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[00:00:03]

GOOD EVENING.

CHINOS HILLS,

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

UH, ROLL CALL PLEASE.

ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.

PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]

GEORGE, CAN YOU LEAD US? HI, JULIET YOU CAN REMAIN STANDING, PLEASE FOR THE VOCATION

[ INVOCATION: Peter Chung, Elder, Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church]

WELDER, PETER CHUNG, GOOD SHEPHERD PARK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME GRACIOUS, LOVING FATHER? WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNFAILING LOVE AND GRACE.

THE WORD WITH FULL OF FEAR AND HARDSHIP.

WE ARE LIVING THROUGH A PANDEMIC.

THERE ARE WAR BETWEEN NATIONS AND THERE IS A PAIN AND SUFFERING ALL AROUND US.

ALL LORD HAVE MERCY ON US, HELP US TO REPENT, CONFESS OUR SINS AND RETURN TO YOU.

LET US TURN AWAY FROM OUR SINFUL NATURE AND RECOGNIZE THAT OUR HOPE AND SALVATION IS IN YOU, FATHER.

GOD, THERE IS SO MUCH HATE IN THIS WORLD.

AND AS A COMMUNITY, WE MUST COME TOWARDS YOU AND INTO YOUR EMBRACING ARMS, WE ASK YOU TO OVERCOME THE PREJUDICES AND INTOLERANCE THAT TUNNELS AGAINST THE ONE, ANOTHER BREAK BREAKDOWN.

THE WORDS THAT SEPARATE US, HELP US BE MORE PATIENT AND KIND TO OUR NEIGHBORS RATHER THAN REACTING HARSHLY TO THE IDEAS AND OPINIONS OF OTHERS, HELP US ENGAGE IN RESPECTABLE ACTS AND CONVERSATIONS THAT GENUINELY ATTEMPT UNDERSTANDING RATHER THAN TEARING EACH OTHER DOWN.

ALTHOUGH AS THE BEARD EACH OTHER UP IN YOUR NAME, HEAVENLY FATHER, GOD OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE.

AS WE GATHER THIS EVENING TO RUN THE CITY BUSINESS, I PRAY YOU WILL CONTINUE TO GUIDE AND GRANT YOUR WISDOM TO ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF PLUS THEIR FAMILIES, THEIR CHILDREN, AND THEIR CAREERS ABUNDANTLY LORD, LISTEN, AND ANSWER WHATEVER PRAYERS THEY MAY HAVE.

SO THEIR WORK TOWARDS SERVING PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY WILL BE COMPLETED ACCORDING TO YOUR GOOD AND SOVEREIGN WILL FATHER GOD.

IF THEY GO THROUGH THE FEEDS AND THE THIRD SESSION TONIGHT, MAY YOU GRANT ALL THE CITY LEADERS AND THEIR STAFF, WISDOM, GUIDANCE, STRENGTH, AND THE ABILITY TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

WELL, WE ASK FOR YOUR BLESSINGS AND GRACE, WHICH WE'LL BUILD UP CHINO HERE AND ALTHOUGH IT TO BECOME A CITY THAT PROSPEROUS AND FLOW RESISTS IN YOUR NAME, WE PRAY ALL THIS IN THE NAME OF JESUS, WHO IS OUR REFUSE, OUR HOPE AND I WORK.

COME FORWARD A MAN.

OH MAN.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THE FIRST ITEM ON THE

[3. INTRODUCTION - New Chino Valley Independent Fire District Firefighters/ Paramedics: Jordan Cope Roger Luna Ethan Drozd Chris McGovern Greg Griffith Joshua Samuels]

AGENDA.

TONIGHT IS THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW CHINO VALLEY, INDEPENDENT FIRE DISTRICT FIREFIGHTERS PARAMEDIC DEPUTY CHIEF FIRE, CHIEF ALT WILL YOU JOIN THE MAYOR ALONG WITH THE NEW, UH, EMPLOYEES AT THE PODIUM? HEY, GOOD MORNING.

LOOK IT UP.

I'LL BE UP IN THE CITY COUNCIL.

I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME SIX NEW EMPLOYEES TO THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT.

DEPUTY, WOULD YOU KEEP THE BIOS PLEASE? YES.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

MR. MAYOR, PART OF OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

ONE OF THE WAYS WE DO THAT IS WE TRY AND ATTRACT AND MAINTAIN AND RETAIN THE HIGHEST TIER EMPLOYEES THAT WE CAN.

WE ARE BLESSED THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ATTRACT AND HIRE SIX LATERAL FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS.

THEY'VE ACTUALLY COME TO US WITH EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE ALREADY, WHICH HAS BENEFICIAL TO OUR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO MY LEFT, WE HAVE JORDAN COPE.

HE ACTUALLY CAME TO US FROM THE VICTORVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

ETHAN DROS CAME FROM VICTOR, EXCUSE ME, UH, APPLE VALLEY, NOT VICTOR VALLEY, APPLE VALLEY, ROGER LUNA FROM CAL FIRE, THE RIVERSIDE UNIT, CHRIS MCGOVERN ALSO FROM CALIFORNIA.

RIVERSIDE, GREG GRIFFIS ACTUALLY CAME DOWN.

HE'S A LOCAL, BUT HE CAME DOWN FROM SAC, METRO FIRE.

AND FINALLY JOSH SAMUELS' FROM RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CAL FIRE UNIT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US THIS EVENING TENDS TO GIVE THEM SO WE'LL GIVE HIM SOME KIDS WILL TAKE A PICTURE OF WHAT THANK YOU SO MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT.

CONGRATULATIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS.

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NEXT?

[4. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming March 29, 2022 as National Vietnam War Veterans Day]

WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION PER CLAIMING, MARCH 29TH, 2022 AS NATIONAL VIETNAM WAR VETERANS DAY TO BE ACCEPTED BY RONNIE GEIER GEORGE TO FRANK AND THE CHINO HILLS 55 PLUS VETERANS GROUP.

WE JOINED THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM.

ANY OF THE VETERANS THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT, BESIDES THESE GENTLEMEN, MR. BEN, I WANT YOU COME ON DOWN.

YOU'RE PART OF, PART OF THE GROUP.

THANK YOU.

OUR CITY COUNCIL AND THE RESIDENTS OF CHINO HILLS HAVE A GREAT AMOUNT OF RESPECT, RESPECT AND GRATITUDE FOR THE MILK.

MILLIONS OF BRAVE AMERICANS WHO SERVED OUR COUNTY OR COUNTRIES ON THE VIETNAM WAR, MORE THAN 58,000 INDIVIDUALS MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN VIETNAM AND MANY THOUSANDS MORE WERE WOUNDED IN COMBAT.

IN 2017, PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED INTO LAW.

THE VIETNAM WAR VETERANS RECOGNITION ACT DESIGNATING MARCH 29TH OF EACH YEAR HAS NATIONAL VIETNAM VETERANS DAY.

THIS YEAR MARKS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY AND TODAY AND EVERY DAY WE HONOR THOSE WHO ANSWER THE NATION'S CALL TO DUTY.

WE ENCOURAGE OUR IN COMMUNITY TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR AND THANK OUR VIETNAM VETERANS FOR ALL THOSE THAT HAVE GIVEN IN THE SERVICE OF OUR COUNTRY, TO OUR LOCAL VIETNAM VETERANS WITH US HERE TODAY, WE SINCERELY THANK YOU TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION.

WE HAVE OUR VERY OWN VIETNAM VETERANS TO MY LEFT WHINY GUYER, GEORGIA, TO FRANK AND THE 60 CHINO HILLS 55 PLUS CLUB AND MR. BENNETT.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.

RONNIE WANTS YOU TO SAY A FEW WORDS ON BEHALF OF ALL THE VETERANS THAT ARE HERE TODAY, ALL THE VIETNAM VETERANS AND ALL THE VETERANS WHO CAME HOME TO KNOW WELCOMES.

AND THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 56 YEARS AGO WHEN I CAME HOME FROM THE FIRST MAJOR BATTLES OF THE VIETNAM WAR AND THE WAY IT IS NOW, AND THAT GOES FOR, ESPECIALLY DURING THE LAST MONTH WE HAVE FLAT-SCREEN TVS, 10 80, HIGH-DEFINITION SOME HAVE 4K CLARITY.

PEOPLE ARE SEEING WHAT WE SAW IN VIETNAM IN THE 1960S AND SEVENTIES.

THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS.

THAT'S THE WAY IT IS.

AND THAT'S THE WAY IT COULD GET WORSE.

WE ARE READY IF IT DOES.

COMMUNISM WAS BEING FOUGHT IN IN VIETNAM TO KEEP PEOPLE FREE.

AND COMMUNISM TODAY IS VERY, VERY HUNGRY.

THANK YOU FOR THE HONOR FOR ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU.

YEAH, JUST A REAL QUICK OF A GENTLEMAN THERE UP HERE, RIGHT OUT TO MY LEFT.

HOW MANY ACTUALLY GOT WOUNDED IN ACTION AND RECEIVED A PURPLE HEART.

THANK YOU GENTLEMEN.

I LIKE TO GET OUT, GEORGE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE GEORGE MET A FEW WORDS, CHUCK? OKAY.

LET'S TAKE A PICTURE TO MY LEFT.

JUST EXTENDED.

NEXT.

WE

[5. PRESENTATION - Presentation of City Tile to Mary Grunder for her service as Management Analyst II from July 10, 1989 to March 25, 2022]

HAVE A PRESENTATION OF A CITY TILE TO MARY GRUNDER FOR HER SERVICE AS MANAGEMENT ANALYST FROM JULY 10TH, 1989 TO MARCH 25TH, 2022.

MARY WILL YOU JOINED THE MAYOR PLEASE?

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THERE'S ONLY A HANDFUL OF EMPLOYEES REMAINING THAT WORKED IN CHINO HILLS BEFORE CITY HOOD.

AND MARY IS ONE OF THEM.

SHE BEGAN HER WORK HERE AS A STUDENT INTERN IN JULY OF 1989 DURING HER FIRST, DURING HER FINAL YEAR OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES ONCE GRADUATED, SHE BEGAN WORKING IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT BEFORE MOVING INTO OPERATIONS WITHIN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN 1998, FAST FORWARD 33 YEARS LATER, MARY HAS GROWN HERSELF QUITE A RESUME DURING HER TIME HERE, SHE ACCOMPLISHED A NUMBER OF SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS AMONG THE MANY OF THE PROJECTS THAT REALLY STAND OUT, INCLUDE ESTABLISHING THE FIRST PURCHASING MANUAL, SETTING UP AND RUNNING THE CITY'S FIRST PAYROLL COORDINATING THE MOVE OF OFFICES TO THE FIRST CITY HALL, RECOVERING FEMA REIMBURSEMENT FUNDS FOR CITY EMERGENCIES, HELPING PURCHASE THE LED RETROFIT STREETLIGHTS, SAVING THE CITY OVER $400,000.

THANK YOU.

HELP HELPING DEVELOP THE CITIES OF MILITARY BATTER PROGRAM.

I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU THERE AND THE LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT THE LEAST REMAINING UNDEFEATED WITH JONATHAN MARSHALL AND THE BOAT RACE IN A CORPORATE CHALLENGE EVENTS, TRYING TO FEED IT.

CONGRATULATIONS.

MARY TAKES GREAT PRIDE IN HER WORK AND IS WELL-KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE CITY FOR INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE.

SHE'S PROVEN TO BE INVALUABLE TO THE DAILY OPERATIONS OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

SHE'S BEEN A CHINO HILLS NATIVE SINCE BUYING HER FIRST HOUSE HERE IN 1988.

ALTHOUGH WE ARE HAPPY YOU NO LONGER NEED TO COMMUTE, COMMUTE, COMMUTE, FAR TO WORK.

WE ARE SAD TO SEE YOU GO ON THE OTHER HAND, I AM SURE YOUR PUP LUCY WILL BE HAPPY TO SEE YOU AROUND THE HOUSE MORE OFTEN.

AND WHAT KIND OF DOG IS LOSING BEAUTIFUL IN ALL SERIOUSNESS WE HAVE SEEN OR BEEN SO LUCKY TO HAVE HAD A LONG TIME DEDICATED EMPLOYEE LIKE YOURSELF ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, WE WOULD LIKE TO REPRESENT YOU OR PRESENT YOU WITH A CITY TILE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE AND WISH YOU THE VERY BEST IN YOUR RETIREMENT.

WE ALSO HAVE CERTIFICATES FROM CONGRESSWOMAN KIM ASSEMBLING MEN, CHEN COUNTY SUPERVISOR HAGMAN, AND WE WILL BE MAILING YOU AN ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATE FROM SENATOR NEWMAN'S OFFICE, MARY CONGRATULATIONS FOR AMAZING CAREER.

THANK YOU.

AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? SURE.

YEAH.

THE THANKS REALLY BELONGS TO ALL OF YOU.

IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO WORK.

CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? OKAY.

IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO WORK HERE, UM, TO START A CITY.

THERE'S NOTHING LIKE IT.

WE HAD TO GROW VERY QUICKLY AND LEARN, AND I BUILT MY CONFIDENCE IN MYSELF IN THIS CITY.

WHEN I, UM, AS YOU SAID, WHEN I GRADUATED WITH MY UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE, I HAD ALL KINDS OF OFFERS, BUT I HAD ALREADY FOUND MY PASSION TO BE A PUBLIC SERVANT IS NOTHING, NOTHING LIKE THE REAL WORLD, NOTHING AT ALL.

SO THE THANKS REALLY BELONGS TO ALL OF YOU TO THE COUNCIL THAT HAS ALWAYS SUPPORTED US IN OUR CRAZY IDEAS TO THE FOUNDERS WHO HAVE PUT THEIR THUMBPRINT ON OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY, TO THE EMPLOYEES WHO WORK HARD EVERY DAY TO TRY TO MAKE US BETTER EVERY DAY.

SO THE THANKS REALLY BELONGS TO THEM AND IT ALSO BELONGS TO OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE ONE COMMONALITY.

THEY DEMAND THE BEST AND THEY'RE WILLING TO FIGHT FOR IT AND THEY HAVE A COMPASSION FOR HUMANITY.

SO THANK YOU EVERYBODY.

SAVION.

HERE'S YOUR CERTIFICATES FROM THE CONGRESSWOMAN.

GREAT.

WELL OF COURSE IT'S ADVISOR.

IF WE CAN TAKE A PICTURE OVER HERE AND SHE HAD AMAZING SHAPES, JOHN, JOHN, JOHN, JOHN.

I REMEMBER WHEN HE WAS BORN WAS REMEMBER WHEN HE WAS BORN.

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OKAY.

MOVING ON ITEM NUMBER SIX.

DO WE, UM, LET ME ASK

[ ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION]

THIS QUESTION.

AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTIONS TAKEN AND CLOSED SESSION.

SO DO YOU, MISS, MAY I KNOW ACTIONS TO REPORT? THANK YOU.

ANY PUBLIC

[6. PUBLIC COMMENTS: At this time members of the public may address the City Council regarding any items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council, whether or not the item appears on the agenda, except testimony on Public Hearing items must be provided during those hearings. Please complete and submit to the City Clerk a "Request to Speak" card. Comments will be limited to three minutes per speaker.]

COMMENTS? YES WE DO.

I'M JUST GOING TO READ THE STATEMENT 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, WHICH MUST BE PROVIDED DURING THOSE HEARINGS, PLEASE COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO THE CITY CLERK.

THEY REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.

WE HAVE ONE COMMENT CARD AT THIS TIME FOR MR. MARTIN PEREZ.

RESIDENT OF CHINO HILLS SINCE NINE, 2000.

THIS IS A GREAT CITY.

I'VE SEEN IT GROW THROUGH ATTRITION TO WHAT IT HAD TO, WHAT IT HAS BECOME EVEN A BETTER CITY.

BUT MY COMMENT REALLY IS I WOKE UP THE OTHER DAY TO WITNESS BIG TELEPHONE POLES IN MY BACKYARD.

I LIVED THE FURTHEST NORTH IN CHINO HILLS UP IN THE BAND VILLAGE ON FOREIGN STAR LANE.

MY COMMENT IS MORE CONCERNS WITH THESE TELEPHONE POLES, THESE EDISON POLES.

I'M GOING TO GUESS.

I'M NOT SURE.

UH, ARE WE GOING THROUGH ANOTHER BATTLE? LIKE WE DID 10 YEARS AGO, 11 YEARS AGO WITH THE HATCHET P PROJECT, THE WIND PROJECT WE WOULD LIKE AS RESIDENTS OF NORTH CHINO HILLS, WHERE ARE WE GOING WITH? OR WHY WEREN'T WE NOTIFIED THAT OUR VIEWS WERE GOING TO BE TAKEN FROM US NOW I SEE TELEPHONE POSTS FOUR TIMES THE SIZE OF THE, ONE OF THE ONES THAT WERE THERE AND THEY STRETCH FROM THE WEST END ALL THE WAY ACROSS INTO THE EAST END, UNDERNEATH THE VALLEYS ON, ON THE EAST SIDE OF CHINO HILLS PARKWAY.

I DON'T KNOW WE CAN DO AS THE COMMUNITY UP THERE TO GO FORWARD, BUT WE'RE HERE TO MAKE A STAND THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO GET SOME KIND OF ANSWERS OR NOTIFICATIONS.

WHERE ARE WE GOING? AND HOW DO WE ADDRESS THE STOPPING OF THIS? OR DO WE GET LIKE THEY DID WITH THE HATCHET P PROJECT TO GET THOSE LINES UNDERGROUND.

THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS AND CONCERNS.

THANK YOU, MR. PEREZ, JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T REALLY ENGAGE YOU IN THIS, IN THIS CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE BROWNOUT.

BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS THE CITY MANAGER.

IF YOU CAN PROVIDE HIM INFORMATION, HE'LL COMMUNICATE BACK TO YOU.

WE HAD A QUICK CONVERSATION, SO WE'RE UP TO PAR ON THAT.

THANK YOU FOR COMMON, SIR.

THANK YOU.

I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY OTHER COMMENT CARDS OR IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO'D WISHED TO SPEAK TONIGHT? NO, SIR.

NO OTHERS MORE WARNING, NOTHING.

UH, HOW DO YOU FOLLOW SUCH A WONDERFULLY TOGETHER, UH, CITY EMPLOYEE.

SHE'S GOT THE, ALL THE ANSWERS AND SHE LOOKS AT, SHE LOOKS VERY HAPPY AND SHE'S GIVEN A LOT OF HAPPINESS TO OTHERS.

THE HAPPINESS IN LIFE COMES FROM SACRIFICING ON BEHALF OF OTHERS AND THE GREATER, THE SACRIFICES, THE GREATER THE HAPPINESS.

I'VE SAID THAT MANY TIMES HERE, I SHARE THAT WITH STUDENTS, LIVING HISTORY WITH VETERANS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN, IT'S QUITE SO BEAUTIFULLY PRESENTED TO US AS THE PERSON TONIGHT.

AND SHE DID IT IN GREAT DETAIL, BETTER THAN I COULD POSSIBLY DO.

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SHE'S RIGHT ABOUT THE GOOD THINGS HERE, BUT SHE IS.

SHE'S A KNOCKOUT.

SHE IS DEFINITELY THE FOUNDATION OF IT.

THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, RONNIE.

APPRECIATE IT.

WELCOME MR. JIM INFORMALLY.

I JUST WANT HER TO ANNOUNCE ON BEHALF OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THIS THURSDAY, WE'RE HAVING ONE OF OUR PIZZA AND POLITICS EVENTS.

THAT'S WHAT WE CALL IT.

AND IT'S GOING TO BE OVER HERE IN THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY CENTER.

ALSO HYBRID IF YOU CAN ATTEND IN PERSON AND THE TOPIC IS HOW LEGISLATION BECOMES A BILL.

AND WE HAVE AN ESTEEM SPEAKER FROM THE GAS COMPANY, UH, AS YOU KNOW, THE GAS COMPANIES ARE PRETTY HEAVILY INVOLVED RIGHT NOW IN LEGISLATION.

AND I THINK IT WILL BE VERY, YOU'RE WELCOME TO ATTEND.

IT'S AT 11:00 AM CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY CENTER.

UM, AND THERE'LL BE PIZZA PROVIDED IF YOU WERE HUNGRY.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

MADAM CITY CLERK.

THAT'S IT.

THAT IS IT.

OKAY.

DO WE HAVE ANY CALL TO CALL CONFLICT

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

OF INTEREST ANNOUNCEMENTS? I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY.

THANK YOU.

SO COUNSEL COMING BACK

[ CONSENT CALENDAR (8 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.]

UP TO US ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

IS THERE ANYBODY THAT WISHED TO PULLING THE ITEM? NOPE.

MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND.

WELL PROVOKE ONE MOMENT.

LET ME START THE BOAT MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.

THANK YOU.

NEXT WE HAVE THE DISCUSSION

[15. Review revised Maps 201 and 204 and select map for inclusion in Ordinance to adopt new district boundaries for Chino Hills City Council, and introduce an Ordinance entitled: "An Ordinance of the City of Chino Hills, Amending Chapter 1.14 and Adopting a New, Revised City Council Electoral District Map" for first reading by title only and waive further reading]

CALENDAR.

THIS IS TO REVIEW REVISE MAPS, 2 0 1 AND 2 0 4 AND SELECT A MAP FOR INCLUSION IN AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS AMENDING CHAPTER 1.14 AND ADOPTING A NEW REVISED CITY COUNCIL ELECTORIAL DISTRICT MAP FOR FIRST READING BY TITLE ONLY AND WAIVE FURTHER READING.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY, COUNCIL AND PRESIDENTS AND ATTENDANCE, UH, TONIGHT, UH, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UH, WHAT IS THE CULMINATION OF SEVERAL, UH, MEETINGS INCLUDING FOUR HEARINGS ON THE MATTER, UM, IN TOTAL WE'VE HAD SIX MEETINGS, UH, ON THIS ISSUE.

UM, THE GOAL FOR TONIGHT, UH, WILL BE, UH, KIND OF A PROCESS TO REVIEW THE REDISTRICTING RULES AND GOALS.

UM, MANY OF THE, THOSE IN ATTENDANCE HAVE BEEN PART OF THIS PROCESS, BUT IT'S VALUABLE FOR US TO KIND OF SUMMARIZE ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WORK THAT'S, UH, CULMINATING TONIGHT.

UH, I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS, UH, THE REVISED MAPS THAT WE HAVE PRESENTED FOR THE COUNCIL, UH, 2 0 1 AND 2 0 4, WE'LL BE REFERRING TO THEM AS, UH, WE'LL ALSO DISCUSS THE ELECTION SEQUENCE.

WE HAVEN'T SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE COUNCIL'S RESPONSIBILITY IS ALSO TO DETERMINE HOW THE ELECTIONS WILL SEQUENCE, UH, FOR THE NEXT, UH, FEW YEARS.

UM, HOPEFULLY IF THE COUNCIL, UH, FINDS THAT, UH, ONE OF THE TWO MAPS ARE ACCEPTABLE, WE'LL, UH, SELECT A FINAL MAP AND THE ASSOCIATED ELECTION SEQUENCING.

AND THEN, UH, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE, IF THE COUNCIL SO DESIRES AND, UH, WE'LL SCHEDULE ANY ADDITIONAL REQUIRED MEETINGS, UH, TO START OFF MAINLY FOR THE COMMUNITY WHO MAY NOT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED.

UH, THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS HAS BOTH FEDERAL AND STATE RULES.

ALL OF THE MAPS YOU'LL SEE TONIGHT HAVE COMPLIED WITH THESE RULES, WHICH INCLUDE, UH, SETTING A EQUAL POPULATION AT NO MORE THAN A 10% DEVIANCE, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T VIOLATE THE FEDERAL VOTING REC, UH, VOTING RIGHTS ACTS AND THAT WE DON'T HAVE A RACIAL GERRYMANDERING IN OUR MAPS, WHICH WE DO NOT.

UH, THE CALIFORNIA CRITERIA INCLUDES MAKING SURE THE MAPS ARE GEOGRAPHICALLY CONTIGUOUS, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE CONSIDER OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST IN THE DESIGN OF THE MAPS, UH, IN IDENTIFYING EASY BOUNDARIES, UH, STREETS THAT SOMEONE WHO'D WANT TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHERE ALL THE, THE LINES FOR THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS, HOW THEY WERE DRAWN.

SO HAVING EASILY IDENTIFIABLE BOUNDARIES AND MAKING SURE THAT THE MAPS ARE COMPACT, THAT THEY DON'T KIND OF MEANDER ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY OR IN, ESPECIALLY NOT TO BYPASS ONE GROUP OVER THE OTHER A WHILE.

THE OTHER PRINCIPALS THAT I KNOW ARE PART OF CONSIDERATION IN DEVELOPING THE MAPS, THEY'RE NOT GUIDELINES OR REQUIREMENTS AS THE OTHER TWO, BUT, UH, THE GOAL IS TO RESPECT VOTERS CHOICES AND CONTINUE CONTINUALLY HAVE BOSS OFFICE, UH, TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT OUR POPULATION GROWTH MAY CHANGE IN THE FUTURE.

THE REASON WE EVEN HAVE TO CHANGE THESE MAPS IS THE DEVELOPMENT.

SINCE THE INITIAL SET OF MAPS WERE, UH, PUT TOGETHER HAS CHANGED

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THE POPULATION DENSITY, WHICH REQUIRED US TO HAVE ADDITIONAL MAPS.

AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING TO TRY AND MINIMIZE THE IMPACT TO OUR VOTERS EITHER THROUGH SHIFTING THEIR ELECTION YEARS AND PRESERVING THE CORE OF THESE DISTRICTS.

UH, THE COUNCIL IDENTIFIED, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES OF INTERESTS THAT WERE, UH, CONSIDERED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE MAPS, UH, AREAS LIKE CARBON CANYON AND SLEEPY HOLLOW, FAIRFIELD, RANCH, EAGLE CANYON, VILLAGE OAKS, OAK RIDGE, BUTTERFIELD, RANCH, LOW SERRANO'S.

ALL OF THOSE WERE PART OF THE MAKEUP OF THE MAPS.

AND, UH, IF THE COUNCIL, UH, IS SO DESIROUS, WE CAN DISCUSS, UH, HOW THAT'S REFLECTED IN THE MAPS.

UH, AND THEN, UH, IT'S HELPFUL TO GO BACK TO WHERE WE LAST LEFT OFF ON FEBRUARY 22ND, UH, AFTER RECEIVING 20 DIFFERENT MAPS, UH, BOTH FROM STAFF, UH, OUR CONSULTANT PLUS, UH, THE COMMUNITY, UH, THE COUNCIL WAS ABLE TO NARROW IT DOWN TO TWO MAPS THAT THEY LIKED SUBSTANTIALLY BETTER THAN OTHER MAPS, BUT THEY ALSO GAVE GUIDANCE ON HOW THEY MIGHT WANT TO, UH, REDESIGNED SMALL ASPECTS OF THOSE MAPS IN ORDER TO IMPROVE UPON THEM.

WE HAVE THOSE MAPS, UH, TONIGHT AFTER WORKING WITH, UH, JEFF SIMONETTI FROM, IN DC, OUR CONSULTANT AND EXPERT IN THE FIELD PLUS REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE COUNCIL.

AND THEN I KNOW ALL OF YOU HAVE SEEN THE MAPS AS WELL AND COMMUNICATED TO US, UH, ANY, UH, QUESTIONS YOU HAD.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO TALK ABOUT THE SEQUENCING.

WELL, WE DO HAVE TWO MAPS.

THE SEQUENCING FOR BOTH MAPS ARE THE SAME, UH, FOLLOWING THE CURRENT, UH, ELECTION CYCLE IN NOVEMBER OF 2022 DISTRICTS, ONE AND FOUR WOULD HAVE AN ELECTION FOR THEIR DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES.

AND THEN NOVEMBER 20, 24 WOULD HAVE DISTRICTS THREE AND THREE, I MEAN, SORRY, THREE AND FIVE ARE THE TWO.

SO IN ESSENCE, ANYONE WHO LIVED IN THOSE DISTRICTS, IF YOU'RE IN ONE, TWO OR FIVE, AS THE MAPS ARE PRESENTED, YOU WOULD BE VOTING IN NOVEMBER AND THEN TWO YEARS AFTER THAT FOR THE NEXT TWO DISTRICTS.

CAN WE CHANGE THAT AROUND BY JUST OUT OF QUESTION, COULD WE GO THREE AND FIVE FIRST? LET'S DO THAT.

WE'LL GO DOWN TONIGHT.

THAT'S A JOKE.

I'M SORRY, SIR.

IT'S BEEN SIX MEETINGS.

IT'S HARD FOR ME TO JOKE BECAUSE ANY JOKE MEANS A SEVENTH MEETING.

SO I'M HOPING THAT I JUST GOT KICKED BY CYNTHIA.

THANK YOU THOUGH.

MAYOR.

I DO.

I DO APPRECIATE THAT.

ALL RIGHT.

SO THIS IS WHAT OUR MAP LOOKS LIKE NOW, JUST FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC IT'S YOU CAN SEE, UH, ULTIMATELY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS MAP, UH, THE DOTTED LINES REFLECT PRIOR DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT TO A CERTAIN EXTENT.

THESE MAPS ARE FAIRLY SIMILAR TO OUR ORIGINAL BOUNDARIES, UH, WITH SOME, UH, SMALL MODIFICATIONS.

I DO WANT TO POINT OUT TO THE PUBLIC THAT JEFF SEMINARY IS IN THE AUDIENCE, OUR RESIDENT EXPERT, IF WE NEED TO GET INTO ANY DETAILS ABOUT THE MAP, UH, JEFF WILL HELP WALK US THROUGH THAT.

BUT I PUT THIS SLIDE HERE JUST IN GENERAL FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT THESE MAPS LOOK LIKE.

1, 2, 3, 4, AND FIVE.

THEY ALMOST GO FROM, YOU KNOW, UH, LET'S THAT NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST, UH, IN SEQUENCE.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT MAP 2 0 4, IT'S SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR BECAUSE SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTICS, UH, MAKE SENSE IN BOTH MAPS.

UH, THERE'S SLIGHT VARIANCES.

UH, I'LL KIND OF DO A AND B LIKE MY OPTOMETRIST ALWAYS DOES.

UH, THE FIRST MAP 2 0 1, THE MOST OBVIOUS DIFFERENCES.

YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE NORTH END OF TOWN, UH, THERE IS AN AREA THAT IS PART OF, UH, UH, DISTRICT TWO AT THE VERY NORTH PINK CORNER, PAST THE DOTTED LINE.

AND WHEN YOU GO TO MAP FOUR, THAT IS PART OF MAP ONE.

UH, YOU CAN ALSO NOTICE IF I GO BACK TO 2 0 1 DISTRICT FOUR DOES NOT EXTEND ALL THE WAY TO THE SOUTHWESTERN BORDER OF THE CITY.

HOWEVER, IN MAP 2 0 4, IT DOES, UH, IN JUST FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT MAY NOT KNOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT MAPS FOR, I MEAN, DISTRICTS FOUR AND FIVE, THOSE SOUTHWEST CORNERS.

THERE'S NO ONE WHO LIVES THERE.

MOST OF THAT IS THE STATE PARK OR AREAS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN DEVELOPED.

AND SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO CONCLUDE MY INTRODUCTION, BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE OR DISCUSSION THAT WE CAN ASSIST YOU WITH.

THANK YOU, MR. BEN.

APPRECIATE THAT.

I'M ME GO TO MY RIGHT HERE.

NOTHING RIGHT NOW.

RATHER KINDA HEAR THE PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST AND THEN GO FROM THERE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, SIR.

OKAY.

I'LL ASK ONE SET OF QUESTIONS AND WE'LL GO TO THE PUBLIC.

YES, SIR.

ANYTHING

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THAT'S UH, I GUESS SAME THING.

WE'LL LET THE PUBLIC SPEAK TO THE PUBLIC FIRST.

YEAH, WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD LEAVES, MBR.

UM, DO WE HAVE DON'T WE DO THAT IN THE INTERPRETERS THING.

MY APOLOGIES.

WE DID NOT INTRODUCE THE INTERPRETERS.

ARE THEY? I KNOW THAT SOUNDED SO HOW THE INTERPRETER THING A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY THAN THE HEARINGS THAT WE HAVE IN THE BEGINNING.

SO I APOLOGIZE IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ANNOUNCE THE INTERPRETERS, THE INTERPRETERS, FIRSTLY, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE YOU COME UP.

SORRY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER MAROON.

WE HAVE SPANISH AND CHINESE INTERPRETERS HERE TODAY.

IF ANYBODY IS IN NEED OF INTERPRETING SERVICES, THEY WILL BE STATIONED TO THE BACK END, OUR COMMUNITY ROOM TO ASSIST YOU.

THEY'RE GOING TO REPEAT THE INSTRUCTION IN THEIR RESPECTIVE LANGUAGES.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS ANDRES MARCUS MARQ Z AND MR. .

HE SAID .

THANK YOU, SIR.

HI, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS FELIX, THE INTERPRETER FOR LANGUAGE AND MANDARIN AND CANTONESE.

SO I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE MYSELF IN THIS RESPECT TO THE LANGUAGE.

THANK YOU.

UH, LAID OUT, UH, CHINO HILLS UH AND GUYS, I THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

AND YOU CAN SPEAK IN ANY OF THOSE LANGUAGES YOU WOULD LIKE THAT YOU CHOOSE AND WE'LL HAVE THEM INTERPRET FOR US.

THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL, BUT I'LL DEFER TO THE EXPERTS ON THAT.

MAYOR MARK IS A CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, CLERK STAFF.

I, I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE THIS TIME AROUND.

WE DID NOT GET TO WORK ON THIS PROJECT LIKE WE DID FOR THE FIRST DIVISION OF THE CITY OR BALKANIZATION AS WE ALWAYS CALLED IT.

BUT, UH, I AM NOTICING SOMETHING ON HERE THAT MAY BE PRESENT, THAT WE HAD TO FIGHT THE FIRST TIME AROUND WHEN JIM GALLAGHER, D D UH, MY WIFE AND I WORKED ON MAPS TO GET THINGS INTO A MORE STABLE STATE.

UM, I'M LOOKING AT A MAP 2 0 1 AND AL TARA, WHICH IS OUR TRACK IS DIVIDED UP A LONG COPPER AND COPPER DIVIDE DIVIDES BETWEEN DISTRICT FIVE AND DISTRICT FOUR.

UM, I KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BREAK UP NEIGHBORHOODS WITH OUR 367 HOMES THAT WE HAVE IN TARA.

IT LOOKS A LITTLE BETTER ON MAP 2 0 4, BUT THE YELLOW LINE KIND OF COVERS OVER.

AND I CAN'T TELL IF IT'S RUNNING ALONG SAPPHIRE OR IF IT'S INTO ALTERA PARK.

SO IF WE COULD JUST DO A LITTLE NUDGE TO PUT OUR TERROR CONTIGUOUS IN EITHER DISTRICT FOR ALL IS ONE, OR IF THAT ISN'T POSSIBLE, THEN MICK KEEP IT IN DISTRICT FIVE, WHERE IT CURRENTLY IS.

UH, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.

JUST I TRIED LOOKING AT IT ON THE COMPUTER AT HOME AND ALSO ON HERE, BUT IT JUST, AS THE YELLOW LINE IS A LITTLE TOUGH TO READ THROUGH.

SO ANY CONSIDERATION YOU COULD GIVE TO THAT WOULD BE DEFINITELY APPRECIATED.

UH, THE FIRST TIME AROUND, WE HAD A, THE DIVIDING LINE COMING DOWN, SAPPHIRE TURNING ONTO QUARTER, YVONNE OUR STREET, AND THEN MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN BETWEEN OUR NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE AND OURS.

HE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN DISTRICT FOUR.

WE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN FIVE.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE GETTING SOME OF THE PARK, BRIAN, BUT, UH, IT'S LIKE, LET'S KEEP US ALL TOGETHER IN ONE, AT LEAST IN OUR LITTLE TRACK.

THANKS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, LEE.

I DO NOT HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKER CARDS.

IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? THERE ARE NO OTHER SPEAKERS SMEAR.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

GO TO BRIAN AGAIN.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE ALL THE PUBLIC'S INPUT ON THIS.

IT'S CERTAINLY BEEN A PROCESS AS MR. MONTGOMERY SAID SIX MEETINGS, A LOT OF PUBLIC INPUT, A LOT OF GOOD COMMENTS, AND, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU TO MR. VAKA FOR, UH, FOR THE INPUT ON ALL OF THIS.

UM, WITH THAT I'M LEANING TOWARDS MOVING WITH A 2 0 4.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE MY CHOICE.

THANK YOU, BRIAN.

2 0 4.

SO WHEN WE TALKED

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ABOUT DIFFERENT MAPS, BRIAN HAD SHOWN SOME INTEREST IN A COUPLE, INCLUDING 2 0 1.

I CHUNKED SOME INTERESTS IN A COUPLE OF MAPS, BUT ALSO 2 0 4 WITH SOME THOUGHTS, SOME POSSIBLE TWEAKING.

UM, MY GOAL WAS TO TRY TO KEEP THEM AS STABLE AS POSSIBLE COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS.

AND I REMEMBER RAY MAKING A COMMENT, SEVERAL OF THESE MEETINGS GO, HE'D LIKE TO SEE THE SAME.

SO I KEPT THAT IN MIND.

SO WHEN I LOOKED AT DISTRICTS ONE AND TWO, WHICH IS THE TWO OF US, AS YOU CAN SEE IN TOOL FOUR, THERE'S HARDLY ANY CHANGE.

AND THAT WAS THE OBJECTIVE.

THE ONLY CHANGE WAS GROWTH BECAUSE MOST OF THE GROWTH TOOK PLACE IN DISTRICTS FOUR AND FIVE, OBVIOUSLY DISTRICTS ONE, TWO, AND THREE HAD TO EXPAND TO, TO COME UP WITH A SIMILAR BALANCE OF NUMBER OF WHICH WAS 15,700, APPROXIMATELY JEFF, APPROXIMATELY? YES, APPROXIMATELY.

SO WITH DISTRICT NUMBER ONE, IF WE TRY TO KEEP THE BOUNDARIES THE SAME, YOU CAN SEE IT KIND OF NUDGES UP A LITTLE BIT IN THE VILLAGE OAKS AREA.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE BLUE ON 2 0 4, RIGHT? SO ON THE MIDDLE WHERE THE DOTTED LINE IS 2 0 2 OR DISTRICT TWO, THE ONLY WAY I COULD EXPAND WAS TO GO INTO PART OF DISTRICT THREE, WHICH IS WHAT ART IS.

SO THAT'S GOING TO TAKE THE CABALLERO AREA THAT, THAT WHOLE AREA RIGHT THERE, MORNING FIELD NET.

THAT WAS THE ONLY WAY I COULD EXPAND, OR THE DISTRICT TWO COULD EXPAND AND STILL TRY TO KEEP THE BOUNDARIES AS SIMILAR AS POSSIBLE DISTRICT THREE, BECAUSE SOME, SOMETHING WAS TAKEN OUT OF DISTRICT THREE.

SO ONE AND TWO COULD EXPAND TO BALANCE THE POPULATION.

YOU CAN SEE DISTRICT THREE, WHICH CURRENTLY IS ART.

HE HAD TO EXPAND A LITTLE BIT SOUTH, AND, BUT I WORKING WITH JEFF AND LOTS OF THESE WERE BASED GENERALLY ON JEFF FLOCKA.

WHO'S SITTING BACK HERE OF ALL THE MAPS WE LOOKED AT TO ME, THAT WAS THE ONE THAT JUST WAS AS CLOSE TO THE CURRENT DISTRICT TEAM AS POSSIBLE.

SO THAT'S WHY I WAS ATTRACTED TO IT WITH SOME TWEAKS TO EXPAND OUR, OUR NUMBERS, TO, TO THE APPROPRIATE BALANCE.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, UH, THEN I STARTED LOOKING AT FOUR AND FIVE, WHICH, UH, HAD GENERALLY BEEN DRAWN THIS WAY.

BUT FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, DISTRICT FIVE HAD SUCH A HUGE FOOTPRINT BECAUSE IT WAS PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THE STATE PARK.

AND I THOUGHT, OKAY, WELL, HOW ABOUT IF WE EXPAND DISTRICT FOUR ALSO TO KIND OF SHARE PART OF THE STATE PARK RATHER THAN HAVE ONE DISTRICT REPRESENT ALL STATE PART, WHICH THERE'S NOBODY THAT LIVES IN IT.

SO I GUESS IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER OTHER THAN A VISUAL LOOK TO IT.

UH, SO WITH THAT, UH, CYNTHIA HAD TO SHRINK A LITTLE BIT AND BRIAN POPULATION HAD TO SHRINK A LITTLE BIT.

SO THAT'S WHY THE ONE, TWO AND THREE HAD TO TAKE UP SOME OF IT.

ANYWAY.

THAT'S WHY I WENT WITH THAT.

BOTH OF THEM LOOK GOOD, REALLY ONE N OR 2 0 1 AND 2 0 4 LOOK GOOD.

BUT THE, UH, AND I DIDN'T LOOK THAT CLOSELY.

I MEAN, WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT IT AND I WAS KIND OF INHERITING WHAT JEFF HAD DONE AND WOULD JUST LITTLE TWEAKS TO MAKE SURE THE NUMBERS WERE BALANCED.

I DIDN'T LOOK THAT CLOSELY.

I DUNNO IF THERE'S ANY WAY OF ZOOMING IN ON FOUR TO SEE, PULL UP THE INDIRECTIVE REVIEW MAP, WE COULD DO THAT.

UH, WE CAN BRING THAT UP IF YOU WANT.

I DO WANT TO CAUTION THAT WE'RE NOT AT LIBERTY TO CHANGE.

I DO RECALL THAT WAS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT THE COUNCIL MADE A COMMENT ABOUT.

AND JEFF, IF CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I BELIEVE WHEN WE LOOKED AT THAT AND FOR PUBLIC THERE'S, IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE THERE'S NO RHYME OR REASON TO THE WAY THE CENSUS BLOCKS ARE DRAWN.

AND IN THAT SPECIFIC AREA, IT WAS EITHER ALL OR NOTHING.

YOU ENDED UP TRYING TO GET ONE EXTRAS AREA AND IT THREW THE POPULATION SO FAR OFF THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT.

BUT IF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT, WE CAN HAVE JEFF BRING UP HIS COMPUTER AND ZOOM IN ON IT, IF IT MATTERS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO ACCEPT ONE OF THE, TWO OF THESE MAPS, HAS IT? YEAH.

AND THE THING ABOUT EXACTLY LIKE BEN WAS SAYING, THERE'S, THERE'S VERY LARGE CENSUS BLOCKS THERE IN TERMS OF POPULATIONS.

SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S HARD TO, TO MAKE THE BALANCE BEYOND WHAT WE DID.

AND THE ONE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO MAKE MENTION OF, UH, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE, THE STATE PARK HERE, WHEN WE LOOK AT IT, AREAS OF COMPACTNESS, W IT ONLY PERTAINS TO AREAS THAT HAVE CITIZENS.

SO YOU CAN CERTAINLY IN BOTH OF THESE, YOU KNOW, WE GOT THE DIRECTION TO SPLIT UP THE PARK, RIGHT.

AND THAT'S TOTALLY ALLOWABLE.

WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT WAS BOUNDARIES.

THAT MADE SENSE AS FAR AS MAJOR STREETS, AS, AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE, WHEN IT COMES TO PAINT AND WHEN IT COMES TO PIPELINE, WHEN IT COMES TO SO-CALLED, UH, THAT, THAT WE WEREN'T, I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE THE POPULATION HAS TO BALANCE AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE AT 15,700, WHICH WAS UP X AMOUNT FROM, FROM THE 2010 SENTENCES THAT WE BASED OUR ORIGINAL PLAN ON.

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BUT WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT IT, SO I DON'T KNOW LEE, IN YOUR CASE, I DON'T KNOW HOW CLOSE IT IS.

I WAS TRYING TO USE SO-CALLED WHENEVER POSSIBLE AND PIPELINES I SAID, AND WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT IT, SO WITHOUT IT ZOOMING, AND I COULDN'T TELL YOU, BUT WE HAVE TO ACCEPT ONE OR THE OTHER OF THE WAY THEY ARE RIGHT NOW.

UH, NO, RIGHT.

TO OUT THEIR REPORT.

RIGHT.

IT'S HARD TO TELL WORD.

NO, I GET YA.

YEAH.

BUT ANYWAY, I'M PROBABLY GRAVITATING BOTH OF THEM LOOK GOOD, BUT I'M GRAVITATING PROBABLY TO 2 0 4.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, PETER, CYNTHIA, I ALSO LIKE 2 0 4.

UM, BUT I HAD A QUESTION ON EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON THIS EVENING.

SO IN THE AGENDA, IT SAYS THAT WE'RE VOTING ON THE NEW COUNCIL MAP AND THE ACCOMPANYING STAFF REPORT HAS OUR, UH, OUR CITY COUNCIL ELECTION SYSTEM ORDINANCE WITH A BUNCH OF RED LINE.

SO THAT MEANS WE'RE ALSO APPROVING THE RED LINE.

THAT IS THE ATTACHMENT TO THAT, OR THAT IS WHAT IS CODIFIED IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE BY THE ORDINANCE.

SO RATHER THAN ADD THAT INTO THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE WORDING, WE ATTACH IT AS AN EXHIBIT.

SO IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.

NOT ASK A QUESTION IF I HAD IT ABOUT THAT.

OKAY.

SO ON PAGE 2 45 OF THE AGENDA IT'S SECTION SECTION B.

SO WHAT IT DOES IS IT'S OBVIOUSLY IT SAYS ONE MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I'M SORRY.

IT'S ABOUT WHERE YOU LIVE, THAT YOU HAVE TO LIVE IN YOUR DISTRICT.

IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN PUT SOMETHING IN HERE THAT SOMEONE HAS TO RESIDE IN THE DISTRICT FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME BEFORE? I KNOW IT'S VERY VAGUE TO ME BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE CHERYL.

WELL, THE DAY THAT YOU FILE YOUR PAPERS, UM, WHATEVER YOUR ADDRESS IS.

SO I THINK QUITE BLUNTLY, WHAT I'M TRYING TO AVOID IN OUR CITY IS THAT PEOPLE THAT GO THAT SIGN A LEASE AGREEMENT SO THEY CAN RUN FOR A DISTRICT AND PLAY HOPSCOTCH TO GO TO A DISTRICT WHERE THEY THINK THEY CAN WIN THE WHOLE PURPOSE.

DON'T WHOLE PURPOSE.

THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF DISTRICTS IS FOR SOMEONE THAT HAS ALREADY RESIDED IN THAT DISTRICT THAT KNOWS THEIR COMMUNITY, THAT KNOWS YOURS, THEIR NEIGHBORS.

THAT'S MY IMPRESSION OF IT.

SO, AND WHAT LED ME TO BELIEVE THAT WE COULD MAYBE DO THAT IS BECAUSE THERE'S ANOTHER CLAUSE THAT SAYS, IF SOMEONE MOVES OUT OF THEIR DISTRICT, THEY HAVE 30 DAYS TO MOVE INTO ANOTHER ADDRESS IN THEIR DISTRICT.

AND ONE OF THE 31ST DAY, IF THEY DON'T, THEN THAT SEAT IMMEDIATELY BECOMES VACANT.

SO ON THE FRONT END, IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD DO SOMETHING THAT SHOWS THAT SOMEONE HAS TO, UM, LIVE AT LEAST A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF TIME IN THAT DISTRICT BEFORE.

I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S A LEGAL QUESTION.

IT'S A CHERYL QUESTION AND BEN QUESTION, BUT I WANTED TO BRING THAT UP.

OKAY.

PROBABLY THE CHALLENGES THAT I CAN SEE IS THAT VERIFICATION OF WHERE THEY LIVE, WHAT WE USE NOW IS THE REGISTRATION DEVOTE.

SO THEY HAVE TO BE REGISTERED TO VOTE AT THE LOCATION IN WHICH THEY'RE, THEY'RE RUNNING, BUT OBVIOUSLY THEY CAN REGISTER TO VOTE IT.

AND WITHIN A DAY, YOU KNOW, OF, OF BEING NOMINATED, I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WHETHER WE COULD IMPOSE ADDITIONAL, UM, CRITERIA AND HOW WE WOULD HAVE TO IMPLEMENT A PROCEDURE IN ORDER TO VERIFY, LET ME SPEND A LITTLE TIME LOOKING AT THAT WHILE YOU GUYS DISCUSS OTHER ISSUES.

CAUSE A, AND SEE IF I CAN GET YOU A QUICK ANSWER.

I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

SO, SO WITH THAT SAID, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WILL AFFECT THE APPROVAL OF THIS CITY ORDINANCE.

WE CAN IMPROVE THE MAP TONIGHT, BUT AS FAR AS THAT, I DON'T WANT TO VOTE ON THAT UNLESS WE'RE GOING TO DO LIKE AN AMENDMENT.

IF WE CAN DO IT, THEY HAVE TO GO HAND IN HAND.

SO WE HAVE TO, UH, YEAH, I MEAN, YOU COULD VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT AND THEN WE COULD COME BACK WITH AN AMENDMENT.

IF I CAN'T GET YOU A QUICK ANSWER, NOW, THEN WE COULD COME BACK WITH AN AMENDMENT IN THE FUTURE TO THIS SECTION.

OKAY.

THAT'S FINE.

JEFF, DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW THAT QUESTION? NOT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, SORRY.

YEAH.

JUST A MINUTE AFTER.

YES.

UH, YOU KNOW, RIGHT FROM DAY ONE, I LIKED 2 0 4.

I LIKED IT PRINCIPALLY BECAUSE IT WAS THE CLOSEST IN, UH, DISPERSION OF THE POPULATION.

UH, THEN OF COURSE WE NARROWED IT DOWN TO 2 0 1 AND 2 0 4.

AND THE ONE THING THAT I LIKED ABOUT 2 0 1 IS WE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE HERE FROM THE LAKE LOS SERRANO'S COMMUNITY THAT WERE HERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS BACK, UH, ABOUT A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA.

AND IT BECAME VERY APPARENT TO ME THAT I THINK THAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE THAT KEEP THAT AREA, THAT ENTIRE AREA AS IN ONE DISTRICT.

AND FOR THE MOST PART, IT LOOKS LIKE 2 0 4 DOES DROP DOWN TO BECAUSE BASICALLY THE SPLIT BETWEEN, UH, BRIAN AND I, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT AND 2 0 1, IS IT 2 0 1 TAKES IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AND IT APPEARS PICK UP ANY DEVELOPMENT THAT DOES OCCUR IN THAT, UH, TOLEDO RANCH, I BELIEVE IS.

SO THAT WAS THE ONLY REASON I WAS LEANING THAT WAY OR CONTAINS ALL LAKE LOW SERRANO'S, INCLUDING THE FUTURE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

OKAY.

IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO DO THAT TO ME

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BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE 2 0 1 ACTUALLY FOLLOWS THAT, UH, LOW SORENTO SURROUND A TWO PIPELINE.

SO IT EXTENDS DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT'S NOT CRITICAL BECAUSE TH THE, THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT THAT IS THE, UH, UH, MANUFACTURED HOMES ALL APPEAR TO BE INTO OH FOUR.

SO, UM, I WOULDN'T WANT TO HOLD THIS THING UP AND HAVE TO RESUBMIT IT AND EVERYTHING ELSE, JUST TO TRY AND TWEAK THAT ONE LITTLE AREA OF POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.

I THINK 2 0 4 HAS ALL OF RANCHO AND THAT MY I'M PRETTY SURE WHEN I THINK IT'S GOT IT ALL, EVERYTHING FROM, WELL, GOSH, WHAT IS IT? LOS RONDA'S BOULEVARD NORTH.

YEAH, IT SHOULD BE IN IT.

THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I'M CONCERNED ABOUT WHERE I INTERSECT WITH PIPELINE.

I BELIEVE THAT PROBLEMATIC INTERSECTION THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

SO IF IT'S COVERED INTO A FOUR, THEN THAT ELIMINATES THE ONLY CONCERN I HAD.

SO, UH, I'D BE, I'D BE IN FAVOR OF TWO OR FOUR AS WELL.

THANK YOU, MR. BENNETT.

UH, JEFF, I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

TELL THEM WE HAD A MAP THAT WE, EVERY YEARS WE HAVE TO, EVERY 10 YEARS, WE HAVE TO, WE DO A MAP.

THE LAST MAP THAT WE HAD TO LEAVE WAS TALKING ABOUT, WE HAD THAT PROBLEM WITHOUT MAP, TOO.

SO NO MATTER WHAT MAP WE HAVE, NO PROBLEM THAT WE JUST BROUGHT UP.

IF YOU LOOK THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S JUST LIKE THAT.

CORRECT.

IT ISN'T GOING TO BE PERFECT.

TH THERE'S A, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY SUCH THING AS A PERFECT MAP YET.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME AREAS THAT AGAIN, FOR THE SAKE OF POPULATION BALANCE THAT WE NEED TO, TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOME COMPROMISE THERE.

OKAY.

AND IT'S MOSTLY BECAUSE WE CAN'T DIVIDE A CENSUS BLOCK, RIGHT? YES.

OKAY.

RIGHT.

AS TO A CENSUS BLOCKS ALSO.

YES.

AND THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE THERE, LIKE YOU WERE MENTIONING IS YOU CAN'T PUT THE CENSUS BLOCK AND THAT THE SMALLEST AREA OF POPULATION THAT WE HAVE, BUT WE CAN GET OFFICIAL DATA.

AND IF YOU WOULD, WERE TO SPLIT A CENSUS BLOCK, LET'S SAY IT'S A THOUSAND PEOPLE IN THE CENSUS BLOCK AND YOU SPLIT IT, IS IT 500 IN EACH SIDE? IS IT 600 AND 400? YOU'D HAVE TO GUESS.

AND SO THERE'S, THERE'S REALLY NO WAY TO DO THAT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

APPRECIATE THAT.

I ALSO LIKE 2 0 4.

SO ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, IF NOT, IF SOMEBODY CAN MAKE A MOTION, I'LL MAKE A MOTION BEFOREHAND.

I DO THINK THE CITY ATTORNEY WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON CYNTHIA'S, RIGHT? YEAH.

IT IS NOT LEGAL TO HAVE A RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT LIKE THAT.

IT IS GOVERNED BY THE, UH, THE STATE LAW AND, UM, IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE STATE STATUTE.

OKAY.

WE, YOUR ANSWER.

THANK YOU.

THAT WAS GOOD.

THANK YOU.

WE ACCEPT THAT PETER ON 2 0 4 ON TWO, FOUR AND NO OTHER RESTRICTION.

SO YOU JUST GOT THAT QUESTION THAT SHE HAS ANSWERED, SO WE'RE GOOD.

ALL RIGHT.

AND SO WE'RE JUST SORRY FOR CLARIFICATION.

IT'S A MAP 2 0 4 AND THE ELECTION SEQUENCING, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH THE CORRECT.

PERFECT.

INTRODUCING AN ORDINANCE AND INTRODUCING THE ORDINANCE.

ANYTHING ELSE? JEFF? ANYTHING ELSE? HI, JEFF.

THANK YOU, SIR.

SEE YOU IN 10 YEARS.

SO, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE.

AND PARTICULARLY TO THE STAFF, THIS WAS A, THEY WERE VERY HELPFUL IN, IN THE WHOLE PROCESS HERE.

AND SO WE'LL HAVE THE SECOND READING ON APRIL SEVEN, APRIL 12TH, APRIL 12TH.

AND SO THEN, THEN WE'LL SUBMIT, UH, THE FINAL ORDINANCE AND THE DOCUMENTS TO THE REGISTRAR OF VOTERS AND YOU GUYS WILL BE ON YOUR MERRY WAY.

ALL RIGHT.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

HAVE A GOOD REST OF YOUR EVENING.

I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER, HOW MANY MEETINGS WAS THAT? TOTAL? SIX, SIR.

PRETTY GOOD.

PRETTY GOOD.

I THINK I SHOULD SAY THAT THAT JEFF DID COMMENT THAT YOU ARE THE BEST COUNSEL HE'S EVER WORKED WITH BECAUSE HE'S GOT A LOT HARDER JOB THAT I'VE GOT A HEARING DATE.

I'M GOING TO CALL THEM THE SAME THING TOO.

SO THANK YOU, JOE.

OKAY.

LET'S MOVE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION,

[ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT]

OFFICER REPORT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AND GOOD EVENING COUNCIL STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

UH, JUST A FEW QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REMINDERS HERE.

COUNTY VACCINE AND TESTING EVENTS ARE CONTINUING TO BE HELD AT THE MCCOY CENTER ON SELECT TUESDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS OF EACH MONTH.

YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION ON DATES AND APPOINTMENTS ONLINE AT SB COVID-19 DOT COM AND CITY NEWS, THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE, WHICH HAS OVERSIGHT OVER EQUINE EVENTS HAS ISSUED AN EQUINE HEALTH ALERT DUE TO THE SPREAD OF AN EQUINE DISEASE THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA, TO HELP REDUCE THE SPREAD.

ALL MCCOY ARENAS ARE TEMPORARY CLOSED UNTIL MARCH 31ST ON SATURDAY, APRIL 2ND.

RESIDENTS CAN RECEIVE FREE MULCH, COMPOST AND WOOD CHIPS BEGINNING AT 7:30 AM.

WHILE SUPPLIES LAST AT THE SHOPS, OVERFLOW PARKING LOT TO PARTICIPATE.

YOU MUST BRING YOUR OWN SHOVEL AND CONTAINER OR BAGS AND A PROOF OF CHINO HILLS RESIDENCY AND THE FORM OF A DRIVER'S LICENSE OR UTILITY BILL.

AND LASTLY, OUR UTILITY BILLING DIVISION WILL BE PRESUMING THEIR NORMAL PAYMENT AND DISCONNECTION POLICIES ON APRIL 4TH.

IF YOU DO NOT HAVE AN OVERDUE BALANCE

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ON YOUR, YOUR UTILITY ACCOUNT, YOU ARE NOT AFFECTED AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT YOU NEED TO DO OR NO CHANGE TO YOUR SERVICE.

AND IF YOU DO HAVE AN OVERDUE BALANCE ON YOUR ACCOUNT, YOU WILL BE MAILED A NOTICE TO THE SERVICE ADDRESS THAT WILL PROVIDE THE OVERDUE BALANCE AND THE LAST DAY TO MAKE A PAYMENT TO ASSIST WITH THE TRANSITION.

DURING THIS TIME, THE CITY IS OFFERING A PAYMENT PLAN AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF STATE AND LOCAL RESOURCE PROGRAMS THAT CAN HELP RESIDENTS APPLY FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND RESIDENTS CAN VISIT CHINO HILLS.ORG FORWARD SLASH COVID RESOURCES OR CONTACT THE UTILITY BILLING CUSTOMER SERVICE TO LEARN MORE.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PI REPORT.

AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, NICOLE, APPRECIATE THAT.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.

MA'AM UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT UPDATE.

[ SAFETY UPDATES - Police and Fire]

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR COUNCIL STAFF PUBLIC ON BEHALF OF CHIEF WILLIAMS AND THE BOARD.

I'M ACTUALLY HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR RECRUITMENT FOR A NEW HR AND FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR EACH POSITION.

UH, WE HAVE TWO HIGHLY QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS IN THE BACKGROUND PROCESS, HOPE TO HAVE THEM ONBOARD, UH, AT THE END OF APRIL.

UH, AS YOU SAW TONIGHT, WE HAVE SIX NEW FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC RECRUITS THAT ARE LATERALS THAT WILL, UH, FINISH THEIR ORIENTATION ACADEMY THIS WEEK.

AND THEY'LL BEGIN WORKING ON OUR FIRE ENGINES THIS WEEKEND.

SEVERAL OF THEM THERE'LL BE WORKING IN THE CITY.

WE ARE BEGINNING ANOTHER RECRUITMENT PROCESS TO TAKE ON ADDITIONAL FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS FOR FUTURE CON CURRENTLY, UH, FIRE CHIEF WILLIAMS AND SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UH, AND OUR COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION ATTENDED THE POP-UP CITY HALL.

UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING THEM, UH, CHIEF WILLIAMS REPORT.

IT WAS A, A GREAT TIME B I'M HAPPY TO REPORT ALSO THAT WE HAVE ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT WITH AN ARCHITECTURE FIRM, UH PBK TO BEGIN THE DESIGN PROCESS FOR FIRE STATION 68, UH, LOOKING VERY FORWARD TO PROVIDING THAT LEVEL OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND I AM CONFIDENT EVERYONE'S GOING TO BE HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS CHIEF, WHERE'S THAT GOING TO BE LOCATED AT 68? THAT'S GOING TO BE, UH, IN THE LOT NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SOAP CANYON AND PIPELINE AND THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.

CORRECT, SIR.

THANK YOU.

AND THAT'S NOT 68 STATIONS, OBVIOUSLY IT'S OUR STATION NUMBER EIGHT, THAT'S PART OF OUR COUNTY NUMBERING SYSTEM THAT WILL BE STATION EIGHT FOR THE FIRE DISTRICT.

UM, WE CONTINUE TO STAFF ONE, UH, PARAMEDIC AMBULANCE 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, UH, TO PROVIDE THAT LEVEL OF TRANSPORT SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC.

SINCE JULY 3RD OF LAST YEAR, WE HAVE RESPONDED TO JUST UNDER 5,000 CALLS WITH THAT AMBULANCE OR OUR AMBULANCES, AND HAVE TRANSPORTED OVER 2000 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO THE HOSPITAL.

AND FINALLY, UH, WE'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SALUTE TO PUBLIC SAFETY, WHERE WE WILL BE HONORING TWO OF OUR EMPLOYEES TOMORROW.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

PLEASE.

DEPARTMENT UPDATE.

GOOD ENDING.

MAVERICK HAS VICE MAYOR, ROGERS COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

ON THURSDAY, MARCH 17TH.

WE CONDUCTED A DUI OPERATION FOR ST PATRICK'S DAY.

WE ARRESTED FOUR DRIVERS FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE ONE DRIVER FOR DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE AND ISSUED 13 CITATIONS FOR TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS.

BEGINNING IN APRIL, WE WILL HAVE A PROBATION OFFICER FROM SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY PROBATION DEPARTMENT ASSIGNED TO OUR STATION, UM, TWICE A MONTH TO ASSIST IN PROBATION COMPLIANCE CHECKS IN OUR CITY.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO PUBLICLY THANK ALL OUR PATROL DEPUTIES AND OUR DETECTIVE BUREAU AND WORKING OUR CRITICAL MISSING ADULT THAT WE HAD ON FRIDAY, MARCH 18TH, DUE TO A SILVER ALERT AND OTHER CRITICAL MISSING INFORMATION THAT WAS DISSEMINATED TO OUR ALLIED LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.

THE MISSING SUBJECT WAS LOCATED IN SOUTH GATE, APPROXIMATELY 10 HOURS AFTER HE WAS REPORTED MISSING.

SO THAT WAS A SUCCESS STORY FOR US.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR.

CAN YOU SHARE IT ALL, UH, SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED OVER THERE AT COSTCO, UH, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN SHARE IS THAT PUBLIC OR NOT REALLY? WE HAVE SOME LEADS IN THAT AND I, I CAN'T TALK ABOUT THAT AT THIS TIME, BUT WE'RE HERE.

ALL I CAN SAY IS GOOD WORK.

I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.

THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE THAT

[ COUNCIL REPORTS Mayor Marquez League of California Cities - Latino Caucus Legislative Committee Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority Foothill Gold Line Joint Powers Authority Board San Bernardino County Transportation Authority General Policy Committee Metro Valley Study Session Transit Committee Southern California Air Quality Management District Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee Southern California Association of Governments Legislative/Communications and Membership Committee Southern California Regional Rail Authority Contracts, Operations, Maintenance, and Safety Committee Vice Mayor Rogers Chino Hills Community Foundation Board Tres Hermanos Joint Powers Authority Board Water Facilities Authority Board Council Member Bennett Chino Valley Chamber of Commerce Board Chino Valley Independent Fire District Board Council Member Johsz Legislative Advocacy Committee West Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District Board Council Member Moran Chino Valley Unified School District Board]

KIA COUNCIL REPORTS, UH, LET ME START IT OFF.

LEAGUE IS CALIFORNIA CITIES, NOTHING REPORT THEIR METRO GOLD LINE, NOTHING TO REPORT SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.

WE DID HAVE A GENERAL POLICY MEETING MEETING, AND WE TALKED ABOUT INCREASING OUR COD FEE TO ALL THE PARTNER CITIES BY $8,000 OVER THREE YEARS.

SO THE PENNY'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY.

AND THEN WE ALSO VOTED ON A LAFCO REP.

OUR NEW REP IS PHIL DUPER AND OUR ASSISTANT REP IS ACTUALLY DENISON FROM APPLE VALLEY TRANSIT COMMITTEE.

WE AMENDED AGREEMENT WITH OMNI FANS FOR VAN POOL PROGRAM, AND THEN WE RECEIVED UPDATES FROM RANCHO CUCAMONGA TUNNEL TO ONTARIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, METRO VALLEY STUDY SESSION, NOTHING TO REPORT SCAG.

WE TOOK A POSITION ON SB 9 42 THAT'S NEWMAN, LOW CARBON TRANSIT OPERATION PROGRAM FUELS TO BE USED TO LOWER FARES FOR TRANSIT.

WE TOOK A SUPPORT POSITION ON S 36 49 PEDEA TRANSPORTATION

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EQUITY ACT, UH, IN AREAS THAT ARE BASICALLY ON FUNDED TO PROVIDE BETTER FUNDING FOR, UM, TRANSPORTATION.

UH, WE TOOK A SUPPORT POSITION ON AB 1944 AND ALSO AB 2 44.

AND IT'S ACTUALLY TO REFORM THE BROWN ACT.

THOSE ARE MY REPORTS.

LET'S GO TO VICE

[ COUNCIL COMMENTS]

MAYOR.

THERE'S THREE REPORTS AT FIRST WHEN CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, CYNTHIA JUMP IN WHERE NECESSARY A FOUNDATION.

THE, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED A A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS DONATION, UH, FOR THE NEXT FOUR FOR SOME, UM, AMENITIES THAT WE'RE HOPING TO IMPROVE ON FOR THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.

WE VOTED TO FUND $50,000 FOR A NEW SHOW WAGON.

IT'S MORE THAN THAT, BUT THAT'S OUR CONTRIBUTION TO BEFORE A NEW SHOW WAGON THAT, UH, HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT YEAR OR, OR SO IF, UH, IF THE BUDGET ALLOWS AND IT ALSO, WE VOTED $50,000 TO FUND A PORTION OF THE NEW RECREATION, A NEW RECREATION VAN, WHICH IS QUITE POPULAR.

THE SHOW WAGONS HAS BEEN AROUND FOR MAYBE 20 YEARS AND IT'S ON ITS LAST LEGS.

THAT'S WHERE YOU, WHEN YOU GO TO IN THE PARK, YOU SEE THAT, THAT, UH, SHOW WAGON A NEW ONE IS BEING DISCUSSED.

AND THE RECREATION VAN, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE KIDS, YOU SEE THE VAN, UH, EAT AT THE END OF EACH DAY AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AROUND THE CITY, VERY POPULAR AMENITY IT'S STAFFED, AND THEY ROLL UP TO CHAPARRAL OR WHEREVER THEY MAY BE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THEY PULL OUT EVERYTHING AND IT'S, IT'S KEEPS KIDS BUSY FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS.

AND SO THE FOUNDATION APPROVED THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THAT, THAT HAS THE PROJECT.

THAT'S STILL IN THE QUEUE THAT HOPEFULLY WE GET SOME BIDS AND GETS GOING IN THE NEXT THREE OR FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS WOULD BE THE INCLUSIVE PART THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OVER THE LAST YEAR.

AND THAT'S, UH, TAKING CROSSROADS PARK, WHICH IS RIGHT AT THE ENTRANCE OF, UH, CARBON CANYON AND TAKING, TAKE A TEARING DOWN THE OLD PLAYGROUND AND PUTTING IN A NEW INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND, WHICH IS A PLAYGROUND FOR KIDS WITH DISABILITIES.

SO WE'VE AGREED TO FUND, AND THAT WAS PROBABLY LAST YEAR, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THAT PROJECT.

AND I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME, UM, OTHER ASPECTS TO THAT PROJECT, ENHANCED PARKING AND SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WILL COME ALONG WITH THAT PROJECT.

BUT SO THOSE ARE THE TWO BIG ITEMS WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW, AS FAR AS FUNDING, THE FOUNDATION IS TEAMING UP WITH, UH, A GROUP FROM I L I L A PROJECT UNITY, AND THAT GROUP WANTED TO DO SOMETHING IN TOWN, ESPECIALLY WITH MANY OF THEM GRADUATING THIS YEAR, THERE WAS AN ART ARTS TYPE FEEL TO IT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO CO-SPONSOR WITH THEM, THEY'RE PLANNING IT, WE'RE FUNDING IT, UH, SOMETHING ON APRIL 29TH AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, UH, WHICH IS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET HERE AT THE GAZEBO.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO DO DANCE AND MUSIC, UH, FOR THREE HOURS.

SO THEY HAVE, UH, ABOUT 10 ACTS THAT THEY'RE BRINGING IN, I THINK, INCLUDING THE DRUM LINE OR, OR, OR, OR ONE OF THE BANDS EITHER WAY FROM, UH, ILO HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEN SOME OTHER BANDS THAT HAVE DIFFERENT GENRE OF MUSIC, AND ALSO SOME DANCE ARE GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE THERE.

SO WE'RE HELPING WITH THAT.

P A I L A PROJECT.

UNITY IS THE NAME OF THAT GROUP.

SO WE GAVE A THUMBS UP FOR THAT.

WE ALSO REVIEWED THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR YEAR 22, 23, AND WE'LL VOTE ON THAT AT OUR MAY MEETING.

AND THEN LASTLY, WE TALKED ABOUT A VOLUNTEER RECEPTION THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR, NOT EVERY NON COVID YEAR.

SO WE HAVEN'T DONE ONE IN A LITTLE WHILE.

AND THAT'S FOR ANYBODY THAT VOLUNTEERED.

UH, LET'S JUST, UH, JANE, JANE SITTING RIGHT HERE, AND SOME OTHERS MIKE INVITED, UH, TO THE VOLUNTEERS, ANYBODY AT WORKED ON IN THIS PAST YEAR, UH, ANY, UH, THE CONCERT WE DID WITH DEREK BORDEAUX IN SEPTEMBER, IF YOU'VE WORKED ON THAT OR WINE WALK, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A HOME TOUR THIS PAST YEAR.

AND THEN WE DO HAVE SOME CONCERTS COMING UP.

APRIL 8TH IS THE FIRST ONE, UH, WITH LYNN.

OH, WOW.

THEY'RE TEED UP FOR IT.

COOL.

LYNN PHILMONT, THERE'S THE INFORMATION RIGHT THERE.

YOU CAN BUY TICKETS WITH CHINO TOO, BY GOING TO CHINO HILLS FOUNDATION.ORG OR.COM.

WE HAVE BOTH, AND THEY'RE $10 TICKETS SPRING, BRING FOOD AND A LAWN CHAIR AND HAVE FUN.

WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT.

AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE FOR MAY AND THEN WE'LL LET CONSCIOUS THE PARK HAPPENED THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.

AND THEN AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER, OR IN THE MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER, WE'LL DO A THIRD CONCERT, WHICH WE'RE ALL COMBINED.

WE'RE CALLING THE CONCERT SERIES, THAT'S IT FOR FOUNDATION JUST REAL QUICK.

NEXT ONE IS, UH, TRACER MODELS.

UH, RAY AND I REPRESENT THE CITY AT TRES

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HERMANAS.

WE REVIEWED THE BUDGET FOR 22, 23, ALSO REVIEWED AND APPROVED.

AND THE BUDGET THIS YEAR IS A $217,362.

AND THAT'S, THAT PAYS MAINLY FOR OH SOME FORMS OF WEED ABATEMENT AND, UM, JUST UTILITIES.

AND JUST AUSTIN HAD OBVIOUSLY 217,000, NOT A LOT OF MONEY, BUT WE DID REVIEW THE BUDGET AND APPROVED IT.

WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE WEBSITE.

WE FINALLY HAVE SOMETHING TO LOOK AT OR SEND THE PUBLIC TO, TO DOWNLOAD DOT.

WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT DOCUMENTS AND MINUTES, ET CETERA.

SO WE REVIEWED THE WEBSITE WITH SOME AMENDMENTS OR SOME CHANGES TO IT IN THAT, UH, THEN THAT WILL BE LAUNCHED FOR THE PUBLIC.

AND LASTLY, I HAVE, UH, ONE OF MY WATER MEETINGS, WHICH WAS DUB WATER FACILITIES, AUTHORITY, WHICH IS THE STATE WATER THAT COMES DOWN FROM THE DELTA, UH, IN NEAR THE SACRAMENTO AREA.

WE, AS A BOARD REVIEWED, DID A PRELIMINARY REVIEW OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2223.

SO IT'S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR BUDGETS AND IN OUR NEXT MEETING IN A MONTH OR SO, WE'LL, UH, WE'LL REVIEW AND PROBABLY APPROVE THAT BUDGET.

WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT JUST SOME, SOME PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON AND FUNDED SOME OF THE PROJECTS.

SO REALLY PRETTY EASY MEETING THAT TIME AROUND.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MR. ROGERS.

APPRECIATE THAT.

WELCOME MR. BENNETT.

UH, YES, WITH RESPECT TO THE, UH, CHAMBER, UH, YESTERDAY'S MEETING WAS BY ZOOM AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO, UH, SIT IN ON THAT, BUT I WENT BY AND VISITED WITH, UH, ZEV THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT ONE O'CLOCK FOR ABOUT AN HOUR GOING THROUGH WHAT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE MEETING YESTERDAY.

AND THE OTHER REAL PURPOSE WAS I WANTED TO SEE THE, UH, RENOVATION OF THE CHAMBER OFFICE.

UH, THE CITY OF CHINO HAS PAID FOR ALL OF THE PAINTING AND THE CARPETING INSIDE.

I'VE GOT A FEW PICTURES I'LL FORWARD THOSE TO, UH, NICOLE.

UH, AND THEN YOU CAN ALL SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.

THERE'S BASICALLY, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY MUCH WIDE OPEN.

UH, THEY DECIDED TO, UH, TO BUY A LOT OF STUFF THROUGH IKEA.

UH, THEY SPENT ABOUT $10,000 ON FURNITURE THAT WAS BEING BID OUT AT ABOUT $45,000.

UM, A GOOD EXAMPLE IS THESE ERGONOMETRIC CHAIRS THAT STARTED ABOUT $500.

THEY GOT THEM FOR LIKE 56 BUCKS A PIECE, UH, AT IKEA.

SO, UM, IT, IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD IN THERE AND THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS COMING UP WITH THE CHAMBER AND WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING ON DOING.

UH, WE'LL BE HEARING ABOUT A LOT OF THE EVENTS THAT THEY HAVE SCHEDULED FOR THIS YEAR.

UH, YOU KNOW, UH, ZEB WAS RECOGNIZED RECENTLY WITH A, UH, APPOINTMENT TO A, AT A VERY PRESTIGIOUS, UH, CHAMBER EVENT THAT INVOLVED ABOUT 20 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE'S I THINK NATIONWIDE.

SO, UH, WE'LL GO INTO THAT MORE LATER, BUT THAT'S ESSENTIALLY IT FOR THE CHAMBER, UH, WITH RESPECT TO INDEPENDENT FIRE DISTRICT.

UH, YOU'VE HEARD A LOT OF MY REPORT WITH, UH, UH, THE REPORT TODAY AND YOU MET THE SIX INDIVIDUALS, BUT, UH, THIS LAST MEETING, THEY, THEY ALSO HAD A PRESENTATION, UH, MAKING NATIONAL DONATE LIFE AWARENESS MONTH, THE PROCLAMATION, I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY DOING THAT, UH, COMING UP, UH, IS THAT CORRECT? SO, W WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT.

THERE WERE, UH, SEVERAL EMPLOYEE SERVICE AWARDS, UH, FOR 15 YEARS.

UM, ONE OF WHICH WAS CAPTAIN MIKE RAY, UH, RILEY FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC, UM, UH, RYAN WAS THE OTHER ONE.

UH, THERE WAS THE, UH, EXPLORER POST NINE 11, UH, WAS, UH, RECOGNIZE THERE MUST HAVE BEEN 20, UH, FIREFIGHTER EXPLORERS THAT WERE THERE.

AND THE SUCCESS STORIES ABOUT INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY THE DISTRICT THAT CAME UP THROUGH THAT PROGRAM IS REALLY, REALLY BENEFICIAL.

SO THEY, THEY START THEM YOUNG, TRAIN THEM WELL, AND, UH, IT'S BEEN VERY, VERY VALUABLE TO THE, UH, TO THE VIRUS OR TO THE, THE DISTRICT.

UH, THERE WERE SEVERAL, UH, EMPLOYEE PROMOTIONS ENGINEER, UH, MICHAEL AGE, CAPTAIN MIKE RILEY, BATTALION, CHIEF WAYNE FONTUS AND MR. DEF, UH, JEREMY ALL TO WAS, UH, APPOINTED DEPUTY CHIEF AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.

AND ESSENTIALLY THAT WAS IT.

THEY, THEY DID A VOTE ON A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THEIR MONTHLY MEETINGS.

UH, WE WON'T GET INTO THAT, UH, BUT, UH, WELL-DESERVED AND I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE BOARD PRESIDENT MIKE KRIEGER IN THE BACK AND SARAH RAMOS EVENGER AND, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

WE APPRECIATE IT, AND HOPEFULLY I DIDN'T MISS A MISREPRESENT ANYTHING.

SO THAT'S MY REPORT FOR TONIGHT.

THANK YOU, MR. BENNETT, MR. O'BRIEN.

ALL RIGHT.

LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY COMMITTEE WE MET AND, UM, THE BIGGEST, UH, UH, MATTER THAT WE DISCUSSED WAS GETTING

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AN UPDATE FROM OUR FEDERAL AND STATE LOBBYISTS.

UM, THE FEDERAL BUDGET PASSED AND WAS SIGNED INTO LAW BY PRESIDENT BIDEN.

AND THE GOOD THING ABOUT THAT FOR THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS WAS WE HAD PUT IN THREE-YEAR MARK REQUESTS, UH WITH OUR TWO STATE SENATORS AND OR TWO US SENATORS AND OUR MEMBER OF CONGRESS AND ONE, UH, ONE OF THEM GOT, UH, PUSHED FORWARD BY ALL THREE.

AND THAT WAS THE HALF, A LITTLE OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS AND WILD FIRE FUEL REDUCTION.

SO THAT CHECK SHOULD HOPEFULLY BE COMING FROM UNCLE SAM PRETTY SOON.

SO IT WAS NICE TO GET THAT OUR LOBBYISTS SAID HE HADN'T SEEN IN ANY OF HIS OTHER CLIENTS, CITIES, ANY ONE PROJECT GET PUSHED BY BOTH BY BOTH US SENATORS AND THEIR MEMBER OF CONGRESS AND ACTUALLY MAKE IT THROUGH.

SO THAT WAS A NICE LITTLE BONUS FOR US, UM, DISCUSSED, UH, WHAT'S GOING ON IN SACRAMENTO AND AN INTERESTING ITEM, ONE OF THE BILLS THAT THEY WERE MET, OR THAT WAS MENTIONED THAT WE'LL LOOK AT IT FOR A FUTURE DISCUSSION ABOUT POTENTIALLY SUPPORTING IT IS, I KNOW WE'VE HAD A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT, UH, UH, NOISY VEHICLES RECENTLY.

AND SO APPARENTLY THIS IS NOT JUST A CHINO HILLS ISSUE, BUT IT IS A STATEWIDE ISSUE AND THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER FOR HUNTINGTON BEACH, UH, SHE IS, UH, PUTTING FORWARD A BILL TO ACTUALLY STIFFENED PENALTIES ON NOISE VIOLATIONS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST A FIX A TICKET.

AND, UM, APPARENTLY A LOT OF THESE, UH, VEHICLES ARE COMING OFF THE LOT STOCK THAT ARE THAT NOISY.

SO IT'S, IT SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM.

SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT AND, UM, YEAH, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ABOUT IT FOR A LEDGE, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO THE MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT.

JUST BEEN CLOSE SESSION WITH GOING OVER, UH, OUR, UH, UH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS, UM, ANNUAL REVIEW, NOTHING TOO EXCITING.

THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU, BRIAN.

APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, NOTHING NEW OR SIGNIFICANT FOR CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED.

THANK YOU.

MA'AM COUNCIL COMMENTS.

LET ME GO TO MY LEFT HERE, MR. BENNETT.

UH, YES, UH, FIRST A REAL QUICK FOLLOW UP, UH, PETER ON YOUR DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SHOW AGEN QUESTION FOR JONATHAN S IN THE PAST SEVERAL CITIES WE USED TO LEASE OR RENT THAT, UH, SHOW WAGON TO IT.

IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND THE MARKET TO SELL THAT AND HELP OFFSET THE, UH, THE NEW ONE? WELL, WE'LL CERTAINLY LOOK INTO IT.

UM, IT'S, UH, IF YOU KEEP IT IN TOWN, IT WILL PROBABLY LAST FOR A WHILE LONGER.

IT'S WHEN YOU GET OUT OF TOWN AND GETS BEAT UP AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO, UM, SOMETHING WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT.

YEAH, IT'D BE NICE IF WE CAN OFFER OFFSET AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE PRICE OF THE NEW ONE, FOR SURE.

SO, UM, ESSENTIALLY WE'RE GOING TO BE, I THINK, BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING, WE, WELL, OF COURSE, ON, UH, THIS THURSDAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SWEARING IN OF, UH, UH, UH, CHIEF WILLIAMS. AND I SHOULD'VE MENTIONED THAT UNDER MY FIRE DISTRICT REPORT, BUT IT'S A GOOD TIME TO DO IT NOW.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE A, UH, SPECIAL EVENT COMING UP ON THE 29TH OF, UH, UM, MARCH.

NOT ONLY IS IT THE NATIONAL VIETNAM WAR VETERANS DAY, BUT THAT IS ALSO THE DAY.

I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO EXCHANGE THE KEYS ON THE FACILITY THAT WE ARE GETTING, UH, AS A PART OF THE OVERALL DEAL WITH THE FIRE DISTRICT AND THE NEW FIRE STATION.

SO, UH, THAT'LL BE A GREAT, UH, EVENT ALSO JUST TO, TO BE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT THAT.

SO, UH, AND AGAIN, LAST, LAST THING TOMORROW, IF YOU, I DUNNO IF THERE'S TICKETS EVEN AVAILABLE, BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING A LUNCHEON FROM 1130 TO ONE FOR THE RECOGNITION OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

SO POLICE AND FIRE, UH, WE WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOUR STAFF, UH, FOR ALL THEY DO TO KEEP OUR CITY SAFE.

AND, UM, WE WERE GOING TO BE THERE TOMORROW TO, UH, TO, TO HONOR THEM OR HELP HONOR THEM.

SO THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTS ARE TONIGHT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

JUST A FEW THINGS.

UM, AGAIN, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE MARY ON HER RETIREMENT.

I KNOW SHE'S NOT HERE NOW.

SHE ACTUALLY IS A NEIGHBOR OF MINE.

SHE LIVES IN HUNTERSVILLE AND IS A RESIDENT SHE'S JUST GREAT TOO.

SHE HELPS EVERY YEAR.

UM, WITH NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, SHE ACTUALLY TAKES A BIG LEAD IN IT.

SO I WANT TO WISH HER WELL AND SHE'LL BE MISSED, BUT I WANT HER TO ENJOY HER RETIREMENT.

AND WE HAD A GREAT POP-UP CITY HALL.

SO VALERIE AND TEAM DID A GREAT JOB WITH THE MAYOR PUBLIC CITY HALL AT LOWE'S.

AND I JUST WANT TO THINK, UM, CHIEF BRIAN TURNER AND HIS CREW AT STATION 61 FOR LETTING ME RIDE ALONG, UM, THIS WEEK.

UM, IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE.

I ALWAYS LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVEN THOUGH, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK, YOU KNOW, THINGS ABOUT LIKE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT OR WITH OUR FIRE, SO IS ALWAYS VERY IMPRESSIVE, JEREMY AND, UH, WE HAVE A REALLY W BOARD MEMBERS ARE BACK.

THEY'RE VERY IMPRESSIVE.

AND, UM, THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

AND WE JUST, WE HAVE SUCH A SOLID

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FIRE DEPARTMENT.

IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE PLEASE, TO THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU, PETER.

I ONLY HAVE ONE THING I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT AND THAT'S WATER AND THE STATE, AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR MONTHS AND PROBABLY LONGER, THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE OF A RECKONING WHEN IT COMES TO WATER USAGE AND THE STATE HAS THROWN THE GAUNTLET DOWN AS OF THE LAST DAY OR SO TO REDUCE WATER DISTRIBUTION TO FARMERS, AND WHICH ARE, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY CLOSE TO 20,000 FARMING AGREEMENTS IN PLACE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DOWN TO 5% OR LESS OF THE WATER THAT THEY HAD BEEN RECEIVING.

AND IT'S GOING TO, SO TO SPEAK TRICKLE DOWN TO US, UH, REAL SOON.

SO WE BETTER START THINKING ABOUT CUTTING BACK ON YOUR WATER USAGE OR, OR DOING SOME REPLANTING OR WHATEVER IT TAKES BECAUSE THE STATE WATER PROJECT, WHICH IS KIND OF ONE OF THE MAIN ENTITIES THAT, THAT GOVERNS WATER HAS MADE THAT EVEN THAT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SNOW PACK AND WATER RESERVES IN OROVILLE, AND SOME OF THE OTHERS TO TAKE CARE OF OUR NEEDS IN THE SAME WAY.

WE'VE THE SAME VOLUME WE'VE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

SO REALLY DIRE WARNINGS COMING UP AND MANDATORY CUTBACKS ARE COMING.

AND, UH, CHINO HILLS IS, HAS FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, BEEN IN A STAGE TWO, WHICH IS REALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO YOUR WATER USAGE VERSUS JUST FREE FLOW.

AND I THINK WE'RE ON A THREE DAY, I MEAN, OFFICIALLY WE'RE ON A THREE DAY, UH, I'M NOT SURE THAT WAS OVERLY ENFORCED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT WITH THAT NOW WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, HAVE TO GO TO A STAGE THREE ALERT, WHICH WILL BE A MUCH MORE RESTRICTIVE AS WE DID.

AND AROUND 2015, WHERE YOU STARTED TO SEE LAWNS DINE THIS, THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, UH, STARTED REDUCING THE GRAPHS THAT WE HAVE.

IN FACT, WE WERE ACKNOWLEDGED AND BY A LOT OF WATER, UH, ENTITIES AS BEING, UH, ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CITIES BACK THEN, WHICH WAS FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO AND IN GRASS REDUCTION OR WATER USAGE REDUCTION.

AND, UH, WE PUT IN A LOT OF DECOMPOSED, GRANITE PATHWAYS AND, AND PLANTS THAT ARE ON A DRIP SYSTEMS. AND WE MAY HAVE TO REVIEW THAT FOR FUTURE PROJECTS ALSO, BUT A LOT OF, A LOT OF, UM, THE DAY OF RECKONING IS COMING WHEN IT COMES TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WATER USAGE AND ALL OF CALIFORNIA'S WATER USAGE.

SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO START THINKING ABOUT THAT NOW, BECAUSE PROBABLY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, IT'S GOING TO HIT ALL OF US.

AND OUR LAUNCH MAY BE A LITTLE BROWNER IF WE'VE GOT LAWNS.

AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW, I, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IT AS A CITY, AS FAR AS WHAT THAT STATE STREET'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

BUT AS OF THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, ALL THE WATER ENTITIES IN CALIFORNIA TALKING ABOUT THE STATE'S EDICT FROM A DAY OR TWO AGO.

SO I GUESS FAIR WARNING TO ALL OF US TO START PREPARING FOR FURTHER WATER REDUCTIONS.

THAT'S ALL I HAD JUST WANTED TO FOCUS ON THAT.

RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, I GUESS JUST TO TOUCH ON THAT, CYNTHIA ALWAYS BEATS THE DRUMS ABOUT ALL THE CITY PROGRAMS TO SAVE MONEY ON WATER.

SO MAKE SURE TO CHECK THAT OUT ON OUR WEBSITE AND SPEAKING OF DRUMS, GREAT JOB BY THE FIRE FOUNDATION FOR THEIR ST PATRICK'S DAY EVENT.

IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THE BAGPIPERS AND DRUM CORPS AT LIMERICKS.

THEY ALWAYS DO A WONDERFUL JOB AND RAISE A BOATLOAD OF MONEY FOR ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT THE FIRE FOUNDATION PUTS ON.

SO GREAT JOB BY OUR FIREFIGHTERS.

I KNOW IT'S A LABOR OF LOVE FOR THEM.

A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT BIG LEAGUE DREAMS. UM, I KNOW THAT MAYBE IT'S, IT'S THE CIRCLES I RUN IN HAVING YOUNG KIDS WITH THEM, RAISING THEIR RATES AT THE GATE.

WHAT ROLE DO WE HAVE IN THAT? WHAT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S A CITY FACILITY, BUT WE LEASE IT.

I WAS ASKED ABOUT IT.

SO JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GET YOUR FEEDBACK AND THEN ALSO GENERAL CONDITIONS AT BLD AND WHAT RAMIFICATIONS IT HAS TO NOT KEEP IT UP TO THE CITY STANDARDS.

SURE.

UH, FOR THE PUBLIC, THE BIG LEAGUE DREAMS FACILITY IN THE RANCH NEIGHBORHOOD IS A CITY OWNED FACILITY, BUT IT'S OPERATED BY A THIRD PARTY.

UH, THEIR CONTRACT ALLOWS THEM TO SET, UH, UH, RATES FOR THE ACTIVITIES AT THE PARK, AND THEY'RE OBLIGATED TO MAINTAIN IT.

UH, FOR MANY YEARS NOW, WE'VE HAD A LESS THAN ACCEPTABLE, UH, MANAGEMENT AND, UH, OVERSIGHT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE PARK.

UH, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF NEGOTIATING A NEW AGREEMENT WITH A NEW OPERATOR.

WE, UH, ANTICIPATE THAT THAT WILL, UH, DRAMATICALLY CHANGE THE, UH, THE CURRENT CONDITIONS.

IT'S, IT'S PART OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR US TO DO BUSINESS WITH THAT OPERATOR.

AND I EXPECT, UH, WE'LL SEE THAT COME TO THE COUNCIL IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.

OKAY.

BUT THERE'S NO SIGN OFF ON FROM THE CITY ON RATE INCREASES OR

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NO, TH TH THAT IS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM THE LATITUDE TO SET THE PRICING ACCORDING TO, UH, UH, WHAT THE MARKET, UH, DESERVES.

SO, RIGHT.

PERFECT.

AND THAT'LL BE THE REST OF MY COMMENTS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

APPRECIATE THAT.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I WAS IN A MINOR TC TODAY, AND YOU GUYS ARE JUST SO PROFESSIONAL.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR RESPONDING AND TAKING CARE OF THE INCIDENT.

APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, PETER AND MYSELF MET WITH SENATOR NEWMAN AND ALSO ASSEMBLY ASSEMBLYMAN, PHIL CHIN.

THE OTHER DAY, WE HAD A REALLY GOOD DISCUSSION WITH, UH, NEWMAN AND CHAN.

WE TALKED ABOUT GRANT MONIES AND LEGISLATION, SO IT WAS PRETTY, UH, THEY, THEY SEEM VERY HAPPY TO BE THERE.

SO TAKE CARE.

THANK YOU, PETER, FOR BEING THERE TOO.

UM, MR. BEN MONTGOMERY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

WE HAD A DISCUSSION THE OTHER DAY ABOUT ALAN.

L'S VERY INFORMATIVE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.

UH, I HAD A REALLY GOOD TALK THE OTHER DAY WITH CHINO VALLEY REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS.

AND SINCE I AM ONE, THEY DIDN'T HOLD BACK AT ALL.

SO WE TALKED ABOUT HOUSING ABOUT EDU'S SB NINE.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE ARENA PROCESS AND WE TALKED ABOUT TRAFFIC AND THEY HAD CONCERNS ON ALL THREE OF THOSE ITEMS. SO IT WAS A LONG MEETING FOR ME, BUT IT WAS FUN.

UM, POP-UP CITY HALL.

I WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF.

UH, YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING.

UM, I'M GLAD I WENT AND IT WAS VERY FORMATIVE.

UM, THERE WAS ONE LADY THAT WALKED UP TO ME AND I ASKED HER, I SAID, WHAT DO YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS? SHE GOES, I'M GLAD YOU ASKED ME.

AND SHE HAD A BOOK.

IT WAS ABOUT 10 PAGES.

SO I WAS THERE FOR ABOUT A GOOD HOUR OR SO.

AND THEN I ASKED FOR MY CITY MANAGER TO COME AND HELP ME OUT.

SO THANK YOU.

BUT THANK YOU STAFF.

WONDERFUL JOB, VALERIE.

I KNOW YOU'RE IN THE BACK THERE.

THANK YOU.

AND THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS.

UM, WE'RE GOING TO BE CLOSING IN A GENTLEMEN, UH, MR. ED DENSON, AND A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE, BEN, WHO WAS IN THE MILITARY.

AND I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO READ.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THIS EVENING, ADJOURNMENT IS GOING TO BE IN MEMORY OF ED DENSON, WHO PASSED AWAY AT 71 YEARS OLD, MARCH 16TH, AFTER A BATTLE WITH CANCER.

AND IT WAS A LONG-TIME RESIDENT, US MARINE CORPS, U S MARINE CORPS VETERAN, EXCUSE ME, AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY MEMBER.

HE WAS A PASSIONATE ADVOCATE FOR VETERANS AND USED HIS MILITARY YEARS OF SERVICE AS THE CATALYST TO BE CONTINUED TO SERVE AS FELLOW VETERANS IN CHINO HILLS.

LAST MAY, ED WAS HONORED AS ONE OF OUR UNSUNG HEROES FOR ALL THE WORK HE DID TO ASSIST VETERANS WITH DISABILITIES AND HAVING THEIR DOGS TRAINED TO BECOME A SERVICE DOG THROUGH HIS NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION.

IN 2016, HE LED THE EFFORT TO BRING VIETNAM MOBILE MEMORIAL WALL TO THEIR CHINO VALLEY COMMUNITY FOR RESIDENTS AND VETERANS TO REFLECT ON THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF THOSE NAMED ON THE WALL.

I'VE PERSONALLY ATTENDED THAT OVER OVERLAY, YELLOW PARK, AND THAT WAS QUITE A MOVING EVENT, UH, TO SEE THE NAMES OF 58 PLUS THOUSAND MEN AND WOMEN THAT LOST THEIR LIFE IN DEFENSE OF THIS COUNTRY.

AND IN SERVICE IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE CITY, ED FOUNDED THE FIRST ANTI-GRAFFITI PROGRAM SERVED ON THE CHINO HILLS SHERIFF'S STATION, CITIZENS ON PATROL THE CHINO HILLS GENERAL PLAN COMMITTEE AND THE LOSS SURENOS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTA.

HE ALSO ADVOCATED FOR HIS FELLOW VETERANS TO HAVE THE LICENSE FEE FOR DOGS WAIVED, WHICH RESULTED IN THIS CITY COUNCIL APPROVING HIS SUGGESTED WAIVER PROGRAM.

WE EXTEND OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHIES TO HIS WIFE OF 48 YEARS, SHERRY AND THEIR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.

AND GOD BLESS YOU, ED.

THANK YOU, MR. BENNETT.

THANK YOU GUYS.

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