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THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY FOR OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP.
MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU MIND TAKING ROLL MAYOR JOS, VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ OR COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT COUNCIL MEMBER BRIAN HERE.
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]
START THIS OFF WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
AND AT THIS TIME, WE'LL BE ASKING FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, MADAM CITY CLERK AT THIS TIME.
IF YOU WISH TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IN THE ZOOM APPLICATION OR DIAL STAR NINE BY YOUR PHONE.
I DO NOT SEE ANY HANDS RAISED AT THIS TIME.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[ WORKSHOP FISCAL YEAR 2021-22 BUDGET]
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL KICK THIS OFF.HAVE I KIND STOP EATING LIKE THIS EVERY YEAR, MR. MONTGOMERY, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.
UH, MY ESTEEM COLLEAGUES IN THE AUDIENCE AND THE RESIDENTS, UH, PARTICIPATING BY ZOOM.
UH, TODAY WE WILL BE WALKING THROUGH OUR, UH, PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
UH, WHAT WE TYPICALLY DO FOR THE PUBLIC JOINING US IS WE GO OVER THE HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR BUDGET.
AND THEN WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AFTER LOOKING, SAY FROM A 10,000 FOOT LEVEL, UH, TO GO THROUGH, UH, BY DEPARTMENT WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COUNCIL TO ASK FOR CLARIFICATION OR, UH, FOCUS ON, ON ANY GIVEN AREA.
AND SO I'LL START IT OFF BY WALKING THROUGH THE, UH, MACRO, UH, COMPONENTS OF OUR BUDGET.
UH, WE HAVE PARTICIPATING MEMBERS OF OUR VARIETY OF DEPARTMENTS, UH, WHO ARE THE REAL PEOPLE WHO DO THE HEAVY LIFTING, UH, FOR THIS BUDGET PROCESS.
UH, THEY'RE HERE TO PROVIDE BACKGROUND OR DETAIL FOR ANYTHING THAT COMES UP, UH, FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN AND STOP ME ALONG THE WAY, UH, ASK QUESTIONS.
UH, AND, UH, WITH THAT, I THINK WE WILL KICK IT OFF.
I ALWAYS LIKE TO START WITH OUR MISSION STATEMENT.
IT'S SOMETHING YOU'LL SEE IN ALL OF OUR DOCUMENTS AND WE HAVE IT AS, AS A GUIDING PRINCIPLE, BUT IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THOSE INTERESTING, UH, DOCUMENTS OR, OR, YOU KNOW, EDICTS AND THE FACT THAT EVERY YEAR IT SEEMS TO APPLY IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
AND I THINK WHAT'S WHAT, WHAT STRUCK ME MOST, UH, IMPORTANTLY THIS YEAR IN LOOKING THROUGH THIS WERE THREE KEY CONCEPTS, UH, YOU'LL SEE, IN THE TOP MISSION STATEMENT WHERE ON THE THIRD LINE, WE TALK ABOUT THE, UH, MAINTAINING THE AESTHETIC BEAUTY OF THE COMMUNITY, MAINTAINING, UH, OUR FAMILY ENVIRONMENT AND SAFETY.
I THINK, UH, WHEN YOU'VE HAD FIRES AND PANDEMICS AND YOU HAVE, UH, REQUIREMENTS TO, TO LOOK AT HOUSING IN YOUR CITY, UH, THESE ARE KEY CORE PRINCIPLES THAT GUIDE US, YOU KNOW, WE MAKE SURE WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE.
UH, WE WANNA MAINTAIN THE, THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND CHINO HILLS.
AND SO AS YOU DEVELOP A BUDGET, A BUDGET IS REALLY YOUR WORK PLAN.
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO SPEND THE MONEY? HOW ARE YOU GOING TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO, UH, THE CITIZENRY? AND SO THAT KEY CONCEPT PULLED FROM OUR MISSION STATEMENT IS SOMETHING THAT RESONATED WITH ME THIS YEAR.
UM, WE ALSO TALK ON THE LAST LINE OF THE MISSION STATEMENT ABOUT ALWAYS PRESENTING THE COUNCIL, UH, WITH A VIABLE FINANCIAL PLAN, UH, THAT WAS STRESSED EVEN MORE SO THROUGHOUT THIS FISCAL YEAR, AS A RESULT OF, UH, THE IMPACTS WE FELT FROM THE PANDEMIC THIS TIME, LAST YEAR, WE WERE LOOKING AT PROJECTIONS FOR WHERE WE THOUGHT, UH, THE PANDEMIC WOULD IMPACT US.
WE KNEW IT WOULD CHANGE OUR PROGRAMS. WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW LONG WE ANTICIPATED IT WOULD IMPACT OUR REVENUE STREAMS, AND ALSO IMPACTED THE WORK PLAN.
I'LL, I'LL DRILL INTO A LITTLE MORE DURING THIS BUDGET PROCESS AS WELL.
TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT YOU WITH A COMPLETE BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMING JULY THROUGH JUNE OF NEXT YEAR.
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IT'S, IT'S ALSO A LIVING DOCUMENT.IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ADJUST.
UH, WE HAVE FORMAL MEETINGS, QUARTERLY.
UH, I WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND THEY WORK WITH THEIR TEAMS TO MASSAGE, UH, THE WORK PLAN BECAUSE YOU CAN MAKE A GREAT PLAN AND THEN YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO BE FLUID AND ADJUST TO THE MARKET CONDITIONS.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS, UH, DEFINITELY STRESSED, UH, IN THIS YEAR, LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
AND WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT CLEARER CRYSTAL BALL FOR THIS YEAR, BUT, BUT YOU JUST NEVER KNOW.
AND SO, UH, THE LAST POINT I WANTED TO MAKE IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE VALUES THAT WE POINT OUT IN OUR MISSION STATEMENT AND VALUES, WE TALK ABOUT THE COMMITMENT THAT COMES FROM BOTH THE COUNCIL AND STAFF.
WE TALK ABOUT THE PEOPLE AND EMPLOYEES AND THE PROFESSIONALISM IN ONE THING EVEN PRIDES ON THERE.
ONE THING THAT I'M VERY PROUD OF IS HOW OUR TEAM, OUR STAFF, OUR COUNCIL, HOW WE ADJUST IT IN A UNPRECEDENTED.
I KNOW WE'RE ALL A LITTLE TIRED OF THAT, THAT, THAT WORD, BUT IN THIS PAST YEAR, MORE THAN ANY, WE'VE SEEN OUR TEAMS BE FLEXIBLE AND CHANGE THEIR WAY OF DOING IN ORDER TO SERVE THE PUBLIC.
MANY CITIES ARE STILL STRUGGLING TO GET THEIR STAFF BACK INTO THE BUILDING.
OUR TEAM CAME BACK JUNE 1ST, YOU KNOW, WE MODIFIED OUR WORK SCHEDULES.
WE MODIFIED OUR WORKPLACE, UH, BUT AT A TIME WHEN THE WORLD WAS QUITE FEARFUL OF THE WORKPLACE, OUR TEAM ROLLED UP THEIR SLEEVES AND THEY CAME BACK AND THEY SERVE THE PUBLIC.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK IS QUITE NOTEWORTHY.
THE LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM SHOWN BY OUR TEAM, THE DEDICATION, UH, IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, I I'M VERY PROUD TO BE ASSOCIATED.
THE FIRST SLIDE I WANT TO PRESENT IS INFORMATION ABOUT HOW OUR QUARTERLY BUDGET UPDATE, UH, PROGRAM, UH, ADJUSTED AND INFORMED THE COUNCIL ABOUT IMPACTS RELATED TO COVID 19.
UH, YOU CAN SEE IN THIS SLIDE, UH, A VARIETY OF LARGE SCALE MOVES THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE OF COVID, UH, WITH THE LIMITED, UH, INTERACTION WITH THE PUBLIC, OUR PASSPORT SERVICE WAS, UH, FIRST SUSPENDED AND THEN LATER REDUCED.
AND RE-IMAGINED IN THE WAY WE SERVED, UH, WE HAD, UH, DRAMATIC FACILITY CLOSURES THAT ONLY NOW ARE WE FINALLY REOPENING EVERYTHING.
UH, WE WERE BLESSED WITH SOME, UH, UH, MONEY, UH, FROM, UH, THE STATE COUNTY AND THE FEDS THAT, THAT HELPED US, UH, WEATHER, THE STORM OF REDUCED REVENUE.
UH, AND, UH, WE ALSO HAD MONEY THAT THE COUNCIL DIRECTED TO REPURPOSE AND RATHER THAN USE FOR OPERATIONS TO PUT IN THE HANDS OF OUR BUSINESSES THROUGH OUR GRANT PROGRAMS. THIS SLIDE HERE IS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF SHOW WHERE THOSE MOVING PIECES WERE, WHETHER IT WAS THE CARES ACT, INFRASTRUCTURE MONEY THAT WE GOT FROM THE COUNTY THAT WE INVESTED IN, UH, IMPROVING OUR FACILITIES TO BE ABLE TO BETTER, UH, INTERACT REMOTELY, TO PUT IN SAFETY PROTOCOLS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, IN RECOGNITION OF THE FACT THAT OUR RESIDENTS WOULD BE HOME DUE TO SCHOOL CLOSURES OR WORKPLACE CLOSURES, WE SUSPENDED OUR, UH, STREET SWEEPING, UH, ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH HAD A HIT TO OUR REVENUE, WHICH IS REFLECTED IN THE SEVENTH, UH, SECOND QUARTER.
UM, WE HAD, UH, SOME, UH, SURPRISING INCREASES ALONG THE WAY.
WE KNEW THAT PROPERTY TAXES IN THIS PARTICULAR, UH, DOWNTURN WEREN'T IMPACTED BY, UH, THE CORONAVIRUS AS, AS WHICH WAS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE SAW IN 2008, NINE, 10, UH, WHEN REAL ESTATE WAS PART OF THAT ECONOMIC DOWNTURN.
BUT SO WE ADJUSTED WHERE, WHERE WE BUMPED UP THE REVENUE, IF WE KNEW IT WAS COMING IN, AND WE SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL, THE ADJUSTMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH CHANGES IN EXPENDITURES.
AND SO THIS, UH, SLIDE BASICALLY SUMMARIZES WHERE WE ARE AS OF OUR THIRD QUARTER, WE'LL STILL HAVE SOME ADJUSTMENTS ALONG THE WAY TO CLOSE OUT THE FISCAL YEAR.
THE FINAL, UH, FISCAL YEAR WILL BE, UH, PRESENTED WHERE WE STAND AT PROBABLY AROUND SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER AS NORMAL.
UH, AND, BUT IT'S, IT'S A GOOD KIND OF SNAPSHOT OF SOME OF THE BIG ITEMS THAT HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE PANDEMIC SPECIFIC TO THE PANDEMIC.
SO, UH, THIS WAS CITY MANAGER.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION AND IT'S PERTAINING TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
I KNOW WE DID THIS LAST YEAR, AND I KNOW AS A ONE COUNCIL MEMBER, I WAS REAL CONCERNED ABOUT DEVELOPMENT AS FAR AS PERMIT FEES COMING INTO THE CITY.
AND WE WERE PRETTY, UM, ANTICIPATING THAT WE WERE GOING TO STILL MOVE FORWARD AND IT WASN'T GONNA BE THAT BIG OF A HIT.
SO THIS HIT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE THIRD QUARTERS.
THIS IS A RUNNING TOTAL, OR IS THIS STRICTLY
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JUST THE THIRD QUARTER OF THE YEAR FOR THE YEAR? SO IT'S RUNNING TOTAL, CORRECT.OUR NEXT SLIDE WALKS US THROUGH THE ORG CHART FOR THE CITY.
AND FOR ME, THIS SERVES, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR RESIDENTS WHO MAY NOT KNOW HOW A CITY OPERATES.
THIS IS, IS ESSENTIALLY A ROADMAP OF HOW THINGS GET DONE.
ULTIMATELY, WE ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.
UH, OUR CITIZENS CONTROL THE CITY BY THEIR VOTE IN ELECTING THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE CITY COUNCIL PROVIDES POLICY DIRECTION TO ALL OF THE STAFF THAT WORK, UH, UH, BENEATH THEM, UH, WORKING WITH THEM.
UH, OUR, WE ALSO HAVE THE LUXURY OF THREE COMMISSIONS THAT ALSO PROVIDE INPUT TO THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS FOR THE COUNCIL, OUR PARKS AND REC COMMISSION, UH, FOCUSES, UH, OBVIOUSLY ON, ON PARKS RECREATION, UH, UH, PROGRAMMING IN THOSE AREAS.
OUR PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HELPING US MAINTAIN, UH, THE QUALITY OF OUR, OUR, OUR BUSINESS AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES.
AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION IS FOCUSED ON ALL OF THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE, UH, IN PUBLIC AREAS ASSOCIATED WITH, WITH OUR PROGRAMS. UH, WE HAVE A CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THAT HELPS US WITH THE LEGAL MATTERS.
THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT, TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, PROGRAMMING AND INTERNAL FUNCTIONS, LIKE RISK MANAGEMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT ALSO CARRY OUT THE CITY'S, UH, MISSION, WHETHER IT'S OUR CLERK'S OFFICE PROCESSING AND TRACKING ALL OF OUR DOCUMENTS AND WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AS, UH, BROUGHT UP INITIALLY BY VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ.
THIS IS THE DEPARTMENT THAT DOES A LOT OF OUR CODE AMENDMENTS, WHICH WE SAW A LOT, UH, OCCURRED THIS YEAR, BUT ALSO THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR WORKING WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, ANY, UH, TO, UH, SHEPHERD, EVERYTHING FROM BUILDING INSPECTIONS TO, UH, DEVELOPMENT OF, UH, PROPERTIES.
THEY ARE TAKING THE LEAD ON OUR RENA PROCESS.
UH, COMMUNITY SERVICES IS THE DEPARTMENT OF FUN.
UH, SO, UH, THIS YEAR THEY FOUND A WAY TO DO A LOT MORE, UH, FUN REMOTELY, BUT ALSO THEY INTERACT WITH ALL OF OUR SPORTS GROUPS AND PARKS, OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT, UH, TRACKS WHERE THE MONEY GOES AND WORKS WITH OUR VARIETY OF, UH, FUNDING MECHANISMS AND HELPS THE DEPARTMENT WITH THEIR EXPENDITURES.
AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS VERY LARGE IN THE FACT THAT IN ADDITION TO THE, UH, WATER PROGRAM AND THE SEWER PROGRAM AND THE STREET PROGRAM, THEY'RE ALSO OUR ENGINEERING FOCUS AND OUR PARKS AND OPEN SPACES.
AND I JUST TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO GO THROUGH THIS, ESPECIALLY FOR THE RESIDENTS, IS THAT THIS IS A GOOD TOOL, UH, BECAUSE THE BUDGET CAN BE A DAUNTING, LARGE, UH, DOCUMENT.
THIS'LL GIVE YOU AN, A GLIMPSE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE DEPARTMENTS, SO THAT YOU KNOW WHO TO REACH OUT TO, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING, OR IF YOU WANT TO DIVE DEEPLY INTO WHERE THE MONEY IS BEING SPENT, THIS WILL WALK YOU THROUGH, UH, HOW THAT GETS IMPLEMENTED IN THE CITY.
SO NOW, WELL, LET'S START WITH OUR NUMBERS, UH, IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, OUR TOTAL REVENUES, UH, FOR RIGHT, THE ENTIRE OPERATION IS ROUGHLY $138 MILLION, UH, FOCUSING ON THE LARGEST SLICES OF THIS PIE, UH, CHARGES FOR SERVICES, WHICH REPRESENTS OUR WATER AND, UH, AND, UH, SEWER AND, UH, OPERATIONS.
UH, MOSTLY, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT $57 MILLION ROUGHLY OF THAT ONE 37, OUR NEXT LARGEST, UH, SLICE, UH, MOST OF OUR RESIDENTS WA WILL GET IS THE PROPERTY TAX.
UH, THIS, UH, IS EVERYTHING FROM OUR PARCELS ARE L AND L ASSESSMENTS STREET SWEEPING, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT FOR US TO POINT OUT THAT WHILE THIS LOOKS LIKE A VERY LARGE NUMBER, WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THE ACTUAL DOLLAR, YOU'RE PAYING TO, UH, YOUR PROPERTY TAXES, THE CITY GETS A VERY SMALL PORTION OF THAT 1%.
AND SO, UH, WE, UH, ARE GREAT STEWARDS OF THAT MONEY AND WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN.
UH, BUT, UH, I THINK, UH, WHEN YOU COMPARE US TO SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES WE DON'T GET AS LARGER SHARE.
SO, UH, WE JUST CALL THAT OUT.
UH, IN ADDITION, WE HAVE SALES AND USE TAX, AND THAT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST, UH, SURPRISES THROUGH THE COVID PROCESS IS THAT, UH, ORIGINALLY WE PROJECTED THAT, THAT SALES TAX WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED AND THAT'S PROVING OUT TO NOT BE AS, AS DRAMATIC AS WE THOUGHT, UH, WHEN PEOPLE WERE HOME, THEY WERE STILL SHOPPING, EVEN
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THOUGH SOME OF OUR BUSINESSES HAD TROUBLE INTERACTING WITH THEIR CUSTOMERS IN PERSON, MANY OF THEM FOUND WAYS TO PIVOT AND STILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, SERVICES.SO, UH, WHAT THAT HOUR AND I'LL CALL FOR OUR AUDIENCE TO RECALL, UH, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT 137, ONE $38 MILLION IN REVENUE, OUR PROGRAM FOR, UH, SPENDING IS 147 MILLION.
AND I ALWAYS PICK UP WHEN I SEE THIS, BECAUSE I WANT THE BUDGETS TO BALANCE, UH, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN OUR GENERAL FUND, UH, OPERATION, UH, BUDGET, BUT HERE, UH, THE BEST WAY I CAN DESCRIBE IT IS EVERY YEAR WE HAVE REVENUE COMING IN AND WE DON'T ALWAYS SPEND EVERY DIME OUT OF ALL OF THE PROGRAM AREAS.
AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS BASICALLY THE, THE CULMINATION OF WORK THAT HAS BEEN PLANNED OVER MULTIPLE YEARS.
THAT'S BEEN SAVED FOR OVER MULTIPLE YEARS, ACTUALLY BEING EXECUTED THIS YEAR.
SO, UH, THE IMBALANCE IS ACTUALLY BECAUSE THE ONE 37 SHOWS YOU WHAT WE ANTICIPATE TO COME THIS YEAR.
UH, BUT WE DON'T ALWAYS SPEND EVERY DIME THAT COMES IN.
AND SO THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHERE MORE WORK WILL BE DONE THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE, UH, SAVINGS I'LL CALL IT.
YOU CAN SEE IN THIS GRAPH, WE'RE POINTING OUT THAT OF THE $147 MILLION IN TOTAL EXPENDITURES.
PUBLIC WORKS ACCOUNTS FOR 43% OF THAT.
A LOT OF THAT IS IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF, UH, OUR, UH, OPERATIONS AND SEWER WATER, OPEN SPACES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE 21%, UH, PREDOMINANTLY IS OUR, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, EXPENDITURE.
AND WE'LL GO INTO THAT A LITTLE MORE DETAIL IN THE GENERAL FUND, UH, UH, EXAMPLE, AND THEN FINANCE, UM, PRIMARILY THIS IS REPRESENTED BY OUR IMPACT FEES AND OUR CFDS.
SO, UH, ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT THIS IS BY, UH, CATEGORY, UH, VERSUS BY, UH, DEPARTMENT, UH, SALARIES AND BENEFITS ONLY ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT 18% OF THIS.
AND THE LION'S SHARE IS ASSOCIATED WITH OUR, UH, OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, THE ACTUAL, UH, WORK BEING DONE, UH, OUTSIDE OF THE PEOPLE DOING THE WORK.
BEN, I THINK ONE FOR THE PUBLIC INFORMATION, ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT THIS EXPENDITURE OF $147 MILLION VERSUS THE $137 MILLION OF CURRENT YEAR'S ANTICIPATED REVENUES IS THAT THERE'S CASH BALANCE EACH YEAR WHEN WE HAVE A BUDGET AND WE DON'T SPEND EVERYTHING TO SEND IT BECAUSE SOME OF THESE, UH, ITEMS GO OVER A OF YEARS, THE $10 MILLION DIFFERENCE ON THIS IS ACTUALLY THE AGGREGATE.
AND IT MAY BE A ONE OR TWO YEAR ENDING CASH BALANCE THAT WASN'T EXPENDED DURING THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR.
SO I THINK IF THEY LOOK AT IT THAT WAY, THEN IT'S A LITTLE EASIER TO COMPREHEND THAT THAT 147 IS REALLY $10 MILLION BASICALLY OF CASH BALANCE THAT WILL BE THERE FROM PRIOR YEARS, THAT WAS NOT EXPENDED.
AND IN SOME CASES WE INTENTIONALLY SAVE THAT MONEY UNTIL IT GETS TO A LEVEL THAT WE CAN DO A PROJECT.
THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER, I HAVE A QUESTION.
UH, REGARDING POLICE OR CONTRACT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PIE HERE, IT'S NOT SALARIES AND BENEFITS, NOT JUST FOR EMPLOYEES, BUT THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH THE POLICE SERVICES OR POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT WOULD BE UNDER OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.
SO WHERE WE PUT, MOST OF OUR FOCUS IS IN OUR GENERAL FUND, UH, PROGRAM, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC, THIS IS YOUR CHECKBOOK.
THIS IS YOUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT, BUT THIS IS THE OP YOUR AUNT, YOUR BUDGET MONTH TO MONTH.
THIS IS WHERE, UH, WE HAVE THE MOST FLEXIBILITY.
THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE THE MOST CONTROL.
UH, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THIS IS A REDUCED NUMBER FROM THE $137 MILLION.
THIS IS OUR 47, UH, ROUNDING UP A MILLION DOLLAR, UH, OPERATION, UH, LOOKING AT THE REVENUE HERE.
YOU CAN SEE, UH, PROPERTY TAX A MUCH LARGER PROPORTION OF THIS, BECAUSE THAT IS A GENERAL FUND COMPONENT VERSUS THE TOTAL OPERATING FUNDS.
OUR PROPERTY TAXES ARE EVERYTHING FROM, YOU KNOW, SECURED PROPERTY, YOUR VLF, UH, VEHICLE LICENSE FEE, UH, ASSOCIATED, AND, UM, OTHER UNSECURED PROPERTIES.
IF YOU'VE GOT A BOAT HELICOPTER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT'LL BE HERE, UH, SALES AND USE TAX.
UH, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS WHERE OUR BUSINESSES MAKE A HUGE CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, OUR RESONANCE IN THEIR EXPENDITURES, EVEN ONLINE GET CAPTURED A YEAR.
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UM, IT'S JUST AS A, AS, AS, AS A SNIPPET AND YOU'LL SEE IT IN OUR BUDGET DOCUMENT, UH, OUR TOP 25 SALES TAX PRODUCERS IN THE CITY ACCOUNT FOR 65% OF THAT SLICE OF THE PIE.AND SO, UH, THE, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, I KNOW OUR COUNCIL DIRECTLY, UH, TRIES TO ENCOURAGE, UH, BUSINESS.
UH, THIS IS WHERE, UH, THE MORE VIBRANT OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY IS THE MORE, UH, THE CONTRIBUTION IS TO OUR BUDGET.
UH, CHARGES FOR SERVICES CAN BE FEES ASSOCIATED WITH PERMITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
JUST TO GIVE YOU A SNIPPET OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE, WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, 49% OF THAT IS IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, BUT AS WE'VE STARTED TO UNPACK THIS, UH, THAT CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE BUDGET IS 23,000,016 AND A HALF OF THAT IS THE PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, CONTRACT.
AND I KNOW THE COUNCIL, UH, LIKES TO, UH, DELVE PRETTY DEEP INTO THIS, AND WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY IN, UH, THE BUDGET, I MEAN, IN THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL BUDGET, BUT, UH, IT, IT IS A TRUE VALUE IN, UH, IN THE CITY.
AND AS YOU SEE THROUGH OUR MISSION STATEMENT, UH, SAFETY IS, IS A KEY COMPONENT OF WHAT WE DO.
UH, IN ADDITION, UH, LOOKING AT OUR PUBLIC WORKS OPERATION.
UH, MANY OF THE PROGRAMS HERE ARE NOT SUPPORTED BY, UH, ENTERPRISE FUNDS, SUCH AS WATER OR SEWER, BUT WE ALSO HAVE OUR ENGINEERING AND OUR FACILITIES AND OUR, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, PROGRAMS ARE ALL IN THAT 18% THERE.
ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE FOCUS PRETTY HEAVILY ON HERE IN CHINO HILLS THROUGH THE COUNCIL'S POLICY DIRECTION IS, IS A STEWARD SHIP MIND SET WHERE, UH, BUDGETS, EBEN FLOW, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY CAN GROW AND IT CAN SHRINK.
AND THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN DILIGENT ABOUT, UH, STAYING THE COURSE AND IN A FLUSH YEAR, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO SPEND EVERY DIME IN A LEAN YEAR.
WE'RE DILIGENTLY CUTTING, UH, OUR OPERATIONAL COSTS WHERE WE CAN, BUT WE HAVE THE BENEFIT OF A RESERVE OR IN, IN MOST OF OUR PERSONAL LIVES, THIS WOULD BE OUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT.
UM, ONE OF THE KEY POINTS TO MAKE HERE IS THAT WHEN YOU HAVE GOING BACK A 46, $47 MILLION TOTAL OPERATING, UH, GENERAL FUND BUDGET TO HAVE $47 MILLION SET ASIDE FOR THE RAINY DAY, UH, IS, IS A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT.
NOT EVERY DIME IN THIS THOUGH, UH, IS, UH, OPEN TO, UH, BE SPENT IN ANY GIVEN WAY AND SOLVE FOCUS ON FIRST, THE, UH, SPECIFIC AREAS WHERE WE'VE, UH, THROUGH THE COUNCILS, UH, POLICY DIRECTION, EARMARK THESE DOLLARS FOR SPECIFIC STORMS, I'LL CALL IT.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, MANY REZ, MANY RESIDENTS, MANY PEOPLE ARE AWARE THAT THERE ARE PENSION CONCERNS ASSOCIATED WITH PUBLIC SECTOR, UH, PENSION PROGRAMS. UH, WE HAVE ONE OF THE BETTER PROGRAMS HERE, UH, THROUGH THE COUNTY, UH, AS OPPOSED TO PURS, WHICH MOST PEOPLE ARE, ARE ASSOCIATED WITH.
UH, HOWEVER, THIS COUNCIL DILIGENTLY SET ASIDE, UH, 12% OF THIS, UH, UH, GENERAL FUND RESERVE, SPECIFICALLY TO ADDRESS ANY, UH, ISSUES WE MAY HAVE WITH THE FUNDING OF PENSIONS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL, THE COSTS THAT, UH, WE MAY HAVE TO ABSORB OVER THE YEARS.
SO THERE'S $5.7 MILLION PUT ASIDE OF THIS 47 FOR THAT SPECIFIC PURPOSE.
UM, WE HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS IN CHANGE, UH, FOR OUR GENERAL LIABILITY.
UH, THE CITY DOES A FANTASTIC JOB OF, OF MAINTAINING A SAFE CITY, WHICH, WHICH LEADS TO LOWER THAN AVERAGE CLAIMS. UH, BUT YOU'D NEVER KNOW WHEN, UH, SOMETHING BIG COULD HIT.
UH, IT COULD BE SOME OTHER, UH, ORGANIZATION THAT THE POOL EXPERIENCES, A LARGE, UH, UH, UM, LARGE SETTLEMENT.
AND SO WHAT THIS COUNCIL HAS DONE IS SET ASIDE A LITTLE CUSHION, UH, FOR IF THOSE RATES, UH, VARY DRAMATICALLY.
WE WOULD HAVE A, ANOTHER BUCKET TO PULL FROM, UH, LOOKING AT THE BIG PURPLE SLICE OF THE PIE.
UH, OUR UNRESTRICTED RESERVES, UH, ARE THE AREAS, THE, THE, THE UNSPOKEN
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FOR SAVINGS ACCOUNT THAT WE COULD USE FOR, UH, ANYTHING OUT THERE.UH, LAST YEAR, THAT AMOUNT WAS ROUGHLY 84%.
UH, WHAT WE'VE DONE DIFFERENTLY THIS YEAR IS IN ORDER TO CLARIFY WHAT A UNRESTRICTED A RESERVE IS.
WE'VE ADDED THE NEW CATEGORY OF ADVANCES, ULTIMATELY WHEN DEVELOPING, UH, UH, THE CITY'S BUDGET TWO OR SO YEARS AGO, I'LL LOOK TO KRISTA, YOU CAN CORRECT ME.
UH, THE COUNCIL WANTED TO INVEST IN OUR STREETLIGHTS.
AND SO WE ESSENTIALLY LOAN THAT, UH, PROGRAM TO PURCHASE THE STREET LIGHTS FROM, UH, ADDISON.
AND SO WE, UH, ARE RECOVERING THE COST OF PURCHASING THOSE STREETLIGHTS AND REPAYING, THE GENERAL FUND, WHAT THIS ADVANCE SLICE SHOWS IS OUR PROGRESS TOWARD REPAYING THAT, THAT, UH, THAT, UH, OBLIGATION TO OURSELVES FOR, UH, STREETLIGHTS.
SO WHILE IT LOOKS LIKE OUR RESERVES HAVE GONE DOWN TO 78, ACTUALLY WHEN YOU ADD THE TWO OF THEM TOGETHER, WE'RE RIGHT BACK AT 85%.
SO WE, WE HAVEN'T REALLY CHANGED.
WHAT'S THE TIMEFRAME FOR THOSE ADVANCES ACTUALLY GOING AWAY.
I CAN DO CHRIS, DID YOU RECALL, UH, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR MAY RECALL IF NOT PUBLIC WORKS MAY KNOW THE TIME, THERE'S NOT A SET TIMEFRAME IT'S BASED ON, THEY HAVE TO KEEP THEIR BUDGET FLATLINE FOR STREET COSTS.
SO THE SAVINGS EACH YEAR GOES TOWARDS PAYING IT BACK.
SO, YEAH, THERE'S NO SET, LIKE SCHEDULE BALLPARK IT.
WHAT WOULD YOU THINK? PASS IT FASTEST? WHAT'S MY NUMBER OUT THERE, LIKE 12 YEARS OR SEAN, OR JARED SEVEN TO EIGHT, SORRY, JARED, WHO RAN THAT PROGRAM? SEVEN.
HOW TYPICAL IS IT FOR A CITY TO HAVE THIS MUCH MONEY IN TERMS OF YOUR GENERAL FUND? ACTUALLY IN RESERVES IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT TYPICAL.
UH, OFTEN, UH, CITIES HAVE POLICIES ON WHAT SIZE THEIR, THEIR GENERAL FUND RESERVES SHOULD BE.
I THINK A COMMON WOULD BE SOMETHING ALONG THE LINE OF 25%.
UH, SOME CITIES, USUALLY SMALL CITIES, USUALLY NEW CITIES TEND TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, 50 ISH PERCENT, UH, BUT IT IS NOT COMMON FOR, FOR A CITY TO HAVE THIS.
UM, WE, WE SAVE IT FOR A REASON THOUGH.
YOU KNOW, ANY NUMBER OF BIG ITEMS COULD HAPPEN.
WE'RE A FAIRLY YOUNG CITY, TY AS TIME GOES, WE'LL, WE'LL FIND MORE AREAS TO INVEST MONEY AND WE'LL HAVE LESS, UH, OF A SURPLUS TO MOVE TOWARD, UH, OUR RESERVES.
BUT NOW IT IS NOT COMMON TO HAVE SOMETHING AT THIS LEVEL.
AND WHAT PERCENT IS THAT THE GENERAL FUND OR THE RESERVES IS AT THE, DID YOU SAY ARE ALREADY, IT'S ROUGHLY 84, 85% WHEN YOU TAKE THE ADVANCES AS WELL, BUT YOU, YOU KNOW, TO THE, TO CHRIS'S POINT AND JARED'S CLARIFICATION AS WELL AS WE MAKE THESE PAYMENTS, THAT'S WHEN IT SHIFTS OVER TO GENERAL.
SO EVEN IF FOR SOME POLICY DIRECTION, WE NEVER PAID BACK THAT LOAN TO OURSELVES, WE'D STILL BE SITTING ON WHAT MOST CITIES WOULD SAY IS PROBABLY THREE TIMES A HEALTHY LEVEL OF RESERVES.
SO WE'VE BEEN REALLY, REALLY DILIGENT ABOUT BUILDING THIS UP OVER THE YEARS.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE $47 MILLION, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THAT IS RESTRICTED? BECAUSE I SEE THE STABILIZATION FOR PERS THAT'S RESTRICTED.
SO IF 85% IS UNRESTRICTED TAKING AN ADVANCE HAS BEEN 15% WOULD BE RESTRICTED.
AND THEN THAT TOTAL 15% LOSS, ROUGHLY BE ABOUT $6 MILLION, MORE LIKE 809, OR, YEAH.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO PERSONNEL CHANGES.
THIS WAS AN EMPHASIS LAST YEAR AND CONTINUES THIS YEAR.
CHINO HILLS REALLY IS A LEAN AND MEAN ORGANIZATION.
UH, WE HAVE 144 EMPLOYEES LAST YEAR.
WE FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE THAT OUR TEAM WAS EMPOWERED TO DO THE WORK NECESSARY FOR THE CITY.
SO POINTING OUT A COUPLE OF THE ITEMS, UH, UH, PROPOSED FOR THIS BUDGET YEAR IS IN OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
ONE COMPONENT OF, OF A BUDGET IS TO ESTABLISH NOT ONLY THE FUNDING FOR THE OPERATION AND FOR THE PERSONNEL, BUT ALSO GETTING AUTHORIZATION FROM THE COUNCIL ON HOW MANY ACTUAL POSITIONS WE CAN HAVE.
UH, ONE, UH, ASPECT OF DEVELOPING A BUDGET MAY BE, UH, IF WE FIND
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WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING FOR A PARTICULAR, UH, UH, POSITION, WE MAY KEEP THAT POSITION ON THE BOOKS, I'LL CALL IT, BUT THEN NOT INCLUDE THE FUNDING IN THE BUDGET.AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
UH, MANY CYCLES AGO, UH, WE HAD A PLANNING MANAGER, UH, ALLOCATED TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
WE HAD A PLANNING MANAGER FUNDED, AND THEN, UH, THROUGH AN ECONOMIC DOWNTURN, WE KEPT IT ON THE BOOKS, BUT WE DIDN'T FUND IT.
AND PART OF THAT IS, IS THAT THE DEVELOPMENT CYCLE EBBS AND FLOWS, UH, WHAT WE'RE SEEING, UH, THIS YEAR AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO THE COUNCIL IS THAT WE WILL FUND THIS POSITION THAT HAS NOT BEEN FUNDED, BUT HAS BEEN ON THE BOOKS, UH, AND THAT WE ANTICIPATE WE WILL FEEL FILL THAT FROM WITHIN THE RANKS.
AND SO ONCE WE'RE ABLE TO PROMOTE SOMEONE TO THIS POSITION, WE WILL LOSE A POSITION IN THAT DEPARTMENT.
OUR OVERALL GOAL HERE IS TO CREATE AN EXTRA LAYER OF DECISION-MAKING IT'LL ALLOW THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR TO DELEGATE SOME OF THE AUTHORITY THAT SHE TAKES, SOME OF THE DECISION-MAKING TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS AND GIVE, UH, OUR TEAM, UH, MORE FLEXIBILITY IN, IN THAT AREA, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DIVISION.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS AGAIN, TO BUILD A LAYER OF DECISION-MAKING INTO THE STRUCTURE, WHERE WE WOULD THEN CHANGE, UH, ONE OF OUR CURRENT, UH, SUPERVISORS INTO A SENIOR, UH, SUPER, UH, UH, SUPERVISOR POSITION IN COMMUNITY SERVICES IN PUBLIC WORKS.
WE ARE, WE'RE ALSO GETTING, UH, OUR STAFF, UH, LEVELS TO MATCH THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE.
WE'RE LOOKING TO RECLASS, A MANAGEMENT ANALYST WHO A SENIOR, UH, WE, AND THEN WE'RE DOING SOME, SOME BUDGETING, UH, CHANGES WHERE WE'RE MOVING, UH, ONE ANALYST FROM WATER TO ADMIN, UH, AND THEN MOVING A PROGRAM COORDINATOR, UH, TO, UH, THE STORM SYSTEM.
SO, UH, NOT MUCH PROPOSED, UH, FOR THIS BUDGET CYCLE AND NO NEW POSITIONS.
UM, WE WILL SEE, UH, HOW THAT SHAKES OUT, UM, THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
UH, THIS IS OUR BEST ESTIMATE OF WHERE, UH, THAT WELL WILL OCCUR.
LET'S SEE, LOOKING IN SUMMARY AT OUR PERSONNEL, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, 145 FULL-TIME POSITIONS, UH, AGAIN, DROPPING THE ONE 44, UH, AFTER THE SHIFT IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
AND WE HAVE NINE PERMANENT PART-TIME POSITIONS, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC, THAT'S A POSITION THAT DOESN'T WORK A FULL 40 HOURS A WEEK, BUT THEY, UH, ARE, UH, BENEFITED AND THEY DO HAVE A SET SCHEDULE.
AND SO WE HAVE NINE POSITIONS IN THE CITY THAT ARE PART-TIMERS WITH BENEFITS, ALL RIGHT, LOOKING AT OUR BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS, UH IT'S UH, AGAIN, SOMETHING TO BE VERY PROUD OF.
WE HAVE AN UNRESTRICTED FUND BALANCE, UH, RESERVE, UH, IN ESSENCE OF $36.5 MILLION OR 78%, UH, AS VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ POINTED OUT, THE OTHER PORTIONS OF THAT RESERVE ARE RESTRICTED AREAS, BUT AGAIN, SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL, UH, RESERVES OR FUND BALANCE WERE LOOKING AT $47 MILLION, WHICH IS 101% OF WHAT OUR EXPENDITURES ARE PROJECTED AT.
UM, AN ITEM AS A HIGHLIGHT IS WHEN WE PROGRAM OUT OUR REVENUE IN OUR EXPENDITURES.
UM, SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO IN THE COMMON VERNACULAR, ROB PETER TO PAY PAUL, UH, AND A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT, UH, ARE THESE THREE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE SUBSIDIES.
UH, THEY'RE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THOUGH.
SO I'LL TAKE A TIME TO EXPLAIN OUR LANDSCAPE IN LIGHTING DISTRICT.
WE HAVE REVENUE GENERATED FROM THE L AND L'S THAT ARE DESIGNED TO PAY FOR THOSE OPERATIONS.
UH, WE HAVE RESTRICTIONS ON, UH, HOW WE CAN RAISE THE REVENUE SO 18 OR SO YEARS IN RUNNING, UH, I BELIEVE WE HAVE NOT RAISED, UH, THE LNL, UH, ASSESSMENTS TO OUR PROPERTIES, UH, AND OVER TIME WE'VE EXPENDED THE FUND BALANCE THAT WERE IN THOSE L AND L'S AND THE COSTS FOR THOSE OPERATIONS CONTINUE TO GROW.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS YEAR IS AN IMBALANCE IN THOSE OPERATIONS TO THE SUBSIDY OF $1.7 MILLION.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL HAS, UH, STRESSED OVER THE YEARS, THAT WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO FIX THIS, UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND
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MY OFFICE AND THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN WORKING TO IDENTIFY HOW WE CAN FIX THIS.OUR OPERATING DEPARTMENTS HAVE DONE WHAT THEY CAN TO LOWER THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THESE OPERATIONS, WHETHER IT'S PUBLIC WORKS, FINDING WAYS TO TAKE OUT TURF OR TO BE MORE EFFICIENT IN THEIR OPERATIONS, BUT WE'VE PRETTY MUCH, YOU KNOW, TAKEN NOT ONLY THE LOW-HANGING FRUIT, BUT THE WHOLE TREE IS PROBABLY BARE BY NOW.
SO THE ONLY REAL SOLUTION IS TO EITHER ACCEPT THE SUBSIDY AND THE IMBALANCE, UH, OR TO MOVE FORWARD WITH TRYING TO FIND ANOTHER WAY TO RAISE REVENUE.
ULTIMATELY, WE WILL HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COUNCIL, AND THEN, UH, THE FINAL DETERMINATION WILL BE, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO OUR ORG CHART, TOP OF THE PYRAMID WILL BE OUR CITIZENRY.
AND, UH, BECAUSE IN ORDER TO INCREASE, UH, THESE LNS OR TO FIND ANOTHER REVENUE SOURCE, IT WOULD BE GOING TO THE VOTERS ON THAT.
BEN, COULD YOU OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD POSSIBLY, UH, TELL US HOW MANY TOTAL LNI DISTRICTS THERE ARE AND HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE STILL GENERATING SUFFICIENT REVENUES TO BE FULLY FUNDED WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE A, UM, A SUBSIDY
BUT, UH, I SEE HER, UH, COUNTING.
YEAH, SORRY FOR THAT QUESTION.
WITHOUT KNOWING ADVENT ETHICS TO BE ABOUT 12 AND HALF OF THEM ARE BEING SUBSIDIZED.
SO THE 1.7 MILLION IS GOING TO FUND CAPITAL, AND WE MIGHT AS WELL TALK ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW, JUST BRIEFLY MENTIONED THE NUMBER, AND THEN WE'LL HAMMER DOWN ON THAT.
LATER ON THAT BALANCE HAS PROPOSED TO JUMP UP TO $3.5 MILLION IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE TO THE PUBLIC THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY SERIOUS TO US.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT TO FIND SOME WAY OF EQUITABLY TAKING CARE OF THIS, TO WHERE EVERYBODY PAYS FOR THIS CITYWIDE SOMEHOW, UH, IS MOST ACCURATELY, REALLY AS POSSIBLE, BUT WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO DO THIS.
YOU WOULDN'T DO IT IF YOU WERE IN BUSINESS AND WE CAN'T DO IT AS A CITY.
SO WE'LL, AND WE'LL COME BACK TO IT JUST A QUICK FOLLOW UP QUESTION ON WHAT ARCHES SAID, WE DID HIRE A CONSULTANT, RIGHT.
PUBLIC SAFETY, 16.6 MILLION INCREASE OF ALMOST 700,000 ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE OF 16 MILLION.
AND THIS IS STATING $6.6 MILLION.
IS IT THE CREDIT BACK TO US FOR COUNTY? PARDON ME? CREDIT BACK FROM COUNTY SERVICES.
THAT SHOULD BE IN THE, UH, THE ENTIRE TOTAL.
I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT SPECIFICALLY WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS.
CAUSE THERE ARE A COUPLE OTHER AREAS IN THERE, BUT I'LL, UH, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL GET BACK TO YOU.
SO, UH, BUT POINTING OUT, UH, THAT NEXT ITEM, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, WHEN WE GET TO OUR DEPARTMENT, WE MAY HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION THERE.
BUT ADDITION, IN ADDITION TO THESE OTHER PROGRAM AREAS, OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, UH, REPRESENTS, UH, $11 MILLION WORTH OF, UH, EXPENDITURES THIS YEAR.
UH, ALMOST ALL OF THEM PAID, UH, FROM FUNDING SOURCES OTHER THAN THE GENERAL FUND, BUT WE'LL GO OVER OUR CIP PROGRAM SHORT, BEN, YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS, BUT DO WE HAPPEN TO KNOW WHAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET IS FOR CHINO? OKAY.
DO YOU WANT TO NOW BETTER UP? OKAY.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COMES UP EVERY YEAR AND IT IS, IT IS ONE WAY OF SHOWING THE VALUE WE GET FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I DID PULL A COUPLE OTHER CITIES THIS TIME BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT MY COUNTERPARTS AND CHINO TO THINK WE WERE PICKING ON THEM BECAUSE IT IS DIFFICULT TO COMPARE OUR TWO PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, BUT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, UH, OUR PROGRAM COSTING, YOU KNOW, 16 ISH, UH, CHINO IS SPENDING ROUGHLY $43 MILLION ON THEIR POLICE OPERATION.
IT IS NOT AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON, BUT, BUT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF SCOPE ON THAT IS WHEN YOU COMPARE THAT $43 MILLION TO THEIR GENERAL FUND BUDGET OF 89 MILLION, IT'S ROUGHLY 48% OF THEIR GENERAL FUND BUDGET.
NOW, AGAIN, THAT'S A REALLY CRUDE COMPARISON.
WE HAVEN'T DELVED INTO ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES THEY MAY HAVE, BUT WHEN YOU COMPARE THOSE TWO, YOU GET KIND OF A MAGNITUDE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OURS, WHICH IS 35
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ISH PERCENT VERSUS A 48.I ALSO WANTED TO GIVE SOME OTHER POINTS OF REFERENCE THIS YEAR.
SO I LOOKED UP A COUPLE OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND PROBABLY A CLOSER COMPARISON BECAUSE THE OTHER TWO NEIGHBORS HAVE SHERIFF DEPARTMENTS LIKE WE DO RATHER THAN THEIR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT DIAMOND BAR, THEY'RE SPENDING, UH, THROUGH THE LA COUNTY, SHERIFF'S ALMOST $8 MILLION, UH, FOR THEIR, UH, LAW, UH, PROGRAM, WHICH HAS A COUPLE OF NUANCES TO IT THAT ARE DIFFERENT THAN OURS.
THAT'S ABOUT 30% OF THEIR GENERAL FUND OPERATING BUDGET.
AND THEN WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR BELINDA, UH, OUR OTHER NEIGHBOR, UH, AGAIN, SERVED BY ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT GIVES YOU, UH, A $13 MILLION EXPENDITURE COMPARED TO THEIR $37 MILLION, UH, GENERAL FUND BUDGET, WHICH IS MORE, ALMOST IDENTICAL TO US AT A 35%.
SO YOU THINK WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT NEIGHBORS, CHINO, UH, DIAMOND BAR, YOUR BELINDA, VERY SIMILAR TO US, EVEN THOUGH THE SIZE IS QUITE DIFFERENT.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE 45 SQUARE MILES.
YOU GOT TO TAKE OUT A SIGNIFICANT PORTION FOR THE STATE PARK, BUT CHINO'S 30 SQUARE MILES, DIAMOND.
BAR'S 15 SQUARE MILES, 19, ALMOST 20 FOR YOUR BELINDA.
ALSO LOOKING AT OUR 82,000 POPULATION VERSUS 94 IN CHINO AND DIAMOND BAR BEING AT 56 69 IN YORBA LINDA.
SO REALLY THESE ARE ALL KIND OF COMPARISON POINTS WHEN YOU RUN YOUR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR, AS THEY SAY, EVERYTHING FROM SOUP TO NUTS, DISPATCH, ALL THESE OTHER THINGS.
AND THAT'S WHY THE INVESTMENT MADE IN CHINO IS, IS, IS, IS HIGHER THAN OURS.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT QUALITY COMMUNITIES LIKE DIAMOND BAR AND YOUR BELINDA, AND YOU COMPARE THEM TO US, THEY'RE SPENDING ROUGHLY THE SAME AS US WHERE INVESTING 30 TO 35% OF OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET TO PRESERVE THE SAFETY AND QUALITY LIFE OF LIFE.
SO THEN I THINK WE'D BE REMISS IF WE DIDN'T MENTION THE OTHER MAJOR, MAJOR BENEFIT TO US AS TAPPING IN AND USING THE, THE COUNTY'S SHERIFF DEPARTMENT, THE RESOURCES THAT COME TO BEAR IN THE EVENT THAT WE HAVE A MAJOR EVENT GOING ON IS COUNTY WIDE.
WE CAN BRING IN, UH, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT.
WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR THE, UH, THE COMPARABLE BRICKS AND MORTAR BEING POLICE VEHICLES, YOU KNOW, UH, HELICOPTERS, ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO IF WE WANTED TO GET COMPARABLE SERVICE AND BE ON A STANDALONE BASIS.
SO I DON'T THINK ANYBODY OUT THERE WOULD, COULD POSSIBLY LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE GETTING THE BANG FOR THE BUCK WE ARE BEING WELL-SERVED AND THE SAFETY OF OUR CITY, THE STATISTICS ARE PROVING OUT THAT WE ARE HAVING GREAT COVERAGE AND WE'RE DOING IT BASICALLY AT A VERY, VERY REASONABLE COST.
SO, YOU KNOW, I I'D GO TOE TO TOE WITH ANYBODY WANTING TO ARGUE ABOUT WHAT WE GET FOR OUR POLICE BUDGET.
WE ARE WELL-SERVED AND WE'RE GETTING IT DONE FOR A VERY REASONABLE PRICE.
AND I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND IT.
AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION TO MAKE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU COMPARE US TO CHINO, CHINO HAS TO SCALE UP BECAUSE THEY, WHILE THEY HAVE ACCESS TO SUPPORT FROM OTHER LAW AGENCIES, THE TRUE BENEFIT OF ANY COUNTY CONTRACT IS WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE OUR OWN SWAT TEAM.
WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE OUR OWN HELICOPTER AND, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE RESOURCES.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE SAW THE BENEFIT OF THAT DURING OUR, UH, UH, FIRE RESPONSE DURING OUR, UH, CIVIL PROTESTS, WHEN WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT LEVEL OF, UH, OF INTERACTION THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER OR NOT WE WERE GONNA HAVE UNLAWFUL, UH, UNREST IN OUR TOWN, WE WERE ABLE TO PULL BODIES THROUGH THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT TO SH TO ENSURE WE HAD EVEN MORE OF A FORCE AVAILABLE TO US IF WE NEED IT.
UH, WE ARE ABLE TO STAFF AT THE LEVEL WE ARE BECAUSE WE HAVE ACCESS, BUT ALSO IT JUST IS TRULY WHERE THE ECONOMIES OF SCALE COMMENT.
AND ONE FINAL THOUGHT ON IT, LET'S GIVE CREDIT TO OUR ORIGINAL CITY COUNCIL THAT HAD THE FORESIGHT OF MAKING THAT DECISION AND GOING WITH A CONTRACT WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
AND OF COURSE, I THINK EVERY COUNCIL THEN HAS HIGHLY SUPPORTED THAT, BUT IT WAS A GREAT DECISION THEN, AND IT CONTINUES TO BE A GREAT DECISION ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M BR I'M PROUD THAT WE ARE SERVED BY SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF, MR. MAYOR, A COUPLE OF COMMENTS TO THAT.
I'D LIKE TO SORT OF SHARE, FIRST OF ALL, WE DO HAVE MUTUAL AID AND THAT'S REALLY, IT'S BENEFICIAL TO US.
CITY OF CHANNEL'S BEEN IN OUR CITY QUITE A BIT OVER THE YEARS, EITHER FOR TRAFFIC, UH, ON CARBON CANYON HELPING US OUT, OR IF WE HAVE ANY CIVIL UNREST OR AN EARTHQUAKE OF,
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OR A FIRE, THEY WILL COME INTO OUR CITY, WHICH IS GREAT.WE HAVE SUCH A REMARKABLE MUTUAL AID SYSTEM.
AND THEN ALSO TOO, WE DID ADD SOMETHING TO HELP OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS, UH, THAT WAS A TWO, $2 MILLION INVESTMENT, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S BRINGING, LOOK, WE BRING IT IN NOT ANOTHER, MAYBE FOUR OR FIVE POLICE OFFICERS TO DO THAT SAME TYPE OF TYPE OF WORK.
SO WE'RE, WE MAKE THE INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY TO DO A BETTER SERVICE FOR THE LEAST AMOUNT OF MONEY.
SO, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
ANY TECHNOLOGY THAT COMES UP THAT IS AS BENEFICIAL AS THE LICENSE PLATE READER PROGRAMS, I'M SURE WE'LL, WE'LL JUMP IN ONCE, ONCE THE SYSTEMS WORKED OUT, WE'RE VERY PROUD ABOUT OUR SAFETY SYSTEMS. YEAH.
I THINK WE CERTAINLY RUN LEAN AND MEAN AND WORK SMARTER, NOT HARDER.
AND OUR RESIDENTS SEE THAT ON A DAILY BASIS WITH THE LEVEL OF PUBLIC SAFETY WEEKEND AND YOU WERE RIGHT.
IT'S COMPARING US TO CHINO IS APPLES AND ORANGES, BUT YET TO LOOK AT THOSE PERCENTAGES.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT WE'RE KIND OF IN LINE WITH ALL THE OTHER CITIES THAT CONTRACT OUT AND THE COUNTY SHERIFF CONTINUES TO PROVIDE OUR CITY WITH EXCELLENT OFFICERS THAT ARE THE COMMAND STAFF AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE HAD FOR YEARS NOW IS, IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE.
THE KIND OF A JOKE I THINK THAT WE HAVE INTERNALLY HERE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE A CHIEF OF POLICE HERE IN CHINO HILLS, YOU'RE, YOU'RE AN UPWARD CLIMB.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE PROMOTED AT SOMEPLACE ELSE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE GET HERE IN CHINO HILLS, WE GET THE BEST AND THAT'S PROVEN WITH OUR CURRENT COMMAND STAFF RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE SUCH A SAFE CITY.
THAT'S A BIG THING IN A LICENSE PLATE READERS, BEST INVESTMENT THAT WE COULD HAVE MADE FROM THEM.
THEY THANK US EVERY DAY FOR THE ABILITY TO HAVE THAT TOOL BECAUSE IT MAKES THEIR JOB EASIER AND IT CATCHES MORE, YOU KNOW, COOKS.
SO IT'S, WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THINGS.
UH, TO GO BACK TO VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ QUESTION, I'VE RECEIVED, UH, AN ANSWER FROM THE AUDIENCE PHONE, A FRIEND, UH, THE $16.6 MILLION REFLECTED HERE DOES NOT SHOW THE CREDITS WE RECEIVE FOR A COUNTY OPERATION THAT IS HOUSED IN OUR DEPARTMENT.
SO THERE'S ROUGHLY A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS THAT REDUCES THAT, THAT, THAT COST FOR THE DEPUTIES THAT PATROL UNINCORPORATED INCORPORATED MONTCLAIR AND CHINO.
UH, IN THIS WE'LL, WE'LL HIGHLIGHT WHAT I BELIEVE A COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, UH, BENNETT WAS FOCUSING ON, WHICH IS OUR SUBSIDY TO LANDSCAPE IN LINING.
WE DON'T JUST LOOK AT THE CURRENT YEAR.
WE START TO TRY AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AS WE DESCRIBE IT, LOOKING TO APPEAR INTO OUR CRYSTAL BALL IN A, IN AN ANTICIPATION OF WHAT THE CITY MIGHT LOOK LIKE GOING FORWARD.
AND SO THIS, THIS SLIDE HERE PROJECTS, WHAT OUR OPERATING REVENUE WILL BE GIVEN CERTAIN, UH, UH, PARAMETERS AND HOLDING THINGS CONSTANT.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, WITH 46.9 THIS YEAR, WE ANTICIPATE THAT IT WILL GROW IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR AND THE YEAR AFTER THAT.
AND THEN, UH, I DOUBLE-CHECKED WITH, WITH FINANCE ON THIS, WHEN WE LOOK, WHEN WE FORECAST OUT TO THE THIRD, I MEAN THE FOURTH AND FIFTH YEAR IN THIS CYCLE, YOU'LL SEE A DIP IN OPERATING REVENUE.
THAT'S PRIMARILY BASED ON OUR FORECAST OF WHEN THE DEVELOPMENT CYCLE WILL START TO PETER OFF AND THEN, UH, REVENUE ASSOCIATED WITH PERMITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT PAY MAY DECLINE, UM, OUR OPERATING EXPENDITURES AS WE, WE, WE WORK IN OUR DEPARTMENTS TO IDENTIFY WHERE EVERYTHING FROM CONTRACTS TO OTHER COSTS, PERSONNEL COSTS, HOW THEY WILL GROW OVER TIME.
AND, AND WE MAKE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THAT.
AND YOU'LL SEE KIND OF OUR EXPENDITURES ARE EXPECTED TO GROW.
BUT, UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT SAY OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES FUND, UM, THIS CLARIFICATION WILL BE, WILL BE BROUGHT OUT IN THE DISCUSSION OF THAT DEPARTMENT, BUT ULTIMATELY WE DON'T HAVE AN EXPECTATION THAT EVERY RECREATION PROGRAM WILL MAKE MONEY, UH, AND THAT WE ARE INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING A COMMUNITY SERVICES.
AND AGAIN, I'D BE HAPPY TO GET IN MORE DETAIL HERE, BUT FROM A, UH, IN, IN THE DEPARTMENT DISCUSSION.
BUT FROM HERE, WE, WE START TO LOOK AT WHAT IS, WHAT DO WE THINK THAT INVESTMENT WILL, HOW IT WILL GROW.
UM, BUT THE SUBSIDIES ARE THE ONES WE REALLY TRY TO FOCUS ON AND HIGHLIGHT FOR THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THESE ARE PROGRAMS THAT SHOULD BE SELF-SUSTAINING, THEY SHOULD BE PAYING FOR THEIR OPERATIONS.
AND, UH, WE HAVE A SMALL IMBALANCE IN OUR, UH, STREET SWEEPING PROGRAM.
AGAIN, IN ORDER FOR US TO THAT PROGRAM IS PAID FOR BY ASSESSMENTS TO THE PROPERTIES.
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TO INCREASE THOSE WITHOUT GOING TO THE VOTERS.AND SO THAT, THAT PROGRAM IS STARTING TO GROW FASTER THAN THE REVENUE IS.
AND THEN THE BIG TICKET ITEM IS OUR SUBSIDY TO LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING, UH, WAS, WAS BROUGHT OUT.
WE HIRED A CONSULTANT TO HELP US IDENTIFY OPTIONS HERE.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT MANY DEPARTMENTS ARE WORKING ON, AND WE ANTICIPATE IN THIS, UH, NEAR FUTURE, UH, BRINGING THOSE OPTIONS TO THE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION AND GUIDANCE ON WHERE WE WANT TO GO WITH THOSE.
I KNOW WE'LL PROBABLY DELVE INTO THIS FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD, BUT JUST IN TERMS OF LIKE A PERCENTAGE OF GENERAL FUND, IS THAT TYPICAL FOR THE COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES TO BE FUNDED AT THAT LEVEL? LIKE, ARE WE ON THE HIGH END? ARE WE ON THE LOW END? I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T THINK WE'VE DONE AN ASSESSMENT LIKE THAT.
IT'S SOMETHING WE'D BE HAPPY TO LOOK INTO AND HAVE TEED UP FOR OUR, UH, ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET.
I THINK IT'D BE INTERESTING TO KNOW IF WE'RE SPENDING MORE THAN OUR NEIGHBORS OR LESS THAN OUR NEIGHBORS, YOU KNOW, MR. MAYOR GOT A QUESTION.
IF I COULD PLEASE PERTAINING TO A LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING DISTRICT SUBSIDIES.
UM, THIS COUNCIL BASICALLY WAS REALLY INVOLVED WITH RECYCLED WATER AND BUYING THE LIGHTS SWITCHING OVER TO L LED.
THESE NUMBERS WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER.
SO AGAIN, WE, AS A COUNCIL REALIZE THAT WE, WE MOVE FORWARD TO TRY TO SUBSIDIZE THE SUBSIDIES.
SO THIS WAY WE, AS A COUNCIL ARE COMMITTED TO, UH, TO KEEP COSTS DOWN AND WE'VE, WE'VE DONE, WE'VE SHOWED THAT OVER THE YEARS IN YOUR LEADERSHIP.
APPRECIATE THAT STAFF OUT THERE.
AND YOU KNOW, UH, VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ, I DO THINK THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT POINT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THIS IS NOT A SITUATION WHERE WILLY-NILLY SPILLING, SPENDING HAS OUTPACED REVENUE.
WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN.
THE COUNCIL HAS INVESTED IN WAYS TO MANAGE THIS.
EVERYONE FROM THE MAINTENANCE WORKER, WHO'S DOUBLE CHECKING TO MAKE SURE THOSE SPRINKLERS AREN'T, YOU KNOW, RUNNING A MUCK.
AND SO WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN.
IT REALLY IS A REVENUE ISSUE, NOT AN EXPENDITURE ISSUE.
BEN ONLY BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A LARGE NUMBER AND IT'S FIVE YEARS OUT.
CAN YOU ROUGHLY X OR BASICALLY EXPLAIN WHAT THAT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, UH, $8.1 MILLION IS OUT IN 2025, 26? SURE.
I'LL LET STAFF PULL THE BOOK UP.
UH, ULTIMATELY THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, IT'S A PROJECT THAT WE ANTICIPATE WILL HAPPEN FIVE YEARS FROM NOW AS OPPOSED TO A GRADUAL INCREASE OF EXISTING OPERATIONS.
BUT IN OUR, IN ADDITION TO DOING A FORECAST, UH, FOR OUR GENERAL FUND, WE ALSO DO A FORECAST FOR CIP ACTIVITY.
SO, UH, I'M, I'M SURE THAT AS OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, THUMBS THROUGH THE BOOK, THERE'LL BE ABLE TO CALL OUT EXACTLY WHAT WE THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN YEAR FIVE.
AND ALSO FOLLOW UP QUESTION ON THE SAME POINT.
THAT'S AN ANTICIPATED EXPENDITURE OUT THERE, BUT IF IT, IF THE FUNDS DON'T COME IN, WE TYPICALLY DON'T MAKE THAT EXPENDITURE.
ISN'T THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT, CHRIS.
UM, THERE'S TWO MAIN PROJECTS ON THE BOOKS.
UM, THE GAL SKIN PARK AND COMMUNITY CENTER, UM, THAT ONE IS THE GENERAL FUND MATCHING FOR DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES THAT WE HAVE COMING IN, BUT WE'RE STILL PAYING OFF THE LOW SERRANO'S PARK WITH DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES.
SO THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO GET PUSHED.
UM, BUT WE LIKE TO KEEP IT ON OUR, IN OUR EYESIGHT SO THAT WE DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF IT.
CAUSE IT'S KIND OF A PLAN THAT'S OUT THERE.
AND THEN ALSO THE CITY YARD AND TRANSFER STATION IS THE OTHER PROJECT FOR ALMOST 6 MILLION.
WELL, I THINK RUNNING THESE NUMBERS OUT, ESPECIALLY OUT TO THAT FIFTH YEAR WHERE WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, A 49, ALMOST $50 MILLION REVENUE WITH EXPENDITURES OF 46.4 AND THEN THE SUBSIDIES, IT SHOWS YOU THE BENEFIT THERE, THE NEED FOR US TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT UNRESTRICTED RESERVE, BECAUSE EVEN WITH ALL OF THOSE BLACK OF REVENUES AND LARGE EXPENDITURES, IT WOULD STILL TAKE OUR RESERVE DOWN THE $28 MILLION FROM THE 47 THAT HAS SAT NOW.
SO WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT IT IN TERMS OF IT'S A RAINY DAY FUND.
WELL, IT'S A RAINY DAY FUND BASICALLY TO KEEP THE CITY BEING IMPROVED AND MAINTAINED.
LIKE IT SHOULD BE WHEN WE HAVE LEAN REAL LEAN YEARS THAT THE MONEY ISN'T THERE, WE STILL CAN MAINTAIN AND KEEP THE CITY UP TO THE STANDARD THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN DILIGENT ABOUT MAINTAINING A RESERVE THAT WILL ALLOW US TO MAKE THOSE EXPENDITURES AND THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
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THAT'S CORRECT.MOVING ON A GOOD SEGUE INTO OUR CIP PROGRAM.
I'M GOING TO ASK, UH, DANIEL
UH, WE'RE GONNA TAG TEAM THIS ONE, UH, I DIDN'T KNOW HOW LONG MY VOICE WOULD GO AND I KNOW ALL THE DETAILS ARE IN, UH, DANIEL'S HEAD.
SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO WALK THROUGH THE HIGHLIGHTS OF, UH, THE WORK PLAN.
WE HAVE PLAN THROUGH OUR CIP PROGRAM.
UM, ONE THING THAT WE DID DIFFERENTLY IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR IS, UH, OUR CIP PROGRAM IS, IS HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON REVENUE FROM SOURCES OUTSIDE OUR CONTROL, WHETHER IT'S MEASURE I, TRANSPORTATION TYPE FUNDS, GAS TAX, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND SO KNOWING THAT THERE WAS MUCH MORE UNCERTAINTY WITH THOSE REVENUES IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A BUDGET, YOU KNOW, 12 MONTHS AGO, UH, THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM AND ENGINEERING TEAM PROGRAMMED THE BUDGET BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE KNEW WE WOULD GET, NOT WHAT WE EXPECTED TO GET DESIGN WORK WAS DONE, AND EVERYTHING WAS DONE TO MAKE SURE PROJECTS WERE READY WHEN THE FUNDING CAME IN.
UH, BUT WE WERE VERY CONSERVATIVE IN OUR ESTIMATES OF WHAT THE REVENUE WAS GOING TO BE.
AND SO LAST YEAR WAS VERY DIFFERENT THAN THIS YEAR.
THIS YEAR WE HAVE MORE CERTAINTY.
THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING AN $11 MILLION, UH, CIP PROGRAM.
AND SO THAT'S A BIG KIND OF PHILOSOPHICAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO AND IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION AND TO BE AS CONSERVATIVE AS POSSIBLE.
LAST YEAR, WE WERE VERY STRICT ON WHAT PROJECTS WE BROUGHT FORWARD.
ALL OF THE PROJECTS BRING BEING FORWARD.
BEING BROUGHT FORWARD TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE FUNDED, EXPECT IT TO OCCUR.
UH, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TWO YEARS, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU COMPARE ONE YEAR TO ANOTHER, FOR HOW MUCH WE SPENT IN CIP, UH, LOOKING AT THESE COMPLETED PROJECTS, JUST TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT A FEW, THE TOP TWO HOLLOW RUN AND STRICKLING NATURE PARK WERE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO TAKE SOME VERY COMPLEX PARKS AND DO SOME CRITICAL WORK OUT THERE.
WE WERE ABLE TO LEVERAGE GRANT MONEY IN ORDER TO PULL THIS OFF, BUT YOU'RE REALLY LOOKING AT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TO MAKE SOME, SOME PRETTY COOL PARKS, UH, GET, GET TO THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
UH, UH, THE, THE COMMUNITY IS PROBABLY AWARE THAT THE CITY PURCHASED THE OLD, UH, CARBON CANYON LIQUOR STORE, UH, LAST YEAR WE'VE WE, WE COMPLETED THAT, UH, THAT PURCHASE, BUT WE ALSO SPENT SOME MONEY TO DEMOLISH THE BUILDING AND PREP IT, UH, TO REMOVE HAZARDS.
ULTIMATELY, WHEN WE, UH, COME TO THE COUNCIL FOR THE FUTURE PURPOSE OF THAT SITE, IT WILL BE A PUBLIC PROCESS.
IT WILL INVOLVE OUR PARKS AND REC COMMISSION, THE CITY COUNCIL OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY.
BUT THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF, YOU KNOW, YOU BUY A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND THEN YOU MAY HAVE SOME WORK TO DO ALONG THE WAY.
WHY SO CONTINUING OUR, UH, OUR PROJECTS.
UH, ONE THING THAT WE, I KNOW THIS COUNCIL PLACES A HIGH PRIORITY ON IS MAKING SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO INVEST IN, UH, OUR OLDER, UH, AREAS OF TOWN THAT MAY NOT HAVE HAD THE BENEFIT OF DEVELOPERS BEING CONDITIONED TO MAKE CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS.
AND, UH, THE TOP ITEM ON THE STREETS LIST WOULD BE THE LOW SERRANO'S, UH, IMPROVEMENTS THAT INCLUDED, UM, STREET, UH, REPAIR, SIDEWALKS, CURB, AND GUTTER LIGHTING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, WE CONSISTENTLY INVEST THROUGHOUT THE CITY IN OUR STREET PROGRAM.
AND, UH, THIS YEAR WE HAD OUR LAST YEAR, WE HAD $1.5 MILLION PROGRAM.
YOU'LL SEE A 1.25 PROGRAM FOR THIS YEAR.
UM, AND THEN WE HAD, UH, TWO LARGE PAVEMENT REHAB PROGRAMS THAT OCCURRED ON PIPELINE.
AND SO I'LL, UH, KICK IT OVER TO DANIEL.
AND TO LET HIM TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT, WHAT WE DID IN THOSE, UH, REHAB PROGRAMS. TYPICALLY WHAT WE DO IS WE TAKE A PROACTIVE APPROACH.
WE TRY TO DO IS IMPROVE OUR ROADS BEFORE THEY GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE HAVING TO FULLY RECONSTRUCT THEM.
UH, THERE'S DIFFERENT METHODS THAT WE USE.
TYPICALLY IT'S A SLURRY SEAL, A GRANITE OVERLAY, AND A FULL RECONSTRUCT.
WHEN WE GO OUT AND DO A SLURRY SEAL, IF WE TAKE A TYPICAL FOUR LANE ROAD, THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 60 FEET WIDE, AND YOU TAKE ABOUT A MILE IN LENGTH, WE'RE GOING TO SPEND APPROXIMATELY $300,000 TO SLURRY SEAL THAT STREET.
IF YOU WANT TO DO IT QUITE AN OVERLAY, IT'S GOING TO COST US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TWICE AS MUCH ABOUT $600,000.
BUT IF WE REALLY LACK ON THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT ROAD TO THE POINT WHERE WE NEED TO FULLY RECONSTRUCT
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THAT ROAD, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $2 MILLION FOR THAT ONE MILE IN LENGTH.SO STAFF HAS DONE A GREAT JOB IN IDENTIFYING OUR ROADS SO THAT WE CAN BE PROACTIVE, GET AHEAD OF THEM AND SLURRY SEAL THEM WHEN WE CAN DO IT BY AN OVERLAY WHEN S WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT, BUT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO ELIMINATE OR AVOID HAVING TO DO A FULL RECONSTRUCT.
SO AGAIN, STAFF IS INVESTED WISELY.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT OUR CURRENT CONDITIONS.
WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING TOGETHER A PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
THAT'LL GIVE US A CONDITION OF ALL OF OUR ROADS AND IT'LL FORECAST ALL OF OUR STREETS IN TERMS OF WHEN THEY NEED TO BE IMPROVED WITH THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MAINTENANCE TREATMENTS, SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO STAY AHEAD OF THIS, OF OUR MAINTENANCE FOR OUR STREETS.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE IN THE CIP PROGRAM.
SO MANY STREET PROJECTS, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A CRITICAL INVESTMENT THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE, I HAVE TO HAVE.
AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS WOULD PROBABLY AGREE THAT WE HAVE SOME OF THE BEST STREETS IN THE AREA IT'S REFLECTIVE OF ANY CITY.
AS FAR AS THE OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNANCE AS TO HOW MUCH INFRASTRUCTURE YOU, YOU, YOU KEEP YOUR EYE ON, UM, WHEN, WHEN YOU DRIVE THROUGH SOME CITIES AND YOU HIT POTHOLES AND YOU SEE HOW WORN OUT THOSE STREETS ARE ON MAIN ARTERIES, YOU HAVE TO SHAKE YOUR HEAD WONDERING WHERE ARE THEY? BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE ROADS AND WATER AND PARKS ALL KEPT UP TO THE STANDARDS WE EXPECT FOR A QUALITY OF LIFE THAT REFLECTS, I THINK, WHAT THE CITIZENS EXPECT.
AND IT KIND OF REFLECTS WHAT WE HAVE REFLECTED FROM DAY ONE, AS FAR AS THE FOCUS ON INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND IF YOU FOCUSED ON INFRASTRUCTURE, EVERYTHING ELSE KIND OF FALLS INTO PLACE.
THAT'S WHAT I'VE LEARNED OVER THE YEARS THAT I'LL KEEP GOING, KEEP IT GOING.
LOOKING AT SOME OF THE UPCOMING SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS, DANIEL, TELL US ABOUT THE EUCALYPTUS STORM DRAIN IMPROVEMENT.
YEAH, CERTAINLY THERE'S AN EXISTING OPEN AIR CONCRETE CHANNEL THAT RUNS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF EUCALYPTUS, JUST EAST OF LIDL ELEMENTARY AND GOES EAST TOWARDS OUR EXISTING BOOSTER STATION, RIGHT BEFORE IT TURNS INTO PIPELINE.
UH, THE GOAL WITH THIS PROJECT HERE IS TO ELIMINATE THAT CONCRETE CHANNEL AND INSTALLER STORM DRAIN UNDERNEATH THE ROAD.
WE WOULD THEN INSTALL SIDEWALK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF EUCALYPTUS FROM VITAL ELEMENTARY AND CONNECT THAT OUT TO PIPELINE WITH THE SOME STREET LIGHTS AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THAT'S WHERE THAT ROW OF PINE TREES IS ON THE SOUTH PART OF BOYS' REPUBLIC.
I HAVEN'T EXPOSED DITCH THERE TOO.
SO IS THAT PART OF IT THAT THEY'D HAVE TO CLOSE THAT IN, WHICH IS A, THE CONCRETE CHANNEL THAT I JUST REFERENCED? SO YES, IT WOULD BE TO ELIMINATE THAT, THAT, UH, THAT DITCH AND INSTALL SIDEWALK ABOVE IT.
NOW GOING EAST ON THAT, WE RUN INTO THE CITY OF CHINO BEFORE WE GET TO PIPELINE, CORRECT.
UH, IS THERE SOME SORT OF COST SHARING THAT WOULD OCCUR, UH, FROM THERE, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY WORK IT'S CLOSE TO WHERE THAT TREATMENT CENTER IS, OR THE ENTRANCE INTO THE EXTENDED HOMES FOR THE BOYS REPUBLIC.
SO WOULD THERE BE A CONTRIBUTION BY CHINO TO EXTEND THAT AND CURBING GUTTER, IF YOU, IF, IF WE SO CHOOSE TO TAKE IT AROUND TO PIPELINE OR NOT CERTAINLY REACH OUT TO CHINO AND SEE IF THEY'D BE WILLING TO PARTNER WITH US, THERE'S EXISTING CURB AND GUTTER, IT WOULD JUST BE THE IMPROVEMENTS FOR SIDEWALK.
I MEAN, SINCE THEY'RE NICE ENOUGH TO CALL THAT CHINO HILLS CENTER ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET, MAYBE WE CAN GET THEM TO PONY UP AND HELP US OUT A LITTLE BIT ON THAT.
UH, ANOTHER INTERESTING PROJECT ON THIS LIST IS ANYONE WHO'S TRIED TO GET FROM, UH, CHINO HILLS PARKWAY TO CARBON CANYON ROAD AT HIGH TRAFFIC TIMES, UH, MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME BACKUP, UH, ON CHP.
UH, DANIEL KIND OF EXPLAIN HOW THIS PROJECT SHOULD HELP WITH THE QUEUING AND ELIMINATE THAT BACKUP.
WHAT HAPPENS NOW IS THERE'S AN EXISTING Q LANE OR A THROUGH LANE, UM, JUST SOUTH OF, OR JUST WEST OF, UH, CHINO HILLS PARKWAY.
WHAT THIS WILL DO IS IT'LL TAKE THAT EXISTING Q LANE.
THAT'S ABOUT, I'D SAY ABOUT A 10TH OF A MILE LONG.
IT WOULD EXTEND IT ABOUT ANOTHER, ANOTHER THIRD OF A MILE LONG.
SO WHAT I'LL DO IS IT'LL GIVE MORE SPACE FOR VEHICLES TO QUEUE AND NOT BACK UP ON, ON CHP RIGHT NOW WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THAT YOU HAVE VEHICLES THAT ARE BLOCKING THE THROUGH LANE ON CHP BECAUSE IT CAN'T GET IN AND ONTO THE QUEUE LANE.
SO, UM, THIS WILL CERTAINLY ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT TRAFFIC CIRCULATION IN THAT AREA.
THEY WILL TAKE THE LEAD ON THIS.
SO THE 500, LET'S SEE, WE'RE SHOWING 500, $10,000.
IT'S A THIRD OF THE COST OF THIS ENTIRE PROJECT WITH CALTRANS COVERING THE OTHER.
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HIGHLIGHTING AGAIN.WE'VE GOT STREET IMPROVEMENTS LISTED HERE.
UH, 1.25, UH, BUT THE, THE LAST PROJECT I THINK WE'RE CALLING OUT ON HERE IS THE GENERATOR AND MANUAL TRANSFER SWITCH, UH, INSTALLATION.
UH, THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM WILL INSTALLING, UH, TRANSFER SWITCHES AT KEY FACILITIES TO SUPPORT OUR, UH, EMERGENCY, UH, RESILIENCY IS WHAT I'LL CALL IT.
OUR COMMUNITY CENTER WOULD BE ABLE TO BE RUN OFF OF A BACKUP GENERATOR.
SOME OF OUR LIFT STATIONS AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS YARD WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE A PORTABLE GENERATOR AND PLUG IT IN AND MAKE THESE BUILDINGS OPERATE EITHER DURING A POWER SAFETY SHUT OFF A LARGE EVENT THAT MAY TAKE DOWN POWER.
UH, IT'LL JUST MAKE THOSE FACILITIES MORE.
SELF-SUSTAINED UH, WE WERE ABLE TO GET SOME GRANT MONEY TO HELP WITH THIS, BUT THEN WE'RE ALSO INVESTING CITY MONEY IN IMPROVING THOSE, UH, THOSE PROGRAMS AND AREAS.
SO LOOKING AT OUR CIP PROGRAM, YOU CAN SEE BY TYPE A, WE'VE GOT 51% OF THE CIP FOCUSED ON STREETS, WHICH REPRESENTS ABOUT 5.6 OF THE $11 MILLION.
ANOTHER $1.5 MILLION WORTH OF SEWER.
THAT'S GOING TO, UH, USE TECHNOLOGY TO MONITOR OUR SYSTEM, UH, UH, TO, TO, TO HEAD OFF ANY, UH, PROBLEMS WITH, UH, PUMPING AND LIFT STATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
ALSO, UH, LOOKING IN MORE DETAIL AT, UH, WHERE THESE PROGRAMS ARE GOING TO BE.
WE'LL JUST FOCUS ON OUR NEW, UH, PROGRAMS IN THIS BUDGET IS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS EARMARKED FOR THE VELANO PICKLE BALL COURTS.
BUT I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT THE TEAM, UH, SINCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS BUDGET HAS IDENTIFIED A GRANT OPPORTUNITY, THAT'LL BE COMING TO THE COUNCIL REAL SOON TO FUND FOR THIS QUICK QUESTION, UNLESS IT'S ON HERE AND I'M NOT SEEING IT YEAR, TWO AGO BEFORE COVID 19, WE TALKED ABOUT POSSIBLE PROBABLE REPLACEMENT OF ARTIFICIAL TURF AT A COMMUNITY PARK THAT IT WAS IN WHAT, 12 YEARS IN NOW OR SO, WHERE'S THAT GOING TO FALL INTO THE QUEUE AS FAR AS REPLACEMENT, IS THAT BEING PUNTED FOR ANOTHER YEAR, THEN AFTER THIS YEAR, I'M NOT SEEING IT HERE SO FAR.
WE'VE HIRED A CONSULTANT TO TELL US WHAT OUR LIFE IS OF THE, OF THE TURF.
GIVEN THE COVID CLOSURE, WE'RE ANTICIPATING WE CAN, YOU KNOW, KICK IT DOWN THE ROAD.
WE ALSO HAVE OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, POTENTIALLY, UH, EARMARKING SOME MONEY FROM, UH, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL BEFORE THE CONCLUSION OF THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR WITH A PLAN FOR THAT, EITHER IDENTIFYING, WE KNOW WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT UNTIL THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, OR LET'S TAKE THIS MONEY AND, UH, USE IT, UH, MIDSTREAM.
SO, UH, WE STILL THINK WE'VE GOT A FULL YEAR'S WORTH OF, OF, OF USE.
SO IT COULD GO TO THE NEXT YEAR, IF NOT, ONCE WE GET THE DATA ON IT, WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL.
AND THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE'D EITHER USE OTHER FUNDING OR TAP INTO OUR RESERVES FOR, FOR THAT.
I WILL SAY WE HAVE, WE HAVE OUR, WE'VE GOTTEN OUR MONEY'S WORTH OUT OF, UH, A 10 YEAR LIFE.
IS IT ALTHOUGH LAST YEAR WAS LITTLE USED, OBVIOUSLY FOR OBVIOUS REASONS.
BUT, UM, I THINK THE COMMENTARY I'VE HEARD OVER OVER THE PAST, BECAUSE WE, THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME WE'VE ASKED THE, UH, UH, THE MANUFACTURER TO TELL US WHAT, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH LIFE I THINK IT'S BEEN PARTIALLY THE MAINTENANCE AS WELL.
CAUSE WE'RE CERTAINLY PROGRAMMING IT AS, AS MUCH AS WE CAN AND WE'RE GETTING OUR MONEY'S WORTH.
BUT I THINK THAT THE TEAM THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING IT IS DOING A FANTASTIC JOB TO EXTEND THE LIFE AS WELL.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT GENERATION BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE PUT IN AT GRAND AVENUE PARK AND THE GUARANTEED, UH, HEAT FACTOR LI I DON'T KNOW, JONATHAN, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE NUMBER WAS, BUT IT WAS SIGNIFICANT AS FAR AS HOW IT RADIATED HATE FOR COLOR, PRACTICING FOOTBALL IN AUGUST AND UTILIZE OUR WOW.
IT'S GOING TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
I THINK, SEE IF IT'S, IF IT'S BEARING OUT, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S BEARING OUT OVER THE GUARANTEES, JONATHAN, BUT BEN, A QUESTION ON THAT FROM A BUDGETARY STANDPOINT, IF WE DON'T BUDGET SOMETHING, WE CAN'T EXPEND MONEY DURING THAT FISCAL YEAR FOR IT, CORRECT.
AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT TYPE THINGS LIKE THIS, WOULDN'T IT BE SAFER AND MORE PRUDENT TO PUT IT IN AS AN ANTICIPATED COST? IF THE LIFE EXTENDS IT
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OR WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT, WE STILL HAVE, WE CAN PUSH IT, PUSH IT FORWARD, BUT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS AND WE HAVE TO REPLACE IT, THEN WE'VE GOT IT BUDGETED.AND WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE EXPENDITURE.
IS THAT MAYBE A MORE PRUDENT WAY OF LOOKING AT THIS OR MY, NO, THAT, THAT, THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE.
AND WE, WE ACTUALLY DO BOTH OF THOSE AS WAS POINTING OUT WHEN THE QUESTION WAS, WHAT WAS YEAR FIVE, THE $8 MILLION.
THAT WAS A PROJECT THAT WAS FORECASTED FOR THE FUTURE, UH, BECAUSE THIS, UH, IS SPECIFICALLY, THE TURF WILL LIKELY HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE GENERAL FUND.
AND WE ANTICIPATE IT WILL BE A THREE ISH MILLION DOLLAR EXPENDITURE.
THERE JUST WASN'T ENOUGH WIGGLE ROOM IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET TO PROGRAM $3 MILLION OR SOME PORTION OF THAT.
UH, AND SO RATHER THAN GIVEN THAT WE MIGHT NOT USE IT.
IF WE TOOK THE APPROACH OF PROGRAMMING IT IN THIS YEAR, KNOWING THAT IT WOULD IMBALANCE THE BUDGET, IT WOULD GIVE THE WRONG IMPRESSION, UH, THAT WE HADN'T BALANCED OUR BUDGET.
I THINK THAT WHAT, WHEN WE BRING IT FORWARD, UH, THEN IT WILL BE A DELIBERATE DECISION TO USE FUND BALANCE IF NEED TO, TO PAY FOR IT.
UH, BUT TO YOUR POINT IN THE CASES WHERE IT'S MULTIPLE YEARS OUT, WE ABSOLUTELY DO IN THE YEAR, UH, ACTUALLY PROGRAM FOR THE BUDGET.
WE TRY TO BE, UH, STRICT ON WHAT WE THINK IS ACTUALLY GOING TO OPERATE THAT, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S GOT TO BE A GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE AND THAT LARGE AMOUNT.
WE WOULDN'T WANT TO BLOW THE BUDGET UP OR HAVE TO SUBSIDIZE THE BUDGET FROM RESERVE IN THE HOPES THAT WE MIGHT NEED TO SPEND IT.
I JUST WANTED TO BRING THE POINT UP TO MAKE SURE THAT MY THINKING WAS RIGHT ON THAT.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE DOING IT RIGHT.
AND THAT'S A GREAT SEGUE TO ONE POINT I WANTED TO MAKE IN LOOKING AT THIS SLIDE IS YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WHILE I ONLY TALKED ABOUT THE VELANO PARK PROJECT, THERE ARE A COUPLE OTHER PROJECTS HERE THAT WE'RE NOT BUDGETING OR FUNDING IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, BUT AS KRISTA POINTED OUT, WE ALWAYS WANT TO KEEP A PLACEHOLDER FOR THE COMMUNITY PARK OVERFLOW, WHICH WE THINK WILL COST $412,000, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT WORK THIS YEAR.
TORREY PINES PARK IS LISTED HERE, BUT, UH, WE AREN'T PROPOSING TO DO THAT WORK THIS YEAR.
SO TO YOUR POINT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT, WE DO FORECAST WHERE WE CAN AND WE, YOU KNOW, WRITE IT DOWN.
UH, AND THEN WE ONLY PROGRAM THE WORK.
WE THINK THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THAT PARTICULAR YEAR.
DANIEL, CAN YOU JUST WHERE PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING AT THESE PROJECTS, SO WE SEE THAT LIKE A PARK REHABILITATION IS LIKE 350,000 AMPHITHEATER, 200.
CAN YOU JUST GIVE A OVERVIEW OF WHY A OVERFLOW PARKING LOT IS FOUR 12, JUST SO PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND THE COSTS INVOLVED? YEAH.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE EMPTY LOT ACROSS THE STREET FROM CUNY PARKA, JUST TO THE SOUTH.
UH, WHAT THIS PROJECT WILL ENTAIL IS, UM, UH, PAVING THE PARKING LOT, STRIPING IT, UH, AND MAKING ANY ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY, UH, TO ACCOMMODATE, UH, AN OVERFLOW PARKING LOT.
BECAUSE AS A LAYMAN, I MEAN, I SEE THAT PRICE TAG AND I'M LIKE, WOW, FOR A PARKING LOT.
SO THAT'S WHY I KIND OF BROUGHT IT UP.
AND THEN THE ENGLISH BRINGS PART PATH OF TRAVEL UPGRADE.
IT WENT FROM THE 38, FIVE TO THREE 46.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN LIKE WHAT THAT PROJECT IS? SURE.
SO WHAT HAPPENED, THE REASON WHY IT WAS SUCH A LOW COST? IT WAS LIKELY IT WAS JUST A, A DESIGN, UH, UH, PHASE, UH, WHAT THE ACTUAL PROJECT ENTAILS IS, UM, INSTALLING ADA PARKING SPACES, ADDING ENGLISH PARK.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT'S A PEDESTRIAN RAMP THAT MEETS ADA REQUIREMENTS TO THE PARK AND, UH, THE NEW, UH, RESTROOM AT THAT, UH, AT THAT FACILITY.
WE'RE GOING TO BLOW THROUGH THESE NEXT FEW SLIDES.
SO CALL OUT ANY SPECIFIC PROJECT.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT A GRAND AVENUE MONUMENT, UH, SIGN A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS AS A NEW PROJECT, UH, NEXT YEAR.
UH, AGAIN, THERE'S SOME OTHER ITEMS ON HERE THAT, THAT AREN'T WORK, UH, PROPOSED WORK BEING DONE THIS YEAR.
AND THESE ARE GOING TO BE MONUMENT SIGNS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PROBABLY, UM, STONE OR CONCRETE.
SO PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO BE RIPPING OFF THE METAL FOR RECYCLING PURPOSES.
YEAH, WE, AT ONE TIME, I THINK WE HAD BRASS, UH, UH, ORNAMENTATION AND, AND UNFORTUNATELY PEOPLE STEAL THEM AND MELT THEM AND SELL THEM FOR PENNIES.
SO I KNOW THAT WHEN WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE TOO, AND I KIND OF PUSHED THE MONUMENTS A LOT TOO, IS THAT NO MATTER WHAT POINT OF ENTRY YOU USE FOR CHINO HILLS, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING INTO THE SAME CITY AND THAT'S NOT THE CASE CURRENTLY IN OUR CITY.
SO DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ENTER CHINO HILLS, YOU DON'T KNOW YOU'RE IN CHINO HILLS, SO WE'RE HOPING TO UPGRADE THOSE POINTS OF ENTRY.
SO WAS THIS GRAND AVENUE COMING
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IN FROM DIAMOND BAR? YES.UH, JUST WEST OF GRAND AVENUE PARK.
I IN THERE THEY HAVE A BEAUTIFUL MONUMENT SIGN GOING INTO DIAMOND.
THEY DO, WE NEED TO COUNTER IT.
IT'S GOING TO BE BIGGER COMING IN ON CHINO HILLS PARKWAY, SHE'D BE HIGH PRO SHE KNOWS PARKWAY BY CARL'S JR.
AND COMING DOWN THE HILL FROM THE POMONA FREEWAY FROM, OF COURSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST SIGNS THAT THEY WENT IN AND STOLE ALL THE BRASS OR WHATEVER I BELIEVE YEARS AGO.
THIS IS MORE OF AN EXAMPLE OF US TRACKING PROJECTS, AS OPPOSED TO SHOWING YOU WHAT'S GOING TO BE DONE THIS YEAR.
UH, THE SANITATION SCADA, UH, PROJECT, WE MENTIONED ALONG THE WAY, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO INVEST IN TECHNOLOGY TO MONITOR OUR, UH, SEWER PROGRAM, UH, THE EUCALYPTUS AVENUE STORM DRAIN IMPROVEMENT, UH, DANIEL, UH, UH, EXPLAINED EARLIER, UH, AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT ASKED FOR US TO WORK WITH, UH, CHINO ALSO FOR A PORTION OF THAT.
AND I DON'T KNOW, DETAIL BECAUSE THERE'S, I MEAN, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH ROOM THERE.
WE HAVE THAT PROMINENT, UH, ROW OF TREES THAT I'M ASSUMING IS ON BOYS REPUBLIC PROPERTY, WILL THAT END INHIBIT, UH, OUR PROJECT OR PUTTING IN, UH, YOU KNOW, CURBING GUTTER ON THAT NORTH SIDE OF THAT STREET.
I MEAN, WILL, WILL THERE BE ENOUGH ROOM TO DO THAT? YEAH.
YOU SHOULD HAVE ENOUGH ROOM, OBVIOUSLY WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL WE GET INTO THE DESIGN PHASE, BUT I DON'T ANTICIPATE THOSE TREES BEING ON INSTRUCTION.
AND, AND OF COURSE THE OTHER PLAY THING IS THAT THERE'S, THERE'S SEVERAL CUTS IN THAT STRETCH WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE THEY WOULD POTENTIALLY HAVE ACCESS INTO BOYS' REPUBLIC RIGHT NOW, BUT THERE'S, I DUNNO, IT MIGHT EVEN BE BOB WIRE FENCE OR WHATEVER WILL THOSE BE PASS THROUGH? IS WILL THOSE BE DRIVEWAYS OR IS THAT JUST DETAILS? WE'LL FIGURE OUT LATER DETAILS THAT WILL WORK OUT WITH A VOTER PUBLIC.
IF THEY WANT TO AN ACCESS POINT, WE CAN CERTAINLY PROVIDE ONE IF THEY WANT, IF THEY DON'T ANTICIPATE AN ACCESS POINT THAT WE CAN CERTAINLY, UH, JUST CONTINUE WITH OUR SIDEWALK WITHOUT A DRIVE APPROACH.
UH, ON THIS SLIDE, UH, WHICH SHOWS, UH, MANY OF THE STREET PROGRAM, UH, PROJECTS, UH, I WANTED TO HAVE, UH, DANIEL CALL-OUT THE, UH, BACKPLATE SIGNAL IMPROVEMENT WHILE IT'S A SMALL AMOUNT.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK OUR COMMUNITY WILL SEE PRETTY OBVIOUSLY ONCE THIS GETS IMPLEMENTED.
UH, SO WITH THIS ONE HERE, WE JUST WERE AWARDED A GRANT FROM CALTRANS, UM, AS PART OF THE SAFETY PROGRAM WHERE, UH, AND CALTRANS WAS ALREADY DOING THIS AT VARIOUS CALTRANS INTERSECTIONS, THEY ARE TAKING THE EXISTING BACKPLATE FOR YOUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND THEY ARE, UM, POTENTIALLY ADDING A RETRO REFLECTIVE TAPE AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THAT BACK PLATE.
AND THE GOAL FOR THAT IS WHEN YOU HAVE AN INTERSECTION THAT GOES DARK BECAUSE OF A POWER OUTAGE OR JUST A MALFUNCTION OF THAT TRAFFIC SIGNAL, WHEN YOU APPROACH THE SIGNAL, YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE'S AN ACTUAL SIGNAL THERE.
SO THAT'D BE, WILL COME TO A STOP.
UM, THE, THE, THE TRAFFIC LAW, AS THAT, WHEN YOU DO COME ACROSS A DARK INTERSECTION, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO COME TO A FULL STOP.
SO THE, THE POINT OF HERE IS TO BRING SOME AWARENESS AND IMPROVE SAFETY TO INTERSECTIONS THAT DO GO OUT DUE TO POWER OUTAGES.
IT'S THAT BRIGHT YELLOW THAT'S AROUND THEM.
AND THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE IS RIGHT THERE GOING INTO CARBON CANYON, THAT INTERSECTION OF WHAT IS IT, RESTING DRIVE RUSTIC AND GENITALS PARKWAY.
SO IS THAT THE ONLY PLACE WE HAVEN'T BEEN IN OUR CITY? I, I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING IT ANY PLACE ELSE, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THIS IS CORRECT THOUGH.
CALTRANS HAS INSTALLED IT AT A COUPLE OF, UH, OFF-RAMPS, UH, PINE AVENUE AT THE 71 IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE.
SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING IS PICKING A COUPLE OF KEY INTERSECTIONS AS A PILOT.
UM, AND IF WE SEE THAT IT'S EFFECTIVE, THEN WE'LL CONTINUE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
MOVING ON THROUGH THE PROJECTS, UH, JUST TO CALL OUT REAL QUICKLY, YOU'LL SEE ALMOST HALF IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS SLIDE.
THERE'S $225,000 PROGRAM FOR SIDEWALK WORK.
AND THEN THERE'S OUR 1.2, 5 MILLION FOR STREET PROGRAMS, AGAIN, CONTINUING TO INVEST IN OUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, AND THEN WE'VE ALREADY CALLED OUT A SECOND FROM THE BOTTOM HERE, THE GENERATOR AND TRANSFER SWITCH INSTALLATION THAT'S OF COURSE IS GOING TO GIVE US SOME ADDITIONAL POWER OUT, UH, UM, RESOURCES FOR OUR FACILITIES.
WOULD YOU MIND GOING BACK TO THE PRIOR SLIDE? SO POMONA RINCON ROAD, PAVEMENT REHABILITATION, FROM WHERE TO WHERE ON A POMONA RINCON, IS THAT GOING TO BE, I'M GOING TO ASK, UH, JOE GO, DO YOU KNOW THE LIMITS OF THAT IN FRONT OF THE SHRINE IS PARK BETWEEN,
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UH, PERFECT.AND WE'RE GOING TO DO IT WHEN SCHOOL'S NOT IN SESSION.
I HOPE WE'RE GOING TO DO WHEN AT SCHOOL'S NOT IN SESSION OR TRY TO WORK AROUND, WE CAN JUST THEM WHEN IT'S MOST CONVENIENT FOR THE SCHOOLS.
WOULD YOU DO ME A FAVOR FOR THE AUDIENCE THAT MAY NOT HAVE PICKED THAT UP? WILL YOU REITERATE THOSE BOUNDARIES FOR THAT PERSON? YES.
THE BOUNDARIES WERE IN FRONT OF LOCAL RONALD'S PARK, JUST SOUTH OF CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THE POMONA ROAD, OR ASSUMING WHAT WOULD VIEW ROAD PAVEMENT REHABILITATION.
AT SOME POINT WHEN WE GET A DEVELOPER TO COME IN AND START BUILDING PROPERTY, THE WANG PROPERTY, I BELIEVE IT IS.
WE'RE GOING TO X, WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND STRAIGHTEN OUT WOODVIEW.
WE'RE GOING TO CREATE AN EXISTING PRIVATE ROAD.
IF YOU WILL, FROM PIPELINE, UM, WEST, THAT'S BASICALLY THE EXISTING ROADWAY FOR THOSE BACKYARDS TO THE NORTH.
IS THIS STUFF THAT'S GOING TO BE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING THIS HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR? OR ARE WE GOING TO BE JUST DOING AN INTERIM FIX ON THE ROAD BECAUSE IT NEEDS IT THAT MAY END UP GOING AWAY OR BEING, YOU KNOW, REDONE AGAIN LATER ON? YEAH, WE'VE TAKEN THE APPROACH WAS JUST TRYING TO FIX POTHOLES AND FIX AREAS AS A, AS THE ISSUES CAME UP, HOW WE'RE AWARE AT THE POINT NOW, WHERE WE NEED TO INVEST SOME MONEY IN REPAIRING THAT ROAD.
UH, LAST FISCAL YEAR, WE IMPROVED WOULD BE FROM PIPELINE, UH, TO ABOUT HALFWAY UP, TO, TO PAY IN.
SO PHASE TWO IS THE OTHER HALF OF THE OTHER WESTERN HALF.
UM, YES, WE ARE AWARE THAT EVENTUALLY WHEN THE WAYNE PROPERTY GETS DEVELOPED, UM, THAT WILL GET IMPROVED.
HOWEVER, WE DON'T HAVE ANY ASSURANCES AS TO WHEN THAT WILL HAPPEN.
SO WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE IMPROVE THIS ROAD, UH, TO PROVIDE A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR RESIDENTS AT THIS POINT.
IN CONJUNCTION WITH BEING IN THERE, DOING SOMETHING ON THIS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY BLIND CURVES THERE RIGHT NOW.
IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD CONSIDER, UM, GOING IN AND DOING SOME TREE TRIMMING OR SOMETHING, UH, THAT WOULD ENHANCE, ESPECIALLY ON SOME OF THOSE SHARP TURNS? CAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE NARROW TO START WITH, YOU'VE GOT, UH, ISSUES AS FAR AS THE ELEVATION GOES ON, I'LL SAY MOSTLY THE ENTIRE SOUTH SIDE OF WOODVIEW ROAD, YOU KNOW, IT CUTS INTO BANKS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE WHERE PEOPLE HAVE ACTUALLY RUN UP THOSE BANKS BECAUSE THEY'VE TAKEN, TAKEN THE CURVES TOO FAST.
IS THERE SOMETHING WE CAN DO THAT COULD BE SAFETY RELATED THAT MIGHT GET US SOME GRANT MONEY TO DO BOTH THINGS, YOU KNOW, RESURFACE THE ROAD AND MAYBE DO SOME, UH, YOU KNOW, TRIMMING JUST TO HELP MAKE IT SAFER IN THIS INTERIM PERIOD, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WANG'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A LONG WAY OUT.
WE CAN CERTAINLY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN DO BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO IT JUST FOR GENERAL.
DANIEL, GREAT TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT ART WAS SAYING ABOUT WOODVIEW.
I'VE GOTTEN SO MUCH POSITIVE FEEDBACK ON THAT.
EVERYONE'S ASKING WHEN THE PHASE TWO IS, SO THIS IS GREAT NEWS BECAUSE IT WAS IN PRETTY SOME PRETTY ROUGH SHAPE.
AND I THINK IF WE ALL COULD COUNT HOW MANY TIMES WE'VE DRIVEN THAT ROAD, BECAUSE I USED TO LIVE IN VILLAGE OAKS AND WE'LL GO BACK AND FORTH.
SO, UM, THEY DID A GREAT JOB AND EVERYONE'S SO EXCITED TO SEE PHASE TWO.
SO I'M GLAD TO SEE IT ON THIS LIST.
ALL RIGHT, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, THIS CONCLUDES OUR OVERVIEW OF THE BUDGET.
UH, UH, THANK YOU, DANIEL SO MUCH FOR, UH, THE ADDITIONAL DETAIL FOR THE CIP PROGRAM.
UH, WHAT'S BEEN THE PROCESS IN THE PAST AND IT'S OF COURSE AT YOUR DIRECTION.
MAYOR, YOU WANT TO TAKE A BREAK? UH, OH, I KNOW I'M I, I KNOW IT DIDN'T GO TO THE COUNCIL IF NO MOVE FORWARD.
WHAT WE TYPICALLY DO IS MOVE INTO THE DEPARTMENTS YOU HAVE AT YOUR DISPOSAL, THE EXPERTS FOR EACH PROGRAM AREA, UH, UH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO DIRECT US THROUGH, AND THEN THE COUNCIL CAN ASK ANY INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS.
THAT'S, THAT'S NORMALLY WAY WE PROCEED.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS OR WANT TO GO START WITH CITY CLERK AND MAKE OUR WAY DOWN.
THESE HAVE BEEN ANSWERED MORE THAN NORMAL BECAUSE WE'RE ALMOST AN HOUR AND A HALF INTO THIS.
NORMALLY IT DOESN'T TAKE THAT LONG.
AND THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND ALSO THE, EACH ONE OF US COUNCIL MEMBERS SPENT AT LEAST AN HOUR SIT DOWN WITH, UH, THE CITY MANAGER GOING THROUGH THESE, THE BUDGET.
SO WE WOULD KNOW ALL THESE HIGHLIGHTS AND SOME VERY PERTINENT DETAILS ON INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS.
SO WE'RE PRETTY MUCH ATTUNED TO IT, BUT THIS IS A MATTER OF LETTING THE PUBLIC KNOW AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY ON ZOOM.
IF THEY WANT TO CALL IN WITH QUESTIONS, UH, THAT CAN GET SOME ANSWERS THEN HERE.
WHY DON'T WE JUST WE'LL START OFF WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, MAKE OUR WAY THROUGH THE TABS.
SEE IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT STOOD OUT OR IF ANYBODY HAD ANY
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BIG QUESTIONS TO ASK AND THEN WE'LL JUST TRY TO POWER THROUGH IT.SO CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, I'M STARTING OFF ON, THEY ARE ON TAB G ONE IN OUR BINDERS.
OH, WHAT IF I ADD SOMETHING BEFORE THAT ULTRA WHAT'S BEFORE THAT YOU TELL ME.
BEFORE THAT, BEFORE QUESTION BEFORE, BEFORE I WAS JUST CURIOUS.
SO ON, UM, OH, 24, 10 MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS, UM, IT'S KIND OF WENT DOWN, LIKE WHERE WERE THOSE GRANTS FROM? AND HAVE WE STOPPED TRYING TO GET THEM IT'S AT PROPOSED FOR 22, 21, 22 IS 140,000.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT TREND.
WHAT KIND OF GRANT THAT WAS, I'LL SPEAK TO THE GRANT PROGRAM.
WE WORK WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF A GRANT OR A WRITER TEAM THAT NOT ONLY HELPING US WITH SUBMITTING FOR GRANTS, BUT THEY ALSO HELP US IDENTIFY JUST THE TOWNSEND LINE ITEM THING.
IS THIS WHAT TOWNSEND THAT WOULD NOT BE THE EXPERIENCE VISIT BLAZE PLEASE AND ASSOCIATES, RIGHT? UH, BLAZE AND ASSOCIATE WORKS, UH, TO HELP US MANAGE OUR GRANT PROGRAM.
AND SO IT'S A FORECAST OF WHAT WE THINK WE WOULD GET AND THEN I'LL HAVE FINANCE WEIGH IN ON WITH A SPECIFIC CAUSE.
WELL, IT'S ACTUALLY JUST CAUSE I'M A BIG MEANIE.
I DON'T LET THEM PUT IN THE BUDGET GRANTS THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN AWARDED YET.
SO TYPICALLY WHEN WE GET A GRANT, WE TAKE IT TO COUNCIL AND WE APPROPRIATE THE FUNDS THEN.
AND THEN MAYBE RYAN, CAN WE GET SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE WHERE WE COULD GET THAT LITTLE UPDATE ON WHAT WAS, WHAT WE SPENT ON OUR, UM, LOBBYIST AND HOW MUCH WE GOT FOR PER DOLLAR? HOW MUCH WERE YOU DOING? OCCASIONALLY? I HAVEN'T SEEN ONE IN A WHILE THOUGH.
FOR A COUNCIL FOR COUNCIL WIDE, IT MIGHT NOT BE BAD BECAUSE I THINK HALF OF THE ITEMS WE HEARD TODAY WERE FUNDED BY CALTRANS GRANTS OR WHOEVER GRANTS.
SO YEAH, IT'S NOT A PROBLEM AS WE HAVE HAD THEM DO AN ANNUAL REPORT, WE'LL BRING THEM BACK.
CYNTHIA, ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE G WHAT WAS YOUR NUMBER? G I DON'T KNOW.
I WAS GOING TO START OFF, UH,
UM, OH, UM, I WAS JUST CURIOUS.
SO FIRST OF ALL, WENT ON AND DID GENERAL FUND VLF SWAP.
CAN YOU LET THE WHAT'S THAT AGAIN? THE PUBLIC, THE ACRONYM FOR VLF VEHICLE LICENSE FEE.
UNTIL WE EXPLAINED TO PEOPLE WHAT THAT IS, CHRIS, TO EXPLAIN THE VLF SWAP ONLY BECAUSE IT'S QUITE A BIT OF MONEY.
ALL OF US PAY A MILLION DOLLARS TO EXPLAIN THIS IN A WHILE.
IT'S THE VEHICLE FEE THAT COMES THROUGH THE PROPERTY TAX.
SO IT'S REVENUE 9 MILLION TO THE TUNE OF $9.6 MILLION.
AND THEN WHEN IT SAYS HALFWAY DOWN THAT PAGE, THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER REIMBURSEMENT, I KNOW THIS IS PROBABLY JUST A BOOKKEEPING THING, BUT I KNOW THAT WE PAY FOR THE SRO WHEN WE APPROVE IT.
SO I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW IT ENDS UP COMING BACK AS A REIMBURSEMENT, WHO ARE, WE THEY'RE REIMBURSING US BECAUSE THEY PAID FOR IT FIRST OR SO.
WE'RE OBLIGATED TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT FOR THE SH SRL SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PAYS FOR HALF OF IT.
AND SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE, SO WE HAVE THE CONTRACT WITH THE SHERIFF AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I GUESS WE'LL GO THAT THIS ROUTE.
SO WHEN F1, I SEE FRANCHISE FEE FOR ELECTRIC, UH, FOR, FOR EDISON, HOW DO, HOW IS THE FRANCHISE FEE SET FOR POWER? I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER HEARD OR ASKED OR NO, IT'S JUST STATE STATUTE.
IT'S NOT LIKE, OKAY, THANK YOU.
I LIKE, WE'RE GETTING TWO FROM PAC BELL.
I DIDN'T EVEN THINK THEY WERE STILL AROUND.
WE'LL GO THROUGH, ADD THE F'S THEN ANY QUESTIONS ON F1 OR WE'LL GO TO F TWO, CAUSE WE'LL GO LINE BY LINE ON THESE ONES.
UM, WE MIGHT AS WELL TALK ABOUT THE LICENSE OR THE, EXCUSE ME, FINES AND FORFEITURES.
HAVE WE MADE A DETERMINATION YET WHEN WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK ON THE STREET SWEEPING, BECAUSE I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO GET AN ADVANCED NOTICE ON THAT.
UH, MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE GOING BACK TO WORK.
UM, WE DO WANT TO KEEP THE DRAINS CLEAN OF DEBRIS.
SO HAVE WE, HAVE WE AGENDIZED THAT TO MAKE THAT DECISION HAS BEEN TONIGHT'S COUNCIL MEETING, UH, DURING THE COVID REPORT, WE'LL BE ANNOUNCING THAT WE WILL RETURN TO STREET SWEEPING ENFORCEMENT, JULY 5TH.
UH, AND THEN WE'LL START, UH, IMMEDIATELY OUR OUTREACH PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE THAT RESIDENTS ARE AWARE THAT THAT REQUIREMENT WILL RETURN.
AND THERE WILL BE A PERIOD OF,
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UH, OF, UH, EDGY WARNING NOTICES.UH, YOU KNOW, UH, WE'VE BEEN DOING A, UH, PROGRAM ALREADY TO REMIND PEOPLE, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL EXTEND THAT AS WELL.
NOW, IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS ON PAGE F TWO, WE'LL MOVE TO F THREE COMMUNITY SERVICES, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, TDA PASS THROUGH.
I WANT TO HAVE THIS CAKE, KRISTA MORE QUESTIONS.
PAGE F FOUR GAS TAX ROAD, MAINTENANCE AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT MEASURE.
I CITIZENS OPTION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, BLOCK GRANTS.
ANY QUESTIONS HEARING NONE F FIVE PEG ACCESS FEE LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING ADMINISTRATION, OPEN SPACE MANAGEMENT AND PARKS.
MAINTENANCE MIGHT BE MORE EFFICIENT TO JUST LET PEOPLE CALL IT OUT.
WELL THEN WE'RE BY THAT LOGIC.
I'M GOING TO GO WITH, UH, I'M GOING TO IN ORDER.
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.
NOW, ARE YOU GOING TO GO TO THE END? NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.
SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, LET'S GO THERE AND THEN WE'LL JUST GO THROUGH THE, UH, PASSPORTS.
LET'S CAN I HAVE A LITTLE RE YOU HAVE PASSPORTS? UM, OBVIOUSLY WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN TRAFFIC, SO THAT'S ON G EIGHT.
SO DURING, UH, COVID WE HAD RESTRICTED ACCESS TO THE BUILDING.
WE HAD RESTRICTED INTERACTION WITH STAFF AND WE ALSO CHANGED FROM A PROGRAM WHERE WE WOULD ALLOW WALK-UPS FOR PASSPORTS TO A REQUIREMENT FOR A, UM, A RESERVATION.
UM, WE WERE VERY, UH, CONSERVATIVE WITH HOW MANY, UH, PASSPORTS WE COULD PROCESS INITIALLY.
AND WE ANTICIPATE GOING FORWARD THAT WE WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL, UH, SLOTS FOR, UH, AND WE WILL SCALE BACK UP, UH, VERY CLOSE TO NORMAL, UH, PASSPORT, UH, UH, APPOINTMENTS IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
I KNOW THAT'S PRETTY, PRETTY HEAVY TRAFFIC, BUT I WON'T SAY WITH WHAT'S TAKEN PLACE IN THE COVID ERA, IT DOES GIVE YOU EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO STEP BACK AND SEE WHAT EFFICIENCIES MAY HAVE WORKED IN THE PAST.
AND WHAT IS THE NEW, THE NEW NORM? AND I KNOW WITH PASSPORTS, WE'VE STARTED TWEAKING SOME, SOME OF THE, UM, UH, SOME OF THE RESERVATION ASPECTS TO IT AND HOW WE DEPLOY PEOPLE.
SO MAYBE THIS WAS A GOOD THING.
AND I THINK IT'S ALSO NOTEWORTHY THAT THERE WAS A PERIOD OF TIME WHERE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WASN'T PROCESSING PASSPORT APPLICATIONS.
SO WE ALSO DIDN'T WANT TO BE IN THE BUSINESS OF TAKING APPLICATIONS AND SENDING THEM OFF TO THE FEDS, KNOWING THAT THEY HAD MANY, MANY WEEKS OF A BACKLOG.
YOU KNOW, I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TOO, THAT WE, WE MENTIONED THAT THIS IS MORE OF A CONVENIENCE FOR OUR RESIDENTS THAN A REVENUE SOURCE FOR US, THE BULK OF THE, THE FEES THAT THEY PAY TO GET THOSE, UH, PASSPORTS IS BASICALLY STEPPED US GOING TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
SO, UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
THIS IS JUST ONE WAY WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE, UH, AN, UH, UH, HELP FOR OUR RESIDENTS THAT NEED PASSPORTS, ESPECIALLY YOU CAN GET IT, GET IN AND GET IT DONE A LOT FASTER HERE THAN YOU CAN GOING TO THE POST OFFICE.
SO IT'S MORE OF A CONVENIENCE THAN IT IS A REVENUE SOURCE TO US.
I THINK WITH THAT, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
AND I HAVE A QUESTION ON PAGE H SIX OR JUST MORE OF A COMMENT ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES BUDGET INCREASED BY $194,000, IF YOU DIDN'T BRING IT UP.
WOULD YOU MIND DELVING INTO THAT FOR US BECAUSE THAT'S A PRETTY HEFTY CHUNK OF CHANGE OR, UM, THE COUNCIL WE'LL SEE IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE, THE, UH, ANIMAL CONTROL CONTRACT COME, UH, THAT'LL GET INTO A LOT OF DETAIL HERE.
THE WAY OUR, OUR ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES OPERATE IS THEY'RE PROVIDED BY THE, UH, INLAND VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY.
AND IN ESSENCE, THEY COLLECT ALL OF THE LICENSING REVENUE, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
UH, AND THAT REVENUE THAT'S COLLECTED IS OFFSETS THE, UH, TOTAL COST OF ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL, UH, SERVICES.
UH, TYPICALLY, UH, THE, UH, VHS WOULD, UH, UH, FORECAST THE REVENUE.
AND THEN, UH, THE EXPENDITURES WOULD BE OFFSET.
THEY'RE CHANGING TO A NEW MODEL WHERE THEY'RE LOWERING THEIR ANTICIPATED, UH, REVENUE AND THEIR EXPENDITURES ARE GOING UP.
SO ULTIMATELY WE'RE NOT GETTING AS MUCH CREDIT IN OUR BUDGETING FOR THE LICENSING AND THE COSTS ARE CONTINUING TO GO UP.
SO THE COMBINED IT'S GONNA COST US ABOUT $200,000 MORE FOR A YEAR.
WHY ARE THEY LOWERING THEIR REVENUE? UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE
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STRUGGLED WITH IS WHEN WE DO A BUDGET, THEY TYPICALLY EXPERIENCE A SIGNIFICANT DROP-OFF IN LICENSING ON THE YEARS WHERE THEY DON'T CANVAS.SO WHEN THEY DON'T KNOCK ON PEOPLE'S DOORS, PEOPLE FORGET TO PAY THEIR ANIMAL TAGS.
AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THEY USUALLY ABSORB THAT FLUCTUATION IN THEIR REVENUE ESTIMATES.
UH, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO, OR NOT WILLING TO DO THAT ANYMORE.
SO THE NEW ESTIMATES ARE LOWER BASED ON THEIR CURRENT EXPERIENCE OF PAY.
SO, ALL RIGHT, MR. MAYOR GOT A QUESTION.
THEY ACTUALLY, THEY HAVE NUMEROUS CITIES THAT THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR AND I'LL USE ONE, MAYBE CHINO OR PROMOTE, NOT POMONA, BUT DIFFERENT CITIES IN OUR CITY.
WE DO A REALLY GOOD JOB AS FAR AS PAYING OUR FEES FOR LICENSING.
I KNOW IT'S A FAIRLY HIGH PERCENTAGE AND I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT I KNOW WE AS A CITY DO A REAL GOOD JOB.
THE OTHER CONCERN I DO HAVE, SINCE WE DO PROVIDE THE MONIES TO VHS, AS FAR AS COST PER ANIMAL, THE ANIMALS THAT ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THE SYSTEM FROM OUR CITY IS VERY LOW, BUT YET IT'S COST SHARING.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, OURS MIGHT BE LOW.
SO WE HAVE TO PAY OUR FAIR SHARE ON THE OVERALL PICTURE.
THEY USE A MODEL OF UTILIZATION RATES.
SO THEY TRY TO EVEN THAT OUT, WHEREAS A CITY LIKE US THAT HAS VERY FEW ANIMALS, IT SHOULD BE REFLECTED IN THE, IN THE, IN THE ACTUAL COST.
AND IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET MORE DETAIL ON FROM THEM.
THEN IN THE FUTURE, WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
UH, IT'S ALWAYS PRUDENT FOR US TO KNOW IF WE'RE GETTING THE SERVICE LEVEL WE SHOULD, FOR THE COSTS.
I THINK SUCH A DRAMATIC CHANGE.
IT'S IN OUR BENEFIT TO LOOK AT WHAT ELSE COULD BE A WAY TO PROVIDE SERVICES.
MADE HIM IN MY BOOKLET HERE WITH THIS SIGNIFICANT INCREASE.
THIS WILL NECESSITATE NECESSITATE AN INCREASE IN CUSTOMER SERVICE BECAUSE CUSTOMER SERVICE, I THINK, HAS BEEN SO, SO BASED ON WHAT I HEAR FROM OTHERS AND FOR US TO PAY ALMOST $200,000 MORE, WHICH WE HAVEN'T APPROVED YET.
I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE FACE-TO-FACE WHEREVER THAT IS WITH THE INDIVIDUALS PRIOR TO THE COUNCIL MEETING, TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BRING US FOR THAT $200,000 MORE REFLECTIVE OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID, THE CATCH 22 IS THAT, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THEY'RE NOT EVEN IN OUR COUNTY, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, UH, WHICH I GUESS IS NEITHER HERE NOR THERE, BUT THEY'RE KIND OF A MONOPOLY.
I MEAN, THEY'RE THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN FOR US RIGHT NOW.
AT LEAST GIVE THEM THEIR ARGUMENTS.
I I'M, I KNOW THEY'RE NOT INVOLVED, BUT WE HAVE ONE THERE'S ONE IN RANCHO.
I'VE DRIVEN BY IT A COUPLE TIMES RECENTLY.
SO I MEAN, THAT'S A LITTLE FURTHER, BUT YEAH, WE'VE GOT TO DEFINITELY LOOK AT SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
I MEAN, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THEIR WORK FOR THEM.
WE ADOPTING TAKING THEIR PETS AND AS PETS IN THAT, OR, OR PUTTING THEM OUT THERE.
SO WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THEIR WORK FOR THEM.
AND I KNOW THIS WILL BE DEBATED DOWN THE ROAD, SO LET'S, UH, YEAH, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO DRIVE FOR OUR BUDGET.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MAYOR FROM THE CITY MAP, ANYBODY THINK ANYTHING ELSE ON CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE? YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE A QUESTION.
WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE PET THING REAL FAST.
THE MONIES THAT WE DO GENERATE, DO YOU HAVE A PROFIT IDEA? WHAT THE LICENSE FEES ARE THAT THEY'RE KEEPING? WE, WE DON'T, I'LL HAVE A OPEN BOOK WITH THEM OF WHAT THE REVENUE IS.
THEY'VE PROGRAMMED, UH, $300,000 IN THE CURRENT BUDGET YEAR.
AND AGAIN, IT'S DROPPING IN THIS YEAR.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE PRESSED, UH, AND, UH, WE ARE WORKING TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHERE THAT MONEY IS.
AND THEN WE WILL BE MOVING ON TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STARTING OFF ON I, MR. MAYOR, BEFORE WE DO THAT, JUST LET YOU JUST, JUST AS GENERAL INFORMATION TO FOCUS ON IT.
H UH, 15 IS 15 SOMETHING THAT I NEED.
I THINK OUR, OUR, UM, PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW THAT THERE IS A LIABILITY AND WORKERS' COMPENSATION BUDGET INCREASE OF OVER A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS DUE TO PROJECTED INCREASE IN COSTS.
SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE TOTALLY BEYOND OUR CONTROL, BUT WE HAVE TO ABSORB THEM.
SO I THINK PEOPLE UP THE NEED, IT SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON LARGE TICKET ITEMS WAS LIKE THAT SINCE WE'RE IN AGES REAL QUICK.
CAUSE YOU KNOW, ME GETTING BACK TO THIS, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE GOING GETTING SOMETHING TO REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, SO THE CITY MODEL CONTEST, I HADN'T HEARD ABOUT THAT.
WELL, YEAH, I WAS REALLY KIND OF BUMMED OUT THAT THAT WAS IN THERE.
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OR SOMEBODY RUINED MY SECRET IN THE BUDGET ITEM.WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING A CITY MOTTO CONTEST IN THE CITY FLAG CONTEST, SNIFF, STUFF LIKE THAT IN ANTICIPATION OF OUR 30TH BIRTHDAY.
H TAN, JUST TO REMINDER, WE'VE GOT A, IN THE NEXT YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO BE, WE'RE JUMPING INTO THE REFUGE CONTRACT, WHICH WE HAD A 10 YEAR CONTRACT THAT'S COME TO AND WE'VE HAD TO EXTEND THAT CONTRACT WITH, FOR PUBLIC.
AND THAT'S A HUGE CAPITAL OUTLAY FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
AND ALSO, UM, UH, WE JUST ANTICIPATE A LOT OF ACTION WHEN IT COMES TO THAT IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, SIR.
RIGHT BACK TO SAY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS.
I'LL GIVE EVERYBODY A QUICK SECOND TO THUMB THROUGH.
IT LOOKS PRETTY CUT AND DRY $200,000 DECREASE IN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO COMMUNITY SERVICES, STARTING OFF ON PAGE J ONE GOING FORWARD.
IT SEEMS LIKE PRETTY CUT AND DRY AS WELL.
ALL RIGHT, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO K UH, FINANCE.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC WORKS.
SHIFTING N P E D S MONEY AROUND AND THE BUDGET.
MOVING FORWARD, MR. MAYOR, I HAVE A QUESTION.
AS FAR AS THE IMPROVEMENT, SIR, CAN YOU SORT OF GIVE US AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT PROJECT? YES.
I SPENT, UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY IN DESIGN OF OUR TCP ONE, TWO, THREE TREATMENT PLANT.
WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE DESIGN COMPLETED, UH, CLOSER TO THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR AND AWARD A CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION.
UH, BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR, UH, CONSTRUCTION WISE, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT A YEAR OF CONSTRUCTION.
UM, AND THEN TO BE ABLE TO GET OUR WELLS ACTIVATED AND UP AND RUNNING AND GETTING OTHER APPROVALS FROM THE REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD.
UM, IF WE START CONSTRUCTION, SAY MARCH OF 20, 22, UH, WE'RE HOPING TO GET OUR WATER UP AND RUNNING BY SOMETIME IN, UH, I'D SAY SUMMER OF 2020.
SO ONCE THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS, THERE WILL BE A COST SAVINGS TO THE GENERAL FUND OR BUDGET.
WE CAN RELY MORE ON OUR OWN WATERS THAT ARE HAVING TO IMPORT AS MUCH WATER AS WE ARE NOW.
THAT'S ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS, IF NOT MORE, UH, CORRECT.
I THINK WITH THAT, WITH GOING THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS, I THINK WE'VE REACHED KIND OF OUR END OF DEPARTMENTS.
WE'VE GONE THROUGH PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING.
I THINK WE'VE DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF VETTING THIS THOROUGHLY.
ANY STAFF, ANYBODY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ANYTHING? ALMA, JONATHAN, JOHN, ANYONE BUELLER.
THEN I GUESS WITH THAT, WE WILL CLOSE.
WE WILL, UH, END OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND YOU WILL SEE US ADJOURN BACK OR WAIT, CAN I ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION FROM HERE? OR DO I HAVE TO OPEN UP AT SIX AND THEN ADJOURN? WE HAVE TO OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS AT SIX.
WELL THEN WE WILL ADJOURN AND WE WILL SEE YOU AT SIX.
THANK YOU STAFF FOR THE HARD WORK.
[ 7:00 P.M. - CONVENE MEETING / ROLL CALL]
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ALL RIGHT.WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR TONIGHT MAY 25TH, RIGHT? MAY 25TH AT 7:00 PM.
UM, UM, CITY CLERK, WOULD YOU TAKE ROLL MAYOR? JOE'S HERE.
VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS, ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]
UH, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY OUR OUTGOING PARKS AND REC, UH, STUDENT COMMISSIONER, CALVIN PARIS, AND THEN AN INVOCATION BY CHAPLAIN BOB HILTON FROM THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.CALVIN, COME UP TO THE PODIUM.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[ INVOCATION: Chaplain Bob Hilton, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department]
HILTON.THANKS FOR HAVING ME WELCOME EVERYONE, FATHER.
THANK YOU FOR THESE MEN AND WOMEN.
THAT'S BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH MAKING DECISIONS WITH THIS COMMUNITY, GIVE THEM THE WISDOM AND THE INTEGRITY TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS FOR THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
CONTINUE TO BLESS AND PROTECT THOSE WHO SERVE OUR CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRST RESPONDERS IN JESUS NAME.
[7. RECOGNITION - Outgoing Parks and Recreation Commission Student Member Calvin Parras]
ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT IS RECOGNITION OF OUTGOING PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION, STUDENT MEMBER, CALVIN PARIS.KEVIN LEE JOINED THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO BE RECOGNIZING OUR OUTGOING PARKS AND REC A STUDENT MEMBER, CALVIN PARIS.
UM, CALVIN WAS APPOINTED AS THE STUDENT MEMBER TO SERVE ON THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION.
CALVIN HAS PROVIDED A WEALTH OF VALUABLE INPUT AND SUGGESTIONS REGARDING RECREATION PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT DURING THE LAST, UH, PANDEMIC YEAR.
AND RE-IMAGINING WHAT TO DO BECAUSE OF THIS PANDEMIC DURING HIS TERM, KELVIN PROVIDED INPUT AND INSIGHT ON THE VARIOUS PROJECTS, INCLUDING DOG PARK RULES, DOG PARKS, SIGNAGE, THE UTILITY BOX ART PROGRAM AND THE FORTHCOMING PICKLEBALL COURTS.
JUST TO NAME A FEW OF THE MANY THINGS HE WORKED ON, HE HAS BEEN VERY COMMUNICATIVE, INSIGHTFUL, AND ENTHUSIASTIC AT COMMISSION MEETINGS AND ALWAYS ASKED THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS ON VARIOUS TOPICS.
SO WE THANK CALVIN FOR HIS DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS AND WISH HIM GREAT SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE.
SO CALVIN HERE, THE MIC IS YOURS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME BEFORE I BEGIN, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT FOR POINTING ME AS THE STUDENT MEMBER OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION.
I APPRECIATE WHAT HE SAW IN ME AND I AM GLAD THAT I WAS ABLE TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY BETTER MYSELF, BUT ALSO HELP THE COMMUNITY WHILE IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT I HAD TO SERVE MY TERM UNDER THE CONDITIONS THAT WE WERE IN.
I AM GLAD THAT I WAS ABLE TO FILL THE ROLE AND STILL PROVIDE AS MUCH AS I COULD DURING THIS TIME WHILE I ENVY MY SUCCESSOR, THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE PANDEMIC.
I'M ALSO GLAD THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE PANDEMIC BECAUSE I AM SURE THAT MY SUCCESSOR WILL MAKE THE BEST OF THIS TIME AND WILL FURTHER CONTRIBUTE TO THIS COMMUNITY.
IN MY TIME IN THIS POSITION, I HAVE LEARNED A LOT BEING A PART OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION IS AN ENTIRELY NEW EXPERIENCE TO ME COMING FROM MARCHING BAND.
THIS, THIS IS A TOTAL SHIFT IN WHAT I AM USED TO WITH.
UH, I REALLY ENJOYED MY TIME WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION.
I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I'M JUST TRYING TO SAY.
UM, AS A JUNIOR THIS YEAR WAS DEFINITELY DIFFICULT TO MANAGE ALL THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO.
AND ALTHOUGH THE TIME SHORT, THE ONE, THE ONE YEAR I HAD AN ON THIS POSITION, ALTHOUGH IT FELT SHORT, I'M GLAD THAT I WAS ABLE TO MAKE THE MOST OUT OF EVERY SINGLE OPPORTUNITY THAT I HAD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTRIBUTING
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FURTHER TO THIS CITY.I KNOW, I KNOW I TALKED TO MY PARKS AND REC COMMISSIONER AS I'M SURE EVERYBODY ELSE DID AS WELL.
AND THEY APPRECIATED THE INSIGHT.
YEAH, CERTAINLY WAS A DIFFICULT YEAR FOR A PARKS AND REC COMMISSIONER, BUT WE APPRECIATE THE INSIGHT.
SO WE HAVE CERTIFICATES FROM COUNTY SUPERVISOR, KURT HAGMAN FOR YOU.
WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE FROM CONGRESSWOMAN YOUNG KIM, AND THEN WE HAVE THE CITY ONE.
THE PARENTS CAN COME UP CLOSER.
I CAN TELL YOU WHEN TO TAKE A PHOTO.
OH, YOU GUYS ARE ALL A FAMILY.
YEAH, YOU CAN TAKE THE MASKS OFF GILBERT KELVIN FOR A SECOND.
CAN I GIVE YOU MY PHONE NUMBER? I NEED SOMEBODY TO GO SHOPPING WITH CAUSE YOU LOOK SHARP, BUT THANK YOU.
AND HE WAS ONLY A SOPHOMORE WHEN HE APPLIED.
[8. SPRING HIGHLIGHTED VOLUNTEERS - Ken and Laura Montague for being active members of the Chino Hills community]
ITEM IS TO RECOGNIZE OUR SPRING HIGHLIGHTED VOLUNTEERS, KEN AND LAURA MONTAGUE FOR BEING ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY.I'M GOING TO UNMUTE THERE, MIKE.
ALL RIGHT, KEN AND LAURA, CAN YOU HEAR US? OKAY.
LET ME PROMOTE THEM TO PANELISTS AND SEE IF THAT WILL WORK.
THEY SHOULD HAVE FULL CONTROL OF KEN AND LAURA.
WHY DON'T I START SINGING? OKAY.
I'M GOING TO START SINGING YOUR PRAISES AND YOU CHIME IN WHEN YOU CAN.
UH, IT'S BEEN A, IT'S AN HONOR TONIGHT TO HONOR, UH, AND RECOGNIZE KEN AND LAURA MONTAGUE AS OUR SPRING HIGHLIGHTED VOLUNTEERS, KEN AND LAURA HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN ALL THINGS CHINO HILLS FOR QUITE SOME TIME, THE TWO OF THEM HAVE BEEN HELPING TO KEEP CHINO HILLS GRAFFITI FREE SINCE 2010 AS MEMBERS OF THE VOLUNTEER GRAFFITI ABATEMENT TEAM.
THEY'RE WIDELY KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY FOR BEING ANIMAL ADVOCATES AND HELPING TO REUNITE MISSING PETS WITH THEIR OWNERS.
LAURA SERVED ON THE CHINO HILLS, HEALTHY CITIES COMMITTEE AND AS A MEMBER OF THE CITY'S CHINO HILLS ANIMAL CARE AD HOC COMMITTEE, WHERE SHE WORKED WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY LEADERS AND ANIMAL WELFARE WELFARE PARTNERS TO DEVELOP THE, GETTING TO ZERO PROGRAM THAT HAS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED THE EUTHANASIA RATES OF PETS.
IN FACT, LAURA WAS NAMED THE 2017 OUTSTANDING CITIZEN OF THE CHINO VALLEY.
UM, THE 2015 CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY HERO AT THE LA COUNTY FAIR AND HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS THE CHINO HILLS VOLUNTEER, UH, AS, UH, THE CHINO HILLS VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AND FALL 2010, KEN AND LAURA HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR 26 YEARS AND HAVE BEEN CHINO HILLS RESIDENTS SINCE 2003 TOGETHER.
THEY HAVE TWO CHILDREN, FOUR GRANDCHILDREN AND FOUR DOGS.
AND ON BEHALF OF THE CHINO HILLS CITY COUNCIL AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, WE WANTED TO THANK LAURA AND KEN FOR THEIR TREMENDOUS WORK FOR OUR CITY.
AND LAUREN CAN, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
SO IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THEY LEFT THE MEETING.
I DO SEE THERE IS A CALL-IN USER THAT'S ANONYMOUS.
IF THAT COLON USER IS KEN OR LAURA, PLEASE DIAL STAR NINE TO RAISE YOUR HAND IN A TEXT FROM LAURA.
THAT IS THE CALL AND THE USER.
LET ME UNMUTE THAT MIC, EVERYONE.
THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO UNMUTE THEIR MIC.
CAN YOU HEAR US? YES, MA'AM HEY, WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING AT A SCREEN FOR THE BUDGET WORKSHOPS, SO WE'RE NOT ABLE TO SEE YOU GUYS, BUT WE'RE HERE ON THE PHONE.
OH, WE CAN SEE YOUR PICTURE ON OUR SCREEN.
SO WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU PERFECT.
WE JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, UH, TO MAYOR JOS AND CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, AND TO EVERYONE WITHIN THE CITY, WE'RE SUPER HAPPY TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD.
WE'RE VERY HONORED AND WE JUST
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WON'T TAKE UP MUCH TIME.WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
AND WE ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY TO VOLUNTEER.
IT'S IT'S EASY TO, UH, COMPLAIN ABOUT THINGS AND LOOK AT THINGS, BUT IF YOU WANT TO HELP THE CITY AND YOU WANT TO HELP YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD BE PART OF THE SOLUTION AND GET OUT AND JUST START DOING THINGS IN YOUR COMMUNITY, BECAUSE WE BEEN HERE SINCE 2003 AND WE'VE LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT.
WELL, LAUREN, CAN YOU GUYS CERTAINLY PERSONIFY WHAT IT, WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A VOLUNTEER? THERE AREN'T MANY PEOPLE THAT I'LL TAKE A TEXT MESSAGE FROM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO SAY, HEY, CAN YOU GO RUN AROUND FAIRFIELD RANCH AND TRY TO TRACK DOWN A DOG? SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK I, YOU KNOW, I SENT HER, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT.
SO THANK YOU TO BOTH YOU AND KEN FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
[9. PRESENTATION - Recognition of City Volunteers]
GOING TO ALSO DO A, UH, PRESENTATION AND RECOGNITION OF OUR CITY VOLUNTEERS.ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK ALL OF OUR AMAZING, UH, CITY AND POLICE DEPARTMENT, VOLUNTEERS FOR THEIR SERVICE.
I KNOW THAT MY COLLEAGUES AND I MISS CELEBRATING ALL OF OUR DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS AT THE, THE ANNUAL VOLUNTEER DINNER THAT WE WOULD NORMALLY HAVE.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO RESUME THIS IN PERSON SOON UNTIL THEN WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR VOLUNTEERS KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE AND RECOGNIZE THEM.
UM, AND THAT WE'RE DOING THE SHOW TONIGHT AND THAT EVEN DURING THE PANDEMIC, OUR COMMUNITY'S WILLINGNESS TO USE THEIR TIME AND LEND A HELPING HAND HELP TO MAKE THE CITY SHINE BRIGHT.
AND 2020, WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 85 CITY VOLUNTEERS AND 47 POLICE DEPARTMENT VOLUNTEERS TOGETHER THEY'VE VOLUNTEERED OVER 40 OR SORRY, OVER 4,000 HOURS SAVING THE CITY, AN ESTIMATED $80,000.
AT THIS TIME, WE WANT TO GIVE SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO ONE OF OUR CITIZENS ON PATROLS.
KEVIN HAS BEEN SELECTED AS THE 2020 COP OF THE YEAR FOR HIS ABILITY TO SET A GREAT EXAMPLE WITH HIS FELLOW CLPS AND FOR HIS ALSO WILLINGNESS TO BE CALLED UPON AT ANY TIME.
AND WITHOUT A DOUBT, OUR COMMUNITY IS VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE SO MANY WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS LIKE KEVIN, WHO ARE WILLING TO DONATE THEIR TIME AND TALENT, EVEN THROUGH THE PANDEMIC.
SO ON BEHALF OF THE CHINO HILLS CITY COUNCIL, I WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR VOLUNTEERS FOR MAKING OUR CITY A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE.
WELL, SHOW OFF WHAT WE ARE, WHAT OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE GOING TO BE GETTING ANNUALLY AT DINNERS AT THE DINNER.
WE GIVE THEM A LITTLE SOMETHING.
SO THIS IS WHAT THEY WILL BE RECEIVING.
SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS.
ALL RIGHT, THEN, UH, NOW WE WILL BE, UM, UH, HAD, DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS AT CLOSED SESSION? ALL RIGHT.
NO REPORTABLE ACTIONS AT THIS TIME, WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I DO NOT SEE ANY HANDS RAISED AT THIS TIME.
IF YOU WISH TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IN THE ZOOM APPLICATION OR DIAL STAR NINE, AND THEN WITHOUT ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST ANNOUNCEMENTS ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
[ 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.]
CONSENT CALENDAR.DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY CONSENT CALENDAR KEY TO THAT CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS TO BE POLL? I HAVE A COMMENT ON ITEM 11.
THERE WERE SOME CORRECTIONS THAT WERE MADE.
IS THAT CORRECT? CHERYL? YEAH, I'LL BE ANNOUNCING.
I'M JUST GOING TO PULL 15, HAS TWO AT THE FOUNDATION.
ALL RIGHT, WELL I'M 15, 14 A FOURTH.
WE'RE GOING TO PULL OUT THEM 14 AND 15.
SO THEN WITH THAT, WE WILL BE MOVING ITEMS 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 1920.
AND, UH, ITEM 11 IS APPROVED AS BEING APPROVED AND, UM, WE'RE APPROVING THE MINUTES AS REVISED.
SO THEN WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE.
THOSE REMAIN THE REMAINDER OF THOSE ITEMS. GET EMOTIONAL.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS MAYOR JOE'S YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER BAHRAM AND COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS.
[14. Authorize City Manager to execute Amendment No. 34 to Agreement No. A94-93 with San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department for Fiscal Year 2021-22 in amount of $16,084,279 for law enforcement services]
UP ITEM 14.I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR THE CITY MANAGER.
UM, WE HAD A REPORT TODAY ON THE BUDGET AND IT SHOWED $16.6 MILLION.
AND THIS ONLY SAYS 16 MILLION.
AND YOU DID GIVE ME A REASON FOR IT.
OUR CONTRACT FOR OUR SHERIFF SERVICES INCLUDES THE $16.6 MILLION, WHICH IS THE TOTAL COST FOR SERVICE.
HOWEVER, THE, UH, COUNTY OPERATION, WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, SHARES OUR FACILITY.
AND SO WE GET CREDITS FOR THAT ACTIVITY, UH, WHICH IS ROUGHLY A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS THAT OFFSETS THE TOTAL COSTS.
SO IN OUR PRESENTATION, ON THE BUDGET, WE WERE SHOWING THE TOTAL COST WITHOUT THE OFFSET.
AND HERE WE'RE SHOWING THE NET COST TO THE CITY.
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THAT WITH THAT.SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ AND A SECOND BY MYSELF.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.
[15. Re-appoint Sylvia Nash, Kathleen Smith, and Peter Pirritano and appoint Aimee Holliday Davis to Board of Directors of the Chino Hills Community Foundation for terms ending May 2025]
TAKE UP ITEM 15.ITEM 15 HAS TWO AT THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
AND AT OUR BOARD MEETINGS, WE PUSHED TO THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS TO HAVE THEIR TERMS RENEWED AND EXTENDED TO 2025.
WE NORMALLY HAVE A BOARD OF 15, 16 PEOPLE.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE A MOTION, UH, INDIVIDUALLY ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND CYNTHIA, WHO ARE BOTH ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR PETER
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN, MADAM CITY CLERK.
MAYOR JO'S VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ.
THEN WITH THAT, WE ARE ONTO THE DISCUSSION CALENDAR.
THIS IS THE PORTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA FOR ALL ITEMS FROM MATTERS WHERE STAFF AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS ANTICIPATED.
RAISE YOUR HAND VIA ZOOM OR DIAL STAR NINE TO BE SELECTED FROM THE MEETING QUEUE INDIVIDUAL AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.
[21. Receive and file Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) update]
RECEIVE AND FILE CORONAVIRUS.UH, WE'VE HAVE A LOT OF ACTIVITY TO REPORT TONIGHT.
SO I'M ACTUALLY GONNA READ THE MAJORITY OF THIS IT'S, UH, RECENT DEVELOPMENTS HAVE ALLOWED FOR, UH, YOUTH AGE 12 AND UP TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THE PFIZER, UH, COVID-19 VACCINE.
AND THAT IS BEING DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE COUNTY AND OTHER SOURCES.
SO ANYONE WHO'S LOOKING FOR THAT, UH, THAT'S AVAILABLE TO YOU NOW? I BELIEVE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ALSO IS COORDINATING, UH, SOME VACCINATION CLINICS.
UM, WE AT THE CITY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TO HOST, UH, COVID-19 VACCINATION CLINICS.
UH, AND WE HAD ONE, UH, RECENTLY FOR, UH, PFIZER VACCINES WHERE 180 DOSES OR ADMINISTERED.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SCHEDULED, UH, JUNE 1ST, UH, JUNE 7TH AND JUNE 11TH, UH, SUBSEQUENT, UH, VACCINATE CORRECTION, UH, JUNE 7TH THROUGH JUNE 11TH, IT'S A WEEK LONG VACCINATION, UH, CLINIC.
SO, UH, PLEASE, UH, CONSULT THE COUNTY WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION.
AND THERE'S ALSO LINKS ON THE CITY WEBSITE, UH, EFFECTIVE JUNE 1ST, MANY OF, UH, THE CITIES, UH, REMAINING LIMITED FACILITIES AND, UH, AND AMENITIES ARE GOING TO BE RESTORED.
UH, ALL OUR CITY FACILITIES WILL BE OPEN.
UH, CITY HALL HAS BEEN OPEN FOR A LONG TIME, BUT OUR COMMUNITY CENTER IS, IS THE MOST OBVIOUS, UH, UH, NEW OPENING IN JUNE.
UM, THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS NOT ONLY GOING TO BE OPEN, BUT IT'S ALSO GOING TO ACCEPT, UH, RESERVATIONS FOR, UH, BOOKING ROOMS AND GIVING TOURS OF THE FACILITY.
THE GAZEBO RENTALS WILL ALSO BE, UH, ACCEPTED, UH, BEGINNING, JUNE 1ST.
UM, AND THEN THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PROGRAMS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC IS AWARE OF OUR MOVIES IN THE PARK, UH, SERIES IS GOING TO RETURN, UH, JUNE 17TH.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO, UH, HAVE A SEVEN WEEK SERIES FOR, UH, MOVIES IN THE PARK AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
UH, YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE ADVANCED TICKETS SO THAT WE CAN PLAN ACCORDINGLY, UH, BUT IT IS A FREE EVENT.
UH, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE OUR CONCERTS IN THE PARK PROGRAM RETURN, UH, STARTING JUNE 19TH.
AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE FIRST CONCERT, UH, IN OUR PARKING LOT, UH, ADJACENT TO CITY HALL, UH, JUST SOUTH OF, UH, THE SHOPS.
UH, WE WILL BE LIMITED TO 150 VEHICLES FOR THAT EVENT.
SO YOU'LL HAVE TO REGISTER AT A TIME.
UH, BUT WE'RE ALSO HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT, UH, IN RECOGNITION OF THE ANTICIPATED CHANGES TO OUR, UH, STATE MANDATES, WE ARE LOOKING TO BRING CONCERTS BACK TO VETERANS PARK, UH, BEGINNING WITH THE JULY 3RD, UH, INDEPENDENCE, UH, CELEBRATION.
AND SO MORE INFORMATION WILL COME FROM THE RECREATION DEPART, UH, ON THAT.
UM, WE ALSO, UH, AND I KNOW THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN EAGERLY ANTICIPATING, UH, THIS, UH, AGAIN, AN ANTICIPATION OF THE JUNE 15TH, UH, CHANGES TO OUR, UH, MASK AND, AND SOCIAL DISTANCING
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AND OTHER RESTRICTIONS THAT HAVE PREVENTED US FROM BEING ABLE TO ALLOW THE PART, THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR, UH, COUNCIL MEETINGS.WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT THE SECOND MEETING IN JUNE WILL, UH, RESTORE ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC.
SO JUNE 22ND, OUR, UH, COUNCIL MEETINGS WILL THEN INVOLVE DIRECT PARTICIPATION FROM THE PUBLIC.
AND THEN WE'LL ROLL OUT, UH, COMMISSION MEETINGS, UH, BEGINNING IN JULY SO THAT ALL OF THOSE COMMISSIONS WILL WORK OUT THE KINKS HERE AT THE COUNCIL MEETING.
AND THEN, UH, WE'LL, UH, UH, OUR COMMISSIONERS WILL BEGIN TO ENGAGE DIRECTLY WITH THE PUBLIC.
AGAIN UH, ADDITIONALLY, UM, THE COUNCIL, UH, AUTHORIZED STAFF TO SUSPEND OUR ENFORCEMENT OF PARKING, UH, STREET, SWEEPING PARKING ENFORCEMENT, UH, IN RECOGNITION OF ALL THE EXTRA INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE HOME AND MAYBE NOT ABLE TO MOVE THEIR CARS, UH, GIVEN THAT MUCH OF THE, UH, ECONOMY HAS STARTED MOVING FORWARD.
MANY OF THE, UH, INDIVIDUALS HAVE GONE BACK TO WORK AND THE MORE FLEXIBILITY PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO MOVE THEIR CARS.
WE ARE PLANNING TO RESTORE PARK STREET, SWEEPING ENFORCEMENT, EFFECTIVE JULY 5TH.
SO WE WILL BE, UH, SPREADING THE WORD, UH, EVERYWHERE OVER THE NEXT MONTH AND A HALF.
AND THEN, UH, BEGINNING, JULY 5TH, UH, WE REALLY NEED TO GET THOSE CARS OFF THE STREET DURING OUR STREET SWEEPING TIME.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT, UH, THE CHINO HILLS ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM IS ONE OF THE MOST, UH, UM, NOT NECESSARILY LENIENT, BUT, BUT AT LEAST, UH, UH, FLEXIBLE PROGRAMS AND THE FACT THAT YOU WOULD ONLY BE SUBJECT TO A CITATION IF THE STREET SWEEPER HAD TO GO AROUND YOUR CAR.
SO IF YOU CAN AT LEAST TEMPORARILY GET YOUR CAR OFF THE STREET AND AFTER THE STREET SWEEPERS GONE BY, UH, YOU CAN ALWAYS RESTORE IT.
UH, THE, THE, THE WHOLE IDEA OF, OF STREET SWEEPING ENFORCEMENT IS TO MAXIMIZE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE STREET SWEEPER.
WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN GETTING, UH, CONCERNS, UH, FROM THE RESIDENTS SAYING THAT, UH, CONSISTENT CARS ON THE STREET HAS MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR THEIR STREETS TO GET SWEPT ADEQUATELY.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, INCENTIVIZING INDIVIDUALS TO MOVE THEIR CARS SO THAT WE CAN IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THAT FOR THAT PROGRAM.
UH, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UH, WE'RE ALSO RESTORING SOME OF OUR, UH, RECREATION PROGRAMS, RECREATION CLASSES, UH, FOR JUNE ARE NOW STARTING TO BE OFFERED.
PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.
AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY FOR TESTING, UH, EVENTS AND, UH, VACCINATION CLINICS.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY COMMENTS BY VICE MAYOR.
I DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER ON THIS.
SO WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH YOUR COMMENTS, WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER ON THIS ITEM, SO LET'S GO, LET'S GO WITH THE SPEAKER RIGHT NOW.
I ALWAYS HAVING TROUBLE UNMUTING.
UM, SO FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, UH, CITY MANAGER OF
THEY SUPPORTED OUR FIVE 15 OUTDOOR DOG PARK FUNDRAISING EVENT.
WE HAD AN OUTDOORS AT THE MCCOY EQUESTRIAN CENTER, AND I BELIEVE THAT WE HELPED THESE OTHER GROUPS THAT BEN IS TALKING ABOUT TO FOLLOW WITH OUTDOOR EVENTS NOW IN OUR PUBLIC SPACE.
IT'S VERY PERPLEXING THAT SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.
ALL RIGHT, THEN I GOT INTERRUPTED.
CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? OKAY, GOOD JOB.
FIRST OF ALL, THAT OUR COUNTY IS STILL IN THE ORANGE TIER WHILE LA AND ORANGE COUNTY ARE YELLOW.
UH, NONETHELESS, IT'S WHAT IT IS AS IT IS.
AS WE DIG OUT OF THE COVID CRISIS IN OUR COUNTY, STATE, AND COUNTRY, WE WEAR MASKS STORE GYMS, SUPERMARKETS IN PLACES OF BUSINESS, DEPENDING ON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE MANDATES.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO JUNE 15, JUST LIKE ANYBODY ELSE, BUT I'M GOING TO BE CAUTIOUS.
IT'S CONCERNING TO ME THAT JAPAN, INDIA, ARGENTINA, AND BRAZIL ARE EXPERIENCING DEADLY SURGES.
IT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP OUR EYE ON.
NOW, I WANT TO QUICKLY SHARE A STORY ABOUT MY NONPROFIT EVENT AT MCCOY EQUESTRIAN CENTER.
LAST YEAR, WE SUBMITTED A HEFTY DEPOSIT TO PROMOTE A FUNDRAISER OUTDOORS AT MCCOY RESIDENTS.
WE WANTED TO HAVE HORS D'OEUVRES AND VENDOR TABLES.
WHEN WE FINALLY WERE ALLOWED TO DO THAT THIS YEAR, MAY 15TH WAS SLOAN.
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WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE OUR EVENT DUE TO THE ORANGE CHAIR GUIDELINES.WE WERE LIMITED TO A HUNDRED PEOPLE AFTERWARDS.
WE HAD TO SOCIAL DISTANCE, PUT PEOPLE IN PODS, AND THERE WAS NO DANCING ALLOWED.
WE HAD TO GET SECURITY, ABC LICENSE, UH, HEALTH DEPARTMENT CONTROLS IN PLACE AS WELL.
NOW I WAS TOLD ANY DEVIATION FROM THIS MAY RESULT IN A SHUTDOWN OF OUR EVENT.
SO WE WERE EXTREMELY CAREFUL NOT TO ALLOW MINGLING OUTSIDE OF DESIGNATED SEATING.
WHEN I HEARD OF A JOINT CITIES, CHINO VALLEY MAYOR FAIR BRICK, INDOOR ATTENDANCE OF 375 MASKS WAS SHOULDER TO SHOULDER AT A BANQUET AT A PRIVATE BUSINESS, INDOOR BASKETBALL COURT.
I MEAN, THIS HAD ALL THE APPEARANCE OF A MAJOR DEPARTURE FROM THE COUNTY ORANGE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT MANDATES I CAN, IT WAS A PRIVATE EVENT.
I'M SURPRISED TO LEARN OUR COUNTY SUPERVISOR WAS THERE.
I KNOW THE COUNCIL WAS THERE AS WELL AS CHINO MASSLESS PRAYER.
BREAKFAST WAS MENTIONED IN THE CHAMPION AND PRIVATE INQUIRIES THAT I MADE TO VARIOUS ATTENDEES REVEALED THAT ONLY ONE PERSON WAS OBSERVED WEARING A MASK.
SO FRANKLY, I'M CONFUSED, BUT IT APPEARS TO ME THAT OUR ORANGE TIER WHERE SHELVES AT OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS, SUPPRESSION, UH, IF YOU COULD RESPOND TO THAT, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
THERE ARE PERFECT, RIGHT? WELL THAT WE WILL MOVE
[22. Introduce Ordinance entitled: “An Ordinance of the City of Chino Hills Adopting Chapter 5.58 Regulating Sidewalk Vending in Accordance With Government Code Sections 51036, et seq., Amending Chapter 5.04 to Remove the Hawking Prohibition and Add Enforcement of No Solicitation Signs, Amending Chapter 5.40 to Remove Requirement That Sidewalk Vendors Obtain Ice Cream Vending Permits, Adding Section 5.04.340 Regarding Solicitation, and Deleting Section 10.08.100 to Remove Restrictions on Food and Vendor Vehicle and Cart Parking - For first reading by title only and waive further reading]
ON.DO WE NEED TO READ OUT THE ENTIRE ONE? ALL RIGHT.
ORDINANCE AND TITLED AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS ADOPTING CHAPTER 5.58, REGULATING SIDEWALK VENDING IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS ONE FIVE ZERO THREE SIX, AMENDING CHAPTER 5.04, TO REMOVE THE HOCKEY PRO HOCKEY PROHIBITION AND ADD ENFORCEMENT OF NO SOLICITATION SIGNS AMENDING CHAPTER 5.40.
TO REMOVE REQUIREMENT THAT SIDEWALK VENDORS OBTAIN ICE CREAM, VENDING PERMITS, AND ADDING SECTION 5.0 4.340 REGARDING SOLICITATION AND DELETING SECTION 10.0 8.100 TO REMOVE RESTRICTIONS ON FOOD AND VENDING, UH, FOOD AND VENDOR VEHICLE AND CART PARKING FOR THE FIRST READING BY TITLE ONLY AND WAIVE FOR THE READING MAYOR.
JOE'S UH, OUR ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY ELIZABETH CAL WILL INTRODUCE THE ITEM.
HELLO MAYOR JOE SPAMMERS AND THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC, THE SIDEWALK VENDOR ORDINANCE IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO REGULATE SIDEWALK VENDORS CONSISTENT WITH THE STATE SIDEWALK VENDOR LAW, UH, THAT LAW SB NINE 46 WAS ADOPTED TO INVALIDATE LOCAL LAWS THAT PROHIBITED OR SEVERELY RESTRICTED STREET VENDORS.
THE LEGISLATURE CLEARLY STATED ITS PURPOSE WAS TO REMOVE THESE UNNECESSARY BARRIERS, DECRIMINALIZE VIOLATIONS, UH, PREVIOUS VIOLATIONS OF US OF, UH, ANY OR LOCAL ORDINANCES AND, UH, SUPPORT LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES.
THE LEGISLATURE VIEWS STREET VENDORS AS ENTREPRENEURS THAT ARE GOOD FOR CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMY.
SO CITIES ARE NOW VERY CONSTRAINED AND THE REGULATIONS THAT CITIES CAN ADOPT, UH, THE LAW.
AND LET ME GET TO THE SLIDE HERE.
UM, AND THE LAWS LIMIT, UM, THE LAW IS LIMITED TO REGULATING WHAT CITIES CAN DO ON THEIR SIDEWALKS OR THEIR PEDESTRIAN PATHS IN PARKS OR OPEN SPACE AREAS.
UM, SO IT DOES NOT APPLY TO ALL PUBLIC PROPERTY, BUT IT DOES APPLY TO PATHS, SIDEWALKS, UM, ALL RESTRICTIONS, UM, OF THE, OF ANY ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE MUST BE RELATED TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, OR MUST BE NECESSARY TO ENSURE PUBLIC'S ENJOYMENT OF PUBLIC RESOURCES AND, AND THE RECREATIONAL AREAS.
SO WHAT CAN WE REGULATE? UH, STATE LAWS SPECIFICALLY ALLOWS REGULATIONS THAT PROHIBIT STATIONARY SIDEWALK AREAS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
FOR INSTANCE, UM, WE MAY RESTRICT THE HOURS OF OPERATION AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
IF THEY'RE NOT UNDULY RESTRICTIVE, UH, WE CAN ALSO ENSURE CLEARANCE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, WHICH IS, UH, FOUR 48 INCHES WIDE.
UM, WE CAN PROHIBIT STATIONARY VENDORS AND PARKS WHEN CITIES HAVE EXCLUSIVE VENDOR AGREEMENTS, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER PROVISIONS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY ALLOWED.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S, AND AGAIN, ANY OTHER, ANY RESTRICTION THAT IS RELATED TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, OR TO THE ENJOYMENT OF PUBLIC RESOURCES, UM, SUCH AS PARKS OR OPEN SPACE AREAS CAN BE, UM, PERMITTED, BUT YOU DO HAVE, BUT WE ARE.
BUT SINCE THE PURPOSE OF THE LAW IS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR STREET VENDORS, WE DO HAVE TO BE CAREFUL, UH, TO, TO COMPLY WITH THAT.
SO THE OTHER CONSTRAINTS THAT THE CITY HAS RELATES TO FIRST AMENDMENT CONSTRAINTS,
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UH, THE CITY HAS TO COMPLY WITH THE FIRST AMENDMENT.WE CANNOT PROHIBIT PROTECTED SPEECH.
UM, AND IF, UH, CITIES THAT DO THAT OFTEN, UM, UNDERGO, YOU KNOW, LAWSUITS THAT ARE VERY EXPENSIVE WHEN THE CITY NOT ONLY HAS TO PAY ITS OWN ATTORNEY'S FEES, BUT THE ATTORNEY'S FEES OF THE OTHER SIDE SUING THE CITY IF THEY WIN.
IF THE WRONG CALL IS MADE, WHEN WE'RE, UM, TREADING INTO THE AREA OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
NOW, OBSCENITY IS NOT PROTECTED SPEECH UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT, BUT PROFANITY IS SO, UM, WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL TO TREAD THAT LINE VERY CAREFULLY.
UM, REGARDING EXPLETIVES, THERE WAS CASE LAW GOING BACK 50 YEARS NOW, UH, THAT ESSENTIALLY HELD THAT IT WAS OKAY TO HAVE AN EXPLETIVE ON A T-SHIRT WALKING DOWN A PUBLIC AREA.
UM, SO, SO THE LAWS THERE ARE VERY, UH, PRETTY CLEAR ON WHAT CAN AND CANNOT.
IT HAS TO BE PRETTY SEXUALIZED, UM, PICTURES OR WHATNOT TO BE ACTUALLY PROHIBITED.
SO THE CITY DOES HAVE EXISTING ORDINANCES ON THE, UM, ON THE, IN THE CODE THAT REGULATE PUBLIC DISPLAY OF OBSCENITY.
WE HAVE A NEWS RACK ORDINANCE.
WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT PROHIBITS, UM, OBSCENITY IN, UH, IN, UM, IN DRUG STORES AND THE ANOTHER KINDS OF STORES, UM, AND REGULATES IT SO THAT IT HAS TO BE THAT BLIND DIRECT.
SO IF THERE'S A MAGAZINE THAT HAS THOSE KINDS OF PICTURES, IT CAN BE THERE, BUT IT HAS TO BE UNDER A BLINDER RACK THAT COVERS TWO THIRDS OF IT.
SO WE ALREADY HAVE THOSE TYPES OF ORDINANCE.
WE ALSO HAVE A SIGN ORDINANCE, UM, THAT GOES THROUGH A VIEW TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S NO OBSCENITY.
SO WE HAVE, UM, SO WE, WE CAN HAVE THAT SORT OF, OF, UM, PROHIBITION.
UM, WHAT ELSE DOES THE SIDEWALK BOARD ORDINANCE, UH, IT SAYS THE SIDEWALK STREET VENDORS, STATE LAW ALLOW US TO DO IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO ISSUE PERMITS AND TO, UM, REQUIRE BASIC REQUIREMENTS TO OBTAIN THESE PERMITS SO THAT, UH, AND IT ALLOWS US ALSO TO PROTECT LINE OF SIGHT, YOU KNOW, W UNDER PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, IF THERE'S A LINE OF SIGHT ISSUE, IT WOULD SEEM WE WOULD RAISE.
AND AT LEAST OUR OFFICE IS COMFORTABLE THAT THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO DO THAT.
SO, UM, IN ONE OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE TONIGHT, WE HAVE A PROVISION THAT MIRRORS OUR TEMPORARY SIGN ORDINANCE THAT PROTECTED THE CORNERS OF, OF INTERSECTION MAJOR INTERSECTIONS IN THE TOWN.
AND WE KEPT WITH THAT SAME CONSISTENT, UM, THAT CONSISTENT, UM, THOSE, THOSE PARTICULAR INTERSECTIONS TO REGULATE THE AREAS WE CAN PROHIBIT SIDEWALK VENDORS, UM, UH, OUR COM OUR OFFICE IS COMFORTABLE PRINTING SIDEWALK, VENDORS, AND CARPOOL PICKUP LINES AND DROP-OFF AREAS.
SO, UH, IN YOUR PACKET TONIGHT ARE A BUNCH OF, UM, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE CARPOOL LINES ON THE PICKUP AREAS ARE.
WE REALIZED THAT, UM, A NUMBER OF CITIES HAVE LOUD EITHER 500 OR A THOUSAND FEET TO PROHIBIT AROUND SCHOOLS, BUT THAT REALLY IS BOTH UNDER INCLUSIVE.
AND OVER-INCLUSIVE, SO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF REALLY TOOK A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT TO, UM, FIND WHERE THESE PICKUP LINES AND, UM, FOR THE CARPOOL AND A DROP-OFF PLACES ARE ON EACH OF THESE SCHOOLS.
SO THAT WAY, IF IT STRETCHES FURTHER THAN A THOUSAND FEET, WE HAVE THAT COVERED, BUT IT DOESN'T OVER INCLUDE THE WHOLE RESIDENT, THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND THE SCHOOL.
SO THOSE AREAS ARE DELINEATED, AND WE'LL BE COMING BACK.
IF THIS IS APPROVED, WE'LL COME BACK.
UM, AT SECOND READING WITH THE PROPOSED POLICY TO ADOPT THOSE AREAS AS PART OF A REGULATION.
UM, IF IT'S ADOPTED, AS REGULATION WILL BE MORE EASY TO CHANGE AS THOSE AREAS CHANGE OVER TIME.
UM, WE HAVE ALSO, SO THERE IS A LONG LIST OF THINGS WHICH HAVE BEEN PROHIBITED AND THAT'S SET FORTH IN 5.5 8.050 OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, I'LL BE HERE FOR THAT.
UM, WE'VE ALSO APPEALED PROVISIONS THAT ARE UNENFORCEABLE, SUCH AS RESTRICTIONS ON HOCKING.
UM, THERE WERE ALSO RESTRICTIONS ON WHERE FOOD TRUCKS COULD PARK.
THOSE ARE ALSO PROBLEMATIC, UH, AND COULD LEAD TO LITIGATION.
UM, THERE IS AN ICE CREAM VENDOR PERMIT REQUIREMENT IN OUR CODE THAT REQUIRES ALL ICE CREAM VENDORS TO OBTAIN PERMITS BECAUSE THE SCIENCE STATE SIDEWALK ORDINANCE PROHIBITS US FROM REQUIRING ANYTHING MORE THAN OUR PERMIT.
UM, BUT IT STILL REMAINS FOR, UM, MOTORIZED ICE CREAM VENDORS.
SO THEY'LL STILL HAVE TO UNDO THE BACKGROUND CHECKS THAT ARE IN THAT IN THE ICE CREAM VENDOR, EXISTING ICE CREAM VENDOR PERMIT.
HOCKING IS, I'M ASKING YOU SELLING YOUR WARES SHOUTING, YOU KNOW, ABOUT YOUR WARES HOCKING PEANUTS.
SO I NEVER HEARD THAT TERM BEFORE.
SO A RECOMMENDATION IS WE ASK THAT YOU INTRODUCE THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE.
WE ALSO RECOMMEND THAT WE ADD A PROVISION
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IMPOSING TIME LIMITS ON OPERATIONS IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.SO SUBSEQUENT TO SENDING THE, UM, UM, THE AGENDA PACKET OUT, UM, WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS AND WE CAN REGULATE RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
WE CAN'T REGULATE COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOODS UNDER STATE LAW, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T REGULATE MORE THAN ANY OF YOUR OTHER COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES.
AND WE DON'T HAVE A STANDARD OPENING.
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T PROHIBIT 24 HOUR BUSINESSES ALL OVER THE CITY.
WE HAVE SOME CPS, BUT WE DON'T CARTE BLANCHE PROHIBITED.
SO WE CAN'T IN COMMERCIAL AREAS, BUT IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS WE CAN, UM, IMPOSE REASONABLE RESTRICTIONS.
SO, UM, WE HAVE PROPOSED THAT WE, UH, YEAH, WE'VE SURVEYED A NUMBER OF OTHER CITIES AND WE PROPOSE 8:00 AM AS A START TIME AND 30 MINUTES AFTER SUNDOWN AS AN END TIME.
UH, CAUSE THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN OUR, UM, OUR PARKS IN OUR OPEN SPACE.
THEY ALREADY HAVE TO STOP AT 30 MINUTES AFTER SUNDOWN ELIZABETH.
CAN WE LIMIT THAT MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY? UH, COULD YOU LIMIT IT MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY? PROBABLY.
IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO, I THINK BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE, UM, IT CAN'T BE UNREASONABLE AND, UM, WE'D HAVE TO COME, THERE'D HAVE TO BE A PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY REASON OR AN ENJOYMENT REASON.
SO I'VE BEEN, IF THERE ARE PARTICULAR PARKS OR PARTICULAR CONCERNS, RIGHT.
JUST THINKING ENJOYMENT BECAUSE ON LIKE THE WEEKENDS, LIKE THERE'S PARKS THAT HAVE BASEBALL GAMES, IT'S MUCH MORE CROWDED.
I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE MY LINE OF LOGIC.
I TH I, BECAUSE IT SAYS THE TRANQUILITY OF RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, THAT'S WHEN EVERYONE'S OUT AND THAT WOULD DISRUPT THE TRANQUIL TRANQUILITY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THAT'S WHY I WAS THROWING OUT.
THEY'RE LIMITING IT TO MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
AND I AM CURIOUS WHAT YOUR OPINION IS ON THAT.
SO, YEAH, I, I W GIVEN THE PURPOSE OF THE ORDINANCE OF THE STATE LAW IS TO, UM, PROMOTE, UM, PROMOTE THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THEY WANT TO BE THERE WHEN PEOPLE ARE OUT AND ABOUT AS WELL.
CAUSE THAT'S WHEN THEY CAN SELL.
UM, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE PERMITS WHAT'S THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE PERMITS, THOUGH.
THEY DO HAVE TO HAVE PRODUCTIONS.
YOU CAN HAVE SOMEONE LIKE THE FOOD VENDORS THAT ARE OVER BY RAMONA.
WELL, THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE PERMITS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THIS ORDINANCE IN EFFECT.
I HAVE TO HAVE A BUSINESS LICENSE, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE, HAVE THIS PERMIT, BUT ONCE THE ORDINANCE GOES INTO EFFECT, THEY WILL HAVE TO HAVE A PERMIT.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC PARKS OR SPECIFIC REASONS, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT.
I THINK JUST A GENERAL RULE THAT THEY ONLY CAN MEET, UM, SELLING THEIR WARES MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, I THINK WOULD BE FAIRLY DIFFICULT TO, TO, UH, SUPPORT, BUT IF THERE'S SPECIFIC AREAS OR SPECIFIC PARKS OR SPECIFIC, UM, UM, WE COULD CERTAINLY LOOK AT SPECIFIC AREAS, UM, AND, AND CONSIDER OVERCONCENTRATION WHERE WE'RE ALLOWED TO.
WE ARE ALLOWED TO PROHIBIT FOR OVER CONCENTRATION, FOR INSTANCE.
AND I THINK CYNTHIA, TO YOUR POINT, I KNOW AT COMMUNITY PARK, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A SNACK SHACK THERE THAT WE HAVE A MATTER OF, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DEEM IT, BUT THAT THE LITTLE LEAGUES CAN RUN IT.
SO THEY HAVE THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS THERE.
SO THROUGH THAT, THEN THAT KEEPS THE ICE CREAM MAN AND EVERYBODY AWAY FROM THERE.
SO THINK AT LEAST THAT PR THAT PROTECTS US.
IT JUST KEEPS THE STATIONARY THOUGH.
AND UNFORTUNATELY SO LONG IF IT'S A CART WITH WHEELS, WELL, IF IT'S A CAR THAT YOU CAN'T STOP SOMEBODY FROM JUST ROAMING THROUGH THE PARK.
BUT NOW THEY DO HAVE TO STAY A CERTAIN DISTANCE AWAY.
WE HAVE PUT IN, I BELIEVE IT'S A HUNDRED FEET OR 20, A CERTAIN NUMBER OF FEET FROM, FROM DIFFERENT EVENTS.
SO WE ARE KEEPING THEM AWAY FROM EVENTS.
LIKE IF THERE'S A WEDDING THERE, YOU HAVE TO BE A HUNDRED FEET AWAY CONCERTS IN THE PARK CONCERTS IN THE PARK, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE A, UM, SO THAT WOULD BE A, AN EXCLUSIVE VENDOR OF IT.
SO YOU'D BE FINE, KEEPING THEM AWAY FROM THERE, BUT IN TERMS OF THE MOBILE VENDORS IS WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.
UM, BUT WE COULD, WE COULD LOOK AT THAT.
WELL, NO, I JUST WONDERED JUST BECAUSE ESPECIALLY LIKE CONCERTS IN THE PARKER, SATURDAYS OR SUNDAYS WHEN PONY AND LITTLE LEAGUE ARE GOING AT THE, YOU KNOW, AT THE FIELDS, THEY'RE PACKED TO THE GILLS WITH PEOPLE.
SO I'M NOT SURE WE WANT COMPETING PEOPLE CRUISING AROUND, BUT YEAH, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND LOOKING AT THAT, ELIZABETH, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
UH, SINCE WE ARE NOW GOING TO BE REQUIRING THEM TO HAVE A PERMIT, THEY'RE GOING TO BE SETTING UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SIDEWALK AND PEOPLE ARE RIDING THEIR BIKES, MOTORIZED SCOOTERS.
IF THERE WAS SOME SORT OF AN ACCIDENT THAT THEY CAUSED, WHO WOULD BE LIABLE IN THE QUESTION.
ACTUALLY, WHEN I, WHEN I ASK, CAN WE HAVE THEM HAVE LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE CITY? SO, UH, WE ARE AWARE THAT SOME CITIES HAVE REQUIRED THAT OUR OFFICE WAS UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THAT REQUIREMENT BECAUSE IT WASN'T CLEARLY RELATED, UM, TO PUBLIC SAFETY, HEALTH, AND WELFARE.
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UM, YOU KNOW, WOULD IT BE, WOULD WE BE LIABLE POTENTIALLY WE WOULD BE SUED.UM, BUT THEY ARE, THE REQUIREMENT IS THAT THEY STAY OUT OF THE, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE BE A PASSABLE AREA.
SO IT WOULD BE, IT SHOULD BE THEM WHO'S LIABLE.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T TELL YOU, YOU WON'T GET SUED BECAUSE AS A CITY, YOU TYPICALLY GET SUED.
UM, HOPEFULLY YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO DO MORE OUT OF IT QUICKLY.
BUT, UH, WE, OUR OFFICE AT THIS POINT, WASN'T COMFORTABLE WITH THAT INSURANCE REQUIREMENT, BUT OTHER CITIES ARE, BUT SOME CITIES ARE, LET'S SEE, RIGHT.
YOU BRING UP A REALLY GOOD POINT BECAUSE SO SOMETIMES THEY ARE BLOCKING THE SIDEWALKS, BUT YOU'RE SAYING THAT THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO BLOCK THE SIDEWALKS.
THEY HAVE TO ALLOW FOUR FEET UNDER THIS FOUR FEET IS NOTHING.
IF IT KEEPS RUNNING PEOPLE GOING EACH WAY, THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE UP THAT FOUR FEET.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, IT WON'T BE POSSIBLE AND THERE COULD BE AN ACCIDENT AT THAT TIME.
I MEAN, I CAN, I CAN RESPECT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S VIEWPOINT ABOUT THE INSURANCE, BUT THIS POLICY DECISION I THINK, IS WORTH DISCUSSING BECAUSE I ABSOLUTELY THINK THAT A VENDOR SHOULD HAVE LIABILITY INSURANCE.
ESPECIALLY ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
WE'RE THE FIRST ONES THAT ARE GOING TO BE SUED WHEN SOMEONE BUMPS INTO A VENDOR ON THE SIDE E-BIKES FLOATING AROUND AND EVERYBODY'S ZIP IN AND ZOOMING AROUND.
SOMEONE'S GOING TO GET TAKEN OUT.
IT'S WORTH LOOKING INTO FURTHER.
SO IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT THAT, DO WE AMEND IT HERE ON THE FLOOR? OR DO WE HAVE YOU COME BACK WITH, UM, SOMETHING THAT INCLUDES THAT I GUESS, HOW DO WE LOGISTICALLY DO THIS? WE SEE MARK GOING FOR THE, I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT THAT WOULD COST.
I MEAN, IF THE LAW IS THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE, THESE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE, THIS, UM, TRADE, IF YOU WILL, OR EMPLOYMENT IS SUPPOSED TO BE AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE IN THE LOW INCOME LEVELS.
AND SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT THAT INSURANCE WILL COST AND SEE IS THAT REALLY SOMETHING THAT, UM, WOULD EFFECTIVELY PRECLUDE THEM FROM BEING ABLE TO OPERATE THAT PUSHCART? BECAUSE IF IT DOES, THEY'RE PRICED OUT OF BEING ABLE TO SET UP A BOOTH BECAUSE OF LIABILITY INSURANCE, THEN THAT'S PROHIBITED, PROHIBITED UNDER THE LAW, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEN YOU ARE, YOU THAT'S 40 AND THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF ALLOWING THEM TO BECOME EMPLOYED DOING THIS.
AGAIN, I'M NOT ARGUING THAT THE INTENT OF LAW IS RIGHT.
I'M JUST LOOKING AT WHAT IT SAYS AND WE'RE IT'S, BUT IT'S FINE TO VOTE A CERTAIN INCOME GROUP AND INDIVIDUALS TO, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE A WAY OF BEING EMPLOYED.
AND IF THIS COST OF INSURANCE EFFECTIVELY TAKES THAT AWAY, THEN I DON'T THINK THAT'S ENFORCEABLE AT CONCERTS IN THE PARK.
DO WE REQUIRE THE BOY SCOUTS OR THE KIWANIS CLUB OR WHOEVER IT IS TO HAVE LIABILITY INSURANCE, TO OPERATE AT A CITY EVENT, EXCLUSIVELY JONATHAN SHAKING HIS HEAD.
NOW RAISE THAT QUESTION WITH, UH, OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR AND HE'S SHAKING HIS HEAD.
NOW, UH, SO I KNOW BRIAN TO MARK'S POINT ABOUT AFFORDABILITY OF INSURANCE.
SO I'VE HELD SPECIAL EVENTS, YOU KNOW, PRIVATE, SPECIAL EVENTS OR WORKED ON THINGS.
AND EVEN WHEN YOU, UH, WE HAVE AN EVENT AT MCCOY FOR A PRIVATE EVENT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY GIVES RESOURCES AND YOU CALL A NUMBER AND IT'S, IT'S AFFORDABLE.
IT'S A COST OF DOING BUSINESS, BUT I GUARANTEE YOU THAT SOMEONE COULD GET A DAILY RETAINER THAT WOULD BE AFFORDABLE IF SOMEONE LOOKED INTO IT.
I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO NOT MAKE THE DECISION SOLELY BASED ON THAT.
PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD TO GET LIABILITY INSURANCE.
THERE'S ALL TYPES OF LIABILITY INSURANCE TO GET.
AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK IT'S, UM, STOPPING SOMEONE FROM DOING IT.
OH, IT'S LIKE THE FOLKS YOU GET THE VERY BARE MINIMUM CAR INSURANCE.
YOU CAN GO GET UMBRELLA COVERAGE AND COVER EVERYTHING UNDER GOD'S GREEN EARTH.
I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT, ARE YOU, I MEAN, WE TYPICALLY, WHEN THE CITY'S DOING BUSINESS WITH A VENDOR, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH A MILLION DOLLARS, I BELIEVE IS GENERALLY OUR MINIMUM AND OTHERS, THERE'S TIMES WHERE THAT'S WAIVED, W YOU KNOW, THE, YOU DRIVE AN AUTOMOBILE WITH 15,000, $30,000 COVERAGE.
IS THAT THE KIND OF COVERAGE? I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE TOO, IS THAT, UM, FOR US TO LOOK AT WHETHER IT'S GOING TO COST, BECAUSE THAT WILL BE, UH, A SIGNIFICANT COST DIFFERENTIAL.
AND ALSO, UM, FOR THE CITY'S PURPOSES OF THIS IS FOR PURPOSES OF PROTECTING THE CITY, OR EVEN PEOPLE THAT GET INJURED.
UM, 15,000, $30,000 COVERAGE REALLY IS DOESN'T DO MUCH GOOD.
I MEAN, IT'S MOST INJURIES IN THESE DAYS ARE ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT IS MULTIPLES OF THAT.
I'M NOT SURE I WANT TO LET THE PERFECT BE THE ENEMY OF GOOD WHEN IT COMES TO THIS.
IF WE CAN MAKE ANY, I GUESS, TO THIS, I WOULDN'T MIND HAVING SOME LIABILITY INSURANCE OUT THERE.
SO YEAH, IF WE WOULDN'T MIND COMING BACK WITH SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY
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INCLUDES THAT AT LEAST BY SOME STANDARDS, MAYBE LOOK AT WHAT THE OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE.CAN I BRING UP A TOTALLY DIFFERENT? YES.
I KNOW THERE WAS A PROVISION IN HERE HAVING TO DO WITH, UH, UH, MAJOR STREET CORNERS, A 50 FOOT DISTANCE.
HOW WAS 50 FOOT DETERMINED TO BE PART OF THIS 50 FEET? JUST SEEMS LIKE NOTHING.
WHEN YOU'VE GOT THESE BIG FLAGS HANGING THERE, I NOT ONLY SAID NINE FEET WAS THE HEIGHT LIMIT, BUT 50 FEET JUST DOESN'T SEEM THAT FAR FROM A STREET CORNER, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN DONE, HOW WAS THAT NUMBER CHOSEN? WHAT IF YOU HAVE A TABLE WITH TABLE COUGHS THAT ARE BLOCKING YOU, IF YOU'RE IN A CAR? YEAH.
THAT'S THE RIGHT HAND TURN OR SOMETHING.
SO WE LOOKED AT THAT'S, WHAT'S REQUIRED IN THE TEMPORARY SIGN ORDINANCE RIGHT NOW.
IT REQUIRES A 50 FEET FROM EACH OF THOSE MAJOR INTERSECTIONS.
UM, AND YOU HAVE NOTED CLEARLY YOU'VE READ IT, BUT THERE'S NINE FEET.
SO THOSE TALL FLAGS THAT ARE, HAVE BEEN OUT THERE RECENTLY, WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO BE OUT THERE.
UM, WE COULD REVISIT THAT NUMBER.
I GUESS THESE WOULD BE TALLER.
NINE FEET IS TALLER THAN YOUR TYPICAL TEMPORARY SIGN ORDINANCE, A TEMPORARY SIGN.
SO POTENTIALLY THERE'S, OR WE COULD LOOK AT A, WE'RE ONLY GONNA LOOK AT THE OTHER ISSUES WE COULD LOOK, WHETHER WE COULD EXTEND THAT FURTHER, GIVEN THE CONCERN.
THAT WOULD BE GOOD IF WE CAN LOOK INTO IT.
SORRY, PLEASE TAKE IT THE QUESTION.
YES, MR. VICE MAYOR, THERE'S SOMEBODY WHO SETS UP ON A COMMERCIAL CENTER, UM, ALL THE BUSINESSES ON A COMMERCIAL CENTER HEALTH NOW BUSINESS PERMITS, AND THERE'S DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO COMPLY WITH FOR THE CITY.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, THEY SIT UP, THEY SET UP WITHOUT THE OWNER'S PERMISSION, WHAT HAPPENS, UH, LIKE ANY OTHER TRESPASS, THEY COULDN'T, YOU KNOW, THE OWNER CAN ASK THEM TO LEAVE OR THE OWNER CAN, UM, CALL THE POLICE AND ASK THE POLICE TO ENFORCE THEM.
AND THE POLICE WILL DO SO I ASSUME, FOLLOWING THEIR NORMAL PROTOCOLS.
NOW, IF THEY'RE DISPLAYING GOODS ON, UM, WE DO HAVE A, UH, AN ORDINANCE DEALING WITH DISPLAYING GOODS TEMPORARILY OUT ON, UH, UM, OUT ON THE AREA.
UM, AND THAT REQUIRES EITHER A TEMPORARY USE PERMIT OR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT OR A SITE PLAN.
SO THE OWNER COULD COME IN TO TRY TO DISPLAY GOODS, OR THE OWNER COULD GIVE PERMISSION TO SOMEBODY TO DO THAT.
UM, AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE THAT, THEY'RE IN VIOLATION OF THAT REQUIREMENT.
SO WOULD THAT BE LIKE, LOWE'S WHEN THEY HAVE A TEMPORARY CHRISTMAS TREE LOT OR ITEMS OUT SIDE FOR SALE PROBABLY, BUT YEAH, THAT SORT OF THING.
YOU GOT THE SPORTS CHALET, 10 SALE AND STUFF.
AND I WOULD DEFER TO MS. LOMBARDO FOR HOW THE CITY TYPICALLY HANDLES THAT, BUT BY READING THE CODE, THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE WHAT IT IS.
AND THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LEASE AGREEMENT.
THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO BE THERE, RIGHT.
SO THIS IS SOMEBODY THAT HAS NO RIGHTS, BUT THEY UP IN A PARKING EXACTLY.
AND WHO WOULD BE, WHO WOULD ACTUALLY, UM, WOULD IT BE CODE ENFORCEMENT? WHAT WOULD IT BE PD OR IF IT'S TRESPASS, IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE PD.
CAUSE THAT WOULD BE ENFORCING A PENAL CODE SECTION.
AND NOW EACH CENTERS ARE STARTING TO GET THAT.
IT'S CALLED THE LETTER OF, UM, AGENCY, LETTER OF AGENCY.
AND WE'RE ALMOST DONE WITH IT.
SO NOW IF LIKE, LIKE ALBERTSON'S BAEZ BRIAN, THAT SIGN, YOU SEE IT, IT SAYS NO TRESPASSING, THERE'S A CODE FOR IT SO THEY CAN GET, WE CAN CALL THEM TODAY IN THOSE TERMS, IS IT PROACTIVE THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER CALLS OR CAN OUR DEPUTIES JUST ROLL IN? AND THEY KNOW THAT THERE'S A LETTER OF AGENCY AND SOMEBODY SAYS, OKAY, NO, WHO CAN CALL ON THE LETTER AGENCY? RIGHT.
IN THAT SITUATION, I WOULD EXPECT THAT WE WOULD WANT THE PROPERTY OWNER TO CALL TO ENSURE THAT THEY AREN'T THERE WITH PERMISSION OR ALLOWED.
GET OUT OF THAT ONE, GARTH, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, COME ON UP AND COME TO THE MIC.
THE PROPERTY OWNER WOULD HAVE TO ENTER THE CALL FOR SERVICE AS THE CITY MANAGER SAID TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T ALREADY.
SO IT'S NOT UP TO LAW ENFORCEMENT TO DECIDE WHETHER THEY, UM, THERE'S AN, AN ACTUAL VIOLATION OF THE SIX OH TWO, THE PENAL CODE SIX OH TWO.
SO THE PROPERTY OWNER WOULD HAVE TO CALL IN OUR CALL FOR SERVICE.
WE HAD THE LETTER OF AGENCY ON FILE AND THEN WE'D BE ABLE TO, UM, SITE RELEASE THEM FROM THERE.
THE LETTER AGENCIES ALSO HAVE TO BE RENEWED ANNUALLY.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON ALSO FOR EVERY CENTER IN THE CITY.
SO IT'S JUST A REAL QUICK QUESTION TO JOANNE OR BETH.
I KNOW THIS IS REQUIRING A PERMIT THAT IS GOOD FOR ONE YEAR.
HAVE WE DETERMINED WHAT THE COST WILL BE FOR THAT PERMIT? NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, BUT WE WILL HAVE IT OUT.
UM, WHEN WE HAVE SECOND READING, WE WERE PLANNING ON BRINGING THAT RESOLUTION.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO, UM, I DON'T THINK IT HAS, UNLESS I HAVEN'T HEARD AN UPDATE ON THAT.
WE, IN STAFF'S DILIGENCE, WE'RE ANTICIPATING, IT WILL TAKE ROUGHLY AN HOUR TO PROCESS
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A PERMIT LIKE THIS.SO IT WOULD ROUGHLY BE $280 FOR THIS PERMIT.
RIGHT? WELL, I THINK THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.
UM, IF WE DO WANT TO ADD THAT THOSE TWO PROVISIONS, UM, REGARDING THE TIME RESTRICTIONS AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS, UM, BUT UH, BOTH IN THE ICE CREAM ORDINANCE AND ICE CREAM VENDOR ORDINANCE AND IN THE, UH, SIDEWALK STREET VENDOR ORDINANCE.
SO, UM, UNLESS THERE ARE ANY MORE QUESTIONS I THINK, UM, PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THERE'S ANY MORE QUESTIONS OTHERWISE WE'LL LET YOU DEBATE IT AND YOU CAN EITHER DECIDE TO INTRODUCE, OR WE CAN COME BACK AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'D RATHER HAVE US COME BACK AND REINTRODUCE SOMETHING WITH THESE ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS.
BEFORE WE TAKE ANY MORE COMMENTS, I'LL ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THEN WE'LL BRING IT BACK.
SO OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JIM GALLAGHER.
ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING, MR. GALLAGHER.
AND THANK YOU BY THE WAY, COUNCIL FOR TAKING THIS UP, UH, AFTER READING, UH, THE PROPOSAL THAT, UH, I THINK OUR LEGAL STAFF REALLY DID A GREAT JOB PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
UH, I HAVE TO SAY IT'S SOMEWHAT EVEN CHANGED MY MIND ABOUT SOME OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, ESPECIALLY, UH, THE MILLER VERSUS CALIFORNIA AND COHEN VERSUS CALIFORNIA AND THE LENSKY VERSUS NEW HAMPSHIRE.
UH, THAT REALLY TOLD ME THAT NO, WE ARE TREADING A THIN LINE.
AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THE COUNCIL IS TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND NOT JUST ALLOW FOR ANYTHING, UH, AN ANSWER TO A COUNCILWOMAN MORAN'S, UH, QUESTION ABOUT LIABILITY INSURANCE.
IT IS EASY TO GET LIABILITY INSURANCE.
UH, WE HAVE IT, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR OUR NONPROFIT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, IT'S REALLY CHEAP FOR OUR SPECIAL EVENTS.
UH, WE WENT ONLINE AND GOT A SPECIAL, UH, LIABILITY INSURANCE THAT ALLOWED FOR THE ALCOHOL SALE AND IT WAS, IT WAS VERY REASONABLE.
SO I, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD PROBABLY READ INTO THIS, BUT MY COMMENTS AND THANKS AGAIN.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LOUIS ESPARZA.
ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING, MR. ESPARZA, MR. ESPARZA.
UM, THIS ORDINANCE OR CHANGING THE ORDINANCE WAS I THINK INSPIRED BY A POLITICAL VENDOR THAT WAS PUBLICLY SHOWING A, SOME PROFANITY IN SOME OF THEIR PRODUCTS.
UM, AND I, I HAVE TO REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT ALTHOUGH DISTASTEFUL, THAT TYPE OF FREE SPEECH IS PROTECTED AND I'M, I'M IN OPPOSITION TO ANY RESTRICTIONS THAT WOULD LIMIT THAT TYPE OF SPEECH.
I THINK THAT IT'S NOT WARRANTED AND THAT, UH, ALL OF US ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROTECTING EVERYBODY'S RIGHTS, INCLUDING THOSE PEOPLE.
WE DON'T AGREE WITH IN REGARDS TO THE, SOME OF THE DATA SHOWN BY THE BY STAFF.
UM, I WAS LOOKING FOR SECTION 5.58050 ON WEBSITE, THE CHINO HILLS GOVERNMENT RED SPIKES.
AND IT IS, IT IS NOT LISTED THERE.
OH, THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS LISTED THERE.
THINGS LIKE BUSINESS LICENSE, GENERALLY ADULT ORIENTED BUSINESS PERMITS, BUT THIS SECTION 5.58 DASH ZERO FIVE ZERO NOT LISTED.
AND I THINK THAT THE PUBLIC DESERVES SOME TIME TO REVIEW THAT BY MAKING SURE IT IS SHOWN ON THE WEBSITE AND AVAILABLE.
AND IN QUESTION TO MY ABILITY, CAN WE NOT PROPOSE THAT ANY VENDOR SIGN A WAIVER RELEASING THE CITY FROM LIABILITY AND ALSO ACCEPTING ANY INCURRED LIABILITY BY THE CITY THAT MIGHT RESULT FROM A VENDOR'S ACTIONS? AND, UH, I'M WONDERING HOW THIS ALSO AFFECTS THINGS LIKE GIRL SCOUT, COOKIE SALES, AND WHAT HAPPENS TO PEOPLE WHO SELL ORANGES ON, ON AN OFFERING OR FLOWERS ON A CORNER DURING MOTHER'S DAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE TIME.
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QUESTIONS.NO, BUT THAT'S WHAT I MEAN, THE REASON THIS DID COME UP IS BECAUSE OF THE OFFENSIVE NATURE OF THE MATERIALS THAT WERE BEING POSTED OR, OR DISPLAYED.
AND THEN WE HEARD FROM INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE OFFENDED BY THIS, AS WE ALL WERE OFFENDED BY THIS, BUT IT'S AN EYE OPENING AND, AND MR. AS FAR AS IT DID ALLUDE TO IT, AND WE'RE NOT DEBATING THE SUBJECT BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE FIRST AMENDMENT IS ALL ABOUT AND WE'RE BEING REMINDED OF IT.
IF WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT, UM, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT BETWEEN OBSCENITY AND PROFANITY.
AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE IT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE IT.
UNFORTUNATELY SINCE WE'RE A FAMILY ORIENTED COMMUNITY, IT HIGHLIGHTS ITSELF MORE SO THAN DOWNTOWN LA OR SOME PLACES THAT HAVE SO MUCH MORE COMMERCE PASSING THROUGH.
AND IT DOESN'T STAND OUT AS MUCH AS WHAT WE'RE USED, THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'VE SEEN THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKENDS.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET PAST IT OTHER THAN WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S IN PLACE THAT IS THAT WE CAN DEFEND LEGALLY WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT.
SO IT'S JUST, JUST, I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU, THIS WAS THE CATALYST FOR A REVISIT OF OUR, OF OUR ORDINANCE, UM, JUST AND TO RESPOND TO THE COLOR'S COMMENTS.
SO, UM, THE, THE SECTION 5.4, 5.05 OR WHATEVER THAT IS IN THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE, THAT WAS IN THE PACKET AND ATTACHED TO THE STAFF REPORT FOR EVERYONE'S REVIEW AND ON THE WEBSITE, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, THURSDAY WHEN IT WAS PLACED IN THE PACKET.
SO IT'S BEEN AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW JUST TO CLARIFY WHERE THAT IS.
UM, AS FAR AS THIS ORDINANCE, THIS HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR SOME TIME.
UM, ONCE THE STATE LAW WAS PASSED, WE BEGAN WORKING ON IT.
UM, AND THEN DURING COVID, IT KIND OF TOOK A BACK SEAT BECAUSE STRAIGHT VENDORS WEREN'T REALLY AN ISSUE, BUT, UM, SINCE THEN WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT AND YES, IT DID ACCELERATE THINGS.
WHEN WE HAD, UM, OUR RECENT STREET VENDORS INTO THE QUESTION OF RESTRICTING SPEECH.
THIS WILL NOT RESTRICT SPEECH BECAUSE WE RESTRICT SPEECH PROTECTED SPEECH.
NOW OBSCENITY IS NOT PROTECTED SPEECH, BUT WE CAN'T RESTRICT.
UM, AND WE WERE VERY AWARE OF THAT.
AND WE TEND TO TAKE A VERY CONSERVATIVE VIEW OF THAT CONSERVATIVE IN THAT IT'S MORE LENIENT TOWARDS SPEECH BECAUSE WE WANT TO AVOID THESE VERY EXPENSIVE LAWSUITS THAT SOME CITIES GET THEMSELVES INTO NON PEOPLE HAVE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
MR. MESMER, I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
FIRST OF ALL, I BROUGHT THIS UP PROBABLY ABOUT ONE OR TWO MEETINGS AGO, AND MY INITIAL CONCERNS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE GOODS THAT WERE BEING SOLD.
IT HAD TO DO ABOUT ADA ACCESS EITHER TO THE CROSSWALK OR BLOCKING THE SIDEWALK.
I KNEW THAT THERE WAS A SIGN ORDINANCE, UH, THAT WE ESTABLISHED A COUPLE YEARS AGO FOR REAL ESTATE AGENTS.
AND I JUST WANTED THEM TO COMPLY WITH WHAT WE OUT ON THE BOOKS.
SO THAT'S WHERE I WAS COMING FROM INITIALLY IS AS FAR AS OBSCENITIES, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A JOB WHERE ELECTED OFFICIALS FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY, WE ALL CARE ABOUT KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WHEN YOU BROUGHT THIS UP TONIGHT, I STAND A HUNDRED PERCENT BEHIND THAT.
I DON'T WANT THAT IN MY CITY AND WHATEVER WE HAVE TO DO AS A COUNCIL, I'M GOING TO BACK IT.
SO AS FAR AS OBSCENITY, UM, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT.
AND MR. SPARS, I'M SORRY YOU FEEL THIS WAY, BUT I KNOW THAT YOU HAD AN ISSUE WITH HOTELS CLOSE TO SCHOOLS WHERE YOU CARED, CARED ABOUT THE KIDS.
AND I THINK YOU SHOULD BE REALLY CARING ABOUT THE KIDS AGAIN FOR THIS ORDINANCE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS THANKING MR. MADDEN.
I, I THINK TO DRIVE THE POINT HOME, NO ONE SHOULD BE MISTAKEN TO THINK THAT THIS COUNCIL, UH, AGREES WITH THIS TYPE OF STUFF, REGARDLESS OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, THERE'S FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS FOR SPEECH.
THEN WE GET INTO THIS GRAY AREA OF WHAT CAN BE SOLD ON STREET CORNERS.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO DRAFT AN ORDINANCE THAT IS GOING TO BE ENFORCEABLE.
WELL, THIS VERY SAME LENT, UH, VENDOR, UH, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS HAS MOVED DOWN OUT IN FRONT OF, UH, MANOJ DONUTS ON THAT SMALL LITTLE SHOPPING CENTER BEHIND OR ADJACENT TO A JACK IN THE BOX, PARKS HIS CAR IN ONE OF THE SLOTS.
I DON'T, I DIDN'T GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THE TABLE WAS ON THE SIDEWALK OR NOT.
BUT THE REALITY IS OKAY, WHO HAS TO FILE A COMPLAINT THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER NOW, WHO IS MOST OF THESE CENTERS ARE ABSENTEE OWNERS.
SO WHAT IS A LESSEE IN THERE, ONE OF THE SHOP OWNERS AVAILABLE AND CAN THEY GO OUT THERE, CONFRONT THE PEOPLE AND TELL THEM TO MOVE? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WE DON'T WANT TO
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CONFRONT THEM ANYHOW, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THAT KIND OF POTENTIAL VIOLENCE GOING ON.THIS IS, THIS IS A HORRIBLE SITUATION.
AND I KNOW IT'S MADE WORSE, UH, FROM SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN ON EMAILS, BECAUSE IT IS OF A POLITICAL NATURE.
I WONDER I HAVE QUESTIONED MYSELF IF IT WERE SOMETHING INVOLVING THE OTHER PARTY, WHETHER OR NOT IT WOULD BE AS A WARRANT TO THOSE PEOPLE.
SO IT'S, THEY'VE MADE IT POLITICAL BESIDES, BUT IT'S, IT'S RIDICULOUS.
WE SHOULD NOT ALLOW THAT TYPE OF, UH, PROFANITY AND OBSCENITY ON OUR CITY STREETS.
WE SHOULD PROTECT OUR KIDS TO THE EXTENT WE CAN.
AND I THINK THIS COMMITTEE, THIS COUNCIL IS COMMITTED TO TRY AND DO THAT, TO PROTECT THEM AND TO NOT TO PROHIBIT THIS, TO THE EXTENT HUMANLY POSSIBLE, BUT WE HAVE TO BE REALISTIC AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE DEFENSIBLE.
AND THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET HAULED INTO COURT BECAUSE WE ARE OBSTRUCTING SOMEONE'S FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS AND ENDED UP GETTING SUED, TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT, RIGHT THING.
SO, UH, FOR PUBLIC, THIS LISTENING OUT THERE UNDERSTAND EVERYONE ON THE CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT LIKE WHAT WAS GOING ON.
WE SAW ALL THE EMAILS WERE SYMPATHETIC WITH THE EMAILS WE'VE DRIVEN BY.
WE'VE SEEN IT OURSELVES, WE'RE APPALLED BY IT, BUT WE'VE TRIED TO GET IT TO STOP.
THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO TRY AND DO IT BY FASHIONING AN ORDINANCE THAT WILL GIVE US THE TEETH AND THE, UH, POWER TO GO AHEAD AND TRY AND ELIMINATE THIS.
SO WITH THAT SAID THAT THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTS.
AND, AND I THINK JUST TO, JUST TO BE A COUPLE WITH THAT, FOR ME, A LOT OF THIS COMES DOWN TO FAIRNESS TO YOUR POINT ABOUT SOMEBODY PULLING UP, YOU KNOW, PUTTING A TABLE OUT IN FRONT OF MAN DONUTS.
WHAT IF, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A ROGUE DONUT VENDOR THAT COMES, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THIS POOR PERSON THAT HAS A LEASE, THEY'RE TRYING TO DO THEIR BEST ON THEIR OWN.
AND THEN NOW YOU HAVE SOMEBODY COME IN AND TRY TO MUSCLE THEM OUT.
AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT ON, YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT ON CITY PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, OR YOU'RE GOING TO SELL PRODUCE, AND YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT IN FRONT OF A STORE THAT'S SELLING PRODUCE THAT IS GOING THROUGH IT THE RIGHT WAY.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SPEECH ASPECT IS AN INTERESTING THING.
I'D NEVER WOULD WANT TO RESTRICT SPEECH.
I, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST AMENDMENT IS CERTAINLY IMPORTANT, BUT THERE ARE JUST SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE ROLLED INTO THIS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S TOO BAD THAT THERE'S, UH, IT'S TOO BAD.
THERE'S AN AUDIENCE FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO PURCHASE THAT STUFF.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT GOOD.
AND I DON'T LIKE SEEING THAT, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THOSE ITEMS END UP IN SOMEBODY'S FRONT YARD, IN A NEIGHBORHOOD FULL OF KIDS? YEAH.
WHAT DOES THE ORDINANCE EFFECT GO INTO EFFECT? I MEAN, YOU, YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T PUT OR ELIMINATE GOOD TASTE, CAN YOU, OR LACK THEREOF.
AND I, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS ALL HAS BROUGHT ABOUT A GOOD DISCUSSION.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS THEN WITH THAT? I THINK YOU'VE HEARD OUR THOUGHTS.
IF WE CAN COME BACK WITH THOSE PROPOSED CHANGES AND IDEAS, I THINK WE WOULD APPRECIATE THAT THOSE, DESPITE ALL THE INSURANCE, YOU WANT US TO LOOK INTO THAT REQUIREMENT.
AND I JUST, UM, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE HYPOTHETICAL THAT CAME UP FROM THE COUNCIL AND ACTUALLY PEOPLE CAN'T RIDE BIKES ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO RIDE BIKES ON THE SIDEWALKS IN THE CITY.
UM, I MEAN, WHAT'S THE, I MEAN, THE PEDESTRIANS ARE MUCH LESS OF A RISK AS FAR AS MOVEMENT.
UM, WELL, WE, WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT AND I'LL SAY, I'LL TELL YOU ONE OF MY CONCERNS TOO, IS THE WAY WATCHING THE WAY SACRAMENTO HAS BEEN DOING BUSINESS FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS IS IF, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THEY WANT TO ACCOMPLISH AND EVEN, AND, AND YOU DO SOMETHING THAT MAKES IT, UH, OR CITIES DO SOMETHING THAT RESTRICT WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, THEY TEND TO COME BACK AND MAKE IT WORSE.
UM, WE SAW THAT WITH THE ADU AND WE'VE SEEN IT WITH OTHER THINGS.
AND SO MY CONCERN IS, YES, WE'VE SEEN OTHER CITIES DOING CERTAIN THINGS WITH THESE ORDINANCES.
IF ENOUGH CITIES DO IT, WE MAY GET A SOMETHING OUT OF THE STATE THAT MAKES THESE VENDOR CARTE ORDINANCE, UH, ARE FURTHER RESTRICT FROM WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW.
SO, BUT WE'LL BRING THAT BACK WITH SOME ANALYSIS, BUT THAT IS A CONCERN I HAVE.
CAUSE THEY, YOU KNOW, WE, WE JUST SEE IT LIKE WITHIN A YEAR OR TWO AT THIS POINT IN TIME WHEN I HEAR THINGS.
AND I THINK TO YOUR SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN POINT, I KNOW THAT WE ALL FEEL THE SAME WAY IS THAT STUFF IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET RAMMED DOWN OUR THROATS BY THE STATE.
AND AT WHAT POINT ARE WE WILLING TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR RESIDENTS IN CHINO HILLS? BECAUSE I GUARANTEE YOU THAT IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE, WILL IT'S JUST GOING TO CONTINUE.
SO WHETHER WE DO THIS OR NOT, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN, IN MY OPINION.
SO I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS THAT OUR INTENT HERE IS PURE AND FAIR TO, TO THE VENDORS AND TO OUR RESIDENTS.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A HAPPY MEDIUM.
THAT'S ALL WHAT OUR INTENT IS, IS PURE AND FAIR.
AND I DON'T THINK THIS IS NEARLY AS ONEROUS AS YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES LIKE ORANGE COUNTY AND OTHER PLACES DO.
I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO BE CERTAINLY REASONABLE, DO THIS THE RIGHT WAY, NOT, YOU KNOW, THROW THE BABY OUT WITH
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THE BATH WATER.SO WITH THAT, THEN WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE NEXT INNOVATION INSIDE OF THEM.
PUT A LINE IN THE SAND AND LET'S STICK TO OUR GUNS AND LET'S MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN.
IS IT ENOUGH WITH THAT? I'LL TAKE THAT AS A MOTION.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? YOU GOT IT.
WE HAVE A SECOND MADAME CITY CLERK BEFORE I TAKE THE BOAT.
I JUST WANT TO, UM, WE DID HAVE LOUIS AS FAR AS A RAISED HIS HAND AGAIN, HOWEVER, HIS TIME HAS EXPIRED FOR HIM TO SPEAK.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT COMMENT SO THAT HE UNDERSTANDS WHY I DON'T CALL ON HIM AGAIN.
AND THIS IS TO BRING BACK THE INTRODUCTION OF THE ORDINANCE, CORRECT? YEAH.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
AT THIS TIME, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, THIS PORTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDAS FOR ALL MATTERS THAT LEGALLY REQUIRE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIA ZOOM OR DIAL STAR NINE TO BE SELECTED FROM THE MEETING QUEUE INDIVIDUAL AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED AND ENCOURAGED TO ONLY BE THREE MINUTES, NINE
[23. Introduce Ordinance entitled: "An Ordinance of the City Of Chino Hills, Amending Ordinance Nos. 327 and 359 to Authorize Delinquent Charges for Water and Wastewater Services to Constitute a Lien Upon the Real Property Served and Finding Proposed Action Exempt From Review Under the California Environmental Quality Act" - For first reading by title only and waive further reading]
I'M 23, INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE AND TITLE AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS MENDING ORDINANCE NUMBERS 327 AND 359 TO AUTHORIZE DELINQUENT CHARGES FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES TO CONSTITUTE A LIEN UPON THE REAL PROPERTY SERVED AND FINDING PROPOSED ACTION EXEMPT, UH, EXEMPT FROM REVIEW UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT A FIRST, THE FIRST READING BY TITLE ONLY AND WAIVE FUTURE RATING.SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THE ITEM, WE DO HAVE A HAND RAISED, BUT DO WE WANT TO HAVE THE REPORT BEFORE WE TAKE THE COMMENTS OR YOU WANT TO TAKE POSTERS? WE'LL TAKE THEM NOW.
UH, MR. MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL.
UM, I'M SORRY, I'M GOING TO DEVIATE A LITTLE BIT.
I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS MY MARKUPS COMMENT DIRECTLY AIMED AT ME.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, UH, FIRST AMENDMENT POPULARITY IS NOT A POPULARITY VOTE.
SORRY, MS.
YES, WE ARE NO LONGER ON THAT ITEM AND WE CAN ONLY SPEAK ON THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM.
SO IF HE HAS, UM, I CAN UNMUTE HIM TO CVS COMMENTS, BUT THEN IF HE'S SPEAKING TO ANOTHER ITEM, I'LL HAVE TO MUTE HIM AGAIN.
SORRY, MR. SUAREZ, WE CAN'T SPEAK TO THE PREVIOUS ITEM, BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 23, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR YOU.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY OTHER THAN MY RIGHTS ARE BEING VIOLATED AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
ALL RIGHT, THEN WE'LL HAVE TO BE OF ANY OTHER FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS.
AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE REPORT MARY JO'S, UH, TONIGHT WE'RE INTRODUCING THE ORDINANCE, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH OUR MAY 11TH MEETING, WHERE WE BROUGHT FORWARD, UH, PROCEDURES FOR ISSUING LIENS ASSOCIATED WITH DELINQUENT, UH, UTILITY ACCOUNTS.
UH, BARGAINY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL.
WE ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE FAIRLY THOROUGHLY AT THE PRE, UH, PREVIOUS MEETING, BUT STAFF IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WITH THAT? I'LL TAKE A MOTION.
YOU HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FIRST.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY TWO MEMBER ROGERS.
WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BENNET, MADAM CITY CLERK, MAYOR JONES, VICE MAYOR, MCADAMS COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.
[ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT]
PUBLIC INFORMATION, OFFICER TIME FOR YOUR REPORT.COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR OUR COUNTY'S CURRENT COVID STATUS.
THE DAILY NEW CASE RATE IS 2.3 PER A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
AND THE POSITIVITY RATE IS NOW UNDER 1.8%.
WE CONTINUE TO SEE A DECLINE IN THESE NUMBERS AS VACCINE EFFORTS EXPAND, UH, TO DATE, UH, JUST UNDER 50% OF COUNTY RESIDENTS HAVE RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE DOSE OF THE VACCINE AND 40% ARE FULLY VACCINATED.
UM, AND JUST OVER 55% OF OUR CHINO HILLS RESIDENTS ARE FULLY VACCINATED.
IN ADDITION TO THE CITY VACCINE CLINICS, THE CITY MANAGER SHARED THAT COUNTY IS ALSO PARTNERING WITH THE CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT TO HOST VACCINATION CLINICS AT OUR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS.
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UH, THE CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL CLINIC IS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK ON TUESDAY, JUNE 1ST AND THE HIGH SCHOOL CLINIC IS SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2ND.AND THESE WILL BOTH BE FOR THE PFIZER VACCINE.
SO ALL RESIDENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ANYONE WHO WISHES TO RECEIVE THE VACCINE AGES 12 AND OLDER IS ELIGIBLE TO ATTEND.
APPOINTMENTS ARE NOT REQUIRED.
ALL COUNTY, ALL COUNTY VACCINATION SITES, OUR BRICKS ARE ACCEPTING WALK-INS AND ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN.
COVID TESTING LOCALLY FOR OUR RESIDENTS AT THE MCCOY EQUESTRIAN AND RECREATION CENTER.
WE HAVE FUTURE TESTING EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 2ND AND JUNE 16TH APPOINTMENTS OPEN ABOUT A WEEK IN ADVANCE.
HOWEVER WALK-INS ARE ALWAYS ACCEPTED FOR THESE TESTING EVENTS AS WELL.
ON JUNE 22ND, THE CITY WILL HOST A FEARLESS FIGHTERS BLOOD DRIVE.
THIS IS A CHALLENGE BLOOD DRIVE, WHERE OUR COMMUNITY AND LOCAL FIRST RESPONDER AGENCIES, INCLUDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT, AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TAKE PLACE IN A FRIENDLY COMPETITION TO COLLECT THE MOST BLOOD DONATIONS DONORS DURING THIS EVENT WILL RECEIVE A FREE LIMITED EDITION T-SHIRT WHILE SUPPLIES LOSS.
AND IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT OUT TO THIS EVENT, THE CITY CONTINUES TO HOST WEEKLY BLOOD DRIVES EVERY TUESDAY THROUGH THE END OF JUNE.
AND WE WILL ALSO BE HOSTING A WEEKLY A WEEK LONG BLOOD DRIVE, JUNE 7TH THROUGH THE 11TH APPOINTMENTS.
OUR RECOMMENDED WALK-INS ARE ALWAYS ACCEPTED AS SPACE ALLOWS FOR THE FEARLESS FIGHTER FIGHTERS.
BLOOD DRIVE APPOINTMENTS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED BECAUSE THIS WILL PROBABLY FILL UP FOR THAT ONE TOMORROW, THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER FOR THE VIRTUAL STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS HAPPENING THIS THURSDAY AT 4:00 PM THROUGH ZOOM, THE EVENT WILL BE HOSTED BY A MAYOR JOS.
AND THIS YEAR'S THEME IS UNITY WITHIN COMMUNITY.
REFLECTING ON THE CHALLENGES OF 2020 AND THE STRENGTH WITHIN OUR CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY RESIDENTS CAN LEARN MORE AND REGISTER UP TO TOMORROW, ONLINE AT THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
AND AS OF LAST WEEK, ALL OF OUR CITY RESIDENTS SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THE SUMMER RECREATION GUIDE AND CITY NEWS AND THEIR MAILBOXES.
THE CITY-WIDE PUBLICATION PROVIDES HELPFUL ARTICLES ON TOPICS OF INTEREST, AS WELL AS RECREATION PROGRAMMING FOR ALL AGES, CHILDREN, TO ACTIVE ADULTS IN THIS BROCHURE.
YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF SUMMER FUN TO LOOK FORWARD TO AND CHINO HILLS THIS SUMMER STARTING NEXT MONTH, IN ADDITION TO THE CONCERT AND MOVIE SERIES THAT THE CITY MANAGER SHARED THAT IS RETURNING.
WE ALSO HAVE A TRAILS CHALLENGE STARTING NEXT WEEK ON JUNE 1ST, THAT WILL TAKE PLACE THROUGH JUNE 30TH.
THE COMMUNITY CAN DISCOVER OUR CITY'S BEAUTIFUL 48 MILES OF TRAILS DURING THIS CHALLENGE, AND TO PARTICIPATE, YOU JUST HIKE AS MANY TRAILS AND MILES AS YOU CAN OVER THE MONTH, RECORD YOUR MILEAGE USING ANY SMART DEVICE OR TRACKING APP, AND THEN SUBMIT THAT ONLINE FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN PRIZES.
ALSO IN THE BROCHURE, RESIDENTS WILL SEE THAT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT EVENT WILL RETURN ON TUESDAY.
AUGUST 3RD, THIS EVENING HELPS BRING TOGETHER OUR POLICE AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS TO MAKE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SAFER AND MORE CARING PLACES TO LIVE NEIGHBORHOODS PARTICIPATE EACH YEAR BY HOSTING THEIR OWN GATHERINGS, INCLUDING POTLUCKS, BARBECUES, ICE CREAM SOCIALS, AND ANYONE WHO REGISTERED THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD OF THAT ONLINE BY JULY 12TH WILL RECEIVE AN ORGANIZING KIT WHILE SUPPLIES LOSS.
AND DURING THE EVENING, OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, FIRE DISTRICT, AND EVEN MCGRUFF THE CRIME FIGHTING DOG BOWL, TRY TO VISIT AS MANY REGISTERED EVENTS AS POSSIBLE.
AND LASTLY, WE JUST WANT TO REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT CITY FACILITIES, THE LIBRARY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT LOBBY WILL BE CLOSED NEXT MONDAY, MAY 31ST IN OBSERVANCE OF MEMORIAL DAY.
UM, DURING THIS TIME CITY STAFF WILL BE AVAILABLE TO RESPOND TO ANY EMERGENCIES ON-CALL AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PIO REPORT THIS EVENING.
UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
[ SAFETY UPDATES - Police and Fire]
TIME WE WILL HAVE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY UPDATES, CATHERINE, THE MAYOR JOE'S VICE MAYOR, MARQUEZ COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THE PUBLIC WHO ARE JOINING ONLINE.I WANT TO TAKE JUST A FEW MOMENTS TO DISCUSS SOME RECENT PUBLIC SAFETY NEWS THAT WE HAD WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
LAST THURSDAY ON MAY 20TH, UH, DEPUTIES FROM THE CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT, ALONG WITH, UH, AGENTS FROM THE STATE ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTROL CONDUCTED A UNDERCOVER ALCOHOL PURCHASES AT FOUR BUSINESSES WITHIN THE CITY.
UM, THE DECOYS PROVIDED BY THE STATE.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET ONE MEMBER TO BUY THEM ALCOHOL, WHO WAS SUBSEQUENT, SUBSEQUENTLY ARRESTED AND IDENTIFIED TO BE ON PAROLE, UH, TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CITY'S CONCERNS ON STREET RACING AND RECKLESS DRIVING WITHIN THE CITY.
UM, ON SUNDAY, MAY 23RD, UH, DEPUTY LOCATED A VEHICLE TRAVELING IN EXCESS OF A HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR ON SOUTHBOUND 71, THEY WERE ABLE TO CONDUCT A TRAFFIC STOP ON THAT VEHICLE, UM, ARREST THE DRIVER AND TOW HIS VEHICLE.
ADDITIONALLY ON MONDAY NIGHT, UM, DEPUTY LOCATED A VEHICLE TRAVELING IN EXCESS OF 90 MILES AN HOUR AROUND PIPELINE AND CHP.
UH, THE DRIVER TRIED TO PARK IN TO, UH, AN UNKNOWN PERSON'S DRIVEWAY AND WALK AWAY FROM HIS VEHICLE.
THE DEPUTY DID A GOOD JOB, SAW HIM DO
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THAT, ACTUALLY ARRESTED HIM FOR RECKLESS DRIVING.AND WE IMPOUNDED HIS CAR FOR 30 DAYS, UM, THIS LAST WEEK.
AND ALSO WE HAD SOME PEOPLE DRIVING AROUND, UM, SHOOTING PAINTBALLS AT VEHICLES AND RESIDENCES, ORANGE PAINT BALLS.
THE DEPUTIES WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE PEOPLE DOING THAT.
THEY WERE ACTUALLY THREE JUVENILES WHO RESIDED IN THE CITY OF CHINO AND ONTARIO.
WE ARRESTED THOSE JUVENILES CITE, RELEASED THEM TO THEIR PARENTS AND THEIR PARENTS WERE ALSO ISSUED CITATIONS FOR THE VANDALISM AND THE WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE.
UH, MONDAY, YESTERDAY, WE HAD SOME DEPUTIES DO A VEHICLE CHECK AT THE CIRCLE, K AT THE COMMONS, THERE WAS TWO INDIVIDUALS IN THAT VEHICLE.
THEY HAD SEVERAL PIECES OF STOLEN MAIL AND SOME IDENTITY THEFT STUFF, AND THEIR VEHICLE DEPUTIES ARRESTED BOTH OF THOSE SUBJECTS.
THEY CONDUCTED A SEARCH WARRANT YESTERDAY UP IN APPLE VALLEY IN WE'RE ABLE TO IDENTIFY VICTIMS FROM 16 RESIDENTS IN CHINO HILLS, AND THEY'RE DOING FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
UM, WE'RE WORKING ON SOME ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING COMING UP AFTER THE SCHOOL YEAR ENDS PROBABLY THE LAST WEEK OF JUNE OR FIRST WEEK OF JULY.
UM, DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT, BUT OBVIOUSLY BEFORE WE HAVE THAT, WE'LL PUT SOMETHING OUT TO NOTIFY EVERYBODY.
SO WE DON'T GET A LOT OF CALLS FOR SERVICE ON POLICE ACTIVITY ON A POSITIVE NOTE, THE HOPE AND INROADS DEPUTIES.
AS I DISCUSSED AT THE LAST MEETING, UH, THOSE DEPUTIES WERE IN THE CITY TODAY.
THEY WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE, UH, COVID-19 VACCINATIONS TO FOUR INDIVIDUALS WITH THEIR FIRST CONTACT, ME AND DAVID JAMES.
SO HE WAS VACCINATED TODAY ALONG WITH THREE OTHER PEOPLE.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY COMMENTS, UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANY THANK YOU, CHIEF.
GOOD JOB, MR. MERRIGAN, HER COMMENT REGARDING CARBON CANYON.
UM, THIS PAST COUPLE OF DAYS, THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE TCS IN ORANGE COUNTY AND I WAS GETTING PHONE CALLS FROM PEOPLE LIVE IN CHINO HILLS.
SO THEY COULDN'T GO THROUGH THE OTHER SIDE BECAUSE IT CLOSED OUT RIGHT ON THE COUNTY LINE.
ARE WE BEING NOTIFIED FROM THE CITY OF BRIA, GIVING YOU A HEADS UP IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS THAT IT'S CLOSED? SO INITIALLY, SO CARBON CANDIDATE TO DETERMINE THE LOCATION OF THE ACTUAL TRAFFIC COLLISION.
UH, GENERALLY BRAYA, WE'LL GET A CALL.
IF IT'S CLOSE TO THE COUNTY LINE, CITY OF BREDA AND CHINO HILLS DEPUTIES WILL GET A CALL.
THE DEPUTIES AND THE POLICE OFFICER WILL GO ON SCENE AND DETERMINE THE LOCATION OF THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT.
SO FOR THE PARTICULAR ACCIDENTS THAT WERE, THAT WE DID HAVE IN CARBON CANYON THIS WEEK AND THE ONES THAT WERE, UH, DEFINED EMBRACIA, WE ACTUALLY HAD TO CALL THEM TO COME OUT.
UM, IF IT IS EMBRACED, THEN WE, OUR TRAFFIC GUYS WILL GET NOTIFIED AS WELL.
THANKS FOR PUSHING QUESTIONS IF THERE'S ROAD CLOSURES.
COUNCIL MAYOR JOS CHIEF, JUST TO GIVE AN UPDATE.
UH, FIRE SEASON HAS STARTED, UH, WE DID LAST NIGHT SINCE SEVERAL ENGINES OUT TO THE LAKE FIRE.
IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR, THE LAKE FIRE IS ABOUT 220 ACRE FIRE THAT OCCURRED OUT IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY, IN THE SANTA ANA BED, UH, RIVER AREA.
UH, THOSE TWO ENGINES OUT WENT OUT LAST NIGHT.
UM, WE'RE A PART OF STRUCTURE DEFENSE.
UM, THEY DID COME BACK ABOUT FOUR HOURS LATER THIS MORNING.
OUR BRUSHED ENGINE WAS DEPLOYED AS PART OF A STRIKE TEAM FOR THE OVERHAUL OVERHAUL PROCESS THAT OCCURRED THAT IS OCCURRING TODAY.
AND THEY'RE CURRENTLY ON A 24 HOUR ASSIGNMENT, UM, WORKING AND THEY'RE EXPECTED TO BE OUT THERE FOR THE NEXT THREE TO FOUR DAYS.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
[ COUNCIL REPORTS Mayor Johsz Legislative Advocacy Committee West Valley Mosquito Vector Control District Board Vice Mayor Marquez League of California Cities Latino Caucus Legislative Committee San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Transit Committee Metro Valley Study Session Southern California Air Quality Management District Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee Southern California Regional Rail Authority (Metrolink) Contracts, Operations, Maintenance and Safety Committee Council Member Bennett Chino Valley Independent Fire District Board Council Member Moran Chino Valley Chamber of Commerce Board Chino Valley Unified School District Board Council Member Rogers Water Facilities Authority Board]
RIGHT.WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO COUNCIL REPORTS, MAYOR JOE.
SO LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY COMMITTEE, UM, WHEN PETER CHIME IN FEEL WE HEARD FROM OUR STATE LOBBYIST AND OUR FEDERAL LOBBYISTS, I SHOULD SAY, UH, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS A $78 BILLION BUDGET SURPLUS.
SO IT WAS MENTIONED THAT THERE COULD POTENTIALLY BE TAX REFUNDS COMING BACK LET'S HOPE, UM, UH, GOSH, A LOT OF MONEY.
UM, AND THAT WE GOT WORD THAT WE HAD PUT IN THREE DIFFERENT REQUESTS WITH OUR MEMBER OF CONGRESS WITH CONGRESSWOMAN KIM AND THAT GOT WORD THAT ONE OF THEM WAS GOING TO BE, UH, PUSHED FORWARD.
UM, AND CORRECT ME, UH, MR. MONTGOMERY, IF I'M WRONG, BUT IT WAS ABOUT A HALF, A MILLION DOLLARS FOR A FLOURISH CLEARANCE, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO THAT'S A, YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT THING TO HAVE, UH, AS AN EARMARK PUSHED ON.
I WISH ALL THREE WOULD HAVE BEEN, BUT HEY, I DON'T MIND BATTING THREE 33 ON, ON REQUESTS.
UM, PETER, ANY COMMENTS ON NO, WE JUST EXPLORED A COUPLE OF BILLS TO SUPPORT OR NOT SUPPORT AND THAT WAS IT.
ALWAYS PUSHING FOR LOCAL GERD TICKET TO KEEP LOCAL CONTROL.
AS OUR CITY ATTORNEY SAID, IT KEEPS GETTING TAKEN AWAY.
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THIS AFTERNOON I HAD EARLIER THIS MORNING HAD, UH, OUR WEST VALLEY MOSQUITO VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT BOARD MEETING WENT OVER OUR ANNUAL BUDGET.UM, TWO OF THE AREAS THAT WE COVER AND THEY'RE NOT EVEN CITY, IT'S NOT DEFINED UNDER CITIES, BUT UP TO THE NORTH, WE WERE INCREASING THE, UH, THE COST PER PARCEL TO SERVICE THEM.
CHINO HILLS STAYED THE SAME AND CHINO STAYED THE SAME.
SO THOSE WERE THE ONLY MAJOR ITEMS WE HAD.
SO WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ.
MR. MAYOR, LET ME GO REAL FAST HERE.
WE'RE GIVEN AN UPDATE ON THE CALIFORNIA CUP COVID-19 RECOVERY ACT AND ALSO THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN.
UM, WE DID GO OVER LEGISLATIVE UPDATES FOR THIS SEASON OR THIS LEGISLATIVE YEAR SPC TA TRANSIT.
WE APPROVE THE FISCAL YEAR 2021, 2022 QUARTERLY TRANSIT OPERATORS UPDATES.
WE APPROVED THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAIL REGIONAL RAIL AUTHORITY PRELIMINARY BUDGET REQUEST FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021, 2022.
WE APPROVE THE ALLOCATIONS OF THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION.
THEY'RE CALLED ARP FUNDS, UH, TO TRANSIT OPERATORS, OMNITRACS RECEIVE SOME MONEY AS CRR, A METRO LINK AND VICTOR VALLEY TRANSIT AUTHORITY RECEIVED FUNDING.
NUMBER FOUR WAS APPROVED THE WEST VALLEY PHASE ONE FUNDING AND THE ONTARIO LOOP ALLOCATION SWAP FOR A COMBINED COMBINED TOTAL OF ABOUT $172 MILLION METRO VALLEY.
THEY WERE GIVEN A PRESENTATION ON THE FUTURE COACHELLA VALLEY, SAN GREGORIAN, PASSENGER RAIL CORRIDOR.
I SENT YOU ALL LINKS ON THAT JUST TO GET THAT INFORMATION.
I HAVE NO REPORTS DID MEET WITH SCAG.
WE HAD ACTUALLY NINE 90 PEOPLE THAT WANTED SCHOLARSHIPS AND THE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE $4,000 EACH.
WE ACTUALLY AWARDED 11 TOTAL SCHOLARSHIPS, NINE FROM SCAG AND TWO FROM OUR COLLEGE PARTNERS.
AND THE COUNTIES WERE INCLUDED IN LA COUNTY, RECEIVED THREE SCHOLARSHIPS, RIVERSIDE TO SAN BERNARDINO, TWO AND VENTURA TWO, OR I'M SORRY, IMPERIAL VALLEY TWO.
AND WE ARE GOING TO BE SURPRISED.
I CAN'T REALLY LET YOU KNOW WHO GOT THEM, BUT SOMEBODY IN OUR CITY DID RECEIVE ONE.
THANK YOU, MR. VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER BENNET.
UH, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THE THING ABOUT THIS LAST MEETING, UH, ACTUALLY INVOLVES OUR CITY, UH, REPRESENTATIVE THAT IS HERE TONIGHT, DEPUTY CHIEF SCOTT ATKINS, THAT KUNSAN EXCUSE ME.
AND, UH, HE WAS RECOGNIZED FOR COMPLETION OF THE U S FIRE ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL FIRE ACADEMY, EXECUTIVE FIRE OFFICER PROGRAM, WHICH I UNDERSTAND FROM, FOR THE CHIEFS, UH, A DESCRIPTION OF THAT COURSE, AND THAT IS QUITE AN UNDERTAKING, UH, QUITE A LENGTHY PROCESS.
AND, UH, HOPEFULLY THAT, UH, UH, BODES WELL FOR SOME, UH, EXCITING THINGS IN THE FUTURE FOR, UH, SCOTT.
I DIDN'T GET TO SEE YOU THAT NIGHT CAUSE I WAS THERE IN ZOOM.
AND UH, SO IT'S, IT'S GOOD TO BE ABLE TO PERSONALLY CONGRATULATE YOU FOR THAT GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT.
UH, THE MEETING WAS RATHER SHORT.
UH, WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION OF, UH, DIRECTOR WILLIAMS. THEY'RE GIVING HIM BACK SOME OF HIS COUNSEL OR EXCUSE ME, HIS BOARD, UH, LIAISON OR, UH, RESPONSIBILITIES.
AND, UH, OTHER THAN THAT, IT WENT VERY QUICKLY AND THAT WAS IT.
IT WAS A GOOD MEETING, BUT THE HIGHLIGHT WAS RECOGNIZING SCOTT W WOULD THAT WONDERFUL THING.
SO CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, SCOTT.
COUNCIL MEMBER, BENNETT COUNCIL MEMBER MARINE.
UM, ACTUALLY FOR, UM, WHAT IS ON THERE? HOW MANY TRANS RIGHT.
CAN I SAY SOMETHING ABOUT OMNI TRANS EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT REALLY? SO YOU REMEMBER WHEN I, WHEN I SPOKE LAST ABOUT THE, UM, THE PILOT PROGRAM FOR, UM, THE FREE RIDES FOR STUDENTS.
SO I GOT CLARIFICATION, SO THAT'S GOING TO BE IT'S ON A FIXED ROUTE.
WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, CHINO HILLS NO LONGER HAS FIXED ROUTES.
SO WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IS, UM, OUR ON-DEMAND MICRO TRANSIT IS CONSIDERED PREMIUM SERVICE, SO THEY CAN'T DISCOUNT THAT TO FREE, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE HALF OFF.
BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS WHAT'S NICE IS THAT EVEN WHEN SCHOOL'S NOT IN SESSION, IF STUDENTS HAVE AN ID, A VALID ID CARD FROM THE YEAR BEFORE, WHICHEVER IT'S HALF OFF, WHICH WOULD BE I THINK, $2.
SO WHEN WE GET MORE INFORMATION, I'M GOING TO HAVE THEM MAKE SPECIAL GRAPHICS THAT WE CAN, WE CAN SHARE AND REALLY PUSH TO OUR YOUTH TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
UM, TRANSPORTATION MONEY FROM UBER.
HELPING THE TRAFFIC AND FOR THE OTHER THAT'S I DON'T, THAT'S THE ONLY REPORTS I HAVE THE OTHER ONES.
MEMBER MORAN, COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS.
I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT ON WFA.
[ COUNCIL COMMENTS]
COMMENTS.[03:10:01]
QUICK ONE, UH, OVER THE YEARS, AS WE'VE BEEN FORMED AS A CITY, WE'VE ALWAYS FELT AS A CITY THAT THE SHARE OF REVENUE RETURN TO US WAS ACCESSIBLY LOW COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES, PROPERTY TAXES.THE W WE HAVE, UH, 4% OR, OR SOME, I THINK IT'S AROUND 4%.
I KNOW OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THERE'S BEEN SOME INTERNAL DIALOGUE ABOUT APPROACHING THE COUNTY TO SEE IF WE CAN RENEGOTIATE THAT POSSIBILITY OF RETURNING GREATER FUNDS IS CHINO HILLS IS A DONOR CITY TO THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO.
THERE MAY BE ONE OTHER LIKE BIG BEAR OR SOMEWHERE THAT CHINO HILLS DONATES MORE MONEY THAN IT RECEIVES BACK.
AND IF WE WERE ONLY RECEIVED 4% WHERE SOME CITIES, I DON'T KNOW, CHINO MAY GET 30% 30, SOME ODD PERCENT BACK THERE.
THERE'S SOME BIG NUMBERS, LIKE, SEE IF WE COULD FORM AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY FOR MR. CITY MANAGER OF, UH, WITH THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE AND STAFF APPROACHING THE COUNTY TO ENTER INTO SOME SERIOUS DIALOGUE ON THE POSSIBILITY.
AGAIN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR A COUPLE OF DECADES, REALLY, BUT IT MAYBE IT'S TIME WE TALKED ABOUT PRE COVID AND THEN THINGS INSTALLED.
OBVIOUSLY WE TALKED ABOUT INTERNALLY, MAYBE WE CAN START TALKING TO EXTERNALLY ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES.
SO I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT.
YOU'RE ON THE CALL COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS.
WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO THE COUNCIL, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AD HOC, UH, COMMITTEE FOR THAT PURPOSE.
UH, JUST AS A COMMENT, UH, WE'VE HAD STAFF HAS HAD MEETINGS WITH THE, UH, CHAIR COUNTY SUPERVISOR HAGMAN, UH, AND WITH THE, UH, NOW CURRENTLY A CEO OF THE COUNTY TO INTRODUCE THIS ITEM.
SO THIS IS PERFECT TIME TO GET, UH, COUNCIL INVOLVEMENT AS WELL.
I WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER SOMETHING FOR THAT.
UH, GIVEN THE FACT THAT I SPENT 45 YEARS IN THE PROPERTY TAX FIELD, I WAS AROUND PRIOR TO PROP 13.
I WAS AROUND WHEN THE ORIGINAL ALLOCATION FACTOR WAS DETERMINED BY THE, UH, STATE FOR PROPERTY TAX REIMBURSEMENT AND ALLOCATION TO THE, UH, COUNTY AUDITOR CONTROLLER'S OFFICES.
UH, I THINK I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF KNOWLEDGE THAT COULD BE HELPFUL IN THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE.
SO IF WE GET IT FORMED, I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO BE INVOLVED WITH THAT.
YOU GO WAY BACK, DON'T YOU, I GO WAY BACK IN 1971 PRIOR TO PROP 13.
UM, JUST A COUPLE, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.
UM, I THINK YOU GUYS ARE AWARE OF THE CONGRESSIONAL ART DISTRICT.
I'M SORRY, THE CONGRESSIONAL ART CONTEST THEY HAVE EVERY YEAR.
UM, SO, UM, I'M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE IT IN THE 39TH DISTRICT.
SO THERE WAS 80 ENTRIES FROM ORANGE LA AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.
SO EVEN THOUGH THE WINNER GOES TO ROLAND HIGH SCHOOL, MY ALMA MATER, THAT'S NOT WHY I'M SAYING IT.
MARTIN NIE IS A RESIDENT OF CHINO HILLS, WHICH IS GREAT.
SO HIS ARTWORK WILL APPEAR AT THE CAPITOL FOR ONE YEAR.
AND, UM, CONGRESSMAN KIM'S STAFF WANTED ME TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU GUYS.
AND, UM, IT'S GRADUATION WEEK GRADUATIONS EVERY NIGHT, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
THAT'S ONE OF OUR FAVORITE THINGS TO DO, BUT THE KIDS ARE OUTSIDE ON THE FIELDS, 150 STUDENTS A NIGHT AND, UM, PARENTS CAN GO, I THINK IT'S LIKE EVERYONE GETS UP TO SIX TICKETS, SO IT'S JUST A STEP FORWARD.
AND IT'S, UM, REALLY EXCITING FOR ALL OF OUR SENIORS IN OUR DISTRICT.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT.
UH, AS WE ALL KNOW, WE'RE COMING UP ON THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT EVERYBODY THINK ABOUT THIS AS SOMETHING OTHER THAN JUST A THREE-DAY WEEKEND.
UM, WE ARE BLESSED IN THE UNITED STATES TO HAVE A LOT OF THINGS IN SPITE OF THE PANDEMIC.
UM, A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE FOR US TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE FREEDOMS AND BENEFITS THAT WE HAVE.
SO I WOULD ASK THAT WHATEVER YOU DO, UH, FOR THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, UH, KEEP THOSE IN MIND THAT HAVE IT ALL GAVE SOME AND SOME GAVE ALL.
UH, KEEP THE FAMILIES OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST FAMILY MEMBERS THIS LAST YEAR, DUE TO THE PANDEMIC DUE TO ANY NUMBER OF THINGS.
THINGS ARE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR AND ALL THE MORE TIME ARE ALL THE MORE REASON THAT WE SHOULD REFLECT INTERNALLY ON THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE THANKFUL FOR AND USE THIS MEMORIAL DAY IS, UH, SOME SMALL TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED AND WHO HAVE, UH, GREATLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE LIFESTYLES THAT WE ENJOY.
SO WITH THAT, UH, HAPPY MEMORIAL DAYS, WE CAN WEEKEND EVERYONE COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU ANYMORE.
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UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WAS WONDERING, YOU KNOW, YOU SAID SCOTT, THAT THERE WERE BASICALLY FIRE SEASON IS HERE.I'D LIKE TO GET INTO ASSESSMENT.
UH, IF WE COULD REGARDING A BRUSH REPORT REGARDING THE STATE PARK AND THEN ALSO, UM, OPEN SPACE JUST TO GET READY TO PREPARE FOR A FIRE THAT PROBABLY WILL HAPPEN WITHIN THE NEXT, SAY FIVE TO 10 YEARS.
UM, I WAS WONDERING, DID WE EVER DO AN ACTION REPORT ON OUR LAST FIRE THAT WE HAD BACK IN OCTOBER, 2020 MR. CITY MANAGER? SURE.
BIKES, MAYOR MARK HAS A STAFF, UH, PRIMARILY IN OUR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM IS DEVELOPED AN AFTER ACTION REPORT BASED ON FEEDBACK THEY RECEIVE FROM ALL OF THE INVOLVED AGENCIES THAT'S IN DEVELOPMENT AND REVIEW.
AND AT SOME POINT IN TIME, ONCE IT'S FINALIZED, WE'LL BE SHARING THAT INFORMATION.
UM, ALSO, I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU PLEASE, CHIEF.
UH, I MET WITH YOU, UH, ABOUT A WEEK AGO.
I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH YOUR QUALIFICATIONS AND YOUR, YOUR MOTIVATION AND JUST LISTENED TO REPORT TONIGHT.
UH, I'M EXCITED THAT YOU'RE HERE WITH US.
YOU'RE GOING TO DO, YOU'RE GOING TO DO SOME WONDERFUL THINGS HERE, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING THE CONCERTS REAL, REAL SOON IN THE PARK.
REAL STATIC ABOUT THAT, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY IS GOING TO BE HAPPY.
AND I DID GET A PHONE CALL THE OTHER DAY ABOUT THE CHRISTMAS PARADE.
SO IT IMAGINED HOPEFULLY THINGS MOVE FORWARD THAT SHOULD BE HAPPENING TO OPERATE, HOPEFULLY.
AND THEN A MAJOR, MAJOR OR MAJOR OUR US, OUR MAYOR IS AMAZING.
AND, UH, HE AND MYSELF HAVE INITIATED A MEETING WITH TIM SANDOVAL, THE MAYOR OF POMONA, THE MAYOR OF CHINO EUNICE, UM, OURSELVES, AND THEN ALSO, UM, CLIN LAURA MOORE FORUM FROM EASTVALE.
AND WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING THE 71.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT THE MEETING SHOULD HAPPEN WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS.
UH, THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ.
SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME GO I'M ON.
UM, YEAH, I GUESS JUST TO ECHO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT SAID, YOU KNOW, YOUR TA, I GET TALKED TO PEOPLE AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, HEY, I'M TAKING MY BOAT OUT TO THE RIVER.
HEY, WE'RE GETTING READY FOR MEMORIAL DAY GOING TO THE BEACH, THROWING A BARBECUE, BUT YOU KNOW, REALLY SIT THERE AND TAKE THE TIME TO THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T COME BACK.
JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
IT'S JUST NOT, YOU KNOW, THE SUMMER KICKING OFF THAT THERE'S A DAY, BUT YEAH.
HAVE A MEMORY BEHIND MEMORIAL DAY.
AND SO WITH THAT, WE WILL BE A JOURNEY
[ ADJOURN IN MEMORIAM AND IN HOPE: Adjourn in tribute and honor of those who serve and have served in the Armed Forces at home and abroad. Their sacrifice and strength protect the goals and ideals that have made this Country great.]
AND A MEMORY AND HOPE, UH, IN TRIBUTE AND HONOR OF THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED OR ARE SERVING IN THE ARMED FORCES AT HOME AND ABROAD THEIR SACRIFICE AND STRENGTH, PROTECT THE GOALS AND IDEALS THAT HAVE MADE THIS COUNTRY.AND WITH THAT, HAVE A GOOD EVENING.