[ 7:00 P.M. - CONVENE MEETING / ROLL CALL]
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WELCOME TO OUR WE'RE RECONVENING, OUR SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CHINO HILL CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR MARCH 14.
COUNCIL OR VICE MAYOR MORAN HERE.
ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ ATTENDING VIA ZOOM.
AND DOES RAY NEED TO ANNOUNCE HIMSELF? YES.
RAY, IF YOU COULD PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT.
UM, I'M, UH, RAY, MARK AS I'M SICK TODAY.
I HAVE COVID AND THAT'S WHY I'M NOT THERE IN PERSON.
AND CAN YOU CONFIRM IF THERE'S ANYONE OVER THE AGE OF 18 IN THE MEETING WITH YOU? SO WEIRD.
THERE'S NOBODY 18 IN THE MEETING WITH ME IN THIS ROOM.
AND IF YOU COULD TURN ON YOUR VIDEO, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
I TRY TO, BUT YOU'RE NOT LETTING ME DO THAT.
IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE DONE THIS.
YOU ARE A PANELIST, SO YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT ON YOUR OWN.
CAN YOU DO THAT FROM YOUR END, EDWARD? BECAUSE YOU CANNOT START YOUR VIDEO BECAUSE THE HOST HAS DISABLED IT.
TRYING TO SEND YOU A MESSAGE THERE, RAY.
YOU WOULD'VE THOUGHT WE WOULD'VE HAD ZOOM READY BY AFTER YEAR THREE.
OKAY, SO WHY DON'T WE MOVE ON WITH OUR MEETING.
LET ME SEE IF I CAN DO ONE OTHER.
I'M GOING TO READ THE VIRTUAL, UM, SLIDE AT THIS TIME.
YOU MAY JOIN THE MEETING VIRTUALLY BY USING THE ZOOM APP.
YOU CAN CLICK JOIN MEETING AND ENTER THE MEETING ID EIGHT SIX NINE NINE THREE EIGHT SIX NINE EIGHT SIX EIGHT.
OR YOU MAY CALL BY PHONE AT +1 669-900-6833.
THEN WE'LL GET BACK INTO OUR NORMAL,
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]
UH, ROUTINE HERE.WE'RE GOING TO, IF YOU'D EVERYBODY STAND, WE'RE GONNA DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND I'LL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THEN FOLLOWED BY OUR INVOCATION BY CHAPLAIN HENRY AGUILAR FROM THE CHINO VALLEY INDEPENDENT FIRE DISTRICT.
I PLEDGE LEAD TO THE FLAG, FLAG OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC ONE NATION INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY, JUSTICE.
[ INVOCATION: Chaplain Henry Aguilar, Chino Valley Independent Fire District]
CHAPLAIN.YOU'RE FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU IN JESUS' NAME.
AND FATHER GOD, WE PRAISE YOU FOR ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY OF REIGN.
AND FATHER, I ASK THAT YOUR BLESSINGS WOULD BE UPON THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS COUNCIL MEETING.
FATHER, I ALSO PRAY BLESSINGS UPON THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE POLICE AND FIRE.
LORD, I ALSO ASK THAT YOU WOULD WI, UH, GUIDE THIS MEETING WITH WISDOM AND DIRECTION AS THEY ANNOUNCE THE, UH, AGENDA MEETING.
UM, AND ALSO, FATHER, I, I JUST LIFT UP THE MILITARY AND WE THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR YOUR MANY BLESSINGS UPON, UH, OUR CITY.
AND LORD, AS WE RETURN TO OUR FAMILIES AFTER THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
UH, WE PRAY FOR TRAVELING MERCIES.
[4. PRESENTATION - Presentation of City Tile to Winston Ward for his service as the Assistant Director of Community Development/Building Official from March 12, 1997 to March 24, 2023]
FIRST PRESENTATION ON OUR AGENDA IS A PRESENTATION OF A CITY TILE TO WINSTON WARD FOR A SERVICE AS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF COMMITTEE DEVELOP DEVELOPMENT BUILDING OFFICIAL.WINSTON, WILL YOU JOIN THE MAYOR, PLEASE? OKAY.
WINSTON, YOUR LAST WALK UP HERE, THIS IS GONNA BE EMOTIONAL AND WE BREAK OUT THE KLEENEX BACK HERE.
THIS IS GONNA BE EMOTIONAL IN A COUPLE OF CASES.
I'VE GOT A LITTLE SCRIPT TO READ.
WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS.
TONIGHT WE ARE HONORED TO END.
GOODBYE TO TWO CORNERSTONES OF THE CHINO HILLS TEAM.
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COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT A CITY TILE TO WINSTON WARD.LIKE MANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES, WINSTON HAS BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR MANY YEARS.
IN FACT, IF YOU LOOK AT HIS BADGE, HE IS EMPLOYEE NUMBER ONE.
WINSTON'S IMPACT ON THE CITY DATES BACK 31 YEARS TO 1992 WHEN HE WAS FIRST A CONTRACT EMPLOYEE.
SINCE THEN, WINSTON HAS OVERSEEN A DEVELOPMENT OF NEARLY 10,000 DWELLING UNITS, WHICH IS ALMOST HALF OF THE CITY'S HOUSING STOCK.
HE WAS ALSO INVOLVED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALMOST 4.5 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL SPACE.
SOME OF THE PROJECTS INCLUDE THE CROSSROADS MARKETPLACE AND COSTCO GATEWAY CENTER.
LABBAN CENTER, THE SHOPS, THE COMMONS IN THE CITY'S FIVE HOTELS.
THANKS TO HIS CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT BACKGROUND, HE WAS ALSO THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER FOR GRAND AVENUE PARK AND BIG LEAGUE DREAMS. WHILE WINSTON IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSEEING THOUSANDS OF PLAN CHECKS, WHICH INCLUDE 18 SHOPPING CENTERS, SIX BUSINESS PARKS, AND NUMEROUS STANDALONE BUILDINGS, HE SAYS, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO EXPLAIN THIS ONE.
HE SAYS, HIS MOST PRO A PRIZE PROJECT IS OUR BEAUTIFUL PARKING STRUCTURE THAT HE NOTES IS A ONE OF A KIND.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WHY IS IT A ONE OF A KIND? WELL, IT'S THE ONLY ONE IN THE CITY.
WHY DIDN'T I KNOW THAT?
EXCEPT SOME OF THE EMPLOYEES I PARKED THERE.
UH, BUT THAT'S ONLY THE BEGINNING.
WINSTON HAS PREPARED 374 MONTHLY REPORTS THAT ARE USED TO KEEP THE CITY INFORMED ABOUT WHERE BUSINESS ARE AT VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSTRUCTION.
HE ALSO MAINTAINS A LIST OF COMMERCIAL TENANT AND VACANCIES AND HELPS PREPARE COMMERCIAL BUILDING PROJECTIONS INTERNALLY.
WINSTON IS A WEALTH OF INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE, AND MANY IN HIS DEPARTMENT LOOK TO HIM AS THE WISE ONE.
HE IS KNOWN FOR PROVIDING WORDS OF WISDOM IN RUSSIAN AND SPANISH FOR EVERY OCCASION.
SO WHEN YOU GIVE YOUR LITTLE THANK YOU, MAKE SURE AND GIVE IT IN THREE.
HE'S ALSO THE DEPARTMENT'S EYES AND EARS FOR EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD OF DEVELOPMENT.
WHENEVER A NOTEWORTHY ARTICLE COMES OUT ABOUT HOUSING AND BUILDING, WINSTON BRINGS IT TO WORK AND SHARES IT WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
HE ALSO HAS BEEN THE GO-TO PERSON TO FILL IN AT OUR STAFF MEETINGS, UH, STAFF MEETINGS, PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS, AND CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
DURING JOANNE'S ABSENCE, WINSTON WAS RECOGNIZED AS EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER IN THE YEAR 2000, AN EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR IN, IN 2002 FOR HIS EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE.
SOME FUN FACTS ABOUT WINSTON, HE SERVED UNDER FIVE CITY CO CITY MANAGERS, SIX COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORS, AND EVERY CITY COUNCIL THAT HAS BLESSED THIS CITY FROM DAY ONE, INCLUDING THE CURRENT OBVIOUSLY.
WELL, WINSTON, WE WILL MISS YOU WITH YOUR WISDOM, YOUR EXPERTISE, AND YOUR KNOWLEDGE, UH, THAT HAS MADE CHINO HILLS WHAT IT IS TODAY.
AND REALLY, IT, IT'S, UH, A LOT OF CHINO HILL'S HISTORY IS BECAUSE OF THIS PERSON RIGHT HERE.
IF WE EVER NEED YOUR INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE, I'M SURE WE ALL KNOW WHERE TO FIND YOU.
JUST AS WE DO WITH DENISE, WE'VE TRACKED DENISE DOWN.
ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE AND WISH YOU THE VERY BEST IN YOUR RETIREMENT.
UH, AGAIN, WE HAVE A CITY TILE FOR YOU AND CERTIFICATES FROM, FROM MANY, BUT COUNTY SUPERVISOR KURT HAGMAN, I SEE THIS ONE HERE.
BUT, SO FIRST OF ALL, WE'VE GOT OUR PRIZED CITY TILE THAT, UH, YOU PROBABLY SHOULD WALK AWAY WITH THREE OF THESE IN A, IN A SENSE, HERE'S YOUR CITY TILE, WHICH WE'LL SET IT OVER HERE, AND VARIOUS CERTIFICATES FROM OUR VARIOUS REPRESENTATIVES, UH, FOR THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
SO WITH THAT, THE MICROPHONE IS YOURS.
I I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO, UH, ADD TO THAT.
UM, UH, THANK ALL OF YOU, UM, FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY.
IT WAS MY HONOR TO, UH, TO SERVE THE CITY COUNCIL.
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CITY MANAGER, ALL OF THEM, ESPECIALLY THIS ONE.UM, UH, SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO, UH, ELIZABETH.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OUR YEARS TOGETHER.
I DO HAVE MY, UH, MY SON-IN-LAW AND MY DAUGHTER HERE TONIGHT.
MY SON-IN-LAW IS, UH, A CAPTAIN LA COUNTY FIRE.
UM, BRIAN DADDY AND MY DAUGHTER LINDSAY DADDY AND MY BRIDE SHERRY WARD.
OKAY, SO WE'LL DO, WE'LL INCORPORATE NO, ALL OF US COME DOWN.
WE'RE GONNA PHOTOSHOP KEN ON THE PICTURE.
SO WHAT KINDA BUILD THIS PHOTO? UH, THAT'S WINSTON.
HIS GLASSES IS WHERE THEY'RE YEAH.
[5. PRESENTATION - Presentation of City Tile to Joann Lombardo for her service as the Community Development Director from May 9, 2011 to March 24, 2023 ]
OUR NEXT PRESENTATION IS THE PRESENTATION OF A CITY TILE TO JOANNE LOMBARDO FOR SERVICE AS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.OUR NEXT CITY TILE RECIPIENT IS ANOTHER WELL DISSERVING AND WIDELY CHERISHED EMPLOYEE, JOANNE LOMBARDO.
LIKE WINSTON, JOANNE'S IMPACT ON THE CITY DATES BACK MANY YEARS.
IN 1996, JOANNE WAS FIRST INTRODUCED TO CHINO HILLS AS A CONSULTANT, WHERE SHE WAS INVOLVED IN A VARIETY OF SPECIAL PROJECTS, SOME OF WHICH INCLUDE BEING ONE OF THE EARLY DRAFTERS OF THE HILLSIDE PROTECTION ORDINANCE, WHICH WE'RE ALL VERY PROUD ABOUT.
A PREPARER, THE CITY'S THIRD AND FOURTH HOUSING ELEMENT, AND A PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE B A P S TEMPLE, THE COMMONS, AND THE SHOPS.
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OF WORK AS A CONSULTANT, JOANNE WAS SELECTED AS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR IN 2011, WHERE SHE WOULD CONTINUE TO MAKE DEVELOPMENTAL STRIDES THAT WILL FOREVER BE RECOGNIZED BY OUR RESIDENTS.SHE LEADS A DEVELOPMENT TEAM OF 15 EMPLOYEES AND IS GREATLY ADMIRED AND APPRECIATED BY HER TEAM.
FOR HER LEADERSHIP STYLE, SHE IS KIND, SUPPORTIVE, AND UNASSUMING, AND SHE KNOWS HER STUFF.
JOANNE'S RESUME GREW WITH LARGE PROJECTS LIKE A GENERAL PLANNED AMENDMENT, AND THE CITY'S FIGHT AGAINST SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON'S TEHACHAPI RENEWABLE PROJECT.
MOST RECENTLY, JOANNE IS CREDITED WITH HER LEADERSHIP IN NAVIGATING THE CITY THROUGH CALIFORNIA'S LATEST REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ALLOCATION CYCLE OR ARENA.
WHAT DO MY COLLEAGUES THINK ABOUT THE ARENA? YEAH.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE STATE DETERMINED THAT THE CITY NEEDED TO MAKE ROOM FOR SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF HOUSING UNITS IN THE COMMUNITY.
THROUGH THIS PROCESS, JOANNE FOUGHT HARD TO DEFEND THE CITY BY DRAFTING AND SENDING MULTIPLE LETTERS TO THE STATE IN OPPOSITION TO THE NUMBER OF UNITS REQUIRED.
MUCH LIKE HER ROLE DURING T R T RTP, THE EDISON PROJECT, JOANNE HAS ALWAYS KEPT THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY IN MIND BY CONTINUALLY FOCUSING ON MAINTAINING THE NATURAL OPEN SPACE AND THE BEAUTY OF CHINO HILLS.
FOR THAT REASON, I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
WHEN ANNE COLLEAGUES ON CITY COUNCIL, WHEN I SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO OUR AMAZING CITY, ALTHOUGH WE CAN STAY HERE ALL NIGHT AND DISCUSS JOANNE'S LONG LIST OF NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS, ONE THING WE'LL MISS ABOUT HER AT THE CITY IS HER WORK ETHIC THROUGHOUT CITY HALL, SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN KNOWN TO APPROACH PROJECTS WITH GREAT PATIENCE AND PROFESSIONALISM.
WHILE WE ARE SAD TO SEE YOU GO, JOANNE, WE KNOW YOU WILL ENJOY SPENDING MORE TIME OUTDOORS BY THE WAY SHE WALKS ALL THE TIME.
ALSO, SHE'S ALWAYS PASSING MY OFFICE IN THE COUNTY OFFICE AND PEEKING IN OR WAVING OR, OR WHATEVER, UH, RUMOR HAS IT, SHE WANTS.
ONCE SHE'S RETIRED, SHE WILL PLAN, SHE PLANS TO COMPLETE THE LAST SECTION OF THE JOHN MUIR TRAIL.
THE EASY PART, WHICH IS 211 MILES THAT RUNS FROM MOUNT WHITNEY TO YOSEMITE VALLEY.
AND I'M SURE THAT ONE OF THE, YOUR MANY ADVENTURES, AND I'M SURE THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE MANY ADVENTURES YOU HAVE PLANNED, NO MATTER WHERE THE TRAIL TAKES YOU NEXT, WE ARE JUST HAPPY TO GET, UH, TO ENJOY.
I'M, WE ARE JUST HAPPY THAT YOU GET TO ENJOY EVERY TUESDAY OFF NOW, BECAUSE SHE DID PLANNING COMMISSIONS ON TWO TUESDAYS AND CITY COUNCILS, THE OTHER TWO TUESDAYS.
WE WISH YOU THE VERY BEST IN YOUR WELL DESERVED RETIREMENT, AND WE'LL MISS SEEING YOU AROUND CITY HALL AND HAPPY TRAILS TO YOU.
I WOULD SAY THEN, SO AS WITH WINSTON, WE'VE GOT THE CHERISHED CITY TILE THAT, UH, WE PRESENT TO A LIMITED NUMBER OF PEOPLE, COMMISSIONERS WITH LONG SERVICE, ET CETERA, AND EMPLOYEES.
AND ALSO ALL THE CERTIFICATES THAT WE NORMALLY HAND OUT, I'M SURE YOU'LL CHERISH 'EM AND PUT 'EM ON YOUR WALL WHEN YOU GET HOME.
WELL, I CAN SAY REALLY IS, THANK YOU.
THIS HAS BEEN A MARVELOUS COMMUNITY TO WORK WITH AND FOR, UM, IT'S A COMMUNITY THAT REALLY TAKES PRIDE IN, IN ITSELF AND IT MAKES IT EASY TO BE A, AN URBAN PLANNER IN A CITY WHO CARES ABOUT IT.
I WANNA SAY, WHERE, WHERE DO THE COUNCIL GO? HERE YOU GUYS ARE, UM, A COUNCIL WHO CARES ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, WHO DOES THEIR JOB WITHOUT ANY SELF-INTEREST.
AND IT'S MORE OF A RARITY THESE DAYS.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THIS COMMUNITY SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF.
UM, GREAT STAFF, GREAT EXECUTIVE TEAM, UM, EVERYONE.
AND I HAVE TO THANK MY MARVELOUS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU ARE AMAZING.
YOU INSPIRE TEAMWORK AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS CITY GREAT AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE SO, SO
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THANK YOU.OKAY, SO LET'S START BUILDING ON THIS.
OKAY, SO ANYBODY THAT WORKED FOR JOANNE IN THE DEPARTMENT, COME ON DOWN.
THAT'S, JAY LEAVES YOU THE LONGEST EMPLOYEE HERE.
SOMEONE'S BEEN LOOKING AT THE, OUR WEBSITE.
YOU WANT A PHOTO WITH JOANNE? I GOT, I GOT SOME PHOTOS.
JOANNE, IF YOU COULD JUST REMAIN WITH THE MAYOR PLANNING COMMISSION.
COMMISSIONER BLOOM IS GOING TO JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM.
MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, I'D LIKE TO, UH, SHARE WITH YOU THAT I'M HERE TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER VOIGT AND VICE CHAIRMAN PUR.
UH, CHAIRMAN SNOWS ON A LONG PLANNED VACATION OUT OF THE STATE, AND COMMISSIONER FAN WOULD LOVE TO BE HERE, BUT HE'S HOME WITH HIS WIFE AND A NEWBORN BABY GIRL, SO WE WISH THEM ALL THE BEST.
BUT WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO TONIGHT IS, UM, WE'VE, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AT OUR LAST PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING TO HAVE AN INFORMAL, UH, RECEPTION FOR JOANNE.
AND WE LET HER KNOW, UH, ALL OF OUR THOUGHTS AT THE TIME.
SO I'M NOT GONNA GO OVER WHAT THE MAYOR HAS ALREADY STATED.
WE'RE NOT HERE TO GIVE YOU ALL THE ACCOLADES THAT WE'VE ALREADY GIVEN YOU, BUT YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE YOU AND THE PROFESSIONALISM THAT YOU PROVIDED, UH, TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY, AND ESPECIALLY THE PROFESSIONALISM YOU SHOWED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN DEALING WITH, UH, WORKING WITH US AND KEEPING IT ON THE TRACK.
UM, YOU'VE DONE SO WITH HONESTY, OPENNESS, AND INTEGRITY.
AND, UH, BEING A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR IS KIND OF SYNONYMOUS TO A CITY MANAGER TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
UH, DURAN'S RELATIONSHIP TO PLANNING COMMISSION GOES BEYOND JUST THE PROFESSIONAL.
HERE'S THE STAFF REPORT AND A RECOMMENDATION IN, IN A TWICE, TWICE A MONTH MEETINGS.
WE, WE ALSO FORM PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH HER AND, UM, YOU KNOW, CONVERSATIONS AT MEETINGS, AT TRAINING SESSIONS, AT CONFERENCES, AND IN HER OFFICE AND JUST TRYING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE DIRECTION OF THE CITY IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE PLANNING OF THE CITY.
SO, UM, WE TRULY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING, BOTH FROM A PROFESSIONAL AS WELL AS A PERSONAL LEVEL.
AND AS OPPOSED TO THE MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO READ OUR
UM, MR FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION SAYS, WHEREAS THE CHINO HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION HEREBY RECOGNIZES JOANNE LOMBARDO FOR HER YEARS OF DEDICATED AND EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY OF CHINO HILLS FOR HER PROFESSIONALISM AND SKILLFULNESS IN CARRYING OUT HER LEADERSHIP ROLE WITHIN THE CITY ORGANIZATION AND FOR HER GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT
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OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION DURING HER TENURE AS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FROM 2011 TO 2023.AND WHEREAS THE COMMISSION ALSO APPRECIATES AND APPLAUDS THAT THE MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS JOAN HAS MADE TO THE FIELD OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DURING HER LONG CAREER IN THE PRIVATE AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC SECTORS.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS WITH EQUAL PARTS OF GRATITUDE AND SADNESS THAT WE WISH THE VERY BEST TO JOANNE IN HER WELL-DESERVED RETIREMENT.
AND THAT'S SIGNED BY ALL, YOU'RE OFF THE HOOK NOW.
[6. INTRODUCTION - Introduce David Crabtree as the Interim Community Development Director]
NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE THE INTRODUCTION OF DAVID K CRABTREE AS THE INTERIM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.DAVID, WOULD YOU PLEASE, BY THE WAY, DAVID, YOU SAW WHO WAS LEAVING FIRST.
YOU MAY WANT TO KEEP THAT IN MIND.
WHILE WE KNOW THERE, WHILE WE KNOW THERE ARE BIG SHOES TO FILL FROM JOANNE'S RETIREMENT, WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE DAVID K CRABTREE JOIN US AS OUR INTERIM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
DAVID WILL ASSIST THE CITY WITH OUR PLANNING AND BUILDING OPERATIONS UNTIL WE OPEN OUR RECRUITMENT FOR A NEW PERMANENT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
HE IS RETIRED FROM THE CITY OF BREA IN DECEMBER, 2019 AS HIS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AFTER A 35 YEAR CAREER IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
DURING HIS TR TIME WITH BREA, HE WAS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE LEADERSHIP THAT WORKED THROUGH THE REDEVELOPMENT OF BREA DOWNTOWN, WHICH WE ALL LOVE VISITING.
DURING THE 1990S, THE FOCUS WAS ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ATTRACTING AND RETAINING BUSINESS IN BREA, AND FINDING WORKFORCE HOUSING SOLUTIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
HE WAS ALSO INVOLVED WITH THE CITY'S CRITICAL LOOK AT BALANCING GROWTH IN THE ITS HILLSIDE AREAS AND CREATING NEW MIXED USE OPPORTUNITIES AS PART OF B BRAY'S COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE TO ITS GENERAL PLAN.
MOST RECENTLY, HE WAS, HE, HE HAS COMPLETED INTERIM DIRECTOR ASSIGNMENTS AT THE CITIES OF WAYNE PARK, THE HABRA AND FOUNTAIN VALLEY.
WE WELCOME TO THE TEAM, DAVID, WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU, AND WE WOULD LOVE YOU TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND SO WE CAN GET TO KNOW YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, UH, AND THE STAFF.
HAPPY TO HELP THE CITY, UH, AND, UH, THE COUNCIL, THE STAFF, THE PLANNING COMMISSION WITH THIS, THIS TRANSITION AFTER LONG TENURED, UH, A DIRECTOR WHO'S, YOU KNOW, DONE A FABULOUS JOB, OBVIOUSLY, AND, AND WE'VE HEARD ALL THAT THIS EVENING.
UM, THIS IS A, A REALLY EASY, UH, PLACE TO STEP INTO.
I, IF, IF I MIGHT, IT FEELS VERY, VERY MUCH LIKE HOME, UM, WITH THE CITIES THAT I, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY BREA, UM, AND, UH, AND, AND THE KIND OF WORK THAT, THAT THE STAFF DOES.
UM, JOANNE'S DONE A A FABULOUS JOB AND I HAVE A FEELING, UM, I I'LL JUST NEED TO TRY TO DO MY BEST TO STAY OUT OF THE WAY SO THE STAFF CAN DO ITS WORK AND LEND THE SUPPORT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT MIGHT BE NEEDED WHEN THEY NEED IT.
AND HAPPY TO, UH, BE HERE TO HELP YOU, UH, FIND A NEW, UH, PERMANENT RESIDENT FOR, FOR THAT OFFICE.
SO DAVID HAS A, WITH GREAT CREDENTIALS FROM BEN, WHO HAS KNOWN DAVID FOR MANY YEARS.
ANNE RAD BARTLE, OUR PREVIOUS, UH, OUR PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER WHO HAS WORKED WITH, UM, DAVID FOR MANY YEARS.
SO ANYWAY, THAT'S IT FOR PRESENTATIONS.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO CITY BUSINESS.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS TAKEN OUTTA CLOSED SESSION? BETH, MR. MAYOR AND COUNSEL? THERE IS NOTHING TO REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION.
[7. 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.]
ALL RIGHT, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO 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, WHICH MUST BE PROVIDED DURING THOSE HEARINGS.
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PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IN THE ZOOM APPLICATION OR DIAL STAR NINE IF ATTENDING BY PHONE TO BE SELECTED FROM THE MEETING QUEUE.INDIVIDUAL AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.
WE DO HAVE A FEW SPEAKER CARDS.
OKAY, THE FIRST IS MISTY S HI, GOOD EVENING.
UM, I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT HERE OF CHINO HILLS FOR 30 YEARS.
I'VE RAISED SIX KIDS HERE, AND I'M COMING TO YOU TONIGHT AS A CONCERNED PARENT, REPRESENTING MANY OTHER CONCERNED PARENTS AND STUDENTS REGARDING THE LACK OF SAFETY AND SUPPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AT CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL AND TOWNS IN JUNIOR HIGH.
FOR THOSE THAT AREN'T AWARE FOR OVER A YEAR OR MORE THE AMOUNT OF VIOLENCE AND BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS THAT THESE SCHOOLS HAS INCREASED, AND MORE RECENTLY IT'S GOTTEN EVEN WORSE.
NOW THE STUDENTS ARE FINDING THEIR WAY OFF CAMPUS TO FIGHT IN ORDER TO AVOID DISTRICT DISCIPLINARY ACTION.
LET ME ADD FROM RECENT VIDEO FOOTAGE OF THESE FIGHTS.
THEY ARE HORRENDOUS TO WATCH AND EXTREMELY BRUTAL.
MY FIRST CONCERN IS WHAT I AND MANY OTHERS SEE IS A LACK OF PROPER LAW ENFORCEMENT OR SRO INVOLVEMENT.
THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AND SHOULD ALWAYS BE A ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY FOR VIOLENT BEHAVIOR.
MY SECOND CONCERN IS REGARDING DEPUTY NEGRON.
A PARENT TRIED TO REACH OUT TO NEGRON IN PERSON AT THE CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND MULTIPLE TIMES BY PHONE THIS PAST SUMMER.
TILL THIS DAY, SHE HAS NOT RECEIVED A CALL BACK, NO RESPONSE.
DEPUTY NEGRON SEEMS TO LACK A SENSE OF URGENCY OR CONCERN WITH THE SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS.
SO WHY IS HE STILL AN SRO? MY THIRD CONCERN IS WHY IT TOOK THAT SAME PARENT WHO HAS BEEN TRYING TO CONNECT WITH DEPUTY NEGRON TO REACH OUT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT LIAISON, MR. ART BENNETT, TO GET THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO ACT ON THE MOST RECENT VIOLENCE.
MR. BENNETT THEN REACHED OUT TO CITY MANAGER, MR. MONTGOMERY, AND THEREAFTER CHIEF GOODELL.
YOU CAN'T POSSIBLY TELL ME THAT THE DEPARTMENT NOR THE SROS HAD ANY NO INDICATION OF THESE FIGHTS BECAUSE IT'S BEEN MADE CLEAR.
THEY SHOWED UP AT THE SCENE AND THE FIGHTS WERE OVER.
THEY CHOSE NOT TO FOLLOW UP UNTIL A PARENT WHO DOES NOT EVEN HAVE A CHILD AT THE SCHOOL REACHED OUT TO MR. BENNETT.
MY FINAL CONCERN IS WITH THE CURRENT SECURITY ON CAMPUS, MANY PARENTS AND STUDENTS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT WITNESSING SECURITY SITTING AROUND ON THEIR PHONES, CHIT-CHATTING WITH ONE ANOTHER.
WHILE I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS AN ACCEPTABLE, UH, THING TO DO, AT TIMES I'VE HEARD THIS COMPLAINT ENOUGH TO KNOW IT'S FAR TOO OFTEN CONSIDERING THE ISSUE WE'RE SEEING ON CAMPUSES RIGHT NOW, I WOULD HOPE THEY WOULD BE A LITTLE MORE VIGILANT AND ACTIVE.
I SEE NOW THAT MORE PATROLS ARE IN EFFECT AS WELL AS OTHER PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES, AND THE STUDENTS INVOLVED HAVE BEEN CITED.
THESE FIGHTS, VIOLENCE AND BULLYING HAVE BEEN TAKING PLACE AT OUR SCHOOLS IN CHINO HILLS AND HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM A LOT LONGER THAN THE PAST FEW WEEKS.
AND UNLESS THE MORE, EXCUSE ME, AND UNLESS THE DEPARTMENT MAKES A MORE CONCERTED EFFORT TO DO MORE AND SHOW REAL CONCERN, I AND MANY OTHER PARENTS, FEAR FAR WORSE IS AHEAD OF US AND OUR KIDS.
THANK YOU, MR. ART BENNETT, CITY COUNCILMAN, UM, SORRY, CITY MANAGER MONTGOMERY AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS SHAW AND MONROE.
FOR ALL THE EFFORT THAT HAS BEEN MADE, I ALSO THANK OUR SROS AND THE CHINO POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR KEEPING OUR CHINO SCHOOL SAFE.
I TRULY HOPE THIS LEADS TO ZERO TOLERANCE ONCE AND FOR ALL HERE IN CHINO HILLS.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SUZETTE DANG.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR ROGERS, VICE MAYOR MORAN COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF AND AUDIENCE MEMBERS.
SUZETTE DING WITH YOUR COUNTY FOURTH DISTRICT SUPERVISOR, KURT HAGMAN'S OFFICE.
FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS AND, UM, HAPPY RETIREMENT, JOANNE AND WINSTON.
WE'RE GONNA MISS YOU, BUT NOW YOU GET TO ENJOY EVERYTHING, ALL YOUR TRAVELS AND YOUR HIKING AND LOVING FAMILIES, SO CONGRATULATIONS.
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TO THANK THE RESIDENTS OF CHINO HILLS FOR ACTUALLY SHOWING UP TO OUR SHREDDING EVENT PAST SATURDAY.IT WAS A LITTLE DRIZZLY AND RAINY, BUT THEY BRAVED THE WEATHER AND THEY CAME OUT AND, UM, TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE SHREDDING EVENT SUPERVISOR HAGMAN PROVIDED.
UM, WE DO HAVE THE SAVED DATE FOR NOW, UM, FOR OUR NEXT DOCUMENT SHREDDING EVENT IN CHINO.
IT'S GONNA BE ON SATURDAY, JUNE 3RD.
WE WILL HAVE MORE UPDATES AND DETAILS AND FLYERS IN COMING MONTHS.
AND SUPERVISOR HAGMAN IS STILL ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FROM OUR FOURTH DISTRICT RESIDENCE TO FILL THREE MEMBERS FOR THE COMMUNITY COMMISSION IN THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN SERVING AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COUNTY, PLEASE SUBMIT A LETTER OF INTEREST, A RESUME, AND THREE REFERENCES.
YOU MUST BE A RESIDENT OF THE FOURTH DISTRICT, WHICH INCLUDES CHINO, CHINO HILLS, MONTCLAIR, ONTARIO, AND PORTIONS OF UPLAND MEETINGS FOR THE COMMISSION TAKES PLACE ON QUARTERLY BASIS AND IT IS OUT IN SAN BERNARDINO.
UM, AND THE TERM OF SERVICES FOR 18 MONTHS.
FOR ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT SUPERVISOR HAGMAN'S, UM, OFFICE AT 9 0 9 4 6 5 5 2 6 5.
MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR STAFF RESIDENTS OF CHINO HILLS.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK FOR YOU.
IN 2019, THERE WAS NO HOUSING PROBLEM IN CHINO HILLS.
THE CITY REMAINED AS PROCLAIMED ON THE CHINO HILLS.ORG HISTORY PAGE, A SPECIAL PLACE.
UNFORTUNATELY, LOCAL POWER CENTERS AROUND THE STATE HAD ANOTHER PLAN.
THEY WERE BUSY CREATING, SUSTAINING AND NURTURING A HOUSING PROBLEM INTO THE FULL-BLOWN CRISIS.
IT IS TODAY ONE THAT NOW WITNESSES EVERY NI WE WITNESS EVERY NIGHT ON THE LOCAL NEWS.
BY 2020, THE STATE HAD A SOLUTION, SIMPLY PUSHED THE CRISIS OUT TO THE SUBURBS.
BY MANUFACTURING ILLEGAL R H D A MANDATES, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPED DEVELOPMENT FORCED YOU OUR REPRESENTATIVES, TO QUICKLY REDESIGN THE CITY BY SETTING ASIDE ADDITIONAL LAND FOR LOW MEDIUM INCOME DENSITY RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS.
LITTLE DID WE KNOW CALIFORNIA HEAD FROM THIN AIR CREATED A PIPELINE FOR THE GREAT MIGRATION OF INNER CITY TO THE SUBURBS LIKE CHINO HILLS REACTING TO THE STATE MANDATE AND WITHOUT A STRATEGY TO SUCCESSFULLY OPPOSE THEIR PLAN.
IN 2021, YOU DECLARED THERE WAS NO APPETITE TO FIGHT THE STATE.
YOU RELUCTANTLY FOLLOWED THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS AND RESIDENTS DID NOT QUESTION YOUR LEAD.
TOGETHER WE, WE SUCCUMB TO THE STATE'S BULLY PULPIT MANDATES.
AND LEADERS FROM OTHER CITIES IN THE SOUTHLAND CREATED A GROWING INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR TO RESIST THE STATE'S MANDATES.
AGAIN, QUOTING FROM HER HISTORY PAGE, RESIDENTS WANT TO PROTECT CHINO HILLS.
THE GREAT MIGRATION WAS NEVER PART OF THE GENERAL PLAN.
WE HAD NO HAND IN CREATING CALIFORNIA'S HOUSING CRISIS.
AND MANY WHO CALLED CHINO HILL'S HOME STRONGLY OBJECT TO THE IDEOLOGICAL BELIEFS THAT BRING THE STATE'S PROBLEMS TO OUR DOORSTEP.
WE CHALLENGE THE CITY TO REJECT RH D A MANDATES.
IT IS NOT AN OPTION TO SQUANDER THE MILLIONS OF TAX DOLLARS WE HAVE INVESTED ALONG THE PAYTON CORRIDOR.
WE DO NOT SUPPORT THE INNER CITY MIGRATION AT CITY CENTER, THE MIRACLE MILE IN OUR BACKYARDS, OR FROM WITHIN OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.
IN OUR EYES, THE COST AND RISK, UH, THE COST AND RISK.
LEGAL FEES AND ASSUMED STATE GRANTS ARE ARE HIGH PRICED TO PAY, BUT ONE THAT'S WORTH IT.
WE WANT THE COUNCIL TO SET ASIDE THE UNLAWFUL LAND MANDATES AND USE WHAT THEY CAN TO, UH, CREATE OPPORTUNITIES CREATED BY OTHER CITIES IN THE I E LA AND OR ORANGE COUNTY BASIN.
ON THIS BELIEF TONIGHT, I RESPECTABLY CHALLENGE THE CITY TO ONE, EXPLORE THE STRATEGY OTHER THAN SOUTHLAND, UH, SOUTH STRATEGY OTHER THAN SOUTHLAND CITIES, OTHER SOUTHLAND CITIES WILL USE TO DEVELOP THE R H D A PROCESS.
JOHN, DO YOU NEED TO WRAP IT UP AND YEAH, I MEAN, I'VE JUST GOT, AND TWO, BRING THE, THE, BRING A, AN UPDATE VIDEO OR VOTE TO THE MATTER OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBER.
NEITHER SILENCE NOR ACCEPTANCE IS AN I OF AN ILLEGAL PROCESS IS AN ACCEPTABLE OUTCOME FOR OUR CITY
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AND RESIDENTS WANT THE TO PROTECT CHINO HILLS AS A SPECIAL PLACE TO LIVE, LEARN, WORK, AND PLAY.I'M THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DIRECTOR, UH, REPRESENTING THE CHINO VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
I JUST HAVE SOME EVENTS TO ANNOUNCE THAT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND.
THE FIRST IS THE KIDS ENTREPRENEURSHIP FAIR ON APRIL 1ST.
THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE HERE AT THE SHOPS.
UM, THERE WE'LL HAVE, UM, ROUGHLY AT THE MOMENT WE HAVE 25 STUDENTS SIGNED UP.
UM, THESE ARE YOUNG KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE STARTED THEIR OWN BUSINESS.
UH, SOME MEMBERS OF THEIR COMMUNITY ARE ENCOURAGED TO COME AND SUPPORT THOSE SMALL YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS IN THEIR ENDEAVORS.
THE NEXT IS OUR SALUTE TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
THAT'S TAKING PLACE AT LOS SERRANOS COUNTRY CLUB.
UM, THAT WILL BE, UM, ON APRIL 4TH FROM 11:00 AM TO 1:00 PM.
NEXT IS THE STATE OF THE CITY FOR CHINO HILLS, AND THAT WILL BE ON MAY 31ST, UM, FROM FIVE 30 TO 8:00 PM AT THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE WILL HAVE OUR TASTE OF THE CHINO VALLEY.
THAT'LL BE ON JUNE 22ND, UH, HERE AT THE SHOPS FROM 5:00 PM TO 7:00 PM.
AND THEN LASTLY, OUR CHAMBER STAFF RECENTLY ATTENDED THE WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF CHAMBER EXECUTIVES CONFERENCE FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
OUR TEAM BROUGHT BACK A WEALTH OF INFORMATION THAT WOULD BENEFIT THE CHINO VALLEY BUSINESS COMMUNITY ALONG WITH A VARIETY OF AWARDS.
UM, SO FOR CONTEXT, WE WERE, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, COMPETING WITH 800 OTHER CHAMBERS, UH, IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
UM, OUR CHAMBER, AND I'LL SAY OUR COMMUNITY, UH, WON THE HONORABLE MENTION FOR VIDEO AWARDS.
UH, ZEB WALBORN, OUR CHAMBER CEO, UH, AND PRESIDENT WON EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR AND OFFICIALLY GRADUATED AS AN, AS AN ACCREDITED CHAMBER EXECUTIVE.
AND THEN LASTLY, OUR PROGRAM, UPSKILL CHINO VALLEY, ONE OUTSTANDING CHAMBER PROGRAM OF THE YEAR.
UH, WE JUST WANNA SAY THAT WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT THE PARTNERSHIPS AND GOOD EFFORTS FROM VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT MAKE CHINO HILLS A SUSTAINABLE AND ADMIR ADMIRABLE PLACE TO DO BUSINESS.
SO, UM, CHAMBER'S VERY PROUD TO BE HERE.
WE'RE VERY HAPPY THAT WE WON AND TOOK ALL THESE AWARDS.
UM, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AS WELL FROM RIGHT.
I DO NOT HAVE ANY OTHER SP SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING.
I DO HAVE ONE HAND RAISED IN THE ZOOM APP, BUT THAT HAND IS FOR ITEM NUMBER 21.
SO WE'LL CALL UPON THAT PERSON AT THAT TIME.
[ CONFLICT OF INTEREST ANNOUNCEMENTS: Council Member abstentions shall be stated at this time for recordation on the appropriate item.]
THEN.UH, WE, ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST ANNOUNCEMENTS? BRIAN? ART? NO.
RAY, DO YOU HAVE ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST ISSUES? NO.
AND I DO, I'M GONNA RECUSE MYSELF ON ITEM NUMBER 14, WHICH HAS TO DO WITH THE COUNTY LEASE SINCE I'M A COUNTY EMPLOYEE.
[ CONSENT CALENDAR (10 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.]
OKAY.WITH THAT, THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR.
UH, ITEM NUMBER 10 WILL BE HEARD IN THE MEETING AT THE END OF THIS REGULAR SESSION JUST BECAUSE OF HOW WE'RE FORMATTING THIS EVENING.
SO WE'LL REVISIT ITEM NUMBER 10.
ALL GOOD SO FAR? ALL'S GOOD? WE HAVE 10 ITEMS. OKAY.
DOES ANYBODY WISH TO PULL BRIAN? NO, SIR.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT IT AND I'LL, IT'LL SECOND THAT.
REMEMBER, I'M ACCUSING MYSELF ON NUMBER 14.
I'M GONNA CALL ROLL CALL VOTE.
OH, I DID ASK FOR YOU TO INTERIM, BUT FOR SOME REASON THE SYSTEM'S NOT ALLOWING ME TO ENTER RAISE, SO WE'LL JUST FOREGO THAT.
OTHER THAN ITEM NUMBER 14, MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO WITH MAYOR ROGERS, RECUSING HIMSELF FROM ITEM ITEM NUMBER 14.
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AND MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER, WELL DISCUSSION CALENDAR.THIS FIRST ITEM IS TO PROVIDE DIRECTION ON THE TEEN ADVISORY BOARD POLICIES AND PROCEDURES SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES SUPERVISOR ARE MEANT TO PRESENT.
UM, I'M EXCITED TO RETURN THIS EVENING TO COUNCIL, UM, WITH
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AN UPDATE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR TEEN ADVISORY BOARD.UM, WE WERE HERE LAST JULY, UM, WHEN COUNCIL GAVE DIRECTION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TEEN ADVISORY BOARD.
UM, AND THIS EVENING YOU'LL KIND OF HEAR ME TALK ABOUT TEEN ADVISORY BOARD.
WE'RE KIND OF KIND OF CALLING IT TABS, SO KIND OF GO BACK AND FORTH.
UH, LAST AUGUST, PARK AND REC COM, THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION PROVIDED INPUT AND APPROVAL OF THE FORMATION OF THE TEEN ADVISORY AD HOC COMMITTEE TO ASSIST STAFF IN DEVELOPING THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR THIS PROGRAM.
THE TEEN ADVISORY AD HOC COMMITTEE, UM, IS COMPRISED OF PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSIONER JENNIFER HOLT CAMP, AND SAMANTHA JAMES PEREZ, OUR PARKS AND RECREATION STUDENT MEMBER NICOLE TORRES.
AND FIVE MEMBERS, UM, STUDENTS THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE PRELIMINARY RESEARCH PROCESS.
AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS PARTIALLY THOSE STUDENTS.
UM, WE'RE THE REASON WHY WE'RE KIND OF HERE THIS EVENING IN DEVELOPING THIS PROGRAM.
UM, ALONG WITH A MEETING ALONG WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS AND WANTING TO DEVELOP A A PROGRAM.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, SAY, YOU KNOW, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, MET WITH STAFF NUMEROUS TIMES OVER THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS AND PROVIDED INPUT IN DEVELOPING OF THIS POLICY, UM, THAT IS BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING.
UM, I'D REALLY LIKE TO THANK THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.
UM, THEY REALLY HAD A LOT OF TIME AND, UM, INPUT AND REALLY THOUGHTFULNESS, INCLUDING THOSE TEAMS, UM, IN PROVIDING, UH, UH, DIRECTION ON THIS.
AND I KNOW SAMANTHA, OUR COMMISSIONER JAMES PEREZ, IS HERE THIS EVENING.
AND I'D LIKE TO THANK HER, UM, FOR ALL THEIR DEDICATION FOR THIS.
CAUSE I THINK THE POLICY THAT'S BEFORE, UM, THE COUNCIL THIS EVENING IS ONE THAT WILL KIND OF SET US FOR THE FUTURE, UM, OF OUR TEENS THIS EVENING.
I WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT A FEW KEY POINTS, UM, ON THE PROPOSED POLICY, UM, JUST TO HAVE THE COUNCIL AND, UH, THE COMMUNITY HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THIS TEEN ADVISORY BOARD WILL FUNCTION.
I'D LIKE TO FIRST OFF, BY SHARING THE MISSION THAT THE TEEN ADVISORY BOARD AND THE AD HOC COMMITTEE WORKED SO HARD TO DEVELOP TO HELP LAY THE GROUNDWORK AND FUTURE GUIDANCE OF THIS BOARD.
UM, WHICH IS TO PROVIDE LOCAL YOUTH THE OPPORTUNITY AND PRACTICING LEADERSHIP AND LIFE SKILLS WHILE PROMOTING GREATER CIVIC ENGAGEMENT THROUGH YOUTH PROGRAMMING, VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AND DIRECT INTERACTION AND COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS TAB WILL PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT WHERE TEENS CAN OPENLY IDENTIFY, DISCUSS, AND ADVOCATE FOR YOUTH RELATED NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY.
AS FOR THE TAB STRUCTURE, OH, SORRY.
THANK YOU FOR AFTER THAT, UH, WE WILL START OFF WITH THE TAB MEMBERS.
THE AD HOC COMMITTEE DEVELOPED THESE AFTER RESEARCH, UM, AND DISCUSSION WITH CITY STAFF.
UM, WE RESEARCH OTHER CITIES AND SCHOOL BASED, UM, PROGRAMS WITHIN THE CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IN OUR AREA.
UM, SO BASICALLY THE TAB MEMBERS, UM, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS THAT THIS WILL BE, UM, 13 STUDENT MEMBERS THAT WILL REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY.
THERE WILL BE INCLUDED A PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION STUDENT MEMBER, WHICH I'LL GET INTO SHORTLY.
UM, ON THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES, UM, TWO OFFICER POSITIONS, WHICH WILL BE A CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR POSITION, UM, THEY'LL SERVE AS A ONE YEAR TERM, UM, FOR THIS OFFICERS WILL BE ELECTED, UM, DURING THE LAST MEETING OF THE CURRENT TAB TERM.
UM, THIS WILL KIND OF FALL ALONG WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.
AND THE TEENS FELT THIS WAS REALLY IMPORTANT.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE TRIED THIS BEFORE IN DIFFERENT, UM, SETTINGS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT YEAR AFTER YEAR THE TEENS COMMUNICATE.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KIND OF END THAT AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE WILL NOT HAVE A MINIMUM, UM, ON THE NUMBER OF TAB MEMBERS.
HOWEVER, WE'D LIKE TO KEEP IT AT AN ODD NUMBER.
UM, IF SO, WE DO NOT, UM, REACH THAT TOTAL 13 STUDENT MEMBERS.
WE DO REQUIRE THAT MEMBERS RESIDE OR ATTEND A SCHOOL IN CHINO HILLS.
LIKE MOST OF OUR OTHER PROGRAMS MEMBERS MUST BE IN SEVENTH THROUGH 12TH GRADE.
UM, DURING THE AD HOC COMMITTEE PROCESS, THERE WAS THAT DISCUSSION OF JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEY FELT THAT IT WAS REALLY IN INCORPORATE TO INCORPORATE BOTH OF THOSE.
SO THIS WILL ENCOMPASS BOTH OUR JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL, UM, PROGRAMS. THEY'LL BE APPOINTED FOR A ONE YEAR TERM.
UH, TOWN MEMBERS WILL BE RECOGNIZED OR WILL FOLLOW THE CHAL UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ACADEMIC CALENDAR, UM, FOR THIS.
AND THEN THERE IS THE OPTION FOR ANY EXISTING MEMBERS THAT ARE APPOINTED TO THE TERM, UM, THAT THEY CAN RE-ELECT FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR, UM, WITHOUT GOING THROUGH AN INTERVIEW PROCESS AS LONG AS THEY MEET ALL THOSE ELIGIBILITY, ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE SET FORTH, UM, IN THE POLICY.
AND THEN, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF ADD TOO, I REALIZE IT'S NOT ON THIS SLIDE, UM, BUT IT IS IN THE POLICY.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT THE AD HOC AND THE STUDENTS WANTED TO MAKE SURE, AND I KNOW, UM, IT WAS EXPRESSED AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL TOO, IS MAKING SURE THE MEMBERS THAT WE SELECT REPRESENT THE DIVERSITY OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY PUSHING THAT MEMBER SHALL FAIL THE STUDENTS, UM, WITH DIVERSE IN THE CULTURE, ACADEMIC SKILLS, PERSONAL SKILLS AND PERSONAL GOALS OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND I THINK THAT WILL HELP US KIND OF SET OUR STRUCTURE, UM, FOR THE FUTURE AS WELL.
MOVING ON TO THE TEEN ADVISORY BOARD, UM, THEY'LL SERVE IN A ADVISORY CAPACITY, THE PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION.
THEY WILL PROMOTE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT THROUGH YOUTH, UM, POPULATION THROUGH CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AS WE MENTIONED, VOLUNTEER YOUTH PROGRAMS AND SPECIAL EVENTS.
UM, WHICH TIES BACK TO ALL OF OUR CITY PROGRAMS. WE RECOMMEND THAT THEY CREATE CREATIVE SOLUTIONS AND PROVIDE, UM, IMPERATIVE INPUT ON TEEN ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY.
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AND THEN TO SET ANNUAL GOALS, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE SET THEM UP IN MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SETTING EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT THE TAB SHOULD ACCOMPLISH ON A YEARLY BASIS.AND THEN AS FOR THE PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION STUDENT MEMBER, AS I MENTIONED, UM, WE FELT WE HAVE A GREAT KIND OF STRUCTURE ALREADY SET WITH OUR PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION BY HAVING A STUDENT MEMBER.
AND THEY FOLLOW THAT ACADEMIC SCHOOL COUNT, UH, CALENDAR.
SO WE FELT IT WAS APPROPRIATE THAT THEY WOULD AUTOMATICALLY BE APPOINTED AS A STUDENT MEMBER DURING THEIR CURRENT TERM.
UH, THEY WILL PROVIDE UPDATES TO THE PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION ON A MONTHLY BASIS, WHICH WE FEEL ALSO TIES BACK, UM, TO KIND OF HAVING THAT FURTHER NEXT STEP, UM, AT THAT LEVEL.
AND THEY WILL ALSO SERVE AS THE TAB SELECTION COMMITTEE.
AND I'LL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE ON WHAT THE SELECTION COMMITTEE REPRESENTS.
UH, CITY STAFF ALSO FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO IDENTIFY A LIAISON WITHIN THE CITY.
UM, THIS LIAISON WILL BE APPOINTED, UM, BY OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR.
THEY WILL OVERSEE THIS ADVISORY BOARD, THE PROCESS, THE PROGRAMS AND EVERYTHING THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, UM, JACOB VELASCO WAS OUR RECREATION COMMUNITY SERVICES COORDINATOR.
UM, HE HAS MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, UM, WITH HIS PREVIOUS CITIES, UM, WORKING ON TEAM PROGRAMMING.
HE CURRENTLY OVERSEES OUR ACTIVE ADULT PROGRAMMING AND VOLUNTEERS.
SO WE FELT LIKE THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE, UM, KIND OF APPOINTMENT FOR HIM TO TAKE ON.
UM, FOR THIS, HE WILL ALSO SERVE AS, UM, PART OF THIS SELECTION COMMITTEE AS WELL.
AND THEN AS FOR THE TAB SELECTION COMMITTEE, UM, THIS COMMITTEE WILL BE COMPRISED OF ONE PARK AND RECREATION, UH, COMMISSIONER, THE, UM, COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, TAB LIAISON AND THE PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSIONER, STUDENT MEMBER.
AND, UM, THEY WILL GO EVERYTHING FROM THE REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS THROUGH THE SUBMITTALS CONDUCTING OF INTERVIEWS AND SELECTING OF NEW TAB MEMBERS FOR THE APPLIC UH, APPLICATIONS.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT, UM, AT THE LAST PARK AND REC COMMISSION MEETING, UM, THEY DID APPOINT, UM, COMMISSIONER, UH, JENNIFER HOLT CAMP TO SERVE ON THE SELECTION COMMITTEE IF THE COUNCIL CHOOSES TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, WITH THIS POLICIES.
UM, AND THEN WE'D ALSO KIND OF LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT TOO, I KNOW WE MENTIONED, UM, KIND OF THE, THE SELECTION PROCESS.
UH, TYPICALLY THIS PROCESS WILL BEGIN THREE MONTHS PRIOR TO THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
THIS ALLOWS US OPPORTUNITIES, UM, BEFORE THEY GET INTO BUSY, YOU KNOW, TIME OF THE YEAR THROUGH MAY.
UM, IT ALSO COINCIDES ALONG THE SAME TIME AS OUR STUDENT MEMBER APPLICATIONS.
UM, THIS YEAR WE'RE OFF A LITTLE BIT ON OUR, UM, PROCESS, BUT AS FUTURE YEARS WE WILL CONTINUE TO KIND OF FOLLOW THAT SAME REALM.
APPLICATIONS WILL BE SUBMITTED IN PERSON AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
I KIND OF WANNA HIGHLIGHT THIS ONE.
THIS ONE CAME UP NUMEROUS TIMES DURING OUR AD HOC COMMITTEE MEETING.
UH, THE STUDENTS AND, AND STAFF AND COMMISSIONERS FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT EXTRA STEP FOR THE TEAMS TO SHOW THAT COMMITMENT OF BRINGING IN AN APPLICATION.
UH, WE FELT THE COMMUNITY CENTER WAS A GREAT LOCATION FOR THIS.
WE'RE OPEN SIX DAYS A WEEK AND INTO EVENINGS.
UM, SO INSTEAD OF JUST KIND OF DOING THAT SELECT AND CLICK ONLINE, UM, GIVING 'EM THAT EXTRA EFFORT TO KIND OF HAVE TO, UM, GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
AND THEN SELECTED CANDIDATES WILL BE INTERVIEWED BY THE TAP SELECTION COMMITTEE.
UM, AND THEN INTERVIEWS WILL BE CONDUCTED PRIOR TO THE END OF THE PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSIONER'S STUDENT MEMBERS' TERM THIS YEAR, WE ARE RECOMMENDING, DUE TO OUR TIMELINE, UM, WE DID DISCUSS ALLOWING OUR STUDENT MEMBER AND RECOMMENDING, UH, NICOLE TORRES TO REMAIN ON, UH, THE TEST SINCE SHE'S PART OF THE TAB ADVISORY BOARD TO STAY ON THE SELECTION COMMITTEE FOR THIS YEAR.
AS WE'RE CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH AND BRINGING ON A STUDENT MEMBER, I KNOW HER TERM ENDS IN APRIL, SHE'LL CONTINUE NOT AS A STUDENT MEMBER FOR PARK AND REC, BUT AS PART OF THAT SELECTION COMMITTEE, UM, SHE WILL STAY ON, UM, FOR THIS YEAR.
BUT THEN FUTURE YEARS, IT WILL ALWAYS BE THAT WHOEVER THAT STUDENT MEMBER IS.
AND THEN LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT, UM, ON THE FISCAL IMPACT OF THIS PROGRAM.
UM, I KNOW THAT WE HAD MENTIONED THAT WE'D BE COMING BACK TO THE COUNCIL WITH ADDITIONAL COSTS FOR THIS PROGRAM AS OUR CITY DOES WITH ANY OF OUR PROGRAMS. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE SET UP STAFF WITH THE SUPPORT NEEDS TO OPERATE SUCH A PROGRAM.
UM, IN THE COMING FISCAL YEAR 2324 PROPOSED, UH, BUDGET STAFF HAS AN ESTIMATED ANNUAL COST OF $32,000, WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE ADDITION OF A PART-TIME RECREATION SPECIALIST TO SUPPORT, UM, OUR COMMUNITY, OUR FULL-TIME, UH, COORDINATOR, ALONG WITH SOME MINIMAL EXPENSES, UM, INCLUDING SUPPLIES AND PROVIDING ALL OF OUR NEW, UH, TAB MEMBERS WITH T-SHIRTS FUTURE COSTS WILL BE BUDGETED FOR IN THE APPROPRIATE OF FISCAL YEARS.
UH, AND THEN BEFORE I MOVE ON, THAT IS KIND OF THE MAIN OVERVIEW OF THE POLICY ITSELF.
UM, SO BEFORE I GO INTO KIND OF THAT MARKETING OPTION, I KIND OF WANTED TO BRING BACK TO THE COUNCIL IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE POLICY, ANYTHING I MAY ANSWER AND THEN I'LL KIND OF GO OVER WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS WILL BE.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION OR TWO, BUT FIRST OF ALL, GREAT TO HEAR THAT JACOB IS GONNA HELP FACILITATE THE GROUP THAT HE'S GOT GREAT EXPERIENCE AND HE'S GOT A, A WONDERFUL PERSONALITY TO HELP PULL THE KIDS TOGETHER.
HAVE HAVE YOU OR THE TEAM INTERACTED WITH THE
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SCHOOL DISTRICT IN GENERAL AS FAR AS, AS FAR AS THEY'RE BUY INTO THIS, IF THEY'RE NOT BUYING INTO THIS OR NOT HELPING US PARTICIPATE VIA ADVERTISING THIS, UH, TO THE STUDENTS TO APPLY YEAR AND YEAR OUT, THEN IT, IT MAY NOT LAST TOO LONG.WE'VE HAD, UM, NUMEROUS MEETINGS AND CONVERSATIONS WITH BOTH HIGH SCHOOLS AND JUNIOR HIGHS.
UM, ALL OF THE PRINCIPALS HAVE BEEN EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.
I KNOW OUR JUNIOR HIGHS, ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD IS, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING SEVENTH GRADERS.
HOW DO WE GET THOSE SET? YOU KNOW, COMING FROM SIXTH GRADE INTO SEVENTH GRADE, THEY HAVE A PROGRAM ALREADY THROUGH THEIR ONLINE SYSTEM WHEN THEY REGISTER, UM, THEY'RE ALREADY STARTING.
ANYONE THAT'S GOING TO BE FILTERING INTO THOSE JUNIOR HIGHS FROM THOSE ELEMENTARIES ARE RECEIVING NOTIFICATIONS ON CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES THAT ARE UPCOMING, UM, WHEN THEY BECOME IN JUNIOR HIGH.
AND SO THAT PART, THEY'RE ALREADY KIND OF REACHING OUT TO THEM.
BUT YES, WE'VE GOT, UM, BUY-IN FROM ALL OF 'EM.
PART OF OUR MARKETING OUTREACH IS GETTING ON CAMPUSES.
ALL OF THE PRINCIPALS ARE, WILL BE ALLOWING US TO COME ON CAMPUS TO PROMOTE THIS.
WE DO HAVE A SURVEY THAT WE'VE, UM, PUT TOGETHER TO KIND OF GATHER ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK FROM THE TEENS ON WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE TO HELP THIS TEEN ADVISORY BOARD DEVELOP THEIR GOALS FOR THIS NEXT YEAR AS WELL.
AND PETER, I THINK TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT AS WELL, YOU KNOW, I WAS A KID WHO DID 12 YEARS OF CATHOLIC SCHOOL AND I THINK WE ALWAYS FELT THAT WE WERE LEFT OUT OF, UH, A LOT OF CITY PROGRAMS WHERE I GREW UP.
SO JUST MAKE SURE WE REACH OUT TO ALL THE RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS AND HOMESCHOOLERS AND ALL THE OTHER FOLKS AS WELL.
I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO LOVING SAVIOR.
WE EVEN REACHED OUT TO CAL ARROW, UM, WHICH IS A FEEDER SCHOOL FOR CHINO.
HALS HIGH FOR SOME, UM, STUDENTS AS WELL.
SO WE'VE KIND OF DONE THOSE OUTREACHES AND JACOB HAS A LIST OF ALL THOSE.
SO WE WILL DEFINITELY BE OUR NORMAL SOCIAL MEDIA AND ALL OF THAT AS WELL FOR ANYONE THAT LIVES IN THE CITY.
YEAH, I MEAN, I'M A DAM BUNCH DAM KIDS AND CERTIFIED KIDS ST.
LU'S FROM ONE OF CATHOLIC GIRLS.
THEY SOURCED FROM CHIN ONTARIO, CHRISTIAN, ONTARIO, CHRISTIAN.
UH, RAY, DO YOU, RAY, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I SURELY DO.
UM, I KNOW WE TRIED TO DO THIS ONCE BEFORE AND IT WASN'T SUCCESSFUL.
SO WHY DO YOU THINK WE'RE HAVING A BETTER RESPONSE? IS IT THE ADVISORY BOARD THAT WE HAVE NOW THAT WE'RE LISTENING TO THEM AND THEY'RE TRYING TO, TO GO TO THE SCHOOLS? WHAT, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE TODAY? I THINK THE DIFFERENCE TODAY IS WE NEVER DID THIS PROCESS BEFORE.
WE'VE NEVER TIED IN THE STUDENT MEMBER.
WE'VE NEVER TIED IN WITH AN AD HOC COMMITTEE WITH COMMISSION.
YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE DONE OUTREACH TO THE SCHOOLS, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPING THAT IN THIS POLICY, WE'VE, WE'VE NEVER HAD A POLICY.
IT WAS, HEY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS PROGRAM.
SO THE KEY PART OF HAVING THIS POLICY IS THAT WHEN I'M NOT HERE, WHEN NO ONE ELSE IS HERE, THERE'S A POLICY FOR US TO GUIDELINE.
I THINK THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE ON RIGHT NOW, UM, ARE GONNA BE EXCELLENT IN HELPING US EXECUTE THIS AND REALLY, UH, MAKING THIS A, UH, SOMETHING THAT THE TEENS WANT TO BE SUPPORTIVE.
I KNOW THE AD HOC COMMITTEE AS THEY'RE WERE IN THIS PROCESS, WERE EXCITED.
THEY KEPT SAYING, WHEN DO WE GET TO GO ON CAMPUS? WHEN DO WE GET TO MARKET THAT? SO I THINK WE'VE KIND OF CHANGED THE DIRECTIONS OF HOW WE'VE CHA OR APPROACHED IT IN THE PAST.
AND THIS APPROACH I THINK WILL BE MUCH MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN IN THE PAST.
AND JUST MY REAL LAST COMMENT IS, IS BASICALLY, I KNOW IT'S GONNA BE UP TO THEM TO SORT OF MOVE THIS FORWARD.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT THEY'RE GETTING EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
UH, WITH OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GONNA HAVE 13 MEMBERS.
THREE OF THEM WILL BE THE PARKS AND REC, UH, EX OFFICIO AND THE PRESIDENT OR OR CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, THE OTHER 10.
IS THERE ANY PROPOSED DISTRIBUTION? HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE FOUR SCHOOLS INVOLVED WILL GET EQUAL TREATMENT? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE ARE GONNA HAVE BOTH HIGH SCHOOLS IN BOTH JUNIOR HIGH.
I HATE TO SEE THEM ALL GO TO ONE HIGH SCHOOL OR YOU KNOW, TO ONE SCHOOL.
HOW, HOW ARE WE GONNA PREVENT THAT? OR IS IT DEPENDENT ON WHO APPLIES OR WHAT, WHAT'S BEEN THOUGHT? THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION AND IT IS A CONVERSATION WE HAD AT THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.
JUST LIKE WE SAID, WE HAVE PRIVATE SCHOOLS, WE HAVE EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, ORIGINALLY IT WAS SAYING, HEY, DO WE MAKE IT VERY STRICT THAT IT'S ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH SCHOOL AT EACH LEVEL THAT JUST MADE IT TOO HINDER SOME.
I THINK WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'VE KIND OF FALTERED.
SO THIS ALLOWS IT THAT WE COULD HAVE SOMEONE FROM EVERY GRADE LEVEL IN EVERY SCHOOL THAT'S WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UM, HOWEVER, THAT SELECTION COMMITTEE I THINK IS ALSO IMPORTANT.
AND SO THAT SELECTION COMMITTEE BEING A STAFF PERSON, THE STUDENT MEMBER THAT'S, YOU KNOW, ATTENDING SCHOOLS AND A COMMISSIONER WILL BE ABLE TO REVIEW THOSE APPLICATIONS AND REALLY PICK TO SAY, HEY, THESE EIGHT MEMBERS THAT ARE STAYING ON, WHAT ARE WE MISSING RIGHT.
FOR NEXT YEAR? AND I THINK THAT WILL HELP US KIND OF DICTATE AND HELP US GET TO THAT POINT OF WHERE WE WANT.
SO IN THEORY, A CHILD COULD GET INVOLVED THAT'S IN A SEVENTH GRADE GRADER COMING IN AND COULD STAY IN ALL THE WAY THROUGH THEIR SENIOR YEAR.
CAUSE THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB AND EXCITED ABOUT IT.
AS LONG AS THEY'RE FOLLOWING ALL, LIKE WE CAN PUT TOGETHER A COMMITMENT IN CONDUCT FORM, UM, THAT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN THROUGH OUR AD HOC COMMITTEE.
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UM, SO THEY'VE KIND OF ESTABLISHED KIND OF THOSE GUIDELINES THAT THEY KIND OF NEED TO FOLLOW.UM, THEY HELPED ESTABLISH THE APPLICATION AS WELL.
BUT YES, A SEVENTH GRADER COULD COME IN IF THEY FOLLOW AND MEET ALL THOSE REQUIREMENTS COULD STAY ON ALL THE WAY UNTIL THEY'RE A SENIOR THROUGH THE PROGRAM.
AND IN SIMPLE TERMS, HOW DO WE REACH OUT TO THE FOUR SCHOOLS OR, OR POSSIBLY THE OTHER, UH, RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS OR SCHOOLS, UH, TO LOOK FOR FOR CANDIDATES? HOW ARE WE GONNA ENCOURAGE THAT AND, AND WHAT KIND OF A AD, YOU KNOW, OR AD CAMPAIGN WILL WE HAVE OUT THERE? BECAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF THIS IS GONNA GO, THEN IT GETS IT, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S OFFERED TO EVERYBODY THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN, YOU KNOW, INCLUDE AS A POTENTIAL CANDIDATE.
SO PART OF OUR TIMELINE, AND IF I CAN GO, I DON'T KNOW IF IS IT BACK OR FORWARD? OH, I'M, CUZ I'M GO TO MY LAST SLIDE WITH MY TIMELINE.
OH, I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT, THERE WAS ONE LAST SLIDE I THINK YOU GUYS SHOULD HAVE IN YOUR PRESENTATION.
THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN TIMELINE.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE IT ON THERE.
UM, SO OUR ACTION PLAN, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED WITH THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.
ALL OF OUR STUDENT MEMBERS WILL REMAIN ON THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE DURING THIS PROCESS.
BUT OUR GOAL IS TO DO A MARKETING OUTREACH.
WE WILL BE POSTING ON OUR CITY WEBSITE, OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE KNOW NOT ALL OF OUR TEENS ARE GONNA BE FOLLOWING THAT OR DO THEY? UM, BUT THAT'S WHERE THE CAMPUS WILL COME INTO PLAY.
SO WE WILL BE VISITING CAMPUSES AT THEIR SCHOOL LUNCHES.
WE'RE ASKING THOSE TEENS THAT ARE ON THE AD HOC COMMITTEE AT THOSE HIGH SCHOOLS TO HELP US PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROCESS.
UM, THE PRINCIPALS HAVE OFFERED US, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BRING SOME, UH, ICE CREAM POTENTIALLY OR SOME CANDY THAT WILL KIND OF ENTICE THOSE STUDENTS, BUT KIND OF DOING AN OUTREACH AND KIND OF A FUN BLITZ ABOUT IT.
UM, I THINK WE WILL, YOU KNOW, GET THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM.
UM, SO KIND OF TALKING ABOUT OUR TIMELINE SINCE WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, OUR GOAL IS ACTUALLY WE WOULD MOVE FAIRLY QUICKLY.
OUR APPLICATIONS WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE NEXT MONDAY ON MARCH 20TH.
WE WOULD HAVE APPLICATIONS BE ABLE TO BE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE END OF APRIL WITH INTERVIEWS TAKING PLACE THE SECOND WEEK IN MAY.
AND THEN DURING THIS TIMEFRAME BETWEEN APPLICATIONS NEXT WEEK THROUGH APRIL, WE WILL BE GOING AND DOING THAT MARKETING PLAN ON CAMPUSES, OUR CITY WEBSITES, EVERYTHING THAT YOU SEE UP THERE.
UM, AND THEN MAY WILL GO THROUGH THE APPLICATION AND SOME, UH, SELECTION PROCESS.
WE'LL BE NOTIFYING THE TEENS IN MAY.
UM, AND THEN THIS YEAR, OUR FIRST MEETING WILL BE IN AUGUST.
UM, WE'LL TRY TO DO LIKE A LITTLE MEET AND GREET POTENTIALLY, BUT DUE TO THE END OF THE SCHOOL CALENDAR AND KIND OF ALL THE, YOU KNOW, TEENS HAVE NOTICED, UH, WE HAVE THIS IN THIS ACTIVITY GOING ON, IT MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR THIS YEAR.
SO THEIR FIRST MEETING WILL BE IN AUGUST WHERE WE'LL KICK OFF AND WE'LL SELECT THE OFFICER ELECTIONS DURING THAT TIME.
MELISSA, WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE, CAN YOU EMAIL US A COPY OF THE APPLICATION? ABSOLUTELY.
ANYTHING ELSE? UH, JUST A QUESTION.
DOES THE CITY OF CHINO HAVE A, A COMPARABLE, UH, PLAN FOR THEIR SCHOOLS? THEY DO, YES.
THEY HAVE A, THEY'VE HAD A LONGSTANDING, UM, TEEN ADVISORY BOARD.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD, UH, YOU KNOW, WE ATTEND A MONTHLY, UH, MEETING WITH CHINO AND PART OF THEIRS IS TALKING ABOUT KIND OF TEEN PROGRAMMINGS AND THINGS.
AND SO JACOB'S ACTUALLY MADE MENTION, UM, WITH THE, UH, STAFF MEMBERS IN CHINO THAT MAYBE THERE COULD BE A PARTNERSHIP.
WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PART OF THE SAME SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WE HAVE A MEETING EVERY COOK SO OFTEN KIND OF GET TOGETHER ON SOME ACTIVITIES.
SO I THINK THERE'S DEFINITELY OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT.
YEAH, I JUST WANT THE PUBLIC TO HEAR THAT.
SO WE WANT TO TRANSITION? YES.
UH, SAMANTHA, WERE YOU GONNA SAY A FEW WORDS OR DID, WHERE DO YOU WANT TO GO FROM HERE, MELISSA? THAT THAT IS IT.
SO UNLESS YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS OR IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES YOU'D LIKE TO SEE ON THE POLICY THIS EVENING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, APPROVAL AND WE'LL MOVE FORWARD.
WELL, LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST.
COMMISSIONER SAMANTHA, JAMES PARIS.
HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF.
I'M SAMANTHA JAMES PEREZ, PARKS COMMISSIONER FOR CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
AND I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS IN SUPPORT OF THE PROSE PROPOSED TEEN ADVISORY BOARD.
AS YOU KNOW, AND AS, UH, SUPERVISOR ARMIT MENTIONED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSIONERS HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH CLOSELY WITH CITY STAFF, MOST NOTABLY SENIOR SUPERVISOR ARMIT AND, UM, COORDINATOR VELASCO AND A DEDICATED, VERY DEDICATED GROUP OF LOCAL TEAMS TO CREATE THE PROPOSED POLICIES AND DOCUMENTS BEFORE YOU IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH THE PROPOSED TEEN ADVISORY BOARD.
ALL OF THESE DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AND WERE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION AT OUR LAST MEETING.
WE BELIEVE THESE ITEMS FORM A STRONG FOUNDATION, UH, FOR AN ADVISORY BOARD THAT WILL BE VALUABLE TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
AND IF I COULD TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO ANSWER A FEW OF YOUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
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UM, IN RESPONSE TO MAYOR ROGER'S QUESTION, THERE HAS BEEN ACTIVE, VERY ACTIVE CONTACT WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS AND ALSO OUR SCHOOL BOARD, EX OFFICIO PARKS AND REC.UH, MEMBER DAN BRIDGE HAS EXPRESSED HIS DEDICATION, UM, TO PARTNER WITH US AT THE SCHOOL BOARD LEVEL.
UM, THERE IN RESPONSE TO COUNCILMAN JOE'S COMMENT, UM, PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS WERE ACTUALLY BROUGHT UP AT OUR VERY FIRST MEETING BY ME ACTUALLY
AND STAFF ARE VERY AWARE OF THE NEED TO BE INCLUSIVE OF THESE STUDENTS.
AND WE CONTINUE TO BRING IT UP AT OUR, EACH AD, EACH OF OUR AD HOC MEETINGS.
AND IN RESPONSE TO COUNCILMAN BENNETT'S COMMENTS, UM, STAFF WILL BE ONSITE WITH SCHOOL, AT THE SCHOOLS WITH SURVEYS AND APPLICATIONS AS ALLOWED BY THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS.
THE TEENS THEMSELVES, I MUST SAY, ARE ALSO VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT PROMOTING THE TAB IN THEIR SCHOOLS, UM, AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
UM, ALSO, YES, RE RESEARCH WAS DONE REGARDING TEEN ADVISORY COUNCILS IN OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES.
UH, UH, WE MADE SORT OF A LIST OF THE AGGREGATED DATA AND WE TOOK THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN CREATING OUR OWN POLICY.
ANYBODY ELSE COMMENT FROM THE AUDIENCE, FROM OUR VISITORS? ANYBODY? OKAY.
THEN, MR. MAYOR, WE'LL BRING IT BACK UP.
UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK STAFF UH, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, ALL THEIR HARD WORK.
I KNOW THIS, UH, HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR PROBABLY A COUPLE YEARS NOW, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND, UH, I KNOW PETER BEFORE WE BOTH PETER MYSELF, TRIED TO DO THIS BEFORE, AND I'M JUST SO EXCITED THAT WE HAVE, UH, BRIAN IN THIS TIME.
SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE THIS FORWARD.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND I'LL SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OH, SHE'S GONNA DO OKAY.
[19. Receive and file Community Organization Support Program update]
NEXT WE HAVE A AND FILE FOR THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION SUPPORT PROGRAM UPDATE.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
THE REPORT TONIGHT IS INTENDED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION GRANT FUNDING PROGRAM AND AN UPDATE ON THE VARIOUS, UH, THE FUNDS USED TO DATE.
UM, AS A COMPONENT OF THE CITY'S NEW SOLID WASTE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT THAT WENT INTO PLACE ON JULY 22, THE FRANCHISEE IS PROVIDING 40,000 A YEAR OF SUPPORT TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE COUNCIL'S DISCRETION.
IN OCTOBER OF 22, THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE CITY'S COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION GRANT FUNDING POLICY AND DIRECTED STAFF TO ALLOCATE 15,000 OF THE 40,000 TO THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, LEAVING 25,000 OR 5,000 FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBER TO BE ALLOCATED AT THEIR DISCRETION.
TO DATE, WE'VE DISTRIBUTED $3,000 TO PAUSE FOR SUCCESS, $3,000 TO POMONA VALLEY, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO PRICELESS PETS, AND A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO SPECIAL ANGELS FOUNDATION.
WE HAVE TWO MORE IN THE WORKS CURRENTLY, ONE FOR CHINO HILLS 55 PLUS CLUB, AND ONE FOR THE RED BUCKET EQUINE RESCUE.
YOU GOOD? RIGHT? I'LL TAKE, I'M GOOD? YES, I'M GOOD.
THIS IS MORE JUST DISCUSSION AND A REPORT, SO WE'LL MOVE ON UNLESS, UNLESS ANYBODY, OKAY, WE'RE MOVING ON.
[20. Consider adopting resolution opposing Initiative 21-0042A1 - The Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act which would amend the California Constitution with provisions that limit voters' authority and input, adopt new and stricter rules for raising taxes and fees, and make it more difficult to impose fines and penalties for violation of state and local laws]
THE NEXT ITEM IS TO CONSIDER ADOPTING A RESOLUTION, OPPOSING INITIATIVE, 20 1042 A ONE, THE TAXPAYER PROTECTION AND GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY ACT, CITY MANAGER, MONTGOMERY, TO PRESENT.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR ROGERS CITY COUNCIL, AND, UH, RESIDENTS AND ATTENDANCE.
UM, THIS IS A REALLY BIG ISSUE FOR, UH, CITIES AND THE STATE.
UH, UH, AND TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, ON JANUARY 4TH, THE CALIFORNIA BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE FILED, UH, WHAT'S CALLED THE TAXPAYER PROTECTION AND GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY ACT AS AN INITIATIVE, UH, ON FEBRUARY 1ST, 2023, THIS MEASURE QUALIFIED FOR THE 2024 BALLOT.
AND WHILE THIS ACTIVITIES HAPPENED IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, THIS, UH, INITIATIVE HAS BEEN, UH, FLOATING AROUND IN SOME CAPACITY FOR, UH, MORE THAN THE LAST, UH, TWO YEARS.
UM, THIS TAXPAYER PROTECTION AND GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY ACT, UH, UH, IS DESIGNED TO AMEND THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION WITH PROVISIONS THAT RESTRICT THE ABILITY OF THE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, UH, TO, UH, APPROVE OR COLLECT TAXES, FEES, AND OTHER REVENUES.
UH, THE PROCESS THAT'S BEING PRESCRIBED WOULD, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY
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CURTAIL, UH, LOCAL CONTROL, UH, AND WOULD ALSO CURTAIL, UH, UH, VOTER, UH, UH, POSITIONS ON, ON THIS MEASURE.UH, AS AN EXAMPLE FOR THE COMMUNITY, LOCAL GOVERNMENT'S LEVY A VARIETY OF FEES AND OTHER CHARGES TO PROVIDE, UH, CORE SERVICES.
AND WE GO THROUGH A, A OPEN AND ACCOUNTABLE PROCESS THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED.
EVERYTHING FROM CITY PERMITS, UH, AND FEES AND, AND OTHER ASSESSMENTS ALREADY HAVE A STRUCTURE, UH, THAT THIS WOULD, UH, CIRCUMVENT.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, AS A CITY A, UH, LEGISLATIVE, UH, COMMITTEE THAT MEETS TO TRACK LEGISLATION.
I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN ON THE LEDGE COMMITTEE'S, UH, UH, TOP PRIORITY AND RADAR FOR A WHILE.
UH, OUR OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, LIKE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MARQUEZ, WHO SITS ON A VARIETY OF BOARDS, UH, WITH THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES, HAS ALSO SPA PAID SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THIS.
UH, AND I KNOW THAT OUR, UH, UH, LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITY IS A GROUP OF ALL 400 PLUS CITIES THAT TRACK LEGISLATION AND WORK TOGETHER FOR ISSUES THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
UH, IT IS NOT VERY COMMON THAT EVERYONE ALIGNS, UH, IN ONE DIRECTION, BUT WE'RE SEEING PRETTY UNIVERSAL OPPOSITION, UH, TO THIS INITIATIVE.
AND SO TONIGHT WE SIMPLY BRING BEFORE THE COUNCIL THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER, UH, FILING A, UH, LETTER OF OPPOSITION, UH, TO THIS MEASURE.
RAY, ANY COMMENTS BEFORE WE, UH, LOOK FOR A MOTION TO VOTE? YES, MS. MR. ROGERS? I KNOW, UH, BRIAN, I KNOW PROP 47.
I KNOW IT'S SORT OF MISLEADING, UH, SAY ROUTES TO SCHOOL.
I MEAN, WE KNOW THAT IT WASN'T FOR OUR SAFETY PROP 47.
IT ACTUALLY ALLOWED, UH, PEOPLE FROM PRISON TO BASICALLY GET OUT SOONER, UM, AND, AND, AND, UH, LOWER THE THRESHOLD AS FAR AS, UH, UM, UH, CRIMES.
AND THIS IS, SO THIS IS SORT OF MISLEADING TOO.
I MEAN, THE IMPACTS ON THE CITY WILL BE DRAFTED.
IS THAT, IS THAT, UH, TRUE BEN, THAT THIS WAS THE HOUSE? THAT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE.
NOT ONLY CITIES, BUT THE STATE GOVERNMENT WOULD BE ALMOST CRIPPLED BY, UH, AN INITIATIVE LIKE THIS.
AND I KNOW, UH, LAST COUNCIL, OR IF LAST GAG MEETING, MEETING LUCY DUNN, AND EVERYBODY HAS RESPECT FOR HER, SHE'S SUPPORTING THIS INITIATIVE.
UM, AND, AND THE, THE THING IS THAT HER STORY IS THAT SACRAMENTO, THEY KEEP ON RAISING TAXES.
WELL, THIS ISN'T REALLY A TRUE STATEMENT, BUT THAT'S WHAT SHE'S SELLING THE COMMUNITIES OUT THERE.
AND I JUST WANT US TO BE AWARE THAT THIS WILL REALLY AFFECT THE MONIES THAT WE ALREADY RECEIVED.
AND I DON'T WANT TO GO BACKWARDS.
I MEAN, WE, WE, UM, ONLY GET 4% OF THE PROPERTY TAX.
WE DO REALLY GOOD FOR THE AMOUNT OF MONIES THAT WE GET, AND I DON'T WANT TO CRIPPLE US BY GETTING LESS MONIES.
SO I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS, AND I WOULD HOPEFULLY THAT WE COULD, UH, OPPOSE THIS INITIATIVE.
SO, NOT HEARING ANYTHING ELSE, I GUESS LOOK FOR A MOTION TO, OH, THAT'S RIGHT.
WE HAVE, UH, ANY COMMENTS? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
ANYBODY WISH TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? NO.
WITH THAT, ANYBODY WISH TO MAKE A MOTION TO, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND TO OPPOSE INITIATIVE.
21 DASH 0 0 4 2 A ONE, THE TAXPAYER PROTECTION AND GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY ACT.
VOTE COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT? YES.
[21. Review and provide policy direction regarding allocation of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to public service projects; award Program Year 2023-24 CDBG funding for public service projects; and authorize staff to decrease 2023-24 grant awards for public service projects proportionately, with no grant award decreasing to lower than $5,000 if final allocation released by Department of Housing and Urban Development is lower than estimated amount and will impact maximum allowable allocation to public service funds]
NEXT ITEM.WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING THIS, UH, DO YOU WANT TO READ IT? OKAY.
WE ARE, THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT.
SO REVIEW AND PROVIDE POLICY DIRECTION REGARDING ALLOCATION OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS.
I'M NOT GONNA READ THE WHOLE THING.
DO YOU WANNA READ IT, CHERYL, OR DO WE NEED TO NO.
THEN WITH THAT, UH, WE'RE GOING TO, UH, INVITE OUR SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST, ALMA HERNANDEZ, TO PRESENT, UH, INFORMATION ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IN THE NEXT ACTION.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE ARE HERE THIS EVENING TO ALLOCATE THE PUBLIC SERVICE PORTION OF THE CDBG FUNDS.
THIS YEAR, WE RECEIVED FOUR APPLICATIONS FOR A TOTAL FUNDING REQUEST OF 62,360.
THE ANNUAL ALLOCATION RELEASED BY HUD IS 430,672,000 OR 600, SORRY.
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UM, OF 15% OF THAT, WHICH IS 64,600 CAN BE ALLOCATED TO PUBLIC SERVICE GROUPS.COUNCIL HAS THE AUTHORITY TO ALLOCATE THE FULL AMOUNT, A PORTION OF THE AMOUNT OR NO FUNDS TO PUBLIC SERVICE GROUPS.
ANY FUNDING NOT AWARDED WOULD BE REALLOCATED TO THE HOME IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM OR THE LOS RENOS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT.
JUST WANTED TO MAKE A NOTE THAT, UM, INLAND FAIR HOUSING AND MEDIATION BOARD, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR APPLICANTS TONIGHT, IS OUR FAIR HOUSING PROVIDER.
SO THEY WILL ALSO BE ALLOCATED FUNDING FOR THAT SERVICE WHEN WE APPROVE THE ANNUAL AUCTION PLAN IN MAY.
UM, WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE ORGANIZATIONS HERE TONIGHT TO REVIEW THEIR PROPOSAL AND TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE.
SO IF WE'D LIKE TO CALL UP, CAN YOU OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? YES.
SO WE, IF IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING, WE'LL OPEN IT UP AND THAT'S ALLOWS THE PARTICIPANTS TO MAKE THEIR PITCHES TO THE, UH, COUNSEL? YES.
I HAVE A COUPLE, UM, ON ZOOM AS WELL AS A COUPLE IN PERSON.
WE'LL CALL THEM IN PERSON FIRST.
EVENING, MAYOR ROGERS, VICE MAYOR MORAN COUNCIL MEMBER, CITY MANAGER AND STAFF.
I'M WITH THE CHINO NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE.
I'M THE BOARD PRESIDENT, AND I'M HERE TO REQUEST, UH, $20,000 IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS BE AWARDED TO THE CHINO NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE.
AS YOU KNOW, CHINO NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE HAS BEEN PROVIDING, UH, GROCERY SERVICES TO LOW INCOME NEIGHBORS IN NEED IN THE CHINO VALLEY SINCE 1945.
WE PROVIDE OUR SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS, UH, STUDENTS, FAMILIES, SENIOR CITIZENS THAT LIVE WITHIN THE CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES, INCLUDING CHINO AND CHINO HILLS.
UH, AS WE ALL KNOW AND HAVE FELT RECENTLY, THE INCREASE IN COST OF LIVING HAS AFFECTED US ALL, AND ESPECIALLY OUR LOW INCOME, UH, FAMILIES AND NEIGHBORS IN NEED.
UH, WITH THAT IS ALSO AFFECTED THE CHINO NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE IN A COUPLE OF WAYS.
ONE BEING THAT IN A POSITIVE MANNER, OUR REGISTRATION NUMBERS ARE UP, UH, DRAMATICALLY.
UM, WHEREAS A COUPLE YEARS AGO, WE WERE SERVING ABOUT 800 INDIVIDUALS PER MONTH.
WE ARE CURRENTLY SERVING APPROXIMATELY 1200 INDIVIDUALS PER MONTH RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE EXPECTING THAT TO INCREASE BY THE END OF THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WHICH WOULD BE JUNE, 2024.
UM, AND SECONDLY, IT'S AFFECTED US IN THE WAY THAT THE COST OF GROCERIES HAVE INCREASED IT.
SO NOT ONLY ARE WE TRYING TO PROVIDE GROCERIES FOR MORE INDIVIDUALS AND LOW INCOME RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, WERE ALSO, UH, FACED WITH THE INCREASE OF COST OF GOODS.
SO WHERE WE WERE SPENDING APPROXIMATELY $600 PER WEEK TO FEED 800 INDIVIDUALS EVERY MONTH, WE'RE CURRENTLY SPENDING ABOUT $1,700 PER WEEK TO FEED APPROXIMATELY 1200 TO PROVIDE US TO APPROXIMATELY 1200 INDIVIDUALS EVERY MONTH.
UM, SO WITH THAT, YOU CAN SEE THE NEED FOR US IS GREAT.
UH, WE ANTICIPATE THAT TO INCREASE, UH, WE ARE SERVING MORE INDIVIDUALS NOW THAN WE DID DURING THE PANDEMIC, WHICH COMES TO A SURPRISE TO ME.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE IN OUR CURRENT, UH, ECONOMY, THE NEED, UH, IS GREAT.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING IS PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES TO THEM.
UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY PROVIDING SERVICES ALREADY TO APPROXIMATELY 110 RESIDENTS OF CHINO HILLS.
WE ANTICIPATE THAT TO BE 150 BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2024.
AND, UH, THE 20,000 THAT WE ARE REQUESTING WILL GO TOWARDS THOSE RESIDENTS SPECIFICALLY.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, OR I KNOW YOU'RE A, A, A NUMBERS GUY, UM, AT THE 150, UH, RESIDENTS PER MONTH BENCHMARK, WE, UH, ANTICIPATE THERE'LL BE ABOUT $11 PER RESIDENT PER CHINO HILLS RESIDENT PER MONTH.
UH, CURRENTLY AT THE 110 THAT WE'RE SERVING, IT'S APPROXIMATELY, UH, $15 PER MONTH.
YOU KNOW, WE ALSO PROVIDE BACKPACKS, HOLIDAY MEALS, HOLIDAY TOYS, AND BIKES.
I JUST WANT TO ASK TWO THINGS.
NUMBER ONE, THAT IF YOU KNOW OF SOMEBODY WHO NEEDS A GROCERY ASSISTANCE, THAT YOU PLEASE REFER THEM TO CHINO NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE.
AND SECONDLY THAT YOU CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE, UH, CHINO NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE WITH THE CDBG FUNDS.
AND, UH, WITH THAT, I'LL CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION AND OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
YOU BROUGHT THE AT THE RED LIGHT RIGHT THERE.
ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS OF KEVIN? WE ALL KNOW THE PROGRAM VERY KEVIN, WASN'T THERE SOMETHING EXCITING THAT HAPPENED WITH RESPECT TO THE, UH, HOUSE AS FAR AS THE FACILITY THAT YOU'RE IN? ABSOLUTELY.
THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY, WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE THE BUILDING THAT WE HAD BEEN RENTING FOR DECADES.
AND, UH, THAT WAS A GREAT THING BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, WE WERE ACTUALLY PAYING $200 PER MONTH FOR THE RENT OF OUR SPACE.
WE HAVE A STOREFRONT, RIGHT? SO YOU CAN'T FIND THAT ANYWHERE WERE WE TO MOVE, BE IT RENT OR TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY.
OUR MORTGAGE OR RENT WAS GONNA BE ABOUT $2,000 PER MONTH, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE A GREAT INCREASE IN WHAT WE WERE PAYING COMPARED TO WHAT WE'RE PAYING NOW, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO STAY, WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO US BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY, UM, DOING A GREAT, UH, JOB.
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FORWARD TO CELEBRATING THAT.WE'RE GONNA HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING ON APRIL 27TH.
BUT AS EXCITING AS THAT IS, IT DID INCREASE OUR BUDGET, OF COURSE.
UM, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS WE HAVE NO PAID EMPLOYEES, NO PAID UM, STAFF, NO EMPLOYEE, UH, PAID BOARD MEMBERS.
ALL THE FUNDS GO DIRECTLY INTO OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THANKS AGAIN, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO CELEBRATING WITH YOU ALL ON APRIL 27TH AT THE RIBBON.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LESLIE TEPE AND ZELDA FLORES.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR ROGERS, VICE MAYOR MORAN CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF.
I'M A REGIONAL MANAGER FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY LIBRARY, AND I OVERLOOK THE JAMES S DELINO HILLS BRANCH LIBRARY.
UM, WE'RE HERE TO REQUEST, UH, $15,000 FOR CDPG FUNDING FOR OUR LITERACY PROGRAM.
BUT BEFORE I SPEAK ABOUT OUR PROGRAM, I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE TO THE COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF, OUR NEW INTERN BRANCH MANAGER AT THE, UH, JAMES S DOMAN CHIMA HILLS BRANCH LIBRARY.
SHE HAS BEEN WITH THE COUNTY LIBRARY FOR NINE YEARS, AND SHE COMES TO US FROM CHINO BRANCH LIBRARY.
UM, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT OUR ADULT LITERACY PROGRAM.
THE GOAL OF OUR LITERACY PROGRAM IS TO ASSIST ENGLISH SPEAKING ADULTS TO READ AND WRITE AT A LEVEL THAT WILL HELP THEM SUCCEED AND ACCOMPLISH GOALS IN EVERYDAY LIFE.
THE GOALS OF OUR PROGRAM PARTICIPATE.
PARTICIPANTS MAY VARY, BUT OFTEN INCLUDE APPLYING FOR A JOB, ACCESSING THE INTERNET, PASSING A WRITTEN DMV EXAM, HELPING THEIR CHILDREN WITH HOMEWORK, OR OBTAINING A G E D OR OTHER DEGREE THAT WILL BETTER QUALIFY THEM TO ENTER THE WORKFORCE OR IMPROVE THEIR CURRENT POSITIONS.
OUR PROGRAM SERVES THE COMMUNITY DIRECTLY BY OFFERING TWO DISTINCT SERVICES, INDIVIDUAL TUTORING IN WHICH LEARNERS ARE PAIRED OF ONE-ON-ONE WITH VOLUNTEER TUTORS FOR IN INSTRUCTION IN READING AND IN WRITING.
MATURE DRIVERS EDUCATION, WHICH PROVIDES INSTRUCTION ON DMV GUIDELINES AND PRACTICE TESTS FOR SENIORS NEEDING TO RETAKE THE WRITTEN EXAM, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY POPULAR THIS PAST TWO SESSIONS.
SO, GENERALLY SPEAKING, OUR PROGRAM HAS BEEN VERY POPULAR IN THE COMMUNITY.
IN THE 2122 FISCAL YEAR, WE SERVE 40 LEARNERS WITH INDIVIDUAL TUTORING AND 40 PARTICIPANTS IN OUR MATURE DRIVER'S EDUCATION PROGRAM.
THIS LAST FISCAL YEAR, WE SAW IMPROVEMENT IN OUR PROGRAM AFTER WE RETURNED TO NORMAL SERVICES AT THE LIBRARY.
CURRENTLY, WE HAVE SERVED 24 LEARNERS WITH INDIVIDUAL TUTORS AND 54 INDIVIDUALS IN OUR MATURE DRIVERS' EDUCATION PROGRAM.
THIS PROGRAM HAS HAD A PROFOUND IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF OUR LEARNERS.
IN THE PAST YEAR, WE HAD LEARNERS WHO HAVE GONE FROM UNEMPLOYED TO EMPLOYED WITH FULL-TIME JOBS BECAUSE OF THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE LITERACY PROGRAM.
THERE HAS ALSO BEEN SUCCESS IN READING AND COMPREHENSION TO LEARNERS HAVE DEVELOPED AND IMPROVE THEIR READING SKILLS TO BE ABLE TO SIGN UP, REGISTER, AND ATTEND CLASSES AT THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE, HOPING TO EVENTUALLY LAUNCH A NEW CAREER.
MANY OF OUR LEARNERS HAVE ALSO EXPRESSED HAVING MORE CONFIDENCE IN BEING ABLE TO BECOME MORE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.
THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
WITH YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HELPING MANY MORE ADULTS REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AS PARENTS, EMPLOYEES, AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT OUR LITERACY PROGRAM IN YOUR CONSIDERATION TO CONTINUE TO SERVE AND EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
ANY QUESTIONS OF OUR LIBRARY SYSTEM? UH, JUST ONE, WHEN DO YOU HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO, UH, TO MAKE ABOUT, UH, SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING, UH, PRETTY SOON? WOULD YOU LIKE TO LOOK AT PUBLIC THAT
SO WE ARE HAVING, UM, A REOPENING OF THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARY.
OUR CHILDREN'S LIBRARY IS CURRENTLY CLOSED, AND AGAIN, TO THE GREAT SUPPORT OF ROD AND, AND BEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UM, AND WORKING WITH US, WE'RE TRANSFORMING THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARY TO A SPACE THEME.
WE'RE CURRENTLY TODAY, IF YOU GUYS WERE HERE, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONTAINERS OUT IN THE PARKING LOT.
UH, ALL THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED, BUT, UM, THEY'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON BUILDING THE SPACE CAPSULE, AN ISS MODULE IN THERE, AND WHERE CHILDREN'S WILL BE ABLE TO DREAM THE SKY IS THE LIMIT.
AND, UM, THIS SATURDAY FROM NINE TO ONE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BIG PARTY CELEBRATING THE NEW CHILDREN'S LIBRARY AND, UM, THE GREAT REVEAL AROUND 9 45.
JOSE HERNANDEZ, THIS WAS HERE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, PRESENTING TO YOU GUYS WILL BE HERE WITH US AS WELL TO CELEBRATE THE NEW CHILDREN'S LIBRARY.
SO IF YOU WANT TO MEET AN ASTRONAUT, COME TO THE LIBRARIAN ON SATURDAY.
OR YOU WANNA DREAM BIG INTERESTING
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WHY NOT? AND HE JUST CAN FINALLY MAKE IT TO SPACE.HE REALLY IS AN OUT OF THIS WORLD KIND OF GUY.
DON'T ENCOURAGE HIM, EVERYBODY.
DO NOT ENCOURAGE HIM MOVING ALONG.
OKAY, CHERYL, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALICIA LOPEZ.
I HAVEN'T ENABLED, UH, YOUR MICROPHONE.
IF YOU'LL PLEASE JUST ACCEPT THE INVITATION TO SPEAK.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, I'LL BE BRIEF WITH MY TIME HERE.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF INLAND FAIR HOUSING AND MEDIATION BOARD.
UM, OUR AGENCY PROVIDES FAIR HOUSING AND LANDLORD TENANT SERVICES FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
UH, WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR THESE MUCH NEEDED SERVICES, AND, UH, JUST GIVE YOU A THANK YOU FOR THAT.
RAY, ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, SO WE'RE MOVING ON.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MELISSA PITTS.
I AM THE CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER FOR HOUSE OF RUTH.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU.
WE ARE HERE TO REQUEST $15,360.
HOUSE OF RUTH HAS BEEN SERVING EASTERN LOS ANGELES AND WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES, INCLUDING THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS FOR 45 YEARS.
DURING THAT TIME, THE AGENCY HAS THROWN FROM A VOLUNTEER RUN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE TO A FULL SERVICE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGENCY.
PROGRAMS INCLUDE OUR EMERGENCY SHELTER, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, RAPID REHOUSING, OUR 24 HOUR HOTLINE, INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP COUNSELING, CHILD ABUSE, TREATMENT, CASE MANAGEMENT, AND EDUCATIONAL CLASSES.
IN ADDITION, HEALTH OF RUTH'S COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND EXTENSION PROGRAMS EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY GROUPS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, PARTNERING AGENCIES, COLLEGE GROUPS, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, FACULTIES, AND STUDENTS IN LOCAL SCHOOLS.
TOPICS COVERED IN PREVENTION, EDUCATION, WORKSHOP, UH, SHOPS ARE EXTENSIVE, BUT THEY INCLUDE HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS, ANGER MANAGEMENT, CULTURAL AWARENESS, TEEN DATING, VIOLENCE RESOURCES AVAILABLE ON HOW TO HELP SOMEONE WHO MIGHT BE A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
HOUSE IS A LONGTIME RECIPIENT OF CDBG FUNDING FROM THE CITY OF KEN HILLS.
IN PREVIOUS YEARS, THE FUNDING WAS USED FOR OUTREACH AND PREVENTION SERVICES.
WE ARE MAKING A CHANGE TO OUR PROJECT REQUEST THIS YEAR TO, UH, EXPAND OUR HOUSING PROGRAM AND INCORPORATE LONGER TERM SUPPORT FOR HOUSING CLIENTS.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF HOMELESSNESS FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
IMAGINE THE TRAUMA OF LEAVING AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP COMPOUNDED BY NOT HAVING A PLACE TO LIVE.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOUSING FIRST MODEL IS APPROACH THAT FOCUSES ON SURVIVORS GETTING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOUSING INTO, UH, STABLE HOUSING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AND THEN PROVIDING THE NECESSARY SUPPORT AS THEY REBUILD THEIR LIVES.
HOUSE RUTH SERVICES SERVICES PROGRAMS ADDRESS THE NEED FOR SURVIVORS HOUSING IN OUR COMMUNITY BY ASSISTING FAMILIES WITH HOUSING NAVIGATION AND PLACEMENT INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.
THIS PROGRAM WILL ENSURE THE LONG-TERM STABILITY OF THAT HOUSING TO PREVENT FAMILIES FROM FALLING BACK INTO HOMELESSNESS.
OUR HOUSING PROGRAM HAS BEEN GROWING RAPIDLY SINCE ITS CREATION AND FACILITATES ITS CONTINUED GROWTH.
WE NEED ADEQUATE STAFFING AND LONG-TERM HOUSING RETENTION FOR CLIENTS.
THIS HOUSE OF RUTH'S RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM WAS CREATED IN 2017.
THE DEMAND FOR HOUSING NAVIGATION AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE CONTINUES TO GROW.
WE PLAN TO UTILIZE THE CBG FUNDING TO FURTHER EXPAND HOUSING SERVICES, UH, PROGRAMMED BY CREATING HOUSING RETENTION SPECIALISTS ON STAFF.
THIS STAFF MEMBER WILL LEAD A DEPARTMENT IN TRACKING OUTCOMES FOR HOUSING PLACEMENTS.
UM, HOUSE OF RUTH WILL, UH, HAVE SUCCESSFULLY SUPPORTED 96 FAMILIES IN THIS PAST YEAR IN BOTH LA AND SAN BERNARD BERNARDINO COUNTY WITH HOUSING SERVICES SUCH AS RENTAL SUBSIDIES, EVICTION PREVENTION, MOVE-IN ASSISTANCE, AND EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHERS.
WE HAVE ANOTHER 80 FAMILIES IN VARIOUS STAGES WAITING FOR SUPPORT, INCLUDING FAMILIES IN CHINO HILLS THAT HAVE INQUIRED ABOUT EVICTION PREVENTION ASSISTANCE
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TO MAINTAIN THEIR PERMANENT HOUSING.OUR HOUSING NAVIGATOR CONTINUOUSLY WORKS TO SOURCE LANDLORDS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITHIN CHINO, CAMIL, CHINO HILLS, EXCUSE ME.
OUR COMMITMENT TO SERVING CHINO HILLS RESIDENTS, WHETHER IT'S RESPONDING TO A LATE NIGHT CALL, HOTLINE CALL, OFFER AN EMERGENCY SHELTER, PROVIDING HOUSING RESOURCES OR EDUCATION REMAINS FIRM.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE BEFORE WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT IS THE FINAL SPEAKER? AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY OTHER HANDS RAISED UNLESS THERE'S SOMEBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT'S WISHES ANYBODY TO SPEAK? ANYBODY? YES.
DO YOU WANNA MAKE A COMMENT? COME ON UP TO THE MICROPHONE.
IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, SO, OKAY.
UM, I'M SURE SOME OF YOU KNOW ME AND, AND THANK YOU, AND I KNOW RAY AND, UH, BUT I WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HELPING LA SERRANOS.
UM, I WAS A MEMBER WHEN IT BEGAN WITH, UH, THE LOS RONALDS IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE.
AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE THINGS YOU HAVE DONE THERE.
AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING THE DUMPSTERS, YOU KNOW, SO PEOPLE CAN CLEAN UP THEIR OWN PROPERTIES,
AND I SEE IT DEVELOPING MORE AND MORE.
AND I JUST WISH THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE GIVING BLOCK GRANT MONEY TO AL SERRANOS.
AND THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.
THAT'S WHY I HAVE TWO HOUSES HERE.
ANYBODY ELSE ON THIS, ON THIS SUBJECT? THIS SUBJECT HAS TO BE ON THIS SUBJECT.
WE'VE PASSED A COMMENT PERIOD, UH, EARLIER FOR GENERAL COMMENTS.
THAT WAS PROBABLY AN HOUR AGO HERE.
SO ON CDBG, ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY.
WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK UP.
AND I'M GONNA TOSS IT OVER TO ART WHO SOMETIMES FACILITATES THIS EFFORT.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S THE, UH, THE CURSE OF BEING A NUMBERS GUY.
ALMA, I'D LIKE YOU TO JUST VERIFY FOR US THE TOTAL FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION TONIGHT ARE 64,002 $600, CORRECT? CORRECT.
IF WE WERE TO GRANT ALL OF THE REQUESTED DOLLAR AMOUNTS, IT WOULD EQUAL $62,360 OR $2,240 SHORT OF WHAT WE ARE, UH, HAVE AVAILABLE TO DISPERSE.
WITH THAT CONFIRMATION, UH, I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS.
AND, AND IF WE GO DOWN THE LIST AND WE COMPARE THIS YEAR'S REQUESTED AMOUNTS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR'S ACTUAL GIVEN, GIVEN THE FACT THAT THERE WERE OTHER RECIPIENTS LAST YEAR, UH, COUNTY LIBRARY LAST YEAR RECEIVED $9,400, THEY'RE ASKING FOR 15,000 THIS YEAR.
AND THESE ARE JUST BY WAY OF COMPARISONS, NOT, NOT ANY.
YOU WANNA CORRECT WHY THAT HAPPENED? YES.
SO LA LAST YEAR'S ALLOCATION WAS ACTUALLY 387,000, WHICH CHANGED OUR PERCENTAGE OF HOW MUCH WE COULD ALLOCATE THIS.
DIDN'T IT ALSO DROP WHEN, ONCE WE SET THE AMOUNTS, DIDN'T THEY GET REDUCED AMOUNTS AS WELL? YES.
UH, HOUSE OF RUTH, UH, THIS YEAR, THEY'RE ASKING FOR 15 360.
THEY RECEIVED 12,800 LAST YEAR INLAND FAIR HOUSING MEDIATION SERVICES ASKING FOR 12,000.
THEY RECEIVED 6,000 LAST YEAR.
AND CHINO NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ASKING 20,000 THIS YEAR RECEIVED 8,500 LAST YEAR.
SO COMPARED TO THE $62,000 THAT THESE FOUR ARE REQUESTING THIS YEAR, THEY ONLY RECEIVED $21,300 LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF, UH, WHAT WAS GOING ON.
I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS JUST, UH, ENTITY BY ENTITY TALK ABOUT THE, UH, AMOUNT THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR, SEE WHETHER OR NOT WE AGREE WITH THAT, WHETHER WE WANT TO ADJUST THEM INDIVIDUALLY, AND THAT'S HOW WE KIND OF DO THIS THING.
UM, ANY REMAINING SUMS DO GO INTO A DIFFERENT POOL, THOUGH IT'S NOT AS IF WE HAVE TO USE EVERY DOLLAR, IF THAT'S CORRECT, SERRANOS CORRECT.
OR, UH, LOS SERRANOS ARE HOME IMPROVEMENT.
AND HOW, HOW, HOW, UM, MUCH OF THE LOS SONOS HOUSE IMPROVEMENT, UH, PROGRAM HAVE WE ACTUALLY DISPERSED? I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE'S A DOLLAR AMOUNT ON THAT, AND HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE ACTUALLY APPLIED, JUST SO WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, HAVE THAT OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD.
UH, FOR HOME IMPROVEMENT, CURRENTLY, UH, WE'VE AWARDED 10.
SO ABOUT, UM, I WOULD SAY 80,000 OF THAT HAS BEEN AWARDED.
I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT THAT NOT THAT MANY HAD APPLIED LAST YEAR, ALMA.
THAT'S GREAT THAT THERE'S SO FOR, UH, FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR.
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RIGHT.OVER OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE ACTUALLY GIVEN THEM WELL OVER A MILLION DOLLARS, CORRECT? LOS SHUTTLES? YES.
YOU MEAN, UH, OVERALL, AND I THINK IT, THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THAT OVERALL, RIGHT? AND IF THEY, THIS MONEY ISN'T BEING USED, WE CAN ACTUALLY, UM, MOVE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE, RIGHT? YES.
IF WE AGREE TO, TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
IF THEY DON'T USE IT, WE CAN MOVE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE LATER, UH, THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
HAVEN'T WE DONE, I MEAN, WE'VE DONE ON THE WHOLE INFRASTRUCTURE 23 MILLION MM-HMM.
I, I BELIEVE OUR TOTAL INVESTMENT IN THE, UH, LOS SERRANOS, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH CITY MONEY AND, UH, CDBG MONEY, LIKE THIS IS WELL OVER $20 MILLION.
SAFE WALKS, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL, AND ALL THE COM COMMINGLE GRANTS, ET CETERA.
STREET LIGHTS, STREET IMPROVEMENTS, CURB, CURB GUTTERS, WHERE WE COULD, WHERE WE COULD BUILD THEM AND STILL ALLOW PEOPLE TO DRIVE DOWN THE STREET.
BEFORE ART GOES THROUGH THIS, DOES ANYBODY WANT TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS IN GENERAL BEFORE WE START KIND OF HONING IN ON MONIES? OKAY.
I DON'T HAVE ANY REC REAL RECOMMENDATION.
I, I WILL JUST SAY, I THINK THE LIBRARY, NOT ONLY WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, UH, WITH THE NEW SPACE EDITION AND EVERYTHING ELSE, IT DOESN'T JUST, UH, HELP OUT THOSE READING OR THOSE PEOPLE WITH LITERACY ISSUES.
I THINK JUST WHAT THEY DO IN OUR PO IN OUR COMMUNITY IS FANTASTIC.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR, I DON'T THINK IS AN OUTRAGEOUS AMOUNT AT ALL.
I THINK IT'S, IT'S TRULY, TRULY SUPPORTED HOUSE OF RUTH WITH ALL OF THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THAT IS GOING ON IN OUR SOCIETY RIGHT NOW.
UH, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK IF THERE'S ANY EXTRA MONEY THAT WE DECIDE THAT WE'RE GONNA DISTRIBUTE THAT IT SHOULD PROBABLY END UP THERE.
UH, INLAND HA, FAIR HOUSING MEDIATION SERVICES.
UM, CANDIDLY, I, I THINK MAYBE THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MUCH OF AN ASK.
THEY WANT TO DOUBLE WHAT THEY GOT, SO I THINK THERE'S POSSIBLY SOME ADDITIONAL DOLLARS THERE THAT WE COULD CONSIDER REDISTRIBUTING SOMEWHERE ELSE OR KEEPING MM-HMM.
UH, THEY RECEIVED 8,500 LAST YEAR.
WE WOULD'VE PROBABLY GIVEN THEM MORE IF WE HAD MORE AVAILABLE.
SO THEIR 20,000 IS SOLID, AND POTENTIALLY MAYBE THEY COULD ALSO BE THE RECIPIENT OF A, A FEW DOLLARS MORE.
I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU SAID.
SO IF THAT'S AN AGREEMENT, THEN LET'S PICK SOME NUMBERS.
YEAH, WE, I WOULD, NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE 20,000 IS A LOT OF MONEY.
I, IN MY MIND, 20 THOUSANDS THE MOST I WANT TO GIVE TO ANYBODY.
SO IF WE STICK WITH 20 ON THAT, ARE YOU GOOD WITH 20, AS YOU SAID, YOU AGREED WITH WHAT HE WAS SAYING? WE WERE ONLY 2000 SHORT OF ON THE WHOLE FUNDING.
THE ONLY ONE I AGREE WITH THE INLAND FAIR HOUSING, I DON'T AGREE WITH GIVING THEM GETTING $12,000.
I SAY GIVEN UP, WE GAVE 'EM LAST YEAR.
SO THAT WILL PROVIDE ANOTHER 6,000 AVAILABLE, UH, TO BE DISPERSED TO SOMEONE ELSE.
OR, AND WE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE FOR THAT IF DEPENDING, UH, COUNTY LIBRARY.
I THINK THE 15 IS PROBABLY PRETTY, PRETTY GOOD.
THEY'RE STILL, THEY'RE GETTING ABOUT A 50% RAISE OVER LAST YEAR.
I THINK HOUSE OF RUTH DEFINITELY SHOULD GET SOME ADDITIONAL DOLLARS.
IF WE GAVE THEM THE ORIGINAL OVERAGE OF 2240, THAT WOULD BRING THEM UP TO 17,600.
AND THEN IT WOULD JUST BE A MATTER OF, OKAY, WHERE DO WE PUT THE 6,000 ADDITIONAL FROM INLAND FAIR HOUSING MEDIATION? AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE TO PUT IT INTO THIS FORWARD CARRY.
LARGE, IN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, PETER, CUZ I WAS IN AGREEMENT TOO, IT'S 20,000 DOES SOUND LIKE A BIG ASK, BUT I THINK WHAT UM, SOLD ME WAS WHEN KEVIN WAS GIVING THE, UM, THE PER PERSON COST.
AND WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THESE FUNDS IS THAT THE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE TO ACTUALLY PROVE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE SERVED.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE JUST GIVE THEM A CHECK FOR 20,000.
UM, SO THAT'S WHY I FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT IF THEY CAN TRULY SERVE THAT MANY PEOPLE FOR THAT PRICE PER MONTH, I I'M COMFORTABLE.
EVEN THOUGH I DID HAVE A LITTLE STICKER SHOP MYSELF UNTIL HE BROKE IT DOWN FOR ME.
AND I, I WILL TELL YOU, I I WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM RECOMMENDING THAT THAT 6,000, IF WE WANTED TO REDISTRIBUTE IT, UH, A PORTION OF IT COULD GO TO CHINO NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE AND WE COULD, UH, ALSO PUT ADDITIONAL TO HAUS OF RUTH BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE IS JUST, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE THE UNSPOKEN OR THEY'RE THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T SEEM TO BE REPRESENTED ENOUGH.
I, I THINK THAT WHEN THE, UM, WE WERE MAKING REFERENCE TO THE, UM, THE STREET IMPROVEMENTS TO LA SERRANOS, WHICH ARE ACCURATE OF COURSE, BUT UM, YOU KNOW, THE HOME IMPROVEMENT GRANTS ARE SEPARATE.
AND WE HAVE, WE'RE GETTING MORE TRACTION IN THAT NOW, WHICH I REALLY AM PLEASED TO HEAR THAT 10 PEOPLE APPLIED.
SO I WOULD PREFER ANY EXTRA MONEY GO TO THE HOME, THE HOME IMPROVEMENT GRANTS SINCE IT'S BEEN UTILIZED.
I SAY YEAH, CUT THE MEDIATING THE
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INLAND VALLEY OR YEAH.INLAND FAIR HOUSING MEDIATION BOARD.
CUT THAT TO SIX GRAND THAT THEY GOT LAST YEAR AND THEN PUT THE OTHER SIX TO TOWARDS THE, UH, LOS SERRANOS HOME IMPROVEMENT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GIVING ALL THE ASKS.
THEIR NUMBER EXCEPT FOR INLAND.
AND WE'RE, I'M ACTUALLY PROPOSING THAT WE GIVE RUTH HOUSE OF RUTH INCREASE THEM FROM 15 360 TO 17 SIX AND WE'RE STILL, UH, WE'D STILL BE AT A POINT WHERE WE'D BE THEN ALLOCATING, I BELIEVE 56,360 TOTAL.
DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT? NO, 58 6, EXCUSE ME.
HOW MUCH IS GONNA GO TO THE HOME IMPROVEMENT GRANTS THEN? 6,000.
WE'D BE TAKING 6,000 THAT WE WOULDN'T GIVE TO INLAND FAIR HOUSING.
UH, UH, PUT THEM BACK TO LAST YEAR'S OF 6,000.
TAKE THE OTHER 6,000 THEY'RE ASKING FOR AND PUT IT TOWARDS, UH, HOME IMPROVEMENT.
AND THEN, SO WE'D BE AT 15,000 FOR THE LIBRARY.
17,600 FOR HOUSE OF RUTH, 6,000 FOR INLAND FAIR HOUSING AND 20,000 FOR CHINO NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE.
AND THAT SHOULD TOTAL $58,600 THAT LOOK LIKE DOES THE MATH WORK, ALMA, JUST PUT ON THE SPOT, LIKE TO DO IT BY HAND.
NOW, WELL, IF THAT'S A MOTION, I'LL SECOND IT.
RAY, DID THAT VERIFY? UH, SO THEN THE SIX EXTRA THOUSAND WOULD BE FOR THE HOME HOME HOME IMPROVEMENT GRANT, RIGHT? YES.
SO WE'D BE DISTRIBUTING 58 6 OUT OF THE 64 6 AND THE 6,000 WOULD GO TO THE HOME IMPROVEMENT AND, RIGHT.
WE'RE ALMOST SMOKE'S COMING OUTTA HER EARS.
SO WHO MADE THE MOTION? I, I MOTIONED IN SECOND.
CONGRATULATE THE FOUR ENTITIES.
[ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT]
ALL RIGHT.MOVING ON TO OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT.
GOOD EVENING COUNCIL STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
JUST A FEW QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT.
FREE COUNTY RUN VACCINE EVENTS CONTINUE TO BE HELD ON SELECT TUESDAYS OF EACH MONTH AT THE MCCOY CENTER, AND BLOOD DRIVES CONTINUE EVERY TUESDAY FROM 12 TO 5:00 PM AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER PARKING.
LOT MORE INFORMATION AND DETAILS ON HOW TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT CAN ALWAYS BE FOUND ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
AS MENTIONED EARLIER, DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, RESIDENTS ARE INVITED TO JOIN THE LIBRARY FOR THE GRAND REOPENING OF THE CHILDREN'S SPACE ON MARCH 18TH, FROM NINE TO 9:00 AM TO 1:00 PM THE CHILDREN'S AREA HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO AN INTER GALACTIC SPACE THEME AREA WITH INTERACTIVE FEATURES SUCH AS A SPACE STATION, WHERE KIDS CAN WATCH VIDEOS OF SPACE LAUNCHES IN A MISSION CONTROL CENTER.
THE EVENT WILL INCLUDE CRAFTS, FACE PAINTERS, AND A SPECIAL VISIT WITH THE RETIRED ASTRONAUT, UH, MENTIONED EARLIER.
AND IN RECREATION AND CITY NEWS.
POPUP CITY HALL WILL BE TAKING INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY IN VISITING 99 RANCH MARKET ON APRIL 1ST FROM 8:00 AM TO 11:00 AM CITY STAFF AND OFFICIALS FROM THE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE DISTRICT WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE.
RESIDENTS CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT CITY SERVICES AND PUBLIC SAFETY AND RECEIVE A FREE POCKET SIZE FLASHLIGHT WHILE SUPPLIES LAST.
AND LASTLY, ENTRIES FOR THE WATER CONSERVATION DESIGN ASSIGNED CONTEST ARE DUE THIS FRIDAY.
THE THEME THIS YEAR IS WATER'S LIFE TREASURE.
EVERY DROP, YOUNG ARTISTS FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12TH GRADE WHO LIVE OR ATTEND SCHOOL IN CHINO HILLS ARE INVITED TO SUBMIT AN ENTRY WINNING POSTERS FROM EACH AGE CATEGORY ARE TURNED INTO SCIENCE AND DISPLAYED IN THE ROUNDABOUT IN FRONT OF CITY HALL AND THROUGH, UH, VARIOUS PARKS AND NEAR SCHOOLS.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PI REPORT, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
NICOLE, JUST CLARIFICATION, ARE WE GONNA HAVE A FORMAL RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE LIBRARY? AND IF SO, AT WHAT TIME BETWEEN IT WILL TAKE PLACE DURING THE SATURDAY'S EVENT AT 9:45 AM YES, IT WILL BE, YES.
I THOUGHT YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT WAY.
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RIGHT.OUR FIRE CHIEF DAVE WILLIAMS. GOOD EVENING MAYOR, COUNSEL, STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS UNDER CURRENT EVENTS.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO INFORM YOU THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT OF OUR RFP PROCESS FOR AMBULANCE SERVICES.
THAT RFP IS DUE TO THE COUNTY ON MARCH 23RD.
WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT, UH, THAT WE'RE GONNA BE IN A GOOD POSITION TO GET CONSIDERATION.
UM, SO AGAIN, JUST, UH, CONTINUE TO WATCH THAT.
UH, THEY WILL AWARD THAT BID, UH, AROUND MAY 18TH, SO WE'LL LIKELY KNOW SLIGHTLY BEFORE THAT.
UH, THEN FOLLOWING THAT, THERE'LL BE ABOUT, UH, IF WE, IF WE'RE SUCCESSFUL, IT TAKES ABOUT ANOTHER YEAR TO DEVELOP OUT THE FULL, UH, SCOPE OF THE PROGRAM.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
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WE HAVE SEVERAL PERSONNEL, ALTHOUGH WE, UH, MAINTAIN FULL STAFFING, UH, LOCALLY, WE DO HAVE SEVERAL PERSONNEL HELPING OUT UP IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH THE, UH, LOCAL WEATHER, UH, CHALLENGES UP THERE.AND, UH, PROBABLY MOST IMPORTANTLY FOR ME TO MENTION TONIGHT IS OUR HOMETOWN HERO AWARD PROGRAM.
UH, IT'S A PROGRAM INITIATED AROUND OUR HIGH PERFORMANCE CPR PROGRAM.
UH, IT REALLY GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE GREAT WORK OF OUR PERSONNEL.
AND WHEN I SAY PERSONNEL, THAT INCLUDES OUR FIRE PERSONNEL ON OUR APPARATUS, OUR DISPATCHERS, AND OUR LOCAL HOSPITALS.
UH, SO IT INCLUDES ALL OF OUR PERSONNEL AND, UH, LOCAL COLLABORATORS.
AND, UH, MOST IMPORTANT, IMPORTANTLY, THE WONDERFUL ENGAGEMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, TO INITIATE LIFESAVING EFFORTS BEFORE RE RESCUE PERSONNEL ARRIVED.
UH, SO, UH, LAST BOARD MEETING, UH, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE, UH, THREE FOLKS, TWO, THAT WERE DIRECTLY RATED TO RELATED TO OUR CPR, UH, SAVES.
AND WHILE WE'RE, WHILE WE'RE RECOGNIZING THOSE TWO, THAT'S NUMBER 35 AND 36, SINCE WE STARTED OUR PROGRAM IN 2017, UH, LEADING UP TO THE BOARD MEETING, WE HAD TWO MORE PEOPLE THAT WERE SAVED.
I'D LIKE TO JUST CLARIFY BY, BY WHAT WE MEAN BY SAVED.
UM, UH, FOR US, WHEN SOMEONE HAS A FULL ARREST, A CARDIAC ARREST, UH, OUR, UH, MEASURE OF, UH, THEM BEING SUCCESSFUL SAVED IS THAT THEY RETURNED BACK TO LIFE AS THEY WERE, UH, NEARLY LIKE IT WAS BEFORE THE INCIDENT.
SO REALLY, REALLY GOOD WORK BY ALL THE PERSONNEL.
AGAIN, I'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, ACROSS THE NATION AND ACROSS THIS COUNTY, THE SURVIVABILITY HOVERS AROUND 23 OR 29 TO 30%.
IF YOU HAVE THAT SAME INCIDENT IN THE CHINO VALLEY, YOU'RE AT A 62.5% MORE PROBABILITY OF LIVING LIFE AS YOU WERE PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT.
SO VERY PROUD OF OUR PERSONNEL.
MOSTLY IMPORTANT IS THAT THE, THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UH, ARE HAVE THE COURAGE TO, WHETHER IT'S A FAMILY MEMBER OR IF THEY'RE OUT IN PUBLIC, TO JUMP IN AND JUST START DOING HANDSON CPR.
WE OFFER CLASSES TO TEACH YOU THAT, BUT DON'T BE AFRAID TO JUMP IN.
UH, START THAT HANDSON C P R, GET NINE ONE ONE ON THE PHONE.
AND, UH, THERE'S SEVERAL BUSINESS PARTNERS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY NOW THAT HAVE AEDS.
SO REALLY, IF, IF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, WILL START THAT BEFORE WE GET THERE, UH, IT REALLY, UM, ELEVATES THE CHANCE.
AND WE'RE LOOKING TO GO FROM 62.5% UP TO 70%.
SO IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND THEN, UH, WE ALSO HAD ONE OTHER HOMETOWN HERO AWARD, UH, THAT I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE IS, UM, THERE WAS A FAMILY THERE WHO HAD A, A YOUNG CHILD.
AND, UM, I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU, THE MOTHER WAS THERE AND SHE WAS VERY, VERY, UM, EMOTIONAL ABOUT IT AS, AS, AS YOU COULD IMAGINE.
BUT HER, UH, HER TWO LITTLE BOYS WERE, I BELIEVE THEY WERE LIKE 11 AND NINE YEARS OLD, UH, FOUND THEIR SIBLING FLOATING IN THE POOL, AND THEY JUMPED IN AND THEY PULLED, UH, THAT, THAT INDIVI THAT CHILD OUT.
AND AGAIN, STARTED THOSE LIFESAVING EFFORTS BEFORE, UH, EMERGENCY PERSONNEL GOT THERE.
SO I CAN'T EVEN SAY THAT I THINK THAT I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT DOING THAT AT THAT AGE, BUT THEY DID.
AND THEIR SIBLING IS HERE THRIVING WITH US TODAY.
SO, UM, A VERY EMOTIONAL THING, BUT VERY EXCITED.
YEAH, THOSE THANKS CHIEF TWO, TWO BROTHERS SAVED THEIR LITTLE SIBLING.
YEAH, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S AMAZING.
MOVING ON TO OUR POLICE CHIEF GARTH GOODELL.
MAYOR ROGERS, VICE MAYOR MORAN, UH, COUNCIL CITY STAFF AND RESIDENCE ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8TH, THE GRAND AVENUE SALON AND JENNY'S NAILS WERE BOTH BURGLARIZED DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THROUGH INVESTIGATION.
IN UTILIZING THE A L P R CAMERAS, DETECTIVES IDENTIFIED SUSPECTS.
OMAR GOMEZ AND MATTHEW ARIOLA, BOTH RESIDENTS OF SOUTHGATE THROUGH COLLABORATION WITH CHINO PD, WHO ALSO HAD BURGLARIES ON THE SAME NIGHT.
THE SUSPECTS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHGATE AND SUBSEQUENTLY ARRESTED EARLIER TODAY, ON FRIDAY, MARCH 3RD AND MONDAY MARCH 6TH, SEVERAL STUDENTS FROM CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL WERE INVOLVED IN PHYSICAL ALTERCATIONS, WHICH OCCURRED OFF CAMPUS THROUGH INVESTIGATION, INCLUDING WITNESS INTERVIEWS AND VIDEO OF THE INCIDENTS.
ALL THESE STUDENTS WERE POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED, WHICH INCLUDED 10 JUVENILES AND ONE ADULT WHO IS ALSO A STUDENT.
BUT 18 YEARS OLD, ALL THE STUDENTS WERE ISSUED CITATIONS FOR ASSAULT.
AND 10 PARENTS WERE ALSO ISSUED CITATIONS UNDER THE WELFARE AND INSTITUTION'S CODE FOR PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY.
ALL THE INVOLVED STUDENTS WERE SUBSEQUENTLY SUSPENDED, WHILE SOME WERE FOUND TO BE RESIDING OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL BOUNDARIES AND SUBSEQUENTLY EXPELLED.
WE ALSO ASSIGNED ALL OF OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS AND FOUR ADDITIONAL MULTIPLE ENFORCEMENT DEPUTIES TO THE HIGH SCHOOL DURING LUNCH HOUR AND AFTER SCHOOL FOR AN INDETERMINATE AMOUNT OF TIME.
THERE HAVE BEEN NO FIGHTS OR OTHER IN INCIDENTS ON OR OFF CAMPUS SINCE MARCH 6TH.
WHEN A PARENT GETS CITED, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? UH, WHEN A PARENT GETS CITED, UH, WELFARE INSTITUTION'S CODE, UH, GIVES LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY TO CITE THE PARENT TO HOLD, UH, THEIR JUVENILE, UH, RESPONSIBLE.
SO THEY ALSO HAVE TO ATTEND COURT WITH THEIR JUVENILE ON THE SAME COURT DATE.
AND THEY FACE THE SAME FINES AND FEES.
AND THEY'RE ALSO SUBSEQUENT IF THEY FAIL TO
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SHOW UP FOR COURT, THEY'LL ALSO HAVE A WARRANT.AND CHIEF, I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR THE RESPONSE.
UH, WHEN I TALKED TO YOU AND TO BEN, YOU GUYS GOT RIGHT ON IT.
UH, YOU ISSUED A REPORT, UH, THURSDAY, I THINK WAS, UH, OUTLINING ALL OF THE PROCEDURES THAT HAD TAKEN PLACE AND THAT YOU WERE CONTINUING TO TAKEN PLACE.
AND THAT'S ALL WE CAN DO AS A CITY TO HELP THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DEAL WITH THIS.
IT'S AN UNFORTUNATE THING, BUT THE THOUGHT THAT PARENTS WOULD DRIVE THEIR KIDS OFF CAMPUS, SO THEY THINK THEY'RE NOT GONNA GET EXPELLED TO GET IN FIGHTS.
I MEAN, SOCIETY, WE HAVE SOME ISSUES, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR RESPONSE.
AND THANK YOU FOR KEEPING US INVOLVED AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING US, UH, ADVISE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE CONCERNED PARENTS OF WHAT WAS GOING ON, CUZ YOU GUYS DID AN EXEMPLARY JOB FOR, FOR AN UGLY SITUATION.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH PERSONALLY ON THAT.
[ COUNCIL REPORTS Mayor Rogers Tres Hermanos Conservation Authority Vice Mayor Moran Omnitrans Board Council Member Bennett Chino Valley Independent Fire District Board Chino Valley Unified School District Board Council Member Marquez Cal Cities (League of California Cities) Latino Caucus Board of Directors San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Board of Directors General Policy Committee Metro Valley Study Session Transit Committee Southern California Association of Governments Joint Policy Committee Regional Council Southern California Regional Rail Authority (Metrolink) Contracts, Operations, Maintenance and Safety Committee]
ALL RIGHT.THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR, UH, CITY COUNCIL REPORTS AND ALL MINE'S VERY QUICK.
UH, RAY AND I ARE MEMBERS OF THE TRACE ARMOS CONSERVANCY AUTHORITY, AND IT WAS A, UH, PRETTY ROUTINE MEETING.
WE MEET HERE NOW IN CHINO HILLS AND, UH, HERE AT THE DIAS.
AND WE MEET AGAIN ON APRIL 12TH AT 6:00 PM BUT WE JUST MOSTLY A, UH, FISCAL YEAR, UH, READJUSTMENT TO OUR BUDGET WAS PROBABLY THE BIG TALK.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS ANYTHING ELSE OF ANY SIGNIFICANCE.
SO AGAIN, I LIKE 'EM THIS WAY, PRETTY ROUTINE MEETINGS BECAUSE THAT MEANS WE'RE NOT IMPACTING THE PROPERTY BY MAKING OTHER TYPES OF DECISIONS FOR NOW AT LEAST.
SO THAT'S TRACE ROMANOS MOVING ON OMNI BOARD, UH, VERY QUICKLY, MOST OF THE BOARD MEETING WAS FOCUSED ON OUR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT, UM, AND STAFF PRESENTATION.
UM, JUST TO PULL A COUPLE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT WERE SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS THIS LAST YEAR.
UM, WE DEVELOPED A MAINTENANCE APPRENTICESHIP APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM IN COLLABORATION WITH SAN BERNARD BERNARDINO VALLEY COLLEGE.
UM, WE EXPANDED THE REGIONAL TRANSIT CONNECTIVITY WITH, WE ADDED MICROT TRANSIT SERVICE, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE IN SHEILA HILLS TO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON.
AND WE ASKED, UH, ADDED FIRST, LAST MILE SHUTTLE SERVICES FROM DOWNTOWN SAN BERNARDINO, BETWEEN RANCH CUCAMONGA, METRO LINK STATION, AND ONTARIO AIRPORT.
AND THEN WE'RE STARTING THE ROLLOUT FOR OUR ZERO EMISSIONS, UM, BUS AT THE COST OF, UH, $9 MILLION.
WE CONTINUE THE FREE FAIRS TO SCHOOL PROGRAM, UM, BY PROVIDING 513,000 FREE RIDES TO K THROUGH 12 STUDENTS THROUGHOUT OUR SERVICE DURING THIS LAST FISCAL YEAR.
AND WE'VE EXPANDED THE PROGRAM FOR ANOTHER SIX MONTHS TO FUND IT.
MOVING ON TO, UH, COUNCILS MEMBER ART BENNETT.
UH, YES, WITH RESPECT TO THE IN, UH, CHINO VALLEY INDEPENDENT FIRE DISTRICT, UM, CHIEF OF COURSE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, UH, HOMETOWN HERO AWARD AND SURVIVOR RECOGNITIONS.
THAT IS, THAT WAS A VERY EMOTIONAL THING.
BUT ADDITIONALLY, I WANNA MENTION THAT THEY DID MAKE A PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL DONATE LIFE AWARENESS MONTH FOR NEXT MONTH, WHICH I KNOW WE TYPICALLY, UH, FOLLOW A SUIT ON THAT.
THERE WAS AN EMPLOYEE PROMOTION, HUMAN RESOURCE SPECIALIST, BORIS RVA VAR
AND THE FRED L BURNS AWARD WAS, UH, PRESENTED TO ANNE MARGOLES.
AND OF COURSE, ADDITIONALLY WE HAD THE HO HOME, UH, TOWN HERO AWARDS.
AND THERE WAS ALSO A PRESENTATION ON THE CARBON CANYON COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PROTECTION PLAN.
AND I KNOW THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO RAY, UH, WHAT THEY DO IN THE CANYON TO KIND OF POLICE THEMSELVES AND HELP THEMSELVES IS, IS REALLY NOTEWORTHY.
SO THAT'S MY REPORT FOR THAT, UH, CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'D LIKE TO, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, UH, JOHN MONROE IS IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT, UH, MONITORING WHAT WE DO AND, UH, WELCOME JOHN.
UH, NOT A WHOLE LOT WENT ON OF, OF REAL NOTE OTHER THAN WHAT WAS IN THE PAPER.
THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL THING WAS THE PULLING BACK, THE NAMING OF THE NEW PRES PRESERVE SCHOOL.
AND THAT PROCESS IS JUST BEING RESTARTED AND ENOUGH SAID.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, THAT'S THE END OF MY REPORTS.
OKAY, RAY, YOU'RE UP WITH YOUR REPORTS NOW.
UM, IT'S GONNA BE REALLY SHORT AND I DO APOLOGIZE.
IT JUST WASN'T IN THE MOOD TO, TO WRITE ANYTHING DOWN.
BUT I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE ON THE SAN BERNARDINO S SP CTA, WE ACTUALLY HAVE OUR OWN STAMPS.
UM, THE DEPOT, SANTA FE DEPOT IS ONE OF FIVE DEPOTS THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA, ACTUALLY THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES THAT WE'LL COME OUT WITH A NEW STAMP.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ONE OF THEM.
AND THEN ALSO SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, A COG TRUST, SO WE'RE JUST SPENT RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING AND ALSO HAVE SOME MONEY TO HELP WITH PROJECTS IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
AND THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE MY REPORTS.
UM, RAY, AS LONG AS YOU'RE ON RIGHT NOW, DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE WITH ANY COUNSEL
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COMMENTS? SURE.FIRST OF ALL, I GOT TO ATTEND, UH, AMONA HOA FOR THE HIDDEN VALLEY HOA.
UM, WE DID SOME WORK, UH, AS FAR AS WE EAT ABATEMENT.
THEY ARE REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT WE DID.
ALSO, I TURNED THEM OVER TO A GUY NAMED ROB, UH, MASON, THAT ACTUALLY DID, UH, FIRE INSURANCE FOR, UM, THE BUTTERFIELD AND SAVED, BUT SAVED THEM LIKE $150,000.
UH, ROB CAME UP WITH SOMETHING, THEIR ASSOCIATION, THESE WILL GO UP BY $40, BUT THEY FOUND OUT THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY UNDERINSURED 10 MILLION, THEY SHOULD BE INSURED UP TO 75 MILLION.
BUT EACH POLICY OWNER THERE HAS TO PAY FOR RENTER'S POLICY.
SO IN THEORY, THE OVERALL EXPENSE THAT THEY WOULD BE PAYING PER MONTH IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE ABOUT $60 LESS.
SO THEY'RE REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
UM, SO I WAS HAPPY ABOUT THAT TOO.
AND, UM, THAT, THAT'S ABOUT IT.
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ALL RIGHT.COUNCIL CUMINS, YOU'RE ON BRIAN.
UM, PETER AND MYSELF, UH, ATTENDED PONY BASEBALL OPENING DAY.
I'M SURE HE'LL CHAT ON IT AS WELL.
UM, IT'S GREAT TO SEE ALL THOSE KIDS OUT THERE PLAYING ON THOSE BRAND NEW FIELDS.
IT'S, IT'S JUST AMAZING TO, TO SEE THE, THE CONDITION THAT THEY'RE IN AND, YOU KNOW, THE AMOUNT OF WONDERFUL COMMENTS FROM, FROM PARENTS AND KIDS, UH, YOU KNOW, WAS, YOU KNOW, WAS VERY NICE.
UM, JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
ONE, UH, I KNOW WITH ALL OF THE RAIN THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING, IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF THE STREETS ARE KIND OF GETTING TORN UP WITH ASPHALT.
I GUESS WHAT'S THE NEXT, I GUESS ONCE HOPEFULLY ALL THESE ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS STOP COMING THROUGH TOWN, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE ABLE TO WORK ON IT.
I, I GUESS, HOW DO WE GO ABOUT THAT? WHAT WE DO IS WE GO OUT AND EVALUATE, UM, ALL THE STREETS, UH, WHERE, WHERE WE CAN FILL POTHOLES, WE'LL FILL POTHOLES, UM, AS A TEMPORARY MEASURE.
AND THEN WHAT WE DO IS WE PUT TOGETHER A PLAN TO COME BACK AND, AND DO A, A BIGGER REPAIR, WHETHER IT'S A SLURRY SEAL OR A GRA OVERLAY.
UM, BUT, UM, STASH ON TOP OF IT.
BUT IF RESIDENTS HAVE ANY SPECIFIC LOCATIONS, PLEASE LET US KNOW AND WE'LL GO OUT AND, UH, FILL THOSE POTHOLES.
AND THEN ALSO FOR YOU, JUST ONE OTHER QUICK THING, UH, WE, I KNOW WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE LOS SERRANOS HOME, UM, YOU KNOW, HOME IMPROVEMENT, UH, GRANTS AND WHATNOT.
COULD WE GET A, UH, STAFF REPORT OR A, UH, COUNCIL REPORT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MEETINGS ABOUT LOS SERRANOS INFRASTRUCTURE? I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD ONE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
JUST KIND OF A, WHAT WE'VE SPENT, WHAT'S NEXT? YEAH, GOOD.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THOSE, CERTAINLY I CAN BRING THAT TO THE, UH, TO THE COUNCIL AT A FUTURE MEETING.
WHILE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT OF STREETS, ARE THERE ANY WARRANTIES? I KNOW CHINO AVENUE WASN'T, WASN'T THAT LONG AGO.
CHINO AVENUE WAS, WAS REPAIRED A COUPLE YEARS AGO, AND THERE'S A LOT OF DAMAGE ON THAT STREET.
LOOKS LIKE A, YOU KNOW, AN INCH AND A HALF, TWO INCH TOPPER HAS ERODED IN MANY LOCATIONS.
ARE THERE ANY WARRANTIES THAT, THAT COME ALONG WITH A PROJECT SUCH AS THAT? THERE ARE WARRANTIES WITH EVERY, UH, ASPHALT PROJECT, HOWEVER, THE, THE SECTION THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, WAS DONE BEYOND THE TWO YEAR, UH, OKAY.
UM, BUT STAFF IS AWARE AND THE AR PROGRAMMING TO, TO GET THAT WORK DONE THIS SUMMER.
UH, DANIEL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR KEEPING US, UH, APPRISED OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH RESPECT TO THE VARIOUS STORMS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH.
UH, DOES NOT APPEAR THAT WE'VE HAD ANY TOO MANY, UH, TREES FALL DOWN WHERE WE HAVE, YOU'VE HAD THEM CLEANED OFF VERY QUICKLY.
I THINK IT DID INVOLVE, UH, EDISON AT ONE POINT.
UH, DID, DID NOT TAKE OUT A POLE OR SOMETHING, OR WAS THAT AN ACCIDENT? THAT WAS A VEHICLE ACCIDENT? YES.
BUT NONETHELESS, IT'S, WE'RE, WE'RE ON TOP OF THINGS.
AND WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, JOANNE
UH, BETH WAS OUR ATTORNEY FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT THE TIME.
SO WE'VE BOTH KNOWN YOU A LONG, LONG TIME, UH, AND, UH, CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS YOU'VE DONE TO HELP MAKE THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS THE PLACE THAT WE ALL LOVE TO CALL HOME.
UM, IT'S BITTERSWEET TO SEE YOU AND WINSTON LEAVE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SO HAPPY FOR YOU THAT YOU GET OUTTA HERE WHILE YOU STILL HAVE, UH, ALL THAT VEM AND VIGOR AND EXCITED ENOUGH TO, TO DO ALL THAT TRAIL, UH, HIKING AND EVERYTHING.
UH, I WISH I HAD PART OF THAT ENERGY.
BUT, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITY.
UH, YOU DEFINITELY HAVE LEFT YOUR MARK ON THE CITY AND, UH, WITH SO MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE LEFT US, UH, ONTO THEIR NEW SENSE AND THEIR NEW CAREER, UH, WE, UH, APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE
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DONE AND CONGRATULATE YOU AND, UH, GOD'S SPEED IN WHATEVER YOU, UH, YOU KNOW, TAKE ON.AND, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE.
ALRIGHT, CYNTHIA, JUST A COUPLE THINGS.
UM, FIRST I WANTED TO, UM, THANK CHINO VALLEY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, UM, JOHN MONROE FOR HAVING A VERY PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION WITH ME IN GENERAL ABOUT, UM, CONTINUING TO STRENGTHEN OUR CITY AND SCHOOL DISTRICT RELATIONSHIPS WITH EACH OF OUR LEADERSHIP.
AND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE BOTH AGREE THAT IT'S NOT THEIR KIDS.
I MEAN, THEY'RE OUR KIDS TOGETHER.
AND ENSURING THE SAFETY IS GONNA BE A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND WITH CITY COUNCIL.
SO THANK YOU, JOHN, FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SPEAK WITH ME ABOUT THAT.
AND, UM, ON ANOTHER NOTE TOO, I WANTED TO JUST STATE PUBLICLY HOW MUCH I SUPPORT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT CHIEF.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO TO KEEP US SAFE.
YOU DON'T HAVE AN EASY JOB BY ANY MEANS.
AND, UM, I WILL SAY THAT MY PERSONAL INTERACTION WITH DEPUTY NEGRON HAS BEEN, UM, NOTHING BUT STELLAR.
UM, HE'S A GREAT ASSET TO CHING HILLS HIGH SCHOOL OR ANY CAMPUS THAT HE'S ON.
SO, UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE HIS EFFORTS IN KEEPING OUR STUDENTS SAFE AS WELL.
UM, THANK YOU NICOLE, FOR HELPING ME WITH THE GIRL SCOUT TOUR.
YESTERDAY, WE HAD TO REGROUP ONCE WE FOUND OUT THEY WERE FIVE YEARS OLD, KIND OF LIKE HERDING CATS, BUT IT WAS GREAT.
OUR FUTURE LEADERS AND THEY, THEY SET UP HERE IN ALL OF YOUR SEATS.
THEY LEFT LITTLE JAM MARKS ALL OVER THE OF COURSE.
BUT THE REASON I BRING IT IS UP.
I WANNA REMEMBER, I WANT TO, UM, REMIND, UM, YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE ARE OPEN PUB FOR PUBLIC CITY TOURS.
AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE FIVE YEARS OLD.
YOU CAN BE PETER'S AGENT, COME FOR A TOUR,
AND ON THE LASTLY, JOANNE, IT IS GONNA BE VERY SAD TO SEE YOU GO.
UM, WHEN I GOT ELECTED 10 YEARS AGO, MY LEARNING CURVE FOR DEVELOPMENT WAS JUST, IT WASN'T EVEN FRESH OFF.
IT WAS LIKE, YEAH, IT WAS JV NO, NO, NO, IT WAS BAD.
AND YOU MET WITH ME INDIVIDUALLY AND I ASKED YOU SO MANY QUESTIONS AND YOU WERE SO PATIENT.
THAT'S ONE OF YOUR BEST ASSETS, IS YOUR PATIENCE AND THAT YOU TRULY WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE VOTING ON AND WHAT WE'RE LEARNING.
SO THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME GROW AS A COUNCIL MEMBER IN, UM, JUST UNDERSTANDING THE WHOLE PROCESS AND RESPECTING IT SO MUCH MORE.
SO I WISH YOU THE BEST AND YOU'RE GONNA BE MISSED.
AND DIRECT ALL TOURS TO CYNTHIA, BY THE WAY.
BEFORE WE WILL DO THAT, UH, JUST A FEW COMMENTS.
HAD A CHANCE, BRIAN AND I HAD A CHANCE TO MEET WITH OUR CONGRESSWOMAN YOUNG KIM TODAY AS WE'RE STARTING OFF ON OUR TOUR OF MORE OF A MEET AND GREET FOR ALL OF OUR LOCAL ELECTEDS.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO DC, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SACRAMENTO.
WE'RE GOING TO THEIR OFFICE, UH, LOCALLY TO MEET WITH THEM.
AND IT'S MORE OF A MEET AND GREET.
UH, WE KNOW 'EM ALL, UH, KELLY, CTO WE DON'T KNOW AS WELL YET, BUT IT'S, IT'S MORE OF AN EFFORT TO BE WITH THEM, MORE ONE-ON-ONE RATHER THAN AS, THE EXAMPLE I KEEP USING AS YOUNG KIM SHOWS UP TO 4TH OF JULY, OR MAYBE SHE'LL RANDOMLY SHOW UP HERE TO GIVE A CERTIFICATE AND THEN SHE'S GONE.
YOU DON'T HAVE A CHANCE TO REALLY TALK.
SO WE JUST, WE TALKED MORE ABOUT CONGRESS THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
AND THEN WE, WE TOLD 'EM THAT WE'D MAKE A FEW REQUESTS AS EVERYBODY'S DOING, BUT WE HAD A VERY NICE MEETING WITH HER AT HER NEW OFFICES IN, UH, IN GILS.
SO, GOOD LOOK, GOOD MEETING TODAY.
I HAD A CHANCE THAT BRIAN TALKED ABOUT I HAD A CHANCE TO ALSO VISIT GIRLS SOFTBALL, WHICH OPENED, UH, TWO WEEKS AGO.
AND THEIR POPULATION IS, IS UP NOW PROBABLY TO THE LEVELS THAT THEY'RE USED TO, AROUND 300, UH, YOUNG LADIES.
AND THEN LAST WEEKEND WERE THIS, YEAH, LAST WEEKEND, UH, CHINO HILLS AND, UH, CANYON HILLS LITTLE LEAGUES WERE RAINED OUT, SO DIDN'T VISIT THERE, BUT PONY LEAGUE OPENED ON SUNDAY.
SO THEIR POPULATION'S UP ALSO, PLUS PARENTS ARE PROBABLY A THOUSAND PEOPLE THERE.
AND WE, UH, IT, IT WAS A FUN EVENT AND SO WELL ORGANIZED.
AND BRIAN'S PART OF THAT GROUP, UH, WITH, UH, SON STEVEN.
SO GIVE US A REPORT ON HOW THEY DO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT IT'S, UH, ALL THE YOUTH LEAGUES ARE DOING WELL RIGHT NOW.
SO SAY ONE, FIVE TO FOUR, THEIR FIRST GAME.
SO GIVE AN UPDATE EVERY ABOUT WILL DO THE SUCCESS OF THE TEAM, RIGHT? YEAH.
WE COME UP WITH BATTING AVERAGE IF WE NEED DO IT.
GOFUND ME FOR, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE NOT DOING WELL, FOR BATTING CAGED LESSONS, WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU.
UH, WANTED TOM HOWIE JUST LEFT LEG LIAISON FOR FIRE.
UH, BUT, UH, THANKS FOR TOM FOR BEING HERE, JOHN MONROE, THE THIRD TIME YOUR NAME'S MENTIONED TONIGHT, SO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU SHOW UP.
HE'S OUR NEW LIAISON FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD, SO WELCOME.
NICE TO MEET YOU OFFICIALLY ALSO.
SO, WELCOME AND, UH, PLEASE SHOW UP ANYTIME YOU CAN TO, UH, KIND OF AUDIT THE CLASS HERE.
UH, WINSTON'S GONE, BUT JOANNE,
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SHE AND I HAD A LITTLE CHAT, UH, RECENTLY, SO I'VE EXPRESSED MY THOUGHTS AND POSITIVE THOUGHTS WITH JOANNE, BUT I'VE KNOWN JOANNE IN A LONG TIME, ALSO SINCE I'M, UH, BEEN ON THIS BOARD FOR THIS COUNCIL FOR A LONG TIME.SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.
YOUR, AS I SAID EARLIER, WHEN WE HAD A RECEPTION IN THE BACK ROOM FOR BOTH WINSTON AND JOANNE, THEIR, THEIR, THEY'RE HAND PRINTS, THEIR, THEIR FINGERPRINTS ARE ALL OVER THIS CITY.
AND, UM, ON, ON FACILITIES THAT WE VETTED.
AND, UH, A LOT OF CITIES BUILD WITHOUT AS MUCH THOUGHT AS WE PUT INTO OURS.
AND THAT'S WHY, AS I MENTIONED TO THE GROUP EARLIER, UH, WHEN WE HAD A RECEPTION, YOU DON'T SEE, WE HAVE DEBATES AND WE TALK ABOUT THINGS AND, BUT WE DON'T GET INTO BIG ARGUMENTS BECAUSE THE STAFF HAS DONE MOST OF THE RESEARCH WELL AHEAD OF IT COMING TO US.
AND THAT MAKES OUR LIFE SO MUCH EASIER WITH THE PROFESSIONALS DOING THE JOB.
WE'RE THE POLICY PEOPLE, BUT THE PROFESSIONALS ARE DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO, AND THEY HAVE A PRIDE OF OWNERSHIP IN THEIR JOBS HERE IN CHINO HILLS.
KNOWING THE TYPE OF DIRECTION THAT THIS, FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, THE CITY WANTS TO SEE THIS CITY GO.
SO YOUR YOUR, UH, YOUR LOSS WILL BE FELT AS FAR AS LEAVING US.
AND, UM, WE JUST WISH YOU ALL THE BEST AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR CITY, AND WE WON'T FORGET YOU.
THANK DAVID FOR TAKING ON THIS JOB.
UH, NO, WE'LL, WE'LL EMBARRASS HIM NEXT TIME.
ARE YOU SITTING UP HERE NEXT TIME?
THAT'S WHY ART WAS SUGGESTING BRINGING YOU UP, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL FOCUS ON YOU NEXT TIME.
WE'LL PUT YOU IN THE HOT SEAT OVER THERE,
EVERYBODY GOOD? BEFORE WE WE'RE ALL GOOD? ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS, UH, ALRIGHT, I, I THINK I'VE GOT IT HERE.
SO I DO HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE THAT'S GONNA CHANGE WHAT YOU THINK YOU'RE GONNA SAY.
MAYOR MARQUEZ LEFT THE MEETING AT 8 58.
MAYOR ROGERS, COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ LEFT THE MEETING AT 8:58 PM TODAY, ALL HABITS DIE HARD.
YES, THEY DO THAT, THAT GOES IN HER PERSONNEL FILE.
SO WE WERE GONNA ASK RAY TO LOG OFF IF WE HADN'T DONE SO NOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO ONE OTHER ITEM.
SO WE HAVE TO DO SOME BUSINESS.
WE PULLED AS, AS YOU NOTICED, A CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM NUMBER 10, WHICH ADDRESSES WHAT WE WERE DOING HERE TONIGHT.
A SPECIAL MEETING TO ACCOMMODATE RAY BEING ABLE TO ATTEND.
ORDINANCE PROPOSING REASONABLE, NECESSARY REGULATIONS ON THIS IS CORRECT, RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.
ON MASSAGE BUSINESSES TO PROTECT LEGITIMATE BUSINESS OWNERS AND MASSAGE PROFESSIONALS.
SO THAT WAS ITEM NUMBER 10, WHICH WAS A CONSENT ITEM.
BUT WE HAVE TO DO THIS WITHOUT RAY, UH, DURING A REGULAR MEETING.
NOW WE'RE BACK INTO A REGULAR MEETING FROM A SPECIAL MEETING.
DO WE HAVE TO ASK FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENT OR QUESTIONS? WE DO NOT BECAUSE IT IS A CONSENT CALENDAR.
IT YOU DO NEED TO ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
ANYBODY WISH TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS ITEM NUMBER 10, WHICH IS TO DO WITH MASSAGE PARLORS AND SOME OF THE ORDINANCE CHANGES WE'RE MAKING.
IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF COUNCILS MEETINGS.
DO WE GET TO VOTE ON THIS ONE? YOU CAN.
LARRY, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S NOT, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SHOW RAY AS BEING ABSENT.
SO LET ME JUST DO THIS REALLY QUICK.
I'M GOING TO TAKE ATTENDANCE AND MAKE HIM ABSENT.
HOW'S THAT? OOH, IT'S LIKE THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE.
COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ IS ABSENT.
MAYOR JOE'S OR MAYOR BENNETT? NO, I'M MAYOR FOR FUTURE MEETING.
SO FOR A FUTURE MEETING, THAT'S WHY IT WAS.
SO THAT CONCLUDES THIS EVENING.
[ ADJOURN IN MEMORIAM AND IN HOPE: Adjourn in tribute and honor of those who serve and have served in the Armed Forces at home and abroad. Their sacrifice and strength protect the goals and ideals that have made this Country great.]
SO WE WILL ADJOURN THIS EVENING.UH, ADJOURN AND TRIBUTE AND HONOR OF THOSE WHO HAVE, WHO SERVE OR HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES AT HOME AND ABROAD.
THEIR SACRIFICE AND STRENGTH PROTECT THE GOALS AND IDEALS THAT HAVE MADE THIS COUNTRY GREAT.
AND AGAIN, WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED.