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[ 7:00 P.M. - CONVENE MEETING / ROLL CALL]
TO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE CHINO HILLS CITY COUNCIL MEETING THE SPECIAL MEETING FOR JANUARY 11TH, 2022 AND HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYBODY.WELCOME TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS LET'S LET'S BEGIN OUR MEETING.
UH, ROLL CALL CHERYL COUNCIL MEMBER BENNET HERE.
ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT WITH MAYOR MARQUEZ, UH, JOINING US VIA TELECONFERENCE.
LET'S UH, LET'S BRING OUR MEETING TO ORDER.
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]
THINGS.IF YOU WOULD STAND, WE'RE GOING TO DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND I'LL LEAD THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE AN INVOCATION BY ELDER PASTOR CHUNG OF GOOD SHEPHERD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE Y UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE
[ INVOCATION: Elder Peter Chung, Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church]
.WE HUMBLY YET CONFIDENTLY COME TO YOU IN THE NAME OF CHRIST.
PLEASE HEAR OUR PRAYER AND ANOINT US WITH YOUR GREAT MERCY FATHER.
THE WHOLE WORLD IS STRUGGLING DUE TO THE PANDEMIC AND THE GREAT NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING FROM IT.
MANY PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES DUE TO VIRUS.
WE ASK FOR YOU TO COMFORT THE FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LOVED ONES.
ALSO, PLEASE BE WITH THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED WITH THE VIRUS THAT THEY MAY BE HERE QUICKLY WITH YOUR MERCY, RELEASE US FROM THE FEAR OF BEING AFFECTED BY THE VIRUS, HELP US TRUST IN YOU AND IN YOUR GREAT LOVE FOR AUTH.
WE PRAY FOR YOU TO PROVIDE SAFETY AND SUPPORT TO OUR HEALTH CARE WORKERS WHO ARE TIRELESSLY WORKING DURING THIS PANDEMIC.
I LIVED OFF ALL OF THE MEDICAL PERSONNEL AND PRAY FOR THEIR GOOD HEALTH AND ABILITY TO PROVIDE THE CARE TO MANY WHO ARE SUFFERING GRANT WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT TO GLOBAL LEADERS AND ALL THOSE WHO SERVE IN SCIENCE AND MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS, LOVING FATHER.
WE THANK YOU FOR OUR DEVOTED 50 LEADERS GUIDE.
THEN NOW AS THEY START THE NEW YEAR, I MEAN THE PANDEMIC, LET THEM LEAD OUR COMMUNITY WITH YOUR WISDOM AND HUMILITY.
WE PRAY FOR THE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ALL THOSE STAFF.
YOU WILL BUILD A SPIRITUAL WORLD PROTECTION AROUND ALL OF THEM.
LORD, WE ASK FOR YOUR BLESSING AND GRACE AND GRANT THEM THE WISDOM AND THE COURAGE TO UPHOLD YOUR WORD AND PRAY.
THEY ARE NOT TEMPTED OR MISLED BY THE LIMITED REASONING OR MAN THIS EVENING AS THE COUNSELING MYTH FOR THE OPENING OF THE YEAR 2022, PLEASE ORCHESTRATE THEIR TIME TOGETHER WITH YOUR PRESENCE AND GUIDANCE GRANT, THEN YOUR WISDOM AND THE GIFT OF GRACE TO ENCOURAGE AND UPLIFT ONE ANOTHER.
MAY THE HOLY SPIRIT LEAD THE CONVERSATION AND LET THE PRAYER FLOW FROM THIS CHAMBER TONIGHT, BUILD UP THIS COMMUNITY AND ALTHOUGH IT TO BECOME A CITY, THE PROSPERS AND FLOURISHES IN YOUR NAME, WE PRAY ALL THIS IN THE NAME OF JESUS, OUR REFUSE, OUR HOPE AND OUR COMFORT.
[5. RECOGNITION - Recognition of winners of City's Annual Holiday Home Decorating Contest]
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ITEM ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT IS RECOGNITION OF THE WINNERS OF THE CITY'S ANNUAL HOLIDAY HOME DECORATING CONTEST.I'VE GOT TWO PRESENTATIONS TO SEE EVENING.
SO FIRST IS THE PRESENTATION OF THE ANNUAL FOAM DUCT GREEN CONTEST.
UM, THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS HOSTS AN ANNUAL DECORATING CONTEST WHERE HOUSEHOLDS THROUGHOUT CHINO HILLS SHOW OFF THEIR HOLIDAY SPIRIT AND HELP LIGHT UP THE SEASON.
THIS YEAR, WE'RE RECOGNIZING WINNERS IN THREE CATEGORIES, ROOKIE OF THE YEAR CLASSIC HOLIDAY AND BEST THEME.
EACH WINNING HOUSEHOLD WILL RECEIVE A $50 GIFT CARD TO THE SHOPS.
THE WINNER OF THE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD WAS THE CHUTES FAMILY.
WELCOME FOR THE HOLIDAY DECORATING AWARD, THE CLASSIC HOLIDAY DECORATING AWARD, THE JUDGES SELECTED THE CHAMBERS FAMILY.
ARE THEY HERE? THERE WAS TALK.
THEY MAY OR MAY NOT BE HERE, CHAMBERS FAMILY.
WE'LL GET THEM THEIR CERTIFICATES AND CARD.
AND FINALLY, THE WINNER OF BEST THEME WAS THE TORRES FAMILY FOR THEIR SYNCHRONIZED LIGHT SHOW.
AS A TOURIST FAMILY HERE, COME ON UP.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR WINNERS AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING SOME HOLIDAY CHEER TO THE COMMUNITY.
I'VE GOT CERTIFICATES AND THE CERTIFICATES ARE FROM SUPERVISOR, KURT HAGMAN, OUR CONGRESSWOMAN YOUNG KIM ASSEMBLYMEN, PHILIP CHEN, AND THEN OUR STATE SENATOR JOSH NEWMAN.
IF YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING RELATING TO YOUR, UH, EFFORTS.
WELL, JUST NEXT YEAR, I GOT TO STEP UP MY GAME SO I CAN GET OUT OF THE ROOKIE CATEGORY.
MR. TORRES, WE'VE GOT THE SAME CERTIFICATES FOR YOU AND YOUR GIFT CARD.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
AND LET'S CONTINUE WITH THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.
[6. RECOGNITION - Recognition of winners of City Flag Design Contest]
IS THE RECOGNITION OF WINNERS OF THE CITY FLAG DESIGN CONTEST.ALL RIGHT, FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS HOSTED A FLAG DESIGN COMPETITION, CITY FLAG DESIGN COMPETITION, AND ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES AND ARTISTIC ABILITIES TO SUBMIT THEIR DESIGN FOR A CITY FLAG.
EACH SUBMISSION INCLUDED A BRIEF NARRATIVE DESCRIBING THE SYMBOLISM AND EXPLAINING THE FLAGS DESIGN FEATURES.
WE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 49 ENTRIES THAT WERE AMAZING YET SHOWING OFF, GET AGAIN, SHOWING OFF HOW TALENTED OUR COMMUNITY IS BEFORE WE ANNOUNCED WINNERS.
I HAD THE PLEASURE OF SERVING ON THE COMMITTEE TO SELECT THE WINNING ENTRIES ALONG WITH MY ACCOUNT FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBER, BRIAN JOS.
AND BRIAN'S THE ONE THAT KIND OF BROUGHT THIS FORWARD TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF WHAT WE DID WITH THIS EFFORT.
WE ALSO HAD GREG HIGGINS FROM THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION, SHARON VOIGHT FOR PLANNING COMMISSIONER VINCE JONES, PUBLIC WORKS, COMMISSIONER SHARON STEWIE RIGHT HERE, CHINO HILLS OR CHARTS.
UH, THE FOUNDATION PART OF THE FOUNDATION, CHINO HILLS ARTS WINNERS WILL RECEIVE A VISA CARD IN THE AMOUNTS OF $150.
FIRST PLACE, $100 FOR SECOND PLACE AND $50 FOR THIRD PLACE.
SO NOW LET'S ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS OF THE FLAG DESIGN CONTEST.
THIRD-PLACE JOSHUA CHO THIS JOSHUA JOSHUA CONGRATULATIONS.
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SECOND PLACE.DAN, WHERE ARE YOU AT? YOU'RE RIGHT OVER THERE.
SO HERE ARE YOUR CERTIFICATES FROM THE SAME GROUPING OF INDIVIDUALS.
UH, ANY THOUGHTS FROM ANYBODY YOU MIGHT WANT TO SAY ANYTHING AS FAR AS THERE WERE EFFORTS.
WELL WITH THAT, LET'S DO A PHOTO DOWN.
[7. PRESENTATION - California Department of Insurance Commission]
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A PRESENTATION FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE COMMISSION, THE ASSOCIATE INSURANCE COMPLIANCE OFFICER, PETER MESA.THANK YOU KINDLY FOR THE INVITATION.
UH, WE'LL UH, JUST, UH, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT TODAY.
I'M AN ASSOCIATE INSURANCE COMPLIANCE OFFICER WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE.
SO I WANT TO JUST GO OVER A FEW THINGS AND THEN OPEN UP FOR WHATEVER QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
SO I'M GOING TO GO OVER A FEW THINGS AND I SHOULD BE, UM, DONE PRETTY QUICKLY.
IT'S, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THIS, UH, PRESENTATION ON THE SLIDE, BUT I'M GOING TO TRY TO BE AS BRIEF AND THEN WE CAN DRILL DOWN AS NEEDED.
SO IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, SO LET ME JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ROLE OF AN INSURANCE COMMISSIONER, THE ROLE OF THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONERS TO PROTECT CONSUMERS.
WE'RE A CONSUMER FRIENDLY, UH, CONSUMER ORIENTED, UH, AGENCY STATEWIDE AGENCY.
UH, WE ARE TO MAINTAIN INSURER SOLVENCY.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE MONEY THAT THE INSURANCE COMPANIES HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY THE CLAIMS WHEN IT IS NEEDED.
SO WE'RE AWARE OF ALL THE DIFFERENT, UH, LOSSES THAT HAVE HAPPENED, UH, FOR MANY YEARS NOW IN A ROW, IT SEEMS LIKE, UH, ONGOING FIRE SEASON THAT WE HAVE, AND WE KNOW THAT THE INSUREDS HAVE BEEN HIT PRETTY HARD, BUT WE ARE MONITORING ALL THAT, MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE ENOUGH MONIES AND RESERVES.
AND WE FEEL THAT OUR INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE VERY STRONG IN CALIFORNIA.
UM, EVEN IN SPITE OF ALL THE FIRES AND DISASTERS THAT HAVE OCCURRED HERE, WE'RE HERE TO, UH, ENFORCE THE INSURANCE LAWS OF CALIFORNIA.
THERE ARE SPECIFIC LAWS THAT ARE, UH, THAT ARE IN THE CODE AND WE, UH, AS THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER, AS WELL AS TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THOSE LAWS ARE ENFORCED NEXT, LIKELY, LET ME JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PLAN, BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT 80% OF THE HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE TYPE OF INSURANCE PLANS, THAT POLICIES THAT MOST FOLKS HAVE, THERE ARE A FEW OTHERS.
SO THIS IS NOT THE ONLY EXCLUSIVE PLAN, BUT SINCE THE MAJORITY OF PLANS ARE ATRIAL THREES, I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT JUST BRIEFLY.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW, UNDERSTAND SOMETHING AND I WON'T GO DRILL DOWN INTO THIS, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND.
IF YOU CAN GRAB YOUR POLICY, WHEN YOU GET HOME, GET THAT INSURANCE POLICY OUT AND LOOK FOR THE DECK SHEET.
IT'S A CALLED A DECLARATION SHEET.
IT SHOULD MEET YOU AS THE FIRST PAGE OR THE SECOND PAGE OF YOUR POLICY.
AND IT WILL HAVE THE COVERAGES THAT YOU WILL HAVE.
IT WILL GIVE YOU A SUMMARY OF WHAT AMOUNT OF COVERAGE DID YOU HAVE.
YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH DWELLING COVERAGE YOU HAVE BECAUSE THE WHOLE FOUNDATION OF YOUR POLICY IS BASED ON COVERAGE AID.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE OTHER STRUCTURES, WHICH ARE, UH, FENCES OR, UH, THAT, UH, GARAGES THAT ARE NOT ATTACHED, UH, SWIMMING POOLS, THAT IS ALL MANY TIMES ON A PERCENTAGE OF WHATEVER DWELLING COVERAGE YOU HAVE.
THE SAME THING GOES FOR PERSONAL PROPERTY.
PERSONAL PROPERTY IS YOUR ITEMS, YOUR PERSONAL ITEMS INSIDE THE HOME, LIKE YOUR SOAP, LIKE
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YOUR TELEVISION AND YOUR CLOTHING AND YOUR JEWELRY AND SO FORTH.SO IT IS PRETTY STANDARD FOR THE INSURANCE COMPANIES TO MAKE THESE ITEMS A PERCENTAGE OF THE DWELLING COVERAGE.
SO YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE FOUNDATION OF WHAT IS THE DWELLING COVERAGE, WHICH IS THE BULK OF REPLACING.
WE BUILDING THE STRUCTURE OF THE HOME LOSS OF USE OF COURSE, IS SO THAT WHILE YOU ARE OUT OF YOUR HOME, YOU COULD EITHER RENT A HOME, UH, PAY FOR OTHER EXPENSES RELATED TO YOU NOT HAVING ACCESS TO YOUR HOME.
PERSONAL LIABILITY OBVIOUSLY IS THE PORTION WHERE IN CASE, UH, YOU HAVE SOME LIABILITY, SOMEBODY TRIPS AND FALLS IN FRONT OF YOUR HOME.
WE LEFT OUT THE WATERHOLES AND SOMEBODY TRIPS IN FRONT OF YOUR HOME AND THEY GONNA SUE YOU NOW.
SO THAT'S WHAT THAT IS FOR MEDICAL PAYMENTS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
IT'S JUST FOR IMMEDIATE MEDICAL PAYMENTS, UH, FOR ANYBODY THAT IS NOT ALSO IN PART OF THE HOME, THESE PAYMENTS ARE USUALLY, UH, LIMITS ARE A LOT LESS.
SO THEIR IMMEDIATE PAYMENTS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PERSONAL LIABILITY, THAT IS USUALLY A SETTLEMENT THAT IS DONE AFTER YOU HAVE UNDERSTOOD.
AND EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THE NATURE OF THE INJURY AND THE, THERE WAS A FULL DISCLOSURE OF WHAT THE AMOUNTS ARE THAT WILL BE PAID OUT FOR THESE INJURIES.
AND USUALLY THAT'S A PERIOD OF TIME.
IT COULD BE EVEN UP TO TWO YEARS BECAUSE THAT'S A STATUTE OF LIMITATION.
UH, ARE YOU UNDER INSURED? IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONDUCT AN ANNUAL CHECKUP, CHECK WITH YOUR INSURANCE AGENT, CHECK WITH YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY, MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHAT, IF YOU ADDED AN ADDITIONAL 200 SQUARE FEET, LIKE MY NEIGHBOR DID HERE, UH, YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY IS AWARE OF THAT.
IF THEY'RE NOT AWARE OF THAT, THEY MAY DENY A CLAIM.
IF YOU, UH, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN PAYING FOR THAT.
SO YOU WERE NEVER RATED WITH THE EXTRA 200 SQUARE FEET IN YOUR HOME.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF COVERAGE, EVEN THOUGH YOU HAD GREAT COVERAGE FIVE YEARS AGO, YOU KNOW, COSTS INCREASE.
SO YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE SUFFICIENT COVERAGE FOR YOUR, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR REBUILDING YOUR HOME REBUILDING COSTS.
IT'S NOT THE SAME AS THE SELLING PRICE.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND IT CAN BE, BUT NORMALLY THAT'S NOT WHAT IT IS.
IT'S THE AMOUNT TO REBUILD YOUR HOME.
UH, THE AMOUNT OF THE SELLING PRICE OF YOUR HOME INCLUDES THE LAND.
THE LAB WILL NOT BE DESTROYED IN A FIRE.
THE FOUNDATION MAKE IT STORED, BUT NOT THE ACTUAL, UH, LAND.
SO REMEMBER THE AMOUNT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IS TO REBUILD THE HOME, UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ACTUAL CASH VALUE VERSUS REPLACEMENT COSTS.
ACTUAL CASH VALUE WILL PAY THE PRICE OF REPLACING SOMETHING WITH SOME SORT OF DEPRECIATION BECAUSE IT'S FIVE YEARS OLD, THEY WILL TAKE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DEPRECIATION AND, UH, YOU WILL GET A REDUCED AND REPLACEMENT COSTS GIVES YOU THE FULL REPLACEMENT.
YOU PAID A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A TELEVISION, A NICE SONY TELEVISION.
AND GUESS WHAT? NOW YOU NEED TO REPLACE THAT THING.
60 INCH SONY TELEVISION, THEN YOU WOULD GET THE REPLACEMENT, UH, WHATEVER IT IS WITHOUT ANY, UH, DEPRECIATION OR REDUCTION IN COST.
UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A BUILDING CODE UPGRADES, UH, COVERAGE, UH, SOMETIMES CITY, UH, CHINO HILLS I'M SURE HAS CODE UPGRADES TO CHANGE A CITY OR REQUIRES CERTAIN CHANGES FROM TIME TO TIME.
THE HOME COULD BE 50 YEARS OLD AND SUDDENLY NOW THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED.
AND GUESS WHAT INSPECTORS ARE REQUIRING THAT THERE BE, UH, CERTAIN, UH, THINGS THAT ARE DONE IN THE HOME TO INCREASE THE, UM, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN BUILDING CODES THAT ARE REQUIRED AT THIS TIME.
SO BE AWARE THAT THAT'S A SEPARATE COVERAGE.
IT'S NOT THAT EXPENSIVE TO BE FIVE TO $10 MORE A MONTH, UH, ALSO UNDERSTAND ABOUT LOSS ASSESSMENT.
IF YOU LIVE IN ANY HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, UM, YOU COULD BE ASSESSED FOR A COMMON AREA DAMAGE.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, I HAD A PERSON IN BERKELEY COME UP TO ME AFTER A PRESENTATION AND SAID, LISTEN, UH, THE AGENT INSISTED ON US GETTING THIS COVERAGE.
AND SIX MONTHS LATER, I THINK SIX OR EIGHT MONTHS LATER, UH, THE HOMELESS ASSOCIATION WAS ASSESSING LIKE 13,000 TO EVERY HOMEOWNER BECAUSE THE INSURANCE COMPANY FOR THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION COULD ONLY COVER SO MUCH AND THEY PAID THE LIMITS.
AND NOW THEY WERE ASSESSING EVERY HOMEOWNER A GREAT AMOUNT OF MONEY.
AND BECAUSE THEY HAD THIS COVERAGE, THE, UH, THEIR OWN PERSONAL INSURANCE, NOT THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION INSURANCE, BUT THEIR PERSONAL, UH, OWN INSURANCE WITH THIS LOSS ASSESSMENT COVERED THAT, UH, THAT AMOUNT REMEMBER CAUSE THRESHING COST SOURCE.
SO YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET THAT, UH, CHECKUP.
UH, REMEMBER PROPERTY RATE REGULATION IS DELIVERED BY LAW RATES CANNOT BE EXCESSIVE OR INADEQUATE.
UH, CANNOT BE HIGH, CAN BE HIGHER FOR BRUSHING WILDFIRE AREAS.
INSURERS CAN GENERALLY CHOOSE WHERE THEY WANT TO WRITE.
INSURANCE MUST HAVE BEEN MAINTAIN ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES.
THEY MUST BE SPECIFIC AND SUBSTANTIALLY RELATED TO LOSS EXPOSURE.
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TO REALLY SHOW THESE THINGS NEXT LIFE.UH, IF YOU GET A NON-RENEWAL I USED TO BE 45 DAYS, IT WAS 45 DAYS FOREVER.
YOU HAVE 45 DAYS TO, UH, YOU KNOW, GO START LOOKING FOR, MAKE SURE YOU HAD INSURANCE IN 45 DAYS.
UH, WE HAVE INCREASED THAT IN JUST THE LAST YEAR, AFTER MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS OF BEING 45 DAYS, 75 DAYS MIGHT NOT SEEM LIKE A LOT.
UH, AND IT PROBABLY ISN'T, BUT IT'S BETTER THAN 45 DAYS.
AND WE'RE HOPING TO GET THAT EVEN HIGHER.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WANT YOU TO JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, HANG IN THERE, YOU'RE DEALING WITH THESE THINGS, CALL CDI, CALL US AT OUR 800 NUMBER, WHICH IS RIGHT THERE IN THE BOTTOM OF THIS, EVERY ONE OF OUR SLIDES, UH, CALL YOUR CURRENT INSURANCE COMPANY.
I HAD A PERSON IN, UH, SANTA CRUZ THAT WAS SITTING AT A PRESENTATION OF 150 PEOPLE.
AND HE WAS, UH, HE SAID THAT HE HAD RECEIVED A NON-RENEWAL BECAUSE THERE WERE CERTAIN THINGS THAT THE INSURANCE COMPANY SAID HE DID.
HE, HE JUST, HE WAS NOT INSURABLE.
AND HE SAID THAT HE WENT BACK TO THE INSURANCE AGENT AND HE TALKED TO THEM AND SAID, WHAT IS IT THAT I NEED TO DO? WHAT CAN I DO? THEY TOLD HIM WHAT TO DO.
AND THEY SAID, OKAY, WE'LL CONTINUE INSURING YOU.
THEY GAVE HIM FIVE DIFFERENT NON-RENEWALS ONE AFTER ANOTHER FIVE OF THEM.
AND HE KEPT GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE INSURANCE COMPANY EVERY TIME UNTIL THE LAST THAT I HEARD, THE INSURANCE COMPANIES KEPT ACCEPTING THE CHANGES THAT HE MADE.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I CAN TELL YOU FIRSTHAND THAT IS NOT CORRECT.
THE INSURANCE COMPANIES DO NOT HAVE TO DO THAT.
THEY DO NOT EVEN HAVE TO TELL YOU ALL THE SPECIFICS AS TO WHY THEY ARE NOT, NOT RENEWING YOU, BUT, UM, YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THAT SOMETHING THAT HAS WORKED W IN OUR EXPERIENCE, UH, CALL YOUR AGENT, CALL A BROKER, A WIDENING YOUR SEARCH.
WE'VE SEEN WHERE, UH, INSURANCE AGENTS HAVE, UH, SATURATED IN THE AREA.
AND SO THEY'RE NO LONGER, UH, SELLING INSURANCE OR, UH, YOU KNOW, THE INSURANCE COMPANIES THAT ARE APPOINTED WITH, BUT SOMETIMES THERE'S AN INSURER SOMEWHERE ELSE.
UH, AND PERHAPS, UH, AN AGENT THAT'S A LITTLE FURTHER OUT, MAYBE IN SAN DIEGO OR IN, UM, IN KERN COUNTY, UH, JUST WIDEN YOUR SEARCH.
AND WE'VE SEEN A SUCCESS, UH, WITH THIS TYPE OF, UH, YOU KNOW, SEARCH.
AND WE FIND SOMETIMES THESE BROKERS ARE NOT SELLING THE SAME, UH, INSURANCE, UH, WITH THE SAME INSURANCE COMPANIES AND VICTIM, YOU KNOW, GO AHEAD AND SELL SOMETHING IN YOUR AREA.
SO WHY DIDN'T YOUR SHIRTS SEARCH? UH, ALSO NOT ADMITTED CARRIERS VOTE TO THE SURPLUS LINE MARKET.
UH, SOMETIMES YOU CAN FIND THESE INSURERS THAT WILL ENSURE, UH, ENSURE YOU, UH, BE AWARE.
THERE IS A FAIR PLAN, WHICH IS A PLACE OF LAST RESORT.
UH, WE'RE TRYING TO INCREASE THAT AND MAKE THAT A BETTER PLAN.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, UH, KEEP THEM CHEAPER.
YOUR INSURANCE COMPANIES, COMPANIES CAN NOT RENEW FOR ALMOST ANY REASON THAT IT'S RISK RELATED.
UH, THEY CAN'T TAKE A CLAIMS HISTORY, AND THAT COULD CAUSE A NON-RENEWAL, UH, THINGS THAT ARE UNDER YOUR CONTROL, THE CONDITION OF YOUR PROPERTY, THE ROOFING, THE PLUMBING, AND ON AND ON BRUSH ON YOUR PROPERTY, THE LEAVES IN THE GUTTERS AND SO FORTH, THE FLAMMABLE ITEMS, ITEMS STORED ON YOUR PROPERTY, UH, YOU KNOW, DEFENSIBLE SPACES AND SO FORTH THINGS.
YOU CAN'T CONTROL THE LOCATION OF YOUR HOME.
IF IT'S NEAR BRUSH OR FOREST, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU OBVIOUSLY, YOU CANNOT DO ANYTHING THAT A UNCLEARED BRUSH ON YOUR NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY.
NEIGHBORS DON'T WANT TO CLEAR THEIR PROPERTY, OR SO MAYBE IT'S, UH, SOME SORT OF COUNTY, UH, PROPERTY OR FEDERAL LAND OR OTHER THINGS.
THOSE ARE THINGS OUT OF YOUR CONTROL.
UH, PERHAPS I FOUND THAT SOMETIMES GETTING THE WHOLE CAL FIRE AND WHOLE, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, ELECTED OFFICIALS, SOMETIMES THEY CAN HELP YOU, BUT, UM, WILDFIRE RISK SCORE.
THAT RISK SCORE IS A BIG ISSUE.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, UH, CALIFORNIA PLAN, AND JUST MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT, BUT THE, OF LAST RESORT, UH, IT'S A PIE, IT'S A FIRE INSURANCE POLICY FOR HIGH RISK PROPERTIES.
THERE ARE, HAS, UH, COVERAGE LIMITATIONS.
SO IT'S A NAMED PERIL POLICY FOR FIRE LIGHTNING AND TRUE EXPLOSION AND SMOKE ONLY, UH, NO COVERAGE IS PROVIDED FOR THE LIABILITY OR THE OTHER PERILS, UH, YOU KNOW, YOUR PERSONAL PROPERTY AND AN ON.
SO CURRENTLY YOU NEED TO HAVE A, NOT ONLY A CALIFORNIA FAIR PLAN, BUT YOU NEED TO HAVE A DIFFERENCES IN CONDITION POLICY, WHICH IS WE CALL THAT A WRAP AROUND POLICY.
SO YOU'LL END UP HAVING TWO POLICIES TO MAKE IT INTO ONE COMPLETE COMPREHENSIVE POLICY.
SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET BACK INTO THE STANDARD MARKET AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
UH, WE FIND PEOPLE GET INTO IT.
SOMETIMES THEY CAN GET OUT AFTER ONE YEAR.
SOMETIMES THEY CAN GET OUT A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT GET OUT OF IT AS SOON AS YOU CAN.
AND HOPEFULLY COMING SOON, WE WILL HAVE THE CALIFORNIA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND IT WILL BE A FULLY, UH, YOU KNOW, A COMPLETE PLAN, NOT JUST A, UH, UH, APPAREL PLAN.
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PROTECTIONS.OF COURSE, THERE'S THE MANDATORY ONE-YEAR MORATORIUM THAT HAPPENS, UH, AFTER DECLARED DISASTER BY THE GOVERNOR.
IT'S BECAUSE OF THE SB 8 24, THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER CAN DECLARE THE AREA WHERE THE DISASTER HAS OCCURRED AND SURROUNDING ZIP CODES.
AND WE'LL, UM, MANDATE THAT ALL INSURANCE COMPANIES, UH, PUT A MORATORIUM ON NON-RENEWALS FOR ONE YEAR.
IT ALLOWS, UH, FOLKS TO, UH, YOU KNOW, START DOING THEIR RE UM, SEARCH PERHAPS FOR ANOTHER INSURER, UH, PERHAPS MAKING THE ADJUSTMENTS, UH, GETTING, YOU KNOW, THEIR HANDS AND THEIR HOUSE IN ORDER AND SO FORTH.
UH, CDI IS HELPING INSURERS OR HOMEOWNERS TO RECOVER FROM FIRES AND FIND HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE.
UH, WE ASSIST HOMEOWNERS AND FIND PLANES AND MAXIMIZING THE INSURANCE BENEFITS FOLLOWING A DISASTER.
NEXT SLIDE, UH, REQUIRE, UH, SO WHAT IS THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER LARA'S ACTION PLAN? WE WANT TO REQUIRE GREATER TRANSPARENCY FOR FILE, UH, FOR THE WILDFIRE RISK COURSE, THESE MODELS THAT ARE USED FOR HOMES AND BUSINESSES.
UH, RIGHT NOW WE DO NOT HAVE THE, UM, THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO LOOK AT THOSE MODELS.
AND SO THE INSURERS ARE SAYING, HEY, THESE ARE THERE'S PREPARATORY INFORMATION.
AND, AND THESE, UH, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE USE.
AND SO THEY ARE NOT ALLOWING, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO LOOK AT IT AT THIS POINT.
SO WE'RE, WE WANT TO REQUIRE THESE MODELS TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT COMMUNITY AND INDIVIDUAL MITIGATION.
CAUSE IT USED TO BE, THEY USED TO LOOK AT YOUR HOME AND WHATEVER IT WAS THAT THEY SAW IN YOUR HOME, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS THE, THEY BASE THEIR RISK OR BASED ON THAT, NOW THEY'RE LOOKING AT A WHOLE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE SATELLITE IMAGES, UH, ACCESS TO YOUR AREA AND, UH, THE SLOPE AND YOU KNOW, AND SO FORTH.
SO WE WANT TO, UH, HAVE THEM, UH, REQUIRE THE MODELS TO BE OPEN FOR PUBLIC REVIEW.
WE'D LIKE TO SEE THEM, UH, INSURERS TO ALLOW THE CONSUMERS TO APPEAL THE RISK SCORES IF THEY BELIEVE IT'S BASED ON, UPON, UPON WRONG INFORMATION AND ALSO GIVE CONSUMERS TIME TO ADDRESS MITIGATION ISSUES SO THEY CAN LOWER THE RISK SCORES.
NEXT SLIDE, UH, INSURANCE SPOTTING, COURAGE YOU GUYS TO LOOK OUT FOR SCAMMERS AFTER DISASTER DON'T, THERE'S AN INFORMATIONAL DOG GUIDE CALLS.
UH, THERE'S A PROPERTY CLAIMS, INFORMATIONAL GUIDE, ALSO REPORT SUSPECTED FRAUD, CALL THE DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE OR 800 NUMBERS THERE.
WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET IN TOUCH WITH US.
ONCE AGAIN, THESE ARE SOME RESOURCES, UH, RESIDENTIAL INSURANCE GUIDE, HOME INVENTORY GUIDE, FILL OUT THE INFORMATION AHEAD OF TIME IN EACH ROOM.
WE HAVE THIS GUIDE AVAILABLE, PUT IT INTO CLOUD.
UH, THERE'S A PROPERTY PLAINS GUY.
UH, THERE ARE, WE HAVE 10 TIPS FOR FINDING HOMEOWNER'S INSURANCE ON OUR WEBSITE.
WE HAVE A HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE FINDER TOOL ALSO ON OUR WEBSITE.
THERE'S ALSO AN ANNUAL CONSUMER COMPLAINT STUDY, WHICH I CALL THE REPORT CARD ON INSURANCE COMPANIES.
AND THEN LASTLY, YOU COULD SEE A PREMIUM COMPARISON.
IT KIND OF GIVES YOU A GENERAL IDEA OF WHAT THE DIFFERENT INSURANCE PREMIUMS ARE FOR, YOU KNOW, TOP 50 INSURANCE COMPANIES HERE IN CALIFORNIA, SEX LIFE, CONTACT US AT THE DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE AT OUR ONE 800 NUMBER.
UH, WE'RE THERE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, EXCEPT HOLIDAYS, A EIGHT TO FIVE.
AND I GUARANTEE YOU THAT IF YOU CALL, YOU'LL GET ANSWERED WITHIN TWO MINUTES, THREE MINUTES AT THE MOST.
AND UH, EVERY PERSON THAT ANSWERED THE PHONE IS AN EXPERT.
SO, UH, WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE IN GOOD HANDS.
IF YOU CALL AND YOU WILL GET ASSISTANCE, I BELIEVE THAT'S THE LAST SLIDE, BUT CAN GO THOUGH IF THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE.
SO I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS, CITY COUNCIL OR ANY OF THE PUBLIC.
MR. MAYS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WANTED TO PUT THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S WATCHING THIS.
WHY ARE YOU WATCHING THIS PRESENTATION? UM, SEVERAL OF US HAVE HAD OUR INSURANCE CANCELED IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, UH, BECAUSE OF WHERE WE LIVE IN.
AND IT BECAME AN ISSUE IN POCKETS OF CHINO HILLS.
A LOT OF HOS HAVE HAD THEIR INSURANCE POLICIES CANCELED AND IT DOESN'T LEAVE YOU A WHOLE LOT OF RECOURSE.
YOU START SEARCHING FOR OTHER ALTERNATIVES, THEN YOU END UP POSSIBLY WITH THE FAIR PLAN THAT HE DISCUSSED.
SO WE ASKED FOR A PRESENTATION TO KIND OF GIVE US A LITTLE MORE PERSPECTIVE.
I'M CURIOUS, I KNOW MOST OF YOUR FROM ONE PARTICULAR AREA, BUT HAVE ANY OF YOU HAD YOUR INSURANCE POLICIES CANCELED ON YOU? SO WE HAVE A FEW HANDS.
WE'VE GOT SEVERAL HANDS, ACTUALLY, VERY FRUSTRATING, ISN'T IT? YOU KNOW, I WAS WITH AAA FOREVER AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY PULLED THE PLUG ON ME AND I'LL AND YOU'RE GOING, WOW, I HAVE MY CARS AND MY HOME ALL HERE WORK.
I HAVE TO MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE, GO TO NATIONWIDE THERE FOR A COUPLE YEARS.
THEY CANCELED ON ME THIS YEAR.
SO IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING TO GO THROUGH THIS.
AND NOW WE'RE HEARING, AS I MENTIONED, A LOT OF HOS ARE HAVING THEIR POLICIES
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CANCELED.SO THAT WAS THE NATURE OF WHAT WE'RE, WHAT THIS PRESENTATION WAS ABOUT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE A QUESTION? I KNOW RAY ALSO, RAY, ARE YOU THERE? PETER? COULD I SAY A FEW THINGS? YES.
RAY ALSO HAD HIS POLICY CANCELED.
THEY WERE GOING TO COUNSEL AND I REACHED OUT TO ALL STATES.
I GAVE THEM THE, UH, THE WEED ABATEMENT POLICY THAT WE HAVE.
UM, I SHOWED HIM WHERE THE FIRE STATION WAS IN OUR, OUR WATER SUPPLY AND THEY REINSTATED ME.
I STILL HAVE ALLSTATE TO TODAY, BUT IF IT'S SOMEWHERE, I LOVE TO HEAR THIS BECAUSE I I'VE HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE.
I HAVE FOLKS ALL THE TIME THAT MY PRESENTATION COME BACK TO ME AND SAY EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
ANY COMMENTS FROM ANYBODY UP HERE? VICE MAYOR ROGERS? YES.
I DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER WHO WISHED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
DO YOU WANT HIM TO SPEAK NOW OR AS THE FIRST SPEAKER DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS, LET'S GO AND DO IT NOW.
WELL, JUSTIN, YOU RAISED YOUR HAND.
BOARD MEMBERS OR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND, UH, THANK YOU, UH, MR. MESA FOR ALLOWING ME AND BEN TO, UM, I HAVE MY OWN PERSONAL STORY.
I AM NOT ONLY A HOMEOWNER HERE IN CALIFORNIA WHERE I PAY $3,500 A MONTH FOR HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE, BUT I ALSO OWN A BUILDING ALONG THE 71 FREEWAY AT PINE AVENUE.
AND I'M ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF THE HOA THERE, UH, LAST YEAR, SOMETIME ABOUT MARCH OR SO, MAYBE IT MIGHT'VE BEEN APRIL OR MAY.
WE WERE INFORMED BY OUR INSURANCE COMPANY AT THAT TIME LABAR AND ASANI THAT THEY WERE NOT GOING TO RENEW OUR INSURANCE BECAUSE OF THE FIRE HAZARD.
UM, THEY, UH, GAVE US A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME.
MAYBE FOUR MONTHS, OUR INSURANCE WAS NOT DUE TILL JULY.
SO WE THOUGHT WE HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO FIND ANOTHER COMPANY.
WE CONTACTED FOUR DIFFERENT AGENCIES, UH, THAT WERE HUNTING FOR US.
EACH OF THEM HAD BROKERAGE ABILITY.
SO THEY WERE LOOKING AT, AND THEY SENT US LISTS OF 10 AND 11 DIFFERENT COMPANIES THAT THEY SAID NOBODY WAS OFFERING US INSURANCE.
AND WE'RE LOCATED RIGHT THERE.
WE'RE SURROUNDED BY HOUSING AND THE FREEWAY.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE BACKED UP AGAINST THE CHINO HILLS STATE PARK OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT NOBODY WAS GOING TO ALLOW US TO HAVE INSURANCE.
FINALLY AFTER ABOUT THREE OR FOUR MONTHS WERE ABOUT MAYBE FOUR TO SIX WEEKS BEFORE OUR INSURANCE, UM, EXPIRED, UH, UH, STATE FARM CAME IN WITH A COMPANY.
THEIR BROKERAGE DIVISION, UH, CAME WITH A COMPANY CALLED STILLWATER WHO WOULD ENSURE NINE OF THEM, NOT ON A BLANKET POLICY AS BEFORE, WHICH WE PAID ABOUT $14,000 FOR THE BLANKET POLICY FOR THE YEAR, BUT THEY WOULD INSURE THEM INDIVIDUALLY.
SO EACH, EACH OF THE NINE, THEY WOULD INSURE, BUT THEY WERE FIVE OF THEM, THE ONES ALONG THE FREEWAY THAT THEY WOULD NOT INSURE.
AND SO WE KEPT SEARCHING, WE GOT THOSE INSURED.
UM, THEN, UM, WE KEPT SEARCHING AND THEN FINALLY WE CAME ACROSS CALIFORNIA.
UH, WE HAD TO GO TO CALIFORNIA FARE OF CLOWN.
IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT CALIFORNIA FAIR PLAN, IT'S CONSIDERED A BARE BONES INSURANCE.
IT DOESN'T REALLY ENSURE YOUR INTERIOR.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN BUILD THE FOUR WALLS AND THEN IT'S UP TO YOU TO DO THE REST.
BUT AT LEAST IT WAS SOMETHING.
AND THE, AND WE GOT THE OTHER FOUR ENSURED THAT THE LAST ONE, THEY DID NOT WANT TO INSURE IT BECAUSE IT HAD A FOR RENT SIGN.
IF THIS WAS A TWO-STORY BUILDING UP AGAINST THE FREEWAY AND IT IS FOUR CONDOMINIUMS AND ONE OF THE CONDOMINIUMS WERE AVAILABLE FOR RENT AND THEY DID NOT WANT TO INSURE IT FOR THAT REASON, UM, WHICH, UH, WE GOT INSURED LITERALLY TWO DAYS WITH CALIFORNIA FAIR PLAN WE HAD TO, THERE WAS A LOT OF MANEUVERING HAD TO GO ON, BUT THE THINGS THAT I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND IS WE WERE DECLINED BECAUSE THEY SAID WE WERE IN A WILDFIRE BRUSH MAPPING ZONE.
IF YOU GO ONTO CAL FIRE, WHEN YOU PUT IN WILD BRUSH, YOU KNOW, MAPPING ZONE CA CAL FIRE'S WEBSITE COMES UP, WE ARE NOT LOCATED IN A HIGHER ZONE.
UM, I CAN SHOW IT RIGHT NOW ON MY MAP.
SO THE OTHER THINGS I DON'T UNDERSTAND THROUGH, UM, CALIFORNIA FAIR PLAN IS HOW I CAN HAVE, THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OKAY, THAT WE HAVE A 14,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING THAT COSTS US $4,711 AND A 14,000 6 56 BUILDING THAT COSTS US $12,000, THE TOTAL AMOUNT TO ENSURE
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THOSE 15 BUILDINGS IS $50,000.SO IT WENT FROM 14,000 TO $50,000 IN ONE YEAR.
AND I HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS AND I BROUGHT PROOF TO GIVE TO BEN AND BEN CAN FOLLOW IT UP FROM HERE.
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING.
MR. MESA, DO YOU HAVE A RESPONSE TO THAT? IS THAT THE STORY YOU HEAR ALL THE TIME? OH, ABSOLUTELY.
I'VE BEEN IN A LOT OF CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND OTHER, UH, BEEN IN PARADISE.
UH, SEVERAL TIMES I WAS THERE ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO.
AND SO WE HEAR THESE STORIES ALL THE TIME.
UH, ALL I CAN SAY IS GIVE US A CALL AT 800 NUMBER AT OUR 800 NUMBER.
AND, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT SPECIFICALLY, REMEMBER THAT.
AND I'LL JUST SAY THIS, UH, BRIEF, UH, BUT THE RISK MODELS, UH, THERE'S MORE TO IT THAN JUST WHAT THEY MAY SAY ON THE SURFACE.
SO IT MAY BE MORE FACTORS THAN WHAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE SIMPLY, YOU KNOW, MENTIONING.
SO PLEASE, UH, UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT JUST ONE THING.
IT COULD BE A MULTIPLE AND A MULTITUDE OF THINGS THAT, UH, CAUSED YOU NOT TO BE INSURED.
AND UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY OVER THAT AT THIS TIME TO LOOK AT SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW? ALL RIGHT.
IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING FOR US THAT HAVE HAD BEEN CANCELED.
UH, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL SEE, HOPEFULLY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA CAN MAKE THOSE CHANGES.
SOME OF THOSE CHANGES YOU REFERRED TO MR. MESA.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UM, MOVING ON THEN, DO WE HAVE, UH, BETH, ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OUT OF CLOSED SESSION AND NO REPORTABLE ACTIONS? THANK YOU
[8. 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.]
ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.AT THIS TIME, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEMS ON THE SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE COUNCIL, EXCEPT FOR TESTIMONY ON THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM, WHICH MUST BE PROVIDED DURING THOSE HEARINGS.
ITEM NUMBER 12 AND 13 WILL NOT BE HEARD DURING OUR SPECIAL MEETING.
THEY WILL BE HEARD DURING THE REGULAR MEETING PORTION OF THIS MEETING.
SO WE'LL HAVE A SEPARATE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR THAT IF NECESSARY.
SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH THE FIRST COMMENT.
MY NAME'S MIKE TABOR, AND I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT HERE FOR FOUR YEARS.
I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT REPUBLIC SERVICES ARE A SOLID WASTE CONTRACTOR.
MY RECENT EXPERIENCES WITH THEM, I SCHEDULED A BOLT PICKUP ON JANUARY 3RD AND ADVISE TO PLACE THE BATTERIES WHERE THE GARBAGE CANS ARE PLACED.
SO EARLY MORNING, I GOT UP HAULED THE MATTRESS FROM MY GARAGE, PLACED IT DOWN ON THE CURB WHERE IT WOULDN'T INTERFERE WITH THE GARBAGE CANS, THE POST BAN ADA ISSUES ON THE SIDEWALK.
UH, NONE OF THE BULK ITEMS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WERE PICKED UP THE ENTIRE AREA, ACTUALLY.
UH, SO THAT NIGHT I RETURNED THE MATTRESS TO MY GARAGE.
UH, AND AGAIN, HAULED IT OUT THE NEXT MORNING CALLED REPUBLIC INVITES HIM ABOUT THE MISS PICKUP.
SHE SAID SHE HAD NO WAY OF CONTACTING THE DRIVERS AND SAID SHE WOULD LEAVE A MESSAGE FOR THE DRIVER SUPERVISOR.
I ASKED YOLANDA TO HAVE THE SUPERVISOR CALL ME.
SHE SAID SHE WOULD SUPERVISOR NEVER CALL.
UH, THE SCENARIO CONTINUED EVERY DAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY.
UH, HERE'S SOMEBODY CHUCKLING.
IT HAPPENED TO THEM TOO SIMPLE CHECK OF THE LOCAL, UH, FACEBOOK PAGE REVEALS.
MY EXPERIENCE IS FAR FROM UNIQUE.
IN FACT, IT'S COMMON AND HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS.
UH, THERE'S NO INCENTIVE OR MORE ACCURATE, NO DISINCENTIVE FOR FAILURE TO ABIDE BY THE CONTRACT.
I KNOW IT'S 20 YEARS OLD AT THIS POINT, AS YOU KNOW, REPUBLIC SERVICES COULD IGNORE THE CONTRACT.
NOTHING COULD OR WOULD HAPPEN THIS OLD OUTDATE CON CONTRACT RELIED ON THE TRUST AND A CONCEPT THAT ACCOMPANY HIS WORD MEANT SOMETHING.
AS WE KNOW IT, DOESN'T, UH, THE TIRED WORN OUT EXCUSE THAT THEY WOULD GIVE.
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH EMPLOYEES.
OUR TRUCKS ARE BROKEN OR THIS COMPANY'S VERSION OF THE DOG ATE MY HOMEWORK.
UH, THIS COUNCIL NEEDS TO GIVE OUR CITY THE ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE FROM A POINT OF STRENGTH.
YOU NEED TO PUT A, A CONTRACT IN THAT FINES.
MR. JONES WOULD BE FAMILIAR TO THAT.
FIND FOR FAILURE TO ABIDE BY THE CONTRACT.
WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE A CITY PERSON CALLING UP AND COMPLAINING ONCE A MONTH AND HOLDING A MEETING.
WE NEED TO FIND THEM WHEN THEY DON'T ABIDE BY THE CONTRACT.
THAT'LL END THIS KIND OF, UH, FOOLERY.
AND IN CONCLUSION, I'D LIKE TO ASK THIS COUNCIL NOT TO ENTERTAIN ANY BID FOR ANY SERVICES BY REPUBLIC SERVICES, BASED ON THEIR HISTORY
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OF CONTRACT VIOLATIONS AND A TOTAL DISRESPECT FOR THIS CITY AND THE CITY'S RESIDENTS.THEY HAVEN'T EARNED THE PRIVILEGE TO HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THIS CITY.
THIS IS NOT RELATED TO THE SPECIAL MEETING.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE HAVING TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS OR ONE, UH, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING.
UM, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY, FOR THOSE THAT AREN'T FAMILIAR, I'M JOE SCHAFFER.
I'M A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND I WAS RECENTLY APPOINTED BY, UH, MY COLLEAGUES TO BE THE NEW LIAISON BETWEEN OUR BOARD, OUR DISTRICT, THE CITY AND COUNCIL.
UH, SO I WILL ALSO BE STAYING ON AS THE EX-OFFICIO MEMBER OF THE PARKS AND RECS COMMISSION, SORRY, DIRECTOR MARSHALL.
UM, SO, UH, ANYWAYS, IT'S AN HONOR FOR ME TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU REPRESENT MY COLLEAGUES IN OUR DISTRICT TO THE CITY.
IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, OR CONCERNS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW, BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP THAT WE'VE HAD.
DOES JOE WANT TO SAVE ME MY REPORT TONIGHT AND GIVE HER REAL QUICK SCHOOL DISTRICT REPORT? IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING IN THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, UM, WE ARE BACK IN, UH, IN PERSON, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE, WE'RE HARD TO STAY IN PERSON.
UM, AS YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD FROM NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT, WE ARE, UH, WE'RE NOT, UH, W W WE'RE UNDER THE SAME CONSTRAINTS, SO TO SPEAK THAT THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE REST OF OUR, UH, SOCIETY IS RIGHT NOW, AS FAR AS WORK SHORTAGES AND WORKERS.
UM, THOSE THAT ARE OUT WITH EITHER HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO, UH, THE VIRUS OR A QUARANTINING OR SICK WITH THE FLU OR OTHER ISSUES, UM, THERE IS A GREAT NEED FOR SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS RIGHT NOW.
UM, IT'S A, IT'S A STATEWIDE NATIONWIDE ISSUE.
UM, IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN BECOMING A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER, PLEASE CONTACT OUR HR DEPARTMENT.
THE STATE HAS ALLOWED FOR SOME CONCESSIONS IN WHAT IT IS REQUIRED TO BE A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER.
NOW, UH, BASICALLY A BACHELOR'S DEGREE AND, UM, ONE OR TWO OTHER TESTS THAT ARE, ARE VERY EASILY ACCESSIBLE.
THE DISTRICT THAT YOU'RE APPLYING WITH, HOPEFULLY CVU S D I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ASSIST YOU AND, AND TAKING THOSE, UH, OR PASSING THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
AND, UH, AND IT'S NOT JUST TEACHERS THAT GOES ALONG, UH, BUS DRIVERS, UH, UH, FOOD SERVICES, CUSTODIAL STAFF, EVERYTHING.
SO IF YOU ARE LOOKING OUT FOR WORK, WE HAVE MANY POSITIONS AVAILABLE.
SO PLEASE, UH, GIVE US SOME CONSIDERATION.
UH, OTHER THAN THAT, UM, I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO COME BACK WITH ONE, UH, AT SOME OTHER TIME AND GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE'RE AT WITH OUR MONETIZATION ONE MONEY, UM, AND ALL THE OTHER, UH, IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS FOR CAMPUSES HERE.
APPRECIATE YOU, JIM GALLAGHER.
I HOPE YOU'RE DOING BETTER ALSO, UH, ACTING MAYOR, PETER ROGERS, UH, CITY COUNCIL, UH, STAFF AND RESIDENTS, UH, I'M HERE TONIGHT REPRESENTING THE TUNER VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
AND I ALSO HAVE A FELLOW, A CHAMBER MEMBER WHO WILL ALSO BE SPEAKING TONIGHT, BUT FIRST OF ALL, IT'S A NEW YEAR AND THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS GOING ON.
AS YOU KNOW, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS MOVED ITS BUSINESS AT BREAKFAST OVER HERE.
NOW BACK AGAIN TO THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY CENTER.
WE'RE KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT THAT, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT'S JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM WHERE I LIVE.
UH, TOMORROW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A, HOW TO TELL YOUR STORY TO GROW YOUR BUSINESS AT 7:45 AM.
UH, DESTINY COLLINS WILL BE THE SPEAKER FROM THE MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA.
AND, UM, W THE EVENT THAT I'M EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT IS ON THURSDAY, THE 2022 GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, UH, SESSION, WHAT WE USED TO CALL PIZZA AND POLITICS THAT WILL BE OFFERED AT THE CAROLYN OWENS COMMUNITY CENTER IN CHINO.
YOU CAN ALSO ATTEND IT ONLINE IF YOU'D LIKE, IF YOU REGISTER.
AND THE EVENT WILL BE A SPEAKER KNOWN AS SHAQUESA GILLIAM, WHO IS THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATORS AFFAIRS REPRESENTATIVE, SHE'LL BE SPEAKING ON NEW LEGISLATION, WHICH I THINK WE'LL ALL BE EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THAT AFFECTS ESPECIALLY SMALL BUSINESS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES.
SO THAT WILL BE THURSDAY AT 11:30 AM AT THE CAROLYN OWEN CENTER.
UH, I DO HAVE AN ADDRESS 1, 3, 2 0 1 CENTRAL AVENUE IN CHINO.
UH, LOVE TO HAVE YOU ALL REGISTER AND COME OUT AND MAYBE EVEN, UH, GET INVOLVED WITH Q AND A SESSION WITH HER.
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ALL RIGHT.MAYOR VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND RESIDENTS.
UM, AS WELL AS THE CITY OF CHINO STAFF.
I AM THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AT THE CHINO VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE MET WITH ZEB AND HE'S, UM, IMPLEMENTING AN UPSCALE TEAM VALLEY INITIATIVE, DEALING WITH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, FOR THE PART OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, WE HOSTED OUR FIRST JOB FAIR ON OCTOBER 29TH AT THE CHAFEE COLLEGE CHINO HILLS, UH, CHAFEE COLLEGE COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM, WE HAD OVER 200 JOB SEEKERS PARTICIPATE.
WE HAD 45 BUSINESSES, AND WE WERE ABLE TO HIRE 25, UH, 25 HIRES FOR THE CITY OF CHINO AND CHINO HILLS.
OUR NEXT JOB FAIR IS GOING TO BE THIS FRIDAY FROM TWO TO FIVE AT THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY CENTER, ALONG WITH OPERATING JOBS.
WE'RE ALSO PARTNERING WITH THE CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, AS WELL AS STUDENTS FROM THE CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I HAVE SADIE WITH ME HERE TODAY.
UM, WE'LL BE OFFERING INTERNSHIPS, JOB SHADOWING OPPORTUNITIES, AS WELL AS, UM, DIFFERENT CAREER EXPLORATIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS HERE AT CHINO HILLS.
SO I KIND OF, YOU KNOW, CAUSED EVERYONE TO REGISTER.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR PARTICIPATION, GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT TO THE CHAMBER.
THANK YOU, SADIE LI GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS SADIE LEE AND I MAY SENIOR AT IOWA HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU THE CAREER EXPO AND JOB FAIR THAT WE'RE HAVING AN UPCOMING EVENT, THAT I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF ORGANIZING ALONGSIDE THE CHINO VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
AND WE'RE WORKING TO PROVIDE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND JOB SEEKERS HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH LOCAL OPPORTUNITIES.
SO WE CAME UP WITH THIS CONCEPT THAT WAS TARGETED MORE TOWARDS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AFTER I HAD FIRST REACHED OUT TO THE CHAMBER, LOOKING FOR LOCAL INTERNSHIP AND JOB SHADOWING OPPORTUNITIES AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND HOSPITALITY, WHICH IS THE FIELD THAT I'M INTERESTED IN GOING INTO FOR BOTH COLLEGE AND MY CAREER.
BUT I WAS UNABLE TO FIND THESE EXPERIENCES ON MY OWN BECAUSE EVERYTHING I SAW REQUIRED ME TO BE 18 OR CURRENTLY PURSUING A DEGREE IN COLLEGE.
UM, THIS WAS A ROADBLOCK THAT I LATER LEARNED.
MANY OF MY FRIENDS AND CLASSMATES FACED AS WELL.
THE CHAMBER THEN CONNECTED ME TO THE MARRIOTT TOWNEPLACE SUITES AND, YOU KNOW, HILLS.
AND I HAD A REALLY EYE-OPENING EXPERIENCE TAKING A TOUR OF THE HOTEL AND HAVING A ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATION WITH AN ASSOCIATE TO TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT PATHS I COULD TAKE IN THE INDUSTRY.
AND SO KNOWING THAT MY FRIENDS AND CLASSMATES WERE HAVING THE SAME DIFFICULTY IN FINDING THESE EXPERIENCES, UM, WE KNEW THAT THEY WOULD ALSO BENEFIT FROM AN EXPERIENCE LIKE THIS, THE CHAMBER, AND I DECIDED TO ORGANIZE THIS CAREER EXPO AND JOB FAIR, WHERE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO TALK WITH INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS, JUST LIKE I DID SCHEDULE TIME TO A JOB SHADOW, OR HAVE POTENTIAL INTERNSHIPS AND EVEN PARTICIPATE IN THE, ON THE SPOT HIRES THAT MANY OF THE BUSINESSES IN ATTENDANCE WILL BE CONDUCTING.
SO ON A BROADER SCALE, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THIS EVENT IS NOT SOLELY.
SO STUDENTS AND JOB SEEKERS HAVE THESE OPPORTUNITIES, ALTHOUGH THAT IS ONE SIDE OF IT, BUT ALSO TO BUILD STUDENT INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY TO CONNECT STUDENTS WITH HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES, TO EXTEND LEARNING BEYOND THE CLASSROOM AND TO BROADEN THE TRANSPARENCY OF DIFFERENT FIELDS AND CAREER PATHS.
AND SO THE MAIN OVERARCHING GOAL OF PROVIDING STUDENTS AND JOB SEEKERS WITH ACCESS TO THESE OPPORTUNITIES IS REALLY TO SUFFICIENTLY EQUIP US WITH THE CLARITY AND CONFIDENCE NEEDED IN OURSELVES AND OUR SKILLS AS WE TAKE OUR NEXT STEPS TOWARDS COLLEGE AND A CAREER.
UH, WE WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT IF, UH, ALL OF YOU WOULD BE AT THE EVENT, WHICH WILL BE THIS FRIDAY, JANUARY 14TH, AT THAT, YOU KNOW, WHO WAS COMMUNITY CENTER FROM 2:00 PM TO 5:00 PM.
THAT IS THE FINAL SPEAKER FOR THIS PORTION OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ADDRESS? ANY OTHER ISSUE WILL TAKE PLACE IN A LITTLE BIT? ALL RIGHT.
[ CONFLICT OF INTEREST ANNOUNCEMENTS: Council Member abstentions shall be stated at this time for recordation on the appropriate item.]
THEN, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES? YOU'RE GOOD.[ CONSENT CALENDAR (7 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.]
ON TO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR.AND THESE ARE ITEMS THAT WERE, UH, THIS FIRST PHASE OF IT, 9, 10, 11, 14, AND 15.
DOES ANYBODY WISH TO PULL THOSE BRIAN? YOU'RE GOOD, CYNTHIA.
YOU NEED TO PULL ANYTHING? WELL, I'LL SECOND IT, OKAY.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT, AND THEN, UM, SECOND BY MAYOR MARQUEZ.
AND WE'RE DOING A ROLL CALL VOTE.
WE ARE MAYOR MARQUEZ, VICE MAYOR ROGERS.
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ZERO.NOW WITH THE LAST TWO WERE TO ADJOURN THE SPECIAL MEETING.
SO I REMEMBER CORRECTLY WITH THIS CONSENT COUNTER, TO THE REGULAR MEETING AND A CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME ON ITEMS NUMBER 12 AND 13, WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS FOR.
[12. (TO BE HEARD DURING REGULAR MEETING) Adopt Ordinance establishing no campaign contribution limits for City Elective Office Candidates entitled: "An Ordinance of the City of Chino Hills, Amending Title 1, Chapter 1.16, Elections, by Adding New Section 1.16.020 Establishing No Campaign Contribution Limits for City Elective Office Candidates and Determining This Action is Exempt From Review Under the California Environmental Quality Act" - Second Reading (Introduced December 14, 2021)]
[13. (TO BE HEARD DURING REGULAR MEETING) Adopt an Ordinance regarding Urban Lot Split Subdivision and Housing Developments under Senate Bill 9 entitled: "An Ordinance of the City of Chino Hills, Amending Title 16 of the Chino Hills Municipal Code to Add Section 16.10.150 Urban Lot Split Subdivision and Housing Development and Finding Proposed Municipal Code Amendment 21MCA03 Exempt From Review Under the California Environmental Quality Act" - Second Reading (Introduced December 14, 2021)]
THEN WITH THAT, WE HAVE ITEMS 12 AND 13, WISH TO THE ITEM.BRIAN'S MOVING THE ITEM SECOND, SECOND BY, UH, BY ART.
I JUST WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT MAYOR MARQUEZ IS NOT IN ATTENDANCE FOR THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING, SO HE WILL NOT BE VOTING ON THIS MEETING.
SO IT'D BE THE FOUR OF US VOTING.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND AND VICE MAYOR ROGERS.
COUNCIL MEMBER JOS AND COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN.
CAN YOU ATTEND THE PUBLIC? WHY I CANNOT VOTE? SO THE, UH, ORDINANCES ARE BEING HELD DURING A REGULAR SESSION.
WE HAD TO CALL A SPECIAL MEETING SO THAT WE COULD HAVE MAYOR MARQUEZ PARTICIPATE FROM HIS HOME.
AND SO SINCE ORDINANCES CAN NOT BE APPROVED DURING A SPECIAL MEETING, WE HAD TO ADJOURN A REGULAR MEETING IN ORDER FOR THOSE ORDINANCES TO BE APPROVED.
SO THAT IS WHY HE DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE VOTE ON THOSE TWO MEETINGS.
AND THEN WE WILL, UH, VICE MAYOR ROGERS IS GOING TO RECESS THE REGULAR MEETING, AND HE'S GOING TO RECONVENE THE SPECIAL MEETING IT'S ALL HAS TO DO WITH COVID PROTOCOLS AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
SO WE'RE JUST FOLLOWING THE RULES OF THE LAND RIGHT NOW.
SO WITH THAT, JUST AS CHERYL SAID, WE'LL, UH, ADJOURN, THE SPECIAL MEETING TO THE REGULAR MEETING OR RECESS, THE REGULAR MEETING AND RECONVENE THE SPECIAL MEETING FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MEETING.
[16. Discuss and provide direction on City Flag design by either selecting Design No. 2 as recommended by Flag Design Contest Committee; select one of three revised designs; or take no action, thereby keeping current flag design; and if new design is selected, direct staff to bring back resolution to adopt new Official City of Chino Hills Flag]
ALL RIGHT.SO NOW WE'RE AT THE DISCUSSION CALENDAR ITEM NUMBER 16.
SO THIS ITEM IS TO DISCUSS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION ON THE CITY FLAG DESIGN BY EITHER SELECTING DESIGN NUMBER TWO, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE FLAG DESIGN CONTEST COMMITTEE, SELECT ONE OF THE THREE REVISED DESIGNS OR TAKE NO ACTION THERE BY KEEPING THE CURRENT FLAG DESIGN.
SO THIS WAS A RECENT PAST MAYOR.
JOE'S SUGGESTED THAT WE MIGHT EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY BECAUSE OF OUR 30TH ANNIVERSARY AT CELEBRATING OUR 30TH ANNIVERSARY A MONTH OR SO AGO OF POSSIBLY LOOKING AT THE FLAG DESIGN TO MAYBE WANT TO REFRESH IT, MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE CURRENT I'M KNOW I'M SPEAKING ON YOUR BEHALF.
IF YOU BROUGHT IT UP, WE CAN POINT TO, YOU CAN SEE OUR CURRENT FLAG.
AND MOST PEOPLE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WE HAD A FLAG.
WE HAVE A LOGO THAT WE USE EVERYWHERE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD A FLAG.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TOSS IT OVER TO OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, ROD HILL.
AND YOU CAN GIVE OUR PRESENTATION.
DO YOU THINK THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, UH, BEFORE YOU SEE ME AND WE DO HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION AS DISCUSSED BY THE CITY CLERK REGARDING, UH, DISCUSSION DIRECTION FOR A POSSIBLE NEW CITY FLAG.
UH, WE'LL GET THROUGH HERE A LITTLE BIT.
UM, IN OCTOBER, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED HOSTING A FLAG DESIGN CONTEST AND SUBSEQUENTLY DIRECTED THE FORMATION OF A FLAG DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE.
THE COMMITTEE WAS COMPRISED OF THREE COUNTS, ARE THREE COMMISSIONERS, A FUND, THE FOUNDATION CHART, A COMMITTEE MEMBER, AND TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, VICE MAYOR ROGERS AND COUNCIL MEMBER JOS.
AS WE MOVE INTO DISCUSSION ON THE DESIGN, WE WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A PICTURE OF THE CURRENT FLAG, WHICH INCLUDES AN OAK TREE, A RED TAIL HAWK, AND THE HILLS, THIS LOGO, UH, IS DEPICTED PICK THE CURRENT CITY FLAG AND WILL REMAIN THE CITY'S OFFICIAL LOGO.
AND ALSO ON THE CITY'S TILE OF THE SIX MEMBERS, FIVE INITIALLY INDICATED THEY WERE SUPPORTIVE OF A NEW FLAG AND ONE WAS NEUTRAL IN THE CONCEPT.
UH, THEY ALL AGREED THAT THE FLAG MUST CONTAIN THREE ELEMENTS, WHICH INCLUDED THOSE GREEN ROLLING HILLS, AN OAK TREE, AND A RED TAIL HAWK DESIGN ONE.
UH, THE DESIGNS YOU SEE TONIGHT WERE, UH, AWARDED, UH, PROVIDED AWARD PRIZES EARLIER THIS EVENING.
THESE ARE THE PRIZES OR FLAGS YOU'LL SEE LATER.
SO ON THIS SLIDE, IT'S DESIGNED NUMBER ONE, AND IT WAS, UM, CONSISTENT WITH THE RULES.
THE COMMITTEE ASKED STAFF FOR MULTIPLE VERSIONS OF THE AWARD-WINNING ENTRIES, DESIGN NUMBER ONE STAFF WAS ASKED TO EXTEND THE HILLS ACROSS THE DESIGN AND CONSIDER ADDITIONAL COLOR OPTIONS.
UH, AND THIS SLIDE HERE PROVIDES YOU THE ORIGINAL, UH, ENTRY AS WELL AS THE REVISED ENTRY THAT WAS DONE BY OUR GRAPHIC STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENTS.
UM, SIMILARLY, UH, STAFF WAS ASKED TO CENTER THE TREE, CHANGE THE COLORS
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AND THICKEN THE LINE, DIFFERENTIATING THE HILLS FROM THE SKY.THIS SHOWS YOU THE ORIGINAL DESIGN, AS WELL AS THE REVISED DESIGN AND FINALLY DESIGN NUMBER THREE.
UM, THIS WAS THE DESIGN THAT WAS ASKED FOR STAFF TO ADD THE ICONIC OAK TREE, A HAWK, AND ALSO REVISE THE DESIGN OF THE HILLS TO LOOK MORE LIKE A HILLS, RATHER THAN MAYBE IT'S A WAVY.
AND AGAIN, YOU HAVE THE ORIGINAL DESIGN AND THE REVISED DESIGN BEFORE YOU ARE THE THREE, UH, UH, WINNING, UH, DESIGNS THAT WE HAD IN THEIR REVISED FORMAT.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF VOTES PROVIDED TO EACH FLAG FROM THE COMMITTEE.
SO THE FIRST ENTRY RECEIVED TWO VOTES, THE SECOND ENTRY RECEIVED THREE AND THE 30 CREW SEAT ONE VOTE.
AND WITH THAT, UM, THE COUNCIL MAY CHOOSE TO ADOPT THE FLAG AS CHOSEN BY THE COMMITTEE, WHICH IS DESIGN NUMBER TWO.
THEY MAY ALSO DESIGN, UH, DECIDE TO ADOPT A DIFFERENT ENTRY, OR THEY MAY DECIDE TO ASK STAFF TO MAKE ADDITIONAL REVISIONS TO THE DESIGNS.
OR LASTLY, THEY MAY CHOOSE NOT TO ADOPT ANY NEW FLAG.
AND WITH THAT, WE'LL TURN OVER TO COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION.
WE'LL BRING IT BACK UP TO HERE.
BRIAN, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION BEFORE, SO YOU AND BRIAN WERE ON THE JUDGING COMMITTEE, CORRECT? ALONG WITH THE OTHER.
SO WHICH ONES DID YOU GUYS VOTE FOR? I VOTED FOR EITHER NUMBER ONE OR NUMBER TWO.
UM, THEY BOTH WORKED FOR ME AT THE ONE IN THE CENTER ON THE COPY.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE SECOND FIFTH, THE FOURTH COLORS LIKE BLACK IS THAT BLACK OR DARK GREEN.
MAYBE WE CAN HAVE SOME COMMENTS FROM OUR GRAPHIC DESIGN GURU ON HOW THE COLORS TRANSPOSE TO A POWERPOINT, THE DARK GREEN AT GUESTS ON THE POWERPOINT ON THE SCREEN HERE.
IT DOESN'T REFLECT AS WELL, BUT IT IS DARK GREEN.
RYAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? UM, YEAH, I AM THINKING OF US MOVING TO OUR 30TH ANNIVERSARY AS A CITY.
I THOUGHT IF ANYTHING, IT MIGHT NOT BE A BAD THING TO AT LEAST HAVE A DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW, TO ART'S POINT.
A LOT OF RESIDENTS DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT WE HAD A, HAD A CITY FLAG BECAUSE LITERALLY THE ONLY PLACES YOU WILL SEE THE CURRENT CITY FLAG ARE RIGHT THERE, OUT IN FRONT OF CITY HALL AT THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER IN SAN BERNARDINO, AND THEN THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND COMMUNITY PARK OUT IN FRONT OF THE ENTRANCE.
WHEN YOU GO TO WATCH A WATCH, YOUR KIDS PLAY SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL.
SO THERE REALLY WEREN'T A WHOLE LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS TO SEE THAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, MY, MY THOUGHT WAS, LET'S GO TO THE PUBLIC.
LET'S HAVE, YOU KNOW, LET'S HAVE, YOU KNOW, OUR BEST AND BRIGHTEST PUT TOGETHER SOME, SOME PROPOSAL, SOMETHING THAT MEANT CHINO HILLS TO THEM.
AND I LIKED, I LIKED THE 49 OR SOME ODD ENTRIES THAT WE GOT A LOT OF GREAT, A LOT OF GREAT OPTIONS, BUT HIGH SCHOOL KIDS DID A REALLY GOOD JOB BEING CREATIVE WITH IT, EVERYTHING FROM A QUAIL TO, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF MODERN, MODERN ART TYPE, UH, TYPE FLAG DESIGNS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST, I'M, I'M PROUD OF WHAT OUR RESIDENTS CAME UP WITH.
UM, KNOW, I THINK I HAVE A CERTAIN WAY THAT I'M, I'M LEANING TOWARDS, BUT, UH, YEAH.
AND, AND TALKING WITH, TALKING WITH SOME FOLKS WHO SAID, WELL, WE DON'T, WHY, WHY CHANGE IT? WHY DO WE NEED TO DO IT? YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST STAY THE COURSE DON'T CHANGE.
AND IT MADE ME THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE AMERICAN FLAG HAS CHANGED, BUT FROM 13 STARS TO 50 NOW AND, YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE YEAH, WELL, EVERYTHING THE STARS 13 FOR EACH OF THE SAINTS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND JUST BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A CERTAIN WAY, DOESN'T MEAN WE NEED TO NECESSARILY KEEP IT THAT WAY, NOT TO SAY THAT THERE ISN'T ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE'S ANYTHING THAT NECESSARILY NEEDS TO CHANGE.
BUT I THOUGHT JUST THE IDEA OF US HAVING A DISCUSSION, WOULDN'T BE A BAD IDEA.
AND CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, IF WE DID VOTE TO CHANGE KEEPING, YOU KNOW, KEEPING THE CURRENT ORIGINAL FLAG AND PUTTING IT IN A PLACE OF PROMINENCE IN CITY HALL, SOMEPLACE THAT EVERYBODY WILL RECOGNIZE AND REMEMBER IT, AND WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE CITY LOGO.
THAT'S NEVER BEEN A BIG COMPONENT OF THIS.
YOU KNOW, I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT, WHAT PERSONIFIES CHINO HILL TO SO MANY OF US CHINO HILLS TO SO MANY OF US, IT'S, IT'S THAT HOCK IT'S THAT, THAT OAK TREE.
SO I THINK I'VE TALKED TOO MUCH, BUT, AND I AGREE, AND THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION THAT PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS A CHANGING OF THE LOGO.
WE WEREN'T CHANGING THE LOGO, WHICH IS EVERYWHERE.
IT'S NOT THAT IT WAS JUST, OKAY, SO SUGGEST HAS BEEN MADE.
DO WE CHANGE THE FLAG? LET'S DO A COMPETITION.
AS BRIAN SAID, WE TOOK THOSE WITH THOSE TOP THREE WINNERS AND IN THE GRAPHICS DEPARTMENT, AMENDED IT TO ADD A LITTLE MORE COLOR OR A LITTLE MORE FORM OR A, THAT STYLIZED HILLS, ET CETERA, BUT STILL KEEPING THE SIMPLICITY OF THE OAK TREE AND,
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AND THE, UH, THE HAWK AND THE ROLLING HILLS.WE GAVE THE AWARDS TO THE INDIVIDUALS THAT SUBMITTED THEIR ORIGINAL DESIGNS.
AND THEN PART TWO OF THIS IS, DOES THE CITY COUNCIL WANT TO ENTERTAIN THE POSSIBILITY OF CHANGING? JUST THE FLAG.
AGAIN, WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE LOGO.
SO WITH THAT, LET'S THROW THAT OUT ARRAY WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO JUMP IN.
IF HE'S NOT GOING TO LET ANYBODY ELSE SINCE I'M MAYOR, LET EVERYBODY ELSE GO FIRST.
SO ART, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY, I WILL TELL YOU WHEN WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION ORIGINALLY, I DIDN'T SEE ANY REASON WHATSOEVER TO HAVE THE, HAVE A CONTEST.
UM, I'M GLAD WE HAD THE CONTEST.
UH, I AM ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY, UH, HAPPY WITH THE FACT THAT WE ARE MAINTAINING THE LOGO.
IT WAS 30 YEARS OLD, BUT TO MANY, MANY OF THE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE CITY HOOD THAT SYMBOLIZES CHINO HILLS, AND I'VE GOTTEN MORE COMMENTS ABOUT, THERE'S NO REASON TO CHANGE THIS FLAG.
AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHERE I FALL.
IF WE WERE PUSHED TO A, A DECISION, THE ONE THAT GOT THE THREE VOTES WITH A DARK GREEN IS THE LEAST FAVORABLE TO ME.
I JUST DON'T THINK IT SHOWS WELL, IS IT TOO DARK? IT'S WAY TOO DARK WAY TOO DARK.
I THINK THE ONE THAT GOT ONE VOTE WITH, IF YOU ENVISION THAT BEING KIND OF A S A SILHOUETTE OVER THE SUN, THAT SEEMS TO ALWAYS SHINE AND CHINO HILLS, THAT'S A GOOD PORTRAYAL, AND IT DOES SHOW MORE PRONOUNCED THE HILLS.
UM, AND YET THE ONE THAT GOT TWO VOTES IS VERY SIMPLISTIC AND PROBABLY CLOSEST TO THE ORIGINAL FLAG.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE TIME I WILL GO WITH A CONSENSUS, BUT THIS IS NOT A VOTE THAT I BELIEVE IS NECESSARILY IN THE OVERALL BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY.
I'M HEARING MORE COMMENTS THAT WE DON'T NEED TO CHANGE IN A FLAG, AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M LEANING.
SO DID YOU WANT TO JUMP IN FURTHER? OKAY.
WELL, BRIAN, I THINK IT WAS A GREAT IDEA WHAT YOU DID FOR THE, UM, FLIGHT CONTEST.
UM, I'M, I'M A BIT TORN, KIND OF NEUTRAL ON THIS.
I DON'T, UM, I DON'T FEEL TO CHANGE OUR FLAG.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THAT, UM, THAT SUBMITTED AN ENTRY AND THE WINNING ENTRIES ARE GREAT.
UM, I ACTUALLY LIKED NUMBER THREE.
THE ONLY REASON I DON'T LIKE NUMBER TWO IS BECAUSE I LIKE THE TREE TO BE GREEN, BUT I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO ALL THIS MINUTIA.
I MEAN, I THINK WHAT'S BEFORE US IS IN CONCEPT.
DO WE WANT TO ADOPT A NEW CITY FLAG? AND IF, UH, I NEUTRAL ON IT OR ACTUALLY, NO, I'M JUST, I WOULD VOTE NOT TO HAVE A NEW FLAG.
AND I EXPRESSED TO YOU AND OTHERS ALSO, THE, I COULD GO EITHER WAY ON THIS.
I UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF, OF, UH, FRESHENING THINGS UP A LITTLE BIT, W WAS VERY ADAMANT THAT WE KEEP THE OAK TREE IN IT.
AND, UH, I LOVE THE DESIGN THAT OUR ORIGINAL, UH, GRAPHIC ARTISTS PULLED TOGETHER.
UH, WE, WE PULLED TOGETHER EACH ONE OF THESE, UH, I SUGGESTED PUTTING THE OAK TREE SILHOUETTED AGAINST THIS, JUST TO STYLIZE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT I GUESS I'M THE SAME AS CYNTHIA.
UM, I'M NOT BECAUSE WE DON'T SEE THE FLAG THAT OFTEN IT'S NOT AS IMPACTFUL TO ME AS IT WOULD BE IF WE WERE TO CHANGE THE LOGO, WHICH WAS, UH, WHICH I WOULD BE VERY ADAMANT ABOUT NOT CHANGING.
SO I ALSO CAN GO EITHER WAY ON THIS, BUT I'M GLAD WE DID THE COMP COMPETITION.
I'M GLAD OUR, OUR TEAM PULLED TOGETHER AND GOT VERY CREATIVE ON THIS.
BUT IF THERE'S A MOMENTUM TOWARDS IT, I'M, I'M IN.
IF THERE'S NOT, THEN I'M FINE.
ALSO, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK WITH, WELL, WE'RE SPENDING HERE FROM RAY, WE WILL.
WELL, THANK YOU MR. VICE MAYOR.
UM, BASICALLY I'VE BEEN HERE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS PRIOR TO, UH, INCORPORATION AND I KICKED A LOT OF FIGHT IN THE FLAG THAT WE'VE HAD NOW FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS.
UM, BUT I DO WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR PARTICIPATING.
THEY'VE DONE SOME REALLY EXCELLENT TO WORK AND ALSO STAFF, BUT I, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE JUST SORT OF KEEP IT THE WAY THAT IT IS AND FOR ANOTHER 30 YEARS.
SO IN 30 YEARS YOU'RE OPEN TO CHANGE IT.
SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS POSSIBLY WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT.
WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT THEN WHILE I'M GATHERING, I CAN SENSE THE MOMENTUM ALREADY AS YOU CAN.
THE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS, GO DIFFERENT ROUTE, UH, REDESIGNED THE OPTIONS, OR, UH, KEEP WHAT WE GOT.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP WHAT WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO TAKE A FORMAL MOTION, NOT IF HE DON'T CHANGE IT.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR PARTICIPATING.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS AGAIN IN 30 YEARS, WE'LL SEE YOU, THEN I'M GOING TO
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KEEP IT TO THAT THEATER.[17. Review 6th Cycle Housing Element and Mitigated Negative Declaration and Monitoring Reporting Program under the California Environmental Quality Act, provide comments on Housing Element, and continue public hearing to January 25, 2022]
SO MOVING ON TO OUR PUBLIC HEARING.PUBLIC HEARING, AND THIS IS TO REVIEW THE SIX CYCLE HOUSING ELEMENT AND MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND MONITORING REPORTING PROGRAM.
SO WITH THAT, THIS IS WHY MR. VICE MAYOR, MAY I MAKE A SUGGESTION? I WAS GOING TO WELCOME THEM.
FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS WHY YOU'RE ALL HERE.
UH, YOUR LETTERS, UH, SOME CALLS, BUT ALSO YOUR ATTENDANCE IS WHAT, UH, IS WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
SO ARC, YOU WANTED TO JUMP OUT AND JUST GOING TO SAY, I SUSPECT THIS MAY VERY WELL BE A LENGTHY PORTION OF OUR DISCUSSION AND WE W WE WELCOME ALL KINDS OF DISCUSSION.
HOW ABOUT MAYBE A FIVE MINUTE COMFORT BREAK BEFORE WE DO THAT? GOTCHA.
SO WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A COUPLE MINUTE BREAK, STAY, STAY, IF YOU WISH, AND WE'LL HAVE, LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE POTTY RUN AND ALL RIGHT.
SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE SELLING THESE FOR YOUR FIRST, THEN WHO'S GOING FIRST.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE A COUPLE MINUTE BREAK, IF ANY OF YOU NEED TO USE THE RESTROOM THERE'S RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
WE'RE GOING TO GET OUR MEANING BACK GOING AND RAY YOU'RE YOU'RE THERE.
SO LET'S RECONVENE OUR MEETING.
WE, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING RIGHT NOW FOR THE REVIEW OF THE SIX CYCLE HOUSING ELEMENT, AND I WILL TURN IT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO BEN TO START WITH, AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO KICK IT OFF TO A JOANNE, CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY.
UH, THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR, UH, ROGERS.
I KNOW THAT THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH OUR ARENA PROCESS, UH, WHICH THE STATE HAS MANDATED THAT WE FIND, UH, PROJECTS THAT WE COULD ACCOMMODATE OVER 3000, UH, UM, UH, DWELLINGS IN THE CITY, OUR PLANNING COMMISSION AND OUR STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS WORKED DILIGENTLY TO TRY AND FIND PROJECTS THAT WOULD FIT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON, UH, ON HOW THAT WOULD IMPACT A PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'M GOING TO ASK OUR, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR TO GIVE US A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS, BECAUSE I KNOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE ONLY RECENTLY BECOME ENGAGED IN THIS CONVERSATION.
AND WE JUST WANT TO SET THE STAGE FOR YOU.
AND THEN WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, THE PROCESS AND A PROJECT IN PARTICULAR.
AND THEN I THINK THAT'LL BE A GREAT TIME FOR US TO ALSO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THE COMMUNITY ON HOW, UH, UH, PROJECTS OR, OR THE RENA PROCESS IN GENERAL WOULD, WOULD, WOULD IMPACT THEM.
AND THEN I'M SURE THE COUNCIL WILL WEIGH IN WITH, UH, WITH, UH, THEIR INTERPRETATION OF, OF ALL THE FACTS.
UM, I DO WANT TO JUST BRIEFLY DO A RECAP AND I'M JUST GOING TO DROP THIS A LITTLE BIT.
UM, SO FOR THOSE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVEN'T BEEN FOLLOWING THIS PROCESS, WHAT IS THE HOUSING ELEMENT AND WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? WELL, THE HOUSING ELEMENT IS REQUIRED BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
IT ACTUALLY STARTED BACK IN 1969.
THIS IS A SIX TIME THEY'VE REQUIRED IT.
AND EACH TIME IT GETS MORE AND MORE STRINGENT.
AND ON THE PAST FIVE YEARS, THERE'S BEEN SO MANY NEW STATE HOUSING LAWS.
UM, CAN YOU FLIP FOR ME? AND THE STATE HOUSING LAWS ARE BASICALLY TAKING A LOT OF LAND, USE CONTROL AWAY FROM THE CITIZENS AND GIVING IT TO THE STATE.
AND SO WE ARE AT A QUANDARY AND THIS HAS BEEN A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT PROCESS FOR US.
SO WHAT ARE THE PENALTIES, IF WE DON'T COMPLY WITH THE STATE MANDATES TO DO THIS HOUSING ELEMENT AND TO COME UP WITH THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT THEY ARE ASKING US TO A FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL, UH, WE WOULD BE INELIGIBLE FOR STATE GRANTS.
UM, THE STATE, WHICH, UM, IS, IS THE DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE THAT RUNS THE PROCESS IS CALLED HCD HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
THEY COULD REFER JURISDICTION AND THEY HAVE DONE THIS TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL CAN FIND THEM, UM, THERE'S PENALTIES AND WE BE OPEN FROM LEGAL CHALLENGES TO DEVELOPER.
SO IT'S, IT'S A VERY TOUGH SITUATION.
SO WE ACTUALLY STARTED THIS PROCESS ABOUT A YEAR AGO IN FEBRUARY, 2021.
WE HAD OVER 11, UH, PUBLIC WORKSHOPS AND MEETINGS.
SO WE REALLY TRY TO INFORM THE COMMUNITY, GET THE WORD OUT.
WE HAD FLYERS, WE HAD EMAILS, ARTICLES IN THE NEWSPAPER.
UM, AFTER THAT PROCESS IN JULY, WE HAD A DRAFT HOUSING
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ELEMENT.WE GOT SOME COMMENTS, A LOT OF COMMENTS.
UM, WE'RE STILL COORDINATING WITH THE STATE.
SO THIS, UM, DRAFT THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU REFLECTS ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, WE GOT FROM THE STATE IN DECEMBER.
UM, THIS VERSION OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT HAS ALSO GONE TO THE S TO THE STATE FOR PRELIMINARY REVIEW.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH TWO OF THE REPRESENT REPRESENTATIVES FROM HCG THAT HAVE BEEN HELPFUL TO US.
SO OUR GOAL IS TO GET THEIR CONCURRENCE BEFORE WE SUBMIT, UM, FORMERLY WITH THE BACK AND FORTH.
AND I DO WANT TO NOTE THIS BECAUSE I WANT TO GIVE MY STAFF KUDOS FOR THE HARD WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE WITH THE BACK AND FORTH FROM HTD.
THERE'S TWO BIG THINGS THEY WANTED FROM US.
ONE OF THEY WANTED A WINDSHIELD SURVEY.
THEY WANT IT TO SAY, WHAT IS THE ACTUAL QUALITY OF THE MAINTENANCE OF YOUR HOUSING IN CHINO HILLS? AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S A BIG JOB.
SOMEONE ACTUALLY HAS TO DRIVE THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND DO A CHECKLIST.
SO WE WORKED WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THEY IDENTIFIED THE TWO NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE MOST LIKELY TO HAVE SOME HOME MAINTENANCE.
AND IT WAS THE LAW SURENOS AND BAY BERRY, AND OF THE OVER 2000 HOMES THAT WE SURVEYED.
THERE WAS ONLY ONE THAT WOULD QUALIFY AS POTENTIALLY SUBSTANDARD, THAT HOUSE WAS, HAD A FEW BROKEN WINDOWS, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS IN VERY GOOD SHAPE.
SO WE HAVE A CITY THAT WE NEED TO BE PROUD OF.
THE NEXT THING WE DID IS A HOUSING SURVEY, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE HAD ALL THESE WORKSHOPS AND DID ALL THIS OUTREACH, THEY WANTED MORE INFORMATION AND THEY WANT US TO REACH REALLY THE MOST VULNERABLE OF OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH ARE THE LOWER INCOMES, SPECIAL NEEDS, DISABLED SENIORS.
SO WE DID THIS HOUSING SURVEY, UM, IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE.
UM, WE EMAILED IT, WE PUBLISHED IT AGAIN ON THE WEBSITE, SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE HAD IT IN THE WATER BILLS AND TO MAKE SURE WE REACHED WHAT HTD CONSIDERS TRULY ARE.
OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS ARE MORE LIKELY TO LIVE IN THE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS OR IN A MOBILE HOME PARKS.
WE ACTUALLY SENT THEM POSTCARDS ASKING THEM TO PARTICIPATE.
TODAY WAS THE LAST DAY WE HAD OVER A THOUSAND RESPONDENTS.
AND I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THIS SURVEY IS PRETTY DARN COOL.
IF YOU DIDN'T LOOK AT IT, BUT WE'LL BE USING THAT THROUGH THE NEXT GENERAL PLAN PROCESS, BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT WAY TO GET SOME COMMUNITY INPUT.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THESE COMMENTS, OUR COMMUNITY IS MIXED.
SOME PEOPLE WANT NO MORE HOUSING.
SOME THINK WE NEED SOME HOUSING, SENIOR HOUSING, UM, IT'S, IT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE.
AND OTHER COMMENTS, PEOPLE NOTICE TOO MUCH TRAFFIC, WHICH I THINK IS A COMMON COMPLAINT FOR THIS COMMUNITY FOR REALLY ANY COMMUNITIES THESE DAYS.
UM, THERE WAS A FIVE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT AGREE WITH THE STATE MANDATES, AND I THINK YOU WOULD GET EVERYONE UP HERE TO SAY, WE DON'T AGREE WITH THE STATE MANDATES AS WELL, BUT WE DO HAVE TO DO THEM.
AND JUST MORE GROCERIES, MORE RESTAURANTS, A VARIETY OF ITEMS. SO I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS WHY MOST OF THE PEOPLE ARE HERE TONIGHT AND REALLY THE BIG CRUX OF THIS WHOLE PROCESS, WHAT WAS BEEN SO DIFFICULT FOR US IS TO COME UP WITH OUR RENA UNIT.
SO, AND ALL THE STATE TOLD US THAT WE NEED TO HAVE OVER 3,700 THAT'S 3000, 229 ADDITIONAL UNITS OF THOSE 2000 TO 209 NEEDED TO BE.
AND I'M GOING TO USE A TERM LOWER INCOME.
WE SATISFY THE LOWER INCOME WITH HIGH DENSITY.
WE'RE A BUILT OUT CITY, ESSENTIALLY.
WE HAVE VERY LITTLE VACANT LAND AVAILABLE.
SO THIS HAS BEEN A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT CHALLENGE.
JOANNE, ONE QUICK QUESTION, JUST WHEN WE WANT TO DRIVE HOME, THE POINT WHEN WE SAY THAT HIGH DENSITY OR LOWER INCOME HIGH DENSITY IN, UH, LOOKING AT IT FROM MARINA REQUIREMENT THAT IS IN LIEU OF BUILDING ACTUAL LOW INCOME HOUSING, IS THAT CORRECT? EXACTLY.
BECAUSE I THINK EVERYBODY NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE THERE'S A REAL CONFUSION.
I THINK OUT THERE THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE DON'T WANT LOW INCOME HOUSING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, BY BUILDING HIGH DENSITY, WE GET AROUND HAVING TO BUILD LOW INCOME.
IS THAT CORRECT? TH THAT IS CORRECT.
SO AS A CITY, WHAT WE, WHAT WE ARE BEING ASKED TO DO IS TO ZONE FOR DENSITY.
SO THE STATE ALLOWS US TO USE A DEFAULT DENSITY.
SO THESE QUOTE UNQUOTE, LOWER INCOME HOUSING SITES ARE REALLY HIGH DENSITY SITES AND TO QUALIFY AS A HIGH DENSITY SITE, THAT WE MUST VOTE ZONE THEM THE CITY FOR NO LESS THAN 30 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
AND THEY HAVE TO BE BUILT FOR NO LESS THAN
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20 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.AND I WANTED TO GIVE EVERYONE SOME EXAMPLES.
SO WE HAVE ABOUT SEVEN DEVELOPMENTS ALREADY IN THE CITY THAT DEVELOPED OVER 20 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE, THE, THE, THE HEIGHTS APARTMENTS OVER ON BUTTERFIELD LA PARK CONDOS OVER BY BEVERLY GLEN ROLLING RIDGE APARTMENTS, VILLAGE, OAK APARTMENTS, CAPP ROGANO, AVALON BAY, CROSSINGS OF CHINO HILLS APARTMENTS.
UM, THESE HAVE BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY FOR QUITE SOME TIMES.
UM, THE, THEY SEEM TO FIT IN AT, FROM OUR DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANY COMPLAINTS.
WE'VE HEARD SOME COMPLIMENTS AND THEY'RE ALL FULLY OCCUPIED.
AND I WANT TO SAY THESE ARE MARKET RATE HOUSING.
SO THESE ARE NOT, UM, THERE'S NO SUBSIDY.
THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS A DENSITY BONUS IS THE HEIGHTS, WHICH IS FOR MODERATE INCOME, BUT THE REST ARE JUST MARKET RATE.
AND JOANNE OF THOSE DEVELOPMENTS, HOW MANY OF THOSE WERE ACTUALLY PRE-APPROVED PRIOR TO CITY HOOD, THEY'D BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR A LONG TIME.
WE WERE, THE DEVELOPERS WERE WAITING FOR THE MARKET TO IMPROVE BEFORE THEY WOULD, UH, SPEND THE MONEY AND BUILD THEM THE FIRST FOUR, THE, THE LAST THREE CAPRIANA AVALON BAY AND THE CROSSINGS CAME LATER AND THE AVALON BAY AND THE CROSSINGS WHERE OUR RENA LOW-INCOME SITES FROM OUR LAST HOUSING ELEMENTS CYCLE.
I THINK THESE RESULTS, JUST ALL FACTS OF HOW IT'S PROGRESSED, THAT ARE IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN HAMMERED SO MANY TIMES ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'VE RECENTLY APPROVED IN THE WAY OF APARTMENTS IN THE SOUTH END OF THE CITY.
WHEN IN FACT THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR 30 PLUS YEARS IN MANY CASES.
SO I MEAN, DEVELOPERS, ONCE IT'S APPROVED AND THEY COULD SIT ON IT UNTIL BASICALLY THE ECONOMY SAYS, YEAH, NOT MAKE SENSE TO SPEND THOSE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO DO IT.
I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW OUR HANDS HAVE BEEN TIED IN MANY INSTANCES, YOU KNOW, WAY BACK.
SO TO COME UP WITH THE SITES THAT ARE GOING TO BE THE LOWER INCOME OF A HIGH DENSITY SITES THROUGH THESE PROCESS, STARTING AGAIN IN FEBRUARY, WE LOOKED AT OVER 30 POTENTIAL UNITS, EXCUSE ME, A POTENTIAL SITES.
WE LOOKED AT VACANT SITES, WHICH WE HAVE VERY FEW, UM, AS MOST OF, YOU KNOW, MOST OF OUR VACANT LAND IS HILLSIDE AND THAT IS NOT SUITABLE FOR HIGH DENSITY HOUSING.
AND WHEN I SAY IT'S NOT SUITABLE, IT'S NOT SUITABLE PRACTICALLY.
AND IT'S ALSO NOT SUITABLE FROM THE STATE STANDPOINT.
THEY HAVE A VERY RIGID PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW IN ORDER TO QUALIFY THESE SITES AS SUITABLE FOR THE HIGH DENSITY ARE LOWER INCOME.
UM, THE SITES THAT WE ORIGINALLY CAME UP WITH THERE WERE, THERE WERE EIGHT OF THEM, UM, THE SHOPS TO SITE WITH YOUR CITY ON SITE, RIGHT, RIGHT NEXT TO US, THE PARK OVERFLOW SITE.
AND THAT'S ALSO A CITY OWNED SITE RIGHT ACROSS FROM COMMUNITY PARK.
IT'S ABOUT TWO ACRES THAT IS USED FOR OVERFLOW FOR COMMUNITY PARK.
AND THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT.
THE CITY HAS A PLAN, UM, TO PURSUE HIGH, UM, AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING THERE ABOUT 50 UNITS.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON AT THIS TIME TO SEE IF THAT'S FEASIBLE.
UM, THE LOW SERRANO'S GOLF COURSE, A SOUTHERN NINE HOLE GOLF COURSE AT DEVELOPED THAT OWNER IS INTERESTED IN PUTTING HOUSING THERE, WESTERN HILLS GOLF COURSE BY THE, UM, THE, WHAT DO THEY CALL IT? THE CLUBHOUSE, EXCUSE ME, THANK YOU AHEAD OF BRING, FADE THE WANG PROPERTY, WHICH IS OVER BY PIPELINE AND WOODVIEW, THE SH AND WE LOOKED AT THREE COMMERCIAL CENTERS, THE SHOPS, THE COMMENTS, AND THE CROSSROAD MARKETPLACE, THE CROSSWORD MARKETPLACE WAS LOOKING QUITE PROMISING, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT'S ON THE FAR END OF THE CITY.
WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A SITE IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CITY.
HOWEVER, UNFORTUNATELY IT, IT DROPPED OUT, UM, THAT PROPERTY OWNER IS NEGOTIATING WITH A COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE AND THEY'RE NO LONGER INTERESTED.
AND THEY PREVIOUSLY HAD 317 UNITS.
SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD CHUNK OF OUR, UH, ROUGHLY 2200 UNITS WE NEED TO PROVIDE.
SO WHAT WE DID IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT THAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, THOSE UNITS HAVE BEEN REDISTRIBUTED TO THE SHOPS CHOOSE SITES.
SO THE SHOPS TO SITE WENT FROM, UM, UP TO 744 UNITS.
SO ONE OF THE OPTIONS THAT IS BEFORE THE, THE COUNCIL TONIGHT IS A KAPPA EURO SITE.
THE CABALLERO SITE IS ABOUT 10 ACRES LOCATED ON PEYTON, RIGHT SOUTH OF OUR PARK OVERFLOW SITE.
UM, THIS WAS ONE OF THE SITES WE ORIGINALLY CONSIDERED IN OUR FIRST 30 BUNCH THAT WE LOOKED AT.
AND THE REASON WHY IT CAME OUT IS BECAUSE WE HAD OTHER SITES, UM, AND MOST NOTABLY THE CROSSROADS MARKETPLACE, WHICH WAS TAKING A LOT OF THE UNITS AND WE DIDN'T HAVE AT THE TIME, A GOOD PRELIMINARY CONCEPT.
THERE WASN'T A DEVELOPER WHO SHOWED US THAT IT COULD WORK ON IT.
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WELL, SINCE THEN, AGAIN, TWO THINGS HAPPEN.WE DID RECEIVE A PRELIMINARY CONCEPT PLAN FROM A DEVELOPER THAT SHOWED REALLY COULD WORK.
IT COULD BE A SETBACK FROM THE SINGLE FAMILY ON, ON, UH, TWO SIDES OF IT.
AND IT COULD TAKE ACCESS FROM TWO POINTS.
SO HERE'S A SITE AND IT COULD POTENTIALLY, IF IT WAS TO DEVELOP, IT COULD HAVE ACCESS BOTH FROM EUCALYPTUS AND FROM PEYTON.
SO THIS RECOMMENDATION WAS PROVIDED BY STAFF TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION WHEN THEY HEARD THIS HOUSING ELEMENT IN DECEMBER, AND THEY DID RECOMMEND FOR IT TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL ASKING THE COUNCIL TO WEIGH IN.
AND IF THE COUNCIL SO DECIDES, THIS IS WHAT OUR LAND USE TABLE WOULD CHANGE LIKE.
SO CABALLERO WOULD COME BACK IN.
THE SHOPS TO SITE WOULD BE REDUCED FROM 744 UNITS TO 524 UNITS.
AND THE CABALLERO, UM, AT THIS PROPOSAL WOULD HAVE 220 UNITS.
UM, AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE WHAT A CHALLENGING PROCESS THIS HAS BEEN.
OUR GOAL HAS BEEN TO DISTRIBUTE THE SITES THROUGHOUT THE, THE CITY, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.
UM, SO THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TODAY ALSO BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS THE HOUSING ELEMENT SEQUEL.
AND JUST VERY QUICKLY, WE DID A, UH, INITIAL STUDY AND MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION.
IT WAS, UH, DISTRIBUTED FOR 30 DAY PUBLIC REVIEW.
UH, WE GOT ONE COMMENT FROM THE HILLS FOR EVERYONE AND THAT THEIR COMMENT LETTER AND OUR RESPONSE IS IN YOUR PACKET.
SO, UM, AS A CITY, WE ARE REQUIRED TO ADOPT THIS HOUSING ELEMENT AND GET IT TO HCD BY FEBRUARY 11TH.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S HERE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.
UM, AND AS I MENTIONED, SINCE WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR SOME COMMENTS FROM ATD STAFF TO MAKE SURE WE CAN ADD THEM BEFORE, BEFORE WE SUBMIT FORMALLY, WE'RE ASKING YOU TO REVIEW THESE COMMENTS AND THEN WE WILL, UM, CONTINUE IT UNTIL IT'S JANUARY 25TH.
AND HOPEFULLY BY THEN WE'LL GET SOME COMMENTS.
AND AT THAT POINT YOU CAN MAKE YOUR RECOMMENDATION AND ADOPTED ONCE IT'S ADOPTED, IT NEEDS TO GO BACK TO HCD AND THEY HAVE 90 DAYS WITHIN WHICH TO REVIEW IT AND DETERMINE IF WE ARE, WE ARE OR ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE DOING ALL THIS HARD WORK WITH THEM, HOPEFULLY THAT WILL GET, UH, IN COMPLIANCE.
UM, THE NEXT STEP IN THIS PROCESS, ONCE WE GET THIS ADOPTED IS WE WILL START THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE PROCESS AND THE ZONING CODE, UM, REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THIS HOUSING ELEMENT.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE STARTING REALLY NEXT MONTH.
OUR, OUR PLANNING COMMISSION WILL HAVE ITS FIRST WORKSHOP IN FEBRUARY AND THE NEXT WEEK.
AND SO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE COUNCIL TONIGHT, IT'S REVIEW THIS HOUSING ELEMENT AND THE SEQUENCE I'M OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, KC TESTIMONY, PROVIDE COMMENTS TO US AND CONTINUE THIS UNTIL JANUARY 25TH.
WE'RE GOING TO START THE PROCESS.
UH, WE'VE RECEIVED YOUR LETTERS.
WE HAVE LOTS OF LETTERS HERE AND, UM, WE APPRECIATE THE COMMUNICATION.
IF I LIVED IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, I WOULD ALSO BE HERE WITH, UH, WITH THE S SIMILAR THOUGHTS, BUT WE DO HAVE THESE LETTERS HERE AND BETH TO JUST GO STRAIGHT TO THE, UH, COMMENTS, STAND BY THE, UH, CITIZENS.
YOU ALL, YOU HAVE THE, YOU COULD HAVE QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS IF YOU'D LIKE, OR YOU CAN GO STRAIGHT TO THE COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS.
SO LET'S, LET'S DO A LITTLE BIT UP HERE FIRST.
AND SEE, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR BETH, THIS WHOLE PROPOSAL, THAT EVERYTHING THAT REALLY FOCUSES TONIGHT IS ON THE OPTION OF MOVING FROM MARKETPLACE 220 UNITS TO THE CAVIAR PROPERTY.
IF I CAN CLARIFY FROM THE SHOPS TO SITE SUBSTITUTE.
YES, IT WAS RESULT BECAUSE THE SCRAMBLE WAS BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED DOWN AT THE COSTCO CENTER.
OKAY, BETH, WHAT IS OUR OPTION? THIS IS AN OPTION.
IF WE DECIDE NOT TO MOVE THESE AND JUST LEAVE THEM ON THE SHOPS TOO, CAN WE DO THAT? DOES THAT AFFECT IT? AND I THINK IT WOULD MAKE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN AN AUDIENCE.
STAFF IS ASKING FOR DIRECTION, UM, FROM THE COUNCIL AS TO WHAT THE COUNCIL WANTS.
SO THIS IS AN OPTION, BUT THEY CAN STILL STAY ON SHOPS TOO.
THEY CAN BE MOVED, UM, TO CABALLERO.
UM, IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT, THEN AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT, I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU DELIBERATE AND MAKE A DECISION DIRECTING STAFF TO REVISE THE DRAFT.
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HOWEVER YOU WANT TO PROVIDE, EXCUSE ME, IF I COULD CLARIFY THE DRAFT THAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT DOES NOT HAVE THE CAVIAR PRO SITE IN IT.IT HAS, IT HAS ALL THOSE UNITS ON THE SHOPS TOO.
SO IF THE DIRECTION THAT'S IN THE DRAFT ELEMENT THAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.
SO IF THE DIRECTION IS TO ADD THE CABALLERO, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO AMEND THE DRAFT ELEMENT THAT'S BEFORE.
UM, BUT IF WE CHOOSE NOT TO AND APPROVE THE DRAFT, THEN CAVEAT, WHEREAS CAVALERO IS OUT.
I WANTED TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS BECAUSE WE HAVE RECEIVED TONS OF INPUT FROM PROBABLY MOST OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE.
WE ARE VERY, VERY SENSITIVE TO THIS.
WE WANT YOU TO HAVE YOUR VOICE.
WE WANT TO HAVE THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
WE DO NOT CONSIDER IT A WASTE OF TIME FOR YOU TO COME FORWARD AND EXPRESS YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT IS PROPOSED AS THIS OPTION.
AND I THINK IT'S, WE OWE THEM THE COURTESY OF HEARING THEM, AND THEN WE CAN CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, BRING IT UP HERE AND KICK IT AROUND AND MAKE HOPEFULLY WHAT IS A WELL-INFORMED DECISION.
THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE BRIAN, ANYTHING ON YOUR PART? OKAY, CYNTHIA.
THE UNIT'S GETTING, UM, YOU KNOW, MOVED SHUFFLED TO THE DIFFERENT PLACES.
AND I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW TOO, IS THAT IT'S KIND OF LIKE, WE TAKE IT AS IT COMES.
IT'S LIKE FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN TRACKING THIS WHOLE HOUSING ELEMENT PROCESS, IT'S LIKE EVERY TIME IS SOMETHING, WHEN SOMETHING WAS MOVED OVER TO LIKE THE COSTCO CENTER, WE HAD A LOT OF OUTREACH I KNOW FROM RESIDENTS THEN.
SO AGAIN, WE CAN APPRECIATE EVERYONE THAT CAME OUT AND IS SHARING THEIR THOUGHTS WITH IT.
UM, MY QUESTION IS THEY GET 90 DAYS TO, TO APPROVE THE HOUSING ELEMENT.
IS THAT HOW THAT WORKS? TH THEY HAVE 90 DAYS TO DETERMINE IF WE ARE OR ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE.
AND IF, AND IF IT'S SIZEABLE COMMENTS, WE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEN THE CITY COUNCIL.
ALRIGHT, MR. MAYOR, ANY COMMENTS BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING? YES.
MR. VICE MAYOR, IF I COULD REAL FAST.
UM, JOANNE, I HEAR ABOUT MISERY YOU ALL THE TIME.
THEY KNOW THAT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1999 AND THAT SORT OF LIMITED UNITS ON OUR GENERAL PLAN.
WHAT, WHY, WHY IS IT THAT SOMETHING THAT SAID WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT I'M GOING TO DEFER THAT TO OUR ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY, MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU.
UM, MEASURE, YOU INCLUDES IN IT AN EXCEPTION FOR REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS COMPLIANCE DECISIONS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO COMPLY.
SO WE CAN INCREASE DENSITY OR ADD DENSITY WHERE IT'S NOT THERE TO COMPLY WITH THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF THE REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS AND A BRIEF RECAP FOR PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
MEASURE YOU MEASURE YOU AS A, UH, UH, KIND OF A GROWTH CONTROL INITIATIVE THAT WAS PASSED BACK IN 1999, BUT OTHER PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, RIGHT.
AND THE REASON WE'RE GOING THROUGH THESE EXERCISES NOW, AS WE THOUGHT, WE WERE WINDING DOWN OUR BUILD OUT AND IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOISTED 3,700 PLUS MORE UNITS INTO OUR POTENTIAL INVENTORY.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING THROUGH ALL THESE EXERCISES.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, WE'VE BEEN FALLING IN THIS PROCESS.
I KNOW JOANNE SAID THE LAST YEAR, BUT PRIOR TO THE LAST YEAR, JOINED MYSELF AND I'VE ATTENDED NUMEROUS MEETINGS.
THE LAST PROBABLY THREE YEARS.
UM, AT ONE TIME OUR UNITS GET A 37, 29 WAS WELL OVER 4,000.
SO WE GOT THOSE REDUCED, UH, A COUPLE OF TWO, 300 UNITS LEFT.
UM, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS ALWAYS SORTA THROWN CURVE BALLS AT US.
UH, PROBABLY ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
THEY, THEY STARTED TALKING ABOUT ADU AND WELL, WHAT DOES AN ADU SENSORY DWELLING UNIT WHERE EACH INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY COULD ACTUALLY ADD TWO MORE UNITS ON THEIR PROPERTY? UH, THEY COULD BUILD UP TO 1200 SQUARE FOOT, UH, ADU, AND THEN THEY CAN BUILD A JUNIOR ADU.
WHAT DOES SB NINE THAT'S B BENIGN IS A REC REGULAR RESIDENTIAL LOT COULD BE DIVIDED INTO TWO LOFTS AND THEY PUT FOUR FOR TWO UNITS ON EACH, EACH SLOT.
SO IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY MONTH, SIX MONTHS, UM, THEY'RE TAKEN AWAY OR OUR ABILITY OF BEING ABLE TO CONTROL A DWELLING UNITS IN OUR CITY.
SO AGAIN, I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, I KNOW WE DON'T LIKE IT.
I DON'T LIKE IT, BUT OUR HEADS ARE SORTA TIGHT.
AND, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN.
AND THE LAST THING I JUST WANT TO SAY, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THESE PROPERTIES THAT ARE OUTLINED RIGHT NOW, THERE'S STILL GOING TO BE A PROCESS
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THAT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO GET ENTITLEMENT.CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT? UM, YEAH.
SO THE NEXT STEP IN THIS PROCESS IS THE H IS A GENERAL PLAN.
WE WILL NEED TO AMEND OUR CHANNEL PLAN TO INCORPORATE THESE SUGGESTED OR OUR PLANNED INCREASES IN RESIDENTIAL DENSITY OR CONVERTING SOME COMMERCIAL SITES TO MIXED USE OR USING SOME OF THE GOLF COURSE SITES TO RESIDENTIAL.
AND AS PART OF THAT TOO, WE'D BE UPDATING OURS, OUR ZONING CODE, AND EACH OF THESE PROJECTS, UM, IF, AND WHEN THEY MOVE FORWARD OR HAVE TO COME THROUGH OUR ENTITLEMENT PROCESS.
AND AT THAT TIME, IS THERE A LOT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT? THE WHOLE THING WILL BE COMMUNITY PROCESS AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
IN FACT, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I MENTIONED THE SURVEY.
SO AGAIN, STARTING IN FEBRUARY, AND WE'LL PROBABLY GET A NEW SURVEY OUT SOMETIME IN THE SPRING, WE'LL BE CONTINUING TO ASK THE COMMUNITY AND GET THEIR INPUT ON WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS? WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT WITH, WITH THE CAVEAT THAT WE HAVE LIMITED OPTIONS, UM, WE HAVE TO DO THIS.
UM, SO WE HA WE HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES WITHIN WHICH TO DO THIS, BUT WE WANT TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED AND ON THE SITUATIONS WHERE THERE ARE SOME OPTIONS WE WILL BE ASKING FOR THEIR INPUT AND ADVICE, I SPENT A ROGERS, CAN I RESPOND? CAN I ADD TO WHAT, UM, MISS LOMBARDO SAID, UM, TO RESPOND TO, UM, THE MAYOR'S QUESTION.
SO THAT IS TRUE, THAT THERE WILL BE A PROCESS, BUT I DO WANT TO CAUTION THE COUNCIL, THAT THE STATE ALSO LIMITS THE DISCRETION OF THE COUNCIL IN THAT PROCESS.
AND IF THIS HOUSING ELEMENT DECISION IS MADE IN A SITE IS DESIGNATED, UM, ONE OF THESE LOW, UM, ONE OF THESE HIGH DENSITY OR MEDIUM DENSITY SITES, THEN, UM, AN APPLICANT COULD COME IN AND REQUIRE.
AND IF IT MEETS ALL THE OTHER STANDARDS AND, YOU KNOW, THERE WOULD BE A REVIEW, BUT IF IT MEETS ALL THE OTHER STANDARDS, THEY COULD REQUIRE THAT THE CITY CHANGE ITS GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING TO COMPLY WITH WHAT THE HOUSING ELEMENT STATES.
SO THERE IS SOME LIMITS, SOME DISCRETION, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A PROCESS, OKAY.
I JUST HAD A REAL QUICK THING TOO.
SO TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT MAYOR MARQUEZ WAS SAYING OF THESE STATE MANDATES THAT ARE BASICALLY BEING RAMMED DOWN THE THROATS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, UM, WE'LL BRING THIS UP LATER AGAIN, BUT BESIDES COMING TONIGHT AND, YOU KNOW, VOICING HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS, IT DOESN'T END HERE.
IT'S LIKE THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO PLAGUE OUR CITY, THESE MANDATES, AND YOU NEED TO STAY INVOLVED.
AND THERE'S AN INITIATIVE CALLED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD VOICES THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT.
AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL ALL BE ABLE TO, UM, GET A CITY RESOLUTION AND SUPPORT THIS AND THEN GET PETITIONS OUT.
BUT IT'S THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE NEED TO KEEP DOING THIS BECAUSE THE STATES NEED TO KNOW THE STATE NEEDS TO KNOW THAT WE WANT OUR LOCAL CONTROL WITH LAND USE AMONG OTHER THINGS BACK.
SO I THINK THAT'S, WHAT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW.
YOU CAME OUT BECAUSE THIS IS AFFECTING YOU WHERE YOU LIVE, BUT WE NEED TO DO THIS FOR ALL OF CHINO HILLS AND KEEP TRACKING THIS AND SEE WHAT YOU GUYS CAN DO AS VOTERS WHAT'S OUT THERE.
CAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY TO REVERSE AB NINE, WHICH WAS THE ONE THAT TOOK AWAY LOCAL CONTROL WITH LAND USE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT UP THERE TOO.
UM, JOANNE, IF WE WERE JUST TO, YOU KNOW, TO MAYOR, MARK HAS THIS POINT IN TO COUNCIL MEMBER, MORAN'S POINT ABOUT THE STATE COMING IN AND FORCING THESE THINGS ON US.
IF WE WERE TO DO NOTHING AND NOT INCORPORATE ANY OF THE, THE RENA PROCESS OR ALLOCATE ANY UNITS ANYWHERE, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN TERMS OF THE STATE AND PENALTIES AND DEVELOPERS BEING ABLE TO COME IN AND DO WHAT THEY WANT.
TH TH THE PENALTIES COULD, COULD BE SUBSTANTIAL.
AND THE STATE HAS, HAS GONE AFTER CITIES THAT WEREN'T IN COMPLIANT WITH THE FIFTH CYCLE.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE STATE HAS HIRED A WHOLE NEW ENFORCEMENT STAFF TO MAKE SURE CITIES COMPLY.
SO FINANCIAL PENALTY, PENALTIES, UH, DEVELOPERS COME IN AND SHOO THE CITY FOR NOT HAVING ADEQUATE SITES OR FOR NOT ALLOWING THEM TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND THEN TO THAT POINT, I KNOW I HAD A RESIDENT ASKED ME, YOU KNOW, AFTER READING ON FACEBOOK AND IN THE PAPER, HEY, SO WHY IS THE CITY GOING TO START BUILDING HOMES? THE CITY, WE DON'T BUILD HOMES.
WE, UM, THERE, THERE IS NO EMINENT DOMAIN.
WE'RE NOT TAKING OVER ANYBODY'S PROPERTY TO ALLOW FOR THIS.
THERE'S AN ENTIRE PROCESS THAT WILL GO THROUGH TO, TO ART'S POINT.
YOU KNOW, THERE WILL HAVE TO BE PLANNING, COMMISSION MEETINGS AND ITEMS, IF AN ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT DOES GO FORWARD, BUT THIS IS NOT THE CITY BUILDING PROPERTY.
SO WE'VE HEARD INITIALLY FROM OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS NOW, NOW WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM, FROM YOU OBVIOUSLY, SO WE'RE GOING TO OPEN OUR, OUR PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'LL GO INTO, IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK, PUT IN A SPEAKER'S CARD, MAYBE YOU'RE GETTING A LITTLE VIBE
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ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING UP HERE.ANYWAY, IF YOU DON'T WISH TO SPEAK, JUST IF YOUR NAME IS CALLED, THEN THEN SAY, THAT'S OKAY, I'LL PASS.
IF ESPECIALLY IF THE SAME THING BEING SAID OVER AND OVER AGAIN, BUT YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO GIVE YOUR THREE MINUTES.
SO WE'LL MOVE IT ON TO CHERYL.
SO SHE CAN START CALLING INDIVIDUALS THAT GOOD EVENING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, MIRAMAR HAS AND VICE MAYOR ROGERS.
UM, FOR THE RECORD, I'M NOT RELATED TO MIRAMAR KEN'S, UM, AS A CITY, UH, UH, MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY AS A MOTHER, AS A GRANDMOTHER, I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS MY CONCERN ABOUT THE LOCATION.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH ADDITIONAL HOUSING BEING PUT IN CHINO HILLS AND SUPPORTIVE OF ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, HOWEVER, MY GRANDDAUGHTER PLAYS SPORTS AT THE COMMUNITY PARK.
I HAVE A NEPHEW AND NIECE THAT ATTENDED A YELLOW HIGH AND WILL BE DRIVING THIS YEAR.
AND, UM, I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC AND ADDING MORE, UM, UH, PEOPLE LIVING IN THAT SPECIFIC AREA.
WE'LL JUST ADD TO POTENTIAL DANGER IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC.
I DRIVE, I LIVE ON PEYTON AND I DRIVE IN THAT VICINITY OFTEN.
AND THE EXISTING TRAFFIC IS VERY CHALLENGING.
AND, UM, I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY, UH, ASPECT OF, OF THE LOCATION.
AND I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS THAT TO THE COUNCIL TONIGHT.
UM, AND I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH NEXT ARLENE MCKELLEN, GOOD EVENING.
MY FAMILY AND I ARE HIGHLY OPPOSED TO THE HIGH DENSITY LOW-INCOME UNITS PROPOSED A CUPBOARD OR CABALLERO ON THEIR RANCH AT PEYTON LANE.
EUCALYPTUS PEYTON AND EUCALYPTUS IS ALREADY HIGHLY CONGESTED DUE TO TRAFFIC FROM IOLA COMMUNITY PARK, THE CHURCHES AND THE SHOPS.
A YOUNG WOMAN HAS ALREADY DIED ON EUCALYPTUS.
THE TWO CHILDREN FOLLOWING THE YOUNG LADY THAT DIED ONSITE WERE VERY, VERY LUCKY.
THEY DID NOT GET KILLED THEMSELVES, NOT TO MENTION THE TRAUMA AND GUILT.
THE LATE THE YOUNG LADY DRIVING THE CAR WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE DOWNHILL DESCENT ON EUCALYPTUS TO PEYTON IS ALREADY EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IN AND INCREASING THE TRAFFIC BY ADDING THE HIGH DENSITY.
HOUSING IS JUST MAKING IT A DEATH TRAP.
OUR CHILDREN IN THIS AREA WHO WALKED TO SCHOOL AND RESIDENTS TAKING THEIR WIVES FOR THEIR PHYSICAL WELLBEING MUST BE PROTECTED.
MY FAMILY LIVE ALONGSIDE THE HORSE TRAILS ON EUCALYPTUS.
I HAVE WITNESSED VEHICLES DRIVING INTO THE BUSHES, DESTROYING THE FENCES ALONG THE HORSE TRAILS, HEADING TOWARDS PEYTON, PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY.
THE HIGH DENSITY HOUSING YOU PROPOSE WILL ALSO LOWER THE PROPERTY VALUE OF THE HOMES IN THE AREA, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE A VIEW THAT OVERLOOKED THE V THE TOWARDS PEYTON.
AND YOU COLLECT THIS MY HOME BEING ONE OF THEM.
I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR MARPLE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, YOU NEED TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE EXISTING COMMUNITY THAT ARE ALREADY ESTABLISHED.
PLEASE CONSIDER REQUIRED REQUIRING EXISTING HIGH DENSITY UNITS TO PROVIDE, UM, CONSIDER, UH, REQUIRING EXISTING HIGH DENSITY UNITS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE TO PROVIDE A PERCENTAGE TO LOW INCOME.
IF MY VOTE COUNTS, GO TO THE SHOPS.
MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF COMMUNITY.
I'M REPRESENTING ABOUT 60 FAMILIES IN THE, UH, AMERICAN HIGHLAND AND GALLOPING HILLS AREA.
UH, I'M NOT GOING TO, I'M NOT GOING TO BELABOR THE POINTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE MADE BY THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC IS OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE A PROBLEM.
CRIME IS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO GET BETTER.
IT'S GOING TO GET WORSE NO MATTER HOW THE CITY DECIDES TO TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM, BUT THERE ARE A FEW FACTS I WISH TO BRING UP.
I ALSO HAVE SOME CONCERNS IN ELSA AS MR SOLUTIONS.
UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED A SOLUTION ON THE SHOPS TO PARCEL THAT MET ALL STATE
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AND LOCAL CRITERIA.THE SHOPS TWO PROPOSAL WAS MODIFIED IN FAVOR OF DEVELOPERS.
PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR THE PROJECT AT CUBERO DENSITY WAS INCREASED FROM 180 TO 220 UNITS.
THESE REVISIONS WERE APPROVED AND PUBLISHED JANUARY 6TH FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE COUNCIL AND PUBLIC COMMENT WITH THREE DAYS, THREE WORK DAYS OF NOTICE.
A ROUGH CONSENSUS FROM AREA REALTORS SUGGEST PROPERTY VALUE FOR FAMILIES BORDERING.
THE PROJECT WILL DECLINE 20 TO 30% SURROUNDING AREAS DECLINED 10%.
I'M ONE OF THAT 20 OR 30% YOU CAN, HOW YOU WOULD FEEL IF TWO OR $300,000 OF YOUR PROPERTY VALUE WERE TO BE JUST EXTRACTED BY SOME HOUSING THING.
THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING AS EVIDENCED BY, UH, THE ILLUSTRATION THAT I PROVIDED TO THE COUNCIL WAS A PICTURE FROM MY LIBRARY.
UH, YOU'LL NOTICE THE OAK TREE IN THE FOREGROUND, THE FLAG, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, UM, THAT PICTURE, THAT TREE IS ABOUT A HUNDRED FEET FROM OUR PROPERTY LINE OR HOUSES ABOUT 30, 30 FEET OFFSET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.
UH, IT REPRESENTS BASICALLY A TWO STORY COMPLEX OR TWO STORY APARTMENT BUILDING.
SO YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH OF THE AREA WOULD BE ELIMINATED.
HOW MUCH OF THE VIEW WOULD BE ELIMINATED FROM OUR HOUSE THAT REPRESENT THAT WOULD BE REPRESENTED BY ABOUT 20 HOUSES ON FOREST METAL DRIVE UP AND DOWN THE STREET.
UH, THE COMMISSION AND STAFF HAVE DISMISSED EXPLAINED THE WAY DISCREDITED.
SO MANY CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
IT'S NOW USELESS TO BRING THEM UP IN TIME.
THESE CONCERNS WILL PROVE TO BE TRUE.
JOHN YOU'LL NEED TO WRAP IT UP YOUR THREE MINUTES.
CAN I SKIP TO THOSE? AND JUST SO YOU HAVE, AT LEAST TWO OF THEM LET'S HEAR THEM BECAUSE YOU'RE REPRESENTING 60 PEOPLE.
ADOPT THE SHOPS TO SOLUTION, TO MINIMIZE ALL OF THE CONCERNS I HAVE LISTED USE TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO ACQUIRE THE CUBERO RANCH PROPERTY AS OVERFLOW PARKING AND ADDITIONAL PARK AREAS, ADJACENT TO THE SPORTS COMPLEX, REJECT THE COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION REQUIRE ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS.
DEMAND STAFF GIVES THE PUBLIC MORE THAN THREE WORK DAYS TO REVIEW ASKED STAFF TO INVESTIGATE HOW THIS PROPOSAL B BECAME A SOLUTION, REFLECTING THE EASY, NOT THE BEST SOLUTION FOR PROPERTY OWNERS.
UH, MAYOR MARQUEZ, CITY COUNCIL, STAFF, AND RESIDENTS.
FIRST OF ALL, I DO WANT TO COMMEND, UH, JOANNE LOMBARDO AND THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THEY DID.
I ATTENDED PRETTY MUCH ALL 11 OF THOSE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS WORKSHOPS THAT THEY, UH, THEY DID.
UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION WORKED VERY HARD ON THIS.
UH, I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT A TOUGH PROCESS THIS WAS.
UH, MY ONLY COMPLAINT AND I MIGHT ADD, I I'VE ALREADY VOICED THIS IT'S IN THE REPORT.
I ALWAYS FELT THAT THE CROSSROADS MARKETPLACE WAS EXCELLENT PLACE TO PUT MIXED USE.
AT ONE POINT, THE OWNER OF CROSSROADS AND MARKETPLACE EVEN INDICATED AN INTEREST IN THAT.
AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S BEEN A FAILING, UH, COMMERCIAL AREA FOR YEARS.
UH, AND NOW THEY'RE MENTIONING THAT THERE IS A NEW COMMERCIAL, UH, UH, ENTERPRISE IT'S MOVING IN.
I REALLY DO SINCERELY HOPE IT WORKS, BUT I FELT THAT THE REASON CROSSROADS MARKETPLACE WAS GOOD FOR MIXED USE WAS THAT IT'S LOW, UH, LOCALE LOCALE TO THE FREEWAY, UH, TO THE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR, AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT IT COULD REDUCE TRAFFIC.
I KNOW WE COMPLAIN ABOUT TRAFFIC.
IF PEOPLE LIVE, WHERE THEY SHOP, UH, MIXED USE IS THE BEST SOLUTION.
SO IF THERE IS SOME WAY WE COULD REVISIT THAT AND EVEN MOVE SOME OF THE UNITS BACK THERE, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ALL 370.
I THINK IT'S AN OPTION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CITY TRY TO PURSUE.
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GOOD EVENING.MAYOR MARQUEZ, VICE MAYOR ROGERS, AND THE ENTIRE COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS TIME.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF CHINO HILLS FOR APPROXIMATELY 25 YEARS.
I'VE BEEN IN THIS AREA THAT ENTIRE TIME, VERY INVESTED IN THE COMMUNITY IS MY FIRST OPPORTUNITY EVER TO SPEAK TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, I'M HERE OBVIOUSLY LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IN OPPOSITION OF THE PROPOSAL OR THE DISCUSSION ABOUT CABALLEROS RANCH.
SIMILAR TO WHAT'S BEEN SAID ALREADY.
THE TRAFFIC INGESTION OBVIOUSLY IS, IS A CONCERN NOW AND WOULD BE A GREATER CONCERN IF ADDITIONAL HOUSING CAME HERE.
UH, SECONDLY, W WHETHER YOU DEFINE IT AS HIGH DENSITY, LOW INCOME OR DENSELY POPULATED HOUSING, THERE'S AN OBVIOUS INCREASE IN CRIME.
I'M TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT PROPERTY CRIMES, CAR BREAK-INS, VANDALISMS, GRAFFITI, RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES IN THE AREA.
WE'LL ALL BE IMPACTED BY THAT IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
I TALKED A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT ABOUT THE LOSS OF IDENTITY EARLIER TONIGHT, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE FLAG AND WHAT IT MEANT TO THE COMMUNITY.
WHAT IT MEANS TO US HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY IS THAT WE IDENTIFY WITH THIS AREA, WHAT IT MEANS, UH, THE VIEWS MY CHILDREN HAVE GROWN UP HERE.
THEY'VE IDENTIFIED WITH THAT RANCH.
MY DAUGHTER EVEN IS NAMED COWS THAT YOU SEE EVERY DAY AND WHEN SHE WALKS DOWN THERE AND THAT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT TO US.
AND WE'RE INVESTED IN BEING HERE, THE PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT, AND THE PEOPLE THAT AREN'T HERE TONIGHT, WE'VE WORKED HARD TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE GIVEN YOU THE RESPONSIBILITY, ASSESS THESE SITUATIONS CAREFULLY, DELICATELY FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD TONIGHT, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE, YOU ARE DOING THAT.
AND I APPRECIATE IT, BUT WE REALLY NEED YOU TO LEAN FORWARD IN THIS AND BE LEADERS AND, AND, AND FIND A SOLUTION.
I UNDERSTAND THE BURDEN THAT THE STATE HAS PUT ON US TO FIND THIS HOUSING AND LISTENING TO MISS LOMBARDO'S COMMENTS.
IT IS A VERY DAUNTING TASK, AND WE HAVE TO ADHERE TO IT.
BUT I AGREE WITH MANY THE SHOPS TOO.
I DON'T KNOW ALL THE INFORMATION, BUT IT APPEARS TO ME THAT THAT SEEMS TO BE A BETTER OPTION, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THE SPACING WE HAVE THERE.
AND THERE'S GOTTA BE OTHER IDEAS OUT THERE, BUT WE JUST ASK YOU TO PLEASE LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS AND CONSIDER NOT LOOKING AT THE CABALLEROS RANCH AND I'LL SURRENDER THE REMAINDER OF MY TIME.
YOU DAVID DEBBIE HALL, I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT HERE FOR 38 YEARS AND, UM, I'VE LIVED HERE BEFORE PEYTON DRIVE WENT THROUGH.
I USED TO WORK AT CLIENT ARABIAN RANCH, WHICH IS CURRENTLY OUR COMMUNITY PARK AND EUCALYPTUS DRIVE.
WEST OF PEYTON WAS THE PRIVATE DRIVEWAY ONTO THE RANCH WHERE I WORKED, AND I'VE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGES IN THE CITY.
UM, BUT THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION IS GETTING HORRIBLE.
UM, I'VE SEEN THE PARKING LOT, BECOME THE CITY, BECOME A PARKING LOT WHEN THEY HOSTED A HALLOWEEN EVENT AT THE SHOPS, AND I'VE SEEN THE CITY BECOME A PARKING LOT WHEN THE CITY GAVE AWAY COVID TEST KITS JUST RECENTLY, AND NOBODY COULD GO ANYWHERE.
AND, UM, THESE PROBLEMS ARE ONLY GOING TO GET FAR, FAR WORSE.
IF WE, UM, BUILD UNITS AT THE SHOPS, WHICH IS CURRENTLY KIND OF AN OVERFLOW PARKING SITUATION OR AT THE, UM, THE, THE CURRENT, UH, THE CAVALERO, IF THAT WERE TO BE BUILT OUT WITH HOMES THAT'S THAT'S.
SO I'M KIND OF LOCKED IN RIGHT THERE WHERE THERE'S NO CONSIDERATION GIVEN TO, UM, YOU KNOW, TRUMP GETTING AROUND AND, UH, PARKING, TRAVELING, UM, CRIME WILL BE AN ISSUE, JUST, UM, WATER RESOURCES, SHOPPING, ALL THESE ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT NEED TO BE THOUGHT ABOUT WHEN WE'RE BEING MANDATED TO BUILD THESE ADDITIONAL HOUSES, BUT THE STATE'S NOT GIVING A NEW SOLUTIONS FOR, FOR WATER, FOR TRAFFIC, FOR QUALITY OF LIFE.
UM, I LIVE ON ONE DWELLING UNIT FOR A HALF-ACRE.
SO WHEN YOU SAY 30 DWELLING UNITS ON AN ACRE, I CAN ONLY ENVISION WHAT A 90 STORY SKYSCRAPER WITH FULL OF APARTMENTS.
I MEAN, WHAT DOES THE CITY, WHAT DOES THE STATE EXPECT IF OUR CITY IS VIRTUALLY BUILT OUT AND THERE'S NO MORE ROOM? IS THAT WHAT THEY WANT? JUST SKYSCRAPER HERE IN A SKYSCRAPER THERE ON WHAT USED TO BE A BEAUTIFUL RANCH.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST SICKENING TO SEE OUR CITY, OUR IDENTITY BEING
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FORCED TO CONFORM TO THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY ON THE SUBJECT.UM, LIKE SHE SAID, MY NAME IS JUAN OLD METAL.
I'M A REPRESENTATIVE WITH THE SOUTHWEST REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS.
UM, WE REPRESENT 5,800 MEMBERS IN THE, UH, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WHERE A GOOD PORTION OF, OF THEM LIVE, UH, WORK, RECREATE IN THE VICINITY OF THE PROJECT OR PROJECTS.
WE BELIEVE WE WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THESE PROJECT AND PROJECTS.
THE CITY SHOULD REQUIRE THE PROJECT TO BE BUILT, UTILIZING A LOCAL AND SKILLED TRAIN WORKFORCE, LOCAL HIRE SKILLED AND TRAINED WORKFORCE REQUIREMENTS.
REDUCE CONSTRUCTION RELATED ENVIRONMENT IMPACTS WHILE BENEFITING FROM THE LOCAL ECONOMY IN A RECENT 2020 TITLE, UM, PUTTING CALIFORNIA IN THE HIGH ROAD, A JOB AND CLIMATE ACTION PLAN FOR 2030, THE CALIFORNIA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD CONCLUDED THAT THE INVESTMENT AND GROWING DIVERSIFYING AND UP-SKILLING CALIFORNIA WORKFORCE CAN POSITIVELY AFFECT RETURNING CLIMATE MITIGATIONS EFFORTS.
MOREOVER, JUST THIS YEAR, UH, SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT FOUND THAT THE USE OF LOCAL AND STATE CERTIFIED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS OR A SKILLED AND TRAINED WORKFORCE WITH A LOCAL HIRE COMPONENT CAN RESULT IN AIR POLLUTION REDUCTIONS.
OTHER CITIES HAVE NOT HESITATED TO APPLY SKILLED AND TRAINED WORKFORCE REQUIREMENTS FOR PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN THE CITY.
RECENTLY, THE CITY OF HAYWARD IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ADOPTED A SKILLED AND TRAINED WORKFORCE REQUIREMENTS INTO THEIR GENERAL PLAN AND MUNICIPAL QUOTES, LOCAL AND SKILLED TRAINED WORKFORCE REQUIREMENTS CAN BOOST ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT AND MITIGATION, TRANSPORTATION, AND GREENHOUSE IMPACTS BY MINIMIZING, UH, VEHICLE MILEAGE TRAVELED.
IF I CAN ADD, UH, SOMEONE HERE EARLIER SAID, SHOP WHERE YOU LIVE, WE WOULD ALSO LIKE FOR PEOPLE TO WORK WHERE THEY LIVE.
UM, I'M A FAIRLY NEW HOMEOWNER IN THIS AREA THOUGH.
I'VE, I'VE, UH, GROWN UP, YOU KNOW, IN, UH, SURROUNDING AREAS, BUT WE, MY, MY FAMILY MOVED HERE A YEAR AGO AND, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DECIDED TO DO ON OUR NEW PROPERTY WAS TO, UH, MAKE, UH, WE'RE LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE.
SO, UM, UNBEKNOWNST TO THIS WHOLE ISSUE OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT, WE WENT DOWN THE ADU ROAD BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE, UH, MY PARENTS OR MY WIFE'S PARENTS CAN COME AS THEY'RE AGING.
SO WE, WE WENT DOWN THE ROAD, UH, TO BUILD THIS ADU.
SO WE WERE WE'RE WELL INTO THE PROCESS, AS FAR AS WE'VE, WE'VE TURNED IN PLANS AND WE'VE HAD ARCHITECTS AND WE'VE PAID ALL KINDS OF FEES AND WE HAVE ALL OF THIS, ALL OF THIS COMPLETE.
AND THEN WE REALIZE THIS WHOLE HOUSING ELEMENT THING IS GOING ON.
AND AS YOU SAID, THE STATE IS FORCING THE CITY TO HAVE TO, UH, MAKE ROOM FOR MORE, UM, MORE, UH, DWELLING UNITS.
UM, SO IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS, UH, WE KIND OF REALIZED THAT, UH, THE CITY, AS PART OF THE FILLING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE ARE THEY'RE GOING TO, UH, MAYBE MAKE IT A EASIER FOR SOMEONE TO BUILD AN ADU ON THEIR PROPERTY.
AND, UH, SO OBVIOUSLY THAT BENEFITS US.
UH, THE ONE SPECIFIC ISSUE I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT WAS THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE ADU IS HAVE THEIR OWN, UM, I GUESS SEWER LINE, WATER, METER, GAS, METER, EVERYTHING SEPARATE.
UM, THAT REQUIREMENT IS A HUGE, UH, ADDITIONAL COSTS TO OUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
WE WENT FROM ABOUT A $200,000 BUDGET TO BUILD THIS ADU, ADDING ANOTHER $50,000, JUST TO RUN A SEWER LINE OUT TO THE STREET.
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KIND OF LIKE, WELL, IF YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO, UH, MAKE AN INCENTIVE TO BUILD ADU IS, UM, THAT WOULD BE, UH, VERY BENEFICIAL, AT LEAST IN OUR, IN OUR INDIVIDUAL CASE NOW, UH, ENOUGH ABOUT MY INDIVIDUAL CASE, THIS WHOLE PROJECT, I CAN SEE EVERYBODY'S CONCERNS, EVERYONE'S CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR PROPERTY VALUES AND AS A RELATIVELY NEW, UM, INTERESTED PARTY TO THIS WHOLE THING, I'VE JUST SUGGESTED THE COUNCIL THAT THEY PERHAPS, UM, DO LITTLE RESEARCH IN TO SOME OTHER CITIES THAT ARE LIMITED ON SPACE, LIKE NEWPORT COAST, OTHER PLACES LIKE THAT, THAT ARE RATHER A FLUENT, BUT LIMITED IN SPACE.HOW ARE THEY HANDLING THE SAME PROBLEM THAT WE'RE HANDLING? SO THANK YOU, MIKE.
MAYOR MARQUEZ AND VICE MAYOR ROGERS AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, OH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THAT I SO APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO.
YOU GUYS HAVE A MONUMENTAL TASK AND IN, UM, IN JUGGLING A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN KNOW WITH THE CITY AND STUFF, AND WE, AND I TRUST THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO, TO, UH, TO, TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS FOR EVERYONE.
UM, I'VE BEEN, UH, I'VE BEEN, UH, UH, W I'VE LIVED IN THIS CITY FOR SINCE 1994.
UM, WE BOUGHT OUR HOUSE THE SAME MONTH.
WE GOT MARRIED AND WE HAVE FOUR KIDS.
TWO OF THEM ARE NOW IN COLLEGE, AND TWO OF THEM ARE STILL GOING DIALLO HIGH SCHOOL NOW.
I JUST, UH, UM, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE ARE, OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE SEEN PEOPLE COME INTO THE CITY AND, AND, AND THEY'RE, AND OBVIOUSLY LYTLE IS STILL THRIVING.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE W W THERE'S MANY MORE YEARS OF THIS CITY GROWING AND, AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
I W WHAT ATTRACTED ME TO THIS CITY WAS, UH, DRIVING THROUGH, UM, THE HILLS.
AND WE FIRST STARTED, YOU KNOW, WE SAW THE HILLS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN OUR, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE COULD, WE COULD ACTUALLY RAISE A FAMILY HERE AND, AND WE HAVE, AND WAS, IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL.
WE'VE LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF THIS JOURNEY IN CHINO HILLS.
UM, I, I AGREE WITH EVERY EVERYTHING THAT EVERYONE SAID, THE SAFETY, UM, THE, THIS CABALLERO, UM, PROJECT THAT'S COMING IN IS JUST DOWN THE STREET.
AND, AND, UM, THE, THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC IS ALREADY HAPPENING THERE DURING, UH, BEGINNING OF SCHOOL.
AND THE SCHOOL IS, IS INCREDIBLE.
AND, UM, HAVING THIS, UM, THIS PROPERTY BE USED FOR, UM, THE HIGH DENSITY HOUSING WOULD ONLY MAKE IT EVEN MORE.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE BEING BULLIED BY THE STATE TO, TO DO THESE THINGS.
AND, AND, AND I, AND I DO LOOK AT THE STATE OF BEING A BULLY AS THEY'RE, THEY'RE MANDATING US TO DO THIS.
THEY DON'T GIVE US NOT GIVING US A LOT OF CHOICE.
UM, BUT I, I DO WANT TO, UM, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT FLAG THAT, THAT, THAT YOU GUYS SPENT SEVERAL MINUTES, LIKE HALF HOUR OR MORE ON, ON, ON, ON, UH, WHAT THAT FLAG IS.
AND THAT FLAG IS ROLLING HILLS.
THAT FLAG IS THAT, THAT TREE THAT'S GOING TO BE CUT DOWN IF YOU KNOW, THAT THAT BARN THAT'S THERE.
I MEAN, THERE THERE'S AN AESTHETIC PART OF IT.
THAT THAT IS, IS A, IS ONE THING.
THE SAFETY PART IS THE, IS THE MAJOR THING.
AND WE, WE'VE GOT PEOPLE THAT HAVE KNOW THERE'S MANY, MANY ACCIDENTS THAT ARE ON, ON THAT STREET RIGHT THERE.
AND, UH, UM, I JUST, I TRUST THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO LOOK AT ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE ALREADY A PLAN THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO TO COVID ARROW.
WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT, AND I DON'T WANT TO BE BULLIED BY THE STATE.
SO I APPRECIATE YOUR GIVING ME THIS TIME.
THANKS MITCHELL, ISABELLA, CHARLES HI, WELCOME.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
UM, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO COME UP, EVEN THOUGH A LOT HAS BEEN SAID.
I THINK YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND, UM, MY FAMILY HAS BEEN HERE FOR 20 YEARS.
A LOT OF MY NEIGHBORS, THE ONE RIGHT HERE, I UNDERSTAND HER BECAUSE SHE BUTTS UP RIGHT AGAINST IT, AND IT WOULD NOT BE GOOD, SOMEHOW APARTMENTS AND PARKS AND HIGH SCHOOLS DON'T GO.
SO I'M HOPING AND PRAYING THAT YOU GUYS DO THE BEST FOR US.
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OF NEIGHBORS, MITT, DAVE JUST LEFT AND SOME NEIGHBORS I HAVEN'T MET, BUT I'M HERE TO SAY, IT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA.THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS ON THAT CORNER AND WE WATCH OUT FOR THEM, BUT TO ADD 200 AND SOME, AND THEY'RE ONLY GONNA ALLOW PROBABLY TWO CARS INSIDE THERE.
AND WHERE DO YOU THINK THEY'RE GOING TO PARK? IF NOT IN THE PARK, BEFORE YOU CLOSE THE GATE OR IN YOUR OVERFLOW, OR EVEN IN THE STREET ON PEYTON AND EUCALYPTUS.
HONORABLE MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL STAFF COMMUNITY.
UM, I'M PROBABLY THE MOST HATED PERSON HERE TONIGHT.
I'M THE ONE WHO SUBMITTED THE DESIGN FOR THE COVER AIR SITE.
UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY A COUPLE OF THINGS.
UM, WE PROVIDED THAT BECAUSE WE HAD SEEN A PREVIOUS DESIGN FOR THE SITE THAT DIDN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES OR THE TOPOGRAPHY ON THE SITE.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT IT WASN'T APPROPRIATE LOCATION FOR HIGH-DENSITY HOUSING.
UH, IT IS MIXING OPEN SPACE, COMMUNITY AMENITIES, COMMUNITY SERVICES IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
WHEN YOU PUT HIGH DENSITY HOUSING INTO A COMMUNITY, UH, THIS SITE IS LESS THAN A MILE FROM REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS.
IT'S LESS THAN, I MEAN, IT'S RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM THE SHOPS.
UH, SO IT IS AN APPROPRIATE LOCATION.
NOW I UNDERSTAND EVERYBODY'S CONCERNS AND WE THIS QUITE A BIT, UM, BUT WE HAVEN'T REALLY DESIGNED THE PROJECT YET.
WHAT WE DID IS WE DID A STUDY, UH, FOR THE STAFF THAT SHOWS THAT YOU CAN INDEED GET THAT DENSITY ON THAT PROPERTY AND STILL ACCOUNT FOR THE, THE TOPOGRAPHY AND ACCOUNT FOR THE LOCATION NEXT TO THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
WE'VE BUILT NEXT TO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
WE DID, CAPRIANA, THAT'S ADJACENT TO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
AND AS IT WAS CLARIFIED BY COUNCILMAN BENNETT AND DIRECTED LOMBARDO, IT'S THE DENSITY YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, NOT NECESSARILY THE AFFORDABILITY.
UM, CAPRIANA JUST TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW ONE BEDROOMS ARE GOING FOR 25 39 TO 27 64, 2 BEDROOMS ARE 29, 25 TO 31 61.
SO THE AMOUNT OF RENT THESE FOLKS ARE PAYING IS COMMENSURATE WITH SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, MORTGAGES, AND PROBABLY MORE SO THE TYPE OF PEOPLE YOU'RE GOING TO GET ARE NOT THE PEOPLE THAT I THINK YOU'RE AFRAID OF AT THIS POINT.
AND FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, I'M WITH FAIRFIELD RESIDENTIAL, WE BUILT HIGH CLASS, HIGH-END AFFORDABLE, HIGH-END MULTIFAMILY HOUSING.
WE HAVE AN AFFORDABLE ARM, BUT THAT'S NOT THE ARMED WITH YOU DOING THIS PARTICULAR SITE, IF IT IS IN FACT TO GO FORWARD.
SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY SOME THINGS, UM, LET YOU KNOW THAT WE BELIEVE IT IS AN APPROPRIATE SITE FOR HIGH DENSITY HOUSING.
AND IF THE COUNCIL SO CHOOSES TO ADD IT, WE'D APPRECIATE THAT IF IT DOESN'T, WE UNDERSTAND THAT AS WELL.
BUT AGAIN, JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF, LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE THE GUYS WHO DID IT APOLOGIZE TO THAT WE UPSET THE COMMUNITY, BUT THERE'S A PROCESS TO GO THROUGH STILL, IF IT IS IN FACT CHANGED.
CAN I INTERJECT WITH ONE QUICK QUESTION, JOANNE, UM, REMIND EVERYONE WITH THE CURRENT ZONING OF THAT PROPERTY IS RIGHT NOW.
UM, IT'S R S WHICH CAN BE UP TO SIX DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
SO AT 10 IT COULD GET, I'D SAY BETWEEN 50 AND 60.
SO WITHOUT THE COUNCIL DOING ANYTHING THE WAY IT STANDS NOW ON THIS PRIVATELY OWNED PROPERTY VACANT BY RIGHT.
HAVE 60 UNITS ON THERE, APPROXIMATELY? YES.
THAT'S JUST ONE THAT CLARIFICATION.
THAT IS THE FINAL SPEAKER CARD, BUT WE DO HAVE ONE OTHER PERSON WHO WISHES TO SPEAK.
AND I'VE ASKED HER TO ANNOUNCE HER NAME, COME ON UP, JUST IDENTIFY YOURSELF.
OR AT LEAST BEFORE SHE STARTS SPEAKING, I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT WE DID RECEIVE SEVERAL COMMENTS AFTER THREE 30.
WE ONLY PRINTED WHAT WAS RECEIVED PRIOR TO THREE 30.
SO, AND WE GOT 17 COMMENTS SO FAR BETWEEN THREE 30 AND FIVE 30, AND THOSE WILL BE PART OF THE RECORD TOMORROW.
MY NAME IS LISA'S ALIAH AND I'M SURE THAT, UM, I'VE MESSAGED MANY OF YOU BECAUSE I LIVE ON GALLOPING HILLS AND CAITLIN ROAD.
SO EVERY TIME THERE'S AN EVENT AT THE PARK OR A SHUTDOWN, EVERYBODY PARKS ON GALLOPING HILLS, ALL IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND IT'S LIKE A CIRCUS.
WE CAN'T GET OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAYS.
EVERY THERE'S AN EVENT AND THE OVERFLOW, IT COMES INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CAR BREAK-INS, IT'S JUST A MESS.
WE HAVE THE COPS COME AND HAVE TO JUST, THEY BLOCKED THE FIRE HYDRANT.
SO WE'RE JUST ASKING THAT YOU PLEASE DON'T PICK THIS SITE BECAUSE THAT'S JUST GOING TO BE A PERMANENT CIRCUS FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
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AND WE MOVED THERE BECAUSE WE LOVE IT.THERE'S NOT A LOT OF CARS THERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
BUT WITH THESE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT, UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE SCARY PEOPLE THAT THEY WERE SAYING, THERE'S NO WAY THEY'RE JUST GOING TO COME IN WITH TWO CARS AND EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE PARKING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THAT'S NOT WHY WE MOVED HERE.
WE, WE LOVE IT, THAT IT'S OPEN AND, YOU KNOW, WE COULD PARK IN OUR DRIVEWAY, BUT I KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN ALL THE PEOPLE COME FROM THE HIKING TRAIL AT FIVE IN THE MORNING, WE CARE CAR DOORS, ALARMS, NO CONSIDERATION.
I KNOW BECAUSE ME AND MY NEIGHBORS HEAR IT.
I'VE SENT YOU PICTURES OF HOW IT LOOKED WHEN WE HAD TO SHUT DOWN.
AND THANKFULLY, YOU KNOW, THE PARK OPENED UP AND IT'S NOT THAT BAD ANYMORE, BUT IF WE BUILT THOSE, THIS'LL BE A PERMANENT CIRCUS FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO PLEASE, I HOPE YOU GUYS CAN RECONSIDER AND JUST TAKE THAT PLACE OUT OF AND PICK SOMEWHERE ELSE.
ANYBODY ELSE WISH TO SAY ANYTHING AS LONG AS WE HAVE THIS GOING? YES, SIR.
HI, MAYOR, CITY, COUNCIL, STAFF, AND RESIDENTS.
AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GET REMEMBERED ME.
I WAS WITH, UH, HOPE FOR THE HILLS, YEARS AND YEARS AGO.
UM, AND I COULD SEE THAT THIS IS A MUCH, PROBABLY TOUGHER FIGHT THAN THAN YOU'VE HAD BEFORE.
UM, THE WAY I CAN SEE IT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, I'M FROM MARKETING AND WE ALWAYS COME UP WITH IDEAS AND CONCEPTS, BUT WHEN THE STATE BEGINS TO BULLY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, THERE'S NOT A LOT YOU CAN DO.
I KNOW THAT I WAS LISTENING TO A PODCAST, UM, THAT, UH, WAS PUT ON BY VICTORIA FIERCE, WHO WAS A ACTIVIST, AN ATTORNEY WHO WAS GIVEN $4 MILLION BY THE STATE TO GO AFTER CITIES.
AND SHE WAS REAL HAPPY TO DO IT.
SO, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY GOT ALL THEIR DUCKS LINED UP AND THEY THEY'RE REALLY READY GO TO WAR.
BUT WITH THAT SAID, UM, THERE'S ALWAYS, THERE'S THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M SURE YOU TRIED THIS.
I WISH I HAD HAD COME A LITTLE SOONER WITH YOUR, SOME OF YOUR, UH, UM, COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
UH, ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES ABOUT CHINO HILLS AND, AND I, I AM SURE, YOU KNOW, IT IS THAT WE ARE EXTREMELY DIVERSE.
UM, WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD THAT LIVE HERE AND, UM, SOMETIMES THEY HAVE MULTIFAMILY UNITS, UH, THAT HAVE LIVED IN A, IN A SMALLER HOME.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN MY, MY DAUGHTER HAD A PARTY UP ABOVE, UH, UM, CANYON HILLS OFF OF, UH, GREW TO, UM, PLACES LIKE THAT, SHE WENT TO A HOUSE WHERE THEY HAD TWO FAMILIES AND THEIR GRANDPARENTS LIVING THERE, AND LOTS OF COUSINS AND AUNTS.
AND I JUST WONDERED IF THAT COULD HAVE BEEN COUNTED AS LOW INCOME.
YOU HAVE THINGS LIKE GRANNY FLATS, YOU HAVE DUPLEXES.
DO YOU KNOW, JUST WHETHER THEY'RE LEGALLY INSTALLED OR NOT, THEY SHOULD BE COUNTED.
I DON'T KNOW HOW, IF THERE'S A WAY TO DO THAT.
UM, BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE HIGH DENSITY, LOW INCOME.
AND, AND MY, MY BELIEF HERE IS THAT YOU HAVE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LEGAL FIGHT EITHER WAY, BECAUSE THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.
I THINK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND, AND CONTINUE AND SAY, OKAY, WE NEED MORE.
THEY'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS.
THEY DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT CRIME.
UH, THEY JUST WANT TO BRING THEIR VISION HERE.
I MEAN, I COULD ADD SO MANY IDEAS, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE YOU GOT 80% OF THE COASTLINE THAT'S OWNED BY THE STATE.
THEY COULD HAVE PUT LOW DENSITY THERE.
SO EVERYBODY COULD HAVE GOTTEN A PIECE OF THE AMERICAN PIE SIMPLE, BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO DO IT THAT WAY.
AND BACK, DID YOU WANT TO MAKE, DID YOU WANT TO COME UP? CERTAINLY.
UH, MY NAME IS JOHN KIM AND I WAS BEING, UH, RAISED AT THE CDL, BUT CHINO HILLS SINCE, UH, 2010.
AND I HAVE, UH, UH, DAUGHTERS WENT THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND I HAVE, UH, MY
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SECOND ONE, SHE'S CURRENTLY IN, UH, 11 GRADES TOO, BUT I JUST WANT TO, UM, SHARE THE, UH, ABOUT, UH, MY PERSONAL OPINION ABOUT THAT OR COVER OR PROJECTS I AGREE WITH, UH, ALL OTHER PEOPLE SEE IT ABOUT IT, BUT I JUST WANT TO ADD, UH, ONE MORE THING THAT, UH, LOW INCOME HOUSING, UH, PROJECT WILL BE, UM, HIGH CHANCE TO GET INVOLVED WITH ILLEGAL DRUGS, MAYBE IN A FUTURE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.IS IT JUST A DOWN THE STREET? I SEE ARE MANY OF THE STUDENTS, THEY WALK TO SCHOOL AND A LOT OF THOSE PARENTS ARE, THEY DROP OFF THEM BECAUSE OF HIGH TRAFFIC.
THEY DROP OFF THEM BY THE PARK, ACROSS FROM THAT, THE LOCK OVER THERE.
AND THEN A LOT OF STUDENTS, THEY WALK BY A HOME, OR SOMETIMES THESE DAYS I'VE SEEN SOME OTHER KIDS RIDING SCOOTERS, OR THEY'RE RIDING WITH, UH, FRIENDS WITH A CAR TOGETHER.
SO I JUST PERSONALLY THINK THAT, UM, PLEASE CONSIDER ABOUT, UM, A LOW INCOME HOUSING PROJECT NEARBY HIGH SCHOOL IS NOT A GOOD IDEA IN MY PERSONAL OPINION.
SO I JUST WANT TO SHARE WHAT THAT WITH EVERYONE.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
UM, ME AND MY HUSBAND, WE'VE BEEN LIVING HERE FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS AND, UH, MY KIDS, THEY WENT TO THE YARRA SCHOOL AND WE'VE BEEN SO HAPPY WITH THIS COMMUNITY.
UH, BUT, UH, WE'VE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF CHANGES ALL THESE YEARS AND IT'S LOOKED LIKE IT'S GETTING WORSE NOW.
UM, ONE THING THAT I NEED TO SAY IS THAT YOU GUYS NEED TO CONSIDER THE SENIORS, THE OLDER PEOPLE, THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF RETIRES IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND WE DO HIKE EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AND THEN, UM, IT'S BEEN TWICE.
THEY WILL ALWAYS, THEY ALMOST HAVE ACCIDENT RIGHT THERE BY PEYTON AND, AND, UH, EUCALYPTUS.
SO PLEASE CONSIDER ALL THE SENIORS OF THESE COMMUNITY BECAUSE, UM, WHEN WE RETIRE AFTER SO MANY YEARS, WE NEEDED A SAFE PLACE AND, AND SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CALL HOME AND BE SAFE.
I NOTICED THERE'S GOING TO BE, IT'S BEEN A LOT OF CRIME AROUND.
I KNOW THERE PROBABLY IS, UH, ANOTHER PEOPLE COMING TO THE DIFFERENT CITIES, BUT PLEASE CONSIDER WITH THESE TWENTIES 20 SOMETHING CONTRACTIONS COMING, IT'S GOING TO BE WORSE.
I WAS ONE OF THE, UM, MEMBERS THAT WE WENT TO SACRAMENTO AND FIGHT AGAINST, UM, EDISON.
UH, AND WE WON, RIGHT? SO I THINK WE CAN WIN THIS ONE TOO.
SO WE ALL TOGETHER HERE, WE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS.
THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT FOR THAT EFFORT RIGHT THERE.
WHY NOT? JUST GIVE US YOUR NAME? UH, MY NAME IS KEVIN STENSON.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE FLAG WAS A PERFECT THING TO BRING UP TONIGHT BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S TALKED ABOUT IT.
YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE FIGHTING OVER IT, THE BEAUTIFUL ROLLING HILLS.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THAT SPOT LOOKS LIKE.
AND THERE'S NO DOUBT IN ANYBODY'S MIND.
SO IF YOU TAKE THE FLAG, IF YOU WANT TO REDO IT, IT'S GOT TO HAVE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX ON IT.
I MEAN, IF WE DO THIS, LET'S JUST LET'S.
I VOTE FOR THE FLAG TO BE REDONE, WHICH I DON'T, WHICH I DON'T.
BUT IF YOU DO THIS, IT'S APPROVED, THEN I VOTE FOR A FLAG WITH AN APARTMENT COMPLEX AND OAK TREE IS KIND OF CUT IN HALF.
I'M KIND OF PUSHING IT THERE, BUT I KNEW WHAT ARE YOU SAVING THE SITES TO FOR THAT SITE? WHAT'S THAT BEING SAVED FOR, IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO USE THAT, IF THAT'S, IF WE DON'T DO IT THERE WHAT'S THAT WHAT'S GOING TO BE THERE.
IT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY PROPERTY.
YOU CAN GET IT, IF YOU JUST, AND IF YOU SHOP WHERE YOU LIVE TRADER JOE'S, ALBERTSON'S ACROSS THE STREET.
IF IT'S DOWN AT CABRIO, THERE'S NOTHING AROUND THERE.
YOU'VE GOT TO GO, OH MY GOD, YOU GOT TO GO DOWN THERE.
AND THEN YOU GOT TO ENTER ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO GET TO WHERE YOU WANT TO GO.
I THINK IT'D BE SAFE TO SAY 2.5 CARS SAFELY, 500 CARS A DAY IN AND OUT GOING BACK AND FORTH.
AM I GOD? THEY MENTIONED THE SCHOOLS.
I DON'T HAVE KIDS, BUT DROPPING OFF KIDS AT THAT SCHOOL WOULD BE A JOKE.
I'VE JUST ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS.
I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE THAT FOR A PARENT.
WHY NOT? I SENT YOU A COMMENT IN EMAIL, SO, ALL RIGHT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO REDESIGN THE FLAG WITH THE APARTMENT COMPLEX.
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YEAH.AND SORRY FOR SQUEEZING AS A LAST MINUTE.
UH, MY NAME IS ERIC AND I JUST MOVED TO THE CITY AND A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE EFFORT AND, AND AT THIS NIGHT IT WAS AWESOME.
I DEFINITELY WOULD HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS AND I SHARE THE SAME CONCERNS.
AND AS THOSE PEOPLE AND ALREADY, AND SPOKEN OUT A, I DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, STRAIGHT LIKE, UH, LIKE TRAFFIC, LIKE SAFETY AND ALL THE CONCERNS THAT I CAME HERE.
I WAS JUST WANTING TO SHOW THAT APPRECIATION.
AND ALSO, I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS.
AND ALSO I REALLY, REALLY ENTRUST TO YOU AND THEN TO PUT THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND INTO YOUR HANDS AND THE POLICE PLEASE, AND KEEPS THE SAFETY AND AS A TOP PRIORITY.
AND ALSO DON'T TAKE TURNS ARE GREAT CHINO HILLS AND INTO THE DOWNTIME.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE ONE POINT.
UM, I THINK I DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF FACTS ON THIS, BUT, UM, I, IT WAS, I HEARD THERE WAS A STUDY DONE ON THE TRAFFIC AND MY JUST MY QUESTION WOULD JUST BE, WHEN WAS THAT DONE? IF THIS WHOLE THING WAS STARTING IN LIKE FEBRUARY OF 2020, BECAUSE MARCH, 2020 IS WHEN LIFE'S SHUT DOWN.
AND SO ANY STUDY THAT WAS DONE FROM MARCH, 2020 ON WOULD NOT BE ACCURATE.
SO THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY QUESTION IS CAN WE PUT IN THE RECORD, LIKE WHEN, WHEN, WHEN WAS THAT STUDY DONE? CAUSE MARCH, 2020, WE WERE LOCKED IN OUR HOUSES FOR A YEAR AND A HALF, EVEN RIGHT NOW.
I WOULD TELL YOU THAT IT'S NOT FULL.
UM, CAUSE NORMALLY DURING, UM, BEFORE COVID IT WOULD TAKE YOU 20 MINUTES TO GET FROM THE SECTION OF PEYTON TO GALLOPING HILLS ROAD.
SO IF WE COULD JUST CHECK ON WHEN THAT STUDY WAS DONE, SO, ALL RIGHT.
I THINK WE'VE RUN THE GAUNTLET IN BACK.
NATHAN, YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? MIKE? YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? OKAY.
SO WE'LL BRING IT BACK UP HERE.
UM, I'LL KIND OF KICK THINGS OFF BECAUSE WE'LL ALL, WE'LL ALL HAVE OUR OWN COMMENTS.
UH, BUT THE NOTES I WROTE OVER THE WEEKEND, THE MINUTE I HEARD ABOUT THIS HIGH DENSITY PROJECT OR PROPOSAL, I HAD MY QUESTIONS AND I HAD MY DOUBT AND THIS PROPOSAL IS NOT THE RIGHT FIT FOR THIS LOCATION.
UH, SOMETHING IS BOUND TO END UP ON THAT PROPERTY BECAUSE IT IS PRIVATE PROPERTY.
UH, BUT THIS IS NOT TO MEET THAT AS THIS IS NOT THAT PROJECT.
THIS IS NOT A PROPER FIT FOR THIS PROJECT.
SO WE CAN GO ON, WE CAN WAX ON AND ON, BUT I'M GOING TO JUST SHARE WITH EVERYBODY WHAT THEY WANT TO SAY.
AND THEN WE CAN DECIDE HOW WE WANT TO GO WITH THIS.
SO BRIAN, YOU WANT TO GIVE THE NEXT, I THINK AS YOU'VE HEARD, WE ALL FEEL LIKE BEATING UP ON THE STATE FOR THE PLACE THAT THEY PUT US IN.
UM, JUST ANECDOTALLY, I WAS READING AN ARTICLE IN THE DAILY BULLETIN THAT THE FASTEST GROWING REGION, WHEN IT COMES TO GROWTH RIGHT NOW IS ONTARIO RANCH.
SO IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH WHAT ONTARIO RANCH IS, IT'S THE PART OF ONTARIO, SOUTH OF THE 60, KIND OF WHERE THAT USED TO BE OLD DAIRY FARM LAND.
SO WHATEVER HAPPENS IN CHINO HILLS BE READY BECAUSE THE, THE RENO ASSESSMENT FOR US, IT'S NOTHING LIKE CHINO AND ONTARIO AND HER RUPA VALLEY AND EAST VALE AND NORCO IN CORONA ALL GOT.
SO I REALLY JUST, JUST WANTED TO PREFACE THIS WITH, I APPRECIATE THE 11 MEETINGS WE'VE HAD.
I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND VOICING YOUR CONCERNS.
THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT EVERY CITY IS GOING TO GET.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE COUNSEL THAT IS RESPONSIVE STAFF.
WE, WE UNDERSTAND, WE UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE AND WHAT YOUR CONCERNS ARE.
WE SHARE THEM TO CYNTHIA AND I LIVE IN THE SOUTH PART OF TOWN AND WE WENT FROM SEEING EMPTY PARCELS AND EMPTY, EMPTY LAND.
THAT WAS SO AT SOME POINT THERE WILL BE DEVELOPMENT IN EMPTY PARCELS.
UM, NOT TO SAY, THIS IS THE TIME NOT TO SAY THIS IS NOW, BUT IT WILL HAPPEN BECAUSE THERE ARE PROPERTY RIGHTS AND PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO DEVELOP IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
AND THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TONIGHT IS THE RIGHT PROJECT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I, I LOVE SEEING THE COWS AND LOVE SEEING, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING, BUT AT SOME POINT THEY MIGHT NOT BE THERE.
UM, AND, UH, I GUESS FOR THAT, I AGREE WITH PETER THAT THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT PLACE FOR, FOR THOSE UNITS
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TO BE SHIFTED.AND I THINK I WOULD BE HAPPY WITH THEM GOING BACK TO WELL, AND THEN, SO I GUESS I'M SORRY.
SO, CAUSE, UM, I WAS A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED BY WHAT YOU SAID, UH, ELIZABETH, SO IN THE CURRENT, UH, AND FOR JOANNE TOO.
SO IN WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW, THOSE UNITS THAT WE'VE BEEN MENTIONING ON KVM ARROW THEY'RE AT CHOPS TO CORRECT? YEAH.
SO IF WE DO NOTHING, SO IF WE DO NOTHING CUBBY ARROW, THOSE ADDITIONAL UNITS BEING SHIFTED, AREN'T EVEN CORRECT ON THE TABLE.
WELL, I'M GOOD WITH REJECTING STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS IS THAT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IF A SASH RECOMMENDATION WAS MAYOR FOR, UH, AND UH, CITY COUNCIL, UH, I WOULD ASK THAT FOR CLARIFICATION, AFTER YOU HAVE FINISHED YOUR COMMENTS THAT YOU, UH, GIVE DIRECTION TO STAFF, NOT TO MOVE THE UNITS, UH, OFF OF THE SHOPS TO THE COPY OR PROPERTY, BECAUSE THAT'LL JUST MAKE IT, UH, IF THAT'S YOUR CHOICE, THAT'LL GIVE A LOT OF CLARITY FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND PEOPLE WILL KNOW CLEARLY THAT WE'RE NOT MOVING FORWARD IN THAT DIRECTION.
THERE WERE COMMENTS FROM EVERYBODY, BUT ONTARIO RANCH WAS AT 43,000 PROPOSED.
AND IT'D BEAT OUT ONTARIO OR SORRY, UH, IRVINE RANCH.
SO YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING BY THE EL TORO Y WHERE THE MARINE CORPS BASE USED TO BE, THEY'RE BUILDING FASTER IN ONTARIO THAN THEY ARE DOWN IN SOUTH ORANGE COUNTY.
SO I KNOW WE LIKE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT TRAFFIC AND CARBON CANYON.
IT'S NOT CHINO HILLS RESIDENTS, IT'S EVERYBODY COMING THROUGH.
SO, UH, MY FAMILY AND I CURRENTLY LIVE IN THE SOUTH END OF CHINO HILLS, BUT WHEN I MOVED HERE 26 YEARS AGO, I LIVED IN THE VILLAGE OAKS AREA.
I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW MANY TIMES I'VE DRIVEN DOWN PEYTON.
I REMEMBER WHEN COMMUNITY PARK WAS WHERE THE SHOPS ARE.
YOU'RE PREACHING TO THE CHOIR.
AND I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH WHAT YOU GUYS ARE SAYING.
I MEAN, FOR ME, I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT THE PEYTON CORRIDOR, I THINK IT WAS JOHN THAT CALLED IT THE MIRACLE MILE IN HIS EMAIL, BUT THAT JUST REPRESENTS OUR COMMUNITY.
WHEN YOU DRIVE FROM CITY HALL AND YOU PASS THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WE HAVE A YELLOW HIGH SCHOOL.
SO AGAIN, I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES THAT THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT IS NOT A GOOD FIT, BUT WE HAVE TO BE REALISTIC AND REMEMBER LIKE WHAT EVERYONE HAS SET UP HERE.
SO THE, THE CURRENT ZONING THERE'S ZONING, SO IT WILL, IT COULDN'T GET, IT CAN'T STAY A RANCH FOREVER.
WE'VE, WE'VE ALL HAD THE LUXURY OF ENJOYING THE BEAUTY OF THAT RANCH.
WHEN THE FAMILY HAS LIVED THERE, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO LIVE THERE FOREVER.
THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO SELL IT.
AND THE NEW OWNER'S GOING TO WANT TO DEVELOP IT.
SO WE REALLY NEED EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND THAT AS WELL.
BUT FOR TONIGHT'S PURPOSE, I AGREE THAT THAT PROJECT IS NOT MAKE SENSE TO BE AT THAT LOCATION.
SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE UNIT STAY AT THE SHOPS AS WELL.
UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, I'M PROBABLY YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, REGARDLESS OF THE FACT THAT WE WENT TO DISTRICTS, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT EACH AND EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER THAT'S UP HERE, REGARDLESS OF DISTRICTS, UH, WE ALL HAVE THE SAME, UH, PERSPECTIVE.
WE ONLY DO THE THINGS AND VOTE ON THINGS THAT ARE IN THE OVERALL BEST INTEREST OF THE ENTIRE CITY OF CHINO HILLS AND ALL OF ITS RESIDENTS.
NOW THE DISTRICT, THE CABALLERO PROPERTY IS IN THE VERY NORTH END OF MY DISTRICT.
AND IT BUTTS UP AGAINST PETER'S DISTRICT AS WELL, BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF CONVOLUTED.
AT LEAST IT DID UNTIL WE REDO THE DISTRICTS NOW THAT WE'RE FACED TO DO WITH THE NEW CENSUS.
BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US HAVE HEARD YOU.
WE APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU TOOK THE TIME AND PLACE THE EFFORT TO COME FORWARD AND LET US REALLY HERE PERSONALLY.
I MEAN, TO GET EMAILS AND BELIEVE ME, WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF THEM.
UM, IT, IT, IT SAYS THE SAME THEME, BUT YOU HAD NO IDEA HOW WE FELT ABOUT IT.
WELL, HOPEFULLY YOU UNDERSTAND HOW WE FEEL ABOUT THIS, THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, EACH AND EVERY RESIDENT IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS FEELS LIKE THEY'VE GOT THEIR OWN LITTLE SLICE OF HEAVEN.
IF PEOPLE HAD THEIR WAY IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, THEY PUT TOLL GATES UP AT THE, ALL THE MAJOR ENTRANCES AND KEEP ANYBODY ELSE FROM EVER MOVING INTO THE CITY.
UH, WE'RE SELFISH THAT WAY, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CITY.
WE ALL APPEAR HAVE MANY, MANY YEARS INVESTED IN THIS CITY.
I SPENT 14 YEARS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION BEFORE GETTING ON THE COUNCIL BECAUSE I WANTED TO BRING THE DEVELOPMENTS TO THIS CITY THAT WOULD ENHANCE THE CITY AND NOT MAKE IT A BEDROOM CITY, GET BUSINESSES HERE THAT WE COULD GO TO RESTAURANTS AND MARKETS AND THINGS.
SO WE'VE ALWAYS HAD AN INTEREST IN DOING WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY, PURE AND SIMPLE.
THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT LOCATION FOR THIS.
I'M GLAD THAT CYNTHIA RAISED THE ISSUE OF CURRENT ZONING SO THAT YOU KNOW, THAT, YOU KNOW, IN FAMILIES THAT OWN A
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BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF PROPERTY, LIKE THE CUBBY OR A PROPERTY AND THE BARN AND EVERYTHING ELSE.AT SOME POINT, THERE'S FAMILY MEMBERS THAT SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S BEEN IN THE FAMILY LONG ENOUGH, THE VALUE IS SO IS SO HIGH.
NOW WE CAN'T AFFORD NOT TO SELL IT AND PROPERTY SELL.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, IF YOU ABUT THOSE PROPERTIES, YOUR VIEW IS LIKELY TO GO WHENEVER YOU BUY IN INTO AN AREA.
UH, NO MATTER WHERE IT IS, ESPECIALLY IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, IF YOU'RE AGAINST OR UP AGAINST GENERALLY VACANT PROPERTY OR PROPERTY WITH A VIEW CHECK, CHECK OUT, DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE DEFENSE, BECAUSE VIEW PROTECTION IS NOT SOMETHING WE CAN PROTECT AGAINST AND PROTECT YOU AGAINST.
IF PEOPLE DECIDE TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY IT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
UH, BUT WE CAN HAVE A LITTLE BIT HERE PUSHED BACK ON THE STATE.
UH, IT, AS THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS TOLD YOU, UH, IT'S NOT A TOTAL DONE DEAL IF WE DECIDE TO NOT TRANSFER THESE UNITS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT WE THINK IS RIGHT AT THIS POINT IN TIME FOR OUR CITIZENS.
AND I THINK YOU'RE HEARING, I'M LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, I'M NOT IN FAVOR.
THIS IS THE WRONG SITE FOR THIS, UH, TO MOVE THOSE.
AND I'M NOT GOING TO PROPOSE THAT WE MOVE THOSE, UH, UNITS FROM THE SHOPS TO SITE, TO CABALLEROS.
AND I THINK WE STILL HAVE OUR MAYOR ON THE LINE.
FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY THAT ATTENDED TODAY.
UM, I TRULY APPRECIATE, UH, THE WORDS THAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.
THIS HAS BEEN A FIGHT FOR A FEW YEARS FOR ALL OF US COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, OUR LAST CYCLE, I BELIEVE WE HAD JUST OVER 800 UNITS AND NOW IT'S GOING UP OVER 400% TO 37, 29.
UM, I'M NOT HAPPY ABOUT THAT, BUT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE HEALTH ELEMENT BECAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENED OVER THE YEARS, IT'S CALLED SOMETHING CALLED, RIGHT.
WHICH MEANS THAT THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE A SAY SO ANYMORE.
AND THE TWO AIR, TWO THINGS THAT I TALKED ABOUT BEFORE WAS ADU AND SB NINE.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, THEY CAN GO ANYWHERE.
SO IF WE DID HAVE THIS HELDING ELEMENT AND, UM, WE'RE OPENING IT UP FOR DEVELOPERS, COME INTO OUR CITY AND BASICALLY TELL US WHAT'S GOING TO BE BUILT.
SO AGAIN, I STAND BEHIND THE HARD WORK THAT OUR STAFF HAS DONE, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE MY COUNCIL TO, UM, BELIEVE IT'S LIKE, I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD KEEP THE UNITS EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE IN SHOPS TOO.
AND, UM, KEEP THAT PRISTINE PROPERTY THE WAY THAT IT IS CURRENTLY.
SO THAT WOULD BE, THAT'S GOING TO BE MY VOTE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ATTENDING TONIGHT.
AND YOU KNOW, WE DO LISTEN TO YOU, SO PERFECT.
SO WHAT I'M HEARING, IT'S A, FIVE-O IN FAVOR OF NOT ALLOWING THE UNITS TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE CAVIAR PROPERTY.
SO THAT MEANS IT'S GOING TO STAY THE WAY IT'S PROPOSED RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE, BUT WE DO NEED TO TAKE A OFFICIAL MOTION.
SO HOW DO YOU WANT US TO DO THIS? LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO A MOTION TO MAKE THIS DOUBLY FORMAL.
AND THEN I THINK WE HAVE ANOTHER STEP BECAUSE OF CONTINUING THIS MEETING.
I'LL MOVE THE ITEM AS WE ALL DISCUSSED.
WE HAVE TO CONTINUE THE ITEM TO JANUARY 25TH.
SO WE'RE NOT CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, BUT CONTINUING IT FOR THE NEXT, FOR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
AND I'LL JUST CLARIFY FOR THE AUDIENCE.
WE'RE CONTINUING THIS ITEM AS, UH, OUR DIRECTOR, JOANN LOMBARDO POINTED OUT IS WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR COMMENTS FROM HCD FOR US TO MOVE THE PROJECT, UH, THE, UM, UH, ELEMENT FORWARD.
UH, BUT WE WON'T BE TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE COVER EURO PROPERTY AT FUTURE MEETINGS.
SO JUST TO MAKE THAT CLEAR, BUT, UH, WE HAVE A FIRST AND SECOND ON THAT.
SO, SO CONGRATULATIONS EVERYBODY.
COUNCIL MEMBER JOS AND COUNCIL MEMBER MOREM.
AND THEN, UM, I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ARE LEAVING, SO I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE.
SO IT'S, THE INITIATIVE WAS CALLED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD VOICES.
AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU GUYS ARE GONNA STAY SERIOUS ABOUT ALL THAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS HOUSING STUFF, YOU NEED TO DO YOUR RESEARCH AND MAYBE AT A FUTURE MEETINGS AFTER OUR LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE, WHICH IS PETER AND BRIAN, UM, WE'LL TRY AND GET A RESOLUTION LIKE THE CITY OF ONTARIO.
DID WE NEED YOUR HELP? WE NEED YOUR SIGNATURE.
SO PLEASE REACH OUT TO ANY OF US IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THIS, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T STOP HERE.
WE HAVE TO KEEP WORKING HARD FOR OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY.
SO YOU VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT.
IF ANYBODY WANTS TO ESCAPE THIS, THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO DO THAT.
AND THEN, UH, IN A MOMENT WE'LL TRANSITION TO OUR REPORTS ARE PUBLIC INFORMATION REPORTS.
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OKAY.[ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT]
UH, LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION.OFFICER NICOLE AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR AN UPDATE ON THE COUNTY'S CURRENT COVID STATUS, THE COUNTY LIKE THE REST OF THE NATION IS EXPERIENCING A SURGE IN CASES OF THE OMNICON VARIANT.
OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS CASES IN THE COUNTY INCREASED BY ALMOST 32,000, WHICH IS NEARLY TWICE A WEEK RATE THAT WE SAW A MONTH AGO OF THOSE CASES, NEARLY 70% ARE AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT FULLY VACCINATED.
THE CDC RECENTLY EXPANDED BOOSTER ELIGIBILITY OF THE PFIZER VACCINE TO INCLUDE ALL FULLY VACCINATED PEOPLE, AGES 12 AND OLDER.
WHO'VE RECEIVED THEIR SECOND DOSE AT LEAST FIVE MONTHS AGO.
AND THE COUNTY CONTINUES TO OFFER THE PFIZER VACCINE, THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON VACCINE AND BOOSTER DOSES AT VACCINE EVENTS, TAKING PLACE AT MCCOY EVERY TUESDAY FROM 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM.
YOU CAN MAKE AN APPOINTMENT ONLINE, OR YOU CAN ALWAYS WALK IN ON THE DAY OF AS WELL.
THERE WILL ALSO BE A FREE COVID TESTING EVENT AT THE MCCOY NEXT WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19TH FROM 9:00 AM TO 4:00 PM.
DUE TO AN INCREASED DEMAND FOR TESTING APPOINTMENTS ARE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED AND CAN BE MADE ONLINE AT SB COVID-19 DOT COM FORWARD SLASH TESTING.
STARTING THIS FRIDAY WALK-INS WILL BE ALLOWED UNTIL ONE HOUR BEFORE CLOSING AND WE'LL EXPERIENCE LONGER WAIT TIMES THE COUNTY HAS ALSO BEEN OFFERING A FREE AT-HOME RAPID TEST KITS AT ALL COUNTY TESTING SITES.
HOWEVER, TODAY THEY DID ANNOUNCE THAT THEY ARE TEMPORARY PAUSING THAT INITIATIVE AS THEY AWAIT MORE SUPPLY.
LAST WEEK, THE CITY WORKED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY TO DISTRIBUTE OVER 2,700 OF THESE RAPID TEST KITS TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND RESIDENTS CAN ALWAYS FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON TESTING.
AND WHEN THE TEST KITS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE THE COUNTY'S WEBSITE AT THAT SAME LINK, SB COVID-19 DOT COM FORWARD SLASH TESTING, BLOOD DRIVES ARE ALSO CONTINUING TO BE HELD EVERY TUESDAY THROUGH THE END OF JANUARY AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER PARKING LOT FROM 12 TO 5:00 PM AND APPOINTMENTS ARE RECOMMENDED AS WELL, BUT WALK-INS ARE ACCEPTED IF SPACE ALLOWS.
AND SINCE IT'S THE BEGINNING OF A NEW YEAR, WE JUST WANTED TO DO OUR YEARLY REMINDER TO REMIND THE COMMUNITY THAT THE CITY'S LOW-INCOME RATE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE TO ELIGIBLE RESIDENTS, QUALIFY AND APPLICANTS CAN RECEIVE A $10 DISCOUNT ON THEIR MONTHLY WATER METER CHARGE FOR ONE YEAR.
AND THEN AFTER THAT YEAR, YOU CAN STILL RECEIVE IT.
YOU JUST NEEDED TO SUBMIT A NEW APPLICATION EVERY YEAR.
UM, THE PROGRAM FOLLOWS THE SAME INCOME REQUIREMENTS USED BY SCE AND SOQUEL GAS.
SO APPLICANTS JUST NEED TO PROVIDE A COPY OF THE CURRENT BILL VERIFYING THEIR ENROLLMENT AND THE UTILITIES CARE RATE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE YEAR ROUND AT THE UTILITY BILL ENCOUNTER AND ONLINE AT THE CITY CLUB SITE.
AND THEN LASTLY, AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO NEXT WEEK, WE JUST WANTED TO REMIND THE COMMUNITY THAT CITY FACILITIES AND THE LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED IN OBSERVANCE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY.
NEXT MONDAY, JANUARY 17TH AND TRASH SERVICE WILL NOT BE AFFECTED.
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UH, MAYOR MARQUEZ COUNCIL, UH, GOOD EVENING, UH, JUST A REAL QUICK REPORT ON THE AMBULANCE CONDITIONS, UH, LOCALLY, UH, WE CONTINUE TO SEE STRAIN, UH, THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY REGARDING THE PRIVATE AMBULANCE SERVICES.UH, WE HAVE NO LESS THAN SEVERAL MEETINGS A WEEK, UH, WITH ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS TO TRY TO COME TO A BETTER SOLUTIONS IN RESOLUTION IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO HANDLE THE LONG-TERM, UH, PROBLEM.
UH, WE'LL REPORT IN DECEMBER, WE HAD 829 INCIDENTS, UH, IN THE DISTRICT AND WE TRANSPORTED 322 AND THAT'S WITH CHINO VALLEY AMBULANCES.
UH, AND SINCE JULY 3RD, WE'VE HAD 4,413 CALLS FOR MEDICAL AID SERVICE AND A TOTAL OF 1,848 PATIENTS HAD BEEN TRANSFERRED AGAIN.
THAT IS SPECIFICALLY WITH THE CHINO VALLEY, UH, AMBULANCES.
WE APPRECIATE THE, UM, THE COUNCIL SUPPORT AND THE CITY MANAGER SUPPORT AS WE MOVE FORWARD ON THIS AND TO TRY TO COME UP WITH, UH, WHAT WE BELIEVE IS THE BEST SOLUTION AS TO ALLOW THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT TO TRANSPORT IN TOTALITY AND, UH, MEET THE COMMUNITY NEEDS.
UM, ALSO WE HAVE, UH, OUR OFFICES ARE ALSO CLOSED ON, UH, JANUARY 17TH IN, UM, OBSERVATION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
QUICK QUESTION, CHIEF WILLIAMS. CAN YOU ADDRESS THE FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE HEARING DIFFERENT THINGS ABOUT WHERE THERE CAN BE TRANSPORTED IF THEY'RE BEING TRANSPORTED BY OUR, UH, CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT AMBULANCES, WHERE, WHERE MUST THEY BE TAKEN? WHERE CAN THEY BE TAKEN TO DOES HAVE TO BE CHINO OR CAN IT BE A POMONA? YEAH, SO THAT'S, THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE A STRAIGHTFORWARD ANSWER.
THERE ARE RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT DICTATE, UH, WHERE A PATIENT CAN, CAN GO BASED ON THEIR CONDITION.
THAT CONDITION IS GOING TO BE EVALUATED BY THE ON-SCENE PERSONNEL BY THE ON-SCENE PARAMEDICS.
SO IN SOME CASES, IF THAT PERSON
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IS STABLE ENOUGH, WE CAN TAKE THEM TO A LOCATION THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AWAY, MANY TIMES WITH BASE HOSPITAL, UH, CONTACT AND APPROVAL.IF SOMEONE IS VERY ACUTE, MANY TIMES, THOSE CASES HAVE TO GO TO THE MOST IMMEDIATE, UH, LIFESAVING, UH, UH, EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.
THAT'S THE CLOSEST BECOME STABILIZED AND THEY GET TRANSFERRED TO, UH, A LOCATION OF THEIR CHOICE.
UM, THERE ARE SOME OTHER, UM, ELEMENTS SUCH AS IF IT'S, UH, A CARDIAC ARREST.
THERE'S CERTAIN HOSPITALS THAT ARE GOING TO BE BETTER PREPARED TO RECEIVE THAT.
OR AS ANOTHER EXAMPLE, GOOD EXAMPLE WOULD BE A TRAUMA PATIENT.
SO A TRAUMA PATIENT, UH, MAY LIKELY NEED TO GO TO A TRAUMA CENTER, WHICH IN SOME CASES IS GOING TO BE OUT AT ARROWHEAD OR LOMA LINDA.
SO IT'S NOT A STRAIGHTFORWARD ANSWER.
UM, WE, WE, UH, ULTIMATELY WE TRY TO ACCOMMODATE WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE.
CAUSE PEOPLE ARE WONDERING ABOUT IT AND IT'S, IT'S AN ISSUE.
SO WE ALWAYS WILL LAY OUT THE MEDICAL CONCERN FIRST AND THEN WE CAN GET INTO IF WE CAN ACCOMMODATE YOU, WE WILL.
BUT THE ACTUAL CLOSEST TRAUMA CENTER PROBABLY IS POMONA.
IS THAT CORRECT? IT IS THAT ONE'S UNIQUE BECAUSE IT'S OUT OF THE COUNTY, BUT ITS CLOSEST ONE IS POMONA.
THEY HAVE A HEART CENTER THERE AS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT ANSWER.
UM, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FIRST OFFICIAL MEETING IS 5G JULIAN HE'S OFFICIAL NAME AND HE'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE SWORN IN THE 20TH, CORRECT? W W WE DO HAVE A, UH, WE DO HAVE A CEREMONY SET UP FOR THE 20TH WHERE, UM, LIKE THE REST OF THE COUNTY AND IN THE NATION, IF YOU WILL, WE'RE PLAYING, PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE OMNICON AND WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THAT EVENT MOVING FORWARD.
UH, WE'LL BE MAKING OUR FINAL DECISION HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS TO WHETHER IT IS EITHER GOING TO MAINTAIN THE 20TH OR BE POSTPONED.
OUR POLICE CHIEF GARTH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MARQUEZ, VICE MAYOR ROGERS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, ON NOVEMBER 17TH, 2021 TO SMASH AND GRAB ROBBERY OCCURRED AT THE DIAMOND END DESIGN JEWELRY STORE.
THE SUSPECTS USED BEAR SPRAY TO INCAPACITATE THE EMPLOYEES WHILE TAKEN BETWEEN TWO AND $400,000 IN JEWELRY ON DECEMBER 14TH, THAT SAME GROUP OF SUSPECTS COMMITTED A TAKEOVER ROBBERY AT A JEWELRY STORE IN CLAREMONT.
BY THIS TIME OUR STATION DETECTIVES WERE FINALIZING THEIR INVESTIGATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF THE SUSPECTS ON DECEMBER 30TH, 2021, THE SAME GROUP OF SUSPECTS COMMITTED ANOTHER TAKEOVER ROBBERY AT A JEWELRY STORE IN UPLAND AFTER THE JEWELRY STORE ROBBERY AND UPLAND MEMBERS OF THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, SPECIALIZED ENFORCEMENT DIVISION ARRESTED FIVE ADULTS IN ONE JUVENILE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THREE ROBBERIES.
THE CASES WERE ALL FILED IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AND FOR THE SUSPECTS ARE STILL IN CUSTODY, INCLUDING THE JUVENILE.
AND ONE OF THE ADULTS, UH, IS CURRENTLY OUT ON A $200,000 BAIL.
SO I LIKE TO THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR THEIR PATIENTS.
IT DID TAKE US FIVE WEEKS, BUT WE DID GET THEM ALL IN CUSTODY.
AND EVEN THOUGH, UH, THE OTHER TWO, UH, ARMED ROBBERIES OCCURRED IN LA COUNTY, UH, THOSE CASES ARE GOING TO BE FILED IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY GARTH FOR THE REGARDING THAT CASE, MAYBE IT'S TOO MUCH TO ASK.
WERE WE ABLE TO RECOVER ANY OF THE STOLEN, STOLEN ITEMS? WE, WE ACTUALLY DID RECOVER A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF JEWELRY.
UM, SPECIFICALLY THE JUVENILE WAS, UH, ON SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, DISPLAYING, UH, SEVERAL PIECES OF JEWELRY AND HE WAS WEARING A LOT OF THE JEWELRY ALSO WHEN, WHEN HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
YEAH, WE HAVE AN UPCOMING, UH, EVENT ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 29TH, THE CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH PRECISION SOUND.
WE'LL BE HOSTING A CATALYTIC CONVERTER ETCHING EVENT AT PRECISION SOUND AT 4,200 CHINO HILLS PARKWAY.
THIS IS A, UH, INITIALLY A ONE-TIME EVENT WITH A NOMINAL FEE OF APPROXIMATELY $20 IN YOUR VEHICLE WILL, UH, HAVE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER ETCHED, UH, BY EMPLOYEES AT PRECISION SOUND AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, THIS WILL HELP, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT FUTURE INVESTIGATIONS.
SHOULD YOUR CATALYTIC CONVERTER BE RECOVERED AS STOLEN PROPERTY? SO I'D ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND THAT EVENT.
I DON'T HAVE THE HOURS YET, BUT WE WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WEBSITE AND ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
SO THAT'LL BE ON SATURDAY PROBABLY, UH, FROM NINE TO THREE OR NINE TO FOUR, UM, FOR CATALYTIC CONVERTER ITCHING.
PART OF WE'RE STILL SEEING THOSE THEFT OCCURRING IN TOWN.
UH, YES WE ARE AS, AS WELL AS, UH, STATEWIDE AND NATIONALLY.
SO UNFORTUNATELY I BELIEVE PRECISION AUDIO IS IN THERE.
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SO WE'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, UH, UPCOMING ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND OUR WEBSITE.[ COUNCIL REPORTS Mayor Marquez League of California Cities Legislative Committee Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee San Bernardino County of Transportation Authority Board of Directors Southern California of Associated Governments Legislative/Communications and Membership Committee Regional Council Vice Mayor Rogers Chino Hills Community Foundation Board Tres Hermanos Conservation Authority Council Member Bennett Chino Valley Chamber of Commerce Board Council Member Moran Chino Valley Unified School District Board Omnitrans - Board of Directors Southern California of Associated Governments Energy and Environment Committee]
ALL.AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR COUNCIL REPORTS.
THESE ARE REPORTS ON, ON ALL THE COMMITTEES THAT WE ARE ASSIGNED TO REPRESENT YOU.
SO WE'LL START OUT WITH, UH, MAYOR MARQUEZ.
YOU'VE GOT A HANDFUL MR. ROGERS, FIRST OF ALL, CAL CITY.
UM, NUMBER TWO IS MOBILE SOURCE AIR POLLUTION REDUCTION REVIEW.
UM, I COULD NOT ATTEND IN PERSON BECAUSE OF A COVID THAT I HAD BEEN EXPOSED TO COVID OR HAD COVID UM, COULD ATTEND THE MEETING ALSO SBSTTA SAME THING I HAVE COVID I COULD NOT ATTEND THE MEETING, UM, SCAPE LEGISLATIVE COMMUNICATION AND MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE MEETING.
UM, WE JUST GOT UPDATES ON THE FEDERAL AND STATE, UH, UPDATES, UH, AND THEN ALSO, UH, A PLAN UP AS FAR AS THE MEETING PLAN FOR THE YEAR.
UH, THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, UM, WAS A LONG MEETING.
THIS IS PART OF SCAPE AND THE MAIN TOPIC OF CONVERSATION WAS SOMETHING THAT HE HAD TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, AND IT'S ACTUALLY CALLED COMMUNITY VOTER INITIATIVE AND IT'S PERTAINING TO LOCAL LAND USE IN, UH, NOVEMBER 1ST, 2021.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ISSUED THE OFFICIAL TITLE AND SUMMARY.
AND, UM, RIGHT NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO GET SIGNATURES.
THEY NEED JUST UNDER A MILLION SIGNATURES.
AND THEY'RE HOPING TO HAVE THIS INITIATIVE ON THE BALLOT ON NOVEMBER THE EIGHTH, 2022.
AND THIS ALSO COULD HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON RAVINA NUMBER SEVEN THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.
SO HOPEFULLY IT DOES PASS A SCAG IS GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THIS AND HOPEFULLY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WILL SUPPORT IT.
PLUS OTHER CITIES WILL, UH, SUPPLY RESOLUTION.
SO I HAVE TWO COMMITTEES TO REPORT ON ONE IS THE CHINOS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, CYNTHIA AND I ARE MEMBERS OF THE FOUNDATION.
WE MEET SIX TIMES A YEAR AND RAISE AND HAND OUT MONEY FOR THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY AS MOST OF YOU KNOW.
SO YESTERDAY'S MEETING INVOLVED, WELCOMING DENISE KATRIN, OFFICIALLY YOUR FORMER COLLEAGUE, UH, DENISE KATRIN IS NOW A MEMBER OF THE FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
AND SHE WAS, UH, VERY INTERACTIVE IN CONVERSATIONS.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE ENDOWMENT FUND.
WE'VE BEEN AROUND 13 YEARS, PROBABLY STARTED AT NINE YEARS AGO, EIGHT YEARS AGO.
AND THERE WAS $165,000 IN IT, BUT IT'S MAKING 0.5% INTEREST.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HIS FUTURE.
DO WE, UM, INVEST IN MORE, MORE AGGRESSIVE, UM, INSTRUMENTS? DO WE JUST ROLL IT BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT WE HAD A LENGTHLY DISCUSSION BACK AND FORTH ON THE ENDOWMENT FUND.
MORE TO COME ON THAT, UH, WE DISCUSSED SOME POSSIBLE FUTURE FUNDING PROJECTS AND WE WILL, UM, AS, AS THINGS START TO ROLL OUT OVER THE MONTH OR TWO, WE'LL MAKE SOME DECISIONS.
THE CURRENT FUNDING PROJECT, WHICH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT QUITE OFTEN IS A A HUNDRED THOUSAND PLUS DOLLAR DONATION THAT WE'LL MAKE TO THE, UH, INTERACTIVE, INCLUSIVE PARK.
THAT PLAYGROUND THAT WILL BE, UH, THE OLD PLAYGROUND WOULD BE REMOVED.
AND THE NEW PLAYGROUND FOR KIDS WITH DISABILITIES WILL BE PUT IN IT AT THE, UH, UH, CROSSROADS PARK, WHICH IS NEAR VETERANS PARK.
SO THAT'S, UH, THE CURRENT ONE, BUT WE'LL DISCUSS SOME OTHER BIG TICKET ITEMS, UH, WHICH WE HAVE STARTED DISCUSSING, BUT WE'LL DECIDE ON THOSE SOON WE DISCUSS OUR CONCERT SERIES.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF FUNDRAISERS.
WE DO WINE WALK, OBVIOUSLY, WHICH IS THE BIG GUN.
UM, WE RAISED $123,000 UP WITH A WINE WALK, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A CONCERT SERIES THAT WE HAD GOING UNTIL COVID KICKED IN A THREE CON WE USED TO HAVE JAZZ AND BLUES FESTIVAL AT BIG LEAGUE DREAMS. AND NOW WE DO THE CONCERT SERIES, UH, JUST BECAUSE IT WAS SO MUCH WORK TO PUT TOGETHER A CONCERT SERIES.
I MEAN A JAZZ AND BLUES FESTIVAL.
WE THINK WE HAVEN'T SAID EXACT DATES OR PICKED OUT THE INDIVIDUALS AND THESE AREN'T TRIBUTE ACTS.
THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE REAL PERFORMERS THAT THAT'S THEIR LIVELIHOOD FULL TIME IS PEOPLE THAT ARE SEMI KNOWN IN THE INDUSTRY.
UM, W WE'LL KICK THAT OFF IN APRIL MAY AND SEPTEMBER.
IT WILL BE A CONCERT SERIES AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AT THE ZEBRA AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
UH, WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, REINSTITUTING AT SOME ART SHOWS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
WE USED TO DO THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS.
IT KIND OF FADED OUT FOR A WHILE.
WE STILL HAVE THINGS ON THE WALLS, BUT THEY STAYED UP LONGER.
AND NOW THERE'S TALK OF, UH, RECYCLING ON
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A MORE FREQUENT BASIS.UH, SOME OF THE PHOTOGRAPHY OR ART OR KIDS' DRAWINGS OR WHATEVER WE DO, BUT WE'LL TRY TO CHANGE THEM OUT ON A MORE FREQUENT BASIS.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AND, UH, THOSE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WHO WANT TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE TO HELP MAKE DECISIONS ON THE ARTWORK.
SO THAT'S CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
CYNTHIA, AM I MISSING ANYTHING THAT COMES TO MIND? OKAY.
AND MY SECOND REPORT IS ON TRACER MODELS, RAY AND I BOTH REPRESENT THE CITY AT THE TRACER HERMANAS, UH, CONSERVANCY AUTHORITY, AND THE, WE HAD CONSENT ITEMS, WHICH ARE KIND OF TALKING ABOUT TELECONFERENCING, AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, WE'VE GOT TO APPROVE THAT TOMORROW WITH A SPECIAL MEETING.
UH, WE GAVE SOME DIRECTION TO STAFF THOUGH THAT MOST OF THE CONVERSATION ON, UH, THE THING WE'RE GETTING THE MOST PRESS ON IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, WHICH IS A LOGO.
SO NOT 2,500 ACRES AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH IT BECAUSE WE'RE MOVING SLOW WITH THAT PURPOSEFULLY, BUT A LOGO.
SO WE'RE, WE GAVE SOME DIRECTION ON FINE TUNING THE LOGO AND, UH, MORE TO COME ON THAT ALSO, REG, ARE WE OVERLOOKING ANYTHING? I JUST GOT YOU QUESTIONS.
ARE WE ACTUALLY WORKING ON THE PLATE THERE TOO? ON THE, WHAT YOU HAVE TO JOKE? OKAY.
I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE OKAY.
MARIANNE STILL HERE, BY THE WAY.
UH, SO TRACER MOTTO IS PRETTY, PRETTY SIMPLE RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT A SPECIAL MEETING TOMORROW AND THEN ANOTHER MEETING IN A WEEK OR TWO.
SO THAT'S MY REPORTS MOVING ON TO A COUNCIL MEMBER BENNET, UH, VERY EASY.
I WANTED TO THANK JIM AND RENEE TONIGHT FOR MAKING MY REPORT ON THE CHAMBER.
UH, GIVING US AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
AND IN MY REPORT, WE'RE MOVING ON CYNTHIA.
AND I'D LIKE TO THANK JOE FOR GIVING MY REPORT TONIGHT FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD, BUT I DO HAVE SOME LITTLE SUPPLEMENT HERE.
SO AS YOU KNOW, SB 3 28, UM, WELL IT'S GETTING IMPLEMENTED.
IT WAS, I THINK, SIGNED INTO LAW A FEW YEARS AGO BY NEW ZEALAND WITH A LATE START FOR SECONDARY AND HIGH SCHOOL.
SO SECONDARY SCHOOLS CAN NOT START BEFORE 8:00 AM AND HIGH SCHOOLS CAN NOT START BEFORE 8:30 AM.
SO IT'S TIME BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO TAKE EFFECT ON THE 2223 SCHOOL YEAR.
UM, SO THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS APPOINTED IS AN APPOINTED COMMISSION, HAD THEIR LAST MEETING TODAY TO FINALIZE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE POTENTIAL INSTRUCTION SCHEDULES FOR THE 2223 SCHOOL YEAR.
UM, THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GOING TO BE PUT IN A COMMUNITY SURVEY.
SO PARENTS PLEASE BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THAT SURVEY BECAUSE THE CHANGE IN START TIMES WILL AFFECT OVER ALMOST EVERY CAMPUS IN CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED.
AND I'M SURE AS THING GOES ON, THEY'LL SHARE THAT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRE, AS FAR AS, SO YOU CAN KNOW WHEN TRAFFIC PATTERNS WILL BE.
I MEAN, YEAH, I'M SHAKING MY HEAD TOO.
AND THEN FOR OMNI TRANS, IT WAS A VERY SHORT MEETING.
UM, THE FREE FARES FOR SCHOOL PROGRAM HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR SIX MONTHS.
UM, AND THEN WE HAD CLOSED SESSION AND LABOR NEGOTIATIONS AND THAT'S IT.
AND I HAVE NO COUNCIL COMMENTS BY, OH, YOU DON'T.
I KNOW IT'S ONLY JUST A COUPLE OF PAGES THAT I'LL GET TO, BUT I WON'T START.
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COUNCIL COMMENTS, BRIAN.UH, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY.
UM, JUST TWO QUICK ITEMS, ROD.
I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN GETTING PHONE CALLS, SO THEN I KNOW THAT I HAVE BEEN CAUSE MY NEIGHBORHOOD, WE HAVE FRIDAY TRASH DAY.
IF YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE HASN'T BEEN PICKED UP AND IT'S BEEN SITTING OUT THERE FOR FIVE DAYS, WHAT, WHAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION REPUBLICANS IS INSTRUCTING THE RESIDENTS TO LEAVE THE TREES OUT AND THEY WILL PICK THEM UP.
THEY'RE JUST BEHIND, THEY HAVE SOME STAFFING ISSUES AND JUST A LITTLE BIT OVERWHELMED RIGHT NOW.
SO JUST HOLD THEM OUT UNTIL THE NEXT SERVICE DAY.
AND THEN, UH, JUST IN ONE SMALL OTHER ITEM, I KNOW WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HISTORY AND 30TH ANNIVERSARY AND WHATNOT TODAY.
IF WE COULD HAVE STAFF, I KNOW I MENTIONED IT BACK A LONG TIME AGO WHEN I WAS MAYOR, UM, UH, HALF STAFF, UH, OR EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF, UH, HOSTING OR PUTTING UP OUR, UH, UM, PHOTOS.
UH, OUR OFFICIAL CITY PHOTOS OF ALL THE PRIOR MAYORS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE.
I THINK IT'D BE A NICE TRIBUTE TO GO ALL THE WAY FROM GWEN NORTON.
PERRY IS OUR FIRST MAYOR AND THEN MAKE OUR WAY ALL THE WAY THROUGH TIL, UH, WELL, WE'LL PUT A HOLD ON THE LAST ONE BECAUSE THE DEBATE'S STILL OUT, WHETHER THAT IT WAS A SUCCESSFUL VENTURE AS MAYOR.
SO WE'RE LETTING THE PRESS, I'VE GOT A STREET SIGN WITH MY NAME ON IT.
UM, WE'RE ALL WORKING ON THAT FOR THE REST OF THE DAY, BUT, UH, IF WE COULD HAVE STAFF, I KNOW STAFF WAS WORKING ON IT, COME BACK AT SOME POINT AND TELL US HOW THAT'S COMING, BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE JUST TO KIND OF CAPTURE THAT BECAUSE A LOT OF RESIDENTS DON'T KNOW WHO THE 12 MAYORS MY GUESS IS THAT'LL BE DONE IN ABOUT 30
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YEARS.I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE THE CURRENT TREND, JUST LIKE THE FLAG, THE PATIENT, OTHER THAN THAT, THANK YOU AGAIN TO, TO POLICE AND FIRE.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN A TRYING TIME WITH COVID AND WITH THE WONDERFUL STATE THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN WITH LAWS CHANGING.
AGAIN, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE.
WE ARE PRAYING THAT A 2022 IS A BETTER YEAR FOR ALL OF US, UH, THAN THE PAST.
UH, AND YET WE STILL ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH AS A CITY, A SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL OF THOSE RESIDENTS THAT ATTENDED IN PERSON THIS EVENING AND OR SENT IN EMAILS, UH, PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT INVOLVEMENT BY OUR RESIDENTS IS SO ESSENTIAL IN HELPING US MAKE THE PROPER DECISIONS.
SO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, UH, THAT THERE WERE IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT.
I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT EVERY ONE OF MY WATER, WATER REPORTS IN DETAIL, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
A COUPLE OF THINGS WHILE I HAVE SEVERAL THINGS, ONE JUST, WE DON'T TALK A LOT ABOUT RIBBON CUTTINGS, BUT WE ARE DOING A NUMBER OF RIBBON CUTTINGS GOING ON, BUT I WAS GOING TO HIGHLIGHT THIS PARTICULAR ONE, WHICH WAS ACCESS CHIROPRACTIC, WHICH WAS ON SUNDAY.
AND THE REASON I'M HIGHLIGHTING IT IS BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, OUR MAYOR, RAY MARQUEZ HAS COVID AND HE, I, AND HE DID A DRIVE BY WAVE TO THE, TO THE RIBBON COMPANY.
HE WAVED TO EVERYBODY AS HE DROVE BY.
AND SO, UH, IS THAT YOU, THAT I HEAR WAS THAT A COUGH ANYWAY.
SO I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT RAY DROVE BY AND WAVE TO EVERYBODY WHILE, UH, I STEPPED IN FOR HIM TO DO THE RIBBON CUTTING ANY COMMENTS ON THAT RADIATOR.
UH, WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT WATER LATER, BECAUSE UP UNTIL A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, I KEPT TALKING ABOUT THE DROUGHT AND PLEASE PRAY FOR RAIN OR WEARING IT TO BE IN SEVERE, UH, SEVERE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME SEVERE ISSUES COMING UP.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE WON'T, BUT SINCE WE'VE LAST MET, WE PICKED UP CHINO HILLS PICKED UP EIGHT PLUS INCHES.
IS THAT WHAT IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN DURING THE HOLIDAY BREAK SO FAR IN THE LAST MONTH AND A HALF, ABOUT 10, ABOUT 10 INCHES OF RAIN AND CHINO HILLS.
BUT THE BEST PART IS THE RESERVOIRS IN THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, OROVILLE, ET CETERA, ARE, ARE GAINED A LOT.
THEY'RE NOT WHERE THEY SHOULD BE.
I THINK THEY'RE 30 OR 40% VERSUS WHERE THEY REALLY SHOULD BE, BUT THAT SURE HELPED A LOT.
WHAT TOOK PLACE OVER THE LAST THREE WEEKS OR WHAT, SINCE WE LAST MET AS A COUNCIL, BUT WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MORE WATER AND WHERE WE GO FROM HERE DOWN, DOWN THE ROAD.
JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE REAL QUICK.
IT'S BEEN A WORK IN PROGRESS, BUT WE NOW HAVE PLACE AT THE BANNER POLLS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND THEY LOOK VERY NICE WHERE WE PUT UP BANNERS ON THE DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE.
THEY'RE NOT THESE, THESE POLLS THAT KIND OF LEAN IN AND MOVE WITH THE WIND.
THERE THEY LOOK LIKE THEY LOOK LIKE A LAMP HOLES.
AND SO THEY LOOK GREAT ON IN THE FOUR OR FIVE LOCATIONS.
SO THANK YOU FOR FOLLOWING THROUGH ON THAT, UM, TEST KITS.
SO I ASSISTED, I WAS PART OF THE GIVEAWAY LAST THURSDAY, UH, WHEN, UH, BEST INTENTIONS WERE THERE WITH THE CITY, PICKED UP SEVERAL THOUSAND KITS TO HAND OUT.
THEY GOT THEM ON A TUESDAY, DECIDED WE'RE GOING TO, WHY SIT ON THEM.
AND ON THURSDAY, THAT WAS TO START AT THREE O'CLOCK, HOPEFULLY GETTING PAST A LITTLE BIT OF THE ILO TRAFFIC.
AND I LOOKED OUT MY WINDOW AS I WORK IN THE HAGMANN OFFICE AND PEOPLE WERE ALREADY LINING UP AT 1230 FOR THREE O'CLOCK.
SO ALERT, ALERTED EVERYBODY, HEY, WE'VE GOT SOMETHING GOING HERE.
AND THEN THEY SCRAMBLED AND THEY STARTED HANDING THEM OUT AT 1 45 INSTEAD OF THREE O'CLOCK.
WE HANDED OUT A LOT OF TEST KITS.
I WANT TO SPEND THE POSITIVE BECAUSE I READ NOTHING, A LOT OF NEGATIVES WITH PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T GET THEIR KITS, ET CETERA.
WE HANDED OUT 5,400 TESTS IN A THREE HOUR PERIOD UP UNTIL MAYBE YESTERDAY OR THE DAY BEFORE.
WE'RE THE ONLY CITY LOCALLY TO HAVE BEEN THAT PROACTIVE TO HAND THEM OUT.
AND I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AGAIN.
DID IT CAUSE TRAFFIC, IT WAS A CLUSTER FOR ABOUT AN HOUR.
YOU KNOW, THEY COULDN'T GO ANYWHERE, BUT THAT EASED UP.
AND I KNOW PEOPLE WERE DISAPPOINTED THAT IT HAD TO BE SHUT DOWN, BUT WHEN YOU RUN OUT, YOU RUN OUT, YOU GO TO COSTCO, BUY YOUR TOILET PAPER A YEAR AGO WHEN IT RUNS OUT, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO PROTEST AND YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.
SO THEY, THE CITY, I THINK, MADE AN AWESOME EFFORT TO DISTRIBUTE 5,400 TESTS TO, TO THE RESIDENTS OF CHINO HILLS AND CONTRARY TO WHAT I'VE HEARD ON SOME SOCIAL MEDIA.
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UP THEIR ID BADGES OR THEIR WATER THAT THEY WERE RESONANCE BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE SAYING, OH, THEY NEVER CHECKED OUR WELL, 80% OF THEM WERE CHECKED, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE PEOPLE QUICKLY THROUGH TO GET THEM OUT.AND I THOUGHT IT WAS HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL.
THANKS TO ROD AND EVERYBODY THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THAT, THAT HANDS-ON EFFORTS, THAT REC TEAM DID AN AWESOME JOB.
AND IT WAS A DEFINITELY A TEAM EFFORT.
AND I'LL TELL YOU IF ANYBODY WAS COMPLAINING WHILE THEY'RE WEAVING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE LINE, OVER THAT HOUR AND A HALF, THEY WEREN'T COMPLAINING WHEN THEY WERE HANDED THOSE TEST KITS IN THEIR WINDOW, BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT THEY HAD NOW HAD A LITTLE WHAT'S THE TERM I USED BEEN A PEACE OF MIND, PEACE OF MIND, SOME PEACE OF MIND FOR YOU.
AND I HANDED THEM THE TEST KITS.
SO JUST TO SAY, A HIGH FIVES TO THE STAFF WERE REALLY COMING THROUGH AND NOT SITTING ON THOSE TESTS, BUT GETTING THEM OUT THOSE TEST KITS AND GETTING THEM OUT QUICKLY MORE TO COME ON THAT ALSO IN A WEEK OR 10 DAYS, OR WHENEVER WE GET THE NEXT BATCH AND WE'LL JUST GO FOR IT AND THEY'RE GOING TO FINE TUNE SO WE CAN MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
UH, JUST ANOTHER ITEM OR TWO, SORRY.
UH, AS I'VE BEEN WALKING AROUND, WE WALKED THE OTHER DAY 30 YEARS, WE'VE TALKED 30 YEARS.
THAT'S BEEN ONE OF THE THEMES TONIGHT.
UH, I'VE NOTICED, I KNOW COMMUNITY PARK IS GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE REHAB THAT GOVERNMENT CENTER IT'S BEEN HERE SINCE 2000 AND LATE 2008.
AND I NOTICED THAT EVEN AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, IT MAY NEED A PAINT JOB NOW.
AND IT WAS, IT WAS PUT IN 2014, I'VE SEEN SOME KIND OF DRIP MARKS GOING ON.
WE WERE IN INSIDE THAT SOME OF THE TABLES ARE STARTING TO KIND OF LOOK RATTY SOME OF THE TABLES IN THE POOL ROOM.
SO MAYBE IT'S TIME FOR A LITTLE SPIT AND POLISH AT 30 YEARS AND MAYBE KIND OF REVIEW LOOK AT NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET AND SEE IF WE CAN INITIATE SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS AS A 30 YEAR ANNIVERSARY.
UH, THANK YOU TO OURSELVES FOR, AND JUST GET SOME OF THESE, SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE ON CHECKLIST TAKEN CARE OF.
SO MAYBE THAT CAN BE ON THE LIST.
JUST WE CAN PROCEED WITH THAT AND A TRASH.
I KNOW IT CAME UP, MIKE TABOR WAS HERE.
IT'S BEEN FRUSTRATING FOR SOME PEOPLE THAT THEY DIDN'T GET THEIR TRASH PICKED UP IN A TIMELY MANNER, OR THEY'RE ASKING FOR A CREDIT.
ESSENTIALLY THESE ARE TRASH WAS EVENTUALLY PICKED UP, BUT IT HAS BEEN FRUSTRATING FOR SOME PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T HAVE THEIR BULK ITEMS THAT THEY HAD CALLED IN.
SO HOPEFULLY A REPUBLIC IS ON IT.
THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY WITH OUR TRASH CONTRACTS COMING UP.
AND JUST LASTLY, ON THE OTHER HAT THAT I WEAR, IT'S BEEN ANNOUNCED, SUZETTE ALWAYS COMES HERE TO TALK ABOUT SUPERVISOR HAGMAN'S EVENTS.
WE HAVE, WHAT'S CALLED A COFFEE WITH KURT THAT WE DO EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS THAT WAS SET FOR ONTARIO FOR THIS SATURDAY.
IT'S CANCELED DUE TO THE COVID PROTOCOLS AND JUST GATHERING A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
SO THAT'S BEEN CANCELED FOR THIS SATURDAY AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE MOVING ON TO MAYOR MARQUEZ.
FIRST OF ALL, I KNOW PETER JUST MENTIONED IT REGARDING THE COVID-19 ANTIGEN SELF-TESTING TO BASICALLY I THINK IT WAS, I THOUGHT IT WAS ABOUT 4,000.
YOU SAID 5,400 TESTS WERE ACTUALLY PASSED OUT PETER.
THERE WERE 1,350 CARS, TIMES FOUR TEST KIT FOR TESTS.
I JUST WANT TO SAY STOP PERMITTED, STOP PD.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE REALLY SORRY, AS FAR AS COMMUNITY TRAFFIC AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL, WE'LL JUST DO A BETTER JOB NEXT TIME, BUT OVERALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UH, THE UPPER STAFF.
UM, YOU DID SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE POLLS, THE NEW POLLS FOR SCIENCE.
UM, THEY WERE GALVANIZED AND THEY LOOKED REALLY RATTY AND NOW IT LOOKS LIKE CHINO HILLS LOOKS BEAUTIFUL.
SO THANK YOU, UH, DANIEL FOR INITIATING THAT.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT, BUT I WOULDN'T GET INTO SPECIFICS.
IT WAS AN INDIVIDUAL THAT LIVES IN OUR CITY THAT WAS HAVING SOME ISSUES, IDENTITY THEFT, UH, POSSIBLY BREAKING INTO HIS HOUSE.
AND I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THE POLICE CHIEF, THE CITY MANAGER TOOK CHARGE OF THIS ISSUE AND PROBLEM.
AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THE INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS CAUSING THESE ISSUES TO GET ARRESTED.
UH, MR. CITY MANAGER, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR EFFORT.
AND, UH, THE FIRE CHIEF, MR. WILLIAMS, I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS.
I'M SO PROUD THAT YOU'RE A FIRE CHIEF AND YOU ACTUALLY LIVE HERE IN OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY.
AND THEN THE LAST THING I WAS DRIVING BY BEDFORD SPARK THE OTHER DAY, AND THEY NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A GROUP OF YOUNG MEN, WHICH ARE YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEY WERE LIKE A PASSIONATE TEAM MARCHING, AND THEY ACTUALLY COVERED THE BASKETBALL COURT AND WHICH WAS, WHICH WAS SMART.
AND, UH, HOPEFULLY, UM, I HAVE NO ISSUES WITH THAT.
IT JUST SAID, I WISH WE WOULD'VE KNOWN WHO THEY WERE AND WE NEVER FOUND OUT WHO THEY WERE.
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UH, NO, MATTERMARK HAS WE HAVEN'T UH, DETERMINED EXACTLY WHO THAT IS, BUT WE'RE STILL INVESTIGATING.AND AGAIN, I DID, THEY LOOK VERY PROFESSIONAL OUT THERE AND THEY, THEY REALLY CARED ABOUT OUR BASKETBALL COURT.
AND THAT'S MY REPORT FOR COUNCIL COMMENTS.
AND, UH, THANK YOU, PETER, FOR TAKING CARE OF THIS MEETING TODAY.
YOU'RE WELCOME RAG GET, WELL, I THINK WE'LL SEE YOU IN A COUPLE OF DAYS.
IT SOUNDS LIKE ANY LAST THOUGHTS BEFORE WE ADJOURN.
WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN AS WE CREATIONALLY DO IN MEMORIAM AND IN HOPE ADJOURN AND TRIBUTE IN HONOR, OF THOSE WHO SERVE AND HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES.