* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:04] GOOD EVENING [ 6:00 P.M. - CONVENE MEETING / ROLL CALL] AND HAPPY NEW YEAR, AND WELCOME TO THE JANUARY 9TH CHINO HILL CITY COUNCIL MEETING. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. AND LYNE, CAN YOU PLEASE TAKE ROLL? SURE. ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. THANK YOU. AT [ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG] THIS TIME, PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. AFTER THE PLEDGE, PLEASE REMAIN STANDING AS TONIGHT'S INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN, GIVEN BY CHAPLAIN ADAM HOOD FROM THE CHINO VALLEY INDEPENDENT FIRE DISTRICT. PLACE YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART. READY TO BEGIN, I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. [ INVOCATION: Chaplain Adam Houde, Chino Valley Independent Fire District] MAYOR COUNCIL, LET US PRAY. DEAR FATHER, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US. LORD, I PRAY FOR THE FIRST MEETING FOR THE YEAR OF 2024. FATHER, THAT YOU WOULD GET WHOEVER MIGHT BE COMING HERE, UH, THEY MIGHT BE RUNNING LATE. FATHER, YOU WOULD GET THEM HERE SAFELY. LORD, I PRAY FOR THE RESIDENTS OF CHINO HILLS AND EVERYBODY HERE IN THIS ROOM, FATHER, THAT YOU WOULD PUT A HEDGE OF PROTECTION OVER THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY. FATHER AND I JUST THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID IN 2023, AND I LOOK FORWARD AND THANK YOU IN ADVANCE TO WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO IN 20 20 24. FATHER, I JUST THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE. IN JESUS NAME I PRAY, AMEN. AMEN. OKAY, [1. RECOGNITION - Recognition of City's Annual Holiday Home Decorating Contest winners] THE FIRST ITEM TONIGHT IS RECOGNITION OF CITY'S ANNUAL HOLIDAY HOME DECORATING CONTEST WINNERS. CAN THE TWO FAMILIES, THE, OUR AREA, AND THE HIGH FAMILY, PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM. YES, PLEASE COME JOIN ME UP. HERE'S HAVE A ROUND OF EARLY APPLAUSE FOR THESE WINNERS OF OUR HOLIDAY HOME CONTEST, THE LEFT OF THE PODIUM, SO YOU CAN WATCH YOURSELF ON TV WHEN THIS IS REPLAYED ON THE CITY CHANNEL. OKAY. WOW. THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS HOSTS AN ANNUAL HOLIDAY HOME DECORATING CONTEST WHERE HOUSEHOLDS ALL OVER OUR COMMUNITY DISPLAY THEIR HOLIDAY SPIRIT AND HELP LIGHT UP THE SEASON. THIS YEAR, WE'RE RECOGNIZING WINNERS IN THREE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, MARY AND BRIGHT HOLIDAY SPIRIT AND BEST THEME. EACH WINNING HOUSEHOLD WILL RECEIVE A $50 GIFT CARD TO A RESTAURANT IN CHINO HILLS, ALONG WITH A YARD SIGN TO DISPLAY. THEY ARE WINNERS. A FEW OF THE WINNERS ARE WITH US IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT, AND NAV CALLED THEM UP. THE WINNER OF THE MARY AND BRIGHT CATEGORY, UM, IS THE TRAN FAMILY, AND THEY'RE NOT PRESENT TONIGHT. AND AM I STEALING YOUR THUNDER? DO YOU NEED TO COME UP HERE? ARE YOU SURE? WHY DON'T COME UP? I CAN'T WAIT. OH, OKAY. I JUST REALIZED. OKAY. UM, FOR THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT CATEGORY, THE JUDGES SELECTED THE HI FAMILY. THAT'S US. THAT'S YOU. SO WE HAVE A CITY CERTIFICATE ALONG WITH A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FROM OUR SUPERVISOR, KURT HAGMAN. AND, UM, FROM OUR, UH, CONGRESSWOMAN NORMA TORRES, FOR EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY AND ALSO FROM, UH, CONGRESSWOMAN YOUNG KIM AND SENATOR KELLY STO AND SENATOR JOSH NEWMAN. YOU HAVE A LOT TO DISPLAY. AND ALSO FROM OUR ASSEMBLYMAN PHIL CHEN. SO THESE ARE ALL FOR YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. AND THIS IS YOUR SIZE. AND HANG TIGHT. WE'RE GONNA TAKE SOME PHOTOS. SO AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS. AND, UM, THE NEXT CATEGORY, UM, FOR THE BEST THEME WAS THE AIRY FAMILY. CONGRATULATIONS. SO HERE I HAVE, SO I HAVE THE SAME GROUP OF CERTIFICATES TO YOU GUYS CITY, THE BEST ONES ON TOP OF CITY COUNCIL ONE. THERE YOU GO. AND THEN HERE IS YOUR, UH, THING. AND SO THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING AND THANK YOU FOR JUST HAVING CIVIC PRIDE IN YOUR HOME TO DECORATE AND JUST, YOU KNOW, SPREADING THE SPIRIT THIS SEASON. THANKS AGAIN. AND LET'S TAKE, LET'S TAKE A PHOTO FOR IT WITH YOU GUYS. UM, GIRL, HER IN THE MIDDLE. NICOLE WILL GUIDE US, HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS LIKE, AND THEN FOR THE PHOTO, EXCUSE ME, JUST FOR A SECOND. THE FRIEND OF MINE, SO I'LL GIVE THIS TO YOU SINCE THE CHAN FAMILY'S NOT HERE. [00:05:03] OKAY. [2. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming January 11, 2024, as National Human Trafficking Awareness Day] THE NEXT ITEM IS A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING JANUARY 11TH, 2024 IS NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS DAY. WILL COMMUNITY SERVICES COORDINATOR, PATINO, I'M SORRY, THIS WAS IN THE WRONG ORDER. WOULD THE CHIEF OR POLICE CHIEF, SORRY. GERARD, PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM. DR. THANK YOU. AND SO ON. A MORE SOMBER NOTE, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, HUMAN TRA HUMAN TRAFFICKING SADLY, CONTINUES TO BE A GLOBAL PROBLEM. AND TONIGHT WE'RE DOING A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING JANUARY 11TH, 2024 IS NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS DAY. THIS MODERN DAY EXPLOITATION DEPRIVES AN UNKNOWN, UNKNOWN NUMBER OF VICTIMS OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL FREEDOMS, CIVIL RIGHTS AND PERSONAL DIGNITY. AS A SOCIETY, WE MUST SUPPORT ALL LEVELS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT BY REPORTING SUCH CRIMES AND WORK TO STRENGTHEN LAWS THAT SENDS AN UNWAVERING MESSAGE TO ANYONE WHO ATTEMPTS TO PROFIT. FROM THIS, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WE ENCOURAGE OUR COMMUNITY TO SPREAD KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS TO HELP STOP THIS HIGHNESS CRIME. TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION, WE HAVE OUR POLICE CHIEF CAPTAIN GERARD, AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND I'LL HAND THIS OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. UH, I'M HONORED TO RECEIVE THIS PROCLAMATION, AND I RECOGNIZE THE COUNCIL'S CONTINUED EFFORTS TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS, UH, TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING. UH, EARLIER IN MY CAREER, I WAS ACTUALLY ASSIGNED AS THE SUPERVISOR OF THE COUNTY'S HUMAN TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE. SO I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND HOW DEVASTATING IT CAN BE FOR ITS VICTIMS. MOST OF US THINK OF PROSTITUTION WHEN WE HEAR HUMAN TRAFFICKING, BUT THE REALITY IS LABOR TRAFFICKING AND DEBT BONDAGE ARE JUST AS PREVALENT. DEBT BONDAGE OCCURS WHEN INDIVIDUALS ARE FORCED TO WORK WITHOUT COMPENSATION TO PAY OFF, NEVER ENDING BET DEBTS USUALLY INCURRED IN THEIR EFFORTS TO MIGRATE TO AMERICA, WHATEVER THE CIRCUMSTANCES. MANY TIMES, THE ONLY HOPE FOR THESE VICTIMS IS FOR SOMEONE IN THE COMMUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE SITUATION AND CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT. PUBLIC AWARENESS IS OFTEN THE KEY TO RESCUING THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING. SO AGAIN, I THANK THE COUNCIL FOR THEIR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO RAISE AWARENESS TO THIS ISSUE. IF YOU WITNESS WHAT YOU SUSPECT IS HUMAN TRAFFICKING, YOU CAN REPORT IT TO THE NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING HOTLINE AT 8 8 8 3 7 3 7 8 8 8. YOU CAN ALSO REPORT IT ANONYMOUSLY@WETIP.COM OR CALL 9 1 1 FOR IMMEDIATE LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. AND TO WE'LL TAKE A PHOTO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT] OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT. THANK YOU, . JUST A FEW QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT, SINCE IT'S THE BEGINNING OF A NEW YEAR, WE JUST WANTED TO REMIND THE COMMUNITY OF THE CITY'S LOW INCOME RATE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AVAILABLE TO ELIGIBLE RESIDENTS. QUALIFYING APPLICANTS CAN RECEIVE A $10 DISCOUNT ON THEIR MONTHLY WATER METER CHARGE FOR ONE YEAR. ONCE APPROVED, THE DISCOUNT IS APPLIED ONTO THE NEXT 12 BILLS. SO APPLICANTS NEED TO QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM. YEARLY APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE YEAR ROUND AT THE UTILITY BILLING COUNTER AND ONLINE AT THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND IN RECREATION AND CITY NEWS. 10 MORE UTILITY BOXES HAVE BEEN WRAPPED THROUGHOUT CHINO HILLS. YOU CAN SEE THE NEW PHOTOS ON BOXES NEAR SOCAL CANYON PARKWAY, CHINO HILLS PARKWAY, AND GRAND AVENUE TO NAME. A FEW RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT THEIR BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE PHOTOS TO BE DISPLAYED ON REMAINING UTILITY BOXES THROUGH JANUARY 31ST. ONLINE@CHINOHILLS.ORG SLASH UTILITY BOX HART. AND LASTLY, JUST A A REMINDER THAT CITY FACILITIES AND THE LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY, JANUARY 15TH. AN OBSERVANCE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY TRASH SERVICE IS NOT AFFECTED. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PIO REPORT, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, NICOLE. UH, NEXT [3. PUBLIC COMMENTS: At this time members of the public may address the City Council regarding any items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council, whether or not the item appears on the agenda, except testimony on Public Hearing items must be provided during those hearings. Please complete and submit to the City Clerk a "Request to Speak" card. Comments will be limited to three minutes per speaker.] BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS, DO WE HAVE A, UH, A MESSAGE FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY, MAYOR, AND COUNSEL AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, UM, WE'VE BEEN PROVIDED TONIGHT WITH A NUMBER OF SPEAKER CARDS THAT WANT TO SPEAK TO CEASEFIRE, UM, SEEKING A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, AS THE COUNCIL KNOW OR SO FOR PURPOSES OF THE PUBLIC EDUCATION. UM, AND REMIND THE COUNCIL, WHILE PEOPLE DO HAVE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT WITH REGARD TO PUBLIC CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, IT NEEDS TO BE RELATED TO CITY BUSINESS AND THINGS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS JURISDICTION OVER. UM, THE CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT HAVE ANY JURISDICTION OVER WARS OCCURRING ACROSS THE PLANET. SO THAT IS NOT CITY BUSINESS. SO WITH THAT SAID, UM, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO SPEAK AT THE MEETING, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE ABOUT CITY BUSINESS. IF YOU COME UP AND TALK ABOUT INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, YOU'LL BE CUT OFF, AND IF YOU CONTINUE TO TALK, YOU SPEAKER WILL [00:10:01] BE TURNED OFF AND YOU MAY ULTIMATELY BE, BE REMOVED FROM THE CHAMBERS. SO WE'D ASK THAT YOU ADHERE TO THIS ADMONITION AND KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO CITY BUSINESS. SO, ANY QUESTIONS? NOPE. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. MARK LYNE. OKAY. AT THIS TIME, UM, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEMS WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE COUNCIL. WHETHER OR NOT THE ITEM APPEARS ON THE AGENDA, ACCEPT TESTIMONY ON PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS MUST BE PROVIDED DURING THOSE HEARINGS. PLEASE COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK, WENDY, OVER HERE. UM, A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD COMMENTS ARE TO BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER. PLEASE BEGIN SPEAKING WHEN THE LIGHT TURNS GREEN AND WHEN THE LIGHT TURNS YELLOW. YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT TO SPEAK, AND PLEASE CONCLUDE COMMENTS WHEN THE LIGHT TURNS RED. OUR FIRST SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS JOHN BRUNER, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL STAFF, UH, BEFORE I START, I JUST WANT TO SAY MY OBSERVATION IS THAT THE SIX O'CLOCK MEETING RESTRICTS A LOT OF BUSINESS PEOPLE THAT WORK OUTSIDE OF THE COMMUNITY FROM MAKING IT HERE. I THINK THAT THAT'S SEVEN O'CLOCK WAS BETTER. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU MADE A DECISION, SO, SO BE IT. BUT I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW IN CASE YOU HEAR IT FROM OTHER PEOPLE. TONIGHT, WE PLAN TO START A CONVERSATION ABOUT TERM LIMITS. WE UNDERSTAND THE CONVERSATION WILL BE ENTIRELY ONE-SIDED FOR GOOD REASON YOU WON'T OFFER A REPLY. MAYOR, THIS IS WHY YOU HAVE RECEIVED MANY LETTERS FROM OUR RESIDENTS ASKING THAT YOU PUT THE ISSUE ON THE PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA DURING THE FEBRUARY MEETING. WE HOPE YOU CONSIDER THE CONVERSATION IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO GRANT THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THE RESIDENTS OF CHINO HILLS. TONIGHT, OUR MEMBERS WILL PROVIDE A GLIMPSE INTO A FEW OF THE POSITIVE OUTCOMES THAT CAN BE REALIZED THROUGH THE CITY ADOPTION OF TERM LIMITS. WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT NO MEMBER OF OUR GROUP IS HERE TO PROVIDE SOLUTIONS. RATHER, OUR GOAL IS TO CREATE A DISCUSSION BY WHICH WE CAN DETERMINE THE IMPORTANCE OF TERM LIMITS AS A WAY TO PRESERVE AND THE, AND INVIGORATE THE GOVERNMENTS IN OUR CITY. WE UNDERSTAND WHY BY YOUR OWN INITIATIVE, THE COUNCIL MAY NOT BRING THIS SUBJECT TO THE FLOOR, BUT FOR MANY REASONS, TI THE TIME HAS COME TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBLE BENEFITS AND ADVERSE EFFECTS OF THIS CHANGE GIVEN THE SENSITIVITY OF THE ISSUE. THE ONLY WAY THE CITY CAN REACH A CONSENSUS IS TO LET RESIDENTS VOTE THIS NOVEMBER ON THE ISSUE. RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW THAT RESIDENTS KNOW THAT YOU CAN PUT ANYTHING ON THE BALLOT THAT YOU CHOOSE TO, TO GET INPUT FROM ALL SIDES. WE HAVE SELECTED THE COUNCIL'S PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS AS A TOOL TO BRING SUNLIGHT AND CREDIBILITY TO THIS IDEA. MAYOR THE COUNCIL WILL OFFER THEIR INPUT, BUT THE DECISION IS 100% YOURS. YOU, YOU MAKE IT AND YOU LIVE WITH IT USING WHATEVER ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE IS APPROPRIATE. WE SINCERELY HOPE YOU ADD THIS ISSUE TO FEBRUARY'S AGENDA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ELAINE RAY ANDERSON. THANK YOU MAYOR CITY COUNCIL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU THIS EVENING. THIS EVENING, YOU'LL HEAR RESIDENTS PREVENT DIVERSE, PRE PREVENT, PRESENT DIVERSE REASONS WHY TERM LIMITS ARE SOMETHING WE BELIEVE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AND DISCUSSED. AS A PROUD RESIDENT OF CHIN CHINO HILLS FOR OVER 30 YEARS, I HAVE MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO REFLECT ON HOW ON OUR CITY AND HOW WE CAN, CAN CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE ESSENCE OF WHAT HAS LED US TO CALL CHINO HILLS. OUR HOME TERM LIMITS CAN IMPROVE ACCOUNTABILITY TO RESIDENTS BY ENCOURAGING ELECTED OFFICIALS TO BE MORE RESPONSIVE TO PUBLIC INPUT. THIS CAN BE ACHIEVED USING A VARIETY OF FORMAL AND INFORMAL METHODS DESIGNED TO CREATE A MORE THOUGHTFUL APPROACH TO PUBLIC INPUT. MAYOR, I KNOW YOU HAVE ENCOURAGED RESIDENTS TO CALL YOU AND BRING ISSUES AND CONCERNS TO YOU WHERE YOU APPRECIATE THAT ENCOURAGEMENT. WE'D BE GRATEFUL IF YOU AND THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD CONSIDER AN OPEN DISCUSSION REGARDING TERM LIMITS. SO WE MAY ALL LOOK AT THE PERCEIVED BENEFITS AND OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AS ANY PERCEIVED DOWNSIDES TO SUCH A PROPOSAL. I WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, UM, AND CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. OKAY. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BON STEGEL. [00:15:08] MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK MY MIND ON THIS. SOME OF YOU I DO KNOW AND OTHER ONES WE HAVEN'T MET BEFORE. UH, MY NAME IS VON STEGO. I LIVE IN CHINO HILLS SINCE 1987. CURRENTLY LIVE AT 3 9 6 4 ALDER PLACE. I WORKED AS A CONTRACTOR, GENERAL CONTRACTOR, MASON, I CONTRACTOR FOR 18 YEARS IN THE CITY. AND I'VE SPOKE IN THE PAST ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN, IN, IN MY LIFE AND ALLOWING ME TO LIVE IN A BEAUTIFUL CITY OF CHINLE HILLS. UH, I DO WANT TO DISCUSS AN ISSUE, THOUGH. I'M HERE TO DISCUSS TERM LIMITS AND IT CAN IMPROVE THE CITY'S POSITION IN GENERAL, GENERALLY. AND WHY, UH, IT SHOULD BE INSTITUTED KNOWING THAT IT'S KIND OF LIKE A ONE-SIDED THING COMING FROM YOU. IF I WAS SITTING ON YOUR SIDE, I'D BE GOING, REALLY. BUT I DO WANT YOU TO KEEP OPEN MIND ABOUT TERM LIMITS AT THIS TIME. UM, THE CHINO HILLS DISTRICTS OF CITIZENS CAN BE PROTECTED BY, BY TERM LIMITS TO ELIMINATE DECADES OF COUNCIL MEMBER TENURE AND ELECT ELECTION COFFERS. THIS MAKING IT EASIER FOR NEW CANDIDATES WITH NEW, NEWER IDEAS TO INCORPORATE INTO COUNCIL POSITIONS. THIS WOULD INCLUDE DIVERSITY AND NEW THOUGHT DIRECTION. MANY CITIZENS HAVE INCORPORATED, MANY CITIES HAVE INCORPORATED TERM LIMITS AND ARE FUNCTIONING QUITE WELL. AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN WITHOUT TERM LIMITS CAN BE ENORMOUSLY UNHEALTHY. I POINT TO OUR OWN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. LET'S BE HONEST, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE THOUGHT TO YOURSELF, WHY CAN'T WE GET RID OF THESE PEOPLE? THEY JUST KEEP COMING BACK WITH THE SAME OLD PROBLEMS AND QUESTIONS. WE ALL KNOW. THE REASON WHY WE WE HAVE THAT IS BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO VOTE INTERIM LIMITS EITHER. I ALSO TRULY FEEL THAT BY ADDING TERM LIMITS, WE MIGHT ADD SOME VOTER EXCITEMENT TO THE CITY. SO MANY CHINO HILL CITIZENS THAT I'VE KNOWN FOR SO MANY YEARS DIDN'T COME TO THIS MEETING. AS YOU CAN LOOK AROUND AND SEE, I ASKED THEM, WHY DON'T YOU COME? WHY ARE YOU NOT INTERESTED? WHY DON'T YOU VOTE THE ANSWER 90% OF THE TIME IS IT DON'T, IT DON'T MATTER. VAUGHN, NOTHING EVER CHANGES. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, UM, FOR LISTENING TO ME AND I UNDERSTAND BEING ON YOUR SIDE WHAT TOURNAMENTS, TURIN'S ALL ABOUT. PLEASE JUST KEEP AN OPEN MIND AND THINK ABOUT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DOUG MCCORMICK. GOOD EVENING. UH, I'M HERE TONIGHT TO REQUEST THAT THE CITY COUNCIL TAKE NECESSARY STEPS TO ADD THE ISSUE OF TERM LIMITS FOR CITY COUNCIL SEATS AS AN AGENDA ITEM IN A FUTURE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. SO THERE COULD BE AN OPEN AND PUBLIC DISCUSSION THAT MAY OR MAY NOT LEAD TO A BALLOT INITIATIVE SUPPORTING THE TERM LIMITS PROPOSAL. WHAT BROUGHT ME HERE TONIGHT WAS THE DIRECT RESULT OF THE REMOVAL OF PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSIONER BOB GOODWIN BY A BLOCK OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM HIS POSITION SEVERAL MONTHS AGO FOR EXERCISING HIS FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT BY SPEAKING OUT AGAINST WASTEFUL SPENDING TAXPAYER DOLLARS BY THIS BLOCK OF COUNCIL MEMBERS. MANY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND I WERE OUTRAGED THAT THIS BLOCK, THIS COUNCIL, THE BLOCK OF COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD DO SUCH A THING DESPITE THE PUBLIC OUTCRY IN THE FORM OF NUMEROUS PUBLIC COMMENTS, EMAILS, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, LOCAL PAPERS, UH, MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS IN SUPPORT OF MR. GOODWIN'S POSITION. WHILE I'VE LOVED LIVING IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE VARIOUS CITY COUNCILS HAVE DONE GREAT THINGS FOR THE CITY SINCE IT'S A CORPORATION, I THINK THE FACT THAT MOST OF OUR CURRENT AND PAST CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE HELD ONTO THEIR OFFICES FOR NUMEROUS TERMS IS A DIRECT RESULT OF A SYSTEM THAT STIFLES AN INTRODUCTION OF FRESH IDEAS AND CHANGE, BE IT CAMPAIGN FINANCE, POLITICAL INFLUENCE, DISTRICT GERRYMANDERING NAME RECOGNITION. THE SYSTEM FAVORS INCUMBENTS. IT PER PERPETUATES THE STATUS QUO. ONE WAY TO COMPAT COMBAT THIS POLITICAL MALAISE IS TERM LIMITS. THE VOTERS OF CALIFORNIA OVERWHELMINGLY VOTED IN FAVOR OF TERM LIMITS FOR THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATION BRANCH. SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY VOTED FOR TERM LIMITS FOR COUNTY SUPERVISORS AND VOTERS OF VARIOUS NEIGHBORING CITIES HAVE OVERWHELMINGLY VOTED IN FAVOR OF TERM LIMITS FOR THEIR CITY COUNCILS. I THINK IT'S TIME THAT THE TIME HAS COME FOR THE CITY, CITY OF CHINO HILLS TO HAVE AN OPEN AND HONEST DISCUSSION OF THE PROS AND CONS [00:20:01] OF TERM LIMITS FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL SEATS. PERSONALLY, I HOPE THIS DECISION WOULD LEAD TO A BALLOT MEASURE SO THAT VOICES OF THE PUBLIC CAN BE HEARD AND NOT IGNORED. I THINK THE CURRENT CITY COUNCIL SHOULD STEP UP AND TAKE THE LEAD BY DOING WHAT'S NECESSARY TO OPEN THIS DISCUSSION IN THE FORM OF A COUNCIL MEETING. AGENDA ITEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SHERRY ANDERSON. HI, I AM SHERRY ANDERSON. BEFORE MANY, MANY YEARS AS A LO COLA EDUCATOR, I WORKED WITH LOCAL DEVELOPERS AND HAVE WATCHED CHINO HILLS GROW, CHANGE AND FLOURISH. I ALSO RAISED MY KIDS HERE AND THEY ATTENDED CHINO VALLEY SCHOOLS. SINCE I NO PICTURES, NO, I'M SORRY. I HAVE A RIGHT TO PICTURES OF . SINCE I BELIEVE MANY RESIDENTS OF OUR BEAUTIFUL CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY ARE APATHETIC. I'D LIKE TO SHARE WHAT I BELIEVE THE REAL REASON IS YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW, AND I THINK THAT IS THE CASE HERE. HOW MANY PEOPLE REALLY UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND FOR THAT MATTER, THIS MANY CITY DEPARTMENTS. MOST PEOPLE DON'T. AND THEY'RE BUSY LIVING LIFE, TRYING TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES FINANCIALLY AND EMOTIONALLY, ALONG WITH THE MANY DIFFERENT RESPONSIBILITIES THEY MAY HAVE. I'M SURE FOR MANY IT IS OVERWHELMING AND THEREFORE THEY PROBABLY THINK VERY LITTLE ABOUT THE RULE. EVERY RESIDENCE HAS TO MAINTAIN A CITY CONGRUENT TO THEIR BELIEFS. I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS REGULARLY MEET WITH THEIR DISTRICT COMMUNITY MEMBERS, INCLUDING THOSE OF OTHER DISTRICTS AS WELL. OUR CITY IS QUITE LARGE AND SPREAD OUT WITH THE DIVERSE BASE WHOSE IDEAS AND BELIEFS MAY NOT BE REPRESENTED. JUST REACHING OUT TO OUR INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBER DOES NOT ADEQUATELY CONVEY WHAT OTHER RESIDENTS MAY HAVE CONCERNS OR IDEAS ABOUT. TRANSPARENCY IS THE KEY TO GREAT GOVERNANCE, AS IS THE PROCESS FOR TERM LIMITS SO THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS A CHANCE FOR NEW LEADERSHIP ON A REGULAR BASIS AFTER 32 YEARS LIVING IN CHINO HILLS. I LOVE WHERE I LIVE AND I HOPE TO ALWAYS FEEL THAT WAY, AND I'D LIKE OTHERS TO FEEL THAT WAY AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HERE NEXT SPEAKER IS SELENA LINA. GOOD EVENING MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY. MY NAME IS SELENA HARRIGAN. UH, TONIGHT I STAND BEFORE YOU AS A RESIDENT OF CHINO HILLS, AN EDUCATOR, UH, A TAXPAYER, A MOTHER, UH, AS SOMEONE WHO IS RAISED WITH CHRISTIAN VALUES AND AS SOMEONE WHO DEEPLY BELIEVES IN FREEDOM AND JUSTICE FOR ALL PEOPLE. UM, TODAY I AM WAS PLANNING TO SPEAK ABOUT, UM, A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, IT'S BEEN SAID KIND OF THE, THE QUESTION IS, HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS? UM, SO I THINK FIRST OF ALL, IT RELATES TO US, UM, BECAUSE $900,000 OF OUR MONEY IS BEING SPENT, UM, TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, BEING SENT TO ISRAEL. SO I THINK AS A TAXPAYER, THAT'S WHERE I'M ASKING YOU TO MAYOR, TO PLEASE, YES, LISTEN TO. I DO UNDERSTAND. CAN WE CUT THE MIC? THANK YOU. MIC. I'D RECOMMEND. OH, HE JUST NEEDS TO COMMENT. MARK, MARK, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE EFFECTIVELY GOING DOWN THE SAME PATH OF THE, YOU KNOW, NO. GREAT TO TALK. OKAY. WHAT SHE SAYING? I GIVE HER, LET'S, LET'S, YOU NEED COUNCIL PASS. RE I NEED THE CITY ATTORNEY TO EXPRESS SOMETHING TO ME. SO I AM RESPECTFULLY ASKING YOU TO PAUSE. CAN YOU PAUSE? THANK YOU. OKAY. WE'RE EFFECTIVELY HEADING DOWN THE SAME PATH HERE. I MEAN, IF, IF IN FACT THIS IS CITY BUSINESS, THEN EVERYTHING IS CITY BUSINESS. 'CAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S GOVERNMENT DOLLARS SPENT ON EVERYTHING. AND THE FACT FACT, THIS, THIS, THIS ISN'T CITY BUSINESS. SO I UNDERSTAND THE PERSON'S POINT AND IT'S COUNCIL'S DECISION WHETHER YOU WANNA LET, I THINK THERE'S HOW MANY? 20, ABOUT 25. ABOUT 25 PEOPLE HUMAN TRAFFIC. AND AT THE SAME TIME, AT THE SAME TIME, IF ANYONE IS SPEAKING, IF ANYONE IS SPEAKING OUT OF ORDER AND IS NOT SITTING AT THE DICE OR IS NOT AT THE PUBLIC SPEAKER PODIUM, AND IF THEY ARE GOING TO SHOUT OUT [00:25:01] FROM THE AUDIENCE, YOU WILL HAVE TO LEAVE THE CHAMBERS. OKAY. THAT'S, THAT'S THE GROUND RULES HERE. SO, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, YOUR ADVISEMENT IS THAT THE CURRENT SPEAKER IS NOT SPEAKING TO CITY BUSINESS? CORRECT. OKAY. AND HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE ON THIS SUBJECT? ABOUT 25. PARDON ME? 25. OKAY. SO, SO AT THIS TIME, BECAUSE YOU HAVE HEARD THE STATEMENT FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY, I'M GOING NEED TO RESPECTFULLY LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SPEAK VIOLATION OF OUR FIRST RIGHT. THE TRUTH IS NOT WHAT WE ONLY WANT TO BE HEARD. SO AT THIS POINT, MARK AND I DESERVE TO BE HERE. OKAY? SO AT THIS POINT, AT THIS POINT, MARK, MARK AND OUR, SO AT THIS POINT, SHE HAS TO SAY TO OUR, UH, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND TO, UH, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY MANAGER, WE ARE TAKING A FIVE MINUTE HI, CHINO HILLS. I'M JENNIFER DAVIS WITH THE CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT. THIEVES CONTINUE TO USE DIFFERENT METHODS TO COMMIT THEFT, INCLUDING MAIL THEFT. UNFORTUNATELY, MAIL THIEVES CAN ACCESS SENSITIVE INFORMATION SUCH AS BANKS. WE ARE HERE TO LISTEN TO YOU. IF IT VEERS FROM WHAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY HAS SAID, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO STOP YOUR COMMENTS AND THERE'LL BE ANOTHER FORM FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT AT OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING WITH WHAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY HAS SAID, YOU NEED TO STICK TO THAT. BUT WE WANT TO HEAR YOU. THIS IS NOT GONNA BE A TIME TO COME UP AND TO TALK ABOUT THE ITEMS THAT HE SAID ARE OFF LIMITS. SO PLEASE, IF YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT, AND I WOULD HOPE THAT THE LEADERSHIP THAT HAS BROUGHT PEOPLE OUT HERE TODAY WILL CON CONVEY TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SPEAKING THAT IN ORDER TO BE EFFECTIVE, WE NEED TO FOLLOW THESE RULES, OKAY? AND WE NEED TO EXERCISE DECORUM BECAUSE THIS IS NOT GONNA BE A CIRCUS. AND IF WE CAN'T, IF WE CAN'T KEEP THE OUTBURST TO NOT EVEN A MINIMAL NOT AT ALL, THEN I'LL RECESS THE MEETING. SO PLEASE CONTINUE. I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MUCH TIME WAS ON HER. UH, CLOCK LYNE. UM, SHE'S GOT A MINUTE 45 LEFT. PARDON ME? 45 SECONDS LEFT. OKAY. DO YOU REMEMBER WHERE YOU, THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. SO LET'S DO, LET'S DO THIS. MA'AM. MA'AM, START OVER. LET'S GO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR, I APPRECIATE THAT. WE DID NOT COME HERE TO START TROUBLE TONIGHT. WE CAME HERE TO JUST AS CITIZENS OF CHINO HILLS, WE ARE JUST ASKING TO BE HEARD. HOW WE SPEND OUR MONEY IN THIS, IN, IN A CITY, RIGHT? AS TAXPAYERS, IT'S SOMETHING THAT CONCERNS ALL OF US, NO MATTER WHAT THE ISSUE IS. WE WANT TO KNOW THAT OUR TAXES ARE GOING TO, UM, THINGS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, FEEL GOOD ABOUT, RIGHT? THAT WE SUPPORT. SO, UM, I'M, I'M HERE BEFORE YOU AS A TAXPAYER WHO CARES ABOUT OUR TAX MONEY, UM, SUPPORTING A GENOCIDE, OKAY? UM, I KNOW THAT THIS IS, CAN BE A VERY POLITICAL ISSUE. LOOK, I'M NOT RUNNING FOR OFFICE, OKAY? THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT HERE TRYING TO RUN FOR OFFICE. WE'RE JUST HERE BECAUSE WE CARE. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE WAY WE'VE SEEN NATIONAL LEADERSHIP, UM, HANDLE THINGS, UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN AMERICA ARE TURNING TO THEIR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES AND JUST ASKING FOR HELP, RIGHT? WE'RE BEING PERSONALLY AFFECTED. MANY PEOPLE HERE TODAY HAVE PERSONAL STORIES THAT THEY JUST WANNA SHARE WITH YOU. UM, I THINK SAN FRANCISCO JUST TODAY PASSED A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION, OKAY? I'M SORRY IF THIS WASN'T THE BEST WAY TO BRING THIS UP TODAY. UM, I WILL BE CONTACT CONTACTING YOU ALL, UM, YOU KNOW, AFTER TODAY TO HAVE, UM, DISCUSSIONS, OPEN UP DISCUSSIONS ABOUT CEASEFIRE RESOLUTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, PASSED IN OTHER CITIES AS WELL. BUT FOR TODAY, I'M JUST PLEADING WITH YOU TO PLEASE JUST HEAR US OUT, OKAY? I PROMISE THAT WE WILL, UM, RESPECT THE DECORUM OF TODAY JUST AS LONG AS WE'RE JUST HEARD OUT. UM, [00:30:02] SO I JUST HAVE A MINUTE LEFT. AND, UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UM, WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD AND SEEING SO MUCH, YOU KNOW, DEATH AND, AND INNOCENT LIVES BEING TAKEN, UM, WE ARE SERIOUSLY CONCERNED THAT OUR TAX MONEY IS FUNDING GENOCIDE. OKAY? UM, TO, TO THINK THAT OUR MONEY IS GOING TOWARDS THIS, SENDING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TOWARDS THIS, WE'RE JUST HERE TO VOICE THAT. WE DON'T WANT OUR TAX MONEY BEING SPENT THIS WAY, OKAY? AND I THINK WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOICE THAT CONCERN, JUST LIKE WE WOULD ABOUT ANY OTHER ISSUE THAT WE DIDN'T, UH, YOU KNOW, AGREE WITH. SO WE WE'RE JUST TURNING TO YOU, OUR LOCAL LEADERS, UM, AND WE ARE JUST ASKING YOU TO HELP RAISE OUR VOICES. JUST LISTEN TO WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY. UM, WE ARE CALLING FOR THE FULL LIBERATION, UM, AND FREEDOM OF ANY OPPRESSED PEOPLE RIGHT NOW, PALESTINIANS. UM, AND THE FIRST STEP IS A PERMANENT CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION. SO THAT'S WHAT WE WANNA START THINKING ABOUT AND WORKING TOWARDS, AND, UM, DRAWING CONNECTION AS TO WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO THINK ABOUT AS A CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. LYNE. NEXT SPEAKER IS SAMMY. I'M SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT, SAMMY? AND CAN YOU PUT THE SPEAKER, UH, AFTER THAT SO THAT PERSON IS PREPARED TO COME UP AND SPEAK SO WE CAN EXPEDITE THIS? 'CAUSE SINCE THERE'S SO MANY SPEAKERS. JESSICA IS NEXT. GOOD EVENING, ELECTED OFFICIALS AND MEMBERS OF THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY. HELLO, I AM SAMMY, AND I WAS BORN IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND RAISED IN CHINO HILLS. MY PARENTS PLANTED OUR ROOTS HERE IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES BEFORE CHINO HILLS EXISTED. IT WAS CHINO THEN, AND MY BROTHER AND I HAVE BOTH ATTENDED EAGLE, CAL EAGLE CANYON ELEMENTARY, UM, CANYON HILLS JUNIOR HIGH, AS WELL AS AYALA HIGH SCHOOL. MY FAMILY, INCLUDING SOME OF MY EXTENDED FAMILY, AND MANY OF MY CHILDHOOD FRIENDS WHO STILL LIVE HERE TODAY ATTEND MASS NEXT DOOR AND ARE STILL ACTIVE AT ST. PAUL, THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH. AS A DEVOUT CATHOLIC, MY FAITH COMMUNITY PRAYS AND WORKS FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE. GOD GAVE US MANY TALENTS AND ABILITIES TO HELP ONE ANOTHER, TO BRING HIS LIGHT INTO THE WORLD. AND WE HAD JUST PRAYED FOR THIS TOGETHER AT THE START OF THIS MEETING. MY FAITH COMMUNITY WORK LED ME. MY FAITH HAD LED ME TO DO COMMUNITY WORK WORKING WITH SURVIVORS AND VICTIMS OF TRAUMA, WHICH ALSO LED ME TO WORK IN PUBLIC HEALTH, WHICH IS WHAT I CURRENTLY DO IN PUBLIC HEALTH. THERE'S AN UNDER IN PUBLIC HEALTH, THERE'S AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THINGS LIKE ONE'S EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, ITS SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, ET CETERA, GREATLY AFFECTS A PERSON'S HEALTH BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED. EVERYTHING IS SO EXPENSIVE TODAY, AND PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING, INCLUDING FOLKS HERE IN CHINO HILLS. AND THIS IS WHY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT OUR TAX DOLLARS. INSTEAD OF THIS BEING DIRECTED INTO INVESTING IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY, IT INSTEAD GOES TO OPPRESS AND KILL OTHERS ABROAD. WE HAVE PALESTINIANS IN OUR COMMUNITY. I HAVE PA PALESTINIAN FRIENDS HERE. AND SO THIS IS WHY I'M SPEAKING FOR ALONGSIDE THEM BECAUSE MY FAITH, WE BELIEVE IN SOLIDARITY AND WORKING TOGETHER TO BRING JUSTICE. AND GOD GAVE ME THE ABILITY TO BE HERE TO SPEAK TO THOSE IN POWER, YOU, OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, TO CONSIDER NO, TO PLEASE PUT AS A PART OF THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING, A RESOLUTION SO THAT CHINO HILLS CAN DEMONSTRATE TO OUR NEIGHBORS THAT WE ARE A MORAL CITY AND WE CARE ABOUT OTHERS. IF WE PRAY TO GOD AND IN GOD WE TRUST IN EVERY MEETING, HOW ARE WE DEMONSTRATING THESE ACTIONS TO OTHERS? THEREFORE, I'M ASKING CHINO HILLS A BEAUTIFUL CITY WITH A RICH HISTORY TO BE LIKE CITIES LIKE OAKLAND AND RICHMOND, LONG BEACH AND KUDA HIGH, WHO HAVE ALL PASSED THEIR OWN RESOLUTIONS AS PEOPLE OF FAITH IN THIS ROOM. IT IS NOT OKAY THAT AT LEAST 22,313 PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE GAZA'S TRIP. AND ABOUT 70% OF THOSE KILLED ARE REPORTED TO BE WOMEN AND CHILDREN. THEY ARE STILL A PART OF MY COMMUNITY, THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY. AND I, I SINCERELY PLEASE ASK YOU ALL IF YOU ARE A PERSON OF FAITH TO PROVE THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH THAT YOU ARE ONE, AND THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER TO PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT, THE NEXT MEETING. THANK YOU, JESSICA LYNNE, WHO'S AFTER JESSICA. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. I NEED TO TAKE JESSICA, IF YOU PAUSE A MOMENT, PLEASE. SO THIS IS CLEARLY NOT CITY BUSINESS. IS THIS THE COUNCIL WISH TO CONTINUE? I'LL, I WILL TAKE A, UM, WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR, AI, YEAH, AND JUST LET ME REITERATE, MAKE THIS POINT, [00:35:01] IS THAT MEANS THAT WHEN YOU OPEN UP THIS FORUM, THIS WAY, WHATEVER TOPICS PEOPLE WANNA BRING IN, THEY CAN BRING IN. SO THAT'S PART OF THE, THE REASON FOR THE CITY BUSINESS RESTRICTION IS SO THAT YOU GET CITY BUSINESS DONE. BUT THE, AND A LOT OF THE CITIES THAT WERE MENTIONED, AND I I RESPECT THOSE CITIES IN, IN SOME WAYS, BUT THEY HAVE MEETINGS THAT GO TILL TWO O'CLOCK, THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING BECAUSE THEY TACKLE A LOT OF NATIONAL ISSUES OR INTERNATIONAL ISSUES. SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, PART OF THAT DECISION YOU'RE MAKING, YOU'RE, YOU'RE OPENING THIS FORUM TO A MUCH BROADER GROUP OF TOPICS THAN WHAT YOU NORMALLY CONSIDER. ONE SECOND. SO IT'S NOT ENTIRELY UP TO ME, IT'S UP TO ALL FIVE OF US. SO THAT'S, I'D LET 'EM SPEAK. OKAY, ARE PLEASE, PLEASE, NONE QUALIFICATION, WHAT'S THE TAX DOLLARS? KEEP BEING, UH, MENTIONED, CITY MANAGER. ARE WE SPENDING ANY TAX DOLLARS FROM THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS ON ANY ISSUE DEALING WITH PALESTINE OR CEASEFIRE OR ANYTHING TO DO WITH GENOCIDE? VICE MAYOR BENNETT, UH, THAT'S, UH, AN ITEM THAT THE, UH, CITY ATTORNEY AND I HAD A SIDEBAR ON. I THINK WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THAT IS, THAT'S NOT WHERE TAX DOLLARS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL GOES. AND I THINK WHAT, UH, YOU KNOW, INTERPRETING FROM THE COMMENTS, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT FEDERAL DOLLARS. AND SO I THINK THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COMMENTING ON, UH, FEDERAL POLICY THAT'S NOT WITHIN THE PURVIEW. BUT, UH, IF THEY WERE SAYING THAT WE HAD A PROGRAM, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANYTHING THAT WOULD COME CLOSE TO BEING INVOLVED IN THIS INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT. BUT THE COUNCIL IS NOW CONSIDERING WHETHER OR NOT THEY'LL CONTINUE TO HEAR MORE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S OUTSIDE OF OUR TYPICAL SCOPE. RYAN? YEAH, I'M FINE WITH YOU SPEAKING, BUT PLEASE KEEP IT TO THREE MINUTES. BE CLEAR, BE CONCISE, GET TO YOUR POINT. I WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY, BUT THERE'S, BUT AT THE SAME POINT, PLEASE, PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF WHAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY IS SAYING, THAT IF IT'S NOT UNDER OUR PURVIEW AND YOU GUYS ALREADY KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE SPEAKING ABOUT. SO YES, YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO SPEAK TO US RIGHT NOW, BUT PLEASE KEEP IT WITHIN THE PARAMETERS. THANK YOU FOR THE PAUSE, JESSICA. GO AHEAD AND, UH, WHO'S AFTER JESSICA? EXCUSE ME. I'M SORRY. DID YOU ASK ME? NO, I'M SORRY, RAY. OKAY, , UM, SINCE THE PEOPLE HERE AT CHINO HILLS WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SAY WHATEVER YOU WANNA SAY. ALL I PLEASE ASK YOU, JUST BE RESPECTFUL. WE WILL BE RESPECTFUL BACK TO YOU. SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, THANK YOU. WHO'S AFTER? UM, LENNY, WHO'S AFTER JESSICA, SO THEY CAN BE PREPARED. KENNETH T OKAY. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD JESSICA. THANK YOU. UM, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DR. JESSICA SPENCE MOSS, AND I'M HERE AS A MOTHER, A FRIEND, A CHRISTIAN, AND A HUMAN TO ASK THE CHINO HILLS CITY COUNCIL, UM, TO SUPPORT US. AND I'M GRATEFUL TO ALL FIVE OF YOU FOR BEING WILLING TO HEAR US. UM, AND I WANT TO ALSO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SPOKEN BEFORE ABOUT TERM LIMITS. UM, THIS IS CITY BUSINESS BECAUSE THE CHOICES THAT YOU MAKE ON MORAL ISSUES IMPACT THE WAY YOUR CITY SEES YOU AND IMPACT WHEN IT COMES TIME TO VOTE. AND BECAUSE PEOPLE OFTEN IGNORE LOCAL VOTING AND WAIT FOR BIG NATIONAL VOTING, I'M CALLING ON EVERYONE TO BE AWARE OF LOCAL VOTING AND BE AWARE OF THE MORAL CHOICES THAT THEIR LOCAL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE MAKING. UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, I'M HERE AS A FRIEND. I'M HERE NOT AS A PALESTINIAN OR AN ISRAELI AS A MUSLIM OR A JEWISH PERSON. UM, BUT I AM HERE BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS THAT ARE, I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS IN THIS CITY AND NEIGHBORING CITIES THAT HAVE LOST LOVED ONES BECAUSE OF WHAT'S GOING ON ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD. AND THAT MAKES IT CITY BUSINESS. LOCAL PEOPLE ARE BEING IMPACTED BY THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD. AND PEOPLE IN YOUR CITY WANT TO, YOU WANT TO KNOW THAT YOU CARE ABOUT THEM. I'M LOOKING AT THIS PANEL AND I DON'T SEE PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING IMPACTED IN PALESTINE RIGHT NOW. AND THAT IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE YOU DON'T SEE PEOPLE IN PALESTINE THE WAY THAT WE AS THEIR FRIENDS ARE SEEING THEM, AS THEIR FAMILIES ARE SEEING THEM, THEY ARE BEING KILLED. THERE IS A GENOCIDE HAPPENING THAT IS AN, ACCORDING TO THE UN, A GENOCIDE IS HAPPENING. COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT IS BEING USED TO IMPLEMENT THAT GENOCIDE. UM, PEOPLE SAY THAT THE SOLUTION'S COMPLICATED, THAT WE AS A CITY DON'T WANNA DEAL WITH IT. UM, BUT WE NEED TO DEAL WITH IT BECAUSE IF WE DEAL WITH IT, OUR STATE CAN DEAL WITH IT AND HOPEFULLY OUR NATIONAL GOVERNMENT CAN ALSO DEAL WITH IT. UM, SO I'M ASKING YOU TO BE AN EXAMPLE TO, TO OUR NEIGHBORING COUNTIES, TO THE CI THE THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE NATION BY STANDING ON THE SIDE OF LIFE, EMPATHY AND COMPASSION [00:40:01] BY CALLING FOR A CEASEFIRE. ANTISEMITISM IS REAL, ISLAMOPHOBIA IS REAL, AND PEOPLE ARE BEING IMPACTED BY THOSE THINGS IN THIS CITY. AND YOU NOT TAKING A STAND AGAINST ISLAMOPHOBIA, AGAINST ANTISEMITISM AND TALKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE MEANS THAT PEOPLE IN YOUR CITY DON'T FEEL HEARD. UM, AND WE CAN'T HEAR PEOPLE THAT ARE DIFFERENT FROM US IF WE, IF WE REFUSE TO LISTEN TO THEM. SO I SUGGEST THAT WE TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AFTER KEN, IT'S SIMA AHMED MID. HI EVERYONE. MY NAME IS KENNETH T I'M AN ATTORNEY AND I AM A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF CHINO AND CHINO HILLS. I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO PUT A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING. NOW, SOME OF YOU MAY BE WONDERING, WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH CITY BUSINESS? WELL, THE FACT IS THAT WE HAVE PALESTINIANS WHO LIVE IN CHINO HILLS, PEOPLE WHO ARE MY CLOSE, YOU KNOW, PERSONAL FRIENDS AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS IN GAZA. AND THESE PEOPLE WAKE UP EVERY DAY, YOU KNOW, JUST ANXIOUS AND SCARED OF HEARING THE NEWS THAT ANOTHER ONE OF THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS HAS BEEN KILLED AS PART OF THIS ONGOING WAR AND GENOCIDE. AND JUST THIS WEEK, THERE WAS A STORY OF A MAN WHO LEFT TO GET FOOD FOR HIS SON AND HIS WIFE IN GAZA WHEN HE, HE MADE SURE TO GET THE BISCUITS THAT HIS SON LIKED. THEY'RE HIS FAVORITE BISCUITS. WHEN HE RETURNED HOME, HIS WIFE AND SON WERE KILLED IN AN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE. THERE WAS A VIDEO OF THIS MAN STANDING OVER THE BODY OF HIS SON SAYING THAT I GOT THE BISCUITS THAT YOU LIKED, AND I HOPE THAT YOU CAN TAKE THEM WITH YOU TO HEAVEN. AND THIS SORT OF STORY IS FAR TOO COMMON. IN THE YEAR 2000, A PALESTINIAN CHILD IN GAZA HID BEHIND HIS FATHER AS ISRAELI SOLDIERS WERE SHOOTING AT PALESTINIAN PROTESTORS. THIS BOY WAS SHOT ON CAMERA BY AN ISRAELI SOLDIER, AND THIS FOOTAGE MADE IT ALL ACROSS THE WORLD. HIS NAME WAS MOHAMED DORA. THIS WAS IN THE YEAR 2000, 23 YEARS LATER AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT IN WHICH A PALESTINIAN CHILD WAS SHOT AND KILLED ON CAMERA BY AN ISRAELI SOLDIER. WE STILL HAVE THE SAME THING HAPPENING. MOHAMED'S FATHER IS STILL ALIVE IN GAZA, AND HE'S LOST OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS IN THIS RECENT WAR, INCLUDING TWO OF HIS BROTHERS, HIS SISTER-IN-LAW AND HIS NIECE. THERE'S ONE DOCTOR WHO WORKED AT ASH SHEFA HOSPITAL. HIS NAME WAS HAMAM ALO. HE WAS ASKED ON DEMOCRACY, NOW, WHY DON'T YOU LEAVE AND EVACUATE THE HOSPITALS? HE SAID, IF I LEAVE THE HOSPITAL, WHO'S GONNA TAKE CARE OF MY PATIENTS? I DIDN'T GO TO MED SCHOOL TO THINK OF MY LIFE AND NOT THE LIFE OF MY PATIENTS. AND THIS SORT OF BRAVERY IS PART OF WHAT SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN CHINO HILLS PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THROUGH THEIR FAMILIES AND LIVED EXPERIENCES IN PALESTINE. AND I ASK YOU TO SEE PALESTINIANS AS HUMAN BEINGS WORTHY OF YOUR CONSIDERATION AND TO CALL FOR AN END TO THE VIOLENCE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. AFTER MR. AHMED IS ZURAH MU RAF, UH, GOOD EVENING. AND, UM, I HAVEN'T WRITTEN ANYTHING DOWN. I, WHATEVER I'M GOING TO SPEAK IS GOING TO BE FROM MY HEART. UM, ALL OF US, WE ARE HERE TO ASK FOR HELP. WE DON'T WANT ANYTHING ELSE. WE DON'T KNOW WHERE TO, WHO TO BE, GO TO. UH, YOU ALL HOLD A PO GOOD POSITION. I JUST WANT, UH, YOU GUYS TO HELP US CEASEFIRE THIS RESOLUTION. AND, UH, ONE QUICK ADVICE. MAYBE YOU GUYS, UH, DON'T WATCH THE NEWS. PLEASE WATCH THE NEWS AND YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AFTER MR. MUS, RAFA IS SALLY. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS. I ALSO DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SPECIFIC PLANNED. UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MENTION I'M A PHYSICIAN HERE. I I LIVE IN CHINO HILLS. MY HUSBAND'S A PHYSICIAN. WE'RE [00:45:01] BEEN PAYING TAXES HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN TAXES OVER THE YEARS. AND OUR TAX MONEY IS GOING TO, IT'S FUNDING GENOCIDE. IT'S RAINING BOMBS ON INNOCENT PEOPLE, UM, THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY OF THE ATROCITIES THAT HAPPEN ON OCTOBER 7TH. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS INTERESTING AS A PHYSICIAN IS I HAVE PATIENTS, UM, THAT CANNOT AFFORD, THEY CANNOT AFFORD THEIR INHALERS, THEIR ASTHMATICS. THEY CANNOT AFFORD INHALERS THAT CAUSE HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS, UM, BECAUSE THEY, THEY, THEY HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN BUYING FOOD OR PAYING FOR MEDICATION. OKAY? WE ARE SENDING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO A COUNTRY WHERE IT CITIZENS GET FREE HEALTHCARE HOUSING. CAN YOU PAUSE FOR A MOMENT? PREDICATION, CAN I HAVE YOU PAUSE FOR A MOMENT, MA'AM? YES. FOR CLARIFICATION. SO YET AGAIN, WHAT'S HAPPENING, AND I'M TRYING TO GET CLARIFICATION. SO WE HAVE ALREADY SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT THAT IT'S FEDERAL TAX DOLLARS THAT ARE GOING TO THIS. SO, WELL, WE CAN, I CAN APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE ALL UP HERE KNOW THAT, AND KNOW THAT FEDERAL TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING TO, THAT IT IS NOT UNDER THE, THE CITY TAX DOLLARS OR NOT. SO I, I WANNA HEAR YOUR MESSAGE, BUT IF A LOT OF YOUR MESSAGE IS GONNA BE FOCUSED ON THAT, THAT'S WHAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY HAS SAID. IT IS NOT OKAY. PART, I'M JUST TRYING TO CLARIFY IT. I'M JUST TRYING, I UNDERSTAND FEDERAL DOLLARS, BUT, YOU KNOW, BEING IN CHINO HILLS, BEING A PART OF A CITY, UM, IT'S REALLY DISHEARTENING, YOU KNOW, THE MORALE OF THE FOLKS THAT, THAT LIVE HERE AND MUSLIM AND NON-MUSLIMS THAT CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT, THAT ARE DYING IN, IN THIS GENOCIDE, IT'S NOT GONNA TURN OUT WELL IN, IN THE LONG RUN. OKAY, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PROBLEM WHEN WE, WHEN WE'RE MARGINALIZING AND, AND, UM, DEHUMANIZING A HUGE GROUP OF PEOPLE. AND AS A PHYSICIAN, I SEE THIS PROBLEM IN MY PATIENTS. I SEE IT AFFECTS THE WAY THEY WORK. THEY CALL OUT SICK. THEY, THEY DON'T SHOW UP TO WORK. THE, THE KIDS DON'T GO TO SCHOOL. SO IT DOES, IT DOES AFFECT IT. WE'RE ALL CONNECTED. THE CITY'S AFFECTED. UM, THE, THE COUNTY'S AFFECTED, THEN IT GOES UP TO THE STATE, THEN TO THE, TO THE COUNTRY, AND THEN INTERNATIONALLY. SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ARE, WE ARE ALL CONNECTED IN SOME WAY. UM, I DO APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT TYPICAL OF WHAT YOU NORMALLY HEAR IN A CITY COUNCIL MEETING, SO I I, WE'RE REALLY APPRECIATIVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. AFTER SALLY IS ALEJANDRA. HELLO EVERYONE, YOU CAN PULL THE MIC DOWN. OKAY. SHORT. UM, THANK YOU FOR HEARING US OUT. UM, I'M SALLY. I JUST WANNA SAY A FEW WORDS. UM, WE WAKE UP TO THE SOUNDS OF BIRDS AND THEY WAKE UP TO THE SOUND OF BOMBS. AND SOME DON'T EVEN WAKE UP. OVER 12,000 CHILDREN HAVE BEEN SLAUGHTERED IN ZA AND AS ANY CHILD DOES, THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO DREAM AND TO LIVE. PLEASE HELP US GIVE THE PALESTINIAN CHILDREN THEIR CHILDHOOD AND GIVE THEM THEIR PEACE. PLEASE ADD A CEASE FIRE RESOLUTION ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. AFTER ALEJANDRA, I'M NOT CERTAIN IF THIS IS SOPHIA OR JIA. SOPHIA. SOPHIA, HELLO. UM, MY NAME IS ALEJANDRA. I LIVE IN POMONA. AND I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I'M HERE TO SUPPORT MY NEIGHBORS THAT NEED THE MORAL SUPPORT TO STAND BEFORE YOU ALL, BECAUSE THIS IS VERY NERVOUS ING TO STAND BEFORE YOU AND SPEAK ON SOMETHING THAT YOU WANNA HEAR, BUT YOU KIND OF DON'T . SO I'M JUST HERE AS A NEIGHBOR WHO CARESS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MY NEIGHBORS IN OTHER CITIES, AND THAT POMONA DOES HAVE A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION, UH, ON THEIR AGENDA FOR JANUARY 22ND. SO, YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT POMONA CAN LEAD AS AN EXAMPLE. UM, AND I HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, OTHER CITIES CAN DO SOMETHING TOO. YOU KNOW, EVEN JUST SAYING, SAYING SOMETHING AND A RESOLUTION IS SAYING SOMETHING. AND WE WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT FROM CHINO, CHINO HILLS, POMONA, ONTARIO. AND YES, WE NEED YOUR HELP BECAUSE WE ARE ALWAYS CALLING NORMA. WE'RE ALWAYS TELLING HER WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS WRONG, AND SHE'S NOT LISTENING TO US. SO WE NEED PEOPLE WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE POWER THAN US TO HELP US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. AFTER SOPHIA IS CECIL HOWELL. UM, HI, MY NAME IS SOPHIA MALIK. UM, PLEASE, EXCUSE ME. UM, A LITTLE BIT RATTLED IN [00:50:01] THE BEGINNING. UM, UH, TRIGGERED ME A LITTLE BIT, BROUGHT, BROUGHT ME BACK TO, UM, IN INCIDENCES HERE AND THERE. I ACTUALLY LIVE IN CHINO HILLS. I LOVE IT HERE. I LOVE MOVING IN THE PARK. I LOVE CONCERTS IN THE PARK. I LIKE, YOU KNOW, GETTING MY, UM, URBAN TACOS FROM THE SHOPS AND STUDYING AT BARNES AND NOBLE. UM, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, UM, YOU KNOW, I I, THERE THERE IS A RISE IN ISLAMOPHOBIA, WHETHER YOU LIKE TO HEAR IT OR NOT. UM, YOU KNOW, 104% THERE IS A RISE. AND, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR EXAMPLE, UM, JUST A FEW YEARS AGO I WAS AT THE ENGLISH SPRINGS PARKS. I LOVE THAT PARK. I'M, I'M, I STILL GO THERE. UM, AND SOMEONE JUST CAME UP TO ME AND SAID THAT, WHY ARE YOU BOMBING EVERYONE? AND IT, IT, IT, IT REALLY HURT. IT. UM, IT MADE ME FEEL LIKE AN OTHER, WHEN I'M AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, JUST LIKE ALL OF YOU GUYS HERE. I, I'M AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. I KNOW I LOOK DIFFERENT BECAUSE OF MY RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND, BUT I, I AM NOT AN THEM. I AM LIKE, YOU KNOW, GEORGE SENIOR SAID BACK IN THE DAY AFTER NINE 11, THAT IT IS US VERSUS THEM. I'M NOT A THEM, I'M, I'M EVERYONE HERE. I'M A HUMAN BEING, BEING WITH A HEART. AND, UM, AND SO, YEAH, IN THE BEGINNING WHEN, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS SHUT US DOWN A LITTLE BIT, IT REALLY HURT. AND, AND THE REASON WHY WE ARE SPEAKING UP, WE ARE NOT TRYING TO START A CIRCUS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WE ARE IN PAIN. WE ARE IN PAIN, OKAY? I DO NOT WANT MY KIDS. I HAVE THREE BOYS THAT GO TO AMAZING SCHOOLS IN CHINO HILLS, AMAZING TEACHERS. I, I HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH EVERYONE. MY MY KIDS ARE DOING WELL BECAUSE OF THE AMAZING TEACHERS I HAVE. BUT I, I AM SCARED THAT THEY MIGHT INHERIT THE RACISM THAT I SEE ONCE IN A WHILE WHEN I'M WALKING DOWN AROUND CHINO HILLS. WHEN YOU LOOK AT ME, YOU SHOULD NOT THINK TERRORISM WHEN YOU LOOK AT ME. YOU SHOULD NOT THINK OTHER WHEN SOMEONE IS BROWN OR A DIFFERENT COLOR THAN YOU. YOU SHOULD, YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD NOT THINK THAT. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT CITY WITH THE, UH, SIX YEARS OLD IN CHICAGO, STABBED 26 TIMES. THIS IS A CITY ISSUE, WHETHER YOU GUYS LIKE IT OR NOT, HE WAS 6-YEAR-OLD, STABBED 26 TIMES BY A RADICALIZED LANDLORD WHO DECIDED THAT THERE SHOULD BE LESS PALESTINIANS IN THIS WORLD. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR. LET ME GIVE YOU ANOTHER STORY, OKAY? THREE KIDS, BROWN UNIVERSITY, GOOD UNIVERSITY, RIGHT? SHOT AT HAM, HE'S PARALYZED. NOW. THESE ARE MY BROTHERS. THESE ARE MY SISTERS, OKAY? AND, AND YOU KNOW, ISLAMIC FLU IS ON THE RISE. ANTISEMITISM IS ON THE RISE. PLEASE TELL OUR FELLOW JEWISH PEOPLE, YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE SCARED OF US. BE SCARED OF WHITE SUPREMACIST PEOPLE THAT ARE THROWING SWAT SUPERIORS ALL OVER OUR MOSQUES AND SYNAGOGUES, NOT US. I'M CALLING FOR A CEASEFIRE. PLEASE LOOK INTO IT. THANK YOU. OKAY, AFTER CECIL HOWELL, IT'S FARZANA JABAR. THANK YOU CECIL HOWELL. GOOD EVENING, UH, COUNSEL. APPRECIATE YOU HEARING US TODAY. UM, I REMEMBER, UH, WHEN THE IRAQ WAR STARTED IN, UM, EARLY TWO THOUSANDS, I WAS A YOUNG MAN IN, IN, UH, IN JAPAN, YOU KNOW, KNOW, DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANY MUSLIM FRIENDS, DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT, DIDN'T, DIDN'T REALLY MATTER TO ME. BUT WHAT I DID FEEL STRONGLY WAS THAT IT WAS VERY UNFAIR. I REMEMBER THAT THERE WAS PROTESTS ALL AROUND THE WORLD, JUST LIKE, WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW. I FELT THE INJUSTICE. AND WHEN THE ATTACKS STARTED, I JUST, I FELT VERY SICK, YOU KNOW? AND I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING. I WAS JUST, I WAS JUST A DUDE. AND I, I GOT PHYSICALLY SICK. I HAD TO MISS WORK FOR LIKE TWO OR THREE DAYS, UM, BECAUSE I JUST, I JUST FELT THAT THERE WAS THIS OVERWHELMING FEELING OF DEATH, AND I FELT SO HELPLESS. UM, YOU KNOW, SO FAST FORWARD 2023, UM, I, I HAVE A LITTLE BIT BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT I CAN DO. I, I SEE THE SAME INJUSTICE, AND I FEEL THE SAME FEELING OF DEATH. YOU KNOW, ERIC GARNER, YOU KNOW, HE'S KILLED IN NEW YORK CITY, BUT THERE'S PROTESTS LOCALLY. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A WAR IN PALESTINE, BUT THERE'S PROTESTS LOCALLY. SO IT'S, IT BECOMES LOCAL REAL QUICK, YOU KNOW? AND SO IN TERMS OF HOW TO PROCESS ALL THIS, THE REALITY IS, IS THAT IN A HUNDRED YEARS, WE'RE ALL GONE, YOU KNOW, AND EVERY SINGLE PALESTINIAN THAT'S BEING KILLED, THEY WOULD'VE BEEN, THEY'LL BE DEAD ANYWAY. YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE JUST KINDA LIKE, WE'RE TALKING TO A ROOM FULL OF GHOSTS, AND NOTHING THAT WE ACTUALLY DO OR SAY HERE IS GONNA MATTER TO ANYBODY ELSE EXCEPT FOR IT'S GONNA MATTER TO YOU. IT'S GONNA MATTER THAT IF YOU SEE SOMETHING AND YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE POWER TO DO SOMETHING AND TO SAY SOMETHING, IT, IT SIMPLY MATTERS TO YOUR SOUL, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO STAND AND GIVE ACCOUNT FOR THE WORDS THAT WE SPEAK AND THE [00:55:01] ACTIONS THAT WE TAKE. AND IF YOU CAN LOOK ACROSS THE POND AND YOU CAN SEE, WELL, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I CAN DO LOCALLY, WHETHER IT'S ME HERE SPEAKING, OR IT'S YOU, UH, IN THE CHAIR DECIDING THAT YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, GIVE A RESOLUTION. IF THAT'S WHAT YOU CAN DO, THEN THAT'S WHAT YOU CAN DO. BUT IT, BUT IT, IT MATTERS. IT REALLY IS GONNA MATTER TO YOU AND ONLY YOU WHEN EVERYTHING IS SAID AND DONE, BECAUSE I HAVE TO GIVE A COUNT IN FRONT OF MY GOD WHEN EVERYTHING IS DONE, AND I HAVE TO, WELL, I, I'LL GO HOME AND I'LL TALK TO MY KIDS AND SAY, LISTEN, KIDS, I'M YOUR FATHER AND THIS IS IMPORTANT TO ME. AND SO I STOOD UP AND I SPOKE, AND THIS IS THE EXAMPLE THAT I'M SETTING FOR YOU. SO IN THE END, IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER TO PEOPLE IN PALESTINE, IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER TO, YOU KNOW, YOUR NEIGHBORS. IT JUST, IT JUST MATTERS TO YOU AND THE INTEGRITY OF YOUR OWN SOUL. AND SO WHATEVER POWER YOU HAVE OR DON'T HAVE, WHATEVER INFLUENCE YOU CAN HAVE OR CAN'T HAVE, JUST DO WHAT YOU KNOW IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. AND THAT'S ALL THAT I ASK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AFTER FARZANA IS HUDA, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CYNTHIA, UH, VICE MAYOR, ART BENT AND CHINO HEALTH CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M ANA JANG BAL, AND TODAY I STAND BEFORE YOU AND APPEAL TO YOU IN ALL MY CAPACITIES AS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, A TAXPAYER, A PROUD CHINO HEALTH RESIDENT FOR 35 YEARS, A COMMUNITY MEMBER, A DAUGHTER, A WIFE, A MOTHER, A GRANDMOTHER. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, AS A FELLOW HUMAN BEING, I BELIEVE THAT ALL HUMANITY IS CONNECTED AND ALL LIFE IS SACRED. SO, TO TO, FOR THE PAST 96 DAYS, AS I'VE WITNESSED WITH SHOCK AND DISBELIEF, THE SUFFERING OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, OF THE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION IN THIS ONGOING GENOCIDE INFLICTED BY THESE ISRAELI ARMY, MY HEART IS JUST COMPLETELY SHATTERED. THESE ARE MY CHILDREN, MY GRANDCHILDREN, MY FAMILY THAT I SEE BOMBED AND KILLED, AND MAIMED AND STARVED. I WANT TO PUT MYSELF IN FRONT OF THESE RAINING BOMBS AND BULLETS, AND TO TRY AND STOP THIS, I WANT YOU CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, JUST FOR A MOMENT TO NOT BE DETACHED AND IMAGINE THIS IS YOUR FAMILY UNDERGOING THESE ABSOLUTE HORRORS. AND THEN WOULD YOU STILL BE SILENT AND NOT ACT? THIS IS JUST COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE TO ME. I'M APPEALING TO YOUR CONSCIENCE AND HUMANITY, TO YOUR PRIVILEGE OF BEING IN THIS COUNTRY AND HAVING THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT HAS BEEN ENTRUSTED UPON YOU BY YOUR CONSTITUENTS TO SERVE IN YOUR HIGHEST CAPACITY, TO SPEAK UP AND TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THESE GROSS CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AND ADOPT A CEASE BY RESOLUTION. LEADERSHIP MEANS HAVING THE COURAGE AND MORALITY TO ADDRESS DIFFICULT ISSUES HEAD ON. SOMETIMES THAT COMES AT GREAT PERSONAL COST, BUT WE ARE LOOKING TO YOU, OUR REPRESENTATIVES, TO BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY IN THIS MOMENT IN TIME AS WE WITNESS ONE OF HUMANITY'S GREATEST MORAL TESTS. WE NEED TO STOP THIS MASSACRE AND TO CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION AND TO UPHOLD THE SANCTITY FOR ALL LIVES. JUST NOT, JUST NOT SOME. I AM, I'VE REALLY BEEN DIS DISAPPOINTED WITH MY GOVERNMENT FOR NOT CALLING FOR THE CEASEFIRE WHILE THE REST OF THE WORLD, MOST, MOST GOVERNMENTS IN THE WORLD, AND MOST PEOPLE ARE, ARE, ARE ASKING FOR A CEASEFIRE. AMERICA STANDS ALONE IN THIS, AND I'VE BEEN VERY SADDENED AND DISAPPOINTED. I HOPE YOU GUYS LEAD BY EXAMPLE AND, AND UNDERSTAND OUR PAIN AND TAKE ACTION AND PUT THE CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. THANK OKAY. AFTER HUDA IS ZANE, ZANE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS ABIDA KHAN AND I AM ONLY HERE TO SAY ONE SENTENCE. I JUST WANT ALL OF YOU TO LOOK INSIDE YOURSELF AND SEE WHY ARE WE SO DETACHED FROM ALL THE SUFFERINGS THAT IS GOING AROUND US EVERY SINGLE DAY IN GAZA. IT'S NOT THAT IT'S NOT A CITY'S BUSINESS, IT IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS, NOT JUST CITIES. LOOK INSIDE YOU AND DECIDE WHAT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AFTER ZANE IS ZA, CAN YOU REPEAT WHO'S WE'RE WAITING FOR RIGHT NOW? [01:00:01] LENNY, UM, ZANE. IS ZANE HERE? OKAY. IF ZANE REENTRIES THE ROOM, WE'LL PUT HIM BACK IN LINE. WHO'S NEXT? ISSA. OKAY, WHO'S NEXT? NEXT, IS JUAN HERE? HERE HE COMES. HE'S COMING, YEAH. WHO'S AFTER? UM, HIM AFTER SUAN IS MEBA AHMED. OKAY. HELLO. CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY? UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, STAFF AND, UH, COMMUNITY OF CHINO HILLS. MY NAME IS TWAN. I AM ACTUALLY FROM THE NEIGHBORING CITY OF MONTCLAIR. UH, BUT MY LONG TIME IN DEAR FRIEND SELENA, WHO IS A CHINO HILLS RESIDENT, ASKED ME TO COME TO SPEAK TODAY. AND JUST LIKE THE QUESTION OF WHY IS THIS A CITY MATTER AND WHY SHOULD THE CITY CARE ABOUT THIS? I ASKED MYSELF THAT SAME QUESTION. I'M A MONTCLAIR RESIDENT. WHY SHOULD ANY OF THIS CONCERN ME TO COME OUT TO SPEAK WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO CLUE WHO I AM? BUT SELENA CARE AND SELENA'S A, A RESIDENT HERE. AND I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT ISSUES THAT AFFECT OTHER CITIES AFFECT NEIGHBORING CITIES AND ISSUES THAT AFFECT NEIGHBORING CITIES, AFFECT COUNTY, AFFECT STATE, AFFECT NATIONAL AFFECT, INTERNATIONAL, GLOBAL. AND BECAUSE MY FRIEND CARED I CARE. SO I DECIDED MAYBE I JUST COME AND SPEAK IN SUPPORT. AND THEN THIS NOTION OF WHY IS IT A CITY MATTER BEEN KIND OF A THEME THIS EVENING. AND I THINK WHEN RESIDENTS OF YOUR CITY CARES, IT BECOMES A CITY MATTER. EVEN IF A RELU, A RESOLUTION LIKE A CEASEFIRE ONLY HAS NO DIRECT IMPACT TO NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, MAYBE THE US GOVERNMENT WOULDN'T HEAR YOU, BUT THE CITY RESIDENT HEARS YOU, NEIGHBORING RESIDENTS LIKE MYSELF, HEARS YOU. AND CITY MATTERS BECAUSE FOR EXAMPLES AND CITIES IN WHICH POLITICS THAT I DO OBSERVE AROUND CALIFORNIA, WHEN THEY TAKE A CERTAIN MORAL STANCE, FOR EXAMPLE, QUEER ISSUES, AS A QUEER PERSON, DO I FEEL SAFE VISITING THOSE CITIES? DO I FEEL SAFE SPENDING MY MONEY IN THOSE CITIES IF THEY DON'T SUPPORT PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF ENTERING THEIR CITY? AND I VIEW FOLKS LIKE YOU. WHAT MORAL CONSCIOUS AND MORAL STANCE DOES CHINO HILL STAND ON? AND SHOULD I, AS A RESIDENT OF MONTCLAIR, COME TO THE SHOPS AND SHOP HERE AND SPEND MY MONEY HERE? SHOULD I GO TO LOCAL BUSINESSES IN CHINO HILLS AND INVEST IN NEIGHBORING CITY IF I DON'T FEEL THAT MY VALUES ALIGN WITH THEIR ALONG, UM, MORAL STANCES? UM, ALSO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FUNDINGS, I ALSO THINK PEOPLE LIKE NORMA TORRES WHO DO REPRESENT CHINO HILLS WHEN SHE PASSED, UH, BILLS AND LEGISLATION THAT SPEAKS TO GAZA AND HOW PHRASES LIKE FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA IS ANTISEMITISM INSTEAD OF WORRYING ABOUT ISSUES THAT'S CONCERNING OUR AREAS. I FEEL LIKE THAT IS TO BECOME THE CITY ISSUE. WHY ARE YOU SO CONCERNED WITH THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING ABROAD IF YOU'RE NOT FIGHTING FOR FEDERAL FUNDING TO COME TO LOCAL CITIES AND, UH, FUND, UH, PROJECTS THAT CAN SHAPE RESIDENTS? THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING. THANK YOU. WHO AFTER MEZZ AHMAD IS ABIDA KHAN. AND WHO'S AFTER THAT? AFTER ABIDA IS ANA KHAN. CAN YOU, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? IT MIGHT BE HIM. NO, I HAVE MEBA AHMAD. IS THAT YOU, SIR? OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. I WANT TO SAY EVERYBODY, ALL THE EXPECTED PEOPLE. ALL THE PEOPLE RIGHT HERE. MEANS PEACE OF ALL OF YOU AS AS A HUMAN BEING. I HERE JUST TO SAY PEACE AND JUSTICE. BEING PEACE IN THE WORLD, AS YOU SAID, THIS IS CITY BUSINESS BECAUSE CITY THINKS EVENTUALLY IT'LL GO UP THE HILL, THE FEDERAL MONEY COME TO YOUR MONEY, GO TO FEDERAL CONVENTION AND FEDERAL MONEY COME TO YOU. SO IT IS INDIRECTLY LINKED EACH OTHER AND THE CITY HAS SOME PROBLEM TODAY, ISLAMOPHOBIA, THAT YOU RESTAURANT TO KEEP THE COMMUNITIES PEACE. SO IT IS ALL OVER THE WORLD, HAVE SOME PROBLEM. IT IS OUR DUTY, KEEPING THE PEACE. SO IT IS HUMANITY. SO MONEY IS GOING TO SPEND RIGHT AWAY SO IT CAN BRING PEACE IN THE WORLD. I USED TO WORK IN NUCLEAR PLANT [01:05:02] AND I HAVE ACCESS TO GO IN THE . I WORKED FOR TBA IN . I DID SERVE THE COMMUNITY. THIS, THIS USA MANY, MANY YEARS. I 50 YEARS I CAME WITH A STUDENT. SIR, I'M HAVING TROUBLE SCHOOL, SIR. I'M HAVING TROUBLE HEARING YOU. CAN YOU SPEAK? YOU SPEAK TOWARDS US. THAT'S MUCH BETTER. THANK YOU. THAT'S MUCH BETTER. THANK YOU. I HAD ACCESS TO IN THE, YEAH, CONTROL ROOM. PUSH THE BOTTOM BELOW THE WHOLE CALIFORNIA. I ACCEPT THE COMMUNITY, I ACCEPT THE, UH, I HAD ACCESS TO THE GOVERNMENT, SPEND SO MUCH MONEY FOR ME TO SERVE THE COMMITTEES. SO MY JOB TO SERVE YOU AS A COMMUNITY IS STILL I'M SERVING. SO MY REQUEST TO YOU AS A HUMAN BEING HELP OTHERS. SOMETIME I GO TO CHIN HILL RIGHT HERE AND UH, UH, HOME DEPOT PARKING LOT, ALL THE HOMELESS PEOPLE. IT HURTS ME. THE CITY JOB TO HELP THOSE PEOPLE. THE LADY SHE SAY SHE DON'T HAVE MONEY TO PAY THE CITY JOB, TO GET THE MONEY TO HELP THOSE PEOPLE CITY CHANGE REACTION. IT IS NOT ONE WAY. IT IS, IT IS A COMMUNICATION FOR, AS A TEAMWORK. SO IT IS, DON'T SAY, OH, IT'S NOT MY JOB, BUT IT EVENTUALLY, IT IS A TEAMWORK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT IS ABIDA KHAN, AND THEN AFTER ABIDA IS ANA KHAN. OKAY. DO WE HAVE THAT PERSON? HERE SHE GOES. AND THEN ABIDA KHAN. ANA KHAN. OKAY. SHE'S CARINA SAHAN. S AND WHO'S AFTER THAT? MOHAMMED KHAN. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. UH, MY NAME IS SANA. I GREW UP IN CHINO HILLS. UM, I WENT TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL. AND THE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS CITY IS THE FAMILY VALUES THAT IT HOLDS THE FAITH AND HOW SAFE I FELT. I'VE ALWAYS FELT SAFE. AND I BROUGHT MY SON HERE TO SHOW THAT WE CAN BE A VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS, BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY CHILDREN WHO HAVE NO VOICES. MANY OF THEM HAVE NO LIVES. NOW. THEY'VE, THEY'VE EVEN LOST THEIR PARENTS, THEIR SIBLINGS. IF THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE THEIR FAMILIES, THEY MAY NOT EVEN HAVE THEIR LIMBS. CAN YOU JUST IMAGINE, JUST, JUST FOR A SECOND, PUT YOURSELF IN THEIR POSITION, IN THEIR PARENT'S POSITION. CAN YOU IMAGINE YOUR CHILD, YOUR GRANDCHILD, NOT HAVING FOOD, NOT HAVING WATER, NOT HAVING LIFE, HAVING TO SLEEP WITH THIS THOUGHT THAT YOU'RE, YOU MIGHT BE BOMBED AND YOU GUYS HAVE A PLATFORM. YOU HAVE THE CHANCE TO SPEAK UP. WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO CONTACT CONGRESS MEMBERS, THE SENATE, NORMA, WE AREN'T BEING HEARD. AND PLEASE UNDERSTAND WE ARE COMING TO YOU IN DESPERATION BECAUSE WE, WE CAN'T. WHERE DO WE GO? THIS IS WHERE WE ARE COMING. SO THIS IS OUT OF RESPECT, AND THIS IS COMFORT. YOU GUYS ARE GIVING US COMFORT BY LETTING US COME HERE AND YOU GUYS HEARING US OUT, AND HOPEFULLY HAVING THE HEART TO SPEAK UP. IF YOU HAVE THE CHANCE TO SAVE ONE CHILD'S LIFE, WOULDN'T YOU DO IT IN A HEARTBEAT? EVERYONE WOULD, AND I KNOW EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM WOULD NEVER WANT ANY CHILD HURT. EVERY CHILD IS INNOCENT. SO IF YOU CAN JUST SEE FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE WHY WE ARE HERE. THIS, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT AWARENESS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE WITHIN THE CITY SO THAT WE CAN SPREAD THIS. SO I HIGHLY, HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO ADD A RESOLUTION TO YOUR NEXT AGENDA FOR CEASEFIRE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. AFTER MOHAMMAD KHAN IS SYLVIA. AND WHO'S AFTER? SYLVIA? NADIA. OKAY. OKAY. MY NAME IS SOSHANNA SHARIF AND I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF CHINO HILL SINCE 2012. WE ARE ACTIVE AND CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. IT'S HARD TO ARTICULATE THE UTTER HORROR AND HEARTACHE. I FEEL SEEING THE KILLING, TORTURING AND WIPING OUT OF AN ENTIRE GROUP OF PEOPLE. HOW IS IT RELATED? WE ARE ALL HUMAN BEINGS. HOW CAN WE NOT BE RELATED? UM, IN THE WORDS OF [01:10:01] MY 12-YEAR-OLD, WHY IS IT NOT OKAY TO RUN A RED LIGHT? BUT IT'S OKAY TO COMMIT GENOCIDE. THE THOUGHT OF FAMILIES, LITTLE CHILDREN LAYING TRAPPED UNDER RUBBLE FOR DAYS, SLOWLY DYING, KIDS GOING THROUGH AMPUTATIONS WITHOUT ANESTHESIA, PHOS, PHOSPHORUS, BOMBS DROPPED IN HEAVILY POPULATED AREAS CAUSING PAINFUL AND DEVASTATING BURNS AND ORGAN FAILURE. AND THEN LIVING IN INHUMAN INHUMANE CONDITIONS WITH NO WAY TO EVEN USE A BATHROOM. NO FOOD, NO CLEAN WATER IS UNIMAGINABLE TO ME LIVING HERE IN COMFORT WHILE THESE SUFFER IN PAIN. I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU, MY CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR HELP. I'M HERE TO ASK THAT AN IMMEDIATE AND PERMANENT CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HAM KHAN, SYLVIA, AND NADIA. GOOD EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, AND THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL, UH, MEMBERS. ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS THAT, PLEASE, OUR REQUEST IS TO PLEASE IN THE NEXT, UH, MEETING, UH, ADD THIS, UH, THE RE CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION ON YOUR, UH, AGENDA. UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE DIED THOUSANDS, 22,000 PLUS, UH, UH, PALESTINIANS, AND A LOT OF ISRAELIS ALSO HAVE DIED. UH, WE DON'T WANT ANY MORE KILLING. WE WANT PEACE. THE BEST THING IS TO DO, UH, TO HAVE A CEASEFIRE AND THEN SIT DOWN AND TALK AND RESOLVE THE ISSUES. SO PLEASE PUT IT JUST, THE LEAST YOU CAN DO IS PUT IT ON YOUR AGENDA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SYLVIA. IS SYLVIA THE LAST SPEAKER? LENNY? NO, WE HAVE TWO MORE AFTER SYLVIA. THANK YOU, SYLVIA. GO AHEAD. GOOD EVENING ALL. I'M FROM JERUSALEM. MYSELF. I'M CHRISTIAN. AND, UM, WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW, I WENT THROUGH THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE WATER AND ELECTRIC FOR SO MANY DAYS. ONE OF MY SISTER PASSED AWAY, 1948. SHE WAS A YEAR AND A HALF ALL THE SAME WAY. WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW? THIS IS UNCALLED FOR. OUR LORD. CREATED ONE GLOBE. WE ARE ALL BROTHERS AND SISTERS FROM ADAM AND EVE. THERE'S NO REASON TO HATE EACH OTHER. WE WOULD LOVE TO MAKE PEACE. I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE, COLOR, ALL THAT. WE ARE ALL HUMAN BEING. WE ALL ARE THE SAME. OUR LORD SAID, I CREATED YOU MY IMAGE. THAT MEANS OUR, WERE ALL BROTHERS AND SISTERS. SOME OF YOU ARE NOT RELIGION. I UNDERSTAND, BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE, THIS IS WHAT OUR LORD IS SAYING. AND ALSO, ALSO, THE HOUSE THAT NETANYAHU'S LIVING IN WAS STOLEN FROM A PALESTINIAN FAMILY, DR. TAFI IN 1944. SO HE STOLE THE HOUSE, AND NOW THEY'RE STEALING ALL THE HOUSES FROM WEST BANK, UH, GOLDEN GATE, RAMLA, BETHLEHEM, ALL OF THOSE COUNTRIES, EVEN NAZARETH, WHERE OUR LORD, UH, WAS GREW UP, BETHLEHEM, WHERE HE WAS BORN. THEY ARE REALLY POSTURING. THEY DON'T WANT PALESTINIANS SINCE 1918 TRYING TO GET RID OF PALESTINIANS. WHY? I DON'T, I AM FROM PALESTINE, I'M CHRISTIAN, BUT I'M FROM PALESTINE AND I'M PROUD OF IT. WE SHOULD ALL BE PROUD FROM WHERE WE WERE BORN, WHERE WE CREATED. SO THIS IS, THIS IS A REALLY HARSH FOR US. EVERY MEAL I EAT, EVERY WATER I DRINK, I THINK ABOUT ALL THE CHILDREN. YOU KNOW, SOME WOMEN ARE CARRYING WHITE FLAG AND THEY'RE GETTING BEATEN UP PREGNANT. THEY'RE GOING IN HOUSES. THEY'RE STEALING THEIR HOUSES. THEY'RE STEALING UNDER THE BOYS. THREE TO 5-YEAR-OLD BOYS ARE PUTTING THEM IN PRISON AND RAPING THEM. THIS IS UNCALLED FOR. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT JEWS. I'M TALKING THE GENOCIDES. THOSE ARE THE ONES ARE REALLY, THEY ARE, THEY'VE BEEN TOLD HOW TO HATE SINCE THEY'RE 12 YEARS OLD. I'M FROM THERE AND I'VE SEEN IT 12 YEARS OLD. THEY PUT THEM IN THE SPECIAL SCHOOL THAT CALLED XS, AND THEY TEACH 'EM HOW TO HATE. SINCE THEY'RE 12 YEARS OLD, 16 YEARS OLD, THEY GO AT BEING A SECURITY GUARD. AND AFTER AT 18, THEY ARE SOLDIERS ASHAMED THAT THEY DO STUFF LIKE THIS. IT HURTS. IT HURTS ME PIECES. I CAN'T STAND ON MY FEET. I HAVE SO MUCH ANGER TOWARDS THIS. IT'S REALLY BAD. IT'S, IT'S REALLY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. I WISH THERE'S SOMETHING I COULD DO, BUT WE'RE ALL HUMAN. I [01:15:01] MEAN, I LOVE PEACE. I MEAN, EVERY DAY I PRAY TO LORD TO STEP IN, TO STOP THIS BECAUSE YOU FOLKS ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. OUR LORD WILL TAKE CARE OF ALL THIS UGLY AND DIRTY WORK. THAT'S ALL I COULD SAY. I'M SO SORRY. I'M VERY EMOTIONAL RIGHT NOW. I KNOW. THANK YOU FOR COMING. I KNOW. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOUGHTS. THANK YOU. YOUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NADIA. HI. CAN SOMEONE HELP HER WITH THE MICROPHONE? MOVE THE MIC DOWN. HI, MY NAME IS NADIA CHAN AND I'M SEVEN YEARS OLD. AND IT HURTS ME THAT CHILDREN JUST LIKE ME DON'T GET A CHANCE IN LIFE. IT HURTS ME THAT THEIR CHILDHOOD IS BEING ROBBED. AND I'M JUST COM COMPLETELY HEARTBROKEN. PLEASE, IF YOU CAN HELP A CEASEFIRE, HELP STOP THIS GENOCIDE. PLEASE SAVE THE CHILDREN. THANK YOU, AMIR. THAT'S OUR LAST SPEAKER. THANK YOU. OKAY. [ CONFLICT OF INTEREST ANNOUNCEMENTS: Council Member abstentions shall be stated at this time for recordation on the appropriate item.] AT THIS TIME, ARE THERE ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST ANNOUNCEMENTS? LYNE? NONE AT THIS TIME, WE ARE GONNA BE MOVING ON TO CITY DEPARTMENT BUSINESS, AND WE HAVE A CONSENT CALENDAR BEFORE US. WOULD ANY OF YOU LIKE TO PULL ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? I HAVE NOTHING. NOTHING. NO, MADAM MAYOR. MADAM, JUST A QUICK QUESTION. CAN WE TAKE A BREAK, A FIVE MINUTE BREAK TO ALLOW THE PEOPLE TO LEAVE? CERTAINLY. OKAY. ACTUALLY, THAT ACTUALLY IS A GOOD IDEA. THANK YOU, RICK, TO HELP PROTECT YOURSELF. ARE THE MICS HOT? OKAY, THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO RECONVENE THE MEETING. THANK YOU. HERE WE GO. DO WE HAVE ANY CONFLICT OF WAIT, HOLD ON. . YEAH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST, UH, COLLEAGUES? NO. NOPE. NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST THIS EVENING. UM, THE CONSENT [ CONSENT CALENDAR (7 ITEMS) - All matters listed on the Consent Calendar are considered routine by the City Council and may be enacted by one motion in the form listed below. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless, before the City Council votes on the motion to adopt, Members of the City Council or staff request the matter to be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action. Removed consent items will be discussed immediately after the adoption of the balance of the Consent Calendar.] CALENDAR. RAY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO PULL? I WAS GONNA PULL ONE, BUT I'M NOT GONNA DO IT NOW. OKAY. SO NO, NOTHING. BRIAN, I'LL MOVE. NO, MADAM MAYOR. UM, I'LL SECOND. YEAH, I'M WAITING FOR YOU, MA'AM. YOU GUYS HAVE NOTHING TO PULL? NO. YOU HAD ASKED US ALREADY. I DID. OH, THAT'S RIGHT. BEFORE I, CAN WE DO A MOTION, MOTION BY PETER AND I'LL SECOND? YES. OKAY. YES. OKAY. PLEASE VOTE. YOU'RE GONNA GET IN TROUBLE. OKAY, . SO NEXT WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. AND HOLD ON, HOLD ON. WAIT, HOLD ON. THERE WE GO. SORRY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, RON. OKAY. NEXT [11. Adopt resolution approving General Plan Amendment 23GPA01 and Site Plan Review 23SPR01 with respect to 3.7 acres located on Soquel Canyon Parkway at terminus of Pipeline Avenue and finding Adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration is complete, with no substantial evidence that project will have significant effect on environment, and no additional mitigation measures within City's authority are necessary to reduce environmental impacts of project to less than significant levels; Chino Valley Independent Fire District, applicant; and introduce an Ordinance adopting zone changes to rezone subject property to inhabit a fire station entitled: "An Ordinance of the City of Chino Hills Adopting Zone Change No. 23ZC01 to Re-Zone the Subject Property From Planned Development PD 41-163 to Institutional-Public (I-2) for a Fire Station" for first reading by title only waiving further reading] IS OUR PUBLIC HEARING. THIS IS TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 23 GPA ZERO ONE AND SITE PLAN REVIEW 23 SPR ZERO ONE WITH RESPECT TO 3.7 ACRES, LOCATED ON SOCAL CANYON PARKWAY AT TERMINUS OF PIPELINE AVENUE. AND TO INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING ZONE CHANGES TO REZONED SUBJECT PROPERTY TO INHIBIT A FIRE STATION, UH, WILL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLANNING MANAGER HAFLINGER WILL PRESENT THIS STAFF REPORT. OKAY, WE'RE GONNA HEAR OUR PRESENTATION FIRST. OKAY, MAYOR, COUNCIL FOUR, FIRE STATION EIGHT, UH, UNDER GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT, UH, 23 GPA A OH ONE, UH, ZONE CHANGE 23 ZCO ONE AND SITE PLAN REVIEW 23 S OH ONE. THE LOCATION OF THE PROJECT IS AT THE INTERSECTION OF SOCAL CANYON PARKWAY AND PIPELINE AVENUE. UH, THE CURRENT DESIGNATION, UH, UNDER THE GENERAL PLAN IS INSTITUTIONAL PUBLIC FACILITY, AS WELL AS PUBLIC OPEN SPACE. AND THE CURRENT ZONING IS UNDER PLAN DEVELOPMENT PD 41 DASH 1 63. IT IS SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL, UH, PROPERTIES AND INSTITUTIONAL USES. MORE NOTABLY, WICKMAN ELEMENTARY. UH, QUICK HISTORY ON THIS, UH, PROPERTY IN VICINITY. UH, IN 1984 IN JUNE, THE COUNTY APPROVED PLAN DEVELOPMENT, UH, 41 1 63, ALSO KNOWN AS THE RCON VILLAGE WEST. IT INCLUDED, UH, APPROXIMATELY 1800 UNITS, UH, COMMERCIAL CENTER PUBLIC PARKS, UH, AND A FUTURE FIRE STATION SITE. UH, THIS FIRE STATION SITE WAS, UH, DEEDED TO THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY DEEDED OVER TO THE CITY ONCE INCORPORATION, UH, IN 1991, UH, THE CITY OWNED IT UP UNTIL APRIL, 2021. UH, ONCE THE FIRE DISTRICT AND CITY, UH, ESTABLISHED A TRANSFER AGREEMENT, UH, TRANSFERRING THE PROPERTIES FROM THE EUCALYPTUS, UH, UH, FIRE DISTRICT PROPERTY, UH, TO, UH, THIS SITE, AS WELL AS [01:20:01] EXPANDING THE, UH, SITE, UH, TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT OF THE FIRE STATION. UH, IN MARCH OF 2022, THE FIRE DISTRICT HIRED PBK ARCHITECTS AND THE DESIGN TEAM TO DESIGN, UH, THE FIRE STATION. AND THEN IN JULY OF 2022, UH, FIRE DISTRICT AND THE CITY ENTERED INTO A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT, UH, ESTABLISHING THE FIRE DISTRICT AS LEAD AGENCY FOR QUA AND ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, UH, AND THE CITY AS A RESPONSIBLE AGENCY. UH, FOLLOWING THAT, THE DISTRICT HIRED CHAMBERS GROUP TO PREPARE THE ENVIRONMENTAL. UH, IN, UH, JANUARY OF 2023, THE DISTRICT, UH, DID, UM, UH, SUBMIT THE APPLICATION FOR THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS AND THE SITE PLAN, UH, TO THE CITY FOR REVIEW. UH, THEN IN NOVEMBER OF 2023, UH, THE FIRE DISTRICT ADOPTED, UH, THE MITIGATED NEGATIVE DEC DECLARATION FOR CQA COMPLIANCE AS LEAD AGENCY I LAST MONTH, UH, DECEMBER 19TH, 2023, WE TOOK THE PROJECT TO PLANNING COMMISSION AND PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL TO THE CITY COUNCIL. SO THE PROJECT AREA IS APPROXIMATELY 3.7 ACRES. IT WILL INCLUDE A APPROXIMATELY 12,900 SQUARE FOOT, THREE AND A HALF BAY FIRE STATION, UH, ABOUT A 6,300 SQUARE FOOT APPARATUS BUILDING, UH, ALONG WITH THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT AND ZONE CHANGES. UH, THE SITE WILL ALSO INCLUDE, UH, LANDSCAPE, UH, FIELD MODIFICATION AREA, UH, ALSO SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS PARKING, STAFF PARKING, AND VISITOR PARKING. THE DESIGN OF THE FIRE STATION, UH, INCLUDES VARIOUS, UH, MATERIALS SUCH AS, UH, STONE VENEER, UH, GLASS, UH, WINDOW GLAZING, UH, GRAY METAL ROOF, UH, EXPOSED METAL, UH, TRUSSES, UH, FARMHOUSE WHITE SIDING, UH, ENHANCED FRONT ELEVATIONS, UH, TOWER ELEMENTS. AND THEN THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE, UH, BAYS, UH, ARE OFFSETTING TO, UH, PROVIDE SOME ARCHITECTURAL RELIEF. HERE'S SOME PERSPECTIVES OF THE FIRE STATION AND THE APPARATUS. BUILDING. THE, UH, LARGER PICTURE ON THE LEFT, UH, IS A PERSPECTIVE OF LOOKING WEST AT THE, UM, MAIN ENTRANCE, UH, FROM THE VISITOR PARKING. UH, THE TOP RIGHT IS A PERSPECTIVE LOOKING, UH, SOUTHWEST, UH, AT THE, UH, FRONT ELEVATION AND THE, UH, SIDE ELEVATION. AND THEN THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS A PERSPECTIVE OF THE APPARATUS BUILDING. UH, AS NOTED, THE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT AS PART OF THE TRANSFER AGREEMENT. UH, ALSO INCLUDES THE EXPANSION OF THE, UH, EXISTING FUTURE SITE THAT WAS INCLUDED, UH, IN THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE COUNTY. UH, THIS WILL, UH, RE DESIGNATE A PORTION OF THE PUBLIC OPEN SPACE, UH, TO INSTITUTIONAL PUBLIC FACILITIES. AND THEN AS WELL AS A ZONE CHANGE, UH, CHANGING IT FROM PD 41, 1 63 TO INSTITUTIONAL, UH, PUBLIC, UH, IN THIS, UH, EXPANDED AREA, UH, WILL ALLOW THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE, UH, AS WELL AS PARKING. UH, AS NOTED, THE DISTRICT HIRE CHAMBERS GROUP TO PREPARE THE ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, DOCUMENTS. UH, THEY PREPARED A M AND D, UH, AND AS THE, UH, AS WELL AS THE CORRESPONDING TECHNICAL STUDIES. UH, THE DRAFT M AND D WAS CIRCULATED FOR PUBLIC REVIEW FROM OCTOBER, UH, TO NOVEMBER OF 2023. AND THE, UH, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS ADOPTED THAT M AND D ON NOVEMBER 8TH. UH, AS THE CITY BEING A RESPONSIBLE AGENCY, UH, WE ARE REQUIRED TO INDEPENDENTLY REVIEW, AND THE STAFF DID REVIEW AND FIND IT COMPLETE AND ACCURATE. UH, AND THE MITIGATION MEASURES ARE INCORPORATED IN THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL. SO STAFF RECOMMENDS THE COUNCIL TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING, TAKE PUBLIC TESTIMONY, AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION ORDINANCE TO APPROVE THE FIRE STATION 68 PROJECT. UH, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE FOR STAFF. UH, FIRE DISTRICT, UH, ALSO HAS A, UH, BRIEF PRESENTATION FOR THE COUNCIL AS WELL. SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND LET THE APPLICANT SPEAK BEFORE I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. AT THIS POINT, I WOULD JUST REALLY LIKE TO TURN THIS OVER TO DEPUTY CHIEF, UH, UH, DEAN SMITH. I WANT TO THANK THE CITY FOR THEIR SUPPORT AS OF THIS POINT AND REALLY, REALLY ON THE INTERNAL SIDE. THANK YOU TO, UH, DEPUTY CHIEF SMITH FOR GETTING OUR PROJECT TO THIS POINT FOR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. UH, MORAN, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. MY NAME IS DEAN SMITH. I SERVE AS THE DEPUTY CHIEF, AND I'VE, UH, OVERSEEN THIS PROJECT, UM, UH, FOR THE LAST, UH, 18 MONTHS. AND, UH, [01:25:01] REALLY EXCITED TO BRING IT TO, TO THIS POINT. I DID WANNA EXPAND UPON, UH, THE STATION AND THE SITE A LITTLE BIT, UH, JUST FOR YOUR EDIFICATION AND ALSO FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL. UM, THE, THE PROJECT, UM, IS, UH, AS MIKE SAID, UH, A TWO FACILITY, UH, PROJECT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FIRE STATION 68. AND WHAT WE'VE LABELED AS AN ESSENTIAL RESOURCE FACILITY DISTRICT IS PROPOSING TO CONSTRUCT THE NEW FIRE STATION, OUR EIGHTH FIRE STATION IN THE FIRE DISTRICT. AND THIS ESSENTIAL RESOURCE FACILITY, A SEPARATE BUILDING OF OFFICES RESERVE, UH, RESERVE APPARATUS BASE, AND EMERGENCY SUPPLY, STORAGE AND SUPPLY CASH. THE PROPOSED SITE IS, UM, AS, AS WE MENTIONED AT SOCAL CANYON AND PIPELINE, THE FIRE STATION WILL BE STRATEGICALLY LOCATED IN THE URBAN WILDLAND INTERFACE, FACILITATING A QUICKER RESPONSE AND DEPLOYMENT OF RESOURCES FOR 9 1 1 RESPONSES, UH, FOR HELP DURING WILDFIRES IN THE ADDITION OF, UH, FIRE STATION IN CHINO HILLS WILL ALSO IMPROVE RESPONSE TIMES AND PROVIDE NEEDED RESOURCES DURING ALL EMERGENCY INCIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE CHINO VALLEY, INCLUDING EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES FOR FIRES, MEDICAL AIDS, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, INCIDENTS, RESCUES, PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, AND OTHER RE UH, RESPONSES SUCH AS NATURAL NATURAL DISASTERS AND ACTS OF TERRORISM. THIS EVENING, I AM JOINED BY MEMBERS OF OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, UH, HARVEY LUTH, SARAH RAMOS EGER, AND, UH, TOM HOWIE, OUR FIRE CHIEF DAVE WILLIAMS. THANK YOU DAVE FOR THE, THE NICE WORDS. AND MY COLLEAGUE, UH, DEPUTY CHIEF JEREMY ALT. I DO WANNA TAKE A, A QUICK PAUSE AS I TRANSITION SOME OF MY DUTIES TO OTHER ASPECTS, UH, SUPPORTED OF THE COUNTY JEREMY ALT, TO ALSO BE THE LEAD ON THIS PROJECT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. AND WE ARE SO THANKFUL. AS CHIEF WILLIAMS MENTIONED, FOR THE COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIP, WE HAVE ENJOYED WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR NICK LORRY, UM, AND PLANNING MANAGER MICHAEL HOFFER, AS WE WORK TO BRING THESE FACILITIES FORWARD TO, UH, BETTER SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND ENHANCE FIREFIGHTING CAPABILITIES AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. AND ON BEHALF OF THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THIS COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS AND APPLICABLE ZONING CHANGES. AND I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THE STATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, DEAN. THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE A QUICK QUESTION? YOU HAVE A QUICK QUESTION? UH, DEAN, QUICK QUESTION. OH, EMMANUEL, AT ONE TIME THERE WAS A CONVERSATION ABOUT A HELIPAD. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE NOT MOVING FORWARD ON? YEAH, IT'S SOMETHING WE DEFINITELY LOOKED AT, UM, AND EVALUATED. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, UH, WE DIDN'T REALLY FEEL THE SITE, UH, FACILITATED, UM, AS FAR AS SPACE, UM, WITH EVERYTHING THAT ELSE THAT WE HAD, WE PUT THE PRIORITY ON THIS PARTICULAR MATTER ON THAT ESSENTIAL RESOURCE FACILITY AND THE SUPPLY CACHE THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO HELP US, UM, NOT ONLY IN TERMS OF WILDLAND FIRE SIEGE LIKE WE EXPERIENCED DURING THE BLUE RIDGE FIRE, BUT FOR JUST DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS AND WAREHOUSING. OKAY. CA I APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO WITH THAT STAND BY, THERE MIGHT BE MORE QUESTIONS, BUT, OR YOU CAN JUST, I DIDN'T MEAN STAND BY THAT WAY, BUT LIKE, STAY TUNED, , STAY TUNED. UM, SO I'M GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND LENNY, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? YES, WE HAVE ONE. UM, HARVEY LUTHER MAYOR CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT. UM, MY NAME IS HARVEY LUTHER AND I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AS THE PRESIDENT FOR THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT THIS YEAR. ON BEHALF OF THE FIRE DISTRICT AND THE BOARD, I JUST WANT TO THANK THIS COUNCIL STAFF, BEN, YOUR STAFF, AND NICHOLAS, THE SUPPORT. THIS HAS BEEN A LONG PROCESS AND WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT, THE EFFORT TO HELP US GET IT TO THIS POINT TO WHERE WE CAN HOPEFULLY SOON HAVE A NEW WONDERFUL FIRE STATION, UH, HERE IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS. UH, WE BELIEVE WE'VE BROUGHT A NICE, WONDERFUL PRO, UH, PRO PROJECT, AND WE WANT TO THANK THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THEIR APPROVAL AS WELL. UM, I BELIEVE WE'RE BRINGING NOT ONLY A NEEDED FIRE STATION, BUT A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY THAT THE CITY CAN BE PROUD OF. SO, AGAIN, TONIGHT, I KNOW IT'S UP FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. WE HOPE FOR YOUR APPROVAL, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING THIS NEW FACILITY THAT WILL HELP IMPROVE OUR RESPONSE TIMES THAT, UH, THAT THE CITIZENS NEED. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. WE LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING, AGAIN, THIS FACILITY TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, HARVEY. OKAY. THAT'S ALL THE SPEAKERS I HAVE. OKAY. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? IF NOT, I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION OR MORE, UH, COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ANYBODY? THIS HAS BEEN VERY WELL VETTED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, I WOULD SAY SO IN JUST THE LOCATION FOR IT, YOU KNOW, TO THINK ABOUT. I REMEMBER BEING AT WICKMAN ELEMENTARY DURING THE BLUE RIDGE FIRE, AND THIS IS, THIS SITE IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THERE. IT'S, IT'S JUST CENTRALLY LOCATED. SO THANK YOU TO THE FIRE DISTRICT AND CAN'T WAIT TO GET THIS THING DONE. ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I'LL MOVE THE ITEM. I'LL SECOND IT. OKAY. PLEASE VOTE. [01:30:07] MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. YAY. YAY. CLEARLY ONE OF THE EASIEST DECISIONS WE'VE EVER MADE, FOR SURE. SAFETY REPORTS, [ SAFETY UPDATES - Fire and Police] SAFETY UPDATES. FIRE MAYOR, UH, VICE MAYOR AND COUNSEL. I'LL KEEP IT SHORT TONIGHT. REALLY, AGAIN, WE JUST WANNA THANK, THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE FIRE STATION. WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. WE THINK IT'S GONNA ADD TREMENDOUS VALUE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. UH, UH, EXCITINGLY ENOUGH. WE DID HAVE A MEETING TODAY TO DISCUSS FURTHER, UH, ABOUT OUR, UM, AMBULANCE, UH, UH, VENTURE. IT'S GOING WELL. UH, WE'RE EXCITED. UH, AND THERE IS, UH, EVERY INTENTION TO HAVE SOME ONE OF THE AMBULANCES LOCATED OUTTA THAT STATION, SERVE IN THE, THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS. SO, THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE FOR TONIGHT, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. REALLY NICE. GOOD. GREAT. THANK YOU. CAN WE POLICE, UM, CHIEF GERARD? THANK YOU. HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF AND, AND ATTENDANCE, I APOLOGIZE AHEAD OF TIME FOR THE LENGTH OF MY UPDATE, BUT I THINK IT IS OF CITY COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY. UH, INTEREST, UH, ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22ND, 2023, AT 6:16 PM CHINO'S DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT AT CARRIAGE HILLS LANE IN CARBON CANYON ROAD. THE INITIAL REPORT WAS OF A VEHICLE HITTING A POWER POLE CAUSING POWER LINES TO FALL ACROSS THE ROADWAY. ONE PATROL DEPUTY AND THE SERGEANT WERE AVAILABLE TO INITIALLY RESPOND. ONE OF OUR TRAFFIC DEPUTIES, WHO WAS WORKING EXTRA RETAIL ENFORCEMENT AT THE SHOPS, BROKE FROM THAT ASSIGNMENT AND ALSO RESPONDED TO ASSIST. WHEN THE DEPUTIES ARRIVED, THEY REALIZED THEY HAD A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, A DUI, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND A PUBLIC SAFETY SITUATION DUE TO THE DOWNED POWER LINES TO MANAGE. DUE TO THE TIME OF DAY AND THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND, THE TRAFFIC BACKUP IN THE CANYON WAS EXTENSIVE. UNTIL THE SCENE COULD BE STABILIZED, IT WAS DECIDED TO CLOSE CARBON CANYON TO, THROUGH TRAFFIC ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CANYON. BRAY PD WAS REQUESTED TO CLOSE THE CANYON ON THEIR SIDE, AND CALTRANS WAS REQUESTED TO CLOSE THE CANYON ON THE CHINO HILLS SIDE AT CARBON CANYON ROAD AND CHINO HILLS PARKWAY. THIS LOCATION WAS DECIDED UPON BECAUSE IT WAS THE MOST FEASIBLE LOCATION TO HALT TRAFFIC ENTERING THE CANYON UNTIL VEHICLES ALREADY IN THE CANYON COULD BE TURNED AROUND AND THE LEAST LIKELY TO CREATE ADDITIONAL GRIDLOCK. AS ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL DEPUTIES BECAME AVAILABLE TO RESPOND. CLOSURES WERE ALSO INITIATED AT CARBON CANYON ROAD, AND AS YOU'RE RIGHT, AND CARBON CANYON ROAD AT OLD CARBON CANYON ROAD TO CONTINUE TO GET VEHICLES OUT OF THE CANYON AND RELIEF CONGESTION. AT 6:52 PM EDISON ARRIVED, BUT COULD NOT BEGIN WORK UNTIL THE VISOR RESPONDED AT 8:10 PM CALTRANS ARRIVED AND ASSUMED THE CLOSURE AT CHIN HILLS PARKWAY AND CARBON CANYON ROAD. AT APPROXIMATELY 8:30 PM THE SERGEANT DIRECTED DEPUTIES TO REQUEST CALTRANS MOVE THE CLOSURE FROM CHINO HILLS PARKWAY TO OLD CARBON CANYON ROAD, TO ALLOW RESIDENTS OF THE SUMMIT RANCH COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THEIR RESIDENCES. AT APPROXIMATELY 10:15 PM OLD CARBON CANYON ROAD WAS ALSO OPEN TO ALLOW RESIDENTS OF THE CARRIAGE HILLS COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THEIR RESIDENCES BETWEEN EIGHT O'CLOCK AND 10:00 PM DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO NUMEROUS UNRELATED CALLS FOR SERVICE, INCLUDING A THEFT IN PROGRESS AT A RETAIL STORE IN THE SHOPS, AND A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE INVOLVING A SUBJECT ARMED FOR THE BASEBALL BAT. BECAUSE OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES, A SERGEANT ALSO HAD TO RESPOND TO THOSE CALLS AS WELL. FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT, I REQUESTED OUR TRAFFIC UNIT COMPLETE AN ASSESSMENT AND ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY ANY AREAS WE MIGHT IMPROVE, IMPROVE UPON FOR THE FUTURE. THE ASSESSMENT DETERMINED THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, AS WELL AS THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND RESULTED IN MORE THAN USUAL TRAFFIC IN THE CANYON AND EXTREME CONGESTION AS A RESULT. ADDITIONALLY, THE NATURE OF THE ACCIDENT, A VEHICLE COLLISION, DUI, INVESTIGATION AND DOWN POWER LINES REQUIRED MORE PERSONNEL AT THE SCENE THAN A SIMPLE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT. FURTHER, NUMEROUS UNRELATED CALLS FOR SERVICE DURING THE DURATION OF THE CLOSER REQUIRING A SUPERVISOR'S RESPONSE EXACERBATED THE SITUATION. BASED ON THE ASSESSMENT, IT WAS DETERMINED COMMUNICATION WITH CALTRANS AS TO LOCATION AND TIMING OF THE CLOSURE COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER. IT WAS ALSO DETERMINED DEPUTY'S FAMILIARITY WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS AND ROADWAYS, ROADWAYS IN REGARD TO PROVIDING ALTERNATE ROUTES FOR RESIDENTS SHOULD BE IMPROVED. AS A RESULT OF THE ASSESSMENT BRIEFING, TRAC BRIEFING TRAINING WAS PREPARED AND PRESENTED TO EACH SHIFT, IDENTIFYING COMMUNITIES VULNERABLE TO ROAD CLOSURES, ALTERNATE ROUTES AND SUGGESTED CLOSURE POINTS WERE ALSO IDENTIFIED WHEN CLOSURES OF THE CANYON BECOME NECESSARY. SPECIFICALLY AS TO MINIMIZING TIME RESIDENTS, UH, THE TIME RESIDENTS ARE DENIED ACCESS. DETAILED MAPS CONTAINING THIS INFORMATION WERE ALSO SUPPLIED TO STAFF TO UTILIZE DURING ROAD CLOSURES. THAT COMPLETES MY REPORT. THANK YOU, . THANK YOU FOR THAT. I THINK WE, WE WERE ALL VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT INCIDENT, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. UM, I WAS GONNA SAVE THIS FOR MY CLOSING COMMENTS, BUT WILL I HAVE YOU HERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, CRIME AND SAFETY? [01:35:01] UM, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM A RESIDENT THAT WANTED ME TO THANK YOU PUBLICLY FOR, UH, THE WORK THAT YOU AND THE DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN DOING IN THE LOS RENOS AREA, SPECIFICALLY SIERRA VISTA. UM, HE IS A RESIDENT OF 27 YEARS. UM, AND HE AND HIS NEIGHBORS, I MEAN, HE WAS, HE WAS VERY EMOTIONAL IN JUST SAYING HOW, UM, SOME THINGS YOU HAVE HAVE DONE RECENTLY TO, TO CURTAIL AND BRING SOME CLOSURE TO A LONGSTANDING PROBLEM IN THAT AREA AND THAT COMMUNITY WHERE HE COULDN'T EVEN LET HIS KIDS WALK, WALK ON THE STREET, AND THEY WOULD SEE PEOPLE THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW. SO HE WANTED ME TO PUBLICLY GIVE HIS GRATITUDE TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND AND TO YOUR LEADERSHIP FOR THAT. AND I DUNNO IF THERE'S ANY UPDATES OR ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN COMMENT ON PUBLICLY ABOUT THE STATUS OF YES, I CAN COMMENT ON IT. OKAY. UM, WE DID BECOME AWARE OF A RESIDENCE IN THE 4,200 BLOCK OF SIERRA VISTA WHERE, UH, NARCOTICS ACTIVITY WAS PROBABLY BEING CONDUCTED. AND IN FACT, WHERE WE HAD A SHOOTING INCIDENT, I BELIEVE IN NOVEMBER, UH, I INSTRUCTED OUR, OUR MULTIPLE ENFORCEMENT TEAM TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, WHICH THEY DID UTILIZING SURVEILLANCE. UM, THEY DID DETERMINE THAT MORE THAN LIKELY THERE WAS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY BEING CONDUCTED AT THE RESIDENCE. UH, THEY SOUGHT AND RECEIVED A, A SEARCH WARRANT, WHICH WAS SERVED ON, UH, DECEMBER 20TH WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE SHERIFF'S SPECIALIZED ENFORCEMENT TEAM. UM, DURING THAT SEARCH WARRANT, FIVE ARRESTS WERE MADE FOR NARCOTICS ACTIVITY AT THE RESIDENCE, INCLUDING ONE ARREST FOR, UH, MAINTAINING A HOUSE FOR NARCOTIC CELLS. WHILE THEY WERE AT THE SCENE, THEY ALSO DETERMINED THERE WAS NUMEROUS BUILDING CODE VIOLATIONS. SO, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT WAS ALSO ASKED TO RE ASSIST, AND THEY DID ASSIST US ULTIMATELY, UH, DETERMINING THAT THE RESIDENCE WAS UNINHABITABLE AND POSTING IT AS SUCH. UH, WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH, UH, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT ON THE RESIDENTS, BUT I BELIEVE WE'VE, WE'VE SOLVED THE PROBLEM THERE FOR THE TIME BEING. BUT WE WILL BE VERY ACTIVE IN THE AREA TO CURTAIL ANY OTHER, UH, CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. THANK YOU. THE RESIDENTS ARE VERY GRATEFUL. THANK YOU AGAIN. UM, CYNTHIA, COULD I MAKE A COMMENT? ABSOLUTELY. I WAS GONNA MAKE A COMMENT DURING MY, MY COMMENT SECTION. MM-HMM. , BUT I WAS GOING TO BRING THE TOPIC UP. SO THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THIS CHIEF. I LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT SUMMIT RANCH, AND I HAPPEN TO PASS BY PROBABLY VERY SOON AFTER THE ACCIDENT, BECAUSE A DEPUTY HAD PARKED ON CARBON CANYON ROAD INITIALLY ABOUT WHERE THE WIDENING PROJECT HAD CEASED ABOUT THERE. AND HE WAS SLOWLY LETTING US THROUGH IF WE COULD PROVE WE WERE CARBON OR CARBON CANYON OR SUMMIT RANCH RESIDENCE. AFTER THAT IS WHEN HE WAS REDEPLOYED BACK DOWN TO CHINO HILLS PARKWAY. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT'S WHERE THINGS GOT A LITTLE BIT STICKY WITH INDIVIDUALS. UH, RIGHTFULLY SO, BECAUSE WE HAD ISSUED SOME TIME BACK A, A STICKER THAT IDENTIFIED THESE INDIVIDUALS AS SUMMER RANCH RESIDENCE. BUT AS THINGS WERE UNFOLDING, I WAS DEALING WITH VALERIE MCCLUNG ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. I THINK I EVEN SENT NICOLE A NOTE LATER ON THAT EVENING, WHICH SHE RESPONDED TO THE NEXT DAY SAYING SHE WAS ASLEEP. SO IT WAS TOO LATE. AT LEAST SHE RESPONDED. UM, BUT AS YOU, AS I THOUGHT THINGS THROUGH, YOU COULD SEE THAT THERE WAS A REAL INTERESTING CIRCUMSTANCES OF EVENTS OR, OR ON A CHRISTMAS WEEKEND, AND WHEN WE HAD PEOPLE DEPLOYED AT THE SHOPS TO PREVENT THINGS HAPPENING AT THE SHOPS AND AT THE TIME OF THE DAY, ET CETERA. SO, AS I THOUGHT IT THROUGH, I THOUGHT, OKAY, THERE'S A LOT OF CIRCUMSTANCES HERE THAT WERE MORE OF AN ANOMALY THAN A, THAN A SOMETHING THAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED ON A REGULAR EVENING. SO I, I KNOW THAT BEN, YOU, YOU AND BEN HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT THIS, AND I KNOW YOU'VE TALKED TO YOUR DEPUTIES ABOUT HOW THINGS UNFOLDED AND HOW WE CAN DO THINGS BETTER, BUT, BUT I, AS I THOUGHT IT THROUGH, I DO UNDERSTAND HOW THE CIRCUMSTANCES KIND OF CREATED A, UH, A LITTLE, UM, FIRESTORM INITIALLY DUE TO THE WEEKEND THAT IT TOOK PLACE. SO, SO THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING IT, AND THANK YOU FOR, UH, LOOKING DOWN THE ROAD TO SEE IF WE CAN IMPROVE IT AS TIME GOES ON. SO THAT'S ALL I HAD. THANKS, PETER TO THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. YES. CAN I COMMENT YOU ON THIS, PLEASE? SURE. MM-HMM, , UM, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU, CHIEF RON HILL. THANK YOU. UM, I DID GET NUMEROUS PHONE CALLS THAT NIGHT, AND I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS GONNA HAVE TO BE 12 HOURS THAT, UH, THAT THE ROADS WERE GONNA BE SHUT DOWN. THAT'S WHEN I CALLED YOU, SIR. AND THEN WHEN I TALKED, TALKED TO YOU, MR. HILL, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. WITHIN 15, 20 MINUTES WE OPENED UP THAT ROAD. BUT I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY PHONE CALL ON THE 22ND. I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT. AND MR. HILL, TOO. THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY PHONE CALL. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND WE [ CITY MANAGER UPDATES] HAVE SOMETHING, UH, NEW ON THE AGENDA. IT SAYS, CITY MANAGER UPDATES, UH, YES, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL [01:40:01] AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. UH, TONIGHT WE ARE DEBUTING OUR CITY MANAGER UPDATES SECTION. WHILE IT'S A COMMON PRACTICE IN OTHER CITIES. WE'VE ACTUALLY NEVER HAD THIS HERE IN CHINO HILLS. AND, UH, WHAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IS, UH, TAKING A BRIEF OPPORTUNITY IN, UH, THE COUNCIL MEETINGS. TYPICALLY, I'LL BE RESPONDING TO COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL, UH, REQUEST FOR INFORMATION THAT TYPICALLY COMES IN YOUR COUNCIL COMMENTS. UH, AS, UH, THE COMMUNITY PROBABLY KNOWS, AND I KNOW THE COUNCIL DOES, UM, WE DON'T, UH, UH, ENGAGE ON TOPICS THAT AREN'T ON THE AGENDA. BUT FREQUENTLY THE COUNCIL WILL ASK FOR INFORMATION AND, UH, THIS WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY NOT ONLY FOR ME TO RESPOND TO THE COUNCIL, BUT ALSO TO GIVE THAT RESPONSE PUBLICLY. SO, UH, I HAVE NOTHING FOR YOU TONIGHT, BUT IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, UH, ADD A LITTLE MORE, UH, WELL, I CAN KEEP TALKING IF YOU LIKE NOW. OH, NO, THANKS. GREAT REPORT. UH, UH, BUT IT'S JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE, UH, ENGAGEMENT AND IT'LL ALSO INVOLVE SOME OF OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS IN PROVIDING UPDATES TO THE CITY. OKAY. THAT SOUNDS GREAT. COUNCIL REPORTS, [ COUNCIL REPORTS Vice Mayor Bennett Chino Valley Independent Fire District Board Chino Valley Unified School District Board Council Member Marquez San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Board General Policy Committee Legislative Policy Committee Metro Valley Study Session Committee Transit Committee] VICE MAYOR BENNETT. UH, YES, I APOLOGIZE THAT I DID NOT GET TO THE CLERK IN TIME TO CHANGE THIS ITEM. UH, THERE WERE NO REPORTS FOR CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 'CAUSE THEY WERE DARK IN DECEMBER. AND THE FIRST MEETING OF THIS MONTH, UH, CHINO VALLEY FIRE, LIKEWISE DARK THE SECOND MEETING OF THE MONTH. BUT WE GOT AN UPDATE TONIGHT, OF COURSE, OBVIOUSLY ON STATION 68. UH, SO, UH, NOTHING THERE. HOWEVER, WHAT DIDN'T GET ON THE AGENDA IS I WAS, I WENT THROUGH MY ORIENTATION, UH, FOR THE FIRST TIME OR AGAIN WITH OMNI TRANS OVER THE, THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY AND HAD MY FIRST MEETING ON, UH, LAST WEEK ON THE THIRD. AND, UH, THEY DISCUSSED A VER VARIOUS THINGS. TALKED ABOUT THE REASONABLE MOBILITY PLAN THAT THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED, AND A RECEIPT RE UH, RECEIVE AND FILE ITEM. TALKED ABOUT SENATE BILL 1 25 FUNDING TRANSIT PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AFTER INPUT FROM THE CALIFORNIA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, $5.1 BILLION FOR TRANSIT OPERATION AND $1.1 BILLION FOR ZERO ADMISSION TRANSIT CAPITAL PROGRAM, OTHER KNOWN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS Z-E-T-C-P. UH, THE SOUTHERN, UH, THE S-B-C-T-A ROLE, UH, WILL BE INVOLVED. I'M NOT SURE IF RAY WILL BE REPORTING ON THAT AT SOME POINT, BUT OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH S-B-C-T-A. UH, OF NOTE, UH, FRANK NAVARRO WAS ACTUALLY DUE TO BE THE NEW CHAIRMAN OF THE OMNI TRAN BACK IN JULY FOR HIS OWN PERSONAL REASONS, HE CHOSE TO DEFER THAT BECAUSE HE DIDN'T FEEL HE WAS UP TO SPEED, UH, AT THE TIME. SO, UH, IT, HE WAS DEFERRED. AND THE, UH, ACCIDENT WAS TAKEN AT THE MEETING WAS FRANK NAVARRO IS NOW THE NEW CHAIR THROUGH JUNE OF 2025. AND ALAN WAPNER, UH, IS THE NEW VICE CHAIR. SO EVERYONE IS FAMILIAR WITH, UH, UH, ALLEN NOT ONLY BEING A COUNCIL MEMBER IN ONTARIO, BUT VERY INVOLVED WITH THE ONTARIO AIRPORT AND, UH, THE CEO AND GENERAL MANAGER REPORT FROM, UH, AARON ROGERS, UH, UH, ACCENTUATED THE FACT THAT WHERE'S A 15% RIDERSHIP GROWTH, UH, THIS LAST YEAR. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW. HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE MORE. UH, SHE ACTUALLY PUTS OUT A MONTHLY REPORT, AND IF YOU DON'T GET IT, I'LL MAKE SURE EACH OF THE COUNT. OH, YOU DO GET IT. OKAY. I WASN'T SURE WHAT THE DISTRIBUTION IS, BUT, UH, THAT ALSO GIVES UPDATES ON WHAT'S GOING ON. OKAY. BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW. AFTER RAY, I'LL GET MM-HMM, OKAY. RAY, YOUR REPORT. THANK YOU, MR. MADAM MAYOR. APPRECIATE THAT. UM, S-B-C-T-A, ALL THAT WE HAD WAS JUST THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING. WE WENT OVER, WENT OVER THE ANNUAL COFFERS OR THE AUDIT REPORT. UH, WE AWARD AWARDED CONTRACTS FOR METROLINK, UM, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN OR PROGRAM. UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THE COG AND UM, WE, WE CAME UP WITH A DUE STRUCTURE. IT'S 50% POPULATION, 50% GENERAL FUND. IT'S GONNA BE COMING TO THE COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO GET APPROVED, BUT OUR DUES STRUCTURE PROBABLY WILL TRIPLE THE TOTAL COST. SO THAT'S COMING IN THE NEAR FUTURE. SO, AND THEN REGARDING THE CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE OR COMMISSION, UM, LAST MONTH WE DID NOT, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GET $200 MILLION FOR SOME ROAD IMPROVEMENTS FOR SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. AND THE VOTE THERE WAS JUST TWO AND TWO. SO WE NEEDED THREE VOTES TO MOVE IT FORWARD. SO ON THE 25TH OF THIS MONTH IN MODESTO, I, I GET TO GO UP THERE AND, UH, SPEAK ON THIS. YOU GET TO GO TO MODESTO? TO MODESTO, YEAH. AND SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE AT LEAST THREE VOTES THIS TIME. IT'S MY REPORT. THANK YOU, RAY. AND THEN PETER, IT'S NOT, BUT YOU HAD A REPORT. I DIDN'T GET TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE IN TIME TO, TO PUT DOWN CHINO DESAL AUTHORITY OR CDA, BUT I DO HAVE A BRIEF REPORT WE MET, UH, LAST WEEK AND NOTHING OVERLY EXCITING. WE DID, UH, VARIOUS CONSTRUCTION CO CONTRACTS WE'RE, THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING GOING ON WITH CHINO [01:45:01] DESAL AUTHORITY BECAUSE OF THE FACILITIES THAT, THAT WE ARE MEMBERS OF. UH, BUT WE DID APPROVE A NUMBER OF CONTRACTS. WE APPROVED OUR ANNUAL, UM, COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT, WHICH WE DO ONCE A YEAR. AND THEN WE HAD OUR REORG AS, AS EVERY ENTITY DOES. AND WE HAD OUR REORGANIZATION AND ELECTION OF OFFICERS AND ALSO APPOINTEES TO COMMITTEES. SO THAT WAS CDA. OKAY. AND WHY DON'T YOU JUST KEEP [ COUNCIL COMMENTS] GOING WITH YOUR COUNCIL COMMENTS. I HAVE ONLY, I'M, I'M AMENDING MY REPORT AND I'LL JUST SAY, UH, HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY HAD A HOP HAPPY HOLIDAYS, UH, HERE AROUND CHINO HILLS. SO I HAVE NOTHING ELSE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UH, LIKEWISE. UH, I HOPE THAT EVERYONE HAD A, A, UH, VERY FESTIVE, UH, CHRISTMAS AND REST OF THE HOLIDAYS THAT WENT ON. AND HERE WE ARE IN 2024. UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF CHALLENGES THAT ARE GOING ON. WE ALSO HAVE A HUGE ELECTION COMING UP THE END THIS YEAR. UH, BE SURE THAT YOU VET OUT WHAT'S GOING ON, ALL THE ISSUES THAT WILL BE BEFORE US AT ELECTION TIME AND, UH, VOTE, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T VOTE, YOU REALLY ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM. SO BE SURE TO DO THAT. BUT, UH, WE HOPE THAT NOW THE KIDS ARE BACK IN SCHOOL, UH, AGAIN, WATCH OUT FOR THEM. THEY HAD SOME TIME OFF AND, UH, THEY MAY NOT BE THINKING A WHOLE LOT ABOUT JUST WHAT THEY'RE DOING AROUND SCHOOL. SO, UH, WITH THAT THOUGH, MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY NEW YEAR, AND HERE'S TO A PROSPEROUS 2024 TO EVERYONE OUT THERE. SO THANK YOU. OKAY. ALRIGHT. I'LL JUST ECHO WHAT, UH, MY COLLEAGUE SAID. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY. HOPE THE HOLIDAYS WERE SAFE FOR ALL OF YOU AND TODAY'S LAW ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION DAY. SO THANKS TO OUR GUYS, UH, THE, THE GUYS THAT ARE REALLY WORKING IN THE BACK. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR CHINO HILLS. I KNOW, UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MOST OF OUR RESIDENTS SAY IS THAT THEY REALLY DO FEEL SAFE HERE AND IT'S THROUGH THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND THAT MAKE THAT WORK. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAD MAYOR. UM, FIRST OF ALL, UM, WE'RE GETTING INTO THE BUDGET SEASON, WHICH MEANS THAT WE'RE GONNA START LOOKING AT, UH, COST OF WHAT THINGS COST THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS. AND, UM, BUT BEFORE I GET THERE, UM, I DID GET A LOT OF PHONE CALLS REGARDING TAX SALES TAX INITIATIVE. IT'S NOT US, IT'S THE CITY OF CHINO THAT'S DOING IT, NOT US. SO I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO, TO KNOW THAT OUT THERE IN THE PUBLIC. BUT IF WE DECIDE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WE ARE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY INPUT. SO JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW, THIS ISN'T ON THE HORIZON, BUT IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE WOULD GET A LOT OF COMMUNITY, UM, INVOLVEMENT ON THIS. SO BASICALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET, THERE'S SOME AREAS OF CONCERN THAT KEEPS ON GETTING BIGGER EVERY YEAR. AND IT'S A CONCERN THAT I HAVE AS AN INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBER. LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING, IT'S GONNA BE, UH, THIS PAST, UH, BUDGET, UH, WAS ACTUALLY ABOUT $3 MILLION DEFICIT COMMUNITY SERVICES, ABOUT $6 MILLION DEFICIT OUR CONTRACT, WHICH IS THE BEST MONEY WE SPEND, I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S RIGHT AROUND 18, $20 MILLION AND PROBABLY GONNA BE GROWING A LITTLE BIT. BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT THE CITY OF CHINO, THEY'RE PAYING PROBABLY TWO TIMES MORE THAN THAT. SO FOR THE VALUE THAT WE GET AND THE QUALITY THAT WE GET, IT'S, IT'S MONEY WELL SPENT. UM, WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE COMMUNITY SERVICES, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW CAN WE SAVE MONEY THERE. UM, I CAME UP WITH THE CHINO HILLS FOUNDATION AND I HAD A HARD TIME FINDING THE FOUNDATION. UM, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE AGENDAS FOR THE, UM, TRESTLE MODELS. WE HAVE 'EM FOR ALL OUR COMMISSIONS. AND IT'S UNDER GOVERNANCE, THE TAB, YOU CAN SCROLL DOWN, YOU CAN SEE THE AGENDAS IN THE MINUTES. I HAD A REALLY HARD TIME FINDING THE FOUNDATION, UM, AGENDA AND ALSO THE MINUTES. BUT I DID FIND IT AND I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED ON THE MONIES THAT WE DO SPEND PER YEAR. I WOULD LIKE TO, TO BRING THIS UP TO AS A DISCUSSION ITEM, AGENDAS ITEM, AND ACTUALLY FIGURE OUT WHAT THE TRUE COST IS FOR THE FOUNDATION. FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY THE FOUNDATION, IT'S A GREAT ORGANIZATION. THEY DO A LOT OF WONDERFUL THINGS IN CITY OF CHINO HILLS. BUT WHEN I LOOKED AT JUST, UH, AND AGAIN, I JUST GOT THESE NUMBERS, $162,000 A YEAR JUST, UH, FOR, UH, EMPLOYEE COST. UM, I WAS TAKEN BACK A LITTLE BIT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THIS. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE FIVE LAWS. I'D LIKE TO SEE THOSE AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO AGENDIZE FOR DISCUSSION IN THE FUTURE. SO HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS CAN AGREE TO THAT. AND, UH, OTHER THAN THAT TERM LIMITS, MY LAST THING, I JUST WANT TO SAY, I'M UP 2026. IF YOU DON'T THINK I DO A GOOD JOB FOR THIS COMMUNITY, PLEASE VOTE ME OUT. AND I'M GONNA SAY IN 2024, WE HAVE TWO WONDERFUL PEOPLE THAT ARE RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL. IF YOU DON'T THINK THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB FOR, FOR YOU DO THE SAME THING. BUT, UM, I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF CITIES THAT HAVE TERM LIMITS THAT I'M AFFILIATED WITH, I'M GONNA SAY MOST OF THEM [01:50:01] DON'T WORK. UM, SOME OF THEM DO. BUT, UM, I THINK WE AS A COUNCIL DO A HELL OF A JOB FOR OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S ONE OF THE BEST COMMUNITIES IN CALIFORNIA. BUT AGAIN, IF YOU FEEL RAY MARQUEZ IS NOT DOING THE JOB FOR YOU 2026, PLEASE VOTE ME OUT. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. YOU READY? AND I JUST HAVE A COUPLE THINGS. UM, OUR, WHEN YOU BROUGHT UP, UM, ELECTION SEASON, ONE THING I WOULD LIKE US TO DO IS THE, I THINK PETER AND BRIAN, YOU'RE STILL ON THE LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY COMMITTEE, RIGHT? SO AS WE START TRACKING BILLS THAT ARE, UH, THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING THROUGH LIKE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES THAT ARE GONNA REALLY BE SUPPORTING LOCAL GOVERNMENT, UM, I REALLY WANT US TO BE ABLE TO, UM, DO PRESENTATIONS OR TRACK THEM AT COUNCIL MEETINGS SO THE RESIDENTS ARE AWARE OF HOW THESE BILLS ARE GONNA IMPACT US AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. SOMETIMES VERY SEVERELY, WHETHER IT'S LAND USE OR UM, PUBLIC SAFETY. THESE, THIS IS ALL REALLY IMPORTANT. SO IF YOU CAN JUST PUT THAT ON, UM, THE TICKLER FILE TO GET THAT DONE. AND I WAS, THAT'S ALL I WAS GONNA SAY UNTIL RAY BROUGHT UP THE BUDGET. SO I WILL HAVE TO SAY, SINCE I'M THE COMMUNITY SERVICES POSTER CHILD, SO I NEVER SEE $6 MILLION AS A, A DEFICIT OR SUBSIDY OF COMMUNITY SERVICES. WHEN I MOVED HERE, MY SON WAS FOUR YEARS OLD, MY SON IS 32 YEARS OLD. NOW WHAT, THIS IS JUST, I'M JUST SPEAKING, THESE ARE MY COMMENTS, BUT WHAT DEFINES CHINO HILLS IS THE FAMILY ENVIRONMENT. YEAH. AND NOW IT'S LIKE, IT'S LIKE FAST FORWARD WHERE PEOPLE ARE TAKING THEIR GRANDKIDS TO THE SAME EVENTS THEY TOOK THEIR KIDS TO. SO REALLY WHAT IT IS, AND ACTUALLY RAY BRINGS UP A GOOD POINT. 'CAUSE IT'S REALLY, IT'S A CHOICE GUYS. WE NEED TO CHOOSE WHERE WE WANNA SPEND OUR MONEY. BUT WHAT, TO ME, WHAT DEFINES CHINO HILLS IS OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE IS STELLAR TO NONE. AND WITH WHAT WE PROVIDE, UM, I WISH WE COULD EVEN DO MORE ACTUALLY. SO AS FAR AS WHEN I HEAR LIKE CUTTING THAT PART OF THE BUDGET, I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT WAYS HOW TO SPEND MORE MONEY THERE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC AND IT'S, IT'S WHAT MAKES CHINO HILL. SO [ ADJOURN IN MEMORIAM AND IN HOPE: Adjourn with deep gratitude, respect, and appreciation for the brave individuals who serve and have served in the Armed Forces. Their selfless contributions protect us all. May we as a community continue to support and honor them. ] WITH THAT, WE ARE GONNA ADJOURN WITH DEEP GRATITUDE, RESPECT, AND APPRECIATION FOR THE BRAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVE AND HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES, THEIR SELFLESS CONTRIBUTIONS PROTECT US ALL. MAY WE AS A COMMUNITY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND HONOR THEM. AND AGAIN, HAPPY NEW YEAR AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. ALRIGHT, GOOD. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.