Nov 14, 2023 City Council Meeting

OUR FIRST PRESENTATION TONIGHT IS CELEBRATE THE FAMILY POSTER.

[1. RECOGNITION - Presentation of Celebrate the Family Poster/Essay Writing Contest Winners Kindergarten Emily Ni Loving Savior of the Hills Jasper Wang Hidden Trails Elementary School Destiny Shen Wickman Elementary School Grades 1-3 Steven Zj Li Litel Elementary School Ryan Yu Rolling Ridge Elementary School Evan Song Philistine Rondo School Grades 4-6 Angela Gu Litel Elementary School Ceci Cao Rolling Ridge Elementary School Sena Choi Rolling Ridge Elementary School Grades 7-8 Sofia Parra Loving Savior of the Hills Caitlyn Lim Townsend Junior High School Sydney Blotzer Loving Savior of the Hills]

ESSAY WRITING CONTEST WINNERS.

WE'LL, COMMUNITY SERVICES COORDINATOR, VANESSA OSA.

JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM.

COME ON OVER.

WELCOME OUR FIRST PRESENTATION.

LEMME GET MYSELF TOGETHER HERE.

THESE ARE ON TOP OF, OKAY.

IT'S THIS ONE.

THIS YEAR WE HELD OUR 26TH ANNUAL CELEBRATE THE FAMILY CONTEST WITH THE THEME.

THE THEME WAS, THIS IS WHY I LOVE MY FAMILY.

WE HAD OVER 650 ENTRIES SUBMITTED FROM STUDENTS IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE WHO LIVE OR ATTEND IN THE, THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.

I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR STAFF COMMISSIONERS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAD A DIFFICULT TASK REVIEWING ENTRIES AND SELECTING THE WINNERS.

AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE TWO SCHOOLS AND A TEACHER THAT HAD AMAZING PARTICIPATION FROM THEIR STUDENTS.

WELL, PRINCIPAL LOPEZ FROM ROLLING RIDGE ELEMENTARY.

COME ON OVER.

PRINCIPAL WYNN FROM LOVING SAVIOR AND MRS. ON FROM ROLLING RIDGE ELEMENTARY.

UH, COME ON OVER.

WE HAVE OKAY.

YOU'RE WHAT? THERE YOU GO.

ROLLING RIDGE.

ROLLING RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAD THE HIGHEST PARTICIPATION IN FIRST THROUGH THIRD GRADE AND FOURTH THROUGH SIXTH GRADES.

LOVING SAVIOR HAD THE HIGHEST PARTICIPATION IN KINDERGARTEN AND SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE CATEGORIES FOR EACH CLASSROOM.

WE HAD A HUNDRED PERCENT PARTICIPATION.

THE TEACHER'S NAMES WERE PUT IN A DRAWING TO WIN A HUNDRED DOLLARS GIFT CARD AND THIS YEAR'S WINNER AS MRS. ON.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.

THIS IS AWESOME.

YOU'VE GOT YOUR, UH, PLAQUES HERE.

SHOULD WE DO A QUICK PHOTO OR DO WE WANT TO YEAH, WE'LL DO THE PHOTO AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAND IT OFF TO VANESSA AND WE'LL DO, UM, THE AWARDS.

LET'S DO THAT BEFORE THE KIDS COME UP.

BUT CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL.

THANK YOU FOR ENCOURAGING THE PARTICIPATION.

AND NOW I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE VANESSA TO KIND OF TAKE OVER FROM HERE AND HAND OUT THE AWARDS.

PERFECT.

CAN I STILL THIS? THANK YOU.

YOU SURE CAN.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH AT 6:00 PM WE'RE HOSTING AN ARTIST RECEPTION TO CELEBRATE THESE WINNERS ONCE AGAIN.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, SO THE TOTAL VALUE OF TODAY'S PRIZES THAT ARE GONNA BE AWARDED IS WORTH OVER $3,000.

SO OUR THIRD PLACE WINNERS ARE GONNA RECEIVE A $50 CHAPARRAL BOWLING GIFT CARD AND A HUNDRED DOLLARS HARKINS THEATER GIFT CARD.

AND THEN OUR SECOND PLACE WINNERS ARE WINNING A $75 CHAPARRAL BOWLING GIFT CARD AND A HUNDRED DOLLARS, UH, AT HARKINS.

AND THEN OUR FIRST PLACE WINNERS ARE RECEIVING A $400 KNOTS KNOTTSBERRY FARM GIFT CARD TO GO TOWARDS ANNUAL PASSES.

SO, UM, CONGRATULATIONS.

UM, SO BEFORE I ANNOUNCE, UH, THE WINNERS, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE EVERYBODY TO, UH, THE COMMUNITY CENTER ON

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'CAUSE THEY DESERVE TO BE CELEBRATED MULTIPLE TIMES, RIGHT? UM, SO ALL THE STUDENTS ARTWORK THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE UP ON THE SCREEN HERE, UM, HAS BEEN, UH, BLOWN UP ONTO CANVASES.

AND SO THEY'RE GONNA BE DISPLAYED OVER AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, UM, UNTIL FEBRUARY.

SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

THEY LOOK GREAT.

I HAVE THEM.

I JUST GOT 'EM AND THEY'RE SITTING IN MY OFFICE, SO THEY LOOK AMAZING.

UM, SO AT THIS TIME I'M GONNA ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS.

UM, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THEIR ARTWORK UP THERE ON THE SCREEN AND, UH, WE WILL BE PRESENTING THE WINNERS WITH CERTIFICATES.

UM, WE ALSO HAVE MEDALS FOR THEM AS WELL AS, UM, OH, AND THOSE CERTIFICATES ARE FROM THE CITY AS WELL AS OUR, UH, UH, CITY DIGNITARIES, OR EXCUSE ME, OUR, OUR DIGNITARIES, OUR LOCAL DIGNITARIES.

UM, SO LET'S SEE HERE.

AND CHILDREN.

SO, UM, WHEN WE CALL YOUR NAME UP HERE, PLEASE COME UP AND YOU WILL GET YOUR CERTIFICATES FROM THE MAYOR, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE YOU STAND OVER HERE.

PARENTS, WE JUST ASK THAT YOU HANG TIGHT.

LET US GET A FEW PICTURES, AND THEN YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME UP AND TAKE SOME PHOTOS AS WELL.

SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.

SO IN THE KINDERGARTEN CATEGORY IN THIRD PLACE, WE HAVE DESTINY SHIN FROM WICKMAN ELEMENTARY.

THANK YES.

AND IN SECOND PLACE WE HAVE JASPER WONG FROM HIDDEN TRAILS ELEMENTARY.

AND IN FIRST PLACE WE HAVE EMILY KNEE FROM LOVING SAVIOR.

AMEN.

ALL RIGHT, FOR OUR FIRST THROUGH THIRD GRADE CATEGORIES, WE HAVE IN THIRD PLACE EVAN SONG FROM PHILISTINE, UH, RONDO SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY.

THEY'RE ALL TRYING TO RUN AWAY FROM YOU .

AND IN SECOND PLACE WE HAVE RYAN YU FROM ROLLING RIDGE ELEMENTARY.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

AND IN FIRST PLACE WE HAVE STEVEN ZJ LEE FROM LIGHTLE ELEMENTARY.

ALL RIGHT.

AND MOVING ON TO OUR, UH, FOURTH THROUGH SIXTH GRADE CATEGORY.

IN THIRD PLACE WE HAVE ZENA CHOI FROM ROLLING RIDGE ELEMENTARY.

I DON'T THINK I HERE.

AND OUR NEXT WINNER COULD NOT BE HERE EITHER.

BUT, UM, IN SECOND PLACE WE HAVE SESI CAL FROM ROLLING RIDGE ELEMENTARY.

AND IN FIRST PLACE WE HAVE ANGELA GO FROM LIDLE ELEMENTARY.

ALL RIGHT.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE OUR SEVENTH THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE CATEGORY.

IN THIRD PLACE WE HAVE SYDNEY BLO FROM LOVING SAVIOR.

IN SECOND PLACE WE HAVE CAITLYN LIM FROM TOWNSEND JUNIOR HIGH.

AND IN FIRST PLACE WE HAVE SOPHIA PARRA FROM LOVING SAVIOR.

AND THEN BACK ROW JUST A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TOGETHER.

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LOOK AT YOUR MOM OR DAD, .

[2. RECOGNITION - Certificates of Recognition to Jadon Van Voorhis and Kaya Nuno-Kimura for their heroic lifesaving actions at Grand Avenue Park]

NEXT WE HAVE CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION TO JADEN VAN BOIZ AND KAYA NUN FOR THEIR HEROIC LIFESAVING ACTIONS AT GRAND AVENUE PARK.

WILL JAYDEN AND KAYA, PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM.

OKAY, THIS IS A GREAT ONE.

ALSO, WHEN A HEROIC EVENT TAKES PLACE IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE ALWAYS STRIVE TO SHARE THE STORY AND RECOGNIZE THE AMAZING PEOPLE WHO WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND.

TODAY WE ARE ESPECIALLY EXCITED TO SHARE THE HEROIC STORY OF TWO OF OUR OWN CITY EMPLOYEES, RECREATION LEADERS, JAYDEN VAN WARES, AND KAYA NUNO KIMURA, WHO WORK AT GRAND AVENUE PARK AND ARE CONSIDERED NOW OUR HEROES.

ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, THEY WITNESSED A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION WHEN A PATRON AT GRAND AVENUE PARK SUFFERED A CARDIAC ARREST.

WITHOUT HESITATION, JAYDEN AND KAYA GRABBED AN AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR OR AN AED AND RAN TO THE SCENE.

WHEN THEY ARRIVED, JAYDEN BEGAN CHEST COMPRESSIONS USING THE AED TO ASSIST.

WHILE KAYA SECURED THE SCENE AND DIRECTED ARRIVING MEDICAL PERSONNEL, JANE PERFORMED CPR FOR ABOUT TWO MINUTES UNTIL THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE ARRIVED AND CONTINUED WITH CPR.

THANKS TO THEIR EXTRAORDINARY COURAGE, BRAVERY, AND QUICK THINKING.

THE PATRON'S PULSE WAS REGAINED SHORTLY AND THEREAFTER, UH, WHEN CVFD ARRIVED.

SO THAT'S, UH, PRETTY AMAZING.

ALTHOUGH CPR TRAINING IS PROVIDED TO ALL CITY STAFF MEMBERS, WITNESSING ITS APPLICATION IN A CRUCIAL MOMENT FURTHER EMPHASIZES THE CITY OF CHINO HILL'S COMMITMENT TO THE WELLBEING OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

KAYO, WE UNDERSTAND YOU ARE A SENIOR AT AYLA AND JAYDEN, YOU JUST GRADUATED FROM CHINO HILLS HIGH.

WE'VE GOT BOTH HIGH SCHOOLS AND TOWN COVERED, , AND YOU ARE CURRENTLY STUDYING TWO BA FIREFIGHTER.

FIREFIGHTER.

ALRIGHT, AND JAYDEN IS AT, UH, SANTA ANA COLLEGE.

SO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH FOR, FOR EVERYTHING YOU YOU'VE DONE TO SAVE THIS INDIVIDUAL AND EXPRESS HOW PROUD WE ARE OF YOU AND REALLY ALL OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS.

BUT YOU TWO REALLY STEPPED UP, UH, WHEN THE TIME CAME TO, UM, MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

I WOULD LIKE TO HAND TO YOU SOME CERTIFICATES FROM THE USUAL SUSPECTS, JAYDEN, BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO INVITE OUR FIRE CHIEF DAVE WILLIAMS TO, UM, SAY A FEW WORDS AND GIVE YOU SOME RECOGNITION ALSO.

YOU ARE WELCOME.

CHIEF, YOU'RE ON, I'M GONNA HAND THIS TO YOU FIRST.

I'M MINUTES.

HELLO, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, MAYOR, COUNCIL.

UM, SO TONIGHT I WAS GONNA WRITE OUT A FEW WORDS, BUT I, I REALLY FELT THAT SOMETIMES THESE THINGS ARE BETTER MENTIONED COMING FROM THE HEART.

AND SO WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO SAY IS, UH, AS YOUR FIRE CHIEF AND ON BEHALF OF OUR FIRE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WE WANT TO THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FOR HAVING THE COURAGE TO ACT.

THAT'S REALLY WHAT

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THIS IS ABOUT.

UH, WE HAVE A VERY, VERY ROBUST, UH, CPR HIGH PERFORMANCE CPR PROGRAM, UH, WITHIN OUR FIRE DISTRICT, UH, TO THE EXTENT THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR YEARS.

AND AT ONE POINT WE WERE HOVERING IN THE 62% SURVIVABILITY WHERE THE REST OF THE NATION HOVERED AROUND 29 OR 30%.

WHAT THAT MEANS TO YOU COMMUNITY MEMBERS IS THAT, UM, YOU'RE IN GOOD HANDS IF YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE THAT SORT OF SITUATION OCCUR WITHIN THE FIRE DISTRICT.

UM, ALBEIT OUR OUR PERSONNEL ARE HIGHLY, HIGHLY TRAINED AND THEY TRAIN OFTEN AND SOMETIMES, UM, AD NAUSEUM.

UM, THERE, THE PART ABOUT THIS SITUATION THAT'S SUPER IMPACTFUL IS THAT WE KNOW FROM OUR DATA AND OUR SCIENCE THAT MUCH OF THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO SURVIVE THESE EVENTS ON THE OTHER SIDE, UH, COME THROUGH THE COURAGEOUS ACTS SUCH AS WHAT YOU WITNESS HERE BY THESE TWO YOUNG PEOPLE.

UH, I WOULD, I WOULD CHALLENGE ALL OF YOU TO TAKE A MINUTE AND JUST THINK ABOUT AS AN ADULT, HOW TRAUMATIC THEY MAY THAT MIGHT BE FOR YOU IF AFTER 30, 40, 50 YEARS OF LIFE.

AND TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THESE TWO YOUNG PEOPLE, ONE'S IN HIGH SCHOOL, ONE STUDYING TO BE A FIREFIGHTER, THAT THEY'RE YOUNG IN THEIR LIVES, TO REALLY HAVE THE COURAGE TO STEP FORWARD IN THE TIME AND NEED, AND THEN HELP A, A FELLOW HUMAN BEING.

SO, UM, I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH, BOTH OF YOU, UM, FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THIS COMMUNITY.

AND, UH, WE, WE THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS.

AND BEFORE I CAME UP HERE, UM, UH, THE POLICE CHIEF HERE COMMENTED THAT THIS YOUNG MAN WAS STUDYING THE FIRE SERVICE.

HE MADE A COMMENT TO ME THAT SMART BOY, MY DAD WAS A POLICE CHIEF, I'M A FIRE CHIEF.

HE IS A SMART BOY.

SO, UH, WE WANT TO THANK YOU.

WE WANT TO THANK BOTH OF YOU VERY MUCH.

WHAT YOU DO IS BROUGHT THIS COMMUNITY UP A NOTCH.

SO COMMUNITY MEMBERS TAKE NOTE.

THESE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE DOING THE GOOD WORK.

WE NEED ALL OF YOU TO HELP US WITH THAT AS WELL.

WHEN YOU'RE OUT IN THE PUBLIC, IF YOU SEE AN EVENT LIKE THIS, DON'T HESITATE TO ACT.

WE ALSO HAVE AN AED PROGRAM.

IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF THAT, WE HAVE AN AED PROGRAM.

SO BUSINESS OWNERS, IF YOU'RE SO INCLINED, REACH OUT TO THE FIRE DISTRICT.

WE WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN A, ED FOR YOUR BUSINESS FREE OF CHARGE, FREE TRAINING.

THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ASK SO THAT FOLKS LIKE THIS, THAT ARE GONNA HAVE THE COURAGE TO ACT WILL HAVE THE TOOLS AVAILABLE FOR THEM, UH, TO, TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THE COMMUNITY SAFE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND VALLEY'S HIRING.

SO WE WANT THIS GUY, I WAS GONNA MENTION THAT I WAS GONNA MENTION WHERE TO PUT IN YOUR APPLICATION ONCE YOU GRADUATE , BUT I WANNA GIVE YOU THE APPLICATION.

STAY HERE, CHIEF EACH OF YOU TO SAY A FEW WORDS IF YOU WISH TO DO SO.

UH, GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

UH, THIS WILL BE REALLY QUICK.

I JUST WANTED TO, UM, GIVE A HUGE THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL, UM, MR. MAYOR FOR THE KIND WORDS.

UH, THE IN INCIDENT AFTER, UM, THE DAY AFTER I RECEIVED A COUPLE OF EMAILS, UM, INCLUDING SOME TEXTS FROM OUR, UH, AT THE TIME SUPERVISOR JANELLE RAMOS.

UH, JUST SOME OF THE NICE THINGS THAT, UH, ESPECIALLY MR. JONATHAN MARSHALL, UM, AND BEN MONTGOMERY, CITY MANAGER.

UM, JUST THE KIND WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT THAT YOU GUYS HAD SENT US OUR WAY.

UM, WE JUST COULDN'T, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU HIGHER, UH, ENOUGH FOR HIGHER UPS ACTUALLY HAVING OUR BACK, UM, SUPPORTING US.

IT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.

IT'S A TEAM EFFORT.

AND SO, UM, YEAH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE I CAN COME BACK AND SERVE THE COMMUNITY EVEN MORE AS A CHINO VALLEY FIREFIGHTER, YOU KNOW, , YOU KNOW, A LITTLE WHILE.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN.

UM, ADDING ON TO WHAT JAYDEN WAS SAYING, UM, JUST THE SUPPORT FROM ALL OF THE CITY MEMBERS AROUND US REALLY HAS MEANT A LOT, UM, INCLUDING THIS MEETING ITSELF.

UM, I WAS PRETTY SHOCKED TO FIND OUT THAT WE WERE GONNA BE RECOGNIZED BECAUSE THIS EVENT WAS STILL PRETTY, UM, SURREAL TO ME.

LIKE I STILL CAN'T REALLY BELIEVE IT HAPPENED.

BUT, UM, WITH THE HELP OF JADEN WHO'S TRAINING TO BE A FIREFIGHTER, I COULDN'T HAVE BEEN MORE LUCKY TO BE WORKING WITH HIM.

AND I JUST WANNA THANK EVERYBODY FOR ALL OF THE SUPPORT AROUND ME.

OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION AND RECOGNITION

[3. PROCLAMATION/RECOGNITION - Proclaiming November 15, 2023, as America Recycles Day and certificates of recognition for “Recycling Allstars” who have demonstrated outstanding recycling efforts in the community]

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PROCLAIMING NOVEMBER 15TH, 2023 IS AMERICAN RECYCLES DAY AND CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION FOR RECYCLING ALL STORES WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED OUTSTANDING RECYCLING EFFORTS IN THE COMMUNITY.

WELL, SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST, SUSAN SHAKER, PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM, SUSAN, WHILE SHE COMES UP.

AMERICAN RECYCLE DAY WAS FIRST ANNOUNCED IN ON NOVEMBER 15TH, 1994, AND WAS CREATED TO EDUCATE AND ENCOURAGE INDIVIDUALS ON HOW TO BE MORE MINDFUL OF WHAT THEY CONSUME, WHERE AND HOW TO PROPERLY RECYCLE AND TO PLEDGE TO RECYCLE MORE.

THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING AND PRESERVING OUR NATURAL RESOURCES TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY A CLEANER, SAFER, AND HEALTHIER ENVIRONMENT.

TO DO SO, WE ENCOURAGE CHINO HILLS, BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS, RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS, NONPROFITS AND RESIDENTS TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR COMMITMENT TO A CLEANER ENVIRONMENT BY EDUCATING THEMSELVES AND OTHERS ON THE POSITIVE IMPACTS OF RECYCLING.

ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WE HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 15TH, 2023 AS AMERICAN RECYCLES DAY TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION, WE HAVE SENIOR SPECIALIST SPECIAL MANAGEMENT ANALYST, SUSAN SHAKER.

SUSAN, BEFORE I PASS YOU THE MIC, UM, AS I PASS YOU THE MIC, PLEASE TELL THE RESIDENTS WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE THINGS BETTER IN CHINO HILLS FOR RECYCLING AND ET CETERA.

SURE.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL AMERICA.

RECYCLES DAY IS A CHANCE FOR US TO RECOGNIZE AND EDUCATE PEOPLE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF RECYCLING.

'CAUSE RECYCLING CAN KEEP TRASH OUT OF OUR LANDFILLS.

IT CAN CONSERVE NAT NATURAL RESOURCES, SAVE ENERGY, AND ALSO REDUCE POLLUTION.

RESIDENTS OF BUSINESSES CAN GO TO THE TRASH SERVICES PAGE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE@CHINOHILLS.ORG TO GET MORE INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY ABOUT WHAT CAN AND CANNOT BE RECYCLED, BECAUSE THAT'S A VERY FREQUENT QUESTION THAT COMES UP.

AND YOU CAN ALSO FIND MORE INFORMATION ON OUR TRASH SERVICES PAGE ON ORGANICS RECYCLING, WHICH IS THE CURRENT MANDATE THAT'S SET BY SENATE BILL 1383, WHICH REQUIRES RESIDENTS TO DISPOSE OF FOOD SCRAPS ALONG WITH THEIR TRADITIONAL YARD WASTE MATERIALS.

SO, AS YOU KNOW, MOST OF YOU KNOW, WASTE MANAGEMENT TOOK OVER COLLECTION SERVICES IN THE CITY ON JULY 1ST, 2022.

AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THE CITY HAS ACHIEVED 100% COMPLIANCE WITH BOTH RECYCLING AND ORGANICS RECYCLING SERVICE IN OUR COMMERCIAL SECTOR.

AND ADDITIONALLY, ORGANICS COLLECTION HAS BEEN, IM IMPLEMENTED FOR ALL RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS.

SO THIS REALLY SUPPORTS THE WHOLE, UM, BASIS BEHIND AMERICA RECYCLE STAY.

SO AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE GLENDA CHAVEZ, PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGER, AND TRISTAN ORTEGA, THE CITY'S DEDICATED RECYCLING COMPLIANCE REPRESENTATIVE FROM WASTE MANAGEMENT, WHO WILL BE TELLING US MORE ABOUT WASTE MANAGEMENT'S RECYCLING ALL STARS RECOGNITION PROGRAM.

GLENDA, IT'S ALL YOURS.

JUST YOUR TRADITIONAL RECYCLE, UM, MATERIAL, BUT ORGANICS.

I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, FIRST OF ALL THANK THE CITY FOR TONIGHT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, PROCLAMATION AND RECOGNIZING TODAY AS NATIONAL AMERICA'S, UM, RECYCLES DAY, LIKE SUSAN SAID, UM, IT'S NOT EASY TO SAY A HUNDRED PERCENT, BUT WE'RE VERY PROUD THAT THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY AND OUR BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS, THAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLIANCE.

SO THAT IS A TESTAMENT TO OUR EFFORTS IN WORKING TOGETHER IN PARTNERSHIP.

UM, WHAT THE RECYCLING ALL-STAR PROGRAM IS, IT'S, IT'S A MOMENT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS AND RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS WHO ARE EXCEEDING OUR EXPECTATIONS WHEN IT COMES TO RECYCLING.

AND TONIGHT'S, UM, UNFORTUNATELY TONIGHT'S, UM, RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS WE'RE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND, BUT I DO WANNA NAME THEM.

UM, IT'S CLAIRE, UM, CLAIRE PAYNE AND ASH C**K PATEL.

UM, THEY'RE BEING RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR RECYCLING EFFORTS AT THEIR HOUSEHOLDS.

AND AS WE ALL KNOW, LIKE SUSAN SAID, THERE IS A LOT OF QUESTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO RECYCLING, BUT WHEN YOU SEE PEOPLE DOING IT RIGHT, UM, THAT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE.

AND THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT NECESSARILY SELECTED BY US HERE, BUT THEY'RE SELECTED BY OUR DRIVERS.

SO THAT IS A TESTAMENT TO THEIR WEEKLY EFFORTS.

AND SO BEING RECOGNIZED BY THE PEOPLE THAT PROVIDE THE SERVICE ON A WEEKLY BASIS IS REALLY, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, A TESTAMENT TO THEIR COMMITMENT TO RECYCLING.

UM, COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES OBVIOUSLY HAVE NOT, ARE NOT NEW TO THE NEED TO HAVE, UM, RECYCLING PROGRAMS. UM, BUT THE WINNER, UH, WHO IS BEING RECOGNIZED TONIGHT HAS NOT ONLY SHOWN THEIR COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY IN THE RECYCLING OF

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BUT THEY ALSO HAVE A WONDERFUL, UM, EDIBLE FOOD WASTE RECOVERY PROGRAM THAT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, HELPING A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS HERE IN THE CITY.

UM, SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, BRING UP OUR, OUR RECIPIENT WHO IS SPROUTS FARM, UH, FARMER'S MARKET AND RECEIVING TONIGHT'S, UM, AWARD RECOGNITION IS LORENA CORTEZ, WHO IS THE SERVICE MANAGER HERE AT YOUR LOCAL SPROUTS, UM, FARMER'S MARKET.

AND SO I DID ASK HER EARLIER IF SHE WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND SHE DID IT, BUT I DON'T WANNA, UM, YOU'RE GOOD.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE'RE KICKING OFF THIS PROGRAM, BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING IT EVERY YEAR.

AND SO IF THOSE MEMBERS IN THE AUDIENCE AND WATCHING AT HOME AND EVEN OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY STAFF, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WATCHING YOUR RECYCLING EFFORTS.

SO WHO KNOWS MAYBE WHEN YEAR YOU'LL BE UP HERE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR EFFORTS.

SO PLEASE CONTINUE TO DO YOUR PART AND LIKE SUSAN SAID, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE VISIT THE CITY'S, UM, WEBSITE AND OUR WEBSITE FOR, UM, INFORMATION AND RESOURCES TO MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE A, A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM IN YOUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

GLENDALE, DID YOU WANT TO PRESENT? YOU'RE PRESENTING HER WITH, SO WE, UM, WANTED TO PRESENT HER WITH HER OWN LITTLE REPLICA OF OUR COMMERCIAL WM TRUCK, UM, FOR HER TO DISPLAY AS OUR WINNER FOR THIS YEAR, ALONG WITH A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION.

AND I KNOW THAT THE CITY ALSO HAS, WELL, WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE TO BE ACCEPTED BY SUSAN AS FAR AS AMERICA RECYCLES DAY.

SO SUSAN HERE IS, I'M SURE YOU'LL DISPLAY IT PROUDLY IN YOUR OFFICE, IN YOUR CUBICLE.

YES.

ALRIGHT, WITH THAT WE'LL DO A PHOTO OP AND CONGRATULATIONS.

EVERY THANK YOU.

S THAT'S IT FOR PRESENTATION.

SO PARENTS, IF YOU WISH TO ESCAPE, THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO GO AS WE TRANSITION TO SOMETHING ELSE.

ALL RIGHT.

THEY ARE, THEY SEEM TO BE.

OH GOOD.

I JUST WANT YOU TO

[4. 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 Assistant City Clerk a "Request to Speak" card. Comments will be limited to three minutes per speaker.]

CALL.

MIKE TABER AND I'M A RESIDENT OF CHIN HILLS MAYOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

READY? OKAY.

THE NEXT ITEM IS PUBLIC COMMENTS.

AT THIS TIME, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEMS WITHIN THE SUBJECT JURIS MATTER, JURISDICTION OF THE COUNCIL, WHETHER OR NOT THE ITEM APPEARS ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE SUBMIT AND COMPLETE A SPEAKER CARD TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK.

COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER, AND OUR FIRST SPEAKER TONIGHT IS MIKE TABOR.

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AS YOU MAY BE AWARE, YOU'RE UNDER CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION BY THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S PUBLIC INTEGRITY UNIT.

THIS TIME I WOULD URGE EVERY COUNCIL PERSON, EVERY EMPLOYEE, EVERY CONTRACTOR FOR THE CITY TO COOPERATE WITH THIS INVESTIGATION.

IT'S IMPORTANT.

MY CONCERN IS THAT BECAUSE THE CITY COMMISSIONER WAS FIRED FOR SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THE COUNCIL'S AGENDA, THAT OTHER EMPLOYEES AND PERSONS WILL RIGHTFULLY BE HESITANT AND FEARFUL TO SPEAK OPENLY WITH THE INVESTIGATORS OUT OF A LEGITIMATE CONCERN THAT THEY ALSO MAY BE TARGETED AND FIRED.

I WOULD REMIND ANY PERSON WHO HAS SUCH A CONCERN OR INDEED HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF ANY INTIMIDATION BY ANY MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL OR ANYBODY ELSE, TO INITIATE CONTACT WITH A DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO SEEK WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION.

EVERYTHING THAT MIKE SAID.

THANK YOU, MIKE.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RAINBOW LEE.

OKAY, GOOD EVENING.

AYE.

YES, SHE'S BACK.

SHE'S BACK ABOUT CCP, UH, CIP PROJECT.

IT'S NOT THE WHOLE CITY, IT'S NOT PAID BY THE CITY, IT'S PAID BY , HOA COMMUNITY.

WE ARE UNDERGOING A $162,000 PROJECT TO REDO RESURFACE OUR STREET IN THE COMMUNITY.

IN, IN THE TWO DAYS, NOVEMBER 28, 29, NO CARS ARE ALLOWED TO PARK IN OUR COMMUNITY, OUR SMALL COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE 108 UNITS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WHERE ARE WE GONNA PARK OUR CARS? I SENT AN EMAIL OUT TO OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT YESTERDAY.

THEY ASKED FOR PERMISSION TO PARK ON EUCALYPTUS AVENUE BETWEEN OUR EAST AND WEST ENTRIES.

I WAS TOLD IN THE EMAIL RESPONSE, IT'S NOT SAFE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

WHAT ABOUT LET US PARK IN THE RED, UH, VETERANS' PARK RIGHT ACROSS FROM OUR COMMUNITY OR NINE ON THE NIGHT OF NOVEMBER 28 AND NOVEMBER 29TH.

IT'S DOABLE.

WE PARK THERE TEMPORARY IN A 25 YEAR I RESIDENCE IN THIS COMMUNITY.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE IT.

CAN WE HAVE THAT PERMISSION PLEASE? I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR, NORMALLY RESPOND TO THE THREE MINUTES.

BEN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO, UH, I DON'T NEED YOUR RESPONSE TONIGHT, BUT, UH, I DO APPRECIATE IF YOU CAN GET BACK TO US AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

YOU HAVE MY EMAIL ADDRESS, YOU HAVE MY PHONE NUMBER, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

I'M TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBER, OUR CHINO HILL CITIZENS, OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY WHO PRODUCE SO MUCH FOR OUR CITIZENS VISITORS.

CAN YOU DO THIS BIG FAVOR FOR US, PLEASE? ANOTHER REQUEST I HAVE IS CAN YOU ENFORCE THE TRAFFIC LAW AT OUR SCHOOL ZONE, SAY EVERY FIRST, THIRD MONDAY AND FRIDAY WHEN IT'S SO BUSY IN THE SCHOOL AREA, ISSUE CITATION.

LET THE PARENTS STUDENT KNOW OUR LIFE IS PRICELESS.

WE NEED TO ENFORCE THAT.

AND THAT'S ONE WAY YOU GENERATE REVENUE.

GET YOUR BUDGET COVER BY SITE, THOSE ILLEGAL PARKING, ILLEGAL DRIVING, AND GET US CD BETTER EVERY DAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU RAM.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN BRUNER.

MAYOR COUNCIL FIRST WITH REGRET.

I REPEAT

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I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO GET IN TROUBLE IN THIS CITY.

I REALLY DON'T.

ON THE OTHER HAND, I THINK IT'S TIME WE ALL GET ON THE SAME PAGE, I GUESS.

MM-HMM, , I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.

I'M REALLY HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT, UH, A FEW ITEMS THAT I BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION PREVIOUSLY.

UH, THE FIRST ONE KIND OF GOING IN ORDER IS PROP TWO 18.

I FIRST BROUGHT THIS UP IN JULY OF THIS YEAR.

UH, MAYOR, I'VE WRITTEN YOU A COUPLE OF LETTERS ASKING FOR A PERSONAL RESPONSE OR A PUBLIC RESPONSE.

I DIDN'T CARE.

I'VE HAD NOTHING BUT SILENCE ON THIS ISSUE.

I'VE ASKED SEVERAL TIMES FOR IT TO BE ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA.

UH, IT'S NOT MADE IT OBVIOUSLY, SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME.

I'M ASKING FOR SEVEN WORDS AND ACCOUNT AND AN ANNOUNCEMENT AND THAT'S IT.

I THINK THAT CAN BE DONE.

AND IF IT CAN'T, I'D JUST LIKE TO HEAR WHY.

SECOND THING, DENSITY AT CARBON CANYON AND EUCALYPTUS.

I'VE PROPOSED A MORATORIUM IN, IN THE CANYON ON BUILDING ON ANY CITY ACTION WITH RESPECT TO, UM, APPROVAL THAT WE'RE, WE'RE STARTING OR FINISHING.

I THINK THAT THAT'S REQUIRED OR NOT REQUIRED.

I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT GIVEN THE SAFETY ELEMENT UPDATE THAT WE'RE EXPECTING EARLY NEXT YEAR, AND I HOPE THAT YOU'LL ENFORCE THAT MORATORIUM.

SCE AND CARBON CANYON.

I'D JUST LIKE TO KNOW IF SC HAS REALLY FINISHED ALL OF THE WORK THERE.

THEY HAVE.

THEY DID.

THEY WERE HERE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION.

THEY DIDN'T SAY A DARN WORD ABOUT WHETHER THEY'VE ASSESSED EVERYTHING IN THE CANYON AND UPDATED IT TO THE LATEST STANDARDS.

YES OR NO.

I DON'T KNOW.

UH, A THIRD VOTING HISTORY I ASKED FOR.

I ASKED THE, THE COUNCIL, THE CITY CLERK TO PLEASE CREATE SOME SORT OF A RECORD, A LINEAR RECORD OF THE VOTING RESPONSE FOR THE COUNCIL.

I THINK CITIZENS IN THIS, IN THE CITY JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU VOTED, WHAT YOU VOTED YES FOR, WHAT YOU VOTED NO FOR.

AND TO BURY IT IN HUNDREDS OF PAGES OF DOCUMENTS AND HUNDREDS OF DOCUMENTS IS JUST NOT AN EFFICIENT WAY.

SO I WANT A CALENDAR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

LAST THING, UH, JUST THE BROWN ACT, UH, AGAIN, SUPPORT EVERYTHING MIKE SAID.

I HOPE EVERYBODY ON THE STAFF AND IN THE CITY COUNCIL TELL THEM WHAT YOU KNOW AND NOTHING ELSE IS EXPECTED.

ASSISTANCE, QUESTIONS OR RESOURCES, PLEASE CALL 9 0 9 4 6 5 5 2 6 5.

THANK YOU JOHN.

NEXT WE HAVE SUZETTE DING.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR ROGERS, VICE MAYOR MORAN COUNCIL MEMBER CITY STAFF AND AUDIENCE MEMBERS OF CHINO HILLS.

MY NAME IS SUZETTE DANG.

I'M WITH YOUR FOURTH DISTRICT COUNTY SUPERVISOR, KURT HACKMAN'S OFFICE.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR STUDENT WINNERS TONIGHT.

AS WELL AS, UM, THANK YOU TO OUR YOUNG LOCAL HEROES, JADEN AND KAYA SUPERVISOR KURT HAGMAN'S.

CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE WILL BE ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7TH, BETWEEN 5:30 PM UNTIL 7:30 PM AT THE LOBBY OF CHINO HILLS CITY HALL, LOCATED 1 4 0 0 0 CITY CENTER DRIVE.

RSVP IS REQUIRED.

PLEASE GO TO SUPERVISOR HAGMAN DOT EVENT BRIGHT.COM OR SCAN THE QR CODE THAT'S ON THE FLYER TO R RSS VP AND PLEASE SAVE THE DATE SUPERVISOR KURT HACKMAN'S.

NEXT FREE DOCUMENT, SHREDDING EVENT, UM, HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY JANUARY 27TH, 2024.

I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M SAYING 2024.

UM, AT THE SHOP'S OVERFLOW PARKING LOT, UH, BETWEEN 9:00 AM TO 12:00 PM OR UNTIL THE TRUCK TRUCKS REACHES CAPACITY.

IT IS LIMITED TO THREE STANDARDIZED FILING BOXES OF DOCUMENTS PER VEHICLE AND BOX DIMENSIONS.

SINCE EVERYONE'S ASKING THE DIMENSIONS I FOUND OUT ARE 10 INCHES BY 12 INCHES BY 15 INCHES, IT IS FREE TO SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY RESIDENTS ONLY, AND YOU MUST PRE-REGISTER TO PARTICIPATE FOR THIS EVENT ONLY.

HOWEVER, WE ALSO PLAN TO INCORPORATE E-WASTE COLLECTION.

UH, ADDITIONAL DETAILS, UM, WILL BE AVAILABLE IN DECEMBER THAT WILL LIST WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT ACCEPT.

SO, UM, KEEP YOUR EYES OFF OF THAT.

AS ALWAYS, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR SUPERVISOR, KURT HAGMAN'S OFFICE.

FOR ANY COUNTY RELATED

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AND WITH THAT, I WISH EVERYONE HERE AND IN THE COMMUNITY A VERY HAPPY, SAFE AND BLESSED THANKSGIVING.

THE, UM, CONFLICT OF INTEREST, CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

THANK YOU SUZETTE.

I HAVE NO OTHER SPEAKER CARDS.

OKAY, THAT'S IT FOR THE COMMENTS FROM OUR CITIZENS.

MOVING ON TO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR.

OH, WE HAVE

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

ANYBODY HAVE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ON WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO DO? OKAY.

[ CONSENT CALENDAR (15 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 MOVING ON TO CONSENT CALENDAR.

UH, LOOKING TO SEE IF ANYBODY WISHES TO PULL ITEM ANYTHING WITH FROM ITEM FIVE THROUGH ITEM 19.

BRIAN? NO SIR.

NO, RIGHT CYNTHIA? NO.

WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR, MR. MAYOR MOTION AND IT'S LOOKING FOR A SECOND.

I'LL MAKE A SECOND.

PERFECT.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ALRIGHT, THEN WE WILL MOVE ON.

LENA, TAKE IT AWAY.

[20. Provide direction on resurfacing rink at Grand Avenue Park to facilitate either: (1) pickleball, (2) roller-skating sports, or (3) hybrid of pickleball and roller-skating sports; direction on optional future enhancements to Grand Avenue Park as part of Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget process; which may include (1) removal of roller hockey boards and chain link and installation of permanent pickleball courts and basketball hoop/court, or (2) repair/replacement of roller hockey chain link and higher grade pickleball netting; and determine project to be exempt from review under California Environmental Quality Act]

NEXT IS THE DISCUSSION CALENDAR.

THIS ITEM IS TO PROVIDE DIRECTION ON RESURFACING RINK AT GRAND AVENUE PARK TO FACILITATE EITHER ONE PICKLEBALL, TWO ROLLER SKATING SPORTS OR THREE HYBRID OF PICKLEBALL AND ROLLER SKATING SPORTS.

AND TO GIVE DIRECTION ON OPTIONAL FUTURE ENHANCEMENTS TO GRAND AVENUE PARK IS PART OF FISCAL YEAR 20 24 25 BUDGET PROCESS.

ALRIGHT, SO BEN, YOU WANT TO KICK, KICK THINGS OFF OR SHOULD WE GO TO JONATHAN? THANK YOU MAYOR.

I'M GONNA ASK OUR, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR JONATHAN MARSHALL TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.

PERIOD, A TOTAL OF 68 HOURS OF USAGE HAS OCCURRED AT A RATE OF $40 PER HOUR FOR A TOTAL REVENUE OF $2,720.

JONATHAN, MAYOR ROGERS AND COUNCIL, USUALLY I HAVE PLENTY OF VOLUME.

OF COURSE.

TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION SURROUNDS RESURFACING OPTIONS FOR WHAT STAFF CALLS RINK ONE AT GRAND AVENUE PARK AS PART OF THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED PARK DESIGN.

WHEN THE PARK OPENED ITS DOORS IN NOVEMBER OF 1999, THERE WERE TWO DEDICATED ROLLER HOCKEY RINKS CONSTRUCTED AT GRAND AVENUE PARK DUE IN PART TO THE POPULARITY OF ROLLER HOCKEY.

AT THAT TIME, HOWEVER, OVER TIME, DUE TO THE LACK OF ROLLER HOCKEY PARTICIPATION, THE CITY LOOKED AT OTHER OPTIONS TO REPROGRAM THE USES OF BOTH RINKS, WHICH IN 2016 LED TO THE CONVERSION OF RINK TWO, ONLY TO THREE FULLY LIGHTED BASKETBALL COURTS.

THE R TWO PROJECT INCLUDED THE DEMOLITION OF BOARDS AND CHAIN LINK FENCING THAT SUPPORTED ROLLER HOCKEY PLAY.

THE DECISION TO CONVERT RINK TWO TO THREE BASKETBALL COURTS WAS DUE TO THE POPULARITY OF OUTDOOR BASKETBALL PLAY AT THAT TIME.

GRAND AVENUE ACTUALLY IS THE ONLY LIGHTED BASKETBALL COURTS WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.

ALSO, OVER TIME A NEW SPORT OF INTEREST WAS BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF STAFF BY THE COMMUNITY, THAT BEING THE SPORT OF PICKLEBALL.

PRIOR TO THE CONVERSION OF ANO PARK FROM ONE TENNIS COURT IN TWO FOUR PICKLEBALL COURTS, THE DECISION WAS MADE TO PURCHASE PORTABLE NETS, PADDLES, AND BALLS FOR A PILOT PROGRAM AT GRAND AVENUE PARK TO SEE IF THE INTEREST WAS REAL IN CHINO HILLS.

AS WE KNOW, INTEREST IS REAL.

I AM NOT HERE TO PROMOTE ANY SPORT.

HOWEVER, IN MY 34 YEARS OF WORKING IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT AND AS AN AVID SPORTS FAN, I HAVE NEVER SEEN A SPORT WITH THE GROWTH SEEN BY PICKLEBALL.

IT'S AMAZING.

AS FOR THE CURRENT USES OF RINK ONE, IT HAS BECOME A DUAL SPORT FACILITY WITH SCHEDULED TIMES OF USE FOR DROP IN PLAY FOR BOTH PICKLEBALL AND ROLLER HOCKEY AND A RENTAL TWO DAYS PER WEEK BY THE DERBY DAMES, A WOMAN'S ROLLER DERBY TEAM.

ALSO, SINCE SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR, STAFF HAS STARTED THE FIRST PICKLEBALL LEAGUE ON TUESDAY NIGHTS THAT SOLD OUT WITH 53 PARTICIPANTS.

AS FOR THE SCHEDULE, YES THERE IS MORE SCHEDULED TIME FOR PEOPLE TO PLAY PICKLEBALL ON RINK ONE BECAUSE THE DEMAND IS THERE FOR THAT TO OCCUR.

IF, HOWEVER, IF MORE TIME WAS NEEDED FOR OTHER USES, STAFF WOULD HAVE MADE IT AVAILABLE.

HOWEVER, IT HAS JUST NOT BEEN THE CASE.

THE CURRENT SCHEDULED TIMES OF USE OF RINK ONE IS INCLUDED IN THE COUNCIL'S PACKET.

OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, ONSITE STAFF SUPERVISION HAVE BEEN KEEPING ACCOUNT OF USERS OF RINK.

ONE SHARED WITHIN THE COUNCIL PACKET ARE PARTICIPANT NUMBERS AND FOUR DROP IN ROLLER HOCKEY AND PICKLEBALL.

SINCE STAFF BROUGHT THE SURFACING TOPIC OF R ONE TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSIONER COMMISSION, AS FOR R ONE RENTALS, OVER THE PAST 12 MONTH

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SO WHAT OPTIONS ARE THERE FOR SURFACING OUTDOOR USES SUCH AS PICKLEBALL AND ROLLER SPORTS? THERE ARE THREE OPTIONS FOR THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING.

TWO OF THE THREE OPTIONS ARE SPECIFIC TO THE NEEDS OF EACH USER'S SPORT WITH ONE OPTION BEING OF A HYBRID.

I KNOW WE HAVE SEVERAL SPEAKERS THIS EVENING THAT I'M SURE WILL SPEAK ON THEIR PREFERENCE IN SURFACING, BUT IN ITS MOST SIMPLISTIC DEFINITION, PICKLEBALL PLAYERS DESIRE A SURFACE BEING LIKE AN OUTDOOR TENNIS COURT OR BASKETBALL COURT THAT PROVIDES MORE GRIP SO AS TO NOT SLIP WHILE PLAYING.

OPPOSITE OF THAT IS THE ROLLER SPORTS WHERE THEY DESIRE A SMOOTHER SURFACE, WHICH IS EASIER ON THEIR WHEELS.

AND IN THE CASE OF ROLLER HOCKEY ALLOWS THE PUCK TO GLIDE, WHICH IS PARAMOUNT FOR THE SPORT.

SPEAKING TO SURFACING COMPANIES, THEY DO NOT RECOMMEND THAT DIFFERENT TYPES OF USES OCCUR ON THE SAME SURFACE.

THE THIRD OPTION STAFF ASKED THE SURFACING VENDORS WAS COULD THEY DO A HYBRID SURFACE, WHICH WOULD BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE DESIRES OF PICKLEBALL PLAYERS AND ROLLER SPORT USER NEEDS? THE SURFACING VENDORS DID NOT RECOMMEND THIS OPTION, BUT DID SAY THEY COULD TRY TO PUT FORTH SOMETHING TO ACCOMMODATE BOTH SPORTS AT THE MAY PARKS AND RECREATION MEETING.

AND THOSE SPEAKING TONIGHT, I BELIEVE WILL TELL YOU THAT A HYBRID SOLUTION IS NOT PREFERRED, NOR IS THE OTHER SPORTS ONLY SURFACING FOR OPTION.

EITHER THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION VOTED AND SUPPORTED A HYBRID OPTION ON A VOTE OF THREE TO TWO WITH THE HOPES THAT IT WOULD ALLOW BOTH USERS TO PLAY ON THE COURT AND TO NOT EXCLUDE ONE SPORT OR THE OTHER.

CURRENTLY BEING PLAYED ON RINK ONE.

AS PART OF THIS CONVERSATION PENDING WHAT SURFACING OPTION THE COUNCIL PREFERS STAFF IS LOOKING FOR THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION REGARDING OTHER POTENTIAL FACILITY ENHANCEMENTS, WHICH MAY, MAY OR MAY NOT INCLUDE THE REMOVAL OF BOARDS AND CHAIN LINK FENCING ON RINK ONE THAT SUPPORTS ROLLER HOCKEY AND THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE AREA BETWEEN THE THREE BASKETBALL COURTS AND RINK ONE THAT COULD INCLUDE SHADE AND SEATING TO SUPPORT.

SO OTHER COMPLIMENTARY THINGS DEPENDING ON WHAT, UH, WHAT DECISIONS ARE MADE.

REGARDLESS THE THE MIDDLE AREA THAT'S IN BETWEEN THE BASKETBALL COURTS AND, UM, THE CURRENT RINK, UM, IT'S JUST AN OPEN AREA AND WE BELIEVE AS STAFF THAT WE COULD, UH, BETTER UTILIZE THAT AREA WITH PO, POTENTIALLY SOME GAZEBOS AND SEATING, BENCHES AND SHADE TO SUPPORT WHATEVER TAKES PLACE ON BOTH SIDES THERE.

THIS CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE HERE THIS EVENING.

AND STAFF, OUR STAFF PASSED AND PRESENT AT GRAND AVENUE PARK WHO CAN SPEAK ABOUT WHAT THEY SEE IN CONVERSATIONS THEY'VE HAD OVER TIME IF NEEDED.

SO WE HAVE PEOPLE TO DO THAT AND, UM, I KNOW WE HAVE SOME SPEAKERS TO SPEAK THIS EVENING.

SO THAT'S IT FOR NOW.

THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.

UH, JONATHAN, ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WISH TO ASK JONATHAN QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING BEFORE WE GO TO OUR, OUR, UH, COMMUNITY? WE'RE GOOD.

WHY DON'T WE DO THAT, RENE? ALL RIGHT.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS VIVIAN NU.

WELL IF YOU'RE GONNA DO IT, STAND BEHIND HER SO AT LEAST THEY CAN SEE IT ON TV.

FROM ROLLER SPORTS? WE HAVE MANAGED TO EXIST WITHOUT ISSUE SINCE 2017.

I WANT GIVE YOU ALL THE, DO YOU NEED I GOT YOU GIRL.

A LITTLE HIGHER.

TRYING TO HELP.

DO YOU WANNA SEE IT OR DO THEY WANT TO SEE IT? THE CAMERAS THAT ARE RIGHT THERE.

UM, DOES THE TIMER GO ON? YOU'RE ON.

GO.

UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.

MY NAME IS VIVIAN LEONO.

I HAVE BEEN WITH PRISON CITY ROLLER DERBY SINCE 2015, AND I'M CURRENT PRESIDENT OF P-C-R-D-A 5 0 1 C CHARIOT CHARITY THAT IS DEDICATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND EMPOWERMENT OF ITS PLAYERS THROUGH ROLLER DERBY.

I'VE HEARD NEW STATEMENTS, SOCIAL MEDIA, REGARDING THE RINK, ABOUT WHY ARE WE STILL TALKING ABOUT THIS? MAKE IT A PERMANENT PICKLEBALL.

COURT ROLLER SPORTS IS DWINDLING.

SO IN FEBRUARY, 2023, THE VOTE PASSED FOR THE HYBRID FLOOR, UM, ALTHOUGH MIGHT NOT ACCOMMODATE.

UM, I EMAILED ABOUT, UM, ALTERNATIVE FLOORS LIKE AT JACK BULLOCK PARK IN FONTANA, WHERE THEY USE IT FOR ROLLER DERBY, ROLLER, UM, HOCKEY, BASKETBALL, AND PICKLEBALL.

IN FEBRUARY, 2022, IT SUGGESTED TO ACCOMMODATE ALL SPORTS SINCE THERE WERE CURRENT PICKLEBALL COURTS AND 17 BASKETBALL COURTS ALREADY IN CHINO HILLS.

IT WAS ALSO RECOMMENDED TO RESURFACE THE IT AGAIN, WHICH WOULD ALLEVIATE PICKLE BALL'S CONCERN ABOUT SLIPPING.

SO HERE WE ARE AGAIN.

ONCE AGAIN DISCUSSING IT.

IF BOTH SIDES ARE READY TO ARE OKAY TO ACCOMMODATE, THEN WHY CHANGE IT? UM, WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT TAKING AWAY

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UM, ESPECIALLY NOW SINCE WE'VE BEEN PROMOTING IT.

UM, IN THE SUMMER THEY HAD THE HOCKEY, UM, SUMMER FACE OFF.

WE'VE CREATED MORE HOCKEY TIMES, AND RECENTLY A RECREATIONAL YOUTH HOCKEY CLASSES STARTED THERE.

UM, PICKLE BALLS FOR EVERYONE.

SO IS ROLLER SPORTS.

ROLLER SPORTS ARE FOR EIGHT, ALL AGES AND GENDERS, ESPECIALLY IN ROLLER DERBY.

UM, IT HAS A HIGH ENGAGEMENT OF FEMALES, UM, AND ETHNIC AND SOCIOECONOMIC DIVERSITY THAT IS REPRESENTED.

TO RE REGARD THIS IS, UM, THE POINTS OF THIS SPORT IS UNMANAGEABLE.

WE NEED A SAFE SPACE TO SKATE AND PRACTICE, UM, FOR ROLLER DERBY AND ROLLER HOCKEY.

USING OPEN STREETS AND PARKS IS UNSAFE AND UNFAIR.

GRAND AVENUE PROVIDES A SAFE PLACE TO LEARN AND FALL WITHOUT DISTRACTION, UM, OF CARS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.

PCRD HAS USED THE RINK SINCE 2007 AND THE LAST FIVE YEARS, IT'S ESTIMATED THAT THE TEAM HAS PAID NINE TO $10,000 A YEAR FOR USAGE.

IF THE PARK GOES TO A PERMANENT PICKLEBALL COURT, THE CITY WILL LOSE THIS INCOME AS WELL AS THE INCOME THAT IS GENERATED BY RESTAURANTS AND GAS STATIONS, BY PLAYERS AND OFFICIALS THAT COME TO GRAND AVENUE TO TO PLAY.

THERE IS ONLY ONE ROLLER, UM, RINK IN A 20, 30 MILE RADIUS.

UM, WE DO HAVE RINKS AT ANA.

WE USED TO HAVE IT AT, UM, AT, UM, OH MY GOSH, I FORGOT .

OH, WE STILL HAVE IT AT CROSSROADS, BUT IT'S UNDER REMODEL.

WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO STILL USE GRAND AVENUE FOR BOTH SPORTS AND ALL ROLLER DERBY SPORTS.

LIKE I SAID, THERE'S ONLY ONE RINK, BUT PICKLEBALL ALSO HAS OPTIONS IN CHINO HILLS, FIVE PARKS AND DIAMOND BAR, THREE PARKS AND CHINO, AND ONE PARK IN ONTARIO.

THERE'S ONLY ONE ROLLER RINK, UM, IN THE AREA, SO I'M ASKING TO CONTINUE TO USE IT FOR BOTH SPORTS.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS HELEN YAM.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS HELEN YAM AND I'VE BEEN A CHINO HILLS RESIDENT FOR SIX YEARS.

UM, I AM ALL ABOUT SAVING GRAND AVENUE RINK FOR ROLLER SPORTS.

I STRUGGLE FROM ANXIETY AND, UM, ROLLER DERBY HAS LITERALLY SAVED MY LIFE.

SO, UH, JUST TO TOUCH ON WHAT VIVIAN SAID EARLIER ABOUT IT BEING A SAFE PLACE TO SKATE.

I ABSOLUTELY AGREE.

I LIVE OFF OF ROLLAWAY AND TERRACE, UM, RIGHT BY THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND, YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO GO OUT, ENJOY THE SUN AND PUT ON MY ROLLER SKATES AND TRY AND ATTEMPT TO SKATE.

BUT AS YOU KNOW, OUT HERE IN CHINO HILLS, WE HAVE A LOT OF FUN HILLS AND SPEED LIMITS AND EVERYTHING THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT AS WELL.

AND IT'S, IT'S NOT SAFE.

UM, I CAN PUT ON ALL OF MY PROTECTIVE GEAR AND EVERYTHING, BUT YOU KNOW, WITH TRAFFIC AND CHILDREN AND EVERYONE OUT WALKING THEIR DOGS AND WHATNOT, UM, IT, IT DOESN'T SERVE AS A SAFE PLACE TO SKATE OUT ON THE STREETS.

UM, SO GRAND AVENUE PARK HAS REALLY SERVED AS A PLACE FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT THERE AND JUST ENJOY THE SPORT, ENJOY THE COMRADERY OF ALL OF MY FELLOW TEAMMATES.

AND I ALSO FEEL THAT IF WE ABSOLUTELY HAD TO RESURFACE, UM, GRAND AVENUE, UM, THE RINK, I WOULD HOPE THAT, UH, COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER MAYBE MAKING THE SURFACE MORE LIKE, UH, JACK BULLOCK PARK IN, UH, FONTANA.

UM, THEIR SURFACE IS SLIGHTLY GRITTY, UM, SHOULD BE OKAY FOR PICKLEBALL PLAYERS ALSO, BUT ALSO, UM, NOT AS DESTRUCTIVE ON OUR WHEELS.

UM, SKATING THERE RECENTLY, WE DID HAVE A BOUT THERE AND IT'S JUST, IT HURTS.

IT HURTS THE FALL.

UM, YOU KNOW, KNEE PADS SLIDE UP, ELBOW PADS, WE HAVE ALL OF OUR PROTECTIVE GEAR, BUT IF YOU TALK TO A LOT OF OUR SKATERS, WE HAVE, WE HAVE ROAD RASH BASICALLY.

IT, IT'S WHAT THAT TYPE OF SURFACING CAUSES .

UM, WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON OUR GEAR, UM, OUR PROTECTIVE WEAR AND EVERYTHING, SO I FEEL LIKE IF IT, IF IT GETS ANY GRITTIER, IT'S JUST GONNA BE MORE DAMAGING FOR OUR EQUIPMENT.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND DIRECTORS AND, UH, MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LYDIA NOLTE.

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HI, UM, UH, PLAYERS OF PICKLEBALL AND DERBY HOCKEY, OR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE JUST HERE TO LISTEN IN.

I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR, UH, ATTENTION AND, UH, CONTRIBUTION TO THIS CONVERSATION.

UM, MY NAME IS LYDIA ULTI, OR AS MY DERBY COMMUNITY, UH, AFFECTIONATELY CALLS ME SQUID VICIOUS.

UM, I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF CHINO HALL'S COMMUNITY FOR OVER 12 YEARS.

I WENT TO SCHOOL HERE.

I WORKED IN ONE OF THE LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FOR OVER FOUR YEARS.

I CELEBRATE MILESTONES IN OUR COMMUNITY CENTER.

I VOLUNTEER, TEACH INCARCERATED PERSONS IN THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES IN HOPES TO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON RECIDIVISM RATES.

I LOVE THIS COMMUNITY AND ROLLER DERBY AND GRAND AVENUE PARK'S RINK IS A MAJOR PART OF THAT.

UM, IN FACT, LAST TIME I WAS HERE, I WAS ALSO HERE FOR A SIGN CONTEST.

I WON FOR MY GRADE.

SO I LOVE THIS COMMUNITY.

I LOVE, UM, THE FACT THAT WE'RE ALL HERE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS CONVERSATION.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME, UM, TO RESURFACE GRAND AVENUE PARK IN, UH, A ROUGH, GRITTY TEXTURE IS SIMPLY INEFFECTIVE IN HELPING TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE FROM INJURY.

WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO SHARE THE SPACE WITH, UH, PICKLEBALL PLAYERS AND, UH, HOCKEY PLAYERS.

WE ENJOY SEEING PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN SPORTS AND BEING HEALTHY AND HAPPY IN OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, AND ROLLER DERBY WANTS TO CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO PLAY.

UM, WHEN WE MENTIONED TO FELLOW MEMBERS AND FELLOW DERBY PLAYERS IN, UH, WHATEVER THE LEAGUE OR TEAM, THE SECOND THEY HEAR RESURFACING, THEY KNOW IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH PICKLEBALL AND WE LOVE PICKLEBALL.

THAT'S AWESOME.

BUT TO RESURFACE IT COMPLETELY DISALLOWS ROLLER DERBY AND ROLLER SPORTS FROM OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH HAS BEEN A STAPLE IN ADULT, RECREATIONAL AND YOUTH RECREATIONAL SPORTS FOR DECADES, UM, IT WAS ALREADY MENTIONED THAT WE GENERATE A LOT OF REVENUE JUST FROM THE FACT THAT WE RENT THE SPACE.

WE ALL PAY DUES TO RENT THE SPACE, UM, BECAUSE WE ENJOY PRACTICING IN THIS COMMUNITY, BUT WE ALSO GENERATE REVENUE BY SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK BEFORE AND AFTER PRACTICE.

UM, ROLLER DERBY IS A DIVERSE SPORT.

IT'S OPEN TO ALL TYPES OF PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF GENDER OR AGE, AND IT'S A GREAT SPORT FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AS YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ON SKATES TO PARTICIPATE.

UM, I JUST PLEASE, PLEASE ASK THAT WHEN CONSIDERING THE TEXTURE OF, UH, THE RESURFACING PROJECT, YOU CONSIDER THAT WE WANT TO SHARE THE SPACE AND CONTINUE TO REPRESENT THIS COMMUNITY IN A POSITIVE LIGHT.

WE LOVE HOSTING EVENTS AT GRAND AVENUE PARK, WHICH GENERATE, UH, REVENUE AND WE JUST LOVE, UH, BEING HERE TO SHOW HOW YOU CAN BUILD CONFIDENCE, BE HEALTHY, BE HAPPY, AND HAVE FUN IN THIS COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

IS NO BETTER THAN TAKING PICKLEBALL AWAY.

NEXT IS JOY TY .

SHE'S IS A SISTER .

IT'S OKAY.

HEY BUDDY, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

I THINK WE, WE GOT THE HIT.

WE GET THE POINT.

HI, GOOD EVENING.

ENJOY THE MEETING.

MY NAME IS JOY AND I FIRST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU IN LEADERSHIP THAT WE VALUE THAT WHATEVER'S BEEN SAID TONIGHT ABOUT GOOD, BAD, OR UGLY OF WHAT'S GOES ON AS THE CHINO HILLS RESIDENT BEEN HERE NOW SINCE 2011.

UM, JUST TO CONCERNED PARENT, LET'S SAY, AND THAT WAS MY DAUGHTER.

I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF HER.

I WAS GONNA SAY THE SAME THING ABOUT BEING HERE THE LAST TIME WHEN SHE WAS, UH, AWARDED SOMETHING THAT MAKES ME VERY PROUD AND NOW SHE'S STANDING UP AS A COMMUNITY RESIDENT, I WILL MAKE MIND BRIEF.

AS AN EDUCATOR, WE ARE RAISED TO PLAY IN THE SANDBOX WITH EACH OTHER.

THAT MEANS PICKLEBALL, ROLLER DERBY, HOCKEY TO THE BEST OF OUR ABIL ABILITY THAT WE CAN MAKE IT WORK FOR EVERYONE.

WHAT WE'RE NOT READY FOR IS TAKING THE SAND OUT OF THE SANDBOX AND CHANGING IT UP SO ONE PLAYER CAN'T PLAY IN THE SANDBOX.

I WAS RAISED AS AN EDUCATOR AND AS A CHILD TO YOU BETTER LEARN HOW TO COOPERATE WITH ONE ANOTHER.

PICKLE BALL'S GREAT.

QUITE FRANKLY, I DON'T ROLLER SKATE ANYMORE BECAUSE MY KNEES ARE BAD AND I CAN'T DO IT.

BUT I VALUE ROLLER DERBY AND AS A MOM OF A ROLLER DERBY GIRL THAT HAS FOUND A LOT OF LOVE IN THAT SPORT, TAKE THAT AWAY FROM SOMEONE

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AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, WE HAVE A LOT OF PICKLEBALL PLACES IN THE COMMUNITY AND THIS ROLLER DERBY GROUP DOES NOT HAVE THAT OPPORT OPPORTUNITY.

SO INSTEAD OF TAKING ONE PERSON'S GROUP AWAY BECAUSE IT'S NOT GONNA WORK WITH THAT SAND, HOW ABOUT MAKE SURE YOU GET THE RIGHT SAND SO THAT THE PICKLEBALL PEOPLE CAN WORK THERE.

AND ROLLER DERBY FOR ME, SORRY.

AND I DON'T MEAN IT INSULTING, IT'S A NO BRAINER.

MAKE IT WORK FOR EVERYBODY.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MIRANDA RICHIE.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBERS AND EVERYONE HERE, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TONIGHT.

I'M MIRANDA RICHIE FROM PRISON CITY ROLLER DERBY.

I JUST WANNA SPEAK FROM THE HEART ABOUT GRAND AVENUE ROLLER RINK, A RINK THAT I LOVE AND HAVE BEEN LEARNING HOW TO SKATE AND PLAY DERBY ON FOR MANY MONTHS NOW.

IF YOU TAKE AWAY A OR CHANGE TO A SURFACE NOT SUITABLE TO SKATE, YOU'LL BE TAKING AWAY A RINK FOR SO MANY SKATERS IN THE AREA.

FAMILIES FREE SKATERS, I SEE THEM ALL THERE ALL THE TIME.

THE RINK BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE.

THIS IS NOT JUST FOR ROLLER DERBY HOCKEY PLAYERS, BUT FOR FAMILIES THAT JUST WANT TO SKATE.

OTHER SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING THE GROWTH OF ROLLER SPORTS AND PICKLEBALL AT THE SAME TIME.

WHY TAKE AWAY THE ONLY RINK IN THE AREA WHEN WE STILL CAN KEEP SHARING AND HAVE BOTH PICKLEBALL AND, AND A RINK FOR SKATERS? THERE IS NOT ANOTHER ROLLER RINK FOR MANY MILES FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SHARE.

IN THE JOY OF SKATING AND PLAYING ROLLER SPORTS, PLEASE MAKE A DECISION THAT KEEPS EVERYONE, EVERYBODY ACTIVE IN THE SPORTS AND NOT JUST ONE SPORT OR ANOTHER, BUT ROLLER SPORTS AND PICKLEBALL TOO.

WE SHOULD ALL COME TOGETHER IN THE LOVE OF BEING A STAYING ACTIVE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

NEXT IS TAMARA OLIVOS.

HI, GOOD EVENING.

UM, MY NAME IS TAMARA OLIVOS.

UM, I JOINED PRISON CITY IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR AND I STARTED ROLLER SKATING JUST OVER A YEAR AGO.

IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND APPROPRIATE WORDS TO DESCRIBE WHAT SKATING HAS MEANT TO ME THIS PAST YEAR.

UM, PRISON CITY HAS WELCOMED ME AND MANY OTHERS WITH OPEN ARMS AND IT MAKES ME SO SAD TO EVEN THINK ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF THIS RINK GOING AWAY.

DOES THE RINK NEED TO BE RESURFACED? YES, ABSOLUTELY.

BUT BY RESURFACING THE RING TO APP PIECE PICKLEBALL PLAYERS WITH A SOFTER GRIPER SURFACE, THE CITY IS SENDING A CLEAR MESSAGE OF EXCLUSION.

IT IS ALREADY SO HARD TO FIND SAFE SPOTS FOR PRACTICING AND LEARNING TO SKATE, BUT THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF PICKLEBALL SPACES.

ROLLER SPORTS WILL HAVE NOWHERE TO GO IF THE NEW SURFACE IS NOT SAFE FOR SKATING.

GINO HILLS SHOULD TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW NEIGHBORING CITIES THAT ALL ARE WELCOME HERE.

I URGE THE CITY TO LET THE RINK CONTINUE TO BE A SHARED SPACE AS IT IS RIGHT NOW AND A RESOURCE FOR ALL AND NOT JUST A FEW.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS DEBBIE CINI.

UM, HELLO COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MR. MAYOR.

UM, I'M DEBBIE.

I'M REPRESENTING THE INLAND EMPIRE DERBY DIVAS ROLLER DERBY TEAM.

WE'RE A TEAM OF OVER 45 SKATERS.

UM, I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF PRISON CITY ROLLER DERBY AND ALL THE SKATERS THAT ENJOY THE RINK AT GRAND AVENUE PARK.

UM, I'D LIKE TO, UM, ASK YOU TO CONSIDER KEEPING THE SKATING RINK A SKATING RINK OR A SHARED SPACE.

THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY RINKS TAKEN AWAY FROM ROLLER SPORTS FOR PICKLEBALL.

IT'S GETTING HARDER AND HARDER TO FIND PLACES TO SAFELY PLAY DERBY.

UM, IT'S A SPORT THAT NEEDS A SPECIAL SPACE AND UM, AND A SPECIAL SURFACE TO PLAY ON SAFELY.

WE CAN'T JUST PLAY ON ANY, AT ANY OLD PLACE AND ON ANY OLD SURFACE.

UH, MY TEAM FREQUENTS THE RINK HERE FOR SCRIMMAGES, WHICH USUALLY INCLUDES SUPPORT FOR OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES OR FOR YOUR LOCAL BUSINESSES.

SORRY.

AND SUPPORT FOR CHARITY FUNDRAISING FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.

UM, I COME FROM THE CITY OF FONTANA WHERE MY HOME RINK IS JACK BULLOCK THAT THEY'VE

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BEEN TALKING ABOUT.

UM, WE'RE UNDER THE DIRECTOR OF HECTOR VASQUEZ AND WE SHARE OUR RINK WITH PICKLEBALL, BASKETBALL, HOCKEY, AND INDOOR SOCCER SO IT CAN BE DONE.

UM, WE HAVE BEEN SHARING FOR YEARS NOW.

OUR CITY'S PHILOSOPHY IS IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ONE SPORT OR ANOTHER.

WE MAKE IT WORK TOGETHER AND EVERYONE CAN ENJOY THE FACILITY TOGETHER.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

APPRECIATE THE NEXT SPEAKER.

IS MARIA FREE? YOU GOT A LITTLE TIMER HERE.

YOU'RE ON.

GOOD EVENING ONE AND ALL.

I'LL GET EXTRA TIME.

THAT'S FINE.

UH, MY NAME IS MARIA FREE.

I'VE BEEN A CHINO HILLS RESIDENT FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS.

UH, MY SON SKATED THE HOCKEY AT GRAND AVENUE WHEN THE RINK WAS BRAND NEW.

I WAS HERE WHEN THEY BUILT IT.

SO EXCITED WHEN IT CAME IN.

I WAS PREVIOUSLY BEFORE THE PARKS AND RECREATION AND I BELIEVE THIS GROUP AS WELL, UH, PRESENTING A COMP COMPROMISE FOR ROLLER DERBY, HOCKEY AND PICKLEBALL.

I WON THE ARGUMENT THEN AND I HOPE TO WIN IT TONIGHT TOO.

UM, I DO HAVE AN EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT SINCE I TOO AM A SKATER AND INVOLVED IN ROLLER DERBY.

UM, I WAS THE ORIGINAL FOUNDER OF THE PRISON CITY ROLLER DERBY BACK IN 2007 AND I WORKED WITH THE CITY HERE IN CHINO HILLS TO ALLOW US TO SKATE THERE FOR A PRICE, EXCUSE ME FOR A PRICE, BUT I DEAL IN FACTS AS EMOTIONAL AS IT MAY BE, IT'S A FACT THAT THE ROLLER DERBY TEAM HAS BEEN SKATING AT GRAND AVENUE FOR 16 YEARS AND HAS BEEN PAYING FOR THAT ABILITY TO SKATE.

PRISON.

CITY ROLLER DERBY HAS PAID IN AND AROUND A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OVER THE YEARS TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.

I THINK THAT DESERVES US A RIGHT TO SPEAK AND HAVE AN OPINION THAT'S REGARDED.

THE SKATERS UTILIZE, UTILIZE THE RANK OF APPROXIMATELY 42 42 WEEKS OUT OF THE YEAR.

NOW WE DO ONLY SKATE TWICE A WEEK, BUT THERE'S A PRICE INVOLVED AND WE CAN'T AFFORD MORE THAN THAT AND WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SKATE THERE IF WE'RE NOT PAYING.

SO SOME OF THE STATISTICS THAT YOU'VE BEEN PROVIDED ARE A LITTLE BIT SKEWED BECAUSE OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

UM, THE OPTION FOR A HYBRID SURFACE IS JUST BASICALLY NOT FEASIBLE.

I'VE DONE THE RESEARCH AND I'VE SPOKEN TO THIS AT THE PRIOR MEETING WITH JONATHAN.

THE SURFACING COMPANIES HAVE RECOMMENDED A HYBRID THAT HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE AND IS NOT OF THEIR OWN DESIGN.

THE COMPANIES USE PRODUCTS SPECIFIC TO INDIVIDUAL SPORTING SURFACES.

KIND OF LIKE WHEN YOU BUY CEMENT, THIS KIND OF CEMENT THAT KIND OF CEMENT.

THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO LAY A SANDY SURFACE LIKE WHAT IS NORMALLY LAID FOR PICKLEBALL AND THEN COVER IT WITH AN ADDITIONAL ACRYLIC.

THE SANDY SURFACE HAS PEAKS AND VALLEYS LIKE YOU WOULD ON SANDPAPER BETWEEN THE SAND.

THE ACRYLIC WILL FILL THAT IN TO REDUCE THE SANDY SURFACE, BUT STILL ALLOW A DEGREE OF GRIP FOR PICKLEBALL.

THE HYBRID SURFACE WON'T LAST AND WILL DEGRADE THE SURFACE.

COMPANIES HAVE ALREADY STATED A RESURFACING EVERY FIVE YEARS, AND IT'S BEEN 20 YEARS THAT THE CURRENT SURFACE HAS LASTED AND WE'VE BEEN SHARING IT FOR THAT TIME MORE RECENTLY WITH PICKLEBALL.

THE PICKLEBALL ENTHUSIASTS, I'M NOT GONNA SAY THAT ONE.

THE STATISTICS GATHERED REGARDING THE SKATERS IS SKEWED.

FOR YEARS, THE CITY HAS POSTED ASIDE DEDICATING 75% OF THE RINK TIME TO PICKLEBALL.

IF SKATERS AREN'T ALLOWED AND HAVE LEARNED THAT THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SKATE AND ARE SECOND TO PICKLEBALL, THEY STOP COMING.

SHOULDN'T THE RINK LIKE OTHER PUBLIC FACILITIES BE FIRST COME FIRST? SURF JACK BULLOCK PARK THAT'S BEEN MENTIONED IS A GREAT SURFACE TO SKATE ON.

AS MUCH AS WE RUIN OUR WHEELS, RUIN OUR SKATES, WE'RE STILL ABLE TO DO IT.

I HOPE THAT YOU CONSIDER THAT.

APPRECIATE IT.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DEANNA SAUNDERS MEDINA.

GOOD EVENING COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

I'M HERE TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED RESURFACING OF GRAND AVENUE PARK.

I SEE THREE MAJOR ISSUES WITH THE PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL.

FIRST IS THE OVERALL SHORT AND LONG-TERM COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RESURFACING.

SECOND IS CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETY.

AND FINALLY, THE EQUITY ISSUE RAISED BY THIS PROPOSAL.

WE HAVE POINTED OUT NUMEROUS TIMES THAT THE PROPOSED HYBRID SURFACE DOES NOT MAKE FINANCIAL SENSE FOR THE CITY.

NEITHER VENDOR CAN ACCURATELY SAY WHAT CHARACTERISTICS THE FINAL PRODUCT WILL ACTUALLY HAVE.

AND ONE DIRE, ONE VENDOR WILL NOT EVEN OFFER A WARRANTY.

THERE IS NO GOOD INFORMATION ON HOW MUCH THIS WILL COST THE CITY LONG TERM.

THE RINK HAS NOT BEEN RESURFACED IN OVER 20 YEARS, BUT WITHOUT A DOUBT AND ANY NEW UNTESTED SURFACE WILL REQUIRE MUCH MORE REGULAR MAINTENANCE EVEN

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IF IT HOLDS UP.

PRISON CITY ROLLER DERBY PAYS AN ANNUAL FEE OF $10,000 FOR OUR USAGE OF THE RINK.

IF THE HYBRID SURFACE MAKES THE RINK UNUSABLE FOR ROLLER SPORTS, THEN THE CITY WILL NOT ONLY LOSE OUT ON RENTAL INCOME, BUT THE NEARBY SHOPS AND GAS STATIONS WILL ALSO LOSE OUT ON INCOMES FROM PLAYERS THAT COME TO PRACTICE AND MAKE PURCHASES NEARBY.

PICKLEBALL PLAYERS CLAIM THAT THE CURRENT RINK SURFACE IS UNSAFE FOR THEM.

DIRECTOR MARSHALL POINTED OUT HOWEVER, THAT THE, A SIMPLE RESURFACING WITH THE SAME SURFACE WOULD PROBABLY ELIMINATE THE COMPLAINTS OF PICKLEBALL PLAYERS SLIPPING, PROVIDED THEY WEAR PROPER FOOTWEAR.

ADDITIONALLY, PICKLEBALL PLAYERS HAVE PROVIDED NO EVIDENCE THAT ANYONE HAS ACTUALLY BEEN INJURED ON THE RINK, WHICH WAS NEVER DESIGNED TO BE A PICKLEBALL COURT IN THE FIRST PLACE.

MEANWHILE, NEITHER VENDOR CAN SAY WITH ANY CERTAINTY THAT THE FINAL SURFACE, WHAT THE FINAL SURFACE WILL BE LIKE.

IT IS VERY UNLIKELY THAT THE PROPOSAL COULD RENDER.

IT IS VERY LIKELY THAT THE PROPOSAL COULD RENDER THE RINK UNSAFE FOR ROLLER SPORTS.

ROLLER SPORTS NEED A FIRM AND SMOOTH ENOUGH SURFACE TO SKATE ON IN ORDER TO PREVENT INJURIES TO SKATERS.

THIS WOULD NOT ONLY AFFECT ROLLER DERBY PLAYERS, BUT ALSO U ALSO YOUTH HOCKEY PLAYERS, FAMILIES OR INDIVIDUALS THAT COME TO SKATE.

WE HAVE ALSO SHARED WITH YOU OUR CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THIS PROPOSAL WILL HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON EQUITY IN THE CITY.

ROLLER DERBY PLAYERS REPRESENT A DIVERSE RANGE OF PLAYERS FROM ALL ETHNIC AND SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS.

ADDITIONALLY, THE CITY RECENTLY STARTED OFFERING RECREATIONAL ROLLER HOCKEY CLASSES, WHICH IS A NEW WAY TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY.

THE CITY HAS A CHANCE TO ACCOMMODATE ROLLER SPORTS FOR ALL AGES AND A CHANCE FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH U OUTREACH USING PUBLIC SKATING NIGHTS SUCH LIKE AT SUMMIT PARK, OR EVEN HAVING VENDORS AND SMALL BUSINESSES PARTIC PARTICIPATE IN ROLLER EXHIBITION EVENTS.

UH, FINALLY, ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT BECOMING A PART OF PRISON CITY ROLLER DERBY HAS MEANT SO MUCH TO ME.

I FOUND A SECOND HOME IN MY FAMILY.

I HAVE FOUND A SECOND FAMILY IN MY FELLOW TEAMMATES.

LEARNING HOW TO SKATE HAS IMPROVED MY PHYSICAL FITNESS AND HAS INCREASED MY SELF-CONFIDENCE.

AS I LEARN EACH NEW SKILL.

THE TEAM SHOWS UP FOR EACH OTHER, BUT ALSO FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PETITION WE HAVE SIGNED THAT HAS OVER 2,500 UM, SIGNATURES AT THE MOMENT.

PEOPLE DO NOT WANT THIS COURT TAKEN AWAY FROM US.

WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I HAVE A LETTER FROM THE LA KINGS IN SUPPORT OF ROLLER SPORTS IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND I HAVE SHARED IT, SHARED IT WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, AND THEY SAID THAT IT WAS GONNA BE FORWARDED TO EVERYBODY.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS OSCAR WEO.

GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS OSCAR ZO AND I'M A RESIDENT OF CHINO HILLS AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE ROLLER SPORT COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY ROLLER HOCKEY.

WE STRONGLY URGE THIS COUNCIL TO KEEP ROLLER SPORTS IN THE COMMUNITY AND ADOPTING ROLLER HOCKEY AND ROLLER SPORTS IN THIS COMMUNITY IS UPHOLDING THIS COUNCIL'S DUTY TO THE COMMUNITY AND CONSISTENT WITH THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF EQUITY, FAIRNESS, AND JUSTICE.

PERMANENT PICKLEBALL WOULD NOT BE AN EQUITABLE MEASURE.

GRANTING 100% OF THE USE OF THE RINK TO ONLY A PORTION OF THE USERS IS NOT AN EQUITABLE SOLUTION HERE.

THAT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO LIMITING RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AS OPPOSED TO EXPANDING RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO THE PUBLIC.

AND THAT COMPLETELY IGNORES THAT THEY PICKLEBALL IS READILY ACCESSIBLE AT ANY OF THE OTHER PARKS IN CHINO HILLS.

IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S ABOUT 46 OF THEM WHERE THEY CAN GO PLAY ROLLER.

UH, ROLLER SPORTS DON'T HAVE THAT SAME LUXURY.

WE FULLY DEPEND ON GRAND AVENUE PARK TO GO AND PLAY HOCKEY OR ANY OTHER ACTIVITIES, UH, INVOLVING ROLLER SPORTS.

FURTHER PERMANENT PICKLEBALL WOULD NOT BE A FAIR MEASURE.

THIS COUNCIL SHOULD NOT OVERLOOK THE PARKS AND REC COMMITTEE'S VOTE IN FAVOR OF A HYBRID SURFACE, WHICH ACCOMMODATED ROLLER HOCKEY, ROLLER SPORTS, AND RESOLVED THE, THE RESOLVED, THE SAFETY CONCERNS THAT THE PICKLEBALL PLAYERS HAD.

ALSO, THIS OR PERMANENT PICKLEBALL WOULD NOT BE A JUST MEASURE, IT WOULD BE UNJUST.

THERE IS AN UNJUST COST TO THE COMMUNITY TO COMPLETELY REPLACE THIS RINK AND MAKE A PICKLEBALL.

A RECENT REPORT SAID IT WAS GONNA BE ABOUT $90,000.

THAT'S $90,000 DE DEDICATED TO LIMITING THE USE OF THIS FACILITY TO JUST TWO SPORTS.

IGNORING THE YEARS THAT THIS RINK HAS EXISTED TO SUIT ROLLER SPORTS EVER SINCE, ITS ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN 1999, WELCOMING ROLLER SPORTS TO THIS COMMUNITY SHOULD BE VALUED.

IT SHOULDN'T BE FORGOTTEN, IT SHOULDN'T BE IGNORED.

IT SHOULDN'T BE TREATED AS SIMPLY REMOVING A BANDAID AND MOVING ON.

I ALSO

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BUT I, I, PEGGY, BUT I STRONGLY URGE AND REQUEST AND RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THIS COUNCIL CONSIDER KEEPING ROLLER SPORTS IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THANK YOU.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JANICE REDDEN.

GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS.

MY NAME IS JANICE REDDEN AND MY HUSBAND BENNY, AND I HAVE LIVED IN CHINO HILLS SINCE 1988.

BACK THEN, WE LOVED OUR SMALL TOWN AND APPRECIATED OUR CITY LEADERS.

MANY OF YOU WHO HAVE LIVED HERE AS LONG AS WE HAVE, WHO HAVE BEEN FAITHFUL STEWARDS OF THE BEAUTIFUL PARKS AND RECREATIONAL AREAS WE STILL HAVE IN OUR CITY, DESPITE ITS TREMENDOUS GROWTH, AND I AM SORRY, SO SORRY THAT THIS, THIS DISCUSSION HAS COME TO THIS POINT.

IT IS REALLY UNFORTUNATE.

IT SOUNDS LIKE WE CANNOT COHABITATE, BUT IF YOU, IF WE CAN COHABITATE AS TWO SPORTS, PLEASE CONSIDER THAT.

BUT WE ARE HERE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER ALLOCATING FUNDS TO BUILD MORE PERMANENT PICKLEBALL COURTS, NOT ONLY AT GRAND AVENUE, BUT IN THE FUTURE TO CONSIDER BUILDING COURTS IN OTHER AREAS OF OUR CITY AS WELL.

I KNOW I SOUND LIKE THE WOMAN ON THAT LAWYER COMMERCIAL WHO ALWAYS WANTS MORE, BUT THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT.

WHILE YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT ITS GROWING POPULARITY AND HEALTH BENEFITS, I ALSO WANNA LET YOU KNOW WHAT THE BIG DEAL ABOUT PICKLEBALL IS, WHY YOU'VE SEEN SUCH AN ENORMOUS GROWTH IN THIS SPORT AND ITS POPULARITY.

FIRST THING, IT DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST AGE.

THERE ARE SENIOR CITIZENS PLAYING AGAINST TEENAGERS AND EVEN YOUNGER, AND WE ARE HAVING A BLAST TOGETHER.

CHINO HILLS HAS BECOME A MELTING POT OF DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES.

YOU GUYS HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN PICKLEBALL, BUT PICKLEBALL IS A SPORT THAT BRINGS US ALL TOGETHER BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE COMMON GOAL TO PLAY HARD AND HAVE FUN.

THE PICKLEBALL COURTS ARE A PLACE WHERE JUST FOR AN HOUR OR TWO WE CAN FORGET ABOUT POLITICS, THE SAD STATE OF THE WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN, AND EVEN OUR OWN PERSONAL PROBLEMS. INSTEAD, AT ANO, WE ARE EGGING EACH OTHER ON AND ENCOURAGING ONE ANOTHER.

IT BRINGS BACK A SENSE OF THAT SMALL FRIENDLY COMMUNITY WE FELL IN LOVE WITH 35 YEARS AGO.

TO BE HONEST, BENNY AND I ARE SURPRISED AT HOW MUCH WE LOVE THIS SPORT.

IT'S THE GAME.

YES, BUT IT'S ALSO THE GREAT PEOPLE WE MEET ON THE COURTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

GREAT PEOPLE.

CAN YOU RAISE YOUR HANDS BACK THERE? THANK IT IS FRUSTRATING WHEN WE CAN'T FIND PARKING BECAUSE THE COURTS ARE SO PACKED.

BUT WE STILL KEEP COMING.

THAT IS WHY WE ASK YOU TO PLAN FOR MORE PICKLEBALL COURTS TO BE BUILT BECAUSE THE NEED IS ALREADY HERE.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND FOR ALL THE TIME YOU HAVE SPENT ON THIS IMPORTANT COMMUNITY ISSUE.

AWAY WITH A CHEAPER SURFACE THAT WOULD BE MORE MULTI-USE.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MA AVI KEEN AS I COME LIMPING UP.

I'VE LIVED IN LOS RAMOS AREA FOR 45 YEARS.

I'VE WRITTEN YOU ALL PLENTY OF LETTERS.

UM, I HAVE SOME PICTURES OF YOU.

IF SOMEBODY CAN BRING, CAN I BRING THEM UP THERE? YOU CAN.

WE DO NOT WANT TO EXCLUDE ANY PART OF THE COMMUNITY.

OUR GOAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO ASK FOR MORE PERMANENT PICKLEBALL COURTS.

I LOVE THE ROLLER HOCKEY COMMUNITY, THE ROLLER SKATERS, ALL THAT.

WE DON'T WANT SEE THEM SUFFERING EITHER, BUT WE DO WANNA SERVE OUR OWN NEEDS.

I HAD A COUPLE FACTS THAT I WANT IT CLEARED UP AND I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION.

MEETINGS IS THE GUARANTEE OF THE SURFACES.

IF THEY'RE USED FOR MULTI-SURFACE AND THEY HAVE SAID IF THEY PUT IN A SURFACE AND SKATERS GO ON, IT WON'T BE GUARANTEED UNLESS IT'S A SKATER SURFACE.

ALSO, CORONA TRIED TO GO GET

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THEY HAVE TO REDO THE SURFACE.

IT WAS TOO SLIPPERY.

AND I THINK I'VE WRITTEN TO JOHN MAYBE ABOUT THAT TOO, TO LOOK INTO THAT CITY IS EXTREMELY WELL MANAGED.

WE HAVE A HUGE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES.

I THINK WE CAN ADDRESS BOTH GROUPS AND MAKE IT FAIR FOR EVERYONE.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS NOIA MEDINA.

GOOD EVENING COUNSEL.

UM, I'M AMAZED BY THE AMOUNT OF ADULTS THAT HAVE ALL COME OUT HERE AND ARE JUST WANTING TO PLAY A SPORT.

I MEAN, THAT'S NOT A TERRIBLE PROBLEM TO HAVE IN THIS DAY AND AGE.

UM, AND THAT BEING SAID, I THINK WE'RE ALL WANTING THE SAME THING AND COMES DOWN TO HAVING AN EQUITABLE SPACE FOR BOTH PARTIES.

UM, I THINK IT'S INTERESTING THAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE ASKING FOR MORE PICKLEBALL COURTS AND WE'D ABSOLUTELY LOVE THAT.

WE'RE NOT AGAINST THAT AT ALL, BUT WE'RE JUST WANT OUR ONE.

WE HAVE ONE.

AND WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO PRESERVE THAT ONE.

UH, MR. MARSHALL, YOU MENTIONED THAT ALREADY THERE USED TO BE ANOTHER RINK AND IT'S ALREADY BECOME, UM, BASKETBALL AND TENNIS COURTS, AND NOW YOU GUYS ARE CONSIDERING CONVERTING THE LAST RINK THAT YOU HAVE INTO SOMETHING ELSE AS WELL.

UM, FRANKLY, IF WE LOST THE RINK, WE JUST, WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO PLAY.

AND SO YOU ARE DISPLACING A TEAM, UM, OF ROLLER SKATER, ROLLER SKATERS BY NOT PROVIDING THAT SPACE.

UM, WHEN CLEARLY THAT'S NO, THAT'S NOT EVEN WHAT, YOU KNOW, OUR OPPOSITION WANTS.

AND I WOULD, I SHOULDN'T CALL 'EM THE OPPOSITION.

WE BOTH WANT THE SAME THING.

WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO HAVE A NICE SAFE AREA WHERE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, INDULGE IN, IN ATHLETIC SPORTS.

UM, AND AS IT WAS MENTIONED BEFORE, WE HAVE GOT OVER 2000 SIGNATURES IN SUPPORT OF SUSTAINING THE ROLLER RINK.

UH, WE WERE OUT THERE, UM, IN THE PARK IN CHINO, UM, ON HALLOWEEN GIVING CANDY OUT TO KIDS.

WE ARE A TEAM AND WE ARE A NONPROFIT AND WE DO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES.

WE EVEN PARTNER UP WITH ONE OF THE GYMS DOWN THE STREET.

UM, 'CAUSE THEY, YOU KNOW, CONDITION US TO BECOME BETTER ATHLETES.

AND SO WE ARE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THIS COMMUNITY, AND WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO STAY A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.

UM, AND IT, LIKE, FROM A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE, I THINK IT'S BITTER TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE'VE PAID THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR A RENTED SPACE, UM, WHEN OTHERS HAVEN'T HAD TO.

AND NOW THOSE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS COULD BE USED TO OUR DEMISE.

YOU KNOW, LIKE IF YOU TURN THIS INTO A SOLE PICKLEBALL COURT OR EVEN JUST RESURFACED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PICKLEBALL THAT WAS PAID THROUGH OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR FUNDS THAT COULD BE ALLOCATED TOWARDS THAT.

UM, IT IS BITTER TO THINK ABOUT.

UM, SO I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION AND YOUR TIME TODAY.

I SHARED THIS WITH YOU BECAUSE I'M HAPPY THAT I WAS ABLE TO FIND A PLACE FOR MY DAUGHTER TO LEARN ABOUT ROLLER DERBY JUST LIKE I AM AT GRAND AVENUE PARK.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NANCY AND OR EMMA LOS CIO.

UM, I WASN'T PLANNING TO SPEAK TODAY, BUT THIS MEANS SO MUCH TO ME.

SO I WANTED TO MAKE AN EFFORT AND COME AND SPEAK.

ON BEHALF OF THE ROLLER DERBY TEAM, MY NAME IS NANCY AND I WANTED TO SHARE MY STORY.

A A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, I HAD NO IDEA THAT ROLLER DERBY WAS EVEN A THING.

ONE DAY MY DAUGHTER GOT A PAIR OF SKATES AND BEGAN TEACHING HERSELF HOW TO SKATE.

SHE THEN COMES TO ME AND TELLS ME THAT SHE SAW IT ONLINE AND WANTED TO EXPLORE ROLLER DERBY.

I SAID ROLLER DERBY, .

I DID MY RESEARCH.

SORRY, MY GLASSES.

UM, I DID MY RESEARCH AND FOUND A LEAGUE WE JOINED AND, AND OUR WHOLE FAMILY FELL IN LOVE WITH THE SPORT.

WE HAVE TRAVELED AND PLAYED, UM, ACROSS THE UNITED STATES TEAMS FROM ALL OVER, EVEN FROM CANADA, AND LEARNED VERY QUICKLY THAT ROLLER DERBY IS BIG.

UM, THE LOVE OF ROLLER DERBY IS WHAT HAS BROUGHT ME TO PRISON CITY.

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TAKING THE SPACE AWAY FROM ROLLER DERBY AND OTHER ROLLER SPORTS WOULD BE A DISSERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

YOU'LL BE TAKEN AWAY THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO EXPLORE, FOR THE COMMUNITY TO EXPLORE AN INTEREST IN A ROLLER SPORT.

NO OTHER RING EXISTS WITHIN 20 TO 30 MILES.

I AM HERE TODAY ASKING FOR ALL OF YOU TO KEEP THE TRADITION OF MAKING PARKS A PLACE THAT PROVIDES ACCESS TO RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.

I ASK THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS THAT WOULD MAKE THE RINK A SPACE USABLE BY A VARIETY OF PEOPLE AND NOT EXCLUDE ANYONE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS HARRY WONG.

HI EVERYONE.

GOOD EVENING HARRY.

MY NAME IS HARRY WONG.

I'M A PHYSICIAN PRACTICING IN THIS AREA.

I AM TRIPLE BOARD CERTIFIED IN INTERNAL MEDICINE, HYPERTENSION AND A MEDICINE.

AND I ALSO LIVE IN CHINO HILLS.

UH, TONIGHT I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT PICKLEBALL.

I THINK PICKLEBALL IS SPECIAL.

IT IS A VERY SOCIALABLE SPOT.

LIKE EVERYONE CAN PLAY AND ENJOY.

YOU DON'T REALLY NEED TO KNOW ANYONE.

YOU CAN JUST BRING YOUR RECORD AND YOU CAN GET TO THE COURT AND PLAY WITH SOMEONE.

UM, I, I RECOMMEND IT FOR MY PATIENT, FAMILY, FRIENDS, UH, EVERYONE.

THE PROBLEM IS, UM, I CANNOT FIND ANY OPEN PICKLE BOOK APART TO PLAY WITH MY, LIKE MY DAUGHTER AND MY WIFE.

THEY ARE BEGINNERS.

UM, ESPECIALLY MIDDAYS IN THE EVENING.

UM, SO I THINK, UH, WE NEED MORE PICKLEBALL COURT.

UH, IF THAT CAN HAPPEN, I CAN PROMISE TO BRING MORE PEOPLE TO PLAY AND AND I THINK WE CAN BRING OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER.

THAT'S ALL I JUST SAY TONIGHT.

THAT CONCLUDES I HAVE NO MORE SPEAKER CARDS.

THAT'S IT FOR SPEAKER CARDS? YEAH.

CAN WE ASK OUR STAFF A FEW QUESTIONS? YES.

JOHNSON, WE'RE DONE WITH COMMENTS.

WHEN DID, WHEN DID, WHEN WE BUILT THAT RINK, WAS IT IN FACT INTENDED STRICTLY FOR ROLLER HOCKEY AT THE TIME? ACTUALLY IT WAS MY VERY FIRST PRESENTATION, COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT, THAT I EVER GAVE TO THE COUNCIL, AND I WAS SHAKEN IN MY BOOTS.

SO WHEN WAS THAT? THIS TAKES ME BACK.

UM, WELL I STARTED IN 1994, SO JUST AFTER THAT, UH, IT WAS A LONG TIME COMING.

WE, UH, DID A LOT OF RESEARCH AS IT RELATED TO THE SPORT, OF COURSE.

UM, AND, UM, I'LL BE HONEST, AND I DON'T SAY THE WORD I VERY OFTEN, BUT I WILL SAY THE WORD I IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE BECAUSE I HAD TO CONVINCE THE COUNCIL TO DO TWO RINKS AND NOT ONE IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A VIABLE PROGRAM THAT WE FELT, UH, WOULD BE NECESSARY TO ENSURE IT'S, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, YOU KNOW, ADVANCE AND SUCH.

AND SO, UM, BUT YES, UM, BOTH OF THOSE RINKS WERE DEDICATED FOR ROLLER HOCKEY PURPOSES ONLY.

CERTAINLY IN THE CASE AS IT IS NOW, IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO COME AND JUST SKATE, UH, THEMSELVES, THEY'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO DO SO AS WELL AND, AND SUCH SO.

BUT, UM, YES, THE INITIAL, UH, YEARS OF THAT RINK WERE STRICTLY FOR ROLLER HOCKEY.

'CAUSE THESE OTHER SPORTS, OF COURSE, THAT HAVE ALWAYS COME ABOUT THROUGH THE YEARS, WE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT.

THAT IS WHAT WE KNOW AS FAR AS FINANCE GOES.

AND COULD YOU VERIFY IS THE APPROXIMATE RENTAL FOR THAT $10,000 A YEAR? SO I CHECKED WITH KRISTA'S DEPARTMENT TODAY, SO THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE ON THE BOOKS.

WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 60 OVER THE LAST 12 MONTH PERIOD OF TIME.

WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 68 HOURS OF USE THAT HAS OCCURRED BY THE DERBY DAMES, WHICH TOTALS ACTUALLY $2,720.

THAT IS WHAT IS BEING BILLED TO THEM.

SO IF WE SHOULD BE BILLING $10,000, SHAME ON US AS IT RELATES TO IT, FRANKLY.

UM, THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THEY HAVE REQUESTED THROUGH THE ENTIRE YEAR TO WANT TO GET DEEP INTO THE NUMBERS HERE.

BUT FOUR HOURS PER WEEK TIMES 52 WEEKS TIMES $40, WHICH THEY SAID IT WAS 42 WEEKS, BUT IF YOU DID ALL 52 WEEKS, THE MOST THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY IS $8,320 BASED ON OUR RATE.

SO, UM, ANYWAYS, CAN I, THAT IS WHAT WE BILL, THAT IS WHAT OUR RATE IS.

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UH, AT WHAT POINT IN TIME DID THE POPULARITY OF PICKLEBALL COME ABOUT TO WHERE WE STARTED CONVERTING AND ALLOWING PICKLEBALL AT THAT FACILITY? WELL, KIND OF AS I STATED IN THE REPORT.

UM, SO I'M GONNA GO BACK TO MY NOTES.

'CAUSE AS FAR AS THE TIMING OF EVERYTHING GOES, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND ONE OF THOSE GENTLEMEN IS OUT IN THE CROWD.

UH, MR. STEVE ZALAY CAME TO US, UH, UH, FIRST TO COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ, AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, AND COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.

AND, UH, THAT'S WHEN THE DIALOGUE HAD STARTED.

FRANKLY, WE DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT PICKLEBALL.

UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN NEW SPORTS COME AROUND, YOU KIND OF THINK THAT THEY MIGHT BE A FAD, NOT REALLY GONNA TAKE HOLD AS IT RELATES TO THAT.

SO WE KIND OF REALLY, FRANKLY, WE SLOW PLAYED EVERYTHING.

UM, WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO WAS, IS TO SEE, TEST IT OUT, WHICH WE'VE DONE WITH MANY THINGS, UH, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND SUCH.

OVER TIME WHEN WE DID THE BASKETBALL COURTS, UH, BEFORE CONVERTING THE BASKETBALL COURTS, WE DID A PILOT PROGRAM OVER THERE WITH PORTABLE BASKETBALL HOOPS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS GONNA BE A VIABLE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE DOING IS GONNA BE VIABLE.

'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, TAKING DOWN THE BOARDS AND THE CHAIN LINK FENCING, IT'S A BIG PROJECT.

AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS GOING TO OCCUR.

WE DID THE SAME THING WITH PICKLEBALL.

UM, WHAT YOU SEE UP THERE RIGHT NOW IS ACTUALLY HOW IT STARTED.

UM, WE LINED FOUR COURTS THERE, OR ACTUALLY WE LINED LESS COURTS AND THEN WE EXPANDED TO FOUR COURTS.

WE PURCHASED, UH, PORTABLE NETS, UM, PADDLES AND ALSO BALLS BECAUSE WE KNEW IT WAS A NEW SPORT AND PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE WANT TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY THE PARTICULAR SPORT.

AND SUCH.

REALLY WHAT WE WERE PLANNING ON DOING WAS, IS THAT WHEN THE ANO UM, FACILITY OPENED OR THE CONVERSION OCCURRED THERE, WE WERE ACTUALLY GONNA STOP PLAYING PICKLEBALL AT GRAND AVENUE.

BUT IT CAME CLEARLY EVIDENT THAT WE COULDN'T DO THAT.

THE NUMBER'S UP AT LLANO, AND SOME PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT IT, AND IT'S NO SURPRISE, I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ HAS BEEN UP THERE MANY TIMES AS WELL AS I HAVE.

I'VE BEEN UP THERE A LOT AND SUCH.

UM, WE HAVE, UH, FRANKLY CREATED A MONSTER UP THERE.

WE HAVE WAY MORE, WE HAVE WAY MORE USERS UP THERE.

AND AS SOME OF THE SPEAKERS HAVE SAID, WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING WITH PICKLEBALL, UNLIKE TENNIS.

SO RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT EIGHT TENNIS COURTS IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE FOUR PICKLEBALL COURTS IN THE COMMUNITY, OF COURSE.

'CAUSE WE CONVERTED THAT.

AND THEN THE FOUR AT, AT GRAND AVENUE.

SO FOR A TOTAL OF EIGHT.

AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED, UM, WHAT HAPPENS WITH PICKLEBALL, IT IS A VERY SOCIAL SPORT.

PEOPLE WILL PLAY FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES AT, AT A TIME, AND THEN THEY WILL ROTATE.

AND SO WHAT YOU HAVE AT THE SITE IS YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE HANGING OUT, FRANKLY AND SOCIALIZING WITH THE PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE WITH THERE AND SUCH.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE UP AT, UM, AT ANO PARK.

AND THAT CREATES THE NEED.

WE DO HAVE A PROJECT THAT WE'RE GONNA BE EXPANDING THE PARKING FROM ABOUT 15, 16, 17 SPACES THAT ARE THERE BECAUSE OF WHAT'S, WHAT WE'VE SEEN AS FAR AS BEING, UH, TAKING PLACE IN TRYING TO BE GOOD TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, OF COURSE, WHICH WE ALWAYS TRY TO DO AS THE COUNCIL KNOW.

THE COUNCIL ALSO SUPPORTED, UM, THE ADDITION OF LIGHTS AT THAT FACILITY AS WELL TO EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT'S BEING PLAYED AND SUCH.

SO IT'S EXTREMELY POPULAR, UH, FROM THAT STANDPOINT.

AND, UM, AND FRANKLY, I'LL, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, YOU KNOW, DATING BACK ALL THE WAY TO 1999, COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT BEING A HUGE SUPPORTER OF ROLLER HOCKEY AND STUFF, THIS HAS KIND OF COME FULL CIRCLE.

SO I GET IT.

I GET WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.

I'M NOT SUPPORTING ANY EITHER OR.

THAT'S, THAT'S YOUR DECISION AS FAR AS THAT GOES AND WHAT WE ULTIMATELY DO AND SUCH.

THAT SURFACING, I WOULD NEED TO, FRANKLY, I WOULD NEED TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION FROM THEM AS IT RELATES TO IT, BECAUSE REALLY IT COMES DOWN TO THE SAND COMPONENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.

AND, AND LAST QUESTION, AND I'M SURE EVERYBODY ELSE, AND I'M SORRY TO MONOPOLIZE THIS, THEY, THERE'S BEEN REP MANY REFERENCES TO THE FACILITIES OUT IN THE CITY OF FONTANA.

DO ANY OF THE THREE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE WITH RESPECT TO SURFACING, UH, MIRROR THAT WHICH SEEMS TO BE, UH, AT LEAST ACCEPTABLE, UH, AND AND ALLOW FOR COEXISTENCE, UH, AT, UH, IF WE WERE TO PUT THAT IN AT OUR LOCATION, DOES IT COMP, UH, YOU KNOW, COMPARE TO FONTANA? WELL, I KIND OF HEARD TWO SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT OUT THERE THIS EVENING.

I HEARD ONE, UH, PARTICULAR SPEAKER SAY THAT IT DOES EAT UP, CHEW UP THEIR WHEELS.

UM, THE BEAUTY OF TEXTING IS, IS MY TWO STAFF THAT ARE OUT THERE, WHICH I TEXTED WHILE ALL THIS WAS TAKING PLACE, IS, IS ACTUALLY, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THE FONTANA RINK.

I, I DON'T REMEMBER US, AND I COULD BE WRONG.

I DON'T REMEMBER THIS COMING ABOUT AS IT RELATES TO, UM, THE PARK AT THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THIS PARK, FRANKLY, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

SO, UM, SO I CAN'T SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO THAT AND SUCH.

I WOULD BE VERY CURIOUS TO KNOW IF IT WAS A PAINTED ON SURFACE.

THERE'S ALSO A SURFACE CALLED SPORT CORD OUT THERE.

AND SO SPORT CORD IS A KIND OF ALMOST LIKE A FOAM THICK FOAM THAT, THAT JOINS ITSELF TOGETHER.

AND YOU'LL SEE THAT AS A, UM, ALTERNATIVE SURFACING THAT IS USED FOR A VARIETY OF THINGS.

I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I WAS ON A CRUISE RECENTLY AND SPORT COURT WAS THERE, AND SO PEOPLE WERE PLAYING PICKLEBALL ON THAT SPORT COURT SURFACING AND SUCH.

NOW, WHETHER OR NOT IT WOULD BE COMPLETELY APPROPRIATE FOR ROLLER HOCKEY, I'M NOT POSITIVE AS IT RELATES TO THAT, BUT, UM,

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IT'S A MORE DENSE SAND COMPONENT.

AND, AND MARIA DID HER HOMEWORK AND SHE APPROPRIATELY DID HER HOMEWORK TALKING TO THE VENDORS AND SUCH.

AND I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AT THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING AS WELL.

KUDOS TO HER FOR, UH, UH, REACHING OUT AND, UH, FINDING OUT THE, ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SURFACING AND SUCH.

BUT, UM, REALLY IT, UM, FOR THE, FOR THE BENEFITS OF BOTH, IT REALLY IS A DIFFERENT SURFACING THAT REALLY YOU'RE ABLE TO PLAY BOTH SPORTS APPROPRIATELY.

UM, I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE SAID, OH, WE'LL PLAY ON ANYTHING AND SUCH, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS, IS IF YOU TRIED TO SLIDE A PUCK ACROSS A BRAND NEW BASKETBALL QUARTER, A PICKLEBALL QUARTER, A TENNIS COURT AND SUCH, IT DOES NOT FLOAT ACROSS THE SURFACING PERIOD.

WE, WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY PLAY THEIR HOME GAMES.

BRIAN? UH, YEAH, I WAS ACTUALLY GONNA ASK THE SAME QUESTION THAT ART HAD ASKED ABOUT THE, THE PARK THAT WAS MENTIONED IN FONTANA.

AND I SEE A PARKS AND REC COMMISSIONER SHAKING HER HEAD THAT IT HADN'T BEEN MENTIONED IN THE PAST.

JUST IN MY HEART OF HEARTS, I HATE THE IDEA OF EXCLUDING ANYBODY WHEN IT COMES TO, YOU KNOW, THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEIR ABILITY TO RECREATE.

UM, IF THERE IS A WAY, YOU KNOW, WITH SOLOMON LIKE KNOWLEDGE TO SPLIT THE BABY, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'D BE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING TO CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE WORTH TO EXPLORE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, 90,000, 75,000 WHATNOT.

YOU KNOW, WE DON'T NEED TO NECESSARILY JUMP INTO SOMETHING IN MY MIND RIGHT NOW IF WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS NEW EVIDENCE, YOU KNOW, TO GO FORWARD.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, UM, YOU HAVE TWO PEOPLE UP HERE.

THEY WERE ACTUALLY ON THE PARKS AND RECS COMMISSION IN THE NINETIES, AND WE ACTUALLY WANTED HOCKEY IN GRAND AVENUE PARK.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNEW THIS PRIOR TO THE 71 FREEWAY, GRAND AVENUE PARK WAS A BIG HOLE.

SO WHEN THEY BUILT THE FREEWAY, THEY PUT ALL THE DIRT THERE.

WE MADE A PARK.

INITIALLY IT WAS GONNA BE A LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD, BUT THEN WE, AND PARKS AND RECREATION WANTED IT TO, TO BE GRAND AVENUE PARK.

SO WE'VE ACTUALLY, PETER AND MYSELF HAD BEEN ON PARKS AND RECS FOR A LOT OF YEARS.

SO A LOT OF THE PARKS THAT YOU SEE OUT THERE IN OUR CITY, WE SUPPORTED IT OVER THE YEARS.

UM, LET, LET ME GO FAST FORWARD.

SOMEBODY MADE COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE ALL THIS MONEY, WE DON'T HAVE ALL A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY.

IT COSTS THE CITY PROBABLY WELL OVER $6 MILLION A YEAR, UM, FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES, WHICH INCLUDES PARKS AND RECS.

SO WE'RE LIKE IN THE HOLE THERE, WHICH IT'S OKAY, IT'S FOR THE COMMUNITY, IT'S FOR THE KIDS, IT'S FOR THE PEOPLE FOR RECREATION.

SO WE'RE WILLING TO GO UPSIDE DOWN THERE BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

UH, SO WE DON'T HAVE ALL THIS MONEY.

UM, PROPERTY TAX, A LOT OF CITIES GET 15% OF THE 1%.

UM, WHEN WE BECAME A CITY, THEY HAD TO GO NEGOTIATE THAT.

WE GET 4%.

SO THE CITY OF CHINO GETS 15% OF 1%.

WE ONLY GET 4%.

SO THAT'S AN ISSUE.

WE, WE, WE WE'RE BEING VERY THRIFTY WITH OUR MONEY.

UM, WE PROBABLY HAVE MORE PARKS THAN ANYWHERE ELSE.

UM, ON THE WEST END, IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, WE HAVE WELL OVER 40 PARKS.

I BELIEVE WE HAVE WELL OVER 40 MILES OF TRAILS.

IT'S IMPORTANT.

PETER WAS A LITTLE LEAGUE PRESIDENT.

I WAS A LITTLE LEAGUE PRESIDENT.

I WAS INVOLVED IN SOCCER, SO WAS PETER.

SO WAS OUR, ALL OF US UP HERE, BRIAN, CYNTHIA, WE GET IT.

WE WANT OUR YOUTH TO HAVE EVERYTHING.

UM, AND YES, WE HAVE SOME ADULTS NOW THAT ARE PLAYING ROLLER ROLLER DERBY, AND I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THERE, THERE, AND MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME.

WHERE DO THEY PLAY THEIR HOME GAMES? IS THERE LIKE A LEAGUE THAT THEY, THAT THEY'RE IN? WHERE DO THEY PLAY? THEY WOULD HAVE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ, UM, THEY PRACTICE AT OUR PARTICULAR FACILITY.

I KNOW THEY'VE HOSTED, UH, AN EVENT HERE.

THEY, UM, WHERE I BELIEVE THEY HAVE BROUGHT IN ANOTHER TEAM AND SUCH.

BUT AS FAR AS THEIR OFFICIAL LOCATION TO PLAY GAMES, I'M NOT ACTUALLY SURE WHERE THAT IS.

WELL, LET ME ASK SOME OTHER QUESTIONS TOO.

SPECIAL EVENTS.

THEY MADE A COMMENT THAT THEY HAVE THESE SPECIAL EVENTS AT THE PARK.

IS THERE A LOT, LOT OF 'EM, OR HAVE YOU KNOW, OF ANY OR, YEAH, LIKE I SAID, AT, AT MOST IT WOULD BE INVITING ANOTHER TEAM IN TO, YOU KNOW, TO, UH, PLAY THEIR GAME, SO TO SPEAK FROM THAT STANDPOINT.

BUT AS FAR AS MAKING THAT THEIR HOME, SO TO SPEAK, AS IT RELATES TO THE, UH, UH, THE FACILITY BEING THEIR HOME AND SUCH, THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

THE, AND REALLY THE TOUGH PART IS UP AT GRAND AVENUE TOO, IS, IS, AND NO MATTER WHAT WE DO, ALWAYS, THE CONSTRAINTS AT GRAND AVENUE, OF COURSE, IS THE PARKING.

UM, WE'VE GOT TWO SOCCER FIELDS THERE.

WE HAVE A GAZ, A RESERVABLE, GAZEBO, TENNIS COURTS, UH, AND OF COURSE, A A BUILDING THAT CAN BE RESERVED.

WE'VE GOT THE BASKETBALL COURTS AND THE RINK AND SUCH.

SO IT'S ALWAYS A CONSTANT BALANCING ACT WITH US AS FAR AS WHAT WE DO UP THERE.

AND SO, UH, FRANKLY, IF THEY WANTED THAT TO BE THEIR HUB OR THEIR LOCATION TO PLAY ACTUAL GAMES AND SUCH, WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ALLOW THAT TO OCCUR JUST BECAUSE OF ALL THE OTHER USES AND JUST THE LACK OF PARKING THAT WE HAVE.

WE,

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I'M NOT SURE WHERE THEY PLAY.

YEAH, THAT'S THE SKATES.

IF WE WERE TO PUT A DIFFERENT TYPE OF, UH, SURFACE AND THEY WEAR DOWN THE WHEELS, I THINK THEY'RE CALLED ON THE SKATES.

IS THAT EXPENSIVE? I, I DON'T KNOW THAT.

AND AGAIN, WE'D HAVE TO ASK THEM.

YES.

SO I'M LOOKING OUT THERE.

IT'S, IT IS EXPENSIVE.

UM, ALL RIGHTY.

UM, LET ME, LET ME TALK ABOUT PICKLEBALL REAL FAST.

UM, JUST LIKE, THEY CAME TO OUR CITY A FEW YEARS BACK AND, UM, WE, WE WEREN'T REALLY SURE OF PICKLEBALL TO BE REAL HONEST WITH YOU, BUT WE TRIED IT AT GRAND AVENUE PARK AND, UM, IT SORT OF TOOK OFF IT SORT OF NOT REALLY FAST, BUT IT GRADUALLY TOOK OFF, UH, ANO PARK.

WE WERE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH PEOPLE, UH, BREAKING INTO THE PARK, MESSING IT UP, GRAFFITI, AND WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT COULD WE DO AT ANO PARK.

WELL, WE HAD A TENNIS COURT THERE THAT NEVER GOT USED, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

SO WE ACTUALLY TRIED TO COEXIST A TENNIS COURT AND A PICKLEBALL COURT FOR ABOUT A YEAR.

AND I KNOW THE PICKLEBALL PEOPLE WEREN'T HAPPY WITH US, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE DID.

AND THEN JONATHAN MARSHALL ONE DAY THOUGHT ABOUT PUTTING FOUR COURTS IN OUR COUNCIL, AND WE ACTUALLY DID IT.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT? IT HAS WORKED OUT PRETTY GOOD.

UM, AND THEN WE DECIDED TO PUT LIGHTS.

AND IT SEEMS LIKE, UH, EVERY TIME I'M THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM CHINO HILLS, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE NOT FROM CHINO HILLS TOO.

SO WHAT, WHAT, WHAT DO WE DO THERE? UM, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE HERE, ROLLER HOCKEY.

I, I DON'T WANNA TAKE THAT AWAY FROM THEM, BUT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO, TO TO WORK OUT SOME SORT OF A SURFACE THAT WE CAN COEXIST WITH EACH OTHER UNTIL WE GET SOME GRANT MONEY TO EITHER PUT MORE PICKLEBALL COURTS SOMEWHERE OR A ROLLER HOCKEY RING SOMEWHERE.

BUT IN ORDER FOR US TO DO IT, IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE GRANT MONEY AND, AND, UM, IT'S SORT OF HARD TO GET RIGHT NOW.

UH, NOT THAT WE WOULDN'T DO IT, BUT IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE WOULD HAVE TO DESIGN AND THINK ABOUT AND SEE WHAT, HOW WE CAN ACQUIRE THE FUNDS.

UM, SO AGAIN, WE DO LISTEN TO YOU.

I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY THAT, THAT, UH, GETS UP HERE AND TALKS.

BUT IF WE HAD ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD, WHICH WE DON'T, I WOULD SAY YEAH, LET'S, LET'S DO ROLLER HOCKEY RINGS.

YES, LET'S PUT 20 MORE PICKLEBALL COURTS, BUT WE JUST DON'T HAVE THAT FUNDING AVAILABLE TO US RIGHT NOW.

THERE YOU HERE.

THANK YOU, CYNTHIA.

ON TO YOU.

SO I HAD THE SAME QUESTION THAT ART AND BRIAN DID, UM, ABOUT THE FONTANA LOCATION WHEN I HEARD ONE OF THE SPEAKERS SAY IT.

AND ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT WASN'T DISCUSSED AT PARKS AND REC.

UM, I, I WOULD REALLY LIKE, UM, A STAFF REPORT ON THE VIABILITY OF THAT, OF THE COST.

'CAUSE WE HAVE NO IDEA.

UM, THAT IS DEFINITELY WORTH RESEARCHING.

IF WE ALREADY KNOW THAT SOMETHING IS BEING DONE THAT WORKS IN FONTANA, UM, I THINK WE NEED TO RESEARCH THAT STRAIGHT AWAY.

AND THEN IF THAT DOESN'T WORK OUT, THEN MAYBE WE GO TO LIKE A PLAN B OR SOMETHING.

AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST MY THOUGHTS RELATED TO PICKLEBALL, BUT NOT NECESSARILY GRAND AVENUE USE.

UM, PARK, UM, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE LEAGUE THAT FILLS UP, I THINK YOU SAID WHAT, 56 PLAYERS? 53.

53, YEAH.

SO GIVEN THE HIGH DEMAND FOR NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE LIMIT THE LEAGUE TO CHINO HILLS RESIDENCE ONLY.

I MEAN, THAT'S JUST A THOUGHT BECAUSE OF THE HIGH DEMAND.

AND THEN IF FIRST RIDER OF REFUSAL, CHIN HILL RESIDENCE, IF WE HAVE OPENINGS, THEN THERE'S LIKE A LIST FOR NON-RESIDENTS.

, I KNOW WE CHARGE A VERY NOMINAL NON-RESIDENT FEE, BUT TO DISPLACE A CHINO HILL RESIDENT FOR SOMETHING THAT'S SUCH THE HOT TICKET, I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD EVEN ALLOW NON-RESIDENTS IF, IF THEY'RE GONNA DISPLACE RESIDENTS.

UM, SO I WAS THINKING DURING ALL OF THIS, BECAUSE I KNOW ALL OF THE COUNCIL, WE REALLY JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY THEIR PASSION SAFELY AND BE ABLE TO ENJOY THEIR SPORT.

UM, IF THE FONTANA SCENARIO, LET'S CALL, THAT WOULD NOT WORK OUT.

AND WE KEPT GRAND AVENUE PARK AS DEDICATED ROLLER HOCKEY.

AND I KNOW THAT PARKS AND REC HAS TALKED ABOUT ALTERNATE LOCATIONS.

I UNDERSTAND THE COSTS, I UNDERSTAND WE'RE NOT MADE OF MONEY.

UM, BUT SOME THINGS THAT CAME TO MIND WERE, FOR INSTANCE, UM, MAYBE REALLOCATING SOME MONEY THAT'S ALREADY BEEN VOTED ON BY COUNCIL TO DIFFERENT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT WE'VE ALREADY DEDICATED TO PARKS LIKE MAYBE SLASH PAD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IF WE CHOOSE TO DO SO, THERE'S MONEY THAT CAN BE MOVED AROUND IF, IF THERE'S ENOUGH OF A NEED FOR IT.

I'M NOT SAYING, I'M JUST USING THAT AS AN EXAMPLE.

IS THAT TAKE SOME EXISTING PLACE.

I KNOW I TALKED, I BROUGHT UP TORRY PINES PARK, AND THEN WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT HAVE PUSHBACK FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT, AND I KNOW, I'M SURE THIS WAS ALREADY VETTED BY PARKS AND REC.

I, I'VE, I'VE READ THEIR MEETINGS AND THINGS, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO DIG DEEPER OF SOME FUTURE, SOME OTHER LOCATIONS AND HOW WE WOULD GET THAT MONEY AND HOW THAT WOULD WORK.

AND MAYBE IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T GET THE DOG PARK OVERNIGHT, GUYS.

IT'S LIKE, IT TOOK US FIVE YEARS AND, YOU KNOW, WE WENT THROUGH A LOT OF ANGST TO GET THAT DOG PARK, BUT THEN WE GOT CREATIVE.

AND THAT'S ANOTHER THING I WAS THINKING IS THAT AT VILLA BOR WE, UH, YOU KNOW, DID SOMETHING WITH THE DEVELOPER TO, TO FUND THE DOG PARK.

SO RIGHT NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S TOO LATE, BUT WE HAVE THE TRUE MARK PROJECT IN THE SOUTH END OF CHINO HILLS.

COULD WE, YOU KNOW, REACH OUT TO TRUE MARK AND SEE IF THEY WANNA FUND SOME PICKLEBALL COURSE IF

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THERE'S EVEN SPACE.

I KNOW THEY HAVE A LOT OF RURAL SPACE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE APPLICABLE FOR THAT.

AND AGAIN, I'M JUST SPEAKING IN VERY BROAD GENERALIZATIONS, NOTHING SPECIFIC, BUT THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE WORTH RESEARCHING BEFORE WE MAKE THE COMMITMENT TO DO MULTI USES AT GRAND AVENUE PARK, IF EVERYONE CAN GET WHAT THEY NEED AND IF WE CAN AFFORD IT.

UM, I THINK THAT WAS ALL I HAVE.

UH, TWO MARK.

UM, YEP, THAT'S ALL I HAVE, PETER.

RIGHT.

JUST, I'M SORRY, MAYOR, JUST REAL FAST.

IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DO LIKE TONIGHT OR CAN WE HOLD OFF UNTIL WE GET MORE INFORMATION? WE'LL, CERTAINLY, UM, AND AS, UH, A FEW PEOPLE ARTICULATED, UH, APPROPRIATELY IS IS THAT, UH, IT'S BEEN IN NEED OF RESURFACING.

UH, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY INCIDENTS, UH, AT LEAST AS OF NOW.

SO WE LIKE THAT, UM, FROM THAT STANDPOINT.

SO DEPENDS ON WHAT THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN, OF COURSE.

UM, THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE DO AS STAFF.

IF WE NEED TO GO BACK AND, UH, DO SOME MORE RESEARCH, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT AND, UH, COME BACK TO, UH, COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL ACCORDINGLY.

AND MR. MAYOR, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE ACTUALLY HEARD THIS, RIGHT? WE HAVEN'T HEARD THIS BEFORE, CORRECT? IT HAS NOT COME BEFORE.

COUNCIL.

JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, OTHER THAN SOME OF THE HISTORY OF PICKLEBALL EARLIER, SIR PETER, THE MORE STUFF OR YOU HAVEN'T SPOKEN.

SO WHY DON'T YOU SAY WHAT YOU NEED NOW.

GET SOME QUESTIONS.

UH, WELL, THIS IS QUITE A PICKLE, ISN'T IT? ? OH, GEEZ.

THAT'S USUALLY ME DOING THAT.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

TRADITIONALLY, CHINO HILLS WORKS VERY HARD TO, UM, FIND A COMPROMISE.

WE LIKE TO U CROSS UTILIZATION OF OUR FACILITIES.

UH, COMMUNITY PARK IS A GREAT EXAMPLE.

IT'S, UH, PRIMARILY A BASEBALL AND SOCCER FACILITY.

AND WE USE, UTILIZE IT ALSO FOR FOOTBALL PRACTICES.

AND WE TRY TO KEEP THAT IN MIND.

UM, THIS IS AN INTERESTING DILEMMA OR PICKLE BECAUSE TRENDS ARE HARD TO IGNORE AND PICKLEBALL HAS EXPLODED IN EVERY COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES.

IT SEEMS. EVERYWHERE I TURN, EVERYWHERE I TURN PICKLEBALL IS, IS THE THING, AND THAT'S NOT GONNA CALM DOWN.

UM, ROLLER HOCKEY WAS, UM, VERY VIBRANT MANY YEARS AGO, AND IT'S NOT QUITE.

SO NOW THERE'S A REASON WHY THERE'S ONLY ONE RINK IN THE REGION BECAUSE OTHER CITIES HAVE DECOMMISSIONED THEIR ROLLER RINKS BECAUSE OF LACK OF DEMAND OR, OR NEED.

I MEAN, LIKE, AT LEAST THAT'S HOW I INTERPRET IT.

UH, BUT IF THERE IS, WITH SOME THINGS COMING TO LIGHT, IF THERE'S A NEED TO DEFER THIS DECISION AND EXPLORE, BECAUSE WE WERE KIND OF IN THE, IN THE, UM, AREA OF A HYBRID SURFACE WAS NOT GOING TO SATISFY BOTH NEEDS.

AND IF THERE IS SOME HYBRID SURFACE THAT MAY HAVE SURFACED THIS EVENING, MAYBE IT'S WORTH EXPLORING BEFORE WE MAKE A FINAL DECISION.

BUT WE, WE'VE GOTTA DO ONE SURFACE, I SUSPECT, OR THE OTHER, UNLESS IT'S A HYBRID, IS, IS CERTAINLY IS VIABLE.

YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD WITH THE, WITH THE SURFACING VENDORS, IT'S NOT THERE.

NOBODY HAS SAID ANYTHING ABOUT FONTANA BEING THE PERFECT LOCATION FOR THAT.

SO I, I, I'M REALLY, I LOOK FORWARD TO SPEAKING TO THEM TO SEE WHAT IS, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE? AGAIN, IF IT'S A PAINTED ON SURFACE, THERE'S ONLY SO MANY OPTIONS THAT YOU CAN DO.

AND ULTIMATELY THE USERS HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE SURFACE, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT IT GETS DOWN TO.

NOW, IF IT'S A, IF IT'S A SPORT COURT TYPE SURFACE THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, WE HAVEN'T GONE THAT ROUTE.

BUT AGAIN, I'M NOT POSITIVE AS FAR AS THE, UH, UH, A LOT, YOU KNOW, ABILITY FOR MULTI-SPORT, UH, YOU KNOW, TO PARTICIPATE ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT CERTAINLY, HEY, IF THERE'S SOMETHING OUT THERE THAT WE CAN MAKE IT WORK FOR, AND YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD MAYOR, UM, AS IT RELATES TO GOING ON MY 30TH YEAR HERE, AND THE ONE THING WE'VE ALWAYS HUNG OUR HAT ON IN THIS CITY, AND THIS COUNCIL HAS DONE A GREAT JOB AS IT RELATES TO PROVIDING MULTI-FACETED FACILITIES IN ORDER TO FACILITATE A VARIETY OF TYPES OF ACTIVITIES AND STUFF.

IF WE CAN DO IT HERE, I WOULDN'T BE SPEAKING TO YOU.

I WOULDN'T BE COMING HERE WITH THIS TOPIC.

YEAH, I KNOW.

WELL, AGAIN, I WAS PREPARED TO GO IN ONE PARTICULAR DIRECTION AS FAR AS THE SURFACING, BUT CERTAINLY OPEN FOR, UM, EXPLORING A LITTLE BIT FURTHER BEFORE WE MAKE A FINAL DECISION.

ART, YOU SAID YOU HAD SOMETHING ELSE.

WELL, I WAS JUST GONNA ASK, HOW MANY BASKETBALL COURTS DO WE HAVE AT GRAND? WE HAVE THREE BASKETBALL COURTS WE WERE ABLE TO CONSTRUCT WITHIN THAT AREA.

IT'S OUR ONLY FACILITY TOO.

WHAT IS THEIR UTILIZATION OF THE BASKETBALL COURTS? CAN ANY OF THOSE BE UTILIZED AS PICKLEBALL COURTS AS WELL? UM, BASKETBALL IS WILDLY POPULAR.

IT'S OUR ONLY LIVED,

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I A LOT HEAR THAT.

YEAH, SURE.

AND HAVE IT SAID.

YEP.

UH, YOU KNOW, I I THINK YOU'RE SENSING UP HERE WE ARE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.

WE, WE, LIKE, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE THE COEXISTENCE OF, OF, UH, ROLLER BALL BECAUSE YOU GUYS WERE HERE FIRST.

AND PICKLEBALL IS RELATIVELY NEW, BUT IT IS GOING CRAZY.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FLOATING IDEAS OF BUILDING A FACILITY LIKE THEY'VE SEEN IN SOME STATES WHERE IT'S AN ABSOLUTELY, IT'S LIKE A WAREHOUSE THAT HAS 20 PICKLEBALL COURTS IN IT.

BUT, BUT AS RAY SAID, WE'RE NOT MAKING MONEY.

EXACTLY.

IF YOU WANNA RAISE THAT MONEY, I MEAN, WE'LL, WE'LL, BUT THEN THERE'S ANOTHER IDEAL, ANOTHER ISSUE IN THAT WHOLE THING IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE REALLY A PLACE TO PUT IT.

THERE, THERE'S THE OTHER THING.

'CAUSE THE STATE'S TELLING US WE GOTTA BUILD HOMES ON EVERY, UH, VACANT PIECE OF LAND THAT'S OUT THERE.

SO IT'S AN ODD SITUATION, BUT I, I WILL MAKE THE MOTION IF YOU NEED.

WELL, BRIAN OR BRIAN HAD ONE.

I JUST, I JUST ADD ONE THING.

I KNOW THE YOUNG MAN THAT SPOKE ABOUT HOCKEY AND PROVIDED THE LETTER FROM THE KINGS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS MOTION, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, OUR DERBY DAMES OR THE HOCKEY COMMUNITY.

IF YOU GUYS CAN FIND SOME WAY TO REACH OUT TO, YOU KNOW, ANY OF THESE LARGER ORGANIZATIONS OR THE DUCKS OR WHOEVER, YOU KNOW, I KNOW A LOT OF, LIKE, I KNOW MLB HAS GRANTS THAT THEY FUND, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT LEAGUES OR WHATEVER.

IF YOU CAN HELP TO FIND ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO KEEP, UH, TO KEEP, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT RINK GOING, PLEASE DO IT.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU, IF YOU SEE ANYTHING, SEND IT OUR WAY.

RAY, YOU HAVE ONE MORE THING? YEAH.

UM, I, I BROUGHT THIS SUBJECT UP BEFORE AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE PART OWNER OF BIG LEAGUE DREAMS AND I KNOW WE HAVE A MANAGING PARTNER THAT ACTUALLY CONTROLS THIS, BUT I KNOW WE HAVE LIKE AN INDOOR FACILITY.

UM, I DID GO OUT THERE AND WE DID TOOK IT DIMENSIONS.

WE COULD ACTUALLY GET NINE COURTS THERE AND THERE COULD BE MONEY THAT COULD BE MADE.

AND AGAIN, I LIKE TO GET THAT INFORMATION AND MAYBE WE CAN PROVIDE IT TO OUR PARTNER ON THIS TO SEE MAYBE IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD EVEN CONSIDER.

RIGHT? BUT AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S THEIRS.

THEY'RE MANAGING IT.

BUT I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT COULD BE MADE, UM, AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY AND MORNING, AFTERNOON AND THE EVENING.

SO BRIAN AND I SERVE ON THE BIG LEAGUE DREAMS THING.

SO BRIAN, DO YOU WANNA COMMENT? WHEN WE WERE OUT THERE LAST TIME AND WE BROUGHT THAT UP? YEAH.

THE, WE, WE HAD, WE HAD KIND OF TANGENTIALLY MENTIONED IT TO BLD AND, YOU KNOW, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, STAFF THAT WAS THERE.

IT SEEMED LIKE THE DIRECTION THAT BLD WANTED TO GO IN WAS TO USE IT FOR, UH, TO UTILIZE IT FOR, YOU KNOW, UM, FUTURE CAMPS, YOU KNOW.

BASEBALL DEVELOPMENT AND WHATNOT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IF WE, YOU KNOW, MENTION IT, WELL, I THINK SHE ANOTHER TIME.

SO THE DILEMMA WAS, IS THAT WHEN YOU GUYS GO TO PLAY PICKLEBALL, YOU DON'T PAY FOR IT.

AND TO ENTER THE PROPERTY, BIG LEAGUE DREAMS HAVE TO PAY THE ENTRANCE FEE.

SO THE, SO THE BIGGEST THING, I MEAN, IT'S A GREAT IDEA 'CAUSE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT THE BIGGEST HANGUP IS GONNA BE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAY TO ENTER BIG LEAGUE DREAMS TO PLAY PICKLEBALL.

SO RIGHT.

THEN IT SEEMS PROHIBITIVE.

SO WE HAVEN'T, WE'VE BEEN, TRUST US, YOU GUYS, YOU MIGHT NOT THINK THIS, BUT WE HAVE ALL BEEN TRYING TO LIKE REALLY COME UP WITH IDEAS THAT'RE GONNA SATISFY EVERYONE.

BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS IS THAT YOU HAVE TO PAY TO GET INTO BIG LEAGUE DREAMS. OKAY.

SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS WE'RE GOING TO DEFER THIS FOR ACTION AT ANOTHER TIME.

ONCE, UH, FURTHER HOMEWORK IS DONE.

IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? DO WE NEED TO VOTE TO LIKE KICK IT BACK TO PARKS AND REC AFTER FURTHER, UH, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, UH, THE WAY THIS ITEM WAS STRUCTURED WAS FOR YOU TO PROVIDE DIRECTION.

YOU'VE GIVEN US DIRECTION RATHER THAN CHOOSING ONE OF THE OPTIONS WE GAVE YOU.

YOU ALWAYS HAD FREE REIGN TO POINT US IN ANOTHER DIRECTION.

I THINK, UH, UH, IT WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR STAFF TO GET A STAFF PERSPECTIVE FROM FONTANA ON THE SURFACE, THE UPKEEP, ANY CLAIMS THEY'VE HAD FOR INJURIES.

AND I THINK THAT'S CRITICAL INFORMATION WE'LL BRING BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

WE CAN EXPEDITE THIS.

EVERYBODY PICK A BALL.

WE, OR EXCUSE ME, IF, IF ROLLER HOCKEY, IF WE HEARD THE WRONG MESSAGE THAT YOU SAY THAT THAT'S AN ACCEPTABLE SERVICE, THEN LET US KNOW NOW BEFORE WE GO PUSHING THAT.

'CAUSE WE, WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP BOTH SPORTS IN THIS CITY, BUT YOU'RE THE ONE THAT BROUGHT UP FONTANA, THAT YOU LIKE IT AND YOU CAN EXIST WITH IT.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA PURSUE.

THAT'S MPROMISE.

SO WE'RE GONNA DEFER IT.

WE'RE GONNA DEFER IT UNTIL, UH, WE, WE HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION YEAH.

ON WHAT WE'VE HEARD THIS EVENING.

WE WANNA KEEP YOU ALL, ALL GOOD HERE.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY.

OKAY, WE'RE DONE WITH THIS ITEM.

WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON.

FEEL FREE TO ESCAPE NOW.

I DO, YES.

GO AHEAD AND NO, I'LL DO IT.

DEPART.

DEPART NOW WHILE YOU HAVE A CHANCE.

ANYTHING ON IT? TAKE A I HAVE TWO SPEAKERS.

IT'S ALL TIME.

HEY, I'LL TELL, GO FOR IT.

I ALREADY DID MINE, BUT BRIAN'S RIGHT AHEAD OF YOU.

YEAH, I ALREADY DID IT COME, DEPENDS ON IT'S RIGHT.

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ALRIGHT, WE'LL, OKAY.

BRING OUR MEETING BACK TO ORDER

[21. Adopt resolution denouncing antisemitism and condemning all forms of hatred to affirm Chino Hills' commitment to our community]

AND LENAE.

OUR NEXT ITEMS ARE ITEMS INITIATED BY COUNSEL.

THE FIRST ONE IS TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION DENOUNCING ANTISEMITISM AND CONDEMNING ALL FORMS OF HATRED TO AFFIRM CHINO HILL'S COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY.

I JUST WANNA MAKE MENTION, AFTER POSTING THE AGENDA, THE RESOLUTION WAS REVISED AND PLACED AT THE DIOCESE AND IN THE PUBLIC BINDER.

RIGHT.

AND WE DO HAVE TWO PUBLIC SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM.

DO WE NEED ANY REPORT BEFORE WE TAKE OUR SPEAKERS? MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL? THE, THE TITLE REALLY SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.

UH, THE COUNCIL INITIATED THIS ITEM IN ORDER TO, UH, UH, MAKE, UH, A PUBLIC STATEMENT ABOUT, UH, UH, ANTISEMITISM AND, UH, UH, THE, UH, TYPE OF COMMUNITY, UH, THAT CHINO HILLS SHOULD BE INCLUSIVE, NO HATE, YOU KNOW, A VARIETY OF, OF, OF STANCES ON, UH, THE, THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN CHINO HILLS.

SO I THINK, UH, DEFERRING TO THE, UH, SPEAKERS WOULD BE JUST FINE.

LET'S, LET'S MOVE ON AND TO SPEAKER.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS STEVE ELI.

OKAY, STEVE.

THE ONE WHO CREATES PEACE ON HIGH, BRING PEACE TO US ALL AND TO ALL OF ISRAEL.

COUNCIL FELLOW CITIZENS.

LEMME START TODAY WITH A COUPLE REMINDERS.

PEOPLE FORGET THAT ON OCTOBER 6TH THERE WAS A CEASEFIRE BETWEEN HAMAS AND ISRAEL, AND HAMAS BROKE IT BY BRUTALLY ATTACKING ISRAEL, KILLING 1200 PEOPLE AND KIDNAPPING OVER 240 INDIVIDUALS FROM 35 COUNTRIES.

ON OCTOBER 6TH, ISRAEL HAD NO INTENTION OF ATTACKING HAMAS, UM, INNOCENT PALESTINIANS, AND NOW DYING IN GAZA BECAUSE HAMAS HAS CONTINUED TO PUT THEM IN HARM'S WAY.

I DON'T WANT, I WANT DON'T WANT THIS TO GET POLITICAL, BUT I THINK THAT CONTEXT IS IMPORTANT.

THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE SAID MONDAY THAT IN THE MONTH, OR ACTUALLY SIX WEEKS SINCE THE WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS BEGAN, IT HAS DOCUMENTED 832 ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS OF ASSAULT, VANDALISM, AND HARASSMENT ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

THIS IS A 316% INCREASE FROM THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, AS WE HAVE REPEATEDLY SEEN WHEN CONFLICT ARISES IN THE MIDDLE EAST, PARTICULARLY WHEN ISRAEL EXERCISES ITS RIGHT TO SELF-DEFENSE.

ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS INCREASE HERE IN THE US AND AROUND THE WORLD.

IT'S PREVALENT ON OUR COLLEGE CAMPUSES.

SWASTIKAS PAINTED, WE HEAR THE PHRASE FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA, WHICH MEANS EXTERMINATE THE JEWS GENOCIDE.

WE SEE PEOPLE TEARING DOWN SIGNS OF KIDNAPPED BABIES IN THE STREETS OF THE CITY.

LA LAST WEEK AT GRAND CENTRAL STATION, WE SAW A UNITED STATES FLAG BEING TORN DOWN AND A PALESTINIAN FLAG BEING THROWN OUT THERE.

UM, I APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL TAKING THIS UP AND TAKING IT UP AS QUICKLY AS IT DID, AND SPEAKING WITH A LOUD VOICE FOR THE 80,000 PEOPLE YOU REPRESENT.

UM, WE WON'T TOLERATE IT, WE WON'T TOLERATE IT HERE, AND WE WON'T TOLERATE IT ANYWHERE.

THANK YOU ON BEHALF.

YOU KNOW, I, I BROUGHT MY SON WHO GREW UP IN THIS TOWN.

OH MY GOD, I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE HIM.

HE'S ALL GROWN UP JACOB.

HE'S 22 YEARS OLD AND GREW UP IN, IN CHINO HILLS.

HE'S LIVED HERE HIS WHOLE LIFE.

UM, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE SHOW THE NEXT GENERATION WHAT WE MEAN AND WHAT WE SAY AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT.

AND I'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED ANTISEMITISM IN CHINO HILLS, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT OUT THERE IN THE WORLD.

RIGHT.

AND CERTAINLY, UH, IMPORTANT.

SO, UH, WHAT I REALLY, UM, WANT TO DO IS CLOSE WITH A PRAYER FOR PEACE THAT, UM, THAT JEWS SAY, UH, PRETTY MUCH AT EVERY, EVERY SERVICE, UH, MAY

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AND LET US SAY ON MAIN, UM, I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THIS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND IT'S, IT'S, I I'VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE THIS, TO BE HONEST, ALTHOUGH I'M IN PUBLIC LIFE A LOT.

BUT THIS, YOU KNOW, 90 YEARS AGO PEOPLE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING AND IN 1933 WHEN HITLER CAME TO POWER IN, IN GERMANY, PEOPLE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING AND WE CAN'T DO THAT ANYMORE.

THANK YOU STEVE.

APPRECIATE IT.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JIM GALLAGHER.

JIM, GOOD EVENING, UH, COUNSEL, STAFF AND FELLOW RESIDENTS.

UH, AND ALSO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, COMMISSIONER ELI FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION.

UH, I THINK, UH, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE WE'VE HAD ANY RESOLUTIONS OF THIS TYPE, I THINK ADDRESSED BY THE CITY, ESPECIALLY SO QUICKLY.

AND I, AND, AND I'M VERY PLEASED TO SEE THIS.

I COME IN SUPPORT OF IT AS WELL.

AND IT ISN'T JUST THE FACT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ANTISEMITISM, BY THE WAY.

I ALSO SAW LANGUAGE IN THE RESOLUTION.

THAT ALSO TALKED ABOUT HATRED IN ALL FORMS. THAT THE CITY IN FACT BELIEVES IN DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.

AND I THOUGHT THE LANGUAGE THAT I SAW IN THE RESOLUTION WAS POWERFUL.

UM, AS YOU RECALL IN THE PAST, I, I MYSELF HAVE ASKED FOR RESOLUTIONS IN THIS CITY.

UH, ONE OF THEM WAS SUPPORT FOR THE, UH, THE PROCLAMATION THAT THE COUNTY, UH, SUPERVISORS PUT FORTH.

UH, THAT, UH, RACISM IS A HEALTH PROBLEM IN THE COUNTY.

AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS A VERY POWERFUL MESSAGE THAT THEY WERE SENDING.

AND I WAS HOPING AT THE TIME THE CITY WOULD ALSO ADOPT A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THAT.

SO I'M, I'M REALLY PLEASED TO SEE THIS COME TO FRUITION.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, UH, THAT WE GO EVEN FURTHER THAN JUST THE RESOLUTION.

HOW ABOUT IF WE PUT TOGETHER A SYMPOSIUM IN THIS CITY? BECAUSE THERE ARE INSTANCES OF ALL TYPES OF HATRED THAT I'M SEEING LATELY.

UH, THE SYMPOSIUM WOULD BE COMPOSED OF EDUCATORS, UH, POLICE, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ON PANELS THAT WOULD TALK TO THE COMMUNITY AND BITE THE COMMUNITY TO COME AND HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS.

UH, WE'RE SEEING, UH, BLACK STUDENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, COMPLAINING AT OUR SCHOOL, UH, DISTRICT MEETINGS ABOUT, UH, BEING TREATED UNFAIRLY ON CAMPUS.

UH, WE'RE SEEING THE L-G-B-T-Q COMMUNITY BEING TREATED AND SPOKEN BADLY ABOUT AT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT MEETINGS.

UH, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT'S JUST UNDER THE SURFACE AND ALSO COMING OUT.

AND I THINK IT'S TIME FOR US TO START HAVING A REAL PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND, AND LET'S HAVE THE TYPE OF SYMPOSIUM I THINK THAT WOULD MAKE THIS CITY PROUD.

SO THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, JIM.

NO OTHER SPEAKERS? YEAH, NO OTHER SPEAKERS.

WE'RE GOOD.

LET'S BRING IT BACK UP.

ANYBODY MAKE A COMMENT BEFORE WE YEAH.

JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT STEVE HAD SAID, YOU KNOW, NEVER AGAIN REALLY NEEDS TO MEAN SOMETHING AND IT'S THROUGH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, ACTIONS LIKE THIS THAT I THINK IT REALLY SHOWS OUR COMMITMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, NEVER AGAIN DOES MEAN SOMETHING FOR CHINO HILLS.

SO STEVE, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT UP A COUPLE MEETINGS AGO AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S CERTAINLY THE RIGHT MOVE FOR THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT? THE RESOLUTION HAS A LOT OF POWERFUL WORDS IN HERE AND I I THINK WE'LL ALL BE PROUD TO BACK THIS, ASSUMING WE'RE GONNA PASS IT.

UH, STEVE, AS YOU MAY RECALL, UH, THIS, IT HAPPENED OCTOBER 7TH AT OUR COUNCIL MEETING ON THE 10TH OF OCTOBER.

WE MADE COMMENTS ABOUT THIS IN SUPPORT OF ISRAEL.

SO RIGHT FROM THE GET GO, WE HAVE, HAVE GIVEN SUPPORT AND WE CONTINUE TO DO THIS.

THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE ATROCITY.

AND LIKE YOU SAY, TO BELIEVE THAT THIS CAN'T SPREAD AND, AND GET TO OUR SHORES IN, IN GREAT FASHION.

I MEAN, THERE'S ALREADY TOO MANY PROTESTS GOING ON.

OUR CONGRESS, UH, WOMAN'S OFFICE WAS, UH, HAD PROTESTORS, UH, UH, WITHIN THE LAST DAY OR TWO.

SO IT'S, IT'S SPREADING AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT, WHERE OUR CITY STANDS ON THIS.

SO THANK YOU FOR ENCOURAGING US TO BRING THIS FORWARD.

ART COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE, I'M JUST HAPPY TO SUPPORT YOU, STEVE, IN THE CAUSE THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO LIGHT.

I'LL MOVE THE ITEM.

I'LL SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND.

I MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ALL RIGHT, THANKS STEVE.

I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

A CITY, IT'S LIKE A CITY CLERK QUESTION.

IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET THIS PUT ON OUR NICE FANCY STATIONARY COPY FOR MR. ELI? SURE.

OR TO THE RABBI, LOCAL RABBI, YEAH.

FOR THEM TO HAVE.

YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT.

WHICH IS WHAT THE ORIGINAL THOUGHT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT RE THAT SUGGESTION.

[02:05:01]

[22. Appoint one member to Public Works Commission to fill unexpired term through November 30, 2026, due to an unexpected vacancy]

OUR NEXT ITEM IS TO APPOINT ONE MEMBER TO PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION TO FILL UNEXPIRED TERM THROUGH NOVEMBER 30TH, 2026 DUE TO AN UNEXPECTED VACANCY.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

I'M GONNA PASS THIS OVER TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ.

THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.

FIRST OF ALL, UM, THIS WAS TOUGH.

I ACTUALLY HAD 11 PEOPLE APPLY.

UH, WE INTERVIEWED 10, HE TOOK US WELL OVER FIVE HOURS ONE DAY.

UM, I WANT TO THANK JERRY BLOOM.

HE WAS MY PLANNING COMMISSIONER.

HE HELPED ME WITH THE INTERVIEWS.

SO DID, UH, AL JACKSON, MY PARKS AND RECS.

UM, THERE'S A GENTLEMAN HERE THAT ACTUALLY APPLIED AND HE'S ACTUALLY A GOOD DEAR FRIEND OF MINE, ROMAN NOVE SITTING IN THE BACK.

ROMAN, YOU DID A GREAT JOB, SO THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE THAT.

AND AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE OR ACTUALLY NOMINATE MM-HMM, , MR. RICHARD GOMEZ.

UM, WOULD BE MY CHOICE.

AND UM, THAT'S OKAY.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR FROM HIM BEFORE OR NO? WE CAN VOTE AND THEN HEAR FROM HIM AFTER.

WHAT WAS THAT 20 MINUTE SPEECH YOU SAID? IS THAT WHAT YOU, YOU SAID 30, SO THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

WHATEVER IT IS.

THAT'S GOOD PRACTICE.

ANY QUESTIONS OF LARRY BEFORE WE NO SIR.

OKAY, THEN UH, THAT'S YOUR MOTION AND I'LL SECOND AND BRIAN DID THE SECOND MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

WE HAPPEN TO HAVE THE, UH, GENTLEMAN HERE IN THE AUDIENCE IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP FOR A FEW MOMENTS AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF.

UH, I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY AND THE PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO JOIN THE COMMISSION.

UM, PROMISE TO DO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY TO SERVICE MY COMMUNITY AND THE FUTURE OF CHINO HILLS AND ITS RESIDENTS.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY.

YOU GOT A GREAT RESUME.

SO IT TO US, WELCOME TO THE TEAM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[23. Design Review No. 493 - 15645 Palo Alto Avenue, Ivan Roche, applicant: The Planning Commission adopted a resolution approving Custom Home Design Review No. 493 for construction of a 1,460-square foot, one-story single-family detached residence with attached 484-square foot two-car garage, and determining project is exempt from review under California Environmental Quality Act, subject to Conditions of Approval]

[24. Site Plan Review 22SPR04 - Minor Use Permit 23MUP03 - Golftec, Inc., through representative Katie Guyon (Applicant) - The Planning Commission adopted a resolution approving Site Plan Review No. 22SPR04 and Minor Use Permit No. 23MUP03 for development of a one-story golf training facility on a one-acre portion of existing 176-acre Los Serranos Country Club and Golf Course located at 15656 Yorba Avenue, consisting of a 3,376-square foot building with offices, a lobby/sales area, five golf instruction bays, an outdoor putting green, and new asphalt surface parking area with 17 parking stalls and determining project is exempt from review under California Environmental Quality Act, subject to amended Conditions of Approval]

CARE.

OUR NEXT ITEM IS PLANNING COMMISSION MATTERS.

NO ACTION IS REQUIRED UNLESS TWO MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL WISH TO REQUEST A REVIEW OF THE MATTER.

WE HAVE TWO ITEMS. ONE IS TO DES UH, DESIGN REVIEW NUMBER 4 93 AT 1 5 6 4 5 PALO ALTO AVENUE.

APPLICANT IS YVONNE ROCHE FOR A CUSTOM HOME DESIGN.

AND THE NEXT IS THE SITE PLAN REVIEW TWO TWO SPR ZERO FOUR MINOR USE PERMIT 23 MUP ZERO THREE GOLF TECH, INC.

THROUGH REPRESENTATIVE KATIE, KATIE GUYON, THE APPLICANT.

ANYBODY WISH TO POLL FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? NO.

NOPE.

THEN NOPE, THAT MEANS IT, UH, PUSHES THROUGH.

WE'RE GOOD.

[ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT]

NEXT IS THE PIO REPORT.

OKAY, NICOLE.

THANK YOU MAYOR ROGERS AND GOOD EVENING COUNCIL STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

JUST A FEW QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS.

ENGLISH SPRINGS PARK WILL BE TEMPORARILY CLOSED NOVEMBER 27TH THROUGH DECEMBER 15TH.

WHILE CREWS WORK TO REPAIR THE CONCRETE.

DURING THIS TIME, THE PARKING LOT AND AMENITIES WILL BE UNAVAILABLE FOR USE.

THE CITY HAS BEGUN A PROJECT TO RENOVATE THE EXISTING 20 YEAR OLD SKATE PARK TO POTENTIALLY INCLUDE ADDING LIGHTING, SHADE STRUCTURES, SEATING, AND UPDATING THE SKATING AREA.

THE COMMUNITY IS INVITED TO A WORKSHOP THIS WEDNESDAY AT 6:45 PM TO SHARE FEEDBACK ON WHAT CHANGES THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND A CHANCE TO WIN PRIZES FROM ACTIVE RIDE SHOP.

FOLLOWING THE WORKSHOP, AN ONLINE SURVEY WILL GO LIVE FOR THOSE WHO COULD NOT ATTEND AND A SECOND WORKSHOP WILL TAKE PLACE IN EARLY 2024 TO PRESENT ALL COMMUNITY INPUT.

THE RENTER RECREATION GUIDE AND CITY NEWS BROCHURE IS NOW AVAILABLE.

THE HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE THE CITY'S OFFICIAL TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY ON DECEMBER 2ND AND THE BOAT PREYED ON DECEMBER 15TH.

RESIDENTS CAN V CAN VISIT CHINO HILLS.ORG FORWARD SLASH RECREATION GUIDE TO VIEW ALL UPCOMING EVENTS AND CLASSES AND IN LIGHT OF NEXT WEEK'S CITY FACILITIES.

AND THE LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED FOR THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY ON NOVEMBER 23RD AND 24TH STREET SWEEPING TICKETS WILL NOT BE ISSUED BEGINNING WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22ND, AND ENFORCEMENT WILL RESUME THE FOLLOWING MONDAY ON NOVEMBER 27TH.

TRASH PICKUP WILL BE DELAYED BY ONE DAY FOR COLLECTION DAYS THAT FALL ON OR AFTER THANKSGIVING.

AND LASTLY, WE JUST WANTED TO SHARE AN EVENT TAKING PLACE AT BIG LEAGUE DREAMS. ON THANKSGIVING WEEKEND, RESIDENTS AND YOUTH ATHLETES OF ALL AGES CAN VISIT BIG LEAGUE DREAMS ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25TH FROM 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM TO MEET CINCINNATI RED'S PITCHER HUNTER GREEN HUNTER WILL BE DISTRIBUTING BASEBALL CLEATS IN SIZES NINE THROUGH 15 WHILE SUPPLIES LAST.

AND IF AVAILABLE SIZES DON'T FIT YOU, THEY WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL NIKE SWAG BAGS.

YOU MUST WEAR A BASEBALL JERSEY OR FULL UNIFORM TO RECEIVE THE FREE CLEATS, WHICH WILL BE AVAILABLE WHILE SUPPLIES LAST AND VISIT THE BLD SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES FOR MORE INFORMATION.

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

ANYBODY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT,

THANK YOU NICOLE.

[ SAFETY UPDATES - Fire and Police]

CHIEF, CHIEF WILLIAMS FIRE.

COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT, HIS, UH, HIS LIAISON IS OVER TO THE FIRE DISTRICT, SO WE JUST, UM, HONORED OUR VETERANS THAT WORK FOR OUR ORGANIZATION.

MAYOR ROGERS COUNCIL AND, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

I JUST HAVE TWO THINGS FOR TONIGHT.

FIRST, I JUST REALLY WANNA SAY THAT WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE RELATIONSHIP.

UM, I KNOW THAT, UH,

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SO I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING THERE AND PRESENTING THEM WITH THEIR VERY OWN CHINO HILLS, UH, COIN THAT REPRESENTS VETERANS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

WE APPRECIATE THAT.

UH, AND THEN I JUST REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY WAS AWARE THAT WE HAVE OUR MAKE A CHILD SMILE EVENT COMING UP.

UH, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GETS THAT ON THEIR CALENDAR FOR DECEMBER 13TH, SEVEN 30 TO 11 AT WALMART.

AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PARTICIPATION.

CAN I ASK YOU ONE QUESTION? YES, OF COURSE.

CHIEF.

UH, I WOULD TRY AND EXPLAIN THIS IN MY REPORT ABOUT YOUR LAST MEETING, BUT CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE VETERANS AND BUS AMBASSADOR PROGRAM BECAUSE IT'S SO IMPORTANT AND SUCH A, UH, OUTSIDE THE BOX THINKING AND IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM.

YEAH, LET ME START WITH HOW IT ALL CAME ABOUT.

UM, UH, AGAIN, I'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE.

I HAVE EIGHT SIBLINGS.

THE TOP HALF OF ALL MY SIBLINGS WERE IN THE MILITARY.

I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT DIDN'T GO AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A PASSION OF MINE.

MY GRANDFATHER SERVED, MY FATHER SERVED, UH, I WAS BACK AT, UH, DC LAST YEAR AND I HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE US FIRE ADMINISTRATION WITH THIS CONCEPT THAT WE HAVE VERY, UH, WE HAVE MANY, MANY, MANY SERVICE MEMBERS WHO GO OUT THERE AND SERVE OUR COUNTRY IN A VOLUNTEER BASIS.

AND I THINK THAT'S VERY, VERY KEY TO UNDERSTAND THEY'RE OUT THERE SO THAT WE CAN LIVE AND WALK AND BREATHE, UH, SAFELY EVERY DAY.

AS THOSE FOLKS ARE GETTING OUTTA THE MILITARY, MANY TIMES THEY'RE HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING JOBS.

MANY OF 'EM ARE EXPOSED TO A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE AND SO I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT, UH, AS A FIRE DISTRICT, IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CREATE A CROSSWALK PROGRAM SO THAT AS THEY ARE LEAVING THE, THE MILITARY SERVICE, THAT THEY COULD FIND A MEANINGFUL WORK, UH, FOR US AT THE FIRE DISTRICT OR IN THE FIRE SERVICE IN GENERAL.

UH, WHAT I FOUND OUT IS THERE'S, THE MILITARY DOES HAVE PROGRAMS THAT, UH, PREPARE THOSE FOLKS IN THEIR LAST YEAR OF EXITING THE, THE MILITARY SERVICE, UH, TO HELP PREPARE THEM.

AND SO THE QUESTION WAS, WELL, WHY AREN'T WE THERE? WHY AREN'T WE HELPING THEM? WHY AREN'T WE MAKING THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE AVAILABLE? THE REALITY IS THAT THE, THE FIRE IS A PARAMILITARY ORGANIZATION.

IT'S LIKELY A VERY GOOD FIT FOR WHAT THEY'RE ALREADY COMFORTABLE WITH.

THERE'S THE CAMARADERIE, THERE'S THE STRUCTURE.

AND QUITE FRANKLY, WE, WE WANNA SERVE THEM.

THEY'VE ALREADY SERVED US.

SO, UH, WE REACHED OUT TO THE FOUR MEMBERS OF THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS AND SUMMER ENGINEERS THAT HAVE MILITARY SERVICE.

THE ONLY ONE WE DON'T HAVE REPRESENTATIVES IS THE NAVY.

SO I HAVE TO FIND A NAVY PERSON, UH, TO HIRE 'EM.

BUT WE HAVE ALL BRANCHES REPRESENTED, UH, AT THE FIRE DISTRICT, AND WE'VE ASKED THEM TO COME TOGETHER AS A COMMITTEE AND, UH, GO OUT AND MEET WITH THE LOCAL, UM, UH, BASES TO FIND OUT WHERE WE CAN CONNECT TOGETHER AND, UM, FIND OPPORTUNITIES, UH, SHOULD THEY MEET ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS, WHICH I BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL TO, TO BRING THEM ON AND HOPEFULLY AS EMPLOYEES OF THE FIRE DISTRICT.

SO THAT'S THE GIST OF IT.

YEAH, IT'S A VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD PROGRAM.

I THINK.

I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE, UH, HOW IT, UH, HOW IT TAKES OFF.

OUR POLICE CHIEF GERARD.

HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF AND RESIDENCE AND ATTENDANCE.

UH, JUST ONE QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT.

CHIN HOST POLICE DEPARTMENT IS HOLDING A COFFEE WITH A COP EVENT COURTESY OF THE ALBERTSONS AT LOS SERRANOS COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE AND SOQUEL CANYON PARKWAY.

TOMORROW, NOVEMBER 15TH FROM 8:00 AM TO 10:00 AM PLEASE COME OUT AND ENJOY COFFEE AND A PASTRY WITH MEMBERS OF YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY VISIT WITH MEMBERS OF YOUR CHINO HOUSE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT ALSO VOICE ANY CONCERNS OR, OR INFORMATION YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR COMMUNITY.

UH, WE WERE ALSO HOLDING A TOY, A TOY DRIVE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE EVENT.

UH, IF YOU'RE ABLE, PLEASE BRING A NEW UNWRAPPED TOY TO DONATE TO THE CHINO HOUSE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S TOY DRIVE COMING IN DECEMBER.

ALRIGHT, THAT'S MY POINT.

MOVING ON THEN TO COUNCIL REPORTS.

QUESTIONS FOR OUR POLICE CHIEF.

ALRIGHT,

[ COUNCIL REPORTS Council Member Bennett Chino Valley Independent Fire District Council Member Marquez Cal Cities Latino Caucus Board of Directors Legislative Task Force Omnitrans Board San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Board Southern California Association of Governments Regional Council Transportation Committee Southern California Regional Rail Authority (Metrolink) Board]

I DO HAVE A BRIEF ONE.

I MUST NOT HAVE RESPONDED BACK.

WE DID HOST OR HAVE OUR, UH, TRACE ROMANO'S CONSERVANCY MEETING LAST WEEK.

UH, RAY AND I ARE MEMBERS ON THAT COMMITTEE, AND REALLY THE HIGHLIGHT WAS A REPORT, PRETTY MUCH A REPORT ON THE TOUR THAT TOOK PLACE, UH, IN SEPTEMBER AND THE SUCCESS OF THAT TOUR AND THE, THE DISCUSSION OF, UM, DOING ANOTHER TOUR POSSIBLY IN THE SPRINGTIME AND REVIEWING OUR BUDGET TO MAYBE BUILD THIS IN AS SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA DO ONGOING.

SO, RAY, ANYTHING ELSE? YES.

WELL, MR. MAYOR, JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

HOW MANY K WE HAD, HOW MANY PEOPLE ON THE TOUR? 104 WAS THE NUMBER ALSO JUST UNDER AND HOW FAST DID THAT? ABOUT A HUNDRED.

IT IN LIKE FIVE MINUTES QUICKER THAN TAYLOR SWIFT CONCERT? YES, ABSOLUTELY.

CRASH THE SYSTEM.

THEY CRASHED THE SYSTEM.

AND THERE'S 400 ON THE WAITING LIST.

ON THE, UH, CHINO VALLEY INDEPENDENT FIRE DISTRICT.

, WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE ABOUT A HUNDRED.

SO WE'RE GOOD.

ALRIGHT, NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BEN BENNETT.

YES.

UH, MY ONE REPORT TONIGHT IS

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AND, UH, AS THE CHIEF WAS SAYING, UH, IT WAS A WONDERFUL MILITARY, UH, VETERANS RECOGNITION THAT EVENING.

UH, I WAS, UH, PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO, UH, PRESENT OUR NEW CITY, UH, CHALLENGE COIN TO FOUR MEMBERS, UH, ENGINEER MIKE AGE, UH, UNITED STATES ARMY FIRE FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS, TYLER HACKBARTH, THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, AARON PATTY, UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS, AND STEVE SANDS, UH, US ARMY.

UH, THEY ALSO INTRODUCED THAT EVENING A NEW, UH, EMPLOYEE, A SUPPORT SERVICES TECHNICIAN, JOSHUA AVIA, OR, UH, VIA, UH, EMPLOYEE PROMOTION TO OFFICE TECHNICIAN EMILY ES UH, 15 YEAR, UH, YEARS OF SERVICE FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER MACIEL DE GUAVA.

HARD FOR ME TO SAY, UH, 25 YEARS OF SERVICE FOR CAPTAIN MIKE MOORE AND CAPTAIN PETE UCK, AND 30 YEARS FOR BATTALION CHIEF WAYNE FONTES.

UH, ESSENTIALLY THAT WAS THE BULK OF IT.

WE, WE DID, THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, THE UPCOMING SITE.

UH, THERE WAS SOME MISCOMMUNICATION ABOUT THERE BEING A MEETING THIS OR TOMORROW ACTUALLY ON, AT THE SITE FOR, UH, THE NEW FIRE STATION.

BUT THAT GOT RESOLVED.

IT'S BEEN PULLED OFF OUR CALENDAR AND WE'RE HOPEFUL TO HAVE A GROUNDBREAKING SOMETIME, UH, THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR, WEATHER PERMITTING.

SO, UH, THAT'S THE END OF MY REPORT.

ALRIGHT, GOOD.

MOVING ON TO, TO COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, CAL CITIES LATINO CAUCUS BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING.

WE REVIEWED ALL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS AND WE'RE GIVEN THE ASSIGNMENTS, UH, THE LEGISLATIVE TASK FORCE.

UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THE LEAGUE LEADERS EVENT, WHICH WILL BE IN CARLSBAD, AND WE'RE GONNA COME UP WITH OUR PRIOR PRIORITIES FOR NEXT LEGISLATIVE SEASON.

UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THE BOARD RETREAT, WHICH WILL BE JANUARY 19TH THROUGH THE 21ST, GOING TO TRAN.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION REIMBURSEMENT ES ESCORT PROGRAM, OR TRE, IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM.

I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT, CYNTHIA, UM, YOU, YOU PROBABLY DID, BUT I DIDN'T.

IT'S LIKE AN UBER SERVICE AT, UH, COMMUNITIES 55 PLUS, WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL, IF THEY WERE TO DRIVE ONE OF THEIR NEIGHBORS TO A AN APPOINTMENT, THEY COULD GET PAID UP TO 67 CENTS A MILE AND THEY CAN ACTUALLY DO 300 MILES PER MONTH.

SO, GREAT PROGRAM.

I'M GONNA GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO, UH, THOSE COMMUNITIES.

THE WEST VALLEY CONNECTOR PROGRAM UPDATE, UH, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON THAT.

REVIEWED CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SURVEYS THAT WE GOT FROM OUR, OUR PASSENGERS SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.

UM, I ATTENDED THE GENERAL POLICY COMMITTEE COMMITTEE MEETING.

WE AWARDED THREE CONTRACTS, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

WE AWARDED CONTRACTS FOR HYDROGEN UPGRADE, UH, PROJECT SMART CITY EARLY ACTION PLAN.

WE APPROVED AND WE REVIEWED THE SB COG MEMBERS DUES, WHICH IS GONNA INCREASE OUR DUES, I BELIEVE BY A HUNDRED PERCENT.

IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

IT'S GONNA GO UP A LITTLE BIT FOR THE COG, UH, ELEMENT.

S-B-C-T-A METRO VALLEY STUDY SESSION.

WE REVIEWED THE MEETING SCHEDULE TRANS COMMITTEE.

WE AWARDED REGIONAL RIDESHARE AND VANPOOL CONTRACTS.

METROLINK, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, ARENA.

ARENA CAME UP.

AND SO, UH, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD TO GET LEGISLATION ON TWO ISSUES, INCREASED ARENA TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPARENCY MEASURE MEASURES AND ARENA, ARENA TRADE, AND TRANSFERRED SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.

AND WE'RE JUST HOPING THAT, UH, IF WE CAN ACTUALLY PASS A BILL NEXT YEAR, WE CAN HAVE THE ABILITY TO MOVE OUR ARENA ALLOCATION FROM OUR CITY TO ANOTHER CITY IF WE CAN MAKE THAT WORK.

THAT'S MY REPORT, SIR.

ALRIGHT, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR COUNCIL COMMENTS.

ALL GOOD.

[ COUNCIL COMMENTS]

CYNTHIA, WHY DON'T WE START WITH YOU? I JUST HAVE A FEW THINGS.

UM, I'M SURE IT'LL COME UP WITH SOME OTHER COLLEAGUES THAT ATTENDED.

WE, WE SAID OUR FINAL GOODBYES TO BILL HUGHES AT A MEMORIAL OVER THE WEEKEND, ACTUALLY ON VETERAN'S DAY, OUR, AND RAY, I THINK IT'S ABOUT 200 PEOPLE.

YOU THINK 200 MCCOY CHRISTIAN CENTER SET WAS A VERY BEAUTIFUL SENDOFF FOR HIM.

IT'S VERY WELL RESPECTED.

I LEARNED SO MANY NEW THINGS ABOUT HIS IMPACT ON THE ARABIAN HORSE COMMUNITY AND HIS TIMES.

UM, AS A PROFESSOR AT CAL POLY POMONA WITH EQUINE, I MEAN, HE'S JUST, I KNEW HE WAS AMAZING, BUT EVEN AFTER HEARING ALL THAT, HE JUST WAS REALLY SOMETHING SPECIAL.

SO, UM, RIGHTFULLY HE WAS, UM, WE HAD THE MEMORIAL AT MCCOY AND THEN, UM, SALUTE TO SERVICE WAS WELL ATTENDED.

UH, GREAT JOB BY STAFF, UM, WISHING OUR BAPS COMMUNITY, UH, HAPPY RELATED TO WALLY, WHICH MOST OF US WERE THERE THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS TO, UM, ENJOY THE FESTIVITIES.

AND THEN, UM, GREAT STATE OF THE FIRE DISTRICT.

UM, I LOVE THE NEW FORMAT, I LOVE THE NEW FORMAT.

WHEN I WOULD GO TO PASS, UM, STATE OF THE DISTRICTS AND WATCH YOUR VIDEO, I WOULD ALWAYS SAY, I WISH MORE PEOPLE COULD SEE THIS AND ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING.

SO I'M, I HOPE YOU STICK WITH THIS BECAUSE IT WAS JUST A GREAT FORMAT AND SO MANY MORE PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO, UM, SEE WHAT YOU GUYS ACCOMPLISH ON A YEARLY BASIS.

SO I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU THAT FEEDBACK.

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UH, STAFF, EVERYONE THAT WAS INVOLVED WITH PUTTING TOGETHER OUR VETERANS HAVE BREAKFAST, UH, ON SATURDAY MORNING.

UNBELIEVABLE.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE TOTAL COUNT WAS, BUT, UH, I, I WAS ALSO PRIVILEGED TO BE ABLE TO, UH, HAND DELIVER TO EACH ONE OF THE VETERANS, UH, THAT WERE THERE.

UH, OUR NEW CHALLENGE COIN AND UH, JUST VERY, VERY SPECIAL WAS WELL RECEIVED.

UH, THAT EVENING.

ALSO, THE 55 PLUS CLUB VETERANS GROUP WERE HONORED AT THE BAPS, UH, HINDU, UH, MANDY, UH, WITH A SPECIAL, UH, VETERANS PROGRAM THAT EVENING.

AND THERE WERE SEVERAL VETERANS, NOT ONLY OURS, BUT A FEW OTHERS THAT WERE, UH, INCLUDED.

THEY HAD A SPECIAL LIGHT SHOW FOR US.

EVERYTHING IT WAS, IT'S JUST SO IT MADE FOR A, AND THEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, THE WONDERFUL CEREMONY, THE, UH, REMEMBRANCE TO BILL.

SO, UH, BETTER'S DAY FOR ME, I COULD, I CAN'T THINK OF ANY THAT WOULD'VE BEEN ANY BETTER.

UH, AS WE ALL KNOW BEFORE OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, WE WILL HAVE THANKSGIVING COMING UP.

AND I JUST WANNA WISH EVERYBODY A A VERY WONDERFUL AND, UH, HAPPY THANKSGIVING AND KEEP IN MIND THAT, UH, WE REALLY DO NEED TO CONCENTRATE ON WHAT WE ARE THANKFUL FOR.

AND WHEN WE CONSIDER WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE MIDDLE EAST RIGHT NOW, UM, WE ARE INTERNALLY BLESSED.

SO, UH, GOD BLESS, UH, UH, THOSE PEOPLE IN ISRAEL.

GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES, AND GOD BLESS CHINO HILLS.

SO ALL OF YOU HAVE A GREAT THANKSGIVING.

ALRIGHT, RAY.

UM, I WANT TO THANK CHINO CHAMPION.

UH, THERE WAS AN INSTRUCTOR THAT I HAD MANY YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS YOUNGER.

UH, HE WAS ONE OF MY INSTRUCTORS.

HE WAS AN LA COUNTY CAPTAIN FOR 32 YEARS.

HIS NAME WAS BILL GONZALEZ.

HE TURNED A HUNDRED ABOUT FIVE MONTHS AGO, SO HE'S 105 MONTHS.

UM, HE WAS ACTUALLY IN THE MILITARY.

HE FOUGHT WORLD WAR II AND ALSO THE KOREAN WAR.

THERE'S A BATTLE CALLED THE CHOSEN RESERVOIR.

HE WAS PART OF THAT.

IT WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE, IT WAS, IT WAS AN, IT WAS A, A MAJOR CONFLICT, BUT, UH, BILL, UH, IS STILL SHARP AT A HUNDRED YEARS OLD.

HE WAS AMAZING.

IT WAS A LOT OF FUN TO, TO BE THERE.

AND MARYANNE, I JUST WANT TO THANK MARYANNE FOR, UH, COMING WITH ME ON THAT, THE VETERANS VETERANS DAY EVENT.

AND ACTUALLY ART, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND, UH, STAFF.

YOU, YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB.

UH, MET WITH THE CHINO HILLS, HOA AND I CALLED PETER, HE WAS OUTTA TOWN DAMNIT, PETER , SORRY.

BUT I MET WITH, AND THE TWO AREAS OF CONCERN THAT THEY TALKED ABOUT WAS TRAFFIC AND, UH, DEVELOPMENT IN, IN, UH, CARBON CANYON.

SO I, I GOT TO, TO DO THAT AND I TELL EVERYBODY THAT WHEN, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, DON'T CALL ME, CALL PETER.

SO I DID THAT AGAIN, THANK YOU.

SO WE'LL BE CALLING YOU.

APPRECIATE IT.

YOU'RE WELCOME BUDDY.

UH, ANO PARK, UM, I'VE TAKEN, I GOT AN EMAIL AND UH, THE EMAIL BASICALLY WAS TELLING ME, A COUPLE THINGS WE'RE TELLING ME THAT THE SURFACE WAS REALLY BAD, NUMBER ONE.

NUMBER TWO, THE LIGHTING WAS REALLY BAD.

SO THE FIRST THING I DID IS I TALKED TO JONATHAN.

UH, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT.

I WENT OUT THERE DURING THE DAYTIME AND TOOK, TOOK A LOOK AT THE SURFACE, IT ISN'T BAD.

YES, IT'S A LITTLE WORN, BUT OVERALL IT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.

UH, I WENT BACK ON THE NIGHTTIME PROBABLY ABOUT SEVEN O'CLOCK AT NIGHT AND, UH, I NOTICED THAT THE LIGHTS WEREN'T REALLY SHINING ON THE COURT.

THEY WERE SHINING OUT.

SO I DID TALK THAT TO, TOLD THAT TO JONATHAN.

SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS AND HOPEFULLY THE LIGHTING WILL BE BETTER.

ALSO, I NOTICED THAT THE GRASS AREA UP ON TOP, UM, THERE'S NO BALLERS, THERE'S NO FENCE.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S CARS, MOTORCYCLES, WHATEVER ARE DOING DONUTS ON THE GRASS UP ON TOP.

SO IT REALLY LOOKS PRETTY BAD.

SO I DID SHARE THAT WITH JONATHAN, SO THANK YOU.

UM, YESTERDAY I HAD A MEETING, UH, OVER THERE AT, UH, IN FONTANA AND DAISE REYES, SHE'S ACTUALLY ON THE ASSEMBLY WOMAN, SHE'S ON THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.

AND WE MET WITH HER AND ALSO I GOT TO MEET THE SPEAKER, ROBERT REVIS.

HE WAS THERE, UM, WAS TALKING TO HIM.

HE WAS TALKING ABOUT ISSUES IN HIS TOWN, WHICH IS HOLLISTER.

AND IT SOUNDS JUST LIKE CHINO HILLS.

SO ALL THE ISSUES AND PROBLEMS THAT HE HAS IN HIS TOWN.

WE HAVE THE SAME ONE.

SO I GOT TO SHARE THAT WITH HIM.

SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET SOME MONEY IN THE FUTURE.

PROBABLY NOT.

UM, THE LAST THING, HUNTINGTON BEACH CITY COUNCIL, THEY, THEY HAVE FOUGHT THEIR ARENA PROCESS AND THEY, UH, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL STATE OF CALIFORNIA FILED A LAWSUIT WHILE IT WAS PUT ON HOLD BECAUSE THEY ALSO FILED A FEDERAL SUIT.

UM, JUST BEFORE THIS MEETING, I WAS TOLD THAT THAT SUIT GOT RELEASED AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS NOW SUING HUNTINGTON BEACH TO CONFORM WITH, UH, A HOUSING ELEMENT.

SO WE WERE GETTING SOME INFORMATION ON THAT.

I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT TO THE COMMUNITY.

UM, ALSO, I JUST WANNA WISH EVERYBODY HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

I ACTUALLY DID MINE LAST

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WEEK.

MY SON WAS FROM TEXAS.

HE WENT TO A WEDDING.

SO WE ACTUALLY DID IT LAST WEEK.

WE HAD A GREAT THANKSGIVING.

BUT YOU GUYS HAVE A, A REGULAR THANKSGIVING.

ON THANKSGIVING.

HAVE A GOOD TIME.

SO RAY'S LOOKING FOR AN INVITATION IT SOUNDED LIKE.

YES, YES.

I'M GOING OVER PETER'S HOUSE.

YEAH, HE DOESN'T KNOW IT.