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GOOD EVENING,[ 6:00 P.M. - CONVENE MEETING / ROLL CALL]
AND WELCOME TO THE CHINO HILL CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR JANUARY 23RD, 2024.UM, COULD WE PLEASE HAVE ROLL CALL CHERYL? ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
AT THIS TIME, PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO OUR FLAG.
AT THE CONCLUSION, PLEASE REMAIN STANDING.
PASTOR KEN ALBIN FROM CHINO VALLEY, CHINO VALLEY COMMUNITY CHURCH WILL GIVE TONIGHT'S INVOCATION,
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]
READY BEGIN 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 13TH AND JUSTICE[ INVOCATION: Pastor Ken Elben, Chino Valley Community Church]
LET'S PRAY TOGETHER.LORD, THANK YOU THAT WE CAN BE HERE TONIGHT.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE CITY THAT WE CAN LIVE IN.
CHINO HILLS IS A BLESSING TO MANY PEOPLE.
I THANK YOU NOW FOR OUR GOVERNMENT.
LORD, I PRAY THAT, UM, ALL OF THEM IN THEIR POSITIONS WILL SERVE THE WAY YOU WOULD AND THAT WE WOULD SERVE AS A CITY EACH OTHER SO THAT WE SEE YOUR BEST INTEREST FOR ALL OF US.
THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THIS TIME.
[1. RECOGNITION - Recognizing Ruben S. Ayala High School Boys’ Varsity Water Polo Team as Division 5 CIF-SS Champions]
THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE RECOGNITION OF THE RUBEN S AALA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS VARSITY WATER POLO TEAM AS DIVISION FIVE C-I-F-S-S CHAMPIONS TO BE ACCEPTED BY HEAD COACH KEVIN HAMMOND AND THE TEAM, WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM, AND IF THAT WAY, THEN WELL, IT'S MY ABSOLUTE PLEASURE THIS EVENING TO CONGRATULATE THE AYLA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS VARSITY WATER POLO TEAM FOR BECOMING THE DIVISION FIVE C-I-F-C-I-F SOUTHERN SECTION CHAMPIONS.THEY SEALED THE DEAL BY BEATING ROYAL OAK HIGH SCHOOL WITH A SCORE OF 10 TO SEVEN.
THIS BECAME THE SECOND CIF CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE AYALA WATER POLO PROGRAM.
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE BULLDOGS FOR THIS ACHIEVEMENT.
WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM JOIN US TONIGHT, INCLUDING HEAD COACH KEVIN HAMMOND.
AND ACTUALLY, I'M JUST GONNA TURN IT OVER FOR YOU TO TALK ABOUT YOUR SEASON, AND I WILL JUST BE YOUR VANNA WHITE TO HAND YOU THE CERTIFICATES AND ANNOUNCE THE GREAT TEAM.
UM, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE ALL AUTO ALA WATER POLE TEAM, WE'D LIKE TO, UH, THANK THE CITY, UM, AND THE CITY COUNCIL FOR, UH, THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THESE YOUNG MEN.
UM, THEY WORKED EXTREMELY HARD DURING THE SEASON.
UM, THEY WERE UP AT FIVE 30 IN THE POOL, UM, WORK OUT TILL SEVEN 30.
UM, THEN HAD AFTERNOON PRACTICE.
UM, UH, YOU KNOW, DURING OUR, UM, GET IN SHAPE WEEK, LIKE WE, WE LIKE TO CALL IT, UH, THEY WOULD SWIM HUNDREDS OF YARDS IN FULL CLOTHING SHIRTS, UH, AND PANTS, UH, TO GET READY FOR THE SEASON.
UM, AND THEIR PERSEVERANCE, HARD WORK AND LOYALTY TO THE PROGRAM, UH, ENABLED US TO BE IN A POSITION TO WIN THIS CHAMPIONSHIP.
SO WE ARE HUMBLED AND HONORED TO, TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
SO, YEAH, ACTUALLY LET'S, LET'S SPLIT IT IN HALF.
SO I JUST WANNA LET THE TEAM KNOW THAT.
SO TONIGHT YOU HAVE A CERTIFICATE FROM THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS FROM, UM, CONGRESSWOMAN YOUNG, KIM STATE SENATOR JOSH, NO,
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KELLY SARTO.AND THEN, UH, STATE SENATOR JOSH NEWMAN AND ASSEMBLY MEMBER PHIL CHEN.
UM, FOURTH DISTRICT, COUNTY SUPERVISOR, KURT HAGMAN.
SO THAT'S THE PACKET EACH, EACH PLAYER IS GETTING THIS EVENING.
AND SO I'LL HAVE YOU ANNOUNCE THE TEAM.
AND THEN GENTLEMEN, WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR NAME, IF YOU CAN COME UP, I'LL PRESENT IT TO YOU AND THEN RETURN TO YOUR SPOT.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA TAKE A GROUP PHOTO OF THE CONCLUSION.
ALEX SANCHEZ, LA CRUZ, DONOVAN THOMAS BENJAMIN TROLL, KANE WOL, JUSTIN, YOU, NOAH DERITE, IAN CHRISTOS, CHRISTIAN GARCIA, KAI SANTIAGO, JAMES RIO, NATHAN THACKER, TYLER JOHNSON, ETHAN SAR MANTO, EVAN CHANG, ALEX MARTINEZ, JULIAN MORRIS, COLIN QUE AND JAMIE PARK, AND MY ASSISTANT COACH DAVID WOLF.
AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING US ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF THESE FINE ATHLETES, INDIVIDUAL.
IT'S WELL DESERVED, AND WE ARE SO PROUD YOU MAKE US CHINO HOST PROUD.
SO WE'RE GONNA DO A GROUP PHOTO, AND NICOLE IS, UM, OUR PIO.
SHE'S GONNA TAKE OUR GROUP PHOTO FIRST.
AND AFTER THAT, PARENTS, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME UP AND TAKE PHOTOS CLOSER IN.
SO LET'S JUST LISTEN TO MISS NICOLE NEED TO BE SET.
OKAY, WE GET SEVEN ON SEVEN, ACTUALLY CHECK TOENAILS.
AND THEN IF YOU DON'T BE SHY, 1, 2, 3.
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SHE WAS THE NEXT PROCLAMATION WILL NOT BE PRESENTED AT THIS MEETING AND WILL COME BACK AT A LATER DATE.[3. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming February 10, 2024 as Lunar New Year]
ON TO A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING FEBRUARY 10TH, 2024 AS LUNAR NEW YEAR TO BE ACCEPTED BY CHINESE CLUB ADVISOR, GU AND THE LION DANCE AND FOLK DANCE PERFORMANCE FROM AYLA HIGH SCHOOL.WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR? YES.
ARE YOU THE REPRESENTATIVE TO ACCEPT? RIGHT.
GO AHEAD AND STAND RIGHT HERE.
SAME WHERE WHERE THE TEAM WAS STANDING.
SO I'M GONNA HAVE YOU MOVE A LITTLE BIT OVER HERE AND THEN I'M GONNA INTRODUCE YOU.
WHERE'S THE, YOU GUYS BRING THE BING DRAGON WITH YOU.
UM, YOU GUYS CAN STAND OVER HERE.
LUNAR NEW YEAR IS A TIME OF JOY AND RENEWAL PREDOMINANTLY CELEBRATED IN MANY ASIAN CULTURES.
THIS YEAR, LUNAR NEW YEAR FALLS ON FEBRUARY 10TH.
DURING THIS TIME, FAMILIES CELEBRATE AND PREPARE FOR THE ARRIVAL OF A YEAR OF GOOD HEALTH AND PROSPERITY.
THE CHINESE LUNAR CALENDAR IS MADE UP OF A CYCLE OF 12 YEARS, EACH OF THEM NAMED AFTER ONE OF THE 12 CHINESE ZODIAC ANIMALS.
SO THIS YEAR MARKS THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON.
TONIGHT WE COMMEMORATE LUNAR NEW YEAR IN WISH GOOD FORTUNE, HEALTH, LONGEVITY, AND HAPPINESS TO EVERYONE CELEBRATING THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON.
JOINING US TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION THIS EVENING AND PERFORM TONIGHT IS AYALA HIGH SCHOOL CHINESE CLUB.
UM, I'M GONNA LET THE STUDENTS TALK.
SO WE HAVE THIS PROCLAMATION FROM THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS FOR LUNAR NEW YEAR.
THIS IS YOURS, AND I WILL LET YOU, UH, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK FIRST? YEAH.
WELL, HOWARD, COULD I GO AHEAD AND ALL YOURS? UM, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
WE'RE THE STUDENT FROM A YALA HIGH SCHOOL CHINESE CLUB.
OUR CLUB HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR 10 YEARS NOW, AND THIS CANNOT BE HAVE DONE WITHOUT THE, WITHOUT THE HELP OF OUR MANAGEMENT TEACHER AND CLUB ADVISOR IN MISS SCHOOL.
OVER THE YEAR, WE HAVE PERFORMED NUMEROUS TIME AROUND THE COMMUNITY, AND CURRENTLY OUR CLOUD HAVE TOTAL OF FIVE PERFORMANCE, TEAM LINE, DANCE TEAM, CHINESE FOLK DANCE TEAM, CHINESE TRADITIONAL INSTRUMENT, CHINESE, YO-YO AND CHOIR.
TODAY WE HAVE THE HONOR OF PERFORMING TWO PERFORMANCE FOR YOU, THE LINE DANCE AND THE CHINESE FOLK DANCE.
I'LL NOW BE INTRODUCING THE MEMBER OF OUR LINE DANCE TEAM AND FOLK DANCE TEAM, WHO WILL BE PERFORMING FOR YOU TONIGHT.
FOR LION DANCE TEAM, WE HAVE CHEN, ANG, ZACHARY, RYAN, WSU, AND ANG.
I AM THE VICE PRESIDENT OF CHINESE CLUB.
ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE OUR CHINESE FOLK DANCE TEAMMATES.
UH, THEY ARE
AND AL, PLEASE GIVE US A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
SO, UM, WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE BEFORE THE PERFORMANCE, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO, UM, BE REMISS.
WHERE DOES SHE GO? WE HAVE, UH, AALA HIGH SCHOOL FEARLESS LEADER, PRINCIPAL DIANA Y BOY, BACK THERE.
WOULD YOU COME UP AND TAKE A PHOTO WITH US? DIANA, COME UP.
SO MS. TAYLOR, AND THEN MS. DOHAN, PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT.
RUBEN AL HIGH SCHOOL IS ALWAYS PROUD TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY.
AND WE ARE ALSO VERY HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT.
YOU, WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT, AND THESE STUDENTS ARE AMAZING AND WE ARE IN FOR A GREAT TREAT.
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AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, STUDENTS FOR WORKING HARD IN CLASS AND ALSO WORKING HARD OUTSIDE OF OUR CLASSROOMS. THANK YOU.IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP, DON'T BE SHY.
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IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LEAVE THE CHAMBERS, YOU MAY DO SO.[ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT]
FOLLOWING THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT.THANK YOU, CHERYL, AND GOOD EVENING MAYOR MORAN COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
JUST A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT.
OUR CHINO HILLS LIBRARY WILL HOST A NEW BOOK FESTIVAL THIS SATURDAY FROM TWO TO 6:00 PM THOUSANDS OF NEW BOOKS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO CHECK OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND FAMILIES CAN ENJOY FREE ACTIVITIES INCLUDING ARTS AND CRAFTS, TRAIN RIDES, AND A DANCE PARTY.
FOR QUESTIONS OR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE LIBRARY IN CITY NEWS.
THE NEXT COMMUNITY WORKSHOP FOR THE SKATE PARK RENOVATION PROJECT WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST AT 6:00 PM HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
THIS WORKSHOP WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK COLLECTED FROM THE FIRST WORKSHOP AND SURVEY AND PRESENT INITIAL SKATE PARK DESIGN OPTIONS FOR ATTENDEES TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT CHINO HILLS.ORG/SKATEPARK.
AND LASTLY, THE SPRING CITY NEWS AND RECREATION GUIDE SHOULD BE ARRIVING IN MAILBOXES IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, AND IT WILL HAVE A NEW LOOK IN NAME.
THE BROCHURE IS NOW CALLED IN THE HILLS, AND COMES WITH ALL THE SAME GREAT INFORMATION, INCLUDING CITY NEWS, SPECIAL EVENTS, AND RECREATION CLASSES.
THE PARKS AND FACILITIES MAP HAS ALSO BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE MORE INFORMATION ON THE CITY'S MINI SPORTS FACILITIES AND AMENING ANY OFFERINGS AT EACH OF THE CITY'S 44 PARKS.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PIO REPORT, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
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IF WE COULD SEE IF THERE ARE, OH, I'M SORRY, PUBLIC[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS: At this time members of the public may address the City Council regarding any items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council, whether or not the item appears on the agenda, except testimony on Public Hearing items must be provided during those hearings. Please complete and submit to the City Clerk a "Request to Speak" card. Comments will be limited to three minutes per speaker.]
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, WHICH MUST BE PROVIDED DURING THOSE HEARINGS.PLEASE COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK TO MY LEFT A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD COMMENT COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.
I'M GOING TO, UH, CALL THE FIRST NAME, AND THEN I WILL FOLLOW IT BY THE NEXT PERSON WHO WILL COME UP AFTER THEM TO MAKE IT GO A LITTLE SMOOTHER.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER TODAY IS SELENA H AND THE NEXT PERSON IS KADEJA.
UM, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER STAFF CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO START BY THANKING YOU ALL PERSONALLY, UH, FOR TAKING THE TIME TO HEAR ALL OF US AT OUR LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
SO I GENUINELY WANNA THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UM, MANY OF US EXPRESSED AT THE LAST MEETING HOW, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN PERSONALLY FEELING AND AFFECTED, UM, AND HOW THAT'S LED US TO COME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL AND ASK YOU ALL TO, UM, CONSIDER PUTTING A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION ON THE AGENDA.
AND I JUST REALLY WANT TO, UM, ACKNOWLEDGE HOW YOU TREATED US WITH SO MUCH CARE AND COMPASSION AND RESPECT.
UM, IT MEANS A LOT TO US SINCERELY.
UM, I ALSO WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NOT TYPICAL OR NORMAL CITY, CITY BUSINESS, BUT I THINK THAT UNFORTUNATELY IT'S NOT NORMAL TIMES RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? AND, UM, WE'RE JUST HERE AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS JUST TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING WITHIN OUR POWER, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, STOP MORE INNOCENT LIVES FROM BEING LOST.
SO, I DIDN'T GET TO SHARE WITH YOU LAST TIME, BUT WHAT, WHAT LARGELY PROPELS ME PERSONALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, TO THIS, TO ASK FOR CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION AND TO KIND OF TAKE UP THIS, THIS, UM, CAUSE FOR PALESTINIANS IS BECAUSE I WAS RAISED WITH, IN A CATHOLIC HOUSEHOLD.
I WENT TO CATHOLIC SCHOOL MY WHOLE ENTIRE, UM, EDUCATION.
AND, UM, I WAS RAISED WITH CHRISTIAN VALUES.
AND IT'S INTERESTING TO THINK AS AN ADULT HOW THOSE VALUES YOU, YOU FEEL THEM WHEN YOU GET OLDER.
YOU START REALIZING HOW THEY GUIDE YOU, RIGHT? ASIDE FROM, UM, RELIGIOUS IDEOLOGY.
THEY JUST BECOME INGRAINED IN YOU, RIGHT? AND SO, LARGELY I'M GUIDED BY ALL OF THOSE AMAZING STORIES.
I HEARD OF JESUS CHRIST, AND THEY STUCK WITH ME, AND I FEEL THEM SURFACING RIGHT NOW, UM, DEEPLY ON A DEEP LEVEL.
AND I THINK ABOUT HOW JESUS LIVED, AND I THINK ABOUT HOW HE FOUGHT FOR THOSE THAT WERE THE MOST VULNERABLE IN SOCIETY AND THOSE THAT WERE BEING OPPRESSED.
AND SO, I, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE REFLECTED A LOT ON AND, AND MAKING THAT CONNECTION WITH MYSELF ON A PERSONAL LEVEL.
SO, UM, SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, WE KNOW THAT THE GENOCIDE IS ONGOING.
UM, AND WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE HERE TODAY THAT HAVE ACTUALLY APPROACHED US, AND THEY JUST WANNA EXPRESS THEIR EFFORTS.
UM, THEY WANNA CALL FOR CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION TO BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA.
SO, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH IN ADVANCE FOR LISTENING TO US WITH OPEN HEARTS AND OPEN MINDS.
UM, YOU KNOW, FEELING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND JUST KNOWING THAT OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE WILLING TO HEAR US WITH AN OPEN MIND, HEART.
IT REALLY, REALLY, TRULY MEANS A LOT TO US BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT NOT ALL CITY COUNCILS ARE DOING THAT RIGHT NOW.
AND, UM, I FEEL BAD FOR THOSE, THOSE COMMUNITIES, RIGHT? AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ALL ARE CHOOSING TO, UM, REALLY, UM, LISTEN TO WHAT, WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH AND HOW WE'RE BEING IMPACTED.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KADEJA, FOLLOWED BY MAGAR MARRI.
UM, HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY.
I AM AN EDUCATOR AND AN ENVIRONMENTALIST.
I TEACH AT CAL STATE FULLERTON AS WELL.
UM, I'M ACTUALLY HERE ALSO WITH THE SAME REQUEST TO BRING FORTH THIS CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION BILL, UM, TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
AND I COME TO YOU, UM, BECAUSE OFTEN MANY OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, UM, ARE IGNORING THE CALL OF THE MAJORITY OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS.
UH, WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, OVER 60% OF, UM, AMERICANS ARE ACTUALLY ASKING AND CALLING FOR A CEASEFIRE.
AND THAT NUMBER IS ACTUALLY EVEN GROWING AMONGST OUR YOUTH.
AND AT THIS, AT THIS POINT, I'M NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE UTTER CARNAGE AND DESTRUCTION OF LIFE THAT WE ARE SEEING OF PROPERTY, OF HISTORICAL SITES, UM, OF CHURCHES AND MOSQUES.
UM, WHAT I'M ACTUALLY HERE TODAY IS ACTUALLY KIND OF TO EXPRESS MY HOPE AND YOU GUYS AS OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, BECAUSE
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MY STORY IS ONE WHERE I WENT TO, UM, OUR REPRESENTATIVE, NORM TORRES, UH, TO ASK FOR THIS, THIS, THIS REQUEST TO CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE AS OUR ELECTED OFFICIAL.UM, AND RATHER THAN BEING MET WITH SORT OF A DIS UH, CIVIL ENGAGEMENT WITH HER AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH HER, UM, SHE THREW BASIC RAL AT ME.
UM, SHE CALLED INSINUATED THAT I WAS A TERRORIST FOR BEING THERE SIMPLY FOR CALLING FOR A CEASEFIRE.
UM, THAT LEFT ME IN TEARS IN THAT SPACE.
UM, AND I KIND OF LEFT TO A SECLUSION AND I WONDERED, WHAT, WHAT AM I DOING? I, I'M REALLY JUST CALLING, UM, TO THE HEARTS OF PEOPLE AND ASKING THEM TO, TO STOP THE BLOODSHED THAT WE'RE SEEING.
AND IN RESPONSE, UM, I AM BEING CALLED NAMES AND SORT OF, THESE ARE THE NAMES THAT CONTINUE TO PERPETRATE A LOT OF THE HATE CRIMES THAT WE SEE HERE, EVEN IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS OR ACROSS CALIFORNIA, ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, WHEN PEOPLE ARE NOT WILLING TO ENGAGE AND TALK TO ONE ANOTHER.
AND SO, I JUST WANNA ECHO THE STATEMENTS OF THE LAST SPEAKER AS WELL, THAT IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR US AS A GLOBAL COMMUNITY, AS A COMMUNITY HERE IN CHINO HILLS, TO SIT WITH ONE ANOTHER AND TALK WITH ONE ANOTHER, AND LEARN HOW TO BUILD AND ENGAGE, UM, IN OUR JOINT HUMANITY.
AND SO, UM, I THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND I DO URGE, AND I HOPE THAT THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, ALONG WITH A GROWING NUMBER OF CITY COUNCILS THAT WE SEE HERE IN CALIFORNIA JUST YESTERDAY IN POMONA CITY, THAT OUR PASSING, UM, RESOLUTIONS CALLING FOR A CEASEFIRE.
UM, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR HEARING US, UM, AND BEING, UM, HOLDING THIS SPACE FOR US.
I WOULD LIKE TO JUST UPLIFT, UM, WITH THE SPEAKERS BEFORE ME HAD SHARED, UM, AND JUST ALSO COMMEND OUR YOUTH.
UM, THEY'RE JUST SO BEAUTIFUL AND SO PRECIOUS TO ME, AND I'M GONNA SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
UM, I'VE BEEN A CHINO HILLS, A PROUD CHINO HILLS RESIDENT SINCE 2018.
I'M ALSO THE CO-FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MUSLIM ANTI-RACISM COLLABORATIVE.
WE WERE A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION, A MULTI-FAITH MULTIRACIAL ORGANIZATION THAT ADDRESSES XENOPHOBIA, ISLAMOPHOBIA, AND SYSTEMIC RACISM.
I TRAVEL ACROSS THE COUNTRY, UM, ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES, SOCIAL CHANGE INSTITUTIONS, AND WORK WITH PHILANTHROPY TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE.
AND AS A MOTHER OF A 12-YEAR-OLD, I WAS SO DEVASTATED WHEN MY DAUGHTER, WHO'S ALSO A CHINO HILLS RESIDENT, WAS DOXXED BECAUSE HER FATHER SPOKE OUT FOR PEACE.
UM, HE SPOKE OUT AGAINST THE GENOCIDE IN GAZA.
SO IMAGINE ME AS A MOTHER, WORRIED ABOUT, UM, MY DAUGHTER'S SAFETY.
I CAN'T POST HER PICTURES OR EVEN MENTION WHERE WE LIVE NOW BECAUSE OF THIS IS A TANGIBLE THREAT WHERE COLLEGE STUDENTS, NON-PROFIT LEADERS LIKE MYSELF ARE TARGETED AND WE'RE RENDERED UNSAFE BECAUSE WE'RE CALLED CALLING FOR PEACE.
MY DAUGHTER ALSO LOOKS LIKE THE 10,000 CHILDREN KILLED IN GAZA, INCLUDING THE DOZEN FAMILY MEMBERS OF MY DEAR FRIEND GOING BACK FROM COLLEGE, 30 YEARS, HAA HIJA.
SHE LOST A DOZEN FAMILY MEMBERS IN GAZA.
SO WHAT HAPPENS GLOBALLY DOES AFFECT US LOCALLY EVERY DAY.
I WORRY ABOUT HER SAFETY, BUT ALSO THE DEHUMANIZATION OF MUSLIMS, ARABS, UM, AND OTHER PEOPLE OF COLOR.
WE STAND WHEN WE STAND TOGETHER AND CALL FOR PEACE.
WE CAN ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR CHILDREN CAN THRIVE, THAT THEY CAN BELONG, HAVE A SENSE OF BELONGING, NO MATTER OF HOW THEY PRAY, OR THEIR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.
I'M ASKING YOU TO JOIN OTHER CITIES LIKE POMONA, LONG BEACH, SAN FRANCISCO, AND DETROIT, WHERE WE'RE ALSO BASED AS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CALLING FOR A PERMANENT SEA CEASEFIRE.
PLEASE INCLUDE THE CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION ON YOUR AGENDA AND STAND WITH THOSE WHO ARE STANDING FOR JUSTICE AND, AND BE PART ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY.
NEXT WE HAVE JASSER, FOLLOWED BY JANINE ABU RE.
I HOPE I PRONOUNCED THAT PROPERLY.
HELLO, UH, HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, WE THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME, UH, TO LISTEN TO US.
UM, AND I WANNA START OFF WITH SOME QUOTES.
THERE WILL BE NO ELECTRICITY, NO FOOD, NO FUEL.
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FIGHTING HUMAN ANIMALS, AND WE WILL ACT ACCORDINGLY.THAT'S FOR ME OF GALLANT, THE ISRAELI MINISTER DEFENSE.
REMEMBER WHAT I'M ELECTED TO DESTROY ALL THAT THEY HAVE SLAY BOTH MAN AND WOMAN, INFANT AND SUCKLING.
THAT'S PRIME MINISTER ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NYA.
UH, I THINK YOU MAY UNDERSTAND, UH, DENYING A CIVILIAN POPULATION, ALL FOOD, ALL WATER, AND ALL ELECTRICITY IS A RECIPE FOR GENOCIDE.
UH, THE CONFLICT HAS KILLED MORE THAN 30,000 CIVILIANS, 16,000 OF THEM BEING WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
MORE THAN 62,000 HAVE BEEN INJURED AND MORE WILL CONTINUE TO DIE OF BOMBING STARVATION SURGERY WITHOUT ANESTHESIA AND SICKNESS.
AND THIS IS ACCORDING TO A HART'S ARTICLE, WHICH IS AN ISRAELI JOURNAL.
IF WE GO TO THE WEST BANK ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF ISRAEL, WHERE OCTOBER 7TH HASN'T HAPPENED, ACCORDING TO SAVE CHILDREN.NET 101 CHILDREN HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE WEST BANK, ACCORDING TO NPR 7,000 PALESTINIANS IN PRISON, NEARLY 3000 HELD WITHOUT TRIAL.
ACCORDING TO TIME, AN ESTIMATED 10,000 PALESTINIAN CHILDREN HAVE BEEN HELD IN MILITARY DETENTION OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS, SOME AS YOUNG AS 20 YEARS OLD.
THESE NUMBERS ARE NUMBING TO ME.
OUR MINDS, I BELIEVE ARE NUMBING.
UH, I ASK, WHEN DOES NEUTRALITY BECOME COMPLICITY? UH, MAYOR CYNTHIA MORAN, UH, VICE MAYOR, ART BENNETT.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BRIAN JOHNS, COUNCIL MEMBER RAY MARQUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER PETER ROGERS, UH, CALIFORNIA CITIES THAT HAVE PASSED THE CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION, RICHMOND OAKLAND CUDA.
HEY, LONG BEACH, DAVIS, SAN FRANCISCO.
AND RECENTLY, AS I MENTIONED, POMONA, UH, THE MAJORITY OF THE WORLD IS NOT BLAND, BLIND, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, NOT BOUGHT BY APAC.
WE HUMBLY ASK YOU TO BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY.
THE US HAS CONTRIBUTED $300 BILLION ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION TO ISRAEL.
ISRAEL PAYS FOR ITS CITIZENS' HEALTHCARE AND EDUCATION WHILE COMMITTING GENOCIDE.
AS BROUGHT TO THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE BY SOUTH AFRICA, THE US DOES NOT PAY FOR MY HEALTHCARE OR EDUCATION.
PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF WHO HAVE NEVER SET FOOT IN CITY COUNCIL, ARE LEAVING THEIR LIVES TO SPEAK UP.
PARTICULARLY FOR THIS ISSUE, I RESPECTFULLY AND HUMBLY ASK YOU TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
TAKE THE FIRST STEP, CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE.
THANK YOU, JANINE ABBU JAHAR, FOLLOWED BY MADELINE RIOS.
YOU PRONOUNCE IT PRETTY WELL, SO THANK YOU,
I'M A MOTHER WIFE PROFESSIONAL.
I'M ALSO A PALESTINIAN AMERICAN WHO'VE SPENT 11 YEARS OF MY LIFE IN OCCUPIED PALESTINE AND WITNESSED FIRSTHAND THE BRUTALITY OF THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION.
I'M ALSO A RESIDENT OF CHINO HILLS FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS.
BUT ABOVE ALL, I MEAN YOUR FELLOW HUMAN BEING.
AND I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE PUT THE CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION AS PART OF YOUR AGENDA.
AND I'M ALSO HERE TO ASK YOU, SINCE WHEN HAS ASKING FOR A CEASEFIRE BECOME ABNORMAL, SINCE WHEN ASKING FOR BLOODSHED AND KILLING TO STOP, BECOME SO FAR OUT OF REACH? SOME MIGHT THINK OR SAY THAT THIS IS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY'S BUSINESS, BUT I BEG TO DIFFER WHEN 3.8 BILLION OF OUR HARD EARNED TAX DOLLARS EVERY YEAR GO TO THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT AND ISRAELI MILITARY, IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH US.
THAT MONEY SHOULD GO TO FOCUS ON OUR DOMESTIC ISSUES WHEN PEOPLE ARE BEING DEPRIVED OF BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS, BEING DEPRIVED OF WATER, ELECTRICITY, FOOD FOR 108 DAYS COUNTING.
IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH US.
IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH BEING A HUMAN BEING.
SO PLEASE LEAD WITH AN OPEN MIND, WITH AN OPEN HEART, AND ADD THIS RESOLUTION TO YOUR AGENDA.
EVERY MINUTE IS A MINUTE TOO LATE.
EVERY MINUTE LIVES ARE BEING LOST.
IN REZA, EVERY MINUTE DOCTORS ARE HAVING TO PERFORM SURGE SUR SURGE SURGERIES WITHOUT PROPER MEDICAL AID.
SO PLEASE ADD THIS TO YOUR AGENDA.
AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO US TONIGHT.
MADELINE RIOS, FOLLOWED BY MARTHA.
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THANK YOU MAYOR MORAN, AND THANK ALL OF YOU FOR, UH, GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.MA'AM, IF YOU COULD PULL THE MICROPHONE CLOSER TO YOUR MOUTH.
AND, UM, MY NAME IS MADELINE NEWMAN RIOS.
I LIVE IN CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA.
I WORK AS A INTERPRETER AND TRANSLATOR.
UM, I WANTED TO START BY JUST RECITING A POEM, NOT THE WHOLE THING, JUST THE VERY BEGINNING.
A ARISE AND GO NOW TO THE CITY OF SLAUGHTER, INTO ITS COURTYARD, WIND THY WAY THERE WITH THINE OWN HAND TOUCH.
AND WITH THE EYES OF THINE HEAD, BEHOLD ON TREE, ON STONE, ON FENCE, ON MURAL CLAY, THE SPATTERED BLOOD AND DRIED BRAINS OF THE DEAD.
NOW, SOMEONE COULD BE VERY SHOCKED ABOUT HOW MUCH THIS EXCERPT PORTRAYS THE REALITY OF GAZA.
RIGHT NOW, TODAY, JANUARY 23RD, 2023.
BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY WRITTEN BY A MAN NAMED JAIME
IT WAS, UH, SOMETHING THAT WAS TAUGHT TO ME IN MY HEBREW HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM BECAUSE I AM A JEWISH WOMAN, AND I WAS RAISED, UH, AS A WELL-EDUCATED JEWISH WOMAN.
AND THAT SAME POEM IS CONSIDERED A CLASSIC.
IT'S ACTUALLY REQUIRED READING FOR ALL JEWISH ISRAELI SECONDARY SCHOOL CHILDREN.
NOW, THAT PROGRAM LASTED FOR THREE DAYS.
THE ASSAULT BY ISRAEL ZA HAS NOW LASTED FOR 109 DAYS, AND IT HAS TARGETED, UH, MORE THAN A HUNDRED JOURNALISTS WHO'VE BEEN KILLED.
PHYSICIANS AID WORKERS, SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, RESIDENCES, MOSQUE, CHURCHES, DANCE PERFORMING AND SPORTS, AND ALSO EVEN TREES.
MORE THAN 25,000 PHY UH, PALESTINIANS, ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION I COULD GATHER, HAVE BEEN KILLED.
70% OF THEM ARE WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
AND THEIR LIVES, JUST LIKE THE LIVES OF THE 1200 VICTIMS OF THE OCTOBER 7TH HAMAS ATTACK ARE VERY PRECIOUS.
SO I, AS A JEWISH WOMAN, CANNOT SIT BACK AS MY PALESTINIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS ARE SLAUGHTERED IN THE SAME WAY AS MY ANCESTORS WILL.
AND I URGE CHINO HILL CITY COUNCIL TO PASS A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION AS A FIRST STEP TOWARD PEACE AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS OF CHINO HILLS.
MY NAME IS MARTHA AND I'M A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR.
I'M A YOUTH ORGANIZER IN SOUTH LA AND THE FOUNDER OF A SKATE ALL WHEELS COLLECTIVE IN POMONA CALLED ALL WHEELS POMONA.
UH, I'M A CAL POLY POMONA ALUMNI, UH, PASSIONATE ABOUT COLLECTIVE GLOBAL LIBERATION, AN UNDOCUMENTED ROLLER SKATER, AS WELL AS A SKATE PARK ADVOCATE.
SO THAT CHINO HILLS SKATE PARK RENOVATION IS ACTUALLY PIQUEING MY INTEREST, UM, AS I'M WORKING ON A SKATE PARK PROJECT IN THE CITY OF POMONA RIGHT NOW.
UM, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THIS IS MY SECOND CITY COUNCIL MEETING THIS WEEK.
UH, I AM PROUDLY ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS FOR, UH, THE POMONA COALITION FOR PALESTINE.
YESTERDAY IN A POWERFUL, HISTORIC MOMENT FOR THE CITY OF POMONA, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND HONESTLY, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, POMONA MAYOR, UH, TIM SANDOVAL AND COUNCIL MEMBERS PASSED A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION WITH A VOTE OF SIX IN SUPPORT, ZERO OPPOSE, AND ONE ABSTAIN.
INTERGENERATIONAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ORGANIZERS GATHERED MERELY ON DECEMBER 18TH LAST MONTH.
AND SINCE THAT TIME, WE WERE ABLE TO DRAFT A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION.
SET UP A MEETING WITH MAYOR TIM SANDOVAL AND COUNCIL MEMBER JOHN NOLTE.
HAVE THE CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION ON YESTERDAY'S AGENDA AND HAVE IT PASSED.
THE MEETING LAST NIGHT STARTED AT 7:00 PM THE MEETING DID NOT END UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 11:30 PM NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WHEN PEOPLE COLLECTIVELY ENGAGE IN COMPASSION, HARD WORK.
AND PROACTIVENESS CITY, CITY OF CHINO HILLS, I'M HERE
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TO ASK YOU TO FOLLOW SUIT BEHIND NOT ONLY THE CITY OF POMONA, BUT THE CALIFORNIA CITIES OF CUDA.HEY, LONG BEACH, SAN FRANCISCO, AND OAKLAND.
TO WORK WITH YOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, COLLABORATE ON WRITING A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION, PUT A RESOLUTION ON CITY COUNCIL AGENDA, AND HAVE ONE PASSED.
AS SELENA SAID EARLIER, UM, THIS GENOCIDE IN PALESTINE SEEMS UNRELATED TO CITY BUSINESS.
OUR WORDS AND ACTIONS, NO MATTER HOW SEEMINGLY SMALL TRICKLE AND RIPPLE FOR A GREATER IMPACT, WE MUST THINK GLOBALLY AND COMPASSIONATELY ACT LOCALLY.
NO, MATTHEW FOLLOWED BY SOPHIA.
I AM A PHYSICIAN AND ASSISTANT PROFESSOR WITH A PROFESSIONAL INTEREST IN MINORITY AND REFUGEE HEALTH.
I'VE, UM, VOLUNTEERED ON MEDICAL MISSIONS IN FOUR DIFFERENT CONTINENTS, INCLUDING IN BOTH THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES AS WELL AS PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMPS IN ADJACENT COUNTRIES.
AND IN LIGHT OF THIS EXPERIENCE, I AM HERE TODAY TO WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT ADDING A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION TO THE CITY COUNCIL'S AGENDA IN CHINO HILLS.
SO I COULD TALK ABOUT PERSONALLY, WHAT I'VE SEEN IN TERMS OF WHAT THE OCCUPATION HAS DONE TO PEOPLE IN GAZA, TO PEOPLE IN AND AROUND PALESTINE, BUT OTHERS ARE BETTER AT TALKING ABOUT THIS.
UM, I THINK I'D LIKE TO INSTEAD TALK ABOUT, UH, WHY CHINO HILLS SHOULD SUPPORT ADDING THE CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION TO THE AGENDA.
FIRST OF ALL, OTHER CITIES ARE ALREADY DOING THIS.
UH, LAST NIGHT THE POMONA CITY COUNCIL JUST APPROVED A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION.
UH, THE LONG BEACH CITY COUNCIL HAS ALSO, UM, UH, APPROVED ONE WITH A PRETTY STRONG MINOR, WITH A PRETTY STRONG MAJORITY VOTE.
UH, CONGRESSMAN MARK ANO ACTUALLY, UM, SWITCHED, UH, HIS THOUGHTS AND APPROVED A CEASEFIRE, UH, FORMALLY IN THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS.
UM, SO IT'S NOT TOO CONTROVERSIAL TO SUPPORT THESE THINGS, AND AS SOME OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES HAD MENTIONED, JUST THE, THE DICTATION AND WORDAGE IS A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF PEACE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE SECURITY OF ISRAEL, AS WELL AS THE SUPPORT OF PALESTINE AS WELL.
UM, WE NEED MORE DIPLOMACY IN THE REGION.
WE NEED TO TURN DOWN THE TEMPERATURE IN THE REGION.
THE UNITED STATES HAS A HUGE POTENTIAL TO BE, UH, THE RESPONSIBLE PARENT IN THE ROOM AND AN INTERMEDIARY IN THE CONFLICT.
UM, AND WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO SEE HAPPEN IS, UH, THE TEMPERATURE TO REMAIN ELEVATED.
BECAUSE WHEN THE TEMPERATURE STAYS ELEVATED, THERE'S A LOT OF BLOW BACK IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
UM, WE ALL KNOW THAT WHEN YOU SEE, UM, AGGRESSIVE HEADLINES IN THE NEWS THAT LEADS TO BLOWBACK AND HATE CRIMES AGAINST MINORITIES, UH, CHINO HILLS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA HAVE A, A TON OF OFTEN PERSECUTED MINORITY COMMUNITIES.
UM, ONE OF THE MOSQUES NEARBY INCLUDES, UH, ONE OF THE MOST PERSECUTED MUSLIM MAJORITY, UH, COMMUNITIES IN THE WORLD, THE AHAD MUSLIM COMMUNITY.
ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE, UH, HINDU, GU, UH, SIKH URDO, AND, UH, ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL HINDU TEMPLES, UH, IN ALL OF THE UNITED STATES.
UH, ONLY A FEW, A FEW STREETS DOWN FROM US.
AND W WE DON'T WANT TO SEE HATE CRIMES, UH, GRAFFITI ARSON A AGAINST THESE COMMUNITIES JUST BECAUSE THE TEMPERATURE'S ELEVATED.
WE NEED TO TURN DOWN THE TEMPERATURE.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I ASK FOR A, A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION TO BE ADOPTED AS PART OF THE AGENDA.
SAFI SAFI, THEN MICHAEL CAPELLO, OR MATTHEW, SORRY.
UH, VICE MAYOR AND, UM, ALL THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE.
UM, I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE NOT TO TALK.
UM, I JUST WANNA PRAY WITH YOU ALL.
UM, 'CAUSE I WANT TO, AND I NEED TO
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
UM, OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN KILLED IN RAZA, WEST BANK AND LEBANON, 30,000, UH, INNOCENT LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST.
18,000 WOMEN CHILDREN, BABY FETUSES.
UM, IN, IN THE AZANIAN FAMILY, MOHAM MODA, THEY WERE ALL 11, 12 YEARS OLD.
UM, BROTHERS, SISTERS, COUSINS, AND THEN FIVE PREMATURE BABIES KILLED BECAUSE OF THE SHUTDOWN ELECTRICITY BY ISRAEL.
AND, UM, JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, AN AMERICAN CITIZEN THIK IJA, 17 YEARS OLD, UH, SHOT BY, UM, AN ILLEGAL SETTLER.
UH, WE BEGIN THE MOMENT OF SILENCE.
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THANK YOU.AND WE NOW SUPPLICATE ALL THE MOST MERCIFUL, THE MOST COMPASSIONATE
AND THE OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE AND ALL PEOPLE.
AND I MEAN, OH, THE MOST LOVING
PLEASE END THE DEHUMANIZATION OF PALESTINIANS AND ALL PEOPLE.
I MEAN ALL LIGHTS OF ALL OF ALL LIGHTS.
PLEASE ERADICATE ISLAMOPHOBIA ANTISEMITISM AND ALL HATE IN THIS WORLD.
YAAH LIKE POMONA LAST NIGHT, GIVE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THE MORAL COURAGE AND THE STRENGTH TO COME UP WITH A LASTING CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION IN THE NEXT MEETING.
I MEAN, YAAH LIKE POMONA LAST NIGHT, GIVE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THE MORAL COURAGE AND STRENGTH TO COME UP WITH A LASTING CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION.
WE PRAISE AND EMULATE ALL THE BELOVED PROPHETS FROM ADAM, ABRAHAM, MOSES, JESUS, AND OUR AND PEACE BE UPON THEM ALL.
AND OUR BELOVED PROPHET HAMMAM, UH, PEACE BE UPON HIM.
WHO SAID, AN ARAB HAS NO SUPERIORITY OVER NON-ARAB.
A NON-ARAB HAS NO SUPERIORITY OVER AN ARAB.
A WHITE HAS NO SUPERIORITY OVER A BLACK AND A BLACK HAS NO SUPERIORITY OVER A, UM, WHITE PERSON, UM, EXCEPT BY PIETY.
THANK YOU FOR PRAYING WITH ME.
I BELIEVE IT'S MATTHEW CAPELLO.
WAYMAN LIU, FOLLOWED BY JOHN SCOTT.
UH, EVERYBODY AND, UH, ART AND, UH, RAY, UH, TODAY I COME TO HERE TO, FIRST I SUPPORT, WE AS THE PRESIDENT OF CHINESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION, WE SUPPORT CEASEFIRE IDEA.
WE WANT THE PEACE IN THE WORLD.
WE DON'T WANT ANYMORE FIGHTING.
THE SECOND I WANT TO REPRESENT AS THE PRESIDENT OF CHINESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION IN INVITE ALL THE CITY COUNCILMEN, INCLUDING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY COURT TO COME TO
UH, WE HAVE 12 PERFORMANCE AND, UH, WE HAVE LOT OF DONATION AND WE HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORT.
WE WILL MAKE THE HAPPY LUNAR CHINESE UNION TO ALL OF YOU.
AND THEN, RIGHT NOW I'M SPEAKING UP TO REPRESENTING RANCHER HILLS AND MR. DORADO RESIDENTS.
THANK YOU FOR RAY MACCA'S HELP AND, UH, BEAUTIFUL CITY WORKERS.
CLEAN UP MY, THE TREE AND THE MASS AND, UH, UH, WHAT YOU CALL LOT OF DRIP FOR 14 MONTH AFTER I WROTE A FIRST LETTER, REQUEST THE CLEANUP, 14 MONTH.
FINALLY IT GET DONE IS A, IS A LAKE BE BETTER THAN NEVER.
I REALLY APPRECIATE RAY ARDS HELP.
OKAY, NOW THE NEXT THING I WANT TO REQUEST TWO THINGS FROM THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY LAWYERS.
PLEASE EXPLAIN TO THE CITY CITIZEN REGARDING ABOUT A B 3 0 7 4, AS ACCORDING TO WHAT I READ, CHINO CITY OF CHINO HILL IS A BIG VIOLATION OF AB 3 0 7 4.
THE SECOND ONE, I NEED THE CITY LAWYER AND CITY MANAGER GIMME THE ANSWER REGARDING ABOUT THE GOLDEN RANCH,
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UH, CC AND R INVOLVING ABOUT THANK YOU, SIR.YOUR TIME IS THAT, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I NEED THE ANSWER FROM CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY LAWYER.
JOHN SCOTT, FOLLOWED BY JOHN BRUNER.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ASK OF YOU.
UH, SO I'M LISTENING TO ALL THIS AND I'M GOING, HMM, OKAY, MY COMMENTS REGARD, UH, WORK DONE BY ONE OF YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, SPECIFICALLY MR. HART BENNETT.
FOUND OUT THAT WHENEVER HAD A PROBLEM, 95% OF 'EM WERE ROCK THROWERS OR WINDOW BREAKERS AND TELL YOU WHAT'S WRONG AND WHO DONE IT.
THE OTHER FIVE FIGURED OUT WHAT TO DO AND DID IT FOR ME.
SECOND THING IS MY WIFE ALWAYS TOLD ME, REMEMBER TO THANK PEOPLE.
COME UP IN FRONT OF THE MAN, THE WOMAN THAT DID A GOOD THING FOR YOU, AND THANK HIM.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE FOR TONIGHT.
YOU TOOK CARE OF THE TREE PROBLEM THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
WHEN I FIRST TALKED TO HIM IN NOVEMBER 6TH SAID, WE'LL, GET RIGHT ON IT.
OH YEAH, WE'LL GET RIGHT BACK ON IT.
OH YEAH, WE'RE GONNA GET RIGHT BACK ON IT.
REALLY FOR THE THIRD TIME IN MY INSURANCE COMPANY, WHICH CITY COUNCIL MAY HEAR, MAY NOT HEAR IS, IS GIVING RESIDENTS IN CERTAIN AREAS A HARD TIME ABOUT INSURING YOUR HOME.
AND THEY'RE SAYING, WELL, YOU HAD THREE MONTHS TO TAKE CARE OF IT.
WE'RE GONNA CANCEL YOUR INSURANCE SUPERVISOR NAMED TONY.
CAME OUT, LOOKED AT THE TREE, HE SAID, YEAH, THAT'S A PROBLEM,
I SEE WHY THEY WON'T INSURE IT, BUT I'VE GOT NO MONEY.
AND YOU'RE WAY PAST DUE FOR YOUR TREE TRIMMING AND YOU KNOW IT'S GONNA TAKE, UH, SOMEBODY HIGHER THAN ME.
AND I'M THINKING, OKAY, I KEEP GOING.
THEY KEEP KICKING IT UP, KICKING IT UP.
IT MUST BE IN THE STRATOSPHERE NOW.
SO BEING AN OLD BUSINESS OWNER, YOU KNOW, OKAY, FORGET THAT.
FIND THE ONE PERSON HERE THAT CAN GET SOMETHING DONE FOR ME.
I GOT AN EMAIL BACK, KIND OF STUMPED ME, I THINK.
OKAY, HE MUST STAY UP LATE AT NIGHT.
NEXT DAY I GOT, UH, THE, THE CITY CALLING ME SAYING, UH, WE FOUND THE MONEY.
WE'RE GONNA BE OUT THERE TAKING CARE OF YOUR PROBLEM.
I'M THINKING IT CAN'T BE THAT HARD.
I KNOW YOUR BUDGET FOR YOUR LANDSCAPING DISTRICTS HAS GOT PROBLEMS, BUT WHY DID IT TAKE ME GOING TO MY COUNCILMAN TO GET A PROBLEM THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SAID, YEAH, WE CAN SEE WHAT YOUR PROBLEM IS AND WE CAN SEE WHY YOUR INSURANCE IS GONNA GET CANCELED, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING.
ANYWAY, MY POINT IS, I'M HERE TO THANK YOU IN PERSON BECAUSE I'M AN OLD DOG, OKAY? AND I DON'T LIKE EMAILS AND I DON'T LIKE TEXTS.
I WANNA LOOK YOU IN THE EYE AND SAY, YOU DID A GREAT JOB FOR ME AND I APPRECIATE YOUR HELP.
AND ON A SIDE NOTE, I AGREE WITH MR. MARQUEZ'S POSITION ON, ON, UH, TERM LIMITS.
OKAY? NOT ALWAYS THE BEST THING.
AND I SUPPORT YOUR POSITION ON THAT.
AND, UH, I APPRECIATE WHAT Y'ALL DO, THE HARD WORK 'CAUSE YOU GET TOO MANY KICKS AND NOT ENOUGH THANKS.
JOHN BRUNER, FOLLOWED BY JIM GALLAGHER, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR COUNCIL STAFF RESIDENCE MAYOR MORAN ON JULY, JANUARY THE NINTH.
I ASK YOU TO LEAD A COMMUNITY DISCUSSION REGARDING TERM LIMITS AT THE COUNCIL MEETING NEXT MONTH, 14 DAYS HAVE PASSED.
WE HAVEN'T HEARD A WORD WE ASK THAT YOU ACT ON THIS REQUEST.
IT IS IN SUPPORT OF MANY RESIDENTS, BOTH IN YOUR DISTRICT AND BEYOND.
AND WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU MAKE YOUR PLANS PUBLIC SO THAT RESIDENTS CAN PREPARE AND PLAN FOR A EARLY MEETING.
MAYOR, LET'S ASSUME THAT 26,000 VOTE FOR THE GOVERNOR'S RACE.
LET'S ALSO ASSUME THAT, UH, 20% OF THEM, UH, ARE 10% OF THEM, I'M SORRY, ARE IN YOUR DISTRICT.
LET'S ASSUME 500 ARE IN YOUR DISTRICT.
DO THE FIVE OF YOU KNOW BETTER THAN THE 500 OR SO OF THEM? I THINK NOT.
I THINK THAT YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY DESERVES
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SOME SORT OF RESOLUTION TO THIS.I THINK THAT THERE'S ENOUGH THAT YOU'VE HEARD.
I HOPE THAT YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM.
I APPRECIATE RAY ATTENDING OUR MEETING LAST NIGHT.
DIDN'T GET THE ANSWERS WE WANTED.
WE DON'T NECESSARILY EXPECT THAT FROM YOU, BUT WE EXPECT YOU TO LISTEN.
MAYOR, I KNOW THAT THESE RESIDENTS ARE ANXIOUS TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE SUBJECT.
THEY WANT TO KNOW THAT YOU WILL SCHEDULE A HEARING.
THEY WANT TO MAKE THE DISCUSSION A SUCCESS.
BUT IF AVOIDANCE IS YOUR PLAN, WHAT THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR IS OPINIONS.
THEY EXPECT YOU TO COMMUNICATE THE FACTS THAT INFLUENCE YOUR DECISION.
THEY WANT TO KNOW THAT THE CITY'S EGO HAS NOT GOTTEN SO OUT OF WHACK THAT FIVE OF YOU KNOW BETTER THAN MANY OF THE RESIDENTS.
I'LL SEND YOU A LETTER TO INVITE YOU TO OUR MEETING NEXT FEBRUARY THE FIFTH.
JIM GALLAGHER, FOLLOWED BY SUZETTE DING.
UH, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL, STAFF, AND FELLOW RESIDENTS.
UM, AS IF WE'RE BEATING A DEAD HORSE, UH, I JUST WANNA SAY I'M ALSO IN FAVOR OF A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION.
UH, AFTER LISTENING TO THE COUNTLESS PLEAS THAT WE'VE HAD FROM OUR LOCAL RESIDENTS FOR SUCH A THING, I THINK IT IS GRATIFYING TO SEE THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY LISTEN TO THEM.
UH, I KNOW LAST WEEK, UH, WHEN OR LAST MEETING WHEN ATTORNEY HENSLEY INDICATED THAT PERHAPS WE SHOULD LIMIT OUR FIRST AMENDMENT FREE SPEECH TO JUST CITY BUSINESS.
THERE ARE POLICIES THAT DO SUPPORT THAT.
AND SO I RIGHTFULLY UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU WERE COMING FROM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I RECOGNIZE THAT WE DO HAVE THE NEED SOMETIMES WHEN A CERTAIN ISSUE AFFECTS OUR LOCAL RESIDENTS TO PERHAPS HAVE THESE DEEPER DISCUSSIONS.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY WE ELECT YOU AS COUNCIL MEMBERS TO REPRESENT US.
UM, IT'S EASY TO SAY THAT A WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST, BLACK LIVES MATTER, FOR EXAMPLE, AND EVEN NATIONWIDE ATTACKS ON MINORITIES ARE NOT REALLY LOCAL ISSUES.
BUT WHEN WE LOOK INTO OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY AND WE SEE RESIDENTS WHO IN FACT MAY BE DIRECTLY AFFECTED, HOPING FOR WORDS OF SUPPORT, I THINK WE THINK OUR COUNCIL SHOULD TAKE THAT LEADERSHIP ROLE AND SAY THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF CHINO HILLS STRONGLY ENCOURAGES A BILATERAL END TO THE KILLING AND LOOKING FOR A PERMANENT SOLUTION.
NOW, THE CITY OF CHINO IN OCTOBER DID PASS AN ANTI HATE RESOLUTION, AND THEY HAD PARTICIPATION FROM THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY, FROM THE LOCAL JEWISH COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY IN DRAFTING THAT.
AND, UH, I APPLAUD THAT AND I DO BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE THE WHEREWITHAL TO DO THE SAME THING.
SO THANK YOU FOR HEARING ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
UM, MAYOR MORAN, VICE MAYOR BENNETT, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF AND AUDIENCE MEMBERS OF CHINO HILLS.
SUZETTE DING WITH YOUR FOURTH DISTRICT, COUNTY SUPERVISOR, KURT HAGMAN'S OFFICE.
FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO OUR ALA HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY BOYS WATER POLO TEAM ON THEIR CIF UH, CHAMPIONSHIP.
WE ARE KICKING OFF THE NEW YEAR WITH A FREE DOCUMENT SHREDDING EVENT RIGHT HERE IN CHINO HILLS.
SUPERVISOR HACKMAN PARTNERED WITH THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS TO HOST THE NEXT FREE DOCUMENT SHREDDING EVENT FOR SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY RESIDENTS THIS SATURDAY, JANUARY 27TH AT THE SHOP'S OVERFLOW PARKING LOT BETWEEN 9:00 AM TO 12:00 PM OR UNTIL THE TRUCKS REACH CAPACITY, THERE IS A LIMIT TO THREE STANDARDIZED FILING BOXES OF DOCUMENTS PER VEHICLE.
AND THIS IS A DRIVE-THROUGH STANDARDIZED BOX DIMENSIONS ARE 10 BY 12 BY 15 INCHES, NO CDS, NO DVDS, UH, X-RAYS OR PLASTICS.
AND PLEASE REMEMBER TO REMOVE ANY TYPE OF BINDER CLIPS.
WE WILL HAVE TWO SHREDDING TRACKS ON SITE AND WE HOPE TO SERVE MANY RESIDENTS.
SUPERVISOR HAGMAN HAS REINTRODUCED A PROGRAM THAT PROMOTES AND HIGHLIGHTS BUSINESS IN THE FOURTH DISTRICT.
THE FOURTH DISTRICT, DIS DISTINGUISHED BUSINESS AWARD HONORS LOCAL BUSINESSES FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR ECONOMY AND TO OUR
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COMMUNITY.WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO NOMINATE A BUSINESS THAT MEETS THE EXCEPTIONAL BUSINESS CRITERIA, AND IF THEY'RE LOCATED WITHIN OUR FOURTH DISTRICT, WHICH IS CHINO, CHINO HILLS, MONTCLAIR, ONTARIO, AND UPLAND, UM, PLEASE USE THE QR CODE THAT'S ON THE FLYER OR GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND NOMINATE A BUSINESS.
AND ALSO, IF YOU ARE A SENIOR AGE 65 AND OVER, OR IF YOU'RE A VETERAN, THERE IS AN ONGOING FREE PET ADOPTION PROGRAM, UH, THAT'S OFFERED THROUGH THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH ANIMAL CARE DEPARTMENT.
THERE ARE TWO LOCATIONS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROGRAM.
IT'S LOCATED IN DEVORE ANIMAL SHELTER AND BIG BEAR ANIMAL SHELTER.
SO FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL ANIMAL CARE DEPARTMENT AT (800) 472-5602.
ALL THE FLYERS ARE OUTSIDE IN THE HALLWAY FOR YOUR INFORMATION.
AND AS ALWAYS, FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON COUNTY SERVICES OR RESOURCES, PLEASE CONTACT SUPERVISOR KURT HAMAN'S, DISTRICT OFFICE AT 9 0 9 4 6 5 5 2 6 5.
AND WITH THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND HAVE A GREAT EVENING.
OKAY, MY NAME IS CHU, UH, RESIDENT OF CHILO HILLS.
REPRESEN REPRESENTED ME, SO I PASSED MY TASK TO DR.
IS HE TRANSLATING FOR YOU? EXCUSE ME.
I DON'T THINK, WE DON'T ALLOW TO PASS TIME, SIR.
YOU YOU'RE WELCOME TO SPEAK ON YOUR OWN BEHALF.
UH, HIS, HIS ENGLISH IS VERY POOR, CANNOT COMMUNICATE, VERY FRIENDLY TO THE MAYOR.
SO THEN I WOULD, SO I SPEAK OUT FOR HIM.
UH, IF HE COULD BE ACTIVE AS A TRANSLATOR, THEN THAT'S OKAY, BUT UM, HE SHOULD SPEAK.
YEAH, YOU CAN'T SPEAK FOR HIM.
SO HE'S WELCOME TO SPEAK IN HIS LANGUAGE AND THEN YOU CAN TRANSLATE AND THEN YOU CAN TRANSLATE FOR HIM.
OH, HE CAN TRANSLATE, RIGHT? COULD YOU START A TIME RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING? OF COURSE, OF COURSE.
SO SIR, SO YOU MAY SPEAK, YOU SPEAK, I TRANSLATE AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES STARTING NOW.
UH, AS, UH, RANCHO HILLS RESIDENTS, UH, AS RANCHO HILLS, UH, RESIDENTS, WE SUPPORT THE CEASE FIRE.
UH, COME TO THE LUNAR NEW YEAR, UH, Y EVENT, UH, ON THE SP.
UH, ACTUALLY, UH, AROUND RANCH HILL DRIVE, UH, AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE ALL WALL ABOUT FIRE HAZARD.
ACCORDING TO CITY MANAGER, HE SAID THAT THERE'S NO FIRE HAZARD ACCORDING TO STATE LAW, THAT AREA IS A HIGHLY FIRE HAZARD.
AND ON THE TOP OF IT, ALL THE RESIDENTS, ALL THE INSURANCE COMPANY CHARGE US DOUBLE OR TRIPLE FOR THAT INSURANCE FOR THE F FOR THE FIRE HAZARD.
SO, SO CITY MANAGER DOESN'T UNDERSTAND.
OKAY, SIR, LETS, HE'S READY TO CONTINUE.
UH, HE SAYS WE SHOULD FOLLOW THE STATE ASSEMBLY BILL NUMBER 3 0 7 4 TO PROTECT THE RESIDENTS FROM FIRE HAZARD.
IF YOU DON'T DO THAT, YOUR VIOLATION OF CITY LAW, UH, STATE LAW ASSEMBLY 3 0 7.
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I, HOPEFULLY, I HOPE CITY MANAGER TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUS ON THE TOP OF IT.
YOU BETTER HIRE A BETTER LAWYER.
THE LAWYER RUIN, UH, CHINO HERE IS IMAGE THAT, IS THAT THE LAST, THAT IS THE FINAL SPEAKER.
IT'S NOT VERY FRIENDLY CITY RIGHT NOW DUE TO CITY LAWYER.
[ CONFLICT OF INTEREST ANNOUNCEMENTS: Council Member abstentions shall be stated at this time for recordation on the appropriate item.]
OKAY.DO WE HAVE ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN, UM, UH, TONIGHT, RAY BRIAN PETER ARCH.
[ CONSENT CALENDAR (8 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.]
TO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR.I SEE THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT YOU'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE PULLING ITEM NUMBER NINE, CHERYL FROM THE AGENDA.
ITEM NUMBER NINE WILL NOT BE HEARD TONIGHT.
IN ADDITION, UH, ITEM, OH, I'M SORRY.
THAT THE NEXT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, I'D LIKE TO MOVE ALL THE ITEMS EXCEPT FOR THE ONE THAT PULLED SECOND AND I SECOND THE MOTION, PETER.
[10. Authorize execution of Amendment No. 5 to Agreement No. A2019-203 with West Coast Arborists, Inc., increasing total not-to-exceed amount from $5,399,786 to $5,527,786 due to unanticipated Urban Forestry Management costs]
ITEM NUMBER 10 IS TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE TO THE AGREEMENT WITH WEST COAST ARBORIST INC.THE REASON I, I BROUGHT THIS UP, I JUST WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT, DANIEL.
UM, THIS IS ACTUALLY FOR OPEN SPACE, RIGHT? DOES THIS INCLUDE TREES IN OPEN SPACE AND IN, UH, NATURAL AREAS? YES, IT DOES.
IT INCLUDES, UH, ALL TREES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, SO THAT'D BE OPEN SPACE.
THE CITY LAWYER GET HIS, UH, HE THE TAX SUPPORTER.
AL LAWYER, MAN, LET'S HOLD OFF.
SO, SO DANIEL, BASICALLY WE'RE, WE'RE SPENDING MORE MONEY FOR TREE MAINTENANCE AND OPEN SPACE.
OBVIOUSLY THE COMMUNITY HAS A CONCERN.
I JUST WANNA SAY THAT YOU'RE BEING PROACTIVE.
SO IT'S NOW ALL OVER $5 MILLION, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
NOW WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING TO INCREASE THE BUDGET UP TO, UH, LET'S SEE, WHAT'S THE NUMBER HERE? UH, $5.4 MILLION.
AND I KNOW I'VE ASKED YOU THIS QUESTION NUMEROUS TIMES.
TOTAL TREES THAT WE HAVE IN CHINO HILLS, WHAT IS IT, 78,000? IT'S A, IT'S A BIG NUMBER.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT AND I'LL SECOND IT.
NEXT WE MOVE ON TO PLANNING COMMISSION MATTERS.
THERE ARE TWO ITEMS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION MATTERS.
[13. Design Review No. 496 - 4858 Bird Farm Road, Elias Alfata, applicant: The Planning Commission adopted a resolution approving Design Review No. 496 for construction of a 3,098-square foot, two-story, single-family residence with an attached, two-car garage providing 493 square feet of covered parking and determining project is exempt from review under California Environmental Quality Act, subject to Conditions of Approval]
UNLESS IT IS PULLED FOR REVIEW BY TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE'LL JUST MOVE PAST THEM.THE FIRST ONE IS A DESIGN REVIEW AT 48 58 BIRD FARM ROAD, AND THEN
[14. Site Plan Review No. 23SPR02 and Conditional Use Permit 23CUP01 - Primewash Express (southwest corner of Ramona Avenue and Chino Hills Parkway), Parkway Carwash LLC, dba PrimeWash Express through representative Elias Bashoura, applicant: The Planning Commission adopted resolutions approving Site Plan Review 23SPR02 and Conditional Use Permit 23CUP01 for the development of new carwash on 1.07-acre vacant triangular shaped Lot located at the southwest corner of Ramona Avenue and Chino Hills Parkway and finding that street vacation and disposal of a portion of Ramona Avenue and Chino Hills Parkway conforms to Chino Hills General Plan and determining projects are exempt from review under California Environmental Quality Act, subject to Conditions of Approval, as amended]
A SITE PLAN REVIEW AND A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR PRIME WASH EXPRESS.ANYONE LIKE TO PULL ANY OF THESE PLANNING COMMISSION MATTERS? NOPE.
IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD, PUT TO OUR PUBLIC HEARING.
[15. Adopt resolutions ordering vacation of portion of Chino Hills Parkway subject to reservation of easement for utilities, and ordering vacation of portion of Ramona Avenue subject to reservation of easement for utilities and determining projects are exempt from review under California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”); adopt resolution determining City-owned property located at the southwest corner of Ramona Avenue and Chino Hills Parkway adjacent to Assessor Parcel Number 1025-452-06 (“location”) to be exempt surplus land pursuant to Government Code Section 54221(f)(1)(E) and determining declaration and sale is exempt from review under CEQA; approve purchase and sale agreement to sell 9,287 square feet of “excess” right-of-way at location and determine purchase and sale agreement is exempt under CEQA pursuant to Section 15304 (Minor Alterations to Land), Section 15312 (Surplus Land Sales) and Section 15323 (In Fill) of CEQA guidelines, and authorize Mayor to execute agreement when following occurs: appeal period for Site Plan Review No. 23SPR02 and Conditional Use Permit No. 23CUP01 under Chino Hills Municipal Code Section 16.58.060 and 16.58.070 has passed with no appeal or review having been timely filed; that the City notified California Department of Housing and Community Development (“HCD”); thirty days has lapsed from actual notification of exempt surplus land to HCD; and City received no objection to sale from HCD or if objection received, HCD has withdrawn objection; and applicant and owner of property have both signed affidavit accepting conditions of approval and applicable statute of limitations to challenge entitlements has passed]
WE'LL GO TO ITEM NUMBER 15, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM.THIS ITEM, I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT THERE WERE EDITS TO THE SURPLUS LAND RESOLUTION.
THESE WERE DISTRIBUTED TO YOU ON THE DAIS AS WELL AS PLACED OUT IN THE PUBLIC BOOK.
AND IT WAS JUST TO ADD THE REFERENCES TO EXHIBITS, UM, A A ONE B AND B ONE.
UM, THESE ARE TO ADOPT RESOLUTIONS, ORDERING THE VACATION OF A PORTION OF CHINO HILLS PARKWAY AND PORTION OF RAMONA AVENUE, SUBJECT TO RESERVATIONS OF EASEMENTS FOR UTILITIES, AND DETERMINING THE PROJECTS EXEMPT FROM REVIEW AND DETERMINING THE CITY OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF RAMONA AVENUE AND CHINO HILLS PARKWAY TO BE EXEMPT SURPLUS LAND AND DETERMINING THAT DECLARATION IS ALSO EXEMPT FROM REVIEW UNDER QUA.
AND THEN LASTLY, TO APPROVE A PURCHASE AND SELL AGREEMENT TO SELL THE EXCESS RIGHT OF WAY AT THAT LOCATION.
SO THIS TIME WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM MR. HASSEL.
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL GONNA HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION, UM, REGARDING THIS ITEM.
WE'RE, UH, THIS'LL BE, UH, DISCUSSING THE STREET VACATION ON RAMONA AVENUE IN CHINO HOUSE PARKWAY.
UH, BUT HERE BEFORE YOU IS THE RECOMMENDATION.
THIS WILL MATCH WHAT YOU'LL FIND IN YOUR STAFF
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REPORT.UH, WE'RE RECOMMENDING A RESOLUTION TO ORDER THE VACATION, A PORTION OF RAMONA AVENUE AS WELL AS CHINO HILLS PARKWAY, UH, APPROVE THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT.
AND WE ALSO HAVE A WATER EASEMENT THAT'LL BE WITHIN THIS AREA.
UH, WE WENT TO PLANNING COMMISSION.
THEY FOUND THE FINDINGS THAT IT CONFORMS WITH THE, UH, GENERAL PLAN.
BOTH STREETS ARE AT THEIR ULTIMATE, UH, WIDTH NOW.
AND THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT IS AT THIS LOCATION IS NOT NEEDED FOR FUTURE WIDENINGS.
THIS IS THE LOCATION THAT WE HAVE.
IT'S A TRIANGULAR PIECE, UH, RUNS ALONG THE FRONTAGE OF THE SR 71 ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE FREEWAY THERE.
RAMONA AVENUE IS TO THE EAST AND CHINO HILLS.
THE AREA THAT, UH, IS EXCESS RIGHT OF WAY IS ALONG THE, UH, NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY ON CHINO HILLS, UM, PARKWAY, AND THEN A PORTION ALONG THE EAST SIDE, UH, ON RAMONA AVENUE.
THE WATER EASEMENT IS FOR A 12 INCH WATER MAIN THAT WE HAVE THAT'S CURRENTLY EXISTING THERE.
AND THAT'S LONG RAMONA AVENUE.
AND THEN BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TOO, THERE'S TWO SEPARATE RESOLUTIONS, ALTHOUGH IT'S ONE PARCEL AND IT'S ONE PROJECT.
WE'RE HAVING TWO SEPARATE RESOLUTIONS JUST FOR RECORD KEEPING SO THAT WHEN ANYBODY LOOKS BACK CHINO HILLS PARKWAY, WE UNDERSTOOD WE VACATED IT AND WHY.
AND THEN AGAIN, FOR RAMONA AVENUE, AS WELL AS THE WATER EASEMENT.
ANY QUESTIONS? UH, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I'M GONNA BE OPENING UP THE THANK YOU.
AND WITH THAT, I'M GONNA OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND CHERYL, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? I DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS ON THIS ITEM.
SO SINCE THERE WERE NO SPEAKERS ON THIS, I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT UP FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION, IF ANY.
I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS ORPHAN PIECE OF LAND IS BEING PUT TO GOOD USE AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.
ALL OF US WERE APPROACHED 20 YEARS.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WITH THAT PROPERTY? IT'S A GOOD WAY TO COMPUTER.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MOVE THE ITEM.
[16. Introduce an Ordinance amending several code sections in compliance with new State Law requirements and for additional clarification of existing regulations entitled: “An Ordinance of the City of Chino Hills, Amending Title 16 of the Chino Hills Municipal Code Chapter 16.02 - General Provisions and Definitions; Chapter 16.06.120 - Fences, Walls, and Hedges; Chapter 16.10.140 - Accessory Dwelling Units; Chapter 16.33.090 - Equestrian and Large Animal Overlay District Standards and Regulations; Chapter 16.34 - Parking and Loading; Chapter 16.58 - Administrative Procedures; Chapter 16.79 - Zoning Clearance; Add Chapter 16.73 - Minor Exceptions; and Finding Proposed Municipal Code Amendments Exempt from Review Under the California Environmental Quality Act” for first reading by title only and waiving further reading and provide direction as to whether to propose an Ordinance to require building permit for any solid wall over four-feet in height and corresponding resolution setting fee for permit]
ITEM IS TO INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SEVERAL CODE SECTIONS IN COMPLIANCE WITH NEW STATE LAW REQUIREMENTS.AND FOR ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION OF EXISTING REGULATIONS, PLANNING MANAGER HOFFER WILL PRESENT.
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, UH, I DO NOT BLAME YOU FOR REPEATING THE CODE SECTIONS.
THERE IS A NUMBER OF 'EM, SO I WILL NOT REPEAT IT IN THE INTEREST OF TIME.
BUT THIS IS FOR MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENT 23 MCA ZERO ONE AND 23 MCA ZERO TWO, UH, FOR EIGHT DIFFERENT CODE SECTIONS THAT WILL BE AMENDED TONIGHT OR BEING PROPOSED TONIGHT.
2015 WAS THE LAST UPDATE WE HAD DONE, UH, FOR THE OFFENSES, WALLS, AND HEDGES, UH, SECTION.
UH, WE CLARIFIED A FEW, UH, SECTIONS REGARDING ALTERNATIVE WALL HEIGHTS, UH, FOR RETAINING WALLS, UH, AS WELL AS UPDATING, UH, HEDGE REGULATIONS AND DEFINITIONS OF THE HEDGES.
UH, IN 2017, THE COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE WE DID FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT, UH, WHICH ULTIMATELY, UH, WAS CREATED BY SB 10 69 AND AB 2299, WHICH WERE THE BILLS TO INITIATE AND FACILITATE THE ACCELERATION OF, UH, ADDITIONAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, UH, FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
IN 2019, UH, WE DID A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE FOR THE LAND USE MATRIX, UH, WHICH ALSO UPDATED THE GENERAL, UH, DEFINITIONS, PROVISIONS, AND DEFINITIONS UNDER CHAPTER SIX, CHAPTER 1602, UH, PARKING SECTION.
AND ALSO, UH, WE ADDED CHAPTER 1679, A NEW ZONING CLEARANCE, UH, PERMIT SECTION.
UH, SO AS, AS WORKING WITH, UH, WITH STAFF IN THE PUBLIC, UM, ON VARIOUS CODE, UM, ISSUES, UH, WHETHER IT'S IMPLEMENTING AND FACILITATING A PROJECT OR JUST WORKING WITH RESIDENTS, UH, THERE'S MANY TIMES WE'VE FOUND DIFFICULTIES IMPLEMENTING, UH, AS WELL AS WORKING WITH OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT, UH, RUNNING INTO CODE CASES THAT THEY HAVE IN THE FIELD.
UM, IN PARTICULAR, UH, ONE OF THE DIFFICULTIES THAT WE'VE FOUND IMPLEMENTING, UH, SINCE THE 2015 UPDATE IS THE HEDGES, UH, SECTION, UH, DIFFICULTY FINDING, UH, AND IMPLEMENTING AND ENFORCING THE HEDGE REGULATIONS, PARTICULARLY WITHIN THE SIDE AND REAR YARDS.
UH, IT'S DIFFICULT, UH, WITH BEING IN THE REAR YARDS.
UM, MATURE TREES GROW TOGETHER.
UH, DO THEY FORM A HEDGE? DO THEY NOT FORM A HEDGE? UH, IF YOU TRIM 'EM, IT MEETS THE DEFINITION, BUT THEN SIX MONTHS, EIGHT MONTHS LATER, THEY GROW BACK.
CODE ENFORCEMENT POSSIBLY GETS CALLED BACK AGAIN AND IT, IT BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPLEMENT AND ENFORCE THAT, UH, THAT CODE SECTION.
UH, WE'VE ALSO HAD A NUMBER OF INCREASED PUBLIC INTEREST AT THE COUNTER, UH, AND, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS AND RESIDENCE FOR DIFFERENT TYPE OF,
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UH, MATERIAL, UH, FOR FENCING, PARTICULARLY WOOD, UH, AS WELL AS HEIGHT ALLOWANCES WITHIN THE FRONT YARD.UH, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, UH, OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, UH, MORE SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
UH, THEN ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, UH, TO CLARIFY, UH, FURTHER PROVISIONS, UH, PREVIOUS UPDATES TO ENHANCE THE ABILITY TO IMPLEMENT AND ENFORCE THE CODE.
SO, JUMPING INTO OUR TWO SECTIONS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO UPDATE CHAPTER 1602, UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO ADD TWO DEFINITIONS, UH, EXTERIOR PROPERTY LINE AND INTERIOR PROPERTY LINE.
THESE TWO ARE REFERENCED IN A COUPLE SECTIONS IN THE CODE, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD DEFINITIONS TO CLARIFY EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS.
UH, ONE, UH, NOTE I WILL ADD IS FOLLOWING THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION, UH, STAFF HAD, UH, FURTHER DISCUSSIONS AND WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY.
AND IT'S ALSO NOTED IN YOUR, UH, STAFF REPORT, UH, PACKET, UH, TO ADD PRIVATE ACCESS WAYS INSTEAD OF JUST FOCUSED ON PUBLIC ACCESS WAYS.
UH, IT'S RECOGNIZING THAT THERE'S A NUMBER OF, UH, PRIVATE GATED COMMUNITIES, UH, AND WE WANNA RECOGNIZE THOSE PRIVATE STREETS AS WELL.
UH, CHAPTER 1610 FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, UH, UNDER AB 9 79, WHICH WAS SIGNED IN, UH, OCTOBER OF 2023, THIS MODIFIED THE PROVISIONS REGARDING OWNER OCCUPANCY.
UH, THE LAW PRIOR TO THAT BILL, UH, DID NOT REQUIRE.
IT WAS THERE WAS A SUNSET, A WINDOW, UH, ESSENTIALLY THAT DID NOT REQUIRE OWNER OCCUPANCY FROM 2020 TO 2025.
UH, AND NOW THAT BILL HAS ESSENTIALLY ELIMINATED THAT SUNSET AND NOW PROHIBITS, UH, CITY, UM, OR LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO REQUIRE, UH, ANY TYPE OF OWNER OCCUPANCY.
UH, IN ADDITION, THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER CODE SECTIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO UPDATE IN ACCESSORY DWELL UNITS.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO REMOVE THE, UH, DEEDED RESTRICTION REQUIREMENT THAT'S THIS ALSO TIED INTO, UH, THE OWNER OCCUPANCY AS WELL AS THE SALE OF THE HOUSE, UH, AND THE MINIMUM 30 DAY, UH, RENTAL.
UH, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE, UH, ARE LOOKING TO REMOVE THIS IS NOT ONLY IT'S COMPLICATED, UH, THE PROCESS, UH, NEAR THE ENDING OF THE PROJECT, WHICH DELAYED MANY, UH, PROJECTS AND RESIDENTS CAUSED, UM, MUCH FRUSTRATION ALONG WITH, UH, CONTINUING, UM, HAVING CONCERN WITH RECORDING THE DOCUMENTS WITH SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IS VERY, UH, STRICT, UH, CRITERIA AND RESTRICTIONS ON THE TYPE OF DOCUMENTS AND HOW THEY'RE FORMATTED.
UH, AND WE'VE RUN INTO A LOT OF, UH, ISSUES, UH, WITH, UH, RECORDING THESE DOCUMENTS.
NOT ONLY THAT, UM, THE, UH, MINIMUM 30 DAY, UH, LIMIT ON, UM, RENTAL WE ALREADY HAVE ON OUR CODE.
UH, SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NECESSARILY DO NOT NEED TO ADD TO A DEEDED RESTRICTION.
UH, AND AS, AS FAR AS THE SALE OF THE BUILDING, LEGALLY, YOU CANNOT SELL THE BUILDING IF IT'S PART OF THE SAME LOT.
UH, THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT IS IF THEY WERE TO CONDO MAP IT, OR MAP OR SUBDIVIDE THE PROPERTY IN ANY WAY.
AND IN THAT MANNER, UH, WOULD BE AN APPLICATION THROUGH THE CITY AND THE CITY WOULD ALLOW, UH, ADDITIONAL REVIEW, UH, AND, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO CONDITION AS NECESSARY.
UH, SO STAFF IS PROPOSING TO REMOVE THIS DEEDED RESTRICTION, UH, TO HELP STREAMLINE THE PROCESS OF GETTING THE ADUS, UH, COMPLETED, UH, IN A TIMELY MANNER.
UH, CHAPTER 1634, PARKING AND LOADING.
UH, ANOTHER, UH, STATE ASSEMBLY BILL 25 53, UH, WHICH MODIFIED PORTIONS OF THE SHELTER AND HOMELESS CRISIS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION.
UH, THIS BILL PROHIBITS LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO REQUIRE PARKING BY BED COUNT.
UH, SO THESE, SO STAFF SURVEYED, UH, UH, ADJACENT CITIES AND FURTHER ADJACENT CITIES TO SEE EXACTLY HOW WE CAN APPLY PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
UH, AND THE CONSENSUS IS THAT THEY'VE, UH, REQUIRED PARKING BY, UH, EMPLOYEE RATHER THAN THAN BED.
SO WE'RE ESSENTIALLY CHANGING, UH, THE PARKING REQUIREMENT TO MEET STATE LAW AND REQUIRING, UH, THE EMERGENCY SHELTER TO BE PARKED PER EMPLOYEE.
UH, MOVING OVER TO OUR CURRENT RESIDENTIAL PARKING STANDARDS, OUR MINIMUM, UH, RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY LENGTH IS 19 FEET, AND OUR MINIMUM WIDTH IS 16 FEET, OR, UH, THE WIDTH OF THE GARAGE DOOR.
UH, HOWEVER, THERE IS NO, UH, PROVISION OR REGULATION REGARDING MANEUVERING AREAS, UH, FOR SIDELOAD, A GARAGE.
SO STAFF IS PROPOSING TO ADD A REGULATION FOR A MINIMUM, UH, DISTANCE AND SEPARATION FOR THAT MANEUVERING AREA.
UH, THE IMAGE TO THE, UH, RIGHT OF THE, UH, POWERPOINT IS AN IMAGE THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE CODE AMENDMENT AS WELL.
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ZONING CLEARANCE, UH, THIS WAS ESTABLISHED UNDER ORDINANCE 3 39 IN 2019.UH, THIS IS A, A STREAMLINED ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS, UH, SUBJECT TO SPECIFIC CRITERIA.
UH, THIS ALLOWS STAFF TO REVIEW MINOR SITE PLAN DESIGN CHANGES, UH, THAT ESSENTIALLY OVERALL STILL ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE, WITH THE PROJECT.
UM, OVER TIME, UH, STAFF HAS HAD, UH, OPPORTUNITIES, UH, TO POSSIBLY ADD, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, CRITERIA AND APPLICABLE, EXPAND THE APPLICABILITY OF THIS CODE SECTION.
UH, SO STAFF IS LOOKING TO MAKE A FEW CHANGES TO THIS CODE SECTION TO ADD, UH, PROPERTY LINE, UH, DETERMINATION, SHARED DRIVEWAY, UH, FOR ADJOINING RESIDENTIAL LOTS, UH, MODIFICATION FOR PRE-APPROVED WIRELESS FACILITY DESIGN ELIGIBLE FACILITIES, UH, AND CO-LOCATED, UH, WIRELESS FACILITIES.
THOSE LAST THREE CATEGORIES, UH, ARE BEING ADDED, UH, TO, UM, UH, I HAVE CONTINUITY WITH OUR RECENTLY UPDATED WIRELESS CODE, WHICH IS ON IN 2022, AS WELL AS OUR LAND USE MATRIX.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO ADD DESIGNEE, UH, FOR APPROVALS, UH, TO BE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR OR DESIGNEE.
UH, THIS WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH ALL THE OTHER PERMIT, UH, UH, CODE SECTIONS IN THE CODE.
UH, WE'RE ALSO TO REORGANIZE AND RELOCATE, USE DETERMINATION, AND THEN REMOVE THE OPTIONAL CRITERIA.
SO, MOVING ON TO CHAPTER 1606, FOR FENCES, WALLS, AND HEDGES.
OUR CURRENT PROVISIONS AS UNDER OUR RESIDENTIAL, UH, REGULATIONS LIMIT MAXIMUM FRONT, UH, MAXIMUM HEIGHT IN OUR, UH, FRONT YARD TO FOUR FEET, EXCEPT MULTI-FAMILY.
MULTI-FAMILY DOES ALLOW UP TO SIX FEET.
UH, MAXIMUM HEIGHT WITHIN INSIDE AND REAR YARD ARE SIX FEET.
AND THERE'S SPECIFIC MATERIAL ALLOWED, UH, AND WOOD.
CURRENTLY WOOD PERMITTED IS, UH, WOOD MATERIAL IS NOT PERMITTED.
UM, ALTHOUGH THERE'S A LOT OF PROPERTIES OUT THERE THAT HAVE, UH, WOOD FENCES.
HISTORICALLY, THIS HAS BEEN, UH, THE POSITION OF THE CITY FOR A LONG TIME, OVER A NON-RESIDENTIAL, UH, VERY SIMILAR, UH, REGULATIONS, FOUR FEET WITHIN THE FRONT, SIX FEET WITHIN SIDE AND REAR, UH, AND THE SAME MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS AS WELL.
UH, THIS SECTION ALSO REGULATES, UH, HOW WALL HEIGHTS ARE MEASURED, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, PROVISIONS REGARDING ALTERNATIVE HEIGHTS, STEP RETAINING WALLS, AND SO FORTH.
UH, DURING PREPARATION OF THESE CODE CHANGES, STAFF DID SOME EXTENSIVE RESEARCH AND SURVEYED, UH, CITIES.
UH, THE CITIES LISTED SAN DIMAS, CORONA, ANAHEIM, WALNUT D BAR, YORBA, LINDA, AND TEMECULA.
UH, THEY WERE PURPOSELY SELECTED.
UH, WE WOULD, WE TRIED TO SELECT THE CITIES THAT MOST, UH, RESEMBLED THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, AND WE WANTED TO, UH, SURVEY THEIR REGULATIONS AND PROVISIONS FOR FENCES AND WALLS.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE TABLE TO THE RIGHT, UH, THERE'S A VARIETY OF WAYS THAT ARE REGULATED BY OTHER CITIES.
UH, EVERY CITY, UH, HAS A SPECIFIC REGULATION AND WHAT BEST FITS, UH, AND, AND WORKS FOR THEIR COMMUNITY.
UH, SOME HAVE A MI A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF THREE FEET.
SOME ALLOW FIVE FEET, SIX FEET.
UH, SOME REQUIRE PERMITS, SOME DO NOT REQUIRE PERMITS, UM, AND, UH, SOME REQUIRE ADDITIONAL PLANNING, UH, REVIEW OR PUBLIC HEARINGS.
SO, THE PROPOSED CHANGES THAT STAFF IS, UH, PRESENTING TONIGHT UNDER RESIDENTIAL IS TO LIMIT HEDGE REGULATIONS ONLY WITHIN THE FRONT YARD.
UH, ALSO ALLOW FENCES AND WALLS UP TO SIX FEET, UH, WITHIN THE FRONT YARD, UH, CITYWIDE.
UH, AND ANYTHING OVER FOUR FEET, UH, WILL, UH, REQUIRE A MINOR EXCEPTION APPROVAL, WHICH IS A NEW CHAPTER, UH, THAT WILL BE FURTHER DISCUSSED IN THE FOLLOWING SLIDES.
UH, AND, UH, ONE OF THE SPECIFIC CRITERIA IS IF THEY'RE REQUESTING A WALL OVER FOUR FEET, OR A FENCE OVER FOUR FEET, UH, THAT THE TOP THREE FEET OR ANYTHING ABOVE THREE FEET, UH, HAS TO BE OPEN MATERIAL, UH, FOR PUBLIC SAFETY PURPOSES.
UH, FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL, WE'RE LOOKING TO ALLOW UP TO SIX FEET, UH, WITH FULLY OPEN MATERIAL.
UH, THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO OUR, UH, MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, UH, PROPERTIES.
UH, A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR THIS ONE IS THE, UH, KAISER PROPERTY, UH, ON THE NORTH SIDE.
THEY HAVE A SIX FOOT FENCE, UH, SURROUNDING THEIR ENTIRE PROPERTY, MAINLY FOR SECURITY PURPOSES.
UH, MOVING ON TO MATERIAL, UH, STAFF IS PROPOSING TO ALLOW WOOD FENCING, UH, TO, UH, THE WOOD FENCING THAT WE ARE, UH, PROPOSING TO ALLOW SHOULD COMPLIMENT THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE OF THE HOME.
WE'VE BEEN MAINTAINED ALL, ALL TIMES, UH, OVER THE YEARS.
UM, THE WOOD FENCING, TECHNOLOGY AND MANUFACTURING
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HAS COME A LONG WAYS.UH, THERE'S, UH, A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UH, WAYS THAT YOU CAN TREAT WOOD.
UH, THERE'S WAYS THAT THEY, THE LONGEVITY OF THE, UH, THE MATERIAL, UH, OUTLASTS, HOW IT USED TO BE 20, 30 YEARS AGO.
UH, AND A LOT OF 'EM HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPE OF DESIGNS, UH, THAT, UH, REPRESENT, UH, THE, UH, THE STYLE OF THE HOMES.
UH, ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS, UH, CLARIFY, SLOPE RETAINING WALLS, UH, AND MEASUREMENT APPLIED TO WALL HEIGHT, BASICALLY, UH, FOR, UH, TIERED, UH, PROPERTIES.
WE HAVE, UH, VARIED TOPOGRAPHY THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
WE HAVE EVERY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD ALMOST HAS A DIFFERENT ELEVATION WITH YOUR NEIGHBOR.
UH, AND CURRENT PROVISIONS PROHIBIT, OR I, I WOULD SAY, PREVENT YOUR NEIGHBOR TO BE ABLE TO BUILD A SIX FOOT FENCE WITHIN THEIR PROPERTY FOR PRIVACY IF THEY'RE AT A HIGHER ELEVATION.
UH, IT'S MEASURED FROM THE LOWER ELEVATION.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS MAKING THE CHANGE TO, UH, ALLOW THOSE SIX FOOT FENCES IN THE SIDE YARDS TO GIVE, UH, ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES MORE PRIVACY.
SO IN ADDITION TO THE, UH, SURVEYED CITIES, UH, STAFF ALSO, UH, DROVE AROUND THE CITY IN VARIOUS, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, TAKING A LOOK AT AND TAKING PICTURES OF SOME EXAMPLES THAT THE CITY HAS, UH, FROM WALLS AND FENCES THAT ARE OVER FOUR FEET.
UH, HERE'S, UH, TWO PHOTOS OF SOME EXISTING, UH, WALLS.
UH, ONE OF 'EM ON THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE BOTTOM ONE, TWO FEET MAYBE, UH, ARE SOLID MATERIAL, TOP OPEN.
UH, THEN THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS, UH, FULLY OPEN FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.
I SAW IT ON BOTTOM, UH, OPEN MATERIAL ON TOP, AND THEN A FEW MORE.
IS THAT TALLER THAN FOUR FEET? RIGHT THERE? UH, ON THE LEFT, ON THE LEFT, IT APPEARS, IT APPEARS, YEAH, WE, WE DIDN'T GO OUT AND ACTUALLY MEASURE THEM, BUT BASED ON MANY OF THE OTHER RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES WE SAW THAT LOOKED ABOUT FOUR FEET, UH, THIS ONE APPEARED TO BE A LITTLE TALLER.
AND HERE'S SOME EXAMPLES OF SOME WOOD FENCING, UH, THAT STAFF FOUND.
SO ON THE LEFT, YOU HAVE, UH, MAINLY A WOOD POST AND A HORIZONTAL SLAT, UH, WOOD FENCING ON THE RIGHT.
UH, YOU HAVE ACTUALLY METAL POSTS WITH, UM, HORIZONTAL WOOD SLATS, UH, FOR DESIGN.
AND THEN SIMILAR TO THE, UH, LEFT AND THEN TO THE RIGHT, UH, YOU HAVE A COMBINATION OF, UH, SOLID, UH, STUCCO WALL WITH, UH, HORIZONTAL WOOD SLATS, AND THEN SIMILAR TO THE LEFT AND THEN TO THE RIGHT, YOUR TRADITIONAL, UH, WOOD PICKET FENCE.
UH, THE LAST THREE SECTIONS, UH, THE STAFF IS PROPOSING, UH, TO CHANGE IS CHAPTER 1633.
IN THE EQUESTRIAN, UH, LARGE ANIMAL OVERLAY DISTRICT STANDARDS, UM, WE ARE PROPOSING TO ALLOW WALLS AND FENCES UP TO SIX FEET.
UH, THIS IS LIMITED TO LEVEL ONE PROPERTIES, WHICH ARE PRIMARILY THE, UH, COMMERCIAL BUSINESS OPERATION SIDE OF THE EQUESTRIAN BUSINESS.
UH, THESE ONES ARE MORE FOCUSED ON THE ENGLISH ROAD, UH, AREA, AND, UH, FEW PROPERTIES OUT IN THE CARBON CANYON ROAD AREA.
UH, NO PLANNING APPROVAL, NO MINOR EXCEPTION, UH, PERMIT IS REQUIRED, UH, FOR THIS.
AND THE SAME MATERIAL, UH, AS PROPOSED WOULD BE REQUIRED THEN IN CHAPTER 1558, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES IS TO ADD THE MINOR EXCEPTION, REVIEWING AUTHORITY, UH, UNDER THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES.
AND THEN CHAPTER 1673, MINOR EXCEPTION IS THE NEW CHAPTER THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, UH, THAT'LL BE TIED TO THE PROCESS TO ALLOW WALLS AND FENCES OVER FOUR FEET, UH, SIMILAR TO THE ZONING CLEARANCE PROCESS.
IT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS.
UM, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS WE ARE REQUIRING A PROPERTY OWNER, ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER'S NOTICE.
UH, SO THE PROPERTIES TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT, AND THE PROPERTIES ACROSS THE STREET WILL BE NOTIFIED, THE ONES WHO ARE AFFECTED MOSTLY BY, UH, THE, UH, ADDITIONAL WALL HEIGHT.
AND THEN IF TWO OR MORE OPPOSITION LETTERS, UH, ARE RECEIVED BY STAFF, THEN THAT AUTOMATICALLY GETS BUMPED UP FOR PLANNING, COMMISSION, REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION.
SO THAT WRAPS IT UP ON THE CODE SECTIONS, UH, THAT STAFF IS PROPOSING.
THE LAST COMPONENT OF THIS, UH, PRESENTATION
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IS, UH, REGARDING BUILDING PERMITS FOR WALLS AND FENCES.UH, CURRENT REQUIREMENTS FOR WALLS AND FENCES RIGHT NOW, UH, IS THAT ANYTHING OVER SIX FEET, UH, REQUIRES A BUILDING PERMIT.
UH, ANY STANDALONE, UH, LET ME REPHRASE THAT.
ANY STANDALONE WALL AND FENCE OVER SIX FEET, UH, ANY RETAINING WALL THREE FEET OR ABOVE REQUIRES A BUILDING PERMIT.
UH, HOWEVER, ANY STANDALONE WALL OR FENCE UNDER SIX FEET DOES NOT REQUIRE A, UH, BUILDING PERMIT.
UH, SO STAFF IS SEEKING DIRECTION.
IF COUNSEL IS INTERESTED IN, UH, REQUIRING BUILDING PERMITS, UH, FOR FENCES AND WALLS, OR ONLY WALLS THAT ARE UNDER SIX FEET, UH, STANDALONE WALLS.
UH, AND, UH, AND IF THEY ARE, UH, THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH A, UH, RESOLUTION AT A LATER DATE, UH, ESTABLISHING A FEE AND A, UH, PERMIT.
UH, OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL IS AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS SPECIFIC TO BUILDING CODE RELATED, UH, ISSUES REGARDING THIS.
JUST A QUICK QUESTION, WITH RESPECT TO NO PERMIT FOR STANDING ALONE, WALL WALLS AND FENCES, SIX FEET OR UNDER, UM, IS THERE ANY REQUIREMENT AS FAR AS THE CONSTRUCTION OF IT, WHETHER OR NOT IT HAS TO HAVE AN 18 INCH FOOTING, WHETHER OR NOT IT HAS TO HAVE REBAR, UH, DOWN THROUGH IT CONCRETE FILLED? ARE THOSE REQUIREMENTS OR NOT? OR IS THAT JUST A MATTER OF SOMEBODY MAKING SURE THAT THE CONTRACTOR'S GONNA BUILD IT? RIGHT? YEAH.
RIGHT NOW, IT'S A MATTER OF THE CONTRACTORS.
WE ONLY HAVE A STANDARD FOR RETAINING WALLS AND WHAT WE PERMIT.
BUT LIKE WALLS DOWN BETWEEN TWO PROPERTIES, AS LONG AS IT'S UNDER SIX FEET, IT'S BUYER BEWARE, MAKE SURE YOU'RE GONNA, IT'S NOT GONNA FALL OVER.
IT'S PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, BUT IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE PERMITTED.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE THE SAFETY OF HAVING THE CITY COME OUT AND SAY, HEY, WAIT, THIS ISN'T BEING BUILT PROPERLY.
SO IT'S, IT'S UP TO THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, UH, CONTRACTOR'S GONNA BUILD IT TO WHERE IT'S GONNA LAND OR STAND UP.
JUST WANNA GO ON RECORD AS WITH THAT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, AND UNLESS ANYONE HAS SOMETHING VERY PRESSING, JUST ONE QUESTION, I'M SORRY.
REGARDING ADU, DO WE HAVE LIKE PRE-PLAN? I KNOW A LOT OF CITIES ARE DOING THAT, BUT THEY HAVE TO PRE-APPROVALS ON ADUS AND JUNIOR ADUS.
HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT, JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY? YEAH, WE ACTUALLY, UH, WERE WORKING WITH S-B-C-T-A.
UM, THEY WERE LOOKING TO, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH APPROVED, UH, SET OF PLANS, A PRE, UM, A PRE-DESIGNED SET OF PLANS.
UM, WE'RE FOLLOWING UP WITH THEM.
UH, WE, WE WERE COLLABORATING WITH THEM ON THE DIFFERENT DESIGNS.
UH, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE REQUIRED UNDER STATE LAW, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY DOES NEED TO MOVE FORWARD.
BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY.
AND THEN SB NINE WITH EDS AND JUNIOR ED, DO WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE SAME LAWS ON SB NINE? UH, YES.
ANYTHING BEFORE I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'LL BRING IT BACK? NO.
SO AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND CHERYL, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? I HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD FROM PETER LEDGE.
UH, IT'S ACTUALLY PETER RELIC, BUT, UM, AND GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR MORAN, VICE MAYOR, UH, BENNETT AND CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF, APPRECIATE YOUR ABILITY TO SPEAK HERE TODAY.
I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT, UH, CHAPTER 16 0 6 1 20 FENCES, WALLS, AND HEDGES.
AND, UM, FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO DO IS ACTUALLY COMMEND THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE STAFF ON A GOOD JOB.
UM, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IT WAS VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT.
UM, I DID ATTEND ALL THE MEETINGS AND ACTUALLY SPOKE AT ALL THE MEETINGS, AND THEY LISTENED TO US, TOOK US IN WHAT WE HAD TO SAY SERIOUSLY.
SO I WAS VERY PLEASED WITH THAT.
UM, ALSO PLEASED WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS THEY'RE MAKING.
UM, I THINK THE NEW POLICY IS VERY VIABLE.
IT'S GONNA ADD TO THE AESTHETICS OF OUR COMMUNITY, MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP IT UP, AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US.
UM, I'M ALSO VERY PLEASED WITH THE, UH, POLICY ON MINOR EXCEPTIONS.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POLICY.
UM, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY FOR REQUIREMENTS, UM, OF WALLS THAT ARE OVER FOUR FEET, THAT THEY HAVE A MINOR EXCEPTION THAT THE CITY PLANNING LOOK AT IT AND MAKE SURE THAT IF, UH, MEETS THE STAKES OF THE COMMUNITY AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
UM, THE ONE ASK I DO HAVE, AND OF COURSE I HAVE AN ASK, UM, IS THAT HOMES WITH CODE VIOLATIONS THAT THEY, WITH THE CURRENT, UH, MUNICIPAL CODE THAT THEY'RE NOT GRANDFATHERED IN, BUT INSTEAD THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE REVISED CODE.
UM, BASICALLY WOULD LIKE, YOU KNOW, HOMEOWNERS WITH, UM, CURRENT CODE VIOLATIONS RELATED TO THE WALL HEIGHTS, GO THROUGH THE FORMAL PROCESS WITH THE MINOR EXCEPTIONS, IF IT'S PASSED AND SUBJECT TO AN APPLICATION TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UM, DEPARTMENT, HAVE
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THEM REVIEW IT AND EITHER APPROVE IT OR DENY IT AFTER THEY GO THROUGH THE FORMAL PROCESS.SO, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS SUBJECT? IF NOT, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND, UH, BRING IT BACK UP HERE.
BRIAN, ANYTHING? PETER, I JUST WANT TO CONGRAT JUST KIND OF ECHO WHAT PETER SAID.
EXCELLENT JOB BY THE, UH, STAFF.
FIRST OF ALL, ON, ON VETTING THIS VERY COMPLICATED ISSUE AND THE PATIENTS THEY HAD WITH DIFFERENT HOMEOWNERS THAT GAVE THEIR POINTS OF VIEW.
AND TO CRAFT IT THIS WAY WAS, IS EXCELLENT JOB FOR THE TEAM.
AND ALSO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THEY, THEY ALSO STEPPED UP AND REALLY LISTENED AND, UH, PROBABLY ASKED SOME GREAT QUESTIONS.
I DON'T ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS, BUT I, WHAT I'VE HEARD IS THEY DID A GREAT JOB ALSO.
SO, REALLY, I MEAN, I'M ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT WOOD, UH, BUT YOU KNOW, I, I'M TRUSTING THAT, UH, WHAT WAS STATED IS TRUE THAT THE CURRENT TECHNOLOGY WITH WOOD AND THE, THE STAINS THAT GO ON IT WILL MAKE 'EM LOOK A LITTLE BETTER THAN WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE IN THE PAST.
OTHERWISE, I THINK IT'S AN AWESOME JOB BY CITY STAFF AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ART, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
UH, BEFORE WE DO THAT, I, I JUST NEED SOME CLARIFICATION FROM YOU, BEN.
SO THERE'S TWO THINGS BEFORE US.
SO, FIRST, WE NEED TO APPROVE, UM, THE TWO ORDINANCES THAT BEFORE US, AND THEN SHOULD WE VOTE ON THAT FIRST, AND THEN SHOULD WE ADDRESS THE DIRECTION OF THE PERMITTING PROCESS SINCE THEY'RE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS? YEP.
MIRAN, THAT SOUNDS RIGHT TO ME, BUT I'M GONNA LOOK TO MY CITY CLERK FOR PROCESS.
YES, WE WILL BE INTRODUCING THE ORDINANCE, AND THEN THEY ARE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION AS TO WHETHER THEY SHOULD REQUIRE A BUILDING PERMIT FOR ANY SOLID WALL OVER FOUR FEET IN HEIGHT AND BRING BACK A CORRESPONDING RESOLUTION.
SO LET US WITH ART'S MOTION, WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE TWO ORDINANCES, AND THEN WE WILL COME BACK FOR DISCUSSION ON THAT NEXT ITEM.
AND SECOND FROM BRIAN, PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO TO INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE.
RAY, DO YOU WANNA START WITH ANY COMMENTS ON THIS? I'M GOOD.
BRIAN, I'M FINE WITH, UH, HAVING HIM HAVE TO COME BACK, UH, FOR THAT PERMIT.
CAN YOU BRING THAT SLIDE UP AGAIN? THAT TALKS ABOUT THE REQUEST? UH, WAS IT THE SEEKING GUIDANCE? GUIDANCE? SO THEY WANT, SO THEY WANNA KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA CHARGE A, WELL, NICK, YOU, YOU READY TO SAY SOMETHING? UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR INDULGENCE, MADAM MAYOR.
SO, JUST TO KIND OF ROUND OUT THE DISCUSSION, TRADITIONALLY, UM, THIS CITY HAS KIND OF LUMPED WALLS INTO THE FENCE CATEGORY WHEN THEY ACT AS FENCES.
AND THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO, UH, THERE'S A DISTINCTION, THE BUILDING CODE BETWEEN A, A, A FENCE AND A WALL.
BUT TRADITIONALLY, THE CITY HAS SAID, HEY, WHEN YOU HAVE A, WHEN YOU HAVE A PARTITION BETWEEN TWO PROPERTY LINES, AND IT COULD BE A TRADITIONAL FENCES WE KNOW, OR IT COULD BE A BLOCK WALL, THE CITY HAS STILL CONSIDERED THAT BLOCK WALL A FENCE AND, UH, EXEMPTED IT FROM, UH, THE, UH, BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS.
BUT WE'RE, WE'RE FINDING AS A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AGE, AND PEOPLE ARE REPLACING OUR CHANGING OUT SOME WALLS THAT MAYBE WEREN'T, UH, BUILT AS WE WOULD EXPECT THEM TODAY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SEISMIC CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE HAVE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
UM, STAFF BELIEVES THAT, UH, IT MAY BE BENEFICIAL LONG TERM FOR THE CITY TO LOOK AT PERMITTING WALLS SO THAT THERE IS A STANDARD THAT WE CAN HOLD A CONTRACTOR TO, TO HELP ENHANCE, UH, THE PROTECTION OF OUR RESIDENTS LONG TERM.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE BRINGING THIS BEFORE THE COUNCIL TO SEE IF THE COUNCIL'S INTERESTED IN, UH, RETAINING THE CURRENT TRADITION OF ESSENTIALLY EXEMPTING, UM, PROPERTY LINE FENCES, EVEN IF THEY'RE MADE OF BLOCK, OR THEY WOULD, UH, LIKE STAFF TO EXPLORE, UH, IMPLEMENTING, UH, BUILDING CODE SECTIONS, DEALING WITH BLOCK WALLS ON, ON PROPERTY LINES, AND REQUIRING PERMITS FOR THOSE, WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE RETAINING.
I, YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BETWEEN NEIGHBORS, YEAH.
I'D RATHER HAVE IT BE A FORMAL PROCESS WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE EVERY I DOTTED AND D AND T CROSSED IN, IN MY OPINION.
SO I'M FINE WITH, UH, WITH REQUIRING A PERMIT, BUT I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE WELL, AND AGAIN, SEEN THIS FIGHT A LOT LONGER THAN I HAVE.
WELL, AND AGAIN, WHAT'S GOOD, 'CAUSE WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT IS ALL WE'RE DOING IS ASKING STAFF TO EXPLORE IT.
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WITH MORE INFORMATION AND WE CAN DISCUSS IT AGAIN.SO IT'S, NOTHING IS SET IN STONE TONIGHT, NO PUN INTENDED, BUT, MM-HMM.
SO, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE MOTION? SO IT'S GONNA COME BACK TO US, YOU SAID? THAT'S CORRECT.
WE'RE JUST, WE'RE AUTHORIZING THEM TO EXPLORE.
AND I THINK I STILL NEED TO GET WHAT THE COST FOR WHAT THE PERMITS WOULD BE AS WELL.
THAT'S, THAT'S A KEY INGREDIENT BECAUSE IT COULD BE BECOME COST PROHIBITIVE TOO, YOU KNOW, SO, YEAH.
SO WITH THAT, DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT? I'LL MOTION NOW.
IS THAT CLEAR ENOUGH, CHERYL? YES.
PETER'S MOTION AND BRIAN SECOND.
[17. Adopt resolution approving General Plan Land Use Map Amendment (23GPA02) for nine fragment properties from Public Open Space to Low Density Residential that are portions of Lot O of Tract 12625 (APN 1031-311-78), Lot V of Tract 13313-3 (APN 1031-231-61), and Lot V of Tract 13249-6 (APN 1023-691-25) and located directly behind the following properties: 3207, 3231, and 3215 Oakcreek Road; 15637 and 15629 Live Oak Road; and 13630, 13638, 13654, and 13662 Monteverde Drive and determining that the redesignation and sale of fragment property behind 13662 Monteverde Drive is exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act; and introduce an Ordinance redesignating portions of properties listed above from Open Space to residential within the Planned Development entitled: “An Ordinance of the City of Chino Hills, Adopting Amendments to Planned Development PD 23-152, and Planned Development PD 17-127, to Change the Designation From Open Space to Residential of Nine Fragment Properties That are Portions of Lot O of Tract 12625 (APN 1031-311-78), Lot V of Tract 13313-3 (APN 1031-231-61), and Lot V of Tract 13249-6 (APN 1023-691-25) and Located Directly Behind the Following Properties: 3207, 3231, and 3215 Oakcreek Road; 15637 and 15629 Live Oak Road; and 13630, 13638, 13654, and 13662 Monteverde Drive" for first reading by title only and waiving further reading]
NEXT ITEM IS A PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL.IT'S TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING GENERAL PLAN LAND, LAND USE MAP AMENDMENTS FOR NINE FRAGMENT PROPERTIES FROM OPEN SPACE TO LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, AND TO INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE RE DESIGNATING PORTIONS OF THE PROPERTIES.
THIS IS, UM, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR LAGO TO PRESENT.
THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, YOU ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE CITY'S ONGOING PROGRAM OF, UH, SELLING OPEN SPACE LAND TO RESOLVE IDENTIFIED HISTORIC ENCROACHMENTS.
SO I WILL KIND OF SKIP OVER THE, UH, HISTORY JUST TO INFORM THE COUNCIL THAT, UM, THIS PROGRAM BEGAN IN 2016.
AT THAT TIME, THE CITY IDENTIFIED 179 PROPERTIES THAT WERE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM AND ADOPTED A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION CLEARING THAT FOR, UH, THE PURPOSES OF THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT.
AND AS PART OF THE PROGRAM, THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO MODIFY GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS FOR THESE PORTIONS OF PROPERTY.
OF THE 179 PROPERTIES IDENTIFIED, 55 PROPERTIES TO DATE HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED THE PROCESS.
AND UNDER THE, UH, PAST OPEN SPACE SALES PROGRAM, AND THE CITY IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON CORRESPONDING LAND USE CHANGES TO BE INCLUDED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE.
UH, BECAUSE OF ALL THE LITTLE SMALL PIECES, UM, IT REQUIRES A LOT OF TIME TO MAP THOSE OUT IN THE CITY'S, UH, GIS SYSTEM TO UPDATE OUR MAPS.
UH, BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, UH, STAFF IS BRINGING FORWARD A SUBSEQUENT BATCH OF EIGHT PROPERTIES, AS WELL AS ONE ADDITIONAL PROPERTY THAT'S CURRENTLY VACANT, BUT IS BEING RE-DESIGNATED, UH, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CREATING A CONSISTENT LINE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE CITY'S OPEN SPACE AND PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
AT THEIR DECEMBER 19TH MEETING, THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOUND THAT THE PROPOSED LAND USE AND ZONING CHANGES WERE CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN.
AND THESE LAND USE CHANGES ARE CONSISTENT WITH ADOPTED CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND WILL CREATE CONSISTENCY BETWEEN EXISTING USES AND THE PROPOSED LAND USE DESIGNATION.
SO THEREFORE, STAFF CONCLUDES THAT THE PROPOSED CHANGES ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN.
STAFF RECOMMENDS THE CITY COUNCIL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING, TAKE PUBLIC TESTIMONY, AND ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AND ORDINANCE AS DESCRIBED IN THE AGENDA STAFF REPORT.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
UM, JUST LIKE THE OTHER PUBLIC HEARINGS IN THE FUTURE, CAN, UH, WE HAVE SOME BULLET POINTS ON THE SCREEN FOR THE AUDIENCE THAT THAT IS LISTENING.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO FOLLOW WHEN YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT SOMETHING.
I MEAN, WE'RE ABLE TO LOOK AT WHAT HE'S SAYING, BUT THE PUBLIC ISN'T, SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS.
AND, UM, BRANDON, I NEED MY ADJOURNMENT NOTES FOR NED ROGERS.
SO WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING TO, UH, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
OH, I EVEN GET IT DELIVERED BY MARK KENLEY.
CHERYL, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS THIS EVENING? NO, WE DO NOT.
WITH THAT, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK UP HERE.
UM, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IN VILLAGE OAK, THIS WAS ACTUALLY THE VERY FIRST OPEN SPACE.
UM, AND ACTUALLY OUR POLICY, WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A POLICY.
SO AT THAT TIME, YOU COULDN'T EVEN BUILD ON THOSE PROPERTIES.
YOU, YOU WOULD BUY OPEN SPACE.
THERE WAS A SERIES OF THOSE PROPERTIES IN VILLAGE OAK.
IS THAT THESE PROPERTIES, THEY WERE BASICALLY DONE 20 PLUS YEARS AGO.
YEAH, THAT'S NOT MY UNDERSTANDING.
BUT I'M, I'M A, UH, I'M A LATE COMER TO THIS, UH, PROGRAM.
SO IF, UH, MR. HENSLEY COULD PROVIDE ANY BACKGROUND ON THAT, JUST TO ADDRESS THE, UM, UH, THE DISPUTE THAT AROSE A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO ABOUT, UM, PEOPLE THAT WERE ENCROACHING INTO CITY OPEN SPACE.
UM, YOU KNOW, VARIOUS STORIES ROSE FROM THAT.
SOME PEOPLE SAID THAT THEY INHERITED THE PROPERTY THAT WAY.
THE DEVELOPER PUT THE, UM, FENCE ON THE WRONG PLACE.
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HAVE OVER, OH, CLOSE TO A COUPLE HUNDRED PROPERTIES THAT THE COUNCIL DECIDED LET'S, UM, NOW THAT THERE'S THE GIS SYSTEM, THERE'S VERY CLEAR LINES OUT THERE AS FAR AS WHERE STRUCTURES ARE CURRENTLY AND WHATNOT.UM, BUT IN ORDER TO TAKE CARE OF THE PAST ISSUES, THE ONES THAT WERE EXISTING, THAT THOSE PROPERTIES WOULD BE, UM, UNLESS THERE WAS A HEALTH AND SAFETY REASON, UM, THEY WOULD BE SOLD TO THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS.
AND THIS IS PART OF THAT PROCESS IS THEY'RE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ARE CURRENTLY TEED UP, CHERYL.
AND THE, I MEAN, THERE'S A NUMBER OF AGREEMENTS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF SLOWLY SELLING ALL THESE.
AND THIS IS TO, UH, THEN REZONE THOSE TO MAKE IT CONSISTENT WITH THE RESIDENTIAL ZONING.
AND MY QUESTION, BASICALLY, WE ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH THE SYSTEM AND ACTUALLY ALREADY SOLD THE PROPERTY, BUT THEY, THERE WAS LIMITATIONS, LIKE THEY COULDN'T BUILD ON IT.
SO WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU, THESE ARE ACTUALLY WHEN WE DID THE ENCROACHMENT, THESE ARE PART OF THOSE PROPERTIES.
THESE AREN'T THE PROPERTIES THAT HAPPENED 20 PLUS YEARS AGO.
UH, THEY'RE DIFFERENT CA CATEGORIES OF PROPERTY.
THERE'S ONE THE CITY AGREED TO BACK IN THE EARLY NINETIES WHERE THE CITY WAS SELLING SOME PROPERTIES.
UM, I DON'T REMEMBER THE NUMBER, BUT THEN THERE WERE OTHERS WHERE PEOPLE DIDN'T COME THROUGH THE CITY FOR A PROCESS AND JUST ENCROACHED UPON THEM.
WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS, HONESTLY, IS THEY WERE BEING CONSISTENT WITH BOTH PROPERTIES.
SO BRIAN, MAY I'LL MOVE THE ITEM UNLESS ANYBODY ELSE
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON THE SUBJECT.
SO WITH THAT, DO I HAVE A MOTION FROM BRIAN? SECOND.
[ SAFETY UPDATES - Fire and Police]
ON TO SAFETY UPDATES.WE'LL START WITH FIRE CHIEF DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF ALT.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNSEL, STAFF AND THE PUBLIC.
MY NAME'S JEREMY ALT, ONE OF THE DEPUTY CHIEFS WITH THE FIRE DISTRICT.
I'LL KEEP MY COMMENTS BRIEF THIS EVENING.
UH, I'M JUST GONNA FOCUS PRIMARILY ON OUR PEOPLE.
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF RECRUITING NEW FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS FOR OUR CURRENT VACANCIES.
UH, MORE TO COME LATER AS THE AMBULANCE, UH, CONTRACT ISSUE DEVELOPS, WE HAVE KEY STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE ACTUALLY LEADING THE IMPLEMENTATION TEAM FOR THE COUNTY.
WE'RE ALSO ONBOARDING NEW PERSONNEL AND COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION AND SUPPORT SERVICES.
AND THEN FINALLY, JUST WANT TO ACTUALLY, UM, THANK MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH, UH, THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE FOUNDATION AND THE WORK THAT THE FOUNDATION IS DOING TO PLACE AEDS OR AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, WE ATTENDED AN EVENT TODAY ON BEHALF OF CHIEF WILLIAMS. WE JUST WANNA EXTEND OUR THANKS TO THE GROUP FROM LLANO THAT MADE A DONATION TO OUR FOUNDATION IN SUPPORT OF PLACING MORE PUBLIC ACCESS AEDS IN THE COMMUNITY.
HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF AND RESIDENTS AND ATTENDANCE.
UH, THE CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL CONDUCT A DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OR DUI CHECKPOINT ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 27TH, 2024 FROM 6:00 PM TO 2:00 AM AT AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION.
THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF DUI CHECKPOINTS IS TO PROMOTE PUBLIC SAFETY BY REMOVING SUSPECTED IMPAIRED DRIVERS FROM THE ROAD.
THE CHINO POLICE DEPARTMENT REMINDS THE PUBLIC THAT IMPAIRED DRIVING IS NOT JUST CAUSED BY ALCOHOL, MANY PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS AND OVER-THE-COUNTER DRUGS MAY ALSO IMPAIR A PERSON'S ABILITY TO OPERATE A MOTOR VEHICLE SAFELY WHILE MEDICINAL AND RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA MAY BE ILLEGAL.
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF MARIJUANA IS ALWAYS ILLEGAL.
DRIVER'S CHARGED WITH A FIRST TIME DUI FACE ON AN AVERAGE OF $13,500 IN FINES AND PENALTIES, AS WELL AS A SUSPENDED DRIVER'S LICENSE.
AND I JUST WANT TO ADD, THE FUNDING FOR THIS OPERATION WILL BE PROVIDED BY A GRANT FROM THE CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY THROUGH THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY OF TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION.
DO WE HAVE ANYTHING FOR FI, FIRE OR POLICE? OKAY.
[ CITY MANAGER UPDATES]
CITY MANAGER UPDATE, MAYOR MORAN.UH, THIS NEW ITEM, UH, WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO BRING, UH, UH, SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE CITY THAT THE COUNCIL WILL DECIDE ON, UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
IT JUST TURNS OUT THAT, UH, UH, LAST WEEK, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT GAVE A GREAT, UH, PRESENTATION ON MANY OF THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN THE LAST YEAR IN OUR PARKS AND OPEN SPACES.
I'M GONNA DEFER TO A FUTURE MEETING TO BRING THAT FULL REPORT TO YOU SO THAT BOTH THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY CAN SEE ALL THE GOOD WORK THAT'S BEING DONE OUT, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, WITH THEIR TAX DOLLARS.
SO I WILL CONCLUDE MY REPORT AT THAT.
AND, UH, MOVING ON, UH, TRACE ROMANO'S
[ COUNCIL REPORTS Mayor Moran Tres Hermanos Conservation Authority Board Vice Mayor Bennett Chino Valley Independent Fire District Board Chino Valley Unified School District Board Council Member Johsz West Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District Council Member Rogers Chino Hills Community Foundation Board Water Facilities Authority Board]
CONSERVATION AUTHORITY BOARD.I ATTENDED MY FIRST MEETING AND IT WAS A VERY SHORT MEETING, UH, WITH NO OLD BUSINESS, NO NEW BUSINESS.
AND WE HAD, UH, A SHORT CLOSED SESSION.
AND, UM, NOTABLE FROM THE MEETING, WE ELECTED A NEW CHAIR, OUR OWN PETER ROGERS AND,
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UH, VICE CHAIR CORY MOSS FROM THE CITY OF INDUSTRY.SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THAT.
AND NEXT WE HAVE VICE MAYOR, UH, BENNETT'S REPORTS.
UH, WITH RESPECT TO CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT, WE NEED TO CHECK OR CHANGE OUR RECORDS TO ELIMINATE THE INDEPENDENT WORD IN THERE.
JUST FOR FUTURE REFERENCE, LET'S JUST CALL IT CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT 'CAUSE THAT'S HOW THEY REFER TO THEMSELF.
UH, THE LAST MEETING, UH, TWO NOTABLE AWARDS, UH, UH, 30 YEARS OF SERVICE CAPTAIN JEFF BRADY AND A RETIREMENT RECOGNITION OF CAPTAIN PETE MORALES.
UH, ESSENTIALLY THOSE WERE THE, UH, UH, MOST IMPORTANT THINGS AT THE MEETING.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT FOR THE FIRE DISTRICT, UH, CHINO VALLEY, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I CHECKED WITH THE CITY CLERK AND ONE OF THE, UH, BOARD MEMBERS.
THEY DID NOT ANTICIPATE ANY MAJOR, UH, ACTIVITY GOING ON, UH, LAST THURSDAY NIGHT.
SO THAT, UH, CONCLUDES MY REPORTS AND COUNCIL MEMBER JOE.
UH, FOR, UH, WEST VALLEY MOSQUITO, OUR, UH, GENERAL MANAGER WAS OUT OF THE OFFICE FOR THE MEETING TODAY, SO WE DID NOT HAVE A MEETING, SO, OKAY.
A COUPLE OF ITEMS. ONE AT CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
WE HELD OUR BOARD MEETING YESTERDAY, AND AT THAT TIME, WE, UH, DISCUSSED THE CONCERT, THE UPCOMING CONCERT SERIES, AND WHAT POTENTIAL ACTS WE MAY BE INVITING TO THE CONCERT SERIES.
WE DO THREE CONCERTS A YEAR AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER OUTSIDE.
WE WELCOME BACK GRACE CAPS TO OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
UH, SHE RETIRED FROM THE CAPITAL GROUP AND, UH, SHE'S MOST WELCOME BACK TO OUR TEAM.
AND ALSO WE APPROVED AS WE DID LAST YEAR, UH, TWO AEDS.
UH, AND WE CHOSE TWO POTENTIAL LOCATIONS, ONE SOUTHERN ALBERTSONS AND THE OTHER ONE CHICK-FIL-A AS LOCATIONS FOR THOSE TWO AEDS.
IF THEY BOTH SAY YES, GREAT, UH, THEN THEY'RE IN.
AND THEN WE HAVE A BACKUP PLAN, UH, OF ANOTHER SITE, ANOTHER GROCERY STORE, JUST IN CASE ONE OF 'EM SAYS NO.
THAT'S SECOND YEAR IN A ROW THAT WE'VE APPROVED AND SUPPORTED TWO AEDS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WITHIN MORE TO COME.
AND THAT'S IT FOR FOUNDATION, WFA, UH, WATER FACILITIES AUTHORITY.
WE HAD AN ELECTION OF OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES AS MANY OF THESE, UH, ENTITIES ARE DOING THESE DAYS.
AND THE MWD RATES ARE CONTINUE TO GO UP AS WE KNOW.
WFA IS THE STATE WATER THAT WE, UH, ACCESS THROUGH EITHER WFA OR THROUGH, UM, MONTE VISTA WATER DISTRICT.
SO THE RATE FOR AN ACRE FOOT IS, UH, NOW $903.
SO YOU CAN SEE IT KEEPS CREEPING UP.
UM, IN 19 IT WAS $731, UH, AND AN ACRE FOOT IS 326,000 GALLONS ENOUGH TO PROVIDE FOR TWO FAMILIES A YEAR AS, AS AN EXAMPLE.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE RATES THAT ARE GOING UP.
WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THOSE, AND THAT'S BEFORE ANY TREATMENT TAKES PLACE.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE MIDYEAR BUDGET FOR, UH, OFFSETTING SOME COSTS FOR WFA.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE DISCUSSED CONTRIBUTIONS TO CALPERS BASED ON THE NINE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE AT THE WFA WATER PLANT IN UPLAND THAT WE ARE PARTNERS WITH.
THAT'S IT FOR WFA BOARD MEETING.
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INTO CLOSING COMMENTS.UH, JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO OFFER CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CHINO BASIN WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT, WHICH WE'RE VERY PROUD TO HAVE IN OUR REGION.
THEIR, THEIR OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, WATER CONSERVATION AND PROGRAMS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
THEY'RE THERE TO HELP ANY OF US THAT WANT TO PLANT IN OUR, IN OUR PROPERTIES.
THEY'VE ALSO HELPED OUT WITH, UH, UM, UH, BIG COMPANIES ALSO, AS FAR AS THEIR WATER MANAGEMENT PLANS.
UH, THEY HAD THEIR 75TH ANNIVERSARY JUST, UH, LAST WEEK.
AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND AND REPRESENT THE CITY THERE.
AND JUST CONGRATULATIONS TO, TO THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT.
AND ALSO, UH, WHICH WAS ALLUDED TO A LITTLE BIT AGO, THERE WAS A SPECIAL EVENT THAT TOOK PLACE, UH, SPONSORED BY THE LLANO HOMEOWNERS JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO.
AND AT THAT POINT, THE LLANO, UH, HOMEOWNERS CUMULATIVELY CONTRIBUTED, UH, OR DONATION BOTH TO THE, UH, CITIZENS ON PATROL AND ALSO TO THE FIRE FOUNDATION.
SO THE VALANA RESIDENTS EACH, UH, CONTRIBUTED TO BOTH OF THOSE ENTITIES.
AND WHEN I GAVE A LITTLE TALK ON BEHALF OF, UH, CYNTHIA, I DID NOTE, NOTE THAT IN ALL MY YEARS, I'D NEVER SEEN A ONE PARTICULAR
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COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER THAT WAY TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR, OUR, UH, EMERGENCY SERVICES.AND THAT WAS, IT WAS QUITE NOTEWORTHY.
AND, UH, I THINK BOTH CHIEFS, CHIEFS SAID THE SAME THING.
THAT THAT WAS KIND OF A, AN ANOMALY TO, TO WITNESS THAT HAPPENING.
WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR SAFETY RECORD IN, IN TOWN.
AND, UM, THAT'S REFLECTIVE OF THE TYPE OF COMMUNITY WE HAVE, WHICH THEY STEPPED UP TO, UH, SUPPORT OUR, WHATEVER THE FOUNDATION NEEDS TO DO TO SUPPORT FAMILIES OR WHATEVER.
AND THAT'S WHERE I MET PETER OVER THERE.
UH, THAT'S WHY WE'RE ON FIRST NAME BASIS.
UH, SO ANYWAY, IT WAS VERY REWARDING.
AND, UH, UH, SOME OF OUR TEAM, BEN WAS THERE.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LLANO HOMEOWNERS FOR STEPPING UP TO SUPPORT OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES.
UH, JUST TWO QUICK ITEMS. UH, ONE, PLEASE.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE MENTIONED, I KNOW NICOLE MENTIONED IT, IF YOU DO CARE ABOUT THE SKATE PARK, YOU KNOW, GIVE YOUR OPINION.
I LIVE, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE BLOCKS AWAY FROM IT.
SO IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT GETS UTILIZED.
SO IF YOU USE IT, YOU KNOW, OR IF YOU WANNA SEE SOMETHING, GET IMPROVED THERE, MAKE YOUR, UH, MAKE YOUR OPINION KNOWN.
AND THEN ALSO TO TOUCH ON, UH, WHAT, UH, CHIEF A HAD, UH, MENTIONED ABOUT THE, THE FIRE FOUNDATION ST.
PATRICK'S DAY'S COMING BACK, I SAW THAT THE FIREFIGHTER UNION AND, UH, THE FOUNDATION WAS PROMOTING IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, MARK YOUR, MARK YOUR CALENDAR.
IT'S ALWAYS A FUN WAY TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY AND KEEP THOSE AEDS UH, COMING.
UM, I ACTUALLY ATTENDED, UM, THE LATINO CAUCUS, UM, CAL CITIES.
AND, UM, IT WAS ACTUALLY IN VEGAS WAS OUR WINTER RETREAT.
AND WE WERE, THE LAST TIME WE WERE THERE WAS ABOUT, UH, SEVEN YEARS AGO, AND THAT'S EXACTLY ABOUT SIX MONTHS.
JUST BEFORE THAT IS WHEN THEY HAD THE SHOOTING DOWN THERE IN VEGAS.
SO I TOOK A, A WALK DOWN THERE JUST TO REMEMBER SOME OF THE EMOTIONS THAT WERE GOING ON, BUT I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN SEVEN YEARS.
BUT, UH, WE HAD A GREAT RETREAT IN VEGAS, UH, THE UNITED CARPENTERS.
IT'S THE BIGGEST TRAINING CENTER IN THE UNITED STATES AND ALSO CANADA.
SO IT WAS A REALLY GOOD, UH, WORKSHOP.
AND, UH, SO I HAD A GOOD TIME.
I'M LEARNING HOW TO SPEAK SPANISH.
I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT DOESN'T SPEAK SPANISH,
UM, AND THE ONLY OTHER THING TOO IS I'M DANIEL TCP 1 2 3.
CAN YOU GIVE US A STATUS ON THAT AND WHERE WE ARE AND WHEN THAT'S GONNA BE? OPERATIONAL, UH, CONSTRUCTION OF THE 1 2 3 TCP, UM, WATER TREATMENT FACILITIES MOVING ALONG QUITE WELL.
UH, WE, UH, HAVE A PROJECTED, UH, TIMEFRAME OF COMPLETION OF, UH, THIS SPRING.
UH, WE WILL NEED TO DO, UH, OR UNDERGO SOME TESTING THROUGH THE STATE WATER BOARD.
UH, THE COMMISSIONING TAKES APPROXIMATELY, UH, TWO TO THREE MONTHS.
UH, SO THE, UM, THE GOAL IS TO HAVE THE PLANT UP AND RUNNING BY SUMMER OF THIS YEAR.
JUST A QUICK QUESTION, TO BE ABLE TO SHADE THAT FROM THE STREET.
IS EARNING PLANTS TO PUT OTHER TREES OR CANVAS, I MEAN, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE WE THINKING ABOUT DOING? UM, TOWARDS THE END OF THE PROJECT, UH, WE WILL BE INSTALLING OR PLANTING, UH, UH, A ROW OF TREES, UH, THAT WILL FRONT, UH, EUCALYPTUS, UH, DRIVE.
UH, THE GOAL IS TO, UH, UH, BUFFER AS MUCH AS WE CAN OF THE EXISTING, UH, VESSELS.
UH, AS BEAUTIFUL AS THOSE VESSELS ARE.
UM, WE, WE UNDERSTAND THEY CAN'T BE AN EYESORE, UM, FROM AN ENGINEERING STANDPOINT, I'D LOVE THE VESSELS.
UH, BUT I UNDERSTAND, UH, IT'S A, IT'S A BIT OF AN EYESORE.
UM, BUT WE WILL BE, UH, UH, BUFFERING, UH, WITH SOME, SOME SIGNIFICANT, UH, SIZE TREES.
THEY WON'T BE AT FULL MATURITY, UH, BUT IN, IN TIME THEY WILL GROW, UH, AS HIGH AS THE VESSELS AND WE'LL FULLY BLOCK THE, THE VESSELS AND ACROSS THE STREET, IS THAT ACTUALLY CITY OF CHINO HILLS OR IS IT CHINO? THE STREET, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS THE STREET IS IN THE CITY OF CHINO.
UH, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT THEN.
WE ARE BEING THE BEST NEIGHBORS.
MARYANNE WROTE IT DOWN IN HERE AND THERE.
AND I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING, THE ONLY THING I DID WANNA SAY IS, UM, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS MY THIRD TERM AS MAYOR, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME MEETINGS ARE HARDER THAN OTHERS TO PRESIDE OVER.
AND I JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
I, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE HERE AND THAT IS CALMING TO ME AND I FEEL PROTECTED.
I, I FEEL LIKE WE CAN HAVE DEMOCRACY, BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE AT OUR MEETINGS.
AND, UM, I THINK ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THAT MY FOUR COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR RESPECT AND YOUR SUPPORT IN MY ROLE.
AND WE CAN, UH, HAVE A GOOD YEAR BECAUSE WE'RE A STRONG TEAM, RIGHT? AND THANK YOU MR. CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE MY FAREWELL SPEECH.
IT'S ONLY MY SECOND MEETING, BUT I JUST WANTED TO KNOW THAT I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY.
[ ADJOURN IN MEMORIAM: Adjourn in memory of Ned Rogers from Caring for the Hills, who passed away on January 17, 2024, at the age of 85.]
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THAT SAID, TONIGHT, UM, ON A SOMBER NOTE, WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF LONGTIME RESIDENT NED ROGERS WHO PASSED AWAY ON JANUARY 17TH.UM, MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY KNEW NED AND HIS LATE WIFE, JUDY, FOR THEIR WORK WITH CARING FOR THE HILLS, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, WHICH THEY STARTED IN THEIR CHINO HILLS HOME IN THE LATE 1990S.
TOGETHER WITH THE HELP OF MANY VOLUNTEERS, THEY PROVIDED MEALS FOR THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY EACH AND EVERY YEAR.
THEY OPENED THEIR HOME SEVEN DAYS A WEEK TO OFFER FOOD AND SUPPLIES FOR ANYBODY WHO NEEDED HELP.
NED WAS A US ARMY VETERAN AND A DUAL RETIREE.
HE RETIRED FROM THE US FOREST SERVICE AFTER 25 YEARS OF SERVICE WHERE HE EVEN PLAYED THE ROLE OF SMOKEY THE BEAR.
AND WE CAN SEE WHY YOU WOULD'VE NED
HE THEN WORKED FOR THE CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AS A GROUNDMAN AND A TRUANT OFFICER.
HE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE TRACK AND FIELD WORLD, INCLUDING SERVING AS A RACE STARTER IN CHINO VALLEY.
HE WAS ALSO INVOLVED WITH THE OLYMPIC TRACK AND FIELD COMMITTEE FOR OVER 30 YEARS, AND THE MOUNT SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD PROGRAM FOR OVER 20 YEARS THAT I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT HIM.
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE ENTIRE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY, WE EXTEND OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO NED'S THREE CHILDREN, DEBORAH, ADAM, AND GAVIN, AND HIS FIVE GRANDCHILDREN.
HIS GIVING NATURE AND SELFLESS SPIRIT WILL CERTAINLY BE MISSED IN CHINO HILLS.
AND WITH THAT, TONIGHT'S MEETING IS ADJOURNED.