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THANK YOU.

BRANDON LIKED TO CALL THIS

[ 7:00 P.M. - CONVENE MEETING / ROLL CALL]

MEETING TO ORDER ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT THIS

[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]

TIME.

IF WE CAN STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, CHERYL, CAN YOU LEAD US READY? AMERICA UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY.

AND IF YOU COULD PLEASE

[ INVOCATION: Chaplain Marco Miranda, Chino Valley Independent Fire District]

REMAIN STANDING FOR THE VOCATION CHAPLIN.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT LOVE GRACE AND MERCY IN OUR LIVES.

WE WELCOME YOU HERE TO THIS MEETING.

ASK YOUR BLESSINGS UPON IT.

I PRAY YOU TO GIVE THE COUNSEL WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT TO MAKE GOOD CHOICES THAT WOULD HONOR, AND PLEASE YOU AND SERVE THE CITY.

AND WE PRAY THESE THINGS IN JESUS NAME.

AMEN.

AMEN.

THANK YOU, SIR.

MOVING

[4. Adopt resolution finding that certain conditions exist to temporarily conduct public meetings via teleconferencing pursuant to Government Code Section 54953(e) due to surge caused by Omicron variant]

AHEAD TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, ADOPT A REVOLUTION RESOLUTION, FINDING THAT CERTAIN CONDITIONS EXIST IN TEMPORARY TEMPORARILY TO CONDUCT PUBLIC MEETINGS BY A TELECONFERENCING PERSUADED TO CODE GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 3 E DUE TO SURGE CAUSED BY ALMA CRON, VARIANT, UH, PRESENTERS, THE CITY MANAGER.

YOU THERE, BEN? YES, SIR.

GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR MARQUEZ, CITY COUNCIL RESIDENTS AND STAFF OF FOUR.

THE COUNSEL'S CONSIDERATION TONIGHT IS, UH, THE RESOLUTION THAT WOULD ALLOW, UH, AS THE MAYOR STATED, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONDUCT A MEETING VIRTUALLY WE HAVE ADDED VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION FOR, UH, RESIDENTS AND PARTICIPANTS IN THE MEETING, BUT IN ORDER FOR THE COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN DELIBERATE, UH, UNDER ASSEMBLY BILL 360 1, HOW YOU WOULD NEED TO MAKE, UH, THIS, UH, PROCLAMATION BASED ON, UH, THE CURRENT EMERGENCY CONDITIONS.

UH, WE BROUGHT THIS FORWARD TO THE COUNCIL, GIVEN THE, UH, SURGE, UH, IN, UH, UH, COVID TRANSMISSION, UH, RELATED TO THE MACRON, UH, VARIANT.

AND THIS WOULD ALLOW THE COUNCIL TO, UH, HAVE THIS OPTION, UH, FOR UP TO 30 DAYS AT A TIME.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU.

UH, MR. CITY MANAGER, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? I'LL MOVE THIS ITEM ALL SECOND.

CALL FOR VOTE, PLEASE.

LET ME ENABLE THE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.

THANK YOU, CHERYL.

SO

[5. Receive public input, discuss and revise draft maps, election sequencing, identify focus maps, and provide direction to staff regarding which map(s) should be considered for inclusion in Ordinance to adopt new district boundaries]

THE NEXT ITEM IS NUMBER FIVE AND THAT'S ACTUALLY PUBLIC HEARING.

DO YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN WHAT WE'RE DOING? YES.

THANK YOU.

BEFORE I BEGAN, I'D LIKE THE AUDIENCE TO KNOW THAT THE CHINESE AND SPANISH INTERPRETATION SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM, IN THE BACK OF THE CHAMBERS FOR ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC REQUIRING INTERPRETATION SERVICES FOR THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC HEARING, ANDRES MARQUEZ, THE SPANISH INTERPRETER AND FELIX SAYING THE CANTONESE AND MANDARIN INTERPRETER WILL REPEAT THESE INSTRUCTIONS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE LANGUAGES.

MR. MARQUEZ.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS SPANISH INTERPRETER .

THANK YOU, SIR.

MR. SOHN.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

AND INTER UH, CHINESE AND CANTONESE INTERPRETER.

I I'M GOING TO READ THAT IN CANTONESE AGAIN.

GO AWAY.

MY CELL WHOLE OR THEY FINALLY FOR MORE, BUT I CAN'T GET THEM GUYS.

I THANK YOU.

SO, AS I STATED, THERE'LL BE LOCATED IN THE BACK IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM FOR ANYBODY WHO NEEDS THEIR SERVICES.

THIS NEXT ITEM IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE INPUT DISCUSSING REVISED DRAFT MAPS, ELECTION

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SEQUENCING, IDENTIFY FOCUS MAPS, AND PROVIDE DIRECTION TO STAFF REGARDING WHICH MAPS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR INCLUSION IN THE ORDINANCE TO ADOPT NEW DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.

AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE JEFF SEMINARY AND DC TO PROVIDE THE REPORT.

ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS JEFF SEMINARY.

I'M WITH NATIONAL DEMOGRAPHICS CORPORATIONS.

AND AS ALWAYS, WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU THIS EVENING.

AND TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT THAT WE HAVE OUR DRAFT MAPS DISCUSSION.

SO IS JUST A QUICK ORDER OF WHAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THIS EVENING.

SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE HAVE A QUICK PRESENTATION JUST TO GO BACK THROUGH THE REVIEW OF REDISTRICTING RULES AND GOALS.

WE'LL STOP AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY PARTICULAR QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

THEN WE WILL GO THROUGH THE DRAFT MAPS.

I'LL DO YOU GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE DRAFT MAPS? THEN IT WOULD BE AT TIME TO OPEN UP THE HEARING TO ALLOW THE PUBLIC, TO PROVIDE THEIR FEEDBACK.

AND THEN WE CAN GO BACK AND HAVE SPECIFICS IF THERE ARE PARTICULAR AREAS OR PARTICULAR MAPS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO FOCUS ON AND ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT, WE CAN GO THROUGH THOSE.

AND THE GOAL OF TONIGHT'S HEARING IS NOT TO VOTE ON A FINALIZED MAP, BUT IT'S TO GIVE ME FEEDBACK ON, ARE THERE PARTICULAR MAPS THAT YOU LIKE, ARE THERE PARTICULAR MAPS THAT YOU DON'T LIKE OR WITHIN THE MAPS THAT WE HAVE HERE? ARE THERE AREAS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO CHANGE OR EDIT SO THAT WE CAN GO BACK FOR THE NEXT HEARING THAT WE CAN GET PROVIDING BASICALLY CHANGED THE MAPS TO REFLECT THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU GIVE US THIS EVENING? SO IN TERMS OF THE MAPS THAT WE RECEIVED, WE RECEIVED 10 TOTAL MAPS.

THERE WERE NINE MAPS THROUGH THE PUBLIC MAPPING TOOL, AND THESE ARE ALL UP ON THE WEBSITE.

RE-DISTRICTING CHINO HILLS.ORG, AND IT'S ON THE DRAFT MAPS PAGE.

THERE WAS ALSO ONE HAND DRAWN MAP THAT WAS SUBMITTED, WHICH IS PLANNED TO 12 AND OUT OF THOSE MAPS.

UH, SO SIX OF THEM ARE POPULATION BALANCED AND COULD BE CONSIDERED AS IS THERE ARE FOUR MAPS THAT ARE NOT POPULATION BALANCED OR CAN NOT BE DETERMINED, WHETHER THEY ARE POPULATION BALANCED.

UH, THOSE ARE PLANNED 2 0 7, 2 0 8 2 0 9.

AND PLAN TWO 12 SINCE IT WAS JUST A, IT IS A HAND DRAWN MAP AND DIDN'T HAVE A DIRECT CORRELATION WITH CENSUS BLOCKS.

WE COULD NOT DETERMINE IF IT IS POPULATION BALANCED.

SO AGAIN, THOSE CAN STILL BE CONSIDERED, BUT FOR IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN MAKING THAT AS A FINALIZED MAP, THERE WERE HAVE TO BE CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE, TO BE ABLE TO BRING THOSE INTO POPULATION BALANCE BEFORE YOU CAN APPROVE THAT MAP OR CONSIDER APPROVING THAT MAP.

SO THIS IS AN IMPORTANT SLIDE TO REMEMBER, AND I KNOW WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS BEFORE, BUT AGAIN, THESE ARE THE MAIN REDISTRICTING RULES AND GOALS THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS.

THE FIRST ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE ARE THE FEDERAL LAWS AND THIS PARTICULARLY PERTAINS TO THE FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS ACT.

THERE ARE TWO MAIN COMPONENTS OF THAT.

WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT POPULATION BALANCE.

AND AGAIN, WE HAVE TO HAVE GENERALLY EQUAL POPULATION.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT POPULATION BALANCE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE A NO GREATER DEVIATION THAN 10% FROM, IN TERMS OF A PERCENTAGE OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SMALLEST DISTRICT AND THE LARGEST DISTRICT.

THERE CAN ALSO BE NO RACIAL GERRYMANDERING IN THE MIDDLE.

WE SEE WHAT WE'RE CALLED THE CALIFORNIA CRITERIA FOR CITIES.

AND AGAIN, THIS PERTAINS TO THE FAIR MAPS ACT UNDER AB 8 49.

AND THAT SPECIFICALLY STATES RANK ORDERED CRITERIA THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW IN TERMS OF PRIORITIES FOR LOOKING AT THE MAPS.

FIRST, THE DISTRICTS HAVE TO BE GEOGRAPHICALLY CONTIGUOUS WHERE PRACTICABLE, THEY HAVE TO HAVE UNDIVIDED NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST.

AND THOSE ARE SOCIOECONOMIC GEOGRAPHIC AREAS THAT SHOULD BE KEPT TOGETHER.

THEY HAVE TO HAVE EASILY IDENTIFIABLE BOUNDARIES, WHETHER THEY BE MANMADE OR NATURAL, AND THE DISTRICTS HAVE TO BE COMPACT.

AND WHEN WE SAY COMPACT, THAT MEANS THAT YOU DID NOT BYPASS ONE GROUP OF PEOPLE TO GET TO A MORE GROUP OF PEOPLE.

FINALLY, WE CAN LOOK AT POTENTIAL FUTURE POPULATION GROWTH AND MINIMIZING VOTERS THAT ARE SHIFTED TO DIFFERENT ELECTION YEARS BETWEEN THE CYCLES.

THE MAIN REASON WHY WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS IS AGAIN HERE AS WE'VE DISCUSSED YOUR CURRENT DISTRICTS.

SO WITH MEANING THE CURRENT MAKEUP OF THE DISTRICTS, BUT WITH THE 2020 CENSUS DEMOGRAPHIC DATA PUT IN, AS YOU'LL SEE ON THE THIRD COLUMN FROM THE TOP, YOU ARE CURRENTLY AT A 25.17% DEVIATION, WHICH MEANS YOU'RE OVER THAT 10% THRESHOLD, WHICH NECESSITATES THE REASON WHY WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS.

COUPLE OF MAPS HERE TO, TO RE TO RECALL, UH, WE ALSO WILL BE LOOKING AT THE CITIZEN VOTING AGE POPULATION FOR PARTICULAR DEMOGRAPHICS.

AND THIS IS VISUALLY SHOWING WHERE PARTICULAR DEMOGRAPHICS HAVE CONCENTRATIONS OR NOT.

SO THIS IS THE LATINO CITIZEN VOTING AGE POPULATION.

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AND AGAIN, YOU SEE SOME OF THE MAIN CONCENTRATIONS WITHIN DISTRICTS, FOUR AND FIVE, PARTICULARLY ALONG THE 71 CORRIDOR.

HERE'S THE ASIAN AMERICAN CITIZEN VOTING AGE POPULATION.

AND AGAIN, THE CONCENTRATIONS ARE PARTICULARLY WITHIN DISTRICTS FOUR AND DISTRICTS ONE FOR THE CURRENT DISTRICTS.

CAN I MAKE A QUICK COMMENT? YES.

BECAUSE THIS DEALS WITH NOT ONLY THE ETHNICITY BREAKDOWN, BUT ALSO THE REGISTERED PARTY, UH, UH, QUESTION, I JUST WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT THESE ARE THE NUMBERS BASED ON THE EXISTING BOUNDARIES.

EVERYBODY CAN SEE BASED UPON THE DIVERSE PERCENTAGES OF UNDER, OVER A SPECIFIC THING THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, BE IT ETHNICITY OR WHATEVER, THAT THERE IS NO WAY IN THE WORLD THAT WE CAN FIND A MAPPING TOOL THAT IS GOING TO SOMEHOW GEOGRAPHICALLY OR, OR EVENLY DISTRIBUTE THE POPULATION IN DISTRICT IN THE FIVE DISTRICTS BY ALL OF THESE CRITERIA.

IS THAT A CORRECT ASSUMPTION? I MEAN, BECAUSE I'D LIKE PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THIS, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN TRYING TO DETERMINE TOTAL NUMBER POPULATION, BUT THE NUMBER, THE MAKEUP OF THAT POPULATION WITHIN EACH DISTRICT IS SOMETHING THE PEOPLE LIVE WHERE THEY LIVE.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO ASK PEOPLE TO MOVE JUST SO THEY CAN BE IN A SIMILAR GEOGRAPHIC NEIGHBOR.

RIGHT.

W WHEN, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT POPULATION.

YES.

SO, UH, YOU, YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DISTRICTS THAT YOU'RE DRAWING, AS I MENTIONED OUR POPULATION BALANCE, BUT YES, YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, MOVE PEOPLE OR WHATNOT.

YES.

THE DEMOGRAPHICS ARE THE DEMOGRAPHICS WHERE THEY ARE ONE THING THAT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT AS YOU WERE MENTIONING VOTER REGISTRATION.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CITIZEN VOTING AGE POPULATION, THAT'S NOT, IT DOESN'T REQUIRE YOU TO BE A REGISTERED VOTER OR NOT.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CITIZEN VOTING AGE POPULATION, IT'S ANY CITIZEN WITHIN THE CITY THAT IS 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER.

SO ANYONE WHO'S ELIGIBLE TO VOTE, IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT THAT YOU AREN'T, YOU ARE REGISTERED TO VOTE.

IT'S JUST ANYONE WHO WAS ELIGIBLE, WHO IS A CITIZEN AND IT'S AGE THAT IS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IRRESPECTIVE OF PARTY AFFILIATION.

CORRECT.

AND, AND, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, PARTY AFFILIATION CAN NOT BE CONSIDERED WHEN WE'RE DRAWING DISTRICTS.

IT CANNOT FAVOR OR DISCRIMINATE AGAINST A POLITICAL.

AND MY WHOLE POINT IS I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND, THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO TO, WITH THESE MAPPING OF THE, IN TWEAKING OF THE, UH, THE DISTRICTS THAT CAN ADDRESS THAT, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW IT NECESSARILY.

AND WE HAVE A CERTAIN, THE MAIN THING IS POPULATION.

SO THE OTHER THINGS JUST KIND OF FALL WHEREVER THE PEOPLE LIVE.

YEAH.

CORRECT.

OKAY.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT POINT BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE MAY THINK WE HAVE MORE ABILITY TO GROUP PEOPLE THAN WE DO.

I MEAN, THEY LIVE WHERE THEY LIVE AND WE'RE NOT MOVING THEM PERIOD.

YEP.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

A FINE QUESTION REGARDING THE DATA THAT WE DO, DID WE RECEIVE WAS ACTUALLY FROM THE CENSUS, IS THAT CORRECT? ABSOLUTELY.

AND THAT'S EVERY 10 YEARS IT'S UPDATED EVERY 10 YEARS.

AND SO FOR THE PURPOSES OF, OF THE POPULATION COUNTS THAT YOU SEE HERE IN LUBBOCK.

SO THESE ONES WE'VE, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE USING WITH THE CALL, THE CALIFORNIA STATEWIDE DATABASE, THAT ZEROES OUT THE PRISON POPULATION.

UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE USING FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS THAT YOU SEE HERE.

IT'S, IT'S THE CALIFORNIA STATEWIDE DATABASE AND THAT'S, THAT'S, WHAT'S USED FOR THE PURPOSES OF DISTRICT AND REDISTRICTING.

SO YOUR GOAL IS BASICALLY WE KNOW WHERE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EXACT, LIKE ALL FIVE DISTRICTS ARE GOING TO BE THE SAME, BUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR STRIVING TO DO IS 10%, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.

AND SO YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO HAPPEN.

ABSOLUTELY EXACT DISTRICTS.

IT HAS TO BE UNDER 10%.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, I FLAGGED THE ONES, THE MAPS THAT HAVE AN OVER 10% POPULATION DEVIATION.

SO THOSE WOULD NOT IN THE EXISTING WAY THAT THEY'RE DRAWN.

THOSE WOULD NOT BE ALLOWABLE TO BE PASSED AS IS, BUT THERE ARE CERTAINLY THE, THE MAPS THAT ARE HERE THAT ARE UNDER THE 10% POPULATION DEVIATION THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED AS IT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

UH, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT POSSIBLE NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST, AND WE'LL GO THROUGH HERE AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE THERE'S SOME VARYING, UH, MAPS THAT KEEP SOME OF THESE, SOME OF THESE TOGETHER, WHAT SOME OF THEM.

AND IT'S, WE'RE LOOKING AGAIN FOR FEEDBACK THIS EVENING ON, UH, ARE THERE PARTICULAR MAPS THAT, THAT YOU LIKE OR WOULD LIKE TO SEE CHANGE THAT FOLLOW THE POTENTIAL COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST THAT YOU HAVE POINTED OUT SINCE DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION IN A PREVIOUS FIGHT? I DO.

UM, THE LAST TIME YOU PRESENTED TO US, I THOUGHT WE WENT THROUGH THIS LIST AND GAVE SOME ADDITIONS.

DOES THIS REFLECT THOSE CHANGES? CAUSE I, FOR SOME REASON I THOUGHT, I DIDN'T THINK VELANO WAS ITS OWN COMMUNITY.

AND THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT WERE

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RIGHT.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS REFLECTS THE CHANGES THAT WE HAD SAID LAST TIME.

UM, AND DID WE PUT SLEEPY HOLLOW WITH CARBON CANYON? I MEAN, IT'S AS BROAD AS CHINO HILLS IS THIS LIST DOESN'T SEEM TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF, UM, OUR, OUR COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST OR NEIGHBORHOODS.

I KNOW YOU COULD, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU DID CORRECT.

LIKE HE PUT VILLAGE OAKS IN OAK RIDGE TOGETHER, WHICH THE SAME.

YES.

SO AGAIN, THIS IS, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST IS AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, WE CAN CONSIDER AND YOU CAN ADD TO, YOU CAN TAKE AWAY FROM THAT.

THAT'S THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN THE MAPS THIS EVENING.

ARE THERE, ARE THERE PARTICULAR AREAS AGAIN THAT YOU WANT TO KEEP TOGETHER? ARE THERE, ARE THERE PARTICULAR AREAS THAT YOU DON'T, BUT THIS AGAIN, I SAY WHAT I SAID, WHAT I, I'M PRETTY SURE.

I SAID LAST TIME.

SO FAIRFIELD RANCH SHOULD BE ON THIS LIST.

AND THE ONLY REASON I BRING THIS UP IS BECAUSE IF A RESIDENT IS WATCHING THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME AND THEY SEE THIS LIST, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T EVEN IDENTIFY WITH THIS LIST.

SO THERE'S FEARFUL OF RANCH.

AND THEN I THINK CARBON CANYON AND SLEEPY HOLLOW WE'RE KIND OF TOGETHER IS, IS CANYON COMMUNITY.

AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY EAGLE CANYON IS, IS NORTH CHINO HILLS, BUT, AND THEN I DON'T EVEN THINK VALONA SHOULD HAVE ITS OWN LISTING.

I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF PART OF THE VILLAGE OAKS AREA TOO, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A PRIVATE COMMUNITY.

SO DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE SOMETHING TO CHANGE WITH THAT? AND THESE ARE JUST POSSIBLE.

THIS IS THE EXACT SCIENCE, SO, YEAH.

RIGHT.

BUT WE'RE SEEING THE SAME LIST AGAIN.

THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I'M BRINGING IT UP.

OKAY.

YOU KNOW, TO FURTHER THAT POINT WHEN WE BECAME A CITY, UH, THOSE OF US THAT WERE AROUND BACK THEN, WE WERE IN THE VILLAGE CONCEPT.

SO NONE OF THESE NAMES, THIS, WELL, NOT NONE OF THESE, SOME OF THESE WERE KNOWN AS VILLAGES.

AT THAT TIME YOU HAD GORDON RANCH VILLAGE, YOU HAD PANE RANCH.

YOU HAD 11, I THINK TOTAL VILLAGES.

WELL, OVER TIME THAT'S CHANGED.

AND THAT'S NOT HOW PEOPLE IDENTIFY WHERE I LIVE.

SO THESE ARE PROBABLY MOST OF THEM.

BUT THE ONE GLARING EXCEPTION IS THE PURPLE AREA DISTRICT FOUR, WHICH IS EAST OF THE 71 IS KNOWN AS THE FAIRFIELD RANCH AREA.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAMMERING HOME THAT POINT.

WE DON'T WANT SOMEBODY TO LOOK AT THIS AND THINK, OH, GEE, THEY'VE FORGOTTEN ALL ABOUT ME.

UH, BUT IT'S, IT'S JUST SOMETHING, THIS IS NOT A PERFECT SCIENCE.

AND WE HAVE EVOLVED OVER 30 YEARS OF BEING A CITY TO WHERE THAT BILLY DOES.

ORIGINAL VILLAGE CONCEPT IS PRETTY MUCH GONE.

UH, PEOPLE DON'T REMEMBER ALL OF THOSE ORIGINAL, UH, VILLAGES, BUT THESE, I THINK THEY DO WITH THE ADDITION OF, UH, FAIRFIELD RANCH.

SO IN THE POINT BY ONE THING, UM, COUNSEL MORAN, ARE YOU STATING TO REMOVE ALANA? THAT'S MY SUGGESTION.

YES.

I'M JUST TAKING NOTES FOR THEM THEN.

SO TO COMBINE CARBON CANYON, SLEEPY HOLLOW, LIKE YOU DID WITH THE VILLAGE OAKS OAK RIDGE, AND THEN TO ADD FAIRFIELD RANCH.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

SO FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING, WE'LL BE LOOKING AGAIN TO GIVE US FEEDBACK REGARDING THE DRAFT MAPS AND ARE THERE EDITS OR CHANGES TO THE DRAFT MAP THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE AT THE NEXT HEARING? SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR THIS EVENING IS TO DO TWO THINGS TO POTENTIALLY NARROW DOWN THE, THE, THE MAPS AND TO SECONDLY, IF THERE ARE MAPS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE MADE EDITS TO, THEN WE CAN GO THROUGH THOSE, GIVE US THE DIRECTION.

AND SO THAT AT THE NEXT HEARING, WE CAN PRESENT EITHER THE EDITED MAPS OR THE FOCUS MAPS THAT YOU SAY, THESE ARE THE, THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE'D LIKE TO LIKE TO PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO IT, THE NEXT HEARING, AND MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE JUST TO GET THE DISCUSSION STARTED.

LET ME MENTION, IF WE LOOK THROUGH THESE, FIRST OF ALL, THOSE MAPS THAT ARE EITHER HAND DRAWN OR THAT ARE NOT POPULATION BALANCED, I THINK AT THIS POINT IN TIME TO TRY AND MESS AROUND WITH THOSE, UH, IS PROBABLY, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE TIME OR THE ABILITY TO CORRECT THOSE IF THEY WEREN'T PRESENTED WITH POPULATION BALANCE.

UH, I THINK THAT THOSE MIGHT WANT TO BE TAKEN OFF THE TABLE, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THESE MAPS DRAFT PLAN 2 0 4, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT A DISTRICT AND THIS IS JUST AN OBSERVATION, IT IS THE BEST MAP DRAWN AS FAR AS POPULATION.

OUR TOTAL DIFFERENCE IS WITHIN A LOW OF 167 TO A HIGH OF 148.

EVERYTHING ELSE, POPULATION WISE, THAT SEEMS TO BE THE, THE BEST BALANCE FROM A POPULATION STANDPOINT.

MANY OF THE OTHERS ARE GOOD WELL-DRAWN MAPS, BUT THEY ARE WAY OFF.

IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE A LOT OF TWEAKING OF THOSE MAPS TO GET THEM TO BE POPULATION BEDS.

I'M JUST GOING TO THROW THAT OUT FOR THE REST OF THE COUNCIL, IF YOU HAVE SIMILAR

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COMMENTS, BUT THAT SEEMED TO BE THE CLOSEST OF ALL OF THE MAPS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED.

SO ARE YOU DONE WITH YOUR PRESENTATION? UH, NOT QUITE.

AND I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING, AND I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK THERE, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IT JUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF TRANSPARENCY IS THAT SINCE WE RECEIVED THE MAPS, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY'RE POPULATION BALANCED OR NOT, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THOSE WERE PART OF THE, OF THE PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING, SO THAT WE COULD SEE EVEN REGARDLESS OF AGAIN, IF THAT'S THE POLICY CHOICE OF THE COUNCIL, THAT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO POTENTIALLY MOVE FORWARD WITH.

IT STILL GIVES YOU AN IDEA ON HERE, OR HERE ARE THE, THE AREAS THAT PEOPLE WHO HAD SUBMITTED MAPS GAVE YOU FEEDBACK ON, AND THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED.

BUT I THINK WE NEED TO ULTIMATELY BOTTOM OF THAT NEAR THE END OF THE LINE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO EXCUSE ZERO IN ON THE THINGS THAT IS THE BEST POPULATION BALANCED MAPS, CORRECT? YES.

SO JEFF REAL QUICK, AREN'T WE ACCEPTING MAPS UP UNTIL NEXT MONDAY, THE 31ST.

PERFECT.

PERFECT.

TO MY SLIDE.

SO THANK YOU.

YES.

UM, SO YOU JUST WANT TO TALK TO THE KEY NEXT STEPS HERE.

SO TONIGHT, JANUARY 25TH IS OUR PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER THREE, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT REVISING THE DRAFT MAPS WE HAVE IN BETWEEN NOW AND JANUARY 31ST, UH, WILL BE THE FINAL DEADLINE TO SUBMIT DRAFT MAPS.

ANYTHING THAT GETS SUBMITTED PRIOR TO JANUARY 31ST WE'LL PROCESS LIKE WE DID.

UM, AND THOSE WILL BE FOR INCLUSION IN THE FEBRUARY 22ND HEARING.

SO WHAT WE'LL DO ANYTHING THAT COMES IN NEW AND THEN ANYTHING THAT YOU PROVIDE US DIRECTION ON THAT YOU'D LIKE TO EDIT OR CHANGE WILL BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE FEBRUARY 22ND HEARING.

THAT'LL BE OUR FOURTH HEARING.

AND THE, THE IDEA THERE IS TO POTENTIALLY IDENTIFY A PREFERRED MAP AT THAT POINT.

AND SINCE THIS IS, HAS TO BE A THROUGH AN ORDINANCE, THAT WILL BE THE FIRST READING OF THE ADOPTION ORDINANCE.

THEN MARCH 22ND WILL BE THE SECOND READING.

THERE'S A REQUIREMENT THAT PRIOR TO THE SECOND READING, WHICH IS THE FINAL ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE, ALL THOSE MAPS IN THERE IN THE EXACT WAY THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE PASSED, HAVE TO BE POSTED AT LEAST SEVEN DAYS PRIOR TO THAT ADOPTION HEARING, ALL OF THIS HAS TO BE COMPLETED AGAIN BY NO LATER THAN APRIL 17TH, 2022, TO BE ABLE TO MEET OUR DEADLINES, TO SUBMIT TO THE REGISTRAR VOTERS FOR THE NOVEMBER OF 2022 ELECTIONS.

SO WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS PRIOR TO MOVING INTO A REVIEW OF THE DRAFT MAPS? WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IF YOU DON'T MIND STATE, AND YOU'RE GONNA STAY UP HERE ANYWAY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC COMMENTS FIRST, AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE'LL, WE'LL OPEN IT UP AND THEN CLOSE IT AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A DISCUSSION.

AND I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO BE THERE WHEN WE HAVE THIS DISCUSSION.

SO THANK YOU.

SOUNDS GOOD.

SO CHERYL, AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.

OKAY.

WE HAVE AT THIS TIME, SEVERAL PEOPLE ON THE ZIM CALL.

SO I'M GOING TO ASK THAT IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IN THE ZOOM APP OR DIAL STAR NINE FROM A PHONE.

I WILL TAKE THE PAPER COMMENTS FIRST.

I DID RECEIVE ONE FROM MR. JIM GALLAGHER, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MARQUEZ, COUNCIL STAFF, AND FELLOW RESIDENTS.

SO I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT SUBMITTED ONE OF THE POPULATION, IMBALANCED MAPS.

I ACTUALLY ENJOYED THE PROCESS.

I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IT'S A GREAT TOOL.

I STRUGGLED WITH THE TOOL TO PUT A MAP TOGETHER.

LIKE MOST OF MY COLLEAGUES DID.

I THINK SOME OTHERS DID MUCH BETTER THAN I DID.

I DID SUBMIT US A SECOND MAP THIS AFTERNOON.

ONCE I FIGURED OUT THAT IT'S REALLY THE POPULATION THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR HERE AND A POPULATION BALANCE.

I NOTICED THAT ALSO IN ATTENDING THE STATE MEETINGS.

SO WHEN WE WERE DOING THE STATE REDISTRICTING THAT THEY SEEM TO FOCUS MORE ON POPULATION THAN THEY DID SOME OF THE OTHER VARIABLES, AND THEN THEY STARTED TRYING TO TWEAK IT.

SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROCESS AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT YOU CAN DO.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, JIM.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LOUIS ESPARZA.

I'M GOING TO ALLOW HIM TO TALK AT THIS TIME.

UH, I GUESS, UM, I'D LIKE TO RESERVE MY COMMENTS TO THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.

IF THAT'S POSSIBLE LEWIS, THE ONLY ISSUE IS WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

WE'RE GOING TO OPEN IT AND WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE IT.

AS SOON AS WE CLOSE IT, THEN IT'S GOING TO BE OUR DISCUSSION UP HERE AT THE DIOCESE.

IS THAT THE PUBLIC HASN'T SEEN THE MAPS, MR. TONY, THE MAPS HAVE BEEN POSTED ON THE WEBSITE AND PROVIDED WITH THE AGENDA.

WELL, DO ME A FAVOR WHEN YOU'RE SPEAKING, CAN YOU JUST SORT OF MOVE THE MOUSE DOWN A LITTLE BIT? SURE.

THE MAPS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED WITH THE AGENDA PACKET

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AND HAVE BEEN POSTED ON THE WEBSITE.

SO WHAT WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH IS A MORE IN DEPTH, UM, VIEW OF THOSE MAPS AT THIS TIME, I, WE ARE IN A PUBLIC HEARING.

SO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS SHOULD OCCUR WHILE THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN.

SURE.

THE PRESENTATION'S OVER CORRECT.

NOW HE'S PUBLIC HEARING.

HE'S GOING TO BE DOING AN INTERACTIVE LOOK AT THE MAPS AT ANY EVENT.

THIS IS YOUR TIME TO SPEAK, MR. ALRIGHT, I'LL BEGIN.

UM, REGARDING THE MAPS I SUBMITTED QUITE A FEW.

ONE OF THEM WAS TITLED AND AS A KINGDOM MAP, THE INTENT OF THAT MAP WAS TO GROUP SOMEWHERE NEIGHBORHOODS TOGETHER.

THIS PUTS CANYON AND HILL RESIDENTS TOGETHER VERSUS PUTTING THEM WITH MORE URBAN STYLE NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND, UH, PEOPLE LIKE IN THE CANYON HAVE SPECIFIC CONCERNS SUCH AS FIRE PREVENTION, EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS, ET CETERA, THAT ARE IMPACTED BY CANYON ROADS AND LIMITED ACCESS.

ALSO NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE THE NORTH SIDE, LITTLE TORONTO SOUTH SIDE ARE GROUPED TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY TOO SHARE COMMON CONCERNS.

NO EFFORT WAS MADE TO GERRYMANDERED DISTRICTS TO, TO PROTECT CURRENT COUNCIL SEATS.

LAST TIME THE SEPARATE WAS MADE TO DRAW THE MAPS.

THE MAPS WERE DRAWN SO THAT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PROTECTED DESPITE ORIGINAL INTENT, UH, PROVIDING WHAT WAS BEST FOR THE CITY.

LET'S NOT DO THAT.

THE SECOND MAP WAS TITLED CON COMMON SENSE MAP TO ME, THE LAYOUT MADE THE MOST SENSE, BUT DIDN'T THE SCORES AS BEST AS BETTER AS GOOD AS THE CAMP, THE, UH, AND THE PINGDOM MAP.

THE THIRD MAP WAS THE NORTH AND SOUTH HAVE A VOICEMAIL BECAUSE MOST OF THE HOMES WHERE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS LIVE ARE VERY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER.

THIS MAP AND TENDS TO GIVE THE NORTH AND SOUTH SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE CITY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW REPRESENTATION.

SO FAR, LOTS OF VERY HIGH DENSITY PROJECTS ALWAYS SEEM TO FIND THEIR WAY TO THE NORTH OR SOUTHERN SIDE OF TOWN.

AND THEIR CURRENT ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE NOT DOING A GOOD JOB OF MAKING IT A MORE EQUITABLE SITUATION TO GIVE THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW FACES AND NEW ADVOCATES.

THIS MAP WAS DRAWN.

AND SPEAKING OF MORE APARTMENTS, A FOURTH MAP WAS SUBMITTED CALLED READY FOR MORE APARTMENTS MAP.

UH, IT WAS DRAWN KNOWING THAT MORE THAN 500 TO A THOUSAND NEW APARTMENTS ARE GETTING THE GREEN LIGHT BY THE COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION THIS YEAR VIA THE HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE GUESTS ARE, MOST OF THOSE ARE GOING TO GET BUILT.

SEVERAL OF THE DISTRICTS HAVE INTENTIONALLY SMALLER POPULATIONS TO ALLOW FOR THIS FUTURE GROWTH IN POPULATION AND TRAFFIC CONGESTION.

AND THEN FINALLY THE HAND-DRAWN MAP LEFT AND REFERRED TO IS CALLED THE WHERE THE PEOPLE LIVE MAP.

ALTHOUGH NOT DRAWN WITH AVAILABLE TOOLS.

THIS MAP CLEARLY SHOWS WHERE HOUSES AND NEIGHBORHOODS ARE ACTUALLY BUILT.

SO IT'S QUITE CLEAR TO SEE WHERE DISTRICT LINES SHOULD GO.

NOT BECAUSE IT SAVES OR PROTECTS THE COUNCILMAN'S JOB OR HIS APPOINTED PLANNING COMMISSIONER, BUT BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

AND THEN FINALLY, THE 2020 CENSUS SHOWS THAT THE ASIAN COMMUNITY IN CHINO HILLS HAS GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY.

THERE IS NO ONE ON THE COUNCIL THAT COMES FROM AN ASIAN HERITAGE OR CULTURE.

DO ANY OF YOU SPEAK MANDARIN? NO.

THEN OUR ASIAN RESIDENTS DESERVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ELECT SOMEONE THAT UNDERSTANDS THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES OF LIVING IN THAT CULTURE.

AND THEN FINALLY, I SURE, JUST LAST COMMENT IS IF YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO PUT THIS ONLINE, I THINK YOU NEED SEPARATE LINES FOR, FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS AND CHINESE SLASH MANDARIN SPEAKERS.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU, MR. NEXT ANYMORE COMMENTS OR NEXT COMMENT AT THIS TIME? I DO NOT SEE ANY OTHER HANDS RAISED.

WE'LL GIVE THEM ONE MORE MOMENT.

IF THERE'S ANYBODY ON ZOOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING THIS ITEM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IN THE ZOOM APP OR DIAL STAR NINE THROUGH YOUR PHONE.

SEEING NONE.

THAT IS THE FINAL SPEAKER FOR THIS ITEM BEFORE I CLOSE THIS, IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEE NOBODY.

OKAY.

I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE, UH, THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETING AND I'M GONNA BRING IT BACK UP HERE FOR DISCUSSION.

YOU STARTED IT OFF FARM.

WOULD YOU MIND? YEAH, MY WHOLE THING IS, UH, THERE IS NO WAY OF TAKING THESE MAPS AND GETTING THE POPULATION BALANCE WITHOUT POSSIBLY NOT CONSIDERING SOME OF THE OTHER ELEMENTS.

AND THAT WAS WHY I MADE MY POINT UPFRONT.

IF WE ARE TRYING TO BASE THIS BASED UPON THE POPULATION, CONTRARY TO ONE OF THE STATEMENTS THAT WAS JUST MADE ABOUT US, TRYING TO TOTALLY REDRAW THESE THINGS BASED ON ETHNICITY SO THAT CERTAIN

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ETHNICITIES CAN BE REPRESENTED ON THE COUNCIL THAT I THINK IS IN VIOLATION OF ONE OF THE PREMISES OF SETTING THESE THINGS UP.

SO TO TRY AND EXCLUDE AND GROUP A ONE DISTRICT THAT ISN'T ALMOST HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH, OR THE MAJORITY OF A CERTAIN ETHNICITY IS I DO BELIEVE CAN BE IN VIOLATION OF WHAT THIS WHOLE REDISTRICTING PLAN IS ALL ABOUT.

SO I GET, I THINK THAT ONE OF THE MAPS THAT WAS WELL DISCUSSED BY LEWIS JUST NOW WE CAN'T, THAT'S JUST TOTALLY A FRONT TO WHAT WE'RE DOING.

UM, WE, AS FAR AS PROTECTING US COUNCIL MEMBERS, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THESE ARE OPEN ELECTIONS THAT HAPPEN EVERY FOUR YEARS FOR US.

IF SOMEBODY WITHIN A GIVEN DISTRICT WANTS TO RUN AGAINST ANY ONE OF US, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT.

IF THEY FEEL THAT THEY WANT TO HAVE THEIR INPUT AND BE ABLE TO EXPRESS THEIR VOICE AND THEIR CONCERNS AND THEIR THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT REGARDLESS OF HOW THE DISTRICTS ARE, ARE WRITTEN AND LINED UP.

BUT AGAIN, IT GOES BACK TO, I'M KIND OF A READER'S DIGEST, KIND OF A GUY BOTTOM LINE IS LESS DRILL START DRILLING DOWN ON.

AND I KNOW WE HAVE SIX MORE DAYS TO GET SOME MORE MAPS AND LET'S SEE THOSE.

BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO BE LOOKING AT THE END GOAL AT SOME POINT IN TIME TO SAY, OKAY, WHICH ONES SHOULD WE START TWEAKING OR GIBBERING A JUST ADDITIONAL ADJUSTMENTS TO THAT ARE GOING TO MAKE SENSE AND ACTUALLY GET US WITHIN THE, THE REDISTRICTING GUIDELINES.

SO THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING AT WITH THIS.

I WANT EVERYBODY THAT TAKES THE TIME BECAUSE IT DOES TAKE TIME.

AND I APPRECIATE ANYBODY THAT HAS SUBMITTED A MAP, BUT THERE WE, THAT POPULATION IS, IS THE CRITICAL THING.

AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE, YOU SAID, YOU'VE GOT ONE THAT BALANCED A GYM.

I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT.

SO, YOU KNOW, CAUSE I, I KIND OF LIKED YOUR FIRST MAT, BUT IT WAS JUST SO OUT OF WHACK, WE DIDN'T KNOW.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE THIS THING IS A CLEAR OPEN PROD, UH, PRODUCT PROCESS.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, LET'S NOT WASTE OUR TIME ON ONES THAT ARE SO OUT OF POPULATION BALANCE THAT WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT BRINGING IT RIGHT BACK TO WHERE IT'S ONE OF THE EXISTING PROPOSALS THAT'S THERE.

THAT IS POPULATION BALANCED.

SO THAT'S ALL HAVE RIGHT NOW.

SO OUR ORDER, YOU SAID A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ONES THAT WERE NOT POPULATION.

YES.

TELL US THAT YOU WOULD PLAY, KICK THOSE OUT.

I THINK THAT WE NEED TO START CONSIDERING ONES THAT ARE CLOSER TO POPULATION BALANCE FIRST.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

AND 2 0 4, IT LOOKS LIKE THE CLOSEST SO FAR THAT WE'VE SEEN SO FAR THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US AND WE'LL LEAVE THAT OPEN TO ANY, ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL ONES THAT GET SUBMITTED IN LIKE SIX DAYS.

SO IF WE WANTED TO REVIEW TOOL FOR, AT THE END, WE COULD DO THAT.

CORRECT? SURE.

SO, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S THE, YOU KNOW, THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL.

ARE THERE PARTICULAR MAPS THAT YOU'D LIKE ME TO FOCUS ON FIRST? DO YOU WANT ME TO JUST GO THROUGH A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE ONES THAT ARE POPULATION BALANCE? HOW WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO DO THAT? AND THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD ON THIS.

I'M GOING TO GO ALL THE WAY TO MY FAR, RIGHT.

BRIAN, I JUST WANT TO JUST GO OVER THE MAPS AND THEN I'M GOING TO ASK AFTER THAT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU, PETER.

YEAH, IT'S, UH, IT'S ALMOST TOO SOON TO START ZEROING IN ON A SPECIFIC MAP OR TWO, BECAUSE I BET WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PLENTY, MORE SUBMISSIONS WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN DONE.

UM, AND I'M JUST CURIOUS TO SEE HOW MANY WE GET WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN DONE, BUT I TOO WOULD LIKE TO REVISIT THAT.

OKAY, CYNTHIA, BEFORE I'D LIKE TO SEE THE MAPS FIRST, GO AHEAD, SIR.

LET'S SEE THE MOUSE.

OKAY, SO LET'S START OFF WITH PLAN 2 0 1.

SO JUST SO EVERYONE CAN SEE THE PARTICULARS HERE, THE BLUE DOTTED LINES ARE THE OUTLINE OF THE EXISTING DISTRICTS.

SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT HAS CHANGED AND THEN, THEN I'LL TOGGLE ON AND ON AND OFF EACH PLAN.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, UH, DISTRICT ONE, UH, AGAIN, PUSHES FURTHER SOUTH INTO, UH, YOU KNOW, THE SOUTH AND WESTERN PORTION OF CHINO HILLS.

UH, AND THEN THERE'S BEEN SOME SLIGHT MOVEMENT AGAIN IN, UH, IN THESE AREAS.

SO AGAIN, PUSHING, I BELIEVE THIS IS DISTRICT THREE, UH, AS WELL AS DISTRICT FIVE NOW CAPTURES THE AREA ALONG THE 71 FREEWAY IN PARTICULAR.

AND ARE THESE BALANCED POPULATIONS? THAT'S THE ONE I WILL SHOW YOU ALL THE POPULATION BALANCE.

OKAY.

BEAR WITH ME HERE.

THIS MOUSE IS A LITTLE BUMPY.

ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.

OKAY.

SO DISTRICT TWO, AGAIN, I THINK THE MAIN DIFFERENCE HERE IS DISTRICT TWO OR EXCUSE ME WITH PLANNED 2 0 2.

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IS THAT THE, THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT HERE? IF YOU RECALL IN PLAN TWO OH ONE DISTRICT ONE CAME DOWN AND CAPTURED A LARGE PORTION OF THE WESTERN SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE CITY.

SO THIS ONE KEEPS GENERALLY THE CURRENT DISTRICTS AS IT IS, BUT TO MAKE SOME POPULATION BALANCE.

SO AGAIN, PUSHING THE DISTRICT THREE INTO THE, TO THE NORTH AND EASTERN PORTION OF DISTRICT FOUR, AND THEN CAPTURING A LITTLE BIT AGAIN OF DISTRICT FOUR.

NOW GOING INTO A LITTLE BIT TO THE WEST THERE, CAN I, CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT THAT? YES.

EVEN THOUGH IT MAY BE POPULATION BALANCED.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS THERE YOU HAVE DISTRICT TWO WOULD BE UNDER BY 443 PEOPLE OR VOTERS AND DISTRICT FOUR WOULD BE OVER BY 518.

SO WE HAVE ALMOST A THOUSAND DIFFERENT DIFFERENCE IN TERM AND NUMBER OF PEOPLE.

SO THAT'S KIND OF BACK TO MY POINT ORIGINALLY, I THINK IN A, NOT IN A PERFECT WORLD, WE WOULD TRY AND FIND DISTRICTS THAT HAD THE SAME NUMBER IN EVERY ONE OF THE, THE FIVE DISTRICTS.

BUT EVEN THOUGH THIS WOULD BE MAYBE IN TOTAL POPULATION BALANCED, THE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN DISTRICTS CAN BE SEVERAL HUNDRED, IS MY, MY WHOLE POINT IN BRINGING THAT UP EARLIER.

I MEAN, IT'S SOMETHING, AGAIN THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED, BUT REMEMBER ALL THE, ALL THE MAPS THAT I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU HERE ARE UNDER THAT 10% THRESHOLD.

SO IT MEETS THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR, FOR ALLOWANCES THERE.

OKAY.

SO THEN PLAN TO SUBS IT PLAN TO A THREE IT'S SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME AS PLAN 2 0 2 0 2.

THE MAIN DIFFERENCE IS THIS AREA HERE IN, UH, IN DISTRICT THREE PUSHES FURTHER SOUTH, UM, AND CAPTURES AGAIN, SOME OF THE AREA THAT IT'S CURRENTLY IN DISTRICT FIVE AND THAT'S THE MAIN DIFFERENCE.

AND THEN SOME OF THAT IS MADE UP AGAIN IN THIS AREA HERE FOR DISTRICT ONE.

FOR PLAN 2 0 4, AGAIN, SOME SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME, THE DIFFERENCE AGAIN, I BELIEVE BETWEEN 2 0 3 AND 2 0 4.

IS THIS AREA HERE CAPTURING AGAIN, JUST IN, IN DISTRICT FIVE WOULD CAPTURE THAT, THAT PIECE JUST TO THE SOUTH OF LOW SERRANO'S COUNTRY CLUB AND THEN A DISTRICT FOUR, OR EXCUSE ME, DISTRICT THREE PUSHES OF LESS INTO DISTRICT FOUR HERE ON PLAN 2 0 4.

ALL RIGHT.

SO NOW WE'LL GO UP TO PLAN TWO 10.

OKAY.

SO THE NEXT POPULATION BALANCE MAP IS PLANNED TO 10.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE HERE, THE MAIN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PLAN 2, 2, 10, AND TWO 11.

AND THE PRIOR FOUR IS THAT THE, THIS, THE DISTRICT THREE HERE REALLY COVERS A LARGE CHUNK OF, OF MULTI, MULTIPLE CURRENT DISTRICTS.

UM, SO YOU HAVE DISTRICT FIVE NOW KIND OF AROUND, EXCUSE ME, DISTRICT ONE KIND OF WRAP AROUND, UH, BOTH THE SOUTHERN AND THE NORTHERN AREAS.

DISTRICT THREE NOW CAPTURES AGAIN, THE, A BIG CHUNK OF MULTIPLE EXISTING DISTRICTS.

THERE'S A NORTHERN DISTRICT AND THEN TWO FINN DISTRICTS, UH, CAPTURING AGAIN, LOW SERRANO'S COUNTRY CLUB.

AND THEN WITH A DIVIDING LINE, UH, WITH ON THE 71 FREEWAY, I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT EITHER.

THE LAST NUMBERS THAT WE, WE, WHEN WE ORIGINALLY WERE SENT COPIES OF THE PDFS THAT COVER THESE, WE HAD 2 0 1, 2, 3, 4 7, AND THEN THE NON PO, UH, POPULATED OR NON, UH, BALANCED PROPERTIES, THESE NEW, THIS ONE IS THE FIRST ONE THAT I'M SEEING.

AND FOR THE FIRST TIME WE DON'T HAVE W DOES ANYBODY ELSE GET THIS, THIS MAP? I DIDN'T SEE THIS MAP ONLINE AND I DIDN'T GET A COPY OF IT.

SO I WANT TO QUALIFY MY EARLIER STATEMENT OF THE MAPS THAT I WAS GIVEN COPIES OF THE END OF LAST WEEK TO A 1, 2, 3, AND FOUR.

THAT'S WHY I WAS CENTERING ON THE ONE THAT WAS THE CLOSEST.

IF NOW I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THESE.

WE DON'T SEE THE SHEET THAT BACKS IT UP THAT SHOWS THE PERCENTAGES NATIONAL NUMBERS.

SO I JUST WANT TO

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MENTION THAT I MAY HAVE MISQUOTED EARLIER, CAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW THESE EXISTED.

SO THESE WERE, UH, SUBMITTED AFTER THE POSTING DEADLINE.

UM, SO WE, WE PROCESS THESE AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT AGAIN, WE COULD, WE COULD PROVIDE THESE TO THE PUBLIC, BUT THEY WERE POSTED EARLIER.

UM, BUT AGAIN, THESE, THEY WERE GIVEN TO US PAST THE DEADLINE THAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE THE AGENDA PACKET.

OKAY.

WELL, IT IT'S EMBARRASSING TO ME THAT I DON'T HAVE THESE TO LOOK AT BEFORE I GO MAKING THESE COMMENTS ABOUT ONES THAT I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW EXISTED.

SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT, UH, IT MAY BE THAT ONCE I LOOK AT THESE, UH, I WOULD CHANGE MY MIND SOMEWHAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT, THAT CLEAR TO TWO OR 2 0 8, 9, 10, 11 HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF UNTIL RIGHT NOW.

SO 2 0 7, 2 0 8 AND 2 0 9, AGAIN ARE THE ONES THAT ARE NOT POPULATION BALANCE, RIGHT? YEAH.

BUT 2 0 7 IS MR. GALLAGHER'S MAP.

AND HE SAID, HE'S RESUBMITTED THAT.

SO THAT'LL BE POPULATION BALANCE, HOPEFULLY AT THE END, BUT STILL 8, 9, 10, 11.

ARE THEY POPULATION BALANCED OR NOT 2 0 8 AND 2 0 9 ARE NOT TWO 10 AND TWO 11 OUR POPULATION.

OKAY.

ARE THEY ANYTHING TO, ARE THOSE THE ONES THAT HAVE THESE TITLES? BECAUSE WE GOT MAPS THAT HAD JUST SHADED AND HAD TITLES THAT MR. ESPARZA SUBMITTED THAT DON'T HAVE A NUMBER ON THEM.

SO IS IT POSSIBLE? THESE ARE THESE.

YES, THEY ARE.

THEY ARE THE MAPS THAT CORRESPOND TO THAT.

OKAY.

SO THE FACT THAT I DIDN'T LOOK AT IT IS BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T POPULATION BALANCED TO START WITH, SHE WROTE EIGHT AND 2 0 9 ARE NOT POPULATION BALANCED.

OKAY.

SO WHICH ONE IS, WHICH CAN YOU TELL US BY THE TITLE OF THE MAP, WHICH ONE'S TWO EIGHT AND WHICH ONE'S 2 0 9, THIS IS IMPORTANT THAT WE KNOW WHICH ONES WE'RE DEALING WITH.

YES.

SO AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL ON, THESE ARE ALL ON THE WEBSITE.

UM, OKAY.

SO THAT THEY WEREN'T NUMBERED.

THAT'S MY POINT, THE COPIES OF THE MAPS.

I GOT HAD NO NUMBER ON THEM.

YES.

AND THEN AGAIN, OUR APOLOGIES FOR THAT, BUT THE REASON WHY THOSE DIDN'T HAVE NUMBERS IS THAT WE RECEIVED THE MAPS PAST THE DEADLINE FOR THE AGENDA PACKET.

AND SO WE PROCESSED THOSE.

THEY CAME IN, I BELIEVE A COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE THE, THE AGENDA PACKET WAS DUE.

SO THE REASON WHY WE PUT, WE PUT THE IMAGES INTO THE AGENDA PACKET, BUT WE PROCESSED THEM AFTERWARDS AS A RESULT OF THAT.

OKAY.

WELL, THE GOOD NEWS IS WE'RE DRILLING IT DOWN TO WHERE WE ARE KNOWING, GOING TO KNOW WHICH ONE WE'RE DEALING WITH SPECIFICALLY, THEY'LL ALL HAVE NUMBERS, SO WE CAN BETTER, UH, MAKE MORE EDUCATED COMMENTS ABOUT THEM.

SO THAT WAS JUST TROUBLING TO ME.

SO.

OKAY.

NO PROBLEM.

YES.

FAST, THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING A MAP IS ACTUALLY JANUARY 31ST, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

BUT WE, WHEN I SAY THAT I SAY THE DEADLINE, WE OBVIOUSLY NEEDED TIME TO TAKE A MAP THAT COMES FROM DAVE'S REDISTRICTING AND PUT IT INTO OUR SOFTWARE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THESE PDFS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING IS ACTUALLY ON FEBRUARY 22ND.

YES.

SO BASED ON WHAT HE JUST SAID, CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL THE DETAILED INFORMATION? SO THIS WAY WE'RE NOT GUESSING YES.

BEFORE THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING.

YES.

OKAY.

OKAY.

SO 2 0 8 CORRESPONDS TO THE END OF THE KINGDOM, CHINO HILLS MAP.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT, WHY DON'T WE JUST GO RIGHT THROUGH WITH THEM REAL QUICK, SO WE KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THIS WAY, SO YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE PDFS.

OKAY.

SO AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE HERE.

AND AGAIN, EXACTLY LIKE YOU SEE ON THE INTERACTIVE REVIEW MAP, YOU CAN SEE THE AREAS.

SO A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF CURRENT DISTRICTS, TWO AND THREE ARE NOW IN ONE AND THEN FIVE AGAIN, CAPTURES A PORTION OF THE EXISTING DISTRICT FOUR.

OKAY.

THIS IS, THIS IS ONE OF THE NON POPULATION BALANCED MAPS PLAN 2 0 9.

OKAY.

READY FOR MORE APARTMENTS.

READY FOR MORE APARTMENTS.

SO, UH, SO THIS AREA, SO THE, THE TWO DISTRICTS THAT IF THIS WERE SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO CONSIDER DISTRICT FOUR IS SIGNIFICANTLY UNDERPOPULATED.

DISTRICT THREE IS OVERPOPULATED.

AND SO THERE WOULD NEED TO BE SOME CHANGES TO PUT SOME POPULATION INTO DISTRICT FOUR AND TAKEN OUT OF DISTRICT THREE, TO BE ABLE TO, TO BALANCE THAT POPULATION.

UM, BUT AGAIN, IT HAS A LARGE, UH, WESTERN DISTRICT FOR DISTRICT ONE, UH, TWO CAPTURES THE NORTH AND THEN THREE AGAIN, KIND OF OVERLAP SOME OF THE EXISTING AREAS IN, UH, IN THAT WOULD BE FOR BOTH DISTRICTS TWO AND FOUR.

OKAY.

DRAFT PLAN TWO 10.

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SO THIS IS THE COMMON SENSE MAP.

SO THIS IS POPULATION BALANCE.

SO CAN BE CONSIDERED, KEN HAS THE LARGE DISTRICT, ONE TO THE, TO THE WEST.

SO CAPTURES AGAIN, THE SOUTHWESTERN AND ALL THE WAY KIND OF WRAPS AROUND DISTRICT THREE.

AGAIN, CAPTURES MUCH OF THE, UH, THE, THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF CURRENT DISTRICTS.

TWO AND FOUR, KEN KEEPS A AREA TO THE NORTH AND THEN DISTRICTS FOUR AND FIVE RUN ALONG THE EASTERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 71, RESPECTIVELY.

AND AGAIN, THE DOTTED LINES ARE EXACTLY LIKE YOU SEE ON THE INTERACTIVE, YOUR MAPS, THE DOTTED LINES REPRESENT WHERE THE EXISTING BOUNDARIES ARE, SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT CHANGES.

AND THEN THE FINAL PLAN IS FOR PLAN TWO 11.

SO THIS IS NORTH SOUTH, HAVE A VOICE.

UH, AGAIN, THIS IS ALSO POPULATION BALANCED.

UH, SO THE, THE MAIN DIFFERENCE HERE, UH, DISTRICT TWO AND ONE I BELIEVE ARE, ARE THE SAME.

AND THREE, THE DIFFERENCE HERE IS THAT DISTRICT FOUR CAPTURES THE NORTH NORTHERN PORTIONS OF WHERE CURRENT DISTRICT FOUR IS.

BUT AS YOU KNOW, THE CURRENT DISTRICTS SPLIT, UH, THE SOUTHERN PORTION ALONG THE 71 FREEWAY, ALL OF THAT IN THIS MAP IS PUT INTO DISPARATE FIVE.

AND AGAIN, BOTH, BOTH THIS PLAN AND THE LAST PLAN THAT I SHOWED YOU, OUR POPULATION BALANCED.

AND I CAN SHOW YOU THE ONE MAP AGAIN, THAT WAS SUBMITTED AS AN IMAGE.

THIS WAS THE HAND DRAWN SUBMISSION THAT MR. ESPARZA WAS REFERENCING.

SO AGAIN, BECAUSE THIS DOESN'T CORRESPOND WITH, WITH CENSUS BLOCKS, I DIDN'T WANT IT TO GET SPECIFICALLY AT WELL WHAT HE WANTED REPRESENTED IN EACH AREA.

BUT HERE'S WHAT HE'S SAYING, YOU KNOW, WOULD BE FOR EACH ONE OF THE AREAS OF RESIDENCIES THAT HE WAS SAYING WOULD POTENTIALLY MAKE SENSE.

AND SO WITH THAT, ARE THERE PARTICULAR MAPS AGAIN THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON? AND I CAN PUT EITHER PULL UP, PULL UP A PDFS OR GO BACK TO THE INTERACTIVE REVIEW MAP.

YOU SAID TWO, A FOUR, RIGHT? NO, I THINK AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I THINK THIS IS, I THINK WE NEED TO WAIT UNTIL WE GET THE REST OF THE THING STUFF, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THIS TIME.

THIS WOULD HAVE ANSWERED A WHOLE LOT OF QUESTIONS.

IF WE HAD KNOWN THOSE OTHER NUMBERS WERE ACTUALLY ASSIGNED TO THOSE MAPS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE NUMBERS ON.

UH, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I APOLOGIZE TO THE AUDIENCE WHO WERE HAVING TO HEAR ME ACT LIKE A BLITHERING IDIOT UP HERE, NOT KNOWING WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE NUMBERS.

SO, BUT I THINK THAT WE OUGHT TO GO AHEAD AND WAIT UNTIL WE GET THE REST AND DRILL DOWN ON IT.

THIS IS JUST GOING TO BE A WASTED, YOUR FAMILY'S ON NON POPULATED, OR BASICALLY IT'S NOT BALANCED.

PARDON ME? I'M SORRY.

ONES THAT ARE NOT BALANCED.

YEAH.

I THINK ANYTHING THAT'S NOT BALANCED AT THIS POINT IN TIME OR AT THE CUTOFF DATE SHOULD BE JUST DISREGARDED.

TOTALLY.

CAUSE WE, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DEALING WITH? I MEAN, THEN WE'RE GOING TO END UP REDRAWING SOMEBODY'S MAP FOR THEM.

AND IT MAY NOT MEET WITH THE INTENT THEY HAD TO START WITH.

SO WE NEED TO TAKE WHAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED THAT IS POPULATION BALANCED AND THEN DETERMINE, WHICH IS THE OVERALL BEST.

WHAT IS MY THINKING? THANK YOU, SIR.

APPRECIATE IT, CYNTHIA.

I KNOW YOU HAD SOME COMMENTS REGARDING VILLAGES AND THE REST OF THE MAPS TOO.

OKAY, PERFECT.

MR. BRIAN, I AGREE.

YOU HAD TO WAIT ANYBODY THAT'S WANTS TO SEE A MAP SUBMITTED BY THE 31ST.

AND I THINK AFTER THAT WEEKEND, AFTER THAT, I AGREE.

OKAY.

SO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, WHAT DO YOU JUST INFORMATION THAT WE PROVIDED AS GOOD ENOUGH WITH NO MOTION? NO SECOND.

YEAH.

SINCE THERE AREN'T ANY CHANGES THAT ARE BEING MADE, THERE WOULD NOT BE A VOTE TO BE TAKEN.

SO IF YOU HAD DECIDED TO KEEP ONE OR TWO MAPS AND DISREGARD THE REST, WE WOULD TAKE A VOTE ON THAT.

BUT SINCE WE'RE WAITING TO REVIEW ALL THE MAPS AT THE NEXT HEARING, THERE'S NO VOTE TO BE TAKEN.

OKAY.

EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU.

YEAH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND SORRY FOR GRILLING ON YOU.

YES.

MR. SEDAN HAS SOMETHING.

IF I COULD ADD ONE MORE POINT, UH, UH, NDC ALSO HAS THE ABILITY TO PREPARE A DRAFT

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MAPS BASED ON, UH, THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION.

I KNOW THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT THE MAPS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED, BUT IF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE, UH, UH, JEFF AND HIS TEAM TO SUBMIT A MAP BASED ON ANY CRITERIA YOU LIKE, THEY COULD ALSO PREPARE THAT FOR YOU AND SUBMIT IT THROUGH THE PROCESS.

HAVE YOU DONE ANY OF THAT? HAVE YOU PREPARED MAPS FOR US TO REVIEW WE'VE WE'VE WORKED WITH STAFF AND JUST PUT A COUPLE OF CONCEPTS, BUT WE WERE WAITING AGAIN TO SEE IF THERE WERE PARTICULAR FEEDBACK FROM YOU GUYS.

IF, IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU'D WANT US TO PUT TOGETHER, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT.

YEAH.

I THINK YOU'VE GOT SOME FEEDBACK FROM US.

SO IF YOU COULD, UH, MAYBE INCLUDE THOSE SHIRTS FOR SURE.

YES.

THANK YOU, SIR.

APPRECIATE IT.

GOOD JOB.

THANK YOU.

[6. PRESENTATION - Presentation of City Tile to Denny Lyman for his service as Senior Maintenance Worker from August 28, 1989 to January 28, 2022]

MADAM CLERK, ITEM NUMBER SIX.

PRESENTATION.

YES.

ITEM NUMBER SIX IS A PRESENTATION OF A CITY TILE TO DENNY LYMAN FOR HIS SERVICE AS SENIOR.

EXCUSE ME, SENIOR MAINTENANCE WORKER FROM AUGUST 28TH, 1989 TO JANUARY 28TH, 2022.

DENNY, WILL YOU JOIN THE MAYOR UP AT THE PODIUM PLEASE? THANK YOU.

33 YEARS, SIR.

SO LET ME, LET ME GET STARTED HERE.

GETTY IS AN EMPLOYEE WHO'S WORKED IN CHINO HILL BEFORE CITY HOOD.

HE BEGAN HIS CAREER AS A LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE WORKER AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN 1989 BEFORE THE CITY INCORPORATED, SINCE THEN DANNY ROSE THROUGH THE RANKS TO HIS CURRENT POSITION OF SENIOR MAINTENANCE WORKER IN THE PARKS AND LANDSCAPE DIVISION, WHICH HE HAS HELD SINCE 2010.

AS YOU CAN IMAGINE IN 33 YEARS CAREER WITH ONE ORGANIZATION, A LOT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED AND HE HAS DONE A REMARKABLE JOB OVER THE YEARS.

THANK YOU.

UH, DENNY'S EARLIEST ROLE WAS NOW AT THE MCCOY'S EQUESTRIAN RECREATION CENTER, WHERE HE WORKED CLOSELY WITH HELEN MCCOY TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE TO THE ARENAS TO THE COMMUNITY.

DANNY MIGHT BE MORE RECOGNIZED WHEN HE DRIVES THE BIG GREEN TRACTOR THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO PROVIDE NECESSARY WEED ABATEMENT.

AND I'M GOING TO SAY, I SEE ALL THE TIME DRIVING IN THE CITY AND YOU ACTUALLY DO A VERY GOOD JOB.

SO EXCELLENT.

SO THEN HE ALSO PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN THE CITY'S FIRE PREVENTION EFFORTS, WHICH INCLUDE TRENDING OR TENDING UP TREE TRAILS, OVERGROWN SHRUBS, CUTTING FIREBREAKS, ALTHOUGH IT JUST TAKEN A FEW BEE AND, AND SURPRISE RUN-INS WITH POISON OAK.

DANNY IS WELL-KNOWN BY HIS COLLEAGUES FOR BEING VERY HUMBLE AND DEDICATED TO HIS WORK JUST AS YOU CAN SEE, I'M INTERACTING WITH THEM.

AND HE'S JUST LOOKING AT ME BECAUSE YOU'RE HUMBLE, BUDDY.

SO THANK YOU.

YOU'RE MAKING ME LOOK GOOD.

SO HE TAKES PRIDE IN HIS, IN THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH THAT HE'S BEEN A PART OF THROUGHOUT CHINO HILLS OVER THE LAST THREE DECADES.

DANNY IS BEYOND DESERVING OF THIS RETIREMENT AND IS IT I AM EXCITED TO HAVE, AND HOPEFULLY HE'LL HAVE MORE FREE TIME TO TRAVEL AND SPEND WITH HIS TWO CHILDREN AND FOUR GRANDKIDS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.

I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT A CITY TILE IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR SERVICE.

SO HERE YOU GO, JENNY.

THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS, SIR.

WE ALSO HAVE CERTIFICATES FROM CONGRESSWOMAN KIM'S OFFICE, SENATOR NEWMAN'S OFFICE COUNTY, SUPERVISOR HAGMAN'S OFFICE ASSEMBLYMEN, CHIN SANTA CERTIFICATE BY MAIL.

AND YOU'LL GET THE VERY SOON.

AND DANNY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

AND I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

YOU DON'T MIND.

WELL, I'M NOT MUCH IN TALKING, SO THANK YOU.

IT'S IT'S BEEN A GREAT PLACE TO GROW AND A GOOD, GOOD GROUP OF PEOPLE TO WORK WITH.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YEP.

HOW MANY GRANDKIDS DO YOU HAVE FOR AND WHAT ARE THE AGES? UH, 12, 10, UH, SIX.

GOOD JOB, BUDDY.

CONGRATULATIONS.

COME ON UP HERE AND TO TAKE A PICTURE.

OKAY.

CONGRATULATIONS.

[7. PRESENTATION - Presentation of City Tile to Joe Dyer for his service as Assistant Public Works Director/Assistant City Engineer from April 13, 2009 to January 14, 2022]

THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A PRESENTATION OF A CITY TILE

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TO JOE DYER FOR HIS SERVICE AS ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER FROM APRIL 13TH, 2009 TO JANUARY 14TH, 2022, MR. JOE DYER, HOW YOU DOING, SIR? SO FOR ANYONE WHO KNOWS, JOE HAS WORKED WITH HIM.

IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE AN OFFICE WITHOUT HIM.

JOE STARTED WORKING HERE IN 2009 AS THE ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER IN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IN 2020, HE BECAME THE ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR CITY ENGINEER IN HELL DEPOSITION UP UNTIL THE POST RETIREMENT RETIREMENT DATE TWO WEEKS AGO, LIKE DANNY JOE HAS ACCOMPLISHED MANY SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS FOR THE CITY DURING HIS 13 YEARS HERE AMONG THE MANY, THE PROJECTS THAT REALLY STAND OUT ARE THE PEYTON DRIVE WHITING PROJECT FROM BOYS REPUBLIC DRIVE TO EUCALYPTUS AVENUE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MUCH, MUCH ANTICIPATED LITTLE SWADDLES PARK.

CYNTHIA, THANKS YOU FOR THAT.

AND WE'LL SWADDLE SERIES SIDEWALKS, THE GRANT AVENUE PARK TURF REPLACEMENT PROJECT AND THE PIPELINE AVENUE, SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION, MEDIUM PROJECT AND TRAFFIC STEADY IMPROVEMENTS.

ON TOP OF THAT, JOE PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN PROVIDING IMPORTANT TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS, MAINTENANCE TO VERY VARIOUS CITY STREETS, INCLUDING THE MOST RECENT PROJECT ON CARBON CANYON ROAD AND PIPELINE AVENUE.

HE IS EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR HIS JOB OVER THE LAST 13 YEARS BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE HE HAS INTRODUCED HIM TO AND FRIENDS HE HAS MADE FROM IT.

JOE IS ESPECIALLY WELL KNOWN FOR HIS BRIGHT PERSONALITY AND GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR THAT CAN BRING A SMILE TO ANYONE'S FACE AND LUCKY, LUCKY FOR US.

WE STILL GET TO SEE HIM AROUND THE OFFICE FOR ANOTHER FEW MONTHS, RIGHT? FANTASTIC.

THIS IS SO-CALLED RETIREMENT.

ISN'T MUCH OF A RETIREMENT AT ALL.

JOE IS ACTUALLY SPLIT.

EXCUSE ME, STAYING WITH US.

PART-TIME PERFORMED VARIOUS CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRAFFIC ENGINEERING, AND LAND SURVEYING DUTIES ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

WE WISH YOU THE BEST IN RETIREMENT.

AND WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU A TITLE OR TITLE, EXCUSE ME, AS WELL.

SO LET'S GIVE A BIG HAND OF I'M SORT OF AN EMOTIONAL GUY AND I'VE KNOWN JOE FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND VIENNA REACTED OVER THE YEARS AND I REALLY HATE TO SEE YOU GO, BUT I'M HAPPY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE HERE FOR A FEW MORE MONTHS.

SO JOE, HERE'S A TILE FROM THE CITY.

OKAY.

AND THEN ALSO I HAVE CERTIFICATES.

I HAVE THEM FROM MR. KURT HAGMAN OR SUPERVISOR.

I GOT IT FROM CONGRESSWOMAN MRS. KIM AND SENATOR JOSH NEWMAN.

AND THEN YOU'LL BE GETTING ONE FROM ASSEMBLYMAN CHIN.

SO PLEASE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND MCKESSON, ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THANK YOU FOR THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND EVERYONE THAT HAS ME, MY EMPLOYMENT HERE, JOYFUL ONE FOR THE OLD, OVER THE LAST 13 YEARS.

AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I'M GOING TO STAY THAT LONG, BUT IT HAPPENS AND YOU HAPPENS.

AND I HATE TO LEAVE THIS CITY BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN SAYING IT A LONG TIME AGO.

EVEN WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE, I MAKE A JOKE.

I SAY, OH, I'M WORKING FOR THE CITY OF WONDERFUL HILLS.

AND THEY GO LIKE, NO BEVERLY HILLS, THIS WONDERFUL HILLS.

NO, NO, NO.

SHE NO HILLS THIS WONDERFUL HILLS.

AND THAT MAKE MY COMMENTS ACTUALLY CAME TRUE.

I NOT SAYING THAT BECAUSE I'M HERE.

AND I HAVE TO BE HONEST THAT, YOU KNOW, THE ENGINEERING TEAMS HAVE BEEN DOING VERY MARVELOUS JOBS.

THAT MEMBERS ARE VERY STRONG AND THEY ARE GIVING A LOT OF SUPPORT TO THE CITY AND TO THE COUNCIL HUSTLES ALWAYS GIVE CLEAR DIRECTION AND NOT THAT DEPARTMENT HEAD HAS TO BE PART OF MY HELP, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE THE JOB DONE AND BECOME A REALITY TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH AUDIT JOBS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNSEL.

AND THANK YOU EVERYBODY, JOE, BEFORE YOU LEAVE, I JUST WANT TO ASK, DO YOU HAVE ANY CLAIM JOKES YOU CAN TELL US THANK YOU FOR SURE.

NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION.

YES.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL HIVE.

THERE WAS NO RECORDABLE ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION.

SEE, YOU'VE BEEN, THANK YOU.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE A BREAK A FIVE MINUTE BREAK BEFORE WE MOVE ON? ARE WE OKAY? OR, OKAY.

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OKAY.

[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 or raise your hand via Zoom or dial *9 to be selected from the meeting cue. Comments will be limited to three minutes per speaker.]

NEXT WE HAVE 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 THAT MUST BE PROVIDED DURING THOSE HEARINGS, PLEASE COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO THE CITY CLERK, A SPEAKER CARD, OR RAISE YOUR HAND VIA ZOOM OR DIAL STAR NINE TO BE SELECTED FROM THE MEETING.

I WILL TAKE THE SPEAKER CARDS FIRST AND THEN I'LL GO TO THE ZOOM CALLS.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS DON LAWRENCE.

THAT WAS A SURPRISE.

I EXPECTED TO BE CALLED ABOUT 10 30 TONIGHT.

MY NAME IS DONALD LAWRENCE AND I'M PRESIDENT OF WESTERN HILLS ESTATES.

IT IS A DEEP CONCERN TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT THE COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING THE DEVELOPMENT OF WESTERN HILLS COUNTRY CLUBS, THIRD AND FOURTH HOLES TO MEET THE STATE'S STANDARDS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING CAPACITY.

THERE ARE A FEW ITEMS THAT ARE 175 PLUS SENIOR CITIZENS OF WESTERN HILLS ESTATE CERTIFICATE DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT.

WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF CHINO HILLS IS REQUIRED AND IS FEELING THE PRESSURE TO MEET THE STATE MANDATES OF SAID NUMBER OF NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IS THE PLACEMENT OF THOSE UNITS THAT CONCERN OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS HUNDREDS OF OTHERS WHO ARE LIVING CARBON CANYON.

WE ARE SURE THAT YOU HAVE EXPLORED MANY OPTIONS, BUT WE FEEL ALONG WITH OUR ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THE SPECULATION AND REALITY OF THE INSERTION OF 162 APARTMENTS INTO THE CANYON HAS NOT BEEN FULLY ADDRESSED BY THE COUNCIL AND ALL OUR DELIBERATIONS PLACING THAT DEVELOPMENT ALONGSIDE OF ROUTE 1 42 MAKES NO COMMON SENSE.

FIRST WASHINGTON HILLS ESTATES HAS BEEN ASSURED BY YOUR OFFICES THAT THE GOLF COURSE HAS BEEN DEDICATED AND ZONED AS GREEN RECREATIONAL SPACE AND THAT IT WOULD NEVER BE USED FOR DEVELOPMENT OR USE AS A FUTURE ACCESS EAGERNESS FOR THE ALLEVIATION OF TRAFFIC.

WE KNOW THAT REZONING WILL HAVE TO TAKE PLACE PRIOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT SPACE, BUT WHY WOULD THE COUNCIL EVEN CONSIDER THIS AVENUE OF ACTION, WHICH ALLOWS SUCH UNIQUE RECREATIONAL SPACE THAT IS NOT ONLY USED, BUT AS PLEASING TO THE AESTHETICS OF CARBON CANYON.

IF YOU RECALL, DR.

HORTON DEVELOPERS PROPOSED A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO TO BUILD CONDOMINIUMS ADJACENT TO THE COURSE.

AND ON THE COURSE AT THAT TIME, THIS COUNCIL GAVE THE RESOUNDING NO TO THAT DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS VERY REASON OF REZONING, BUT WHY THE CHANGE NOW, SECOND, EVERYONE HERE KNOWS THE PROBLEM WITH EXCESSIVE TRAFFIC.

THE RECENT CALTRANS REPORT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO REPORTED THAT BETWEEN 23 AND 26,000 VEHICLES TRAVELED THAT ROAD DAILY CAUSING PROBLEMS THAT SUCH A ROAD AND THOSE LIVING IN THAT AREA SHOULD NOT HAVE TO ENDURE THE ADDITION OF 162 UNITS WITH AN AVERAGE OF FOUR PEOPLE OR MORE IN A UNIT WILL BRING WITH IT SCHOOL BUS ISSUES DURING HEAVY TRAFFIC TIME, THE ADDITIONAL UP AND DOWN TO THE S CURVES IN ORDER TO SHOP, GO TO THE GROCERY STORE, DINING OUT, RECREATE, GO TO CHURCH, ET CETERA.

THIS WILL CAUSE MORE HARM THAN GOOD THIRD.

THE PRESENT SEWAGE PLANT WILL NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO HANDLE AN ADDITIONAL 162 UNITS.

THUS THE CITY WILL HAVE TO HAVE AN EXPENSIVE PROPOSITION ON THEIR HANDS.

DONNA, CAN YOU WRAP IT UP PLEASE? PARDON? YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO, DO YOU HAVE YOUR THREE MINUTES RIGHT NOW? IF YOU CAN WRAP IT UP, I APPRECIATE IT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

GOOD.

I WILL SUBMIT THIS LETTER TO THE, TO THE COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, SIR.

THANK YOU.

BEFORE I MOVE ON WITH THE NEXT SPEAKER, UM, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THESE SPEAKERS ARE SPEAKING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION MATTER ITEM THAT WAS NOTICED AS A SPECIAL MEETING, BUT JOANNE HAS A COMMENT FOR THIS WESTERN HILLS.

THE DISCUSSION REGARDING WESTERN HILLS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM FOR THE HOUSING ELEMENT.

IT IS NOT THE PLANNING COMMISSION ITEM.

OKAY.

SO, UM, YEAH, THAT WAS WHAT WAS INDICATED ON THE CARD.

SO, UM, IF WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE GENTLEMAN, I'M NOT SURE HOW WE WOULD HANDLE THIS.

ONCE THE HEARINGS OPEN FOR THE HOUSING ELEMENT, THE PUBLIC SPEAKER CARD WAS SUBMITTED FOR 28, WHICH IS THE, UM, PLANNING

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COMMISSION MATTERS WHERE THERE ARE NO COMMENTS.

SO HE WAS SPEAKING DURING REGULAR PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT THE CONTENT OF HIS COMMENTS REALLY GO TO THE HOUSING ELEMENT, WHICH IS A HEARING LATER ON TONIGHT.

HOW SHOULD WE HANDLE THOSE COMMENTS? OH, UM, WELL I WOULD RECOMMEND IT BASICALLY TO TAKE THOSE COMMENTS AND HAVE THEM CONSIDERED AT THAT TIME.

IF THE SPEAKER WANTS TO SAY THAT BY AGAIN, AT THAT POINT HE CAN, IF HE WANTS TO, BUT WE CAN REMIND THE COUNCIL TO, AT THAT TIME THAT HE SPOKE AND WE CAN INSERT THAT INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD AFTER THEY OPEN IT.

YEAH.

THANK YOU, MARK.

APPRECIATE THAT.

OKAY.

WE CAN START IT IN A MINUTE.

DID HE HELP? WAS THAT THE ITEM THAT HE DID HE GAVE TO SPEAK? YES.

YEAH.

SO, OKAY.

WE GOT TO WATCH THAT.

OKAY.

I DID ASK THE QUESTION SO THAT THE ITEM THAT HE HAD WRITTEN ON THERE, WE HAD ASKED THE QUESTION.

AND SO WE THOUGHT WE HAD CLARIFIED THAT, BUT WHAT I'LL DO TO TAKE CARE OF THIS SO THAT HIS COMMENTS ARE CONSIDERED PART OF THE PUBLIC HEARING IS I WILL INSERT THEM IN THE MINUTES WHEN WE DO THE FINAL MINUTE.

SO DON YOU'LL HAVE AN EXTRA CHANCE TO SPEAK SOME MORE IF YOU, IF YOU CHOOSE TO.

OKAY.

ALRIGHTY.

OKAY, SIR.

THANK YOU.

I DO HAVE TWO OTHER SPEAKERS WHO HAVE NOTATED THAT THEY WERE SPEAKING ON 28, WHICH, UM, THEY DO ALSO MENTION RANCHO SALITO PROJECTS, WHICH I BELIEVE IS 28.

SO I WILL CALL THOSE SPEAKERS NEXT, GREG DORST THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE HERE.

MY NAME IS GREG DORST, D O R S T.

AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON THE RANCHO CLA DOE PROJECT.

I WOULD LIKE TO, YEAH, FOR A SECOND.

IS IT PART OF THE, THAT, THAT IS NOT THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THAT IS ITEM 28, 28.

YES.

OKAY.

SO IT'S APPROPRIATE.

IT'S APPROPRIATE.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

SO W WHAT I'M HERE TO DO IS REQUEST THAT THIS MATTER BE SET ON THE AGENDA FOR RECONSIDERATION HEARING FORMALLY.

AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE I WANTED TO, TO, UH, UH, BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.

SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND IT HAS TO DO WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE PROPERTY, SOMETHING THAT WASN'T DISCUSSED AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS.

I BELIEVE THAT THE CHARACTER OF THE PROPERTY SHOULD BE SENIOR HOUSING.

AND I KNOW THAT IT'S A, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SPACE, UH, AND IT IS SCHEDULED FOR 354 APARTMENTS, WHICH WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY OF LOW SERRANO'S LAKELAND, THERANOS, AND THE LOW SERRANO'S COMMUNITY.

THE IMPACT THAT IT WILL HAVE IS MODERATE TO SEVERE, AND THOSE AREAS THAT WILL IMPACT OUR FIRST SCHOOLS.

UH, IF YOU, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO TO SCHOOLS, YOU WOULD AGREE WITH ME THAT THE WAY TO MITIGATE THAT IS TO MAKE IT A SENIORS PROJECT.

IF IT'S A SENIORS PROJECT, IT'S NOT GOING TO IMPACT THE SCHOOLS AT ALL.

THE TRAFFIC IMPACT IS SEVERE AS WELL.

UH, TRAFFIC ON PIPELINE, UH, TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED TRIPS, UH, IN THE MORNING, 2,600 TRIPS IN THE EVENING, SEVERE TRAFFIC TO AND FROM SCHOOL, CARBON CANYON WOULD ALSO BE EFFECTED.

UH, AND, UH, UH, I BELIEVE THAT THE WAY TO MITIGATE THAT IS SENIOR PROJECT.

YOU DON'T, YOU WON'T HAVE ANY TRAFFIC ISSUES WITH SENIORS IN AND OUT OF THAT IN THE MORNING OR IN THE EVENING TO PICK UP CHILDREN, THE NOISE ISSUES WOULD BE, UH, MITIGATED DRAMATICALLY.

UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A, THERE'S A SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLE THAT SAYS THAT THAT NOISE IS, IS, UH, UH, MAGNIFIED WHEN IT HITS WATER AND LIKE LOW SERRANO'S IS THE PROJECT SITE, WHICH HAS ALSO A MAGNIFICENT BIOSPHERE.

AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE MIGRATING BIRDS.

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE HEROIN POPULATION, THE EAT GRITS, AND ALL OF THE POPULATION OF BIRDS THAT MAY EVEN BE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, ON THE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST, INCLUDING, UH, HAWKS IN PEREGRINE FALCONS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS, THAT IS, UH, POSSIBLY MITIGATING, UH, REAL DAMAGE TO THAT BIOSPHERE BY MAKING IT A SENIORS' PROJECT FOR SENIORS, THAT LAKE IS A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL RESOURCE, AND IT JUST BRINGS ABOUT A TERRIFIC FEEL.

BUT FOR CHILDREN, IT IS A HAZARD.

IF IT'S NOT ONLY ARE, THEY YOU'VE HAD THREE MINUTES, IF YOU CAN WRAP IT UP, I APPRECIATE IT.

ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY.

OKAY.

FINAL, UH, SENIOR HOUSING IS NECESSARY HERE IN CHINO HILLS TO MAKE THIS A SENIORS' PROJECT WOULD BE A GREAT BENEFIT, NOT ONLY TO THE BIOSPHERE, BUT TO THE SCHOOLS AND THE TRAFFIC ISSUES AND NOISE ISSUES.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FORMAL HEARING MIGHT BE NECESSARY.

THANK YOU SO

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MUCH.

APPRECIATE THAT.

APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS HERE.

JUST WANT TO GET CLARIFICATION IN THE PAST, WHEN WE'VE HAD A PLANNING COMMISSION ITEM, NORMALLY IT TAKES TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO PULL IT TO FOR DISCUSSION.

SO THEN WE WOULD NORMALLY HOLD OFF ON ANY COMMENTS UNTIL THAT GETS POOLED CORRECT IN THE PAST.

SO I'M SORT OF CONFUSED RIGHT NOW.

SO FOR PLANNING COMMISSION MATTERS, THERE AREN'T ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.

IF TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE PAST, WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS DONE, I I'M EXPLAINING.

THEN WE PULL IT FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION BY OUR CONSTITUENTS.

IF THE COUNCIL TWO MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WISH TO PULL A PLANNING COMMISSION ITEM, THEN WE WOULD PULL IT AND WE WOULD BRING IT BACK TO ANOTHER MEETING.

IS THAT APPROPRIATE? MARK? AM I MY WRONG OR, WOW.

UM, WHAT ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA, THE PUBLIC AND SPEAK TO WHEN THAT ITEM COMES UP, IF IN FACT THE COUNCIL SHOULDN'T DISCUSS THE ITEM AND SUBSTANCE, AND IF TWO OF YOU SAY, I WANT TO PULL THIS FOR REVIEW, THEN WE WILL SCHEDULE IT FOR A FUTURE MEETING.

SO WHAT I UNDERSTAND THAT GENTLEMAN WAS DOING WAS HE WAS SPEAKING BECAUSE HE'S WANTS YOU TO PULL IT UP FOR CONSIDERATION AT A FUTURE MEETING.

SO THEN WE'D HAVE TO PULL IT, THEN GIVE THAT DIRECTION OUT.

AS EVERYBODY SPOKE ON THAT YET THAT THE ACTION NEEDS TO WAIT MAYOR.

UNTIL A MATTER OF FACT, I THINK TWO OF US ARE GOING TO BE PULLING THIS ITEM WHILE WE WOULD NEED TO WAIT UNTIL ALL THE PUBLIC HAS A CHANCE TO SPEAK.

AND THEN, THEN YOU CAN DO THAT.

THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE THAT WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS.

SO, BECAUSE THAT ITEM TYPICALLY IS ONE WHERE IT'S JUST A, IF THE PO, IF THE COUNCIL WISHES TO PULL IT, THEY CAN, OR THEY JUST PASS IT BY.

IF THEY DO NOT WISH TO PULL IT, THERE'S NOT A SPECIFIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM, TYPICALLY THAT, BUT THE PUBLIC HAS THE ABILITY TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA OR WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION.

AND THESE MEMBERS ARE CHOOSING TO TALK ABOUT THAT ITEM.

WE'RE GOING TO BE PULLING THIS ITEM, BUT HERE'S WHAT I SUGGEST THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, AS FAR AS THE AGENDA, I'D RECOMMEND, WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD? AND BECAUSE THIS ITEM WAS, THIS SPECIAL MEETING WAS OPEN CONCURRENTLY WITH THE REGULAR MEME.

WHY DON'T YOU TAKE THE SPEAKERS THAT WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? AND THEN THE COUNCIL CAN, IF, WHEN THEY'RE DONE, THEN YOU CAN DETERMINE WHETHER YOU WANT TO PULL IT OR NOT.

THAT ALL THAT JUST MEANS IT'S TWO OF YOU SAYING I WANT TO PULL IT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL ANNOUNCE A SPECIAL MEETING ITEM.

OKAY.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

ITEM 28, WHICH IS PLANNING COMMISSION MATTERS.

A NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING WAS PREPARED TO ADD PLANNING COMMISSION MATTERS TO THE AGENDA WHERE IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION ADOPTED A RESOLUTION, ADOPTING A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND APPROVING TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP 2 0 3, 4, 3 SITE PLAN REVIEW 17 SPR OH TWO MINOR VARIANCE, 17 M AND V ZERO TWO FOR DEVELOPMENT OF 354 APARTMENT UNITS, RANCHO SALITO.

NO ACTION IS REQUIRED UNLESS TWO MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WISH TO REQUEST A REVIEW OF THE MATTER I'D LIKE TO REQUEST TO PULL IT.

WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS, RIGHT? YES.

OKAY.

LET THEM SPEAK FIRST.

AND THEN THE COUNSELOR.

THANKS MARK.

OUR NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER IS JACKIE DORST.

UM, MY NAME IS JACKIE DORIS.

I LIVE ON LAKE LOS SERRANO'S.

UM, THERE'S 16 HOMES THAT ARE ON LAKEFRONT AND I LIVE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT ONE.

AND THEN THERE'S 25 ON THE OTHER SIDE.

UM, I WITNESSED ON A DAILY BASIS, THE AMOUNT OF CANADIAN GEESE THAT FLY IN, THEY FEED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LAKE, WHERE THE APARTMENTS WOULD BE COMING IN.

UM, THEY DIDN'T BRING UP THE EGYPTIAN GEESE.

THERE'S, UH, THERE WAS ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT EGYPTIAN GEESE, AND NOW WE'RE DOWN TO ABOUT FIVE EGYPTIAN GEESE.

THE CANADIANS DO NEST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LAKE.

WE HAVE WHITE EAT GRITS THAT COME IN LIKE ABOUT 50 OR 60 OF THEM.

AND THEY COME IN AND THEY COME BACK TO ONE TREE AND THEY, WHETHER IT HAS LEAVES ON IT OR NOT, THEY GO TO THAT TREE.

IT'S JUST AN AMAZING WONDERLAND OF BIRDS OVER THERE ON, AND SO MANY.

THERE'S SO MANY OF THEM.

I ALSO AM THE CAPTAIN OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH FOR OUR WHOLE COMPLEX 306 HOMES.

AND I HAVE MY, UM, ASSISTANT CAPTAIN WITH ME TODAY HERE, TINA, UM, A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IT BEING A FAMILY PARK, BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE ARE LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN THIS WORLD WHERE EITHER AT A HIGH LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS OR WE'RE AT LOWER LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS.

AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE LOWER LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS.

AND I KNOW THAT I WITNESSED AT ENGLISH PARK, UH, SO MANY TIMES THAT I CAN'T EVEN GO THERE ANYMORE.

LOWER LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS OF, UH, PARENTS ALLOWING THEIR, THEIR KIDS.

THEY HIT THE BIRDS WITH THE, THE GEESE WITH BATHS OR STICKS, THROW ROCKS

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AT THEM.

AND I JUST CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE WHAT WOULD BECOME OF, OF WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE HAVE HERE.

IF THERE ARE TEENAGERS OVER THERE, UH, PARTYING ALL NIGHT.

I MEAN, THEY'RE GOING TO BE PUT ON A LAKE IF IT WAS ME WHEN I WAS 15, I WOULDN'T BE REALLY IN TROUBLE OVER THERE.

SO, UM, I JUST KNOW THAT WE ARE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

AND I SO APPRECIATE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE TAKING A LOOK AT THIS.

UM, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

MA'AM NEXT IS ALAN GUILT-FREE.

YEAH.

OKAY.

GOOD EVENING MANNER.

UM, FIT COUNCILMAN AND STAFF AND CITY PLANNING PEOPLE.

I WAS AT THE PLANNING MEETING LAST WEEK AND I SPOKE, UM, I MOVED IN, SHE LIKE LESS AROUND A SMALL BOWL OR 36 YEARS AGO.

I WAS UNDERAGE BECAUSE IT WAS TURNING INTO A SENIOR PARK.

JAY GREENY TRIED TO TALK ME OUT OF MOVING IN THERE BECAUSE HE AND I ARE ABOUT THE SAME AGE.

AND HE KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE A SENIOR PARK WITHIN A EUROPEAN, WHICH IT DID TURN INTO.

I WAS GRANDFATHER DAN I'VE HAD MULTIPLE RELATIONSHIPS WITH NEIGHBORS THAT WERE GOOD, ALL TO BE GOOD.

UM, THE, UM, THE WILDLIFE THAT WE HAVE THERE, MY HUSBAND, UM, WALKED UP ON A, UM, HAYATI ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.

THEY WERE WITHIN ABOUT 10 FEET OF EACH OTHER.

AND HE SAW THE KID KID BEFORE THE GUY WHO SAW HIM, THE COYOTE WAS JUST TRYING ON UP THE HILL, GO INTO THE, TO THE LAKE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE HE FEES.

WE HAVE MONIES.

WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE THOSE BIG BUILD BIRDS.

I CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME OF IT.

UM, WE DO HAVE ABOUT 200 CANADA GEESE THAT LIVE IN OUR PARK IN THE WINTER TIME.

THEY'VE COME DOWN, UM, FROM WHO KNOWS WHERE THE BEGINNING OF DECEMBER.

AND IF YOU GO TO LAKE LIS RAMOS PARK OR A CHAPARRAL SCHOOL BETWEEN FOUR AND SEVEN IN THE AFTERNOON, THAT'S WHEN THE GEESE COME BACK THAT DURING THE DAY, THEY'RE AT PRATO, LATE FEEDING.

AND WHEN IT STARTS GETTING DUSK, THEY COME BACK AND THEY LIVE IN OUR PARK.

UM, I KNOW WHAT TEENAGERS DO.

I RAISED THREE TEENAGERS.

I KNOW WHAT LITTLE KIDS DO, THROW ROCKS STICKS AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS AT WILD ANIMALS.

UM, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, THERE WAS A SKUNK WALKING UP MY NEIGHBOR'S DRIVEWAY, TWO OR THREE WEEKS BEFORE THAT THERE WERE TWO RACCOONS WALKING UP THE DRIVEWAY OF THE, UM, ENTRANCE TO THE PARK, TO OUR MOBILE HOME PARK.

UM, WE HAVE OWLS, WE HAVE RED TAIL, JILL FOX, I MEAN, RED SCALED LOCKS.

AND, UM, WE HAVE BATHS EVEN.

AND THERE'S JUST SO MUCH BEAUTY THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW THAT THIS HOUSING PROJECT WILL PROBABLY GO THROUGH, BUT I AGREE IT SHOULDN'T BE A SEAGULL BAR BECAUSE IF THEY MOVE IN FAMILIES, THE TRAFFIC COMING DOWN PIPELINE IS GOING TO BE HORRENDOUS.

UM, THAT TURN THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE FROM THOSE AROUND US AVENUE, SHE PIPELINE.

IS IT AN ANGLE WHERE YOU'RE FACING THE OPPOSITE WAY YOU'RE FACING WHERE THE TRAFFIC IS COMING FROM, BUT YOU'RE NOT FACING WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO GO.

UM, I KNOW SEVERAL OF YOU ON THE CITY COUNCIL CAME OUT TO OUR PARK SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

UM, WE HAD A PROBLEM WITH, WE DIDN'T HAVE A CROSSWALK NEAR OUR PARK ENTRANCE.

WE DIDN'T HAVE A STOP SIGN.

WE DIDN'T HAVE PROPER LIGHTING.

AND ONE OF THE CITY COUNCIL WHEN CAME OUT AND SAID, YOU HAVE TO LIGHT A MATCH TO SEE THE LIGHT ABOVE THE ENTRANCE TO OUR ART.

AFTER MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR WAS KILLED, RIDING HIS SCOOTER, A PROCESS FREE ONE NIGHT AND DUSK, WHICH WE HAD WARNED HIM.

HUNDREDS OF TIMES, HIS KIDS HAD WARNED HIM HUNDREDS OF TIMES, BUT IT WAS HIS TRIP TO GO ACROSS THE STREET RIGHT OUT OF OUR PARK AND GO OVER TO SEVEN, 11 RANDOM MOVIE, GET

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IT, UM, PEPSI QUARTER BABSI GO TO HIS GIRLFRIEND'S HOUSE AND THEY WATCHED THE MOVIE EVERY NIGHT UNTIL HE GOT HIT BY A CAR AND DIED.

NOW WE HAVE A CROSSWALK.

WE HAVE A STOP SIGN.

CAN YOU, CAN YOU WRAP IT UP? YES, THAT'S WHAT I DID.

THANK YOU SO MUCH SHITTER.

IT DOES A SENIOR PART.

THANK YOU.

MA'AM I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU.

NEXT.

WE HAVE STEVE ELI.

I'M SORRY.

THIS IS FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

THAT'S THE FINAL COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM.

SO MY APOLOGIES, I, SO THIS IS A FOR THIS ITEM.

YES.

SO NOW YOU CAN GO TO THE COUNCIL, TWO PEOPLE TO PULL IT.

SO THIS WAY WE'LL COME BACK TO US LATER.

I'D LIKE TO BE ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

OKAY.

AND FOR THE RECORD, I'D PUT IT ALSO.

NOW WE'RE AT 28.

I THINK WE STILL HAVE.

SO THAT'S 28.

THAT'S THE END OF THE SPECIAL MEETING ITEM, RIGHT? THAT'S THE ONLY ITEM THAT WAS ON THERE.

AND THIS WILL BE SET FOR A, UM, A PUBLIC HEARING, UM, IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.

SO IT WILL BE AGENDIZED, IT'LL BE, BRING IT BACK TO US FOR DISCUSSION WILL BE SET FOR A PUBLIC HEARING OR REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.

OKAY.

JUST SO FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THIS RIGHT NOW, WE'RE VERY LIMITED.

AS FAR AS WHAT WE COULD SAY, IT'S GOING TO COME BACK TO US AND THEN THIS WAY WE CAN ENGAGE YOU OKAY.

LATER.

SO, YEP.

AND YOU'RE UP HERE FOR REGULAR PUBLIC COMMENT.

OKAY.

CAN WE HOLD OFF FOR THAT? I WANT TO GO TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

WE HAVE TO ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE THE CONSENT CALENDAR, BECAUSE THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO SPEAK TO THOSE ITEMS JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE PRESIDENT.

OKAY, GO AHEAD, STEVE.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL STAFF, FELLOW RESIDENTS, UH, I'M STEVE ELI.

I'M THE OR ELECTED DIRECTOR ON THE INLAND EMPIRE UTILITIES AGENCY ON A 20 PLUS YEAR RESIDENT OF CHINO HILLS.

UM, I REALLY JUST WANTED TO COME DOWN TONIGHT, UH, WISH YOU ALL HAPPY NEW YEAR.

UM, AND START THE PROCESS AGAIN, OF TALKING TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE TWO MAJOR ISSUES THAT IUA IS INVOLVED IN FOR THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.

AND THAT IS WATER AND WASTEWATER, UH, STARTING WITH WATER.

UM, WE ALL KNOW WE HAVE THOSE GREAT RAINS IN DECEMBER, BUT THAT IS JUST A SMALL DENT IN THE WORLD'S DRY OF THE DRY STEER IN CALIFORNIA, WHICH WE HAD LAST YEAR.

SO THE STATE HAS NOW UPPED OUR ALLOCATION.

NORMALLY ON A NORMAL YEAR, WE GET X, X WATER, UH, IMPORTED FROM THE STATE WATER PROJECT.

IT WAS WENT FROM ZERO TO 15% BECAUSE OF THE SNOW IN THE SIERRAS, AS WELL AS THE RAIN, UM, THAT COULD CHANGE IN, IN, IN A HEARTBEAT.

SO WE ALL NEED TO KEEP CONSERVING, KEEP WORKING TOWARDS RECYCLED WATER, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MAIN PRODUCTS OUT OF THE IUA SEWER SYSTEM.

SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, YOU TAKE A SHOWER, IT GOES DOWN YOUR DRAIN.

EVENTUALLY IT MAKES IT TO A NAIVE WAY PLANT.

AND WE TURNED THAT INTO RECYCLED WATER.

SO WE TURN YOUR SHOWERS INTO FLOWERS.

OKAY.

WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

CONSERVE RECYCLED WATER.

WE ARE CONSTANTLY AT IUA LOOKING FOR OTHER SOURCES OF WATER, YOU KNOW, UM, W WHEREVER IT CAN COME FROM.

SO WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS GOING ON.

WE ALSO ARE ACCOMMODATING GROWTH AND UPGRADING OUR PLANTS.

I, UH, I GOT TEASED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN ABOUT AN INVITATION FROM ONE OF THE CHINO COUNCIL PEOPLE I OFFER TO ALL OF YOU AND YOUR SENIOR STAFF, THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT TO OUR REGIONAL PLANT FIVE, SEE WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON.

IT'S A $400 MILLION UPGRADE AND REVITALIZATION WHILE WE ARE STILL OPERATING THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.

UM, IT'S, UH, IT'S PRETTY EXCITING STUFF IF YOU REALLY WANT IT, BUT DO YOU WANT TO SEE A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN PROCESS WHILE ALSO LOOKING TO SEE HOW THE, ESSENTIALLY THE BUGS CLEAN THE WATER TO MAKE IT REUSABLE, PLEASE COME ON DOWN, PLEASE HAVE YOUR STAFF CONTACT ME OR MY STAFF, OR JUST TEXTING ME.

YOU ALL HAVE MY NUMBER.

UM, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH YOU THIS YEAR, MR. ELI ROLE REAL QUICK LAST YEAR.

WAS IT A DRY YEAR OR IS IT A, THE WATER YEAR WAS THE DRIEST YEAR AND RECORD LAST YEAR.

SO YES IS A LONG ANSWER.

AND WE JUST DON'T KNOW.

SO IN FACT, FOUR YEARS AGO, I WAS, I WAS ON THE NEWS BECAUSE WE HAD A DRY YEAR THEN, AND WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE WERE GOING TO GET A WET YEAR THE NEXT YEAR, BUT WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO PLAN A STORAGE AND, AND, AND CONSERVATION CONSISTENTLY SO THAT WE CAN KEEP IT CONSISTENT.

THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HAS DONE REALLY WELL OVERALL, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE OF PLANNING AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OR INVESTMENT.

WELL, MR. ULI, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, SIR.

I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

NEXT.

WE HAVE RONNIE GUYER.

GREAT TO SEE YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

UM,

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UH, MAYOR AND STAFF MEMBERS.

UM, I DIDN'T, I WAS NOT ABLE TO PARTICIPATE, UH, DURING THE LAST MEETING, UH, BECAUSE I HAD, BECAUSE I WAS ILL, I HAD A, UM, AN ATTACK FROM THE LAST LITTLE VIRUS THAT WE HAVE, AND I WAS DOWN FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS IN THAT INTERIM, THAT FLAG STAYED THE SAME, THE, THE CITY FLAG.

AND THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE.

I THOUGHT THAT I, UH, THAT I REALLY CARED DEEPLY ABOUT.

AND IT SEEMED LIKE IN THE, AS, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS CONTINUED AND LETTERS, SO DID THE, SOME OF THE FORMER MAYORS AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME.

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOOD, HARD INDUSTRIAL HEARTFELT WORK TO GET SOMETHING REALLY, REALLY, AS YOU ALWAYS DO, GET SOMETHING REALLY CHINO HILLS TYPE THING DONE, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE ALWAYS DONE.

THAT'S WHAT I'VE ALWAYS SAID ABOUT YOU.

WHEN I'M UP HERE, TONIGHT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE SAME THING, KIND OF PROCESS THAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH.

I'M SITTING THERE KIND OF ANGUISHED BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF WORK THAT YOU'VE ALREADY DONE TONIGHT, AND YOU PLANNING AHEAD, UH, FOR MORE OF WORK IN THESE VERY DIFFICULT THINGS THAT YOU'RE ADDRESSING EXTREMELY DIFFICULT, AND YOU HAVE ANOTHER ONE COMING UP TONIGHT.

I HAVE EVERY FAITH AND TRUST THAT EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING, THAT I'VE BEEN WITNESS TO HEAR AND APPRECIATE AS A MEMBER OF THE CITY AND ENJOY THE RAMIFICATIONS AND THE GOOD END RESULTS OF WHAT YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN DOING, THAT THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO THE PROCESSES THAT YOU CONTINUE DOING.

I WOULD BE VERY SURPRISED IF IT WERE ANY OTHER WAY.

THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FROM THE VERY BOTTOM OF MY HEART.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

NEXT, WE HAVE LOUIS AS FAR AS IT.

OKAY.

MR. SPAS, SPARS, ARE YOU ONLINE? YES.

YES.

SORRY.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

I HAD TO TAKE A QUICK, QUICK BREAK.

OKAY.

UM, FIRST LET ME THANK THE COUNCIL AND STAFF FOR PUTTING THE PUBLIC MEETINGS BACK ONLINE.

THE CALIFORNIA IS STILL IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY WHEN IT COMES TO OMICRON AND HAVING THEM ONLINE HELPS PROTECT THOSE WHO WANT TO LOWER THEIR RISK.

AS MENTIONED BEFORE, IF WE'RE GOING TO OFFER DIFFERENT LANGUAGE TRANSLATIONS IN PARTICULAR FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS, THEY SHOULD ALSO BE HAVING SEPARATE LINES ONLINE.

UH, SECOND, I HAVE SIGNED UP TO RECEIVE PETITIONS FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD VOICES INITIATIVE, WHICH WILL HELP COMBAT AS BENIGN AND SB 10 INITIATIVE PUTS INTO LAW THAT THE INDIVIDUAL CITIES HAVE A RIGHT TO DETERMINE HOUSING DENSITY POLICIES.

ONCE THE PETITIONS ARE AVAILABLE, I WON THE FORM.

PEOPLE ON MY FACEBOOK SITE, CHINO HILLS DISCONNECTS.

I ALSO NOTICED ON THE, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD VOICES WEBSITE, THERE IS A LIST OF SUPPORTERS, INCLUDING VARIOUS MAYORS AND COUNCILMEN FROM CITIES ALL OVER THE STATE.

BUT DIDN'T NOTICE ANYONE FROM CHINO HILLS IS THE CITY GOING TO HELP WITH THIS INITIATIVE REALLY? OR JUST SAY, WE WILL AND NOT TAKE ACTION.

THIRDLY, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY HAS STARTED AN EFFORT TO REDUCE LIGHT POLLUTION AS A BACKYARD ASTRONOMER, I CAN SAY FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THAT THE ABILITY TO SEE THE BEAUTY AND GRANDNESS OF THE MILKY WAY AND VARIOUS NATURAL WONDERS HAS DETERIORATED OVER THE YEARS.

I HOPE THAT THE CITY WILL FOLLOW THE EFFORT BY ENCOURAGING AND ENFORCING THE REGULATIONS TO BRING BACK THE NIGHT SKY.

BOTH COMMERCIAL AND PROPERTIES WILL NEED TO FOLLOW THE EFFORTS BY 2023 AND 2024.

SOME OF THE RULES INCLUDE OUTDOOR LIGHTING HAS TO BE TURNED OFF BY 11:00 PM.

UH, EXCEPTIONS WILL BE MADE FOR LIGHTING ON ENTRIES AND EXITS AND SHIELDING WILL BE REQUIRED TO KEEP LIGHT ON PROPERTY OWNERS, PROPERTIES.

ALTHOUGH EXCEPTIONS WILL BE MADE FOR STRINGING HOLIDAY LIGHTS LIKE CHRISTMAS.

AND THEN FINALLY, NUMBER FOUR, FOR THOSE WHO HAVE COME TONIGHT WITH CONCERNS ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION OF APARTMENTS OR HIGH DENSITY PROJECTS AND CARBON CANYON OR LAKE LITTLE SERRANO'S.

I FEEL THAT IT'S TIME TO VOTE FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WILL ADVOCATE TOOTH AND NAIL TO STOP THESE PROJECTS.

DO YOU FEEL, DO YOU FEEL THE COUNCIL IS YOUR VOICE OR NOT? IF NOT VOTE FOR CHANGES, IF YOUR VOICE IS NOT BEING HEARD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MR. PARSON.

I HAVE TWO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT

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PORTION OF THE MEETING.

THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THOSE COMMENTS ARE REGARDING WASTE MANAGEMENT, AND I KNOW WE DO HAVE A DISCUSSION CALENDAR ITEM FOR THAT TOPIC.

I DID ASK THE QUESTION AS TO WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AND THEY HAVE REQUESTED TO SPEAK DURING THIS TIME.

OKAY.

OKAY.

SYLVIA NASH, JUST, JUST TO MAKE CLEAR, THEN THEY'RE NOT ALSO GOING TO SPEAK DURING THE ITEM ITSELF, CORRECT? THEY'RE USING THAT OPPORTUNITY NOW.

SO MARK, I DIDN'T REALLY CURE YOU.

I'M SORRY THAT IF THEY'RE GOING TO, THIS IS AN ITEM THAT'S AGENDIZED FOR DISCUSSION.

IF THEY'RE GOING TO SPEAK NOW, RATHER THAN DURING THAT ITEM, THEY DON'T TEND TO GET TO SPEAK AGAIN DURING THE ITEMS. SO THERE THEY'RE DOING IT NOW, DID YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? SO YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK RIGHT NOW.

THIS IS ACTUALLY ON OUR AGENDA.

WHAT WE NORMALLY DO IS WE WOULD, OR YOU UP, I WANT TO SPEAK NOW, YOU WANT TO SPEAK NOW GOD, THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER, MAYOR MARQUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS SYLVIA NASH, AND I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF CHINO HILLS FOR THE LAST, NEARLY 22 YEARS.

I UNDERSTAND THAT INSTEAD OF THE END OF FEBRUARY, THE CITY COUNCIL IS NOW BEING ASKED TO VOTE TONIGHT ON OUR NEXT WASTE MANAGEMENT CONTRACT.

ARE YOU REALLY READY TO VOTE? HAVE YOU REALLY DONE ALL YOUR RESEARCH? THERE SEEMS TO BE CONCERNED THAT ONE WASTE MANAGEMENT COMPANY HAS LITIGATION AGAINST THEM IS THE CITY COUNCIL AWARE THAT ALL WASTE MANAGEMENT COMPANIES BEING CONSIDERED HAVE LITIGATION AGAINST THEM.

AND WHAT MATTERS IS NOT HOW MUCH LITIGATION THERE IS, BUT WAS THEIR CONVICTION.

AND HOW MANY OF THEM HAD CHARGES DROPPED? DID THE CITY STAFF GIVE YOU THOSE STATISTICS? IS THE CITY COUNCIL AWARE? THEY'RE TWO OF THE TOP COMPANIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING CONSIDERED ARE IN LITIGATION WITH ONE, THERE ARE CONCERNED THAT ONE COMPANY RECOMMENDED WAS A HIRED CONSULTANT BY THE HIGHER CONSULTANT WAS NOT BIG ENOUGH WAS SIZE PART OF THE RFP.

AND IF NOT, HOW CAN THAT BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN VOTING, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT A SMALLER COMPANY MIGHT MEAN MORE HANDS-ON SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY? IS IT TRUE THAT THE RFP SAYS THAT THE CITY MANAGER WILL BE ABLE TO BREAK A TIE VOTE? SHOULD ONE OCCUR? IS HE A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS? I UNDERSTAND THE STAFF HAS MADE A RECOMMENDATION.

HOW MANY OF THOSE STAFF MEMBERS WHO MADE RECOMMENDATION ARE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS? HAVE YOU RESEARCHED THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE STAFF SPEAKER? OR IF YOU JUST TAKE THEIR RECOMMENDATION, HOLD ON FOR A SECOND.

I I'D SUGGEST BRIAN LEAVE THE ROOM DURING THIS PART OF IT.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST THINKING THAT, YEAH, I APOLOGIZE.

HE HASN'T SAID ANYTHING OR DONE ANYTHING, BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN DISTINGUISHING THAT BECAUSE OF HIS, UM, CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

SO THERE'S THIS WASN'T PREPARED TO SOMEBODY WHO'S GONNA SPEAK, NOT ON THE ITEMS. SO ALL YOU NEED MARK.

IT'S REALLY HARD TO HEAR YOU BECAUSE THERE WAS A CONFLICT, CORRECT? CORRECT.

OKAY.

SO I JUST WANT THE AUDIENCE TO KNOW THAT.

GO AHEAD, SILVIA.

I APOLOGIZE.

NO PROBLEM.

HAVE YOU RESEARCHED THE RECOMMENDATION OF STAFF OR HAVE YOU JUST TAKEN THEIR RECOMMENDATION AND PLAN TO RUN ON IT, BUT WITH IT, WHAT IF THEY ARE NOT TELLING YOU EVERYTHING? ARE THEY WITHHOLDING INFORMATION TO HELP SWAY YOUR VOTE? WE ELECTED YOU NOT THE STAFF OF OUR CITY.

I UNDERSTAND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS AND HAS GIVEN THE VENDORS A VERY SMALL WINDOW TO COME UP WITH A 55% DIVERSION RATE STANDARD.

WHY WOULD A COMPANY WHO ALREADY MEETS THOSE STANDARDS NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR THE STAFF? IS THAT NOT A CONCERN FOR THE STAFF? I CONTACTED THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS, ONE CO CALLED ME BACK.

I WOULD ASK YOU TO TABLE YOUR VOTE TONIGHT AND GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.

START OVER WITH A PLAYING FIELD THAT LOOKS AT ALL THE FACTS.

THIS IS A MULTI-YEAR DECISION RUSHING FOR A DECISION.

SO A JULY DEADLINE CAN BE MET.

SEEMS UNWISE.

SO IF WE CAN WRAP THIS UP, PLEASE.

YEP.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU FOR THINKING CLEARLY TONIGHT REGARDING THIS IMPORTANT CONTRACT, THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING THE VOTERS OF CHINO HILLS.

QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU, MARK, BECAUSE THIS WAS ACTUALLY PUBLIC COMMENTS.

WHEN SOMEBODY COMES TO SPEAK SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE CAN'T REACT TO WHAT THEY SAY, BUT IF THIS WAS AGENDA IS, AND THEY WERE TO SAY THAT WE COULD RESPOND OR ASK FOR CLARIFICATION, CORRECT,

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I'M TAKING NOTES.

AND WHEN THIS ITEM COMES UP, WE'LL RESPOND TO THE COMMENTS.

OKAY.

THE NEXT SPEAKER ALSO IS ABOUT THIS TOPIC.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT BE CLEAR AGAIN, AS YOU HAD STATED, MAYOR THAT IF YOU SPEAK DURING THIS TIME DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS, THAT YOU WILL NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO SPEAK AT THE TIME THAT THAT ITEM IS HEARD TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO DECIDE WHEN THEY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.

THAT WOULD BE NORMA MARIA, CONNIE.

OKAY.

THIS MICROPHONE NEEDS TO COME DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

UM, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE.

UM, AS A 31 YEAR RESIDENTS OF CHINO HILLS, I RAISED FIVE CH FOUR CHILDREN HERE, AND WE HAVE 15 GRANDCHILDREN IN THE AREA.

UM, MY QUESTION ON, UM, THE WASTE MANAGEMENT AREA IS VALLEY REGARDING VALLEY VISTA.

MY QUESTION IS WHY WAS VALLEY VISTA NOT CONSIDERED, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR OVER 60 YEARS, THEY CAN HANDLE THE LOAD OF OUR CITY.

UM, OBVIOUSLY WITH 60 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, VALLEY VISTA CAME IN AS THE LOWEST BITTER 10TH AT $10,257,000, UH, WHICH I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING LESS OF A BILL.

AND SO AS MY HUSBAND, UM, AND AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND A 31 YEAR RESIDENTS OF CHINO HILLS AND A, UM, A FOUNDER OF TWO NONPROFITS WHO HELPED YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN IN THE COMMUNITY GIVES ME A HEART FOR A BUSINESS SUCH AS VALLEY VISTA, BECAUSE THEY WERE PART OF OPENING UP ONE OF MY, UM, THEY HELPED VERY BENEVOLENT BENEVOLENTLY AND, UM, GAVE US ROLL-OFF DUMPSTERS FOR, FOR AS LONG AS WE NEEDED THEM WHILE WE WERE REBUILDING OUR PREGNANCY CARE CENTER.

SINCE THEY GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE GOING TO MISS OUT ON THAT IN THIS COMMUNITY, UH, BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY BENEVOLENT.

UM, MY QUESTION IS WHY WAS VALLEY VISTA NOT CONSIDERED? UM, THEY, AND UNLIKE SYLVIA SAID, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE KIND OF RUSHING INTO A DECISION HERE.

UM, THEY, AGAIN, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN, UH, THEY WOULD BE A BLESSING TO OUR COMMUNITY AND THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO.

I I'VE BEEN IN THIS COMMUNITY SINCE IT WAS A LITTLE TOWN AND I STILL LIKE THAT.

I WANT TO KEEP THINGS SMALL.

I, I'M NOT INTO THE BIG BOX PEOPLE, BUSINESSES TAKING OVER.

AND, UM, AND BECAUSE I'M A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD BE SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU.

MA'AM MAYOR.

THAT IS THE FINAL DURING PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

APPRECIATE THAT WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

LET'S SAY, WE'RE GOING TO CALL BRIAN IN AND THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD.

[ CONSENT CALENDAR (12 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.]

AT THIS TIME, WE'RE MOVING TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

WE HAVE 12 ITEMS. DOES ANYBODY I'M GONNA LOOK TO MY RIGHT HERE, PETER, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO PULL? I'M NOT PULLING ANYTHING.

I NEED TO ANNOUNCE MY CONFLICT OF INTEREST OR CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.

WE DON'T MIND.

GO AHEAD.

THERE YOU NOT ALL RIGHT.

UM, BEFORE WE CONTINUE, I JUST WANT TO MAKE NOTE THAT THERE WAS A, UM, REVISION TO THE MINUTES TO CORRECT SOME TITLES FOR THE MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL REPORT SECTION.

AND THOSE REVISED MINUTES WILL BE WHAT WILL BE APPROVED TODAY.

AND THE COUNCIL ARE CORRECTED PAGES HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE COUNCIL OR ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND PLACED IN THE PUBLIC BOOK.

IN ADDITION, THE AGENDA MS. UH, LABELED A BUDGET AMENDMENT AMOUNT FOR THE ECHO TARA, A BUDGET AMENDMENT, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN 18, 6 35, AND THE STAFF REPORT REFLECTS THE CORRECT AMOUNT.

IT WAS JUST AN ERROR ON THE AGENDA.

SO WHAT ITEM WAS IT THAT WAS GOING TO BE PULLED, HOLD ON TO CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

WE OF,

[ CONFLICT OF INTEREST ANNOUNCEMENTS: Council Member abstentions shall be stated at this time for recordation on the appropriate item.]

WE SORT OF DID THAT ALREADY, JUST, OH, I UNDERSTAND, BUT I'LL LET ME MAKE A CLARIFY.

SO ON ITEM 22, I WILL BE LEAVING CITY HALL AND REFUSING MYSELF AGAIN, UH, BECAUSE MY EMPLOYER, ERIC HELION ENTERPRISES, WHICH DOES BUSINESSES AND SERVICES IS ON THE AGENDA REGARDING THE SOLID WASTE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT.

SO WHEN, IF YOU STATE THAT CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND THAT WILL BE, AND IF I COULD JUST ADD TO THAT, IT'S A GOVERNMENT CODE, 10 90 ISSUE.

AND WE, UH, COMMUNICATED, UM, WITH THE FPPC, UM, PREVIOUSLY ABOUT THE FACTS, UH, AND, UH, REGARDING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JOS, AND ASKED FOR AN OPINION AS TO WHETHER THE CITY COULD ENTER INTO CONTRACTS WITH

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ATHENS.

AND WE GOT RESPONSE BACK THAT THEY COULD SO LONG AS COUNCIL MEMBER JOS DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN OR INFLUENCED THE DECISIONS RELATING TO THOSE CONTRACTS.

SO WE HAVE THAT IN WRITING.

IN FACT, WE, WE RECEIVED THE LETTER TODAY, UM, FROM VALLEY VISTA'S LAWYERS THAT WERE CLAIMING THERE WAS A 10 90 PROBLEM WITH COUNCIL MEMBER JOE'S PARTICIPATING.

UM, THAT'S BEEN PART MADE PART OF THE RECORD.

WE ALSO PUT IN THE RECORD, UM, THE, THE, UH, THE COMMUNICATION WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THE FPPC SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN SEE THAT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MARK.

THANK YOU, BRIAN.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

YOU, YOU SAID WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY PERTAINING TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

SO I'M GOING TO LOOK TO MY LEFT FOR ANYTHING ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO PULL PULLING IN.

I'M GOING TO PULL ONE.

IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE 20.

AND AT THIS TIME, IF I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, I'LL MOVE THE ITEM.

SECOND, PLEASE.

MOTION PASSES.

FIVE ZERO ITEM

[20. Find that Carbon Canyon Invasive Palm Tree Injection Project is exempt from review under California Environmental Quality Act; waive competitive bidding procedures under Chino Hills Municipal Code Section 3.18.050.I; and authorize execution of one-year agreement with Santa Ana Watershed Association (SAWA) not-to-exceed $48,088 for palm tree injection treatment in Carbon Canyon area from border of Brea to Chino Hills Parkway]

20 IS TO FIND THAT CARBON CANYON INVASIVE PALM TREE INJECTION PROJECT IS EXEMPT FROM REVIEW UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT, WAVE COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESSES, AND AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A ONE-YEAR AGREEMENT WITH SANTA ANA WATERSHIP WATERSHED ASSOCIATION FOR PALM TREE INJECTION TREATMENT AND CARBON KENYON.

THANK YOU, DANIEL.

I HAVE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

UH, THE REASON THAT WE'RE DOING THIS IS OBVIOUSLY IT'S FLAMMABLE MATERIALS THROUGH A CREEK CREEK BED.

AND IF YOU CAN JUST SORT OF ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.

WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO THIS NOW FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW, TREK MAYOR.

WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OVER 400 INVASIVE PALM TREES WITHIN CARBON CANYON CREEK.

WHAT THIS CONTRACT WILL DO IS WE'LL HAVE A CONTRACT GO IN AND INJECT A NERVOUS SITE INTO ALL THESE PALM TREES.

THE PALM TREES WILL WILT AND DIE IN APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 12 MONTHS.

ONCE THESE PALM TREES DIE, WE'LL HAVE A SEPARATE CONTRACTOR GO IN AND CLEAN UP THE AREA.

AND THEN WE JUST SORTA HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BIRDS, OWLS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

THAT WE CAN'T JUST GO, GO IN THERE AND DO IT.

WE HAVE TO CERTAIN TIME, RIGHT? CORRECT.

YES.

WE'LL HAVE ARBORISTS.

EXCUSE ME, BIOLOGISTS MONITOR THE, OKAY.

AND THEN ONCE THE TREES DO DIE, THEY'LL COME IN.

THEY'LL CHOP DOWN THE PALM TREES AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE THEM CLEAN THE WHOLE CREEK BED.

THAT'S CORRECT.

AND THAT'LL HAPPEN ONCE A TREE IS WALTON DIE IN APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 12 MONTHS.

OKAY, PERFECT.

IT LOOKS LIKE SANTA ANA WATERSHED IS PERFORMING SOME ASPECTS OF THIS.

ARE THEY PERFORMING ALL THE FUNCTIONS OF THIS EFFORT? SANTA ANA WATERSHED ASSOCIATION, AND WE'LL PERFORM THE INJECTION OF THE PALM TREES.

WE'LL HAVE A SEPARATE CONTRACTOR AND OR STAFF REMOVE THE PALM TREES ONCE THEY DIE.

ALL RIGHT.

WE'VE USED THEM TWICE BEFORE AND THE CREEK BED, AS FAR AS PERMITTING, IT'S VERY INTENSIVE DIFFICULT, AND THEY JUST KNOW HOW TO DO IT THE CORRECT WAY FOR OUR RONDO RONDO PROJECT.

SO, SO AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO MOVE THIS.

I COULD SECOND BOAT PLEASE.

MOTION PASSES FIVE, ZERO.

SO WE'VE ALREADY, ALREADY DONE 28.

SO I'M GOING DOWN TO PUBLIC HEARING ITEM NUMBER 21.

UH, MAY I ASK FOR POSSIBLY A FIVE MINUTE BREAK BEFORE WE GET INTO THESE? BECAUSE I SUSPECT WE DON'T WANT TO PUT ANYBODY IN ANY DISCOMFORT.

THANK YOU.

I'M GOING TO TAKE FIVE MINUTES.

SO MADAM CLERK,

[21. Adopt resolution adopting Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring Reporting Program under California Environmental Quality Act and approving General Plan Amendment 21GPA01 for 2021-2029 6th Cycle Housing Element, or if comments are not received from State Housing and Community Development, continue Public Hearing to February 8, 2022, City Council Meeting]

WE'RE BACK TO ITEM NUMBER 21.

YES.

ITEM NUMBER 21 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND THIS PORTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDAS FOR ALL MATTERS THAT LEGALLY REQUIRE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC INPUT.

PLEASE COMPLETE AND SUBMIT A SPEAKER CARD TO THE CITY CLERK, OR RAISE YOUR HAND VIA ZOOM OR DIAL STAR NINE TO BE SELECTED FROM THE MEDI-CAL MEETING QUEUE FOR THIS ITEM, COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.

THIS ITEM IS TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION, ADOPTING A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND MITIGATION MONITORING REPORTING PROGRAM UNDER CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT AND APPROVING GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 21 GPA ZERO ONE FOR 20 21 20 29 6 CYCLE HOUSING ELEMENT.

OR IF COMMENTS ARE NOT RECEIVED FROM THE STATE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING TO FEBRUARY 8TH, 2022 CITY COUNCIL MEETING THE COMMITTEE.

UM, DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR WILL PROVIDE THE REPORT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, JOANNE YOU'RE ON.

YES.

THANK YOU.

UM, VERY BRIEFLY, THIS ITEM WAS DISCUSSED ON JANUARY 11TH AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AND WE HAD A PRESENTATION.

ONE OF THE ITEMS DURING THAT PRESENTATION WAS A RECOMMENDATION TO INCLUDE THE CABALLERO PROPERTY.

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THE CITY COUNCIL MADE A MOTION TO NOT INCLUDE THE CAVIAR OR PROPERTY.

SO IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT THAT IS BEFORE YOU TODAY, WE DID ASK THAT THE COUNCIL CONTINUE IT WITH HOPES OF GETTING COMMENTS FROM HTG STAFF PRIOR TO FINAL CERTIFICATION.

UM, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THAT YET, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE REACHED OUT A COUPLE OF TIMES.

SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE COUNCIL CONTINUE THAT THIS TO FEBRUARY 8TH, W WHICH WILL BE THE LAST OPPORTUNITY FOR CONTINUANCE AT, AND AT THAT MEETING, THE COUNCIL WILL BE ASKED TO ADOPT IT IN ORDER TO MEET THE STATE MANDATED TIMELINE.

SO WHAT I'M HEARING ARE WE PULLING THIS ITEM AND THEN MOVING IT TO CONTINUING IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF STAFF MARKER.

YEAH.

CONTINUING AS PUBLIC HEARING UNTIL THAT DATE.

UM, AND I, I WOULD JUST NOTE TOO HEARING SOME OF THE COMMENTS AND, AND JOANNE COULD PROBABLY ELABORATE, ELABORATE ON THIS BETTER THAN I DO, BUT OUR CAN, BUT, UM, THERE'S COMMENTS, THE EFFECT THAT THE CITY'S ZONING, A LOT OF THINGS AND IT'S, IT'S, UM, VOLUNTARY.

THIS IS REALLY AN INVOLUNTARY PROCESS.

SACRAMENTO HAS MANDATED THE CITY ADD HOW MANY UNITS? JOANNE 37, 29.

OKAY.

37 29.

SO THE CITY'S UNDER A LEGAL OBLIGATION TO ADD 3,729 UNITS TO THE CITY.

SO I JUST THINK THAT SHOULD BE CLARIFIED TOO, BUT MR. MAYOR, CAN I ASK A QUESTION PROCEDURALLY, UH, IN THE EVENT, THERE ARE ANYONE HERE TONIGHT TO MAKE COMMENTS ON THIS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BE HERE ON THE EIGHTH? UH, CAN WE CHECK THAT FIRST AND MAYBE ALLOW THOSE PEOPLE TO SPEAK? WOULD THAT BE, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU ATTORNEY, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS STILL OPEN IT, NOT CLOSE AT THE LAST MEETING, IT'LL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING.

AND SO WE CAN HEAR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER, UM, ON ZOOM WITH THEIR HAND RAISE.

I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS, BUT I DID WANT TO NOTE THAT WE DID RECEIVE A COUPLE OF EMAILS THAT WERE DISTRIBUTED AS PART OF THE RECORD.

IF THE PERSON WERE TO COMMENT ON ZOOM TONIGHT, WOULD THEY BE PRECLUDED FROM ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THIS? WHEN WE ACTUALLY KNOW, OKAY, THE ATTORNEY SAYING NO, THEN I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE HEAR THOSE COMMENTS.

LET'S DO IT.

AND I HAVE ANOTHER HAND RAISED AS WELL.

SO THE FIRST SPEAKER IS LOUIS, AS FAR AS I'M GOING TO ALLOW HIM TO TALK AT THIS TIME.

UH, THANK YOU EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU.

HELLO.

CAN YOU SPEAK AGAIN TONIGHT? UH, I JUST HAVE A VERY KIND OF BRIEF COMMENT ABOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS.

UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, THESE 3,729 UNITS ARE BEING MANDATED BY THE STATE, UH, VERY MUCH OPPOSED TO THE STATE MANDATING THESE THINGS.

THEY ARE, THEY ARE ALL ALLOWED, UM, BECAUSE THEY ARE BEING CLASSIFIED AS, AS HIGH DENSITY HOUSING.

AND, UH, MY OPPOSITION TO THIS IS ONE THAT IS BEING MANDATED.

SECONDLY, THAT IT DOESN'T FOLLOW THE MEASURE YOU PROCESS BECAUSE MEASURE YOU, UM, HAS A LOOPHOLE IN IT THAT ANYTHING DEALING WITH WITH LOW-INCOME HOUSING.

AND I TEND TO BE HOUSING IS EXEMPT FROM MEASURE YOU.

AND I JUST THINK THAT, UH, SPECIFICALLY ON THIS KIND OF A THING WHERE IT'S BEING MANDATED, FORCED UPON US, THE MEASURE YOU, UH, UH, THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF MEASURE YOU AS TO AVOID TO AVOID THESE KINDS OF SITUATIONS.

UM, AGAIN, I THINK THAT, THAT WE SHOULD ALL GET BEHIND THE, UH, THE, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, VOICES, UH, EFFORTS TO TRY AND COMBAT SB NINE SB 10.

AND I REALLY HOPE THAT THE CITY TAKES A MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN COMBATING THIS.

I CAN'T, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW OFTEN I HEAR YOU GUYS SAY OUR HANDS ARE TIED.

OUR HANDS ARE TIED.

OUR HANDS ARE TIED EVERY TIME YOU GUYS APPROVED THIS, THIS, UH, THIS UPDATE.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT AS AN EXCUSE AGAIN IN A YEAR, TWO YEARS, FIVE YEARS.

AND I'M TIRED OF HEARING THAT OUR HANDS ARE TIED.

YOU GUYS HAVE TO, YOU MAY BE FORCED TO VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT, OR WHENEVER WHEN YOU OPEN THIS AGAIN, BUT, UH, YOU REALLY HAVE TO STOP MAKING THAT EXCUSE AND TAKE SOME ACTION.

DO SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF WRITING A LETTER OR TALKING TO THIS PERSON.

ARE THEY GOING TO GET ON THE DUES, GET JOINED UP WITH OTHER CITIES THAT ARE FIGHTING AGAINST US, UH, GET, UH, GET, UH, THE CITIZENS INVOLVED.

I JUST REALLY DON'T WANT TO HEAR THAT OUR HANDS ARE TIED AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.

ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT FIRST.

ALTHOUGH I KNOW I COMPLAIN A LOT.

IT'S NOT FOR ANY OTHER REASON THAT I WANT TO MAKE THINGS BETTER IN THE CITY AND FOR THE RESIDENTS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH

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FOR YOUR TIME LOUIS.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MIKE MADRID.

I WILL ALLOW TO TALK AT THIS TIME.

I'LL GIVE YOU THE MAYOR.

REMEMBER THE CITY CONSOLE AND RESIDENCE.

MY NAME IS MICHAEL GRAY.

I'M A MEMBER OF THE SOUTHWEST REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS.

WE ALSO REPRESENT MEMBERS LIVE WITH MYSELF WHO LIVE AND WORK IN RECREATION COMMITTEE OF THE PROJECT.

WE BELIEVE THAT THIS, THE BE EFFECTED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE PROJECT.

THE CITY SHOULD REQUIRE.

THE PROJECT IS BUILT UTILIZING THE LOCAL AND SKILLED AND TRAINED WORKFORCE, LOCAL HIRE SKILLED AND TRAINED WORKFORCE REQUIREMENTS WHOSE CONSTRUCTION RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS WHILE BENEFITING THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND EVERYTHING.

20 FUNNY REPORTS OUT OF PUTTING CALIFORNIA IN THE HIGH ROAD, THE JOB, THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN FOR 2030, THE CALIFORNIA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD CONCLUDED THAT INVESTMENTS IN AND GROWING VERSA, FINE AND UPSCALING CALIFORNIA'S WORKFORCE CAN POSITIVELY AFFECT THE TURN, THE CLIMATE MITIGATION EFFORTS OR OVER JUST LAST YEAR.

THE SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT FOUND THAT THE USE OF A LOCAL STATE CERTIFIED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM OR SHIELDING TRAINED WORKFORCE WITH THE LOCAL HIERARCHY COMPONENT, EXCUSE ME, CAN RESULT IN AIR POLLUTANT REDUCTION.

OTHER CITIES HAVE NOT HESITATED TO APPLY SKILLED AND TRAINED WORKFORCE REQUIREMENTS FOR PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT AND PROJECTS IN THEIR CITY, INCLUDING RANCHO CUCAMONGA AND THE CITY OF ONTARIO.

RECENTLY, THE CITY OF HAYWARD IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ADOPTED WORKFORCE REQUIREMENTS INTO ITS GENERAL PLAN, MUNICIPAL CODE, LOCAL SKILLED AND TRAINED WORKFORCE REQUIREMENTS CAN BOOST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND MITIGATE TRANSPORTATION AND GREENHOUSE GAS IMPACT AND BY MINIMIZING VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED.

I APPRECIATE IT.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AT THIS TIME.

I DO NOT HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM, BUT WE WOULD NEED TO TAKE A VOTE TO CONTINUE IT.

OKAY.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THIS PUBLIC HEARING TO FEBRUARY THE EIGHTH, 2022.

BEFORE I DO THAT, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR THAT WE MIGHT HAVE? NOPE.

OKAY.

AND ALL SECOND MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.

SO THE NEXT ITEM IS 22.

YOU OUT OF YOUR BRIAN? YES, SIR.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

TAKE CARE.

THANK YOU.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT, BUD.

[22. Authorize City Manager to execute seven-year franchise agreement with Arakelian Enterprises, Inc., dba Athens Services, with two-year renewal option for Integrated Solid Waste Management Services, subject to completion of outstanding items and minor revisions approved by City Manager and City Attorney and find that action is exempt from California Environmental Quality Act]

HE'S LEAVING DUE TO THE CONFLICT.

UH, TOMORROW WE CAN BARELY HEAR YOU, BUDDY.

I'M SORRY.

THAT WAS MY ONE SUIT WITH MY MIX ON IT'S ON.

OKAY.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER IS LEAVING AT THIS TIME DUE TO THE CONFLICT HE ANNOUNCED EARLIER UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 10 90.

THANK YOU.

SO MR. HILL, ARE YOU THE ONE THAT'S A, I WILL BE TONIGHT.

YES.

OKAY.

ARE YOU READY, SIR? ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL THIS EVENING, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR YOU RELATED TO CONSIDERATION OF A NEW SOLID WASTE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT.

UM, BEFORE I MOVE INTO THE PRESENTATION, I WANT TO NOTE THAT WE HAVE LATE IS THAT, AND DEBBIE MORRIS, BOTH FROM H AND H, UH, HF AND HR CONSULTANTS AND SUSAN SHAKER FROM OUR OFFICE ALSO AVAILABLE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF NEEDED.

AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS REPUBLIC SERVICES, FORMERLY KNOWN AS JEREMY INDUSTRIES WAS ORIGINALLY AWARDED A SOLID WASTE AGREEMENT FOR THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS IN OCTOBER OF 2000.

AND THOSE AGREEMENTS ALONG WITH THEIR SUCCESSOR AGREEMENTS, UH, WERE SET TO EXPIRE IN JANUARY 31ST, 2001 IN MAY, 2020, THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZED THE ISSUANCE OF AN RFP FOR A SOLID WASTE CONSULTANT TO ASSIST WITH SERVICES RELATED TO A NEW AGREEMENT.

IN JULY OF 2020, A CONTRACT WAS AWARDED F R TO H F AND H TO ASSIST IN DETERMINING THE CITY'S SOLID WASTE NEEDS DRAFTING THE RFP FOR A NEW SOLID WASTE FRANCHISE IN EVALUATING AND SOLID WASTE PROPOSALS, H F AND H CONSULTANTS HAVE OVER 30 YEARS OF SOLID WASTE INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE.

AND IT WAS TO SIT OVER 400 LOCAL AGENCIES, EACH F AND H ALSO HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE, UH, IN DRAFTING AND IMPLEMENTATIONS OF PROGRAMS RELATED TO CALIFORNIA'S VARIOUS RECYCLING MANDATES IN NOVEMBER OF 2020 WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF H F AND H A REPUBLIC'S AGREEMENTS WERE EXTENDED THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2020 TO ALLOWING SUFFICIENT TIME TO COMPLETE THE FRANCHISE RFP PROCESS IN MARCH 9TH ON MARCH 9TH, 2021, COUNCIL AUTHORIZED THE RELEASE OF REQUESTS FOR PROPOSAL FOR SOLID WASTE SERVICES ON JULY 1ST, 2021, THE CITY RECEIVED SEVEN RESPONSES TO THAT RFP PROCESS PROPOSALS WERE RECEIVED FROM ATHENS SERVICES PER TECH WASTE INDUSTRIES, REPUBLIC SERVICES, OR BASER, UM, IN COMBINATION WITH AMERICAN RECLAMATION OR A PARTNERSHIP VALUED

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AS THE SERVICES WHERE DISPOSAL AND WASTE MANAGEMENT, H F AND H ASSISTED BY EVALUATING ALL SEVEN PROPOSALS AND ON NOVEMBER 9TH, 2021, THE BASE ON HF AND H'S PROPO OR EVALUATIONS ALONG WITH CONSIDERATION OF COMPANY SIZE AND CUSTOMER BASE STAFF RECOMMENDED REQUESTING BEST AND FINAL PROPOSALS FROM THE FOLLOWING FOUR PROPOSERS ATHENS SERVICES, PROTECT WASTE INDUSTRIES, REPUBLIC SERVICES, AND WASTE MANAGEMENT ON NOVEMBER 18TH.

THE FINAL FRANCHISE AGREEMENT IS DRAFTED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN COOPERATION WITH H F AND H, AND A FINAL RATE PROPOSAL FORMS WERE DISTRIBUTED TO THE FOUR FINALIST SIGN AGREEMENTS WITH THE BEST AND FINAL RATE PROPOSALS WERE DUE BACK TO THE CITY ON DECEMBER 16TH, ALL FOUR PROPOSALS, ALL FOUR FINALISTS RETURNED THE SIGNED AGREEMENTS WITH THE RATE PROPOSALS AND OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS BY THE REQUIRED DUE DATE.

THE FINAL COST PROPOSALS WITH A TOTAL ESTIMATED FIRST-YEAR REVENUES ARE AS FOLLOWS.

ATHENS SERVICES PROPOSED 10 MILLION, 508,000 WASTE MANAGEMENT, 10 MILLION, 676,000 BURRTEC 12,452,000 AND REPUBLIC SERVICES AT 12,725,000 BASED ON, BASED ON ATHENS SERVICES, FINAL COST PROPOSAL, THEY WILL PROVIDE THE LOWEST BASIC RESIDENTIAL RATES, THE LOWEST STANDARD COMMERCIAL MULTI-FAMILY RATES AND THE LOWEST OVERALL CONTRACT COST ATHENS ALSO RECEIVED THE HIGHEST CUSTOMER RANKING AMONG THE AGENCIES SURVEYED BY HF AND H AND OVER THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT, ATHENS SERVICES WOULD SAY THE CITY SOLVE CITY SOLID WASTE CUSTOMERS OVER ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS AS COMPARED TO THE NEXT LOWEST PROPOSAL.

THE RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT IS, ARE AUTHORIZED THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A SEVEN YEAR FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH A TWO YEAR RENEWAL OPTION WITH ATHENS SERVICES.

AND IT SHOULD BE NOTED.

THE FINAL AGREEMENT WILL INCLUDE SEVERAL MINOR REVISIONS, INCLUDING THE ADDITION OF A CONTINGENCY PLAN TO ADDRESS THE STOP IN SITUATIONS SIMILAR TO THOSE CHINO HILLS EXPERIENCED IN DECEMBER OF 2021.

AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

OKAY.

SO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, OR YES, WE DID.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS VINCENT PEREZ.

WE OFFICIALLY OPENED LIKE PUBLIC HEARING.

THIS IS NOT A HEARING.

THIS IS A DISCUSSION CALENDAR ITEMS. I'M SORRY.

I KNOW THAT ARAMARK HAS A VICE MIRROR, ROGERS AND COUNCIL THAT EVENING.

WOULD IT BE BEFORE YOU, I JUST WANT TO REINTRODUCE OURSELVES.

MY NAME IS VINCENT PEREZ.

I'M HERE TONIGHT WITH MY BROTHER DAVID.

WE ARE FOUR BROTHERS AND OWNERS OF VALLEY VISTA SERVICES.

UH, I JUST WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.

WELL, YOU JUST MENTIONED WHAT ATHENS SERVICES, UH, CAME OUT AS ON TOP OF WITH THEIR FINAL FIRST-YEAR REVENUES AT 10,000,500, $8,000.

UH, WHEN WE SUBMITTED OUR PROPOSAL, OUR FIRST YEAR REVENUES WERE 10 MILLION, $257,000.

THAT'S A, A BIT LESS ABOUT THE SAME AS A WASTE MANAGEMENT WAS MORE THAN ATHENS.

SO I HAVE TO QUESTION, UM, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT A COMMUNITY MEMBER.

I I'M JUST VISITING HERE, BUT I HAVE TO QUESTION WITH THE RESPECT I HAVE FOR THIS COUNCIL AND FOR THE WAY THIS CITY IS GOVERNED.

AND I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW IT'S GOVERNED.

I HAVE TO QUESTION WHY IS CITY THAT'S GOVERNED AS WELL AS THIS AT LEAST LED AS WELL AS THIS WOULD HIRE AN EXCELLENT CONSULTANT HILTON FOREIGN COP, UH, HOBSON.

THEY DID A TERRIFIC JOB.

THEY, UH, SUBMITTED, UH, THE RFP OUT AND SENT IT OUT AND WE SUBMITTED OUR BIDS AND THEY DID AN INCREDIBLE, AN ANALYSIS OVER HUGE AMOUNT OF DATA.

AND IN THEIR OWN WORDS, UM, VALLEY VISTA WASTE MANAGEMENT AND ATHENS HAVE THE MOST OVERALL CITY FRANCHISE EXPERIENCE, FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND SOLID WASTE FACILITIES, INFRASTRUCTURE VALLEY VISTA, WASTE MANAGEMENT, AND ATHENS ALSO HAD THE MOST FAVORABLE SAFETY RATINGS AS MEASURED BY WORKER'S COMPENSATION.

EMR. WHY WERE WE EXCLUDED WHEN WE ARE HERE TO SERVE YOU? YOU, UH, SOME OF YOU KNOW, OUR FAMILY, THERE'S BEEN SOME BAD THINGS SAID ABOUT OUR FAMILY.

I'M HERE TO TELL YOU, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE SAID ABOUT ANYONE THAT DOES ANYTHING REALLY DOES ANYTHING.

AND I CAN SPEAK HAVING BEEN AFFILIATED WITH OUR COMPANY FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE'RE THE REAL DEAL AND PROBABLY THE BEST THING GOING IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN THE WASTE INDUSTRY AND MY BROTHERS AND I, THE FOUR OF US, WE'RE NOT PULLING IT IN EVERY DAY.

WE'RE THERE EVERY DAY RUNNING THIS BUSINESS, AND WE HAVE BEEN FOR DECADES, ESPECIALLY MY BROTHER, DAVE, I THANK YOU AGAIN FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.

I HOPE YOU CONSIDER THE VERY SERIOUS UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES

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OF THE DECISION THAT YOU'RE BEING, UH, RECOMMENDED TO MAKE TONIGHT.

AND I HOPE YOU RECONSIDER THAT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. PEREZ.

OKAY.

NEXT IS JIM SMITH, DISTINGUISHED MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS JIM SMITH POLITICAL COORDINATOR FOR TEAMSTERS LOCAL 3 96.

WE ARE A LABOR UNION WITH A PROUD HISTORY THAT INCLUDES REPRESENTING THOUSANDS OF SANITATION WORKERS THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.

MANY OF OUR MEMBERS WORK AND LIVE IN CHINO HILLS THROUGH THEIR HARD WORK SACRIFICES.

AND THIS CITY CONTRACT, THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RAISE THEIR FAMILIES AND EVEN PUT THEIR KIDS THROUGH COLLEGE.

BUT THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.

THESE WINDS OF FULL FAMILY HEALTH CARE, A PENSION RESPECT ON THE JOB AND GOOD WAGES CAME WITH UNION ORGANIZING AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

AS THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS SHOOT A CONTRACT FOR WASTE HAULING SERVICES.

THIS COUNCIL SHOULD PRIORITIZE CONTRACTING A UNION WASTE HAULER THAT VALUES AND APPRECIATES ITS WORKERS AND IS PROUD TO PROVIDE EXCELLENT WAGES AND BENEFITS AND QUALITY SERVICES TO CITY RESIDENTS.

THERE IS NO SIMPLE FORMULA FOR ENDING POVERTY AND CREATING MIDDLE-CLASS JOBS, BUT MORE OFTEN THAN NOT ANY RECIPE FOR IMPROVING STANDARD STANDARDS OF LIVING INVOLVES EMPLOYERS TO REWARD THEIR WORKERS AND WORKERS WHO WANT TO STRIVE FOR A BETTER FUTURE FOR THEIR FAMILIES.

THIS IS NOT WHAT ATHENS SERVICES DOES.

IT'S UNFORTUNATE TO SEE COMPANIES BIDDING ON THIS CONTRACT LIKE ATHENS SERVICES, ATHENS SERVICES ALONE AMONGST THESE COMPANIES HAS NOT DEMONSTRATED ITS COMMITMENT TO THESE CRITICAL VALUES.

ATHENS HAS A HISTORY OF LOW-BALLING BIDS THAT EVENTUALLY RESOLVED IN HIGHER THAN PROMISED RATES.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO SELECT A HOLLER LIKE YOU HAVE NOW THAT PROVIDES GOOD JOBS, RESPECTS YOUR COMMUNITIES AND CREATES A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR ITS WORKERS.

IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO HAVE A COMPANY THAT VALUES INTEGRITY AND HONESTY.

CHINO HILLS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER TO THE TEAMSTERS AND OUR MEMBERS.

I URGE YOU TO PLEASE SELECT A COMPANY THAT TREATS ITS WORKERS WITH RESPECT, NOT ATHENS SERVICES, A COMPANY THAT PUTS PROFITS OVER WORKERS.

THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS MUST PRIORITIZE THE SELECTION OF A COMPANY WHERE WORKERS HAVE A VOICE ON THE JOB, SAFE WORKING CONDITIONS, EARN GOOD WAGES, HAVE A PENSION AND FULL FAMILY HEALTHCARE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES.

THE CITY CAN PROVIDE BOTH AFFORDABLE RATES FOR RESIDENTS AND ALSO SUPPORT GREAT JOBS THAT BUILD STRONG COMMUNITIES.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

NEXT IS CHARLENE PI.

OKAY.

OKAY.

OKAY.

GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR CITY, COUNCIL, STAFF AND RESIDENTS.

UM, I WROTE THINGS DOWN BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO MISS ANYTHING, BUT I HAVE TO SAY MY NAME IS CHARLENE KING AND I AM THE PRESIDENT AND PASTOR AT ISAIAH'S ROCK.

MANY OF YOU KNOW, OUR ORGANIZATION AND ARE AWARE OF THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE TO THE CHINO VALLEY COMMUNITY.

I'M HERE TODAY TO TELL YOU THAT WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO WHAT WE DO IF IT WERE NOT FOR OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS LIKE WASTE MANAGEMENT.

EVERY WEDNESDAY, WE DO 750 CARS PUT FOOD IN THE TRUNKS OF THE CARS SINCE, UH, FOR TWO YEARS NOW.

AND ABOUT 75 CARS EVERY SATURDAY AT HOME, WHICH IS A LOT OF CARDBOARD, A LOT OF WASTE YEAR AFTER YEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR US.

THEY MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED TO RUN A SUCCESSFUL FOOD GIVEAWAY ON OUR HOLIDAY TOY DRIVE.

AS WE ALL KNOW, DURING THE PANDEMIC, MORE AND MORE FAMILIES ARE RELYING ON COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE OURS.

WHEN WE NEED MORE ASSISTANCE, WE JUST SIMPLY REACH OUT AND WASTE MANAGEMENT AND THEY ARE REALLY HAVE STEPPED UP, STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE BY PROVIDING TRASH RECYCLING SERVICES AT NO CHARGE AS A NONPROFIT.

THIS SAVES US A LOT OF MONEY AND ALLOWS US TO PUT OUR FUNDS TO OTHER USE.

WE KNOW THAT WE, IF WE EVER NEED ANYTHING, GLENDA AND THE LOCAL WASTE MANAGEMENT CHINO TEAM ARE THERE TO HELP US.

WE HOPE THAT YOU CONSIDER THE VALUE THAT WASTE MANAGEMENT HAS TO OFFER TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT SERVES.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU.

NEXT IS DAVID HARRISON.

GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF.

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I AM DAVID HARRISON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF POPULAR SUCCESS, A LOCAL NONPROFIT LOCATED RIGHT HERE IN THE HEART OF CHINO HILLS.

I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO THE STATEMENTS OF, UH, PREVIOUS SPEAKERS WHO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS BETWEEN NONPROFITS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES.

OUR ORGANIZATION PROVIDES SERVICE DOGS, UH, WITH A FOCUS ON, UH, PTS D DOGS FOR VETERANS LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRST RESPONDERS.

A LOT OF OUR PROGRAMS FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH.

I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE INTRODUCED TO ASHLEY FROM ATHENS TRASHED SERVICES THROUGH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WHEN I WAS AT A BREAKFAST MEETING.

AND, UM, I STARTED TO TELL HER ABOUT WHAT OUR ORGANIZATION DOES.

AND SHE STARTED TO TELL ME ABOUT ATHENS AND THEIR FAMILY VALUES.

UM, A LOT OF WHAT SHE TOLD ME, UH, RANG TRUE TO MYSELF AND, AND OUR ORGANIZATION.

IT JUST HAPPENED THAT LATER THAT AFTERNOON, I WAS MEETING WITH A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHO HAD TRIED TO COMMIT SUICIDE TWICE IN THE LAST MONTH.

AND HE WAS COMING DOWN TO TALK TO US SO THAT WE CAN PLACE HIM WITH A SERVICE DOG.

UM, IMMEDIATELY SHE ASKED IF SHE COULD PARTICIPATE.

AND IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT SHE COULD DO FOR US, I TOLD HER THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE WERE TRYING TO GET SOME LOCAL BUSINESSES TOGETHER TO JOIN US, TO LET HIM KNOW THAT HE WASN'T ALONE, THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HIM THAT VALUED HIS LIFE.

SHE ACTUALLY WENT HOME, GOT HER DOG AND SPENT TWO HOURS WITH US AND THAT, UM, OFFICER TRAINING WITH HIM AND HIS DOG SO THAT HE WASN'T ALONE AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER BUSINESSES THAT, UM, UM, STOPPED IN JUST TO LET HIM KNOW THAT HE WASN'T ALONE TO GIVE THEM THEIR BUSINESS CARDS.

UM, ASHLEY ALSO PUT IT OUT TO DRIVERS, UM, OR EMPLOYEES OF THE COMPANY.

AND WE HAD THE SUPERVISOR FOR THE, THE STREET SWEEPING, UM, DIVISION COME BY THOMAS HE'S A VETERAN HIMSELF.

AND HE CAME DOWN AND SPENT 30 MINUTES WITH THIS OFFICER FOR US.

THAT'S HUGE.

IT MEANS MORE TO ME THAT, THAT WE HAVE A PARTNER THAT'S WILLING TO GIVE THEIR OWN TIME, UM, AND SIT DOWN WITH OUR CLIENTS RATHER THAN, UM, JUST GIVE MONEY.

SO, UM, I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE A DIFFICULT JOB IN FRONT OF YOU, AND I'D JUST LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS DO, AND WE APPRECIATE BEING A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY AND I SUPPORT ANY DECISION YOU GUYS MAKE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

NEXT IS TRAVIS LAFOND.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I, UH, DON'T LIVE IN CHINO HILLS, BUT MY IN-LAWS DO, AND THEY WATCH BOTH OF MY LITTLE ONES.

AND, UM, WITH THE WORK STOPPAGE THAT TOOK PLACE, UM, OVER THE HOLIDAYS, THE STRESS THAT PUT ON MY FAMILY, I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO COME AND SPEAK.

UM, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, UM, MY EXPERIENCE WITH ATHENS SERVICES, UM, GOES BACK, UH, BEFORE, OR UNTIL RECENTLY I WORKED FOR AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY FOR 12 YEARS WITH THEIR CAMPUS SAFETY DEPARTMENT AND HAD A LOT OF INTERACTIONS WITH ATHENS DRIVERS AND THEIR, UM, ADMIN AND THEY'RE JUST INCREDIBLE, EASY TO WORK WITH AND EASY TO GET ALONG WITH.

AND I HAVE, UH, JUST NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT MY INTERACTIONS WITH THEIR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR ADMINISTRATORS.

AND SO I JUST THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE DECISION THAT YOU MAKE.

AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, SIR.

TRINA TO DRINK.

I CAN BREATHE FINALLY.

UM, HEY GUYS, MY NAME IS TRINA TODRICK.

I'M A PROUD MOTHER OF THREE AND A 24 YEAR PREVIOUS RESIDENT OF CHINO HILLS AFTER DOWNSIZING, A CURRENT RESIDENT OF THE PRESERVES IN CHINO.

AND WE ALL GO BACK A LONG TIME AS PARTNERS IN THIS COMMUNITY.

UH, RAY, YOU'RE A LONG TIME FAMILY FRIEND OF MY BROTHER, BRIAN, EVEN THOUGH HE'S NOT HERE, I REMEMBER MAKING HIS SIGN WHEN HE WAS WITH THE FIREBOARD, HANGING IT UP AT ST.

PAUL'S ARE THE SCHOOL, THE BANDS, THE FOOTBALL GAMES, JUST GREAT MEMORIES.

CYNTHIA, THE FACT THAT DAVE FOUND MARCUS, MY YOUNGEST AS A TODDLER WHO WANDERED AWAY AT A TOWNSEND DANCE TEAM MEETING, AND I'M NOT ONLY IN FOUND HIM, I'M NOT ONLY FOREVER GRATEFUL, BUT HAPPY TO REPORT THAT HE WILL BE GRADUATING CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL THIS YEAR WITH STRAIGHT A'S AND HOPEFULLY HIS COSMETOLOGY LICENSE AND PETER, YOU KNOW, BEFORE ANY CITY COUNCIL THERE YOU WEAR THESE VERY LONG SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS YOU ATTENDED AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER ADVOCATE.

SO WITH BOTH FEET FIRMLY PLANTED

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IN OUR COMMUNITY, I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO TAKE A GOOD, HARD RELOOK AT THE WASTE MANAGEMENT PROPOSAL.

I FEEL THE BEST TEAM FOR THE JOB.

THEY HAVE SERVED OUR PARENTS CITY FOR OVER 60 YEARS AND CALLED CHINO THEIR HOME BASE AND CHINO AND CHINO HILLS, THEIR HOME BUYING HOMES, PAYING TAXES, RAISING FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN IN THE CHINO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, SHOPPING IN OUR STORES, EATING IN OUR RESTAURANTS AND WORSHIPING IN OUR CHURCHES.

THEY ARE OUR NEIGHBORS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.

IT'S UNMATCHED.

I DON'T RECALL IN ALMOST 30 YEARS A COMMUNITY EVENT THAT DIDN'T HAVE DONATED WASTE MANAGEMENT TRASH BINS FROM ST.

PAUL'S HARVEST FESTIVAL TO BOYS' REPUBLIC CONCERT IN THE PARK.

THE LIST IS ENDLESS.

IT'S JUST A GIVEN THAT THEY WILL BE GIVING OF THEIR TIME TALENTS AND TREASURES AS FATHER MIKE WOULD SAY SO FOR THAT ALONE, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO WASTE MANAGEMENT FUN FACT.

THEY HAVE THE CLEANEST AND PRETTIEST EQUIPMENT WITH THE COLLECTORS, RIGHT, AS POLISHED OR MORE POLISHED THAN THEIR EQUIPMENT.

THEY SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES WORKING AT PAPA CHINOS OVER 10 YEARS.

I'VE HAD MANY AN OPPORTUNITY TO CATER AND SERVE THESE VALUE TO EMPLOYEES OF WASTE MANAGEMENT.

I'M HUMBLED BY THEIR CHARACTER AND THE QUALITY OF MEN AND WOMEN.

AH, OKAY.

THEY TAKE PRIDE IN THEIR WORK.

UM, I WOULD ASK THAT THE BALANCE OF THE MONEY, UH, THE WHITE YOU'RE SAVING A THOUSAND DOLLARS IN HERE, WASTE MANAGEMENT IS NOW A UNION.

UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU REALLY NEED TO REEVALUATE.

UM, IT, AND YOU KNOW, I WOULD RATHER, AS I SAID, AT THE CHINO CITY COUNCIL MEETING WITH THE CONTRACT RENEWAL WAS BEING VOTED ON WITH THE SAME CHOICES IN BIDDING.

I WOULD RATHER PAY A LITTLE MORE FOR HIGHER STANDARDS, PROVEN DEDICATION, QUALITY OF SERVICE, AND KEEP THE JOBS WHERE THEY BELONG IN OUR OWN BACKYARD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

ASHLEY ROSA ROSATI AND ELIZABETH RAMIREZ.

CAN'T TELL THAT I'M SMILING.

GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS ELIZABETH RAMIREZ, VICE PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AT ATHENS SERVICES.

AND WITH US TONIGHT, WE HAVE OUR EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TEAM EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, GARY CLIFFORD, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, MATT NICHOLAS, AND DAVE COLLINS.

OUR DIVISIONAL VICE PRESIDENT WHO ARE AVAILABLE FOR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS IS NEEDED.

I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF AND HF AND H FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK GOING THROUGH THIS EXTENSIVE RFP PROCESS, WE'VE PUT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT IN PUTTING OUR BEST PROPOSAL FORWARD.

AS THE CITY'S CURRENT STREET SWEEPING PROVIDER, WE WERE THRILLED AT THIS OPPORTUNITY AND YOU KNOW, WE ARE A COMMITTED COMPANY.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY STANDS OUT AND OUR OWNERSHIP TAKES PRIDE IN IS MAKING SURE OUR EMPLOYEES ARE HAPPY.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IS WHAT DRIVES EX EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE PROVIDE IS EXCELLENT CUSTOMER CARE, RELIABLE SERVICE, AS WELL AS COMPETITIVE RATES.

YOU KNOW, AS THIS RFP PROCESS HAS SHOWN OUR REFERENCES AND OUR EXPERIENCE DEMONSTRATE THAT WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT TRACK RECORD IN FULFILLING EACH OF OUR COMMUNITIES NEEDS.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE EXCEL AT IS OUR ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND ASHLEY HERE, OUR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS MANAGER IS A SHINING STAR WITH THAT EFFORT.

AND I'D LIKE FOR HER TO SHARE SOME, SOME COMMENTS ON THAT AS WELL.

WELL, THANK YOU, LIZ.

UM, WELL, OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE, UM, TO GETTING TO KNOW THIS COMMUNITY, UM, WHETHER IT'S BEEN FELLOW RESIDENTS THAT I BUMPED INTO AT THE DOG PARK OR THROUGH MY MEMBERSHIP AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND GETTING TO KNOW THE INTEGRAL SMALL BUSINESSES AND ALSO THE LARGE BUSINESSES THAT MAKE UP THIS UNIQUE COMMUNITY.

UM, CHINO HILLS CERTAINLY IS A UNIQUE COMMUNITY AND I'M EAGER TO CONTINUE MY ENGAGEMENT HERE AND SUPPORT ANY NONPROFIT LOCAL CIVIC ORGANIZATION, UM, HERE IN CHINO HILLS.

SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

UM, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO GROWING OUR ALREADY EXISTING PARTNERSHIP.

THANK YOU.

THE NEXT SPEAKER, I MAY GET THE NAME WRONG.

LOOKS LIKE JAKE COOK.

THANK YOU.

HORRIBLE HANDWRITING.

I KNOW, UH, GETTING HIM, I AM 17 YEAR RESIDENT LOVE THIS COMMUNITY, LOVE

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THE TOWN.

THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB IN JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING.

THE CITY PLANNING IS PROBABLY THE BEST THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH.

I'M A LICENSED GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND AS SUCH, I HAVE A VERY INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE WASTED DISTRICT.

JUST ABOUT ALL OF MY PROJECTS REQUIRE WASTE DISPOSAL, UM, HANDLING OF WASTE, BOTH, UH, STANDARD AND TOXIC.

UM, IT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE THAT WASTE MANAGEMENT IS NOT, OH GOD, EXCUSE ME.

NOT THE SAME EVERYWHERE YOU HAVE TWO PEOPLE PROBABLY THAT ARE THE FRONT RUNNERS WASTE MANAGEMENT AND ATHENS I'VE HAD EXPERIENCE WITH BOTH OF THEM.

WASTE MANAGEMENT HAS HAD A MUCH BETTER TRACK RECORD WITH MY FIRM THAN ATHENS.

THEY DO A VERY GOOD JOB.

IF THEY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO DELIVER SOMETHING AND THEY DO IT ON TIME, THEY DON'T LEAVE DEBRIS ON THE SITE.

IF SOMETHING COMES OFF, THEY FIX IT BEFORE THEY LEAVE AS A CONTRACTOR, THAT'S VERY, VERY, VERY VALUABLE.

UM, I HOPE THAT MY RECOMMENDATION FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT IS CONSIDERED, AND I HATE TO PUT THIS OUT THERE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A VERY FINE JOB OF FOLLOWING THE RULES, DOTTING YOUR I'S AND CROSSING YOUR T'S.

I FIND IT VERY HARD TO BELIEVE THAT SOMEBODY IN A POSITION THAT CLOSE TO A DECISION OF THIS TYPE IN YOUR, IN YOUR CITY COUNCIL COULD NOT POSSIBLY NOT HAVE AN INFLUENCE ON THIS BOAT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I HOPE YOU COULD CONSIDER MY RECOMMENDATION.

THANK YOU, SIR.

CURTIS NIXON, CURTIS NIXON, GLENDA CHAVEZ.

I'M WAITING FOR THE CLOCK.

THERE WE GO.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR MIRAMAR CASTS AND COUNCIL AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY THANKING YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY.

I AM BLENDED CHAVEZ AND JOINING ME TONIGHT ARE MY FELLOW WASTE MANAGEMENT TEAM MEMBERS, LILY COROLLA, REGIONAL MANAGER, AND 20 YEAR CHINO RESIDENT OF THE OAK VILLAGE COMMUNITY, ISRAEL MARTINEZ DISTRICT MANAGER OF CHINO AND A 13 YEARS, RESIDENT OF CARBON CANYON, COMMUNITY ANDREW GONZALEZ, ROUTE MANAGER AND CHINO HILLS, RESIDENT OF THE LOW SERRANO'S COMMUNITY, WILLIE MUNFORD FLEET, MAN FLEET MANAGER AND CHINO HILLS, RESIDENT OF THE HIDDEN HILLS PARK COMMUNITY, DANIEL HERNANDEZ, DISTRICT MANAGER, AND A 13 YEAR RESIDENT OF CHINO, SHERRI, CUBA PRICING MANAGER, CARSON BROWN AREA, FLEET MANAGER.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I HAVE, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR DRIVERS WHO ARE THE HEART OF OUR COMPANY.

WE HAVE, UM, IVAN JIMENEZ, JOSE RAMOS, ANDREW ROBLIS, RYAN BULBY BELVIA AND DAVID ORTIZ, WHO IS ALSO A 10 YEAR RESIDENT OF CHINO.

IT GIVES ME GREAT PRIDE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR LOCAL WASTE MANAGEMENT TEAM, YOUR NEIGHBORS THAT ARE READY TO START SERVICING THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.

I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THIS MANY TIMES BEFORE, BUT I HAVE TO SAY IT BECAUSE IT IS TRUE WASTE MANAGEMENT IS NOT JUST A TRASH COMPANY.

WE ARE YOUR NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

WE VALUE OUR ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE CHINO VALLEY THAT GO, WAIT THAT GO MORE, UH, GO MORE THAN 40 YEARS AND HAVE NEVER FALTERED.

I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THAT OUR COMMUNITY SUPPORT WHAT I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, THAT OUR COMMUNITY SUPPORT DOES NOT END AT THE CHINO CITY LINE BECAUSE OF THIS.

WE DO NOT CUT EVEN BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T EVEN, WE DON'T SERVICE YOUR CITY, WE HAVE SUPPORTED CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, SUCH AS BOY REPUBLIC AND THE CHINO HILLS FOUNDATION FOR MANY YEARS.

AND NOT BECAUSE OF THIS FRANCHISE AGREEMENT OPPORTUNITY THAT'S BEFORE US.

I AM PROUD OF THE ROLE THAT I HAVE PLAYED IN MAKING OUR CHINO VALLEY COMMUNITY, A WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND CALL HOME THE WORK THAT I HAVE DONE BY HIM BEING INVOLVED IN THE CHINO CHINO VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WHERE WE WERE WASTE.

MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN A CHAIRMAN CIRCLE SPONSOR FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS AND WHERE I HAVE DEDICATED MY TIME FOR SIX YEARS AS BOARD AS A BOARD MEMBER HAS GIVEN ME GREAT SATISFACTION.

I CURRENTLY SERVE AS PRESIDENT OF THE RENTAL EL CHINO ROTARY CLUB, WHERE WE HAVE SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES

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OF THE CHINO AND CHINO HILLS FAMILIES.

YOU KNOW WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE DO IN THE CHINO VALLEY AND THE POSITIVE IMPACT THAT WE'VE MADE IN THE REGION TONIGHT.

I URGE YOU TO SELECT WASTE MANAGEMENT AS YOUR TRASH HAULER.

THANK YOU.

MA'AM KIRA GOOD EVENING.

I'M ALSO SMILING, ALTHOUGH YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE, GET TO SEE IT.

GOOD EVENING.

YOU KNOW, MARQUEZ COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF.

MY NAME IS LILY AND I'M WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT.

I AM THE REGIONAL MANAGER FOR THE INLAND EMPIRE.

I'M ALSO GOING TO MENTION 20 YEARS HERE IN CHINO HILLS.

I HAVE TWO SONS, ONE WHO RECENTLY GRADUATED A YELLOW HIGH SCHOOL.

MY YOUNGEST JUST STARTED A YELLOW AS A FRESHMEN.

AND THIS ALSO PART OF THE, YOU MADE THE YELLOW BASEBALL TEAM.

WE'RE VERY PROUD OF HIM.

MY HUSBAND HAS COACHED LITTLE LEAGUE FOR MANY YEARS.

UM, FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS, MY EMPLOYMENT WITH RACE MANAGEMENT, I'VE BEEN PATIENTLY WAITING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BED FOR MY CITY'S BUSINESS.

SO THIS IS VERY PERSONAL FOR ME.

ONE THING I CAN SAY IS THAT AND OUR BED RESPONSE, WE GAVE IT OUR ALL WE PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD.

WE REALLY PROVIDED THE BEST RATES WE COULD OFFER.

CHINO HILLS.

WE ALSO OFFER $40,000 ANNUALLY TO FUND AND CREATE A YOUTH FUNDRAISING PROGRAM TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERING AT THE NOVEMBER COUNCIL MEETING, THE FOUR COMPANIES THAT WAS SELECTED.

WE WERE THE LOWEST BID AT THIS TIME.

THE RATES DISCLOSED FROM ALL THE TRASH HAULERS WAS A TRUE REFLECTION OF WHAT A COMPETITIVE BID PROCESSES.

YOU KNOW, I STAND HERE TONIGHT, VERY DISAPPOINTED.

I WAS THE LEAD IN THE TEAM, PROVIDING THE INFORMATION FOR THIS BID.

IT'S BEEN DISAPPOINTING, HAS BEEN PRESS FALL IN.

I'VE HAD MANY FEELINGS BECAUSE I REALLY WANT IT.

WE WANT CHINO HILLS HERE.

IT'S REALLY HARD TO COMPREHEND.

UM, HOW CAN, YOU KNOW, STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED ATHENS, UM, DESPITE THE ECONOMICS BEING SO CLOSE, I'M A LITTLE CONFOUNDED THAT THE LOCATION OF OUR OPERATIONS, THE FACILITIES THAT WE OFFER TO PROCESS THE CHINO HILLS WASTE BROUGHT NO VALUE TO THE STAFF'S DECISION.

OUR DRIVERS WILL BE COMING FROM CHINO.

OUR EQUIPMENT IS STORED IN CHINO AREN'T MAINTENANCE YARD.

ISN'T CHINO.

OUR NATURAL GAS FEELING STATION IS LOCATED IN CHINO.

ALL OF THIS MEANS IS THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ADDRESS CHINO HILLS CUSTOMER ISSUES MUCH FASTER.

OUR RESPONSE TO SITTING NEEDS WOULD BE MUCH FASTER.

THE CHILI, THE CHINO HILL, UH, THE CHINO HAULING DISTRICT WILL BE FOCUSED AND CHINO VALLEY ONLY CHINO CHINO HILLS.

ISN'T THERE SOME VALUE IN THIS.

I ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS HER REFERENCES WHILE WE ARE.

WE SCORE NOT THE HIGHEST.

WE'RE ALSO NOT THE LOWEST.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BE OUR BEST AND WE WANT TO TRY OUR BEST.

AND THAT IS CERTAINLY MY PHILOSOPHY.

AND CERTAINLY WHAT WE STRESS WITH OUR DRIVERS.

ANYHOW, MY TIME IS UP, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE'VE TRIED OUR BEST.

WE HAVE GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU GUYS RECONSIDER THIS DECISION.

I REALLY PICKED, YOU KNOW, WASTE MANAGEMENT.

WE'RE RIGHT NEXT DOOR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, STEVE CANAL.

I THINK I WILL TAKE OFF OUR MASK.

YOU DON'T MIND GETTING ANY MEN MARQUEZ COUNSELING STAFF.

MY NAME IS STEVE CANNON.

I'M THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS REGION.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE.

UM, IN THIS PROPOSAL IN NOVEMBER, WE LEARNED THAT WASTE MANAGEMENT PROVIDED THE LOWEST COST PROPOSAL OF THE FOUR COMPANIES THAT WERE SELECTED TO GO THROUGH THE NEXT ROUND.

WE WERE SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT EACH OF THE FOUR COMPANIES WERE SIMPLY ASKED TO PROVIDE ECONOMICS AFTER ALL PROPOSALS WERE MADE PUBLIC.

IN MY 20 YEARS IN THE INDUSTRY, THIS MAY HAVE HAPPENED, UH, IS MY FIRST TIME GOING THROUGH THAT EXPERIENCE WHEN THE STAFF REPORT CAME OUT LAST THURSDAY, WE LEARNED THAT WE WERE NOW THE SECOND LOWEST COST PROPOSAL BY 1.6%.

SO REGARDLESS OF THE PROCESS, WE BELIEVE THIS IS WELL WITHIN THE MARGIN OF ERROR FOR A LONG-TERM CONTRACT, ASSUMING

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ECONOMICS ARE EQUAL OR WITHIN 1.6%.

WHY SHOULD YOU SELECT WASTE MANAGEMENT? YOUR NET SERVICE PROVIDER WASTE MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN IN CHINO VALLEY FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

AND MANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES CALLED CHINO HILLS HOME WASTE MANAGEMENT OFFICES ARE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 3.3 MILES FROM WHERE WE SIT TODAY, WASTE MANAGEMENT OWNS AND OPERATES A STATE-OF-THE-ART MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY FOR CO-MINGLED RECYCLING ORGANICS PROCESSING, AND A TRANSFER STATION IN THE CITY OF AZUSA WASTE MANAGEMENT OWNS AND OPERATES ELSA BRONTE, LANDFILL, A STATE-OF-THE-ART AND WELL-RECOGNIZED LANDFILL AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY, JUST SOUTH OF CORONA WASTE MANAGEMENT HAS A PARTNERSHIP AND CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE POMONA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION TO RECEIVE THE VOLUME FROM CHINO HILLS.

THIS WAS CONFIRMED WITH A LETTER PROVIDED BY VALLEY VISTA THAT WE SHARED WITH THE CITY WASTE MANAGEMENT HAS A PARTNERSHIP AND CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH ENERGY ENERGY.

IT'S AN AVERAGE ANAEROBIC DIGESTER DESIGNED TO PROCESS FOOD WASTE IN THE CITY OF RIALTO WASTE MANAGEMENT HAS A COLLABORATIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH TEAMSTERS LOCAL 3 96 THAT REPRESENT OUR DRIVERS AND OUR TECHNICIANS THAT ARE CHINO FACILITY WASTE MANAGEMENT ALWAYS PUTS THEIR PEOPLE FIRST AND VALUES OF DIVERSITY AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF EACH EMPLOYEE.

EACH EMPLOYEE KNOWS THAT THE SAFETY OF EACH OTHER AND THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE AT THE CORE OF EVERYTHING WE DO WASTE MANAGEMENT UTILIZE THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IN OUR TRUCKS.

AND THERE ARE FACILITIES SUCH AS DRIVER TABLETS DRIVE CAM SMART TRUCK OPTICAL SORTING ROBOTIC SORTING, JUST TO SAY A FEW, WE ALSO STAY CLOSE TO ALL EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AS WE STRIVE TO BE A MORE, TO CREATE A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR CHINO HILLS AND THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE.

IT'S THE NATION'S LARGEST WASTE AND RECYCLING COMPANY WASTE MANAGEMENT HAS THE RESOURCES TO THINK LONG-TERM AND WEATHER, ANY STORM FACED BY THE CITY.

WE ALSO HAVE A LOCAL DEDICATED TEAM THAT YOU ALL KNOW, AND IT'S BEEN PART OF THE CHINO VALLEY FOR YEARS.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS FOR YEARS TO COME.

I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU SELECT WASTE MANAGEMENT AS YOUR NEW SERVICE PROVIDER, AND YOU HAVE MY WORD THAT WE WON'T LET YOU DOWN.

THANK YOU, SIR.

APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, WILLIE MUNFORD.

I THINK I'M GOING TO TAKE MY MASK OFF TOO.

GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS WILLIE MUMFORD.

I'M THE RESIDENT OF CHINO HILLS AND FLEET MANAGER FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT.

SOME OF YOU MIGHT KNOW ME BY THE NAME OF TOJO AS I COACH AND BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR JUNIOR ALL-AMERICAN FOOTBALL FOR 30 YEARS.

UH, I MANAGE THE MAINTENANCE TEAM AND OPERATE OUT OF THE LOCAL CHINO HILLS HAULING DISTRICT WHERE A STRONG TEAM THAT HAS OVER A HUNDRED YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.

COLLECTIVELY, WE TAKE PRIDE IN OUR MAINTENANCE, AS SOMEONE SAID EARLIER ABOUT OUR NICE NEW SHINY TRUCKS.

I'M THE ONE THAT KEEPS THEM NICE AND NEW AND SHINY.

SO WE ARE A STRONG TEAM, UH, AS A RESIDENT WORKING OVER IN EDGE FOR MANY A YEARS, I WOULD THINK THAT THE PUBLIC, UH, WORK STAFF WOULD SEE SOME BENEFITS AND HAVING WASTE MANAGEMENT HERE AS ARE, AS WE'RE LOCAL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET, ANY DOWNTIME ISSUES THERE THAT ARISES, WE CAN GET TO IT IN A TIMELY MANNER.

WHEREAS OTHER COMPANIES, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT TAKE THEM A WHILE.

WE WON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH TRAFFIC AS OUR COMPANY IS, IS LOCAL IN.

WE JUST LOVE TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE CHINO HILLS.

THANK YOU, ANDREW GONZALES.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MY CRASS AND A CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS ANDREW GONZALEZ, UM, AS A MEMBER OF THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY.

UM, I AM PROUD THAT MY CHILDREN CAN CALL CHINO HILLS THEIR HOME.

UM, SEEING MY THREE CHILDREN ATTEND THAT CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOLS AND BEING HEAVILY INVOLVED IN SPORTS, UH, SUCH AS WITH, UH, AYSL UNITED, UM, IS SOMETHING THAT I VALUE DEARLY.

I DON'T THINK I DO HAVE TO THANK WASTE MANAGEMENT FOR THE MANY OPPORTUNITIES IT HAS GIVEN TO ME TO BE HERE FOR MY FAMILY.

I STARTED MY CAREER WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT 10 YEARS AGO IN CHINO.

I STARTED AS A MAINTENANCE WORKER THEN BECAME A CHINO DRIVER AND FINALLY PROMOTED TO ROUTE MANAGER THOUGH.

I DO ATTRIBUTE MY CAREER ADVANCEMENTS TO MY PERSONAL EFFORTS.

I MUST ALSO GIVE THE CREDIT TO OUR WASTE MANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WERE OFFERED TO ME SO THAT I CAN CONTINUE TO GROW IN THE ORGANIZATION.

IT WAS IMPORTANT.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME TO COME UP HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE AS A CHINO HILLS RESIDENT, I NEED TO KNOW, I NEED YOU TO KNOW THAT WHAT A GREAT COMPANY WASTE MANAGEMENT IS.

WE DO CARE ABOUT OUR TEAM MEMBERS AND THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE.

AND, UH, I DO HOPE THAT YOU GUYS SEE THE VALUE,

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UM, THAT WASTE MANAGEMENT CAN BRING TO OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

AIDEN FLORES.

READY? GOOD.

GOODY GOODY EVENING, MAYOR MARQUEZ AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS AIDEN FLORIS AND THIS IS MY DAD.

TONY FLORES.

WE ARE HERE TODAY REPRESENTING CUB SCOUT PACK 2 0 5.

OUR PACK IS A FAMILY PACK THAT HAS MADE A BOYS AND GIRLS SCOUTS FROM BOTH CHINO HILL CHINO AND CHINO HILLS.

OUR GOAL IS TO ENRICH THE LIFE OF OUR SCOUTS AND HELP THEM BUILD CHARACTER THROUGH VARIOUS ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS.

WHY ARE, ARE WE HERE TONIGHT? YOU MAY ASK.

WELL, THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE.

WE ARE HERE TO EXPRESS OUR SUPPORT FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT.

I, AS A CUB SCOUT AND MY DAD AS OUR ASSISTANT COM MASTER WASTE MANAGEMENT IS NOT JUST THE TRASH COMPANY.

THEY ARE, THEY ARE AN EXTRAORDINARY COMMUNITY PARTNER.

THE SUPPORT OFFER, THEY, THE SUPPORT THEY OFFER OUR SCOUTS BY RESPONDING SUPPORT, SPONSORING OUR ANNUAL BLUE AND GOLD BANQUET HELPS US PUT TOGETHER A WONDERFUL CELEBRATION OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE BOY SCOUTS.

IN 1910 FAMILIES GET TO SEE THEIR SCOUTS, EARN THEIR BADGES AND MOVE UP TO THE NEXT DRINK WITH THEIR SUPPORT.

WE ARE ABLE TO KEEP THE COST OF THE EVENT LOW SET UP SO THAT THE SCOUTS COULD INVITE THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS TO AN IMPORTANT EVENT.

AND THE CUB SCOUT JOURNEY.

WE DECIDED TO COME HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE WE WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT A GREAT COMMUNITY PARTNER WASTE MANAGEMENT IS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANKS FOR TONY FLORES, GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR MARQUEZ AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M TAKING OFF MY CUB SCOUT HAT.

I'LL TAKE OFF MY, MY, UH, TOP OF MY UNIFORM, BUT I AM HERE TO REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD IN NORTH CHINO.

WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT? MAY YOU ASK? WELL, THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE.

WE ARE HERE TO EXPRESS OUR SUPPORT FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT.

I, AS A BUSINESS, SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, AND MY SON AS A CUB SCOUT WASTE MANAGEMENT IS NOT JUST A TRASH COMPANY.

THEY ARE IN AN EXTRA ORDINARY COMMUNITY PARTNER FOR ME IN MY BUSINESS FOR 20 YEARS, WORKING AS AN ASSET MANAGER FIRM IN SCOTTSDALE ARIZONA, I DID MY DUE DILIGENCE AND CONTRACTED WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT FOR ALL MY MULTI-FAMILY APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, WHICH RANGED FROM 375 UNITS TO 1200 UNITS, LARGE APARTMENT COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT, UH, THE VALLEY OF THE SUN WASTE MANAGEMENT KEPT COMMUNITIES.

MY COMMUNITIES TRASH PICKED UP AND WAS AN EXTRA SET OF EYES THROUGHOUT MY ENTIRE COMMUNITIES.

LETTING ME KNOW OF SAFETY CONCERNS, BOTH IN AND AROUND THE STREETS OF MY COMMUNITIES.

I THEN ADVISED OUR CITY PUBLIC WORKS, DEPARTMENT, POLICE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF THESE CONCERNS.

SO OUR FAMILIES COMMUNITIES COULD THRIVE AND BE CLEAN AND SAFE TO AND FROM WORK.

I GOT MY MONEY'S WORTH.

THEY WERE A LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE OTHER ONES THAT I BID EVEN 20 YEARS AGO.

AND I GOT MY MONEY'S WORTH BECAUSE NOW FAST FORWARD IN IT, LIVING IN CHINO VALLEY, WE DO THE SAME AND CHINO WASTE MANAGEMENT, MOMS AND DADS ARE MY KIDS' CLASSMATES WASTE MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES ARE YOU AND I'S NEIGHBORS.

AND IT'S NICE TO KNOW

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THAT YOU HAVE SEVERAL, SEVERAL SET OF EYES IN YOUR COMMUNITY, HELPING YOU IN YOUR CITY TO CAUSE LESS HEADACHE FOR YOU AND LESS MONIES IN THE LONG RUN FOR THE CITY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

EDDIE MARTIN.

GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR COUNCIL STAFF.

THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING MY COMMENTS.

I'M GOING TO MAKE TONIGHT DECIDING ON THE NEW WASTE COLLECTION SERVICE.

MY NAME IS EDDIE MARTIN.

I'M A RESIDENT OF CHINO HILLS.

I WAS A RESIDENT BEFORE IT WAS CHINO HILLS AND I AM A BUSINESS OWNER LOCATED IN CHINO.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF POINTS TO MAKE FIRST.

ONE'S PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THAT I STRESS WITH A LOT OF THE CITIES THAT I WORK WITH THAT DON'T REALLY ADDRESS THIS TAX REVENUE.

EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT IT IS.

EVERYONE KNOWS WHERE IT COMES FROM.

ONE OF THE ISSUES I ALWAYS HAVE IS WHEN A CITY SIGNS A CONTRACT WITH A COMPANY WHERE THE MONEY IS SENT TO ANOTHER COUNTY, WHEN THAT OCCURS, I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL WELL AWARE.

CITY DOES NOT GET ANY MONEY BACK FROM THE COUNTY AS, AS IT COMES BACK, SOMETHING THAT'S NEVER LOOKED AT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT I DEAL WITH ALL THE TIME AND IT'S, UH, IT CAN EASILY OFFSET THE DIFFERENCE IN COST AS FAR AS THE TWO CONTRACTS THAT YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING AT.

SECOND POINT IS THE ABILITY TO RESPOND TO ISSUES WHICH HAS BEEN DISCUSSED HERE TONIGHT.

IT'S LOGICAL THAT ACCOMPANY AND CHINO CAN RESPOND QUICKLY AND MUCH EASIER TO PROBLEMS THAT OCCUR THE FEW TIMES THAT I'VE HAD ISSUES WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT TRUST SERVICES IN CITY OF CHINO.

IT WAS AS SIMPLE AS ONE PHONE CALL.

I GET A IN TOUCH WITH EITHER A DISTRICT MANAGER OR SOMEBODY'S PROBLEM IS SOLVED EITHER THAT OR THE NEXT DAY, IT'S ONLY HAPPENED A COUPLE OF TIMES THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT A COMPANY ON HOW QUICKLY THINGS ARE TAKEN CARE OF.

THE THIRD ONE IS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, WHICH HAS BEEN DISCUSSED HERE TONIGHT AND EXTENSIVE.

UM, ONE THING I CAN SAY MY BUSINESS DOES APPAREL FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EVENTS.

AND OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS, ONE THING I CAN SAY IS THAT I CONSISTENTLY SEE WASTE MANAGEMENT LOGOS BEING PUT ON T-SHIRTS HATS FOR EVENTS, WHICH INDICATES THEIR SPONSORS.

AND, UH, MANY OF THE EVENTS THAT I DO ARE IN CHINO HILLS, WHICH AGAIN, AS YOU KNOW, CHINA WASTE MANAGEMENT DOES NOT PROVIDE SERVICE HERE, BUT YET THEY ARE STILL PROVIDING SERVICES.

THE FOURTH AND A LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IS THE ENVIRONMENT.

CHINO HILLS IS A PRETTY ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY CITY.

YOU ALWAYS LOOK AT THINGS LIKE THAT.

I'M ASSUMING THAT YOUR STAFF AND YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS LOOKED AT THE DRIVE TIME OF TRUCKS COMING TO AND FROM THE CITY AND HOW THAT AFFECTS EVERYTHING.

IN CLOSING.

I HOPE THAT STAFF HAS INCLUDED ITEMS LIKE THIS AND THEIR FINAL DECISION.

LOWEST COST IS NOT ALWAYS THE BEST CHOICE.

I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR, AND THAT IS NEVER, EVER CHANGED AS A RESIDENT OF CHINO HILLS.

I'M IN FAVOR OF SELECTING WASTE MANAGEMENT AS THE CITY'S NEW TRASH CONTACTOR.

THANK YOU, BUDDY.

APPRECIATE IT.

ADDING DESTINY COLLINS, SORRY.

UH, GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR COUNCIL, STAFF, AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE HERE.

MY NAME IS DESTINY COLLINS AND I'M A MEMBER OF AN AMBASSADOR IN THE CHINO VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

I WAS HERE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, ACTUALLY.

AND I'M HERE AGAIN TONIGHT TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT OF ITEM NUMBER 22 AND THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION BEFORE YOU LAST THURSDAY, ATHENS IS MANAGER OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS WHO JUST RECENTLY SPOKE ASHLEY ROSATI INVITED ME, MY COLLEAGUE, JONATHAN WHO'S HERE TODAY AS WELL.

UM, AND SOME OF THE OTHER CHAMBER MEMBERS ON A TOUR OF AMERICAN ORGANICS, AMERICAN ORGANICS IS ATHENS IS STATE OF THE ART COMPOSTING FACILITY IN VICTORVILLE.

AND ALTHOUGH OUR TOUR TOUR GUYS, DAVE AND KEITH MIGHT BE DISAPPOINTED IF THEY KNEW HOW MUCH OF THE INDUSTRY TERMINOLOGY

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THAT I'VE FORGOTTEN SINCE THEN.

UM, I THINK THAT THEY WOULD BE PROUD OF WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT COMPOSTING IN GENERAL AND WHAT I HAVE RETAINED BECAUSE OF THEM AND BECAUSE OF THE PRIDE THAT THEY TOOK IN THAT.

UM, AND THEY ALSO INFORMED US ABOUT SOME OF THE IMPACTS CALIFORNIA LEGISLATION WILL HAVE ON ALL OF US AS RESIDENTS OF CHINO HILLS AND, UM, THE BUSINESS OWNERS WITHIN IT AS WELL.

AND I REALLY VALUE THEIR COMMITMENT TO OUR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, COMMUNITY SERVICE AND THEIR EMPLOYEES.

I GOT TO WITNESS FIRSTHAND THE PRIDE THAT THEIR EMPLOYEES TAKE IN THEIR WORK.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, BECAUSE I SAW THE CULTURE THAT THEY HAVE THERE WITHIN THEIR FACILITY, I HAVE FULL FAITH THAT THEY WILL ADD EVEN MORE VALUE TO CHINO HILLS AND THEY ALREADY DO.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

I'M GOING TO GO TO THE ATTENDEES ON ZOOM AT THIS TIME.

THE FIRST SPEAKER IS LOUIS AS FAR AS GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.

UM, I WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF POINTS ABOUT THE DECISION THAT YOU GUYS ARE ABOUT TO MAKE.

UM, WE ALWAYS HEAR A LOT OF COMMENTS FROM JUST OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES TO SHOP LOCAL, GO TO THE SHOPS.

YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO SHOP DOWN AT THE CORNER OVER HERE BY PIZZA OR ALBERTSONS, AND I DEFINITELY AGREE THAT THAT'S A, UH, A GOOD THING TO DO WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT BEING LOCAL.

I ALSO, UM, THINK THAT THERE'LL BE LESS PRESSURE FOR YOU GUYS TO DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT, WHICH GETS SNUCK IN EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.

UH, TODAY THERE'S FOUR BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR AN EXTRA A HUNDRED THOUSAND HERE, A COUPLE MILLION THERE, 10,000 OVER HERE.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GUYS PICK THE LOWEST BIDDER YOU ALWAYS HAVE IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND, WHETHER OR NOT THEY'LL INCREASE THEIR PRICING BECAUSE BEING THE LOWEST BIDDER THEY MIGHT HAVE, THEY MIGHT HAVE UNDER-PRICED IT, THEY MAY NOT HAVE FORESEEN A COST INCREASE DUE TO SOMETHING LIKE COVID.

UH, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE WISER FOR US TO CONSIDER THOSE, UM, FACTORS AND PICKING OUR NEXT, OUR NEXT, UH, UH, WASTE MANAGEMENT COMPANY.

ANOTHER THING TOO IS JUST TO, JUST TO KIND OF LET FOLKS KNOW IS THAT, UH, WHEN REPUBLIC WAS OUR, OUR SERVICE PROVIDER, WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THEM.

THE OCCURRENCE THAT HAPPENED OVER THE HOLIDAYS, UH, WASN'T VERY DETRIMENTAL TO, TO ME PERSONALLY, IT WAS ONE OR TWO PICK UPS THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

UM, BUT WHAT I DON'T LIKE ABOUT IT WAS WHAT I HEARD IN CONNECTION TO THEIR EMPLOYEES, THE LACK OF WORKERS, BOTH DUE TO DIFFICULT CONDITIONS, AS WELL AS REDUCTIONS TO THE COVID.

UM, I DON'T LIKE, I DON'T LIKE HEARING THAT COMPANIES MUST TREAT OR DON'T, UH, ACCOMMODATE SOME OF THOSE SPECIAL NEEDS FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES.

I THINK THAT COMPANIES SHOULD TREAT THEIR EMPLOYEES WELL, REGARDLESS OF THE SITUATION, BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM, THEY DON'T HAVE A BUSINESS.

SO I, I THINK THAT WHEN LILLY CITY OVERLOOKED THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A MISSING CLAUSE ON WHAT WE SHOULD DO WHEN THERE IS LIKE A STRIKE OR SOMETHING, I THINK THAT WASN'T NECESSARILY PUBLIC'S FAULT, BUT, UH, OVERSIGHT FOR THE CITY.

SO MY RECOMMENDATION, UH, TO WRAP IT UP IS TO GO LOCAL, GO WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT, GIVE THEM A SHOT, AND PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO, UH, BUDGET AMENDMENT COMING TO SAY THAT YOU NEED ANOTHER ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR FROM NOW.

THANKS VERY MUCH.

NEXT WE HAVE ANA I'VE ALLOWED ANNA TO TALK.

CAN WE GO, HOLD ON.

YES, I'M HERE.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY, GO AHEAD, ANNA AND I, YOU MUST UNMUTE YOUR MIC.

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THEY MIGHT KEEPS UNMUTING AND THEN RE MUTING.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT SHE'S HITTING TO.

WHAT, WHAT DOES SHE NEED TO DO TO UNMUTE? CAN YOU LET HER KNOW THAT? WELL, WHEN I SHE'S EIGHT, SHE HAS THE ABILITY I'VE GIVEN HER THE ABILITY SHE IS NOW UN-MUTED, BUT THEN IT GOES TO MUTE.

SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT SHE'S DOING AT THIS POINT.

WHAT I'LL, UH, I WILL DO IS MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WE DID RECEIVE APPROXIMATELY 17 COMMENTS BY EMAIL THAT WERE DISTRIBUTED ON THE DAYAS PLACED ON OUR WEBSITE AND PUT INTO THE PUBLIC BOOK PERTAINING TO THIS MATTER.

IN ADDITION, UH, GARY CLIFFORD FROM ATHENS SERVICES IS HERE FOR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, IF NEEDED.

AND ANNA, ARE YOU ABLE TO UNMUTE YOUR MIC? AND THEN I'LL ALSO SEE IF, UM, CURTIS NIXON IS IN THE AUDIENCE JUST IN CASE HE HAD STEPPED OUT FOR A BREAK.

OKAY.

SO COURTESY NIXON IS OUT HERE AND I SEE YOUR MIC IS UNMUTED.

CAN YOU SPEAK? YES.

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, WE CAN.

OKAY, GREAT.

I'M SO SORRY.

I'M JUST NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS.

I'M GETTING THE MAYOR MARQUEZ AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, I AM A CITY OF CHINO RESIDENT AND HAVE BEEN FOR 35 YEARS AND I AM ALSO RETIRED CITY OF CHINO EMPLOYMENT, UH, CITY OF CHINO EMPLOYEE AFTER 26 YEARS.

I KNOW THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A VERY BIG DECISION HERE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT AS WELL.

WHY I FELT COMPELLED TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY, UM, IN SELECTING YOUR NEXT TRASH HELLER, IT'S VITALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU CONSIDER THE LOCATION OF YOUR HOLLERS OPERATIONS, THEIR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND CONDITION BY THEIR FACILITIES.

THESE FACTORS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND WILL HAVE A HUGE IMPACT.

YOUR RESIDENTS AND YOUR STAFF.

UM, AS A FORMER CITY OF CHINO EMPLOYEE, I OVERSAW THE CITY'S FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

AND I WORKED CLOSELY WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS, JUST IN TROUBLESHOOTING ISSUES THAT CAME UP, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING COMPLAINTS OR ISSUES WITH REPORTING, RESPONDING TO RESIDENTS.

AND BECAUSE THEY WERE LOCAL, WE WERE ABLE, THEY WERE ABLE TO RESPOND IMMEDIATELY.

AND IT WAS THAT, THAT, THAT ONE-ON-ONE HANDS ON, UH, CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT YOU JUST DON'T FIND ANYWHERE ELSE.

UM, THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE IS EXCEPTIONAL, THEIR TRUCKS, THEIR BANS, THEIR DUMPSTERS, ALL OF THEIR EQUIPMENT ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.

YOU REALLY NEED TO HONESTLY LOOK AT THEIR TRASH TRUCKS.

THEIR TRUCKS ARE NOT LEAKING OIL AND HYDRAULIC FLUID ALL OVER YOUR STREETS.

UM, YOU SHOULD PHYSICALLY LOOK AND COMPARE AS THE OTHER TRASH HAULERS EQUIPMENT FACILITIES.

IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE THAT ALREADY, YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN YOUR RESIDENTS DESERVE THE BEST RATE.

AND THAT IS JUST ON A SURFACE WASTE MANAGEMENT.

THE ONLY HOLLER THAT SHINES AND EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS ON THE INSIDE AND THE OUTSIDE, THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE IMPORTANT TO THE RESIDENTS.

AND TRUST ME WITH THE CHANGE IN A TRASH HOLLER, THEY WILL NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE THERE.

UM, THEIR SUPPORT THAT THEY GIVE IS INEVITABLE.

THEY'RE ALWAYS THERE FOR YOU.

AND YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR IT.

WE'VE SAID IT TONIGHT, A LOT OF US, BUT IT'S TRUE.

IT IS.

IT REALLY IS THIS EVERYTHING CORRELATES TO THE QUALITY SERVICE THEY PROVIDE, NOT ONLY TO THE CITY, BUT TO THE RESIDENTS AND YOUR LOCAL BUSINESSES.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW THAT THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A LOCAL DEDICATED CHAIN IN THE CITY, NEXT DOOR WILLING TO BE YOUR PARTNER AND PROVIDE FIRST-CLASS SERVICE, THIS IS HUGELY IMPORTANT.

UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO JUST ADD THAT I CAN PERSONALLY ATTEST THE QUALITY OF SERVICE BECAUSE I WORKED SO CLOSELY WITH THEM AND LIVING IN THE CITY.

I DIDN'T PAY MUCH ATTENTION UNTIL I OVERSAW THE CONTRACT AND YOU REALLY GET A PERSON A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.

SO PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO LOOK AT THOSE THINGS.

THOSE THINGS REALLY, REALLY DO MATTER.

PARDON ME, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND THEY'LL BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND ADD VALUE TO YOUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

AT THIS TIME, I DO NOT SEE ANY OTHER HANDS RAISED, NOR DO I HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKER CARDS WHEN YOU MENTIONED GARY'S NAME, HE, HE STOOD UP.

OKAY, GO AHEAD AND COME UP.

JUST PLEASE ANNOUNCE YOUR NAME.

GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS GARY CLIFFORD.

I'M THE EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT OF ATHENS SERVICES.

IT'S MY PLEASURE.

ALONG WITH OUR STAFF TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK POINTS.

UM, WHEN YOU LOOK

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AT THE OVERALL RATING, ATHENS SERVICES WAS NOT ONLY THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE BIDDER, BUT WE WERE ALSO THE HIGHEST RANK WITH HAD TO DO WITH CUSTOMER SERVICE.

AND A LOT OF OTHER ELEMENTS, NOT JUST COST, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE PRICE THAT WE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY OVER THE LIFE OF THE CONTRACT WERE OVER $1.7 MILLION MORE COST-EFFECTIVE TO YOUR RATE PAYERS.

AND I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING TO LOOK AT SECONDARILY, WE'RE THE ONLY HOLLER THAT RESPONDED.

THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO USE THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SYSTEMS. SO WE'RE GOING TO KEEP ALL OF THESE RESOURCES IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AND IN USING THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY LANDFILLS, ALSO KEEPING THE COST OF WASTE AND RECYCLING DOWN IN THE ENTIRE REGION, NOT JUST IN, IN CHINO HILLS.

AND IT BENEFITS THE COUNTY AND IT BENEFITS THE CITY AND ALL OF THE CITIES THAT ARE IN THE WASTE DISPOSAL AGREEMENT.

AND I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE.

ALSO, WE HAVE BEEN A VENDOR IN THIS CITY FOR OVER NINE YEARS.

I THINK IT'S 10 YEARS NOW.

WE'VE BEEN AT YOUR TRIED AND TRUED, A VENDOR, AS FAR AS STREET SWEEPING GOES, OUR YARD IS 10 MILES AWAY.

WE'VE DONE EXCELLENT WITH CUSTOMER SERVICE AND DONE A GREAT JOB IN YOUR STREETS.

AND I REPRESENT MANY PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN CHINO HILLS THAT WORKED FOR ATHENS SERVICES.

WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE BEEN THE HIGHEST RANKING PERSON THAT RESPONDED TO THIS RFP, THAT PROFESSIONALS EVALUATED.

AND I KNOW IT'S A TOUGH DECISION, AND I'M HOPING THAT YOU LOOK AT THAT EVALUATION.

YOU LOOK AT THE BENEFIT TO YOUR COMMUNITY.

AND IN CLOSING, WE ARE THE MOST PHILANTHROPIC COMPANY IN THIS INDUSTRY.

I CHOOSE TO WORK HERE BECAUSE IT'S A PRIVATELY HELD SMALL COMPANY.

THE OWNERS COME TO WORK EVERY DAY.

AND LIKE I SAID, OUR YARD IS VERY CLOSE.

I LIVE IN GLENDORA.

OUR YARD IS IN INDUSTRY AND IN IRWINDALE.

AND AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN SERVICING THIS CITY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

SO WE HOPE YOU LOOK AT THAT.

WE HOPE YOU EMBRACE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

AND I PROMISE YOU THAT ATHENS SERVICES WILL KNOCK YOUR SOCKS OFF WITH CUSTOMER SERVICE, WHICH IS LOCAL.

OUR ENTIRE CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT IS RIGHT UP THE STREET.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY IN CLOSING THAT DURING COVID, AND DURING THIS TIME, AND FOR THE, FOR THE PAST 65 YEARS, WE HAVE NEVER MISSED A DAY OF PICKING UP TRASH.

WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO GO HOME UNTIL ALL THE TRASH ON THE STREET IS PICKED UP.

WE'VE NEVER HAD ANY INCIDENT WHERE WE HAVEN'T PICKED UP A ROUTE OR NOT, OR NOT PICKED UP TRASH.

SO HAVE A GOOD EVENING.

AND I HOPE YOU SUPPORT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

GOOD DAY.

THANKS MAYOR.

THERE WAS A SPEAKER CARD THAT WAS STUCK TO ANOTHER ONE.

IT'S MS. STELLA MOONEY.

I APPRECIATE THE TIME I'VE BEEN SITTING ON THOSE HEARTS CHAIRS FOR THREE HOURS.

I WAS NOT GOING TO MISS MY OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

UM, A LOT OF WHAT, UM, HAS BEEN SAID TONIGHT ABOUT THE TRAIT, THE TRASH HOLLER SELECTION.

I DIDN'T REALLY CARE TO BE FRANK ABOUT THIS ISSUE UNTIL, UM, TRASH WAS MISSED IN MY AREA.

I LIVE IN CARBON CANYON AND WITH ONE WAY STREETS, UM, HAVING TRASH SIT OUT FOR MULTIPLE WEEKS IS, IS CUMBERSOME.

AND SO I READ IN MY CHANNEL CHAMPION KIND OF READ ONLINE TO KIND OF SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON.

AND I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP I'M I'M HAVING A HARD TIME.

I'VE, I'VE LIVED IN THE CARBON CANYON FOR 17 YEARS.

I'M A RESIDENT.

UM, I WAS HAVING A HARD TIME WITH THE CORRELATION BETWEEN ONE OF YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE RECOMMENDED VENDOR.

UM, IT WASN'T LIKE HE'S THE DIRECTOR OF MARKETING.

HE'S A DIRECTOR.

HE, HE WORKS IN GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS.

I'M HAVING A HARD TIME AS A RESIDENT GOING LIKE COMMON SENSE TELLS ME HOW CAN YOU REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THIS CONSIDERATION? UM, I FOUND IT MORE PUZZLING AS I SAT AT THE BOAT PARADE, UM, THAT A ATHENS TRUCK DRIVING, YOU KNOW, FOR TRASH PICKUP TRUCK WAS DRIVING DOWN OUR CITY STREET, NOT, UM, REPUBLIC WHO HAD JUST GONE THROUGH SOME ISSUES, YOU KNOW, AND PROBABLY WOULD HAVE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED.

HAD THEY DRIVEN DOWN THERE KNOWING THAT PEOPLE CAN GET THEIR TRASH PICKED UP, BUT THEY WERE IN A PARADE THAT PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE WORKED OUT WELL, BUT I'VE FOUND IT REALLY GUTSY TO SAY THE WORD AND I WOULD SAY SOMETHING ELSE, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO, UM, I FOUND IT GUTSY THAT, THAT WE HAD THE TRASH TRUCK ROLLING DOWN OUR STREETS WHEN THE CONTRACT HADN'T BEEN HAD, HADN'T BEEN ISSUED TO THEM.

IT'S PRETTY CONFIDENT.

SO ALL, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE AS, UM, OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS IS THAT, UM, THERE IS NO, THERE ISN'T A SEPARATION.

IT ISN'T MUDDY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RECOMMENDATIONS, ESPECIALLY WHEN I SEE THE PRICE DIFFERENCE BEING, UM, IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THING, 1.5 MILLION SOUNDS LIKE A LOT.

I THINK A COUPLE OUR CALLER HAD TALKED ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, BUDGET AMENDMENTS.

WE GET TO SEE THOSE HAPPEN.

AND THOSE THAT'S WHERE THAT COMES IN.

I FOUND IT INTERESTING AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW, UM, I WAS NOT HERE, BUT, UM, THAT, THAT A PRICE WAS GIVEN.

AND THEN WE ASK PEOPLE TO SHARPEN THEIR PENCILS AND LO AND BEHOLD, THEY WERE JUST A LITTLE BIT CHEAPER THAN, THAN SOMEBODY WHO HAS A GREAT REPUTATION.

UM, IT MATTERS TO ME WHERE THE

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YARD IS BECAUSE WHEN YOU MISS MY ROUTE OR YOU MISS PICKING UP MY CHRISTMAS TREE, UM, I DON'T REALLY WANT YOU HAVING TO DRIVE FROM LA COUNTY OR ANOTHER COUNTY TO COME TO, TO PICK UP MY TRASH.

I DON'T KNOW HOW QUICKLY THAT HAPPENS.

I APPRECIATE THAT PEOPLE HERE FROM ATHENS, UM, HAVE SAID THAT THEY WOULD DEFINITELY SEND SOMEBODY, BUT I FIND IT REALLY COMFORTING TO KNOW THAT THERE'S A YARD THAT'S IN CHINO THAT COULD QUICKLY COME TO MY AGE.

SHOULD I NEED SOMETHING? UM, I WOULD JUST ASK, I APPRECIATE CONSULTANTS IN THE AMOUNT OF MONEY AND TIME THAT'S GONE INTO IT.

I WOULD JUST ASK AS A RESIDENT THAT, UM, YOU POTENTIALLY RECONSIDER AND EVEN LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER, UM, PEOPLE WHO WERE, WHO WERE RECOMMENDED.

AND I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY WASTE MANAGEMENT HAS, UM, A GREAT REPUTATION AND SHOULD BE CONSIDERED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THAT IS THE FINAL PUBLIC SPEAKER AT THIS.

OKAY.

I'M GOING TO BRING IT BACK UP TO US FOR DISCUSSION.

COULD WE CORRECT? ONE THING THAT WAS, I GUESS, SAY PERCEIVED MISSTATEMENT ABOUT ATHENS AND STREET SWEEPING FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE AUDIENCE.

WE HAVE A CONTRACT, RIGHT? I WAS LOOKING AT ROD, ACTUALLY, THEY ARE CURRENTLY ARE OUR STREET SWEEPING CONTRACTOR.

UH, DANIEL'S OFFICE OVERSEES THAT CONTRACT, THAT THEY ARE A CONTRACTOR FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

SO I SAW ATHENS ALSO START IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE BOAT PARADE, BUT THEY HAD A CONTRACT FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS AS OUR STREETS, WEEPING CONTRACTOR.

I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT, THEY HAVE A STREET SWEEPING CONTRACT, THEY'RE BIFURCATED CONTRACTS, EXCUSE ME.

THIS IS BACKUP TO THE, TO THE DIOCESE HERE.

SO IT'S A DISCUSSION AMONGST OURSELVES, BUT THANK YOU JUST TO EDUCATE YOU, RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

MA'AM GO AHEAD.

OKAY.

DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.

BACKED UP TO US.

JUST WANT TO START IT OFF ORDER MR. BETTER.

WELL, YOU ARE DON'T I NOT, OR NO, THIS ISN'T A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT THING TO DEAL WITH AND I'M GONNA, I'M GOING TO JUST COME RIGHT OUT AND RIGHT UP FRONT, START TO, UH, TALK ABOUT THE ISSUE.

I THINK THAT EVERYBODY, UH, I'VE TALKED TO AND THAT I'M HEARING ABOUT, UH, HAS WITH THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WHO WAS AN EMPLOYEE OF ATHENS, UH, SERVICES.

HE HAS BEEN EMPLOYED BY THEM THE ENTIRE TIME THAT HE'S BEEN ON THE COUNCIL AND THEY HAVE BEEN A CONTRACTOR OF OURS EVER SINCE HE CAME ON THE COUNCIL, HE WAS ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE IN HIS DISTRICT, REGARDLESS OF THE FACT THAT HE WORKS FOR ATHENS.

NOW IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THING RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A PERCEPTION BY MANY, MANY PEOPLE THAT THERE ISN'T CONFLICT OF INTEREST BY MERE FACT THAT BRIAN WORKS AS VICE-PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS FOR ATHENS.

YEAH.

IN A PERFECT WORLD.

HE, HE WOULDN'T BE WORKING FOR ONE OF OUR PROPOSED CONTRACTORS, BUT IT IS THE WAY IT IS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH PEOPLE WANT TO WEIGH INTO THAT ABOUT, BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU JUST MY OWN GUT FEELINGS.

UH, AND I EXPRESSED THIS TO OUR CITY MANAGER.

UH, IT'S NOT A SECRET.

IT WAS, BUT IT WAS A CONVERSATION I HAD THAT WILL THIS CREATE A PROBLEM FOR US GOING FORWARD? BECAUSE IN REALITY, I CAN TELL YOU IN EVERY INCIDENT WHERE WE'VE EVER EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT TALKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE, BRIAN HAS NOT BEEN AROUND.

HE RECUSED HIMSELF.

HE WALKS OUT OF THE ROOM.

HE LEAVES A DYESS.

HE WENT HOME TONIGHT.

OKAY.

I TRUST HIS INTEGRITY.

I TRUST HIS MORAL FIBER.

I KNOW THAT THERE IS NO REAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST WITH BRIAN JOS.

HE IS BEYOND REPROACH WHEN IT COMES TO BEING CONSIDERED IN VIOLATION OF ANYTHING, AS FAR AS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, DEALING WITH THIS CONTRACT.

NOW, HAVING SAID THAT, I WILL SAY THAT IT WOULD BE A WHOLE LOT EASIER IF SOMEONE HAD GETS CHOSEN FOR THIS CONTRACT IS NOT ATHENS ONLY FROM THE STANDPOINT THAT I DON'T WANT THIS OUT THERE AND BEING BEAT UP ABOUT THIS THING IN THE NEWSPAPER AND IN PEOPLE'S MINDS FOR FOREVER ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE HAD A SITTING COUNCIL MEMBER SWAY THE REST OF US SOMEHOW, BECAUSE IT DOES TAKE A MAJORITY COUNCIL VOTE TO GET THIS ADVANCED.

I'M HEARING A TON OF GREAT THINGS ABOUT WASTE MANAGEMENT.

I LOVE THE FACT THAT WASTE MANAGEMENT IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR IN CHINO.

I LOVE THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE, THEY ARE THE LARGEST WASTE HAULER.

AS FAR AS I'M AWARE OF IN THE UNITED STATES, THEY HAVE A FANTASTIC RECORD.

THEY'VE HAD TONS OF PEOPLE COME AND SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF

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TONIGHT.

AND WITH THAT, I AM INCLINED TO SUGGEST WE CONSIDER CHOOSING THEM AS OUR TRAY WASTE HOLLER.

SO THAT'S, AND I'M OPEN TO ADDITIONAL DIALOGUE.

AND I WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO SAY.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THIS AHEAD OF TIME.

THERE'S ONE OTHER THING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP DURING THE MITT DURING ONE OF THE COMMENTS.

AND I WANT THE ATTORNEY TO ADDRESS THIS.

SOMEONE HAD ASKED, OR THERE'S A PERCEPTION AND A RUMOR GOING AROUND OUT THERE BECAUSE I'VE GOTTEN CALLS ABOUT THIS, THAT IF WE SPLIT TONIGHT ON A TWO, TWO VOTE, THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAS THE TIE BREAKING VOTE.

THAT IS TOTAL BS.

THAT'S THE NICE WAY OF PUTTING IT.

AND I'D LIKE POSSIBLY, UH, MARK TO ADDRESS THAT.

BUT THINK ABOUT THIS FOLKS WE HAVE, WE NEED THREE BOATS UP HERE TO ADVANCE, OPERATE AI, UH, EMOTION.

AND IF IT'S TOO, TOO, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET THREE VOTES TO HAVE A MOTION PASS AND IT'S GOING TO DIE FOR LACK OF EMOTION.

SO MARK, CAN YOU CLARIFY IF WHAT I'M SAYING IS RIGHT, THAT THIS IS NOT TRUE.

YEAH.

THE CITY MANAGER HAS NO, NO VOTING RIGHTS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SAY ALL THE CITY'S CODE IS NOT SET UP FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO, TO VOTE.

THERE'S, THERE'S NO LAW THAT WAS SUPPORT.

THAT WOULD BE ILLEGAL FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO VOTE ON THIS MATTER.

UM, I WANNA ADDRESS ONE OTHER THING TOO.

I'LL UM, WE RECEIVED A LETTER EARLIER TODAY FROM VALLEY VISTA LAWYER THAT ESSENTIALLY, UM, SAID THAT, UM, THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE IMPLICATION WAS THAT THEY WOULD TIE THIS UP IN LITIGATION FOR A YEARS IF VALLEY VIS UH, IF, UH, ATHENS WAS CHOSEN OVER THIS, UH, CONFLICT ISSUE AND THAT THE CONTRACT SHOULD BE AWARDED TO THEM.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE CLEAR, I WANTED TO, HOWEVER, THE COUNCIL, THE YOU, IT'S YOUR CHOICE, WHO YOU WANT TO PICK, BUT LET'S JUST CLEAR UP AN ISSUE HERE.

I KNOW THAT THIS, THIS ISSUES COME UP.

I JUST WANT TO GET THE RECORD CLEAR ON THIS ROD.

YOU ARE SPEARHEADING THIS FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE.

THEN AT ANY POINT YOU ARE SUSAN WHO I THINK DID MOST OF THE LEG WORK, OBVIOUSLY, UH, AND BEND ON THE PHONE AND HE CAN WEIGH IN.

DID BRYAN COUNCIL MEMBER JOE'S APPROACH YOU AT ALL AND TRY TO INFLUENCE YOU AT ALL IN THIS PROCESS, WAS THAT, DID ANY OF THAT EVER OCCUR? I CAN ASSURE YOU.

WE HAD NO CONFERENCES WITH BRIAN RELATED TO THE DECISIONS OF THIS CONTRACT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

AND CAN HF AND H COME FORWARD TO DID, DID BRIAN JOE'S COUNCIL MEMBER JOE'S IN ANY WAY INFLUENCE YOUR WORK THAT YOU DID FOR THE CITY ON THIS MATTER? NO.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

COUNCIL.

DID COUNCIL MEMBER JOS IN ANY WAY INFLUENCE ANY OF YOU AND BEFORE THIS EVENING, DURING THIS PROCESS AND, UH, WITH REGARD TO THIS PROCESS? NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT.

NO DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM.

NONE.

THANK YOU.

AND MY OFFICE DID NOT EITHER.

SO I JUST WANT TO GET THAT IN THE RECORD IN CASE WHATEVER THE COUNCIL DECIDES.

CAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO GET A LAWSUIT, SO BE IT, I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT IT.

WE WENT TO THE FPPC, WE GOT AN OPINION.

I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY ACTIVITY BY COUNCIL MEMBER JOES TO INTERFERE OR INFLUENCE THIS PROCESS.

ANYBODY CAN FILE A LAWSUIT.

I GET THAT.

ALRIGHT.

AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THE LETTER THAT HE JUST, UH, UH, REFERRED TO GETTING A LETTER, TELLING US THAT A COMPANY IS GOING TO TIE US UP IN LITIGATION.

IF WE HAPPEN TO CHOOSE BRIAN'S, UH, FIRM THAT HE OWNED, UH, UM, WORKS FOR, IF THEY DON'T GET CHOSEN.

I'M SORRY, WHAT KIND OF CHARACTER IS THAT? I'M NOT, I'M GOING TO SHUT UP BECAUSE IT JUST IRRITATES ME.

AND I DON'T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING THAT'S DEROGATORY OR GET US SUED, BUT THAT IS NOT THE TYPE OF PEOPLE WE WANT TO DO BUSINESS WITH.

THAT'S TELLING YOU, YOU BOTH FOR THAT COMPANY AND WE'RE GOING TO TIE YOU UP IN LITIGATION.

THAT IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE.

AND I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANYTHING FROM THE AUDIENCE.

HI, DIANE.

HERE.

THIS IS A DISCUSSION AMONGST OURSELVES.

I DON'T WANT CLARIFICATION.

I DON'T WANT CLARIFICATION.

OKAY.

I'M DONE WITH MY COMMENTS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO, I HAD TO EXPRESS THAT, THAT IRRITATED ME.

I'M SORRY.

I'M PULLING MY MASS DOWN.

CAUSE MY GLASSES FOG UP.

UM, EITHER ROD OR MARK.

SO WHAT RAMIFICATIONS, IF ANY, WOULD THERE BE WITH TIMING IF THERE WAS NOT A VOTE TAKEN TONIGHT ON THIS CONTRACT? I THINK WE PROBABLY WOULD REFER IT TO H F AND H, BUT I HAVE A FEELING THAT THERE WOULD BE SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS ABOUT THE ABILITY FOR

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A NEW HOLLER TO RAMP UP AND BE ABLE TO STAGE, BUT WE CAN ASK EACH F AND H LATES FROM EACH F AND H AS BEST DANCE AT HF NATURE CONSULTANTS.

UH, I THINK IT'D BE PUTTING YOURSELF IN A REALLY DIFFICULT POSITION TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION.

IT'S ALREADY A CHALLENGE TO GET EQUIPMENT, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT THE TRASH PICKED UP, UH, AND YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH A SITUATION RECENTLY WHERE TRASH WASN'T PICKED UP AND YOU SAW IT A DIFFICULTY THAT CAN BE, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKE A DECISION.

JUST A CLARIFICATION ON THE FIRST QUESTION WE DID EXTEND HER CONTRACT WITH REPUBLIC, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, CORRECT.

RIGHT.

WE EXTENDED IT FROM, UH, THROUGH THE END OF JUNE OF THIS YEAR.

WE'VE EXTENDED IT TO, AND I, MY POINT OUT THERE IS A LEGAL ISSUE TOO, AND THAT, AND, AND LATE CAN PROBABLY ADDRESS THIS ALSO, BUT THE CITY WITH REGARD TO THE ORGANICS, UM, HAULING AND ISSUES AND REGULATIONS, UH, LIKE MOST CITIES NEEDS TO GET COMPLIANT, UM, VERY SOON.

AND SO THE TRANSITION'S IMPORTANT TO THAT FROM A TIMING PERSPECTIVE, JUST A COUPLE OF A COUPLE OTHER THINGS.

UM, SO IN THE STAFF REPORT TONIGHT, THERE WAS THE PROPOSED CONTRACT FOR ATHENS SERVICES.

SO, AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROTOCOL WOULD BE.

SO I'M JUST SAYING WHAT MY THOUGHTS ARE BECAUSE, UM, I FEEL BEFORE I CAST MY VOTE THAT I NEED TO DO SOME DUE DILIGENCE AS FAR AS MAYBE WOULD WE BE ABLE TO SEE A CON A PROPOSED CONTRACT AS WELL FROM WASTE MANAGEMENT? HOW WOULD THAT WORK? IT WOULD BE IDENTICAL CONTRACTS.

THEY ARE IDENTICAL EXCEPT FOR THE PRACTICAL TH THE CONTRACT WAS PUT OUT, UM, ORIGINALLY.

AND THEN AS PART OF THE FINAL PROCESS, THERE WERE AMENDMENTS MADE TO, IT WAS PUT OUT AGAIN AND, AND DURING, THERE WERE SOME OTHER MINOR TWEAKS MADE, BUT THEY'RE ALL IDENTICAL CONTRACTS, REGARDLESS OF WHO IT WOULD BE.

IT WOULD BE AWARDED TO, I THINK IT'S CRITICAL TO SAY THAT THE FEES THAT THEY WOULD PAY, THE RE THE, UM, RECYCLING COSTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THE OVERSIGHT COSTS AS WELL AS THE CONTRACT FEES AND THE $40,000 A YEAR, IT WOULD BE THE SAME FOR ALL OF THEM.

OKAY.

AND A FRANCHISE FEE, IT WOULD BE THE SAME.

IT WOULD BE THE SAME FOR ALL OF THEM.

THEY'D BE IDENTICAL.

THOSE TERMS WOULD BE IDENTICAL FOR, UH, THE REIMBURSEMENT FOR, UH, THE CONSULTANT IS, IS ON EVERYONE'S CONTRACT.

DO THE SAME.

THEY'RE ALL REQUIRED TO PAY THE SAME FEE FOR NOW THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTIONS.

OKAY.

PETER, UH, AS HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED SEVERAL TIMES, THIS IS A TOUGH DECISION THAT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT SUBMITTED, UH, WE HAVE TRUST IN THAT THEY'LL GET THE JOB DONE.

SO IT'S, WE WE'VE HAD REPUBLIC PRIOR TO THAT, TERRA MINA TOOK OVER OR REPUBLIC TOOK OVER.

WE'VE HAD A ACTUALLY UNTIL THE RECENT TIME, WE'VE HAD A GREAT RAPPORT WITH THEM.

I SEE DAN BACK THERE.

SO DAN, THANK YOU FOR, FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE.

IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A TOUGH DECISION BECAUSE I HAVE A, I DON'T HAVE A RAPPORT WITH ATHENS, BUT THEY'VE BEEN RECOMMENDED AS, BECAUSE OF THE LOW, LOWEST BID.

I DO OVER RAPPORT WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT, BECAUSE I'VE INTERACT WITH THEM FOR YEARS.

A NUMBER OF THESE INDIVIDUALS, I, I I'VE SEEN, UH, AT MANY EVENTS, SO THEY, THEY DID WALK THE WALK AS FAR AS THEIR ARGUMENT, THAT THEY ARE A LOCAL, UM, COMPANY THAT STEPS UP TO HELP DONATE AT TIMES OR WITH THEIR TIME OR THEIR RESOURCES.

SO I DO KNOW WASTE MANAGEMENT FAIRLY WELL.

I DON'T KNOW ATHENS AS WELL, BUT I KNOW BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF OUR CONSULTANT AND, UM, WHEN THEY WENT BACK TO SHARPEN THE PENCIL THAT THEY CAME BACK AS THE LOWEST BIDDER.

SO I HAVE COMPLETE CONFIDENCE, EITHER ONE WOULD DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

UM, SO I GUESS, WELL, THERE'S CYNTHIA.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU FINISHED WITH YOUR COMMENTS, BUT I COULD GO EITHER WAY ON THIS ONE, BUT, UH, AT THE MOMENT, I'LL PROBABLY GO WITH THE CITY'S RECOMMENDATION.

THIS IS DISCUSSION AMONGST OURSELVES.

AND LET'S ASK THE QUESTION OF YOU.

I HAVE A FEW THINGS TO SAY, FIRST OF ALL, UM, I'M AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.

AND WHEN WE INITIALLY DID THE RFP, I WAS REALLY TAKEN BACK THAT THE FOUR LOWEST BIDDERS, JUST ONLY ONE OF THEM WERE CONSIDERED TO MOVE FORWARD.

AND THAT WAS WASTE MANAGEMENT.

UM, VALLEY VISTA.

I HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM OVER THE YEARS, UH, THE REPUTABLE COMPANY, UM, I'M GOING TO SHARE SOMETHING WITH YOU.

UM, TRESTLE MODELS WAS A BIG ISSUE FOR OUR CITY.

UM, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH SOLAR PANELS AND THERE WERE SOME, SOME ISSUES GOING ON AND I GOT TO TOUR VALLEY VISTA PROBABLY ABOUT SIX, SEVEN

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YEARS AGO.

AND THEY HAD ASKED ME A QUESTION, WHAT CAN WE DO FOR YOU, RAY? AND THAT WAS STRAIGHT, STRAIGHT ON YOU AT, YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION.

AND I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT I'M CONCERNED, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE INFLUENTIAL IN THE CITY OF INDUSTRY.

AND WE, AT THAT TIME, WE WERE BATTLING THE CITY OF INDUSTRY AND YOU GAVE ME YOUR WORD THAT YOU WOULD STAY OUT OF EVERYTHING AND YOU DID.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I'VE NEVER FORGOTTEN THAT ON MY TOUR TOUR OF YOUR FACILITY.

AND IT WAS VERY IMPRESSED.

UM, JUDY ROGERS IS A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE THAT PASSED AWAY, AND WE WERE TRYING TO DO SERVICES FOR HER.

AND I BELIEVE YOU GUYS DONATED SOME MONEY TO OFFSET SOME OF THE COSTS, BUT I WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT THEY WEREN'T ONE OF THE FOUR FINALISTS AS WE MOVE THIS FORWARD.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF COMPANIES THAT WERE PART OF THE FOUR THAT I SCRATCHED MY HEAD.

AND AGAIN, WHEN THE VOTE WAS TAKEN AND THE FINAL DECISION WAS MADE, I WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER.

SO THAT'S MY DECISION TOO.

SO, I MEAN, I HAVE TO, I HAVE TO HOME THAT, BUT I HEARD A COMMENT ABOUT VALLEY DISTRICT A FEW MINUTES AGO.

WHAT I KNOW OF THEM, THEY'RE REPUTABLE.

THEY'RE GOOD PEOPLE.

BUT AGAIN, LIKE PETER SAID EARLIER, WE DO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH JULIE.

JULIE REYES, RIGHT.

WAS PRICELESS.

SHE WAS JUST ROLLING, INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY OVER THE YEARS AND ROTARY AND OTHER THINGS THAT, THAT I WAS INVOLVED IN.

UM, SO, AND AGAIN, BRIAN IS A ABOVE BOARD INDIVIDUAL.

HE DID NOT INFLUENCE ME IN ANY WAY WHATSOEVER, BUT AGAIN, IF I'M HAVING AN ISSUE MOVING FORWARD WITHOUT THEM PERSONALLY, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE UP TO US TO DO A FINAL VOTE.

SO WE WANT TO STILL DISCUSS IT.

AND WE'RE HAVING LIKE A RECOMMENDATION.

IT'S MY RECOMMENDATION THAT WE NOT ACCEPT THAT THE STAFF'S DECISION OR A RECOMMENDATION, AND THAT WE AWARD THIS CONTRACT TO WASTE MANAGEMENT.

AND THE SECOND I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

UM, SO, SO ROD, SO DURING THE PRESENTATION YOU GAVE, YOU SAID OVER THE TERM OF AGREEMENT AND THE SERVICES WOULD SAVE THE CITY'S CUSTOMERS 1.5 MILLION AS COMPARED TO THE NEXT LOWEST PROPOSAL.

REMIND ME WHERE THAT 1.5 MILLION IS COMING, BECAUSE YOU SAID ALL THE CONTRACTS FOR THE SAME, EXCEPT FOR THE PRICING.

SO THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CONTRACT.

SO WASTE MANAGEMENT PROPOSAL IS APPROXIMATELY $168,000 A YEAR HIGHER OVER THE YEAR TERM, PLUS A TWO YEAR ADOPTS OPTIONAL YEARS.

IT CAME TO A LITTLE OVER $1.5 MILLION TO 168,000.

OKAY.

I KNOW.

THANK YOU.

THERE'S REMINDED ME.

SO IT'S BECAUSE THAT A HUNDRED GRAND A YEAR, UM, OR, UM, ONE THING, ONE THING I WILL SAY THAT I HADN'T COMMENTED ON BEFORE THAT, UM, FOR YEARS WASTE MANAGEMENT HAS NOT HAD OUR CONTRACT.

AND WHEN YOU REACH OUT TO WASTE MANAGEMENT, THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE.

PETER AND I ARE ON THE FOUNDATION BOARD.

AND WHEN WE WOULD DO AN ASK FOR THINGS.

SO LIKE PETER SAID, I THINK YOU SAID THEY, THEY WALKED THE WALK AND THAT IS THE CASE.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE, I DON'T THINK I BROUGHT UP OTHER THAN SAYING I HAVEN'T TALKED TO BRIAN, BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY UP HERE THAT BRIAN IS A VERY RESPECTED COLLEAGUE OF MINE AND HAS THE UTMOST INTEGRITY.

AND, UM, I KNOW THAT I CAN GO TO SLEEP AT NIGHT KNOWING THAT WHATEVER DECISION THAT'S MADE UP HERE TONIGHT IS PRINT IS TRANSPARENT, IS HONEST.

AND IT'S THE BEST DECISION THAT WE'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH AS IS YOUR, IS YOUR GOVERNMENT, YOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT, YOU KNOW, SO WE DO THE BEST WE CAN AND, UH, WHATEVER DECISION IS REACHED, I HOPE EVERYONE CAN RESPECT THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.

BUT I ASSURE YOU THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, ANYONE THAT HAS DOUBTS CAST IN THEIR MIND, IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I CAN SAY WITH THE UTMOST CONFIDENCE THAT THE REPRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE IN THIS, THIS TOWN IS THE UTMOST INTEGRITY WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS.

AND I HOPE I'M NOT AROUND FOR THE NEXT TRASH CONTRACT.

CAUSE IT'S HELL.

SO, UM, NOT THAT THAT, SO NOW THAT I MAKE AS CLEAR AS MUD OF WHAT I'M GOING TO DO, SO, UM, I AM A LITTLE SURPRISED BY YOUR EMOTION ART.

I WILL SAY THAT.

UM, AND THEN I KNOW PETER SAID THAT YOU'RE LEANING TOWARDS ATHENS.

AND THEN, I MEAN, WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE, THERE WAS A TIE? WHAT, HOW DID THAT, HOW WOULD THAT WORK? IT CAN'T BE THE TIRE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE YOU'RE YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO MAKE A DECISION.

SO THERE CAN'T BE A TIE.

IT CAN'T BE A TIGHT, WELL, THERE CAN'T BE, BUT THEN YOU WILL BE HERE FOR A LONG TIME.

YEAH

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SO WE HAVE A MOTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

OKAY.

I'LL SECOND.

IT ALL RIGHT.

CAN YOU BELIEVE, WAS IT JUST TO MAKE CLEAR IT WAS EMOTION FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT WASTE MANAGEMENT, RIGHT.

OKAY.

SO I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS BECAUSE NOW, THEN I ACTUALLY, BEFORE WE WERE DOING ALL THIS, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ON THE CONTRACT NOW THAT I KNOW THAT THEY'RE ALL THE SAME, NO MATTER WHO WE PICK.

SO CAN I ADDRESS THAT WITH YOU, RIGHT? YES.

OKAY.

SO ON PAGE 50 OF THE CONTRACT, WHICH IS 8 30, 3 OF THE AGENDA, PAGE 8 33, 1 OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES THAT I PERSONALLY HAVE ALWAYS HAD WITH OUR, WITH OUR TRASH HOLLER, WHOEVER DOES OUR TRASH HAULING IN TOWN IS THAT WHEN WE WOULD HAVE SITUATIONS IN OUR COMMERCIAL CENTERS WHERE THE TRASH IS OVERFLOWING, AND THEN I WOULD GO TO CODE ENFORCEMENT AND SAY, CAN SOMEONE GO IN AND, YOU KNOW, PICK UP, PICK UP, YOU KNOW, THE STUFF, WHATEVER.

SO I WOULD GET THE RESPONSE FROM STAFF THAT, THAT, THAT PARTICULAR CENTER, THEY ONLY HAD A PICKUP FOR ONCE A WEEK BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEIR CONTRACT SAID.

SO OBVIOUSLY THEY WANT TO SAVE MONEY, RIGHT.

EVEN THOUGH THAT WHAT THEY GENERATE MIGHT WARRANT TWO TRIPS A WEEK.

AND THEN I WAS TOLD AT THAT TIME, AND MAYBE I MISUNDERSTOOD THAT THAT'S BETWEEN THE TRASH HOLLER AND THE CUSTOMER, BUT IN THE CONTRACT, IT SAYS THAT IF THERE IS A DISPUTE, UM, THAT IN THE END, IF THERE'S A DISPUTE BETWEEN FRANCHISEE AND A CUSTOMER, THE CITY SHALL SETTLE THE DISPUTE, THE COME TO THE CITY CODE ENFORCEMENT, WE'LL ACTUALLY ENGAGE WITH THEM.

AND WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO HIRE A NEW CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF TO ASSIST WITH SOME OF THE TRASH COLLECTION ISSUES, ESPECIALLY RECYCLING, BUT ALL OF IT IN GENERAL CODE ENFORCEMENT WILL BEGIN TO SITING PROCESS THEY'LL SITE FOR, UH, BUSINESSES THAT DON'T HAVE ADEQUATE TRASH SERVICE THAT THEY'RE NOT TAKING CARE OF.

IT THAT'S GENERALLY.

BUT WE ALSO DO SUSAN OFTENTIMES, UM, TAKES A MEDIATOR KIND OF POSITION BETWEEN THE TRASH HAULER AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR ALSO IN ORDER TO GET EVERYTHING IN COMPLIANCE.

BUT CODE WILL ALSO DO IT.

THEY'LL ALSO SITE, IF SOMEBODY IS OUT OF COMPLIANCE.

YEAH.

THIS WAS LONG BEFORE COVID.

THIS WAS LONG BEFORE THE WORK STOPPAGE WITH REPUBLIC.

IT'S LIKE FOR YEARS, IT'S LIKE THERE ARE CENTERS THAT ARE EYESORES BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GETTING THEIR WASTE PICKED UP ENOUGH.

SO WHAT TEETH DO WE HAVE IN THESE CONTRACTS THAT ARE GONNA, I MEAN, WHO'S GOING TO MAKE THE DECISION THAT SAYS, OKAY, ABC COMMERCIAL CENTER, WE HAVE TO HAVE, YOU HAVE A CONTRACT WHERE WE PICK UP TWICE A WEEK AND NOT ONCE ULTIMATELY GO THROUGH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT PROCESS.

THE CODE ENFORCEMENT, UH, WOULD BE THE ENTITY THAT WOULD ACTUALLY HANDLE THAT PROCESS AND ACTUALLY WRITE THE CITATIONS AND WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

IF WE HAVE TO GAIN ADDITIONAL TEETH AT SOME POINT LATER, THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD GO WITH IT.

THIS, THIS CONTRACT IS NOT GOING TO RESOLVE THAT PROBLEM BECAUSE THIS CONTRACT DEALS WITH THEIR OBLIGATION TO PICK UP TRASH AND PROVIDE TO THE SOLID WASTE AND FOR THESE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES.

BUT IF THE CURRENT COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES AREN'T ENGAGING IN AND BUYING THE RIGHT LEVEL OF SERVICE, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE PROBLEM YOU'RE DESCRIBED.

AND THAT'S WHERE CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS TO COME IN AND CITE THEM AND, AND TAKE ACTION, UH, FOR BEING A NUISANCE.

UM, AND THEN THEY'LL THAT, WHICH WOULD THEN ESSENTIALLY KIND OF FORCE THEM TO GET THE SERVICE THEY NEED.

IT'S, IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING.

SO I THINK SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE CURRENTLY, UH, COUNSEL AND MORAN IS IS THAT SOME OF THE CITY, SOME OF THE CENTERS DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SERVICE.

THERE ISN'T AN, A SERVICE APPARENTLY AVAILABLE FOR THEM, NOT ENOUGH DAYS A WEEK.

SO ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS WILL BE AS THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE MORE SERVICES PER WEEK.

SO THERE WILL BE SIX DAY A WEEK SERVICE TO COMMERCIAL VENDORS TO THEY'RE ALSO THE SERVICE ON SUNDAYS.

THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY.

UM, ONE MORE THING HERE.

OKAY.

THEN WHEN IT SAYS THAT, UH, DISPUTES ARE RESOLVED BY THE CITY IS THE CITY MEANS CITY MANAGER, CITY COUNCIL.

WHO'S THE CITY.

WHEN THEY REFER TO THAT, IS IT CODE ENFORCEMENT, THEN AGAIN, CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THE MAIN ARM TO ACTUALLY RESOLVE THOSE ISSUES.

SO THEY WILL STEP IN, ALONG WITH SUSAN, FROM OUR OFFICE, OFTENTIMES WE'LL STEP IN AND MEDIATE THE PROBLEMS WITH THE VENDORS.

SHE'S BEEN PRETTY SUCCESSFUL WITH IT.

WHEN IT'S NOT, THEN WE WILL ASK TO TURN OVER TO CODE ENFORCEMENT.

THEY'LL TAKE, OKAY.

HI SUSAN.

OKAY.

SO WE DO HAVE A PROVISION IN OUR CONTRACT IS ON THE NEXT PAGE, PAGE 51, 4 0.3 0.5, THAT SAYS THAT THERE'S A PROCESS FOR OVERFLOWING CONTAINERS.

SO IF THE, IF IT'S NOTED BY ROD SAID BY CODE ENFORCEMENT, THAT THEY CONTINUOUSLY HAVE OVERFLOWING CONTAINERS, WE'RE GOING TO BE NOTATING THAT FIRST INCIDENT, SECOND INCIDENT, THIRD INCIDENT.

SO THAT WAY WE HAVE A METHOD IN PLACE TO ADDRESS THOSE THINGS.

OF COURSE IT WILL BE WITH THE COMMERCIAL CUSTOMER, BUT, UM, THE REASON WHY I THINK WE'VE HAD THIS ISSUE OVER THE YEARS REGARDING COMMERCIAL IS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN OUR EXISTING AGREEMENT.

OKAY.

SO I THINK, OKAY, SO THIS WAS NOT IN PLACE IN THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT THAT WE HAD.

OKAY.

THEN THAT, THAT GIVES ME SOME COMFORT, KNOWING THAT WE HAVE A MECHANISM TO

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ADDRESS IT BECAUSE IT'S IT BORDERS ON BLIGHT SOMETIMES IN SOME OF THESE CENTERS.

SO IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S DEFINITELY AN ISSUE.

SO, UM, BEAR WITH ME, GENTLEMEN.

I THINK THAT IS IT.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR MY QUESTIONS ON THE ACTUAL CONTRACT.

OKAY.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION, WE HAVE A SECOND AND HE FILLS UP DISCUSSION.

NOT AT THE MOMENT.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

WHAT PLEASE? UM, LET ME JUST, UH, RECUSE, BRIAN.

SORRY.

OKAY.

THERE WE GO.

MOTION PASSES THREE, ONE.

AND LET ME GO BACK TO THAT BOAT.

I DIDN'T SEE WHO VOTED NO, IN A WAY TOO QUICKLY.

PETER ROGERS COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS VOTING.

NO.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU GUYS.

I KNOW THIS WAS DIFFICULT.

THANK YOU FOR WORKING TOGETHER AS A, AS A COUNCIL.

THANK YOU, STAFF.

WE'LL GIVE THEM LIKE FIVE MINUTES TO TAKE A BREAK, LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING ORDER PLEASE.

WHAT'S HE DOING? MR. PRES, HERE WE GO UP.

MS. PRES, MR. PRESS.

THANK YOU, MS. PRESS.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU, BRANDON, FOR DOING THAT.

APPRECIATE IT.

[ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT]

SO NEXT IS PUBLIC INFORMATION.

OFFICER REPORT, FAST TEASING WITH THE COVID UPDATE COUNTY VACCINE EVENTS ARE CONTINUING TO BE HELD EVERY TUESDAY THROUGH FEBRUARY 15TH AT THE MCCOY CENTER FROM 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM.

STARTING NEXT TUESDAY, THE COUNTY WILL NO LONGER BE OFFERING THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON VACCINE DUE TO LIMITED SUPPLY AND WILL ONLY BE ADMINISTERING THE PFIZER VACCINE.

HOWEVER, IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON VACCINE, YOU CAN STILL FIND A LOCATION OR MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO RECEIVE THE PFIZER VACCINE@ONEOFTHEMCCOYEVENTSONLINEATMYTURN.CA.GOV FREE COVID TESTING EVENTS WILL ALSO CONTINUE AT THE MCCOY CENTER ON WEDNESDAYS, FEBRUARY 9TH AND 23RD FROM 9:00 AM TO 4:00 PM.

APPOINTMENTS ARE RECOMMENDED AND CAN BE MADE ONLINE AT SB COVID-19 DOT COM FORWARD SLASH TESTING.

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A TEST SOONER, THE COUNTY HAS RESUMED TO DISTRIBUTING FREE RAPID COVID TEST KITS THAT CAN BE PICKED UP BY EVERY COUNTY TESTING LOCATION.

IF YOU PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED AN ONGO BRANDED RAPID TEST KIT, WHICH ARE THE ORANGE TICKETS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY HANDED OUT BY THE COUNTY, AS WELL AS THE CITY'S DRIVE THROUGH EVENT, THE FDA GRANTED THE TESTS THAT THREE MONTH SHELF LIFE EXTENSION.

THIS MEANS THAT IF THE EXPIRATION DATE PRINTED ON YOUR BOX IS FEBRUARY, 2022.

THE EXPIRATION DATE FOR THE TEST IS NOW MAY 31ST, 2022.

AND THE EXPIRATION DATE CAN BE FOUND ON THE BACK NEAR THE BARCODE.

SO JUST BE SURE TO CHECK THAT AND THEN ADD THREE MONTHS TO IT.

AS ANOTHER OPTION, YOU CAN ALSO ORDER FOR FREE RAPID TEST KITS PROVIDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO BE MAILED DIRECTLY TO YOUR HOME ONLINE@COVIDTESTWITHANS.GOV AND RESIDENTS CAN ALWAYS FIND MORE INFORMATION ON TESTING LOCATIONS AND RAPID TEST KITS.

ONLINE AT THE COUNTY'S WEBSITE, BLOOD DRIVES WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO BE HELD EVERY TUESDAY THROUGH THE END OF FEBRUARY AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER PARKING LOT FROM 12:00 PM TO 5:00 PM.

APPOINTMENTS ARE ALWAYS RECOMMENDED AND WALK-INS WILL BE ACCEPTED IF SPACE ALLOWS.

AND THEN JUST FOR AN UPDATE ON SOME UPCOMING EVENTS.

OUR CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT IS HOSTING A CATALYTIC CONVERTER ETCHING EVENT IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR LOCAL BUSINESS PRECISION SOUND THIS SATURDAY FROM 8:00 AM TO 12:00 PM.

RESIDENTS CAN HAVE THEIR LICENSE PLATE NUMBER ETCHED INTO THEIR CATALYTIC CONVERTER FOR A FEE OF $20.

AND THIS WILL BE OFFICE ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED FACES, AND THIS PRICING IS ONLY FOR THE EVENTS, SO IT WILL NOT BE OFFERED AT AN ADDITIONAL TIME.

AND LASTLY, IN CITY NEWS, THE CITY BEGAN A PAVEMENT PROJECT THIS WEEK, ALONG GRAND AVENUE FROM THE 71 FREEWAY TO PEYTON DRIVE.

THE WORK WILL CONSIST OF TRAFFIC SIGNAL, ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS, ADA RAMP IMPROVEMENTS, AS WELL AS SEE EXTENSION OF THE LEFT-HAND TURN LANE FROM GRAND AVENUE ONTO BOYS REPUBLIC DRIVE.

AND YOU CAN ALWAYS STAY UP-TO-DATE ON PROJECTS LIKE THESE AND OTHER NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THE CITY BY SIGNING UP FOR THE CITY'S NEWS AND ALERTS SYSTEM.

AND THAT'S CHINO HILLS.ORG FORWARD SLASH NOTIFY ME.

AND THAT

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CONCLUDES MY PIO REPORT.

AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH, NICOLE, APPRECIATE THAT.

UH, FIRE

[ SAFETY UPDATES - Police and Fire]

DEPARTMENT, CHIEF, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL AND STAFF.

UH, MY NAME IS JEREMY ALT AND UNFORTUNATELY IT WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE ME A LOT MORE AS OF JANUARY 1ST.

I'M PROUD TO SERVE AS OUR DEPUTY CHIEF TO THE FIRE DISTRICT.

WOW.

I'LL BE SERVING IN THE CAPACITY OF A THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

UM, UH, I'LL KEEP MY COMMENTS BRIEF, HOW TO RESPECT.

I'LL BE SERVING AS OUR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, CHIEF AND TRAINING CHIEF.

SO YOU'LL SEE ME A LOT MORE OFTEN WITH TRASH AT ALL.

JUST PICKING UP OR HERE'S ME SAYING NOTHING AMBULANCES THAT WE'RE RUNNING NOW PICK UP SOME TRASH TOO, IF WE NEED TO.

NO, NO, WE'RE HERE TO SERVE JUST NOT IN THAT WAY.

UM, I'LL KEEP IT BRIEF.

BUT AS MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE, OUR SWEARING IN CEREMONY FOR CHIEF WILLIAMS HAS BEEN DELAYED, UH, DATE TO BE DETERMINED DUE TO THE COVID SPIKE.

SO MORE TO COME ON THAT SOON, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO INTRODUCING OUR SIX NEW LATERAL FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS.

ONCE WE GET THEM ON BOARD, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE PROUD TO ATTRACT QUALIFIED, UH, PEOPLE FROM OUT FROM OTHER AGENCIES AS LATERAL.

SO WE'LL BE BRINGING THEM TO INTRODUCE THEM TO YOU, UH, AT A LATER DATE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANKS JEREMY.

THANKS.

GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR MARQUEZ, VICE MAYOR ROGERS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, JUST A FEW CRIME PREVENTION REMINDERS, EVEN THOUGH THE HOLIDAYS ARE OVER, WE'RE STILL SEEING SOME VEHICLE BURGLARIES AND VEHICLE BREAK-INS, ESPECIALLY AT THE NORTH END OF THE CITY AND THE SHOPPING CENTERS.

SO I'D JUST LIKE TO REMIND RESIDENTS TO PLACE ANY PACKAGES AND VALUABLE ITEMS IN YOUR TRUNK OR OUT OF YOU PRIOR TO SHOPPING, EVEN IF YOU'RE JUST RUNNING IN THE STORE FOR JUST A FEW MINUTES.

AND WITH THAT LAST WEEK, OUR DEPUTIES CONDUCTED A VEHICLE CHECK IN THE COSTCO PARKING LOT, LOCATED A VAN WITH THREE SUBJECTS INSIDE WHO HAD A FLOOR, JACK BURGLARY TOOLS, AND ALSO CUTTING TOOLS YOU USE TO REMOVE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS.

THESE SUBJECTS WERE FROM OUT OF THE AREA AND THEY WERE SUBSEQUENTLY ARRESTED AND ISSUED CITATIONS FOR POSSESSION OF THOSE BURGLARY ITEMS. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU, SIR.

APPRECIATE THAT.

GOOD WORK GUYS.

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NEXT IS COUNSEL REPORTS.

UM, I'M NOT, I DO HAVE A LIST OF SO LONG LIST.

I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH IT TODAY.

I'LL DO IT NEXT MEETING, UH, VICE MAYOR ROGERS.

I WILL CHECK OFF A COUPLE OF THESE THAT I HAVE IN FRONT OF ME.

UH, FIRST ONE IS CHINO BASED INTO SALT OR AUTHORITY OR CDA, AND IT WAS A FAIRLY STANDARD MEETING.

WE APPROVED CONTRACTS FOR VARIOUS CONSTRUCTION ITEMS, AND WE ALSO APPROVE THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021.

AFTER THAT WE HAD REPORTS FROM OUR GENERAL MANAGERS OR CONSULTANTS HAVING TO DO WITH A JUST QUARTERLY REPORT OPERATIONS REPORT WHERE WE'RE PRODUCING ABOVE THE NORM, UM, BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TAKING PLACE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, EVERYTHING IS WORKING IN OPERATION NOW AND WE'RE PRODUCING MORE WATER THAN ANTICIPATED, WHICH IS GREAT.

NOT A LOT BUT MORE SO THAT'S CHINO TO SALTER AUTHORITY.

NEXT ONE IS TRAITS ROMANOS RAY AND I ARE ON THAT.

SO RAY JUMP IN.

OBVIOUSLY THE BIGGEST DEBATE WE'VE HAD THE WHOLE TIME OF THE COUPLE OF YEARS HAS BEEN ON THE LOGO.

IT'S ALWAYS THE SIMPLE THINGS THAT SEEM TO BE JUST LIKE HERE.

UH, SOMETIMES.

SO WE APPROVED A LOGO, A NICE LOOKING LOGO, UH, AND THEY'RE ALSO WORKING ON A WEBSITE.

AND AFTER THAT, OH, NEW BUSINESS, WE ALSO APPROVED SOME CATTLE GRAZING CONTRACTS.

HISTORICALLY, UH, CITY OF INDUSTRY HAD HAD SOME HERITAGE, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT ALLOWED THERE WERE, HAD THEIR COWS GRAZE THERE.

AND I THINK IT WAS A FREEBIE, JUST, IT WAS KIND OF A TRADE-OFF TAKES CARE OF FIRE SUPPRESSION, AND YET THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY TO BE THERE.

WE'VE PUT IN NOW WE'VE APPROVED TWO CONTRACTS, ONE TO THE NORTH, ONE TO THE SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY WITH, UH, TWO DIFFERENT, UH, ENTITIES, UH, WITH A SMALL SUM OF MONEY, NOT A LOT, BUT A SMALL SUM OF MONEY COMING TO, TO THE CONSERVANCY FOR CATTLE CONTRACTS FOR GRAZING.

AND THAT'S IT.

AND THEN LAST ONE, SORRY, LAST ONE.

UH, WATER FACILITIES, AUTHORITY OR WFA.

UH, THE SAME THING, A LOT OF OPERATIONS APPROVALS ON PURCHASES.

WE DID, UH, UH, APPROVE THE A MID-YEAR BUDGET AMENDMENT.

UM, WE TALKED ABOUT CONTINGENCY PLANS WFA AS THE STATE WATER.

SO THAT'S WHEN WE, WHEN YOU GO ON A TRIP AND YOU SEE THE BIG RESERVOIR OR THE, THE, THE, UM, THE WATER COMING DOWN, THE STATE, THAT'S THE WATER THAT WE TAP INTO AND ENDS UP AT LAKE SILVERWOOD.

AND THEN US AND WE, OUR GENERAL MANAGER TALKED ABOUT CONTINGENCY PLANS OR STARTED TALKING ABOUT CONTINGENCY PLANS BASED ON POSSIBLE DROUGHT, UH, ISSUES.

EVEN THOUGH WE HAD SOME GREAT RAINS AND SNOW PACK IT, I THINK AS WE GET CLOSER, UNLESS WE HAVE ANOTHER COUPLE OF SERIES OF STORMS,

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WE MAY BE FACING BIG ISSUES.

SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT CONTINGENCY PLANS, OTHER THAN THAT, NOTHING OF GREAT IMPORTANCE.

SO WELCOME.

THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT THING THAT CAME WITH THIS SCHOOL BOARD MEETING IS THAT THEY, UM, THEY DIDN'T VOTE ON THEIR TRUSTY VOTING DISTRICTS.

SO I THINK IT WAS BOARD MEMBER CRUZ THAT ASKED FOR A SPECIAL MEETINGS, A STUDY SESSION, BECAUSE THE TIMING IS SO TIGHT.

THE MEETING, UM, OH, IT WAS PASSED.

IT WAS TODAY AT FOUR 30.

SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED, BUT THAT WAS A SPECIAL MEETING.

THAT'S ALL.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

SO DID YOU GUYS EMBARRASS ME? I'M GOING TO GIVE MY REPORT FAIRLY FAST.

CAL CITY'S LATINO CAUCUS, NOTHING TO REPORT 2022 POLICY COMMITTEE ORIENTATION.

WE HAVE THAT, WE TALKED ABOUT THE GOALS OF THE LEAGUE AND THE LEAGUE ACTION PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 22, 23.

WE WENT OVER THE STATE BUDGET AS FAR AS THE BRIEFING.

AND THEN ALSO WE WENT OVER A POLICY COMMITTEE OBJECTIONS FOR 20 22, 23 SPC TA GENERAL POLICY COMMITTEE.

WE TALKED ABOUT MEASURABLE HIGH AND THE FUNDS FROM ISRAEL, WE GET TO HELP.

HALF CENT SALES TAX IS UP BY 27% PROJECTING $250 MILLION TRANSIT COMMITTEE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TRANSIT EQUITY DAY, SO YOU CAN WRITE FOR FREE DATE.

HASN'T BEEN ESTABLISHED.

AS OF YET, YOU GOT AN UPDATE ON REDLANDS PASSENGER RAIL.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE STATUS OR GOT THE STATUS, ONTARIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TUNNEL, SCAG AND OVERVIEW OF THE STATE BUDGET.

OUR BUDGET IS $286,000,000.4 BILLION.

WE HAVE $46 BILLION IN RESERVES.

WE WENT OVER THE PRIORITIES OF THE STATE COVID-19 HOUSING, HOMELESSNESS, CLIMATE RESILIENCE, HEALTHCARE METRO LEAGUE, NOTHING TO REPORT AND TRUST THE MODELS.

WE DID THE AVATOUR, THE SENATOR NEWMAN.

THAT IS MY REPORTS.

AND AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN THE MEETING COMMENTS,

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COUNCIL COMMENTS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

I'M NOT GOING TO DO A COMMENT OTHER THAN STAY HEALTHY.

OKAY.

NOT TOO LONG AGO.

I JUST WANT TO SAY, UH, I APOLOGIZE FOR, FOR GETTING SO EMOTIONAL ABOUT THIS TONIGHT.

I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL.

THIS IS MY 14TH YEAR, AND I'VE NEVER HAD A ITEM THAT HAS BEEN SO EMOTIONAL AND SO TOUGH TO, TO VOTE ON, UH, AND PRINCIPALLY BECAUSE I REALLY WANTED TO PROTECT OUR FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBER AND, UH, KEEP HIM FROM BEING REALLY, YOU KNOW, BEING ACCUSED OF THINGS THAT HE IS NOT GUILTY OF.

SO, UH, I APOLOGIZE FOR GETTING TOO EMOTIONAL ABOUT IT, BUT, UM, THIS IS IMPORTANT CONTRACT, THE BIGGEST CONTRACT THAT WE'VE HAD TO, TO VOTE ON.

AND I JUST PRAY THAT EVERYBODY WILL HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

HOPEFULLY THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH, INCLUDING IN OUR STAFF, BEN AND VALERIE THAT, UH, UH, HAVE BEEN TESTING POSITIVE.

UH, WE HOPE THAT THEY ALL, UH, CONTINUE TO STAY SAFE.

UH, THANK YOU FOR THE, FOR, FOR MIKE STICKING AROUND BACK THERE.

APPRECIATE IT.

AND FOR STEVE ALSO, UH, AND THANK YOU STAFF FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TONIGHT.

GOODBYE.

THANK YOU, MR. BENNETT.

JUST REAL QUICK FOR ME.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

UM, THIS COUNCIL IS AMAZING.

I'M PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE HERE.

WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO, HOW FOR EACH OTHER'S RESPECT.

SO THANK YOU.

SO AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN AND TRIBUTE AND HONOR FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED AND HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES AT HOME AND ABROAD THEIR SACRIFICES AND SCRAPE, PROTECT THE GOALS AND IDEAS THAT HAVE MADE THIS COUNTRY.

GREAT.

THANK YOU GUYS.

ALL RIGHT.