, WE ARE CONTINUING TO ENCOURAGE ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS TO GET TESTED.

UH, FUTURE TESTING EVENTS ARE SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 21ST, MAY 5TH, AND MAY 19TH AND APPOINTMENTS WILL ALSO OPEN FOR THESE ABOUT FIVE TO SEVEN DAYS IN ADVANCE.

HOWEVER, WALK-INS ARE ALWAYS ACCEPTED AND THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM.

THE COMMUNITY CAN VISIT THE CITY'S WEBSITE FOR ADDITIONAL COVID RESOURCES AND DETAILS.

WE'LL MAKE AN APPOINTMENT.

UM, OKAY.

YOU KNOW, THERE WAS MENTION OF STREET SWEEPING AND WHILE TICKETING FOR STREET SLEEPING WILL NOT RESUME AT LEAST THROUGH APRIL 30TH, IT IS STILL OCCURRING.

SO WE ARE STILL ENCOURAGING OUR RESIDENTS TO ASK, ASK THEM NOT TO PARK ON THE STREET DURING THEIR STREET SWEEPING DAY, SO WE CAN KEEP THOSE.

WE'LL BE CONTINUING TO HOST BLOOD DRIVES EVERY TUESDAY AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER PARKING LOT THROUGH THE END OF JUNE APPOINTMENTS ARE RECOMMENDED.

HOWEVER, WALK-INS ARE ALWAYS ACCEPTED FOR THESE AS WELL.

INTERESTED RESIDENTS CAN MAKE APPOINTMENTS THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR BY PHONE AND RECREATION AND COMMUNITY EVENTS.

OUR KIDS' NIGHT OUT EVENT ON FRIDAY, APRIL 23RD IS SOLD OUT.

ADDITIONAL EVENTS WILL BE ON MAY 21ST AND JUNE 18TH AND REGISTRATION WILL OPEN ABOUT A MONTH IN ADVANCE IN EACH DAY ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

SO BE SURE TO KEEP AN EYE OUT.

AND LASTLY, OUR, WE WILL BE HOSTING OUR VERY FIRST COMMUNITY-WIDE NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP DAY IN CONJUNCTION WITH EARTH DAY AND ARBOR DAY ON SATURDAY, APRIL 24TH, RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE WITH THEIR OWN FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS BY CLEANING UP LITTER AND DEBRIS ALONG THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS, SIDEWALKS, TRAILS, AND PARKS.

THIS EVENT IS FREE TO PARTICIPATE IN AND ALL REGISTERED HOUSEHOLDS WILL RECEIVE A THREE CLEANING SUPPLY KIT, AS WELL AS A LIST OF TRASH BAG DROP OFF

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LOCATIONS, OR IF THEY PREFER, THEY'RE ALWAYS WELCOMED TO DISPOSE OF COLLECTED TRASH BAGS ON THE DAY OF THEIR EVENT AND THEIR OWN CONTAINERS.

RESIDENTS CAN LEARN MORE AND REGISTER ONLINE AT THE CITY'S WEBSITE, AND WE HOPE TO SEE THEM OUT THERE.

THAT COMPLETES MY PIO REPORT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.

AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, NICOLE.

WE APPRECIATE THAT.

OKAY.

TIME

[ SAFETY UPDATES - Police and Fire]

FOR A PUBLIC SAFETY UPDATE, CHIEF WALKER MAYOR JOE'S VICE MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.

GOOD EVENING.

UH, CHINO HILLS STATE PARK HAS BEEN A POPULAR PLACE FOR, UH, RESIDENTS AND OUT-OF-TOWNERS TO ATTEND PUTTING IT MILDLY WHAT'S THAT THAT'S PUTTING IT MILDLY.

IT IS, IT IS.

UM, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO NOT NECESSARILY LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE, BUT, UM, HELP NAVIGATE THAT, THAT PROCESS WITH THE, UH, WITH THE PARK RANGERS.

UM, THIS LAST WEEKEND WE IDENTIFIED A COUPLE ISSUES.

OBVIOUSLY IT'S A NARROW ROAD THAT LEADS INTO THE PARK.

UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE DRIVING, UM, WITHOUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE OUT ON FOOT AS WELL, WHICH IS CAUSING THE TRAFFIC TO BACK UP ONTO SOCAL.

UM, SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE PARK RANGERS RANGERS TO TRY TO IDENTIFY A SOLUTION TO THAT.

UM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES OUT THERE THIS WEEKEND.

UM, MESSAGED BOARDS WILL BE UP AGAIN.

UM, WE'VE BEEN CITING, UM, PEOPLE FREQUENTLY, UM, ON THE WEEKENDS FOR PARKING IN FRONT OF FIRE HYDRANTS, NO PARKING ZONES.

UM, THIS COMING WEEKEND, WE WILL HAVE ENOUGH STAFF WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN TOWING VEHICLES.

UM, SO WE'RE JUST PUTTING THE WARNING OUT NOW.

WE'VE, WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN TO TRY TO GIVE THOSE WARNINGS AND THEN CITATIONS.

AND NOW WE'RE PROGRESSING INTO TOWING VEHICLES, SO STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY, NOT TO PARK IN PLACES YOU SHOULDN'T BE PARKING.

UM, WE RECENTLY, UM, COMPLETED OUR QUALITY OF LIFE MEETINGS, UM, VIRTUALLY I WANTED TO THANK ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT CAME OUT, UM, AND ATTENDED VIRTUALLY, AND WE TRULY VALUE THEIR INPUT ON WHAT CONCERNS THEY HAVE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AT THE CONCLUSION OF THOSE MEETINGS, WE TOOK THE FINDINGS OF THE SURVEYS AND IRONICALLY, THE FINDINGS HAVEN'T CHANGED FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.

IT'S STILL TRAFFIC THEFT AND TRANSIENTS.

UM, THAT BEING SAID, WE TOOK A DEEPER DIVE INTO IT TO SEE SPECIFICALLY WHAT IT IS ABOUT THOSE THREE THAT CONCERNED OUR RESIDENTS AND FOR TRAFFIC.

UM, PRIMARILY IT WAS RESIDENTIAL SPEEDING, SPEEDING IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

UM, THEFT WAS RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES, UM, MAIL AND PACKAGE THEFT AND TRANSIENTS.

IT WAS SPECIFICALLY REFERENCED PANHANDLING.

UM, NOW YOU, YOU WOULD THINK WITH SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS, UM, BEING THE, OR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS THAT NOTHING HAS CHANGED, IT'S JUST BEEN STATUS QUO.

SO I WANTED TO PROVIDE A FEW STATS ON WHAT HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

UM, THIS LAST YEAR FROM 2019 TO 2020, UM, MY TRAFFIC DIVISION WENT AND DID TARGETED ENFORCEMENT.

THEY IDENTIFIED LOCATIONS THAT HAD THREE PLUS TRAFFIC COLLISIONS AND USE THOSE AREAS TO TARGET ENFORCEMENT, UM, IN DOING SO WE'RE ABLE TO REDUCE OUR INTERRELATED COLLISIONS BY 29% AND OUR, AND OR REDUCTION OF TOTAL COLLISIONS BY 36%.

SO THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THAT RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES.

UM, THIS LAST YEAR HAVE BEEN DOWN 17.2%.

UM, WE CORRELATE THAT OR RELATE THAT TO EVERYONE BEING HOME DUE TO COVID.

UM, OUR OVERALL THEFTS ARE UP, UM, FROM 76 TO 114.

THOSE WHO ARE ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE MEETINGS HAVE HEARD THIS, UM, WHERE WE'RE CORRELATING THAT TO THE INCREASE IN CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFTS IN WHICH WE HAD 30.

THIS LAST YEAR, PETTY THEFT IS DOWN AT 1.6%.

VEHICLE BURGLARIES ARE DOWN 20.3% AND COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL BURGLARIES ARE DOWN 21.9%.

UM, TRANSIENTS.

UM, I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT THIS BEFORE EACH YEAR.

WE HAVE TO DO A POINT IN TIME COUNT AND THERE ARE CERTAIN RULES AND REGULATIONS WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY.

UM, IN 2018, WE WENT THROUGH THE CITY AND COUNTED SIX.

UM, THE FOLLOWING YEAR WE HAD FOUR AND THIS YEAR WE HAD TWO.

UM, WITH THAT THOUGH, I W I WILL STATE THAT THIS YEAR, THERE WERE A COUPLE PEOPLE WHO WERE SLEEPING, UM, AND PART OF THE RULE IS SLEEPING IN VEHICLES.

UM, AND PART OF THE RULES ARE, WE CAN'T WAKE ANYBODY UP TO VERIFY WHETHER THEY'RE HOMELESS OR NOT.

UM, MY BELIEF IS THAT TWO OF THOSE PEOPLE WERE HOMELESS.

UM, SO WE, WE STAYED AT, UM, UM, FLAT COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR, UM, WITH TRANSPLANTS.

OUR MAIN GOAL IS TO PROVIDE THEM SERVICES AND GET THEM BACK UP ON THEIR FEET AND, AND, UM, HOPEFULLY IDEALLY BE ABLE TO GET THEM, UM, HOUSING.

UM, AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS.

ANY QUESTIONS KEPT THE MARKER.

ONE QUESTION, UH, WE TALKING ABOUT ONE OF THE BIG AREAS OF THEFT RIGHT NOW, AS A CATALYTIC CONVERTERS, I'LL ASK YOU A QUESTION AND ALSO KIND OF DIRECT IT TO BEN.

IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD POSSIBLY COORDINATE WITH ANY SERVICE STATION OR ANY,

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ANY SERVICE PROVIDER THAT GETS CARS UP ON JACKS AND HAS ACCESS TO BE ABLE TO ENGRADE ENGRAVE SOMETHING ON THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT'S A SUGGESTION OF PUTTING THE V VIN NUMBER, WHICH IS AN EXTREMELY LONG 17 DIGITS OR WHATEVER, OR LICENSE PLATE NUMBER OR SOMETHING THAT WOULD IDENTIFY IT TO HELP LOCATE AND CURB THIS THING.

UH, SO COULD, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH JIFFY LUBE AND ANY OF THE, UH, UH, ORGANIZATIONS TOWN THAT GET THEIR CARS OR, YOU KNOW, HAVE CARS UP ON LIFTS? WAS, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE OR WOULD IT BE A GOOD IDEA OR IS THAT SOMETHING WE SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T DO? IT MAKES SENSE.

UM, AND PART OF THE, ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT I HAVE WITH THAT IS, UM, IT, IT HELPS IN IDENTIFYING THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER ONCE IT'S BEEN STOLEN, IT HELPS US IDENTIFY A VICTIM, UM, BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY PREVENT THE THEFT FROM OCCURRING.

UM, ALTHOUGH, UM, IT COULD LEND ITSELF.

UM, WE CURRENTLY HAVE, UH, A PROGRAM THAT WE'RE ELICITING SERVICES FROM, UM, AUTOMOBILE, PLACES THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO THAT FOR US.

UM, AND IT'S CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH A REVIEW PROCESS THROUGH MY OFFICE NOW.

UM, I WOULD ALSO STRONGLY ENCOURAGE FOR PEOPLE TO GET THE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF, UM, SECURITY MEASURES THAT YOU CAN ATTACH OR HAVE ATTACHED TO YOUR CATALYTIC, CONVERTERS AND HOPES OF PREVENTING THE THEFT FROM OCCURRING INITIALLY.

UM, AND IF ANYBODY NEEDS INFORMATION ON THAT, THEY CAN REACH OUT TO US AT THE STATION.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU FURTHER INFORMATION ON THOSE TWO DEVICES.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FROM FIRE? YES.

TIM SHACKLEFORD IS STILL ON THE LINE.

CHIEF SHACKLEFORD.

THANKS FOR STICKING IT OUT WITH US TONIGHT.

REPORT TOMORROW NIGHT DIRECTORS, THE WHOLE 6:00 PM INFORMATION ON HOW THE PUBLIC CAN JOIN.

THE MEETINGS IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE.

ON SATURDAY, APRIL 17TH, THE FIRE DISTRICT WILL BE HOSTING A FIREWORK SAFE SURRENDER TRINNY CENTER LOCATED AT 1592 SHAKER AVENUE WITH CITY CHINO.

AND THAT EVENT IS FROM 10:00 AM TO 3:00 PM ROSEN JUNIOR VALLEY, AND THEY CAN CONFIRM THE FIREWORKS THAT THEY MAY HAVE NO QUESTIONS ASKED.

AND FINALLY ON APRIL 24TH, WHICH IS A SATURDAY, THE FIRE DISTRICT VAULT WILL BE HOSTING A SHARPS COLLECTION OF ATTORNEY'S 51ST AVENUE.

AND THE HOURS OF THAT EVENT ARE 8:00 AM TO 1:00 PM.

THANK YOU, CHIEF.

I THINK HE WAS DONE.

HE MUTED HIMSELF, SO I BELIEVE OKAY.

THERE WE GO.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, CHIEF SHACKLEFORD.

I WAS DONE.

I'M SORRY.

YOU CUT OUT THERE.

I KNOW WE'VE BEEN HAVING TECHNICAL ISSUES.

JUST A QUICK QUESTION ON THE FIREWORKS, UH, SURRENDER.

DO THEY HAVE TO BE SAFE AND SANE OR CAN THEY BE SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE, A HEAVY DUTY? WE WILL ACCEPT ANY FIREWORKS THAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR POSSESSION.

THANK YOU, SIR.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL THAT WILL BE MOVING ON TO COUNCIL

[ COUNCIL REPORTS Mayor Johsz Legislative Advocacy Committee Vice Mayor Marquez California Institution of Men/Women - Citizens Advisory Committee League of California Cities Latino Caucus Legislative Committee San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Board of Directors Southern California Association of Governments Regional Council Board Transportation Committee Southern California Regional Rail Authority (Metrolink) Council Member Moran Omnitrans Board Council Member Rogers Chino Basin Desalter Authority]

REPORTS.

I'LL KICK US OFF WITH REPORT FROM LAST COUPLE OF LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY COMMITTEE MEETINGS.

THE LET'S SEE A HIGHLIGHT ONE ON THE FEDERAL SIDE IS MORE MONEY'S COMING IN, SO HOLD ONTO YOUR HORSES.

UM, AND THAT, UH, EARMARKS ARE COMING BACK TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, YOU HAD MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ACTUALLY PUT IN FOR PET PROJECTS AND, YOU KNOW, ITEMS IN THEIR DISTRICT AND THAT'S COMING BACK.

SO WE DISCUSSED WHAT SOME GOOD OPTIONS WERE FOR US, AND WE WILL BE SENDING THAT, UH, SENDING THAT TO CONGRESSWOMAN KIM, UH, SOON.

AND THEN, UH, IN SACRAMENTO, AS WE'VE ALL BEEN DEALING WITH OR DEALING WITH DEALING WITH WILL BE THE RIGHT WAY AS WE'VE ALL BEEN DEALING WITH.

THERE ARE MORE HOUSING RELATED BILLS THAT ARE, UH, UH, BEING VOTED ON MORE THAT WILL RESTRICT ANY LOCAL CONTROL, TAKE AWAY ANY OVERSIGHT FROM US.

SO AS A CITY, WE'VE BEEN VERY CONSISTENT WITH OUR OPPOSITION TO ANYTHING THAT TAKES CONTROL AWAY FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND OVERSIGHT FROM OUR RESIDENTS.

SO WE SENT MORE LETTERS, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE, JUST AN EXAMPLE.

SO SENATE BILL SIX AND SENATE BILL NINE, BOTH DEAL WITH, UH, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL AND TAKING, UH, TAKING CONTROL AWAY FROM US AND WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO FIT THE NEEDS OF CHINO HILLS.

SO PETER AND I WILL CONTINUE TO, TO WORK ON THAT AND MONITOR IT.

UM, ANY COMMENTS, PETER? NOPE.

GOOD.

SO FAR.

PERFECT.

THAT'S ALL I GOT.

VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ.

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THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

MY FIRST REPORT IS FROM CIM, THE PRISON MEN'S PRISON, THE MENTAL FACILITY, THE 50 BED IS MOVING FORWARD.

UM, COVID CASES STATUS.

WE HAVE TWO INMATES THAT ARE INFECTED ONE STAFF MEMBER.

THE TOTAL POPULATION OF THE PRISON IS 181,887.

INMATES ARE REDUCTION OF A, PROBABLY ABOUT 600 INMATES THAT WE USED TO HAVE THERE.

87% OF THE PRISONERS HAVE BEEN TESTED.

THE PRISON HAS 188 QUARANTINE CELLS, AND ONLY A COUPLE ARE BEING USED.

A NEW PRISONERS THAT ARRIVE AT THE PRISON.

THEY GO THROUGH A 14 DAY ISOLATION PERIOD BEFORE BEING RELEASED TO THE GENERAL POPULATION.

CIM IS NO LONGER RECEPTION CENTER FOR ALL PRISONS.

UM, IN THE PAST, ALL PRISONERS WOULD COME TO CIM PRIOR TO THEM BEING DISTRIBUTED TO OTHER PRISONS.

UM, VISITATION JUST STARTED THIS PAST WEEKEND.

IT MEETS THE VISITORS NEED TO BE TESTED WITHIN 72 HOURS PRIOR TO VISIT CIM IS CONSIDERING A SOLAR FIELD WITHIN THEIR PROPERTY.

THAT'S SOMETHING WE SORT OF WANT TO TRACK.

SO THAT WAS JUST GIVEN TO US TODAY THAT INFORMATION INMATES DONATED APPROXIMATELY $4,000 TO A COUPLE OF CHARITY OR CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS, THE Y YMCA AND THE CHINO BOXING CLUB.

AND JUST THIS MORNING, I, AFTER OUR MEETING, THERE WAS TWO PRISONS THAT WERE CLOSED IN THE STATE OF THAT.

A POPULATION WOULD WITH LEVEL ONE PRISONERS, AND THAT'S THE HIGHEST LEVEL.

SO IN THE FUTURE, WE'RE POSSIBLY, WE'LL BE GETTING SOME OF THOSE INMATES IN CHINO IN THE WOMEN'S PRISON VACCINATION.

SO FAR, THE INMATES, 70% OF THE INMATES HAVE RECEIVED SHOTS.

AND I WAS REALLY SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT ONLY ABOUT 50% OF THE STAFF HAVE GOTTEN THEIR SHOTS, INMATES, REFURBISHED 10 BIKES, AND DENOTE IT AND DONATED THEM TO CHINO VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THEY DO A LOT OF WONDERFUL THINGS THERE, AND I APPRECIATE THE 10 BIKES TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES, LATINO CAUCUS, NO MEETING WAS SCHEDULED.

SO THERE'S A MISTAKE ON OUR BEHALF, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY OR THE COUNCIL.

WE REVIEWED THE FREEWAY SERVICE PROGRAM AND RECOGNIZE THE DRIVERS.

THE DRIVERS THAT RESPOND TO THE CALLS ON THE FREEWAY GO OVER PROBABLY PRETTY CLOSE, ABOUT 5,000 CALLS A YEAR.

AND WE GAVE THEM AWARDS FOR THEIR, FOR THE EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE THAT THEY PROVIDE OUR CUSTOMERS AND THE COUNTY.

UH, WE DID REVIEW AND APPROVE THE UPDATES ON THE CAPITAL KICK, EXCUSE ME, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT.

IT PLAN FOR THE SANTA FE DEPOT TRANSPORTATION DEPOT IN SAN BERNARDINO.

WE REVIEWED AND MADE CHANGES ON THE 20, 20, 20, 21 BUDGET.

WE GOT AN UPDATE ON THE HOLDEN BILL, WHICH IS AB EIGHT 40, WHICH WILL REQUIRE LOS ANGELES AND SAN BERNARDINO TO ADOPT A TRANSPORTATION SERVICE PROGRAM.

AND THIS IS ACTUALLY FROM LA COUNTY, ORANGE COUNTY, UH, TRANCE.

DO YOU WANT A TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM TO THE AIRPORTS IN ONTARIO? AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO DO IN THE COUNTY, BUT WE'RE BEING MANDATED TO WORK WITH LA METRO, AND IT'S A SORT OF AN UPHILL BATTLE.

SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT.

K SCAG REGIONAL COUNCIL.

WE APPROVE THE APPROACH LIMITS LIMITS, EXCUSE ME, FOR MS. SANDOVAL'S WORDS FOR KARSA AND AMERICAN RECOVERY PLAN ACT WITHIN OUR REGION.

WE'RE EXPECTING JUST OVER 4 BILLION, TOTAL DOLLARS FROM KARSA AND AP RPA, AND THAT'S FEDERAL MONIES THAT WILL BE COMING IN FOR THE RELIEF PLAN FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

UH, WE JUST SELECT A NEW OFFICER'S CLINT LIVERMORE FROM EASTVILLE IS NOW OUR PRESIDENT VICE-PRESIDENT IS JAN HARNICK FROM PALM DESERT SUPERVISOR, CARMEN RAMIREZ.

SHE USED TO BE A COUNCIL MEMBER.

KNOCK START IS NOW OUR, OUR SECOND VICE PRESIDENT ON THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.

OUR NEW CHAIR PERSON IS SEAN AUSTIN FROM THE CITY OF DOWNEY.

VICE CHAIRS ARE BROWN FROM THE CITY OF WHEN A PARK.

AND THEN ALSO WE'RE LOOKING FOR GO HUMAN PROGRAMS, PROMOTIONS AND RECRUITMENT FROM SCAG CITIES, GO HUMAN AS A COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN WITH THE GOALS OF REDUCING TRAFFIC COLLISIONS AND ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO WALK AND RIDE BIKES.

UH, S C R R A OR METRO LINK.

I BELONG TO THE COMMS COMMITTEE, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR METRO LINK.

STEPHANIE WIGGINS HAS RESIGNED HER POSITION AND WILL NOT BE TAKEN ON THE LA METRO AS A CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.

AND THAT WILL HAPPEN WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS.

WE REVIEWED AND UPDATED THE REBUILT OF BOMBARDIER RAIL CARS.

WE HAVE 50 RIGHT NOW FOR SERVICE AT A COST OF WELL OVER A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.

WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE ALL THOSE CARS BACK BY 2023, AND WE REVIEW THE OPERATION STATUS REPORT.

UM,

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WE'RE DOWN ABOUT 85% OF THE TOTAL RIDES COMPARISON TO LAST YEAR, BUT THAT'S MY REPORT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. VICE SQUARE COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN, AMI TRANS ONE MORE TO ADD, UM, CHAMBER IN AMI CHANCE.

I'M SORRY, SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO, UH, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DIDN'T HAVE A MEETING YET, BUT I WANTED TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT THIS THURSDAY AS BOARD MEETING IS IMPORTANT, IF THEY HAVE ANY INTEREST IN WEIGHING IN ON THE MOVE TO DISTRICT BASED ELECTIONS WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING SO PEOPLE CAN WRITE IN THEIR COMMENTS OR CALL IN IF YOU'D LIKE TO, UM, WEIGH IN ON THAT SUBJECT.

THIS THURSDAY, THE MEETING IS AT SIX O'CLOCK.

UM, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS ASKING FOR THE COMMUNITY TO, UM, VISIT THEIR WEBSITE AND, UM, GIVE INPUT ON THE REBRANDING OF THE LOGO AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THEY COULD VISIT THE CHINO VALLEY CHAMBER WEBSITE.

AND YOU CAN GIVE YOUR INPUT IF THAT IS OF INTEREST TO YOU.

UM, FOR OMNITRACS MEETING, UM, MOST OF THE MEETING WAS SPENT ON DISCUSSION OF AN AGREEMENT WITH, UM, THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AND OMNITRACS FOR A, UH, A TRANSIT CENTER.

AND THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION OF SOME LAND THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO, UM, LET SAN BERNARDINO LIKE USE, OR AT LEAST FROM US ANYWAYS, IT WAS VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE THE VOTE ENDED UP BEING A TIE.

AND WHEN THERE'S A TIE, THAT MEANS IT DOESN'T PASS.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WILL COME BEFORE US AGAIN.

I KNOW THE MAYOR, DONALD LIVIA IS WORKING HARD TO PUSH THAT THROUGH, SO IT MAY COME BEFORE US AGAIN, BUT FOR CLARIFICATION TO MY COLLEAGUES, UM, I, I VOTED NO.

OKAY.

SO, AND OMNI TRANS ON EARTH DAY, YOU CAN WRITE OUR BUSES FOR FREE WELL ON EARTH DAY, AND WE STILL HAVE, UM, SPECIAL RATES FOR STUDENTS IN CHINO HILLS THROUGH THE END OF MAY TO USE OUR MICRO TRANSIT, UM, ON-DEMAND SERVICE TO GET TO AND FROM SCHOOL, UM, AT A 50% OFF THE NORMAL RATE, IF YOU USE THE APP AND YOU CAN GO TO OMNITRACS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE PELTZMAN THE RAMP REGARDING OMNI RIOT.

HOW'S THAT GOING IN OUR CITY? THAT WAS GOING PRETTY GOOD.

I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S NOT AS ROBUST AS THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE MOSTLY DUE TO COVID AND IT WON'T BE HOME.

BUT NOW THAT I'M, UH, THAT SCHOOLS ARE BACK IN, UM, OMNITRACS STAFF IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE PRINCIPALS AND TO GET THE WORD OUT.

SO WHEN SCHOOL STARTS BACK UP AGAIN IN AUGUST, I'M EXCITED FOR, TO GIVE REPORTS ON HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE USING IT.

UM, AND ANYONE CAN USE IT, NOT JUST STUDENTS.

SO, AND WHAT DOES THAT SERVICE FOR THE COMMUNITY? IS IT A BUS SERVICE? WHAT IS IT? IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S A BUS IT'S AN ON DEMAND SERVICE.

SO IT'S AN APP THROUGH YOUR PHONE OR THROUGH THE COMPUTER AND, UM, IT'S ON DEMAND, SO THEY DON'T REALLY, THEY DON'T COME TO YOUR DOOR, BUT THEY'LL GO TO LIKE THE NEAREST PICKUP POINT.

USUALLY IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF OUR EXISTING BUS STOPS.

SO YEAH, IF THAT CLARIFIES IT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OKAY.

VERY COOL.

ALL RIGHT.

COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS, CHINO BASIN, DIESEL ANSWER AUTHORITY.

YES.

CDA BOARD MEETING A FEW ACTION ITEMS. ONE WAS, WE APPROVED A THREE YEARS EXTENSION TO OUR, FOR OUR NEW GM OR GM THAT WE'VE HAD FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.

NOW HE'S DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

SO WE GAVE HIM A BUMP IN SALARY AND ALSO EXTENDED HIS CONTRACT FOR THREE YEARS.

AS I MENTIONED, A COUPLE OTHER ACTION ITEMS WE APPROVED CONTRACTS HAVING TO DO WITH, UM, UH, PRODUCT AT THE, THE TWO FACILITIES, THE THREE FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE, UH, ALSO THEY'RE ADDING PIPELINES FOR THE SOUTH ARCHIBALD PLUME KOREAN CLEANUP PROJECT.

SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE WORKING THEIR WAY TO COMPLETE THAT PROJECT, ADDING BOOSTER, PUMPS, AND STATIONS, AND IT GETS VERY, A LOT OF MONEY IS BEING SPENT ON THESE PROJECTS.

BUT A LOT OF IT IS MONEY COMING FROM GRANTS, GRANT FUNDS FOR THE, UH, THE END USERS.

WE HAD A QUARTERLY REPORT ON THE OPERATIONS, WHICH WE HAVE, UM, UH, WE'RE DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB THERE.

THEY'RE PRODUCING.

UH, SOMETIMES EQUIPMENT GOES DOWN ENOUGH THAT IT DELAYS SOME OF THE OUTPUT FOR THE VARIOUS, UH, USERS.

THERE'S ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, SEVEN MEMBERS OF CDA.

AND SOMETIMES PRODUCTION IS DOWN, BUT WE'VE BEEN THE PAST THREE QUARTERS OF A YEAR.

THE DELIVERIES HAVE BEEN AT A HUNDRED PERCENT, SO THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD FROM THE CDA PERSPECTIVE.

AND I THINK THAT'S IT VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COUNCILLOR ROGERS COUNCIL MEMBER BENNET WANT TO KICK US OFF FOR

[ COUNCIL COMMENTS]

A COUNCIL COMMENTS? SURELY I'M GOING TO KICK IT OFF BY ASKING OUR CITY MANAGER TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT SOMETHING.

UH, YESTERDAY MORNING, UNFORTUNATELY WE HAD ANOTHER INCIDENT IN CARBON CANYON, UH, IN THE SWITCHBACKS INVOLVING A SEMI-TRUCK THAT WAS IN THERE, UH, AGAINST ADVICE.

UH, AND WE AS A COUNCIL ARE BEING BEAT

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UP BY CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT HOW ENACT, HOW WE ARE IGNORING THIS WHOLE, UH, SITUATION AND NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

AND, UH, OF COURSE WE KNOW WHAT THE REAL REASON IS, BUT I WOULD LIKE, UH, BEN TO, UH, REITERATE WHAT THE SITUATION IS WITH CALTRANS, UH, STATE HIGHWAY ONE 42, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS CARBON CANYON AND WHAT WE CAN OR CAN'T DO, UH, TO RELIEVE THESE KIND OF ISSUES.

SURE.

UH, I THANK YOU.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT.

I DO THINK IT'S WELL KNOWN BY A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS THAT, UH, THE ROAD IS A CALTRANS, UH, YOU KNOW, RESPONSIBILITY PROPERTY.

THEY HAVE AUTHORITY OVER THE ROADWAY.

UM, I KNOW THAT ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO LIVE IN THE AREA HAVE BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO IMPROVE SAFETY.

WE HAVE REACHED OUT DIRECTLY TO CALTRANS TO ASK FOR MODIFICATIONS TO, UH, THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS.

THEY'RE EVERYTHING FROM REQUESTING, UH, RESTRICTIONS FOR TRUCK TRAFFIC.

UH, WE'VE, WE'VE FUNDED, UH, STUDIES ON, UH, CITY, UH, RESOURCES IN ORDER TO PROVE OUR CASE WE'VE PROVIDED COMPELLING EVIDENCE, THAT THERE ARE CONCERNS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ADDRESSED.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S NOT OUR ROADWAY.

WE DON'T HAVE DIRECT CONTROL.

WE'VE LOBBIED AT ALL LEVELS, BOTH WITH STAFF AND COUNCIL MEMBERS GETTING DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH, UH, OFFICIALS TO TRY AND, UH, IMPRESS UPON, UH, THE POWERS THAT BE THAT THAT ROAD COULD USE SOME, UH, ATTENTION.

UM, RECENTLY WE'VE HAD DIALOGUE, UH, WITH CALTRANS REPRESENTATIVES.

THEY RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S AN ISSUE THERE.

UM, THE ISSUE THAT IS, UH, MOST AGREGIOUS IS IN THE S TURN WHERE I EVEN THOUGH TRUCKS ARE ALLOWED TO TRAVEL ON THAT ROADWAY.

I, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT TIGHT TURN, UH, FOR THE LARGER TRUCKS WITHOUT CROSSING THE DOUBLE YELLOW.

UH, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB OF MAKING EXTRA EFFORTS TO, UH, POLICE THE AREA IN ORDER TO, UH, HELP WITH SOME OF THE ISSUES THERE.

UH, WE CONTINUE TO GET REPORTS FROM THE COMMUNITY OF, UH, SPEEDING AND RACING IN THE AREA AND OUR DEPUTIES BOTH, UH, ON THEIR OWN ACCORD AND WORKING WITH THE CITY OF BRIA, UH, IN TRY TO ENFORCE, UH, THE, AS, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

UM, IT SHOULD BE A CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL I'LL WORK IN THE AREA, BUT I KNOW, UH, I DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE EVER SEEN ANYONE ON THAT ROADWAY.

THEY HAVE A LOT OF AREA TO PROTECT AND OUR DEPUTIES ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT SAFE, UH, FOR THOSE TRAVELERS.

UM, I SHARE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BENNET'S FRUSTRATION WHEN PEOPLE, UH, UH, DON'T RECOGNIZE THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE.

UH, THERE'S STILL A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE NOT IN CONTROL OF THE ROADWAY.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO PRESS THE ISSUE AND CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE CAN, UH, BUT ULTIMATELY, UH, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A CALTRANS TO COME UP WITH A, A SOLUTION, UH, AND IT WOULD PROBABLY BE A PRETTY BIG, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, MOVEMENT IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT, THAT ROADWAY SAFER.

SO, YEAH, IT'S CURRENTLY STILL DESIGNATED AS A TRUCK ROUTE, AS I UNDERSTAND IT.

AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S POSTED APPARENTLY ON BOTH ENDS, THAT IT'S NOT SUGGESTED OR ADVISED FOR VEHICLES OVER 50 FEET IN LENGTH OR WHATEVER THE DEFINITION IS.

UM, THAT'S ABOUT THE ONLY WARNING THERE IS, IS I UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND THE REASON I WANTED TO BRING IT UP IS JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE DOING SOMETHING WRONG OR NOT DOING SOMETHING AND WE DESERVE TO BE CHEWED OUT FOR IT, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHERE WE CAN STAND IT AND WE'LL MAKE THINGS DIFFERENT, BUT WHEN IT GETS TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THAT IS WE'RE EQUALLY AS FRUSTRATED ABOUT.

AND, UH, ONE REQUEST WAS THAT WE OUGHT TO TAKE THAT ROUTE.

I JUST HAPPENED TO BE ON THAT ROAD JUST AFTER THAT HAPPENED ON, ON A MONDAY MORNING.

AND SO I, I KNOW WHAT HAPPENS.

UH, WE'RE ALL AWARE OF IT AND WE WILL DO EVERYTHING, CONTINUES TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN.

SO I JUST WANTED TO GET THE WORD OUT THERE ONE MORE TIME THAT IT'S NOT THAT WE AREN'T DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

IT'S REALLY, TRULY IS SOMETHING WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT.

SO AT ANY RATE, UM, I REALLY HAD NO OTHER COMMENTS, BUT I DID WANT TO GET THAT OUT THERE, JUST SO THAT, UH, UM, PEOPLE HEAR THE REAL STORY AND THE REAL REASON.

ALL RIGHT.

SO THANK YOU.

THAT'S ALL.

I HAVE STATE HIGHWAY ONE 42.

ALL RIGHT.

COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN.

WELL, I TOOK THAT OFF MY LIST, SO I THINKS ART CAUSE I WAS GOING TO BRING THAT UP AS WELL.

THAT WAS PERFECT.

UM, LET'S SEE, I GOT THIS IN MY WATER BILL.

IT'S ABOUT OUR WATER SAVING PROGRAMS AND REBATES.

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I JUST WANTED TO REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT WE REALLY HAVE GREAT PROGRAMS AT THE CITY.

JAKE DOES A GREAT JOB.

SO WE ARE GOING TO BE WAITING FOR OUR SPRINKLER TIMER UPGRADE TO GET THOSE ITEMS, THE WIFI PROGRAMS. FANTASTIC.

YES.

WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M ANALOG GRANDMAS, SO, UM, THERE'S SMART HOME MONITORS.

THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THINGS.

SO IF YOU, IF YOU DON'T GET THIS IN THE MAIL, OR IF SOMEONE THREW IT AWAY, JUST VISIT THE, UM, CHINO HILLS.ORG BACK SLASH WATER SAVING PROGRAMS. SO WE HAVE THAT.

AND THEN I WANTED TO SPEAK JUST BRIEFLY ON, UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT BED.

AND I KNOW ROD HAD SET UP TOO.

SO I WANTED TO REMIND THE, UM, THAT RESIDENTS THAT WE HEAR ABOUT CODE ENFORCEMENT.

A LOT OF TIMES IT'S FOR LIKE, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTIAL VIOLATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT.

BUT I WANT TO REMIND RESIDENTS THAT AS YOU DRIVE THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY, AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU SEE THAT DOES NOT SEEM UP TO SNUFF OR OUR STANDARDS OF OUR CITY, THAT PLEASE CALL CODE ENFORCEMENT.

UM, BUT DON'T BOTHER CALLING ABOUT THE POST OFFICE BECAUSE THAT'S THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND NOTHING WILL HAPPEN WITH THAT.

GETTING CLOSE TO PULLING THE WEEDS MYSELF.

CAUSE IT JUST IS LOOKING AWFUL AGAIN.

SO BEN, WHAT IS A GOOD PHONE NUMBER FOR A RESIDENT TO CALL WHETHER I'M FOCUSING ON THE COMMERCIAL CENTERS RIGHT NOW? UM, IF PEOPLE SEE STUFF THAT THEY THINK SHOULD LOOK BETTER OR WHAT'S THE NUMBER? I DON'T KNOW THAT NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

SORRY, I DON'T HAVE MY PHONE ON ME.

I GUARANTEE YOU BEFORE WE CLOSE TONIGHT, I'LL HAVE THE NUMBER OF SOMEBODY IN THE BUILDING.

YEAH.

SO WE CAN SAY IT IN THE MEETING, BUT IT'S A, IT'S A TEAM PROCESS.

AND AS EVERYONE KNOWS, UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT IS IT'S REACTIVE.

IT'S REACTIVE USUALLY, BUT I'M ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS TO BE PROACTIVE.

AND IF YOU SEE SOMETHING I, YOU SHOULD CALL IT IN.

UM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE COMMERCIAL CENTERS OWNERS SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AS WELL TO KEEPING THEIR PROPERTY UP.

JUST LIKE OUR RESIDENTS, SUE, NOTHING ABOUT THAT HAS AN ANSWER.

SHE'S THAT'S IT.

OKAY.

UH, (909) 364-2757.

OKAY.

FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT.

THAT'S GREAT.

UM, IT'S NICE TO SEE OUR RESTAURANTS OPENING BACK UP INSIDE.

UM, WE WENT TO RESTAURANT, WHICH IS LIKE A PF CHANG'S ASIAN FUSION THE OTHER NIGHT FOR DINNER AND IT WAS DELICIOUS.

UM, IT'S BY BJ'S PIZZA.

JUST, IT JUST MADE ME REALIZE AGAIN, PLEASE SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL RESTAURANTS AND OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES.

THEY NEED OUR HELP.

IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DINE IN, YOU CAN DO THE TAKEOUT.

UM, WELCOME SAMANTHA JAMES, PRESS TWO, OUR FOUNDATION BOARD THAT PETER ANNOUNCED EARLIER.

SHE'S VERY PROFESSIONAL.

SHE'S JUST, SHE'S GREAT.

AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE HER, UM, BE ON OUR BOARD.

AND THIS IS PROBABLY A DANIEL QUESTION.

UM, WAS THERE CITY TREE TRIMMING LIKE IN THE LAST WEEK OR TWO ON SOCAL CANYON OR WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET FIGURE OUT BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF BUZZ ABOUT SOME TREE TRIMMING THAT OCCURRED.

AND UM, JUST LIKE WHAT ART WAS SAYING ABOUT CARBON CANON, IT JUST EXPLODED INTO SOMETHING THAT THE CITY CUTS TREES WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT WHAT'S NESTING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

AND I JUST WANTED TO REASSURE THE PUBLIC THAT, OF COURSE WE DO FOLLOW STRICT PROTOCOL WHEN ANY KIND OF MAINTENANCE OF LANDSCAPING, ESPECIALLY TREES DURING THE SPRING TIME.

AND I'D LIKE TO GET THAT KIND OF FROM YOU OF HOW WE HANDLE IT.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS US DOING THE TREE TRIMMING.

I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE SPECIFIC TREE TRIMMING THE CANYON, BUT I KNOW STAFF DOES A GREAT JOB IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE NOT IMPACTING ANY, ANY, ANY BIRDS.

WE DO ALL OF OUR VERIFICATION IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IS OUTSIDE OF THE BIRD SEASON.

HOWEVER, TREE TRIMMING GOES ON PRETTY MUCH YEAR ROUND, BUT THEY DO INSPECTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOTHING MESSING INDUSTRIES.

OKAY.

ANOTHER QUESTION THAT WAS RAISED THAT I COULDN'T ANSWER WAS IF A RESIDENCY'S A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR TRIMMING A TREE AND THEY'RE VIOLATING IF THERE'S SOME NESTING GOING ON, IT'S LIKE WE DON'T DO WE ENFORCE THAT AS A CITY OR WHO SHOULD THEY, COULD THEY CALL? THEY CAN CALL THE PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE AT (909) 364-2800.

AT THAT POINT WE'LL SEND THE RIGHT REPRESENTATIVE AUTHOR.

OKAY.

AND TALK TO THE CONTRACT.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS EVEN SOMETHING THAT WE GET INVOLVED WITH.

SO THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.

YES, WE WILL GET THEM OFF WITH IT.

OKAY, GREAT.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU, DANIEL.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS.

THANK YOU, SIR.

JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT OUR WAS TALKING ABOUT, UH, WITH TRUCK TRAFFIC REMINDED ME JUST ABOUT A MONTH AGO, COMING HOME FROM THE BRAND SIDE AND IN THE EVENING, AND IT'S APPROACHING THE S TURN CARS WHERE I'VE STOPPED.

IT WAS A MULTIAXIAL TRUCK MAKING THREE POINT TURNS BECAUSE IT WAS AT A COMPLETE STANDSTILL BECAUSE IT COULDN'T COMPLETE THAT TURN.

AND IT WAS MAKING THREE POINT TURNS UNTIL IT CAN STRAIGHTEN OUT AND COMPLETE IT.

AND EVERYBODY'S JUST SITTING THERE SHAKING THEIR HEADS.

PEOPLE WERE GETTING OUT, TAKING PHOTOS AT NIGHT BECAUSE THEY WERE SO HOW COULD THIS BE HAPPENING? WHY DON'T THESE TRUCK DRIVERS KNOW WHAT WHAT'S GOING ON? I DO KNOW WE APPROACHED AS WAS MENTIONED, UH, CALTRANS COUPLE OF YEARS AGO,

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AND WE MADE A REQUEST TO LIMIT THE SIZE OF THE VEHICLE, THE TRUCKS.

AND IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY AT THE TIME WE WERE DENIED OR IT DIDN'T GO ANY FURTHER, LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY.

RIGHT.

I THINK THERE'S JUST ONE, IS IT ONE HIGHWAY 42? BELIEVE IT OR NOT 52 IN CALIFORNIA.

YEAH.

THAT THEY HAVE THAT RESTRICTION IN PLACE.

SO WE THOUGHT WE'D HOPEFULLY, UM, APPEAL TO THEM WITH SOME SIMILAR CONCERNS.

BUT AT THIS POINT IT HASN'T BEEN APPROVED WHAT WE WILL WE'RE WE'RE, WE'RE PUSHING IT FOR SURE.

SO, UH, IT'S FRUSTRATING FOR ALL OF US, UH, THAT SHE SO MANY ACCIDENTS NOW AT THE ONE THAT TOOK PLACE THE OTHER DAY WAS TOTALLY UNAVOIDABLE.

I MEAN, TOTALLY AVOIDABLE.

IF THAT TRUCK HAD KNOWN IT, THAT'S TOO BIG FOR THAT PARTICULAR ROUTE.

UH, JOANNE, I MENTIONED TO YOU, AS I SAW YOU EARLIER, HE MAY WANT TO COME UP.

EVEN IF IT'S ONLY A TEN SECOND RESPONSE, THERE'S BEEN A WITH THINGS COMING BACK AND DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH, UM, WE ARE ADDING A MUCH NEEDED THIRD DOLLAR TREE TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO THERE'S BEEN QUESTIONS OUT THERE AND WE OBVIOUSLY DON'T CONTROL NECESSARILY WHO COMES INTO TOWN, UH, IN THAT REGARD.

BUT WE HAVE NOW THE THIRD DOLLAR TREE COMING INTO TOWN AND PEOPLE ARE SPECULATING.

WHAT'S UP? WHY DO WE HAVE SO MANY DOLLAR TREES IN TOWN? AGAIN, IT COULD BE A TEN SECOND RESPONSE, BUT I THOUGHT, I'D JUST ASK YOU THAT.

SURE.

IT'S, IT'S A RETAIL USE.

IT'S PERMITTED IN OUR COMMERCIAL CENTERS AND THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY DOING WELL IN CHINO HILLS.

AND SO THEY'RE OPENING A THIRD ONE.

I'M GLAD TO SEE IT'S SUCH A, NOT TO PUT DOWN DOLLAR TREE, BUT IT'S SUCH A MAJOR TAX DRIVER WHEN ALL THE PURCHASES ARE A DOLLAR OR TWO.

UH, SO IT'S, IT'S INTERESTING THAT SOME ENTITIES WOULD LOCATE $3 TREES IN ONE CITY.

IT'S JUST MAKE IT UP IN VOLUME, MAKE IT UP IN VOLUME.

THAT'S RIGHT.

WE ASKED WHY TWO LOWS TREES OR STORES WAY BACK THEN NORTHERN YEARS, YEARS AGO, NORTHERN LOWS AND SOUTHERN LOWS.

YEAH, YEAH.

WINTERED ABOUT THAT.

YEAH.

DEMOCRAT GRAPHICS SAID THAT IT COULD WORK.

SO, YEAH.

ANYWAY, IT'S JUST AN INTERESTING DYNAMIC THAT JUST SHOWS YOU THAT WE DON'T AS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND EVEN AS STAFF NECESSARILY OVERSEE WHO COMES INTO TOWN, UH, IT'S UP TO THAT DEVELOPER OR OWNER OF THAT PARTICULAR PRODUCT PROPERTY TO DETERMINE, DETERMINE WHAT'S A GOOD FIT.

UM, SOMETIMES THERE'S REGULATIONS THAT WE CAN, WE CAN STOP IT.

YES.

WHY WASN'T SURE IF THAT PARTICULAR DOLLAR TREE MAYBE THEY WERE GETTING THE LOWER RENT AT ANOTHER LA LOCATION, I THOUGHT WAS ONE OF THE LOCATIONS.

BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE $3 TREES AND PICK YOUR FAVORITE AND HAPPY SHOPPING, I SUPPOSE THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER RANCHERS, VICE MAN.

THANK YOU, MR. VICE MAYOR.

I'M GOING TO CHIME IN TOO ABOUT CARBON CANYON.

SO I APOLOGIZE OUT THERE.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT THE PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THREE YEARS AGO WE HAD COMMUNITY MEETINGS OVER AT WESTERN HILLS GOLF COURSE PERTAINING TO CARBON CANYON.

AFTER THAT MEETING, WE INITIATED ROAD STUDY, WE GOT THE CITY OF BRAN INVOLVED AND THAT TOOK LIKE ABOUT A YEAR FOR THEM TO BE INVOLVED WITH US TO MOVE FORWARD.

WE DID A ROAD STUDY.

THERE WERE SOME SUGGESTIONS THAT WERE MADE TO US IN OUR, OUR GOAL WAS TO ELIMINATE TRUCK TRAFFIC THROUGH CARBON CANYON.

AND THIS HAS TO BE DONE THROUGH LEGISLATION.

BUT IN ORDER TO GET TO THAT POINT, YOU NEEDED TO DO A ROAD STUDY, WHICH WE DID DO.

UM, CALTRANS LOOKED AT OUR STUDY AND BASICALLY, UM, FELT THAT THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS FIRST AND DANIEL, CAN YOU COME UP HERE FOR A SECOND? I'D ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS.

UM, THEY ARE DOING SOMETHING AT THE S TURNS.

I KNOW THEY WERE SERVING PROBABLY THE LAST THREE TO SIX MONTHS.

MY UNDERSTANDING THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME IMPROVEMENTS AT THE STR THAT'S CORRECT.

UM, WHEN WE APPROACHED CALTRANS, OUR INTENT WAS TO RESTRICT TRUCK TRAFFIC ALTOGETHER.

UM, CALTRANS PREFER TO TAKE A, UH, A STEP-BY-STEP APPROACH AND THEIR FIRST STEP WAS GOING TO BE TO LOOK INTO WIDENING THE S-CURVE TO, UM, TO PROVIDE A SAFE RETURN FOR, FOR TRUCK TRAFFIC.

UM, IF THAT IS SUCCESSFUL, UH, THEY FEEL THAT THAT HAS MET THE REQUIREMENTS.

IF THAT DOES NOT PROVE TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT THAT POINT, THEY'LL TAKE THE NEXT STEP AND APPROACH, UH, THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY TO TRY TO LIMIT TRAFFIC THROUGH LEGISLATION.

SO BASICALLY THINGS HAVE TO HAPPEN IN STEPS, CORRECT? CORRECT.

SO IT CAN'T JUST GO FROM A TO Z, RIGHT? WE HAVE TO GO IN BETWEEN LIKE VCD IN ORDER TO GET TO WHERE WE WANT IT.

WE'RE HOPING IN THE FUTURE, NO TRUCK TRAFFIC, CORRECT.

TO TAKE THOSE STEPS.

UM, AT THIS POINT, UM, WE PREFER TO GO STRAIGHT TO RESTRICTIONS, BUT THEY FELT THAT IT WAS

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BEST FOR, FOR CALTRANS AND THE, THE, UH, THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY TO TRY TO, UH, UH, TO GO STEP-BY-STEP.

OKAY.

ALSO THERE'S SOME WORK BEING DONE BY CALTRANS GENERALS PARKWAY.

CAN YOU ON THAT IN A LITTLE BIT? YES.

A CALTRANS IS CURRENTLY CONSTRUCTING A SIDEWALK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF CHINO HILLS PARKWAY, JUST EAST OF CARBON CANYON ROAD.

UH, THERE'S A LOT OF 750 FOOT SEGMENT OF SIDEWALK THAT, UM, THAT HAS A GAP.

SO THEY WILL BE FILLING THAT GAP.

AND THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, ONCE THEY FINISHED THERE, THEY WILL MOVE OVER TO, UH, FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD, UM, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHINOS PARKWAY, JUST WEST OF THE 71, UH, APPROXIMATELY ANOTHER 800 FEET, UH, GAP OF SIDEWALK.

THEY WILL BE FINISHING THAT GAP AND THE IMPROVE OUR SIDEWALK CONNECTIVITY THROUGH THE CITY.

JUST ONE LAST QUESTION, SINCE YOU'RE UP HERE, WE DON'T ALWAYS GET CONTACTED, RIGHT? LIKE CALTRANS SOMETIMES WILL NOT LET US KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO CLOSE DOWN A LANE AND DO SOME WORK.

IS THAT THAT'S CORRECT.

WE'VE REACHED OUT TO CALTRANS AND ASKED THEM TO LET US KNOW, NOTIFY US OF ANY PROPOSAL WORK IN THE CITY.

UM, IN THIS CASE THEY DID REACH OUT TO US AND LET US KNOW THAT THEY HAD A PROJECT GOING ON.

THEY WANTED US TO GO OUT AND, UH, MARK OUR UTILITIES, BUT THEY NEVER NOTIFIED US OF WHAT WORK WAS TAKING PLACE AND WHEN IT WOULD TAKE PLACE.

UM, BUT ONCE WE DO GET THE INFORMATION, WE TRY TO GET IT OUT TO THE PUBLIC AS A, AS SOON AS WE CAN.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WITH EDISON, UH, PUTTING IN NEW POLES WHERE THEY WERE SHUTTING DOWN THE LANE.

THAT'S CORRECT.

YES.

YEAH.

SO THANK YOU.

AS SOON AS YOU FIND OUT, I KNOW THAT YOU CAN GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC, BUT I WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW A LOT OF TIMES WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL YOU GUYS CALL US OR WE SEE IT.

CORRECT.

SO CAN I ASK HIM A QUESTION FOLLOW UP SINCE, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT S TURN IN PARTICULAR, DON'T WE HAVE ISSUES WITH NOT ONLY GRADE, BUT RADIUS AND LACK OF RIGHT.

OF WAY TO PHYSICALLY, UH, EXPAND THAT.

I MEAN, AREN'T THOSE, THE THREE BASIC THINGS THAT ARE, BECAUSE, I MEAN, IF YOU'RE COMING BACK TO CHINO HILLS FROM THE BRAY SIDE, UH, THAT ONE TURN, I MEAN, IT'S EVEN TOUGH IN A PASSENGER CAR.

UH, AND OF COURSE THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE SEMI GOING YES, OR ON MONDAY, YESTERDAY WAS THE TRUCK COMING UP THE OTHER WAY AND HITTING TOWARDS, UH, BRAY.

AND OF COURSE CAUGHT THAT CAR THAT WAS TRYING TO MAKE THAT TURN AND, YOU KNOW, PINNED IT UNDER ITS TRAILER.

SO, I MEAN, AREN'T THOSE, THE PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS THAT MAKE THAT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO ENHANCE OR TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE FOR LONGER TRAILERS.

AND THAT'S ONE THING THAT CULTURE IS, IS CURRENTLY LOOKING INTO, THEY'RE AWARE THAT THERE ARE SOME PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS, UH, IF THEY WERE TO IMPROVE THE S-CURVES, THEY WOULD NEED TO ACQUIRE SOME RIGHT AWAY, UM, ON BOTH ENDS OF A, OF THE TURN, BUT THAT'S, THAT'LL ALL BE ANALYZED AS PART OF THEIR STUDY.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, DANNY CITY MANAGER, PERTAINING TO WHAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE DID THE ROAD STUDY, THERE WASN'T A LOT OF DOCUMENTATION THAT WE HAVE PROBLEMS AT THE WESTERNS.

SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN KEEP BETTER RECORDS.

SO HOPEFULLY AS WE MOVE FORWARD ON THIS PROJECT WITH CALTRANS, THAT THIS DOCUMENTATION WILL COME UP.

SO BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A PROBLEM AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT DIDN'T SHOW LAST TIME THAT THERE WAS THAT MUCH OF A PROBLEM REGARDING, I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, ACCIDENTS, RECORDS PACKAGE.

OKAY.

YEAH.

IF WE CAN KEEP A TRACK ON THAT.

UM, ALSO JONATHAN, I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE MCCOY CENTER.

UH, THE CROWDS ARE OPENED, BUT THERE'S A SLIGHT PROBLEM.

AND AGAIN, I TALKED TO THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT THIS, AND THIS HAS TO DO, AS THE CROWDS ARE OPEN, UM, YOU, YOU LOCK THEM IN PLACE AND THEN YOU UNLOCK THEM, BUT THEN YOU LOCK IT.

SO YOU CAN'T LATCH THE GATE ONCE YOU WORK IN THE HORSE, INSIDE THE CORRAL.

SO AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN COME UP WITH SOLUTION TO THAT PROBLEM.

AND IF, IF WE CAN, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

UM, SLEEPY HALL, SLEEPY HOLLOW LIQUOR STORE.

WE HAD AN ISSUE WITH A TRAILER THERE THAT WAS LEFT THERE WITH A BUNCH OF TRASH AND JUNK THAT WAS THERE.

SO I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENED AS OF YET, BUT WE DID TALK TO THE NEIGHBORS.

THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS ARE KEEPING EYES ON THE LIQUOR STORE.

AND, UM, WE DID PUT SIGNS UP THERE AT THE LIQUOR STORE SIDE ABOUT NO DUMPING.

SO DID WE TAKE CARE OF THAT, UH, THAT TRAILER? AND I KNOW ROD'S HERE IN THE AUDIENCE.

I'M GONNA LOOK TO ROD.

I KNOW WE WERE MAKING ARRANGEMENTS TO HAVE THAT TOWED.

DID THAT OCCUR TODAY? WE'RE WORKING WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

THEY TALKED TO HIM TODAY.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS STILL TODAY, BUT IT WILL BE, I THINK CHIEF WALKER WOULD LIKE TO CHIME IN.

OKAY.

SO, UH, OUR, OUR POLICE CHIEF IS LETTING US KNOW THAT IT WAS TOWED TODAY.

THE POLICE CHIEF.

THANK YOU, POLICE CHIEF.

I APPRECIATE THAT, RON.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.

AND THEN THE LAST THING IS THE QUALITY OF LIFE MEETINGS.

I DID ATTEND ALL THREE OF THEM.

EXCELLENT.

IT'D BE REALLY, IT'S GOING TO BE NICE NEXT YEAR WHEN WE MEET IN PERSON.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS.

IT WASN'T MY COMMENTS.

THANK YOU, MR. VICE MAYOR.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK COMMENTS.

THANK YOU TO DANIEL AND STAFF.

UM, SLOWLY BUT SURELY THE SOUTHBOUND OFF-RAMP FROM

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THE 71 AT SOCAL CANYON IS SLOWLY, SLOWLY BUT SURELY GETTING THERE.

I KNOW I SAW THE CURB, UH, THE SIDEWALK, UH, GET POURED, SO THAT'S NICE.

AND THE SIGNAGE HAS BEEN CHANGED.

AND THANK YOU FOR BEING DILIGENT ON THAT.

IT'S NEVER FUN WHEN ONE OF THE ENTRANCES TO OUR CITY THAT'S USED, UH, LOOKS LESS THAN WHAT OUR, UH, OUR RESIDENTS EXPECT.

UH, JUST, YEAH, AGAIN, TO WHAT NICOLE MENTIONED, ENCOURAGED PEOPLE TO SIGN UP FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, A COMMUNITY CLEANUP, GO GET OUT THERE, GET SOME EXERCISE, YOU KNOW, CLEAN UP A, CLEAN UP WHAT YOU SEE.

WE ALL DRIVE PAST STUFF THAT WE NOTICE, SO LET'S GET TO WORK.

UM, AND THEN

[ ADJOURN IN MEMORIAM: Adjourn in memory of Chino Council Member, Mark Hargrove, who passed away on March 28, 2021, former Chino Valley Independent Fire District Board Member, Jim Espinosa, who passed away on March 31, 2021, and Chino Hills resident and Veteran Joe Bok, who passed away on April 6, 2021.]

SADLY, WE'LL BE, WE HAVE THREE ADJOURNING MEMORIES THIS EVENING.

UM, FIRST WE WILL BE A JOURNEY.

AND IN MEMORY OF MARK HARGROVE, UM, WHO PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 28TH, MARK WAS A LONG TIME CHINO VALLEY RESIDENT AND WAS A, UH, CURRENT, UH, CITY OF CHINO COUNCIL MEMBER.

HE WAS AN ADVOCATE FOR YOUTH SPORTS AND WAS COMMITTED TO NUMEROUS CHARITY OR CHARITABLE EVENTS.

MARK HAD SERVED IN THE U S AIR FORCE WHERE HE ACHIEVED THE RANK OF SERGEANT.

HE THEN WENT ON TO WORK FOR THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS.

20 OF THEM WERE AT THE CHINO INSTITUTE FOR MEN.

UM, AFTER RETURNING AS A LIEUTENANT, MARK SERVED ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF CHINO AND WAS LATER ELECTED TO THE CHINO CITY COUNCIL.

IN 2018, HE LEAVES A LASTING IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WILL CERTAINLY BE MISSED BY ALL OF US.

UM, OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHIES ARE TO HIS WIFE, TERRY AND THEIR FIVE CHILDREN.

AND THEN, UH, ANOTHER ONE THAT HITS CLOSE TO HOME, UH, WE'RE GOING TO BE A JOURNEY INTO MEMORY OF JIM ESPINOSA WHO HAD PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 31ST, 2021.

JIM WAS A RETIRED LONG BEACH FIREFIGHTER AND FORMER, FORMER LONG-SERVING DIRECTOR ON THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

HE WAS ELECTED FIRST IN 1997, WHERE HE SERVED AS A MEMBER FOR ALMOST 16 YEARS.

HE ALSO SERVED ON THE CHINO COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION AND THE STATE BOARD OF FIRE SERVICES.

WE EXTEND OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHIES TO HIS WIFE, BARBARA, THEIR THREE CHILDREN AND THEIR THREE GRANDKIDS, UH, RAY AND I BOTH SERVED ON THE FIRE BOARD WITH HIM AND HE WAS, HE WAS A GREAT, HE WAS A GREAT GUY.

I ALWAYS LIKED.

UH, MY FAMILY IS FROM LONG BEACH, SO I ALWAYS LIKED TALKING, TALKING LONG BEACH WITH HIM CAUSE HE KNEW ALL THE, ALL THE FUN SPOTS IN TOWN.

UM, SO HE WILL CERTAINLY BE MISSED.

AND THEN, UH, WE WILL BE A JOURNEY, UH, TONIGHT IN MEMORY OF JOE BOECK, UH, JOE PASSED AWAY APRIL SIX, 2021, JOE WAS AN ACTIVE VOLUNTEER IN OUR COMMUNITY AND SERVED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE VETERANS GROUP FOR THE 55 PLUS CLUB WHERE HE HELPED BRING THE MILITARY SERVICE MONUMENT TO THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY CENTER.

WE EXTEND TO JOE'S FAMILY, OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHIES AS WELL.

UH, CERTAINLY DO HIS WIFE, DIANE, THEN THEIR RECENTLY MARRIED DAUGHTER AND THEIR NEW GRANDSON.

SO WITH THAT, SADLY, WE WILL BE ENTERING IN THEIR MEMORIES.

THANK YOU.