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OKAY.WELCOME TO OUR APRIL 25TH MEETING, UH, WITH THE UTILITY RATE WORKSHOP.
SO DO WE HAVE EVERYBODY HERE, CHERYL? ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE NEXT.
OKAY, THEN CHERYLL, WHY DON'T YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE, PLEASE RISE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE OF LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS TODAY? WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[2. Discuss Utility Rate Study ]
FIRST ITEM IS THE UTILITY RATE STUDY TO BE PRESENTED BY HABIB ISAAC FROM IB CONSULTANT.WOULD YOU PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM? WELCOME.
HOW IS EVERYBODY? AS MENTIONED, HABIB ISAAC WITH IB CONSULTING.
I'M A CO-OWNER OF THE FIRM AND IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO GO OVER, UM, WHERE, WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW WITH THE RACE STUDY.
UH, WE WERE HIRED, ENGAGED BY THE CITY BACK IN THE FALL, AND WE'VE WORKING WITH STAFF DILIGENTLY GOING THROUGH THE FINANCIALS OF THE UTILITIES COMING OVER THE ROBUST MODEL.
AND THEN WE'RE AT THE POINT NOW WHERE WE COULD PRESENT IT TO CITY COUNCIL AND, UM, SHOW THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING.
AND ALSO, WE JUST RECENTLY, UM, DID PRESENTATION FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION BACK IN APRIL 5TH.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL GO AHEAD AND GO INTO, UM, OUR PRESENTATION.
UM, THERE'S A FEW THINGS I WANT TO GO THROUGH.
FIRST, THE AGENDA IS GONNA BE, UM, KIND OF WHAT WE GO THROUGH IN TERMS OF FINANCING, PLANNING, LIKE THE PROCESS THAT WE TAKE.
UH, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THE CURRENT PROPOSED FINANCIAL PLANS FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER, UH, THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WATER, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL WITH WASTEWATER AND THE COST OF SERVICE ANALYSIS AND PROPOSED RATES FOR WASTEWATER.
SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT FINANCIAL PLANNING, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT GO INTO IT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, UTILITIES, UH, WE GO THROUGH ALL THE BUDGET LINE ITEMS WITH STAFF.
WE TALK ABOUT, UM, THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF EXPENSES THAT THEY HAVE.
AND, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERY SINGLE EXPENSE INFLATES AT THE SAME RATE FOR PROJECTIONS.
SO WE GO THROUGH, WHETHER IT BE ENERGY, YOU KNOW, SALARIES, BENEFITS, GENERAL COSTS.
WE GO THROUGH THOSE LINE ITEMS AND DETERMINE WHAT'S THE, WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE IN TERMS OF PROJECTIONS AND INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENTS.
AND THEN BESIDES EXPENSES, WE ALSO REVIEW, UM, THE USES TRENDS OF WATER.
UH, YOU HAVE BUDGET-BASED RATES RIGHT NOW.
WE ALSO LOOK AT THE TOTAL EDS CONNECTED TO THE SEWER SYSTEM.
AND ONE THING THAT WE, UM, MAKE SURE WE DO IS WE WANT TO, WE WANT TO MAKE THE MODELS DYNAMIC WHERE IT CONNECTS WITH THE BILLING SYSTEM AND, AND THE RAW DATA OF YOUR ACCOUNTS.
SO WE DON'T RELY JUST ON THE REVENUES THAT ARE IN YOUR BUDGET.
WE ACTUALLY RECALCULATE THE REVENUE OF WATER AND WASTEWATER BASED ON THE PRICES, THE RATES, AND THEN, UH, THE NUMBER OF ACCOUNTS YOU HAVE BY METER SIZE, THE AMOUNT OF USAGE BY CUSTOMER CLASS AND BY TIER.
AND THEN WITH THE SEWER BY THE EDS.
AND THEN WE COMPARE IT TO YOUR LAST YEAR'S ACTUALS.
AND WITH WATER YOU WANT TO BE WITHIN 3% BECAUSE THERE'S STILL A LOT OF REVENUE COMING FROM THE VARIABLE SIDE, BUT WITH WASTEWATER WON BE WITHIN 1% BECAUSE SO MUCH OF IT IS ALREADY FLAT CHARGES.
AND, UM, THE OTHER THING THAT, THAT, THAT DOES, IT MAKES SURE, IT'S ALMOST LIKE A QA QC RIGHT FROM THE START WHERE IF WE'RE REALLY FAR OFF, THEN EITHER ONE, WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE DATA, WE MISINTERPRETED SOMETHING.
UM, BUT THEN WHEN WE GET INTO THAT SMALL VARIANCE, THEN WE FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WITH PROJECTIONS MOVING FORWARD.
AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO WHAT IF SCENARIOS OF WHAT DO WE SEE A REDUCTION IN WATER USE.
A LOT OF, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF RAIN, SO A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT USING THE WATER.
WE COULD DO THOSE TYPE OF LYSES.
AND THEN ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPONENTS WITHIN ANY UTILITY IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY CAPITAL INTENSIVE.
UNFORTUNATELY, YOUR RATE PAYERS CONSTITUENCY, THEY DON'T SEE THAT CUZ UNDERGROUND.
UM, SO WE INCORPORATE THE CAPITAL PLAN OF THE UTILITIES AND WE MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS FULLY FUNDED, UM, BESIDES THE OPERATING EXPENSES.
AND THEN LASTLY, ONE THING THAT PEOPLE DON'T THINK ABOUT WHEN IT, UH, YOU KNOW, YOUR COMMON, UM, RATE PAYER YOUR CUSTOMER IS RESERVES IS ALSO AN EXPENSE.
SO TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE A HEALTHY UTILITY, AND YOU KNOW, THESE UTILITIES ARE, ARE BUSINESS ENTERPRISES.
THEY CAN'T RELY ON THE GENERAL FUND.
UH, SO ONE THING YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE IS THAT YOU ALSO HAVE, UM, PROPER RESERVES FOR OPERATING CAPITAL AND RE CIVILIZATION.
SO THERE'S QUITE A FEW THINGS THAT WE GO INTO.
AND THEN HERE'S ONE MORE THING THAT I WANTED TO STRESS IS, UM, SOME OF OUR KEY ASSUMPTIONS.
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INFLATION IN PARTICULAR WHEN IT COMES TO C P I AND, UM, CAPITAL COST, WE ARE KEEPING THOSE RELATIVELY HIGH.UM, BASED ON WHAT THE CURRENT, UM, UH, LAST YEAR'S, UH, ADJUSTMENT HAS BEEN 4 24 AND 25.
SO THE CPIS, UH, FOR THE LA AREA, THE CAPITAL COSTS IS BASED ON THE ENGINEER'S NEWS RECORD.
AND THEN AFTER THOSE TWO YEARS, WE GO BACK TO, UM, THE HISTORICAL AVERAGE, WHICH IS MORE AROUND 3%.
BUT FOR THESE FIRST TWO YEARS, WE'RE KEEPING IT A LITTLE BIT HIGH TO BE CONSERVATIVE.
AND THERE'S STILL SOME, YOU KNOW, SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES GROWTH.
WE TYPICALLY, EVEN THOUGH YOU, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GONNA BE GROWTH IN CHINO HILLS, WE DON'T WANNA RELY ON THAT GROWTH FOR MEETING YOUR REVENUE REQUIREMENTS.
SO THIS IS WHEN WE LOOK AT RATES, WE'RE SENDING THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT YOU'RE ALLOWED TO GO TO ON THE NOTICE, AND THEN YOU CAN'T GO OVER THAT.
IF YOU DO, THEN YOU HAVE TO GO BACK AND GO THROUGH THIS ENTIRE PROCESS.
SO WE DON'T WANT TO RELY ON GROWTH COMING IN BASED TO MEET OUR REVENUE NEEDS.
UM, BUT WHEN GROWTH DOES COME IN, THEN THEY'RE GONNA GENERATE A LITTLE BIT MORE REVENUE.
AND THEN MAYBE WHAT WOULD OCCUR IS YOU OUTPERFORM OUR PROJECTIONS AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO UP TO THAT WHAT WE IDENTIFY IN THE NOTICE.
AND THEN WITH UTILITY DEMANDS, WE WANNA LOOK AT WHAT ARE THOSE USAGE TRENDS.
UM, THIS WILL BE IN OUR REPORTS OF THE AMOUNT OF ACRE FEET OF SALES THAT YOU HAVE BASED ON 21 AND 22 USAGE INFORMATION.
AND THEN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF EDS CONNECTED AND, AND EDUS STANDS FOUR EQUIVALENT TO ALL THE UNITS.
AND THAT'S THE BASIS OF HOW YOUR SEWER ENTERPRISE, UM, OPERATES.
WHERE EQUIP DELL UNIT IS, UM, ASSIGNING, UH, EDS IN RELATION TO EQUIVALENT OF ONE RESIDENTIAL UNIT.
SO THAT'S HOW YOU CORRELATE WITH, UM, COMMERCIAL THEN RESERVES.
WE'RE GONNA, WE MO WE REMODELED YOUR RESERVE POLICIES AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THOSE ARE MAINTAINED AND SATISFIED THROUGHOUT THIS PLANNING PERIOD.
AND OUR PLANNING PERIOD GOES OUT 10 YEARS, BUT THE RATE SETTING PERIOD IS OWNING FIVE FOR PROP TWO 18.
YOU CAN'T GO FURTHER THAN THAT.
AND THEN DEBT, WE ARE NOT ASSUMING ANY DEBT, UM, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING WE LOOK AT.
AND JUST IN TERMS OF DO YOU HAVE EXISTING DEBT, DO YOU NEED DEBT TO FUND YOUR CAPITAL? UM, SO THIS IS GOING THROUGH SOME OF THOSE COMPONENTS.
BUT IN THESE, UM, BOTH FINANCIAL PLANS WE'RE NOW ASSUMING ANY PAY, ANY DEBTS AND IT'S ALL PAY GO FUNDING.
AND THEN LASTLY, CAPITAL SPENDING.
UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY FUNDING DEPRECIATION AS YOUR CAPITAL SPENDING AMOUNTS.
WE LOOKED AT YOUR CAPITAL PLAN AND IT WAS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN, UM, YOUR DEPRECIATION.
SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING JUST, YOU KNOW, FULLY FUND YOUR DEPRECIATION AMOUNT RIGHT NOW.
UH, GRANTED THERE'S CAVEAT THERE WHERE YOU HAD THAT TCP UM, IMPROVEMENTS FOR WATER.
UH, BUT I'LL GET INTO THAT, UM, A LITTLE BIT LATER IN ONE OF THE SLIDES.
AND PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO ASK ME AS I GO THROUGH THIS.
I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE GONNA GO WITH THE WATER ENTERPRISE AND WE ALWAYS FIRST LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, HOW'S THE WATER UTILITY LOOKING TODAY BASED ON EXISTING RATES? AND ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THERE'S SOME OF THE METRICS THAT WE TYPICALLY THINK ABOUT WHEN WE'RE REVIEWING YOUR UTILITIES FINANCIAL OUTLOOK.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT GENERATES POSITIVE NET INCOME.
WE WANT TO COMPLY WITH BOND COVENANTS, EVEN THOUGH I JUST MENTIONED YOU, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT IN THESE TWO UTILITIES, BUT THIS IS AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT KIND OF WHAT IS IN THE BACK OF OUR MINDS WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT SUFFICIENTLY FUND CAPITAL WHILE MEETING ALL YOUR RESERVE TARGETS.
SO THIS FIRST CHART HERE, THIS IS YOUR OPERATING POSITION FOR WATER.
THE BLACK TREND LINE IS JUST YOUR CURRENT RATE REVENUE TODAY, NO INCREASES.
THAT'S WHY IT'S JUST STRAIGHT HORIZONTAL WITH NO SLOPE.
THE RED DASH LINES IS YOUR OPERATING EXPENSES.
THIS IS NO CAPITAL WHATSOEVER.
THIS IS JUST YOUR DAY-TO-DAY OPERATING.
AND THEN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO, YOU ALWAYS WANT YOUR OPERATING TO BE YOUR RATE REVENUE TO BE ABOVE YOUR EXPENSES.
AND THEN THOSE BARS REPRESENT YOUR NET INCOME AND THEN THAT NET INCOME COULD GO TOWARDS YOUR CAPITAL SPENDING AS WELL AS, UM, FULLY FUNDING YOUR RESERVES.
CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT HEALTHY RESERVES? YES.
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? WHO WOULD BE CONSIDERED HEALTHY? YES.
SO FOR OPERATING, WE ALWAYS WANNA BE AROUND 90 DAYS OF OPERATING EXPENSES.
UH, CAPITAL WE WANNA BE MAKE SURE WE FUND ONE FULL ONE YEAR'S OF WORTH OF CAPITAL SPENDING.
AND THEN IN RACE CIVILIZATION IS 10% OF RATE REVENUE OF OPERATING EXPENSE.
AND THEN HERE'S YOUR CAPITAL, UM, PLAN.
SO YOU'LL NOTICE IN 2024 THERE WAS A HUGE SPIKE, BUT THAT WAS RELATED TO THE TCP IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THEN YOU ALSO HAD OTHER FUNDING SOURCE TO COVER THAT, WHICH WAS THAT SETTLEMENT THAT YOU RECEIVED.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, THEN IT GOES INTO YOUR MORE, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, TYPICAL R AND R FOR YOUR SYSTEM.
AND THEN HERE ARE YOUR RESERVES.
THE RED TREND LINE IS YOUR MINIMUM AMOUNT, YOUR, UM, THE BLACK TREND LINE, THE DASHES IS YOUR IDEAL TARGET.
AND YOU'LL SEE YOU'RE ACTUALLY ARE EVEN ABOVE YOUR TARGET.
UM, SO WITH THIS, UH, WE DON'T
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ANTICIPATE ANY, UH, NEED TO INCREASE RATES AT THIS POINT IN TIME, BUT THERE'LL BE SOMETHING THAT'S MONITORED, UM, ON ANNUAL BASIS.SO, SORRY, IS THERE A SET PERCENTAGE THAT MOST CITIES TRY TO AIM FOR WHEN IT COMES TO A RESERVE AMOUNT? AND ARE WE KIND OF CLOSE TO IT? OR I GUESS WHAT'S THE, THE YARD STICK TO MEASURE? YES.
UM, YOU ARE CLOSE TO IT, BUT I, I WOULDN'T SAY THERE'S LIKE A PERCENTAGE AMOUNT.
I WOULD SAY PROBABLY THE BEST, UM, UM, REFERENCE POINT WOULD BE HOW CREDIT AGENCIES VIEW IT AND THEY ALWAYS WANT 365 DAYS OF IF YOU PUT ALL YOUR RESERVES TOGETHER OF LIQUID CASH ON HAND TO GET, UH, DOUBLE A RATING.
UH, SO THAT'S A KINDA LIKE A RULE OF THUMB.
AND WHAT RATING AND YOU AND WHAT, WHAT RATING DO WE HAVE? WELL, YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY DEBT RIGHT NOW, SO.
EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT RATING CUZ YOU HAVE NO DEBT.
AND YOU ARE EXCEEDING THAT AMOUNT RIGHT NOW? YEAH, SO, UM, SO IN TERMS OF OUR REVIEW, UH, YOU'RE IN A STRONG FINANCIAL OUTLOOK AT EXISTING RATES.
THERE'S NO INCREASES THAT ARE ANTICIPATED FOR THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR, 2024.
UH, BUT THIS WILL BE MONITORED ON ANNUAL BASIS, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT THERE'S NO NEED TO INCORPORATE ANY TYPE OF INCREASES IN A PROP TWO 18 NOTICE THAT WOULD GO OUT IN THE, IN, UM, DURING THIS CALENDAR YEAR.
UM, ANOTHER THING THAT I COULD DO, UM, SINCE THERE WAS SO MUCH FOCUS ON THE TCP IMPROVEMENTS, THAT WAS A BIG DOLLAR AMOUNT, IT TOOK AWAY, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY, UM, SOME OF THE ONGOING R AND R, UH, YOU COULD THEN, YOU KNOW, MOVE FORWARD WITH YOUR R AND R AND MAYBE THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAD GOT PUSHED TO THE SIDE FOR THE TCP IMPROVEMENTS.
SO YOU COULD BRING THOSE FORWARD AND THEN MAINTAIN BUDGET BASED RATES AND, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL PERFORM ANNUAL UPDATES JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS MOVING FORWARD WELL.
AND, AND YOU'RE STILL LOOKING REALLY GOOD.
CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION PERTAINING TO THE TCP? YES.
BASED ON THE LAWSUIT, UM, WHATEVER EXPENSES TO BUILD THE NEW FACILITY THAT'S PAID FOR.
SO THERE'S NOT REALLY ANY MONIES COMING FROM OUR OPERATIONAL OR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT.
UM, IT IS CO COVERING THE FULL COST OF THE IMPROVEMENTS, BUT THEN NOW YOU ALSO ARE GONNA HAVE ONGOING T C P ADDITIONAL OPERATING COSTS ABOVE AND BEYOND THAN WHAT YOUR TYPICAL COSTS HAVE BEEN.
AND THERE'S, UM, EXCESS PROCEEDS FROM THE SETTLEMENT THAT IS GONNA COVER THAT ALL THE WAY THROUGH 2038.
BEFORE RATES NEED TO TAKE OVER.
AND AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION, THAT AMOUNT WILL, WE'LL KNOW WHAT THAT AMOUNT IS ONGOING FOR TCP.
IT'S ROUGHLY JUST UNDER 400,000 A YEAR.
NOW I'M GONNA SWITCH OVER TO THE WASTEWATER ENTERPRISE.
I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THAT SAME PROCESS, BUT THIS ONE'S GONNA LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
UM, SO HERE'S YOUR OPERATING POSITION.
SO THIS IS SOMEWHAT REVERSED, WHERE EXPENSES DO EXCEED YOUR ACTUAL RATE REVENUE BASED ON EXISTING RATES TODAY.
SO YOU ACTUALLY ARE GENERATING A OPERATING DEFICIT IN 2024.
IT'S AROUND 2.5 MILLION AND IN 2028 IS 3.9.
HOWEVER, UM, HERE'S YOUR CAPITAL SPENDING PLAN, WHICH IS DEPRECIATION, BUT YOU HAVE HEALTHY RESERVES, SO YOU'RE ABLE TO ABSORB THAT FOR LIKE THIS UPCOMING YEAR OF THE 2.4.
UM, HOWEVER, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE, YOU KNOW, LONG TERM.
SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE'RE GONNA LEVERAGE THE RESERVES YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW TO THEN SLOWLY BILL UP RATE REVENUE TO THEN GENERATE POSITIVE NET INCOME AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE RESERVES DON'T DIP DOWN AND THEY LEVEL OFF RIGHT WITHIN THOSE, THAT BANDWIDTH OF THE MINIMUM AND THE TARGET AMOUNT.
WE HAVE AN AGENCY THAT BASICALLY HAS A, A BODY, AN ELECTED BODY THAT ACTUALLY HANDLES OUR WASTEWATER.
WHAT IS THERE A COST TO THE CITY? I'M SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT ONE MORE TIME? K I E I E U A I U A.
I THOUGHT FOR CITY, WHAT EXPENSES ARE WE PAYING? SO YOU'RE PAYING FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE CONVEYANCE SYSTEM, THE, TO CONVEY THAT FLOW TO I U A AND THEN THE OPERATING COST OF YOUR PERSONNEL.
AND I'LL BE SHOWING THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN I U A IS A DIRECT PASS THROUGH, SO WHENEVER THEY INCREASE RATES, YOU PASS IT THROUGH TO YOUR CUSTOMERS.
AND YOU WILL ALSO INCLUDE THAT IN THE NOTICE.
UM, AND THEN I HAVE A SLIDE SPECIFIC TO I U A, UM, WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING FOR THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS.
WE ALWAYS LIKE TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT OUR AGENCY YES.
AND THAT, UH, WE'RE A PASS THROUGH.
AND IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IN TERMS OF YOUR, LIKE CITY RATES, UM, YOU HAVE INCREASED RATES FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S KUDOS TO YOUR STAFF AND, AND, AND MAINTAINING THE SYSTEM.
UM, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE RATES, WHAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE IS THAT WE DO GENERATE NET INCOME ON A, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
YOU NOTICE ON THIS ONE, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO FIX IT ALL IN ONE YEAR.
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WE'RE NOT TRYING TO GENERATE POSITIVE NET INCOME IN 2024.BUT WE WANT TO DO IS JUST, YOU KNOW, CHANGE THE COURSE AND GO TO THE RIGHT TRAJECTORY.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE GENERATING POSITIVE NET INCOME BY 2028 AND ONGOING.
AND WE HAVE ABILITY TO UTILIZE THE RESERVE BALANCE THAT WE HAVE NOW TO BE ABLE TO DO SO.
SO ESSENTIALLY WE'RE USING RESERVES TO SMOOTH OUT, UM, THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING, AND THEN WE HAVE THE CAPITAL FUNDING.
BUT AT THE END, SO THIS IS WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND LEVERAGE THOSE RESERVES.
WE'RE GONNA, YOU NOTICE HOW IT'S DRAWING DOWN IS ABSORBING THAT, UM, OPERATING DEFICIT, BUT NOW IT'S GETTING MINIMIZING AND THEN IT CAN LEVEL OFF IN THOSE FUTURE YEARS AND STILL BE ABOVE YOUR MINIMUM AND, UM, UNDER YOUR TARGET AMOUNTS.
AND AGAIN, THAT MINIMUM REPRESENTS 90 DAYS OF OPERATING A YEAR'S WORTH OF CAPITAL AND RACE CIVILIZATION.
SO TO ACHIEVE THIS FROM 24 THROUGH 20 OVER THE FIVE YEARS, THE UTILITY NEEDS TO REGENERATE ANOTHER 13 MILLION FOR, UH, ACHIEVING THIS.
SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN TERMS OF BILL? I'M GONNA SHOW YOU MORE OF THE BILL IMPACTS LATER ON, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU RIGHT HERE UPFRONT IN 2024, IT'S GONNA INCREASE THE CITY PORTION BY DOLLAR 91.
AND THEN FROM 25 THROUGH 28, THE OTHER SUBSEQUENT FOUR YEARS, IT'S GOING TO ROUGHLY BE AROUND $3 A YEAR.
BUT THAT'S GONNA BE ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
BUT THAT'S HOW MUCH IT GOES UP.
AND I I ALSO WANNA MENTION THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH, I WOULD SAY FOUR AGENCIES RIGHT NOW WHERE THEY'RE LOOKING AT 20% ADJUSTMENTS MULTIPLE YEAR OVER YEAR.
AND A LOT OF AGENCIES ARE BEING HIT REALLY HARD WITH JUST THE INFLATION THAT'S IMPACTING THEIR CAPITAL SPENDING.
UM, SO TO BE IN THIS POSITION, UM, IN THIS INFLATIONARY CLIMATE IS YOU'RE, YOU'RE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB.
WELL, AND I JUST WANT TO GO BACK, YOU SAID HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN SINCE WE INCREASED RATES? I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT DATE, BUT I WAS FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS.
I THINK THAT REALLY SPEAKS VOLUMES, ESPECIALLY WITH A CITY THAT'S 30 YEARS OLD NOW AND MM-HMM.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS COUNCIL ON PRIMARY COUNCILS HAS REALLY, YOU KNOW,
THREE BUCKS A MONTH IS 25 CENTS A MONTH OR THREE, IT'S MONTHLY INCREASE I GUESS, OVER THAT PERIOD FOR, SO EACH YEAR IT'S ONLY GONNA GO UP BASICALLY 25 CENTS PER MONTH.
SO, UH, NO, THAT $3 IS PER MONTH.
PER OVER THE THREE YEAR OR THE FOUR YEARS IT'S GONNA GO UP.
75 CENTS PER MONTH EACH YEAR, IS THAT CORRECT? NO, NO.
CAN, CAN I CHIME IN A LITTLE BIT? YES.
WE, WE ARE ANTICIPATING THESE RATES TO GO UP IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
SO THIS WILL BE A PROP TWO 18 VOTE.
WHEN WE INCLUDE EVERYTHING TOGETHER FOR ONE VOTE, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO DO PROP TWO 18 AND 24 AND THEN ANOTHER ONE IN 25, 26? YEAH, WE'RE PROPOSING TO INCLUDE ALL FIVE YEARS OF OUR COST INCREASES AND THE COST INCREASES THAT WE WOULD NEED TO PASS THROUGH FOR I E U A IN ONE NOTICE THAT WHAT WE, WE WOULD BE PROPOSING, AND THE GOAL THERE IS TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH THE RATE PAYERS, FOR THEM TO KNOW CUMULATIVE WHAT THEY CAN EXPERIENCE, UH, ALL IN ONE ONE RATE NOTICE.
THANK, WE TRIED TO LUMP IT THAT WAY IN THE PAST.
TO DO IT IN FIVE YEAR INCREMENTS.
AND KEEP IN MIND WE'RE ALSO, YOU KNOW, I SHOWED YOU SOME VERY CONSERVATIVE, UM, ASSUMPTIONS SUCH AS WHAT WE'RE ASSUMING FOR LIKE THE CPI AND THE CAPITAL.
SO THE GOAL HERE IS THAT, AND WE'RE NOW RELYING ON GROWTH THAT YOU'LL OUTPERFORM THESE ADJUSTMENTS AND WE'LL BE DOING ANNUAL UPDATES FOR YOU WHERE WE CAN SEE HOW YOU PERFORM VERSUS WHAT WE PROJECTED.
AND HOPEFULLY YOU COULD BEAT THAT.
AND THEN, SO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WASTEWATER, IT DOES REQUIRE RATE REVENUE.
UH, WE'LL WANNA ELIMINATE THE ONGOING OPERATING DEFICIT OVER THE PLANNING PERIOD.
RESERVES ARE BEING LEVERAGED TO COVER THAT SHORTFALL IN THE, IN THE INTERIM.
AND THEN THE PROPOSED FINANCIAL PLAN MAINTAINS HEALTHY RESERVES, UM, FOR, UH, THROUGH 2028 AND EVEN EVEN PAST THAT.
SO HERE ARE THE REVENUE REQUIREMENTS FOR, UH, WASTEWATER.
WE JUST BROKE IT OUT INTO LIKE THE BIG COST COMPONENTS OF THE UTILITY.
WE HAVE ACCOUNT SERVICES, WE HAVE CITY COLLECTION, SO THOSE TWO ON THE LEFT IS THE CITY'S PORTION OF THE COST.
AND THEN THE MIDDLE ONE I U A TREATMENT, THAT'S THE PASS THROUGH, WHICH IS THE MAJORITY OF THE TOTAL, UM, COST TO YOUR UTILITIES.
AND THEN YOU DO HAVE A PORTION OF YOUR SERVICE AREA THAT NEEDS LIFT STATIONS.
AND THEN WE ISOLATE THAT COST AND WE, WE ONLY CHARGE THEM SIMILAR TO HOW YOUR RATES ARE TODAY.
THERE'S ROUGHLY LIKE 4,000 ACCOUNTS OUT OF, I THINK IT'S LIKE AROUND 28,000 ACCOUNTS WHERE THEY'RE, UM, THAT ARE SUBJECT TO THAT, THAT, UM,
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EXTRA PUMP CHARGE.SO HOMES AND HIGHER ELEVATION THAN NEEDED.
SO HERE'S THE COMPONENTS THAT MAKE UP, UH, THE NEW RATES FOR 2024.
THEY'RE TAKING ALL THOSE THREE COMPONENTS.
FOR THE ONE AREA THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE PUMP IS 30 97.
AND THEN FOR THOSE THAT HAVE THAT PUMP COMPONENT, THERE'S THE OTHER THAT SHOWS UP AND THEN IS 32 23.
SO THAT JUST ADDS ANOTHER DOLLAR 26.
AND THEN THEIR DIFFERENCE IS RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, THEIR RATE IS HIGHER THAN THE ONES WITHOUT THE PALMA 30 56.
SO IT'S A DIFFERENCE OF A DOLLAR 67.
AND THEN THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE INFORMATION FROM I UA, THEY HAVE BEEN GIVING US INFORMATION TO, TO THE CITY, WHICH HAS BEEN PASSED OVER TO ME.
SO THEY'RE PROJECTING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THE RATE IS 21 86, 24 IS GONNA BE 23 40, 25 IS GONNA BE 24 80.
AND THEN FOR 26 OR 28, THEY RECOMMENDED THAT WE IDENTIFY AS 10% INCREASES.
THEY DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC DOLLAR AMOUNT, BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT IT TO BE IN THE NOTICE.
SO NOW THIS IS THE FIVE YEAR SCHEDULE AND THIS NOW ALSO INCLUDES THE PROPOSED RATES OF I U A.
SO YOU'LL SEE IN 2024, IT'S NO LONGER THAT 2186 IS 2340.
SO THOSE WITHOUT THE PUMP CHARGE, UM, YOU WILL SEE A DIFFERENCE OF A DOLLAR 91 AND THEN YOU'LL SEE WHAT IS THE TOTAL IMPACT OVER THE FIVE YEARS.
UM, SO SOME OF THE LESS THAN $3.
AND THEN WHEN YOU GET TO THE FIFTH YEAR, YOU'RE OVER THE $3 AMOUNT, BUT ON AVERAGE IS ROUGHLY AROUND $3 A MONTH, UM, OF AN INCREASE EACH EACH YEAR.
AND THEN WE ALSO DID A SURVEY FOR, UM, HOW DO YOU LOOK WITH, UH, THE OTHER UTILITIES IN THE AREA? SO THE LIGHT PURPLE IS WHERE YOU ARE TODAY.
THE DARK PURPLE IS WHERE THE PROPOSED WILL BE.
AND GRANTED IT IS OVER MORE TO THE RIGHT THAT YOU'RE HIGHER RATE OF YOUR, OF YOUR NEIGHBORS.
HOWEVER, I WANTED TO IDENTIFY WHEN WAS THE LAST RATE THAT THEY HAVE ON THE BOOKS.
SO CITY OF CHUMA HILLS 2022, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY MORE NOTICE RATES THAT THEY'VE ALREADY APPROVED.
SO THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING A RACE STUDY SOON.
UM, UM, CCHE VALLEY WATER DISTRICT, SAME, SAME THING.
UM, CITY OF MONTANA 2021, UPLAND 2019 AND ONTARIO 2022.
AND I BELIEVE, UM, UH, THERE'S TWO OF THESE ARE ALREADY DOING A RACE STUDY RIGHT NOW.
I BELIEVE IT'S ONTARIO AND I FORGET THE OTHER ONE.
BUT, UM, THEY'RE, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAT MOST LIKELY WHEN THEY GET THROUGH THAT, THOSE RACE STUDIES THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE BACK RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE, RIGHT WHERE WE LIKE TO BE.
BUT I THOUGHT THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT.
SO TODAY'S 25TH, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, YOU, WE, UM, DID A PRESENTATION TO THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION AND THEY ACTUALLY HAD QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS THAT, UM, I RESPONDED TO MAY 24TH GONNA BE PRESENT THE COST OF SERVICE REPORT.
AND IT WOULD JUST BE FOR WASTEWATER AS WELL AS THE PROP TWO 18 NOTICE.
UH, 26 WOULD BE WHEN, UH, THE NOTICE PERIOD BEGINS AND THE JULY 11TH WOULD BE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
BUT I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY MORE QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
WELL THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
LET'S GO AROUND WITH BRIAN SHAKING HIS HEAD NOW.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST.
THE PASS THROUGH, I MEAN, IT'S THREE TIMES WHAT WE CHARGE OUR PORTION OF THE CITY PORTION.
WE SOUND LIKE THE BAD GUYS, BUT IT'S BASICALLY WE'RE TAKING THE HEAT FOR THEM.
IS THERE ANY WAY OR ANY DESIRE TO PUSH TRYING TO GET THEM TO COLLECT THEIR OWN MONEY? I KNOW I, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE AND WE CHUCKLED, BUT IS IT POSSIBLE WE, WE'VE BROUGHT IT UP BEFORE AT MEETINGS WITH OUR REPRESENTATIVE, STEVE, AND CAN THEY REFUSE? YEAH.
NO ONE, THEY, NO ONE, THEY DON'T ALLOW ANYBODY TO DO IT THAT WAY.
PROBABLY TAKES AWAY ANY LEVERAGE WE HAVE.
DANIEL, DO YOU WANT TO TALK OR, UH, I'LL WEIGH IN.
I, I BELIEVE, UH, UH, OUR, UH, UH, FINANCE DIRECTOR, UH, KRISTA BEHAK ISN'T FOR FONTANA.
THE ONLY ONE THAT YOU FOUND IN THE SURVEY WHO, WHO ALLOWS IE OR I U A DOES THE NOTICE SO I CAN PROVIDE SOME ANECDOTAL, UH, UH, COMMENT ON THAT.
UH, I HAVE BROUGHT IT UP WITH SEVERAL OF THE CITY MANAGERS.
WHY DON'T, UH, UH, WE PASS THAT, LET'S CALL IT POLITICAL PAIN ONTO I U A.
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES SEE IS WHILE WE EXPECT THAT I U A IS DELIBERATE, LIKE WE ARE ABOUT WHERE, UH, UH, MANAGING THEIR INCREASES
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TO PASS THAT ON TO THEM AS A, THE OPERATOR AND, UH, MANAGING THE, THE INCREASES WOULD REMOVE US FROM SOME OF THE, UH, INVOLVEMENT IN DIALOGUE POTENTIALLY RELATED TO RATES.AND SO THE CONCERN WAS, IS IF WE LET THEM DO EVERYTHING, HOW, UH, LIKELY WOULD IT BE THAT THOSE, UH, COSTS WOULD, WOULD RAISE, UH, MORE QUICKLY? I THINK IN THE PAST, COUNCIL HAS REACHED OUT AND STEVE ELI, UH, UH, OUR BOARD REPRESENTATIVE, UH, CAME TO MEETINGS TO KIND OF EXPLAIN THEIR POSITION.
AND I THINK THERE IS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PRESSURE THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS PUT ON I U A BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO TELL OUR CONSTITUENTS BUSINESS AND RESIDENTS WHERE THESE RATES COME FROM.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE COMMENTARY ON THAT.
BUT, UH, THERE SEEMS TO BE VERY LITTLE.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF INTEREST IN IN, IN THE CITY MANAGERS I'VE TALKED TO IN, IN GIVING THAT UP.
BRIAN, IN TERMS OF CON REBUTTAL, THANK YOU.
IN TERMS OF COST, DO THE, DOES I E U A PAY ANYTHING FOR THE TWO 18 HEARING PROCESS THAT OUR RATE PAYERS WILL END UP BEARING THE COST ON? WE ABSORB THOSE COSTS.
HAVE WE EVER ASKED THEM TO, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE'RE ESSENTIALLY COLLECTING, COLLECTING THEIR MONEY AND PAYING FOR THEIR ABILITY TO RAISE RATES ON OUR, OUR, UH, RESIDENTS AND RATE PAYERS, HAVE WE EVER APPROACHED THEM TO SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING THIS FOR YOU.
HOW ABOUT WE SHARE THE BURDEN OF A TWO 18 HEARING, UH, AND NOT AWARE WITH ANY OTHER STUDENT WE'VE EVER HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH THEM IN THE PAST? SO DO WE KNOW HOW THEY INTERACT WITH OTHER CITIES WHEN IT COMES TO THE COST OF A TWO 18 HEARING? I'M, I'M NOT AWARE, BUT I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THAT RESEARCH IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND ASKING.
CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHY WE SHOULD BEAR THE COST FOR THEM TO RAISE THE RATES YEAH.
FOR THEM TO RAISE THE RATES AND BRING IT UP.
BUT POLICY WHERE ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY YOU'RE GONNA BE AT THE NEXT POLICY.
YOU WANT ME TO BRING IT UP THERE? PERFECT.
THANK YOU ARE, THANK YOU MARK.
HOW MUCH DOES A TWO 18 HEARING REALLY COME DOWN TO IN TERMS OF GROSS COST? IT'S NOT CHEAP, RIGHT? YEAH, IT'S NOT CHEAP.
KRISTA KRISTA, THE TWO 18, HALF 18 COST.
I HAVEN'T BEEN DOING THE RECENT ONE, BUT I THINK THE LAST ONE WE DID FOR SOLID WASTE WAS ROUGHLY $30,000.
MENTION MENTIONED ROUGHLY A DOLLAR OF, UH, A PARCEL, A DOLLAR AT HOME AND YOU'RE AROUND, YOU'RE ALMOST AT 30,000, UM, CONNECTIONS.
AND ONE WITH YOU, I JUST WANNA APOLOGIZE.
MY, I THINK I INADVERTENTLY SAID COACHELLA VALLEY.
I MET CUCAMONGA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT AND COACHELLA VALLEY WORKS TOO.
YOU KNOW BERMUDA DUNES, IT'S FINE.
WELL, IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE SAID, YOU KNOW.
I MEAN, ESPECIALLY SINCE HERE NOW WE HAVE A NEW TRASH CONTRACT THAT IS SEPARATELY BILLED, SO WE NO LONGER GET, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE THE ISSUE OF THAT SITTING OVER OUR HEAD AND PEOPLE SAYING, WELL, YOU KNOW, THE CITY'S MAKING MONEY ON THESE THINGS.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT JUST SEEMS FAIR THAT, UH, WHY SHOULD WE BE THE COLLECTOR AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, NOT GET REIMBURSED SOMEHOW TO COME UP NUMEROUS TIMES.
BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S GOTTA BE A BILLING COST TOO.
AND THAT'S PROBABLY THE FIRST THING THAT WOULD HAPPEN IS IF WE SHOVED IT BACK ON THEM, THE RATE WOULD GO UP BECAUSE THEY WOULD CHARGE US FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF IT.
AND IF IT REQUIRED A SEPARATE TWO 18 VOTE, THEN THEY'D CHARGE US FOR THAT.
AND IT WOULD PROBABLY BE, IT'S PROBABLY IN THE OVERALL BEST INTEREST AND CHEAPEST WAY FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO KEEP IT THE WAY IT IS.
BUT SOMETIMES THINGS JUST DON'T.
SO YOU ANSWERED YOUR OWN QUESTION.
WELL, AND AND TO YOUR POINT, HAVE WE EVER HAD THE CONVERSATION? I THINK THAT REALLY, I KNOW.
I THINK THAT'S, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
WE HAVE, NOT ABOUT THE TWO 18 REIMBURSEMENT, BUT WE HAVE ABOUT REQUESTING THAT THEY TAKE OVER THE AH, GOTCHA.
INVOICING AND IT JUST DEAF EARS, I GUESS YOU'D CALL IT.
HOW MANY CITIES DOES I E U A DEAL WITH? SEVEN.
EVERYTHING FROM HERE TO FONTANA, RIGHT? A LOT.
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FONTANA.
FONTANA IS, UM, THAT MEAN AQUA JUST, UH, PLAYS HARDBALL WITH 'EM OR WHAT? NO,
MR. MAYOR, I GOT A QUESTION IF I COULD.
SO IF I LOOK AT 2024, THE ADJUSTMENT WILL BE $33 AND 77 CENTS.
THAT WOULD BE CITY O AND M FEE, CITY PUMPING FEE, I E U A.
SO WHEN WE DO THE BILLING, THIS COMES FROM US.
SO WHEN WE DO THE BILLING, WE DO THE BILLING, CORRECT.
SO IT'S GONNA LOOK FROM THE CONSUMER'S POINT OF VIEW.
IT'S LIKE WE'RE THE ONES ACTUALLY RAISING THIS $33 AND 77 CENTS.
WE DO IDENTIFY ALL OF THE BILLING COMPONENTS, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.
WHAT WHAT THEY'RE GONNA SEE IS A HEADER THAT SAYS CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
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INCLUDES THE I U A RATE COMPONENT.SO THEN THE BILL GOES OUT TO THE CONSUMER, THEY PAY THE BILL, IT COMES TO THE CITY, CORRECT? MM-HMM.
SO I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT GONNA READ THE BILL, RIGHT.
SO AS FAR AS THEY'RE CONCERNED, WE'RE GONNA BE CHARGING THEM 33 BUCKS, ALMOST $34 PER MONTH.
AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE COULD DO TO, TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT OUR HANDS ARE TIED ON THIS.
I KNOW WE DO THIS LIKE EVERY OTHER YEAR OR TWO, TWO YEARS, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO DO SOME DUE DILIGENCE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CONSUMERS KNOW THAT IT ISN'T JUST US.
ARE WE, LAST TIME WE DID THIS, WE ASKED ELI TO COME IN ALSO MM-HMM.
CYNTHIA, I KNOW ON OUR WATER BILL IT IS BROKE DOWN.
HOW MUCH LIKE LEVERAGE DO OR LEADWAY DO WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE BILL A LITTLE BIT SO PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND LIKE WHERE IT SAYS I E U A TREATMENT FEE, LIKE EITHER, WHETHER IT'S PARENTHESIS OR AN ASTERISK AND AT THE BOTTOM SAYING SOMETHING LIKE, THIS IS A PASS THROUGH WAIT RATE AND NOT FROM THE CITY, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
IS THERE A WAY WE CAN KIND OF MAKE IT MORE CLEAR SO THEY CAN UNDERSTAND? CUZ HE'S, THEY'RE RIGHT.
IT'S LIKE IT'S A CITY OF CHINOAS AT THE TOP, MAKE ONE CHECK TO THE CITY.
SO WE'RE GETTING ALL THAT MONEY AND IT, IT WOULD BE INTERESTING IF THERE WAS A WAY TO LIKE, MAKE THE BILL LOOK DIFFERENT, TO EXPLAIN IT DIFFERENT TO THE PEOPLE THAT DO RATE IT.
PUT STEVE'S CELL PHONE NUMBER.
I WAS THINKING THAT'S WHY I'M PUTTING STEVE'S CELL PHONE NUMBER ON IT.
I'LL ASK OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR TO COMMENT ON HOW MUCH FLEXIBILITY WE HAVE IN THE BILLING.
I WOULD JUST ONLY ADD ONE COMMENT PRIOR TO THAT IS WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CLEAR WHAT AMOUNT TO PAY.
WE DON'T WANT TO SEPARATE IT SO MUCH THAT THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHAT THE BOTTOM LINE IS.
COULD YOU TALK ABOUT THE CURRENT BILL? IF, IF MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY, BUT I'D HAVE TO CONFER WITH AN ACTUAL BILL.
I THINK ON THE BACK IT EXPLAINS THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT IT'S A PASS.
DOES WELL WHEN SOMEBODY'S PAYING THE BILL, JUST LIKE WHAT CYNTHIA SAYS, IT REALLY DOES.
AND IT MIGHT EVEN ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GONNA GET BLAMED FOR IT.
IT MIGHT EVEN SAY I U A PASS THROUGH.
BUT I THINK IN ADDITION TO THE BILL, WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THE COUNCIL IS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE THE TYPICAL CHINO HILLS WAY OF TELLING IN MULTIPLE WAYS WHY, HOW THE BILL WORKS AND WHAT WHAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT GOES WHERE.
SO YEAH, AND WE'LL HAVE A DESCRIPTION OR A PUBLIC MEETING TALKING ABOUT THE TWO 18 PROCESS.
MAYBE AT THAT TIME WE WANNA BREAK DOWN WHAT THE PROPOSED RATE IS AND WHAT IT'S COMPRISED OF SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF GET THAT OUT AHEAD OF TIME.
THAT THEY'RE NOT JUST VOTING FOR THE CITY TO HAVE THIS BIG INCREASE, BUT THAT THE INCREASE ISN'T ALL US.
SO, I MEAN IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE ALL ABOUT EDUCATION AND THEN LIKE YOU SAY, WHEN PEOPLE PAY THE BILL, THEY PAY THE BILL.
THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T REALLY CARE.
EVERYBODY, IT'S ALL, IT'S, IT'S US, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST US.
BEN, I KNOW THAT THE, THERE'S A COST FOR AN INSERT ON THE WATER BILL.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S THAT COST FOR THAT, BUT WHEN WE HAVE SOMETHING PRINTED ON THE NOTES SECTION ON THE BILL, IS THERE AN EXTRA COST FOR THAT? THERE WILL JUST BE A COST FOR US TO HAVE THE SOFTWARE COMPANY CHANGE THE BILL.
AND WHAT'S THE COST? THE ONE TYPE COST ROUGHLY? I WOULD HAVE TO GET A QUOTE
AND IS THERE A LONG LEAD TIME OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? YEAH, THERE IS, BECAUSE WHEN I SEE THAT, THAT BOX OF THE COMMENTS THAT'S ON THE ACTUAL BILL, CAN YOU DO IT IN A SECOND COLOR LIKE RED? PROBABLY.
I JUST THINK THAT WE NEED TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT UTILIZING THEM THAT THE INSERTS ARE EXPENSIVE, COSTLY.
I KNOW, I REMEMBER HOW THAT COSTLY THAT WAY IT CERTAINLY INSERT THE WAY ANYHOW, BUT AS, BUT AS FAR AS LIKE THAT BOX, IF WE COULD DO IT IN A SECOND COLOR, I DON'T KNOW, JUST, JUST LIKE KEEP THEM ON THIS LIKE RATE INCREASED JOURNEY OF WHAT'S UP AHEAD OR WHAT'S COMING JUST TO KIND OF RESEARCH.
I'D BE CURIOUS WHAT THE COST WOULD BE.
CAN HAVE TO DO THAT WITH THE SOFTWARE COMPANY.
AND IF A SETUP WAS BASICALLY A ONETIME COST, YOU KNOW, TO, TO GET THAT INSERT LANGUAGE IN THERE IN A DIFFERENT COLOR MM-HMM.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO ALSO MAKE IT KNOWN THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE THE ABILITY TO REACH OUT TO THE I E U A AND THEIR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES TO VOICE THEIR, YOU KNOW, THOUGHTS AND CONCERNS IF THEY HAVE ANY WITH REGARDS TO THE BILL THAT THEY WILL END UP PAYING THAT YEAH.
WILL BE PAID THROUGH US AND THE ADDRESS WHERE THEY CAN GO PICK IT.
MR. MAYOR, ONE FOLLOW UP QUESTION REAL FAST.
UM, THE VOTE ON A PROP TWO 18, WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE OF VOTERS THAT NEED TO PASS THIS? DO WE HAVE A PERCENTAGE? AND THE REASON I'M ASKING THIS QUESTION IN 2024, THERE'S GONNA BE A CALIFORNIA BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE ACT OR TAX ACT, WHICH IS GONNA BE A HIGHER STANDARD AS FAR AS VOTE.
SO ARE WE GONNA BE DOING THIS VOTE RIGHT AROUND THE SAME TIME? SO
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MY QUESTION IS, IF THIS DOES PASS, SAY BOTH OF 'EM PASS, ARE WE GONNA HAVE DO ANOTHER PROP TWO 18 VOTE? WE'LL DO IN FIVE.SO OUR PROPT TWO 18 PROCESS, SHOULD THE COUNCIL MOVE FORWARD, WOULD START IN MAY AND THEN WE WOULD DO THE NOTICES.
AND THEN THOSE RATES WOULD BE FOR FIVE YEARS? YES.
I BELIEVE THE, THE PROP TWO 18 THRESHOLD, IT'S A PROTEST VOTE.
IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A MAJORITY.
IS THAT CORRECT, ELIZABETH? OKAY.
I'D HAVE TO, IT'S 50% PLUS ONE.
MY, MY QUESTION IS PROP I'M CARE, IS THAT CORRECT? THERE'S GONNA BE A PROPOSITION CALLED FELT, CALIFORNIA BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE TAX ACT.
AND THAT'S GONNA HAVE A HIGHER STANDARD WHERE THE PROP TWO 18 VOTE.
IF YOU DON'T VOTE A CS VOTE, IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE I THINK 75%.
OH, I, I I, IF, LET ME RESTATE THE QUESTION AND MAKE SURE I HAVE IT RIGHT.
UH, WILL THE, IF THE PASSAGE OF THAT INITIATIVE, WOULD IT CHANGE THE PROP TWO 18 THRESHOLD FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE VOTES? IS THAT, IS THAT THE, MY UNDERSTANDING, OKAY.
THIS PROPOSITION WILL WHATEVER WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, YEAH, I'LL HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT WE WOULDN'T GET GRANDFATHERED IN.
AND, AND THAT INITIATIVE IS UNIQUE IN THE FACT THAT IT GOES BACKWARDS IN ADDITION TO WOW.
THE, YOU KNOW, UH, PERSPECTIVELY.
SO, AND IN TERMS OF THIS FEE, IS THIS A, SO, YOU KNOW, LOOKING OUT TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2028, THAT 33 0 1, IS THAT EQUALLY SPREAD AMONG ALL RATE PAYERS THROUGHOUT ALL THE I E A, UH, UNIVERSE, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD? OR IS IT JUST YES.
FOR ALL OF THEM IN THE ENTIRE AREA.
ONE LAST QUESTION, MR. MEER, YOU HAVE A GREAT COUNCIL.
WE, WE'D LIKE TO PUT STUFF OUT THERE AND WE'RE NOT MAD AT EACH OTHER, SO WE REALLY CARE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.
OVER, OVER THE NEXT, UH, YEAH, WE, YOUR LEADERSHIP TWO 18.
WE'LL KEEP THE PITCH FOR TO TORCHES AWAY.
UH, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT YOU'RE ON THE I E A U I.
U A, RIGHT? ANYTHING ELSE? WHAT'S OUR NEXT, I JUST HAVE ONE THING I JUST WANNA POINT OUT.
THE NOTICE ITSELF IS GOING TO HAVE TO DESCRIBE I U A IN THE PASS ROOM AND WHAT THAT MEANS.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE PRETTY DETAILED IN THE NOTICE.
PUBLIC COMMENT IS, ARE YOU A PUBLIC COMMENT RIGHT NOW? YES.
IF, IF THAT'S OPEN, I DON'T KNOW.
IT IT, IT CAN FOR YOU, IT CAN BE, UM, JUST TRYING TO UNDER, WELL VERY WELL UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, THE QUESTION I HAD, I THOUGHT IN 2020 WE DID HAVE A TWO 18 VOTE ON WASTEWATER.
AND MY QUESTION IS, IF IT DID, WOULD THAT NOT GO THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR OF 24 25? SO I'M JUST CON A LITTLE CONFUSED ON THE TIMING OF ALL THIS BASED ON THE 20 22 18 VOTE.
I KNOW WE DID A WATER, OUR OWN WATER.
WE SOMETIMES PEOPLE GET CONFUSED WITH THEIR OWN WATER.
NO, I THOUGHT IT WAS WASTE WATER.
I THOUGHT IT WAS WASTE WATER WAS OUR HE'S CORRECT.
WE, UM, PREVIOUSLY FINANCE HAS, UM, TAKEN THE I E A RATE INCREASES AND DONE THE PROP 2018 PROCESS.
NOW THAT WE'RE DOING A SEWER RATE INCREASE, WE CAN GET OKAY.
THE NEXT FIVE YEARS COMBINE IT SO WE'RE NOT HAVING TO PAY FOR TWO ON AN ONGOING BASIS.
SO NOW IT'LL BE LINED UP WITH THE SEWER, OUR SEWER.
WE'RE NOT DOUBLING UP ON YOU, JEFF.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM, FOR ANYBODY ELSE? WE'RE GOOD.
ARE WE REQUIRED TO DO ANYTHING ELSE WITH THIS SESSION? COUNCIL MEMBER TOLD YOU, ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE, SO WE'LL COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL ON MAY 24TH WITH A PROPOSED PROTO TEAM NOTICE WITH ALL THE INFORMATION, UH, FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
[ 7:00 P.M. - CONVENE MEETING / ROLL CALL]
APRIL 25TH, 2023.WE'RE GOING TO GET OUR MEETING GOING BY DOING A, THE FLAG SALUTE AND WE'RE GOING TO DO A LITTLE INVOCATION AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR MEETING.
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]
STAY UP FOR BOTH.UH, JEFF FA IS GOING TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
PAUL, THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH WILL FOLLOW UP WITH AN INVOCATION.
ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE HANDOVER HEART, FACE THE FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGION TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO REPUBLIC
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FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR FATHER.[ INVOCATION: Father Joseph Pilotin, MS, St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church]
WE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PRAYER AND RECOGNIZING GOD'S PRESENCE IN OUR MIDST.PRAY IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
AND WE PRAISE YOUR NAME IN YOUR MERCIFUL PROVIDENCE, YOU SENT YOUR SON INTO THE WORLD TO FREE US FROM THE BONDAGE OF SIN BY HIS OWN BLOOD AND TO ENRICH US WITH THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
BEFORE HE RETURNED TRIUMPHANT OVER DEATH TO YOU FATHER, HE SENT HIS APOSTLES, THE BEARS OF HIS LOVE AND POWER TO PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL OF LIFE TO ALL PEOPLES AND IN THE WATERS OF BAPTIST SIN, TO CLEANSE THOSE WHO BELIEVE.
LOOK KINDLY ON US NOW, YOUR SERVANTS AND PRESENT DAY DISCIPLES.
MAY WE HAVE THE COURAGE AND THE CONVICTION TO BECOME LEADERS AND MESSENGERS OF SALVATION AND PEACE.
MARK WITH A SIGN OF THE CROSS.
GUIDE OUR STEPS WITH YOUR MIGHTY ARM.
AND WITH THE POWER OF YOUR GRACE, STRENGTHEN US IN SPIRIT SO THAT WE WILL NOT FALTER THROUGH WARINESS.
MAKE OUR WORDS THE ECHO OF CHRIST'S VOICE SO THAT THOSE WHO HEAR THEM MAY BE DRAWN TO OBEY THE GOSPEL.
MAKE OUR ACTIONS THE VISIBLE SIGN OF YOUR LOVE SO THAT THOSE WHO SEE US MAY FEEL YOUR LOVING PRESENCE.
FAIL OUR HEART'S FATHER WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT.
SO THAT BECOMING ALL THINGS TO ALL PEOPLE, WE MAY LEAD MANY TO YOU, THE FATHER OF ALL, TO SING YOUR PRAISES.
WE ASK THIS THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD.
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
THANK YOU, FATHER, APPRECIATE IT.
[7. PRESENTATION - Presentation of City Tile to Sylvia Salas-Ruff for her years of service as Administrative Assistant from January 28, 1991 to March 31, 2023]
THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS A PRESENTATION OF A CITY TILE TO SYLVIA SALAS, RUFF FOR HER YEARS OF SERVICE FROM JANUARY 28TH, 1991 TO MARCH 31ST, 2023.SYLVIA, WILL YOU JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM? WELCOME.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETIREMENT.
ALL RIGHT, WE'VE GOT A FUN ONE HERE FOR EVERYBODY.
UH, THE STUDENTS ARE WALKING IN, IN MATH.
UH, I'M SO PLEASED TO PRESENT A CITY TILE TO SYLVIA IN RECOGNITION OF HER SERVICE TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS FOR THE PAST 32 YEARS.
SO IS ONE OF OUR LAST FEW EMPLOYEES WHO HAS WORKED FOR THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS BEFORE CITY HOOD.
AND DENISE, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
ALSO, SHE BEGAN HER CAREER IN 1991 AS AN ACCOUNT CLERK UNDER WATERWORKS EIGHT, WHICH WAS A WATER DISTRICT THAT SERVICED CHINO HILLS BEFORE WE BECAME A CITY.
SINCE THEN, SYLVIA BROUGHT HER KNOW KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE TO JUST ABOUT EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY.
HAVING WORKED IN PUBLIC WORKS, FINANCE, THE CITY MANAGER'S, OFFICE, AND COMMUNITY SERVICES IN VARIOUS ROLES THROUGHOUT HER 32 YEAR CAREER, 32 YEAR CAREER WITH THE CITY, SYLVIA BUILT A STRONG REPUTATION FOR BEING A KNOWLEDGEABLE EMPLOYEE WHO LOVED ARE YOU GETTING EMBARRASSED,
AMONG THE MANY MEMORIES SYLVIA LEES WITH US, ONE THAT STANDS OUT THE MOST IS THAT SHE LOVED TO DECORATE THE OFFICE FOR EVERY HOLIDAY.
WHETHER IT WAS A MAJOR HOLIDAY OR NOT, SYLVIA ALWAYS FOUND A WAY TO PUT SMILES ON THE FACES OF HER COWORKERS.
IN FACT, SYLVIA'S KNOWN FOR HOSTING MONTHLY NACHO AVERAGE FRIDAY NACHO, AVERAGE FRIDAY LUNCHES FOR THE STAFF AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND ALL THE DEPARTMENTS.
UH, SHE ENJOYED HER FANTASTIC COOKING.
ALTHOUGH WE SADLY MISS HAVING SYLVIA AROUND THE OFFICE, SHE'S DESERVING OF THIS NEW FOUND RELAXING RETIREMENT LIFE.
WE ARE SURE YOU ARE VERY EXCITED TO UNPLUG THE ALARM CLOCK AND FINALLY HAVE THOSE EXTRA FREE MINUTES IN THE MORNING TO TRAVEL OR TO READ DURING THE DAY, CHEER ON YOUR RAIDERS, UH, WHEN THE FOOTBALL SEASONS COMES AROUND.
SO, ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN YOUR RETIREMENT, SYLVIA.
AND WE HAVE A CITY TILE FOR YOU, WHICH WE'LL ALL GIVE YOU IN A MOMENT, AS WELL AS CERTIFICATES FROM OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, UH,
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CONGRESSWOMAN KIM, SENATOR NEWMAN, AND HIS ASSEMBLYMAN CHEN, AND, UH, KURT HAGGINS ALSO IN HERE, I SUSPECT.SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA PRESENT TO YOU, TELL YOU WHAT, I'LL HOLD ON TO IT.
YOU HAVE A FEW WORDS TO SAY, BUT HERE IS THE TILE THAT WE'RE HANDING OFF TO SYLVIA FOR, UH, RECOGNITION FOR HER 32 YEARS OF SERVICE TO, TO YOU THE CITIZENS OF CHINO HILLS.
I INVITE YOU TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
I'LL STAND NEXT TO YOU FOR MORAL SUPPORT.
I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN DREADING THIS MOMENT, BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, GO FOR IT.
WELL, FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE THAT TEXTED AND CALLED ME TO REMIND ME ABOUT TONIGHT.
AND I WANNA THANK EVERYONE THAT I HAVE WORKED WITH OVER THESE MANY YEARS, JONATHAN.
AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE LEARNED WORKING HERE WITH THE CITY, AND I WILL TAKE ALL THIS INFORMATION AND THIS IMPORTANT KNOWLEDGE WITH ME ON MY NEXT CHAPTER IN LIFE.
WE'LL HAVE ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES STAND IN THE PHOTO ALSO.
BUT LISTEN, YOU KNOW THE ROUTINE.
WE'LL DO A PHOTO STANDING HERE.
CAN I SAY SOMETHING? OF COURSE.
FIRST OF ALL, LADY HERE, 50 YEARS LONGER.
MOM AND DAD, MOTHER, MY BASEBALL, BUT SHE ALSO WENT THE SAME SCHOOL.
SHE, BROOKLYN HIGH SCHOOL, AND SHE WAS CHILDREN.
SHE WAS AN AMAZING LADY, AND I WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE HER.
WALKED IN WATERBROOK, AND YOU WERE WORKING HERE AND YOU, UH, MOTIVATED ME TO ON THE CITY COUNCIL.
WE'RE REALLY GONNA TRULY MISS YOU.
YOU DID A WONDERFUL, SO THANK YOU.
IS THAT THE MIDDLE RIGHT THERE? PETER, DENISE, YOU CAN COME UP FRONT.
[8. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming April 28, 2023, as National Arbor Day]
THE NEXT PROCLAMATION IS A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING APRIL 28TH, 2023.IT'S NATIONAL ARBOR DAY TO BE ACCEPTED BY PUBLIC WORKS LANDSCAPE INSPECTOR ANTHONY FUSCO.
IN 1872, JAY STERLING MORTON PROPOSED TO THE NEBRASKA BOARD OF AGRICULTURE THAT A SPECIAL DAY BE SET ASIDE FOR PLANTING TREES.
THE HOLIDAY WAS CALLED ARBOR DAY AND WAS FIRST OBSERVED BY THE PLANTING OF MORE THAN A MILLION TREES IN NEBRASKA.
TREES ENHANCED CIVIC PRIDE, INCREASED PROPERTY VALUES CONTRIBUTE TO THE ECONOMIC VITALITY OF BUSINESS AREAS, AND ABOVE ALL, HELP MAKE OUR COMMUNITY BEAUTIFUL.
LIKE MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS, I TAKE PRIDE IN THE AMAZING VARIETY OF TREES WE HAVE HERE IN CHINO HILLS.
AFTER ALL, WE ARE A PROUD TREE CITY USA.
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I'M HAPPY TO PROCLAIM APRIL 28TH, 2023 AS NATIONAL ARBOR DAY AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO CONTINUE PROTECTING OUR URBAN FOREST, CHINO HILLS, A RECOGNIZED NATIONAL ARBOR DAY WITH A TREE PLANTING EVENT THIS COMING WEEKEND.
TONY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT OUR EVENT AND HOW PEOPLE CAN GET INVOLVED? ABSOLUTELY.
I CAN'T TELL YOU GUYS HOW EXCITED WE ARE FOR THIS ARBOR DAY COMING UP THIS WEEKEND.
WE HAVE A SUPER LOFTY GOAL OF PLANTING 285 CALIFORNIA NATIVE TREES.
SO WE'RE GONNA NEED HELP FROM THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING SYCAMORES
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AND, AND, UH, OAK OAKS, JUST LIKE THE OAKS IN OUR CITY LOGO.UH, AND WE'RE DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT THIS YEAR.
THOSE THAT COME OUT AND PLANT THE TREE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TREE TAGS WHERE IF YOU PLANT A TREE, YOU GET TO NAME THE TREE.
SO WHEN YOU COME BACK, UH, YEARS AND YEARS LATER WITH YOUR KIDS AND YOUR GRANDKIDS, YOU GUYS CAN CHECK UP ON YOUR TREE AND SEE HOW SHE'S DOING OR HE, UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, THIS, THIS SATURDAY AT EUCALYPTUS NATURE PARK.
WHERE'S THAT? UH, IT'S ON VIA VISTA 30.
I FORGET THE ADDRESS EXACTLY, BUT IT'S, UH, IT'S EUCALYPTUS NATURE PARK AT, ON VIA VISTA.
FROM, UH, FROM EIGHT, FROM, WE'RE STARTING AT EIGHT IN THE MORNING.
THE COOL THING ABOUT THAT, AT LEAST WHEN I'VE PARTICIPATED, THE HOLES ARE ESSENTIALLY PREDU.
SO, SO, YOU KNOW, IT MAKES IT EASY FOR YOU GUYS TO, TO GET IN THERE.
UM, AND, AND GET THE TREES GOING.
WELL, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH OUR PROCLAMATION FOR OUR NATIONAL ARBOR DAY.
AND IF YOU'D LIKE, WE CAN TAKE A FEW PHOTOS.
[9. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming May 4, 2023, as National Day of Prayer]
NEXT WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING MAY 4TH, 2023 IS NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER TO BE ACCEPTED BY FATHER JOSEPH PON.ALL RIGHT, FATHER, COME ON UP.
IN 1988, PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN AMENDED THE JOINT RESOLUTION PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED BY CONGRESS TO PERMANENTLY RECOGNIZE THE FIRST THURSDAY OF MAY EACH YEAR AS NATIONAL PRAYER DAY.
NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER INVITES AMERICANS OF ALL FAITH TO FAITH TO PRAY FOR OUR NATION TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION AS FA FATHER JOSEPH OF ST.
PAUL APOSTLE CHURCH, WHO LED US IN OUR INVOCATION EARLIER.
FATHER JOSEPH, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT OUR NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER? THANK YOU.
WELL, TOGETHER WITH THE MANY FAITH COMMUNITIES HERE IN ARVILLE CITY OF CHIN HILLS, I ACCEPT THIS, UH, DAY OF PROCLAMATION.
AND I ALSO WANNA THANK AND CONGRATULATE OUR LEADERSHIP HERE IN OUR CITY, BECAUSE THIS DAY OF PROCLAMATION IS A TESTAMENT THAT WE VALUE PRAYER, THAT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE COME TOGETHER AS, UH, A COMMUNITY TO PRESENT TO THE LORD OR TO ANY HIGHER POWER, UM, OUR PERSONAL INTENTIONS AND NEEDS, BUT ALSO OUR DREAMS AND AMBITIONS FOR OUR CITY OF, UH, CHIN HILLS.
AND PRAY THAT GOD MAY BRING THEM TO FULFILLMENT.
[10. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming May as Water Awareness Month]
NEXT WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING MAY AS WATER AWARENESS MONTH TO BE ACCEPTED BY PUBLIC WORKS WATER EFFICIENCY COORDINATOR DANIELLE TRUJILLO.DANIELLE, AS WE'VE ALL EXPERIENCED THE PAST FEW MONTHS, WATER'S CALIFORNIA'S MOST PRECIOUS NATURAL RESOURCE.
WITH CALIFORNIA'S EVER-GROWING POPULATION, THE DEMAND FOR THIS RESOURCE CONTINUES TO INCREASE.
EVERY YEAR, THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS JOINS CALIFORNIA IN PROCLAIMING MAY AS WATER AWARENESS MONTH TO ENCOURAGE WATER CONSERVATION, EVEN AS MUCH WATER AS WE'VE HAD RECENTLY.
WE NEED TO CON CONSERVE BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN DOWN THE ROAD.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT EVERY RESIDENT DOES THEIR PART TO PROTECT OUR WATER SUPPLIES.
ACCEPTING THIS PROCLAMATION IN OUR IS OUR WATER EFFICIENCY COORDINATOR, DANIEL TRUJILLO.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE US SOME CONSERVATION TIPS OR WHATEVER YOU NEED TO, UH, COMMUNICATE.
UM, ON BEHALF OF OUR TEAM AT PUBLIC WORKS, WE ARE PROUD TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION.
I WANNA START OUT BY SAYING IF ANY RESIDENTS EVER NEED HELP OR THEY NEED WATER TIPS, WATER SAVING TIPS, OR YOU NEED HELP, UH, MAYBE EVEN TRYING TO GET INTO ONE OF OUR WATER SAVING PROGRAMS, YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL PUBLIC WORKS.
I'M ACCESSIBLE ALL THE TIME AND I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO HELP.
UH, WATER IN CALIFORNIA IS OUR MOST
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PRECIOUS RESOURCE.UH, WE ALWAYS ARE CONSTANTLY REMINDING RESIDENTS TO CONTINUE FOLLOWING THE STAGE THREE GUIDELINES THAT WERE IMPLEMENTED BACK IN MAY OF 2022.
UM, WE PLAN ON BRINGING AN ITEM TO COUNCIL AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING ON MAY 9TH.
AND THIS IS, UM, REGARDING THE TRANSITION FROM STAGE THREE WATER ALERT TO STAGE TWO.
UM, AND I JUST WANNA SAY, KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.
IF I CAN GIVE ANY WATER SAVING TIPS, IT'S TO, UM, LOOK INTO OUR WATER SAVING PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER ON OUR WEBSITE.
UM, YOU CAN CONTACT ME VIA EMAIL OR YOU CAN ALSO CALL ME ON THERE AS WELL, AND WE CAN DISCUSS IT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THOSE PROGRAMS. UM, OTHER WATER SAVING TIPS, MAKE SURE YOUR NOSE, YOUR HOSE NOZZLES, UM, HAVE A SHUTOFF VALVE WHERE YOU CAN, UM, IF YOU'RE WASHING YOUR CAR OR YOU'RE WATERING YOUR PLANTS, YOU'RE ABLE TO SHUT IT OFF AND NOT LET THE WATER RUN.
UM, MAYBE WHILE YOU'RE BRUSHING YOUR TEETH, UH, ONLY GET IT WET AND THEN TURN THE FAUCET OFF WHILE YOU'RE BRUSHING.
UH, JUST TRY TO BE AS CONSCIOUS AS YOU CAN AND, UM, EVERYONE HAS BEEN DOING A REALLY GREAT JOB.
SO K, KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK AND I'M ALWAYS HERE.
I'D LIKE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT DANIELLE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, CHINO HILLS, THIS PROCLAMATION FOR WATER AWARENESS.
SO LET'S DO A PHOTO ONLY 14 PROCLAMATIONS TO GO.
[11. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming the week of April 30 - May 6, 2023, as Professional Municipal Clerk's Week]
NEXT WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING THE WEEK OF APRIL 30TH THROUGH MAY 6TH, 2023 AS PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERK'S WEEK TO BE ACCEPTED BY ASSISTANT CITY CLERK LENA SEMORE.OKAY, LYNE, NOW'S YOUR TIME IN THE SPOTLIGHT.
MANY ARE UNAWARE OF THE VITAL SERVICES MUNICIPAL CLERKS PROVIDE FOR LOCAL CITIES AND, AND THEIR COMMUNITY.
LOCAL CLERKS PROVIDE THE PROFESSIONAL LINK BETWEEN OUR CITIZENS, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AND OTHER PARTNERING AGENCIES.
IN 1984 AND IN 1994, PRESIDENTS RONALD REAGAN AND BILL CLINTON EACH SIGNED A PROCLAMATION OFFICIALLY DECLARING PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERKS WEEK, THE FIRST FULL WEEK OF MAY, AND RECOGNIZING THE ESSENTIAL ROLE MUNICIPAL CLERKS PLAY IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
OF COURSE, HERE, HERE AT CITY OF CHINO HILLS, WE UNDERSTAND FULLY THAT WE COULD NOT FUNCTION WITHOUT THE TERRIFIC CITY CLERK AND HER ASSISTANTS.
DID YOU WRITE THIS SCRIPT, CHERYL
FOR THAT REASON AND MANY MORE, WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, OUR CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, AND PROCLAIM APRIL 30TH THROUGH MAY 6TH AS MUNICIPAL CLERK'S WEEK.
AND TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION AS OUR ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, LENA SIZEMORE.
I'M SURE CHERYL HAS PROVIDED A MAJOR SCRIPT FOR YOU TO READ.
I WANNA THANK COUNSEL AND FOR THIS RECOGNITION THIS EVENING FOR YOU, FOR THOSE THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT CITY CLERKS DO, WE WEAR MANY HATS.
WE HAVE TO FOLLOW A LOT OF STATUTES, SUCH AS THE POLITICAL REFORM ACT, BROWN ACT, WHICH IS FOR OPEN MEETINGS FOR EVERYONE TO ATTEND MADDI ACT, WHICH IS FOR VACANCIES, FOR COMMISSIONS OF BOARDS, PUBLIC RECORDS ACT, WHICH GIVES YOU ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT BUSINESS RECORDS.
WE SUPPORT COUNCIL, WE DO ELECTIONS, WE DO ETHICS, WE MONITOR, UM, ETHICS, AND THEN WE DO CAMPAIGN DISCLOSURES.
WE DO PASSPORTS, AND WE MANAGE RECORDS.
SO, AND WE'RE ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT TOUCHES ON EVERY DEPARTMENT, JUST LIKE FINANCE.
SO WE GET TO WORK WITH EVERYONE, WHICH IS GREAT, AND WE'LL GET TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY.
ALL RIGHT, LENA, THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING LENA CALIFORNIA.
UM, LAST WEEK AT OUR ANNUAL CITY CLERK'S ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA, I WAS AWARDED THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK OF THE YEAR.
CHERYL GRACE GRACIOUSLY NOMINATED ME, AND I GOT SELECTED, AND IT WAS FOR DOING WORK WITH HELPING GETTING AN OMNIBUS BILL PASSED, WHICH IS, WHICH WENT INTO EFFECT THIS JANUARY, WHICH MEANS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO READ ORDINANCES OUT LOUD AT MEETINGS.
SO IT AFFECTS THE WHOLE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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AND JUST WORKING WITH OUR LOBBYISTS ON FEDERAL EARMARKS AND SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION LETTERS, AND THEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS ON A CELL TOWER AGREEMENT.LET'S, MR. MAYOR, ONE OTHER THING.
YOU KNOW, WE MOVED OUT HOW PROFESSIONAL OUR CITY CLERKS ARE, AND AMY CHERYL CAN THROW THIS OR ANSWER THIS QUESTION.
THERE ARE PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATIONS FOR CITY CLERKS WOULD LIKE, CONVINCING THEM WHAT THE HIGHEST DESIGNATION IS, HOW MANY THERE ARE NATIONALLY, AND HOW MANY WE HAVE IN CHINO HILLS.
SO THERE ARE, UM, APPROXIMATELY 173 IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA MASTER MUNICIPAL CLERKS, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST DES DESIGNATION THAT YOU CAN GET.
AND IN THE WORLDWIDE IT'S ABOUT 1700 IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
WE PROUDLY STAFF FOUR MASTER MUNICIPAL CLERKS IN OUR OFFICE.
WE'LL WAIT FOR CHERYL TO INTRODUCE THIS.
[12. RECOGNITION - Winners of the 22nd Annual Water Conservation Design-A-Sign Contest and Teacher Award: Kindergarten, 1st Place, Angela Zhang, Foothill Country Day School Kindergarten, 2nd Place, Kaymus Kuo, Country Springs Elementary School Kindergarten, 3rd Place, Emma Song, Butterfield Ranch Elementary School Grade 1-3, 1st Place, Daniel Ma, Wickman G. Elementary School Grade 1-3, 2nd Place, Kevin Wang, Wickman G. Elementary School Grade 1-3, 3rd Place, Steven Zj Li, Gerald F. Litel Elementary School Grade 4-6, 1st Place, Claire Ma, Back to Childhood Art Studio Grade 4-6, 2nd Place, Angela Gu, Gerald F. Litel Elementary School Grade 4-6, 3rd Place, Livia Chen, Butterfield Ranch Elementary School Grade 7-12, 1st Place, Catherine Chen, Ruben S. Ayala High School Grade 7-12, 2nd Place, Iris Chien, Canyon Hills Junior High School Grade 7-12, 3rd Place, Lucy Wang, Canyon Hills Junior High School Teacher Participant Award: Amber Hofmeyer, Hidden Trails Elementary School]
THIS ITEM IS RECOGNITION OF THE WINNERS OF THE 22ND ANNUAL WATER CONSERVATION DESIGN ASSIGNED CONTEST AND TEACHER AWARD, WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED BY THE MAYOR AND VANESSA BEZA.ALL RIGHT, VANESSA, COME ON UP.
WE CAN HELP KICK THINGS OFF IN A MOMENT.
THIS YEAR WE HELD OUR 22ND ANNUAL WATER CONSERVATION DESIGN ASSIGNED CONTEST, AND THIS YEAR'S THEME WAS WATER IS LIFE TREASURE EVERY DROP.
WE RECEIVED OVER 1200 ENTRIES SUBMITTED FROM STUDENTS WHO LIVE OR ATTEND SCHOOLS IN CHINO HILLS.
FROM KINDERGARTEN TO THE 12TH GRADE, THE CONTEST PROMOTES WATER AWARENESS AND HELPS STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT THE VALUE OF WATER.
THE WINNING POSTERS HAVE BEEN CONVERTED INTO STREET SIGNS, WHICH I'M SURE YOU ALL SAW OUTSIDE, UH, AND WILL BE DISPLAYED HERE AT THE LOBBY FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
EVENTUALLY, THESE SIGNS WE MOVE TO BE DISPLAYED IN DIFFERENT PARTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
TO HELP ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS OF THIS YEAR'S CONTEST, WE HAVE OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES COORDINATOR, VANESSA ZA AND VANESSA, GO AHEAD AND TAKE IT AWAY.
HOPEFULLY YOU ALL DID SEE THE SIGNS OUTSIDE IN THE LOBBY.
I'M MORE AND MORE AMAZED BY THE TALENT OF THESE STUDENTS,
UM, SO FIRST WE'RE GONNA ANNOUNCE, UM, OR RECOGNIZE A FEW SCHOOLS THAT HAD THE HIGHEST PARTICIPATION IN EACH CATEGORY.
I DON'T BELIEVE THE ANY REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE SCHOOLS ARE HERE, BUT WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND ANNOUNCE THEM, AND WE WILL BE SURE TO GET THEIR PLAQUES, UM, OVER TO THE SCHOOL.
SO, UM, LOVING SAVIOR LUTHERAN SCHOOL WAS, UM, HAD THE HIGHEST PARTICIPATION IN OUR KINDERGARTEN CATEGORY AND THE SEVENTH THROUGH 12TH GRADE CATEGORY.
AND THEN IN OUR FIRST THROUGH THIRD GRADE CATEGORY AND FOURTH THROUGH SIXTH GRADE CATEGORY, UH, ROLLING RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS OUR WINNER WITH THE MOST PARTICIPATION IN THOSE TWO.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, WE WILL GET THE PLAQUES TO THEM AND, UM, WE ALSO DO, UM, A TEACHER, UH, PARTICIPATION AWARD.
UM, OUR CONTEST HEAVILY RELIES ON THE PARTICIPATION, UM, OF THIS, UH, CONTEST BECAUSE OF OUR TEACHERS.
AND SO, UM, JUST TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO PARTICIPATE.
WE PUT ALL THE TEACHERS NAMES INTO A DRAWING, UM, THAT HAVE A HIGH PARTICIPATION.
WE SAY A HUNDRED PERCENT, BUT JUST ANYBODY THAT'S GOT A HIGH PARTICIPATION.
SO THIS YEAR WE HAD 16 TEACHERS, UM, THAT HAD THAT GREAT AMOUNT OF PARTICIPATION.
AND THIS YEAR OUR, UH, OUR TEACHER WAS MS. HOFFMEYER FROM HIDDEN TRAILS ELEMENTARY.
SO WE WILL BE SURE SH OH, AND WHAT SHE WON.
SHE WON A HUNDRED DOLLARS HOBBY LOBBY GIFT CARD, SO WE WILL BE DELIVERING THAT TO HER LATER THIS WEEK.
SHE CAN GO BUY SOME CRAFT SUPPLIES AND STUFF.
SO, UH, MOVING ON TO THE STUDENTS.
SO OUR SECOND AND THIRD PLACE WINNERS, UM, THEY ARE RECEIVING A $20 GIFT CARD TO CHICK-FIL-A AND A $30 GIFT CARD TO HARKENS THEATER.
AND THEN OUR FIRST PLACE WINNERS, UM, IN THE KINDERGARTEN, FIRST THROUGH THIRD GRADE, AND FOURTH THROUGH SIXTH GRADE CATEGORY.
ALL ONE AMAZON FIRE TABLETS OR KINDLE FIRE TABLETS.
AND OUR SEVENTH THROUGH 12TH GRADE
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CATEGORY, THEY, SHE RECEIVED A CHROMEBOOK.SO SHE'S GOT A LAPTOP NOW FOR WHEN SHE GOES TO HIGH SCHOOL.
SO, UM, STUDENTS, WE ARE, WHEN YOU COME UP, WE ARE GONNA PRESENT YOU WITH A CERTIFICATE FROM THE CITY AS WELL AS A MEDAL.
AND PREVIOUSLY, BEFORE WE GOT HERE, UM, WE DID HAND ALL THE STUDENTS THEIR, UM, THEIR OTHER CERTIFICATES.
SO WE DID GET CERTIFICATES FROM CONGRESSMAN KIM, CONGRESSWOMAN TORRES, SENATOR NEWMAN, SENATOR, CTO, AND ASSEMBLYMAN CHIN, AS WELL AS COUNTY SUPERVISOR, UM, HAGMAN'S OFFICE.
SO THEY DID ALREADY RECEIVE ALL OF THOSE CERTIFICATES.
UM, SO STUDENTS, AS YOU COME UP, UM, THE MAYOR IS GONNA PRESENT YOU WITH YOUR CERTIFICATES.
WE ASK THAT YOU STAY UP HERE, PLEASE.
AND THEN PARENTS, LET US GET A FEW PICTURES, AND THEN YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME UP AND GET PICTURES AS WELL.
SO WE'LL GET, GO AHEAD AND JUMP IN.
DANNY, IF YOU COULD COME HELP ME, PLEASE.
SO IN THE KINDERGARTEN CATEGORY, IN THIRD PLACE, WE HAVE EMMA SONG FROM BUTTERFIELD RANCH ELEMENTARY.
CAN YOU COME OVER ON THIS SIDE FOR ME? OH,
HI, HOW ARE YOU? CONGRATULATIONS.
YOU CAN GO STAND RIGHT OVER THERE.
AND, UM, JUST A SIDE NOTE THERE, UH, STUDENTS ARTWORK WILL BE PRESENTED UP ON THE SCREEN THERE AS WELL.
SO IN SECOND PLACE IN KINDERGARTEN, WE HAD CAIS COOL.
FROM COUNTRY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY.
BY THE WAY, THEIR CERTIFICATE, RIGHT? THEIR CERTIFICATES HAS THEIR, UH, POSTER ON THEIR CERTIFICATE.
ALL RIGHT, HERE'S WHAT THE CERTIFICATE LOOKS LIKE.
ARE WE WANT MOVE PHOTOS?
AND MOVING ON TO THE FIRST THROUGH THIRD GRADE CATEGORY IN THIRD PLACE.
WE HAVE STEVEN ZAI FROM LEK ELEMENTARY.
IN SECOND GRADE, WE HAVE KEVIN WONG FROM WICKMAN ELEMENTARY, AND IN FIRST PLACE WE HAVE THIRD GRADER, DANIEL MA FROM WICKMAN ELEMENTARY.
IT'S LIKE, I'M OUT
AND SO FOR THE, UH, FOURTH THROUGH SIXTH GRADE CATEGORY, IN THIRD PLACE, WE HAVE SIXTH GRADER, OLIVIA CHEN FROM BUTTERFIELD RANCH ELEMENTARY.
OH, IN SECOND PLACE WE HAVE FOURTH GRADER, ANGELA GO FROM LEAL ELEMENTARY.
SIDE NOTE, ANGELA'S ALSO WANT TO CELEBRATE THE FAMILY CONTEST, SO SHE'S JUST A RINGER OVER HERE,
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AND IN FIRST PLACE WE HAVE SIXTH GRADER, CLAIRE MA FROM CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY.
SHE'S AT CHAPARRO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND FOR OUR SEVENTH THROUGH 12TH GRADE CATEGORY, IN THIRD PLACE, WE HAVE SEVENTH GRADER, LUCY WANG FROM CANYON HILLS JUNIOR HIGH.
IN SECOND PLACE, WE HAVE SEVENTH GRADER, IRIS CHEN FROM CANYON HILLS JUNIOR HIGH.
AND IN FIRST PLACE, WE HAVE NINTH GRADER KATHERINE CHEN FROM AYALA HIGH SCHOOL.
SO WE'RE GONNA DO ONE, EVERYONE LOOKING AT THIS CAMERA RIGHT HERE FOR OH, UNDERSTOOD.
I GUESS I DOING THE SAME THING.
EDWARD, WHAT WERE THEY JUST HAD A SHOW, ROD, THAT OUR SAYS THE SAME THING.
WE HAVE, I THINK WE'RE ALL DONE.
PARENTS, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UH, TAKE YOUR CHILDREN OUT NOW, THIS BE A GOOD TIME BEFORE THE, UH, BUSINESS FAIR WARNING, IF YOU'D LIKE TO LEAVE, NOW IS A GOOD TIME.
FEEL FREE TO STAY UNTIL THE END OF THE MEETING,
HOW ARE YOU? CONGRATULATIONS GUYS.
I'M SURE THEY DON'T WANT THAT.
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OKAY.[ ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION]
NEXT WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENT OUT OF, OF ACTION, TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION.[13. PUBLIC COMMENTS: At this time members of the public may address the City Council regarding any items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council, whether or not the item appears on the agenda, except testimony on Public Hearing items must be provided during those hearings. Please complete and submit to the City Clerk a "Request to Speak" card. Comments will be limited to three minutes per speaker.]
YOU.WE WILL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
AT THIS TIME, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ADDING ITEMS WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE COUNCIL, WHETHER OR NOT THE ITEM APPEARS ON THE AGENDA, EXCEPT TESTIMONY ON PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS, WHICH MUST BE PROVIDED DURING THOSE HEARINGS.
PLEASE SUBMIT AND COMPLETE AND SUBMIT A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD AND GIVE IT TO OUR ASSISTANT CITY CLERK OVER THERE.
WE HAVE A FEW PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS RONNIE GEIER.
THAT'S THE FIRST ALL YOUR TIME'S UP.
UM, BUT IT'S AN HONOR AS WELL.
UM, UH, LIFE IS FULL OF SURPRISES AND, UH, MY PASTOR AT MY CHURCH RECENTLY SAID, UM, AS I SHARE WITH STUDENTS MY LIVING HISTORY BEING THE FIRST MAJOR BATTLES OF THE VIETNAM WAR, HE SAID, HAVE NO FEAR.
AND I'M LOOKING UP AT HIM FROM THE FRONT ROW AND HE SAYS, GOD LOVES YOU SO MUCH THAT HE CREATED HIS PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE LONG BEFORE HE EVER CREATED THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE.
AND I'M LOOKING UP AT HIM, AND THEN I'M LOOKING BACK OVER MY SHOULDER AT EVERYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED.
THE SURPRISES, THE WONDERFUL THINGS I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THROUGH AND PASSED.
ONE OF THEM IS BEING IN THE FIRST MAJOR BATTLE OF VIETNAM WAR, SEEING THAT THERE REALLY IS SUCH A THING AS HATE IN THIS WORLD, AND PEOPLE WHO HATE THE FREE FOR BEING FREE, THAT'S A MUST.
AND IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
AND I SHARE THAT WITH STUDENTS IN SCHOOL ALSO, THAT LOVE IS MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE.
LOVE IS THE ONLY REALITY IN GOD IS LOVE, LOVE OF WHAT COUNTRY.
WE ARE SO BLESSED HERE TO HAVE THE PROTO DAM AS PART OF OUR AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY.
THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL HERE, THE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE STAFF WHO'VE BEEN INVOLVED THE LAST 10 YEARS, AND HAVING THE, UH, BICENTENNIAL MURAL, THE FREEDOM SIGN ON THE FACE OF THE, OF THE PROTO DAM AS WE WOULD DRIVE BY ON THE 91 FREEWAY OR THE 71 FREEWAY BACK IN, UH, BACK IN 1976, THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR BIRTH.
AND, UM, YOU ARE DEFINITELY DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE FACT THAT THIS IS PROBABLY BEING FINISHED, UP BEING DONE THIS WEEK.
UH, THE, THE, UH, PAPER THAT WE HAVE HERE, THE, UH, CHINO VALLEY, UH, UH, CHA, UH, CHAMPION NEWSPAPER, HAS BEEN PA POSTING GORGEOUS PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROGRESS OF THE PAINTING OF THAT MURAL.
AND IT LETS US REMIND OURSELVES THAT BOY, IT, IT REALLY NEEDED IT AND IT NEEDED IT FOR WHAT IT SH TO SHOW THE VALUE OF WHAT WE HAVE HERE.
FREEDOM AND THE LOVE OF FREEDOM, AND THE CAPACITY TO LOVE WHAT'S BEING DONE OUT THERE AS YOU DRIVE BY THE COMPANY THAT IS DOING THE PAINTING.
UH, SAID ON CHANNEL FOUR THIS LAST WEEK, HE SAID, TELL YOUR KIDS AS YOU'RE DRIVING BY WHEN THIS THING IS DONE, UH, TELL 'EM TO PUT THEIR, PUT THEIR, UM, PUT THEIR PHONES DOWN AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS MURAL AND REFLECT ON IT, WHAT IT MEANS, WHAT IT MEANS IN THE SACRIFICES.
I SUGGEST THAT ALL OF WHAT IT MEANS IS ALL AMERICAN.
WE HAVE AN ATTEMPTING TO APPRECIATE, UH, BOTH IN FRONT OF OUR EYES AND TO REMEMBER WHEN IT'S TIME THAT IT'S NEEDED, BECAUSE IT WILL WARM YOUR HEART AND YOUR SOUL FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
I'M THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DIRECTOR, UH, WITH THE CHINO VALLEY, REPRESENTING THE CHINO VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
I JUST HAVE SOME UPDATES FROM OUR UPSCALE CHINO VALLEY PROGRAMMING.
ON MAY 24TH, THE CHINO VALLEY CHAMBER WILL BE HOST A, WILL BE HOSTING A JOB FAIR AT THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND WE'LL ALSO BE HOSTING A, UH, JOB FAIR ON JUNE 6TH AT THE ONTARIO CONVENTION CENTER.
TOMORROW WE'LL BE HAVING A ROUND TABLE HOSTING
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OUR ASIAN AMERICAN BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE CHINO VALLEY AT THE CHINO VALLEY CHAMBER OFFICE FROM 11:00 AM TO 12:00 PM AND IN MAY WE'LL BE HOSTING AN INNOVATION ROUNDTABLE FOR ALL OF OUR LOGISTICS ORGANIZATIONS, UH, LOCATED IN THE CHINO VALLEY IN LEADERSHIP, THE CHINO VALLEY CHAMBER IS PREPARING FOR ITS SECOND YEAR FOR ITS LEADERSHIP COLLABORATIVE.SO, REG, UH, UH, WE'RE ENCOURAGING ANYONE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN JOINING THE COLLABORATIVE NEXT YEAR, UH, TO CONTACT US SO THAT WE CAN ADD YOU TO OUR WAIT LIST IN STUDENT PROGRAMMING THIS THURSDAY.
WE'LL, THE, THE CHAMBER WILL BE HOSTING A CAREER DAY AT WICKMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH AROUND 20 BUSINESS OWNERS AND, UH, FOR STUDENT PROGRAMMING AS WELL, OUR STUDENT LEADERSHIP PROGRAMMING.
UM, THE STUDENTS FROM THAT PROGRAM WILL BE GRADUATING IN MAY AFTER COMPLETING THEIR LEADERSHIP PROGRAM WITH US, AND WE ARE OPENING REGISTRATION FOR THE SECOND YEAR PROGRAMMING FOR, UH, STUDENTS FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
AND THEN, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE ARE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE A NEW STAFF MEMBER, JUDITH HELPER, HAS JOINED THE CHINO VALLEY CHAMBER TEAM AT A PART-TIME CAPACITY AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE PROGRAMMING.
HER CAREER SPANS FROM FOR-PROFIT AND NON-PROFIT ENTITIES.
SHE HAS A BUSINESS AND PSYCHOLOGY BACKGROUND, AND A CORPORATE BACKGROUND IN MARKETING, COMMUNICATIONS, AND SALES.
SHE'S ALSO A LICENSED MARRIAGE AND CLINICAL THERAPIST, AND WAS BROUGHT TO THE CHINO VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THROUGH ZEB WELLBORN, CEO AND PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER TO HELP LAUNCH AND CHAIR OUR LEAD, OUR CHINO VALLEY LEADERSHIP COLLABORATIVE, JUDITH HELPER.
JUDITH HELPER WILL BE THE NINTH STAFF MEMBER ON THE CHINO VALLEY CHAMBER TEAM.
AND WE ARE ALL EXCITED TO HAVE HER ON THE TEAM TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IN THE CHINO VALLEY.
MAYOR ROGERS, VICE MAYOR MORAN COUNCIL MEMBER CITY STAFF AND CHINO HILLS, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
SUZETTE DANG, WITH YOUR FOURTH DISTRICT COUNTY SUPERVISOR, KURT HAGMAN'S OFFICE.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS TO SYLVIA ON HER HAPPY RETIREMENT, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO WATER CONSERVATION DESIGN ASSIGNED CONTEST WINNERS.
ALL THE KIDS WE WERE SAYING IN THE BACK, OH MY GOSH, THEY DREW LIKE, KINDERGARTNERS DRAWS BETTER THAN ME.
ANYONE WRITES BETTER THAN ME WAS AWESOME.
UM, I'M HERE TO SHARE SUPER SUPERVISOR HAGMAN'S.
UM, FIRST SUPERVISOR HAGMAN'S FAMOUS DOCUMENTS SHREDDING EVENT WILL BE ON SATURDAY JUNE 3RD AT THE CHINO CITY HALL PARKING LOT, LOCATED 13 2 20 CENTRAL AVENUE IN CHINO.
TIME WILL BE 9:00 AM TO 12:00 PM OR UNTIL THE SHREDDING TRUCK REACHES CAPACITY.
IT IS LIMITED TO THREE STANDARDIZED FILING BOXES OF DOCUMENTS PER VEHICLE.
IT IS A DRIVE-THROUGH EVENT, AND IT IS FREE TO SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY RESIDENCE ONLY.
PRE-REGISTRATION IS RECOMMENDED THROUGH EVENTBRITE.COM TO EXPEDITE THE PROCESS.
NEXT, SUPERVISOR, KURT HAGMAN'S, SUMMER OPEN HOUSE IS BACK.
IT WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7TH, BETWEEN 5:00 PM TO 7:00 PM IN FRONT OF OUR DISTRICT OFFICE, LOCATED 1,410 CITY CENTER DRIVE IN CHINO HILLS.
FOR THOSE OF YOU, YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THAT, WHERE THAT IS, IT'S LITERALLY AROUND THE CORNER,
SO JOINT SUPERVISOR, HAGMAN AND COUNTY DEPARTMENTS FOR FUN FOOD AND ACCESS TO REGIONAL RESOURCES AND INFORMATION.
AND PLEASE RSVP@SUPERVISORHAGMAN.EVENTBRITE.COM PRE-REGISTRATION.
ATTENDEES WILL RECEIVE EX EXTRA RAFFLE TICKET TO FUND, UH, TO WIN FUND PRIZES.
SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED FOR OUR SUMMER OPEN HOUSE, AND WE HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE THERE.
AND AS ALWAYS, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING COUNTY RESOURCES OR INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT OUR DISTRICT OFFICE AT 9 0 9 4 6 5 5 2 6 5.
THAT IS OUR FINAL SPEAKER CARD, UNLESS THERE'S SOMEONE WHO HAS NOT SUBMITTED ONE.
DOES ANYBODY NEED TO SUBMIT A CARD RIGHT NOW? OKAY.
NEXT WE HAVE CONFLICT OF INTEREST ANNOUNCEMENTS.
[ CONSENT CALENDAR (6 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 WE MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.WE HAVE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS 14 THROUGH 19.
ANYBODY WISH TO POLL BRIAN? NO, SIR.
[20. Introduce ordinance amending the Chino Hills Municipal Code relating to day and time of regular City Council meetings entitled: “An Ordinance of the City of Chino Hills Amending Title 2, Administration and Personnel, Chapter 2.04, City Council, Section 2.04.010 of the Chino Hills Municipal Code Relating to Day and Time of Regular Meetings of the City Council” for first reading by title only and waiving further reading]
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ITEM NUMBER 20.THIS ITEM IS TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBLE MEETING TIME CHANGE, AND INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CHINO HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE DAY AND TIME OF REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
AND YOU WANNA TAKE THIS ONE TO START WITH? SURE.
LEADING, UH, MAYOR ROGERS CITY COUNCIL, AND, UH, RESIDENCE AND ATTENDANCE, ESPECIALLY THE CHEERING SECTION IN, UH,
UM, TONIGHT WE SIMPLY HAVE, UH, BEFORE THE COUNCIL AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS, UH, OUR MEETINGS.
UH, SINCE 2001, THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS HAS STARTED AT THE GENERAL SESSION AT SEVEN O'CLOCK.
AND BY ORDINANCE, UH, OUR, UH, CLOSED SESSION, UH, COULD START AS EARLY AS FIVE, UH, FOR, UH, TONIGHT AS INTRODUCED BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ART BENNETT.
UH, WE BRING BEFORE THE, UH, THE BOARD, AN OP AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS WHETHER OR NOT YOU'D LIKE TO CHANGE THAT, UH, TIME.
UH, WE'VE SEEN RECENTLY, UH, CHANGES AT THE CITY OF CHINO, MOVING THE START TIME FROM SIX O'CLOCK.
UH, AND, UH, OTHER BOARDS, UH, MEET AT A SIMILAR TIME, WHETHER IT'S THE FIRE BOARD OR THE SCHOOL BOARD.
STARTING AT SIX, WHAT WAS INTRODUCED BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT IS THE, THE THOUGHT THAT, UH, AN EARLIER START TIME, UH, ENDS UP BEING AN EARLIER IN TIME FOR IN, UH, FOR RESIDENTS WHO ARE HERE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING.
UH, AND THE THOUGHT AND CONCEPT IS, IS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE LAST THING YOU DO DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A COUNCIL MEETING, UH, WHEN THEY TYPICALLY RUN, UH, A COUPLE HOURS.
UH, IF THE COUNCIL SO DIRECTS, UH, THERE IS A, UH, ORDINANCE, I BELIEVE THAT, UH, IS ALREADY PREPARED IF YOU'D LIKE TO PICK A DIFFERENT TIME.
BUT THAT WOULD BE THE, THE PROCESS AFTER DIRECTION STAFF WILL IMPLEMENT IT, UH, BASED ON THAT DIRECTION.
MARK, DO YOU WANNA KICK THINGS OFF? UH, YES.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO ADD ALSO THAT I THINK THIS IS, IS A COURTESY TO OUR STAFF, UH, DEPARTMENT AS THAT ANNETTE THAT PARTICIPATE IN OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS.
WHEN THEY GET OFF THEIR NORMAL WORK DAY AT FIVE 30, THEY HAVE TO SIT AROUND FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF BEFORE THIS MEETING STARTS.
AND THIS WAY THEY WILL NOT HAVE TO DO THAT.
BUT, UH, I'M GOING TO, UH, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE GO AHEAD AND CHANGE THE START TIME TO SIX O'CLOCK.
ANY, SO, UM, SORRY, IF I COULD JUST ASK THAT THE, UM, MOTION, ACTUALLY INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE, BECAUSE THIS WILL NEED TO BE AN ORDINANCE INTRODUCTION.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I, I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T THINK I WOULD SUPPORT IT.
YOU KNOW, I THINK RESIDENTS HAVE A HARD ENOUGH TIME GETTING HERE IN A SEVEN O'CLOCK TIME.
GIVES PEOPLE THE ABILITY TO COME HOME FROM WORK.
AND, YOU KNOW, OUR GREATEST EXPORT IS OUR RESIDENTS WHO MOST, YOU DON'T HAVE THAT MANY JOBS NATURALLY IN TOWN.
SO PEOPLE ARE COMING IN FROM ORANGE COUNTY OR DOWNTOWN LA AND IF THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN GOVERNMENT, I THINK MOVING IT UP AND A LITTLE BIT HARDER FOR THEM.
UM, YOU CAN STILL PUT IN YOUR COMMENTS TO WRITING OR EMAIL AND WHATNOT, BUT IF YOU PHYSICALLY WANT TO BE HERE MOVING IT FROM SEVEN TO SIX, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARDER.
SO THAT'S JUST, THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE VOTE? I'M JUST GONNA, HIS COMMENTS? MM-HMM.
SO I'M GONNA ON THIS, SIR, YOU CAN RESET.
AND WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER ON THIS ITEM BEFORE WE VOTE.
LET ME CANCEL THE VOTE AND START IT AGAIN.
JIM GALLAGHER, THEY'RE APPLAUDING CUZ THEY AGREE WITH WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY.
BUT, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR CITY COUNCIL, UH, STAFF AND FELLOW RESIDENTS AND OUR FELLOW STUDENTS.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK MOVING IT TO SIX O'CLOCK IN LINE WITH OTHER MEETINGS IN THE COMMUNITY IS PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA.
BUT I ALSO AGREE WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN JOES, WHERE HE TALKS ABOUT THE DIFFICULTY FOR SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST GETTING OFF WORK TO MAKE THE MEETINGS, IF THEY WANT TO BE HERE IN PERSON, THEY WOULD HAVE TO ADJUST THEIR WORK SCHEDULE IN ORDER TO BE HERE.
UM, MIGHT I MAKE A SUGGESTION THOUGH, BECAUSE, UH, THE TRACER MINUS MEETING IS AT SIX O'CLOCK.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE CV U S D IS AT SIX O'CLOCK.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS HELPED ON THOSE TIMES IS TO HAVE A STREAMING SERVICE TO PERHAPS HAVE THE MEETING ACCESSIBLE ONLINE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN STILL OBSERVE THE MEETING.
OR, AS YOU KNOW, DURING COVID, WE USED TO HAVE ZOOM MEETINGS, BUT THAT WAS KIND OF DIFFICULT TO MANAGE COMMENTS.
BUT AT LEAST IF WE COULD DO A STREAMING SERVICE LIKE CV U S D DOES ON YOUTUBE, I THINK IT'S, UH, AN OPTION THAT I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST.
I I REALLY HOPE YOU WOULD CONSIDER THAT IF YOU, IF YOU IN FACT PASSED THIS ORDINANCE.
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SO THANK YOU.ANYBODY ELSE WISH TO SAY SOMETHING BEFORE WE GO TO VOTE? WE DO NOT HAVE ANOTHER, UM, SPEAKER CARD, BUT I DO WANNA CLARIFY THAT THE ORDINANCE ALSO BACKS UP CLOSED SESSION TO FOUR O'CLOCK.
SO RIGHT NOW IT'S FIVE O'CLOCK AND SEVEN, SO IT WOULD BE FOUR AND SIX FOUR.
SO WE'RE CHA POSSIBLY CHANGING IF THIS IS SUCCESSFUL, SUCCESSFUL CLOSED SESSION CAN START AS SOON AS FOUR.
AND THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS CAN START AS SOON AS SIX.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR COMMENTS, THEN LET'S GO TO A VOTE.
OR THREE, TWO, MY, MY APOLOGIES.
AND I'D LIKE TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT COUNCIL MEMBER JOE'S AND MARQUEZ DID VOTE NO.
[21. Discuss rescheduling of May 23, 2023 Budget Workshop and Council Meeting to Wednesday, May 24, 2023, due to scheduling conflict ]
THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 21 TO DISCUSS RESCHEDULING THE MAY 23RD, 2023 BUDGET WORKSHOP AND COUNCIL MEETING TO WEDNESDAY, MAY 24TH, 2023 DUE TO SCHEDULING CONFLICTS.I CAN JUMP IN ON THIS REAL QUICK BECAUSE I THINK THIS, UH, WE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF CHINO HILLS HAS A REPUTATION, UH, THAT'S PRETTY UNBLEMISHED OF SHOWING UP IN MASS TO EVERY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION.
I DON'T KNOW IF EVERY CITY COUNCIL CAN MAKE THAT COMMENT, BUT WE DO AND WE'RE PRETTY PROUD OF.
WE'LL SEE YOU, YOUR PARENTS TAKE PHOTOS OF YOU.
WE ACTUALLY APPRECIATE, WE WILL NOT BE SEEING YOU AT THAT TIME,
AND ONE IS ON A MONDAY NIGHT, WHICH IS THE 22ND.
AND THE OTHER ONE, UH, IS ON WHAT WOULD'VE BEEN A COUNCIL NIGHT, THE 23RD.
SO WE DID THE SAME THING LAST YEAR WHERE WE MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO PUSH THE COUNCIL MEETING TO THE FOLLOWING NIGHT SO THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CAN ATTEND BOTH EVENTS.
SO THAT'S WHAT THE, THAT'S WHAT'S ON THE DOCKET HERE IS THAT PUSHING THE BUDGET WORKSHOP AND THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO WEDNESDAY, MAY 24TH.
CAN I MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, CHANGING THE DATE? UH, WHAT IS RECOMMENDED, SERGEANT? ALL RIGHT, RAY.
[22. Introduce ordinance amending Chapter 13.40 of Chino Hills Municipal Code to meet 2022 Green Building Code Standards entitled: “An Ordinance of the City of Chino Hills Amending Chapter 13.40 (Material Waste Management Plan for Construction and Demolition Projects) to Meet 2022 Green Building Code Standards and Determining the Project Is Exempt From Review Under the California Environmental Quality Act” for first reading by title only and waiving further reading]
OUR NEXT ITEM, ITEM 22, IS TO INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 13.40 OF THE CHINO HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE TO MEET THE 2022 GREEN BUILDING CODE STANDARDS.UM, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS, UH, HILL IS TO PRESENT THIS ITEM GETTING THE MAYOR CITY COUNCIL THE ITEM BEFORE YOU DO AN ITEM AMENDS CHAPTER 13.4 OF THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL CODE TO MEET THE 2022 GREEN BUILDING CODE STANDARDS.
THE CALIFORNIA GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS CODE, ALSO KNOWN AS A CAL GREEN CODE, ESTABLISHES NEW CONSTRUCTION DEMOLITION WASTE DIVERSION REQUIREMENTS OF 65%.
AND OUR PREVIOUS CODE HAD 50%.
THE 65% DIVERSION REQUIREMENT REPLIES TO ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, INCLUDING RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL, ALONG WITH REMODELING PROJECTS.
UH, ALL NON-RESIDENTIAL LAND CLEARING DEBRIS MUST ALSO BE DIVERTED ALONG WITH PROPER DISPOSAL OF UNIVERSAL WASTE.
THE PRIMARY CODE CHANGES BEFORE YOU TONIGHT INCLUDE CHANGE IN THE DIVERSION REQUIREMENT FROM 50 TO 65%, AND DEFINITIONS ROUTED FOR CERTIFIED RECYCLING OR MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITIES, SELF HAULING AND UNIVERSAL WASTE.
AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
YES, I'D LIKE, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE ITEM.
IS THERE ANY, BEFORE WE VOTE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? OKAY.
[23. Receive and file Los Serranos Improvements update report on completed sidewalk, storm drain, street pavement and streetlights, water and park projects and current sidewalk and pavement projects, dedicated funds and improvements to east and west Los Serranos areas ]
RIGHT.OUR NEXT ITEM IS TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE LOS SERRANOS IMPROVEMENTS UPDATE TO BE PRESENTED BY ENGINEERING MANAGER.
DID YOU GO TO ONTARIO CHRISTIAN, OR A LITTLE FRUSTRATED? THEY'RE BACK IN ANITA EDIT, THOUGH.
HAVEN'T BEEN APPLAUDED BEFORE.
COUNCIL
UH, WE'RE GONNA KIND OF UPDATE YOU ON WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IN THE LOW SERRANOS AREA AS FAR AS PROJECTS IN THE PAST, AND KIND OF WHAT'S CURRENTLY HAPPENING HAPPENING
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AND WHAT WILL BE HAPPENING MOVING FORWARD.SO WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT, UH, CURRENTLY ARE PLANNED FOR POMONA RINCON, AND FOR SIERRA VISTA AND MONTECITO DRIVE, MONTECITO DRIVE AND SIERRA VISTA WILL BE, UH, SIDEWALK PROJECTS.
AND, UH, TAKE TIME OUT FOR A SEC.
IS THERE SUPPOSED TO BE A GRAPHIC OR ANYTHING TO GO ALONG WITH THIS POWER? A POWERPOINT DANIEL TO SUPPOSED TO DO? YEAH, I'M GOOD.
SO, WITH THAT SAID, UH, WE'VE HAD SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF WORK DONE, UM, COMPLETING SIDEWALK PROJECTS.
UH, MOST OF THEM HAVE BEEN SAFEST TO SCHOOL PROJECTS THAT WE OBTAINED GRANTS FOR WITH SUPPORT WITH C D B G FUNDS, TOTALING ABOUT 9.8 MILLION.
UH, WE'VE HAD COMPLETED STORM DRAIN PROJECTS IN THE AREA.
THE LATEST ONE WAS, UH, THE STORM DRAIN DRAINAGE PATH THROUGH THE AREA, WHICH WE ALSO PUT A WALKWAY IN.
AND THAT MONEY OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS HAVE BEEN 5.8 MILLION.
UH, WE'VE HAD, UH, STREET PAVEMENT PROJECTS AND STREET LIGHTS PROJECTS RECENTLY.
WE PUT IN STREET LIGHTS OUT AT, UH, MESA DRIVE IN THAT COMMUNITY, UM, FOR ABOUT $200,000.
UH, WE DID A WATER PROJECT ON LOS SERRANOS, WHICH WAS RIGHT AROUND 1.1.
AND THEN WE DID THE PARK PROJECT NEXT TO CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY.
AND I'M SURE ALL OF YOU REMEMBER THAT ONE.
AND THAT PROJECT WAS RIGHT AROUND 4.9 MILLION.
SO WE'VE TOTALED ABOUT 23 MILLION IN THE LOS SERRANOS AREA OVER ABOUT THE LAST 10 YEARS.
AND WE'VE BEEN AVERAGING ABOUT MORE THAN A MILLION OUT THERE NOW.
UH, CURRENTLY FOR THE PROJECTS WE HAVE GOING NOW, WE'RE RIGHT AROUND 600,000 AND WE'RE PUTTING THOSE OUT TO, UH, GET DESIGN COMPLETED ON THEM.
UH, AS FAR AS MOVING FORWARD WITH PROJECTS, UH, WE HAVE PROJECTS WE WANT TO DO IN THE AREA, BUT THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH DETERMINED BY WHAT KIND OF GRANT FUNDING WE CAN FIND.
SO SOME WILL BE TRANSIT RELATED, SOME WILL BE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL.
AND THEN WE GO THROUGH AND WE DETERMINE WHICH STREETS WOULD BE NEXT ONCE THE GRANT FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE.
AT THIS TIME, PARTICULAR TIME, WE DON'T HAVE ANY GRANTS WE'RE APPLYING FOR, CUZ THEY'RE NOT OUT THERE.
BUT AS SOON AS THEY ARE, WE APPLY AND WE HAVE CONSULTANT SERVICES THAT HELP US WITH THAT.
SO I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
JUST A QUICK QUESTION, AND I KNOW CYNTHIA HAS BROUGHT UP RAMONA AS WELL.
IS THERE, I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS IN TERMS OF BEING REPAVED, UM, IN WHEREVER IT IS.
IS THERE A WAY TO MAYBE BUMP IT UP IN THE NEXT CYCLE? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE ENTRANCES TO CHINO HILLS, ESPECIALLY FOR LOS RHINOS RESIDENTS.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE SURFACE OF THE MOON WITH ALL OF THE
WE HAVE A PROJECT TO REPLACE A WATERLINE ON RAMONA AVENUE.
UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A PROPOSAL OUT, UH, UH, REQUESTING SOME, UH, PROPOSALS FROM, UH, CONSULTANTS TO DESIGN THAT PROJECT.
UM, SO THE GOAL IS TO REDO THE, OR REPLACE THE, THE WATER LINE AND THEN REPAVE EVERYTHING AT ONCE.
WE DON'T WANNA REPAVE IT NOW AND THEN COME BACK AND REDO IT AGAIN.
UM, BUT WE WE'RE HOPING TO GET DESIGNED, COMPLETED THIS YEAR AND, UH, OUT WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS NEXT YEAR.
PERTAINING TO LOS WANS, UM, JAY GREENING'S, UH, PROJECT WITH THOSE APARTMENTS ON THE WEST SIDE OF RAMONA, ONCE THAT MOVES FORWARD, THEY'LL, THEY'LL BE RESPONSIBLE AS FAR AS CURBS AND, AND SIDEWALKS? THAT'S CORRECT.
THE, THE GREENING PROJECT WILL LIKELY, UH, BE CONDITIONED TO INSTALL SIDEWALK AND CURB ON THE WEST SIDE.
UM, WE CAME A CITY BACK IN 1991.
UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE A CFD, UM, DESIGNED, SO THERE WAS A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT WEREN'T MADE IN LOS SWANS.
WE, AS A CITY COMMITTED TO THE RESIDENTS THAT WE WOULD TRY TO GET GRANT MONEY, AND I BELIEVE THE CITY'S DONE SUCH A GREAT JOB.
SO AGAIN, WHAT IS A TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY? OR WOULD WE HAVE THAT, AND I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S PROBABLY IN THE 20 23, 20 3,000,020.
YEAH, BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY MORE MONEY PRIOR TO THAT.
SO WOULD YOU HAVE A TOTAL, THE THE TOTAL I HAVE, BASED ON THE HISTORY WE COLLECTED WAS 23.
FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS, THE LAST 10 TO 15 YEARS.
SO, SO GOING BACK AS FAR AS YOU WERE SAYING, THERE'S PROBABLY EVEN, THERE'S MUCH MORE MONEY THERE POTENTIALLY.
IF WE CAN GET A RUNNING TOTAL ON THAT FOR THE FUTURE, BECAUSE I, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO, I MEAN, IT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT, BRIAN.
BUT I REALLY WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT WE'RE COMMITTED AND WE'VE BEEN PUTTING MONEY INTO LOS RONALDS, SO THANK YOU.
AND TO TOUCH ON WHAT RAY IS SAYING, UM, I KNOW WE'VE HAD RESIDENTS REACH OUT TO SAY, HEY, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A STREETLIGHT ON MY STREET.
WHAT I, AND WE HAVE A, A STREET LIGHTING DISTRICT DOWN THERE.
WHAT'S THE MECHANISM IF RESIDENTS ON, I DUNNO, EL MILINO OR WHATEVER THE STREET POTENTIALLY
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COULD BE, YOU KNOW, THAT WANT TO HAVE STREETLIGHTS, WHAT'S THE MECHANISM FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO, TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT AND GET AN ASSESSMENT TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN? THE WAY THE LIGHTING DISTRICT, UH, WORKS IN LOS TORONTOS IS ONCE WE GO IN AND MAKE THE IMPROVEMENTS AND WE INSTALL LIGHTS, THEN AT THAT POINT, THOSE RESIDENTS GET ASSESSED AND THEY ADDED ON, UM, UH, TO PAY FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF, UH, OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.WE'RE NOT COLLECTING ANY MONEY TO CONSTRUCT ANYTHING.
WE ONLY START ASSESSING ONCE THE, UH, THE LIGHTS ARE CONSTRUCTED.
CAN THEY PETITION TO HAVE THEIR STREET DONE NEXT AS PART OF THE DISTRICT? OR IS IT, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE BUILD IT, THEY, ONCE WE BUILD IT, THEY THEY GET ASSESSED.
IT'S, IT'S MY FROM IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT AT SOME POINT THE CITY REACHED OUT TO THE RESIDENTS TO SEE IF THEY WANTED TO, TO BE ASSESSED IN ADVANCE TO FUND THE IMPROVEMENTS AND, UH, THAT IT WASN'T SUCCESSFUL.
MR. MAYOR, ONE MORE QUICK QUESTION.
I KNOW THERE WERE SOME ISSUES AND PROBLEMS AT THE, UH, PARK IN LOS RONALDS.
DID THAT EVER GET WORKED OUT WITH A DEVELOPER? I KNOW THERE WAS LIKE CRACK CONCRETE AND SOME OTHER THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE REDONE.
UM, AS FAR AS IMPROVEMENTS, UH, EVERYTHING GOT, GOT IRONED OUT.
SO EVERYTHING GET TO GET IRONED OUT.
I THINK THIS WAS JUST RECEIVED AND FILE.
[24. Appoint one student member to Parks and Recreation Commission with term expiring April 30, 2024]
ON OUR AGENDA IS THE APPOINTMENT OF ONE STUDENT MEMBER TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION WITH THE TERM ENDING APRIL 30TH, 2024.I, UH, EACH CHAIR, THE MAYOR SELECTS AN INDIVIDUAL FROM, UM, CHINO HILLS RESIDENT FROM ONE OF THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS TO REPRESENT THE, THEIR, THEIR AGE GROUP AT THE, UH, PARKS AND REC COMMISSION.
AND THIS YEAR, LAST WEEK, I INTERVIEWED, UH, 13 INDIVIDUALS WHO PUT IN THEIR APPLICATIONS, ALL 13 SHOWED UP.
AND WITH THAT, I DON'T SEE HER IN THE AUDIENCE, BUT I WILL INTRODUCE HER JUST IN YES.
SO AFTER ALL THE INTERVIEWS, AND I ENDED UP SELECTING, UH, WITH APPROVAL FROM MY COLLEAGUE SAVANNAH ANDERSON, WHO IS A, CURRENTLY A JUNIOR AT I HIGH SCHOOL.
AND SHE, UH, SHE'S VERY COMMITTED TO THE COMMUNITY.
SHE'S, THEY'RE THE FAMILY IS BIG INTO HIKING AND, AND JUST ALL, ALL THE THINGS THAT TAKE PLACE IN CHINO HILL.
SHE KIND OF REPRESENTS THAT, THAT, UM, THAT CORE VALUE THAT WE HAVE IN CHINO HILLS WITH UTILIZING THE FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE.
SHE'S VERY FAMILIAR WITH ALL THE FACILITIES SHE ATTENDS.
SHE'S ATTENDED HER WHOLE LIFE CONCERTS IN THE PARK, AND, AND SHE ATTENDS THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT EVEN.
AND SO SHE'S, I THINK SHE'S GONNA BE A WONDERFUL REPRESENTATIVE.
SO, SAVANNAH ANDERSON, UH, 11TH GRADE FROM RUBEN AYELLA HIGH SCHOOL.
SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE HER FOR PARKS AND REC COMMISSION.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
[25. Adopt resolution approving proposed new fees, fee revisions and increases, and adopting Master Schedule of Fees, Fines and Penalties effective July 1, 2023 and determining that adoption of the Fees, Fines and Penalties is exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act ]
NEXT, WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING PROPOSED NEW FEES, FEE REVISIONS, AND INCREASES IN ADOPTING THE MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES, FINES, AND PENALTIES, FINANCE DIRECTOR BOHA TO PRESENT THE REPORT.COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
ON TUESDAY, APRIL 11TH, COUNCIL HELD A FEE WORKSHOP TO DISCUSS IN DETAIL THE VARIOUS CHANGES TO THE CITY'S USER FEES.
TONIGHT I'LL PROVIDE A, A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE CHANGES THAT WERE DISCUSSED, BUT I'LL START WITH SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
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 RATE 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 BURDENED HOURLY RATES ARE ALSO UPDATED ANNUALLY TO REFLECT THE DRAFT BUDGET FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
STAFF IS PROPOSING THAT THE REVISED FEES BECOME EFFECTIVE ON JULY 1ST, 2023.
NOW I'LL MOVE ON TO DISCUSS THE NEW FEES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED TONIGHT.
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EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2024, THE CHINO HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE WILL INCLUDE AN OPERATOR PERMIT REQUIREMENT FOR EVERY NON-EXEMPT OWNER AND MANAGER OF A MASSAGE MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENT TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE BY JANUARY 1ST, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION IS PROPOSING A MASSAGE OPERATOR PERMIT FEE AND A MASSAGE OPERATOR PERMIT RENEWAL FEE OF $149 EACH.THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS PROPOSING SIX NEW FEES, AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION FOR COMMERCIAL USE, UM, 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 FOR A TEMPORARY BUILDING STRUCTURE FOR $558 TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN A SITE-BUILT STRUCTURE VERSUS A PRE-FAB 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 FEE.
THE PROPOSED FEE IS A COST RECOVERY FEE STARTING AT $279, WHICH IS EQUAL TO ONE HOUR OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FULLY BURDENED HOURLY RATE.
NEXT IS A PERMIT REFUND PROCESSING FEE FOR $69.
THIS IS TO RECOVER STAFF TIME FOR PROCESSING REFUNDS FOR NON T D A 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 FOR $1,395.
THIS WAS ADDED FOR CONSISTENCY WITH 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 PASSES, REQUIRES A NEW APPLICATION.
CURRENTLY AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, ALL GROUPS PAY A DEPOSIT BASED ON THE ROOM THEY ARE RENTING.
COMMUNITY SERVICES IS PROPOSING TO CREATE REDUCED CLEANING DEPOSITS 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 NON-PROFIT SENIOR GROUP, BUT THERE IS NO DEPOSIT FOR MCCOY TO MAKE THINGS EQUITABLE.
STAFF IS PROPOSING TO ADD THE SAME GROUP S RENTAL DEPOSIT OF $250 TO THE MCCOY EQUESTRIAN CENTER FEES.
THIS YEAR WE HAD A FEW FEES IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE PROPOSED TO INCREASE BY MORE THAN $10 AND 7.5%.
THEY'RE FOUR FEES IN BUILDING SERVICES, SEVEN FEES IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
FOUR OF THE FEES THAT ARE BEING MOVED FROM ENGINEERING TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
THREE FEES IN ENGINEERING SERVICES, THREE IN UTILITY BILLING, AND FOUR FEES IN POLICE SERVICES DUE TO RISING COSTS.
COMMUNITY SERVICES IS PROPOSING TO INCREASE SOME OF THE REFUNDABLE CLEANING DEPOSITS FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER, AND THE MCCOY EQUESTRIAN CENTER COMMUNITY SERVICE 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 RECREATION FACILITIES.
THE PACKAGES FROM THE MCCOY ARENA FEES HAVE ALSO BEEN SIMPLIFIED TO REFLECT EXCLUSIVE RENTAL USAGE.
THE RECOMMENDATION BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PROPOSED NEW FEES AND FEE REVISIONS.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, AND YOU CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS WE HAVE AT THIS TIME.
MR. MAYOR, UH, THE EQUESTRIAN, UH, FEE FOR LARGE ANIMALS.
WHAT, WHAT'S THE REASONING BEHIND THIS? I KNOW YOU GAVE A BRIEF EXPLANATION, BUT WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE MAIN REASON? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
I MIGHT BE ABLE TO HIT THAT ONE BEST.
I MEAN, BASICALLY UNDER YOUR EQUESTRIAN OVERLAY ZONE, YOU HAVE FOUR POSSIBLE PERMITS.
THREE OF THEM ARE KIND OF A, A MOUTHFUL, AND THE FOURTH ONE'S EASY TO SAY.
BUT, UH, THE THREE ARE EQUESTRIAN AND LARGE ANIMAL KEEPING PERMIT, EQUESTRIAN, LARGE ANIMAL BUSINESS PERMIT, EQUESTRIAN, LARGE ANIMAL USE PERMIT AND GRAZING PERMIT.
OF THOSE FOUR, YOU HAVE FEES ESTABLISHED FOR THREE, BUT ONE OF THEM DOESN'T HAVE A FEE ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
AND THAT'S PRIMARILY BEEN BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS, UH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS THE, UH, UH, THE PERMIT AND IT'S FOR THE KEEPING, UH, OF THE EQUESTRIAN LARGE ANIMALS.
IT WAS THE ONE THAT WAS USED FOR FOLKS THAT WERE, UM, UH, NEEDED TO GET UP TO SPEED WITH THE NEW ORDINANCE WHEN IT WAS ADOPTED.
SO THERE'S NO NEW PERMIT FOR THOSE, THOSE PEOPLE, NO NEW FEE.
BUT COMING FORWARD, IF YOU EVER HAD, UH, WERE FACED WITH A NEW USE OUT THERE THAT MET THAT CRITERIA,
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THIS WOULD IMPLEMENT A FEE FOR THAT.SO THE, THE ORIGINAL FEE WAS CALLED AN EQUESTRIAN OVERLAY FEE.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, NOW, IF SOMEBODY DID NOT DO IT AT THE BEGINNING, IF THEY DO IT NOW, I BELIEVE IT'S LIKE $8,000, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
SO THIS WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL FEE TO THAT? NO, THE NEW, THE NEW FEE WOULD BE 1395.
BUT FOR THE EQUESTRIAN OVERLAY, SO IN OTHER WORDS, MOST PEOPLE RUN BUSINESSES, SO THERE'S EQUESTRIAN OVERLAY FEE.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT, LET ME TALK TO YOU MORE OFF THAT ON THAT.
NO, THAT, THAT'S THE BUSINESS.
THAT'S THE, THAT'S ONE OF THE FOUR, BUT THAT'S FOR A BUSINESS, NOT JUST KEEPING, SO THERE'S, WELL, EQUEST OVERLAY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FOR RUNNING A BUSINESS IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA.
THAT'S THE, THE INTENT AT THE BEGINNING.
UM, THE SECOND THING IS FOR ANY, UH, NON-PROFIT GROUP, WE'RE NOT GONNA CHARGE.
THEY DON'T GET CHARGED NOW, AND WE'RE NOT GONNA CHARGE 'EM IN THE FUTURE, EVEN THOUGH THE RATES HAVE GONE UP FOR RENTALS.
IS THAT CORRECT, KRISTA? OH, FOR RENTALS? I'D WANNA DEFER TO JONATHAN TO BE SURE IF YOU MIGHT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ, UH, RESTATE YOUR QUESTION FOR ME.
A NONPROFIT CAN BASICALLY USE OUR FACILITIES ONCE A MONTH AT NO CHARGE.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT CONTINUES.
UM, THE LAST THING IS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT APPLIANCES.
UM, BASICALLY GREENHOUSE GASES TRYING TO REDUCE THAT.
IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO DO THAT AND THEY SPEND THE INVESTMENT ON THEIR HOUSE TO GET A BETTER HAIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM, HEATER, APPLIANCES, UM, PUT WINDOWS IN, I, I'M A BELIEVER THAT WE SHOULD AT MINIMUM KEEP IT WHERE IT WAS THIS PAST YEAR TO ADD MORE MONEY FOR SOMEBODY TRYING TO DO A GOOD THING FOR THE WORLD.
UM, I DON'T THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE PERSONALLY.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S MY COMMENT THERE.
UM, SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT, MR. CITY MANAGER.
SO, UM, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS, UH, MAYOR, UH, CITY COUNCIL AND, UH, SPECIFICALLY COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ, IF I CAN TAKE A QUICK SECOND TO, YOU KNOW, EXPAND ON THAT.
UM, AT OUR LAST, UH, UH, WORKSHOP AND, UH, HEARING RELATED TO OUR FEES, UH, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE COUNCIL TAKING A DELIBERATE ACTION TO SUBSIDIZE, UH, ACTIVITIES WHERE THEY WANTED THE COST TO BE BELOW THE FULL COST IN ORDER TO INCENTIVIZE ACTION.
VERY MUCH AS YOU DESCRIBED, COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ.
UH, SPECIFICALLY, THERE ARE A FEW, UH, UH, FEES IN OUR PROGRAM, UH, THAT ARE, I WOULD CALL GREEN FEES, YOU KNOW, ASSOCIATED WITH GREEN ACTIVITY, UH, SUCH AS WE JUST MENTIONED, A NEW ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STA UH, UH, STATION, UH, FOR COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY.
BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE WHAT I WOULD CALL LOOSELY RELATED TO EFFICIENCY, SUCH AS WINDOW CHANGE OUTS AND HVAC, UH, IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, AND THEN ONES THAT PROBABLY DIRECTLY MOST OF US WOULD CONNECT LIKE A, UM, A SOLAR OR PHOTOVOLTAIC.
UM, IN ALL OF THOSE CASES, EXCEPT FOR THE COMMERCIAL, THE COUNCIL'S ALREADY TAKEN AN ACTION TO SUBSIDIZE.
UH, AS AN EXAMPLE, A WINDOW CHANGE OUT, UH, THE FULL COST WOULD BE $418 FOR 10 WINDOWS.
UH, THE FEE AS SUGGESTED HERE IS, UH, $314.
HOWEVER, TO COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ'S, UH, COMMENT, UH, WE ARE RE UH, PROPOSING A $21 INCREASE IN ORDER TO KEEP UP WITH THE RISING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
A, UH, SOLAR, UH, IMPLEMENTATION WOULD COST $697 IN COSTS.
AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS $450 AS A SUGGESTED FEE, WHICH IS 36, UH, PERCENT OF, UH, UH, REDUCTION.
SO FOR THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION, AS, AS PROPOSED BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ, THERE IS AN EXISTING SUBSIDY FOR THOSE TYPES OF FEES.
UH, IF YOU WANTED TO NOT IMPLEMENT THE INCREASES THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED, WE WOULD HAVE TO PULL THOSE FEES OUT OF THIS, UH, FEE PROGRAM AND BRING IT BACK TO YOU.
UH, OR YOU CAN ADOPT THE FEES, UH, AS PRESENTED.
IT WOULD BE UP TO THE COUNCIL'S, UH, UH, DISCRETION.
BUT WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, SUGGEST THAT IF THAT'S THE ONLY ONES YOU'D WANT TO CHANGE, WE WOULD ADOPT THE REST AND THEN BRING THOSE BACK FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
OBVIOUSLY, I DON'T THINK I'LL GET A SECOND, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT PERSONALLY.
SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO DO THAT.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THIS PROPOSAL.
THIS IS FOR RAY WANTING TO, BUT DON'T WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS? SHOULDN'T WE OPEN HEARING? OH, YES, WE DO.
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YOU.JUST ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE DIAS BEFORE WE OPEN THE HEARING? THAT UP? OKAY.
WE'RE GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DOES ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS? I DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS ON THIS ITEM.
WAS THE PUBLIC HEARING ANYBODY? OKAY, LAST CHANCE.
I WAS LOOKING OVER HERE JUST TO SEE.
OKAY, SO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CLARIFICATION, PETER, TO FOR RAISE MOTION, IS THAT JUST SPECIFICALLY TO PULL THE SOLAR PANEL ITEM? THAT'S IT.
I, I, IF I CAN TAKE ONE SECOND BEFORE YOU WEIGH IN ON, UH, WHAT'S BEEN PROPOSED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ, I STAND CORRECTED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
IF YOU CHOOSE TO MODIFY, UH, ANY OF THOSE FEES, AND YOU GIVE US CLEAR DIRECTION ON THE DOLLAR AMOUNT YOU WANT, YOU COULD MAKE THAT, UH, UH, UH, CHANGE HERE AT THE DIAS AND THEN WE COULD IMPLEMENT IT GOING FORWARD.
BUT, UH, UH, AS, AS STANDS, THAT'S, UH, BASED ON COUNCIL'S DIRECTION AND THE FEE IN QUESTION BY RAY, CAN YOU REMIND ME THE, UH, CURRENT SUBSIDY LEVEL THAT WE ALREADY DO? SURE.
UH, SO, UM, THE WINDOW CHANGE OUT, UH, CURRENTLY THE FULL COST IS $418.
THE PROPOSED, UH, FEE IS, UH, $314, WHICH IS $21 HIGHER THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR.
BUT THAT STILL REFLECTS A 25% SUBSIDY.
SO THE HOMEOWNER WOULD PAY 25% LESS THAN THE FULL COST, UH, FOR CHANGEOUTS OVER, UH, 10 WINDOWS.
UH, SIMILARLY, THERE'S A $28 PROPOSED INCREASE, BUT STILL A 25%, UH, SUBSIDY FOR THE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF PHOTOVOLTAIC PERMITS FOR SINGLE FAMILY.
UH, WHETHER IT'S IN, UH, A ROOF MOUNTED OR GROUND MOUNTED, UH, WHAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE IS NO INCREASE FOR THOSE TWO, BUT, UH, THE SUBSIDY IS 36% AND 46% RESPECTIVELY.
SO THOSE DON'T HAVE A DOLLAR, UH, UH, INCREASE ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.
AND THEN FOR HVAC CHANGE OUTS OR, UH, UH, HEATING, UH, AND AIR CONDITIONING CHANGE OUT EITHER, WHETHER IT'S THE FURNACE OR A SPLIT SYSTEM, UH, THERE'S A $7 INCREASE PROPOSED FOR THOSE, BUT THEY'RE STILL SUBSIDIZED AT 76% OR 82%.
SO, AND THAT'S NOT EVEN A GREEN ISSUE THAT'S CHANGING, IT'S JUST THAT, WELL, SOMETIMES THAT IS PART OF MAKING YOUR HOUSE MORE EFFICIENT.
SO WE JUST TRY TO, LIKE, IF YOU UPGRADE, LOOP A BUNCH OF THESE IN.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE WOULD BE OUR WATER HEATER, UH, FEE CHARGE OF $279.
THE SUGGESTED FEE IS $117, WHICH IS SEVEN BUCKS MORE, OR A SUBSIDY OF 58%.
WHAT ABOUT AN ELECTRIC, UH, WATER HEATER SINCE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO THAT WAY IN THE FUTURE? UH, I DON'T SHOW IN, UH, MAYBE IF ANYONE KNOWS, UH, I ONLY SHOW, UH, IN MY NOTES, UH, FOR, UH, JUST A WATER HEATER DOESN'T DISTINGUISH BETWEEN, UH, ELECTRIC.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MY COLLEAGUE.
SO ARE YOU, IS WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING IS NOT TO INCREASE IT BY 21 AND $28? I I WOULD SAY WHATEVER IT WAS THIS YEAR OR LAST YEAR.
SO THAT'S JUST, HE'S ASKING AND THAT'S WHERE OKAY.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT.
AND TO CLARIFY, IS THAT FOR ALL OF THE FEES THAT, UH, CITY MANAGER JUST NAMED? YES.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL, I'LL SECOND THAT IF THAT'S, SO I WANT CLARIFICATION.
I WILL SECOND THAT, GIVEN WHAT THE INCREASE WOULD BE.
SO THE MOTION IS TO PROVE ALL FEES EXCEPT FOR THE ONES THAT WERE LISTED BY THE CITY MANAGER? CORRECT.
AND THEN, AND FOR THOSE TO KEEP THEM THE SAME AS THEY ARE CURRENTLY.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
I GUESS WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS ONE THEN.
I MAY CLEAR, THIS IS THE MOTION THAT RAIDED, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
TWO THREE WITH JOE'S BENNETT AND ROGERS VOTING.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ON STAFF REPORT.
YEAH, LET ME JUST, YES, WE'RE RECORDING.
THE WHOLE MOTION PASSES FOUR ONE WITH MARQUEZ VOTING NO, CORRECT.
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TO YOUR POINT, RIGHT? YES.CAN I SAY SOMETHING REAL FAST? YES.
EVEN THOUGH WE ALWAYS DON'T AGREE, WE ALWAYS RESPECT EACH OTHER.
SO I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT THIS IS GOVERNMENT YET THE BEST.
SO WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH EACH OTHER, BUT WE ALSO, WE ALWAYS SUPPORT AND RESPECT, RESPECT EACH OTHER.
[ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT]
UH, LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORTS.GOOD EVENING COUNCIL STAFF, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND OUR STUDENTS.
JUST A FEW QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT.
FREE COUNTY RUN VACCINE EVENTS AND BLOOD DRIVES CONTINUE ON TUESDAYS.
AND MORE INFORMATION AND DETAILS ON HOW TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT CAN ALWAYS BE FOUND ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
YEAH, AND THERE IS A NEW ONE-TIME GRANT.
SOCAL GAS IS OFFERING ELIGIBLE CUSTOMERS TO HELP PAY THE INCREASED BILLS RESIDENTS EXPERIENCE THIS WINTER.
THE NEW GAS ASSISTANCE FUND MAY PROVIDE ELIGIBLE CUSTOMERS WITH A ONE-TIME GRANT OF UP TO $400 OR $500 FOR APPLICANTS 55 AND OVER, OR WHO HAS SOMEONE 55 AND OVER IN THEIR HOUSEHOLD.
RESIDENTS CAN LEARN MORE AND APPLY ONLINE@SOCALGAS.COM SLASH GAF.
AND IN CITY NEWS, UH, THIS ONE'S FOR OUR STUDENTS IN THE BACK.
THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS STILL ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR TEENS WHO WANNA BE INVOLVED WITH THE VOLUNTEERING PROGRAM OR TEEN ADVISORY BOARD.
THE DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 8:00 PM ON MONDAY MAY 1ST.
AND APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, AND THOSE ARE OPEN TO ALL TEENS WHO LIVE IN CHINO HILLS.
EVEN IF YOU DO NOT ATTEND A, A CHINO HILL SCHOOL AND RESIDENTS ARE INVITED TO AN OPEN HOUSE EVENT.
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CITY'S POPULAR SUMMER RECREATION PROGRAMS ON SATURDAY, MAY 13TH FROM 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, BRING THE FAMILY ALONG TO PARTICIPATE IN CRAFTS, WATCH CLASS DEMONSTRATIONS, AND MEET OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES STAFF.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PI REPORT, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
[ SAFETY UPDATES - Fire and Police]
ALL RIGHT.MAYOR ROGERS, COUNSEL, STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS CHIEF OF VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT RECENTLY CONDUCTED A CAPTAIN'S PROMOTIONAL EXAM TO ESTABLISH AN ELIGIBILITY LIST FOR FUTURE PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
LAST THURSDAY, CV F D HOSTED THE SOLAR COOPERATORS.
SOLAR STANDS FOR SAN BERNARDINO ORANGE, LOS ANGELES, AND RIVERSIDE COUNTIES.
THE COOPERATORS AT THE TRAINING CENTER AND THE PROTO HELL ATTACK BASE.
THE PARTICIPATING AGENCY SHOWCASED THEIR FIREFIGHTER CAPABLE HELICOPTERS, WHICH WERE LA COUNTY, UH, I'M SORRY, CAL FIRE, LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE, ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY, AND SAN BERNARDINO SHERIFF AIR RESCUE.
THIS TRAINING IS IN PREPARATION FOR THE UPCOMING WILDLAND SEASON TWO FIRE BOARD MEMBERS AND THE FIRE CHIEF PARTICIPATED IN THE LEGISLATIVE OUTREACH LAST WEEK IN WASHINGTON DC THE TEAM MADE GREAT CONNECTIONS IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL.
THE FIRE DISTRICT CONTINUES TO EXTEND ITS APPRECIATION TO THE CITY BY SUPPORTING THE FIRE STATION 68 PROJECT.
CURRENTLY, THE DISTRICT IS WORKING THROUGH THE SEQUEL PROCESS.
THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE FOUNDATION PARTNERED WITH THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TO DONATE ITS 45TH A E D AND 408TH TRAUMA KIT THAT WILL BE LOCATED AT THE SHOP SECURITY OFFICE TRAINING WAS ALSO GIVEN TO THE SECURITY STAFF.
WE HAD A SPECIAL GUEST THAT YOU MIGHT ALL KNOW BY THE NAME OF PETER ROGERS
TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE CHINO SENIOR CENTER.
ALL PROCEEDS ARE, ARE, ARE TO BENEFIT LOCAL CHINO VALLEY COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, SUCH AS KAREN FOR THE HILLS CHINO NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE, AND THE CHINO VALLEY, Y M C A.
ANY UPDATE ON THE AMBULANCE RFP? SO WE HAD, UM, A FEW OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS PARTICIPATE IN THE RFP, THE ACTUAL PRESENTATION OF THE RFP.
SO WE'LL, UH, WE SHOULD HOPEFULLY HEAR SOMETHING BY MAY 4TH FROM THE COUNTY.
MAYOR ROGERS, VICE MAYOR MORAN CITY COUNCIL STAFF AND RESIDENCE.
ON FRIDAY, APRIL 21ST AT ABOUT 6 45 IN THE MORNING, A MALE SUSPECT IDENTIFIED AS PATRICK.
HER ORDER BROKE INTO THE VICTIM'S RESIDENCE IN THE 4,100 BLOCK OF VAL VISTA AND STOLE A SILVER FLASK AND THE VICTIM'S CELL PHONE.
THE VICTIM CONFRONTED HER INSIDE THE RESIDENCE.
HER THREATENED TO HIT THE VICTIM WITH A LARGE ROCK HE HAD IN HIS POSITION AND SUBSEQUENTLY FLOOD THE RESIDENCE.
DEPUTIES FROM THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA STATION ASSISTED AND USED A BLOODHOUND TO TRACK HOWARD, WHO WAS LOCATED HIDING IN A BACKYARD, A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY, AND STILL IN POSSESSION OF THE VICTIM'S PROPERTY.
HERER WAS ARRESTED FOR HOME INVASION ROBBERY AND BOOKED AT THE WEST VALLEY DETENTION CENTER.
THAT WHOLE INVESTIGATION USING THE BLOODHOUND, TOOK ABOUT 45 MINUTES TO TRACK HIM.
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SO GREAT THAT THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL.ON SUNDAY, APRIL 23RD, AT APPROXIMATELY FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, DEPUTIES ATTEMPTED A TRAFFIC STOP ON A D U I DRIVER.
THE DRIVER FAILED TO YIELD AND DROVE ONTO C I M PROPERTY.
ONCE ON THE PRISON GROUNDS, DEPUTIES USE UTILIZED A PURSUIT INTERVENTION TECHNIQUE TO DISABLE THE VEHICLE.
THE DRIVER WAS IDENTIFIED AS BO PARK AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ARRESTED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE WEST VALLEY DETENTION CENTER FOR, UH, D U I AND FAILURE TO YIELD.
BEFORE WE GO INTO COUNCIL'S COMMENTS, ELECT A REPRESENTATIVE TO COME TO THE MICROPHONE HERE AND STATE WHY YOU'RE OKAY.
JUST KIND OF EXPLAIN WHY YOU'RE HERE AND UM, WHO YOU'RE NEXT FOR CREDIT.
CREDIT FOR SPEAKING ON THE MICROPHONE.
THANK YOU, MAYOR ROGERS, COUNSEL AND MY AUDIENCE.
THIS IS FOR OUR, UH, GOVERNMENT CLASS LED BY, UM, MR. JEREMY ZIMA.
AND WE ARE JUST HERE TO WRITE A REPORT.
WELL, WE WERE REQUIRED TO STAY HERE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR, BUT WE WE'RE JUST HAVING SO MUCH FUN, SO WE JUST DECIDED TO STAY HERE.
UM, WHY DID YOU CHOOSE CHINO HILLS TO, TO, UH, ATTEND? SO, MOST OF OUR REPUTATION IS A QUICKER MEETING AND A WELL RUN MEETING.
MOST OF US, UM, ARE IN, UH, WE ARE, MOST OF US ARE STUDENT ATHLETES, SO OUR SCHEDULES DID NOT PERMIT, UM, GOING TO OTHER CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND, OR THAT, AT LEAST THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.
UM, SO, AND WE FIGURED, HEY, CHINO HILLS IS RIGHT HERE.
AND, UH, WE'VE HEARD SOME PRETTY GOOD THINGS ABOUT YOU, MR. ROGERS.
WE WERE WONDERING, OUR TEACHER HAS US TO GET EXTRA CREDIT IF WE CAN GET A PHOTO WITH ONE OF YOU.
SO NOW WE'LL TAKE IT WITH THE WHOLE GROUP RIGHT AFTER WE CONCLUDE.
COME UP REAL QUICK BEFORE ALL OF US DEPART.
SO WE'LL DO A, YOU GOT 10 MORE MINUTES? WE'LL BE, YEAH, WE'RE GONNA BE DONE SOON.
CAN WE CALL YOU 10 MORE MINUTES? OKAY.
[ COUNCIL REPORTS Mayor Rogers Tres Hermanos Conservation Authority Board Council Member Bennett Chino Valley Independent Fire District Board California Institution for Men and Women’s Citizens Advisory Committees Council Member Johsz Legislative Advocacy Committee West Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District Board Council Member Marquez Cal Cities (League of California Cities) Inland Empire Division Meeting Latino Caucus Legislative Committee Southern California Regional Rail Authority (Metrolink) Board]
MOVE ON TO COUNCIL, UH, REPORTS.AND MY REPORT, UH, WE HAVE TRACER MONOS AS WE LIKE IT A VERY QUICK MEETING.
AND THE BIG ITEM THAT WE DISCUSSED WAS TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF MEETINGS THAT WE HOST FROM MONTHLY TO BIMONTHLY.
WE VOTED ON THAT, AND, UH, WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES IF WE NEED TO REDUCE IT FURTHER.
BUT WE FELT THAT SINCE WE'RE KIND OF IN A MORE PASSIVE MODE RIGHT NOW, THAT, UH, THERE WAS NO NEED TO MEET ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
SO THAT WAS OUR, OUR BIG AGENDA ITEM, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
EVERYTHING ELSE WAS JUST ROUTINE APPROVALS.
SO, WITH THAT, MOVING ON TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ART BENNETT.
COUNCIL, UH, FOR CHINO VALLEY INDEPENDENT FIRE DISTRICT.
UH, MANY CEREMONIAL ITEMS, UH, WERE ON THE AGENDA.
WILDLIFE AWARENESS MONTH PROCLAMATION, TRAUMA X AWARENESS MONTH, AND EMS, UH, WEEK PROCLAMATION ALSO, UH, EXPLORER POST NINE 11, UH, HAD RECOGNITION OF, UM, THEIR AWARD TO LORENZO DIAZ.
HERE I TURN THIS, UH, LEADERSHIP BOARD BY DAVID, OR TO DAVID DUNN COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD TO JOAQUIN LOOMER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD TO DELANEY ATKINSON, UH, ACHIEVEMENT AWARD TO JONATHAN ROOMOS AND NEW EMPLOYEE INDUCTION.
UH, UH, TO OUR INTRODUCTION FOR, UH, JURY WORKER MATTHEW HOKE AND EMPLOYEE SERVICE AWARDS FOR HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST BORIS RIVERA, FIVE YEARS FIRE INSPECTOR LE LYNN, 15 YEARS ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY, ALMAN NIELSEN, 20 YEARS, AND PUBLIC EDUCATION SPECIALIST NANCY KIDD.
WE'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY GETS A CHANCE TO HEAR WHO THOSE PEOPLE ARE AND BEING HONORED, UH, BY THE FIRE DISTRICT.
UH, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT ON THE FIRE DISTRICT.
UH, NEXT ONE IS FOR THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR MEN AND WOMEN CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
UH, MEETINGS, UH, RATHER SHORT FOR BOTH OF THEM, THE, UH, ON THE WOMEN'S, UH, AGENDA, THEY BROUGHT US UP TO DATE THAT, UH, THERE ARE CURRENTLY 954 INMATES, UH, WITHIN THE, UM, UH, UH, PRISON RIGHT NOW.
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OF, UH, INFORMATION ON, UH, THINGS THAT HAPPENED DURING THE RECENT STORMS. UH, NOTHING SIGNIFICANT.THEY, THEY HAVE A LOT OF PROGRAMS. I MEAN, THE WHOLE ISSUE OF THE INSTITUTE FOR MEN AND WOMEN NOW IS REHABILITATION.
AND I KNOW, LIKE FOR THE MEN, I THINK THEY'VE ONLY HAD ONE RECIDIVISM, UH, IN SEVERAL YEARS.
SO THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY GETTING THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE HAD A MISFORTUNE OF BEING INCARCERATED, UH, TO CHANGE THEIR WAYS AND, AND LEARN SOMETHING, HOPEFULLY THAT IS GONNA KEEP 'EM OUT OF PRISON IN THE FUTURE.
UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE MEN'S GROUP, UH, POPULATION CURRENTLY IS 2,249 INMATES, UH, THE, UM, 50 BED, UH, HOSPITAL THAT WE'VE, UH, HEARD ABOUT FOR YEARS.
UH, AND IT SEEMS LIKE YEARS, UH, IS CURRENTLY UNDER, UH, UNDERWAY.
AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT VENDORS COME IN AND ALLOW INMATES TO PURCHASE FOOD ITEMS, BUT WHAT THEY DO WITH SOME OF THOSE, THOSE AMOUNTS IS THEY ACTUALLY MAKE DONATIONS.
AND RECENTLY THEY MADE A TOTAL OF 800 OR $8,500 IN DONATIONS DUE TO THAT INMATE, UH, FOOD FUNDRAISING.
SO, UH, NEXT MEETINGS START COMING UP ON JUNE 13TH, AND THAT ENDS MY REPORT.
MOVING ON TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JOE'S.
MAYOR ROGERS AND I COMPRISED THE LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY COMMITTEE MEETING, OR COMMITTEE, AND WE HAD A MEETING LAST WEEK.
UH, WE MET WITH OUR FEDERAL AND STATE LOBBYIST TO KIND OF GET AN UPDATE ON WHERE THINGS ARE WITH, UM, OUR, UH, FEDERAL EARMARKS THAT WE'VE REQUESTED.
UH, SAD TO SAY, BUT NEITHER CONGRESSWOMAN, UH, TORRES OR KIM, UH, WERE ABLE TO PUT FORWARD OUR REQUESTS FOR EARMARKS.
WE WERE LUCKY LAST YEAR THAT WE RECEIVED, UH, FEDERAL FUNDING FOR BRUSH REMOVAL FROM CONGRESSWOMAN KIM.
WE HAD PUT FORWARD FOR MORE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THAT.
WE HAD PUT FORWARD FOR INFRASTRUCTURE FOR LOS SERRANOS AND PURPLE PIPE RECYCLED WATER, AND NONE OF THOSE MADE IT THROUGH.
SADLY, UH, THERE'S STILL HOPE WITH SENATOR PADILLA, UM, PUTTING FORWARD OUR REQUEST.
SO, FINGERS CROSSED THAT WE'LL GET SOME OF OUR TAXPAYER MONEY BACK ON THAT END.
AND WE GOT AN UPDATE ON DIFFERENT LEGISLATION, AND I'LL HARP ON WHAT I LIKE TO ALWAYS HARP ON.
UH, WE TOOK POSITIONS ON, UH, ON PENDING LITIGATION OR PENDING LEGISLATION, NOT LITIGATION PENDING LEGISLATION.
AND ONE OF THE BILLS THAT WE TOOK AN OPPOSED POSITION ON WAS THE PROHIBITION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES BEING ABLE TO USE CANINES IN, IN THEIR DUTY.
YOU KNOW, THE, UH, YOU KNOW, CALIFORNIA IS OBVIOUSLY CRIME FREE AS IT IS NOW.
SO WE DON'T NEED TO GIVE OUR, OUR POLICE OFFICERS OR OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED.
BUT THERE'S A PIECE OF LEGISLATION GOING THROUGH SACRAMENTO THAT, UM, WOULD PROHIBIT DEPARTMENTS FROM HAVING CANINE, YOU KNOW, CANINE UNITS.
AND THIS, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S RIDICULOUS.
YOU KNOW, WOULD YOU RATHER PUT A HUMAN IN? YOU KNOW, WE ALL LOVE DOGS.
BELIEVE YOU ME, I LOVE MY DOG, BUT WOULD YOU RATHER PUT A HUMAN IN HARM'S WAY OR A DOG IN HARM'S WAY WHEN IT COMES TO GOING AFTER A SUSPECT? AND THE DOGS ARE VERY EFFECTIVE, AND OH, THE DOGS ARE WONDERFUL.
AND THEY, THEY HAVE SKILLS WE DON'T HAVE.
THEY CAN SNIFF PEOPLE OUT, THEY DON'T HAVE.
SO THE CITY OF CHINO HILL TOOK AN OFFICIAL POSITION OPPOSING THE PIECE OF THAT PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
SO, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN SOLVED IN SACRAMENTO.
SO NOW WE GET TO FOCUS ON THE THINGS THAT REALLY MATTER.
SO, JUST MORE AND MORE, PLEASE CONTINUE TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT YOUR LEGISLATORS ARE PASSING AND WHAT THE GOVERNOR SIGNS INTO LAW.
SO, I KNOW THAT WAS SARCASTIC, BUT
AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO WEST VALLEY MOSQUITO AND VETERAN CONTROL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WE HAD A MEETING TODAY, UH, I LEARNED SOMETHING NEW ABOUT MOSQUITOES.
SO, UH, ALL OF MY ONTARIO CHRISTIAN FRIENDS, UM, DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU COULD IRRADIATE MALE MOSQUITOES TO MAKE THEM STERILE? IF YOU, IF YOU HIT 'EM WITH, WITH X-RAYS, THEY BECOME INFERTILE.
AND SO THE MOSQUITO BOARD IS, UH, WE ARE SUPPORTING RELEASING STERILE, STERILE MALE MOSQUITOES OUT BECAUSE MOSQUITOES ONLY MATE ONCE.
SO IF YOU MAKE THEM STERILE AND THEY GO OUT AND THEY MATE NO BABY MOSQUITOES.
SO WE'LL BE THE FIRST MOSQUITO OF VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT BOARD IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TO DO IT.
SO IT'S GONNA BE INTERESTING CUZ IT'S GONNA BE A NASTY YEAR WHEN IT COMES TO MOSQUITOES.
THAT ALL DONE? THAT'S ALL WE GOT.
I MISSED ONE THING I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE.
FIRE BOARD MEMBER TOM HOWIE BACK THERE.
SORRY, TOM, I DIDN'T SEE YOU FOR THE SCREEN HERE, SO, YEAH.
BY THE WAY, WE MEET EVERY TWO WEEKS IF YOU'D LIKE TO
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SHOW UP AND KIND OF, IT'S LIKE OPEN MIC KNIGHT.ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP IS COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ.
UM, I WAS IN SACRAMENTO LAST WEEK AT THE BOARD MEETING FOR CAL CITIES.
UH, WE BASICALLY GOT UPDATES ON OUR PRIORITIES.
UH, NUMBER ONE WAS HOMELESSNESS.
UH, WE'RE TRYING TO GET, UH, 3 BILLION PASSED AT THE STATE LEVEL ANNUALLY TO, UM, HELP WITH HOMELESSNESS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, KEEPING LOCAL CONTROL.
WE TALKED ABOUT IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY CUZ THERE'S AN ISSUE.
UH, CRIMES UP UPTICK IN CALIFORNIA.
AND ALSO SAFEGUARD LOCAL REVENUES.
WE GOT UPDATES AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL.
UH, THERE IS A SHORTFALL AT THE STATE LEVEL.
WE REALLY DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT'S GONNA BE.
THEY'RE ANTICIPATING ANYWHERE BETWEEN 20 TO 50, OR EXCUSE ME, 20 TO 40 BILLION SHORTFALL.
UM, THEY'RE WAITING FOR MAY REVISE, BUT THAT REALLY ISN'T GONNA GIVE US A TRUE SENSE OF WHAT WE ARE BECAUSE THERE WAS AN EXTENSION ON TAXES.
SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE DONE UNTIL OCTOBER.
SO WE PROBABLY WON'T GET A HANDLE AS FAR AS, YEAH, TRUE.
THE SHORTFALL UNTIL OCTOBER, WE GOT UPDATES ON CITI PACK, WHICH IS, UM, IS HOW WE RAISED MONEY FOR PROPOSITIONS.
UM, THE ONE FOR THE DIS THIS DIVISION, INLAND DIVISION EVENT WILL BE JUNE 15TH IN CALERO AT THE CHINO AIRPORT.
PLEASE COME, IF YOU GUYS WANNA COME, LET ME KNOW.
WE HAD OUR MEETING AT YAMA VA RESORT AND CASINO.
UH, WE HAVE NOT HAD A MEETING IN THE AFTERNOON.
UM, ON THE 20TH OF APRIL, 1130, WE ACTUALLY HAVE 15 CITIES THAT WE REPRESENT IN THE INLAND DIVISION.
WE HAD 12 OF THE 15TH MOST EVER.
SO I WAS REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
UM, WE HAD THE EXECUTIVE, UH, CEO FOR MISSION INDIANS, BAND OF INDIANS, LYNN AL BUENA.
SHE GREETED US AND TOLD US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER MISSION AND ALL THE MONIES THAT THEY GIVE, UH, TO THE SURROUNDING AREAS.
AND I BELIEVE IT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO $350 MILLION.
WE TALKED ABOUT OUR RECAP LEGISLATION ON CALIFORNIA BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE ACT.
UM, AND THIS WILL BE ON THE BALLOT IN 2024.
THIS MISSION WILL RESTRICT LOCAL TAX AND AUTHORITY.
SO IT'S A CONCERN THAT WE ALL HAVE AT CITY LEVELS.
WE A LOT OF CONVERSATION ON PROP 47.
THIS WAS A PROPOSITION, UH, THAT WAS ESTABLISHED A FEW YEARS BACK.
AND BASICALLY, UM, THERE IS AN UPTICK ON IT.
PEOPLE BREAKING INTO HOUSES, STEALING CARS, SHOPLIFTING.
AND WE ARE TRYING TO, UM, MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS WITH AN AB BILL, 1708 MARIUCCI.
IT DID NOT COME OUT OF THE ASSEMBLY PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
WE HAD SOME, UH, FENTANYL BILLS THAT WE WERE TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE, AND NONE OF THE BILLS CAME OUTTA COMMITTEE.
UM, THE LAST THING FROM THE PAGE HERE, WE ALSO HAD THE PRESIDENT, CAL CITY'S ALLEY TAJ.
HE WAS ONE OF OUR GUEST SPEAKERS.
AND THEN ALSO I HAD THE LEGISLATIVE AVO ADVOCACY DIRECTOR, MELODY PERONE.
SHE CAME FROM SACRAMENTO AND GAVE US AN UPDATE.
SO I WAS VERY HAPPY WITH THE, UH, OUTCOME OF THE MEETING, THE LATINO CAUCUS.
UH, NOTHING TO REPORT METROLINK, I WAS PLANNING ON, UH, I WAS UP IN SACRAMENTO.
I WAS GONNA DO A ZOOM MEETING, BUT I MADE A MISTAKE ON, UH, POSTING THE MEETING SO I COULD NOT PARTICIPATE.
SO I, I THINK I DID THAT ON PURPOSE.
BUT, UH,
ARE YOU PREPARED TO CONTINUE WITH, UH, COUNCIL COMMENTS? SURE.
UM, I ATTENDED THE CAL CITY'S LEADERSHIP SUMMIT IN SACRAMENTO.
UH, WE MET WITH THE TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING LEADERSHIP IN SACRAMENTO.
SO WE HAD A LOT OF MEETINGS THAT WE HAD TO, TO GO THROUGH.
UM, I HAVE THESE REALLY PURE, NICE PAIR OF SHOES THAT I WORE WITH MY REALLY NICE SUIT.
AND THE DAY WAS OVER MY WHOLE SOUL SOULS OF MY SHOE.
SO I WAS WALKING BASICALLY BAREFOOT, ALMOST, BUT MY DEDICATION TO CHINO HILLS, I WAS DOING IT.
SO, AND A LOT OF SOUL THERE AS WELL, AND A LOT OF SOUL.
UM, WE ASKED OUR LEGISLATORS TO BASICALLY REPAY $1 BILLION THAT, THAT, THAT IS OWED TO CITIES FOR UNFUNDED MANDATES.
SO AGAIN, UH, WE, WE REQUESTED IT, WE TALKED TO PEOPLE.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS REQUEST IN THE FUTURE.
JONATHAN, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
WE DID HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES PRIOR TO PICKLEBALL.
WHERE, WHERE ARE WE WITH THAT? HAS THAT GOTTEN A LOT BETTER? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ ACTUALLY HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING.
UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UH, THE ONE THING WE DO KNOW IS, IS WHEN YOU GET PEOPLE IN THE PARKS, IT DE TEARS THOSE WHO WANT TO DO THE, THE BAD STUFF.
UM, AND ON A SIDE NOTE WHERE THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION, UH, LISTENED TO A STAFF REPORT, UH, RELATED TO TORY PINES PARK, CUZ WE'VE HAD A LOT OF VANDALISM THERE AND ABOUT UPGRADING THE PARK WITH A, UH, PLAYGROUND AND, AND SOME OTHER THINGS THERE.
SO, UM, BUT, UM, I HAVEN'T HEARD
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ANYTHING UNLESS DANIEL'S HEARD ANYTHING FROM PUBLIC WORK SIDE OF THINGS THAT WE'VE HAD ANY, UH, ONGOING, UH, VANDALISM ISSUES OVER AT VIO.SO IT'S, UH, AND THAT'S MY POINT.
SINCE PICKLEBALL STARTED THERE, VANDALISM WENT WAY, WAY DOWN.
SO NOW TALKING ABOUT PICKLEBALL, THE COURTS WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING LIGHTS UP AND I KNOW IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN A COUPLE MONTHS AGO.
UH, WE'RE ABOUT TWO WEEKS AWAY.
IT APPEARS, UH, FROM THAT BEING COMPLETED, UH, WE HAD, OF COURSE, WITH ALL THE RAIN AND EVERYTHING, UH, KIND OF DELAYED STUFF.
BUT, UM, THANKFULLY THE TIME HAS CHANGED.
SO PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE FOR A LATER PERIOD OF TIME.
BUT, UH, HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS THAT, UH, PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED AND THEY'LL, UH, GET TO PLAY EVEN LONGER.
UM, TALKING TO DANIEL HERE, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, CARBON CANYON ROAD, TRUCK RESTRICTIONS.
DO WE HAVE AN IDEA WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT? UH, NOT YET.
WE'RE STILL WAITING ON, UH, WARD FROM BREA, UM, WHERE WE'RE READY ON OUR END, JUST WAITING FOR THE CITY OF BREA TO WRAP UP THEIR ITEMS AND WE'LL MOVE FORWARD.
THE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS ARE GETTING READY TO START ON CARBON CANYON.
I KNOW WE MET WITH CARBON, UH, WITH THE CALTRANS.
UH, SO WE RECENTLY, UM, UH, ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH CALTRAN FOR A SHARED PROJECT.
UM, WE ALSO DEDICATED SOME LAND TO THEM FOR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
THEY ARE GONNA GO THROUGH THEIR, UH, BIDDING PROCESS, AND THEY ARE HOPING TO, UH, START CONSTRUCTION IN THE NEXT, UH, COUPLE OF MONTHS.
UM, THE CREEK BED, I KNOW, UH, LAST YEAR I THINK WE, UM, GOT, WE WERE ACTUALLY, UM, THE, THE PALM TREES WE WERE TRYING TO KILL, SO WE GAVE 'EM SOME CHEMICALS.
AND I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THEY WERE GONNA BE TAKEN CARE OF, AND IT STILL, IT STILL SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE STILL THERE.
SO CAN YOU GIVE ME AN UPDATE ON THAT, PLEASE? YES, THEY ARE STILL THERE.
UH, WE DO HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE, A CONTRACTOR TO REMOVE THE, THE PALM TREES.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF, UH, BIRD NESTING SEASON, WHICH PROHIBITS US FROM GOING IN AND REMOVING THE TREES.
UM, EVEN THOUGH THE TREES ARE DEAD, UH, IT WILL STILL BE A VIOLATION FOR US TO REMOVE THOSE TREES AT THIS POINT.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL, UH, THE FALL SEASON AND BIRD NESTING, UH, SEASON ENDS.
I DID TAKE A WALK DOWN THERE AND I NOTICED THAT THERE IS A LOT, NOT JUST PALM TREES, BUT OTHER TREES THAT ARE DEAD.
SO AGAIN, IF WE CAN, HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE GET A GRANT, A GRANT TO REMOVE THOSE, UH, DEAD TREES.
AND THEN THE LAST THING, CALCI CAL CITY'S PLANNING COMMISSION.
THERE WAS AN ACADEMY AND I ATTENDED IT.
I WAS A PANELIST ON A, A COMMITTEE OR COMMISSION.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT KEPT, THEY KEPT ON ASKING ME, I GUESS A LOT OF CITIES THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE AN ANNUAL MEETING WITH THEIR COMMISSIONERS.
SO AGAIN, I THINK IT WAS A GOOD IDEA, AND I'M JUST SORT OF CITY MANAGER.
MAYBE WE CAN DISCUSS THAT OR MAYBE PUT THAT ON THE, THE AGENDA MAYBE IN THE FUTURE THAT WE COULD MAYBE HAVE A ONE MEETING ONCE A YEAR WITH, UH, ALL THREE COMMISSIONERS OR COMMISSIONS AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE DONE FOR THE, FOR THE YEAR.
CYNTHIA, I HAD JUST A COUPLE THINGS.
FIRST, UM, LAST WEEK, UM, IN DAYTON, OHIO, IT WAS THE WINTER GUARD INTERNATIONAL ONCE AGAIN, UH, WHICH IS A BIG WORLDWIDE COLOR GUARD, PERCUSSION AND WINS COMPETITION.
IT'S LIKE OUT OF ALL OF THESE HIGH SCHOOLS FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES AND EVEN IN THE WORLD, THEN THE RANKED NUMBER ONE AND TWO IS AYALA AND CHINO HILLS HIGH.
SO AYALA SCORED A 97.938 CHINO HILLS, 97.2.
IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST, IT'S ASTOUNDING WHAT OUR MUSICAL, UM, YEAH, THAT'S PROGRAMS ARE IN CHIN HILLS.
I WANTED TO PUBLICLY CONGRATULATE BOTH OF THOSE SCHOOLS.
AND THEN THANK THE, UM, THANK ROTARY AND THANK, UH, CHIN HILL'S ROTARY FOR INVITING US OUT TO THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL THAT WAS ON SATURDAY, WHICH WAS A BUSY DAY IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH PETER WILL ELABORATE ON.
BUT, UM, IT WAS JUST, IT WAS A REALLY GREAT PROGRAM.
ALL THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS IN ENTERTAINMENT, UM, THE DIFFERENT CULTURES, THEY REALLY DO A GOOD JOB.
AND THAT'S, OH, ONE MORE THING.
UM, UM, CITY, MR. CITY MANAGER, CAN YOU PLEASE LET THESE FINE YOUNG FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE KNOW ABOUT OUR SUMMER EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FILL? UH, VICE MAYOR MORAN, I THINK NO ONE WOULD DO IT BETTER JUSTICE THAN OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR.
SO, UH, UH, BUT, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE, UH, ANY OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO MIGHT BE LOOKING FOR THAT FIRST JOB.
UH, WORKING IN THE DEPARTMENT OF FUN, UH, WITH, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICES IS AN AWESOME PLACE TO START.
UH, COME TO OUR WEBSITE, UH, IF YOU WANNA WORK THIS SUMMER AND HAVE A, A REALLY GOOD TIME.
ISN'T THAT SO? JONATHAN COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT ANY BETTER THOUGH.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR A BORING GROUP OF PEOPLE FOR THE SUMMER.
THERE'S LESS PROBLEMS, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE BORING AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
BUT, UH, YES, AS THE CITY MANAGER SAID, UH, PLEASE CHECK OUR WEBSITE.
UM, I DO BELIEVE WE STILL HAVE SOME POSITIONS OPEN FOR THE SUMMER.
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WE HIRE QUITE A FEW, UH, PEOPLE, AS HE HAD STATED, MOST ARE ALL FIRST TIME JOBBER, UH, WITH US WORKING SUMMER DAY CAMP, GET TO GO TO TRIPS FOR FREE AND, UH, OTHER TYPES OF PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER, UH, UH, THE CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY.AND SO IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO GIVE BACK AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE WAYS, BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A LITTLE MONEY ON THE SIDE.
UH, BEFORE OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, OF COURSE WE WILL HAVE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER ON THE FOURTH.
UH, BE SURE TO PRAY FOR OUR NATION, STATE AND CITY.
LORD KNOWS WE NEED IT AS A COUNTRY LORD.
UH, THE FOLLOWING DAY WILL, UH, I'M GOING TO SUGGEST THAT EVERYBODY BE, HAVE A SAFE, INSANE SINGLE DENIAL.
UH, KEEP YOUR DRINKING TO A A MINIMUM.
THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE PROBABLY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT OR TOTALLY, UH, THAT WOULD BE BETTER AND FOR SURE, STAY OUT OF A VEHICLE IF YOU'RE, UH, DRIVING A VEHICLE FOR SURE.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, MOST IMPORTANTLY, MY SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR STUDENT CHEERING SESSION SECTION TONIGHT.
SO, UH, YOU GUYS DID A GOOD JOB.
HOPEFULLY YOU LEARNED A LITTLE BIT OF SOMETHING.
MY SWUNG BY PARTICIPATED IN THE CITY'S COMMUNITY CLEANUP THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE OVERFLOW, UH, PARKING LOT OVER AT THE SHOPS.
IT WAS OVER 500 CARS THAT CAME THROUGH.
SO REALLY JUST A TESTAMENT TO, YOU KNOW, GETTING THAT SERVICE OUT THERE AND RESIDENCE, CLEANING OUT ALL THE, ALL THE GARBAGE FROM THEIR, UH, THEIR, UH, BACKYARDS AND, UH, GARAGES.
SO, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS CAN ALWAYS CALL BULKY ISLAND PICKUP AS WELL, AND NOT WAIT FOR A COMMUNITY CLEANUP.
BUT IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THAT KIND OF PARTICIPATION.
UM, OUR SHERIFF ON SOCIAL MEDIA WAS PROMOTING, UM, HIS, UH, C W CLASSES.
SO IF YOU FEEL INCLINED, UM, AND YOU'RE OF GOOD MORAL STANDING AND LACK OF CRIMINAL RECORD, PLEASE, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, YOUR OWN, YOU KNOW, TRY TO GO THROUGH THE, THE C C W PERMIT PROCESS.
WE HAVE A SH KNOW THE ACRONYM, UH, CONCEALED CARRY WHAT WEAPONS PERMIT.
SO THANK GOD WE LIVE IN A COUNTY WITH A SHERIFF THAT'LL ACTUALLY GIVE YOU ONE IF, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A, IF, IF HE SO DEEMS THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, NEED ONE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, USE YOUR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHT AND GO AHEAD AND GO FOR IT IF YOU FEEL INCLINED.
UM, AND THEN JUST ONE LITTLE PIECE.
THERE'S ONLY, I THINK THREE, UM, THE YOUNGER KIDS WON'T REMEMBER, BUT WILBUR, WHO USED TO COME TO OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS.
UM, THERE'S ONLY THREE OF THE PLANES THAT HE FLEW ON, UM, IN, UH, IN WORLD WAR II THAT ARE STILL FLYING A B 17.
AND MY DAD'S ON A FLIGHT CREW FOR ONE THAT WILL BE LANDING IF IT HASN'T ALREADY LANDED TONIGHT.
IT'LL BE HERE TOMORROW MORNING AT CHINO.
SO WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, AND FRIDAY.
IF YOU'VE NEVER SEEN, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE PLANES THAT DEFEATED THE NAZIS, THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF THEM AT ONE TIME OVER, YOU KNOW, OVER EUROPE.
MORE AMERICANS DIED FLYING OVER EUROPE THAN DIED ON THE GROUND.
AND THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND.
SO THERE'S ONLY THREE B SEVENTEENS FLYING IN THE WORLD.
IF YOU WANT TO GO SEE ONE SWING BY PLANES OF FAME, UH, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AT CHINO AND GO, GO SEE IT AND SAY HI TO STEVE JO, MY DAD.
HE'LL, UH, GIVE YOU THE SPECIAL TOUR.
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FEW COMMENTS AND WE'RE ALMOST DONE.WE CALL IT DE MAYO THAT TAKES PLACE.
THERE HASN'T BEEN A LOT OF PUBLICITY ON IT, SO I THOUGHT I'D TALK ABOUT IT PUBLICLY.
THE DOORS, IT'S AT BRENDON HALL, WHICH IS ALSO CALLED CHINO FAIRGROUNDS.
IT SAYS COMING MONDAY, MAY 1ST, DOORS OPEN AT FIVE, AND UH, THE TICKETS ARE $30, DINNERS AT FIVE 30, DINNER PROVIDED.
AND THE GAMES START AT SEVEN O'CLOCK IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.
OR YOU CAN BUY TICKETS AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
ALSO, I ATTENDED TWICE, ACTUALLY.
THE BULK ITEMS DRIVE THROUGH FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AND A LITTLE BIT LATER.
AND ABOUT 575 CARS WENT THROUGH, WHICH WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
THEY WERE LINED UP AND SERPENTINING AND DOWN THE STREET AND TURNED THE STREET AND BACK UP THE STREET.
MANY PEOPLE WERE DOING, GOING THROUGH TWICE JUST TO UNLOAD DISHWASHERS AND WHATEVER ELSE THEY COULD SUPPORT.
THANK YOU TO OUR TEAM FOR HOSTING ALONG WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT.
AND CONGRATULATIONS, LANAE AGAIN FOR YOUR BIG AWARD.
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SURE THAT, UH, A PARTY WILL BE HELD SOON, SPONSORED BY CHERYL.SO JUST, JUST MAKE SURE WE GET THE INVITATION FOR IT.
BUT CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, UH, RECOGNITION.
A VERY SUCCESSFUL CONCERT ON FRIDAY, UH, BY THE CHINOS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF DEREK BORDEAUX.
AND IT WAS, WE HAD ABOUT 275 PEOPLE THERE.
AND JUST FOR THOSE THAT WERE INTERESTED IN THAT TYPE OF CONCERT, WE HAVE ANOTHER HOSTED CONCERT COMING UP JUNE 16TH, 7:00 PM AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER RIGHT DOWN THE STREET, THE, INSTEAD OF A $10 TICKET, THIS ONE IS A $15 TICKET.
CAUSE WE'RE PAYING MORE MONEY FOR THIS INDIVIDUAL.
ANDY VARGAS, THE LEAD SINGER FOR SANTANA.
SO HE WILL BE HERE IN CHINO HILLS ON JUNE 16TH, I'M SURE HE'LL PUT ON A FANTASTIC CONCERT.
HE HAS NINE PEOPLE AS PART OF HIS BAND THAT WILL BE SHOWING UP.
I'M SURE SEVERAL ARE ON SANTANA, ALSO ON THE GROUP, CHINO HILLS FOUNDATION.ORG.COM.
AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW.
[ ADJOURN IN MEMORIAM AND IN HOPE: Adjourn in tribute and honor of those who serve and have served in the Armed Forces at home and abroad. Their sacrifice and strength protect the goals and ideals that have made this Country great.]
QUEUING UP, YOU GUYS.I'M GOING TO ADJOURN THE MEETING IN MEMORIAL AND IN HOPE, ADJOURN AND TRIBUTE, 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 THAT HAVE MADE THIS COUNTRY GREAT AND WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED.