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[ 4:30 P.M. - CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL]

[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]

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THANK YOU.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU.

MA'AM

[2. Discuss Annual Update to Fees, Fines, and Penalties]

SO THIS IS THE FEE SCHEDULE WORKSHOP TO DISCUSS THE ANNUAL UPDATE TO FEES, FINES, AND PENALTIES, KRISTA YOU'RE UP.

THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

AND AS HE SAID YESTERDAY, WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS THE USER FEE ANNUAL UPDATE TO THE MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES, FINES, AND PENALTIES.

THE CITY'S USER FEES ARE BASED ON A COST RECOVERY CONCEPT, MEANING THAT THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE GENERATED FROM THE FEES MAY NOT EXCEED THE ESTIMATED REASONABLE COST OF PROVIDING THE SERVICES.

THE PURPOSE OF THE UPDATE IS TO DETERMINE THE CURRENT REASONABLE COST OF EACH SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE CITY THAT IT CHARGES A USER FEE FOR USER FEES ARE ADOPTED TO FUND PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT PROVIDE LIMITED OR NO DIRECT BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY.

AS A WHOLE, THE USER FEES ARE CALCULATED BY MULTIPLYING THE FULLY BURDENED HOURLY DEPARTMENT OR DIVISION RATES.

BY THE AVERAGE TIME SPENT TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE USER FEE, FULLY BURDENED, HOURLY RATES INCLUDE SALARY AND BENEFIT COSTS, PLUS ALL APPLICABLE OVERHEAD AMOUNTS FOR THE BLENDED GROUP, WHICH IS EITHER THE DEPARTMENT OR DIVISION STAFF IS PROPOSING THAT THESE REVISE FEES BECOME EFFECTIVE ON JULY 1ST, 2022.

THIS YEAR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS PROPOSING TWO NEW FEES AND INITIAL DEPOSIT OF $7,041 FOR SB NINE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS AND AN INITIAL DEPOSIT OF $9,127 FOR SB NINE URBAN LOT SPLIT SUBDIVISIONS.

THE PROPOSED INITIAL DEPOSITS EQUATE TO THE FULL COST OF THE AVERAGE STAFF TIME REQUIRED TO PROCESS EACH SERVICE.

UTILITY BILLING IS PROPOSING A LEAN PROCESSING FEE OF $36 AND A PAYMENT PLAN PROCESSING FEE OF $27 FOR THE EXISTING WATER METER FEE.

WE'VE DEVELOPED A FEE FOR EACH METER SIZE.

THE FEE IS COMPOSED OF OUR COST TO PURCHASE THE METER, WHICH VARIES BETWEEN $310 AND $12,262, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE PLUS A HALF HOUR OF STAFF, TIME TO INSTALL THE METER.

CHRISTA, IF WE DO HAVE A QUESTION, DO YOU WANT TO WAIT TILL THE END? NO STOP.

YOU GUYS WANT TO WAIT TILL THE END OR I THINK WE SHOULD DO IT WHILE WE'RE GOING THROUGH.

OKAY.

OKAY.

WITH YOU GUYS.

OKAY.

DON'T MISS IT OR FORGET IT.

I JUST WANT A QUICK, I HAVE A QUESTION PERTAINING TO SB NINE FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FOR SINGLE IT'S ONLY ABOUT 7,000 FOR LOTS SPLIT SUBDIVISION.

WHY IS IT MORE, MORE EXPENSIVE? I'M CHECKING TO SEE IF THE TIME IS DIFFERENT, UNLESS YOU CAN SPEAK TO IT.

HELLO, MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

UM, THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS.

SO THE SB NINE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, THAT FEE IS THE SAME AS OUR TYPICAL DESIGN REVIEW FEE.

AND FOR THE URBAN LOTS BIT SPLIT, THAT'S THE SAME DEPOSIT AS FOR OUR TENANT OF PARCEL MAP.

SO THEY EQUATE TO THE SIMILAR AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY AND THERE ARE TDAS AND THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME WITH IT.

SO WE WILL MONITOR IT IF IT SEEMS LIKE THE TDA WORKS TWO YEARS FROM NOW, WE'LL KEEP IT.

IF NOT, WE'LL MAKE ADJUSTMENTS ALONG THE WAY.

OKAY.

CAN I ASK A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION? UH, AND I APOLOGIZE.

I DON'T RECALL IF WE HAVE THIS IN THE OTHER LOCATION IN HERE, BUT UNDER DEVELOPMENT FEES.

HOW ABOUT ADA USE? WHERE DOES THAT FALL IN? AND WHAT'S THE COST ON THAT? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

WE DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC ADU FEE AT THIS TIME.

WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT DEVELOPING ONE, THEY COME INTO A BUILDING PERMIT.

UM, SO, UH, PROBABLY THE NEXT FEE SCHEDULE WILL HAVE AN ADU FEE.

YEAH.

I MEAN, GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE'RE KIND OF BEING FORCED TO THAT, I THINK WE SHOULD ADDRESS IT SO THAT THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.

THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

MOST OF THE FEE INCREASES BEING PROPOSED TODAY DID NOT EXCEED A 6% INCREASE.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THAT THESE THAT DID INCREASE BY MORE THAN $10 AND 6%.

THE FILM APPLICATION FEE FILM PERMIT APPLICATION FEE IS PROPOSED TO INCREASE BY $23.

THE SPECIAL EVENTS PERMIT FOR CITY FACILITIES FEE IS PROPOSED TO INCREASE BY $39.

THE MILITARY BANNER COMBO FEE IS PROPOSED TO INCREASE BY $24 TO NOW INCLUDE THE COST OF HARDWARE

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BUILDINGS.

TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION TRAILER FEE IS PROPOSED TO INCREASE BY $60.

UTILITY BILLING IS PROPOSING TO INCREASE THREE FEES.

THE AFTER HOURS WATER ACTIVATION AND RECONNECTION FEE IS PROPOSED TO INCREASE BY 28 50.

THE RESIDENTIAL LOW-INCOME VERSION OF THIS FEE IS PROPOSED TO INCREASE BY $13.

AND THE FIRE FLOW TEST FEE IS PROPOSED TO INCREASE BY $26 AND 50 CENTS.

UTILITY BILLING IS ALSO PROPOSING TO INCREASE THE VARIOUS UTILITY DEPOSITS BY APPROXIMATELY 8% PER THE WATER RATE INCREASES.

THIS SITE SHOWS THE DEPARTMENT OR DIVISION FULLY BURDENED, HOURLY RATES THAT ARE INCREASING BY MORE THAN $10 AND 6%.

THESE ARE THE RATES USED TO CALCULATE THE PROPOSED FEES THAT ARE BEING DISCUSSED TODAY.

THIS YEAR, I ASKED ALL DEPARTMENTS TO PROVIDE FINANCE WITH BETTER DETAILS TO SUPPORT THEIR SUBSIDIZED FEES.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE FEES THAT ARE PROPOSED TO DECREASE AS A RESULT OF SOME OF THAT RESEARCH.

THE ELECTRICAL VEHICLE CHARGING STATION FEE IS PROPOSED TO DECREASE BY $7 TO $195 TO PUT IT BACK IN LINE WITH COUNCIL DIRECTION FROM 2017 TO SUBSIDIZE THE FEE BY 25%.

THE EQUESTRIAN FEES AND GRAZING PERMIT PERMIT ARE PROPOSED TO DECREASE BY $144 TO $103 TO PUT IT BACK IN LINE WITH COUNCIL DIRECTION IN 2014 TO BE EQUIVALENT TO THE HOME OCCUPATION PERMIT FEE.

I'D LIKE TO STOP HERE AND ASK IF COUNCIL HAS ANY PROPOSED CHANGES TO THESE SUBSIDIZED FEES, OR IF NOT, WE CAN JUST CONTINUE TO ALIGN THEM IN THE WAY I PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED, UH, CHRISTA ONE, ONE QUESTION WITH RESPECT TO THE ELECTRICAL VEHICLE CHARGING STATION.

OBVIOUSLY THIS DEALS WITH LIKE, AS A COMMERCIAL CENTER, I'M ASSUMING WHAT IF SOMEONE WANTS TO PUT IN THE APPROPRIATE CHARGING STATION AT THEIR HOME? CAUSE I UNDERSTAND THERE'S PROBABLY GONNA BE A PERMIT REQUIRED FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IS THERE A FEE THAT'S GONNA BE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT? OR HOW WILL WE DEAL WITH THAT? I'D HAVE TO COMMUTE DEVELOPMENT AGAIN.

IT IS THE SAME THING.

IT'LL BE THE SAME P AS THIS.

SO IT COSTS US $202 TO GET A PERMIT TO DO IT.

AND THEN PLUS WHATEVER THE ELECTRICAL COST IS, MAYBE 1 95 WALKS TO MEET.

YEAH.

OKAY.

YEAH.

THAT'S GOING TO, YEAH.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

BUT IT DOES APPLY TO PERSONAL RESIDENTIAL ALSO.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

I MEAN, I GUESS IN KIND OF ON THIS ITEM, WHY DO WE SUBSIDIZE THIS? I WOULD IMAGINE THERE'S PROBABLY STATE, UH, YOU KNOW, STATE TAX CREDITS AND FEDERAL TAX CREDITS AS WELL.

WHY ARE CHINO HILLS TAXPAYERS SUBSIDIZING THIS? IS THIS A POLICY? THIS IS A POLICY DECISION.

I IMAGINE WAS COUNCIL DIRECTION IN 2017 TO SUBSIDIZE THE FEE BY 25%.

OKAY.

I DON'T REMEMBER THAT.

YEAH.

I'M NOT SURE I'M DOWN WITH THAT.

IF YOU CAN AFFORD TO PUT IN A AFFORD TO PUT IN A CHARGING STATION, I IMAGINE YOU CAN PROBABLY HACK IT, NOT BEING DONE ON THE BACK OF TAXPAYERS, BUT THOSE ARE JUST MY TWO SIGNS.

NO, MR. CITY MANAGER, YOUR COUNSEL, I'LL ADD THAT.

THAT'S REALLY THE REASON WHY WE HAVE IT STRUCTURED THIS WAY THIS YEAR IS BECAUSE OVER TIME THE COUNCIL HAS GIVEN DIRECTION AWARE TO SUBSIDIZE.

TYPICALLY IT'S BEEN IN AREAS WHERE WE FELT WE WANTED TO PROMOTE A PARTICULAR ACTIVITY.

SO IN THIS CASE, EARLY ON, MAYBE WE WERE PROMOTING, UH, ALTERNATE, UH, ALTERNATIVES TO GASOLINE.

SO WE ALSO HAVE SOME FEES THAT KRISTA WILL HIGHLIGHT THAT ARE INCENTIVIZED TO GET, UH, COMPLIANCE.

IS THAT IF WE LOWER THE FEE, THEN WE'RE MORE LIKELY TO GET COMPLIANCE, BUT IT IS DEFINITELY POLICY DIRECTION.

AND PART OF THE REASON WHY WE HAVE IT THIS WAY AS IF YOU'D LIKE TO CONTINUE THAT DIRECTION, HOW MANY OF THESE PERMITS DO WE PUBLISH? DO WE PROCESS A YEAR? SORRY.

THANK YOU.

AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A, AN IDEA AT THE APPLE COST, UM, IT'S $260 AND 79 CENTS.

SO, SO IT'S A $65 BREAK TO YOUR POINT, BRIAN, WHY DON'T WE JUST DROP THIS ONE OUT OF THE SUBSIDY AND JUST CHARGE WHATEVER THE ACTUAL COST IS? CORRECT? HOW MANY DO WE? YES, MA'AM 158 FOR THE LAST YEAR.

OH, WOW.

ARE THOSE MOSTLY COMMERCIAL? ARE THEY RESIDENTIAL? MOSTLY

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RESIDENTIAL.

WE ARE COMMERCIAL CENTERS ALL HAVE THEM AS WELL, BUT MOST OF THE, I, I GUESS I, I SHOULD SAY LIKE THE TESLA CHARGING STATION THAT WAS SET UP OVER BY THE, UH, WOULD WE HAVE CHANGED? YEAH.

WAS THAT SUBSIDIZED BY THIS? YES.

YES.

OKAY.

THANKS TO ELON MUSK.

OKAY.

SO IF WE GET, UM, BEFORE WE START PICKING THROUGH THE STUFF, CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT HAS PAUL'S UNDER THE 25% SUBSIDY THAT WE GAVE DIRECTION ON.

SO IF THIS STARTED IN 2017 IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS, WOULDN'T THIS HAVE COME UP BEFORE WHERE WE WERE DOING THIS TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT SUBSIDY EVERY YEAR WHEN WE DO THE FEE SCHEDULE, IT HAS COME UP AT PAST, UH, PAST, UH, BUT FEAST STUDIES, BUT IT'S USUALLY BEEN IN RESPONSE TO AN INDIVIDUAL FEE.

WE JUST NORMALLY DON'T PACKAGE THEM LIKE WE DO.

NOW IN ORDER TO SAY, HERE ARE ALL OF THE ONES TYPICALLY YOU'LL SAY, HEY, WELL, WHAT'S THE, THE LOGIC BEHIND THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOT DOING FULL RECOVERY FOR AN INDIVIDUAL FEE, BUT CRYSTAL WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE AT SHOWS TO, TO REVISIT THAT POLICY DIRECTION.

YEAH.

BECAUSE WHEN I REVIEW THESE IT'S IT'S LIKE, WHY ARE WE SUBSIDIZING? SO WE KIND OF JUST DID THE RESEARCH THIS YEAR AND I JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO JUST KINDA OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S A GOOD POINT, BRIAN.

SORRY, MR. MAYOR.

OH, NO PROBLEM.

CAN I GOT A QUESTION PERTAINING TO GRAZING PERMIT? UM, I, I LIKE THE IDEA THAT WE ARE SUBSIDIZING THIS CAUSE THAT LIMITS THE, UM, FOR WEED ABATEMENT, HE KEEPS THE WEEDS DOWN.

SO IS THAT THE MAIN REASON WE ACTUALLY LOWERED THAT DOWN? THE 1 0 3? I BELIEVE IT WAS AS PART OF THE I'LL LET JOANNE COME.

IF I THINK I KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER, BUT I'LL PHONE A FRIEND.

SO PART OF THE QUESTION OVERLAY.

SO AS YOU RECOLLECT, IT WAS TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE FOR ANY OF THESE KINDS OF LARGE ANIMAL USES.

AND THOSE FEES WERE SET TO BE THE SAME AS THE HOP FEE BECAUSE IT WAS CONSIDERED A HOME-BASED BUSINESS.

SO ACROSS THE BOARD FOR EXISTING EQUESTRIAN, A LARGE ANIMAL USES INCLUDING GRAZING.

SO ALL THREE OF THESE IN A ROW BEFORE CLOSE BY LARGE ANIMAL BUSINESS PERMIT QUESTION AND LARGE ANIMAL USE PERMIT, THAT WAS ALL PART OF THE OVERLAY.

THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY.

SO WHAT MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT GOING INTO IT, IT WAS GOING TO BE LOW.

AND THEN ONCE YOU SUBMITTED, THE PEOPLE LATER WOULD HAVE TO BE A HIGHER RATE.

THAT'S CORRECT.

WE HAVE TWO SET OF FEES.

WE HAVE THE FEES FOR EXISTING AND WE HAVE THE FEES FOR NEW.

I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE HAD AN APPLICATION FOR A NEW FACILITY.

I THINK THE ONE, ONE EXAMPLE ON THE GRAZING IS BELOW BARBARA'S GRAZING PERMIT.

THAT'S THE ONE NEW ONE WE'VE GOTTEN IN, BUT FOR THE OTHER QUESTION, A LARGE ANIMAL PERMITS, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN A NEW ONE THAT WAS NOT PREEXISTING WHEN WE ADOPTED THE ORDINANCE.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

OH, CITY MANAGER, AS FAR AS GRAZING WITH THIS, AS FAR AS CUSTOM MODELS WITH THE CATTLE THAT WE HAVE, THEY'RE RAISING, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO PAY? UH, THEY DO HAVE TO PAY, UH, SUBMIT A PERMIT FOR GRAZING.

YES.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

MA'AM SO BEFORE WE MOVE ON ARROWS, BRINGING UP GOOD POINTS.

DO WE JUST KIND OF DISCUSS THEM AND MOVE ON OR DO WE TRY TO SAY, HEY, ON THE CHARGING STATION, IT'S GOOD POINTS.

LET'S BRING IT BACK TO THE ACTUAL COST OR HOW DO WE WANT TO DO THIS? WOULD YOU WANT TO KEEP TRACK OF THE THINGS WE'VE DEBATED AND REVIEW LATER OR SETTLE ON IT WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT? BECAUSE MY HOPE WAS JUST TO INCORPORATE, IF YOU WANTED TO MAKE CHANGES TO ANY OF THESE, WE'LL INCORPORATE THEM IN WHAT WE ADOPT OR BRING FOR ADOPTION TO NOT REHASH THIS AGAIN.

SO IF WE WANTED TO MAKE A CHANGE, WE'D MAKE A MOTION IN A SECOND.

THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE.

OKAY.

I'D BE FINE.

GOING TO THE ACTUAL COST.

OKAY.

AND I'LL SAY SECOND DEBT.

OKAY.

AND WHAT'S OKAY TO START VOTING LIKE THIS IS THAT HOW WE WANT TO DO THIS? CAROL IS THAT I THINK, I THINK IT'D BE BETTER JUST FOR PROCESS TO MAKE NOTES OF WHAT YOU WANT TO CHANGE.

WE'LL ADOPT AS PRESENTED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WHATEVER CHANGES YOU, YOU, YOU WANT TO INDICATE.

AND HOW DO WE KNOW THERE'S THREE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOWN WITH IT AS WE MOVE FORWARD? WELL, I THINK THAT WILL BE PART OF THE MAGIC OF, OF, OF KIND OF MOVING FORWARD.

IF WE HAVE SOME, SOME ITEMS THAT NOT EVERYBODY'S IN SYNC WITH, AND YET WE MAY HAVE A MAJORITY ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, I THINK BY HANDLING IT INDIVIDUALLY, WE MAY PRECLUDE ANY ISSUE LATER ON.

IF ONE PERSON HAS A PROBLEM WITH SOMETHING AND MAKES A MOTION.

AND EVEN IF WE GET A SECOND, IT MAY DIE THREE, TWO, YOU KNOW? AND W W WE'RE HAPPY TO PROCEED AS YOU SEE FIT, BUT WE'LL JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE THOSE BOLTS.

THERE'S GOING TO BE A WHOLE LOT OF THEM THE WEEK.

SO I MADE A MOTION.

ART SECONDED.

CAN WE VOTE ON THESE INDIVIDUAL FEES HERE BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT VOTING ON THE ADOPTION

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OF THE AND CAN I BE CLEAR? ARE WE ONLY VOTING ON THE ELECTRICAL VEHICLE, WHICH GOES TO VEHICLE CHARGING STATION TO CHARGE THE ACTUAL COST OF THE SERVICE AT $260 AND 79 CENTS? THE ONLY THING I'M GOING TO SAY ON THIS, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE PEOPLE DO THIS.

SO I LIKED THE IDEA OF AN INCENTIVE TO HAVE PEOPLE MOVE FORWARD ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

SO, UM, I'M GOING TO BE A NO, BUT OKAY, WELL WE'RE GOING TO VOTE, RIGHT? YEP.

I CAST MINE.

YOU'RE THINKING, OH, WHY IS IT? NO, IT SAYS IT'S WAITING FOR THE BOAT.

OKAY.

YEAH.

SHE HAS TO VOTE THIS WAY.

YEAH.

I THINK WE'RE VOTING ON HERE.

RIGHT, RIGHT ON YOUR PADS.

IS YOUR PAD NETWORKING, RIGHT? MY VOTING MACHINE OR ISN'T ISN'T ON.

SURE.

OKAY.

SO YOU'RE A NO.

SO THE MOTION PASSES FOUR, ONE WITH MARQUEZ LOADING.

RIGHT.

AND I GUESS TO THE MAYOR'S POINT, DO WE HAVE A SUBSIDY FOR NATURAL GAS VEHICLES THAT I KNOW THERE ARE SOME, YEAH.

SOME MAKES AND MODELS THAT HAVE A CHARGING STATION INSIDE THEIR HOUSE.

DO WE SUBSIDIZE THOSE AS WELL? I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'D HAVE A SPECIAL, SORRY.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE A SPECIAL CONNECTION FOR GAS VEHICLES IN THE HOME BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE DISCUSSING HERE IS THE PERMITTING PROCESS OF INSTALLING A CHARGING STATION.

SO WHAT'D, YOU DO MAKE A GOOD POINT.

WE SHOULD ACTUALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THE MIND.

JOANNE.

WE DO NOT HAVE THAT SPECIAL.

OKAY.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THE REST WILL GO SMOOTHLY.

I'M SURE.

YEP.

THANK YOU, CHRIS.

WE HAVE TILL SIX O'CLOCK.

THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

OKAY.

AND THEN THE POLICY, SO I DON'T HEAR ANYTHING.

SO I'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND WE'LL KEEP THE OTHERS THE WAY THEY ARE.

HOW MANY SLIDES ARE THERE BY THE WAY? TEN THREE HUNDRED.

I DON'T KNOW.

THREE OR FOUR MORE.

THERE'S ONLY 10.

YES.

OKAY.

WAIT, WHERE ARE WE? HERE WE GO.

OKAY.

UH, THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE FEES THAT COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY GAVE CLEAR DIRECTION ON TO SUBSIDIZE A SET PERCENTAGE OF THE ACTUAL COST OF THE FEE AS A RESULT, THE FEE INCREASES EVERY YEAR, BUT WE MAKE SURE THE PERCENTAGE SUBSIDIZED REMAINS CONSISTENT.

I'LL STOP HERE AND SEE IF COUNCIL HAS ANY PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE SUBSIDIZED FEES.

AND IF NOT, WE CAN CONTINUE TO ALIGN THEM.

AS I PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED, I REMEMBER TALKING ABOUT SEVERAL OF THESE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

I REMEMBER THE STUDENT ONE, THE REROOF REFRESH MY MEMORY, WHY WE SUBSIDIZED BY 25%.

I GUESS I JUST HAVE THAT.

IT WAS IN 2017.

I THINK THAT'S A COMMON THING.

ENERGY EFFICIENT.

THESE WERE ALL RELATED TO ENERGY SAVINGS.

THE REQUEST OF THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME WAS FOR OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL TO GO BACK AND IDENTIFY THE BUILDING FEES ASSOCIATED WITH ENERGY SAVINGS.

PERFECT.

THANK YOU.

HEARING NONE.

I'LL MOVE FORWARD.

NOW, THE FACT, THE FACT THAT THE ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS AGAIN, SO WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT SEPARATELY.

YEAH, I, I HAVE THE DIRECTION.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

OKAY.

NO PROBLEM.

I JUST WAS GOING TO SAY DOING A GOOD JOB, THAT'S IT? YEAH.

OKAY.

UM, THIS SLIDE SHOWS FEES THAT ARE SUBSIDIZED BASED ON A SPECIFIC DIRECTION GIVEN OR PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY COUNCIL.

FOR EXAMPLE, EXAMPLE, THE MILITARY BANNER COMBO ONLY CHARGES THE COST OF MATERIALS AND NOT STAFF TIME.

ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS THAT ALL NONPROFITS SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS WERE LIMITED TO ONE HOUR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF TIME.

DO YOU STILL APPROVE OF THIS DIRECTION OR LEVEL OF SUBSIDY OR THE FOUNDATION PICKS UP THE PANEL? I'VE GOT A SIDEBAR HERE.

YEAH, I KNOW.

I'M SORRY.

I SEE.

YEAH, THE MILITARY BANNER.

UM, I KNOW WE SUBSIDIZE IT, BUT EVEN AT THAT, I HAVE A HARD TIME CHARGING THE MILITARY FAMILY 280 BUCKS, JUST EVEN FOR THAT.

UM, I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE A PROGRAM WHERE OUR FOUNDATION ALSO, UH, SUPPLEMENTS THE COST OF THIS.

THAT'S WHAT OUR SIDEBAR WAS ALL ABOUT.

UH, I SEE, UH, ALMA HERNANDEZ OUT IN THE AUDIENCE IF YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN US AND GIVE US.

AND WE MAKE THAT WIDELY KNOWN THAT THE FOUNDATION THROUGH ALL THE, THE WAY THE FOUNDATION VIEWED IT IS WE'LL PICK UP THE TAB FOR ANYBODY THAT CAN'T AFFORD TO DO IT.

OKAY.

AND THERE'S FAMILIES THAT JUST DON'T WANT TO, THEY DON'T MIND PAYING.

YEAH.

TO CLARIFY, THE FOUNDATION PAYS 100% OF THE REPLACEMENT COST.

IF THERE'S A FORBORNE OR TEAR AND THEY PAY 50% OF A NEW BANNERS.

SO THE INITIAL STILL IS 280.

SO, UH, HALF OF TWO 80 WOULD BE WITH THE RESIDENT PACE FOR NEW BANNERS AND THE FOUNDATION PAYS THE REST OF THE, OKAY.

AS, AS THE ONLY VETERAN UP HERE,

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I WOULD BE OPEN TO THIS, THE IDEA, CAUSE I DON'T THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE THAT MANY.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS GOING TO BE PER YEAR, BUT I WOULD THINK WE OUGHT TO JUST SUBSIDIZE THE WHOLE THING.

I THINK IF WE HAVE VETERANS, UH, THAT WE WANT TO, UH, HONOR WITH, UH, A BANNER THAT IT OUGHT TO BE FREE AT NO COST TO THE FAMILY, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEIR FINANCIAL SITUATION IS, HOW MANY, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY BANNERS WE DO A YEAR FOUNDATION, I KNOW THAT THE FOUNDATION SUBSIDIZES, UM, 30 REPLACEMENTS AND 15 NEW, AND WE HAVE YET TO REACH THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT.

AND THESE ARE ACTIVE DUTY, RIGHT? NOT NECESSARILY VETERANS.

YEAH.

AND I HAVE TO DO THAT QUOTE THAT RETIRED OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, BUT ACTIVE DUTY AND OUGHT TO BE JUST FREE.

IT REALLY SHOULD BE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT ON THAT ONE.

AND, AND THE, UH, FOUNDATION SHOULDN'T HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF IT EITHER.

UNLESS, I MEAN, UNLESS YOU REALLY FEEL THEN WE'VE SAVED MONEY.

YEAH.

RECENTLY, WHAT IS THE COST FACTOR WE WERE APPROACHED BY? SO YOU SAID 15, HOW MANY OF US HAD FOUNDATION? THAT'S HOW IT CAME.

I'M GOING TO GET THE COST FOR HOW MANY BANNERS A YEAR OR SUBSIDIES THE FOUNDATION, I BELIEVE LAST YEAR WAS THE MOST WE HAD IT AND IT WAS 33 AND THE ACTUAL COST IS $613.

AND IS THAT THE GRANDKIDS AND THAT, INCLUDING OUR STAFF, PUTTING UP A BANNER INCLUDES THE INSTALLATION.

UH, THE TWO 80 WOULD BE THE COST FOR THE BANNER AND THE BRACKETS THAT IT HANGS FROM.

SO, UM, I'M GOOD WITH WHAT, WITH WHAT ART SAID, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN PAY A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF GRANTS.

WELL, IT'S NOT A BIG AMOUNT OF MONEY, $70,000 A YEAR.

YEAH.

YOU'D BUDGET.

AND MAYBE WE KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN WE'RE UP HERE DISCUSSING WHICH WE'RE GOING TO DO PRETTY SOON, THE, UH, WASTE MANAGEMENT CHUNK OF MONEY.

THAT'S GOING TO BE AT OUR DISCRETION TO SPEND MAYBE THAT MAYBE WE SOMEHOW PUT THAT INTO THE, TO THE EQUATION.

SO I'LL PUT IT IN THE FORM OF A RECOMMENDATION.

I THINK THAT WE OUGHT TO ELIMINATE THE COST.

TOTALLY SUBSIDIZED 100% OF THE COST, WHATEVER THAT IS.

I'D SECOND THAT, ALL RIGHT.

THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE ON NOW, IF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE ACTUALLY PAID THE FULL POP, WHAT DO WE DO? WELL, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, UH, I THINK MAYBE IN THOSE CASES, UH, WE SUBSIDIZE ANY REPLACEMENT COSTS GOING FORWARD.

THE FOUNDATION STEPS IN AS WELL, OR YEAH.

IF, IF IT WAS RECENTLY, UM, WHATEVER THE EFFECTIVE DATA, THIS IS, I THINK THIS CAN BE JULY 1ST.

RIGHT? DANGLING.

SO AGAIN, IT'S BEEN DONE IN THE LAST, WHAT YEARS OR ONE YEAR THEY GET GRANDFATHERED BACK IN AND GET A REFUND.

MAYBE WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING ADDRESS YOUR ISSUE? YEAH, I LIKE IT.

I GUESS I WOULDN'T EVEN GO RIGHT TRACK.

I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT THE WHOLE REASON THE FOUNDATION TOOK IT ON IS BECAUSE WE WERE APPROACHED BY STAFF BECAUSE THE CITY COULDN'T AFFORD IT OR HOWEVER THEY WANTED TO PRESS IT.

SO THEN WE HAD, WE SPENT MANY HOURS DISCUSSING IT.

ALMA HAS A LOT OF TIME INTO THIS.

OUR BOARD MEMBERS WENT BACK AND FORTH ABOUT IT, ABOUT WHAT WE COULD AFFORD.

SO THAT'S FINE IF THE CITY WANTS TO PICK UP THE TAB AGAIN, BUT WE CAN'T KEEP GOING BACK AND FORTH.

RIGHT.

PETER, I MEAN, WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THIS PROGRAM.

SO EITHER WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR IT AT THE CITY LEVEL OR THE FOUNDATION'S GOING TO SUBSIDIZE IT, BUT WE CAN'T KEEP GOING BACK AND FORTH ON IT.

IT'S RIDICULOUS.

OKAY.

LET ME, LET ME MODIFY MY RECOMMENDATION.

IT'S GOING TO BE THAT THEY CITY, UH, GO AHEAD AND SUBSIDIZE THE ENTIRE COST OF MILITARY BANNERS, UH, BOTH THE INITIAL AND THE REPLACEMENT AND THAT IF THEY, IF SOMEONE PAID FOR THIS WITHIN, SINCE JULY 1ST, 2021, ONE THAT THEY GET REFUNDED THAT MONEY AND THAT THAT'S THE WAY GOING FORWARD.

AND THAT THE FOUNDATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO, TO KICK IN ANY MONEY BECAUSE THEY HAVE LOTS OF OTHER PROJECTS WITHIN THE CITY THAT CAN BETTER UTILIZE THAT, THAT MIGHT GET EVERYBODY'S CONCERNS.

I THINK THE ONLY CONCERN I HAVE AS FAR AS MONIES THAT WE DO HAVE THIS, ISN'T GOING TO BE AN ISSUE.

I KNOW IT'S A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY, CORRECT.

KRISTA.

I THINK IT'S JUST A SMALL COST FOR THE TRIBUTE, FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON ACTIVE DUTY THAT LIVE IN THIS CITY.

BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, I'LL HAVE MY VETERANS HAT ON AND THIS ONE, THE POTENTIAL COST PER YEAR, THEN SOMEBODY NOT EIGHT MORE HUNDRED.

OKAY.

YEAH.

OKAY.

AND LIKE YOU SAY, YOU UTILIZE SOME OF THE WASTE MANAGEMENT MONEY THAT'S DONE AS A FREE THING.

OR I JUST LIKE TO ASK ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION, UH, AND I'LL RESTATE THE MOTION THAT, UH, GOING FORWARD, THE CITY COVER THE FULL COST OF, UH, THE BANNER, UH, PROGRAM AND FOR PAST PAYING PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROGRAM FROM JULY 1ST, 2021 GOING FORWARD, WOULD THAT REFUND INCLUDE THE FOUNDATION OR JUST THE INDIVIDUAL WHO MAY HAVE MADE A PAYMENT OUT-OF-POCKET I WOULD IMAGINE.

RIGHT.

AND ALSO ONE THING I WILL SAY YOU ROLL WITH IT.

YEAH.

SO

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WE'VE GOT TWO FOUNDATION MEMBERS.

YOU OKAY WITH THAT? OKAY.

YES, THAT'S GOOD.

OKAY.

ONE THING I'LL SAY, JUST TO KIND OF BETTER ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IS RIGHT NOW STAFF TIME IS WHAT THE CITY HAS BEEN COVERING.

THOSE STAFF ARE GOING TO BE HERE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING THIS, THAT OR THE OTHER THING.

SO, BUT AS FAR AS THE MATERIAL COSTS, THAT'S GOING TO FLUCTUATE EVERY YEAR.

SO SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT BUDGET FOR 15 AND THEN LIKE SHE SAID, THEY GET 30 AND THEY'LL HAVE TO ASK FOR AN APPROPRIATION POTENTIALLY.

SO, YEAH, THAT'S FINE.

AND THEN THE ADDED THING TO WHAT YOU JUST STATED, BEN WAS THAT, THAT FUTURE REPLACEMENTS, WHILE THERE ARE STILL, BECAUSE THAT HAPPENS ONLY WHEN THEY'RE ACTIVE, STILL, UH, THAT, THAT BE COVERED AS TOTAL SUBSIDY AS WELL.

AND WITH THAT, I WILL, UM, WE'LL MAKE THAT MOTION BASED ON THAT REVISED LANGUAGE.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

ALRIGHT.

KRISTA, CAN WE GO BACK ONE SLIDE? I FORGOT TO I'M SLIDE TWO, SLIDE SIX.

DID WE VOTE? ARE WE YEAH, WE'RE VOTING ON.

SO WOULD YOU LIKE ME JUST TO DO A MOST VOICE VOTE MAY OR MY CASE? YES.

VICE MAYOR ROGERS.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER JOE'S COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN MORAN.

YES.

THANK YOU.

MOTION PASSES.

FIVE ZERO.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

SO YOU WANTED ME TO GO BACK A SLIDE? YEAH.

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW I SLIPPED THIS SLIPPED.

I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT UP.

REMIND ME WHY WE'RE SUBSIDIZING 100% OF THE, UM, THE K PERMIT ON THE VERY BOTTOM LINE.

I KNOW WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THOSE OTHER PERMITS, BUT A HUNDRED PERCENT OF 1500 BUCKS A AND YOU'RE TRYING TO GET YOUR STEPS IN TODAY.

UM, AGAIN, THIS GOES BACK TO THE ORIGINAL ADOPTION OF THE QUESTION OVERLAY.

AND ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS FOR THE QUESTION OVERLAY IS FOR THE EXISTING EQUESTRIAN OWNERS TO HAVE A LEGAL WAY OF KEEPING THEIR LARGE ANIMALS.

SO FOR THOSE WHO KEPT THEIR BUSINESS, THEIR ANIMALS WITHOUT A BUSINESS, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IT WOULD BE FREE.

WE JUST NEEDED A WAY TO GET THEM A PERMIT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE COMPLIANT WITH ALL THE STORMWATER REQUIREMENTS THAT THE STATE WAS PASSING ON.

SO IT WAS ZERO OF ALL THE EXISTING, UH, QUESTION AND LARGE ANIMAL OWNERS AT THE TIME.

I BELIEVE THERE'S ONLY ONE OR TWO WHO NEVER CAME IN FOR A PERMIT.

I'M NOT SURE IF THEY STILL HAVE LARGE ANIMALS OR EVEN IF THEY STILL OWN THE PROPERTIES, BUT FOR NOW THAT WILL BE THERE PERHAPS.

UM, WE'LL DO SOME RICHER RESEARCH FOR NEXT YEAR AND DETERMINE IF THOSE TWO, AGAIN, EXISTING PROPERTY OWNERS STILL HAVE ANIMALS OR STILL EVEN OWN THE LAND.

AND THEN PERHAPS I, IT ONLY APPLIED TO TWO THEN.

OKAY.

THE REMAINING ONES.

YES.

BECAUSE EVERYONE ELSE CAME IN AND GOT THEIR K PERMITS.

OKAY.

BUT THE OTHERS WERE EXEMPT.

DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY.

THAT'S CORRECT.

SO THIS WOULD KEEP THAT ZERO FOR THOSE TWO THAT NEVER CAME IN.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS AGO IT WAS SIX OR SEVEN YEARS AGO WHEN WE ADOPTED THIS ORDINANCE.

SO I THOUGHT THIS WAS LIKE A ONE-TIME THING THAT YOU CAME IN AND IT BENEFITED YOU.

IF YOU DIDN'T COME IN AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO PAY A HIGHER FEE.

IT WAS A ONE, IT WAS A, IT'S A ONE-TIME PERMIT.

UM, EACH OF THESE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE COMMITTED, HOWEVER, TO KEEPING UP THEIR STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM.

SO THE STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM MAKE SURE IS MAKE SURE THAT THEY COMPLY WITH THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, THAT THEY MOVED THEM A NEWER AND, UH, KEEP, KEEP THEIR, THEIR FACILITIES CLEAN.

SO I BELIEVE THAT STILL GOES ON.

THAT'S REALLY MOVED NOW TO A PUBLIC WORKS ON TERMS OF THE MONITORING.

AND WE CAN PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE WITH THAT.

OKAY.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE FEES THAT COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY GAVE DIRECTION TO SUBSIDIZE IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR INCREASES BASED ON COSTS.

I'M REQUESTING A SUBSIDY PERCENTAGE, BE SET BY COUNCIL.

UM, MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE 50 OR 75, HONESTLY, WHATEVER PERCENT YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH, BUT THAT HELPS US IN FINANCE, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING IT THE SAME CONSISTENT YEAR AFTER YEAR.

UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE HOME OCCUPATION PERMIT, IF YOU WANTED TO DO A 50% SUBSIDY, THE COST WOULD BE, OR THE FEE WOULD BE $130.

IF YOU WANTED TO DO A 75% SUBSIDY, THE FEE WOULD BE $65.

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE.

OKAY.

WE'RE GOOD.

THE WAY IT IS IN 61%, THEY, YOU WANT TO SET THE PERCENTAGES AS WHAT'S SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.

OKAY.

THERE'S NO DISSENSION.

WE CAN KEEP GOING.

YEAH.

OH, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT MAKING A CHANGE.

GOT IT.

OKAY.

LASTLY, I'M BRINGING UP THE TOPIC OF A CONVENIENCE FEE FOR UTILITY BILLING CREDIT CARD

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PAYMENTS ON MAY 1ST, 2018, THE CITY FIRST IMPLEMENTED A 2.5% CONVENIENCE FEE AND ALL CREDIT CARD TRANSACTIONS, EXCEPT FOR UTILITY BILLING, BECAUSE WE'RE CURRENTLY GETTING A UTILITY DISCOUNT RATE AND THE COSTS WERE ALREADY FACTORED INTO THE CURRENT WATER RATE STUDY.

THE CITY'S WATER RATES ARE ONLY SET THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 22, 23.

THEREFORE STAFF WILL BE WORKING ON THE NEXT WATER RATE STUDY IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

THIS PROVIDES COUNSEL WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER CHANGING.

I'M SORRY, CHARGING A CONVENIENCE FEE ON CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS FOR UTILITY BILLS UNDER A CONVENIENCE FEE MODEL, CUSTOMERS WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONVENIENCE FEES WHEN THEY PAY THEIR BILL.

WE CURRENTLY ESTIMATE THE FEES TO BE 2.5 TO 3.5% OF THE TRANSACTION COSTS OR ABOUT $3 ON A A HUNDRED DOLLARS BILL.

HOWEVER, THE CITY WOULD CONTINUE TO COVER THE COST OF EACH CHECK SERVICES, WHICH ARE SET AT A RATE OF 40 CENTS PER TRANSACTION TO ENCOURAGE ONLINE PAYMENTS BEGINNING IN JULY ON JULY 1ST, 2022 STAFF WILL BE IMPLEMENTING A MAXIMUM THRESHOLD OF A THOUSAND DOLLARS ON CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS TO TRY TO CURB SOME OF THESE COSTS BECAUSE THE FEES ARE QUITE STEEP WHEN IT COMES TO PEOPLE USING CARDS WITH HIGH REWARDS, THE DOWNSIDE OF MOVING TO A CONVENIENCE VIEW MODEL IS POTENTIALLY ANCHORING OUR RESIDENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY PAYING THEIR BILL WITH A CREDIT CARD BECAUSE THEY WILL EITHER HAVE TO CHANGE HOW THEY PAY THEIR UTILITY BILL OR START PAYING THE CONVENIENCE FEE ABOUT A THIRD OF OUR CUSTOMERS CURRENTLY USE THE CREDIT CARD PAYMENT METHOD.

THIS WILL ALSO CREATE A CONSUMER CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF EXTRA WORK FOR STAFF AS THEY FIELD CONCERNS FOR MAY AGREE RESIDENTS AND ASSIST THEM WITH CHANGING THEIR CURRENT PAYMENT METHOD.

THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH PROCESSING CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS FOR UTILITY BILLING TOTALED $187,000 IN FISCAL YEAR 2021.

AND THESE COSTS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE AS MORE PEOPLE UTILIZE THIS PAYMENT OPTION WHILE THAT IS A HIGH AMOUNT.

IT IS LESS THAN 1% OF THE WATER FUND OPERATING BUDGET.

THEREFORE, THE EFFECT ON RATE PAYERS ISN'T THAT SIGNIFICANT IF YOU SPREAD THE COSTS ACROSS 22,000 ACCOUNTS, IT'S ABOUT EIGHT 50 A YEAR OR 70 CENTS A MONTH TO EACH HOUSEHOLD.

SO I'M ASKING IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO BRING BACK A CONVENIENCE FEE TO BE CONSIDERED AND EXCLUDE THE CREDIT CARD CHARGES FROM THE WATER RATE STUDY, OR KEEP THINGS AS IS AND SEE HOW MUCH THESE COSTS DECREASE BY IMPLEMENTING A MAXIMUM THRESHOLD.

YOU'RE JUST LIKE, WELL, LET ME ASK THE QUESTION.

WHEN I PAID MY PROPERTY TAX, I HAVE THE OPTION OF CREDIT CARD FOR $70.

I THINK THEY WERE GOING TO CHARGE $70 SOME, OR MY BANK ACCOUNT.

I PUT IN MY, MY BANK ACCOUNT.

THAT'S FREE.

DO WE HAVE THE BANK ACCOUNT OPTION? THAT'S THE EACH HECK THAT I MENTIONED THAT WE PAID FOR THE 40 CENTS.

THAT THERE'S NO CHARGE.

THAT'S WHAT I'M PROPOSING.

YES.

AND WE CURRENTLY DON'T CHARGE YOU.

I ALWAYS THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT STILL HAVE TO USE CREDIT CARDS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY IN HAND TO PAY A BILL YET.

SO I DON'T KNOW.

I'VE NEVER BEEN A PROPONENT OF THE FEE.

I DON'T KNOW, BUT GOSH, $180,000.

AND HOW MUCH DOES IT COST FOR STAFF TO PROCESS THE CHECKS THAT COME IN? LIKE YOU'RE SAYING IT COST $180,000 TO PROCESS CREDIT CARDS.

WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER METHODS OF PAYMENT? YEAH.

UM, THE CHECKS ARE ELECTRONIC IT'S UM, WELL IT'S 40 CENTS PER WE DON'T HAVE A FEE FOR IT.

SO I DON'T HAVE LIKE A, A COST ANALYSIS.

WE WOULD ONLY BE PASSING THROUGH WHAT THE, UH, PAYMENT PROCESSOR AND THE GATEWAY WOULD CHARGE US, NOT OUR STAFF TIME.

SO THAT 180,000 WAS NOT INCLUDING STAFF TIME.

CORRECT.

THAT WAS JUST THE FEE FROM THE CREDIT CARD.

AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO NEGOTIATE ANYTHING WHILE WE'RE WITH OUR CREDIT CARD COMPANY, WITH OUR MERCHANT.

AND SO WE HAVE A FIXED RATE WITH OUR NEWEST VENDOR.

WE HAVE A FIXED RATE, BUT IF PEOPLE USE A HIGH REWARDS CARD, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING WHAT THEY'RE USING WHEN THEY PAY AND THAT'S MORE ON A PERCENTAGE BASIS.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE REALLY HURT.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE EITHER WAY LOOKING AT IMPLEMENTING THIS THRESHOLD, UNLESS WE END UP GOING TO THE CONVENIENCE FEE MODEL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES OR HOS THAT ARE PAYING ON CREDIT CARDS AND IT IT'S A SIGNIFICANT COST.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE I THINK THE BULK OF, SO YOU SAID, THIS IS EACH WAY IS ACTUALLY PAIN, PAIN STARTED AN INDIVIDUAL CHOICE.

IT'S IT'S BOTH, BUT THEY CHOICE THEIR BILLS ARE MUCH LARGER.

SO WHEN WE GET INTO THAT HYBRID WORDS, WE'RE PAYING 2.6, 5% OF WHATEVER THEIR BILL IS, WE'RE SUBSIDIZING THEM.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING TO EITHER WAY, WE'RE GOING TO

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WORK ON A THRESHOLD JUST TO GET OUR COSTS DOWN FOR THIS NEXT YEAR.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE A THOUSAND DOLLAR THRESHOLD TO SOMEONE CAN CHARGE A NO MORE THAN A THOUSAND DOLLARS.

YEAH.

AND WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF SLOWLY DECREASE IT AND WE'RE THINKING A THOUSAND, OR WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AND SEE LIKE A THREE-YEAR OR THREE MONTH AVERAGE OF BILLS.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT A NORMAL RESIDENTIAL BILL CAN STILL PAY WITH THEIR CREDIT CARDS.

SO WE'RE ESTIMATING A THOUSAND, BUT WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF KEEP AN EYE ON THAT.

YEAH.

LIKE IF WE'RE PAYING IT THROUGH A DEBIT CARD, WHICH GOES RIGHT INTO YOUR CHECKING OR TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR CHECKING AND THERE'S NO CHARGE, I WILL NOT BE A CHARGE.

NO, IT STILL CHARGES US.

IT'D BE A CHARGE FOR THAT AS WELL.

YEAH, NO, THAT'S CRAZY.

YEAH.

SO IF YOU PUT YOUR BANK INFORMATION, LIKE AN E CHECK, THEN IT'S THE 40 CENTS AND WE WOULD CONTINUE TO COVER IT.

IF YOU PUT IN YOUR ROUTING NUMBER AND YOUR ACCOUNT AND YOU DO YOUR ICHECK, THEN IT'S, AND THAT DATA CAN STAND THERE UNTIL YOU CHANGE CHECKING ACCOUNTS.

RIGHT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT EVERY MONTH.

IT CAN BE SET UP FOR AUTO PAY OR AUTO PAY THROUGH E THROUGH THE E UH, E CHECKING.

YES.

OKAY.

HOW DO YOU PAY YOUR BILL? I PAY ALMOST EVERYTHING WITH MY CHECK.

YEAH, NO, I JUST TAKE THE EASY WAY OUT AND JUST PUTTING MY DEBIT CARD, WHICH COMES, IT'S AN NEW CHECK.

BASICALLY.

IT COMES RIGHT OUT OF HERE AND I MEAN, IT COMES OUT LIKE RIGHT NOW I MAKE THE PAYMENT NOW AND I CHECKED MY BANK STATEMENT.

THERE IT IS.

SO WHATEVER BUT CLARIFICATION THAT YOU NEED CHECK, THERE'S NO COST TO THE CITY, CORRECT? CORRECT.

BUT IF YOU USE YOUR DEBIT CARD, IT'S NOT CONSIDERED AN EASY CHECK.

OKAY.

SO I'LL CHANGE THAT.

THAT'S NO, BUT ISN'T THERE A 40 ISN'T THERE A 40 CENTS SUBSIDY.

EVERYBODY PAYS OUT.

SOUNDS LIKE, YEAH.

TO, TO CLARIFY, IF YOU USE THE ICHECK MODEL, IT'S NOT A PERCENTAGE, IT'S A 40 CENT FLAT CHARGE FOR PROCESSING, BUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DISCUSS IS WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO PASS THE PERCENTAGE THAT OUR, OUR PAYMENT PROCESSOR, UH, PASSES ON TO THE CITY, SHOULD WE HAVE THE CUSTOMER AND CARD THAT COST WELL, CAUSE I I'VE, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S TRULY A CONVENIENCE FOR THE ABILITY TO PAY WITH A CREDIT CARD.

SO WHY SHOULDN'T THE CITY SUBSIDIZES AND WE SHOULDN'T, AND IF YOU DON'T WANT TO WRITE A CHECK AND PAY IT POSTAGE, WHICH KEEPS GOING UP AND SEND THAT IN AND WONDER IF THE CHECKS IS GOING TO MAKE IT TO THE, UH, TO THE CITY AND THAT'S MORE MONEY OR MORE TIME FOR THE PROCESSING.

SO I'M INCLINED TO SAY PASS ON THE, THE, UH, SUBSIDY.

SO IF IT'S, IF IT'S SOMETHING WE'D NEED TO CHARGE THEM, YOU HAVE CHARTER.

THAT'S A, SO, YOU KNOW, JUST TO KEEP IN MIND, A THIRD OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE PAYING WITH A CREDIT CARD, SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MIGRATE THEM ALL OVER AND YEAH.

STUFF FOR, FOR MY CLARIFICATION.

WHEN WOULD WE IMPLEMENT THIS? UM, I WOULD PROBABLY BRING IT BACK SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.

SO WE HAVE CLEAR DIRECTION FOR THE WATER RATE STUDY, BUT IT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 23, 24.

OKAY.

OH, WOW.

SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TONIGHT IS AS DIRECTION TO BRING IT BACK TO YOU FOR IMPLEMENTATION AT THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, AS PART IS INCORPORATION INTO THE WATER RATE STUDY, JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY WITH TCP, ONCE WE GET THAT RUNNING, WILL THE COST OF WATER GO DOWN? YES.

WE DEFINITELY ANTICIPATE THAT THE COST OF PRODUCING WATER WOULD, IT WOULD BE LESS.

SO SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT KRISTA JAY AGAIN, CORRECT.

CHRISTA.

WHEN A RESIDENT COMES TO, UM, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND THEY'RE STRUGGLING WITH PAYING THEIR UTILITY BILL, DO YOU HAVE THE DISCRETION TO SOMETIMES WAIVE CERTAIN LATE FEES OR WORK WITH THAT PERSON WHEN IT BECOMES LIKE EXPONENTIALLY BEHIND THREE MONTHS? AND WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A COMMERCIAL ACCOUNT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE A RESIDENTIAL ACCOUNT.

YEAH.

UM, I TYPICALLY WILL DO THAT.

I'LL I'LL WAVE LIKE ONE, UM, IT ALL DEPENDS ON THEIR CIRCUMSTANCE, YOU KNOW, I KIND OF JUDGMENT CALL, BUT FOR THE MOST PART YOU CAN DO THAT AND WORK WITH EACH OF OUR RESIDENTS BECAUSE AT THE END, THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO TRY TO DO IS HELP THE RESIDENTS GET CURRENT ON THEIR UTILITY BILLING.

SO, YES.

YEAH.

WE'RE CURRENTLY, SO JUST, I GUESS, TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE, UM, WE'RE STARTING TO SEND OUT OUR SHUTOFF NOTICES THIS WEEK.

WE ALREADY APPLIED THE STATE GRANT MONEY, UM, TO ALL THE ACCOUNTS AND WE'RE WAITING TO BE AWARDED THE WASTEWATER MONEY.

UM, WE, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT GOT THE WATER GRANT MONEY GOT A LETTER AND KIND OF A 30 DAY NOTICE THAT IF YOU NEED A PAYMENT PLAN REACH OUT.

UM, BUT THEN, SO THAT 30 DAYS JUST ENDED.

SO THEN THIS WEEK WE'RE STARTING OFF NOTICES.

SO THEY TECHNICALLY HAVE MORE THAN 30 DAYS.

CAUSE WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO IN LINE WITH OUR NORMAL BILLING AND ROUGHLY HOW MANY WATER ACCOUNTS IS THAT WE HAVE ABOUT 22,000.

AND HOW MANY OF THOSE, HOW MANY, HOW MANY WE HAVE ABOUT 22, IT'S JUST FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW HOW MANY WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 22,000 ACCOUNTS.

YEAH.

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SO, BUT THE STATE SUBSIDIZED THEM UP TO THIS POINT, RIGHT? UM, FOR A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD, I THINK IT WAS MARCH OF 2020 THROUGH JUNE OF 2021 IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA PAID FOR THEIR WATER.

IT'S BEEN MORE THAN GENEROUS.

AND THEN ON THOSE ACCOUNTS, WE ALSO HAD TO WAIVE PENALTIES ALL PENALTIES DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.

SO RIGHT NOW I HAD PREVIOUSLY BROUGHT TO YOU, UM, SEEKING DIRECTION.

IF YOU WANTED TO ALLOW ME TO DO A PAYMENT PLAN FOR ANYONE THAT ASKS.

SO WE'RE IN, WE'RE STARTING THAT TIME PERIOD WHERE THIS FIRST ROUND OF SHUT OFF NOTICES.

IF THEY WANT A PAYMENT PLAN, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE IT TO THEM UP TO A YEAR.

UM, AND THEN AFTER THAT THEY NEED TO QUALIFY PER SB 908, LIKE BE LOW-INCOME AND STUFF.

THAT'S ACTUALLY PART OF THE AGENDA TONIGHT.

RIGHT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE VOTING ON THAT LATER BUILDING PROCESS.

YES.

OKAY.

WELL, I LIKE THE CONCEPT OF STARTING TO CHARGE A FEE FOR CREDIT CARD AND WHATEVER THE APPROPRIATE TIME IS, AND I'M HAPPY TO PUT IN MY, MY CHECKING ACCOUNT NUMBER AND DEBIT FROM THAT MAY PAY WITH BITCOIN BITCOIN.

YEAH.

LET'S SAY, DO YOU NEED A MOTION FOR THAT? FOR THE NEXT LIST? GOOD.

OKAY.

SO I'LL WORK TO BRING THAT BACK IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS OR SO.

THANK YOU MA'AM THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND WE CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE RELATING TO FEES.

WE'VE GOT THEM OUT OF THE WAY.

TYPICALLY THIS IS THE POINT WHERE IF THE COUNCIL WANTED TO CALL OUT A SPECIFIC FEE FROM THE SCHEDULE, WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GIVE YOU THE LOGIC BEHIND IT, BUT KRISTA AND TEAM AND ALL THE DEPARTMENTS TRY TO IDENTIFY THE ONES THAT HISTORICALLY HAVE CAUSED QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL.

SO WE SERVE AT YOUR PLEASURE, UH, WHAT LEVEL OF DETAIL YOU'D LIKE TO GO INTO NEXT.

THEN I HAVE A QUESTION ON PAGE 15 ABOUT THE PARKING VIOLATION FEE SCHEDULE.

I JUST WANT SOME CLARIFICATION ON SOME THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF, UM, CAPTAIN GOODALL WAS GOING TO BE HERE, BUT YOU CAN FIND OUT FOR ME.

SO ON, ON PD 13, IT SAYS PARKING PEDDLER SLASH VENDORS.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS THAT EXPLANATION OF WHAT EXACTLY WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THAT IF YOU CAN FIND OUT FROM HIM ON THE TABLE NOW IT'S PAGE 15.

I SEE IT.

BUT I DON'T KNOW.

I GUESS THE QUESTION IS WHAT WOULD WE, WHAT WOULD THAT VIOLATION LOOK LIKE? JUST CURIOUS, WHAT WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF PD 13? IT SAYS PARKING PEDDLERS SLASH VENDORS.

I'LL HAVE TO LOOK INTO THIS, BUT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD AND WHAT WE CAN GET RESEARCH, UH, UH, LIKE A ICE CREAM TRUCK.

ISN'T ALLOWED TO PARK CERTAIN DISTANCE FROM A SCHOOL THAT I THINK IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THAT RESEARCH.

AND I THINK I ALREADY KNOW THIS ONE, BUT ON PD 16 WHERE IT'S SAYING COMMERCIAL VEHICLE AND RESIDENTIAL AREA, THAT'S, IF SOMEBODY WORKS FOR LIKE FEDEX AND BRINGS A FEDEX TRUCK HOME AND PARKS ON THE STREET, IS THAT WHAT THAT MEANS? THAT'S A TYPICAL VIOLATION.

I THINK IT COULD BE ANY NUMBER OF, UH, COMMERCIAL.

YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE PLEASE ROD, IF YOU'D LIKE TO WIN, I KNOW ONE OF THEM, I KNOW ONE OF THE CONCERNS HAD BEEN THE LARGER VEHICLES, SO SOMEBODY PARKS A BIG RIG IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT'S BEEN ONE OF THE CONCERNS WE'VE GOT ALL ALONG.

SO THAT'S WHAT THEY WAS TRYING TO ADDRESS.

OKAY.

ONE QUESTION PERTAINING TO LIKE DHL AT THE SHOPS, AS FAR AS PERMIT FEES, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE ME DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION TRAILERS AS A FEE.

I WAS WONDERING, IS THERE A FEE THAT'S PAID FOR HDL? OH, THEY A BUSINESS LICENSE FEE OR THESE ARE ANY FEES SPECIAL PERMITS THE PERMIT.

UM, YEAH, SO, SO THE SHOPS, UH, REQUESTED A TEMPORARY USE FOR THAT.

SO WE DID PROCESS IT AS A TEMPORARY USE, UM, AND THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO HAVE THEIR BUSINESS LICENSE, ANY BUSINESS DOES.

UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT IT THAT THAT TEMPORARY USE HAS EXPIRED AND WE WERE EXAMINING WHETHER OR NOT IT'S APPROPRIATE TO CONTINUE THAT USE.

YEAH.

I WONDER SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW, IS THERE ANY PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS? THERE CERTAINLY CAN BE IN GENERAL WHEN WE DO TEMPORARY USES, WE LOOK AT WHERE PARKING WOULD OCCUR.

SO THERE, THERE CERTAINLY CAN BE.

AND THIS ONE, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WOULD BE SUFFICIENT SURROUNDING PARKING.

I THINK SINCE WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN THERE A COUPLE OF TIMES, I KNOW I'VE BEEN THERE A COUPLE OF TIMES AND I WOULD SAY JUST LAST WEEK I SAW THAT PARKING WAS A LITTLE TIGHT.

UM, PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT SOME OF THE ADJACENT BUSINESSES PUT IN RESERVE PARKING, WHICH IS REALLY NOT PERMITTED.

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UM, THERE'S NO PLACE FOR THEM TO DO THAT, BUT THEY DO THAT.

SO WHETHER OR NOT THIS TEMPORARY USE GOES FORWARD, WE'D WANT TO AT LEAST RESTRICT HAVING OTHER BUSINESSES CORDONED OFF PARKING NEARBY, BECAUSE THEN THAT MAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO FIND A GOOD PLACE.

THANK YOU, JOHN.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YOU GOOD.

QUICK QUESTION ON THAT IN THE VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY FEE SCHEDULE PATTY ROD'S QUESTION THAT QUESTION.

MAYBE ON THE VHS FEE SCHEDULE, WE UPDATED THE IVS IHS SCHEDULE, UM, LAST YEAR IN JULY.

AND SO WE ARE CURRENTLY, THOSE SCHEDULED FEES ARE NOT PROPOSED TO INCREASE THIS YEAR.

AT THIS TIME, WE ARE WORKING ON NEW TITLE, UH, ANIMAL CONTROL, MUNICIPAL CODE.

I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT ONE OF THE CHARGES.

SO W WHEN IT SAYS OWNER RELEASE UNLICENSED.

SO I'M ASSUMING THAT MEANS MY DOG GOES TO THE POUND AND THEN I'M GOING TO PICK UP MY DOG AND MY DOG IS UNLICENSED.

SO IT'S A HUNDRED DOLLARS BECAUSE THEY'RE UNLICENSED.

NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE UNALTERED.

SO WHEN THEY JUST SELL THEM A LICENSE FOR $30, WHY WOULD THEY PAY A HUNDRED TO GET THERE? AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE A HUNDRED DOLLARS, GET THE DOG OUT AND BUY A LICENSE AT THE SAME TIME.

THEY'LL HAVE TO PAY FOR BOTH.

Y IT'S NOT ANY MORE WORK FOR THEM BECAUSE IT WAS AN UNLICENSED, I THINK, BECAUSE IT WAS IMPOUNDED AS WHY THEY HAVE TO GO PAY THE A HUNDRED DOLLARS TO GET THEIR DOG OUT.

BUT IF I HAVE IT, IF MY DOG IS LICENSED AND THEY RELEASED THEM TO ME, IT'S $40.

I UNDERSTAND.

I, I THINK THAT WAS THE WHOLE FEE SCHEDULE.

THEY PROPOSE IN ORDER TO COME UP WITH THE RATES, THEY GAVE US A, THAT WAS A BIG DISCUSSION WE HAD LAST SUMMER.

AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES.

AND THOSE ARE THE RATES THEY CAME UP WITH IN ORDER TO ARRIVE AT THE FEE THEY GAVE US.

OKAY.

AND THEN IF YOU COULD PASS ALONG SOME INFORMATION, SO THEY HAVE CONSISTENTLY, WHEN THEY SEND OUT THEIR LICENSE RENEWALS, THEY COME OUT.

I ACTUALLY GET MY BILL LESS THAN 10 DAYS BEFORE THE LICENSE HAS EXPIRED.

AND THEN THERE'S A DISCLAIMER THAT SAYS IT THERE, BECAUSE THEY'RE SO BUSY, IT'LL TAKE THREE TO SIX WEEKS TO GET YOUR NEW LICENSE IN THE MAIL.

SO CAN YOU PASS THAT ON? BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY GET NERVOUS LIKE, OH MY DOG'S GOING TO BE UNLICENSED NOW.

AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM.

SUSAN AND OUR OFFICE HAS HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH HIM FOR THE REGULAR.

WE GET WE FOR A WHILE.

WE WERE GETTING A LOT OF COMPLAINTS OR THEY WERE HAVING SOME ISSUES WITH THEIR NEW BILLING SOFTWARE.

SO I KNOW THAT THAT WAS THE FIRST HALF OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

THAT WAS A BIG PROBLEM FOR THEM.

IT SEEMS TO HAVE QUIETED DOWN.

BUT DEFINITELY THAT WAS A PROBLEM.

IN FACT, AT ONE POINT THEY WERE EVEN WAIVING LATE FEES FOR SOME OF THE PEOPLE, BECAUSE, WELL, YOU WERE GETTING IT LIKE AFTER IT WAS DUE SOMETIMES TOO.

SO IF YOU COULD JUST LEAN ON THEM AGAIN ABOUT THAT.

CAUSE MINE WAS REALLY CLOSE TO THE DUE DATE AGAIN.

THAT'S ALL.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU GUYS.

GOOD JOB.

OKAY, SO NOW WE GOT WE'RE 45 MINUTES, 40 MINUTES.

THANK

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

YOU, SIR.

LET'S CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER PLEASE.

ROLL CALL ALL MEMBERS

[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]

OF PRESENT.

THANK YOU.

MA'AM MR. WALTON.

WALSTON.

CAN YOU COME UP PLEASE? PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE RIGHT THERE.

GO AND USE A MIC.

THANK YOU, SIR.

READY? BEGIN.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU, SIR.

PLEASE

[ INVOCATION: Father Joseph Pilotin, St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church]

REMAIN STANDING, PLEASE.

VOCATION FATHERS RIGHT THERE.

FATHER JOSEPH.

WELCOME BACK.

THANK YOU, SIR.

IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, ALL MIGHTY FATHER, YOU ARE THE SOURCE OF EVERYTHING.

OUR MATERIAL BLESSINGS, OUR POSITIONS, OUR MINISTRY, OUR LOVED ONES, OUR LIVES.

ALL THESE ARE FROM YOU.

GIVE US THE COURAGE TO OFFER THEM BACK TO YOU.

GRANT US THE DETERMINATION TO USE THEM.

ACCORDING TO YOUR PLAN TO HONOR AND GLORIFY YOUR NAME AND TO PROCLAIM YOUR TRUTH TO ALL NATIONS, YOU HAVE GIVEN US YOUR SON, JESUS, TO WALK WITH US AND TO EMBRACE OUR SINFUL CONDITION FOR YOU.

SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT YOU GAVE YOUR ONLY BEGOTTEN SON SO THAT WE MAY NOT PERISH, BUT THAT WE MAY HAVE ETERNAL LIFE.

GRANT US THE HUMILITY TO SUBMIT OURSELVES TO YOUR WILL, THE STRENGTH TO PARTICIPATE IN YOUR DIVINE PLAN, THE POWER TO WORK IN YOUR VINEYARD.

HOLY SPIRIT, WE STAND BEFORE YOU, AS WE GATHERED TOGETHER IN YOUR NAME WITH YOU ALONE, TO GUIDE US, MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME IN OUR HEARTS, TEACH US THE WAY WE MUST GO AND HOW WE ARE TO PURSUE IT.

WE ARE WEAK AND SINFUL DO NOT LET US PROMOTE THIS ORDER.

DO NOT LET IGNORANCE

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LEAD US DOWN THE WRONG PATH NOR PARTIALITY INFLUENCE OUR ACTIONS.

LET US FIND IN YOU OUR UNITY SO THAT WE MAY JOURNEY TOGETHER TO ETERNAL LIFE AND NOT STRAY FROM THE WAY OF TRUTH AND WHAT IS RIGHT.

TRY AND GOD HELP US TO EMBRACE OUR MISSION.

AND LISTEN, ONCE AGAIN, TO YOUR WORDS, GO THEREFORE AND MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL NATIONS, BAPTIZING THEM, TEACHING THEM TO OBSERVE ALL THAT I HAVE COMMANDED YOU AND BEHOLD I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS UNTIL THE END OF THE AGE, ALL OF THIS WE ASKED OF YOU WHO ARE AT WORK IN EVERY PLACE IN TIME, IN THE COMMUNION OF THE FATHER AND THE SON FOREVER AND EVER AMEN.

THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON, THE HOLY SPIRIT.

AMEN.

THANK YOU, FATHER.

SO THIS

[5. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming the week of April 17-23, 2022, as National Volunteer Week]

NEXT IS PRESENTATION SIDE OF NUMBER FIVE.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING THE WEEK OF APRIL 17TH THROUGH 23RD, 2022 IS NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK TO BE ACCEPTED BY COMMUNITY SERVICES COORDINATOR.

JACOB BELASCO WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM AND YOU PROBABLY DO TOO, RIGHT? YES, SIR.

PERFECT.

OKAY.

WELL, HAPPY ARE HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTE TO BETTERMENT OF OUR CITY.

THESE VOLUNTEERS REACH OUT BEYOND THEIR PAID EMPLOYMENT AND THEIR NORMAL RESPONSIBILITIES TO CONTRIBUTE SERVICES, CALLAWAY, COUNTLESS HOURS TOWARDS COMMUNITY.

WITHOUT A DOUBT, VOLUNTEERS ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFICIENCY AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CITY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE TO HONOR THESE DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS BY PROCLAIMING THIS WEEK OF APRIL 20, EXCUSE ME, APRIL 17TH TO THE 23RD, 2022 AS NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION IS ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES COORDINATOR.

JACOB VALASCO JAKE.

JACOB, CAN YOU PLEASE TELL US OR TELL US HOW VALUED OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND HOW OTHERS CAN FIND INFORMATION TO BECOME A VOLUNTEER? WOW.

FIRST OFF, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR THIS CERTIFICATE AND RECOGNITION.

UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UH, VOLUNTEERS ARE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF OUR CITY, UH, IN JUST THE SHORT TIME THAT I'VE BEEN HERE.

I HAVE ALREADY SEEN THE DEDICATION AND PASSION THAT OUR VOLUNTEERS SHARE AND, UM, THEIR WORK THAT THEY DO FOR THE CITY AND THE SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE FOR US AND HELP US WITH, UM, FOR THE, I ACTUALLY SEE A COUPLE OF VOLUNTEERS HERE IN THE AUDIENCE.

UM, SO FOR THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED, THEY CAN REGISTER ONLINE AT OUR, UH, CITY OF CHINOS.ORG FORWARD SLASH VOLUNTEERS.

THE APPLICATION IS FULLY ONLINE AND BECAUSE OF THE DEDICATION AND HARD WORK THAT THE VOLUNTEERS DO SHARE THREE ARE, UH, I AM HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE'RE BRINGING BACK OUR, UM, ANNUAL VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION DINNER, UM, WITH, UM, THE CHINO HILLS PD.

SO THERE, WE WILL BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE AND APPRECIATE, UM, ALL THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE, ESPECIALLY IN THESE TOUGH FEW YEARS THAT WE'VE HAD, UM, IN THE PAST TWO YEARS.

GOOD JOB.

WHAT DO YOU THINK HERE'S A FUCKING NATION I'LL BE OUT TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

WOULD YOU TAKE A PICTURE OF YOUR

[6. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming April as Donate Life Month]

NEXT? WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING APRIL IS DONATE LIFE MONTH TO BE ACCEPTED BY ROBERT ALSTON.

ROB, WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM THERE? JUST ROLL.

NO, SIR.

BEFORE IT GETS STARTED, I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M A FEW YEARS BACK.

I WAS AT THE FIRE DISTRICT AND I BELIEVE THAT THE FIRST TIME YOU GAVE A PRESENTATION, THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, I WAS THE PRESIDENT AND YOU DID IT WITH THE FIRE DISTRICT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO LET ME GET STARTED HERE.

OREGON'S TISSUE, BLOOD MARROW AND BLOOD DONATIONS ARE LIFE.

GIVING ACTS RECOGNIZED WORLDWIDE AS EXPRESSION OF COMPASSION TO THOSE IN NEED MILLIONS OF LIGHTS, LIFE'S EACH OF YOUR SAVED AND HEAL BY THESE TYPES OF DONATION.

THE SPIRIT OF GIVING AND THE DECISIONS TO DONATE ARE NOT RESTRICTED BY AGE OR MEDICAL CONDITIONS.

CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS CAN SIGN UP WITH A DONATE LIFE, CALIFORNIA DONOR REGISTRY WHEN APPLYING FOR, FOR, OR RENEWING THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE OR ID CARDS AT THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES.

ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WE ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO SUPPORT, DONATE LIFE BY BECOMING REGISTERED DONORS

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AND TO DO HEREBY PROCLAIM.

THE MONTH OF APRIL IS DONATE LIFE MONTH TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION IS WHEN LEGACY AMBASSADOR ROBERT WE'RE ALL STONE.

ROBERT, PLEASE TELL US MORE ABOUT DONATE LIFE AND HOW OUR RESIDENTS CAN FURTHER SUPPORT THIS CAUSE.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY MAYOR MARQUEZ, HONORABLE MAYOR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND AS DEEM COUNCIL MEMBERS, SOMEBODY WONDERFUL FACES UP HERE.

THIS IS THE NINTH YEAR THAT WE'VE DONE THIS TOGETHER.

NINE TIMES WE'VE RAISED THE FLAG.

WE'VE GOT THE 11 FLAGS FLYING THROUGHOUT CHINO VALLEY RIGHT NOW ON EVERY FIRE STATION AND THEIR TRAINING CENTERS, UH, FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL ALSO SO THAT THEY DON'T DONATE LIFE.

FLAG FLIES HIGH.

THESE PROCLAMATIONS ARE, ARE SUCH AN AMAZING TESTAMENT TO THE PARTNERSHIP THAT THE CITY HAS, UH, HAS BUILT, UH, WITH DONATE LIFE.

UM, I'LL BE BRIEF ABOUT, UH, THE REASON I BECAME AN AMBASSADOR.

I BECAME AN AMBASSADOR WITH DONATE LIFE BECAUSE NINE, 10 YEARS AGO, THIS PAST DECEMBER 18TH, MY LIFE WAS SAVED THROUGH ORGAN DONATION.

UH, I WAS GIVEN A LIVER BY A MAN FROM TENNESSEE WHEN I WAS YOUNG.

I HAD HEPATITIS.

SO AS I GOT OLDER, I ENDED UP HAVING HERNIA SURGERY THAT WENT REALLY BAD.

AND I HAD A STAPH INFECTION THAT WENT UNDIAGNOSED FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS.

I ENDED UP GOING ON THE LIVER TRANSPLANT LIST.

UH, ONE KIDNEY WAS FAILING AND MY LIVER WAS TOAST.

AND, UH, I WAS DOWN FROM THE FAT AND SASSY 206 POUNDS.

I AM RIGHT NOW DOWN TO A HUNDRED POUNDS AND I'M GIVEN ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO LIVE WHEN THE PHONE FINALLY RANG FOR MYSELF AND I GOT THE LIVER TRANSPLANT THAT I NEEDED TO SAVE MY LIFE.

SO, UH, DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND TRY TO SEE HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE I COULD MAKE IT LUCKY LIKE MYSELF, UM, AS, UH, UH, RAY HAD, UH, AS SO ELOQUENTLY STATED.

UH, AND I'D LIKE TO ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT RIGHT NOW, CURRENTLY THERE'S OVER 120,000 PEOPLE NATIONWIDE WAITING FOR THE PHONE TO RING.

YOU COULD FILL THE COLOSSEUM WITH THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE WAITING IN CALIFORNIA ALONE.

UH, YOU GUYS KNOW BETTER THAN I, THERE'S PROBABLY TWO, 3000 PEOPLE YOU COULD PUT IN CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL AT A HOMECOMING ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD.

TIMES 10 IS HOW MANY PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA ALONE ARE WAITING FOR THE PHONE TO RING RIGHT NOW, UH, TO GET THAT, UH, WE THINK WE HAVE A MATCH GET HERE AS QUICK AS YOU CAN WITH SAVE YOUR LIFE.

UM, SO, UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, THINGS HAVE REALLY GOTTEN STRONGER.

WE HAD OVER 40,000 TRANSPLANT SUCCESSFUL TRANSPLANTS IN 2021.

UH, MANY OF THOSE TRANSPLANTS WERE DOUBLE LUNG TRANSPLANTS BECAUSE OF COVID.

UM, SO, UH, WE REALLY DO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.

WE SAVE A LOT OF LIVES ON A REGULAR BASIS, BUT WE'RE SIMPLY STEMMING THE TIDE.

THE NUMBER OF, UH, THE NUMBER GROWS EXPONENTIALLY BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE MY AGE AND OLDER, THE BABY BOOMERS, UH, IT'S, IT'S A GROWING NEED AT ALL TIMES.

AND, UH, SO WE'RE, WE'RE STEMMING THE TIDE, BUT NOT WINNING THE BATTLE.

SO PLEASE GET THAT PINK DOT ON YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE, UH, OR GO TO WWW.DONATELIFE.ORG, AND YOU CAN SIGN UP RIGHT THERE ONLINE AND, UH, AND, AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO, UH, UH, MAKE MORE PEOPLE GET LUCKY LIKE MYSELF.

SO WHAT'S GOING, I JUST WANT TO SAY, IF YOU COULD PLEASE COME ON DOWN.

PERFECT, PLEASE.

THANK YOU.

[7. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming April as Arts, Culture, and Creativity Month]

THE NEXT PROCLAMATION IS PROCLAIMING.

APRIL IS ARTS CULTURE AND CREATIVITY MONTH TO BE ACCEPTED BY CHARTS COMMITTEE MEMBER, GLEN ANDERSON GLENN, WILL YOU JOIN THE MAYOR? I THINK IT'S GOING TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS CELEBRATES THE ROLES AND EX EXCUSE ME, ROLE ARTS AND CULTURE PLAY IN HELPING US NAVIGATE THE PANDEMIC AMPLIFY THE NEEDS FOR RACIAL EQUITY AND HIGHLIGHTING THE POWER OF THE ARTS TO CHANGE OUR LIVES FOR THE BETTER ARTS AND CULTURE SUPPORT.

THE SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS PROVIDE KEY JOBS, SKILLS, AND MOST IMPORTANT.

BRING OUR JOY TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AS A RESULT, WE RECOGNIZE THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR CHINO HILLS ARTISTS AND THEIR IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY CULTURE AND

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WELLBEING TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION IS MEMBER OF THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ARTS COMMITTEE, GLEN ANDERSON GLENN.

PLEASE TELL US MORE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF ART CULTURE AND CREATIVITY IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU, SIR.

HE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR GIVING US THE PROCLAMATION.

AGAIN, THIS IS FOR ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS THAT MAKE ALL OF THESE EVENTS POSSIBLE.

UH, WE'RE TRYING TO BE AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY.

SO WE DO A NUMBER OF ARTS RELATED EVENTS THAT WE ORGANIZE FOR THE CITY RANGING FROM THE KIDS' ART EVENT, WHICH OCCURRED IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS WHERE WE HAVE CHILDREN FROM FOUR TO 12, WE'LL HAVE 300 CHILDREN COME IN AND INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER AND MAKE SCULPTURES AND PAINTINGS AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS.

THEN WE GO TO THE NEXT STEP WHERE WE'LL HAVE EVENTS COMING UP THE 29TH OF THIS MONTH WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL WHERE WE'LL HAVE HIGH SCHOOL EVENTS, WHERE THEY'LL HAVE A SERIES OF DANCERS COME IN AND LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL BANDS TO COME IN.

THEN WE HAVE OUR CONCERT SERIES, WHICH WOULD BE OUR JAZZ AND BLUES FESTIVALS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.

AND ALSO A SERIES OF CONCERTS THAT WE HAVE SCHEDULED FOR THIS YEAR THROUGH THE FOUNDATION.

SO WE'VE ALREADY HAD LYNN VIDMOB, WHO'S A NATIONALLY KNOWN SINGER.

WE HAVE LOUIE BELL TRAN.

WHO'S A MAJOR ARTIST AS WELL, AND WE'LL DO A MINI FESTIVAL IN SEPTEMBER, BUT THE MAIN INTENT OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DO WITH THE CHARTS GROUP, IT WAS WITH THE ARTISTS.

AND ANOTHER THING I WOULD THANK THE COUNCIL FOR IS THE ACQUISITION OF THE MARK KEY BECAUSE THE MARQUEE WAS KEY TO US.

BEING ABLE TO REACH THE ARTISTIC COMMUNITY, THAT SOMETIMES ARE HARD FOR US TO REACH.

WE PUT A SERIES OF NOTIFICATIONS ON THE MARQUEE, LOOKING FOR ARTISTS, AND WE'VE RECEIVED ABOUT 15 PROFESSIONAL LEVEL ARTISTS THAT ARE PAINTERS AND DRAWERS, AND THEY'VE DONE THEIR ENTIRE LIVES DOING ARE WHO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIND.

SO AS A RESULT OF THAT, AGAIN, IT GOES BACK TO THE INCLUSIVE ARTS ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE FOR CHINO HILLS.

WE'RE TRYING NOW TO ESTABLISH MORE, AS FAR AS OUR THEATER ARTS ARE CONCERNED, BUT BETWEEN THE VISUAL ARTS, THE MUSIC ARTS, THE DRAMA, ET CETERA, WE'RE TRYING TO REALLY INTEGRATE THAT.

AND AGAIN, THAT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT A NUMBER OF DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS.

WE HAVE PROBABLY 150 PEOPLE.

SO I'M HONORED TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF CHARTS, BUT AGAIN, IT'S TOTALLY RESPONSIBLE AND ABLE TO BE DONE DUE TO THE SUPPORT OF THE FOUNDATION.

WE HAVE THE PRESIDENT OF THE FOUNDATION ON THE COUNCIL AS WELL.

WHO'S VERY SUPPORTIVE FOR THESE INITIATIVES AND AS WELL, AS FAR AS THE FUTURE, WE'RE, WE'RE ALREADY PLANNING AS FAR AS THE FUTURE OF, AS WE'RE DOING, WE'RE PLANNING A SERIES OF ART SHOW EVENTS FOR 19 FOR NEXT YEAR FOR 23, WE'RE TRYING TO DO A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, WHETHER IT'S AN AMPHITHEATER, WHETHER IT'S DIFFERENT THINGS FOR THE ARTS TO MAKE THE CITY MORE OF AN ARTISTIC CENTER FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN JUST CHINO HILLS COMMITTEE THAT NEEDS FOR THE CHINO VALLEY AND EVERYONE IN THIS AREA.

SO IT'S VERY INCLUSIVE.

AND AGAIN, WE THANK EVERYBODY THAT THE COUNCIL IN PARTICULAR HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE BEN AND EVERYBODY AS WELL.

AND WHETHER IT'S POLICE DEPARTMENT FIRE, ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO GET INVOLVED WITH THIS, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT GO SMOOTHLY FOR YOUR CHILDREN, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL CHILDREN, THE HIGH SCHOOL CHILDREN, ALL OF US THAT LIVE HERE PERMANENTLY.

I'VE LIVED HERE SINCE 1987 AS A NUMBER OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM HAVE LIVED HERE.

LONG-TERM AND WE HAVE COME A VERY LONG DISTANCE, GETTING THOSE COMMUNITY THE SENSE OF HUMIDITY THAT WE HAVE TODAY.

SO WE THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF EVERYBODY ON CHARTS.

THANK YOU, PETER.

AND THE COUNCIL, BRIAN AND EVERYBODY, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO AN EXCITING YEAR.

SO JUST WATCH FOR THE NEXT EVENT.

LIKE I SAY, WE HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL EVENT ON APRIL 29TH, LOUIS BELTRAM, WHICH IS A BIG, HE'S AN INTERNATIONAL LATIN STAR.

HE'LL BE WITH US ON MAY THE 13TH AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

WE HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US.

I'M GOING TO START USING THE MINUTES.

LET'S GET THIS GOING.

COME ON.

LET'S GO AND THEN WE'LL DO THAT.

OKAY.

WHILE THE MAYOR MAKES HIS WAY BACK TO HIS SEAT, I JUST WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT ALL VOTES TODAY WILL BE DONE

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BY BOY VOICE VOTE.

[ ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION]

SO ANY ANNOUNCEMENT AS FAR AS ACTUALLY TAKE ANY CLOSED SESSION, NO MATTER, UM, THERE'S NOTHING TO ANNOUNCE OUT OF CLOSED SESSION SEATING.

THANK YOU.

THANK

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

YOU, SIR.

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, PLEASE COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO THE CITY CLERK, A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.

WE HAVE A FEW SPEAKER CARDS.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JIM GALLAGHER.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY, COUNCIL, STAFF, AND FELLOW RESIDENTS.

FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU, PETER AND GLEN ANDERSON AND CHARTS FOR A WONDERFUL CONCERT LAST WEEKEND.

SO IT IS NICE WHEN WE ALL GET TOGETHER AS NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS TO, TO ENJOY MUSIC.

AND THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT ARE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS.

UM, MY WIFE AND I WERE REALLY PLEASED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE WHEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND, UH, UM, UH, THE SOUND WITH THE NAME PRECISION SOUND OFFERED THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER, UM, ACTION.

AND WE, WE BOTH GO IN PRIUS'S.

SO WE WENT DOWN THERE AND HAD OUR, OUR CATALYTIC CONVERTERS EXED SO THAT THEY COULD BE IDENTIFIED IN THE EVENT OF THEFT.

YOU KNOW, IN FACT THEY KIND OF, UH, UH, THIEVES DON'T EVEN LIKE TO SEE THEM.

THEY SOMETIMES WILL DESIST FROM TRYING TO STEAL THEM.

SO IT WAS MUCH TO MY DISMAY WHEN I READ THEM THE 20 MA MARCH 26 CHAMPION THAT OUR CITY YARD WAS INVADED BY CATALYTIC CONVERTER.

THIES.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, CHINO, I GUESS, GOT HIT AND HAD 10 CATALYTIC CONVERTERS, UH, STOLEN OFF THEIR CITY WORK TRUCKS.

AND THEN FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, CHINO HILLS HAD 15 CATALYTIC CONVERTERS STOLEN, UH, AT OUR CHINO HILLS CITY YARD.

AND, UM, OF COURSE, GENERAL POLICE DO EVEN SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT IT'S A COMBINATION OF SECURITY SYSTEMS OF THE, THIS ETCHING THAT GOES ON AS WELL AS A WITNESSES, YOU KNOW, THE KIND OF HELP THEM CATCH THESE THIEVES.

AND, UH, THEY BRING AS MUCH AS THREE TO $500 PER CONVERTER, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.

SO THEY, THEY ARE NOT A HUGE HAUL, BUT AT LEAST CAN BRING SOME NICE MONEY TO THE THIEVES.

WHAT GOT ME WAS THE CITY OF CHINO HAD TO PAY $20,000 TO GET THAT FIXED.

AND FROM WHAT I CAN SEE, AND THIS MIGHT BE WRONG, IT SAYS 1800 TO $2,000 TO REPLACE OUR 15.

THAT MUST MEAN PER UNIT.

I THINK SO YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

THAT MIGHT BE UP TO $40,000.

SO MY ONLY QUESTION, AND I'M NOT BLAMING ANYBODY, THIS CAN HAPPEN TO ANYBODY IS DID WE GET OUR CATALYTIC CONVERTERS THAT MATCHED? WAS IT, DID THAT HAPPEN? AND IF SO, IS THAT REALLY DOES THAT SUCCESSFULLY DISSUADE THIEVES? UM, IT'S SOMETHING I THINK WE'RE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT.

IT SEEMS TO BE THE MOST PREDOMINANT CRIME RIGHT NOW, AND I'M USUALLY, I'M NOT A CRIME, UH, WATCHER THAT SCREAMS A LOT ABOUT IT, BUT SO IT'S JUST A CURIOSITY.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN DING, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF, AND CHINO HILLS RESIDENTS.

MY NAME IS JOHN M M.

I'M A FUEL REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE CONGRESSWOMAN YOUNG KIM'S OFFICE.

SO RIGHT NOW THE CONGRESS IS IN RECESS.

SO THE CONGRESSWOMAN'S BACK IN THE DISTRICT AND WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF EVENTS WE WANT TO PROMOTE.

UM, THE FIRST ONE IS THE, UM, THE CONGRESSIONAL, UH, OUR COMPETITION.

UM, SO THE, CONGRESSWOMAN'S THE COACH HERE FOR THE, OUR COMPETITION THIS YEAR.

IT'S A VERY RELEVANT TOPIC.

UM, AND WE ARE ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS, UH, UNTIL APRIL 22ND.

UM, THE WEANING ARTWORK WILL BE DISPLAYED FOR ONE YEAR IN THE U S CAPITOL.

UM, THE SECOND EVENT WE'RE PROMOTING IS THE SERVICE ACADEMY INFORMATION SESSION.

UM, YOU WILL BE, UH, HOW AT THE BUENA PARK COMMUNITY CENTER FROM SIX TO SEVEN 30 ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13TH, UH, WE WILL BE PROVIDING ALL THE US SERVICE ACADEMIES AND THEY WILL BE, UM, INTRODUCING THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND THEY WILL BE PRETTY INFORMATIVE SESSION IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED FOR APPLYING FOR SERVICE ACADEMY, UH, THE NEXT ONE WILL BE OUR, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY SEMINAR ON APRIL 18TH,

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UH, AT THE ROLAND HEIGHTS STC CENTER.

UM, WE HAVE, UH, THE ONE ITEM EMBAR SHARP STATION AND THE INDUSTRY CHAVEZ STATION, WHICH COVERS OUR LA COUNTY AREA OR DISTRICT.

AND WITH, UH, UNDER SHERIFF, UH, THEY WILL BE PRESENTING, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY TIPS AND ALSO ON CRIME REPORTS.

UH, THE CONGRESSWOMAN ALSO BE THERE PROVIDING LEGISLATIVE UPDATES, UM, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT.

UM, THE LAST ONE WE WANT TO REALLY EMPHASIZE IS THE VETERANS RESOURCE FAIR.

WE'RE HAVING, UH, APRIL 22ND FRIDAY, UM, WITH, UH, UH, ORANGE COUNTY SUPERVISOR, DON WAGNER.

UH, YOU WILL BE AT THE, UH, IT WILL BE FRIDAY FROM NINE TO THREE AT YOUR BELINDA CULTURAL ARTS CENTER.

UM, THE RESOURCE FOR VETERANS INCLUDE WILL VA CASEWORK, UH, EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING, HOUSING RESOURCES, HEALTHCARE ACCESS, UM, THE ECOSYSTEM MORE.

UM, WE HAVE, I HAVE PRINTED MANY FLYERS AND I PUT IT ON THE, THE, UH, DESK, UH, AT THE EXIT.

SO IF ANYONE IS PLEASE GRAB ONE AND TELL ANYONE THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

JOHN IS SHARON STEWIE.

GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR CITY COUNCIL, STAFF, VISITORS, AND COMMUNITY.

ON BEHALF OF MY HUSBAND CHECKS, DEWEY, WHO IS NORMALLY PLAYING TENNIS EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT.

UH, HE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS FOR THEIR INSTALLATION OF NEW LED LIGHTS ON THE FOUR HOPE FOR THE HILLS TENNIS COURTS.

UM, THIS MAKES IT SO MUCH EASIER TO PLAY.

I HOPE IT'S ON ALL OF THE TENNIS COURTS IN THE AREA AND IT'S AMAZING AND AMAZING IMPROVEMENT AND ALL THE TENNIS PLAYERS ARE VERY THANKFUL.

THANK YOU, RONNIE.

GEIER.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ON BEHALF OF THE VETERANS THAT WERE HONORED ON THE WELCOME HOME, UH, DAY HONORING HERE, UH, A MARVELOUS PROCLAMATION THAT THE CITY MAYOR, UH, GAVE TO US.

I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR, UH, HAVING US HERE FOR THAT HONOR, AND ALSO LISTENING TO OUR STORY BECAUSE WE'RE ALL RELIVING OUR STORY OF THE VIETNAM WAR ON OUR TIGHT TVS TODAY.

UH, VERY, VERY, UH, UH, VERY, VERY INFORMATIVE, I THINK FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT USED TO SEEING IT THAT CLEARLY AS WE DID SEE IT DURING THE WAR, AND IT JUST GETS MORE AND MORE AND MORE AND MORE PROTRACTED.

UM, PUTIN SAID SOME TIME AGO THAT HE HAD IT IN FOR WESTERN CIVILIZATION.

IN OTHER WORDS, HE WAS SEEKING THE DESTRUCTION OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION AND THAT JUST DOESN'T MEAN EUROPE.

THAT MEANS WESTERN CIVILIZATION.

UM, THE REASON I BRING THAT UP IS IT'S NOT A LOCAL SITUATION, UH, TO WORRY ABOUT, BUT IF IT GETS BIG AND IT GETS BIG QUICK, IT IS.

SO I WOULD, UM, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR, UH, VERY PRECISE, UM, VERY PROFESSIONAL, VERY URGENT WORK THAT YOU DO ON EVERYTHING ELSE THAT I'VE BEEN A WITNESS TO WHILE BEING BLESSED TO BE HERE, TO WITNESS IT ALL.

YOU MAY BE NEEDING IT AGAIN IN A BIGGER WAY.

I WOULD SUGGEST JUST BE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN EUROPE, WHERE YOU CAN'T GET UP AND CAN YOU CAN'T MISS IT, BUT ALSO LOOK FOR THE LITTLE SIGNS THAT COME OUT, OR IF THERE'S BIG MOVEMENTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THERE IS A GUY OUT THERE THAT WANTS TO GET RID OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION.

AND 30,000 YEARS AGO, THERE WAS ONE JUST A PERSON CALLED ELSIE.

THE MOVIE WILL SIT WITH CHARLTON HESTON 2000 IN 1961.

WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE, ONE, MAN GOT TOGETHER A SPAIN IN ABOUT THE THOUSAND ADY AND GOD GATHERED HIS PEOPLE TO FIGHT THE TERRORISTS THAT WERE COMING AT THEM FROM NORTH AFRICA TO GO THROUGH SPAIN AND TAKE OVER WHAT WAS THEN WESTERN CIVILIZATION.

SO IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME.

AND WE MAY BE IN A POSITION WHERE THERE'LL BE A SIMILAR KIND OF THING WHERE CITIES LIKE US GET READY AND BE READY FOR SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T REALLY WANT TO HAPPEN.

BUT GOLLY, GOOD.

OKAY.

I'D LIKE TO THANK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CYNTHIA MORAN FOR GETTING ME IN TOUCH WITH, UH, UM, THE WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL, UH, UH, ORGANS, UH, THE TRADING OF ORGANS AND SAVING PEOPLE'S LIVES AND ASKING ME TO BE THERE FOR A LUNCHEON

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WHEN, UH, THE, UM, FOR, UH, FOR THE ORGANIZATION HAS ITS, UM, IT'S A FLOAT FOR THE, FOR THE ROSE PARADE.

AND, UH, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME MEET PEOPLE WHO WERE GIVERS AND RECEIVERS EQUALLY HAPPY ON BOTH SIDES.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, RON.

THAT IS FINAL SPEAKER CARD.

PERFECT.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

MOVING ON TO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR, ANYBODY WISH TO PULL ANYTHING?

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

AND BEFORE THAT, IS THERE ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST? I'M SORRY, ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST?

[ 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.]

DOES ANYBODY WISH TO PULL AN ITEM ART? UH, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION ITEM 12, 14, 14, 13.

AND, UM, COULD I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE REMAINDER OF 9, 10, 11, 16, GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND, THIS HAS GOTTA BE A VOTE.

I FORGOT.

YES.

MAYOR MARQUEZ.

YES.

VICE MAYOR ROGERS COUNCIL MEMBER JOE'S EXCUSE ME.

COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT AND COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN.

YES.

MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.

[12. Adopt Ordinance entitled: "An Ordinance of the City of Chino Hills, Amending Chapter 1.14 and Adopting a New, Revised City Council Electoral District Map" - Second Reading (Introduced March 22, 2022)]

THE FIRST ITEM ITEM NUMBER 12 IS TO ADOPT 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 SECOND READING INTRODUCED ON MARCH 22ND, 2022.

UH, YES.

BEN, WOULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN FOR THE, UH, UH, PEOPLE LISTENING AND PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE, THE TIMING ON THIS NOW AND WHY IT WAS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE GOT THIS DONE AND HOW IT WILL AFFECT THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS, UH, IN THIS NOVEMBER IN PARTICULAR? UH, SURE.

UH, OVER THE, A SERIES OF, I BELIEVE SIX OR SEVEN MEETINGS, THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN, UH, REVIEWING OUR, UH, ELECTORAL DISTRICTS, UH, IN THE CITY.

UH, WE HAD TO MAKE A CHANGE TO OUR EXISTING, UH, DISTRICT BOUNDARIES, THE FIVE DISTRICTS AND, UH, CHINO HILLS IN ORDER TO, UH, ADJUST FOR THE POPULATION CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED SINCE WE ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED, UH, THESE, UH, VOTER DISTRICTS, UH, THAT POPULATION DISTRIBUTION WAS BASED ON THE 2020 CENSUS.

AND SO WHAT YOU HAVE TONIGHT IS THE CULMINATION OF WORK BY THE, THE COMMUNITY, THE COUNCIL, AND ALL OF THE, THOSE WHO GAVE INPUT.

UH, THE COUNCIL, UH, ADOPTED, UH, THE, UH, NEW DISTRICT MAPS, UH, TONIGHT IS THE SECOND READING.

THE NEXT STEP WILL BE TO SUBMITTED TO THE, UH, VOTER OR THE REGISTRAR OF VOTERS.

AND, UH, OUR RESIDENTS WILL SEE, UH, THEIR NEW VOTING, UH, STRUCTURE, UH, BEGINNING IN NOVEMBER OF 2022, AND THEN, UH, POTENTIALLY FOR ANYONE LIVING IN THE OTHER DISTRICTS, UH, NOVEMBER OF 2024.

AND SO THIS IS THAT, THAT LAST STEP ON OUR END OF ESTABLISHING THESE NEW, UH, VOTER BOUNDARIES.

OKAY.

AND IN PARTICULAR, UH, IT SHOULD BE, PEOPLE SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT THERE ARE SOME DISTRICTS THAT HAVE CHANGED SLIGHTLY TO WHERE YOU MAY BE, HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED TO VOTE IN THIS NOVEMBER'S ELECTION, BUT YOU MAY POSSIBLY BE MOVED TO THE NOVEMBER OF 2020 FOR A SCHEDULE AND VICE VERSA.

SO JUST WILL THEY BE, HOW WILL THEY BE ADVISED OF THAT FROM THE REG VOTER REGISTRARS OFFICE? YES, AFTER THIS MEETING, I'LL BE SENDING THE ORDINANCE AND THE MAPS TO THE REGISTRAR VOTERS OFFICE, AND THEY WILL CREATE THE FILE STATE FILES FOR THAT.

AND THEY WILL CREATE THE, UM, VOTING, UM, POLLING PLACES AND NOTIFY EACH VOTER WHERE THEIR POLLING PLACE WOULD BE.

AND I HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE FULL DETAILS ON HOW THEY WOULD NOTIFY THEM THAT THEIR ELECTION DATE HAS CHANGED.

SO I'LL HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT.

OKAY.

I JUST WANTED PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE TO REALIZE THAT, UH, YOU MAY HAVE BEEN VOTING ON A PARTICULAR CYCLE, EITHER THE OFF CYCLE, UH, THIS, THIS YEAR OR THE PRESIDENTIAL CYCLE, UH, THAT MAY CHANGE IF YOUR HOME WAS MOVED INTO ANOTHER DISTRICT THAT HAS A DIFFERENT POSTING SCHEDULE.

SO YOU WILL BE ADVISED EVENTUALLY, BUT I JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO REALIZE THAT THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED AFTER ALL THESE MEETINGS, THAT THE DISTRICTS DIDN'T CHANGE A LOT, BUT THEY WERE TWEAKED SOMEWHAT.

SO THANK YOU.

I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, YES.

ALL RIGHT.

CALL FOR A VOTE, PLEASE.

ON 12, MAY I MARQUEZ VICE MAYOR ROGERS? YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER BENNET.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER JOS.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN.

YES.

MOTION PASSES FIVE, ZERO.

[13. Accept report of delinquent water, sewer, and trash charges; direct staff to mail notices to affected properties with delinquent charges that will be considered at public hearing on July 12, 2022; and authorize notice to be published once a week for two successive weeks for delinquent charges that are more than sixty days past due]

I HAVE A QUESTION ON ITEM 13 AND KRISTA, IF YOU CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION FOR ME, UM, I, I'M MORE CONCERNED PEOPLE THAT ARE IN DELINQUENT ON THEIR BILLS.

WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO SHUT THEM OFF, RIGHT.

IF THEY CAN SET UP A PAYMENT

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PLAN, WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THEM RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S CHRIS, WE'RE OFFERING A ONE-TIME PAYMENT PLAN TO EVERYONE THAT'S INTERESTED IN.

OKAY.

SO I WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT.

SO AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

SECOND, SECOND.

CALL FOR A VOTE, PLEASE.

SECOND WAS FROM ART.

OKAY.

EXCUSE ME.

MAY OR MY CASE? VICE MAYOR ROGERS.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER BENNET.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER JOE'S COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN.

YES.

MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO

[14. Authorize execution of Addendum No. 1 to Agreement No. A98-44 with Monte Vista Water District and adopt budget amendment resolution for Fiscal Year 2021-22 increasing Water Utility Fund budget in amount of $6,195,483.45 for Monte Vista Water District reimbursement for 1,2,3-Trichloropropane (1,2,3-TCP) Treatment Facility]

I'M 14.

ITEM 14 IS TO AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF ADDENDUM.

NUMBER ONE TO AGREEMENT NUMBER 8 98, 44 WITH MONICA STILLWATER DISTRICT AND ADOPTING A BUDGET AMENDMENT RESOLUTION FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT OF A ONE TO THREE TCP TREATMENT FACILITY.

YES.

I THOUGHT I'D PULL THIS BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL, IT'S A LARGE SUM OF MONEY THAT WAS ON CONSENT.

SO I THOUGHT, OKAY.

LET'S, LET'S TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT, AT LEAST THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE CENTER, A SUM OF MONEY.

I SEE A COUPLE OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM A MONTEVISTA HERE AND I THOUGHT, OKAY, MAYBE LET'S HAVE A LITTLE BOY ALL THIS DOWN AS TO WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.

AND WE CAN GET A BETTER SENSE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THIS PROJECT, BUT ALSO JUST TO GET REFLECTS AS TO, UH, THE IMPORTANCE OF SEVERAL OF US PUTTING IN TREATMENT PLANTS AROUND, BECAUSE OUR GROUNDWATER HAS BEEN CHALLENGED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS BECAUSE OF STATE REGULATIONS ON PARTS PER MILLION OR BILLION.

WHICH ONE IS IT? BILLION TRILLION.

OH MY GOD.

SO, SO ANYWAY, I THOUGHT I PULLED THIS BECAUSE OF THE LARGE SUM OF MONEY.

SO WHO AM I? SURE.

UH, VICE MAYOR ROGERS, I'LL ASK OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, DANIEL BOBA DIA, TO GIVE YOU A SYNOPSIS OF, OF WHAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT AND GRIEVING.

SO WE HAVE BEFORE YOU, TONIGHT IS A, AN AMENDMENT TO AN EXISTING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND ONE OF US, A WATER DISTRICT.

UH, ONE OF US A WATER DISTRICT IS IN THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING A 1, 2, 3 TCP TREATMENT FACILITY.

WHAT THAT WILL DO WE'LL TREAT, UH, CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER.

UH, WE HAVE A CONTAMINANT, 1, 2, 3 TCP THAT WE NEED TO REMOVE.

UH, AS YOU MENTIONED, BASED ON STATE REGULATIONS, UH, WHAT THIS AGREEMENT WILL DO WILL ALLOW US TO PARTNER WITH MONTEVISTA AND ALLOW US TO REIMBURSE THEM FOR OUR SHARE OF THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS.

UM, OUR SHARE IS APPROXIMATELY 41.48% BEST PART OF OUR EXISTING AGREEMENT.

UM, UH, BASED ON CURRENT CONSTRUCTION COSTS, WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR CONTRIBUTION BEING ABOUT $4.2 MILLION, BUT IT CAN GO UP TO ALMOST $6.2 MILLION.

SO THIS WOULD BE ALLOWED TO WORK WITH MONTEVISTA AND REIMBURSE THEM ACCORDINGLY.

ALL RIGHT.

ANYTHING FOR MONTEVISTA BEFORE WE MOVE ON, JUST WANTED TO EDUCATE AS FAR AS WATER IS GOING TO BE A FOCUS.

WELL, WE HAVE ANOTHER ITEM HERE THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON WORK.

I'VE PUT IN OUR OWN TREATMENT PLANT ALSO IN THE CITY.

SO IT'S, UH, IT'S GOING TO BE A TOPIC THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT QUITE OFTEN, BUT A LOT OF MONEY, UH, PEOPLE WONDER WHY WATER IS SO COST SO MUCH.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT CHARGES US A GREAT AMOUNT OF MONEY AND ALSO, UM, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE IS FILLED THE LOST WHAT PEOPLE JUST FORGET ABOUT THAT.

THAT'S WHY WATER COST SO MUCH MONEY.

JUSTIN, WELCOME.

UH, VICE-PRESIDENT VICE MAYOR ROGERS AND HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND FIRST, I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE OUR LONG-TERM PARTNERSHIP WITH WATER SUPPLY WITH THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, UH, THE WATER SUPPLY AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH YOU.

I THINK IT'S NEARLY 25 YEARS OLD, UH, AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR, UH, ALL OF OUR AGENCIES TO WORK AS CLOSELY TOGETHER TO KEEP WATER SUPPLY AS LOW COST AND AS LOCALLY SOURCED AS POSSIBLE.

UH, WHENEVER A CHALLENGE ARISES AS TO A CHANGE IN REGULATION, UH, WE MUST MEET AND EXCEED THOSE REGULATIONS WHEREVER POSSIBLE.

AND WHEN THE 1, 2, 3 TRI-COLOR PROPANE REGULATION CAME INTO EFFECT, IT DID AFFECT A NUMBER OF OUR WELLS AND NUMBER OF OTHER AGENCIES, AS WELL AS I BELIEVE, INCLUDING THE CITIES.

AND SO WE ALL HAD TO STEP UP, IDENTIFY THE BEST AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY TO TREAT THAT AND ENSURE THAT WE CAN ALWAYS PROVIDE THE HIGHEST QUALITY WATER MEETING OR EXCEEDING ALL REGULATORY STANDARDS.

AND WE'RE VERY PROUD TO DO THAT WITH THIS PLANT, AS WELL AS WITH OTHER FUTURE PLANTS, BUT, UH, THE IMPORTANCE OF INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENSURING THAT ALL SUPPLIES, WHETHER THEY'RE LOCALLY OR SOURCED ALL THE WAY FROM NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AS OUR METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT SUPPLIES ARE, UM, ARE, UH, ARE KEPT AS RELIABLE AS POSSIBLE.

AND THIS YEAR IN PARTICULAR WITH THE DROUGHT, WE'RE FINDING, UH, THAT, THAT CHALLENGE, UH, TO BE QUITE A SIGNIFICANT, AND I WOULD SAY EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF RELIABLE LOCAL SUPPLIES AND THE PARTNERSHIP TO ENSURE THAT THOSE SUPPLIES ARE AVAILABLE, UH, TO, TO MEET ALL OF OUR NEEDS.

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OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

SO JASON IS SCOTT CO IS, IS, IS THE GENERAL MANAGER OF MONTEVISTA WATER DISTRICT.

UH, THAT WAS REALLY IT JUST TO KIND OF IDENTIFY THE FACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE JUMPING INTO SEVERAL PROJECTS.

WE HAVE LARGE SUMS OF MONEY.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, IT'S MORE OF AN EDUCATION FOR EVERYONE, BUT AGAIN, YOU AIN'T GOT A QUESTION THE 41% OR JUST UNDER 42%, IS THAT BASED ON WATER USAGE THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THAT AGENCY, WE CAN RECEIVE UP TO 42% OF, UH, THE PORTFOLIO.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE OBLIGATED TO PAY THAT PORTION.

CORRECT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

UM, MOVE THE ITEM PLUS THE SECOND.

OKAY.

MAY OR MARQUEZ VICE MAYOR ROGERS COUNCIL MEMBER BENNET.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER JOS.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN.

YES.

MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.

JUST SO THE AUDIENCE KNOWS THIS THERE'S A BASEBALL GAME THAT STARTED AT SEVEN O'CLOCK AND I'M TRYING TO GET THIS DONE.

SO I APOLOGIZE THE CALENDAR, SORRY.

I'VE GOT TO GET TO BLD.

THAT'S WHY HE'S SAYING

[17. Authorize City Manager to execute agreements and related documents with County of San Bernardino related to funding requests for City projects consisting of Public Park Splash Pad at Pinehurst Park, Chino Hills Skate Park Enhancements, and replacement Mobile Performing Arts Stage (Show Wagon) and Mobile Recreation Vehicle]

THE SIZE ITEM NUMBER 17 IS TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AGREEMENTS AND RELATED DOCUMENTS WITH THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNANDINO RELATING TO FUNDING REQUESTS FOR CITY PROJECTS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, UH, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT IS THE CONTINUATION OF A CONVERSATION.

WE BASICALLY STARTED ASSOCIATED WITH THE, UH, AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, UH, ALLOCATION OF FUNDINGS IN DECEMBER, WHERE WE IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE, UH, VALUABLE IN INVESTING WITH OUR ARPA FUNDING.

UH, IN ADDITION TO THE INITIAL DISCUSSION, I ASKED THE COUNCIL FOR A DIRECTION TO PURSUE ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCES FOR PROJECTS ON THAT LIST, WHICH YOU SEE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT ARE FOUR PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE, UH, WITH CHAIR HAGMAN, OUR LOCAL DISTRICT SUPERVISOR, LOOKING FOR A SUPPORT FROM THE COUNTY FOR THESE PROJECTS.

AND SO, UH, TONIGHT, UH, WE ARE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE US TO, UH, EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH, UH, THE COUNTY FOR THESE PROJECTS.

SO IT'S ALSO A GOOD TIME TO TALK ABOUT THESE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS.

THE PUBLIC PARK SPLASH PAD SLASH RESTROOM IS A PROJECT THAT WOULD BRING A SPLASH PAD AMENITY TO, UH, THE CITY.

UH, WE'VE BEEN PURSUING THIS ON A PARALLEL TRACK WHILE SEEKING FUNDING.

WE'VE ALSO HAD THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION, UH, DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE TO IDENTIFY A SITE AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE SUPPORTED THIS PROJECT.

I ANTICIPATE WE'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS.

SO, UH, JONATHAN MARSHALL, OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR WILL HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO PROVIDE.

UH, ADDITIONALLY, UH, WE SOUGHT FUNDING ASSISTANCE ON A SKATE PARK ENHANCEMENT PROJECT, A NEW SHOW WAGON, WHICH IS OUR MOBILE, UH, VEHICLE WHERE WE HOST OUR CONCERTS IN THE PARK AND OTHER, UH, LARGE SCALE EVENTS.

UH, AND THEN OUR MOBILE RECREATION VEHICLE, WHICH IS OUR, UH, RECREATION ON WHEELS AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BRING OUR RECREATION PROGRAMMING, UH, OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY, UH, IN TOTAL, UH, THE ESTIMATED COST FOR THESE FOUR PROJECTS IS 1.6, $5 MILLION.

AND THE COUNTY HAS GRACIOUSLY STEPPED UP TO PROVIDE A 50%, UH, UH, FUNDING, UH, FOR THESE PROJECTS.

SO A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TOWARD THE SPLASH PAD, $125,000 TOWARDS THE SKATE PARK, 100,000 TOWARD THE SHOW WAGON AND 100 TOWARD THE MOBILE RECREATION VEHICLE.

AND SO, UH, I'LL LEAVE, UH, THE DOLLARS AND CENTS HERE AND THEN OPEN THE COUNCIL.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF US ABOUT THESE PARTICULAR PROJECTS OR THE, THE PROCESS AND, UH, WORKING WITH THE COUNTY FOR SUPPORT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

I'M GONNA GO TO BRIAN, NO QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW.

NO QUESTION.

MAYBE SOME COMMENTS LATER.

LIKEWISE, I'D LIKE TO HEAR IF THEY'RE SAYING PUBLIC COMMENTS ABOUT IT.

OKAY.

YOU KNOW, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES.

I HAVE ONE JIM GALLAGHER.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

UH, MAYOR MARQUEZ, COUNCIL STAFF AND FELLOW RESIDENTS.

I THINK THIS IS GREAT.

UH, THE FACT THAT 50% OF THE COSTS ARE BEING HANDLED BY THE COUNTY.

I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC.

THE ONLY ONE THAT I HAD TO QUESTION, WHICH I STILL HAVE ISSUES WITH IS THE SPLASH PAD.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WATER AND CONSERVING WATER.

SO I THINK THAT IF WE MOVE FORWARD AND I'M IGNORANT HOW THE PROJECT IS LOOKING BY THE WAY, BUT IF WE MOVE FORWARD ON IT, I'M HOPING THAT WE'LL BE CONSIDERING A SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVES TO

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A TRADITIONAL CIRCULATING SYSTEM.

AND I'M READING THIS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF CONTAINING SOME OF THAT WATER ONCE IT'S ON THE SURFACE AND MAYBE RE-USED FOR IRRIGATION AND SO ON.

AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN CONTROVERSIES ABOUT WHETHER WE SHOULD USE FRESH WATER FOR HEALTH, YOU KNOW, SO THE KIDS DON'T GET SICK OR WHETHER THE RESEARCH COLLATING WATER IS REALLY HEALTHY OR NOT.

BUT I THINK THERE'S NEW TECHNOLOGY FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THAT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONLY THING I, I WANTED TO SAY.

I, I REALIZED THE SPLASH PAD HAS BEEN, UH, IN DEMAND FOR A LONG TIME IN THIS CITY.

I'M JUST HOPING THAT WE THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN STILL CONSERVE WATER AT THE SAME TIME, HAVE A GOOD TIME AND PROTECT OUR HEALTH.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, JIM.

I'LL BE ADDING.

CAN I GO? I GOT A COMMENT, BASICALLY.

I THINK EVERYTHING ELSE HERE.

SKATEPARK SHOW WAGON MOBILE RECREATION VEHICLE.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S AN ISSUE, NOT BY ME ANYWAY.

UM, THE PUBLIC PARK SPLASH PAD RESTROOMS, THE SPLASH PAD.

YES.

I'VE GOTTEN SOME EMAILS.

AND JONATHAN, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU IF WE WERE TO BUILD A POOL AND BASICALLY WE'LL SAY A LITTLE BIT SMALLER THAN THE SPLASH PATH, AS FAR AS THE EVAPORATION RATE, WHICH WOULD ACTUALLY USE MORE WATER.

WELL, SOME OF THE PRELIMINARY, SORRY, MIRA MARQUEZ AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

NICE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING, TALKING ABOUT THIS SUBJECT, UM, WHICH I JUST WANT TO SAY DATES BACK PRETTY FAR ON THE, IN THE HISTORY OF, UH, THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION.

UM, WHEN WE DID OUR FIRST, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN UPDATE, UH, APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO WAS AN UPDATE FROM THE ORIGINAL, UM, SPLASH PAD WAS ON THE LIST.

AND, UM, THEN WHEN WE DID OUR MOST MORE RECENT, UH, UPDATE, WHICH WAS TWO YEARS AGO, UH, IT WAS IN THE TOP FIVE AMENITIES THAT WAS, UM, UH, REQUESTED BY THE COMMUNITY AMONGST OTHER THINGS, OF COURSE.

AND SO, UM, UH, IT'S BEEN, BEEN, BEEN A FOREFRONT OF CONVERSATION, UM, AS BEEN, WAS ALLUDING TO, UH, WORKING THROUGH THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION.

UM, WE, UM, HAD A, UM, AN INITIAL ANALYSIS OF ALL OF THE PARK SITES, UH, WITHIN THE CITY.

AND THE COMMISSION HAD ASKED STAFF TO COME BACK WITHIN ANIL, ANALYZING BOTH BUTTERFIELD PARK AND PINEHURST PARK AND ULTIMATELY CHOSE PINEHURST PARK AS THE, UM, UM, MOST, UH, DESIRABLE EXISTING PARK LOCATION WITHIN THE CITY TO HOUSE THIS PARTICULAR AMENITY.

AND SO THAT'S KIND OF THE PROCESS THAT LED US TO, UM, UM, GETTING, UH, REQUESTING OF COURSE, UH, THE, FROM THE COUNTY SOME FUNDING FOR, TO DO THIS.

AND OF COURSE, AS EVERYBODY, IF YOU CAN REMEMBER BACK WHEN, UH, UH, KURT WAS A, A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS HE WANTED TO SEE ON HIS WAY OUT THE DOOR AND EVEN ED GRAHAM WHEN HE WAS OUT THE DOOR TO, UM, BECAUSE IN 2008, WHEN, WHEN COUNSEL YEAH.

FIRST DISCUSSED IT.

YEAH.

SO TED ALONG A LONG HISTORY OF A CONVERSATION THROUGH THE TIME, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UM, THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION, UM, AS IT RELATES TO THE SPLASH PAD IS A HUNDRED PERCENT BEHIND TO HAVING ONE.

UH, AND, UH, ULTIMATELY, UH, AT LEAST AT THIS POINT HAS CHOSEN PINERS PARK AND FOR EVERYBODY'S, UH, LOOK, SEE THERE'S PINEHURST PARK.

UM, AS WE KNOW IT AND A VERY ACTIVE PARK AND, UH, UM, BORDERS MORE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN, OF COURSE, AT LEAST AS IT RELATES TO, UH, ACTUAL LOCATION AMONGST OUR MANY PARKS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY.

UM, YOU KNOW, UH, MAYOR TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, UM, UM, WE DID SOME PRELIMINARY LOOKS AS IT RELATED TO THE, UM, UH, COMPARISONS TO A BACKYARD SWIMMING POOL.

AND, UM, THE ONE THING I CAN SAY, IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY NOT THE PERFECT COMPARISON IN, IN THE WAY THAT IT WILL BE OPERATED, AS YOU KNOW, UM, YOU HAVE A POOL IN THE BACKYARD, WHICH IS EXPOSED, UM, 24 7, 365 DAYS OUT OF THE YEAR.

YOU HAVE A SPLASH PAD THAT I'M GOING TO SAY, WE WILL PROBABLY LOOK TO OP WE WOULD LOOK TO OPERATE, NOT WILL WE WOULD, UM, LOOK TO OPERATE, UM, APPROXIMATELY SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR.

IT WOULD HAVE SPECIFIC TIMES THAT IT WOULD BE OPEN, LET'S SAY 10 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING TILL DUSK.

AND SO, UM, YOU ALSO HAVE THE, UH, THE ABILITIES TO REGULATE, UH, WHEN IT DOES COME ON.

SO, UH, YESTERDAY OF COURSE IS A GOOD EXAMPLE.

UH, OF COURSE WE'VE HAD SOME EXTREMELY HOT WEATHER, BUT YESTERDAY AT 10 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, IT WAS AWFULLY CLOUDY AND WINDY AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND SO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE A PUSH BUTTON SYSTEM, MUCH LIKE A TENNIS COURT, UM, LIKE SHARON'S HUSBAND HAS USED TO, UM, PUSH THE BUTTON LIGHTS, COME ON.

OF COURSE, SAME THING WITH THE SPLASH PAD.

I DOUBT ANYBODY'S GOING TO BE OUT THERE YESTERDAY AT 10 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, BUT WHEN PEOPLE DO SHOW UP, THEY CAN PRESS THE BUTTON, IT ACTIVATES THE SYSTEM AND THEN THE SYSTEM COMES ON.

UM, AND THEN OF COURSE IT

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SHUTS DOWN AND CANNOT TURN BACK ON, OF COURSE, TILL THE NEXT DAY.

UM, AND IT'S NOT A 24 7 OPERATION.

UM, IT WOULD HAPPEN DURING CERTAIN, UH, CERTAIN POINTS DURING THE YEAR, UH, PERIOD OF TIME AND SUCH.

AND SO, UM, SO YES, THERE, THERE, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE AND AT LEAST SOME FROM SOME OF THE PRELIMINARY NUMBERS THAT WE HAD LOOKED AT ON WHAT I'VE BEEN USING, UH, FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSIONS, UH, PERSPECTIVE, JUST TO LOOK IS, IS THINK OF THE BASKETBALL COURT AT VETERAN'S PARK.

IT'S ABOUT 50 BY A HUNDRED IN, UM, IN, UM, UM, SQUARE FOOTAGE AND, UM, SO 5,000 SQUARE FEET.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE KIND OF USED AS OUR NUMBER AS IT RELATES TO THINGS.

AND SO AN AVERAGE POOL BACKYARD POOLS ABOUT 3000 SQUARE FEET IN SIZE, APPROXIMATELY.

AND SO, UM, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT EVAPORATION RATES AND, YOU KNOW, UM, OF COURSE, UH, EMPTYING THE POOL AND FILLING THE POOL BACK UP ON A YEARLY BASIS, SO ON AND SO FORTH, UM, YOU WILL FIND THAT A SPLASH PAD, UM, USES LESS WATER THAN YOUR BACKYARD POOL.

SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO PARKS THAT WE DO HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND WE MADE AN EFFORT AS FAR AS TRYING TO SAVE WATER, I WOULD SELL THAT SHORT.

SO I AM GOING TO GRACIOUSLY SHOOT THIS OVER TO MY, UH, COLLEAGUE, MR. DANIEL BOVA, DIA, TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, AH, MAN, MARK HAS, UH, THE CITY HAS GONE THROUGH SOME GREAT EFFORTS TO TRY TO CONSERVE WATER.

UM, SINCE ABOUT 2015, THE CITY'S COMPLETED OVER 36, UH, TURF REMOVAL PROJECTS, UM, WHERE WE'VE SAVED, UH, WELL OVER 62 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER PER YEAR, UH, JUST, UH, ON REMOVING TURF AND REPLACING IT WITH DROUGHT TOLERANT LANDSCAPING.

SO WE'RE AT THE FOREFRONT.

WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.

I HAVE MY STAFF LOOKING AT OTHER PARKS AS WE SPEAK.

UM, I TRY TO IDENTIFY A LOCATION WHERE WE CAN CONTINUE TO SAVE WATER AND REMOVE TURF.

WHAT'S THE SAVINGS AGAIN? 62 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER PER YEAR.

OKAY, THANK YOU, SIR.

APPRECIATE THAT.

AND ONE OF THE THING MERIT, LIKE TO SAY, AND IT'S ACTUALLY ON THE SLIDE INFORMATION THAT'S HERE, I'LL GO THROUGH THIS REAL QUICK.

UM, JUST SOME GENERAL SPLASH PAD, UM, INFORMATION FOR YOU THAT, UH, WE, UM, FOUND SO TO SPEAK.

AND I'VE TALKED WITH SOME ARCHITECTS AS WELL ON THE TYPE OF SURFACING THAT YOU WOULD SEE AT A SPLASH PAD WOULD BE SIMILAR TO YOUR TYPICAL POOL DECK CONCRETE, OR, UM, SOME SORT OF A NON POROUS SURFACE THAT WOULD GO OVER THE TOP OF THE CONCRETE ITSELF, THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM.

AND THIS IS VERY KEY AS IT RELATES TO, UM, UM, CONSERVING WATER.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, I, I TH I THINK THAT THE COMMISSION WILL TELL YOU THAT THEY FULLY APPRECIATE, UM, PEOPLE'S, UH, PERCEPTION AS IT RELATES TO, YOU KNOW, IS THIS GOING TO BE A WATER WASTING VENTURE FOR THE CITY AND STUFF? AND I THINK WE'VE ALWAYS DONE THE RIGHT THINGS HERE IN THE CITY, AS IT RELATES TO PROJECTS, AND THIS ONE'S GOING TO BE NO DIFFERENT IF WE GO FORWARD WITH IT.

IT'S A RE-CIRCULATION SYSTEM ON THE CONNECTS TO A STORAGE TANK AND IS CLEANSE DURING OPERATIONAL MONTHS.

AND SO DURING NON-OPERATIONAL MONTHS, IT CONNECTS TO THE STORM DRAIN, WHICH REQUIRES A P TRAP AND TAP PRIMER.

SO WHAT HAPPENS IS, IS DURING NON-OPERATIONAL PERIODS OF TIME, OF COURSE, THE SYSTEM'S CLOSED DOWN.

SO IT'S DECEMBER, LET'S JUST SAY SYSTEM'S CLOSED DOWN.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE OPEN IN DECEMBER.

AND, UM, SO, UM, WHAT HAPPENS IS, IS IF IT DOES RAIN, THEN THE WATER WILL GO THROUGH, OF COURSE, JUST LIKE IT'S IN GRASS OR ANY OTHER SURFACE, IT WILL GO THROUGH.

AND OF COURSE, THE REASON FOR THE P TRAP IS, IS TO BE ABLE TO COLLECT ANY, YOU KNOW, UM, DEBRIS OR ANYTHING THAT GOES DOWN.

SO IT DOESN'T GO INTO THE STORM DRAIN.

SO WE'RE, SO WE'RE ALL DOING THE RIGHT THINGS ON THE WATER IS CHEMICALLY TREATED, AND RE-CIRCULATED IN THIS 4,000 GALLON TANK OF BELOW GRADE.

AND, UH, COMES RIGHT BACK UP AND BACK ON THE USERS OF THE, UH, THAT ARE USING THE, THE PARK AND STUFF.

SO IT'S, AGAIN, IT'S A RECIRCULATING SYSTEM THAT UTILIZES THE SAME WATER AND THE TANK ITSELF JUST FOR PERSPECTIVE, PURPOSES, NEEDS TO BE WITHIN A HUNDRED FEET OF THE SPLASH PAD.

AND I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER SLIDE FOR US HERE.

THANK YOU.

UM, AS FAR AS THE RESTROOM BUILDING GOES, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S A, UM, IT'S AN AMENITY TO, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, I THINK MORE SO THAN ANYTHING ELSE IS TO, UH, MAKE IT A GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE USING IT.

PLUS IT'S ALSO A REQUIREMENT AS WELL, AND THAT NEEDS TO BE WITHIN 300 FEET AND ALSO A COVERED, UM, OUTDOOR SHOWER AREA NEEDS TO ACCOMPANY THIS AS WELL.

SO THAT WOULD BE THE STRUCTURE THAT WOULD BE ULTIMATELY, COULD BE NEXT TO IT.

UM, MAINTENANCE COSTS, UM, THIS IN ONE ITEM I MISSED HERE AS FAR AS WHICH GOES WITHIN THIS, THIS IS A BALLPARK NUMBER 25 TO 50,000 WITHOUT REALLY KNOWING HOW BIG WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS, OR HOW SMALL WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS, BUT WE'RE ESTIMATING IF YOU TAKE A 30 OR 50 BY A HUNDRED FOOT AREA, UM, YOU'RE LOOKING AT BETWEEN 25 AND $50,000 ANNUALLY, THAT INCLUDES THE CHAIN OUT, UH, CHANGE OUT IN ANY CLEANING OF THE NOZZLES THAT HAPPENED TO BE THERE AND CHEMICAL COSTS AND

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THE WATER.

SO ALL OF THAT'S INCLUSIVE.

SO IT'S ABOUT, LET'S JUST, LET'S CALL IT $50,000 IS OUR ESTIMATE AT THIS POINT TO, UM, UM, MAINTAIN THAT ON A YEARLY BASIS FROM THAT STANDPOINT.

AND, AND THAT SLIDE THAT HAD THE ACTUAL, UH, EXAMPLE OF A SPLASH PAD IS, UH, GOOD TO, GOOD TO BRING UP AGAIN.

THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING, AS YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE FEATURES, THERE ARE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU MIGHT FIND OVER AT THE SHOPS THAT IS NOT A SPLASH PAD.

THAT IS A WATER FOUNTAIN FEATURE THAT HAS, OF COURSE HAS TURNED INTO A VERY POPULAR LOCATION FOR OUR YOUNG KIDS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND STUFF.

BUT YOU SEE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO BE THERE AND STUFF, A LITTLE WATER, UH, UH, PISTOL THAT'S THERE.

AND THEN THERE'S OTHER THINGS THERE'S A LITTLE BUCKETS THAT ARE UP THERE AS WELL, THAT FILL UP, AND THEN OF COURSE DUMP IT AT CERTAIN TIMES AND SUCH, BUT, UM, UH, I CAN TELL YOU, UM, FROM, UH, BEING A, UH, NOT PERSONALLY, BUT CHILDREN BEING A FORMER USER OF THIS AND WHO ARE NOW 12 AND 15 YEARS OF AGE, UH, SPLASH PADS ARE WILDLY POPULAR.

UM, WE HAVE THE DEMOGRAPHICS FOR THIS, AND I THINK THAT, UH, LIKE THE DOG PARK, LIKE OUR SKATE PARK, LIKE PICKLE BALL, UM, THIS IS JUST ANOTHER IN MY MIND IS JUST ANOTHER GREAT SINGULAR AMENITY THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT WE CAN ADD TO OUR INVENTORY AND OFFER, UH, SOMETHING THAT, UH, IS UNIQUE TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE.

ONE LAST THING I HAPPENED TO JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY SAKE, GOOGLE, HOW MANY SPLASH PADS, CITY SPLASH PADS THERE ARE IN THE STATE OF CA UH, IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, 75.

SO 75 SPLASH PADS IN THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CURRENTLY EXIST.

AND I THINK MIGHT BE THE CITY OF FULLERTON MIGHT BE DOING ONE RIGHT NOW.

SO WITH THAT, THAT'S HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS.

YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, PLEASE GO AHEAD.

ROLLING.

OKAY.

NO, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA.

UM, NOT EVERYBODY CAN HAVE A POOL IN THEIR BACKYARD, YOU KNOW, FOR RESIDENTS THAT ARE IN A CONDO OR AN APARTMENT WITH KIDS, THIS IS GOING TO BE, THIS IS GOING TO BE UTILIZED LIKE YOU CAN'T BELIEVE, ESPECIALLY IN THAT PART OF TOWN.

SO THANK YOU TO STAFF AND OTHER PARKS AND REC COMMISSION FOR WORKING ON IT.

YEP.

YEP.

AS JONATHAN SAID, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS.

WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IT RECENTLY, BUT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS ON AND OFF FOR YEARS.

UM, UH, THE JIM BROUGHT UP THE CONUNDRUM IS WE'RE ABOUT TO GO INTO A STAGE THREE DROUGHT, A DROUGHT INVOLVEMENT FOR A FEW YEARS, AT LEAST WOULD BE MY GUESS.

AND YET WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT USES WATER.

SO IT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING, MAYBE DEBATE FURTHER DOWN, BUT I KNOW WITH RECIRCULATED WATER, AS LONG AS IT'S NEWER TECHNOLOGY, AS YOU BROUGHT UP JIM, I WAS DOING RESEARCH AND HOMEWORK ON THIS ALSO, UH, MAYBE THE MORE, MORE CURRENT TECHNOLOGIES WILL FILTER THE WATER A LITTLE BETTER THAN, THAN MAYBE THE SHOPS HAS AND WHO KNOWS WHAT'S IN THAT WATER REALLY? BUT, UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY CHANGE IT OUT, BUT YEAH, JUST, JUST USE YOUR IMAGINATION ON WHAT'S IN THERE TO PETER'S POINT IT, THERE HAS TO BE LIKE A UV FILTER AND THIS AND STUFF.

CORRECT.

WELL, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS PRETTY AS SOME PRETTY STRINGENT RULES ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, UH, THESE TYPES OF THINGS.

SO, UM, WE HAVE TO FOLLOW ALL THE LATEST RULES THAT ARE OUT THERE AND, AND THAT, THAT WOULD HAVE TO GOVERN US.

UM, YES, THE TECHNOLOGY HAS INTO A VICE MAYOR ROGER'S POINT.

UM, MY GUESTS AT THE EARLIEST, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMEWHERE IN THE LATTER PART OF IF WE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND IN THIS GETS APPROVED, YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY THROUGH THE PROCESS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, WE'RE LOOKING LATTER PART OF NEXT YEAR AT THE EARLIEST, MORE THAN LIKELY THAT THIS WOULD BECOME A REALITY.

SO HOPE MAYBE THAT BUYS US SOME TIME THROUGH THIS DROUGHT SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN AS WELL TO, YOU KNOW, BE BETTER TIMES AS TO IT'S NOT HAPPENING TOMORROW.

THAT'S FOR SURE.

BUT AGAIN, I KNOW TO LEAD TO SOME DEBATE ON THIS, THE ENHANCED DROUGHT CONDITIONS WE'RE GOING TO BE UNDER, BUT I THINK IF WE DO THIS, RIGHT, IT'LL BE AN AMENITY THAT'S BEEN ASKED ABOUT FOR YEARS AND YEARS.

AND AS BRIAN SAID THAT A NUMBER OF MOMS HAVE ASKED FOR THIS OVER THE YEARS, AND I THINK WE CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN FINALLY.

AND THERE'S A PERFECT LOCATION FOR IT AT THE PINEHURST PARK.

IT'S JUST, WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY ASSURED THAT THE WATER USAGE IS, IS, UH, WITHIN TOLERANCES THAT ARE ACCEPTABLE TO US, BUT WE HAVE MADE GREAT STRIDES, AS DANIEL MENTIONED, AS FAR AS, SINCE 2015 AND REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF GRASS THAT WE'VE REDUCED OR REMOVED AND PUT IN DECOMPOSED, GRANITE PATHWAYS AND DROUGHT TOLERANT PLANTS, AND WE'VE SAVED A LOT OF WATER.

AND I THINK THIS WOULD JUST BE A DROP IN THE BUCKET.

SO TO SPEAK, COMPARATIVELY SPEAKING, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY THAT'S RIGHT.

UM, AND JUST AS A SIDE NOTE ON A LITTLE BROADER SCALE, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE AMENITIES

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IN GENERAL, NOT JUST SPLASH PAD, UM, TO HELP DEFRAY SOME OF THE COSTS.

AND I MENTIONED IT LAST TIME THAT THE CHANNEL'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION VOTED AS A BOARD.

THE LAST TIME WE WERE TOGETHER TO, UH, DONATE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, 50,000 TOWARDS THE SHOW WAGON AND 50,000 TOWARDS THE MOBILE REC VAN.

SO THAT BRINGS THE RISK, THE COST TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.

UH, MAYBE EACH AMENITY IS NOW A QUARTER OF WHAT THEY, SO WHEN DO YOU LIKE TO HAVE A 75% DISCOUNT ON SOMETHING THAT YOU PURCHASE? SO WITH COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO AND THE FOUNDATION PUTTING IN 75% OF THE COST, IT IT'S, UH, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO BEAT NOW ALMOST 300,000.

YEAH.

YEAH.

FANTASTIC.

ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE MR. MINUTE.

UH, YES.

UH, JUST POINT OF CLARIFICATION.

I BELIEVE THAT EVERYBODY'S ON BOARD WITH NO QUALMS ABOUT THE STATE PARK OR THE SKATE PARK, THE SHOW WAGON AND THE MOBILE REC.

UH, THOSE ARE GREAT THINGS.

UM, JIM, USUALLY YOU AND I DON'T AGREE ON A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS, BUT YOUR COMMENTS.

UM, I, I TOTALLY AGREE THAT THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS IN PEOPLE'S MINDS IS GOING TO BE THE WATER CONSERVATION GOING INTO A STAGE THREE WATER.

UH, BUT WHEN I THINK OF THE FACT THAT I HAVE A SWIMMING POOL, WE BOUGHT IT WHEN WE WERE RAISING OUR TWO GRANDKIDS AND I GIVE YOU BACK OPERATION EVERY DAY AND IT'S GOING TO EVAPORATE FAR MORE THAN A SPLASH PAD.

SO I THINK THAT IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PROBABLY A NEGLIGIBLE THING.

IF WE CAN GET TECHNOLOGY TO ALLOW THIS, TO USE SOME SORT OF RECLAIMED WATER BETTER YET, UH, THIS THING FOR EVERYBODY, UH, ED EDIFICATION, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH WHERE PINE HURST PARK IS, IT'S ADJACENT TO THE AVALON, UH, APARTMENT COMMUNITY.

SO MY QUESTION THERE BE, AND I DON'T KNOW WHO WANTS TO ANSWER THIS.

WOULD THERE BE ALREADY SUFFICIENT PARKING AT THAT LOCATION? CAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE THE, A LARGE PLAYGROUND THERE WOULD THERE BE SUFFICIENT PARKING ASSUMING WE GET PROBABLY PRETTY GOOD USAGE AT LEAST IN SEASON TO ACCOMMODATE THE PEOPLE VISITING THE SPLASH PAD, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IF WE COULD GO BACK TO THE PINEHURST PARK, UH, EXHIBIT PLEASE.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT.

UM, THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW WE MUST HAVE IF WE ARE TO BUILD A SPLASH PAD THERE, UM, PIONEERS PARK EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY POPULAR PARK.

UM, YOU CANNOT PARK DOWN PARK AVENUE, CERTAINLY.

UH, THE AVALON BAY, UH, THEY HAVE THAT THEY HAVE, UM, GATED AREAS THERE.

SO YOU CAN'T EVEN GET INTO USE THEIR PARKING.

YOU DO NOT, WE DO NOT ALLOW PARKING ON BUTTERFIELD RANCH ROAD EITHER.

AND SO THE BOTTOM LINE IS, IS THAT, THAT MEANS ALL PARKING HAS TO BE SITE IN SOME PARTICULAR CAPACITY.

I BELIEVE WE HAVE ABOUT 50 SPACES EXISTING THAT'S ON THE PARK SITE ITSELF.

AND SO WE'LL CALL THAT AS YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PARK, WHICH IS WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE AMENITIES CURRENTLY EXIST.

YOU HAVE YOUR BASKETBALL COURT TO, UM, TO COVER GAZEBOS.

YOU HAVE A PLAYGROUND THERE.

UM, SO, UM, FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY, AND OF COURSE, A LOT OF TURF AREA ON THAT SIDE OF THE PARK AS WELL ON THE WE'LL CALL IT THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PARK.

OF COURSE.

SO YOU COME DOWN AND THE COL-DE-SAC AREA THAT'S THERE YOU GO TO THE RIGHT.

YOU GO INTO THAT PARKING LOT.

ONE OF THE THOUGHTS IS, IS THAT WE WOULD EXTEND, OR WE WOULD DEVELOP PARKING ON THE SOUTH ON THE NORTH SIDE, UM, RIGHT AT THE END OF THE CUL-DE-SAC.

SO YOU ALMOST PICTURE WHAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT OF MY RIGHT OF THE SCREEN BEING SOMETHING, MAYBE SOMETHING SOMEWHAT SIMILAR ON THE LEFT PART OF THE SCREEN AS WELL.

UM, BECAUSE YES, IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO NEED, UM, WITH A COUPLE OF GAZEBOS AIR, AS YOU CAN PROBABLY IMAGINE ON THE WEEKENDS THAT PARKING IS COMPLETELY FILLED.

SO WE GOTTA PUT SOME CARS SOMEWHERE AND THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO BE ONSITE.

OKAY.

AND THAT BEING MY OBSERVATION, I WOULD ANTICIPATE THE SAME KIND OF THING.

AND WHAT THAT DOES ALSO IS IT REMOVES ALL THAT TURF, WHICH REQUIRES WATER.

I DON'T KNOW, WHO'S PAYING FOR THE WATER, RUN IT RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S WATER USE AND IT'S PROBABLY, UH, UH, POTABLE WATER.

I DOUBT THAT THAT'S BEING IRRIGATED BY, UH, RECLAIMED IT RECYCLED WATER.

IT IS RECYCLED.

OKAY, WELL THEN MAYBE WE'RE NOT GIVING UP OR GAINING ANY POTTABLE, BUT STILL WE'D BE USING LESS WATER PERIOD.

UH, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE.

AND IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 5,000 SQUARE FEET, I'M NOT SURE JUST HOW BIG THIS AREA IS.

THAT'S ALL GRASS.

BUT IF I REMEMBER IT'S IT'S LIKE AT LEAST 17,000 SQUARE FEET OR SOMETHING, ISN'T IT IT'S OR DOES IT MEAN MORE THAN THAT? DO YOU RECALL? I DON'T RECALL, BUT IT'S LIKELY IT'S MORE THAN THAT.

OKAY.

SO I LOOK AT THE BASKETBALL COURT.

JUST IMAGINE THAT TO THE LEFT.

YEAH.

OKAY.

YEAH.

SO THERE'S GOING TO BE PLENTY OF ROOM TO TAKE UP TURF, UH, PUT IN THE SPLASH PAD AND ALSO THE TANK SOMEWHERE IN THERE.

THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE INTRUSIVE FOR VIEW AND, UH, PUT THE ADDITIONAL PARKING.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE OF ALL THE SITES THAT THIS MAKES SENSE.

IT REALLY

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DOES.

AND THEN LET'S LOOK AT THE, THE FACT THAT, UH, THIS HAS BEEN A THING OF KURTZ, UH, WHEN I REPLACED HIM, WHEN HE WENT TO THE ASSEMBLY AND I CAME ON THE COUNCIL IN 2008, HE WAS STILL TALKING ABOUT IT, THEN THAT'S, THIS IS THE ONE THING HE REALLY, REALLY WANTED.

AND NOW HE'S IN A POSITION WHERE HE'S GOT THE PURSE STRINGS AND HE COULD ACTUALLY PAY FOR SOME OF IT SO HE CAN GET HIS WISH AND PAY FOR IT.

SO IT'S A GREAT THING.

SO YEAH, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS EVER, UH, WHY NOT HAVE HALF OF IT PAID FOR, SO IT JUST MAKES SENSE ALL THE WAY AROUND.

SO, UH, ALTHOUGH I WAS SKEPTICAL ABOUT THE, THE WATER CONSERVATION, UH, HEARING THE EXPLANATIONS OF THE, UH, EVAPORATION AND EVERYTHING ELSE, I'M, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH IT.

AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA FOR ALL, ALL FOUR OF THESE.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT ALL THE PROJECTS AS WELL.

UM, IN PARTICULAR, I'M ALSO EXCITED ABOUT THE UPGRADES TO THE SKATE PARK AND THE MODERNIZATION, BECAUSE IT'S A PARK THAT HAS NOT BEEN TOUCHED FOR YEARS AND IT'S EXTREMELY OUTDATED.

AND I TOOK A FIELD TRIP WITH STAFF TO THE CHINO STATE PARK.

AND WHILE I KNOW WE CAN'T HAVE THAT, WE CAN DEFINITELY HAVE SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO IT.

SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT ON THE LIST.

AND THAT'S ALL THE COMMENTS I HAVE.

I JUST GOT JUST ONE QUICK COMMENT.

I MEAN, KURT PROBABLY DID TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT HE DOESN'T SCARE ME.

SEE IF HE DOES.

SO SHE'S BEEN WANTING THIS TOO, SO I'M HAPPY, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE LAST THING.

UH, THE DOG PARK, IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYBODY LOVES THE DOG PARK.

THERE HAS TO BE WATER USAGE THERE.

AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I'D LIKE TO SORT OF SEE THE COMPARISON OF HOW MUCH WATER WE'RE USING AT THE DOG PARK, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TWO FEELS, IS THAT, IMAGINE THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF USAGE OF WATER TOO.

AND JUST TO HAVE THAT AS A COMPARISON.

SO YOU NEED A MOTION ON THIS MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION.

SECOND.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? NOPE.

CALL FOR VOTE, PLEASE.

MAYOR MARQUEZ.

YES.

VICE MAYOR ROGERS.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER JOS AND COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN MOTION PASSES.

FIVE SERIES.

OKAY.

[ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT]

THANK YOU.

SO WE'RE MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

SO PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AND GOOD EVENING COUNCIL STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

SINCE WE LAST MET THE FDA AND CDC HAVE AUTHORIZED A SECOND BOOSTER DOSE OF EITHER THE PFIZER OR MADRONA, UH, COVID VACCINES.

AND THOSE ARE AVAILABLE TO INDIVIDUALS 50 YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER AND IMMUNOCOMPROMISED INDIVIDUALS, 12 YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER, AND AT LEAST FOUR MONTHS AFTER RECEIVING THEIR FIRST BOOSTER DOSE AND COUNTY PFIZER VACCINE EVENTS ARE CONTINUING EVERY TUESDAY IN APRIL AT THE MCCOY CENTER FROM 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM AND THEY WILL BE OFFERING THE SECOND BOOSTER DOSE AS WELL.

FREE COVID TESTING WILL ALSO BE HELD AT THE MCCOY CENTER, AND THAT WILL BE ON WEDNESDAYS, APRIL 13TH AND 20TH FROM 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM.

AND YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND MORE INFORMATION AND DETAILS ON HOW TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS ONLINE.

SB COVID-19 DOT COM.

BLOOD DRIVES ARE ALSO CONTINUING EVERY TUESDAY THROUGH THE END OF AUGUST, FROM 12 TO 5:00 PM AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER.

PARKING LOT APPOINTMENTS ARE RECOMMENDED AND CAN BE MADE ONLINE OR WALK-INS ARE ACCEPTED IF SPACE ALLOWS.

AND LASTLY, WE JUST WANT TO REMIND THE COMMUNITY THAT EASTER EXCITEMENT IS RETURNING THIS SATURDAY AT COMMUNITY PARK FROM 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM.

THE EVENT IS FREE FOR FAMILIES AND THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING EGG HUNTS PICTURES WITH THE EASTER BUNNY CRAFTS, A CRAFT FAIR AND MORE.

THE FREE EASTER EGG HUNT IS FOR CHILDREN FROM TWO TO 12 YEARS OLD, AND RESIDENTS CAN LEARN MORE AND VIEW THE EGG HUNT SCHEDULE ONLINE@CHINOHILLS.ORG FORWARD SLASH EVENTS.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PIO REPORT.

AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

GREAT QUESTION, NICOLE, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE BOOSTERS, CAN WE FIND OUT FROM SOMEONE FOR THOSE OF US THAT TOOK THE HEAD, THE JOHNSON JOHNSON ONE AND DONE, AND THE JOHNSON BOOSTER, IS THERE GOING TO BE A JOHNSON AND JOHNSON, DOUBLE BOOSTER, SECOND BOOSTER.

AND IF NOT, THEN WHAT IS THE RECOMMENDED A BOOSTER THAT WE DO GO WITH FOR THAT SECOND ONE? COULD WE FIND THAT OUT? GET THAT OUT TO THE PUBLIC.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

[ SAFETY UPDATES - Police and Fire]

OKAY.

ROLLING SAFETY UPDATES, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT.

GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR MARQUEZ, VICE MAYOR ROGERS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

JUST A FEW THINGS TO SHARE WITH YOU GUYS ON THURSDAY, MARCH 31ST, DEPUTY'S ARRESTED A SUSPECT AT COSTCO FOR STEALING A PURSE.

WE'VE HAD A STRING OF A WALLET AND PURSE STEPS SPECIFICALLY AT COSTCO AND TRADER JOE'S.

THE FEMALE SUSPECT WAS POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS THE SAME SUSPECT RESPONSIBLE FOR AT LEAST 10 WALLET THEFTS AT THE CHINO HILLS, COSTCO AND NUMEROUS OTHERS THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

ON SATURDAY, APRIL 2ND, OUR MULTIPLE ENFORCEMENT DEPUTIES ALONG WITH SURROUNDING ALLIED AGENCIES SERVED A SEARCH WARRANT AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN POMONA.

DURING SERVICE OF THE SEARCH WARRANTS, WE RECOVERED OVER 40 STOLEN CATALYTIC CONVERTERS OVER $40,000 IN CASH, APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN STOLEN CARGO RECOVERED, THREE HANDGUNS AND ARRESTED EIGHT SUSPECTS INFORMATION LEADING TO THE SEARCH WARRANT WAS DEVELOPED THROUGH LPR HITS AND PRIOR SUSPECT ARREST HERE IN CHINO HILLS

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ON THURSDAY, APRIL 7TH, THE CHINO HILLS TRAFFIC DIVISION, ALONG WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL CONDUCTED A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT OPERATION IN CARBON CANYON.

AS RESULT OF THIS OPERATION, 50 VEHICLES WERE STOPPED FOR VEHICLE CODE VIOLATIONS.

23 COMMERCIAL TRUCKS WERE INSPECTED.

THREE VEHICLES WERE TOWED, INCLUDING TWO SEMI-TRUCKS AND FOUR ARRESTS WERE MADE FOR UNLICENSED DRIVER SUSPENDED DRIVER LICENSE, AND ONE DUI.

AND THIS CONCLUDES MY SAFETY CHIEF.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, PETE ROGERS AND MYSELF.

WE'RE OUT OF TOWN.

SO THANK YOU FOR GOING TO THEM.

THAT WAS PERFECT, BUT THERE WEREN'T THAT WELL QUESTION OR COMMENT CHIEF, UH, APPROACHED YESTERDAY BY A RESIDENT, BUT IT'S BEEN KIND OF BEEN ON, I THINK A FEW OF OUR MINDS HERE, EUCALYPTUS AND PEYTON.

SO RIGHT DOWN HERE, THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT A COUPLE OF NIGHTS AGO.

THERE'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN A SCENE OF A LOT OF ACCIDENTS TAKING PLACE.

AT LEAST IT SEEMS THAT WAY.

CAN WE LOOK INTO THE DYNAMICS OF WHAT IS CREATING MAYBE A FEW MORE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AT THAT INTERSECTION AND MAYBE SOME OF THE OTHER INTERSECTIONS AROUND TOWN? UM, MAYBE TAKE A LOOK.

IS IT THE WAY THE LIGHTS ARE? DO WE NEED A DEDICATED LEFT-HAND TURN AT ANY POINT WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS THERE, SO IT MIGHT BE WORTH LOOKING INTO YES, SIR.

WE'LL GO BACK AND LOOK AT THOSE A SPECIFIC TRAFFIC COLLISIONS AND SEE WHAT THE PRIMARY COLLISION FACTOR WAS.

AND IF THERE'S A COMMON DENOMINATOR, WE'LL ADDRESS THAT WITH OUR TRAFFIC.

PERFECT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. WILLIAMS, DID HE MEAN A MAYOR MARQUEZ, VICE MAYOR, ROGERS COUNCIL AND STAFF, UH, UNDER CURRENT AFFAIRS FOR THE FIRE DISTRICT IN MARCH, WE RESPONDED TO 140 MEDICAL INCIDENTS TRANSPORTED 64 PATIENTS TO THE HOSPITAL.

AND SINCE JULY 3RD, WHICH IS WHEN WE STARTED OUR AMBULANCE TRANSPORTS, UH, WE'VE RESPONDED TO JUST UNDER 5,000 TRANSPORTS AND TRANSPORTED JUST OVER 2000 PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL.

UH, WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO WORK AND NAVIGATE THIS PROCESS.

OBVIOUSLY THE COUNTY IS GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS PRETTY SOON ABOUT, UM, ANY KIND OF AGREEMENTS WITH PRIVATE OR, OR WHAT THEY DECIDE TO DO WITH THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL IS OUT THERE AND, OR KEEPING AN EYE ON IT AND, UH, CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE OURSELVES AVAILABLE AND ESSENTIALLY GIVING THE BEST SERVICE TO OUR CONSTITUENTS, OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN.

AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE ARE, UH, EXTENDED OUR, UH, ASSISTANT BUYER AGREEMENT WITH, UH, THE LOCAL, UH, PRIVATE PROVIDER TO THE END OF APRIL.

AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM THE BEST WE CAN UNDER RECRUITMENT.

LAST WEEK, WE COMPLETED OUR FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC INTERVIEWS AND OUR INTENT IS TO HIRE UP TO EIGHT, UH, NEW HIRE NEW HIRES AT THAT POINT.

AND WE'LL BRING THEM DOWN AND, AND, UH, UH, INTRODUCE THEM.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE NEW FACES, UH, ADDITIONALLY UNDER RECRUITMENT, UM, UM, FINANCE AND OUR HR DIRECTOR POSITIONS ARE STILL ON TRACK TO BE, TO COME ON ON APRIL 25TH.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

UM, I'M PERSONALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

UH, GET THE TEAM ALL ASSEMBLED AND CONTINUE TO DO THE GOOD WORK THAT WE DO AT THE DISTRICT.

AND FINALLY, FOR ME, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY A SINCERE APPRECIATION TO, UM, TO STAFF AND TO THE COUNSELOR THAT WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO MY SWEARING IN SUMMIT CEREMONY.

I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENDANCE AND IT'S KIND OF NICE JUST TO GET THAT BEHIND AND MOVE FORWARD.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, CHIEF.

CAN I ASK THE CHIEF OF QUESTION? SURE.

UM, YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GIVE ME A PRECISE ANSWER ON THIS, BUT I GET A LOT OF PEOPLE ASKING, OKAY.

IF I'M PICKED UP, IF I'M SERVICED BY CHINO VALLEY FIRE AND THE AMBULANCE COMES TO PICK ME UP, CAN I DESIGNATE POMONA VALLEY OR IS IT AUTOMATIC THAT THEY HAVE TO TAKE ME TO CHINO VALLEY? BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE VERY DISTINCT FEELINGS ABOUT WHICH HOSPITAL THEY GO TO OR DON'T TO, IS THERE A PRECISE ANSWER ON THAT BECAUSE I'M HEARING MIXED ANSWERS.

YEAH.

GREAT, GREAT QUESTION.

THERE, THERE IS AN ANSWER.

UM, THE ANSWER IS ALL EVALUATION ABOUT WHERE A PATIENT COULD, SHOULD GO AND CAN GO STARTS WITH THEIR MEDICAL CONDITION.

SO, UM, UH, AS AN EXAMPLE, IF I WERE TO RESPOND ON PATIENT A AND THEY MET CERTAIN CRITERIA THAT WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO TAKE THEM TO A HOSPITAL OF THEIR CHOICE BASED ON THEIR CONDITION, WE WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE MOST CLOSEST HOSPITALS SORT OF TAKES IT OUT OF THEIR HAND AS FAR AS THE DECISION GOES.

SO AGAIN, IT ALWAYS IS GOING TO START WITH THEIR MEDICAL CONDITION A SECOND BEHIND THAT IS GOING TO BE, UM, DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF AILMENT THEY HAVE.

SO CERTAIN HOSPITALS WILL ONLY TAKE STROKES AND HEART ATTACKS, OR THEY'RE BETTER, BETTER PREPARED TO SERVE THOSE FOLKS.

SO THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER, UM, FACTOR THERE, UH, SOMEWHERE IN THAT LAYER DOWN BELOW, IF THE, IF IT'S NOT A CRITICAL OR ACUTE NATURE, WE CAN HONOR THAT AGAIN.

THAT'S GOING TO KIND OF GO BACK TO RESOURCE AVAILABILITY TOO.

SO IF WE ONLY HAD ONE AMBULANCE LEFT IN THE SYSTEM AND THEY WANT TO GO OUT TO ST.

JUDE IS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT MIGHT NOT BE A VIABLE OPTION.

HOWEVER, WE WILL ALWAYS, WHEN THE, WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE, TRY TO, UH, GET THAT PERSON TO THE HOSPITAL OF THEIR CHOICE.

THAT'S WHERE THEIR DOCTORS ARE.

RECORDS ARE PRETTY, UM, ACCESSIBLE, NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO THESE DAYS DUE TO TECHNOLOGY, BUT WE WILL TRY TO ACCOMMODATE THAT IF IT'S APPROPRIATE, HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS

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SOME OF IT.

YEAH.

I'VE NEVER HEARD OF ANYBODY NECESSARILY WANTING TO BE TAKEN TO AN AMBULANCE OUT OF THE AREA, BUT THE MOST, THE TWO ARE OBVIOUSLY, UH, POMONA VALLEY HAS A TRAUMA CENTER, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE HAVING HEART ISSUES OR THINGS LIKE THAT.

IT'S EXCEPTIONAL, UH, VERSUS CHINO VALLEY.

SO THAT SEEMS TO BE EVERYBODY'S QUESTION IS CAN I HAVE THEM TAKE ME TO POMONA VERSUS TINO VALLEY? AND I THINK YOU'VE ANSWERED THAT IN THAT IF IT'S A SEVERE LIFE-THREATENING ISSUE, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO, YOU'RE GOING TO PROBABLY TAKE THEM TO THE TRAUMA CENTER.

UH, OTHER THAN THAT, THEN IF IT'S SOMETHING MINOR, YEAH.

THEY CAN PROBABLY GO WHEREVER YOUR STAFF DETERMINES THEY NEED TO GO IN, IN COUNTY.

AND JUST SO, SO THE, UH, OUR COMMUNITY KNOWS, UH, IN MANY OF THOSE CASES, UH, COUNTY POLICY DICTATES THAT ON OUR PARAMEDICS BEHALF.

UM, SO SOMETIMES THAT IS OUT OF OUR HANDS.

SOMETIMES IT'S NOT.

OKAY.

WELL, THANK YOU.

THAT'S THAT'S AS FAIR AND ANSWERS WE CAN GET, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU'RE POPULAR TONIGHT.

QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU AS WELL.

UM, SO RECENT CITY COUNTY CITY COUNTY CONFERENCE, WE WENT TO THIS WEEKEND.

I WENT TO A PRESENTATION ON THE, UM, ECE NC WITH THE NINE 11.

REMIND ME WHAT THAT ACRONYM STANDS FOR.

EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM ECN S OKAY.

SO I WAS LETTING OUR CITY MANAGER KNOW THAT I'D LIKE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO COME GIVE A PRESENTATION BECAUSE THE, THE, UM, THE VIEW THEY TOOK ON IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE IS TRYING TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON REALLY WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU MAKE A CALL TO NINE ONE ONE, AND THEN THEY HAD A NICE FLOW CHART OF HOW IT WORKS IN THE COUNTY AND HOW THIS NEW SYSTEM IS IN PLACE TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TRANSPORTS BY AMBULANCE, BECAUSE THERE'S TOO MANY THAT ARE NOT NECESSARY.

AND THERE'S A PERCEPTION THAT FEELS THAT THEY, THEY HAVE TO GO IN AN AMBULANCE.

AND IF THEY DON'T GO IN AN AMBULANCE, IT'S ALMOST LIKE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY GOT RIPPED OFF.

IT'S LIKE, WELL, I'M SICK.

I NEED TO GO IN AN AMBULANCE.

AND THERE'S THAT PERCEPTION THAT THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS THAT YOU CAN GET TRIAGED WITH LIKE THE CONCIERGE AND GO TO ONE NURSE.

ONE OF YOUR NURSES WAS ON THE PANEL BY THE WAY.

SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING FOR THE PUBLIC TO LEARN ABOUT.

SO, UM, HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE YOU GUYS BACK SOON TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

YEAH.

W WE WOULD LOVE TO, AND OUR EMS NURSE LESSEE PARHAM IS, IS A PHENOMENAL.

UM, SHE WAS ACTUALLY THE, ONE OF THE LEAD, UH, OF THAT PROGRAM FOR THE COUNTY.

IT IS WHAT THE FUTURE OF, UH, PREHOSPITAL MEDICINE IS ABOUT.

AND IT REALLY IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE A HIGHER LEVEL OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S INTENDED TO GET THE PERSON IN THE RIGHT TRANSPORT, MEDIUM TO THE RIGHT LOCATION.

AND AS IT STARTS TO GROW, UM, JUST AS ONE EXAMPLE I CAN USE IS THAT IF SOMEONE IS HAVING A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO GO TO AN ER AND TAKE UP SPACE WHERE SOMEBODY ELSE COULD UTILIZE THAT SPACE.

THEY'D LIKELY NEED TO GO TO A MENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT, OR MAYBE IT'S A REHAB OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO IT'S INTENDED TO GET THOSE FOLKS THERE AND THEY MAY NOT NEED TO GO CODE THREE LICENSED SIRENS IN AN AMBULANCE.

IT MAY BE, UM, A PERSONAL CAR.

IT MAY NEED MAYBE, UH, ALTERNATIVE METHODS THAT UBER'S, AND ALL THESE OTHER CONCEPTS THAT ARE OUT THERE, BUT IN THE END, UM, IT IS A CHANGE IT'S, IT'S AN ADJUSTMENT, UM, FOR, FOR RESIDENTS, UM, UH, TO ABSORB, BECAUSE AGAIN, TO YOUR POINT, WE'VE, WE'VE INSTILLED IN THEM FOR 50 YEARS.

HEY, JUST CALL 9 1 1, AND WE'LL BE THERE.

AND WE HAVE BEEN, UM, AND SO IT'S, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT TO, TO, FOR THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS, BUT IT ACTUALLY IS AN EXCEPTIONAL PROGRAM.

UM, MY BELIEF IS THAT, UM, IT WILL BE ACROSS THE NATION, UM, WITHIN THE NEXT 10 YEARS LIKELY HERE.

UM, THERE WAS A VERY SHORT VIDEO, MAYBE LIKE ONE OR TWO MINUTES.

SO IF YOU CAN TALK TO HER, UM, THAT VIDEO WAS, WAS VERY GOOD TO, TO BE PART OF THE PRESENTATION.

ABSOLUTELY.

WE'D BE HAPPY TO BRING IT HERE.

I KNOW THE VIDEO, I HAVE IT ON MY DESKTOP, SO I'LL BE HAPPY TO GET HER HERE AND PROVIDE A PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU, CHIEF.

ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY.

[ COUNCIL REPORTS Mayor Marquez California Institution for Men and Women Citizen Advisory Committees League of California Cities Latino Caucus Board Legislative Committee San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Board Southern California Association of Governments Regional Council Transportation Committee Southern California Regional Rail Authority Contracts, Operations, Maintenance, Safety Committee Vice Mayor Rogers Chino Basin Desalter Authority Board Council Member Moran Omnitrans Board]

OKAY.

LET'S GO TO COUNCIL REPORTS.

LET ME START IT OFF.

FIRST OF ALL, THE MEN'S PRISON, THE 50 BED MENTAL FACILITY HAS BEEN PUT ON HOLD BECAUSE THE COVID TOTAL INMATES AT THE PRISON NOW ARE TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY THREE INMATES THAT HAS INCREASED BY ABOUT A COUPLE HUNDRED OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, LEGAL, CALIFORNIA CITIES, LATINO CAUCUS.

WE MET AND WE REVIEWED SOME BILLS.

WE TOOK A SUPPORT POSITION, CLIMATE BILLS.

WE THERE'S FIVE OF THEM THAT WE TOOK A SUPPORT POSITION HOUSING.

THERE WAS NINE BILLS THAT WE TOOK A SUPPORT POSITION, INFRASTRUCTURE, THREE BILLS.

WE TOOK A SUPPORT POSITION.

WE HAD A DISCUSSION ON AB 1789, SAFE DRINKING WATER AND WILDFIRE PREVENTION.

WE TOOK A SUPPORT POSITION THERE AB 2062 LAW ENFORCEMENT HIRING GRANTS.

THE CAUCUS TOOK A SUPPORT POSITION ON THAT.

UH, SIMPLY BILL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.

UM, BASICALLY WE'VE HAD TO BE DEALING WITH ABOUT 200 AND OVER 220 PROPERTIES.

THIS MEETING, WE ACTUALLY DEALT WITH 23 PROPERTIES, AND THIS WAS AN ACTION ITEM HERE.

EACH CONSIDER RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY FOR PROPERTIES INTEREST FOR WEST VALLEY CONNECTORS PROJECT AT 23 PROPERTIES, WE EXTENDED A CONTRACT WITH CAL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BOARD TO OCTOBER, 2023, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS.

WE ELECTED

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A NEW OFFICER'S INCOMING PRESIDENT IS JANELL HARNICK MAYOR FROM, UH, PALM DESERT FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT CARMEN RAMIREZ, VENTURA COUNTY SUPERVISOR, AND MR. R BROWN COUNCIL MEMBER FROM W WHEN A PARK THEY WILL BE VOTED IN AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, MAY 5TH AND SIXTH IN PALM DESERT.

WE ALSO HAD A ROBUST DISCUSSION ON SENATE BILL, FEDERAL SENATE, BILL 36 49, PEDEA BILL TRANSPORTATION EQUITY ACT.

SOME PEOPLE WANTED US TO TAKE UP SUPPORT POSITION, BUT WE ACTUALLY TOOK A WATCH POSITION.

A LOT OF CONVERSATION ON THAT, UH, THAT BILL, UH, THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE FOR SCAG, UM, THEY JUST ELECTED A NEW CHAIRPERSON FOR THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.

THAT IS ME AND VICE CHAIR, TIM SANDOVAL, THE MAYOR POMONA.

UH, WE ALSO APPROVE THE 2023 ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM, REGIONAL GUIDELINES AND THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL RAIL OR METRO LINK.

UH, WE APPROVED A NEW AGREEMENT WITH LA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT FOR ON TRAIN AND PATROL SERVICES WITHIN THE FIVE COUNTY REGION.

THOSE ARE MY REPORTS, MR. VICE MAYOR.

YES, SIR.

THANK YOU.

I HAVE ONE REPORT THIS EVENING ON A CHINO BASIN TO SALT OR AUTHORITY OR CDA, AND THAT'S ONE OF OUR FIVE SOURCES OF WATER FOR CHINO HILLS.

UH, AND THIS WAS A FAIRLY ROUTINE MEETING.

WE HAD SOME CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT APPROVALS AND WE, WE, UH, REVIEWED AND ADOPTED A NEW RESERVE POLICY BECAUSE THIS IS A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT FOR ALL OF THAT MEMBER AGENCIES, INCLUDING CHINO HILLS.

SO WE'RE ADDING A DEEPER RESERVE POLICY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND QUARTERLY REPORTS BY OUR GENERAL MANAGER.

SO AS SIMPLE AS THAT, THANK YOU, SIR, COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN, AND NOTHING FOR OMNI TRANS, BUT I DO HAVE SOMETHING FOR SCHOOL BOARD.

UM, EVEN THOUGH THERE WASN'T A MEETING YET, UM, THE DISTRICT IS IN THEIR FINAL SIX WEEKS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND THE FOUR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS ARE SCHEDULED FOR MAY 23RD AND 24TH AS IT RELATES TO OUR SCHOOLS IN CHINO HILLS.

UM, JANELLE'S HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION WILL BE MAY 23RD AT 6:00 PM.

I'M AT THE STADIUM AND A YELLOW WILL BE, UM, THE FOLLOWING NIGHT, MAY 24TH AT 7:00 PM DURING OUR COUNCIL MEETING AT THEIR STADIUM.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU.

MA'AM APPRECIATE THAT.

[ COUNCIL COMMENTS]

UM, LET'S GO TO COUNCIL COUNCIL COMMENTS AND I'LL GO TO BRIAN TO MY RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS.

UM, UH, BEN, IF WE WOULDN'T MIND REACHING OUT TO THE COUNTY, I KNOW NOW THAT WE HAVE THAT, UH, FORMER FIRE STATION SITE, UH, THERE'S A HISTORICAL MONUMENT OUT FRONT.

AND AT ONE POINT THERE WAS A, A CANON THAT I THINK WAS REMOVED FOR PEOPLE.

SO PEOPLE WOULDN'T STEAL IT AND SCRAP IT, YOU KNOW, AS JEN BROUGHT UP KETOLA CONVERTERS, I THINK A BIG CAN AND PROBABLY WOULD FETCH A PRETTY PENNY FOR A PLANET.

YOU KNOW, IF THE COUNTY HAS MONEY TO TOSS AROUND, MAYBE WE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, RESTORING, RESTORING IT AND MAYBE PUTTING LOW JACK ON IT.

UM, DO WE HAVE IT INSCRIBED ALSO, OR, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CANNON.

OKAY.

OH YEAH.

YOU KNOW, BRING IT OVER TO PRECISION AUTO.

YEAH.

UM, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ABOUT ALL I'VE GOT FOR YA.

JUST HAVE A HAPPY EASTER, EVERYBODY AND HAPPY PASSOVER.

THANK YOU, BRIAN, MR. BELL, UH, YES, A FOLLOW UP TO WHAT CYNTHIA WAS SAYING WITH RESPECT TO OUR COUNCIL MEETING CONFLICTING WITH THE IOWA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION.

UH, ASSUMING WE WOULD GET AN INVITATION SINCE WE ALMOST ALWAYS ALL GO THERE.

UH, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO AS A CITY TO ADJUST MAYBE OUR COUNCIL MEETING FOR THAT NIGHT, UH, EARLIER IN THE DAY, OR DO SOMETHING SO THAT WE CAN DO AS WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE, UH, OR FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, AND ATTEND THE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION, ASSUMING WE'RE INVITED.

I ASSUMING WE'RE AND IF WE'RE NOT, THEN WE TALKED TO DIANA, OUR BOY.

SO COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT, UH, THAT IS A CONFLICT THAT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION TODAY BY VICE MAYOR ROGERS.

I BELIEVE HE INTENDED ALSO TO MAKE THAT KNOWN AND WE WILL LOOK AT WHAT ALTERNATIVE, UH, MEETING SCHEDULES MAY, MAY ALLOW YOU TO BE IN BOTH PLACES.

SO WE'LL, WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

YEAH, WE HAVE THIS COUNSELOR IS HAD A HISTORY OF ATTENDING BOTH, UH, HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS, AND WE'VE HAD A HUNDRED PERCENT ATTENDANCE FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS.

AND, UH, WE THINK IT'S NOT ONLY OUR HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO BE THERE, BUT IT'S A SIGN OF RESPECT AND SUPPORT FOR THE KIDS, UH, THAT HAVE WORKED REAL HARD TO GET GRADUATED OR BECOME GRADUATES.

SO, UH, THAT'S ESSENTIALLY IT, OTHER THAN, YES, WE HAVE, UH, A GOOD FRIDAY COMING UP AND OF COURSE, EVERYBODY WOULD SAY, WELL, ALL FRIDAYS ARE GOOD, RIGHT? BUT THIS ONE HAS SPECIFIC, UH, UH, MEANING AND, UH, EASTER AS WELL.

AND, UH, REMEMBER THE REASON FOR THE SEASON AND RECENT FOR THESE HOLIDAYS.

THEY'RE NOT JUST DAYS

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OFF AND DAYS TO HAVE FAMILY GATHERINGS.

UH, THERE'S A REAL REASON BEHIND IT.

SO, UH, I HOPE THAT EVERYONE WILL HAVE A VERY BLESSED, UH, EASTER.

THANK YOU, MR. BENNETT.

SURE.

DANIEL, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

SO WE'RE COMING UP ON WEED ABATEMENT SEASON.

I KNOW WE GOT THE NOTICES WHEN FIRE'S GOING TO START THEIR INSPECTIONS, AS IT RELATES TO OUR CITY OPEN SPACE.

CAN YOU REMIND THE PUBLIC WHAT OUR PROCESS IS? WE GET, I GET SOME EMAILS FROM PEOPLE THAT BOUGHT UP TO OUR OPEN SPACE THAT GET WORRIED THAT IT'S GOING TO START GETTING OVERGROWN AND HOW SOON YOUR CREWS WILL BE COMING OUT.

SURE.

WE TYPICALLY WAIT UNTIL, UH, UH, THE RAINY SEASON IS OVER.

UM, HOWEVER, WE, WE WILL GET SOME RAIN, HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, UH, LIKELY INTO, INTO MAY.

HOWEVER, WE DO START OUR WEED ABATEMENT OPERATIONS IN APRIL STAFF STARTED TWO WEEKS AGO AND WE'D RUN ALL THE WAY THROUGH SUMMER.

WE HAVE ONE TRACK THAT STARTS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CITY, ONE ON THE SOUTH SIDE, THEY MEET IN THE MIDDLE AND THEY GO BACK AND START OVER AGAIN, UH, THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.

SO, UH, WE'RE WELL UNDERWAY TWICE.

THEY COME BACK OVER ONE REQUEST.

I KNOW LAST YEAR THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH CIM BECAUSE OF COVID, BUT THERE ARE, UM, NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE REQUESTING THAT WE DO NOT DO WEED ABATEMENT ON THE MOTHER'S DAY WEEKEND.

AND HAVE THAT PARTNERSHIP THERE BEHIND THEIR BACK YARD OR MOTHER'S DAY, CORRECT? YES.

WE WILL NOT DO ANY WEED ABATEMENT ON HOLIDAY WEEKENDS.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

AND THEN A COUPLE OTHER THINGS.

UM, I THINK YOUNG KIM'S FILTER, UH, DIRECTOR IS STILL HERE.

UM, OR IS SHE RESUMING, UM, FIELD OFFICE HOURS IN CITY HALL YET? OR HAS SHE RESUMED THEM AND WHEN ARE THEY FOR THE PO? OKAY.

CAN YOU COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE REAL QUICK FOR RESIDENTS THAT WANT TO HAVE, UH, ISSUES? YES, GENERALLY WE ARE DOING THE CHINOS MOBILE OFFICE HOUR EVERY WEEK, EVERY WEEK.

OKAY.

AND WHEN IS THAT? UH, UM, WEDNESDAY FROM NINE TO ONE, WEDNESDAYS FROM NINE TO ONE IS SECOND FLOOR AT THE RED TAIL HAWK.

OKAY, GREAT.

OH, THEY WEREN'T HELD TIGHT.

OKAY.

TALK, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

AND THEN, UM, OH, AND THEN OTHER THING IS THAT, UM, ANYONE OUT THERE THAT NEEDS, THIS IS A STUDENT THAT NEEDS A JOB.

WE NEED LIFEGUARDS AND AQUATICS INSTRUCTORS DESPERATELY FOR THE CITY.

SO IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE THAT NEEDS A PART-TIME SUMMER JOB AND HAS SOME SWIMMING EXPERIENCE, PLEASE REACH OUT TO NEIGHBORS AND KIDS AND PETER, IF YOU WANT TO BEAT ABOUT LIFEGUARD.

YEAH.

SO THAT'S OUR GARDEN A LONG TIME.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE, RIGHT? MR. VICE VICE PRESIDENT, MR. VICE MAYOR, THE SECOND TIME AND CALL THAT TODAY.

A COUPLE OF THINGS.

GRAD GRAD NIGHT, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT FOUNDATIONS, A COUPLE REVIEWS OR REVIEWS OF WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING.

WE DID A VOLUNTEER RECEPTION ACTUALLY LAST NIGHT, VERY SUCCESSFUL, JUST UNDER 70 INDIVIDUALS, ALL FROM WIDE WALKER CONCERTS, WHERE THERE THERE'S A COUPLE OF INDIVIDUALS HERE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT ATTENDED.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING THERE AND FOR VOLUNTEERING FOR THE FOUNDATION.

AS YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING GOES BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY.

WE HAD A WEEK AGO OR LESS THAN A WEEK AGO.

LAST FRIDAY NIGHT, WE HAD A CONCERT WITH LYNN PHILMONT, WHICH AT GLEN ALLUDED TO EARLIER, WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 300 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE AND A GREAT TIME AND MORE TO COME.

WE HAVE LOUIS CRUZ BELTRAN GOING TO BE GRACING THE SAME GAZEBO STAGE ON MAY 13TH.

TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW, CHINO HILLS FOUNDATION.COM AND THE WHOPPING $10 TICKET FOR YOU IF YOU WERE INTERESTED.

SO TICKETS ARE ON SALE AND JUST FOR FUTURE CALENDARING, WINE WALK IS PLANNING AND STARTING IN TWO WEEKS AND THAT'S ON OCTOBER 8TH AND I WANTED TO GREET AND WELCOME BACK DEBBIE HERNANDEZ.

WHO'S IN THE AUDIENCE RIGHT HERE AFTER WHAT SEEMS LIKE A FIVE-YEAR GAP OR SO, YES.

SO WELCOME BACK TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND HAPPY EASTER TO EVERYBODY.

THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU, MR. VICE PRESIDENT.

UM, SOME OF MY COMMENTS REAL FAST, WE DID TAKE A PHOTO OP.

WE WERE GIVEN THE KEYS TO THE OLD FIRE STATION THERE ON EUCALYPTUS.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR FIRE DISTRICT FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR US.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

HOPEFULLY REAL SOON, WE'LL HAVE A NEW FIRE STATION.

SO THANK YOU.

UM, I ATTENDED AN EAGLE SCOUT COURT OF HONOR FOR A GENTLEMAN NAMED MR. JEREMY GOBLE.

WHAT AN AMAZING YOUNG MAN PLAYS FOOTBALL.

YOU NAME IT, THIS GUY DOES IT.

UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK HIM AND HIS FAMILY FOR THE INVITATION.

UM, I WAS VERY HONORED TO, UH, TO ATTEND THAT CEREMONY.

UM, METRO LINK, I'M ON AN AD HOC COMMITTEE.

IT'S CALLED FUEL HEDGING.

AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF THIS BECAUSE WHEN WE STARTED THIS MAYBE ABOUT A YEAR AGO, WE WERE UPSIDE DOWN BY ABOUT $5 MILLION IN FUEL COSTS WITH CONTRACTS THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY OVERPAID FOR.

AND TODAY ACTUALLY, AS OF A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, WE WERE ACTUALLY POSITIVE $4 MILLION.

AND I JUST WANT IT, THERE

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WAS A FRIEND OF MINE, TONY TREMBLING FROM, UH, FROM VENTURA COUNTY THAT SITS ON THIS COMMITTEE WITH ME.

AND I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR ALL HIS HARD WORK, UM, PROP 47, UH, WHICH WE ALL HERE ON THIS COUNCIL HAVE HAD AN ISSUE WITH OVER THE YEARS.

UH, WE WERE GIVEN A BRIEFING FROM CAL CITY'S LOBBYIST AND I SIT ON THE SAFETY COMMITTEE AND LISA LISA IS OUR LOBBYIST AND SHE MET WITH THE PIP, UNDO MYSELF, WALT ALLEN FROM MOC COVINA, AND BASICALLY ALL THE BILLS THAT WERE MOVING FORWARD ON PROP 47 DID NOT LEAVE COMMITTEE.

SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO NO HEADWAY AT ALL FOR THIS YEAR, BUT TO HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR IT WILL BE A DIFFERENT YEAR.

AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO SOMETHING THERE, BUT THE THREE AREAS OF CONCERN, AS FAR AS THE LEGISLATURE, WHAT THEIR CONCERNS WERE ABOUT WERE REPEAT OFFENDERS, UH, THAT THEY SORT OF FELT THOSE WERE THE PEOPLE THAT WE SHOULD FOCUS IN ON NOT THE FIRST TIME OFFENDERS, UM, DIVERSION PROGRAMS FOR, UM, DRUGS.

UM, I GUESS, UH, WHEN PROP 47 TOOK, IT TOOK INTO EFFECT, THERE WAS NO LONGER DIVERSION PROGRAMS. SO THEY WANTED TO SEE MORE DIVERSION PROGRAMS AND THEN RACIAL DISPARITY, UM, WAS ANOTHER ISSUE THAT THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT.

SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GO AROUND THOSE ITEMS AND HOPEFULLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE, DO SOMETHING WITH PROP 47.

UM, PETE RIDERS, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

UH, WE MET WITH THE HOA FROM WESTERN HILLS.

WE TALKED ABOUT OUR TWO FAVORITE TOPICS, HOUSING AND TRAFFIC AND CARBON CANYON.

SO THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING, CHECK THEM BOTH.

BEAUTIFUL.

UM, DANIEL, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, PALM TREES IN THE CREEK BATTLE ON CARBON CANYON.

I'VE NOTICED THAT THEY'VE, THEY'RE SORT OF DYING.

IS THERE A REASON FOR THAT? YES.

IF YOU MAY RECALL, BECAME TO COUNCIL, UH, ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO, UH, TO WHAT A CONTRACT TO HAVE THE PALM TREES WITHIN CARBON CANYON INJECTED, UH, THEY WERE INJECTED WITH A HERBICIDE THAT WILL YELL AT THEM OUT THE WILT.

AND ONCE THAT HAPPENS IN ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR, STAFF WILL GO IN THERE AND REMOVE THE PALM TREES.

AND THAT'S ALL WE'RE GOING TO GO ALL THE WAY FROM CHINO HILLS PARKWAY ALL THE WAY TO THE COUNTY LINE AS FAR AS THE CREEK BED BEING CLEARED, CORRECT? YES.

OKAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON AT THIS TIME.

I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE.

DAVID WHO PASSED AWAY AT 79 YEARS OLD ON APRIL 2ND, DAVE WAS A TIME CHANNEL HAS RESIDENT WITH HIS WIFE.

SHARAN WAS ALSO CHAIRPERSON OF OUR PLANNING COMMISSION.

HE SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND WAS A FORMER COMMANDER OF THE NORTON AIR FORCE BASE.

AFTER HIS RETIREMENT, DAVID BECAME VERY ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY.

HE WAS ACTIVE AND LOVING SAVIORS OF THE HILLS LUTHERAN CHURCH, SERVING AS COUNCIL, PRESIDENT ELDER, AND MANY OTHER ROLES.

HE ALSO SERVED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE CITY OF PUBLIC ART, EXCUSE ME.

OUR CITY'S FIRST PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION FROM MARCH 19TH, 1993 UNTIL NOVEMBER OF THAT YEAR, WHEN HE WON A SEAT ON THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT BOARD, HE SERVED ON THAT FIRE BOARD UNTIL 2003 AND WAS PRESIDENT FOUR TIMES.

HE WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE CHINO HILLS QUANTIS CLUB, PRESIDENT OF THE CHINO VALLEY LANDS CLUB.

WE EXTENDED OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHIES TO HIS WIFE.

SHARAN OF ALMOST 40, ACTUALLY 57 YEARS AND THEIR DAUGHTER AND TWO GRANDDAUGHTERS REST IN PEACE.

MY FRIEND, DAVID.

THANK YOU.

CAN I GUESS.