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WELL,

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ALL

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

RIGHT.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AT 3:00 PM FOR OUR, UH, CITY OF CHINO HILLS SPECIAL MEETING REGARDING THE HOUSING ELEMENT WORKSHOP, UH, MADAM TO CLERK, MARY JO'S HERE, VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS, ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT AND CAN BE ACKNOWLEDGED.

AND THE AUDIENCE, THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE ATTENDING.

THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING.

I CAN'T SEE THEM.

WE HAVE MR. MIKE STOVER AND MR. JERRY BLUE.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING IN ATTENDANCE AS WELL.

UM, TO THAT WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]

SO PLEASE RISE AND JOIN ME.

ALL RIGHT, READY? BEGIN.

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

THANK YOU.

AT THIS TIME, WE WILL BE TAKING PUBLIC

[1. PUBLIC COMMENTS: At this time members of the public may address the City Council regarding the Housing Element Workshop. Those persons wishing to address the City Council are requested to please raise your hand via Zoom or dial *9 to be selected from the meeting cue. Comments will be limited to three minutes per speaker.]

COMMENTS.

HMM.

AT THIS TIME, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THE HOUSING ELEMENT WORKSHOP.

THOSE PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL OR REQUESTED TO PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIA ZOOM OR DIAL STAR NINE TO BE SELECTED FROM THE MEETING.

QUEUE COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.

WE DO HAVE SEVERAL HANDS RAISED.

THE FIRST SPEAKER IS JEFF VODKA.

GOOD AFTERNOON, JEFF.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

UH, GOOD.

UM, GOOD AFTERNOON CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF, AND FELLOW RESIDENTS.

MY NAME IS JEFF BACK AND I HAVE LIVED IN CHINO HILLS FOR 31 YEARS.

I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY STAFF HAS DONE ON THE CHALLENGING HOUSING ELEMENTS I HAVE ATTENDED AND SPOKEN AT EVERY WORKSHOP.

MY CONCERN IS THE ELIMINATION OF EXISTING RETAIL SPACES TO BUILD HIGH DENSITY HOUSING IN PARTICULAR AT THE SHOP AT THE MARCH 16TH PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, IT STARTED AS 151 UNITS AT THE SHOP.

AND THEN AT THE APRIL SIX 20 COMMISSION MEETINGS, IT WENT TO 714 UNITS ON 7.1 ACRES.

THE 7.1 ACRES IS MADE UP OF TWO PLOTS OF LAND, ONE BEING 4.3, FOUR ACRES.

AND THE OTHER BEING 2.8 ACRES AS REFERENCE THE 4.34 ACRES WOULD BE THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE COMPLEX COMPRISING OF VICTORIA SECRET KICKING CRAB BARNES AND NOBLE IN THAT GENERAL AREA.

WHILE THE 2.8 ACRES WOULD BE THE SOUTHWEST PART COMPRISING OF LIMERICK, H AND M VAN CHIPOTLE IN THAT GENERAL AREA AT THE MAY 18TH MEETING, IT WAS RECOMMENDED TO BE 267 UNITS ON 5.7 ACRES BETWEEN THE SHOP AND THE SHOP DO DEVELOPMENT.

THIS WILL ADD 641 UNITS AND APPROXIMATELY 2000 NEW RESIDENTS AT THE SHOP, UM, AT THE SAME TIME.

SO AT THE SAME TIME, REDUCING THE NUMBER OF STORES AND RESTAURANTS AT THE SHOP.

I KNOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED AND MORE PEOPLE SHOP ONLINE, BUT RETAIL, BRICK AND MORTAR ADAPT.

ALSO BUILDERS EMPORIUM WAS IN THE WOODVIEW PLAZA.

ORIGINALLY.

NOW IT'S SHOPPED AROUND 300 BOWLING AND FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT CENTER.

LUCKY SUPERMARKET AND KMART WERE IN THE CHINO HILLS MARKETPLACE.

ORIGINALLY.

NOW IT'S 24 HOUR FITNESS KAHOOTS PET SMART AND FINAL AND INFUSIONS ZONED LASER TAG AND OUR GATE BY TAKING AWAY THE B-CELL AREAS OUT THE CROSSROADS MARKETPLACE AND THE CARMEN, WE WILL HAVE ONLY TWO PLACES LEFT FOR OPEN FOR FUTURE EXPANSION.

THIS WOULD BE THE AREA ACROSS FROM CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS OWNED AS GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND THE AREA NEXT TO THE FAB HINDU TEMPLE ZONED AS FREEWAY COMMERCIAL.

THE AREA THAT IS ACROSS FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL IS LIMITED INSIDE AS REFERENCED THE CITY OF IN-PLANT.

DORA HAD A SIMILAR MEETING TO THIS ONE LAST WEEK THAT I ATTENDED.

THEY ARE NOT REZONING ANY OF THEIR COMMERCIAL RETAIL AREAS TO RESIDENTIAL IN THEIR HOUSING PLAN.

THEY REALIZED THAT AS THE POPULATION GROWS FROM THIS HOUSING MANDATE, THEY NEED THE RETAIL STORES AND RESTAURANTS TO GROW TOO.

I KNOW THERE IS NOT A LOT OF OPEN AREA TO BUILD ON, AND THIS WAS A MANDATE FROM THE STATE, BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT WE MOVED THE ORIGINAL COMMUNITY PARK 20 PLUS YEARS AGO.

SO WE COULD HAVE HIGH DENSITY HOUSING IN ITS PLACE.

WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS WHERE THE 271 UNITS ON THE 5.7 ACRES OUT THE SHOP WILL BE LOCATED ON THIS NEW RECOMMENDED PLAN.

THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR THE TIME TO SPEAK.

THANK YOU, JEFF.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JIMMY L ROD.

ALL RIGHT, MR. L ROD, GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

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MY NAME IS JAMIL ROD.

UH, I AM A REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE SOUTHWEST REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS REPRESENTING OVER 50,000 HARD AND HIGHLY SKILLED CARPENTERS THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHWEST.

APPROXIMATELY 300 OF WHICH RESIDE WITH THEM.

THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, OUR MEMBERS WHO LIVE HERE, RAISE FAMILIES HERE AND SPEND THEIR MONEY WITHIN THE CITY.

I WILL UNDOUBTEDLY IMPACTED BY THEM ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE PROJECT.

UH, WE STRONGLY FEEL THAT IF THE PROJECT IS TO BE BUILT, IT SHOULD BE BUILT BY THE LOCAL SKILLED AND TRAINED WORKFORCE.

OUR MEMBERS LOCAL HIRE AND SKILLED AND TRAINED WORKFORCE REQUIREMENTS HELP REDUCE CONSTRUCTION-RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS WHILE BENEFITING THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND A RECENT 2020 REPORT TITLED PUTTING CALIFORNIA ON THE HIGH ROAD IN JOBS AND CLIMATE ACTION PLAN FOR 2030, THE CALIFORNIA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD CONCLUDED THAT INVESTMENTS IN GROWING DIVERSIFYING AND UP-SKILLING, UH, CALIFORNIA'S WORKFORCE CAN POSITIVELY AFFECT RETURNS ON CLIMATE MITIGATION EFFORTS.

MOREOVER, JUST THIS YEAR, THE SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT FOUND THAT THE USE OF LOCAL STATE CERTIFIED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS OR A SKILLED AND TRAINED WORKFORCE WITH A LOCAL HIRE COMPONENT CAN RESULT IN AIR POLLUTION, POLLUTION REDUCTIONS.

UM, ALSO RECENTLY THE CITY OF HAYWARD AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ADOPTED SKILLED AND TRAINED WORKFORCE REQUIREMENTS AND TO ITS GENERAL PLAN AND MUNICIPAL CODE, UH, LOCAL SKILLED AND TRAINED WORKFORCE REQUIREMENTS CAN HELP LOSE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND MITIGATE TRANSPORTATION AND GREENHOUSE GAS IMPACTS BY MINIMIZING VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED.

I HUMBLY ASK THAT YOU PLEASE TAKE THESE FACTORS AND REQUEST AND CONSIDERATION WHEN MAKING YOUR DECISION.

I GREATLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS MATTER.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. AL ROD.

I DO NOT SEE ANY OTHER HANDS RAISED AT THIS UP HERE.

IT GOES ONE.

WE HAVE JIM GALLAGHER.

ALL RIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. GALLAGHER.

UM, THE SYSTEM SWITCHED, SO KENNETH GALLAGHER IS UP FIRST, RIGHT? KENNETH GALLAGHER.

UM, GOOD AFTERNOON.

I WAS, UH, WANTING TO SPEAK TODAY ABOUT THE, UM, ADU APART, THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT PART OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT.

AND ON PAGE NINE OF YOUR, UH, REPORT, IT TALKED ABOUT USING 80 YEARS AS A BUFFER TO MEET THE NUMBERS, THE HOUSING NUMBERS THAT YOU HAVE TO MEET, UM, FOR THE LOWER AND MODERATE INCOME CATEGORY.

UM, BUT, UH, FOR THE POLICY H DASH 1.5, THAT GOES INTO 80 YEARS.

UM, IT TALKS ABOUT ESTABLISHING METHODS, INCENTIVIZE AND PROMOTE THE CONSTRUCTION OF ADS.

UM, BUT IN TERMS OF THE TIMEFRAME, IT WOULDN'T BE UNTIL UP TO 12 MONTHS AFTER THE, UM, HOUSING ELEMENT WAS APPROVED.

AND IT SEEMED LIKE A LONG GAP TO WAIT TO CREATE SOME 80 YEARS INCENTIVE, UM, IN A PROGRAM, UM, WHEN USING AN 80 USE AS A BUFFER TO MEETING YOUR NUMBERS.

UM, ONE THING I ALSO WANT TO BRING UP IS I WAS VERY ACTIVE DURING THE YEAR WORKSHOPS AND COMMENTING ABOUT, UH, SEPARATE UTILITIES.

AND ORIGINALLY THE CITY STAFF WANTED TO REQUIRE SEPARATE UTILITIES FOR ATTACHED AND DETACHED AIDING USE.

AND I WAS ABLE TO, UM, PROVIDE REASONS, ARGUMENTS ON WAVERING, WAIVING, SEPARATE UTILITIES FOR ATTACH TO USE.

AND FORTUNATELY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AGREED WITH ME.

UM, ONE THING I SAID WAS THAT SEPARATE UTILITIES LIKE WATER AND SEWER CONNECTION, THE WATER AND SEWER WOULD COST ABOUT 20 TO 30,000.

IN REALITY, IT'S ACTUALLY COSTING BETWEEN 50 TO $60,000.

I HAVE THREE BIDS ON A PROJECT.

UM, SO IT'S REALLY UNAFFORDABLE, UM, TO BUILD A DETACHED ADU WHEN REQUIRING SEPARATE UTILITIES.

AND ONE THING THE CITY STAFF DID RECOMMEND WAS AS AN INCENTIVE AND ONE OF THEIR REPORTS, I THINK WORKSHOP THREE WAS WAIVING THE SEPARATE UTILITY REQUIREMENT, IF IT WOULD QUALIFY AS A LOW-INCOME OR MIDDLE-INCOME, UM,

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HOUSING NUMBERS.

UM, SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT LOOKED AT SOONER THAN LATER.

UM, AND REVISITED, I KNOW WHEN RYAN GOT GETTER WAS PRESENTING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, YOU WOULD GO OVER, UM, SCHOOL DISTRICT FEES.

IF YOU WENT OVER 500 SQUARE FEET AND GIVE DIFFERENT EXAMPLES, AND THEN EXAMPLES OF IMPACT SEEDS, IF YOU WENT OVER 750 SQUARE FEET, BUT IT WAS NEVER DISCUSSED ABOUT THE COST OF THE SEPARATE UTILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR WATER AND SEWER.

AND, UM, I LAST SPOKEN TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND BROUGHT IT TO THEIR ATTENTION, THE COSTS FOR THAT.

AND, UH, THEY WERE VERY SURPRISED, UM, ABOUT THE COST OF THAT.

SO TO WRAP UP, BASICALLY WANT TO SEE ABOUT HAVING THE SEPARATE UTILITIES REVISITED, UH, SOONER THAN LATER AND NOT, YOU KNOW, 12 MONTHS AFTER THE HOUSING ELEMENT ADOPTED.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MR. GALLAGHER.

NOW OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JIM GALLAGHER.

ALL RIGHT, MR. JIM GALLAGHER.

OH, THANK YOU.

UH, UNRELATED TO MR. KENNETH GALLAGHER, BUT WE ARE NEIGHBORS.

UM, I TOO WANT TO, UH, CONGRATULATE THE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE CITY STAFF WHO I THINK THE EXCELLENT JOB OF PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

UH, I DID HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS BY, BY THE WAY.

I ALSO AGREE WITH MR. VACCA ABOUT THE SHOPS.

UH, WHAT I SEE ARE 267 UNITS TO BE BUILT ON IT, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS DETRACT THE SHOPS AS A DESTINATION PLACE FOR OUR CITY.

UH, I, I KNOW IS A RETICENCE AND DIAMOND BAR AT OTHER SURROUNDING AREAS TO ALWAYS PRAISE THE SHOPS AND SAY THEY LIKED GOING THERE.

ANYTHING WE CAN DO THAT CAN CONTINUE TO ENHANCE ITS ATTRACTIVENESS IS PROBABLY IMPORTANT, BUT I DO SEE ALSO THE VALUE OF MIXED USE.

AND, UH, I'M REALLY PLEASED TO SEE THAT FOSTER IS MARKETPLACE IS MOVING AHEAD WITH 370 UNITS, UH, THAT HAS BEEN LANGUISHING FOR SOME TIME OVER THERE.

AND I BELIEVE THAT ANY BUSINESSES THAT LOCATE THERE AS WELL AS THE RESIDENTS WILL BE BENEFICIAL FOR BOTH.

SO AGAIN, I WANT TO PLEDGE THAT.

I HEARD MY QUESTION, UH, THE PREVIOUS PROPOSED AND REQUESTED, UH, UM, HOUSING ELEMENT HAS GONE DOWN, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE WERE 711 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR TOTAL AND WHAT THE REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS INDICATED.

THE NEW ONE IT'S HITS IT EXACTLY ON THE NUMBERS.

2,209 UNITS, WHICH MEETS THE ARENA STANDARD 2,209 UNITS.

ARE WE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE SOME KIND OF A BUFFER? UM, THAT'S JUST A QUESTION.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ANSWER IT, UH, DURING THIS TIME, BUT IT WOULD SEEM THAT WE WANT TO HAVE SOME BUFFER ON THE HOUSING.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

I DID NOT SEE ANY OTHER HANDS RAISED.

OKAY.

THEN AT THAT WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND

[ HOUSING ELEMENT WORKSHOP]

WE WILL START OFF WITH OUR WORKSHOP MAYOR JOE'S CITY COUNCIL COMMISSIONERS IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT, OR THIS AFTERNOON, OUR, UH, ITEM WILL BE INTRODUCED BY, UH, JOANNE LOMBARDO, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS VERY, VERY HARD, VERY DILIGENTLY FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS.

NOW THIS IS A BIG PROCESS FOR THE CITY.

IT'S A BIG CONCERN FOR THE CITY.

AS WE ALL KNOW, WE HAVE, UH, 3,729 NEW UNITS THAT WE MUST PLAN FOR.

AND OF THOSE 2,209 MUST BE HIGH DENSITY ESSENTIALLY TO MEET THE LOWER INCOME REQUIREMENT BECAUSE OF THIS BIG EFFORT WE HAVE MADE, UM, AS MUCH EFFORT AS WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY IS INVOLVED.

AND WE HEAR ALL THE CONCERNS.

WE'VE HAD SIX WORKSHOPS WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND THIS IS OUR SECOND WORKSHOP WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.

UM, WE ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY ON WRAPPING UP THE DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT AND THAT WILL BE COMING FORWARD, UH, SHORTLY.

SO TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO HIT A FEW MORE HIGHLIGHTS FOR YOU.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE SCHEDULE FROM HERE ON, WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT MORE INFORMATION ON THE THANK YOU, UH, ON THE, UM, WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT A LITTLE BIT ON THE HOUSING NEEDS.

ASSESSMENT INCLUDED IN THE STAFF REPORT IS A COMMUNITY PROFILE, WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE PROCESS.

AND FROM THAT WE DEVELOP A HOUSING NEEDS, ASSESSMENT GOALS, POLICIES, AND ACTION, UH, THE SITE SELECTION PROCESS, A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, AND THEN WHERE WE

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ARE NOW ON OUR LIST OF LOWER INCOME POTENTIAL SITES, AS WELL AS MODERATE INCOME POTENTIAL SITES.

I DO WANT TO POINT OUT, AND THIS IS A POINT THAT I KNOW MY COPLIN GEAR WILL MAKING LATER IN THE PROCESS IS THAT THIS IS OUR BEST ESTIMATE AT THIS TIME.

UM, THIS IS OUR FIRST STEP IN SUBMITTING TO HCD GETTING THEIR RESPONSE.

IT'S VERY LIKELY THAT THROUGH THIS PROCESS, SOME OF THESE SITES MAY DECIDE OR MAY NOT BE FEASIBLE.

THEY MAY WANT LESS UNITS.

OTHERS MAY COME FORWARD.

SO IT WILL BE A FLEXIBLE PROCESS.

UM, AND, AND EACH TIME IF WE HAVE AN ADOPTED HOUSING ELEMENT AND WE MAKE A CHANGE, WE'LL JUST MAKE SURE TO PROCESS THAT TO HCD.

SO THIS IS NOT THE END OF THE LINE, BUT THIS IS OUR BEST GUESTS AT THIS POINT IN TIME AND UP LAST, WE'RE GOING TO HIT SOME OF THE ISSUES ON THE ASSESSORY AS WELL.

UNITS, AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE WRAPPING UP A DRAFT OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT AND WE'RE GOING TO BE PRESENTING THAT BOTH TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL BEFORE WE SUBMIT TO ATD.

AND THIS IS AGAIN, JUST A PRELIMINARY DRAFT OR A REVIEW DRAFT, SHALL I SAY? UM, THE FINAL APPROVAL WILL COME AFTER HDD HAS CHANCE TO AGREE OR NOT AGREE WITH WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR ELEMENT.

SO AT OUR NEXT MEETING ON JUNE 15TH, WE'LL TAKE THE DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEN BECOMING BACK TO CITY COUNCIL ON JUNE 22ND, WE'LL BE SUBMITTING THE DRAFT ELEMENT TO ATD FOR REVIEW.

UH, HOPEFULLY BY JULY 1ST, WE HAVE A 60 DAY REVIEW PERIOD THAT THEY ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE.

SO WE WANT TO GIVE OURSELVES AMPLE TIME FOR THAT 60 DAY REVIEW PERIOD, GIVE US SOME TIME TO MAKE SOME CHANGES.

AND WE MUST SUBMIT A, AN APPROVED HCD APPROVED ELEMENT.

BY OCTOBER 15TH, WE MAY BE COMING BACK TO BOTH PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL IN BETWEEN THAT, DEPENDING ON THE CHANGES THAT ARE RECOMMENDED BY HCD, UH, WE HAVE, UH, I THINK APPROXIMATELY 90 DAYS TO ACTUALLY ADOPT THE ELEMENT.

AND THAT WILL BE JANUARY, FEBRUARY OF NEXT YEAR.

AND IN TERMS OF THE NEXT STEP IN MAKING ALL THESE ZONE CHANGES THAT WE'RE COMMITTING TO, WE ACTUALLY HAVE THREE YEARS TO DO THAT.

UH, WE WILL BE TRYING TO DO THAT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, BUT THAT WILL BE THE NEXT STEP.

AFTER WE GET THROUGH THIS HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE.

AS I MENTIONED, ONE OF THE MATERIALS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED IN THE STAFF REPORT IS A COMMUNITY PROFILE, AND THAT LOOKS AT POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS, HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS, HOUSING STOCK, AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE DETERMINING WHAT OUR, YOU KNOW, HELL'S HOUSING NEEDS.

WE KNOW WHAT THE STATE WANTS US TO DO, AND WE KNOW WHAT THE REGION WANTS US TO DO, BUT WHAT DO WE NEED? SO, UH, BASED ON THAT, AND BASED ON THE DATA WE WERE ABLE TO COMPILE, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE SOME, A NOTABLE AMOUNT OF LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS WITHIN CHINO HILLS.

AND FOR THOSE HOUSEHOLDS, THE COST OF, OF LIVING IN CHINO HILLS CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT.

THERE ALSO IS A NEED FOR MORE SENIOR HOUSING.

THE, UH, INCOME LEVELS FOR SENIORS ARE FAR BELOW THE MEDIAN INCOME FOR, YOU KNOW, HOUSE RESIDENTS AND IN THE CASE WHERE THEY NEED TO ACQUIRE HOUSING, OR QUITE HONESTLY, EVEN TO PAY PROPERTY TAX, IF YOU'RE A HOMEOWNER CAN BE QUITE SUBSTANTIAL, THOSE ARE BIG CONCERNS.

UM, A NEED FOR PERHAPS LARGER RENTAL HOUSING.

MOST OF OUR APARTMENTS ARE TWO BEDROOMS, PERHAPS A NEED FOR MORE THREE BEDROOM UNITS.

AND ALSO FOR THE ANCILIARY NEEDS THAT COME WITH HOUSING CHILDCARE, MEDICAL RECREATION, ALL OF THOSE ARE IMPORTANT TO MAKING A COMMUNITY CAUSE NOT ONLY WILL WE BE BUILDING HOUSING, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO BE THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE BECAUSE WE HAVE REALLY VERY FEW VACANT SITES, VERY FEW VACANT FLAT SITES.

WE'VE HAD TO BE CREATIVE.

AND OUR PLANNING COMMISSION HAS HELPED US THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

AND ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT HAVE GIVEN US INPUT HAVE HELPED US THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO BE CREATIVE.

SO WE HAVE LOOKED AT UNDER UTILIZED SITES, UM, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THESE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

ANOTHER BIG ITEM WE NEED TO LOOK AT IS FINANCING.

WHEREAS THIS MONEY GOING TO COME TO REALLY HOPEFULLY ACTUALLY HAVE SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING BECAUSE WE MAY END UP WITH HIGH DENSITY, BUT HOW MUCH OF THESE WILL ACTUALLY BE AFFORDABLE.

SO WE'LL BE CONTINUING TO LOOK FOR GRANT AND OTHER FUNDING SOURCES.

WE MUST CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FOR HOMELESS SERVICES AND CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR SHELTERING OPPORTUNITIES.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY HAS TO DEAL WITH A SUPPORT FOR FAIR HOUSING.

THERE HAS BEEN AN EXTENSIVE, UM, NEW BODIES OF LAW REGARDING FAIR HOUSING.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT

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CORRECTLY ANALYZED AND WE FOLLOW ALL THE REQUIREMENTS.

FORTUNATELY FOR, FOR CHINO HILLS, OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS DONE A VERY GOOD JOB, UM, COMPLYING WITH THE CDBG, UM, FAIR HOUSING REQUIREMENTS.

THEY HAVE AN EXTENSIVE ANALYSIS OF IMPEDIMENTS TO FAIR HOUSING CHOICE THAT WE HAVE USED IN THE DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT.

THAT'S BEEN A GREAT ASSET.

SO I THINK WE'LL BE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE THERE.

UM, AND THE ANOTHER GOAL HAS BEEN TO DISPERSE THE HIGH DENSITY HOUSING THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO KEEP CHINO HILLS AS A BALANCE BETWEEN HIGH DENSITY, LOW DENSITY AND MEDIUM DENSITY THAT, SO THAT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE GOALS.

THEN THE NEXT STEP IS THE ACTUAL GOALS OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT, THE POLICIES AND ACTIONS.

UM, ALL OF OUR PAST HOUSING AMOUNTS HAVE HAD VERY SIMILAR GOALS.

UM, WE'VE TWEAKED THEM A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF THE NEW REQUIREMENTS FROM THE STATE TO BE MORE COMPLIANT, BUT ESSENTIALLY THERE ALWAYS HAVE BEEN PROVIDE A RANGE OF HOUSING TYPES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF EXISTING AND FUTURE RESIDENTS MAINTAIN AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF EXISTING RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS DEVELOP HOUSING THAT IS SENSITIVE TO ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THOSE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES TO MEET SPECIAL HOUSING NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS AND PROMOTE FAIR HOUSING.

AND THE, THE LIST OF REPRESENTATIVES, UM, HAS BEEN EXPANDED, WHICH IS ALWAYS GOOD TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS CONSIDERED.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT ON A FEW POINTS.

I'M REALLY DISAPPOINTS THAT HAVE CHANGED SINCE OUR LAST HOUSING ELEMENT.

UM, REALLY NOT TOO MUCH HAS CHANGED ON THE FIRST ONE, PROVIDE A RANGE OF HOUSING TYPES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF EXISTING AND FUTURE RESIDENTS.

ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE DISCUSSED IN THE STAFF REPORT WAS AN ISSUE BROUGHT UP BY OUR PLANNING COMMISSION, WAS THAT PREVIOUSLY THE WORDING OF THAT HAD TO MAINTAIN THE LOW DENSITY CHARACTER.

AND THAT'S A MODIFICATION THAT WE HAVE TAKEN OFF OF THIS PRIMARILY BECAUSE THE WHOLE STATE IS FOCUSED ON NOT BEING LOW DENSITY ANYMORE.

HOWEVER, WE HAVE NOT IGNORED THE IMPORTANT RURAL CHARACTER OF THE CITY.

AND I'LL GET BACK, GET BACK TO THAT A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN ON ONE OF OUR OTHER GOALS.

SO THAT HAS BEEN CHANGED AND THAT IS THE MOST NOTABLE CHANGE.

JOANNE, UH, BACK ON H 1.1 0.1, THE TERM DENSITY, TENURES AND UNIT TYPES TENURES, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE REFERRING TO SPECIFICALLY THERE? TENURE MEANS TO OWN OR TO RENT? OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

OKAY.

SO THIS ONE HAS CHANGED MORE EXPANSIVELY MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT LAND TO MEET OUR REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ALLOCATION BECAUSE IT IS SO EXPENSIVE.

SO THERE'S A LIST OF NEW POLICIES HERE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.

UM, I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO DETAIL, BUT IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW AN OPTION THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FOR QUITE A NUMBER OF YEARS IS TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SENIOR HOUSING.

UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THIS HOUSING ELEMENT LOOKS AT VERY AGGRESSIVELY.

WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A POTENTIAL SITE.

WE HAVE COME TO THE COUNCIL BEFORE IT'S SOME POTENTIAL GRANT MONIES.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL BE PURSUING.

THERE'S DEFINITELY A NEED FOR AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING.

SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO, TO PURSUE THAT.

UM, ANOTHER, UH, ADDITIONAL POLICY AGAIN IS TO DESIGNATE AMPLE LOCATIONS WITHIN THE CITY TO ACCOMMODATE GROCERY RECREATION.

SO ONE OF THE COMMENTS, OR ACTUALLY TWO OF THE COMMENTS THAT CAME UP EARLIER FROM THE PUBLIC IS WHAT ABOUT THESE COMMERCIAL SERVICES? THAT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT PART OF HOW THESE HOUSING UNITS ARE DEVELOPED WITHIN COMMERCIAL CENTERS? YES.

ANOTHER BIG COMPONENT OF OUR HOUSING ELEMENT IS ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.

IT IS A VERY BIG DEAL.

UM, WE HAVE A WHOLE LIST OF POLICIES HERE.

UM, WE HAVE A DESIGNATED ADU EXPERT, UM, MR. RYAN, JACK SETTER, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE MORE INFORMATION AVAILABLE.

UM, WE'RE UPDATING OUR WEBSITE, WE'LL HAVE HANDOUTS AND WE WILL BE COMING BACK WITH INCENTIVES.

AND WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO DO THAT AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.

AS I MENTIONED, WE ACTUALLY HAVE THREE YEARS TO DO IT.

UM, WE'RE TRYING TO COME BACK WITHIN A YEAR.

WE'LL DO IT AS SOON AS WE CAN, BUT ANY, ANY INCENTIVES HAVE TO BE VETTED THROUGH PLANNING COMMISSION THROUGH CITY COUNCIL, THROUGH STAFF.

SO IT TAKES SOME TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COME, COME UP WITH WITH THE BEST CHOICES.

WHERE'S THE GENTLEMEN WERE COMMENTS MADE EARLIER TODAY REGARDING A BALLPARK WE USE, WE'RE SORT OF CONSIDERING THEM AS BLOCKERS.

YES.

THIS IS SOMETHING WE DISCUSSED

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AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP ON THE HOUSING ELEMENT IS IT'S A RECOMMENDATION FROM ATD TO HAVE A BUFFER.

SO WE HAVE THE 200 AND EXCUSE ME, 2,209 LOWER DENSITY, SHOULD WE HAVE A 10% BUFFER, A 25% BUFFER? THE PROBLEM WITH THE BUFFER FOR US IS THAT WE HAVE MEASURE YOU.

AND THE MEASURE YOU WORDING IS VERY EXPLICIT THAT WE CAN EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF HOUSING AND HOUSING DENSITY TO MEET THE RENA, BUT NOT TO EXCEED THE MARINA.

SO, UH, RATHER THAN HAVE A BUFFER OF UNITS, OUR SUGGESTION IS TO USE OUR ADU TO MAKE SURE THAT IF, IF WE'RE A LITTLE SHORT, WE DO HAVE EXTRA WITH THE ADU AND ALSO TO HAVE A BUFFER WITHIN OUR SITES.

WE HAVE SOME CITY OWNED PROPERTY IN THERE, AND PERHAPS WE MAY HAVE TO CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR SITES, BUT WE HAVE SOME OTHER OPTIONS TO MEET THAT BUFFER.

OKAY.

AGAIN, THIS NO CHANGE HERE TO MAINTAIN AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CONCERN, UM, FROM, FROM THE CITY, FROM ALL DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY, I DO WANT TO HIT A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THIS.

THIS IS DEVELOP HOUSING THAT IS SENSITIVE TO ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.

SO WHAT MAKES CHINO HILLS UNIQUE IS ITS HILLSIDES, ITS CANYONS, IT'S TREES, ALL OF THOSE THINGS, WHICH MAKE, I THINK EVERYONE WHO HAS WORKED IN CHINO HILLS AND CERTAINLY THOSE WHO LIVE IN CHINO HILLS MUST FEEL PROUD.

AND SO THIS HOUSING ELEMENT HAS MADE EVERY ATTEMPT TO KEEP AWAY FROM THAT AND TO ENSURE THAT OUR HILLS HAD ORIGINAL LINES ARE PROTECTED.

SO WE HAVE THIS, THIS SUGGESTED POLICY HERE THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT A LITTLE BIT MORE FOCUSED TO BASED ON CHANGES IN HOUSING ELEMENT LAW FOR GREEN BUILDING.

AND, UM, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE DISCUSSED, I THINK AT OUR USER FEE IS THAT WE DO PROVIDE FEW REDUCTIONS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF ENERGY, EFFICIENT WINDOWS, APPLIANCES, ET CETERA.

AND THAT'S WRITTEN HERE AS, AS ONE OF OUR POLICIES.

UM, AGAIN, US MEETING SPECIAL NEEDS.

I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO ANY DETAIL HERE AND AGAIN, FAIR HOUSING, UH, IT'S LENGTHY, BUT I THINK WE HAVE, WE HAVE A GOOD PROGRAM IN PLACE, MORE, MORE FAIR HOUSING.

AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO PASS THE PRESENTATION OFF TO MY COUGH LINGER.

WHO'S GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE SITE SELECTION PROCESS AND THE SITES THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY PROPOSING, WHICH WHEN RAY MENTIONED SOMETHING, IT REMINDED ME IS MEASURE YOU FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, A DEAD ISSUE IN THIS CITY MEASURE YOU HAS, HAS WRITTEN INTO IT.

THAT AN EXCEPTION IS WHAT, WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MEET OUR REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

AND AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THAT, WE CAN ONLY MEET THOSE NEEDS.

WE CAN'T GO OVER AND ABOVE FOR A SUGGESTED BUFFER.

CHRIS, IT'S NOT A REQUIRED BUFFER.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

OH, THANK YOU, JOANNE.

UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, UH, AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, UH, WE ARE REQUIRED TO, UH, LOOK INTO SITE INVENTORY AND FIND A SUITABLE SITES TO MEET OUR LOWER RINA OBLIGATIONS AS PART OF THE ALLOCATED UNITS THAT CAME DOWN FROM THE STATE, UH, DURING THE SITE SELECTION PROCESS, UH, W W WE HAVE TO RECOMMEND SITES THAT, UH, CAN REASONABLY BE AVAILABLE DURING THIS PLANNING PERIOD, WHICH IS 2021 THROUGH 2029.

UH, ALSO CAN DEVELOP UNDER THE PROJECT DENSITY AND ALSO TO SHU.

WE'RE LOOKING TO DISTRIBUTE DENSITY THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UH, AS EVENLY AS POSSIBLE, AND AS WELL AS PROVIDE POTENTIAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS, SUCH AS ROAD ALIGNMENTS, UH, PARKS, UH, EXTENSIONS FOR, UH, MEETING THE CITY'S, UM, CIRCULATION ELEMENT.

AND SO ON AS JOANNE STATED EARLIER, UH, THIS IS A FLUID OPERATION.

UH, THESE, UH, THE LIST MAY BE ADJUSTED, UH, SITES MAY BE ADJUSTED, UH, BASED ON COMMENTS THAT WE GET FROM HCD, UH, OR DEVELOPER OR PROPERTY OWNER ADJUSTMENTS, UH, AFTER FURTHER EVALUATION COULD BE PAID BASED ON ECDS, UH, COMMENTS AS WELL.

UH, AND ALSO ADJUSTMENTS THAT MAY HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE PLANNING PERIOD OF 2021 TO 2029.

UH, PART IN THE SITE SELECTION PROCESS, THE STATE ISSUED A SITE INVENTORY GUIDEBOOK TO ASSIST LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO, UH, MEET THE SPECIFIC CRITERIA IS UNDER STATE LAW TO REASONABLY ACCOMMODATE FOR THE CITY'S LOWER RENA OBLIGATION.

UH, PART OF THESE, UH, INVENTORY GUIDEBOOK CAN ALSO BE FOUND UNDER THE HCD BUILDING BLOCKS,

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UH, THROUGH THEIR WEBSITE.

UH, FIRST STEP IS TO IDENTIFY, UH, SITES WITHIN THE CITY, UH, ALL VACANT SITES, UH, WHETHER THEY'RE RESIDENTS RESIDENTIALLY ZONED, OR NON RESIDENTIALLY ZONED, AND ALSO IDENTIFY A POTENTIAL SITES THAT ARE UNDER UTILIZED THAT CAN BE REDEVELOPED, UH, WITH THAT.

AND PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS, WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER A LIST FOR SITE INVENTORY, FINDING A TOTAL OF 30 SITES.

UH, ONCE WE BEGIN THAT PROCESS, THEN WE BEGIN TO SCREEN, UH, BASED ON THE SITE INVENTORY GUIDEBOOK.

UH, WE LOOK AT POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS, UH, GOVERNMENTAL CONSTRAINTS, UM, THE, A SITES THAT MAY HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE AVAILABILITY.

UH, AND WE ALSO LOOK AT SITES THAT ARE CURRENTLY RESIDENTIALLY ZONED THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.

SO THE FIRST STEP IN THAT STEP IS LOOKING AT SITES THAT ARE CURRENTLY ZONED TO ACCOMMODATE HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, AND AS JOANNE STATED IN SEVERAL WORKSHOPS, UH, THE CITY'S CHALLENGE IS THAT WE ARE LARGELY BUILT OUT AND WE ALSO COMPRISED OF OVER 70% OF SLOPED, HILLSIDE PROPERTIES, CANYONS, FLOODPLAINS, AND A LARGE PORTION OF CHINO HILLS STATE PARK.

SO WHEN WE BEGIN TO LOOK AT THESE SITES, WE IMMEDIATELY FALL INTO THE SHORTFALL, UH, BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE THOSE IMMEDIATE SITES AVAILABLE TO MEET OUR OBLIGATED LOWER ARENA.

SO OUR SEG, OUR THIRD STEP TO THAT IS TO, UH, DEVELOP A PROGRAM THAT WILL BEGIN TO IDENTIFY SITES THAT WE CAN REZONE, UH, TO ACCOMMODATE OUR LOWER RINA OBLIGATION WITH THAT WE'VE FOUND SITES THAT ARE EITHER RESIDENTIALLY ZONED, UH, THAT COULD BE UP, UH, ZONED, UH, NON VACANT, UH, DEVELOP PROPERTIES THAT ARE HIGHLY UNDERUTILIZED THAT CAN BE REZONED TO ACCOMMODATE A LOWER ARENA, UH, AND ALSO SITES THAT, UH, COULD HAVE, UM, THAT, THAT ARE VACANT AND CAN ACCOMMODATE BASED ON TOPOGRAPHY AND OTHER AVAILABLE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE FOR HIGH DENSITY.

RESIDENTIAL PART OF THE SHORTFALL REQUIREMENTS IS THAT BASED ON SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, UH, WE ARE IN THE METROPOLITAN METROPOLITAN JURISDICTION, WHICH REQUIRES A MINIMUM OF ZONING TO ALLOW 30 D'YOU PER ACRE, AND THEN TO ALLOW A MINIMUM DENSITY DEVELOPMENT OF 20 D'YOU PER ACRE.

SO NOT ONLY WE ARE LOOKING AT THESE SITES, WE'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS WITH DEVELOPERS CLOSELY TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE SITES CAN ACCOMMODATE THE ACHIEVABLE DENSITY BASED ON STATE LAW, AFTER A NUMBER OF ASSESSMENTS AND EVALUATION, A NUMBER OF PLANNING COMMISSION WORKSHOPS, AND THE FIRST CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP AS WELL.

UH, THE LIST, UH, THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY RECOMMENDING AT THIS TIME, UH, IS A TOTAL OF 10 SITES.

WE HAVE SHOPS TO SITE BEING ALLOCATED FOR 374 UNITS.

WE HAVE THE PARK OVERFLOW PARK OVERFLOW SITE, UH, THAT IS AT 50 UNITS.

THE LOW SERRANO'S GOLF COURSE IS AT FIVE 32 UNITS, AND THE WESTERN HILLS GOLF COURSE ALLOCATED 166 UNITS, THE WANG PROPERTY, 148 UNITS.

THE SHOP SITE 267 UNITS COMMONS 300 CROSSROADS MARKETPLACE, 370.

AND THEN WE RECENTLY ADDED THE TWO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY SITES.

UH, ONE UNIT ENGLISH, I THINK A QUICK QUESTION.

YES.

SO THESE CATEGORIES FOR THE RENA ARE CONSIDERED LOW.

SO WHAT WOULD THE PROPOSED RENT BE OR ANTICIPATED RENT BE FOR THESE? ONE OF THE CHALLENGES TOO FOR THE CITY IS BEING ABLE TO ACTUALLY TRULY RENT, UH, AFFORDABLE.

UH, SO WHAT THE CITY OF UTILIZES, UH, BASED ON ALSO WHAT WE DID WITH THE FIT CYCLE, AS WELL AS DEFAULT DENSITY, UH, MEANING THAT IF THE STATE ALLOWS JURISDICTIONS TO GO THROUGH THE DATE DEFAULT DENSITY PROCESS, IT ALLOWS US TO, UM, ZONE AND DEVELOP PROPERTIES THAT COULD POTENTIALLY ACCOMMODATE AFFORDABLE, ALTHOUGH THEY MIGHT NOT BE AFFORDABLE.

IT ALLOWS THAT MECHANISM TO BE ABLE TO PROCESS OUR HOUSING ELEMENT AND SIX RENA CYCLE OR, AND PREVIOUS CYCLES FOR LOWER RENA TO MEET OUR AFFORDABLE, VERY LOW OR LOW INCOME, WHICH IS CONSIDERED LOW.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WAS CONFUSING AND LIKE, RAY, THIS IS YOUR WHEELHOUSE.

AND I THINK WHAT'S FRUSTRATING IS, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE STATE'S INTENT IS TO HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING YET IN MANY COMMUNITIES, THAT'S NOT WHAT'S BEING ACHIEVED HERE.

AND THAT'S, WHAT'S SO FRUSTRATING AND I, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND.

I MEAN, THEY WORRY WHEN THEY SEE LIKE LOW-INCOME HIGH DENSITY HOUSING, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE MARKET RATE AND THERE'S GOING TO BE MANY FAMILIES THAT CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE IN CHINO HILLS.

IT'S NOT CONSIDERED LOW INCOME.

SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO CLARIFY THESE,

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I DON'T WANNA SAY LOOPHOLES, BUT LIKE YOU SAID, THE DEFAULT THAT IT'S TRULY NOT GOING TO BE LOW INCOME HOUSING.

AND SO FOR THE STATE TRYING TO PROVIDE HOUSING FOR EVERYONE OF ALL ECONOMIC LEVELS, THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY'RE ACHIEVING.

SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT WAS WORKING.

SO THANK YOU.

HMM.

MICHAEL, DO YOU KNOW HOW TO DEFINE LOW INCOME PER COUNTY PER COUNTY OR HOW THAT, HOW THAT DEFINITION WORKS, DEFINE LOW INCOME IT'S BASED ON, UH, THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES, MEDIUM INCOME LEVELS.

AND I BELIEVE THERE ARE CERTAIN THRESHOLDS, WHETHER IT'S 30% OR THAT META LEVEL OR 50 OR 80%, UM, I BELIEVE IT BECOMES AN APAR PAWEL OF, I BELIEVE VERY LOW-INCOME IS, UH, 80% BELOW, 50, 50% BELOW MEDIAN INCOME FOR THE COUNTY.

OKAY.

AND SO I THINK WE ALL KNOW CHINO HILLS, I PLAY HAS THE HIGHEST MEDIAN INCOME IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.

YES, WE DO.

AND NOT BY JUST A LITTLE BIT IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.

OKAY.

AND YOU'RE CORRECT A FEW THINGS TO NOTE ON THIS TABLE, UH, FROM PREVIOUS, UM, UPDATED ON TABLES THAT WE PRESENTED TO PLANNING COMMISSION WORKSHOPS.

UH, THE SHOP SUICIDE WAS PREVIOUSLY A 460 A UNITS.

WE'VE REDUCED THAT DOWN TO THREE 74.

UH, WE'VE ALSO REMOVED THE CAVIAR SITE, WHICH IS PREVIOUSLY AT 180 UNITS.

UH, WE BELIEVE THAT THAT'S LIKE GIVEN THE TOPOGRAPHY AND THE SHAPE OF THE SITE, THAT IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE THE MINIMUM DENSITY REQUIRED BY STATE LAW.

AND THEN WE'VE ALSO AS THE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, EARLIER TONIGHT OR THIS AFTERNOON, UH, THESE SHOPS WAS ORIGINALLY AT 714 UNITS, UH, WHICH WAS AN ORIGINAL REQUEST FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER.

AND WE HAVE BROUGHT THAT DOWN TO TWO 67, UH, TO PROVIDE THAT CONSISTENCY OF THE DENSITY THAT WAS, UH, THAT WAS ENTITLED FOR THE SHOPS TO SITE.

SOME FIND THAT CONSISTENCY OF UP UNITS.

THIS IS THE DENSITY OF 20, THAT IS THAT THE LOWEST DENSITY REQUIREMENT IS THAT CAUSE I'M LOOKING AT JUST THE DENSITY CALLED LAYER.

IS THAT THE MINIMUM DEVELOP DENSITY AT 20? NO, IT HAS TO HAVE, THEY HAVE TO BE DEVELOPED AT 20 D'YOU PER ACRE TO ACCOUNT UNDER THE SHORTFALL.

THIS MAY BE A CANDIDATE WORMS QUESTION, BUT FOR YEARS, BECAUSE WE COULDN'T ACHIEVE LOW DENSITY BUILDING, WE ESTABLISHED BACK WHEN I WAS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

SO IT PROBABLY GOES BACK 20 YEARS, WE HAD THE PAYMENT IN LIEU FEE THAT DEVELOPERS WERE PAYING.

HOW DOES THAT FIGURE IN, OR DOES IT FIGURE INTO THE RENA STUDY WE'RE DOING NOW AND POTENTIAL USE OF THOSE DOLLARS TO SUBSIDIZE SOME OF THESE CATEGORIES OF LOW MODERATE INCOME? UM, I WOULD DEFER TO THE DIRECTOR ANSWER.

YEAH.

SORRY.

JOANNE HAS HAD TO GET ANSWERED SOONER OR LATER.

YEAH, THAT'S FINE.

UM, WHEN THE HOUSING LOOFY WAS SET UP, IT WAS SET UP THAT EVERY MARKET RATE UNIT HAD TO PAY THAT OR COME IN AS AFFORDABLE.

SO IF ANY OF THESE DEVELOPERS CAME IN AS AFFORDABLE, THAT WOULD BE WAIVED ON THE OTHER SIDE.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE FEES RELATIVELY LOW, I BELIEVE IT'S MAXIMUM OF 3000 OR 3,500 PER SINGLE FAMILY UNIT.

AND I BELIEVE 1000 PROMOTE A FAMILY UNIT.

SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER $3 MILLION.

IT'S SOME MONEY, BUT THIS IS SOME OF THE MONEY WE'RE LOOKING TO USE FOR THE SENIOR HOUSING.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S JUST NOT ENOUGH.

I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE COST OF BUILDING HOUSING IS PHENOMENAL.

THERE ARE STUDIES OUT THAT SAY THE COST OF BUILDING AND ESPECIALLY AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING BECAUSE OF ALL THE REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS IS AT LEAST $450,000 PER UNIT.

IT'S INCREDIBLE.

SO THE AMOUNT OF SUBSIDY WE NEED TO ACTUALLY DO AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS INCREDIBLE.

SO WHAT THE STATE REALLY NEEDS TO DO IS TO GIVE MORE GRANT MONEY AND WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR EVERYTHING.

WE ARE VERY HOPEFUL THAT THEY WILL WE'LL DO THIS.

SO WE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

SURE.

DO YOU WANT TO, BEFORE YOU LEAVE, I HAVE ONE QUICK COLLECT, JUST CLARIFICATION.

SO, SO SOME RESIDENTS HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME JUST SO THEY CAN UNDERSTAND IT.

SO WHEN THEY SEE THIS LIST AND THEY SEE LIKE, LIKE LET'S SAY THAT I LIVED BY, UM, CROSSROADS MARKETPLACE AND I SAY, I SEE, OKAY.

370 UNITS.

SO A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE THINKING THAT THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS LIKE BEING, UM, PRESENTED TO THE CITY FOR, TO ACTUALLY START, START BUILDING OR WHATEVER.

SO THIS IS JUST A, A PLAN IN PLACE, THEORETICALLY, ABOUT WHAT CAN HAPPEN.

IT'S A FIRST STEP.

OKAY.

SO IT'S SAYING THAT THEY CAN BUILD THOSE 306.

SO NOBODY HAS LIKE, FOR THESE AREAS, NOBODY HAS SUBMITTED A PROJECT YET.

WELL, YES AND NO.

SO FOR MANY OF THESE, NOT ALL OF THEM, SOME HAVE SUBMITTED A PRE-AP, WHICH ISN'T A PROJECT.

WE HAVE

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ONE THAT HAS SUBMITTED A SITE PLAN APPLICATION, BUT IT'S VERY PRELIMINARY AND IT HASN'T GONE TOO FAR BECAUSE A LOT OF THEIR REVIEW IS WAITING THE CONCURRENCE ON THESE HOUSING ELEMENT NUMBERS, BECAUSE SO WHATEVER ENDS UP HAPPENING, THEY'RE STILL GOING TO GO THROUGH THE DUE DILIGENCE AND THE PROCESS THROUGH PLANNING COMMISSION TO GET WEIGHED INTO AND PUBLIC HEARINGS, WHICH, SO THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO START GETTING, YOU KNOW, GROUNDBREAKING TOMORROW, WHICH I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NERVOUS.

OKAY.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND REALLY THE SORT OF THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAIL.

SO YOU CAN PUT 370 UNITS AT THE SHOPS AND IT CAN BE HORRIFIC, BUT IF YOU DO IT WITH CARE AND DO IT CAREFULLY, AND I BELIEVE THIS COMMUNITY HAS A GREAT TRACK RECORD OF DOING THAT, WE WILL MAKE SOMETHING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY WILL ULTIMATELY, I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT EVERYONE WILL BE PLEASED WITH, BUT THAT WILL WORK WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND NOT BE A NEGATIVE.

SO THAT'S THE GOAL HERE IS TO FIND THE BEST POSITIVE THAT WE CAN GIVE IN THESE REQUIREMENTS AND THE WAY OUR REGULATIONS ARE SET UP AND OUR PROCESS OF REVIEW AND THE EXPECTATIONS OF BOTH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY IS THAT DEVELOPERS WILL COME HERE AND THEY WILL DO THE VERY BEST PROJECT THAT THEY CAN DO.

AND WE WILL ASK THAT OF THEM.

THANK YOU.

DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU AS FAR AS PAST DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN OUR CITY WITHIN THE LAST 10 YEARS? UM, THE MAJORITY OF THE THAT'S TAKEN PLACE, THEY HAVEN'T ALWAYS BUILT THE MAXIMUM UNITS, RIGHT.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A LOT LESS THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY.

SO THAT'S JUST HISTORICALLY THAT'S SORT OF HAPPENED IN OUR CITY.

OKAY.

AND I WANTED TO USE THE EXAMPLE ON OUR LAST HOUSING ELEMENTS CYCLE WAS AVALON BAY.

AND YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE WHO LIVE RIGHT NEXT DOOR AND TO PLEASE, BUT WE'VE GOT A COMMUNITY PARK OUT OF IT IS DONE ATTRACTIVELY.

I THINK MOST, MOST PEOPLE ARE RELATIVELY PLEASED.

I DON'T THINK IT'S CREATED ANY NEW TRAFFIC THAT'S NOTABLE ALONG BUTTERFIELD.

ALTHOUGH I PRESUME IF YOU LIVE ON OFF BUTTERFIELD, YOU MAY HAVE A DIFFERENCE IF WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.

SO, SO IT CAN BE DONE WELL AND WE WILL BE LOOKING TO CONTINUING TO DO IT WELL.

UM, AND I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE HAVE REACHED OUT AND WORKED COOPERATIVELY WITH PROPERTY OWNERS AND DEVELOPERS IS TO GET PRETTY CLOSE TO THESE NUMBERS.

BECAUSE IF, IF AGAIN, IF WE DON'T ACHIEVE THESE NUMBERS ON THESE SITES, WE HAVE TO FIND OTHER SITES.

SO WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION BASED ON THE INFORMATION WE HAVE THAT THESE UNIT NUMBERS ARE RELATIVELY ACHIEVABLE FOR EACH OF THESE SITES.

IS THIS A NEW GUIDELINE THIS TIME AROUND, OR IS THAT ALWAYS EXISTED? IT'S RENA NUMBERS.

AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A NEW COLUMN.

YES, YES.

IT'S GOTTEN MUCH MORE EXPLICIT AND MUCH MORE, UM, RIGOROUS.

AND NOW THERE IS REVIEWS THAT WEREN'T THERE PREVIOUSLY, AND IF WE DON'T MEET IT NOW THERE ARE PENALTIES.

SO YES, THERE, THERE ARE NEW AND ENHANCED.

REMEMBER WITH AVALON BAY WHEN WE NEGOTIATED AS BEST WE COULD, THOSE UNITS DOWN TO THE BARE MINIMUM PER ACRE, 20 OR 22 PER ACRE DAY.

EXACTLY.

I DON'T REMEMBER THOSE REMAINING UNITS BEING MOVED TO SOMEWHERE ELSE IF I RECALL.

UM, BECAUSE IT WARRANTS BUILT ON THAT PROPERTY THAT BECAUSE WE STILL MET IT.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

WE STILL MET IT.

ALL RIGHT.

JOANNE TALKING ABOUT THESE NUMBERS, CHANGING A GOOD EXAMPLE TO SHOPS TO 374 UNITS.

WHEN WE'RE ORIGINALLY TALKING ABOUT THE SHOPS AND LOOKING AT WHAT COULD BE BUILT THERE, WE WERE, THE RANGE WAS LIKE 125 TO 235 UNITS.

IF YOU GET UP OVER 235 UNITS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THEY WERE GOING TO GO HAVE TO SUB SUBTERRANEAN PARKING BECAUSE ALSO ON THAT SITE WAS GOING TO BE 40,000 ADDITIONAL SQUARE FEET OF, OF, UH, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

UH, THERE'S GOING TO BE MIXED USE.

SO AS A LOT OF THAT BEING ELIMINATED NOW AND STRICTLY CONCENTRATING ON MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, HOW DID THE NUMBER TRIPLE BASICALLY? WELL, IT DIDN'T TRIPLE, IT'S CURRENTLY ENTITLED FOR 235.

AND IN FACT, WE JUST MOVED 60 OVER FROM THE BILL OF BARBARA PROJECT.

SO NOW IT HAS 295.

SO IT HASN'T TRIPLED.

AND YOU REMEMBER ME REMEMBER THAT ACROSS THE STREET, THERE WAS A PARKS RESIDENTIAL AT ABOUT 125.

SO IT WAS ALWAYS THOUGHT TO HAVE QUITE A MARKET FOR HOUSING.

UM, I THINK THE REASON FOR STOPPING AT TWO 35 IS A DEVELOPER THAT WAS INTERESTED AT THAT TIME WAS LOOKING FOR A PARTICULAR TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD HAVE IT.

THE OTHER THING ABOUT THE SHOPS, BECAUSE WE HAVE A PARKING GARAGE, WE HAVE A COMMERCIAL CENTER.

WE HAVE, THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS FOR SHARED PARKING AND SHARED PARKING WILL, WILL DEFINITELY BE SOMETHING THAT EACH OF THESE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS WILL LIKELY LOOK AT.

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SOME MAY NOT NEED IT, SOME MAY ASK FOR IT.

OKAY.

SO THAT WOULD ELIMINATE THAT VERY COSTLY SUBTERRANEAN PARKING, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CONCERNED WITH WHEN IT WAS AT TWO 35, IT LOOKED LIKE IT COULDN'T BE ACCOMPLISHED UNLESS THEY WENT SUBTERRANEAN.

RIGHT.

AND PREVIOUSLY ON THE TWO 35 WAS ONLY A PORTION OF THE SHOPS.

YEAH, EXACTLY.

CAUSE THERE'S 40,000 SQUARE FOOT OF ADDITIONAL RETAIL.

ALSO BELIEVE AT THAT POINT THEY HAD A HOTEL OR TWO HOTELS.

RIGHT.

SO I DON'T THINK WE'D BE LOOKING FOR RETAIL AND THE SHOPS TO OUR GOAL TO KEEP AS MUCH RETAIL AS WE CAN.

WELL THEN IT GOES BACK TO JEFF'S VAKA IS CONCERNED ABOUT, OKAY, ARE WE PUTTING THIS, THESE TYPES OF UNITS? ARE WE FORCING THEM ON THE SITES THAT WILL ELIMINATE THE POTENTIAL FOR OTHER SALES TAX GENERATING COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT? I THINK THE SHOPS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR VERTICAL MIXED USE.

WE HAVE AT THE SANTA BARBARA HORIZONTAL MIXED JUICE, BUT, AND ALSO AT THE BRISTOL, BUT WE COULD EASILY ACCOMMODATE PERHAPS TWO STORIES OF RESIDENT RESIDENTIAL AND THEN A FIRST FLOOR RETAIL.

UM, SPEAKING GENERALLY TO THE MANAGEMENT THERE, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT PERHAPS THEY WILL BE LOOKING AT.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE A POTENTIAL THERE.

SO OUR GOAL IS TO KEEP SUFFICIENT RETAIL.

THEY MAY NEED TO ADJUST.

THERE ARE SOME SITES THAT SOME OF THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE REMOTE THAT COULD BE BROUGHT IN IN ORDER TO MAKE THE SITE A LITTLE MORE EFFICIENT, BUT WE WILL BE LOOKING TO MAXIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF RETAIL WITHIN THAT.

AND DEPENDING ON WHO BOUGHT, IF IT WERE TO BE SOLD, UH, SHOPS TO A RELOCATION OF SOME OF THE EXISTING RETAIL AT THE SHOPS COULD BE MOVED.

THAT'S ONE STORY.

NOW GO UP TO STORY THERE.

AND OTHERWISE RECONFIGURE THINGS GET, GET CREATIVE, RIGHT? I BELIEVE THAT THAT HAS BEEN THE INTENT OF THE SHOPS.

SO SOME OF THEM CAN BE RELOCATED.

SOME ARE TOO BIG.

AND A GOOD EXAMPLE IS THE BARNES AND NOBLE, IT'S A LOVELY BUILDING.

DOES IT NEED TO BE THAT BIG? COULD WE HAVE A BOOKSTORE THAT'S SMALLER? SO I KNOW THOSE ARE THE THOUGHT PROCESSES THAT I'VE HEARD FROM THE SHOPS REPRESENTATIVE.

AND I BELIEVE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT US AS A LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO ADD HOUSING.

YEAH.

WELL, IT WAS GOING TO BE A ROBINSON MAY TOO, SO YEAH.

YEAH.

THANKS.

WE WENT FROM 500,000 DOWN TO THREE 50 THINGS CHANGED.

YEAH.

OKAY.

YEAH.

WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP IT VERY, VERY OPEN-MINDED ON THIS STUFF AND GET THE RIGHT DEVELOPER IN, ESPECIALLY IN A SPECIFIC ONE LIKE THIS, YOU HAVE SHOPS ADJACENT.

UH, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROPER PERSON DEVELOPS SHOPS TOO, THAT CAN DO IT IN CONCERT WITH THE OTHER DEVELOPMENT AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING IN TOTAL THAT ENDS UP BEING, UH, AMENABLE.

THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY, COOL.

JOHN, BEFORE YOU SIT DOWN, JUST ONE MORE QUICK THING, WHEN GETTING BACK TO THE LOWER INCOME IN QUOTES, IS IT POSSIBLE WHEN WE HAVE THINGS THAT ARE WRITTEN LIKE AFTER LOWER INCOME, THERE'S AN ASTERISK.

AND THEN WHAT HE DESCRIBED, WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS? BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY ONLY GET THEIR INFORMATION FROM THE NEWSPAPER OR, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ANOTHER OTHER THAN WHAT WE'RE PUTTING OUT THERE, WHERE PEOPLE START KNOWING WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS, BECAUSE THIS COULD BE LIKE A HEADLINE AND EVERYONE FREAKS OUT POTENTIAL, LOWER INCOME, HIGH DENSITY, HOUSING SITES.

THAT'S LIKE THIS, THIS TRIGGER WHEN PEOPLE READ THE PAPER, I WISH THERE WAS A WAY WE COULD LIKE, KIND OF BE MORE IN INFORMING OF WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS.

SO MARIANA, IF YOU'RE LISTENING, WE NEED THAT ANSWER CORRECTLY, THE LOWER INCOME.

IT'S JUST, IT'S SUCH A HUGE THING.

CAUSE THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE TEXTING WITH.

SECTION EIGHT VOUCHER, THEY SEE THAT AND THEY'RE LIKE, WHAT DO YOU MEAN THAT'S GOING TO BE BY MY HOUSE? OH YES.

WE, WE HAVE TRIED TO MAKE THAT, THAT POINT, BUT WE CONTINUE TO, TO MAKE THAT POINT AND WE'LL REACH OUT TO MARYANNE.

THANK YOU.

THE HOPE THAT SHE HELPS.

ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH.

I THINK WE'RE GOOD FOR NOW.

YEAH.

GREAT.

CONSTANTLY.

SORRY FOR THAT QUESTION, MIKE.

NO WORRIES.

TIM IS OFF A TANGENT SOONER OR LATER.

IT'S GOTTA BE DISCUSSED THAT'S YEAH.

OKAY.

YOU'RE BACK TO THE LIST.

AS JOANNE STATED EARLIER, UH, OUR, OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO HIT THE TARGET, UH, BECAUSE NOT ONLY WE HAVE MEASURE YOU, UH, TO DEAL WITH, UH, FOR THE CITY, UH, BUT ALSO WE GO ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT OUR OBLIGATION IS.

I'VE FOR ALLOCATING THESE UNITS, THE ABOVE AND BEYOND UNITS.

WE GET NO CREDIT FOR.

UH, SO THERE'S NO REASONABLE PURPOSE TO DO THAT AS WELL AS OBVIOUSLY MEASURE, YOU WILL SUPERSEDE THAT.

OKAY.

QUICKLY TOUCH ON THE TWO SITES THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY OR RECENTLY ADDED A SITE 14 AND 15, WHERE ARE THE TWO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY SITES? BOTH ARE ZONED FOR SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL, UH, HAVE APPROVED DESIGNER VIEWS AND, UH, WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR VERY LOW INCOME VETERAN FAMILIES.

AM I GONNA HAVE A QUESTION PERTAINING TO THESE TWO LOTS?

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UM, I KNOW THROUGHOUT CHINO HILLS, WE HAVE RESIDENTIAL LOTS THAT ARE BASICALLY ALL OVER THE PLACE.

YES.

DID WE EVER TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO AS FAR AS DEVELOPMENT OR OFFER THEM UP TO BE SOLD SO WE COULD PUT UNITS ON THEM AND I'LL SAY LIKE ALDERS, AN EXAMPLE, 11,000 SQUARE FEET IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA.

THAT'S IF WE LOOK AT ANY OLD SITES, THE CITY OWNED PROPERTIES TO THE OLD PROPERTY, JOANNE, STEP UP FOR THIS ONE AGAIN.

SORRY.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S A VERY TIMELY QUESTION.

WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT TODAY AT OUR STAFF MEETING, UM, WE, WE HAVE NOTED INTERNALLY A FEW SITES THAT COULD BE ELIGIBLE.

WE HAVE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM HABITAT SAYING, HEY, DO YOU HAVE ANY SITES? SO WE WILL BE PUTTING TOGETHER A LIST AND SHARING IT WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND SEEING WHICH ONES ARE VIABLE.

WHAT CAN WE DO? I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE I WOULD IMAGINE THERE'S QUITE A FEW LOTS OUT THERE.

SO THANK YOU.

THAT WRAPS UP THE IDENTITY SIDE.

UH, THIS IS AN OVERALL LOCATION MAP, UH, SHOWING THE LOCATION OF ALL OF THE HIGH DENSITY SITES, ALL 10, UH, THAT WE HAVE AS FAR AS THE RECOMMENDED ALLOCATION LIST, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE TRIED TO, UH, SPREAD IT OUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND AS EVENLY AS POSSIBLE, JUMPING OVER TO THE MEDIUM DENSITY, WHICH WOULD BE COVERING THE MODERATE INCOME STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED THE THREE SITES THAT ARE LISTED HERE.

THE GALVESTON, UH, AT SOCAL CANYON, END OF THE TERMINUS AND SOCAL CANYON PARKWAY, UH, ALLOCATED 160 UNITS.

UH, THIS WILL BE A, UH, A KEY PROJECT FOR THE CITY.

I IT'LL INCLUDE THE, SOME OF THE KEY INFRASTRUCTURE EXTENSIONS AS PART OF SOCAL CANYON PARKWAY, UH, TO FINISH UP THAT CIRCULATION ELEMENT OF THAT ROAD.

AND THEN THE CONNECTION UP TO, UH, TO PEYTON AS WELL AS THE WHITE PROPERTY ALLOCATING 275 UNITS, UH, FOR THE MODERATE INCOME.

AGAIN, THIS IS ANOTHER PROPERTY AND PROJECT THAT'LL BE, UH, VITAL FOR THE CITY AS PART OF THE WOODVIEW, UH, ROAD REALIGNMENT, UH, COULD IMPROVE THE INTERSECTION.

WHAT HAVE YOU WROTE IN PIPELINE AS WELL? UH, PLUS THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE LOW SEROMAS GOLF COURSE DEVELOPMENT, UH, WHICH WILL INCLUDE, WHICH WILL ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY AND TRAFFIC CIRCULATION IN THAT AREA.

AND THE THIRD SITE IS THE RANCHO SEA LETO PROJECT, WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING ENTITLEMENTS AS WE SPEAK.

UH, AND THAT SITE IS PROPOSING 354 UNITS, UH, COMING TO A TOTAL OF SEVEN 89, WHICH IS THE CITY'S OBLIGATION FOR THE MODERATE INCOME.

WHAT'S THE LOCATION OF THAT SITE? THE RANCHO SILLITOE YES.

UH, JUST SOUTH OF LAKE LOS SERRANO'S.

OKAY.

YEP.

SO YOU HAVE THE MOBILE HOME PARK AND THEN YOU HAVE LAKE CLOSE RONALD'S AND IT'LL BE JUST SOUTH OF THAT.

SO IT WOULD BE BORDERED BY RAMONA ON ONE SIDE.

IS THAT, IS IT GET THAT FAR OVER? YES.

YES.

YES.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

CAUSE I AM, ESPECIALLY FOR THE PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE LISTENING IN BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO CLUE.

SO JUST TRYING TO PINPOINT IT FOR THEM A LITTLE BIT.

ALL RIGHT.

OKAY.

YEAH, YOU'RE CORRECT.

AND HERE'S THE LOCATION MAP FOR THOSE THREE PARTICULAR SITES, WHICH THE RANCHO SEALY TOOL SITE WOULD BE BORDERED BY RAMONA ON THE EAST AND THEN PIPELINE ON THE WEST.

MICHAEL, IS THAT PROPERTY GOING TO BE A SENIOR OR IS IT JUST REGULAR MARKET RATE? IT'S EXPECTED TO RENT FOR MODERATE MARTIN BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A SENIOR SENIOR PARK IS JUST NORTH OF IT.

YES.

WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO? I THOUGHT AT ONE TIME THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT SENIOR HOUSING.

UH, NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, I BELIEVE IT'S JUST GOING TO BE RENTED JUST FOR A MODERATE.

THANK YOU.

SO THAT COULD BE IN SOME OF THOSE UNITS WOULD BE LAKE LAKE FRONT OR LAKE VIEW DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULDN'T FILL IN LIKE LOW SERRANO'S.

CORRECT.

SO VERY WELL COULD BE.

YEAH.

OKAY.

UM, BEFORE I HAND IT OFF TO MY COLLEAGUE, RYAN, UH, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT SPECIFIC SITES THAT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER OR NOT JOANNE.

OKAY.

IT'S SAFE TO ASSUME THAT LIKE ON THE WANG PROPERTY, WHICH IS A VERY LARGE PROPERTY PORTION, LOW PLUSHER MODERATE, THE BALANCE WOULD BE AT MARKET RATE.

CORRECT.

OKAY.

YES.

AND THAT WAS THE WANG FAMILY, SORRY.

THAT'S THE WANG FAMILY STEPPED FORWARD YET.

UH, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED AN ACTUAL PRE-APPLICATION YET, BUT WE HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH DEVELOPERS AND ENGINEERS AND EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN HOVERING FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS SINCE I WAS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

SO YEAH.

LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING.

IF A, OF A PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS PROPERTY IS BEING RE DESIGNATED

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LOW OR MODERATE, WHAT DOES THAT DO TO THE VALUE OF THE LAND? THIS INCREASES THE DENSITY.

SO CAN WE ASSUME THAT THAT CREATES ADDITIONAL VALUE? IT'S NOT A DIMINUATION OF VALUE.

I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT REALLY HAPPENS THERE? CAUSE I DON'T WANT US TO BE FOUGHT OR PUT IN A POSITION WHERE, UH, YOU KNOW, INVERSE CONDEMNATION, BUT IF WE CREATE VALUE FOR THEM, THEN THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER ISSUE THAT I DOUBT THEY'RE GOING TO BE SUING AS OVER.

IS THAT A SAFE QUESTION TO ASK OR WHETHER IT'S SAFE OR NOT? I THINK WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT.

AND WHAT'S IT DO TO THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY? I BELIEVE IT'S SAFE TO ASSUME THAT ANYTIME YOU INCREASE DENSITY, IT WILL INCREASE PROPERTY VALUE.

OKAY.

SO EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE TO BILL BUILD MAYBE LESSER VALUE PROPERTY, SEE THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE CONCERN.

AND, YOU KNOW, CYNTHIA WAS BRINGING THIS UP.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT LOW TO MODERATE HOUSING, PEOPLE ARE THINKING AUTOMATICALLY IT'S GOING TO BE LOW, LOWER IN VALUE OR LOWER IN COST.

AND I THINK THAT'S A MISNOMER THAT THE PUBLIC IS PROBABLY REALLY HUNG UP ON BECAUSE THE PERCEPTION IS I DON'T WANT ANY LOW INCOME HOUSING BY US SEE THAT THEY ADD THE WORD INCOME TO IT.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT BECOMES LIKE, LIKE, UH, BRIAN HAD SAID, UH, SECTION EIGHT HOUSING.

SO WE'VE GOT TO REALLY DO AN EDUCATION PROCESS HERE TO THE PUBLIC TO REALIZE, MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND THAT WE IN CHINO HILLS, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE PUSHING, YOU KNOW, REAL, REAL LOW, LOW INCOME OR LOW QUALITY MORE.

THAT'S THE THING I GUESS WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT.

WE ARE INTENT ON GETTING THE HIGHEST QUALITY THAT WILL MEET THESE TYPE OF GUIDELINES THAT ARE BEING SHOVED DOWN OUR THROATS BY THE STATE WITH THE RENA NUMBERS.

IS THAT SAFE WAY TO PUT IT OR POLITICALLY CORRECT? HEY MIKE, HEY, I GOT A QUESTION BASICALLY.

AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT WE HAVE THE SIXTH ARENAL SITE WE'RE GOING TO CYCLE AND WE'RE OBLIGATED BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO BASICALLY MANDATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND AGAIN, IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER IF IT'S HIGHER END LOWER END.

WE'RE JUST OBLIGATED TO, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR DIRECTION.

IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH.

SO FOR US TO SAY, IT'S GOING TO BE HIGHER END TO ME.

THAT'S NOT REALLY A GOOD COMMENT THAT WE SHOULD BE SAYING, IS THAT CORRECT? I'M LOOKING AT JOANNE.

YEAH.

I'M USING SAYING HIGHER QUALITY AS HIGH AS QUALITY AS POSSIBLE, BUT IS THAT WRONG TOO? WHAT CAN THE CITY DO? WHAT POWER DO WE HAVE? WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO, TO FINANCE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AS YOU CAN SEE, I WAS EXPENSIVE.

IT IS.

SO WE, WE ARE NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF BUILDING HOUSING.

WHAT THE CITIES IN THE BUSINESSES IS OF ZONING.

SO THAT'S THIS PROCESS WE WILL ZONE AT THE DENSITY STATED BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT COULD QUALIFY AS LOWER INCOME.

AND THEN THE MARKET DOES THE REST.

THE DEVELOPER DOES ARREST.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO.

I KNOW WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU GUYS WON'T HAVE TO COME BACK, BUT I WAS GOING TO SAY, I'M ASSUMING THE REASON WHY WE DIDN'T HAVE UNITS ON AEROJET IS BECAUSE IT'S STILL IN THAT RESTORATIVE CLEANUP PHASE, RIGHT? SO IT'S OFF THE TABLE.

CAN YOU REMEMBER MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL HELLO, TO TOUCH BRIEFLY UPON AID USE, WHICH WERE, UH, BRIEFLY DISCUSSED EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION, WE'VE NOTICED A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN COMMUNITY INTEREST IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF EDU'S PLAYLISTS SINCE THE 2019 LEGISLATION THAT WENT INTO EFFECT IN 2020, AND LARGELY STRIPPED AWAY A LOT OF THE LOCAL CONTROL OVER THE STANDARDS THAT WAS KIND OF A GATEWAY FOR A GREAT AMOUNT OF INTEREST, AS YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IN THE TABLE, THAT'S INCLUDED ON THIS SLIDE IN 2019, WE HAVE TOTAL OF TWO 80 NEW PLAN CHICKS SUBMITTED IN 2020 THAT WENT UP TO 18.

AND THEN THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF 2021, WE'VE HAD 12 WITH SEVERAL ADDITIONAL BEING SUBMITTED IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS.

ADDITIONALLY, STAFF IS RESPONDING TO APPROXIMATELY A DOZEN ADU INQUIRIES IN THE TYPICAL WEEK.

THESE INQUIRIES ARE COMING FROM RESIDENTS, ARCHITECTS, CONTRACTORS, AND MORE RECENTLY WE'VE HAD SOME DEVELOPERS THAT ARE WORKING ON SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS THAT ARE CONTEMPLATING THE POSSIBILITY OF INCORPORATING 80 USE INTO THEM, JUST FROM THE GET GO FROM THE DESIGN STAGE.

UH, BASED ON THIS STAFF'S ANTICIPATING THAT WE MAY HAVE AS MANY AS 40 BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED THIS YEAR FOR 80 YEARS, AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE INCREASED INTEREST AND AWARENESS OF .

THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO FURTHER THEIR DEVELOPMENT OVER THE COMING YEARS.

YEAH, BASED ON THAT, WE DID TRY TO PREPARE A PROJECTION FOR INCLUSION IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT.

SO THIS PROJECTION TAKES THAT 40 ATU THAT WE'RE GENERALLY ANTICIPATING FOR THIS YEAR AND THEN APPLIES A 10% GROWTH FACTOR FOR THE REMAINING PERIODS OF THIS HOUSING OLDEN CYCLE.

UM, STARTING AT 40 AND 2021, 2022, AND ENDING UP AT ABOUT 78

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IN THE 2028, 2020, 29 YEAR FOR A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY 457 80 IS BUILT WITHIN THE PLANNING CYCLE.

NOW, AGAIN, THIS IS A PROJECTION KIND OF OUR BEST GUESTS BASED UPON CURRENT CONDITIONS.

UH, WE DO HAVE SOME REASONS FOR THINKING THAT THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE.

UH, THE STATE SEEMS VERY INTERESTED IN CONTINUING TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THIS DEVELOPMENT.

IT DOES APPEAR THAT A POTENTIAL FINANCING MECHANISMS ARE BEING CONSIDERED THAT WOULD MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE ATTRACTIVE FOR HOMEOWNERS TO TAKE OUT A LOAN AND BUILD THESE.

UM, ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE PROPOSING AS PART OF OUR HOUSING ELEMENT, UH, ONGOING MONITORING OF ADU CONSTRUCTION AS WELL AS PROGRAMS THAT WILL INCENTIVIZE THEIR CONSTRUCTION.

SO AS PART OF THAT ONGOING MONITORING, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF PERMITS ISSUED, HOW WE'RE TRACKING, AS OPPOSED TO OUR FORECAST, THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ANY INCENTIVES THAT ARE ADOPTED THROUGH THE ADU PROGRAM, AS WELL AS ANY STANDARDS THAT MAY BE IN FACT, INHIBITING ADU DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT MODIFICATIONS OR ADJUSTMENTS CAN BE MADE SO THAT THEY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AT A REASONABLE PACE.

YES.

THE OTHER GOOD THING TO KNOW ABOUT THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS IS THAT SCAG PREPARED AN ANALYSIS OF ADU AFFORDABILITY FOR ALL OF THE COUNTIES WITHIN THEIR JURISDICTION.

WHAT THEY DID IS THEY DID A SURVEY WITHIN EACH COUNTY OF EXISTING 80 USE AND WHAT THEIR RENTAL RATES ARE.

SO FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTIES, THEY FOUND THAT APPROXIMATELY 15% OF 80 USE RENT TO EXTREMELY LOW INCOME CATEGORY.

AND THEN THEY BROKE THAT OUT TO THE VARIOUS OTHER CATEGORIES FOR A TOTAL OF ABOUT 57.5% OF 80 YEARS IN SAN BERNARDINO, RIVERSIDE COUNTY RENTING TO WHAT'S CLASSIFIED AS LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, THE REMAINING 34.8 TO MODERATE, AND ABOUT 7.72 ABOVE MODERATE.

THE PRIMARY BENEFIT OF THIS ANALYSIS IS THAT EACH CD HAS ALREADY PRE-CERTIFIED IT MEANING THAT THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE TO DO ANY ONGOING EFFORT TO TRACK AND AUDIT THESE 80 AND THEIR RENTAL RATES.

WE CAN RELY UPON THE ANALYSIS THAT SCAG PREPARED.

SO TAKING THAT ANALYSIS AND APPLYING IT TO THE NUMBER OF 80 YEARS THAT WE'RE PROJECTING WOULD YIELD ABOUT 263 THAT ARE ANTICIPATED TO RENT TO THE LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, WITH THE BALANCE, THEN RENTING TO MODERATE AND ABOVE MODERATE.

AND AGAIN, THESE LOWER INCOME THEN POTENTIALLY FACTOR INTO OUR BUFFER FOR THE RENA UNITS.

SHOULD THEY BE NEEDED? THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I HAVE ON EDU'S.

OKAY.

DO GARAGE CONVERSIONS COUNT TOWARDS NATIVE? OKAY.

DO YOU KNOW? RIGHT.

I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS PPORTUNITY TO USE.

OKAY.

UM, 80 USE, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S LESS THAN A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OR 1200 SQUARE FEET.

IS THAT CORRECT? MAXIMUM SIZE.

AND WHAT'S THE CONVERSION, BUT WE COULD ACTUALLY HAVE TWO UNITS, A JUNIOR ADU AND AN ADU THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY.

AND THEN AS FAR AS SQUARE FOOTAGE, AS FAR AS LOT, WE DO HAVE A MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE.

WE DID, WE NO LONGER DO AS OF THE MOST RECENTLY ADOPTED ORDINANCE.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE CHANGES MADE IN THE 2020, UH, STATE LAW WAS THAT A MINIMUM SIZE WAS NO CRITERIA.

WE'RE HAVING AN IDEA.

OKAY.

BUT AS FAR AS, UM, HIGH FIRE HAZARD AREAS, DON'T WE HAVE AN ISSUE THERE, RIGHT? YES.

WE DID DESIGNATE TWO AREAS, UH, ALONG THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF CANNON LANE AND THEN THE SLEEPY HOLLOW AREA, UH, AS BEING, UH, WHAT WE CALLED AN ADU INELIGIBILITY DISTRICT.

THE PRIMARY REASON FOR THAT BEING IN ADDITION TO THE FIRE HIGH FIRE HAZARD ZONE, THERE ALL THE STREETS IN THOSE AREAS ARE SUBSTANDARD WIDTH AND ADDING ADDITIONAL UNITS, ADDITIONAL VEHICLES TO THOSE AREAS WAS DETERMINED BY STAFF AND THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT TO BE A THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, PARTICULARLY IN EVACUATIONS.

SO BASICALLY ANY SINGLE LOT, TECHNICALLY OTHER THAN A FIRE HAZARD AREA, THEY COULD BUILD AN ADU, CORRECT.

PRETTY MUCH YES.

WITH THE, THE GARAGE CONVERSION AS AN OPPORTUNITY, EVEN FOR LOTS THAT ARE RELATIVELY SMALL, THAT THAT PRETTY MUCH MAKES ALMOST ANY LAW CAPABLE OF HAVING THEN A JUNIOR ATU IS HOW MANY WHAT'S THE SQUARE FOOTAGE.

THE MAXIMUM SIZE FOR THAT IS 500.

THE MINIMUM SIZE IS GENERALLY 220 SQUARE FEET.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

FOLLOW UP ON THAT QUESTION.

JUST LOTS SITE OR LOT DENSITY, A LOT, OTHERWISE LOT COVERAGE, UH, ENTER INTO THAT OR NOT.

IS THERE STILL A REQUIREMENT, A MINIMUM THERE, OR MAXIMUM I SHOULD SAY IS A MAXIMUM, BUT DOESN'T COME INTO PLAY UNTIL THE ADU EXCEEDS 800 SQUARE FEET.

SO EVEN IF YOU'RE ALREADY AT YOUR 40% LOT COVERAGE, WHICH IS OUR TYPICAL FOR A SINGLE FAMILY LOT, IF YOUR ADU IS 800 SQUARE FEET OR LESS, IT, THAT LOCK COVERAGE DOES NOT COME INTO PLAY FOR THAT.

ALTHOUGH LOT MA A LOT SIZE HAS NO MINIMUM OR HAS NO SPECIFIC THE LOT COVERAGE STILL DOES.

I MEAN, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A 4,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT VERSUS 7,200 SQUARE FOOT LOT, AND WHEN YOU ADD IT ALL UP, THERE'S STILL A, IT MAY NOT BE 1800 SQUARE FEET.

IT COULD BE 1200 SQUARE FEET ON A SMALLER LOT.

RIGHT.

WE HAVE TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF YOUR ADU IN ORDER TO BE UNDERNEATH THAT THRESHOLD.

YEAH.

AND THE REASON THAT COMES INTO EFFECT IS BECAUSE OF THE REQUIRED SETBACKS SIZE BACKS, EVERYTHING RIGHT.

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THEY REDUCED IT BY FOUR, FROM FIVE, RIGHT? FOR, UH, FOR SOME OF THE SMALL LOTS, THE TYPICAL SETBACK WAS FIVE FEET.

AND NOW THAT'S BEEN REDUCED TO FOUR WHERE THE BIGGER DIFFERENCES IN THE REAR YARD, THE STANDARD REAR YARD SET BACK IS 15 FEET, BUT THAT WAS ALSO REDUCED TO FOUR FEET.

SO THAT WAS A BIG CHANGE FOR A NUMBER OF OUR RESIDENTS.

OKAY.

YEAH.

ALRIGHTY.

ALL RIGHT.

I THINK THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU.

WHEN I GET NERVOUS, I LAUGH.

SO I UNDERSTOOD.

NO, NO, NO.

YOU'RE GOOD.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL THEN WITH THAT, WHAT, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? YEP.

UM, TWO THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE ANY COMMENTS.

[2. Receive public input and provide staff direction on Housing Element Update process]

AND THEN LAST WEEK WE WERE JUST LOOKING FOR YOUR CONCURRENCE OF CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RECOMMENDED SITES AS ESSENTIALLY BECAUSE WE'LL BE COMING BACK.

I SAID NEXT WEEK TO PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEN TWO WEEKS TO CITY COUNCIL WITH THE FULL HOUSING ELEMENT.

OKAY.

COMMISSIONERS, MR. CHAIR, MAYOR MEMBERS, CITY COUNCIL.

ON BEHALF OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION FOR YOU ALLOWING US HERE TONIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE JOINT WORKSHOP.

CAN YOU SAY WHO YOU ARE? SORRY.

I'M JERRY BLUHM, CHILDREN OF THE CHINO HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION.

UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION TO THE STAFF WHO DID A COUPLE THINGS.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, THEY GOT THE PLANNING COMMISSION INVOLVED VERY EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS.

WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS ISSUE SINCE THE VERY FIRST PART OF JANUARY.

AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT WE'VE DEALT WITH.

A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT STAFF HAS BEEN ABLE TO VERY QUICKLY RESPOND TO AND BRING BACK INFORMATION TO US SO THAT WE CAN PRESENT ALL THIS TO YOU TONIGHT.

UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION TO A HANDFUL OF RESIDENTS WHO WERE WITH US FROM THE VERY START FROM OUR FIRST WORKSHOP BACK IN JANUARY.

UH, AND SOME OF THEM ARE HERE TONIGHT TO TALK TO YOU, BUT THEY WERE ON EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR ZOOM MEETING WORKSHOPS, THEY WERE INPUTTING A GOOD DEAL OF INFORMATION, NOT ONLY ABOUT THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS AND ISSUES RELATIVE TO THE CITY AS A WHOLE.

AND WE TRULY APPRECIATED THAT WE TOOK IT INTO ADVISEMENT AND SOME OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BASED UPON THAT, THAT INPUT FROM THEM.

SO WE APPRECIATE IT.

I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF TIME BECAUSE, UH, I THINK THAT THE BODY OF EVIDENCE THAT WAS PRESENTED VERY CAPABLY BY STAFF TONIGHT, I APPRECIATE JOANNE AND HER STAFF, UH, IN, IN PRESENTING ALL THIS INFORMATION VERY SUCCINCTLY TO YOU.

UH, BUT THE BODY OF WORK FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION, I THINK SPEAKS FOR ITSELF AND I'LL LET THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE A FEW COMMENTS ALSO.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER STOVER.

THANK YOU MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

I'M VERY PROUD OF THIS CITY.

I'M VERY PROUD THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO THIS 0.8 WORKSHOPS TRYING TO GET THIS RIGHT.

AND I HAVE A FEELING WE'RE NOT THERE YET, BUT WE'RE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

AND I APPLAUD A CITY THAT IS WILLING TO REACH OUT TO THE PUBLIC SO MANY TIMES ASKING FOR, FOR INPUT AND THAT'S, UH, THAT'S UH, THANKS TO YOU AS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND YOUR STAFF FOR PUTTING TOGETHER A PROGRAM LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, PUTTING TOGETHER 10 JIGSAW PUZZLE TO SOLVE 10 JIGSAW PIECES TO SOLVE A PUZZLE IS NOT PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT, KEN PIECES.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE A 10, HE'S A PUZZLE WITH A TENTATIVE SOLUTION.

IT'S NOT DIFFICULT BECAUSE THE LIMIT, THE NUMBER OF PARCELS THAT CAN BE REASONABLY DEVELOPED ALONG THE LINES, THE STATE WOULD LIKE US TO DEVELOP THE HIT THE DENSITY TARGETS.

THERE ARE MINIMUM PARCEL SIZE, THE NEED FOR THEM TO BE REALISTIC ON THE, ON THE PART OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PIECES THAT ARE IN THE, THAT ARE ADDRESSING THE 2,209 NUMBER, YOU SEE, 62% OF THE UNITS COULD BE PLACED ON EITHER UNDER UTILIZED COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES OR CITY OWNED PROPERTIES.

AND ANOTHER 31% COULD BE PLACED ON A PORTION OF AN EXISTING

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GOLF COURSE.

NOW, IF THE STAFF RECOMMENDED, UH, INVENTORY'S EVENTUALLY APPROVED THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT WE WILL FOLLOW, AND YOU COURSE WILL FOLLOW UNDER YOUR LAW, WE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RETAIN THE AUTHORITY TO SAY NO WHEN REASONABLY NECESSARY TO OTHER LOCATIONS, THE WHY THESE PARCELS ARE BEFORE YOU, IT IS NOT BECAUSE OF THE BEST PARCELS AVAILABLE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

THEY'RE THE BEST AVAILABLE IN CHINO HILLS FOR THIS PURPOSE IN GOING FORWARD, THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES STILL AHEAD.

AND LET ME JUST QUICKLY CITE FIVE OF THEM.

ONE, WE HAVE TO FIND OUT, UH, AFTER WE, YOU GET THE VIEWS BACK FROM THE STATE ON HOW THEY SEE THESE PARCELS, WE NEED TO GET THE COMMUNITY VIEWS, THE PROPERTY OWNERS VIEWS, AND VERY IMPORTANTLY, AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT TO SEE IF THESE PARCELS ARE EITHER STATE FEASIBLE OR ENVIRONMENTALLY FEASIBLE OR PROPERTY OWNER, UH, FEASIBLE.

AND IF NEED BE, MAKE CHANGES THAT AT THAT TIME FALLING PUBLIC INPUT THAT'S CHALLENGE.

NUMBER ONE, CHALLENGE.

NUMBER TWO IS, IS DESIGNING ALL THE IMPLEMENTING MEASURES, INCLUDING THE ADC ADU INCENTIVES PACKAGE.

HE HAD SOME TESTIMONY TONIGHT FROM ONE RESONANT ALREADY ON THAT AND GETTING THE HOUSING OVERLAY ZONE, RIGHT? GETTING IT RIGHT, GETTING IT, YEAH.

GETTING IT CRAFTED IN A WAY THAT MAKES IT NOT INCONSISTENT WITH OTHER POLICIES.

WE HAVE THAT PROMOTE ACCESSIBLE HOUSING, ACCESSIBLE HOUSING IS FOR SENIORS OR OTHERS HOUSING THAT PROVIDES OR FACILITIES OR SERVICES SUCH AS CHILDCARE FOR WORKING PARENTS THAT WORK OUTSIDE THE HOME.

AND THIS IS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE SO MANY OF OUR PLANNING TOOLS HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE STATE.

NOT ALL OF THEM, NOT YET, BUT MANY OF THEM.

SO IT IS NOT A NORMAL PROCESS AS USUAL.

THIS IS A STATE RESTRICTED AND CONSTRUCT THAT PROD PROCESS THAT WE'LL BE SAYING TO YOU THROUGH OUR REPORTS MANY TIMES IN THE FUTURE.

WELL, THIS IS THE BEST WE CAN DO.

THIS IS THE BEST WE CAN DO UNDER, UNDER, UNDER LAW THREE.

THE THIRD CHALLENGE IS, IS GETTING IT RIGHT IN TERMS OF THE COMMERCIAL CENTERS, BUT THE, THE, AND WHILE ONLY 27, YOURS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR THIS PURPOSE MAPPING THAT PRECISELY AND TARGETING THAT SO THAT IT DOESN'T PRECLUDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PAST, THINK OF THINK OF THE 50,000 SQUARE FOOT HOBBY, THE LOBBY STORE.

THEY WERE ABLE TO FIND, UH, AN, UH, DEVELOPED SITE ON ONE OF OUR CENTERS A FEW YEARS AGO AND, AND AN OPPORTUNITY JUST FELL IN OUR HANDS BECAUSE, UH, WE, WE WANT TO HAVE THESE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE, IN THE FUTURE.

WE ONLY HAVE 450 ACRES OF COMMERCIALLY ZONE PROPERTY TO THE, TO THE GENERAL PLAN GENERAL COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, ACCORDING TO THE GENERAL PLAN.

SO EVERY, EVERY ACRE IS IMPORTANT TO OUR CITY SALES TAX BASED.

SO WE DON'T HAVE TO TAX PEOPLE FOR OTHERS.

UH, T THE FOURTH ONE IS WE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE CAN'T SOLVE THE TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM.

AND I THINK THE TWO THINGS I HEAR FROM RESIDENTS THIS COMMUNITY, WHERE, AND HOW DOES IT AFFECT THE QUALITY OF LIFE FROM ME AND MY FAMILY AND MY COMMUNITY? WHERE, WHERE ARE WE GETTING PRETTY CLOSE TO ANSWERING? HOW DOES AFFECT, WELL, WE CAN DO A LOT.

AND TO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU ALL ON MITIGATING THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, INCLUDING HIM IN THE TRAFFIC ISSUES.

BUT IF WE REDUCE THE TIME THAT IT TAKES TO GET TO A REGIONAL TRAFFIC QUARTER BY, BY A DEVELOPER MIKE PRODUCE, THAT MAY BE TWO TO THREE MINUTES OF TIME AND REDUCE THAT, OR ELIMINATE THAT THROUGH MITIGATIONS THE RESIDENT VERY LITTLE.

IF THEY GET ON THE FREEWAY AND SPEND 30 MINUTES GETTING JUST TO THE 91.

SO THE, THE, THE, THE, ONE OF THE BARRIERS TO

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THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF CHINO HILLS RESIDENTS IS THAT WE HAVE VERY LITTLE CONTROL THE COMMUTE TIME, AND WE HAVE THE HIGHEST COMMUTE TIME OF THE CITIES WE STUDIED IN THE REPORT IN THE REPORT, THE BACKGROUND REPORT.

SO WE HAVE TO BE REALISTIC AND WE HAVE TO CONTINUE THE WORK AS YOU ALL WORK WITH LEGISLATORS.

AND THE FIFTH CHALLENGE IS THIS IS A CONSTANTLY CHANGING PLANNING ENVIRONMENT.

ONE SET OF ASSUMPTIONS WE HAVE NOW, IT CAN BE REMOVED BY THE TIME IN JANUARY, WHEN WE GET TOGETHER TO DO THE FINAL HEARINGS TO IMPLEMENT THIS HOUSING ELEMENT, THE STATE LAW MAY HAVE BEEN CHANGED.

MATTER OF FACT, THERE'S FOUR OR FIVE PIECES OF MAJOR LEGISLATION.

THAT'S STILL BE PROGRESSED, PROGRESSING IN SACRAMENTO THAT WOULD CON PLEASINGLY CHANGE THE PICTURE OF WHAT TYPE OF HOUSING IS POSSIBLE.

AND THE STANDARDS THAT CITIES MUST MEET AND THE QUALITY OF, OF NEIGHBORHOODS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO WE TAKE OFF ON A JOURNEY AND THEN WE COME BACK AND THE LANDING PATH IT'S SOMEWHERE ELSE.

AND THIS IS, IS VERY LIKELY, BUT, YOU KNOW, I MOVED HERE LIKE SO MANY OF YOU, MORE THAN 30 YEARS AGO, THERE WERE TWO CHALLENGES.

THEN I MOVED TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

I DIDN'T THINK I WAS LOW INCOME AT THE TIME, BUT WHAT'S AFFORDABLE TO A FAMILY OF FOUR LOOKING FOR A GOOD HOME.

WE HAD PROBLEMS OF WHERE WILL THE RECREATIONAL VENUES BE? ARE THERE ADEQUATE ONE, THE LEVELS OF PUBLIC SERVICES AND WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO GET TO WORK? AND ONE AND A HALF YEARS, I PUT MY HOUSE ON THE MARKET.

I CAN'T LIVE THIS.

I CAN'T LIVE THIS WAY.

MY WIFE AND I COULDN'T LIVE GOING 55 MINUTES TO WORK, BUT THEN WE EXCITED WHEN HER HOUSE DIDN'T SELL FOR SIX MONTHS, LET'S MAKE THIS OUR HOME AND LET'S DIG IN AND WORK HARD.

AND WE WERE PART LIKE MANY OF YOU WERE OF THE CITY HOOD MOVEMENT.

AND I GOT TO THINK THAT MOVEMENT HAS SUCCEEDED SO WELL.

SO I THINK IF YOU CONTINUE TO DO WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IN THE PATH, WHICH YOUR PREDECESSORS HAVE ALSO DONE IN THE PAST TO BE CLEAR EYED ABOUT THE CHALLENGES, NOT TO DISMISS THIS AS A MAJOR CHALLENGE, UM, WORK HARD, HAVE A GOOD STAFF, UH, AND, AND, UH, ENCOURAGE TEAMWORK.

WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MIKE, WONDERFUL COMMENTS, VERY SUCCINCT.

AND YOU HIT THE NAILS RIGHT ON THE HEAD.

YOU REALLY DID.

THANK YOU FOR OUTLINING THAT SO THAT PEOPLE ARE LISTENING IN ON THIS CAN REALIZE THAT NOT ONLY THE, THE ISSUES THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO, UH, FACE AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS YOU'RE MAKING TO THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT THE, THE, UH, ISSUES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE FACING AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS ARE VERY, I THINK PRETTY MUCH IT.

THANK YOU, MR. .

MS. FOLLOW THAT UP.

YEAH, LOOK TOUGH.

TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW.

HUH? I'M USED TO THAT.

I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR, INCLUDING US.

THAT MAKES US FEEL LIKE ALL THE WORK WE'VE PUT IN HAS VALUE.

UM, I WAS ESPECIALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE QUESTIONS YOU ASKED, BECAUSE MANY OF THOSE WE STRUGGLED WITH THIS WHOLE TIME AS WELL.

AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW, I GUESS IN CLOSING THAT WE WORKED REALLY HARD TO FIND PARCELS SPREAD OUT THAT HAVE A CHANCE OF BEING BUILT SO THAT WE AREN'T PENALIZED.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE OTHER BIG CONCERNS THAT WERE PENALIZED IF WE DON'T MEET OVER THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS, THOSE NUMBERS.

THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANKS, RON.

ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN I GUESS WITH THAT, WE WILL FAG DIRECTED BACK TO THE PLANNING FOR REVIEW AT THEIR NEXT COMMISSION MEETING.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IT ON THE 22ND AND ESTHER MARIJUANA HAD SOME COMMENTS, I BELIEVE ONE POINT OF ORDER, WE RECEIVED TWO COPIES OF, UH, CO COMMENTS.

I THINK WE SHOULD PUBLICLY, UH, CITY CLERK, CLERKS PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGED THOSE THAT THEY'RE IN THE RECORD BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T DISCUSSED AND THEY WERE TOO LENGTHY TO READ IN.

SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ WHO YOU RECEIVED THOSE FROM SO THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEIR, UH, THEIR COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED BY US, BUT WE HAD NO CHANCE TO DIGEST THESE.

YEAH.

AND WE DID RESPOND TO THE, UH, THOSE WHO SUBMITTED COMMENTS TO BE A PART OF THE RECORD, AND THEY HAVE ASKED NOT TO HAVE THEM READ INTO THE RECORD.

SO WE DID RECEIVE COMMENTS FROM SARAH AND A COMMENTS FROM MR. BRANDON YOUNG TO BE INCLUDED WITH THE HOUSING ELEMENT RECORD.

GREAT.

ALL

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RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, IF I COULD, YES, PLEASE.

FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF.

UM, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A LITTLE BIT, UM, BUT IT STARTED PROBABLY TWO AND A HALF, THREE YEARS AGO, AND OUR DIRECTOR ATTENDED PROBABLY THE MAJORITY OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE MEETINGS THAT WE DID HAVE SCAG IN RIVERSIDE.

I REMEMBER SEEING YOU AT ALL THE MEETINGS THERE.

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR VISION.

AND I KNOW THAT WE HAD NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE LAST DATE OF CYCLE, I BELIEVE IT WAS 400,000 UNITS THAT WE HAD TO BUILD IN THE SCAG REGION.

AND WE WERE HOPING IT WAS GOING TO BE PRETTY MUCH THAT THIS TIME AROUND.

AND THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT OF UNITS FROM SCAG REGION, WHICH IS SIX COUNTIES THAT WE DID REQUEST WITH HCD TO HAVE 400,000 UNITS.

AT THAT TIME, WE WERE TOLD VERBALLY, UM, THROUGH THE REPORTING FROM OUR STAFF, THAT DATE CD WAS LOOKING FOR 1.3 MILLION UNITS.

AND WE ALL SAID, THAT'S BALONEY.

IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN.

400,000 IS WHERE WE SHOULD BE.

AND I BELIEVE LAST TIME, OUR FIFTH CYCLE ARENA WAS ABOUT 800, A LITTLE OVER 800 UNITS.

UM, SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY A COUPLE THINGS SCAG.

ISN'T THE ONE THAT CAME UP WITH THE 1.3, IT WAS ACTUALLY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SCAG THOUGHT ABOUT FILING LAWSUITS.

WE BROUGHT ATTORNEYS IN, WE TALKED ABOUT IT AND HE JUST DIDN'T MAKE SENSE.

YOU KNOW, YOU JUST CAN'T FIGHT CITY HALL PER SE.

UM, SO, SO MOVING FORWARD, I WAS REALLY CONCERNED BECAUSE I KNOW LAST CYCLE, WHEN WE STARTED DEVELOPING A BUTTERFIELD, WE TOOK A BIG HIT.

EVERYBODY ACTED LIKE THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING, WHAT WAS HAPPENING DOWN THERE.

UM, AND I REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN.

AND I JUST COMMAND OUR PLANNING COMMISSION, OUR DIRECTOR, OUR CITY MANAGER, AND OUR COUNCIL FOR REACHING OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY, PROVIDING INFORMATION.

AND THIS HAS BEEN AT LEAST THREE YEARS FROM THE PROCESS, MOVING FORWARD TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

AND I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU PLANNING COMMISSION.

YOU GUYS DID A TREMENDOUS JOB.

I WAS VERY PROUD OF THE JOB THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE COMMUNICATING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND HAVING VISION AND LEADERSHIP.

SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, RIGHT? DIDN'T THIS DIDN'T WE CHALLENGE THESE NUMBERS, THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS CHALLENGE, THESE NUMBERS PUBLICLY A CHALLENGE, RIGHT.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT JOINT? IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND? OH, GO AHEAD.

YOU CAN SAY IT DIDN'T WE RAISE OUR HAND AND SAY, WHAT HAVE WE APPEALED? WE FOLLOW THE PROCESS AND WE APPEAL THEN.

AND I WANT TO SAY ALL THROUGH THE PROCESS, WE HAD COMMENT LETTERS, UH, CRITICISM LETTERS, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MAKING THE PROCESS MORE FAIR.

UM, AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT A MATTER OF BLAME.

IT'S, IT'S A BAD PROCESS.

IT'S BAD FROM THE GET-GO AND IT'S DIFFICULT AND THERE'S A NO WIN IN IT.

I THINK VERY FEW COMMUNITIES GOT OUT OF THIS SIX CYCLE RENA FEELING.

WE'RE ALL.

OKAY.

IT'S VERY FEW, MOST HAVE BEEN AS BURDENED AS WE HAVE, BUT WE TRIED AND OUR APPEAL WAS DENIED, BUT WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

JUST WANT TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS.

I WANT TO ECHO WHAT WAS SAID EARLIER.

I WANTED TO THANK FIRST OF ALL, THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR, FOR THEIR, UH, DEDICATING ALL THEIR TIME AND PROVIDING THE EXPERIENCE AND THE MONTHS THAT THIS PROCESS TOOK TO GET TO EVEN THIS POINT.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE TIME, BECAUSE THAT WAS PROBABLY ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT YOU SIGNED UP FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.

UH, FIRST AND SECOND, ALSO THE STAFF, THE STAFF, UH, DID AN EXEMPLARY JOB, UH, OF PROFESSIONAL.

THEY SHOWED SO MUCH PROFESSIONALISM AND, AND, AND PATIENTS IN THIS, JOANNE, YOU JUST DEMONSTRATED PATIENTS WHERE I SET YOU UP TO GO TO, TO GO OFF.

AND YOU DIDN'T, UM, UH, BECAUSE IT'S FRUSTRATING FOR ALL OF US JUST TO WORK THE LABYRINTH OF STATE EDICTS THAT HAVE COME DOWN ON OUR CITIES, INCLUDING CHINO HILLS.

AND, UH, WE JUST WANT THE STAFF TO KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR US.

AND SO WELL-SPOKEN SO PROFESSIONAL AND SO KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT YOUR SUBJECT MATTER.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT ALSO.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, WE SHAKE OUR HEADS AT THIS.

I MEAN, WHEN I FIRST HEARD A COUPLE MONTHS AGO THAT THE SHOPS NOT SHOPS TO PROJECT, WHICH WAS A VACANT PIECE OF LAND, BUT THE SHOPS WANTED HOUSING PUT THERE AND YOU'RE GOING, WAIT A MINUTE.

THIS WASN'T THE VISION OF OUR CITY DOUGLAS BELL AND, AND ALL THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT ORIGINALLY SET THIS UP AS THE HUB OF OUR CITY, THE DOWNTOWN OF OUR CITY, RIGHT OFF THE 71, BRINGING PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE THE REGION SHOP, AND THEN GO, GO BACK TO THEIR HOMES EASILY TO POSSIBLY

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PUT NOW HOUSING ON THAT PROPERTY IS IT'S JUST, I JUST SHAKE MY HEAD AT THE POSSIBILITIES OF WHERE THIS MAY HAVE GONE.

THIS MAY GO, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU FACE THE CHALLENGES, SORRY, MIKE, I'M TRYING TO SEE YOU ALSO BY THE TIME I'M TRYING TO MAKE EYE CONTACT, BUT, UM, YOU FACE THE CHALLENGES SO PROFESSIONALLY, AND, UM, AGAIN, WE JUST SHAKE OUR HEADS AT WHAT WE'RE, WHAT'S BEEN FOISTED ON US THAT 3,700 UNITS AND RAISED BEEN GOING THROUGH THIS FOR SOME TIME AS OUR REPRESENTATIVE ON SCAG SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA, GOVERNMENT SCAG.

AND ANYWAY, WE CAN, WE CAN ALL GO ON OUR SOAP BOXES, BUT THAT'S MY VERSION OF A SOAP BOX RIGHT NOW IS TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR WHAT WE HAD TO, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH.

AND AS YOU SAID, IT'S, IT'S A MOVING TARGET STILL.

SO IT DOES SOME OF THESE THINGS MAY CHANGE, BUT FOR NOW, THANK YOU ALL.

ALL RIGHT, THEN I'LL JUST WRAP IT UP BY SAYING, YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN, THIS WHOLE PROCESS SHOWS US JUST HOW, UH, HOW MUCH LOCAL OFFICIALS HAVE LOST LOCAL CONTROL THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU IN EVERY SINGLE CITY, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SAME DEBATE OCCURRING.

AND THESE MAYBE NOT TO THE EXTENT OF THOSE TYPES, THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS THAT WERE HELD BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT THE, YOU KNOW, TH THESE ARE THE TYPES OF PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS THAT REALLY CHANGED THE CHARACTER OF NOT ONLY OUR CITY, BUT THE STATE ITSELF.

SO TRAFFIC THAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE 71 THAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE 91 AND THE 60, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE CHINO HILLS RESIDENTS.

IT'S GOING TO BE EVERYBODY.

GOSH, EVERYBODY TO THE EAST OF US, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING OUT.

SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AGAIN, COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU STAFF.

THANK YOU TO THE PUBLIC THAT'S PARTICIPATED.

WE WILL BE MOVING THIS BACK TO YOU AND WE WILL BE A JOURNEY AND THIS MEETING AND RECONVENING AT SIX O'CLOCK BEFORE WE GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

[ 6:00 P.M. - CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL]

GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

UH, AT 7:00 PM FOR OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY OF CHINO HILLS CITY COUNCIL MEETING MAYOR JO'S PRESENT VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ POSEN COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS, ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.

FANTASTIC.

UH, PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THEN TO BE FOLLOWED BY OUR INVOCATION BY A PASTOR MICHAEL FROM CHURCH.

READY BEGIN ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL MICHAEL.

WE'RE READY WHEN YOU ARE MICHAEL, CAN YOU HEAR US? HE MADE IT HIMSELF.

UH, HERE WE GO.

MICHAEL.

HE'S ON MUTED, BUT I CAN'T HEAR HIM CAUSE I CAN HEAR SOMETHING COMING THROUGH.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, MICHAEL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, UH, CALLING AUDIBLE, UM, ALL RIGHT, PLEASE JOIN ME IN OUR VOCATION.

UM, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, GOD, WE'RE BLESSED TO BE HERE TODAY TO DO THE WORK OF, OF THIS CITY.

THANK YOU FOR OUR, OUR EMPLOYEES.

THANK YOU FOR OUR, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS AND THANK YOU FOR THE WONDERFUL RESIDENTS THAT WE HAVE.

IT'S TRULY A BLESSING FOR ALL OF US TO, TO WORK, UH, TO BETTER, TO BETTER THIS COMMUNITY.

AND IN YOUR NAME, WE PRAY.

AMEN.

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THANKS, BRIAN.

ALL RIGHT.

AT THIS TIME, WE ARE GOING TO BE STARTING OFF OUR PUBLIC HEARING ON OUR REDISTRICT TEAM.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND LET'S SEE, DO DO, UH, THIS PORTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA IS FOR, UH, FOR ALL MATTERS THAT REQUIRE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC INPUT.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIA ZOOM OR DIAL STAR NINE TO BE SELECTED FROM THE MEETING QUEUE INDIVIDUAL AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS ENCOURAGED AND IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.

SO AT THIS TIME WE WILL BE TAKING UP

[5. Receive report on redistricting process and criteria in redrawing district boundaries]

ITEM FIVE, RECEIVED REPORT ON REDISTRICTING PROCESS AND CRITERIA AND REDRAWING DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.

UH, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? WE WOULD TAKE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THE TIME THAT WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SO WE'LL HAVE THE REPORT AND THEN OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

OKAY.

SO MAYOR, UM, CHERYL BALLS, OUR CITY CLERK WILL INTRODUCE THE ITEM, BUT UH, OH, I GUESS WE'RE GETTING GLARE.

UH, BUT JUST FOR OUR REGULAR PARTICIPANTS IN THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT, YOU MAY NOTICE THIS AS A LITTLE OUT OF TYPICAL ORDER FOR US, BUT IT'S A REQUIREMENT OF THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UH, THE HEARING AS CLOSE TO THE PUBLISHED TIME AS POSSIBLE.

SO THAT'S WHY WE IT'S A LITTLE BIT BEFORE OUR NORMAL PUBLIC COMMENTS.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL BRING IT TO CHERYL BALLS AND SHE'LL INTRODUCE THE ITEM.

OKAY, GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL EVERY 10 YEARS, CITIES THAT HOLD DISTRICT BASED ELECTIONS ARE REQUIRED TO USE CENSUS DATA TO REDRAW LINES, TO REFLECT HOW LOCAL POPULATIONS HAVE CHANGED ON FEBRUARY 9TH.

THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZED AN AGREEMENT WITH NATIONAL DEMOGRAPHICS CORPORATION OR NDC TO ASSIST US WITH THIS PROCESS.

SHALISA TILTON FROM NDC IS HERE WITH US TONIGHT TO PROVIDE A PRESENTATION ON THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS AND PERMISSIBLE CRITERIA TO BE CONSIDERED TO REDRAW THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.

THIS'LL BE THE FIRST OF FOUR PUBLIC HEARINGS TO RECEIVE PUBLIC INPUT.

SHELLY'S THANK YOU.

HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? YES, MA'AM THANK YOU.

UH, AS CHERYL SAID, MY NAME IS SHELLY TILTON.

I'M A SENIOR CONSULTANT WITH NATIONAL DEMOGRAPHICS.

I PERSONALLY HAVE.

IT'S JUST OVER 50 JURISDICTIONS IN TRANSITIONING IN A PRIOR LIFE.

I WAS A CITY CLERK FOR 25 YEARS, SO I KNOW CHERYL WELL, AND YOU'RE IN GOOD HANDS.

THERE'S THE CITY.

UH, THE PURPOSE OF TONIGHT'S MEETING.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PASS TO THE NEXT SLIDE IS TO TALK ABOUT THE PROJECT TIMELINES, THE KEY DEADLINES.

UM, WE'RE HOPING DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE WILL HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY ON WHAT DEFINES NEIGHBORHOODS, WHAT DEFINES COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST, THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS OF CHINO HILLS THAT MAKE, UH, MAKE IT UNIQUE.

AND WE WANT TO, UH, ULTIMATELY END UP WITH A MAP THAT REFLECTS THE UNIQUE COMMUNITY OF CHINO HILLS.

AND THEN WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS AND THE HEARINGS, UM, AS THEY UNFOLD, GO AHEAD AND ADVANCE THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO AS MOST OF YOU ARE AWARE, THE CITY SWITCHED FROM ITS AT-LARGE SYSTEM TO ITS BY DISTRICT SYSTEM IN JULY OF 2017.

UH, PRIOR TO THAT AT, AT WHEN IT WAS IN THE AT-LARGE SYSTEM, UH, CANDIDATES COULD RESIDE ANYWHERE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AND ALL VOTERS VOTED FOR ALL CANDIDATES.

AND, UH, NOW WITH DISTRICT ELECTIONS, WE HAVE, WE HAVE ONE COUNCIL MEMBER PER DISTRICT, AND ONLY THOSE MEMBERS IN THE DISTRICT ARE ALLOWED TO CHOOSE THEIR CANDIDATE WHO ALSO MUST BE RIGHT INSIDE IN THE SAME DISTRICT.

SO THE TERMS, UM, WE HAVE DISTRICTS ONE, TWO AND FOUR THEY'RE UP FOR ELECTION IN NOVEMBER OF 2022, AND THEY WILL BE, UM, ELECTED UNDER THE NEW MAP THAT WILL BE ADOPTED, UM, BY, UH, APRIL 17TH IS THE DEADLINE TO ADOPT DISTRICTS THREE AND FIVE TERMS AND, UM, NOVEMBER, 2024.

AND, UM, OF COURSE WE MUST TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT NEW POPULATION DATA THAT'S GOING TO BE PROVIDE.

I'LL BE TALKING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT POPULATION DATA.

I COULD HAVE A NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO SOME THINGS HAVE CHANGED AS 20, 20, 2017.

WE SAW THE ENACTMENT OF THE FAIR MAP ACT.

SOME PEOPLE WILL REFER TO THE FAIR MAPS TO ACT AS AB EIGHT 49.

SO AB EIGHT 49 SET FORWARD, UM, VERY SPECIFIC GUIDELINES THAT HAVE TO BE FOLLOWED IN THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS.

UH, PART OF THOSE GUIDELINES, CERTAINLY THERE MUST BE FOUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.

SO PRIOR WHEN YOU'RE RE OR REDREW YOUR LINES FOR POPULATION BALANCE, THERE WAS ONLY ONE HEARING

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BEFORE YOU ADOPTED THE NEW MAP.

NOW THERE MUST BE FOUR, THERE MUST BE AT LEAST ONE HEARING THAT'S HELD BEFORE THE MAPS ARE DRAWN.

AND IN THIS CASE, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THE CITY HOLDS TWO PRE-DRAFT HEARINGS AND I'LL EXPLAIN WHY.

AND THE REASON FOR THOSE HEARINGS IS TO RECEIVE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY ON THEIR COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST AND WHAT THEIR NEIGHBORS SET UP NEIGHBORHOODS ARE.

AND IF THERE ARE ANY SECONDARY AREAS, WE'RE CHECKING, MAYBE SOME AREAS THAT ARE NOT POPULATED, BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THEY BE MAINTAINED IN A SINGLE DAY DISTRICT.

THEN WE WILL HAVE OUR DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING DRAFT MAPS.

AND THEN, UM, THE DRAFT MAPS WILL BE POSTED TO THE WEBSITE AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TWO HEARINGS ONCE THE DRAFT MASTER RELEASED.

SO WE CAN START DISCUSSION DISCUSSING, UM, THE PREFERRED MAP AND THE, UH, ELECTION SCENE WITH THE LAST ELECTION SEQUENCES, JUST AS I DESCRIBED, THAT'S ASSIGNING AN ELECTION YEAR TO EACH OF THE DISTRICTS.

UH, LET'S STAY ON THIS SLIDE FOR A MOMENT.

ONE THING THAT HAS IMPACTED THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN IN PAST YEARS IS THAT NORMALLY WE WOULD HAVE HAD THE CENSUS NUMBERS BY NOW.

WE UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITHOUT, UM, A PANDEMIC.

WE WOULD HAVE HAD THE CENSUS NUMBERS IN APRIL AND WE WOULD ALL BE WELL UNDERWAY AND KNOWING HOW OUR DISTRICTS ARE LOOKING, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THE FEDERAL CENSUS IS NOT GOING TO RELEASE LOCAL DATA UNTIL AUGUST 16TH.

SO YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD THE SEPTEMBER 30 DATE.

THAT IS A TRUE DATE.

THEY WILL RELEASE THE FORMAL NUMBERS ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, BUT I'M NOT SOBER ON AUGUST 16TH.

WE'LL GET SOME NUMBERS THAT WE CAN WORK WITH.

UM, THAT WILL BE THE SAME NUMBER SYSTEM IN A DIFFERENT FORMAT.

AND SO AUGUST 16TH IS THE DATE THAT THE LOCAL NUMBERS WILL BE RELEASED TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS IS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS TO BE ASSIGNED ALL THE STATE INCARCERATED PRISONERS TO THEIR HOME ADDRESSES RIGHT NOW, THE STATE IS ANTICIPATING THAT THAT COULD TAKE UP TO SIX WEEKS.

SO WE ARE NOT EXPECTING TO HAVE ANY OF THE, UM, UH, CENSUS NUMBERS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO WORK WITH UNTIL LATE IN SEPTEMBER.

AND THEN THE LAW ALSO HAS WAITING PERIOD.

SO, UH, CITIES WHO DON'T, UH, WHO HAVE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RELEASE MAPS UNTIL THREE WEEKS AFTER THE STATE HAS RELEASED THOSE DATES, PRISONER, ADJUSTED NUMBERS, AND THE PELLETS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS.

AND THREE WEEKS LATER THEN, UH, THE CITY AND THE CITY'S CONSULTANT CAN RELEASE DRAFT MAPS.

THEN THERE'LL BE TWO HEARINGS ON THOSE TRAFFIC MAPS AND ADOPT THEM.

NEXT SLIDE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT FAIR MAPS BACKED FOR, UH, ALSO KNOWN AS AB EIGHT 49, DID, WAS TO STANDARDIZE THE CRITERIA THAT'S USED IN MAPPING.

SO THE FEDERAL LAWS HAVE NOT CHANGED.

THERE NEEDS TO BE EQUAL POPULATION.

EACH DISTRICT MUST HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF POPULATION IN EACH OF THE DISTRICTS.

AND THAT NUMBER WE ESTIMATE IS GOING TO BE ABOUT 16,265 IN EACH DISTRICT.

NOW IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE EXACT, THERE CAN BE SOME SLIGHT DEVIATION.

UH, THERE CAN BE NO MORE THAN A 10% DEVIATION BETWEEN THE LEAST POPULATED DISTRICT AND THE GREATEST POPULATED DISTRICT.

THEN WE ALSO NEED TO FOLLOW THE FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS ACT, MEANING THAT WE CAN'T DRAW MAPS IN A WAY THAT WOULD DILUTE THE VOTING STRENGTH OF A PROTECTED CLASS GROUP.

AND THERE CAN BE NO RACIAL GERRYMANDERING.

MAYBE THAT MAPS CANNOT BE DRAWN WITH A DOMINANT AND CONTROLLING FACTOR BEING RAISED.

IT CAN BE ONE OF THE FACTORS, BUT JUST NOT THE PREDOMINANT FACTOR.

INSTEAD, WE'LL BE LOOKING IF THERE ARE COMMUNITIES WITH SHARED HISTORIES, SHARED VALUES, SHARED CHARACTERISTICS THAT ALSO MAY HAVE CONCENTRATED AREAS OF CERTAIN PROTECTED CLASS GROUPS.

WHEN WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE CALIFORNIA CRITERIA THAT SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH IN AB EIGHT 49.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS, UH, W THE FIRST CRISIS VICTORIA, IS SHELLY'S.

WE LOST SOUND NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE WANT TO KEEP NEIGHBORHOODS UNDIVIDED, RESPECTING COMMUNITIES OF INTERESTS AND NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND WE, WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT COMMUNITIES, WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF DATA THAT WILL HELP US TO DEFINE COMMUNITIES.

SOME OF THAT WILL BE MAYBE LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME HOUSEHOLD INCOME RENTERS VERSUS, UM, UH, PROPERTY

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OWNERS, HOMEOWNERS.

THOSE TYPES OF THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION WILL HELP US TO DEFINE NEIGHBORHOODS.

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE'LL BE RELYING ON THE PUBLIC.

AND THAT WILL BE THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S PUBLIC HEARING ON THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING IS TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC ON WHAT THEY THINK THE BOUNDARIES OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE.

UH, ONE OF THE SET CRITERIA AND INCIDENTALLY, THIS CRITERIA IN THE ORDER OF PRIORITIES LISTED HERE EASILY IDENTIFIED BOUNDARIES, FOLLOWING MAIN STREETS, MAIN HIGHWAYS, CANALS, RAILROADS, THINGS THAT ARE EASILY IDENTIFY VIABLE FOR THE, FOR THE VOTERS AND COMPACTNESS, UM, NOT BYPASSING ONE NEIGHBORHOOD TO REACH ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND NONE OF THE MAPS SHALL FAVOR OR DISCRIMINATE AGAINST A POLITICAL PARTY.

ONCE WE'VE MET ALL THOSE CRITERIA, THEN WE CAN START LOOKING AT OTHER TRADITIONAL REDISTRICTING PRINCIPLES.

AND ONE OF THOSE IS RESPECTING VOTERS WISHES AND CONTINUITY OF IN OFFICE.

WE ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY THAT, UM, WE'D LIKE TO LEAVE IT IN THE HANDS OF THE VOTERS TO DECIDE WHO HAS EARNED REELECTION AND WHO HAS NOT.

UM, OTHERWISE YOU COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE A MAP, A DEMOGRAPHER DRAW MAP AND SAID, ALL FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS IN ONE DISTRICT.

AND THE MESSAGE TO THE VOTERS WOULD SAY, WOULD BE SAYING, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU LIKE ALL FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU CAN ONLY CHOOSE ONE FOR THAT DISTRICT.

SO, UM, IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO MEET ALL THE MANDATED CRITERIA AND RESPECT VOTERS WISHES, WE TRY TO PRESENT THOSE OPTIONS.

IT'S ALSO POSSIBLE TO UNDER POPULATE, UH, ONE OR TWO OF THE DISTRICTS.

IF YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN NO GROWTH SINCE LAST, UM, SINCE A YEAR AGO, APRIL WHEN THE CENSUS WAS DONE IN 2020, UH, IF YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LARGE DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS JUST RECENTLY COMPLETED OR GOING TO BE COMPLETED IN A FEW MONTHS, YOU COULD CONSIDER SLIGHTLY UNDER POPULATING THAT DISTRICT.

AND THEN WE ALSO WANT TO MINIMIZE THE BOATERS THAT ARE SHIFTED TO DIFFERENT ELECTION YEARS.

YOU SAW, UM, ONE OF THE EARLY SITES, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE RESIDING IN THREE DISTRICTS THAT ARE EXPECTING TO VOTE IN 2022.

IF WE WERE TO REASSIGN ELECTION YEARS TO 2024, THEN THEY WOULD NOT BE VOTING FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS.

SO THEY'D BE GOING FOR A SPAN OF SIX YEARS WITHOUT VOTING FOR A COUNCIL MEMBER.

AND THEN PRESERVING THE CORE OF THE EXISTING DISTRICTS IS, IS IMPORTANT TOO.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE MY, BUT WE'RE MINDFUL OF WHERE YOU'RE DRAWING THE DISTRICTS.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

WE DO NOT HAVE THE TRUE 2020 NUMBERS, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER.

HOWEVER, NDC DOES PROVIDE SOME ESTIMATES OF WHAT WE BELIEVE THE TOTAL POPULATION FAILURES ARE.

SO WE WILL NOT KNOW UNTIL THEY EXCEPT FOR HOW CLOSE WE ARE ON THESE NUMBERS, BUT THIS IS OUR PROJECTION.

UM, WE THINK THAT THE, UH, THE TOTAL POPULATION IS GOING TO BE AROUND 81,000.

AND, UM, SO YOU CAN SEE A GROWTH OF ABOUT, UH, JUST OVER 7,000 IN THE CITY AS THE PAST TENSE FROM 2010.

SO YOU SHOULD RECALL WHEN YOU LAST DID, WHEN YOU DID DERBY DISTRICT TEAM IN 2017, YOU HAD USED THE 2010 NUMBERS.

SO THIS TIME YOU'LL BE USING THE 2020 NUMBERS.

AND WE THINK THAT THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO BE AROUND 81,327 TO BE EXACT IS WHAT OUR ESTIMATE IS.

THAT MEANS EACH OF THE FIVE DISTRICTS SHOULD HAVE APPROXIMATELY 60,265 PEOPLE.

WHAT YOU'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW, UM, AS THE TOTAL POPULATION, UM, BROKE, BROKEN DOWN BY ETHNICITY AND RACE THE PERCENTAGES IN EACH OF THE DISTRICTS.

AND THEN THE BOTTOM IS THE CITIZEN VOTING AGE POPULATION.

SO THOSE ARE OUR TOTAL POPULATION OF BREADTH OF, UH, CITIZENS WHO ARE 18 YEARS OF AGE AND ELIGIBLE TO VOTE.

THEY DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO BE VOTERS, BUT THEY ARE CITIZENS AND THEY ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE.

THESE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT ARE OFTEN LOOKED OUT BY THE COURTS WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT HOW GOOD OF A JOB THE DISTRICTS DID AT NOT DILUTING THE BUDDIES STRENGTH OF YOUR PROTECTED CLASS GROUP.

SO LOOK AT THE CITIZENS VOTING AGE POPULATION, YOU'LL OFTEN SEE IT ABBREVIATED AS CV, A P OR C BACK IS WHAT YOU'LL OFTEN HEAR IT REFERRED TO IN TURN.

YEAH.

UM, DISCUSSION, GO AHEAD AND GO ONTO THE NEXT SLIDE.

WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS A COLOR CODED MAP OF THE CONCENTRATED AREAS OF OUR, BOTH OUR KEYNOTE AND OUR ASIAN TO THE SIN VOTING AGE POPULATION COMMUNITY.

UH, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT THE, UH, DISTRICT LINES LOOK, DON'T LOOK QUITE THE SAME AS YOUR EXISTING DISTRICT LINES.

THAT'S BECAUSE, UM, THE FEDERAL CENSUS HAS DURING THEIR, UH, THEIR CENSUS WORK IN 2020 READJUSTED THE GEOGRAPHY

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AS SOME OF THE BLOCK GROUPS.

SO SOME GROUPS ARE VERY LARGE, WHICH AFFECTS SOME OF THE BOUNDARY LINES AND THE MAPS LOOK DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IF YOU LAID THEM ON OVERLAY THEM ON YOUR EXISTING BOUNDARIES.

SO THAT WILL BE, UM, ADDRESSED THEM POINTED OUT AND LOOKED AT VERY CLOSELY.

WHEN WE WERE GETTING INTO DRAFT MAP, WE CAN SEE OUR LATINO CITIZEN VOTING AGE POPULATION WITH SOME HIGH CONCENTRATION.

AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE, UH, FOR THE PINKS AND THE GREENS.

THOSE ARE THE, UM, HIGHEST CONCENTRATED AREAS OF YOUR CITIZENS VOTING AGE POPULATION FOR LATINO IN THE MAP ON THE LEFT, AND MOSTLY IN THE LOWEST SERRANO'S AND THE BUTTERFIELD RANCH AREAS.

AND THEN FOR YOUR ASIAN AMERICANS, WE SEE HIGH CONCENTRATION PARTS IN THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE CITY WEST OF, UH, WEST OF THE 71 FREEWAY.

THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT CONCENTRATIONS IN ONE PARTICULAR AREA OF EIGHT OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS OR NATIVE AMERICANS.

THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, ALSO TO SHOW YOU A VARIOUS SOCIO AND ECONOMIC DATA BY COLOR, THESE COLOR CODED MAPS, AND THIS PARTICULAR COLORED CORDS MAP ON THE LEFT SHOWS THE PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLDS EARNING OVER $75,000.

SO THE, THE YELLOW IS ACTUALLY AROUND THE 50% GROUP I ON THE RIGHT WHEN YOU SEE, UM, UH, THE RIGHT IS A DEPICTION OF THE PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH A CHILD AT HOME.

SO THE BLUES AND THE DARKER BLUES AND THE PURPLES ARE YOUR HIGHEST CONCENTRATED AREAS, WE HAVE WE'LL HAVE LARGER VERSIONS OF THESE MAPS THAT WOULD BE, WILL BE AVAILABLE ON, ON THE WEBSITE OR THROUGH STORY MAP WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY ZOOM INTO STREET LEVEL.

NEXT TYPE THING.

GOT IT.

QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU ON THE PRIOR SLIDE THAT HAD THE DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY, IS THAT ON THE CURRENT EXISTING DISTRICTS, OR IS THAT ON THESE NEW, ARE THESE NUMBERS REFLECTIVE OF THE NEW CENSUS TRACK, UM, DATA THAT YOU HAVE REGARDING THE NEW MAPS? OR IS IT WELL, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THAT IS, UM, UH, THANKS FOR ASKING THAT, THAT QUESTION.

IT'S BASED ON THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY, THE MOST RECENT DATA THAT WE HAVE.

SO, UM, SO THIS, THESE FIGURES ARE THE SAME FIGURES THAT WILL BE USED WHEN YOU DO YOUR FINAL MAP.

SO THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY IS A DIVISION OF THE CENSUS BUREAU, AND THEY SEND OUT A SURVEY TO ONE IN EVERY 14 HOUSEHOLDS, UM, EVERY FIVE YEARS.

AND THIS IS WHERE WE GET ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT, UM, ABOUT, FOR EXAMPLE, EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON SCREEN HOUSEHOLD INCOME NUMBER OF CHILDREN AT HOME, OUR CITIZEN VOTING AGE POPULATION, UM, THEY BROKEN DOWN BY RACE AND ETHNICITY.

SO THAT IS, THIS IS TO ANSWER IT.

THAT'S A LONG WAY TO ASK THE HARD WAY AROUND ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION, BUT YES, IT IS.

THIS IS THE CURRENT DATA AND WITH THE CURRENT GEOGRAPHY OF THE BLOCKS TO WHERE THEY'RE ASSIGNED, WHERE THE DISTRICTS ARE ASSIGNED.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

I HOPE THAT ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.

YEAH.

THAT DATA, BY THE WAY, IS A FIVE-YEAR ESTIMATE.

SO IT'S THE DATA, CURRENT DATA IS FROM 2015 TO 2019.

WE WILL NOT GET ANY MORE RECENT, UM, ACS DATA, UM, UNTIL JANUARY OF NEXT YEAR.

SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DEFINING YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THIS IS WHERE WE REALLY NEED TO GET TESTIMONY FROM THE PUBLIC.

AND WE'LL, WE'LL BE LOOKING TO THE COUNCIL TO, UM, VALIDATE WHAT THEY'VE HEARD AND WHAT EVERYONE IS IN AGREEMENT ON PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT SHOULD BE KEPT TOGETHER.

IN SOME CASES, UM, MO IN MOST CASES KEPT TOGETHER AND THERE BE SOME CASES WHERE THEY WANT TO HAVE BE DIVIDED AND HAVE MORE THAN ONE REPRESENTATIVE.

SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING, WHAT ARE THE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES, IF YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PHYSICAL FEATURES THAT DEFINE THE NEIGHBORHOOD ROADS, CANALS, RIVERS, HILLS AREAS AROUND PARKS OR OTHER MEN MARKS, UM, WE CAN ALSO LOOK TO SOME PLANNING DOCUMENTS SOMETIMES.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO FIND NEIGHBORHOODS BY PLAN, BUT SHORT OF THAT, UM, WOULD BE, UH, WANTING TO HEAR FROM TESTIMONY FROM THE PUBLIC, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT SHOULD BE KEPT IN A SINGLE DISTRICT? THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO INDIFFERENT IN ADDITION TO KNOWING WHAT THE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES ARE, WHERE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE, WE WANT TO KNOW THOSE SHARED CHARACTERISTICS, ARE, ARE YOU IMPACTED BY PERHAPS THE THREAT OF FIRE OR FLOODING OR HOMELESSNESS OR TRAFFIC, OR IS THERE ANOTHER POLICY RELATED ISSUE THAT BINDS A NEIGHBORHOOD

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TOGETHER? IS THAT, WOULD THAT, THAT ALSO IS A COMMUNITY OF INTEREST.

IN ESSENCE, WE WANT YOU TO TELL YOUR COMMUNITY STORY, WHAT, WHAT MAKES YOUR COMMUNITY A COMMUNITY, AND THAT WILL OFTEN HELP TO LEAD TO, OKAY, THIS PARTICULAR AREA SHARES THESE COMMON CHARACTERISTICS.

AND THEN THERE COULD BE SOME CASES WHERE A COMMUNITY MIGHT BENEFIT, UM, FROM, UH, BEING IN MULTIPLE, UM, HAVING MULTIPLE REPRESENTATIVES.

WHEN I SPEAK TO THAT, UM, A GOOD EXAMPLE IS I LIVE IN A RETIREMENT COMMUNITY, VERY LARGE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY.

AND, UM, SO THERE'S DISCUSSION OF PERHAPS HALF THE NORTHERN END IN ONE DISTRICT, THE SOUTHERN END IN ANOTHER DISTRICT.

SO WHEN WE HAVE OUR ENTIRE HOMEOWNERS MEETINGS, WE HAVE TWO REPRESENTATIVES THAT ARE ANSWERING TO OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

SO SOMETIMES, UM, THAT'S AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO, AND ESPECIALLY FOR UNDERPOPULATED AREA OR AREAS WITH, WITH LITTLE POPULATION, THOSE AREAS MIGHT BENEFIT FROM HAVING MORE THAN ONE REPRESENTATIVE SO THAT, UH, THERE'S THERE TWO OR THREE REPRESENTATIVES OR COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT PARTICULAR AREA.

THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, JUST DID SOME VERY QUICK OFF THE CUFF, BRAINSTORMING WITH STAFF, JUST TO GIVE PEOPLE AN IDEA, GET THEM THINKING, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME POSSIBLE NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES ARE LISTED HERE.

WE WANT YOU TO DEFINITELY BUILD ON THIS LIST OR SAY, THIS LIST IS NOT ACCURATE WITH THIS.

WHAT WE WANT TO HEAR FROM THE COUNCIL.

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC AND THEN GIVE US THE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES OF NOT ONLY THESE NEIGHBORHOODS LISTED, BUT ALSO NEIGHBORHOODS THAT YOU MAY THINK OF THAT, UM, WOULD DEFINITELY, UH, HAVE SHARED CHARACTERISTICS AND WANT TO BE KEPT TOGETHER.

THEN THE LAST SLIDE, QUICK QUESTION, QUICK QUESTION.

UH, THIS IS ART BENNETT.

UM, OBVIOUSLY THIS, THIS PICTURE, IF WE LOOK AT THIS, THE POSSIBLE COMMUNITIES HERE, WE HAVE OBVIOUS, UH, CROSSOVER TO WHERE AS, AS AN EXAMPLE, MY DISTRICT THREE LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD NOT ONLY COVER WHERE I LIVE, BUT ALSO WHERE MAYOR JOE'S LIBS.

UM, IS THERE ANY PROVISION WHEN WE STARTED AND WE WERE FORCED TO GO TO DISTRICTS BACK IN 2017, WE MADE, WE WERE UNDER THE, UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE COULD MOVE THE BOUNDARIES AROUND SLIGHTLY TO WHERE NO TO EXISTING COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE IN THE SAME DISTRICT.

NOW, WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF THIS REDISTRICTING? ARE WE STILL ALLOWED TO CREATE NEW DISTRICT BOUNDARIES WHERE TWO OF OUR EXISTING COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE IN THE SAME DISTRICT, OR WHAT'S THE PARAMETERS FOR THAT? UM, THAT COULD BE A CONSIDERATION AFTER ALL THE OTHER CRITERIA ARE MET.

SO AFTER YOU'VE ALREADY LOOKED AT, UM, THE GEOGRAPHIC CONTIGUITY, THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE A PROBLEM.

UM, AFTER YOU LOOK AT YOUR, YOUR COMMUNITIES OF INTERESTS, UM, MAKING SURE THAT NEIGHBORHOODS ARE NOT DIVIDED, UM, UH, AFTER LUCKY NET, YOU KNOW, COMPACTNESS, UM, EASILY IDENTIFIABLE BOUNDARIES, AS SOON AS YOU'VE MET ALL OF THOSE, ALL THOSE, ALL OF THOSE CRITERIA, THEN YES, YOU COULD, YOU COULD LOOK AT, UM, OKAY.

IS IT POSSIBLE TO MEET THOSE CRITERIA AND DRAW THE LINE SUCH THAT WE AREN'T, UH, THAT ARE GOING HEAD TO HEAD CONTESTS WITH INCUMBENTS? UM, HOWEVER, THAT'S A, THAT'S A SECONDARY AND, UM, NOT ONE OF THE MAIN CRITERIA.

THAT'S NOT ONE OF THE LISTED CRITERIA OF THE FAIR MAP STAFF, I THINK, TO, UH, TO GO OFF OF WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT SAID.

I, AND I BELIEVE ONE OF THE COMMENTS YOU MADE EARLIER WAS THAT WE WANT TO TRY TO KEEP THE DISTRICTS TO LOOK PRETTY MUCH AS SIMILAR AS THE CURRENT ONES LOOK AND, YOU KNOW, JUST SHIFT THEM FROM THERE.

SO WITH THAT IN MIND, WHY DID YOU USE THESE CENSUS TRACKS TO CREATE THESE DISTRICTS AND NOT ONES THAT ARE MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE? SO THE MAP THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, I THINK YOUR QUESTION IS WHY IS THE MAP ON THE SCREEN DOES NOT LOOK LIKE YOUR EXISTING MAP? IS THAT AN ADVANTAGE DATA? UM, AND WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER THAT BECAUSE THE CENSUS, UH, THE FEDERAL CENSUS, WHEN THEY WENT THROUGH THIS YEAR, THEY, THEY, UM, REDRAWN SOME OF THE CENSUS BLOCKS AND WE NEED TO USE CENSUS BLOCK GEOGRAPHY WHEN WE ARE DRAWING MAPS.

SO THEY HAVE ACTUALLY CHANGED THE, UM, VIA GEOGRAPHY OF YOUR, SOME OF YOUR CENSUS BLOCKS.

SO THAT'S WHY THESE DISTRICTS LOOK DIFFERENT.

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AND, UM, SO CERTAINLY A GOAL IS NOT TO KEEP THE EXACT EXISTING DISTRICTS.

IF IT TURNS OUT THAT YOUR EXACT EXISTING, THEN YOUR EXISTING DISTRICTS MEET ALL THE CRITERIA, THEN THAT'S CERTAINLY AN OPTION WE CAN CONSIDER.

IT WILL NOT LOOK EXACTLY EXACTLY LIKE YOUR, YOUR MAP BECAUSE OF THE GEOGRAPHY OF SOME OF THOSE CENSUS BLOCKS HAVE CHANGED.

YEAH.

UM, THERE'S A LOT OF SUBJECTIVITY IN ALL THESE, THESE DIFFERENT CONSIDERATIONS THAT THE CONSULTANT SPEAKING ABOUT.

AND SO WHEN YOU TAKE THOSE INTO, I MEAN, FOR EXAMPLE, IS IT BETTER TO HAVE MULTIPLE COUNCIL MEMBERS REPRESENT A SMALLER COMMUNITY OR COMMUNITY IS LESS DENSE, OR IS IT BETTER TO HAVE ONE? I MEAN, THOSE ARE ALL SUBJECTIVE ISSUES.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, AFTER YOU'RE DONE WITH ALL THAT PROCESS, UM, THE ANSWER IS UNLESS YOU WERE GOING TO SPLIT UP A, UM, PROTECTED GROUP, UM, AS PART OF THE PROCESS, THEN IT'S ALMOST A VIRTUAL CERTAINTY THAT YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, STILL HAVE THE SAME SPLIT IF YOU WILL, AS FAR AS THE DIFFERENT COUNCIL SEATS.

CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF SUBJECTIVITY IN WHAT THE CONSULT IS TALKING ABOUT.

THESE ARE THINGS TO CONSIDER AND THERE'S ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO, AGAIN, AS LONG AS YOU DON'T, UM, CUT UP A GROUP THAT IS PROTECTED UNDER THE PROCESS.

THANK YOU.

SO THEN I GUESS AT THIS POINT DURING THE, DURING OUR PUBLIC WORKSHOP, ARE WE, SHOULD WE DISCUSS ITEMS? LIKE I SEE LIKE FAIRFIELD RANCH, CERTAINLY AS A NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, IT'S GS 500 HOMES, YOU KNOW, I WOULD THINK THAT SHOULD BE ON THERE AND I'M SURE THERE ARE OTHER, YOU KNOW, OLDER TRACKS THAT HAVE A, YOU KNOW, HAVE A DISTINCT FEEL TO THEM.

SO IS THIS THE TIME WE DO IT? I KNOW THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR YOU WERE HERE, THE REST OF THE SLIDES.

WE JUST HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE THAT JUST WRAPS UP, UM, THE NEXT, YEP.

SO THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING WE'LL HAVE IS, UM, ON JULY 13TH.

AND, UM, YOU'LL BE BOTH, WE'RE GOING TO ASK AT THAT HEARING THAT YOU ACTUALLY, UM, VOTE ON THE AREAS THAT YOU THINK BUY NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST, UM, CAN, THAT SHOULD BE KEPT IN A SINGLE DISTRICT, GIVE US VERBAL DIRECTION ON THAT SO THAT WHEN WE'RE DRAWING THE MAPS, WE CAN CONSIDER THOSE.

UM, AND THEN IF WE ALL, UH, WRAP UP HERE AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, WE HAVE THOSE QUESTIONS UP THERE.

WE'RE HOPING THAT, UM, THE PUBLIC WILL ADDRESS, WHAT ARE YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS? WHAT ARE ITS BOUNDARIES AND WHAT ARE OTHER NOTABLE AREAS IN THE CITY AND WHAT ARE THEIR BOUNDARIES SO THAT WE CAN BE MINDFUL WHEN WE'RE DRAWING THE MAP.

ARE THESE STEPS IN AB EIGHT 49? OR IS IT JUST MORE OF, UH, AN INTERNAL ONE WITH NDC AND WITH, WITH US? WELL, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, UM, NECESSARY TO MEET THE CRITERIA THAT ARE OUTLINED IN, UM, AB EIGHT 49.

SO AB EIGHT 49.

UM, ONCE A COMMUNITY HAS AN INTEREST IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE IN DIVIDED.

SO WE NEED TO SHARE WHAT THOSE ARE.

SO IF WE HEAR PUBLIC TESTIMONY ABOUT WHAT NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES NEED TO BE TOGETHER, WE CAN CHECK THAT BOX THAT, THAT THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS WERE UNDIVIDED AND THAT WE WERE KEPT.

AND THOSE ARE THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT SHOULD BE KEPT TOGETHER FOR PURPOSES OF FAIR REPRESENTATION.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

OKAY.

WE HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE.

THIS WAS IT.

IS THERE ONE MORE SLIDE CHILIES? I THINK, OH, I'M SORRY.

YES.

THAT, THAT, THAT, UH, NEXT STEP IS JUST THE SAME INFORMATION THAT WE HAD.

AND, UH, THE DEAN THAT WAS ADDED ON HERE IS LETTING YOU KNOW WHEN THE CENSUS IS GOING TO BE CENSUS DATA IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE.

AND ALSO, UM, JUST A REMINDER OF OUR DEADLINE TO ADOPT ADOPTED APRIL 17TH, 2022.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS EITHER NOW OR AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING.

FANTASTIC.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO THEN SHOULD WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

WE ARE GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TAKE ANY COMMENTS FROM RESIDENTS AT THIS TIME.

YES, WE DO HAVE A HAND RAISED JIM GALLAGHER, MR. GALLAGHER.

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ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.

I THINK THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION.

LAST TIME THAT WE REDISTRICTED, UH, NDC WAS VERY HELPFUL AND SHARING A TOOL FOR THE RESIDENTS TO, TO WORK WITH AND ALSO PROVIDED ADVICE AS NEEDED.

UH, IS THAT GOING TO ALSO HOLD FOR THIS TIME? I BELIEVE SO, SIR.

RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

ANY FURTHER COMMENTS, SIR? NO, I'M SORRY.

THANK YOU.

NO, YOU'RE GOOD.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US NEXT.

WE HAVE LOUIS ESPARZA.

ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING, MR. ESPARZA.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME OKAY? YES, SIR.

OKAY.

UH, I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

UM, THE DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY SLIDE, UH, THE CURRENT EXISTING DISTRICTS SHOW LIKE ASIAN AMERICA, AND THERE'S GOING TO AMERICANS AT 40 SOME PERCENT IN A DISTRICT.

UH, SO IT'S KIND OF HEAVILY WEIGHED ON WHAT THE PARTICULAR CREW MOST OF THE TIME.

AND I'M WONDERING HOW THAT PLAYS INTO THE SELECTION PROCESS.

UH, ALSO FROM THE MAP ON THE SLIDE, UH, THE CURRENT DISTRICT SLIDE, LET'S SEE DISTRICT DISTRICT FOUR, WE SHOW THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, DISTRICT FOUR, THREE, EIGHT, AND THREE ART LOFTS, SKINNY TRACKS, WHICH IN MY OPINION, DON'T REALLY MAKE FOR A COAST SEAT OF COHESIVE NEIGHBORHOODS.

THEY ARE ALONG THE HIGHWAY, BUT THE FOLKS FURTHER TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE 71 FREEWAY ARE KIND OF ISOLATED.

I THOUGHT FROM JUST A PHYSICAL STANDPOINT WOULD BE MORE AKIN TO A DISTRICT FOUR, POSSIBLY PART OF DISTRICT FIVE AS SHOWN IN THE MAP.

AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO KNOW WHAT, UH, THE ISSUES OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

CAUSE LAST TIME WE WENT THROUGH THIS, UH, WE HAD SEVERAL COUNCIL, UH, EXISTING COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, THAT WERE KIND OF LIKE ACCOMMODATED TO, TO HAVE A DISTRICT TO THEIR SELVES.

AND THEN ALSO A NEW COUNCILMAN, UH, MR. MAYOR HERSELF PROPOSED A MAP, WHICH, WHICH WAS ADOPTED BY THE CITY.

AND TO ME, THAT'S JUST KIND OF, WHAT'S VERY CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND IT SEEMED A LITTLE BIT UNFAIR.

SO, UM, UH, MENTAL, LASTLY, I WAS JUST PERUSING THE WEBSITE FOR, UH, OTHER ONE.

YOU MENTIONED STORY MAPS, AND IF THERE COULD BE SOME DIRECT LINK TO CHINO HILLS, THAT'D BE MUCH APPRECIATED.

THANKS VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MR. .

ANY OTHER COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER HANDS RAISED.

ALL RIGHT.

THEN AT THAT POINT WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, BRING THEM BACK FOR COMMENTS.

NO COMMENTS FROM ME.

WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO ONCE WE GET THE FINAL NUMBERS, BECAUSE THEY'RE CLEARLY WHAT'S SHOWN ON THIS ONE MAP IS, UH, YEAH.

IT'S PLAGUED WITH PROBLEMS. NO, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS CURRENT MAP YOU WOULD HAVE NOBODY REPRESENTING DISTRICT FIVE OR NOBODY THAT LIVES IN DISTRICT FIVE, NO COUNCIL MEMBER RIGHT NOW, THE COWS AND THE HORSES IN THAT STATE.

EXACTLY.

ALL THE WILDLIFE IN THE STATE PARK.

SO, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK I WOULD HAVE RATHER HAVE HAD SOMETHING THAT MORE MIRRORED, WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE JUST ARBITRARILY PICKING DISTRICTS AND THROWING TOGETHER CENSUS TRACKS, WHAT'S THE POPULATION TO RYAN.

SO FOUR AND FIVE, YOU AND I HAVE, UM, ABOUT 2000 MORE PEOPLE THAN IS NEEDED, BASICALLY.

THAT'S WHERE I'M NOT QUITE SURE.

SO THE, THE DATA THAT WE HAVE IS THAT REFLECTED ON THE CURRENT, ON OUR PRESENT DISTRICTS OR ON THESE, UH, PROPOSED ONES BECAUSE YEAH, FOUR AND FIVE, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE A HUGE INCREASE IN POPULATION IN THOSE TWO, BUT YEAH.

YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW WHY, NO, WE'RE, THIS IS JUST THE VERY FIRST OF YES MAN AND CITY CLERK.

AND DID YOU WANT IT? YES, MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A, WHAT WAS THAT KIND OF HER DOG? I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT.

I THINK THE, UH, THE DELIBERATIVE PROCESS THAT COUNCIL'S GOING THROUGH LOOKING AT THESE MAP IS EXACTLY WHY WE NEED COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL AND FROM THE PUBLIC ON WHAT A COMMUNITY OF INTEREST SHOULD BE, BECAUSE THIS

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IS LETTING DATA CHANGE A MAP THAT WAS DESIGNED TO REFLECT COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST.

AND WHEN WE GAVE AS STAFF, A LIST OF NEIGHBORHOODS TO KICK OFF THE CONVERSATION, WE INTENTIONALLY LEFT SOME OUT SO THAT PEOPLE WOULD GO, WELL, I DON'T SEE THIS, OR I DON'T SEE THAT BECAUSE IF YOU GIVE AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST, SOMETIMES YOU KIND OF JUST GLAZE OVER AND GO, I THINK IT'S ALL COVERED.

I THINK YOUR INITIAL CONCERNS IN REACTION ARE EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE HOPING THE PUBLIC WILL DO AS WELL IS SAY, WELL, THIS DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE OLD ONE.

WELL THAT'S BECAUSE THE POPULATIONS HAVE CHANGED.

WELL THEN HOW DO WE ADJUST FOR THAT? WELL, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE THAT DATA YET.

AND SO TODAY'S MEETING WAS, I THINK THIS IS VERY POSITIVE IN THE FACT THAT WE'RE ALREADY SAYING, SORRY, I THINK I MUTED MYSELF.

UH, WE ARE ALREADY SAYING WE NEED TO FIX THIS.

AND SO THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT IT'S OKAY.

AND I THINK TO MR. GALLAGHER AND MR. HIS COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, BACK WHEN WE HAD THAT WEBSITE, THAT WAS A, THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO USE TO COMPILE THOSE CENSUS TRACKS.

IT REALLY JUST MAKES IT THAT MUCH EASIER TO COMPILE THIS AND, AND ELECTRONIC AND A PAPER TOOL FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO USE.

AND SOMETHING WOULD BE HELPFUL TOO, IS TO HAVE A MAP THAT SHOWS THE MAIN ARTERIES, BECAUSE THESE ARE KIND OF LIKE FLOATING OUT THERE.

WE GENERALLY KNOW WHERE THE 71 FREEWAY IS, WHICH WAS BASED IN BUTTERFIELD RANCH ROAD, WHICH IS DEFINITELY, THOSE WERE CONSIDERATIONS WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE MARKERS ON IT, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE 71 INTERSECTS CHINO HILLS PARKWAY IS AS AN EXAMPLE.

UH, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE ESTIMATED, UH, POPULATION FIGURES AND THE CRITERIA THAT WAS ESTIMATED AT 16,002 65, DISTRICT THREE IS THE CLOSEST, BUT WE'VE GOT 1300 PERSONS SPREAD BETWEEN UNDER AN OVER THAT PROPOSED SPREAD.

SO IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE THE BEST STARTING POINT IS THE EXISTING DISTRICTS SEE WHERE THE POPULATION HAS INCREASED OR DECREASED AND THEN TWEAK THOSE DISTRICTS TO TRY AND GET WITHIN THE STANDARD POPULATION.

CAUSE THAT'S THE IMPORTANT THING THAT PERCENTAGE AND, AND REPRESENTATION AS TO THE ETHNICITIES.

WE'VE, WE'VE NEVER HAD ANY CONCERN ABOUT THAT WHATSOEVER.

WE GOT FORCED INTO IT BECAUSE THEY WERE TOLD THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE OP YOU KNOW, OPTIMUM, UH, REPRESENTATION IN THE HISPANIC MARKET.

BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT AND YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S HERE RIGHT NOW, I DON'T THINK THE F YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SPREAD THIS EVENLY BECAUSE OF WHERE PEOPLE HAVE DECIDED TO LIVE.

AND YOU HAVE POCKETS OF CERTAIN ETHNICITIES, AND THAT'S JUST A MATTER OF HUMAN NATURE AND WHERE PEOPLE HAVE FELT COMFORTABLE BUYING HOMES.

SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF THAT KIND OF STUFF THAT WE'LL HAVE TO DISCERN, BUT, UH, YEAH, WE'VE, WE'VE GOT SOME WORK ON THIS, BUT I, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T THROW OUT THE BABY WITH THE BATH WATER.

I THINK YOU TAKE WHAT WE HAVE AND THEN TRY AND ADJUST THOSE TO ACCOMMODATE THE INCREASES OR DIFFERENCES IN POPULATION FROM THE LAST CENSUS.

AND I THINK THAT'S THE WAY TO APPROACH THAT.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'LL PROBABLY END UP DOING, BUT WE DO NEED THAT INPUT FROM PEOPLE.

SO I'LL GET DOWN OFF MY SOAP BOX.

NOPE, DEFINITELY.

I, YOU KNOW, I, I REMEMBER AFTER THIS WALKING PRECINCTS AND FIGURING OUT THAT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE CENSUS TRACKS WERE DRAWN, THAT LAKE LO SERRANO'S A MOBILE HOME PARK THAT LIKE ONE FIFTH OF IT WAS AN ARTS DISTRICT AND THE REST WAS IN MY DISTRICT AND IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE DOWN ONE LITTLE RANDOM STREET.

AND YOU KNOW, THAT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS CERTAINLY A PLACE OF, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY OF INTEREST.

SO I THINK THIS, THIS MAP SHOWS MY DISTRICT DISTRICT THREE, BEING ON THE EAST SIDE OF YOUR DISTRICT OVER IN FAIR FOR A RANCH, WHICH, AND I DON'T CURRENTLY GO ANYWHERE NEAR THE 71 FREEWAY.

SO NO, AND I THINK IT'S CERTAINLY, AND THIS IS AN INITIAL LOOK AT SOMETHING THAT WAS DONE BY A CONSULTANT.

SO WE, WE CERTAINLY WILL GIVE AS MUCH.

YES.

I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT AS WELL AS THAT.

UM, ONE THING THAT WE DIDN'T TOUCH ON IS THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE NOW TO HAVE SEVERAL PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SUCH A SHORT TIMEFRAME TO GET THEM IMPLEMENTED, BEING THAT WE HAVE VERY FEW MEETINGS BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME INFORMATION OUT THERE TO GET THIS THOUGHT PROCESS STARTED.

AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE DATA THAT WE NEED TO REALLY DO THE FINE WORK THAT WE WE NEED TO.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THIS MEETING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING IN, UM, JULY IN ORDER TO GET THE TWO PUBLIC, AT LEAST TO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS OUT OF THE WAY, BUT THE DATA THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO USE IT ISN'T UNTIL AUGUST UNTIL OCTOBER.

OKAY.

AND NEXT MEETING, INITIAL, INITIAL.

OKAY.

SO THE NEXT MEETING, NOTHING WILL BE, IT'LL BE THE SAME DATA, BUT I THINK IT'S, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT MY, I THINK, YOU KNOW, MY THOUGHT IS ALL THE, YOU KNOW,

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WE SHOULD LOOK AT WHERE THE, WHERE THE KIDS GO TO SCHOOL AS A COMMUNITY OF INTEREST, OR WE START GATHERING THAT INFORMATION AS FAR AS WHAT WE THINK ARE MORE LIENS OF INTEREST.

OKAY.

OKAY.

AND FOR CLARIFICATION, THAT'S WHY I'M MAKING THESE COMMENTS NOW, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING ON THIS ON THE 13TH OF JULY, TWO MEETINGS FROM NOW, AND NOTHING'S GOING TO BE ANY DIFFERENT.

SO WE DON'T GET THESE, THESE CONCERNS OR THESE OBSERVATIONS OUT THERE, THEN THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET SAID.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M BELABORING THE POINT AND PUTTING THAT STUFF OUT THERE.

NOW, IT JUST DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S GOING TO, YOU KNOW, PROPERLY REPRESENT THE PEOPLE COUNCIL MEMBER.

I KNOW THAT IN MY CURRENT DISTRICT, UM, EVERYTHING'S PRETTY MUCH LIKE A COMMUNITY IS STAYING INTACT.

UM, IT WOULD SEEM LIKE LOW-HANGING FRUIT FOR MY DISTRICT.

UM, THERE'S A PART THAT IS, UM, SOUTH OF SOCAL CANYON.

IT'S OVER LIKE PARTS OF TURN, WHICH IS LIKE, LIKE ARTS DISTRICT.

AND IT'S, IT'S AGAIN, IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHAT YOU HAVE WITH MOBILE HOME PARK.

IT'S NOT A LOT OF HOMES, BUT IT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD AND DYNAMICS AS FAR AS HOW OLD THE HOMES ARE AND WHAT SCHOOL THE KIDS GO TO.

SO THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS I KNOW FOR DISTRICT FIVE THAT I SEE THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE REMEDIED.

IS THAT, UM, I'M SORRY.

THE NORTHERN PART, THE NORTHERN PORTION OF MY DISTRICT JUST TO DRIVE THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET IS MY DISTRICT.

THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET IS CYNTHIA'S DISTRICT.

YEAH.

IT JUST, IT, I KNOW IT'S THE MAIN THOROUGHFARE BETWEEN PEYTON AND, AND, UH, UH, PIPELINE, BUT IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

SO THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, THE BETTER ROAD TO DO IT FOR, FOR NOW.

I MEAN, UNTIL FUTURE STUFF GETS DEVELOPED IS, WOULD BE A ROAD.

YEAH, EXACTLY.

IT SHOULD BE, WOULD BE ROAD.

WELL, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW THE NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE, YOU KNOW, THE AZURES AND THE ADAM, YOU KNOW, THE OLD, THE ONES THAT ARE NAMED AFTER ROCKS, THEN YOU HAVE THE PAINTERS.

SO YOU, YOU KNOW, THE STREET OR, YOU KNOW, THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO YEAH, AS LONG AS WE CAN HAVE THE PUBLIC, GET ENGAGED WITH THIS, AND WE CAN, YOU KNOW, FULLY THAT WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE THESE DISTRICTS TO LOOK LIKE.

I JUST THINK THIS IS SO EARLY IN THE PROCESS, IT'S JUST, THE PRESENTATION HAS BEEN MADE.

WE'VE CAST OFF THE BOAT.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE REALLY NEED TO DEBATE A WHOLE LOT, BUT IT DOES KIND OF CUE US UP TO THINK ABOUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE INPUT THE NEXT TIME.

WELL, AND WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO SCRAMBLE TO DO THIS JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER CITY IS, GEEZ, YOU HAVE THE REDISTRICTING COMMISSION FOR THE STATE.

THAT'S STARTING START.

I THINK THERE'S AN INLAND EMPIRE, UH, OR THAT THE CENSUS, UH, COMMISSION IS HOSTING AN INLAND EMPIRE MEETING TO TALK ABOUT WHETHER THE INLAND EMPIRE WANTS.

BUT ONCE AGAIN, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY DATA EITHER.

SO, YOU KNOW, I GUESS IT'S NICE TO CHECK THIS BOX, RIGHT? MADAM CITY CLERK BOX CHECKED.

OKAY, WONDERFUL.

WELL THEN WITH THAT, WE WILL WAIT TILL OUR NEXT MEETING.

COME ON.

SORRY.

I WAS SAYING, OKAY, SO WE'VE CLOSED THAT PUBLIC HEARING ANNOUNCEMENT OF ANY ACTIONS TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION.

THERE WAS NO REPORTABLE ACTION TAKING THE CLOSEUP EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE THAT.

AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS

[6. PUBLIC COMMENTS: At this time members of the public may address the City Council regarding any items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council, whether or not the item appears on the agenda, except testimony on Public Hearing items must be provided during those hearings. Please raise your hand via Zoom or dial *9 to be selected from the meeting cue. Individual audience participation is limited to three minutes per speaker.]

AT THIS TIME.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEMS WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE COUNCIL, WHETHER OR NOT THEY ITEM PEERS ON THE AGENDA, EXCEPT A PUBLIC ACCEPT TESTIMONY ON PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS, WHICH MUST BE PROVIDED DURING THOSE HEARINGS.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIA ZOOM OR DIAL STAR NINE TO BE SELECTED.

THE MEETING CUBE INDIVIDUAL AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.

OKAY.

WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF HANDS RAISED.

OUR FIRST PERSON IS JIM GALLAGHER.

ALRIGHT, GOOD EVENING, MR. GALLAGHER.

UH, HELLO AGAIN.

UM, THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY TESTIMONY.

I DON'T SEE THIS AS AN AGENDA ITEM, SO I THINK I WILL BRING IT UP HERE.

UH, IT'S IN REGARDS TO THE FIRST AMENDMENT FREE SPEECH AND THE, AND THE PUBLIC, UH, BOOTH THAT WE'RE SEEING ON PIPELINE, UH, WHEN YOU CONSIDER AN UPDATE TO THE CITY ORDINANCE, THAT REGARDS TO THE SIDEWALK VENDORS, I RECOGNIZE THAT WE'VE BEEN GRAPPLING WITH ADDRESSING FIRST AMENDMENT FREE SPEECH ISSUES ON OUR SIGN PLACEMENTS IN THIS CITY FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.

AND, AND YOU, I THINK HAVE PRODUCED A FAIR ORDINANCE THAT MEETS THAT FIRST AMENDMENT GUARANTEE.

SO I RECOGNIZE THAT I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT ALL VENDORS, INCLUDING HOME-BASED BUSINESSES IN OUR CITY MUST OBTAIN A BUSINESS PERMIT.

REGARDLESS IF THEY HAVE A BRICK AND MORTAR STOREFRONT, UH, CITY OFFICIALS ALSO RECOGNIZE SENATE BILL NINE 46, THAT ALLOWS FOR STREET VENDORS AND AUTHORIZES LOCAL CONTROL REGARDING THEIR EXISTENCE IN RELATION TO COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELFARE.

AND YOU, YOU DID ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IN THE LAST MEETING AND THEY ALSO ADDRESS THE PUBLIC SIDEWALK ACCESS REQUIREMENTS AND THE, AND THE ADA AND OTHER DISABILITY ACCESS STANDARDS.

AND I THINK THAT THE VENDOR DOES MEET ALL THESE STANDARDS.

I SEE THAT THERE'S AN ELEMENT THOUGH, TO SENATE BILL

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NINE 46, THAT STATES IN SECTION FIVE, ONE ZERO THREE EIGHT, REQUIRING THAT VENDORS MUST COMPLY WITH OTHER GENERALLY APPLICABLE LAWS.

AND THE ONE THAT I FOUND IN OUR ORDINANCES IS SECTION 1638, ZERO 70 ON PROHIBITED SIGNS.

AND IT READS THE FOLLOWING SIGNS ARE PROHIBITED IN ALL ZONING DISTRICTS, SIGNS THAT DISPLAY ANY STATEMENT OR A SYMBOL OF AN OBSCENE NATURE AS TO OFFEND THE PUBLIC MORALS OR DECENCY.

NOW, I KNOW THAT NUMEROUS RESIDENTS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE OFFENSIVE NATURE OF THE MATERIAL ON PUBLIC DISPLAY AT THIS VENDOR.

WE KNOW THESE OBSCENE AND MISOGYNISTIC WORDS ARE PROTECTED FREE SPEECH.

SO I'M NOT QUESTIONING THAT, BUT DON'T LOCAL COMMUNITY STANDARDS APPLY.

SO LET ME APPROACH THIS ANOTHER WAY, WHERE A LETTER WORDS EXIST, HUMAN SITE NEGATIVE AND MANY TIMES HATEFUL EMOTIONS.

WE'RE NOT, PRUDES, I'M NOT APPROVED.

WE ALL KNOW THEM.

MANY OF US EVEN USE THEM IN OUR DAILY DISCOURSES.

HOWEVER, WHY DOESN'T OUR CITY COUNCIL AND CITY OFFICIALS USE FOUR LETTER WORDS AND MITCH SUFJAN ETHICS STATEMENTS DURING PUBLIC MEETINGS, WIDE OWNER IN MANY CHURCH CLERGY USE FOUR LETTER WORDS DURING THEIR SERVICES.

WHY DON'T OUR EDUCATIONAL PROFESSIONALS AND BOARD MEMBERS AND OUR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS USE SWEAR WORDS.

WHY DOESN'T OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY DISPLAY FOUR-LETTER WORDS? SO THE ANSWER IS LOCAL COMMUNITY STANDARDS AND PROFESSIONAL NORMS. WE RECOGNIZE THAT SELECTED PRINT, MEDIA MOVIES, BROADCAST, AND MUSIC ALL COME UNDER APPROVED RATING SYSTEMS. AND THAT, THAT IS A RECOGNIZED SHIELD.

I RECOMMEND THAT WE DO SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.

THE SIDEWALK VENDOR ON PIPELINE HAS NONE OF THESE SHIELDS ARE DISPLAYED RATINGS.

THEY PROUDLY DISPLAY THEIR WARES FOR SALE.

THEY CAN AWESOME REALLY ABOUT THE CITY.

AND I THINK WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. GALLAGHER, LET ME MAKE A COMMENT.

UH, I SAW YOUR, YOUR PICTURE IN THE CHINO VALLEY CHAMPION OVER THE WEEKEND.

AND TRUTHFULLY, I WANT TO PERSONALLY COMMEND YOU FOR HAVING THE NERVE TO DO WHAT YOU DID BELIEVE IT OR NOT.

YOU KNOW, WE DON'T AGREE ON A LOT OF THINGS, BUT I AGREE IN MANY INSTANCES ON YOUR STANCE WITH RESPECT TO THAT PARTICULAR SIDEWALK VENDOR, OBVIOUSLY FOR BEING AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, I CAN NOT TAKE, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC, UH, VIEWS AND, AND, AND MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS LIKE YOU DO, UH, WITH RESPECT TO WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.

BELIEVE ME, NONE OF US UP ON THIS DIOCESE, UH, COMMAND OR AGREE WITH WHAT IS BEING DONE, BUT WE DO HAVE OUR HANDS TIED, BUT I DID WANT TO PUBLICLY, UH, THANK YOU FOR TAKING AND MAKING THE COMMITMENT TO SPEND THAT TIME OUT THERE AND PROTECT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE, UH, BEST WAY WE CAN, UH, GIVEN THE LIMITATIONS THAT WE DO HAVE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR EFFORTS.

I APPRECIATE IT.

I UNDERSTAND.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, SIR.

HAVE A GOOD EVENING.

ANY OTHER SPEAKERS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? YES.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LEWIS AS FAR AS THAT.

ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING, MR. ESPARZA.

HOLD ON ONE MOMENT.

HERE WE GO.

ALRIGHTY, MR. ESPARZA.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR COUNCIL.

UH, THANKS VERY MUCH FOR THE TIME.

YES.

UH, I WANTED TO BRING UP THE SUBJECT OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT AS WELL.

AND, UH, I HAVE TO RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE WITH MY FRIEND, JIM, UH, EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE PROVISIONS FOR UNACCEPTABLE SIGNAGE, THE CASE OF FREE SPEECH AND THE PARTICULAR SPEECH RELATED TO POLITICAL DISCUSSION ARE PROTECTED.

AND ANY CITY ORDINANCE THAT WE MIGHT DECIDE TO PASS WITH WOULD BE AN OPPOSITION TO THE CONSTITUTION.

I ALSO WANTED TO NOTE THAT, UH, IN MY POSTINGS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THAT IT IS A HIGH MAJORITY CONSENSUS BETWEEN THOSE PEOPLE THAT FOUND THESE PARTICULAR SITES, OBJECTIONABLE OR NOT.

IT WAS A MIXED, IT WAS A MIXED RESULT.

SOME FOLKS DIDN'T, SOME FOLKS DID NOT.

AND I THINK THAT'S A REFLECTION OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN TODAY'S SOCIETY IN THAT THESE WORDS ARE CHANGING, MEANING THESE WORDS ARE CHANGING THEIR ACCEPTABILITY.

AND I HAPPENED TO WATCH A, UH, A, A TV PROGRAM ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF THE F-WORD HISTORICALLY, WHICH WAS QUITE INTERESTING AND, AND EXEMPLIFIED BOTH THE NEGATIVE VIEWS AS WELL AS THE POSITIVE VIEWS THAT IT'S BEING IMPLEMENTED THESE DAYS.

SO I HAVE TO CAUTION THE COUNCIL AND CAUTION THE REST OF OUR CITIZENS.

THAT

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FREE SPEECH IS THERE TO PROTECT US ALL, WHETHER WE LIKE WHAT'S BEING SAID OR NOT, YOU CAN ALWAYS TURN AWAY.

YOU CAN ALWAYS IGNORE WHAT'S BEING SHOWN BY SOMEONE.

UH, AND I THINK ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION WAS THAT, UH, HAD THIS BEEN ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF MAYBE I WOULD HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION AND THAT'S NOT TRUE.

I SAW QUITE A FEW EXPLETIVES USED AGAINST MY PARTICULAR PREFERRED CANDIDATE QUITE SOME TIME AGO, AND I DIDN'T CRY ON THE COUNCIL.

I DIDN'T CRY THE PAPER.

I DIDN'T CRY AS A CITY.

I, I KNEW THAT WAS PROTECTED AND PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE.

SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT THE, UH, THE COUNCIL AND FOLKS LIKE JIM HAPPENED TO, UH, WANT TO SHARE.

THANKS.

THANKS AGAIN.

THANK YOU, MR. ESPARZA, HAVE A GOOD EVENING.

I DO NOT HAVE ANY OTHER HANDS RAISED AT THIS TIME.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH THEN WITH THAT.

UH, DO WE HAVE ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR ANY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA? OH, NOPE.

NOPE.

ALL RIGHT.

THEN WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE

[ 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 AND WE HAVE REVISED MINUTES FOR THE, UH, MAY 25TH COUNCIL MEETING.

THOSE HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED AND POSTED.

CORRECT.

ALL RIGHT.

SO WITH THAT, WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO PULL THEM OUT? ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ.

WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS WITH THAT ROLL CALL VOTE.

MAYOR JONES.

YES.

VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS PASSES FIVE ZERO.

FANTASTIC.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE DISCUSSION CALENDAR.

UH, THIS PORTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA IS FOR ALL MATTERS WHERE STAFF AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS ANTICIPATED.

PLEASE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIA ZOOM OR DIAL STAR NINE TO BE SELECTED FROM THE MEETING QUEUE INDIVIDUAL AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.

SO WE HAVE ITEM 17 RECEIVING

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

FILE CORONAVIRUS 2019.

COVID 19 UPDATE.

GOSH, I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL THESE ARE DONE.

I AGREE, MAYOR.

UM, I HAVE A BRIEF UPDATE FOR YOU TONIGHT.

UH, THE CITY CONTINUES TO PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY TO PROVIDE VACCINATION AND, UH, TESTING OPPORTUNITIES, UH, LOCALLY.

UM, THE, UH, NEXT SCHEDULED WEEK OF VACCINATION CLINICS WILL BE HELD, HELD AT THE MCCOY EQUESTRIAN CENTER, JUNE 7TH THROUGH JUNE 11TH.

UH, AND THEN, UH, WE HAVE, UH, TESTING ON AN ONGOING BASIS, UH, WITH THE NEXT, UH, EVENT BEING JUNE 16TH.

UH, ADDITIONALLY, JUST A COUPLE OTHER ITEMS, UH, IN ANTICIPATION OF ADDITIONAL ACCESS TO THE BUILDING AND STAFF RESOURCES.

WE'RE GOING TO BE, UH, UH, EXPANDING OUR, UH, PASSPORT PROCESSING, UH, UM, EFFECTIVE JULY 6TH.

SO RESIDENTS CAN COME IN IF THEY NEED TO GET THEIR PASSPORTS PROCESS.

AND THEN, UH, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UH, I ASK OUR RESIDENTS TO CONTINUE TO WATCH OUR WEBSITE FOR RECREATION CLASSES.

WE ARE, UH, UH, ROLLING BACK IN OUR CONTRACT CLASSES AND OUR CITY PROVIDED CLASSES AND, UH, THE LATEST AND GREATEST CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE.

AND THAT CONCLUDES THE CORONAVIRUS.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? YES, WE DO.

LOUIS, AS FAR AS.

ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING, MR. ESPARZA.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO GET, I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION, UM, AS THE THINGS GO BACK TO NORMAL AND, UH, WE ADVENTUROUSLY, WE'LL OPEN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS BACK TO THE PUBLIC DURING, UH, COUNCIL MEETINGS AND SUCH.

UM, ARE WE GOING TO ALSO CONTINUE DOING THE ZOOM MEETINGS AS, UH, AS A REGULAR, AS A REGULAR OPTION? I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S REALLY USEFUL.

I THINK FOLKS WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE OR AT LEAST SOME FOLKS WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE BEING ONLINE VERSUS IN-PERSON.

AND I'M HOPING THAT, UH, TO ADVOCATE FOR IT'S CONTINUOUS, UH, AS THINGS GET MORE AND MORE NORMAL.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THERE ARE NO OTHER HANDS RAISED.

ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 18 ESTABLISHED PROPERTY TAX AD HOC COMMITTEE AND APPOINT TWO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS

[18. Establish Property Tax ad hoc Committee and appoint two City Council Members to the committee]

TO THE COMMITTEE.

SO WE HAD IT, WE HAD IT, UM, MENTIONED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

I RAISED THIS ONE JUST TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF INCREASING OUR TAX BASIS, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 4% HISTORICALLY.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A, I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND TO CANDIDATES IF IT'S NOT TOO SOON TO DO SO, OR IF YOU WANT TO.

SO LET'S TAKE, AND WE'LL TAKE IT FROM THE FLOOR.

LET'S GO COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT.

THAT WAS HIS PROFESSION, PROPERTY TAX.

AND HE EXPRESSED SOME INTEREST LAST TIME AROUND WHEN THE SUBJECT WAS BROACHED.

AND I THINK YOU WOULD BE WITH F WITH YOUR POSITION CURRENTLY, AND ALSO WITH YOUR HISTORY OF HAVING WORKED FOR THE COUNTY AT ONE

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TIME.

YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY APPROPRIATE TO BE WELL FOR YOU TWO TO BE THE TWO MEMBERS THAT REPRESENT, UH, OUR CITY COUNCIL AS AN AD HOC COMMITTEE.

OKAY.

THAT MOTION.

THAT'S A MOTION.

ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

YES.

MAYOR JOE'S YES.

VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS.

YES.

MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.

AND I HOPE WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIND OUR COUNTY SUPERVISOR'S OFFICE.

I DO NOT SEE ANY HANDS RAISED.

YOU HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS.

SO WITH THAT, WE WILL BE MOVING ON TO THE PUBLIC HEARING THIS PORTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDAS FOR ALL MATTERS ILLEGALLY REQUIRE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC'S INPUT.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIA ZOOM OR DIAL STAR NINE.

BE SELECTED FROM THE MEETING QUEUE INDIVIDUAL AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS ENCOURAGED AND LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.

SO WITH THAT, WE WILL TAKE ITEM

[19. Adopt resolutions confirming Engineer's Reports for Chino Hills' Los Serranos Lighting Maintenance District, Vellano Landscaping and Lighting District, Landscape and Lighting District No. 1, and Special Maintenance Areas 1 and 2, ordering levy and collection of assessments, respectively]

19 ADOPT RESOLUTIONS, CONFIRMING ENGINEER'S REPORT FOR CHINO HILLS, LOW SERRANO'S MAINTENANCE DISTRICT, VELANO LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING DISTRICT LANDSCAPING, LIGHTING DISTRICTS, ONE AND SPECIAL MAINTENANCE AREAS.

ONE AND TWO IN ORDER, ORDERING LEVY AND COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS.

RESPECTIVELY, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS ANNUALLY, THE CITY CONDUCTS LABRIE PORT TO STUDY THE OPERATIONAL COST FOR THE VARIOUS DISTRICTS AND SPECIAL MAINTENANCE AREAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

WE USE THAT DATA TO ASSESS OR TO MODIFY THE LEVY ASSESSMENTS FOR THAT UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.

THIS YEAR, WE ARE LOOKING AT FOR VARIOUS DISTRICTS AND SPECIAL MAINTENANCE AREAS.

THE FIRST ONE IS A LOW TORONTO'S LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT.

THIS DISTRICT WAS ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE OF STREETLIGHTS THROUGHOUT THE LOS RONALD'S NEIGHBORHOOD.

CURRENTLY THE ASSESSMENT IS $58 AND ZERO AND 8 CENTS PER YEAR.

AND WE ARE NOT PROPOSING ANY INCREASES THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR AT THE SECOND, AS OF ILANA LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING DISTRICT.

THIS PROVIDES MAINTENANCE FOR STREET LIGHTS, PARKS, OPEN SPACE AND VARIOUS SHOOT IMPROVEMENTS.

THIS IS A CURRENT ASSESSMENT IS $1,139 AND 16 CENTS PER YEAR.

WE ARE BASED OUR UPCOMING PROPOSED OPERATIONAL COSTS.

WE ARE PROPOSING A 5% INCREASE FOR THE $6 AND 96 CENTS INCREASING IT FOR A TOTAL OF $1,196 AND 12 CENTS PER YEAR.

THE NEXT ONE HAS A CHINO HILLS LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING DISTRICT.

NUMBER ONE, SIMILAR TO VOLUNTELL.

THIS, THIS COST, THIS LEVY IS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF PARKS, STREETLIGHTS OPEN SPACE AND LANDSCAPING.

WE HAVE VARIOUS ZONES WITHIN THE LIGHTING DISTRICT.

EACH ZONE HAS A DIFFERENT ASSESSMENT, BUT WE ARE NOT PROPOSING ANY INCREASES TO THIS ASSESSMENT.

AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE A SPECIAL MAINTENANCE AREAS, ONE AND TWO SPECIAL MAINTENANCE AREA.

ONE COVERS ALL OF OUR STREET SLEEPING COSTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT ZONES.

WE HAVE A COMMERCIAL ZONE, WHICH IS $51 AND 71 CENTS PER PER PARCEL.

WE HAVE THE NONCOMMERCIAL PARCEL, EXCUSE ME, FEE, WHICH IS $2 AND 34 CENTS PER PARCEL.

AND WE HAVE THE LOCAL SLASH RESIDENTIAL FEE, WHICH IS $9 AND 26 CENTS PER PARCEL.

AND WE ARE NOT PROPOSING ANY INCREASES TO THIS ASSESSMENT.

AND THAT LASTLY, WE HAVE SPECIAL MAINTENANCE AREA, TWO, WHICH PROVIDES THE MAINTENANCE OF ROADS FOR THE SLEEPY HOLLOW AREA.

THAT ASSESSMENT IS CURRENTLY AT $42 PER IMPROVED PARCEL AND $24 PER UNIMPROVED PARCEL.

AND LIKEWISE, WE ARE NOT PROPOSING ANY INCREASED ASSESSMENTS FOR THAT MAINTENANCE AREA.

THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MR. AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO OPEN, WAS IT $55? LOST? RONALD SAYS $58 AND 8 CENTS 58.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

THIS TIME I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, WE DO.

LOUIS' BARSA ALL RIGHT, MR. ESPARZA, UH, THANKS MR. MAYOR.

SORRY TO HOG THE MICROPHONE THIS TIME.

UM, CAN I, CAN YOU, CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN WHY THE, UH, ONE PARTICULAR ITEM WAS LIKE $1,100 VERSUS THE REST, WHICH ARE LIKE IN THE 50, $60 RANGE? I'M NOT SURE WHY THAT DISPARITY, IF THAT COULD BE EXPLAINED, I'D BE, I APPRECIATE IT IN THE AMOUNT OF THE, UH, AND THE AMOUNT OF THE LEVIES ON THE PROPERTIES.

YEAH.

OKAY.

WHY, WHY IS ONE SO HIGH PER YEAR? WHY IS THE OTHERS, YOU KNOW, IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD? YES, SIR.

OKAY.

THE, WITH THE BALANO ALL-IN-ALL DISTRICT, WE HAVE, THAT'S A NEWER DISTRICT.

WE HAVE A MUCH LARGER IMPROVEMENT AREA.

WE HAVE GREATER AMENITIES AS COMPARED TO THE CHINO HILLS ALLENDALE DISTRICT ONE AND SPECIAL MAINTENANCE AREAS.

THOSE WERE ESTABLISHED BACK IN PRIOR TO THE CITY BEING INCORPORATED.

WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO INCREASE THE PREVIOUS DISTRICT

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ASSESSMENTS BECAUSE OF PROP TWO 18.

SO THOSE HAVE NOT GONE UP SO THAT THERE'S MORE AMENITIES IN THE, IN VELANO ONE VERSUS THE OTHER ONES.

EXCUSE ME.

THERE'S MORE AMENITIES THAT ARE MORE AMENITIES, CORRECT? YES.

YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

ARE WE CURRENTLY SUBSIDIZING THE ONES THAT ARE AT THE LOWER AMOUNT? YES, WE ARE.

WE ARE SUBSIDIZING CHINO HILLS LANDSCAPE LIGHTING LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING DISTRICT ONE AND SPECIAL MAINTENANCE AREAS WENT INTO, WOULD YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD AND AMOUNT OF THAT SUBSIDY? I CAN LOOK IT UP VERY BRIEFLY.

THIS IS JUST FOR THE RECORD, CAUSE I WANTED TO BE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS IT.

AND THIS IS ONE OF THE VERY REASONS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT AND CONTINUE TO DISCUSS THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO DO A REVIEW OF THE ENTIRE L AND L'S BECAUSE WE SUBSIDIZE THEM THIS YEAR.

I BELIEVE IT WAS A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLAR.

SO, UM, UH, CHRIS HAS GOT THE BIG BOOK OF NUMBERS RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, APPROXIMATELY A $1.7 MILLION OF GENERAL FUND DOLLARS FOR THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.

OKAY.

AND THAT'S WHY THOSE FEES ARE SO LOW BECAUSE THEY'RE LOCKED IN.

YES.

OKAY.

HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS LEWIS.

THIS QUESTION.

ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO, THERE ARE NOT VERY GOOD TO THAT.

AND WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES? NOPE.

NO MOTION TO APPROVE.

I, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT.

YOU HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS, MAYOR BENNETT MAYOR.

JOE'S SO SORRY FOR JOE'S VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN.

YES.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.

ALL RIGHT.

BUT THAT WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO ITEM 19

[20. Adopt resolutions adopting Fiscal Year 2021-22 Budget and establishing Fiscal Year 2021-22 Appropriation Limits for City of Chino Hills and Community Facilities District Nos. 10 and 2015-1]

ADOPT RESOLUTIONS ADOPTING FISCAL YEAR 2021, 2022 BUDGET AND ESTABLISH FISCAL YEAR 2021, 2022 APPROPRIATIONS LIMITS FOR THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES, DISTRICTS NUMBERS ONE AND 2015 DASH ONE.

SO I BELIEVE THAT WAS MEANT.

NUMBER 20, JUST FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

I AM 10 ITEMS, 10 AND 2015 DASH ONE.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL RESIDENTS, UH, UH, IN ATTENDANCE, UH, I AM GOING TO GIVE A OVERVIEW OF OUR, UH, BUDGET PACKAGE.

UH, THIS MATERIAL WAS GONE THROUGH BY THE COUNCIL AT OUR MAY 25TH, UH, BUDGET WORKSHOP OVER THE COURSE OF A COUPLE HOURS.

UH, WHAT'S WHAT'S DESIGNED TODAY IS TO, TO GIVE A SYNOPSIS OF THE, OF THE MAJOR, UH, BUDGETARY POINTS.

UH, I ALWAYS LIKE TO ENCOURAGE ANY RESIDENTS OUT THERE WHO WANT TO KNOW MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE BUDGET, FEEL FREE TO GIVE THE CITY MANAGER OR THE CITY FINANCE DIRECTOR, A CALL, AND WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GO THROUGH EVEN MORE DETAIL CAUSE WE LOVE THIS STUFF.

SO, ALL RIGHT, KICKING THINGS OFF.

UH, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HIGHLIGHT TWO THINGS, UH, PRESENTED ON THIS SLIDE, UH, FIRST, UH, TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPACTS OF COVID-19 ON OUR OPERATIONS, BUT ALSO TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT WHILE WE ARE CONSIDERING A ANNUAL BUDGET TODAY, THE PROCESS THAT THE CITY ENTERTAINS IS A REVIEW OF THAT BUDGET AND THOSE GOALS AND WORK PLAN QUARTERLY.

SO WHAT THIS SHOWS FOR THE PUBLIC IS IN OUR FIRST QUARTER, UH, WE, UH, ADJUSTED OUR OPERATIONS TO, UH, REDUCE PASSPORT SERVICES AND THE REVENUE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, UH, BECAUSE OF THE FACILITY CLOSURES AND THE, UH, RESTRICTIONS ON, UH, RECREATION ACTIVITIES, THERE WAS REDUCED REVENUE.

UH, AND THEN, UH, WE ALSO HAD A WINDFALL WITH A COUPLE, UH, KARA ZACH'S, UH, UH, DOLLARS GIVEN TO THE CITY, UH, BY THE STATE AND THE COUNTY.

UH, WE MADE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE BUDGET IN THE FIRST QUARTER.

AND OUR SECOND QUARTER, WE ALSO LOOKED EXPENDITURES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CARES ACT, UH, GRANTS, UH, ADDITIONAL FACILITY CLOSURE IMPACTS.

AND THEN, UH, WE RECORDED THE LOSS OF REVENUE ASSOCIATED WITH THE STREET SWEEPING.

UH, AND THEN IN THE THIRD QUARTER WE ALSO MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR, UH, ANTICIPATED, UH, PROPERTY TAXES.

UH, WE HAD LEGAL COSTS THAT WE ADJUSTED AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A REVENUE ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, CHANGES TO THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND THEN A FACILITIES CLOSURE ALL IN ALL.

THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE FOR THE PUBLIC OF HOW, WHILE WE ADOPT A BUDGET IN JUNE, UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT IT, UH, ALL THE TIME AND MAKING ADJUSTMENTS AS,

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AS NECESSARY.

UH, I ALWAYS LIKE TO SHOW OFF OUR ORG CHART, UH, MAINLY BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS WHO MAY NOT KNOW HOW THE CITY OPERATES.

IF THEY WANT TO CONTACT A DEPARTMENT ABOUT AN INDIVIDUAL, UH, PROCESS.

UH, THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE FUNCTIONS ARE IN A CITY AND IT'LL HELP YOU OUT.

BUT I ALSO LIKE TO SHOWCASE THIS BECAUSE IT, IT, IT EXPLAINS SORT OF THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS THAT GOVERNS THE CITY.

OUR CITIZENS ARE AT THE TOP OF THE PYRAMID FOR A REASON BECAUSE THEY ELECT OUR CITY COUNCIL.

OUR CITY COUNCIL PROVIDES POLICY DIRECTION TO STAFF, AND THEN ALL OF THE DIFFERENT BULLET POINTS UNDERNEATH ARE THE WORK THAT WE DO UNDER THAT POLICY, THE DIRECTION, UH, WHEN YOU, YEAH, LOOK AT THE CITY'S BUDGET, WE TYPICALLY DISCUSS IT INTO CHUNKS ARE OUR TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE OR EXPENDITURES, WHICH HAS ALL ASPECTS OF THE CITY.

UH, AND OUR GENERAL FUND BRIEFLY GOING OVER TOTAL REVENUES, YOU CAN SEE THAT A COUPLE MAJOR SLICES OF THE PIE ARE, UH, RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR REVENUE.

OUR PROPERTY TAXES ARE 22% OF THAT $137 MILLION, WHICH IS EVERYTHING FROM YOUR PERSONAL PROPERTY.

TAXES ARE LNL ASSESSMENTS, STREET SWEEPING.

AND, UH, THE, LIKE OUR SALES AND USE TAX IS 6% OF THAT, ONE 37.

UH, AND WE'VE SEEN, UH, THIS IS ONE AREA THAT AS OUR BUSINESSES COME BACK, OUR RESTAURANTS AND ALL THE SALES TAX DRIVEN BY THOSE OPERATIONS THAT WILL HELP THE CITY WITH ADDITIONAL REVENUE AND THEN, UH, CHARGES FOR SERVICE, WHICH, UH, PRIMARILY OUR WATER AND SEWER, UH, FUNCTIONS, UH, THOSE THREE ALONE ACCOUNT FOR ROUGHLY 70% OF THE REVENUE THAT COMES INTO THE CITY, UH, CORRESPONDINGLY THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES, UH, FOR THIS YEAR'S BUDGET IS $147 MILLION.

I ALWAYS POINT OUT TO THE PUBLIC CAUSE IT'S SOMETHING I HAVE TO GO THROUGH IN MY HEAD ALSO, IS THAT THE REASON THE EXPENDITURES ARE HIGHER THAN THE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR IS BECAUSE THERE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE SPILL OVER MULTI, MULTIPLE YEARS AND WE ACCUMULATE REVENUE FOR MULTIPLE YEARS.

AND THEN THIS JUST SHOWS THE WORK PLAN FOR THIS YEAR, UH, EXAMPLES, UH, FORUM, UH, THIS, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THOSE FUNDS ARE BEING SPENT, UH, BY DEPARTMENT, THE CITY MANAGERS DEPARTMENT REPRESENTING 21%.

THE LION'S SHARE OF THAT PORTION, UH, WHICH IS, UH, IS WITH OUR PUBLIC SAFETY CONTRACT WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, REPRESENTING 16 MILLION OF THAT.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, OUR PUBLIC WORKS OPERATION, UH, AT 43%, WHICH IX, UH, SHOWS ALL OF THE WORK BEING DONE IN OUR WATER, SEWER, UH, PARKS, STREETS, ALL OF THE, UH, PROGRAMMING.

UH, THERE, I THINK IT'S ALSO NOTEWORTHY THAT, UH, 5% OF OUR, UH, TOTAL EXPENDITURES GO TOWARD COMMUNITY SERVICES.

IN ESSENCE.

UH, I SEE THIS AS THE INVESTMENT, THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY MAKES IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE CITY, UH, WHILE OUR TOTAL OPERATING IS ONE 37 REVENUE, ONE 47, UH, EXPENDITURES, OUR GENERAL FUND IS MORE, UH, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THE CITY HAS COMPLETE CONTROL OVER, UH, THAT TAKES OUT A LOT OF THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS, UH, AND REALLY GETS DOWN TO, UH, THE CORE, UH, DISCRETIONARY AREAS FOR THE CITY, UH, PROPERTY TAXES ACCOUNT FOR 36% OF THAT, UH, 46, ALMOST $47 MILLION.

UH, AGAIN, THE VEHICLE LICENSE FEES THAT YOU PAY, THE, WHAT YOU PAY FOR YOUR SECURED PROPERTY AND UNSECURED PROPERTY, MAKE-UP THE PROPERTY TAX, UH, COMPONENT, UH, SALES AND USE TAX IS AN 18%.

UH, AND THEN, UM, I WANTED TO CALL OUT THAT, UH, ONLY 2% OF THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE COMES FROM TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX.

BUT AS OUR VOTERS KNOW, UH, IN THE LAST ELECTION, UH, THEY ALLOWED THE TOT AS WE CALL A TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX RATE TO BE RAISED, TO BE CLOSER TO WHAT THE MARKET IS FOR TOT.

AND SO EVEN WITH THAT, WE'RE PROJECTING THAT IT'LL STILL BE A SMALL PORTION, BUT AT LEAST IT STARTS TO CHARGE, UH, TO THOSE VISITORS AT OUR HOTELS, A RATE THAT'S COMMENSURATE WITH WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE, IN THE GENERAL MARKET.

UM, MOVING ON TO WHERE THE REVENUE IS SPENT.

AGAIN, THIS

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IS A BALANCED BUDGET REPRESENTING THE REVENUE AND, UH, EXPENDITURES EQUALING OUT AGAIN, UH, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE BEING THE LARGEST, UH, SLICE OF THIS PIE, HALF OF IT, UH THAT'S BECAUSE THE $16 MILLION WE SPEND ON LAW ENFORCEMENT IS, IS IN THIS, UH, BUDGET SLICE.

AND THEN, UH, AND THEN, SORRY, UH, ALSO LOOKING AT PUBLIC WORKS OPERATIONS.

THIS IS, UH, ANY PUBLIC WORK OPERATION THAT'S OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, BUT NOT, UH, IN OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS MORE ALONG THE LINES OF OUR FACILITIES AND, UH, UH, PARKS AND LANDSCAPING, UH, OPERATIONS, UH, AND A VERY, VERY PROUD AREA FOR THE CITY IS OUR GENERAL FUND RESERVES, UH, WITH A $46.9 MILLION, UH, GENERAL FUND.

WE HAVE $47 MILLION, UH, SET ASIDE IN RESERVES.

WE ALWAYS DESCRIBE THIS IN THE COMMON VERNACULAR AS OUR RAINY DAY FUND.

UH, AND THEN WE'VE GOT THIS, UH, UH, REVENUE EARMARKED OR THIS, THE SAVINGS EARMARKED FOR, UH, UH, GENERAL USES AND UNRESTRICTED REPRESENTING 78% OF THE 47 MILLION.

UH, WE HAVE A NEW SLICE TO THIS PIE ADVANCES, WHICH REPRESENTS THE MONEY WE LOAN TO OURSELVES TO PURCHASE THE, UH, UH, THE STREETLIGHTS, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND AS WE CAPTURE THE SAVINGS, WE WILL THEN, UH, REPAY OURSELVES AND THAT WILL BE REFLECTED IN THE UNRESTRICTED SLICE.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, UH, MONEY SET ASIDE FOR PENSION OBLIGATIONS, UH, FLUCTUATIONS IN OUR GENERAL LIABILITY INSURANCE.

UH, IT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT OUR CITY IS VERY, VERY, UM, UH, GOOD STEWARDS OF THE MONEY THAT COMES IN, UH, THROUGH OUR REVENUE.

AND WE'VE SET ASIDE FOR UNFORESEEN, UH, EXPENDITURES FOR FUTURE AMENITIES AND, AND, AND THE LIKE, AND SO, UH, IT'S ALWAYS POINTED OUT BY THE COUNCIL THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT A 78% WHEN YOU ADD IN THE ADVANCES, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT ROUGHLY 85% UNRESTRICTED, UH, RESERVES, UH, MANY CITIES, UH, WOULD HAVE POLICIES OR AT LEAST FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT HAVING A 20, YOU KNOW, 25% RESERVE, SOME HAVE 10%, YOU KNOW, REQUIREMENTS.

I THINK THIS HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE, UH, UH, SAFETY NET FOR THE CITY, BUT IT ALSO JUST SHOWS THAT THE STEWARDSHIP OVER THE YEARS FOR, UH, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE SPEND OUR MONEY WISELY.

UH, WE HAVE A FEW PERSONNEL CHANGES PLANNED, UH, FOR THE YEAR.

UH, IN A NUTSHELL, UH, THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS RUNS A PRETTY LEAN SHOP.

UH, WE HAVE, UH, UH, WHAT I THINK IS A VERY CONSCIENTIOUS, UH, STRONG STAFF.

UH, THE CHANGES REPRESENTED IN BUDGET ARE REALLY DESIGNED PRIMARILY TO MATCH UP SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE TEAM MEMBERS WITH, UH, AN APPROPRIATE JOB CLASS.

I, IN OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, WE'RE LOOKING TO FUND A POSITION THAT'S BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR A WHILE, BUT VACANT, UH, IN OUR PLANNING MANAGER POSITION.

AND THEN, UH, WE WILL FILL THAT INTERNALLY FROM OUR, UH, SENIOR PLANNER, UH, POSITION.

UH, AND THAT WAY WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROMOTE SOMEONE INTERNALLY, UH, AND ADD ADDITIONAL, UH, LAYERS OF DECISION-MAKING, UH, IN THE, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OPERATION, PRIMARILY DUE TO A LOT OF ACTIVITY THAT WE HAVE, UH, RELATED TO DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN, UH, LEGISLATION THAT REQUIRES DECISION-MAKING AND TO BE MADE RATHER QUICKLY.

SO THIS WILL, UH, PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR US.

UH, SIMILARLY, WE'RE LOOKING TO RECLASS, UH, ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES SUPERVISORS TO A SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES SUPERVISOR AND REFLECT OF THE, UH, UH, WORK THAT, UH, THAT INDIVIDUAL IS ABLE TO DO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND TO MATCH, UH, THEIR EFFORTS WITH AN APPROPRIATE JOB TITLE.

AND THEN IN OUR PUBLIC WORKS ARENA, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT RECLASSING, A MANAGEMENT ANALYST TO A SENIOR.

UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO DO SOME, UH, FINANCE, UH, UH, CHANGES, UH, SOME, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, FOR OUR PRINCIPAL MANAGEMENT ANALYST AND WHERE THOSE COSTS ARE ASSOCIATED.

AND THEN ALSO FOR OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM.

UH, IN SUMMARY, YOU CAN TELL THAT AGAIN, UH, OUR CURRENT STAFFING LEVEL IS AT 145 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES.

WE'RE PROPOSING TO DROP DOWN TO ONE 44 THROUGH THE FUNDING OF A POSITION AND THE ELIMINATION

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OF ONE.

AND THEN OUR, UH, PERMANENT PART-TIME POSITIONS WILL REMAIN AT NINE, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC.

THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO, UH, WORK PART-TIME HOURS, BUT THEY HAVE BENEFITS.

AND, UH, WITH THE CITY, WE ALSO HAVE PART-TIME EMPLOYEES, UH, THAT AREN'T REPRESENTED HERE, UH, BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS, UH, AGAIN, UH, IT'S WORTH CALLING OUT THAT OUR UNRESTRICTED FUND, UH, BALANCE ALSO, UH, CALLED OUR RESERVES IS SITTING AT $36 MILLION, UH, AND, UH, WHICH REPRESENTS 78% OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR TOTAL, UH, FUND BALANCE, WHICH INCLUDES SOME OF THE RESTRICTIONS, WE'RE LOOKING AT 101%, UH, WHEN COMPARED TO GENERAL FUND AT 47.1 MILLION, UH, AS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT, UH, POINTED OUT, UH, WE HAVE AN ISSUE THAT TENDS TO GROW EVERY YEAR.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, STAFF HAS ALREADY, UH, BEEN UNPACKING, WHICH IS OUR LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING DISTRICT, UH, SUBSIDIES, UH, PROJECTED FOR THIS YEAR TO BE AT $1.7 MILLION.

UH, WHEN WE GO TO THE NEXT TWO SLIDES FROM NOW, AND LOOK AT OUR FIVE-YEAR FORECAST, YOU'LL GET ANOTHER PICTURE OF HOW THAT WILL GROW IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO, UH, FIND WAYS TO INCREASE REVENUE, UH, THERE, WHICH WOULD TAKE A VOTE OF THE CITIZENRY.

UH, ADDITIONALLY, UH, WHEN I POINTED OUT THAT WE HAVE A 5% OF OUR TOTAL BUDGET INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITY SERVICES, THAT'S ROUGHLY $5.7 MILLION.

THAT'S PAID BY THE, UH, GENERAL FUND, ULTIMATELY THERE'S REVENUE ASSOCIATED WITH OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES OPERATION, BUT IT DOESN'T RECOVER THE FULL COST.

AND SO IT'S REFLECTED AS A SUBSIDY BECAUSE WE ISOLATE I'LL CALL IT OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES FUN, UH, FROM THE GENERAL FUND, SO THAT WE ARE ALWAYS, UH, TRANSPARENTLY SHOWING THE INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITY SERVICES.

AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A SUBSIDY, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH STREET SWEEPING THE STREET SWEEPING REVENUE, WHICH WAS, UH, IDENTIFIED, UH, IN OUR, UH, PRIOR PRESENTATION ALSO AS RESTRICTED BY, UH, PROP TWO 18.

SO IT'S DIFFICULT FOR US TO RAISE THAT.

UH, WE ALWAYS LIKE TO POINT OUT, UH, THAT, UH, WE GET A INCREDIBLE, UH, INVESTMENT, UH, AND RETURN IN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY THROUGH WORKING WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, UH, $16.6 MILLION SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY, BUT WHEN WE COMPARE IT TO WHAT, UH, OTHER, UH, UH, OPERATIONS ARE, IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD VALUE.

IT'S, UH, ROUGHLY $700,000, MORE EXPENSIVE THAN LAST YEAR, BUT WAGES AND LIABILITY EXPOSURE CONTINUE TO GROW, BUT IT'S STILL, UH, IS A, A TRUE VALUE TO THE CITY.

THEN THE CREDIT THAT WE GET AGAINST THAT ALSO THOUGH THAT'S TRUE.

AND SO, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A 16.6 MILLION TOTAL, UH, COST, UH, WE HAVE A SMALL OPERATION OUT OF OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, UH, THAT SERVES, UH, UNINCORPORATED COUNTY AREAS NEARBY.

AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, UH, PAYS US, UH, ROUGHLY HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE USE OF OUR STATION.

AND SO THAT REDUCES OUR, OUR TOTAL COSTS TO ROUGHLY $16 MILLION.

AND THEN, UH, WHICH I'LL GO INTO IT A LITTLE MORE DETAIL SHORTLY, OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, THE, UH, INVESTMENTS WE MAKE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, UH, IN STREETS AND PARKS AND FACILITIES, UH, IS GOING TO BE $11 MILLION, UH, FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR.

SO THIS FIVE-YEAR OUTLOOK, UH, SHOWS FOR THE GENERAL FUND, UH, WHAT OUR PROJECTIONS ARE FOR OPERATING REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES OVER TIME.

UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THIS CHART, YOU'LL SEE THAT 47 MILLION BECOMES 46 MILLION IN CHANGE, UH, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THE INCREASES IN OPERATING REVENUE DON'T COVER ALL OF THE EXPENDITURES, ESPECIALLY THE SUBSIDY TO LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING.

AND THEN, UH, THAT DECLINE IN FUND BALANCE ACCELERATES DRAMATICALLY AS WE GO OUT TOWARD THE FINAL FIVE-YEAR OF 2025, 26, UM, SKIPPING TO ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THIS SLIDE.

YOU CAN SEE THE SUBSIDY TO LANDSCAPE IN LIGHTING GROWS FROM $1.7 MILLION TO 2.5 TO 2.6 AND ULTIMATELY 3.1 MILLION, UH, STAFF WILL BE BRINGING TO THE CITY COUNCIL, SOME, UH, DISCUSSION AND OPTIONS RELATED TO HOW WE MIGHT WANT TO OFFSET THAT SUBSIDY THROUGH OTHER TAX MEASURES.

AND THAT'LL BE PUBLIC DISCUSSION TO BE HELD

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IN THE FUTURE AND IDEALLY AT A, AT A RE UPCOMING ELECTION PERIOD.

ALL RIGHT, TO BRIEFLY GO OVER OUR CIP PROGRAM OR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BUDGET.

UH, LAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF EVEN THOUGH WITH, UH, COVID RESTRICTIONS, SEVERAL, UH, NOTEWORTHY PROJECTS WERE COMPLETED, UH, HOLLOW RUN, UH, NATURE PARK.

WE RECEIVED A TREE GRANT THAT ALLOWED US TO PUT $200,000 INTO THAT PARK.

ANOTHER 300,000 AT THE STRICKLING NATURE PARK, UH, CARBON CANYON LIQUOR STORE WAS PURCHASED BY THE CITY AND THEN DEMOLISHED, UH, TO CLEAR THE PROPERTY.

AND THEN WE'VE HAD A SEWER WORK.

THERE ARE SEVERAL STREET PROJECTS HERE.

UH, AGAIN, ALL OF THIS DETAIL WAS GONE THROUGH, UH, AT THE WORKSHOP.

I'M JUST KIND OF BLOWING THROUGH IT QUICKLY JUST TO GIVE THE PUBLIC A GLIMPSE INTO THE MOVING PARTS BEHIND OUR BUDGET.

UH, YOU CAN SEE THIRD BULLET POINT DOWN THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE $1.5 MILLION WORTH OF STREET IMPROVEMENTS.

THERE WAS NEARLY A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST, UH, INVESTED IN LOW SERRANO'S, UH, TO PERFORM, UH, STREET SIDEWALK, CURB, AND GUTTER, AND LIGHT, UH, ENHANCEMENTS, UH, AT THE BOTTOM, YOU'LL SEE PHASE ONE FOR WOODVIEW ROAD REHAB IN THE CURRENT BUDGET.

WE HAVE A PHASE TWO OF THAT PROJECT.

UM, WE'RE CONSTANTLY WORKING ON OUR SIDEWALKS TWO IN 200 AND TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS LISTED HERE.

UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR PROPOSED CIP BUDGET BY PROJECT FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT HALF OF THE $11 MILLION WILL GO TOWARD A VARIETY OF STREET PROJECTS.

UH, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE WITH OUR STORM DRAINS AND SEWER PROGRAM, AND THEN ALSO, UH, WATER, UH, MOVING TO, UH, I'LL HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF OUR PROPOSED NEW PROJECTS, UH, AND I'LL GO EVEN FASTER THROUGH THESE, UH, ENGLISH SPRINGS PARK.

WE'RE LOOKING TO UPGRADE THE SIDEWALK AND PATHS OF TRAVEL THERE.

WE'RE BRINGING A PICKLE BALL, UH, COURT TO VELANO PARK.

UH, WE'RE GOING TO ADD SOME MONUMENTS SIGNS SO THAT EVERY ONE KNOWS THE GREAT CITY THEY'RE ENTERING INTO OFF OF GRAND AVENUE.

UH, OUR SANITATION, UH, LIFT STATIONS AND ALL THE, UH, SOLID WASTE PIPES, UH, IMPLEMENTING OUR SCADA SYSTEM WILL ADD, UH, ELECTRONIC FEEDBACK SO THAT WE CAN BETTER MONITOR, UH, THOSE, UH, UH, THOSE, UH, CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PRO UH, PRO RESOURCES, UH, OUR EUCALYPTUS AVENUE STORM DRAIN.

THIS IS THE OPEN DITCH I WOULD CALL IT, UH, OFF OF EUCALYPTUS NEAR BOYS' REPUBLIC.

UH, BOYS' REPUBLIC.

WE'VE GOT A $2 MILLION INVESTMENT IN CLOSING THAT AND MAKING IT A, A STORM DRAIN, UH, CHANNEL RATHER THAN THE CURRENT STRUCTURE.

AND THEN, UH, LASTLY, I THINK IT'S NOTE WORTHY ON THIS PAGE TO TALK ABOUT THE CARBON CANYON ROAD WIDENING PROJECT FOR HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.

WE'RE PARTNERING, PARTNERING WITH CALTRANS TO IMPROVE, IMPROVE THE QUEUING, UH, ON CARBON CANYON ROADS SO THAT ANYONE TRAVELING OFF CHP WOULD HAVE MORE OF A STACKING AND STAGING AREA ON CARBON CANYON ROAD AS THEY ENTER INTO THAT, UH, AREA.

SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOME MORE PROPOSED PROJECTS ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN THE, THE STREETS LIST.

I WANT TO CALL OUT THAT WE CONTINUE TO INVEST IN OUR CITY INFRASTRUCTURE ON SIDEWALKS, ANOTHER $225,000, ANOTHER ONE AND A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS FOR STREET IMPROVEMENTS.

YOU SEE THE, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STREET LIST, THE WOODVIEW ROAD REHAB PROJECT AT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR PHASE TWO, AND THEN, UH, NOTEWORTHY IN OUR WATER PROGRAM.

WE'RE LOOKING TO ADD, UH, GENERATORS AND SOME, UH, UH, A TRANSFER SWITCH TO THE TUNE OF 800,000 THAT WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL BACKUP, POWER AND FUNCTIONALITY FOR OUR WATER PROGRAM.

SHOULD THERE BE POWER OUTAGES? AND I KNOW I WENT THROUGH THAT VERY QUICKLY.

I KNOW THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN THROUGH THIS IN A LOT OF DETAIL, BUT SHOULD THERE BE ANY QUESTIONS I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO, TO ANSWER THEM OR WORK WITH STAFF? I HAVE TO GET THAT ANSWER.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

BEEN VERY THOROUGH.

AND SINCE THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM, I WILL WAIT.

UM, YEAH, GREAT.

YEAH.

OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SORRY.

COMPUTER FROZE, UH, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? OKAY.

WE DO HAVE ONE COMMENT,

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LOUIS, AS FAR AS MR. ESPARZA.

AH, HERE WE GO AGAIN.

OKAY.

JUST ONE, UH, ONE THING, UH, I WANTED TO SAY THAT, UH, LIKE WHEN I HEARD TONIGHT, UM, I THINK OUR CITY MANAGER FOR HIS PRESENTATION AND I, ESPECIALLY LIKE THAT WE HAVE A VERY GOOD, UH, POLICE FUNDING AND SAFETY PROGRAMS FOR, FOR OUR, FOR OUR CITIZENS.

AND, UH, GLAD TO HEAR THAT THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY ATTEMPT TO REDUCE THAT WHATSOEVER.

SO I HAVE TO SAY THANKS VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MR. AS FAR AS I HAVE A GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JEFF BACA.

ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING, MR. VACCA.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

UH LIGHTMARE AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF, AND FELLOW RESIDENTS.

UM, ONCE AGAIN, UH, APPRECIATE ALL THAT THE CITY DOES AND LOOKING AT THE BUDGET IS GREAT TO HAVE A, UM, RESERVE FUND AS LARGE AS IT IS.

I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION GOING FORWARD IN REGARDS TO THE CFDS.

UM, THOSE, I BELIEVE TERM OUT AFTER 25 YEARS AND IN SOME OF THE OLDER PARTS OF THE CITY, IT'S GETTING CLOSE TO THAT.

HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THE BUDGET GOING FORWARD IN THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, FIVE TO 10 YEARS IS MY QUESTION.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THERE ARE NO OTHER HANDS RAISED AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU.

THEN WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING MAYOR.

I'M GOING TO ASK OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, KRISTA TO FEEL THAT QUESTION.

UM, GOOD EVENING, THOSE EXPIRE 25 YEARS AFTER CONNECTION, AND THOSE MONIES ARE FOR PAYING OFF BONDS RELATED TO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS OR PUBLIC FACILITIES.

SO THEY'RE NOT REALLY PART OF THE OPERATING BUDGET.

IT'S MORE PROJECTS AND STUFF.

SO OPERATING WISE DOESN'T REALLY HAVE THAT MUCH OF AN EFFECT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND WITH THIS, BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNSELOR.

I HAVE A QUESTION, MR. VICE MAYOR, QUICK QUESTION, PERTAINING TO THE CFD.

OKAY.

THAT DOESN'T REALLY WORK.

WE'RE REPAYING BACK DEBT OBLIGATION TO THE DEVELOPER FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS.

I THINK THE MAIN BONDS WERE FOR GOVERNMENT CENTER.

OKAY.

BUT THE OTHER THING IS THE L AND L THAT'S WHAT PAYS THE ONGOING COSTS, CORRECT? YES, BUT THAT'S NOT THE CFDS, WHICH IS WHAT HE ASKED FOR.

NO, I KNOW HE DID HAVE A QUESTION AS FAR AS COST FOR LIKE, OH, HELEN HILL.

I THINK HE SAID THE WRONG TERMINOLOGY.

I'D PROBABLY GET AN LNL NOT CFD.

OKAY.

SO YES.

THANK YOU FOR, FOR OPERATING COSTS.

YES.

THANKS.

ALL RIGHT.

ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE CITY BUDGET? RIGHT.

MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT.

AND HE, AND WE HAVE A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR.

MARQUEZ MAYOR JOS.

YES.

VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER BENNET.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN AND COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS.

YES.

MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.

OKAY.

FANTASTIC.

ALL RIGHT.

SO NOW I SEE

[ BUDGET RELATED CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS]

BUDGET RELATED CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS. DO WE TAKE ALL OF THESE UP OR? OKAY.

WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THEM SEPARATELY JUST SO WE CAN TAKE THEM ON THIS ONE.

ALL RIGHT.

THEN WITH THAT, WE WILL TAKE ITEMS 21, 22 AND 23.

WE JUST NEED A MOTION.

AND SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ.

WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS, MAYOR JOS.

YES, SIR.

VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ COUNCIL MEMBER BENNET.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN.

YES.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS.

YES.

MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.

ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN AT THIS TIME WE ARE GOING TO PULL UP

[24. Authorize execution of Amendment No. 2 to Agreement No. A2014-037 with Hensley Law Group increasing billing rates from $205 to $215 per hour for City Attorney services]

ITEM 24 AUTHORIZED EXECUTION OF AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO, AN AMENDMENT OR AN AGREEMENT NUMBER 82 OH ONE FOUR DASH OH THREE SEVEN WITH HENSLEY LAW GROUP, INCREASING BILLING RATES FROM $205 TO $250 PER HOUR FOR CITY ATTORNEY SERVICES.

UH, MAYOR, UH, SIMPLY PUT HENSLEY LAW GROUP PROVIDES, UH, LEGAL SERVICES, UH, TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.

UH, THEIR CONTRACT HAS A PROVISION FOR INCREASING RATES, UH, TONIGHT, UH, BEFORE YOU AS A MODEST INCREASE FROM TWO OH FIVE TO TWO 15, WHICH REPRESENTS ROUGHLY A 1%, UH, ANNUAL, UM, INCREASE.

AND SO, UH, WITH, UH, THE COUNCIL'S AUTHORIZATION WILL, UH, IMPLEMENT THAT NEW INCREASE IN THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING, JULY, JULY.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? NO, I DO NOT.

OKAY.

WE'LL HAVE TO APPROVE.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY A COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS.

WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

MORGAN MAYOR.

JO'S YES.

VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS.

YES.

MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.

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PERFECT.

ALL RIGHT.

THEN WE ARE ONTO THE

[ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT]

PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

GOOD EVENING.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR OUR COVET STATUS.

LEAVE REMAINED STEADILY IN THE ORANGE CHEER.

UM, ACTUALLY JUST PRIOR TO TONIGHT'S MEETING, IT WAS SHARED THAT OUR DAILY CASE RATE DROPPED TO 1.5 PER A HUNDRED THOUSAND RESIDENTS TODAY, WHICH WOULD ACTUALLY QUALIFY US FOR THE YELLOW TIER.

HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE TO REMAIN IN THAT TIER FOR AT LEAST TWO WEEKS, TWO CONSECUTIVE WEEKS FOR THE STATE TO MOVE US.

AND THE STATE IS MOVING AWAY FROM THE COLOR-CODED TIER SYSTEM AS OF NEXT TUESDAY.

SO WE WOULD ONLY HAVE ONE WEEK IN THAT YELLOW TIER FOR OUR VACCINATION EFFORTS, JUST UNDER 40% OF COUNTY RESIDENTS ARE FULLY VACCINATED AND SHE NO HILLS JUST UNDER 55% OR JUST OVER 55% ARE FULLY VACCINATED.

THESE NUMBERS LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND THEY MIGHT LOOK ABOUT THE SAME, OR JUST SLIGHTLY UNDER OF THE NUMBERS THAT WE'VE BEEN SHARING OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE THESE STATISTICS NOW INCLUDE RESIDENTS AGES 12 AND OVER WHERE BEFORE ONLY INCLUDED A RESIDENCY JUST 16 AND OVER AS THE CITY MANAGER SHARED, WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF A WEEK-LONG VACCINATION CLINIC AT THE MCCOY CENTER WALK IN SERBIAN ACCEPTED ON A DAILY BASIS EVERY DAY FROM 10:00 AM TO 6:00 PM FOR THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON VACCINE, AND WE'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL CLINICS FOR THE PFIZER VACCINE EVERY TUESDAY THROUGH THE END OF JUNE WE'RE WALK-INS WERE ALSO BE ACCEPTED AS A REMINDER, THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON VACCINE IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS AGES 18 AND OVER AND RESIDENTS AGES 12.

AND OVER KEN, THE PFIZER VACCINE, UM, BLOOD DRIVES ARE CONTINUING EVERY TUESDAY THROUGH THE END OF JUNE ON JUNE 22ND, WE WILL BE HAVING A FEARLESS FIGHTERS BLOOD DRIVE CHALLENGE.

THIS IS A FRIENDLY CHALLENGE BETWEEN OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AGENCIES, OUR VERY OWN CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT COMPETE TO HELP COLLECT THE MOST, MOST BLOOD DONATIONS.

THE COMMUNITY IS INVITED TO DONATE ALONGSIDE OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.

AND DURING THE DONATION, THEY'LL BE ASKED WHO THEY'RE DONATING FOR.

SO COME OUT AND SUPPORT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND APPOINTMENTS ARE AVAILABLE AND HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR THE FEARLESS SPIDERS BLOOD DRIVES CHALLENGE.

HOWEVER, WALK-INS ARE ALWAYS ACCEPTED.

IF SPACE ALLOWS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS TUESDAY, AUGUST 3RD, AND THE EVENING HELPS BUILD OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY IN PLACE.

PARTNERSHIPS RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REGISTER THEIR EVENT ONLINE BY MONDAY, JULY 12TH, TO RECEIVE AN ORGANIZING KIT.

AND DURING THE EVENING, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, CITY OFFICIALS COME OUT AND TRY TO VISIT AS MANY REGISTERED DEFENSE AS POSSIBLE.

OUR STATE OF THE CITY VIDEO IS NOW AVAILABLE TO WATCH ONLINE THAT THEME THIS YEAR WAS UNITY WITHIN COMMUNITY, REFLECTING ON THE CHALLENGES OVER THE LAST YEAR AND THE STRENGTH WITHIN OUR CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY.

THE VIDEO CAN ALSO BE VIEWED ON THE CITY'S TV CHANNEL THROUGH THE END OF JUNE.

AND WE ARE VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THE RETURN OF SOME OF OUR VERY HIGHLY ANTICIPATED SUMMER PROGRAMS, MOVIES IN THE PARK AND CONSTANTS IN THE PARK.

NEXT WEEK, THE FIRST MOVIE EVENT IS ACTUALLY SOLD OUT.

HOWEVER, THE REMAINING SIX MOVIES IN THE SERIES WILL NOT REQUIRE ANY ADVANCED REGISTRATION AND TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST CONCERT ON JUNE 19TH.

THIS ONE WILL BE A DRIVE IN CONCERT, LOCATED AT THE SHOPS OVERFLOW PARKING LOT, AND THE CITY'S CONCERTS IN THE PARK SERIES WILL RETURN TO ITS HOME AT VETERANS PARK, STARTING WITH OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION CONCERT ON JULY 3RD AT 7:00 PM.

AND THE REMAINING FIVE CONCERTS IN THE SERIES WILL TAKE PLACE AT VETERAN'S PARK.

NO ADVANCED REGISTRATION WILL BE REQUIRED FOR ANY CONCERTS AT VETERAN'S PARK AS WELL.

AND LASTLY, WE WANT TO REMIND ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT STREET SWEEPING ENFORCEMENT WHILE VERSIUM ON TUESDAY, JULY SIX.

SO RESIDENTS CAN VIEW THEIR STREET SWEEPING SCHEDULE ONLINE, OR ALSO ON THE SIGNS POSTED AT THE ENTRANCE TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO MAKE SURE TO CHECK THOSE OUT, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CITY'S GIS INTERACTIVE MAP ONLINE AND AVOID ANY CITATIONS IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PIO REPORT THIS EVENING.

AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL THIS, WE WILL BE MOVING ON TO

[ SAFETY UPDATES - Police and Fire]

PUBLIC SAFETY UPDATES.

THANK YOU, KEVIN GOODELL.

OKAY.

GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR JOS, VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I WANTED TO TAKE JUST A FEW MINUTES TO DISCUSS SOME RECENT PUBLIC SAFETY NEWS.

ON MONDAY, MAY 31ST DEPUTIES TOOK A REPORT OF GRAFFITI IN THE CITY OWNED PARKING STRUCTURE.

PUBLIC WORKS, DETERMINED THE DIFF THEIR GRAFFITI CAUSED OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS IN DAMAGES.

THERE WAS SEVERAL LEADS GENERATED FROM VIDEO SURVEILLANCE IN THE PARKING STRUCTURE, WHICH LED TO THE ARREST OF A 23 YEAR OLD SUSPECT WHO WAS BOOKED INTO THE WEST VALLEY DETENTION CENTER FOR FELONY VANDALISM, BECAUSE THE AMOUNT EXCEEDED A $900 BETWEEN MAY 31ST AND JUNE 7TH.

THERE WERE SIX AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READER, OR ALP ARE ALERTS OF STOLEN VEHICLES PASSING THROUGH OR IN THE CITY.

THREE OF THOSE VEHICLES WERE LOCATED RECOVERED AND THE DRIVER AND OR PASSENGERS

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WERE ARRESTED AFTER LOCATING AND STOPPING ONE OF THE VEHICLES.

THE DEPUTY SITE CATALYTIC CONVERTER, WHICH HAD JUST BEEN CUT OFF OF A VEHICLE SITTING ON THE FLOORBOARD, THE DRIVER AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE ARRESTED FOR GRAND THEFT AUTO POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY NARCOTICS AND POSSESSION OF BURGLARY TOOLS.

SO THE LPRS ARE AN INCREDIBLE ASSET AND FORCE MULTIPLIER FOR US.

AND I WANTED TO AGAIN, THINK THE COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE FOR HAVING THE FORESIGHT AND PLANNING TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF THOSE CAMERAS.

THEY'RE TREMENDOUS ASSET FOR US.

THE CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CITY OF CHINO HILLS HAVE PARTNERED TOGETHER TO PRODUCE AN INSTRUCT A SELF-DEFENSE AND PERSONAL SAFETY AWARENESS CLASS FOR THE WOMEN IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.

LOOK FOR THE INITIAL CLASS TO BE POSTED, UH, ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE BY THE END OF THE MONTH WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE SHERIFF'S WEBSITE, AS WELL AS THE CITY'S WEBSITE IN CLOSING THIS FRIDAY, JUNE 11TH WILL BE THE FUNERAL FOR SERGEANT DOMINICK VAKA WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY A SUSPECT LYING IN WAIT, WHO AFTER A BRIEF VEHICLE PURSUIT FLED INTO THE DESERT ON FOOT, WHERE HE AMBUSHED SERGEANT BAKA, SERGEANT VAKA BRAVELY SERVED THE MEN AND WOMEN OR THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT FOR OVER 17 YEARS.

HE WILL BE MISSED BY NOT ONLY HIS WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN, BUT ALSO BY ALL OF THOSE WHOM HE CALLED BROTHERS AND SISTERS DURING THIS ALL TOO BRIEF TIME ON THIS EARTH.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.

THANK YOU, SIR.

I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

SORRY, FOR LAST YEAR.

OKAY.

AND DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FROM FIRE? WE DO CAPTAIN SHACKLEFORD.

OH, OKAY.

JEEZ SHACKLEFORD.

GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR JONES AND COUNCIL, UH, FIRE SEASON IS UPON US.

AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO ASK TWO THINGS OF THE RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY FIRST AND FOURTH MOST, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU'VE CLEARED ANY WEEDS OR DEVASTATION FROM YOUR PROPERTY.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THAT, WE'D BE HAPPY TO HELP YOU.

YOU CAN REACH US AT (909) 902-5260 OR CHECK OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

UM, AND ADDITIONALLY, I'D LIKE TO ASK THE PUBLIC.

IF THEY'RE OUT UTILIZING THE OPEN SPACE IN OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY, PLEASE BE MINDFUL THAT IT IS FIRE SEASON AND JUST BE CAUTIOUS TO KEEP AN EYE OUT.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU, CHIEF.

APPRECIATE IT.

WITH THAT.

WE WILL BE MOVING ON TO COUNCIL

[ COUNCIL REPORTS Mayor Johsz League of California Cities Public Safety Committee Vice Mayor Marquez California Institution of Men/Women - Citizens Advisory Committee League of California Cities Latino Caucus Board of Directors San Bernardino County Transportation Authority State Route 91 Advisory Committee Southern California Association of Governments Regional Council Board Transportation Committee Southern California Regional Rail Authority - (Metrolink) Board of Directors Council Member Moran Chino Valley Unified School District Board League of California Cities Environmental Quality Policy Committee Omnitrans - Board of Directors Southern California of Association of Governments Energy and Environmental Policy Committee Council Member Rogers Chino Basin Desalter Authority Board]

REPORTS.

I'LL KICK US OFF WITH LIGA CITY'S PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.

UH, VICE MAYOR.

MARK HAS AN EYEBALL SERVE ON THIS.

UM, FOR THE MOST PART, WE JUST WENT OVER A PENNY PIECES OF LEGISLATION AND TOOK POSITIONS MOST FOR THE MOST PART.

UM, I HAVE, YEAH, FOR THE MOST PART, THEY WERE, UH, THE POSITIONS THAT WE TOOK WERE PRO-POLICE AND PRO UM, OH GOSH.

UH, HOW DO YOU EVEN SAY ACTUALLY HAVING CONSEQUENCES FOR YOUR ACTIONS AND THEN NOT WEAKENING? UH, WE CAN EAT LAWS AND WE CAN IN PENALTIES, SO PROUD OF OUR, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.

WE MAKE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS OFF TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE LEAGUE OF CITIES AND ALSO MAKE COMMENTS TO OUR LEGISLATORS THEMSELVES.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE ON TO VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, UH, FIRST REPORT WOULD BE CIM OR THE MEN'S PRISON.

FIRST OF ALL, THE POPULATION IS 2153 INMATES.

WE HAVE 300 NEW INMATES, UH, THIS PAST MONTH.

UM, AS FAR AS SHOTS COVID SHOTS, UH, INMATES, UH, AT ABOUT 80% OF THE INMATES HAVE HAD THEIR SHOTS EMPLOYEES, UH, GUARDS, 31% TOTAL, ALL THE EMPLOYEES, 54%, NO NEW CASES FOR COVID IN THE PRISON FOR INMATES IN THREE NEW CASES FOR EMPLOYEES, THE MENTAL HOSPITAL, 50 BED, UH, THEY'RE ANTICIPATING GROUNDBREAKING WITHIN THE YEAR.

AND ONCE THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS, IT WILL TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS TO FULLY CONSTRUCT THE FACILITY MEDICAL AND CLINICAL SERVICES ARE NOW GETTING BACK TO NORMAL.

I GUESS IT'S, WE'RE UNDER PHASE THREE AT THE STATE LEVEL AND THE DIVE PROGRAM, WHICH IS AN UNDERWATER WELDING PROGRAM IS AN OPERATION NOW WITH NINE INMATES AND LAST MEETING, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A SOLAR FARM AND THERE WAS NO NEW UPDATES, BUT THEY ANTICIPATE A BIG SOLAR FARM NEAR THE MEN'S PRISON.

AND THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE AUGUST THE TEMP CIW OR THE WOMAN'S PRISON POPULATION IS ONLY 948 INMATES STAFF POPULATION IS 1100.

THE STATE CONTROLLER ISSUED CHECKS FOR STIMULUS CHECKS FOR THE PRISONERS OF OVER $800,000.

THE COURT ORDER CIW TO PUT VIDEO AND AUDIO CAMERAS THROUGHOUT THE PRISON.

ALSO GUARDS WILL NOW WEAR BODY CAMERAS

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AND THERE WAS NO COVID UPDATE.

I WAS ASKED TO GO TO THE WEBSITE FOR INFORMATION, LATINO CAUCUS, NO REPORT SPC TA STATE, ROUTE STATE, ROUTE 91 ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, COMPLETED PROJECTS IN ORANGE COUNTY, THE EASTBOUND LANE TSR 71.

THE COST FOR THAT PROJECT WAS $51.2 MILLION.

AND THAT WAS COMPLETED IN 2010 ANTICIPATED NEW PROJECTS.

THIS IS ACTUALLY PAID BY BY COUNTY, WHICH MEANS RIVERSIDE AND ORANGE COUNTY SR 71 TO SR 91.

THE IT'S CALLED THE INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENT OR THE FLYOVER LANE COST OF THAT PROJECT WILL BE $121 MILLION.

AND THE COMPLETION DATE WILL BE RIGHT AROUND 2024 BY COUNTY RIVERSIDE AND ORANGE COUNTY GENERAL PURPOSE LANE FROM THE TWO 41 TSR 71 COST TO BE DETERMINED.

AND IT'S IN PRO PROMOTE PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING.

SO HE HAS A STARTED AS OF YET SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING.

WE HAVE NEW OFFICERS, PRESIDENT KURT, HAGMAN, VICE PRESIDENT, OR BISHOP FROM HIS SPIRAEA.

WE DID APPROVE THE BUDGET AND APPROPRIATION LIMITS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021, 2022 AT A COST OF $1.4 BILLION IN PROJECTS, UPDATE COG, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION WITH THE NURSE SYSTEM UPDATE.

WE WENT OVER THAT NEXT WOULD BE SCAG.

AND THIS IS SORT OF INTERESTING.

AND I WAS REALLY PART OF THE SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE.

SO WE HAD 75 APPLICANTS FOR $4,000 SCHOLARSHIP.

WE ACTUALLY ISSUED OUT 11, NINE WERE PAID BY SCAG AND TWO BY THE BUILDING INDUSTRY.

UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO FROM SAN BERDINO COUNTY AND I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO SAY WE HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL FROM MY YELLOW HIGH SCHOOL GABRIEL, JOE RECEIVED A SCHOLARSHIP BUSINESS BUSINESS UPDATES.

WE GOT AN UPDATE FROM RANDALL LEWIS.

UH, HE'S PART OF OUR REGIONAL COUNCIL.

AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE PREDICTIONS ARE STRONG ECONOMY FOR THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR HOTEL.

TLT IS GOING TO BE VERY STRONG THIS COMING YEAR BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE OUT AND ABOUT OUTDOOR TINY.

HE SORT OF STATED THAT, I GUESS THERE'LL BE SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN DIFFERENT CITIES AND HIS RECOMMENDATION THAT WE SHOULD KEEP IT FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT YEAR INFLATION IS COMING, BUT THEY PREDICT ALL THE ECONOMISTS ARE PREDICTING.

IT'S GOING TO BE SHORT TERM TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.

WE REVIEWED THE CLIMATE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN FOR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE UPDATED THE COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY THE, THE OLD EARMARK.

SO THAT'S COMING BACK, WHICH IS SORT OF NICE.

UH, WE DID, WE HAD A PRESENTATION ON SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON.

IT'S CALLED CHARGE READY PROGRAM.

SO THEY'RE GETTING READY TO INSTALL 38 CHARGING PORTS ACROSS THE SERVICE AREA OF THE COUNTY.

AND THAT'S MY REPORT.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MR. VICE MAYOR

[ COUNCIL COMMENTS]

COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN.

OKAY.

FOR CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

UM, THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF TRANSITIONING TO, UM, TRUSTEE VOTING AREAS, DISTRICTS.

UM, THE INITIAL MAPS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WEBSITE.

IF PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT THAT AND ALSO ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS.

UM, THE NEXT MEETING ON JUNE 17TH WILL INCLUDE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE DISTRICT IN PROCESS.

IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED FOR, UM, LEGAL CALIFORNIA, CITY'S ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY POLICY COMMITTEE.

UM, WE HAD A PRESENTATION FROM SOUTHERN KELLER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS TOOK A MAJORITY OF THE MEETING.

AND THEN THE ACTION IS A COMMITTEE.

UM, WE ISSUED SUPPORT FOR SB FIVE 33, WHICH IS, UM, ELECTRICAL CORPORATIONS, WILDLIFE MITIGATION PLANS.

I'M JUST GOING TO READ THE BILL SUMMARY REAL QUICK.

SO THIS MEASURE WOULD REQUIRE ELECTRICAL CORPORATIONS TO IDENTIFY CIRCUITS THAT ARE FREQUENTLY DE-ENERGIZED AND THE STEPS TAKEN TO REDUCE THE NEED FOR D N J D ENERGY KIM SAID, AND THEIR WILDFIRE MITIGATION PLANS.

SO THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT, BUT IN THE END, WE VOTED TO SUPPORT THAT.

AND THEN FOR OMNI TRANS, WE ADOPTED THE MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE 2022 FISCAL YEAR AND APPROVED A CODE OF CONDUCT CODE OF CONDUCT POLICY FOR OUR COACH OPERATORS.

WE APPOINTED A NEW CHAIR, A NEW CHAIR IS NOW JOHN D TREY, THE MAYOR OF MONTCLAIR AND VICE-CHAIR IS DARCY COUNCIL MEMBER FROM CITY OF GRAND TERRACE.

UM, FOR SCAG.

YEAH, IT WAS LIKE, UH, ENERGY OUT TODAY CAUSE OKAY THEN FOR SKY ENERGY ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE, UM, WE ACTUALLY GOT A LENGTHY PRESENTATION FROM EDISON ABOUT POWER SAFETY, POWER SHUTOFF UPDATE.

UM, I MEAN IT, IT WAS INFORMATIONAL, IT WAS GOOD.

IT WAS PRETTY MUCH A GIVEN

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AND COMMON SENSE.

THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW, YOU KNOW, FOUR OF THE FIVE, I'M NOT TRYING TO DISCOUNT THE WILDFIRES WE GET HOW SEVERE THEY WERE THE WORST IN HISTORY, BUT AS FAR AS THEIR PLANS TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, TO REDUCE THE PS, THE PSPS, UM, I DUNNO, I WAS KIND OF UNDERWHELMED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, I MEAN, I DIDN'T REALLY LEARN ANYTHING NEW AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO SIGN UP FOR THE SCE OUTAGE NOTIFICATIONS, YOU CAN TEXT TWO EIGHT, NINE, FOUR, FIVE, FOUR.

UM, HOW CAN YOU HELP AVOID USING ELECTRICITY DURING PEAK HOURS, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM FOUR TO 9:00 PM.

AND THEN, UM, ONE OF THEIR PLANS TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF PSPS IS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO, UM, IDENTIFY CIRCUITS THAT ARE FREQUENTLY IMPACTED BY THESE SHUTOFFS.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO, UM, EXPANDED GRID HARDENING.

UM, IT'S KIND OF UP YOUR ALLEY, DANIEL.

HE LIKES THIS KIND OF STUFF.

SO, UM, AGAIN, STUFF THAT MAKES COMMON SENSE, THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO IMPOSE AND IMPROVE POST-SUMMIT REPORTS TO BE MORE CLEAR, THEY'RE TRYING TO EDUCATE AND ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY, UM, REDUCE THE IMPACTS TO US.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL GOOD AND FINE.

SO HOPEFULLY GOD FORBID WHEN WE HAVE SOME OTHER WILDFIRE THAT THINGS WILL GO SMOOTHER, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE MAKING AN EFFORT AND THEY'RE EXPECT THEY'RE EXPECTING THEIR IMPROVEMENTS OF 100% REDUCTION OF PSPS.

THAT WAS THEIR ACTUAL, THEY SET A HUNDRED PERCENT.

AND THE LAST THING FOR BEN FROM THIS AS, AS A PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNER PORTAL, THAT THE, UM, THE C CPEC JUST PUT TOGETHER, UM, THEY'VE DEFINED PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNERS.

AND IF WE COULD LOOK INTO SEEING HOW WE CAN SIGN UP FOR THAT WITH STAFF, WITH MAYBE RICHARD'S CREW, THAT WILL BE GOOD.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE MAYOR JONES.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS.

YES.

CHINO TO ASSAULT HER AUTHORITY OR CDA IS ONE OF OUR FIVE WATER SOURCES IN TOWN.

WE HAVE TWO FACILITIES THAT WE'RE A MEMBER AGENCY.

WE HAVE THERE'S TWO FACILITIES OR TWO PRODUCTION FACILITIES, CHINO, ONE CHINO TO WE GET OUR WATER FROM CHINO ONE.

IT BASED IN CHINO, BUT OUR BOARD GENERALLY IS TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS WHEN IT COMES TO APPROVING CONTRACTS, ET CETERA, UH, REPAIRS.

AND, UH, MOST OF OUR ACTIONS HAD TO DO WITH BUYING PRODUCTS.

FOR THOSE TWO FACILITIES.

WE HAD A REVIEW OF THE URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN FROM 2020, WHICH ESSENTIALLY IS A ANNUAL REPORT OF WHAT CDA IS ALL ABOUT.

AND THEN WE, UM, APPROVED SOME CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS FOR AT SOUTH ARCHBOLD PLUME CLEANUP PROJECT, WHICH IS, HAS TO DO WITH THE WATER PLUME.

THAT'S TRAVELING, UH, OFF OF SOUTH ARCHIBALD AREA AND THAT, THAT REGION.

AND THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I PROMISE NEXT REPORT WILL BE MUCH LONGER ON WATER BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE ALL INTERESTED.

WONDERFUL.

I THINK I'LL BE ABSENT THAT MEETING, UH, WITH THAT.

UH, WOULD YOU MIND DOING COMMENTS? YES, SIR.

JUST A FEW THINGS.

WE HAVE HELD OUR STATE OF THE CITY, BRIAN, GREAT JOB.

AND THANK YOU TO TEAM, GREAT JOB PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

IT WAS A, A GREAT VIDEO, WHICH IS WHAT I HOPE FOR EVERY YEAR THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT AS A MEMORIAL OF IF WE'D LOOK BACK FIVE YEARS, WHAT TOOK PLACE THAT YEAR? SO GREAT JOB WITH THAT.

AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT FINANCES AND WE TALKED ABOUT UNSUNG HEROES, NICE CRISP EVENT.

IT'S ONLINE CAN VIEW IT NOW FOR ANYBODY WHO MISSED IT, GO ON TO A WEBSITE ARE CHINO HILLS.ORG WEBSITE, AND YOU CAN TRACK IT DOWN.

GREAT JOB.

I'M SURE YOU'RE HAPPY THAT IT'S ALL CONCLUDED ALSO.

YES.

UH, JUST A QUICK COMMENT ON OUR BUDGET AND UH, JUST QUICK EDITORIAL COMMENT THAT I'M PROUD OF OUR FISCAL APPROACH YEAR, AND THEN YOU'RE OUT AND IT MAKES US FEEL REAL GOOD THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE NEED TO DO TO RUN OUR CITY.

WE KEEP OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IN TOP SHAPE.

AT LEAST I THINK WE DO.

AND WE PAY OUR EMPLOYEES FAIRLY AND EMPLOYEES STAY HERE A LONG TIME FOR A REASON BECAUSE OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE.

BUT THE BASIS OF A LOT OF THAT IS THAT WE FEEL SECURE WITH OUR MONEY.

AND WE, UH, WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM THAT PULLS TOGETHER OUR BUDGET AND JUST VERY HAPPY PROCESSES OVER NOW AS OF THIS EVENING.

BUT I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF AS USUAL FOR ALL THEIR EFFORTS, WITH THE BUDGET PRESENTATION AND JUST MY COLLEAGUES FOR KEEPING UP WITH THE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE ARE INTERESTED BY OUR COLLEAGUES OR BY OUR CITIZENS.

COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS.

UH, UM, THE FOUNDATION WILL BE HOSTING A COUPLE OF EVENTS NEAR THE END OF THE SUMMER AND INTO THE FALL.

UH, ONE WILL BE WINE WALK, WHICH I'VE TALKED ABOUT AND I'LL START RAMPING THAT UP WHEN I'LL LET EVERYBODY KNOW WHEN TICKETS GO ON SALE,

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WHICH IS GOING TO BE LATE JULY, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, MELISSA.

BUT YEAH, USUALLY IT'S A FEW MONTHS OUT AND WE'RE, WE'RE REDESIGNING THE WEBSITE, THE FOUNDATION WEBSITE.

SO THAT'S IN PROCESS RIGHT NOW, BUT WINE WALKS COMING UP SHOULD BE, UM, HIGHLY ATTENDED.

1300 TICKETS WILL BE ON SALE.

AND JUST AS A REMINDER, WE LIKE TO BRAG ABOUT THE FACT THAT LAST WINE WALK, WHICH WAS A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, TICKETS SOLD OUT WITH A WEEK TO GO.

AND IT BECAME A COTTAGE INDUSTRY ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO SEE WHO HAD SPARE WINE, WATER TICKETS THAT THEY COULD, PEOPLE COULD BUY.

ARE WE ALLOWED TO SCALP TICKETS IN 10 OR NOT, BUT I'M GOING TO PUT OUR, OUR CHIEF OF POLICE IN CHARGE OF TICKET SALES.

SO ASK HIM THAT QUESTION WHEN THE TIME COMES.

GOTCHA.

GOOD.

OKAY.

IT'S PART OF YOUR INITIATION.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY TOLD YOU THAT CHIEF, AND THEN WE HAVE A CONCERT W WE HAVE DONE CONCERT SERIES, BUT BECAUSE OF COVID AND JUST THE RESTRICTIONS WE ARE GOING TO DO A CONCERT ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, ACTUALLY AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, DEREK CORDELL, ONE OF OUR FAVORITES COMING BACK, SOUL GOSPEL, A MOTOWN GUY.

HE IS VERY POPULAR, VERY WELL KNOWN IN, IN COUNT, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

AND WE'RE BRINGING HIM BACK FOR A CONCERT AND WE'LL HAVE SOME, THOSE ARE $10 TICKETS AND, UH, WE'LL START ADVERTISING THAT IN A MONTH OR TWO AND HAVE A SAFE 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND.

I'M SURE ART WILL BRING THAT UP.

THAT'S KIND OF, ONE OF HIS TRADITIONS IS SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT ROLL AROUND JUST TO BE SAFE AND JUST WATCH YOURSELF IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS WHEN IT COMES TO THE DRY BRUSH AND SOME FIRE AND FIREWORKS.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER, ROGERS, COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN, JUST TWO THINGS, BRIAN, UH, MAYOR JOE'S.

YOU DID A WONDERFUL JOB WITH THE VIRTUAL STATE OF CITY STAFF DID A GREAT JOB TO EVERYTHING THAT PETER SAID.

IT WAS JUST MY SENTIMENTS.

EXACTLY.

AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING I HAVE IS I WANT TO CONGRATULATE OUR COLLEAGUE RAY MARQUEZ FOR BEING APPOINTED TO THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES, STATE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

SO IT'S NICE TO HAVE SOME REPRESENTATION FROM THE SOUTH END OF OUR STATE AND THEN TO HAVE IT FROM OUR OWN CITY IS GREAT.

SO, UM, I DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH LEAGUE POSITIONS, SO IT'S NICE TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOMEONE IN OUR COURT.

THANK YOU.

AND I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT FAMILY DISPUTE.

DEVELOPING COULD BE SO, BUT I'M CONGRATULATIONS VERY WELL DESERVED AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE, RYAN.

FANTASTIC.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT, AS ALREADY MENTIONED, UH, CONGRATULATIONS ON A SUCCESSFUL STATE OF THE CITY.

UH, I SURE MISSED MINE LAST YEAR.

UH, SO I WAS ENVIOUS THAT YOU GOT TO HAVE YOURS, BUT YOU DID A GREAT ONE, ESPECIALLY FOR YOUR FIRST ONE.

UH, LIKEWISE WITH WHAT PETER SAID, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO BEN AND TO ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS, EXCUSE ME, ON PUTTING TOGETHER OH, FANTASTIC BUDGET.

ALL OF THE FEARS THAT WE HAD WITH LAST YEAR'S COVID 19, LUCKILY DID NOT TOTALLY MATERIALIZE AND A FISCAL STANDPOINT.

AND WE, I THINK ENDED UP IN HER, ENDING UP IN A, IN A GREAT 2020, 21 FISCAL YEAR.

SO, AND THE BUDGETING THAT YOU'RE DOING FOR THE COMING FISCAL YEAR IS WELL THOUGHT OUT IT'S, WELL-PLANNED, IT'S BASED IN THE BEST ESTIMATES THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY DO.

AND YOU AS ALWAYS HAVE JUST SHINED ON THAT PROCESS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY IT YOU'RE, YOU'RE MENTIONING THE 4TH OF JULY WAS A LITTLE BIT EARLY BECAUSE WE DO HAVE ONE MORE COUNCIL MEETING, BUT THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

I KNOW OLD AGE.

I KNOW HOW'S GETTING THE MEMORY IS THE FIRST THING TO GO.

AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THE SECOND SO SORRY.

THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU.

SO, MR. BEN, AND WHAT IS THE 4TH OF JULY? WHAT IS IT, BUT WHEN IS IT? UH, IT'S ON, I THINK IT'S ON THE 4TH OF JULY.

IT'S MY DAD'S BIRTHDAY AND HE WAS ENGLISH.

SO IT DIDN'T REALLY MEAN MUCH.

THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

FIRST OF ALL, I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT AN ISSUE THAT I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT.

AND I D I DID MEET DANIEL AT MY HOUSE.

I'VE BEEN ACTIVE WITH THE FIRE SAFE COUNCIL FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS.

AND ABOUT 10 YEARS, THEY STARTED TALKING ABOUT OAK TREES DOWN IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, AND THEY WERE DEVASTATED BY A BEETLE CALLED THE GOLDEN SPOTTED BORE.

AND SO ALL THE OLD TREES DOWN THERE GOT DEVASTATED, THEY'RE ALL DEAD.

AND IT WAS MOVING NORTH AND IT GOT INTO ORANGE COUNTY, MAYBE ABOUT TWO, THREE YEARS AGO.

WELL, AT MY HOUSE, I OVERLOOK OPEN SPACE IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS, I'VE NOTICED ABOUT 20 PLUS TREES THAT HAVE DIED OF OAK TREES.

AND AGAIN, I KNOW DANIEL, I BELIEVE IS CHECKING INTO THAT.

AND SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL FIND OUT FAIRLY SOON.

AND, UH, PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION BY CAL FIRE IS THAT IF THIS IS THE PROBLEM, AND WE NEED TO CUT DOWN THOSE TREES AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE COVERED OR REMOVED FROM THE AREA, BECAUSE YOU'LL SEE DEVASTATION RIGHT NOW, PETER, I INVITED YOU TO COME TO MY HOUSE, YOU'LL SEE IT IN SUCCESSION.

SO

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I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

K ALSO CARRIAGE HILLS, THERE WAS A BROKEN WATER SUPPLY LINE AND TALKING TO ONE OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE IN THE CITY, MR. DANIEL, UH, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TOLD THEM ABOUT THAT PROBLEM WITHIN TWO TO THREE DAYS, IT WAS FIXED.

THANK YOU FOR YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR DOING A REMARKABLE JOB.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, I DO WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ALAN ELLS.

OBVIOUSLY IT'S A SHORT BALL AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CONSULTANT ALSO WATER.

WE'RE GOING INTO A DROUGHT.

I KNOW THE GOVERNOR IS TELLING US IT PROBABLY WILL BE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CUT BACK AGAIN.

LIKE WE DID LAST TIME, 28%.

SO I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF PARCELS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT WE SORT OF MAINTAIN, AND THEY'RE BASICALLY VACANT PROPERTIES.

AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO GET AN INVENTORY OF ALL THE PROPERTIES THAT WE DO HAVE IN THE CITY.

AND I LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING BEING DONE.

IF I MADE IT, IF WE CAN USE THEM, THEN WE USE THEM.

BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT JUST THEY'RE IN A REGULAR NEIGHBORHOOD, MAYBE WE CAN RESELL THEM AND RECOUP SOME MONEY.

AND I KNOW THAT MRS. MORAN WOULD LIKE TO SEE A SPLASH PAD AND THIS WOULD BE A SOURCE OF INCOME, HOPEFULLY FOR THAT.

UM, ALSO I DO WANT TO BRING UP PASSIVE PARKS.

AND AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO DO A STUDY JUST TO SEE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

AND IF WE'RE ASKING OUR RESIDENTS TO, AGAIN, ONE OF THE OPTIONS WOULD BE PAYING MORE MONEY FOR L AND ELLS.

BUT IF THERE'S PARKS THAT ARE NOT, AREN'T REALLY BEING USED, WE NEED TO SORT OF ASSESS THAT BECAUSE THERE IS A COST TO EACH ONE OF THE PARKS THAT ARE JUST THERE.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OVER 40 PARKS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO DO AN ASSESSMENT ON THAT, JUST TO SORT OF SEE THE PARTS THAT ARE BIBLE.

WE KEEP THE ONES THAT ARE JUST COSTING US MONEY NOBODY'S USING.

I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THAT IN THE FUTURE, MR. MAYOR, I KNOW THIS WAS YOUR FIRST STATE OF THE CITY IN, YOU'RE SUCH A PROFESSIONAL AND YOU DID JUST A TREMENDOUS JOB AND YOU MADE US LOOK REAL GOOD.

SO THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT STAFF MADE ME LOOK GOOD.

SO, YEAH.

AND THE LAST THING, I DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH THIS GENTLEMAN, HE'S OUR CITY ATTORNEY, BUT YOU DO HELP.

I ALWAYS SAY THIS ONCE YOU DO A HELL OF A GOOD JOB, AND I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT YOU'LL BE WITH US FOR A FEW MORE YEARS.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I'M GOING TO KEEP MY COMMENTS TO NONE BECAUSE I'M MISSING MY SON'S LITTLE LEAGUE PLAYOFF GAME ACROSS THE STREET.

SO WITH THAT

[ ADJOURN IN MEMORIAM: Adjourn in memory of San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, Sergeant Dominic Vaca, who passed away on May 31, 2021.]

TODAY, WE WILL BE A JOURNEY.

AS OUR POLICE CHIEF SAID, WE WILL BE A JOURNEY IN A MEMORY OF SERGEANT DOMINIC VAKA, UH, WILL BE A JOURNEY IN, IN HIS MEMORY TODAY.

HE WAS, HE PASSED AWAY ON MAY 31ST.

SERGEANT VAKA WAS A 17 YEAR IN THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

AND HE WAS FATALLY FATALLY INJURED FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND IN THE LINE OF DUTY.

HE WAS A SERGEANT AT THE MOROCCO BASIN STATION, AND AT THE TIME OF HIS, UH, HE WAS STATIONED THERE AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH AND SERVE THAT COMMUNITY WITH TRIED TO PROFESSIONALISM.

OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE CERTAINLY WITH HIS WIFE AND HIS TWO YOUNG DAUGHTERS AS THEY, UH, AS THEY COPE WITH THE LOSS OF THEIR HUSBAND AND FATHER.

SO WITH THAT, WE WILL BE A JOURNEY IN DOMINIC'S MEMORY.