[ 7:00 P.M. - CONVENE MEETING / ROLL CALL]
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THANK YOU FOR FINDING YOUR WAY BACK TO OUR FIRST, UH, OPEN, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UH, FOR TODAY.
AT THIS TIME, UH, MADAM CITY CLERK, WOULD YOU TAKE ROLL MAYOR JOS HERE.
VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT HERE.
THEN AT THIS TIME WE WILL BE DOING OUR PLEDGE OF
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]
ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES TO BE FOLLOWED BY OUR INVOCATION FROM ELDER PETER CHUNG WITH GOOD SHEPHERD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[ INVOCATION: Elder Peter Chung, Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church]
LET US PRAY TOGETHER.GRACIOUS, LOVING FATHER, WHO IS OUR SHELTER AND THE PROVIDER OF THE ETERNAL REST.
WE GAVE OUR HEARTFELT THANKS AND PRAISE FOR ENDING RESTRICTIONS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING FROM COVID-19 SO THAT WE CAN GATHER IN PERSON THIS EVENING, POUR OUT YOUR SPIRIT, HELP US REALIZE WE ALONE CAN DO NOTHING.
GUIDE US TO WALK CLOSER TO YOU AND EMPOWER EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM WITH FAITH, FOR SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT, GRACIOUS AND GENEROUS FATHER, YOU HAVE BLESSED US WITH ALL GOOD THINGS.
WE PRAISE AND THANK YOU AND GIVE YOU ALL THE GLORY.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE MANY DAYS WHEN WE WALK AWAY FROM YOU, LORD, PLEASE DRAW US BACK AS A PEOPLE OF GOD.
SO WE CAN BE DISCIPLES OF YOUR WORD AND SHOW YOU A GOSPEL WITH NOT ONLY OUR CITY, BUT ALSO OUR NATION AND THE WORLD.
MAY WE BE REMINDED AND NEVER FORGET THAT THOSE NATIONS ONLY ARE BLESSED WHOSE GOD IS THE LORD HEAVENLY FATHER.
AS OUR CIVIC LEADERS CONVENE IN PERSON.
AFTER MORE THAN A YELLOW BALL, UNPRECEDENTED PANDEMIC, PLEASE STRENGTHEN AND EMPOWER THEM WITH YOUR ALMIGHTY POWER GRANT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS, WISDOM AND THE GIFT OF A GRACE TO ENCOURAGE AND UPLIFT ONE ANOTHER HOLY SPIRIT, MOVING IN THIS SPACE AND HELP OUR LEADERS TRULY REPRESENT AND BE A VOICE FOR THOSE WHO ARE WEAK.
THOSE WHO ARE POOR, THOSE WHO ARE HUNGRY JUST AS OUR LORD, JESUS DID BUILD THEM UP IN YOUR IMAGE.
GOD THAT THEY MAY SERVE HUMBLY WITH COMPASSION AND EMPATHY GUIDE THEIR CONVERSATION THIS EVENING SO THAT YOUR WILL NOT OURS WILL BE DONE.
FATHER, GOD USE OUR HARDSHIPS AND THE DIFFICULT THINGS IN LIFE.
THE PANDEMIC DROUGHT PAIN TO PAVE THE WAY FOR SPIRITUAL.
WHEN YOU'RE OVER OUR NATION AND OUR COMMUNITY, YOU MAY CALL THINGS GOOD LORD.
WE WANT YOUR GLORY, POWER HEALING TO BE ON THIS PLAY.
[4. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming July as Parks Make Life Better Month]
WE WILL BE DOING A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING JULY AS PARKS MAKE LIFE BETTER MONTHS, MELISSA ARMET WILL BE ACCEPTING THIS PROCLAMATION.WILL YOU JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM, PLEASE AWKWARDLY JUST TO MAKE THESE THINGS SO MUCH EASIER.
SO CHINO HILLS IS VERY PROUD OF OUR PARKS TRAILS AND RECREATION PROGRAMS. AND TODAY WE PROCLAIMED JULY AS PARKS MAKE LIFE BETTER.
MA THE CITY ALWAYS HAS PLACED A HIGH PRIORITY ON OUR, ON OUR ITEMS THAT IMPROVE OUR QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS.
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DEVELOPMENTS TO SET ASIDE LAND FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF OUR RESIDENTS.AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 44 PARKS OVER 3000 MILES OF OPENS OR 3000 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE AND 48 MILES OF TRAILS.
OUR PROGRAMS, PARKS TRAILS, AND OPEN SPACE PROVIDE TREMENDOUS BENEFITS TO OUR, OUR RESIDENTS LIKE RECREATIONAL EXERCISE AND JOINING SERENITY, OR SIMPLY SPENDING TIME IN OUR BEAUTIFUL ENVIRONMENT.
SO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, CITY COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WE URGE ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS TO TAKE TIME AND ADVANTAGE OF OUR PARKS TRAIL TO OPEN SPACE AND ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION AS OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES SUPERVISOR MELISSA ARMITT.
THANK YOU, MAYOR JOS AND GOOD EVENING CITY COUNCIL ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WE ARE EXCITED TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION AND CELEBRATION OF JULY AS PARK MAKE LIFE BETTER.
ESPECIALLY AS WE WELCOME OUR COMMUNITY BACK TO IN-PERSON PROGRAMMING AND THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY CENTER THIS PAST MONTH PARK IS BRINGING US TOGETHER TO SHARE GOOD TIMES.
THEY'RE THE COMMON GROUND TO CONNECT US ALL.
AND I THINK WE CAN ESPECIALLY SAY THAT DURING THIS PAST YEAR, OUR CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY IS A BETTER PLACE BECAUSE THE CITY COUNCIL AND PAST HAVE BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT RECREATION HAS TO OFFER TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND FOR THAT SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THANKS YOU, WE'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK OUR AMAZING PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR INTEGRAL PART IN KEEPING OUR PARKS BEAUTIFUL AND FACILITY SUPREME.
I ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO, CAN YOU CONTINUE TO EXPLORE AND VISIT OUR PARKS AND FACILITIES? WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING OUR RESIDENTS IN PERSON AT OUR CONCERTS IN THE PARK, OUR MOVIES IN THE PARK, AS WELL AS OUR MCQUAID QUESTIONING AND RECREATION CENTER MCCOY CELEBRATION UPCOMING IN JULY.
WE'RE ALSO CURRENTLY ACCEPTING ENROLLMENT IN OUR SUMMER RECREATION PROGRAMS AND ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO VISIT OUR WEBSITE@CHINOHILLS.ORG FORWARD SLASH REC ONLINE OR STOP BY OUR RECREATION OFFICE IN PERSON TO SIGN UP FOR PROGRAMS TODAY.
AND JUST SO OUR RESIDENTS KNOW MELISSA TEAM, ALONG WITH JONATHAN'S TEAM.
W OUR RESIDENTS SHOW UP AT CONCERTS IN THE PARK OR MOVIES IN THE PARK OR ANY OTHER, OTHER NUMBER OF EVENTS.
AND IT'S TRULY BECAUSE OF THE HARD WORK FROM OUR STAFF THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO MAKE THAT WORK.
SO THIS IS JUST A SIMPLE TOKEN OF OUR ESTEEM FOR YOU.
[5. PRESENTATION - Water Use Efficiency Update]
ON WATER, USE EFFICIENCY BY JAKE LOW-KEY.ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
I WAS ASKED TO PROVIDE A QUICK UPDATE ON WATER USE EFFICIENCY, AS WELL AS WHAT'S CURRENTLY GOING ON IN CALIFORNIA WITH THE DRY YEAR THAT WE'VE HAD.
SO JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW ABOUT WHERE WE HAVE COME IN WATER, YOUR SUFFICIENCY, OUR PROGRAMS ARE WELL-ESTABLISHED.
NOW WE HAVE A LOT OF PARTICIPATION.
WE HAVE GREAT REGIONAL PARTNERS IN THE INLAND EMPIRE UTILITIES AGENCY, AND MWD OUR PARTICIPATION IS INCREASING.
IN FACT, OUR PARTICIPATION WAS THE HIGHEST IT'S EVER BEEN.
WE PUT SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE THROUGH EACH OF THE PROGRAMS, AND WE ACTUALLY DID SO WELL AS A CITY IN THOSE PROGRAMS THAT THERE ARE NOW PROGRAM CAPS BECAUSE WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET SO QUICKLY.
YOU KNOW, THE WATER SAVINGS ARE GROWING AS THE SPACES OF PEOPLE WHO ENROLL ARE GROWING AND WHERE THAT AFFORDS US THE OPPORTUNITY TO START RESEARCHING MORE OPPORTUNITIES AND KIND OF FIND THOSE AREAS WHERE THE POTENTIAL FOR SAVINGS IS MUCH GREATER.
I KNOW THIS IS A BIT OF A BUSY CHART, BUT IN TERMS OF THE LEGISLATION, WHAT IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO FOR URBAN RETAIL SUPPLIERS LIKE OURSELVES, IS THAT WE NEED TO SET WATER USE OBJECTIVES, AND THEN WE NEED TO LOWER OUR WATER USE.
THAT'S BASICALLY, IF YOU WERE TO SUM THIS UP IN TWO BULLET POINTS, YOU COULD GET AWAY WITH IT, RIGHT? AND LEGISLATION, WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THE MAKING CONSERVATION, A CALIFORNIA WAY OF LIFE PLAN THROUGH 1668 AND 6 0 6.
IT BASICALLY, THERE ARE FOUR MAJOR COMPONENTS TO IT.
THREE REALLY ONLY APPLY TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE AGRICULTURE, BUT WE NEED TO USE WATER MORE WISELY.
WE NEED TO ELIMINATE WATER WASTE.
AND THAT'S EVERYTHING FROM ORNAMENTAL LAWNS ON LARGE SECTIONS OF TURF THAT AREN'T USED PARKWAYS WASHING HARDSCAPES LEAKS.
WE ALSO NEED TO STRENGTHEN OUR LOCAL DROUGHT RESILIENCE.
THOSE ARE THE THREE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THE PLAN.
AND THEN THE FOUR O'CLOCK I SAID, IT'S IMPROVING AGRICULTURAL WATER USE SUFFICIENCY THAT DOESN'T REALLY NECESSARILY APPLY TO US.
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KIND OF THE OTHER BIG PIECE OF LEGISLATION WOULD BE SENATE BILL TRIPLE FIVE.AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH ANNUAL WATER LOSS.
SO IT'S NO SECRET THAT THIS YEAR HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY DRY.
IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT THIS INDEX ONTARIO, RIVERSIDE, THIS AREA HAS GOTTEN ABOUT A THIRD OF WHAT IS CONSIDERED NORMAL.
SO BIT OF A DRIER YEAR, AND THEN LESS RAIN OFTEN LEADS TO LESS SNOWPACK YOU CAN SEE THIS YEAR IS THERE, WHICH ARE KIND OF CONSIDERED A BELLWETHER OFTEN FOR HOW WELL THE STATE DOES IN TERMS OF GETTING PRECIPITATION AND THIS WATER YEAR IT'S, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY TRUE.
AND THEN IF WE HAVE LESS RAIN, WE HAVE LESS SNOW.
WE HAVE LESS SNOW, WE HAVE LESS RUNOFF.
OUR RESERVOIRS GET A LITTLE BIT CAN DRAW DOWN, BUT WE STORE A LOT OF WATER HERE IN CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS ONE OF THE BENEFITS.
AND THEN THE DROP MONITOR BAP, YOU KNOW, KIND OF PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE.
YOU KNOW, NO PART OF THIS STATE IS LEFT UNTOUCHED AND THEN AS WELL, IF YOU WANT TO CONSIDER US IN THE LARGER CONTEXT OF WHERE THE WEST IS AT, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE NEIGHBORHOOD STATES ARE QUITE DRY.
UH, NEVADA IS SEEING UPTICKS IN THE PERCENTAGE OF THE STATE THAT IS CONSIDERED IN A SEVERE DROUGHT.
UTAH HAS BEEN IN THE NEWS LATELY.
AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THIS NATIONAL MAP, OOPS, UH, JUST NATIONAL MAP, WHICH WAS A VIDEO, BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE PLAYING WHAT IT WOULD BASICALLY SHOW YOU IS HOW DROUGHTS FACTOR IN ACROSS THE NATION FROM 1999 UP UNTIL PRESENCE.
SO THESE ARE RECURRING PATTERNS IN A SENSE.
AND THEN I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WATER USE.
IDEALLY WATER USE FOLLOWS ESSENTIALLY THAT BELL CURVE, YOU KNOW, IT'S PRETTY LOW IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
IT PEAKS DURING THE SUMMER, AND THEN IT STARTS TO SLOWLY COME DOWN, BUT WATER USE IS VERY FLUID AND IT DEPENDS ON WHAT KIND OF SEASON WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, IDEALLY THE DOTTED LINES, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO INCH THAT LOWER.
AND THEN THE SAVINGS WOULD BE THE AREA BETWEEN THE DOTTED LINES AND THAT SOLID LINE.
OR WE ALWAYS WANT TO EXPAND THAT AREA AS MUCH AS WE CAN, BUT IF WE HAVE A WARMER APRIL OR A WARMER MAY LIKE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THAT WATER USE CAN BECOME STEEPER, WHICH CORRELATES TO MORE WATER USAGE ACROSS ALL OUR SECTORS.
AND IT SLOWLY STARTS TO SHIFT WATER USE.
IF WE HAVE, LET'S SAY A WET OCTOBER OR A WET NOVEMBER, WHICH IS POSSIBLE, WE'VE HAD THEM IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, ALTHOUGH IT'S RARELY OFF, IT'S PRETTY ODD.
MOST OF CALIFORNIA'S WATER COMES HALF LAST HALF OF DECEMBER INTO JANUARY, FEBRUARY, SOMETIMES MARCH, DEPENDING ON THE SEASON.
SO IF WE HAVE A WET OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER, WE SEE OUR WATER USE SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASE FROM WHAT WE CONSIDER AS NORMAL.
SO IDEALLY WE HAVE COOLER SUMMERS AND WETTER WINTERS, ALTHOUGH IT'S OFTEN VARIABLE, CALIFORNIA IS, HAS SOME PRETTY VARIABLE PRECIPITATION.
AND THEN I, I WANTED TO POINT SOMETHING OUT.
YOU KNOW, OFTEN WE THINK OF EFFORT AND EFFICIENCY.
AS YOU KNOW, IF YOU DO STEP ONE, YOU WILL GET SOME SORT OF SAVINGS HERE.
IF YOU STEP TWO, YOU WILL GET MORE SAVINGS, BUT REALLY EFFICIENCY, WHETHER YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CAR ENGINE OR A HOW QUICKLY YOUR CELL PHONE CHARGES, YOU WANT TO THINK A CURVE, NOT A LINE, A WE'RE REALLY GOOD WITH OUR PROGRAMS AT FINDING THOSE RESIDENTS AND GETTING THEM TO INVEST IN A LITTLE BIT OF EFFORT AND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
AND THEN THEY GET THEIR SAVINGS.
THE IDEA BEHIND THE PROGRAMS IS TO KEEP PEOPLE ON THAT LINE.
SO IF SOMEBODY GETS A CONTROLLER THAT THEY CAN CONTROL WITH THEIR SMARTPHONE, THEY'RE NOW ABLE TO WATER PRETTY EFFICIENTLY FROM THE PALM OF THEIR HAND, WHICH IS GREAT.
AND THAT ESSENTIALLY KEEPS THEM MOVING ON THAT LINE.
SO YOU CAN SEE WITH NOT THAT MUCH MORE TIME INVOLVED, THE SAVINGS KEEP ON GROWING.
AND WE WANT TO KEEP PEOPLE ON THE LINE BECAUSE THAT'S, WHAT'S GOING TO HELP US BE COMPLIANT WITH THE UPCOMING LEGISLATION.
AND THEN WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, WE'VE DONE WELL THIS YEAR, WE'VE GONE FROM MILLIONS OF GALLONS, SAVED TO TENS OF MILLIONS OF WE'RE STILL AVERAGING ABOUT NINE AND A HALF PERCENT COMPARED TO THIRD 2013, WHICH IS WHAT THE STATE ASKS US TO COMPARE OUR WATER USE TO MANY OTHER
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AGENCIES OR DISTRICTS HAVE SEEN THEIR WATER USE ACTUALLY INCREASE.WE'RE AIMING TO GET IT LOWER, BUT IT'S STILL GOOD.
AND THEN OUR WATER SAVING PROGRAMS PAGE A RESIDENT WHO'S INTERESTED IN CONSERVATION CAN GET ALL OF THEIR INFORMATION IN THERE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO BE.
WE PUT AN ONLINE APPLICATION, SO IT'S EASIER TO ENROLL AND RESIDENTS JUST NEED THEIR BASIC CONTACT INFORMATION CAN ANSWER SIMPLE QUESTIONS.
IT'S BREAKING DOWN THE BARRIERS TO ENROLLING.
AND THEN WE ALWAYS WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR RESIDENTS FOR DOING WELL.
SO WE DO GET BAG DELIVERIES FOR EVERYBODY WHO PARTICIPATES IN THEIR IUI PROGRAM.
AND THEN EACH RESIDENT WHO GETS IT, WE OFTEN PUT THINGS LIKE INSULATED COOLER BAGS, SPRAY NOZZLES.
SO INSTEAD OF RESIDENTS JUST HOSING OFF THEIR LAWN, THEY CAN MORE ACCURATELY WATER.
AND THEN THE SCAN ME CODE IT'S ACTS OFFERS THEM ACCESS TO ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS AS WELL AS REBATES PAGE.
AND WE WERE SUCCESSFUL WITH PARTICULAR REBATE.
WE DECIDED TO APPLY FOR A GRANT THROUGH IUI FOR $2,000.
AND WE ADDED AN EXTRA INCENTIVE FOR THOSE RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO PURCHASE A HIGH EFFICIENCY CLOTHES WASHER.
WE HAD SPACE AVAILABLE FOR 40 RESIDENTS TO GET THE EXTRA INCENTIVE AND IT'S ALREADY SOLD OUT.
SO THAT WAS SOMETHING WHERE WE DIDN'T INVEST A LOT OF STAFF TIME.
WE USE IUS GRANT MONEY AND WE'RE ALREADY GETTING THE SAVINGS AND WE'RE HELPING OUR RESIDENTS OUT AS WELL.
AND ALL OF THIS TRANSLATES INTO THE IUA ANNUAL REPORT THAT WE GET.
THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A DELAY, BUT THIS IS THE MOST RECENT REPORT IN ALL OF OUR EFFORTS AND ALL OF OUR OUTREACH AND ALL OF THE HARD WORK DONE BY PUBLIC WORKS.
IT'S ALLOWED US TO ESSENTIALLY GET THE BIGGEST PORTION OF SAVINGS OUT THERE ROUGHLY ABOUT 24%, WHICH YOU CAN SEE COMPARED TO THE OTHER WORK GROUP MEMBERS AND THE NUMBER IT TRANSLATES TO IT'S ABOUT 28.7 MILLION GALLONS OF SAVINGS.
AND THAT'S ROUGHLY 85, 86 ACRE FEET.
SO IT'S QUITE A SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS EVEN DURING THE PANDEMIC.
AND THIS YEAR IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE JUST AS GOOD.
OUR PROPORTIONS MIGHT SHIFT ON WHERE WE SAVE WATER, BUT WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE A REALLY GOOD YEAR.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS QUICK, QUICK? UH, WE'RE NOT IN ANY DECLARED STAGE AT THE MOMENT, CORRECT? YEAH.
DO YOU SEE THAT COMING UP SOON? WE'RE ALWAYS ON THE STAGE TO EXCUSE I MISSPOKE.
WE'RE IN A STAGE TWO, THAT'S OUR MODERATE WATER CONSERVATION ORDINANCE.
WE STILL ALLOW FOLKS TO WATER UP TO THREE DAYS UP TO 15 MINUTES PER ZONE.
AND WE'VE BEEN ON THE STAGE TWO FOR QUITE SOME TIME, BUT WE REALLY HAVEN'T PUSHED THAT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AS FAR AS THE WATER DAYS.
AND YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT IT'S SORT OF JUST LIKE A HOLDING PATTERN IT'S IN A HOLDING PATTERN.
WE MAY HAVE TO STEP THAT UP AS THE SUMMER GOES ON.
COUNCIL MEMBER MARIA J CAN YOU COMMENT ON THE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES YOU'VE HAD FOR OUR LOCAL TEACHERS AS FAR AS DIFFERENT GRANTS AND THINGS? CERTAINLY.
SO WE ALWAYS HAVE PART OF THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE THAT THE CITY PARTICIPATES IN.
WE HAVE GRANTS FOR TEACHERS WHO PARK WOULD LIKE TO TEACH ANYTHING THAT PROMOTES WATER CONSERVATION.
WE'VE SPONSORED SOLAR CUP FOR SEVERAL YEARS IN OUR CHINO HILLS TEAM DID PARTICULARLY WELL.
AND THEN I WILL ALSO BE SPEAKING WITH THE DISTRICT AS WELL ON WAYS TO, UH, ACHIEVE MORE SAVINGS ON THEIR PHYSICAL CAMPUSES AS WELL.
SO WE'RE MAKING INROADS WITH OUR SCHOOLS AND WE ALWAYS SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS.
THE, THE FACT THAT WE'RE IN SUCH GOOD SHAPE AS A CITY IS PRIMARILY DUE TO THE VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE BY OUR RESIDENTS.
SO IF WE ARE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, THANK SOMEBODY AND GIVE SOMEBODY PRAISE IT'S THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE TAKEN THIS SERIOUSLY AND HAVE REDUCED THEIR WATER USE.
UM, IS THERE STILL ANY ACTIVE PROGRAM RIGHT NOW FOR TURF REMOVAL FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO PUT IN ARTIFICIAL TURF OR DESERT LANDSCAPING OR WHATEVER I, IS THAT STILL GOING ON? YES, THERE'S ACTUALLY QUITE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THE REBATE THAT'S LEFT OVER AND THE REBATE IS OFFERED THROUGH THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT.
THEY OFFERED $2 PER SQUARE FOOT AND IUA HAS VERY GENEROUSLY OFFERED IN ADDITIONAL DOLLAR ARTIFICIAL TURF.
ISN'T FORTUNATELY ISN'T COVERED IN THIS PARTICULAR REBATE, BUT $3 PER SQUARE FOOT IS A PRETTY GOOD DEAL FOR RESIDENTS.
RESIDENTS CAN DO UP TO 5,000 SQUARE FEET AND THEN OUR BUSINESSES CAN DO UP TO 50,000 SQUARE FEET.
SO IT'S QUITE A LARGE INCENTIVE FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEIR TURF.
AND THEN AS WELL, WE ALSO MADE A FLOW CHART FOR OUR RESIDENTIAL AND OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY
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TO ESSENTIALLY GUIDE THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS BECAUSE IT IS A BIT OF A PROCESS, BUT IT'S WELL WORTH IT.SO IS THERE A REFERENCE THAT YOU CAN GIVE THE PUBLIC, UH, FOR WHERE THEY CAN SEE WHAT QUALIFIES AND WHAT THAT RATE IS $3 PER SQUARE FOOT? UH, IS IT READILY ASSESSABLE ON OUR CITY? WHERE WEBSITE, CAN YOU LET THEM KNOW WHERE, WHERE THEY CAN FIND THAT? ABSOLUTELY.
IT'S ON OUR CITY WATER SAVING PROGRAMS PAGE.
AND THEN IF RESIDENTS WISH THEY CAN GO DIRECTLY TO IT.
SO CAL WATER SMART IS ESSENTIALLY THE HUB FOR ALL OF THE REBATE ACTIVITY AND TURF REMOVAL AS WELL.
AND THEN AS ALWAYS, THEY CAN CERTAINLY CALL ME.
WHAT'S YOUR PHONE NUMBER, JAKE? EXCUSE ME.
WHAT'S YOUR PHONE NUMBER? NINE OH NINE FIVE THREE FOUR THREE SIX.
JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS REAL FAST.
UM, THE LAST TIME WE WERE IN A DROUGHT OFFICIALLY, WE HAD A REDUCTION OF WHAT, WHAT WAS THE PERCENTAGE? IS IT 28%? WE, SO IT WAS BETWEEN 25 AND 28, 28.
AND THEN ALSO TOO, MOST OF THE WATER THAT WE DO GET IS ACTUALLY IF WE BUY IT FROM METROPOLITAN WATER OR FROM DIFFERENT WATER AGENCIES, WE DON'T USE ANY WELL WATER.
LAST TIME I CHECKED IN, UH, MARK CAN SPEAK MORE TO THAT, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE ANY GRAMMAR AND THE REASON, WELL, IT COSTS US MORE MONEY PER YEAR BECAUSE WE'RE NOT USING ONE WATER.
SO THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL EXPENSE TO BUY WATER.
AND HAVE WATER IS ALWAYS MORE EXPENSIVE THEN OUR GROUNDWATER MOSTLY BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT HERE, WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO, YOU WANT TO THINK ABOUT PAY FOR THE ABILITY TO GET IT DOWN HERE.
AND THEN JUST OFF YOUR QUESTION, UH, THAT INFORMATION IS ON OUR WEBPAGE JUST AGAIN? YES.
SO IT'S THERE EASILY TO GET TO EXACTLY.
AND THEN JUST MY 2 CENTS, JUST ANECDOTALLY I'VE PARTICIPATED IN THE CITY PROGRAMS. I KNOW, UH, THE SPRINKLER AUDIT BECAUSE MY LANDSCAPER PLACE TO DESTROY MY SPRINKLERS.
SO IT'S, IT'S A VERY EASY PROGRAM TO, TO APPLY FOR PLEASE, YOU KNOW, PLEASE PUT IN FOR IT.
AND THE, UH, THE WIFI ENABLED, UH, UM, SPRINKLER CONTROLLER IS CERTAINLY WELL WORTH IT AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
WE CAN CERTAINLY SEE IT PAYS DIVIDENDS DOWN THE ROAD.
ALL RIGHT, WELL THIS DID WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OUT OF CLOSED SESSION OF ACTION SAKE? AND THERE WAS NO REPORTABLE ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSE LICENSE EVENING.
[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 complete and submit to the City Clerk a "Request to Speak" card or press *9 by phone or raise your hand in the zoom application. Comments will be limited to three minutes per speaker.]
GOING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL IN PERSON, UH, REGARDING ANY ITEMS WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WHETHER OR NOT THE ITEM APPEARS ON THE AGENDA, EXCEPT TESTIMONY ON PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS, WHICH MUST BE PROVIDED DURING THOSE HEARINGS, PLEASE COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO THE CITY CLERK, A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD OR PRESS STAR NINE, UH, VIA PHONE OR RAISE YOUR HAND IN THE ZOOM APPLICATION.
COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES AND OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS MR. FRANK, GOOD EVENING.
IT IS SO EXCITING TO BE BACK AND NO MASS.
I CAN ACTUALLY SEE EVERYBODY'S FACE.
UM, I'M HERE TONIGHT TO, TO REPRESENT THE 55 PLUS CLUB.
LET YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE AS OF FEBRUARY, I AM THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE 55 PLUS CLUB.
SO YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE DONE WITH ME LAST YEAR, BUT NO, YOU'RE NOT.
IT WAS HARD, VERY HARD TIME, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP TOGETHER THROUGH ZOOM AND KEEP GOING.
AND WE HAD SOME ACTUAL THINGS MOVE FORWARD.
OUR VETERANS GROUP HAS BEEN WORKING VERY HARD AND THEY HAVE RAISED THE BUNNY TO PUT A FLAG POLE BY THE MONUMENT.
AND THEY'RE ALSO STILL AGGRESSIVELY SELLING BRICKS.
ALL OF WHICH THEY HOPE TO HAVE INSTALLED FOR A PRISON FOR DEDICATION, SORRY FOR DEDICATION, UM, ON VETERANS DAY THIS YEAR.
AND THEN MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE WILL NOT BE STARTING OUR MEETINGS UNTIL NEXT MONTH, JUST BECAUSE OF TIMING.
BUT JULY 1ST IS THE RESTART OF BINGO.
SO YOU ALL WANT TO KNOW THAT BINGO'S BACK.
I TELL EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU WHERE, AND WHAT TIMES BINGO IS NOW STARTING THE DOORS OPEN AT 10 15.
WE'RE ACTUALLY STARTING AN HOUR EARLIER THAN WE USED TO.
UM, WHICH SHOULD ALLOW US TO BE FINISHED IS HOPING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE PICKING UP THEIR CHILDREN AT THE HIGH SCHOOL THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO PLAY ON.
ARE ANY OF THE SCHOOLS REALLY? THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO PLAY AND STILL GET OUT IN TIME TO PICK UP THEIR KIDS.
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UM, SO IT'S UM, AT THE MCCOY BARN, BINGO IN THE BARN STARTING JULY 1ST.THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.
WE HAVE SPEAKER JIM GALLAGHER, MR. GALLAGHER, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL, UH, ELLA RESIDENTS AND STAFF.
I FORGOT THAT YOU WERE OPENING.
OBVIOUSLY I WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE TODAY IF I KNOWN, BUT THAT I THINK ALSO EXPLAINS WHY WE NEED TO HAVE THE SPEAKER THAT I'M GOING TO ANNOUNCE.
I'M SPEAKING TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF MY ROLE AS A MEMBER OF THE CHINO VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, UM, SPEAKER WILL BE THIS THURSDAY, JUNE 24TH, FROM 1130 TO ONE.
IT'S UH, JOSH DOUGLAS, WHO IS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF HEALTH FOR SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.
UH, HE, UH, FORMERLY WAS THE DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH FOR SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.
AND WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO IS EXPLAIN TO US WHAT RESTRICTIONS HAVE BEEN LIFTED AS OF JUNE 15TH AND WHAT CONCERNS DO REMAIN PLUS OUT OF BUSINESS, COMMUNITY AND RESIDENTS, AND MEET THOSE CURRENT CHALLENGES.
I MIGHT ADD IF YOU GO TO THE CHAIN OF VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WEBSITE AND YOU CLICK ON EVENTS AND YOU HAVE AN EVENT CALENDAR THERE AND YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THE ZOOM EVENT, UH, THERE.
SO I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO JOIN.
I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY HAVE SOME LIVELY QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSIONS WITH HIM.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, SOME BUSINESSES DON'T REQUIRE MASKS.
I ALSO WANT TO ADD ON BEHALF OF THE CHAMBER, IT'S ALSO CHINO VALLEY CHAMBER RESTAURANT MONTH.
SO WE, EVERYBODY TO GET OUT THERE.
WELL, RESTAURANTS AND BUSINESSES.
ANY OTHER HANDS RAISED AT THIS TIME? ALL RIGHT, THEN WE'LL BE MOVING ON A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ANNOUNCEMENTS.
[ CONFLICT OF INTEREST ANNOUNCEMENTS: Council Member abstentions shall be stated at this time for recordation on the appropriate item.]
COUNCIL MEMBER ABSTENTION SHALL BE STATED AT THIS TIME FOR RECOMMENDATION ON THE APPROPRIATE ITEM.I HAVE A CONFLICT ON ITEM 16 DUE TO THE FACT THAT, UH, UH, MY EMPLOYER, ATHENS SERVICES IS THE CITY'S STREETSWEEPER AND THERE IS A CONTRACT ON THE AGENDA.
SO WE WILL BE PULLING IN ITEM 16 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE, AND I WILL BE LEAVING THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AT THIS TIME? NOPE.
THEN WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT
[ 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.]
CALENDAR.SO AS I SAID, ITEM 16 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE AND ANY OTHER ITEMS TO BE PULLED TO APPROVE SEVEN THROUGH 15.
AND THEN WITH ONE OTHER, UH, ITEM TO NOTE, IS THAT ON ITEM 13? WE, WHEN THE, UH, WHEN THE AGENDA WAS INITIALLY PUBLISHED, THERE WAS A COMPONENT MISSING, BUT IT'S BEEN HANDED OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND IS OUT FRONT FOR PUBLIC VIEWING.
SO WITH THAT, WE WILL BE MOVING ITEMS SEVEN THROUGH 15.
UH, WE HAD A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER, BEN, AND WE HAD A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS, MADAM CITY CLERK, MAYOR JOS? YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN, OLD HABITS DIE HARD WHEN THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO VOTE.
I DON'T THINK WE CAN BECAUSE IT'S NOT UNTIL WE'RE NOT USING ZOOM.
WE WERE PREPARING EARLIER PRACTICE COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS MOTION PASSES FIVE, ZERO.
WE FINALLY GET READY FOR THE, UH, THE OLD WAY NOW THE NEW WAY COMES IN.
SO THIS MOMENT I'LL BE EXCELLENT.
[16. Authorize City Manager to execute Amendment No. 4 to Agreement No. A2015-149 with Arakelian Enterprises, Inc. (Athens Services), increasing total annual not-to-exceed amount to $178,656 and extending term to June 30, 2022, for street sweeping services]
16 AUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT.NUMBER 4 8 2 0 1 5 DASH 1 4 9 WITH CLEAN AIR ENTERPRISES, INC.
ATHENS SERVICES TO INCREASE TOTAL ANNUAL, NOT TO EXCEED ONE SEVENTY, A HUNDRED SEVENTY $8,656 EXTENDING TERM TO JUNE 30TH, 2022 FOR STREET SWEEPING SERVICES.
ANYTHING TO ADD CITY MANAGER? UH, NO, SIR.
ANY COUNCIL COMMENTS? I'LL MOVE THE ITEM.
GOT A OR SECOND, SECOND CALL FOR A VOTE PLEASE.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS MOTION PASSES.
CAN WE TAKE A BREAK FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS? YES, WE CAN JUST DO.
MARK HAS, AT THIS TIME, WE'VE MOVED ON TO THE DISCUSSION CALENDAR.
[17. Receive and file Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) update]
IS THE PORTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA FOR ALL MATTERS WHERE STAFF AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS ANTICIPATED.PLEASE COMPLETE AND SUBMIT A SPEAKER CARD
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TO THE CITY CLERK OR PRESS STAR NINE BY PHONE, OR RAISE YOUR HAND IN THE ZOOM APPLICATION COMMENTS AGAIN WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.SO WE HAVE ITEM 17 RECEIVE AND FILE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019.
COVID 19 UPDATE MR. CITY MANAGER.
THANK YOU, MARY JO'S, UH, CITY COUNCIL, UH, AS YOU ALL BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO, UH, WE LIKE TO GIVE UPDATES TO THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC ON WHAT'S TRANSPIRED SINCE OUR LAST MEETING IN THE COVID REALM.
IT'S VERY EXCITING TO ANNOUNCE THAT AS OF JUNE 15TH, THE STATE'S STAY AT HOME ORDERS AND THE BLUEPRINT FOR A SAFER, UH, ECONOMY, UH, HAVE BEEN RETIRED, UH, BY THE GOVERNOR.
UH, THIS PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR PUBLIC TO, UH, HAVE HIGHER CAPACITY, UH, AT THEIR SHOPPING PLACES TO HAVE THE OPTION TO NOT WEAR MASK, UH, DEPENDING ON THE BUSINESS'S, UH, DESIRES.
UH, ULTIMATELY IT GAVE US A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY.
UH, IT MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO, UH, SAFELY HAVE, UH, THE MEETING HERE IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
UM, IN ADDITION, UH, SINCE THE PUBLISHED PUBLICATION OF THIS, UH, AGENDA ITEM, WE ALSO HAD CAL OSHA MAKE A RULING ON THE CONDITIONS FOR EMPLOYEES TO BE ABLE TO WEAR OR TO NOT WEAR MASKS.
THAT'S WHY YOU SEE ALL OF OUR SMILING, UH, SHINING FACES FROM, UH, OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM AND OUR STAFF.
UH, SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF, UH, FREEDOM, UH, PROVIDED, UH, THROUGH THE LAST COUPLE OF ACTIONS, UH, WITHIN THE, UH, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR COUNTY, UH, TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TESTING AND FOR VACCINATION, UH, WHEREVER POSSIBLE, UH, STAFF, UH, AS YOU'VE NOTED FROM SEVERAL MEETINGS HAVE ROLLED BACK AS MANY OF OUR PROGRAMS TO A LEVEL THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN IN ALMOST A YEAR.
UH, I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT TONIGHT.
WE WERE RECOGNIZING PARKS MAKE LIFE BETTER, UH, BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF TOUCH WITH OUR RESIDENTS AND THAT WAS IMPACTED SIGNIFICANT SIGNIFICANTLY BY COVID.
SO WE'RE ALL EXCITED AND HAPPY TO BE OUT THERE.
UH, LASTLY, THE ONLY OTHER, UH, ITEM I'LL HAVE, IT'S BEEN MY, UM, YOU KNOW, PRACTICE TO ANNOUNCE, UH, FUTURE CHANGES, UH, GIVEN THAT WE NOW HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE OUR MEETINGS PUBLICLY, UH, AND ALLOW FOR, UH, OPEN ATTENDANCE.
UH, WE PLAN TO OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, GO BACK TO THE NORMAL WITH, UH, NO, UH, REMOTE PARTICIPATION.
SO WE WON'T HAVE THE ZOOM COMPONENT.
WE WON'T HAVE THE LIVE STREAMING.
WE'LL GO BACK TO, UH, OPEN, UH, DIRECT PARTICIPATION HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, BOTH FOR OUR, UM, COMMISSION MEETINGS AND OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS GOING FORWARD.
SO, UH, AT THAT, UH, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ARE THANK YOU, MR. MONTGOMERY, DID WE HAPPEN TO HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE WE GET TO COUNCIL COMMENTS? I DID NOT SEE ANY HANDS RAISED AT THIS TIME.
ONLY ONE CLARIFICATION SINCE IT'LL BE, WE'LL NO LONGER BE DOING ZOOM.
IF PEOPLE WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT TO THE CITY, UH, COUNCIL, THEY CAN STILL GO AHEAD AND EMAIL THAT THOSE COMMENTS IN LIKE WE HAVE IN THE FAR PAST, UH, AND THEY CAN, UH, BE READ INTO OR WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE THEY WON'T BE READ IN, BUT THERE'LL BE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION AND ANY FURTHER COMMENTS FROM ACCOUNT.
WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO ITEM 18 AUTHORIZED
[18. Authorize City Manager to prepare and execute Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. A2017-224 with Inland Valley Humane Society in amount not-to-exceed $56,666.66 to extend agreement for one-month due to contract negotiations]
CITY MANAGER TO PREPARE AND EXECUTE A MEN, MEN.NUMBER ONE TO AGREEMENT NUMBER 82 0 1 7 DASH 2 2 4 WITH ELON VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $56,666 AND 66 CENTS TO EXTEND THE AGREEMENT FOR ONE MONTH DUE TO CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS.
SORRY, FACIAL LOOKING OVER THERE WHEN IT'S ONLY CHERYL, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UH, ROD HILL, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WILL INTRODUCE THE ITEM.
AND THEN I'LL ALSO NOTE THAT, UH, NICOLE BREASTS YANI FROM, UH, INLAND VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY IS ALSO IN THE AUDIENCE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
GETTING THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, UH, STAFFS AND WORKING ON A NEW CONTRACT WITH IVH, UH, ABHS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.
AND WHILE WE BELIEVE WE'RE CLOSED THERE STILL A FEW DATE DETAILS THAT WE ARE FINALIZING BEFORE PRESENTING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
UH, WE PLAN TO BRING IT FORWARD TO ON JULY 13TH AT THIS TIME, THE KEY ITEMS THAT ARE STILL BEING FINALIZED INCLUDE THE NEW CONTRACT, UM, COST MODEL TO DETERMINE WHAT, UH, METHOD THE COUNCIL PREFERS AS WELL AS THE TERMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE, UH, APPLICATION OF THEIR POOLED USE RATE.
UM, IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE ITEMS ON SEVERAL
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ITEMS ON ITEM 21 TONIGHT THAT ALSO ADDRESS NEW FEES THAT ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED AS RELATED TO, UH, IHS FOR 2122.UH, MADAM CITY CLERK, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? I DO NOT SEE ANY HANDS RAISED AT THIS TIME.
ALL RIGHT, THEN I'LL TAKE IT BACK TO COUNCIL.
ANY COMMENTS ON THE ONE MONTH EXTENSION? YES.
CAN I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS ONLY GOING TO BE FOR ONE MONTH, CORRECT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE NEGOTIATING WITH, WITH THE, UM, VALLEY.
MY QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE ANY OF THE OPTIONS AS FAR AS NEGOTIATIONS IN THE FUTURE? ARE WE GOING TO, IS THIS GOING TO BE AN RFP OR ARE WE JUST SPECIFIC DEALING WITH THE PEOPLE THAT WERE, WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THE PAST FEW MONTHS OR THE PAST YEARS? THANK YOU.
UH, AT THIS TIME WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE'LL BE BRINGING BACK A CONTRACT EXTENSION WITH OUR CURRENT PROVIDER, INLAND VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY.
UH, WE ARE, WE'LL ALWAYS, UH, EVALUATE OUR OPTIONS, UH, BUT, BUT LIKELY THE SCOPE WILL BE FINE TUNING THE DETAILS FOR A MULTI-YEAR EXTENSION, BECAUSE I DID LOOK AT THE, THE COST AND SOME OF IT'S LIKE A HUNDRED PERCENT, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IT'S DRASTICALLY GOING TO BE INCREASED.
IS THAT TRUE? OR AM I SEEING SOMETHING THAT'S NOT CORRECT? NO, YOU'RE NOT.
YOU'RE NOT, UH, THERE'S A COUPLE OF MOVING PARTS THAT HAVE CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY, UH, IN THE STRUCTURE.
AND AS A RESULT, THE COST OF SERVICES, UH, ARE GOING TO BE MATERIALLY HIGHER THAN THEY'VE BEEN IN THE PAST.
AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY TO TRY AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S CHANGED IN THE COST MODEL, UH, HOW THE REVENUE THAT NORMALLY OFFSETS THOSE COSTS, UH, ARE CHANGING.
AND SO ALL OF THOSE DETAILS WE INTEND TO BRING TO THE COUNCIL SO THAT YOU FULLY UNDERSTAND, BUT ULTIMATELY, AND I'LL DEFER TO, TO ROD, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT A TWO OR $300,000 INCREASE? IT IS CURRENTLY APPROXIMATELY $300,000 ANNUAL INCREASE TO THE BASE CONTRACT COST THAT'S NET OF ANY FEE REVENUE.
THEY WOULD GIVE US IF WE CHOOSE THAT MODEL AND IT IS A TWO-YEAR CONTRACT.
SO RIGHT NOW WHAT IT WOULD PAY, WHAT'S THE COST APPROXIMATELY $200,000 A YEAR.
SO ANOTHER THREE'S UP 5 0 5 IS THE NEW, THAT'S THE NEW NET COST MODEL.
IT COULD BE AS HIGH AS 680,000.
IF YOU CHOOSE THE GROSS COST MODEL WHERE IT DEPENDS ON YOUR REVENUE STRUCTURE AND HOW YOU, HOW WE FEEL AFTER WE DO ALL THE CALCULATIONS, BEST BENEFITS THE CITY.
BUT AT THIS POINT, THOSE ARE THE TWO OPTIONS, 5 0 5 OR SIX 80.
NOW THE MONIES THAT THE CITY GENERATES EITHER PLACE AND SCENE OR SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED BY INLAND EMPIRE OR WHATEVER THE, UM, THE AGENCY.
UM, WHAT DO WE KNOW WHAT THE TRUE, TRUE AMOUNTS OF MONIES THAT WE'RE GENERATING IN CHINO HILLS? SO THEY'VE PROVIDED US INFORMATION RELATED TO THE REVENUES WITH THE CITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE ANIMAL LICENSING AND SERVICES RELATED TO THOSE IN THE CITY.
WE HAVE NOT AUDITED THOSE SERVICES, BUT WE DO HAVE A SCHEDULE FROM THEM THAT SHOWS WHAT THEIR REVENUES ARE.
SO WHAT I DID JUST HERE, WE DO NOT AUTO AUDIT THEM.
WE HAVE NOT, WHY NOT, UH, TO DATE IT HASN'T BEEN AN ISSUE, BUT I THINK GOING FORWARD, WE HAVE ASKED THAT THAT WOULD BE A POSSIBILITY.
AND THEY HAVE TOLD US THAT THEY WOULD ALLOW US TO REVIEW SOME OF THEIR RECORDS IF WE GO FORWARD, BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO OUR COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE SERVICE AT THE LEAST POSSIBLE COST.
AND AGAIN, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT COULD, I MEAN, AGAIN, THEY'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB, DON'T GET ME WRONG, BUT I LIKE TO SEE WHAT ELSE IS OUT THERE TO HAVE THE BEST SERVICE FOR OUR CITY.
SO AGAIN, MY OPINION, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO, WHEN WAS THIS COMING TO US FOR A VOTE ON THE TWO YEAR COMP WE'RE OPPOSED TO YOUR CONTRACT? WAS THAT ANTICIPATE AT THE NEXT MEETING AT, IN TWO, THREE WEEKS? YEAH.
HOW MUCH IS IT ANTICIPATED IN OUR CURRENT BUDGET THAT WE JUST APPROVED FOR THIS LINE ITEM THREE, WE'VE APPROVED 300,000.
WE INCLUDE A $300,000 ADDITIONAL COSTS DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS.
ITHS DID INFORM US THAT THEIR COST MODEL WAS GOING UP.
SO WE DID BUMP IT UP TO THE 5 0 5 FROM WHERE WE WERE BEFORE.
SO THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY $300,000.
SO IT'S COMING TO US BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING.
THIS IS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY A BIG ISSUE, A LOT OF INFORMATION TO DIGEST.
WE'VE ALL BEEN DOWN THE, UM, ANIMAL CONTROL ROAD DOWN BEFORE IN MANY, MANY WAYS.
UM, IS IT POSSIBLE OR LIKE APPROPRIATE ASK MARK THIS TO GET LIKE THE STAFF REPORT BEFORE THAT THURSDAY, BECAUSE FOR ME PERSONALLY, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE DIGESTING ALL THIS INFORMATION IN THE FOUR OR FIVE DAYS THAT WE GET PRIOR TO THE NEXT MEETING.
HOW WOULD THAT WORK? WE NEED ANOTHER ONE MONTH EXTENSION TO, TO CONTINUE.
THAT'S REALLY MORE OF A WELL BETWEEN MY OFFICE AND STAFF AND WHETHER WE COULD GET THE INFORMATION OUT EARLIER, UM, WE CAN TRY,
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WOULD WE NEED TO PUBLISH THE ENTIRE AGENDA EARLY OR JUST, HOW DO WE PROVIDE THEM WITH THAT INFORMATION IF THE STAFF REPORT, UM, IT'S READY TO GO.UM, AND WE, WE COULD GET IT OUT EARLY AND WE COULD ALSO MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC EARLIER, TOO.
IT WOULDN'T BE FINALLY POSTED UNTIL, UM, THE CLERK'S OFFICE POSTS THE AGENDA AND PUTS IT ONLINE.
BUT IF IT, IF IT'S AVAILABLE OR STAFF CAN PROVIDE IT EARLIER, ROD IS, IS IT, IS THAT REASONABLE? WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH MARK'S OFFICE, WITH ELIZABETH ON THIS CONTRACT.
AND I THINK WE JUST HAVE A FEW MINOR DETAILS LEFT TO FINISH, AND I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY HAVE IT OUT BY SOMETIME TOWARDS THE END OF THIS.
CAUSE I, I WOULD LIKE MORE TIME.
WE'RE JUST FINDING OUT, I MEAN, THE FACT THAT THE INCREASE ENOUGH IS ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR OWN PERSONAL DUE DILIGENCE WITH WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND GETTING IT ON THURSDAY BEFORE THE TUESDAY MEETING IS NOT RIGHT.
WELL, AND TO GO FROM 200,000 TO ALMOST A HALF A MIL PLUS IS YOU NEED SOME TIME TO DIGEST IT.
SO THAT WOULD BE GREAT ROD, MR. MAYOR, WORST 11 ISSUE.
IT'S NOT EVEN THE AMOUNT OF MONEY, HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
IT'S THE MONEY THAT'S COMING TO OUR CITY THAT WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY IS.
I MEAN, THAT MONEY, THAT AMOUNT COULD BE MAYBE 600,000.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ANOTHER AGREEMENT WITH ANOTHER VENDOR IN THE CITY.
WE'VE HAD IT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, AND I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO SPECIFICS, BUT I THINK YOU ALL KNOW WHO I'M TALKING ABOUT AND THEY DID THE SAME THING.
THEY GENERATED WELL OVER $3 MILLION A YEAR AND WE GET, WE GOT NOTHING.
SO AGAIN, I'M NOT SAYING THAT THIS, THE CASE HERE, BUT THERE IS MONIES OUT THERE THAT ARE GENERATED BY THE CITY.
AND I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY, HOW MUCH IT IS.
AND I THINK TO YOUR POINT THEN SINCE THIS IS STILL CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS, MAYBE IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO PRESS THAT ISSUE ON.
SO THEN WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND, WHAT DOES THE MOTION RIGHT? UH, WE HAVE, UH, FOR THE ONE MONTH EXTENSION AS WRITTEN COMMENT EARLIER TWO MONTHS, DO WE WANT TO, IS THAT EVEN, I WAS WONDERING WHEN IT WAS COMING BACK, YOU ASKED FOR A MULTI-MONTH AND MAYBE I VHS WOULD WANT TO COMMENT.
THEY WERE ONLY COMFORTABLE WITH THE TIMEFRAME WE GAVE THEM FOR THE ONE MONTH TO BE ABLE TO GET ONE WITH EXTENSION OUT.
UM, WE COULD ASK THEM FOR LONGER, BUT WE INITIALLY THE RESPONSE WAS WE COULD HAVE ONE MONTH AND THEY WERE COMFORTABLE PROPOSING THAT AND APPROVING THAT THE, THE PRESIDENT LEVEL WITHOUT GOING BACK TO THE BOARD.
I WOULD THINK AT THE VERY LEAST FOR THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT HAVE INCREASED, THAT IT'S VERY REASONABLE TO ASK FOR TWO MONTHS TO DO, OR, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE DARK FOR HALF OF THE MONTH IN TERMS OF CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, I SHOULD COMMENT THAT BY APPROVING THIS AMENDMENT, YOU ARE ALSO APPROVING THE NEW, UH, THE NEW RATE STRUCTURE AND THAT THE STRUCTURE, BUT THE COST.
SO THE 56, 6 66 60 6 CENTS IS THE NEW RATE FOR 2122.
SO YOU'RE NOT HOLDING THEM AT A LOWER RATE.
IT'S JUST SIMPLY GETTING THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT FINALIZED.
SO THEY WOULD BE RECEIVING THE REVENUE CONSISTENT WITH THE NEW CONTRACT.
OKAY, WELL, BY DOING THIS TOO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO FINALIZE AN AGREEMENT FOR TWO YEARS, CORRECT? WE'RE NOT THROUGH THIS, BUT THAT IS OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE A TWO YEAR DEAL, BUT WE CAN STILL WORK THAT OUT WITH THE COUNCIL AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
CHRISTIANI WOULD YOU LIKE TO CHAT ON, I TOUCH BASE ON THE, GOING TO POTENTIALLY A TWO MONTH AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.
GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
I DO WANT TO CLARIFY THE GROSS COST MODEL.
FIRST OF ALL, WAS ALREADY STARTING TO BE IN PLACE BEFORE I CAME ON BOARD.
SO THAT WAS ALREADY SOMETHING THAT WE WERE MIGRATING WITH OTHER CITIES, AS FAR AS THE COST, THE SIX 80 IS ACTUALLY THE GROSS COST.
BUT IF YOU DID NOT WANT NET, IF YOU DID NOT WANT A GUARANTEED REVENUE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE GOING TO BE STARTING TO CANVAS THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS IN JULY IN A CANVAS YEAR, THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS COMBINED REVENUE WITH LICENSING AND IMPOUND GENERATES ABOUT $425,000.
SO THAT ACTUALLY BECOMES A NET COST OF 2 56.
SO THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE A NET COST OF 680,000.
IT WOULD BE A NET COST OF THE 5 0 5, IF YOU WANT THE GUARANTEED REVENUE.
AND SO THOSE ASSOCIATED FEES THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT TONIGHT IS BASED ON IF YOU WANT GUARANTEED REVENUE.
IF THE CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT WANT TO GO WITH A, LET'S SAY YOU DON'T AGREE WITH THE FEES AND YOU WANT TO SET THE FEES, OR YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR FEES AS IS, AS HAS BEEN EXPLAINED TO STAFF, THEN WE JUST CANNOT GUARANTEE THE REVENUE OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW YEARS OR OVER THE COURSE OF YOUR AND HAS HAD HAPPENED TO THE OTHER COMMUNITIES.
IS THAT THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE, THE STAND NEUTER IS THAT WHILE THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE OF REDUCING OVERPOPULATION, IT ALSO RE MEANS REDUCED LICENSING FEES.
SO WHAT DO YOU HAVE REDUCED FEES OR REDUCED INTAKE? YOU KNOW, WE USED TO HANDLE 30,000 ANIMALS DOWN TO PRE COVID WAS 12,000.
SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE KINDS OF NUMBERS, YOU START TO SEE A PLATEAU IN REVENUE AND IN THE CURRENT CONTRACT, THE WAY IT IS, THERE
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IS A REVENUE REOPENER.I CAN TELL YOU IN ALL THE YEARS OF DOING BUSINESS AND ALL THE CONTRACTS THAT'S NEVER BEEN ADDRESSED, THAT'S NEVER BEEN TRIGGERED.
IT WOULD HAVE TO BE TRIGGERED EVEN IF WE HAD THAT SAME CONTRACT MOVING FORWARD.
SO YES, THERE'S A DIFFERENT STRUCTURE THAN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS IS USED TO HOWEVER, THE SHARED COST MODEL AND THE PERCENTAGE ALLOCATION OF EACH CITY'S USAGE OF SERVICES HAS BEEN THE SAME.
IT'S JUST THAT REVENUE HAS A TOTE.
AND WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THAT REVENUE, HOW CAN YOU PROVIDE SERVICE? DO YOU MIND EXPLAINING WHAT CANVASSING IS TO PEOPLE THAT MIGHT NOT KNOW? SURE.
CANVASSING IS FOR ME TO GO DOOR TO DOOR, TO ENFORCE LICENSING.
AND TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IN A CANVAS YEAR IS THAT YOU SEE AN UPTICK AND THEN WHEN YOU STOP CANVASSING, VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE DOES NOT HAPPEN, RIGHT? SO TYPICALLY YOU'LL FALL OFF ABOUT 40% ON REVENUE, 40 TO 50%.
UM, WE ARE DOING A CONTACTLESS CANVAS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IN CHINO HILLS UNDERSTANDS THAT SO OUR STAFF WILL COME AND THEY WILL GO DOOR TO DOOR, EVERY SINGLE BUSINESS AND THAT BUSINESS, EVERY SINGLE RESIDENT WILL BE, UM, WE'LL HAVE A DOOR HANGER, THAT'S YOUR DOOR.
IF YOU HAVE A DOG LICENSE THAT IS EXPIRED, WE HAVE ALL THAT DATA.
SO WE WOULD BE POSTING YOUR HOUSE REGARDLESS.
SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PET, YOU CAN DISREGARD THAT.
BUT IF YOU HAVE AN EXPIRED LICENSE OR YOU HAVE A LICENSE, THAT'S COMING UP FOR RENEWAL, WE DO GET PEOPLE THAT SAY THAT THEY DID NOT GET SOMETHING IN THE MAIL.
AND I THINK ALL OF US CAN ATTEST TO COVID HAPPENING IN MAIL, JUST DISAPPEARS, UM, OR IT GOT LOST.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO A NEW ONLINE PLATFORM.
UH, WE ACTUALLY ARE IN TRAINING RIGHT NOW.
UH, IT'S GOING TO BE A, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO ACTUALLY CREATE AN ACCOUNT.
SO RIGHT NOW YOU CAN GO ON OUR WEBSITE AND DO YOUR ONLINE LICENSING, BUT YOU CAN'T ACTUALLY CREATE AN ACCOUNT.
SO JUST LIKE WITH YOUR WATER UTILITY BILL, YOUR TRASH BILL, YOU CAN DO THAT.
NOW YOU CAN KEEP TRACK AND ALL OF YOUR RENEWALS, YOUR REMINDERS, YOUR ANIMALS, THAT, THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD CAN ALL BE TRACKED ACCORDINGLY.
SO EVEN IF YOU DON'T WANT A PAPER RENEWAL, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO GET THE EMAIL RENEWAL OR NOTICES SET UP IN THE SYSTEM.
MR. YOU MENTIONED CONTACTLESS CON CANVASSING, IS THIS BECAUSE OF COVID OR IS IT BECAUSE YOU'RE ESTABLISHING A NEW MODEL FOR HOW YOU HANDLE BUSINESS? SO THIS ACTUALLY TWOFOLD, YOU KNOW, COVID HAS BEEN A HORRIBLE THING FOR THE ENTIRE WORLD.
UM, AND IT'S ENABLED A LOT OF BUSINESSES TO RE-IMAGINE AND REEVALUATE THE WAY THAT THEY DO BUSINESS.
THIS WAS IN RESPONSE WHEN WE WERE CANVASSING THE CITY OF ONTARIO, ACTUALLY, WHEN COVID HAPPENED.
AND SO WE HAD TO SHUT DOWN CANVASING FOR TWO MONTHS, TWO AND A HALF MONTHS WENT BACK IN JUNE.
AND, UM, WE WERE, WE ARE THE ONLY AGENCY THAT I KNOW OF.
UM, I KNOW LA COUNTY STOPPED CANVASSING.
UM, A LOT OF AGENCIES, INCLUDING SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY STOPPED CANVASSING AND THEY HAVE NOT RE-INSTITUTED CANVASSING AND DON'T HAVE PLANS TO, TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
UM, AND SO THIS WAS OUR COMPROMISE BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, HAVING WORKED IN CITY GOVERNMENT, I TRIED TO LOOK AT THE BALANCE OF, OF OFFSETTING THE GENERAL FUND.
SO YOU PUT THE BURDEN ON THE ONEROUS, ON THE DOG OWNER, HOWEVER, YOU CAN'T MAKE IT SO BURDENSOME THAT PEOPLE CAN'T OWN PETS.
SO THERE'S TRYING TO FIND THAT BALANCE OF WHAT THE CITY IS PAYING AND WHAT THE DOG OWNERS ARE PAYING.
SO YOU'VE, YOU'VE INSTITUTED THIS NEW MODEL WITH SOME OF THE OTHER LOCAL CITIES, ONTARIO, CHINO, OR THE CITIES THAT WE CONTRACT WITH.
WE HAVE GONE THROUGH KIND OF CONTACTLESS CANVASSING.
EVEN THOUGH COVID HAS BEEN IN PLACE, WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR SUCCESS RATE? YOU, YOU MENTIONED OUR PAST NUMBERS FOR SUCCESS OF CANVASING.
WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN PROPORTIONALLY WITH THESE OTHER CITIES AS FAR AS THE RETURN ON CANVASSING AND INVESTMENT TIME AND HANGING DOOR HANGERS.
AND I CAN'T ANSWER THAT FULLY.
SO I APOLOGIZE I'M COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT THE REASON WHY I CAN'T ANSWER THAT FULLY IS BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING A LAG TIME BECAUSE OF THE CONTACTLESS CANVAS VERSUS GOING TO YOUR DOOR, SEEING YOU HAVING A CONVERSATION AND GETTING THE MONEY RIGHT THEN AND THERE, OR ISSUING A CITATION.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE NOTICING THE DOOR AND WE'RE HAVING PEOPLE THAT ARE, UH, DOING THEIR NEW LICENSES OR RENEWALS OR PAYING FOR EXPIRED LICENSES ONLINE THROUGH THE MAIL OR OVER THE PHONE.
AND SO THERE'S TAKE, IT'S TAKING TIME, BUT WE ARE SEEING SUCCESS.
UM, IT'S NOT AS GOOD AS IN-PERSON, BUT WHAT I WILL SAY IS THE BENEFIT, THE OFFSET IS THAT WE GET LESS COMPLAINTS, LESS CUSTOMER SERVICE ISSUES.
UM, AND SOME OF OUR, UH, CANVASSERS DO COME IN CONTACT WITH RESIDENTS BECAUSE THEY WILL STOP THEM AND THEY STILL WANT TO HAVE THAT FACE TO FACE.
UM, SO THERE IS A TRADE-OFF, SO IT'S, IT'S NOT AS GOOD AS THE IN-PERSON FACE-TO-FACE, BUT IT IS BETTER THAN NOT CANVASSING.
SO YOU WOULDN'T ANTICIPATE US BRINGING BACK $400,000 THIS TIME AROUND AS WE DID A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AGAIN, IT'S DIFFERENT IN EACH CITY.
SOME OF THE CITIES ARE SEEING CLOSE TO THE SAME NUMBERS AND SOME OF THE CITIES ARE NOT.
SO TO THE QUESTION ABOUT GOING FROM A ONE MONTH TO A TWO MONTH, IS THAT A NO-GO THEORETICALLY WITH YOU? OR WHAT DO YOU THINK I WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE TO TAKE THAT BACK TO MY BOARD.
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IS ON JULY 8TH, AS OF RIGHT NOW.UM, A ONE-MONTH EXTENSION WAS SOMETHING THAT I WAS DEFINITELY I'VE DONE THAT FOR OTHER CITIES BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE TIMING AND NEGOTIATING, WE WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO CITY STAFF SINCE JANUARY.
SO OBVIOUSLY MY HOPE IS THAT WE WOULD HAVE CONTRACTS ALL SOLIDIFIED BY JULY 1ST.
UM, THERE'S TWO OTHER CONTRACTS THAT ALREADY HAVE SCHEDULED DATES.
SO WE'LL PUT THAT ON THE CALENDAR.
UM, I WOULD PREFER NOT TO GO INTO AUGUST BECAUSE AGAIN, IT GETS MURKY AS TO, UM, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE CANVASSING.
AND IF YOU WANTED TO DO A GUARANTEE VERSUS NOT A GUARANTEE, THERE'S, IT'S A BETTER THING FOR DRAKE CANVAS YEAR TOO, TO BE AN A, A NON-GUARANTEED REVENUE BECAUSE YOU'RE GENERATING MORE REVENUE.
UM, SO I WOULD PREFER NOT TO, BUT I WILL DEFINITELY TAKE IT BACK IF THAT'S THE REQUEST OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
I WILL TAKE THAT BACK TO MY BOARD.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, NICOLE, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
UM, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WITH US NOW AT VHS? OBVIOUSLY SOME OF YOU KNOW THAT MY DAD WAS THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND CEO, SO I'VE GROWN UP IN THE ORGANIZATION, BUT I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE NOVEMBER OF 2019, SO JUST A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AND A HALF.
UM, AS FAR AS THE COST PER ANIMAL, I KNOW WE WENT TO A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK GETTING A ZERO.
SO WE, WE REDUCED OUR UTILIZATION RATE BY A WHOLE LOT.
UM, HOW MANY ANIMALS WOULD YOU SAY WE SERVICE IN A YEARS TIME? WOULD YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION? UH, THE CITY OF, UH, THE CITY OF CHINO HAS SPECIFICALLY, ARE YOU ASKING AGENCY WIDE OF CHINO HILLS? THAT'S WHERE I'M CONCERNED ABOUT? I DO HAVE THOSE NUMBERS.
UH, WE HANDLED IN 2000, 19 698 ANIMALS AND IN 2020 1,126 COMPARISON TO OTHER CITIES, ARE WE A LOT LESS? UH, NO.
UM, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, EVERY CITY HAS A DIFFERENT USAGE AND A DIFFERENT MAKEUP.
UM, SOME CITIES HAVE MORE ANIMALS, BUT LESS CALLS FOR SERVICE AND VICE VERSA.
UM, YOU GUYS ARE AT AN 8.5% USAGE.
YOU'VE INCREASED USAGE SINCE 2018 BY 3%.
UM, SO AGAIN, UH, CHINO HILLS BEING THAT YOU HAVE FOOTHILLS AND THAT YOU HAVE WILDLIFE WILDLIFE CALLS, UM, DEFINITELY, UH, GO TO THAT, UM, CRUELTY INVESTIGATIONS, CALLS FOR SERVICE, UM, CHECK CONDITIONS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
IT THERE'S A MYRIAD THERE'S, THERE'S A WHOLE RANGE OF CALLS THAT, UM, EACH OF OUR CITIES GET.
SO IF WE WANTED TO LOOK AT THAT DATA COMPARISON TO WHAT THE OTHER CITIES ARE, WHAT THEIR CALLS ARE, COULD, COULD THAT INFORMATION BE PROVIDED TO US.
STAFF HAS PROVIDED NOT ONLY A REVENUE REPORT, SO TO SPEAK OF, UM, YOU KNOW, AUDITING AND LOOKING AT REVENUE.
THE CITY STAFF GETS THE REVENUE REPORT THAT SHOWS WHAT THE LICENSING REVENUE, IMPOUND FEES.
UM, IN ADDITION TO, UM, THE ACTIVITY, THEY GET AN ACTIVITY REPORT EVERY MONTH.
DO WE SPLIT THAT WITH YOU? IS THERE A PERCENTAGE THE WAY THE MODEL IS, IS THAT I TAKE IN ALL THE REVENUE I'VE GIVEN YOU A BASE CONTRACT AND THAT'S IT.
SO YOUR NET CONTRACT IS WHAT IT IS.
SO W WE PAID X AMOUNT OF MONEY, PLUS YOU KEEP ALL THE REVENUE, CORRECT.
I HAD A QUICK QUESTION, BRIAN, REAL QUICK.
UM, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND LIKE A BIT, UM, THE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN THE CONTRACT.
AND I KNOW YOU HAD MENTIONED, WHICH I THINK IS A GOOD THING THAT WE'VE WENT FROM LIKE $30,000 TO 13,000, WHICH THAT'S JUST GREAT.
UM, BUT WITH THAT SAID, WOULDN'T, THAT SEEM TO, THAT WOULD ADJUST LIKE THE LABOR COSTS.
YOU WOULDN'T HAVE AS MUCH LABOR BECAUSE THERE'S 13,000.
I KNOW SOME ARE FIXED COSTS THAT AREN'T GOING TO CHANGE, BUT WITH LIKE HALF THE DOGS THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH, WHEN IT'S LIKE SOME OF YOUR LABOR COSTS GO DOWN WITH THE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE FIELD REPS THAT DON'T HAVE AS MANY CALLS TO DO, BECAUSE THERE'S LESS DOGS OR RIGHT.
SO UNFORTUNATELY, NO, I MEAN, THE ANSWER IS WE'VE BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, 75 TO 80 EMPLOYEES FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
UM, IT TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT AND A LOT OF ENERGY TO, UH, MOVE ANIMALS OUT OF THE SHELTER ENVIRONMENT.
SO EUTHANASIA IS ACTUALLY A CHEAPER OPTION, BUT IT'S NOT, UH, IT'S NOT THE PREFERABLE METHOD.
SO WHEN YOU'RE CONSTANTLY LEVERAGING YOUR RESOURCES, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DOING RETURN TO FIELD.
UM, I APPLAUD THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS WITH MANDATORY MICROCHIPPING.
UM, IT IS NOW STATE LAW FOR REDEMPTION.
SO IF YOUR ANIMAL GETS INTO THE SHELTER ENVIRONMENT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT ANIMAL MICROCHIP.
WE'VE BEEN OPERATING THAT AS PART OF THE PACKAGE FOR REDEMPTION AND ADOPTIONS.
UM, BUT IT IS EXPENSIVE AND TIME CONSUMING AND LEVERAGING PARTNERSHIPS AND SPENDING MONEY TO LAUNCH PROGRAMS LIKE HOME, TO HOME WHERE IT'S A REHOMING TOOL THAT YOU CAN REHOME OUTSIDE OF THE SHELTER ENVIRONMENT, THE SHELTER ENVIRONMENT.
WHILE WE CONSIDER THE SHELTER HOME AWAY FROM HOME AT IHS, IT'S NOT THE BEST ENVIRONMENT FOR AN ANIMAL.
I THINK ALL OF US CAN AGREE WITH THAT.
AND YOU END UP HAVING THE MORE ANIMALS YOU HAVE IN A SYSTEM, THE MORE DISEASE,
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AND THEN YOU END UP HAVING TO EUTHANIZE.AND A LOT OF PARTNERSHIPS, WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL RESCUE GROUPS IN TOWN, THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITIES.
UM, WE TRANSPORT DOGS AND CATS EVERY WEEK.
WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS THROUGH THE CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS AT PETSMART PETCO KATIE'S PET DEPOT.
WE JUST TOOK A TRANSPORT UP NORTH TO UTAH.
WE JUST LAUNCHED A NEW PARTNERSHIP.
WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP IN OREGON, SO IT'S, IT IS COSTLY.
SO IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T REDUCE THE COST.
ONE QUICK COMMENT, CAUSE I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BRING THIS BACK AND HAVE SOME MORE IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION, BUT I THINK WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT, SO WITH THIS ANIMAL CONTROL CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE, IT'S NOT LIKE THE MONEY LIKE STAYS IN CHINO HILLS.
I MEAN, THEY DO A GREAT JOB WITH LIKE THE ADOPTION PROGRAM, EVERYTHING, BUT WHAT'S HARD FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TECHNICALLY, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE PAYING FOR THE WHOLE BUSINESS MODEL OF MARKETING TO ALL OF THE DIFFERENT CITIES.
SO I THINK THAT'S, WHAT'S HARD IS THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE BRING IN A LOT OF MONEY, BUT THAT'S NOT ALL STAYING TO JUST HELP OUR PET POPULATION.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE SUBSIDIZING OTHER CITIES IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY AND IF I'M WRONG, CORRECT ME.
BUT IS THAT, IS THAT, THAT YEAH, BUT THE CHANGE OF THE MODEL, YOU'RE NOT TODAY FOR YOUR FAIR SHARE, WHICH HAS BEEN THE ISSUE IS THAT IN THE PAST SHARING IN EXPENSES IS ONE THING SHARING IN REVENUE IS ANOTHER.
IF I HAVE ALL OF MY CITIES TANKING IN REVENUE, IT DOESN'T SUPPORT THE CO THE COST MODEL.
SO, UM, NO, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, NO, IT'S A SHARED COST MODEL.
YOU'RE PAYING FOR YOUR PERCENTAGE, NOT ANOTHER CITY.
AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE PARADIGM SHIFT BEFORE I CAME ON BOARD THAT WAS ALREADY HAPPENING WITH OTHER CONTRACT CITIES.
HOW MANY PARTNERS CITIES DO DO WE HAVE 12 HAS INCREASED.
THERE IS A CITY THAT DECIDES NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH YOU.
WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS DO WE GET CHARGED MORE? SO THERE IS A PROVISION IN THE NEW CONTRACT THAT CALLS OUT IF THERE WAS A SPECIFIC INJURY INCREASE DUE TO LOSS OF A PARTNER THAT WE WOULD, UM, POTENTIALLY DEPENDING UPON WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE TO POTENTIALLY REOPEN CONTRACTS FOR DISCUSSION.
BUT OBVIOUSLY IF WE'RE GOING TO LOSE THE CITY, NOW WE HAVE TO DEPENDS ON WHICH CITY, HOW BIG THE CITY IS.
DO WE DOWNSIZE, YOU KNOW, REORGANIZATION CUT COSTS.
OBVIOUSLY WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT EVERY DAY, HAS THAT HAPPENED RECENTLY, IF BY ANY CHANCE OF, WE DID LOSE A PARTNER CITY, UM, AND IT HAD TO DO WITH POLITICAL ISSUES.
UM, AND THAT, THAT IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE ON JUNE 30TH.
YES, BUT THAT WAS A, UH, A CITY WHO'S BEEN WITH THE COUNTY COME TO US, BEEN WITH THE COUNTY, COME TO BACK TO THE COUNTY.
SO WHEN THAT DOES HAPPEN, WILL THAT AFFECT OUR, OUR COSTS? NO.
THANKS, MR. ANDRE, SINCE WE'RE SOUNDS LIKE THE LAST CITY IN OF THE DOMINOES, AS FAR AS CONTRACT RENEGOTIATION, HAVE YOU HAD A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PUSHBACK FROM EVERY OTHER CITY THAT YOU'VE PRESENTED THIS MODEL TO NO, TO BE HONEST, I'VE HAD SITES MUCH, MUCH LARGER CONTRACTS WALK ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, NO ISSUES LARGER INCREASES.
OUR CONTRACT WAS THAT MUCH LARGER INCREASES, MUCH LARGER INCREASES.
UM, SO I'VE HAD SOME SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK ON PER CAPITA.
I'VE HAD CITIES WITH LARGER PER CAPITA.
I'VE HAD CITIES WITH THE COST REDUCTION THAT ARE MORE UPSET THAN THE LARGER, I MEAN, IT JUST, WHAT CITIES LARGER, WHAT CITY OF THE 12 IS LARGER PER CAPITA THAN OURS.
IS ONTARIO ALSO IN THAT? UM, I'D HAVE TO LOOK BACK.
I THINK, UH, THEY MIGHT BE RIGHT IN LINE WITH YOU GUYS, HUH? RIGHT.
WELL, I KNOW NICOLE CERTAINLY KNOWS OUR CITY.
WHAT CITY DID YOU GROW UP IN CHINO HILLS BEFORE CHINO HILLS, THE CHINO HILLS CHINO HILLS.
WELL THEN WITH THAT, UH, THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A ONE MONTH EXTENSION.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS.
WHAT WAS ALSO ON THE TABLE IS TO PROPOSE THE TWO MONTH EXTENSION.
SHE SAID SHE HAS TO BRING IT TO HER BOARD.
I'D LIKE HER TO BRING IT TO HER BOARD.
SO IS THAT A MOTION BY THE TIME IT GETS TO WAIT? WHAT, WHAT DATE IS OUR HEARING? IS THAT COUNSELING IS THE 13TH.
WOULD YOU CONSIDER LETTING US KNOW ON, OF, OF A REQUEST FOR TWO MONTH EXTENSION ON THE EIGHTH? SO WE COULD POSSIBLY DEAL WITH THAT ON THE 13TH WHEN WE HAVE THIS BACK AGAIN? ABSOLUTELY.
I'LL REACH OUT TO STAFF AFTER OUR BOARD MEETING.
THEN MAKE IT HAPPEN THEN I GUESS WITH THAT, IT WOULD BE A ONE MONTH.
WAIT TO SEE HOW IT GOES BEFORE THAT.
WHY DON'T WE JUST TABLE IT? SO THE NEXT MEETING WE'LL HAVE HERE, I THINK WE WOULD NOT HAVE A CONTRACT.
A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS AND I'LL MAKE THE SECOND.
MADAM CITY CLERK, IF WE COULD JUST CLARIFY WHAT THE MOTION IS FOR.
SO IT'S TO APPROVE IT AS IT STANDS AS WRITTEN.
YOU WANT TO DO IT FOR TWO MONTHS? THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DO.
WHY DON'T YOU MAKE THE MOTION? THE MOTION TO EXTEND IT FOR TWO MONTHS.
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OKAY.WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL, WOMAN MORAN AND A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR.
MARK HEADS ON A SUBSTITUTE MOTION FOR A TWO MONTH EXTENSION.
SO WE'LL VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION FIRST OVER THE STEPS TO FIRST MAYOR.
AND WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE BACK TO THE ORIGINAL ITEM OF THE, KIND OF THE ITEM AS WRITTEN.
SO WE HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND OR MOTION BY COUNCILMAN ROGERS.
MARK HAS NO COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT.
MOTION PASSES THREE, TWO, UH, ANSWER EIGHT GAMES.
SO THEN WITH THAT, WE WILL BE MOVING ON.
AND THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR, UH, BEING HERE FOR MY VHS, WITH THAT.
[19. Introduce an Ordinance regulating sidewalk vending and related actions entitled: "An Ordinance of the City of Chino Hills Adopting Chapter 5.58 Regulating Sidewalk Vending in Accordance with Government Code Sections 51036, Et Seq., Amending Chapter 5.04 to Remove the Hawking Prohibition and Add Enforcement of No Solicitation Signs, Amending Chapter 5.40 to Remove Requirement that Sidewalk Vendors Obtain Ice Cream Vending Permits, adding Section 5.04.340 regarding solicitation, and Deleting Section 10.08.100 to Remove Restrictions on Food and Vendor Vehicle and Cart Parking and Determining This Action is Exempt From Review Under the California Environmental Quality Act " - For first reading by title only and waive further reading]
19.DO I NEED TO READ THE ENTIRE ORDINANCE, CHERYL? NO, WE DID.
UM, GIVE YOU A VERY READ EVERYTHING BEFORE THE WORD.
JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, UH, INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE, UH, REG REGULATING SIDEWALK, VENDING AND RELATED ACTIONS ENTITLED, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
MAYOR JOS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF PUBLIC.
UM, WE'RE BACK HERE TO FOLLOW UP ON ABOUT THREE ITEMS YOU ASKED US TO ON THE LAST SIDEWALK ORDINANCE.
UM, THE PRESENTATION IS PRETTY BRIEF.
I'LL GO THROUGH IT PRETTY QUICKLY.
THE FIRST COUPLE OF SLIDES HERE JUST TO REEMPHASIZE AND TO REORIENT US INTO THE PURPOSE OF THE STATE LAW, WHICH WAS TO REMOVE UNNECESSARY BARRIERS TO STREET VENDING AND TO SUPPORT IMMIGRANT AND LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES BY ALLOWING THEM TO SELL THEIR WARES ON OUR PUBLIC SIDEWALKS AND, UH, THE PARKS AND THE PEDESTRIAN PATHS ON PUBLIC PARKS.
UH, THE LEGISLATURE VIEWS THE STREET VENDORS AS ENTREPRENEURS AND THEY SHOULDN'T BE, UM, IMPEDED ON NECESSARILY.
UM, HOWEVER, THE LEGISLATURE DID ALLOW US STILL TO REGULATE SIDEWALK BENDING TO SOME EXTENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, TO ENSURE THAT THE PUBLIC'S HEALTH AND ENJOYMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND RECREATIONAL AREAS, UM, IS RETAINED AND TO PREVENT AN UNDUE CONCENTRATION OF A COMMERCIAL NATURE THAT COULD IMPINGE UPON THE, UM, PARKS ATMOSPHERE.
SO THE, UM, FIRST, THE FIRST ISSUE YOU ASKED US TO COME BACK TO YOU ON WAS HOW DO WE PRESERVE OUR PARKS BETTER? AND, UM, ONE OF THE WAYS IN WHICH WE DID THAT WAS WE ADDED A REQUIREMENT FOR A HUNDRED FOOT BUFFER BETWEEN SIDEWALK, VENDORS, AND OTHER SIDEWALK VENDORS, AS WELL AS CONCESSIONAIRES, SO THAT WE WON'T HAVE VENDOR AFTER VENDOR, AFTER VENDOR RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER IN OUR PARKS OR SIDEWALKS.
UM, THE SECOND WE DID WAS, UM, INCREASED VENDING DISTANCE FROM 25 TO 50 FEET, UH, THAT THEY MUST OPERATE OUTSIDE CITY PROGRAMS, SUCH AS OUR DAYCARE PROGRAMS HAVE TO STAY 50 FEET FROM THAT GAMES.
IF THERE'S SALE SOCCER GAMES OR BASEBALL GAMES GOING ON, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO STAY 50 FEET RATHER THAN 25 FEET.
AND, UM, IT WOULD BE ONLY FOR THE DURATION OF THE EVENT, HOWEVER, SO 25 TO 50 FEET DISTANCE FROM LIKE THE BASEBALL DIAMOND OR THE SOCCER FIELD OR FROM THE PERIMETER OF THE FIELD.
AND THEN WE ALSO MODIFIED A PROVISION REQUIRING VENDORS KEEP A HUNDRED FEET AWAY FROM CITY EVENTS.
AND THESE ARE THE RENTAL EVENTS SUCH AS WEDDINGS AND SPECIAL EVENTS AUTHORIZED BY OUR SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT AND PARADE.
SO THEY'D HAVE TO STAY A HUNDRED FEET AWAY FROM THE EDGE OF THE PARCEL OVER A HUNDRED FEET AWAY FROM IF IT'S A MOVING EVENT LIKE A PARADE, THEY'D HAVE TO BE A HUNDRED FEET AWAY FROM THE APPROVED EVENT ROUTE.
SO, UM, THOSE, UM, HOPEFULLY WE'LL ADDRESS THE COUNCIL'S CONCERNS ON THAT.
ALTHOUGH I'M DEFINITELY WILLING TO FIELD QUESTIONS ON THOSE.
UM, MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ONE, SAFETY AT BUSY INTERSECTIONS COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS, HAD I CALLED YOU OUT? SORRY.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS, UM, HAD RAISED A GOOD QUESTION LAST TIME ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IF THE SIGNS WERE ALL 50 FEET AWAY FROM INTERSECTIONS, WHY SHOULDN'T THESE VENDOR BOOTHS THAT ARE NINE FEET INSTEAD OF JUST FOUR AND A HALF FEET? WHY SHOULDN'T THEY BE, UM, HAVE TO BE FARTHER AWAY? UM, SO WHEN WE DRILL DOWN TO IT FURTHER, UM, WE LEARNED, UM, THAT GOING BACK TO THE SIGN ORDINANCE, THE TEMPORARY SIGN ORDINANCE AND THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT, THAT HAD BEEN, UH, THE 50 FEET FROM BUSY INTERSECTION CORNERS HAD BEEN SET BECAUSE IT WAS TO STOP DISTRACTED DRIVING.
SO THE THOUGHT WAS THAT THOSE SIGNS MIGHT DISTRACT DRIVERS.
THEY WOULD THEN MAYBE MISS A PEDESTRIAN GOING INTO THE SIDEWALK OR IN OUR CAR.
SO THE IDEA WAS TO KEEP, KEEP THEM A 50 FEET AWAY.
IT WAS NOT A LINE OF SIGHT CONCERN.
SO THAT SAME CONCERN, 50 FEET JUST IS JUSTIFIED HERE FOR ALL
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OF OUR BUSY INTERSECTIONS AS WELL BECAUSE OF THE DISTRACTED DRIVING CARS, SAME WITH SIGNS.ALSO THESE, THESE VENDORS ALSO WOULD BE DISTRACTING DRIVERS AS WELL.
SO THAT IS STILL IN HERE FOR THAT REASON.
BUT ALSO IN SPEAKING WITH THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, UM, WE ALSO HAD A LINE OF SIGHT CONCERN.
SO, UM, WITH FIVE OF OUR INTERSECTIONS, WE WOULD WANT IT TO BE INCREASED TO A HUNDRED FEET AND I'M GOING TO GO OVER THOSE HERE.
AND, UM, MR. BODIE IS AVAILABLE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS.
UM, THESE WERE THE 10 INTERSECTIONS AND THEY, UM, THEY DREW THE VENDOR IN RELATION TO THE CAR, LOOKING AT THE SIDEWALK AND THEY FELT THAT 50 FEET WAS SUFFICIENT, UM, FOR THE LINE OF SIGHT TO SEE A PEDESTRIAN OR CAR COMING INTO THE INTERSECTION.
HOWEVER, FOR THE INTERSECTIONS THAT WERE HAVING A CURVED INTERSECTION, UM, THEY DREW THIS AND THEY WANTED A HUNDRED FEET.
SO IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS WITH THAT, MR.
MOVING ON TO THE LAST AREA, WHICH WAS INSURANCE LIABILITY CONCERNS, UM, ADDED REQUIREMENT THAT RECITAL OFFENDERS MUST POSSESS GENERAL LIABILITY INSURANCE WITH 500,000 COVERAGE.
UM, MR. HILL DID THE RESEARCH ON THIS.
SO, UM, I WOULD ASK HIM TO JUST EXPLAIN THAT BRIEFLY IN TERMS OF WHERE, UH, THE INSURANCE GROUP.
SO WE DID REACH OUT TO OUR INSURANCE POOL AND ASK FOR THEM TO ASSIST US WITH COVERAGE.
THEY DID PROVIDE US THE INFORMATION ON AN ONLINE VENDOR TO PROVIDE US, UH, COVERAGE, HOW THEY COULD SOLICIT THROUGH A BROKER FOR COVERAGE.
THEY ALSO OFFERED THERE, UM, THEY HAVE A POOLED COVERAGE FOR SPECIAL EVENT.
THE OFFICER GAVE US A PRICE FOR THAT, AND THEY DID OFFER A THIRD OPTION THAT OUR BROKER THROUGH THE POOL COULD POSSIBLY HAVE A SMALL BUSINESS OPTION FOR THEM.
SO THIS LISTED, ALL THOSE IN THE COST CAME IN, UM, A LITTLE OVER A HUNDRED DOLLARS, $120 A MONTH OR SO FOR THE ONLINE BROKER AND WENT UP FROM THERE.
BUT THOSE WERE ALL FOR MILLION DOLLAR COVERAGE LIMITS.
THEY DID SEE THROUGH THE SMALL BUSINESS BROKER OPTION, THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET A HALF A MILLION DOLLAR COVERAGE.
WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET A QUOTE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE AN ACTUAL BUSINESS TO TIE IT TO.
SO WITH THAT, UM, UH, WE RECOMMEND YOU INTRODUCE THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE, UM, BUT I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
I'LL TAKE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS PRIOR TO COUNCIL COMMENTS.
IF YOU DON'T MIND, MADAM CITY CLERK, WE HAVE ONE HAND RAISED JIM GALLAGHER.
ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING, MR. GALLAGHER.
AND, UH, I THINK THIS IS REALLY GREAT WORK.
UH, I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH HOW QUICKLY AND HOW RESPONSIVE, UH, CITY STAFF, INCLUDING THE CITY MANAGER AND THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER HAVE BEEN AND LEGAL COUNSEL HAVE BEEN IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
SO I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE A PARTICULAR BEEF WITH, AND I'VE BEEN HOLDING A VIGIL AGAINST A PARTICULAR VENDOR, BUT HERE'S THE QUESTION.
WHEN A SIDEWALK VENDOR APPLIES FOR A PERMIT, DO THEY HAVE TO LIST THE LOCATIONS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOCATED AT WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY APPLY? AND, AND I'M SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE WHERE I'VE NOTICED THAT PARTICULAR SIDEWALK, VENDOR WHO WASN'T COMFORTABLE WITH FAILED AT ONE LOCATION, THEN MOVED TO ANOTHER LOCATION.
AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION IS, UH, AMPLIFIED TOWN MUSIC.
UH, WHEN A SIDEWALK, VENDOR APPLIES FOR A PERMIT, DO THEY ALSO HAVE TO CHECK A BOX? IS THEY ARE GOING TO PROVIDE LOUDER AMPLIFIED SOUND AND MUSIC CHECK TO THEIR VENDOR THAT I AM NOT TOO HAPPY WITH HAS ACTUALLY BROUGHT OUT AMPLIFIED SOUND WITH A MEGAPHONE YELLING, OBSCENITY INTO THE TRAFFIC.
AND I THOUGHT THERE'S GOTTA BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS.
UM, BUT THAT'S MY WHOLE WHOLE QUESTION, THOSE TWO QUESTIONS.
AND AGAIN, I REALLY WANT TO COMMEND STAFF FOR PUTTING SOME TEETH IN.
THANK YOU, MR. GALLAGHER, UM, CITY CLERK, WE HAVE A CALL-IN USER NUMBER TWO.
CAN YOU HEAR US? AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? HERE WE GO.
HELLO, THIS IS KENNETH GALLAGHER.
HI, THIS IS KENNETH GALLAGHER, AND I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THE BACK WHEN THE SIGNS AND THE PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY WAS BEING DISCUSSED.
AND, UM, CITY ATTORNEY AND THE ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY TALKED ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO REGULATE WHAT'S ON THE SIGNS.
LIKE YOU COULD HAVE AN EVENT, UM, FOR X, Y, Z, AND THE SIGN COULD BE ENTIRELY DIFFERENT.
UM, SO WAS CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING FOUL LANGUAGE ON SIGNS THAT WOULD
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BE HARD TO PREVENT BASED ON THE PUBLIC WIDE RIGHT AWAY ORDINANCE.UM, I CAME AND SPOKE TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING RIGHT AFTER THE CITY COUNCIL SENT IT BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, CAUSE ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATION WAS IT NOT HAVE SIGNS IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY.
UM, AND, UM, I WAS JUST WORRIED ABOUT THE MANHEIM STAFF WAS GOING TO SPEND ON THAT AS REAL ESTATE AGENTS.
THEY DON'T NEED TO HAVE SIGNS.
UM, MY WIFE'S A REAL ESTATE AGENT.
AND IN FACT, WHEN THE REAL ESTATE REAL ESTATE AGENTS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, ANSWERED ONE OF THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS LIKE YEAH, IT'S FOR MARKETING.
UM, SO JUST CONCERNED ABOUT FOUL LANGUAGE BEING PUT ON SIGNS.
UM, AND UNFORTUNATELY THE PANDEMIC HAS PROVEN TO THE EXTREME THAT YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVE OPEN HOUSES, NO OPEN HOUSE SIGNS TO SELL REAL ESTATE.
THANK YOU, MR. GALLAGHER, ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? I DO NOT SEE ANY OTHER HANDS RAISED THEN THAT WILL BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE ITEM? EXCUSE ME, MR. MAYOR.
UM, SO IF SOMEBODY DOES SET UP A LITTLE AREA OFF THE SIDEWALK, THEY HAVE TO ALLOW FOUR FEET, CORRECT.
AS FAR AS IF SOMEBODY WAS ADA COMPLIANT.
NOW WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY HAVE PEOPLE STANDING IN FRONT OF THEIR LOCATION, HOLDING SIGNS UP? IS THERE ANY WAY THAT, THAT GO TO CODE ENFORCEMENT FOR THEM TO, TO REACT AND TAKE CARE OF THAT? OR CAN WE INCLUDE THAT IN THE ORDINANCE? WELL, ON A SIDEWALK, I MEAN, IF SOMEONE'S STANDING IN FRONT AND THAT PERSON WOULD HAVE TO MOVE, IF THERE'S SOMEONE TRYING TO GET THROUGH THERE, BUT PRESUMABLY IF THERE'S SOMEONE JUST STANDING THERE IN LINE, THEY CAN GET OUT OF THE WAY.
IF SOMEONE WHO NEEDS THE ACCESS CAN GET AROUND IT.
SO JUST LIKE ON THE SIDEWALK, THERE CAN BE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE ON A SIDEWALK, BUT PEOPLE ARE SUPPOSED TO WHAT I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT.
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SETTING UP AND THEY'RE DOING IT FOR A REASON.
SO THEY'RE COMPLYING THE FOUR FEET, BUT THEN THEY HAVE OTHER PEOPLE STANDING IN FRONT OF THEM DOING WHATEVER THEY'VE WANT THEM TO DO.
AND IT, IT IS OBSTRUCTING PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO, IF YOU HAVE A WHEELCHAIR OR CRUTCHES OR WHATEVER.
UM, SO MY QUESTION WOULD BE, IF WE WERE TO SEE THAT, COULD WE CALL CODE ENFORCEMENT? IF YOU SEE THEM VIOLATING THE ORDINANCE, YOU CAN CERTAINLY CALL CODE ENFORCEMENT.
BUT THEY DO HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST FOUR FEET IN FRONT OF THEIR LOCATION, OPEN FOR PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC.
THEY NEED TO LEAVE FOUR FEET IN FRONT OF THEM.
BUT IF A PERSON STANDING THERE, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A PROBLEM, BUT THEY HAVE TO LEAVE FOUR FEET BETWEEN THEMSELVES IN THE CAR TO ANY TABLE OR ANYTHING THEY WOULD HAVE SET UP.
I'M TALKING, I'M TALKING ABOUT SOMEBODY HOLDING THE BIG LIGHTFOOT FLAG, TALKING ON A SPEAKER PHONE.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE THERE FOR SPECIFIC REASON, SO THEY'RE NOT JUST THERE WALKING AROUND, THEY'RE THERE FOR A SPECIFIC REASON AND IT'S TO ENHANCE WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING AT THAT LOCATION.
SO ALL I'M STATING AGAIN, YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION.
IF WE DO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE CAN CALL CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THOSE PEOPLE HAVE TO BE REMOVED AT THAT TIME WERE ASKED TO LEAVE RIGHT AWAY OR, OKAY.
I MEAN, THOSE ARE GOING TO BE VERY FACT SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, THE COURT ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT AT THE TIME, UH, AND MAKE THOSE DETERMINATIONS.
BUT IF THEY'RE JUST SITTING THERE BLOCKING THE ACCESS AND WHEELCHAIRS CANNOT GET AROUND, THEN THAT WILL BE A PROBLEM.
WELL THEN I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE ITEM.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS.
[20. Consider Draft/Review Copy Housing Element and approve submission to State Department of Housing and Community Development]
20, CONSIDER DRAFT SLASH REVIEW, COPY OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT AND APPROVED SUBMISSION TO STATE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.MS. LOMBARDO MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO THIS EVENING WE ARE PRESENTING THE FULL HOUSING ELEMENT FOR THE 20 21 20 29 PLANNING PERIOD.
THIS ELEMENT HAS BEEN A LOT OF WORK.
A LOT OF STAFF FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS HAVE ASSISTED.
A PLANNING COMMISSION HAS PLAYED A VERY KEY ROLE.
OUR COMMUNITY HAS PLAYED A VERY KEY ROLE OF THE COUNCIL HAS PARTICIPATED, AND WE'VE ALSO HAD THE HELP OF A CONSULTING GROUP THAT WAS RETAINED BY SPC TA.
AND THAT THAT'S ASSISTED US AS WELL.
WE'VE HAD SIX PUBLIC WORKSHOPS WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND TWO WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND DURING THOSE WORKSHOPS, WE HAVE DONE THE HARD WORK OF IDENTIFYING APPROPRIATE
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SITES TO MEET OUR, OUR VERY LARGE RENA OBLIGATION, WHICH IS 3,729 NEW UNITS DURING THIS, THIS PLANNING PERIOD.UM, TONIGHT WHAT WE HAVE IS THE DRAFT OF THE ELEMENT THAT WILL GO FOR HCD.
SO WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU RECOMMEND IT FOR THE 60 DAY REVIEW.
I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'LL STILL BE MAKING CHANGES TO IT DURING THESE NEXT FEW MONTHS, THERE WILL BE SOME FINE TUNING, SOME, SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENTS THAT WE'VE GETTING FROM THE CONSULTING GROUP THAT WE'RE WORKING TO REFINE, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, ATD WILL START A TRUE VIEW.
AND FOLLOWING THAT 60 DAYS, WE'LL BE BRINGING IT BACK TO PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL.
ANY QUESTIONS WE'LL TAKE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THAT BEFORE WE START, LET'S START PEPPERING CORE JOANNE WITH QUESTIONS.
UM, MAYOR VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF AND FELLOW RESIDENTS.
UM, I DO WANT TO SAY THE GREAT JOB THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY STAFF HAVE DONE ON WORKING THROUGH THIS HOUSING ELEMENT.
IT HAS NOT BEEN AN EASY JOB TO FIND OPEN SPACE IN THE CITY THAT IS FOR THE MOST PART BUILT OUT.
MY ONLY CONCERN THAT I HAVE, AND I BROUGHT THIS UP THAT, UH, ALMOST EVERY MEETING IS THE PLAN THAT THEY WANT TO DO AT THE SHOP.
UM, BASICALLY REDUCING THE SHOPS BY 20 TO 25% OF THE RETAIL ALSO REMOVING 25% OF THE PARKING AND ADDING, UM, 267 HOUSING UNITS.
I JUST DON'T THINK THAT IS THE PROCESS THAT WE WANT FOR A PLACE THAT WE LOOK AS A DESTINATION PLACE, NOT ONLY FOR OUR CITY, BUT FOR OTHER CITIES AROUND IT, BE ABLE TO COME TO SHOP, UH, BUY GROCERIES, UM, EAT DINNER, EAT LUNCH, ALL THAT TYPE OF STUFF.
AND BY REMOVING, UM, THE ANCHOR STORE THAT WOULD BE THERE.
AND ALSO, AS I SAID, UH, WHAT'S CONSIDERED BUILDING TWO, WHICH IS THE SOUTHEAST CORNER.
UM, REMOVING ALL THOSE RETAIL SPOTS, I THINK WILL HINDER THAT FROM BEING A DESTINATION PLACE AND JUST EVENTUALLY LEAD TO EVEN MORE VACANCIES THERE AS THERE JUST WON'T BE ENOUGH PARKING AS LONG AS ENOUGH STORES FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE SHOPS TOO, WHICH WOULD BE ACROSS THE STREET, WHICH ALSO HAS THE OVERFLOW PARKING.
UH, WE WOULD LOSE THAT PARKING ALSO.
UM, I KNOW IT WAS NOT AN EASY JOB FOR ANYBODY TO COME UP WITH THE HOUSING ELEMENT WITH ALL THE UNITS THAT NEED TO BE DONE, BUT I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT LOSING THE SHOP.
I MEAN, WE BUILT THAT FROM A COMMUNITY PARK INTO A GREAT SHOPPING CENTER AND I HATE TO SEE US TAKE A STEP BACKWARDS.
THANK YOU, MR. VACCA, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? MA'AM NO, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY OTHER HANDS RAISED.
WE'LL BE BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR COMMENTS, ANY FURTHER COMMENTS I KNOW WE'VE CHATTED ABOUT THIS ONCE OR TWICE.
I DID WANT TO ECHO EXACTLY WHAT JEFF SAID.
I'VE EXPRESSED MY CONCERNS ALSO LAST MEETING ABOUT THE SHOPS PART OF THIS AND TO WHAT IT MIGHT DO TO THE SHOPS.
AND, UH, I JUST AM OPPOSED TO THAT PORTION OF IT.
AND AGAIN, I EXPRESSED THAT LAST TIME AROUND AND I WANT TO REITERATE FOR THE RECORD THAT I'M, HE WAS IN A WHILE.
I'LL VOTE FOR THE PLAN BECAUSE THE STAFF'S DONE A GREAT JOB IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
AND WE KIND OF HAVE OUR BACKS AGAINST THE WALL AS EVERY CITY DOES, BUT THAT ONE PARTICULAR ELEMENT OF THE SHOPS PART OF IT IS REALLY BEEN BOTHERING ME SINCE I HEARD ABOUT IT.
I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU, MR. I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE THING REAL, REAL FAST.
UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK JOANNE YOUR STAFF PLANNING COMMISSION, A LOT OF HARD WORK AND, UH, YOU PUSHED BACK A WHOLE LOT EITHER THROUGH CD OR SCAG FIND TO MAKE CHANGES FOR OUR CITY.
THERE WAS A LOT OF EFFORT AND I JUST WOULDN'T TRULY, JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE EFFORT THAT YOU PUT OUT.
THANK YOU THEN WITH THAT HIGH, WE'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND I'LL MOVE.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND MATTERS COUNCIL? A WOMAN RAN.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN AND COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS.
I THINK NONE OF US LOVE THIS, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS.
THEN WITH THAT, WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO
[21. Adopt resolutions amending Master Schedule of Fees, Fines, and Penalties to establish new and revised fees, amend Chino Hills Rules and Regulations for sewer service to implement Inland Empire Utilities Agency increased pass-through Regional Sewerage Capital Construction Fee, and determine adoption of fees are exempt from review under California Environmental Quality Act]
A PUBLIC HEARINGS.THIS PORTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA IS FOR ALL MATTERS.
THAT LEGALLY REQUIRE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC INPUT.
PLEASE COMPLETE AND SUBMIT A SPEAKER CARD
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TO THE CITY CLERK OR PRESS STAR NINE ON YOUR PHONE, OR RAISE YOUR HAND IN THE ZOOM APPLICATION.AND ONCE AGAIN, COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.
SO ITEM 21, ADOPT RESOLUTIONS AMENDING MASTER SCHEDULE THE FEES, FINES, AND PENALTIES TO ESTABLISH NEW AND REVISED FEES.
AMEND CHINO HILLS RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR SEWER TO IMPLEMENT INLAND EMPIRE UTILITY AGENCY INCREASED PASS THROUGH REGIONAL SEWAGE CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION FEE AND DETERMINED ADOPTION OF FEES ARE EXEMPT FROM REVIEW UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DO WE HAPPEN TO HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? I DO NOT SEE ANY HANDS RAISED.
THEN WITH THAT, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
CAN WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT? YES.
MAYOR JOS, UH, ELIZABETH CARLOCK WITH OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT WILL INTRODUCE THE ITEM.
HEY, WHERE'D YOU GO TO SCHOOL? OH, SORRY.
MAYOR JOE'S COUNCIL MEMBERS, ESTEEMED COLLEAGUES AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
WE'RE HERE TO CONSIDER AMENDING THE MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES, FINES, AND PENALTIES, ESTABLISH ESTABLISHING NEW AND REVISED ON APRIL 27TH TO 20.
ON APRIL 27TH, 2021, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED THE UPDATED MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES, FINES, AND PENALTIES, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE FEE SCHEDULE.
THE FEE SCHEDULE ESTABLISHES THE CITY'S AUTHORITIES IS SET FEES TO RECOVER THE COST OF PROVIDING SERVICES.
SINCE THE DATE OF ADOPTION, THERE'VE BEEN SEVERAL PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE FEE SCHEDULE.
THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS PROPOSING TWO NEW FEES RELATED TO AN ORDINANCE THAT IS IN PROCESS.
THE FIRST IS A SIDEWALK VENDOR PERMIT, WHICH HAS A PROPOSED FEE OF $247.
THE SECOND IS THE ICE CREAM VENDOR PERMIT, WHICH HAS A PROPOSED FEE OF $371.
THESE FEES HAVE BEEN CALCULATED BASED ON THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF TIME.
IT WILL TAKE TO PROCESS AN AVERAGE PERMIT APPLICATION.
THESE FEES WILL BE NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT FUTURE SIDEWALK, VENDOR AND ICE CREAM VENDOR PROGRAMS. AND WE'LL REIMBURSE THE CITY FOR COSTS INCURRED TO PROCESS THE PERMIT APPLICATIONS.
THESE FEES ARE PROPOSED TO BE EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2021.
CAN I STOP YOU RIGHT THERE FOR THE PREVIOUS SLIDE REAL QUICK? CAUSE I'M SURE THE PUBLIC'S WONDERING.
WHY DO WE SEPARATE OUT ICE CREAM VENDOR? AND THERE'S ON THE LINE FOR LIKE HOT DOG VENDOR? WHY IS IT LIKE ICE CREAM VENDOR? PERMITTED JUST SEEMS KIND OF INTERESTING.
AND I, I MIGHT NEED SOME OF OUR STAFF TO CLARIFY, BUT THESE ARE FOR ICE CREAM TRUCKS AND BECAUSE ICE CREAM TRUCKS TO ATTRACT CHILDREN, THEY NEED TO HAVE A BACKGROUND CHECK.
THE PUBLIC APPRECIATES IT TOO.
SINCE 19 TWO IN ONE VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY HAS CONTRACTED WITH THE CITY TO PROVIDE ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL SERVICES SUCH AS DOG LICENSING, IMPOUNDS, KENDAL CARE, AND ENFORCEMENT OF LOCAL ANIMAL RELATED LAWS AND ORDINANCES.
RECENTLY STAFF RECEIVED AN UPDATED SCHEDULE OF FEES FROM VHS.
THESE ARE THE FEES THAT ARE COLLECTED FROM CHINO HILLS RESIDENTS AND USED TO OFFSET THE COSTS OF THE CITY'S CONTRACT.
THESE FEES ARE PROPOSED TO BE EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2021 ON MAY 11TH, 2021, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED AN INCREASE TO THE WATER SEWER AND TRASH SERVICES DEPOSITS, WHICH IS EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2021.
CURRENTLY THE DEPOSITS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE FEE SCHEDULE.
THEREFORE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING.
WE ADD THESE DEPOSITS TO THE FEE SCHEDULE SO THAT THEY'RE REVIEWED AND UPDATED EACH YEAR TO KEEP PACE WITH THE UTILITY RATES.
THE REGIONAL SEWERAGE CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION FEE IS THE AMOUNT THE INLAND EMPIRE UTILITY UTILITIES AGENCY CHARGES TO CONNECT TO THE SEWER SYSTEM.
THIS IS A PASS THROUGH FEE THAT THE CITY COLLECTS AND REMITS TO IUA ON JULY 15TH, 2020, THE IUA BOARD PASSED A RESOLUTION TO INCREASE THE FEE FROM $6,955 TO $7,379.
THIS EQUATES TO A 440 $424 OR 6% INCREASE BLESS YOU BY THE WAY.
THIS FEE AFFECTS NEW COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND WILL BE EFFECTIVE BEGINNING JULY 1ST, 2021.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
SO I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME.
WE'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
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MAYOR MARQUEZ.SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS MOTION PASSES FIVE, ZERO.
AND ALL RIGHT, THEN WE WILL BE MOVING ON TO ITEM 22,
[22. Adopt resolution adopting 2020 Urban Water Management Plan and Water Shortage Contingency Plan and determine project exempt from review under California Environmental Quality Act]
ADOPT THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING 2020 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN AND WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN TO DETERMINE PROJECT EXEMPT FROM REVIEW UNDER THIS CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT.AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM.
DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS AT THIS TIME AND THE PUBLIC? I DO NOT SEE ANY HANDS RAISED OR DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? I'LL CLOSE IT.
QUICK PRESENTATION ON THE WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN AND THE WATER SHORTAGE.
CAN I STOP YOU REAL QUICK? SO IS THIS REQUIRED BY LAW? HE DOES.
OR DID ONE OF YOU REQUEST THIS PRESENTATION? IS THIS REQUIRED? EVERY STUDENT IS HAVING TO DO THIS AS PART OF THIS? NO, WE JUST WANT WATER.
IT'S REQUIRED BY LAW AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO SUPPLEMENT ANYTHING.
UH, YES, THIS IS A, A FIVE-YEAR UPDATE TO THE 2015, UH, WATER OR WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN.
UM, THIS YEAR THIS WAS PREPARED BY HAZEN AND SAWYER.
THEY ARE ALSO DOING OUR WATER MASTER PLAN AND A LOT OF THE SAME COMPONENTS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE IN THE, UH, WATER MASTER PLAN ARE, ARE, ARE COVERED IN THE URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN.
WENT AHEAD AND DID THIS FOR US.
UH, THIS ALSO COMPLIES WITH URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN ACT AND WATER CONSERVATION ACT OF 2009, OFTEN KNOWN AS SB 10 77 AND CALIFORNIA WATER CODE 1 0 6 3 0 POINT.
UM, IT DIRECTS THE LONG-TERM PLANNING OF, UH, OUR WATER RESOURCES AND A WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN PROVIDES GUIDANCE FOR ACTIONS DURING A WATER SHORTAGE.
IF WE HAVE ONE, WHICH IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL PROBABLY GET HERE AS JAY POINTED HER OUT.
UM, SO A FEW OF THE KEY POINTS, UH, UM, WE'VE, UH, TRIED TO, TO DETERMINE THIS SUPPLY AND DEMAND THE AVERAGE AVERAGE DAY, UM, DRY AND MULTIPLE YEARS.
OH, UH, ALL TAKEN CARE OF IN THIS DOCUMENT.
VIA GOAL AND JAKE, JAKE, JAKE WAS VERY, UH, HUMBLE WHEN HE GAVE HIS PRESENTATION.
UM, BUT THE GOAL OF CALIFORNIA WATER CONSERVATION ACT OF 2009, UM, THAT GAVE US A 20% REDUCTION TARGET BY THE YEAR 2020, WHICH IS LAST YEAR, WE HAD REDUCED BY 100 S WE HAD TO GET OUR, OUR, OUR TARGET USED DOWN AT 173 GALLONS PER CAPITA, PER DAY HERE IN THE CITY, CHINO HILLS.
UM, BY 2015, WE WERE DOWN TO 1 95 GALLONS PER CAPITA PER DAY.
UM, SO WE HAD, UH, A 15% REDUCTION BY 2015.
AND AS OF LAST YEAR, WE WERE DOWN TO 1 48 AND JAKE AND HIS EFFORTS AND OUR RESIDENTS HERE IN THE SYSTEM TO THE CHINO HILLS, DID A FANTASTIC JOB.
I MEAN, WE REALLY GOT OUR NUMBERS DOWN AND, UM, WE EVEN HAD A, UH, A GREATER INCREASE IN OUR POPULATION AND OUR WATER USAGE IS OUR OVERALL ANNUAL WATER USAGE IS STILL DOWN FROM 2014, WHICH IS PRETTY AMAZING.
NEXT SLIDE, OBVIOUSLY THIS, UH, TALKED ABOUT THE PERIOD IS 2000.
UH, IT ONLY GOES UP FOR FIVE YEARS.
WE ARE REALLY BEYOND THE 2020, WE'RE ALREADY INTO THE NEXT, WHAT WILL BE REPORTED AS THE NEXT FIVE YEAR.
UM, ANY ESTIMATE OF WHAT THE GPCD WOULD BE TARGET WOULD BE TODAY.
OTHERWISE THE 1 48 THAT WE'RE AT IS OBVIOUSLY SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN WHAT THE TARGET WAS FOR LAST YEAR.
IS THAT CONTINUING TO DECREASE BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE'RE STILL IN A WATER SHORTAGE, WATER SHORTAGE.
AND IF YOU THINK IT IS, DO YOU THINK THE 1 48 WE'RE ON, IN LINE WITH KEEPING WITH THAT REDUCTION? WELL, IT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S A ONE-YEAR AVERAGE.
SO, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE ONLY HALFWAY THROUGH OUR WATER YEAR NOW.
AND SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO KIND OF GAUGE THAT, BUT WE'RE PROBABLY HOVERING KIND OF RIGHT AROUND THERE, I'D SAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, UH, SO FAR WE'VE, WE'VE HAD OUR COOLER MONTHS AND WE WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF GOING TOWARDS OUR WARMER MONTHS.
SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO HIT OUR WARMER MONTHS, WHICH OUR USAGE WILL GO UP.
SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S AN ANNUAL AVERAGE, SO IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE A GOOD NUMBER RIGHT NOW, THE MERE FACT THAT WE'RE AT 1 48 VERSUS THE CALENDAR OF 20 AND 1 73
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SHOWS WERE WELL WITHIN COMPLIANCE AND WE'RE DOING GOOD.AND, AND AGAIN, IT GOES BACK TO OUR EARLIER COMMENTS, THE FACT THAT WE OWED THE RESIDENTS DOING VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE, A GREAT DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO THE CITY TO KEEP DOING THAT.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GET MORE STRICT, UH, YOU KNOW, OR RESTRICTIONS.
OTHER KEY POINTS, UM, JUST LIKE WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS COMPLIES WITH ANSWER PASSES, CALIFORNIA WATER CODE, UM, BUT THE DMS OR THE DEMAND MANAGEMENT MEASURES THAT WE HAVE AND WHAT THOSE CONSIST OF, OOPS.
UM, THIS WOULD BE LIKE A MULTI-STAGE WATER CONSERVATION ORDINANCE, WHICH WE HAVE, UM, UM, WE HAVE THE, UH, WATER METER OF, OF ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY, ANYONE WHO DOESN'T HAVE A METER, W WE HAVE A WATER BUDGET BASED RATE STRUCTURE.
UM, THIS ALSO ENCOURAGES CONSERVATION.
UM, JAKE DOES A GREAT JOB WITH PUBLIC OUTREACH AND EDUCATION, AND WE HAVE PROGRAMS TO ASSESS AND MANAGE, UM, OUR WATER LOSSES WITHIN OUR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IN MARK.
I THINK IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING.
AND I'LL TALK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AND THEY HAVE RESIDENTS SEAT RESIDENTS THAT DON'T HAVE A WATER METER.
I JUST CAN'T, YOU CAN'T FATHOM THAT.
SO IT'S JUST AMAZING, CORRECT.
IF WE SAY, WE SAY THAT METERING OF ALL CUSTOMERS, BUT WHAT ABOUT A MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, EACH INDIVIDUAL APARTMENT DOESN'T HAVE ITS OWN WATER METER, DOES IT SOME DON'T, BUT THERE'S A NEW LAW WHERE ANY, ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION LIKE THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE A SUB METER, BUT THE ONES THAT ARE THERE THAT WE DO HAVE NOW THEY HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A MASTER METER AND THAT SERVES ALL OF THEM, BUT USUALLY IN A MULTI-FAMILY, UH, COMMUNITY LIKE THAT, OR THE, THE WATER USES IS ISN'T BAD BECAUSE IT'S JUST PEOPLE LIVING IN AN APARTMENT TOWN YEARS AGO, I LIVED IN A CONDOMINIUM COMPLEX, AND APPARENTLY THERE WERE ONLY TWO METERS IN THE ENTIRE COMPLEX AND PEOPLE THAT WERE NOT DILIGENT ABOUT THEIR WATER USE.
THEY JUST BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, RAN IT DOWN TO THE SIDEWALK.
THEY WERE WASHING CARS EVERY DAY.
AND BASICALLY THE HOA WAS BUILDING THEM AS A PART OF THEIR, UH, YOU KNOW, MONTHLY DUES FOR THE WATER USE.
AND IT JUST SEEMED TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE THAT SOME PEOPLE WEREN'T CONSERVING AT ALL AND OTHERS WHO WERE, WERE BASICALLY SUBSIDIZING THOSE THAT WEREN'T.
SO APPARENTLY THAT'S GOING AWAY AS WE HAVE NEW CONSTRUCTION TO WHERE THERE IS A SUB METER.
SO IF SOMEBODY IS GOING TO WASTE ALL THAT WATER, THEY'RE GOING TO END UP PAYING FOR IT.
UM, TO SWITCH OVER TO THE, UH, WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN, UM, THE WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN HOSE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A SMALL PART OF THE URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN, BUT FOR THIS YEAR, IT'S, UH, BEEN, UH, CLASSIFIED BY THE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD AS A STAND ALONE DOCUMENT.
AND, UH, WHAT THAT MEANS IS, UH, IT'S A DOCUMENT THAT, UH, IF, UH, THE STATE SAYS, HEY, WE NEED YOU TO MAKE THESE TYPES OF CHANGES.
UH, WE WOULD HAVE TO UPGRADE THAT DOCUMENT.
UM, IT COULD BE WITHIN A YEAR OR FIVE YEARS, BUT, UM, WE WOULD HAVE TO UPDATE THAT DOCUMENT AND, UH, SUBMIT THAT DOCUMENT TO THE STATE.
THAT'S WHAT HAS BEEN, WHAT'S BEEN BY STANDALONE.
UM, AND, AND AGAIN, UH, WE HAVE BEEN VERY PROACTIVE HERE AT THIS IS CHINO HILLS, THANKS TO ALL OF YOU.
UM, THIS WAS WELL BEFORE I EVER STARTED HERE.
AND, UM, THE, UM, WE'RE REALLY GOOD SHAPE WITH OUR, UH, UM, OUR DIFFERENT, UH, TIERS FOR WATER CONSERVATION.
AND, UH, UM, SO WHEN WE DID OUR, UH, WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN, UM, IT WAS BASICALLY ALREADY DONE.
UM, SO NEXT STEPS, UM, WE'D LIKE YOU TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION THIS EVENING.
UM, AFTER THAT RESOLUTION HAS BEEN ADOPTED, I WILL ADMIT THE 2020 OVER WATERMAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN AND SUPPLY WATER SHORTAGE, DNC PLANNING TO THE STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD, AND ALSO A DRAFT OF THIS DOCUMENT IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE.
AND, UM, I OWE JOANNE A HUGE THANK YOU.
SHE WAS INTEGRAL IN CREATING THIS DOCUMENT.
AND SO THANK YOU PRETTY MUCH, JULIA.
AND WITH THAT, ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, THAT'LL TAKE A MOTION.
AND A SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN.
SECOND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, BENNETT, MOUNTAIN CITY CLERK, MAYOR JOS.
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MEMBER BENNETT.COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
[ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT]
MOVING ON TO PUBLIC INFORMATION.GOOD EVENING COUNCIL, UH, STAFF MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO START WITH AN UPDATE ON OUR VACCINATION EFFORTS AND CHINO HILLS, JUST UNDER 60% OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE FULLY VACCINATED.
WE HAVE UPCOMING VACCINATION CLINICS AT THE MCCOY QUESTION AND RECREATION CENTER EVERY TUESDAY THROUGH JULY 20TH.
THESE ARE FOR MAJORITY OF THE PFIZER VACCINE, BUT THEY ALSO WILL HAVE LIMITED DOSES OF THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON VACCINE FOR ANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WISH TO RECEIVE IT TODAY.
WE HOSTED OUR FEARLESS FIGHTERS, BLOOD DRIVE CHALLENGE WITH OUR CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT.
SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TO SUPPORT AND DONATED BLOOD.
WE ARE STILL IN A CRITICAL NEED FOR BLOOD DONATIONS RIGHT NOW.
SO WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE WHO WAS ABLE TO AND WILLING TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO DONATE BLOOD AT THE NEXT EVENT ON JUNE 29TH, A FEW REMINDERS FOR OUR COMMUNITY NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS COMING UP ON AUGUST 2ND.
WE WANT TO REMIND RESIDENTS TO REGISTER THEIR EVENT ONLINE.
BY MONDAY, JULY 12TH, TO RECEIVE A NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZING KIT, WE WILL, UM, YOU CAN STILL REGISTER AFTER THE DAY, BUT YOU JUST RIGHT.
NOT RECEIVE THE ORGANIZING KIT OR THE VISITS FROM OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND FOR THOSE PARTICIPATING IN THE TRAILS CHALLENGE, DON'T FORGET TO SUBMIT YOUR MILEAGE ONLINE BY JUNE 30TH, FOR A CHANCE TO INTERN WIN PRIZES.
WE ALSO HAVE A FEW EVENTS COMING UP AND THE MONTH OF JULY THAT WE'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR RESIDENTS OUT TO ATTEND MOVIES IN THE PARK, CONTINUES AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
THIS THURSDAY WITH THE SCREENING OF TOM AND JERRY, OUR INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATION AND CONCERT HAS RETURNED AND WILL TAKE PLACE AT VETERAN'S PARK.
ON JULY 3RD, THERE WILL BE A BRIEF CEREMONY WITH THE FLAG PRESENTATION BY CINA VALLEY, YOUNG MARINES THAT BEGINS AT 6:40 PM AND THE CONCERT WILL BEGIN AT 7:00 PM WITH LIVE MUSIC BY FORTUNATE SON.
WE'RE ALSO VERY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE IN HOST AND BRAND NEW COMMUNITY CELEBRATION ON JULY 16TH.
THIS WILL CELEBRATE THE VERY GENEROUS GIFT OF THE MCCOY EQUESTRIAN AND RECREATION CENTER BY THE LATE HELEN MCCOY TO OUR COMMUNITY ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HER A HUNDRED AND 10TH BIRTHDAY, THERE'LL BE A CEREMONY THAT BEGINS AT 4:15 PM COMMEMORATING THE CITY'S PURCHASE FOLLOWED BY FREE ICE CREAM FOR THE COMMUNITY, A DISPLAY OF HISTORICAL PHOTOS AND ITEMS OF QUESTION RELATED CRAFTS AND ACTIVITIES, AND EVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PET AND VISIT WITH HORSES FROM SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ALONG ENGLISH WROTE IN ENGLISH PLACE IN RECOGNITION OF THE UPCOMING INDEPENDENT SAY ALL CITY FACILITIES, THE LIBRARY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT LOBBY WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY, JULY 5TH AND STREET SWEEPING ENFORCEMENT WILL RESUME ON THE FOLLOWING DAY, JULY 6TH.
SO BE SURE TO CHECK THE STREETS, SLEEPING SCHEDULE ONLINE, OR LOOK FOR THE SIGNS AT THE ENTRANCE OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND LASTLY, WE'VE BEEN SHARING SOME INFORMATION THROUGH OUR CITY WEBSITE, SO WE JUST WANTED TO NOTIFY OUR RESIDENTS THAT CALTRANS HAS SOME UPCOMING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE WORK THROUGHOUT CARBON CANYON ROAD AND ON THE 71 FREEWAY THROUGH JUNE AND JULY.
SO RESIDENTS CAN KEEP UP TO DATE WITH CALTRANS WORK IN AND AROUND CHINO HILLS BY SIGNING UP FOR THE CITY'S ALERT SYSTEM TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATIONS BY TEXT AND EMAIL, AND THAT QUITS MY PI REPORT TONIGHT.
WITH THAT, WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY
[ SAFETY UPDATES - Police and Fire]
UPDATES, DEPUTY CHIEF HANKINSON.MAYOR JONES AND COUNCIL MEMBERS GAVE YOU A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FORMAT TONIGHT.
I WAS GOING TO GO OVER SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON IN THE FIRE DISTRICT FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
UM, I DID WANT TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION, UH, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY FIRE PREVENTION HAS FINISHED UP THE STATE MANDATED FIRE INSPECTIONS AT ALL, LARGE APARTMENT BUILDINGS AND OUR EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES.
UH, ALSO THE DISTRICT BROUGHT AN OUTSIDE EXPERT TO EDUCATE THE CREWS ABOUT SOLAR PANEL FIRES.
THIS EXPERT SHARED INFORMATION ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY OF SOLAR PANELS AND TACTICS FOR FIGHTING FIRES WITH SOLAR PANELS.
AND WE DO HAVE QUITE A FEW OF THOSE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
UH, THE FIRE DISTRICT MEDICAL DIRECTOR, DR.
PARKS, RIDED DISTRICT WIDE TRAINING ON ADVANCED DIAGNOSIS USE OF OUR CARDIAC MONITORS, UH, ESSENTIALLY 12 LEAD INFORMATION.
THE FIRE DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS CONDUCTED FIRE CHIEF INTERVIEWS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
UH, LAST WEEKEND WITH THE HIGH TEMPERATURES, OUR DISTRICT PROVIDED AN ENGINE TO, FOR THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR THE PRE-POSITIONED STRIKE TEAM HERE IN SAN MARINO COUNTY.
UH, KELLY S IS COORDINATING WITH COUNTIES AND LOCAL OPERATIONAL AREAS, UH, TO STRATEGICALLY PLACE AND POSITION CRITICAL FIREFIGHTING RESOURCES, SOMETHING THAT CAME LAST YEAR THAT STARTED, UM, INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR THE EVENT TO HAPPEN.
NOW THEY ARE PLANNING THAT EVENT MIGHT HAPPEN AND THEY JUST POSITION A STRIKE TEAM AND HAVE IT READY TO GO IN THE EVENT THAT A FIRE WOULD BREAK OUT.
AND THEN ON SATURDAY OF LAST WEEK, THE DISTRICT RESPONDED TO A BIG RIG TRUCK INTO A HOUSE.
IT WAS A RESULT OF A STOLEN TRUCK THAT WAS BEING CHASED BY POMONA PD, THE FIRE DISTRICTS, UH, URBAN SEARCH AND
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RESCUE TEAM HAD TO RESPOND AND SHORE UP THE HOME.UM, ONCE THEY DID PULL THAT TRUCK OUT.
AND LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO THANK CHERYL.
UH, SHE WAS MY EMOTIONAL SUPPORT TODAY WHILE I GOT MY BLOOD DRAWN.
SHE ALSO HAD HER BLOOD DRAWN RIGHT NEXT TO ME.
SO IT WAS ACTUALLY A NICE EVENT AND A GREAT TIME TO, TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HERSELF AND HER FAMILY.
MAYOR JONES, VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ AND COUNCIL MEMBERS TAKE JUST A FEW MINUTES TO GO OVER SOME PUBLIC SAFETY STUFF.
OUR TRAFFIC DIVISION DEPUTIES HAVE INCREASED THEIR PRESENCE IN THE CITY AND ARE REMINDING MOTORISTS TO A BAY POSTED SPEED LIMITS AND TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES IN THE CITY WITH SUMMER UPON US AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.
RESUMING, THERE ARE AN INCREASED NUMBER OF RESIDENTS OUT WALKING AND EXERCISING.
THE MOST RECENT TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS HAVE BEEN SPEEDING AND FAILING TO STOP AT POSTED STOP SIGNS WITH THAT BEING SAID, THERE'S ONGOING ROAD CONSTRUCTION IN CARBON CANYON UNTIL MID-JULY AND THOSE HOURS ARE FROM 9:00 PM TO 5:00 AM.
PLEASE BE AWARE OF SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
RECENTLY, WE'VE HAD AN INCREASED NUMBER OF INDOOR MARIJUANA GROWS JUST IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS ALONE.
OUR DEPUTIES HAVE SERVED FOR SEARCH WARRANTS AT INDOOR MARIJUANA GROWS IN THE CITY, UM, TAKEN OVER A THOUSAND PLANTS AND THEN ALSO SEIZED OVER 105 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA.
WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS IF YOU SEE SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THOSE INDOOR MARIJUANA GROWS.
YOU USE BYPASS ELECTRICAL METERS, AND THOSE POSE AN EXTREME FIRE HAZARD.
UM, IF THAT'S THE CASE, PLEASE CALL THE CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND REPORT THAT IF YOU SUSPECT A INDOOR MARIJUANA GRILL, ALSO AS A REMINDER THAT CHINO HILLS POLICE IS GOING TO BE CONDUCTING ACTIVE SHOOTER DRILLS ON TUESDAY, JULY 13TH AND WEDNESDAY, JULY 14TH.
THAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE AT IOLA HIGH SCHOOL, UM, FROM SIX IN THE MORNING UNTIL ABOUT ONE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SO YOU'LL SEE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF, UH, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT AND EMS VEHICLES AT IOWA ON THOSE TWO DAYS, UM, CONDUCTING ACTIVE SHOOTER GRILLS.
ADDITIONALLY, WITH THE 4TH OF JULY COMING UP, UM, JUST A REMINDER, ALL FIREWORKS, INCLUDING SAFE AND SANE ARE ILLEGAL IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
UM, IF YOU'RE CAUGHT WITH FIREWORKS, YOU'LL BE ISSUED A CRIMINAL CITATION AND FACE UP TO A $500 FINE.
AND THAT'S NOT WORTH THE RISK OF PUTTING YOURSELF, YOUR FAMILY OR THE CITY'S RESIDENTS AT RISK.
SO JUST BE COGNIZANT OF THAT FACT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH THEN WITH THAT, WE WILL BE MOVING ON TO COUNCIL
[ COUNCIL REPORTS Mayor Johsz West Valley Mosquito Vector Control District Board Vice Mayor Marquez League of California Cities Latino Caucus Legislative Committee San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Transit Committee Metro Valley Study Session Southern California Air Quality Management District Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee Southern California Association of Governments Legislative/Communications and Membership Committee Southern California Regional Rail Authority (Metrolink) Contracts, Operations, Maintenance and Safety Committee Council Member Bennett Chino Valley Independent Fire District Board Council Member Moran Chino Valley Chamber of Commerce Board Chino Valley Unified School District Board Council Member Rogers Tres Hermanos Conservation Authority Board Water Facilities Authority Board]
REPORTS AND I WILL REPORT OUT ON WEST VALLEY MOSQUITO VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT BOARD.TODAY, WE HAD OUR BOARD MEETING AND WE WERE INTRODUCED TO OUR NEW STAFF SCIENTIST, OUR PRIOR ONE, RETIRED.
SO OBVIOUSLY WITH A DISTRICT THAT IS SCIENTIFIC AND IT'S, UH, AND ITS MISSION.
IT'S NICE TO HAVE A SCIENTIST ON BOARD, SO IT WAS NICE TO MEET HIM.
SO WE WILL BE MOVING ON TO VICE-VERSA MARK.
ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE A BOOTH AT OUR CONCERTS VACATION? CAN YOU ASK BOARD MEMBER SINCE I'M NOT ON ANYMORE? YOU CAN ASK.
DOES IT MATTER? CAN YOU ASK MIKE ADAMS, IF THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A BOOTH AT A WEST MOSQUITO, YOU'RE A CUSTOMERS AND EVERY CUSTOMER IS IMPORTANT.
IF YOU'D LIKE A BOOTH THERE WE CAN GET.
WELL THEN WE'LL BE MOVING ON VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ TO YOUR ASSIGNMENTS.
FIRST OF ALL OF CITY'S LATINO CAUCUS WILL REPORT SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY TRANSIT.
HIS NAME IS RAY MARQUEZ FROM THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
VICE-CHAIR IS DAVID AVALON FROM THE CITY OF YUCAIPA UPDATES, WEST VALLEY CONNECTOR PHASE ONE CONSTRUCTION CONSULTANT SERVICES.
WE JUST SENT OUT AN RFP UPDATES ON REDLAND PASSENGER RAIL PROJECT.
WE DID A CONTRACT EXTENSION UPDATE AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO CONTRACT FOR MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR EMERGING TECHNOLOGY TUNNEL TO ONTARIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
WE DID A REVIEW TRANSIT HUMAN SERVICE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
WE REVIEWED THE FISCAL YEAR 20 21, 20 22 STATE OF GOOD REPAIR PROGRAM ALLOCATION AT A COST OF 4.3 MILLION METRO VALLEY.
WE HAVE A NEW CHAIR SUPERVISOR FOR SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SUPERVISOR RO IS OUR NEW CHAIR.
VICE-CHAIR IS MAYOR JOHN DAVIDIAN OR D SORRY, SORRY, JOHN.
ALSO METRO VALLEY CITY OF CHINO REQUESTED MEASURE.
I FUNDS TO BE PAID IN ADVANCE FOR FIVE YEARS FOR APPROXIMATELY $10.5 MILLION.
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AND I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO BE FOR PINE AVENUE EXTENSION, UH, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, NO REPORT SCAG LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE REVIEWED THE CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR 20 21, 20 22.WE UPDATED STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATION LETTER WAS SENT TO THE LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP IN SACRAMENTO ASKING FOR FOUR FLEXIBILITIES TO ASSIST GATE REGION CITIES.
THAT LETTER WAS GIVEN TO MRS. LABARDO FOR REVIEW AND NO REPORT ON METRO LINK AND NOTHING TO REPORT A METRO VICE MAYOR.
AND SORRY, BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER.
I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE WE'RE HAVING VENDORS OR BOOTHS AT CONCERTS, RIGHT? OKAY.
WE'LL PUSH HARDER FOR THE MOSQUITO PEOPLE.
COUNCIL MEMBER BEN AT INDEPENDENT, UH, CHINO VALLEY, INDEPENDENT FIRE DISTRICT BOARD MEETING.
UH, THE MAIN THINGS THAT WERE, UH, UM, OF INTEREST.
I BELIEVE THAT, UH, WE WANT TO GIVE RECOGNITION FOR US EMPLOYEE PROMOTIONS, ENGINEER, CHRIS GREEN, CAPTAIN JOEL DELUCA AND RETIREMENT RECOGNITION FOR CAPTAIN CHRIS CRAIG AND ENGINEER CHRIS CALVERT.
AND, UH, WE PRESENTED, UH, VERBALLY PRESENTED, UH, CERTIFICATES, UH, FOR THOSE TWO, UH, RETIREMENTS AND THEY WERE DELIVERED TO THE FIREBOARD.
I WANT TO ALSO GIVE, UH, NOTICE THAT A BOARD MEMBER MIKE KRIEGER KRIEGER IS IN THE AUDIENCE.
WHERE IS IT? UH, I THINK HE'S BACK THERE IN THE GREEN.
COUNCIL MEMBER BANICK COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN, CHINO VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BOARD AND CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD THE CHAMBER, NOTHING NEW TO REPORT IN ADDITION TO IT.
UH, MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBER EARLIER COMMENTED DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS AS FAR AS OUR SPEAKERS AND THEIR RESTAURANT MONTH, UM, FOR SCHOOL BOARD, UM, THE LAST MEETING, IT WAS THE FIRST OFFICIAL HEARING FOR THE REDISTRICTING.
IT'S JUST, IT'S OVERWHELMING WITH THE DIFFERENT MAPS AND THINGS.
I THINK THEY'RE EVEN GOING TO HAVE A TOUGHER TIME THAN WE DID WITH OUR, WITH OUR OWN CITY.
CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT MOVING PARTS.
WHAT'S THE INTERESTING THING IS FOR, AS IT RELATES TO CHINO HILLS, ALL MAPS HAVE BASICALLY KEPT LIKE TWO DISTRICTS, A NORTH AND A SOUTH FOR CHINO HILLS, BUT WHAT'S INTERESTING IS NORTH CHINO HILLS IS CONSIDERED A CENSUS BLOCK, SO THAT CANNOT BE MANIPULATED SO ON EVERY, ON EVERY, UM, MAP THAT WAS SUGGESTED IT'S, IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME ON ONE OF THEM.
IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF SLICE OF CINA WAS IN IT, BUT OTHERWISE IT'S THE SAME.
AND THAT'S THAT CENSUS BLOCK IS, HAS A BOARD MEMBER SCHAEFER AND BOARD MEMBER BRIDGE IN IT.
SO I'M KIND OF LIKE JUST FOCUSING ON HOW THIS REDISTRICTING WILL AFFECT OUR CHINO HILLS RESIDENTS.
SO I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON THE, AS THE, YOU KNOW, THE DISTRICT DISTRICT IN EVOLVES.
I ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO, YOU KNOW, WATCH THE MEETINGS ON YOUTUBE AND JUST GET, GET INFORMATION AND GIVE THE BOARD YOUR INPUT IF YOU WANT TO GIVE IMPORT IMPORT INPUT AS IT RELATES TO IT.
AND CAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE FOUR OF THE FIVE SEATS ARE HELD BY CHINO HILLS, YOU KNOW, UM, RESIDENTS.
SO NO, WELL WE'RE LOSING REPRESENTATION IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
WE'RE GOING TO ONLY HAVE TWO SEATS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD.
SO THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT AND PEOPLE SHOULD TRACK IT.
WHEN DID THEY GO LIVE? THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE ON IT.
OH, THEY DIDN'T SAY AS FAR AS IN PERSON, THEY DIDN'T SAY, AND THEY'RE GOING TO GO, THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE DISTRICT THING IN AUGUST.
SO IT'S HAPPENING PRETTY QUICKLY.
I THINK SO MANY RESIDENTS DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT PART OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO IS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL.
SO YOU'VE GOT TO INCORPORATE THAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN, COUNCIL MEMBER RIDER, TRACER MINUS CONSERVATION AUTHORITY BOARD AND THE WATER FACILITIES.
UH, RAY AND I ARE BOTH ON REPRESENT THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS ON TRACE ROMANOS CONSERVATION AUTHORITY AND CONSENT ITEMS. JUST PRETTY ROUTINE.
WE, WE DID A POINT OF PUBLIC, UH, CPA, UH, TREASURER'S REPORT.
SO THAT MOVES PRETTY QUICKLY OF WHAT WE DID START TO GET INTO MORE SO.
AND RAY, WE CAN TAG TEAM ON THIS AS THE VISIONING.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A VISIONING PROCESS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW, AS MEANING GET A GROUPS GROUPS TOGETHER, HOPEFULLY IN PERSON AND START TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF THAT PROPERTY AND WHERE THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT, WHERE THE DIRECTORS WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT GOING ALSO.
SO WE KICKED OFF JUST THE WHOLE PROCESS AND WE TOOK INPUT SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS, UH, THROUGH THE REMOTE SYSTEM, UH, GAVE THEIR INPUT ON WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE AS WE MOVE FORWARD, NOT SPECIFIC DETAILS, BUT MORE, MORE THE PROCESS AND ALSO, UH, CERTAIN REPORTS OR CERTAIN SURVEYS
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OR SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE AHEAD OF TIME.UH, AND WE'RE GOING TO KICK THAT OFF HOPEFULLY LATER SUMMER OR EARLY FALL, AS FAR AS THEY GET TOGETHER IN A ROOM AND START TALKING THE VISION OF WHERE THAT PROPERTY WILL GO.
YEAH, ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS WE'RE GOING TO ESTABLISH A WEBPAGE.
SO ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE WILL, ONCE WE GET IT, WE'RE GOING TO BE TRANSPARENT AND ACTUALLY GIVE THAT OUT TO THE, TO THE PUBLIC.
BUT THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING CONCERN THAT WE'VE HAD NOW FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AND NOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
SO I BELIEVE BEN IS ONE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AND OUR OTHER TWO CITY MANAGERS SORTA KNOW THE INTENT OR WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
SO HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, WE'LL HAVE A BETTER PLAN MOVING FORWARD.
AND THEN WFA WATER FACILITIES AUTHORITY.
IT WAS A SPECIAL MEETING AND WE DID EXACTLY WHAT WE DID THIS EVENING, WHICH WAS TO APPROVE.
AND THERE WAS THE ONLY LINE ITEM OR THE ONLY ITEM, THE URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN, WHICH WAS A HUGE BOOKLET.
ALSO WE WENT THROUGH MORE DETAIL ACTUALLY THAN WE DID HERE BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE THAT SUBJECT.
BUT WE DO HAVE THE TEAM HERE AT THE, FOR THREESOME TEAM AND DANIEL.
ALSO, IF YOU HAVE ANY WATERS QUESTIONS ON WATER, DON'T HESITATE TASKS.
NOW YOU'VE GOT THE KIND OF THE DREAM TEAM HERE.
ANYBODY CAN WE MOVE DOWN? WE'RE MOVING ON.
WOULD YOU MIND KICKING US OFF THE COUNCIL COMMENTS?
[ COUNCIL COMMENTS]
JUST A COUPLE THINGS.UH, ENCOURAGING EVERYBODY TO SHOW UP ON JULY 3RD.
NICOLE TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR FIRST LIVE IN-PERSON TRADITIONAL CONCERTS IN THE PARK, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ON A SATURDAY NIGHT IT'S IT'S IN, UH, IT'S RELATED TO THE 4TH OF JULY.
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR TRADITIONAL SEMI TRADITIONAL EFFORT TO WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY FOURTH AND A SAFE FOURTH, BUT ALSO KIND OF INSPIRE YOU AS TO WHY THE 4TH OF JULY EXISTS FOR OUR COUNTRY.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT LONGER CEREMONY THAN A NORMAL, UH, CONSCIOUSNESS PARK, WHICH WE'LL RETURN TO WEDNESDAYS LATER.
UM, AND, UM, BRIAN WILL FACILITATE, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE SOME OF OUR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS ON STAGE TO GIVE SOME WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND WISDOM AND INSPIRATION.
UH, THE ONLY OTHER THING, UH, NICOLE PROVIDED ME WITH SOMETHING HERE AND I WANTED TO READ IT.
SO I DON'T LEAVE OUT ANY INFORMATION.
AND IT WAS REFERRED TO EARLIER, WHICH IS THE SOLAR CUP.
SO I'M GOING TO READ A PARAGRAPH HERE TO CON AS CONGRATULATIONS, CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CHINO HILLS SCHOOL STUDENTS.
THEY RECEIVED A NUMBER OF FIRST PLACE AND AWARDS IN THE 2021 SOLAR CUP, WHICH IS A COMPETITION SPONSORED BY THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, THE COMPETITION TESTS, STUDENTS, TECHNICAL ENGINEERING AND CREATIVE SKILLS, AND HELPS THEM LEARN ABOUT WATER CONSERVATION AND RENEWABLE ENERGY BY BUILDING AND RACING, SOLAR POWERED VEHICLES AMONG OTHER THINGS, MORE THAN 300 STUDENTS FROM 16 HIGH SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE REGION PARTICIPATED CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL PLACED SEVEN OF THE TENT PLACED IN SEVEN OF THE 10 CATEGORIES.
VERY IMPRESSIVE AND CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL, JUNIOR, SAMANTHA OLIVER, ONE, THE SPIRIT OF SOLAR CUP AWARD FOR HER EFFORTS LEADING AND INSPIRING THE CHINO HILLS HIGH TEAM AT AND HER NAME POPPED UP IN A NUMBER OF PRESS RELEASES THAT I READ ABOUT.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEAM AND CONGRATULATIONS TO SAMANTHA FOR HER INSPIRATIONAL EFFORTS.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE EXCEPT DAY HAPPY 4TH OF JULY.
I SAID THAT LAST TIME I WAS A LITTLE PREMATURE.
UM, IT'S JUST, I'M SO EXCITED, SO HAPPY FOR IT TO EVERYBODY AND BE SAFE AND NO FIREWORKS AND CHINO HILLS OR SCOTT IS GOING TO BE MAD AT YOU COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN.
UM, I THINK MOST OF YOU HAVE NOTICED WE HAVE A RESURGENCE AGAIN, OF LIKE THE MOTHERS WITH CHILDREN THAT ARE ASKING FOR ASSISTANCE WITH SIGNS, YOU KNOW, PANHANDLING, BUT IT'S, THEY HAVE CHILDREN WITH THEM, WHICH IS DISCERNING.
AND I KNOW THAT AS MUCH AS WE WOULD LIKE TO ASSIST THEM, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF RESOURCES THAT OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND THE COUNTY OFFERS.
SO PLEASE, PLEASE RESTRAIN YOURSELF FROM OFFERING ASSISTANCE, BECAUSE I THINK TODAY WAS REALLY, UM, TROUBLING TO ME BECAUSE THIS ONE MOTHER HAD HER, UM, YOUNG TODDLER, UM, ON THE OFF RAMP OF THE 71 FREEWAY, HALFWAY UP GOING TO CARS, IT WAS SO DANGEROUS, SO, SO DANGEROUS.
SO, UM, PLEASE DO NOT OFFER ASSISTANCE AS MUCH AS YOU WOULD WANT TO.
UM, BEN, COULD WE PUT ON A FUTURE
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AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION, UM, A POTENTIAL, UH, RAISE FOR THE STIPENDS ON OUR CITY COMMISSIONERS? I BELIEVE THAT OUR CITY COMMISSIONERS HAVE HAD THE SAME STATEMENT STIPEND FOR 20, 25, 26 YEARS SINCE 2007.THAT WAS MY, ONE OF MY FIRST MOTIONS WHEN I WAS ELECTED TO THE COUNCIL WAY BACK IN SEVEN.
SO SINCE 2007, IF THAT COULD BE A DISCUSSION ITEM AND WHILE WE'RE EDIT, IF WE CAN ALSO PUT MAYBE AT THAT SAME MEETING, UM, UH, DISCUSSION FOR, UH, COUNSEL RAISES THAT LAST ONE WE HAD WAS IN 2017.
AND THEN THE LAST THING I HAVE IS, UM, THIS IS ACTUALLY FOR PROBABLY DANIEL OR JAKE.
UM, WE TALKED THE TURF REPLACEMENT REBATE OPPORTUNITY STILL AVAILABLE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF, UM, COMMERCIAL RETAIL CENTER OWNERS THAT HAVE BEAUTIFUL GREEN TURF, WHICH IS GREAT.
BUT IF WE COULD RE LIKE DO KIND OF SOME SITE INSPECTIONS AND REACH OUT TO THOSE BUSINESS CENTERS THAT HAVE A LOT OF NONESSENTIAL TURF AND LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THE REBATE PROGRAM, MAYBE THEY WANT TO TAKE US UP ON IT BECAUSE THERE'S QUITE A FEW JAKE.
OR, YOU KNOW HOW WE ROLL I'LL DRIVE AROUND WITH YOU ONE DAY.
I THINK AS WE'VE ALL NOTICED, THERE'S QUITE A FEW GREEN BELTS THAT ARE CONSIDERED ORNAMENTAL.
THEY ARE JUST KIND OF WATERED IN THEIR MODE AND THEY'RE MAINTAINED.
AND, BUT LONG, ESPECIALLY COMMERCIAL LANDSCAPES USE A TON OF WATER AND THEY'RE OFTEN OVERWATERED AND THAT'S MOSTLY BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH OF IT.
IT IS HARD TO A LITTLE BIT MAINTAIN, BUT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF RESOURCES FOR OUR COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO HELP ANYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT.
UH, FIRST I, I HOPE THAT ALL OF OUR FATHERS GRANDFATHERS AND GREAT-GRANDFATHERS HAD A GREAT TIME, UH, HONORING, UH, BEING HONORED BY THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THIS LAST WEEKEND.
UH, I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING WE, I WISH THAT I COULD HAVE, UH, HAD MY FATHER WITH ME.
HE WOULD HAVE BEEN 96 YEARS OLD, UH, ON JULY 4TH.
UH, AND, UH, YOU MISS THOSE LOVED ONES WHEN THEY'RE GONE.
UH, SOMETHING KIND OF UNUSUAL HAPPEN HERE.
AS WE KNOW, THERE'S A TRAGEDY ON, UH, CHINO HILLS PARKWAY, UH, A MOTORCYCLE AND A VEHICLE GOT INTO IT A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO AND THE MOTORCYCLE RIDER, UH, DIS WAS DECEASED OR KILLED.
UH, I HAD RECEIVED A CALL TO, UH, TODAY, I GUESS IT WAS, UH, FROM AN ORGANIZATION.
I SPOKE TO ONE FROM AN ORGANIZATION WANTING TO REACH OUT AND OFFER ASSISTANCE TO THE FAMILY MEMBERS AND THROUGH A FEW PHONE CALLS AND RESEARCH FOUND OUT THAT THE GRANDMOTHER IS GOING TO BE TAKING CARE OF THE 16 AND 13 YEAR OLD DAUGHTERS OF THE DECEASED AND A RELEASE TIME, CHRISTIAN, UH, EDUCATION, UH, THEY HAVE A BENEVOLENCE FUND AND ALSO THE HOPE RESOURCE CENTER ALSO HAS ONE.
SO BECAUSE THOSE KIDS ARE GOING TO BE STAYING IN THE CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UH, THERE'S GOING TO BE GROUPS THAT REPRESENT OUR CITY AND OUR RESIDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE REACHING OUT TO THOSE, UH, THAT FAMILY, UH, TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO FOR IT.
SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT AND, AND CONGRATS.
WELL, THANK THOSE ORGANIZATIONS FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, CARING AND FOR REACHING OUT.
UH, I ALSO HOPE THAT EVERYBODY HAS AN ENJOYABLE UPCOMING, UH, UH, SAFE AND SANE, UH, 4TH OF JULY.
UH, IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT, UH, UH, CELEBRATION, BUT SOMETIMES, UH, IT JUST GETS OUT OF CONTROL AND, AND WE HAVE FIREWORKS GOING ON ALL THE TIME AND CHINO HILLS, IT KEEPS OUR POLICE AND FIRE PEOPLE GOING CRAZY.
UM, BUT I HOPE THAT PEOPLE STARTED HEARING TO THAT AND NOT USING THOSE THINGS.
AND THEN I WOULD BE TOTALLY REMISS IF I DIDN'T GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MY WIFE, NIKKI, BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING ON JULY 13TH, WE WILL BE CELEBRATING ON JULY 8TH, OUR 54TH ANNIVERSARY.
AND I THANK HER VERY MUCH FOR PUTTING UP WITH ME ALL THESE YEARS.
UH I'M OF THE THEORY THAT SHE JUST DOESN'T WANT TO HAVE TO TRAIN SOMEBODY NEW FOR THIS JOB.
UH, BUT, UH, UH, IT'S, IT'S, UH, A WONDERFUL CELEBRATION AND I WOULD FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, WANT TO THANK HER FOR STAYING WITH ME ALL THESE YEARS AND PROVIDING ALL THE WONDERFUL MEMORIES AND GIVING ME, UH, TWO ADULT CHILDREN, UH, SIX GRANDKIDS OR CHILDREN, AND THREE GREAT GRANDKIDS.
THAT'S THE END OF MY COMMENTS.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT, ISP MARQUEZ.
FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY, HEY, IT'S GREAT FOR YOU GUYS TO BE BACK IN THE AUDIENCE.
IT'S NICE SEEING YOU GUYS THERE.
SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR ATTENDING TONIGHT, DID RECEIVE A FEW PHONE CALLS, FIRST OF ALL, WATER PROBLEM, AND GOT A CALL FROM WESTERN HILLS GOLF COURSE, MR. ROD HILL.
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I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND CHECKING INTO THIS.AND YOU TOOK CARE OF THAT FOR ME, THERE WAS A PROPERTY ON GREEN GREEN DRIVE, I GUESS THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE BROKEN PIPES.
ALSO, I GOT A CALL FROM A GENTLEMAN ON HAY DRIVE AND IT HAS TO DO WITH BOUNDARY LINE AND GPS.
THERE'S SOME PROBLEMS. JOANNE, THANK YOU FOR CHECKING INTO THAT AND RESEARCH INTO THAT AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET BACK TO MR. SANCHEZ.
UM, ALSO I DID GET A CALL FROM A GENTLEMAN AND COURAGE HILLS REGARDING COYOTES, MR. HILL.
AGAIN, TOOK CARE OF THAT FOR ME.
AND I DID GO TO A MEMORIAL THIS SATURDAY FOR A GENTLEMAN THAT I'VE KNOWN FOR OVER 30 PLUS YEARS.
HIS NAME IS DON BRIONY, AND I FIRST MET DAWN THROUGH A BEAUTIFUL LADY NAMED SUSAN ROSU AND SHE WAS ON CITIZENS ON PATROL AND SHE'D DRIVE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY.
AND I THOUGHT SHE WAS GONNA GIVE ME A TICKET ONE DAY AND SHE JUST WANTED JUST TO SAY HI.
HE WAS VERY QUIET, WAS IN THE CAR WITH HER.
DIDN'T REALLY SAY A WHOLE LOT UNTIL I LOOKED AT HIM AND THEN TALKED TO HIM AND THEN HE WOULD TALK TO ME.
BUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I DO REMEMBER FROM DON IS SUCH A WONDERFUL SPIRIT, JUST VERY ENERGETIC, SMART, BUT I USED TO GET AFRAID WHEN WE USED TO HAVE FIRES DURING FIRE SEASON, HE NEVER WANTED TO LEAVE HIS HOUSE.
I'D HAVE TO CALL LINDA, LINDA WOULD HAVE GOING TO DO THIS TIME.
HOW ARE WE GONNA GET THEM OUT OF THE HOUSE? AND I THINK FOR THE FIRST TIME WE ACTUALLY GOT THEM OUT OF THE HOUSE, BUT HE WAS ONLY OUT MAYBE ABOUT 15, 20 MINUTES TILL THE FIRE PASSED US.
AND THEN HE WAS BACK IN THE HOUSE, BUT IT WAS SUCH A WONDERFUL AND LINDA, YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND.
THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT ON.
THE LAST THING IS I DO WANT TO MENTION A LITTLE BIT ABOUT COUNCIL TRACKING LIST AND THEY'RE JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS I JUST WANT TO BRING UP REAL FAST.
UH, ONE IS WE'VE BEEN ASKING, OR I'VE BEEN ASKING SINCE MARCH OF 2015 FOR A VIDEO MARQUEE AND THEN ALSO A PERMANENT STRUCTURE FOR BANNERS AND SIGNAGE.
AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT AND HOPEFULLY REAL SOON THAT WILL BE DONE DURING THIS COVID.
I HAD REQUESTED THAT WE ASKED HER ASSESS ALL THE BUSINESS CLOSURES IMPACTED DUE TO COVID.
I NEVER RECEIVED A REPORT ON THAT.
AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE FOR US TO GET SOMETHING IN DETAIL.
I ALSO REQUESTED A WILDFIRE ASSESSMENT FOR THE CITY'S OPEN SPACE AND STATE PARK.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE BACK IN FIRE SEASON ONE MORE TIME.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
I JUST WANT US TO BE BETTER PREPARED.
AND EVEN THOUGH WE DID A GOOD JOB LAST TIME, I JUST WANT US TO DO BETTER TIME THIS TIME.
AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT I DID REQUEST, AND I HAVEN'T, AND I KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING FAIRLY SOON IS AN AFTER-ACTION REPORT ON THE LAST FIRE.
SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS AND EVERYBODY PLEASE BE SAFE ON THE FOURTH.
UM, JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK COMMENTS.
UH, IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE OUR SHERIFF, JOHN MCMAN ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT, WHICH WILL BE EFFECTIVE JULY 16TH.
SO THE BOARD HAS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TODAY DISCUSSED IT, AND WE'LL BE HAVING A, AN APPLICATION, UH, FOR A ONE WEEK PERIOD TO, TO APPLY.
SO IF YOU HAVE YOUR POST, UH, TRAINING, MAYBE PUT IN FOR IT, UM, JUST KIDDING.
UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO LUMELLEAU BALL.
I THINK WE ALL HEARD THE NEWS THAT HE WAS THE ANNOUNCED ROOKIE OF THE YEAR FROM THE NBA.
SO IT'S NICE TO SEE A LOCAL BOY.
MAKES GOOD, UM, EH, BEN, AT SOME POINT IN THE NEAR FUTURE, MAYBE WITH YOUR NEXT COVID UPDATE, CAN WE DISCUSS HOW WE, I KNOW WE, GOSH, ST.
PATRICK'S DAY, LAST YEAR WE HAD OUR LOCAL EMERGENCY THAT WE HAD THE VOTE TO DECLARE, AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD TO REAFFIRM IT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
UH, WHAT THE PROCESS IS TO DE THROTTLE THE, THE, UH, THE EMERGENCY THAT HAS STOOD STILL UNDER EFFECT IN THE CITY.
SO IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND BRINGING THAT BACK AT SOME POINT SURE THING, THANK YOU, SIR.
AND WITH THAT HOPE TO SEE EVERYBODY OUT ON JULY 3RD FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY, BE SAFE.
AND, UH, AND WE WILL BE ADJOURNING,
[ ADJOURN IN MEMORIAM AND IN HOPE: Adjourn in tribute and honor of those who serve and have served in the Armed Forces at home and abroad. Their sacrifice and strength protect the goals and ideals that have made this Country great.]
YOU KNOW, AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, WILL BE A JOURNEY IN MEMORY OF TWO INDIVIDUALS.UM, AND WE'LL BE ATTORNEY AND A MEMORY OF, OF DON BRYONY.
AND IN HIS MEMORY, HE PASSED AWAY ON JUNE 15TH AT THE AGE OF 94.
HE WAS A LONG TIME, UH, CHINO HILLS RESIDENT WHO MOVED TO SLEEPY HOLLOW IN 1962 WITH HIS LATE WIFE SUE AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN.
MR. BRYONY, UH, JOINED THE CHINO HILLS CITIZENS ON PATROL IN 1989, WHERE HE VOLUNTEERED FOR 20 YEARS, MR. BRINY SERVED, UH, IN THE U S ARMY AS AN INFANTRY MEN IN WORLD WAR II.
HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH A MARKSMAN RIFLE, COMBAT INFANTRY BADGE, THE VICTORY MEDAL, THE AMERICAN THEATER
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RIBBON, THE A EUROPEAN AFRICAN OCCUPATION METAL AND THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.SO WE EXTEND OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHIES TO HIS DAUGHTER, LINDA, HIS SONS, PATRICK, AND DANIEL, AND TO ALL OF HIS GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT CHAN GRANDCHILDREN.
AND WE WILL ALSO BE A JOURNEY IN OUR MEMORY TONIGHT IN MEMORY OF MARTIN HERNANDEZ, WHO WAS THE MOTORCYCLIST, WHO WE HAD MENTIONED PASSED AWAY, TRAGICALLY DUE TO THAT ACCIDENT ON THE 19TH, MARTIN HAD RECENTLY MOVED TO OUR COMMUNITY AND WAS A SOCIAL WORKER FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES AND WORKED FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH.
HE WAS ALSO A CUB MASTER FOR HIS SON'S A BOY SCOUT TROOP, AND WE OFFER OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHIES TO HIS FAMILY AND HIS TWO CHILDREN.
SO WITH THAT, WE WILL ADJOURN AND THEIR TWO MEMORIES HAVE A SAFE 4TH OF JULY.