May 25, 2022 City Council Meeting

SO IF I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK, PUTTING THIS BUDGET TOGETHER, TRULY APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

MANY YEARS KNOWN THAT THE PROPOSITION TWO 18 RESTRICTIONS THAT PROHIBIT THE CITY FROM, UH, RAISING, UH, WITHOUT A VOTE FROM THE PUBLIC, UH, THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH OUR, UH, L AND L DISTRICTS.

THAT, THAT MEANS A LOT THAT, THAT THE QUEUE AND THE COUNCIL WOULD THANK THE STAFF BECAUSE IT IS THEIR ARTWORK.

ALL RIGHT, BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS HERE.

WE JUST WANT TO PAINT A PICTURE OF SOME OF THE BIG MOVING PIECES, UH, IN THIS BUDGET.

UH, OUR, UH, GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE IS W ALSO REFERRED TO AS OUR RESERVES.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OVER THE YEARS, BUT IT REALLY DOES SERVE AS, AS A PIGGY BANK FOR US.

AND WHILE MANY CITIES ARE HAPPY TO HAVE A CONTINGENCY FUND OR A RAINY DAY FUND IN THE AREA OF 10 TO 20%, WE HAVE HISTORICALLY HAD, UH, UPWARDS OF 80% IN OUR, UH, RESERVES, UM, WHAT THIS BUDGET PRESENTS AND THAT'S OUR UNRESTRICTED RESERVES.

WHAT THIS BUDGET PRESENTS IS A, UH, EXPENDITURE OF RESERVES OR FUND BALANCE THAT WILL GO TOWARD OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THE MACRO NUMBERS HERE, YOU'LL SEE THAT, UH, WE INTEND TO HAVE AN EXPENDITURE LEVEL IN THE GENERAL FUND.

THAT'S HIGHER THAN, UH, OUR PROJECTED REVENUES.

HOWEVER, IF WE DID NOT HAVE SUCH A LARGE COMMITMENT TO INVESTING THROUGH CIP, WE WOULD HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET.

IT WOULD BE $8,500 TO THE GOOD, IT'S JUST THAT IN THIS CASE, WE ARE GOING TO ANTICIPATE IF THE COUNCIL SO DESIRES AND INVESTMENT THROUGH THE CIP.

YOU NOTICE THAT PIVOT, HUH? UH, PETER, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THIS BUDGET REFLECTS THE INVESTMENTS, UH, IN, IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CITY.

UH, OUR UNRESTRICTED FUND BALANCE, UH, AS PROPOSED IN THIS BUDGET IS $32.8 MILLION OR 63% OF OPERATING EXPENDITURES, UH, TOTAL FUND BALANCE.

UH, SO OTHER AREAS OF OUR RESERVES THAT MAY HAVE RESTRICTIONS, UH, EVEN THEN IT'S 42.7 MILLION OR 82% OF OPERATING EXPENDITURES.

UM, ONE OF THE OTHER KEY AREAS FOR THE BUDGET THAT WE PAY A LOT OF ATTENTION TO, AS WE DEVELOP THE BUDGET ARE WHERE OUR SUBSIDIES OCCUR.

THESE ARE AREAS WHERE THE, UH, REVENUE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PROGRAM, UH, DOES NOT COVER THE EXPENDITURES, UH, APPROPRIATELY.

UM, WE HAVE FOR

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UH, THE PROP TWO 18 PROCESS, UH, HAS STALLED OUR REVENUE, UH, AND, UH, COST CONTINUE TO, UH, INCREASE.

HOWEVER, THE CITY HAS MAINTAINED A STANDARD, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY, IN THESE AREAS.

AND THIS YEAR WITH, UH, THE, UH, UH, LET'S SEE, UH, OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL INCREASES, PLUS SOME ADDITIONAL WORK THAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR THIS YEAR, THE LNL SUBSIDY WOULD BE ABOUT $3.5 MILLION.

UH, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES FUND, UH, UH, IS A SEPARATE FUND.

AND WHILE WE LISTED AS A SUBSIDY, I ALWAYS TAKE A PAUSE THAT THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT'S GOING ON IN, IN L AND L'S, UH, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES FUND IS IN MY MIND AND INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY.

UH, W I DON'T KNOW OF ANY CITY WHERE THEY FULLY COVER THEIR, UH, RECREATIONAL COSTS, UH, TO OUR, UH, BUDGET HIGHLIGHT $6.2 MILLION IS PAID BY THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES, OPERATIONS.

UH, THAT IS NOT TO SAY THAT, UH, JONATHAN HAS FALLEN SHORT BY $6.2 MILLION.

IT'S MORE TO SAY THAT, UH, WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL OF THE SERVICES, WHEN YOU HAVE 60 PLUS, I MEAN, SORRY, 44 PARKS, UH, AND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT, UH, AMENITIES THAT WE PROVIDE, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT SERVICES, ALL OF THE, UH, INTERACTIONS WITH OUR COMMUNITY, IT BASICALLY COSTS US $6 MILLION IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ALL OF THAT.

AND THEN THE PROCESS HAS BEEN PRETTY MUCH A BALLPARK NUMBER OF CORRECT.

THIS IS CORRECT, UH, WOULD BE SMALL EXCEPTION BECAUSE OF OUR SCALING BACK IN COVID, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.

HISTORICALLY WE INVEST ANYWHERE FROM FIVE TO $6 MILLION A YEAR IN, IN, IN THESE OPERATIONS.

I THINK IT GOES A LONG WAY TO SHOW THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT OUR, OUR, UH, RESIDENTS, UH, APPRECIATE.

UH, AND THEN OUR STREET SWEEPING, UH, SUBSIDY.

UH, THIS IS THE HIGHEST IT'S BEEN, IT'S USUALLY BEEN AROUND $20,000, UH, IN, IN ESSENCE WITH THE STREET SWEEPING SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UH, ARE PAID FOR, UH, BY AN ASSESSMENT.

UH, THIS ASSESSMENT IS ALSO FROZEN, UH, BY THE PROP TWO 18 PROCESS WHERE WE WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE VOTERS IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE COSTS.

AND, UH, THIS YEAR WE'RE ANTICIPATING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT THE ASSESSMENT WILL BRING IN, IN REVENUE AND THE EXPENDITURES ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING THE SERVICES, UH, WILL RESULT IN A $60,000 SUBSIDY.

THERE COULD COME A TIME WHERE WE'D WANT TO ASK OUR RESIDENTS TO VOTE, TO INCREASE THAT, BUT IT IS SUCH A SMALL AMOUNT.

IT'S PROBABLY NOT WORTH THE, UH, THE, UH, HASSLE AT THIS POINT IN TIME, JUST BECAUSE, UH, IT REALLY DOES, UH, UH, WE'VE HAD THE, THE PLEASURE.

AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE OF THE STEWARDSHIP OF THE, OF THE CITY COUNCIL THAT RECENTLY WE WENT OUT FOR A VOTE FOR OUR, UH, SOLID WASTE, UH, RATES.

AND WE, UH, IT WAS, IT'S A PROTEST PROCESS, BUT WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING THE PUBLIC TO ALLOW US TO INCREASE THOSE RATES.

WE ONLY GO OUT WHEN WE HAVE TO, FOR SOLID WAYS FOR WATER RATES.

UH, IN THIS CASE, THERE MAY COME A TIME WHERE WE'D WANT TO, UH, MAKE THE PUBLIC AWARE OF THE IMBALANCE FOR NOW.

IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE POINT OUT TO THE COUNCIL.

UH, PUBLIC SAFETY IS AN AREA THAT I KNOW THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, ENJOYS THE WONDERFUL SERVICES THAT WE GET, UH, FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, BUT IT IS THE LARGEST EXPENDITURE IN THE GENERAL FUND.

AND SO WE CALL ATTENTION TO IT IN THE FACT THAT $17.2 MILLION ALL IN, UH, PROVIDES US WITH A LEVEL OF SERVICE WHERE OUR CITY IS FREQUENTLY RANKED AS ONE OF THE TOP SAFEST CITIES TO LIVE IN CALIFORNIA.

UH, IT'S ALSO, UH, BEEN, UH, A, UH, A VALUABLE, UH, INVESTMENT AS WE'VE SEEN A VARIETY OF MINOR CRIMES OCCUR IN THIS CITY.

OUR, OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT STAYS ON TOP OF IT.

UH, AND I KNOW THIS IS USUALLY A TIME WHEN WE ASK COMPARISON, UH, TALK ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD COST IF WE HAD OUR OWN, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WHILE NOT TO DISPARAGE THE CITY OF CHINO, THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS A DIFFERENT SCALE, WHICH IS, UH, THAN WHAT WE HAVE, BUT JUST FOR

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COMPARISON SAKES, UH, UH, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER LOOKED IT UP JUST A MINUTE AGO.

THEIR BUDGET FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, POLICING SERVICES IS $47 MILLION.

IS THAT WHAT W SO, UH, MORE THAN DOUBLE, UH, AND YOU GET THESE SAVINGS THROUGH THE ECONOMY OF SCALE OF WORKING WITH THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT.

UH, OUR CITY, UH, LACK OF CRIME MAKES US VERY EFFICIENT WITH, WITH OUR OPERATIONS, BUT I DO WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO, UH, OUR CHIEF, UH, UH, AND ALL OF THE TEAM MEMBERS, UH, THAT PROVIDE THIS SERVICE FOR US.

MR. CITY MANAGER, ASK A QUESTION, I'M LOOKING AT A NUMBER HERE OF 17.2 MILLION, BUT IN OUR BUDGET OR AGENDA TODAY, ITEM 15, IT STATES AT 16.3, THERE'S A DIFF DIFFERENCE AS FAR AS NUMBERS.

AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN THAT TO ME.

SO, UH, I'M GOING TO LOOK TO THE STAFF TO GIVE, I BELIEVE THE DIFFERENCE IS THE FULL COST VERSUS THE, UH, UH, THE OFFICE.

AND YOU GET 500 DEPRESSED.

WE HAVE $500,000 A YEAR.

WE RECEIVED BACK IN CREDIT FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT FOR SERVICES PROVIDED OUTSIDE OF THE CITY.

AND THEN WE DO DO BUDGET A LITTLE MORE THAN THE FULL CONTRACT TO ACCOMMODATE FOR ANY, UH, OVERTIME, UH, DIFFERENCES.

SO THANK YOU, SIR.

TAXES WHERE WE ONLY RECEIVE 4% OF THE 1% HERE.

OUR NEXT SLIDE SHOWS TOTAL REVENUE.

AND WHAT THIS, UH, SLIDE DOES FOR US IS IT SHOWS US THE FULL OPERATIONS OF, UH, THE, UH, OF THE CITY, UM, $144 MILLION, UH, IS WHAT YOUR CITY DOES.

AND IN A YEAR, UM, CHARGES FOR SERVICES, UH, GO, UH, ARE 42% OF THIS, UH, ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR SIXTY ONE $0.2 MILLION.

UH, THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE OUR, UH, WATER SALES, SEWER CHARGES.

UH, THE IUA PASS THROUGH ALL OF THE REVENUE ASSOCIATED WITH CHARGES FOR SERVICES ARE IN THAT LARGEST SLICE.

UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT PROPERTY TAXES, THE REVENUE THERE IS COMING BOTH FROM, UH, OUR ASSESSMENTS, BUT ALSO, UH, STREET SWEEPING L AND OUR CFD TAXES.

AND, UH, IN GENERAL PROPERTY TAXES ARE THE, THAT REVENUE SOURCE.

AND THEN, UH, OUR NEXT LARGEST, UH, SLICE WOULD PROBABLY BE OVERHEAD, UH, WHICH IS $14.7 MILLION OF THIS, WHICH IS, UH, THE GENERAL FUND CITYWIDE OVERHEAD, THE CHARGES WE HAVE BETWEEN OUR DEPARTMENTS, UH, IMPACT FEES AND OTHER, UH, OVERHEAD ACCOUNTS MOVING TO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL.

UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT HERE TO POINT OUT SOME OF THE AREAS WHERE WE'VE HAD SOME BIG CHANGES, UH, UH, WHILE IT'S RELATIVELY FLAT AS A PERCENTAGE $345,000, UH, IN MORE PROPERTY TAX IS ANTICIPATED, UH, FOR NEXT YEAR.

OUR SALES AND USE TAX WILL BE UP $1.7 MILLION.

UM, A LARGE, UH, PORTION OF THE INCREASES IN SALE AND USE TAX HAS TO DO WITH SOMETHING YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF, UH, CALL IT THE WAYFAIR DECISION FOR MANY YEARS.

UH, YOU WERE ABLE TO BUY SOMETHING ON EBAY OR BUY SOMETHING ONLINE FROM A VENDOR THAT DIDN'T HAVE A STOREFRONT IN, UH, UH, CALIFORNIA.

AND YOU WERE ABLE TO AVOID SALES TAXES NOW THROUGH THE WAYFAIR DECISION, UH, THAT THAT TAX IS BEING CAPTURED.

IT THEN ENTERS INTO THE COUNTY POOL, AND THEN THAT MONEY IS THEN A PORTION TO THE CITY.

AND SO IN ADDITION TO THE RECOVERY FROM, UH, COVID, IN ADDITION TO THE, UH, EXTRA ORDINARY AMOUNT OF, UH, UH, EXPENDITURES, UH, PERSONAL, UH, PURCHASES, UH, WE'RE ALSO SEEING LESS TAX FALL THROUGH THE CA UH, THROUGH THE GAPS.

AND SO, UH, IT'S, WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE $1.7 MILLION MORE.

AND THEN, UM, CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION ON THAT, UH, WITH RESPECT TO YOU SAY IT'S ALLOCATED BACK FROM THE COUNTY, IS IT ALLOCATED BASED ON THE SAME FORMULA PROPERTY, TEXAS, OR WE'RE GIVING SHORTED IN THIS AREA ALSO LIKE WE ARE IN PROPERTY? UH, NO.

IT'S NO, NO, NO.

IT'S NOT.

THE COUNTY POOL WORKS WHERE THEY LOOK AT THE PROPORTIONATE GENERATION OF SALES TAX WITHIN THE JURISDICTIONS, BOTH BY ZIP CODE COROLLA OR TAX RATE AREA CODE EITHER THOUGH.

RIGHT.

BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME, UH, DISADVANTAGE, UH, OF PROPERTY

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IT'S IT'S A DIFFERENT FORMULA.

JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT.

YEP.

NO, THANK YOU.

UH, WE ALSO, UH, TWO YEARS AGO WERE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING OUR, UH, PUBLIC TO VOTE FOR AN INCREASE TO OUR TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX.

THIS IS THE TAX THAT'S PAID BY VISITORS TO OUR CITY WHO STAY AT OUR HOTELS, AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT, UH, WE'RE PROJECTING AT $392,000 INCREASE IN T O T A.

THIS IS MY FAVORITE TAX BECAUSE IT'S NOT BORN BY OUR RESIDENTS.

IT'S BORN BY OUR VISITORS WHO BENEFIT FROM THE, UH, UH, UH, THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO BEN IS THAT INCREASE OF A DUAL THING TO THE INCREASE OF 2% ON THE TOT.

AND APPROXIMATELY WHAT, SIX MONTHS TOT ON THE OTHER, UH, HOTEL, UH, IN CON UNDER CONSTRUCTION, OR IS THAT GIVEN CONSIDERATION RIGHT NOW? ALL RIGHT.

SO IF IT GETS UP AND RUNNING HALFWAY THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR, THEN IT'LL EVEN BE BETTER.

THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER, ONE QUESTION, UM, IN THE SCAG REGENT, I SIT ON THE REGIONAL COUNCIL.

EVERYBODY'S STATING THAT THEY GOT HURT WITH TOT THAT THEY'RE NOT MAKING THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONIES THAT THEY HAVE THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, IT'S GONE DOWN WAY DOWN.

SO THIS IS GREAT.

OURS HAS ACTUALLY GONE UP.

WE W I'M GLAD YOU MADE THAT, THAT DISTINCTION W DURING COVID AT THE HEIGHT OF COVID, UH, WE REACHED OUT TO OUR HOTELS TO SEE HOW THEY WERE DOING, AND THEY DID NOT FARE AS POORLY AS A LOT OF HOTELS DID.

UM, WE'RE NOT A TOURIST BASED LOCATION.

SO A LOT OF THE, THE HOTEL ROOMS WERE STILL, UH, ESSENTIAL, I'LL CALL IT.

AND SO WE WERE HAVING THEM ASSOCIATED WITH BUSINESS.

WE'VE SEEN POST COVID THAT OUR HOTELS HAVE HAD HIGH OCCUPANCY RATES AND THE ABILITY TO CHARGE PROBABLY HIGHER THAN AVERAGE ROOM RATES.

AND THAT'S REFLECTED ALSO IN, IN THE TOT IMPROVEMENT.

SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING THE REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE OF IT, AND HERE'S OUR BOTTOM LINE TO IT AS WELL.

UM, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER ITEMS HERE WHERE YOU'D LIKE TO CALL OUT OR GET A ADDITIONAL QUESTION, I'D BE HAPPY TO, TO ADDRESS IT, I'LL KEEP GOING, UH, OTHERWISE, AND THEN WE'LL CAN ALWAYS REVISIT.

SO IF THAT'S OUR REVENUE PICTURE HERE, WE HAVE OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES.

UH, THIS IS A BREAKDOWN ACCORDING TO DEPARTMENT.

UM, WHEN YOU LOOKED, UH, GO BACK AND LOOK AT REVENUE AND YOU SEE THAT CHARGES FOR SERVICES IS 42%.

IT MAKES SENSE THAT THE SAME DEPARTMENT THAT IS, UH, INSTRUMENTAL AND, UH, UH, IMPLEMENTING THOSE PROGRAMS, WATER, AND SUCH, UH, THAT THE EXPENDITURES WOULD CORRESPOND IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

UH, IN ADDITION, UH, TO THE PUBLIC WORKS AT 47%, WHICH IS, UH, EVERYTHING FROM OUR EQUIPMENT AND MAINTENANCE COSTS, OUR FACILITIES, OUR LNL STREET, SWEEPING PROGRAMS LIKE THAT.

UM, WE ALSO HAVE IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, UH, 6% OF TOTAL EXPENDITURES AND, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, IS CALLED OUT SEPARATELY, UH, IN THIS, UH, UH, SLIDE SO THAT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE IS 18% OF, UH, UH, THE, UH, TOTAL EXPENDITURES WITH A LITTLE MORE DETAIL.

UH, IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT THE $5.6 MILLION REDUCTION YOU SEE IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE IS A FUNCTION OF THE FACT THAT THROUGH OUR RECENT, UH, CONTRACT, UH, RFP FOR SOLID WASTE SERVICES, WE NO LONGER, UM, WE NO LONGER DO THE BILLING FOR, UH, TRASH, UH, THE EXPENDITURES FOR PASSING ON THAT REVENUE WAS IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

AND SO THAT IS NOW CALLED, UH, OUT OF THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

SO THAT'S THE REDUCTION IN EXPENDITURES THERE.

UH, THE FINANCE, UH, NOTEWORTHY 12 MILLION, UH, REPRESENTS, UH, TWO LARGE, UH, PAYMENTS, WHICH OCCURRED THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR, $4 MILLION FOR THE, UH, FIRE STATION.

AND THEN, UH, $7.7 MILLION PAID OUT FOR, UH, EIF DEBT.

I KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE MAYOR, UH, FREQUENTLY, UH, ASKED THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT THROUGH OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE AND DIRECTLY, UH, IT'S BEEN, UH, A VERY BIG EFFORT FROM THE FINANCE TEAM TO BE ABLE TO RETIRE THIS EIF DEBT.

AND THAT'S REFLECTED IN THE HUGE, UH, PAYOUTS

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THEY MAY LAST YEAR.

SO CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION PERTAINING TO OUR EMPLOYEES, OUR RETIREMENT OBLIGATION IS THAT IN THIS SOMEWHERE, I MEAN, IS THIS SOMEWHERE IN THIS EQUATION MONEY'S BEEN PUT ASIDE FOR A FUTURE RETIREMENTS? UH, SO OUR RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS SHOW UP IN ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS AS A PERSONNEL COST.

AND SO IT'S REFLECTED HERE, BUT I THINK WE ALSO, UH, WHEN WE LOOK A LITTLE MORE DETAIL AT OUR, UM, RESERVES, WE ALSO HAVE PUT ASIDE MONEY, UH, FOR FUTURE OBLIGATIONS THERE, BUT THE ONGOING COSTS ARE COVERED IN THE ACTUAL EXPENDITURES.

BY MY POINT IS, IS THAT WE ARE PUTTING MONEY ASIDE.

SO THIS WAY WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE BURDENED LATER, SO PAID AS WE GO.

SO THIS IS JUST LOOKING AT THOSE SAME A $142 MILLION OF EXPENDITURES, BUT AS CATEGORIES AND THIS SORT OF, UH, DOVETAILS NICELY TO THE MAYOR'S QUESTIONS, YOU CAN SEE THAT OF OUR $142 MILLION, 19% OF IT, UH, IS, UH, THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH STAFFING.

SO SALARIES AND BENEFITS THERE, BEN, JUST A BRIEF EXPLANATION.

ALSO, WHY IS THERE $1.8 BILLION, LESS IN EXPENDITURES THAN THERE ARE IN REVENUES? SO I'M GLAD YOU BRING THAT OUT.

CAUSE USUALLY I HAVE TO HAVE TO CALL ATTENTION TO IT FOR THE OPPOSITE.

UH, AND IN TYPICAL YEARS WE HAVE SO MANY PROJECTS, UH, THAT ARE OCCURRING IN AN INDIVIDUAL YEAR THAT, UH, WE, OUR REVENUES DON'T COVER THEM.

WE HAVE SLIGHTLY THE OPPOSITE THIS YEAR IS THAT OF ALL THE REVENUE COMING IN.

WE'RE NOT ANTICIPATING TO HAVE PROJECTS OR OPERATIONS THAT WOULD COVER THE FULL EXPENDITURE THERE.

AND IT'LL BE DIFFERENT WHEN WE GET TO GENERAL FUND, BUT IN ESSENCE, WE'RE NOT SPENDING AS MUCH AS WE'RE, WE'RE BRINGING IT.

GENERALLY CIP ISSUES THAT ARE BEING PUT OFF OR WHAT'S GENERALLY THE TICKET THAT THAT'S PART OF IT.

SO, AND HERE'S TOTAL EXPENDITURE DETAIL BY CATEGORY.

AND THEN MOVING ON TO THE AREA WHERE WE TYPICALLY HAVE OUR, UH, HIGHEST, UH, UH, SCRUTINY AND EFFORTS.

THIS IS OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUE.

THESE ARE THE AREAS WHERE THE COUNCIL HAS THE MOST DISCRETION IN THE INABILITY TO, UH, CHANGE, UH, OPERATIONS.

YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT ALL OF OUR, UH, MANY OF OUR DEDICATED, UH, MEASURE DOLLARS, OUR, UH, OUR TRA OUR WATER REVENUE, ALL OF THAT IS OUT OF HERE.

NOW, IT'S JUST THE CORE $52 MILLION WORTH OF OPERATIONS.

AND 34% OF THAT IS COMING FROM PROPERTY TAXES OR $17.8 MILLION.

UM, WHEN YOU ALSO LOOK AT SALES AND USE TAX, UH, WE HAVE OUR TOP 25 AND THIS IS IN THE BUDGET.

AND IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING TO LOOK AT OUR TOP 25 SALES AND USE TAX GENERATORS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR 64%.

SO MORE THAN HALF OF THAT SALES TAX.

SO WE HAVE SOME REALLY STRONG, UH, OPERATORS IN THE CITY, UH, BUT WE ALSO HAVE, UH, QUITE A BIT OF, UH, OF OTHER SMALLER CONTRIBUTORS AS WELL, BUT TO PUT IT INTO THE TOP THREE, UH, OUR CROSSROADS SHOPPING CENTER, UH, IS, UH, LOOKING AT 25% OF THAT 60, UH, THE SHOPS GENERATES 12.1 AND THE CHINO HILLS MARKETPLACE AT SIX POINT.

SO OUR SHOPPING CENTERS DO A, A STRONG, UH, AMOUNT OF BUSINESS.

AND IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT AS, ESPECIALLY SINCE I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS TO GO BACK TO OUR DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW THE ONLINE SALES TAX FUNNELS ITS WAY INTO THE COUNTY POOL, OUR ABILITY TO GENERATE SALES TAX LOCALLY, NOT ONLY GENERATES THE WRECKED SALES TAX, IT ALSO INCREASES OUR ALLOCATION FOR, UH, OUR, UH, COUNTY POOL.

SO IT'S ALWAYS WORTHWHILE TO SHOP CHINO HILLS AND THE MORE WE CAN DO TO GET THIS SALES TAX UP, THAT THERE'S A DOUBLE BENEFIT TO IT.

THEY'RE LOOKING AT THIS, UH, GENERAL FUND REVENUE FROM A, UH, A DETAILED POINT OF VIEW, UH, $717,000 MORE IN PROPERTY TAX SALES TAX, AGAIN, $1.7 MILLION, UH, AND TOT, UH, AGAIN AT 3 92, UH, USE OF MONEY AND PROPERTY.

I THINK I'VE GOT A NOTE FOR THAT ONE.

UH, SOMETHING THAT WE ADDED TO THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR.

INTEREST INCOME IS, IS,

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SEEING NO DIRECT SERVICE.

QUICK QUESTION.

SO OTHER REVENUES WHEN THE 543% INCREASE IT, WHAT GOES INTO THAT LINE? SO OTHER REVENUES, UH, UH, THERE IS A POTENTIAL PROPERTY SALE, UH, THAT'S REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET.

THIS IS, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH THE SENIOR HOUSING PROJECT, UH, AT EUCALYPTUS.

AND AT THE TIME WE WOULD, UH, EXECUTE THAT WE, THERE WOULD BE A $600,000, UH, UH, GAIN FOR THAT RIGHT THERE.

AND THEN, UH, I GUESS, HOW DO WE ACCOUNT FOR THINGS LIKE CONGRESSWOMAN KIM'S FEDERAL EARMARK, LIKE THE REVENUE THAT WE THEORETICALLY WOULD GET FROM THAT? WHERE IS THAT PUT IN THE BUDGET? WE TYPICALLY BUDGET GRANTS ONCE THEY'RE AWARDED AND TYPICALLY STAFF WILL BRING IT FORWARD.

IF SO, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE IT AT THE TIME, THEN THEY'LL BRING IT FORWARD WITH, AS A REPORT AND A BUDGET AMENDMENT.

OKAY, PERFECT.

AND ALSO ONE, WE, WE KIND OF GLOSSED OVER IT, BUT WE TALKED ABOUT ONE CATEGORY THAT HAD THE $4 MILLION IN IT FOR THE INITIAL PAYMENT ON THE FIRE DISTRICT.

WHEN W WHAT, WHAT FISCAL YEAR DO WE ANTICIPATE THE ADDITIONAL FOUR HITTING? WILL THAT BE THAT'S AT COMPLETION? ISN'T IT AT THAT POINT? OR, UH, UM, IT SAID AWARD OF CONTRACT.

AND SO I BELIEVE IT'S IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, BUT CRYSTAL WILL LOOK I'M JUST MAKING SURE, I DON'T KNOW.

DID WE BUDGET FOR ALL ORIGINALLY, BECAUSE YOU ONLY MENTIONED THE 4 MILLION, SO I'M JUST WONDERING WHERE DOES THE OTHER, AND WHEN'S IT GONNA HIT, RIGHT? IS IT IN THE CURRENT IT'S ALREADY BEEN BUDGETED AS WHAT STAFF WAS SAYING? SO OUR COMMENT WAS ON WRITING THE ACTUAL CHECK, BUT IT'S ALREADY INCLUDED IN OUR DOLLARS FOR THE, THIS FISCAL YEAR.

SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S NOT OUT THERE THAT WE'RE NO.

GOOD.

SO, LOOKING AT OUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES BY DEPARTMENT, UH, AGAIN, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY WHILE IT'S AN INCREDIBLE VALUE, IT IS, UH, THE LARGEST, UH, UH, EXPENDITURE CATEGORY AT 29%.

UH, OUR PUBLIC ART WORKS OPERATION, UH, WHERE THE MAJORITY OF OUR STAFF ARE LOCATED IS ALSO A, A SIGNIFICANT, UH, UH, PROPORTION OF OUR EXPENDITURES.

BUT THAT'S ALSO WHERE A LOT OF OUR LARGER CONTRACTS ARE FOR, YOU KNOW, UH, MAINTENANCE ISSUES.

LOOKING AT THE DETAIL, UH, CAPITAL PROJECTS IS $7 MILLION OR GOSH, 7000% HIGHER.

THAT'S WHY WE DON'T.

UH, BUT, UH, LOOKING AT, UH, SOME OF OUR OTHER, UH, AREAS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, HAS SOME ACTIVITY AND STAFFING ASSOCIATED WITH THE, UH, INCREASE THERE.

UM, OUR CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, UH, HAS, IS WHERE WE CAPTURE OUR LEGAL EXPENSES.

AND, UH, I THINK PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS ALONE HAS DRIVEN OUR, UH, OUR BUDGETS UP, UH, QUITE A BIT.

UH, WE'LL GO INTO OUR DEPARTMENTS EVEN IN MORE DETAIL AS WE GO.

BUT IF, IF THERE AREN'T ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS LEVEL, I'LL BE HAPPY TO KEEP MOVING PROJECTS ACCOUNTED FOR, WITH THE, UH, COMMUNITY PARK.

IS THAT WHERE IT KEPT IN THE CIP CAPITAL PROJECT? AND WILL THAT BE FUNDED SOMEWHAT OUT OF OUR RESERVE? OUR CURRENT RESERVE WE'LL GET INTO THAT ROUGHLY $5 MILLION WILL BE GENERAL FUND, BUT, UH, WITH A COUPLE OTHER AREAS, BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY GO THROUGH THAT.

SO WHEN LOOKING AT OUR GENERAL FUND RESERVES, UH, IT'S GOOD TO KIND OF TOGGLE BACK AND FORTH WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A, UH, PROPOSED $59 MILLION, UH, EXPENDITURES.

UH, WE STILL HAVE $42 MILLION IN THE BANK, UH, UNRESTRICTED AT 77%, UH, OF THE TOTAL.

IF THE TIME EVER WERE SO RESTRICTED, WE COULD USE OUR, UH, OUR PENSION STABILIZATION RESERVES TO PAY THOSE ONGOING COSTS AS WELL.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

UH, BUT IT'S, IT'S ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT WE HAVE, AND THIS, I THINK SPEAKS TO, UH, MAYOR MARK HAS HIS QUESTION ABOUT PENSION.

WE HAVE 14% OR $6.1 MILLION SET ASIDE FOR, UH, PENSION OBLIGATIONS.

UH, THIS IS A VERY FLEXIBLE RESTRICTED RESERVE THOUGH, BECAUSE AS WE POINTED OUT, OUR, UH, ONGOING PENSION COSTS ARE TYPICALLY CAPTURED IN OUR PERSONNEL COSTS.

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SO IT'S, IT'S KIND OF A DOUBLE, UH, UH, SAFETY NET FOR THAT.

WE ALSO HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS, A LITTLE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS SET ASIDE FOR OUR GENERAL LIABILITY INSURANCE PROGRAM.

UH, WE PARTICIPATE IN A POOL.

OUR COSTS ANNUALLY ARE DRIVEN PRIMARILY BY THE POOLS, UH, RISK EXPOSURE OVER THE YEAR, BUT ALSO OUR INDIVIDUAL, UH, CLAIMS. UH, AND IT'S JUST, YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHAT BIG THING MAY MOVE THE NEEDLE, BUT WE'VE GOT A MILLION BUCKS SET ASIDE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO CUSHION THAT IF WE EVER, UH, NEEDED, UH, TO, UH, MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS.

SO WE'RE VERY, VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE, UH, THE STEWARDSHIP THAT'S OCCURRED OVER THE YEARS, NOT JUST THE SEAT SEATED COUNSEL, WHENEVER WE HAVE WINDFALLS, WE, UH, ADJUST EXPENDITURES ACCORDINGLY AND PUT THE REST IN THE BANK, LOOKING AT THE DETAIL HERE.

UH, YOU CAN SEE, UH, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT OPERATIONAL, UH, USES OR THE BALANCES I SHOULD SAY FOR THE GENERAL FUND RESERVES ALSO, UH, CALLED FUND BALANCE.

BUT THEN WE HAVE OUR UNRESTRICTED, UH, CATEGORY.

UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S A DECREASE OF 7.1 MILLION.

THAT'S THE CAPITAL PROGRAM THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN MORE DETAIL.

GOT A QUESTION ON THAT.

UM, I LOOKED AT THE AGENDA, I GUESS WE'RE PAYING OFF, UH, BONDS.

I THOUGHT INITIALLY WE WERE REFINANCING IT.

IS THAT COMING OUT OF THE UNRESTRICTED FUNDS? NO, THAT'S COMING FROM THE WATER FUND.

THEY WERE WATER BONDS.

WELL, WE AREN'T, WHAT IS THAT? 6.6 0.1 OR TWO? YEAH.

WE WANT IT TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE BIG MOVING PIECES FOR OUR DEPARTMENTS.

AND THEN LATER WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET INTO WHATEVER LEVEL OF DETAIL FOR EACH DEPARTMENT, BUT I THINK IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT, UH, OF THE, UH, $210,000, UH, PROPOSED INCREASE FOR THE CITY CLERK'S BUDGET, $75,000, IS THAT FOR US TO, UM, PROGRAM OUT ADDITIONAL, UH, CITY ATTORNEY, UH, COSTS.

AND THAT IS, IT SHOULD INCLUDE, UH, BOTH THE REGULAR ATTORNEY BILL WE GET FROM HENSLEY, UH, AND ASSOCIATES, BUT ALSO, UH, ANY SPECIAL, UH, LEGAL, UH, EXPENSES THAT MAY POP UP.

UH, AND THEN, UH, THERE'S, UH, $121,000, UH, DUE TO ELECTION EXPENSES, UH, IT'S EXPENSIVE TO HOST AN ELECTION THEN, IS IT APPROPRIATE TO MENTION THAT OUT OF THE CLERK'S OFFICE EXPENSE? THERE'S, I'M ASSUMING THAT THERE'S A LOT OF STAFF TIME THAT IS SPENT ON PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS, IS THAT COME OUT OF THIS AND DO WE HAVE A WILD ESTIMATE AS TO WHAT THAT COST IS EACH YEAR WHEN CITIZENS DECIDE THAT THEY WANT TO REQUEST PUBLIC RECORDS? I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE, BECAUSE WE, WE HAVE DEFINITELY QUANTIFIED THE NUMBER OF, UH, REQUESTS AND THE TIME THAT IT TAKES, UH, WE HAVE A STAFFING LEVEL.

I THINK WHERE THE BIGGEST IMPACT IN, IN DOLLARS IS IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS CAUSE YOU'LL SEE THEM DIRECTLY HAVE TO REVIEW THE, UH, THE PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS.

AND SO THERE, THEN YOU'LL SEE, UH, HOW MUCH THEY'VE CHARGED FOR THOSE SERVICES.

OTHERWISE, THE IMPACT REALLY IS FOR ALL THE PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS, THAT'S TIME THE CLERK'S OFFICE, ISN'T DOING OTHER BUSINESS, UH, THROUGHOUT, BUT THEN, SO THEN THERE'S ACTUALLY ANOTHER PORTION OF THE COST THAT'S COMING OUT OF THE CITY MANAGERS, A BUDGET AS WELL FOR THE LEGAL FEES.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IN THE CITY? CLERK'S OFFICE, A BUDGET IN THERE.

LIKED, UH, MAYOR MARQUEZ WAS SAYING, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT YOU GUYS PUT FORTH ON AN INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT BASIS BECAUSE WITHOUT YOUR COOPERATION, YOU'RE STILL PROVIDING EXCELLENT SERVICE TO OUR RESIDENTS, AND YET YOU'RE DOING IT ECONOMICALLY.

YEAH, I THINK, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW, CAUSE WE GET THOSE REQUESTS AND PEOPLE THINK IT DOESN'T COST THIS TIME OR, OR, YOU KNOW, STAFF TIME OR DOLLAR AMOUNTS.

AND, UH, THIS LAST YEAR WITH A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE GOTTEN AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF THOSE REQUESTS.

AND NOT ONLY ARE THEY IRRITATING BECAUSE IT TAKES SO MUCH TIME TO DIG THAT STUFF OUT, BUT IT'S, EVERYBODY'S RIGHT TO DO IT, BUT, UH, THERE'S A COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT AND IT DOES IMPACT WHAT WE APPROVE IN THE WAY OF A BUDGET.

SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO DO THAT.

ALSO.

I WANT TO MENTION RIGHT NOW, TOO, THAT ESPECIALLY FOR THE, THE, THE, UH, UM, AUDIENCE WE EACH SPENT OVER AN HOUR WITH BEN ON THIS BUDGET GOING IN LINE BY LINE AND GETTING AN EXPLANATION ON THIS.

SO IF YOU DON'T HEAR A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON IT, IT'S BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY FLUSHED A LOT OF THOSE OUT.

SO BELIEVE ME, WE REALLY

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SO WE APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I'M SURE EVERYONE FEELS THE SAME WAY, BUT YEAH, I MENTIONED THE BAND EARLIER THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY QUESTIONS ARE GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE.

THIS IS SO CLEAN.

IT'S SO TIGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL BRING THEM UP JUST TO LOOK LIKE WE'RE ENGAGED MAYBE, BUT, WELL, IT'S VERY CLEAN AND IT'S NICE TO HAVE A BUDGET WITH, YOU KNOW, EXTRA MONEY IN RESERVES AS WELL.

I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE POOR CITIES THAT ARE WHERE THIS TYPE OF A, MEETING'S GOING TO BE A BLOOD BATH IN TERMS OF STAFFING LEVELS AND WHATNOT.

SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, GOOD JOB FOR EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM FOR KEEPING US ON THE UP AND UP.

A 63% RESERVE IS ONE THING, UH, THE UNRESERVED PORTION OF IT, RIGHT.

BUT THE FACT THAT YOU, YOU, WE IT'S LOUD AND CLEAR THAT WE HA WE DO NOT HAVE AN UNFUNDED LIABILITY WHEN IT COMES TO RETIREMENT COSTS.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF MANY ENTITIES ACROSS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT, UH, CAN SAY THAT IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYBODY IS, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN PEOPLE FINALLY RETIRE AND THEY HAVE TO PAY IT OUT, IT'S COMING FROM SOMEWHERE.

WELL, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.

CAUSE I THINK EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS MADE THE COMMENT OF HOW FORTUNATE WE ARE TO BE IN THE SB, SARAH, UH, A PENSION PLAN, BECAUSE THEY'RE MUCH BETTER FUNDED, MUCH BETTER MANAGE THAN THE PERS SYSTEM.

AND SO THAT'S A VERY VALUABLE, GO AHEAD.

I DIDN'T SAY ANY NEGATIVE THINGS ABOUT PURGE, JUST SO YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO, FOR THE RECORD, SO RAY WILL STILL CLEAR YOUR CHECK IS STILL CLEARING ON THAT.

AND JUST TO NOTE THE PARS, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU SEE IN THE RESERVES IS ONLY ABOUT 6 MILLION, BUT THE FAIR MARKET VALUE IS AT ABOUT 8.7 IN MARCH.

SO EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE TO CARRY A COST VALUE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE FAIR MARKET VALUE IS HIGHER AND IT KEEPS GROWING.

SO YEAH, SO WE HAVE MORE MONEY THAN WE PUT ON THE PAPER.

SO MR. CITY MANAGER, JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

I KNOW CAL CITIES ON ONE OF THEIR FOUR GOALS IS ON THE SURPLUS MONIES AND IN SACRAMENTO, PRETTY CLOSE TO A HUNDRED BILLION, BILLION DOLLARS.

THEY'RE TRYING TO GET, UH, UNFUNDED LIABILITIES FOR THE CITY THAT WERE PUT ON US THE LAST 10 YEARS.

AND DO WE HAVE A RUNNING TOTAL THAT IN CASE THAT MONEY WAS TO COME TO THE CITIES, WE WOULD KNOW WHAT THAT COST WOULD BE.

WE DO TRACK OUR OPEB OBLIGATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO YEAH, IF WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, WE COULD, YES.

SO THIS THREE, THREE, WHEN RAINA WE'RE MEETING UP IN SACRAMENTO THAT, UM, WHO WAS WITH US, UM, THE STAFFER, THEY WERE SAYING THAT THEY THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE $3 MILLION, THE STATE HOSES, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THAT HIGH.

DOES THAT SEEM, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT UNFUNDED MANDATE? IT'S THAT FUNNY? MANDY, THEY'RE LOOKING AT A BILLION DOLLARS TO COME BACK TO CITIES WITH, WITH THE SURPLUS THIS YEAR IN THE BUDGET.

UM, JUST, JUST TO PUT IT INTO CONTEXT, BECAUSE I WAS THINKING IN DIFFERENT WAY, UNFUNDED MANDATES ARE ALL THE TIMES THAT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TELL US TO DO SOMETHING THAT THEY DON'T PAY US FOR IT.

AND I'M GLAD AS YOU'RE POINTING OUT, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE ACTUALLY THINKING OF MAKING US WHOLE FOR ALL OF THAT, CALIFORNIA CITIES IS HEAVILY LOBBYING WAS HEAVY LOBBYING.

EVERYONE DID WEAR THAT.

SO LAURA MORALES WOULD HAVE THAT TOTAL CAUSE IT WAS HER STAFFER THAT WAS GIVEN THAT REPORT TO THEM.

AND WE WERE SITTING IN BACK.

SO WE'LL HAVE TO KEEP TRACK OF THAT STUFF.

YOU'LL PASS THE CHECK, RIGHT WHERE WE GET IT.

UNFUNDED MANDATES ARE KIND OF TRICKY HOW THEY DO IT.

THEY'LL A LOT OF TIMES PUT OUT SOME SEED MONEY FOR A NEW PROGRAM.

AND THEN SOON AS IT'S ESTABLISHED, THEN THEY PULL THE MONEY OUT FROM UNDERNEATH IT.

AND NOW IT'S A UNFUNDED MANDATE.

SO YEAH, BEFORE I CLOSE OUT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, I DID HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK IN A, IN THE BUDGET DOCUMENTS TO YOUR QUESTION.

UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT, UH, PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAVE GONE FROM 250, UH, TWO YEARS AGO TO 3 0 5 A YEAR AGO, UH, TO 4 74 WITH A PROJECTED FIVE 12 FOR THIS YEAR.

UH, AND THOSE ARE NOT SIMPLE REQUEST OF, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU GIVE ME THIS STAFF REPORT? UH IT'S, IT'S AMAZING HOW MANY OF THOSE COME THROUGH THAT WAS THE THINGS THAT THE STATE IS TRYING TO MAYBE HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE WE'LL REIMBURSE US FOR, BECAUSE WE CAN'T DENY ANYONE.

WE CAN'T PICK AND CHOOSE NO MATTER HOW LUDICROUS THE REQUEST IS, WE HAVE TO HONOR IT.

AND IF THE PUBLIC DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETIMES.

AND YOU HAVE FOR-PROFIT BUSINESSES THAT WILL PUT IN A REQUEST FOR THINGS LIKE VEHICLE MAINTENANCE RECORDS AND TO TRY TO SELL YOU ON OIL CHANGES AND WHATNOT, IT'S AMAZING.

AND YOU HAVE TO COMPLY AND IN A TIMELY MANNER.

AND SO IT'S JUST, IT'S RIDICULOUS.

I THINK IT'S SIMPLE.

THE SOLUTION HAS CHARGED THEM 10 OR 25 CENTS PER COPY

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PER PAGE COPY.

AND YOU CAN'T DO THAT IF THERE'S SOMETHING YEAH.

THAT'S NOT THE BARRIER USED TO BE.

SPECIFICALLY THE, THE SADDLE REPLACEMENT.

UH, OKAY.

MOVING ON TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, UH, BIG MOVES HERE, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED A LITTLE BIT, THERE'S BEEN A DECREASE OF $6.3 MILLION, UH, REFLECTING, UH, THE SOLID WASTE EXPENDITURES THAT USED TO OCCUR IN THIS, UH, ACCOUNT.

UH, THE SHERIFF'S CONTRACT IS UP, UH, ROUGHLY $600,000.

THERE WAS A TIME A FEW YEARS AGO WHERE, UH, THE CONTRACT SEEMED TO GO UP A MILLION DOLLARS EVERY YEAR.

UM, WE'VE KEPT A SOLID, UH, SERVICE LEVEL, A SOLID NUMBER OF, UH, DEPUTIES.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT I DISCUSS, UH, ON AN ONGOING BASIS WITH OUR CHIEF.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED WITH PRIOR CHIEFS.

UH, WE WERE ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT LEVEL OF STAFFING, UH, FOR OUR POLICE CONTRACT, BUT IT IS QUITE A BARGAIN COMPARED TO, UH, UH, WHAT WE WOULD COST TO RUN OUR OWN SHOP.

WELL, I THINK SHERIFF DICUS AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DO A GOOD JOB, KEEPING THOSE COSTS DOWN ON ALL OF US OR FOR ALL OF US.

SO PLEASE SEND OUR THANKS.

AND I'M GLAD YOU CALL THAT OUT BECAUSE WE ALSO MEET WITH THE SHERIFF ANNUALLY TO GO OVER, UH, THESE COSTS.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, UH, SHERIFF DICUS IS DOING IS TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IT'S PROPORTIONATELY DISTRIBUTED, THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A MINDSET THAT CONTRACT CITIES LIKE CHINO HILLS, RANCHO CUCAMONGA, AND OTHERS ARE GOING TO SUBSIDIZE THE COUNTY OPERATION.

IT'S KIND OF A PARTNERSHIP AND A SHARING OF COSTS.

AND SO, UH, IT REALLY DOES WORK OUT TO EVERYONE'S BENEFIT.

UH, THE BIG MOVES ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, UH, ARE PRIMARILY DUE TO SOME, UH, PERSONNEL INCREASES THAT I'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL AND THEN JUST, UH, EXPENDITURES ASSOCIATED WITH NORMAL OPERATIONS.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, UH, THIS IS ROUGHLY A MILLION DOLLARS, UH, MORE THAN LAST YEAR, BUT LAST YEAR WAS A FULLY PROGRAMMED COVID BUDGET WHERE WE HAD SHRUNK OPERATIONS, UH, QUITE A BIT.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IS REALLY A BUDGET THAT'S REFLECTIVE OF NORMAL OPERATIONS FOR THE FULL FISCAL YEAR.

I SHOULD GO BACK AND POINT OUT THAT COMMUNITY SERVICES STAFF, UH, CONTINUES TO LOOK AT, UH, WHAT PROGRAMS SHOULD OCCUR, WHAT THE COST SHOULD BE, WHAT OUR, UH, SHARE OF THE CONTRACT CLASSES SHOULD BE.

THESE ARE ALL AREAS THAT THEY'RE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO TWEAK AND ENHANCE, UH, TO THE BENEFIT OF THE FUND.

UH, THE BIG MOVING POINTS IN, UH, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT ARE THOSE, UH, ALLOCATED COSTS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, UH, CAPTURE IN THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR BEING THE $4 MILLION PAYMENT FOR THE, UH, FIRE STATION AND THE 7.7 MILLION FOR EIF.

SO THAT'S THE 12 ISH MILLION MOVE.

UH, I SHOULD POINT OUT BEFORE I MOVE ON THAT, UH, WHILE A LARGE EIF, UH, UH, PAYOUT WAS MADE THIS FISCAL YEAR, THE TEAM IS CONTINUING TO WHITTLE AWAY AT THAT EXISTING DEBT.

UH, JUST THE BIG, BIG TICKET ITEMS HAVE, UH, THE LOW-HANGING FRUIT LET'S CALL, IT HAS BEEN DONE, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO CHIP AWAY AT THAT, AT THAT DEBT AS, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UH, PUBLIC WORKS EXPENDITURES, UH, SIGNIFICANT CHANGES HERE ARE, UH, IN OUR FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE COSTS WHILE THIS FEELS LIKE A BRAND NEW BUILDING.

UH, WHERE'S JARED OUT IN THE AUDIENCE.

HE, THERE IS IN THE BACK.

UH, I, I FREQUENTLY GET UPDATES ON THE AGING OF THIS FACILITY, UH, THE YARD, UH, AS WELL, UH, EVEN OUR BABY NEW, UH, COMMUNITY CENTER IS WHAT, SIX YEARS OLD NOW I HAVE IT, RIGHT? SO, UH, THE THINGS JUST GET TO NEED A LITTLE MORE TLC AS WE GO.

UH, JARED AND TEAM DOES EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO KEEP THOSE COSTS, UH, MAINTAINED, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SOME INVESTMENTS HERE.

UH, SEWER TREATMENT SERVICES ARE $400,000 IN THIS BUDGET.

UH, AND THEN, UM, THERE ARE A VARIETY OF CAPITAL OUTLAYS THAT WILL OCCUR OVER THE YEAR.

JUST A LOT OF GREAT WORK BOOTS ON THE GROUND TYPE OF ACTIVITY GOING ON.

AND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, UM, PUBLIC WORKS, PARKING LOT RENOVATION, NO, WE WILL IN THE CIP, IT'S CALLED OUT THERE AS WELL.

IS THAT COMPLETED NOW, OR IS THAT STILL PART OF A CIP BUDGET? I'LL DEFER TO DANIEL ON THAT? I THINK WE'RE ALWAYS DOING SADDLE REPLACEMENT.

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WE HAVE A PHASE THREE THAT WE AWARDED A FEW MONTHS AGO.

UM, YEAH, THE, THE CONTRACTORS HAVING ISSUES, UH, GETTING THE MATERIALS FOR THAT PROJECT.

SO WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE THEM START SOMETIME THIS SUMMER, SO THAT WILL BE REFLECTED IN THE CIP AS AN ONGOING PROJECT.

THANK YOU, DANIEL.

LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE GENERAL FUND SUBSIDY.

SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS A, UM, LNL INCREASE OF $1.7 MILLION TO GET TO, UH, OUR INCREASE HERE.

UH, AS I POINTED OUT EARLIER, A LOT OF THIS HAS TO DO WITH, UH, I GUESS I SHOULD TAKE A STEP BACK AND TALK ABOUT WHAT, WHAT THE PUBLIC WORKS AND OTHER TEAMS HAVE DONE TO MAINTAIN OUR LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPE DISTRICT, UH, UH, COSTS.

UH, THERE'S BEEN A VARIETY OF, UH, DROUGHT TOLERANT ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE OCCURRED OUT IN THE FIELD, UH, AREAS WHERE, UH, THAT EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A $3.5 MILLION SUBSIDY, UH, IF I WERE TO, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, WHEN WE LOOK BACK FIVE YEARS AGO AT WHAT 2223 WOULD LOOK LIKE, IT WAS ALMOST TWICE THAT OVER THE YEARS, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS FOUND WAYS TO CUT COSTS, TO, UH, STRETCH A BUDGET.

UH, LUTHER HAS WORKED MAGIC OUT THERE IN THE FIELD TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT GOT A LITTLE BIT EXTRA LIFE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PLANTS WERE DROUGHT TOLERANT.

WHAT WE'RE SEEING THIS YEAR IN THE $1.7 MILLION INCREASE IS US BASICALLY SAYING, LET'S DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN TIGHTENING THE BELT IN ORDER TO, TO, TO KEEP THE COSTS.

UM, I KNOW THAT I MET WITH ALL OF THE COUNCIL.

UH, THEY DOVE PRETTY DEEP INTO WHAT OPTIONS WOULD EXIST IN THE FUTURE FOR, UH, IMPROVING, UH, THE IMBALANCE IN L AND ELLS.

AND THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BRING TO THE PUBLIC, JUST TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF, UH, HOW WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SOLVE THIS.

THERE'S NO SCENARIO WHERE WE INCREASE REVENUE WITHOUT GOING TO THE VOTERS.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE SOME TIME THOUGH, TO INFORM THE PUBLIC ON WHAT THE QUALITY OF LIFE THEY'VE COME TO ENJOY COSTS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH OUR STEWARDSHIP AND WHY WE NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

IN THIS CASE, WE'RE TAPPING THE GENERAL FUND IN ORDER TO PULL THAT OFF, UH, THE CONVERSATION WILL BE, SHOULD WE IN, UH, ENHANCE REVENUE AND OTHER AREAS IN ORDER TO D TO DEFER THE CARRY THAT'S OCCURRING IN THE GENERAL FUND? CAUSE THAT $1.7 MILLION MORE COULD HAVE BEEN SOME OTHER PROGRAM OR COULD HAVE BEEN SOME OTHER INVESTMENTS.

SO WE FEEL, AND I KNOW THROUGH MY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNCIL, UH, SPECIFICALLY TO L AND L'S, UH, THE INVESTMENT IS WORTH IT FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE IS JUST NOT SUSTAINABLE FOR A LONG TIME.

SO WE WERE IN A BUDGET WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO THIS TIME, BUT WE MAY HAVE TO, UH, HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS ALONG THE WAY, UH, COMMUNITY.

I ASK A QUESTION PERTAINING TO WATER WITH OUR WELLS, HOPEFULLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE, THERE'LL BE OPERATIONAL AS FAR AS THE COST OF WATER FOR L AND ELLS.

UM, ONCE WE START USING OUR OWN WATER, WILL THAT GO DOWN? AS FAR AS WATER COST, IT'LL GO DOWN A SMALL AMOUNT, BUT REALLY WON'T HAVE MUCH OF AN IMPACT.

THE FACT IS I WAS JUST LIKE ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS OVERALL, OVERALL.

AND THAT'S JUST HOW MUCH MORE WE'RE PAYING FOR IMPORTED WATER.

BUT THE FACT IS THAT WE STILL GOTTA PAY OURSELVES FOR THE WATER USED, UH, IN THE LNS.

SO A LITTLE BIT OF A SAVINGS.

BEN W THE ITEM ON STREET SWEEPING.

AND I THINK DANIEL HIT ON A POINT I ALSO WANTED TO MAKE IS, AND I THINK IT'S THE CORE OF WHAT THE MAYOR WAS ASKING IS WE HAVE TO PAY FOR WATER AS WELL.

WE DON'T GET IT FOR FREE.

AND SO WHEN WE GET A LOWER COST OF WATER FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS, THE CITY WILL BENEFIT THERE AS WELL.

AND I THINK WITH THE, THE DRAMATIC INCREASE IN WATER, UH, WHILE YOU MAY NOT SEE A DRAMATIC DECREASE, YOU WILL NOT SEE THE INCREASE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN COMING IF WE HAD TO KEEP IMPORTING WATER.

SO IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY WORTH NOTING.

THANK YOU, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICES.

WE TOUCHED ON ALREADY, THE 6.2 MILLION, UH, PROPOSED FOR THIS YEAR'S SUBSIDY REALLY IS THE REFLECTION OF THE INVESTMENT WE MAKE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR THE, UH, THE TOTAL PROGRAM, UH, EVEN AT A $500,000 INCREASE, UH, THIS YEAR, IT REALLY IS REFLECTING JUST US GOING BACK TO NORMAL OPERATIONS.

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WHEN IS OUR, WHEN ARE WE GOING OUT TO BID ON THE, UH, STREET SWEEPING? UH, THE BID IS OUTRIGHT NOW.

I DON'T KNOW IF DANIEL WANT TO COMMENT ON WHEN IT SHOULD BE COMING BACK TO THE COUNCIL.

WELL, WE'RE COMING TO COUNCIL JUNE 14TH TO AWARD A NEW CONTRACT.

SO WE HAVE A DOLLAR AMOUNT.

IS THAT, IS THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT REFLECTED AND COVERED IN THIS BUDGET? YEAH, IT'S PR IT'S PROJECTED IN THIS BUDGET.

WE WILL, IF NECESSARY, MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON THE ACTUAL CONTRACT.

I'M ASKING THAT BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT A $60,000 SUBSIDY THIS YEAR, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BUDGET, ANTICIPATES A CONTRACT THAT WILL BE EVEN AS IT OR FLUSH OR NO, I'M SURE THERE WAS A ESCALATION, BUT RIGHT.

WE FACTORED IN AN ESCALATION.

UM, BUT WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION.

UM, AND THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE COMING TO COUNCIL ON JUNE 14TH AND WE'LL MAKE THE RIGHT ADJUSTMENT.

AND I THINK TO YOUR POINT AS WELL, THAT ITEM WOULD THEN INCLUDE IN THE FISCAL IMPACT A, UH, ANALYSIS OF WHAT OUR PROJECTED BUDGET WOULD BE VERSUS WHAT THE ACTUAL IS UNDER THE TERMS OF THE NEW AGREEMENT.

PERSONNEL CHANGES, UH, CHINO HILLS RUNS, LEAN AND MEAN, I SAY THIS EVERY YEAR, BUT I KNOW THE COUNCIL IS AWARE OF ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT'S DONE.

ALL THE MULTIPLE HATS THAT'S BEING WORN.

ALL OF THE PITCHING IN THAT OCCURS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

THAT BEING SAID, UH, IN WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEADS, THEY'VE ALL MADE, UH, ME AWARE OF WHERE THEIR NEEDS ARE.

AND WE'RE ABLE TO IN THIS BUDGET MAKE INCREMENTAL ADVANCES TOWARD WHAT WE THINK IS THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF STAFFING.

UM, IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT VIDEO PRODUCTION PRODUCTION TECHNICIAN THAT WORKS PART TIME, AND WE'VE GOT ENOUGH WORK FOR THAT PERSON TO BE FULL-TIME.

AND ESSENTIALLY THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.

UH, THE TWO NEW POSITIONS FOR MANAGEMENT ANALYSTS AND CODE ENFORCEMENT.

IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT AS A CONDITION OF OUR NEW SOLID WASTE AGREEMENT.

UH, WE HAD THE FORESIGHT TO PUT IN STAFFING THAT ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY WE'LL BE WORKING ON THE COMPLIANCE THAT'S REQUIRED IN.

THIS GOES WELL TO WHAT, UH, MAYOR MARQUEZ AND COUNCIL AND MORAN WERE TALKING ABOUT UNFUNDED MANDATES.

THERE ARE SO MANY OBLIGATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH SOLID WASTE FOR COMPLIANCE AND TRACKING THAT IT'S BUILT INTO OUR SOLID WASTE AGREEMENT, THE COST FOR STAFF DEDICATED TO THAT SOLELY.

SO A MANAGEMENT ANALYST AND A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WILL BE WORKING ON OUR, UH, COMPLIANCE WITH, UH, SOLID WASTE, UH, REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS, UH, ORGANICS, UH, PRIMARILY, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

UH, WE HAVE A BUILDING TEAM THAT, UH, ESSENTIALLY HAS ONE BUILDING INSPECTOR, UH, AND, UH, WHILE HE DOES A FANTASTIC JOB, WE'VE BEEN USING CONTRACT SERVICES TO SUPPORT, UH, THAT OPERATION AND THE TEAM FELT, UH, NOW WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO ADD, UH, ANOTHER BODY, UH, TO HELP WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT INSPECTIONS THAT ARE GOING ON.

UH, AND THEN IN THE PLANNING ARENA, WE HAVE A PROPOSED ADDITIONAL ASSISTANT ASSOCIATE PLANNER.

UH, I ALWAYS STRUGGLE WITH THE HIERARCHY OF PLANNERS, BUT THIS IS THE, UH, LOWER, UH, POSITION ON THE LADDER.

AND WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING IS THIS WILL FREE UP SOME TIME THAT OUR SENIOR PLANNERS ARE USING, UH, TO DO A LESS SOPHISTICATED REVIEW.

AND THIS WOULD THEN GIVE US MORE BANDWIDTH FOR, FOR THOSE MORE COMPLEX, UH, UH, PROGRAMS AND, UH, PROJECTS, UH, IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

WE'RE JUST ALWAYS TRYING TO RIGHT SIZE THINGS.

WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, ELIMINATING A PART-TIME POSITION THAT WE NO LONGER NEED.

AND THEN ALSO RECLASSING, UH, AN ACCOUNTANT TO A MANAGEMENT ANALYST THAT WOULD GIVE US MORE GENERAL SUPPORT IN THE TEAM THAN WHAT WE THOUGHT WE NEEDED ORIGINALLY WITH AN, UH, A MORE DEDICATED ACCOUNTANT, UH, IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE, UH, PROPOSING A NEW MANAGEMENT ANALYST, UH, TO WORK IN THE WATER FUNCTION.

UH, WE HAVE A, UH, STAFF PERSON WHO'S DOING BOTH SUPERVISION AND, UH, WATER WORK.

AND WE THINK THAT THIS WILL BE A WAY TO, AGAIN, GIVE SOMEONE MORE, UH, BANDWIDTH IN ORDER TO DO THE HIGHER LEVEL, UH, FUNCTIONS VERSUS A NEW PERSON TO COME ON AND, UH, LEARN THE OPERATION AND BE ABLE TO, UH, WORK IN THAT DIVISION.

BEN WERE ANY OF THESE POSITION CHANGES IN THAT? UH, WILL THEY ELIMINATE SOME OF THE CONTRACT WORK THAT WE HAD TO HAVE? CAUSE WE HAD SOME CONTRACT EMPLOYEES DOING SOME OF THESE PERMIT INSPECTION FUNCTIONS, CORRECT?

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YEAH, IT IS SPECIFICALLY IN THE BUILDING INSPECTOR ROLE.

WE WOULD THEN USE THE MONEY THAT WAS ORIGINALLY SET UP FOR CONTRACT TO HELP PAY FOR THE, UH, OFFSET, THE COST OF HIRING OUR OWN STAFF AND SAFE TO SAY THAT GENERALLY SPEAKING CONTRACTORS END UP COSTING US ON THE SURFACE MORE MONEY THAN EMPLOYEES, EXCEPT FOR THE BENEFITS.

THERE'S USUALLY A TIPPING POINT WHERE, UH, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO BENEFIT THROUGH EXPERTISE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THROUGH A CONTRACTOR, BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

THERE COMES A POINT WHERE HIRING MORE CONTRACT HOURS, IT WOULD BE BETTER TO, UH, HIRE A STAFF PERSON, BUT INITIALLY, UH, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT DEALING ARE PAYING FOR A PENSION AND BENEFIT COSTS, THERE'S, THERE'S USUALLY, THERE'S A SWEET SPOT WHERE HIRING A CONTRACTOR IS BETTER THAN HIRING STAFF.

WE JUST GOT TO THE POINT WHERE IT WAS MUCH BETTER FOR US TO, TO HIRE A STAFF PERSON IN THIS CASE.

SO TOTAL HEAD COUNT IS GOING TO GO FROM BASICALLY 153 LAST YEAR TO 157 THIS YEAR.

IS THAT CORRECT? PART-TIME YEAH, FOR FULL-TIME POSITIONS, WE'RE LOOKING AT 1 44 TO ONE 50, UH, BUT WE'RE, UH, REDUCING OUR BENEFITED PART-TIME POSITIONS, UH, BY TWO.

SO THE, THE NET INCREASE IS AS YOU DESCRIBED.

UH, BUT WE'RE OF OFFSETTING AGAIN, TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT MIX OF STAFF, UH, WITHOUT, UH, WITHOUT GOING OVERBOARD.

AND PETER, I THINK, AS I RECALL, WE HAD ABOUT 156 WHEN WE FIRST CAME ON ON COUNCIL.

DOES THAT MEAN IT REALLY NEGATIVE LEGIBLE? WE LOST 13 POSITIONS, UH, IN 2008, I BELIEVE IT WAS WITH THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN AND WE HAVE ONLY INCREMENTALLY AND, AND, AND BY LOSS POSITIONS, WE DID THAT THROUGH ATTRITION.

EXACTLY.

SO I'M GOING TO CORRECT YOU ON THAT.

UH, WHAT THIS CITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY STRONG AND VERY SUPPORTIVE.

ARE YOU GUYS KEEPING TABS? I THINK I JUST SAW A LOW FIVE OVER THERE BETWEEN THE MAYOR AND THE VICE MAYOR.

SO, UH, BUT, BUT I, I THINK PETER'S LEAN IN WAS, UH, IN REFLECTION OF HOW STRONGLY THIS COUNCIL HAS, UH, SUPPORTED STAFF AT OUR WORST OF TIMES WHEN OUR BUDGET WAS UPSIDE DOWN BY $8 MILLION, WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, BRIDGE THAT GAP BY NOT FILLING POSITIONS.

WE DIDN'T LAY PEOPLE OFF.

WE DIDN'T FIRE PEOPLE, UH, AND WE SHRANK BY 13 POSITIONS, BUT IT WAS, UH, THROUGH ATTRITION.

AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE DILIGENTLY DONE THE BEST WE CAN WITH THAT LEVEL OF SERVICE.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, OUR CITY HAS GROWN, THE OBLIGATIONS HAVE GROWN.

AND SO I THINK THIS, UH, PERSONNEL, UH, INCREASE IS WARRANTED.

SEE PEOPLE IT'S LIKE THE LAST TWO YEARS, OUR CHRISTMAS PARTY HAS BEEN CANCELED.

THE POINT IN BRINGING IT UP IS I THINK THE CITY HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB WHEN IT COMES TO KEEPING THE PROPER SERVICE LEVELS TO PROVIDE THE PROPER SERVICE TO OUR RESIDENTS WITHOUT GOING OVERBOARD ON IT.

SO KUDOS TO EVERYBODY'S EFFORTS ON THAT.

AND WE LIKE TO BRAG ABOUT THE FACT THAT IN 2008, NINE AND 10, NO ONE WAS LAID OFF AND YET ALL THE SURROUNDING CITIES WERE LAYING PEOPLE OFF.

AND TO SOME DEGREE DURING THE COVID ERA RECENTLY THAT THAT NO LAUGHS TOOK PLACE THAT I RECALL.

AND, AND YET OTHER CITIES WERE FURLOUGHING OR, OR JUST, JUST CUTTING MAYBE WITH THE HOPES OF BRINGING THEM BACK SOMEDAY.

BUT, UH, I THINK THAT'S, WHAT'S ADDS TO THE STABILITY OF OUR WORKFORCE HERE IN WHY PEOPLE STAY AROUND SO LONG.

IT'S JUST KNOWING THAT THEY, THAT THEIR BACKS ARE COVERED AND THEY ACCEPTED NO RAISE DURING THAT PERIOD FOR ABOUT THREE OR FOUR YEARS IN THERE, AS I RECALL.

SO ANOTHER DON'T BRING THAT UP ART THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AN INSURRECTION IF YOU, IT MIGHT BE IN THE, THE BUDGET BURIED SOMEWHERE, BUT I KNOW THAT OTHER THAN, UM, MONEY THAT'S BUDGETED FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, DO WE BUDGET ANY MONEY FOR THE EMPLOYEES AS A WHOLE, UM, FOR ENRICHMENT AND T-MOBILE AND WE DO, WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE ONE OF THESE STRONGEST TUITION REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAMS COMPARED TO MANY CITIES.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE A STRONG TRAINING PROGRAM AND THEN WE DO ADDITIONAL HOLISTIC OPPORTUNITIES USUALLY THROUGH THE HR DEPARTMENT FOR, UH, ENRICHMENT AND ENHANCEMENT AS WELL.

SO, UM, MAYBE IF WE CAN GET, UM, AS A CITY, DO YOU MANAGE YOUR MEMO LIKE MORE SPECIFICALLY, BECAUSE I THINK AS I'M THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING DIFFERENT MORE, UM, THE TUITION REIMBURSEMENT IS GREAT.

I KNOW THE COMPUTER THING IS GREAT TILL YOU CAN FINANCE THE COMPUTER, BUT I'M THINKING MORE, THERE WAS A LOT OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, UM, IN THE HR ARENA ABOUT HOW TO, UM, INVIGORATE IGNITE, NOT TO SAY WE DON'T HAVE GREAT EMPLOYEES, BUT THIS IS A DIFFERENT TIME COVID HAS HIT, HAS HIT PEOPLE DIFFERENTLY.

WE DON'T

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THAT SUCKS.

IT'S LIKE WE NEED, WE NEED SOMETHING TO JUST KIND OF GET BACK TO HOW WE WERE.

AND I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE AN INVESTMENT IN OUR EMPLOYEES AND SOME TEAM BUILDING AGAIN, SOMEHOW, WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE, OR MAYBE TAKE, GET A SURVEY AND SEE, SEE WHAT EVERYONE WANTS.

NO, THANK YOU.

THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR, I THINK THE GROUP TO HEAR THAT OUR COUNCIL CARES ABOUT THAT, I THINK, UH, AND YOU AND I HAVE TALKED, I THINK KIND OF THE COMMON, UM, EFFORT NOW IS A LOT OF RESILIENCY TRAINING WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO COPE WITH INCREDIBLE IMPACTS.

UH, AND I KNOW THAT, UH, THE HR DEPARTMENT OVER THE YEARS HAS HAD EVERYTHING FROM HOW TO DEAL WITH LOSS AND, YOU KNOW, UH, AND SO WE'LL DEFINITELY PUT TOGETHER A MEMO TO SHOW WHAT WE'VE DONE AND THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH EVEN MORE.

AND THERE WAS A CLASS THAT WE ACTUALLY ATTENDED TO CAL CITIES ABOUT TEAM BUILDING, AND THERE'S A CITY CLOSE TO US PLACENTIA.

THEY HAVE A REMARKABLE PROGRAM.

AND I THINK WE HAVE SOME, SOME TIES WITH THAT CITY.

WE CAN GET SOME INFORMATION.

IT'S DEFINITELY REACH OUT.

THEY'RE A CITY MANAGER, DAMIEN IS A FRIEND OF MINE.

SO I THINK IT WILL BE GOOD FOR US TO KIND OF SEE, BECAUSE ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS TO DO IS HOW DO YOU KNOW A PROGRAM WILL WORK FOR YOU AND TEAM BUILDING SOUNDS GREAT, BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE A GOOD FACILITATOR AND IF YOU DON'T GET BUY-IN, ESPECIALLY FROM, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, IT, IT CAN FALL FLAT.

AND SO HAVING SOME EXAMPLES LIKE THAT IS AWESOME BECAUSE IT WILL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT AND FIND HOW IT WORKED, WHY IT WORKED, AND THEN WE CAN SKIP ALL THE BAT PEOPLE OUT THERE.

SO IT'S BASICALLY FINDING SOMETHING THAT NO MATTER WHAT SOMEONE'S POSITION IS AT THE CITY, THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S FOR EVERYONE THAT WILL BE BENEFICIAL AND IMPACTFUL.

THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING.

SO YOU DON'T SPLITTING IT UP BY DEPARTMENTS.

YOU'RE NOT SPLITTING IT UP BY SENIORITY.

IT'S JUST, IT'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE BECAUSE THEY'RE PART OF OUR CHINO HILLS FAMILY AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO JUST KEEP THIS STRONG TEAM.

WE HAVE SO GREAT MARVELOUS SOFT SKILLS.

I THINK MAYBE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO IDENTIFY.

AND IT, IT IS A GOOD IDEA.

I LIKE THE IDEA THOUGH, OF, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO REINVENT THE WHEEL, UH, BEST PRACTICES BY CHECKING WITH OTHER CITIES IN WHAT THEY HAVE, LIKE PLACENTA OR ANY OTHER THAT MAY HAVE THOSE TYPES OUT THERE.

UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO POINT IN TRYING TO MAKE IT UP ON YOUR OWN.

UH, IF WE SEE SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY OUT THERE THAT'S WORKING, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE COULD TAILOR IT.

PERFECT.

THANKS FOR SURE.

ONE QUICK QUESTION, PERTAINING TO COMMUNITY SERVICES, AS FAR AS THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN THE SUMMER.

I KNOW THAT WE, UM, THIS WHAT'S IT CALLED CAMP, OR WE USED TO HAVE A HUNDRED KIDS, I GUESS WE'RE DOWN TO 50 NOW.

UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE DIDN'T REALLY, WE COULDN'T GET PEOPLE TO WORK FOR OUR PROGRAM.

IS THAT, IS THAT TRUE? NOT TRUE.

NO, NO.

THAT'S, I'M GLAD YOU BRING THAT UP BECAUSE IT KIND OF DOVETAILS IN WITH WHAT, UH, CYNTHIA AND ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN SAYING ABOUT THE COMMITMENTS THE CITY HAS HAD TO NOT LAYING PEOPLE OFF.

WE WERE, WE BENEFITED FROM THE FACT THAT EVEN AT OUR WORST TIME IN COVID, WE DIDN'T HIRE AS MANY PART-TIMERS AS WE NORMALLY WOULD, BUT WE ALSO DIDN'T LAY OFF OUR CORE.

UH, OTHER CITIES THAT LAID OFF HAD A REALLY HARD TIME BRINGING BACK EVEN THE BASIC LEVEL OF SERVICE, ALL THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE A GREAT EMPLOYER WE'RE YOU KNOW, THOUGHT HIGHLY IN THE REGION, WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH A LEVEL OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND THIS, UH, GREAT RESIGNATION AS THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, IT'S SO DIFFICULT TO FIND KEY CORE STAFF THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO HIRE, UH, AT THE LEVEL THAT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED US TO OPERATE TWO PROGRAMS. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE A SLIGHTLY SMALLER, UH, CAMP AND MANY OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTED BY JUST NOT HAVING THE BODIES IN THE SWIM PROGRAM.

UH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FEWER, AND WE ALWAYS STRUGGLE WITH TRYING TO FIND LIFEGUARDS BECAUSE OF THE SKILL THAT'S NECESSARY TO BE A LIFEGUARD, BUT THIS YEAR, EVEN MORE SO EVERY ONE OF US I'M SURE HAVE BEEN TO SOME BUSINESS WHERE THEY'RE GIVING BONUSES AND THEY'RE STILL STRUGGLING TO FIND, UH, THAT LEVEL, THAT ENTRY LEVEL.

I THINK THE FACT THAT WE ARE A GOOD EMPLOYER AND THAT OUR OPERATIONS IN RECREATION ARE FUN.

WE'RE STILL MISSING THE MARK AS FAR AS BEING ABLE TO HIRE EVERYONE WE WANT, LIKE YOU POINTED OUT HERE.

IS GOING OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS WHERE OUR EXPENDITURES ARE GOING TO GO, WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ANY CHANGES TO KEY PROGRAM AREAS.

UH, WE, UH, AND THIS KIND OF GOES TO THE QUESTION ABOUT, UH, STREET SWEEPING, UH, WHEN THE STAFF DOES ALL THE INCREDIBLE WORK THEY DO LOOKING AT EVERY PROGRAM THAT THEY DID LAST YEAR TO SEE IF THEY STILL NEED TO DO IT THIS YEAR, LOOKING AT ALL OF THEIR CONTRACTS TO IDENTIFY WHETHER OR NOT THEY THINK THEY'RE GOING TO GO UP DRAMATICALLY FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

UM, THAT GETS US TO THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, AND THEN THEY GET THEIR CRYSTAL BALLS OUT AND THEY RE LOOK AT WHERE THEY THINK REVENUE

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I KNOW THIS WAS A DISCUSSION WHEN WE WERE ADJUSTING OUR BUDGET FOR COVID.

UH, UH, WE WENT FROM A TIME WHERE EVERYONE WAS DRIVING AND GAS WAS PLENTIFUL.

AND, UH, WE WEREN'T SURE WHAT OUR MEASURE I MONEY OR OUR TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS WOULD LOOK LIKE.

THOSE ARE ALL THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT THIS TEAM DOES TO TRY AND FORECAST WHAT, UH, OUR YEAR AND THE FOUR MORE SUBSEQUENT YEARS WILL LOOK LIKE.

THIS REALLY GIVES US AN, AN OPPORTUNITY TO NOT JUST THINK ABOUT THE CURRENT YEAR, BUT THINK ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE WILL HOLD AND MAKE CHANGES TO OUR PROGRAMS ACCORDINGLY.

AND SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE, UH, THROUGH THIS SNAPSHOT, UM, ONE ASSUMPTION IS WE LOOK WHEREVER WE KNOW COSTS ARE GOING TO GO UP AND WE MAKE REALISTIC PROJECTIONS.

IF WE DON'T HAVE CLEAR, UH, EVIDENCE FOR THAT, WE TAKE, YOU KNOW, FACTORS LIKE, UH, WHAT WE ANTICIPATE THE INFLATION MAY BE.

UH, AND AS YOU'VE SEEN, THIS HAS BEEN AN, UH, AN A UNPRECEDENTED YEAR FOR INFLATION, AND THEN WE FORECAST OUT HOW THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT OUR VARIETY OF SUBSIDIES AND REVENUE.

AND SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS THE PICTURE OF 20 22, 23 WITH A FUND BALANCE OR RESERVE OF $42 MILLION, UH, 42.7.

UH, IF WE DON'T CHANGE, UH, OUR REVENUE INCREASE, IF WE DON'T HAVE A REDUCTION OR A FLATTENING, AT LEAST OF EXPENDITURES, WE'LL SEE THAT THAT 42.7 WILL SHRINK TO 41.2.

AND THEN IN THE NEXT YEAR, SHRINK A LITTLE MORE.

AND THEN WHEN YOU GET FIVE YEARS OUT, YOU'VE LOST $12 MILLION.

AND SO THIS IS HOW WE ALWAYS LOOK AT THE YEAR GOING FORWARD, BUT IT'S THE DILIGENCE IN THE DEPARTMENTS OF MAINTAINING COSTS, FINDING WAYS TO DO THINGS CHEAPER, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE HOLD THE LINE WHERE WE CAN, UH, BUT THIS IS OUR WAY OF ALWAYS MAKING SURE WE'RE NOT, UH, UH, UH, BEING SHORT-SIGHTED IN OUR OPERATIONS.

THERE ARE SOME SMALL, UH, UH, ADJUSTMENTS THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS.

UH, LAST YEAR WE HAD THE, UH, CITY MANAGERS, UH, SIGNING AUTHORITY FOR PURCHASES CHANGE, UH, UP TO 25 AND F UH, FROM 25 TO 50,000, WE'RE LOOKING TO ALIGN, UH, UH, APPROPRIATION LIMITS WITH THAT, UH, BOTH FOR, UH, REGULAR, UH, EXPENDITURES OF $50,000.

AND THEN WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS GOING FROM 100 TO 200, UH, AND THEN WE EVERY QUARTER, UH, CLEAR THE BOOKS, UH, BY BRINGING THOSE APPROPRIATIONS TO THE COUNCIL, WE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING THOSE QUARTERLY SO THAT YOU ALWAYS KNOW THE AREAS WHERE WE'VE, UH, MADE, UH, CHANGES OUTSIDE OF THE BUDGET PROCESS.

UH, WE JUST WON'T HAVE IT AS A, UH, A HURDLE IN THE BUDGET ANYMORE.

IT'LL JUST BE INFORMATIVE.

SO, AND THEN WITH THAT, I WILL REST MY VOICE AND BRING DANIEL TO THE STAGE FOR OUR CIP PROGRAM.

THANKS, BEN.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL AND STAFF.

UM, AS BEN MENTIONED EARLIER, FEEL FREE TO STOP ME AT ANY POINT, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR NEED ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, UM, WE'LL START OFF WITH DISCUSSING THE, UH, THE PROJECTS THAT WE COMPLETED THIS FISCAL YEAR.

UM, SOMEBODY'S CONTROLLING THE VERY GOOD, THANKS, BRANDON.

UM, SO WE STARTED START OFF WITH THE PUBLIC FACILITIES.

WE COMPLETED THREE PROJECTS IN THIS CATEGORY AND THE FIRST ONE IS A, THE COMMUNITY CENTER VIDEO, MARK KEY MONUMENT SIGN, WHICH I THINK HAS BEEN, UH, A GREAT HEAD AND, UH, THINK, UH, ENJOYED BY, BY THE COMMUNITY.

UH, WE'VE ALSO INSTALLED A NEW AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READER CAMERA AT, UH, CARBON CANYON ROAD, UM, OVER IN THE SLEEPY HOLLOW AREA.

SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO DETECT THEM FOLKS AS THEY'RE COMING IN AND LEAVING THE CITY THROUGH, UH, THROUGH THE, UH, THE CITY OF BREDA AREA.

UM, AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY UPGRADES.

MOST OF THE IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS CATEGORY OR IN THIS PROJECT HERE WERE LED REF RETROFITS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AT VARIOUS FACILITIES.

UM, IN A SILVER CATEGORY, WE HAVE A ONE PROJECT THAT WAS A PIPELINE AVENUE, SEWER MANHOLE ACCESS ROAD ON PIPELINE, JUST SOUTH OF A COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE.

WE HAVE AN EASEMENT, UH, JASON TO THE FLOOD CONTROL CHANNEL, WHERE WE HAVE, UH, A MANHOLE THAT WE'VE HAD CHALLENGES IN BEING ABLE TO ACCESS TO FOUR MAIN FOR MAINTENANCE OF THAT MANHOLE.

SO WE WENT IN AND MADE SOME IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CLEAN THAT AREA UP, MOVING ON TO OUR STREETS

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CATEGORY.

WE HAVE HERE 10 PROJECTS THAT WE'VE COMPLETED, UH, FOR A TOTAL OF ALMOST $4 MILLION.

AND THAT INCLUDES PAYMENT REHAB AT CHINO AVENUE, FOUNDER'S DRIVE, UH, GLEN RIDGE DRIVE, UH, MORE ANNUAL SWEETENED PROGRAM PROGRAM, FOUR YEAR 20, 20 21.

WE HAVE VILLAGE CENTER DRIVE, PAYMENT REHAB, UH, CANNON LANE, SOUTHERLY SECTION, UM, OUR, UM, WE PUT TOGETHER A PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT ALLOWED US TO IDENTIFY THE CONDITION OF ALL OF OUR STREETS, UM, AND IT'LL PROJECT OUT, UH, WHAT THE CONDITIONS ARE, AND ESSENTIALLY TELL US WHEN WE SHOULD BE GOING BACK AND MAINTAIN THOSE ROADS.

UH, WE, UH, WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT PROGRAM, UH, TRAFFIC SIGNAL LED REPLACEMENT PROGRAM, AND LASTLY, OR OUR STRIPING PROGRAM THAT WE'VE COMPLETED THIS FISCAL YEAR, UH, GOING INTO OUR MAJOR ONGOING PROJECTS, UM, IN THE SEWER CATEGORY, WE HAVE, UH, THE CITY-WIDE WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN STUDY, UM, THAT IS TO EVALUATE OUR ENTIRE SEWER SYSTEM, UH, IT'LL IDENTIFY ANY DEFICIENCIES, ANY CAPACITY ISSUES, UM, AND, UH, ALLOW US TO GO IN AND MAKE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS IF NECESSARY.

AND WE WERE DONE THIS IN THE PAST.

UH, WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, BUT IT'S BEEN QUITE AWHILE.

I THINK THE LAST TIME MARK, IF I RECALL HAS BEEN ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO, 2005, SO ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO.

SO WOW.

UH, MUCH NEEDED.

UM, WE HAVE A, A CITY-WIDE UTILITY SCADA THAT WE'VE DONE, UH, PART OF THIS AND THE WHOLE GOAL OF THE SKATER PROGRAM IS TO HAVE ALL OF OUR SEWER AND WATER FACILITIES COMMUNICATE TO ONE CENTRAL LOCATION AT THE CITY YARD SO THAT WE CAN REMOTELY MONITOR OUR FACILITIES IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

WE CAN MONITOR THEM, UM, AND ALSO ALLOW US, UH, TO, UM, TO KNOW WHEN THERE'S AN EMERGENCY, SO WE CAN SEND STAFF OUT TO, UH, TO MAKE ANY REPAIRS GOOD.

UM, THIS COMES IN VERY HANDY WHEN, UH, THERE'S A POTENTIAL SEWER OVERFLOW, UH, AT ONE OF OUR LIFT STATIONS, UM, AND, OR, UH, ANY ISSUES AT ANY OF OUR WATER FACILITIES, UH, IN THE STORM DRAIN CATEGORY, UH, SIMILAR TO WASTEWATER WE'RE, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON A STORM DRAIN MASTER PLAN.

UM, ALSO HASN'T BEEN, BEEN DONE IN QUITE SOME TIME.

AS YOU MAY RECALL, WE HAD AN ISSUE IN THE NORTH PART OF TOWN, UH, LAST YEAR WHERE WE HAD A PORTION OF OUR, ONE OF OUR STORM DRAINS FAIL.

SO WHAT THIS STUDY WILL DO IS IT'LL CAMERA ALL OF OUR SYSTEMS AND BE ABLE TO TELL US IF WE HAVE ANY, ANY ISSUES SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THEM BEFORE WE GET TO ANY, ANY SUCH FAILURE.

UM, AND THEN YOU FILL UP THIS AVENUE, STORM DRAIN IMPROVEMENTS.

WHAT WE PLAN ON DOING HERE IS REMOVING THE, UH, THE TRAPEZOIDAL OPEN CHANNEL ON THE NORTH SIDE OF EUCALYPTUS, UM, UH, JUST, UH, EAST OF LYTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

UH, WE'LL ELIMINATE THAT, UH, WE'LL PUT AN ACTUAL PIPE UNDERGROUND IN THE STREET, UM, AND ALLOW US TO PUT SIDEWALK OVER THE EXISTING CHANNEL, UH, AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL, UH, PEDESTRIAN ACCESS, UH, ON THAT ROAD.

WELL, THAT REQUIRE ANY, UH, ANY REMOVAL OR TRIMMING OF THOSE TREES, THAT LINE, THAT WHOLE AREA THAT YOU'RE GOING TO WORK ON.

WE DON'T WANT TO DISAPPOINT.

WE'RE HOPING THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO REMOVE ANY OF THOSE TREES.

I KNOW BOYS' REPUBLIC WANTS TO, TO, TO KEEP THOSE TREES.

SO WE'LL DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO, TO MAINTAIN THEM, UH, EVEN IF THAT MEANS HAVING TO ADJUST THE LOCATION OF THE SIDEWALK.

UM, AND, UH, AND CURB AND GUTTER, I GUESS A CRAZY QUESTION IS, IS THERE A REAL, A NEED FOR A SIDEWALK ON THERE BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE IT'LL JUST TAKE AWAY FROM ROADWAY.

UM, COULD WE JUST PUT IN CURB AND GUTTER AND BE DONE WITH IT AS OPPOSED TO A SIDEWALK, BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY GOING TO BE RESIDENTIAL WALKING ACCESS BECAUSE THE ONLY PROPERTY THAT WOULD BE WALKING OUT ONTO THAT AREA WOULD BE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WARDS OF, UH, OF BOYS' REPUBLIC.

SO SIDEWALK SEEMS LIKE THAT MAY, IT MAY BE A NEEDLESS EXPENSE JUST SAYING THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

SOMETHING WILL, WILL TAKE UNDER CONSIDERATION.

UH, GOING INTO OUR STREETS, UH, UH, CATEGORY, WE'VE GOT EIGHT MAJOR PROJECTS CURRENTLY, UM, ONGOING, UH, THE FIRST ONE HERE IS THE SOCAL CANYON PARKWAY REHAB PROJECT.

THIS WILL IMPROVE THE, THE ROAD FROM POMONA READING CON TO THE NORTHERLY CITY, LIMA CITY LIMIT BY, BY FAIRFIELD RANCH ROAD.

I'VE BEEN BUGGING YOU ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME.

THAT'S THE ONE.

SO IS THIS THE ORDER OF PRIORITIES THAT WAY IT'S AT THE TOP? UH, NOT UNDER ANY PRIORITY, WHICH IS LISTED, BUT WE WERE THE CHALLENGE WITH THIS PROJECT IS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH CALTRANS CALTRANS AT SOME RIGHT AWAY.

SHE HAS BEAT UP SO BAD BECAUSE OF ALL THE TRUCK TRAFFIC THAT IT GETS ENTERING THE 71 FREEWAY.

SO, CORRECT.

IT'S, UH, IT'S ON OUR LIST AND WE'LL TRY TO GET TO IT AS SOON AS WE CAN.

WE HAVE GRANT AVENUE PAYMENT REHAB, THAT PROJECT HAS ALREADY STARTED.

IT'LL IMPROVE THE ROAD FROM PAINTING TO THE 71.

WE'VE ALREADY DONE A PORTION OF THAT PROJECT, WHICH WAS TO, UM, UH, ENHANCE AND INCREASE THE LENGTH OF THE, THE

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LEFT TURN POCKET.

AS YOU'RE TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON GRAND AVENUE ONTO BOYS REPUBLIC.

THAT WAS GOOD.

UM, THE PAVEMENT WORK WILL BE DONE AT NIGHT.

WE'RE WAITING FOR WARMER TEMPERATURES.

WE CAN DO THE WORK AT NIGHT.

UM, WE NEED WEATHER TO BE, UM, A LITTLE BIT WARMER, SO THE PAVEMENT WILL WE'LL TAKE AND HOLD AND LAST LONGER.

UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME TIME, IF NOT JUNE, THEN WE'LL PUSH IT BACK TILL JULY.

UH, WE'RE WORKING ON, UH, THE LOW TORONTO SAFE FOSTER SCHOOL EAST PROJECT, UH, AND THAT'S, UH, IMPROVEMENTS ON GOOD AVENUE, LUGO AND EL MOLINO BOULEVARD.

AND THAT'S A CURB AND GUTTER SIDEWALK AND SOME PAVEMENT REHAB.

UH, THIS NEXT ONE HERE IS A CARBON CANYON ROAD WIDENING PROJECT.

THIS IS A CALTRANS PROJECT THEY'RE LOOKING TO WIDEN, UM, CARBON CANYON ROAD, UH, JUST SOUTH OF CHINO HILLS PARKWAY.

UH, THE WHOLE POINT OF THAT IS TO REDUCE THE BOTTLENECK, UH, THAT OCCURS ON CHINO HILLS PARKWAY FOR, FOR TRAVELERS THAT ARE TRYING TO MAKE THE LEFT TURN ONTO, UH, ONTO CARBON CANYON ROAD AND THE 510,000.

THAT'S OUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROJECT.

SO WOULD THAT INVOLVE IF YOU'RE GOING EAST ON CARBON CANYON, THE OLD, UM, ALIGNMENT OF THE STREET WAS IT'S STILL PART OF THE CONCRETE IS STILL THERE OR ASPHALT.

IS THERE ANY HOPE TO TRY AND CHANGE THAT ALIGNMENT ALSO, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE JUST A STRAIGHT T, CORRECT.

YOU HAVE THE LEFT TURN LANES, BUT RIGHT.

TURN, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD CREATE A PROBLEM WITH, THROUGH F YOU KNOW, YIELDING OR WHATEVER, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NATURAL GAS CONNECTION RIGHT THERE, RIGHT THERE.

I KNOW CALTRANS HAD DISCUSSED IT.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN THEIR DESIGNING JUST YET, BUT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DISCUSS WITH THEM AND SEE IF THERE'S THAT POTENTIAL.

WE'VE GOT ANOTHER PAVEMENT REHAB PROJECT.

THIS WAS ON OLYMPIC VIEW DRIVE IN SKYWARD SKYVIEW RIDGE, AND THAT'LL BE FROM CRESCENT HILL TO PEYTON DRIVE.

UH, WE GOT ROCK SPRINGS DRIVE AND THAT'LL BE FROM PEYTON DRIVE TO CHINO AVENUE.

UM, WE HAVE, UH, OUR ANNUAL STREET IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WHERE WE GRIND AN OVERLAY OR DO A SLURRY SEAL, UM, ON VARIOUS STREETS THROUGHOUT THE, UM, AND LASTLY WE HAVE, WOULD BE ROAD PAVEMENT REHAB, AND THAT'LL BE THE WESTERN PORTION OF WHAT WOULD WE, WOULD WE ROLL IT FROM PEYTON TO, UH, HALFWAY, UH, LAST FISCAL YEAR, WE DID, UH, THE EASTERN PORTION OF THAT ROAD.

UM, AND THE WATER CATEGORY.

WE HAVE SEVEN ONGOING PROJECTS, UH, MAJOR ONGOING PROJECTS.

UM, AS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, WE GOT THE SADDLERY REPLACEMENT PROJECT, UH, PHASE THREE, UM, CONTRACTS, JUST WAITING FOR ALL THE MATERIALS BEFORE THEY CAN GO IN AND START THAT WORK.

AND THAT'LL BE IN THE BILL OF JOKES, UH, THE SUN RISA AND ROLLING RIDGE AREAS.

UM, AND TOTAL IT'LL REPLACE, UH, ABOUT 400, UH, WATER SADDLES AND A SERVICE LEVEL LATERAL LINES.

WE HAVE A, OUR CITY-WIDE A WATER AND RECYCLED WATER MASTER PLAN STUDY, UM, SIMILAR TO WASTE WATER OR WASTEWATER, AND, UH, AS STORM DRAIN, UH, WE NEED TO EVALUATE OUR, UH, OR OUR INFRASTRUCTURE TO KNOW WHAT WE HAVE, WHAT CONDITION IT'S IN, AND IF YOU NEED TO MAKE ANY IMPROVEMENTS, UM, BRUIN VAL HERE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS REPLACE A WATER MAIN, UM, ROOM BELL IS OFF OF CHINO AND, UM, JUNO AVENUE IN EAGLE CANYON DRIVE.

NOW, THIS HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR US BECAUSE WE OWN THE WATER MAIN, BUT IT'S WITHIN AN HOA.

SO THE STREETS ARE PRIVATE.

UM, WE WE'VE HAD SOME CHALLENGES WITH THE HOA AND TRYING TO GET THE PERMISSION FOR EASEMENTS ALONG THEIR PRIVATE ROADS.

UM, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE NOW REALIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF IT.

SO, UM, ONCE WE GET THOSE DOCUMENTS IN HAND, WE'LL, UH, WE'LL GET GOING ON THAT PROJECT.

UH, 1, 2, 3 TCP REMEDIATION TREATMENT PLANT.

UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO, UH, UH, THINK BIDS ARE DUE TOMORROW.

SO ONCE OUR BIDS ARE DUE, WE WILL REVIEW THOSE BIDS AND COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL SOMETIME IN JUNE TO, TO AWARD A CONTRACT.

UM, AS WE TALKED ABOUT, WATER'S PRECIOUS AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET ALL OF OUR WELLS UP AND RUNNING AS SOON AS WE CAN.

WE'RE EXPECTING THAT AMOUNT TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE.

IT'LL BE MORE, YES.

UH, WE, WE HAD A BID, UM, ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO, AND I BELIEVE THE LOWEST BID AT THAT POINT WAS APPROXIMATELY $12 MILLION.

SO IT'LL BE IN THE 12 OR $13 MILLION RANGE.

AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST WATER USERS IS ACTUALLY ENGLISH ROAD.

IS THERE ANY THOUGHT ABOUT IT PUTTING THE RECLAIM WATER? YEAH.

W WE HAVE, UM, WE'RE LOOKING TO GET SOME GRANT FUNDING TO PROVIDE, UH, RECLAIMED WATER TO ENGLISH ROAD, AS WELL AS, UH, TO, UH, UH, THE CARBON CANYON AREA FOR WESTERN HILLS COUNTRY CLUB.

WHICH WE'VE HAD SOME CHALLENGES WITH, UH, WATER PRESSURE IN THE AREA.

UH, THIS NEXT ONE HERE IS THE INTERMEDIATE ZONE, UH, OF PRV REPLACEMENT PROGRAM WITH US WILL DO, IS REPLACE 21 PRESSURE REGULATING VALVE ISOLATION, VALVES, AND BOLTS IN THE WOODVIEW, UH, AREA.

UM, SO, UH, THE IS JUST NORTH OF WHAT WE WROTE A WESTERN PIPELINE,

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SO THIS WILL, UH, CLEAN THAT UP.

GOOD.

UM, THE, WE HAVE, UH, EXCUSE ME, A GENERATOR AND MANUAL TRANSFER, SWITCH INSTALLATION.

UH, THIS ONE SAW CONNECTIONS AT, UH, FOR PORTABLE GENERATORS THAT A LOT OF OUR KEY WATER FACILITIES, UH, IF OUR POWER GOES DOWN, WE NEED TO HAVE A CONNECTION POINTS THAT WE CAN BE ABLE TO PUMP WATER AND PROVIDE THE WATER TO OUR CUSTOMERS.

SO WE DON'T HAVE GENERATORS ARE NOW NOT AT ALL FACILITIES.

UM, AND THE LAST THAT WE HAVE, UH, THE RAMONA AVENUE WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT, UH, THE EXISTING WATER MAIN, THERE'S A TWO-INCH MAIN, WE'RE LOOKING TO UPGRADE UPSIZE THAT TO 12 INCH MAIN.

AND THAT'LL BE FROM, UH, FROM MESA BOULEVARD UP TO TWO BIRD FARM ROAD.

LOOKING AT A PROJECTED A CIP PROGRAM FOR 2223, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT SPENDING, UH, ALMOST $16.4 MILLION OF THAT.

UH, THE LION'S SHARE IS IN THE PARKS AND OPEN SPACE AREA, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 56%, UM, FOLLOWED BY, UH, OUR STREETS, UH, 26% OF THAT.

THE FUNNEL GO GO-TO STREETS AND 9% TOWARDS PUBLIC FACILITIES, 7% FOR SEWER, AND THEN 1% FOR STORM DRAINS, WATER AND RECYCLED WATER.

UH, EACH UM, THIS NEXT PIE CHART HERE, UM, BREAKS DOWN OUR FUNDING SOURCES FOR ALL OF OUR CIP PROJECTS.

UH, 44% WILL BE A GENERAL FUND, UM, AND THAT REALLY CORRELATES TO OUR PARKS AND OPEN SPACE, UM, UH, SHERIFF, UH, 56% FOLLOWED BY, UH, OUR, UH, ROAD MAINTENANCE AND REHAB ACCOUNT 11%.

UM, AND, UM, YOU SEE THE LIST THERE.

UH, I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM, BUT, UM, WE TRY TO, TO, TO FUND AS MANY OF OUR PROJECTS WITHOUT THE LITTLE GENERAL FUND MONEY AS POSSIBLE, GOING ON TO OUR, OUR MAJOR NEW PROJECTS, UM, IN THE PARKS AND OPEN SPACE AREA, WE'RE LOOKING TO, UM, UH, THE CITYWIDE PARKS, WALKWAY LIGHTING LED UPGRADE.

WE HAVE OVER 200 AND 240 FAILING, UM, LIGHTS AT OUR PARKS.

UH, THE BASES ARE DETERIORATING, SO IT'S BECOME A MORE OF A SAFETY HAZARD.

SO, UH, ONE WE'LL REPLACE THE LIGHT POLES AND ALSO UPGRADE THEM TO, TO LED, UH, HERE'S THE BIG ONE, THE COMMUNITY PARK IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, UH, AT $7 MILLION.

THIS IS WHERE WE'RE LOOKING TO REPLACE THE EXISTING FIELD TURF, AWFUL LOOKING TO REPLACE THE EXISTING DIRT, UH, WITH, UH, WITH TURF AS WELL.

UH, WE ARE LOOKING TO REPLACE, UH, UH, SPORTS LIGHTING TO LED, UH, SOME FENCING, SOME PAINTING.

SO ESSENTIALLY TRY TO GIVE SOME, SOME NICE TLC TO, TO CUNY PARK, WHICH IS MUCH NEEDED.

UH, SCOREBOARDS IS ON THE LIST AS WELL.

YES.

DOES THAT INCLUDE THE NEW PARKING LOT OR IS THAT A DIFFERENT PHASE? IT DOES INCLUDE, UH, ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES ON THE WEST ANTIDOTES, THE PARK, YES.

DANIELSON PHASES, OR WE'RE GOING TO DO IT ALL AT ONCE.

UH, WE'LL LIKELY NEED TO DO IT IN PHASES.

UH, JUST BASED ON OUR SHORT WINDOW OF, UH, UH, TO BE ABLE TO DO THE WORK, UM, TO NOT IMPACT OUR SPORTS PROGRAMS. I THINK WE HAVE A WINDOW OF NOVEMBER THROUGH FEBRUARY.

UH, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO DO ALL OF THIS WORK, UM, AND WHEN THE PHASE, SO THE GOAL IS TO DO PHASE ONE, UH, THIS WINTER, AND THEN COME BACK TO FALL IN URINE AND DO MORE OF IT.

UH THAT'S FOR, FOR THE FIELD TROPHY PLACEMENT, THE OTHER IMPROVEMENTS WE CAN DO ALONG THE WAY.

UM, AND, AND WE'LL, WE'LL PHASE THAT AND SCHEDULE THAT TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACTS TO, TO OUR, TO OUR SPORTS PROGRAMS OR DANIEL.

I THINK THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO OUTLINE WHAT THE PROJECTED ORIGINAL, UH, USE TIME WAS ON ALL OF THAT SYNTHETIC TURF AND EVERYTHING.

AND I KNOW BEN'S REALLY GOOD AT ARTICULATING THIS.

UH, HOW LONG WAS IT SUPPOSED TO LAST? HOW LONG HAS IT LASTED? BECAUSE THIS IS A LOT OF MONEY AND PEOPLE ARE THINKING, OH MY GOSH, BUT WHEN YOU THINK OF HOW LONG WE'VE HAD IT, SO I'LL JUST SHUT UP AND LET YOU EXPLAIN, BECAUSE IT'S, THIS IS REALLY, IT'S LASTED A LONG TIME IN THE AMOUNT OF USE IT GETS.

IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.

UNBELIEVABLE.

I'M GOING TO PUNT THAT TO THE MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE GUY TO YOUR LEFT.

WELL, PART OF THAT STATEMENT WAS CORRECT AND SILLY SAID KNOWLEDGEABLE.

I THINK HE SAID ELIGIBLE.

I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T THINK NO, IT'S STILL THERE.

I'M STILL MARRIED ANYWAYS.

UH, THANK YOU.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT.

UM, YES, THE ORIGINAL PROJECTION WAS ACTUALLY, IT WAS AN EIGHT YEAR WARRANTY ON THE PARK.

SO FOR THE TURF, UM, WE GROSSLY OVER-PROGRAMMED THE PARK.

UM, AND SO FOR IT TO LAST THIS LONG, EVEN THE GUYS FROM FIELD TURF ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZED AND WE ARE THIS, WE ARE THE POSTER CHILD FOR, UM, PUBLIC TYPE FACILITIES AS IT RELATES TO THIS.

BUT, UM, I THINK WE ARE NOW ON YEAR AND YOU CAN NOD MIKE YOU'RE 16,

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SO DOUBLE, DOUBLE.

AND SO IT'S, IT'S OUTPERFORMED.

IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL, OF COURSE, AS YOU KNOW, UM, WE, UH, ALSO HAD IT, UH, PUT IN AT GRAND AVENUE PARK AND IT'S DONE GREAT UP THERE AS WELL.

SO THE NEXT GENERATION, YEAH, EXACTLY.

AND, AND SO WE WILL BE DOING ACTUALLY A HUNDRED.

YOU WILL NOT SEE DIRT OUT THERE.

UM, THE FIRST PHASE WILL BE X AMOUNT OF FIELDS.

WE'RE STILL WORKING WITHIN OUR TIMELINE TO FIGURE IT OUT.

WE, WE WILL EITHER DO FOUR OR THREE FIELDS, UH, BETWEEN, UH, I'M GOING TO SAY ABOUT MID NOVEMBER, WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THE SPORTS GROUPS TILL THE FIRST PART OF FEBRUARY.

SO IT'LL EITHER BE THREE OR FOUR FIELDS THAT WILL BE FULLY 100% ARTIFICIAL TURF.

THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY'S DOING THESE DAYS.

AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THE WATER SAVINGS, THE MAINTENANCE, OF COURSE NOT HAVING TO PREP THE DIRT THAT'S OUT THERE.

UM, JUST THE AESTHETICS TOO.

IT'S PRETTY GOING TO BE PRETTY OVERWHELMING HOW IT'S GOING TO LOOK.

BUT, UM, SO THAT'S WHAT WE DOING.

AND THEN AS DANIEL HAD SAID TO AIDED, UM, THE REST OF THE THINGS OUT THERE WILL BE KIND OF A WORKED ON AS WE GO AS WELL.

SO, UM, THREE OR FOUR FIELDS IS COMING, UH, NOVEMBER, AND THEN THE FOLLOWING NOVEMBER, THEN WE WILL FINISH UP THE REMAINDER OF THE PARK RELATED TO THE, TO THE TURF ITSELF.

WHAT KIND OF LIFESPAN ARE WE EXPECTING FROM THE NEW TURF THAT'S GOING TO BE GOING IN? WELL, IT'S, UH, AGAIN, UH, IT'S, IT'S BETWEEN AN EIGHT AND 10 YEAR WARRANTY.

SO FOR FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO GET THE SAME BANG FOR OUR BUCK, THAT'S A LONG WAYS DOWN THE ROAD.

SO NOW WILL WE BE PUTTING A GOPHER WIRE UNDERNEATH THAT TO PROTECT IT? BECAUSE I KNOW I I'VE PUT IN ARTIFICIAL TURF AND I KNOW THAT I HAVE A 15 YEAR WARRANTY.

OBVIOUSLY I DON'T HAVE THE DRUG USE THAT WE DO AT THE PARK, BUT I WAS TOLD THAT THE WARRANTY IS VOID IF MOLDS OR GOPHERS OR WHATEVER, COME UP THROUGH THE MATERIAL.

SO THE WAY THAT YOU KEEP THAT AWAY IS I'VE GOT 16 GAUGE, HALF INCH, YOU KNOW, GO FOR WIRE, UH, UNDERNEATH THE TURF.

ARE WE GOING TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT OR IS THAT REQUIRED? WELL, UM, THE COMPANY, UM, OF COURSE HAS A, UM, UH, WE'LL CALL SUB DRAIN SYSTEM THAT'S UNDERNEATH OF THE, THE TURF AND SUCH.

AND SO THAT ALLOWS, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, UH, THE DRAINAGE TO OCCUR AND I'M, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT ELSE THEY DO OUT THERE.

WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT PROBLEM UP TILL NOW IN THE EXISTING TURF AREA.

SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM GOING FORWARD.

SO ANYWAYS, UM, BUT CERTAINLY THOSE TYPES OF DETAILS CAN BE SHARED.

UH, AND I CAN CERTAINLY LOOK THAT UP.

NO PROBLEM.

SO THAT EXPENDITURE IS GOING TO BE MONEY WELL SPENT, AND IT'LL BE A GOOD, I'LL BE DOING IT AGAIN ANYTIME SOON.

IT MAKES RESIDENTS FEEL A LITTLE MORE SATISFIED WHEN WE AT LEAST CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION BASED ON, BASED ON THIS, DO WE PUT MONEY ASIDE SINCE WE'RE LOOKING AT SAY EIGHT TO 10 YEARS SHELF LIFE, SUPPOSEDLY, DO WE PUT SO MUCH MONEY AWAY EACH YEAR TO RESERVE FOR RESERVES? NO, WE DON'T IN, IN ONE AREA LIKE VEHICLES, WE DO HAVE A PROGRAM FOR THAT, UH, IN THIS SPECIFIC CASE, UH, WE DO NOT.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT I KNOW THAT FINANCE DIRECTOR HAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION.

SHE'D LOVE TO FIND A WAY TO, UH, UH, START A FIXED ASSET REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.

UH, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE SQUIRRELED AWAY MONEY INTO THE RESERVES AND THAT BECOMES OUR PIGGY BANK.

BUT I THINK SEVERAL OF YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.

YOU INCLUDED MERITS THAT IT MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL TO START SOME OF THESE EXTRA, UH, ACCOUNTS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO CHIP AWAY AND SAVE FOR IT SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE A $7 MILLION HIT LIKE THIS.

THANK YOU VERY GOOD.

MOVING ON TO THE NEXT PROJECT, GRAND AVENUE PARK, LIGHTING THAT ONE, WE'RE LOOKING TO REPLACE EXISTING SPORTS, SPORTS FIELD LIGHTING TO LED.

PART OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE NOW IS AS THE BALL GOES OUT, IT'S JUST NOT PRACTICAL AND EFFICIENT FOR US TO GO OUT AND REPLACE ONE BUBBLE AT A TIME.

SO WE WAIT UNTIL THERE'S A CLUSTER.

UM, AND EVEN THEN SINCE GRAND AVENUE HAS ARTIFICIAL, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT AND TIME-CONSUMING TO PROTECT THE FIELD WHEN YOU GO OUT AND BRING EQUIPMENT TO REPLACE THOSE BULBS.

SO GOING WITH LED WILL MAKE IT A LOT MORE PRACTICAL AND A LOT MORE EFFICIENT.

UM, AND LASTLY, UH, PARK REPAIR PROJECTS, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT STRUCTURAL REPAIRS TO THE ROOFING SYSTEM TO TRAVEL TO GAZEBOS AT A COUPLE OF PARKS, INCLUDING BUTTERFIELD, HUNTERSVILLE, AND DANBURY PARKS.

I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU ON THOSE.

UM, I NOTICED THAT THE COMPLETION IS NOT UNTIL 23, 24, AND I WAS A HUGE UNDERTAKING WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

I'M GLAD TO SAY, UM, BUTTERFIELD PARK IS IN SUCH POOR CONDITION.

IT'S ACTUALLY, IT DEFINITELY DOES NOT REFLECT THE LEVEL OF OUR FACILITIES AND CHINO HILLS.

IT'S LIKE BORDERLINE EMBARRASSING WITH THE, WITH THE ROTTING GAZEBO.

UM, SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT'S ON THERE.

UM, BUT THE PORTION OF THE FENCE THAT THE FENCING THAT WAS DAMAGED IN THE FIRE, IT'S STILL NOT REPLACED, RIGHT? SO I THINK REALLY, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN DO THIS.

I THERE'S CERTAIN PRIORITIES.

SOMETIMES IT LIKE

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THE PEOPLE THAT USE THAT PARK, THEY SEE THAT THE FIRE, I MEAN THAT THE OFFENSE HAS NEVER BEEN REPLACED SINCE THE FIRE, AND THEY DON'T KNOW THE REASONS FOR IT, BUT WE REALLY NEED TO SHOW THAT THAT BUTTERFIELD PARK, LIKE SOME TYPE OF LOVE, BECAUSE THEY FEEL VERY NEGLECTED RIGHT NOW AND IT'S IN BAD SHAPE.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD DO SOMETHING WITH THE FENCING AT LEAST IS IT CAUSE IT'S BACKWARD OR WHAT'S THE REASON FOR THAT? SO WITH THE FENCING, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD CHALLENGES GETTING CONTRACTORS TO GIVE US A BID ON FENCING.

WE'RE ACTUALLY COMING TO COUNCIL NEXT, NEXT MEETING FOR A CONTRACT FOR ON-CALL SERVICES REGARDING OUR WHITE FENCING.

UM, AND AS PART OF THAT, WE ARE ASKING FOR A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO BUTTERFIELD PARK.

SO IF THAT DOESN'T GET APPROVED, WE HAVE, WE'LL HAVE A CONTRACTOR ON BOARD, THE LORD, THE MATERIALS, AND GO OUT AND DO THAT WORK.

SO I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WHEN THERE'S A CAR ACCIDENT TOO, IT'S LIKE, IF THERE WAS A WAY THAT WE COULD HAVE LIKE AN INVENTORY OF THAT FENCING SINCE WE KNOW.

AND SO WE DON'T HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, WAIT FOR MONTHS, MONTHS BEFORE IT GETS REPLACED.

SO I'M GLAD YOU TOOK IT, TOOK INITIATIVE TO DO THAT.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THAT PART.

AND THEN I JUST GOT ONE OTHER JUST QUICK QUESTION WITH REGARDS TO THE COMMUNITY PARK IMPROVEMENTS AND THE GRAND AVENUE PARK LIGHTING TO LEDS.

I KNOW WE CHARGE ALL OF THE, THE YOUTH GROUPS, UH, FOR POWER FOR THE LIGHTS, OR WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE A DECREASE IN WHAT THEY GET CHARGED.

IF WE'RE USING ENERGY EFFICIENT.

I THINK WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL EVALUATE THE EXISTING COSTS.

W UH, AS AN EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WITH IMPLEMENTING NEW TECHNOLOGY, EVEN IF THERE'S A REDUCED COSTS IN THE UTILITY, YOU HAVE TO KIND OF PAY BACK FOR THE BULBS.

SO IT MAY BE THAT THERE ISN'T A DRAMATIC DECREASE JUST BECAUSE THE ELECTRICITY BILL HAS GONE DOWN BECAUSE THE BULBS THAT SAVE THAT ELECTRICITY OR PART OF THE EXPENSE.

SO I THINK WHAT WE'LL TO THE POINT THOUGH, IS WE'LL EVALUATE THE CURRENT FEE FOR THOSE USERS AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IT'S SIZE GIVEN THE NEW ENHANCEMENTS.

AND WE MAY NEED TO LOOK AT IT JUST BECAUSE OF THE FACT.

I REMEMBER WHEN WE APPROVED THAT AS PARKS AND REC COMMISSIONERS, THEY WERE, ESPECIALLY WHEN BIGLY DREAMS OPEN, WE WERE ABLE TO OFFSET SOME THINGS WITH MOVING THEM TO BIG LEAGUE DREAMS WAS DRAGGING TO THE FIELD.

WE TOOK OVER THE RESPONSIBILITY VERSUS THE DAYS WHEN WE WERE IN LITTLE LEAGUE AND WE WERE SELF DRAGGING THE FIELDS.

IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TURF ARTIFICIAL TURF THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE DRAGGING FIELDS BY STAFF ANYMORE.

SO I GUESS THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME, SOME REEVALUATING OF THE FEES TO THE USER GROUPS.

AND ONE OTHER QUESTION THAT WE USED TO HAVE A YOUTH SPORTS COUNCIL, WHICH I THINK WAS STILL DO, BUT THEY USED TO HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE SNAP BAR.

SOME OF THE PROFITS MADE AT THE SNACK BAR WOULD OFFSET EXPENSES.

IS THAT STILL HAPPENING? YES, SIR.

I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE PARK REPAIR PROJECTS.

UH, BEN, I THINK SEVERAL OF US HAVE IN OUR INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS WITH YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE PARKS.

UH, IT'S FANTASTIC THAT WE HAVE 44 PARKS.

I THINK WE'VE ALL OBSERVED THOUGH.

THERE, THERE MAY BE SEVERAL PARKS WITHIN THE CITY THAT ARE UNDER UTILIZED.

SO I THINK BEFORE WE START MAKING PARK REPAIRS, UH, IN GENERAL THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT EACH AND EVERY PARK AND DETERMINE, OKAY, HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE, IT COULD BE POSSIBLY REUSED FOR SOME OTHER PURPOSE.

AND I MEAN, BECAUSE I MEAN, WE COULD MAYBE TAKE AND HAVE SOME INFILL BUILDING, UH, SELLING THOSE PROPERTIES OFF THE MERCHANT BUILDERS, WHICH THAT HELPS OUR RENA NUMBERS.

UH, AND OF COURSE ELIMINATES THE ONGOING COSTS BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S SEVERAL PARKS AROUND WHERE I'M AT AND I NEVER SEE ANYBODY IN THEM.

SO, I MEAN, WE'RE ALL FOUR PARKS, IT'S A WONDERFUL AREA OR A WONDERFUL THING, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT EACH AND EVERY PART TO DETERMINE WE'RE DOING THE CORRECT.

OF WHAT AMENITIES ARE AT PARKS.

SO, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE TAKEN TWO STEPS ALONG THOSE LINES, BASICALLY LOOKING AT CITY OWNED PROPERTY AND PARKS, UH, THE BUILDING DIVISION WAS ABLE TO PERFORM A COMPREHENSIVE, UH, SURVEY OF WHAT PROPERTIES EXISTED IN OUR POSSESSION THAT MIGHT BE WORTH SELLING, JUST VACANT LAND.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOW EVALUATING WITH THE ASSISTANCE ALSO OF PUBLIC WORKS TO SEE IF THERE ARE EASEMENTS OR FACILITIES THAT MAY PROHIBIT US FROM WANTING TO SELL, UH, YOU KNOW, A VACANT PIECE OF LAND.

BUT WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT, UH, AND I KNOW THE MAYOR HAS BROUGHT THIS UP AS WELL.

ALL OF YOU AT SOME POINT AND HAS, UH, WE HAVE 44 PARKS, BUT WHAT DEFINES APART, WHAT REALLY IS VALUABLE ENOUGH TO CONTINUE TO PAY THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH EITHER REPLACING AMENITIES AS THEY WERE OUT THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE OF WATERING THE GRASS AND TRIMMING IT.

AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TEED UP AS A DISCUSSION TO INITIATE AT THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION AND THAT WAY THEY, AND I KNOW THEY'VE HAD SOME INITIAL REVIEWS

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WHAT, YOU KNOW, W WHAT REALLY CONSTITUTES APART.

WE MAY HAVE WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE TWO SIGNIFICANT HURDLES WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, LET'S CALL IT DECOMMISSIONING A PARK.

UH, ONE, SOME OF THE LEAST UTILIZED PARKS, WE'LL LIKELY HAVE MY TECHNICAL TERM GOOFY CONFIGURATIONS.

SO YOU REALLY CAN'T USE A STRIP THAT NO ONE GOES TO AND PUT A HOUSE ON IT.

SO WE MAY HAVE CHALLENGES WITH WHAT ELSE WE WOULD USE THAT, THAT LAND FOR PLUS THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT HURDLES TO SELLING PARKLAND.

AND SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS WERE, REGARDLESS OF THE HURDLES, WE HAVE STARTED THE DISCUSSIONS AND WE WILL BRING THAT TO THE PUBLIC EYE AS WE REDEFINE WHAT REALLY IS A PARK WORTH INVESTING IN TO YOUR POINT THOUGH, UH, ART, UH, THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM HAS, YOU KNOW, ASKED FOR THIS MONEY FOR THOSE HIGHLY UTILIZED PARKS WITH STRONG NEED.

AND SO WE DEFINITELY WON'T BE PUTTING MONEY INTO AN AREA THAT WE THINK, UH, UH, WON'T HAVE THE, THE HIGHEST BENEFIT TO THE PUBLIC.

I THINK ALL OF US KNEW THAT, BUT I WANTED TO GET IT OUT IN THE, OH, NO, I KNOW, I KNOW THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO POUR MONEY DOWN THE DRAIN.

IF SOMETHING'S NOT BEING UTILIZED, THEN WE'RE W WE'RE STEWARDS OF THEIR MONEY.

SO WE, WE DON'T WANT TO SPEND MONEY WHERE IT'S NOT, UH, YOU KNOW, NOT REALLY APPROPRIATE.

EXACTLY.

MARIANNE, I THINK YOU HAVE YOUR NEXT HEADLINE COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETTS RECOMMENDS REMOVING PARKS FOR HOUSING.

IT'S PERFECT.

GO RIGHT AHEAD.

I'M NOT RUNNING THIS YEAR.

UM, BEN, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION TO ART'S POINT FOR THIS LINE ITEM, THE 501,000, THE FOUR PARKS THAT ARE IN THAT ARE HIGHLY USED.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT HOLDING THAT OFF.

NO, CAN I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS IS KIND OF A BRAIN CHILD OF DANIEL AND THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM IS THAT WE TYPICALLY HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC USE FOR THE CIP MONEY WHERE WE LOOK AT WE'RE GOING TO, UH, MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AT COMMUNITY PARK.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DANIEL BROUGHT FORWARD IN THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING THIS YEAR IS THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM ROBS PETER TO PAY PAUL EVERY SINGLE DAY TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN OUT IN THE FIELD.

WE'RE TRYING TO ACTUALLY DEDICATE SOME MONEY FOR MORE FLEXIBLE USES.

SO WE PUT FOUR PARKS THERE AND MAY BE ALL FOR MAYBE TWO, BUT, BUT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A LOT MORE FLEXIBLE SO THAT WE CAN TARGET THOSE HIGHEST NEEDS AND TO ART'S POINT, WHICH IS A GOOD POINT ABOUT THE UNDER UTILIZED SMALLER PARKS.

IF WE CAN'T USE THEM FOR ANOTHER USE, CAN WE, UM, MAKE IT LIKE A STRICKLAND NATURE PARK WHERE WE GET FUNDING TO TAKE CARE OF IT? WE WE'LL LOOK AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY, WHETHER IT MAY BE THERE'S AN HOA OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSFER OUR OWNERSHIP.

IF WE CAN.

THE BIGGEST THING IS THE UPKEEP.

I DON'T THINK THAT ANY OF US UP HERE DON'T LIKE SEEING BEAUTIFUL OPEN SPACE AND PARKS.

IT'S JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE, WE'RE STRETCHING OUR BUDGET TO DO IT, BUT IF WE CAN GET GRANTS LIKE THAT, IT'S THE PIPELINE THAT NATURE PARK STRICT LIMIT, YOU KNOW, WE GET FUNDING TO TAKE CARE OF THAT, SO, OKAY.

MOVING ON TO PUBLIC FACILITIES, WE HAVE ONE MAJOR PROJECT IN THAT CATEGORY AND THAT'S IMPROVING THE PAVEMENT AT THE CITY YARD, THE PARKING LOT THAT'S YES.

THAT'S.

SO THAT'S THE BUILDING THAT WE LEASE.

SO THAT, THAT PAVEMENT IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE.

SO IT'S A IT'S IT'S DUE FOR SOME IMPROVEMENTS.

AND MOVING ON TO THE SEWER CATEGORY, WE HAVE ONE PROJECT WHERE MAJOR PROJECT IDENTIFIED AND THAT'S THE COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE SEWER REALIGNMENT.

THIS WAS A LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE BIT TRICKY WHERE THE SEWER RUNS THROUGH A LONG COUNTRY CLUB ROAD.

AS YOU GO EAST ON THE PAST PIPELINE AVENUE, IT TRAVERSES IN A SOUTHERLY, SOUTHERLY DIRECTION THROUGH SOMEBODY'S BACKYARD.

UM, SO WE'RE TRYING TO CLEAN THAT UP.

WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES THERE.

SO BEFORE WE HAVE ANY MAJORS WHO WILL SEWER OVERFLOWS, WE WANT TO CLEAN THAT UP, CONNECT IT AND ROUTE IT THROUGH, UH, THROUGH THE NEW EASEMENT THAT WE JUST FINISHED THE MANUAL ACCESS ROAD, UM, AND AVOID ANY POTENTIAL ISSUES IN THE FUTURE.

UM, AND THEN GOING INTO THE STREETS CATEGORY, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, PAVEMENT REHAB ALONG CHINO HILLS PARKWAY, AND THAT'LL BE FROM THE NORTHERN CITY LIMIT TO CARBON CANYON ROAD.

UM, AND THEN ALSO FROM RAMONA TO MONTEVISTA, THAT WILL BE, UM, FROM RAMONA MARTINEZ, SO THAT WE'LL DO OUR SIDE.

AND THEN CHINO HAS EXPRESSED SOME INTEREST IN PARTNERING UP SO THAT WE CAN DO BOTH SIDES AT ONCE.

UM, AND THEN WE GOT TWO

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LOAF RONALD'S PROJECTS.

WE GOT MONITOR CIELO, DRIVE, TRANSIT, ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS, AND SIERRA VISTA DRIVE AND DEL NORTE IMPROVEMENTS.

UM, AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL STUDENT PROVEN PROGRAM WHERE WE DO A SLURRY SEAL AND GRINNELL RELATE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

THAT, THAT COMPLETES MY PRESENTATION.

WE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY, ANY QUESTIONS AND A QUICK QUESTION, IF THE YELLOW BORDER THAT IS AROUND THE STREET LIGHTS AT CARBON CANYON AND, UH, PARKWAY.

YES.

WHEN I UNDERSTAND THOSE ARE GOING TO BE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE CITY AT SOME POINT, IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH.

WE PLAN ON DOING A PILOT PILOT PROGRAM WHERE WE WILL INSTALL, UH, THAT RETRO REFLECTIVE, UH, BACKING.

UM, I BELIEVE WE'RE LOOKING AT FIVE OR SIX INTERSECTIONS TO START WITH AND SEE HOW, HOW EFFECTIVE THEY ARE.

UM, AND THE, THE GOAL OF THAT IS WHEN WE DO HAVE A SIGNAL THAT, THAT GOES OUT, UM, AS MOTORIST APPROACH THE SIGNAL, THEY'LL STILL BE ABLE TO SEE THE, THE RETRO EFFECTIVE BACKPLATE.

UM, THE LAW SAYS THAT WHEN YOU GO TO, WHEN YOU COME ACROSS A DARK SIGNAL, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO STOP OFTENTIMES WITH, DEPENDING ON HOW DARK IT IS.

IF EVEN THE STREET LIGHTS ARE OUT, YOU CAN'T SEE IT.

SO THIS WILL HELP THEM IN THAT, IN THAT ASPECT.

AND WHERE WOULD THAT COST BE? IT, I MEAN, I DON'T REALLY HAVE A GRANT FOR THAT.

JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR Q DANIEL.

UM, I WAS JUST GLAD TO SEE THAT THE KELLY SAN MARCOS PARK PLAYGROUND IS ON THE BUDGET AND IT'S IT'S IT'S FOR NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS GOOD.

I NOTICED SOME OF THE THINGS ARE KIND OF PUT ON HOLD FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, LIKE TORREY PINES RENOVATION.

UM, BUT THE KELLY SAN MARCOS PARK EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN BAD FOR A LONG TIME AND THOSE NEIGHBORS ARE REALLY GONNA APPRECIATE IT UP THERE.

UM, SO THE GATEWAY MONUMENT ON CHINO HILLS PARKWAY IS GREAT.

I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER ONE IN GRAND AVENUE FOR THE MONUMENT SIGNAGE, BUT THE QUESTION I HAD, MAYBE THIS IS A BEN QUESTION.

UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES IF WE'RE ABLE TO ADD THE, UM, THE WHITE CITY FENCING THAT'S ON THE APARTMENT SIDE.

SO WHEN YOU ENTER CHINO HILLS, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE ENTERING CHINO HILLS AND NOT A DIFFERENT CITY.

WHERE ARE WE WITH THAT? I CAN ANSWER THAT COUNSEL MORAN, THAT PROPERTY IS OWNED BY CALTRANS.

WE REACHED OUT TO THEM.

UM, I KNOW IN THE PAST THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT CALTRANS BEING OKAY WITH IT.

UM, BUT THERE'S NEW LEADERSHIP, NEW, NEW STAFF MEMBERS.

SO YEAH, THE PREVIOUS DIRECTOR HAD APPROVED THE EASEMENT AND THEN IT WENT BY THE WAYSIDE.

SO WE HAVE TO KEEP ON THEM.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND WE NEED TO PUT TOGETHER A PLAN TO SHOW THEM WHAT WE PLAN ON DOING.

UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING WHITE FENCING AND THEN POTENTIALLY IF, IF, IF IT'S ALLOWED, UH, MAYBE SOME DROUGHT TOLERANT LANDSCAPING BEHIND IT.

SO WE MIGHT DO IT IN TWO PHASES, MAYBE GO IN AND DO THE WHITE FENCING FIRST AND THEN COME BACK AND DO THE LANDSCAPING AT A FUTURE DATE.

AND THEN I KNOW I TALKED TO JOANNE THAT BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF LIKE COINCIDING WITH THE TIMING OF THAT, THE NEXT PHASE OF THE APARTMENTS, CORRECT.

THERE'S ANY WAY WE MEET, WE CAN GET SOME BUY-IN FROM THE DEVELOPER TO PAY FOR SOME OF THIS, IT'S GOING TO ENHANCE THEIR PROPERTY.

SO THAT JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE AS WELL, WE'VE, WE'VE IDENTIFIED FUNDING FOR THAT PART OF ONE OF THE CFDS.

SO, UM, WE WILL GET ON AS SOON AS WE CAN, ONCE WE GET CALTRANS APPROVAL, WE'LL PROCEED.

THIS IS A BEN QUESTION.

SO WE'RE RECONFIGURING THE CITY HALL SPACE.

UM, SO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO ASK AGAIN.

SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THE EMPTY RECEPTIONIST AREA IN THE LOBBY? BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT JUST BUGS ME WHEN YOU WALK IN, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A GREAT SIGN, IT'S, IT'S AN, IT'S AN UNMANNED POST.

SO I THINK THAT IT GIVES THE IMPRESSION THAT SOMEONE'S NOT AT THEIR DESK, SO WE EITHER USE IT OR WE SHOULD GET RID OF IT.

I DON'T KNOW.

I JUST, I JUST, AM I THE ONLY ONE THAT FEELS THAT WAY.

THAT'S WHY I'M BRINGING IT UP NOW.

SO, OH, YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO'S BROUGHT IT UP.

UM, I KNOW THAT WE'VE TRIED TO STAFF IT WITH, UH, VOLUNTEERS OR, YOU KNOW, ON A PROGRAMMING BASIS.

I DON'T THINK WE HAD THAT IN MIND WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE RECONFIGURATION OF REMOVING IT, BUT I'LL DEFINITELY ADD THAT TO THE SCOPE AS WE DISCUSS WHETHER OR NOT THAT SOMEDAY BECOMES A STAFF POSITION AS IT WAS MOONS AGO, HAS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A CITY GREETER OR WHAT OTHER WAYS WE CAN MAXIMIZE THAT BECAUSE BESIDES IT BEING A BAR FOR KURT HAGMAN'S HOLIDAY PARTY, UH, IT DOES SERVE VERY WELL FOR THAT, BUT THAT'S ONLY ONCE A YEAR.

UM, OKAY.

THEN MY LAST THING IS, UM, SO PETER AND I HAVE BEEN AT THE BARN A FEW TIMES THIS YEAR WITH SOME EVENTS.

I HAVEN'T BEEN THERE IN A LONG TIME, BUT I NOTICED, SO WE HAVE ON HERE FOR 230,000, IT'S THE MCCOY QUESTION, UM, REC CENTER AND IMPROVEMENTS, BUT IT'S FOR OUTDOOR STUFF, BUT EITHER JONATHAN OR BEN, UM, WHEN YOU'RE INSIDE THE BARN, IT IS UTILIZED SO MUCH.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THE CEILING, WHEN PETER'S TALKING, JUST KILLING TIME, I'M LOOKING AT THE CEILING AND, UM, I HAVE TO DIG A YOU A LITTLE BIT TODAY.

UM, THE INTERIOR NEEDS TO BE PAINTED.

UM, AND THEN WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO SET UP LIKE THE AB EQUIPMENT, LIKE WHEN WE HAVE ENTERTAINMENT, IT'S, THEY'RE NOT, UM, THEY'RE NOT UPDATED LIKE THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

SO WHEN SOMEBODY WANTS TO SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS LIKE PLAYING THEIR IPHONE OR WHATEVER EQUIPMENT THEY HAVE, IT'S, IT'S VERY LIKE ANTIQUATED

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A V PLUGINS.

I DON'T, MAYBE MELISSA, CAN, CAN YOU COME UP FOR A MINUTE, MELISSA? UM, IT'S JUST THINGS LIKE THAT.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT WOULD COST, BUT IT, IT GETS USED ENOUGH THAT IT NEEDS A REFRESHER IN THERE.

AND, UM, I LOVE WHAT SHE DID WITH, UM, THE BAR OUT OF THE BARN WOOD THAT ADDED SO MUCH THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LIKE TO RENT IT.

BUT, UM, WHAT DO YOU THINK LIKE WOULD BE AN UPGRADE ON THOSE PLUG THINGS? UM, SO THE EQUIPMENT ITSELF, UM, THE DIFFICULTY CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE IS IT IS CORRECT.

THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE IN THE BARN ITSELF IS ANTIQUATED.

IT'S OLD.

IT IS NOT WHAT YOU SEE WITH THESE EASY USB CONNECTORS.

IT'S OLD SCHOOL R I WAS GOING TO CONNECT AROUND.

IT'S A LITTLE CIRCLE, ONE WITH THE PRONGS.

WE HAVE THE CONNECTORS THAT DO WORK FOR IT, BUT IT IS, IT IS NOT AS USER-FRIENDLY AS THE OTHERS.

UM, THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE WITH THAT FACILITY IS WE HAVE A B EQUIPMENT THAT'S TIED TO THE, OUTSIDE TO THE ARENAS AS WELL AS INSIDE.

SO IT'S ONE MAJOR UNIT.

UM, SO UNLESS WE GO TO LOOK TO DIVIDE THOSE IN HALF, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A MUCH LARGER PROJECT.

UM, WE'VE HAD SOME INTERNAL CONVERSATIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME UPGRADES PROBABLY NEED TO TAKE PLACE WITH THE EQUIPMENT OUTSIDE AS WELL FOR THE ARENAS, BUT IT'S A LARGER PROJECT THAT NEEDS TO BE TACKLED.

AND WHAT ABOUT THE INTERIOR PAINTING AND THINGS LIKE THAT? THAT'S SOMETHING INTERNALLY WE'VE ALREADY BEEN WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS.

WE CAN DO SOME ANNUAL MAINTENANCE ON THERE.

SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET SOME TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, FIXINGS OF THE PAINTING DONE INSIDE INTERIOR ABOUT A BOY SCOUT EAGLE PROJECT.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T GONE THAT FAR.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE A LEVEL WE WOULD TAKE FOR THAT.

AND WE CAN CERTAINLY INQUIRE WITH PUBLIC WORKS.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WOULD BE A GREAT WAY FOR COURTS OF HONOR.

I'LL BET THEY WOULD DO IT.

I MEAN, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT FOR THE POST OFFICE SITE, BUT THEY WON'T LET US ON IT, BUT WE OWN THE BARN.

SO MAYBE WE COULD LOOK INTO THAT TYPICALLY FOR THOSE PROJECTS, THEY'RE MORE, YOU KNOW, OUTDOOR TRASH CANS OR BENCHES, AND THEY NEED TO BE PAINTED WHEN WE KIND OF GET ONTO SCAFFOLDING.

IT GETS A LITTLE PROBLEMATIC THOUGHT, YOU KNOW? ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU, MELISSA.

LAST QUESTION FOR DANIEL, THEN I'M DONE GOING FORWARD.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION TO FOLLOW UP ON ONE, YOUR QUESTIONS? CAN YOU BRING THAT BACK UP TO US MAYBE MID YEAR TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT THE EQUIPMENT WOULD COST? SO MAYBE WE CAN MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT COY.

I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THE SPRUCING UP MCCOY IN GENERAL.

IT WASN'T JUST WELL, AND THAT EXTRA QUESTION REALLY HELPS BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE DEVELOPING THE BUDGET, WE DO TRY TO FOCUS ON AS MUCH AS WE CAN, BUT AT SOME POINT IN TIME, AND AS MELISSA POINTED OUT, WE'VE BEEN HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS, BUT SOONER OR LATER, YOU GOT TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE CUTTING FLOOR.

AND SO WE WILL ABSOLUTELY COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL WITH, UH, MORE, UH, ALONG THE LINES OF MCCOY.

THIS IS JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, DANIEL.

SO THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL OVER AT BOYS, REPUBLICAN ST.

PAUL, WHERE WALK ACROSS THE STREET.

SO IT SAYS THAT WE'RE SWITCHING IT TO, FROM THAT FLASHING YELLOW SIGNAL TO A HOCK SIGNAL, WHAT'S A HUCK SIGNAL HAWK SIGNAL, ESSENTIALLY IT'LL OPERATE VERY SIMILAR TO A VEHICLE TRAFFIC SIGNAL.

UH, WHAT'LL HAPPEN IS, IS RIGHT NOW WHEN YOU, AS A PEDESTRIAN APPROACHES, THE WALKWAY, THEY'LL PRESS A BUTTON AND THE LIGHTS WILL FLASH.

BUT AS A PEDESTRIAN, YOU DON'T SEE THAT THEY'RE FLASHING WITH THIS WILL DO OPERATE VERY SIMILAR TO TRAFFIC SIGNAL.

YOU PUSH A BUTTON IT'LL, IT'LL, UH, START FLASHING FOR THE, FOR THE VEHICLE, IT'LL TURN RED FOR THEM.

UM, AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE THE PEDESTRIAN WILL HAVE AN ACTUAL PEDESTRIAN HEAD LETTING THEM KNOW THAT IT'S TIME FOR THEM TO WALK.

RIGHT.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE A DIAGONAL CROSSING BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS NOW IS WHERE THE CROSSWALK IS LOCATED.

IT'S ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION.

SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THE PETROS WILL CROSS AND THEN THEY'LL CROSS ON THE OTHER SIDE.

UH, IT'LL BE MORE EFFICIENT WITH THAT NON CROSS DIAGONALLY, SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SEE LIKE IN PASADENA.

UM, CAUSE MOST KIDS WILL GO TO THAT SIDE ANYWAY, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE SIDEWALK IS.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT AS SAFE AND AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE.

CAN WE ENHANCE THE COMMUNITY CENTER, UH, INTERNET, UH, TO THE SATISFACTION OF EVERYBODY THAT UTILIZES THE COMMUNITY CENTER? I KNOW THERE WERE CHALLENGES A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND I, WHENEVER I CALL MELISSA, SHE HAS TO HOLD HER PHONE AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE NEXT TO THE WINDOW TO MAKE A CONNECTION.

PROGRAMS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE, IN ADDITION TO THE LEVEL OF SERVICE FOR WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY WITHIN THE FACILITY, LOOKING AT, UH, HAVING THE PARKING LOT AREAS ALSO COVERED WITH WIRELESS, UH, SPECIFICALLY TO IMPROVE, UH, EMERGENCY, UH, RESPONSE, UH, AS WE SAW THROUGH COVID THE ABILITY TO POP IN AT A PARK OR A FACILITY AND BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD YOUR HOMEWORK.

HAVE WE, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS WITH MATT AND COMPANY.

HAS THAT BEEN IMPROVED OR IS IT, ARE WE DOING BABY STEPS OR W W WHERE DO WE STAND? BECAUSE WE ALL VIEW THAT AS THE EMERGENCY FACILITY, WHEN THINGS HAPPEN IN TOWN.

SO AS MUCH AS WE CAN ENHANCE THE COMMUNITY CENTER, AS WE'VE DONE WITH SOME GENERATORS, ET CETERA, THAT IF, IF WE HAVE AN ENHANCED, IT, IT'S PROBABLY TIME.

WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL ASK MELISSA TO COME UP TO TALK ABOUT THE, UH, SPECIFIC CONDITIONS THERE.

AND WHILE SHE COMES UP, I'LL TALK ABOUT A FEW THINGS THAT ARE ON THE RADAR.

UH, FOR THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION TONIGHT DURING THE COUNCIL MEETING, WE WILL HAVE A, UH, PROPOSED ARPA, UH, FUNDING USE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO DO SOME PILOT

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THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING AT.

I DO BELIEVE WE'VE MADE ENHANCEMENTS JUST TO THE NORMAL, UH, INTERNET ACCESS IN THE FACILITY, BUT I'LL LET MELISSA ANSWER THAT.

BUT I WILL SAY THAT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH CELL PHONES ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL.

THAT'S NOT OUR NETWORK AS MUCH AS JUST WHETHER OR NOT AT AND T OR VERIZON WORKS IN A PARTICULAR AREA.

I HOLD MATT ACCOUNTABLE, NOT VERIZON MATT HAS CHARGED COMMUNITY SERVICES $339,000 THIS YEAR.

SO I HEAR YOU COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS, OR I'M GOING, HUH? THERE'S NOT MUCH MORE TO ADD.

UH, AS, UH, MATT HAD MENTIONED IN, UM, BEN HAD MENTIONED, YES, YOU DO.

WE HAVE CITY WIFI.

NOW IT DOES WORK FOR THOSE THAT DO LOG INTO IT.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST TIME GOING IN, OBVIOUSLY YOU GET THAT LITTLE PROMPTING.

SO SOME PEOPLE JUST GETTING NEED TO BE REMINDED OF HOW THAT FUNCTIONS.

UM, BUT IF YOU ARE ON THERE, THE WIFI WORKS AS FOR THE CELLULAR CONNECTION ITSELF.

THAT IS CORRECT.

IT VERY DEPENDS.

UM, IF YOU HAVE VERIZON, LIKE I DO IT DOESN'T WORK AS GREAT AT AND T SEEMS TO HAVE NO PROBLEMS. SO, UM, IT DEPENDS ON YOUR CARRIER IN THE DAY, UM, FOR IT TO PETER'S POINT TO YOUR POINT, PETER WAS HAVING WIFI IN THE PARKING LOT OR OUTSIDE IS GOOD TOO, BECAUSE DURING THE, UM, EMERGENCY TIMES THAT THAT WAS A STAGING AREA FOR IVH AND PEOPLE'S ANIMALS.

SO THEY HAD TO LIKE CONTACT PEOPLE TO SEE IF THEIR PETS WERE THERE.

SO YEAH, IT SHOULD DEFINITELY BE IN THE PARKING LOT FROM OUTSIDE.

ALRIGHT.

BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I THINK I KNOW THE MAYOR AND I THINK EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU ASKED ME AT SOME POINT IN TIME ABOUT A PROJECT THAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR AND THE NEXT PHASE FOR PICKLEBALL.

SO, UM, WE DO HAVE IN THE EXISTING BUDGET, UH, UH, FUNDING FOR PICKLEBALL LIGHTS.

AND SO THE TEAM IS CURRENTLY LOOKING AT, UH, WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE IN ORDER TO LIGHT OUR PICKLEBALL COURT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT WHILE WE'RE TALKING THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR, NOT THE NEW BUDGET.

THAT'S CORRECT.

SO, ALL RIGHT, SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO OPEN IT UP.

I KNOW THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE HAD MEETINGS WITH ME.

UH, WE WILL, UH, GO PAGE BY PAGE, BUT SECTION BY SECTION, UH, WE JUST HAUL AROUND LOOKING AT THE COUNCIL.

YOU'RE SCARING US.

NO, I'M JUST, YOU'VE GOT THIS CAPTIVE AUDIENCE.

I'LL GO FAST.

I'M JUST, CAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE BEEN LEAVING.

I'VE BEEN WATCHING THEM LEAVE.

SO, SO WE WILL START IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.

UH, AND, AND WE REALLY HAVE TEED THIS UP TO WHERE YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO INTO THE DETAILS BECAUSE WE GAVE YOU DEPARTMENT BROAD STROKES OR ALPHABETICAL OR CITY CLERK, YOU KNOW, START WITH Z.

UH, CITY, CITY MANAGER, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY SERVICES, FINANCE, PUBLIC WORKS.

YES, SIR.

BIKE, BIKE LANES.

WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, I GUESS IN CHINO, THEY'RE PUTTING A GREEN PORTION WHERE A BIKE AND A CAR CAN CROSS, HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT? UH, WE HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TO SEE WHERE IT WOULD BE APPLICABLE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

UM, AS YOU MENTIONED, UH, THE, EVERY CITY, EVERY CITY DOES A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY, BUT ESSENTIALLY THE GREEN MEANS THAT THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE EMERGING VEHICLES WITH, UH, WITH BICYCLES.

SO YEAH.

THANK YOU AS AN ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION, JUST FOR THE PUBLIC WHO MAY BE VIEWING THIS, UH, THIS IS ONE, TWO HOUR MEETING, BUT IT DOES NOT REFLECT ALL OF THE TIME THAT THE COUNCIL, THE CITY DEPARTMENT HEADS, ALL OF THE STAFF IN ATTENDANCE, UH, HAS, UH, COMMITTED TO DEVELOPING THIS BUDGET.

WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR DILIGENT REVIEW.

I WILL LEAVE OFF ONE LAST COMMENT TO BE MADE BY THE FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR, UH, THE COUNCIL.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE JANUARY WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR.

THANK YOU GUYS.

ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.

HE'S DONE IT FROM PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

MA'AM

[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]

LARRY, COULD YOU COME UP? THANK YOU, SIR.

AT LEAST PLEASE JOIN ME.

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

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WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

WAS YOUR BALL AND PRAY WITH ME GRACIOUS.

MS.

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

LOVING FATHER HAVE A MORPHE UPON OFF HE ALL OUR PRAYER AND OUR NIGHT OFF WITH YOUR UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.

AS WE GATHER HERE TONIGHT, WE MOURN THE LIFE LOST IN THE RABBIT.

ALLOMETRY IS QUARRY SHOOTING.

WE INTEREST THE VICTIMS OF THE SHOOTING INTO YOUR LOVING ARMS AND INTO YOUR HEAVENLY KINGDOM.

OUR HEARTS PRAY FOR THE CHILDREN WHO LOST THEIR LIVES.

THE PARENTS WHO LOST THEIR CHILDREN AND ARE THOSE WHO ARE AFFECTED.

I DID SENSELESS TREADS, THE LORD.

WOULD YOU COME FORWARD TO THEM AND SURROUND THEM WITH YOUR LOVE? SEND YOUR HOLY SPIRIT TO HEAR THIS NATION AND BRING HOPE TO ALL THOSE WHO, WHO ARE LOVED AND OVERCOME WITH GRIEF.

EVEN WHEN THE WHOLE WORLD FEELS CHAOTIC.

GRANDPA'S KEY.

HELP US REMEMBER CHRIST, GREAT LOVE AND HIS SACRIFICE ON THE CROSS FOR OUR THIN HEAVENLY FATHER WHEN WE ARE FRIGHTENED AND WEAK.

AND WHEN WE DON'T FEEL AT PEACE, MAKE YOUR PRESENCE KNOWN TO US, REMIND US THAT YOU ARE IN CONTROL AND COMFORT.

WHEN THE WORD FEELS UNSAFE, ALL OF US TO REMAIN IN YOUR PRESENCE AND TO LIVE LIFE WITH CONFIDENCE, KNOWING THAT YOU, OUR GOD ALWAYS WITH LET OUR LIFE BE AN EXAMPLE OF PEACE.

ONLY YOU CAN GIVE PEACE THAT SURPASSES HUMAN UNDERSTANDING, FATHER GOD.

THERE IS SO MUCH HATE IN THIS WORLD.

RACISM, ANGER, DISCRIMINATION, FEAR AND INTOLERANCE AMONG LAWS.

TAKE DOWN THE WORD.

THEY'RE SEPARATE, WORTH THE PUSH OFF TO HEART AND KILL ONE ANOTHER.

ALL OF US TO UPHOLD OUR VALUES AND FAITH AS FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST BY TREATING OTHERS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S DIFFERENT FROM US WITH RESPECT, LOVE, AND INTEGRITY, HELP US BUILD OUR NEIGHBORS UP INSTEAD OF TEARING THEM DOWN AS A MEMORY OR THEY APPROACH IT.

LET US HONOR THE HONOR.

AND REMEMBER THOSE WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES FOR THIS NATION TO PROVIDE US AND OUR CHILDREN, THE CHANCE FOR A BETTER LIFE, LET THEIR SACRIFICES NOT BE IN VAIN.

ALL LORD GIVE WISDOM TO OUR LEADERS SO THAT THEY MAY LEAVE THIS COUNTRY WITH WISDOM AND HUMILITY SO THAT WE MAY BE ONE NATION UNDER GOD.

ONCE AGAIN, LOVING FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR OUR DIVIDED FEEDING LEADERS.

WE PRAY FOR THE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ALL THOSE STEPS.

WOULD YOU BEARD A SPIRITUAL WORLD PROTECTION AROUND THEM? LORD, WE ASK FOR YOUR BLESSINGS AND GRACE GRANT THEM THE WISDOM AND THE COURAGE TO HOLD YOUR WORD AND PROTECT THEM FROM BEING TEMPTED OR BE LED BY LIMITED REASONING OF MAN THIS EVENING, AS THE COUNSELING MYTH, PLEASE ORCHESTRATE THEIR TIME TOGETHER WITH YOUR PRESENCE AND YOUR HOLY SPIRIT.

GRANT THEM YOUR WISDOM AND THE GIFT OF GRACE TO ENCOURAGE AND UPLIFT ONE ANOTHER.

MAY THE HOLY SPIRIT LEAD THE CONVERSATION THIS EVENING AND LET THE PRAYER FLOW FROM THIS CHAMBER TONIGHT, BUILD UP THIS COMMUNITY AND ALTHOUGH IT TO BECOME A CITY THAT PROSPERS AND FLOURISH IN YOUR NAME, WE PRAY ALL THIS IN THE NAME OF JESUS, OUR LORD AND SAVIOR.

AMEN.

PRESENTATION IS A PRESENTATION OF A CHECK BY SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY FOURTH DISTRICT SUPERVISOR KURT HAGMAN REPRESENTING $700,000 IN GRANT FUNDING AWARDED TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS FOR RECREATION AND EDUCATIONAL NEEDS THROUGH 2023 MAYOR.

THE FIRST

[3. PRESENTATION - Presentation of check by San Bernardino County Fourth District Supervisor Curt Hagman representing $700,000 in grant funding awarded to the City of Chino Hills for recreation and educational needs through 2023]

I'M GOING TO WALK DOWN ALSO TAKE SOME PHOTOS.

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YEAH, SO WHAT'S WHAT PARTS IS FOR PETER PARKER.

CAUSE WE DID THE ARPA, UH, GIVING ME A MISDEMEANOR.

WOW.

YOU GUYS ARE ALL FRIENDS, RIGHT? CYNTHIA, PETER, R BRIAN, ALL OF YOU.

THIS IS, THIS IS A OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNTY TO PARTNER UP WITH THE CITY.

UM, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE THE COUNTY HAS BEEN ABLE TO PARTNER UP WITH THE CITY.

I THINK IT GOES BACK TO THE DAYS THAT WE HAD A COMMUNITY CENTER WHERE PETER WITH THE GOLD KNOCKING ON THE DOORS, WAY BACK WHEN TO GET THE FIRST COMMITMENT FOR THE COUNTY TO SUPPORT THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.

FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, CHINO HILLS HAS PROBABLY THE LOWEST PROPERTY TAX, UM, CONTINGENT, IN LEAST MY DISTRICT, AT LEAST A LOT OF THE AREA, THE COUNTY IT'S A NEWER CITY.

SO IT'S AFTER PROP 13.

AND SO IT DOESN'T GET AS SHARE BACK LIKE OTHER CITIES DO.

IN FACT, IT GETS LESS DOLLARS INTO THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT DOES AND PROPERTY TAX DOLLARS.

SO I'VE BEEN TRYING FOR MY YEARS AS THE COUNTY SUPERVISOR, THEY BRING BACK WHAT WE CAN TO THE COUNTY, TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, MY HOME CITY, TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO TO, TO PARTNER UP WITH THE CITY.

SO THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US AT THE COUNTY, UM, WITH THE GENEROSITY OF OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION, THROUGH ARPA AND CARES MONEY, THE COUNTY HAS, UM, FUNDS THAT WE CAN INVEST IN EACH OTHER'S DISTRICT AT THIS POINT.

SO WE'VE MADE A PRIORITY LIST.

THE CITY DID, THEY CAME TO US, THEY SAID THINGS LIKE THE SPLASH PAD THAT JONATHAN AND I GO WAY BACK THAT WHO GOT HOW MANY YEARS AGO, JONATHAN ABOUT 18, 20 YEARS AGO WOULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE CHEAPER THAN IT IS TODAY TO GET THAT FLASHBACK.

BUT WE'RE FINALLY GETTING THAT AND THAT THEY WERE GIVING A, A NEW STAGE CONSTANCE, A PARK STAGE.

YES, THE MOBILE REC BAND.

AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PARTNER UP WITH THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.

DO YOU HAVE THE BEST COMMITTEE IN SAN BERNARDINO? MY OPINION IS BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS, WE HAVE WORKING TOGETHER ALL THE TIME AND WE GOT TO PROVIDE AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO, TO PROVIDE THOSE RECREATION ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE CITY AND WITHIN THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTNER UP WITH YOU AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR INVESTMENT AND THE CARRIES INVESTMENT INTO THESE NEW, UH, FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE IN THIS CITY.

AND WE'LL ASK AND BEN, HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE YOU TO BUILD IT BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO CHECK NOW.

SO HOPEFULLY IT COMES OUT SOON AND WE'LL LET THE MAYOR TALK ABOUT WHERE THEY'RE GOING AND WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH IT.

BUT THIS IS THE FIRST INSTALLMENT.

THAT'S HOPEFULLY MORE THINGS TO COME AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKING CHINO HILLS, EVEN OUR GREATER COMMUNITY.

IT ONLY TOOK US WHAT 18 YEARS TO DO THIS SUMMIT ON THE SPLASH PAD, BUT WE'RE THERE 2008.

SO, SO ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO AND IT'S SAFE WHEN WE HAVE, I JUST WANT TO SAY JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS UP.

HE'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS WHEN HE WAS ALIVE WHILE MANY YEARS AGO, RIGHT? THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS YOU WANTED TO GIVE.

IT JUST TAKES FURTHER PEOPLE LONGER TO EVOLVE.

THE SAME UNDERSTANDING THAT I HAD A LONG TIME AGO.

THAT'S ALL.

SO FOR THIS CITY OF 80,000, WE DON'T HAVE A WATER FEATURE IN THIS CITY THAT WE OWN AS A CITY.

AND, UM, WE HAD A COUPLE OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHER THINGS OVER THE PAST.

UH, AND WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY WAY BACK WHEN I WAS ON PARK, REX AND FRAY TOO.

AND PETER, YOU WERE ALL THREE OF US ARE ON THE PARK AND RECS AT THE TIME TO, UH, GET A SPLASH PAD AT ONE POINT A WATER, A WATER TYPE THING.

AND IT GETS HOT THROUGH THE SUMMER FOR OUR KIDS.

AND WE THOUGHT, WHAT A GREAT IDEA AT THE TIME THE COUNCIL DID NOT APPROVE THAT, BUT WE'RE BACK AGAIN.

IT'S OBVIOUSLY JONATHAN MARSHALL'S FAULT BECAUSE HE DIDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THIS LONG TIME AGO.

UM, BUT NOW IT'S, IT'S A GREAT THING FOR OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO ENJOY THIS CITY WHEN, ESPECIALLY IN THOSE HOT DAYS TO GET COOLED OFF AND OTHER THINGS, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT EXPANDING THOSE PARKS AND OTHER FACILITIES, INCLUDING, AND THE CONCEPT OF THE PARK IS, IS A GREAT, YOU KNOW, PROCON THAT WE ALL ENJOY IN THE CRITICAL WATCH ALL THE TIME.

SO WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT THE CITY.

CAN I GET A RECAP? WOULD YOU MIND OKAY.

REMEMBER GETTING WHAT AGAIN? SPLASH PAD.

WHAT ELSE? OKAY.

PETER WORKS FOR ME.

SO HE HAS , I'D BE HAPPY TO JOIN HIM FOR EVERYONE ELSE.

SO SPLASH PAD, THE DONATION FROM THE COUNTY IS, UH, 500,000 AND IT WE'RE MATCHING ASSUMING, UH, THERE'S A DONATION ON HERE OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR OUR MOBILE, NEW MOBILE REC BAN AND WHICH WILL REPLACE THE ONE WE'VE HAD IN SERVICE FOR YEARS.

AND IT'S VERY POPULAR AND THERE WAS $100,000 FOR THE, UM, UH, STAGE THE PORTABLE STAGE.

THE NEXT INSTALLMENT IS GOING TO BE FOR THE, FOR THE SKATE PARK SKATE PARK.

AND THE NEXT STAGE, I MEAN THE NEXT STAGE, I KNOW I USED TO STAGE TWICE AND BENT

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AND WE'RE LOOKING AT EXPANDING, IT'S CALLED PET PARK, WHATEVER WE CALL IT.

NOW THE FACILITY THERE THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH IN HER SPARK, HER PIONEERS PARK FOR THE COMMUNITY BUILDING.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT BEN KEEPS HITTING ME UP FOR SOME INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS WITH ARPA THAT WE PLAN TO CONTINUE TO HELP WITH.

SO AS THESE PROJECTS COME TOGETHER, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PARTNER UP WITH THE CITY OF CHINO HOUSE.

I JUST WANT TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS.

YOU ARE A BIG THINKER.

YOU TALK, BUT YOU ACTUALLY WALKED THE WALK.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE WANTED TO DO FOR MANY YEARS AND BUDDY, YOU DID IT.

THE NEXT PRESENTATION IS A PRESS PRESENTATION TO THE OUTGOING PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION, STUDENT MEMBER, LAYLA ISSA OKAY.

CONGRATULATIONS.

JONATHAN'S SPOT IN TEXAS.

WE'LL BE ALL GOOD.

KURT.

TELL US WHAT YOU WANT US TO DO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

CAN'T YOU PICK UP YOUR WALLET?

[4. RECOGNITION - Outgoing Parks and Recreation Commission Student Member Leila Issa]

THIS IS A RECOGNITION FOR A WONDERFUL LADY.

LAILA WAS APPOINTED TO SERVE AS A STUDENT MEMBER OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION.

BACK IN APRIL OF 2021.

DURING HER TERM, LAYLA PROVIDED WEALTH OF VALUABLE INPUT AND SUGGESTIONS REGARDING FACILITY ENHANCEMENTS, RECREATION PROGRAMS, AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.

THESE PROJECTS INCLUDED POSSIBLE LIGHTING OF THE SKATE PARK, WHICH YOU HEARD.

RIGHT? GOOD JOB STARTED WITH YOU RENOVATION TO TORREY PINES PARK UPGRADES TO THE COMMUNITY PARK IN A NEW PROPOSED SPLASH PEN.

ALRIGHTY, JUST TO NAME A FEW, SHE'S ALSO CREDITED TO CREATING A FACEBOOK PAGE WHERE PEOPLE CAN SHARE DIFFERENT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

THE COMMISSION WAS APPRECIATED WITH ALL THE LILLY'S ENTHUSIASM OF HER ABILITY TO ALWAYS ASK THOUGHTFUL AND INSIGHTFUL QUESTIONS ON SUCH A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO OUR CITY.

WE WISH YOU GREAT SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE, AND WE HAVE SOME CERTIFICATES FOR YOU.

BUT BEFORE THAT, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SAY? UM, HI EVERYONE.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS A STUDENT MEMBER OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION.

THIS HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HOW OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY OPERATES.

AND THIS HAS BEEN AN INVALUABLE EXPERIENCE, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE HELP AND SUPPORT FROM THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION OVER THE LAST YEAR.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND THE COUNCIL.

WE'D LOVE TO GIVE YOU A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION.

AND THEN ALSO MR. HAGAN WAS JUST HERE A SUPERVISOR.

HE HAS SOMETHING FOR YOU.

THERE YOU GO.

CONGRESSWOMAN GIVE YOU THIS.

AND THEN OUR ASSEMBLY MEMBER, PHIL CHIMP.

AND ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

LET'S TAKE A PICTURE.

COME ON, MOM.

YOU CAN COME DOWN.

SHE WAS THAT GOOD.

WHEN SHE INTERVIEWED, I HAD TO PUT HER ON

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THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATIONS FOR TONIGHT.

IF YOU SEE THE PRESENTATION,

[5. PRESENTATION - Presentation by Elisa Grey, Director of Commercial Real Estate, Ontario International Airport, on proposed development coming to Ontario]

NUMBER FIVE ON YOUR AGENDA THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED AND WILL BE PRESENTED AT A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING.

WHAT'S NEXT, NEXT TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

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

YES, WE DO.

AT THIS TIME, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEMS WITHIN THE SUBJECT.

MATTER OF THE COUNCIL, WHETHER OR NOT THE ITEM APPEARS ON THE AGENDA, EXCEPT TESTIMONY ON PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS, WHICH MUST BE PROVIDED DURING THOSE HEARINGS, PLEASE COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO THE CITY.

CLERK'S ASSISTANT A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD.

COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS DR.

LINDA.

LOKES NO THE OTHER ONE OVER HERE.

HERE WE GO.

CENTER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THE COUNCIL.

UM, MY NAME IS DEAL OAKS DEAL, LINDA, BUT HE CALLS ME DEAL.

I LIVE IN HIDDEN VALLEY TOWNHOMES LOCATED IN POMONA OFF OF SCENIC RIDGE AND CHINO HILLS PARKWAY JUST ON THE HILL FROM DIAMOND RANCH, HIGH SCHOOL, PENN VALLEY WAS BUILT IN 1982.

IT HAS TWO HUNDRED, TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY THREE UNITS AND IT'S 80% OWNER OCCUPIED.

IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE QUIET AND SERENE.

THE HOMEOWNERS IN THE COMPLEX ARE VERY DIVERSE.

WE'RE A GREAT REPRESENTATION OF CALIFORNIA.

WE HAVE RECENTLY FACED A BIG CRISIS.

IT TURNS OUT THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY REMAPPED OUR AREAS HIGH RISK FOR WILDFIRES AND OUR INSURANCE WAS NONRENEWABLE.

NOW WE HAVE A NEW INSURANCE WHICH RAISED OUR PREMIUM FROM 141,000 TO A 425,000.

AS A RESULT, EVERY HOMEOWNER WILL NEED TO PAY AN ASSESSMENT OF $1,600 FOR POLICY THAT IS REDUCED IN VALUE IS ACTUALLY 5 MILLION PER OCCURRENCE.

NEXT YEAR PROBABLY WILL BE THE SAME IF NOT WORSE.

AND THIS IS HAPPENING THROUGHOUT ALL OF CALIFORNIA.

AS MOST OF US KNOW THE AREA OF RISK.

ACCORDING TO THE INSURANCE BROKER IS THE AREA TO THE RIGHT OF OUR COMPLEX OF SCENIC RIDGE RUNNING ALONG THE 60 EASTBOUND.

THIS PARCEL OF LAND BELONGS TO CHINO HILLS.

THERE IS A CHAIN LINK FENCE BETWEEN OUR COMPLEX AND THAT HILL.

ACCORDING TO MY RESEARCH, CHINO HILLS IS REQUIRED TO DO BRUSH ABATEMENT IN THAT AREA BY JUNE 8TH.

THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.

I HAVE BEEN REVIEWING CAL FIRE'S FIRE PREVENTION RECOMMENDATION SPECIFICALLY IN HOME HARDENING AND DEFENSIVE SPACE.

AS A RESULT, I HAVE REQUESTED OUR HOA DRASTICALLY TRIMMED DOWN TREES ALONG THE FENCE ON OUR SIDE, AND I'M DETERMINED TO GET IT DONE.

WE WILL BE CONDUCTING FIRE SAFETY TRAINING AND DEVELOPING A FIRE PREVENTION PROGRAM PREVENTION IS KEY.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO FOLLOW CAL FIRE'S RECOMMENDATIONS.

I AM HERE TO ASK YOU TO HELP US REDUCE WILDFIRE RISK, AND PLEASE DO THE BRUSH ABATEMENT WITHOUT DELAY.

I AM ASKING THAT YOU BE MORE STRINGENT IN THE MOVEABLE REMOVAL OF BROKEN BRANCHES, DRIED LEAVES AND DEBRIS THAT SETTLED ALONG THE FENCE.

THERE ARE ALSO MANY OVERGROWN TREES AND BRANCHES HANGING OVER THE FENCE THAT NEED CONSISTENT TRAINING.

ALL OF THIS MATERIAL IS PERFECT FUEL FOR FIRE AND FIRE WILL NOT RESPECT THE CITY BOUNDARIES.

THE EMBERS ALONE CAN IMPACT A HOME A MILE OR MORE AWAY, AND THAT'S REGULAR AIR.

THAT'S NOT THE HIGH WINDS THAT WE GET THAT WILL TAKE IT EVEN FURTHER.

I DON'T WANT OUR COMMUNITIES IN THE NEWS BECAUSE FIRE DESTROYED AS WE SIGN LAGUNA NIGUEL INSTEAD, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR BEING PROACTIVE AND WORKING TOGETHER AS NEIGHBORS TO CONTROL WILDFIRES AND MITIGATE THE DAMAGE.

IT'S THE RIGHT ACTION TO TAKE, UH, SAVING HOMES AND PROPERTY AND MORE IMPORTANT SAVING LIVES.

WE DON'T WANT OUR FIREMEN OUT THERE RISKING THEIR LIVES AND BECOMING SO EXHAUSTED.

UH, I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU CONSIDER THIS SERIOUSLY.

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT, UH, SITUATION AND IT'S ONE THAT'S HAPPENING ALL THROUGH CALIFORNIA AND MANY OTHER STATES AS WELL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

I GOT TO GET RID OF, TO RESPOND TO YOU, UM, OR HAS THE BROWN ACT, BUT THANK YOUR MAYOR.

HE DID CALL ME TIM.

SO WE DID TALK ABOUT THIS.

I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, I DID TALK TO HIM PERSONALLY, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND THEN FIRE CHIEF, A WEED ABATEMENT, AS FAR AS CHINO HILLS, WHAT, WHAT DO WE DO? WELL, WHAT WE NEED IS ALL THAT BRUSH TO BE REMOVED, BUT I CAN'T GET INTO THAT.

SORRY.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE ASKING ME.

I HAVE LOTS OF IDEAS.

YES.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR.

I KNOW THAT THE FIRE DISTRICT HAS A VERY ROBUST WEED ABATEMENT AND VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND DANIELLE BARNES OR DANIEL LITTLE TOOL.

EXCUSE ME.

SHE'S MARRIED NOW.

UM, WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH, UH, MR. BOBA AND STAFF FROM THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING WELL REGARDING THOSE ABATEMENTS.

UM, JIM HAS MY NUMBER.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO SET UP A MEETING, I'D LOVE TO SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH YOU.

OKAY? OKAY, PERFECT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

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WE ALSO DISTRIBUTED A LETTER THAT SHE PROVIDED TO EACH OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE DIOCESE.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS CYNTHIA MARINO.

UM, I'M HERE FOR THE SAME THING THAT DEALS HERE.

I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT AT HIDDEN VALLEY FOR 29 YEARS.

AND ALTHOUGH, UM, WE'VE NEVER HAD AN INCIDENT HAPPENED.

UM, IT'S, I'M JUST SEEING IT ALL OVER.

AND, UM, I'M HERE TO TULSA PLEA THAT YOU GUYS HELP US OUT AND, UH, TAKE CARE OF THAT BRUSH.

UM, SO BASICALLY I'M JUST GONNA READ THE LETTER THAT OUR COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICT FIVE AND PHILLIPS RANCH, STEVEN OSTROW, UH, WROTE.

SO HE SAYS YOU'RE ON A ROLL MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I WAS RECENTLY INFORMED THAT THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION OF THE HIDDEN VALLEY TOWNHOMES LOCATED ON SCENIC RIDGE DRIVE JUST EAST OF PHILLIPS RANCH ROAD AND ADJOINING THE CHINO HILLS CORPORATE BOUNDARY IS FACED WITH THE NEARLY 2000% INCREASE IN ITS FIRE INSURANCE MASTER POLICY FROM 140,000 ANNUALLY TO ONE POINT MILLION.

AND JUST TO, UM, STATE THAT 1.1 MILLION IS IF WE GET THE SAME INSURANCE THAT WE HAD BEFORE, UM, THIS IS DUE TO A NEW WILDFIRE RISK MAP THAT CLASSIFIES THE PROPERTY AS WELL AS TO JASON PROPERTIES IN CHINO HILLS AT THE HIGHEST RISK OF WILDFIRES IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE SAME COVERAGE THAT THE HOA HAS CARRIED FOR YEARS, IT WOULD RESULT IN A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 5,000 PER UNIT, WHICH WOULD BE COST PROHIBITIVE.

FOR MANY HOMEOWNERS MEMBERS OF THE HOA ARE AWARE THAT THE UNREASONABLE FIRE RISK MAPS ARE A STATEWIDE PROBLEM.

MAYOR TIM SANDOVAL.

SPECIFICALLY SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY APN S 10 23, 1 21 0 2 0 4 0 5 AND OH SEVEN, MAINTAINING THESE PARCELS IN A MANNER SO THAT THEY ARE NOT CONDUCTIVE TO WILDFIRE WILL ASSIST THE HOA AND ITS EFFORTS TO HAVE THE AREA CONSIDERED FOR REMAPPING.

SO THAT FIRE INSURANCE IS MORE READILY AVAILABLE AND AFFORDABLE.

SINCERELY STEVE LASTRO COUNCIL MEMBER, DISTRICT FIVE.

BUT IF I DON'T, I'M JUST GOING TO GO DOWN THERE AND TELL THEM I'M VOTING.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SHARON WILKINS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL AUDIENCE.

UH, SINCE YOU'VE GOT THAT BIG CHECK FROM KURT HAGMAN, I WOULD HOPE THAT PERHAPS YOU SPEND THAT SOME OF THAT MONEY ON SOMETHING FOR SENIOR CITIZENS, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT I REALLY CAME HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT.

I'VE BEEN RECEIVING A LOT OF ADVERTISEMENT IN THE MAIL AND I GOT ONE THE OTHER DAY AND IT DISTURBED ME QUITE A BIT.

AND I THINK THAT EVERYBODY, BEFORE THEY GO OUT TO VOTE, THEY SHOULD READ WHAT OTHER CANDIDATES ARE SAYING AGAINST THEIR CANDIDATE.

ANOTHER CANDIDATE THAT'S RUNNING, BECAUSE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE SAYING ARE FALSE.

AND I REALLY WAS VERY UPSET WHEN I SAW THE THING.

SO THEY WERE SAYING AGAINST KURT HAGMAN.

SO I CALLED UP HIS OFFICE AND I ASKED ABOUT IT AND THEY TOLD ME THAT HE COULDN'T VOTE ON ANY OF THOSE THINGS THAT THEY WERE SAYING THAT HE WAS AGAINST.

AND I PRETTY MUCH KNEW THAT TOO, BUT SO I WOULD EXHORT EVERYBODY TO PLEASE CHECK ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU GET FROM OTHER CANDIDATES AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE TRUTHFUL BECAUSE IT MIGHT SWAY YOUR VOTE AS MUCH AS IT WAS.

THERE WAS, UH, QUITE A BIT OF NEGATIVE DEF NESTS, WHAT I THOUGHT, BUT, UH, I HOPE EVERYBODY GOES OUT AND VOTES AND I HOPE I GET MY ABSENTEE BALLOT BECAUSE I STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN IT YET.

I MISPLACED IT AND I ASKED HER ANOTHER ONE.

I STILL HAVEN'T RECEIVED IT.

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I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU SAY BECAUSE I NEVER MISSED A VOTING SINCE I WAS ABLE TO VOTE.

MA'AM THANKS, SHARON.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BRAD GOLDMAN.

WHO'S THIS AGAIN? I'M SORRY.

BRAD, GOLDMAN SPIN ALL THE TIME.

BEEN A LONG TIME.

MR. MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.

UM, I'M HERE BECAUSE ORIGINALLY IN THE ARTICLE AND THE CHINO CHAMPION, IT WAS TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT I'VE COME BEFORE YOU GUYS MULTIPLE TIMES ABOUT WHICH IS MITIGATION STRATEGIES, UM, TO DRESS THE PALM TREES THROUGHOUT THE CANYON AND NUMBER HIGH FIRE RISK AREAS.

FIRST I'D LIKE TO THANK, UM, THE PARKS FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD OR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THIS LONG-TERM STRATEGY IS GOING TO HELP THE CITY.

UM, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO NOT CHASTISE THE RESIDENTS THAT COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS, BUT TO, UM, SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO IS ADDRESS THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS AND BUSINESSES WITHIN THE CANYON AND OTHER AREAS WITHIN THE CITY THAT HAVE THESE FIRE RISK OF PALM TREES AND STUFF LIKE THAT TO DRESS US BECAUSE THE CITY TAKING ME DOWN A GRADE AND THE RISK IS OVER, UM, OVER-EXAGGERATED WITHIN THE ARTICLE, BUT I GO AND I SEE PRIVATE PROPERTY, UM, IN, YOU KNOW, IN CARBON CANYON, NEAR CARE CHILLS.

THERE'S A RESIDENCE THAT HAVE, HAS IT CUT TO THE LEGAL LIMIT OF EIGHT FEET FROM THE GROUND.

BUT THE REST OF THE TREE IS JUST FULL OF DEAD FRONDS.

AND THESE ARE JUST HIGH RISKS AND IT'S ALL OVER, YOU KNOW, WESTERN HILLS, A NUMBER OF OTHER PLACES HAVE THIS WRIST, BUT I, I ENCOURAGE THIS AND I ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO GO FORWARD AND TRY TO CREATE SOME TYPE OF STRATEGY SO THAT WE CAN ENCOURAGE, UM, RESIDENTS AND PRIVATE BUSINESS OWNERS TO GET RID OF THE PUMPS.

SECONDLY, I, UM, HAD AN ISSUE WITH MALDEF WITHIN OUR CITY AT THE POST OFFICE WHERE, UM, GLUE OR INDUSTRIAL, HE SAID WAS STUCK IN THE MAILBOX TO TAKE MAIL OUT.

I CONTACTED AND I KNOW A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE CONTACTED YOU GUYS.

I CONTACTED THE POST OFFICE, POSTMASTER, PETER LEE AND THE CONGRESSWOMAN'S OFFICE, AND THEY'VE ADDRESSED THIS, BUT THE REASON I'M BRINGING UP HERE TODAY IS TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, YES, THEY ARE ADDRESSING THIS, BUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS WE NEED TO BE MORE PROACTIVE AND, YOU KNOW, INFORMAL RESIDENTS, NOT TO STICK LARGE, YOU KNOW, MAIL HOUSE, LARGE CHECKS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

YOU KNOW, EITHER PUT A NOTE IN YOUR MAILBOX THAT HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, PERSON COME AND PICK IT UP DIRECTLY FROM YOU, OR GO IN AND DROP IT OFF BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, FISHING IT OUT OF THE BOX.

THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES WITHIN THE LAST WEEK AT OUR POST OFFICE, RIGHT NEXT DOOR.

THEY ALSO ADDRESSED THE LANDSCAPING ISSUE AND THE POSTMASTER, PETER LEE IS CONTINUOUSLY, THIS IS HIS NUMBER ONE PRIORITY AT THE MOMENT.

AND THEN FINALLY WITH MY LAST 30 SECONDS, UM, SINCE I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE IN SUCH A LONG TIME, I LIKE TO JUST, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FIRE, WE JUST HAD THE FIRE IN POMONA.

I'D LIKE TO, UM, COMMENT TO THE RESIDENTS FROM POMONA THERE.

YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE ISSUES WITH, YOU KNOW, FIRE FIRE ISSUES, AND IF YOU DRESS THE CHINOS APP, THEY ARE VERY GREAT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ADDRESSING THAT RIGHT AWAY AND TIMELY MANNER AND FOLLOWING BACK UP WITH YOU AND WHEN IT WILL BE DONE AND HOW QUICKLY WE'VE DONE, BUT ALSO THAT WE JUST NEED TO REALLY WORK ON THIS BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, AS WAS SHOWN WITH NUMBER OF FIRES JUST THIS WEEK AND THEN LAGUNA, IT'S NOT A MATTER OF, YOU KNOW, IF, BUT WHEN AND HOW BADLY IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO US.

SO REMOVING THE STUFF, DOING OTHER FIRE MITIGATION STRATEGIES ON YOUR PROPERTY IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO AS A CITY.

SO THIS, YOU KNOW, DOES NOT HAPPEN HURT YOU KNOW US.

APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JIM GALLAGHER.

GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR COUNCIL STAFF, ALSO FELLOW RESIDENTS.

I COME HERE TONIGHT WITH HEAVY HEART.

I THINK ALL OF US ARE SHOCKED ABOUT THE EVENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN TEXAS.

I MEAN, 21, DEAD AT A LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ALSO IN BUFFALO THE WEEK BEFORE 10 DEAD, UH, THREE WOUNDED.

I THINK THESE KINDS OF THINGS SHOCK US AND THEY ALWAYS SEEM REMOTE AND FAR AWAY.

UH, MIGHT I ADD CHINO HILLS, I BELIEVE IS A MODEL COMMUNITY.

IT'S RUN WELL, THANK YOU, BEN.

UH, WE, IT'S ALSO POLICED VERY WELL.

THANK YOU, CATHERINE GOODELL.

I'M HOPING THAT TODAY'S BUDGET WORKSHOP.

YOU HAD THOSE THINGS IN MIND WHEN YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT WHERE TO APPROPRIATE THE FUNDING THIS YEAR, AND THINK MAYBE EXTRA HARD ABOUT MAYBE OUR OWN SECURITY BEFORE THINGS HAPPEN TO BE PROACTIVE.

I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC PLACES IN THIS CITY WHERE SOMETHING TERRIBLE, LIKE THIS COULD CONCEIVABLY HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.

AND I'D LIKE TO SEE US BE READY FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO AS A RESIDENT, I HUMBLY ASK THAT MAYBE IF WE CAN FIND THE FUNDING HERE IN THE CITY TO DO A TOP-DOWN AND ALSO BOTTOM UP REVIEW OF ALL OF OUR PUBLIC PLACES AND PUBLIC FACILITIES, INCLUDING, UH, RESTAURANTS

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AND STORES, MAYBE WE ALLOCATE SOME FUNDING, ALSO SAME THING FROM THE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

PERHAPS WE COULD SECURE SOME EXTRA FUNDING AS WELL, JUST TO ASSURE THAT MAYBE OUR COMMUNITY IN THE FUTURE, WON'T BE ONE OF THOSE COMMUNITIES WHERE WE ARE SHOCKED AND SAY, WOW, WE NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD HAPPEN HERE.

THIS IS CHANNEL HILLS.

SO, AND THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY, BY THE WAY, ART, IF YOU CAN BRING UP, UH, IT TASTES THE CHINO VALLEY, UH, DURING YOUR COMMENTS.

I THINK WE APPRECIATE THAT.

THAT WAS THE FINAL SPEAKER CARD THAT I RECEIVED.

IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? JUST RENTALS? I'M TEASING, TEASING YOU, SIR.

CASSETTE CALENDAR, WE HAVE 17 ITEMS. ANYBODY WISH TO PULL ANYTHING? THE 17 ITEMS YOU SEE, NONE, ALL MOVE THE ITEM.

MOVING ALONG

[ CONSENT CALENDAR (17 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.]

YOU SECOND, SECOND.

ON THE DISCUSSION CALENDAR IS TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO FINALIZE AND EXECUTE THE 2022 AMENDED AND RESTATED SPORTS PARK.

CALL FOR A VOTE PLEASE.

[24. Authorize City Manager to finalize and execute 2022 Amended and Restated Sports Park Lease Agreement with Big League Dreams Chino Hills, LLC as operated by TC Sports Group, LLC to establish new operating parameters for operation of Big League Dreams Sports Park]

LEASE AGREEMENT WITH BIG LEAGUE DREAMS, CHINO HILLS, LLC, CITY MANAGER, MONTGOMERY TO PRESENT MR. BEN, BEFORE YOU GET STARTED.

I JUST WANT TO SAY A COUPLE WORDS.

IF I COULD.

FIRST OF ALL, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS.

I GOT ELECTED BACK IN 2013, I BELIEVE.

AND I KNOW MYSELF, CYNTHIA, SHE GOT ELECTED JUST BEFORE THAT.

AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL.

WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ELD AND I AM SO GIDDY.

SO HAPPY MR. REYNOLDS.

I APOLOGIZE ABOUT BEING EXCITED, BUT I'M SO HAPPY THAT WE'RE FINALLY HERE.

SO GO AHEAD AND SERVE.

I CAN'T ASK FOR A BETTER TEE UP THAN THAT.

OFFICE THAT SERVES AS A BIG LEAGUE DREAMS, UH, CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS, UH, AND THERE WAS, UH, A, UH, COMMENSURATE RENT THAT WAS DESIGNED TO RECOVER THE COSTS, UH, FOR BUILDING THAT EXTRA FACILITY AND THE BENEFIT BEING TO THE CITY OF NET REVENUE AND OFFICE RENT, UH, TO OFFSET THAT INITIAL INVESTMENT, UH, THERE WAS ALSO A BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY WHEREBY BIG LEAGUE DREAMS, USA WOULD MAINTAIN THE FAIRFIELD RANCH PARK, A COMMUNITY PARK, RIGHT NEXT DOOR.

UH, MAYOR MARQUEZ.

UM, WHAT WE'RE BEFORE US TODAY IS KIND OF A HISTORY, LOVE IT, A HISTORY LESSON, A LITTLE BIT OF TIME THAT IDENTIFY SOME CHALLENGES WITH THAT HISTORY AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD.

UM, BIGLY DREAMS HAS BEEN A, UH, INSTRUMENTAL PART OF CHINO HILLS FOR WELL OVER 20 YEARS.

UH, IT'S A 34 ACRE, UH, SPORTS FACILITY AND THE FAIRFIELD RANCH, UH, UH, AREA OF OUR CITY.

UH, THE CITY INVESTED, UH, JUST OVER $18 MILLION.

AND I SHOULD POINT THAT OUT.

THAT'S IN $2,000.

SO $18 MILLION BACK THEN, UH, INTO A FACILITY THAT WAS A JUUL, UH, FOR THE REGION.

UH, IT'S BUILT ON THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS FLOOD EASEMENT, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC THAT'S NOTEWORTHY BECAUSE YOU CAN'T BUILD HOUSES.

UH, WE HAD TO ENTER INTO A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE ARMY CORPS TO BE ABLE TO PUT THE SPORTS FACILITY THERE.

UH, AND IT'S, IT REALLY IS A GOOD PARTNERSHIP OF BOTH TWO PUBLIC AGENCIES WITH THE ARMY CORPS, ALLOWING US TO BUILD ON, ON THE EASEMENT, WHICH EVEN THOUGH IT'S OUR LAND, UH, AND AT THE TIME A PRIVATE OPERATOR OF THE FACILITY, UH, THIS, THIS PARK HAS SIX, UH, MAJOR LEAGUE REPLICA STADIUMS. UH, THEY PARTICIPANTS REALLY ENJOY, UH, PLAYING IN A FACILITY THAT HAS THIS, UH, UH, SPECIAL, UH, AMENITY TO IT, UH, FROM ITS AESTHETICS.

UH, IN ADDITION, THERE ARE BATTING CAGES.

THERE'S A PLAYGROUND THERE, SAND VOLLEYBALL COURTS, SOCCER COURTS, AND RESTAURANTS.

IT REALLY IS A ALL ENCOMPASSING, UH, UH, FACILITY AND IT'S BUILT, UH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT WAS DESIGNED TO BE OPERATED BY A THIRD PARTY, UH, NOT CITY STAFF.

UH, THAT WAS THE WAY IT WAS CONCEIVED.

IT CAN ALWAYS BE OPERATED BY A CITY STAFF, BUT THE KEY IS, IS THAT THE GOAL WAS IF WE BUILT IT, WE WOULD HAVE, UH, THE SUPPORT OF A PRIVATE ENTITY AND THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.

UH, THE BENEFITS OF HAVING A PARK LIKE THIS WOULD BE THAT BY HAVING IT OPERATED BY A GROUP AT THE TIME BLD USA, WHICH HAD TIES TO, UH, UH, BIG LEAGUE BASEBALL AND, UH, RESOURCES, UH, IT ALLOWED THE CITY TO HAVE A VERY LARGE FACILITY THAT THE CITY DIDN'T HAVE TO INCUR THE COST OF OPERATION.

UH, THE CITY WAS ALSO, UH, DESIGNED THROUGH THE AGREEMENT TO RECEIVE REVENUE FROM THE PARK BASED ON A NET REVENUE, UH, APPROACH WHEREBY THE COST OF OPERATING THE PARK WOULD BE DEDUCTED FROM THE GROSS REVENUE AND, UH, THE CITY AND THE OPERATOR WOULD SHARE.

AND THAT NET REVENUE, THE PARK ALSO HAS AN AMENITY THAT NOT, UH, ANY OF THE OTHER, UH, PARKS HAVE, WHICH IS A, UH, BUILT-OUT

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UH, IT IS A AMENITY THAT CAN SERVE THE BLD FACILITY IF THEY NEEDED IT FOR AN EXPANSION OF, OF BALL FIELDS, BUT IT ALSO PROVIDED AN, A BASEBALL FIELD BASKETBALL COURT, BA BATHROOM AMENITIES FOR THE NEW COMMUNITY BUILT, UH, UH, SURROUNDING THE PARK.

UH, BLD WOULD MAINTAIN NOT ONLY THAT FAIRFIELD RANCH PARK, BUT WOULD, UH, MAINTAIN THE FACILITY AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, UH, TO ATTRACT, UH, WHAT, UH, WAS ANTICIPATED TO BE STRONG, UH, PARTNERSHIP AND PARTICIPATION FROM, UH, SPORTS LEAGUES THROUGHOUT THE REGION.

UNFORTUNATELY AS TIME PASSED, THE FIRST FEW YEARS WORKED OUT GREAT.

UH, THE FACILITY WAS HIGHLY UTILIZED.

UH, THE BRAND NEW FACADES WERE ALL, UH WELL-MAINTAINED BUT OVER TIME, UH, THE REVENUE, UH, FELL SHORT OF THE EXPECTATIONS, UH, THAT WERE SET BOTH BY THE OPERATOR AND THE CITY, UH, THE FAIRFIELD RANCH PARK, WHICH IS NEXT DOOR, BUT A LITTLE BIT SEPARATE FROM, UH, BLD, UH, FELL BELOW THE CITY STANDARDS.

AND SO THE CITY ENDED UP, UH, TAKING OVER THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT PARK.

UH, AND THEN, UH, AS WE ALL KNOW, FROM OUR OWN HOMES AND ANYWHERE WHERE WE HAVE A MAINTENANCE, IF YOU DEFER IT FOR TOO LONG, IT STARTS TO LOOK BAD AND YOUR COSTS GET EVEN MORE DRAMATIC AS YOU HAVE TO PLAY, CATCH UP WITH, UH, DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND SO OVER.

AND I SHOULD SAY THESE CHALLENGES ALL CREPT UP OVER THE COURSE OF A DECADE, TWO DECADES, AS THE MAYOR POINTED OUT, UH, THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN PAYING VERY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THIS FOR AT LEAST 10 YEARS.

UH, AND, UH, IT'S BEEN THE TOPIC OF CONVERSATION FOR AT LEAST FIVE, UH, VERY CLOSELY IN THE LAST, UH, FEW YEARS, UH, JUST PRIOR TO, UH, THIS, THIS, UH, SLIDE WITH TC SPORTS GROUP BECOMING INVOLVED.

UH, THE CITY REACHED OUT TO THE CURRENT OPERATOR, BIGLEY DREAMS, USA TO TRY AND FIND OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTNER IN IMPROVING, UH, THE ATTENDANCE REVENUE, UH, FACILITY MAINTENANCE.

AND WE JUST REALLY STRUGGLED THERE, THERE WASN'T MUCH TRACTION IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

HOWEVER, UH, UH, BEGINNING IN JANUARY OF 2021, UH, THE CITY WAS APPROACHED BY TC SPORTS GROUP REPRESENTED BY LARRY REYNOLDS AND KEVIN FLORA IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY, UH, WITH A PROPOSAL WHEREBY THEY WERE LOOKING TO BUY OUT THE, UH, CURRENT OPERATORS, BIG LEAGUE DREAMS, UH, USA FOR THE OPERATION OF, UH, NOT ONLY OUR PARK, BUT THE OTHER, UH, PARKS AFFILIATED WITH BLD, UH, TC SPORTS PROVIDED THE CITY WITH A PROPOSAL WHEREBY THEY BROUGHT PARTNERS IN TO SHOW HOW THEY, AND, UH, EXPECTED TO BRING THE FACILITY TO THE LEVEL THAT ALL EXPECTED, UH, WITH, UH, IMPROVEMENTS RANGING FROM, UH, THE RESTAURANT FACILITIES BEING IMPROVED, THE FACADES BEING REFRESHED, UH, UH, TURF IMPROVEMENTS, UH, AND IN A VISION FOR MORE THAN JUST BASEBALL AT THE FACILITY.

AND SO THEY WERE ABLE TO MEET WITH, UH, CITY STAFF WITH, UH, COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES TO GIVE THEIR VISION OF WHAT THE PARK LOOKED LIKE WHILE, UH, TC SPORTS PURCHASED THE RIGHTS TO OPERATE THE FACILITY FROM, UH, THE FORMER OPERATORS.

OUR AGREEMENT GIVES US THE RIGHT TO REVIEW THEIR QUALIFICATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, ANY, UH, FLY BY NIGHT ORGANIZATION, WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO JUST TAKE OVER THE, UH, THE PARK.

WE WENT THROUGH OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO, TO, UH, VET THE TEAM THAT WAS, UH, UH, TEED UP FOR, UH, OPERATING THE PARK.

AND THEN WE ENTERED INTO NEGOTIATIONS OVER THE AGREEMENT.

UH, IT'S TAKEN WELL OVER A YEAR TO GET THE AGREEMENT TO WHERE IT IS TODAY.

UH, AND I'D HAVE TO SAY THAT'S PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THE STRONG, UH, SCRUTINY OF THE COUNCIL, THE BUY-IN FROM STAFF TO MAKE THIS WORK.

AND THEN THE PARTNERSHIP FROM, UH, THE BLD TEAM TO ENSURE THAT THIS AGREEMENT HAD, UH, QUALITY

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EXPECTATIONS AND DELIVERABLES, AND, UH, QUITE A FEW, UH, CHECKS AND BALANCES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE ALL OF THE GOALS, UM, IN THOSE NEW AGREEMENT.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, UH, TC SPORTS GROUP, UH, OPERATED THE PARK BEGINNING IN JANUARY AND THROUGHOUT THE UNCERTAINTY OF COVID IN 2021, WHERE WE HAD CLOSURES OF FACILITIES AND DIFFERENT WAYS THAT, UH, OUR ACTIVITIES WERE RESTRICTED, UH, TC SPORTS WAS ABLE TO, UH, UH, MANAGE THE PARK AND ALSO, UH, CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE REVENUE, UH, AND, UH, PROFITS WERE MADE ON THAT OPERATION THAT WILL, UH, COME TO THE CITY, UH, FROM THE TERM THEY OPERATED.

SO THEY WERE ABLE TO SHOW US THAT THEY REALLY COULD, UH, WALK THE WALK, UH, AS FAR AS OPERATING OUR FACILITY.

AND SO, UM, OUR NEW BLD AGREEMENT, UH, WHICH IS PROPOSED FOR THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION TONIGHT INCLUDES SOME SIGNIFICANT, UH, ENHANCEMENTS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO, UH, OFFSET MANY OF THE CHALLENGES WE EXPERIENCED IN THE FORMER AGREEMENT.

UH, AS WE POINTED OUT, THERE'S BEEN DEFERRED MAINTENANCE FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

UH, THE CITY HAD STARTED WORKING ON THEIR OWN LIST OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE, UH, ENACTED UPON TO BRING THE PARK UP TO, UH, UP TO THE STANDARD WE WOULD WANT.

I AND THE TC SPORTS GROUP HAS COMMITTED TO, UH, A CAPITAL INVESTMENT OF AT LEAST $1.8 MILLION IN THE PARK, UH, WITH, UH, IMPROVEMENTS, UH, AS LISTED EARLIER, EVERYTHING FROM, YOU KNOW, PAVEMENT ENHANCEMENTS, RESTAURANT, UH, IMPROVEMENTS, UH, PAINT, ALL THE THINGS THAT SHOULD SPRUCE THE PARK, UH, BACK UP TO WHERE IT SHOULD BE.

UM, WE HAVE A NEW REVENUE MODEL THAT'S, UH, PROPOSED THAT INSTEAD OF WORKING FROM A NET REVENUE PER, UH, APPROACH, WHICH COULD HAVE, UH, DISPUTES OVER, UH, ACCEPTABLE COST, UH, THAT WOULD DECREASE GROSS REVENUE, A MORE TRANSPARENT APPROACH WITH A GROSS REVENUE OF 9% BEING TO THE CITY.

UH, ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT ENHANCEMENT TO THIS AGREEMENT IS A $400,000 MINIMUM, UH, UH, REVENUE PAID TO THE CITY QUARTERLY WHEREBY IF, UH, GROSS REVENUE WARRANTS, UH, LESS THAN FOUR, A $100,000 QUARTERLY PAYMENT, UH, TC SPORTS WILL MAKE A $100,000 PAYMENT.

IF AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THE GROSS REVENUE IS TO THE LEVEL WHERE 400,000, UH, PAID QUARTERLY DOES NOT, UH, COVER THE 9%, A TRUE UP PAYMENT FROM TC SPORTS AT THE END OF THE YEAR WILL BRING US TO THAT FULL 9%.

UH, THE AGREEMENT ALSO INCLUDES ESCALATIONS, UH, BEGINNING IN TWO YEARS, WHEREBY THAT MINIMUM GROWS FROM $400,000 TO FOUR 50 AFTER TWO YEARS.

AND AFTER, UH, NEAR THE END OF THE AGREEMENT, IT GETS AS HIGH AS $600,000.

OF COURSE, IF, UH, GROSS REVENUE AT 9%, UH, EXCEEDS THE MINIMUM, WE WILL AGAIN BE PAID, UH, THE FULL AMOUNT DUE TO THE CITY.

ANOTHER IMPROVEMENT IS A DEDICATED REVENUE ACCOUNT THAT WILL PAY FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES OR MAINTENANCE THROUGHOUT THE, UH, THE YEAR, UH, 1%, UH, IS ALLOCATED AS A LANDLORD, WHICH IS THE CITY, UH, MONEY, UH, AND THE CITY ATTORNEY.

AND I MADE SURE WE, UH, UH, WORKED WITH THE TEAM TO SHOW THAT IT IS 9% IN REVENUE TO THE CITY.

AND AN ADDITIONAL 1% IS IN THIS DEDICATED ACCOUNT FOR MAINTENANCE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.

AND THEN ANOTHER 100, ANOTHER 1% ON BEHALF OF THE TENANT AS THE OPERATOR.

SO AT LEAST 2% OF GROSS REVENUE WILL GO TOWARD MAINTENANCE.

UH, IF ADDITIONAL DOLLARS ARE NEEDED, THAT WILL THEN BE, UH, UH, ABSORBED BY THE OPERATOR.

UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, UH, THAT THE FACILITY WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS FOR TC SPORTS, AND THE CORRESPONDING RENT WILL CONTINUE TO BE PAID TO THE CITY.

UH, A COUPLE MORE POINTS, FAIRFIELD, RANCH, PARK MAINTENANCE.

ONE OF THE CHALLENGES OF THE OLD AGREEMENT IS IT HAD, UM, UH, NONDESCRIPT LANGUAGE THAT THE PARK WILL BE MAINTAINED TO THE STANDARDS OF THE CITY.

UH, AND WITHOUT A CLEAR GUIDANCE, CLEAR DELIVERABLES, IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR BOTH SIDES TO AGREE ON WHAT WAS ACCEPTABLE.

UH, THE CITY AT THE TIME WOULD RATHER HAVE TAKEN, UH, A OWNERSHIP LEVEL OF THAT MAINTENANCE.

UH, WHAT WE'VE INCLUDED IN THE AGREEMENT THIS TIME IS AN EXHIBIT THAT MODELS, WHAT WE WOULD USE FOR OUR,

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UH, CONTRACTORS TO MAINTAIN ANY PARK OF OUR.

SO NOW, UH, THE TC SPORTS GROUP KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT WE EXPECT FOR MAINTENANCE, AND WE HAVE A MECHANISM FOR HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE.

THAT INCLUDES QUARTERLY INSPECTIONS AND A PROVISION TO WHERE IF, UH, THE SERVICE STANDARD DROPS BELOW A CERTAIN LEVEL, THAT'S BEEN COMMUNICATED TO THEM.

THE OPTION COULD BE EXERCISE WHERE THE CITY WOULD THEN DO THAT MAINTENANCE AND CHARGE THE CORRESPONDING COSTS BACK TO THE OPERATOR.

UH, BUT I THINK THE CLEAREST POINT HERE IS THAT NOW, UH, TC SPORTS KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT THEY WOULD BE ON THE HOOK FOR, AND THEY'VE AGREED TO IT, AND IT MAKES IT THAT MUCH EASIER FOR US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE AND KEEP EVERYBODY IN, UH, TRANSPARENT ON THAT.

WE ALSO INCLUDED A QUARTERLY INSPECTION PROCEDURE JUST FOR THE TEAS, UH, FOR THE BIG LEAGUE DREAM SPORTS PARK FACILITY.

THE GOAL HERE IS TO KEEP, UH, OPEN COMMUNICATION GOING FORWARD.

WE FOUND THAT IN THOSE, YOU KNOW, PASS SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WE HAD A ONE-YEAR INSPECTION, UH, PROVISION IN THE OLD AGREEMENT.

AND BY THE TIME WE GOT TOGETHER, I MEAN, THE LIST WAS SO LONG AND IT WAS SO HARD TO GET CAUGHT UP THAT IT MAKES MUCH BETTER SENSE THAT AS WE FORGED THIS NEW RELATIONSHIP FOR US TO WORK MORE CLOSELY AND MORE FREQUENTLY TOGETHER TO MAKE THOSE ESTABLISH, UM, AS I POINTED OUT, UH, THE FACILITY IS BUILT ON ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, EASEMENT THAT, UH, EXPIRES IN A FEW YEARS, BUT, UH, CO COTERMINOUS WITH ANY EXTENSION, WE CAN GET A DISAGREEMENT, WE'LL BE UP TO, UH, 20 YEARS, UH, MOVING FORWARD.

UH, SO FOR OUR RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT, STAFF, UH, IS PRESENTING A AGREEMENT THAT INCLUDES SEVERAL, UH, UH, MINT, UH, EXHIBITS, TWO OF WHICH ARE BRAND NEW, UH, AS FAR AS, UH, FOR THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY TO SEE, UH, THEY ARE, UH, ITEMS THAT WE WERE WORKING ON THE LAST MINUTE DETAILS, NOT MATERIAL TO THE POINTS IN THE AGREEMENT, EXCEPT THAT IT ESTABLISHES WHAT EQUIPMENT ON THE FACILITY PROPERTY BELONGS TO TC SPORTS AND WHAT BELONGS TO THE CITY, SO THAT, UH, WE ALWAYS KNOW, UH, WHO, WHO OWNS WHAT, BUT, UH, TONIGHT FOR THE COUNCIL, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE EXECUTE AND FINALIZE AND EXECUTE THIS AGREEMENT AND THAT, UH, MOVING FORWARD WITH THE EXECUTION OF THIS AGREEMENT, TC SPORTS, UH, THERE'S A PROVISION THAT, UH, REQUIRES, UH, THE PAYMENT OF THE GROSS REVENUE, UH, UNDER THE OLD ARE, I SHOULD SAY, NET REVENUE UNDER THE OLD MODEL, UH, JUST OVER $400,000 BE PAYABLE TO THE CITY AND THEN THE QUARTER, UH, PAYMENT FOR THIS YEAR FOR, UH, JANUARY THROUGH MARCH, ANOTHER 100,000.

SO JUST OVER $500,000 WILL BE DUE TO THE CITY WITHIN 30 DAYS OF EXECUTING THIS AGREEMENT.

AND SO AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL.

AND THEN AS I POINTED OUT, WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM TC SPORTS, UH, WITH US TODAY.

NO, I WAS GOING TO GIVE A LITTLE ADDITIONAL HISTORY, BUT I CAN WAIT ON THAT FIRST CALL, PETER.

ALL THINK, AND I'M SEEING A NOD OVER HERE, PIRATED FROM OUR FACILITY.

JUST A LITTLE MORE PERSPECTIVE ON THIS, WHICH IS EXCITING FOR ALL OF US, MYSELF.

WELL, AS MENTIONED EARLIER, ACTUALLY, MYSELF RAY AND KURT HAGMAN WERE ON PARKS AND REC COMMISSION AT THE TIME ACCOUNT'S MEMBER SLASH MAYOR JIM THALMANN.

THIS WAS HIS VISION TO BRING BIG LEAGUE DREAMS. AT THE TIME WE WERE STRUGGLING FOR FIELD SPACE FOR ALL OF OUR YOUTH SPORTS.

WE HAD 2,500 KIDS PLUS PLAYING SOFTBALL SLASH BASEBALL, LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL, PONY BASEBALL, AND, UM, WE WERE BURSTING AT THE SEAMS. AND WHEN JIM THALMANN BROUGHT THIS FORWARD, WE THOUGHT THIS IS A PERFECT RELIEF VALVE FOR US.

WE DIDN'T HAVE TO BUILD A NEW COMMUNITY PARK, AND WE COULD USE THIS AS AN OVERFLOW FOR OUR YOUTH SPORTS, AND THEN ALSO MAKE SOME REVENUE OFF OF A PRETTY COOL SITE, MYSELF AND JONATHAN VISITED CATHEDRAL CITY AT THE TIME.

AND WE MOVED FORWARD WITH THE APPROVAL.

AS WE FAST FORWARD, MIKE CAME ONTO COUNCIL AND MYSELF AND JONATHAN, AND USUALLY AT GRAHAM, WE WERE THE COMMITTEE AND WE WOULD VISIT MANAGEMENT ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR AND JUST REVIEW THINGS.

BUT AS TIME WENT ON, THINGS WERE STARTING TO DETERIORATE A LITTLE BIT OR THE, THE ABILITY TO MAKE THE CHANGES THAT WE THOUGHT WERE NECESSARY.

USUALLY THE GRAPHICS, THINGS LIKE THAT, THE THINGS THAT ARE VERY VISUAL TO THE, TO THE TEAMS THAT WERE PLAYING THERE.

AND I REMEMBER IT, THEY PEAKED, I WANT TO SAY KEVIN LIKE 450 TEAMS A WEEK OR SOMETHING AT, AT THE PEAK PRIOR TO THE DOWNTURN OF THE ECONOMY AND THE KEY THAT, WHICH I ALWAYS BROUGHT UP TO JEFF, THE BUILDING OF A SISTER BLD PARK IN WEST COVINA, WHICH WE

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AND IT JUST CONTINUED A DOWNWARD SLIDE, WHICH WE EVENTUALLY WEREN'T COLLECTING THE MONIES THAT WE'D PUT INTO THIS TO THE SAME LEVEL THAT WE THOUGHT.

SO AS TIME WENT ON, WE WERE KIND OF GOING, HMM.

AND THEN RAY WAS ELECTED.

ALSO RAY CAME ONTO THE COMMITTEE WITH MYSELF AND JONATHAN WHEN WE WOULD VISIT AND JUST THINGS WEREN'T GETTING DONE.

SOME PROMISES WERE BEING MADE RAD BARTLETT WAS GOING, YEAH, I'LL SIT BACK AND WAIT FOR THEM TO CALL BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE CALLING ME EVERY TIME A STATEMENT WAS MADE, OH, WE'LL CALL YOU.

WE WANT TO BRING IN SOME AMENITIES, TRAMPOLINE AND THIS AND THAT TO KIND OF GET THINGS GOING FAST FORWARD.

THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP.

WE'D LOVE THE FACILITY.

WE'RE PROUD OF THE FACILITY.

MAYBE NOT AS PROUD AS WE WERE YEARS AGO, BECAUSE IT WAS A JUUL AT THE TIME.

THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP LARRY AND, AND YOUR, YOUR, YOUR ORGANIZATION FOR MAKING BIG LEAGUE DREAMS, HOPEFULLY A DESTINATION WHERE, AS YOU SAID, IF THEY BUILD IT, WHERE, WHEN WE BUILT IT, I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO FINISH THE SENTENCE.

THEY WILL COME.

AND IT SEEMS LIKE THEY ARE NOW WITH THE MANAGEMENT OF IT AND THE CONNECTIONS YOU HAVE.

SO THIS IS VERY EXCITING FOR US.

I'VE BEEN IN THIS SINCE PROBABLY 20 YEARS INVOLVED WITH BIGLY DREAMS SINCE ITS INFANCY.

AND NOW HOPEFULLY THE REALIZATION OF WHAT THIS REALLY HAS POTENTIAL TO BE, I THINK IS, IS, IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY AFTER TALKING TO KEVIN ABOUT THE EXCITEMENT OF WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE.

AND THE OTHER BIG LAKE DREAMS FACILITIES SEEM TO HAVE A GREAT SHOT IN THE ARM ALSO.

SO JUST, I JUST WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE MORE PERSPECTIVE THAT WE'RE, IT'S A FACILITY, A FACILITY WE'RE PROUD OF, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE NOW WE CAN, RE-ESTABLISH THE PRIDE THAT WE THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE FOR 20 YEARS.

AND IT WASN'T QUITE THERE THE WHOLE TIME, BUT LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEW MANAGEMENT.

AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR A WHILE, BUT NOW IT'S, I THINK IT'S GOING TO REALLY BLOSSOM.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON THIS ONE FOR AT LEAST FOR THE MINUTE IT COULD BE RECRUITER.

UM, PETER DIDN'T MENTION THIS.

UM, WE WERE, WE WERE SORT OF SELF-SERVING ON THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION.

WE BOTH WERE LITERALLY LITERALLY PRESIDENTS.

SO WE WERE SO EXCITED TALKING ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROJECT AND WHERE IT WAS GOING TO GO.

REPLICAL PARKS.

MATTER OF FACT, UH, OPENING DAY WAS AN EVENT.

I DON'T STILL UNDERSTAND WHAT CHARLES WHITE WAS THERE.

I DON'T GET IT BECAUSE HE PLAYED FOOTBALL, NOT BASEBALL, BUT I LOVED THE DODGERS BACK BACK IN THOSE DAYS.

AND WE HAD DAVEY LOPES OR YOU NAME IT, THEY WERE THERE.

RON SAY WAS THERE.

IT WAS JUST A, JUST A REMARKABLE FACILITY THAT YOU GUYS PUT TOGETHER.

INITIALLY, I REMEMBER BENCHWARMERS BEING FILMED THERE.

THAT WAS REMARKABLE.

AND AGAIN, BEING A LITTLE LEAGUE PRESIDENT JUST BROUGHT A LOT OF PRIDE TO MY COMMUNITY AND HOW YOU GUYS WORKED WITH LITERALLY BACK IN THE DAY, I'M GOING TO GO TO BEN JUST FOR A QUICK COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, UM, REGARDING COMMUNITY EVENTS.

UM, HOW MANY I KNOW BEFORE IT USED TO BE FIVE DAYS OUT OF THE YEAR, WHAT IS IT NOW? UH, THE NEW AGREEMENT, UH, PROVIDES UP TO SEVEN DAYS OF COMMUNITY CITY USE AT THE FACILITY.

OKAY, FANTASTIC.

UM, THE OTHER QUESTION WAS, IS I KNOW THAT, UH, WE WERE SO EXCITED WHEN THIS PARK CAME IN, BUT THE ISSUE WAS THAT WE ALLOWED PARKS TO, TO BE CLOSER THAN, WE'LL SAY A FEW MILES AWAY.

DO WE HAVE A RESTRICTION NOW? YEAH.

AS THE CURRENT AGREEMENT HAS A PROVISION THAT, UH, AN ADDITIONAL BLD FACILITY CAN'T BE, UH, BUILT, INSTALLED WITHIN 40 MILES WITHOUT OUR PERMISSION.

SO THANK YOU FOR ACCEPTING OR ACCEPTING THAT.

I TRULY APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, IF YOU GUYS WOULD LOVE TO SAY ANYTHING WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.

AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FROM THIS COUNCIL.

AND THANK YOU FROM REMARK IS REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS, I'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU, WE'RE GOING TO PLOT FOR YOU GUYS, WELCOME TO THE FAMILY.

THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT WE HAVE BIG VISION, AND I THINK IT'S VERY CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S VISIT AND WE WANT TO BE A PARTNER.

AND THAT'S BEEN THE THEME OF THE DISCUSSION WITH BEN AND THE GROUP MOVING FORWARD.

UH, WE DO HAVE PRETTY GOOD HISTORY, UH, IN SPORTS WHERE WE'VE, UH, WE, WE BELIEVE WE CAN ADD A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT TO WHAT'S ALREADY EXISTING.

WE BELIEVE THAT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO DIVERSIFY THE OFFERING, NOT JUST BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL.

IN FACT, WE HAD, UH, IN CATHEDRAL CITY, A 60 TEAM CHEERLEADING EVENT IN THE FIELD HOUSE AND, UH, IT WAS AN OVERWHELMING SUCCESS.

UM, BUT

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I THINK THE MAIN POINT I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE IS THAT, UM, WITHOUT VISION, IT WON'T WORK ALL RIGHT, AND THE VISION IS GREAT TO HAVE, BUT YOU HAVE TO STEP INTO IT AND MAKE IT A SUCCESS.

AND THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS TO TEAM UP AND PARTNER.

WE BELIEVE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD CONTINUALLY ON A BASIS WHERE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN OUR, IN OUR GROUP ARE SO EXCITED THAT, UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT WE WANT TO ADD TO WHAT'S ALREADY EXISTING.

SO WITHOUT GETTING LONG-WINDED, I DON'T HAVE THE THREE MINUTE CLOCK, SO I'LL SAVE Y'ALL ANYWAY, BUT, UH, WE BELIEVE THIS COULD BE A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY, BUT THE POINT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE HERE IS THIS IS NOT JUST A, A BASEBALL FACILITY.

UH, WE DO WANT TO CREATE A PROGRAM WHERE WE CAN BE PART OF A CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT SCENARIO, WHERE KIDS CAN LEARN HOW TO, WHEN THEY STRIKE OUT, COME BACK, KEEP PLAYING.

AND WE WANT TO PROVIDE A, AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE WHEN THEY WALK INTO THE PARK, WHEN THEY PARKED THEIR CAR, IT STARTS RIGHT THERE.

NOT WHEN THEY GET IN, WHEN THEY GET OUT OF THEIR CAR, WE WANT THEM TO WALK INTO THE BUILDING AND FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE FIRST CLASS VENUE.

AND I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING YOU GUYS WOULD WANT AS WELL.

SO I CAN GO ON AND ON.

BEN KNOWS THAT I WON'T DO THAT TO YOU, BEN, BUT THANK YOU, KEVIN.

THIS IS KEVIN FLORA.

I'M LARRY REYNOLDS, BY THE WAY.

AND I'M ON THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF A TC SPORTS GROUP, AND WE'VE PUT A GREAT TEAM OF PEOPLE TOGETHER.

YOU KNOW, I'M, UH, I GRADUATED FROM STANFORD UNIVERSITY, SO I GRABBED THREE OR FOUR OF MY PARTNERS WHEN I PLAYED BACK IN THE DAY.

AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE PART OF THIS TEAM.

AND SO WE'VE GOT A REALLY GOOD, STRONG GROUP OF PEOPLE, UH, WITH GREAT CHARACTER.

THAT'S WHERE IT STARTS.

KEVIN, YOU WANT TO ADD? YEAH, JUST A FEW THINGS AGAIN.

UH, CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR, UH, BEN AND MARK HENSLEY.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT, BUT REALLY THE SUPPORT ALSO FROM, FROM CITY COUNCIL, FOR THE BALLOONS IN, IN, UH, ALLOWING US TO, TO PROVE YOU GUYS AGAIN, THAT, UH, THE GYM COME BACK, UH, AND IT'LL BE THERE.

UH, THE GREAT NEWS IS BUSINESSES BOOMING OUT THERE WITH THE NEXT SEVEN WEEKS.

WE'VE GOT HIGH PROFILE TOURNAMENTS, BUT MOST OF THEM THEY'RE A WEEK LONG, A WORLD SERIES EVENTS WITH TEAMS COMING FROM ALL OVER THE REGION, OUTSIDE OF CALIFORNIA, ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

IN FACT, A COUPLE OF TOURNAMENTS IN JUNE, A FEW TEAMS OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTRY.

SO HUGE PART FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SHOWCASING CITY OF CHINO HILLS.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE GREAT NEWS, BUT I'M REALLY, I'VE BEEN WITH THE COMPANY FOR 20 YEARS AND NOW, YOU KNOW, PROUD TO BE WITH TC SPORTS GROUP NOW, BUT TO BRING BACK THE STANDARDS, UH, THE END BEYOND IT, WE WANT TO TAKE IT BEYOND EVEN WHAT WAS BUILT IN 2002 AND, AND MAKE THAT PART, THE NUMBER ONE PARK IN, IN THE COUNTRY.

AND AGAIN, WE HAVE NINE OR EIGHT OTHER PARKS, BUT THIS BEING OUR HEADQUARTERS, UH, THIS, THIS TRULY IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TREATING IT AS IS, UH, OUR SPECIAL PARK.

IT'S OUR HEADQUARTER PARK AND, AND BUSINESS-WISE, IT'S IN A GREAT AREA CENTRALLY LOCATED.

SO WE'RE JUST EXCITED.

AND AGAIN, JUST WANT TO THANK ALL YOU GUYS, EVERYBODY STAFF, CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR FOR THE SUPPORT AND GETTING US BACK HERE.

THANK YOU, MS. GOMEZ, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS? NO, WE DO NOT.

ITEM IS TO PROVIDE FINAL DIRECTION ON AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT PROJECTS.

AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CALL FOR A VOTE OR IF THERE'S ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, BUT COMMENT, JUST CLICK ON IT REAL QUICK.

YOU KNOW, AS, AS THE PARENT OF A SON WHO PLAYS BASEBALL AT BLD, YOU KNOW, OVER THE YEARS, IT'S BEEN PRETTY EYE-OPENING TO SEE JUST WHAT IT TURNED INTO AND TO HAVE, UH, THESE YOUNG, THESE FINE YOUNG GENTLEMEN, UH, COME WITH THE PLAN THAT THEY HAVE.

IT'S GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL THING FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR YOUTH SPORTS IN THIS CITY AND REGIONALLY.

AND UNTIL I HEARD STANFORD, I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE A YES VOTE, BUT I WENT TO BERKELEY.

SO, UH, UM, BUT UH, NOW I, THIS, THIS IS JUST GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL THING FOR OUR CITY.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

AND THANK YOU TO STAFF.

NO, BRIAN REAL QUICK GUM.

I SEE YOU ALWAYS WEARING THE ANGEL HAT.

YES, SIR.

IS THAT TRUE OR ARE WE GOING TO CHANGE ONE OF THE STADIUMS UNTIL KEVIN RALLY? KEVIN USED TO BE ON THE ANGELS? WELL, LET'S SEE YOU THINK ABOUT, HEY, THE ANGELS MIGHT BE MOVING.

MAYBE WE'LL BRING THEM HERE.

WELL, IT WAS A GRADUATE OF CAL POLY POMONA, A GREAT BASEBALL TRADITION.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS.

WE'VE GOT A FIRST AND SECOND, SECOND HERE.

CALL FOR VOTE.

MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.

THE NEXT

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SHOULD THE MANAGER THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, FOR TONIGHT, I'D LIKE TO REVISIT

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OUR AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, UH, FUNDING AS THE COUNCIL'S AWARE OF, BUT FOR THE PUBLIC, UM, THE, UH, ARPA PLAN WAS SIGNED INTO LAW IN MARCH OF 2021.

UH, AT $1.9 TRILLION WAS, UH, UH, DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE CORONA VIRUS, UH, RE RELIEF AND RECOVERY, UH, WITH $350,000, OR I'M SORRY, $3,000, $350 BILLION IN EMERGENCY FUNDING GOING TO, UH, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

UH, KEY UPDATES IS ONE OF, SINCE WE LAST SPOKE IN DECEMBER, UH, THE US TREASURY HAS RELEASED THE FINAL RULE FOR, UH, THE FUNDING.

THIS WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO US BECAUSE WE WEREN'T CERTAIN AS TO WHAT STRINGS WOULD BE ATTACHED TO THE MONEY AND WHAT, UH, FLEXIBILITY WOULD HAVE WE WOULD HAVE IN, IN SPENDING IT, UH, THE FINAL RULE HAS, UH, FALLEN IN OUR FAVOR.

UH, WE HAVE JUST SHY OF $10 MILLION IN ARPA FUNDING.

AND THE FINAL RULE FROM THE TREASURY ALLOWS THE CITY TO TREAT THE FIRST $10 MILLION OF AN ALLOCATION AS REVENUE LOSS, WHICH MEANS THAT THE COUNCIL HAS FULL DISCRETION ON, ON HOW TO, UM, UH, USE THE MONEY WITHIN REASON.

THERE'S A COUPLE AREAS WHERE YOU COULDN'T USE IT, BUT NOTHING THAT WAS BEING CONSIDERED HERE.

AND SO, UH, WHAT WE HAVE FOR TONIGHT IS A RECOMMENDED BUDGET OF HOW WE WOULD ALLOCATE THE $9.9 MILLION TO PROGRAMS AND EXPENDITURES WITHIN THE CITY.

AND TONIGHT I'D LIKE TO WALK THROUGH NOT ONLY HOW THE PLAN WAS ORIGINALLY LAID OUT, BUT THERE'S BEEN SOME, UH, UH, OPPORTUNITIES TO SHARE PROJECTS WITH OTHER, UH, UH, INTERESTED PARTIES.

AS WE SAW FROM TONIGHT, KURT HAGMAN'S OFFICE HAS STEPPED UP FOR FOUR OF OUR PROJECTS.

UH, THE, UM, CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION HAS ALSO STEPPED UP FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARD PROJECTS.

AND SO WHEN YOU, UH, HAVE PARTNERS, THEN YOU HAVE MORE MONEY TO SPEND.

AND SO I'VE GOT A NEW PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION.

SO I'LL JUST WALK THROUGH EACH OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING.

UH, ORIGINALLY WE, UH, ANTICIPATED, UH, OR AT LEAST PROPOSED THAT 2 MILLION OF THE 10 MILLION WOULD GO TOWARD STREET PROGRAMS. UH, THE COUNCIL PARTICIPATED IN OUR BUDGET, UH, PROGRAM OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP EARLIER TODAY, WHERE WE HAVE MANY, MANY STREET PROJECTS AND WE KNOW THAT THE CITY ENJOYS, UH, SOME OF THE BEST STREETS IN THE STATE.

UM, HOWEVER, THERE'S SO MUCH MONEY COMING ANTICIPATED FROM THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT MIGHT, UH, PROVIDE ADDITIONAL OPTIONS FOR STREET PAVING, UH, THAT WE ARE REQUESTING THAT WE REDUCE, UH, THIS $2 MILLION DOWN TO 1.1 MILLION AND THEN REALLOCATE THAT MONEY IN OTHER AREAS.

AND SO, UH, MOVING FROM STREET TO PARKS AND OPEN SPACE, UH, ONE OF OUR OTHER BIG BUDGET LIFTS FOR THIS YEAR IS PLANNING TO DO A COMPLETE REFRESH OF OUR COMMUNITY PARK.

UH, ORIGINALLY WE DID NOT ALLOCATE FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT BECAUSE, UH, WE HAD SPOKEN FOR THOSE DOLLARS ELSEWHERE, BUT WITH THE REDUCTION IN THE FUNDING ALLOCATED TO OUR, UH, STREET PROJECTS AND WITH SOME OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, WE THINK WE COULD, UH, RECOMMEND A MILLION DOLLARS BE ALLOCATED OF ARPA FUNDING TOWARD A COMMUNITY PARK IMPROVEMENTS.

WE ORIGINALLY WERE LOOKING AT, UH, THE MYSTIC CANYON FACILITY BUILDING A NEW FACILITY, UH, THERE, UM, AS KURT HAGMAN, UH, UH, COMMENTED EARLIER, WE MAY BE LOOKING AT DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT AT THE PINEHURST PARK.

UH, BUT ALSO I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR MR. CANYON WITH, UH, JONATHAN MARSHALL, OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR, AND ONE OF OUR MANAGERS FOR FACILITIES AND WITH A LITTLE SPIT AND POLISH, WE THINK WE COULD GET THAT BACK UP TO A USEFUL LEVEL.

SO WE'RE PROPOSING THAT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS BE ALLOCATED TO, UH, BRINGING THAT FACILITY BACK ONLINE IN A QUALITY WAY.

AND THEN WE CAN PURSUE A NEW FACILITY ON A, AT ANOTHER LOCATION, UH, AS POINTED OUT WHERE WE PROPOSE THAT WE USE A MILLION DOLLARS TO DEVELOP A SPLASH PAD IN RESTROOM.

AND, UH, KURT HAGMAN'S OFFICE THROUGH THE COUNTY HAS, UH, UH, HAS CONTRIBUTED A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TOWARD THAT PROJECT.

SO THAT GAVE US A LITTLE MORE MONEY TO WORK WITH, UM, OUR TREE TRIMMING, UH, PROPOSAL.

AND I THINK THIS FALLS IN, UH, CLOSE WITH SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE BY THE RESIDENTS IN POMONA.

UH, THE CITY HAS OVER 3000 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE, AND

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WE DEDICATE A LOT OF RESOURCES TOWARD MAINTAINING THOSE REESE, THESE, UH, THOSE AMENITIES WITHIN THE CITY.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE MORE THAN, YOU KNOW, UH, OUR FUNDING ALLOWS FOR REGULAR MAINTENANCE.

UH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SECURE GRANTS FOR THIS, BUT WE'RE THINKING THAT, UH, CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATION, A MILLION DOLLARS TO DO EXTRA PROJECTS, UH, WOULD MAKE SENSE.

AND I SHOULD GO BACK AND SAY THAT THESE DOLLARS DON'T HAVE TO ALL BE DONE.

THESE PROJECTS, DON'T ALL HAVE TO BE COMPLETED IN A SINGLE YEAR.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF YEARS TO BE ABLE TO PULL THIS OFF.

UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, RIGHT, AND THEN REAL QUICK.

SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN IT SAYS TREE TRIMMING BUSINESSES AND RAISING, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO ONE OF THE ENHANCEMENTS TO FIRE PROTECTION IS, UH, CUTTING THE PLANT MATERIAL FROM THE GROUND UP.

SO I BELIEVE SIX FEET OR EIGHT FEET, UH, DANIEL WILL NOD FOR ME.

MOBILE STAGE VEHICLE IF YOU'VE EVER GONE TO CONCERTS IN THE PARK.

AND THEN WHAT THAT DOES IS IT MAKES IT QUESTION FOR ME, SORRY, MAYOR, WOULD YOU SHARE FOR THE CLASS? YOU SAID IT'S A LADDER FUELS BANK, SO IT MAKES IT, IT MAKES US MORE RESILIENT FROM, FROM FIRE.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE $850,000 OF TRAIL REPAIRS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS, UH, PROPOSED, UH, MOVING ON TO MORE PARKS AND REC, UH, OUR SKATE PARK ENHANCEMENT, ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT'S BEING SUPPORTED BY THE COUNTY FOR A COST OF 250, THAT 1 25 CONTRIBUTION, UH, REDUCED THE TOTAL BUDGET THERE.

UM, WE HAVE A VARIETY OF PARKING LOTS IN OUR CITY WHERE WE DEFERRED THE MAINTENANCE, THE STRIPING, THE PAVING WE'RE ASKING FOR $200,000 TO HELP US DO PROJECTS AND VARIOUS LOCATIONS.

UM, WE ALSO HAD THIS ON OUR ORIGINAL LIST OF PROJECTS.

I SHOULD POINT OUT FOR THE PUBLIC.

WE IDENTIFIED OVER TWO ARE OVER $20 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS FOR THE $10 MILLION HAT THAT WE HAD.

AND, UH, ALL OF THEM WOULDN'T FIT.

BUT AS WE HAD MONEY FREED UP THROUGH THE CHANGES, WE THINK THAT INSTALLING, AND MAYBE REPLACING SOME OUTDOOR EXERCISE EQUIPMENT AT VARIOUS PARKS TO THE TUNE OF $200,000 IS WARRANTED FOR THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION TONIGHT.

AND THEN WE HAVE A PROJECT FOR THE TRELLIS AT RAIN PARK TO BE REPLACED USING ARPA FUNDING.

UH, AS YOU CAN TELL, A LOT OF THIS MONEY IS BEING ALLOCATED ALMOST HALF OF IT, $4.1 MILLION RECOMMENDED TO GO INTO OUR PARKS.

WE HAVE, UH, A VERY, VERY ROBUST PARK NETWORK.

AND OUR GOAL IS TO PUT THIS MONEY WHERE THE COMMUNITY CAN SEE IT AND BENEFIT FROM IT MOST DIRECTLY.

AND SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S SO MUCH EMPHASIS WAS PLACED HERE, MR. CITY MANAGER.

ARE WE GETTING ANY FEDERAL MONIES, POSSIBLY YOUR MARKS? UH, WE ARE, WE HAVE, UH, ALREADY SECURED OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR, UH, A WILDFIRE TREE, UH, WORK.

AND THEN WE HAVE MOVING FORWARD, UH, THROUGH, UH, A YOUNG KIM'S OFFICE, A MILLION DOLLAR ASK TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR A, A WILDFIRE MITIGATION PLAN PLUS, UH, ACTUAL WILDFIRE FIRE WORK OUT IN, IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO WE'RE DEFINITELY EVERY WAY WE CAN, WE'RE PARTNERING WITH OTHER AGENCIES IN ORDER TO STRETCH THIS MONEY AS FAR AS WE CAN TAKE IT.

UH, WE ALSO SEE A STRONG, UH, BENEFIT FROM INVESTING IN PLANNING, UH, OUR STORM DRAIN MASTER PLAN, UH, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE PROJECTS, UH, MENTIONED, UH, EARLIER TODAY AS A WAY FOR US TO IDENTIFY VULNERABILITIES IN OUR EXISTING SYSTEMS AND PLACES WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE, UH, OUR WORK, UH, PROGRAM.

UH, AND THEN, UH, WE ARE LOOKING, UH, UH, THE TEAMS HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR A WHILE ON OUR HOUSING ELEMENT AND GENERAL PLAN UPDATE.

UH, AND WE'VE ALLOCATED A RECOMMENDATION FOR $100,000 TOWARD THOSE PLANNING EFFORTS.

UM, WE ALSO HAVE A PROPOSAL FOR OUR PUBLIC FACILITIES AND VEHICLES.

UM, WE'RE LOOKING TO REPLACE THE HVAC SYSTEM FOR THIS BUILDING.

IT LOOKS REALLY NICE, BUT IT'S STARTING TO GET TO WHERE IT CONKS OUT ALL TOO FREQUENTLY.

AND SO IN ORDER TO IMPROVE OUR USEFULNESS FOR OUR STAFF AND TO GET, UH, NOT ONLY BETTER EFFICIENCY AND CLIMATE RESILIENCY, BUT ALSO TO INCORPORATE, UH, UH, LESSONS LEARNED WHEN IT COMES TO COVID TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT, UH, A SAFER SYSTEM AS WELL.

SO ADD WOULD BE A $2.5 MILLION PROJECT THAT WE'RE REQUESTING FUNDING FOR.

UH, THE NEW MOBILE REC VEHICLE IS ONE THAT NOT ONLY THE COUNTY HAS STEPPED UP TO HELP CONTRIBUTE OUR FOUNDATION.

UH, THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION HAS, UH, COMMITTED TO, UH, $50,000, UH, FOR THAT PROJECT AS WELL.

UH, LEAVING A BALANCE OF ONLY 50,000 FOR THE, OUR BOTH FUNDING.

UH, WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT A NEW

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UH, THAT'S WHERE THE BANDS PLAY.

AND SO WITH A CONTRIBUTION OF 50% OR $100,000 FROM, UH, UH, CHAIRMAN HAGMAN, UH, ANOTHER $50,000 FROM, UH, PETER AND CYNTHIA, UH, WHO SIT ON OUR, UH, COMMUNITY FOUNDATION BOARD, UH, AND THAT WOULD LEAVE THE BALANCE OF $50,000 FOR ARPA FUNDING.

UM, OUR CITY YARD IS AN OLDER BUILDING WHERE THE MULLIONS AND GLASS IS LOW EFFICIENCY.

UH, WE BELIEVE THAT ADDING $125,000 TO SPRUCE THAT UP WILL BENEFIT US IN OUR CLIMATE RESILIENCY, OUR LACK, OUR LOWER ENERGY USAGE, BUT IT'LL ALSO MAKE IT MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE FOR PEOPLE WORKING THERE.

AND THEN, UH, WE, UH, QUICKLY, UH, ADAPTED LIKE EVERYONE ELSE TO PUTTING COVID BARRIERS UP IN OUR WORKSPACES AND AT OUR PUBLIC COUNTERS.

AND WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE THOSE PERMANENT THROUGH ANOTHER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR INVESTMENT IN THE CITY, UH, IN TOTAL WITH OUR PUBLIC FACILITIES AND VEHICLES, WE'RE LOOKING AT $2.8 MILLION OF THE 10 MILLION.

UM, WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE PROJECTS THAT FALL INTO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY ARENA.

UM, WE HAVE, UH, $250,000 ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT WE'D LIKE TO MAKE INTO A AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READERS.

THIS IS A TOOL THAT OUR COMMUNITY DIRECTLY BENEFITS FROM THE LPR SYSTEM ALLOWS, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT VEHICLES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH CRIMES, UH, ALLOWS THEM TO DO, UH, CRIME ANALYSIS.

AND WE HAVE THEM THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

AND WE THINK ADDING SOME, UH, MOBILE LPRS AND MAYBE AN ADDITIONAL STATIONARY CAMERA HERE, OR THERE, UH, WOULD BE A GOOD INVESTMENT OF THIS MONEY.

UM, THE ONE RIGHT BEFORE IT SECURITY CAMERAS AT KEY FACILITIES.

SO YOU FEEL THAT WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE NOW IS SUFFICIENT AND NO MORE NEEDED.

NO, IT JUST WASN'T THE HIGHER PRIORITY OF THE OTHERS.

WE'LL LOOK FOR OTHER WAYS TO DO THAT.

WE HAVE, UH, CAMERAS AT A VARIETY OF FACILITIES.

WE WERE LOOKING HERE AT, AT MAYBE EXPANDING INTO PARKS AND SOME OTHER AREAS, BUT IT'S JUST, WASN'T AS BENEFICIAL AS SOME OF THE OTHERS.

AND WE'LL TRY TO FIND MONEY OTHER PLACES, BUT THANKS FOR ASKING, UM, WE'RE LOOKING, UH, THIS WAS ONE THAT WE DIDN'T ORIGINALLY HAVE FUNDED.

UH, I'M SORRY.

I ALMOST SKIPPED IT.

HOMELESS INTERVENTION FIELD SERVICES.

UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY THROUGH THE EXISTING DEPUTY ALLOCATION AND THE HOPE TEAM, WHICH IS A FUNCTION OF THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT PROVIDES, UH, FIELD, UH, HOMELESS INTERACTION.

UH, BUT THE, WE BELIEVE THAT A NON-POLICE, UH, PRESENCE WOULD BENEFIT, UH, OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WE'RE LOOKING TO USE $300,000 OVER THE COURSE OF A COUPLE OF YEARS TO BE ABLE TO HIRE FIELD SOCIAL WORKERS WHO WOULD BE ABLE TO HELP CONNECT, UH, HOMELESS, UH, INDIVIDUALS, UH, WITH SERVICES.

AND SO HIRING THAT CONTRACT WELL, UH, W NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES, USER GROUP CALLED SWAG, UH, AND THEY'D BEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL.

I KNOW THAT THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER ROD HILL HAS REACHED OUT TO THEM TO, UH, SECURE THEIR INTEREST, UH, THAT SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS WHAT WE WOULD USE IF NOT THEM DIRECTLY, IF THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE.

UH, WE WOULD LOOK FOR, IT'S BASICALLY A, A GUY IN A FLANNEL WHO, WHO DOES A GREAT JOB OF INTERACTING.

SO WE'RE HOPING TO ADD THAT CONTRACT.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WERE GETTING LIKE ANOTHER SWORN OFFICER, SO IT'S DEFINITELY A DIFFERENT CONTRACT WITH YEAH.

HAVE, UH, DEVELOPED A PANDEMIC OR COVID BONUS PROGRAMS FOR EMPLOYEES.

BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THE DEPUTIES DO A GREAT JOB OF REACHING OUT, THERE ARE SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO JUST CAN'T CONNECT WITH A SWORN OFFICER AND HAVING SOMEONE ELSE, UH, TO BE AS A RESOURCE IS WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO BE SUCCESSFUL WITH.

UM, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO ADD SOME WATER REFILL STATIONS AT PARKS AND CITY FACILITIES.

YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN IN YOUR INTERACTIONS IN THE COMMUNITY.

THERE ARE MORE AND MORE PLACES MAKING IT WHERE FROM A ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECT, FROM A HEALTH ASPECT, BRINGING YOUR OWN BOTTLE AND BEING ABLE TO FILL IT RATHER THAN, UH, UH, HAVING JUST NORMAL WATER FOUNTAINS.

WE THINK THAT'D BE A GOOD ENHANCEMENT TO THE CITY.

SORRY.

UM, WE'RE LOOKING TO, AND THIS CAME UP IN OUR DISCUSSION FOR THE, THE BUDGET EARLIER TODAY IS WE'RE LOOKING TO DO A PILOT PROGRAM FOR ROUGHLY $50,000 TO ADD PUBLIC ACCESS, UH, FOR INTERNET AT KEY FACILITIES, WE'RE GOING TO DO THE PILOT AT CITY HALL, THE COMMUNITY CENTER, AND WE'VE IDENTIFIED A COUPLE PARTS WHERE IN ESSENCE, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO GET ACCESS TO THE INTERNET IN THE PARKING LOT OR OUTSIDE OF THE MAIN FACILITY.

SO THAT IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, TEMPORARY POWER OUTAGE OR SOME, SOME OTHER, UH, LARGER SCALE EMERGENCY, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE INTERNET FROM A CITY FACILITY.

UH, AND THEN THE LAST AND NEW, OR THE NEW ADDITION FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY, UH, MANY COMMUNITIES

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UH, AND, UH, WHAT IT'S DESIGNED TO DO IS TO COMPENSATE ABOVE AND BEYOND A NORMAL, UH, NORMAL, UH, WAGES, UH, FOR THE, UH, ESSENTIAL WORKER JOBS THAT WERE PERFORMED BY, UH, EMPLOYEES AT GOVERNMENT FACILITY.

SO I'LL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL HERE IN THIS NEXT SLIDE, BUT, UH, WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS A PROGRAM THAT WOULD PROVIDE $500 FOR PART-TIME EMPLOYEES AND $1,500 FOR FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES AS A BONUS FOR A TOTAL INVESTMENT OF $270,000, UH, IN OUR STAFF.

MAKE THE MONEY FOR CLASSIC MEMBERS, NOT FOR PEPPER MEMBERS.

AND WHEN WOULD, ON THAT PARTICULAR LINE ITEM, WHEN WOULD THE, THE DEFINITION OF, UM, LET'S SAY AN EMPLOYEE LEFT TWO WEEKS AGO, WOULD THEY QUALIFY, OR IS IT SOMEONE THAT'S EMPLOYED RIGHT NOW? THEY'D HAVE TO BE CURRENT EMPLOYEES.

AND I WILL ASK OUR, UH, HUMAN RESOURCES, UH, DIRECTOR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER TO WALK THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES WITH ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS ALONG THOSE LINES.

THAT HAPPENED TO BE THE LAST COMMENT I HAD, BUT I'LL GO AHEAD AND COMMENT ABOUT IT.

AND I THINK IT IS IT STAFF WOULD HAVE TO DEVELOP AN ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS FOR DISBURSEMENT.

SO WE PROBABLY WANT TO PICK A POINT IN TIME WHEN THEY HAD TO BE EMPLOYED AND THEY STILL HAD TO BE EMPLOYED AT THIS POINT IN ORDER TO RECEIVE IT.

SO IT WOULDN'T GO BACK INDEFINITELY, BUT IT WOULD WANT TO CONSIDER THE PEOPLE THAT WERE ACTUALLY WORKING DURING THE MAJORITY OF PANDEMIC.

THE COUNTY IS ACTUALLY INSTITUTING SOMETHING.

I DON'T KNOW ALL THE DETAILS WHERE IT'S AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM TO REMAIN EMPLOYED.

AND I THINK THEY'RE WILLING TO GIVE A CHUNK OF MONEY MAYBE ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT.

IF YOU STAY EMPLOYED THROUGH APRIL OR MAY OF 23, I KNOW IT'S DIFFERENT, BUT THERE IS AN INCENTIVE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE BECAUSE OF THE WORKFORCE IS SO DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS EVEN TWO YEARS AGO, AS FAR AS THE PEOPLE STAYING ON THEIR JOBS OR WHATEVER.

THEY'RE TRYING TO USE THAT AS AN INCENTIVE TO STAY IN THEIR, IN THEIR CAREER.

AND I THINK AS A CITY MANAGER, MONTGOMERY MENTIONED EARLIER DURING THE BUDGET STUDY SESSION, WE ARE ACTUALLY, AS WE ARE, I THINK THE PREMIER ORGANIZATION, AND WE DO TYPICALLY ATTRACT VERY HIGH CALIBER EMPLOYEES, BUT I THINK WE ARE HAVING SOME TROUBLE ATTRACTING PEOPLE TO SOME OF OUR NEW POSITIONS.

SO IT MIGHT BE A WAY TO KEEP PEOPLE HERE IF THEY, IF WE DID THAT.

SO WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT IT, THAT PART WE HAVE NOT EXPLORED YET.

WE WANTED TO GET YOUR APPROVAL ON THE CONCEPT FIRST.

UM, I'LL JUST START WITH THIS PORTION OF THE ITEM WAS BROUGHT FORWARD AND ASKED FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE COUNCIL AT A PRIOR COUNCIL MEETING.

THEY ASKED US TO GO LOOK AT IT AND EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITIES.

AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THE PROVIDED FEDERAL RELIEF TO LOCAL AGENCIES FOR CERTAIN USAGES, INCLUDING THE NEED TO MAINTAIN CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS AND ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS WITHIN THE ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS, UH, AND THE RELATED WORKFORCES.

AND THAT'S HOW IT KIND OF TRANSLATES HERE.

IT'S TO KEEP THOSE WORKFORCES IN PLACE DURING THE PANDEMIC, UH, THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC, UH, INCLUDING THE EARLY MONTHS, THE STAY AT HOME ORDERS, STAFF CONTINUED TO WORK, TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY WITH MINIMAL DISRUPTIONS AND UNLIKE MANY OF THE OTHER LOCAL AGENCIES, THE CITY REOPENED TO FULL SERVICES OR IN-PERSON SERVICES IN EARLY JUNE OF 2020.

AND THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAN MOST CITIES.

WE STILL HAD SOME WELL INTO 2021 THAT STILL WERE NOT OPEN TO REGULAR PUBLIC ACCESS AND RECOGNITION OF THEIR DILIGENT WORK AND CONTINUED, UH, EFFORTS TO PERFORM SERVICES.

OUR CITY EMPLOYEES BY OUR CITY EMPLOYEES, DURING THE PANDEMIC, UH, THE ESSENTIAL SERVICE THEY PROVIDED THE COMMUNITY RECOGNIZED THOSE SERVICES.

THE CITY HAS RECOMMENDED A PORTION OF THE ARPA FUNDS BE USED TO PAY FOR A ONE-TIME COVID BONUS, TALLER ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES AS A LITTLE BIT OF A, A REVIEW.

UM, WE DID SURVEY A FEW OTHER LOCAL CITIES TO SEE WHAT THEY GAVE OURS AS MUCH MORE MODEST THAN THEY DID.

UM, CHINO GAVE 6,000 TO THEIR SWORN EMPLOYEES, 4,000 TO THEIR NON-SWORN EMPLOYEES.

AND 2000 TO THEIR PART-TIME POMONA GAVE 6,000 TO SWORN 5,000 TO NON-SWORN IN 2,500 TO PART-TIME.

ONTARIO GAVE VERY LARGE NUMBERS, 10,000 TO ANYBODY WITHIN THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE DEPARTMENT SEVENTY-FIVE HUNDRED TO ALL THEIR OTHER MISCELLANEOUS EMPLOYEES AND 600 PART-TIME EMPLOYEES.

UM, SO THEREFORE WE'RE, UH, WE'RE PROPOSING SOMETHING, LIKE I SAID, MUCH MORE MODEST THAN 1500 AND 500.

NOW THE OFFSET, I GUESS THE ARGUMENT FOR THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS IS THAT ALL THOSE CITIES LAID OFF PEOPLE WHICH PUT AN ADDITIONAL BURDEN DURING THAT ERA ON THE EMPLOYEES THAT REMAINED IN PLACE.

WE DIDN'T LAY OFF A SINGLE PERSON.

WE DID NOT.

UM, I KNOW WHAT THE CITY OF CHINO PRIMARILY IT WAS PART-TIME A LOT OF THEM WAS PART-TIME STAFF THAT THEY SIMPLY RELEASED A LOT OF COMMUNITY SERVICES STAFF THAT THEY RELEASED AND JUST DID NOT USE THEM DURING THAT TIMEFRAME.

WE DID NOT DO THAT.

THAT IS CORRECT.

UH, WE ALSO CAN NEED TO PROVIDE A NUMBER OF SERVICES THOUGH, THAT OTHER CITIES DIDN'T PROVIDE SOME CASES.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE KIND OF GENERATED THIS FROM WHEN I WAS GOING TO ASK WHEN, IN TERMS OF COVID BONUSES, THAT'S NOT A PENSIONABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY, CORRECT? SO UNDER CALPERS, IT'S NOT PENSIONABLE AND IT'S OPTIONAL FOR CLASSIC MEMBERS.

IN SOME CASES, THERE IS AN OPTION.

THERE ARE OPTIONS WITH UNDER SB, SARAH, IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE PENSIONABLE, DEPENDS ON HOW THE CITY ALEXA, UH,

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SO WE WOULD HAVE TO EVALUATE THAT, BUT IF THE COUNCIL DIRECTION WAS NOT PENSIONABLE, THEN WE WOULD WORK WITH SB, SARAH , I GUESS, BUT IT WOULD BE THE TIME TO GIVE DIRECTION OR X.

I, I PERSONALLY WOULD RATHER HAVE IT NOT BE A PENSIONABLE AMOUNT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT MY COLLEAGUES WOULD SAY.

I JUST VIEW THIS AS A BONUS PERIOD.

I THINK IT'D BE VERY MINOR.

WOULDN'T BE A BIG NUMBER ADDING 1500, $1,500 OR $500.

REALLY WOULDN'T REALLY MEAN MUCH OF ANYTHING.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT 12 MONTHS IS, WHAT THEY GO BACK, YOU MEAN FOR SPC AS FAR AS THEIR HIGHEST SALARY.

FOR CLASSIC MEMBERS WOULD BE SINGLE LAST YEAR FOR PEPPER MEMBERS WOULD BE AVERAGE OF THREE HIGHEST YEARS.

SO THEY HAVE A NUMBER AS FAR AS THAT PORTION.

IT WOULDN'T, BUT YOU WOULD HAVE A PORTION OF COST RELATED TO IT THOUGH.

YOU STILL WOULD HAVE A COST OF ABOUT PROBABLY 20 TO 30% FOR THAT NUMBER, BUT THIS WOULD BE A ONE-TIME BONUS RIGHT TIME.

THAT'S CORRECT.

AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION.

JUST TO CLOSE OUT OUR PROPOSALS FOR THE ARPA-E FUNDING.

WE ALSO, UH, HAVE, UM, PROPOSED THAT THE, THE COUNCIL ESTABLISH A, UM, PROGRAM FOR PROJECTS, UH, TO BE CARRIED OUT BY THE COMMUNITY, UH, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH, UH, OTHER AGENCIES, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY SUPPORT PROGRAMS, UNDER CDBG EXAMPLES, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ISAIAH'S ROCK OR, UH, UM, GIVE ME SOME MORE, UH, THE LIBRARY WHERE WE WOULD ESTABLISH A FUND ORIGINALLY PROPOSED 500,000, UH, COUNCIL DIRECTION WAS MORE LIKE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WHEREBY WE WOULD OPEN IT UP FOR, UH, GROUPS TO GIVE PROPOSALS ON HOW THEY THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THIS FUNDING, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEN IT WOULD COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR DIRECTION ON APPROVAL AND, UH, ALLOCATION OF THE DOLLAR.

SO IT WOULD GIVE YOU ANOTHER, UH, PROGRAM TO BE ABLE TO, UH, PARTNER WITH, WITH OUR, OUR NON-GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES.

AND, UH, WITH THAT AS RECOMMENDED, UH, WE HAVE 9 MILLION, 925,034 ISH, UH, STILL NOT SPOKEN FOR, I WOULD, UH, GIVEN ANY DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THE DOLLARS CHANGED OR PROGRAMS CUT OUT ALTOGETHER.

UH, WE WOULD COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL WITH A, UM, FORMALIZED BUDGET, WITH A PLAN FOR WHEN THESE, UH, PARTICULAR PROJECTS WOULD OCCUR.

AND THEN, UH, THAT PROCESS WOULD THEN START STAFF'S ABILITY TO EXECUTE ON THESE.

SO WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR TONIGHT IS YOUR GUIDANCE ON HOW YOU WOULD LIKE US TO ALLOCATE THE DOLLARS FOR THE NEXT STAGE, WHICH IS BRINGING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL.

BRAD, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS? YES, WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER, BRAD GOLDMAN.

SURE.

OFF WHAT WE PROVIDE FULL-TIME HOURS OR REGULAR HOURS FOR ALL STAFF, EVEN IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE A NORMAL JOB, I SAW NUMEROUS STAFF THAT WOULD JUST KIND OF GO AROUND AND CHECK SIGNAGE AND JUST DRIVE AROUND.

HELLO, GOING TO COUNSEL.

UM, AS I LISTENED TO THIS PRESENTATION OF FUNDS AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH IT, IT KIND OF TAKES ME BACK THAT WE'VE NOTHING FOR TORREY PINES.

TORREY PINES WAS TORREY PINES WAS ZEROED OUT.

UM, IT WAS ON THIS COUNCIL'S BUDGET BACK BEFORE EVERYTHING HAPPENED WITH COVID AND THEN, UM, WAS PLACED ON HOLD AND THEN DIFFERENT CHANGES WERE MADE TO IT.

UM, YET WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL THIS CRIME AND VIOLENCE AND MITIGATION STRATEGIES WITH REGARDS TO THE, YOU KNOW, INSTALLING CAMERAS.

AND YET THAT CONTINUES TO BE AN AREA WITHIN THIS CITY THAT HAS A HIGHER CRIME LEVEL THAN MOST BECAUSE OF ITS ISOLATION AND DUE TO, YOU KNOW, JUST THE GENERAL STATE OF THE PARK AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE REPAIRS IT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

IT HAS BEEN, IT HAS BEEN BY THE CITY COUNCIL BY PARKS AND REC COMMISSION, A AREA THAT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, DESIGNATED AS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH.

AND I'D EITHER RECOMMEND THAT WE CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, REARRANGING SOME OF THE STUFF FINANCIALLY LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, A MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY DOING THE COVID BARRIERS BECAUSE WE MAY FIND IN, YOU KNOW, SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR THAT THESE ARE THINGS WE DON'T NEED BECAUSE OF DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES.

UM, AND SECOND, UM, THE OTHER THING, UH, WITH THIS, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A PROJECT JUST NEEDS TO BE DONE IN THE COMMUNITY IS A SERVICE THAT THE COMMUNITY THAT LIVES IN THAT AREA, UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, CITY OR PARKS AND REC COMMISSION HAS GONE ROUNDS ON, AND WE JUST NEED TO COMMIT TO SOMETHING, PROVIDE THE FUNDS AND MAKE IT HAPPEN.

AND THEN FINALLY, UM, WITH COVID BONUSES FOR THE CITY, UM, I WATCHED, WE DID NOT LAY OFF ANY EMPLOYEES.

WE, WE NOT ONLY DO NOT LAY

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SO YES, IT'S GOOD.

BUT WE ARE PREMIER ORGANIZATION.

AND THE FUNDS THAT WE'RE GIVING IS SUCH A LOW THING, AND THEY WEREN'T, YOU KNOW, DETRIMENTALLY IMPACTED AT ALL DURING COVID.

I THINK THAT THAT CAN BE BETTER RESOURCE SOMEWHERE ELSE WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY.

I UNDERSTAND THAT GESTURE THAT'S GOING TOWARDS IT, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'RE HAVING A HARD TIME RECRUITING IF WE ARE IN A HARD TIME RECRUITING, MAYBE WE PUT THOSE FUNDS TOWARDS SOME OTHER TYPE OF LONG-TERM STRATEGY OF KEEPING EMPLOYEES OR RECRUITING PEOPLE.

ITEM IS TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION, DECLARING A STAGE THREE HIGH WATER CONSERVATION CONSERVATION ALERT AND AUTHORIZE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A WATER CONSERVATION RESTRICTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHINO HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE 13 AND DETERMINED.

ANY COMMENTS? LET'S GO TO, YOU KNOW, SIR, I LIKE IT.

I LIKE THE PLAN.

YOU LIKE IT? I LIKE IT SAID NOPE.

WE'LL BRING THIS BACK TO THE NEXT MEETING FOR YOUR FINAL APPROVAL.

THE NEXT

[26. Adopt resolution declaring Stage III High Water Conservation Alert and authorize implementation of Water Conservation restrictions in accordance with Chino Hills Municipal Code Title 13, Chapter 13.08 Water Conservation, Section 13.08.080 Stage III Prohibitions and Restrictions - High Water Conservation Alert and determining these actions are exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act as emergency actions under 14 CCR § 15269, Subsection (C)]

THESE AUCTIONS ARE EXEMPT FROM REVIEW UNDER CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT.

FIRST WE'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM IUI PRESIDENT, STEVE ELI FOLLOW-UP BY GENERAL MANAGER SHIVAJI DEMO.

AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM OUR OWN MARK WILEY.

MR. STEVIE LEE, HOW YOU DOING, SIR? GOOD, MR. MAYOR.

HOW ARE YOU DOING GOOD.

IF WE DO WORK TOGETHER, THOSE MINIMAL SUPPLIES THAT WE HAVE IN STORAGE WILL HOPEFULLY TAKE US THROUGH THE NEXT YEAR AND THE NEXT YEAR.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.

I'M JUST GOING TO DO A QUICK OF THE ISSUE THAT'S IN THE PAPERS EVERY DAY NOW AND JUSTIFIABLY.

SO, AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO BE HERE.

UH, THANK YOU FOR SIMERA COUNCIL STAFF AND FELLOW RESIDENTS.

UM, THE DROUGHT IS IN THE PAPER EVERY DAY.

UM, AND WITH GOOD REASON, BECAUSE IT'S A SERIOUS ISSUE.

THIS IS A, AN OVERVIEW OF, UH, THE REGION WHERE OUR REGION'S WATER.

SO CITY OF CHINO HILLS, AND BY THE WAY, BEFORE I EVEN BEGIN THE PRESENTATION, I WANT TO SAY YOUR STAFF AND CONSULTANTS THAT WORK ON THE WATER SIDE ARE PHENOMENAL PEOPLE TO WORK WITH.

THEY, THEY UNDERSTAND EVERYBODY'S ROLES AND THEY WORK WELL.

WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE, BUT WE WORK THROUGH IT.

AND THE COLLABORATION WITH CINDY AT CHINO HILLS IS FROM, FROM BEN ON DOWN IS PHENOMENAL.

UM, YOU KNOW, IUA IS THE REGIONAL PROVIDER OF WHOLESALE WATER IMPORTED WATER, BUT WE DO SO MUCH MORE WITH ARC MEMBER AGENCIES.

THEN WHAT, WHAT, YOU KNOW, HILLS NEEDS IS NOT THE SAME AS FONTANA NEEDS AS OTHERS.

AND SO WE TRY TO COLLABORATE WITH EVERYBODY TO PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER.

UM, I HAD THIS SLIDE INSERTED, UM, IT'S, IT'S IT, WASN'T IN YOUR ORIGINAL PACKET, BUT I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT OVERVIEW FOR THE PUBLIC.

AND AS WELL AS FOR THE ELECTEDS HERE, UM, 70% OF OUR WATER SUPPLY IN THIS REGION IS LOCAL.

THAT'S THE CHINO BASIN, GROUNDWATER BASIN.

THAT'S RECYCLED WATER THAT THE WASTEWATER COMES TO IUA WE TREAT IT AND THEN PROVIDE IT BACK TO THE CITY.

UM, THERE'S A CDA FOR YOU, UM, ET CETERA.

AND THEN ABOUT 30% OF OUR WATER COMES FROM THE STATE WATER PROJECT.

NOW, UNLIKE OTHER REGIONS, OUR REGION CANNOT ACCEPT COLORADO RIVER WATER, WHICH IS THE OTHER MAIN IMPORTANT WATER SOURCE FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, UM, BECAUSE OF HISTORICAL FARMING PRACTICES AND IN INDUSTRIAL PRACTICES, OUR BASIN HAS A LOT OF SALT, A LOT OF SALINITY.

AND IF THE COLORADO RIVER WATER DOESN'T MEET THE STANDARDS THAT THE REGIONAL BOARD HAS PROVIDED FOR US.

SO THE STATE WATER PROJECT COMES DOWN, THE CALIFORNIA AQUEDUCT HAS TO BE PUMPED OVER THAT, THE HATCHET PIECE, ET CETERA.

SO VERY IMPORTANT, UH, IN THIS CONDITION THAT WE'RE IN.

AND I KNOW YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD OF THE GOVERNOR MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY, AS WELL AS THE STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD.

UM, BUT WE WERE IN THE THIRD YEAR OF DROUGHT.

THE DRY IS THREE YEARS.

YOU MAY REMEMBER THE GREAT RAINS WE HAD IN DECEMBER, AND THAT WAS FOLLOWED BY THE THREE DRIEST MONTHS, JANUARY THROUGH MARCH.

UM, SO YOU MAY BE ASKING, WELL, WHY, WHY ARE WE NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO HAVE EMERGENCIES, THE ANSWER IS ONE OF THE PART ANSWERS IS THAT WE HAVE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT, AS WELL AS THROUGH THE INVESTMENTS, UM, BY OUR REGION AND EVERYWHERE DONE A GOOD JOB, WE HAVE A LOT OF WATER AND STORAGE, BUT NOW AFTER THREE YEARS OF DROUGHT, THAT'S GETTING LOWER AND LOWER.

SO FROM A PR FROM, FROM A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE, UM, OUR BOARD LAST WEEK PASSED THE RESOLUTION SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING TONIGHT.

I HOPE, UM, WE ALL GOT TO KEEP WORKING TOGETHER AND

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AND UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE TO BE NIMBLE BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, RIGHT.

WE, WE CAN'T PREDICT THE RAIN, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN.

UM, WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO PASS THE BATON TO OUR GENERAL MANAGER SHIVAJI DESHMUKH, WHO IS GOING TO GO OVER SOME, UH, MORE, UH, MORE DETAIL ON SOME OF THE ISSUES.

UM, PRESIDENT ELI ALSO MENTIONED THE ACTION THAT OUR BOARD TOOK, UH, JUST LAST WEEK AND DECLARING A WATER SHORTAGE, EMERGENCY CONDITION, IMPLEMENTING THIS ALLOCATION, THAT'S UP THERE, BUT ALSO ADOPTING AN EMERGENCY WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAM FRAMEWORK.

THANKS, STEVE.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT ELI.

UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR, GOOD EVENING.

MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

ELI DID A GREAT JOB ESTABLISHING HOW WE GOT HERE AND THE CHALLENGES WE'RE FACING RIGHT NOW.

I'D JUST LIKE TO SPEND A FEW MINUTES OF HOW WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER, UH, WITH YOUR STAFF, AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF OUR OTHER WATER RETAILERS IN THE IUA SERVICE AREA TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGE.

UH, BUT I'LL START AND FINISH WITH ONE TAKEAWAY, WHICH IS, UM, WE HOPE TO BE AT THE END OF THIS, BUT WE MAY NOT BE, SO WE HAVE TO BE ADDRESSING WHAT'S GOING ON NOW, BUT ALSO THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE.

SO WITH THAT, UH, I WANT TO STEP BACK INTO THE MONTH OF APRIL AND TALK ABOUT WHAT METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DID IN TERMS OF WORKING WITH US AS ONE OF THOSE FEW AGENCIES WITHIN THE MET MEMBER AGENCIES THAT HAS, UH, EXCLUSIVELY OR ONLY HAS ACCESS TO STATE PROJECT SUPPLIES WHEN IT COMES TO OUR IMPORTED.

SO AS PRESIDENT, ELI SHOWED 30% OF OUR SUPPLIES DO COME FROM IMPORTED AND THAT'S SPECIFICALLY THE STATE STATE WATER PROJECT STATE PROJECT SYSTEM, UH, COMING DOWN THE CALIFORNIA AQUEDUCT.

UH, WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE A VAST GROUNDWATER BASIN HERE THAT WE'VE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF BY, UH, RECHARGING WITH STORM WATER, RECYCLED WATER AND IMPORTED WATER WHEN IT'S AVAILABLE.

BUT IN APRIL, UH, METROPOLITAN TOOK RELATIVELY, UM, SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS IDENTIFYING WHAT THESE STATE PROJECT EXCLUSIVE AREAS COULD DO IN TERMS OF MANAGING THE SUPPLIES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE ON THE CALIFORNIA AQUEDUCT.

INITIALLY THEY PROPOSED A CONCEPT THAT WOULD LIMIT ALL OF OUR AREAS TO ONE DAY, A WEEK OF WATERING.

UM, WE HAD A, UH, A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN WITH THIS, UH, WORKING WITH OUR LOCAL RETAILERS.

WE RECOGNIZE THAT THIS WASN'T A VIABLE SOLUTION.

UH, WE WANTED TO WORK WITH METROPOLITAN ON A PROGRAM THAT WOULD RESULT IN REAL WATER SAVINGS.

UH, ONE DAY A WEEK, UH, WATERING RESTRICTIONS.

WE FELT WOULDN'T DO THAT AND ALSO WOULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE BEST LOCAL SUPPLIES THAT WE HAVE.

SO, UH, COMING TOGETHER WITH ALL THE RETAILERS AND I DO WANT TO JUST ECHO PRESIDENT ELI'S COMMENT ABOUT THE CHINO HILLS STAFF, UH, ON THIS ISSUE SPECIFICALLY, MARK WILEY WAS EXTREMELY IMPACTFUL AND WORKING WITH US AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF OUR RETAILERS TO DEVELOP A NEW CONCEPT, WHICH WAS LET METROPOLITAN KNOW WHAT, WHAT ARE THE VOLUMES WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US.

AND WE, AS A REGION WILL WORK TOGETHER.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT GREAT WORK, UM, THEY ESTABLISHED A SECOND PATH, WHICH IS ESTABLISHING VOLUMETRIC LIMITS ON THE IMPORTED WATER WE HAVE.

SO IN APRIL, UH, THE METROPOLITAN BOARD, UH, TOOK A UNANIMOUS SUPPORT OF THESE TWO PATHWAYS, UH, AND AS POINTED OUT BY THIS SLIDE, UH, UAE AND OUR RETAILERS, INCLUDING CHINO HILLS ARE WORKING THROUGH THIS EFFORT.

UM, THIS IS A COMPLEX APPROACH, UH, IN TERMS OF ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE.

NOT ONLY LOOKING AT WAYS WE CAN SAVE WATER, WORKING TOGETHER, UH, WORKING ON CONSERVATION PROGRAMS, BUT ALSO NOT FOR GRIT FORGETTING THAT WE MAY NOT BE AT THE END OF THIS, AND WE NEED TO LOOK FOR IMMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS.

WE'RE ALSO DEALING WITH CHALLENGES WHEN IT COMES TO MESSAGING.

WHAT WE TALK ABOUT IN OUR REGION MAY BE DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT THAN THREE MILES AWAY, UH, IN LOS ANGELES OR ORANGE COUNTY.

SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COORDINATE OUR MESSAGE AND ULTIMATELY, UM, THE CITY AND THE RETAILERS REALLY KNOW THE CUSTOMERS THE BEST.

AND SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO BACKSTOP YOU ALL AND PROVIDE THE SUPPORT AS NECESSARY.

SO JUST GET INTO SOME SPECIFICS HERE ON HOW THEY'RE ALLOCATING THE WATER.

THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT ON A MONTHLY BASIS FROM THE SEVEN MONTH PERIOD FROM JUNE TILL THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR, UH, IUA HAS BEEN ALLOCATED JUST UNDER 5,000 ACRE FEET A MONTH OF, UM, IMPORTED SUPPLIES THAT WILL COME THROUGH THREE AGENCIES, CUCAMONGA VALLEY, FONTANA, WATER, AND WATER FACILITIES AUTHORITY, WHICH THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS IS A MEMBER OF.

UM, WHILE WE WERE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THE ALLOCATIONS THAT WE RECEIVED, THAT BASICALLY RESULTED IN A 20 TO 30%, UH, CUT.

THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS FROM SPECIFICALLY MEMBERS OF WFA ABOUT HOW WE ALLOCATE THOSE, THOSE VOLUMES IN THE MONTH.

WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD ENOUGH WATER DURING THE WARMER PERIODS, UH, THE SUMMER SPECIFICALLY, AND THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SAVE WATER IN THE, UH, THE LAST PART OF THAT SEVEN MONTH PERIOD.

METROPOLITAN HAS BEEN EXTREMELY RECEPTIVE ON THIS.

AND, UH, THIS IS JUST ONE MORE EXAMPLE OF HOW WE ARE ALL WORKING TOGETHER.

UM, WE HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR A SHIFT SCENARIO ALTERNATIVE THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, UM, MORE WATER IN, IN THOSE WARMER PERIODS.

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ALL OF THIS LEADS INTO WHAT CAN WE DO WORKING TOGETHER AND COMMUNICATING THIS TO OUR RESPECTIVE CONSTITUENTS MESSAGING AND OUTREACH IS REALLY A KEY THERE.

UH, WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE IN A DROUGHT OF WATER, USE EFFICIENCY IS ALWAYS A PRIORITY FOR US, HOW WE COMMUNICATE THAT MESSAGE CAN BE DONE IN A NUMBER OF WAYS, AND WE'RE UTILIZING ALL OF THOSE.

SO ONCE AGAIN, WANT TO, UH, EXTEND THE HAND AND SAY THAT WE WANT TO WORK TOGETHER ON HOW TO COMMUNICATE THIS.

UH, WE'VE DONE A, UM, A THREE TIERED SYSTEM, A SCALABLE CAMPAIGN THAT SAYS, KEEP IT UP, STEP IT UP AND CUT IT BACK.

AND AS YOU CAN GUESS, WE'RE GETTING REALLY CLOSE TO THAT.

CUT IT BACK STEP.

SO WE'RE WORKING WITH YOUR STAFF ON TOOL KITS, UH, COLLATERAL PARTNERSHIP ADS, AND THEN ALSO WAYS TO PARTNER ON, ON HOW WE WORK DIRECTLY WITH YOUR CUSTOMERS.

I DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH, THIS IS OUR LAST SLIDE.

I DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THESE, BUT IT DOES REFLECT THE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WE'RE ALL DOING HERE.

I WILL HIGHLIGHT A ONE WE'RE HAVING 7:30 AM, MONDAY MORNING MEETINGS.

UH, WE TOOK A SCREENSHOT HERE.

YOU CAN SEE, UH, MARK WILEY ON THERE, UM, AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF OUR RETAILERS, BUT WHAT WE WANT TO ALSO EMPHASIZE THIS OUT ASIDE FROM MESSAGING IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR WATER USE EFFICIENCY.

UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO JUST CALL OUT ONE ADDITIONAL STAFF, UH, JAKE LUCHAY, WHO'S BEEN A GREAT PARTNER WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, LOOKING AT WATER USE EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS, NOT ONLY FOR YOUR RETAILERS, BUT HOW WE ALL WORK TOGETHER AS A REGION.

SO WE HAVE EIGHT DIFFERENT DROUGHT ACTIONS UP HERE.

UH, WE'RE CONTINUING TO MEET.

AND AS PRESIDENT ELI SAID, THIS IS A DYNAMIC SITUATION, BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.

UM, WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I'LL, I'LL HAND IT OFF TO YOUR STAFF TO CONTINUE THE PRESENTATION.

OH, MARIN COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, DOES HE THINK, WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER, UH, APPROVING A, UH, A RESOLUTION FOR THE STAGE THREE, A HIGH WATER CONSERVATION ALERT? UM, JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND CURRENTLY, WE'RE IN STAGE TWO, MODERATE WATER CONSERVATION ALERT, AND WE'VE BEEN THERE SINCE 2016, RIGHT AFTER THAT, THE LAST DROUGHT, UM, WE'RE KIND OF IN A UNIQUE SITUATION HERE BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN KIND OF HAMSTRING WITH HAVING ALL OF OUR WELLS OFFLINE, UH, DUE TO GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION.

SO THE EFFORTS THAT PATHOLOGY HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT ABOUT DOING GROUNDWATER RECHARGE AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, WE'RE KIND OF, UH, NOT ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AT THIS POINT.

UM, UH, SO, UH, HAVE NOT HAVING OUR WELLS ONLINE HAS KIND OF PUT US, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD TO RELY A LITTLE BIT MORE ON IMPORTED WATER IN AND PURCHASING WATER FROM, UH, A NEIGHBOR READING, UH, A WATER AGENCY, WHICH IS MONTEVISTA WATER DISTRICT.

UM, SO IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR, MARCH 28TH, UH, GOVERNOR NEWSOME SIGNED EXECUTIVE ORDER IN 7 22.

AND BASICALLY IN A NUTSHELL, WHAT THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER SAYS IS THAT HE'S REQUIRING THAT LOCAL WATER SUPPLIERS MOVE TO A LEVEL TWO OF THEIR WATER STORAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.

THAT MEANS, UH, A WATER CONSERVATION ALERT LEVEL THREE.

UM, AND THIS IS A REDUCTION OF 10 TO 20% WITHIN THE, UM, OUR, OUR AREA.

UH, HOWEVER, THE ORDER URGES URBAN'S WATER SUPPLIERS TO CONSERVE BASED ON AS SHORT AS LEVEL UP TO 25 TO 30% AS SAVANTE HAD MENTIONED IN HIS SLIDES.

UM, AND AGAIN, AS MENTIONED, THIS HAS BEEN THE DRIEST JANUARY, MARCH IN RECORDED HISTORY.

UM, HE HAS DIRECTED THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES TO ADOPT A SHORTAGE LEVEL UP TO 20%.

AND WHAT THIS MEANS IS WE HAVE A 5% ALLOCATION OF HEALTH SAFETY AND EMERGENCY NEEDS FROM METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT.

SO THE CONSEQUENCES THAT FOR THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, WE NEED TO HAVE A 25%, OR WE HAVE A 25% REDUCTION IN THE SUPPLY OF WATER THAT WE HAVE COMING INTO CHINO HILLS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO A 25% REDUCTION IN OUR USAGE.

WE DO HAVE A SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN.

AND WHAT WE ARE REQUESTING IS FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER DECLARING A STAGE THREE HIGH WATER CONSERVATION ALERT, WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THE MEASURES IN OUR STAGE TWO THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY UNDER.

THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT WE'RE ASKING OUR RESIDENTS TO ONLY WATER DO OUTSIDE IRRIGATION

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FOR TWO DAYS A WEEK.

AND THE RESIDENTIAL ADDRESSES THAT END IN AN EVEN NUMBER BEING ONLY IRRIGATE ON WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS, RESIDENTIAL ADDRESSES ENDING IN AN ODD NUMBER MAY ONLY IRRIGATE ON THURSDAYS AND SUNDAYS AND NON-RESIDENTIAL IS ON TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS.

THAT'S THAT WOULD BE THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE GOING TO A THREE WHAT'S THE DURATION OF THE WATERING TIME AGAIN, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S EIGHT MINUTES PER CYCLE, WHICH WILL TELL YOU SAY, SHOULD AERATION FOR OVERHEAD SPRAY WOULD BE UP TO 1500 AND IT'S PER STATION FOR DRIP MICRO BUBBLER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

IT'S UP TO 30 MINUTES PER STATION, SINCE IT IS MUCH MORE, WHICH MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE TO, UM, IRRIGATE SOME OF YOUR LANDSCAPING, CORRECT? YEAH.

UM, SO TO ASSIST, YOU KNOW, HILL'S A TREE, IT'S A CONSERVATION GOAL, 25% ENSURE SUFFICIENT WATER FOR ESSENTIAL INDOOR AND OUTDOOR USE ACHIEVEMENT HILLS RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES ARE CALLED UPON TO STRIVE TO ADHERE TO THE STAGE THREE CONSERVATION ALERT AND ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO UNDERSTAND AND TRACK THE AMOUNT OF WATER THEY USE AND MEASURE THEIR PROGRESS TOWARDS OUR, OUR GOAL OF A 25% DECREASE IN USAGE.

UM, THIS TABLE REPRESENTS OUR USAGE, UH, ANNUAL USAGE OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS.

UM, AND YOU CAN SEE, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE FISCAL YEAR 15, 16, THAT'S WHEN WE HAD THE LAST DROUGHT AND THE PER CAPITA PER DAY, YOU CAN SEE, WE REALLY DROPPED DOWN TO 133 GALLONS PER CAPITA PER DAY.

AND THAT'S HOW MUCH WATER EACH INDIVIDUAL WOULD USE ON, ON AVERAGE.

AND ALL OF THAT NUMBER IS, IS OUR, UH, OUR POPULATION DIVIDED BY THE GALLONS USED.

AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THAT NUMBER MEANS, BUT YOU CAN SEE BACK IN 15, 16, WE NAILED IT AND WE CAN DO IT AGAIN.

AND IF OUR RESIDENTS DO THE SAME THINGS THAT THEY DID BACK IN 16, I'M, I'M SURE WE'LL GIVE, WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS VERY EASILY.

UM, SO JAY, HERE'S SOME SIMPLE CONSERVATION PRACTICE JAKE'S GOING TO TOUCH ON.

SO, LIKE MARK SAID, IF WE ALL JUST KIND OF MIND IT, WE'LL GET THROUGH THIS PERFECTLY STEP.

NUMBER ONE IS DON'T WATER YOUR LANDSCAPE ALL AT ONCE.

AND THAT'S SIMPLY BECAUSE A LOT OF WATER ISN'T ACTUALLY ABLE TO MAKE IT INTO THE LANDSCAPE.

IT JUST ENDS UP RUNNING AS RUNOFF AND FOR EVERY DROP OF RUNOFF THAT YOU ACTUALLY GET GOING OFF YOUR PROPERTY, THAT'S WATER YOU PAY FOR.

WE'RE NOT GETTING THE BENEFIT OF, SO IT'S MUCH BETTER TO WATER A LITTLE BIT IN THE MORNING AND A LITTLE BIT IN THE EVENING, UH, LEARN HOW TO ADJUST YOUR SPRINKLER TIMER.

UH, THEY MAKE THESE SO THEY ARE ADJUSTABLE AND THAT IS THE QUICKEST WAY FOR PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY REDUCE THEIR WATER SAVINGS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 65, 70% OF OUR WATER HERE, ESPECIALLY IN THE PEAK SUMMER MONTHS GOES TO OUTDOORS.

SO CHECK INDOORS, BUT OUTDOORS IS WHERE YOU CAN GET IT.

DON'T WATER BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 9:00 AM AND 6:00 PM PER THE ORDINANCE.

IT'S GETTING HOTTER.

MOST OF IT'S GOING TO GO TO A REPARATION.

I WOULD ADD ONTO THAT.

TRY NOT TO WATER WHEN IT'S TOO WINDY.

CAUSE THEN YOU'RE JUST GOING TO BE WASHING YOUR NEIGHBOR'S CAR FOR FREE, UH, HAND WATERING IS GOING TO BE YOUR FRIEND DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS.

IF YOU NOTICE ANY BROWN SPOTS OR ANYTHING STARTING A LITTLE BIT DRY, JUST GO HIT IT WITH THE SOAKER NOZZLE FIVE, 10 MINUTES WILL BE FINE.

CHECK FOR LEAKS INSIDE, CHECK BLEAKS OUTSIDE.

UH, LEAKS CAN MAKE UP TO 15% OF SOMEONE'S WATER BILL.

SO JUST FIXING SMALL LEAKS AND GOING THROUGH IT AND BEING, BEING CAREFUL ABOUT IT.

THAT'LL BE A BIG HELP.

ANY WATER THAT ACTUALLY TAKES A MINUTE TO HEAT UP IN THE MORNING, OR WHEN YOU'RE WASHING YOUR FRUITS, VEGETABLES, WHAT HAVE YOU CAPTURE IN A BUCKET BECAUSE YOU'RE ALREADY PAYING FOR IT.

YOU MIGHT AS WELL GET THE BENEFIT OUT OF IT.

PUBLIC WORKS IS PURCHASING SEVERAL HUNDRED, TWO GALLON BUCKETS TO PASS OUT TO RESIDENTS AT FESTIVALS.

SO THAT WAY THEY CAN JUST CAPTURE IT.

THEY CAN PUT IT ON THEIR PLANTERS, THEY CAN DEEP WATER, THEIR TREES IT'LL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.

AND THEN LASTLY, UH, YOU CAN CALL PUBLIC WORKS.

THAT IS MY DIRECT LINE.

YOU KNOW, WE ARE HERE TO HELP AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE ASKING A LOT OF RESIDENTS TO CUT BACK, BUT WE ALL NEED TO DO IT.

AND IF WE DO, WE WILL BE FINE GOING INTO THE DROUGHT.

AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

QUICK QUESTION ABOUT SWIMMING POOLS, EVAPORATION SURFING, WHEN IT GETS LOW, IT IT'LL DAMAGE THE POOL EQUIPMENT IF IT'S RUNNING.

UH, SO YOU MAY OR MAY NOT.

I MEAN, YOU'RE GOING TO BE RESTRICTED TO FILLING IT ON ONLY YOUR WATERING DAYS OR WHAT'S THE STORY THAT IS PER THE ORDINANCE, BUT YOU ARE GOING TO BE USING THE SAME AMOUNT OF WATER, WHETHER YOU FILL IT ON A TUESDAY OR A WEDNESDAY.

SO IT'S BETTER PROBABLY JUST TO FILL IT AS NEEDED.

AND THEN IF YOU HAVE, I WOULD SAY TO THAT, IF YOU HAVE A POOL COVER, USE IT BECAUSE YOU CAN SAVE UP TO A HALF INCH AND A HALF INCH ON A POOL, BUT DOES NOT SOUND LIKE MUCH, BUT IT IS SEVERAL THOUSAND GALLONS

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EACH TIME EACH MONTH.

IT IS.

SO THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SAVE AGAIN IS WHAT PERCENT BETWEEN 25 AND 30.

SO IF A HOUSEHOLD COULD SAVE 25 TO 30%, HOWEVER THEY DO IT, THEY COULD WATER THEIR LAWN MORE IF THEY SAVE IN OTHER WAYS, COULDN'T THEY THEORETICALLY, THEORETICALLY, YES, BUT THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH YOU COULD SAVE INSIDE.

YOU CAN, IF YOU HAVE LOW FLOW TOILETS ALREADY, IF YOU TAKE SHORTER SHOWERS, IF YOU DO NOT LET THE WATER RUN WHEN YOU'RE BRUSHING YOUR TEETH, SHAVING, SHOWERING, SO ON AND SO FORTH, THE BULK OF THAT WATER IS GOING TO BE USED OUTSIDE.

AND THAT'S WHERE RESIDENTS SHOULD START FIRST.

IS THERE ANY PROGRAMS RIGHT NOW, IF SOMEONE WANTED TO DO TURF REPLACEMENT FOR THEIR LAWN, UH, WE HAVE THROUGH THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT AND THE, IN AN EMPIRE UTILITIES AGENCY, THERE IS STILL THE TURF REMOVAL REBATE I CHECKED THIS MORNING.

THERE'S 62% OF THE FUNDS LEFT REMAINING.

WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS HERE WITHIN THE CITY.

THIS LAST GO ROUND.

WE DID APPROXIMATELY 88,000 SQUARE FEET OF TURF REMOVED, WHICH IS QUITE A SIGNIFICANT WATER SAVINGS, BUT THAT IS OPEN TO RESIDENTS AS WELL.

SO, UM, I'M NOT THAT FAMILIAR WITH EACH THERE.

SO IF A RESIDENT WANTED TO REPLACE A FRONT YARD, HOW MUCH MONEY WOULD IT BE OUT OF THEIR POCKET? IS IT LIKE A HUNDRED PERCENT FUNDED OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? IT IS A $2 PER SQUARE FOOT REBATE RESIDENTS CAN DO UP TO 5,000 SQUARE FEET OF GENERALLY, I HAVE SEEN BIDS AS LOW AS $6 PER SQUARE FOOT FROM CONTRACTORS UP TO $11.

SO IT DEPENDS ON THE TYPE OF DESIGN MATERIAL.

IF YOU WANT TO DO A DRY CREEK BED, IF YOU JUST WANT TO DO MULCH SO ON AND SO FORTH.

BUT THERE ARE SPECIFIC GUIDELINES, BRAD, THAT, UH, WE'VE REVIEWED A FEW TIMES WHEN I WAS GETTING READY TO INITIATE A PROJECT.

YOU CAN'T USE ARTIFICIAL TURF AS AN EXAMPLE, CORRECT.

SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDED FROM THIS, UH, WEBSITE.

THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS WHO HAVE CALLED IN ABOUT IT, BUT JUST FOR THE RECORD, IT IS EXCLUDED FROM THIS REBATE PROCESS.

SO GIVEN EVERYONE'S GONNA FEEL THAT CRUNCH WITH THE WATER CONSERVATION.

NOW, CAN WE, CAN WE RAMP UP OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOR THIS TURF REPLACEMENT PROGRAM? JAKE? ABSOLUTELY.

IT IS ON OUR WEBSITE AND GREAT JOBS, BUT I HAVE RECEIVED, UH, SEVERAL DOZEN PHONE CALLS SINCE THE MWD ANNOUNCEMENT FOR TURF.

UH, SO CAL WATER SMART HAS EVEN THE ALL APPLICATIONS THAT WERE POSTMARKED BEFORE JUNE 1ST.

THEY WILL HAVE AN IMMEDIATE EXTENSION UP TO NOVEMBER AND EVERYBODY POSTMARK AFTER JUNE 1ST, WE'LL HAVE A YEAR INSTEAD OF THE SIX MONTH TIMELINE TO ACTUALLY FINISH A PROJECT.

THE TYPICAL TIMELINE IS 180 DAYS, BUT WITH THE DROUGHT THEY'RE EXTENDING IT EVERYBODY.

SO NOBODY HAS TO ESTABLISH A PLANT, UH, DURING THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER, WHICH IS NOT GREAT, EVEN FOR NATIVE.

THAT OR NOT? I MEAN, PEOPLE DON'T NEED TO KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO GET PENALIZED BECAUSE OUR WATER ARE THEIR TIERS AND OUR RATE PER UH, YOU KNOW, PER GALLON OR PER ACRE FOOT OR WHATEVER IS, IS GOING TO CHANGE BASED ON USAGE.

THANKS JAKE.

ONE QUICK, OTHER QUICK QUESTION.

I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THE TURF REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.

DO WE HAVE THE OTHER PROGRAMS STILL IN PLACE LIKE THE SPRINKLER AUDIT AND THE WIFI ENABLED? YES.

UH, THAT IS STILL AVAILABLE CONTROLLER.

WE HAVE PLENTY OF SPOTS AND OUR ALLOTMENT FOR THAT PROGRAM WILL BEGIN JULY ONE AGAIN.

AND I I'D ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO DO IT.

I DID IT.

AND WHILE YOU WERE SPEAKING, I WENT THROUGH AND CHANGED THE TIMING ON MY, ON MY CONTROLLER.

SO I WAS PAYING ATTENTION, BUT IT IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU ALREADY PAY FOR THROUGH YOUR WATER, THROUGH YOUR WATER RATES.

SO YOU MIGHT AS WELL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.

AND IT'S WONDERFUL BECAUSE IT'S ALL ENABLED THROUGH WIFI AND IT WILL KNOW IF IT'S A WINDY DAY, THEN YOUR SPRINKLERS WON'T GO ON.

OR IF IT'S RAINING, THEY WON'T KICK ON THE QUICKEST WAY FOR RESIDENTS TO DROP THEIR WATER USES OR MANAGE THEIR WATER USE AND SEE LOWER HIGHS AND EVEN LOWER LOWS IS TO ADJUST THAT TIMER DON'T WATER WHEN IT RAINS DON'T WATER.

WHEN IT'S WINDY, IF YOU START NOTICING WATER SHOOTING OFF YOUR LANDSCAPE AFTER FIVE MINUTES, THAT'S ENOUGH.

THAT'S WHAT YOUR LANDSCAPE COULDN'T ABSORB.

COME BACK IN THE EVENING OR THE MORNING AND DO ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES.

THE OTHER POINT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD IS DON'T WATER TOO EARLY.

UM, WITH THE HOTTER WEATHER, IF YOU HAVE WATER AT TWO 30 IN THE MORNING, YOU WILL NEVER NOTICE ANY SORT OF ISSUE UNTIL IT HITS YOU ON YOUR WATER BILL.

AND THEN YOU'LL BE OUT THERE LOOKING FOR THAT ISSUE.

SO WATER TRY TO WATER WHEN YOU'RE ACTIVE AT YOU'RE UP AND AROUND.

IF YOU'RE UP AND ABOUT AROUND 7 38, O'CLOCK TRY TO WATER AROUND.

THEN YOU'LL BE MORE APT TO NOTICE ANY SORT OF ISSUES THAT ARE WITHIN YOUR LANDSCAPE.

ONE QUICK, QUICK QUESTION.

OBVIOUSLY THIS, THIS, UH, ANY PROGRAM LIKE THIS REALLY REQUIRES AND WORKS BEST WITH VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE, ARE WE AS A CITY ON OUR BILLING RATES OR WHATEVER, ARE WE GOING TO CHANGE THE TIERS SO THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE PENALIZED IF THEY ARE UTILIZING TOO MUCH WATER? I DON'T KNOW WHO ANSWERS THAT QUESTION BEST MAYBE KRISTA.

UM, YES.

THE WATER RATE STRUCTURE THAT WAS LAST ADOPTED HAS AN INDOOR AND OUTDOOR BUDGET.

AND THEN ANYTHING OVER THAT BUDGET IS CONSIDERED INEFFICIENT AND IT'S AT A HIGHER RATE.

SO THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN GETTING OKAY, BUT THAT'S BASED ON, THAT'S NOT BASED ON STAGE THREE, RIGHT? OR IS IT, WHAT? SO MY POINT IS WE GOING TO ADJUST

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SO ARE YOU SUGGESTING WE RAISED THE RATES ON, ON, NOT, I'M JUST SAYING, I THINK PEOPLE JUST WANT TO ME TO GET IN THE PAPER.

NO BOTTOM LINE IS I JUST, I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE BEST WAY IS TO FOLLOW CONSERVATION PRACTICES.

AND HOPEFULLY LIKE WE DID BACK IN 13 GUT, WE GOT, WE EXCEEDED WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS WERE AT 28% SAVINGS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO WE DID IT, THEN WE CAN DO IT NOW IF WE CAN.

BUT MY POINT IS, PEOPLE NEED TO ALSO KNOW THAT, LOOK, THERE'S THE HOOK IN THIS THING.

AND IF YOU DON'T VOLUNTARILY REDUCE IT, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO PAY, BE PAYING A HIGHER BILL.

SO THAT'S WHY I ASKED, I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT, ESPECIALLY IF THIS IS GOING TO BE PROTRACTED AND, AND GO FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME, UM, MAY HAVE BEEN THAT WE, IT WOULD BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THAT COUNCIL MEMBER BENT.

UH, THE PENALTY THAT WE HAVE, IF YOU WILL, IS PRETTY LIMITED.

IT RELATES TO THE COST OF, UM, THE SERVICES FOR, UH, STAFF TO HELP PEOPLE TO CONSERVE THOSE THAT GO INTO THAT LAYER OR CHAIR.

UM, BUT, UH, IT WAS ABOUT, LET ME SAY LIKE FIVE YEARS AGO THAT THE CALIFORNIA COURTS HAVE RULED THAT YOU CAN NOT HAVE TIERED RATES FOR PURPOSES OF TRYING TO FORCE CONSERVATION.

THAT THAT IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH PROPOSITION TWO 18.

WELL, NOT FORCING CONSERVATION, BUT JUST PENALIZING.

IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT THE SAME THING, SAME THING.

FORGET.

I SAID ALL THAT SO PEOPLE CAN SERVE, JUST BE SMART.

YOU DON'T WANT TO PAY THOSE HIGH BILLS AND YOU DON'T WANT TO COMPLY.

BUT NOW I GUESS THE LAST QUESTION IS I THINK ALL OF US PROBABLY HAVE NEIGHBORS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT YOU SEE THE WATER RUNNING.

UH, I HAVE ONE NEIGHBOR THAT FLOODS OTHER NEIGHBORS BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT BROKEN SPRINKLERS AND THEY'RE RENTERS AND THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

I MEAN, WE HAVE A PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT, THE ILLINOIS STAFF AT THE INLAND EMPIRE UTILITIES AGENCY AND THE WATER RESOURCES SECTION, THEY HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED THE TUNE-UP.

IT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES BROKEN SPRINKLER HEADS, LEAKING VALVES, WIRING, EVEN LOOKING AT THEIR TIMER.

AND THEN THE CONTRACTOR CONCERT WEEK MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL.

SO IF YOU NOTICE THAT I'M HAPPY TO REACH OUT TO SOMEBODY BECAUSE THIS IS EXACTLY WHO IT IS FOR.

IT IS A NUDGE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, NOT A FINGER POINTING.

GOOD DEAL.

IF DO YOU WANT TO TELL US WHO THAT NEIGHBOR IS? NOPE.

JUST CHECKING.

I DIDN'T WANT TO REPORT YOU.

I REALLY DIDN'T.

THANKS NEIGHBOR.

UM, PARTIAL REC COMMISSION AND SAW A BIG FLOOD AREA FROM TWO BROOKLYN SPRINKLER HEADS, SAME SITUATION.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ANYBODY? AND I BELIEVE MARK HAS ONE MORE TIME.

AND LAST TIME TOO.

UH, WHAT WE DID WAS WHEN WE GOT CALLS LIKE THAT, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE CALLED ABOUT THEIR NEIGHBORS.

WE WOULD GO OUT AND JAKE AND I, AND OTHER STAFF MEMBERS, WE WOULD GO OUT AND EDUCATE THEM.

AND THAT WORKED REALLY WELL.

AND ONCE WE TALKED TO THEM, UM, AND, UH, THEY UNDERSTOOD IT.

UH, IT ACTUALLY WENT, WENT WELL.

SO I THINK WE'LL KEEP DOING THAT THIS TIME AROUND.

SO ANYWAY, JUST TO MY LAST SLIDE HERE IS, UM, SO WE'RE ASKING TO GET THE, THAT, THAT THE, UH, COUNCIL CONSIDER ADOPTING A RESOLUTION, UH, ENTITLED A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, DECLARING A STAGE THREE HIGH WATER CONSERVATION ALERT AND AUTHORIZING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF WATER CONSERVATION RESTRICTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHINO HILLS, UH, MUNICIPAL CODE.

AND THANK YOU BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.

THE MOTION SECOND.

I LIKE TO SEE IF ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.

YES, WE DO HAVE ONE COMMENT.

UH, BRAD GOLDMAN.

OH MY GOD.

SO, UM, I'M HERE FIRST TO THE SHERIFF, UH, PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.

I WAS WALKING ONE OF THE TRIALS WITHIN OUR CITY IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WASN'T NEAR MINE AND CAME ACROSS SOME BROKEN HEADS, UH, NOTIFIED IT ON THE APP AND THEN WAS NOTIFIED THIS ISN'T CITY PROPERTY.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO NOTIFY THE PROPERTY OWNER A, I KNOW THIS WAS AN ASSOCIATION AND I, YOU KNOW, I COULD DO THAT, BUT, AND I COULD BE CONSISTENT DO THAT, BUT TO DO THAT, I HAVE TO GO ON THE PUBLIC BOOK, THE CITY WEBSITE, GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS.

AND, YOU KNOW, DO I THINK THE CITY NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE PROACTIVE IN REACHING OUT WHEN THERE ARE, I THINK THE CITY NEEDS TO BE PROACTIVELY, YOU KNOW, UM, REACHING OUT AND USING THE SERVICES AND THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE CITIZENS NOTIFY, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I WAS ON ANOTHER HIKING TRAIL WITH ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS ON OUR,

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UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I THINK THAT ANY TYPE OF HARDSCAPE, ESPECIALLY IN MATURE PLANTS ON, YOU KNOW, HEEL SLOPE SPEAKS, I KNOW WE HAVE LOADS OF THAT THROUGHOUT.

AND A LOT OF THAT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

AND WITH THAT BEING ESTABLISHED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE WATERED TWICE A WEEK.

IT CAN BE WATERED ONCE EVERY 10 DAYS OR MORE.

I THINK WE NEED TO PUSH FOR FURTHER CONSERVATION METHODS.

UM, I WAS IN SOUTH AFRICA IN A LITTLE BIT AFTER THEY HAD, UM, WENT PAST AND RECOVERED FROM GETTING CLOSE TO DAY ZERO, WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, FIVE GALLONS PER RESIDENT, PER DAY OR LESS.

AND THAT'S A VERY, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY'RE GETTING, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY HAVE A COUNTDOWN TO LESS THAN 60 DAYS OF, YOU KNOW, TO THEY'RE COMPLETELY DRY, IT'S A VERY SCARY EXPERIENCE.

AND IF WE CONTINUE LIKE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, WE MAY BE IN THAT SITUATION IN THE NEAR FUTURE WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WAITING FOR THE RAINY SEASON, YOU KNOW, IF THIS KEEPS HAPPENING FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS OR SO, WE COULD BE COMPLETELY DRY.

UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I THINK WE NEED TO PUSH, UM, TO A, HAVE THIS BROUGHT UP, YOU KNOW, ON A REGULAR, YOU KNOW, EITHER MONTHLY OR, YOU KNOW, QUARTERLY BASIS WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THE, UM, THE SITUATION WITHIN THE CITY.

AND THEN FINALLY, I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY LOOK AT, UM, YOU KNOW, NONFUNCTIONAL TURF AND LANDSCAPE THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND ASSOCIATIONS AND OTHER AREAS AND, YOU KNOW, JUST LAYING THEM GO BROWN AND JUST BEING FINE WITH IT AND NOT LETTING THE ASSOCIATIONS PUSH FOR THAT.

CAUSE I THINK AS WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SPRINKLERS, I KNOW WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF, UM, BOTH, UH, UM, BOTH PETER ROGERS AND RAY, YOU KNOW, IN THE CANYON, THERE'S A NUMBER OF AREAS THAT ARE JUST SCREENED THROUGHOUT, YOU KNOW, THE PART, YOU KNOW, I KNOW SOME NEIGHBORHOODS ARE, YOU KNOW, PHILLIPS RANCH AND, UM, UH, CARRIAGE HILLS, YOU KNOW, BOTH HAVE GREEN SPACES THROUGHOUT, YOU KNOW, AND THEN I KNOW A NUMBER OF OTHERS DO, AND IT'S LIKE, WE CAN MAKE BIG DIFFERENCES RIGHT THERE.

AND I THINK WE SHOULD SHOOT WAY BEYOND THIS, UM, 30% AND AIM FOR A LITTLE BIT HIGHER BECAUSE WE CAN DO THAT WITH ALL THE HARDSCAPE WE HAVE WITH THE CITY.

ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM NUMBER 27 TO REVIEW AND FILE AND UPDATE FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS AT WELL 15 AND DETERMINED BY FOURTH, FIFTH, VOTE THE NEED TO CONTINUE THE EMERGENCY REPAIRS UNTIL THE ACTION IS TERMINATED.

WELL, I'M, I GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

FIRST OF ALL, DANIEL, WHAT ARE WE AS A CITY? WHAT ARE WE DOING? OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST WATER USERS.

CAN YOU JUST SORT OF LOOK THE PUBLIC? NO, THAT'S CORRECT.

WE ARE THE BIGGEST WATER USER IN THE CITY.

NOW WE ARE TAKING OUR OWN MEASURES THAT WE'VE BEEN TAKING MEASURES FOR SEVERAL YEARS, WHERE WE HAVE REMOVED A TURF THROUGHOUT THE CITY, A NON-FUNCTIONAL TURF AND REPLACE IT WITH DROUGHT TOLERANT LANDSCAPING.

UH, WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT OTHER OPTIONS WHERE, UM, WE, WE, WE MONITOR OUR, OUR, UH, OUR IRRIGATION TO ENSURE THAT IT IS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY.

UM, STAFF IS LOOKING AT, UH, UH, MET ALL PARKS, ALL, UM, ALL MEDIANS TO SEE WHERE WE CAN, UH, TAKE OPPORTUNITIES TO REMOVE ADDITIONAL, UM, UH, UNUSED TURF.

UM, WE DO HAVE LOTS OF PARKS.

WE HAVE 44 PARKS AND NOT, UH, NOT EVERY PARK HAS A TURF THAT IS, OR GRASS THAT'S BEEN UTILIZED APPROPRIATELY.

SO WE ARE, UH, IDENTIFYING LOCATIONS WHERE WE MAY REMOVE ADDITIONAL TURF AS NEEDED.

WHAT ABOUT RECYCLED WATER WE'RE UTILIZING THAT? ABSOLUTELY.

AND ONE THING TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC TOO, IS THAT MOST OF THE PARKS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CITY ARE ON RECYCLED WATER.

UM, UH, WANT TO MAKE SURE, MAKE SURE THAT THAT RESIDENTS KNOW THAT THE RESTRICTIONS DO NOT APPLY TO RECYCLED WATER.

SO YOU WILL SEE THAT PARKS IN, IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CITY WILL BE IRRIGATED WITH LIKELY MORE THAN TWO, TWO DAYS A WEEK, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT RESTRICTED TO RECYCLED WATER.

UM, HOWEVER, THE PARKS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN, UM, WE, WE WILL BE HAVING TO FOLLOW THE RESTRICTIONS OF TWO DAYS OF WATERING PER WEEK.

PERFECT.

THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION.

I APPRECIATE IT.

WELL, I'M ALSO IUA, UM, YOUR WEBPAGE IS AMAZING.

UM, AS YOU WERE TALKING, I WAS PLAYING WITH IT UP HERE.

IT'S EASY TO GET TO A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION CITY OF CHINO HILLS.

I'D LIKE FOR US TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND MAYBE LOOK AT WHAT THEY HAVE AND IF WE COULD SORT OF MIRROR WHAT THEY DO, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE, I MEAN, WE HAVE THE INFORMATION HERE.

IT'S A LITTLE HARDER TO GET TO.

SO IF WE CAN LOOK AT THAT, I APPRECIATE IT.

UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, IF NOT, UH, I WILL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN IS CURRENTLY ONE SECOND.

GO FOR BOTH, PLEASE.

MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GUYS.

APPRECIATE IT.

NEXT ITEM

[27. Review and file update for emergency repairs at Well 15 and determine by four-fifths vote the need to continue emergency repairs at Well 15 until action is terminated]

UH, GOODY MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS ON APRIL 26TH, UH, THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH

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PURE LIGHT, UM, DUE TO AN EMERGENCY, UH, IMPROVEMENTS AT WELL 15.

UM, THE, UH, THE CONTRACTOR PER LIGHT HAS SIGNED THE AGREEMENT AND THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING, THE RESIN NECESSARY FOR WELL 15.

UH, WE'RE STILL ON SCHEDULE TO GET THAT WALL UP AND RUNNING, HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF JULY OF THIS YEAR.

THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU DIDN'T APPRECIATE THAT.

ANY QUESTIONS? NOPE.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS LIKE TO CALL FOR A VOTE, PLEASE.

GO AHEAD.

I WAS GOING TO SAY I'LL MOVE THE ITEM.

BEAUTIFUL.

THANKS FOR ONE SECOND.

CALL FOR A VOTE, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.

PERFECT.

INFORMATION, OFFICER REPORT.

PUBLIC

[ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT]

AND GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR COUNCIL, STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

SINCE WE LAST MET THE FDA AND CDC AUTHORIZED A SINGLE BOOSTER DOSE OF THE PFIZER VACCINE FOR INDIVIDUAL AGES FIVE TO 11 YEARS OLD, AT LEAST FIVE MONTHS AFTER RECEIVING THEIR SECOND DOSE, WE CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY FOR FREE VACCINE AND TESTING EVENTS AT THE MCCOY CENTER ON SELECT TUESDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS OF EACH MONTH.

AND RESIDENTS CAN ALWAYS FIND MORE INFORMATION AND MAKE APPOINTMENTS ONLINE AT SB COVID-19 DOT COM AND RECREATION.

THERE'S A LOT OF SUMMER FUN TO LOOK FORWARD TO AND CHINO HILLS NEXT MONTH, WE'LL BE CELEBRATING NATIONAL TRAIL.

STAY WITH THE GUIDED HIKE AT GRAND AVENUE PARK ON JUNE 4TH.

THERE'LL BE AN INTERMEDIATE HIKE BEGINNING AT 9:00 AM, AND THEN BEGIN OUR HIKE AT 9:30 AM.

SO ALL LEVELS MAY ENJOY THE CITY'S TRAILS.

IF YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS EVENT, YOU CAN STILL DISCOVER THE CITY'S 48 MILES OF TRAILS BY TAKING THE MONTH LONG CHINO HILLS CHARLES CHALLENGE FOR A CHANCE TO WIN PRIZES.

YOU CAN LEARN MORE ON HOW TO PARTICIPATE ONLINE@WWWDOTCHINOHILLS.ORG FORWARD SLASH EVENTS ON JUNE 15TH, OUR FREE SEVEN WEEK CONCERTS IN THE PARK SERIES.

WE'LL KICK OFF AT VETERANS PARK WITH THE SMITH BAND CONCERTS.

WE'LL THEN BE HELD WEEKLY ON WEDNESDAYS AT 7:00 PM WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE JULY 4TH WEEK, WHEN THE CITY'S INDEPENDENT CELEBRATION AND CONCERT WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE ACTUAL JULY 4TH HOLIDAY MOVIES IN THE PARK WILL ALSO RETURN TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER AS A FREE SEVEN WEEK SERIES ON THURSDAYS AT 8:00 PM.

STARTING ON JUNE 16TH WITH THE SHOWING OF CARS, MOVIES WILL BE SHOWN AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER THROUGH JULY 21ST AND THEN THE LOCATION WE'LL SWITCH TO THE MCCOY CENTER FOR THE JULY 28TH AND AUGUST 4TH SHOWINGS.

AND LASTLY, I JUST WANTED TO REMIND THE COMMUNITY THAT CITY FACILITIES, THE LIBRARY AND THE CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT LOBBY WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY, MAY 30TH AND OBSERVANCE OF MEMORIAL DAY.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT ARE COMING UP OR IT IS COMING UP, BUT REGISTRATION IS CLOSE.

OKAY, PERFECT.

DEPARTMENT? ANY UPDATES? GOOD EVENING.

HOW ABOUT AURORA POLICE

[ SAFETY UPDATES - Police and Fire]

MAYOR COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF ON FRIDAY, MAY 20TH DEPUTIES FROM OUR MET TEAM PARTICIPATED IN A TOBACCO GRANT FUNDED PROGRAM, TARGETING SUBJECTS WHO PURCHASE AND PROVIDE TOBACCO PRODUCTS TO UNDERAGE JUVENILES.

THE MET TEAM IDENTIFIED AND ARRESTED TWO SUBJECTS FOR PURCHASING TOBACCO PRODUCTS FOR OUR UNDER-AGED DECOYS.

ONE SUBJECT WAS ISSUED A CITATION AND RE LEASED FROM THE SCENE AND THE OTHER SUBJECT WAS ARRESTED FOR AN OUTSTANDING WEAPONS CHARGE AND TRANSPORTED TO JAIL.

ALSO ON FRIDAY, MAY 20TH, DEPUTIES RECEIVED A CALL OF A SUICIDAL JUMPER FROM THE HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS, WHICH IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION DOWN ON SOCO CANYON.

IF FEMALE REPORTED FEELING SUICIDAL AND WAS PREPARED TO JUMP OFF THE TOP OF THE HOTEL WITH ASSISTANCE FROM CHINO VALLEY FIRE AND CHINO PD, CHINO HILLS DEPUTIES WITH CRISIS NEGOTIATION TRAINING WERE ABLE TO SPEAK WITH THE SUBJECT AND SECURED HER TO A SAFE LOCATION, PREVENTING HER FROM JUMPING OFF THE ROOF ON MONDAY MAY 23RD DEPUTIES FROM THE CHINO HILLS STATION PARTICIPATED IN THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS TORCH RUN ON PEYTON AND CONTINUE DOWN ON CHINO HILLS PARKWAY OVER INTO CHINO.

EVENTUALLY HANDING OFF THE TORCH TO RUNNERS FROM CHINO PD AND CHINO INSTITUTE FOR MEN.

THIS EVENT RAISES AWARENESS AND FUNDS FOR THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS MOVEMENT.

WE'RE STILL CONTINUING TO SEE VEHICLE AND CATALYTIC CONVERTED THEFTS IN THE CITY.

I'D LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE IF POSSIBLE, TO PARK YOUR VEHICLE IN YOUR GARAGE, OR AT LEAST DRIVEWAY AVOID PARKING ON THE STREET AND MAKE SURE YOUR VEHICLE IS LOCKED AND SECURED AND REMOVE ANY ITEMS THAT ARE IN PLAIN SIGHT.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

UH, EARLIER THIS EVENING, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND STAFF OF THE FIRE DISTRICT COMPLETED A SUCCESSFUL BUDGET WORKSHOP.

OUR DEPARTMENT UPDATES, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MANY OF YOU AND ALSO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY MAY HAVE NOTICED ON OUR S OUR SOCIAL MEDIA FROM THE DISTRICT.

THEN ON APRIL 30TH, ONE OF OUR BATTALION CHIEFS AND FOUR OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS DEPLOYED WITH ONE OF OUR BRUSH ENGINES TO THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO.

THEY ACTUALLY ARRIVED HOME SAFELY YESTERDAY.

SO YES, THAT'S 24 DAYS THAT THEY WERE AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES PROVIDING DIRECT FIRE PROTECTION TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO.

AND THAT'S ACTUALLY THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS, NEW MEXICO, NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH LAS VEGAS, NEVADA.

SO THEY'VE ALL RETURNED SAFELY BACK HOME.

WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE THEM BACK.

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ALSO, AS I MENTIONED, LAST TIME I WAS HERE.

WE HAVE EIGHT NEW RECRUITS FOR FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC.

THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN BACKGROUNDS ANTICIPATING, HOPEFULLY GETTING ONBOARDED SOMETIME EARLY JULY.

AND, UM, OUR FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION IS LOOKING FORWARD TO PARTICIPATING IN THE TASTE OF THE CHINO VALLEY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO I'LL START IT OFF, MAKE IT REAL EASY.

I APPRECIATE THAT NEXT WOULD BE COUNCIL REPORTS.

[ COUNCIL REPORTS Mayor Marquez League of California Cities Inland Empire Division Executive Committee Latino Caucus Legislative Committee Southern California Association of Governments Legislative/Communications and Membership Committee Southern California Regional Rail Authority (Metrolink) Board Contracts, Operations, Maintenance and Safety Committee Vice Mayor Rogers Chino Basin Desalter Authority Board Tres Hermanos Joint Powers Authority Board Water Facilities Authority Board Council Member Bennett Chino Valley Chamber of Commerce Board Chino Valley Independent Fire District Board Council Member Johsz West Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District Board Council Member Moran Chino Valley Unified School District Board ]

I LEFT ALL MY REPORTS AT HOME.

SO I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY FOR VICE MAYOR ROGERS.

WELL, THAT WAS AN EASY WAY TO GET OUT OF IT.

A COUPLE OF THINGS, WE HAVE A CHINO, THE SALT OR AUTHORITY CDA.

UH, THE MAIN THING THAT WE WORKED ON WITH THAT AT THAT MEETING WAS TO ADOPT THAT 2223 BUDGET.

SO I'LL, I'LL MOVE ON QUICKLY TO, UH, TRAITS OR MODELS.

AND THE ITEM THAT WAS THE MOST IMPACTFUL OF THE EVENING WAS A DISCUSSION AND EVENTUAL APPROVAL OF, UH, ELISE TO RED BUCKET EQUINE RESCUE FOR A SMALL PORTION OF TRACE HER MOTTOES.

THAT WOULD BE ON THE EAST SIDE OF CHINO HILLS PARKWAY.

UM, IT'S A CONFINED AREA AND THIS WOULD BE FOR A MINOR LEASE, 130, $50 A MONTH.

UH, ONE 30 IS WHAT THE COUNTY PEERS.

YEAH, BUT 80 ACRES, I BELIEVE 50 TO 80.

AND IT'S GOING TO BE FOR GRAZING HOPEFULLY TO KEEP THE, UH, FIRE FOR FIRE ABATEMENT, AND ALSO FOR LET THEM AS AN OVERFLOW FOR SOME OF THEIR EQUINE, UH, UH, USES.

AND WE APPROVED IT A FIVE OR A SEVEN OVERLOAD.

SO TRACER ROMANOS, THAT WAS THE MAIN THING WE WORKED ON LAST WEEK, OR, BUT WORKING ON THAT FOR OVER A YEAR, FINALLY, GOT IT DONE.

AND LASTLY IS WATER FACILITIES, AUTHORITY, WFA, UH, THREE ITEMS THAT STAND OUT.

WE, WE APPROVED THE 2223 BUDGET ALSO, UH, FOR WFA AND THAT'S THE STATE WATER THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER.

UH, NEXT WE APPROVED A CHEMICAL SUPPLY CONTRACT.

UH, ALL OF OUR AGENCIES ARE, UH, REALIZING, UH, WHEN THEY GO OUT TO BID ON SOME NEW CONTRACTS, CHEMICAL PRICES HAVE JUST SHOT THROUGH THE ROOF ONE AND AVAILABILITY.

SO, UM, WE, WE APPROVED A CONTRACT THAT HAD SIGNIFICANT CHEMICAL INCREASES COMPARED TO PAST YEARS.

AND LASTLY, THERE WAS A, AS WE DID THIS EVENING, A WATER STORAGE EMERGENCY CONDITION ALLOCATION.

WE WERE ASKED TO APPROVE THAT AS WE MOVED FORWARD JUST AS WE APPROVED THIS EVENING.

AND, UH, ONE OF OUR MEMBER AGENCIES WANTED TO DEFER THE ACTION, UH, FOR THE NEXT MEETING.

UH, SO THE BOARD AGREED TO DEFER IT.

WE MAY HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING, I DON'T KNOW, BUT EITHER WAY WE DEFERRED IT SO THAT SOME QUESTIONS COULD BE ANSWERED.

AND, UM, THAT'S IT FOR WFA.

THERE WAS ONE TO A FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC, AARON PATTY VERIFIER PARAMEDIC, JOSEPH BOSLER, FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC TERROR HANNON, UH, OR HANDLING FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC ROBERT WEBBER, CAPTAIN, UH, TRAVIS FOSTER AND A EMPLOYEE WITHIN THE HR DEPARTMENT.

APPRECIATE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER BENDER.

UH, YES, UH, CHINO VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

UH, FIRST I'D LIKE TO MENTION THAT, UH, THIS LAST MONTH THEY SIGNED UP 20 NEW MEMBERS.

UH, THEY LOST SEVEN, SO A NET STILL HAVE 13 NEW MEMBERS, BUT I THINK THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IS FINALLY REALIZING THE GREAT WORK THAT OUR CHAMBER DOES AND THE SUPPORT THEY ARE TO BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY IN TIMES LIKE THIS, WHERE THEY ARE IN GREAT NEED OF ASSISTANCE FROM OUTSIDE AGENCIES AND AGENTS AND MEMBERSHIP IN, UH, ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE CHAMBER, UH, TOMORROW EVENING.

UH, HAPPY TO MENTION THAT, UH, UH, THE CHINO VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND KEN TERROS RESTAURANT, OR, UH, CO-SPONSORING ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER, UH, SPONSORS THE TASTE OF CHINO VALLEY.

AND THERE'S GOING TO BE APPROXIMATELY 20 RESTAURANTS ACROSS THE CHINO VALLEY AT THE SHOPS THAT CHINO HILLS IT'LL BE IN THE GENERAL AREA OF WHERE THE, UH, FARMER'S MARKET'S GOING ON TONIGHT OUT BY, UH, LIMERICKS.

SO, UM, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, THERE'S PROBABLY SOME STILL TICKETS THAT YOU CAN GET THEY'RE AVAILABLE.

UH, I THINK THEY'RE $40 TOMORROW ONSITE, AND THEY ARE ALSO GOING TO DO THIS TO KICK OFF THE CHINO VALLEY RESTAURANT MONTH, WHICH THEY'RE HOPEFUL IN THE MONTH OF JUNE WITH THIS EVENT, KICKING THINGS OFF THAT PEOPLE WILL BE INCLINED TO GO AND GO AND EAT AT THOSE 20 RESTAURANTS THAT ARE GIVING SAMPLES OF THEIR FOOD TOMORROW NIGHT, UH, TO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES WITHIN THE CHINO VALLEY, UH, TINO VALLEY, INDEPENDENT FIRE DISTRICT, UH, THIS LAST MEETING, UM, THERE WERE FIVE, UH, FIVE-YEAR SERVICE AWARDS GIVEN OUT.

UH,

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UH, DONNA ROWE, HER WAS PROMOTED TO ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY AND, UH, THOSE WERE THE, SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE FIRE DISTRICT.

AND I WANT TO THANK, UH, UM, FIRE DISTRICT, PRESIDENT MIKE KRIEGER FOR STILL BEING HERE TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU, I UNDERSTAND HAD YOUR BUDGET HEARING EARLIER TODAY.

SO YOU'RE A DIEHARD.

I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH, YOU KNOW, LIKE, UH, A TIMEX WATCH KEEPS IT TAKES A LICKING AND KEEPS ON TICKING.

SO JUST KEEP IT UP.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE HERE TONIGHT.

AND THAT ENDS MY REPORTS HERE, MR. BRENNER, RIGHT? WOW.

FOR WEST VALLEY MOSQUITO VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT OR LAST MEETING, WE DISCUSSED OUR TENTATIVE BUDGET.

SO I GUESS IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR FOR ALL OF OUR GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.

THAT WAS ALL WE GOT.

UM, FOR CHINO VALLEY SCHOOL BOARD, UM, I'M JUST REALLY HAPPY TO BE ON CITY COUNCIL.

UM, BUT I WILL SAY, UM, WE ALL ATTENDED THE GRADUATIONS LAST NIGHT.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE IN THE MEETING TONIGHT.

SO BRIAN AND I WERE AT CHINO HILLS HIGH AND THE REMAINDER OF OUR PACK WERE OVER AT A YELLOW AND IT WAS JUST A GREAT NIGHT.

AND I JUST, I THINK IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT ALL OF US THAT WE WERE WILLING TO MOVE THE MEETING.

AND THE PRINCIPALS FROM BOTH SCHOOLS WERE VERY APPRECIATIVE AND, UM, IT WAS JUST A GREAT NIGHT IN CHINO HILLS AND, UM, CHIEF THE, UH, SHERIFF'S DID AN AMAZING JOB WITH TRAFFIC CONTROL.

IT WASN'T EASY, BUT THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB.

IT, I KNOW FOR SURE THAT SHE KNOWS I, AND I'M SURE TO YELL AT YOU.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAD.

ONCE YOU START WITH THE COUNCIL COMMENTS.

MA'AM MR. BENNETT,

[ COUNCIL COMMENTS]

SURE.

UH, WELL, FIRST OFF, YES, LIKEWISE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS.

IT WAS, IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THE KIDS THERE.

UH, IT TOOK A LOT LONGER FOR THEM TO GET OUT THERE AND GET INTO THEIR SEATS, UH, JUST BECAUSE OF HOW THEY HAD TO APPROACH THE FIELD, UH, BY EIGHT O'CLOCK IT WAS GETTING REALLY CHILE.

SO, UH, BUT AT ANY RATE, IT, IT'S JUST GREAT THAT WE'RE BACK TO SOMEWHAT NORMAL.

AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD NO HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS AT 20 AND 21, SO IT'S, IT'S A BIG DEAL.

AND THE SENIOR CLASS, UH, PROBABLY THE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED, UH, OF, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF COVID.

SO, UH, WE'RE JUST BLESSED THAT THEY STUCK WITH IT.

AND THE ONE MAJOR THING THAT, AND THIS BLOWS YOUR, YOUR MIND 100% GRADUATION RATE FOR ILS CLASS OF 2022, UH, COUNTY AVERAGE, I THINK THEY SAID WAS, UH, 80 TO 82 WASN'T EVEN YEAH, 87 MAYBE, BUT IT WAS WAY, I MEAN, JUST, WE'VE BEEN ALWAYS IN THIS DISTRICT HIGH IN THE, IN THE MID NINETIES.

UH, SO THEY'VE BEEN STRIVING FOR IT, BUT THE A HUNDRED PERCENT, THAT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLE.

SO IT'S A TRUE TESTAMENT TO THE STUDENTS, TO THEIR PARENTS FOR ENCOURAGING THEM TO BE THERE AND TO GET GRADUATED.

AND ALSO OF COURSE, FOR ALL OF THE ADMINISTRATORS AND THE TEACHERS, UH, FOR, FOR MAKING THAT ACCOMPLISHMENT, UH, I ALSO WANT TO SHARE THAT THE LAST WEEK, THE, AS A PART OF THE 55 PLUS CLUB VETERANS GROUP, UH, WE ACTUALLY MADE TWO PRESENTATIONS.

WE WERE INVITED TO GO TO LUNCH, UH, BY, UH, PAUSE FOR SUCCESS.

UH, THEY WANTED TO KIND OF THANK US, UH, FOR THE BLOCK GRANT, UH, DONATIONS.

AND WHILE WE WERE THERE, THE, UH, OUR GROUP DECIDED THAT WE'VE GOT SOME EXTRA FUNDS THAT NEED TO GET SENT BACK IN AND PAID FORWARD TO OTHER 5 0 1 C3, UH, GROUPS.

SO WE MAY PRESENT THE CHECK FOR $4,000 TO PAUSE FOR SUCCESS.

UH, WE WENT RIGHT FROM THERE OVER TO THE AMERICAN LEGION, POST 2 99 AND CHINO AND AWARDED THE AUXILIARY GROUP OVER THERE, UH, WHO IS NOT FUNDED BY THE AMERICAN LEGION POST, BUT, UH, THROUGH THEIR OWN, UM, UH, FUNDRAISING, UH, EFFORTS, UH, LIKEWISE CHECK FOR A $4.

SO, UH, BOTH GROUPS WERE TOTALLY APPRECIATIVE AND IT JUST SHOWS THAT OUR LOCAL 55 PLUS CLUB VETERANS GROUP, UH, IS DOING SOME GOOD AND SPREADING THE WEALTH AND PAYING IT FORWARD.

SO, UH, THAT'S ALL I HAD.

I THINK YOU'RE BRILLIANT.

EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME.

I APOLOGIZE.

I'D REALLY BE HITTING MY, OR HATING MYSELF.

I DIDN'T SAY THIS.

THIS IS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.

UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST A THREE-DAY WEEKEND.

UH, PEOPLE FOUGHT AND PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES TO FIGHT FOR THIS COUNTRY AND TO GIVE US MANY OF THE FREEDOMS THAT WE ENJOY.

SO I WOULD SUGGEST IT'S NOT VETERAN'S DAY, BUT IF YOU SEE SOMEONE GOING AROUND THAT IS A VETERAN, TAKE THE TIME TO GO OUT AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE AND

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FOR THEIR, UH, GIFT OF FREEDOM THAT THEY HAVE GIVEN YOU.

UM, BESIDES THAT, I WILL DO HOPE THAT EVERYBODY HAS SOME GREAT FAMILY EVENTS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, BARBECUES AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT DO IT IN MODERATION.

UH, IF YOU'RE GONNA DRINK, STAY OFF THE STREETS AND STAY OUT OF YOUR CARS.

UM, AND, UH, I GUESS THAT'S, UH, ALL I'LL PREACH ON THAT, BUT I DID WANT TO DEFINITELY SAY THAT.

JUST, I WANTED TO MAKE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT.

I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE, UM, A STUDENT FROM CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL, MADISON BRIOVA.

SHE, UH, PARTICIPATED IN SWIMMING IN A SWIMMING EVENT, UM, SAY OF STATE CHAMPION IN THE PARALYMPIC EVENT.

AND SHE, SO SHE'S THE STATE CHAMPION AND I'M HOPING WE CAN HAVE HER HONORED AT A FUTURE MEETING.

AND I KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON THAT, BUT IT'S PRETTY COOL BECAUSE WHEN I POSTED IT, BRANDON MESSAGED ME BECAUSE SHE TOOK HER FIRST SWIMMING LESSONS AT ONE OF OUR REC PROGRAMS. AND, UH, I THINK SHE'S WAS IN A WHEELCHAIR THEN TOO, BUT SHE STATE CHAMPION, I THINK THE CHAMPION'S GOING TO DO, UM, IN ARTICLES.

SO I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE HER PUBLICLY.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

MA'AM I APPRECIATE THAT.

JUST TO ECHO WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS SAID, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE GRADUATES.

UM, IT CERTAINLY MEANS SOMETHING TO HAVE THE COUNCIL TAKE THAT KIND OF TIME.

I KNOW, I DON'T KNOW OF ANY OTHER CITY WHERE YOU HAVE THAT KIND OF COMMITMENT AND NOT ONLY TO THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS ALSO TO ALL THE JUNIOR HIGHERS MOVING UP TO HIGH SCHOOL AND ALL THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS MOVING ON TO JUNIOR HIGH.

I WENT TO MY, MY LITTLE GUY'S A PROMOTION OR WHATEVER THEY CALL IT FOR SIXTH GRADE.

SO THEN I SAT THERE AND REALIZED LAST NIGHT, HE'S THE CLASS OF 20, 28 AT CHINO HILLS HIGH.

THAT'S MY GOD TIME FLIES.

UM, WITH THAT, JUST KEEPING, YEAH.

KEEPING IN MIND THOSE FAMILIES IN TEXAS, CAUSE THAT'S ROUGH.

YEP.

THAT THEY HAVE A SAFE MEMORIAL DAY.

THANK YOU, PETER.

UH, JUST REITERATE WHAT WAS BEEN SAID.

WE, WE PRIDE.

UM, THE THING WE DO WITH GRADUATIONS IS AS A TRADITION FOR US AND AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, WE ACTUALLY MOVED OUR COUNCIL MEETING FROM LAST NIGHT TONIGHT.

SO WE CAN ATTEND THE GRADUATIONS AND WE FIND IT AN HONOR TO REPRESENT OUR CITY TO THANK, UH, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THEIR FOCUS ON OUR YOUTH AND THEN TO CONGRATULATE OUR YOUTH FOR GRADUATING.

SO, UH, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THIS YEAR.

WE WERE ON THE FIELD VERSUS, UH, AT THE BIG, UH, ARENA.

UH, MIKE, MY SON GRADUATED FROM THE POND ACTUALLY.

AND I REMEMBER SITTING ON THE STAGE, YOU WENT BACK THEN, BUT WE WERE, IT WAS A DIFFERENT APPROACH, BUT IT ACTUALLY WORKED OUT WELL, A LITTLE HOMEGROWN FEEL TO IT WITH THE STADIUMS INSTEAD OF DRIVING OUT TO ONTARIO.

SO IT W IT WAS A NICE EVENT.

WE WERE PLEASED TO BE THERE, MYSELF, RAY AND ART, UH, PARTICIPATED AT ILO.

UH, SO CHRIS, CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR GRADUATES, UH, SAFE MEMORIAL WEEKEND.

I AGREE.

AND TO HONOR OUR VETERANS, INCLUDING MY PARENTS WHO BOTH FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR II, UH, BIG LEAGUE DREAMS, CONGRATULATIONS, THEY'RE NOT HERE, BUT I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS TRANSITION TO WHAT HOPEFULLY WILL BE A VERY SUCCESSFUL FACILITY THAT SEEMED TO LANGUISH FOR A DECADE OR SO.

IT HAD EVENTS GOING, BUT NOT TO THE DEGREE THAT WE HAD ENVISIONED AND THAT JIM THALMANN HAD ENVISIONED WHEN IT WAS FIRST SUGGESTED 20 YEARS AGO.

SO CONGRATULATIONS.

HOPE WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK AND, UH, BUDGET MEETINGS.

THANK YOU, BEN.

AND JUST THE PROCESS EARLIER TODAY FROM THREE O'CLOCK TO FIVE O'CLOCK TODAY, WE HAD OUR BUDGET MEETING.

IT WENT VERY WELL, VERY WELL ORGANIZED.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION LAST WEEK.

UH, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE STAFF ALSO FOR PUTTING TOGETHER A VERY TIGHT, UH, PRESENTATION THAT WAS, THAT WAS SUCCINCT.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I THINK IT WENT OFF AS BETTER THAN EXPECTED.

WE DIDN'T GO PAGE BY PAGE, WHICH WE USE TO DO.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW.

RIGHT.

ABOUT ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, UH, KAREN COMSTOCK AND MARK RUSCIO AND MARK .

SHIT THAT, UM, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR ME, FIRST OF ALL, UM, BEN, GREAT JOB ON THE BUDGET, HOW YOU AND YOUR STAFF DID AN AMAZING JOB.

UH, VERY INFORMATIVE.

UM, THIS HAS BEEN A LONG DAY FOR US.

WE STARTED AT FOUR O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON.

IT'S ABOUT NINE 20.

SO I'M GONNA TRY TO GET DONE FAIRLY FAST.

UM, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO CYNTHIA.

WE MET WITH SOME REMARKABLE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE CITY AND, UH, THEY FEEL THAT THERE'S A VOID AND THEY LIKE MORE ACTIVITIES FOR THEM TO DO.

SO WE REACHED OUT TO THESE YOUNG PEOPLE AND REALLY HAD A GREAT MEETING AND WE'RE HOPING TO BRING OUR FINDINGS TO THE, TO THE COUNCIL.

HOPEFULLY, MAYBE IN THE FUTURE, WE COULD HAVE A TEEN COUNCIL, SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL BRING IT TO YOU.

AND THEN WE CAN MAKE THAT DECISION.

UM, CYNTHIA, MYSELF ALSO MET WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM THE CITY OF CHINO, AND WE TALKED

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AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE 71.

WE TALKED ABOUT EUCLID AVENUE AND PINE AVENUE.

SO THEY'RE ENGAGED.

THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ALSO.

AND OUR NEXT MEETING PROBABLY WILL BE A ZOOM MEETING, INCLUDING ONTARIO AND THEN A CONSULTANT.

SO WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THAT EARLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE WITH OUR CITY CITY MANAGERS.

SO THAT'S NEXT.

UM, I HAD A MEETING WITH, UH, THE HOA FROM CARRIAGE HILLS AND THE TOPICS THAT THEY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT ARE AT ONE AT ANSWERS WERE REGARDING RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.

WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE STATE LEVEL.

WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH US WITH OUR RENEWAL ALLOCATION AND ALSO WANTING TO KNOW MORE ABOUT TRAFFICKING CARBON CANYON.

SO WE HAD A REALLY LIVELY CONVERSATION AND WE, I LEFT THERE FEELING GOOD ABOUT IT.

SO IT WAS A GOOD MEETING TO HAVE MOM.

I WENT TO SAM , HE IS A FUNERAL.

AND THEN HE'S A COUNCIL MEMBER IN THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA.

AMAZING MAN, UH, HAD BEEN ON THE COUNCIL FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND EVERY, EVERYBODY THERE, HE WAS A RETIRED FIRE CAPTAIN.

UH, HE'S GOING TO BE MISSED AND I KNOW I'M GOING TO MISS HIM.

SO IT WAS, IT WAS A GOOD FUNERAL.

UM, I ATTENDED NICOLE TORRES, HIS FIRST PARK RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING.

SHE'S OUR STUDENT, A MEMBER ON THAT COMMISSION AND SHE'S GOING TO DO A GREAT JOB FOR US.

I WAS VERY PROUD OF HER, BUT I WANTED TO SHOW SUPPORT AT OUR FIRST MEETING.

UM, I ATTENDED A MEETING IN VEGAS, LAS VEGAS ICSE, UH, CYNTHIA WENT WITH ME AND SORTA BRIAN AND, UH, WE GOT TO MEET WITH GARY GABLE AND HE'S ONE OF THE OWNERS OF THE SHOPPING CENTER THERE ON PIPELINE AVENUE AND CHINOS PARKWAY.

AND RIGHT NEXT TO THE 99 CENTS STORE, UM, HE HAS A VISION AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME, SOME PROJECTS THERE THAT IS REALLY GOING TO UPGRADE THAT CENTER.

SO I CAN'T WAIT IT'S UH, IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

I'M SORRY.

YEAH, THAT'S MY NEXT, MY NEXT THING I WAS GOING TO SAY, WE MET WITH MR. HARKINS AND, UH, I GUESS A COVID HAD BEEN A LITTLE HARD ON THE THEATERS, BUT, UH, HE WAS PLANNING ON MAKING SOME IMPROVEMENTS PRIOR TO COVID AND HIS PLANS NOW ARE STILL TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT.

SO HE'S COMMITTED TO ABOUT 10 TO $12 MILLION THERE TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS.

SO HOPEFULLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE, IT WILL START.

AND THEN THE LAST GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WE MET WAS FROM THE SHOPS AND THEY JUST WENT OVER SOME OF THE STRATEGIES THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE SHOPS TO IN THE FUTURE AND SOME UPGRADES AS FAR AS THE TENANTS AT THAT CENTER, BUT IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL, UM, AND MEETING WITH THOSE PEOPLE FROM OUR COMMUNITY AS FAR AS COMMERCIAL CENTERS.

JOANNE, THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE.

BEN, THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE.

APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS I'D LIKE TO CLOSE.

UM, TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO BE A JOURNEY IN MEMORY OF 19 CHILDREN, TWO TEACHERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN ROBB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHOOTING YESTERDAY IN A CITY CALLED UVALDE, TEXAS.

WE CANNOT BEGIN TO FATHOM FATHOM WHAT THE FAMILIES WHO LOST A CHILD ARE EXPERIENCING NOR THE CHILDREN IN SCHOOL, ADMINISTRATORS WHO HAD TO WITNESS THIS AWFUL TRAGEDY AT ANY AGE, WHATEVER CHILD, TEACHER, OR FAMILY MEMBER, THE SENSELESS LOSS OF LIFE IS HARD TO UNDERSTAND OUR ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL GRIEVES ALONGSIDE THE COMMUNITY AND ALL OF THOSE AFFECTED BY THIS TRAGIC EVENT, WE EXTEND OUR DEEPEST AND MOST HEARTFELT THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO ALL THE VICTIMS. THERE ARE FAMILIES LOVED ONES AND THE FACULTY AND STAFF.