[ 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, NOVEMBER 9TH.
UM, MADAM CITY CLERK, PLEASE TAKE ROLL.
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]
WITH THAT, WE WILL BE IN OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY MR. LEE GLENN VEER, AND THEN FOLLOWED BY AN INVOCATION OF BY ELDER PETER CHUNG FROM GOOD SHEPHERD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.SO EVERYBODY PLEASE RISE AND STAY STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION AS WELL.
PLEASE FACE THE FLAG AND PLACE YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART AND JOIN US IN.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[ INVOCATION: Elder Peter Chung, Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church]
HEAVENLY FATHER.WE THOUGHT THAT YOUR MERCY, OUR COMMUNITY CANNOT STAND FATHER AS A COMMUNITY AND CITIZEN.
WE WANT TO DRAW NEAR TO YOU INTO THE EMBRACE OF YOUR LOVING ARMS. WE GIVE TENS FOR THOSE, FOR THE WORK-OVER MEDICAL SCIENCE THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO BAIL ON THE PANDEMIC.
WE CONTINUE TO LIFT OUR PRAYERS TO YOU FOR THOSE AMONG US AND TO ALL THE WORLD WHO ARE DEALING WITH LOSS AND CONTINUED STRUGGLE WITH THIS DISEASE.
GIVE US WISDOM AND HOPE AS WE BEGIN TO FIND THE NEW NORMAL AFTER SO MANY MONTHS IS OVER FEAR, CONFUSION, AND ISOLATION, HEAVENLY FATHER.
WE PRAY FOR WISDOM OF OUR THEORY LEADERS AS THEY CONVENE ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.
WE THANK YOU FOR OUR LEADERS, GUIDE THEM NOW, AS THEY TRANSITION TO CLOSE ON OTHER EAR IN SERVICE TO OUR CITY, MAY THEY LEAD AND SERVE UNDER YOUR GUIDANCE? LORD, WE ASK FOR YOUR BLESSING AND GRACE FOR THE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND ENTIRE STAFF AT THE CITY OF CHINO HAIRS, PULL OUT YOUR SPIRIT, LORD.
WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT YOU.
LET US EXPERIENCE YOUR GRACE, YOUR MERCY AND YOUR GREAT POWER, ESPECIALLY DURING THESE DIFFICULT TIMES OR THESE THINGS.
WE PRAY IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST.
THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE INTRODUCTION OF THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY BY MAYOR JOS.
OH, SO BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE VERY SPECIAL MILESTONE IN OUR CITY'S HISTORY, DECEMBER 1ST, 2021, WE'LL MARK OUR 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF INCORPORATION AS A CITY.
SO GOSH, WHAT A LONG WAYS WE'VE COME IN 30 YEARS, IT'S BEEN THAT THREE DECADES AND OUR CITY OWES A LOT OF IT TO NOT ONLY THIS COUNCIL, BUT PRIOR COUNCILS AND CITY EMPLOYEES.
AND OF COURSE TO OUR RESIDENTS, UH, OUR PRIOR COUNCILS WERE PRUDENT WITH LONG RANGE POLICY PLANNING, DECISIONS AND SOUND FISCAL MANAGEMENT THAT HAVE RESULTED IN A STRONG FINANCIAL FOUNDATION WITH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS REMAINING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THESE FUNDS ALLOW THE CITY TO PROVIDE RESIDENTS WITH NEW FACILITIES, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES, INCLUDING 44 PARKS, FIVE COMMUNITY FACILITIES, 48 MILES OF TRAILS, AND WELL OVER 3000 ACRES OF COMMUNITY OWNED, OPEN SPACE.
AND TO COMMEMORATE THIS MILESTONE, THE CITY HAS CREATED 30TH ANNIVERSARY PINS, WHICH ARE AVAILABLE OUTSIDE OF OUR CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER ENTRANCE.
SO GRAB ONE ON YOUR WAY OUT TONIGHT.
[4. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming November 4-10, 2021, as National Family Week]
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PRESENTATION OR PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING NOVEMBER 4TH THROUGH 10TH, 2021 AS THE NATIONAL FAMILY WEEK.THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY PROUD OF BEING A FAMILY ORIENTED COMMUNITY.
I THINK AS WE CAN SEE TODAY, UH, THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY, WE'VE WORKED HARD TO OFFER PROGRAMS, CLASSES, AND EVENTS THROUGH, UH, THROUGH THE CITY TO SUPPORT FAMILIES, SPENDING TIME TOGETHER, OUR CELEBRATE THE FAMILY CONTEST, WHICH WE WILL BE ANNOUNCING THE WINNERS LATER ON TONIGHT.
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EXAMPLE OF HOW WE AS A CITY CELEBRATE FAMILIES.SO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, WE URGE ALL RESIDENTS TO CONSIDER JOINING AND MEAN MEANINGFUL FAMILY ACTIVITIES AND TO FOCUS THEIR ATTENTION ON THE VALUE OF FAMILY, OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES COORDINATOR, VANESSA BARDOSA IS WITH US TONIGHT TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION.
SHE OVERSEES OUR CELEBRATE THE FAMILY CONTEST.
UM, I WAS ABLE TO SEE ALL THE ARTWORK AND READ ALL THE ESSAYS FROM, UM, OUR CELEBRATE THE FAMILY CONTEST, AND IT'S EVIDENT HOW BIG OF AN INFLUENCE, UM, OUR PARENTS AND OUR SIBLINGS AND ALL OF OUR EXTENDED FAMILIES HAVE ON OUR STUDENT LAW STUDENTS' LIVES.
UM, SO WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE GROUP OF CHILDREN GROWING UP IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE OUR WINNERS AND THEIR FAMILIES HERE TONIGHT.
[5. RECOGNITION - Presentation of the Family Poster and Essay Writing Contest Winners Kindergarten Claire Mulia Rolling Ridge Elementary Zoe Ortega Hidden Trails Elementary Emily He Wickman Elementary Grades 1-3 Rhofanie Hu Eagle Canyon Elementary Kaira Gupta Country Springs Elementary Jayden Park Hidden Trails Elementary Grades 4-6 Alina Kim Rolling Ridge Elementary Emma Shiozaki Wickman Elementary Nancy Dong Wickman Elementary Grades 7-8 Brandon Nava Loving Savior Kaitlyn Cabral Canyon Hills Junior High KateLian Linky Loving Savior]
NEXT.WE HAVE THE RECOGNITION OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE FAMILY POSTER, AN ESSAY WRITING CONTEST WINNERS.
MA'AM THIS YEAR WE HELD OUR 24TH ANNUAL CELEBRATE THE FAMILY CONTEST AND THE THEME THIS YEAR WAS EVERY FAMILY HAS A STORY.
WE HAD 565 ENTRIES SUBMITTED FROM STUDENTS WHO EITHER LIVE IN CHINO HILLS OR ATTEND SCHOOL IN CHINO HILLS.
THIS WAS KINDERGARTEN THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE, AND I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK OUR STAFF COMMISSIONERS AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAD THE VERY DIFFICULT TASK OF REVIEWING ALL 565 OF THOSE ENTRIES.
IT CERTAINLY, ISN'T AN EASY THING TO MAKE THOSE SELECTIONS.
WE APPRECIATE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND SCHOOLS WHO PARTICIPATED.
WE LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AND AWARD THE SCHOOL AND TEACHER WHO HAD THE HIGHEST PARTICIPATION FROM THEIR STUDENTS.
AND THIS YEAR SCHOOL PARTICIPATION AWARD GOES TO LOVING SAVIOR OF THE HILLS.
AND TO ACCEPT THIS AWARD IS VICE-PRINCIPAL WAHACA.
UM, NOW I JUST, I'M VERY PROUD OF MY TEACHERS AND MY STAFF.
WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR MANY YEARS NOW AND IT'S JUST KIND OF A STAPLE IN A, IN A CURRICULUM.
AND THE KIDS REALLY LOVE DOING THE ARTWORK AND THE ESSAYS AND VERY PROUD OF OUR STUDENTS THAT, UM, ARE HERE TODAY.
AND, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS HONOR.
THAT'S HOW MUCH WE LOVE FAMILY.
I HEAR KIDS SCREAMING OUTSIDE.
NEXT I'D LIKE TO PRESENT THE TEACHER PARTICIPATION AWARD.
OUR POSTER CONTEST RELIES ON THE SUPPORT OF CLASSROOM TEACHERS AND FOR EACH CLASSROOM THAT HAD A HUNDRED PARTICIPANT, A HUNDRED PERCENT PARTICIPATION.
THE TEACHERS NAMES WERE PUT INTO A DRAWING FOR THE CHANCE TO WIN $100 IN HOBBY LOBBY GIFT CARDS.
AND THIS YEAR'S WINNER IS MS. WARD FROM LOVING SAVIOR.
THIS IS MY FAVORITE ESSAY TO WRITE WITH MY KIDS EVERY YEAR, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I GET TO UNDERSTAND AND KNOW SO MUCH MORE ABOUT THEM BY KNOWING WHO THEIR FAMILIES ARE.
SO THIS IS A GREAT ESSAY AND I LOVE GETTING TO PARTICIPATE IN AND GET TO TAKE PART IN THIS CEREMONY EVERY YEAR.
I THINK THE IMPORTANT QUESTION IS WORTH A HUNDRED DOLLARS HOBBY LOBBY.
I MEAN IT'S CHRISTMAS
AND I'D LIKE TO BRING VENESSA BACK UP TO HELP US ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS OF THIS YEAR'S CONTEST AND THE GREAT PRICES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE RECEIVING.
SO TONIGHT THE TOTAL VALUE OF PRIZES THAT WE'RE GIVING OUT TODAY TO THE STUDENTS IS APPROXIMATELY $3,000 WORTH OF PRIZES.
UM, SO EVERYBODY WAS GIVEN THEIR PRICES PRIOR TO ENTERING TONIGHT, UM, ALONG WITH THEIR CERTIFICATES FROM ALL OF OUR DIGNITARIES.
UM, SO OUR FIRST PLACE WINNERS ARE RECEIVING FOR KNOTT'S BERRY FARM SEASON PASSES FOR 2020, AND THEN OUR SECOND AND THIRD PLACE WINNERS ARE RECEIVING A $50 CHAPARRAL BOWLING GIFT CARD AND A $50 HARKINS THEATER GIFT CARD.
UM, SO NOW AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL EACH STUDENT UP HERE.
AND AS WE CALL YOUR NAME, YOUR, UH, PHOTO WILL BE, OR EXCUSE ME, YOUR ARTWORK WILL BE UP ON THE SLIDES.
UM, PARENTS HANG TIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A
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PICTURE, A CITY PHOTO OF ALL THE STUDENTS UP HERE, AND THEN WE'LL ALLOW THE PARENTS TO COME UP HERE AND TAKE A PHOTO AS WELL.SO WE'LL JUMP RIGHT IN AND ALL RIGHT.
SO IN THE KINDERGARTEN CATEGORY IN THIRD PLACE, WE HAVE EMILY HERE FROM WHITMAN ELEMENTARY.
WE HAVE ZOE OR TAYGA FROM HIDDEN TRAILS, ELEMENTARY AND IN FIRST PLACE WE HAVE CLAIRE MALEA FROM ROLLING RIDGE ELEMENTARY.
SO FOR THE FIRST THROUGH THIRD GRADE GRADE CATEGORY WE HAVE IN THIRD PLACE, JADEN PARK FROM HIDDEN TRAILS ELEMENTARY OKAY.
IN SECOND PLACE, WE HAVE KIRA GOOP DOT FROM COUNTRY SPRINGS, ELEMENTARY AND IN FIRST PLACE WE HAVE
YOU WANT THEM TO GO TO THE CENTER? UH, NO, WE'RE GOING TO GET, WE'RE GETTING, WE'LL GET ALL OF THEM.
SO ON THE FOURTH THROUGH SIXTH GRADE CATEGORY AND THIRD PLACE, WE HAVE NANCY DONG FROM WICKMAN ELEMENTARY AND IN SECOND PLACE, WE HAVE EMMA SHIOZAKI FROM WHITMAN ELEMENTARY AND IN FIRST PLACE WE HAVE ALINA KIM FROM ROLLING RIDGE ELEMENTARY.
SO NOW FOR OUR SEVENTH THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE CATEGORY IN THIRD PLACE, WE HAVE KATE LEANNE LINKY FROM LOVING SAVIOR.
WE HAVE KATELYN COBRA FROM CANON AND IN FIRST PLACE WE HAVE BRANDON NAVA FROM LOVING SAVIOR.
UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET PERFECT PICTURE OVER THERE.
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WE'LL MAKE SURE TO HAVE THE CITY PHOTO AVAILABLE.NOW AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO JUST TAKE A QUICK FIVE MINUTE BREAK TO ALLOW THE FAMILIES TO, UH, TO LEAVE, UNLESS YOU REALLY WANT TO STAY FOR THE COUNCIL MEETING.
SO TAKE A FIVE MINUTE FIVE MINUTE BREAK.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE'LL BRING THIS BACK.
I THINK EVERYBODY THAT WANTED TO LEAVE HAS LEFT.
SO WITH THAT, WE WILL BE, UM, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OF ACTIONS TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION? SORRY TO GET YOUR MID MIDNIGHT.
[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.]
ALL RIGHT.THEN AT THIS TIME, IT IS TIME FOR 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 FOR TESTIMONY ON PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS, WHICH MUST BE PROVIDED DURING THOSE HEARINGS, PLEASE COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO THE CITY CLERK.
A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.
AND AT THIS TIME OUR FIRST, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE MS. SUZETTE DANG.
SO MS. DANG, SHE WANTS TO GO HOME.
MAYOR JOS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF, AND AUDIENCE MEMBERS.
THIS IS SUZETTE DANG WITH COUNTY SUPERVISOR KURT HAGMAN'S OFFICE.
I HAVE TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT.
FIRST, PLEASE SAVE THE DATE SUPERVISOR HAGMAN'S CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE WILL BE ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2ND.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE CAMERA CAN SEE IT.
UM, STARTING 5:30 PM RIGHT HERE INSIDE THE CITY HALLS LOBBY JOYCE SUPERVISOR HAGMAN FOR HOLIDAY CHAIR, AND PLEASE RSVP@SUPERVISORHAGMANDOTEVENTBRITE.COM CHECK-IN WILL BE REQUIRED.
AND FOR ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CALL OUR DISTRICT OFFICE AT (909) 465-5265.
THE CLAIMS EVENT IS ALSO TOMORROW, TOMORROW MORNING, BETWEEN 8:00 AM TO 2:00 PM AT OUR DISTRICT OFFICE LOCATED 1 4 0 1 0 CITY CENTER DRIVE IN CHINO HILLS, WHICH IS LITERALLY OTHER SIDE OF THIS BUILDING COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE OFFICERS WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO ASSIST WITH EXISTING CLAIMS, FILL OUT FORMS AND PAPERWORK, CONDUCT BENEFIT, ASSESSMENT, INTERVIEWS, AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
TWO ONE FOR, UH, BOTH FLYERS, UH, THIS AND THE BEDROOM CLAIMS FIRE WILL BE OUTSIDE IN THE HALLWAY.
AND FINALLY, ON BEHALF OF SUPERVISOR HAGMAN AND HIS STAFF, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OUR VETERANS OF ALL BRANCHES, BOTH PAST AND PRESENT FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR SACRIFICE.
MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND PROTECT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
SO IS THAT ONE CORRECTION? YOU MENTIONED EIGHT TO TWO TOMORROW.
ISN'T IT? 10 TO 10? NO, IT'S 10.
DID I SAY EIGHT? MY APOLOGIES.
I'M ACROSS THE STREET AT THE CHINO HILLS, CORRECT.
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YOU.AT THIS TIME, UH, MR. RONNIE GUYER COME UP WITH THIS SMILE ALWAYS.
THAT'S WHAT CAUSE WE LOVE WHERE WE ARE.
WE LOVE WHERE WE'RE, WHERE WE'RE RESIDE.
UH, WE ARE WITNESSES OF FANTASTIC, UH, GOVERNMENTS.
UH, WE ARE, UH, THE BENEFITS OF FANTASTIC HISTORY.
I WAS RAISING A FAMILY IN CHINO WHEN THE CITY STARTED IN 1991 AND WE WERE LAUGHING.
WHAT DO THEY THINK THEY'RE DOING IN THE HILLS? IT'S ALL ABOUT CHINO, CALIFORNIA.
AND IT TURNED OUT NOT EXACTLY.
GOD LOVES US SO MUCH HERE THAT HE HAD TWO BIG FIRES CHANGED WITH THE WIND JUST AS THEY WERE READY TO STRIKE INSIDE THIS CITY.
THE LAST TIME I SPOKE UP HERE WAS A TIME WHEN I WAS REPRESENTING MEMBERS OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND PEOPLE I'D BE GIVING PRESENTATIONS OR SPEECHES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEY'D SAY, WELL, WHERE'D YOU COME FROM? WHAT CITY DO YOU LIVE IN? AND I WOULD SAY, WELL, I LIVE IN CHINO HILLS AND THEY GO, OH, THE BREATH COMES OUT.
IT'S UNIVERSAL THE REPUTATION OF OUR CITY.
AND WE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THAT.
AND OTHER CITIES CAN LEARN FROM US.
THAT'S GOOD TO SEE ONE PERSON I MET UP HERE WHEN I MADE A PRESENTATION REPRESENTING A MEMBER OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE WAS THE FIRST MAYOR OF THE CITY.
UM, MS. PERRY, SHE WROTE A LETTER ABOUT THE CHINO HILLS FLAG ABOUT THE ISSUE ABOUT MAYBE CHANGING IT OR MAKING A NEW ONE OR JUST LEAVING IT THE WAY IT IS.
THERE WAS A FANTASTIC LETTER THAT SHE PUT INSIDE.
THE, UH, THAT WAS PUT INSIDE THE, UH, CHINO CHINO VALLEY, UM, CHAMPION CHAMPION CHAMPION NEWSPAPER.
AND IT SOUNDED LIKE WHAT I HAD SAID PREVIOUSLY.
SHE'S A WONDERFUL LADY, BUT THE LAST THING SHE PUTS ON THIS, ON THIS LETTER AND I'M READING MY NEW READING GLASSES BECAUSE I HAD TO, UH, TO I OPERATIONS THAT I CAN NOW FINALLY SEE THE WORLD.
SHE SAYS, QUOTE, THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS HAS BECOME A HIGHLY ACCLAIMED COMMUNITY.
AND OUR FLAG IS REPRESENTATIVE OF SUCH STATUS AND THE MANY ACCOLADES THE CITY IT HAS RECEIVED FOR ITS 30 YEAR HISTORY.
YOU ARE MAKING A TRUE IMPACT ON CITIES THROUGHOUT THIS, UH, SELF LAND OF OURS.
AND I THINK AROUND THE WORLD, GOD HAS BEEN VERY KIND TO US AND THEY, IN THE LEVEL OF ATTENTION THAT HAS COME TO US, YOU HAVE POWERBALL AND YOU HAVE THE BALL BOYS.
YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE THE LAKERS INVOLVED HERE.
YOU HAVE, UH, YOU HAVE, UH, ROLLS ROYCES AND EVERYTHING ELSE GOING UP, PEYTON, UP, UP INTO THE HILLS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
IT'S LIKE BEVERLY HILLS SOMETIMES VERY SPECIAL, UH, WATCH OVER.
IT KEEPS THINGS SIMPLE THOUGH.
OUR, OUR, OUR FLAG, LIKE, LIKE THE REPRESENTATION RIGHT ABOVE THE RIGHT ABOVE THE MAYOR, THERE IS SIMPLE IT'S SIMPLIFIED AND IT SAYS EVERYTHING ABOUT US AS IT, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT LIVE HERE.
THANKS AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR US, WE PLAN TO GIVE IT BACK TO YOU IN RETURN.
THANK YOU, MR. SERVICE, RONNIE.
UH, AT THIS TIME, OUR NEXT COMMENT WILL BE FROM MR. JIM GALLAGHER, MR. GALLAGHER.
MAYOR CITY COUNCIL, UH, STAFF, AND ALSO FELLOW RESIDENTS.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE REDISTRICTING ACTIVITY THAT'S CURRENTLY GOING ON, AS I'M SURE ALL OF YOU ARE AWARE, UH, THE CALIFORNIA REDISTRICTING COMMISSION AS MEETING RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK FACT.
AND IT'S PRETTY INTERESTING HOW THEY'RE VISUALIZING OUR MAPS.
UH, LAST WEEK, CHINO HILLS WAS INCLUDED WITH RIVERSIDE COUNTY ALL THE WAY DOWN TO MARIETTA, WHICH KIND OF SHOCKED ME THIS WEEK.
THE MAPS ARE SHOWING THAT CHINO HILLS IS INCLUDED DOWN TO ORANGE COUNTY ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ANAHEIM AND WEST OF BUENO PARK AND CYPRUS.
UH, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S, THIS IS THE, UH, CONGRESSIONAL MAP I MIGHT ADD.
THE STATE SENATE MAP IS WEST FULLERTON AND BUENO PARK.
UH, SANTA ANA ORANGE IS SILVERADO CANYON ALL THE WAY DOWN TO MISSION VA HALL FOR THE STATE SENATE.
THAT'S THE CURRENT VISUALIZATION FOR THE ASSEMBLY DISTRICT.
UH, YOUR BELINDA WESTBRAE LAHABRA PLACENTIA AND SOUTH TO BRAIN TO VILLA PARK AND EL MEDINA.
SO EACH ONE TO ME IS INTERESTING BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T REALLY REPRESENT THE CULTURE THAT WE IN CHINO HILLS ARE.
AND I'M HOPING THAT IF THOSE ARE THE FINAL MAPS, WE'LL GET THE REPRESENTATION.
UH, THE COUNTY, UH, REDISTRICTING IS ALSO VERY INTERESTING.
I, IT LOOKS LIKE DISTRICT FOUR IS REMAINING PRETTY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE.
UH, IT'S GOING OUT TOWARDS THE AIRPORT AREA WHERE I THINK THE CENTER OF COMMERCE IS GOING TO BE IN THIS AREA.
AND I, I, I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PART
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OF THAT ECONOMY, AT LEAST REPRESENTED THAT WAY.NOW, MY QUESTION IS THIS, UH, OUR STATE OR NOT OUR STATE, OUR CITY REDISTRICT THING, YOU KNOW, I VISIT THAT.
I'M ALL SET TO USE A MAPPING TOOL.
I DID SUBMIT SOME MAPS FOR THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT AND THE STATE AND THE ASSEMBLY.
AND I ALSO MADE COMMENTS, BUT I DON'T SEE A MAPPING TOOL HERE FOR OUR CITY.
I SEE THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE DECEMBER 14TH.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS.
IN FACT, LEE HERE AND I PARTICIPATED LAST TIME TOGETHER AND SUBMITTED SOME MAPS AND WE WERE PROUD TO DO THAT.
WHEN ARE THE MAPPING TOOL IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE AND YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP? SO THANK YOU.
WHAT'S THAT SAYING? NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, 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, KIND OF A COUNCIL MEMBER ABSTENTION SHALL BE STATED AT THIS TIME FOR RECORDATION ON THE APPROPRIATE ITEM.AND I HAVE A CONFLICT ON ITEM 21.
AND AT THE TIME THAT ITEM 21 IS HEARD, I WILL BE RECUSING MYSELF AND LEAVING THE WELL LEAVING THE COUNCIL CHAMBER AND MOST LIKELY CITY HALL, UM, UH, DUE TO THE FACT THAT MY EMPLOYER, ERIC HALIAN ENTERPRISES, WHICH DOES BUSINESS AS ATHENS SERVICES IS ONE OF THE COMPANIES LISTED ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA.
SO I WILL BE LEAVING AS I'VE DONE THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
[ CONSENT CALENDAR (13 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.]
WITH THAT, WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO, UH, THE CONSENT CALENDAR.UH, WE ARE GOING TO BE PULLING ITEM 11 TO BE HEARD AT A FUTURE DATE.
UM, SO WITH THAT, WERE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO PULL ART? NO.
WE WILL BE MOVING ITEMS. 7 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 AND 19.
SO WAS A MOTION SECOND AND WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH WITH THAT.
[20. Introduce Ordinance regarding collection and processing requirements for organics and recyclables entitled: "An Ordinance of the City of Chino Hills Amending in Their Entirety Chapter 13.20 (Integrated Waste Management System), Chapter 13.24 (Bins for Solid Waste and Recyclable Materials), and Chapter 13.36 (Large Venue and Event Waste Reduction) of the Chino Hills Municipal Code and Finding the Project Exempt From Review Under the California Environmental Quality Act" - For first reading by title only and waive further reading]
ONTO THE DISCUSSION CALENDAR.THIS PORTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA IS FOR ALL ITEMS WHERE STAFF AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS ANTICIPATED.
PLEASE COMPLETE AND SUBMIT A SPEAKER CARD.
THE CITY CLERK COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.
AND OUR FIRST ITEM IS ITEM 20, INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE REGARDING COLLECTION AND PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS FOR ORGANIC AND RECYCLABLE RECYCLABLES AND TITLED AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS AMENDING IN THEIR ENTIRETY.
CHAPTER 13.20 INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, CHAPTER 13.24 BINS FOR SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLABLE MATERIALS AND CHAPTER 13.36 LARGE VENUE AND EVENT WASTE REDUCTION OF THE CHINO HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE AND FINDING THE PROJECT EXEMPT FROM REVIEW UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT.
AND THIS IS FOR FIRST READING BY TITLE ONLY AND WAIVE FURTHER READING.
WE WILL BE HEARING A REPORT FROM OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, MR. ROD HILL.
WELL, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
THE ITEM BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING AMENDS SEVERAL CHAPTERS OF THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL CODE IN RESPONSE TO CHANGES MANDATED BY SENATE BILL 1383, WHICH WAS INTENDED TO REDUCE METHANE GAS EMISSIONS RELATED TO ORGANIC WASTE.
THIS EVENING, WE HAVE DEBBIE MORRIS FROM HF AND H CONSULTING TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF SB 1383, UH, HF AND H HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE RELATED TO SOLID WASTE, INCLUDING ASSISTING THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF RESOURCES, RECYCLING AND RECOVERY IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND DRY OF DRAFT SB 1383 ORDINANCES.
AND AT THIS TIME I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DEBBIE FOR HER PRESENTATION.
GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
I'LL BE DISCUSSING WITH YOU TODAY.
SENATE BILL 1383 AND THE MANDATORY ORGANICS AND RECYCLING ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS.
FIRST, WE'LL BE GOING OVER A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF 1383 THIRD SB 1383 IS ONE OF THE LARGEST SOLID WASTE NOR ORGANICS BILLS THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED IN CALIFORNIA, PROBABLY SINCE, UH, 1990, WHEN AB 9 39 WAS PASSED, WHICH REQUIRED THAT CITIES REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF SOLID WASTE GOING TO LANDFILLS BY 50%, THEN WE'LL BE GOING OVER THE MANDATORY RECYCLING AND, UM, ORGANICS ORDINANCE.
AND THEN WE'LL BRIEFLY GO OVER WHAT THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE CITY ARE.
SO SB 1383, IT REALLY ADDRESSES THE CLIMATE CHANGES, NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON CALIFORNIA.
AND ONE OF THOSE BIG BIGGEST EMITTERS IS THE ORGANIC
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WASTE THAT GOES INTO LANDFILLS THAT AS IT, UM, D UM, DECOMPOSES, IT CREATES METHANE GAS, WHICH IS THEN RELEASED INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.AND THAT'S ONE OF THE TARGETS OF SB 1383 IS TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF FOOD WASTE, FOOD WASTE, AND OTHER ORGANIC WASTE, WHICH IS GOING INTO LANDFILL TO COMBAT THOSE, THE RELEASE OF THAT METHANE GAS.
SO RIGHT NOW, IN 2017, CALIFORNIANS DISPOSED OF APPROXIMATELY 27 MILLION TONS OF ORGANIC WASTE AND LANDFILLS.
AND SOME OF THAT WAS EDIBLE FOOD.
AND WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT EDIBLE FOOD, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT MAYBE THE APPLE THAT YOU THROW OUT AT HOME OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT WHAT IT'S TARGETING IS EDIBLE FOOD GENERATORS, LIKE YOUR RESTAURANTS, LIKE YOUR FOOD DISTRIBUTORS, THAT AT THE END OF THE EVENING, OR THE END OF THE SHIFT, THEY HAVE THIS GOOD EDIBLE FOOD THAT CAN THEN INSTEAD OF BEING LANDFILLED, IT CAN THEN BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH A FOOD RECOVERY ORGANIZATION, TO THE PEOPLE IN NEED IN THE COMMUNITY AND AT THE LAST SURVEY.
AND THEY'RE ONE AND EIGHT CALIFORNIANS ARE FOOD AND SECURE.
AND ONE IN FIVE CHILDREN IN CALIFORNIA ARE FOOD INSECURE.
SO THEY'RE REALLY TRYING TO MOVE THAT NEEDLE AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET THAT FOOD TO THOSE IN NEED THE SB 1383 TIMELINE RIGHT NOW, WE'RE WORKING TOWARD THAT CENTER BAR THAT JANUARY 1ST, 2022 BAR.
AND THAT'S WHAT ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF SB 1383 IS THE PASSAGE OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES OR ENFORCEABLE MECHANISMS. AND AGAIN, WHAT WE'LL BE SPEAKING ABOUT TODAY IS THE LARGEST OF THOSE ORDINANCES, WHICH IS THE MANDATORY RECYCLING AND ORGANICS ORDINANCE, SB 1383, ALSO SET STATEWIDE GOALS FOR 2030, UH IT'S TO REDUCE BLACK CARBON BY 50%.
AND THE EMITTERS OF BLACK CARBON ARE DIESEL FUEL WOOD AND COLD BURNING FACTORIES AND HOMES AND FOREST FIRES AND FOREST FIRES.
WE KNOW WE'VE HAD AN ISSUE IN CALIFORNIA WITH THOSE LATELY METHANE GAS AGAIN, OR METHANE AGAIN, COMING FROM THE ORGANICS DECOMPOSING IN THE LANDFILLS, BUT ALSO SB 1383 TARGETS, DAIRY FARMS AND OTHER LARGE METHANE AND METERS.
AND THEN YOUR, UM, HYDROFLUORIC CARBON GASES.
AND THESE ARE YOUR AEROSOLS, YOUR REFRIGERATE, YOUR REFRIGERANTS, AND YOUR AIR CONDITIONERS, THE JURISDICTION COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS, AND SB 1383 JURISDICTIONS ARE REQUIRED TO OFFER, UM, ORGANICS COLLECTION PROGRAMS AND INSPECT AND ENFORCE COMPLIANCE, RECOVER EDIBLE FOOD, WHICH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, EDUCATE GENERATORS ON 1383.
AND WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT GENERATORS, HOW THEY'RE DEFINED UNDER SB 1383 IS ANY ORGANIC GENERATOR.
SO THAT MEANS EVEN RESIDENTS BECAUSE ORGANICS ARE DEFINED UNDER SB 1383 AS FOOD WASTE YARD WASTE.
UM, THEY ALSO HAVE PAPER AND OTHER FIBROUS PRODUCTS ARE, UM, CLASSIFIED AS ORGANIC WASTE UNDER SB 1383.
AND SO WITH THAT, EVEN YOUR RESIDENTS WILL HAVE TO HAVE A FOOD WASTE PROGRAM ALONG WITH THEIR GREEN WASTE PROGRAM.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY TARGETING ALL OF THE OTHER ORGANICS GENERATORS.
THERE'S ALSO A PROVISION TO PROCURE RECOVERED ORGANIC WASTE PRODUCTS.
AND THIS IS AN ORDER TO STIMULATE MARKETS FOR THESE PRODUCTS THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA.
AND THEN WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT IS IMPLEMENTING THE ORDINANCES AND POLICIES.
SO THE MANDATORY RECYCLING AND ORGANICS ORDINANCE, THIS UPDATES YOUR CURRENT MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 1320, AND THE AREAS THAT THIS WILL COVER IS THE COLLECTION AND PROCESSING OF ALL ORGANICS, INCLUDING FROM RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS AND RECYCLABLES CONTAMINATION MINIMIZATION.
SO WHAT IT WANTS TO REALLY TARGET AS MAKING SURE THAT THOSE ORGANICS ARE FREE OF ANY CONTAMINANTS AND THE RECYCLABLES ARE FREE OF ANY CONTAMINANTS.
SO THERE ARE SPECIFIC CONTAMINATION PROCEDURES INCLUDED IN 1383.
THERE ARE VERY PRESCRIPTIVE FACILITY STANDARDS WHERE THAT MATERIAL CAN GO.
THERE'S AN EXPANDED SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDED REPORTING ON AN ONGOING BASIS, WHICH A CITY WILL HAVE TO TAKE ON.
AND THEN WE'LL BE HELD BY THE SOLID WASTE COLLECTOR.
ALSO THERE'S A COLLECTION APPROVAL OF COLLECTION WAIVERS.
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COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES AND MULTIFAMILY COMPLEXES CAN APPLY FOR A DIMINIMOUS WAIVER, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY MAY MEET THE DIMINIMOUS STANDARDS OF THE ORGANIC WASTE INCLUDED IN THEIR SOLID WASTE STREAM, THEIR SPACE CONSTRAINT WAIVERS, AND THEIR SELF HALLWAY WAIVERS, EDIBLE FOOD GENERATORS, AND FOOD RECOVERY ORGANIZATION COMPLIANCE YOUR EDIBLE FOOD GENERATORS ACTUALLY HAVE TO HAVE A CONTRACT AND AGREEMENT WITH A FOOD RECOVERY ORGANIZATION TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING THAT EDIBLE FOOD TO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS FOR DISTRIBUTION THERE'S ISSUANCES OF NOTICE OF VIOLATION FOR PEOPLE THAT AREN'T ORGANIC GENERATORS, WHICH ARE NOT COMPLYING WITH 1383 AND THE ISSUANCE OF CIVIL PENALTIES, WHICH BEGAN JANUARY 1ST, 2024.SO OUR NEXT STEPS TONIGHT WERE AT OUR FIRST READING NOVEMBER 9TH, 2021.
THE SECOND READING IS SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 23RD, 2021.
AND THEN THE SB 1383 REQUIREMENTS TAKE EFFECT JANUARY 1ST, 2022.
SO IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME REGARDING THIS, AND I THINK IT WOULD PROBABLY BE BETTER ANSWERED BY BEN, UH, THE REQUIREMENTS OF SB 1383, WHICH WERE GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, WE'RE GOING TO BE HEARING ABOUT OUR WASTE CONTRACT COMING UP NEXT ARE, IS THE RFP THAT WAS SENT OUT GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RESPONSES AND WHOEVER WE SELECT IS GOING TO BE SUBJECT TO THESE PROVISIONS AND, UH, BE ABLE TO SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS LEGISLATION.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR HER.
UM, I'M ASSUMING THIS, THIS IS AN UNFUNDED MANDATE FROM THE STATE.
SO AS FAR AS STAFFING FOR REPORTING OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH, WE'RE GOING TO BEAR THE COST OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS.
AND THEN, UM, CAN YOU GO OVER THE WAIVERS AGAIN? THAT ONE? YES.
WHAT DOES DO SO THE DEPENDENT, WHAT THE DIMINIMUS WAIVER IS IF A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS OR A MULTIFAMILY COMPLEX HAS MORE THAN TWO CUBIC YARDS OF COLLECTION.
AND THAT'S, IF YOU THINK ABOUT, THINK ABOUT A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS AND YOU KIND OF SEE THOSE DUMPSTERS, RIGHT? THOSE ARE USUALLY THREE CUBIC YARDS, THE MOST COMMON.
SO A LITTLE BIT SMALLER THAN THAT WOULD BE A TWO CUBIC YARD.
IF THEY CREATE LESS THAN 20 GALLONS PER WEEK OF ORGANIC WASTE, THEY CAN GET A DIMINIMOUS WAVER.
NOW, IF THEY HAVE LESS THAN TWO CUBIC YARDS OF SERVICE, THEN IT GOES DOWN TO 10 GALLONS OF ORGANIC WASTE PER WEEK, THEN THEY CAN GET A DIMINIMOUS WAVER.
UM, THE, BECAUSE YOU BROUGHT THAT UP, I'M GOING TO EXPAND A LITTLE BIT ON THE SPACE CONSTRAINT, UM, WAIVERS, CAL RECYCLE, WHO'S THE AGE OF THE STATE AGENCY THAT OVERSEES THIS BILL AND COMPLIANCE WITH THIS BILL.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT THOSE SPACE CONSTRAINT WAIVERS AS A TEMPORARY ISSUE BECAUSE THEY REALLY WANT THE CITY AND THE HOLLER TO WORK WITH THOSE BUSINESSES AND THOSE MULTIFAMILY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO HAVE ROOM FOR ALL THE THREE WASTE STREAMS, THE REFUSE RECYCLABLES AND THE ORGANICS.
IT'LL BE CHALLENGING IN SOME OF OUR SHOPPING CENTERS, BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY A CHALLENGE WITHOUT HAVING THE ADDITIONAL BIN.
BUT, UM, THEN THE LAST THING I KNOW THAT THEY'LL, THESE WILL BE DETAILS THAT WE TALK ABOUT LATER, BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT CONTAMINATION PROCEDURES, I DON'T WANT TO SAY ROLL MY EYES, BUT YEAH, I DID ROLL MY EYES BECAUSE WE'RE IN A DROUGHT.
SO WHEN THEY DEFINE CONTAMINATION AND WE SUPPOSED TO RINSE OUT OUR PLASTIC BEFORE WE PUT IT IN, AND THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY'RE EARMARKING AND SB 1383 FOR CONTAMINATION, WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT IS, OKAY, YOUR ORGANIC WASTE STREAM, IS THERE TRASH IN THERE? OR IS IT JUST PURELY ORGANICS, YOUR RECYCLING WASTE STREAM? ARE THERE ORGANICS OR TRASH IN THERE? SO THOSE WOULD BE CONTAMINANTS.
SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR WHEN THEY'RE DOING THE CONTAMINATION REVIEWS IS THEY'RE LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WASTE STREAMS ARE CLEAN AND THAT THE ONLY THAT MATERIAL THAT WOULD BE WITHIN THAT WASTE STREAM, AS FAR AS YOU RINSING YOUR RECYCLABLES OUT AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, THAT WOULDN'T BE A CONTAMINATION ISSUE UNDER SB 1383.
NOW YOUR HOLLER MIGHT, YOU KNOW, TELL YOU THAT YOU NEED TO RENT THOSE OUT AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN'T ACCEPT THOSE, BUT THAT DOESN'T FALL UNDER THE 1383 CONTAMINATION PROTOCOLS.
I THINK THAT MORE REFERS TO, YOU KNOW, I THINK HOW MANY OF US HAVE HAD A TRASH CAN OR RECYCLING BIN GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT TOO FULL AND PEOPLE THINK THEY'RE SNEAKY AND THROW SOMETHING IN THE GREEN BIN.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO AVOID WITH THIS TYPE OF STUFF.
UM, WITH THAT, WE HAD ONE PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, MS. UH, KRISTEN
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GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.I LOVE CHINO HILLS AND I APPRECIATE THAT IT'S A CLEAN, SAFE, AND GREAT PLACE TO LIVE TO ME.
ONE OF THE THINGS IMPORTANT ABOUT HOW WE DO THINGS IN CHINO HILLS IS OUR FOCUS ON OUR ENVIRONMENT.
I WANTED TO SPEAK UP AND SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THE CITY'S APPROACH TO COMPLYING WITH THE STATE WASTE AND RECYCLING REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING AB 1383 AND OUR CITY'S WASTE AND RECYCLING PROGRAM KEEPS PROTECTING OUR ENVIRONMENT AS TOP PRIORITY.
I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCIL AND STAFF FOR DOING JUST THAT WHEN THE CITY GOES FORWARD AND CONSIDERS A HOLLER, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU CONSIDER ENSURING THAT THE HOLLERS RECORD ON IMPROVING RECYCLING PROGRAMS IS FRONT AND CENTER.
I'LL BRING IT BACK AND I WILL MOVE THE ITEM.
WE HAVE A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ.
THEN WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO CALL AN AUDIBLE AND BRING UP ITEM 22, UH, AUTHORIZED 3% COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS FOR CITY MANAGER COMMENCING ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2021, SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2022.
AND WHAT DO YOU KNOW, SEPTEMBER 20 OR SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2023, CONSISTENT WITH THESE, UH, PROVIDED TO EXECUTIVE STAFF IN ACCORDANCE WITH AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE ON AGREEMENT A 2019 DASH FIVE FIVE WITH BENJAMIN MONTGOMERY.
SO WITH THAT, MAYBE AS YOUR COUNCIL, THIS ITEMS BEING BROUGHT FORWARD TONIGHT, IT'S, UM, IT'S REALLY KIND OF A HOUSEKEEPING MATTER AT THIS POINT IN TIME, BUT UNDER, UH, LEGAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE, WHENEVER THE CITY MANAGERS, UM, COMPENSATION IS CHANGED, ALTHOUGH THIS WAS AGREED TO, UM, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, IT NEEDS TO BE PUBLICLY APPROVED AS WELL AS A NEW SALARY SCHEDULE.
UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY BEING CONSERVATIVE BY DOING IT THIS WAY, BUT, UM, THE LAW WAS CHANGED SEVERAL YEARS AGO, SO THAT, UM, ANYTIME THERE WAS A CHANGE IN COMPENSATION FOR THE CITY MANAGER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE, UH, DONE IN A, NOT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, IN A VERY PUBLIC FASHION AND WITH, UH, A LITTLE DETAIL PROVIDED.
SO WITH THAT TO GIVE THEM THE COUNCIL EARLIER THIS YEAR, AGREED TO GIVE THE CITY MANAGER A CERTAIN, UM, RATE OR RAISE, UM, OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.
AND THEN, UM, CONSISTENT WITH THE EXECUTIVE STAFF WHO GET COSTS OF LIVING ON THEIR SALARIES.
THE CITY MANAGERS WOULD RE UM, SALARY WOULD BE RAISED, UH, COMMENSURATE WITH THOSE INCREASES.
UM, THE, AGAIN, THIS IS GIVING THE SAME, THE CITY MANAGER, THE SAME, UH, RES AS THE EXECUTIVE GROUP, THEN C MANAGER'S SALARY WILL BECOME 241,428.
AND THEN ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2022, IT WILL BECOME $248,676.
AND ON SEPTEMBER ONE, TWO ON EACH 23, IT'LL BECOME $268,944.
AND WITH THAT, I WOULD RECOMMEND THE COUNCIL.
COULD I SAY THAT GREEN CORRECTLY UP? OH, I'M SORRY.
UM, I PICKED UP THE CURRENT, SO THAT WAS TO GET THIS CORRECTLY.
UM, AND THIS FONT'S VERY SMALL.
UH, IT'S SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2020 1, 22 48, 6 76 ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2022.
AND ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2023, IT'S 2 98, 56.
AND SO WITH THAT, I BELIEVE WE COMPLY WITH THE LAW AND THE COUNCIL IT'S READY FOR ACTION.
THANK YOU, MR. CITY ATTORNEY MANAGED TO THE CLERK.
DO YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE SIDE? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC SHANNON HEARING.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY A COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT.
SECOND, WE HAVE A SECOND BY A COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS.
[21. Select companies for final stage of selection process for City-wide Integrated Solid Waste Management Services agreement; authorize City Manager and City Attorney to revise and finalize draft agreement; and circulate final agreement to selected haulers for final rate proposal and return final recommendation for award of contract for City Council consideration]
NOW WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO ITEM 21, HAVE FUN KIDS.WITH THAT, MR. VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ WILL BE SURE THIS WORKS.
OKAY, SO AT THIS TIME I'M GONNA CALL UPON THE CITY MANAGER AND INTRODUCE THE STAFF REPORT AND MOVE THIS THING FORWARD.
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HAS, UH, TONIGHT IT IS, UH, STAFF'S, UH, PLEASURE TO BRING FORWARD THE SELECTION OF A COMPANY FOR THE FINAL STAGE OF OUR SOLID WASTE, UH, RFP PROCESS, UH, FOR A LITTLE HISTORY FOR THE AUDIENCE.UH, THE CITY'S CURRENT SOLID WASTE AGREEMENT EXPIRED IN, UH, JANUARY 31ST, 2021.
WE EXTENDED THAT TIMEFRAME IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THIS, UH, RFP PROCESS.
AND CURRENTLY IT RUNS THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2022.
UH, WE HAVE HAD A, A PRETTY DIVERSE TEAM ENGAGED IN THIS, UH, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, UH, WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, ROD HILL, AND THE SUPPORT OF, UH, UH, ADDITIONAL STAFF, OUR, UH, MANAGEMENT ANALYSTS.
UH, GOSH, THIS IS SUSAN SHAKER.
UM, MY WHOLE TEAM KNOWS MY BRAIN GOES BLANK.
IS IT, UH, IN ADDITION, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UH, HAS BEEN INVOLVED AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, UH, LATE IS THAT WITH HF AND H A CONSULTANT HIRED ON BEHALF OF THE CITY WITH, UH, EXPERTISE IN SOLID WASTE.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE, UH, UH, IF IT'S THE VICE MAYOR IS A PLEASURE, UH, LATE TO COME TO THE PODIUM AND PRESENT THE, UH, PRESENTATION ON THE MATTER.
MY NAME IS
I HAVE BEEN DOING NOTHING BUT SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT WORK FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS.
UH, OUR FIRM HAS ASSISTED MORE THAN 300 CALIFORNIA CITIES WITH THEIR PROGRAMS. I'VE PERSONALLY NEGOTIATED MORE THAN $2 BILLION IN TRASH CONTRACTS OVER THAT TIME.
UM, MY COLLEAGUE DEBBIE MORRIS, WHO SPOKE TO YOU ON THE LAST ITEM, ALSO WORKED WITH ME ON THIS PROJECT AS WELL.
UH, SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, LET'S TALK SOME TRASH TALK.
I'LL BET YOUR PARENTS SAID YOU WOULD CLEAN UP IN LIFE.
YOU KNOW, MY DAD NEVER UNDERSTOOD HOW I CAN MAKE A LIVING AS A TRASH EXPERT.
AND HE WAS AN IMMIGRANT TO THIS COUNTRY.
ALWAYS SAYS, SON, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DO, BUT I KNOW ALWAYS HAVE A LOT OF TRASH, SO YOU'LL BE OKAY.
UH, SO OUR AGENDA, UH, COVER THE SCHEDULE.
SOME OF THE KEY TERMS TO THE CONTRACT, UH, GO OVER THE PROPOSALS, RECEIVED IN OUR EVALUATION, AND THEN I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO CITY STAFF TO GO OVER THEIR RECOMMENDATION FOR THE FINALISTS, UH, IN TERMS OF SCHEDULES.
UH, THIS HAS ACTUALLY BEEN A YEAR LONG PROCESS.
THAT'S BEEN COMPREHENSIVE AND THOROUGH, BUT WE RELEASED THE RFP IN MARCH EARLIER THIS YEAR.
SOME OTHER KEY DATES IN JULY, THE PROPOSALS WERE RECEIVED.
WE RECEIVED SEVEN OF THEM, WHICH IS A GREAT NUMBER THAT SHOWS YOU THERE'S A LOT, THE BIG RISK COMPETITION, A LOT OF INTEREST IN YOUR CONTRACT.
TYPICALLY YOU GET 3, 4, 5, SO SEVEN IS A REAL GOOD NUMBER.
PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN DOING BUSINESS WITH CHINO HILLS.
UH, WE THEN SENT OUT WRITTEN QUESTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS TO BE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTOOD EXACTLY WHAT THE COMPANIES WERE PROPOSING, INCLUDING OUR SUMMARY OF THEIR PROPOSAL.
THEY HAD A CHANCE TO BE SURE THAT WE GOT IT RIGHT.
AND THEN, UH, TODAY, NOVEMBER 9TH, UH, THE STAFF WAS GOING TO ASK YOU TO SELECT CONTRACTORS FOR FINAL NEGOTIATIONS OR FINALIZING CONTRACTS, UH, WITH A WARD SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IT'S CRITICAL THAT YOU AWARD IN JANUARY.
UH, YOU'RE PROBABLY ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE DELAYS IN ALL SORTS OF, YOU KNOW, THE SUPPLY CHAINS RIGHT NOW, UH, GETTING TRASH TRUCKS AND CONTAINERS.
IF YOU HAVE A NEW, IF YOU CHOOSE A NEW SERVICE PROVIDER, I'LL TAKE TIME AND WHEN TO HAVE A THOUGHTFUL TRANSITION, IF YOU CHOOSE A NEW SERVICE PROVIDER.
SO, UH, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO, TO FOLLOW THIS SCHEDULE AND TO AWARD IN A TIMELY MANNER.
OTHERWISE YOU'LL HAVE TROUBLE GETTING THE TRASH OFF THE STREETS, COME JULY.
UH, JUST SOME KEY TERMS OF NEW FRANCHISE AGREEMENT.
IT'S SEVEN YEARS AND SEVEN MONTHS LONG.
AND THEN THE CITY HAS AN EXCLUSIVE OPTION TO ADD TWO MORE YEARS AT THE END, IF YOU SHOULD CHOOSE TO, AT THAT TIME, CONTRACTOR WILL BE DOING ALL OF THE BILLING.
CURRENTLY, THE CITY BUILDS RESIDENTIAL AND THE COLOR BILL'S COMMERCIAL UNDER THE NEW CONTRACT, THE HOLLER WILL TAKE OVER ALL THE BILLING.
THEY'LL BE PROVIDING REGULATORY COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE WITH ALL THOSE MATTERS THAT DEBBIE BRIEFED YOU IN ON THE LAST PRESENTATION, INCLUDING, UH, THE FOOD WASTE PROGRAM, MOBILE FOOD RECOVERY ASSISTANCE, THERE'LL BE TWO COMPOSTS GIVEAWAYS RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO COME PICK UP PRE COMPOST TWICE A YEAR.
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ALSO BE A ANNUAL DOCUMENT SHREDDING EVENT AND THE TAX PAYERS PAPERS DOWN OR WHATEVER YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SHREDDED AT NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE, USUALLY REAL POPULAR PROGRAMS WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.SO WE RECEIVED SEVEN PROPOSALS AND THESE ARE THE COMPANIES HERE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
AND I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THE PROPOSERS.
IT'S A TREMENDOUS EFFORT TO PROPOSE ON THIS.
THE RFP PACKAGE IS MORE THAN 200, SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF THEM, FOR THEIR INTEREST IN WORKING IN CHINO HILLS, UH, ATHENS, UH, THE FIRST COMPANY LISTED HERE IS A LARGE PRIVATELY HELD COMPANY OPERATING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BURRTEC WASTE INDUSTRIES ALSO IS PRIVATELY HELD LARGE REGIONAL FIRM OPERATING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REPUBLIC SERVICES.
IS YOUR CURRENT INCUMBENT HOLLER MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANY, UH, OR BASER, UH, IS PARTNERING WITH WASTE RECO WITH AMERICAN RECLAMATION OR BASER IS, UH, FROM EUROPE AND TRYING TO GET A FOOTHOLD OUT HERE ON THEIR BACKSTOPPING THE CONTRACT WITH THE LOCAL WASTE HAULER AMERICAN REQ VALLEY VISTA SERVICES IS A PRIVATELY HELD COMPANY.
UH, WITH LOCAL FACILITIES, AWARE DISPOSAL IS A PRIVATELY HELD, UH, BASED DOWN IN SANTA ANA AND WASTE MANAGEMENT IS PUBLICLY TRADED, UH, LARGEST SOLID WASTE COMPANY IN NORTH AMERICA.
SO THIS CHART SORTS FROM LOW TO HIGH, THE TOTAL RATE REVENUES UNDER THE CONTRACT, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY THE TOTAL COST TO ALL THE RATE PAYERS COMBINED.
SO TO DO THIS, WE TAKE ALL THE RESIDENTIAL, THE COMMERCIAL, THE ROLL-OFF SERVICES, UH, MULTIPLIER, THE RATES TIMES THE NUMBER OF SERVICES TO COME UP WITH THE VALUE OF THIS CONTRACT.
SO YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE PROPOSALS RANGING FROM JUST OVER 8 MILLION TO MORE THAN $13 MILLION.
WHEN YOU ADD UP THE TOTAL, THE TOTAL CHARGES, UH, FOR CONTEXT, YOUR CURRENT CONTRACT, UH, WHICH IS A DIFFERENT SET OF SERVICES BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ALL THE AB 13 OR ALL THE SB 1383 PROGRAMS, BUT UNDER YOUR CURRENT CONTRACT, UH, YOU PAY ROUGHLY $8.8 MILLION.
SO, UH, IT'S, IT'S, UH, WAS SURPRISING TO ME THAT THERE WOULD BE ONE PROPOSER THAT WOULD BE WELL BELOW, EVEN WHAT YOU'RE CURRENTLY PAYING, GIVEN ALL THE NEW THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY THE NEW CON IN THE NEW CONTRACT.
SO I'M NOT SURE THAT THEIR BASE OR AR PROPOSAL IS, IS SUSTAINABLE ECONOMICALLY IN THE LONG TERM.
COULD I GET A CLARIFICATION? YOU SAID, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE PAYING TODAY? UH, $8.8 MILLION.
UH, AND THEN YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, WHERE VVS BASED MANAGEMENT ATHENS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, IN A GROUP THERE FROM 10.1 11.2 MILLION, THEN YOU HAVE THIS OTHER KIND OF GAP DOWN TO THE HIGHER COST PROPOSALS FROM REPUBLIC.
AND BURRTEC, UH, I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME INDIVIDUAL RATES, CAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS INTEREST IN INDIVIDUAL RATES, BUT THE BEST WAY TO VIEW THE CONTRACT FROM A COST PERSPECTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY IS TO LOOK AT THE TOTAL RATE REVENUES FOR THE WHOLE WHOLE PACKAGE, BUT OBVIOUSLY INDIVIDUAL RATES ARE IMPORTANT TOO.
SO I'VE HIGHLIGHTED THERE IN YELLOW, YOUR EXISTING RATE FOR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER $25 AND 2 CENTS, UH, WITH YOUR BASE OR PROPOSAL OF BEING WELL BELOW THAT THE S BEING SIMILAR IN THE ALL OTHER BEING ANYWHERE FROM A SMALL AMOUNT, LARGE AMOUNT, MORE, UH, THE COMMERCIAL RATES ARE MUCH MORE COMPLICATED BECAUSE YOU ALL, ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT SIZE CONTAINER, JUDITH, THREE YARD AND FOUR YARD.
AND ONE TIME, TWO TIME, THREE TIMES, FOUR TIMES, FIVE TIMES, SIX TIMES A WEEK.
UH, BUT I WANTED TO PICK OUT A FEW TO SHOW YOU SOME COMMON LEVELS OF SERVICE AND IN THE FUTURE, EVERYBODY'S GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A RECYCLING, CAN ORGANIC TAN AND A TRASH CAN.
SO I BUILT A COMBINATION OF ALL OF THOSE SERVICES FOR, UH, FOR AN EXAMPLE CUSTOMER.
AND SO IN THIS EXAMPLE, THE EXISTING RATE WOULD BE $440 THERE IN COLUMN D UH, WITH ONE COMPANY OR BASED FOR AMERICAN REC BEING WELL BELOW THAT AND ALL THE OTHERS BEING EITHER A SMALL AMOUNT OR A LARGER AMOUNT, UH, HIGHER IN THE CASE OF THE REPUBLIC PROPOSAL WOULD BE, UH, NOT QUITE TWICE THE CURRENT RATE.
UH, WE ALSO DID THAT FOR ANOTHER LEVEL OF COMMERCIAL SERVICE.
WHAT WE DID HERE IS WE ASSUME MORE ORGANICS IF A CUSTOMER NEEDED A TWO CUBIC YARD ORGANICS BIN, ALONG WITH THE TRASH AND RECYCLING SERVICES, AS OPPOSED TO JUST A 60 GALLON CAN.
AND ONCE AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE IN COLUMN D ORDER FROM LOW TO HIGH, HOW THE RATES STACK UP IN THIS CASE, UH, THE CUSTOMER IS, WOULD LARGELY BENEFIT FROM A RATE DECREASE EXCEPT UNDER THE PROTEC AND REPUBLIC PROPOSALS.
BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I HAVE A QUESTION PERTAINING TO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
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FOR RESIDENTIAL, OR WOULD YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION OF THE TOTAL OF THE TOTAL? UM, I HAVE THAT I CAN LOOK THAT UP.MAYBE WHEN WE, UH, LET ME, WELL, IF YOU GET TO IT LATER, JUST SORT OF, MAYBE I CAN ASK MY COLLEAGUE, DEBBIE, IF YOU CAN CHECK THE EVALUATION REPORT AND THE RATE REVENUE TABLES FIND A PAGE THAT AS THE BREAKOUT OF THE RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL, AND IMAGINE OUR CITY, IT'S A LOT LESS, AS FAR AS COMMERCIAL COMPARISON RESULTING.
I THINK I'LL ANSWER THE QUESTION WHEN WE'RE DONE HERE.
IF SHE DOESN'T FIND IT FOR ME, I'LL DIG INTO THE REPORT THEN.
I'M GOING TO TURN TO THE SUBJECT OF THE RESOURCES, FINANCIAL RESOURCES THE COMPANIES BRING.
AND SO WE LOOKED AT THE RATE REVENUES OR THE TOTAL ANNUAL COST OF THE CONTINENT, THE CHINO HILLS CONTRACT, COMPARED TO THE COMPANY'S TOTAL EXISTING REVENUES, TO GET A SENSE FOR, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH OF A LIFT WITH THIS CONTRACT.
A SO IF A REPUBLIC OR BASER BEING THE PARENT COMPANY, UH, WASTE MANAGEMENT AND ATHENS, THIS CONTRACT WOULD BE A VERY MODEST, UH, UH, INCREASE IN THEIR REVENUES, UH, AND FOR, UH, VDS AND WHERE IT WOULD BE A GREATER LIFT, UH, BURRTEC DID NOT PROVIDE THE INFORMATION THAT WAS, AND WE REQUESTED IT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TIMES.
UH, THIS CHART HERE SHOWS, UH, THE DIVERSION RATE AND THE DIVERSION RATE IS THE AMOUNT OF RECYCLING AND ORGANICS THAT GETS DIVERTED FROM LANDFILL DISPOSAL.
SO IT'S A MEASURE OF HOW SUCCESSFUL THEY EXPECT THEIR PROGRAMS TO BE DIVERTING, RECYCLABLE AND ORGANIC WASTE FROM THE LANDFILL.
AND THERE'S A GUARANTEE THAT THEY HAVE TO PROPOSE, AND IF THEY DON'T ACHIEVE IT, THERE'S PENALTIES IN THE CONTRACT FOR NOT ACHIEVING IT.
SO IT'S NOT JUST A LIP SERVICE ITEM.
SO, UH, VALLEY VISTA SERVICES PROPOSED THE HIGHEST GUARANTEE AT 56% OF WHAT THEY COLLECT, UM, ALL THE COMPANIES, EXCEPT FOR REPUBLIC, FOR PROPOSED TO INCREASE WHERE YOU ARE NOW AT 31%, I WOULD EXPECT IT TO INCREASE IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ALL THESE NEW RECYCLING AND ORGANICS PROGRAMS. SO TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF THIS, THE HIGHER IS THE BETTER.
HIGHER IS BETTER, MORE RECYCLING, MORE ORGANICS, RECOVERY BEING BETTER.
SO THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT IS 180 PAGES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND THEN IT WAS INCLUDED IN THE RFP PACKAGE.
AND EACH COMPANY WAS ASKED IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN THERE THAT THEY WILL NOT AGREE TO, TO LET US KNOW AND TO PROPOSE ALTERNATIVE LANGUAGE.
AND SEVERAL OF THE COMPANIES DIDN'T TAKE ANY EXCEPTIONS.
UH, SOME DID, UH, ATHENS TOOK FIVE, PUBLIC, TOOK EIGHT AND MISMANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT.
BURRTEC TOOK 22 AND 36, WHICH IS QUITE A NUMBER OF THEM.
UH, IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO REACH AGREEMENT, UH, WITH THOSE COMPANIES, UNLESS THEY'RE WILLING TO REMOVE THOSE EXCEPTIONS FROM THEIR PROPOSALS.
UH, THIS CHART SHOWS WHAT SOMETHING WE CALL THE MOD RATE, WHICH IS THE EXPERIENCE MODIFICATION RATE FOR THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION SYSTEM.
UH, IT TENDS, IT'S OFTEN VIEWED AS A MEASURE OF HOW WELL THE COMPANY IS DOING IN TERMS OF ITS SAFETY PROGRAMS. CAUSE YOUR WORKMAN'S COMP RATINGS ARE NOT GOOD IF YOU HAVE LOTS OF ACCIDENTS AND INJURIES.
SO ANYTHING THAT'S LESS THAN ONE IS BETTER THAN THE INDUSTRY AVERAGE.
AND WE CAN SEE HERE, FIVE OF THE COMPANIES ARE ACTUALLY BELOW, WHICH IS GOOD.
UH, THE, THE AR FIGURE IS SIMILAR.
UH, JUST A LITTLE ABOVE 1 0 1 WHERE IT WAS A BIT HIGHER.
AND THEN THIS LAST CHART IS JUST HERE FOR YOUR REFERENCE, ALL OF THIS INFORMATION.
I JUST WENT OVER WITH YOU AND THE INDIVIDUAL TABLES, BUT DO YOU WANT IT TO SEE IT IN ONE SPOT? I TOOK ALL OF IT AND PUT IT IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE COMPANIES WOULD RATE DIFFERENTLY ON THE DIFFERENT CRITERIA, BUT THEN THIS SAME CHART IS IN YOUR ABOUT WRITTEN EVALUATION REPORT THAT YOU HAD IN YOUR STAFF PACKET.
SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO THE CITY MANAGER.
AND I'M GOING TO LOOK UP THE ANSWER TO THE VICE MAYOR'S QUESTIONS ON THE RATE REVENUES.
UNLESS DEBBIE HAS IT RIGHT HERE.
WHEREAS HE'S LOOKING FOR THE RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL BREAKOUT RESIDENTIAL, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE ON SEPARATE PAGES.
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I'M GOING TO HAVE TOSO IT'S BACK TO YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER.
UH, SO THE NEXT STEP FOR STAFF WAS TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION BASED ON ALL THE ANALYSIS THAT WAS DONE, UH, BY THE
UH, OUR INTERPRETATION OF THE INFORMATION WITH, UH, UH, ALSO SUPPORT FROM THE LEGAL TEAM.
AND SO WHAT STAFF HAS PREPARED IN THIS STAFF REPORT IS TO HAVE A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ALLOW THE, UH, TOP FOUR, UH, HIGHEST QUALIFIED, UH, UH, HOLLERS PROCEED IN THE PROCESS.
UH, AND THIS WAS BASED, UH, UH, PRIMARILY ON THE EXTENSIVE COLLECTION EXPERIENCE, UH, DISCOVERED THROUGH THE REVIEW AND THEN THE SIZE OF THE COMPANY, UH, BASED ON THE NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS AND THEIR FINANCIAL RESOURCES.
UM, MUCH OF THAT WAS, UH, INCLUDED IN, UH, MR.
AS MR. ZACK POINTED OUT, SEVERAL OF THE COMPANIES HAD, UH, EXCEPTIONS.
UH, OUR, OUR PLAN, UH, WOULD BE TO REVISE THAT AGREEMENT, KEEPING SOME OF THOSE EXCEPTIONS, UH, REJECTING OTHERS, AND THEN, UH, CIRCULATING THAT FINAL AGREEMENT TO THE, UH, COMPANIES AS SELECTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, FOR A FINAL, UH, RATE PROPOSAL, AND THEN RETURNED TO THE CITY COUNCIL WITH A RECOMMENDATION BASED ON THAT, UM, UH, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
UH, WE HAVE OF COURSE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND I EXPECT THAT WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE HAULERS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD ALSO PRESENT TO COUNCIL.
THEN LET'S ASK THE VENDORS, CALL THEM A FIRST.
IS IT THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT OR ARE WE, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANT, I LIKE TO DO NORMALLY IT'S THREE MINUTES.
UM, WHAT IF WE BASICALLY BRING TOGETHER THE VENDORS AND WE'LL GIVE THEM AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF TIME, FIVE MINUTES.
SO FOR EVERY VENDOR THAT COMES UP HERE, YOU HAVE UP TO FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
IF YOU DON'T MIND SET OF THREE MINUTES.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JOHN GUEST BERRIEN, AMERICAN RECLAMATION.
UH, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, VICE MAYOR, MARQUEZ CITY COUNCIL, AND EVERYONE, IDA FIRST, LIKE TO START OFF AND SAY THAT WE APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME THE CITY'S TAKEN, UH, THE EXPENSE UPON GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND OR HF AND H DEBBIE AND LAYETH FOR GOING THROUGH ALL OF THESE PROCEDURES TO EVALUATE THE PROPOSALS.
UH, I AM THE VICE PRESIDENT OF AMERICAN RECLAMATION WHO PARTNERED WITH ARUBA, SIR, AS YOU GUYS SAW, WHICH IS A FOREIGN FIRM AND IS LOOKING TO MAKE A NAME FOR THEMSELVES IN THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MARKET.
SO WE'VE HAD A RELATIONSHIP TOGETHER FOR THE AT LEAST FIVE YEARS, BUT WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR LONGER.
AND WE'D BEGUN PUTTING THESE PROPOSALS TOGETHER WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
UH, WHAT WE DID AS A PART OF THIS PROPOSAL, WE WENT AHEAD AND WE EVALUATED ALL OF THE CITY'S NEEDS SERVICES.
SO IF YOU SAW WITHIN OUR PROPOSAL, WE HAD EXTENSIVE ENHANCEMENTS PUT UPON THIS.
AND WHEN WE HAD PUT TOGETHER THIS PROPOSAL, I, UH, WE ANALYZED THE ENTIRE, UH, CITY, THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
AND WE DID THIS IN EFFORT WITH OUR TEAM, BUT ALSO URBAN OR BIDDING TEAM, WHICH IS, UH, IN MADRID, IT'S THEIR CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS.
AND THAT TEAM HAS PUT TOGETHER 880 AGREEMENTS WITH THAT SPECIFIC TEAM.
UH, NONE OF THEM HAVE BEEN TERMINATED OR THEY'VE BEEN CANCELED PREMATURELY FOR THEM NOT BEING SUSTAINABLE OR THEM NOT FACTORING IN CERTAIN COSTS.
SO I DON'T PLAN ON THIS BEING THEIR FIRST ONE TO DO THAT.
AND LIKEWISE FOR OUR COMPANY, WE HAVE NEVER HAD A CONTRACT TERMINATED EARLY FOR STATING THAT WE UNDERBID THE PROJECT DIDN'T CONSIDER COSTS.
AND WE ARE VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE DIDN'T DO SO IN THIS INSTANCE, UH, TO GIVE YOU A BACKGROUND ON OUR COMPANY, UH, AMERICAN RECLAMATION HAS BEEN AROUND FOR OVER 60 YEARS.
UH, IT'S OWNED AND OPERATED, UH, AND FAMILY OWNED.
I AM A PART OF THE FAMILY AND, UH, I TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN WHAT WE DO HERE.
UH, AND EVERY COMMUNITY WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN, WE TAKE EXTENSIVE MEASURES TO BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY, UH, ACTIVE AND CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, COMMUNITY GROUPS, UH, SCHOOLS.
AND WE TRY TO MAKE OURSELVES FEEL LIKE WE'RE EMBEDDED WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY.
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LOOKING TO DO HERE IN CHINO HILLS.UM, A LOT OF OUR STAFF LIVES LOCALLY.
I'M ABOUT A FIVE TO 10 MINUTE DRIVE FROM CITY HALL HERE.
SO YOU WILL HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO US.
UM, AND THE MAIN REASON WE'RE SPEAKING HERE TODAY IS BECAUSE WE WERE DETERMINED THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE BID, UH, AND IT'S CONCERNING THAT WE ARE NOT ON STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO BE PUT FORWARD IN THE EVALUATION PROCESS.
UH, CONSIDERING WHEN WE SEE IT IS BASED ON EXTENSIVE COLLECTION EXPERIENCE AND THE SIZE OF THE COMPANY, UH, AND WHEN WE SAW IN THE EVALUATION, UH, OR, OR BUSSER IS OUR CORPORATE GUARANTEE TOUR, AND THEY ARE A PARTNER IN THIS AND THEY WERE DEEMED THE SECOND LARGEST PROPOSER BY SIZE, UH, CUSTOMER EMPLOYEES AND ANNUAL REVENUES OF 2.7 BILLION.
SO THEY HAVE FULLY BACKED THIS AGREEMENT.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE CONFIDENT IF THE CITY WERE TO FEEL THAT WE'RE NOT SUSTAINABLE.
THAT'S WHY WE BROUGHT IN THIS BACKING TO STATE.
UH, WE ALSO PROVIDED LETTERS OF CREDIT IN EXCESS OF 21 MILLION IN CASE THERE WERE ANY MISHAPS.
SO I THINK THOSE SHOULD SPEAK LEAPS AND BOUNDS AS TO WHAT WE'RE PREPARED TO DO FOR THE CITY.
UM, IN ADDITION, HERBICIDE HAS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING ADDITIONAL MANAGERIAL STAFF WAS EXECUTED RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTS, COMMERCIAL AND BLENDED AGREEMENTS.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THOSE IN PARIS, LONDON, ARGENTINA, UH, MADRID IS SERVICING OVER 1 MILLION RESIDENTS AS SMALL AS SMALLER CITIES, UH, WHERE THEY GO AS LOW AS 40,000 RESIDENTS.
SO THEY ARE WELL VESTED IN DETERMINING WHICH CITY HAS SPECIFIC NEEDS.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IN CHINO HILLS.
UM, WHEN WE LOOK, WHEN WE LOOK THROUGH THE ANALYSIS IS OF THE CITY AND EVERYTHING WE NOTED, LIKE I SAID, THAT WE WERE THE LOWEST PROPOSER, BUT THAT WAS NOT THE ONLY BENEFIT THAT RATE PAYERS WOULD SEE, OR THE CITY COUNCIL, WHAT WE DID AS A PART OF OUR PROPOSAL.
WE ANALYZED YOUR STREET, SWEEPING SERVICES, THE CURVE MILES THAT NEED TO BE SWEPT.
AND WE ASSESSED IT AT 150,000 TO A $200,000 COST ANNUALLY.
NOW, COMPARED TO THIS AGREEMENT, IT'S A NOMINAL AMOUNT.
SO WE DETERMINED TO GO AHEAD AND INCLUDE IT AS A FREE SERVICE.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE A 250,000 CITY STEWARDSHIP GRANT THAT WOULD BE DELIVERED UPON EXECUTION OF THIS AGREEMENT.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE THE SECOND HIGHEST DIVERSION RATE, WHICH IS GOING TO HELP YOU COMPLY WITH CAL RECYCLE SB 1383 IN THE STATE MANDATES THAT WE'RE SEEING, UH, COME INTO EFFECT.
SO I DO HAVE MORE TO SAY, BUT I'M OUT OF TIME.
SO I APPRECIATE YOUR GUYS'S TIME.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR YOU COMING TO LOOK TO MY LEFT.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS MY FAR LEFT? NO.
MARK HAS, I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT WE DID RECEIVE AN EMAIL FROM
THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED ON THE DICE AND PUT ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
AND THERE WAS A PERSONAL VISIT FROM, UH, AND WILLOW ROULEZ SOMETHING SANTIAGO.
SANTIAGO ANGULO IS HIS LAST NAME.
HE IS THE ONE WE WORKED THE MOST CLOSELY WITH ON THESE PARTNERSHIPS.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DAN KAPNER REPUBLIC SERVICES.
WELL, GOOD EVENING, VICE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN, SOME OF YOU I'VE SEEN MORE RECENTLY THAN OTHERS AT DIFFERENT EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT SOME I HAVEN'T SEEN, UH, UNTIL, UH, WELL BEFORE COVID, SO IT'S NICE TO BE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND, AND SEEING EVERYONE IN PERSON AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW THAT I'LL NEED MY FULL FIVE MINUTES, CAUSE I THINK MOST OF, YOU KNOW, REPUBLIC QUITE WELL AND YOU KNOW, ME QUITE WELL, I'VE BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY FOR 10 YEARS AND I'VE CERTAINLY ENJOYED, UM, ALL THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE IN ALL THE WAYS THAT WE CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND SERVE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE CHARITABLE GIVING THAT WE DO IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, OBVIOUSLY IF, UH, IN THE, UM, PROPOSAL THAT WE'VE MADE, WE'VE ACTUALLY STEPPED THAT UP IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF DOLLARS WE'RE COMMITTING TO THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF CHARITABLE GIVING.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOVE DOING, WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS ACTUALLY TELL YOU A FEW STORIES AND, AND REALLY YOU'RE AWARE OF THESE STORIES ARE MOST OF THEM ANYWAY, BUT I WANT TO TAKE YOU BACK IN TIME WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED 10 YEARS AGO, UM, WE HAD A DRIVER BY THE NAME OF ALEX WHO, UM, FOUND A PERSON FACE DOWN IN SOME BUSHES AND ALEX, UH, IMMEDIATELY CALLED NINE 11.
AND THEY CAME OUT AND RESCUED THIS WOMAN WHO HAD A MEDICAL EMERGENCY.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE LATER FOUND OUT THAT HAD WE NOT CALLED AT THE TIME THAT WE CALLED THIS, THIS PERSON PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE SURVIVED.
AND YOU ALL RECOGNIZED HIM WITH A PROCLAMATION AND RECOGNIZE HIM, UM, VIA THE CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE OF HIS HEROIC, UM, EFFORTS.
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I THINK THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF WHO WE ARE AS A COMPANY AND WHY YOU'VE CHOSEN US AND WHY HOPEFULLY YOU'LL CONTINUE TO CHOOSE US GOING FORWARD.ABOUT FOUR YEARS AFTER THAT, WE HAD A COUPLE OF, UM, DRIVERS IN A, UM, I THINK IT WAS A LOWE'S OR HOME DEPOT, A HOME CENTER PARKING LOT.
AND THEY CAME ACROSS, UM, A WOMAN WHO WAS BEING ASSAULTED BY A MALE INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUAL.
AND, UH, OUR DRIVERS CAME TO THE RESCUE OF THAT WOMAN.
AND, UM, THE ASSAILANT KIND OF SCURRIED OFF WE CALLED THE POLICE AND THEY ACTUALLY ARRESTED THAT INDIVIDUAL.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF, UM, PART OF WHO WE ARE PART OF OUR DNA IN TERMS OF LOOKING OUT FOR THE COMMUNITY AND YOU ALL AGAIN, RECOGNIZE THOSE TWO GENTLEMEN, ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, UH, MORE RECENTLY, UH, WITH COVID AND THE WHOLE, UM, SHUTDOWN OF THE ECONOMY, ESPECIALLY DURING EARLY COVID.
UM, WE WERE TRYING TO BRAINSTORM HOW, HOW WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID WAS WE IMMEDIATELY STARTED BUYING MEALS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND WE HAVE OVER 300 EMPLOYEES ON OUR CAMPUS AND WE PURCHASED A COUPLE OF MEALS.
I FORGET THE NAMES OF RESTAURANTS, ACTUALLY, MICHAEL WAS ONE THAT SELECTED THEM, BUT WE WANTED TO INFUSE SOME SPENDING HERE, UH, WITH THE RESTAURANTS WHO WERE REALLY HURTING AT THAT TIME.
AND WE BOUGHT, UM, MEALS FOR ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES AT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS HERE IN, IN CHINO HILLS.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S KIND OF A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW, HOW WE'RE DIFFERENT IN HOW WE, UM, KIND OF CHOOSE TO OPERATE IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER KIND OF REMINDER, ONE THING I WILL, UM, UH, BRING UP THAT MAY BE NEW TO YOU.
AND THAT IS HOW WE SERVICE THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
WE SERVE AS A KIND OF UNIQUELY, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR RESIDENTIAL LINE OF BUSINESS.
OUR DRIVERS COME INTO THE COMMUNITY AND THEY PROVIDE THE SERVICE DURING THE MORNING HOURS.
AND WE'RE ACTUALLY USUALLY OUT OF THE COMMUNITY, UH, BY MIDDAY.
AND, AND WHY IS THAT SIGNIFICANT OR IMPORTANT? A COUPLE OF REASONS.
ONE IS BECAUSE MOST RESIDENTS LIKE THEIR CONTAINERS TO BE SERVICED EARLY SO THEY CAN BRING THEIR CONTAINERS BACK IN EARLY, AND WE'RE NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, STRUGGLING WITH FOLKS, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO DO THAT LATER IN THE AFTERNOON, BUT THE SECOND, UM, KIND OF PRACTICAL REASONS BECAUSE WE REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF, UM, DRIVING IN THE COMMUNITY AND DURING THE LATER AFTERNOON HOURS, AND WE'RE NOT CON YOU KNOW, PART OF THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION THAT THAT CAN OCCUR BECAUSE WE TRY TO GET IN AND OUT.
AND NOW WE DO HAVE COMMERCIAL TRUCKS SERVICING LATER IN THE AFTERNOON, BUT OUR RESIDENTIAL TRUCKS ARE IN AND OUT BY MIDDAY.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S UNIQUELY DIFFERENT IN CHINO HILLS AND SOMETHING WE'RE PROUD OF.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING I'LL JUST POINT OUT IS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE YOUR INCUMBENT.
WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR MANY YEARS.
I'VE BEEN HERE PERSONALLY FOR 10 YEARS.
AND, UM, FROM A TRANSITION PERSPECTIVE, AS LAITH HAD INDICATED, UH, IN ANY SITUATION IT'S CHAOTIC AND A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT, UM, AND EVERYBODY WILL DO THEIR BEST, BUT IT DOES CREATE THOSE TRANSITION KIND OF, UM, UH, HURDLES.
AND WITH US, OBVIOUSLY YOU WOULDN'T HAVE THAT.
AND, AND THAT'S, UH, UH, ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL I'M ACTUALLY GONNA USE MY FULL FIVE MINUTES.
I DIDN'T THINK I WAS GOING TO ANOTHER REASON THAT YOU MIGHT CONSIDER REPUBLIC SERVICES.
SO AGAIN, JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, YOUR, FOR YOUR VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN TERMS OF THE, THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS THAT WE SERVED AND THE VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN TERMS OF NEGOTIATING AS WE MOVE INTO IN THE FUTURE.
AND IT AGAIN, GREAT TO SEE ALL, ALL OF YOU AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT WE HAVE DAVID PARIS FELT THIS STA VALLEY VISTA SERVICES.
GOOD EVENING, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
MY NAME IS DAVID PEREZ AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF VALLEY VISTA SERVICES.
WE ARE A FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED COMPANY THAT HAS BEEN SERVING THIS AREA FOR OVER 60 YEARS.
WE ARE A THIRD GENERATION GROUP OF BROTHERS THAT EACH HAVE 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE OF OUR OWN.
IN THIS INDUSTRY, WE HAVE SPENT THAT TIME DEVELOPING AND BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROCESSES TO SERVE OUR CLIENTS AND THE COMMUNITY.
AT LARGE, WE HAVE MADE INVESTMENTS IN ASSETS AND IN OUR PEOPLE THAT NOW MAKE US CAPABLE PROVIDING OUTSTANDING SERVICE AND WORLD-CLASS PROGRAMS. OUR FOCUS HAS BEEN IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY AND THE GATEWAY TO THE INLAND EMPIRE BECAUSE OF THIS.
WE NOW HAVE MORE ASSETS AND CAPABILITIES WITHIN A 10 MILE RADIUS THAN ANY OF THE OTHER COMPANIES.
WE ALSO VALUE THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE AND ARE INVOLVED IN MANY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
MOST OF WHICH ARE IN YOUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES, OR EVEN CLOSER TO HOME, SUCH AS BOYS' REPUBLIC, THE SOROPTIMIST CLUB, CHINO VALLEY, Y YMCA, THE RED BUCKET RESCUE.
AND OF COURSE THE MAYOR'S PRAYER BREAKFAST WHEN THIS PROCESS BEGAN, WHICH IS OVER A YEAR AGO.
NOW WE HAVE, WE HEARD CLEARLY AND OFTEN THAT THE CITY WANTED THE BEST SERVICES WITH REASONABLE PRICING PERFORMED BY AN
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ENGAGED AND PRESENT CONTRACTOR AND HAD GROWN WEARY OF THE LARGER FACE OF CORPORATION TYPE RELATIONSHIPS THAT HAD EXISTED.ALSO WHILE IN THE CONSULTANT'S REPORT, IT WOULD APPEAR THAT OUR COMPANY IS SOLIDLY IN THE TOP THREE RESPONDENTS.
IT IS SADLY THE OPINION OF THE STAFF REPORT THAT AT 16% OF OUR REVENUE, A CONTRACT WITH US IS TOO RISKY FOR THE, FOR THE CITY TO ENTERTAIN.
AND SOMEHOW BY NOT QUESTIONING THEIR OWN WORK PRODUCT SPEAKS TO SOME SORT OF LACK OF SOPHISTICATION ON OUR PART.
I WOULD GIVE YOU A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE AND CERTAINLY A MORE POSITIVE ONE.
I SUBMIT THAT WHILE 16% OF OUR REVENUE IS NOT ENOUGH TO SET US OFF BALANCE OR PUT US ON OUR HEELS, BUT CONVERSELY, IT IS ENOUGH TO ENSURE THAT YOU WILL HAVE OUR UNDIVIDED ATTENTION ALONG WITH ALL THE RESOURCES THAT WE CAN BRING TO BEAR, INCLUDING THE DIRECT INVOLVEMENT AND OVERSIGHT OF THE OWNERS.
MY BROTHERS, WHO ARE HERE WITH ME TONIGHT, BECAUSE YOU SEE THIS SORT OF CONTRACT WOULD MEAN MUCH MORE TO US AND OUR FAMILY OF EMPLOYEES, TUNA HILLS WOULD NOT BE ANOTHER NAME ON A LIST OF MULTIPLE CONTRACTS OR AN ENTRY ON A SPREADSHEET.
IT WOULD BE A VALUED AND RESPECTED CLIENT.
I CAN SEE NO VIABLE REASON THAT WOULD BENEFIT THE RATE PAYERS OF CHINO HILLS BY ELIMINATING US FROM THE FIELD AND ENSURING THAT THE RATE PAYERS WILL EASILY PAY AN ADDITIONAL $10 MILLION OVER THE COURSE OF THE CONTRACT, AT LEAST DEPENDING ON WHICH CONTRACTOR IS SELECTED AT THE END OF THE DAY, SERVICE ENGAGEMENT, PERFORMANCE AND PRICING IS WHAT DEFINES VALUE.
AND AFTER ALL, ISN'T THAT WHAT THIS PROCESS WAS ALL ABOUT TO BEGIN WITH.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT AND SAY THAT GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY, I GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.
WE HAVE ASHLEY RESENT, ROSATI ATHENS SERVICES.
WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE, UH, TWO SPEAKERS FOR ATHENS SERVICES, GARY.
CLIFFORD, DO YOU WANT US TOGETHER? WHERE ARE WE TAKING THEM TOGETHER OR TOGETHER FOR GOOD? WELL, FIVE MINUTES.
UM, WE'LL GET EVERYBODY UP HERE.
WELL, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR VETERANS IN THE ROOM AND ALSO AT HOME AND WISH THEM A VERY HAPPY VETERANS DAY COMING UP.
UM, GOOD EVENING STAFF COUNCIL AND FELLOW MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
MY NAME IS ASHLEY ROSATI AND I AM A GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS MANAGER AT ATHENS SERVICES.
I'VE HAD THE HONOR OF REPRESENTING ATHENS, YOUR CURRENT STREET, SWEEPING VENDOR HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY, WHERE I ALSO LIVE AS A GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS MANAGER.
I'M ABLE TO DO WHAT I'M MOST PASSIONATE ABOUT, WHICH IS SERVING OTHERS AT ATHENS.
WE'RE ENCOURAGED TO SERVE THROUGH OUR PASSIONS AND LEVERAGE OUR STRENGTHS.
ONE OF THOSE BEING OUR ABILITY TO NOTE EACH COMMUNITY AND ITS UNIQUENESS THROUGH THE BUILDING OF GENUINE PARTNERSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIPS, AS WE ALL KNOW, EACH COMMUNITY AND ORGANIZATION IS BUILT BY THE S UPON THE SUM OF ITS UNIQUE PARTS.
THE OPTIONS BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING CAN MOST LIKELY ON ITS SURFACE, THE TR PROVIDE YOU THE TRANSACTIONAL TASKS THAT YOU'VE ASKED THEM TO APPLIED FOR, WHICH IS TO PICK UP YOUR COMMUNITY'S WASTE AND RECYCLABLES, BUT YOU'RE NOT LOOKING FOR A TRANSACTIONAL PARTNER.
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE FULL PACKAGE.
OUR ORGANIZATION RECOGNIZES THAT OUR SERVICES IS NOT ONE SIZE FITS ALL, AND THAT'S WHY WE INVEST PROVIDING COMMUNITIES, THE OFFERINGS TO SERVE IT'S OWN UNIQUE GOALS AND NEEDS.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL YIELD MY TIME TO OUR VICE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, GARY CLIFFORD.
GOOD EVENING, VICE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF ATHENS SERVICES.
WE JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE BELIEVE IN STEWARDSHIP AND TAKING GOOD CARE OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
WE'RE VERY PROUD THAT WE'RE A FINALIST AND REPRESENTING ALL OF THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT WORK AT ATHENS SERVICES.
WE'RE HERE TO LISTEN AND WE'RE HERE TO IMPLEMENT WITH GREAT PRIDE AND GREAT STEWARDSHIP IN THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE RFP.
I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE LIZ RAMIREZ, WHO IS A VICE PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS.
AND ONE OF HER JOBS WILL BE THE OUTREACH OF 1383 AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN IN THE NEW CONTRACT.
AND THEN OUR, ONE OF OUR EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENTS, MATT, NICHOLAS, WHO WILL ACTUALLY BE RESPONSIBLE LOCALLY FOR THIS ACCOUNT.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT ATHENS IS WE'RE LOCAL.
ALL OF THE DECISIONS HAPPEN LOCALLY, SAME DAY AND OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER IS RIGHT UP THE STREET WITH ABOUT 85 PEOPLE JUST READY AND WILLING TO TAKE CALLS AND IMPLEMENT GOOD THINGS FOR YOU.
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GOOD EVENING.MY NAME IS LIZ RAMIREZ, VICE PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AT ATHENS SERVICES.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD THE PREVIOUS ITEM TALKING ABOUT SB 1383, YOUR ORDINANCE, AND THE MYRIAD OF, OF DIFFERENT OBJECTIVES FROM THIS NEW LAW.
WE'VE BEEN INVESTING IN THIS, UH, PREP PREPARING FOR THIS LAW, INVESTING IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR PEOPLE, OUR CAPITAL, EVERYTHING TO PREPARE ALL OF OUR CITIES, UM, FOR THIS NEW PROGRAM WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON BUILDING OUT OUR OUTREACH PROGRAMS, PREPARING FOR AS COUNCIL MEMBER MORGAN WAS ASKING ABOUT CONTAMINATION.
WE HAVE A ROBUST TEAM READY TO MANAGE THAT PROCESS AS WELL.
SO WE'RE WILLING, ABLE, AND EAGER TO START THIS PROCESS WITH THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
GOOD EVENING, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS MATT NICHOLAS EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT AT ATHENS SERVICES.
UM, I AM RESPONSIBLE AND WOULD OVERSEE THE OPERATIONS AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS CONTRACT.
SHALL WE BE AWARDED TO IT? WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE AND THANKFUL FOR BEING ONE OF THE FINALISTS AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY.
I ALSO HAVE WITH ME, MY ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER THAT WOULD BE HELPING TO OPERATE AND SERVICE THE CITY ARTURO WAS HERE.
AND AGAIN, HOW WE WANTED TO DEMONSTRATE OUR, UH, OUR WILLINGNESS AND DESIRE TO, UH, SHOW THE COMMUNITIES HERE THAT WE ARE HERE AND READY TO SERVE YOU AND DO SO WITH GREAT PRIDE HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AS THEY COME UP TONIGHT.
WE HAVE GLENDA CHAVEZ, WASTE MANAGEMENT.
DID HE MEAN CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF AND RESIDENTS THAT ARE PRESENT AND AT HOME AS WELL? MY NAME IS GLENDA CHAVEZ AND I AM THE PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGER FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT HERE IN THE CHINO VALLEY.
ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE AT WASTE MANAGEMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK CITY STAFF AND EGYPT AND H FOR ALL THE WORK THEY HAVE BEEN.
THEY HAVE INVESTED IN THIS RFP PROCESS AND WE WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE SELECTED AS ONE OF THE COMPANIES TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE RFP PROCESS FOR THE PAST 40 YEARS, WASTE MANAGEMENT HAS HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING, SEEN THE CHINO VALLEY, AND WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT OUR EXPERIENCED PERSONNEL, OUR NETWORK OF RESOURCES, ALONG WITH OUR EXTENSIVE LOCAL AND REGIONAL EXPERIENCE MAKES US THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR THE CITY TO COMPLY WITH SB 1383 MANDATES ON A LOCAL LEVEL, I WOULD LIKE TO RE I WILL BE REMINISCED TO NOT HIGHLIGHT THE ADVANTAGES.
CHINO HILLS WILL EXPERIENCE BY HAVING A LOCAL TEAM AND OPERATION AND DISTRICT JUST A FEW MILES AWAY.
WE ARE STRATEGICALLY LOCATED TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO ANY CUSTOMER CONCERN OR REQUEST FROM THE CITY.
LASTLY, WE WILL HAVE A STRONG PRESENCE IN YOUR CITY BECAUSE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRIDES ITSELF ON BEING MORE THAN JUST A WASTE AND RECYCLING PROVIDER.
ONE OF OUR HALLMARKS IS THAT WE TRULY VIEW OURSELVES NOT JUST AS A TRASH COMPANY, BUT A COMMUNITY SERVICE PROVIDER.
AND I'M LIKE, EVERYONE ELSE WILL, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE CLAIMED.
FROM WHAT I CAN TELL ON THE COMMENTS THAT IS ALL OF THE HOLLERS, UNLESS THEY DIDN'T LIST IT ON THEIR COMMENT CARDS.
SO WE WILL JUST GO ON TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THEY ALSO GET FIVE MINUTES, CORRECT.
AND EVERYBODY HAS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE FIVE MINUTES.
FRANK BOWLING AND BOWLING STAR.
VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF.
I'M A RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER THAT WORKED IN THE COMMUNITY THAT I GREW UP IN.
I'M NOW A CURRENT RESIDENT OF CHINO HILLS.
AND AS SOMEONE WHO CARES DEEPLY ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT AND ALL THE ISSUES IMPACTING IT, I RECENTLY READ UP ON ATHENS SERVICE, A WASTE COMPANY AND RECYCLING COMPANY THAT WHO IS BIDDING TO BE THE CITY'S WASTE VENDOR.
I NOTICED THEY HEAVILY INVEST IN THE ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES TO REDUCE THEIR CARBON FOOTPRINT, WHICH I FEEL ALIGNS WITH THE CITY'S CULTURE AND CORE VALUES.
SOME OF THE IMPRESSIVE DISCOVERIES THAT I'VE MADE WHILE RESEARCHING THIS COMPANY ABOUT THEIR FORWARD-THINKING ENVIRONMENT PRACTICES INCLUDE USE OF ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES, THEIR COMPOSITION PROGRAM FOR REUSE IN THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE WHILE REDUCING METHANE EMISSIONS, THEY'RE EDIBLE FOOD RESCUE PROGRAM, AND THE MYRIAD OF WAYS THEY DIVERT WASTE AND LANDFILLS, I FEEL AUTHENTIC
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TAKES THEIR STEWARDSHIP OF THE ENVIRONMENT VERY SERIOUSLY AND IS NOT ABOUT A BOTTOM LINE, THEIR INVESTMENT AND GROUNDBREAKING TECHNOLOGY TO LESSEN THEIR IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT, SHOWS OUR COMMUNITY WHERE THEIR VALUES LIE.I, FOR ONE HOPE THE CITY WAYS ENVIRONMENT IMPACT HEAVILY ON THEIR VENDOR DECISION MAKING PROCESS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
AS A HOMEOWNER, I'M VERY PLEASED WITH THE JOB THAT REPUBLIC HAS BEEN DOING.
THAT BEING SAID, I BELIEVE WE NEED TO FOCUS MORE ON LESS WASTE.
WE NEED TO GENERATE LESS WASTE.
WE HAVE A WORLD CRISIS GOING ON WITH THE ENVIRONMENT WE'RE BURYING OURSELVES IN TRASH.
THERE'S NO ACCOUNTABILITY AT THIS TIME.
HOW MUCH TRASH YOU GENERATE EACH HOMEOWNER PAYS THE SAME.
WHY I HAVE A METER FOR ELECTRICITY? I HAVE A METER FOR WATER.
WELL, WE GOING TO GET A METER FOR TRASH.
WE GOT TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT THIS.
IF WE WANT TO LEAVE A WORLD TO OUR GRANDKIDS.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, AND, UH, STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY I'D LIKE TO GIVE, FIRST OF ALL, A SHOUT OUT TO ALL OUR VETERANS IN THE ROOM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
I LIVE IN RIVERSIDE AND I'M ACTIVE THOUGH THROUGHOUT THE INLAND EMPIRE.
I HAVE A FEW COMPANIES, A GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY, A SPIRIT COMPANY, AND A GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS COMPANY.
THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT, UH, ARE OF INTEREST TO ME.
THAT'S THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE WASTE INDUSTRY PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT IT HAS ON THE COMMUNITIES.
AT ONE TIME, I USED TO BE VERY ACTIVE WITH CCA J, WHICH IS THE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
THAT SAID I'D LIKE TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT BEING GREEN, BEING GLOBAL AND HOW ONE COMPANY IN PARTICULAR IS DOING IT RIGHT.
AND HAS THEIR FOOTPRINT HERE IN THE U S AND IN EUROPE, THAT COMPANY IS UBER.
SARAH LEWIS, SARAH PROVIDES WASTE TREATMENT AND URBAN SERVICES IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
THEIR OPERATIONS ARE FOCUSED ON CONSERVING RESOURCES, CARBON REDUCTION, AND DELIVERING A CIRCULAR ECONOMY.
UBER SARAH'S A WORLD LEADER IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, A GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY ORIENTED COMPANY SERVING MORE THAN 50 MILLION PEOPLE IN 30 COUNTRIES THROUGHOUT, UH, THROUGH A NETWORK OF MORE THAN 40,000 EMPLOYEES.
AND OVER 160 SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES, UBER, SARAH HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN THE PROVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, BOTH NATIONALLY AND AT PRESENT.
THEY ARE ONE OF THE LARGEST ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE PROVIDERS IN EUROPE PROVIDING HIGH PROFILE PROFILE WASTE TREATMENT WASTE COLLECTION, AND URBAN SERVICES IN SUCH CITIES AS MADRID, BARCELONA, PARIS, LONDON, NEW DELHI.
WHEN OOCYTE IS SANTIAGO THAT SHE LISTS AND OTHER COUNTRIES SUCH AS SWEDEN, NORWAY, DENMARK, AND BAY BAY RING BY RAIN, ALL OF THEM, WHICH ARE AIMING FOR ZERO WASTE.
UBER SARAH'S VISION IS TO BE A BENCHMARK FOR SOCIETY AND A GLOBAL LEADER IN CIRCULAR ECONOMY BEING COMMITTED TO SOLUTIONS THAT TRANSFORM WASTE INTO RESOURCES.
THEIR MISSION IS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF CITIES AND TERRITORIES WITH EFFICIENT SERVICES AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY WILL BE, SARAH IS ABLE TO EFFICIENTLY REMOVE ANY TYPE OF URBAN OR INDUSTRIAL WASTE USING ALL THE SYSTEMS AVAILABLE ON THE MARKET, BOTH SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND.
UBER, SARAH IS A PIONEER IN THE USE OF CLEAN ENERGY, GAS, AND ELECTRIC
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AND COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS TO CONTROL SERVICES IN REAL TIME.AND LASTLY, IF THE CITY SELECTION IS BASED UPON SIZE AND COLLECTION EXPERIENCE, UBER WAS THERE AND THE GENTLEMAN HAD JUST POKED FOR AR THEIR PROPOSAL NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TONIGHT.
MY NAME IS LANCE STEVENS AND I LIVE IN CHINO HILLS.
I LIVE IN THE NORTH PART OF TOWN NEAR GRAND AND CHINO HILLS PARKWAY.
AND I'M SPEAKING TO YOU TODAY TO COMMENT ON THE IMPORTANCE OF VALUE WHEN CONSIDERING YOUR PATH FORWARD CONCERNING TRASH SERVICE FOR CHINO HILLS, WITH THAT THINS, WE RECEIVED THE HIGHEST QUALITY SERVICE THAT CHINO HILLS DESERVES AFTER SPENDING MORE TIME WORKING FROM HOME.
I'M MORE AWARE OF THE SERVICES, MY TAX DOLLARS GO TOWARDS THROUGH THE CITY.
I HAVE TO SAY IT'S REFRESHING THAT A CITY TAKES INITIATIVE TO ALLOW FOR A COMPETITIVE BID FOR CITY SERVICES.
I THINK COMPETITION FOR IMPORTANT CITY SERVICES IS HEALTHY AND ENSURES THAT WE AS A CITY, UM, AS A CITY RESIDENTS GET THE BEST DEAL.
ATHENS OFFERS A QUALITY CUSTOMER SERVICE, WHICH FURTHER REFLECTS THEIR COMMITMENT TO OFTEN OFFERING THE BEST SERVICE AT THE BEST RATES POSSIBLE.
I SEE THAT EVEN THE STAFF REPORT THAT THEY OBTAIN HIGH MARKS FOR PRICING, SAFETY, RESOURCES, AND EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE.
FOR THESE REASONS, I VIEW ATHENS AS HAVING THE BEST SERVICE OFFERINGS AT A PRICE THAT MATCHES THE QUALITY AND SERVICE WE DEMAND.
I'LL BE HAPPY KNOWING AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE GETTING THE BEST VALUE FOR CHINO HILLS.
GOOD EVENING TO EVERYBODY WHO'S PRESENT.
MY NAME IS DESTINY COLLINS, AND I HAVE A FEW WORDS THAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE ABOUT ATHENS SERVICES.
BUT BEFORE THAT, I'D LIKE TO SHARE A BIT ABOUT MYSELF AS WELL.
UM, I WAS RAISED IN ONTARIO, BUT I'M A PROUD PRODUCT OF CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL.
THE MEMORIES I MADE AND THE PEOPLE I MET IN THE CITY AT THE TIME LED TO MANY DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT TOOK ME AWAY FROM THE AREA FOR A LITTLE BIT.
BUT, UM, I RETURNED BACK TO START MY CAREER HERE AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL THAT I DID.
UM, THAT'S WHAT LED ME TO THE CHINO VALLEY CHAMBER IN WHICH I AM AN AMBASSADOR IN.
AND THAT'S KIND OF HOW I MET ATHENS SERVICES AND ASHLEY ROSATI.
UM, BUT SPEAKING ON ATHENS SERVICES, HOW DO WE KNOW THAT WE CAN TRUST THIS COMPANY TO ADD MORE VALUE TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, WHAT THEIR TRASH SERVICES WE KNOW BECAUSE THEY ARE A MAJOR PART OF THE REASON OUR STREETS CURRENTLY LOOK AS EXCELLENT AS THEY DO.
THEY DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB WITH STREET SWEEPING HERE ALREADY AND GO ABOVE AND BEYOND BY USING CLEAN VEHICLES FOR THEIR SERVICES AS WELL, BEING CLEAN DOESN'T JUST MEAN CLEAN STREETS.
IT ALSO MEANS CLEAN VEHICLES AND AN ENVIRONMENTALLY FORWARD WAY OF THINKING THAT LEAVES OUR WHOLE CITY CLEANER FOR THE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO VISIT OR LIVE HERE.
I WAS RAISED TO LEAVE PLACES BETTER THAN THEY WERE BEFORE I GOT TO THEM.
AND ATHENS IS GOING THE EXTRA MILE TO OPERATE WITH THE SAME VALUE ON A DAY BY DAY BASIS.
SO I HAVE A PERSONAL APPRECIATION FOR THEM AND THEIR SERVICES.
THEY KNOW OUR STREETS, THEY KNOW OUR COMMUNITIES THEY'VE BEEN HERE AND THEY LIVE HERE TOO THROUGH THE CHAMBERS YOUNG PROFESSIONALS COMMITTEE.
I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW MY FELLOW COMMITTEE MEMBER, ASHLEY WHO REPRESENTS ATHENS AND IS PRESENT HERE TODAY THROUGH HER SERVICE AND DEDICATION.
AND WHAT I HAVE LEARNED SINCE KNOWING HER, I HAVE FULL FAITH AND ASKED ATHENS TO DO THE BEST JOB WHEN IT COMES TO OPERATING OUR TRASH SERVICES.
CHINO HILLS IS A COMMUNITY THAT DEMANDS THE COMPANIES THAT OFFER VITAL SERVICES TO EXECUTE THEM WITH THE STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE.
SO ATHENS SERVICES WOULD BE A PERFECT FIT.
I WOULD LIKE ATHENS TO CARRY OVER THEIR OUTSTANDING STREET, SWEEPING SERVICE TO TRASH AS WELL.
I BELIEVE OUR CITY WILL BE BETTER OFF FOR IT.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME YOUR TIME TONIGHT.
THANK YOU, NICOLE HARRISON, THANK YOU.
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MEMBERS AND STAFF FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE.MY NAME IS NICOLE HARRISON AND MY FAMILY, AND I OPERATE A NON-PROFIT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION HERE IN CHINO HILLS.
I'M SPEAKING TODAY IN FAVOR OF ATHENS SERVICES TO BE OUR NEXT TRASH COMPANY FOR OUR CITY.
THEY HAVE SHOWN THAT THEY JOIN A COMMUNITY WHEN THEY JOIN A COMMUNITY, THEY FULLY COMMIT TO BECOMING AN OUTSTANDING MEMBER.
SINCE FIRST MEETING THE ATHENS TEAM SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AT A COMMUNITY EVENT, THEY HAVE NOT ONLY SUPPORTED.
THEY HAVE NOT, NOT ONLY BEEN SUPPORTIVE THROUGH VARIOUS RESOURCES, BUT WITH THEIR TIME TO VOLUNTEERING WHEN NEEDED AND ALSO RESPONDING WHEN IN NEED OF HELP.
THIS IS EASY TO UNDERSTAND CONSIDERING THEIR DEEP ROOTS AS A FAMILY OWNED COMPANY, THAT BELIEVES FAMILY IS A STRING.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE CAN'T SAY THE SAME.
WE CAN'T SAY WE'VE EXPERIENCED A SIMILAR CULTURE WITH ANY OF THE OTHER OTHERS BEING CONSIDERED THIS EVENING.
I UNDERSTAND ATHENS TO ALSO PROVIDE QUALITY SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY WORK OFTEN CONTRIBUTING TO LOCAL NON-PROFIT AND SUPPORTING EDUCATION PROGRAMS. THIS KIND OF INVOLVEMENT AND SERVICE CAN ONLY STEM FROM A FAMILY OWNED COMPANY.
THIS IS THE TYPE OF POSITIVE BEHAVIOR WE AS A CITY NEED TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT.
THIS IS WHY I SUPPORT ATHENS THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
MY NAME IS NICK STRAND AND I'VE LIVED HERE IN CHINO HILLS FOR ALMOST A DECADE.
UM, I WAS READING THE STAFF REPORT AND IT SEEMS TO ME TO ATHENS IS NOT ONLY IN THE MORE FAVORABLE OVERALL COST CATEGORY, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE THE MOST CITY FRANCHISE EXPERIENCE, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, SOLID WASTE FACILITY INFRASTRUCTURE, AND HAVE, HAS THE MOST FAVORABLE SAFETY RATING TO TOP THIS ALL OFF ATHENS IS, ARE ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH OUR STREETS AS THEY PROVIDE OUR STREET SWEEPING SERVICES.
AS MANY OTHERS HAVE MENTIONED, UH, AFTER LOOKING INTO ATHENS, THEY OFFER A BETTER DEAL FOR THE SERVICE SERVICES.
THEY OFFER AN ADDITIONAL AND ADDITION TO RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL ROLL OFF AND RECYCLING SERVICES.
ATHENS OFFERS CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION RECOVERY AND FOOD WASTE RECYCLING TO NAME A FEW ATHENS, EVEN ADJUSTED SERVICES DURING COVID TO MINIMIZE EXPOSURE IN THE COMMUNITY, WHICH SHOWS THEIR COMMITMENT TO SAFETY AND OUR COMMUNITY COMMUNITY'S HEALTH AND WELLBEING AS OUR HOMES, UH, INCREASINGLY BECOME A MORE PERMANENT PLACE WHERE WE WILL WORK IN PLAY FOR, UH, DURING THESE UNCERTAIN TIMES, I HOPE THE CITY PUTS OUR TAX DOLLARS TOWARDS THE COMPANIES THAT OFFER THE BEST SERVICES TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY LOOKING NICE.
AND, UH, PERSONALLY I'M ROOTING FOR ATHENS.
THAT WAS THE FINAL, FINAL SPEAKER CARD THAT WE HAD.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR COMMENTS.
SO MR. CITY MANAGER, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO NEXT? UM, AT THIS TIME I WOULD EXPECT THAT THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE QUESTIONS EITHER OF STAFF OR THE CONSULTANT TEAM DISCUSSION AMONGST YOURSELVES.
UH, WE'RE HERE AT YOUR PLEASURE TO MOVE FORWARD.
I'M GOING TO LOOK TO MY LEFT HERE AND THE MAN WITH THE MOST EXPERIENCE.
A COUPLE OF, UH, OF THE COMPANIES DIDN'T SEND A REP UP.
I'M JUST KIND OF WONDERING WHY A COUPLE DIDN'T ARE THEY REPRESENTED HERE THEN? THE COMPANIES ARE WITH BURRTEC IS, WAS ONE WHERE YEAH.
IT'S BARTEK HER WHERE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO, OKAY.
WOULD YOU LIKE FOR THEM TO COME DOWN WITH THIS? OKAY.
JUST, UH, WHY NOT? AS LONG AS IT SAYS, GIVE EVERYBODY, UH, WHO IS THAT? I'M NOT SURE YET.
UM, GOOD EVENING, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE PUBLIC.
MY NAME IS RICHARD
AND WITH ME THIS EVENING IS THE PRINCIPAL OF THE COMPANY AS WELL.
MR. KOHLBERG, UH, WE APPRECIATE, UH, THE CONSULTANTS' EFFORTS IN THIS PROCESS, CITY STAFF, AND LOOK TOWARDS THE CITY TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION FOR ITS COMMUNITY.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN A LOCAL, UH, HOLLER AND COMMUNITY MEMBER IN THE INLAND EMPIRE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
UH, FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED.
WE HAVE FACILITIES THAT I WILL CLAIM AS BEING UNMATCHED IN THE INDUSTRY AND THE LOCAL REGION FACILITIES INCLUDE ORGANICS PROCESSING, CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION PROCESSING, SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLABLES, UH, PROCESSING AND SEPARATIONS, AND EVERY OTHER ELEMENT THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS IS COMPLIANT WITH NOT ONLY SB 1383 REQUIREMENTS, BUT FUTURE ELEMENTS AS WELL.
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THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE AS WE BELIEVE THAT, UH, ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN SOME THINGS CITED IN THE STAFF REPORT THAT THEY ARE MERELY THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS WHERE WE CAN ENGAGE WITH THE CITY STAFF, THE CONSULTANT, AND DEMONSTRATE THAT WE DO IN FACT HAVE A GOOD SOLID PROPOSAL, NOT JUST FOR THE SHORT TERM, BUT HOPEFULLY FOR THE LONGTERM, WITH THAT.WE'RE ALSO HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
MARK, HAS WE HAVE ANOTHER PERSON WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? WHAT'D YOU JUST HOLD ON JUST FOR A SECOND.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE FROM WHERE DISPOSAL, KENDALL SEE ANYBODY? SO GO IN CHERYL LESION, DEER, VICE MAYOR, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY STAFF.
I'M HEARING GOOD PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING YET ABOUT HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ROUNDUP, OR ARE WE GOING TO BE CONTINUING TO USE THE ONE UP AT CHINO ON A, FOR THE CONTINUING NEAR FUTURE? SO THAT WAS MY QUESTION ON THAT.
IF I CAN, CAN YOU ANSWER THAT BECAUSE I KNOW SOME OF THE PROPOSALS DID STATE THAT PHENOMENAS TAKEN, SO WE DO NOT HAVE A HAZARDOUS HOUSEHOLD, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INCLUDED IN THE SERVICE.
WE WOULD CONTINUE TO CONTRACT THROUGH THE COUNTY AND OFFER THAT REMOTELY, SO.
OKAY, MR. PETER ROGERS, THE, UM, LET ME TAKE A LOOK AT ANOTHER, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FIRST YEAR RATES.
WHAT HAPPENS? I'M SURE IT'S BUILT INTO THE DOCUMENTS THAT WERE ON THE STAFF REPORT, BUT IS THERE A CONSISTENCY TO THE SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH YEAR RATES? IS IT A STANDARD PRACTICE AS FAR AS RATES GOING UP OR ARE THEY FROZEN FOR AWHILE? HOW DOES THIS WORK AFTER THE FIRST YEAR THERE'LL BE, UM, UH, AN INDEX BY WHICH THEY'LL BE ALLOWED TO INCREASE THE RATES EVERY YEAR.
IS IT A CONSISTENT INDEX WITH ALL PROVIDERS? YES.
WELL, THIS IS MY FIRST I'VE BEEN ON FOR 15 YEARS AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WHICH IS INTERESTING BECAUSE WE, WE HAVE, UM, WE HAD TARA AMINA, WHICH MORPHED INTO REPUBLIC AND, UH, WE GAVE AN EXTENDED CONTRACT SOMETIME BACK.
SO THIS IS AN INTERESTING PROCESS TO GO THROUGH AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S WORTH OUR TIME TO, TO GO THROUGH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEXT STEP WHEN WE WILL PROBABLY DO MORE IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS WITH THE VARIOUS CANDIDATES, BECAUSE THIS IS A HUGE CONTRACT, WHETHER IT'S THE SEVEN YEARS OR THE NINE YEARS OR WHATEVER IT TURNS OUT TO BE.
SO, AND THERE'S SOME GREAT COMPANIES I'VE DONE MY HOMEWORK ALSO ON SOME OF THESE, I DO BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO CALL, CALL IT DOWN TO SOME DEGREE OR, OR KEEP THEM ALL, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T KNOW IF WE, HOW WE GO ABOUT THIS OTHER THAN THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, BUT, UH, FOR NOW I'M GOOD RAY, BUT, UH, GOING BACK TO IT, THE QUESTION YOU JUST SORT OF BROUGHT UP RIGHT NOW, STAFF YOU WERE LOOKING AT FOR, FOR NOT MISTAKEN, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT WOULD BE A NUMBER THAT WE COULD WORK THROUGH.
UH, AND, AND STAFF MADE THAT RECOMMENDATION, UH, UH, BASED ON THE HIGHEST QUALIFIED.
WE'RE NOT SAYING ANYONE'S NOT QUALIFIED, BUT IT'S THE HIGHEST QUALIFIED.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE ANTICIPATE, UH, VETTING ANY NUMBER OF, UH, HOLLERS WILL TAKE TIME AND, UH, SEVEN, UH, WE SERVE AS, AS THE COUNCIL DIRECTS US.
UH, WE JUST KNOW THAT THE MORE YOU ADD THE LONGER IT WILL TAKE, AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN, UH, MAKE AN AWARD IN JANUARY SO THAT, UH, THE HAULERS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SCALE UP.
ALSO WE TALK WE'RE, WE'RE PERSONALLY INVESTED AS, AS RESIDENTS, BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP AN EYE OUT ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE OF THINGS.
ALSO, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE A HUGE COMMERCIAL BASE, I WOULD HATE TO PENALIZE SOME OF OUR, SOME OF OUR COMMERCIAL, UM, ENTITIES IN TOWN WITH MAYBE A PROVIDER OR TWO OR THREE THAT HAVE GREAT RESIDENTIAL RATES, BUT NOT SUCH GREAT COMMERCIAL RATES.
SO I THINK THIS IS A WORTH DOING A LOT OF HOMEWORK ON, BUT I THINK I AGREE WITH OUR CITY MANAGER THAT WE'VE GOT TO KNOCK IT BACK A LITTLE BIT TO ALLOW US TO DO THE HOMEWORK ON THREE OR FOUR OF THE, UH, POSSIBLE PROVIDERS.
QUICK SHORT QUESTION FOR BEN TO START.
UM, SO WITH THE FOUR CANDIDATES THAT ARE PRESENTED TO US TONIGHT FROM STAFF, THAT WOULD BE WITHIN A TIMELINE TO WRAP IT UP BY JANUARY.
DO YOU FEEL THAT IF THERE WAS MORE CANDIDATES TO GO BACK FOR A SECOND, CAN I GET A CLARIFICATION? IT'S NOT REALLY THAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION, BUT IT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL TO MAKE THE FINAL DECISION.
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IF THERE WAS MORE CANDIDATES, COULD YOU MEET THAT TIMELINE? I'M GOING TO INVITE, UH, LATE IS THAT TO COME UP AND GIVE HIS PERSPECTIVE ON THE PROCESS, UH, UH, AS WHILE HE, UH, LATE, IF YOU WANT TO JOIN US WELL.AND I'LL ALSO OFFER THE CITY ATTORNEY, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY, ULTIMATELY WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS THAT GIVEN THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION ON WHO TO INVITE THAT WE WILL, UH, DEVELOP A FINAL, UH, FRANCHISE AGREEMENT.
AND THEN THAT WILL BE CIRCULATED TO THE, UH, SELECTED POOL AND THEY'RE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO THAT, AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE, UH, REVISING THEIR RATES.
AND SO, UH, LAVE, IF YOU WANT TO KIND OF WALK THE COUNCIL THROUGH WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE, AND THEN, UH, MARKET, UH, YOU WANT TO JOIN IN AS WELL.
I COULD ADD FIRST, UM, BECAUSE THEN I THINK LETHAL PROVIDE MORE OF AN OVERVIEW, BUT, UM, I THINK THE POINT IS THAT WE'LL DO A CONTRACT AND FROM BASED UPON ALL THE COMMENTS, AND THAT WILL GO OUT TO ALL THE HOLLERS THAT YOU SELECT.
AND FROM THERE IT'S ANTICIPATED, THERE'D BE VERY MINOR, POTENTIAL CHANGES MADE CONTRACT AFTER THAT, SO THAT WE'RE NOT CONTINUING TO NEGOTIATE AFTER THIS, THIS ONE GOES OUT.
SO WITH THAT, UM, LATELY IS THAT HIV AND H AND THE, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION EARLIER, UH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT, UH, I'M SORRY.
UH, VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ, UH, 50 TO 67% OF THE RATE REVENUES ARE IN THE RESIDENTIAL.
SO YOU HAVE TO BE THAT EARLIER.
WITH RESPECT TO THE TIMING, I THINK IT'S ALREADY GOING TO BE VERY CHALLENGING TO GET BACK IN JANUARY, BRINGING BACK FOUR CONTRACTS FOR SIGNED CONTRACTS IS A LOT.
I'VE DONE THAT ONCE IN MY 30 YEARS, USUALLY I'D BEEN ASKED TO BRING BACK ONE, TWO OR THREE.
SO, UH, I THINK BY HAVING FOUR, YOU'VE CERTAINLY BRACKETED A VERY REASONABLE NUMBER, UH, FOR FINAL CONSIDERATION WHEN ENCOURAGE YOU TO, TO, TO, TO LIMIT IT TO THAT AT A, AT A MAXIMUM, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, EVERY WEEK WHEN WE GET TO JUNE AND JULY, YOU'RE GOING, YOU KNOW, WISH YOU HAD MORE TIME.
SO, UH, I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO NARROW THE FIELD TONIGHT.
MY QUESTION AND VICE MAYOR, MARK HAS, UH, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I MAKE ONE CLARIFICATION.
UH, IT'S OUR INTENTION TO HAVE THE COUNCIL DIRECT US ON WHO TO PROVIDE THIS TO, BUT OUR GOAL WILL BE TO BRING BACK ONE, UH, ONE, UH, RECOMMENDATION OF THE, OF WHO TO AWARD TO.
YEAH, I, I THINK THAT, UH, WE DO TO FOLLOW UP ON PETER'S POINT.
WE DO HAVE A STRUGGLING COMMERCIAL, UH, BUSINESS OUT THERE, UH, BUSINESSES.
AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL ABOUT THE ELEMENT OR THE COMPONENT OF THE CONTRACT THAT IS GOING TO APPLY TO THEM BECAUSE OF IT'S OVER ONEROUS OR, OR OVER EXPENSIVE.
IT'S JUST GOING TO URGE FURTHER NON-COMPLIANCE.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE SEEM TO HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES, ESPECIALLY NOW WITH THE NEW, UH, REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE AB 1383, UH, IT'S GOING TO FALL MORE ON COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES IN PARTICULAR FOODS, UH, SOURCE SOURCES, RESTAURANTS, FAST, FOOD RESTAURANTS, WHATEVER.
SO, UH, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT.
UH, THE CONTRACT, APPARENTLY, IF I UNDERSTOOD THE PERCENTAGE ABOUT 15% OF THE TOTAL REVENUE OR BUSINESS IS ACTUALLY, UH, RELATED TO THE RESIDENTIAL, IS THAT CORRECT LENGTH OR 67%, 50% TO TWO THIRDS, DEPENDING ON THE PROPOSER.
SO MORE THAN HALF RESIDENTIAL.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS, AS PETER IS SAYING, THIS IS A IMPORTANT CONTRACT, I THINK WE NEED TO, UH, WE'VE HAD THIS VETTED OUT BY OUR CONSULTANT.
I MEAN, IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO LISTEN TO RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CONSULTANT AND THEIR INPUT TO STAFF, SO STAFF COULD COME UP WITH THIS LIST OF FOUR, FOUR COMPANIES, THEN WHY DID WE HAVE A CONSULTANT? WE DON'T HAVE THE EXPERTISE IN THIS BUSINESS.
UH, I BELIEVE THAT WHEN YOU SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON A CONSULTANT, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU GET THE MONEY AND GET THE WORTH OUT OF WHAT YOU PAY FOR.
AND I AM TOTALLY OKAY WITH CONFINING THIS TO THE FOUR COMPANIES THAT ARE LISTED SO THAT IT CAN BE MANAGEABLE.
UH, GIVEN THE FACT THAT THE PERCENTAGE INCREASES ARE GOING TO BE STANDARD FLAT ACROSS THE BOARD.
WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE FIRST YEAR CONTRACT AND THEN LIKE ANY BUSINESSES THAT ARE GOOD AT NEGOTIATING, UH, FOR A CONTRACT, UH, LET THEM DUKE IT OUT AMONGST THEMSELVES TO DETERMINE WHO CAN GIVE US THE BEST DEAL FOR THE LOWEST PRICE.
UH, AND REMEMBER THAT, YOU KNOW, GOOD WORKS NEVER CHEAP, BUT CHEAP WORKS NEVER GOOD.
SO, UH, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I HAVE TO SAY, BUT I'M CON UH, COMFORTABLE WITH THIS LIST OF, UH, OF
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CANDIDATES FOR YOU TO, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH AND, AND FOR THE, THE, UH, NEGOTIATIONS AND, AND REVIEW WITH AND GET, GET A GOOD FIRM PRICING SO THAT YOU CAN COME BACK TO US WITH A WELL-VETTED, UH, CONTRACT PRICE AND CONDITIONS.UM, I GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS TO SAY, FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A CITY.
SO OBVIOUSLY THE COMMUNITY DESERVES TO GET THE BEST SERVICE AT THE LEAST AMOUNT OF MONEY.
UM, I'M LOOKING AT THESE, THESE GOODS.
THERE ARE ANYWHERE FROM 13 MILLION, WHICH IS ONE OF THE FOUR, AND THEN ALSO REPUBLIC IS 12, ALMOST 13 MILLION.
THERE ARE TWO OF THE HIGHEST, AND THERE, THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE GO WITH A HIGHER BID THERE'S COMPANIES IN HERE THAT I'M LOOKING AT.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THEY DON'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE THAT THESE OTHER COMPANIES, AS FAR AS IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING GLOBALLY, HERB HERB, SIR, I GOT A HUNDRED PAGE REPORT ON THEM.
THEY'RE DOING SOME PHENOMENAL THINGS LIKE IN SWEDEN, CUTTING BACK TO DIVERSION RATES.
I LOOKED AT VALLEY VISTA 56% DIVERSION, WHICH MEANS THAT'S CRASHED.
THAT'S NOT GOING INTO THE LANDFILL.
SO WE GOT TO LOOK AT THAT STUFF.
THIS IS, WE'RE LOOKING AT A, HOPEFULLY A GREENER ENVIRONMENT.
AND WE AS ELECTED OFFICIALS NEED TO LOOK AT THAT AND PROVIDE THE BEST SERVICE FOR THE WORLD AND THEN ALSO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
SO AGAIN, I MEAN, THE, THE FOUR PEOPLE THAT WE REPRESENT, I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE TWO OF THE FOUR, BUT THE OTHER TWO THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WOULD PROBABLY BE VALLEY VISTA AND URBAN SIR, BECAUSE I THINK THEY HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE VALLEY VISTA.
I HAVE TOURED THEIR FACILITIES NOT WITHIN THE LAST YEAR, TWO YEARS, PROBABLY LIKE WHEN I FIRST GOT ELECTED, THEY INVITED ME DOWN TO TOUR THEIR FACILITY.
IT'S A STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY.
THEN THEY'RE ALSO SO INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE MAYOR'S BREAKFAST, RED BUCKET.
I MEAN, YOU NAME IT, THEY'RE DOING IT.
AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SEE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SOMEBODY HAS A COMMUNITY PARTNER, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A TRASH HOLLER.
I MEAN, YES, THEY GIVE US SOME MONEY, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, THEY DON'T DO WHAT I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD BE DOING FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE TWO ADDITIONAL COMPANIES THAT HE JUST SORT OF MENTIONED TO BE MAYBE I GUESS, THE TOP FOUR, IF I LOOK AT COST AND I BELIEVE THAT PER SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE US TO BE UBER ANSWER, WHERE VALLEY VISTA AND WESTERN WASTE, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.
IS THERE ANY OTHER THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO TALK, TALK ABOUT? UM, I'M READY TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.
I'M GOING TO GO WITH A STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, UH, WITH THE FOUR, UH, COMPANIES THAT HAVE BEEN SELECTED, UH, AS BEING THE COMPANIES THAT WE GO FURTHER WITH FURTHER VET AND WORK WITH THEM TO COME UP WITH A WINNER, IF YOU WILL, OF A PROPOSED WINNER OF A CONTRACT THAT WILL SERVICE THE CITY, UH, AS BEST AS POSSIBLE AND FOR THE MOST REASONABLE PRICE AND WITH THE BEST COVERAGE.
SO THAT'S MY, I JUST WANT A CLARIFICATION.
SO YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT BASICALLY THE TWO HIGHEST ESTIMATES THAT WE GOT, YOU'RE WILLING TO GO WITH THEM.
I'M NOT GOING TO LOOK AT THESE STATISTICS ALONE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT THEY TELL THEM THE SIMPLE QUESTIONS.
IF THAT HAPPENS TO BE THE NUMBERS.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE THE BEST QUALIFIED TO KNOW THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO CALL FOR A VOTE MOTION PASSES.
THREE, ONE WITH MARK HAS VOTING.
NO, AND JOE'S IS ABSENT BY RECUSAL COUNSEL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ENGAGEMENT.
AND YES, WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH EACH OTHER, BUT WE RESPECT EVERYBODY FOR SURE.
[ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT]
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICERS REPORT.VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ AND GOOD EVENING.
COUNCIL STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR FIVE MINUTES.
JOE IS STILL IN THE BUILDING OR HE LEFT.
JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT.
CALL THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER.
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THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ FOR AN UPDATE ON COVID VACCINES LAST WEEK, THE FDA AND CDC AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY USE OF THE PFIZER VACCINE FOR CHILDREN.CHILDREN CAN RECEIVE A SMALLER AGE APPROPRIATE DOSE OF THE PFIZER VACCINE IF PARENTS DECIDE TO DO SO.
THE COUNTY IS OFFERING THE PFIZER VACCINE, THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON VACCINE BOOSTER DOSES, AND FREE FLU SHOTS.
EVERY TUESDAY AT THE MCCOY CENTER FROM 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM.
APPOINTMENTS CAN BE MADE ONLINE AND WALK-INS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME.
THERE'S ALSO AN UPCOMING FREE COVID TESTING EVENT AT THE MCCOY CENTER ON NOVEMBER 17TH FROM NINE TO 4:00 PM.
ALSO THIS MONTH, BLOOD DRIVES WILL BE TAKING PLACE ON TUESDAYS, NOVEMBER 23RD AND 30TH FROM 12 TO 5:00 PM AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER PARKING LOT JUSTICE WEEK APPLICATIONS OPENED FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF BUSINESS GRANTS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES IMPACTED BY THE ONGOING COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
SMALL BUSINESSES IN CHINO HILLS MAY BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A GRANT OF UP TO $10,000 TO HELP COVER RENT AND PAYROLL EXPENSES THAT DOES NOT NEED TO BE REPAID.
APPLICATIONS ARE BEING ACCEPTED THROUGH NOVEMBER 22ND ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS.
AND ANY BUSINESSES INTERESTED IN APPLYING TO RECEIVE THAT AID CAN REVIEW ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AND DOWNLOAD AN APPLICATION ONLINE AT THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
ALSO THIS WEEK, THE RENTER, THE WINTER RECREATION GUIDE AND CITY NEWS BROCHURE BEGAN DELIVERING INTO MAILBOXES FOR RESIDENTS.
AND IT'S NOW AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING ONLINE.
UM, SOME OF THE UPCOMING EVENTS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS TO LOOK FORWARD TO ARE THE PICKLEBALL GRAND OPENING CEREMONY THAT'S TAKING PLACE.
NEXT THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH, WE WILL BE UNVEILING THE FOUR NEW PICKLEBALL COURTS AT VELANO PARK DURING A BRIEF OPENING CEREMONY THAT BEGINS AT 10:00 AM.
AND FOLLOWING THE CEREMONY, THE COMMUNITY IS VIDA IS INVITED TO PLAY PICKUP GAMES AND ENJOY SOME LIGHT REFRESHMENTS.
ALSO COMING UP IN DECEMBER IS OUR TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4TH AT CITY HALL AND THE ANNUAL BOAT PARADE WE'LL RETURN ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10TH AT 7:00 PM.
ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED IN SUBMITTING TO PARTICIPATE CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION AND REGISTER ONLINE THE CITY'S WEBSITE BY NOVEMBER 24TH.
AND THEN JUST A FEW REMINDERS FOR OUR RESIDENTS ENTRIES FOR THE CITY FLAG DESIGN CONTEST ARE DUE ONLINE TOMORROW BY 5:00 PM.
ENTRIES FOR THIS YEAR'S PHOTO CONTEST ARE DUE ONLINE BY MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22ND.
THIS THURSDAY CITY FACILITIES, THE LIBRARY AND THE LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED AND HONOR OF VETERANS DAY.
AND LASTLY, THIS FRIDAY IS THE LAST DAY TO SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENTS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL FOR THE PROPOSED DECISION ON THE FORMER AEROJET FACILITY IN CHINO HILLS, YOU CAN VIEW THE PREPARED STATEMENT OF BASIS AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY AS WELL AS INFORMATION ON HOW TO SUBMIT COMMENTS BY VISITING THE CITY'S NEW SECTION ON THE CITY'S HOMEPAGE.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PI REPORT.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR TIME.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY, THANK YOU, NICOLE.
[ SAFETY UPDATES - Police and Fire]
SAFETY UPDATES POLICE DEPARTMENT, PLEASE.VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ COUNCIL MEMBERS JUST WANT TO TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO DISCUSS A FEW THINGS.
UH, ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30TH, TRAFFIC DEPUTIES CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT OPERATION DURING THE EVENING HOURS, JUST THE DAY PRIOR TO HALLOWEEN DEPUTIES ISSUE 24 CITATIONS FOR TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS AND MADE ONE ARREST.
WE ENDED THE MONTH OF OCTOBER WITH 16 DUI ARRESTS ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST, NINE DEPUTIES FROM THE CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT PARTICIPATED IN THE, UH, SPECIAL OLYMPICS TORCH RUN.
THE RUN WAS FOUR AND A HALF MILES THROUGH THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS AND ENDED IN CHINO WITH THE TORCH BEING PASSED OFF TO CHINO PD AND THE CHINO INSTITUTE FOR MEN ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH, SERGEANT RANDY KNOCKIN GRADUATED FROM THE SHERMAN BLOCK LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE CLASS NUMBER 4 75.
THIS IS AN EIGHT MONTH, UH, PROGRAM DEVELOPED BY THE LA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT FOR SWORN SUPERVISORS AT THE SERGEANT LEVEL.
SO I'D LIKE TO PUBLICLY CONGRATULATE SERGEANT KNOCKIN ON THAT ACCOMPLISHMENT.
UH, GOOD EVENING, FAIR MARQUEZ COUNCIL AND STAFF.
UM, THE FIRE DISTRICT NOW HAS ITS THIRD, UH, AMBULANCE, UH, IN DISTRICT AND WE'RE OUTFITTING THAT AS WE SPEAK AND WE CONTINUE TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THE SERVICES THAT ARE EXPECTED.
UH, TODAY I RECEIVED THE, UH, THE WEATHER RISK OUTLOOK THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT, UH, CATASTROPHIC FIRES, UH, ALL ACROSS THE STATE.
UH, WE ARE IN THE, UH, SANTA ANA TIMES.
UH, SO FOR, UM, UH, NOVEMBER 10TH THROUGH THE 16TH, WE'RE EXPECTING SOME SANTA ANA WINDS AND A HEAT LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WITH SOME SUSTAINED, UH, UP INTO SUNDAY.
UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE WEATHER IN THE SAN BERNARDINO AREA WILL BE ABOUT 90% WITH 20% HUMIDITY.
SO AGAIN, AS WE'RE, UH, BEING, UH, BEGINNING TO GO OUTSIDE AND, AND, UH, WRECK RECREATE IN, IN SUCH UP IN THE STATE PARK AND OUT THROUGH THE CANYON, JUST ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO BE, TO BE MINDFUL OF THEIR BEHAVIORS AND ACTIVITIES.
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BE HOT AND DRY AND IT JUST, THOSE THINGS GET, UH, UH, HAPPEN.THEY HAPPEN VERY, VERY QUICKLY, UH, AND IN THE WAY OF, UH, UH, LOCAL EVENTS, UH, I'M GOING TO GET OUT AHEAD OF THEM A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO TRY TO GET THESE ITEMS ON THEIR CALENDAR AS APPROPRIATE.
UH, DECEMBER 8TH, WE HAVE THE SENIOR DELIVERY AT THE CHINOS COMMUNITY CENTER.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
AND THEN, UH, ONE OF OUR LARGEST EVENTS FOR THE FIRE DISTRICT FOR OUR COMMUNITY ANNUALLY EVERY YEAR IS OUR MAKE A CHILD SMILE AND THAT'S, UH, DECEMBER 15TH.
SO, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE, UH, PARTNERSHIP WITH, WITH THE CITY, WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE UNDERSERVED AND UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN.
UH, SINCE WE KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL VERY, VERY, UH, BLESSED HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S SUCH A WONDERFUL PROGRAM, MAKE A CHILD SMILE.
[ COUNCIL REPORTS Vice Mayor Marquez San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Board Southern California Association of Governments Regional Committee Transportation Committee Council Member Moran Chino Valley Unified School District Board Omnitrans Board Southern California Association of Governments Energy and Environment Committee Council Member Rogers Chino Basin Desalter Authority Board Chino Hills Community Foundation Board]
LET'S MOVE TO COUNCIL REPORTS.I'M GOING TO START TO MY FAR LEFT, MRS. MORAN, CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UM, IT WAS A LENGTHY MEETING, UM, MOSTLY WITH, UM, PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING A PROPOSED RESOLUTION TO SUBMIT TO GOVERNOR NEWSOME, UM, TO SUPPORT REMOVING THE MASK AND VACCINE REQUIREMENTS, UM, AT PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND AFTER MUCH DISCUSSION, THE BOARD PASSED A RESOLUTION THREE TO TWO IN FAVOR OF SENDING THAT RESOLUTION TO THE GOVERNOR, URGING TO REMOVE MASK AND VACCINE REQUIREMENTS.
AGAIN, IT'S JUST, IT'S A RESOLUTION.
SO IF YOU'RE A PARENT LISTENING, NOTHING HAS CHANGED WITH WHAT'S GOING ON NOW.
SO MORE TO COME, BUT THAT RESOLUTION DID PASS.
AND A REMINDER THAT VETERAN'S DAY HOLIDAY FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY HOLIDAY.
SO KIDS WILL BE OUT OF SCHOOL THOSE DAYS.
I'M NOTHING TO REPORT FOR OMNI TRANS OR THE ENERGY ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE.
CAN I SAY SOMETHING ON AMI TRANS? I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU BECAUSE YOU SORT OF BROUGHT THAT FIRST TO OUR CITY OMNI.
AND I UNDERSTAND NOW IT'S IN OTHER CITIES.
THERE'S SOME OTHER ONES, UM, OR TESTING IT WHERE THE GUINEA PIG THAT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
SO, AND I KNOW MAYOR JOE'S READ MY REPORT AT THE LAST MEETING.
UM, THEY GAVE THE STATISTICS, SO IT'S BEING RECEIVED VERY WELL.
WELL, JUST YOUR VISION THOUGH.
OKAY, LET'S GO TO MY LEFT AGAIN, MR. PETER, THE ROGERS.
UH, TWO REPORTS, ONE ON CHINO BASIN, SALT OR AUTHORITY.
AND AS I PUT IN MY NOTES HERE, NOTHING OF NOTE TO REPORT.
A COUPLE OF THINGS CAME OUT OF IT.
WE ARE, WE HAD A VACANCY ON THE BOARD.
WE'VE BEEN STALLING FOR ONE PARTICULAR PERSON TO COME ON.
SO AT THE NEXT MEETING OR TWO, DEPENDING UPON, UH, WHEN ALMA CAN PULL TOGETHER A REPORT, UH, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO CONSIDER AS A NEW BOARD MEMBER FOR THE FOUNDATION, DENISE KATRIN.
CAN WE JUST VOTE RIGHT NOW? WE DON'T NEED TO SEE YOUR BIO.
SO DENISE WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD AND I'LL COME ON TO CITY COUNCIL FOR, UH, FOR THE APPROVAL OR DENIAL.
WE REVIEWED WINE WALKS STATISTICS, WHICH I TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME AT SUCCESSFUL EVENT, A GREAT FUNDRAISER AND GREAT COMMUNITY EVENT.
WE TALKED ABOUT OUR, OUR ENDOWMENT FUND.
IT'S A, IT'S AT $165,000 RIGHT NOW.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT SOME POSSIBLE RE-EVALUATION OF HOW THOSE MONIES ARE INVESTED BECAUSE WE KIND OF FEEL RIGHT NOW IT'S IN SUCH A CONSERVATIVE LIFE.
IT'S, IT'S LESS THAN 1% THAT WE'RE KIND OF MOVING SIDEWAYS.
THAT ENDOWMENT FUND IS NOT GOING TO GO ANYWHERE.
IT'S JUST GOING TO SIT AND WON'T SPIN OFF.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POSSIBLY TALKING WITH OUR INVESTMENT ADVISORS AND SEE IF WE CAN GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
AND THEN WE DID, UH, IT WAS PART OF THE REQUEST AS OF A MEETING OR SO AGO HAD TO DO WITH THAT, THE FLAG AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO EVALUATE WITH A TEAM, WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THE FLAG, WHETHER WE DO ANYTHING OR NOT.
AND THE FOUNDATION, IT WAS REQUESTED THAT THE FOUNDATION THROUGH OUR SEPARATE ARM, CHINO HILLS ARTS NOMINATED AN INDIVIDUAL TO REPRESENT.
SHARON STEWIE IS SITTING RIGHT THERE, LOCAL ARTIST, AND SHE'S GOING TO REPRESENT THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AS ONE OF THE VOTING INDIVIDUALS TO GIVE HER, HER, HER EYE TOWARDS WHAT WE NEED TO DO EITHER NOTHING OR TAKE SOME SUGGESTIONS AND REEVALUATE THEM.
JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR ME.
FIRST OF ALL, SPC TA THE OLD SANDBAG ORGANIZATION ATTENDED THE BOARD MEETING.
UH, WE GOT UPDATED ABOUT THE REGION EARLY ACTION PLANNING, 1.0
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GRANT IT'S GRANT MONEY THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ALL CITIES IN THE INLAND EMPIRE OF $2.4 MILLION TO BE USED FOR HOUSING ELEMENT ADOPTION PROCESS.SO MONEY THERE'S SOMEBODY THERE FOR US THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO APPLY FOR SCAG.
WE BASED, IT WAS REAL SHORT MEETING.
WE GOT A STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT UPDATES.
THAT'S MY REPORT, THEIR TRANSPORTATION.
WE HAD UPDATES ON GOOD MOVEMENT AS FAR AS PARADE IMPACT ASSESSMENTS, ROADS ARE BEING IMPACTED BIG TIME.
AND THEN WE ALSO GOT AN UPDATE ON FORECAST FOR PASSENGER AND THEN RAIL FREIGHT RAIL.
HOPEFULLY THERE'LL BE PICKING UP FAIRLY SOON, BUT WE'RE DOWN PROBABLY ABOUT 87 OR 70% ACROSS THE BOARD AS FAR AS PEOPLE USING METRO LINK.
[ COUNCIL COMMENTS]
TO COUNCIL COMMENTS AND I'LL START TO MY RIGHT HERE, MR. UH, YES.UM, THREE OF US BEN RAY, AND I ATTENDED THE STATE OF THE AIRPORT EVENT OR RECENTLY OUT AT THE CONVENTION CENTER.
UH, IF YOU HAVE ACCESS TO GETTING NIC, MR. GALLAGHER OUT THERE NODDING HIS HEAD AS WELL.
I FORGOT YOU WERE THERE AS WELL IN GYM, UH, BUT GREAT REPORT THAT THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AND THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS SINCE THE CITY TOOK OVER OR GOT BACK FROM LAWA, THE AIRPORT, IT'S PHENOMENAL, THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THAT THIS WEST END OF THE INLAND EMPIRE, WHICH OF COURSE INCLUDES US AS WELL, IS JUST GOING NUTS WITH DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY AND THINGS THAT ARE GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AS WELL.
AND HOPEFULLY OTHER THINGS THAT WILL HELP WITH THIS SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUE THAT WE'RE HAVING CURRENTLY AS A NATION AND IN PARTICULAR OUT HERE IN CALIFORNIA.
IF YOU HAVE ACCESS TO IT, SOMEHOW YOU SHOULD SEE THAT.
I WANT TO THANK OUR CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE TODAY, MIKE AND HARVEY.
THANKS FOR TOUGHING IT OUT WITH THIS.
A SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL OF THE POSTER ENTRANCE, UH, 561, I THINK WAS ACCOUNT NOTHING NEW LOVING SAVIOR THAT SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION TAKES AND RUNS THE BALL WITH IT EVERY YEAR.
UH, THEY ARE FANTASTIC WITH THEIR PARTICIPATION AND THAT REALLY COMES DOWN TO TEACHER AND SCHOOL SUPPORT OF THIS GREAT PROGRAM WE HAVE EACH YEAR.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL, ESPECIALLY THE WINNERS, BUT ALL THAT TOOK THE TIME TO MAKE A POSTER, UNBELIEVABLE STEP FITS, AND THEY WILL BE POSTED AROUND HERE.
I DO ALSO WANT TO TAKE TIME AT THIS POINT TO THANK ALL OF MY FELLOW VETS.
UH, IF YOU SEE A VET, THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE, BECAUSE KEEP IN MIND ALL GAVE SOME, BUT SOME GAVE ALL SO TO ALL OF OUR VETERANS OUT THERE, I HOPE TO SEE, UH, UH, THERE'S A 150 PLUS THAT WE'LL SEE FOR BREAKFAST TOMORROW MORNING AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AT THE MONUMENT THAT'S IN THE BACK.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO BE DEDICATING THE NEW FLAGPOLE THAT THE 55 PLUS VETS GROUP HAS FUNDRAISED TO GET INSTALLED.
SO WE WILL HAVE A LIT, UH, FLAGPOLE.
IT WILL, THE LIGHTS WILL GO ON AT THE SAME TIME AS THE MONUMENT LIGHTS.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT DEAL, UH, FOLLOWED BY A WONDERFUL BREAKFAST AND OTHER EVENTS FOR VETERANS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE DAY TOMORROW AND UNPICKED PARTICULAR ON VETERANS DAY, UH, CHECK OUT THE NEWSPAPERS AND EVERYTHING.
IF YOU WANT A FREE MEAL, YOU CAN PROBABLY GET THREE OF THEM IN THE SAME DAY, BREAKFAST, LUNCH, AND DINNER.
THEY'RE NOT LIKE MOST OF US DON'T NEED IT REALLY.
SO, UH, BUT AT ANY RATE THAT AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOR YOUR SERVICE FOR MY FELLOW VETS.
UH, RONNIE, YOU'RE ALWAYS HERE.
YOU, UH, YOU TAKE CARE AND CONGRATULATIONS, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, SIR, GOING TO MY LEFT EAR.
UM, OUR RESIDENT LEE, IT WAS INTERESTING THAT YOU BROUGHT UP THE HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL BECAUSE THAT WAS ON MY COUNCIL COMMENTS TONIGHT, CLEANED OUT MY GARAGE.
I HAVE EIGHT CANS OF PAINT, THREE DIFFERENT COLORS THAT WE'VE PLANTED THE KIDS OVER THE YEARS, BUT I DON'T WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THE SECOND OR THE FOURTH, SATURDAY OF THE MONTH BETWEEN EIGHT AND ONE TO GO TO CHINO.
SO CAN WE LOOK INTO SOME KIND OF PROGRAM WHERE RESIDENTS CAN HAVE A MORE CONVENIENT OPTION SO WE CAN PROMOTE DISPOSAL? CAUSE OTHERWISE THEY'RE JUST GOING TO THROW IT IN THE TRASH AGAIN.
I'M NOT SAYING I'M GOING TO DO THAT, BUT UNTIL THEN, CAN WE DROP THEM OFF AT YOUR GARAGE? I KNOW, BUT IT'S FUNNY.
I LOOKED IT UP AND THERE'S WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT, BEN? WELL, WHAT WHAT'S THE, THERE EVER BEEN ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT IT? WE'LL HAVE TO EVALUATE THAT AT THE STAFF LEVEL, AS I COMMENTED, IT'S NOT PART OF THE SOLID WASTE AGREEMENT, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL AT LEAST LOOK AT IT AND BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION.
AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO, UM, THINK OF YOUR DEPARTMENT DANIELS.
SO WE PARTICIPATED IN THE, UM, SPRINKLER TIMER REPLACEMENT PROGRAM
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AND WE GOT OUR NEW HUNTER BRANDS, HYDRAWISE TIMER.UM, IT'S LIKE A $200 VALUE, BUT IT'S, IT'S AMAZING.
SO YOU PROGRAM, UM, LIKE YOUR CURRENT, UM, WATERING DAYS IN THE CITY THAT YOU LIVE IN.
SO IT KNOWS LIKE WHEN THE GOLF AND THEN IT EVEN LIKE DETECTS, UM, LIKE, LIKE RAIN ON YOUR GRASS.
SO IF IT RAINS, IT'S GOING TO AUTOMATICALLY TURN MY SPRINKLERS OFF.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT MANUALLY.
SO IT'S FUNDED THROUGH IUI AND THE CITY, WE ADMINISTER IT, BUT IF SOMEONE'S OUT THERE AND YOU WILL, YOU KNOW, TAKE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TO APPLY FOR IT, IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM.
SO PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF GETTING THAT.
AND THEN, UM, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A RESIDENT THAT HAD A QUESTION CHERYL, ABOUT THE MAPPING TOOLS AVAILABLE TO OUR RESIDENTS ON OUR WEBSITE.
DO YOU HAVE A TIMELINE FOR THAT? WE ARE WORKING WITH MDC TO TRY TO GET A MAPPING TOOL UP.
WE HAVE A COUPLE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT A DEMONSTRATION ON TUESDAY, AND THEN WE ARE HOPING TO BRING A REVISED AMENDMENT, WHICH IS WHY WE PULLED IT OFF OF TODAY'S AGENDA, UH, BACK TO COUNCIL AT THE NEXT, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE IT UP AND READY FOR RESIDENTS TO USE BEFORE THE DECEMBER MEETING.
UM, WENT TO SEPTEMBER'S TAPROOM THAT OPENED AND ALSO URBAN FISH TACO GREAT FOOD.
I'M HAPPY TO SEE THEM IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO GO CHECK THEM OUT AND WE'VE ALL KIND OF CELEBRATED THE WALLY.
I KNOW YOU GUYS WERE THERE IN PERSON AND THEY WERE ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA REPRESENTING CHINO HILLS, WHICH IS GREAT.
AND THEN JONATHAN, GREAT JOB WITH THE VETERAN SIGN PROGRAM.
UM, I HOPE NEXT YEAR WE CAN ORDER A LOT MORE SIGNS AND UM, I DUNNO IF WE CAN REDUCE THE COST AT ALL.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR COST IS.
I KNOW STAFF TIME IS INVOLVED, BUT I KNOW IT'S $15, BUT, UM, THE SIGNS WENT LIKE HOTCAKES AND THERE WAS PEOPLE ASKING FOR SIGNS AND THEY'RE LONG GONE.
SO IT'D BE KINDA NICE TO EXPAND THAT SIGN PROGRAM NEXT YEAR AND SEE SIGNS, MORE SIGNS AROUND TOWN.
AND THEN THE LAST THING IS OUR, UM, OUR AMERICAN FLAGS THAT ARE GOING DOWN, PEYTON, THEY STOP AND DON'T CONTINUE IN FRONT OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER ON THE LIGHT POLES IF WE COULD LOOK INTO EXTENDING IT.
SO IT KIND OF IS CONTINUOUS DOWN PAINTING OUR LITTLE MAIN STREET HERE AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
I APPRECIATE THAT MS. ROGERS, SO I'LL KEEP IT SHORT AND SWEET.
I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR VETERANS.
THAT'S THE, MY BOTTOM LINE COMMENT FOR TONIGHT.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR VETERANS FOR THEIR SERVICE AND THEIR SACRIFICES OF THEIR TIME AND, AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE DONE TO DEFEND OUR COUNTRY AND KEEP US FREE.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
WELL, I JUST GOT A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS TO SAY.
FIRST OF ALL, WE DID MEET IN ONTARIO.
SO HE ASKED ME TO ATTEND AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE MIRRORS FROM UPLAND, CHINO, CHINO HILLS, ONTARIO, AND FONTANA THERE.
AND THE CONVERSATION OR TOPIC WAS AMBULANCE CRISIS AND IMPACTS THE PRESENTATION WAS GIVEN TO US BY THE FIRE CHIEF.
AND APPARENTLY, I GUESS YOU GUYS DO KNOW ABOUT THIS, I GUESS HE WOULD LIKE TO FORM A GPA.
AND I GUESS ON, CHEERIO'S TALKING ABOUT DOING A FIRE ACADEMY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY I'LL BE MAYOR NEXT MONTH, SOMETIME.
I HOPE YOU HAVE, IF I'M NOT GO TO THE MEETINGS ANYWAY, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO ATTEND THE MEETINGS WITH, WITH US.
HI, NEXT TIME, I'LL GIVE YOU SOME DATES AND TIMES IF WE CAN MAKE THAT WORK, THEN I APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, THERE WAS CARS PARKED ALONG CARBON CANYON.
AS YOU MAKE A RIGHT OFF CHINO HILLS PARKWAY AND YOU WOULD SEE THEM IN A GOALIE.
AND I DON'T KNOW PEOPLE ARE SPENDING THE NIGHT THERE, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT THEY PROBABLY WERE, THERE'S A BUNCH OF TRASH DOWN THERE.
UM, I BROUGHT THIS PROBLEM TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, AND I GUESS NOW THERE'S A FENCE THERE.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE VISION TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND TAKING CARE OF THAT PROBLEM.
APPRECIATE THAT STATE OF THE AIRPORT.
UM, MR. ALLEN WHOPPED HER, HE'S A VICE MAYOR FOR THE CITY OF ONTARIO.
HE'S LOST LIKE A HUNDRED POUNDS, BUT HE'S ACTUALLY THE PRESIDENT OF THE, OF THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY.
I JUST WANT TO RE I MEAN, JUST AMAZING THE JOB THAT HE DID.
AND, UM, AND LIKE I SAID, HE'S LOST LIKE A HUNDRED POUNDS.
EVERYBODY THOUGHT HE WAS SICKNESS, BUT, UH, HE JUST EATING RIGHT.
AND HE JUST WORKING HIS BUTT OFF.
SO HE'S LOST OVER A HUNDRED POUNDS.
UM, VETERANS, ALL THE VETERANS OUT THERE.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE COUNTRY OVER THE YEARS, RONNIE.
I CAN'T SEE YOU, BUT I LOVED TO SEEN YOU IN CHURCH AND THIS GUY IS AMAZING AT CHURCH.
CAN YOU SHOW ME WHAT YOU DO AT CHURCH? CAN YOU SHOW EVERYBODY? YES, HE DOES.
YOU JUST TOUCHED MY HEART, BUDDY.
AND MR. BENNETT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
AND WHO ELSE, WHO ELSE HAS A BET HERE? IS THERE
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ANY OF THE VETS? MARIANNE? OH, HE'S IN THE ACADEMY, RIGHT? YEAH.SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
TAKES A MOM TO MAKE A VET, RIGHT? YES.
SO AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN MEMORY AND IN HOPE IN TRIBUTE IN HONOR, OF THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED, THEY HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES AT HOME AND ABROAD THEIR SACRIFICE AND STRENGTH PROTECTS THE GOALS AND IDEAS THAT HAVE MADE THIS COUNTRY.