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[ 5:00 P.M. - CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL]
OKAY.WELL WELCOME EVERYBODY TO OUR FEE, UH, FEE, ANNUAL USER FEE UPDATE.
AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR ATTENDING.
I WANT TO THANK JEFF FOR BEING THE LOAN REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITIZENS OF CHINO HILLS.
I USED TO DO THAT IN THE OLD DAYS ALSO.
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
PLEASE STAND AND WE'LL DO A PLEDGE.THE UNITED, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND THE REPUBLIC STANDS ONE NATION JUSTICE.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE'VE GOT OUR WORKSHOP GOING.
I'M GOING TO KEEP IT SIMPLE AND HAND IT OFF TO BEN, AND THEN BEN CAN HAND IT WHEREVER YOU'RE WANTING TO HAND IT.
[1. PUBLIC COMMENTS: At this time members of the public may address the City Council regarding the Fee Schedule Workshop. Those persons wishing to address the City Council are requested to complete and submit to the City Clerk a "Request to Speak" card available at the entrance to the City Council Chambers. Comments will be limited to three minutes per speaker.]
SURE.UH, AT THIS TIME, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THE FEE SCHEDULED WORKSHOP.
THOSE PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ARE REQUESTED TO COMPLETE AND SUBMIT A CITY TO THE CITY CLERK OR REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD AVAILABLE AT THE ENTRANCE TO CITY COUNCIL.
COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.
MR. VACO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OH, SURE.
YOU MIGHT MAKE A GOOD CITY CLERK, BY THE WAY, BEN, LET'S KEEP THAT IN MIND.
UM, JEFF VACCA CITY, UH, CITIZEN FOR CHINO HILLS OF 33 PLUS YEARS.
AND ONE THING THAT I WENT THROUGH AS I WENT THROUGH THE FEE SCHEDULE, I KNOW THAT WE DID A GREAT, UH, REHAB AT COMMUNITY PARK WITH ALL THE NICE, UM, TURF INFIELDS AND EVERYTHING.
I JUST WONDERING IF, UM, WHY WE'RE KEEPING THE SETUP FEES AT THE SAME PRICE SINCE THERE'S NO LONGER HAVING TO CHALK IT AND DRAG IT AND ALL THAT.
AS I WAS A BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL COACH FOR 17 YEARS, UM, ANY REDUCED FEE WOULD BE NICE, AND I KNOW THAT, UM, JUST CURIOUS ON WHY THAT WAS KEPT THAT WAY.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE REVIEWED BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS COULD BE LESS PEOPLE BEING USED ON THAT.
MY ONLY QUESTION, OTHERWISE, JUST GONNA SIT BACK THERE AND OBSERVE.
I'M SURE JONATHAN OR MELISSA WILL HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT.
MIGHT AS WELL JUST ANSWER IT NOW AND GET IT OUTTA THE WAY.
UM, FIELD FIVE AND FIELD SIX HAVE NOT BEEN RENOVATED YET, AND SO WE HAVE TO KEEP THE FEES THE SAME IN ORDER TO, UH, FACILITATE THE, UH, USER GROUPS, UH, RELATED TO THOSE TWO FIELDS.
OF COURSE, NEXT YEAR THINGS WILL CHANGE, AND HE'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
UM, WITH THE NEW TURF, UH, UH, USER, I MEAN, OUR, UH, OUR STAFF HAVE, UH, WE'LL JUST SAY LESS TO DO ON THAT END OF THINGS.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE MANY DUTIES THAT GO ALONG AT THE PARK THAT'S NOT ASSOCIATED WITH FEES, OF COURSE, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S THE MAIN REASON.
FIVE AND SIX IS STILL AS IS UNTIL, UH, EH, PROBABLY ABOUT JANUARY OF, UH, 24.
DO YOU RECALL WHAT A PER GAME FEE IS THESE DAYS? UH, IT WAS THREE 50 PER TEAM WHEN WE FIRST OPENED.
THE, WE ONLY CHARGE FOR FIELD PREPS RELATED TO GAMES AND NOT PRACTICES.
EVEN THOUGH WE DO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE ON THE FIELDS DURING THE WEEK, OBVIOUSLY GOTTA KEEP THE FIELDS IN, UH, CONDITIONED TO, UH, BE PLAYABLE AND SUCH.
THEY'RE ON PAGE SEVEN AFTER THE TABLES TAB, PAGE SEVEN OF 16.
YOU WANNA SEE, YOU WOULD THINK THE GUY THAT SET THE FEE WAY BACK WHEN, OR AT LEAST PROPOSED THE FEE WOULD KNOW WHAT IT IS OFF THE TOP OF HIS HEAD.
THANKS FOR BRINGING IT UP, JEFF.
I'M SURE IT'LL BE REVISITED AT THE PROPER TIME.
[2. Discuss Annual Update to Master Schedule of Fees, Fines, and Penalties]
WELL, MAYOR, UH, AS IT'S COME TO BE OUR PRACTICE, UH, YOU HAVE AT YOUR DISPOSAL TODAY, UH, NOT ONLY THE FINANCE TEAM, UH, UH, CONSISTING OF OUR DIRECTOR, UH, KRISTA BEHAK, AND OUR, UH, LET ME SEE, FINANCE MANAGER LIZ CARLOCK.UH, WE ALSO HAVE STAFF FROM THE VARIETY OF THE DEPARTMENTS.
AND AS, UH, YOU CAN SEE FROM, UH, MR. VA'S, UH, QUESTION, UH, IF WE NEED TO GET INTO THE DETAILS, WE'LL HAVE SUBJECT MATTER, UH, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE DEPARTMENT TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
BUT I'LL JUST HAND IT OVER TO KRISTA WHO CAN, UH, WALK US THROUGH, UH, THE 10,000 FOOT LEVEL, UH, UH, WITH NEW FEES AND SUCH.
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THANK YOU.GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNSEL, AND MEMBER, MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC
UH, TODAY WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS THE ANNUAL USER FEE UPDATE TO THE MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES, FINES, AND PENALTIES AS BEEN MENTIONED.
FEEL FREE TO STOP ME AT ANY TIME DURING THE PRESENTATION TO ASK QUESTIONS.
USER FEES ARE ADOPTED TO FUND PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT PROVIDE A DIRECT BENEFIT TO THE INDIVIDUAL PAYING THE FEE WITH LIMITED OR NO DIRECT BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY.
THE CITY'S USER FEES ARE BASED ON A COST RECOVERY CONCEPT, MEANING THAT THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE GENERATED FROM THE FEES MAY NOT EXCEED THE ESTIMATED REASONABLE COST OF PROVIDING THE SERVICE.
THE USER FEES ARE CALCULATED BY MULTIPLYING THE FULLY BURDENED HOURLY DEPARTMENT OR DIVISION RATES BY THE AVERAGE TIME SPENT TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE USER FEE.
FULLY BURDENED HOURLY RATES INCLUDE SALARY AND BENEFIT COSTS, PLUS ALL APPLICABLE OVERHEAD AMOUNTS FOR THE BLENDED GROUP, WHICH IS EITHER THE DEPARTMENT OR DIVISION.
EVERY YEAR STAFF EVALUATES THE TIME SPENT ON VARIOUS SERVICES IN THEIR DEPARTMENT AND ADJUSTS THE TIME DATA AS NEEDED BASED ON THE AVERAGE TIME SPENT ON EACH SERVICE.
THE FULLY BURDEN HOURLY RATES ARE ALSO UPDATED ANNUALLY TO REFLECT THE DRAFT BUDGET FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
THIS SLIDE HERE SHOWS THE DEPARTMENT OR DIVISION FULLY BURDENED HOURLY RATES THAT INCREASE BY MORE THAN $10 AND 7.5%.
THESE RATES ARE USED TO CALCULATE THE PROPOSED FEES THAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING TODAY.
FIRST, I'LL BE GOING OVER THE NEW FEES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED.
UH, ON MARCH 14TH, 2023, CHAPTER 5.24 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE WAS AMENDED TO ADD AN OPERATOR PERMIT REQUIREMENT FOR EVERY NON-EXEMPT OWNER AND MANAGER OF A MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENT.
THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION IS PROPOSING A MASSAGE OPERATOR PERMIT FEE OF $149, AND A MASSAGE OPERATOR PERMIT RENEWAL FEE OF $149.
THESE FEES WILL BE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2024, UH, IN ALLIANCE IN THE LINE WITH THE, UH, CODE.
CHRIS, ARE THOSE A ONE TIME FEE OR A LITTLE AN ANNUAL FEE?
SO IT'S A ONE-TIME OPERATOR PERMIT, AND THEN THEY HAVE TO RENEW A FEE OF AN ANNUAL FEE.
SO IT'S THE SAME COST WHENEVER THEY RENEW IT.
THE REST OF THE NEW FEES AND FEE CHANGES THAT I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT ARE ALL OF THEM IN THE BOOK THAT YOU RECEIVED TOO.
UM, WILL BE EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2023.
THIS IS THE ONLY ONE THAT'S DIFFERENT.
THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS PROPOSING SIX NEW FEES, AN ELECTRICAL VEHICLE CHARGING STATION FOR COMMERCIAL USE AT $1,256 AND 10% FOR EACH ADDITIONAL UNIT.
THIS FEE IS BEING ADDED BECAUSE WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE A FEE FOR A COMMERCIAL CHARGING STATION.
THE NEXT FEE IS A TEMPORARY BUILDING STRUCTURE OF $558 TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN A SITE-BUILT STRUCTURE VERSUS A PREFAB STRUCTURE.
THEN THERE'S A SPECIAL EVENTS INSPECTION FEE BECAUSE WE CURRENTLY ONLY OFFER A SPECIAL EVENTS INSPECTION FEE FOR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, WHICH IS CHARGED TO REDUCE RATE.
THE PROPOSED FEE IS A COST RECOVERY FEE STARTING AT $279, WHICH IS EQUAL TO ONE HOUR AT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FULLY BURDENED HOURLY RATE.
NEXT IS A PERMIT RE REFUND PROCESSING FEE OF $69.
THIS IS TO RECOVER STAFF TIME FOR PROCESSING REFUNDS FOR NON TDA PROJECTS.
THERE'S ALSO A LANDSCAPE PLAN CHECK REVIEW FEE IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,791.
THIS FEE IS TO IMPLEMENT NEW REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE PUT INTO PLACE BY THE LANDSCAPE ORDINANCE, WHICH INCLUDED REHABILITATION PROJECTS, AND FINALLY, AN EQUESTRIAN AND LARGE ANIMAL KEEPING PERMIT FEE OF $1,395.
THIS WAS ADDED FOR CONSISTENCY WITH THE OTHER EQUESTRIAN PERMITS, WHICH INCLUDES PROPERTIES THAT HAVE LARGE ANIMALS PRIOR TO THE 2014 ORDINANCE PASSING ANY PROPERTY, WHICH INCLUDES LARGE ANIMALS AFTER THE ORDINANCE PASSING REQUIRES A NEW APPLICATION.
MR. MAYOR, I GOT A QUESTION ON THIS.
CAN I PUT MY GLASSES ON? MAKE SURE I'M SEEING IT RIGHT.
UM, RIGHT NOW A BUSINESS PERMIT, WHICH IS THE EQUESTRIAN OVERLAY, I BELIEVE IS 78 23, AND IT'S GOING UP TO 83 74.
AND THEN NOW IT'S GONNA BE PLUS THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY OF 1395 BECAUSE IT USED TO BE AN EQUESTRIAN OVERLAY WHERE YOU JUST PAID ONE FEE FOR THIS.
AND NOW THERE'S TWO FEES I WILL HAVE TO DEFER TO THE DEPARTMENT TO EXPLAIN HOW THEY CHARGE.
AND MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I CAN TAKE A CRACK AT THAT.
AND WE'VE GOT YOUR RESOURCE TEAM AVAILABLE THAT KNOWS A LOT MORE ABOUT THIS THAN I DO, BUT, UM, THERE ARE BASICALLY FOUR PERMITS THAT ARE POSSIBLE UNDER THE EQUESTRIAN OVERLAY.
THIS ONE WAS, WAS HELD OUT AND DIDN'T HAVE A FEE ASSIGNED TO IT.
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IT, AS I UNDERSTAND THESE, THEY ARE NOT CUMULATIVE.YOU WOULDN'T HAVE ONE AT TOP OF THE OTHER.
UH, THIS WOULD BE A SINGLE, UH, AND, AND THE, THE PERMITS ARE VERY SPECIFIC TO THE USE.
THERE'S GRAZING, THERE'S THE KEEPING OF ANIMALS, AND THEN IT, IT GOES ON FROM THERE.
SO IT, IT WOULD NOT BE CUMULATIVE.
IT WOULD BE A SINGLE, SINGLE FEE.
SO IT WOULD NOT, IT WOULD ONLY BE ONE.
WELL, BOTH OF THEM, JUST ONE SOUNDS RIGHT.
IS THAT CORRECT? OR WELL, MAY, MAYBE WE NEED YOU TO, IS THE OTHER ONE YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT A BUSINESS LICENSE.
BUT THAT WAS PART OF YOUR QUESTION OVERLY, INITIALLY, BUT WILL THEY PAINT THIS AND A BUSINESS LICENSE IS WHAT HE'S ASKING.
EVENING MARION COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, YEAH, THEY WOULD STILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THE BUSINESS LICENSE FEE, BUT THAT'S SEPARATE FROM THIS EQUESTRIAN BECAUSE YOUR HUSBAND OVERLY, INITIALLY WAS YOU CAN ONLY HAVE NO MORE THAN I THINK SIX HORSES.
AND NOW WE WENT UP TO ALL THE WAY TO ABOUT 200, JUST ONE SHY OF 200.
AND BECAUSE WE COULDN'T RUN BUSINESSES IN, IN THOSE LOCATION, THAT'S WHY WE CAME UP WITH THE EQUESTRIAN OVERLAY.
SO IT WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE CARE OF MORE HORSES AND THEN ALSO BEING ABLE TO RUN A BUSINESS AT THAT LOCATION.
SO NOW YOU'RE TELLING ME YOU'RE GONNA BE CHARGING NOW ALMOST $8,000 FOR A BUSINESS LICENSE, WHERE BEFORE YOU DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T CHARGE ANYTHING AND NOW WE'RE GONNA UP AT ANOTHER $1,400.
I, THE PRIOR TO 2014 EXISTING OPERATIONS, THERE WERE AN, THERE WAS AN ESTABLISHED FEE THAT WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE H O P, WHICH WAS, WHICH WAS PRETTY MUCH BARE MINIMUM, UH, WHICH WAS ROUGHLY AROUND $84 OR A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
UM, ANY, ANY BUSINESSES THAT CAME IN OR QUESTION OPERATIONS THAT CAME IN AFTER 2014, AFTER THE, UH, ORDINANCE WAS PASSED, THEN THEY WERE SUBJECT TO THE NEW FEE.
SO THAT FEE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED SINCE 2014 FOR THE NEW OPERATIONS POST 2014 ORDINANCE.
UH, WHAT THIS IS, IS THIS IS SPECIFIC TO JUST, UH, LARGE ANIMAL KEEPING.
SO AS, AS THE, UH, AS DAVID NOTED, THERE'S FOUR DIFFERENT PERMITS THAT YOU CAN GET UNDER THE OVERLAY.
SO THE OVERLAY AND THOSE PERMITS ARE, THEY ACT AS YOUR ENTITLEMENTS.
UM, AND THEN ONCE YOU GET THOSE ENTITLEMENTS, IF YOU'RE RUNNING INTO BUSINESS, YOU'D STILL HAVE TO OBTAIN A BUSINESS LICENSE.
SEPARATE PROCESS IS, IS THAT PERHAPS THE POINT OF CONFUSION? IT'S, THERE'S NOT A, THERE'S THIS 1395 CHARGE FOR THE SPECIFIC PERMIT FOR KEEPING OF ANIMALS.
IF THAT'S A COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY AS A, FOR ANY BUSINESS IN TOWN, THEY WOULD NEED A BUSINESS LICENSE.
IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING UNIQUE OR NOT UNIQUE TO THE CORRECT.
BUT LIKE I SAID, PRIOR TO TWO 14, IT WAS ALMOST MINIMAL.
80 SOMETHING DOLLARS YOU SAID? YEAH, THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE BUSINESS PERMIT, THE KEEPING PERMIT, ACTUALLY, THERE WAS NO FEE.
THE KEEPING PERMIT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR YOUR PERSONAL, YOU KNOW, USE FOR A HORSE NOT RUNNING A BUSINESS.
CITY MANAGER, TRI MONS, DID WE PAY THAT FEE? WE DO NOT, UH, REQUIRE OUR, UM, OUR CONTRACT GRAZERS CURRENTLY.
ONE IS IN THE, UH, PRIMARILY IN THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR, AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IN CHINO HILLS.
WE HAVE, UH, UH, UH, INQUIRED ABOUT HAVING THOSE, UH, OPERATORS SEEK A PERMIT AS WELL.
BUT CURRENTLY, NO, THEY'RE NOT PAYING A, A PERMIT, UH, FEE FOR THIS AC FOR THEIR ACTIVITY.
AND ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS FOR ME TO BE REAL HONEST WITH YOU, UM, I GET DISAPPOINTED THAT WHEN WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY A FEE, BUT THEN, BUT WE MAKE OTHER PEOPLE PAY THE FEE SO THAT IT SORT OF PERSONALLY BOTHERS ME THAT WE HAVE TWO SETS OF RULES FOR US AND FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO, SO AGAIN, IF WHATEVER WE COULD DO TO HELP THEM OUT, THIS SEEMS JUST LIKE WAY TOO MUCH MONEY.
$10,000 FOR BOTH OF THEM, BECAUSE EVERYBODY DOES HAVE LARGE ANIMALS, AND THEY, MOST OF THE PEOPLE ON EUCALYPTUS OR THE, ON THAT STREET, UH, BASICALLY ENGLISH ROAD, THEY ALL HAVE LARGE ANIMALS AND THEY ALL HAVE BUSINESSES, THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE THERE.
SO THIS SEEMS LIKE, IS THIS ANIMAL, OR IS THIS A ONE TIME? THIS IS A ONE TIME.
I THINK IT WOULD BE, BE VALUABLE, AT LEAST FOR ME, UH, TO WALK THROUGH A SCENARIO LIKE, SO IF WE HAD A BUSINESS, UH, UH, OR AN OPERATION PRIOR TO 2014, WHO WAS PART OF OUR EQUESTRIAN OVERLAY PROCESS MM-HMM.
UM, SO I, WE, AND, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A COUPLE STILL OUT THERE EXISTING THAT HAVE NOT GOT THE PERMITS, UH, THAT WERE PRIOR TO 2014.
SO THOSE BUSINESSES THAT WERE, UH, OPERATING BEFORE 2014 WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THAT LOWER FEE, UM, WHICH WAS ROUGHLY AROUND, I BELIEVE A HUNDRED, $104 UP.
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THAT'LL BE GRANDFATHERED IN.SO THEY, THEY WERE A PART OF THAT WHOLE QUESTION OVERLAY AS, AS WE PROCEEDED WITH THAT ORDINANCE.
SO E EVEN TODAY, IF THAT PROPERTY OWNER WOULD COME IN AND THEY WERE OPERATING AND, AND WE KNOW THEY WERE OPERATING, BECAUSE WE HAVE A, A LIST OF ALL OF THE EXISTING OPERATORS AND PROPERTIES KEEPING THAT WENDY, UM, UH, PRIOR TO THE 2014, AND DURING THIS WHOLE PROCESS THAT PUBLIC WORKS AND INSPECTORS AND ENVIRONMENTAL COORDINATOR PUT TOGETHER, THEY WOULD, EVEN IF THEY COME IN NOW, NINE YEARS LATER, THEY WOULD STILL BE SUBJECT TO THE, THE LOWER FEE.
UH, THIS IS ONLY JUST NEW, NEW COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS UNDER EXISTING, UH, THE, THE EQUESTRIAN FACILITIES? NO, NO, NO.
SAY, I DO HAVE AN EQUESTRIAN OVERLAY.
I'M THE ORIGINAL OWNER BACK IN 2014.
I SELL MY HOUSE TODAY AND SOMEBODY BUYS IT.
DO THEY, DOES THAT THE OVERLAY PERMIT STAY WITH THE PROPERTY? YEAH, IF THEY CONTINUE, IF, IF THAT PROPERTY ALREADY HAS PERMITS, WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD A COUPLE OF, OF THOSE INSTANCES HAPPEN.
SO IF THEY ALREADY HAD A PERMIT AND THEY, THEY CAME IN UNDER, UNDER THE EXISTING OPERATIONS, THAT PERMIT STAYS WITH THE LAND, WE WOULD JUST UPDATE OWNER INFORMATION AND, AND AS LONG AS THEY, THEY RUN THE OPERATION CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WAS PERMITTED, THEN THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO COME IN AND PAY THE NEW FEE.
COUNCILMAN MARQUEZ, CAN I JUST ASK REAL QUICK, THE BUSINESS PERMIT THAT HE'S REFERRING TO, IS THAT POSSIBLY ONE OF THOSE FOUR PERMITS UNDER THE EQUESTRIAN OVERLAY WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT THE BUSINESS PERMIT AT $7,800? IS THAT POSSIBLY THAT DEPOSIT ITEM THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER DAY? YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT ITEMS AND THERE'S A ONES THAT DEPOSIT FOR THIS BUSINESS PERMIT.
IS IT POSSIBLY THAT'S WHAT THAT ITEM IS AS OPPOSED TO A BUSINESS LICENSE? YES.
YEAH, ALL OF THE, YEAH, ALL OF THE NEW FEES ARE ALL DEPOSIT BASED.
SO IT'S, IT'S ALL COST RECOVERY.
SO IF, IF NOT ALL OF IT IS CHARGED, IT DOES GET REFUNDED BACK.
YOUR HONOR, IN, SO CURRENTLY AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, ALL GROUPS PAY A DEPOSIT BASED ON THE ROOM THEY ARE RENTING.
UH, COMMUNITY SERVICES IS PROPOSING TO CREATE A REDUCED CLEANING DEPOSIT FOR GROUP B, WHICH APPLIES TO CHINO HILLS BASED NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND THE CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THESE DEPOSITS ARE UTILIZED TO RECOVER ANY EXPENSES FOR DAMAGES THAT MAY OCCUR DURING THE RENTAL AND TO COVER ANY CANCELLATION FEES.
THE COMMUNITY CENTER ALSO HAS A DEPOSIT OF $250 FOR GROUP S, WHICH IS THE NONPROFIT SENIOR GROUP, BUT THERE IS NO DEPOSIT FOR MCCOY TO MAKE THINGS EQUITABLE.
STAFF IS PROPOSING TO ADD THE SAME GROUP S ROOM RENTAL RATE, UH, I'M SORRY, ROOM RENTAL DEPOSIT OF $250 TO THE MCCOY EQUESTRIAN CENTER FEES.
THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS PROPOSING TO TAKE OVER ALL LAND DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY FROM ENGINEERING TO PROVIDE A MORE COORDINATED AND STREAMLINED REVIEW.
THESE REVIEWS WILL BE PROCESSED THROUGH PRE-QUALIFIED ENGINEERING CONSULTANT FIRMS THAT WORK WITH AND ARE MANAGED BY THE CITY'S ASSIGNED PROJECT MANAGER IN THE DEVELOPMENT TO SERVE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIVISION.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE FEES THAT WERE MOVED FROM ENGINEERING TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THAT INCREASE MORE THAN $10 AND 7.5%.
THE CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE CORRECTION FEE IS PROPOSED TO INCREASE BY $1,459.
THE GRANT OF EASEMENT, QUICK CLAIM REVIEW FEE IS PROPOSED TO INCREASE BY 3,738.
AND THE LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT FEE IS PROPOSED TO INCREASE BY $3,877.
AND THE LOT MERGER FEE IS PROPOSED TO INCREASE BY $4,355.
SO OF COURSE, THE QUESTION'S GONNA BE, MAYBE ALL OF US ARE THINKING THE SAME THING.
IT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE.
WHY IS THAT THE WAY IT IS? SO BECAUSE OF THE TRANSFER FROM ENGINEERING TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, WHAT, WHAT CREATED THIS SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN ALL OF THOSE? I THINK THE MAJORITY OF IT IS NOW HAVING TO USE, UH, CONSULTANT TO PERFORM THESE.
AND I THINK IT'S EXPEDITING THE PROCESS.
I DON'T KNOW IF DAVE WANTS TO ADD ANYTHING.
UM, YOU, YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, WITH A SWITCH OVER TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, IT'S, IT'S ALSO MOVED TO, UM, A DEPOSIT ACCOUNT WHERE, WE'LL, AGAIN, LIKE THE EQUESTRIAN EXAMPLE, UM, THE ONLY CHARGE WILL BE FOR TIME SPENT MM-HMM.
UM, BUT THROUGH CONSULTANT SERVICES, WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THAT CAN BE A LITTLE MORE RESPONSIVE, UM, AND, AND ACTUALLY PROVIDE BETTER CUSTOMER SERVICE IN MANY INSTANCES FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, THE LARGER DEVELOPMENTS.
SO YOU'VE GOT A NUMBER THAT LOOKS PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL AND, AND CERTAINLY IS, AND IT'S AFFILIATED WITH THAT, UH, SHIFT TO CONSULTANT SERVICES, BUT ALSO AS A DEPOSIT, THEY, YOU KNOW, KIND
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OF DO AN ESTIMATE, UM, BASED ON A PROJECT, UH, DESCRIPTION OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT MIGHT THAT TAKE FOR STAFF TIME HOURS, UM, THAT THE AMOUNT OF TIME SPENT FOR THOSE SIMPLER REQUESTS WILL RESULT IN A LOWER FEE.ARE WE SWITCHING TO A CONSULTANT BECAUSE WE'RE SHORT STAFFED OR BECAUSE THE WORKLOAD HAS GOTTEN TOO MUCH FOR OUR EXISTING STAFF? I, I'M SORRY.
UM, THE, UM, CONSULTANT, IS IT BECAUSE WE'RE SHORT STAFFED OR BECAUSE WE HAVE AN INCREASED, YOU KNOW, PROJECT LIST THAT WE CAN'T HANDLE WITH OUR EXISTING STAFF? IT AND OTHERS THAT WENT THROUGH THE, I'LL RESPOND TO THAT ONE.
UH, IT'S ACTUALLY A COMBINATION OF THINGS.
SO, UH, THE, THE LOGIC WAS TO MOVE, UH, FROM THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THEY'RE MANAGING THE PROCESS, UH, UH, PRIMARILY, BUT ALSO USING THE CONSULTANTS GIVES US MORE DEPTH IN, UH, IN EXPERTISE.
IT DOES COST MORE THAN WHEN IT'S STAFF.
UH, A GOOD EXAMPLE IS, UH, FOR MANY YEARS WE HAD A STAFF MEMBER, UH, WHO HAD THE PROPER CERTIFICATIONS TO DO SURVEYS.
AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO JUST USE THE, UH, YOU KNOW, FULLY BURDENED STAFF RATE ON A PROJECT FOR THEM TO DO THAT.
UH, BUT HE ALSO HAD A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF WORK THAT MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO IMMEDIATELY, UH, RESPOND TO, UH, THE NEED.
AND SO NOW WHAT THIS WILL ALLOW US TO DO IS HAVE THE RIGHT, UH, UH, RESOURCES THROUGH OUR CONTRACT, BUT ALSO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S LIKELY TO BE MORE EXPENSIVE BECAUSE WE ARE ADDING THAT THIRD PARTY.
OF THESE FOUR FEES, ARE THESE TYPICALLY SUBJECT TO A DEVELOPER AND NOT A RESIDENT? YES, MA'AM.
BUT RESIDENTS DO PAY THOSE TOO.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO DO A LOT MERGER OR LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT, THEY WILL GET CHARGED JUST LIKE A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPER.
I'M GONNA DEFER TO DEVELOP, THEY WOULD GET CHARGED, BUT TYPICALLY THOSE PROJECTS, LESS COMPLEXITY, LESS TIME WILL BE SPENT.
YOU CAN, YOU CAN ANTICIPATE THAT THE, THE FEE, THE ACTUAL NET FEE AT THE END WOULD BE MUCH LOWER PRORATED OR SOMETHING.
SO WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, I'M READING CURRENT FEE, AND THEN I'M LOOKING THE INCREASE, YOU'RE TELLING ME THIS IS ACTUALLY A DEPOSIT? CORRECT.
SO IT'S NOT REALLY A FEE, IT'S A DEPOSIT.
NO, AND, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THESE QUESTIONS.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS PART OF THIS PROCESS IS TO MAKE SURE ALL OF US UNDERSTAND WHAT THESE FEES MEAN, HOW THEY'RE ARRIVED, HOW THE, THE END USER WILL, WILL ACTUALLY EXPERIENCE WHETHER IT'S A FLAT, YOU HAVE TO PAY $5,174, OR IS THAT THE ESTIMATE BASED ON TIME AND, AND, UH, EXPERIENCE.
SO I THINK THERE'S ONE BASIC QUESTION THAT WE MAYBE NEED TO BACK UP AND, AND ADDRESS, BECAUSE THE PUBLIC'S GONNA WANT TO KNOW THIS.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE STAFF BASICALLY CAN'T BE DOING WORK FOR FREE.
HOWEVER, THESE ARE SOME LARGE NUMBERS.
AND ME AS AN INDIVIDUAL OR THE RESIDENT THAT'S OUT THERE THAT WANTS TO PUT IN A NEW HOT WATER HEATER OR BUILD A PATIO OR WHATEVER, UH, I ASKED YOU THE QUESTION, UH, YESTERDAY.
I BELIEVE THAT WHEN THESE FEES ARE CHARGED TO SAY THE CONTRACTOR THAT IS DOING THE WORK, THEY'RE GONNA BE ROLLED INTO THE TOTAL COST OF THAT PERSON'S JOB.
SO THE RESIDENT ENDS UP PAYING THESE THINGS.
I THINK WE HAVE TO, I KNOW WE CAN'T JUST GIVE AWAY OUR SERVICES, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO FULL COST RECOVERY, I THINK WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO JUST, THE PUBLIC'S NOT GONNA LIKE THESE NUMBERS, I MEAN, PURE AND SIMPLE.
SO I'M, I MIGHT AS WELL GET THAT OUT FOR EVERYBODY TO ADDRESS SOMEHOW.
BUT I MEAN, THESE NUMBERS ARE CRAZY AND, AND PEOPLE ARE ONLY GONNA LOOK AT WHATEVER THEY'RE HAVING DONE AROUND THEIR HOUSE OR WHATEVER AND SAY, OH MY GOD, YOU KNOW, WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO PAY THIS MONEY? SO I DUNNO HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THAT, BUT I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
I, I THINK THERE'S A, ONE KIND OF NUANCE I'D LIKE TO MAKE IS THAT WHILE THE, THE HARD RULE IS THAT THE CITY CANNOT CHARGE MORE THAN A COST TO PERFORM THE SERVICE.
UH, AND THEN THE, THE CONCEPT IS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHOEVER'S BENEFITING FROM THE SERVICE PAYS FOR THE SERVICE.
HOWEVER, THERE WILL BE EXAMPLES IN THE FEE PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE NOT, UH, SUGGESTING THAT WE FULLY COVER THE COST BECAUSE THERE IS A PUBLIC BENEFIT TO LOWERING THE COST OF A PARTICULAR SERVICE IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF COMPLIANCE.
A AS AN EXAMPLE, THE COUNCIL TYPICALLY, UH, UH, DIRECTLY SCRUTINIZES, AND AS, AS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ POINTS OUT, OFTENTIMES IT'LL BE A RESONANT, UH, NOT A DEVELOPER WHO HAS TO PAY A PARTICULAR FEE.
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EXAMPLE WE USUALLY GO OVER IS THE WATER, UH, HEATER, UH, PERMIT FEE.AND, UH, UH, THAT TYPICALLY IS NOT FULL COST RECOVERY BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WOULD STRUGGLE WITH THE, THE CONCEPT OF PAYING THAT MUCH FOR THE PERMIT VERSUS WHAT THE ACTUAL WATER HEATER COSTS.
SO WHILE WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO HAVE A GIFT OF PUBLIC FUNDS AND THE FACT OF, UH, JUST ABSORBING ALL OF THE FEES, THERE ARE TIMES WHERE IT IS IN THE BENEFIT TO LOWER THE, THE FEE THAT'S BEING CHARGED IN ORDER TO PROMOTE, UH, COMPLIANCE.
AND I'M SURE THAT, UH, CRYSTAL WILL, UH, POINT A FEW OUT ALONG THE WAY.
OR CAN IF SHE WASN'T PLANNING, YOU KNOW, IN THAT SAME VEIN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THE COST.
THE EXAMPLE WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT A LITTLE WHILE AGO WHERE WE HAVE TO HAVE CONSULTANTS DO THE, DO THE A PORTION OF THE, UH, FEE APPROVAL OR THE, UH, THE LOOKING AT THE DOCUMENTS.
SO IS THAT THE PER THE, THE, UM, THE TAXPAYERS BURDEN AND, AND THEIR FAULT THAT WE DON'T HAVE SOMEBODY IN-HOUSE THAT CAN, UH, DO THE WORK FOR A REGULAR COST RECOVERY FEE? OR WE, BECAUSE WE'RE PAYING, THEY'RE CHARGING THEM FOR A CONSULTANT.
AND MY GUESS IS THAT CONSULTANTS ARE GONNA BE TWO, THREE TIMES WHAT STAFF, UH, COSTS ARE.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
UM, THIS IS JUST, THIS IS A TOUGH THING, BUT I MEAN, I FIGURED WE'D GET, GET INTO IT NOW, BECAUSE IT'S KIND, LUCKILY THERE AREN'T, AREN'T A LOT OF THESE YEAH.
THAT'S WHY THEY'RE HIGHLIGHTING THEM.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING IS THE, UH, I THINK WE NEED TO BE SURE THAT WE POINT THE FINGER IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
A GOOD EXAMPLE IS, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE HOT WATER HEATERS.
THE STATE MANDATES CERTAIN THINGS FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY.
UH, NOW, BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY'S GONNA HAVE A HOT WATER, UH, HEATER PUT BACK IN, THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR THE INSPECTION OF THE STRAPPING.
THEY HAVE TO HAVE A CARBON MONOXIDE, UH, UNIT PUT INTO THEIR HOME, BECAUSE THE CITY WILL CHECK THAT ALMOST FOR ANY PERMIT THAT'S AROUND YOUR HOUSE.
NOW, THEY'LL COME IN AND CH MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE SMOKE DETECTORS, BUT YOU HAVE CARBON MONOXIDE, UH, THINGS.
THESE ARE ADDED COSTS THAT AREN'T ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE CITY'S REQUIREMENT, BUT THEY'RE BEING MANDATED TO US.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO BE PREPARED TO THROW OUT SOME OF THOSE THINGS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT THE BAD GUYS.
I MEAN, IF WE DON'T LIKE THE LAWS THAT ARE BEING PASSED AND THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE BEING MADE, THEN WE NEED TO POINT THE FINGER WHERE IT REALLY IS HAPPENING, BECAUSE THE STATE DOESN'T CARE WHETHER WE GET COST RECOVERY OR NOT.
BUT THEY'RE GONNA HAMMER YOU IF YOU'RE SUBSIDIZING, UH, THESE COSTS.
SO I'LL GET DOWN OFF MY, MY, UH, PODIUM HERE, OR MY SOAPBOX, BUT, AND, AND I THINK THE ARCH YOU TALK ABOUT, I THINK THE ARCH POINT, WE'RE NOT MAKING MONEY OFF OF THIS.
THIS IS NOT A, A, A REVENUE GENERATING ENDEAVOR.
THIS IS COST SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T WANT SOMEONE WHO ISN'T PAYING FOR A SERVICE TO HAVE TO SUPPLEMENT ANOTHER RESIDENT WHO IS PAYING FOR A SERVICE.
SO IT'S THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS, SADLY.
BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO THIS.
JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, I WAS WATCHING THE COUNTY OR SUPERVISORS, THEY DO THIS EVERY THREE YEARS, AND A COUPLE OF 'EM MAY WERE MAKING COMMENTS ABOUT HOW SHOCKING THE INCREASES WERE FROM THE LAST NUMBER THAT THEY SAW.
AND THEY SAID, WELL, WE ONLY DO THIS EVERY THREE YEARS.
AND IT WAS SUGGESTED MAYBE YOU OUGHT TO DO IT EVERY YEAR TO KEEP UP.
AND HOPEFULLY THE SHOCK VALUE WILL BE LESS.
IT MAY, MAYBE BETWEEN THREE YEARS, MAYBE BE A LOT EVEN WITH WHAT WE DO.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REVIEW THIS EVERY YEAR AND SEE WHERE WE NEED TO GO.
AND WE DON'T WANT TO GO IN DEBT WHEN IT COMES TO, TO SERVICES, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO BE PROFITING.
WE JUST WANT TO COST RECOVERY.
MR. MAYOR, ONE LAST QUESTION THAT I DO HAVE.
SO TODAY, IF I PUT A DEPOSIT DOWN AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I WANT THIS, THIS, THIS, AND THIS, IT EXCEEDS MY DEPOSIT, I STILL HAVE TO COME IN WITH MORE MONEY, RIGHT.
TO JUSTIFY THE COST THAT'S RIGHT.
SO WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? IF THAT'S WHAT WE ALREADY DO, WHY DON'T WE JUST KEEP IT EXACTLY WHERE IT IS? AND THEN IF THEY GO BEYOND THIS, THEY JUST GOTTA COME UP WITH, WITH FUNDS TO, TO COVER THE COST.
I, I HAD A SIMILAR QUESTION WITH STAFF.
I THINK THE KEY IS, IS THAT THIS IS A REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF WHAT THE FEE WILL BE.
AND YOU WOULD PROBABLY HAVE A LOT OF STICKER SHOCK FOR SOMEONE WHO WAS DIRECTED BY, WITH STAFF TO COLLECT A $1,400 FEE BASED ON THE, THE OLD MODEL.
AND THEN IF IT RUNS AS WE PROJECT IT, IT TURNS OUT TO BE 2,800, THEN THEY, THEY THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE A $1,400 HIT AND IT WAS TWICE THAT.
SO WE TRY TO MATCH UP THE FEES WITH WHAT WE THINK IT SHOULD BE.
BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, IF IT, IF IT, IT TAKES MORE TIME, IT WILL HAVE TO BE MORE.
BUT IN, IN THE INTEREST OF TRANSPARENCY, OUR GOAL IS TO SAY, HERE'S WHAT WE THINK IT'S GONNA BE FOR YOU.
HOW, HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU, YOU DON'T WANT TO ASK FOR $2,800 AND HAVE IT CONSISTENTLY BE 1400, BUT, UH, THAT IS OUR BEST REASONABLE GUESTS ON THE AVERAGE PROJECT.
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IT'LL TAKE X NUMBER OF HOURS AT THIS COST.NOW, IF IT'S LESS THAN THAT, WOULD THEY GET A REFUND BECAUSE OKAY.
SO THIS IS BASED ON AVERAGE TIME.
IT, THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE SOME HIGHER AND SOME LOWER, BUT THIS IS THE, THE AVERAGE.
AND ALSO ON THE, THE BOOKLET THAT YOU WERE GIVEN THAT THE PUBLIC HAS ACCESS TO, AND THEN THE FINAL FEE SCHEDULE THAT'S PUT ON THE WEBSITE, IT HAS A NOTE THAT SAYS THAT IT'S AN INITIAL DEPOSIT.
ARE WE READY TO MOVE ON? WE CAN MM-HMM.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE BUILDING SERVICES FEES THAT INCREASED BY MORE THAN $10 AND SEVEN AND A HALF PERCENT.
AND THE REASON THESE ARE INCREASING IS BECAUSE THE AVERAGE TIME DATA WAS INCREASED BY A HALF HOUR TO AN HOUR FOR EACH OF THESE.
UM, SO THE REAR YARD IMPROVEMENT, NON-STRUCTURAL FEE IS PROPOSED INCREASED BY 298.
THE PRECISE GRADING PERMIT FEE PER LOT IS PROPOSED INCREASE BY 298.
THE PLAN CHECK RESUBMITTAL FEE IS PROPOSED TO INCREASE BY $167, AND THE REINSPECTION FEE IS PROPOSED TO INCREASE BY 149.
AND, AND IT WENT UP BECAUSE WHAT, WHAT WAS THE REASON IT WENT UP AGAIN? LIKE FOR REAR YARD IMPROVEMENTS, NON-STRUCTURAL.
SO THE AVERAGE TIME DATA THAT STAFF SPENDS ON THESE ITEMS, UM, INCREASED BY EITHER A HALF HOUR OR AN HOUR BA BASED ON WHAT, BECAUSE BEFORE WE WEREN'T CHARGING ENOUGH FOR IT.
THEY JUST KEEP TRACK, I THINK OF HOW MUCH TIME IS, THERE IS SOME KIND OF TREND OF WHITES TAKING AN HOUR LONGER WHEN THEY GO OUT TO, TO DO THAT.
I'D HAVE TO DEFER TO THE DEPARTMENT.
I'LL, I'LL TAKE A, I'LL TAKE A CRACK AT IT AND MM-HMM.
BUT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES I'VE FOUND, AND HAVING BEEN PART OF OTHER FEE UPDATES IN OTHER CITIES, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE GET, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE LOOK AT THEM ANNUALLY, SOMETIMES A FOCUS COMES IN ON ONE PARTICULAR ONE.
MAYBE THERE'S BEEN A PREPONDERANCE OF THIS KIND OF WORK, AND WE'VE GOT NEW EXPERIENCE WITH HOW LONG IT REALLY TAKES.
AND IT, WHILE IT'S ANNUALLY UPDATED, MAYBE IT REALLY HASN'T BEEN LOOKED AT FOR ANY NUMBER OF YEARS.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE NEW THINGS WE'RE SEEING IN TERMS OF REAR YARD IMPROVEMENTS AND, AND THE, THE LEVEL OF TIME THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE SPENT.
UM, BUT THEY, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, ONE OFFERING OF WHAT IT MIGHT BE.
I DON'T KNOW IF MIKE, TIM, ANYBODY MIGHT HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD.
I SEE TIM ON THE EDGE OF HIS CHAIR.
TIM, DID YOU WANT TO, UH, ADD TO THE, HE WAS JUST HOPING YOU WOULDN'T CALL HIM
CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME EXAMPLES OF YOUR REAR YARD IMPROVEMENTS, NON-STRUCTURAL, WHAT KIND OF PROJECTS ARE KIND, GIMME SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT THAT WOULD BE, PLEASE, MAYOR, HE HEARD THREE DIFFERENT MEMBERS.
SO, UM, TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, UH, FOR A BACKYARD IMPROVEMENT, THERE IS A PLANNING REVIEW REQUIRED FOR SETBACKS FOR THEIR BARBECUE OR FIRE PIT OR OUTDOOR KITCHEN.
UM, THE TYPICAL THINGS YOU WOULD HAVE IN, UH, SOMEBODY'S BACKYARD.
THERE'S ALSO BUILDING PLAN CHECK REQUIRED, AND THEN THERE'S AT LEAST TWO INSPECTIONS INVOLVED.
ONE FOR LOOKING AT THE TRENCH, TESTING THE GAS PIPE FOR PRESSURE, AND THEN AT LEAST ONCE WHEN YOU'RE DONE, SO THERE'S FOUR THINGS HAS TO HAPPEN MM-HMM.
SO IT'S JUST THAT BETTER REALIZATION OF, HEY, WE ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN LOSING TRACK OF WHAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO SPEND ON EACH OF THESE JOBS.
WHEN A RESIDENT APPLIES FOR THIS, LIKE IF THEY WANNA PUT IN A BARBECUE, DO WE LAY IT OUT FOR THEM? LIKE WHAT, WHAT WE HAVE TO DO WITHIN THAT FEE SO THEY CAN APPRECIATE LIKE THAT THERE'S TWO VISITS, THERE'S STUFF INTERNALLY THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
DO WE DO THAT? UM, WE, WE DON'T HAVE A, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY SORT OF HANDOUT THAT WOULD TELL THEM EACH AND EVERY THINGS THAT WE DO.
WE DO HAVE THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS OR TYPE OF INSPECTIONS PRINTED ON THEIR JOB CARD SO THEY COULD FOLLOW, LIKE, HERE'S YOUR A, B, C, AND THEN YOU GET TO THE END, HERE'S YOUR FINAL INSPECTION.
BUT WE DON'T TYPICALLY HAVE, LIKE, EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO GO THROUGH FOR A PLANT CHECK, BECAUSE A PRO, THERE'S, EVERY PROJECT IS DIFFERENT.
THERE'S NOT A HANDOUT THAT WILL WORK FOR EVERYBODY.
AND I THINK TO CYNTHIA'S QUESTION, PROBABLY MOST OF THIS IS CONTRACTORS VERSUS RESIDENTS COMING IN, CORRECT? OR, UH, BOTH.
BUT IF, AND WE DO HAVE A SEPARATE, UM, UH, PERMIT TYPE.
UH, IF THEY WERE JUST TO DO A, SAY A FIRE PIT, UM, THEN WE COULD
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JUST USE THE GAS LINE TEMPLATE AND CHARGE THE GAS LINE ONLY, WHICH, IN WHICH CASE, IT'D BE ABOUT $200.SO BACKYARD IS FOR MULTIPLE ITEMS WHEN THERE'S WATER, SEWER, GAS, MULTIPLE DISCIPLINE INVOLVED.
BUT MS. MAYOR, IF I MIGHT, IF, IF I'M HEARING, YOU KNOW, THERE FOR US TO TAKE A REVISIT, JUST KIND CHECK IN ON OUR EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, MAYBE SOME OF THE INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE TO HELP FURTHER THAT MESSAGING, WE'LL CERTAINLY DO THAT.
I, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
MR. MAYOR GOT A QUESTION, SINCE YOU'RE UP THERE, STAY THERE FOR A SECOND.
UM, WHEN SOMEBODY COMES TO THE COUNTER AND THEY'RE GONNA DO X, Y, AND Z, WHY CAN'T WE TELL THEM EXACTLY WHAT THE TOTAL COST IS GONNA BE? BECAUSE I KNOW FOR MYSELF, OR PEOPLE THAT I DO KNOW, WE'LL GIVE THEM A SHEET AND IT'S GONNA BE UP TO THEM TO CALCULATE IT WHAT THEY THINK IT IS.
WE'RE THE EXPERTS IN OUR CITY, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY WE DON'T HAVE THE SOFTWARE WHERE IF SOMEBODY SAYS, HEY, I WANNA PUT A, A SWIMMING POOL IN AND A, A SPA THAT I GOT THAT WHEN I LEAVE, I'LL KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE PERMITS ARE AND ALL THE INSPECTIONS.
SO THIS WAY I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE FINAL NUMBER'S GONNA BE TO ME, I JUST DON'T LIKE WHEN SOMEBODY GOES UP TO THE COUNTER AND THEY'RE GIVEN FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT SHEETS AND THEY HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT.
AND WHEN THEY FIGURE IT OUT, IT'S GONNA BE A LOT LESS THAN WHAT REALITY IS
AND I DON'T KNOW WHY WE DON'T HAVE THE SOFTWARE TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR, UH, THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN OUR CITY.
UH, WE, WE ACTUALLY DO SOME OF OUR PERMITS, FOR INSTANCE, SWIMMING POOLS.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE FLAT FEES, UH, RETAINING WALLS OR FLAT FEES, WELL, MORE IF THERE'S, IF IT EXCEEDS A HUNDRED FEET LONG, UH, I THINK THE CONFUCIAN COMES IN IS WHEN, WHEN THEY HAVE MULTIPLE THINGS INVOLVED WITH THEIR PERMIT, UH, THERE COULD BE GRADING IF THEY, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GRADING, THEN FOR A NEW HOUSE, THERE'S THE GRADING PERMIT, THERE'S THE REVIEW OF THE SOURCE REPORT, AND THEN OFTEN TIME THERE'S A RETAINING WALL INVOLVED.
SO UNTIL WE GET THE WHOLE PICTURE OF ALL THE SEPARATE LITTLE PERMITS, OH, I FORGOT.
SEPTIC TANK MIGHT ALSO REQUIRES SEP PERMIT.
SO BY THE TIME WE GO THROUGH THE PLAN AND DECIDE, OKAY, WE ACTUALLY NEED FIVE PERMITS, IT'S NOT JUST ONE CREATING PERMIT.
SO THAT'S, I THINK, WHERE THAT DISCREPANCY.
WELL, AND IF I MIGHT, MR. MAYOR COUNSEL THAT TIM GIVES A GOOD EXAMPLE, THAT OFTEN THESE THINGS ARE MULTIPLE LAYERS OF IMPROVEMENTS AND WHERE WE CAN, WE HAVE EXACTLY THE KIND OF CONVERSATION YOU'RE HAVING AND TRY TO TRY TO PEG IT AS BEST AS POSSIBLE.
UM, WITH THE ULTIMATE BEING, YOU KNOW, THAT PLAN REVIEW PROCESS WHERE WE CAN REVIEW THE PLANS, UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT'S INVOLVED IN THE PROPOSED PROJECT, AND THEN, AND, AND THEN GET BACK TO THEM ON THOSE, ON THOSE FEES.
BUT WHEREVER, WHEREVER WE CAN BEST PEG IT, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
WE WANT TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND, AND HELP THE RESIDENTS WITH THAT.
AND I'M JUST GONNA GO BACK TO PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.
UM, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, I SUBDIVIDED A PORTION OF MY PROPERTY TO TWO LOTS.
UM, ONE MINUTE, YOU CAN BUILD A HOUSE HERE, ONE MINUTE, YOU CAN BUILD IT OVER THERE.
NO, THERE ISN'T AN EASEMENT TO, AND THIS, EVERY, EVERY TIME WE DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT COSTS SOMEBODY IN THE COMMUNITY MONEY.
SO AGAIN, IF WE HAD SOFTWARE OR IF I CAME TO THE COUNTER AND I TOLD YOU THE STORY, HEY, I'M GONNA DO THIS, THIS, THIS, AND THIS TO ME TO BE ABLE TO GET UP WHAT THE COST IS, TO ME, THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD BUSINESS.
AND I KNOW WHAT I WENT THROUGH.
I, I WOULDN'T WANT ANYONE ELSE IN MY COMMUNITY TO GO THROUGH WHAT I WENT THROUGH PERSONALLY.
I'LL GO TWO MORE CENTS COMING UP.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FEES THAT INCREASE BY MORE THAN $10 AND SEVEN AND 5%.
THE POST ENTITLEMENT FEES PROPOSED TO INCREASE BY $3,342.
THE SITE PLAN REVIEW FEE IS PROPOSED INCREASED BY $7,418.
THE THREE ZONING CLEARANCE REVIEW FEES ARE ALL PROPOSED INCREASED BY $1,671.
THE TENTATIVE TRACK MAP IS PROPOSED TO INCREASE BY $8,461.
AND THE LANDSCAPE PLAN CHECK REVIEW FOR SINGLE FAMILY IS TO PRO PROPOSE TO INCREASE BY $410.
TENTATIVE TRACK MAP, WHO DOES ONE? IS IT JUST ONE PROPERTY THAT'S SUBDIVIDES IT INTO TWO? ARE WE TALKING ABOUT A DEVELOPMENT? WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? A TENTATIVE TRACK
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MAP? NO, WITH A, WITH A TRACK MAP.AT, AT THE RISK OF REMEMBERING DEEP IN MY, UH, RECESSES OF MY, MY BRAIN, SIX OR SIX, OH WAIT, I'M GETTING, I'M GETTING A HIGH SIGN FROM FIVE OVER FIVE LOTS CREATED TRIPS IT TO A TRACT OTHER THAN LESSER THAN THAT WOULD BE A PARCEL MAP.
UM, AND OFTEN A, YOU KNOW, SIMPLER REVIEW.
I WOULD JUST ADD THE, THE LIST YOU HAVE HERE, LIKE THE PRIOR DISCUSSION, UH, DEPOSITS AND, YOU KNOW, USE OF SOME OF THOSE CONSULTANT SERVICES, UH, WHERE WE MAY NEED TO SUPPLEMENT STAFF'S IN-HOUSE EXPERTISE, UM, AND HONING IN ON, YOU KNOW, EXACTLY THE TIME SPENT MAY RESULT IN A LESSER OR HIGHER FINAL NUMBER.
CAN I HAVE A QUESTION? JUST I'M GONNA ASK MICHAEL A QUESTION.
TENTATIVE TRACK, TRACK MAP, IS IT A PARCEL MAP OR IS IT A TRACK TENTATIVE TRACK MAP? WHEN YOU SUBDIVIDE PROPERTY INTO TWO, WHAT DO WE CALL IT? IT'S ONLY TWO.
YEAH, IT'S LESS THAN FIVE SURE IS.
UM, EITHER KRISTA, UM, OR DAVE, UH, POST ENTITLEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC, BECAUSE IT'S A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE, CAN YOU JUST KIND OF, IN A COUPLE SENTENCES EXPLAIN WHAT THAT WOULD BE LIKE, WHAT WE WOULD BE SUPPLYING TO THE DEVELOPER OR RESIDENT TO PROVIDE POST ENTITLEMENT SERVICES? WHAT IS THAT EXACTLY? I MEAN, I KNOW, BUT THE PUBLIC DOESN'T.
I'M, I, I CAN'T QUITE YOUR POST ENTITLEMENT, POST-IT ENTITLEMENT.
CAN YOU DES, CAN YOU, UM, SORRY.
EXPLAIN THAT TO THE PUBLIC, WHAT THAT MEANS.
AND THAT, UH, THAT DEPOSIT IS, IS FOR DEVELOPMENT FOR DEVELOPERS.
SO WHEN THEY'RE READY TO COME IN, UH, FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH THEIR CONSTRUCTION, THAT TYPICALLY COVERS, UH, PROJECT COORDINATION MANAGEMENT INSPECTIONS ON THE PLANNING SIDE.
IN ENGINEERING SERVICES, UH, THE FULLY BURDENED RATE INCREASED, CAUSING THE FOLLOWING FEES TO INCREASE BY MORE THAN $10 AND 7.5%.
THE ENCROACHMENT PERMIT APPLICATION FEE, THE GENERAL ENCROACHMENT INSPECTION FEE AND THE REPETITIVE DIRT HALL GENERAL INSPECTION FEE ARE ALL PROPOSED TO INCREASE BY $39.
IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, THE UTILITY BILLING DIVISION FEES THAT INCREASE BY MORE THAN $10 AND 7.5% ARE THE FIRE FLOW TEST FEE, WHICH IS PROPOSED TO INCREASE BY $55.
AND THE WATER METER INSULATION FEES FOR THE ONE AND A HALF INCH SIZE, THE FEE IS PROPOSED TO INCREASE BY $94.
AND THE FEE FOR THE TWO INCH METER IS PROPOSED TO INCREASE BY $106.
IN POLICE SERVICES, THE FALSE ALARM FEES ARE PROPOSED TO INCREASE BY $12, 24, 36, AND $48.
THE THIRD TIME FEE IS BASED ON FULL COST RECOVERY.
AND A $12 PENALTY IS ADDED EACH TIME THE POLICE HAVE TO RESPOND TO ANOTHER FALSE ALARM.
UH, DUE TO RISING COSTS, COMMUNITY SERVICES IS PROPOSING TO INCREASE SOME OF THE REFUNDABLE CLEANING DEPOSITS FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND MCCOY EQUESTRIAN CENTER COMMUNITY SERVICES IS ALSO PROPOSING TO INCREASE THEIR FACILITY RENTAL FEES BY FIVE TO 7% FOR ALL USER GROUPS.
THESE UPDATES ARE REFLECTED IN THE COMMUNITY SERVICES TABLES FOR ALL RENTAL RECREATION FACILITIES.
THE PACKAGES FOR THE MCCOY ARENA FEES HAVE ALSO BEEN SIMPLIFIED TO REFLECT EXCLUSIVE RENTAL USAGE.
MR. MAYOR, ON THAT ONE, I WOULD ONLY LIKE TO SAY ON THE INCREASE OF FIVE TO 7%, THAT'S MARKET DRIVEN.
WE TALK TO ALL OF OUR FRIENDS, OF COURSE, THAT ARE, AS WE DO OUR PROGRAMS AS WELL, AND, UH, SEE WHAT THE MARKET IS, UH, BEARING OUT THERE AND SUCH.
SO WE'RE NEVER THE HIGHEST GUY, WE'RE NEVER THE LOWEST GUY.
WE ALWAYS WANT TO BE THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE.
SO OF COURSE, DIAMOND BAR'S ALWAYS IN A, A PHONE CALL THAT WE MAKE CUZ THEY HAVE A NICE COMMUNITY CENTER THERE AS WELL AND SUCH.
AND SO, UM, THAT'S WHERE THOSE, UH, THE FEE INCREASES COME.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S THE SAME EXERCISE THAT WE DO WHEN WE DEAL WITH OUR PROGRAMS AS WELL, UM, UH, LITERALLY ON A YEARLY BASIS.
SO WHEN YOU SEE THE BUDGET AND WE HAVE INCREASED A FEE, UM, THAT'S THE REASON WE'VE, WE'VE GONE OUT AND, UH, CHECKED WITH OUR, UH, OUR FRIENDS IN THE OTHER, UH, CITIES AS IT MAY BE AND SUCH.
MR. MERICK, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
CAN I GO BACK ONE SLIDE? FALSE ALARMS. THIS IS FOR FALSE FALSE ALARMS TONIGHT.
AND THE REASON I'M ASKING THIS, IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T PAY IT, DO WE LEAN, LEAN THE SKINS PROPERTY? NO, WE SEND THEM TO COLLECTIONS, BUT WE DON'T LEAN BECAUSE I KNOW WITH WATER, OUR WATER BILL, WE DIDN'T LEAN IT, BUT NOW WE DO LEAN IT.
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WE, WE WERE ABLE TO LEAN FOR THE WATER BILLS FOR THE ONE YEAR.UM, NOW WE'RE LOCKING OFF AGAIN, SO IT'S VERY UNLIKELY.
BUT WE DO HAVE SOME SEWER ONLY ACCOUNTS THAT WE CAN'T REALLY LOCK OFF SEWER ONLY.
SO WE'RE UTILIZING LIENS FOR THAT.
AND EVERY NOW AND THEN THERE WE STILL HAVE PAYMENT PLANS.
THERE MIGHT BE SOMEONE THAT WE LEAN FOR WATER, BUT IT'S HIGHLY UNLIKELY GOING FORWARD.
SO IF SOMEBODY BASICALLY HAVE A HUNDRED CALLS TO MY, TO MY RESIDENCE, YOU JUST SORT OF, WE SHOULD JUST SHIP IT OFF TO COLLECTION AGENCY TO, I MEAN, WE SEND A FEW NOTICES TO ATTEMPT TO COLLECT OURSELVES, BUT YES.
THAT WAY IT THEN SHOWS UP ON THEIR CREDIT REPORT.
AND WE CAN TAKE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME.
MR. MERRILL? I HAVE NO QUESTIONS.
CYNTHIA? MINE'S JUST A COMMENT.
IT'S NOT REALLY, UM, BUT FEE UPDATE RELATED.
BUT WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE DOING PROJECTS, UM, IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT'S A DEVELOPER, WELL, MOSTLY IF IT'S A DEVELOPER WITH OUR FEES, IT'S LIKE, I'VE BROUGHT THIS UP BEFORE.
DO WE DO A, A POST SURVEY TO, TO FIND OUT HOW THEY FELT ABOUT DOING A PROJECT WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY? LIKE WHAT KIND OF CUSTOMER SERVICE THEY RECEIVED, IF THEY FELT OUR FEES WERE FAIR.
I MEAN, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, I KNOW A LOT OF 'EM WON'T FILL IT OUT, BUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW IF PEOPLE LIKE DOING BUSINESS WITH US MM-HMM.
I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A CONCIERGE TYPE OF APPROACH A COUPLE YEARS AGO THAT WE'D HEARD THROUGH LEAGUE OF CITIES AND THEY WERE, SOME CITIES WERE PROPOSING THAT KIND OF ONE PERSON IS ASSIGNED TO MORE MAJOR PROJECT FOLLOW UP, A FOLLOW UP MM-HMM.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE EVER INITIATED THAT OR IF THAT WAS PART OF OUR PROGRAM THAT WE DID, BUT WE CALLED IT SOMETHING ELSE.
BUT, UH, I GUESS IN AN ATTEMPT TO IMPROVE OUR, OUR COMMUNITY RELATIONS WITH OUR USERS, IT WAS, IT WAS A CONCEPT THAT I DON'T KNOW IF, IF ONE PERSON HANDLES FROM START TO FINISH, UH, A SIGNIFICANT PROJECT OR NOT, AND THAT PERSON CAN THEN PROVIDE FEEDBACK BACK TO THE BOSS OR TO WHOEVER AS FAR AS AND INTERN US.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A SURVEY SYSTEM, BUT THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD WAY FOR US TO SOLICIT FEEDBACK.
UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, TO THE MAYOR'S COMMENT, WE DO DO HAVE STAFF, UH, UH, THAT WILL ASSIST A, UH, A PERSON WITH WALKING THEM THROUGH THE, THE VARIOUS STEPS, BUT NOT A DEDICATED POSITION, UH, FOR THAT.
UH, AS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ, UH, POINTED OUT, AND HE AND I HAVE LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS, IS THAT IT'S ALWAYS OUR GOAL TO REVISIT WHETHER OR NOT WE WERE SUCCESSFUL WITH WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE.
I THINK THAT ANYONE WHO'S EVER DONE A PROJECT AT THEIR HOME HAS FOUND HOW COMPLEX IT CAN BE.
AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT WHEN YOU THINK THAT YOU MAY ONLY DO A COUPLE PROJECTS IN YOUR LIFETIME, UH, AT YOUR HOME, HAVING TO COME IN AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AS, AS TIM POINTED OUT, UH, WHAT MAY START OFF AS A SIMPLE, I WANT TO HAVE A COOL PIZZA OVEN IN MY BACKYARD MAY BE FAR MORE COMPLEX ONCE YOU GET DOWN TO ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PIECES.
UM, IT'S, IT'S ONE OF OUR, OUR STRIVES TO DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH CUSTOMER SERVICE.
I MEET FREQUENTLY WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEADS TO GET FEEDBACK ON WHAT THEY'RE SEEING FROM THEIR, UH, UH, STAFF AND CUSTOMERS.
I OCCASIONALLY MEET WITH DEVELOPERS WHEN THEY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, THE PROCESS.
SO I THINK WE HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, AN ORGANIC WAY.
BUT I THINK HEARING FROM THE COUNCIL'S COMMENTS AND DIVING INTO THE SPECIFIC FEES, THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD, WOULD FOCUS ON.
HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT WE'RE GETTING FEEDBACK? HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THE SYSTEMS THAT WE THINK ARE WORKING ARE WORKING, UH, AND AND HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, IMPROVE CUSTOMER SERVICE ALWAYS SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE STRIVING FOR.
BECAUSE, BECAUSE WE DON'T DO THE ASK AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU COME UP WITH A SYSTEM, A SURVEY, IT'S NOT GONNA, WE DON'T HAVE TO HIRE ANYONE.
IT'S NOT GONNA COST A LOT OF MONEY.
IT'S LIKE, FIND OUT WHAT OTHER CITIES ASK POSTS.
LIKE, SO WHEN TRUE MARK IS DONE WITH THEIR SHADY VIEW PROJECT, SOMETHING GOES TO WHO THE LIAISON WAS, WHETHER IT'S ERIC NELSON OR WHOEVER, AND YOU HAVE A COUPLE PAGE SURVEY, AND HOPEFULLY THEY'LL BE HONEST WITH US ABOUT WHAT FROM START TO FINISH.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS NO REFLECTION ON ANY OF OUR DEPARTMENTS.
THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT ANY ORGANIZATION SHOULD DO TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PERCEPTION IS.
BECAUSE YOU COULD BE HAVING DEPARTMENT MEETINGS AND WE THINK WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB, BUT IT MIGHT NOT BE COMING ACROSS IT THAT WAY TO THE PERSON THAT'S DOING BUSINESS IN OUR CITY.
WHEN WE GO TO STUFF LIKE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES, WE WANT PEOPLE TO COME UP TO US AND SAY, WE CAN'T WAIT TO DO ANOTHER PROJECT IN CHINO HILLS, OR WE CAN'T WAIT TO OPEN UP A BUSINESS IN CHINO HILLS.
AND WE'RE NOT GONNA KNOW THAT UNLESS WE START DOING THE ASK SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT.
SO IF, IF ANYTHING'S, IF EVERYONE'S IN AGREEMENT, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING LATER WE KIND OF PUSH FORWARD IF POSSIBLE.
MR. MAYOR, TWO, TWO QUESTIONS.
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ENERGY EFFICIENCY, YOU KNOW, GREENHOUSE GASES, UH, SAVING, UH, ELECTRICITY, I, I THINK WE SHOULD BASICALLY EITHER KEEP THE PRICE THE WAY IT IS FOR LIKE A NEW AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM OR WINDOWS, AS LONG AS YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE THE ENVIRONMENT BETTER.I THINK WE SHOULD BE MORE FLEXIBLE ON OUR PRICING AND NOT, I'M NOT GONNA SAY GOUGE, BUT, UH, MAKE JUMPS THAT WE'RE MAKING FOR THIS.
AND THEN ALSO SURVEYS AS FAR AS OUR COST.
DO WE DO A SURVEY SO WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE CHARGING? BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO, I DON'T WANT TO FIND OUT FROM ANOTHER CITY THAT THEY'RE CHARGING A LOT LESS THAN US.
AND WE DIDN'T EVEN REALLY TALK ABOUT THAT.
BUT MY QUESTION TO YOU, CITY MANAGER, DO WE DO A SURVEY FOR COST? I KNOW WE DO THAT FOR, AS, UH, JONATHAN POINTED OUT FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, RENTAL FEES THAT ARE MARKET DRIVEN.
UM, I THINK WHAT WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT IS, TO YOUR POINT, IF, BECAUSE THE STRUCTURE IS SALARY, FULLY BURDENED TIME HOURS EQUALS HOW MUCH IT'S GONNA COST, I THINK WHAT A SURVEY WOULD LIKELY SHOW IS MORE, OR IS IT TAKING US LONGER THAN ANYONE ELSE? BECAUSE SALARIES ARE ALL GONNA BE VERY SIMILAR WITHIN OUR CITIES.
SO I, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW, UH, THIS PLAYS INTO OUR DEVELOPMENT OF FEES, BUT I WILL DEFINITELY TAKE THE SURVEY QUESTION BACK AND, UH, UH, PROVIDE FOR THE COUNCIL, UH, SOME TYPE OF FEEDBACK ON COMPARISON.
UH, SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO COMPARE APPLES TO ORANGES AS, AS, AS MR. MARQUEZ YOU BROUGHT UP, UH, WE COULD PROPOSE THAT A FEE BE FAIRLY LOW, KNOWING THAT THE AVERAGE PROJECT WILL TAKE MORE HOURS.
AND SO I THINK MORE THAN JUST BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT A FEE SCHEDULE FOR ANOTHER CITY, IT WOULD TAKE A, AN AMOUNT OF DIGGING IN WITH THAT CITY TO SAY, WELL, IF YOU'RE CHARGING $3,000 AND WE'RE PROPOSING $4,000, YOU KNOW, WHAT WENT INTO YOUR ESTIMATE VERSUS OURS.
BUT IT, ALL OF THESE, I'M, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE FEEDBACK WE'RE GETTING BECAUSE I KNOW THE COUNCIL HAS TO BE OUT IN THE PUBLIC AND DEFEND THESE FEES.
UH, THERE'S SOME, UH, UH, HOMEWORK THAT WE CAN TAKE BACK ON CUSTOMER SERVICE ON HOW OUR FEES COMPARE TO OTHERS THAT WE'D BE HAPPY TO PRESENT, UH, AT A FUTURE DATE TO THE COUNCIL TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE KIND OF INSIGHT INTO HOW OUR FEES COMPARE AND, AND WHETHER OR NOT, AS YOU POINTED OUT MR. MARQUEZ, THAT, UH, UH, WE CURRENTLY DO, UH, SUBSIDIZE ENERGY EFFICIENCY, UH, UH, UH, UH, OPTIONS IN ORDER TO BRING THEM BELOW, UH, WHAT WOULD BE FULLY MARKET.
AND THAT WAS A DIRECTION THAT WAS MADE CLEAR AT OUR LAST FEE STUDY BY THE COUNCIL BECAUSE THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TEED UP ALL OF THOSE FEES TO SHOW THE, UH, UH, SPECIFICALLY WHERE THE COUNCIL DIRECTION, UH, LIES.
IN THIS CASE, YOU DIDN'T SEE THEM BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T GROW IN THIS PRESENTATION MORE THAN, UH, $10 OR SEVEN AND 5%.
UH, UH, SO ALL THAT BEING SAID, UH, BETTER CUSTOMER SERVICE AS, UH, FIGURED OUT BY DOING SURVEYS AND, UH, GIVING YOU MORE FEEDBACK ON WHAT THE OTHER, UH, CITIES ARE DOING IS WHAT I'M HEARING.
BRIAN, SIR? UM, I KNOW OUR COUNTY SUPERVISOR, KURT HAGMAN AND THE COUNTY, HAVE REALLY MADE A BIG PUSH RECENTLY TO TRY TO UTILIZE TECHNOLOGY WHEN IT COMES TO INSPECTIONS AND TRY TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE, MORE USER FRIENDLY.
AND I REALLY, I, I DON'T KNOW, I HAVEN'T PULLED THE PERMIT, BUT YOU KNOW, IF WE DON'T DO THAT NOW, IF THERE'S SOME WAY WE CAN TRY TO UTILIZE SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGIES THEY DO WITH, HEY, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M DOING SOMETHING AND I'M PUTTING IN A, I'M, I'M STRAPPING MY NEW WATER HEATER.
HERE'S A PHOTO, HERE'S, YOU KNOW, PICTURES OF THIS AND THIS TO TRY TO REDUCE COST ON RESIDENTS.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE, YOU KNOW, SHOULD EXPLORE IF WE DON'T ALREADY DO IT, BUT JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, TO THAT VERY SAME THING, WE'VE GOT RESIDENTS WHO HAVE PUT IN PIZZA OVENS AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS IN THEIR BACKYARD.
THEY'RE ENCROACHED, THEY'RE, THEY'RE WITHIN THE SETBACKS AND THEY'RE ILLEGAL, THEY'RE NOT SAFE.
UH, AND THEN WE HAVE THAT WHOLE HASSLE.
SO, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE PERMITS AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT ARE, UH, INITIATED ARE BY THE RESIDENTS.
AND IF THEY THINK THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A PERMIT TO DO SOMETHING, THEY DON'T DO IT.
AND IF IT'S NOT BUILT RIGHT MM-HMM.
AND THIS REALLY IS A HEALTH AND SAFETY THING.
YOU DON'T WANT YOUR NEIGHBOR DOING SOMETHING ON THEIR PROPERTY THAT'S GONNA END UP BLOWING YOUR HOUSE UP, YOU KNOW? SO, I MEAN, IT SOUNDS RIDICULOUS, BUT THOSE PIZZA OVENS ARE DEADLY.
BUT, UM, NOW THIS, THIS, THIS IS A TOUGH THING BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WILL GET, NOW, I, I WANT TO ASK THIS QUESTION PROCEDURE FROM HERE ON THIS THING.
ARE THESE, THESE CHANGES IN THIS PROGRAM THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TODAY, ARE THEY SUBJECT TO ANY OF THE TWO 18 APPROVALS? DO WE HAVE TO RUN, UH, RUN THAT THROUGH LIKE WE DO FOR SOME OF THE OTHER CHARGES THAT WE HAVE? UH, JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S EDUCATION? WHAT'S THE
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PROCESS FROM HERE AS TO THESE FEE UPDATES? AND ARE THEY REQUIRED TO BE APPROVED BY A VOTE UNDER A TWO 18 SCENARIO? I'LL LET KRISTA WALK US THROUGH THE FULL, UH, PROCESS.SO THE PROCESS IS THAT WE, UM, WE NOTICE IN THE PAPER, SO I BELIEVE NOTICING ONE OUT THIS LAST SATURDAY AND THIS UPCOMING SATURDAY OF THE PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT THESE FEES, UM, ON APRIL 25TH.
SO IF THEY HAVE ANYTHING THAT THEY WANNA SAY, UM, OR TO COME AND TRY TO SUE US LATER, IT HAD TO HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP AT THAT PUBLIC HEARING TO BE ABLE TO BE DISCUSSED IN THE FUTURE.
SO IF THEY HAVE CONCERNS, IT'S THE PUBLIC HEARING IS HOW THEY WOULD DO THAT.
OTHERWISE JUST BRING IT, I JUST BRING IT UP BECAUSE WE GET SO MUCH CRITICISM OF THE, THE TWO 18 PROCESS AND YOU KNOW, THE, IT'S APPROVED IF YOU DON'T MAKE A COMMENT.
SO I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THESE ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THAT.
SO THERE'S A DIFFERENCE AND JUST GET IT OUT THERE.
SO IT'S, IT'S COMMUNITY OUTREACH SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY PUSH THE FACT THAT THIS IS COST RECOVERY, ACTUAL COST RECOVERY.
IT'S THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS.
AND THE CITY CAN'T JUST DO ALL OF THIS STUFF FOR FREE.
UH, THAT'S JUST NOT ALLOWED FOR GIFTS OF PUBLIC FUNDS.
SO I THINK THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO EDUCATE THE, THE PEOPLE AS TO IT IS, AND EVERYBODY KNOWS
UM, I JUST WANT OUR PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR OUR CITY, WE CHERISH EVERY ONE OF YOU.
UM, YOU GOT FIVE UNIQUE PEOPLE HERE.
I'M GONNA SAY UNIQUE PEOPLE HERE.
UM, WE CARE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS BECAUSE WE TRULY CARE.
WE'RE NOT JUST GONNA RUBBER STAMP SOMETHING.
SO AGAIN, YOU'RE, YOU'RE HEARING US DEBATE EACH OTHER, BUT WE HAVE RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER, BUT ESPECIALLY WE HAVE RESPECT FOR YOU GUYS.
SO I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT.
AND ALSO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE CITY.
SO, AND MANY OF THESE FEES OVER TIME, OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE ACTUALLY EITHER ELIMINATED, I'M LOOKING AT YARD SALES, THINGS LIKE THAT, OR, OR SUBSTANTIALLY KEPT DOWN.
WATER HEATER IS THE BEST EXAMPLE.
WE HAD PUSHED BACK ON THAT 6, 7, 8 YEARS AGO, WHENEVER IT WAS THAT IT SEEMED WAY OUT OF PLACE.
SO I KNOW OVER TIME WE'VE ANALYZED SOME OF THESE, SOME OF 'EM, IF WE'RE HAVING TO DO PROJECTS, WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA GO, WHY DID I APPROVE THAT AT THE TIME? BECAUSE SOME OF'EM ARE GONNA BE VERY EXPENSIVE.
IT'S GONNA GO THROUGH THE ROOF.
BUT ALL IN ALL, I KNOW WE HAVE TO RECOVER OUR COSTS.
EVERYBODY NEEDS TO DO THIS JUST TO, JUST TO SURVIVE.
YOU GET A STILL FRAME OF THAT RIGHT THERE FOR NEXT TIME.
NEXT TIME WE HAVE TO, THIS COMES BACK TO US FOR ANOTHER YES.
THIS WHOLE, CAN I ASK A QUESTION, MR. MAYOR? YES.
HOW'S THE SUN OUT THERE? IS IT BUGGING HERE? OH, THAT'S FINE.
AND WE SHOULD CLOSE THE BUTTON.
I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT WANTS THE WINDOWS OPEN.
IT SAYS, COME BACK TO US AGAIN.
SO THE PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT THESE WILL BE ON APRIL 25TH.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM ANYBODY? KRISTA, ANYTHING ELSE? I, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT DINNER'S PROBABLY OUT WAITING FOR YOU GUYS.
YOU GUYS ARE SITTING HERE BURDENED STAFF HOURS.
THEY WANNA GO HOME AT SIX O'CLOCK, THEY WANNA GO HOME.
IT IS TIME TO GO HOME FOR, FOR EVERYBODY EXCEPT US.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, I GUESS OUR MEETING IS ADJOURNED UNTIL OUR COUNCIL MEETING IN AN HOUR.
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WELCOME[ 7:00 P.M. - CONVENE MEETING / ROLL CALL]
EVERYBODY TO CHINO HILL CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR APRIL 11TH, 2023.AND WE WANTED TO GET THE MEETING GOING, UH, WITH ROLL CALL.
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]
AND IF YOU GET EVERYBODY TO THE STAND FOR OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, WHICH WILL BE LED BY FORMER CHINO COUNCIL MEMBER AND CURRENT FIRE BOARD MEMBER TOM HOWIE, AND THEN FOLLOWED UP BY OUR, UM, INVOCATION BY CHAPLAIN ROBERT HILTON.UH, LET'S SALUTE OUR GREAT FLAG.
READY? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IS STANDS MISSION UNDER GOD, INVISIBLE LIBERTY.
[ INVOCATION: Chaplain Robert Hilton, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department]
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, THE CITY ELECTED OFFICIALS.FATHER, I THANK YOU FOR THIS EVENING.
UH, THANK YOU FOR A SAFE PLACE THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US TO MEET, TO LOOK FOR THE COMMUNITY, THE NEEDS, AND FOR THIS CITY.
EPHESIANS FOUR SAYS, BE UNITED FATHER, I PRAY THAT WE ARE UNITED THIS EVENING WITH ONE ANOTHER.
WE STAND STRONG IN WHAT WE BELIEVE.
WE BUILD EACH OTHER UP WITH COURAGE AND TAKE CARE OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY IN OUR CITY AND OUR A COMMUNITY WHO WE ASK THESE THINGS.
[3. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming the week of April 16-22, 2023, as National Volunteer Week]
THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING THE WEEK OF APRIL 16TH THROUGH 22ND, 2023 AS NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK TO BE ACCEPTED BY COMMUNITY SERVICES COORDINATOR.VELASCO, WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM? THANK YOU.
UH, WANTED TO, I'M GONNA READ A LITTLE SOMETHING ALSO, SO I NEED TO PREP THIS HERE.
BUT, UM, JUST ON A SECOND, VOLUNTEERS.
SO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTE TO THE BETTERMENT OF OUR CITY.
THESE VOLUNTEERS REACH OUT BEYOND THEIR PAID EMPLOYMENT, AND I SEE A NUMBER OF 'EM HERE, BY THE WAY.
UH, AND THEIR NORMAL RESPONSIBILITIES TO CONTRIBUTE SERVICE, TALENT AND COUNTLESS HOURS TO OUR COMMUNITY.
WITHOUT A DOUBT, OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE PRODUCTIVITY, EFFICIENCY, AND COST EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CITY.
I THOUGHT I'D GO A LITTLE BIT OFF SCRIPT, AND I RECEIVED A LETTER YESTERDAY FROM A YOUNG LADY, HER NAME IS ANASTASIA TRAN, AND I'LL READ PART OF WHAT SHE SAID, AND THIS COMPLETELY TIES INTO THIS.
HI, MY NAME IS ANASTASIA TRAN.
I AM 12 YEARS OLD AND I AM A PART OF GIRL SCOUT SCOUT TROOP 7 0 8 74.
I'VE BEEN A PART OF THIS TROOP FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS.
IN THOSE FIVE YEARS, WE AS A TROOP HAVE HELPED THOSE IN NEED FOR FOOD BY VOLUNTEERING FOR THE NONPROFIT, CARING FOR THE HILLS TO SORT AND PASS OUT FOOD NUMEROUS TIMES.
WE ALSO VOLUNTEER AT PRICELESS PETS TO WALK THE DOGS AND DONATE SUPPLIES TO THEM.
WE ALSO HELP OUR COMMUNITY BY PICKING UP TRASH, THE PARTS AS WELL.
BEING A SCOUT HAS HELPED MYSELF AND OUR TROOP UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO IT WAS A LONGER LETTER AND I RESPONDED BACK TO HER, BUT WHEN I READ THIS LAST NIGHT, I WAS GOING, THIS IS PERFECT TIMING FOR THIS.
UM, THE SENSE OF VOLUNTEERISM IN OUR COMMUNITY SETS US APART, AND THEY ARE A BIG PART OF THE HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE THAT WE ENJOY.
AND THAT'S WHAT I TOLD HER IN MY RESPONSE LETTER TO HER ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
IT IS WITH PLEASURE THAT WE HONOR THESE DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS
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BY PROCLAIMING APRIL 16TH THROUGH THE 22ND AS NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION IS ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY SAILORS, UH, COORDINATORS, JACOB.SO JACOB, WHY DON'T YOU SHARE WITH US THE VALUE OF VOLUNTEERISM AS YOU SEE IT, AND HOW TO BECOME A VOLUNTEER IN CHINO HILLS, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
WELL, FIRST OFF, THANK YOU MAYOR AND THANK YOU MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR THIS RECOGNITION.
UM, IT IS AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO BE RECEIVING IT AND TO WORK ALONGSIDE OUR COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS.
I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY NOW FOR JUST OVER A YEAR, AND, UM, I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING ALONGSIDE A LOT OF THE VOLUNTEERS WHO WORK IN THE COMMUNITY IN DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, DIFFERENT AREAS, UM, DIFFERENT GIRL SCOUT GROUPS, BOY SCOUT GROUPS, DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
AND, UM, ONE THING THAT I'VE LEARNED IN MY TIME IN CHINO HILLS IS THE PRIDE AND DEDICATION THAT THEY TAKE IN THE WORK THAT THEY DO.
WHETHER THEY'RE HOSTING, UH, SENIOR CLASS OR HELPING A GIRL SCOUT T TROOP, HELPING.
UM, ONE OF OUR, UH, AFTER, OR I'M SORRY, ONE OF OUR, UH, SUMMER PROGRAMS, UM, WE HAVE SO MUCH GOING ON AND IT REALLY IS, UM, IT REALLY IS AN HONOR TO SEE, UH, SO MUCH PRIDE BEING TAKEN IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE, THAT WE LIVE IN.
UM, IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN BEING A VOLUNTEER, YOU CAN APPLY ONLINE, UH, AT OUR, ON OUR WEBSITE, IT'S WWW.CHINOHILLS.ORG/VOLUNTEERS.
UM, THERE IS AN EASY ONLINE APPLICATION WITH JUST A FEW QUESTIONS TO ANSWER.
UM, AND I WILL SEND AN EMAIL OUT TO YOU WITH THAT AND FIGURE OUT WHERE EXACTLY WE CAN FIT YOU IN OUR, ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS AND EVENTS.
AND THERE ARE, PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK, WHAT ARE OUR VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN TOWN? AND I ALWAYS PUSH PEOPLE EITHER TOWARDS THE LIBRARY OR ESPECIALLY KIDS, OR TO THE CHINOS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, WHICH, UH, THERE'S SOME INDIVIDUALS HERE THAT PUT IN A LOT OF TIME FOR THE FOUNDATION FOR THE DIFFERENT EVENTS.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER MECHANISM TO PUT IN SOME VOLUNTEER HOURS IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO HELP OUT YOUR COMMUNITY.
SO, WITH THAT, LET'S, UH, I'M GONNA HAND OFF TO YOU AS YOUR REPRESENTATIVE, UH, FOR VOLUNTEERS PROCLAMATION.
APPRECIATE IT ON BEHALF OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THE CITY COUNCIL.
YOU WANNA COME IN PHOTO? OKAY.
SO TONIGHT IS PROCLAMATION NIGHT BECAUSE WE HAVE THREE MORE TO GO AND THEY'RE ALL WORTHY RE RECIPIENTS.
[4. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming April as Donate Life Month]
UM, CHERYL, NEXT WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION PRO CLAIMING APRIL AS DONATE LIFE MONTH TO BE ACCEPTED BY ROBERT RALSTON.MR. WALSTON, WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN ME HERE? HOW MANY YEARS IS THIS? YOU'VE BEEN 11.
GOOD TO SEE YOU TOO, MY FRIEND.
YOU'RE A FRIEND WITH EVERYBODY UP HERE.
SO THANK YOU FOR, UH, LOVE ALL THESE FACES.
I'M GLAD YOU'RE WITH US STILL EVERY DAY AS LONG AS LORD WILLING, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
ORGAN TISSUE, BONE MARROW, AND BLOOD DONATIONS ARE LIFE GIVING ACTS RECOGNIZED WORLDWIDE AS EXPRESSIONS OF COMPASSION TO THOSE IN NEED.
MILLIONS OF LIVES EACH YEAR ARE SAVED AND HEALED BY THESE TYPES OF DONATIONS.
THE SPIRIT OF GIVING AND THE DEDICATION TO DONATE ARE NOT RESTRICTED BY AGE OR MEDICAL CONDITIONS.
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS CAN SIGN UP WITH THE DONATE LIFE CALIFORNIA DONOR REGISTRY WHEN APPLYING FOR OR RENEWING YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE AT D M V ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WE ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO SUPPORT, DONATE LIFE BY CONSIDERING TO BECOME A REGISTERED DONOR.
AND WE DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THIS MONTH HERE IN CHINO HILLS AS DONATE LIFE MONTH TO ACCEPT, UH, HIS ONE LEGACY AMBASSADOR AND LONGTIME FRIEND, 11 YEAR FRIEND OF, UM, ALL OF US HERE ON THE DIAS, UM, ROBERT RALSTON.
SO ROBERT, I, I KNOW YOU HAVE A FEW WORDS TO SAY.
HONORABLE MAYOR, UH, ROGERS AND ESTEEMED COUNCIL MEMBERS.
YOU GUYS ALWAYS MAKE ME FEEL SO WELCOME THE CHIEF.
I GOT A LOT OF GREAT, UH, LOT, LOT OF AMAZING PEOPLE RUNNING THIS CITY.
IT'S, UH, IT'S A REAL BLESSING TO LIVE IN THIS GREAT CITY.
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DECIDED TO BECOME AN AMBASSADOR, UM, SHORTLY AFTER DECEMBER 18TH, 2011.I HAD A, A BACKUP A LITTLE BIT FROM THERE.
I HAD, UM, HEPATITIS WHEN I WAS YOUNG, SO I HAD A, A WEEK IN LIVER, UM, MOST OF MY ADULT LIFE.
AND I HAD UMBILICAL HERNIA SURGERY, UM, UH, AND I HAD THE SURGERY AT ST.
JUDE'S HOSPITAL, NO REFLECTION ON ST.
JUDE'S, BUT THE SURGERY WENT BAD.
AND I GOT ME VIRUS STAPH INFECTION THAT WENT UNDIAGNOSED FOR SIX MONTHS.
UM, THEY THOUGHT MY, MY WOUND JUST WASN'T HEALING SHUT.
THEY KEPT CLEANING IT UP AND PUTTING ME ON ANOTHER DIFFERENT ANTIBIOTIC.
I WAS ON EVERY ANTIBIOTIC YOU CAN THINK OF.
THE LAST ONE THEY TRIED WAS CIRO THE SAME THING THEY GIVE SERVICE MEMBERS, UH, FOR ANTHRAX.
AND, UH, THAT DIDN'T WORK EITHER.
SO THEY FINALLY SAID, WE GOTTA GO IN AND GET THAT SCREEN OUT OF THERE AND, UM, UM, TRY AND PUT IN, UH, PIG SKIN INSTEAD OF THE NYLON MESS THAT THEY HAD IN THERE.
WELL, WHEN THEY OPENED ME UP, THEY FOUND OUT THAT I HAD A RAGING STAPH INFECTION, MERCI VIRUS THAT HAD BEEN GOING ON FOR SIX MONTHS, AND IT DESTROYED MY LIVER AND PARTIALLY ONE OF MY KIDNEYS.
AND I WENT RIGHT ON THE LIVER TRANSPLANT LIST.
I WAS ON THE LIVER TRANSPLANT LIST FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS, AND PROGRESSIVELY GOT SICKER AND SICKER, AND I DON'T WANT TO GROSS ANYBODY OUT, BUT THIS IS HOW, HOW BAD IT GOT.
EVERY THURSDAY, I WOULD HAVE NINE TO 12 LITERS OF FLUID DRAINED OFF OF MY ABDOMEN.
YOU KNOW HOW BIG A TWO LITER BOTTLE OF SODA IS? HOLD SIX OF THOSE IN YOUR ARMS LIKE THIS.
NOW, STRETCH YOUR SKIN OVER IT.
I LOOK LIKE I WAS CARRYING TRIPLETS EVERY THURSDAY.
IF I TRIED TO LAY DOWN, I WOULD'VE SUFFOCATED.
AND THAT WAS MY LAST YEAR BEFORE THE TRANSPLANT.
AND AFTER THE END OF, UH, A DOCTOR APPOINTMENT, AND WE CALLED IT GETTING TAPPED, I WAS TAPPED EVERY THURSDAY.
THE DOCTOR SAID, YOU BETTER GET YOUR AFFAIRS IN ORDER.
JUST GET YOUR AFFAIRS IN ORDER.
AND UH, FORTUNATELY FOR ME, THE PHONE RANG.
I GOT DUAL LISTED IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, UNFORTUNATELY.
AND THE RE ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS I BECAME AN AMBASSADOR, I WOULD'VE DIED WAITING IN CALIFORNIA.
THERE'S 22,000 PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA ALONE WAITING FOR A TRANSPLANT.
THERE'S OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND WAITING NATIONWIDE.
AND TODAY, 17 PEOPLE WILL DIE WAITING FOR THE PHONE TO RING.
UM, I GOT DUAL LISTED IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, AND WITHIN THREE MONTHS, A MAN FROM TENNESSEE AND HIS DONOR FAMILY GAVE ME THE GIFT TO LIFE.
SO SOON AS I WAS HEALTHY ENOUGH, I SAID, I'M GONNA BE AN AMBASSADOR
UH, COMING TO A COUNCIL MEETING, MET THE WONDERFUL CHIEF, AND, UH, WE DO A FLAG RAISING.
I'M REALLY PROUD TO SAY IF YOU DRIVE AROUND CHINO VALLEY THE ENTIRE MONTH OF APRIL, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THE DONATE LIFE FLAG FLYING ON EVERY FIRE STATION, UH, THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY.
AND, UH, WE DO THAT EVERY YEAR.
I GET A PROCLAMATION FROM THE CHIEF, UH, PROCLAMATION FROM THE CITY OF CHINO, AND ALL THREE OF THESE PROCLAMATIONS THAT I'M SO PROUD TO ACCEPT ON BEHALF OF DONATE LIFE WILL BE ON, UH, DISPLAY WITH ALL THE OTHER PROCLAMATIONS THAT OTHER PARTICIPATING CITIES HAVE BEEN SO KIND TO DO.
UM, THIS IS GOING TO BE AT AZUSA COLLEGE, AZUSA PACIFIC COLLEGE.
UM, ON APRIL 29TH, UM, EVERY YEAR ABOUT 12,000 PEOPLE SHOW UP FOR THIS.
UH, I CAN'T DO IT THIS YEAR BECAUSE I HAVE MY LEFT KNEE REPLACED IN OCTOBER.
AND THEN, UM, MY DOCTOR SAID, YOU'RE NOT DOING A 5K YET.
UM, BUT, UH, IT'S, IT'S REALLY A GREAT EVENT.
THERE'S ALL THE PROCLAMATIONS WILL BE UP.
THERE'S RECIPIENTS LIKE MYSELF.
THERE'S DONOR FAMILIES AND, UH, LIVING DONORS AND, UH, EVERYBODY.
UM, IT'S A CELEBRATION OF LIFE AND A CELEBRATION OF LOVE.
AND, UH, IT'S A, IT'S A REALLY COOL DAY.
UH, THERE'S FOOD TRUCKS, THERE'S LIVE ENTERTAINMENT.
UM, LAST YEAR THEY HAD A A BOY BAND.
A YEAR BEFORE THAT, THEY HAD A BOY BAND THERE THAT WAS REALLY FAMOUS.
I'M NOT A BIG BOY BAND FAN, SO I DON'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THEM.
BUT, UH, EVERYBODY WAS GOING CRAZY WHEN THEY FOUND OUT.
UM, BUT ANYWAYS, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY IT.
IT, SINCE I GOT THAT TRANSPLANT ON DECEMBER 18TH, 2011, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO WALK ALL THREE OF MY DAUGHTERS DOWN THE AISLE IN MARRIAGE.
AND, UH, ONE OF THESE DAYS I'M GONNA WRITE A SONG ABOUT THE GUY WHO SAVED MY LIFE.
AND, UH, AND ABOUT THE DONOR FAMILY IS LIKE CYNTHIA, OUR WONDERFUL, UH, UH, MAYOR FROM THE PAST.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER CYNTHIA MORAN, HER, UH, HER YOUNGER BROTHER CHEMO, UH, DIED AND WAS A HERO.
CHEMO SAVED FIVE LIVES, WASN'T IT? FIVE LIVES, CYNTHIA, WHEN HE CROSSED OVER.
ALL I GOTTA DO IS GET THAT PINK, DO PINK DOT ON YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE.
SO, UH, I'VE TAKEN UP TOO MUCH OF YOUR, YOUR TIME, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[5. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming April as Child Abuse Prevention Month]
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NEXT WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR CLAIMING APRIL IS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH TO BE ACCEPTED BY SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE OFFICER DIANE REYNOLDS.MS. REYNOLDS, WILL YOU JOIN THE MAYOR? NICE TO MEET YOU.
AS A COMMUNITY IS IMPORTANT, WE COME TOGETHER TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT AND TAKE ACTION TO PREVENT THIS ISSUE.
WE, LAST YEAR, NEARLY 30,000 CHILDREN IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WERE REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES FOR SUSPECTED CHILD ABUSE.
ALTHOUGH WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE ACCESS TO DEDICATED, COMPASSIONATE, AND SKILLED CHILDREN, CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION PROFESSIONALS THROUGH THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO PREVENTION REQUIRES ENERGY AND DETERMINATION FROM THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
EVERY CHILD HAS A RIGHT TO RECEIVE CARE, PROTECTION AND GUIDANCE, TO BE FREE FROM HARM AND TO HAVE THEIR PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, AND EDUCATIONAL NEEDS MET.
ON BEHALF OF THE CHINO HILL CITY COUNCIL, I ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO JOIN ME IN MAKING THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF OUR CHILDREN A TOP PRIORITY AND HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL IS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH.
TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION, WE HAVE SAN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY ASSISTANT OF EXECUTIVE OFFICER DIANE RENOLDS.
DIANE, NICE TO OFFICIALLY MEET YOU AS A, ALSO A COUNTY EMPLOYEE.
I'VE TALKED TO DIANE SEVERAL TIMES ON THE HR SIDE OF THINGS, BUT YOU ARE HERE TO REPRESENT MULTIPLE GROUPS, INCLUDING CH CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, WHO, UH, SUZETTE DEALS WITH ALL THE TIME IN THE HAGMAN OFFICE, KURT HAGMAN OFFICE.
SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, WORDS, AND THEN WE'LL HAND OFF THE PROCLAMATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.
AND, UH, THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT TOPIC AND WE APPRECIATE GREATLY THAT THIS IS AN EMPHASIS FOR APRIL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH.
UM, YOU MENTIONED SOME STATISTICS FOR THE COUNTY, AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE IT'S SOMETHING WE DON'T LIKE TO TALK ABOUT, BUT IT HAPPENS QUITE A BIT.
AND WHAT CAN WE DO AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS? WELL, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, IF YOU SEE SIGNS OF ABUSE, UM, PICK UP THE PHONE AND DIAL TWO 11.
THAT'LL TAKE YOU DIRECTLY TO OUR CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION HOTLINE, WHERE PROFESSIONALS CAN INVESTIGATE WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH CHILD ABUSE.
UM, IN THIS CITY, THERE WERE 300 REPORTED LAST YEAR, UM, TO OUR HOTLINE.
LUCKILY, IT WAS MUCH LESS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY SUBSTANTIATED.
SO WE APPRECIATE THE EMPHASIS ON THIS, UH, TODAY, AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
[6. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming April as Arts, Culture, and Creativity Month]
NEXT WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING APRIL AS ARTS CULTURE AND CREATIVITY MONTH TO BE ACCEPTED BY CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBER GLENN ANDERSON.THANKS FOR REPRESENTING THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
CELEBRATES THE ROLE ARTS AND CULTURE, A PLAY IN OUR DAILY LIVES, AMPLIFYING THE NEED FOR RACIAL EQUALITY AND HIGHLIGHTING THE POWER OF ARTS TO CHANGE OUR LIVES FOR THE BETTER.
ARTS AND CULTURE SUPPORT THE SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS, PROVIDE KEY JOB SKILLS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, BRING JOY TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO AS A CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, AS TO BRING THINGS TO TOWN THAT WE HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
AS A RESULT, WE RECOGNIZE ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR CHINO HILLS ARTISTS AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY CULTURE AND WELLBEING TO ACCEPT HIS PROCLAMATIONS, A MEMBER OF THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
UH, AND HE ALSO HELPS COORDINATE AND FACILITATE OUR CHINO HILLS ARTS OR CHARTS ACTIVITIES, UH, IN TOWN.
GLENN, PLEASE GIVE US YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ARTS.
AND I'VE SAID THIS A COUPLE TIMES, WHO DO YOU KNOW WHO ATTENDED WOODSTOCK
EARLY DAYS OF DEVELOPING YOUR CULTURE.
JUST NONE OF THOSE STORIES YOU'VE TOLD ME.
THOSE STORIES, RIGHT? YEAH, THOSE STORIES
UH, BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR ACCEPTING,
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UH, ON BEHALF.ON BEHALF OF ALL THE ARTISTS, WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE, UH, A CULTURE IN CHINO HILLS WHERE WE'RE REALLY PROMOTING THE ARTS.
AND NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT, UH, A WHOLE NUMBER OF DEDICATED, TALENTED ARTISTS THAT WE'RE DISCOVERING IN THE CITY THAT HAVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT GIFTS.
WE WOULD INVITE ANY OF YOU THAT HAVE GIFTS THAT, THAT ARE ARTISTIC IN NATURE, CERTAINLY TO COME TO US WITH THE FOUNDATION OR WITH CHARTS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT.
WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST CALENDAR THIS YEAR OF ART, ART OPENINGS, MUSICAL EVENTS.
WE JUST FINISHED, UH, A MAJOR EVENT FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE FOUNDATION IS THE KIDS' ART APPRECIATION DAY THAT I KNOW.
CYNTHIA, YOU'VE BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN THAT FROM THE BEGINNING AS WELL.
UH, WE NORMALLY HAVE ABOUT 250 PE CHILDREN ATTEND THAT WITH THEIR PARENTS.
UH, WE RUN, UH, THREE SESSIONS OF THAT WITH A ALL VOLUNTEER ARTIST THAT TEACH KIDS HOW TO DO EVERYTHING FROM PAINT TO WATERCOLOR TO WHATEVER.
SO THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ART AND CULTURE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
WE REALIZE THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT AS THE CITY EVOLVES AND BECOMES WHAT WE WANNA DO.
SO, UH, JUST VERY THANKFUL TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS.
IT'S GOT, I HAVE VERY LITTLE TO DO WITH IT, OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT I HELP ALL THESE TALENTED ARTISTS AND OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE ABLE TO DO THIS, PUT IT TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN COORDINATE IT.
SO ON BEHALF OF ALL THOSE ARTISTS, I THANK THE, THE CITY COUNCIL ON ALL OF YOU AND THE FOUNDATION FOR YOUR SUPPORT, BECAUSE AGAIN, IT TAKES, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE OLD SAYING, IT TAKES A VILLAGE.
IT TAKES A CITY LIKE CHINO HILLS TO BE ABLE TO PUT THESE KIND OF ACTIVITIES TOGETHER.
[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.]
THIS TIME, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEMS WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE COUNCIL.WHETHER OR NOT THE ITEM APPEARS ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE COMPLETE A AND SUBMIT TO THE CITY CLERK.
A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JOHN BRUNER, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNSEL, STAFF.
IN 2007, THE, UH, SHOPS AND THE COMMUNITY PARK WAS OPEN, AND AT THAT TIME I WAS A VERY PROUD CITIZEN OF CHINO HILLS.
I STILL AM TODAY, BUT I BELIEVE THAT PERHAPS WE SORT OF LOST TRACK OF THE PARKING PARK SYSTEM.
AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS, I'M NOT SURE, I, I MIGHT BE WRONG, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER ANY MAJOR PARKS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED SINCE THAT TIME.
UM, AT LEAST NOT IN THIS AREA OF THE CITY.
SO IT CAME TO MY MIND THAT PERHAPS WE NEEDED TO SORT OF UPDATE THE PARKS, UH, FOR AN AGING, UH, ACTIVE BUT AGING SORT OF POPULATION IN THE CITY, AND PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL FACILITIES THAT AREN'T AVAILABLE, AT LEAST NOT, NOT IN EVERY PARK, UH, TO DO THIS.
I'M PROPOSING, UH, THAT WE LOOK AT, UH, INSTEAD OF SB NINE HOUSING, A SITE THAT IS AT EUCALYPTUS AND PEYTON DRIVE.
UM, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS MANY TIMES IN THE PAST.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT PLACE FOR A PARK.
I THINK THAT, UH, THERE ARE OTHER, OTHER PLACES THAT THE CITY, OTHER ASSETS THAT THE CITY OWNED THAT COULD BE USED, UH, FOR HOUSING PERHAPS BETTER THAN THAT FACILITY.
SO I'M, I'M ASKING THAT YOU CONSIDER THIS.
AND, UM, I ALSO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I'M, I'M REPRESENTING 200 PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME TOGETHER ON FACEBOOK AND, AND, UH, NEXT DOOR THAT ARE ALL EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE ARE GONNA GET A LOT OF PARTICIPATION IN TERMS OF PHYSICALLY COMING HERE TO ADDRESS YOU, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT ACTIVE IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT ON THE SITES.
I CAN'T GET INTO THE DETAILS OF EVERYTHING THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'VE PLANNED FOR THE PARK.
I'LL, I'LL GIVE THE SITES, UH, THE ADDRESSES OF THE WEBSITES AT FACEBOOK AND NEXT DOOR
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AND ASK EVERYBODY TO GO THERE TO FIND OUT THE DETAILS.BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, EVERYBODY HAS ONE VERY BASIC QUESTION IN MIND, AND THAT IS THAT, UH, THE LANDOWNERS MIGHT BE HESITANT TO, TO SELL TO US.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S TRUE.
UH, I, I KIND OF THINK ONE OF, ONE OR TWO OF THEM MIGHT, MIGHT ACTUALLY BE INTERESTED IN TALKING TO YOU.
I HOPE YOU'LL ENGAGE THEM IN CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS AND SEE TO WHAT EXTENT WE COULD WORK OUT A DEAL WITH THAT.
MY TIME IS UP, BUT, UH, IF THERE ARE ANY BRIEF COMMENTS THAT ANY OF THE COUNCIL MIGHT OFFER, UH, REGARDING THIS SUBJECT, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO ME.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ERIN SEER.
THANK YOU FOR, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU THIS EVENING.
MY NAME IS AARON SER AND I AM THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF CHINO HILLS HORSEMAN'S ASSOCIATION.
AND I'M ALSO A BORDER AT RANCHO DE FELICIDAD ON ENGLISH PLACE.
I'M VERY EXCITED THIS EVENING TO HEAR ABOUT THE IMPROVEMENT SLATED FOR THE MCCOY'S EQUESTRIAN CENTER.
THE MCCOY EQUESTRIAN COMPLEX IS UNIQUE VENUE THAT HAS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE HISTORY OF THIS COMMUNITY, WITH THE PANDEMIC NEARLY MOSTLY BEHIND US.
TINO HILLS HORSEMAN'S ASSOCIATION IS ONE OF HOPEFULLY MANY EQUESTRIAN GROUPS WHO PLAN TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHAT THIS VENUE HAS TO OFFER.
IN ADDITION TO UTILIZING THE MCCOY EQUESTRIAN CENTER FOR FUTURE EVENTS, CHINO HILLS HORSEMAN'S ASSOCIATION IS VERY INTERESTED IN ANY PLANS.
THE CITY MIGHT HAVE TO ESTABLISH AN EQUESTRIAN COMMISSION OR A COMMITTEE TO ADDRESS EQUESTRIAN ISSUES WITHIN THE CITY THAT MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE RELATED DIRECTLY TO MCCOY'S.
AS A VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION, WE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE NEEDED TO THE CITY WITH ANY PROJECTS AFFECTING THE EQUESTRIAN COMMUNITY.
A FEW ITEMS OF INTEREST MIGHT BE FINDING WAYS TO ACCESS MORE TRAILS FROM THE MCCOY COMPLEX, AND HOW TO CREATE SAFER WAYS FOR EQUESTRIANS TO TRAVEL BETWEEN THE TRAILS, THE EXISTING TRAILS NEAR MCCOYS.
ADDITIONALLY, MANY TRAILS IN THE CITY ARE NOT ACCESSIBLE TO EQUESTRIANS, EVEN THOUGH THESE TRAILS ARE OPEN TO HORSES, HOW CAN WE CREATE SAFE HORSE TRAILER ACCESS FOR THE EQUESTRIANS? SO THEY MAY ALSO UTILIZE THE EXISTING TRAIL SYSTEMS WITHIN THE CITY.
HORSES WERE INTEGRAL PART OF DAILY LIFE IN THE, IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY.
ENGLISH ROAD IS TRULY A SPECIAL PLACE WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP THE RURAL LIFESTYLE ALIVE WHILE STILL AT THE SAME TIME ENJOYING EVERYTHING THAT THIS WONDERFUL CITY HAS TO OFFER.
SO I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AS, UH, MCCOY'S AND THE PRESERVATION OF RURAL LIFE IN CHINO HILLS.
I'M THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DIRECTOR REPRESENTING THE CHINO VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
UH, THE FOLLOWING ARE JUST A FEW UPDATES FROM APRIL FROM OUR UPSCALE CHINO VALLEY PROGRAM, UH, ON THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SIDE.
WE HAVE A JOB FAIR COMING UP ON MAY 25TH FROM 12:00 PM TO 3:00 PM THIS IS A JOINT JOB FAIR WITH THE COUNTY OF WORKFORCE, UH, WITH THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, UH, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
AND THIS WILL TAKE PLACE AT CHINO HEALTH COMMUNITY CENTER IN ON JUNE 6TH, UH, FROM 11:00 AM TO 4:00 PM WE WILL HAVE A REGIONAL JOB FAIR THAT WILL BE HOSTED AT THE ONTARIO CONVENTION CENTER.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE'LL BE HOSTING A JOB FAIR AT, AT CHAFFEE COLLEGE IN JULY.
UM, THAT IS IN JOINT CONJUNCTION WITH THE RANCHO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND CHAFFEE COLLEGE ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT.
UH, WE HAD OUR, UH, KIDS FAIR KIDS ENTREPRENEURSHIP FAIR HERE, APRIL 1ST WITH OVER A THOUSAND GUESTS.
UM, IN ATTENDANCE AT, UM, HERE AT THE SHOPS, WE HAD 48 BOOTHS FILLED WITH STUDENTS WHO, UM, WERE SHOWCASING THEIR BUSINESSES WITH 28 OF THOSE BEING, UH, STUDENTS FROM CHINO HILLS.
WE ALSO HOSTED A TEEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP FAIR AT CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL WITH 20 STUDENTS, UM, ALSO HOSTING THEIR BUSINESSES THERE, UH, SELLING TO THEIR FELLOW STUDENTS.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE HOSTED A CAREER DAY WITH 13 BUSINESSES FROM THE CHINO VALLEY, WHERE, UH, WE HAD ABOUT 545 STUDENTS IN ATTENDANCE AT COUNTRY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHO HAD THE CHANCE TO MEET WITH OTHER, WITH THE BUSINESS OWNERS AT OUR LOCAL TO THEM, AND LEARN ABOUT,
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UH, POSSIBLE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.WE HAVE THREE ROUND TABLES THAT WILL BE COMING UP.
UH, THE FIRST IS OUR ROUND TABLE WITH ASIAN OWNED BUSINESSES.
UM, THE NEXT WILL BE, UH, WITH WORKING WITH, UH, ORGANIZATIONS THAT, UM, HELP ADULTS, ADULTS OF ALL ABILITIES TO, UH, RECEIVE, UH, JOB OPPORTUNITIES.
AND THEN THE LAST WILL BE OUR INNOVATION SERIES, WHICH IS BRIDGE BRIDGING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN, UH, SKILLS AND JOBS AND EFFORT TO PLACE RESIDENTS IN CHINO AND CHINO HILLS WITH JOB OPPORTUNITIES.
AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UH, WE ARE STARTING, UH, OPEN ENROLLMENT FOR THE CHINO VALLEY LEADERSHIP COLLABORATIVE FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
UM, AND AS ALWAYS, IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN LOOKING FOR A JOB OPPORTUNITY, THEY SHOULD ALWAYS REACH OUT TO THE CHINO VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
NEXT WE HAVE ADAM CAPEN FIELD.
ANNE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY RESIDENTS.
MY NAME IS ADAM SAPEN FIELD, MY DAD BY WAY OF ADOPTION, AND UNITED STATES LAW IS AMERICA'S PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN, HIS DAUGHTER.
AND I'M HERE TO PLEAD WITH YOU ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY IS IN TROUBLE.
WHILE MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY HAVE BECOME VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, AND WE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE SUFFERING FROM THIS SOCIETAL DISEASE.
MY WIFE, SARAH BIDEN SAPEN FIELD, AND I ARE DAILY BEING ATTACKED BY SOME OF THE COUNTY'S TOP OFFICIALS, SPECIFICALLY CHAD BIANCO, THE SHERIFF OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY, AND KAREN SPIEGEL, THE REPRESENTATIVE OF DISTRICT TWO.
WHILE WORKING AS A COURIER, MY SUV WAS BROKEN INTO AT THE DIRECTION OF CHAD AND KAREN.
SO TO SLIP A SUBSTANCE INTO MY OPEN BEVERAGE, A SUBSTANCE KNOWN AS METHED, WHICH IS BEING MANUFACTURED IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY, WITH APPROVAL FROM THESE REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS, I UNCOVERED THE LOCATION OF ONE OF THE ILLICIT DRUG MANUFACTURING FACILITIES, REPORTED ITS LOCATION, AND CHAD BIANCO MOVED ITS WHEREABOUTS BEFORE UNITED STATES OFFICIALS ARRIVED BACK TO JULY 20 SECOND'S.
INCIDENT AFTER BEING COERCED, I WAS FORCED TO PULL OVER DUE TO THE EFFECTS OF THE TOXIN, SECRETLY PLACED IN MY DRINK AND WAS IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDED BY A NUMBER OF ASSAILANTS.
I WAS THEN ASSAULTED, STABBED, INJECTED WITH AN UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE THEY CLAIMED WAS A VACCINE AND WAS FORCED TO FLEE IN THE NEAREST EMERGENCY ROOM.
A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED, AND I WAS CLEARED TO LEAVE THE HOSPITAL WITHIN TWO HOURS UPON MY ARRIVAL.
YOU WOULD THINK THAT BEING THAT I HOLD PROOF OF ALL THE INCIDENTS, HAPPENINGS, MEDICAL RECORDS WITH PHOTOS OF THE PUNCTURES ON MY BODY, THE NAMES OF THE ASSAILANTS USED TO CARRY OUT THE ATTEMPT OF MY LIFE.
EVEN A PHOTO OF THE TWO CULPRITS, ANALYTIC, AND TIMES SERVER HANDSHAKE.
EVIDENCE OF THIS CRIMINAL NETWORK'S PAST AND PRESENT APPLICATION OF DEBT BONDAGE IN MY WIFE AND MY LIFE, ALONGSIDE THEIR CURRENT AND DAILY THREAT TO OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY ALTOGETHER, SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO MAKE AN ARREST.
WELL, WHEN CHAD BIANCO FIRST INVOLVED HIMSELF, I THOUGHT FOR SURE SARAH AND I WERE GETTING THE HELP NECESSARY TO ESCAPE THE TRAFFICKING.
AFTER CONTACTING VICTIM SERVICES, ORANGE COUNTY AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENTS, AND TRYING TO REACH OUT THROUGH THE SHELL, CHAD AND KAREN HAVE CREATED AROUND MY NETWORK, CHAD'S PRESENCE WAS A RELIEF.
CHAD BIANCO MADE IT CLEAR TO ME THAT THE ONLY WAY I WILL OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN EMPLOYMENT IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY WAS IF I PERSONALLY PERFORMED THE ACT OF F******O ON HIM, EVEN IF HE SAID HE'D HOLD ME AT GUNPOINT.
SO I WOULDN'T RECEIVE CRITICISM FOR GIVING INTO THE ACT.
I LAUGHED AT FIRST, WHICH ONLY MADE HIM ANGRY AFTER REALIZING THIS MAN I THOUGHT TO BE DECENT WAS 100% SERIOUS ABOUT THE EXTORTION TOGETHER, MY WIFE AND MY HEART BROKE.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY, NEED YOUR HELP.
SAN BERNARDINO, MY WIFE AND I NEED YOUR HELP.
WE CAN'T STAY SILENT ABOUT THIS ANY LONGER.
GOD BLESS YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THERE ARE NO OTHER PUBLIC SPEAKER CARDS AT THIS TIME, UNLESS THERE'S SOMEONE IN THE PUBLIC WHO, A QUICK QUESTION FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE.
SO FOR CLARIFICATION, MARK, UM, EVEN IF A PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOT RELATED TO SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE THE PURVIEW OVER, HENCE RIVERSIDE COUNTY SHERIFF, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, UH, SPEAKER CAN STILL SPEAK ON ANY TOPIC, JURISDICTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
UH, SOMETIMES IN LISTENING TO INDIVIDUALS, IT'S NOT ALWAYS CLEAR TO ME WHAT EXACTLY UNTIL THEY FINISH, WHETHER IT'S POTENTIALLY WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OR NOT.
DON'T THINK, UH, MOST OF WHAT I HEARD THERE WOULD HAVE ANY THE COUNCIL WOULD HAVE ANY ABILITY TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT.
[ CONFLICT OF INTEREST ANNOUNCEMENTS: Council Member abstentions shall be stated at this time for recordation on the appropriate item.]
CONFLICT OF INTEREST ANNOUNCEMENTS.ANYBODY HAVE CONFLICTS WITH WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO VOTE ON? WE'RE GOOD.
[ CONSENT CALENDAR (5 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.]
THEN CONSENT CALENDAR.SO WE'VE GOT OUR CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS
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EIGHT THROUGH 12.UM, I'D LOVE IT IF CHERYL WERE TO READ ALL OF 11
UM, WE'LL GET OUTTA HERE ABOUT EIGHT 30 IF THAT WERE THE CASE.
BRIAN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'RE PULLING? NO, SIR.
CAN I MOVE ITEMS? 8, 9 11? THE REMAINDER.
[10. Appoint Rick Shiba to Chino Hills Community Foundation Board of Directors as recommended by Board, for term ending May 2027]
ITEM 10 IS TO APPOINT RICK SHIBA TO CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE BOARD FOR TERM ENDING MAY 20, 27.I THOUGHT I'D PULL IT JUST FOR SHEER EMBARRASSMENT IF NOTHING ELSE.
UM, AND I'M GETTING A THUMBS UP FROM JANELLE.
SO WITH THAT, SOMETIMES WE PULL THIS ITEM WHEN WE HAVE A NEW BOARD MEMBER TO BE CONSIDERED BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL.
DEPENDS ON IF THEY'RE HERE OR NOT.
RICK IS HERE, SO WE WILL GET, ASK HIM TO PLEASE COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS AFTER WE DO THE VOTE AGAIN AT ASSURE EMBARRASSMENT.
IF NOTHING ELSE, HE HAS A POSSE WITH HIM SO THEY CAN HECKLE HIM LATER.
SO RICK IS GONNA BE A VALUABLE MEMBER OF THE FOUNDATION.
HE'S BEEN WITH, UH, THE FOUNDATION AT MOSTLY THE CAPACITY OF WORKING ON THE WINE WALK, WHICH IS A VERY SUCCESSFUL FUNDRAISING EVER.
AND HE'S A KEY MEMBER OF OUR ORGANIZING TEAM.
AND WE, UH, THOUGHT HE WOULD BE A PERFECTLY APPROPRIATE PERSON TO BRING ON AND, AND HELP WITH THE, THE ROLE OF THE FOUNDATION, WHAT IT BRINGS TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO I'D LOVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RICK SHIBA, ONE SECOND.
SECOND FROM ALSO A FOUNDATION BOARD.
I'VE KNOWN RICK FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, BUT I'D RATHER HALF OF HIM TALK FIRST BEFORE I MAKE THAT DECISION TO VOTE FOR HIM OR NOT.
IF YOU DON'T MIND, THIS IS SOME VERSION OF A FILIBUSTER THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
AND WHAT THAT WILL HONOR HIS REQUEST.
AND SO WITH THAT, RICK, YOU'RE TEETERING RIGHT NOW AS TO THE VOTE, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU NEED TO CLOSE THE DEAL.
UM,
UH, MY WIFE AND I, JANELLE, UH, WE'VE LIVED HERE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
OUR KIDS HAVE GONE TO SCHOOL HERE, GROWN UP HERE.
IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH, UH, EVERYBODY, CO CO COACHING, SOCCER AND BASEBALL, AND ALL THE SPORTS, AND DOING THE WINE WALK FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS.
AND, AND, UH, ATTENDING CHINO VALLEY COMMUNITY CHURCH AND VOLUNTEERING THERE AND HELPING THE COMMUNITY THERE WITH SUNDAY SCHOOL AND, AND, UH, ALL, ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO THERE WITH GOLF AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
UM, BUT, UH, WE LOVE, I LOVE THIS COMMUNITY.
AND WE TELL PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR, MY FRIENDS ARE HERE.
THEY'VE BEEN FRIENDS FOR 25, 30 YEARS.
UM, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WE CAN'T BEAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WE LIVE IN.
AND I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER PLACE THAN TO LIVE.
WE MOVED FROM YOUR, BELINDA AND YOUR'S GOTTEN NOTHING ON CHINO HILLS
RAY, WHAT DID HE, DID HE OKAY.
CAN I MOVE THE ITEM BEEN MOVED IN SECOND OUT, RIGHT? I HAVE ONE THING TO SAY ABOUT HIM.
I'M NOT GONNA EMBARRASS HIM LIKE YOU DID PETER, BUT SO, UM, ACTUALLY TO RICK AND JANELLE, IT'S LIKE YOU HAVE THIS AMAZING UNASSUMING COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY FOR SO MANY YEARS, AND YOU DO THINGS FOR THE RIGHT REASONS.
AND RICK, I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE YOU IN A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, FINALLY.
AND IT'LL BE A PLEASURE TO SERVE WITH YOU ALONG IN THE BOARD.
AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME TO THE BOARD.
[13. Receive and file McCoy Equestrian and Recreation Center update]
IS OUR DISCUSSION CALENDAR.IT'S TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE MCCOY EQUESTRIAN AND RECREATION CENTER UPDATE.
SENIOR COMMITTEE SERVICES SUPERVISOR ARE MEANT TO PRESENT.
SO, RICK, BY THE WAY, ONE OF THE PROTOCOLS OF BEING A FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBER, YOU CANNOT LEAVE A CITY COUNCIL MEETING EARLY.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
UM, THIS EVENING, AS YOU KNOW, I WAS ASKED TO
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COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL AND KIND OF GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS, UM, OF WHAT WE'VE MADE SINCE OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM STARTED IN 2019, UM, WITH THE MACQUARIE EQUESTRIAN CENTER.UM, THE PURPOSE, AS YOU KNOW, OF THIS OUTREACH PROGRAM WAS TO KIND OF GATHER INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY ON OUR FACILITY OPERATIONS, SPECIFICALLY REGARDING THE EQUESTRIAN USE AT MCCOY.
THIS PROCESS BEGAN, UM, YOU KNOW, MANY YEARS AGO WITH COUNCIL AND STAFF DISCUSSIONS, UM, ON WHERE WE ARE, WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, AND WHERE WE'RE GONNA GO IN THE FUTURE.
UM, SINCE THEN, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS AT THE PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETINGS, UM, IN 2019 WHERE WE PROVIDED, UM, HISTORICAL INFORMATION ON THE FACILITIES.
WE WENT OVER ALL THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION.
UM, WE ALSO DOVE INTO AN EXTENSIVE, UM, EQUESTRIAN SURVEY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND OUTREACHING WITH OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE EQUESTRIANS.
WE ALSO MET WITH THE CITY OF NORCO.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A GREAT AND AMAZING EQUESTRIAN FACILITY THERE, THERE, THAT'S RODEO BASED.
UM, SO WE KIND OF TOOK ALL THIS INFORMATION IN AND WE WERE STARTING WITH OUR NEXT PROCESS.
AND AS YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, UM, THE PANDEMIC KIND OF PUT A LITTLE HOLD ON FOR US.
SO WE HAD, UM, A KICKOFF WITH OUR COMMUNITY MEETING, UM, THAT WE MEANT TO, UM, CONTINUE WITH.
HOWEVER, IN JUNE, 2021, UM, I WAS PLEASED TO SAY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COME BACK, UM, WITH WHAT WE CONSIDERED AS LIKE A TWO PHASE APPROACH FOR THIS.
UM, WE CAME WITH WHAT WE DID AS A KICKOFF TO NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR MEETINGS.
UM, THESE WERE POSTCARDS THAT WERE SENT OUT TO ALL RESIDENTS ALONG ENGLISH ROAD.
UM, THEY MET WITH EITHER MY STAFF, MYSELF, UM, I KNOW OUR CITY MANAGER, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, MAYOR PETER ROGERS, MET WITH MANY IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, THIS WAS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH THOSE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE EQUESTRIAN, GET FEEDBACK FROM THEM, HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM, ALSO GIVE THEM TOURS OF OUR FACILITY AND SHOW THEM FOR THOSE THAT ARE NEW ALONG, UM, THAT ROAD, WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER AT THE FACILITY.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME GREAT COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT ALONG THAT.
UM, BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO KIND OF OUTREACH TO THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE KIND OF BROUGHT US TO OUR NEXT, UM, SLIDE IS WHERE, UM, DURING, IN SEPTEMBER, 2021, WE HELD A COMMUNITY MEETING.
THIS MEETING SERVED AS AN INFORMATION AND EDUCATION MEETING ON WHAT SERVICES WE OFFER THROUGH EQUESTRIAN AND RECREATION USE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO ENGAGE AND GATHER INPUT ON THE EQUESTRIAN COMMUNITY.
AND WE TOOK ALL OF THE FEEDBACK AND BROKE IT DOWN IN WHAT I'M GONNA SHOW YOU THIS, THIS EVENING IS KIND OF TWO CATEGORIES, FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS. AND THAT'S KIND OF GIVES YOU THE FEEDBACK OF WHAT WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING AT, UM, WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, UM, AND WHAT WE CONTINUE TO DO IN THE FUTURE.
AT THE NOVEMBER 17TH, UM, PARK AND REC MEETING, WE PROVIDED THIS FINDINGS ALL BACK TO THE COMMISSION.
UM, AND LET THEM UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE I'M KIND OF HERE THIS EVENING IS TO KIND OF GIVE YOU GUYS NOW AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT'S HAPPENED SINCE 2021, BEHIND THE SCENES OF WHAT STAFF'S BEEN WORKING ON, UM, WITH THAT INFO AND UM, AND INPUT THAT WE'VE GATHERED.
BUT WHAT I KIND OF WANTED TO DO FIRST, UM, BEFORE WE KIND OF GET INTO THAT FEEDBACK, IS I DID WANNA GIVE JUST COUNSEL AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE THE MAC MCCOY EQUESTRIAN CENTER IS ON FACILITY RENTALS.
GIVE YOU KIND OF A BROAD OVERVIEW.
AND THEN I ALSO KIND OF WANNA DIVE INTO THE EQUESTRIAN USE SPECIFICALLY CUZ I KNOW THAT'S WHAT, UM, WE'RE INTERESTED IN HEARING.
SO OVERALL, UM, HERE ON THIS CHART, I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2019 TO GIVE COUNCIL KIND OF PERSPECTIVE OF WHERE WE WERE PRIOR TO PANDEMIC AND WHERE WE ARE NOW.
UM, SO OVERALL RESERVATIONS, THESE ARE NUMBER OF RESERVATIONS.
IN 2019 WE HAD 373, OBVIOUSLY YOU SEE IN 2020 AND 2021.
THOSE KIND OF DROPPED OFF WITH THE, UM, EVENTS THAT WE HAD AND UH, THINGS THAT OCCURRED.
AND THEN 2022 WE WERE BACK AND AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR NUMBERS ARE LA LARGER THAN WHERE THEY WERE BEFORE.
AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, THIS KIND OF REALLY BREAKS IT DOWN FOR THOSE THAT AREN'T FAMILIAR, YOU KNOW, GROUP A, WE HAVE, UM, COUNCIL HAS COME BACK FOR MANY YEARS AND SAID, HEY, WE WANT TO MAKE IT EQUITABLE ACROSS THE COMMUNITY FOR OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL AS FOR NON-RESIDENTS.
AND SO OUR TIER STRUCTURE OF THESE FIVE TIERS WAS SET UP, UM, FOR OUR FACILITY RENTALS.
AND SO EACH OF THEM ARE BROKEN DOWN.
SO IT KIND OF GIVES YOU A SCREENSHOT OF WHERE OUR GROUP A'S ARE, UM, GROUP B'S.
THIS IS WHAT WE CONSIDER OUR NON-PROFITS.
UM, THESE ARE BOY SCOUTS, GIRL SCOUTS, UM, OR YOU KNOW, HORSE ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA GIVE OPPORTUNITIES TO OUR NONPROFITS TO HAVE A SPACE TO MEET FOR FREE.
UM, SO THOSE, WE KIND OF BROKE IT DOWN BETWEEN FREE MEETINGS AND PAID MEETINGS AT THE FACILITY.
UM, YOU'LL KIND OF SEE AN UPTICK, UM, FOR THE PAID MEETINGS, UM, AND THE FREE MEETINGS AT MCCOY, THAT REALLY IS TO DO WITH THE WAY WE STRUCTURED OURSELVES AFTER COVID.
UM, WE LOOKED AT OUR FACILITY AND SAID, HEY, WE'VE NOW OPERATED WITH THE COMMUNITY CENTER NEXT DOOR.
WE FELT THAT IT'S APPROPRIATE, UM, TO ALLOW THOSE TO COME IN AND USE THAT FACILITY, BRING IN MORE DURING THE NORMAL WORK WEEKDAYS THAN ON THE WEEKEND.
AND THEN WE KIND OF BREAK IT DOWN BY CS, DS AND GROUP S'S.
OUR CS NON-RESIDENTS ARE DS AND THOSE GROUP S'S IS OUR CHINO HILLS, UM, SENIOR NON-PROFIT GROUPS.
AND SO OUR EQUESTRIAN IS KIND OF MIXED INTO ALL OF THESE NUMBERS, BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY GIVE YOU A GOOD OVERVIEW.
LOOKS LIKE WE'RE DOING GREAT OVER THERE.
BUT WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO DO IS KIND OF DIVE DEEP INTO GIVING YOU KIND
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OF A, A BREAKOUT POINT OF WHERE WE ARE.SO IN 2019, UM, THAT NUMBER THAT YOU SEE, IF THERE ACTUALLY SAYS NINE OR SEVEN, IT SHOULD BE NINE FOR THE TOTAL YEAR.
UM, BUT BREAKING DOWN, WE HAD TWO HORSE SHOWS NOW IN 2022.
I HAVE A LITTLE ASTERISK ON THERE.
UM, WHILE WE CAME OUT OF THE PANDEMIC, UNFORTUNATELY THE EQUESTRIAN WORLD KIND OF DOVE INTO THEIR OWN, UM, LITTLE UNIQUE SITUATION THEMSELVES.
THERE WAS AN EQUINE DISEASE THAT DID BREAK OUT IN SOUTHERN CA, WELL NOT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, ALL ABOUT CALIFORNIA.
UM, THERE WAS SOME HORSE SHOWS THAT HAD TAKEN PLACES.
UM, AND THIS IS A DISEASE THAT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR MANY YEARS.
UM, AND UNFORTUNATELY IT IMPACTED A LOT OF UM, SAN BERNARDINO AND ORANGE COUNTY AREAS FOR EQUESTRIAN.
AND SO THE UM, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ACTUALLY PUT A MORATORIUM ON HORSE SHOWS, UM, FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAD TWO HORSE SHOWS THAT UNFORTUNATELY HAD TO BE CANCELED BECAUSE OF THIS.
UM, AND THEN MOVING INTO EQUESTRIAN ACTIVITIES.
SO I FELT THIS WAS IMPORTANT TO KIND OF BREAK THIS UP.
UM, CAUSE I KNOW WE KIND OF ALWAYS FOCUS ON HORSE SHOWS, HOW MANY HORSE SHOWS, BUT REALLY WE WANNA SEE HOW MANY EQUESTRIAN ACTIVITIES OR WHAT OTHER ACTIVITIES ARE TAKING PLACE.
WHAT WE CONSIDER THAT KIND OF 10 ACRE BATH PORTION WHERE THE ARENAS ARE IN KIND OF THAT OPEN SPACE.
AND SO FOR EQUESTRIAN ACTIVITIES, UM, YOU'LL SEE IN 2019, UM, THERE WERE SIX OF THOSE.
THAT WAS EVERYTHING FROM UM, HORSE ORGANIZATIONS.
ABOUT FOUR OF THOSE WERE ACTUALLY FROM THE CHINO HILLS HORSEMAN'S ASSOCIATION.
UM, WHEN WE ENGAGED WITH THEM IN 2019 DURING THIS PROCESS, UM, THEY WANTED TO ASSIST AND HELP THE COMMUNITY AND GET THEIR OWN ACTIVITIES GOING.
UM, YOU'LL KIND OF SEE THAT IT HAS DIPPED OFF.
HOWEVER, UM, THAT IS JUST IN PART, UM, FOR THE HORSEMAN'S ASSOCIATION TAKING A DIFFERENT TURN.
I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH HER IN HER ORGANIZATION ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS.
UM, THEY HAVE HAD GREAT STRIDES OVER THIS LAST COUPLE, UM, THIS LAST YEAR TO HAVE ACTIVITIES DUE TO RAIN THAT YOU'VE SEEN.
MANY OF THEIR ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN CANCELED OVER THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS.
UM, BUT THEY ACTUALLY MEET WITH US ON UM, A MONTHLY BASIS NOW AT OUR OI FACILITY, UM, IN HERE IN 2023.
AND THEN NON EQUESTRIAN ACTIVITIES.
SO THESE ARE WHAT WE CONSIDER AND WHILE I KIND OF WANTED TO POINT THESE OUT, I THINK IT REALLY IS GONNA CORRELATE TO THE INPUT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SO WE'VE NOW VENTURED INTO SOME NEW VENTURES.
WE'VE HOSTED OUR FIRST BEER FEST LAST YEAR WITH NTHE.
UM, WE ALSO HAD UM, A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK BLOCK GRANT WITH UM, UH, PROJECT CELL, UM, HAD COME OUT AND THEY DID SOME SPECIAL NEEDS PROGRAMS, UM, THROUGH THAT COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM, UM, ALONG WITH EQUESTRIAN AS WELL.
AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT WE HAVE DOG SHOWS.
WE'VE NEVER HAD DOG SHOWS AT THE FACILITY.
SO LAST YEAR WAS OUR FIRST TIME DIVING INTO WHAT WE CONSIDER NEW USES OF THAT BACK EQUESTRIAN AREA.
UM, THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE, IT SHOWS 12.
UM, I FEEL IT WAS IMPORTANT TO REPRESENT THE NUMBER OF ACTUAL RENTAL DAYS.
UM, BUT THEN IT KIND OF BREAKS DOWN.
THESE HOR DOG SHOWS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN THE SENSE THAT THEY GO OVER TWO DAYS OR FOUR DAYS, UM, FOR THIS WHERE TYPICAL HORSE SHOWS ARE ONE DAY, UM, THAT WE HOST.
BUT I KIND OF JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS A PERSPECTIVE OF KIND OF WHERE WE WERE THERE AND WHERE WE ARE NOW.
UM, AND THEN THAT KIND OF JUST MOVES US INTO KIND OF WHERE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
AND I FELT IT WAS ALSO APPROPRIATE TO KIND OF JUST GIVE YOU A GLIMPSE OF 2023 AND WHERE WE UM, LOOK MOVING FORWARD.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE TWO OFFICIAL HORSE SHOWS ON THE BOOKS.
HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE TWO NEW HORSE SHOWS, UM, WITH MONTE VISTA FOR EACH CLUB.
UM, DURING THIS PROCESS WE FELT UM, THE OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY REALLY BENEFITED.
UM, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, MONTE VISTA FOR EACH CLUB, UM, IS A LOCAL ORGANIZATION CHAPTER.
UM, THEY ARE WITH THE CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY.
UM, FOR THOSE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE CATTLE, THEY HAVE EVERYTHING FROM GARDENING, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE A HORSE CATEGORY.
AND I HAVE UM, THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE DIRECTOR FOR THE FOUR H CLUB HERE LOCALLY THAT MEETS OVER AT THE CHINO FAIRGROUNDS AND THEY WANNA PUT ON TWO HORSE SHOWS HERE, UM, AT OUR FACILITIES.
SO I'VE HAD OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THEM.
THEY WANT TO START USING OUR FACILITY, UM, FOR MEETINGS AS WELL.
SO THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE UPCOMING THAT YOU KNOW, ARE NOT OFFICIALLY ON THE BOOKS, BUT WE'VE BEEN IN THE WORKS OF HAVING CONVERSATIONS, A QUESTIONING ACTIVITIES, UM, LIKE I MENTIONED FOR EACH HAS A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT ONES.
CHINO'S HORSEMAN'S ASSOCIATION, UM, HAD A RIDE THAT'S UP THAT HAS BEEN UPCOMING.
UM, EQUESTRIAN MEETINGS I MENTIONED ALREADY WITH THEM.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO ON THE BOOKS AND NON EQUESTRIAN ACTIVITIES.
UM, OUR ENTHESIS IS COMING BACK WITH OUR BEER FEST FESTIVAL.
AND THEN, UM, I'LL TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT OUR MCCOY CAMP OUT, WE'RE EXCITED.
IT'S A NEW CITY PROGRAM THAT WE'VE LAUNCHED, UM, AS WELL.
AND THEN FOR FEEDBACK IN GENERAL, I KNOW THE MCCOY PROPERTY IS KIND OF TUFTS BACK INTO AREAS, SO I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO KIND OF SHOW COUNCIL THIS OVERALL SHOT OF THE FACILITY.
UM, TO THE LEFT OF THE SCREEN IS WHAT THE NORTH PART, I'M SORRY, THE WEST PART OF THE FACILITY, KIND OF THAT GREEN BELT THAT GOES DOWN SEPARATES US BETWEEN COMMUNITY PARK.
UM, YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE THREE ARENAS ON THE PROPERTY HEAT AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE SCREEN, YOU
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SEE THE PARKING LOT AT THE TOP.THAT'S OUR MAIN MCCOY PARKING LOT.
BELOW THAT, THERE'S LIKE A BUILDING THAT HAS LIKE A KIND OF PITCH ROOF THAT IS WHAT WE CONSIDER THE BARN.
AND WHERE THE TWO BIG TREES ARE IN THE FRONT IS THE RESIDENCE.
AND THEN BELOW THAT IS THE COMMUNITY CENTER, UM, OVERFLOW KIND OF PARKING LOT WE SHARE BETWEEN THE TWO.
UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO HAVE YOU GUYS GIVE AN OVERVIEW CUZ SOME OF THE PROJECTS, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT DO AFFECT KIND OF THAT BACK KIND OF, UH, NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY.
SO WHAT WAS THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT HAVE WE DONE SO FAR? SO HERE'S WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE BROKEN DOWN ON FACILITY FEEDBACK.
SO THESE IS EVERYTHING THAT WE RECEIVED, EITHER FROM THE NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR MEETINGS, MEETINGS THAT I'VE HAD, CON CON CONTINUOUS CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WITH EQUESTRIAN, UH, MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY AND AS WELL FROM THAT COMMUNITY MEETING.
UM, SO A COUPLE OF 'EM HAVE CHECK MARKS.
KEEP IN MIND THIS IS EVERYTHING THAT WE RECEIVED OVER THIS LAST YEAR.
SO STAFF IS TAKING ALL OF THIS IN, EVALUATING IT, SEEING AND PRIORITIZING WHAT'S IMPORTANT.
BUT I WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE AN OVERVIEW.
SO THE FIRST THING WAS BRING EXPERTS TO LOOK IN AT THE ARENA FOOTING CONDITIONS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS ON MY RADAR.
WE ACTUALLY HAD SOMEONE THAT ORIGINALLY INSTALLED OUR ARENAS COME OUT AND TAKE A LOOK AT OUR FOOTINGS CUZ I WANTED TO GIVE THE CONDITION OF WHERE WE ARE, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE, ARE WE IN GOOD CONDITION? AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WE WERE AT A, WHAT HE CONSIDERED A GOOD CONDITION, BUT WE NEEDED TO GET INFILL IN.
UM, SINCE THEN, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE PROLONGING OF OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH, A A LOT OF KIND OF THE COMMENTS WE GOT BACK IS, IS THE FOOTING APPROPRIATE? WHAT TYPE OF FOOTING SHOULD WE HAVE? UM, AND JUST FOR COUNSEL TO KIND OF HAVE, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE UNDERSTANDING ON THAT PART OF IT.
I KIND OF CORRELATE THIS FOR THOSE THAT MAY NOT KNOW THE EQUESTRIAN ROLE, WHICH I DID NOT FULLY, I DID NOT GROW UP IN THE EQUESTRIAN, BUT I'VE DEFINITELY LEARNED TO COME ALONG WITH IT.
UM, WHAT THEY CONSIDER DISCIPLINES IS WHAT WE CONSIDER SPORTS, RIGHT? SO YOU HAVE SOCCER, YOU HAVE BASEBALL, YOU HAVE SOFTBALL, YOU HAVE FOOTBALL, THEY HAVE 17 DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES THAT THEY CONSIDER I WOULD CONSIDER SOCCER, BASEBALL, FOOTBALL.
THINK ABOUT ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT TYPES OF DISCIPLINES AND THINK OF ALL THE USES ON THE SPORTS SIDE THAT THEY NEED FOR THE TYPE OF FIELDS, THE TYPE OF FOOTINGS, THE BASES, RIGHT? ALL OF THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO ALSO LOOK AT ON THE EQUESTRIAN SIDE OF THINGS.
AND WITHIN THOSE 17 DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES, THE DISCIPLINES THAT WE REALLY FOCUS ON IN THE MA MCCOY CENTER WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED WAS DRESSAGE, UM, WAS REIGNING ENGLISH PLEASURE, THOSE TYPE OF ONES.
AND SO THAT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT THE FOOTINGS AT OUR FACILITIES ON LET'S BRING IN NEW ORGANIZATIONS OR LET'S HAVE THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITY.
YOU HAVE TO KIND OF TAKE A STEP BACK AND SAY, IF WE BRING, BRING IN THOSE TYPE OF ORGANIZATIONS, DOES THIS FOOTING FIT FOR IT? CAN YOU PUT FOOTBALL ON A SOCCER FIELD? YEAH, BUT IS IT FULLY GONNA WORK? MAYBE NOT, BUT BASEBALL FOR SURE ISN'T GONNA WORK, RIGHT? AND SO THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH.
I KNOW I'VE MET, UM, WITH THE CHINO HILLS, UM, HORSEMAN'S ASSOCIATION.
I'VE MET WITH MANY, UM, OF OWNERS ALONG ENGLISH ROAD THAT HAVE HAD YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THIS.
AND SO THIS IS ONE PROJECT THAT WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE INFILL.
AND SO I'LL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILS ON THE UPCOMING PROJECT THAT WE HAVE ALREADY, UM, PROPOSED.
UM, BUT THERE'S ALSO SOME COMMENTS BACK ABOUT REPLACING GATE LATCHES ON ARENAS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LITTLE LATCHES, BUT HEY, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE ON OUR HORSE, IS IT APPROPRIATE TO GET OFF THE HORSE AND OPEN IT? NO.
CAN WE MAKE IT EASIER? ABSOLUTELY.
SO THESE ARE REALLY GOOD COMMENTS THAT WE GOT BACK THAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE REALLY EASY FOR US TO FIX.
AND SOME OF THESE THINGS ON THIS LIST, YOU'LL SEE THERE IS A LARGE FINANCIAL COST THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT.
AND SO I THINK US SITTING BACK AS A CITY AND REALLY LOOKING AT ALL OF THESE AND PRIORITIZING WHAT'S IMPORTANT IN FIGURING OUT WHAT OUR DISCIPLINES AND WHAT OUR DIRECTION IS WILL HELP US IN THE FUTURE.
UM, ROUTINE WATERING OF THE ARENA IS SEPARATE FROM SPRINKLERS.
THIS WAS BROUGHT UP, UM, ABOUT WATERING OF THE ARENAS AND THE MAINTENANCE AND THE GROOMING OF THE ARENAS.
YOU KNOW, OUR USE REALLY HAD GONE FROM NOT A LOT OF EQUESTRIAN ACTIVITY HAPPENING AT THE FACILITIES EVEN DURING OUR OPEN RIDE TIMES.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE SHOWING UP, ARE WE DRAGGING THE ARENAS? NOT AS OFTEN.
HOWEVER, JUST LIKE YOU HAVE ANY GOOD INFIELD, IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT YOU CREATE MAINTENANCE FOR THAT.
SO WE WORKED WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND NOW ON A WEEKLY BASIS WE'RE GROOMING THE ARENAS AND PREPPING THEM FOR THE EQUESTRIAN COMMUNITY.
WE'RE ALSO TURNING ON THE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS EVERY MORNING.
UM, THERE ARE SOME COMMENTS YOU KNOW ABOUT, HEY, ON A WINDY DAY, WILL THOSE, YOU KNOW, BIG HEAVY SPRINKLERS MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE MIDDLE? ABSOLUTELY NOT.
UM, BUT THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON.
UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UM, OUT AT A ROUND PIN.
FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, IT'S SIMPLY A ROUND PEN AND THAT'S KIND OF A LITTLE BIT MORE THAT'S USED FOR UM, KIND OF KEEPING A MORE SAFE CONTROL ENVIRONMENT.
SO WE HAD SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT SPOKE OUT THAT SAID, HEY, THIS WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US, UM, WHEN WE COME DOWN TO VISIT.
UM, YOU KNOW, TALKING WITH THE EQUESTRIAN WORLD WHEN THEY'RE HERE FOR HORSE SHOWS, THEIR NEED FOR THAT ISN'T SO MUCH.
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BALANCE BETWEEN THE TWO OF THOSE.UM, ADDITIONAL PARKING IN THE BACK PROPERTY.
UM, WE ALSO HAD INSTALLING AND PURCHASING OF PORTABLE AND PERMANENT HORSE STALLS, UM, CAME UP.
REVIEW HORSE TRAIL ACCESS AND TRAIL SAFETY ALONG MCCOY LOOP TRAIL.
I PUT A CHECK MARK ON THIS ONE.
I REALLY PUT THIS AS A KIND OF IN A YELLOW MARK.
UM, THIS IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS WITH CITY STAFF, UM, AND WITH THE COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, I, I DID MEET WITH MANY OF THE REPRESENTATIVES.
THERE WAS A COUPLE THINGS THAT CAME UP ON ALL OF THESE, YOU KNOW, THE TRAIL ACCESS.
UM, YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT WE JUST WORKED WITH THE HORSEMAN'S ASSOCIATION, YOU KNOW, ERIN WAS REALLY GREAT.
SHE CALLED UP AND SAID, HEY MELISSA, YOU KNOW THAT TRAIL OFF OF ENGLISH ROAD? WHILE IT'S GREAT, YOU GUYS JUST PUT THAT DOGGY BAG OUT, THE DOGGY BAG STATION OUT FOR ALL THOSE WALKERS THAT COME BY.
IT'S RIGHT IN THE RIGHT IN THE AREA WHERE THE HORSES, YOU KNOW, COME BY ON THE TRAIL.
SO WE WORKED WITH THEM TO MOVE IT OVER TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION FOR IT.
BUT THERE ARE ALSO OTHER THINGS THAT GO ALONG WITH THIS.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BROUGHT UP WAS WE HAVE A DESIGNATED TRAIL, AND I'LL KIND OF GO BACK, UM, TO THE MAP TO SHOW YOU GUYS, OOPS, GOING THE WRONG WAY.
UM, IF YOU ARE KIND OF IN THAT NORTHWEST CORNER UP AT THE TOP, THERE IS AN, UM, ENTRANCE TO, UM, THE MCCOY EQUESTRIAN PROPERTY THAT GOES TO THE PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL AREA OVER THERE AND THEN COMES DOWN BY WARMUP ARENA TOO.
IF YOU THEN COME DOWN OUR PROPERTY, EITHER BETWEEN THE ARENAS OR DOWN ON THE SOUTH SIDE, YOU'LL SEE OUR WHITE PICKET FENCING WITH OUR DG THAT'S SIMILAR TO ALL OF OUR TRAIL SYSTEMS IN THE COMMUNITY.
THAT'S WHAT WE CONSIDER A DESIGNATED TRAIL.
IT THEN GOES UP TOWARDS THE NORTH END OF THE PROPERTY AND ALONG THE PARKING LOT AND THEN GOES ALONG, UM, PEYTON DRIVE.
THAT IS WHAT WE CONSIDERED OUR DESIGNATED CITY TRAIL.
WHAT WE'VE LEARNED IS SINCE THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS BUILT, AS YOU KNOW, THAT PROPERTY WAS NOT OWNED BY THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
UM, WE FOUND OUT DURING THIS COMMUNITY OUTREACH THAT THE EQUESTRIAN COMMUNITY WAS KIND OF GOING THROUGH THAT AREA.
IT'S A NOW PROTECTED MITIGATED AREA, UM, THROUGH THAT CHANNEL BETWEEN COMMUNITY CENTER AND MCCOY.
SO, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A COMMUNITY, UM, THE E TIAN COMMUNITY ON KIND OF ALSO EDUCATING THEM ON THE PROCESS OF WHERE OUR TRAILS IS, BUT ALSO KIND OF TALKING TO 'EM ABOUT THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE, UM, OF TRYING TO SEE IF THERE'S OTHER ALTERNATIVE AREAS.
WHILE THERE ISN'T NECESSARILY A SOLUTION RIGHT NOW, I THINK JUST TALKING WITH THEM AND EDUCATING THEM ON OUR TRAIL SYSTEM, UM, IS IMPORTANT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD GREAT COMMUNICATION WITH THEM.
AGAIN, JUST THIS LAST WEEK, UM, THE HORSEMAN'S ASSOCIATION REACHED OUT AND LET ME KNOW, SORRY, UM, THAT THERE WAS, UM, SOME TRAIL, UH, ISSUES, SOME RUTS FROM THE RAIN THAT HAD OCCURRED ALONG THE, THE LOOP THAT GOES ALONG ENGLISH ROAD AND A LOT OF THOSE EQUESTRIANS, YOU KNOW, DO TAKE THAT AREA.
SO I THINK IT'S CONTINUING TO HAVE THAT DIALOGUE WITH THEM, UM, ON KIND OF WHERE WE, UM, OH, SORRY, I WAS BACK.
ONE MORE, UH, FOR THE TRAILS, UM, RE RE UH, REVIEW AND REMOVE EXISTING BUILDINGS ON THE BACK PROPERTY.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S KIND OF SOME ANCILLARY BUILDINGS BACK THERE.
THIS COMMENT REALLY CAME UP REGARDING, UM, ADDITIONAL PARKING BACK THERE.
AND I'LL KIND OF GET IN MORE IN DEPTH IN THAT PROJECT.
UM, IN A FUTURE SLIDE, UM, UPDATE, ENHANCE THE ARENA PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM.
UM, THIS IS ONE THAT, UH, WE ARE AWARE, UM, THIS IS A, YOU KNOW, A SYSTEM THAT WAS PUT IN 20 YEARS AGO.
DOES IT NEED UPDATING? ABSOLUTELY.
IS IT AN EXPENSIVE COST? ABSOLUTELY.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, A SYSTEM THAT'S OVER A 15 ACRE PROPERTY.
THIS ISN'T A SIMPLE BUILDING WHERE YOU'RE JUST PUTTING IN AUDIO SYSTEM IN ONE ROOM.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AUDIO SYSTEMS THAT GO OVER THE ENTIRE PROPERTY.
THIS IS RUNNING ELECTRICAL ALL THE WAY TO THE ARENAS, ADDING, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL, UM, SOUND THROUGHOUT THE BACK AS WELL AS REPLACING EXISTING, UM, SPEAKERS WITHIN THE PARKING LOTS.
SO IT'S A VERY EXTENSIVE PROJECT, UM, THAT IT IS ON OUR LIST.
DO WE HAVE HAVE A SUITABLE SYSTEM THAT WORKS? YES.
CAN WE USE AN UPGRADE? ABSOLUTELY.
UM, REVIEW RENTAL FEE SHEETS TO BETTER EXPLAIN PACKAGES.
I THINK THIS EVENING, UM, EARLIER WE HAD OUR, UM, MASTER FEE SCHEDULE.
SOME OF THE COMMENTS WE GOT BACK WAS JUST THE COMMUNICATION ON HOW OUR STRUCTURES AND FEES ARE.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD, YOU KNOW, DESIGNATED SAYING, HEY, 7:00 AM TO 10:00 PM YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A 10 HOUR RENTAL PACKAGE.
WELL, THEY LITERALLY TOOK THAT AS, YOU KNOW, THOSE HOURS WE'RE LIKE, NO, ANYTIME BETWEEN THOSE 10 HOURS YOU CAN COME IN.
YOU WANNA START AT SIX, LIKE A NORMAL WHOLE SHOW.
SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WE GOT BACK WAS, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF A PACKAGE, CAN I COME IN AND RENT ONE ARENA ON THE WEEKEND? AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT TYPE OF ARENA PACKAGE.
SO THOSE CHANGES WERE, WERE MADE.
AND I THINK MOVING FORWARD WITH CITY STAFF, WE'LL SEE DEFINITELY SOME CHANGES ON THE TYPE OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ABLE TO COME IN AND USE OUR FACILITY.
UM, THERE'S ALSO COMMENTS ABOUT ADDING SHADE, COVERING TO THE ARENAS.
THIS IS A VERY FINANCIAL COST.
UM, THE CITIES, THERE'S A COUPLE CITIES NEARBY THAT HAVE DONE THIS.
IT'S COST ABOUT A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TO PUT IN SOME SHADE STRUCTURES.
SO THOSE ARE JUST A COUPLE THINGS TO KIND OF KEEP IN MIND.
UM, AS WE GO THROUGH THESE, UM, PROGRAMMING, ADD MORE HORSE SHOWS, I PUT A CHECK MARK ON THERE.
IS IT EXACTLY A, YOU KNOW, THAT BRIGHT GREEN THAT WE WANTED? ABSOLUTELY NOT.
DO I FEEL LIKE WE'VE, MY STAFF AND I HAVE MADE PROGRESS TOWARD ADDING MORE HORSE SHOWS AND ACTIVITIES.
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I THINK THOSE NEW ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE COME IN, UM, HAVE MADE PROGRESS.DO I THINK THIS IS THE ENDING OF WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE? ABSOLUTELY NOT.
MY GOAL IS TO CONTINUE TO BRING ADDITIONAL HORSE SHOWS AND ACTIVITIES TO THE FACILITY IN GENERAL.
SOME OTHER GREAT FEEDBACK IS EQUESTRIAN BASED VENDOR FAIRS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK ON TO SEE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT EVERYTHING'S KIND OF BACK TO NORMAL OF WHAT THAT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE AND ENGAGE WITH OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL.
UM, NON EQUESTRIAN PROGRAMS, DOG SHOWS, BOY SCOUTS AND GIRL SCOUTS.
THIS IS ACTUALLY ONE, UM, THAT I FOUND VERY INTRIGUING AS A COMMENT THAT CAME IN, UM, FROM THE EQUESTRIAN WORLD.
I KNOW WHEN THE FACILITY WAS ORIGINALLY OPEN, IT WAS HORSE AND HORSE ONLY ON THERE ON THAT PROPERTY, RIGHT ON THAT BACKSIDE.
UM, BUT SOME OF THE EQUESTRIANS, SOME NOT THERE, THERE'S A, THEY'RE A GOOD MAJORITY.
I'M NOT SAYING ALL SAID, YOU KNOW, HEY, LET'S AT LEAST ANYTHING TO BRING THERE IS BETTER THAN NOTHING AT ALL.
AND THERE'S OTHER ACTIVITIES BEYOND JUST EQUESTRIAN.
THOSE DOG SHOWS I THINK IS A, A PRIMARY ONE.
UM, ALL OF THE FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE SURVEYED WITH CITY FACILITIES, CITY OF NORCO HOLDS MANY DOG SHOWS, UM, AT THEIR FACILITIES AS WELL.
SO I THINK HAVING THAT GOOD BALANCE, UM, AND KIND OF THAT UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE TO OUR FACILITY EVERY DAY THAT WE GIVE TOURS AT THAT FACILITY AND YOU WALK BACK, IT'S A VERY PEACEFUL NATURES SETTING IN THE MIDDLE OF DOWNTOWN.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MOST DON'T NOTICE FROM THE STREET WHEN THEY LOOK AT IT.
HIGHER EQUESTRIAN SHOW MANAGER WAS NEXT ONE ON THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, AT THIS TIME, I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE FEE STRUCTURES THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH, THE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY DO.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T NECESSARILY RECOMMEND IT.
I THINK LET CITY STAFF LET US CONTINUE ON.
YOU KNOW, WE WERE PUT ON PAUSE FOR A LITTLE BIT, BUT KEEP IN MIND MOVING FORWARD WITH HORSE SHOWS AND THESE ORGANIZATIONS, SOME OF THEM ARE NOW GETTING BACK ENGAGED.
THEY ARE ALSO NOW GETTING FAMILIAR WITH OUR FACILITY.
I THINK WITH THE NEW FEE STRUCTURES THAT WE HAVE, WE'LL ALSO BRING THEM IN AND A LOT OF THEM TAKE, YOU KNOW, ONE OR TWO YEARS OUT, THEY'RE PLANNING THEIR HORSE SHOWS.
SO SOME MAY HAVE ALREADY HAD SAY, HEY, I'M GONNA BE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS YEAR INSTEAD OF DOWN IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, SO IT'S GONNA TAKE US A YEAR OR TWO TO KIND OF SEE THOSE THINGS KIND OF CHANGE WITH THAT AS WELL.
DO I THINK THAT THERE'S SOME, YOU KNOW, EXPERT INFORMATION WE CAN GLEAN? ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS AND THE RESIDENTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING, UM, THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH AND GAIN INFORMATION AND KIND OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS MOVING FORWARD.
UM, OPEN FACILITY FOR HORSE TRAINERS TO HOLD CLINICS.
CAUSE I THINK THAT IS MORE COMMUNICATION ON CITY STAFF BEING BETTER OPEN AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE PUBLIC AND TO THOSE VENDORS COMING IN.
OUR FACILITY IS ALREADY OPEN FOR HORSE TRAINERS TO COME IN AND HOLD CLINICS.
WE'VE HAD ONE OR TWO, BUT I THINK OUR MARKETING COULD BE BETTER, UM, ON OUTREACHING TO THEM COMMUNITY EVENTS INCLUDING CRAFT FAIRS AND HOLIDAY BAZAARS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS ONE I PUT A CHECK MARK ON.
WE HAD OUR FIRST BEER FESTIVAL AND WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OTHER LITTLE ACTIVITIES THAT GO ON BACK THERE.
EQUESTRIAN OBSTACLE COURSES, UM, FREE DROP IN OPEN RIDE DAYS.
UM, WE'VE WORKED ON OUR OPEN RIDE.
UM, SO FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS LOVE WHEN I'M ON A MIC TO BE ABLE TO, UH, ADDRESS THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY ON KIND OF EDUCATING THEM.
SO FOR US AT THE MCC MCCOY EQUESTRIAN CENTER, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, WE HAVE OUR OPEN RIDE HOURS.
UM, WE LOOK AT THIS AS A NORMAL PARK THAT YOU WOULD WITH THE PLAYGROUND.
YOU CAN COME IN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS.
YOU CAN COME IN ON A SATURDAY AND RIDE FOR FREE.
DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE A RESIDENT OR A NON-RESIDENT, IF YOU SHOW UP WITH A HORSE, THAT ARENA IS AVAILABLE FOR YOU AS LONG AS IT'S NOT BEING USED FOR A HORSE SHOW, UM, OR ANY OF THAT.
AND YOU SEE THOSE NUMBERS THAT ARE THERE.
I GOT A LOT OF DAYS THAT ARE OPEN AND A LOT OF HOURS, SO COME IN, STOP BY.
UM, AND I'VE SEEN THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST THAT OUTREACH WE'VE HAD WITH THE COMMUNITY.
UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW, UH, A LOT OF THE RANCHES UP THERE, TAGA RANCHES COME DOWN AND I SEE THEIR GIRLS RIDING THROUGH ALL THE TIME ON THEIR HORSES.
I KNOW THE HORSEMAN'S ASSOCIATION COMES THROUGH ON, YOU KNOW, A A VERY CONSISTENT BASIS.
AND I THINK JUST US EDUCATING THEM AND PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION TO THEM HAS DEFINITELY HELPED.
AND I'LL KIND OF, UM, KIND OF LET ME ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD A LITTLE BIT JUST TO KIND OF SHOW YOU, UM, THAT PERSPECTIVE.
ONE THING THAT WE DID ROLL OUT, UM, WAS OUR NEW WEBSITE ARENA CALENDAR.
AND THIS KIND OF CAME OUT DUE TO THE WEATHER THAT WE HAD UPCOMING.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF RAIN AND A LOT OF RAINY SEASONS.
UM, AND WHAT WE KIND OF FOUND IS, HEY, I CAN'T JUST LOCK AN ARENA ONE DAY.
THE NEXT DAY WHEN IT'S DRY, WE OPEN IT UP, RIGHT? I HAVE TO LET IT DRY FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS.
AND SO WE FOUND THAT THE COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC WAS CHALLENGING TO KNOW WHEN CAN I COME IN, WHEN I CAN, I NOT.
AND SO WE RECENTLY JUST ROLLED OUT THIS CALENDAR.
YOU CAN GO TO CHINO HILLS.ORG/MCCOY AND AT ANY TIME SEE IF OPEN RIDE IS AVAILABLE AT THE FACILITY ALONG WITH SEEING WHAT UPCOMING HORSE SHOWS ARE HAPPENING OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF BIG ACTIVITIES BACK IN THAT BRACK PROPERTY THAT IS HAPPENING.
UM, MY STAFF AND I ALSO WORKED TO BETTER COMMUNICATE WITH THE COMMUNITY ON OUR OPEN RIDE HOURS AND OUR RULES.
SO YOU SEE TEMPORARY SIGNS FOR RIGHT NOW, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN OUT AT ALL THE ARENAS AND THE ENTRANCES.
HOW ARE THESE WILL BECOME PERMANENT SIGNS? WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING TO
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GET A QR CODE, UM, THAT WILL LINK YOU TO THE ARENA CALENDAR.UM, AND THEN THAT'S JUST A BETTER WAY FOR US TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE RESIDENTS ON KIND OF, HEY, COME OUT, COME AND USE US.
AND THEN LET'S SEE WHERE, WHERE WERE WE? UM, COMMUNITY EDUCATION, EQUESTRIAN CLASSES AND EVENTS.
AND I'M ALSO GONNA TIE IN MORE EQUESTRIAN DEMONSTRATIONS AND WORKSHOPS.
YOU KNOW, THIS ONE I THINK IS A CHECK MARK IN THE SENSE OF THIS IS NOT ONLY US AS A CITY, IT'S ALSO US AS AN A COMMUNITY AND AN ORGANIZATION.
AND I THINK WE HAVE SOME GREAT ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, UM, INCLUDING THE CHINO HILLS HORSEMAN'S ASSOCIATION THAT IS TRYING THE EFFORTS TO PUT ON THESE TYPE OF EVENTS.
AND I ENCOURAGE ANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OR THOSE RANCHES THAT ARE ALONG, UM, THE UH, ENGLISH ROAD AND ENGLISH PLACE TO COME AND JOIN US AND HAVE HELP AND PUT ON THESE TYPE OF CLASSES AND EVENTS.
YOU KNOW, I WILL SAY IT CHALLENGES THE CLASSES.
WE'VE TRIED THIS ABOUT ONE OR TWO DIFFERENT TIMES OF HAVING A CONTRACT INSTRUCTOR COME OUT TO TEACH CLASSES.
UM, A LOT OF OUR INSTRUCTORS JUST END UP SAYING, HEY, I HAVE TO PACK UP MY HORSE, BRING THE TRAILER IN, YOU KNOW, RIDE IN IN ORDER TO TEACH THE CLASSES ON A WEEKLY BASIS.
NOW CAN WE HAVE A WORKSHOP? CAN WE HAVE DEMONSTRATIONS? ABSOLUTELY.
AND SO THOSE ARE KIND OF THE MAIN KIND OF FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED.
UM, AS FOR FUNDING AND PROJECTS, I KIND OF JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY TOUCH ON THIS ONE CUZ THIS IS A BIG PROJECT THAT'S CURRENTLY, UM, ON OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
UM, WE WERE DOING AN UPDATE TO THE MCCOY EQUESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS THERE.
UM, ONE WE'RE DOING REPAIR OF THE ARENA FOOTINGS.
WE'RE DOING REPLACEMENTS OF THE G OF THE LATCHES.
WE'RE CONVERTING THE BACK AREA INTO ADDITIONAL PARKING.
UM, THIS WAS A BIG THING, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE BUILT THIS FACILITY, YOU KNOW, TRAILERS WERE A LOT SMALLER.
NOW TRAILERS THAT SHOW UP, THEY'RE FIVE HORSES, DEEP TRAILERS, RIGHT? THEY'RE BIG, THEY HAVE BIG RIGS.
AND SO OUR PROPERTY NEEDS A LITTLE BIT MORE SPACE.
I KNOW A FEW, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, AND STAFF WERE AT ONE OF THE HORSE SHOWS AND MAN, THEY KNOW HOW TO PARK THOSE TRAILERS, BUT MAN, COULD THEY USE A LITTLE BIT MORE SPACE.
SO ON THAT MAP THAT I SHOWED YOU, KIND OF THAT, UM, NORTHWEST CORNER, UM, BY THAT WARMUP ARENA TOO.
PART OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SLATE, IS TO KIND OF LEVEL SOME OF THAT AREA.
IT KIND OF GOES DOWN INTO A LITTLE BASIN, UM, AND ALLOW FOR HOPEFULLY AN ADDITIONAL 20 TRAILERS TO BE ABLE TO PARK BACK THERE.
UM, SO THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG PROJECTS THAT'S ON THE DOCKET AS WELL AS THE ARENA FOOTING.
SO THE ARENA FOOTING IS ONE THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH, UM, ON WHAT IS APPROPRIATE TO PUT IN.
YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT COMMENTS OR I'VE, I'VE RESEARCHED AND I'VE TALKED TO A COUPLE DIFFERENT VENDORS.
I'VE RECENTLY MET WITH THE TRINA HOLES HORSEMAN'S ASSOCIATION SAYING, HEY, WHAT ABOUT THIS? OR LIKE, NOPE, NOT THAT TYPE OF FOOTING.
RIGHT? AND I APPRECIATE THEIR FEEDBACK.
I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK WE'RE GETTING FROM THE COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'LL STILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE, BUT OUR GOAL IS TO REPLACE WHAT WE HAVE AND GET WHAT'S IN THERE.
UM, WITHOUT HAVING TO REMOVE EVERYTHING, I THINK WE'LL LOOK AT SOME ADDITIONAL DRAINING IS ISSUES THAT WILL COME UP DURING THIS LAST RAINY SEASON THAT WE'VE NOTICED THAT HAVE KIND OF LEFT FOR SOME OF THAT TO WASH OUT.
UM, AND THEN WITH ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING, THERE MAY BE SOME SECURITY CAMERA NETWORK UPDATES TO THE BARN AND RESIDENCE PART OF IT.
UM, BUT THE BIGGEST PORTION OF THIS PROJECT IS TO REALLY FOCUS ON THE BACK PORTION OF THE PROPERTY, ADD ADDITIONAL PARKING AND UM, AND INCREASE, UH, I'M SORRY, UH, REPLACED THE ARENA FOOTINGS, UM, AT THAT PROPERTY.
AND SO WE HAVE $230,000 SLATED FOR THAT PROJECT.
AND THEN LASTLY, CAUSE I HAVE TO PLUG IT AND THEN THIS WILL BE IT, AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS, I CAN SEE IT.
UM, NEW CITY EVENTS, UM, THIS YEAR OUR CITY STAFF PUT TOGETHER AND WE KICKED OFF WITH OUR NEW MCCOY FAMILY CAMP OUT.
THIS WILL BE TAKING PLACE AT THE MCCOY EQUESTRIAN CENTER ON THE BACK PROPERTY.
UM, WE WERE SOLD OUT IN A WEEK PERIOD OF TIME FOR THIS EVENT WITH A HUNDRED PARTICIPANTS.
UM, THIS WERE, WERE ALLOWING FAMILIES TO COME OUT.
YOU KNOW, I I THOUGHT MAYBE WE WOULD GET ACTIVE.
A LOT OF OUR PARTICIPANTS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP ARE NEW CAMPERS.
I HAD PEOPLE ASKING, CAN I BRING MY TWO MONTH OLD TO THIS? AND I WAS LIKE, SURE.
I WOULD'VE NEVER THOUGHT A TWO MONTH OLD WANTED TO COME, BUT COME ON OUT.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE WRITING, UM, BARBECUE DINNER, CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST GAMES ACTIVITIES.
WE'RE BRINGING IN THE EQUESTRIAN ACTIVITIES TO THIS.
WE WORKED WITH MONTE VISTA FOR H CLUB, UM, POTENTIALLY SOME OF OUR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
BUT THEY'RE GONNA BE COMING OUT AND GIVING US, UM, DEMONSTRATIONS ON EQUESTRIAN USE AS WELL, UM, AS JUST FIRE SAFETY AND CAMPING IN GENERAL.
WE'RE WORKING THE BOY SCOUTS AND GIRL SCOUT TROOPS AND UM, WE'LL BE DOING A MORNING HIKE CUZ WHAT'S BETTER THAN TO GO AROUND ON MAROR LOOP THAT WE HAVE OVER THERE.
SO WITH THAT, UM, I HOPE THAT KIND OF ANSWERS SOME OF THE QUESTIONS YOU GUYS HAVE.
UM, BUT THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION ON KIND OF WHERE WE HAVE, WHERE WE'RE GOING.
UM, BUT IN GENERAL, THIS IS NOT THE LAST FOR US.
UM, WE CONTINUE TO MAKE STRIDES ON THESE LISTS THAT YOU SEE, UM, AND REALLY BRING THE EQUESTRIAN COMMUNITY BACK TO LIFE HERE.
I KNOW, UM, THIS FACILITY WAS SOMETHING, UM, THAT HELEN MCCOY REALLY HAD, UM, HER INTEREST IN MAKING SURE WE KEEP THE HERITAGE.
AND I THINK FROM THE CITY PERSPECTIVE, THAT IS OUR GOAL, UM, IS TO CONTINUE THAT.
BUT WITH THE COMMUNITY, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND HELP ALONG WITH BEING IT.
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THINK THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT I GLEANED FROM ANY OF THESE SURVEYS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY IS THAT THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM IS ONLY AS GOOD AS THOSE COMMUNITY, UM, MEMBERS THAT HELP PARTICIPATE IN, UM, PROVIDE INPUT FOR IT.SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER FOR ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK.
UM, LET, LET ME GO BACK TO ABOUT 2016, 2017.
THAT FACILITY WASN'T USED AT ALL.
UM, I WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, THE LATE TED, TED HOFFMAN NORCO COUNCIL MEMBER, HE INVITED US TO THE ARENA THERE IN NORCO.
AND I BELIEVE, BEN, YOU WERE WITH ME.
UH, WE HAD A REALLY GOOD VISIT WITH, UH, TED AND ALSO, UH, THE ARENA MANAGER.
THEY HAD A LOT OF GOOD IDEAS AND, AND TO ME IT SEEMS LIKE YOU SORT OF ARE DOING WHAT THEY TALKED ABOUT.
UM, THEN WE INVITED THEM OVER TO OUR FACILITY AND THOSE TED AND ALSO THE ARENA MANAGER JUST RAVED AT OUR FACILITY THAT WE HAVE A STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY.
THE TWO MAIN ISSUES THAT THEY TALKED ABOUT WERE THE PORTABLE STALLS FOR WEEKEND HORSE SHOWS.
IT JUST WASN'T CONDUCIVE CUZ WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR OVERNIGHT STAY.
AND THEN ALSO THE FOOTING IN THE ARENAS.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO COMPLIMENT SUSIE VROM FROM THE CHINO HILLS HORSEMAN ASSOCIATION, UM, YOU GUYS, AS FAR AS THE EQUESTRIAN OVERLAY, IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU GUYS, WE WOULDN'T HAVE DONE IT.
SO THANK YOU AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
UM, I KNOW SUSIE, OVER THE YEARS HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL.
UM, I KNOW THERE WAS ISSUES BETWEEN, UH, THE MCCOY'S GOING THROUGH THE COMMUNITY CENTER BECAUSE IT'S NOT CONDUCIVE TO HAVE THE TRAIL ALONG PEYTON.
UM, SO I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, WE'RE THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX, UM, TO, TO LOOK AT THIS PROJECT AND FIGURING OUT WHAT WE COULD DO TO MAKE IT BETTER.
SO I LIKE THE IDEA THAT WE'RE ASKING DIFFERENT PEOPLE TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS, BUT I STILL HAVE A QUESTION RIGHT NOW.
I KNOW THIS IS $230,000 IS A LOT OF MONEY, BUT I THINK IT'S WORTH IT, UH, NUMBER ONE.
BUT NUMBER TWO, WHAT KIND OF MONIES ARE WE ACTUALLY GENERATING? AND I KNOW MOST OF IT IS PROBABLY THE RENTAL OF THE, THE BARN.
SO WHAT, WHAT KIND OF MONIES ARE WE ACTUALLY MAKING THERE? UM, YEAH, SO ON ANNUAL FOR OUR FACILITY RESERVATIONS AT MCCOY ALONE, WE BRING IT ABOUT $220,000 IN REVENUE.
UM, THAT IS PRIMARILY, UM, FOR RENTALS IN THAT FRONT PROPERTY, NOT NECESSARILY THE BACK PORTION.
AND THEN THE MAINTENANCE TOTAL COST FOR THE FACILITY BEFORE IT WAS BETWEEN FIVE, 600,000.
WOULD IT, IS IT ABOUT THE SAME NOW? YEAH, WE'RE STILL SITTING BETWEEN THAT, UM, ROUNDING.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S INCLUDING LANDSCAPE CLEANING, STAFF COSTS, PUBLIC WORKS COSTS, ALL IN GENERAL.
IT'S ABOUT A HALF A MILLION TO $600,000 ANNUALLY TO OPERATE THE MCCOY CENTER.
AND AS FAR AS THE EROSION ON THE HORSE TRAILS, UH, DANIEL, CAN YOU SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? I KNOW YOU'RE LOOKING INTO THAT TRAIL SYSTEM.
YEAH, WE HAD OUR TEAM, UH, LOOK AT THAT LAST WEEK AND THEY HAVE, UH, REPAIR SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEK, UH, ALONG THE ENTIRE TRAIL.
BUT I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU GOT MY SUPPORT, SO THANK YOU.
AND I KNOW LAST YEAR WE ASKED, UH, WELL FIRST OF ALL, I ASKED TO HAVE THIS REPORT BECAUSE WE HADN'T HEARD ANYTHING IN A WHILE.
BUT ALSO JUST TO PUT MORE MONEY INTO THE FUND TO, TO ADD TO THE AGING OF THE FACILITY.
WE HAD PUT MUCH OF AN EFFORT OTHER THAN THE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, UH, WE DID HAVE A CHANCE TO MEET WITH A LOT OF THE STAKEHOLDERS, ESPECIALLY ALONG ENGLISH ROAD.
AND THE BULLET POINTS THAT MELISSA REVIEWED CAME FROM MANY OF THOSE MEETINGS AND EVERYBODY WAS VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE FACILITY, NOT JUST AS AN ERES EQUESTRIAN FACILITY, BY THE WAY, PEOPLE SUCH AS THE HUGHES AND UH, UM, AMY DAVIS WANTED THIS TO BE UTILIZED FOR THE FULL BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, WE HAVE BEEN DOING AND WE'RE GOING TO ENHANCE THAT AS TIME GOES ON.
SO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING TOGETHER SUCH A THOROUGH REVIEW.
ANYBODY ELSE? JUST A COUPLE THINGS FROM MELISSA.
UM, ARE WE GONNA DO ANY, UM, MINOR INTERIOR ENHANCEMENTS TO THE MCCOY BARN, LIKE THE INTERIOR PAINTING? UM, ALL OF THAT IS UNDER REVIEW, UM, BOTH WITH PUB WORKS AND US.
I KNOW THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT DEFINITELY WE HAVE ON OUR DOCKET, SO I THINK YOU'LL POTENTIALLY SEE SOME THINGS UPCOMING IN THE FUTURE BUDGET.
UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE USE THAT FACILITY FOR VERY IMPORTANT EVENTS IN THEIR LIFE, AND WHEN THEY GLANCE OVER AND THEY SEE SOME PEELING PAINT, I, I I THINK IT'S TACKY.
SO LET'S TAKE A KEEP IN MIND, WE ARE RUSTIC.
EVERYONE LOVES THE RUSTIC RUSTIC.
SO WE GOTTA WE GOTTA BALANCE THE TWO.
IT IS A BARN THAT WAS ON PURPOSE, THAT THAT LOOKS, IS ON PURPOSE.
AND THEN THE ONLY SECOND THING IS YOU MIGHT'VE ALREADY DONE IT, BUT IF WE CAN PROMOTE THE OPEN RIGHT HOURS ON OUR CITY SOCIAL MEDIA, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
[14. Modified Costco Expansion Project, Applicant: Costco Wholesale Corporation (Costco) by Terry Odle, MG2 - The Planning Commission adopted a resolution adopting an Addendum to 2017 Initial Study/Mitigated Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring Reporting Program; approved Site Plan Review 19SPR05, and Conditional Use Permit 19CUP04 as amended for Costco fuel station relocation, 20,000 square feet facilities expansion, new car wash, resurfaced parking lot, landscaping improvements, decommissioning of existing fuel station, and terminating Conditional Use Permit 02CUP03 for existing fuel station upon cessation of its use]
OUR PLANNING COMMISSION MATTERS.NO ACTIONS REQUIRED UNLESS TWO MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL WISH TO REVIEW THE MATTER.
ANYBODY WISH TO DISCUSS AT A LATER DATE
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THE, UH, COSTCO EXPANSION PROJECT? NOPE.THAT MEANS WE'RE GIVING A THUMBS UP TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEIR DECISIONS.
[ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT]
INFORMATION, NICOLE.GOOD EVENING COUNCIL STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
JUST A FEW QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT, THE CITY AND WASTE MANAGEMENT WILL BE HOSTING A FREE COMMUNITY CLEANUP EVENT ON SATURDAY, APRIL 22ND, FROM 8:00 AM TO NOON AT THE SHOP'S OVERFLOW LOT.
THIS EVENT IS AN EXTRA OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO DISPOSE OF UNWANTED, BULKY ITEMS LIKE APPLIANCES IN E-WASTE.
IN ADDITION TO THE THREE FREE CURBSIDE PICKUPS PROVIDED EACH YEAR.
FOR A LIST OF ACCEPTED ITEMS, VISIT CHINO HILLS.ORG/COMMUNITY CLEANUP.
AND IN ANOTHER EVENT, VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED TO HELP PLANT OVER 200 TREES AT EUCALYPTUS NATURE PARK ON SATURDAY, APRIL 29TH FROM 8:00 AM TO 3:00 PM CHINO HILLS IS PROUDLY RECOGNIZED AS AN OFFICIAL TREE CITY USA.
AND THE ANNUAL EVENT IS HELD IN HONOR OF ARBOR DAY.
EVERYONE IS INVITED TO DROP OUT THROUGHOUT, TO DROP IN THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE EVENT.
NO REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED, AND THERE WILL BE LIMITED EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE FOR VOLUNTEERS.
HOWEVER, RESIDENTS WHO OWN THEIR OWN SHOVELS ARE ASKED TO BRING THEIR OWN.
AND LASTLY, JUST WANTED TO SHARE TWO OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHINO HILLS TEAMS TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE CITY.
THE NEW TEEN ADVISORY BOARD IS LOOKING FOR TEENS AND GRADES SEVEN THROUGH 12 AS OF FALL 2023, WHO WANNA GET INVOLVED IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN GRADES NINE THROUGH 11.
AS OF FALL 2023 LOOKING FOR SUMMER VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY FOR THE SUMMER VOLUNTEERING PROGRAM.
AND APPLICATIONS FOR BOTH OF THOSE PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND ARE BEING ACCEPTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26TH.
AND YOU CAN APPLY FOR BOTH PROGRAMS IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PIO REPORT, AND I, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
[ SAFETY UPDATES - Fire and Police]
GOOD EVENING.UH, MAYOR ROGERS AND K AND A COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, HAPPY TO REPORT THAT OUR RFP, UH, FOR AMBULANCE SERVICES HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND WE'RE NOW LOOKING FORWARD AND VERY OPTIMISTIC THAT WE'LL BE INVITED TO THE NEXT, UH, PART OF THE PHASE, WHICH WILL BE AN IN-PERSON PRESENTATIONS.
UH, RIGHT NOW IT'S SCHEDULED FOR THE 20TH, SO, UH, CONTINUE TO LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
UH, JUST WANTED TO ALSO MAKE, UH, THE COUNCIL AWARE THAT MYSELF AND SEVERAL BOARD MEMBERS, UH, TWO OF WHICH ARE HERE TONIGHT WILL BE, UH, UH, UH, TRAVELING TO, UH, WASHINGTON DC THIS COMING WEEK.
AND, UH, WE'LL KEEP THE CITY INFORMED ON WHO MY DELEGATION OF AUTHORITIES I WORK CLOSE WITH, UH, UH, CITY MANAGEMENT MONTGOMERY ON THAT.
AND FINALLY, UH, ARE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE ARE, UH, REALLY EXCITED TO, UH, BE PUTTING ON A CAPTAIN'S PROMOTIONAL.
IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT TIME IN A, UH, UH, CAREER FIREFIGHTERS, UH, PROFESSION TO BE ABLE TO STEP UP INTO A LEADERSHIP ROLE.
UM, UH, IT'S NO DOUBT MY MIND THAT WE COULD, I COULD PROBABLY CLOSE MY EYES AND JUST POINT AT ANY ONE OF THEM, AND WE WOULD SELECT SOMEONE REALLY GOOD.
WE HAVE SOME REALLY TALENTED PEOPLE.
SO, UH, WE BELIEVE, I BELIEVE WE HAVE 10 CANDIDATES AT THIS TIME.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO PROVIDE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, UH, TO STAFF.
AND, UH, I THINK THE LAST THING IS I'D JUST LIKE TO PERSONALLY THANK THE COUNCIL AND, UH, THE CITY MANAGER FOR INVITING THE FIRE DISTRICT TO PARTICIPATE IN YOUR STATE OF THE CITY, UH, WHICH WE'LL BE DOING TOMORROW MORNING.
SO PLEASE, CHIEF, DID YOU WANNA OPEN WITH THE SAME OPENING YOU DID LAST WEEK AT SALUTE TO SAFETY BY ANY CHANCE? UH, WE HAD A SIDEBAR COMMENT ON THAT.
MAYOR ROGERS, VICE MAYOR, MORAN COUNCIL STAFF AND RESIDENTS.
UH, I HAVE A, JUST A FEW THINGS.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH THE, UH, SWAG CONTRACT.
UH, THEY CAME TO OUR BRIEFING YESTERDAY.
THE DEPUTIES WERE EXCITED, UH, TO OFFER SOME IMMEDIATE, UH, SOLUTIONS.
UH, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE SOME COUNTY RESOURCES AVAILABLE, BUT SOMETIMES THOSE DO TAKE TIME.
UM, SO THE, THE SWAG PERSONNEL SHOWED UP YESTERDAY PROVIDED THEIR, THEIR NAME AND CONTACT INFO.
AND, UH, SO WE'RE LOOKING TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY, COLLABORATIVELY WITH THEM TO PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR SOME OF OUR, UH, TRANSIENT AND AND HOMELESS POPULATION.
ALSO, UH, CURRENT CHALLENGE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, NOT JUST IN THE STATE, BUT, UH, NATIONWIDE IS, UH, HIRING.
UH, SO WE HAVE SEVERAL VACANCIES AT THE STATION, AND WE'RE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE, UH, MAY 6TH.
WE WILL BE GETTING SIX NEW DEPUTIES TO FILL THOSE.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING, UH, THOSE NEW DEPUTIES TO CHINO HILLS.
ANY QUESTIONS? CARS? ALL RIGHT,
[ COUNCIL REPORTS Mayor Rogers Chino Basin Desalter Authority Board Vice Mayor Moran Southern California Association of Governments Energy and Environment Committee Council Member Bennett Chino Valley Unified School District Board California Institution for Men and Women’s Citizen Advisory Committees Council Member Marquez Omnitrans Board San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Board of Directors Southern California Association of Governments Regional Council Transportation Committee]
THEN WE ARE MOVING ON TO COUNCIL REPORTS, AND I'LL KICK THINGS OFF WITH MY ONE CDA GENITAL ASSAULTER AUTHORITY.WE, WE APPROVED NUMEROUS CONTRACTS RELATED TO OUR, UH, TREATMENT PLANTS ARE TWO MAJOR TREATMENT PLANTS, JUST A NUMBER OF EMPLOYEE RECLASSIFICATIONS AND, UH, AGAIN, UH, CONTRACTS HAVING TO DO WITH REHABBING THOSE FACILITIES.
AND I THINK THAT'S IT FOR ME, AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO CYNTHIA.
NOTHING, NOTHING FOR ENERGY ENVIRONMENT.
UH, YES, WITH RESPECT TO CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, I WILL, UH, LIMIT MY COMMENTS ON THAT.
BUT ESSENTIALLY, IT WAS A, UH, UNBELIEVABLE, UH, TURNOUT.
THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, OVERFLOW, THERE
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MUST HAVE BEEN SEVEN, 800 PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE.UH, THE PRINCIPAL, UH, ISSUE THAT THEY WERE DEALING WITH WAS THE, UH, BOARD'S DECISION TO, UM, SUPPORT A MOTION BY, OF ASSEMBLY BILL 1314 PARENTAL NOTIFICATION.
UH, IT WAS COVERED WELL IN THE GENERAL, UH, VALLEY CHAMBER THIS, OR CHAMPION THIS WEEKEND.
SO I, I REALLY WON'T SAY MUCH MORE ABOUT THAT.
THERE WAS, IT JUST KIND OF WENT, IT WAS PASSED, UH, WITHOUT ANY FAN FLARE FAIR.
UH, THEY ARE GOING TO NOW REQUEST A NAME TO DEDICATE A FACILITY AT CHINO HIGH SCHOOL AFTER FRANK ELDER AND JOE MAR, UH, MARILLO.
OTHER THAN THAT, UH, THE MEETING WENT FOR TWO AND A HALF HOURS OR 52, UH, REQUEST TO SPEAK, AND IT, UH, WENT UNTIL EIGHT 30.
SO THAT'S THE END OF MY REPORT.
WITH RESPECT TO THE, UH, C I W AND C, IM, UH, WE GOT NOTICE, UH, YESTERDAY THAT THOSE WERE RESCHEDULED UNTIL NEXT TUESDAY.
SO I'LL HAVE A REPORT FOR THAT AT NEXT MEETING.
THERE'S NOTHING FROM YOU THIS MONTH, SO.
RAY, WE'LL HAND IT OFF TO YOU.
UH, WE REVIEWED A FINANCIAL PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 23, 20 24.
WE APPROVED A SHORT RANGE TRANSIT PLAN.
WE APPROVED FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUDGET PARAMETERS.
WE HAD A CLOSED SESSION ON CEO PERFORMANCE EVALUATION.
HERE IS DOING A GREAT JOB, S B CT, A BOARD OF DIRECTORS BOARD MEETING.
WE TALKED ABOUT ARROW MAINTENANCE AND HYDROGEN UPGRADE PROJECT.
WE DISCUSSED THE SAN BERNARDINO HOUSING TRUST, WHICH IS SOMETHING NEW TO THE COUNTY, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE SOME IMPACTS IN, IN OUR CITY.
OR CLOSE, CLOSE BY S SCAG EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE.
UM, S CAG NOW IS PART OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH VERSUS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
WE'RE A DEFENDANT IN THAT CASE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
TIM SANDOVAL, THE MAYOR OF POMONA, VICE CHAIR IS MIKE JUDGE FROM, UH, VENTURA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
AND THIS WAS MY LAST MEETING AS CHAIR, WHICH I WAS HAPPY ABOUT.
PRESENTATION ON THE 2023 REGIONAL ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.
WE HAD SOMEONE FROM WASHINGTON GABE, CLIENT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FROM THE JOINT OFFICE OF ENERGY AND TRANSPORTATION, GAVE A GREAT PRESENTATION ON ENERGY AND TRANSPORTATION REGIONAL COUNCIL.
WE HAD NOMINATION OF OFFICERS.
OUR NEW PRESIDENT IN SEPTEMBER WILL BE ART BROWN, OR I'M SORRY, NEXT MONTH WILL BE ART BROWN.
OUR FIRST VICE PRESIDENT WILL BE OUR VERY OWN KURT HAGMAN AND OUR SECOND VP OF CINDY ALLEN FROM LONG BEACH.
WE APPROVED THE 2023 S SCAG REGIONAL ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.
WE ALSO EXPEDITED A PROGRAMMING OF FISCAL YEAR 22 CARBON REDUCTION PROGRAM.
AND THEN THE, UH, STATE ROUTE 91 ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
WE JUST GOT BASICALLY A STATUS ON THE, ON THE, UH, ON THE DIFFERENT COUNTIES AS FAR AS THE TOLLS.
[ COUNCIL COMMENTS]
OKAY.MOVING ON TO COUNCIL COMMENTS.
UH, ART, WHY DON'T WE START WITH YOU? SURE.
UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO, UH, THANK THE CHAMBER AND THANK THE CITY AND THE, THE, ALL OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS THAT WERE IN, UH, BEING HONORED AT THE SALUTE TO PUBLIC SAFETY LAST WEEK.
AND, UH, WE NEED TO MORE OFTEN RECOGNIZE THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE, UH, LAYING THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE TO KEEP US SAFE.
SO, UH, WANTED TO SAY THAT WAS JUST A GREAT EVENT.
UH, I HOPE THAT EVERYONE HAD A BLESSED EASTER.
UH, SO, UH, JUST, IT WAS, IT WAS HOPEFULLY A GOOD, UH, WEEKEND FOR EVERYONE.
UH, I WANT TO BRING UP AN ITEM.
UH, I WANT TO HAVE AGENDAS AN ITEM TO CHANGE THE MEETING TIME FOR CITY COUNCIL TO 6:00 PM UH, I'M MAKING THAT REQUEST BECAUSE IT NOW WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH ALL OTHER, UH, AREA GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES.
THE, UH, FIRE DISTRICT MEETS AT SIX O'CLOCK.
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MEETS AT SIX O'CLOCK.
CHINO JUST DECIDED TO CHANGE, UH, TO SIX O'CLOCK START TIME.
THERE HAVE BEEN DEBATES IN THE PAST ABOUT LEAVING AT SEVEN O'CLOCK WOULD ALLOW PEOPLE TO GET HOME FROM WORK.
WELL, ON THE OTHER END OF THINGS, I THINK BY STARTING IT AT SIX O'CLOCK, THOSE THAT FEEL THAT IT IS IMPORTANT ENOUGH ITEM TO COME TO THE HEARING AND TO ACCOM TO A COUNCIL MEETING, WILL MAKE THE EFFORT TO GET HERE, TAKE OFF A LITTLE EARLY FROM WORK AND BE HERE FOR SIX O'CLOCK START TIME.
AND THEN MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT WILL ALLOW THE PARENTS TO GET BACK AT AN EARLIER HOUR.
UH, OUR MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBER, MR. JOE'S, HAS A SON, SOME BASEBALL, AND LAST WEEK I THINK YOU WERE ABLE TO CATCH THE, A LITTLE BIT OF THE GAME.
GOT HALF AN INNING, IT WAS GREAT, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WAS A GOOD DEAL,
BUT, UH, THE BASIC THING IS THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH ALL THE OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES IN THE AREA.
AND I THINK THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE SHOULD VOTE, VOTE, VOTE ON.
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WHATEVER WE HAVE TO DO TO GET A AGENDA AND TAKE IT, TAKE A VOTE ON IT, I DON'T THINK THERE'S GONNA BE A STAFF REP REPORT NECESSARY FOR IT.I THINK THE BENEFITS ARE QUITE OBVIOUS.
SO, UH, THAT'S THE END OF MY COMMENTS.
UH, THE MAYOR AND MYSELF AS OUR LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE, MET WITH ASSEMBLY MEMBER PHILLIP CHEN LAST WEEK TO, UH, AT HIS OFFICE IN BREA TO GO OVER SOME OF OUR FINANCIAL REQUESTS FOR THE CITY WHEN IT COMES TO THE STATE'S BUDGET.
SO FINGERS CROSSED THAT WE GET SOME OF OUR TAX DOLLARS BACK.
UH, IT WAS A PRODUCTIVE MEETING AND, AND JUST AS IMPORTANT AS, AS, AS A COUPLE OF THE OTHERS, IT'S MORE BONDING THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
WE JUST KIND OF SIT AROUND AND CHAT.
BECAUSE NORMALLY WE RUN INTO OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS IN PASSING AT, YOU KNOW, 4TH OF JULY OR AT EVENTS, AND IT'S A, YOU KNOW, A HIGH FIVE AND A HUG AND THAT'S IT.
BUT IT WAS JUST NICE TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO HAVE A GOOD CONVERSATION.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE OBJECTIVE.
UM, I ATTENDED THE CITY OF INDUSTRY, STATE OF THE CITY.
UH, COREY MOSS DID A GREAT JOB.
THE MAYOR, UM, I WAS ONE OF THE JUDGES FOR THE WATER CONSERVATION CONTEST, GRADES K THROUGH 12, I BELIEVE IT IS.
AND THESE YOUNG KIDS ARE JUST AMAZING ARTISTS.
I MEAN, IT JUST WAS, I WAS BLOWN, BLOWN AWAY ACTUALLY, OF ALL THE ART.
UM, I ATTENDED CALC CITY'S PLANNING COMMISSION ACADEMY, UM, IN, UH, ANAHEIM.
AND I WAS ON A PANEL WITH THE CITY MANAGER, ALSO A PLANNING COMMISSIONER MYSELF.
AND I ACTUALLY HAD FOUR OF MY COMMISSIONERS SITTING RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.
SO THEY WOULD ASK ME QUESTIONS AND I HAD TO TELL THE TRUTH.
SO, BUT IT WAS REALLY VERY INFORMATIVE AND I JUST WANTED MAKE SURE THE EXPENSES FOR THIS.
FOR HOTEL STAY AND, AND SO ON.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ, THE CITY DOES PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR COMMISSIONERS TO GO THROUGH TRAINING.
AND WE DO COVER THE COST FOR THOSE.
WE BUDGET FOR THEM, UH, ANNUALLY.
UM, I ATTENDED THE STATE OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, AGAIN, MY FIRE BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND MY POLICE OFFICER, BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR US, UH, TRULY APPRECIATE IT IN OUR CITY.
UM, ALSO ATTENDED, UH, A S SCAG SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE.
WE ACTUALLY GAVE OUT 11 SCHOLARSHIPS, $4,000 EACH.
WE GAVE TWO TO IMPERIAL COUNTY, THREE TO COUNTY, TWO TO ORANGE COUNTY, ONE TO RIVERSIDE COUNTY, TWO TO SAN BERNARDINO, AND ONE TO VENTURA.
AND THE ONLY NEGATIVE THING IS WE DID REACH OUT TO, LIKE OUR SCHOOLS, AND WE DIDN'T GET ONE PERSON THIS YEAR FROM AALA OR CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL.
SO WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO NEXT YEAR, WE NEED TO, TO GET THEM INVOLVED IN THIS, UM, DIVISION MEETING.
UH, FOR THE INLAND DIVISION, WE WILL BE HAVING ONE APRIL 20TH BETWEEN 1130 AND 1:00 PM UH, IT'S GONNA BE A LUNCH MEETING.
WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT LEGISLATION AND, UM, AND IT'S GONNA BE AT SALMON.
WELL, SO AGAIN, IF YOU GUYS COULD ATTEND, I'D REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
AND THEN CITY PACK GALA IS GONNA BE A CAL ARROW.
THAT'S GONNA BE JUNE 15TH, AND IT'S GONNA START AT 5:00 PM AND A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE, ACTUALLY, UM, I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH HIM, AND HE ACTUALLY HAS A BAND HE'S GONNA BE PERFORMING.
UM, THANK YOU MAYOR ROGERS FOR A GREAT POP-UP.
YOU'RE PROBABLY ALREADY DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT IT WAS, IT WORKED OUT GREAT, WORKED OUT GREAT, AND GOOD LOCATION TO GET INTO ANOTHER SEGMENT OF OUR POPULATION AND REACH OUT STAFF DID A GREAT JOB.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER JOES AND I WENT ON A TOUR OF BIG LEAGUE DREAMS WITH OUR CITY MANAGER AND MET WITH THE NEW OWNER IN SOME OF THEIR LEADERSHIP.
UM, FOR THOSE RESIDENTS THAT, UM, HAVE BEEN ON THE PROPERTY LATELY AND USED THE PROPERTY, UM, WE'RE AWARE OF THE DIFFERENT CONDITIONS AND THE STATE OF CONDITIONS AT BIGLEY DREAMS. SO WE WANT YOU TO KNOW, UM, WELL, BRIAN AND I ARE ON THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.
BUT, UM, WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE'RE AWARE OF IT AND WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE, THE NEW OWNERS TO, UM, TO COME THROUGH AND MAINTAIN THE LEVEL OF, UH, APPEARANCE THAT IS EXPECTED OF THAT FACILITY.
SO MORE TO COME HOPEFULLY IN AUGUST-ISH.
UM, BEN AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT.
I THOUGHT I'D JUST MAKE IT PUBLIC.
ON THE LONG TIME AGO, I'D ASKED TO SEE IF WE COULD UPDATE OUR WAY FINDING OR OUR SIGNS IN TOWN TO ADD COMMUNITY CENTER, THE NEW COMMUNITY CENTER AT THAT TIME.
AND ALSO, UH, THE MCCOY CENTER, A LOT OF PEOPLE ACCESS MCCOY AS WE WOULD KNOW.
SO, UH, SOMEHOW IT FELL OFF THE BOOK.
SO BEN AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT KIND OF REVISITING IT AND SEE IF WE, UH, NEED TO, UM, WHAT, WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO UPDATE SOME OF THE SIGNERS THAT TAKES YOU AROUND TOWN.
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I VISITED WITH VALERIE MCCLUNG, WHO'S IN THE BACK RIGHT NOW ABOUT, UH, EXPLORING OUR LOGO.NOT TO CHANGE THE VISUAL STRUCTURE OF IT, BUT TO ADD SOME COLOR TO IT.
BECAUSE TRADITIONALLY WHEN WE HAVE OUR LITTLE BADGES ON OR WHATEVER, IT'S KIND OF NEUTRAL OF COLOR, KIND OF LOOKS LIKE THIS.
AND WHEN YOU PUT 'EM UP AGAINST THE OTHER LOGOS OF THE SURROUNDING CITIES, IT KIND OF IS, IT'S VERY, VERY PLAIN.
DO WE WANT DO A, DO WE WANNA DO A CORNUCOPIA SINCE CHINO DOESN'T USE THEIRS ANYMORE? SURE, LET'S DO IT.
BUT WE GOT, WE GOT RID OF THE MAGENTA COLORED, UM, FLOWERS.
OH, WE'RE GONNA BRING IT BACK.
SO IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT I BRING IT UP THIS EVENING, NOT TO REDO IT, JUST TO ADD SOME COLOR TO THIS LOGO RIGHT HERE, RATHER THAN IT BEING WHITE AND DARK BLUE OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.
SO WE MAY SEE A FEW LITTLE EXPERIMENTAL COLORS TO SEE IF PEOPLE LIKE 'EM.
IF NOT, WE'LL JUST CONTINUE WITH WHAT WE HAVE.
UH, BRIAN MINSON, PHILLIP CHEN, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, AGAIN, TO REVISIT THE TRADES ROMANOS PROPERTY, UH, WITH BEN.
AND MARYANNE WAS WITH US YESTERDAY.
SHE'S DOING A FEATURE, UH, COMING UP ON JUST THINGS HAPPENING IN CHINO VALLEY AND WANTED TO VISIT.
BOY, IT'S THAT BEAUTIFUL FACILITY, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW.
IT WAS JUST AS WITH EVERYTHING LOCALLY, IT'S JUST LUSH.
AND WE HAD, UH, NUMEROUS OPPORTUNITIES TO CRUISE AROUND.
WE HAD CLOSE ENCOUNTERS WITH COWS.
WE HAD CLOSE ENCOUNTERS WITH DONKEYS.
ONE OF THE DONKEYS, MARYANNE WAS PHOTOGRAPHING THAT WAY.
AND I WAS STANDING BEHIND THE CAR AND I HAD MY CAMERA, MY FANCY CAMERA OUT, AND IT LITERALLY PUT ITS NOSE UP AGAINST THE LENS.
SO BEN GAVE ME KUDOS THAT I DIDN'T BACK DOWN.
I STOOD MY GROUND, MY, MY NIKON AND I STOOD OUR GROUND.
UM, BUT WE HAD A WONDERFUL TOUR, HAD A GREAT TIME.
PICKED UP A COUPLE OF GREAT IMAGES FOR THEIR WEBSITE.
ALSO, UH, SALUTE SAFETY, GREAT TIME.
WE HAD, UH, I WISH YOU GUYS WOULD STIR IT UP A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY DISAPPOINTMENT COMPARED TO THE OLD DAYS WHEN THEY WOULD A LOT MORE JOUSTING.
BUT NOT THAT I'M ENCOURAGING THAT.
BUT, UH, NOW WE HAD ONE OR TWO COMMENTS, WHICH I WAS ALLUDING TO, BUT WELL, UH, WELL-STRUCTURED EVENT AND ACKNOWLEDGING OUR DEPUTIES AND OUR, OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND, AND SUPPORT STAFF THAT MAKE UP OUR AGENCIES, UH, INCLUDING THE, THE PRISONS.
NOW, WE INCLUDE THE PRISONS THIS YEAR, UH, WHICH WAS A GREAT ADDITION.
IT, IT WAS AS, AS WAS SAID, GREAT EVENT AND, UH, KUDOS.
PARDON? WE CAN SAY IT OUT LOUD.
THANK YOU BOTH FOR REPRESENTING US SO WELL AND WITH THE VARIOUS AGENCIES WE'RE, I THINK WE'RE COMPLETE SUPPORT FOR WHATEVER IT TAKES TO KEEP OUR QUALITY OF LIFE HERE.
CAN YOU SAY SOME OFFICER OF THE YEAR?
I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT KNEW THAT.
WELL, WHY DID YOU SAY SOMETHING? HE GOT, HE GOT DEPUTIES IN HERE.
AND AS PAYMENT FOR THAT, YOU GET TO WATCH, GET TO SAVE US OR, OR PROTECT US ALL NIGHT.
SO, UH, WE'LL LET YOU OFF EARLY TONIGHT.
WELL, WHEN YOU COME UP HERE, KEEP YOUR SPEECH TO 15 MINUTES OR LESS.
THANK YOU FOR WHISPERING IN MY EAR.
UH, WE'VE GOT OUR VOLUNTEER DINNER COMING UP.
SO THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE REGISTERED VOLUNTEERS THAT HELP OUT IN THE COMMUNITY IN VARIOUS WAYS, THAT'S, UH, COMING UP ON AP THE EVENING OF APRIL 20TH.
AND AS CYNTHIA MENTIONED, ALSO THANK YOU TO CITY STAFF FOR HELPING PUT TOGETHER OUR POP-UP CITY HALL DOING TWO THIS YEAR, UH, ONE TOWARDS THE NORTH.
SO WE PICKED A 99 RANCH MARKET AND THE COMMUNITIES THAT SERVE THAT, THAT AREA HAD A GREAT TIME THERE AND GAVE AWAY A LOT OF SWAG, LOT OF LOGOED MATERIALS, ET CETERA.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO DO ANOTHER ONE A LITTLE MORE TO THE SOUTH IN SEPTEMBER.
THANK YOU STAFF, EVERYBODY THAT SHOWED UP, UM, TO ASSIST WITH OUR, OUR, OUR MORNING, UH, TWO SATURDAYS AGO.
SO WITH THAT, DOES ANYBODY THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE ADJOURN? WE SHOULD RECOGNIZE OUR TWO FIREBOARD MEMBERS IN THE BACK ROW THAT, UH, STUCK IT OUT WITH US.
DON'T YOU DON'T WANNA RECOGNIZE HIM? NO, I DON'T RECOGNIZE HIM.
PARDON? IS WIND BACK THERE? NO, I DON'T SEE HIM BACK THERE.
OUR FIRE CHIEF IS A LITTLE BIT, UH, WE HAVE THERAPY SESSIONS AVAILABLE FOR YOU IF YOU NEED TO GET PAST THIS.
SO TO GET PAST THE COMMENT THAT YOU JUST MADE.
AND WITH THAT, WE WILL ADJOURN OUR COUNCIL MEETING.
AN 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
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THAT HAVE MADE THIS COUNTRY GREAT.AND WE ARE OFFICIALLY ADJOURNED.