Sep 26, 2023 City Council Meeting

I WANNA THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALLOWING US THE ABSOLUTE INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY OF COMING AND OPENING THESE MEETINGS WITH PRAYER.

READY, BEGIN.

I PLEDGED ALLEGIANCE TO THE, THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR HANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR THANK YOU.

RIGHT.

[ INVOCATION: Pastor Shadrach Means, Calvary Chapel]

WILL YOU JOIN ME AS WE BOW OUR HEADS BEFORE GOD IN HEAVEN? AND WE THANK YOU GOD IN HEAVEN FOR THIS CITY, THIS CITY IN WHICH LORD, YOU HAVE BLESSED LORD, WITH THOSE PICTURES SHOWING US THE GREEN HILLS, THE FLOWERS, AND LORD, THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE.

WE PRAY THAT YOU TONIGHT WOULD MOVE IN THE HEARTS AND THE MINDS OF THE FOLKS MAKING DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF THIS CITY, KNOWING THAT SOMEDAY THEY WILL STAND BEFORE YOU AND GIVE AN ACCOUNT FOR THE DECISIONS THEY MADE ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS THAT HAVE VOTED THEM INTO THIS OFFICE.

THANK YOU FOR MOST OF ALL, FOR SENDING YOUR SON TO DIE ON THE CROSS AND RISE FROM THE DEAD FOR US, OFFERING US THE FREE GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE.

LORD, BLESS THEM AS THEY LEAD THIS MEETING TONIGHT.

GIVE THEM WISDOM, GIVE THEM DISCERNMENT, GIVE THEM UNDERSTANDING.

LORD, WE SURRENDER THIS TIME TO YOU.

IN JESUS' NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN.

FIRST PRESENTATION TONIGHT IS THE INTRODUCTION OF A NEW EMPLOYEE, DAVID VERA, MAINTENANCE WORKER, ONE WASTEWATER DIVISION.

THE

[6. INTRODUCTION - New Employee: David Talavera, Maintenance Worker I, Wastewater Division]

COME ON OVER, OVER, DAVID, PLEASE, PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR.

WELCOME.

THANK TONIGHT.

WE ARE EXCITED TO WELCOME A NEW MEMBER TO OUR TEAM.

I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE DAVID VERA, WHO IS NEW MAINTENANCE WORKER, ONE IN THE WASTEWATER DIVISION.

DAVID JOINS US WITH SIX YEARS OF PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE WITH UTILITIES AND IS EXCITED TO START A NEW CHAPTER HERE IN CHINO HILLS.

WHEN NOT BUSY AT WORK, DAVID ENJOYS SPENDING HIS FREE TIME WITH HIS THREE KIDS, A SEVEN YEAR OLD GIRL, A FOUR YEAROLD BOY, AND A TWO YEAR OLD GIRL.

AND I'M SURE THESE LITTLE THREE LITTLE ONES KEEP YOU BUSY AT HOME.

UH, EITHER THAT OR YOU WANT TO COME TO WORK AS SOON AS YOU CAN.

SO ONE OR THE OTHER, I SUSPECT ON BEHALF OF THE CHINO HILLS CITY COUNCIL, WELCOME TO THE CITY AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, BUT WE'VE GOT A CITY PIN FOR YOU.

ALSO, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, UH, AGAIN, KEEP IT TO 15 MINUTES.

HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR CLAIMING SEPTEMBER 15TH THROUGH OCTOBER 15TH, 2023 AS NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH TO BE ACCEPTED BY MS. CONTRERAS, TEACHER AND STUDENTS.

AND, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE WORKING HERE.

AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME UP HERE.

WELCOME, .

NEXT WE

[7. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming September 15 through October 15, 2023, as National Hispanic Heritage Month]

AVERY ROSA ROSAS, SPANISH CLUB OFFICER, AND MARTIN AND MIGUEL IS ALREADY FROM AYALA HIGH SCHOOL.

ALRIGHT, COME ON OVER.

WE HAVE A FEW MOVING PIECES HERE, SO LET'S SEE HOW WE CAN COORDINATE ALL OF THIS.

COME ON OVER.

NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATES THE HISTORIES, TRADITIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF HISPANIC

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AMERICANS TO OUR CULTURE AND OUR SOCIETY, THEY'RE BROTHERS.

DURING THIS MONTH, WE CELEBRATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF HISPANICS WHO HAVE SERVED IN EVERY FIELD, FROM SCIENCE TO THE ARTS, AND TO POLITICIANS TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS.

WE ARE PROUD TO LIVE IN SUCH A DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF CHINO HILLS, AND ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO USE THIS TIME NOT ONLY TO CELEBRATE AND HONOR THE HISPANIC LEADERS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO OUR NATION'S PROGRESS, BUT TO ALSO CONTINUE LEARNING TO WORK TOWARDS A STRONGER, MORE INCLUSIVE AND MORE PROSPEROUS SOCIETY FOR ALL.

TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION, WE HAVE MEMBERS OF ALA HIGH SCHOOL SPANISH CLUB.

I'D FIRST LIKE TO INTRODUCE AVERY ROSAS, OFFICER OF THE SPANISH CLUB, AND MRS. CONTRERAS, TEACHER AT AYLA HIGH SCHOOL.

AVERY, WOULD YOU, UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND THEN MAYBE PASS THE MIC OVER TO MRS. CONTRERAS TO TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAMS YOU HAVE AND TELL US WHAT THIS MONTH MEANS TO YOU? THANK YOU.

WE ARE THE SPANISH CLUB OF AYLA HIGH SCHOOL, AND WE ARE PROUD TO ONCE AGAIN RECEIVE RECOGNITION FOR THE CULTIVATION OF HISPANIC CULTURE AND THE PROPAGATED UNDERSTANDING OF ONE OF ITS LARGEST CONDUITS, THE SPANISH LANGUAGE.

MY NAME IS XAVIER , OFFICER FOR THE SPANISH CLUB AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF THE SCHOOL, AYALA NEWSPAPER.

THE AOG TIMES MORE THAN THAT.

HOWEVER, I'M A PROUD MEXICAN AMERICAN SELF-DESCRIBED BY THE MOTTO, NICHI NI, NOT FROM HERE, NOR FROM THERE.

OUR GOAL AS A CLUB OF HERITAGE REPRESENTATION AT AYLA IS NOT TO REGURGITATE THE SUPERFICIAL IDIOMS OF HISPANIC CULTURE TO OTHER HISPANICS.

OUR CLUB AND THE VAST DIVERSITY OF ITS MEMBERS AIMS TO GROW HISPANIC, INFLUENCE THE LANGUAGE, THE FOOD, THE MUSIC, AND ESTABLISH A PRESENCE THAT REMAINS UNPARALLELED AT OUR SCHOOL.

BLOOD DRIVES HELD BY OUR CLUB HAVE BROUGHT COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STUDENTS ALIKE TOGETHER FOR A CAUSE LARGER THAN OURSELVES AND HAVE WHILE HELPING OTHERS DONATE BLOOD HELPED TO CELEBRATE OUR OWN FOR ALL THOSE WHO FEEL THAT THEIR IDENTITY IS IMPROPERLY DISTINGUISHED IN A, IN A SEA OF BLUE EYES AND BLONDE WAVES.

WE HAVE BEEN THE ONES TO WAVE OUR GREEN, WHITE, AND RED FLAGS AMONG THOSE OF OTHER COUNTRIES.

WE HAVE BEEN THE ONES TO STRUM THE GUITARS AND SHOUT THE LYRICS OF OUR OWN HISTORIES.

WE HAVE MADE IT OUR OWN DUTY TO TELL OUR FELLOW LATINOS NOT TO TAKE THEREBY LITERACY FOR GRANTED.

HIGH PERCENTAGES OF SPANISH SPEAKING STUDENTS POPULATE CLASSROOMS IN AP SPANISH LANGUAGE, A CLASS THAT SERVES AS A PATHWAY TOWARDS THE CALIFORNIA SEAL OF BILITERACY.

SOMETHING I HAVE EARNED MYSELF AND CARRY WITH PRIDE AS WE SPEAK.

WE ARE DEVELOPING AN OLYMPIAD OF SORTS TO PROMOTE HEALTHY ENGAGEMENT AND COMPETITION IN THE SPANISH LANGUAGE THAT WILL BE OPEN TO SCHOOLS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

STUDENTS WILL LEARN ABOUT THE SPANISH LANGUAGE AND THE LATINO CULTURE THAT DEFINES SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY.

AND THEY WILL HAVE JUST AS MUCH FUN TEACHING, LEARNING IT AS WE WILL TEACHING IT.

IT IS A PRIDE FOR WHERE WE COME FROM THAT KEEPS OUR HEADS HELD HIGH, OUR SHOULDERS SQUARE, AND OUR CHEST JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE PUFFED.

AND IT'S NOT JUST DURING HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, THOUGH IT MAY BE ONLY NOW THAT WE HAVE THE MICROPHONE.

YOU HAVE ALLOWED US TO MAKE IT OUR LASTING ENDEAVOR TO CREATE OUR OWN FUTURE BY NEVER FORGETTING THE PAST SACRIFICES THAT HAVE PUT US RIGHT WHERE WE STAND TODAY.

IT HAS NEVER BEEN IN OUR NATURE TO PLAY THE VICTIM AND CONDEMN THE UPPER HAND FOR OUR OWN SUFFERINGS.

WE HAVE THE HEART OF OUR COUNTRY AND THE TONGUES OF OUR ANCESTORS AND OUR PRIDE AND SUCH WILL CARRY US WHEREVER NEED BE.

ONCE AGAIN, THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY.

AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AS DARK HAIRED KNIGHTS, AS MUCH MORE THAN FLOWER VENDORS ON NEGLECTED STREET CORNERS.

FORWARD TO A SUCCESSFUL YEAR.

GOOD EVENING.

COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY OF CHINO HILLS.

EH, MY NAME IS RI RIOS CONTRERAS AND I'M A SPANISH TEACHER AT AALA HIGH SCHOOL.

I'M VERY EXCITED TO CELEBRATE WITH ALL OF YOU HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.

UH, I'M PLEASED ALSO TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE STARTED A NEW PROGRAM AT AALA, A SPANISH FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS, AND THE OBJECTIVE IS TO BETTER, UM, EH, PREPARE STUDENTS FOR UPPER LEVEL EH CLASSES.

SO PREPARE THEM FOR SPANISH, UH, IN THE UPPER LEVELS, AND TO EXPOSE THEM TO CULTURE THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL FIELD TRIPS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, AND WE LOOK

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WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.

I'VE GOT A CERTIFICATE TO HAND OFF.

COME ON BACK OVER THIS WAY.

COME ON OVER HERE.

GOT A CERTIFICATE OF PROCLAMATION FOR YOU, UH, HONORING NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MINE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO WE'RE GONNA DO A PHOTO OP.

I'M GONNA HAND THIS TO YOU.

WE'RE GONNA DO A PHOTO OP OVER THERE, BUT I DID WANT, NEXT UP, I WANTED TO WELCOME MARTIN LTI AND HIS BROTHER MIGUEL, WHO WILL BE PERFORMING A, PERFORMING A SPECIAL SONG FOR US.

BUT BEFORE THAT, LET'S DO A, A GROUP PHOTO AND THEN, THEN WE'RE GONNA SET UP THE MICROPHONES AND OFF YOU GO.

SO, LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO ANYBODY ELSE WISH TO TAKE PHOTOS? COME ON OUT.

ALL THE KIDS.

WOW, THEY'RE VERY SHY ON THINGS.

WHO, WHO ARE THEY? ARE YOU GONNA INTRODUCE 'EM? ARE YOU GONNA INTRODUCE THEM? I JUST DID.

OH, I DIDN'T HEAR.

I WAS TALKING IN CLASS.

UM, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

UM, I HOPE YOU'RE HAVING A GREAT EVENING.

UH, THANK YOU FOR COMING.

WE'RE VERY HONORED TO HAVE RECEIVED THE PROCLAMATION AGAIN AND THAT YOU GUYS WOULD HAVE US AGAIN A THIRD YEAR.

UM, THIS NEXT SONG THAT WE'RE GONNA PLAY IS BY NATALIA .

IT'S CALLED AL.

AND AT THE TIME THAT SHE WAS WRITING IT, SHE WAS REALLY THINKING ABOUT HER HOME, RIGHT? WHERE SHE'S MEXICAN.

SO FOR HER WAS MEXICO, BUT, SO IT'S A SONG REALLY ABOUT YOUR HOME AND ABOUT REMEMBERING WHERE YOU'RE FROM, BUT IT'S REALLY A SONG FOR EVERYBODY, FOR ANYBODY WHO'S FAR FROM HOME, WHERE THEY WANT TO REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS LIKE AND TO STILL KEEP THE MEMORY OF, OF, UH, THEIR HOME ALIVE.

SO THIS IS, UH, AS WHOA, WHOA, WHOA,

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THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH.

MRS. Y BOY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PROVIDING SUCH EXCELLENT STUDENTS, SUCH GREAT STUDENTS.

RIGHT.

TELL YOU WHAT, WE'LL GIVE JUST A FEW MOMENTS TO, TO CLEAR OUT IF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.

YOU CAN GO OUT THAT DOOR TOO IF YOU WANT.

EITHER ONE.

HEALER'S CHOICE.

LET'S GET OUR MEETING BACK GOING IF YOU DON'T MIND.

MOVE ON TO, UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS TAKEN OUTTA CLOSED SESSION.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH AGAIN.

LET'S

[ ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION]

MARK, ANYTHING? UM, THERE'S NO REPORTABLE ACTION FROM CLOSED SESSIONS.

EVENING COUNCIL.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, MARK.

THEN WE'LL MOVE ON

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

TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

AT THIS TIME, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEMS WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER, JURISDICTION OF THE COUNCIL, WHETHER OR NOT THE ITEM APPEARS ON THE AGENDA, ACCEPT TESTIMONY ON PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS, WHICH MUST BE PROVIDED DURING THOSE HEARINGS.

PLEASE COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD.

COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.

I DO HAVE TWO SPEAKERS FOR ITEM NUMBER 12.

UM, MAYOR, I BELIEVE THAT, WHICH I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE PULLING ANYWAY.

SO WE'LL SAVE THOSE COMMENTS.

WE'LL FOR THAT TIME WE'LL SAVE THEM.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS DOMINIC CHANG.

WELCOME DOMINIC.

HERE'S YOUR STAGE RIGHT HERE, SIR.

AT TIME OR AM I LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.

UH, GOOD EVENING LADIES AND, UH, GENTLEMEN OF THIS, UH, STEAMED PANEL.

UM, MY NAME IS DOMINIC AND I STAND BEFORE YOU WITH, UH, OTHER RESIDENTS FROM ANO TODAY TO ADDRESS A MATTER OF GREAT CONCERN AND URGENCY OF THAT AFFECTS THE VERY FABRIC OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THE VIOLATION OF ESTABLISHED RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, OUR ANO NEIGHBORHOOD, PARTICULARLY CONCERNING THE PROPERTY AT 1 6 7 3 7 KATINA DRIVE, AND HIS HOMEOWNER MR. G

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J ZALA.

MR. ZALA, A BOARD MEMBER ON OUR H O A OKAY, HAS BREACHED THE GUIDELINES SET FORTH BY THE H O A AND THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL CODES.

HE HAS CONSTRUCTED A NON-CONFORMING WALL, WIDENED HIS ENTRANCE, AND POURED EXCESSIVE CONCRETE ON HIS LOT, AND INSTALLED A GATE ACTIONS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED BY OUR COMMUNITY GUIDELINES.

NOT ONLY DID MR. ZALE DISREGARD THE GUIDELINES, BUT HE ALSO VIOLATED TWO IMPORTANT MUNICIPAL CODES, C H M C 16.0 0.030, PERTAINING TO THE IMPERVIOUS SERVICE CODE AND C H M C 16.062 PERTAINING TO FENCES, WALLS, AND HEDGES.

THESE TWO VIOLATIONS COMPROMISE THE SAFETY OF HIS NEIGHBORS AND OUR COMMUNITY.

THIS DISPLACED LATENT DISREGARD, UH, FOR THE RULES THAT GOVERN OUR COMMUNITY SETS OF DANGEROUS PRECEDENT AND RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT THE INTEGRITY OF OUR CITY'S ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS TO ADDRESS THIS MATTER, WE, THE CONCERNED RESIDENTS HAVE TAKEN APPROPRIATE ACTION.

OVER 60 OF US HAVE SIGNED A PETITION AND SUBMITTED TO THE CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT HIGHLIGHTING THE MUNICIPAL CODE VIOLATIONS AND URGING, REQUESTING REIN UH, ENFORCEMENT.

HOWEVER, THE RESPONSE FROM THE CODE ENFORCEMENT FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE HAS BEEN LESS THAN SATISFACTORY.

WE WERE INFORMED THAT BECAUSE THE PLANNING DE DEPARTMENT DECIDED TWO DAYS AFTER OUR LETTER, THE MUNICIPAL CODES WERE BEING UNDER REVIEW AND THE VIOLATIONS WERE EFFECTIVELY PUT ON HOLD.

IT'S BEEN TWO MONTHS SINCE, AND THIS RESPONSE IS UNACCEPTABLE.

IT'S INCONCEIVABLE THAT VIOLATIONS THAT CAN AFFECT THIS NEIGHBOR, HIS NEIGHBORS, ARE NOT PROMPTLY ADDRESSED.

COMPARING IT TO SPEED LIMITS UNDER REVIEW ON ROADS WHERE VIOLATORS ARE NOT GIVEN A FREE PASS DURING THE REVIEW PROCESS, WE FIND THIS LACK OF ENFORCEMENT COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE.

MOREOVER, WE ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL INFLUENCE THAT PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS HAVE MAY HAVE ON THE ENFORCEMENT PROCESS.

WE ARE WELL AWARE OF MR. ZALES CONNECTIONS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, INCLUDING HIS INVOLVEMENT WITH THE B A P TEMPLE AND VARIOUS CITIZEN CITY OFFICIALS.

WE ARE COUNSEL TO ACT IMPARTIALLY AND REINFORCE THE LAWS THAT PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY, ENSURING THAT NO PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS COMPROMISE THE INTEGRITY OF OUR CITY'S ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES.

FAILING TO TAKE IMMEDIATE AND APPROPRIATE ACTION AGAINST THESE VIOLATIONS MAY FORCE US AS RESIDENTS TO ESCALATE THIS TO THE LOCAL NEWS AND BRING LIGHT ANY POSSIBLE UNETHICAL ARRANGEMENTS THAT MAY INFLUENCE DECISIONS WITHIN OUR BELOVED CITY OF CHINO HILLS.

WE IMPLORE YOU TO ACT SWIFTLY, DECISIVELY, AND IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND YOUR DEDICATION TO SERVING THE NEEDS OF AND CONCERNS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

ALRIGHT, DOMINIC.

NEXT WE HAVE BARRY WELCOME.

IT'S THE OTHER ONE RIGHT THERE.

RIGHT THERE.

UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I, UH, MY NAME IS BARRY JAMISON.

I LIVE AT 2 7 8 7 VERSA TERRACE IN THE ANO DEVELOPMENT.

I'M HERE TO SUPPORT WHAT, UH, UH, DOMINIC JUST SAID AND WHAT OUR OTHER HOMEOWNERS HAVE.

THIS HAS BEEN A EXTREMELY CONTENTIOUS ISSUE, UH, WITHIN THE ANO COMMUNITY.

UM, AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN INTERNAL ISSUES, UH, THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT.

UH, BUT WE'RE ASKING THAT THE COUNCIL AT LEAST BE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND HELP US EITHER GET A RULING OR A RESOLUTION FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT.

UM, IT'S BEEN IN CODE ENFORCEMENT FOR A LONG TIME.

UH, WE MADE EXTENSIVE, UH, UH, PLEAS BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO TRY TO HELP.

UH, WE HAVE OTHER STEPS WE CAN TAKE, BUT WE WOULD REALLY LIKE THE COUNCIL'S HELP TO UNDERSTAND OUR PROBLEM AND TO TRY TO GET A RESOLUTION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER THROUGH CODE ENFORCEMENT.

GOT TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY ALL THE WAY TO THE BUILDINGS IN THE SECOND STOP IN THE CENTER OF, UH, TRACE ARMAS, I KNEW THEY WERE THERE.

THANK YOU BARRY.

NEXT IS JIM GALLAGHER.

ALRIGHT, JIM , UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR.

CITY COUNCIL STAFF AND FELLOW RESIDENTS.

I'M JUST HERE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WONDERFUL TOUR THAT THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS EMBARKED ON ALONG WITH THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR AND THE CITY OF INDUSTRY LAST SATURDAY AT TRACE RAMOS RANCH.

UH, I THOUGHT IT WAS EXCEPTIONAL, UH, GIVEN THE FACT THAT SO MANY RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY CHINO HILLS RESIDENTS, SHOWED SUCH ENTHUSIASM TO TAKE THIS TOUR AND TO SEE WHAT THIS PROPERTY ACTUALLY EXHIBITS, UH, TO ME WAS AMAZING.

AND, AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THE CITY WORKED EVEN THROUGH THE, THE ISSUE WITH THE, UH, ONBOARDING PROCESS TO GET US ON THE BUSES.

SO, UH, STAFF IS TO BE HIGHLY COMMENDED, I THINK, FOR DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB.

UH, EVERYTHING THOUGH, FROM THE THREE ON THE THREE STOPS I FOUND TO BE, UH, VERY INFORMATIVE.

I MEAN, FROM THE FIRST STOP AT ARNOLD LAKE WHERE WE GOT TO SEE THE TOPOGRAPHY MAPS AND WE

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THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I EVER HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THEM AND TO HEAR THE HISTORY FROM PAUL SPITZER AREA ABOUT THAT AREA.

AND FINALLY, THE, THE FINAL STOP WHERE WE GOTTA LEARN MORE ABOUT THE FLORA AND THE FAUNA OF THE AREA.

UH, ONE RECOMMENDATION I WOULD MAKE IS I'D LIKE TO SEE, UH, TRACE ROMANO'S 2.0 WHERE WE ACTUALLY GO INTO DEPTH AT SOME TIME AND LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE FLORA AND FAUNA, UH, OF THE AREA, ESPECIALLY THE WILDLIFE.

'CAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LOT THERE FOR US TO DISCOVER.

BUT, UH, HATS OFF.

UH, I THINK THE RESIDENTS SHOULD APPLAUD THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS FOR BEING REALLY, UH, EXEMPLARY IN TRYING TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN FOR ITS RESIDENTS.

THAT'S OUR, AN EXAMPLE OF OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK AND ALMOST DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY.

SO, THANK YOU.

GOOD, JIM.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST ANNOUNCEMENTS.

THAT'S THE FINAL SPEAKER CARD FOR THIS PORTION OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

EXCELLENT.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU TO THE SPEAKERS.

MOVING ON THEN.

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

[ CONSENT CALENDAR (12 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.]

CALENDAR.

ALRIGHT, WE'VE GOT CONSENT ITEMS, UH, NINE THROUGH 20.

UH, BRIAN, I THINK WE'RE GONNA PULL 12, CORRECT? YEAH.

PARDON? OTHER THAN OTHER THAN 12.

NO, SIR.

YEAH, WE'RE, I THINK A COUPLE OF US ARE PULLING 12 RIGHT OFF.

NONE OTHER THAN 12.

NO, 12 AND 16.

12 AND 16.

AND, AND, UH, 12 FOR ME, MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO REMOVE THE REMAINDER OF THE CALENDAR.

[12. Authorize City Manager to negotiate and approve final terms of Chino Basin Regional Sewage Service Contract with Inland Empire Utilities Agency and other sewer contracting agencies in Chino Basin in substantially the form attached to staff report subject to City Attorney approval as to form; authorize Mayor to execute approved Regional Contract for sewer treatment services and certain recycled water rights; and determine project is categorically exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act]

12 IS TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AN APPROVE FINAL TERMS OF A CHINO BASIN RE REGIONAL SEWAGE SERVICE CONTRACT WITH INLAND EMPIRE UTILITY UTILITIES AGENCY.

BOTH RAY AND I I PULLED THIS ONE.

RAY, WHY DON'T YOU, UH, KICK IT OFF.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE GETTING SPEAKER.

UM, JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

BASICALLY, UM, THE ENTITIES, I KNOW IT'S NOT JUST CITIES, SO THERE'S STAKEHOLDERS.

ARE THEY EITHER LIKE WATER DISTRICTS? WHAT, WHAT ARE THEY AND HOW MANY ARE THERE? GOOD EVENING, UH, COUNSEL, UH, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE I E U A, UH, REGIONAL CONTRACT, THERE ARE SEVEN ENTITIES.

UH, SIX OF THEM ARE CITIES AND ONE IS A, UH, WATER AUTHORITY.

SO, THANK YOU, SIR.

AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION, UM, I KNOW THAT THERE, THERE'S BEEN SOME CONFLICT OVER THIS PAST YEAR OR SO.

DO WE ANTICIPATE ANY PROBLEMS OR ANY MAYBE FUTURE, UH, LITIGATION ON THIS, UM, AGREEMENT? UH, THE, THE REGIONAL CONTRACT HAS BEEN, UH, NEGOTIATED BY, UH, THE SEVEN ENTITIES AND, UH, AND THE INLAND EMPIRE UTILITIES AGENCY.

UH, IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN A, A VERY, UH, OPEN DIALOGUE.

HOWEVER, I THINK WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF AGENCIES THAT, UH, BELIEVE THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CONTRACT AS STRUCTURED.

AND THERE ARE A FEW THAT PROBABLY WON'T.

UH, AND THERE HAS BEEN SOME, UH, UH, DISCUSSION OF WHETHER OR NOT LITIGATION WOULD BE THE NEXT STEP.

UH, BUT I'M NOT AWARE IF ANYONE HAS FILED A CASE.

AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT THE POSITION THAT WE'RE, UH, PRESENTING FROM CHINO HILLS.

SIR, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

ALSO, I BELIEVE THE ELECTED OFFICIAL, MR. STEVE ELI'S HERE TONIGHT.

BEAUTIFUL.

ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS? WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS THAT I KNOW WILL HELP CLARIFY ANY QUESTIONS, BUT, UH, NOTHING.

TIME FOR SPEAKERS FIRST SPEAKER OR STEVE ELI.

UP BEING ON THE SAME PAGE.

COUNSEL, STAFF AND, UH, FELLOW RESIDENTS, UH, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE.

UM, IT HAS BEEN A LONG CALL, UH, THE, THE, THE DISCUSSION STARTED EIGHT YEARS AGO AMONG THE EIGHT, THE SE THE SIX CITIES, CUCAMONGA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT, AND IN LEN EMPIRE UTILITIES AGENCY.

UM, WE'VE GOTTEN TO A POINT NOW WHERE, UH, JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE, LAST NIGHT, THE CITY OF UPLAND APPROVED THE, UH, THE ITEM THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.

AND I UNDERSTAND THIS IS ALSO ON THE CUCAMONGA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT AND THE CITY OF FONTANA CONSENT CALENDARS TONIGHT AS WELL.

UM, SO, UH, WE APPRECIATE VERY MUCH, UH, THE STRONG EFFORTS OF YOUR CITY MANAGER, YOUR ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY, ELIZABETH, WHO'S HERE IN THE AUDIENCE, BEEN VERY HELPFUL AND CONSTRUCTIVE IN MOVING THINGS FORWARD.

UH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A DIFFICULT ISSUE BECAUSE THE SEVEN FOLKS EACH HAVE DIFFERENT INTERESTS AND, AND IT WAS NOT ALWAYS EASY TO GET THE SEVEN TO GET ON THE SAME PAGE.

AND THEY MAY NOT END

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BUT WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH CHINO HILLS AND ANYBODY ELSE THAT WANTS TO SIGN ON TO WHAT HAS NOW BECOME THE PROPOSED NEW CONTRACT.

YOU KNOW, THE OLD CONTRACT WAS A 50 YEAR OLD CONTRACT.

AND, UH, THE, THE IRONY IS THE TECHNICAL ISSUES WERE RESOLVED THREE YEARS AGO.

MM-HMM.

UM, WE HAD HIRED MEDIATORS THAT WERE EXPERTS IN THE FIELD FOR, FOR EVERYBODY HAD HIRED 'EM TOGETHER.

AND THE TECHNICAL, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT IS CONSIDERED AN EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNIT? WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS THE STRENGTH OR ET CETERA.

UM, THAT WAS ALL RESOLVED ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO.

SO WE'RE AT A POINT NOW WHERE WE'RE HAPPY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, WHERE IT'S AT WITH WHOMEVER IS WILLING TO SIGN ON.

AND I THINK AFTER TONIGHT WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE AT LEAST FOUR, STILL HOLD OUT HOPE FOR ONE OR TWO MORE.

UH, I MEAN, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE ALL SEVEN AND MOVE ON.

'CAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON IN OUR REGION ON THE SEWER SIDE AS WELL AS THE WATER SIDE.

BUT TRULY APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP OF, OF BEN ELIZABETH DANIEL'S TEAM AND YOUR, YOUR CONSULTANT RON CRAIG IN HELPING PUT THIS ALL TOGETHER TO WHERE IT IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.

THANKS.

GOOD, STEVE.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARCO TULLE.

AND BY THE WAY, STEVE'S OUR REPRESENTATIVE, UH, FOR THIS DISTRICT ON THE I U A BOARD.

AND MARCO IS THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD.

THAT'S CORRECT.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT.

UM, I'LL BE BRIEF.

I THINK STEVE COVERED MOST OF THE HIGHLIGHTS AND I JUST WANTED TO COME HERE AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR GETTING THIS ON.

UM, THE ACTUAL AGENDA, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.

AS, AS, UH, STE ELI MENTIONED IT'S BEEN CLOSE TO EIGHT YEARS AND THE TECHNICAL PORTION WAS SORTED, UM, SOMEWHERE NEAR THREE YEARS AGO.

SO I THINK THIS IS A VERY BIG MONUMENTAL MOMENT FOR US TO GET THIS BEHIND US.

A CONTRACT, I THINK IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.

I BELIEVE, IN MY OPINION, THAT THE I U A SYSTEM, UM, AND ALONG WITH PARTNERSHIP OF THE SEVEN AGENCIES HISTORICALLY UNDER THAT 50 YEAR CONTRACT, WE'RE ALL OWNERS AS RESIDENTS OF THAT SYSTEM.

AND IT IS, UM, THE REASON THAT IT'S BEEN ABLE TO BE SO SUCCESSFUL OVER THE YEARS AND MAINTAIN THE RATES SO LOW IS BECAUSE OF THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE C CITY OF CHINO HILLS.

AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOUR STAFF AND YOUR LEGAL COUNSEL.

SO, MR. MONTGOMERY, THANK YOU FOR GETTING US TO THIS POINT.

I KNOW YOU'RE VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING US HERE.

SO JUST WANTED TO THANK YOUR STAFF AND YOUR LEGAL COUNSEL.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TONIGHT.

THAT IS THE FINAL SPEAKER FOR THIS ITEM.

SO WE'LL BRING IT BACK UP.

AND ANYBODY YES, JUST WANNA SAY REAL FAST, STEVE, ELI, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING OUT THE OUR CITY.

I TOTALLY APPRECIATE IT.

ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 16 TO AWARD THE BIDDING CONTRACT TO LOS ANGELES ENGINEERING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF COMMUNITY PARK, ARTIFICIAL TURF AND IMPROVEMENTS PHASE TWO, FIELDS FIVE AND SIX.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THIS? UH, YOU, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE ITEM, MR. MAYOR.

YES, YOU WOULD.

WOULD.

I'LL SECOND IT AND WE HAVE A SECOND ALSO.

[16. Award bid and contract to Los Angeles Engineering, Inc. in amount of $887,385, and authorize City Manager to approve cumulative change orders up to ten percent ($88,738.50) of awarded contract amount for construction of Community Park Artificial Turf and Improvements (Phase II - Fields 5 & 6) Project located at 3280 Eucalyptus Avenue]

ALRIGHT, RAY, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, REAL FAST.

FIRST OF ALL, I'VE BEEN AT THE PARK NUMEROUS TIMES AND, UM, ALL THE USERS JUST LOVE WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR.

SO I'M REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

UM, MY QUESTION REAL FAST, I GOT THREE QUESTIONS, START TIME AND END TIME AS FAR AS THE WORK, UH, JONATHAN, CAN YOU SORT OF LET ME KNOW IN, UH, CONJUNCTION WITH MY PARTNER DOWN THERE, MR. BOBADILLA? WE'LL, UH, SEE IF WHAT WE CAN DO ON YOUR THREE QUESTIONS.

UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER THROUGH A JANUARY PERIOD OF TIME, BASICALLY, UM, TO GET THE WORK ACCOMPLISHED.

THE REASON WHY, UM, THIS HAS BEEN A PHASED PROJECT IS BECAUSE, UM, THEY, THE COMPANY FIELD TURF AND OUR OTHER CONTRACTOR WOULD BE UN WOULD'VE BEEN UNABLE TO DO THE, UM, ALL SIX FIELDS WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME THAT WE GIVE THEM OR GAVE THEM ORIGINALLY.

AND THEN NOW ALSO, SO THIS ONE WILL GO MUCH FASTER THAN THE, UH, FIRST ONE, OF COURSE, SINCE IT'S TWO FIELDS AS OPPOSED TO FOUR OR YEAH, AS OPPOSED TO THE FOUR.

AND, UM, SO, UM, UH, IF WE WOULD'VE TRIED TO FIT IN ALL SIX, WE WOULD'VE, WOULD'VE BEEN DETRIMENTAL TO OUR COMMUNITY YOUTH SPORTS ORGANIZATION.

SO THAT'S WHY IT ENDED UP BEING PHASED THE WAY IT IS RIGHT NOW.

SO, JONATHAN, WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT WE'RE REALLY ACTUALLY LIMITING AS FAR AS DISPLACEMENT OF, OF SPORTS GROUPS.

THAT'S REALLY HELPED ALSO, ACTUALLY THE PHASING.

UM, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MOVE PEOPLE AROUND ACCORDINGLY AND WE STILL WERE ABLE TO MAINTAIN SOME LEVEL OF PLAY AT COMMUNITY PARK AND WE'LL STILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

SO THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT, UH, IT'S KIND OF A DOWNTIME FOR US ANYWAY, AS, UH, TWO OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS KNOW FROM PAST PRESIDENCIES OF, UH, CANYON HILLS LITTLE LEAGUE.

UM, IT'S KIND OF A DOWNTIME GETTING US READY TO ROLL FOR THE 1ST OF FEBRUARY AND SUCH.

BUT, UH, IT'S BEEN WELL RECEIVED AND, UH, THE, THIS WILL FINISH OFF THE PROJECT, WHICH WILL BE GREAT, SIR.

WHY, WHY TWO PHASES? WHY NOT JUST ONE CONTRACT MUCH TO, UH, WHAT, UH, DIRECTOR MARSHALL, UH, POINTED OUT IS, IS JUST THE SCOPE OF WORK COULDN'T BE ACCOMPLISHED EASILY, UH, WITHOUT DISRUPTING THE PARK.

SECOND QUESTION I HAVE REAL FAST.

UM, WHY NOW? CITY MANAGER, WHY DIDN'T WE DO THIS?

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UH, IT ALSO ALLOWED US TO, UH, WORK WITHIN THE TIMELINES OF OUR, UH, PARTNERS, THE CONSTRUCTION TEAMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO IT WAS BROKEN UP FOR THOSE PURPOSES.

SO THE IMPROVEMENTS, ONCE THEY'RE MADE, WE'LL HAVE ONE CONTACT PERSON IF THERE'S A PROBLEM AT ANY OF THE FILLS, WE CAN JUST GO TO ONE PERSON, CORRECT? YEAH, THE, THE, THE, THE PRIMARY OF, UH, IS THE TURF PROVIDER AND THAT'S CONSISTENT.

EVEN THOUGH, UH, WE BROKE IT UP THERE WERE ALSO, UH, UH, UH, SUB, UH, CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, WITH THE PROJECT.

BUT OVERALL, WE'LL BE DEALING WITH, UH, ONE TEAM, UH, UH, FOR ANY FUTURE WARRANTY, UH, ISSUES.

APPRECIATE THAT.

GOOD.

EVERYBODY'S VERY PLEASED.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THE PROJECT? NOPE.

JUST, UH, PROJECT, JUST, UH, GOD, I SPENT SIX HOURS WATCHING A DOUBLE HEADER ON FIELD FOUR.

SO I, I AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE, UH, OH LORD, WITH THE, WITH THE, UH, THE TURF THAT'S OUT THERE.

IT'S A WONDERFUL PRODUCT.

I'M GLAD WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE IT TO FIVE AND SIX.

SO WITH THAT, MR. MAYOR? WELL, I WAS GONNA SAY, EVERYBODY THAT I'VE INTERACTED WITH HAS REALLY ENJOYED THE PROJECT, JONATHAN, IT'S, IT'S A GREAT IMPROVEMENT.

AND IT WAS 15 YEARS WHEN WE DEDICATED IT IN 2007 AND IT WAS, UH, IT WAS TIME FOR A LITTLE BIT OF A, UH, AN UPGRADE AND A, AN IMPROVEMENT AND SOME MORE PAINT, ET CETERA, AND EXCELLENT JOB.

AND THE LAST PIECE OF THE PUZZLE, IF I MAY, UM, IS THE, UH, EXPANSION OF THE PARKING LOT.

ACTUALLY TOMORROW WE'RE MEETING WITH THE, UM, I THINK THE CONSTRUCTION FO OR THE, UM, ARCHITECT POSSIBLY I THINK COLTON.

AND SO, UM, I'M GONNA BE LOOKING INTO, UH, ACTUALLY TWO AREAS OF EXPANSION FOR THE PARKING.

WE'LL SEE HOW IT COMES IN FROM A BUDGETARY STANDPOINT, WHETHER OR NOT WE MOVE ON THE SECOND ONE.

BUT, UH, THE INITIAL WILL BE IS THE REMOVAL OF THE EXISTING GRASS THAT'S NEXT TO THE SHED, THAT'S THERE.

AND THEN ALSO WE, WE MAY AGAIN, PENDING BUDGET, UM, ALSO EXTEND WHERE THE TRASH ENCLOSURE IS AT THE FRONT PART OF THE PARK RIGHT THERE.

WE CAN, UH, WORK OUR WAY UP TO THE TRAIL FENCING THAT'S CURRENTLY THERE TO ADD SOME ADDITIONAL PARKING AS WELL.

AWESOME.

THAT PARKING NEEDS IT.

YEAH, IT DOES.

HOW MANY PARKING SPOTS ARE GUESSTIMATED? I KNOW I'VE, I'VE HEARD NUMBERS PRETTY BROAD.

UH, YOU WANT ME TO TELL THE NUMBERS I'VE HEARD? LET ME SEE.

I'VE HEARD AROUND 65 OR 70, I'VE HEARD OVER A HUNDRED.

OH, AS FAR AS THE NEW EXPANSION, THE NEW, UM, I THINK WE'RE CLOSER TO 80, UM, PARKING STALLS IN JUST THE AREA THAT'S ADJACENT TO THE, UH, SHED.

AND THEN WE'RE, I THINK IT'S ANOTHER 40 TO 60 POSSIBLY IN THE OTHER AREA AS WELL, SO THAT'S CORRECT.

SO MAYBE UP TO 120 SPOTS.

COMMENTS, QUESTIONS ON ITEM NUMBER 16? WE HAD A MOTION? I'LL SECOND MR. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE ITEM.

ALRIGHT, I'LL SECOND THE ITEM.

MOTION PASSES.

FIVE ZERO.

ALRIGHT, EXCELLENT.

NEXT WE MOVE ON TO ITEM

[21. Appoint one member to Planning Commission to fill unexpired term of Sean Phan through November 30, 2026]

INITIATED BY COUNSEL.

THIS IS TO APPOINT ONE MEMBER TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO FILL THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF SEAN PAM THROUGH NOVEMBER 30TH, 2026.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

UH, HAD A VACANCY ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION A FEW WEEKS AGO WITH SEAN, UH, LEAVING DUE TO WORK COMMITMENTS.

HE'S COMMUTING FROM LA EVERY DAY, UH, TO GET HERE TO DO THE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION.

AND IT WAS A TIGHT SQUEEZE FOR HIM, SO HE, IT GAVE IT UP AND WE PUT THAT OUT FOR, FOR APPLICATIONS IMMEDIATELY.

AND WE RECEIVED 10 APPLICATIONS.

I PAPER SCREENED IT DOWN TO THREE APPLICATIONS AND DID THOSE INTERVIEWS AND EVERYBODY WAS EXCELLENT.

SO WE'VE GOT, UH, THERE'S GREAT HOPE FOR OUR PLANNING COMMISSION IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE, WOULD BE PERFECT FOR THIS.

BUT THE INDIVIDUAL I CHOSE WILL BE AN OUTSTANDING ADDITION TO OUR PLANNING COMMISSION.

UH, AND I WON'T READ HER BIO, BUT YOU CAN READ ABOUT IT WITH MARIANNE WRITES, WRITES ABOUT IT.

BUT I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE MELISSA DEI AS OUR PLANNING COMMISSIONER.

I WANT TO GIVE YOU, IF YOU WANT OUT NOW, NOW'S THE TIME BEFORE WE VOTE.

, ARE YOU STILL GOOD? I MAY.

SHE'S IN MR. MILL.

DO YOU NEED A SECOND? SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

I NEED A SECOND.

I'D LIKE TO SECOND 'CAUSE I'D LIKE HER DAD.

LIKE HER DAD.

ANY CONVERSATION BEFORE WE ALL RIGHT.

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SO YOU HAVE TO WRITE A, WRITE A PASSAGE IS AN EMBARRASSMENT FACTOR.

THAT COMES WITH IT.

SO, MELISSA, COME ON UP AND, UH, AGAIN, KEEP, KEEP THE SPEECH DOWN.

JUST 30 MINUTES.

30 MINUTES.

YOU KNOW, I JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THIS AWESOME CITY AND THIS AMAZING CITY COUNCIL.

I'M REALLY EXCITED AND HONORED TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND WORK TOGETHER WITH THE CITY TEAM.

I GREW UP IN CHINO HILLS.

I CHOSE TO STAY HERE TO RAISE MY TWO KIDS WITH MY HUSBAND.

I LIVE A MILE AND A HALF FROM THE HOUSE THAT I GREW UP IN.

I LOVE THIS CITY AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST, I PROMISE TO WORK HARD AND ALWAYS SERVE IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CITY AND THE WELLBEING OF THEIR COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OKAY, MELISSA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND MELISSA HAS A DEGREE FROM CAL POLY GO BRONCOS.

YES.

IN URBAN PLANNING, CORRECT.

SO WELCOME TO THE TEAM.

I APPRECIATE IT.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

THIS IS TO APPROVE THE 2223 CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT, COMMUNITY SERVICES ANALYST HERNANDEZ TO PRESENT.

YOU'LL BE SWORN IN IN A LITTLE BIT IF YOU STICK AROUND.

ALRIGHT, MOVING ON.

NEXT IS OUR PUBLIC HEARING.

[22. Approve 2022-2023 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report for Community Development Block Grant Program]

GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL OF THE C D B G 2223 CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT REFERRED TO AS THE CAPER, WHICH SUMMARIZES THE ACTIVITIES THAT TOOK PLACE DURING THE PROGRAM HERE.

LAST YEAR, THE CITY WAS AWARDED 387,000 IN C D B G FUNDS.

PLUS THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL 13,000 FROM PRIOR YEAR UNSPENT FUNDS, PLUS 17,000 IN HOME IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FUNDS THAT WERE CARRIED OVER A TOTAL OF 167,000 FUNDS WERE SPENT DURING THE PROGRAM.

YEAR 36% WAS SPENT ON ADMINISTRATION, WHICH INCLUDES FUNDING TO INLAND FAIR HOUSING AND MEDIATION BOARD FOR FAIR HOUSING SERVICES.

AND THERE'S AN UNUSED BALANCE OF 16,700 THAT WILL BE ALLOCATED DURING THE UPCOMING YEAR.

30% WAS SPENT ON PUBLIC SERVICE.

THERE WAS AN UNUSED BALANCE OF 8,600 THAT WILL BE REALLOCATED IN THE UPCOMING YEAR.

UH, PART OF IT WAS FROM UNSPENT FUNDS FROM PROJECT CELL, WHICH THEY WERE UNABLE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE, UM, DOCUMENTATION TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAM EXPENSES.

AND, UM, PAUSE FOR SUCCESS ALSO WAS UNABLE TO SPEND THEIR ENTIRE ALLOCATION.

34% WAS SPENT ON THE HOME IMPROVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM.

ALL OF THE PRIOR YEAR CARRYOVER FUNDS WERE SPENT.

AND THERE'S ABOUT 47,000 THAT WILL BE CARRIED OVER INTO THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.

AND TWO GRANTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN AWARDED SO FAR THIS YEAR.

WE ALSO SPENT AN ADDITIONAL 5,000 IN CARE ACT FUNDS THAT WERE SPENT ON THE BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM.

AND THEN TODAY WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE CAPER.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU THIS EVENING.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO.

SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

THANK YOU, ALMA.

WE'RE GONNA OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.

DO WE HAVE ANY REQUESTS TO SPEAK? WE DO NOT.

ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC? OKAY.

WITH THAT WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK UP.

MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE ITEM.

WOW.

YOU'RE ON IT TONIGHT, AREN'T YOU? I'M LOOKING THIS I'M JUST, I'M CLEAR VOID.

WE HAVE A SECOND FOR SECOND.

WE HAVE A SECOND FROM ART.

INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT.

MUST BE A BASEBALL GAME.

TONIGHT'S TRYING TO RUN THE TABLE TONIGHT.

[ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT]

SO NICOLE, WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR US? UH, THANK YOU MAYOR ROGERS.

JUST A FEW QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT.

THE CITY'S EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS WORKSHOP IS THE THURSDAY AT 7:00 PM THE EVENT WILL BE HELD AT THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY CENTER WITH A FORMAL PRESENTATION AND VARIOUS INFORMATIONAL BOOTHS.

ALL ATTENDEES WILL RECEIVE A FREE EMERGENCY BRACELET WITH A PARA CORD COMPASS AND WHISTLE AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION AND CAN ALSO ENTER TO WIN RAFFLE PRICES ALSO UPCOMING THIS SATURDAY.

THE CITY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT IS HOSTING A FREE BULKY ITEM DROP OFF EVENT.

TO ENCOURAGE HOUSEHOLD CLEANUP, RESIDENTS CAN VISIT THE SHOP'S OVERFLOW PARKING LOT FROM 7:00 AM TO NOON TO DISPOSE OF BULKY ITEMS, APPLIANCES, AND E-WASTE FOR FREE.

THIS IS AN EXTRA OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS OUTSIDE OF THE THREE FREE CURBSIDE COLLECTIONS.

THEY CAN SCHEDULE EACH YEAR AND MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

AS FAR AS ACCEPTED ITEMS, WE ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS AWARE OF A CALTRANS PROJECT AFFECTING TRAFFIC IN CARBON CANYON ROAD THAT BEGINS THIS WEEK AND IS EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH THE END OF DECEMBER.

THE PROJECT WILL EXTEND THE WESTBOUND ENTRANCE, CARBON CANYON ROAD MERGING LANE NUMBER TWO AT THE CHINO HILLS PARKWAY

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INTERSECTION BY A THOUSAND FEET AND MODIFY THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL TO IMPROVE INCOMING TRAFFIC FLOW.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT AND HOW TO SIGN UP FOR UPDATES FROM CALTRANS, VISIT THE CITY'S WEBSITE HOMEPAGE.

AND LASTLY, JUST A FEW, JUST A QUICK REMINDER THAT, UH, CELEBRATE THE FAMILY CONTRAST ENTRIES ARE DUE THIS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH, AND THE VETERAN SAY, SIGN CAMPAIGN ORDERS CLOSED NEXT FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6TH.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY P I O REPORT AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS OF NICOLE? NO.

MOVING ON.

DEPUTY CHIEF

[ SAFETY UPDATES - Fire and Police]

JEREMY ALT FROM FIRE.

WELCOME.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

UH, TWO ITEMS TO HIGHLIGHT FOR THE FIRE DISTRICT THIS EVENING.

FIRST, UH, IN ADVANCE OF OUR OPEN HOUSE, IT'LL BE ON OCTOBER 21ST THIS YEAR FROM NINE TO NOON.

WE HOSTED EVERY YEAR AT OUR TRAINING CENTER AT 5 0 9 8 SCHAEFER IN THE CITY OF CHINO.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT.

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE FOUNDATION, WE'LL BE HOSTING OUR ANNUAL STATE OF THE FIRE DISTRICT.

THAT'S GOING TO BE ON OCTOBER 25TH.

UM, WE'RE HOSTING IT IN A LUNCHEON FORMAT THIS YEAR.

NEW FOR US.

ALL PROCEEDS FROM THIS EVENT WILL ACTUALLY BENEFIT THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE FOUNDATION.

MANY OF YOU'RE AWARE, UH, THE FOUNDATION ACTUALLY HAS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP, UH, WITH, UH, MAKE A CHILD SMILE IN ADDITION TO PLACING AEDS, PUBLIC ACCESS AEDS WITHOUT THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.

SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYONE AT THAT EVENT.

AND GOOD EVENING.

ALL RIGHT, JEREMY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND WE'LL MOVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, JUST WE'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE TWO BOARD MEMBERS IN THE AUDIENCE.

YOU'VE GOT YOUR STIPEND.

YOU CAN OH, MY HI.

GOT YOU COVERED? YES.

I THINK THOSE WILL BE PRETTY BRIEF.

JERRY SPELL, WAS THAT FUNNY, JEREMY? NO, NO, IT WASN'T , UH, HE STUCK.

CHIEF.

ALRIGHT, ON OUR POLICE CHIEF, UH, AL GERARD.

GOOD EVENING.

HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF AND RESIDENTS IN ATTENDANCE.

JUST A COUPLE, UH, ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2023 14 NEW CITIZEN ON PATROL MEMBERS GRADUATED FROM A VOLUNTEER ACADEMY HOSTED BY THE CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THE GRADUATION TOOK PLACE AT THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY CENTER AND WAS ATTENDED BY DEPUTY CHIEF JOHN WALKER OF THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT MAYOR PETER ROGERS, COUNCIL MEMBER RAY MARQUEZ AND CITY MANAGER BEN MONTGOMERY.

THE 14 GRADUATES INCLUDED SIX MEMBERS OF OUR OWN SCHNELL HILLS UNIT, AS WELL AS SEVEN FROM THE FONTANA SHERIFF'S STATION AND ONE FROM RANCHO CUCAMONGA.

THE ACADEMY WAS HELD IN THE EVENINGS FROM TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH THROUGH THE 14TH.

OUR CITIZEN ON PATROL MEMBERS HELP US PATROL OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND RE RETAIL CENTERS.

THEY CONDUCT RESIDENTIAL VACATION CHECKS, HELP US DIRECT TRAFFIC AT VEHICLE COLLISIONS AND CRIME SCENES.

THEY HELP US ASSIST THE PUBLIC IN OUR LOBBIES, HELP OUR CLERICAL STAFF WITH ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES, AND ASSIST US AT SCHOOL AND CITY EVENTS.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING A CITIZEN ON PATROL MEMBER WITH THE CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOU ARE INVITED TO APPLY AT THE CHINO HILLS POLICE STATION, LOCATED AT 1 4 0 7 7 PEYTON DRIVE.

OR YOU CAN CALL OUR BUSINESS LINE AT (909) 465-6837 TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT WE ARE HOLDING AN, UH, COFFEE WITH A COP EVENT ON OCTOBER 4TH, AND THAT WILL BE HOSTED BY PANERA BREAD.

SO PLEASE COME OUT AND HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE AND VISIT WITH YOUR CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT, DEPUTIES AND STAFF.

ALRIGHT, GOOD.

THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT AND I'M, UH, FREE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

GREAT QUESTIONS.

NO, NO.

THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.

NO, I'M GOOD.

THANK YOU CHIEF.

APPRECIATE IT.

ALRIGHT, WITH THAT WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR COUNCIL REPORTS.

[ COUNCIL REPORTS Mayor Rogers Tres Hermanos Conservation Authority Board Water Facilities Authority Board Council Member Bennett Chino Valley Unified School District Board Council Member Johsz West Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District Board Council Member Marquez Cal Cities (League of California Cities) Board of Directors San Bernardino County Transportation Authority General Policy Committee Legislative Policy Committee Metro Valley Study Session Transit Committee]

UH, MY FIRST ONE IS TRACE, OR IT'S TRACE ROMANO'S, UH, CONSERVANCY.

BOTH RAY AND I SERVE ON THAT BOARD ALONG WITH CITY OF INDUSTRY AND DIAMOND BAR.

AND WE HOSTED OUR FIRST OPEN HOUSE OR TOUR OF THE PROPERTIES.

THERE'S BEEN SOME INDIVIDUAL VISITS, BUT WE DID THIS, UH, OPEN FOR THE COMMUNITY BASED ON A SIGNUP OR, OR LOTTERY TYPE SYSTEM.

AND IT WORKED OUT GREAT.

STAFFS DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

I WAS THERE ALMOST THE WHOLE TIME FROM EIGHT UNTIL ABOUT 1230 IS WHEN I LEFT.

THEY DID FOUR TOURS.

WE HAD THREE DOCENTS STATIONED, AS JIM SAID, UH, THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY.

AND THE WEATHER WORKED OUT GREAT.

UH, IT, IT WAS, WE HAD A LOT OF STAFF THERE, WHICH MADE THINGS FLOW MUCH EASIER.

THE THREE DOCENTS WERE BOTH EXPERTS IN THE VARIOUS FIELDS THAT THEY TALKED ABOUT.

WE HAD ABOUT A HUNDRED, 103 HUNDRED FOUR, WHATEVER THE TOTAL WAS, UH, SHOW UP, WHICH WAS CAPACITY FOR THE TWO BUSES THAT WE WE LEASED.

WE HAVE 400 ON THE WAITING LIST THAT TOOK PLACE, UH, THAT, UH, THAT MORNING AT NINE O'CLOCK OR SO THAT, UH, CRASHED THE WEBSITE.

AND, UH, SO THAT WAS THE, THE JOKE I'VE BEEN USING.

BUT NOW IT'S BEEN OVERUSED BECAUSE PAUL SPIT TOOK CLAIM FOR IT.

I MADE THE COMMENT THAT IT WAS MORE POPULAR THAN A TAYLOR SWIFT

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CONCERT, AND NOW OTHERS HAVE STOLEN THAT.

BUT, UH, I GUESS IT'S NOT AS FUNNY AS IT WAS EARLIER IN THE WEEK.

, THANK YOU .

IT WORKED OUT GREAT.

BEN, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? YOU WERE, YOU WERE THERE AND YOU WERE ONE OF THE TOUR GUIDES ON THE BUS.

NO, I, I, I THINK THE ONLY COMMENT I WOULD MAKE IS THAT WE DID HAVE A STRUGGLE WITH GETTING, UH, UH, PEOPLE SIGNED UP, BUT EVERY SINGLE PERSON WAS SO ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE TOUR THAT NO ONE, AND I CHECKED WITH, UH, DAN, UH, FROM DIAMOND BAR BECAUSE BOTH DAN AND I RAN THE TOURS ON THE BUSES.

NO ONE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE PROCESS.

THEY WERE JUST ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT GETTING ON THE PROPERTY AND THEY WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO OTHER MEMBERS IN THE FUTURE HAVING THE SAME OPPORTUNITY.

SO I THINK IT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, A GOOD TIME HAD BY ALL.

YEAH, NO, IT WAS, IT WAS VERY GOOD.

JIM, YOU WERE THERE.

YOU PROBABLY HADN'T BEEN PAST WHERE WE DID THE DEDICATION EARLIER, SO IT WAS PROBABLY EYE-OPENING FOR YOU.

SO IT'S AN IMPRESSIVE PROPERTY, APPROXIMATELY 2,500 ACRES.

IT'S A WILDLIFE CORRIDOR.

IT'S A GREAT SEPARATION.

UH, REALLY ONE OF THE BIGGER SEPARATIONS FROM, FROM HERE TO LOS ANGELES.

SO WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE IT.

WE HOPE TO PRESERVE IT IN ITS PRESENT FORM AS LONG AS WE CAN, OR IF FOREVER HOPEFULLY THAT'S, THAT'S THE GOAL.

IT PRESENCE SITUATION IS FAR BETTER THAN A SOLAR FARM, CORRECT? IT WOULD, IT COULD BEEN.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE SUPPORTED A SOLAR FARM.

THAT'S TRUE.

I WAS GONNA SAY YOU, YOU STOLE THAT FROM ME.

I'M SORRY.

I WAS GONNA SAY THAT WE HAVE 1,750 ACRES IN CHINO HILLS.

UM, ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO WE STARTED TALKING, TRYING TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF DVAR, CITY OF INDUSTRY.

AND AT ONE TIME IT WAS GONNA BE SOLAR FILLED OF ABOUT 1,750 ACRES TOTAL.

UM, I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU, MAYOR, CITY MANAGER, FOR COLLABORATING AND BRINGING THE TWO OF THE PARTNER CITIES, CITY OF DIAMOND BAR, CITY OF INDUSTRY TOGETHER FOR THIS PROJECT.

THIS IS AMAZING.

SO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, SIR.

NO, EVERYBODY, I'LL TELL YOU THAT WE'VE GOT A GREAT TEAM.

THE CITY OF INDUSTRY HAS HISTORICALLY OWNED THAT PROPERTY, AND THAT'S WHERE THE, THE SOLAR FIELD POPPED UP SEVERAL YEARS AGO, TO OUR SURPRISE IN THE CITY, IN, ITS IN ITS TRADITIONAL WAYS.

AS WE DID WITH, UH, UH, T R T P STOOD UP AND WE MARK LED THE CHARGE ON AS POSSIBLE LAWSUITS.

AND WE STOOD OUR GROUND.

AND RAY WAS PART OF THIS MIX ALSO.

AND IT WAS, IT, IT TURNED OUT GREAT FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY TO NOT SEE A HUGE SOLAR FIELD IN THE MIDDLE OF SUBURBIA.

SO WE'RE VERY PLEASED THAT IT'S TURNED OUT THIS WAY.

AND AGAIN, OUR PARTNER, CITY OF INDUSTRY, UH, HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING AND DIAMOND BARS RIGHT IN STEP WITH US ALSO, AS FAR AS WANTING TO PRESERVE THAT, THAT BEAUTIFUL GEM OF A, A PIECE OF LAND THAT WE, THAT WE HAVE MOSTLY IN CHINO HILLS.

SO GREAT JOB.

I'M SURE 2.0 AS WAS MENTIONED WILL TAKE PLACE IF WE'LL TALK AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING AND SEE, UH, WHERE WE GO FIND OUT WHAT THE COSTS WERE TO, TO TRIGGER THIS TOUR.

AND MAYBE IN THE WINTER INTO SPRING, WE WILL DO IT AGAIN.

WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL CHAT AND SEE, SEE WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS TO SAY.

SO THAT'S MY REPORT ON TRACE ROMANO'S, MY OTHER REPORT, UH, WATER FACILITIES AUTHORITY BOARD.

I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT.

SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT.

AND LIKEWISE, NOTHING TO REPORT.

MOVING ON TO, UH, MOSQUITOES, SOMETHING TO REPORT.

IT WAS A VERY, AND THE AGENDA WAS LIGHT AND NOTHING TO REPORT.

SO RAY, THE PRESSURE'S ON.

I DID MOST OF THE TALKING.

OH, YOU'RE GETTING WATER.

WANNA GET SOME WATER? THAT'S NOT A GOOD SIGN.

THERE WE GO.

THANK YOU SIR.

UH, CAL, WE ACTUALLY HAD AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE.

WE ACTUALLY HAD A BOARD MEETING, UH, THE FIRST DAY.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT OUR LEGISLATION HIGHLIGHTS.

WE HAD A LOT OF THEM THIS PAST YEAR.

WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT OUR BALLOT MEASURES, AC A 13 AND ALSO THE CALIFORNIA BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE, OUR ALLEGED COMMITTEE.

UH, THANK YOU FOR SHOWING THE SUPPORT, UH, FOR AC A 13.

NOVEMBER 29TH THROUGH THE 30TH.

UM, FROM THERE, IMPORTANT DATES FOR CAL CITY.

WE ARE GONNA HAVE A LEAGUE LEADERS WORKSHOP IN CARLSBAD.

SO IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU.

UH, IN 2024, APRIL 17TH THROUGH THE 19TH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A CITY LEADERS SUMMIT IN SACRAMENTO.

THAT'S THE APP.

THE TIME WE GO UP TO SACRAMENTO TO ADVOCATE OR THE OLD LEDGE DAYS.

UM, IF YOU GUYS CAN COME UP THERE, I'D APPRECIATE IT.

OCTOBER 16TH THROUGH THE 18TH.

OUR ANNUAL CONFERENCE WILL BE IN LONG BEACH.

AND THEN ALSO, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THE NEXT THREE ANNUAL CONFERENCES.

SO IT'LL BE LONG BEACH.

LONG BEACH IN 2025.

2026 WILL BE IN ANAHEIM.

RIGHT.

BASICALLY WENT OVER, UH, IN AUGUST OF 2023 PRO PROCUREMENT REPORT.

ALSO LEAGUE LEADERS WORKSHOP.

DECEMBER 4TH AND FIFTH WILL BE IN PASADENA.

AND IF YOU GUYS COULD ATTEND THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

MOVING ALONG, SS B C T A OR SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, I SIT ON THAT GENERAL POLICY COMMITTEE.

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WE HAD UPDATES AND WE ON OUR BUDGET FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER, WE WENT OVER THE FISCAL YEAR, 20 23, 20 24, OUR BUDGET ACTION PLAN, LEGISLATION POLICY COMMITTEE, REALLY NOTHING TO REPORT THERE.

METRO VALLEY STUDY COMMITTEE, WE HAD UPDATES ON INTERSTATE 15 ON THE CORRIDOR, ACTUALLY 15.

AND ALSO THE 10 ON THE CORRIDOR FREIGHT AND EXPRESS LANES TRANSIT COMMITTEE REVISED THE MASTER LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH CITY OF REDLANDS 2023 AWARD OF TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT FUNDS FOR TRANSIT STOPS.

AND THAT'S MY REPORT THERE.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S IT, SIR.

[ COUNCIL COMMENTS]

ON TO COUNCIL COMMENTS.

I THINK I WILL GO FIRST FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR, A COUPLE THINGS.

WE'RE WEARING THESE SHIRTS, UH, TO, TO HIGHLIGHT AND HONOR THE LET IT BE FOUNDATION WHO'VE BEEN AROUND MORE THAN 15 YEARS.

AND THEY WORK WITH, UH, KIDS THAT HAVE LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESSES AND THEY CHALLENGED US TO WEAR THESE SHIRTS TODAY.

SO WE'VE HONORED THAT CHALLENGE.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE GONNA DO THAT.

ANYTIME SOMEONE APPROACHES US TO WEAR A SHIRT, BUT THIS TIME LET IT BE HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER, PARTNER IN THE CHINO VALLEY.

WHAT, AND ARE THEY HERE TONIGHT TO SEE IT? THEY ARE.

WATCH THE RECAP.

SHE SENT A PHOTO TO, TO RUTH.

AYE.

UM, YES.

I'M SURE THEY'RE HERE SOMEWHERE.

THEY'RE WATCHING US, BUT THAT'S WHY WE'RE WEARING OUR SHIRTS AND HAPPY TO DO SO.

UH, ALSO A COUPLE OTHER THINGS REAL QUICK.

THERE SEEMS TO BE, UH, SOME CONCERN OR THERE, THE RIDGE LINE ORDINANCES AND RIDGE LINE DEFINITIONS.

THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME CONFUSION, UH, OUT IN THE PUBLIC ABOUT HOW THOSE DEFINITIONS ARE TRANSLATED AS FAR AS BUILDING AND STRUCTURES.

UH, I WAS ON THAT TOUR WHEN WE DID THE RIDGE LINE TOUR MANY MOONS AGO.

UH, AND, AND I VOTED ON THAT PRO, THAT PROCESS AS A COMMISSION WHEN YOU'RE PLANNING COMMISSION.

SO MAYBE IT'S TIME TO DO A, A COMMUNITY REFRESH.

BEN, ARE YOU OPEN TO DOING A PRESENTATION OR HAVING SOMEONE DO A PRESENTATION IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF COUNTS MEETINGS ON THE RIDGELINE, OUR RIDGE LINE ORDINANCE AND HOW IT DEFINES AND, AND WHAT THE VARIOUS RATINGS ARE FOR PROMINENT RIDGE LINES VERSUS KILLS, LET'S SAY? SURE.

THE, UM, THE RIDGE LINE PROTECTION ORDINANCE IS TAKEN, UH, UH, KIND OF FRONT AND CENTER RECENTLY IN THE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE, UH, UH, CELL, UH, TOWERS, UH, OUT IN THE OPEN SPACE.

AND I BELIEVE THAT, UH, THE COUNCIL ESPECIALLY, UH, UH, THE MAYOR AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ HAVE CALLED, UH, AND ACTUALLY, UH, INITIALLY BY COUNCIL MEMBER JOE'S HAS CALLED THE QUESTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY SHOULD LEASE LANDS FOR CELL, UH, TOWERS.

UH, I BELIEVE THAT THAT WOULD BE THE PERFECT TIME.

WE'RE TEEING THAT UP TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL, UH, UH, TO ALSO HAVE A, A, A THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSION ABOUT THE RIDGE LINE PROTECTION ORDINANCE.

AND AS YOU POINTED OUT, THERE'S CERTAIN DESIGNATIONS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THE CODE ABOUT WHAT IS A, UH, A PROMINENT RIDGE LINE AND, AND WHAT MAY BE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, PROMINENT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD DOESN'T MEET ALL OF THE DEFINITIONS.

SO IT'LL BE A GOOD TIME FOR US TO WRAP ALL OF THAT TOGETHER AT ONCE.

AWESOME.

UH, ANOTHER ITEM THAT'S BEEN BUBBLING AROUND PICKLEBALL.

SO WE HAVE COURTS AT THE, THE ANO PARK.

I THINK IT'S TIME TO, FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO STEP UP AND GET SOME MORE DEFINITIONS AS TO HOW WE CAN MAYBE WORK ON THE GRAND AVENUE PARK.

THE COURT NUMBER ONE, IS THAT WHAT IT'S CALLED JONATHAN COURT ONE? OR, OR IT'S STILL A, UH, CONFIGURED IN A ROLLER HOCKEY RINK, UH, CONFIGURATION.

SO WE JUST CALL IT RINK ONE.

RINK ONE.

TRY TO MEET ALL THE NEEDS AT RINK ONE, WHICH WOULD BE A HOCKEY NEED, A BASKETBALL, AND, UH, UM, PICKLEBALL.

I THINK IT'S TIME TO MAYBE BRING THAT UP FORWARD.

I KNOW IT'S, IT'S JUST BURSTING WITH POPULARITY NOW.

WE MIGHT AS WELL JUST KIND OF SEE IF WE CAN ADDRESS THE ISSUE.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT, UH, NEEDS TO GO BACK TO PARKS AND REC OR THE, OR IF WE JUST BRING IT TO HERE.

BUT WHERE WE STAND IN GENERAL, BEN, ON, ON, 'CAUSE THERE WAS TALK OF RESURFACING, WHICH RESURFACE SHOULD WE USE? EXPERIMENT, PUT SOME MONEY INTO IT, YOU KNOW, WHO DO WE CATER TO? IS IT PICKLEBALL? IS IT BASKETBALL? IS IT THE, THE ROLLER HOCKEY GROUP? THERE'S NO ONE SIZE FITS ALL.

UH, TO PLEASE EVERYBODY.

I PERSONALLY THINK WE JUST MAKE THE PLACE A PICKLEBALL, AT LEAST ONE OF THE RINKS AND CALL IT A DAY.

BUT EITHER WAY YEAH.

PERSONAL OPINION.

I'D, I'D BE HAPPY TO, UH, BRING IT BACK TO THE AGENDA.

BUT, BUT BRIEFLY, UH, THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION, AS IS THEIR PURVIEW.

COMMENTS ON FUTURE USES OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.

UH, THEY, UH, CHALLENGED, UH, STAFF TO

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WE CURRENTLY HAVE PORTABLE, UH, COURTS, UH, THAT SERVE THE BASKETBALL AND, UH, AND PICKLEBALL USES THERE.

THE, THE KEY KEY ISSUE IS WE NEED TO RESURFACE THE RINK AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO SERVE ALL USES.

UH, AND SO WHILE THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND THAT WE USE WHAT WE THINK WOULD BE MAYBE A HYBRID SURFACE MATERIAL, UH, WE'RE NOT, UH, UH, CERTAIN THAT THAT WILL SERVE ANYONE WELL.

SO WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL ULTIMATELY TO, UH, UH, HAVE THAT DISCUSSION HERE BECAUSE YOU'VE NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN IT.

SO THEY'LL BE GOOD WITH FURTHER DISCUSSION.

I, I HAVE A QUESTION OR FURTHER COMMENT ON IT.

YES, IF YOU WILL.

UH, I SHARED WITH BEN A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AN ARTICLE THAT I SAW, I BELIEVE IT WAS IN SCOTTSDALE.

BASICALLY THIS LOOKED LIKE A BIG WAREHOUSE, BUT IT WAS STRICTLY PICKLEBALL.

MM-HMM.

UH, WE HAVE A COUPLE FAIRLY BIG BOX RETAIL SPACES AROUND THIS CITY THAT ARE NOT BEING UTILIZED.

UH, I THINK THAT IF WE'RE GONNA START TALKING ABOUT THIS, MAYBE THAT IS ONE ADDITIONAL THING WE COULD POSSIBLY DO AS LOOK INTO THE OWNERSHIP OF EXISTING EMPTY HUGE SPACES AND POSSIBLY WANT TO CONVERT TO AN INDOOR PICKLEBALL THING.

IF WE'RE REALLY GONNA BUY INTO THIS, LET'S BE ON THE FOREFRONT.

LET'S BE A LEADER IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

IT'S GROWING AND GROWING.

I DON'T PLAY IT PERSONALLY, BUT I'VE GOT FRIENDS THAT DO AND THEY JUST ABSOLUTELY GO CRAZY OVER IT.

UH, I JUST HAD A NEIGHBOR OF MINE, UH, CALL AND TALK ABOUT WAITING IN LINE FOR, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL HOURS AT ANO TO TRY AND PLAY IT.

BUT WE MAY HAVE SOME SPACE AROUND THE CITY RIGHT NOW THAT WE COULD, UH, NEGOTIATE A DEAL AND HAVE A, A CITY PICKLEBALL, UH, FACILITY.

I MEAN, IF IT'S THAT BIG OF A DEAL.

SO IF WE'RE GONNA THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX THINKING, WELL, LET'S MAYBE THINK ABOUT INSIDE THE BOX FOR A PICKLEBALL.

SO JUST FOR, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH ALREADY.

WELL THAT WAS JUST A COMMENT THAT I WAS GONNA BRING UP TO OUR CITY MANAGER TO PROGRAM.

MAYBE SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT.

WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO AN AGENDA SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN COMMENT ON.

I SAW MARK WAS GETTING A LITTLE BIT ANTSY WITH HOW FAR WE WERE TAKING THE DISCUSSION.

SO .

AND MY LAST COMMENT IS, UH, THE CHIN HOST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION HAS THEIR BIG EVENT COMING UP.

TALKED ABOUT IT A COUPLE TIMES, BUT THAT'S THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY.

NO, A COUPLE TIMES.

OH YEAH, A COUPLE TIMES.

THE WINE WALK, WHICH IS A BIG FUNDRAISER FOR THE CHIN, THE COMMUNITY.

WOW.

IT'S TEED UP.

OH YEAH.

THAT WASN'T EVEN PLANNED FOR THE, UH, WHAT'S THE BACKSIDE OF THIS CARD LOOK LIKE? HANDSOME COUPLE.

SO WE'VE GOT THE WINE WALK COMING UP ON OCTOBER 14TH.

AND THE REASON I'M SAYING IS IT'S, IT'S GONNA SELL OUT.

IT ALWAYS, IT HAS FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE'RE DOING A LITTLE MORE THAN 1400 TICKETS.

WE HAVE 300 TICKETS LEFT.

SO IN A WEEK OR SO, A WEEK AND A HALF THEY WILL BE GONE.

SO IF YOU PLAN ON ATTENDING WINE WALK, WHICH IS A GREAT SOCIAL EVENT, ONE AND TWO, GIVING BACK TO THE FOUNDATION, WHICH IN TURN GIVES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, WE'VE RAISED CLOSE TO $2 MILLION OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS.

IT ALL GOES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

THEN, UH, GET YOUR TICKETS NOW AND THAT'S CHINO HILLS WINE WALK.COM OR CHINO HILLS FOUNDATION.COM OR.ORG? NO, CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.COM OR.ORG.

SO FAIR WARNING, IT WILL SELL OUT.

SO BECAUSE USUALLY THAT LAST WEEK GETTING THE PHONE CALLS, HEY, HEY BUDDY, GET ANY TICKETS? I KNOW YOU'RE SOLD OUT.

HAVE ANY TICKETS? SO SINCE UH, YOU GUYS START SCALPING, CHIEF GERARD HAS ALREADY KIND OF WHERE'S THE SCALPERS TOLD ME THAT I NEED TO BE CAREFUL ON THE WHOLE SCALPING THING, YOU KNOW, FOR, TO ENHANCE.

SO I BETTER BE CAREFUL.

I WOULD JUST BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW AND GET IT OVER WITH.

DO IT.

ALRIGHT, SO THAT'S MY COMMENTS.

WE'LL MOVE ON.

CYNTHIA, WHAT DO YOU HAVE? I JUST HAVE A COUPLE THINGS.

UM, THIS IS FOR NICK.

UM, WELCOME TO CHINO HILLS.

I HAVEN'T INTERACTED WITH YOU THAT MUCH, BUT JUST BRACE YOURSELF 'CAUSE I'LL, I'LL BE AROUND ASKING QUESTIONS.

SO, UM, COULD WE GET AN UPDATE, UM, ON WHEN THE NEXT PHASES OF VILLA BORBA ARE GOING TO SURFACE? I'VE HAD RESIDENTS ASK ME, THE PADS HAVE BEEN DONE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE ROADS, THE LIGHTS ARE THERE, THE WEEDS ARE VERY HIGH.

SO, UM, WHATEVER YOU CAN DO, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SHARE THE TIMELINE.

WE JUST HAVE SOME CURIOUS RESIDENTS ABOUT THAT AS WELL AS THE PHASE BEHIND.

IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

I BLEW WITH THE OTHER DAY.

THE, THAT'S, YEAH.

MEAN, NOT FOR A LONG TIME.

SO, UM, THAT'S ONE THING.

AND THEN, UM, SO BEN, WE HAVE AN EVENT COMING UP THE, UM, BULKY DROP OFF, WHICH IS GREAT.

YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE SHOPS.

UM, WE'VE BEEN PROMOTING IT.

GREAT.

BUT IS THERE A WAY WE COULD GET EITHER LIKE A READER BOARD IN SOUTHERN CHINO HILLS TO PROMOTE IT OR, UM, I KNOW THAT ALL OF OUR CURRENT LIKE BANNER SPACES ARE BEING TAKEN UP BY, YOU KNOW, MORE PRIORITY EVENTS, WHICH IS FINE, BUT I DON'T KNOW, IT'S JUST, IS THERE A WAY WE CAN PROMOTE IT SOMEWHERE IN SOUTH CHINO HILLS OVER BY THE HIGH SCHOOL? JUST, I

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'CAUSE I KNOW THAT WHEN WE PUT THE READER BOARD IN THOSE TURN LANES THAT SCHOOL HAS SHARED WITH US THAT IT, IT, IT IMPACTS TRAFFIC NOT IN A NOT GOOD WAY WITH THE TURN LANE, BUT, OR IF THERE'S ANOTHER LOCATION STRATEGICALLY THAT WE CAN PUT IT, MAYBE EVEN JUST FOR THE DAY BEFORE, THE DAY BEFORE SATURDAY.

SURE.

WE CAN EXPLORE, UH, DEPLOYING OUR MOBILE READER BOARDS TO, UH, ADD, YOU KNOW, TO THE MESSAGING.

AND THEN ONE MORE THING WITH THAT SAID, WITH, UM, THE DIFFERENT BANNER OPPORTUNITIES, WE HAD TO PROMOTE THINGS.

SO WE HAVE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH, UH, THE SHOPS BECAUSE THEY LET US PROMOTE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING THERE.

AND I KNOW BO REPUBLIC HAS THEIR OWN PROPERTY.

THEY CAN PROMOTE STUFF.

SO, UM, I WAS HAVING SOME CASUAL CONVERSATION WITH THE OWNER OF THE ALBERTSON CENTER, NOT ALBERTSONS, BUT THE ACTUAL OWNER OF THAT CENTER.

AND THEY MIGHT BE OPEN TO DOING SOME PARTNERSHIP OF SIGNIFICANT CITY EVENTS.

NOT A LOT FOR PERIODICALLY DOING SOMETHING.

I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GONNA BE WITH OUR SIGN ORDINANCE, WHATEVER, BUT THE FACT THAT THEY'RE OPEN, THAT IT'S A REALLY BUSY INTERSECTION WHERE, UH, BANNERS TO PROMOTE CERTAIN THINGS WOULD BE HELPFUL.

NOW I KNOW WE HAVE ONE BY WAKEMAN, I GET THAT, BUT THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT DON'T MAKE IT UP THERE.

SO THEY EITHER GO TO THE HIGH SCHOOL OR CHAPARRAL OR DIFFERENT PLACES LIKE THAT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE SO I CAN GET YOU THE INFORMATION ON THE PERSON THAT I WAS SPEAKING WITH.

AND IF YOU GUYS WANNA FOLLOW UP, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I BROUGHT IT TO YOUR GUYS' ATTENTION.

OKAY, GOOD.

IS THE MARQUEE SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PUBLICLY? THE, THE MARQUEE? WHAT ABOUT IT ON THE SOUTH END? OH, WE HAVE BROUGHT UP A MARQUEE BEFORE.

I THINK THAT'LL COME UP.

WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE TIMING ON THAT? MANBY? I HAVEN'T GONE ANYWHERE WITH IT.

NOT OKAY.

IT, IT'S ON OUR TRACKING LIST.

UH, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT EXPENDITURE, BUT WE WOULD DEFINITELY BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL, PROBABLY WITH THE BUDGET CYCLE.

OKAY, GREAT.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE, PETER, BY THE WAY, RUTH ROSEN JUST I SEE ON MY IPAD.

SOMETHING POPPED UP.

SHE SAYS THANK YOU.

AND SHE'S BLOWING KISSES TO US.

SO HE'S BACK.

RAY, WHAT DO YOU HAVE? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

JUST A COUPLE THINGS REAL FAST.

UM, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO ELIMINATE TRUCKS IN CARBON CANYON, AND I'M JUST GONNA ASK DANIEL ANY UP UPDATES ON THAT? UH, YES.

COUNCILMAN MARQUEZ.

UM, WE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CALTRANS FOR, UH, SEVERAL YEARS NOW.

WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE WE BELIEVE WE'RE AT THE ONE YARD LINE.

WE HAVE THE TRUCK RESTRICTION STUDY WITH CALTRANS.

THEY'RE REVIEWING IT, AND WE'RE HOPING TO GET AN APPROVAL, UH, WITHIN A COUPLE DAYS, IF NOT A COUPLE WEEKS.

UH, SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS.

ONCE WE DO GET THAT APPROVAL, WE'LL COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL.

WE HAVE TO REVISE, UM, THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS PASSED, UH, BACK IN DECEMBER.

UH, MODIFY SOME LANGUAGE.

UM, BUT, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING CLOSE.

APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, WE ACTUALLY HAD A GRANT AND ACTUALLY WE'RE DOING SOME WORK IN THE CARBON CANYON CREEK BED, AND I GUESS WE HAD ISSUES WITH THE OWLS.

I THINK IT WAS WITH THE PALM TREES REMOVAL.

WHEN ARE WE ANTICIPATING FOR THOSE TO BE TAKEN CARE OF? YEAH, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.

UM, AND THIS CLEANUP HAS BEEN PUT ON HOLD DUE TO A NUMBER OF REASONS.

UH, BUT MAINLY RECENTLY IT'S, UH, WITH BIRD NESTING SEASON NOW THAT, THAT SEASON'S OVER, UM, ACTUALLY REMOVAL OF THOSE PALM TREES BEGAN LAST WEEK, AND THAT SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH, UH, MOST LIKELY IN MIDDLE OF OCTOBER.

UH, SO YOU'LL SEE ALL THE DEAD PALM TREES REMOVED BY THEN.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

UM, NICOLE, THANK YOU, UH, FOR SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT CARBON CANYON AS FAR AS THE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.

MY QUESTION TO YOU, DANIEL, SINCE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF COMMUTERS THAT USE THAT ROAD, IS THERE GONNA BE A SCHEDULE PUT OUT AS FAR AS WHEN THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING WORK AND, AND CAN WE ACTUALLY MAYBE, LIKE, ELIMINATE IT MAYBE IN THE MORNING OR AFTERNOON? SO THIS WAY TRAFFIC, UH, WON'T BE, WON'T BE A PROBLEM.

WELL, WE'LL DO IS WE'LL WORK WITH CALTRAN.

UH, UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OF THAT ROAD.

THAT PROJECT IS BEING RUN BY CALTRANS.

BUT WE'LL WORK WITH THEM TO SEE IF THEY CAN, UM, MODIFY THE WORK SCHEDULE TO, UH, MINIMIZE, UH, TRAFFIC IMPACTS.

WHATEVER YOU COULD DO.

I'D APPRECIATE IT.

UH, MR. CITY MANAGER, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND WAS BROUGHT UP A LITTLE BIT HERE TODAY REGARDING OPEN SPACE.

UH, I'D REALLY LIKE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION IN THE VERY NEAR, NEAR FUTURE TO FIND OUT IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE WILLING TO DO AS FAR AS WITH CELL TOWERS.

AND ONCE WE HAVE THAT MEETING, IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE THE PLANNING COMMISSION BE PART OF THAT MEETING? 'CAUSE I MEAN, IT'S GONNA GO TO THEM ANYWAY, SO IT'D BE NICE FOR THEM TO SIT IN ON OUR MEETING AND ACTUALLY GO OVER OPEN SPACE, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE.

SO IF WE COULD DO THAT, APPRECIATE THAT.

NO COMMENT.

UM, OPEN SPACE, UH, LET'S SEE.

OKAY, THERE, THERE WE GO.

TENNIS COURTS, I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR NUMEROUS TIMES.

I KNOW WE HAVE TWO HIGH SCHOOLS AND WE PAY A LOT OF MONEY ON OUR TAX BILL FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTH THE HIGH SCHOOLS.

AND MY QUESTION IS, UM, I I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO BE ABLE TO USE THOSE TENNIS COURTS AND THERE'S A REASON FOR IT.

UM, I KNOW WE HAVE TENNIS COURTS THROUGHOUT CHINO HILLS, AND I KNOW WE JUST TALKED ABOUT PICKLEBALL, THAT COULD BE A SOLUTION, BUT, UM, WE REALLY HAVEN'T HAD ANY GOOD DIALOGUE AS FAR AS THE TENNIS COURTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WOULD IMAGINE WE POSSIBLY COULD MAKE THAT WORK.

SO AGAIN, WHATEVER WE COULD DO, I'D APPRECIATE IT.

TO GRANT PUBLIC ACCESS TO, UH, THE COURTS.

WE HAVE APPROACHED THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WE HAVE NOT HAD SUCCESSFUL DIALOGUE ABOUT BEING ABLE

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I'D BE HAPPY TO FILL YOU IN ON, UH, MORE ABOUT THOSE CONVERSATIONS, BUT I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND THEN ALSO, MR. UM, BENNETT JUST SAID WE NEED TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX.

AND I KNOW B L D HAS THAT INDOOR SOCCER TYPE IN QUASI INDOOR SOCCER FIELD.

UH, I KNOW BRIAN, YOU'RE GONNA BE OUT THERE AND, AND CYNTHIA, I UNDERSTAND.

CAN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND JUST SORT OF SEE POSSIBLY MAYBE PUTTING PICKLEBALL COURTS THERE AND THEN THEY, THEY WOULD MAKE A LOT OF MONEY THERE.

MAYBE THEY FORM LIKE A LITTLE CLUB TYPE THING AND THEN THE PEOPLE THERE, THEY'RE GONNA WANT BEER, FOOD, WHATEVER.

THIS COULD BE VERY SUCCESSFUL FOR THEM AND FOR, FOR GOOD IDEA PICKLEBALL COMMUNITY.

SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU RAY.

MARK.

UH, YES, TWO QUICK THINGS.

UH, LAST WEEK I ATTENDED THE HUNDRED AND 16TH AWARD PROGRAM FOR BOYS REPUBLIC.

UH, AS ALWAYS, IT WAS VERY, VERY, UH, UPLIFTING TO SEE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THESE, UH, YOUNG INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE, UH, ENDED UP THERE BECAUSE THEY'RE WARDS OF THE COURT AND A LOT OF 'EM ARE REALLY DOING THINGS THAT ARE CHANGING AND CHANGING THEIR LIVES, UH, REESTABLISHING, UH, CONTACT WITH THEIR FAMILIES.

SO IT, IT'S, IT'S A VERY ENCOURAGING THING.

AND THAT, UH, ORGANIZATION HAS DONE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS AND TURNED AROUND A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH, WHO WERE, UH, HEADED THE WRONG DIRECTION IN LIFE AND, AND ACTUALLY TURNED AROUND AND MADE SOMETHING, UH, VERY USEFUL AND PRODUCTIVE OF THEIR LIVES.

UH, SEVERAL ALUMNI WERE THERE SPEAKING, UH, THAT HAVE TURNED THINGS AROUND AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S REALLY A GOOD THING.

UH, I KNOW WE WOULD'VE ALL BEEN THERE, BUT WE, YOU HAD THE CONFLICT OF THE L O C C LAST WEEK.

UH, THE OTHER THING, UH, BEN, WE ARE COMING UP WITH THE END OF OUR FIRST QUARTER OF THE FISCAL 2324, UH, THE END OF THIS WEEK.

HOW SOON DO YOU THINK WE CAN GET AN UPDATE AS TO, I KNOW YOU DO A QUARTERLY, UH, ANALYSIS AND DETERMINE WHERE REVENUES AND EXPENSES ARE, UH, HOW SOON WILL THE FIRST QUARTER BE CLOSED OUT TO WHERE WE CAN GET AN UPDATE ON HOW WE'RE DOING FISCALLY? 'CAUSE UH, I KNOW THAT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE PRIDED OURSELF ON, AND ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE IN SUCH GREAT FISCAL SHAPE IS THE FACT THAT WE DO MAKE THESE QUARTERLY ADJUSTMENTS.

SO WHENEVER YOU CAN COME UP WITH A REPORT AND LET US KNOW HOW WE'VE BEEN DOING JULY, AUGUST, AND SEPTEMBER WOULD BE, UH, I THINK USEFUL INFORMATION, UH, FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

SO SURE.

I'M GONNA DEFER TO OUR, UH, FINANCE DIRECTOR, KRISTA BAHA.

I, WE TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER THIS WEEK, BUT I THINK YOU HAVE A TIMELINE.

YEAH, IT'S SCHEDULED FOR THE FIRST MEETING IN NOVEMBER.

WONDERFUL.

SO THAT'LL BE GREAT.

THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTS.

ALRIGHT, UH, JUST, UH, TWO QUICK ITEMS JUST WITH IT GETTING DARKER NOW.

UM, ANY UPDATE ON MOVING FORWARD WITH LIGHTING AT THE SKATE PARK? I GUESS I KNOW WE'VE, WE'VE LOOKED AT BRINGING ON A CONSULTANT TO DO SOME RENOVATIONS, BUT JUST WAS LOOKING WHERE WE ARE IN THAT PROCESS.

NOT TO THROW YOU ON THE SPOT, JONATHAN, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, IT'S COOL.

WELL, ACTUALLY, WE HAD A MEETING THE OTHER DAY WITH THE CONSULTANT.

NICE.

UH, FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER THE AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED.

AND, UH, WE WENT OVER, UH, VARIOUS ITEMS AT THE SKATE PARK.

EVERYTHING FROM, UH, SOME PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE OF COURSE.

UM, THE SKATE PARK IS, UH, 15 YEARS OLD, I THINK.

MM-HMM.

SOMETHING IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THERE.

SO AS YOU CAN IMAGINE WITH ANY KIND OF CONCRETE AND STUFF, IT STARTS CRACKING AND, AND SUCH.

SO, UM, AND THEN THERE'S SOME OTHER AREAS THAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, SOME IDEAS TO ENHANCE THE EXISTING SKATE PARK AS WE HAVE IT AND SUCH.

SO WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW IS, IS THAT I WOULD SAY PROBABLY OVER THE NEXT SIX TO EIGHT WEEK PERIOD OF TIME, THEY'RE GONNA COME UP WITH A, A VARIETY OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE, UH, SKATE PARK AND THEN PRESENT IT TO US, AND THEN WE WILL LOOK AT IT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE BUDGET, WHAT MONIES WE DO HAVE.

UM, ORIGINALLY WE HAD $200,000 AVAILABLE TO, UM, DO, UM, A SIMPLER PROJECT WOULD, WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN JUST THE LIGHTS AND SOME PICNIC BENCHES AND ALSO SOME, UM, SHADE, UH, STRUCTURES THERE AND SUCH.

AND SO, UM, WE TOOK A LITTLE MORE AGGRESSIVE LOOK AT IT THE OTHER DAY AND SUCH.

AND SO WE'LL LOOK TO SEE WHAT THEY HAVE IN MIND.

THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF RENOVATIONS TO A LOT OF, UH, PARKS AND, OR A LOT OF CITIES OF SKATE PARKS AND SUCH AND SO, SO TO, TO GREAT SUCCESS ACTUALLY.

AND SO WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

AND THEN ONCE WE GET THAT, THEN WE COULD LOOK TO, UH, UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, WE WANT TO HAVE A WORKSHOP OR WE'RE GONNA HAVE A WORKSHOP.

WE'RE GONNA DO IT ACTUALLY OUT AT THE SKATE PARK ITSELF TO WHERE THE SKATERS DON'T HAVE TO COME HERE.

WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE SKATERS AND SEE WHAT THOUGHTS AND IDEAS THEY MAY HAVE TOO BASED ON, UM, WHAT THE CONSULTANT'S GONNA COME UP WITH, UM, AS WELL.

AND SO, UM, THEN WE WILL LOOK TO PACKAGE ALL THAT TOGETHER AND SEE WHERE, SEE WHERE WE WOULD LAND.

WON, UH, WON A P G A TOUR EVENT, UH, TWO WEEKS AGO.

YEAH, I DON'T THINK THE, THE KIDS THAT ARE OUT THERE GRINDING ARE QUITE AS VOCAL AS THE, UH, THE PICKLEBALL FOLKS WE HEAR FROM.

SO OKAY.

IF WE CAN BRING THEM OUT TO MOHAM, BUT I THINK THAT'D BE PERFECT.

AND THEN ALSO JUST WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS, I TO, UM, A CHINO HILLS RESIDENT.

WELL, I DON'T THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, IT, NOT A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE PROBABLY KNOW, BUT A YOUNG MAN NAMED SAHE FIOLA

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IT'S NOT, UH, YOU KNOW, IF, IF, IF YOU'VE SEEN THE SHOW FULL SWING ON NETFLIX IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED IT, BUT IT'S JUST NICE, IT KIND OF FOLLOWS, YOU KNOW, ALL THE YOUNG GUYS THAT ARE KIND OF GRINDING ON THE P G A TOUR AND THAT YOUNG MAN, LIKE HIS FAMILY, LIKE THEY ARE WITH HIM EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

AND IT WAS VERY COOL TO SEE THAT KID WIN KID.

HE'S PROBABLY 30, 35, 1 0.5 MILLION.

HEY, 1.5 MILLION.

HEY, COME TO THE WINE WALK BUDDY.

WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU SPONSOR THE WINE WALK BUDDY.

YEAH, SPONSOR.

BUT, BUT JUST CONGRATULATIONS TO HIM.

YOU KNOW, THAT KID HAS BEEN GRINDING ON THE TOUR FOREVER, SO IT WAS VERY NICE TO SEE.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO HIM.