[ 7:00 P.M. - CONVENE MEETING / ROLL CALL]
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THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY OF CHINO HILLS CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR TODAY, TUESDAY, AUGUST 10TH, HERE AT 7:00 PM.
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG - Boy Scouts Troop 2399]
GOING TO ASK EVERYBODY TO PLEASE RISE FOR BSA TROOP 2, 3, 9, 9 TO PRESENT THE COLORS AND LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO BE FOLLOWED BY CHAPLAIN RUBEN ASTRADA FROM THE CHINO VALLEY AND A FIRE DISTRICT.AND THEN FOLLOWING THE INVOCATION, PLEASE STAY AT ATTENTION FOR THE COLORS TO BE REMOVED.
THANK YOU, AUDIENCE, ATTENTION, COLOR GUARD, ATTENTION, COLOR GUARD, ADVANCE, COLOR GUARD.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES, AMERICA ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL CHAPLAIN.
[ INVOCATION: Chaplain Ruben Estrada, Chino Valley Independent Fire District]
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND LEADERS OF OUR COMMUNITY IS A PRESSURE FOR ME TO DO THIS IMPLICATION THAT A SPRAYING, OUR HEAVENLY FATHER.WE COME BEFORE YOU, WE HEARTS WILL APPRAISE.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOODNESS AND MERCY.
WE PROTECT US EVERY DAY, FATHER, AND YOU JUST GIVE US EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED.
SO WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL THOSE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT YOU DO.
AND FATHER, WE WANT TO PRAY FOR OUR SPECIAL BLESSING UPON THIS MEETING.
WE JUST PRAY LORD THAT YOU WILL GIVE ALL OUR LEADERS WISDOM AND THE ABILITY TO MAKE DECISIONS.
AND DURING THE DISCUSSIONS COME UP WITH ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS THAT ARISE IN THEIR SITUATIONS AND ISSUES OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE PRAY FATHER THAT YOU WILL GRANT THEM TREMENDOUS WISDOM THAT YOU BLESS THIS MEETING IN A VERY POWERFUL WAY, AND THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO BLESS THIS COMMUNITY, THIS CITY OF CHINO HILLS AND ITS LEADERS.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOODNESS AND MERCY.
AND WE ASK THESE THINGS IN JESUS WONDERFUL NAME.
HELLO GUARD, DISMISSED AUDIENCE SAID HE'S OKAY.
WITH THAT, WE WILL BE MOVING ON TO BUSINESS.
[5. Grant Monitoring Update by Blais and Associates]
A PRESENTATION, UM, UH, AND UPDATE FROM BLAZE AND ASSOCIATES REGARDING OUR GRANT PROGRAM.I JUST REMEMBER HIM FROM MISSION VA HUB.
HONORABLE MAYOR BY SNARE AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS ANDREA OWEN, MY COLLEAGUE NANCY LITTMAN, AND I ARE HAPPY TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE GRANT PROGRAM OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, I THINK IT'S BEEN SINCE 2019 WHEN WE WERE HERE LAST.
SO BNA HAS ACTUALLY BEEN THE CITY'S GRANT CONSULTANTS SINCE 2006.
AND SINCE THAT TIME WE HAVE ACTUALLY HELPED THE CITY WIN 42 GRANT APPLICATIONS WORTH OVER $12.8 MILLION.
THAT COMES OUT TO AN AVERAGE ANNUAL 2.6 GRANTS PER YEAR AT A VALUE OF 855,000 A YEAR.
UM, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS WHAT YOU SHOULD FOCUS ON FOR EVERY DOLLAR IN GRANT FEES THAT YOU PAY TO BE AN A, WE RETURNED $22 IN GRANT FUNDING TO THE CITY IN JUST THE PAST THREE YEARS ALONE.
WE'VE HELPED THE CITY WIN $720,000 WORTH OF GRANT FUNDING OVER FOR GRANT APPLICATIONS.
UM, YOU'LL SEE HERE THAT, UH, WE HELPED PROVIDE GRANT FUNDING TO LOS SURENOS FOR MORE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, TO HELP DEVELOP A LOCAL ROADWAY SAFETY PLAN FOR ACTIVITIES AT STRICKLING NATURE PARK AND THEN FOR A BACKPLATE PROJECT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, HELP PROVIDE MORE SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS AND SAFETY
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AND SOME OF YOUR MOST IMPORTANT INTERSECTIONS.AND AT THIS TIME WE ARE AWAITING OVER $1.6 MILLION OF FURTHER AWARDS, UM, OVER FIVE APPLICATIONS.
AND AGAIN, HERE IN THE CHART, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE GOT AN APPLICATION OUT FOR EUCALYPTUS NATURE PARK ACTIVITIES FOR A CITY-WIDE FUEL REDUCTION PROJECT ALSO FOR WILDFIRE MITIGATION AND THEN, UH, TWO ADDITIONAL PROJECTS THAT WERE JUST SUBMITTED LAST WEEK FOR ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS IN LOS SERRANOS.
UH, THE LOSS AROUND THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE FUTURE GRANT PURSUITS.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO NANCY AND SHE'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE CITY'S KEEP KEY WISHLIST ITEMS WE'RE LOOKING AT.
WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT FUTURE PURSUITS FOR THE CITY AND, UM, THERE, WE JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE TOP, UM, PROJECTS WE'RE LOOKING AT AT THE CURRENT TIME.
AND SOME OF THOSE INCLUDE FUNDING FOR THOSE SERRANOS NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENTS, CITY PARK, RENOVATIONS, TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS, AND URBAN FORESTRY PROGRAMS. ADDITIONALLY, WE'RE LOOKING AT PLANNING ACTIVITIES FOR TRANSPORTATION LAND USE AND HAZARD MITIGATION, AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S DIFFERENT FUNDING PROGRAMS THAT WE LOOK AT, PARTICULARLY FOR THESE AREAS.
SO CITY STAFF HAD ASKED THAT, UM, WE GIVE YOU JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR GRANT PROCESS, AND IT'S REALLY BRIEF IT'S HIGHLIGHTS THE MAJOR STEPS THAT WE TAKE IN SELECTING AND APPLYING FOR GRANTS.
WE WORK WITH CITY STAFF TO RESEARCH TARGETED GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AND PRESENT ONLY THE MOST RELEVANT ONES TO THE CITY.
THEN WE CONDUCT A PRE POSITIONING ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING STRATEGY CALLS WITH FUNDING AGENCIES, PRE SCULPING CALLS WITH THE CITY.
AND THEN WE LOOK AT THE ACTUAL APPLICATION AND THE, AND THE FUNDING REQUIREMENTS AND ASSIST THE CITY WITH A GO NO-GO DECISION THAT CAN BE BASED ON THE STRENGTH OF THE PROJECT, THE MATCH REQUIREMENT, STAFF CAPACITY, DUE DATE, ANY OF THOSE AND MORE.
AND THEN WE CAN, IF WE DECIDE ON GO, IF THE CITY DECIDES TO GO AHEAD WITH A GRANT, WE THEN SCHEDULE AND CONDUCT A KICKOFF MEETING WHERE WE REVIEW THE SCOPE OF WORK AND KEY MILESTONE ACTIVITIES.
THEN WE GO ON AND DEVELOP THE GRANT APPLICATION.
WE TRY TO ALLEVIATE ANY BURDENS THE CITY STAFF HAS AND TAKE ON THE NARRATIVE COST, ESTIMATES, MAPS, PHOTOS, ANYTHING THAT'S REQUIRED IN THE GRANT.
AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR A HUNDRED PERCENT ON-TIME SUBMITTALS IN THE PAST 20 YEARS OF BNAS, UM, BUSINESS.
WE ALSO, UM, CONDUCT POST SUBMISSION ACTIVITIES.
SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, UM, THAT WHEN AN AGENCY FOLLOWS UP REQUESTS OR DEBRIEF, SHOULD THE APPLICATION BE DENIED.
UH, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US, UM, TO GET INFORMATION FROM THOSE FUNDING AGENCIES.
AND IT, WE ALWAYS STRONGLY ENCOURAGE A DEBRIEF WITH FUNDING AGENCIES AS IT HELPS STRENGTHEN THE APPLICATION FOR THE NEXT ROUND.
AND THE AGENCY WILL REMEMBER THAT THE CITY MADE THE EFFORT TO FIND OUT HOW THEY CAN BETTER THEIR APPLICATION.
SO OVERALL, WE JUST, WE W WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE HONOR OF BEING YOUR TRUSTED GRAND CONSULTING PARTNERS FOR OVER 15 YEARS.
THE LONGEVITY OF OUR RELATIONSHIP IS A TESTAMENT TO OUR WIN RATE.
WE KNOW YOUR CITY, WE KNOW WHAT YOUR ISSUES ARE, AND WE EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE YOUR STORY.
I'M PROUD TO BE YOUR NEW BNA KEY CONTACT AND WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE EITHER NOW OR AT A LATER DATE.
MY CONTACT INFORMATION IS UP ON THE SCREEN.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR GIVING ANDREA AND I YOUR TIME TONIGHT.
UM, AND JUST AS A SIDE NOTE, WE ARE GOING TO BE SCHEDULING, UM, MEETINGS WITH THE STAFF IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO TO SEE WHAT THE NEW WISHLISTS ARE, IF THERE'S ANYTHING NEW THAT THEY'VE GOT, UM, ON THEIR MINDS.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION ON UNDER THE, UM, GRANTS THAT AWAITING AWARD, UM, THERE'S THE CAL FIRE FIRE PREVENTION GRANT.
UM, CAN YOU JUST ELABORATE ON WHAT COULD BE DONE WITH THAT WILDFIRE MITIGATION AND THEN PREVENTION, OUTREACH PROJECT? WOULD WE WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH LIKE THE FIRE DISTRICT? IS THAT SOLELY GOING TO BE LIKE SOMETHING THAT THE CITY DOES FOR OUTREACH? HOW, HOW WOULD THAT WORK? WHAT DOES THAT FOR THE HMGP? UM, THE, YEAH, THE FIRE PREVENTION GRANT THROUGH CAL FIRE.
UH, THESE AREN'T NUMBERS, I DON'T KNOW.
UM, SO YOU MIGHT FEEL THE FUEL REDUCTION.
THE, UM, THE ONE BELOW IT COUNTING NONE GO BACK ON CAL FIRE.
FIRE PREVENTION,
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE CITY IS PLANNING TO DO, UM, I BELIEVE
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IT'S LIKE MITIGATE A FUEL HAZARD REDUCTION AS WELL AS DOING SOME OUTREACH PROJECTS TO THE CITY TO LET THEM KNOW HOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE CITY IS DOING TO, YOU KNOW, UM, REDUCE, UM, YOU KNOW, TAKE DOWN, TAKE DOWN EXTRA GRASSES AND FUELS ON THE, THE HILLSIDES.THE PART OF IT WOULD BE YOUR DEPARTMENT'S PART OF IT.
AMY WILL BE PART OF THIS PROJECT IS INVOLVED WITH THIS PROJECT.
AND THEN LIKE VALERIE'S GROUP WITH THE OUTREACH AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
CAUSE IT'S KIND OF COOL THAT WE HAVE SOME, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO WITH THE FIRE PREVENTION.
I BELIEVE MOST OF THIS HAS FOCUSED ON ACTUALLY REMOVING THE FIRE MATERIAL, BUT I'M SURE THERE'S AN OUTREACH COMPONENT TO IT THAT OKAY.
I THINK THERE, THERE HAS TO BE A, THERE HAS TO BE AN OUTREACH COMPONENT.
AND THEN I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU.
YOU MENTIONED, UH, CIRCLING BACK WITH THE STATE WENT OR NO SPCT AIR, WHOEVER IT IS WITH GRANTS THAT ARE DENIED.
CAN YOU GIVE US A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF WHAT OF WHAT'S BEEN DENIED AND POTENTIALLY WHY? I HEAR A LOT OF TIMES THAT WE JUST DON'T DEMOGRAPHICALLY FIT A LOT OF, UH, A LOT OF THE BOXES THAT THE STATE HAS FOR US.
I'M GOING TO LOOK AND SEE IF WE'VE GOT ANY OF THE DENIED.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY OF THE DENIED GRANTS ON OUR WORLD, ON OUR ROLL-UP REPORT HERE, BUT JUST MAYBE JUST EVEN ANECDOTALLY, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE REASONS? YEAH, IN FACT, I WOULD LOVE TO EX UH, I MEAN WE, SO WE HAD ONE WITH, UM, SP SO FOR, UM, ONE OF OUR CLIENTS, OUR CITY'S APPLIED FOR A PARKS GRANT AND IT WAS VERY COMPETITIVE.
UM, THEY WERE ALSO A DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY AND WHEN WE HAD A, UH, AND THEY WERE MOSTLY FUNDING DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES AND IT WAS, UM, IT WAS COLTON AND WHEN THEY, THEY JUST DIDN'T HAVE THEM.
I MEAN, SOMETIMES IT'S JUST, THERE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE JUST BETTER.
THEY HAVE MORE OUTREACH, THEY HAVE MORE, UM, THEY HAVE, UH, UM, THEY'RE ASKING THEIR MATCHES BIGGER.
IT CAN BE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE CAPACITY THAT THE STAFF HAS TO BE ABLE TO RUN THE PROJECT SUCCESSFUL.
UM, THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OFF THE TOP OF MY, AND I JUST WONDER SOMETIMES DO WE MISS OUT BECAUSE WE ARE PRETTY GOOD WHEN IT COMES TO MONEY AND HAVE HEALTHY RESERVES AND YES, I'M GOING TO SAY, WE'RE VERY CAREFUL WITH THE TYPE OF GRANTS WE RECOMMEND YOU GO AFTER, BECAUSE ONE OF OUR GO NO-GO CRITERIA IS WILL THE CITY BE SUCCESSFUL, ARE, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE DISADVANTAGED CRITERIA THAT YOU CAN EITHER OVERCOME OR MEET IN A DIFFERENT WAY? SO YES, YOU, I DO THINK THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS IS AT A DISADVANTAGE SOMETIMES.
UM, WELL, AND, AND I, YOU KNOW, THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING THAT IS, YOU KNOW, I, YEAH, I, IT WAS NICE TO SEE LO SERRANO'S ON THERE FOR A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT GRANTS, BUT IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS THROUGH EITHER SCAG OR SBSTTA.
WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S OUR LOCAL GAS TAX MONEY AND ALL THAT FUN STUFF.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK MELISSA SERRANO SOMETIMES GETS LEFT OUT THERE BECAUSE IT'S ONE NEIGHBORHOOD AMONGST A CITY THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE AFFLUENT AND WE'RE DAB, I GUESS.
ARE WE LOOKING FOR THOSE GRANTS? CAN YOU MICRO TARGET THOSE KINDS OF GRANTS TO THOSE TYPES OF NEIGHBORHOODS OR, OKAY.
I THINK OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS, WE'VE PROBABLY WON SIX OR SEVEN GRANTS SPECIFICALLY TARGETED TO LOS SERRANOS.
SO IT ALSO HELPS IF IT'S IN A PLAN, IF THAT'S THAT'S.
THE OTHER THING IS THAT IF IT'S IN THE IT'S, IT'S IN YOUR PLAN, STRATEGIC PLAN, THAT ALSO HELPS.
I MEAN, AND, AND THAT POCKET ALSO FOR THE HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE WAS ALSO AN ISSUE TO KEEP IT, YOU KNOW, YOU DO HAVE DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY IN THAT ONE AREA, AND I BELIEVE THERE'S MORE AREAS IN LOS SERRANOS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT.
NO, THIS IS DIRECTED TO PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
THIS HAS TO DO WITH OPEN SPACES FOR DEAD TREES.
IT SEEMS LIKE BECAUSE OF THE DROUGHT, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DEAD TREES WHERE WE THOUGHT BEFORE POSSIBLY COULD HAVE BEEN THE BEETLE, BUT IT'S BECAUSE OF WATER.
SO MY QUESTION, BECAUSE THOSE TREES ARE OUT THERE AND THEY COULD THROUGH COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL.
COULD WE DO ANYTHING WITH THIS MONEY THAT WE'RE GETTING ON THAT GRANT? I, I DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFIC DETAILS TO THESE GRANTS, BUT BECAUSE DENTAL TREES CAN, UH, ADD TO, UH, TO FEEL ANY OPEN SPACE.
AND, UM, I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN USE THOSE FUNDS FOR, FOR D'ETRE REMOVAL IF WE CONSIDER THAT I'D APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE THAT PROBLEM IS GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER.
IN FACT, THAT IS AN ELEMENT OF TWO OF THOSE GRANTS UP THERE THAT THIS REMOVAL OF REMOVAL OF DEAD AND DYING TREES, ESPECIALLY FROM THE BEETLE INFESTATIONS AND FROM DROUGHT.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH FOR COMING AND WE APPRECIATE THE UPDATE.
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ALL RIGHT.WITH THAT, WE WILL BE MOVING ON TO, UH, UM, LET'S SEE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OF ACTIONS TAKEN TO CLOSED SESSION COUNCIL.
THERE WAS ALREADY PAR BLACKS AND TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION.
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL BE GOING TO
[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. Comments will be limited to three minutes per speaker.]
PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEM WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WHETHER OR NOT THE ITEM APPEARS ON THE AGENDA, EXCEPT THE TESTIMONY ON PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS, WHICH MUCH BE PROVIDED DURING THOSE HEARINGS, PLEASE COMPLETE THEM, SUBMIT TO THE CITY CLERK, A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS DONE BRIDGE.
ALL RIGHT, MR. BRIDGE, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
THANK YOU, MAYOR JOSEPH AND THE COUNCIL AND STAFF AND COMMUNITY JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE.
UH, THIS IS AN EXCITING TIME FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AS OUR SCHOOLS WENT BACK INTO SESSION YESTERDAY, I KNOW THE TEACHERS ARE VERY EXCITED.
THEY SPEND, YOU KNOW, LAST WEEK, UH, DAYS GETTING READY IN THEIR CLASSROOM, ALONG WITH A LOT OF THEM, PROBABLY ON THE WEEKEND TOO.
I KNOW WHEN MY WIFE AND I WERE TEACHING, WE JUST BLOCKED OUT THE WEEKEND BEFORE THE START OF SCHOOL FIGURING WE WERE GOING TO BE IN OUR CLASSROOMS, GETTING, GETTING THINGS READY.
I WANT TO REMIND THE COMMUNITY OF THE FACT THAT THAT WITH OUR SCHOOLS OPENING, THEY'RE GOING TO SEE EXTRA, EXTRA TRAFFIC AROUND THE SCHOOLS AND TO BE, BE CAUTIOUS WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING BY.
AND I KNOW THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, IT'S BEEN REAL EASY TO GO BY SCHOOLS AND NOT SEE ANYTHING GOING ON.
SO JUST TAKE THAT LITTLE EXTRA CAUTION WITH OUR STUDENTS AND WITH THOSE PARENTS GOING TO THOSE SCHOOLS FOR THE FIRST TIME AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND, AND, AND THE LIKE OUR NEXT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING IS A WEEK FROM THURSDAY, AUGUST 19TH.
AND ONE OF THE AGENDA ITEMS IS THE FACT THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD IS GOING TO LOOK AT SELECTING, POSSIBLY SELECTING A TRUSTEE AREA MAP TO SUBMIT TO THE COUNTY FOR, FOR ELECTION.
UM, WE ARE WAITING ON THE CENSUS NUMBERS AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A CHANCE THAT MAY BE RELEASED THIS WEEK.
AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, WE MAY TAKE A LOOK AND SEE IF WE CAN COMBINE THAT AS WELL, INSTEAD OF SELECTING THE MAP AND THEN GOING BACK AND REDOING IT OVER AGAIN.
UM, AND LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, UH, IN THE AUDIENCE, OUR BOARD PRESIDENT, UH, MR. JOE SCHAFFER, I THINK HE'S HERE CHECKING UP ON ME AS LIAISON, BUT WHEN TO RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT, THAT, AND SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THE NIGHT AND HAVE GOOD EVENING.
THANK YOU, DON TAKING ATTENDANCE.
WITH THAT, UH, NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT WOULD BE MS. SUZETTE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR JOS BY SMEAR MARQUEZ, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF AND AUDIENCE MEMBERS.
I'M HERE FOR REPRESENTING SUPERVISOR KURT HAGMAN'S OFFICE.
I HAVE TWO UPCOMING EVENTS THAT I LIKE TO SHARE.
FIRST IS SUPERVISOR HAGMAN'S OPEN HOUSE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH, BETWEEN 5:00 PM TO 7:00 PM AND FRONT ARRIVED DISTRICT OFFICE LOCATED 1 4 0 1 0 CITY CENTER DRIVE.
UM, THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT KNOW IS IN THE SAME BUILDING AS THE CITY HALL, JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE AND THE CITY CENTER DRIVE.
AND, UM, WE INVITE EVERYONE TO JOIN SUPERVISOR HAGMAN AND THE COUNTY DEPARTMENTS FOR FUN FOOD AND SOME ACCESS TO OUR COUNTY RESOURCES AND INFORMATION.
SO THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT QUITE KNOW WHAT THE COUNTY DOES, THIS WILL BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO COME AND SEE AND FIND OUT WHAT THE COUNTY ACTUALLY DOES AND KIND OF DEPARTMENTS WILL BE THERE.
AND WHAT KIND OF SERVICES AND RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE? UM, SOME OF THE, UM, DEPARTMENTS WHO WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE, OUR COUNTY MUSEUM, REGIONAL PARKS, AGING, AND ADULT SERVICES, PUBLIC HEALTH LIBRARY, CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, WEST VALLEY MOSQUITO, AND VECTOR CONTROL AND OUR OWN VERY WONDERFUL COUNTY SHERIFFS AND, YOU KNOW, VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT LIVESTREAM, UM, BLOOD MOBILE WILL ALSO BE IN ATTENDANCE.
SO WE ASK THAT YOU RSVP, UM, AT SUPERVISOR HAGMAN, EVEN RIGHT.COM AND THAT'S FOR HEAD COUNT FOR FOOD.
AND OUR SECOND EVENT COMING UP IS OUR DOCUMENT SHREDDING EVENT, WHICH IS ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH, BETWEEN 9:00 AM TO 12:00 PM OR UNTIL THE SHREDDING TRUCK REACHES CAPACITY, THE LOCATION WILL BE THIS TIME AROUND.
WE'LL BE IN UPLAND MEMORIAL PARK, AND IT'S LOCATED ON 1, 1, 5 EAST FOOTHILL BOULEVARD IN UPLAND.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT OUR DISTRICT OFFICE.
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MADAM CLERK, ANY FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS, I DO NOT HAVE ANY OTHER PUBLICS.AND THEN WITH THAT, WE WILL BE MOVING ON
[ CONFLICT OF INTEREST ANNOUNCEMENTS: Council Member abstentions shall be stated at this time for recordation on the appropriate item.]
TO CONFLICT OF INTEREST ANNOUNCEMENTS.AND THEN AT THIS TIME I'M GOOD.
I'LL ANNOUNCE THAT I WILL BE PULLING ITEM 14 CAUSE I HAVE A CONFLICT, WELL, POTENTIAL CONFLICT IN THAT MY EMPLOYER, ACCORDING TO THE PAPER HAS PUT IN FOR THE SOLID WASTE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT AND THIS DEALS WITH THE CONSULTANT FOR THAT.
SO ITEM 14, I WILL BE RECUSING MYSELF FROM AND LEAVING THE DIOCESE BECAUSE OF THAT.
SO WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT
[ CONSENT CALENDAR (14 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.UH, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS BESIDES 14 THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE POLLED MS. MORAN? I KNOW WHAT IT IS.
IT'S THE, UM, HUMAN SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH INSURANCES AGREEMENT, 13, 13, 18, 18.
SO 14, 18, UH, VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ.
THEN WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ITEMS SEVEN THROUGH 20 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF, UH, 14, UM, AND, UH, 18.
I'LL MOVE THE ITEMS. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. ROGERS.
WE HAVE A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ THAT REGISTER YOUR VOTES, MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.
[18. Authorize execution of one-year agreement with City of Chino in amount not-to-exceed $155,696.54 to provide Human Services programs for Fiscal Year 2021-22]
NOW AND WE'LL GO BACK TO 14 CAUSE I'M GOING TO HAVE TO LEAVE.I JUST PULLED THIS FOR INFORMATION AND I SEE I'M GONNA PUT LIZ LAURA ON THE SPOT IF WE CAN COME UP WITH.
SO, UM, I JUST PULLED IT BECAUSE A LOT OF RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, MIGHT NOT KNOW OF THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND HOW WE PARTNER WITH THE CITY OF CHINO AND PROVIDE FUNDING.
UM, IN PARTICULAR, LIZ, IF YOU COULD, UM, TELL RESIDENTS ABOUT THE SERVICES OFFERED AT OUR HOPE RESOURCE CENTER.
AND I'M GLAD TED IS COMING SO GOOD EVENING.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE HERE.
UM, IT'S, IT'S AN HONOR TO ALWAYS BE HERE.
UM, I'M ACTUALLY, MY NAME IS LIZ LAURA.
I WORK FOR CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO I'M REALLY THRILLED TO SEE OUR BOARD MEMBERS HERE AS WELL.
UM, I AM A PROGRAM MANAGER FOR, UH, THE HOPE PROGRAM, WHICH IS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS AND A NUMBER OF SUPPORT SERVICES THAT WE OFFER OUR COMMUNITIES.
UM, AND SO I'LL LET TED AND TRUES AND SOFTWARE TALK A LITTLE BIT, UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS TED
AND IT'S, UH, IT'S, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE BACK IN PERSON AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, WE'RE ALL ON A COMPUTER DOING THE SAME MEETING AND BEING BACK THERE.
BUT, UM, OUR, OUR COLLABORATION CONTINUES TO GROW EVERY YEAR AND IT'S A PLEASURE.
I ALWAYS SAY I BENEFITED FROM BOTH.
I LIVE IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
MY SON GOES TO HIT, I'VE WORKED WITH CEDAR CHINOS.
SO I ALWAYS SAY I GET BOTH ENDS OF IT.
AND IT'S A TRUE, A JOY WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE.
AND THE SERVICES THAT CONTINUE TO BE PROVIDED THROUGH THE HOPE CENTER AND OUR COUNSELING ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE NEEDED MORE THAN EVER AS ALL OUR FAMILIES ARE TRANSITIONING BACK INTO SCHOOL.
IT WAS A TOUGH YEAR AND A HALF, UM, AND SERVICES WERE THERE AND REMARKABLE DURING THIS TIME.
BUT I THINK NOW AS WE'RE GETTING BACK INTO IT, THERE'S A LOT OF TRANSITION THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND, UM, IT'S, IT'S JUST AN INCREDIBLE COLLABORATION THAT CONTINUES TO GROW EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
AND WE'RE HONORED TO BE HERE TO SHARE A FEW WORDS AND I'LL LET THIS TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE, WHAT THE HOPE CENTER'S GOT GOING ON TOO.
SO, UM, IT WAS IN 2014 THAT MR. WING, JOSEPH FORMER SUPERINTENDENT, UM, UH, CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED WAS HERE AND WE SPOKE TO COUNCIL AND I SPOKE ABOUT THIS IDEA THAT HE HAD, AND THAT WAS TO PROVIDE, UM, SOCIAL SUPPORT AND RESOURCES CRITICAL TO REALLY STRENGTHENING THE FAMILIES SO THAT OUR KIDS IN SCHOOL COULD DO BETTER.
SO WE KNEW THAT, UM, WE COULD GIVE THEM QUALITY EDUCATION, BUT IF THEY'RE GOING TO SCHOOL HUNGRY, OR IF THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR LIGHTS BEING SHUT OFF, OR IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE CLOTHING TO, YOU KNOW, UM, TO FEEL COMPARABLE TO THEIR PEERS, THEY JUST WEREN'T GOING TO DO WELL.
SO REALLY WE'VE WE'VE UH, SINCE THEN WE'VE OPENED UP, WE'VE HAVE SIX RE UH, FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS ALL OVER CHINO VALLEY.
AND SO WE SERVE SOUTH ONTARIO, CHINO AND CHINO HILLS, AND THAT IS ANY FAMILY WITH STUDENTS WITHIN, UH, WITHIN THE VALLEY.
AND THAT COULD BE ANYTHING FROM, UH, NEEDING, UH, FOOD REFERRALS, A MEDI-CAL APPLICATION ASSISTANCE RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY AS WELL.
SO OUR FAMILIES THAT NEED HELP NAVIGATING THE RENTAL AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE, WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF THAT.
AND THEN WHAT TED WAS SAYING, THE COUNSELING RIGHT NOW IS CRITICAL.
SO YOU CAN IMAGINE IT'S NO SURPRISE.
JUST IT'S BEEN A TOUGH YEAR, NOT JUST FOR FAMILIES, BUT FOR STUDENTS, A LOT OF ANXIETY RIGHT NOW, A LOT OF FEAR.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF FAMILIES I WAS SHARING WITH, WITH SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES HERE.
UM, COMING BACK TO SCHOOL, WE'VE HAD FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST FAMILY MEMBERS, MOMS, AND DADS TO COVID AND THE MOST TRAGIC WAYS WE, UH, GAVE OVER 450 BACKPACKS JUST FROM FRIDAY TO THIS WEEK,
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FAMILIES WHO WERE CALLING AND SAYING LIKE, IS THAT SUPPORT, IS THAT, IS THERE THAT EXTRA SUPPORT THAT WE CAN HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED THAT WE ARE SO BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE.AND LIKE WHAT TED HAD SAID, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THE COLLABORATION, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THE PARTNERSHIPS IN PLACE, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THIS.
SO IT'S JUST A TESTAMENT TO THE CHINO VALLEY.
IT'S A TESTAMENT TO REALLY PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELVES LOOKING AND SEEING PAST THE TODAY, AND REALLY INVESTING, INVESTING IN OUR SCHOOL IN OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR CHILDREN AND OUR FAMILIES, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY ARE THE BACKBONE OF WHAT'S GOING TO BE GOING ON 20 YEARS FROM NOW, THESE CHILDREN ARE GOING TO BE GROWN AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THEY BECOME PRODUCTIVE, HAPPY, STABLE ADULTS.
AND SO REALLY NOW'S THE TIME TO INVEST IN THAT WORK.
WE'RE JUST BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE AND BE ABLE TO DO THIS NOW.
SO THANK YOU, CYNTHIA, FOR ALWAYS, LIKE, I KNOW THAT SOMETHING COMES OUT WHEN YOU HAVE A NEED, WE CAN ALWAYS GO TO YOU TO ANY OF THE COUNCIL.
WE'RE, WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.
AND SO, AGAIN, JUST, IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE.
SO ELIZABETH CHINO HILLS RESIDENT, UM, NEEDED ASSISTANCE.
SO OUR HOPE RESOURCE CENTER IS LOCATED AT THE AC.
THE CHINO HILLS IS AT THE AAC.
UM, AND THEN IF A FAMILY WAS, UH, WAS NOT ABLE TO GET THERE.
UM, SO LET'S JUST SAY THEY HAVE TRANSPORTATION ISSUES.
UM, WE CAN ALWAYS GO AND MEET THEM AT THE SCHOOL SITE.
SO, AND THAT IS AGAIN, IF THEY NEED CLOTHING, IF THEY NEED FOOD REFERRALS, IF THEY, WE HAVE WONDERFUL DONORS WHO HAVE GIVEN US EMERGENCY GIFT CARD.
SO WE'VE HAD FAMILIES WHO LITERALLY HAVE NOTHING.
THEY JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE EITHER HERE ON POLITICAL.
WE HAD ONE, UM, THIS WEEK POLITICAL ASYLUM JUST PRETTY MUCH RUNNING FOR THEIR LIVES, CAME WITH JUST THE SHORTS ON THEIR BACK.
LITERALLY DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET THEM CLOTHING FROM OUR CARE CLOSET, GIVE THEM THE FOOD REFERRALS.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO GET THEIR KIDS, NOT JUST IN SCHOOL, BUT MEDI-CAL AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED FOR, FOR THE HERE AND NOW.
SO THAT GOES FOR ANYONE IN CHINO HILLS, IF THEY ANY.
AND IF WE DON'T KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A RESOURCE, WE WILL FIND IT.
WE WILL FIND OUT WHAT IT IS, UH, WHERE WE CAN, UH, AT LEAST, UM, DIRECT THEM TO.
AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION FOR PEOPLE LISTENING.
SO THE SITE IS THE FOREMOST, FORMER SILO, SERRANO ELEMENTARY ON PIPELINE.
AND WHAT ARE THE, WHAT ARE THE HOURS THAT YOU CAN GO? SO HOURS ARE 77, 30 TO FOUR 30, BUT WE GET, WE WOULD ASK, UM, UH, CASE MANAGERS THERE FROM EIGHT TO 12, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
BUT IF NOT RIGHT NOW WITH COVID AND WITH EVERYTHING, AND BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SUPER BUSY, WE'RE HAVING TO SEND OUR CASE MANAGERS TO DIFFERENT SCHOOL SITES, IF THEY CAN CALL THE MAIN DISTRICT NUMBER.
AND THEN OUR EXTENSION IS 8, 9, 6 0.
WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT SOMEONE IS, IS ABLE TO SPEAK TO THEM IF NOT MEET THEM.
AND JUST, I'LL JUST ANECDOTALLY ADD, YOU KNOW, I THINK IN A LOT OF WAYS PEOPLE THINK, HEY, CHINO HILLS, YOU KNOW, WE, THERE ISN'T A NEED OUT THERE FOR THESE TYPES OF SERVICES AND THAT'S A COMPLETE MISNOMER.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE ALWAYS FAMILIES THAT ARE STRUGGLING AND IT'S CERTAINLY THE REASON WHY I KNOW CYNTHIA WORKS REALLY HARD AT IT TO PROMOTE YOU GUYS AND TO, YOU KNOW, I ASK PEOPLE WATCHING OR IN THE AUDIENCE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HEAR OF A FAMILY STRUGGLING, ESPECIALLY WITH A STUDENT, YOU KNOW, AND CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED DIRECT THEM THERE BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT RESOURCE FOR EVERYBODY.
SO I THINK WE'RE ALL PROUD TO SUPPORT IT.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN AND WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS WITH THAT, PLEASE LOCK IN YOUR VOTE.
WILL YOU LOCK IN YOUR VOTE PLEASE? NOPE.
[14. Adopt budget amendment resolution increasing Fiscal Year 2021-22 General Fund Budget by $28,500 and authorize Amendment No. 1 to Agreement A2020-105 with HF&H Consultants, LLC, increasing total not-to-exceed amount to $188,500 for solid waste consultant services]
NUMBER 14.I'M GOING TO USE A AS YOUR PERSONAL NUMBER 14, BEN, WOULD YOU TAKE EXPLAIN THAT? SURE.
ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO ASK, UH, ROD HILL, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, WHO'S BEEN, UH, SHEPHERDING THIS PROJECT TO GIVE A BRIEF INTRODUCTION, KIDDING ME IN COUNCIL AND VICE MAYOR.
UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A CONTRACT WITH HF AND H TO ASSIST US WITH OUR, UM, CONTRACTING PROCESS FOR A NEW SOLID WASTE HOLLER OR FOR A NEW SOLID WASTE CONTRACT.
OUR PROPOSAL CURRENTLY INCLUDED THE REVIEW OF FOUR PROPOSALS.
WE HAVE SEVEN PROPOSALS OR SEVEN PROPOSALS THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED TO DATE.
SO WE'RE ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO DO THE REVIEW OF THOSE PROPOSALS ALSO.
AND THEN IN ADDITION, WE CURRENTLY ONLY INCLUDE FUNDING FOR THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH ONE PROPOSER AND BASED ON THE VOLUME OF PROPOSALS, WE HAVE THE CONSULTANTS RECOMMENDED THAT WE ASKED FOR THE FUNDING FOR TWO ADDITIONAL PROPOSALS TO BE NEGOTIATED ALSO.
SO WE GET THE BEST DEAL FOR THE CITY.
SO THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE REVIEW OF FOUR ADDITIONAL PROPOSALS AND THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH TWO ADDITIONAL PROPOSERS.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL TO MY LEFT, RIGHT? NOPE.
IT'S AMAZING THAT WE HAVE THAT MANY PEOPLE PUTTING IN A BID FOR THIS.
UM, COULD I HAVE A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND CALL FOR VOTE, PLEASE.
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PASSES FOR ZERO WITH MAYOR.CAN SOMEBODY LOOK PLANTED? THANK YOU.
THAT? WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO THE DISCUSSION CALENDAR.
THIS PORTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA IS FOR ALL MATTERS WHERE STAFF AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS ANTICIPATED.
PLEASE COMPLETE AND SUBMIT A SPEAKER CARD.
THE CITY CLERK COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES WITH THAT.
[21. Introduce Ordinance expanding authority to sign certain types of agreements entitled: "An Ordinance of the City of Chino Hills Adding Section 2.08.065 (Contracting Authority) to Chapter 2.08 of the Chino Hills Municipal Code to Expand City Manager Authority to Sign Certain Types of Agreements and Amending Chapter 3.16 (Purchasing System) to Increase the Authority Limits and Amending Chapter 3.18 (Contracting System) to Increase the Signing Authority Limits and Determining This Project is Exempt From Review Under the California Environmental Quality Act" for first reading by title only and waive further reading and adopt Resolution delegating authority to Public Works Director to award informal public contracts in amount of $25,000 or less]
INTRODUCED AN ORDINANCE, EXPANDING AUTHORITY TO SIGN CERTAIN TYPES OF AGREEMENTS ENTITLED, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.UH, MAYOR JOE CITY COUNCIL, UH, ROD HILL, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER IS GOING TO INTRODUCE THIS ITEM AND GIVE THE CONTEXT.
CAN YOU USE HERE IN CITY COUNCIL, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU INCLUDE SEVERAL MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS IN A RESOLUTION ADDRESSING SIGNING AUTHORITY LIMITS FOR THE CITY MANAGER AND DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS FOR VARIOUS TYPES OF AGREEMENTS, STAFF SURVEYED 13 SURROUNDED AGENCIES AND FOUND CITY MANAGER APPROVAL LEVELS RANGE FROM 45,000 TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND OPERATIONS.
CURRENTLY THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, THE CITY MANAGER'S AUTHORITY LEVEL IS ONLY 25,000 AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE INCREASED TO 50,000 FOR MOST TRANSACTIONS.
UM, THE CITY'S MANAGER'S AUTHORITY LIMITS WERE LAST ADDRESSED IN 2000 AND STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON AN UPDATE TO THIS CONTRACT COMPLIANCE POLICY FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
A PORTION OF THESE AMENDMENTS EXPAND THE CITY MANAGER'S AUTHORITY FOR VARIOUS TYPES OF CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS THAT WERE NOT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED IN THE CURRENT CODE, INCLUDING CONTRACTS FUNDED BY PRIVATE PARTIES, WHICH WOULD HAVE A LIMIT OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, BUT THOSE WOULD BE NO CITY FUNDS.
THEY WOULD ALL BE FUNDED BY DEVELOPERS, SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS, INDEMNITY AGREEMENTS, RENTS LEASES, LICENSES TO RE UH, LICENSES RELATED TO REAL PROPERTY.
AND LASTLY, IT'S RECOMMENDED THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR APPROVAL LEVELS BE INCREASED FROM 10,000 TO 25,000 PER AGREEMENT.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH THEN WITH THAT, WE WILL, UH, ASK IF THERE ARE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 21.
NOW THERE ARE NOT ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.
SO YOU DIDN'T HEARING NONE, ANY COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES? NOPE.
WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE THAT AS A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS AND A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ, MADAM CITY CLERK.
ALL RIGHT, BEN, BE GOOD WITH THAT.
[22. Designate Voting Delegate and Alternate for League of California Cities Annual Conference scheduled for September 22 through 24, 2021, in Sacramento]
BE MOVING ON TO ITEM 22 DECKERS DESIGNATE A VOTING DELEGATE AND ALTERNATE ALTERNATE FOR LEAGUE OF CITIES ANNUAL CONFERENCE SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 22ND THROUGH THE 24TH AND BEAUTIFUL SACRAMENTO.SO I THINK WE'RE ALL GOING, RIGHT.
WE HAVE A MOTION FOR RAY TO BE THE SECOND THAT, THAT, WELL, WHY DON'T WE DO A DELEGATE FOR RAY AND I'LL BE THE ALTERNATE HOW'S THAT? THAT WAS GOOD.
SO WE HAVE A WAY AMEND THAT MOTION TO THAT EFFECT.
I DON'T THINK WE GOT THROUGH IT.
SHE HAD WELL WOMAN THE MOTION TO REFLECT DELEGATE.
SO VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ, ALTERNATE MYSELF A SECOND.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT AND WE HAVE A SECOND BY A COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS.
[23. Provide direction regarding adjustments to Commission Stipends and City Council Compensation]
BE MOVING ON TO ITEM 23, PROVIDE DIRECTION REGARDING ADJUSTMENTS TO COMMISSION STIPENDS AND CITY COUNCIL COMPENSATION, WHO WILL BE GIVEN THE STAFF REPORT.ALL RIGHT, MR. JOE'S, UH, CITY COUNCIL, I'LL BE PRESENTING THIS, ADAM.
WE, WE ARE SEEKING THE CITY COUNCILS, UM, DIRECTION FOR STAFF ON REALLY TWO ITEMS. AND SO I'M GONNA, UH, ADDRESS THEM SEPARATELY.
IT WAS BROUGHT UP AT A PAST COUNCIL MEETING THE QUESTION OF OUR, UM, COMMISSIONER STIPENDS, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC.
WE HAVE A PARKS AND REC COMMISSION.
WE HAVE A PLANNING COMMISSION AND WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION.
AND SO THOSE ARE THE THREE COMMISSIONS THAT WILL START THIS CONVERSATION.
AND THEN WE'LL ALSO TALK ABOUT A CITY COUNCIL, UH, SALARY, UH, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR FROM THE COUNCIL TONIGHT AND FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND IS WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO, UH, ENACT ANY, UH, OF THESE CHANGES TONIGHT.
WHAT WE'RE SEEKING IS COUNCIL DIRECTION, AND THEN STAFF WILL BRING, UH, WHATEVER WE'RE DIRECTED BY COUNCIL TO A FUTURE MEETING.
UM, IN OUR RESEARCH, UH, RELATED TO COMMISSIONS, UH, THERE WAS AN INTERESTING
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DISTINCTION THAT PLAYED ITSELF OUT IN THE SALARIES.AND SO, UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SHOW THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF OUR COMMISSIONS.
AND SO IN GENERAL, WITH ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONS, THEY SERVE AS AN ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.
UH, THERE'S FIVE MEMBERS THEY'RE NOMINATED BY INDIVIDUAL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT THEY'RE APPOINTED BY THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL.
UH, ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONS MEET AT LEAST ONCE, UH, WITH THE EXCEPTION, UH, OF OUR, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION.
UH, AND SO IN THIS SLIDE, WHAT CALLING OUT IS THAT IN ADDITION TO THE GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES, ALL COMMISSIONERS HAVE TO ADVISE OUR PLANNING COMMISSIONERS HAVE A DIFFERENT ROLE IN THAT THEY REVIEW, AND THEY ACT ON THE MATTERS RELATED TO PLANNING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT.
UH, THEY REVIEW ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, UH, APPLICATIONS, AND THEY ACTUALLY MAKE A DECISION THAT IS THEN APPEALABLE TO THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT WHAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IS, UH, AS, AS OPPOSED TO JUST AN ADVISORY BOARD, UH, THEY ALSO TAKE ACTION AND THEY BRING THAT ACTION TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALSO NOTE THAT, UH, MANY OF, UH, THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION REQUIRE A PRETTY IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF EVERYTHING FROM OUR GENERAL PLAN, A SPECIFIC PLAN AND ZONING AND SUBDIVISION MAPS, BUT ALSO THE PROCEDURES ARE VERY PRESCRIBED FOR THE PLANNING PROCESS.
UH, THE REASON I MAKE THIS DISTINCTION IS AS YOU'LL SEE IN THE NEXT SLIDE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COMPENSATION, WE FOUND THAT CITIES TYPICALLY HAD TWO DIFFERENT LEVELS, UH, FOR PLANNING, COMMISSIONERS AND OTHER COMMISSIONS.
IT'S ALSO WORTH NOTING, UH, SORRY.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION TYPICALLY MEETS TWICE.
OH, I'M PLANNING, COMMISSIONERS HAVE MORE REQUIREMENTS TOO, IN TERMS OF DECISION-MAKING WELL, YEAH, DECISION-MAKING BUT THEY'RE ALSO FORMED 700 FILERS, RIGHT? I THINK ALL OF THEM ARE, THEY ALL ARE.
BUT, BUT THAT, THAT IS A DISTINCTION THAT WOULD GO TO ALL OF THEM AND THE PUBLIC.
DOESN'T ALWAYS KNOW THAT WHETHER A COUNCIL MEMBER, KEY STAFF COMMISSIONERS, UH, YOUR, YOUR PRIVACY IS A PART OF THE COMMITMENT YOU MAKE IN THAT YOU, YOU SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT YOU, UH, IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT YOU'RE NOT, UH, BIASED IN YOUR DECISION-MAKING BECAUSE OF ECONOMIC INTERESTS.
UH, AND THE LAST POINT I MADE WAS THAT TWO TIMES THE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETS TWICE.
SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT NON PLANNING COMMISSIONS AT 13 CITIES THAT WE SURVEYED, WE FOUND THAT SOME CITIES DON'T PAY ANY STIPEND FOR THEIR COMMISSIONS IN FOUR OF THE 13 CITIES HAVE THAT, UH, APPROACH.
UH, WE FOUND THAT WE'RE THE ONLY CITY THAT PAYS $25 AND OF THE REMAINING CITIES THAT RESPONDED ON THIS ISSUE, UH, FOR ARE AT 45 TO $50 AND ONE AT, AT 75.
AND SO THE DETAIL IS IN THE STAFF REPORT, BUT THE REASON I BROKE IT UP THIS WAY IS YOU BASICALLY CAN SEE THAT IF YOU TAKE THE POSITION WE HAVE AT $25, THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO PAY LESS THAN THAT ARE CITIES THAT DON'T PAY AT ALL.
UH, BUT MOST CITIES, IF THEY PAY A STIPEND TO THEIR GENERAL COMMISSIONERS, THEY PAY $50 OR MORE.
SO THAT'S BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TONIGHT IS THE COUNCIL TO GIVE US DIRECTION, TO BRING AN ITEM BACK, TO POTENTIALLY CHANGE THE STIPEND.
THIS IS KIND OF THE DECISION-MAKING STAFF WAS GOING THROUGH WHEN WE LOOKED AT THAT SURVEY DATA.
SO NOW WHEN WE LOOK AT PLANNING COMMISSIONS, WE SEE THAT ONE, THERE ARE MORE VARIABILITY TO THE, TO THE, UH, TO THE STIPENDS THAT ARE PROVIDED, BUT, UH, THEY ARE, UH, OBVIOUSLY HIGHER THAN, UH, WHAT YOU TYPICALLY SEE FOR OTHER, UH, COMMISSIONS LIKE PUBLIC WORKS LIKE COMMUNITY SERVICES.
SO AGAIN, WE FIND THAT FOUR CITIES DON'T PAY THEIR, UH, PLANNING, COMMISSIONERS, A STIPEND AT ALL, AND THAT'S THE SAME CITIES WHO DON'T PAY ANY COMMISSIONER, A STIPEND.
AGAIN, WE ARE ON THE LOW END WITH OUR $25 STIPEND.
UH, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER RESPONDING CITIES, UH, CORONAS AT $50, A DIAMOND BAR, RANCHO CUCAMONGA, AND YOUR BELINDA ALL ARE 60, 65, 70 $5 RANGE.
UH, TWO, UH, LOCAL CITIES ARE AT $100 AND, UH, THREE OF OUR, UH, SURVEYED CITY, CHINO, MONTCLAIR, AND ONTARIO PAY AS MUCH AS $125 FOR THE STIPEND.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS JUST DESIGNED TO INFORM THE COUNCIL THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR STIPEND,
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THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO PAY LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO US PAY ZERO, UH, EVERYONE ELSE IS PAYING AT LEAST $50 TO THEIR, UH, PLANNING COMMISSIONERS.AND SO, UH, HERE'S WHERE I'D LIKE TO PAUSE ON A PLANT ON OUR COMMISSIONERS FOR, UH, DIRECTION, BECAUSE I THINK THE CONVERSATION'S DIFFERENT WHEN WE MOVE ON TO A CITY COUNCIL.
I THINK BEFORE WE GO ON, I'M JUST GOING TO ASK FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS NOW JUST ABOUT THIS OR THE COMMISSION OR THE CITY COUNCIL PORTION OF IT.
WE DO NOT RECEIVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS HERE AT TONIGHT'S MEETING.
HOWEVER, WE DID RECEIVE THREE EMAIL COMMENTS.
THOSE COMMENTS WILL BE ADDED TO THE RECORD TOMORROW.
LET'S SAY MR. ROGERS, THE COMMISSIONER PLEASE COMMISSIONER SIDE.
WE'RE IN AN INTERESTING POSITION BECAUSE THREE OF US ON HERE CAME FROM COMMISSIONS WHEN WE CAME ON CITY COUNCIL AND, UH, ALL THREE OF US DID NOT RECEIVE STIPENDS WHEN WE WERE ON, I WAS ON FOR EIGHT YEARS AND RAY WAS ON A COMBO OF COMMISSIONS AND YOU WERE ON 10 YEARS.
AND I DID FOR THE LAST YEAR I WAS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO, UM, WHEN I WENT ON CITY COUNCIL IN 2007, ESSENTIALLY, IT'S WHEN I HAD BROUGHT THAT SUBJECT UP.
WE, SO WE'D BEEN AT $25 FOR 13 YEARS, AND THIS IS I'M GLAD CYNTHIA, YOU BROUGHT THIS UP AS FAR AS IT'S TIME TO REVISIT THIS.
AND I THINK, UH, AT LEAST THE THREE OF US KNEW HOW MUCH TIME WE PUT IN AS, AND DRIVING AROUND IN DIFFERENT PROJECTS GOING ON.
SO I THINK, UH, IT'S TIME TO CATCH UP WITH WHERE WE PROBABLY SHOULD BE.
JUST, THAT'S JUST POINT OF VIEW.
I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT IT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE THAT THE, THE CITIES THAT PAY ZERO COMMISSION OR, UH, STIPENDS ARE PRETTY MUCH ESTABLISHED AND THEY'RE, NONE OF THEM ARE IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE'RE STILL A RELATIVELY YOUNG CITY BEING 30 YEARS OLD ON DECEMBER 1ST, WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF ACTIVITY GOING ON.
WE HAVE, WE WERE REALLY GETTING INVOLVED WITH PUBLIC WORKS BECAUSE OF, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE UNDER THE COUNTY SPECIFIC PLAN.
SO WE'VE GOT A LOT MORE ACTIVITY GOING ON IN THE PUBLIC WORKS ARENA.
WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION OR A LOT OF, UH, ITEMS GOING ON CONSTANTLY WITH PARKS AND RECREATION BECAUSE OF THINGS LIKE THE PICKLEBALL COURT THAT CAME UP MOST RECENTLY.
BUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE 43 PARKS AND, AND THE 48 MILES OF TRAIL AND THE 3000 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE.
SO WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF ACTIVITY GOING THERE, PUBLIC, OR WITH RESPECT TO PLANNING COMMISSION.
I SPENT, UH, ALMOST 14 YEARS ON THERE AND WE WERE DEVELOPING THE CITY AT THAT TIME, BUT NOW WE'RE FACING, GOING FORWARD MAJOR ISSUES WITH WHAT'S GOING ON WITH ADU AND, UH, RENA NUMBERS AND THINGS LIKE THIS THAT ARE TAKING A LOT OF, UH, TIME BY OUR COMMISSIONERS TO BE EDUCATED IN THE ISSUES AND TO BRING FORWARD, UH, IMPORTANT AND MEANINGFUL DECISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THIS COUNCIL.
SO I I'M SUGGESTING THAT WE UP THE PARKS AND REC AND PUBLIC WORKS THE $50.
I THINK THAT'S IN KEEPING, UH, IN PARTICULAR WITH, UH, IT'S A LITTLE BIT BELOW, UH, CHINO.
AND I WOULD BE WELCOMED TO LOOK AT 75 ALSO, BUT AT A MINIMUM, I THINK WE ADD A DOUBLE THERE'S, THE $50.
AND WITH RESPECT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, I BELIEVE THAT IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT, UM, WE PROBABLY GO TO THE 125 BECAUSE CHINO WHO HAS, THEY'VE GOT THE PRESERVE, THEY'RE WORKING ON A MONTCLAIR AND ONTARIO, ALL THREE ARE, UH, DOING A LOT OF THINGS.
SO THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION, MY COMMENTS AND MY RATIONALE FOR IT, UH, OPEN TO THE SUGGESTIONS.
IT MAY BE IT'S MAYBE WE DON'T DO, UM, YOU KNOW, BUT THERE YOU GO.
I AGREE WITH YOU AS WELL, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW HOW IT WORKS.
SO EACH OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE HAVE THREE APPOINTEES TO THE SEPARATE COMMISSIONS, AND I KNOW LIKE ALL OF YOU, MY COMMISSIONERS ARE INVALUABLE TO GIVE ME INFORMATION.
I GO TO THEM TO FIND OUT ABOUT DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE, THE NON PLANNING COMMISSIONERS GET $75 THOUGH.
AND THEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION, LIKE THE 1 25, WHICH IS MORE, WHICH IS VERY APPROPRIATE.
UM, NOT ONLY DO THEY JUST GO TO THE MEETINGS ONCE A MONTH, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE, UM, THE AGENDA.
AND I KNOW THAT I DIRECT A LOT OF RESIDENTS TO MY COMMISSIONERS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
SO IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO A MEETING.
AND JUST TO BACK UP A LITTLE BIT, I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE ALL HAVING THIS CONVERSATION TONIGHT, BECAUSE WHEN I ASKED OUR CITY MANAGER TO, UM, PUT THIS ON AS A DISCUSSION ITEM, AGAIN, A DISCUSSION ITEM
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FOR THE COMMISSION STIPENDS TO BE REVIEWED AS WELL AS CITY COUNCIL COMPENSATION.UM, I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE EXPECTED THE FIRESTORM OF COMMENTS THAT WE GOT, BUT THIS IS WHAT, THIS IS HOW WE WORK.
WE CANNOT TALK ABOUT OUR COMPENSATE, OUR COMPENSATION IN CLOSED DOORS.
SO I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT MY COLLEAGUES THOUGHT.
I WANTED TO GET A STAFF REPORT ON HOW OTHER CITIES ARE COMPENSATED.
UM, AND I THINK IT'S VERY UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE WHEN I READ THE STAFF REPORT, IT'S LIKE, IT'S SO INCONSISTENT.
SO WE MIGHT GO 10 YEARS WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT A RAISE.
THEN WE'LL GO THREE YEARS AND THEY'LL GO 15.
IF YOU LIKE, IF YOU READ THE STAFF REPORT, THAT'S ON THE WEBSITE ON THE AGENDA, IT'S VERY INCONSISTENT.
AND I THINK AS WE LOOK TO THE FUTURE AND FUTURE LEADERSHIP TO GET OUT OF THIS PICKLE, I THINK IT PICKLE CAUSE PICKLEBALL STUFF.
BUT, UM, NO, I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT MAYBE WE IMPLEMENT SOMETHING WHERE WE COME UP WITH AN AMOUNT OF TIME, MAYBE EVERY TWO YEARS OR SOMETHING WHERE IT'S A STANDARD REVIEW OF WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT THE PULSE IS OUT THERE WITH DIFFERENT THINGS.
WHAT'S GOING ON, WHERE THE FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT IT.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, IT GIVES RESIDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE THEIR OPINION ABOUT WHAT THE, WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT IT.
SO THAT'S KIND OF MY 2 CENTS WITH THAT.
I THINK WE NEED TO DO SOMETHINGS WHERE WE'RE MORE CONSISTENT WITH IT, BUT GETTING BACK TO THE CITY COMMISSIONERS.
MY OPINION, MY VOTE WOULD BE FOR LIKE 75 AND 1 25.
AND I WOULD, IT I'LL TAKE THAT AS AN EMOTION.
AND I'M GOING TO SECOND THAT, ALL RIGHT.
DO WE HAVE ANY, WHEN WE CAN BREAK THIS UP, CORRECT? NO, IT'S JUST A DISCUSSION.
IT'S A DISCUSSION AGAIN, TO MAKE, TO MAKE IT CLEAR FOR THE PUBLIC WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS GIVE STAFF DIRECTION.
AND SO IF YOU DO SETTLE ON A PARTICULAR AMOUNT THAT YOU WANT US TO, UH, SO, UH, WHAT WE'RE SEEKING TONIGHT FOR THE CITY COUNCIL IS TO PROVIDE DIRECTION TO STAFF ON WHAT OUR FUTURE ITEM WILL BE.
AND SO I'VE HEARD SEVERAL, UH, I THINK DISCUSSION ITEMS, UH, IDEALLY WE WOULD WANT YOU TO TELL US, UH, IF YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC AMOUNT YOU'D LIKE US TO FOCUS ON.
SO I THINK WITH THAT, WE'VE HEARD TOO, UH, MARQUEZ TO TAKE A MR. MAYOR.
I'VE BEEN A COMMISSIONER ON TWO COMMISSIONS PLANNING COMMISSION.
I WAS ON IT FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF CITY.
SOME OF MY MEETINGS WENT TO LIKE MIDNIGHT, IF NOT LONGER.
AND THEN MY PARKS AND RECS, I WAS ACTUALLY ON THAT FOR 12 YEARS, THEY GET A PACKET THERE'S HOMEWORK THAT THEY HAVE TO DO, AND ALL OUR COMMISSIONS ARE ABOVE AVERAGE.
THEY DO THEIR HOMEWORK KNOW LIKE, LIKE YOU SAID EARLIER, WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE ON THE COUNCIL THAT GOT US READY TO BECOME A COUNCIL MEMBER BE BY BEING INVOLVED.
THERE'S ANOTHER ELECTED OFFICIAL OUT, OUT IN THE, OUT HERE ON THE FLOOR.
AND HE WAS ACTUALLY A PARKS MIX COMMISSION.
SO IT GOT THEM READY TO BECOME A LIGHT, ACTUALLY TWO OF THEM.
AND THEY GOT THEM READY TO BASICALLY TAKE A HIGHER OFFICE.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD THAT COMES OUT OF IT.
AND I DO SUPPORT YOUR DIRECTION AS FAR AS 75 AND 1 25 ALSO.
SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, COMMENTS.
JUST, JUST REITERATE THAT A LOT OF TIME HAS PUT INTO THIS MORE THAN THE PUBLIC PROPERLY REALIZES, ESPECIALLY AT THE COMMISSION LEVEL.
AND IT'S SAYS IT'S IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT THEY DO A LOT OF DRIVING AND THEY PUT IN A LOT OF TIME.
SO THIS IS JUST A SUBTLE STIPEND, REALLY.
AND IT WAS, UM, THE UPSIDE IS WE HAVE GREAT ATTENDANCE.
WE HAVE GREAT, UH, BUY-IN BY OUR COMMISSIONERS, I'VE TALKED TO SOME OTHER CITIES YEARS AGO.
IT WAS, IT WAS A REVOLVING DOOR, UH, ONE CLOSE BY TO US.
THEY HAD TO INSTITUTE A STIPEND JUST TO HAVE SOME INCENTIVE TO KEEP THEM.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM HERE.
IN FACT, WE HAVE THE REVERSE SOMETIMES, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WISH WE HAD MORE POSITIONS OPEN BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS IN TOWN THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE A COMMISSIONER.
BUT WITH THAT, I THINK THIS IS MORE OF A, UH, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT THEY'RE PUTTING IN SOME TIME.
AND THEN THEY'RE PUTTING IN, THEY'RE PUTTING IN, UH, SOME GAS IN THEIR CAR.
SO I HAVEN'T MADE MY COMMENTS GO READY.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK, YOU KNOW, TO WHAT RAY SAID IN A LOT OF WAYS, OUR COMMISSIONS ARE THE FARM TEAM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S GETTING AN ACTIVE AND ENGAGED CITIZENRY TO START MAKING THOSE DECISIONS.
YOU KNOW, THE, YOU KNOW, THE SOCCER MOM THAT WANTS TO GET INVOLVED IN PARKS AND REC CAUSE SHE WANTS TO MAKE SURE IT'S BETTER FOR KIDS OR A GUY WHO'S AN ENGINEER IN OUR CITY THAT WANTS TO GET INVOLVED IN THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION OR ON PLANNING PEOPLE THAT HAVE, HAVE A SKILL SET.
AND WE KNOW THEY'RE NOT DOING IT FOR THE MONEY.
THEY'RE CERTAINLY NOT DOING IT FOR 25 BUCKS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, THIS IS AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF, YOU KNOW, WE SEE OUR COMMISSIONERS OUT AT CITY EVENTS, THEY'RE ACTIVE, THEY'RE ENGAGED, YOU KNOW, TO, TO ART'S POINT, THEY DO, THEY HAVE TO DO THEIR HOMEWORK.
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YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, I, I, I WOULD TEND TO AGREE WITH THE DIRECTION BEING GOING WITH SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS FOR NON PLANNING COMMISSION AND 1 25 FOR PLANNING COMMISSION.SO I THINK WE COULD TAKE THAT AS DIRECTION.
SO MAYOR, WE WOULD APPRECIATE A MOTION, UH, FOR US TO BRING BACK FOR, UH, YOUR APPROVAL, A ORDINANCE AND HEARING THE COMMENT AT THE LEVEL OF $70 FOR OUR PARKS AND REC AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSIONERS AND OUR PLANNING COMMISSIONERS AT $125.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ, MADAM CITY CLERK, VICE MAYOR.
DON'T SPEND IT ALL IN ONE PLACE.
CAN I MAKE A COMMENT, BEN, BEFORE YOU GET STARTED ON THE SALARY OR THE COMPENSATION FOR S UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A STATEMENT? UM, I THINK THAT THE INFORMATION THAT GOT OUT INTO THE PUBLIC DID NOT TRULY REFLECT AND PROPERLY REFLECT THE REASON THAT CYNTHIA ORIGINALLY BROUGHT THIS MATTER UP TO BE DISCUSSED AT A MEETING.
UM, I'M UM, I KNOW WE'VE RECEIVED SEVERAL I'LL CALL THEM NASTY NASTYGRAMS UH, PEOPLE JUST THINK THIS IS JUST HORRIBLE THAT WE HAVEN'T BRING THIS UP LAST YEAR DURING COVID WE, WE WENT TO BRING THIS UP AND WE THOUGHT THE TIMING WAS JUST BAD BECAUSE OF COVID.
SO WE DECIDED WE'LL PUT IT OFF INTO THE FUTURE SOMETIME.
WELL, THIS HAPPENED TO BE THAT FUTURE THAT WE WERE THINKING ABOUT THE LAST, UH, PAY ADJUSTMENT IN SALARY ADJUSTMENT FOR, UH, FOR THE CITY COUNCIL WAS IN 2017 AND IT WAS AFTER 10 YEARS WITHOUT ADDRESSING ANY COMPENSATION, UH, CONSIDERATION.
AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THIS COUNCIL COULD HAVE VOTED OURSELVES BASICALLY A 50% PLUS, YOU KNOW, COMPOUNDED, UH, PAY INCREASE.
AND WE THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST RIDICULOUS.
WE KNEW THAT WOULD NEVER FLOAT.
SO INSTEAD OF GETTING A RAISE FOR 10 YEARS, WE BASICALLY GOT A RAISE FOR FIVE YEARS.
ALL RIGHT, NOW WE ARE FIVE YEARS INTO THE FUTURE.
ANY RE PAY RAISE THAT WOULD BE VOTED ON RIGHT NOW WOULD NOT BE IN EFFECT UNTIL JANUARY OF 2023.
IT HAS TO BE HANDLED AT THIS TIME TO BE VOTED IN AND BE IN PLACE FOR AFTER THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION.
WE HAVE THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS UP HERE THAT WILL BE UP FOR REELECTION IN NOVEMBER OF NEXT YEAR, IF THEY DIDN'T WIN RE-ELECTION OR IF THEY CHOSE NOT TO RUN, THEY WOULDN'T BE INVOLVED WITH THAT PAY RAISE.
SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD, AS LONG AS WE ARE STILL ON THE COUNCIL IS STILL ALIVE, UH, FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF OF, OF OUR, OF OUR TERMS. I'M SAYING THIS BECAUSE I WANT PEOPLE TO SEE WHERE THIS THING WAS COMING.
I THINK IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO TRY AND ADDRESS THIS THING NOW, BUT TO BE CANDID, MY VIEW ON THIS IS THAT THERE IS NO POINT AND YOU MAKING A STAFF PRESENTATION ON THIS.
I THINK WE WILL GET SOME DISCUSSION FROM THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT IT WAS TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT.
IT WAS THE SPIRIT OF IT, I THINK HAS BEEN MISUNDERSTOOD.
NONE OF US LIKED TO BE BEAT UP FOR GETTING, TRYING TO HAVE SOME DIALOGUE ABOUT SOMETHING AND WHETHER OR NOT IT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED.
I WILL TELL YOU PERSONALLY THAT FOR THE VERY SAME REASONS, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM TO APPROVE INCREASES AND THE COMMISSION, UH, STIPENDS, THIS, THIS COUNCIL, PEOPLE THINK WE JUST HAVE TWO MEETINGS A MONTH.
AND A CHECK FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, AND BACK UP TO IT, LIKE I'M NOT PROUD OF IT, OR LIKE I DIDN'T DESERVE IT.
WE SPENT, WE SPENT A LOT OF HOURS DOING THIS.
PEOPLE, PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND, THIS IS NOT A QUOTE.
IT MIGHT BE A QUOTE, A PART-TIME JOB IN SOME PEOPLE'S MINDS.
BUT WHEN YOU, OF WHAT WE PUT ON THE LINE, OUR PERSONAL REPUTATIONS GETTING BEAT UP IN THE PRESS, GOING THROUGH ELECTIONS THAT WE GET BEAT UP AND NASTY MALES AND YEAH.
AND HIT PROGRAMS, UH, JUST TRYING TO GET ELECTED.
WE DO THAT, THAT, BECAUSE WE LOVE THIS CITY.
WE HAVE TRYING TO WITHHOLD OR CONTINUED THE PROCESS WHERE EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER IN THE PAST, ALL THE WAY BACK TO CITY HOOD HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING A CITY THAT IS CONSERVATIVE.
AND THAT I BELIEVE SERVED THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY VERY WELL.
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I NEVER HEAR ANY NEGATIVE COMMENTS ABOUT THIS.THE VERY ITEMS THAT I TALKED ABOUT OF US HAVING ALL THESE 43 PARKS, 30, 48 MILES OF TRAILS, 3000 MILES OF OPEN SPACE, WHICH IF WE DIDN'T PROTECT, WE DID, WE SET UP A HILLSIDE AND SLOPE OR RIDGE VIEW OF PROTECTION BACK IN THE MID NINETIES SO THAT PEOPLE COULD MAINTAIN THIS BEAUTIFUL RURAL ATMOSPHERE WITHOUT PEOPLE PLOPPING HOMES UP ON TOP OF THE HILLS AND RUINING WHAT WE LOVE AND WHAT WE CONSIDER OUR SANCTUARY.
WHEN WE COME BACK TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
SO I KNOW I'M ON MY SOAP BOX RIGHT NOW, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT ARE WRITING US THESE, THESE EMAILS.
AND JUST BASICALLY SAYING, THEY'RE TRYING TO HOLD US HOSTAGE SAYING, IF YOU VOTE FOR THIS THING, WE'RE NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR YOU IN THE PAST, WE WILL, OR IN THE FUTURE, WE WILL NOT SUPPORT YOU.
THIS IS, THIS IS A COUNCIL THAT WORKS HARD.
EVERY ONE OF US IS DEDICATED AND YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T DO THIS FOR THE MONEY.
YOU DO THIS BECAUSE YOU LOVE THE CITY AND YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE LIFESTYLE THAT WE'VE ALL GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO DO.
SO I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TABLE THIS DISCUSSION UNTIL SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE.
UH, I GUESS THE, THE VOCAL MINORITY IS WINNING ON THIS ONE.
UH, I DON'T FEEL GOOD THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT EVERY ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE SITTING UP HERE DESERVE WHATEVER COMPENSATION WE GET AND NOBODY SHOULD HAVE TO DO THIS FOR NO COMPENSATION.
UH, THIS IS NOT A TRULY VOLUNTARY POSITION.
WE HAVE SO MUCH RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP THIS CITY FISCALLY STRONG AND PROVIDE SERVICES AND THE PROTECTION THAT WE DO FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
SO I'LL GET DOWN OFF THE SOAP BOX, BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE MY MOTION, BUT I'D LOVE TO HEAR EVERYBODY ELSE'S COMMENTS.
WE HAVE A MOTION, ALL SUSPENDED JUST FOR OTHER DISCUSSION.
AND THEN WE'LL BRING UP THE MOTION TO TABLE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? I DON'T DISAGREE WITH WHAT HE SAID.
UM, THE TIMING MAY NOT BE RIGHT TO DO THIS AGAIN.
I MEAN, WE, AS CYNTHIA SAID, YOU BRING IT UP SO YOU CAN HAVE A STAFF REPORT TO DO AN ANALYSIS OF WHAT'S WHAT'S SURROUNDING US.
AND, BUT IT WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A VOTE.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A DISCUSSION.
AND, AND, AND IT, THE SAME EMAILS CAME FROM A YEAR AND A HALF AGO FROM THE SAME COUPLE PEOPLE AND THEN THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO, FIVE YEARS AGO.
SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT PART, YOU, YOU JUST LIVE WITH IT, I SUPPOSE, BUT THE TIMING PROBABLY ISN'T RIGHT ON THIS FOR RIGHT NOW.
AND, UM, SINCE WE'RE NOT GOING TO ABOUT, I GUESS I'LL KEEP IT AT THAT.
WOULD THAT MS. MORAN ANYTHING? ALL RIGHT, GUYS, YOU WANT TO MEET ME? I I'M PROUD THAT WE ALL MADE THAT POLICY DECISION TONIGHT TO INCREASE THE COMPENSATION FOR OUR CITY COMMISSIONERS.
I THINK THAT WE'RE ALL PRETTY SOLID ON THAT.
UM, I AGREE WITH ART AND PETER, AND I THINK FUNDAMENTALLY W YOU KNOW WHAT WE DO, AND WE CAN GO TO BED AT NIGHT KNOWING THAT WE'RE NOT GREEDY PEOPLE RIPPING OFF THE CITY.
SO WITH THAT SAID, THERE IS JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT I HAD SOME DIRECT EMAILS SENT TO ME THAT JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S INFORMATION, I WANTED BEN TO ANSWER THESE.
SO BEN, THIS IS, UM, CITY COUNCIL COMPENSATION FOR 500.
DOES COUNSEL GET PAID FOR THIS? OKAY.
DOES COUNCIL GET PAID TIME OFF? NO, MA'AM OKAY.
AND THEN ANOTHER INTERESTING FACTOR, BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF WEBSITES, WHICH ARE ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD AND IT'S, IT'S OPEN TRANSPARENT GOVERNMENT, SO YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH ANYONE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA MAKES, WHICH I GO ON THERE ALL THE TIME.
UM, BUT WHAT'S INTERESTING AND WHAT I WAS GETTING DIRECT EMAILS TO MYSELF.
UM, SO WE ALL GET PAID THE SAME AMOUNT OF QUOTE, MONEY COMPENSATION.
SO WHY BEN DOES IT LOOK LIKE CYNTHIA MORAN MAKES THE MOST OUT OF ALL FIVE OF US WITHOUT GETTING, YOU KNOW, JUST EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE WHY THAT SHOWS THAT BECAUSE SOMEONE, PEOPLE THERE'S PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT EMAILED ME THAT THINK I MAKE MORE MONEY BECAUSE OF THE GENDER GAP.
IT'S VALID QUESTION THAT PEOPLE ASK ME.
UH, AND IT IS, UM, THE WAY THE COUNCIL'S COMPENSATION IS STRUCTURED IS IN TWO WAYS FIRST, THE SALARY THAT YOU RECEIVE AND YOU DO ALL RECEIVE THE SAME SALARY, BUT THEN YOU ALSO GET A BENEFIT STRUCTURE THAT'S SIMILAR TO THE STAFF BENEFITS.
AND SO WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS YOU, IN ADDITION TO YOUR SALARY, YOU GET, UH, YOUR, UM, UH, MEDICAL, UH, YOUR MEDICAL COVERAGE.
AND THAT FLUCTUATES DEPENDING ON HOW MANY DEPENDENTS YOU HAVE, WHETHER YOU GET COVERAGE, I'M SORRY, NOT BY DEPENDENCE,
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WHETHER OR NOT YOU CHOOSE TO TAKE COVERAGE OR NOT TAKE COVERAGE.UH, ALSO, UM, OUR RETIREMENT SYSTEM IS ON AN ACTUARIAL SCALE, SO IT DEPENDS ON WHEN YOU ENTERED THE SYSTEM.
AND SO THAT WILL CHANGE, UH, THE COMP UH, THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION TOWARD YOUR RETIREMENT.
SO THOSE VARIABLES FOR THOSE TYPES OF ISSUES ARE, ARE A SMALL COMPONENT OF WHY YOU WOULD BE, UH, DIFFERENT BECAUSE OF THE TIME YOU ENTERED AND BECAUSE OF HOW YOU CHOOSE TO, UH, TAKE MEDICAL.
UH, AND IF I CHOSE NOT TO TAKE THE CITY MEDICAL BENEFITS, THEN I WOULD STILL GET THAT COMPENSATION IN ANOTHER FORM.
IT WOULD BE REDUCED BY $150, BUT THEN I WOULD STILL GET SOMETHING LIKE, WHAT DO YOU, WHAT DO YOU CALL LIKE DEFERRED COMPENSATION OR SOMETHING.
SO THAT'S WHY IT LOOKS DIFFERENTLY.
SO WE ALL GET PAID THE SAME, EVEN THOUGH I SHOULD GET PAID MORE THAN, OKAY, HEY, WHILE WE'RE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION, CAN YOU GO TO THE, UH, ATTACHMENT TO ON THE TED TALK? YEAH, I JUST, YEAH, SO PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHAT THE SURVEY SHOWED SINCE THIS ISN'T THE STAFF REPORT.
I KNOW WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET A PRESENTATION ON IT, BUT I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE WHAT OUR COLLEAGUES ARE EARNING FOR THE JOBS THAT THEY'RE DOING IN THE POPULATIONS OF THEIRS.
I KNOW THEY PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO YOU.
THEY QUIT WORK THAT I'M SORRY.
AND COUNSELING COMPENSATION 529, 8 28.
GOOD POINT PER MONTH, 8 26, 8 26.
SO UNDER MONTHLY SALARY WORK, 8 26, MAN.
THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION I HAVE BRIAN, SO IT COULD EITHER BE FOR MEN OR FOR MARK.
SO PEOPLE WERE ASKING ME, UM, THEY THINK IT'S JUST UNIQUE TO CHINO HILLS, THAT WE DECIDED THAT IF WE CAN BUILD OURSELVES A RAISE, BUT CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION PROVIDES FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THE, THE PROCESS OF VOTING YOURSELF? THE COMPENSATION THAT IT'S, IT'S THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION, NOT THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS THAT, UM, MONITORS THIS, OR IT'S ACTUALLY IN THE GOVERNMENT CODE THAT PROVIDES THE SALARY SCHEDULES AND IT'S BASED UPON, UM, POPULATION CITIES.
AND THERE'S A, UM, A MANNER IN WHICH IT'S PRESCRIBED THAT IT CAN BE.
AND THERE ARE, UM, THERE'S A CEILING THAT IT CAN BE RAISED EACH YEAR THAT, UM, AND, AND, UH, BUT IT CAN NEVER, EVERY, EVERY CITY, IF THERE WERE TWO, THERE WERE THE SAME POPULATION BASE.
AND IF THEY WERE, UM, INCORPORATED THE SAME YEAR, THEY WOULD ALL HAVE THE SAME CAP, IF YOU WILL, IF YOU JUST DID THE CALCULATION.
AND IN ORDER TO, FOR ANY COUNCIL, UH, TO, AND CHARTER CITIES ARE DIFFERENT, BUT SO YOU'VE CHINO HILLS, UH, IS A GENERAL LAW CITY.
UH, FOR GENERAL LAW CITIES, COUNCIL HAS TO PASS AN ORDINANCE WITH THE PROPOSED INCREASE.
THAT'S AN ACCORDANCE WITH THAT GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION PRIOR TO AN ELECTION.
AND THAT DOESN'T TAKE EFFECT UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTIONS CONCLUDED.
I DO HAVE A FEW COMMENTS I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT, FIRST OF ALL, UP UNTIL ABOUT FIVE, 10 MINUTES AGO.
IF YOU'D ASKED ME HOW MUCH MONEY I MAKE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, I WOULD TELL YOU, I DON'T KNOW, CAUSE I DON'T KNOW TILL FIVE MINUTES AGO.
UM, BUT WE ARE COMMITTED GROUP OF PEOPLE, FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS UP HERE.
I PROBABLY AVERAGE AT LEAST 30 MINUTES, 30 MEETINGS A MONTH THAT I ATTEND.
WE ARE MORE INVOLVED WITH SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY WHERE THERE'S NUMEROUS MOOT MEETINGS THERE, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION, GOVERNMENTS, THE AIRPORTS, THE PRISONS, THE 91 ADVISORY.
THERE'S JUST SO DANG MANY MEETINGS THAT WE ATTEND.
AND THE REASON THAT WE DO THAT IS BECAUSE WE WANT TO INFLUENCE IN THIS REGION.
SO WE GOT TO GET TO KNOW CALTRANS PEOPLE.
WE NEED TO KNOW PEOPLE FROM RIVERSIDE COUNTY, FROM ORANGE COUNTY, BECAUSE THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH.
LIKE ONE OF THEM THAT I'M THINKING RIGHT NOW IS CARBON CANYON.
IF WE WEREN'T INVOLVED, WHEN WE DID THE ROAD STUDY RAN INITIALLY DID NOT WANT TO DO ANYTHING, BUT IT'S RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE AS A COUNCIL, PETER, MYSELF, ART, BRIAN, CYNTHIA, THAT WE HAVE.
AND WHEN WE TALK TO OUR COUNTERPARTS IN ORANGE COUNTY BRIA, AND WE TOLD THEM, HEY, LOOK AT IT, TRUCK TRAFFIC IS A PROBLEM.
TIM SANDOVALL IN THE CITY OF POMONA, THE 71 HIGHWAY WE'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING PROBABLY THE LAST THREE, FOUR YEARS SINCE HE'S BEEN ELECTED ABOUT TRYING TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER ON THE 71.
AND ALL I'M STATING BY US BEING INVOLVED, ENGAGED IN OUR COMMUNITY, IN THE AREA, WE CAN ACCOMPLISH WAY MORE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
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THE TIME, TALKING ABOUT RETAINING WALLS, TALKING ABOUT WATER PROBLEMS, TALKING ABOUT TREES.AND I WANT TO THANK YOU DANIEL, FOR THAT A CALL A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, WE GET CALLS ALL THE TIME.
WE ARE A COUNCIL THAT IS ENGAGED.
IF SOMEBODY CALLS US AND LEAVES A PHONE NUMBER, GUESS THESE GUYS WILL CALL.
AND SOMETIMES WE GET, I GOT A CALL TODAY ON A COMMENT THAT I MADE RECENTLY AND I CALLED HE'S A FIREMAN.
SO I CALLED HIM AND TALKED TO HIM AND YOU KNOW WHAT I TOOK, I TOOK A HIT, WHICH IS COOL.
IT'S GREAT TO HAVE FEEDBACK, GOOD, HONEST FEEDBACK.
BUT I GOT TO EXPRESS TO HIM WHERE I WAS COMING FROM.
I'M TELLING EVERYBODY HERE ON THIS COUNCIL DOES THAT.
WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES, BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, WE ARE ENGAGED FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
WE PUT, PUT IN A LOT OF HOURS AND PEOPLE WILL SAY, IT'S A PART-TIME JOB.
AGAIN, MY COMMUNITY, ALL THE MINUTES, ALL THE HOURS IN THE DAYTIME, I'M COMMITTED TO PUT OUT THERE.
SO ALL I'M STATING TO YOU, IT ISN'T JUST A PART-TIME JOB THAT WE HEAR FROM PEOPLE THAT WE NEVER SEE HERE AT A MEETING, BUT I'M COMMITTED.
AND I KNOW THESE OTHER FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE JUST AS COMMITTED IF NOT MORE.
AND AGAIN, MAYBE TODAY ISN'T A GOOD TIME FOR A RAISE, BUT YOU GUYS GOT TO EDUCATE ME AS FAR AS HOW MUCH MONEY I DO MAKE.
SO THIS WAY, WHEN I GET BLAMED, AT LEAST I KNOW PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR.
AND YOU KNOW, I THINK JUST TO REITERATE, YOU CAN SENSE THE, YOU KNOW, THE GENERAL SENTIMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS, NONE OF US ARE ON CITY COUNCIL TO GET RICH BY ANY STRETCH.
I DON'T WANT TO CALCULATE HOW MUCH WE WOULD GET PAID PER HOUR IF WE ACTUALLY WENT DOWN THAT ROAD.
AND IT'S THE SAME FOR, YOU KNOW, OUR FIREBOARD COLLEAGUES AND OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SERVICE IS PUBLIC SERVICE.
WE'RE DOING IT BECAUSE WE LOVE THESE.
WE LOVE, YOU KNOW, WE LOVE THE PLACE THAT WE'RE RAISING OUR FAMILIES AND IT REALLY ISN'T ABOUT THE MONEY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, TO THAT EXTENT, IT SHOULDN'T JUST BE SOMETHING THAT INDEPENDENTLY WEALTHY OR RETIREES OR PEOPLE THAT HAVE A SETTLED LIFE ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT CAN EVER STEP UP.
YOU KNOW, I'M LUCKY I HAVE A GOOD JOB.
I'M LUCKY I'VE GOT, I'VE GOT STABILITY.
BUT IF YOU WANT JUST A BUNCH OF OLDER RETIREES ON YOUR CITY COUNCIL, HEY, BE CAREFUL.
I'LL GET THERE AT SOME POINT, GOD WILLING.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU NEED, YOU NEED DIVERSITY OF, OF OPINION OF THOUGHT OF ALL OF THESE THINGS, AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ATTRACT TALENT AND PEOPLE THAT WILL WANT TO LEAVE WORK EARLY TO COME TO A MEETING OR MISS OUT ON A KID'S LITTLE LEAGUE GAME, OR, YOU KNOW, MISS OUT ON OTHER PARTS OF LIFE, YOU KNOW, TO, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO HAVE SOME INCENTIVE AND I'M NOT SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO MAKE 1700 BUCKS LIKE CITY OF CHINO, YOU KNOW, WHICH I DIDN'T SEE THAT UNTIL I SAW THAT.
SO I HOPE PEOPLE SEND THEM NASTY EMAILS TO, UM, I'M SORRY, EUNICE DON'T YELL AT ME.
UM, BUT YEAH, THAT'S TRUE, BUT REALLY IT'S, IT IS A SACRIFICE IN PUBLIC SERVICES, A SACRIFICE THAT IS TRULY A COMPONENT TO WHAT WE DO.
BUT YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE IS, I, I, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT THIS, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT THE SHEET, YOU KNOW, IT WAS LIKE LOOKING AT THE, UH, THE COMMISSIONER COMPENSATION.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THERE WERE SOME POOR COMMISSIONERS GETTING ZERO.
LIKE YEAH, THAT'S WHO, THAT'S A LOT OF, A LOT OF TIME, BUT BACK TO, YOU KNOW, BUT BACK TO THIS, I THINK WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE, WHAT THE DIRECTION IS GOING TO BE, WHAT THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, UM, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT MADE A MOTION TO TABLE IT AND I'LL SECOND IT, AND I SAY, WE TABLED THIS TO A POINT AT SOME POINT DOWN THE ROAD.
I KNOW CYNTHIA SAID, IT'S BEEN FIVE YEARS.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANOTHER FIVE IS WARRANTED, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT WILL, OH, WE HAVE A MOTION.
AND A SECOND MADAME CITY CLERK MOTION PASSES FIVE, ZERO, NO.
ONE OF THE MORE LIVELY DISCUSSIONS WE'VE HAD, I LIKE IT.
AT THIS TIME, WE GOING TO HAVE A
[24. Introduce Ordinance relating to Wireless Communications Facilities and Equipment entitled: “An Ordinance of the City of Chino Hills Approving Municipal Code Amendment No. 20MCA04 to Amend in its Entirety, Chapter 16.44 (Wireless Communications Facilities), Title 16 of the Chino Hills Municipal Code and determine Ordinance is Exempt from California Environmental Quality Act" - For first reading by title only and waive further reading]
PUBLIC HEARING.THIS FORTUNATE THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA IS FOR ALL MATTERS.
THAT LEGALLY REQUIRE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO HAVE INPUT, PLEASE COMPLETE AND SUBMIT A SPEAKER CARD TO THE CITY.
COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.
AND WITH THAT, IF WE ARE GOING TO GO TO ITEM 24, AN ORDINANCE, INTRODUCING AN, INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT IN TITLED AN ORDINANCE, YADA YADA MIRROR JOE'S, UH, JOANNE LOMBARDO, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR WILL, UH, INTRODUCE THE ITEM.
YES, I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO REFER THIS TO
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EVA BRUNETTO.SHE'S OUR SENIOR PLANNING ANALYST, AND SHE'S BEEN WORKING FOR A VERY LONG TIME ON THIS WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH OUR CARRIERS TO COME UP WITH AN ORDINANCE SET THAT WORKS.
DID YOU MEAN MAYOR JO'S VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ AND FELLOW COUNCIL? WE JUST SPOKE ABOUT AMENDMENT 20 MCO FOUR IS TO AMEND CHAPTER 16, 44 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT, AND WILL BE AMENDED IN ITS ENTIRETY.
IN 2016, CHAPTER 16.44 WAS UPDATED TO INCLUDE FEDERAL AND STATE REGULATIONS REGARDING COLOCATIONS TO AND MODIFICATIONS OF EXISTING WIRELESS FACILITIES.
THE SCC HAS SINCE ADOPTED ADDITIONAL ORDERS PERTAINING TO SMALL WIRELESS FACILITIES, SHOT CLOCK TIMEFRAMES, CLARIFY DEFINITIONS, AND STREAMLINED PERMIT PROCESSES FOR MODIFICATIONS TO EXISTING WIRELESS FACILITIES.
AS A RESULT, STAFF IS PROPOSING TO FURTHER AMEND CHAPTER 16.44 TO REFLECT CHANGES IN FEDERAL LAW.
WE ORGANIZED SECTIONS FOR EASE OF USE, REMOVE REDUNDANCIES AND TO UPDATE LANGUAGE, TO REFLECT THE ADOPTION OF THE MINOR USE PERMIT AND JOINING YOUR PARENTS PROCESSES.
ADDITIONALLY, STAFF CONDUCTED SEVERAL PUBLIC WORKSHOPS WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND OBTAIN FEEDBACK FROM WIRELESS CARRIER REPRESENTATIVES REGARDING THE PROPOSED CHANGES.
STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPT AN ORDINANCE APPROVING MUNICIPAL GOOD AMENDMENT NUMBER 20 AND FIELD, OR, AND FIND THAT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS EXEMPT FROM REVIEW UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.
YET THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? NO, WE DO NOT.
WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR, FOR THE ITEM? ALL RIGHT.
WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE THE ITEM.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY MYSELF AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT, THEN CITY CLERK, MOTION PASSES.
I MADE YOU WAIT AN HOUR AND 15 MINUTES FOR A THREE MINUTE HEARING.
[ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT]
WILL BE MOVING ON TO OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT.AND GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR OUR COVID UPDATE.
WE HAVE BEEN SEEING VERIZON COVID CASES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
AS VARIANTS ARE BEGINNING TO SPREAD MORE RAPIDLY.
ACCORDING TO THE CDC, THE DELTA VARIANT IS TWICE AS CONTAGIOUS AS PREVIOUS VARIANTS.
AND LAST WEEK, THE VARIANT ACCOUNTED FOR 98% OF ALL COVID CASES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY REPORTED THAT VACCINES ARE WORKING AGAINST COVID 19, INCLUDING THE NEW DELTA VARIANT AND THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF NEW COVID CASES ARE AMONG THE UNVACCINATED OR PARTIALLY VACCINATED, WHICH IS ACCOUNTING FOR NEARLY 96% OF ALL NEW CASES.
CURRENTLY IN THE COUNTY, ALMOST 50% OF RESIDENTS ARE FULLY VACCINATED AND CHINO HILLS JUST OVER 66% OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE VACCINATED TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE THE VACCINE WHO WISHES TO DO SO.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO HOST WEEKLY VACCINATION CLINICS AT THE MCCOY CENTER EVERY TUESDAY THROUGH NOVEMBER, BOTH THE PFIZER AND JOHNSON AND JOHNSON VACCINE ARE AVAILABLE.
AND WE'RE ALSO HOSTING TESTING OUT THE MCCOY CENTER ON AUGUST 16TH AND SEPTEMBER 1ST FROM 9:00 AM TO 4:00 PM.
APPOINTMENTS ARE NOT REQUIRED AND WALK-INS WILL BE ACCEPTED AT BOTH TEXTING TESTING AND VACCINATION CLINICS.
WE ARE ALSO IN CONTINUING TO HOST WEEKLY, BUT BLOOD DRIVES EVERY TUESDAY THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER PARKING LOT FROM 12 TO 5:00 PM.
APPOINTMENTS ARE ALSO RECOMMENDED.
HOWEVER, THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED AND WALK-INS WILL BE ACCEPTED AS LONG AS SPACE ALLOWS THE TRANSITION TO OUR CITY'S NEW UTILITY BILL PAY SOFTWARE IS NOW COMPLETE AS OF TUESDAY, AUGUST 3RD.
SO THANK YOU TO OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND OUR IT DIVISION.
THEY WORKED VERY HARD ON THIS CUSTOMERS WHO WERE ALREADY ENROLLED IN OUR ONLINE BILL PAY, WHERE AUTOMATICALLY TRANSITIONED INTO THE NEW SYSTEM, AND THEY SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED AN EMAIL WITH INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO LOG IN AND ACCESS THEIR ACCOUNTS.
IF YOU DID NOT RECEIVE AN EMAIL OR HAVING ANY TROUBLE LOGGING IN AND ACCESSING THE NEW BILL PAY SYSTEM, PLEASE REACH OUT TO OUR UTILITY CUSTOMER SERVICE AT 9 0 9 3 6 4 2 6 6 0.
AND THEY WOULD BE HAPPY TO ASSIST YOU IF YOU ARE ON AN AUTO PAY SCHEDULE OF YOUR PAYMENTS WILL FOLLOW THROUGH WITHOUT ANY INTERRUPTION AND ANY NEW CUSTOMERS WHO WANT TO ENROLL IN THE ONLINE BILL PAY AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ANY CONVENIENT AUTO PAY FEATURES CAN REGISTER ONLINE@CHINOHILLS.ORG BACK SLASH BILL PAY THIS SATURDAY, WE ARE EXCITED TO BRING CITY HALL OUT TO THE COMMUNITY WITH POP-UP CITY HALL AT OUR ALL NEW GROCERY OUTLET.
WE'LL HAVE ATTENDANCE FROM CITY STAFF AND OFFICIALS FROM THE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR OWN CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, PROVIDE INFORMATION ON CITY SERVICES AND PROGRAMS.
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RESIDENTS CAN DROP BY TO LEARN MORE ON AT-HOME WATER CONSERVATION TIPS TO PREVENT PACKAGE THEFT AND BREAK-INS AND HOW TO PREPARE YOUR HOME AND FAMILY FOR A WILDFIRE.NICOLE, I HEARD THAT THERE COULD POTENTIALLY BE RAIN ON SATURDAY.
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN? I SEE SOME NODDING HEADS IN THE BACK.
WOULD WE, UH, POSTPONE IT IF THAT'S THE CASE OR YES, IN THE EVENT OF RAIN OR ANY WEATHER, WE WOULD POSTPONE THE EVENT.
WE DID SEE THAT IT STARTED TO COME THROUGH SUNDAY.
SO WE'RE HOPING FOR SUNSHINE AND GOOD WEATHER ON SATURDAY, BUT THERE WILL BE ADVANCED ON OF THREE OF THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA, IF IT IS POSTPONED.
AND ALSO COMING UP AT THE END OF AUGUST ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 28TH IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND OUR WOMEN'S PERSONAL SAFETY AND AWARENESS WORKSHOPS.
SO THANK YOU TO OUR CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND TO EVERYONE WHO JOINED US FOR THE FIRST WORKSHOP.
LAST MONTH, WE HAD 35 PARTICIPANTS.
THE WORKSHOPS ARE FREE TO ATTEND AND OPEN TO CHINO HILLS WOMAN AGES 15 AND UP ADVANCED REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.
AND MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT THE CITY'S WEBSITE, CHINO HILLS.ORG, BACKSLASH SAFETY WORKSHOPS.
AND WE WANTED TO ALERT OUR RESIDENTS TO SOME UPCOMING CALTRANS ROAD WORK ALONG THE 71 FREEWAY.
SO PEOPLE CAN PLAN AHEAD FOR THESE DELAYS.
CALTRANS IS PERFORMING A PAVEMENT PROJECT THAT IS REQUIRING SOME OVERNIGHT AND WEEKEND CLOSURES OVERNIGHT SOUTHBOUND LANE AND RAMP CLOSURES ARE SCHEDULED THIS WEEK THROUGH THURSDAY FROM 9:00 PM TO 6:00 AM NIGHTLY AND CALTRANS WILL ALSO BE IMPLEMENTING A FULL 55 HOUR WEEK AND CLOSURE OF THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE OF THE 71 FREEWAY BEGINNING THIS FRIDAY AT 9:00 PM.
AND THAT WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH MONDAY AT 4:00 AM.
THE CITY HAS ALSO BEGUN A PAVEMENT PROJECT ALONG FOUNDERS BETWEEN CHANNEL HILLS PARKWAY AND GRAND AVENUE.
WORK WILL TAKE PLACE FROM 7:00 AM TO 4:00 PM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN EARLY SEPTEMBER.
ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC WILL ALWAYS REMAIN OPEN AT ALL TIMES.
SO RESIDENTS CAN GET THROUGH TO ALLOW THROUGH TRAFFIC IN ANY NEIGHBORHOOD ACCESS.
AND RESIDENTS CAN ALWAYS KEEP UP TO DATE WITH ANY CALTRANS WORK IN AND AROUND CHINO HILLS AND ROADWORK BY SIGNING UP FOR THE CITY'S NEWS AND ALERT SYSTEM.
AND THAT'S WEBSITE IS WWW.CHINOHILLS.ORG BACKSLASH NOTIFY ME.
AND LASTLY, TOMORROW IS OUR FINAL CONCERT IN THE PARK SERIES.
THE PERFORMANCE WILL FEATURE KENNY METCALF IN THE EARLY YEARS BAND PERFORMING A TRIBUTE TO ELTON JOHN, AND WE HOPE TO SEE ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS THERE, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PIO REPORT.
AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY, THANK YOU, NICOLE, ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR PIO? I THANK YOU VERY THOROUGH.
[ SAFETY UPDATES - Police and Fire]
ON TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY UPDATES, UH, CHIEF SHACKLEFORD, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR JONES, VICE MAYOR, MARQUEZ AND COUNCIL.UH, JUST A FEW COMMENTS FOR YOU FOR THIS EVENING.
WE HAVE A CREW THAT IS AT THE DIXIE FIRE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
UH, ONE RETURNED YESTERDAY AND ANOTHER ONE LEFT TO GO TO THAT FIRE TODAY.
THE CREW THAT RETURNED HAD BEEN ON ASSIGNMENT FOR 21 DAYS, SO THEY HAVE A WELL-DESERVED A FEW DAYS OFF AND HOPEFULLY THEY CAN REST AND SPEND SOME TIME WITH THEIR FAMILIES.
OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL BE MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT AT 6:00 PM.
SO THE PUBLIC CAN COME BY AND ATTEND THE MEETING AND THEN MAKE IT TO THE CONCERTS IN THE PARK.
UM, I DO WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME INFORMATION ABOUT ONE OF THE AGENDA ITEMS, AND IT'S A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE THAT WE'RE FACING THAT IMPACTS PUBLIC SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, AMR IS AMERICAN MEDICAL RESPONSE IS OUR AMBULANCE PROVIDER.
THEY ARE THE CONTRACTED PROVIDER FOR SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.
UH, IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, THEY'VE HAD SOME SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES RELATED TO STAFFING, UH, AND THEY'VE REACHED OUT TO SOME OF THE FIRE SERVICE AGENCIES IN THE COUNTY TO SEE IF WE CAN PROVIDE SOME ASSISTANCE WITH THAT LATE LAST YEAR DURING COVID WE DID PURCHASE AN AMBULANCE THAT WAS GOING TO BE USED IN A KIND OF A WORST CASE SCENARIO TO TRANSPORT PATIENTS.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE DO HAVE THAT AMBULANCE.
WE HAVE BEEN STAFFING THAT AT THEIR REQUEST ON OCCASION, AND IT STARTED AS AN OCCASIONAL REQUEST FOR 10 TO 12 HOURS A DAY.
AND NOW HAS TRANSITIONED INTO TYPICALLY IT'S FOUR MORE DAYS PER WEEK.
AND WE'RE STAFFING THAT UNIT FOR 24 HOURS A DAY.
IN THAT TIME, THAT REQUEST IS ALSO GROWN.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SECURE A LOAN OR AMBULANCE FROM THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO THAT WE'RE UTILIZING.
SO AT TIMES WE'RE STAFFING TWO AMBULANCES, 24 HOURS A DAY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
WHAT'S THE STAFFING LEVEL ON AN AMBULANCE.
SO THE DEPUTY WITH TWO FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS AND WE'RE PROVIDING TRANSPORT, UH, WHAT'S INTERESTING IS AMR IS COVERING OUR PERSONNEL COSTS.
SO THEY ARE REIMBURSING US FOR THAT.
SO THIS IS NOT IMPACTING TAXPAYERS DIRECTLY.
UH, THOSE PATIENTS THAT WE ARE TRANSPORTED ARE NOT BEING BILLED FOR THE SERVICE CURRENTLY, BUT THE ISSUE IS GROWING TODAY.
WE HAD SEVERAL INSTANCES WHERE THERE WAS ZERO AMBULANCES AVAILABLE IN THE COUNTY, UH, EXTENDED RESPONSE TIMES IN LATE JULY TWO FIRE SERVICE AGENCIES IN THE EAST PORTION OF THE COUNTY ACTUALLY TRANSPORTED PATIENTS IN FIRE ENGINES BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY AMBULANCES AVAILABLE.
SO, UH, TOMORROW NIGHT, I'M SORRY.
NO, I WAS GOING TO SAY, IS IT A MATTER OF BED DELAY OR IS IT JUST STAFFING LEVELS ON AN AMR OR WHAT'S THE ISSUE? IT'S A COMBINATION THING.
SO THERE ARE SOME BED DELAY ISSUES AND THAT'S WIDESPREAD THROUGHOUT THE HOSPITAL INDUSTRY, NOT JUST IN OUR COUNTY.
UH, SO THAT IS AN ONGOING CHALLENGE AND HAS BEEN FOR YEARS.
UH, WHAT AMR HAS SHARED WITH US IS THAT THE PANDEMIC HAS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED THEIR
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STAFFING IN THAT PARAMEDIC PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN CLOSED.AND THAT'S WHERE THEY TYPICALLY RECRUIT A NUMBER OF FIRE HAVE HIRED A LOT OF THEIR STAFF.
SO IT'S IMPACTED THAT SIGNIFICANTLY AND THE CALL VOLUME IS UP.
SO THERE ARE DAYS WHERE THE AMBULANCE ETS ARE EXTENDED.
I JUST SAW SOMEBODY A SHORT TIME AGO, 25 TO 40 MINUTES WITH CREWS WAITING ON SCENE WITH A PATIENT THAT NEEDED TO BE TRANSPORTED.
SO TOMORROW NIGHT WE ARE BRINGING AN ITEM TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
WE'VE BYPASSED OUR NORMAL PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH THE COMMITTEE AND BRINGING IT STRAIGHT TO THE BOARD.
AND THAT WAS APPROVAL OF THE BOARD PRESIDENT VICE-PRESIDENT, BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEKING $500,000 TO PURCHASE TWO ADDITIONAL AMBULANCES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
ALL THANK YOU TO THE FIRE BOARD AND TO FIRE DISTRICT STAFF FOR BEING PROACTIVE.
THAT'S THE LAST THING YOU NEED IS AN AMBULANCE THAT IS GOING TO SHOW UP AFTER YOU NEEDED ANYMORE.
MAYOR, CAN I ASK THE TWO QUESTIONS FIRST? I I'VE SEEN SOME REPORT THAT STATED THAT AMR IS SO HARD PRESSED TO TRY AND GET EMPLOYEES THAT THEY'RE OFFERING LIKE A $15,000 SIGNING BONUS AND $35 AN HOUR BECAUSE THEY JUST CAN'T GET PEOPLE DEMAND THOSE AMBULANCES THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR.
AND MY SECOND THING IS I WOULD BE REPORTING ON THIS, BUT YOU'RE THE PERSON THAT CAN ADDRESS IT MOST PROPERLY.
THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT AND THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE FOUNDATION HAS A HOMETOWN HERO AWARD PROGRAM.
AND YOU ACTUALLY ADMITTED GATE GAVE OUT SOME OF THOSE AWARDS AT THE LAST MEETING I WAS AT.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING ANOTHER ONE, I GUESS IN SEPTEMBER.
COULD YOU EXPLAIN FOR THE PUBLIC WHAT THAT HOMETOWN AWARD IS AND WHY GENERALLY THESE THREE PEOPLE GOT THIS? THIS WERE RECOGNIZED.
CERTAINLY THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
SO THE HOMETOWN HERO AWARD IS IT'S A SPECIAL AWARD, UH, AND IT'S GREAT THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT TO SOME MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT REALLY DESERVES THE RECOGNITION, BUT IT IS SAFE FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS.
THE LAST RECIPIENTS PERFORMED CPR ON ANOTHER PERSON PRIOR TO THE RIVAL OF OUR CREWS AND WHAT WAS REALLY SPECIAL ABOUT THIS ONE.
I NOT ONLY THEIR EFFORTS, BUT THE GENTLEMAN SURVIVED AND WAS OUT THERE MEETING AND THERE WITH THEM.
SO IT WAS A VERY EMOTIONAL TIME FOR OUR CREW TO ACTUALLY SEE THIS PERSON THAT THEY WORKED ON, BUT ALSO FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WERE RECOGNIZED.
AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER RECOGNITION NEXT MONTH FOR A YOUNG PERSON THAT PERFORMED CPR.
AND I BELIEVE IT WAS A FRIEND THAT THEY PERFORMED CPR ON AT A PARK.
AND I BELIEVE THAT ALSO HAD A VERY POSITIVE OUTCOME.
SO IT IS NICE TO SEE THAT SINCE WE'VE INSTITUTED THE HIGH-PERFORMANCE CPR WITH OUR CARDIAC CARE PROGRAM, I BELIEVE THAT WE JUST HIT OUR 25TH SURVIVOR IN THAT PERIOD.
AND THAT'S, TWENTY-FIVE PEOPLE IN CHINO AND CHINO HILLS THAT ARE ALIVE AND WELL TODAY.
AND IT'S DUE TO THAT, THE, THE CHAIN THAT'S OFTENTIMES STARTS WITH BYSTANDER CPR PRIOR TO THE RIVAL OF OUR PERSONNEL AND YOUR SURVIVAL RATE IN OUR DISTRICT.
HOW'S THAT COMPARE TO OTHER, UH, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY PHENOMENAL.
AND I, I TYPICALLY DON'T WANT TO BREAK.
I WANT TO KEEP OUR PEOPLE HUMBLE, UH, BUT IT IS INCREDIBLE.
AND IT'S, IT'S A COMBINATION OF THINGS.
IT'S NOT JUST FROM OUR, IT'S BEEN SUPPORTED THROUGH SOME SIGNIFICANT TRAINING AND ALL THOSE EFFORTS, IN ADDITION TO SOME SIGNIFICANT EXPENDITURES FOR QUOTE HAVE BEEN SUPPORTED BY OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, BUT OUR RATE IS MUCH HIGHER THAN MOST AVERAGE CITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
AND IT IS AMAZING AND IT'S, IT REALLY IS A TESTAMENT TO WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH SOME DEDICATED PERSONNEL.
AND I KNOW THE COUNCIL'S FAMILIAR WITH RYAN PARSON AND HE'S REALLY KIND OF THE FACE OF THAT PROGRAM.
THERE'S SOME OTHERS THAT ARE, HAVE TAKEN A VERY ACTIVE ROLE AND HE IS RELENTLESS PUSHING THE TRAINING AND IN OUR PERSONNEL IN THAT IT'S PAYING DIVIDENDS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PROGRAM THAT YOU'VE INSTITUTED AND A WELL-DESERVED.
AND IT'S, IT'S GREAT WHEN PEOPLE OF THE PUBLIC THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY FULLY TRAINED CAN HELP KEEP PEOPLE ALIVE UNTIL YOU CAN GET THERE AND TAKE OVER PROFESSIONALLY.
AND THE FACT THAT IT WAS A MOVING PRESENTATION ON JULY 14TH WHEN THE SURVIVOR ACTUALLY WAS THERE WITH HIS WIFE AND AS IT HAPPENED RIGHT HERE IN LOS SORENTOS GOLF COURSE, I BELIEVE OUT ON THE DRIVING RANGE.
IT WAS REALLY EMOTIONAL AND IT WAS A GREAT TRIBUTE TO THE, UH, TO THE INDIVIDUALS THAT STEPPED UP AND SAVED THIS GUY.
AND THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOR RECOGNIZING THEM COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP.
AND WE DO TEND TO BECOME A LITTLE CALLISTER OVER THE YEARS AFTER RESPONDING AND THOSE TYPES OF INCIDENTS.
AND, AND I DO HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT IS A BIT EMOTIONAL, OR YOU BECOME A BIT EMOTIONAL WHEN YOU SEE THAT, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU SEE NOT ONLY THE SURVIVOR, BUT THE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT ARE THERE WITH THEM.
AND YOU RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A FAMILY THAT GOT ANOTHER DAY OR ANOTHER YEAR, OR WHATEVER TIMEFRAME WITH THAT FAMILY MEMBER.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
CHIEF SHACKLEFORD, CHIEF GOODELL, THE NEW MAYOR, JOE'S VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ AND COUNCIL TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT NICOLE SAID ABOUT THE PERSONAL SAFETY AND AWARENESS CLASS THAT HAS BEEN WELL ATTENDED BY CHINO HILLS RESIDENTS AND FOR THE NEXT CLASS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 28TH, WE ALREADY HAVE 22 PEOPLE
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SIGNED UP FOR THAT.SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING THAT, MAKE SURE YOU GET REGISTERED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
UH, LAST WEEK OF JULY FRIDAY, UH, JULY 30TH, SPECIFICALLY, THE DEPUTIES CONDUCTED A DUI SATURATION PATROL IN THE CITY AND ENDED UP WRITING 21 TICKETS AND ARRESTING THREE PEOPLE FOR DUI.
ALSO DURING THE LAST WEEK OF JULY, WE RECOVERED TWO STOLEN VEHICLES.
ONE OF THOSE WAS AS A RESULT OF A AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READER, UH, HIT, WHICH WAS A PENSKE TRUCK, WHICH WAS LOCATED OVER HERE AT THE CHEVRON GAS STATION.
AND THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS, UH, OP UH, DEPUTY TRAFFIC STOP, WHICH WAS STOLEN OUT OF OHIO ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4TH.
LAST WEEK, WE CONDUCTED AN OPERATION USING UNDER-AGED DECOYS FOR, UH, PURCHASING TOBACCO.
WE CONTACTED FIVE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES AND 18 INDIVIDUALS WERE CHECKED AND ASKED TO BUY TOBACCO FOR THOSE DECOYS.
AND THREE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS PURCHASED TOBACCO PRODUCTS FOR THE UNDERAGE MINORS.
THOSE ARE SHOULDER TAPS, THE LITERAL COLD SHOULDER TAPS.
ALL THREE OF THOSE WERE ISSUED CITATIONS AND ONE WAS ARRESTED FOR SOME OUTSTANDING WARRANTS.
ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 5TH, WE CONDUCTED AN ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTROL OPERATION AND CONTACTED 13 BUSINESSES IN THE CITY THAT SELL ALCOHOL.
SIX OF THOSE BUSINESSES WERE ISSUED CITATIONS FOR ALCOHOL AND BEVERAGE CONTROL LICENSE VIOLATIONS.
SO AS WE ALL KNOW, SCHOOL STARTED THAT MONDAY AND ADDITION TO OUR TRAFFIC DIVISION, WE HAD OUR MULTIPLE ENFORCEMENT TEAM AND PATROL DEPUTIES, EXTRA PATROL DEPUTIES PATROLLING AROUND THE SCHOOLS, TRYING TO ASSIST AND EDUCATE PARENTS FOR DROP-OFFS.
AND I LIKE TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT SCHOOL, THIS YEAR STARTS 10 MINUTES EARLIER AND GETS OUT 20 MINUTES LATER.
SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE PLAN ACCORDINGLY.
SO WE DON'T HAVE GRIDLOCK IN THE INTERSECTIONS AND WE'RE NOT BLOCKING STREETS.
THAT WOULD BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE RIGHT NOW.
KEVIN, GOOD QUESTION FOR A CAB.
BY ALL MEANS, CAPTAIN, COULD YOU MENTION, UH, WE WANT TO THANK YOU PERSONALLY, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR YOUR OFFICERS THAT WERE OUR ESCORTS FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT LAST WEEK.
UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, UH, TELL US HOW MANY OFFICERS WERE INVOLVED WITH THAT? AND I KNOW THERE WAS A GREAT NUMBER OF THEM, BUT I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU.
I KNOW THAT THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT I VISITED, THAT WE ALL VISITED, WE'RE VERY, VERY THANKFUL THAT, UH, MICK ROUGH WAS THERE AND MCGRUFF AND, UH, THAT YOU WERE DRIVING US AROUND.
AND SO ABOUT HOW MANY OFFICERS WERE INVOLVED IN APPROXIMATELY 15 OFFICERS.
BUT WHAT WAS UNIQUE ALSO IS WE HAD OUR SHERIFF'S SERVICE SPECIALISTS WHO ARE LIKE COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS.
SO WE HAD THEM DRIVING AROUND, ALSO HANDING OUT GOODIES TO THE KIDS.
AND WE ALSO USED OUR PROFESSIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF.
THEY WANTED TO GET INVOLVED AND ATTEND SOME OF THOSE EVENTS.
UM, IT WAS GOOD FOR THEM TO GET OUT AND SEE THE CITY, SEE THE PEOPLE THAT THEY SERVE ALSO.
AND EVEN THE UNDER SHERIFF WAS THERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS HIS TITLE, THE ONE STAR.
HE WAS THERE AND GOT TO SEE THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
IT WAS WELL ATTENDED BY BUYER.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
IT WAS GREATLY APPRECIATED BY THE COUNCIL TO HAVE YOU THERE.
WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO CITY COUNCIL
[ COUNCIL REPORTS Mayor Johsz West Valley Mosquito Vector Control District Board Vice Mayor Marquez California Institution for Men Citizens Advisory Committee California Institution for Women Citizens Advisory Committee League of California Cities Board of Directors Inland Empire Division Southern California Association of Governments Legislative/Communications and Membership Committee Southern California Regional Rail Authority Board (Metrolink) Council Member Bennett Chino Valley Independent Fire District Board Council Member Moran Chino Valley Chamber of Commerce Board Chino Valley Unified School District Board Omnitrans Board Plans and Programs Committee Council Member Rogers Chino Basin Desalter Authority Board Tres Hermanos Conservation Authority Board Water Facilities Authority Board]
REPORTS AND WE'LL, I'VE GOT WEST VALLEY MOSQUITO VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT BOARD.IT WAS A REALLY LENGTHY MEETING CAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ONE.
SO WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ, SIR.
THE FIRST MEETING I ATTENDED WAS CIM MEN'S PRISON.
SO NO MEETING CIW, BASICALLY THAT REALLY NOTHING TO REPORT THERE.
LEAGUE OF CITIES, BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
WE HAD A MEETING IN SAN DIEGO AND WE UPDATED GOVERNANCE AND THE SELECTION PROCESS FOR DIRECTORS AND ALSO FOR POLICY COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
WE DID OUR GOAL SETTING STRATEGIC STRATEGIES FOR THE COMING FISCAL YEAR.
WE UPDATED, WE GOT AN UPDATE ON FINANCES, THE ORGANIZATION AND THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE.
YOU SAID IT EARLIER, SEPTEMBER 22ND THROUGH SEPTEMBER 24TH IN SACRAMENTO.
THIS WILL BE THE FIRST CONFERENCE IN SACRAMENTO SINCE HAS BEEN REDONE.
THE INLAND EMPIRE DIVISION, WE HAD A REALLY GREAT SPEAKER.
THE CEO OF LEONARD HERNANDEZ SPOKE AND HIS EXECUTIVE TEAM, AND A LOT OF THE TOPIC WAS ABOUT COVID AND THEIR PROCEDURES AND WHAT THEY DID FOR THE NEXT PANDEMIC.
WE, THIS WAS OUR FIRST IN-PERSON MEETING.
WE HAVEN'T HAD ONE IN ABOUT 15 MONTHS AND WE HAD ABOUT 40 ATTENDEES THERE, WHICH WAS A REALLY GOOD EVENT.
THANK YOU CITY MANAGER FOR BEING THERE.
APPRECIATE THAT SCAG LEGISLATIVE COMMUNICATION COMMITTEE.
WE HAD UPDATES FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE STATE GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE BUDGET.
WE DID A STRONG OPPOSE POSITION FOR AB TWO 15,
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WHICH HAS TO DO WITH THE ARENA AND THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE PROCESS WHERE CHD COULD ACTUALLY PUT MANDATES ON THE CITY.SO WE ADAMANTLY OPPOSED THAT ALSO SB NINE AS BENIGN IS WHERE A SINGLE RESIDENT COULD BE DIVIDED INTO TWO LOTS AND PUT TWO DUPLEXES.
AND THAT WOULD REALLY HAMPER OUR COMMUNITY AND HAD A LOT OF EXTRA STRESS IN THE AREA TRAFFIC AND SO ON.
AND WE STRONGLY OPPOSED THAT METRO LINK
WE HAD AN UPDATE ON THE NEW EARTHQUAKE SYSTEM THAT WE'LL BE INSTALLING AND ALL THE TRAINS, AND THEN OUR NEW CEO FROM VENTURA COUNTY, DARREN KETTLE, AND HE WILL BE STARTING HIS NEW POSITION ON SEPTEMBER THE SEVENTH, 2021.
UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE, THE FIREBOARD MEETING.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I SHOULD HAVE ALSO MENTIONED, UM, CHIEF SHACKLEFORD THAT THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR LIKEWISE SPARKY WAS OUT ON THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AS WELL AS YOUR, UH, ENGINES AND, UH, THE, UM, SQUADS WERE ALL OUT.
I MEAN, THOSE KIDS, AT ONE POINT I WENT TO ONE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD EARLY, BEFORE WE GOT STARTED AT FIVE O'CLOCK AND THERE WAS CHILDREN THERE AND THEY HAD NOT SIGNED UP TO GET A VISIT.
WELL, WE QUICK, QUICKLY MADE A CALL TO THE CITY AND THEY, I UNDERSTAND GOT VISITS BY BOTH, UH, FIRE AND POLICE AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD GOT BACK TO ME AND SAID, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
SO, UH, IT WAS GREAT WITH RESPECT TO THE MEETING, UH, BESIDES THE HOMETOWN HERO PRESENTATIONS THAT WERE MADE THAT NIGHT, UH, THERE WERE TWO PRESENTATIONS MADE FOR FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE TO FIRE INSPECTOR, JASON RIVERA AND DEPUTY FIRE MARSHALL, AUSTIN OD.
UH, THERE WERE TEN-YEAR SERVICES, UH, OR 10 YEARS OF SERVICES GIVEN TO 10, UH, FIREFIGHTERS, FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC, JASON FARNSWORTH, PARAMEDIC FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC NICHOLAS MEG, MEG LEG, EXCUSE ME, MEG KNOLLIES, UH, ENGINEER JEFFREY ANDERSON ENGINEERED MICHAEL, UH, DALE, UH, ENGINEERS, THOMAS CAVENAUGH ENGINEER, STEVE COASTER, ENGINEER EIGHTH AND ETHAN SANDERS, CAPTAIN, UH, JOHNSON CRIPE, UH, CAPTAIN SCOTT
UH, THE FIRE DISTRICT IS MUCH LIKE THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS WHEN WE, UH, IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO WORK AND WHEN THEY COME, THEY STAY FOREVER AND THAT'S GOOD AND WE'RE STEALING EMPLOYEES AND FIREFIGHTERS FROM OTHER DISTRICTS.
SO THAT TELLS YOU JUST HOW, HOW GREAT THE FIRE DISTRICT IS WHEN THEY'RE WILLING TO LEAVE OTHER CITIES AND, UH, UH, JURISDICTIONS AND, AND, UH, AGENCIES TO COME HERE.
UH, YOU, YOU YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT.
AND OF COURSE THE LAST THING, UH, THAT WE DID, YOU MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT, UH, UH, DEPUTY CHIEF DAVID WILLIAMS, WHO WAS GOING TO SUCCEED YOU, UH, AT THE END OF THE YEAR WHEN YOU RETIRE.
SO, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO WISH YOU WELL IN YOUR NEW CAREER.
UH, BUT THANK YOU TO THE FIRE BOARD.
UH, I SEE MIKE BACK THERE, UH, AND, UH, HARVEY, UH, THANK YOU FOR A GREAT, UH, DECISION TO HIRE, UH, DAVE WILLIAMS. HE'S, HE'S GOING TO BE A GREAT TO, IF ANYBODY CAN FILL YOUR SHOES, HE CAN.
SO, UH, AND THAT'S THE END OF MY REPORT.
COUNCIL MEMBER, BENNETT COUNCIL MEMBER MARIA.
UM, FOR OMNI TRANS, I HAD A PLANTS IN PROGRAMS, SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING.
UM, I WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT, UM, STUDENTS IN CHINO HILLS CAN RIDE THE, UM, OMNI RIDE FOR HALF OFF, WHICH WOULD BE $2, UM, ANYWHERE IN OUR CITY.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
UM, I KNOW WE HAVE TWO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS IN THE AUDIENCE, SO DON BRIDGE AND JOE SHAFFER, IF YOU COULD, UM, HELP WITH THE OUTREACH THROUGH YOUR COMMUNICATION CHANNELS WITH THE DISTRICT.
UM, I KNOW UNIT SHILO IS ALSO ON OMNITRACS REPRESENTING CHINO, AND THEY HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS THAT NEED TO GET TO AND FROM SCHOOL OR ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, ANYWHERE IN THE SERVICE DISTRICT.
SO, UM, IF YOU CAN HELP US WITH THE OUTREACH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, IN FRONT OF TUNA HILLS HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE THEY TOOK, UM, THE STOP AWAY, UM, THE BENCH IS STILL THERE, BUT I HAD OMNITRACS INSTALL AT LEAST A SIGN, SO THEY KNOW WHY THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING.
AND IT'S LIKE, IT'S THE CODE, WE CALL IT A QR CODE.
SO, UM, GIVES THEM THE INFORMATION OF HOW TO DO THE ON-DEMAND.
SO AT LEAST THAT'LL HELP THE STUDENTS THAT REALLY RELIED ON THAT.
NOW THAT SCHOOL'S BACK IN SESSION, UM, CHINO VALLEY CHAMBER, UM, JUST A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS, AUGUST 23RD, WE HAVE GOLF TOURNAMENT AND BUSINESS EXPO, SEPTEMBER 25TH.
UM, YOUR FELLOW BOARD MEMBER ON THE AUDIENCE, JIM GALLAGHER.
AND BECAUSE NO THING FOR SCHOOL BOARD, BECAUSE DON BRIDGE GAVE MY REPORT FOR EXCELLENT JOB.
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THANK YOU, CYNTHIA.WILL THAT MOVE ON TO COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS? OKAY.
WE HAVE THREE VERY BRIEF REPORTS, ONE CHINO AT THE SALTER AUTHORITY, UH, JUST APPROVE SOME CONTRACTS HAVING TO DO WITH AN ONGOING PROJECT OR PIPELINE PROJECT.
UH, SO SHE DON'T SOLVE THE AUTHORITY EASY.
ONE QUICK ONE TRACE HER MODELS.
RAY AND I REPRESENT THE CITY AT THE TRACER MILES CONSERVANCY.
AND THIS AGAIN WAS A VERY QUICK MEETING.
WE TOOK CARE OF SOME ROUTINE BUSINESS, REALLY WAS APPROVING SOME, SOME OF THE PAYROLL AND PAYMENT REGISTERS TREASURER'S REPORT MINUTES.
AND WHAT WAS THE FOR THE MEETING LIKE 10, EIGHT MINUTES, FIVE MINUTES, FIVE MINUTES TO GET THERE? NO.
UH, LASTLY, IS WATER FACILITIES, AUTHORITY OR WFA AGAIN? I THINK JUST THE SUMMER MEETINGS ARE, ARE MEANT TO BE A LITTLE BIT QUICKER.
WE JUST APPROVED CONTRACTS ON SOME ONGOING PROJECTS HAVING TO ADD THE FACILITY ITSELF, WHICH IS BASED IN UPLAND.
SO NOTHING OF ANY SIGNIFICANCE.
YOU WANT TO KICK US OFF FOR COUNSELING? I CAN.
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YES.UH, AGAIN, UH, I THINK WE ALL SHARE THE SAME ON NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
THANK YOU FOR STAFF PLANNING, OUR, OUR GUY, CHRIS FOR COORDINATING FROM THE, OUR CITY SIDE AND IN FIRE IN POLICE FOR VERY INTERACTIVE BUNCH, JUST SO MANY VEHICLES CRUISING AROUND AND IMPRESSED EVERYBODY.
UH, AT ONE POINT THERE WERE MORE COPS AND FIRE THAN THERE WERE ATTENDEES.
ONE OF MY THERE WAS EARLY, YOU KNOW, IT IS AT SIX O'CLOCK, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS AN IMPRESSIVE SHOW.
AND EVERYBODY THAT HAD ANY QUESTIONS NEED TO BE ANSWERED.
THERE WERE PLENTY OF PERSONNEL THERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AVAILABLE THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE, UH, FOR OUR POLICE OR FIRE.
SO THANK YOU FOR COORDINATING.
THANK YOU FOR OUR TEAM FOR COORDINATING ALL GOOD, GREAT TIME.
I THINK MOST OF US THAT PROBABLY AVERAGE FOUR OR FIVE, I VISITED FIVE LOCATIONS, UH, CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, JUST TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SAR LAST MEETING BEFORE ONE OF THE EVENTS TAKES PLACE.
WE'RE TRYING TO, TRYING TO GET THINGS GOING IN TOWN AS BEST WE CAN.
AND WE HAVE A, THE FOUNDATION IS SPONSORING ONE OF THE CONCERTS WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST.
WE DON'T HAVE, IT'S NOT A CONCERT SERIES THIS YEAR, BUT IT'S THAT RIGHT THERE.
WAY TO CUE UP THE, UH, THE FLYER THAT DERRICK BORDEAUX GROUP VERY POPULAR.
THIS'LL BE HIS FOURTH OR FIFTH VISIT IN THE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS.
ANYBODY THAT'S ATTENDED, ONE OF HIS CONCERTS WILL ALWAYS WANTS TO COME BACK.
WHENEVER WE HOST ONE, THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A FREEBIE FOR THE COMMUNITY FROM THE FOUNDATION, OR WE DO CHARGE $10 JUST HOPEFULLY TO MAKE UP FOR SOME OF THE COSTS OF PAIN FOR THE DEREK WARDROBE GROUP AND THE SOUND SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE TO, UH, TO RENT.
SO THAT'S TAKE TAKING PLACE, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE ON, UM, THE SEPTEMBER 11TH, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AT THE GAZEBO, BRING A PICNIC, BRING CHAIRS AND HANG OUT FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS.
AND HE PUTS ON A FANTASTIC CONCERT.
AND SO ENCOURAGES YOU GET YOUR TICKETS ONLINE.
YOU CAN SEE IN THE BOTTOM OF THIS FLYER, CHINO HILLS FOUNDATION.ORG OR.COM AND THEN UPCOMING.
AND I'LL TALK ABOUT IT MORE AS TIME GOES ON AT THE WINE WALK, WHICH IS THE BIG FUNDRAISER FOR THE FOUNDATION.
UH, I WE'RE ASSUMING EVERYTHING HAPPENS AS PLANNED WHERE WE'RE, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT.
WE'VE GOT 1300 TICKETS AVAILABLE LAST TWO YEARS AGO WHEN WE LAST HOSTED, IT WAS 1100.
WE SOLD OUT A WEEK BEFORE THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
WE SOLD OUT A WEEK BEFORE WE ANTICIPATE SELLING, UH, SELLING ALL THE TICKETS AGAIN.
SO GET YOUR TICKETS, UH, AT THE SHOPS.
AND IT'S THE FUNDRAISER FOR THE THINGS THAT THE FOUNDATION DOES IN TOWN.
THE MOST CURRENT PROJECT THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW IS WE'RE GOING TO FUND SOME PORTION OF THE INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND AT CROSSROADS PARK.
AND THIS IS A PLAYGROUND FOCUSED ON PLAY EQUIPMENT FOR KIDS WITH DISABILITIES.
AND THIS WILL BE A FIRST OR IT'S DEDICATED A FIRST IN TOWN FOR THAT.
WE HAVE SOME SWINGS IN TOWN AT VARIOUS PARTS THAT THE FOUNDATION HAS HELPED PONY UP MONEY FOR, BUT THIS WILL BE, UH, AT LEAST A A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS DONATION, UH, COMING FROM THE FOUNDATION AND WINE WALK WILL HELP FUND, UH, A MAJORITY OF, OR MUCH OF THAT ALONG WITH THE APPELBAUM FAMILY FAMILY THAT I SPOKE ABOUT MONTHS AGO, WHO DONATED MONEY FOR, FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT ALSO.
SO THAT'S OCTOBER 9TH, SAME THING, UH, CHINO HILLS FOUNDATION.ORG, OR.COM OR CHINO HILLS WINE WALK.COM.
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WE'LL GET YOU TO THE TICKETS.AND I, I THINK I HAVE, I THINK, WELL, I THINK THAT'S IT.
COUNCIL MEMBER EDIT, EDIT THE DISCUSSION OF SELF-EDITING PERFECT YEAR COUNCIL MEMBER.
JUST A FEW THINGS AGAIN, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT WAS GREAT WITH, THERE WAS THREE EVENTS IN DISTRICT FIVE, AND ONE OF THEM WAS MY OWN.
SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THAT PARTICIPATED AND AGAIN, UM, POLICE AND FIRE THAT YOU GUYS ALWAYS DO, SUCH A GREAT JOB.
UM, AND THEN OUR, OUR STAFF AS WELL, CHRIS HEADS THAT UP, UM, YOU KNOW, JONATHAN, I TOOK MY GRANDKIDS TO MOVIES IN THE PARK LAST WEEK AND IT'S BEEN SO LONG AND WHAT A, WHAT A GREAT THING THAT WE DO.
UM, I HAD MY MOSQUITO WIPES FROM VECTOR CONTROL.
AND, UM, BUT IT, IT WAS JUST A GREAT, IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.
SO I JUST SEEING OUR RECREATION PROGRAMS CAN, YOU KNOW, COME BACK AROUND AND ALL THE FAMILIES THAT WERE WERE THERE TO PARTICIPATE.
UM, DANIEL AND BEN, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
SO I KNOW THAT METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT STILL HAS SOME AVAILABLE GRANT MONEY FOR TURF REPLACEMENT.
AND, UM, I KNOW WHEN I WAS DRIVING AROUND WITH JAKE, I WAS JUST SEEING A LOT OF PARKWAYS THAT MADE ME COULD QUALIFY FOR THAT.
SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON OR CAN LOOK INTO? I KNOW WE'VE ALREADY DONE A FANTASTIC JOB, BUT IT'S, IT'S AMAZING.
STILL HOW MUCH MORE TURF THERE IS.
WE'RE, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO REPLACE, UH, AREAS WHERE WE COULD GO TO ARTIFICIAL TURF OR JUST DROUGHT TOLERANT LANDSCAPE.
WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT GRANT OPPORTUNITIES, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OR IUA STAFF DOES A GREAT JOB OF LOOKING FOR THOSE DOLLARS.
SO DOES THAT MEAN WE HAVE SOME ON THE BOOKS COMING UP OR ARE WE GOING TO LOOK INTO IT OR WE DO HAVE SOME PROJECTS IN THE PIKE THAT WE'LL BE REMOVING EXISTING GRASS TO TWO OTHER FORMS. UM, I SEE A MEMO ON THAT.
AND THEN THIS LAST THING I SHOULD HAVE DONE IT UNDER SCHOOL BOARD, BUT, UM, IT'S PROUD MOM MOMENT.
I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE, UM, THE NEWEST AND THE BEST TEACHER IN CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, MR. RICHARD WALLACE, WHO IS A TEACHER AT CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL.
SO ANYWAYS, HE, UM, HE'S JUST SO THRILLED.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHEN A NEW TEACHER GETS HIRED THAT, THAT ENTHUSIASM AND IT JUST LIKE REALLY INSTILLS A LOT IN THAT TO THE STAFF THAT'S THERE.
SO, UM, I'M, I'M PROUD OF HIM AND WANTING TO CONGRATULATE HIM PUBLICLY.
THAT'S ALL I HE'S TEACHING ART.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT.
TO PIGGYBACK ON THE COMMENTS OF YOUR MEDICATION, IT'S TIME TO TAKE YOUR MEDICINE RIGHT.
DALE HAD MENTIONED THE FACT THAT A SCHOOL'S BACK IN SESSION, I WOULD ASK THE PARENTS, BE PATIENT PAY ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE EARLIER DROP OFF AND LATER PICKUP.
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE CHILDREN STAY AWAY FROM THE SCHOOL SITES DURING THOSE PERIODS, BECAUSE ALL YOU'RE GOING TO GET AS FRUSTRATED AND, YOU KNOW, ACCIDENTS HAPPEN BECAUSE PEOPLE GET FRUSTRATED.
UH, WE DON'T WANT ISSUES OF ROAD RAGE, UH, IN OUR CITY.
UH, AND THOSE KIDS ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE OBLIVIOUS TO THIS.
THEY'VE BEEN OUT BECAUSE OF COVID AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE LOOKING OUT FOR YOU OR WATCHING IS CAREFULLY AND CAN, YOU KNOW, KIDS CAN DART OUT BETWEEN CARS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO I ALWAYS PREACH THIS, BUT ESPECIALLY YOU GAVE ME A, A GOOD WAY TO TEE IT UP FOR ME.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK POLICE AND FIRE FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
UM, HISTORICALLY OUR CITY IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST ATTENDING, UH, CITIES AND PARTICIPATING NATIONWIDE.
AND I DUNNO HOW THAT'LL SHOW THIS YEAR, BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE WE HAD A LOT OF FUN AND A LOT OF PEOPLE GOT TO HEAR ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH AND IT WAS A VERY GOOD THING.
AND ONE THING I'D LIKE TO DO IS I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, CONGRATULATE MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS AND TELL YOU HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE BEING A PART OF THIS COUNCIL THAT WILL TAKE TOUGH ISSUES, LIKE ITEM 23, DEALING WITH THE STIPENDS AND THE, THE, THE COUNCIL RAISES AND PUTTING US OUT IN THE PUBLIC, TALKING ABOUT IT, LETTING OUR FEELINGS BE KNOWN ABOUT IT AND MAKING THE RIGHT DECISIONS.
AND IT'S AN ABSOLUTE HONOR FOR ME TO SERVE WITH EACH AND EVERYONE HERE.
SO, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE HONOR AND THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING RIGHT ALONG WITH YOU.
SO, AND GOD BLESS EVERY ONE OF YOU.
ARE YOU WANTING TO TELL MY, BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T GET A RAISE TONIGHT OR I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A COMPLIMENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT, VICE MAYOR MARQUETTE.
FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO DIRECT A QUESTION TO OUR CITY MANAGER AND THIS HAS TO DO WITH LIKE NEW YEAR'S USERS THAT WANT TO USE
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OUR PARK.IS THERE A PROCESS, LIKE SAY PICKLEBALL AS AN EXAMPLE, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT JUST HAPPENS LIKE TOMORROW OR IS THERE A PROCESS? NO, AND UNFORTUNATELY, AND FORTUNATELY AT THE SAME TIME, THE CITY IS VERY DELIBERATE ABOUT THE PROCESS, UH, IN PICKLEBALL IN PARTICULAR.
UM, I PERSONALLY HAD NEVER HEARD OF PICKLEBALL WHEN IT FIRST CROSSED MY DESK PROFESSIONALLY, UH, AND, UH, DOING THE RESEARCH, TALKING TO STAFF, UH, THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW THINGS HAPPEN IN THE CITY, WHETHER IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, AN ISSUE, NOT AT A PARK OR JUST A GENERAL, UH, REQUEST.
ULTIMATELY WHAT HAPPENS IS WE TRY TO ASSESS WHETHER OR NOT, UH, IT'S, UH, INDIVIDUAL DESIRE OR WHETHER THERE'S A COMMUNITY NEED.
AND SO IN THE PICKLEBALL CASE, UH, JONATHAN MAY HAVE TO HELP ME WITH THIS, BUT WE STARTED OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE REQUESTERS.
WE ASKED THEM WHAT, UH, UM, WHAT THE GROUNDSWELL BEHIND A PARTICULAR, UH, REQUEST, UH, MIGHT BE.
UH, AND THEN IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, IN ANOTHER SIMILAR CASES, WE TRY IT OUT.
UH, WE MAY, UH, IN, IN THE PICKLEBALL CASE, WE PUT A TEMPORARY COURTS, UH, INSTALLED AT OUR, UH, ROLLER RINK UP AT GRAND AVENUE PARK.
UH, WE ALSO, UH, PUT SOME TEMPORARY, UH, NETS AND PADDLES AVAILABLE AT VELANO PARK.
UH, BUT, BUT THE POINT IS, IS THAT WE LISTENED TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE TRIED IT OUT, WE VETTED IT THROUGH OUR, UH, PARKS AND REC COMMISSION BECAUSE THAT'S WITHIN THEIR PURVIEW STAFF MADE OBSERVATIONS, NOT ONLY AT OUR FACILITY, BUT OTHER FACILITIES AT CITIES THAT HAVE THOSE.
AND WE BUILD A CASE FOR WHETHER OR NOT WE THINK THAT WOULD BE A RESPONSIBLE EXPENDITURE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN WE BRING ALL THAT INFORMATION TO OUR COMMISSION THAT COMMISSION, UH, GIVES US INPUT.
WE BRING THAT TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THEN ULTIMATELY, UH, WHEN WARRANTED, WE ACT ON IT.
UM, THE SECOND THING I'D LIKE TO SORT OF TALK ABOUT, UH, THERE WERE SOME TREES THAT WERE OVERHANGING ON TOOL CARBON CANYON ROAD, AND I COULD SEE TRAFFIC SORT OF GOING AROUND THE TREES AND SORT OF GETTING CLOSE TO EACH OTHER.
I THINK I CALLED YOU LIKE A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO AND TODAY THEY WERE TRIMMING THE TREES.
THE NEXT THING I LIKE TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT IS THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
I WANT TO THANK PD AND I WANT TO THANK FIRE FOR BEING PARTICIPANTS ON THIS GREAT ORGANISM DAY THAT WE DO ONCE A YEAR.
I SEE TWO PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT BASICALLY WERE SPONSORS, UH, JANE TO FRANK AND ALSO SHARON STEWIE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALWAYS DOING THIS FOR COMMUNITY.
TRULY APPRECIATE THAT CAPTAIN.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, UH, PERTAINING TO CATALYTIC CONVERTERS.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S SORT OF LIKE NEW? DOES IT HAPPEN IN CHINO HILLS? IS IT HAPPENING TO SEE OUTSIDE OF CHINO HILLS? SO KATELYN CONVERTER THEFT IS NOT UNIQUE TO CHINO HILLS.
UH, FORTUNATELY IT'S A PREVALENT IN ALL OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CURRENTLY.
UM, BASICALLY DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF VEHICLES THAT WE HAVE ON OUR ROADS, POPULATION DENSITY AND THE EASE IN WHICH ONE CAN STEAL A CATALYTIC CONVERTER FROM A VEHICLE.
SO IT ONLY TAKES LESS THAN A MINUTE WITH A BATTERY OPERATED SAWS, ALL TO STEAL YOUR CATALYTIC CONVERTER.
UM, AND THEN WHAT THE THIEVES DO IS THEN THEY GO RECYCLE THEM FOR 20 OR $30 AND IT ENDS UP, UH, COSTING THE VICTIM, YOU KNOW, TWO TO $3,000 TO REPLACE THAT IF YOU CAN FIND ONE DUE TO THE SHORTAGE OF, UH, SEVERAL, UH, VEHICLE TYPE ITEMS. SO WE HAVE HAD SOME CATALYTIC CONVERTED STEPS HERE IN THE CITY.
UM, FORTUNATELY, UM, OUR GUYS ARE ALWAYS TRACKING THAT ON TOP OF IT, NETWORKING WITH OTHER AGENCIES IN THE AREA, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CATCH SIX OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
WHO'VE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR 10 OF THOSE THEFTS.
UM, WE'RE ALSO, UH, ATTEMPTING TO PURCHASE SOME, UH, DREMMEL TYPE TOOLS FOR ETCHING, CATALYTIC CONVERTERS, AND THERE'S OTHER AGENCIES AROUND, UM, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THAT ARE, UM, ITCHING, UM, VEHICLE OWNERS, CATALYTIC CONVERTERS ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS, WHICH WILL MAKE IT EASIER TO IDENTIFY IF WE DO DO A TRAFFIC STOP AND HAVE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS THAT ARE LOCATED IN THAT VEHICLE THAT HAVE A OWNER APPLIED SERIAL NUMBER OR ETCHING MARKS ON, ON THEM, THEN WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO MAKE THAT ARREST FOR POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE PUBLIC CAN DO TO PREVENT THAT IS TO, UH, NOT PARK ON THE STREET, IF IT'S IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE, IF POSSIBLE, IF THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE YOUR FRONT YARD AND, AND, UH, STREETLIGHT AREA IS WELL LIT, OR IF YOU'RE IN A COMMERCIAL SHOPPING CENTER TO PARK AS CLOSE TO THE FRONT ENTRANCE, EXIT AS POSSIBLE, AND ALSO TO REPORT
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ANY SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY IN PARKING LOTS, WHERE YOU SEE INDIVIDUALS WALKING AROUND, LOOKING AT CARS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, UM, ALSO MAKE SURE YOU SET YOUR ALARM WHEN YOU GET OUT OF YOUR VEHICLE, LOCK YOUR CAR.UM, CAUSE A LOT OF TIMES, UH, WHEN THOSE THIEVES DO GET UNDER CARS AND START CUTTING OFF CATALYTIC CONVERTERS, THAT WILL SET OFF A VEHICLE ALARM AND, UH, POTENTIALLY SCARE THOSE PEOPLE AWAY.
I APPRECIATE THAT, THAT INFORMATION, BUT TWO THINGS REAL FAST MIRROR.
FIRST OF ALL, A BATTALION CHIEF SMITH WAS HERE EARLIER.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UM, THERE WAS A FIRE AND SLEEPY HOLLOW AND THESE GUYS WERE TRULY PROFESSIONALS AND THEY TOOK CARE OF IT.
UM, THE LAST THING THAT I DO WANT TO SAY IS I MISSPOKE AT OUR LAST MEETING.
UM, AGAIN, LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT RAY MARQUEZ.
I WAS A DIRECTOR FOR THE FIRE DISTRICT FOR SEVEN YEARS AND WHEN I DID IT, I ENJOYED IT.
IT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST JOBS I'VE EVER HAD.
SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT I, THAT I HELPED WITH WAS COMMUNICATION TOWER IN, UH, IN CARBON CANYON.
UH, BASICALLY THE FIRETRUCKS USED TO BE YELLOW.
NOW, THE RED, THE FIRE TRAINING CENTER IN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, I JUST HAVE ALL THE RESPECT FOR ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN OF CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT.
UM, I SHARED IT A CONVERSATION THAT I HAVE WITH THE CHIEF THAT I SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE.
AND I, AND I DIDN'T MEAN TO DO THAT.
UM, I DID HAVE A CONCERN AND CHIEF SHACKLEFORD OF MYSELF DID TALK ABOUT THAT.
AND I KNOW THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE TAKEN CARE OF MY RESPECT FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN OF CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT IS UTMOST.
I HAVE ALL THE CONFIDENCE IN THE WORLD.
THEY PROVIDE THE BEST SERVICE AND I'M GOING TO SAY IN THE UNITED STATES, THAT'S HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THE JOB THAT THEY DO.
UM, I DO HAVE SOME FRIENDS THAT WERE ON THE, THERE ACTUALLY SIT ON THE FIREBOARD.
I DID PERSONALLY CALL THEM AND APOLOGIZED.
I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW, I ALWAYS HAVE IN WILL RESPECT OR FIRE DISTRICT.
AND I JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY COME OUT AND SAY THAT, UM, AGAIN, I'M NOT PERFECT.
AND I DO PUT MY FOOT IN MY MOUTH EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
AND ALL I CAN DO IS APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ.
UM, G IS WHAT EVERYBODY'S ALREADY TOUCHED ON NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
I'LL GIVE HIM A SPECIFIC SHOUT OUT, YOU KNOW, ORGANIZING ALL OF THESE VOLUNTEERS, YOU KNOW, AS, UH, AS, UH, IS KNOWN BY FOLKS IN OUR AUDIENCE.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY, BUT HE DID A GREAT JOB.
THANK YOU TO PD AND TO FIRE FOR GOING AROUND WITH US.
I LIKED SEEING A STARK OUT THERE.
UM, AND THEN YEAH, SCHOOL'S OUT.
SCHOOL'S IN, I SHOULD SAY BE CAREFUL THE TIME CHANGE I THINK IS THROWING IT'S THROWING OFF THE PARENTS.
SO I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW IT'S GOING TO THROW OFF THE, UH, THROW OFF THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
SO THANK YOU FOR 30 MORE MINUTES OF SCHOOL GUYS.
UM, AND JUST WITH THAT, UH, EVERYBODY HAVE A SAFE REST
[ 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.]
OF THE END OF YOUR SUMMER COMING, COMING SOON.SO WITH THAT, HAVE A GOOD EVENING.