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           GOOD 
          [ 3:00 P.M. - CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL]
AFTERNOON. 
          I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE SENIOR HOUSING PROJECT WORKSHOP FOR THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS. 
          AT THIS TIME, WILL YOU, CHERYL, WILL YOU TAKE ROLL CALL? ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT EXCEPT FOR COUNCIL MEMBER JOES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 
          READY BEGIN PLEDGE PGI TO RELY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO REPUBLIC RELIGIOUS HANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          AT THIS TIME, WE'LL TAKE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEMS APPEARING ON THE SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA. 
          THOSE PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ARE REQUESTED TO COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK A REQUEST, A SPEAK CARD AVAILABLE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          CHAMBERS. 
          COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER. 
          AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY SPEAKER CARDS. 
          IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT HAD WISHED TO FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD? 
          [ SENIOR HOUSING PROJECT WORKSHOP]
OKAY. 
          MOVING ON. 
          THE FIRST ITEM IS THE WORKSHOP, AND THIS IS TO RECEIVE PRESENTATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A PROPOSED 50 UNIT AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING PROJECT, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR LAG TO PROVIDE THE PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE KATHY HEAD, WHO'S SITTING NEXT TO ME WITH KAISER MARSDEN ASSOCIATES, AND SHE IS A CITY'S CONSULTANT THAT HAS ASSISTED US WITH THIS PROCESS. 
          SHE IS AN EXPERT IN THE FIELD OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND REVIEWING DEVELOPMENT, PROFORMAS AND FINANCING, AND SHE IS HERE TO HELP TONIGHT WITH ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS THAT MAY ARISE ON FEBRUARY. 
          OH, BACK THERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO IN FEBRUARY OF 2022, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED THE SIX CYCLE HOUSING ELEMENT, WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY CERTIFIED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. 
          THE HOUSING ELEMENT DIVI, UH, IDENTIFIED NINE SITES WITHIN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS THAT COULD ACCOMMODATE THE CITY'S REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF 3,700 IN 29 UNITS. 
          ONE OF THOSE SITES WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE SITE WE ARE DISCUSSING THIS AFTERNOON, UH, KNOWN AS THE PARK OVERFLOW SITE. 
          SO THAT SITE IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF PEYTON DRIVE AND EUCALYPTUS AVENUE. 
          IT'S, UH, CURRENTLY OCCASIONALLY USED FOR OVERFLOW PARKING FOR COMMUNITY PARK. 
          AND ON THIS SITE, 50 UNITS WERE IDENTIFIED THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO VERY LOW AND LOW INCOME SENIOR CITIZENS. 
          THIS SITE IS IDEALLY SUITED FOR AN AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, AS IT IS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO MANY SERVICES AND AMENITIES SUCH AS PARKS, COMMUNITY CENTER, LIBRARY, GROCERY STORES, CHURCHES, AND HEALTHCARE FACILITIES. 
          THIS MAKES IT VERY COMPETITIVE FOR TAX INCREMENT FINANCING, WHICH WOULD BE REQUIRED TO MAKE THE PROJECT FEASIBLE. 
          SOME IMPORTANT THINGS, UH, FOR THE COUNCIL TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE HEAR PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT. 
          UH, SENIOR HOUSING WAS IDENTIFIED AS A PRIORITY BY CITY RESIDENTS IN A SURVEY THAT WAS CONDUCTED FOR THE HOUSING ELEMENT DURING OUR, OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH FOR THAT PROJECT. 
          THE CITY CURRENTLY LACKS INDEPENDENT SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES. 
          THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE ONSITE MANAGEMENT AS WELL AS PROVIDE SERVICES TO ITS RESIDENTS, UH, CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND RECREATIONAL UM, SERVICES AS WELL. 
          THE COUNCIL'S GONNA SEE FROM EACH OF THE DEVELOPERS A PROPOSED DESIGN FOR THE SITE, BUT THIS DESIGN IS FLEXIBLE, CAN BE MODIFIED AS THE PROJECT WILL ULTIMATELY NEED TO BE APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL. 
          UH, ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, UM, SENIOR HOUSING IS A, IS A PRETTY LOW TRAFFIC GENERATING USE. 
          UM, THE SITE IS ON PEYTON AVENUE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE CITY'S, UH, MAJOR ARTERIALS AND A PRIMARY ACTIVITY CORRIDOR WITHIN THE CITY. 
          UM, BUT, UH, IN THE CITY'S STUDIES OF THE TRAFFIC IMPACTS, THEY ARE PRETTY LOW. 
          UH, 
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AND TO SUMMARIZE, THE CITY IS LO OR THE SITE IS LOCATED IN A VERY ADVANTAGEOUS AREA IN THE CITY THAT WOULD HELP WITH THE FUNDING FOR DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT, UM, LAST YEAR THE CITY ISSUED A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS AND QUALIFICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT TEAMS, UM, FOR THE SITE AND THE CITY RECEIVED 10 PROPOSALS. 
          STAFF, UH, ALONG WITH OUR CONSULTANT, EVALUATED AND SCORED THOSE PROPOSALS BASED UPON THEIR QUALITY AND COMPLETENESS, THE VISION THAT THEY HAD FOR THEIR SITE, UH, THEIR FINANCIAL CAPACITY, COMPARABLE EXPERIENCE IN WORKING WITH, UH, COMMUNITIES AND SIMILAR SIZE DEVELOPMENTS AS PREVIOUS WORK, AS WELL AS PREVIOUS WORK WITH OTHER PUBLIC ENTITIES. 
          AND SO STAFF SELECTED FIVE DEVELOPERS TO INTERVIEW, AND THOSE INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR. 
          AND BASED UPON THOSE INTERVIEWS, THREE DEVELOPERS ARE RECOMMENDED BY STAFF TO PRESENT BEFORE COUNCIL. 
          TODAY, THE PRESENTATION FORMAT WILL BE ROUGHLY THE SAME. 
          EACH OF THE DEVELOPERS WILL PROVIDE A PRESENTATION TO THE COUNCIL. 
          AT THE CONCLUSION OF EACH PRESENTATION, THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM, AND THOSE PRESENTATIONS WILL INCLUDE AN INTRODUCTION OF THE TEAM, EXAMPLES OF SIMILAR PROJECTS, THEIR DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT FOR THE SITE, WHICH VARY FROM PROPOSAL TO PROPOSAL, UH, THEIR LONG-TERM SITE MANAGEMENT, UH, SOME ONSITE SERVICES THAT THEY WILL BE PROVIDING A SUMMARY OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT FUNDING AND THE AFFORDABILITY LEVELS FOR THE PROJECT, THEIR APPROACH TO COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND A DRAFT SCHEDULE OF DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE COUNCIL RECEIVE PRESENTATIONS FROM THE THREE DEVELOPMENT TEAMS, WHICH INCLUDE, UH, NATIONAL COMMUNITY RENAISSANCE, OR NATIONAL CORE CNC DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED CALIFORNIA. 
          AND THEN HAVE A QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD FOLLOWING EACH PRESENTATION. 
          AFTER THE THIRD PRESENTATION AND QUESTIONS, STAFF IS REQUESTING THAT THE COUNCIL DELIBERATE WITH THE GOAL OF IDENTIFYING A FINALIST DEVELOPMENT TEAM THAT WILL PROVIDE DIRECTION TO STAFF. 
          WE'LL THEN WORK WITH THE FINALISTS TO PREPARE AN EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATING AGREEMENT, WHICH WILL BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE COUNCIL AT A SUBSEQUENT MEETING. 
          AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU, NICK. 
          OKAY. 
          SO NICK, ARE YOU GOING TO INTRODUCE THE DEVELOPERS TO COME UP AND, YES. 
          SO AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO BRING UP THE, UH, TEAM FOR NATIONAL COMMUNITY RENAISSANCE. 
          WELCOME. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME'S ALEXA WASHBURN. 
          I'M SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF PLANNING AND ACQUISITIONS FOR NATIONAL COMMUNITY RENAISSANCE. 
          JOINING ME THIS AFTERNOON ON MY TEAM, WE HAVE COURTNEY RICHARDS, WHO IS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT. 
          WE ALSO HAVE TAYLOR, WHO IS OUR STELLAR PROJECT MANAGER. 
          WE ALSO HAVE, UH, PATRICK, WHO IS OUR VICE PRESIDENT OF CONSTRUCTION BLANCA, OUR REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF OUR HOPE THROUGH HOUSING FOUNDATION. 
          THAT'S OUR SERVICES ARM. 
          AND THEN BRIAN CHESKY, WHO IS WITH CITY FABRIC AND LEADING OUR DESIGN TEAM. 
          SO NATIONAL COMMUNITY RENAISSANCE. 
          MOST PEOPLE WILL REFER TO US AS NATIONAL CORE OR CORE FOR SHORT. 
          AND WE ARE A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION. 
          WE SPECIALIZE IN BUILDING AND MANAGING HIGH QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PAIRED WITH BEST PRACTICE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. 
          OVER THE PAST 32 YEARS, OUR ORGANIZATION HAS GROWN TO A PORTFOLIO OF OVER 10,000 UNITS THAT PROVIDE BEAUTIFUL, SAFE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO OVER 30,000 RESIDENTS, MAKING US THE THIRD LARGEST NON-PROFIT AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPER IN THE NATION. 
          AND WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE IN OUR VALUE ADD IS THAT WE ARE A FULL SERVICE VERTICALLY INTEGRATED ORGANIZATION, ONE STOP SHOP, EVERYTHING FROM IN-HOUSE PLANNING, WHERE WE CONDUCT OUR OWN COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENTITLEMENTS. 
          OUR DEVELOPMENT TEAM PREPARES ALL OF OUR PERFORMANCE IN-HOUSE, ALL OF OUR FUNDING APPLICATIONS. 
          WE'RE ALSO HAVE AN IN-HOUSE GENERAL CONTRACTING LICENSE. 
          SO OUR CONSTRUCTION DIVISION BUILDS 
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ALL OF OUR BEAUTIFUL APARTMENT HOME COMMUNITIES, AND OUR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT DIVISION OPERATES AND MAINTAINS AND MANAGES ALL OF OUR PROPERTIES. 
          AND BECAUSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THERE'S A LOT OF CHECKS AND BALANCES, WE HAVE AN ENTIRE DIVISION DEDICATED TO COMPLIANCE ASSET MANAGEMENT. 
          AND THEN OUR HOPE THROUGH HOUSING FOUNDATION PROVIDES SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TAILORED TO THE NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS ON SITE. 
          WE'RE PROUD TO CALL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY OUR HOME. 
          OUR CORPORATE OFFICES ARE LOCATED JUST 15 TO 20 MINUTES NORTH OF HERE IN THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA. 
          OVER 30% OF OUR PORTFOLIO IS RIGHT HERE IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, WHERE WE OWN AND OPERATE OVER 26 APARTMENT HOME COMMUNITIES. 
          SHOWN HERE ON THIS SLIDE ARE SOME OF OUR PREMIER APARTMENT HOME COMMUNITIES. 
          WE WOULD LOVE TO GIVE YOU A TOUR OF FOUR OF OUR APARTMENT HOME COMMUNITIES RIGHT OVER THE HILL IN ORANGE COUNTY IN THE CITY OF YORBA LINDA. 
          WE'VE ALSO FEATURED HERE SOME OF OUR PREMIER SENIOR APARTMENT HOME COMMUNITIES, DAY CREEK VILLAS, AND RANCHO CUCAMONGA VISTA GRANDE COURT. 
          ANOTHER EXCELLENT EXAMPLE IN GLENDALE AND CLOSE BY IS MISSION SENIOR VILLAGE IN HARPA VALLEY. 
          ANOTHER ASPECT THAT WE ARE PROUD OF IS THAT NATIONAL CORE BECAME THE SECOND NON-PROFIT AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPER IN THE NATION TO RECEIVE AN S AND PA PLUS RATING. 
          WHAT THAT ALLOWED US TO DO IS SHORTLY THEREAFTER TO ISSUE A $100 MILLION SOCIAL BOND, BECOMING ONLY THE SECOND NONPROFIT AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPER IN THE NATION TO ISSUE A SOCIAL BOND. 
          THIS $100 MILLION SOCIAL BOND ALLOWED US TO BUILD A DEEP DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE, ALLOWS US TO FUND PRE-DEVELOPMENT COSTS, WHICH CAN BE UP TO 2 MILLION OR MORE DOLLARS PER PROJECT. 
          WE CAN FINANCE THAT IN-HOUSE AND REALLY HELP FINANCE ACQUIRE AND DEVELOP AFFORDABLE, HIGH QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE AN IN-HOUSE LICENSED GENERAL CONTRACTOR. 
          THIS HAS ALLOWED US TO DEVELOP STRONG IN-HOUSE SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES THAT ALLOW QUALITY CONTROL, QUALITY ASSURANCE, COST CONTROL. 
          WE ALSO HAVE, IN-HOUSE COST ESTIMATING, WE'VE EMBRACED SUSTAINABILITY. 
          GREEN BUILDING IS A STANDARD FOR NATIONAL CORE. 
          WE'RE ALSO PROUD TO BE DESIGNATED A LEAD HOME POWER BUILDER, ONE OF ONLY 12 DEVELOPERS IN THE NATION TO RECEIVE THAT DESIGNATION FOR THE FIFTH YEAR IN A ROW, WE GO ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT'S SCRIPTED, WHAT'S REQUIRED. 
          THROUGH CALGARY GREEN, WE FOCUS ON ELEMENTS THAT REDUCE BUILDING ENERGY USE, THAT REDUCE OPERATING COSTS, AND THAT THEN HAVE THE BENEFIT TO OUR RESIDENTS IN REDUCING THEIR UTILITY BILLS. 
          WE'RE ALSO AN OWNER OPERATOR, SO WE MANAGE ALL OF OUR APARTMENT HOME COMMUNITIES, AND IN FACT, WE HAVE A PROPERTY MANAGER THAT LIVES ON SITE IN EACH OF OUR COMMUNITIES BECOMING THE EYES AND EARS OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          WE PERFORM OUR OWN TENANT SCREENINGS AND BACKGROUND CHECKS. 
          WE STRICTLY MANAGE AND MONITOR UNIT OCCUPANCY. 
          WE STRICTLY MANAGE PARKING AS WELL AS WE ARE, UH, HAVE ADOPTED. 
          AND WHEN WE'RE ONE OF THE FIRST DEVELOPERS TO IMPLEMENT A SMOKE FREE POLICY IN OUR PORTFOLIO AT ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          SO WE'VE TERMED THE THE PHRASE BEST IN CLASS AND WE MANAGE FROM AN OWNER'S PERSPECTIVE, RIGHT, ENSURING HIGH PERFORMANCE COMMUNITIES WHERE WE MAXIMIZE NET INCOME. 
          THIS IS DONE THROUGH A VERY DETAILED AND REGULAR DEVELOPMENT, UH, BUDGET REVIEW PROCESS. 
          WE ALSO SURPASS INDUSTRY STANDARDS THROUGH KPIS, OUR KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, RIGHT? LOOKING TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE MAINTAINING A HIGH PERCENTAGE OCCUPANCY, THAT WE ARE COLLECTING RENT ON TIME, AND THAT OUR WATER CONSERVATION EFFORTS, UM, ARE YIELDING THE, YOU KNOW, THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AS WELL AS CON WATER CONSERVATION. 
          AND AGAIN, I MENTIONED THAT WE CONVERTED OUR ENTIRE PORTFOLIO TO SMOKE-FREE IN 2016 SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. 
          SO OUR HOPE THROUGH HOUSING FOUNDATION PROVIDES TAILORED SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO EACH OF OUR RESIDENTS WITHIN OUR PROPERTY. 
          NOW BECOME, BECAUSE THIS WILL BE A SENIOR COMMUNITY, WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON SENIOR WELLNESS. 
          THAT'S A HEALTHY MIND, HEALTHY BODY. 
          WHAT'S REALLY POPULAR WITH OUR SENIORS IS OUR EXERCISE AND FITNESS CLASSES THAT WE OFFER. 
          WE ALSO OFFER NUTRITION AND COOKING PROGRAMS, AND REALLY JUST WANNA GET OUR SENIORS OUT OF THEIR APARTMENT HOMES, SOCIALIZING, 'CAUSE WE KNOW THAT'S GOOD FOR THEIR HEALTH. 
          SO OUR OUR, WHEN OUR RESIDENTS MOVE IN, WE'LL CONDUCT A SURVEY SO THAT WE TAILOR A MENU OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE TAILORED TO THEM, AND WE PERFORM THE SURVEY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. 
          SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY 
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EVOLVING OUR PROGRAMS TO FIT THEIR PARTICULAR NEEDS. 
          NOW I WANT TO PASS IT OFF TO BRIAN, WHO'S GOING TO WALK US THROUGH A COMMUNITY-LED DESIGN PROCESS. 
          THANK YOU, ALEXA. 
          UM, I'M JUST GONNA PROVIDE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE INITIAL PROJECT DESIGN, KIND OF RESPONDING TO THE RFP, UM, SOME OF THE SITE, UH, CONSTRAINTS AND SITE FACTORS, UH, OUR SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS. 
          AND, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, KEEPING IN MIND THAT THE PROCESS, THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS. 
          WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE WILL BE INFLUENCED IN THE FUTURE BY YOURSELVES, BY THE COMMUNITY PLANNING COMMISSION, CITY STAFF, AND, YOU KNOW, OTHER STAKEHOLDERS WHO WILL BE PART OF THE PARTNERSHIP GOING FORWARD. 
          SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS A 51 UNIT PROJECT AROUND ARRANGE AROUND, UH, A CENTRAL COURTYARD, UM, WITH ACTIVE AMENITIES AND WALKING TRAIL AROUND MOST OF THE BUILDING, PROVIDING POSITIVE FRONTAGES FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS. 
          ALSO, CONSTANT ACTIVITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO SOCIALLY ENGAGE WITH EACH OF THE RESIDENTS AS YOU GO AROUND. 
          UM, THE PRO THE BUILDING IS TWO STORIES. 
          UM, AND THERE'S AMPLE PARKING, UM, AND THERE'S AN INTEGRATED CIRCULATION PATTERN, UM, FOR BOTH CONNECTING TO THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY, BOTH AS VEHICLES, BUT ALSO AS PEDESTRIANS. 
          AND THEN THIS IS JUST SORT OF AN AXON SHOWING, UH, AXON DIAGRAM SHOWING, UM, WHERE THE RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM IS, AS WELL AS WHERE THE COMMUNITY ASSETS, COMMUNITY, UH, COMMON AREAS ARE. 
          AND SO TOWARDS THE FRONT, THERE'S A LOBBY, UH, PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SERVICE PROVIDERS. 
          AND THEN ON THE COURTYARD, WE'RE ACTIVATING THE COURTYARD WITH COMMUNITY SPACES, WHICH WILL BE, UH, FURTHER PROGRAMMED, UM, AS PART OF THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. 
          AND THEN THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE, UH, INITIAL IDEAS FOR POTENTIAL OUTDOOR AMENITIES. 
          AGAIN, WHAT WE HAVE, UM, YOU'LL SEE THERE'S A WALKING PATH AROUND THE BUILDING, ABOUT A SIXTH OF THE MILE. 
          UM, NICE FOR EASY WALKING FOR RESIDENTS. 
          OBVIOUSLY THERE'S SOME GREAT PEDESTRIAN PATHS JUST ACROSS THE STREET. 
          SO THE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS OPPORTUNITIES TO INTEGRATE OUR CIRCULATION PATTERN WITH THOSE BEYOND. 
          UM, BUT ALONG THAT OUTDOOR PATH, WE HAVE A DOG RUN, UM, POTENTIALLY BOCCE BALL, PATIO, DINING RAID GARDEN. 
          THERE'S, UM, UH, UM, STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE RIGHT NEXT TO OUR SITE. 
          WE'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO PLAY INTO THAT WITH A SUSTAINABLE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGY. 
          AND THEN THIS IS JUST THE DIAGRAM OF SOME OF THE SITE FORCES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. 
          WE HAVE AMPLE, UH, SUNLIGHT COMING FROM THE SOUTH, AND SO OUR COURTYARD, UH, UH, SORT IS ORIENTED TOWARDS IT. 
          WE ALSO HAVE THE PREDOMINANT WIND PATTERNS COMING FROM THE SOUTHWEST. 
          ALSO GOING INTO OUR COURTYARD, AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE THE CIRCULATION PATTERN, UM, COMING OFF OF, UM, UM, AVOIDING PATENT. 
          WHAT WE DO HAVE IS, UH, UH, EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS FROM PEYTON, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP MOST OF OUR, UH, TRAFFIC, UM, FROM, UH, AWAY FROM PEYTON. 
          BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT WE DO HAVE A COUPLE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS AT THE TWO INTERSECTIONS. 
          AGAIN, CONNECTING TO COMMUNITY ASSETS, FAITH-BASED INSTITUTIONS, SHOPPING, UM, PARK SPACE, AND OUR COMMUNITY, THE COMMUNITY CENTER, JUST DOWN THE WAY. 
          A LOT OF GREAT AMENITIES THAT TIE INTO, UM, THIS PROJECT'S. 
          REALLY THE CIRCULATION PATTERN IS REALLY TO ORIENT OURSELVES AND INTEGRATE, UM, THIS COMMUNITY WITH THE BROADER COMMUNITY. 
          AND THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF THE DESIGN, WE, WE, WE LEAVE THE AESTHETIC CONVERSATION OPEN. 
          UM, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, UH, SURROUNDING CONTEXT TO RESPOND TO SPANISH INFLUENCES, BUT ALSO CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE. 
          UM, WE'RE LEAVING THAT CONVERSATION OPEN TO THE, THE COMMUNITY DIALOGUE. 
          UM, THIS IS JUST A COUPLE EXAMPLES OF HOW WE CAN SORT OF FLEXIBLY RESPOND TO COMMUNITY INTERESTS AND FEELINGS. 
          AND THEN I'LL TURN OVER TO . 
          GREAT. 
          THANKS BRIAN. 
          SO HOW ARE WE GONNA FINANCE THIS? SO OUR APPROACH TO FINANCING IS BASED IN FLEXIBILITY. 
          WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCE IS EVER EVOLVING, A CHANGING LANDSCAPE. 
          A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THAT IS THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET PROPOSAL, RIGHT, FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR THAT PROPOSES TO ELIMINATE STATE TAX CREDITS AND REDUCE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMS BY 80%. 
          SO WE HAVE A PREFERRED PROFORMA, A PLAN B, PROFORMA A PLAN C, AND A PLAN D, SO THAT WE CAN PIVOT AT ANY MOMENT. 
          WE ARE NIMBLE AND WE CAN RESPOND TO THE CHANGING AFFORDABLE HOUSING ENVIRONMENT. 
          WE ALSO WANNA LEVERAGE THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS LAND, RIGHT? SO WE ARE PROPOSING TO PURCHASE THE LAND AT FAIR MARKET VALUE. 
          THIS WILL BE BASED ON A THIRD PARTY APPRAISAL, AND, UH, IT WOULD BE PAID BACK THROUGH A LONG-TERM RESIDUAL RECEIPTS. 
          NOTE. 
          WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING A STRUCTURE, UH, THAT WOULD PROVIDE THE CITY WITH AN UPFRONT CASH PAYMENT OF $325,000. 
          SO IF, IF IT'S THE CITY'S PREFERENCE, WE CAN PROVIDE THIS UPFRONT CASH PAYMENT, AND THEN THE BALANCE WOULD BE PAID BACK THROUGH A LONG-TERM RESIDUAL RECEIPTS. 
          NOTE. 
          WE'VE ALSO STRUCTURED THE PROJECT TO MAXIMIZE POINTS AND OUR TIEBREAKER SCORE FOR A COMPETITIVE 9% LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT APPLICATION. 
          WE'VE ALSO PRIORITIZED SOURCES THAT DON'T REQUIRE PREVAILING WAGES, 
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RIGHT? WHEN WE TRIGGER STATE AND OR FEDERAL PREVAILING WAGES, THAT CAN INCREASE TOTAL DEVELOPMENT COSTS ANYWHERE FROM 20 TO 30%. 
          SO WE HAVE INTENTIONALLY AVOIDED THOSE PARTICULAR SOURCES IN OUR PROPOSED PROFORMA. 
          WE ALSO WILL UTILIZE CORE'S BOND PROCEEDS. 
          SO THIS IS OUR A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS SOCIAL BOND FOR PRE-DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO NATIONAL CORE WILL FRONT THOSE PRE-DEVELOPMENT COSTS. 
          AND THEN OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO US IS TO PRESERVE AFFORDABILITY, WHICH WILL BE DONE THROUGH LONG-TERM COVENANTS. 
          SO HERE'S A SNAPSHOT OF OUR PERMANENT, UH, SOURCES. 
          SO YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE THE 51 UNITS, A UNIT MIX OF PRIMARILY ONE BEDROOMS AND A FEW TWO BEDROOMS. UH, THESE ARE WILL BE APARTMENT HOMES FOR SENIORS THAT ARE EARNING BELOW 60% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME. 
          LOOKING AT OUR CAPITAL STACK, YOU'LL SEE MUCH OF OUR TAX CREDIT EQUITY IS LEADING WITH 19.1 MILLION. 
          WE ALSO HAVE THE CITY OF, CITY OF CHINO HILLS LAND PAYMENT, WE ASSUMED 3.25 MILLION. 
          UH, BUT AGAIN, THAT WILL BE CONFIRMED THROUGH AN APPRAISAL. 
          UM, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO LEVERAGE THE CITY OF CHINO HILL'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND, WHICH IS ABOUT 3 MILLION, ALONG WITH THE CITY'S PERMANENT LOAN AT PLHA DOLLARS, WHICH IS ANOTHER 700,000. 
          AND THEN THAT LAST LINE, THERE IS OTHER LOCAL LEVERAGE FUNDS, ABOUT 1.25 MILLION. 
          SO WE HAVE BEEN, UH, LAYING THE GROUNDWORK WITH, UM, ADVISING THE S-B-C-T-A AND ESTABLISHING THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY HOUSING TRUST, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE INTRODUCED THE CITY TO THE TRUST. 
          WE HAVE THIS PROJECT LINED UP IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE. 
          WHEN THE TRUST IS FORMED, WHETHER IT'S US AS YOUR DEVELOPMENT PARTNER OR SOMEBODY ELSE, THE CITY BE, WILL BE WELL POSITIONED FOR THOSE FUNDS. 
          AND WE'RE LOOKING AT A TOTAL DEVELOPMENT COST OF ABOUT $28 MILLION. 
          AND NOW I'M GONNA PASS IT OFF TO TAYLOR TO TALK ABOUT OUR OUTREACH PROGRAM. 
          HI EVERYONE, I'M TAYLOR. 
          UM, AND JUST REALLY EXCITED THAT YOU ASKED ABOUT OUTREACH, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ONLY JUST REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY, UM, AND WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT OUTREACH, BUT WE'RE ALREADY WELL ON OUR WAY THROUGH IMPLEMENTING OUR OUTREACH PROGRAM. 
          UM, BEFORE WE EVEN STARTED ON THE SITE PLAN, UM, WE, WE STARTED TALKING TO LOCAL PARTNERS. 
          UM, WE, WE TALKED TO ZEV WELLBORN, FOR EXAMPLE, AT THE CHAMBER AND AT THE ROTARY, AND WE PRESENTED TO THE ROTARY, JUST LETTING THEM KNOW, HEY, THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS HAS THIS OPPORTUNITY COMING DOWN, UM, FOR SENIOR HOUSING. 
          UM, AND UM, FROM THERE WE JUST, IT WAS VERY ORGANIC MEETING WITH, UM, LIKE I SAID, THE ROTARY MEETING WITH THE WEST END AT YMCA MEETING WITH RESIDENTS AND REALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, UM, THE GOAL OF THE EARLY OUTREACH IS TO UNDERSTAND, UM, THE LANDSCAPE OF PARTNERS. 
          SO WHO CAN WE BRING INTO THE SITE? WHO CAN WE AMPLIFY? WE, WE TRYING TO NOT CREATE THE WHEEL ON OUR SERVICES. 
          SO WE LEARNED THAT THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS HAS SO MANY GREAT RESOURCES FOR SENIOR RESIDENTS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT. 
          BUT YOU HAVE, UM, YOU HAVE THE WEST END YMCA AND THE DEPU CHINO VALLEY Y YOU HAVE, UM, JUST A, UH, CHINO VALLEY, SORRY, CLUB 55 AND OVER, JUST A LOT OF RESOURCES. 
          UM, WE HEARD ABOUT THE NEED FROM THESE GROUPS, HOW, UM, EVEN PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS OWNERS NOW WHO AREN'T 60, BUT ARE HAVING TROUBLE JUST STAYING UP WITH, UM, THE COST OF LIVING, UM, LET ALONE SAVING FOR RETIREMENT, AND THAT PEOPLE ARE LEAVING THE AREA BECAUSE THEIR RETIREMENT JUST WON'T, UM, GET THEM FAR ENOUGH, UM, LAST THEM LONG ENOUGH. 
          UM, SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE TODAY. 
          UM, AND ALL WE SEE IS POTENTIAL FOR THESE PARTNERSHIPS, UM, AND TO REALLY WRAP RESIDENTS AROUND, UM, UH, WITH SERVICES, UM, THAT ARE FAMILIAR AND THAT ARE TRUSTED BY THE CITY. 
          UM, AND THEN MOVING FORWARD, OUR PLAN IS TO TAKE THIS MOMENTUM THAT WE'VE BUILT, UM, THE, THE LETTERS OF SUPPORT THAT YOU MAY HAVE RECEIVED, UM, FOR YOUR EFFORT AND, UM, TO JUST REFINE IT. 
          UM, LIKE BRIAN SAID, REFINE THE SITE PLANNING. 
          UM, TAKE WHAT WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT, UM, THE CIRCULATION AND MAKING SURE IT'S EFFICIENT, MAKING SURE, UH, PATRICK ON OUR CONSTRUCTION TEAM KNOWS TO STAY AWAY FROM PAYTON AT ALL COSTS. 
          UM, SO JUST REALLY TAKING THE BASE WORK THAT WE'VE STARTED WITH PROPOSAL BASED, UM, OUTREACH AND, AND NOW PARTNERING WITH THE CITY TO, TO CONTINUE IT, UM, IN THE MOST ORGANIC WAY POSSIBLE. 
          UM, I'M GONNA, UH, I THINK WE'RE CLOSE TO TIME. 
          SO, UM, YOU HAVE THE SCHEDULE. 
          WE'LL SPEND, UM, A LOT OF, UH, 2024, UM, ENTITLING IT, UM, WITH A EXPECTED, UM, ENTITLEMENT DATE OF, YOU KNOW, Q1 2025, UM, AFTER WHICH WE ANTICIPATE, UM, GOING AFTER AND SECURING, UM, THE 9% TAX CREDITS. 
          UM, AS YOU KNOW, IT'S A PROCESS. 
          UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION AT, IN SEPTEMBER OF 2027. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THIS OUTREACH, UM, IT'S REALLY NOT US FOR US ABOUT A RUBBER STAMP ON 
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A PROJECT OR GETTING APPROVAL AS OWNER OPERATORS. 
          UM, IT IS IN HER BEST INTEREST THAT WHAT WE PRESENT AND WHAT WE PROVIDE IS SUPPORTED BY THE COMMUNITY AND IS ACCEPT AND IS, UM, ACTUALLY, UM, WELCOMED AND SO THAT THE RESIDENTS REALLY START TO UNDERSTAND THE VALUE. 
          SO, UM, IT'LL BE, UM, YOU KNOW, AN ONGOING EFFORT TO, YOU KNOW, EDUCATE TO, UM, LISTEN, MAKE RESIDENTS FEEL HEARD, AND THEN ALSO SHOW THEM HOW THEIR FEEDBACK AND, UM, IDEAS ARE GETTING INCORPORATED INTO OUR, OUR PLAN. 
          SO WITH THAT, UM, I WILL LEAVE IT AND WE WILL ASK, WE TAKE SOME QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, RAY, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR COREY? I'M ALL GOOD. 
          OKAY. 
          NOT RIGHT NOW. 
          ROLLING. 
          ONE I, ONE OF THE SLIDES WHERE IT SHOWED THE, UM, THE, THE PLAN WHERE, WHERE EXACTLY IS THAT PROPOSED SIGNAL? I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT AND THEN THE SLIDE MOVED. 
          SO WE'LL GO BACK TO THE SITE PLAN. 
          IT SAID LIKE ON THE MAP IT SAID PROPOSED SIGNAL. 
          SEE, IS THERE A WAY? OH, THERE IT WILL. 
          THERE IS, BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY QUITE SHOW. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IT IS, UH, THE LOWER LEFT, UH, CORNER OF, OH, I SAW IT ON ANOTHER MAP, KIND OF WHERE THE LEGEND THERE, SOME TOP ON EUCALYPTUS. 
          UH, CURRENTLY THERE'S, UH, WHERE THE ENTRANCE OF THE PARK IS. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          THE STOP SIGN AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE PARK ON, ON EUCALYPTUS. 
          SO THE IDEA IS THAT THAT WOULD BE CONVERTED TO A TRAFFIC SIGNAL THAT WOULD BE COORDINATED WITH THE SIGNAL AT PEYTON AND EUCALYPTUS TO MOVE TRAFFIC MORE EFFICIENTLY. 
          HOW MANY FEET IS THAT FROM SIGNAL TO NUS? IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT, UH, 250 FEET. 
          SO IT'S KIND OF CLOSE, BUT ALSO IT'S A, A, A MAJOR ENTRANCE FOR PEDESTRIANS GOING INTO THE PARK. 
          SO WE FIGURED IT'S A, IT'S, IT IS AN ASSET FOR THE COMMUNITY BEYOND THE PROJECT SITE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAD. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          I, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. 
          THE SUPPOSED EMERGENCY EXIT, OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD BE RIGHT IN RIGHT OUT ONLY. 
          YES. 
          AND IT WOULD BE STRICTLY ONLY FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES OR, AND ACTUALLY IT, IT, IT WOULD BE PRECLUDED JUST FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES. 
          IT, IT WOULD BE A RIGHT IN, RIGHT OUT FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES ONLY AND NOT EVEN PRIVATE VEHICLES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WHAT WE HAD DONE WAS WE, UM, WE IMAGINED HAVING, UM, SHUTTLE SERVICE, VAN SERVICE FOR RESIDENTS. 
          AND SO YOU'LL SEE THERE'S A SORT OF A RED LOOP, UM, IN THE, THE, THE DRIVEWAY OFF OF EUCALYPTUS, RIGHT? MM-HMM, . 
          AND THAT, THAT'S INTENDED TO LIKE, AGAIN, KEEP CIRCULATION AWAY FROM PEYTON. 
          UM, AND SO REALLY THAT WOULD JUST BE FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ANYONE ELSE? NOPE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO NEXT, UH, WE'D LIKE TO INVITE CNC DEVELOPMENT. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS TODD CODDLE. 
          I'M HERE REPRESENTING CNC DEVELOPMENT. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY. 
          I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE OUR VISION FOR THE CITY ON SITE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF SENIORS IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS. 
          CNC DEVELOPMENT IS A FULL SERVICE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPER. 
          WE'RE A FAMILY OWNED ORGANIZATION AND BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR, FOR OVER 30 YEARS. 
          OUR EXPERIENCE, UH, DEVELOPING OVER 30 YEARS HAS TAUGHT US TO APPROACH EVERY PROJECT THAT WE DO WITH THE LONG TERM IN MIND THAT COMES TO OUR PARTNERSHIP AND OUR APPROACH TO WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY, OUR DESIGN, OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH, OUR FINANCING, OUR CONSTRUCTION, AND LONG-TERM OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          UH, CNC IS A DEVELOPER, CNC IS A GENERAL CONTRACTOR. 
          CNC IS A PROPERTY MANAGER. 
          WE'RE A VERY VERTICALLY INTEGRATED ORGANIZATION, SO WE UNDERSTAND ALL ASPECTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, BUT AS WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS UP FRONT RELATIVE TO OUR DESIGN, OUR CONFIGURATION MATERIALS THAT WE'RE EVEN USING DURING CONSTRUCTION, WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT FROM EXPERIENCE, FROM OWNER OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS, 15, 20, EVEN 30 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. 
          ANOTHER UNIQUE ASPECT OF CNC DEVELOPMENT, UH, WE'VE NEVER SOLD AN AFFORDABLE COMMUNITY THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED, AND THAT IS UNIQUE FOR OUR INDUSTRY. 
          SO WE LIKE TO JOKE WITH THE CITY, BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, AS WE'RE APPROACHING THE PROPERTY, AS WE'RE APPROACHING THIS PARTNERSHIP AND SERVICE SERVING THE NEEDS OF THE SENIORS WITHIN CHINO HILLS, IT'S A LONG-TERM COMMITMENT THAT WE'RE MAKING. 
          OUR DEVELOPMENT TEAM IS, UH, WHAT WE HAVE PROPOSED IS CNC DEVELOPMENT, ADVANCED PROPERTY SERVICES, WHICH IS OUR IN-HOUSE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY. 
          OUR FINANCING TEAM THAT WE WORK WITH ON A REGULAR BASIS AND WOULD LOOK TO, TO WORK WITH ON THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT IS BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL EQUITY FUND. 
          OUR LEGAL COUNSEL IS GOLD FARM AND LITMAN LEADING, UH, LAW FIRM IN, UH, PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING LEGAL SERVICES. 
          ARCHITECT IS ID ARC AND RESIDENT SERVICES IS A PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH LIFESTEPS, CNC DEVELOPMENT'S KNOWN FOR DEVELOPING STRONG PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR PUBLIC AGENCY PARTNERS AND PROVIDING CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO DEVELOPING AFFORDABLE 
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HOUSING, ESPECIALLY IN THESE DAYS WHEN FINANCING ENVIRONMENTS ARE MORE CHALLENGING AND, AND LOOKING AT CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO COMING UP WITH QUALITY DEVELOPMENT. 
          OUR GOALS FOR THE PROPOSAL THAT WE'RE GONNA COVER WITH YOU OVER THE NEXT FEW MINUTES IS TO SERVE AS STRATEGIC AND CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT PARTNER WITH THE CITY TO ASSIST THE CITY IN MEETING ITS AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION REQUIREMENTS, WHILE DELIVERING A COMMUNITY THAT STAYS TRUE TO THE COMMUNITY CHARACTER OF CHINO HILLS. 
          WE DESIGNED IN, WE'LL WALK YOU THROUGH OUR SITE PLAN, TRYING TO PUT OURSELVES IN THE CITY SHOES, THE COMMUNITY SHOES FOR HOW THE PROPERTY'S CURRENTLY BEING USED RIGHT NOW. 
          DESIGNED THE SITE TO ACCOMMODATE OVERFLOW PARKING FROM THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY PARK. 
          WE LOOK TO PROVIDE A, A, A PROPOSAL AND A COMMUNITY THAT'S GONNA MEET OUR RESIDENTS NEEDS WITH ONSITE SOCIAL SERVICES AND PROVIDE FOR WITHIN THE COMMUNITY ONCE IT'S DONE. 
          A LEASING PREFERENCE FOR NOT ONLY THOSE THAT LIVE AND WORK IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, BUT ALSO TO WORK THROUGH WITH A VETERANS COMPONENT AND VETERANS PREFERENCE WITH THE CITY. 
          AND, AND WITHIN OUR PROPOSAL, WE'VE COMMITTED TO MAINTAINING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN PERPETUITY. 
          SO ONCE THE SITE'S DEVELOPED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING REGULATORY AGREEMENTS, DEED RESTRICTIONS ARE RECORDED AGAINST THE PROPERTY AND IT WILL STAY AFFORDABLE INDEFINITELY IN THE FUTURE. 
          FOLLOWING OUR FEW EXAMPLES OF RECENT SENIOR COMMUNITIES DEVELOPED BY CNC DEVELOPMENT, WE'RE KNOWN FOR HAVING A LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR, WITH OUR CITIES, WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS. 
          IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR US TO DEVELOP MULTIPLE COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE SAME CITY AS THE YEARS GO BY. 
          THE EXAMPLES THAT WE SEE UP HERE ARE RECENTLY COMMUTE COMPLETED COMMUNITIES IN SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, A 75 UNIT SENIOR COMMUNITY, VERY SIMILAR TO, UH, THE CONFIGURATION OF, OF, OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS PROPERTY, UH, PROPERTY THAT'S UNDERDEVELOPED IN LAKE FOREST, 65 UNITS, A 60 UNIT DEVELOPMENT IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA, WHICH IS THE SECOND PHASE, AND CURRENTLY EXPLORING A THIRD PHASE RIGHT NOW WITH THE CITY AND I'LL TRU LANE SENIOR APARTMENTS. 
          I'M GONNA TAKE A FEW EXTRA MINUTES TO GO INTO THAT PROJECT IN GREATER DETAIL. 
          I THINK ALL THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER HAD HAD A CHANCE TO COME OUT AND TOUR THAT PROJECT AT ONE POINT IN TIME. 
          A LOT OF SIMILARITIES, NOT ONLY WITH HOW THE CITY TOOK THAT SITE OUT THROUGH AN RFP PROCESS, BUT HOW WE WORKED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THEM AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS TO COME UP WITH A COMMUNITY THAT WE COULD ALL BE PROUD OF. 
          AND SO THE AL TRUDY LANE SENIORS COMMUNITY WAS, WAS OFFERED UP THROUGH THE CITY OF YORBA LINDA THROUGH AN RFP PROCESS. 
          WE RESPONDED TO THAT DEVELOPMENT AND, AND THAT PROCESS, AND WE WERE SUCCESSFUL, BUT REALLY CAME FORWARD WITH A DESIGN FOR THE CITY, CAME FORWARD WITH A COUPLE ALTERNATIVES, BUT AS WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS, NOT ONLY MEETING WITH CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, OUR, OUR CITY DEVELOPMENT TEAM, BUT ALSO THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY MEMBERS, REALLY NARROWED IT IN, IN THIS INSTANCE, TO A 48 UNIT SE SENIOR BUILDING AND 48 UNITS. 
          WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT AS, AS SENIORS COMPARED TO 48 UNITS AS FAMILY THAT HAS HIGHER PARKING RATIOS, HIGHER DENSITY, YOU REALLY GET A LOT DIFFERENT, MASSING A DIFFERENT LOOK OF THE BUILDING. 
          AND THIS IS WHAT WE, WHAT WE ENDED UP WITH SOMETHING THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF, UH, TWO, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE ONE STORY ELEMENTS WITHIN THIS PROPERTY. 
          AND THEN WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY, IDENTIFIED THE NEED FOR A LIVE WORK PREFERENCE, REALLY TAKING A LOCAL RESOURCE OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND SERVING THE LOCAL RESIDENTS. 
          AND THEN ALSO WITHIN THIS DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE A, A, A PREFERENCE, A 20% PREFERENCE FOR VETERANS. 
          THE AFFORDABILITY IN THIS COMMUNITY IS ALSO RESERVED IN PERPETUITY. 
          AND CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING THROUGH IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY. 
          WE, UH, THE FIRST PHASE WAS SO SUCCESSFUL. 
          WE'VE ACQUIRED TWO ACRES NEXT DOOR AND GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW FOR A SECOND PHASE ON THAT. 
          I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH REAL QUICK THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH EFFORTS THAT WE HAD. 
          AND WE'LL ALSO WALK IN CONJUNCTION LOOKING AT FOR, FOR, FOR OUR SITE HERE IN CHINO HILLS. 
          UH, THE SITE, UH, EL TRUDY LANE, SENIOR APARTMENTS IS IN YELLOW. 
          AND WHAT WE DID WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH, AND REALLY OUR GOAL GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS IS TO KNOCK ON EVERY DOOR, MEET WITH AS MANY FOLKS AS WE CAN, REALLY TRYING TO ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLKS WOULD HAVE PRIOR TO GOING TO A PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS, INCORPORATING IDEAS, INCORPORATING FEEDBACK. 
          YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING THAT'S IDENTIFIED IN GREEN. 
          WE HAD ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS. 
          THOSE ARE DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE WITH THOSE HOUSEHOLDS. 
          WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FENCE LINES, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DRAINAGE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OPERATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          WE, UH, PUT PHONE CALLS IN. 
          SOME FOLKS DID NOT WANNA MEET. 
          THOSE WERE, UH, TELEPHONE BRIEFINGS THAT WE CONDUCTED FOR THOSE IDENTIFIED IN BLUE. 
          AND THEN WE HAD SOME SURROUNDING HOAS. 
          THE, THE ONES IN ORANGE SET UP HOA MEETINGS ACTUALLY AT THEIR HOAS. 
          AND, AND, AND GOT TOGETHER, TALKED ABOUT ISSUES THAT THEY HAD WITHIN THEIR EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOW WE WERE GOING TO INTEGRATE. 
          WE ALSO HELD A WIDER COMMUNITY MEETING AT THE LOCAL COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          WHEN WE DID OUR WIDER MAILING, WE ANSWERED A LOT OF QUESTIONS, WE TOOK A LOT OF FEEDBACK, UH, HAD A FIRST FOR ME ON THIS DEVELOPMENT WHERE WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS AND WE HAD THE OPTION OF FAMILIES OR SENIORS AND WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY. 
          WE ACTUALLY HAD ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT CAME UP AND SAID, WE KNEW YOU HAD AN OPTION. 
          THANK YOU FOR PICKING SENIORS AS BEING OUR NEIGHBOR, WHICH WAS A VERY TELLING, UH, COMMENT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE NEIGHBORS, ULTIMATELY GOING TO PLANNING COMMISSION, GOING TO CITY COUNCIL, ALL THE NEIGHBORS, THE COMMUNITY'S QUESTIONS HAD BEEN ANSWERED. 
          WE HAD NOBODY SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION TO THE, TO THE PROJECT AT THOSE MEETINGS. 
          NOW, OUR PROJECT VISION FOR THE EUCALYPTUS AND PEYTON SITE, UH, 50 UNITS OVERALL, A MIXTURE 
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OF ONE AND TWO BEDROOMS SERVING SENIORS. 
          WE PARKED THIS, UH, THIS BUILDING AT A RATIO OF 1.62 SPACES PER UNIT. 
          THAT'S A TOTAL OF 81 SPACES, TRADITIONAL SENIOR COMMUNITIES THAT WE OWN AND WE OPERATE, AND THAT WE MANAGE LIVE AT ABOUT A ONE TO ONE RATIO PER HOUSEHOLD. 
          A LITTLE BIT, LITTLE BIT LOWER SOMETIMES, BUT REALLY WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE FOR ABOUT 30, 31 SPACES AS OVERFLOW PARKING FOR, FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          UH, SPORTS FIELDS ACROSS THE STREET, HOW THE PROPERTY'S BEEN OPERATED, HISTORICALLY DESIGNED THE BUILDING AND LAID IT OUT IN A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A SUBURBAN FASHION. 
          UH, ORIENTING THE BUILDING AWAY FROM EU EUCALYPTUS, BUT FRONTING ON PEYTON. 
          UH, HAVE WITHIN, UH, THE SITE PLAN HERE. 
          UH, THE ABILITY, AND WE INCLUDED IT IN OUR BUDGET TO HAVE A SIGNALIZE INTERSECTION, UH, FOR THE ENTRY AND THE EXIT, AND A SINGLE POINT OF ACCESS FOR ENTRY AND EXIT ONTO EUCALYPTUS. 
          BUT HAVING EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS THAT WOULD WRAP THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH. 
          AGAIN, TRYING TO BE, TO BE SENSITIVE TO OUR SURROUNDING NEIGHBOR TO THE SOUTH. 
          UH, WE INCORPORATED INTO THIS, UH, SITE PLAN, A LOADING ZONE IN FRONT OF OUR, OUR LEASING OFFICE IN FRONT OF OUR COMMUNITY CENTER, REALLY TO SERVE AS AN ENTRY POINT, AND THEN ALSO TO ACCOMMODATE A FUTURE, A FUTURE SHUTTLE STOP FOR SENIOR SERVICES AND, AND SITUATED THE, AND THE, THE BUILDING TO THE SOUTH, WHICH CREATED SOME OPEN SPACE OPPORTUNITIES UP AGAINST THE DRAINAGE STRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE ON THE CORNER OF EUCALYPTUS AND PEYTON. 
          UH, IT'S IMPORTANT, AND WE FOUND OVER THE YEARS, UH, OUR SENIOR COMMUNITIES HAVE A LOT OF USAGE. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF PETS THAT INDIVIDUALS AND RESIDENTS HAVE. 
          SO INCORPORATING THE DOG PARK FACILITY INTO, INTO OUR DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT WAS IMPORTANT AS WELL. 
          THE, THE ARCHITECTURE STYLE THAT WE WENT WITH, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAD DELIVERED IN THE CITY OF YORBA LINDA, IS A CRAFTSMAN STYLE ARCHITECTURE. 
          UH, WIDE USE OF DIFFERENT FORMS OF SIDING, DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURAL TREATMENTS. 
          YOU CAN SEE HERE OUR FRONT LEASING AREA WHERE FOLKS WOULD PULL UP THE FIRST POINT OF ARRIVAL TO THE BUILDING, A SHUTTLE STOP AREA. 
          EVERY INDIVIDUAL APARTMENT UNIT HAS ITS OWN PRIVATE BALCONY OR PRIVATE PATIO IF IT'S ON THE FIRST FLOOR. 
          LOOKING AT THE ELEVATION, THIS WOULD BE LOOKING AT DIRECTLY ON THE CORNER OF PEYTON AND EUCALYPTUS. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE DOG PARK AREA IN THE FOREFRONT. 
          A TOWER ELEMENT, A LITTLE BIT MORE MASSING ON THAT CORNER. 
          UH, BUT, BUT AGAIN, A TWO STORY ELEVATION, A TWO STORY BUILDING WITH A MIXTURE OF, OF MATERIALS, HORIZONTAL SIDING, VERTICAL SIDING, UH, STONE AND, AND STUCCO CONCEPTUAL ELEVATIONS IS WHAT I HAD JUST SHOWN YOU A SECOND AGO. 
          BUT THIS IS, UH, THESE ARE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE EXISTING AL TRUDY, UH, SENIOR APARTMENT COMMUNITY. 
          SIMILAR ARCHITECTURAL STYLE, SIMILAR USE OF MATERIALS, THE UNDULATIONS IN THE BUILDING, UH, DOUBLE HUNG WINDOWS, PRIVATE PATIOS. 
          A REALLY NICE POINT OF ARRIVAL WHEN YOU'RE COMING TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          SIMILAR TO THE FRONT LOADING ZONE THAT WE'LL HAVE, UH, AT PEYTON AND EUCALYPTUS. 
          UH, AND AGAIN, SOME, SOME ADDITIONAL SHOTS OF OUR COMMON AREA MATERIALS, PA PATIOS AND, AND, AND POP OUTS USE OF, UH, USE OF, UH, UH, OF GABLE AND ROOFS HERE. 
          WHAT WE LIKE THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE FROM THE CRAFTSMAN ARCHITECTURE, WE'RE NOT MARRIED TO IT. 
          WE WANT TO DELIVER ULTIMATELY AT THE END OF THE DAY AS SENIOR COMMUNITY THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS OF CHINO HILLS. 
          AND THAT CAN BE DONE THROUGH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURE STYLES. 
          HERE'S THAT SAME BUILDING, SAME MASSING RENDERED WITH A SPANISH STYLE, JUST TO GIVE YOU A FLAVOR OF WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH THAT SAME DENSITY, WITH THE SAME BUILDING MASSING, BUT LOOKING AT DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURAL STYLES. 
          SI HAD MENTIONED BEFORE, CNC DEVELOPMENT SELF PERFORMS ON OUR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT. 
          WE HAVE A FULL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT STAFF THAT HANDLES THE LEASE UP, THE COMPLIANCE, THE ONGOING OPERATIONS. 
          WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS SELF PERFORMING WITH THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT GIVES US GREATER CONTROL OVER THE, THE, THE PROPERTY, WHAT IS GOING ON, THE COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS FOR AFFORDABILITY, UM, AND ALSO TO MEET OUR RESIDENTS NEEDS IN A MORE RESPONSIVE AND QUICKER MANNER. 
          WE HAVE ONE LAYER, ESSENTIALLY FROM A LOT OF INDIVIDUAL OR A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE REMOVED BY SELF-PERFORMING OUR OWN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT. 
          IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THERE WILL BE AN ONSITE RESIDENT MANAGER'S UNIT AT THIS PROPERTY, AND THAT MANAGER WILL BOTH LIVE AND WILL WORK AT THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. 
          SO WITH THE 50 UNIT COMMUNITY, WITH SENIORS, YOU REALLY KNOW EVERYBODY THAT'S THAT, THAT LIVES AT THE COMMUNITY. 
          YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A VEHICLE THAT THERE THAT MAYBE SHOULDN'T BE THERE, YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE PROPERTY AT ANY GIVEN TIME. 
          AS I MENTIONED, WE PARTNER WITH LIFE STEPS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS THROUGH OUR SOCIAL SERVICES. 
          THIS IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF A RECENTLY COMPLETED DEVELOPMENT IN SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO COMMUNITY SPACE, THE VOLUME THAT WE HAVE IN THIS AREA, AND A TWO STORY BUILDING. 
          UM, BUT OUR GOAL IS REALLY TO PROVIDE NOT ONLY A QUALITY PLACE FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO LIVE, FINISHES, AMENITIES, QUALITY AND DURABILITY, BUT THROUGH OUR RELATIONSHIPS, NOT ONLY WITH OUR ONSITE MANAGERS AND OUR ONSITE MANAGEMENT, BUT WITH LIFE STEPS IS REALLY CREATING A HOME FOR OUR RESIDENTS. 
          AND THAT'S WORKING THROUGH CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES. 
          THAT'S WORKING THROUGH PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE OFFERING. 
          OUR GOAL IS TO GET OUR RESIDENTS INVOLVED, OUR RESIDENTS OUT OF THEIR UNIT, AND INTER INTERACTING IN, IN, IN, IN SPENDING TIME WITH ONE ANOTHER. 
          PROJECT FINANCING HAVE, UH, UH, 
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PROPOSED A A 4%, UH, TAX CREDIT, UH, STRUCTURE IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE. 
          THERE'S ALSO THE ABILITY TO FINANCE IT AS A 9% DEVELOPMENT AS WELL, BOTH UTILIZING THE TAX CREDIT PROGRAM. 
          BUT LOOKING AT THE FINANCING WOULD WOULD CONSIST OF A FIRST TRUST DEED WOULD CONSIST OF FUNDING AS WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE, IN THE RFP THROUGH THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, WHICH INCLUDES A PORTION OF IT TIED TO A LAND LOAN, AND THEN ALSO FUNDING THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE A, HAVE AVAILABLE, UM, TAX CREDIT EQUITY, AS WELL AS THE DEFERRED DEVELOPER FEE. 
          UH, THIS PROPOSED FINANCING STRUCTURE IS NO DIFFERENT THAN THAN HOW WE FINANCE A MAJORITY OF OUR AFFORDABLE SENIOR COMMUNITIES AND, AND SOMETHING THAT WE BELIEVE IS A PATH FORWARD FOR THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT. 
          OUR UNIT MIX AND AFFORDABILITY, AGAIN, WE HAVE 50 UNITS OVERALL, A MIXTURE OF ONE AND TWO BEDROOMS, AND THE AFFORDABILITY RANGING FROM 30%, 50%, 60%, AND 70% OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME. 
          WHAT THAT DOES IS ALLOWS US TO COMPETE WELL FOR NOT ONLY THE TAX CREDIT PROGRAM, BUT PROVIDES FOR A RANGE OF INCOMES TO SERVE A RANGE OF HOUSEHOLD TYPES AND, AND INCOMES WITHIN THE CITY. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE FOUR PLANS FOR OUR ONE BEDROOM AND OUR TWO BEDROOM UNIT HERE. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE WITH, WITH NOT ONLY OUR SEPARATE LIVING SPACE FROM OUR BEDROOMS, UH, BUT THEN HAVE SOME, SOME PHOTOGRAPHS TO SHARE WITH YOU. 
          A HUNDRED PERCENT OF OUR UNITS ARE 80 DAY A DA ACCESSIBLE AND ADAPTABLE. 
          OUR BUILDING WILL BE ELEVATOR SERVICED. 
          WE'VE, UH, BEGAN A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO CONSTRUCTING OUR SENIOR UNITS WITH AN ISLAND IN THE MIDDLE. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER WHERE IT DOUBLES AS A, AS A COUNTERTOP TABLE THAT FOLKS CAN EAT AT. 
          FOLKS CAN ALSO STILL HAVE A SEPARATE DINING ROOM TABLE, BUT WHAT WE FIND A LOT WITH OUR SENIORS IS WE HAVE SINGLE INDIVIDUALS AND, AND SOMETIMES WE'LL HAVE A COUPLE, BUT THAT SITUATION AND THAT CONFIGURATION WORKS REALLY WELL. 
          CENTRAL HEATING AND AIR PRIVATE PATIOS. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, FOCUSING ON THE DURABILITY OF MATERIALS, QUARTZ COUNTERTOPS, UH, PLANK VINYL FLOORING. 
          AND THEN WE PROVIDE APPLIANCES AND WITHIN ALL OUR COMMUNITIES AS WELL. 
          AGAIN, UH, SAMPLE, UH, SHOTS OF, OF COMMUNITY SPACES. 
          IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER IS A DOG PARK SPACE. 
          IMPORTANT IN SENIOR COMMUNITIES AS WELL. 
          TO TAKE ANOTHER MINUTE TO TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AS WE'RE LOOKING AT WORKING WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS AND ROLLING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF INTRODUCING THE DEVELOPMENT TO THE COMMUNITY, AND THEN SOLICITING FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY, OUR INITIAL GAME PLAN THAT WE WOULD, WE WOULD SUGGEST PROPOSING. 
          BUT AGAIN, AS WE WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT ROLLING THIS OUT, WE'D BE WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH CITY STAFF, CERTAIN COMMUNITY LEADERS AS WELL, UH, TO HAVE ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS WITH NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OWNERS. 
          AGAIN, UH, UH, AN IMPORTANT NEIGHBOR AND, AND PROPERTY OWNERS, THE ONE TO OUR SOUTH, A LOT OF COMMON AREA FENCE LINE, A LOT OF SENSITIVE CONVERSATIONS WILL OCCUR. 
          NOT ONLY DRAINAGE FENCING, WHAT DO THE ELEVATIONS LOOK LIKE ON THAT SIDE OF THE BUILDING? WHAT, WHAT, WHAT TYPE OF LANDSCAPING ARE WE INSTALLING? HOW MATURE IS THAT LANDSCAPING? AND SO THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE VERY UNIQUE AND NUANCED CONVERSATIONS, BUT REALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO CONVEY IS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE NOT ONLY GETTING THEIR FEEDBACK, PUTTING OURSELVES IN THEIR SHOES AS OUR NEIGHBOR, BUT WE'RE A LONG-TERM NEIGHBOR TO THEM. 
          AND THAT'S THE COMMITMENT THAT WE'RE MAKING. 
          WE, WE PROVIDE OUR CELL PHONE NUMBERS, WE MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS HAVE OUR CONTACT INFORMATION FOR, FOR, FOR ME, BUT ALSO WITH OUR PROPERTY MANAGER ON SITE. 
          UM, AND THEN WHAT WE WOULD LOOK TO DO IS HAVE ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS WITH SOME OF OUR LOCAL CHURCHES THAT WE HAVE IN THE AREA WITH THE LOCAL SCHOOLS, REACHING OUT TO THE PRINCIPALS, REALLY JUST EDUCATING FOLKS WHAT'S GOING ON? WHAT ARE THEY GONNA SEE GOING FORWARD? YOU KNOW, REALLY A LOT OF TIMES WHEN THE WORD GETS OUT THERE, OKAY, IT'S A NEW AFFORDABLE COMMUNITY, OR EVEN A NEW DEVELOPMENT, FOLKS THINK IT'S GONNA BE AN EIGHT STORY BUILDING AND IT'S GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, PACKED AT A CRAZY DENSITY. 
          THE FACT IS WHEN FOLKS ARE ABLE TO SEE THE REALITY, LEARN ABOUT WHO'S GONNA BE LIVING WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY WITHIN AS THEIR NEIGHBORS, A LOT OF QUESTIONS GET ANSWERED. 
          AND WE DO THAT THROUGH THESE ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS, BUT THEN ALSO IDENTIFYING IN BLUE, WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE WOULD HAVE A COMMUNITY OUTREACH MEETINGS, AND WE WOULD HOLD THOSE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          AND OUR SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO HAVE MULTIPLE MEETINGS, TWO IF NOT THREE MEETINGS. 
          AND REALLY WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO IS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, GETTING THAT FEEDBACK AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS OVER TIME. 
          WE ALWAYS SET UP A PROJECT SPECIFIC WEBSITE. 
          WE TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF LIBERTY HERE AND ACTUALLY WENT FORWARD AND RESERVED THIS DOMAIN NAME. 
          BUT WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE PROJECT CONTACT INFORMATION SO FOLKS CAN REACH OUT TO US AS WELL KNOW ABOUT COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND WHAT'S GOING ON, UH, NEXT STEPS, UH, MILESTONES. 
          REALLY OUR GOAL WOULD BE IF FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE SELECTED TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY TO WORK THROUGH AS WE'RE NEGOTIATING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AS WE'RE NEGOTIATING AN ENA TO MOVE FORWARD AND START THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE SITE DUE DILIGENCE. 
          AND THEN TO START REALLY WORKING THROUGH AND LAYING OUT ON A MUCH MORE FORMAL BASIS, THE, THE CIVIL ENGINEERING, THE ARCHITECTURE, SO WE'RE NOT SITTING AND, AND, AND NOT MOVING THE PROJECT FORWARD AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS. 
          BUT THAT'S IMPORTANT TIME THAT CAN BE USED TO, TO, TO MOVE THE PROJECT ALONG. 
          AND THEN REALLY, UM, ONCE THE PROJECT IS, IS, UM, ENTITLED, APPLYING FOR THE TAX CREDIT FINANCING, HAVE A BRIEF VIDEO OF JUST OUR, OUR ELEVATIONS. 
          THIS IS GONNA START ON PEYTON, UH, GOING NORTH, 
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BUT LOOKING AT THOSE CRAFTSMAN ELEVATIONS, THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MATERIALS, VERTICAL SIDING, HORIZONTAL SIDING, USE OF STONE USE OF STUCCO. 
          WE CAN SEE THE, UH, THE DRAINAGE BASIN HERE ON THE CORNER. 
          THE DOG PARK IN THE FOREFRONT, THAT TOWER ELEMENT ON THE CORNER. 
          AND THEN AS WE HEAD DOWN FROM, FROM EAST TO WEST HERE ON EUCALYPTUS, SEE HOW THAT BUILDING IS SET BACK, STILL USING AND LOOKING AT THE, THE, THE PARKING LOT, PROVIDING FOR THOSE 30 ADDITIONAL SPACES THAT CAN BE USED AS OVERFLOW PARKING FOR THE COMMUNITY SPORTS PARK ACROSS THE STREET. 
          AND THEN A, A BRIEF SHOT OF WHAT THE BUILDING IS ANTICIPATED TO LOOK LIKE WITH THE CRAFTSMAN ELEVATION LOOKING ACROSS THE STREET ACROSS EUCALYPTUS THERE LIT UP AT NIGHTTIME. 
          AND WITH THAT, WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT FOR, FOR BEING CONSIDERED FOR A DEVELOPMENT PARTNER WITH THE CITY. 
          UH, AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE A LONG-TERM COMMITMENT AS A PARTNER WITH THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, LOOKING TO PROVIDE A LEASING PREFERENCE FOR THOSE THAT LIVE AND WORK WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND WORKING WITH THE CITY THROUGH A VETERAN'S PREFERENCE, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAD DONE IN THE CITY OF YORBA LINDA, CREATING THE UNITS AFFORDABLE AND PERPETUITY. 
          ONCE THIS DEVELOPMENT IS DONE, THE CITY'S NEVER GONNA LOSE THE ABILITY TO HAVE THESE UNITS SERVE THE COMMUNITY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          WE'RE COMMITTED TO, TO PARTAKING AND, AND WORKING THROUGH A A, A OUT PUBLIC OUTREACH PROCESS THAT'S COMPREHENSIVE. 
          GETTING FEEDBACK, INCORPORATING THAT INTO OUR DESIGN AND, AND WORKING THROUGH THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY. 
          AND AGAIN, LOOKING AT STRONG IN-HOUSE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND THE FACT THAT, THAT THE CITY GETS US FOR THE LONG-TERM, NEVER SOLD IN THE AFFORDABLE COMMUNITY. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR I HAVE A FEW. 
          I GONNA WAIT. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, COUPLE QUICK, QUICK QUESTIONS. 
          IT SHOULD BE OBVIOUS WHEN WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT SENIORS. 
          IS THERE AN AGE REQUIREMENT OF 55 PLUS ON 62 AND ABOVE IN THIS SENSE? 62. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THAT ANSWERS THAT. 
          UH, ON THE DIAGRAM YOU SHOW, IT LOOKS LIKE TWO POINTS OF INGRESS EGRESS ON, UH, EUCALYPTUS IS THE ONE JUST THE IN, UH, RIGHT, IN, RIGHT OUT ONLY, AND THE OTHERS PROPOSED TO BE SIGNALED. 
          IS THAT THAT THAT WOULD BE CORRECT, YES. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS TWO SHEDS OUT IN THE PARKING LOT. 
          IS THAT FOR TRASH RECEPTACLES? TRASH RECEPTACLES NOW, IF I REMEMBER AT YOUR OTHER BELINDA, WEREN'T, WEREN'T THE TRASH PICKED UP OR SOMETHING, UH, BY SOMEONE IN THE ACTUAL UNITS? WE DO. 
          WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL COLLECT IT INTERIOR TO THE UNITS, AND THEN MAINTENANCE STAFF WILL TAKE THAT OUT TO ISSUE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THEM OUT. 
          CORRECT. 
          CORRECT. 
          IS IMPORTANT. 
          AND UNITS HAVE IN, IN, UH, APARTMENT, LAUNDRY FACILITY, THERE'S A CENTRALIZED, UH, LAUNDRY FOR THAT. 
          RIGHT? WE HAVE A CENTRALIZED LAUNDRY FACILITY THAT WILL DEVELOP IN EVERY COMMUNITY. 
          WHAT WE LIKE AND WE FOUND IS IT CREATES ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS TO GET OUTTA THEIR UNITS FOR FOLKS TO CONGREGATE, WHICH IS, WHICH IS IMPORTANT WITH, WITH HAVING A SENIOR COMMUNITY. 
          OKAY. 
          JUST WANTED THOSE CLARIFICATION. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          I KNOW YOU MENTIONED FOR, UH, YORBA BELINDA THAT WHAT THE PERCENTAGE OF UNITS WERE FOR VETERANS. 
          WHAT ABOUT THIS PROJECT? WE WOULD PROPOSE 20 TO 25%, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY TO WORK THROUGH, WHAT, WHAT YOUR GOALS WOULD BE WITH THAT AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. 
          UM, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT UNIT SUBSIDIES, 30% ALL THE WAY TO 70%. 
          WHAT'S THE BREAKDOWN PER PERCENTAGE FOR EACH ONE OF THE UNITS? THE, FOR THE INDIVIDUAL, SO WE'LL HAVE 10%. 
          AT 30, WE'LL HAVE 10% AT THE 50% OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME, AND THEN WE'LL JUMP UP TO, UH, APPROXIMATELY 30 OR APPROXIMATELY 40% AT THE 60 AND 40% AT THE 70. 
          AND EFFECTIVELY WHAT THAT DOES IS THE 70% UNITS WILL HELP SUBSIDIZE DOWN TO THE DEEPER AFFORDABILITY A LITTLE BIT WITH THE SIXTIES AS WELL. 
          AND AS FAR AS RENTS, IS THERE AN ADJUSTMENT LIKE EVERY YEAR, IS IT YEAR, IS IT EVERY FIVE YEARS? IT'S BASED UPON COUNTY MEETING INCOME. 
          SO IT GOES UP ONCE A YEAR. 
          UM, WHAT WE'LL SEE IS IT'S KIND OF A LAGGING INDICATOR. 
          SO IF YOU'RE IN A RECESSIONARY PERIOD OF TIME, YOU'LL SEE RENT INCREASES STOCK FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME. 
          YOU GET A LITTLE BIT MORE OF AN INFLATIONARY PERIOD OF TIME THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS. 
          YOU'LL SEE A HIGHER, UH, INCREASE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. 
          AND FRANKLY, WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS IS REALLY AN INCREASE THAT COMES FORWARD THAT IS MORE THAN OUR RESIDENTS COULD BEAR. 
          SO WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS WE TRY TO AVERAGE IT OUT OVER THOSE, THOSE LOW YEARS TO WHERE WE HAVE YEARS THAT WILL GO HIGHER, REDUCE IT IN THE HIGHER YEARS, WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF CATCH UP IN THOSE LOWER YEARS. 
          BUT WHAT YOU DO IS YOU'RE ABLE TO AVERAGE IT OUT OVER A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME SO THE RESIDENTS ARE ABLE TO TO, TO MEET THOSE INCREASES. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          NO, I'M GOOD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND FINALLY, WE'D LIKE TO, UH, INVITE RELATED CALIFORNIA TO COME AND PRESENT. 
          HI, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF. 
          MY NAME IS LEANNE ANO AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT FOR RELATED CALIFORNIA ON BEHALF OF RELATED LA BARGE QUALITY DNA DESIGN AND 
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LIFE STEPS. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS EXCITING DEVELOPMENT. 
          MEMBERS FROM EACH OF THE KEY ORGANIZATIONS ARE HERE, UM, REPRESENTING THE DISCIPLINES. 
          UM, BUT FOR PRESENTATION PURPOSES, IN ADDITION TO MYSELF, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TIM JOHNSON FROM, UM, OUR QUALITY MANAGEMENT GROUP, OUR PROPERTY MANAGER, AS WELL AS ROCKY, SHE FROM DNA DESIGN AND SOLA PEROTTI FROM LIFESTEPS. 
          FOR OUR PRESENTATION, WE'LL FOLLOW THE FORMAT THAT'S BEING REQUESTED OF US BY, UM, CITY STAFF. 
          ONE THING TO NOTE, BESIDES JUST EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT KEY PARTNERS WE'VE HAD, UM, A NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT WE'VE WORKED ON TOGETHER AS A TEAM, UH, TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          SO WHO IS RELATED, RELATED HAS A 34 4 YEAR TRACK RECORD, A DEVELOPING HIGH QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, MIXED INCOME HOUSING, AND MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS ACROSS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. 
          SINCE OUR INCEPTION, WE HAVE COMPLETED OVER 19,500 UNITS OF WHICH 14,500 ARE AFFORDABLE. 
          ONE IN ONE THING I'M PARTICULARLY PROUD OF AT RELATED IS THAT WE ALWAYS STRIVE FOR THE IMPORTANCE OF EXCELLENT DESIGN. 
          AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, UH, ACHIEVE OVER 140 DESIGN AWARDS OVER OUR TENURE, INCLUDING 15 AWARDS FOR OUR INLAND EMPIRE DEVELOPMENTS. 
          OVER THE YEARS, WE HAVE ESTABLISHED OURSELVES AS AN EXPERT WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, DEVELOPING IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. 
          WE HAVE COMPLETED OVER 1100 AFFORDABLE UNITS IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, INCLUDING ANOTHER 260 UNITS THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 
          AND IN PRE-DEVELOPMENT SINCE 1995, WE HAVE A COMMITMENT TO AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING. 
          WE HAVE COMMITTED, OR WE HAVE COMPLETED OVER 3,300 AFFORDABLE SENIOR UNITS. 
          UM, OF WHICH, UH, JUST TO NOTE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY WE TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN IS THAT RELATED, WE NOT ONLY PRIZE, LIKE MAKING SURE WE PROVIDE FOR THE PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF OUR, OUR SENIORS, WE ALSO PROVIDE FOR THE EMOTIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, UM, UH, ASPECTS AS WELL. 
          SO AGAIN, ONE STOP SHOP, WE LOOK AT ALL ASPECTS OF TAKING CARE OF OUR RESIDENTS. 
          UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ALSO HAVE AN EYE FOR AMENITY SPACES. 
          WE TAILOR EACH OF OUR DEVELOPMENTS TO OUR SENIOR POPULATION, UM, AND STRIVE TO REALLY PROVIDE THE BEST AMENITIES POSSIBLE. 
          HERE'S OUR SAMPLING OF SIMILAR DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 
          UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT EACH ONE IS DISTINCTLY, LIKE DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT. 
          UM, AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EACH OF OUR DEVELOPMENTS SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATE WITHIN THE LARGER COMMUNITY. 
          SO IT'S NOT JUST A ONE STOP TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT. 
          WE REALLY DO STRIVE TO MAKE EACH DEVELOPMENT UNIQUE AND FITS WITHIN THE LARGER CONTEXT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          I WILL NOW HAND OFF THE PRESENTATION TO ROCKY CHEN WHO'LL PRESENT, UM, ON THE ARCHITECTURE. 
          THANK YOU, LEANNE. 
          WE HAVE A DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT THAT, UH, HAS FOUR MAJOR COMPONENTS. 
          COLLABORATION MEANS THAT WE WANT TO BE GOOD LISTENERS AND BUILD STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR TEAMMATES. 
          EVENTUALLY WITH THE CITY, THE QUALITY OF THE DESIGN SHOULD BE, UH, BOTH BEAUTIFUL AND WITHIN BUDGET. 
          WE WANNA MAXIMIZE THE DEVELOPMENT IN A COMPREHENSIVE WAY, AND THEN CONNECTIVITY WILL BE OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE, NOT ONLY WITHIN THE PROJECT, BUT ALSO, UH, THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT LARGE. 
          NEXT, PLEASE. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          I DIDN'T HEAR MYSELF. 
          . 
          UH, WE CREATED A PRIMARY DESIGN SCENARIO WITH, UH, 51 UNITS COMPRISED OF A MIX OF, UH, STUDIOS, ONE BEDROOMS AND TWO BEDROOM UNITS. 
          ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THE UNITS ARE, UM, AT THE GROUND LEVEL, AND ONE THIRD OF THEM ARE ON THE SECOND FLOOR. 
          WE CREATED A SECOND SCENARIO IN WHICH IT'S A HIGHER DENSITY, UM, STUDY THAT WE CAN DISCUSS IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT IT'S ESSENTIALLY A CORRIDOR BUILDING THAT HAS, UH, MORE UNITS IN CASE, UM, THE ECONOMICS CHANGED OR THE PROGRAM CHANGED. 
          IN LOOKING AT THE SITE PLAN, 
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UH, WE KIND OF ORGANIZED THE DEVELOPMENT ALL AROUND HOW TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY. 
          NOW, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT COMMUNITY, WE USE THIS ACRONYM AND IT SPELLS OUT BREAD, B-R-E-A-D-B STANDS FOR BELONGING. 
          DOES, DOES THE ARCHITECTURE AND THE DEVELOPMENT BELONG R STANDS FOR RESIDENTIAL? DOES IT ELEVATE NOT ONLY THE RESIDENTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO IN, IN THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE? EAT STANDS FOR EATING TOGETHER SPACES WHERE YOU CAN EAT AND BREAK BREAD. 
          UH, AND THEN A IS FOR ACTIVITY. 
          CAN THE COMMUNITY GET ACTIVE AND MOVE AND DO THINGS TOGETHER? AND THEN D IS FOR DIALOGUE. 
          ARE THERE PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN TALK AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS? WE ACTUALLY BELIEVE THE DOG PARK IS GONNA BE A BIG PART OF THAT. 
          IT ACTUALLY HELPS TO BROKER A CONVERSATION. 
          SO THE REASON WHY WE CALL IT BREAD IS BECAUSE IN EVERY CULTURE THERE IS SOMETHING THAT IS EITHER BAKED OR STEAMED. 
          IT MIGHT BE UNLEAVENED, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY ALWAYS SHARED TOGETHER, AND THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT CULTURES AND EVEN DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES COME TOGETHER. 
          SO WE LOOK THROUGH THAT LENS AS WE LOOK AT DESIGNING EACH OF OUR COMMUNITY SPACES. 
          SO IN, IN, UH, IN RESPECT WITH THAT, UM, WE HAVE FIVE INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTIAL COTTAGE STYLE BUILDINGS, UH, KIND OF GIVING IT, UH, MORE OF A BROKEN DOWN SCALE ALONG WITH THE COMMUNITY BUILDING ORGANIZED AROUND A CENTRAL VILLAGE GREEN, WHERE THERE'S INTERCONNECTIVITY, UH, BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT RESIDENTS AS WELL AS, UH, THE NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH. 
          WE ALSO HAVE A SIMILAR, UM, KIND OF ENTRY POINT AS THE OTHER STUDIES, UH, WHERE WE CONNECT TO THE PARK ACROSS THE WAY AND TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT LARGE. 
          BUT WE ALSO HAVE KIND OF THE PARKING TUCKED AWAY TOWARDS THE SOUTH WITH AN EV ACCESS RIGHT IN, RIGHT OUT ONTO PEYTON. 
          THIS IS AN ARTIST RENDERING OF THE FRONT OF THE PROJECT WHERE WE CONSIDER IT THE HUB OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          YOU'LL SEE THE, UH, DROP OFF AND PICK UP AREA IN THE FOREGROUND WITH THE COMMUNITY BUILDING IN THE BACKGROUND. 
          YOU CAN ALSO SEE, UH, THIS FARMHOUSE ARCHITECTURE THAT WE'VE COME UP WITH. 
          WE FEEL LIKE IT'S, UH, A STYLE THAT REALLY KIND OF HONORS THE HERITAGE OF CHINO HILLS, AND IT ALSO PROVIDES A, A COMPLIMENT OR COUNTERPOINT TO THE, UH, MEDITERRANEAN STYLE OAKMONT DEVELOPMENT FURTHER TO THE SOUTH. 
          THIS SECOND ARTIST RENDERING, UH, SORT OF ILLUSTRATES THE VARIOUS AMENITY SPACES AVAILABLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT. 
          ON THE RIGHT YOU'LL SEE THE COMMUNITY BUILDING OPENING UP ONTO A SMALL POOL THAT CONNECTS TO A VILLAGE GREEN. 
          IN THE BACKGROUND, UH, AS YOU WALK OUT TO THE VILLAGE GREEN, YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE VARIOUS RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS AS, AS WELL AS UH, TWO LAUNDRY FACILITIES, THE DOG PARK AND THE LIKE. 
          AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO TIM JOHNSON. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER TIM JOHNSON, PRESIDENT OF QUALITY MANAGEMENT GROUP AND LA BARGE INDUSTRIES. 
          SO WE ARE THE DEVELOPMENT AND QUAL AND MANAGEMENT PARTNER ON THIS PROPERTY QUALITY MANAGEMENT GROUP HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 40 YEARS. 
          WE ARE ONE OF THE LARGEST AFFORDABLE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANIES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 
          BASED IN ONTARIO. 
          ONE OF THE KEY AREAS IN REGARDS TO OUR MANAGEMENT IS FOCUSING IN REGARDS TO CARING FOR THE RESIDENTS. 
          AND THE WAY YOU BEST DO THAT IS MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE A PROPERTY MANAGEMENT THAT LIVES AND WORKS ON SITE AND A MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN THAT ACTUALLY HAS A SKILL SET TO MAKE SURE THE LONG TERM SUSTAINED ABILITY OF THE PROPERTY IS CARED FOR AND MAKE SURE THE CURB APPEAL THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE COMMUNITY LONG TERM. 
          ULTIMATELY, IN REGARDS TO THIS IS, THIS IS DONE THROUGH MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE TAKING CARE OF WORK ORDERS, MAKING SURE WE'RE MEETING REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS IN REGARDS TO RECERTIFICATION. 
          BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S JUST MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE TEAM ON SITE THAT'S WILLING TO LISTEN TO HEAR ABOUT THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE RESIDENTS AND MAKING SURE THINGS ARE TAKEN CARE OF. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE IN REGARDS TO THE AMENITIES AS JUST, UH, ONE OF OUR PARTNERS MENTIONED, LEANNE, THAT WE LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY, WE LISTEN TO OUR PARTNERS IN REGARDS TO THE AMENITIES. 
          ULTIMATELY, WE DON'T NEED AMENITIES THAT RESIDENTS JUST WANT. 
          WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THERE'S AMENITIES THAT RESIDENTS THRIVE ON. 
          AND THIS IS WHERE WE TAKE A VERY PROACTIVE APPROACH IN REGARDS TO ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY, YOU AS A 
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COUNCIL, THE CITY STAFF, AND MAKING SURE THOSE, THOSE AMENITIES NOT ONLY IN REGARDS, ARE TAILORED TO FIT THAT COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO GROW AND LIVE IN PLACE AND HAVE A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE. 
          AND THIS IS DONE THROUGH SEVERAL VARI VARIETY OF, UM, ASPECTS OR COMMUNICATION OR OUTREACH. 
          ONE IS JUST NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS. 
          ONE, TWO, IT'S A MEETING DIRECTLY WITH YOU AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, MEETING WITH CITY STAFF. 
          BUT ONE OF THE GREAT ITEMS THAT I'LL SHARE, ONE OF THE AMENITIES THAT WE ACTUALLY BUILT JUST FROM A RECENT DEVELOPMENT THAT OCCURRED, WE ACTUALLY BROUGHT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY IN AND ACTUALLY DID A LIVE SURVEY WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO PICK AND CHOOSE THE PIECES OF THE AMENITIES THAT BEST FIT. 
          NOT ONLY THE, TO MEET THE RESIDENT'S NEEDS, BUT MAKE SURE THAT IT MEETS THE ENTIRE C'S NEEDS, MAKING SURE AGAIN, RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO THRIVE AS THEY LIVE. 
          AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR SUPPORTIVE SERVICE, ZOLA. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS ZOLA PEROTTI AND I'M THE SENIOR REGIONAL DIRECTOR WITH LIFE STEPS. 
          LIFE STEPS PROVIDES, SO, UH, PROVIDES SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO KEEP OUR OLDER ADULTS LIVING INDEPENDENTLY AND KEEPING THEM ACTIVE. 
          OUR MODEL INCLUDES A NEEDS ASSESSMENT SURVEY TO IDENTIFY THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS AND ALSO THEIR INTERESTS. 
          ONE-ON-ONE CASE MANAGEMENT AND CRISIS INTERVENTION TO MEET THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS SUCH AS BUDGETING, FOOD, COMMODITIES, AND LIFE STEPS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM KNOWN AS RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 
          OUR EDUCATIONAL CLASSES INCLUDE HEALTH AND WELLNESS SERVICES AND PROGRAMS, FALL PREVENTION WITH HOME ASSESSMENTS TO KEEP OUR RESIDENTS ACTIVE AND THRIVING IN PLACE. 
          AND EMPLOYMENT COUNSELING FOR THE 55 AND OLDER WHO ARE WORKING ADULTS OR THOSE THAT ARE WANTING TO RETURN TO THE WORKFORCE LIFE STEPS, FOSTERS COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS THROUGH ACTIVITY DEVELOPMENT TO KEEP OUR RESIDENTS ENGAGED WITH VARIOUS ARTS AND CRAFTS, SOCIAL EVENTS SUCH AS HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS, RECREATIONAL GAMES, VARIOUS CLUBS SUCH AS THE WALKING CLUB AND GUEST SPEAKERS PROVIDING COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND REFERRAL SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS TO KEEP THEM ACTIVE AND LIVING INDEPENDENTLY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'LL PASS IT BACK TO LEANNE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          REGARDING, REGARDING OUR PROPOSED FINANCING PLAN, UH, WE PLAN TO UTILIZE A 9% TAX CREDIT PROGRAM. 
          IT'LL PROVIDE MAXIMUM LEVERAGING, UH, IN TERMS OF GETTING THE MOST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK, UM, FROM THE CITY'S STANDPOINT. 
          SO BETWEEN JUST THE SITE ITSELF AND THE, UH, THE, UM, THE SOURCES IDENTIFIED IN THE RFP, THAT IS ALL WE THINK WE NEED TO HAVE, UM, A COMPETITIVE APPLICATION IN ADDITION TO COMPETING FOR 9%, UH, TAX CREDITS. 
          WE WOULD ALSO LOOK AT VARIOUS COUNTY SOURCES IF SELECTED AS YOUR DEVELOPMENT PARTNER. 
          WE'VE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS WORKING WITHIN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. 
          DURING OUR INITIAL INTERVIEW, WE HEARD THAT ENTITLEMENTS COULD TAKE ANYWHERE BETWEEN ONE AND A HALF AND TWO YEARS IN CHINO HILLS. 
          OF COURSE, WE WOULD TAKE THE DIRECTION FROM STAFF. 
          UM, BUT IN OUR EXPERIENCE, WE DO GET THROUGH ENTITLEMENTS TYPICALLY THROUGH, UH, PROBABLY FROM SIX TO 12 MONTHS. 
          SO FOR THE PURPOSES OF PUTTING TOGETHER A PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE, WE ASSUMED NINE MONTHS FOR ENTITLEMENTS, WHICH ALLOWS US TO GET IN FOR A FIRST ROUND 9% TAX CREDIT APPLICATION IN 2025. 
          IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL, WE'D BE IN A POSITION TO COMPLETE LEASE UP BY THE END OF 2026. 
          SO WHY CHOOSE RELATED IN LA BARGE? UM, THERE'S A NUMBER OF REASONS THAT WE MENTIONED EARLIER, BUT JUST TO RECAP, WE'VE DEVELOPED OVER 3,300 AFFORDABLE SENIOR UNITS SINCE, UH, 1995. 
          UM, IN SANTA BERNARDINO COUNTY ALONE, WE HAVE DEVELOPED OVER 1100 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS. 
          UM, WE HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, UM, AND NEGOTIATING AND, UH, EXECUTING DIS DIS DISPOSITION AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS. 
          UM, ONE THING THAT WE ALSO DIDN'T MENTION ON THE SLIDE IS THAT WE HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT SUCCESS RATE WHEN IT COMES TO ENTITLEMENTS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          FOR THESE REASONS, WE FEEL THAT WE ARE THE BEST POSITION TO GO AHEAD AND MEET THE CITY'S GOALS, UH, IDENTIFIED IN THE RFP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND WE WILL NOW TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. 
          GREAT. 
          DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BRIAN? NOPE. 
          NO. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          WE'LL BRING HIM BACK UP 
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HERE FOR SOME DISCUSSION. 
          YEAH. 
          I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS OF, UH, OF NICK. 
          OKAY. 
          NICK, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND IT WAS MENTIONED OF THE AREAS, UH, OF I MEDIAN INCOME, DEFINE THAT FOR ME. 
          ARE WE LOOKING AT CHINO HILLS MEETING INCOME OR LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE TIED TO RENA OR IS IT SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY? IT, IT IS SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, YES. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, IF I UNDERSTOOD, I THINK THE VERY FIRST, UH, PRESENTATION SHOWED THAT DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF, OR THE PERCENTAGE THAT THE PEOPLE QUALIFY FOR AS MINIMUM AS 30% AND AS HIGH AS 70%, THAT IF WE GET AND QUALIFY PEOPLE AT THE 30% LEVEL, WE EFFECTIVELY GET MORE EFFECTIVE ARENA UNITS, UH, ATTACHED. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DIFFERENT UNITS. 
          SO, UM, ANYTHING THAT WAS, IS CONSIDERED VERY LOW. 
          UM, RIGHT. 
          IS LESS THAN 50% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME. 
          OKAY. 
          SO ALL OF THESE PROPOSALS INCLUDE VERY LOW AND LOW UNITS. 
          UH, HOWEVER, UM, THEIR RATIOS ARE DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF THE AFFORDABILITY. 
          SO, SO ANYTHING IN THE 30 TO 40% RANGE OF A MI IS CONSIDERED A VERY LOW UNIT FOR RENA. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND THEN ANYTHING, UM, IN THE 50, 60, 70% A MI, THOSE WOULD BE CONSIDERED LOW RE ALRIGHT. 
          SO IT REALLY DEPENDS ON, OR IT, WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE PROPOSALS OF THE, UH, KEEP 'EM ALL STRAIGHT, THE, THE TWO BEDROOM ONES, THE 50 51 UNITS, ANYTHING DEPENDING ON THE, THE ONE BEDROOMS, TWO BEDROOMS OR WHATEVER, THERE WERE RELATIVELY ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER OF BELOW 50 AND ABOVE 50. 
          SO THAT TIMES SOME FACTOR WOULD BE, UH, IMPORTANT IN DETERMINING HOW MANY ARENA NUMBERS WE GET CREDIT FOR. 
          IS THAT HOW THAT KIND OF WORKS OUT? Y YES, AND I AM, UH, I'M ACTUALLY DOING THE MATH RIGHT NOW FOR YOU, . 
          I WAS GONNA SAY, I, I THINK WE, IT'S SOMETHING FOR, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW THAT AT SOME POINT YES, YES. 
          SO, BUT THE 50% ONES ARE VERY LOW, THE 50%, SO AT 50% IT'S, IT'S, YEAH, THAT'S STILL VERY LOW. 
          IT'S VERY LOW. 
          IT'S STILL CONSIDERED VERY LOW. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THE, UM, THE, THE SPREAD THEN IS, UM, NATIONAL CORE AND RELATED HAVE ABOUT THE SAME, VERY LOW TO LOW MM-HMM. 
          , UM, AND THEN CNC DEVELOPMENT HAS, UM, MORE LOW AND LESS VERY LOW OKAY. 
          IN A PROPOSAL. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND ANY IDEA HOW MANY, UH, ARENA NUMBERS THAT WOULD, OR, YOU KNOW, UNITS THAT WOULD APPLY TO, OR, UM, WELL, SO IT'S, SO IT'S UH, 50 TOTAL, RIGHT? UM, AND THE CITY'S, UH, VERY LOW IS 1388 AND LOW IS 821. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, ALRIGHT. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE FROM THE DEVELOPMENT COSTS, THE, THE AMOUNT OF SUBSIDY THAT IT TAKES TO CREATE JUST 50 UNITS WITHIN THOSE CATEGORIES. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL, WHEN WE ORIGINALLY WENT BACK TO THE PAYMENT IN THE LIE, UH, PROCESS FOR DEVELOPMENT, WHEN I WAS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION, MY GOODNESS, THAT GOES PROPERTY, UH, MID NINETIES, THAT FEE, THAT $3 MILLION WAS DE WAS DEPENDENT OR NOT DEPENDENT, WAS DESIGNED TO ACCOMPLISH THIS KIND OF A THING, BASICALLY UNDERWRITE SOME OF THAT. 
          CORRECT. 
          SO, CORRECT. 
          IT'S NOW WILL BE THE TIME THAT WILL BENEFIT FROM THAT INVESTMENT AND THAT CONTRIBUTION FROM THE PRIOR DEVELOPERS. 
          OKAY. 
          YES. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          AND SO TO UH, TO, TO GET YOU THE, THE ACTUAL NUMBERS, UH, BASED UPON THE PROPOSAL, NATIONAL CORE WOULD HAVE 33, VERY LOW AND 17 LOW, UM, RELATED WOULD HAVE 30, VERY LOW AND 20 LOW. 
          AND THEN CNC DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE, UM, FIVE VERY LOW AND 45 LOW. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY SOMEWHERE AROUND A THOUSAND UNITS ROUGHLY IN TOTAL THAT WE WOULD GET CREDIT FOR WITH ANY OF THESE PROPOSALS? NO, UH, 50 UNITS TOTAL. 
          YEAH, JUST 50. 
          BUT HOW MANY CREDITS DO WE GET AS FAR AS THE, UH, ARENA NUMBERS? WE, WE ONLY GET A ONE PER ONE CREDIT. 
          OH, PERIOD. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I'M SORRY, ON CNCI MISSPOKE. 
          IT'S, IT'S 1212 VERY LOW. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN THE BALANCE 38 IS LOW, BUT IT'S JUST A ONE ONE FOR ONE CREDIT, SO. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO, SO YEAH, BUT IT'S STILL A NEED. 
          WE, SO, ALRIGHT, THAT'S NO PROBLEM. 
          OH YEAH, I THOUGHT WE GOT A BONUS, RAY. 
          SO, I'M SORRY. 
          REGARDING ENTITLEMENTS, I KNOW THIS IS SORT OF, EXCUSE ME, 
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ENTITLEMENTS, UM, WE'RE BEING TOLD 24 MONTHS, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE, COULD WE STREAMLINE IT OR MAKE, MAKE IT HAPPEN A LOT SOONER THAN 24 MONTHS? YES, BECAUSE IT'S A, A CITY SPONSORED PROJECT. 
          UM, AND, UH, THE, UH, THE DEVELOPER WOULD BE UTILIZING SOME, UM, GRANT FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE, UM, SOFT COSTS, INCLUDING THE ENTITLEMENT PROCESSING. 
          UH, YES. 
          THIS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THAT WOULD LIKELY, AND THAT'S PROBABLY HARD TO SAY TODAY, BUT WHAT WOULD YOU AN ANTICIPATE AN ENTITLEMENT PROCESS FOR PROJECTS LIKE THESE? UM, WELL IF IT REQUIRES AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, UM, TYPICALLY IT'S ABOUT A, UH, 12 MONTH PROCESS. 
          UM, BECAUSE THIS SITE IS IDENTIFIED IN THE CITY'S, UM, HOUSING ELEMENT AND THE CITY IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPING A, A GENERAL PLAN UPDATE WITH AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT THAT WILL ANALYZE ALL OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT SITES, UM, THAT COMPONENT COULD BE STREAMLINED. 
          SO THAT TIMELINE COULD DEFINITELY BE SHORTER. 
          AND WHEN ARE WE GONNA HAVE THAT COMPLETED? THE UPDATE? UH, SO THE, UH, THE GOAL IS THE, THE BULK OF THE WORK AND THE OUTREACH COMPONENT AND REVIEW WILL BE DONE THIS SUMMER. 
          AND SO IT'LL LIKELY COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL THIS FALL. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          ANYTHING MORE? RAY? YOU GOOD? NO, I'M GOOD. 
          YOU GOOD? I'LL SAY I WAS IMPRESSED WITH ALL THREE TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH. 
          EACH HAD THEIR BENEFITS, THEIR PROS AND THEIR CONS. 
          I'M A BIG SOCIAL SPACE PERSON, SO ONE KIND OF STANDS OUT TO ME WITH THE SOCIAL SPACES TRYING TO PUT MYSELF INTO THAT LIVING ENVIRONMENT. 
          DON'T SMILE  WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT ME. 
          IT COULD BE NEXT YEAR, PETER. 
          IT COULD BE. 
          I'LL JUST JOIN YOU RAY. 
          WE CAN DO IT TOGETHER. 
          WE CAN DO A TWO BEDROOM, THE ODD COUPLE. 
          UH, BUT I, I LOOK AT SOME OF THAT AND ALSO SOME OF THE PARKING RATIOS. 
          UM, CNCI KNOW THERE WAS SOME TALK OF POSSIBLY DOING A SHARING OF THE PARKING AT, WITH THE COMMUNITY PARK OVERFLOW. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S AN INTERESTING CONCEPT. 
          UM, DON'T KNOW HOW THAT, WELL, HOW WELL IT'S GONNA WORK BECAUSE SOME, ON SOME OF THESE OPENING DAYS, IT GETS PRETTY CRAZY AND IT COULD BE, YOU SEE, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT. 
          THE, THE SAME THING. 
          UM, I KNOW WE'RE ADDING ADDITIONAL PARKING AT COMMUNITY PARK, SO I THINK THAT'LL CERTAINLY HOW MANY JONATHAN, WHAT ARE WE AT NOW? A HUNDRED ISH. 
          80. 
          UM, WE'RE IN THE MATTER OF FACT I WROTE THAT DOWN. 
          WE'RE AT 94 SPACES WILL BE THE PHASE ONE OF THE PROJECT. 
          AND THEN PENDING ON BUDGET, UM, WE COULD ADD AN ADDITIONAL 56 SPACES JUST FOR PERSPECTIVE PURPOSES. 
          THE DIRT LOT CURRENTLY. 
          AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, SPEAKING OF OPENING DAYS, GIRLS SOFTBALL IS THIS SATURDAY AND SO THEY WILL FULLY BE UTILIZING THE DIRT LOT. 
          UM, WE CAN STRIPE OUT ABOUT 200 SPACES IN THAT, UH, PARTICULAR LOT. 
          SO, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A BUNCH OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO WE WON'T BE ABLE TO USE THE PARKING NEAR FIELD FIVE AND SIX. 
          YEAH, WE'RE GONNA BE, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO SCALE IT DOWN AS BEST POSSIBLE TO INCREASE OF, UH, TAKE UP ALL THOSE SPOTS. 
          YEAH, WE'VE LOST ABOUT 50 SPOTS, UH, DUE TO THE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO TIGHTEN THAT UP IN ABOUT HALF OF THAT AREA. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT EITHER WAY, IT ALL WERE VERY IMPRESSIVE. 
          GREAT JOB WITH YOUR PRESENTATIONS. 
          UM, SO I HAVE, I THINK I HAVE ONE IN MIND, BUT IT'S, YEAH, AND, AND TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THE PARKING, YOU KNOW, SEEING I'VE, I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT JUST THE AESTHETICS OF GOING DOWN, UH, PEYTON OR, UH, EUCALYPTUS. 
          YEAH. 
          AND TO SEE, UM, THE RELATED, YOU KNOW, UH, PLANS AND HAVING PARKING TUCKED TOWARDS THE BACK, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE ADDITIONAL PARKING COMING, I THOUGHT THAT WAS KIND OF A NICE FEATURE OF IT. 
          SAME, YEAH. 
          UH, POINT OF CLARIFICATION WITH RESPECT TO ALL THREE THERE, TWO OF THE, UM, PRESENTATIONS INCLUDED A 9% TAX CREDIT. 
          UH, CNC WAS AT 4%. 
          UH, OBVIOUSLY IT DRIVES THE OVERALL COST DOWN. 
          UH, IS THAT A GOOD DOABLE THING OR IS THERE AN EXPLANATION FOR THAT THAT CAN BE READILY DISCUSSED? I'M NOT SURE THAT'S SOMETHING, I MEAN, IT'S TAX RELATED TO THEM, RIGHT? SO NOT, SO YEAH. 
          HI, I'M KATHY HEAD FROM KAISER MARSTON. 
          UM, THE 9% TAX CREDIT, THEY'RE NOW BOTH COMPETITIVE, BUT HISTORICALLY THE 9% TAX CREDIT'S ABOUT FIVE TIMES TO ONE, THE APPLICATIONS TO AWARDS. 
          HISTORICALLY, IF YOU WERE DOING THE 4% TAX CREDIT THAT THEN COMES COUPLED WITH TAX EXEMPT BONDS FOR FINANCING THAT DIDN'T USED TO BE COMPETITIVE, BUT NOW THAT'S COMPETITIVE AS WELL. 
          SO WHAT THE THREE TEAMS HAVE DONE IS THE TWO WITH 9% TRANSACTIONS HAVE STRUCTURED THEIR INCOME AND AFFORDABILITY TO BE 
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COMPETITIVE. 
          SO THEY BOTH HAD FULL SCORES, MAXIMUM SCORES, AND GOOD TIE BREAKERS. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, SO BOTH COULD BE CONSIDERED COMPETITIVE THEN WHAT CNC DID WITH THE 4% TAX CREDIT WAS THEN TO SAY, OKAY, WE CAN DO HIGHER INCOMES AND QUALIFY THAN WE CAN WITH THE 9%. 
          THAT'S WHY, AS, AS NICK POINTED OUT, THE GREATER NUMBER OF LOW INCOME AND THE FEWER NUMBER OF VERY LOW INCOME AS COMPARED TO THE OTHER TWO, BUT IT GETS YOU, UM, HIGHER INCOME, HIGHER RENTS. 
          AND SO THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S THE TRADE OFF THERE, PLUS THE LI BEING A LITTLE BIT LESS COMPETITIVE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I THINK THEY WERE THE ONE THAT WENT UP TO 70%, RIGHT? CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          I KNEW THERE WAS A REASON I JUST REALLY COULDN'T ARTICULATE IT, SO, OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GO AHEAD RAY. 
          THANKS MADAM MAYOR. 
          UH, REAL FAST, NICK, I JUST WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS WITH TO YOUR STAFF FOR VETTING THIS OUT. 
          TRULY APPRECIATE. 
          YOU DID A GOOD JOB. 
          THE PRESENTATION IS ALL THREE OF THE COMPANIES OUTSTANDING. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK, FULLY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, I HAVE VISITED A COUPLE OF THE DEVELOPMENTS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO, TO VISIT MORE. 
          AND AGAIN, I DUNNO HOW THE PROCESS IS GONNA WORK OUT. 
          UH, DO WE PICK JUST ONE OR CAN WE ACTUALLY DO VISITS FIRST BEFORE WE PICK THE ONE? HOW, HOW, HOW DOES IT WORK OUT? UH, WELL, UM, IT'S, IT'S REALLY THE, THE COUNCIL'S PLEASURE. 
          UH, WHAT STAFF WAS RECOMMENDING, UM, WAS THAT, UH, BASED UPON THE PRESENTATIONS THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD, UH, DIRECT STAFF TO WORK WITH ONE, UH, DEVELOPER TO BRING BACK AN EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATION AGREEMENT. 
          BUT, UM, IF THE COUNCIL DESIRED TO ARRANGE TOURS, UM, STAFF COULD WORK WITH THE DEVELOPERS TO SEE SOME SITES AND THEN, UH, BRING IT BACK AT A FUTURE MEETING, UH, THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE COUNCIL. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, WHAT'S OUR PROCESS FROM HERE? OH, SO WE COULD, UM, HOW WOULD, IF WE WERE IN AGREEMENT WITH RAY'S PROPOSAL, HOW WOULD WE WORD THAT? UH, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? I, WELL, I'M NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT, BUT THAT'S FINE. 
          OH, IF IT WORKS FINE. 
          I, I THINK WE ARE LOOKING FOR COUNCIL DIRECTION AT, AT THIS POINT. 
          AND ONE, AND JUST TO CLARIFY, UM, IF THE GOAL OF MAKING VISITS ARE MORE AESTHETIC, THEN WE COULD PICK A DEVELOPER, UH, AND THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH TOURS TO TRY AND, UH, COME UP WITH MORE OF AN AESTHETIC FEEL FOR, UH, THE PROJECT. 
          BUT HOPEFULLY, AND, AND I THINK THE COUNCIL'S MADE SOME GREAT QUESTIONS ABOUT TIMELINE. 
          UH, THE SOONER WE PICK A, UH, VENDOR, THE SOONER WE CAN NEGOTIATE, BRING THAT BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR FINAL APPROVAL. 
          AND, UH, KIND OF ON A PARALLEL TRACK, WE COULD, UH, ORGANIZE ADDITIONAL VISITS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO, UH, NARROW IN ON AESTHETICS. 
          IF THAT'S SIMPLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. 
          IF IT'S OPERATIONS, THEN, UH, TABLING THIS FOR A FUTURE DECISION ON, ON A, ON A DEVELOPER WOULD THEN GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO LOOK AT HOW THEY OPERATE, WHICH WAS MORE WHAT YOU'RE LEADING TO AESTHETICS OR OPERATIONAL. 
          YOU KNOW, WHAT I, I'M, I'M OKAY TO BASICALLY GO WITH ONE AND THEN DO SOME CHORES. 
          KICK IT OUT. 
          OKAY. 
          PETER, YOU SAID YOU HAD, UM, THOUGHT ABOUT SOMEBODY. 
          WELL, I, I, THEY'RE ALL EXCELLENT, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH. 
          I, WHEN I WENT THROUGH THE STAFF REPORT OVER THE WEEKEND, I WAS GOING, HOW ARE WE GONNA MAKE A DECISION ON THIS? AND THE PRESENTATIONS REFLECT THAT THEY'RE ALL EXCELLENT PRESENTATIONS. 
          AGAIN, MY FOCUS IS ON KIND OF SOCIAL SPACES ASPECT AND IT'S, AND WHAT THE PROJECT LOOKS LIKE FROM PEYTON SLASH EUCALYPTUS COUNTY AS YOU'RE APPROACHING. 
          UM, I DO HAVE ONE IN MIND. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WANT TO GO ABOUT THIS, BUT YOU SAID, UH, I'M RELATED. 
          WAS WAS THE ONE THAT SEEMED TO BE THE MOST, UM, VISUALLY APPEALING AND AGAIN, UH, THE, THE COTTAGE SYSTEM IN A SENSE OR WHATEVER WE WANNA DEFINE IT AS, UM, SEEMED TO JUST HAVE A MORE NEIGHBORHOOD FEEL TO ME. 
          YEAH. 
          BLENDS IN A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A MOTION OR HOW DO YOU WANT WORK? THIS, I'M DESTROYING OUT WHATEVER MY COLLEAGUES. 
          WELL, I THINK, WELL, FOR ME, I KNOW THAT LIKE, WHAT GIVES ME COMFORT IS THAT KNOWING IF WE HAVE SOME AESTHETIC ISSUES, THAT'S STUFF THAT WE CAN HAMMER OUT MM-HMM. 
           WITH WHATEVER DEVELOPER WE PICK. 
          SO I'M KIND OF LOOKING AT IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY. 
          AND AGAIN, WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT REASONS WHY WE GO WITH PEOPLE, BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK OF DIFFERENT DEVELOPERS THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH IN THE PAST THAT, UM, THEY RE RETAIN MANAGEMENT. 
          THEY DON'T SELL THE PROPERTY. 
          I LOOK AT THIS AS THE KIND OF RELATIONSHIPS WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PEOPLE THAT OWN THIS PROPERTY. 
          DO THEY SHARE THE VISION? AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT EVERYONE DOESN'T SHARE THE VISION, BUT FOR ME, WHAT STOOD OUT AS FAR AS LIKE LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIPS, WORKING WITH US, WITH WHAT WE NEED TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THIS WAS, UM, C AND C, BUT THAT WAS JUST JIM JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE. 
          SO THAT WAS MY COMMENT. 
          I, I HAVE, 
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YOU MENTIONED CNC. 
          OKAY. 
          I THINK CNC, ALL OF THE PRESENTATIONS WERE GREAT, BUT THE VIDEO OF WHAT THIS IS GONNA LOOK LIKE ON THAT CORNER JUST BLEW ME AWAY. 
          I THINK IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL ON THAT CORNER. 
          I ALSO DID ACTUALLY VISIT THEIR SITE AT, UH, ALL TRUDY, AND I WAS IMPRESSED WHEN I MADE THAT VISIT. 
          UH, IT, IT'S WELL LAID OUT SPACE, IT'S WELL UTILIZED. 
          THE, UH, TENANTS THAT WERE THERE SEEMED TO BE, RAY AND I WENT TO THINK TOGETHER ON THAT AND THEY SEEMED TO BE VERY, VERY HAPPY ABOUT IT. 
          UH, IT SEEMED TO BE VERY USER FRIENDLY, THE TRASH PICKUP IN THE HALLWAY, UH, YOU KNOW, THOSE KIND OF THINGS. 
          SO, UM, I I'M KIND OF LEANING TOWARDS C AND C SO RIGHT. 
          I, YOU KNOW, I YOU WANNA GO FIRST? YOU WANT TO NO, GO, GO AHEAD. 
          YOU KNOW, YEAH. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          I WAS, I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING LATE. 
          I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE TWO FOLKS THAT HAD, UM, UH, PRESENTED PRIOR TO ME GETTING HERE KNEW THAT I WENT THROUGH IT WITH NICK, UH, YESTERDAY AND REVIEWED EVERYTHING. 
          SO I'M NOT COMING INTO IT COLD TURKEY. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY AND FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THE STAFF HAS DONE. 
          I THINK FOR ME, I, I'M KIND OF LEANING TOWARDS RELATED WITH PETER. 
          IT'S KIND OF JUST THE AESTHETICS AND I KNOW WE, WE WILL BE ABLE TO WORK WITH HIM. 
          'CAUSE YOU KNOW, AS YOU BOTH HAVE SAID, IT'S, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A RELATIONSHIP WE'RE GONNA BE IN FOR A LONG TIME AND, UH, TO SEE HOW THEY OPERATE. 
          I WAS JUST IMPRESSED WITH, SO, I'M SORRY, WHICH PROJECT DID YOU VISIT FROM THEM? OH GOSH, BLOOMINGTON. 
          I SAW, I'VE SEEN A COUPLE OF THEIRS IN BLOOMINGTON. 
          I KNEW THEM FROM, UH, MY COUNTY DAYS AND NATIONAL COURT AS WELL. 
          NATIONAL COURT. 
          THEY DO. 
          GREAT JOB AS WELL. 
          RIGHT. 
          MATTER MAYOR ALSO, UM, RELATED IS PROBABLY WOULD BE MY CHOICE, BUT IT WAS REALLY, THEY WERE LIKE ALL THE SAME. 
          BUT I DID GET TO TOUR, UM, I THINK TWO OR THREE PROPERTIES OF RELATED AND THERE WAS A LOT OF AMENITIES THERE THAT I WAS REAL IMPRESSED WITH. 
          ESPECIALLY A COMMUNITY BUILDING. 
          IF I WAS A MISTAKEN, ONE OF 'EM, YOU GUYS HAD A COMMUNITY BUILDING THAT YOU OPENED UP. 
          IT WAS ADJACENT TO A PARK, WHATEVER, JUST LIKE THIS. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THAT POINT IS WHAT I REALLY LIKED AT THE COMMUNITY BUILDING. 
          AND, UH, THE PEOPLE THERE WERE VERY HAPPY, UM, WITH THE, WITH THE PROPERTIES. 
          SO THIS RELATED, UH, WAS THAT PRESENTATION TO RETAIN OWNERSHIP? DO YOU REMEMBER? YEAH. 
          YOU, YOU GUYS BUILD AND HOLD, RIGHT? YEAH, ALL OF THEM DO. 
          ALL OF 'EM DO. 
          BUT THEY WERE GONNA HAVE AN OUTSIDE COMPANY MANAGE IT, RIGHT? I THINK THEY WERE GONNA HAVE ON ONSITE. 
          NO, I KNOW. 
          ON ONSITE, BUT I WAS ON SITE. 
          A DIFFERENT COMPANY MANAGE IT. 
          CAN I ASK ONE QUESTION? AND NICK, THEY'RE ALL GOOD. 
          COULD HE FIND TWO OTHER PLACES TO PUT 'EM? YEAH. 
          , I, I'D LOVE TO AND, AND WE ARE WORKING ON IT. 
          . 
          YEAH. 
          THAT'S GOOD. 
          UH, JUST, YOU KNOW, WE, WE LIKE TO MAKE, I THINK WHEN WE MAKE UNIFORM AND UNANIMOUS DECISIONS, IT SHOWS A, A GREATER STRENGTH AND A GREATER CONFIDENCE IN PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE BRINGING SOMETHING THIS INTENSE AND THIS IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND I TELL YOU, I I I AS IF I HAD ANY REAL OTHER THOUGHTS MM-HMM. 
           I WAS THINKING ABOUT RELATED AS WELL. 
          AS LONG AS WE'RE LOOKING AT JUST THE ONE, THE TWO, THE ONE AND TWO STORY 51 UNITS, I'M, I'M GLAD NOBODY WAS PUSHING THE THREE STUDENT OR THREE STORY ON THAT CORNER. 
          THAT JUST WAS NOT GONNA WORK. 
          AND I, I DO LIKE THE LAYOUT. 
          SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE MAY HAVE A, UH, CONSENSUS OR A MAJORITY FOR, FOR RELATED BEFORE US IS TO SELECT ONE OF THE THREE PROPOSERS AS THE PREFERRED DEVELOPER OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT. 
          SO DO WE NEED A FORMAL MOTION FOR THAT? CHERYL? DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MOVE THE ITEM AND I'LL SECOND RELATED SECOND. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SECOND WITH BRIAN? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION PASSES. 
          FIVE ZERO. 
          OKAY. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          WELL, THANK YOU ALL AND CONGRATULATIONS. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU EVERYONE THAT DID A PRESENTATION. 
          WE SO MUCH WORK WENT INTO IT. 
          WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND THE, ALL THE PRESENTATIONS WERE, WERE WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          HOPE TO WORK IN THE FUTURE WITH EVERYONE ELSE. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          HOPE TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS IN THE FUTURE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          I, CHERYL DO I NEED TO ADJOURN THE MEETING? YES, YOU'LL ADJOURN THE MEETING TO SIX 6:00 PM SO WE'RE GONNA BE ADJOURNING THIS MEETING TO OUR SIX O O'CLOCK COUNCIL AND THEN AT THE COUNCIL WE WILL BE HAVING DINNER TONIGHT. 
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HEY, GOOD EVENING. 
          [ 6:00 P.M. - CONVENE MEETING / ROLL CALL]
I WOULD LIKE TO RECONVENE THE MEETING THE CHINO HILL CITY COUNCIL FOR FEBRUARY 13TH, 2024. 
          CHERYL, WILL YOU PLEASE TAKE ROLL? ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CHERYL. 
          PLEASE AT THIS TIME STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO OUR FLAG. 
          AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE FLAG SALUTE. 
          PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR TONIGHT'S INVOCATION FROM FATHER JOSEPH, FROM ST. 
          PAUL, THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH. 
          READY, BEGIN. 
          THANK 
          [ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]
YOU TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN THE VISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER 
          [ INVOCATION: Father Joseph Pilotin, St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church]
AND OF THE SON, AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 
          BLESSED ARE YOU LORD GOD OF ALL CREATION. 
          FOR IT IS FROM YOUR GOODNESS THAT WE HAVE THIS DAY TO CELEBRATE ON THE THRESHOLD OF THE SEASON OF LENT. 
          TOMORROW WE WILL FAST. 
          BUT TONIGHT WE REJOICE HEARTILY IN YOU. 
          WE THANK YOU FOR THE ABUNDANCE OF GIFTS. 
          YOU SHOWER UPON US. 
          WE THANK YOU ESPECIALLY FOR ONE ANOTHER. 
          WE THANK WE THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO GATHER, TO SHARE WONDERFUL IDEAS, TO AFFIRM EACH OTHER'S GIFTS AND TO COMMIT TO, TO MAKING CONCRETE STEPS NECESSARY TO ADVANCE OUR CITY. 
          BUT AS WE GIVE YOU THANKS, WE ARE ALSO MINDFUL OF THOSE WHO HAVE SO MUCH LESS THAN WE DO. 
          WE ARE MINDFUL OF THOSE WHO GO HUNGRY AND WEAK. 
          THOSE WHO FEEL LONELY AND ISOLATED, THOSE WHO LIVE IN WAR AND VIOLENCE. 
          WE PRAY THAT WE MAY LISTEN TO YOUR CALL, THAT ALL SHALL BE ONE. 
          EMPOWER US TO SHARE EACH OTHER'S CONCERNS, TO FEEL THE PAINS AND WOUNDS OF THOSE WHO ARE HURTING. 
          AND TO LEND A HELPING HAND. 
          AS WE ENJOY THE WONDERFUL GIFTS WE HAVE, WE COMMIT OURSELVES TO GREATER GENEROSITY TOWARD OTHERS. 
          MAY OUR LEN AND OBSERVANCES MAKE US MORE ALERT AND MAY HEIGHTEN OUR CONSCIOUSNESS SO THAT WE MIGHT BE READY TO HEAR YOUR WORD AND RESPOND TO YOUR CALL. 
          MAY OURSELVES DENIAL. 
          TURN OUR HEARTS TO YOU AND GIVE US A NEW FREEDOM FOR GENEROUS SERVICE TO OTHERS. 
          WE ASK ALL THIS WITH OUR HEARTS FULL OF DELIGHT AND STEERING WITH READINESS FOR THE JOURNEY AHEAD. 
          WE ASK THEM WITH CONFIDENCE IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, OUR LORD. 
          AMEN. 
          AND IN THE NAME, THE FATHER AND OF THE SON, THE HOLY SPIRIT. 
          AMEN. 
          THE FIRST ITEM ON 
          [3. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming February as Black History Month]
OUR AGENDA IS A PROCLAMATION PER CLAIMING. 
          FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH TO BE ACCEPTED BY BLACK STUDENT UNION OFFICERS FROM AYALA ENC, CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOLS. 
          WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM? I SEE, I SEE THE CHAIR VOICE. 
          SO DIANA, JOIN THEM. 
          YOU THINK? I'M SURE SHE, YEAH. 
          OH, THERE SHE HAVE YOU. 
          STAND TO THE, OKAY. 
          EACH YEAR, BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS OBSERVED. 
          IN FEBRUARY IN 1926, DR. CARTER WOODSON BEGAN THE ANNUAL OBSERVANCE TO HELP RECTIFY THE OMISSION OF AFRICAN AMERICANS FROM HISTORY BOOKS. 
          IN 1976, THE WEEK LONG COMMEMORATION WAS EXPANDED TO ONE MONTH AND IS NOW RECOGNIZED AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH. 
          DURING THIS MONTH, WE CELEBRATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF BLACK AMERICANS IN EVERY FIELD. 
          FROM SCIENCE AND THE ARTS TO POLITICS AND RELIGION. 
          WE ARE PROUD OF OUR CITY'S DIVERSITY AND ENCOURAGE OUR RESIDENTS TO USE THIS TIME TO BECOME MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT BLACK HERITAGE AND TO HONOR THE MANY BLACK LEADERS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO OUR NATION'S PROGRESS. 
          TO ACCEPT A NICE PROCLAMATION, WE HAVE STUDENTS FROM BOTH AALA AND CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL, BLACK 
          [01:30:01]
STUDENT UNIONS. 
          AT THIS TIME I'M GONNA HAVE, UH, A STUDENT FROM EACH SCHOOL COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS AND THEN I'LL HAVE YOUR FEARLESS LEADERS COME TALK. 
          SO CAN YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND SAY, HI EVERYONE. 
          MY NAME IS LAMAYA EPPS AND I AM PRESIDENT AT AYALA HIGH SCHOOL. 
          AND THESE ARE MY BOARD MEMBERS. 
          LEVI, OUR SECRETARY, KAYLIN, OUR SECRETARY, DOMINIC, OUR TREASURER, FALLON. 
          OUR HISTORICAL HISTORIAN. 
          HISTORIAN, MY BAD GUYS. 
          UM, AND ROCHELLE, OUR UCC REP. 
          . 
          THANK YOU DEEPLY FOR THIS REC RECOGNITION ON BEHALF OF BLACK STUDENT UNION AND REEN S ALA HIGH SCHOOL. 
          IT IS WITH AMAZING GRATITUDE THAT WE ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION, KNOWING THE SIGNIFICANCE IT HOLDS NOT ONLY FOR OUR ORGANIZATION, BUT FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY WE SERVE. 
          DISH HONOR SERVES AS A TESTAMENT TO THE LIGHT, TO THE TIRE. 
          TIRELESS DEDICATION AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT OF OUR MEMBERS, ADVISORS, AND STAFF WHO HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY. 
          OOH WOW. 
          SORRY GUYS. 
          TO UPHOLD THE PRINCIPLES OF EQUITY AND DIVERSITY ON OUR CAMPUS AND BEYOND. 
          IN THE SPIRIT OF THOSE WHO FOUGHT TIRELESSLY FOR JUSTICE AND EQUALITY, WE PLEDGE TO CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS TO AMPLIFY THE VOICES OF BLACK STUDENTS. 
          ADVOCATE FOR A MEANINGFUL CHANGE FOR OUR CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT WHERE ALL INDIVIDUALS ARE VALUED, RESPECTED, AND EMPOWERED TO THRIVE. 
          ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR. 
          AND IT SERVES AS A REMINDER OF THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR COLLECT TO COLLECTIVE EFFORTS AND THE IMPACT WE CAN MAKE WHEN WE STAND TOGETHER IN SOLIDARITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          EXCELLENT JOB. 
          SO DO WE HAVE ANYONE FROM CHINO HILLS HIGH TONIGHT? JUST A GALA. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE HAVE A, WELL, MR. FORD, HE'S THEIR ADVISOR. 
          CITY OF CHINO HILL PROCLAMATION FOR UM, THIS IS FOR YOU GUYS. 
          THAT'S FOR YOU GUYS. 
          AND THEN NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE MR. FORD COME UP. 
          WELL, MR. MS. , YOU COME UP FIRST 'CAUSE YOU'RE FROM . 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THAT WAS EXCELLENT JOB. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR, UM, A WONDERFUL BOARD. 
          THANK YOU GUYS. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS INCLUDING RUBEN, ELLA HIGH SCHOOL AND EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, CREED, RELIGION, GENDER, OR SEX. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE FULL INCLUSION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THEN I HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR MR. FORD, THE BLACK STUDENT UNION ADVISOR FROM CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL. 
          SO WE ARE PROUDLY PRESENTING THAT TO YOU. 
          AND IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND SAYING A FEW WORDS, GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY BOARD, JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU. 
          REPRESENTING CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL'S, BSU, I'M THE ADVISOR THERE AND WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT. 
          I'M ALSO A-H-B-C-U GRADUATE. 
          I GRADUATED FROM TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY IN ALABAMA IN 2001. 
          SO IT'S VERY PIVOTAL FOR ME TO BE A PART OF SITUATIONS LIKE THIS, SHOWING KIDS THAT THERE ARE MORE OUTLETS OUT THERE FOR THEM TO EXPLORE. 
          SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME YOU GUYS HAVE TAKEN AND A PROCLAMATION, AND AGAIN, REPRESENT ENCINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU GUYS. 
          I TAKE A PHOTO, I SAW SOME PARENTS TAKING PHOTOS. 
          IF YOU GUYS WANT TO, YOU CAN COME CLOSER. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE WAY IN THE BACK. 
          NICOLE. 
          AFTER NICOLE. 
          YEAH, AFTER NICOLE, GO KANSAS CITY, GO KANSAS CITY. 
          EVERYONE. 
          EVERYONE LOOKING AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE PARENTS GO. 
          YOU TAKE CARE. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE NEXT 
          [4. HIGHLIGHTED VOLUNTEER - Active Adult Ping Pong Program Volunteers: Ben Lau, CP Mak, and Daniel Peng for helping grow and monitor the program]
ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE HIGHLIGHTED VOLUNTEER FOR THE ACTIVE ADULT PING PONG PROGRAM. 
          VOLUNTEERS BEN LAO, CP 
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MACK AND DANIEL PING FOR HELPING GROW AND MONITOR THE PRO PROGRAM. 
          WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM? GUYS CAN STAND HERE. 
          YOU'LL BE SURE TO BE ON CAMERA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT WE RECOGNIZE BEN, DANIEL, AND CP AS OUR HIGHLIGHTED VOLUNTEERS. 
          THEY WERE SELECTED FOR THEIR VOLUNTEER SERVICE WITH THE ACTIVE ADULTS 50 PLUS PING PONG PROGRAM, WHICH IS A FREE PROGRAM AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER FOR PING PONG PLAYERS, IF ANY LEVEL OVER THE AGE OF 50. 
          THESE THREE GENTLEMEN HAVE BEEN VOLUNTEERING WITH THE PROGRAM SINCE 2022 AND ARE CREDITED WITH ASSISTING STAFF ON DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS, REVISING THE PROGRAM RULES, MAINTAINING EQUIPMENT, AND TEACHING NEW PARTICIPANTS HOW TO PLAY. 
          SINCE THEY STARTED VOLUNTEERING, THE DAILY AVERAGE HAS INCREASED FROM 15 PLAYERS TO 30. 
          WHEN ASKED WHAT THEY ENJOY MOST ABOUT VOLUNTEERING, THEY ALL AGREED THAT MEETING NEW PEOPLE AND TEACHING THEM HOW TO PLAY PING PONG IS THE BEST PART. 
          ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED DEDICATION TO OUR CITY. 
          YOU ARE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE YOU. 
          WHO'S BEN? BEN IS THE HIGHLIGHT OF VOLUNTEER. 
          THIS IS FROM THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS. 
          THIS IS FROM SUPERVISOR KURT HAGMAN. 
          THIS IS FROM ASSEMBLY MEMBER PHIL CHEN. 
          THIS IS FROM STATE SENATOR JOSH NEWMAN AND FROM STATE SENATOR KELLY KELLY SARTO. 
          AND YOU'LL BE GETTING THE SAME TOO. 
          AND YOU ARE YOUR CP. 
          SO HERE IS YOURS. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          WOULD EITHER OF YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW COMMENTS PLEASE? YES. 
          I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILL TO PROVIDE GREAT PROGRAM FOR THE SENIOR TO COME OUT HERE TO HAVE EXERCISE AND TO MEET NEW PEOPLE AND PACE FOR THEM TO ENJOY THE DAY. 
          AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THIS IS FOR DANIEL. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I AM HANDING IT OVER TO VANESSA NOW BECAUSE MY THROAT IS DYING ON ME THERE TOO. 
           I'LL BE THERE. 
          NEXT ON 
          [5. RECOGNITION - 2023 Photo Contest Winners]
THE AGENDA IS THE RECOGNITION OF THE 2023 PHOTO CONTESTS WINNERS TO BE PRESENTED BY COMMUNITY SERVICES COORDINATOR. 
          OSA, GOOD EVENING. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. 
          UM, SO IN 2017 WE HELD OUR FIRST, UH, ANNUAL PHOTO CONTEST. 
          AND EACH YEAR THE CONTEST HAS GROWN AS A WAY FOR RESIDENTS TO SHARE THEIR PRIDE IN OUR CITY. 
          IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR RESIDENTS TO SHOW OFF THEIR SKILLS AND WE SURE HAVE A LOT OF TALENT IN CHINO HILLS. 
          I WILL SAY THAT THIS FINE GENTLEMAN'S TAKING ALL KINDS OF PICTURES TONIGHT. 
          . 
          UM, SO I'M, OH, SORRY, THIS IS, UH, HANG ON A SECOND. 
          I'M READING CYNTHIA'S PART. 
          SO . 
          UM, SO LET'S SEE. 
          SO TONIGHT WE HAVE, UH, SOME GIFT CERTIFICATES AND, OR EXCUSE ME, GIFT CARDS AND CERTIFICATES, UM, FROM THE CITY. 
          AND, UM, WE ALSO HAVE CERTIFICATES FROM OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. 
          UM, SO WE'RE GONNA PRESENT THOSE TO OUR WINNERS TONIGHT. 
          UM, SO FIRST OF ALL, UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE CONTEST, UM, AS WELL AS OUR JUDGES WHO HAD THE CHALLENGING TASK OF JUDGING THIS PHOTO CONTEST. 
          UM, WE HAD JUST ABOUT A LITTLE OVER 200 ENTRIES, UM, AND WE ONLY HAD 10 WINNERS. 
          SO, UM, IT'S A TOUGH COMPETITION. 
          UM, AND, UH, WE, WE PICKED OUT SOME EXCELLENT PHOTOS. 
          SO, UM, ALL THE WINNERS ARE RECEIVING GIFT CARDS FROM THE SHOPS AT CHINO HILLS. 
          UM, OUR THIRD PLACE WINNERS ARE RECEIVING $50. 
          UH, THE SECOND PLACE WINNERS ARE RECEIVING $75. 
          OUR FIRST PLACE WINNERS ARE GETTING A HUNDRED DOLLARS AND OUR GRAND PRIZE WINNER RECEIVES $250 TO THE SHOPS. 
          SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL UP, UM, EACH WINNER INDIVIDUALLY. 
          AND IF YOU COULD PLEASE COME UP HERE AND ACCEPT YOUR APP PRIZES FROM, UM, MRS. MORAN. 
          AND THEN YOU'RE ALSO GONNA SEE THEIR PHOTOS UP ON THE SCREEN HERE. 
          SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND JUMP RIGHT IN. 
          WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE ANIMALS CATEGORY. 
          SO IN THIRD PLACE, OH, BY THE WAY, NONE OF THE WINNERS KNOW WHAT PLACE THEY'RE GONNA GET. 
          SO THIS IS ALL A SURPRISE AND EXCITEMENT FOR THEM TOO. 
          SO, UM, IN THE ANIMALS CATEGORY, UM, IN THIRD PLACE WE HAVE MS. SHERRY SMIT FROM, UH, FOR SUBMITTING THIS IS A HUMMINGBIRD WAS CHECKING OUT THE FLOWERS ON STAGE IN MY BACKYARD GIFT 
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CARD. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND IN SECOND PLACE WE HAVE EMMA CARTER FOR SUBMITTING COW ON THE HILLS ALONGSIDE CARBON CANYON ROAD. 
          YES. 
          CONGRATS. 
          GOOD JOB. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          AND IN FIRST PLACE WE HAVE AILA RESI FOR SUBMITTING EVERY YEAR A COUPLE OF GREAT HORNED OWLS NEST ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE. 
          THIS PARENT WOULD PUT PERFECTLY EVERY EVENING FOR A WHILE BEFORE HEADING OUT TO FIND FOOD FOR THE LITTLE ONES. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          ALRIGHT, SO NEXT WE'RE GONNA DO THE BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE CATEGORY. 
          IN THIRD PLACE WE HAVE ALBERT IMO FOR SUBMITTING, UM, A MENTORING PATH ALONG TELEGRAPH CANYON TRAIL. 
          OH, THERE YOU GO. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          IN SECOND PLACE WE HAVE KATIE KIM FOR SUBMIT, FOR SUBMITTING WE ARE COMMUNITY. 
          KATIE COULDN'T MAKE IT HERE TONIGHT, BUT THAT'S HER BEAUTIFUL PHOTO. 
          UM, AND IN FIRST PLACE WE HAVE JAMIE DS FOR SUBMITTING OUR CITY AND OUR PEOPLE. 
          ALRIGHT, AND IN OUR HOMETOWN PRIDE CATEGORY, IN THIRD PLACE WE HAVE ANISSA. 
          UM, ANISA GUTIERREZ FOR SUBMITTING HIKERS EMERGED FROM THE TUNNEL ONE. 
          IS IT 71 OR IS THAT GRAND? 71. 
          71 IN SECOND PLACE IS ONCE AGAIN JAMIE DS FOR SUBMITTING HIDDEN GEM IN CHINO HILLS. 
          ALRIGHT, AND IN FIRST PLACE WE HAVE MARLEY POURER FOR SUBMITTING, EXPLORING CORAL TRAIL IN CHINO HILL STATE PARK. 
          ALRIGHT, CONGRATULATIONS. 
          AND OUR GRAND PRIZE WINNER IS MS. EMMA CARTER FOR SUBMITTING THE 1 42 SIGN . 
          ALL RIGHT, AND ONE LAST TIDBIT. 
          UM, WE'RE GONNA GET A PHOTO OF THEM OF COURSE. 
          UM, BUT YOU CAN ALSO SEE, UM, THESE AWARD-WINNING ARTISTS HAVE ALL, ALL OF THEIR PHOTOS HAVE BEEN PRINTED ONTO A CANVAS AND THEY'RE GONNA BE, UM, POSTED OVER AT THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          UM, SO NEXT WEEK, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22ND, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PHOTO CONTEST, OR EXCUSE ME, AN ARTIST RECEPTION WHERE YOU CAN COME MEET THE ARTIST, SEE THEIR ARTWORK UP IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          UM, AND THIS WILL BE HAPPENING FROM SIX 30 TO SEVEN 30. 
          SO COME JOIN US. 
          UM, BUT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET A PHOTO. 
          AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY FAMILY AND FRIENDS THAT WANNA TAKE PHOTOS, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND DO THAT AS WELL, A SHOTGUN. 
          THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR 
          [ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT]
AGENDA IS A PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT. 
          THANK YOU CHERYL, AND GOOD EVENING MAYOR MORAN COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. 
          JUST A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY'S BALLOT MOBILE WILL VISIT CHINO HILLS ON FEBRUARY 15TH FROM 10:00 AM TO 12:00 PM IN THE CITY HALL PARKING LOT. 
          TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THE MARCH 5TH PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION. 
          IF YOU'VE ALREADY FILLED OUT YOUR BALLOT AND YOU NEED TO RETURN IT, THERE'S A DROPBOX LOCATED IN FRONT OF THE LIBRARY AND UPSTAIRS IN OUR CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. 
          BALLOTS CAN BE DROPPED OFF NOW UNTIL 8:00 PM ON MARCH 5TH IN CITY NEWS WORK IS CONTINUING ON THE CROSSROADS PARK RENOVATION PROJECT FOR THE CITY'S FIRST FULLY INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND. 
          THE RENOVATED PARK WAS EXPECTED TO REOPEN ON JANUARY 31ST. 
          HOWEVER, DURING THE CONSTRUCTION, 
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ADDITIONAL WORK AREAS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN NEED OF IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING REPAIRS TO THE EXISTING RESTROOMS AND REHAB OF THE EXISTING GAZEBO. 
          THE PARK WILL REMAIN CLOSED THROUGH MID-APRIL TO COMPLETE THE REPAIRS AND ACCESS TO THE TENNIS COURTS WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE. 
          HOWEVER, THERE WILL BE NO PUBLIC RESTROOMS DURING THIS TIME AND ALSO IN PARK RENOVATIONS. 
          JUST A REMINDER THAT THE SECOND SKATE PARK WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 21ST. 
          THE WORKSHOP WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK COLLECTED FROM THE FIRST WORKSHOP AND PRESENT INITIAL SKATE PARK DESIGN OPTIONS FOR ATTENDEES TO PROVIDE INPUT ON. 
          FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT CHINO HILLS.ORG/SKATE PARK ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH, POPUP CITY HALL WILL TAKE INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY AND VISIT LOWES OFF CHINO HILLS PARKWAY FROM EIGHT TO 11:00 AM CITY OFFICIALS AND MEMBERS OF THE CHINO HILLS POLICE AND CHINO VALLEY FIRE DEPARTMENTS WILL BE ON HAND TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND FREE CITY GIVEAWAYS WILL BE AVAILABLE WHILE SUPPLIES LOSS. 
          AND LASTLY, CITY FACILITIES AND THE LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19TH FOR PRESIDENT'S DAY AND TRASH SERVICE IS NOT AFFECTED. 
          AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PIO REPORT AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          PERFECT. 
          THANK YOU NICOLE, JOE. 
          OKAY, OUR 
          [6. 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.]
NEXT ITEM IS PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          AT THIS TIME, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEMS WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE COUNCIL, WHETHER OR NOT THE ITEM APPEARS ON THE AGENDA, ACCEPT TESTIMONY ON PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS WHICH MUST BE PROVIDED DURING THOSE HEARINGS. 
          PLEASE COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD. 
          COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER DUE TO THE OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF SPEAKER CARDS THAT WE RECEIVED FOR THIS ITEM, WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY 50. 
          WE WILL BE LIMITING THE SPEAKING AT THIS TIME TO 30 MINUTES. 
          ANY COMMENTS THAT ARE NOT HEARD DURING THIS PORTION WILL BE HEARD AT THE END OF THE MEETING FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BEFORE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY ITEM. 
          SO WE WILL PUT IT ON A TIMER, WHOEVER IS SPEAKING WHEN THE 30 MINUTES COMES UP, MAY CONTINUE THEIR COMMENTS AND THEN EVERYBODY ELSE WILL BE AT THE END OF THE MEETING. 
          PLEASE NOTE THAT THEY ARE IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER OTHER THAN WHEN THEY WERE TURNED INTO ME. 
          SO IF YOU DON'T HEAR YOUR NAME CALLED, THEN YOU KNOW THAT YOU'LL BE HEARD AT THE END OF THE MEETING. 
          IN ADDITION, I'LL BE CALLING THE FIRST NAME AND THEN CALLING THE PERSON WHO WILL FOLLOW. 
          UM, SO THAT, THAT WAY WE CAN KEEP IT MOVING. 
          AND PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR ANY PRONUNCIATION ERRORS THAT I MIGHT MAKE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS IAD. 
          I, I'M SORRY, IAD ABRAHAM. 
          OKAY. 
          RAHIM IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, OUR LORD, THE MOST BENEFICIAL, THE MOST MERCIFUL. 
          MY DAUGHTER MAYA. 
          I'M GONNA SPEAK FAST BECAUSE OF THE TIME. 
          MY DAUGHTER MAYA, EIGHT YEARS OLD, SHE SHOWED INTEREST IN ART. 
          SO I BOUGHT HER CANVASES AND PAINT AND THIS IS WHAT SHE USED TO PAINT, YOU KNOW, BEAUTIFUL STUFF. 
          UM, BUTTERFLIES, FLOWERS. 
          I LOST HER. 
          SURPRISED LAST WEEK. 
          THIS IS WHAT SHE DREW. 
          SHE DREW DEMOLISHED HOMES AND BULLDOZERS, DEMOLISHING THOSE HOMES, EIGHT YEARS OLD. 
          THINK OF YOUR KIDS OR YOUR GRANDKIDS IF THEY DID THAT, HOW WOULD YOU FEEL? I'M FROM THE CITY OF RAFA, OR NOW I'M IN CHINO HILLS FROM CHINO HILLS PROUDLY. 
          BUT I GREW UP IN THE CITY OF RAFA, THE SOUTHERN CITY OF GAZA STRIP WHERE ISRAEL PROMISED A SAFE HAVEN TO THE REST OF GAZA RESIDENTS TO GO TO. 
          AND NOW THE SAME GOVERNMENT IS THREATENING TO INVADE RAFA, 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE AND MORE RESIDE IN RAFA. 
          TODAY I HAVE OVER 150 IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS IN RAFA, AND I ALREADY LOST 11 EXTENDED FAMILY MEMBERS IN OTHER CITIES TO THIS MASSACRE. 
          I HEARD SOMEBODY SAY THAT CEASE FIRE IS NOT, UH, A CITY CONCERNED OF CHINO HILLS. 
          OUR JEWISH BROTHER AND SISTERS HAVE ALL THE RIGHT TO ASK FOR ANTISEMITISM RESOLUTION. 
          YOU ADOPTED AND PASSED IT, AND I AGREE THERE ARE HATERS OUT THERE, BUT HOW DOES THAT CONCERN, IF ANY, CHINO HILLS, BUT IT PASSED? I CALL FOR A CEASE FIRE RESOLUTION THAT YOU PUT ON THE AGENDA AND PASS PLEASE. 
          OUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS, THEY'RE AFRAID TO VOTE BECAUSE BACK HOME, THEY'RE USED TO, UH, PRESIDENTS WINNING 99.9 WHETHER YOU VOTE OR NOT, BUT WE WILL BE ENCOURAGING THEM TO VOTE IN THIS CITY. 
          I WILL TALK TO MY FRIENDS, FAMILIES 
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AND MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS TO VOTE FOR THE COUNCIL IN THIS CITY AND BE INVOLVED AND BE MORE ENGAGED HERE SO WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT CAN HEAR US AND HEAR OUR CONCERNS. 
          THESE ARE YOUR CONS, CONSTITUENTS. 
          I AM FROM CHINO HILLS. 
          MY LITTLE DAUGHTER IS FROM CHINO HILLS. 
          PLEASE HELP BRING PEACE TO ME AND HER BY WORDS. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING, JUST SAY A WORD. 
          CEASE FIRE BOTH SIDES, NOT ONE SIDE. 
          PLEASE DO THAT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          OUR OUR NEXT SPEAKER. 
          OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DARRELL GLAN, FOLLOWED BY DR. 
          WAYMAN LIU. 
          GOOD EVENING CITY COUNCIL. 
          I AM DARRELL GASLIN. 
          I HAVE THREE ITEMS THAT I WANT BURNING UP TO YOU. 
          AND THE, THE FIRST ONE'S VERY EASY. 
          IT'S VISUAL LOADS OF US WHO SHOP AT COSTCO, GET THE GASOLINE AND WHAT HAVE YOU. 
          THE, UM, UH, I WISH THAT, UH, MAYBE WHO'S EVER IN CHARGE OF THE ROADS HERE WOULD CONSIDER LOOKING AT THAT TEMPORARY COVER. 
          I GUESS IT'S A CANVAS BAG THAT'S OVER ONE OF THE SIGNAL LIGHTS. 
          IT LOOKS TEMPORARY, BUT IT'S BEEN THERE SINCE AT LEAST LAST YEAR. 
          AND SO I WISH THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS TAKING DOWN. 
          THOSE ARE FOR US THAT ARE TURNING RIGHT INTO THE PARKING LOT. 
          SO THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE THING. 
          IT'S JUST SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO SEE CLEANED UP. 
          THE UH, SECOND ITEM I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS CELL PHONE SIGNAL COVERAGE. 
          LAST YEAR I WAS HERE AND I BELIEVE IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, THERE WAS T-MOBILE AT AND T AND VERIZON THAT WERE PRESENTING WHAT THEIR ISSUES IN TERMS OF WHAT, WHERE TO PLACE SIGNAL TOWERS. 
          AND SO, UH, ONE, I THINK THERE WERE THREE ISSUES THAT CAME UP. 
          RADIATION, CERTAIN NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA, WHICH IS, UH, UNDERSTANDABLE, THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT RADIATION, BUT THERE'S RADIATION ALL AROUND US, WIFI SIGNALS AND SO ON AND SO ON. 
          I'M NOT AN EXPERT, I'M NOT A DOCTOR OF HEALTH OF ANYTHING LIKE THAT, SO I CAN'T, UH, SPEAK TO THE EFFECTS OF RADIATION. 
          AND OF COURSE THERE'S THE APPEARANCE OF TOWERS, SHOULD THEY LOOK LIKE A BIG TALL POST OR DRESSED UP LIKE A TREE. 
          THE, UH, OTHER ITEM IS, AGAIN, BACK AT COSTCO WHEN YOU'RE SITTING IN LINE WAITING FOR GASOLINE FOR 10 TO 15 MINUTES. 
          I'D LIKE TO LISTEN TO YOUTUBE MUSIC. 
          I CAN'T GET MUSIC RECEPTION WHEN I'M SITTING IN THE LINE THERE. 
          SO I JUST WISH TO HAVE A PLEASANT TIME, UH, WAITING FOR TO POP THE GASOLINE INTO MY VEHICLE. 
          SO SINCE LAST YEAR, WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THIS STUDY ON WHERE TO PLACE TOWERS? HAVE THE NEIGHBORS BEEN ADDRESSED REGARDING A CELL PHONE, UM, RADIATION IN TERMS OF HEALTH AND, UH, OH YEAH. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS OTHER AREAS THAT I LOSE SIGNAL IS COMING DOWN. 
          SO WELL, GETTING ONTO THE FREEWAY AND I DON'T GET RECEPTION THERE. 
          THIS IS A LATE MODEL CELL PHONE, SO YOU KNOW, IT SHOULD BE IN GOOD SHAPE TO RECEIVE SIGNALS, BUT I DON'T A LOT OF TIMES THERE. 
          SO I LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING AS FAR AS THE TOWERS ARE CONCERNED. 
          AND THEN THE LAST THING IS SPEED HUMPS NOT SPEED BUMPS. 
          I'M THE RESIDENT ON CADIUM COURT JUST ABOVE SLATE DRIVE. 
          AND THE THING IS THAT THERE IS ONE STOP SIGN BETWEEN SOWELL AND CANYON, UH, SOQUEL CANYON PARKWAY AND COPPER AVENUE, AND THE HOT RODS IN THE AREA TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT LONG STRETCH ALONG STRAIGHT, UH, SLATE AVENUE. 
          AND THEY ACCELERATE THEIR VEHICLES AT PRETTY HIGH SPEEDS. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, WHEN THEY COME TO THE STOP SIGN AT AGATE, UH, THEY LIKE TO, UH, SHOW HOW FAST AND HOW LOW THEIR ENGINE IS. 
          I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE WHO'S EVER IN CHARGE DESIGN SPEED HUMPS TO, UH, SLOW DOWN THOSE PARTICULAR RACE DRIVERS. 
          AND ALSO SOMETHING THAT IN CONSIDERATION WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS, THEY HAVE TO GET THEIR, THEY GET THEIR VEHICLES TO AN EMERGENCY OF SOME SORT. 
          SO THE SPEED HUMPS OUGHT TO BE DESIGNED FOR THOSE VEHICLES THAT NEED TO BE TRAVELING RELATIVELY FAST. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU DOC. 
          DR. 
          WAYMAN LIU, FOLLOWED BY SALINE. 
          ARI GANI, YOU'RE UP. 
          WAYMAN JOE? YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, GOOD EVENING. 
          UH, MAYOR BO AND, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, UH, RESIDENT OF CHINO HILLS. 
          MY NAME IS DR. WILLIAM LOU. 
          I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF CHINO HILLS FOR OVER 24 YEARS, 
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AND I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THIS CITY, MY NEIGHBORS AND OUR COMMUNITY. 
          LAST MONTH I CAME BEFORE YOU TO SPEAK ABOUT THE TREES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTING HOMEOWNER SINCE 2 0 2. 
          OH, IT'S ALMOST FOUR YEARS. 
          WHY THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE IS VERY PERSONAL TO ME. 
          I WANT TO APOLOGIZE. 
          MY MISBEHAVIOR. 
          DURING LAST MONTH'S CITY COUNCIL, UH, MAYOR, APOLOGIZE. 
          SO, UH, CITY MEETING, UH, SUPPOSED TO BE CIVIL AND ALLOW US TO SHARE CONCERNS. 
          AND WE HAVE, AS A RE RESIDENTS AND TAXPAYER OF CHINO HILL, HOWEVER, IT'S IMPERATIVE WE SO, SO RESPECT TO OUR CITY COUNCIL, UH, UH, CITY COUNCIL AND EMPLOYEE OF THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY CHERYL AND RESIDENTS OF CHINO HILL. 
          AND I FAIL TO DO SO THIS LAST MONTH. 
          I'M REGRETFULLY SAY SORRY. 
          I'M VERY SORRY. 
          I HOPE THE CITY ACCEPTS MY SINCERE APOLOGIES AND WILL WORK WITH ME AND MY NEIGHBOR TO FIND A PATH TO WORK TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS FACING IN OUR RANCHO HILL COMMUNITY. 
          I SIMPLY ASKED THE CITY TO ACT IN GOOD FAITH WITH HOMEOWNERS OF RANCHO HILLS INSTEAD OF PITTING NEIGHBORS AGAINST EACH OTHER, UTILIZE THE CITY'S LEGAL COUNCIL TO BULLY AND INTIMIDATING RESIDENTS AND STUFF. 
          FABRICATING STORIES WITH HYBRID LANGUAGE SUCH AS TREE MASSACRE TO FRAME CHINO HILL'S RESIDENCE AS ANTI ENVIRONMENTALISTS AND CRIMINAL ANYTHING COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH, BUT WE WILL PROVIDE EVIDENCE IN THE COURT. 
          LET'S BE CLEAR. 
          UH, THE RANCHO HILLS COMMUNITY ARE ORDINARY RESIDENTS WHO WORK, PROVIDE FOR THE FAMILY, AND ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THEIR HOMES AND FAMILY. 
          LIKE THE REST OF THE CHILDREN HILLS COMMUNITY, WE ARE GOOD PEOPLES WHO HAVE IN INVEST INTO THE CITY AND DO NOT DESERVE THE KIND OF TREATMENT BY THE CITY, UH, OR ITS LEGAL COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU DR. 
          LIU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND CONSIDERATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          S SALINE BANANI, FOLLOWED BY JULIAN GONZALEZ. 
          WHAT WAS THE, HELLO, MY NAME IS SALINE GIOVANNI. 
          I GREET YOU WITH THE GREETING OF ISLAM AND A GREETING OF PEACE. 
          , I'M A RESIDENT OF CHINO. 
          UM, SO I'M RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO YOU GUYS. 
          BUT WHAT MY RELATION TO CHINO HILLS IS THAT I'VE BEEN PART OF CHINO HILLS FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS, UH, SPECIFICALLY WITH AN ORGANIZATION THAT I BELIEVE SOME OF YOU UP HERE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH A YSO. 
          UH, I'M AN VOLER WITH THE CITY. 
          I'M A REFEREE SOCCER COACH, AS WELL AS A REFEREE, AS WELL AS A SOCCER COACH. 
          AND CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, I'M MISSING PRACTICE TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO GO AHEAD AND BE A VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS. 
          I'M SURE YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHY I'M HERE AND WHY MANY OTHERS BEHIND ME, AS YOU CAN SEE ARE HERE AS WELL. 
          IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECT. 
          THE LAST MEETING WE HAD OVER HERE, THERE ARE THOSE WITHIN THE CITY WHO SAY THAT THE CITY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING OVERSEAS. 
          BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, IT HAS LOT TO DO WITH THE CITY. 
          AND THAT'S EVIDENT BY THIS CROWD THAT'S OVER HERE AND PEOPLE WHO WILL BE TALKING DURING THIS TIME AS WELL. 
          WHAT I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS PAY ATTENTION TO THE DIVERSITY OF THIS CROWD AND PAY ATTENTION TO IT, BECAUSE THAT IN ITSELF IS IN A TESTAMENT TO WHERE THE TRUTH LIES. 
          TRUTH IS NOT DETERMINED BY PEOPLE WHO SAY, BUT RATHER PEOPLE ARE DETERMINED BY WHETHER THEY CAN STAND WITH THE TRUTH. 
          SO WHERE IS THIS CITY COUNCIL? IT'S A SHAME THAT THIS BODY CANNOT FIND THE MORAL COURAGE TO STAND UP FOR WHAT'S RIGHT. 
          ARE YOU NOT HUMAN BEINGS? DO YOU HAVE NO HUMANITY LEFT IN YOU? PEOPLE WOULD BE MONSTERS IF IT WAS NOT FOR THE NATURAL FEELING OF PITY. 
          IT'S PITY THAT HUMANIZES PEOPLE. 
          DO YOU NOT HAVE ANY PITY? I ASK THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DRAFT A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR AN IMMEDIA CEASEFIRE AND ENDING THE GENOCIDE IN PALESTINE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          JULIAN GONZALEZ, 
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FOLLOWED BY SUZETTE DING JULIAN GONZALEZ. 
          UM, MY NAME IS JULIAN AND, UH, I JUST CAME BACK FROM SCHOOL RIGHT NOW AND I GO TO SCHOOL ALL THE WAY TO MONTCLAIR HIGH SCHOOL. 
          BUT I WANTED TO LIKE, VOLUNTEER MY TIME AND MAKE SURE WE TALK ABOUT LIKE WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING ON RIGHT NOW. 
          BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY JUST THINK IT'S NOT REALLY HAPPENING AND IT'S NOT REALLY LIKE THEY DON'T REALIZE HOW REAL IT ACTUALLY IS. 
          AND WE NEED TO PUT A CEASEFIRE ON THE AGENDA AND MAKE IT HAPPEN BECAUSE EVERY DAY THAT WE WAIT IS MORE DEATHS, MORE STORIES, MORE REASONS FOR US TO HAVE A CEASEFIRE. 
          BUT IT, IT'S, NOTHING'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. 
          YOU GUYS, YOU NEED TO WORK WITH US. 
          AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S REAL. 
          IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING ON AND IT'S EITHER YOU'RE HELPING US TRY TO STOP IT AND STAND WITH US OR YOU'RE JUST A PART OF THE PROBLEM. 
          AND WE NEED TO WORK ON SOMETHING AND COMMIT TO THE CEASEFIRE IMMEDIATELY, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 
          BECAUSE THE, THE MORE TIME WE WASTE IS THE MORE DEATHS THAT ARE ON OUR HANDS. 
          AND WE EITHER NEED TO STEP FORWARD, TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY, AND START PARTICIPATING MORE. 
          LOOK AROUND, SEE HOW IT'S AFFECTING THE COMMUNITY, AND JUST BE THERE FOR US AND WHAT WE NEED YOU. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CEASE FIRED FOR PALESTINE RIGHT NOW. 
          FREE PALESTINE. 
          SUZETTE DANG. 
          SUZETTE DANG. 
          FOLLOWED BY SCOTT HAN. 
          MM-HMM, . 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          MAYOR MORAN, THE VICE MAYOR. 
          BURNETT CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF AND AUDIENCE MEMBERS OF CHINO HILLS. 
          SUZETTE DING WITH YOUR FOURTH DISTRICT, COUNTY SUPERVISOR, KURT HAGMAN'S OFFICE. 
          I JUST WANTED TO FIRST CONGRATULATE EVERY, ALL THE HONOREES TONIGHT. 
          AND ON BEHALF OF SUPERVISOR HAGMAN, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS ONCE AGAIN FOR PARTNERING WITH US TO HOST A FREE DOCUMENT SHREDDING EVENT THAT HAPPENED ON JANUARY 27TH. 
          THE EVENT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS AND WE WERE ABLE TO SERVE ABOUT 235 COUNTY RESIDENTS. 
          THANK YOU ALSO TO OUR RESIDENTS WHO TOOK PART, UH, WHO PARTICIPATED IN IT. 
          AND FOR I KNOW THERE WERE A FEW WHO CAME RIGHT AS THE TRUCKS WERE LEAVING. 
          SO IF YOU MISSED THE EVENT, OUR NEXT RED EVENT IS COMING UP ON MARCH 16TH IS, WHICH IS ALSO A SATURDAY BETWEEN 9:00 AM TO 12:00 PM OR UNTIL THE TRUCK REACHES CAPACITY. 
          WE DO ASK AND RE RECOMMEND THAT YOU, UM, PRE-REGISTER AT HAGMAN SHRED 0 3 2 4. 
          DO EVENTBRITE.COM OR CALL, CALL OUR DISTRICT OFFICE AT (909) 465-5265 PER ASSISTANCE. 
          SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY ANIMAL CARE DEPARTMENT HAS ONGOING FREE PET ADOPTION PROGRAM FOR SENIORS AGE 65 AND OVER. 
          AND FOR OUR VETERANS. 
          FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE ANIMAL CARE DEPARTMENT AT 804 7 2 5 6 0 9. 
          AND WITH THAT, I WISH EVERYONE A GOOD EVENING. 
          SUZANNE, WHERE IS THE SHREDDING EVENT TAKING PLACE? DID I NOT MENTION IT? I APOLOGIZE. 
          SO IT'S SATURDAY, MARCH 16TH AND IT WILL BE AT THE MONTCLAIR CITY HALL PARKING LOT. 
          UM, I DO HAVE FLYERS OUTSIDE AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE DO CALL OUR DISTRICT OFFICE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SUZETTE. 
          SCOTT HAN, FOLLOWED BY SALLY. 
          GOOD EVENING MAYOR. 
          COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, MY NAME IS SCOTT KEITH AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE ALTERRA HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. 
          WE'RE AN HOA OF 367 HOMES TUCKED AWAY IN THE SOUTH SIDE OF, UH, THE CITY, NEXT TO THE ENTRANCE TO THE STATE PARK AND NEXT TO THE ALTERRA, UH, COMMUNITY PARK. 
          UM, SO WE RECENTLY HAD AN ELECTION A FEW MONTHS BACK, AND, UH, AFTER THAT ELECTION, MANY HAPPY RESIDENTS DECIDED TO TAKE IT UPON THEMSELVES TO CLEAN UP AND BEAUTIFY THE LONG NEGLECTED ALTERRA MONUMENT SIGN THAT'S OWNED BY THE CITY. 
          THAT SIGN'S ON THE CORNER OF SOCO CANYON AND SLATE DRIVE. 
          ABOUT 15 PEOPLE SHOWED UP WITH GARDENING TOOLS, TRASH BAGS, PLANTS, AND BY THE TIME WE WERE ALL DONE, THEY HAD REMOVED 20, WELL, ACTUALLY MORE THAN 20 LARGE BAGS OF DEBRIS AND PLANT, DEAD PLANT MATERIAL. 
          AND IN PLACE OF THAT, THEY LEFT A BEAUTIFULLY GROOMED FLOWER BED, PLANTED WITH COLOR. 
          THEN IN DECEMBER, OTHER VOLUNTEERS, UH, CELEBRATED A DECADES OLD TRANS, UH, TRADITION 
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BY DECORATING THE ALTERRA SIGN WITH CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. 
          KIND OF COOL YOU'VE SEEN IT. 
          UH, JUST TWO WEEKENDS AGO, ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3RD, ANOTHER GROUP DECORATED THE ALTERRA MONUMENT SIGN FOR THE LUNAR NEW YEAR. 
          BY THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY, A COMPLAINT WAS SENT TO OUR CITY'S CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICE. 
          AND HERE'S WHAT I FIND TROUBLING. 
          A SINGLE UNELECTED OFFICIAL HAS ENOUGH POWER WITHIN THE HALLS OF OUR CITY TO REMOVE LUNAR NEW YEAR DECORATIONS AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE, A CELEBRATION THAT IS HONORED BY MORE THAN 40% OF OUR CITY'S, UH, RESIDENTS AND OUR HO A'S POPULATION. 
          SOMEHOW ONE SINGLE PERSON HAS ENOUGH POWER TO STOP OUR CITY'S CODE ENFORCEMENT CREW FROM WHATEVER IT WAS THEY WERE DOING ON A PARTICULAR DAY. 
          I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT THEY WERE SITTING AROUND WITH NOTHING TO DO. 
          SO THEY MUST HAVE HAD SOMETHING PLANNED. 
          BUT THIS ONE INDIVIDUAL HAD ENOUGH POWER TO STOP AND ENOUGH CLOUT, UH, TO MAKE ONE PHONE CALL TO OF CODE ENFORCEMENT, STOP THEM IN THEIR TRACKS, GET THEM TO DROP WHAT THEY WERE DOING, CHANGE DIRECTION AND TAKE DOWN THESE HORRIBLE, LUNAR NEW YEAR DECORATIONS. 
          THAT'S REALLY SAD TO ME. 
          IT'S SAD THAT ONE RACIST I THINK COULD WIELD SO MUCH POWER AND USE THAT POWER TO DESTROY A CULTURAL CELEBRATION THAT HONORS SO MANY PEOPLE IN OUR CITY. 
          SEEMS LIKE A RACIALLY MOTIVATED COMPLAINT. 
          ANY POSSIBLE MOTIVE FOR LIABILITY MITIGATION WOULD'VE PASSED. 
          BY THE TIME THE ENFORCEMENT FOLKS SHOWED UP, UH, ALL THOSE PEOPLE WERE, WERE GONE. 
          SO LEMME CLOSE WITH THIS. 
          EVIL DESTROYS, IT SEPARATES, IT CREATES HATRED. 
          WE, WE HAVE TO HAVE ORDINANCES. 
          EARLY IN MY, UH, PROFESSIONAL LIFE AFTER GRADUATING COLLEGE AND I WAS A DEPUTY SHERIFF, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LEARNED THAT THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LETTER OF THE LAW AND THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW IN THE FUTURE, I PRAY THAT YOU GUYS WILL BE ABLE TO EXERCISE DISCRETION, DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN THE TWO OF THOSE, UH, GOVERNMENT'S, A FORM OF POWER. 
          AND I'LL JUST END WITH WHATEVER'S HONORABLE AND WHOLESOME AND PURE AND LOVELY AND IS EXCELLENT DESERVING OF PRAISE. 
          LET'S DWELL ON THOSE THINGS. 
          LET'S DO MORE OF THAT AND LESS TEARING THINGS DOWN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SALLY. 
          SALLY, FOLLOWED BY ZU HIRE. 
          HELLO. 
          CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? MM-HMM, . 
          OKAY. 
          IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, OH, FIRST I'M GONNA START WITH A MUSLIM PRAYER. 
          FOR OUR COMMUNITY, PLEASE SAY OR AMEN IN THE NAME OF ALLAH. 
          AS OUR PEOPLE IN ZA FACE A GENOCIDE AND OUR COMMUNITY HURTS WITH THEM, WE ASK THE BESTOW OF MIGHT TO EMPOWER AND BRING OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER TO FIGHT FOR THE LIBERATION AND TO HELP THE SUFFERING OF INNOCENT PEOPLE. 
          I MEAN, WE ASK ALLAH TO KEEP OUR INTENTIONS PURE AND KEEP US STRONG UNTIL WE SEE THE DAY WHERE PEACE AND JUST JUSTICE REIGN WHERE THEY CAN LIVE IN THEIR LAND WITHOUT FEAR THE OPENER. 
          OPEN THE EYES, HEARTS, AND EARS OF THE IGNORANT AND LET THEM SEE THE TRUTH OF THE INJUSTICE TOWARDS PALESTINIANS. 
          AMIN PUT THE INCLINATION IN THE HEARTS OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT, TO HAVE THE MORAL COURAGE TO ACT IN WAYS THAT WILL BRING MORE PEACE AND JUSTICE TO ALL THOSE SUFFERING. 
          TO PUT A CAAR AT FIRE RESOLUTION ON THE NEXT AGENDA AND ME IS THE PROTECTOR. 
          OUR MUSLIM COMMUNITY HAS FACED INJUSTICE, DISCRIMINATION, AND MISREPRESENTATION FOR DECADES. 
          WE ARE LABELED AS TERRORISTS, ANIMALS, BARBARIANS AMONG OTHERS. 
          THEY FAIL TO LEARN THE TRUTH ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO WE YOU, WE ASK YOU ALL. 
          ALLAH PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR PEOPLE FROM HATE, INJUSTICE, AND VIOLENCE AM MEAN YET OUR EC, THE PROVIDER OF ALL CREATURES. 
          WE RECOGNIZE OUR PRIVILEGE OF HAVING FOOD, WATER, SHELTER, AND SAFETY. 
          WE RECOGNIZE OUR BLESSINGS AND WE THANK YOU AS THE DAYS GET COLDER AND THE SITUATION HARDENS IN RAZA, GRANT THEM WARMTH AND THE SUSTENANCE THEY NEED. 
          GRANT FOOD AND WATER TO THE STARVING AND THIRSTY FAMILIES, BABIES, CHILDREN, SHELTER TO THOSE LIVING IN FEAR UNDER BOMBS AND ELECTRICITY AND FUEL TO LIGHT THEIR DARKNESS. 
          GRANT THEM SAFETY AND CLEAN AIR. 
          TO BREATHE THE GIVER OF PEACE. 
          WE ASK YOU TO GIVE PEACE AND COMFORT TO THE GRIEVING MOTHER, THE FRIGHTENED CHILD, THE DESPERATE FATHER AND EVERY SOUL IN PAIN. 
          AMIN, WE ASK YOU TO COMFORT ALL THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO HAVE WITNESSED THE BRUTAL KILLING OF NEWBORNS, CHILDREN, MOTHERS AND FATHERS. 
          THROUGH OUR BRAVE JOURNALISTS AND ZA AMIN ALLAH ALLOW OUR COMMUNITY TO GROW WITH ACCEPTANCE, 
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LOVE, AND SAFETY. 
          AMIN, LET US HAVE THE STRENGTH AS A CHILD WHO IS SAYING, I AM NOT AFRAID, AS THEY WIPE THE BLOOD FROM HIS FACE. 
          AMIN, THANK YOU. 
          YOU HIGHER FOLLOWED BY ALI BROTHERS AND SISTERS. 
          MY NAME IS ZHARA KHAN AND I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE PROUD AND CONNECTED TO MY IDENTITY AS A MUSLIM. 
          AT THE SAME TIME, I HAVE ALSO BEEN HURTING LIKE I HAVE NEVER BEEN BEFORE FOR MY PEOPLE OVERSEAS IN PALESTINE, VICTIMS TO 130 DAYS OF NONSTOP ATROCITIES WITH ONLY THE INTENSIFICATION OF EVIL FROM BENJAMIN NETANYAHU IN SIGHT, INHUMANE WAR CRIMES REPEATEDLY COMMITTED IN REGIONS. 
          PALESTINIANS ARE BEING TOLD ARE SAFE SPACES. 
          FOR THE LAST 130 DAYS, MILLIONS OF MUSLIMS AND NON-MUSLIMS AROUND THE WORLD HAVE BEEN DEMANDING PEACE. 
          AND TODAY I WOULD LIKE FOR ALL OF US TO TAKE A STEP TOWARDS THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY, STARTING WITH THE DISCUSSION AND APPROVAL OF A CEASE FIRE RESOLUTION. 
          OVER 70 CITIES HAVE DEMONSTRATED A CITY'S CAPACITY TO DISCUSS AND PASS PEACE RESOLUTIONS ON THE ISRAEL GAZA WAR 48 OUT OF WHICH HAVE APPROVED A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION THAT CALLS FOR A HALT TO ISRAEL'S ACTIVE GENOCIDE AND COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT ON GAZA, AS WELL AS A RELEASE OF ALL HOSTAGES CAPTURED BY HAMAS. 
          AND ULTIMATELY A CALL FOR PEACE ON ALL FRONTS. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL CITES JURISDICTIONAL LIMITATIONS FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AS A MEANS TO TEMPORARILY SILENCE THE MUSLIM CALL FOR PEACE, A GLARING CONTRADICTION GIVEN THE CITY'S SWIFT DECLARATION OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL AT THE ONSET OF THE CONFLICT. 
          IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT ONE FIFTH OF THE ISRAELI POPULATION IS MUSLIM, YET THERE IS NO COMPARABLE STATEMENT OF SUPPORT THAT HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO OUR MUSLIM COMMUNITY. 
          THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS FURTHER NEGLECTED ITS RELIGIOUS GROUPS IN THE CITY WHEN THEY URGENTLY ADDED TO THEIR AGENDA AND APPROVED A SELECTIVELY WORDED RESOLUTION TITLED DENOUNCING ANTISEMITISM AND CONDEMNING ALL FORMS OF HATRED. 
          WHILE I UNDERSTAND THIS ORDER OF MENTION DOESN'T NECESSARILY IMPLY A HIERARCHY OF IMPORTANCE FOR WHO DESERVES THE MOST PEACE. 
          IT IS CERTAINLY NOT INCLUSIVE TO OTHER RELIGIOUS GROUPS OR COMPREHENSIVE IN ITS WORDING. 
          PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION LAWS EXPLICITLY PROHIBIT CITY GOVERNMENTS AND THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENTS FROM FAVORING ONE RELIGIOUS GROUP OVER ANOTHER. 
          THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS HAS AN UNDENIABLE LEGAL LEGAL OBLIGATION TO PRESENT THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEACE ADVOCACY TO THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN THE FORM OF A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION OR AT RISKS, ALLEGATIONS OF EXPLICIT BIAS. 
          A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION REFLECTS THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF WHAT PALESTINE IS, A MONUMENTAL REGION OF ACCEPTANCE AND LOVE FOR RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY BY ADVOCATING FOR PEACE AND PALESTINE, WE UPHOLD THESE PRINCIPLES AND REJECTED DEHUMANIZATION OF MUSLIM ARABS FACING HATE CRIMES BOTH ABROAD AND WITHIN OUR CITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALI ALI FOLLOWED, FOLLOWED BY KENNETH. 
          KENNETH WILL BE THE LAST SPEAKER FOR THIS PORTION. 
          EVERYONE AFTER KENNETH WILL BE HEARD AT AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          THANK YOU MS. MILAH. 
          IN THE NAME OF GOD, I'D LIKE TO START WITH A QUICK BLESSING ON THE PROPHET MOHAM. 
          PEACE ALALA, SAY MOHAM. 
          MY NAME IS ALI. 
          I AM A RESIDENT OF CHINO HILLS. 
          I'VE BEEN LIVING HERE SINCE 96. 
          I HAVE A 6-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, A 4-YEAR-OLD SON. 
          AND ACTUALLY A FEW YEARS BACK I WAS WORKING WITH AN ORGANIZATION CALLED CARE LA, THE COUNCIL ON AMERICAN ISLAMIC RELATIONS, GREATER LOS ANGELES, WHERE I HELPED SET UP A CANDIDATE FORUM FOR MR. ART BENNETT AND OUR VERY OWN CYNTHIA MORAN, WHERE YOU TWO CAME TO THE CHINO VALLEY ISLAMIC CENTER. 
          AND YOU HEARD THE CONCERNS OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM THAT MOSQUE AND SURROUNDING AREAS. 
          AND SPOILER ALERT, I VOTED FOR YOU. 
          RIGHT? AND I'M NOT ASKING FOR MUCH. 
          WE'RE NOT ASKING TO GO TO PALESTINE AND STAND IN FRONT OF SOME TANK AND DO SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, GLORIOUS AND YOU KNOW, DRAMATIC. 
          IT'S LITERALLY SOMETHING SIMPLE AS CALLING FOR A CEASEFIRE. 
          IT'S SITTING BEHIND A DESK 
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WITH, WITH THE GREAT MINDS THAT YOU ARE AND DRAFTING A RESOLUTION IN REGARDS TO THE CEASEFIRE. 
          AND IT DOESN'T TAKE SOMEONE WITH A PHD TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          I'M TIRED OF SEEING DEAD BABIES ON MY INSTAGRAM FEED. 
          SO TAKE THIS AS NOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO WIN VOTES FOR THE NEXT ELECTION OR TO APPEASE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUT TAKE IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY. 
          AND THERE'S A BIG SIGN OVER HERE. 
          IT SAYS, IN GOD, WE TRUST IN GOD WE TRUST. 
          NOW I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE FAITHS OF THE, OF, OF THE INDIVIDUALS HERE, BUT MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN GOD BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL MEET HIM EVENTUALLY. 
          SO WHEN YOU DO MEET HIM, I HOPE, I PRAY THAT YOU CAN SAY YOU DID THE RIGHT THING AND YOU WERE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY. 
          THANK YOU KENNETH. 
          SO GOING ON TO CONFLICT OF INTEREST, THIS, THIS, OH, I'M SORRY. 
          THIS IS THE FINAL SPEAKER. 
          I APOLOGIZE FOR THIS TIME. 
          YEAH. 
          HI EVERYONE, MY NAME IS KENNETH. 
          I GREW UP IN CHINO AND I'VE BEEN RESIDING IN CHINO HILLS SINCE 2016. 
          I ATTENDED CHINO HIGH SCHOOL, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. 
          I'M NOW AN ATTORNEY. 
          I WAS HERE TWO COUNCIL MEETINGS AGO. 
          AND I JUST WANNA SHARE WITH YOU WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THEN. 
          ON JANUARY 29TH, 15-YEAR-OLD IAN AMANDA CALLED THE PALESTINIAN RED CRESCENT FOR AN AMBULANCE. 
          SHE TOLD THEM THEY'RE SHOOTING AT US AND SHE ASKED THEM, COME RESCUE US, PLEASE, SOMEONE HELP US. 
          AND AS SHE WAS ON THE PHONE CALL, YOU HEARD GUNSHOTS AND YOU HEARD HER SCREAM AND THE PHONE WENT QUIET AND THIS AUDIO IS AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR YOU TO LISTEN. 
          LATER THAT DAY, HER COUSIN, 6-YEAR-OLD RAJAB MADE A PHONE CALL SAYING, I'M SO SCARED, SOMEBODY PLEASE GET ME. 
          SHE CALLED THE PALESTINIAN RED CRESCENT TO ASK FOR AN AMBULANCE AS SHE WAS TRAPPED IN A CAR SURROUNDED BY THE BODIES OF HER DEAD FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAD ALL BEEN KILLED BY ISRAELI SOLDIERS. 
          AN AMBULANCE WAS DISPATCHED TO RESCUE HIM AS THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY. 
          THEY WERE HIT BY AN ISRAELI BOMB. 
          TWO MEDICAL WORKERS WERE KILLED INSIDE ISRAEL HAS A HISTORY OF BOMBING AMBULANCES AND THEY SAY THAT AMBULANCES IN GAZA ARE USED TO TRANSPORT WEAPONS AND FIGHTERS FOR HAMAS. 
          AND HIND WAS MISSING FOR 12 DAYS. 
          NOBODY KNEW WHAT HAPPENED TO HER. 
          HER BODY WAS FOUND DEAD IN A CAR LAST SATURDAY ALONG WITH HER FAMILY. 
          AND IF THERE WERE A CEASEFIRE JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, HI, HER COUSIN ANNE AND HER FAMILY WOULD ALL BE ALIVE. 
          AND THEY ASKED, HOW WOULD THE WORLD HAVE REACTED IF HID WAS A LITTLE GIRL FROM THE US, EUROPE, OR ISRAEL? WOULD WE HAVE LET THIS HAPPEN? JUST BECAUSE HIN IS PALESTINIAN AND FROM GAZA, WE CAN'T SEE HER AS LESS THAN HUMAN. 
          SHE IS WORTHY OF LIFE JUST AS ALL CHILDREN ARE. 
          AND I BEG THE CHINO HILLS CITY COUNCIL, PLEASE LISTEN TO YOUR COMMUNITY. 
          YOU ARE OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND YOU WORK FOR US. 
          YOUR JOB IS TO LISTEN TO US AND TO LISTEN TO OUR NEEDS. 
          PLEASE LOOK AT HOW MANY PEOPLE CAME IN THE ROOM AND SUPPORT OF PALESTINE TODAY. 
          WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW THIS? MANY PEOPLE COME TO CHINO HILLS CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE THEY CARE AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT YOU FOR LEADERSHIP. 
          THEY'RE LOOKING AT YOU TO SET AN EXAMPLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE WANT YOU TO CALL FOR A, FOR AN END TO THE BLOODSHED. 
          WE WANT YOU TO STAND ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY. 
          WE WANT YOU TO SET AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHER CITIES TO FOLLOW, TO TRULY BE LEADERS. 
          AND WE HOPE THAT BY PASSING A LOCAL CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION, WE'LL BE ABLE TO INFLUENCE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ACT TO CARE ABOUT PALESTINIAN LIVES, TO SAVE THE LIVES OF GIRLS LIKE HIN, LEON. 
          SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE STORIES OF PALESTINIAN CHILDREN IN GAZA WHO ARE SUFFERING AND CRYING FOR HELP ONLY FOR THE WORLD TO IGNORE THEM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          GOING 
          [ CONFLICT OF INTEREST ANNOUNCEMENTS: Council Member abstentions shall be stated at this time for recordation on the appropriate item.]
ON TO ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST, UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
          RAY, DO YOU HAVE ANY BRIAN ART? NO, PETER. 
          OKAY, SO AT THIS TIME WE HAVE, UM, 
          [ CONSENT CALENDAR (11 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.]
CONSENT CALENDAR. 
          RAY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PULL ANY ITEMS? OKAY, BRIAN. 
          NO MA'AM. 
          ART, NO. 
          PETER? NO. 
          WITH THAT, DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MOVE. 
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ONE SECOND PLEASE. 
          VOTE. 
          MOTION PASSES. 
          FIVE ZERO. 
          THE NEXT 
          [18.  Provide staff direction on resurfacing of rink at Grand Avenue Park to facilitate either (1) pickleball; (2) roller-skating sports; or (3) hybrid of pickleball and roller-skating sports; and optional future additional enhancements in Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget, which may include (1) removal of roller hockey boards and chain link, and installation of permanent pickleball courts and basketball hoop/court; (2) removal of roller hockey boards and chain link, and installation of four permanent pickleball courts and maintain area for roller sports; or (3) repair/replacement of roller hockey chain link and higher grade pickleball netting; and determine project is exempt from review under California Environmental Quality Act]
ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS UNDER THE DISCUSSION CALENDAR. 
          THIS IS REGARDING THE RESURFACING OF THE RINK AT GRAND AVENUE PARK. 
          THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR MARSHALL WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, MAYOR MORAN VICE, UH, MAYOR BENNETT AND COUNCIL, UM, TONIGHT IS A CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF RESURFACING OPTIONS FOR WHAT STAFF CALLS R ONE AT GRAND AVENUE PARK, WHICH WAS FIRST BROUGHT TO THE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION AT THE NOVEMBER 14TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 
          AT THE MEETING PRIOR TO THE CITY COUNCIL MAKING ANY DECISIONS REGARDING THE RESURFACING OF RINK ONE STAFF WAS ASKED TO CONTACT THE CITY OF FONTANA REGARDING BULLOCK PARK'S RINK, WHICH WAS BROUGHT UP AS PART OF COMMENTS PROVIDED BY MEMBERS OF THE DERBY DAMES ROLLER DERBY GROUP. 
          MYSELF, ALBERT CARDENAS, SUPERVISOR AND COORDINATOR MIKE ADAMS AT GRAND AVENUE PARK, VISITED BULLOCK PARK AND MET WITH CITY OF FONTANA STAFF TO DISCUSS THE TYPE OF SURFACING THAT EXISTED AND TO SEE WHAT TYPES OF SPORTS WERE ALLOWED TO PLAY ON IT PER INPUT FROM THOSE SPEAKING AT THE NOVEMBER CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THE CITY OF FONTANA HAS TWO COVERED OUTDOOR RINKS, ONE AT BULLOCK PARK AND THE OTHER AT THE JESSE TURNER FACILITY. 
          WE FOUND OUT EACH ACCOMMODATING SPECIFIC USES ONLY BULLOCK PARK ORIGINALLY HOSTED ROLLER HOCKEY PLAY. 
          HOWEVER, IT NO LONGER DOES. 
          IT DOES HOST PRACTICES FOR ROLLER DERBY TEAMS, BASKETBALL PLAY, AND PICKLEBALL. 
          THOUGH THE BOARDS REMAIN FOR ROLLER HOCKEY PLAY, ROLLER HOCKEY HAS ONLY PLAYED AT THE JESSE TURNER FACILITY. 
          THE SURFACING AT BULLOCK PARK'S RINK IS NOT INTENDED FOR ROLLER SPORTS PLAY, EVEN THOUGH SOME OCCURS THERE. 
          THE RINK IS ONLY OPEN WHEN SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING OCCURS OR RENTAL USAGE HAPPENS. 
          THE JESSE TURNER FACILITY IS HOME TO THE CITY OF FONTANA'S ROLLER HOCKEY PROGRAM, WHICH HAS APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED PARTICIPANTS. 
          THE SURFACING IS DESIGNED FOR ROLLER HOCKEY USE. 
          OPEN PLAY BASKETBALL ALSO OCCURS AT THIS LOCATION, BUT NO ROLLER DERBY USE HAPPENS AT THAT SPOT. 
          STAFF ALSO, IN ADDITION TO, UH, TALKING WITH THE OFFICIALS FROM THE CITY OF FONTANA, CONTACTED OTHER CITIES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WITH EXISTING ROLLER RINKS OR HAVING ONE IN THE PAST. 
          THE CITY OF CYPRUS CONVERTED THEIR RINK TO INCLUDE PICKLEBALL IN 2020 AS PART OF A LAR LARGER RENOVATION PROJECT. 
          THEY HAVE NOW REMOVED THE ROLLER HOCKEY RINK AND CONVERTED THE AREA INTO EIGHT PICKLEBALL COURTS OR IN THE PROCESS THE CITY OF TORRANCE HAS ONE COVERED RINK WITH ROLLER SPORTS SURFACING SPORTS ALLOWED AT THEIR FACILITY OR HOCKEY BOX LACROSSE. 
          DON'T ASK ME WHAT THAT IS. 
          AND PICKLEBALL, THEY STATED THAT THEIR ROLLER HOCKEY PROGRAM IS STRONG WITH LEAGUE PLAY. 
          HOWEVER, THEY HAVE ALLOWED PICKLEBALL PLAY AT THE RINK TO MEET THE DEMAND IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          CITY OF CLAREMONT REMOVED THEIR ROLLER HOCKEY RINK IN FALL OF 2020 FOR PICKLEBALL COURTS. 
          THOSE ARE JUST THE, SOME OF THE CITIES THAT WE CONTACTED OR FOUND THAT HAD, UH, THESE TYPES OF FACILITIES. 
          TO REITERATE A FEW ITEMS PRESENTED AT THE NOVEMBER 14TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 
          AS FOR CURRENT USES OF RINK ONE, IT HAS BECOME A DUAL SPORT FACILITY. 
          WAS SCHEDULED TIMES FOR USE FOR DROP IN PLAY FOR BOTH PICKLEBALL AND ROLLER HOCKEY AND A RENTAL TWO DAYS PER WEEK BY THE DERBY DAMES, A WOMEN'S ROLLER DERBY TEAM. 
          ALSO, SINCE SEPTEMBER, 2023, STAFF STARTED THE FIRST PICKLEBALL LEAGUE ON TUESDAY NIGHTS THAT SOLD OUT WITH 53 PARTICIPANTS. 
          NOW THE PROGRAM HAS EXPANDED TO A HUNDRED PARTICIPANTS OR 20 TEAMS WITH A WAITING LIST. 
          AS FOR THE SCHEDULE, IT HAS BEEN STATED THAT THERE IS MORE SCHEDULED TIME FOR PEOPLE TO PLAY PICKLEBALL ON RINK ONE, WHICH IS TRUE BECAUSE THE DEMAND IS THERE FOR THAT TO OCCUR. 
          AS STAFF, WE WOULD ADJUST THE SCHEDULE IF MORE INTEREST WAS NEEDED FOR OTHER USES. 
          HOWEVER, IT HAS JUST NOT BEEN THE CASE OTHER THAN OCCASIONAL ONE PARENT CHILD USE OR AN INDIVIDUAL ADULT SLAPPING THE PUCK AROUND THE RINK IS USED TO ITS FULLEST BY ROLLER SPORTS FOR TWO HOURS PER WEEK BY THE DERBY DAMES AND TWO HOURS OF PICKUP USE ON THURSDAYS THURSDAY NIGHTS. 
          THAT IS BY ROLLER HOCKEY PLAYERS. 
          SO WHAT OPTIONS ARE THERE FOR SURFACING, RESURFACING, OUTDOOR USES SUCH AS PICKLEBALL AND ROLLER SPORTS? THERE ARE THREE OPTIONS FOR THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING. 
          TWO OF THE THREE OPTIONS ARE SPECIFIC TO THE NEEDS OF EACH USER'S SPORT, WITH ONE OPTION BEING OF A HYBRID. 
          PREVIOUSLY WE HAVE HAD SPEAKERS SPEAK TO THEIR SPORTS PREFERENCE AND SUR IN SURFACING, BUT IN ITS MOST SIMPLISTIC DEFINITION, PICKLEBALL PLAYERS DESIRE A SURFACE LIKE AN OUTDOOR TENNIS COURT OR BASKETBALL COURT THAT PROVIDES MORE GRIP TO NOT SLIP WHILE PLAYING. 
          OPPOSITE THAT IS THE ROLLER SPORTS WHERE THEY DESIRE A SMOOTHER SURFACE, WHICH IS EASIER ON THEIR WHEELS. 
          AND IN THE CASE OF ROLLER HOCKEY ALLOWS THE PUCK TO GLIDE, WHICH IS PARAMOUNT TO THE SPORT SPEAKING TO SURFACING COMPANIES. 
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THEY DO NOT RECOMMEND THAT DIFFERENT TYPES OF USES OCCUR ON THE SAME SURFACE. 
          THE THIRD OPTION STAFF ASKED THE SURFACING VENDORS WAS COULD THEY DO A HYBRID SURFACE, WHICH WOULD BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE DESIRES OF PICKLEBALL PLAYERS AND ROLLER SPORT USER NEEDS? THE SURFACING VENDORS DID NOT RECOMMEND THIS OPTION, BUT DID SAY THEY COULD TRY TO PUT SOMETHING TO ACCOMMODATE BOTH SPORTS AT THE MAY, 2023 PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING. 
          AND THOSE SPEAKING TONIGHT, I BELIEVE WILL TELL YOU THAT A HYBRID SOLUTION IS NOT PREFERRED. 
          HOWEVER, THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION DID VOTE AND SUPPORTED A HYBRID OPTION ON A VOTE OF THREE TO TWO WITH THE HOPES THAT IT WOULD ALLOW BOTH USERS TO PLAY ON THE COURT AND NOT TO EXCLUDE ONE SPORT OR THE OTHER CURRENTLY BEING PLAYED ON RINK ONE. 
          AND ALSO ON THAT NIGHT, WE DID NOT HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION FOR THE HYBRID. 
          REALLY THEIR INTEREST, UH, OF A HYBRID, UH, TYPE SURFACING WAS TO JUST HOPEFULLY ACCOMMODATE EVERYBODY AT THAT POINT IN TIME. 
          AS PART OF THIS CONVERSATION PENDING WHAT RESURFACING OPTION THE COUNCIL PREFERS STAFF IS ALSO LOOKING FOR COUNCIL'S DIRECTION REGARDING OTHER POTENTIAL FACILITY ENHANCEMENTS, WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT INCLUDE THE REMOVAL OF BOARDS AND CHAIN LINK FENCING THAT SUPPORTS ROLLER HOCKEY PLAY. 
          ADDITIONALLY, WITH THE REMOVAL OF THE BLEACHERS LOCATED BETWEEN THE THREE BASKETBALL COURTS AND RINK ONE BLEACHERS HAVE BEEN TAKEN. 
          WE'VE REPURPOSED THEM. 
          THEY'RE AT, UH, FAIRFIELD RANCH PARK NOW AND THEY, UH, SUPPORT THE, UH, BASEBALL FIELD THAT'S AT, UH, AND OR SOFTBALL FIELD. 
          THAT'S AT, UH, FAIRFIELD RANCH PARK. 
          IT'S A NICE NEW AMENITY, UM, NOT INCLUDE THE REMOVAL BOARDS AND CHAIN FENCE AND SPORTS . 
          ADDITIONALLY, WITH THE REMOVAL OF BLEACHERS LOCATED BETWEEN THE THREE BASKETBALL COURTS AND RINK ONE STAFF BELIEVES ADDING SHADE AND ADDITIONAL SEATING. 
          REGARDLESS OF THE RESURFACING OPTION, IT WOULD SUPPORT BASKETBALL PLAYERS AND USERS OF THE CURRENT RINK. 
          ONE AREA I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU TWO IDEAS PENDING THE COUNCIL'S RESURFACING DECISION ON THE SCREEN. 
          IF THE COUNCIL SUPPORTS COURTS SURFACING FOR PICKLEBALL, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT ALL EXISTING BOARDS AND CHAIN LINK FENCING BE REMOVED. 
          FOUR PERMANENT PICKLEBALL COURTS BE CONSTRUCTED LIKE LLANO PARK AND THE LAYOUT WOULD INCLUDE ONE ADDITIONAL BASKETBALL COURT TO SUPPORT LIGHTED BASKETBALL COURT PLAY AT GRAND AVENUE OUTDOOR BASKETBALL LIGHTED, UH, NEEDS ARE HAVE IN, UH, HAVE INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER TIME. 
          THIS PROJECT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE AREA BETWEEN THE THREE EXISTING BASKETBALL COURTS AND RINK ONE AREA WITH SEATING AND SHADE STRUCTURES. 
          SO AS YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IN BETWEEN THERE, THAT'S ALL BEEN CLEARED OUT NOW AND THAT'S JUST AN IDEA THAT WE HAD TO AGAIN, SUPPORT BOTH, UM, BOTH, UH, TYPES OF USES THAT MIGHT BE OCCURRING THERE. 
          PICTURE NUMBER TWO, IF THE COUNCIL SUPPORTS COURT SURFACING FOR PICKLEBALL, AGAIN, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT ALL EXISTING ROLLER HOCKEY BOARDS AND CHAIN LINK FENCING BE REMOVED FOR PERMANENT PICKLEBALL. 
          COURTS BE CONSTRUCTED. 
          AND THE LAYOUT WOULD INCLUDE WHAT WE ARE CALLING A SHORT-SIGHTED RINK THAT COULD ACCOMMODATE ROLLER SPORTS PLAY. 
          WE COULD NOT FIND ANYONE LOCALLY THAT HAS A SHORT-SIGHTED RINK, BUT WE GOT THE CONCEPT IDEA FROM RINKS WE SAW ONLINE OF THIS SIZE THAT ACCOMMODATES THREE ON THREE ROLLER HOCKEY GAMEPLAY, ROLLER HOCKEY CLASSES, CLINICS, AND TRAINING SPACE. 
          IN ADDITION, IT WOULD STILL ALLOW FOR AN AREA, AREA FOR THOSE THAT JUST WANT TO SKATE OR SLAP THE PUCK AROUND IN A ONE PARENT CHILD SCENARIO OR FOR OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT WE DO SEE FROM TIME TO TIME. 
          CHAIR AL JACKSON OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION ALSO HAS COMMENTED IN GENERAL THAT IT WOULD BE NICE FOR PEOPLE WHO JUST WANT TO SKATE TO HAVE A PLACE TO DO SO. 
          THE SHORTSIGHTED RINK AREA SHOWN IS 50 FEET WIDE BY 80 FEET LONG, AND THE IDEA WOULD BE TO RELOCATE THE BOARDS TO ACCOMMODATE THIS AREA AND TO RESURFACE SPECIFICALLY TO ROLLER SPORTS NEEDS. 
          WE KNOW THIS IS NOT A FULL SIZE RINK, BUT IT WOULD STILL ALLOW FOR ROLLER HOCKEY PLAY TO CONTINUE. 
          ALSO NOTE THE AREA FALLS EIGHT FEET SHORT IN LENGTH FOR ROLLER DERBY PLAY BASED ON A TYPICAL LAYOUT OF THE, UH, ROLLER DERBY, UH, PLAYER'S, UH, NEEDS. 
          AND OF COURSE, IF THE DECISION IS MADE TO DO, UM, UH, ROLLER HOCKEY OR ROLLER UH, SPORTS SURFACING, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO NEED TO DO IS THE CHAIN LINK FENCING. 
          THAT IS THERE DOES NEED ATTENTION. 
          UH, CHICKEN WIRE HAS MADE ITS WAY ONTO THE, UH, FENCING THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE THERE, AND DOESN'T WORK QUITE AS WELL AS THE ORIGINAL CHAIN LINK FENCING. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE A PROJECT THAT WOULD NEED TO TAKE PLACE AS WELL, DEPENDING ON WHAT IS DECIDED. 
          THIS CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. 
          I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE HERE THIS EVENING. 
          IN THE BACK ON THE RIGHT IS MR. MIKE ADAMS, WHO IS THE COORDINATOR AT GRAND AVENUE PARK AND THE PERSON WHO TALKED TO THE SURROUNDING CITIES AND CAN, CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, MIKE, SARAH, OF COURSE, ALL THE TIME, AND SEES WHAT GOES ON ON A DAILY BASIS AS IT RELATES TO, UH, THE PROGRAMMING THAT WE DO HAVE AT GRAND AVENUE PARK. 
          THANK YOU, JONATHAN. 
          UM, IS THERE ANY QUICK COMMENTS BEFORE WE OPEN IT 
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TO PUBLIC COMMENTS? OKAY, CHERYL? YES, WE DO HAVE APPROXIMATELY NINE SPEAKER CARDS. 
          THE FIRST SPEAKER IS WALTER GLI, FOLLOWED BY DEANNA SAUNDERS MEDINA. 
          UH, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. 
          MY NAME'S WALTER GELLI. 
          I'VE BEEN A PROUD HOMEOWNER OF THE BEAUTIFUL, UH, CITY OF CHINO HILLS FOR OVER 20 YEARS. 
          UH, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE ADULT SPORTS PROGRAM FOR WELL OVER 10 YEARS. 
          UH, THANK YOU TO MIKE ARMANDO. 
          JANELLE, THEY PUT ON SOME GREAT PROGRAMS. UM, I'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR OVER 10 YEARS. 
          WHEN THE CITY DECIDED TO OPEN UP PICKLEBALL, MY WIFE DECIDED THAT WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING TOGETHER. 
          SO SHE BOUGHT TWO PADDLES AND SIGNED THIS UP, AND THAT'S MY EXPOSURE TO PICKLEBALL. 
          UH, SHE ALSO FELT THAT SOCCER WAS TEAR, UH, CREATING A BIG TEAR ON MY KNEES AND ANKLES, SO SHE'S TRYING TO WEAN ME OFF A SUNDAY SOCCER, WHICH HASN'T HAPPENED YET. 
          UH, BUT ANYWAYS, SO I CAME TO THE MEETING, UM, LAST TIME AROUND AND I THINK THREE IMPORTANT SUBJECTS WERE BROUGHT UP. 
          THE FIRST ONE WAS USAGE, WHICH IS WHAT YOU GUYS NEED TO CONSIDER. 
          WHO'S USING YOUR COURTS? WHO'S USING THE PARK? UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT USAGE, I THINK THERE'S TWO SIDES TO THAT. 
          THERE IS THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT IT ATTRACTS AND WHO IT ATTRACTS. 
          I THINK THAT YOU GUYS REALLY NEED TO CONSIDER THAT IF IT'S ATTRACTING YOUR RESIDENTS. 
          UH, YOU NEED TO TAKE A POLL AND SEE WHO'S REALLY USING. 
          I THINK THE CITY MONEY NEEDS TO BE USED FOR THE DEMAND OF ITS RESIDENTS. 
          UH, THE SECOND POINT THAT WAS BROUGHT UP WAS, UH, FUNDING. 
          UM, SOME NUMBERS WERE THROWN AROUND. 
          THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, ROLLER HOCKEY, BRINGING IN SOME FUNDING FROM THE RENTAL COURT. 
          UH, ANYWHERE BETWEEN THREE TO $8,000 IS WHAT I HEARD. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          YOU GUYS KNOW THE NUMBERS BETTER THAN THAT. 
          UH, THE FACTS ARE SIMPLE FOR PICKLEBALL. 
          UM, IN THE FIRST SEASON, YOU ALREADY KNOW THEY BROUGHT IN, THEY, THEY GAVE YOU THE NUMBERS. 
          12 TEAMS, $20 PER PERSON, PROBABLY BROUGHT IN 1500 TO $2,000 FOR THAT SESSION, AND NOW EXPANDED TO 20 TEAMS. IT'S PROBABLY BRINGING UP ABOUT $3,000 WORTH OF REVENUE FOR THE CITY. 
          I KNOW IT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY, BUT IT DOES, UH, PUT IN TOWARDS THE ARGUMENT OF FUNDING. 
          UM, KEEP IN MIND THAT WE CAN RUN FOUR SESSIONS PER YEAR, LIKE TO DO WITH SOCCER. 
          UH, THERE'S A WAITING LIST YOU CAN OPEN UP FOR ADDITIONAL DAYS FOR MEN'S, WOMEN'S AND SO FORTH. 
          UH, THE LA THE LAST POINT THAT WAS BROUGHT UP WAS, UH, SURFACE COEXISTENCE. 
          I THINK THAT THAT IS, UH, NOT AN OPTION. 
          UH, IF YOU MAKE THIS SURFACE TOO SLEEK, TOO SLICK, UH, YOU RUN THE RISK OF SLIPPING AND FALLING. 
          UH, TEAR ACL TEAR, UH, KNEECAP, WHATEVER, UH, UH, THE ROLLER HOCKEY PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT, THEY'RE DAMAGING THEIR WHEELS. 
          IF IT'S TOO GRIPPY, UH, WHICH ONE IS THE WORST OF THE TWO? THAT'S UP TO YOU TO DECIDE. 
          I THINK THAT YOU GUYS NEED TO, UH, MAKE A GOOD SOLID DECISION. 
          DON'T LET SOME SAD STORIES ABOUT REHABILITATION OR SOME BANNERS GOING UP, TELLING YOU ROLLER HOCKEY. 
          ROLLER HOCKEY. 
          FACT IS THAT PICKLEBALL IS A GROWING SPORT FOR EVERY ONE OF ALL AGES. 
          ON ANY FRIDAY OR SATURDAY WHEN I GO PLAY, I SEE ANYONE FROM LITTLE KIDS TO PLAYERS UP TO 75 YEARS OLD PLAYING. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION. 
          DEANNA DEANNA SAUNDERS MEDINA FOLLOWED BY ISH ISH SAN TAL DORA. 
          HI, UM, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UM, I HAD A PAPER, SOMETHING WRITTEN OUT, BUT NOW I'M KIND OF ANNOYED. 
          . 
          UM, YOU PROPOSED SOME GREAT IDEAS EXCEPT THAT IT EXCLUDE, UH, EXCLUDED US ROLLER DERBY FOR BOTH OF THEM, BASICALLY. 
          AND YOU KNOW, WE PAY A LOT OF MONEY TO THE CITY TO USE THOSE, THAT RINK. 
          WE PARTICIPATE A LOT. 
          WE PARTICIPATE NOT ONLY IN CHINO HILL, BUT WE PARTICIPATE IN CHINO IN ONTARIO. 
          WE ARE ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO RESURFACE, TO REMOVE ROLLER DERBY. 
          IT'S JUST, IT'S NOT FAIR, IT'S NOT EQUITABLE AND IT'S NOT RIGHT WE'RE YOU WOULD BE DISPLACING SO MANY OF US WHO THIS IS OUR SAFE HAVEN. 
          THIS IS OUR, OUR TIME AWAY FROM OUR EVERYDAY LIVES. 
          AND YES, PICKLEBALL MAY HAVE MORE PEOPLE THERE WHEN THEY'RE ALLOWED TO BE THERE, BUT WHEN WE HAVE OUR SCRIMMAGES, WHEN WE HAVE OUR, WHEN WE OPEN OUR PRACTICES UP TO THE COMMUNITY AROUND FOR, UH, DERBY, WE HAVE PEOPLE THERE, YOU JUST, THEY, THEY ARE NOT BEING REPRESENTED. 
          REPRESENTED. 
          AND IT'S JUST, IT'S FRUSTRATING THAT YOU'RE, IT'S JUST THIS IS OUR HOME AND WE, IT MEANS SO MUCH TO US. 
          AND THANK YOU. 
          HI SON. 
          TAL 
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DORA, FOLLOWED BY VIVIAN ANO. 
          UM, MY NAME IS HEATHER. 
          I'M THE MOTHER OF ESAU. 
          I STAYED WITH THE DAMES. 
          UM, I EMAILED IN MY RESPONSE 'CAUSE I HAVE TERRIBLE ANXIETY, BUT IT MEANT A LOT TO HIM TO SPEAK AND HE WROTE ALL ON HIS OWN. 
          THIS, SO GO AHEAD. 
          HELLO, CITY COUNCIL. 
          THE REASON I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD TURN THE RINK INTO A PICKLEBALL COURT IS BECAUSE THERE IS ENOUGH PICKLEBALL COURTS AROUND AND WE START A COOL ORGANIZATION AND WE NEED THAT RINK BECAUSE IT IS THE CLOSEST ONE AROUND AND WE NEED PRACTICE FOR GAMES, PARADES, OR OTHER EVENTS THAT INVOLVE DERBY. 
          SO DO YOU LIKE HAVING US IN YOUR PARADES OR OTHER EVENTS? YES OR NO? . 
          CAN YOU HEAR HIM? YEAH, I CAN'T HEAR YOU SPEAK THERE. 
          SPEAK WITH HIM. 
          WAIT, DO I HAVE A SIR AT ALL? ASK HIM. 
          JUST ASK HIM THAT PART. 
          DO YOU LIKE HAVING US IN OUR PARADES OR OTHER EVENTS? HE'S ASKING IF YOU LIKE, WHEN WE SKATE IN YOUR EVENTS AND WE SHOW UP TO YOUR EVENTS FOR THE CITY. 
          I'M SORRY, THE COUNCIL IS NOT ALLOWED TO RESPOND TO THE COMMENTS. 
          THAT'S FINE. 
          SO JUST YES. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY, THEN DON'T MAKE THE RINK INTO A PICKLEBALL COURT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          VIVIAN LEONO, FOLLOWED BY ALICIA GORMAN. 
          HI. 
          GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UM, BEFORE I START, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAYBE CORRECT SOME FACTS. 
          UM, YES, THERE'S TWO COURTS AT, UM, RINGS IN FONTANA, THE JESSE TURNER, I BELIEVE WE CALL IT THE SUMMIT FONTANA. 
          IT WAS SAID THAT ROLLER DERBY ISN'T THERE. 
          IT'S NOT THAT IT'S NOT THERE. 
          THEY ONLY USE IT FOR SPECIAL EVENTS AND GAMES BECAUSE IT'S MORE AFFORDABLE TO GO TO JACK BULLOCK THAN SUMMIT. 
          I WAS JUST THERE LAST NIGHT REFERRING A GAME AND I WAS ALSO REFERRING TWO TO JUNIOR TOURNAMENTS THERE AS WELL. 
          SO IT'S NOT THAT IT'S NOT PRESENT, IT'S JUST NOT USED FOR PRAC, UM, WEEKLY PRACTICES. 
          UM, SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THE SPORT OF PICKLEBALL IS POPULAR AND MAY HAVE A NEED FOR MORE COURTS. 
          BUT TO CHOOSE TO REMOVE THE HOCKEY RINK OR USE A PROPOSED HYBRID FLOOR THAT DOESN'T BENEFIT ROLLER SPORTS IS AN INJUSTICE. 
          IT IS CHOOSING ONE SPORT OVER SEVERAL OTHERS. 
          AT THE LAST MEETING, IT WAS FOUND THAT THAT PICKLEBALL JUST WANTED MORE COURTS, BUT IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE GRAND AVENUE. 
          THERE'S OTHER OPTIONS. 
          SO HERE'S SOME NUMBERS. 
          THERE'S 374 TENNIS COURTS AND A 20 MILE RADIUS. 
          THERE ARE NINE BASKETBALL COURTS ALREADY. 
          JUSTIN CHINO HILLS, THERE ARE 21, UM, PICKLEBALL COURTS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE. 
          IN A 20 MILE RADIUS, THERE'S ONLY ONE HOCKEY RINK IN A 2030 MILE RADIUS. 
          FOR US, THE ROLLER RINK IS A UNIQUE PART OF THE CITY IN HISTORY. 
          IT'S, UM, OFFERS A SAFE PLACE FOR HOCKEY, ROLLER DERBY AND FREE SKATING. 
          IT HAS BEEN UNDERUTILIZED IN THE COMMUNITY EVENT PLANNING AND ADVERTISING. 
          BEFORE COVID, THE WEBSITE SCHEDULE MENTIONED ROLLER DERBY AND PUBLIC USE TIMES. 
          IT DOES NOT, UM, MENTION THAT ANYMORE. 
          IT ONLY MENTIONS PICKLEBALL IN A FEW HOURS FOR ROLLER HOCKEY. 
          UM, TO SIMPLY SAY ROLLER SPORTS IS NOT AS POPULAR, IS MISLEADING AND BY BIAS, UM, THINK THE RINK IS JUST NOT USED, NOT JUST NOT REPORTED PROPERLY OR SHOWCASED AS MUCH AS PICKLEBALL. 
          THEY SAY ROLLER SKATES IS, IS DYING. 
          IT IS NOT TELL THAT TO THE LONG BEACH CITY. 
          THAT JUST OPENED UP SEVERAL SKATING PARKS IN THE AREA OR THE ONTARIO PARKS AND RECREATIONS THAT'S WORKING ON A MULTI, UM, SPORTS COMPLEX THAT WILL INCLUDE ROLLER DERBY AND ROLLER HOCKEY. 
          UM, TELL THAT TO FONTANA THAT HAS THE TWO RINKS. 
          TELL THAT TO THE MILLIONS OF VIEWERS THAT WATCHED THE SUPER BOWL THE OTHER NIGHT WITH USHER ON SKATES, UM, . 
          NO, MY FRIENDS. 
          UM, IT IS NOT DYING. 
          IT IS JUST OVERLOOKED IN CHINO HILLS. 
          THIS IS A CHANCE FOR THE CITY TO REMAIN UNIQUE AND GAIN MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE SURROUNDING CITIES. 
          WE HAVE BEEN THERE SINCE 2007. 
          WE HAVE BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF OTHER SPORTS LEAGUES AND CHARITIES AND CONTINUE TO DO SO. 
          WE'RE REMOVING THE RINK OR LAYING A FLOOR NOT CONDUCIVE TO SKATING IS TAKING AWAY OUR HOME. 
          OUR ONE OF OUR COACHES HAS EVEN PARTICIPATED IN THE ORIGINAL LAYING OUT OF THE PICKLEBALL COURTS, WHICH ALLOWED FOR, UM, ROLLER JURY HOCKEY AND FOUR PICKLEBALL COURTS. 
          SO YOU MIGHT WANNA GET WITH HER AGAIN. 
          . 
          UM, WE'VE ALWAYS SHARED PEACEFULLY FOR THE SPORT AND A SIMPLE RESURFACING TO WHICH ITS ORIGINAL FLOOR SHOULD ACCOMMODATE ALL SPORTS AND SLIPPAGE. 
          SO I REALLY THINK YOU SHOULD CONSIDER, UM, JUST NOT REMOVING IT AT ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALICIA GORMAN, FOLLOWED BY LISA 
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IWASAKI. 
          HI, GOOD EVENING. 
          UM, MY NAME IS ALICIA GORMAN AND I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF PCRD FOR FOUR YEARS AND I'VE BEEN PAYING TO PRACTICE AT GRAND AVENUE PARK SINCE THEN. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. 
          I'D LIKE TO START WITH A FAMILIAR QUOTE THAT APPLIES TO THIS SITUATION. 
          IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T FIX IT. 
          I'M STILL IN DISBELIEF. 
          I EVEN HAVE TO BE HERE TO DEFEND SOMETHING THAT IS USED AND LED BY SO MANY IN THIS COMMUNITY JUST THE WAY IT IS. 
          THIS IS A MULTIPURPOSE COURT. 
          NOW, THIS IS A SIMPLE CASE OF SACRIFICING THE MANY TO APPEASE THE ONE. 
          THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT ROLLER DERBY OR HOCKEY. 
          THIS IS ABOUT COMMUNITY TAKING CARE OF YOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          THIS IS ABOUT THE FAMILIES AND THEIR CHILDREN THAT ENJOY GRAND AVENUE, AVENUE PARK FOR SKATING. 
          I PROMISE YOU DON'T WANNA TAKE THAT FROM THEM. 
          KIDS NEED HOBBIES. 
          KIDS NEED TO BE OUTSIDE AND KIDS NEED TO BE OFF THEIR PHONES. 
          A BUSY KID IS GETTING INTO TROUBLE. 
          I MEAN, A BUSY KID ISN'T GETTING INTO TROUBLE IN YOUR COMMUNITY. 
          FAMILY SHOULD BE ABLE TO PRACTICE WITH THEIR KIDS BEFORE A BIG WEEKEND GAME. 
          I'VE BEEN TO PRACTICE EARLY AND I'VE WATCHED DADS LITERALLY TEACHING THEIR KIDS HOW TO RIDE A BIKE. 
          I WATCHED A KID ABOUT A MONTH AGO, GET HIS TRAINING WHEELS TAKEN OFF AND HAVE THAT DAD TELL HIM THAT. 
          THAT'S MY BIG BOY. 
          IT WAS HEART. 
          WELL, TO WATCH THAT, UM, GRAND AVENUE PARK GIVES A SAFE PLACE FOR THOSE FAMILIES TO DO THOSE THINGS. 
          PARKS ARE FOR FAMILIES. 
          FAMILIES, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. 
          MY TEAMMATES AND A LOT OF PEOPLE YOU MET THEIR FAMILIES ARE ARE YOUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE ARE YOUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE HAVE BEEN SO INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY FOR TWO YEARS. 
          I WAS HEAD OF CHARITY AND EVERY YEAR AT MINIMUM, WE WORK ON LOCAL SHELTERS LIKE RESCUE SHELTERS, PRICELESS PETS RESCUE. 
          YOU GUYS KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN HERE FIGHT. 
          WE'VE FOUGHT HERE FOREVER WITH YOU GUYS. 
          AND LOOK AT LIKE HOW GREAT THAT BECOME. 
          WE WALK THE DOGS FROM THEIR TWO GRAND AVENUE PARK. 
          WE FILL BACKPACKS FOR KIDS THAT CAN'T, UM, AFFORD SUPPLIES FOR THEIR FAMILIES. 
          UM, WE DO SHOES, CLOTHES, DRIVES FOR SHELTERS, UM, PARADES. 
          SOMEBODY BROUGHT UP PARADES. 
          LET'S NOT FORGET PARADES. 
          WE ARE ALWAYS INVOLVED. 
          WE'RE LITERALLY ROLLING FOR YOU GUYS, SUPPORTING YOU GUYS. 
          SO PROUD. 
          AND NOW WE'RE ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT US. 
          DERBY IS OUR OUTLET. 
          LIKE MY FRIEND SAID, WE'RE TEACHERS MILITARY, WE'RE RESCUERS. 
          WE'RE IT'S BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS. 
          AND THIS GIVES US OUR OUTLET. 
          WE NEED THIS. 
          IT IT, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US. 
          I FOUND MY OUTLET. 
          IT IT, IT GIVES ME WHAT I NEED TO FACE THE DAY-TO-DAY CHALLENGES. 
          UM, I BROUGHT UP PRICELESS PETS BECAUSE YOU GUYS DID SOMETHING. 
          YOU WERE THE FIRST CITY TO BECOME A NO KILL COMMUNITY. 
          AND I THINK IT'S SO AWESOME. 
          AND CLAREMONT FOLLOWED BEHIND YOU. 
          NOW, PRICELESS PETS HAS LIKE FIVE ADOPTION CENTERS. 
          THEY'RE MAKING CHANGE. 
          I THINK YOU GUYS SHOULD, SHOULD BE ONE OF THE FIRST TO STAND BEHIND THE ROLLERSKATING IN THE DERBY AND, AND BE DIFFERENT MAN. 
          SUPPORT US. 
          LISA. 
          LISA IWASAKI, FOLLOWED BY BENNETT REDDEN. 
          HELLO. 
          HI CYNTHIA. 
          UM, THANK YOU CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. 
          I'M A CHINO HILL'S RESIDENT FOR OVER 25 YEARS, AND THE HOCKEY RINKS WERE BUILT FOR A VIBRANT DEMAND FOR HOCKEY. 
          AS OUR COMMI COMMUNITY WAS GROWING. 
          AS DEMOGRAPHICS CHANGE IN A COMMUNITY, SO DO THE AMENITIES. 
          WE SHOULD NOT USE OUR TAX DOLLARS FOR RESURFACING A SKATING RINK WHEN IT'S BEING UNDERUTILIZED FOR ITS ORIGINAL PURPOSE. 
          ROLLER DERBY IS NOT A CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY PROGRAM. 
          TODAY WE HAVE TWO FAST GROWING PICKLEBALL COMMUNITIES, ONE AT GRAND AVENUE AND THE OTHER AT ANO, WHERE EVERY WALK OF LIFE IS WELCOME. 
          PICKLEBALL IS THE FASTEST GROWING SPORT IN THE COUNTRY. 
          LEAGUES AND TOURNAMENTS WILL PROVIDE THE CITY WITH REVENUE. 
          THE VILLANO COURTS ARE BEING OVERUTILIZED AND THE WEAR AND TEAR ON THE COURTS IS APPARENT. 
          THE PAINT IS CHIPPING ON THE COURTS AND THE OLD TENNIS LINES ARE SHOWING THROUGH. 
          WE NEED PERMANENT NETS AND COURTS AT GRAND AVENUE. 
          IT'S TIME TO ROLL WITH THE CHANGES AND DEMANDS IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BENNETT BENNETT REDDEN, FOLLOWED BY EMMA CACIO. 
          THANK YOU MA ANN COUNSEL. 
          I'M VINNY REDDEN. 
          UH, MY WIFE JANICE AND I HAVE BEEN IN CHINO HILLS FOR OVER 30 YEARS. 
          UH, SHE HAS BEEN A TEACHER IN THE CHINO VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND I AM THE AMATEUR. 
          UH, THE, THE LATIN ROOTS OF AMATEUR IS FOR THE LOVE OF. 
          A QUICK EXAMPLE OF, FOR THE LOVE OF LAST NIGHT, FEBRUARY 12TH. 
          [02:45:01]
IT WAS 54 DEGREES OUT. 
          THERE WERE 16 PLAYERS ON THE ANO COURTS. 
          ANOTHER 26 OR SO THAT I COUNTED WAITING IN A QUEUE TO PLAY. 
          ALL THE PARKING SPACES WERE COMPLETELY FILLED AND EVERYTHING ALONG AVIANO AVENUE BY ANO WAS COMPLETELY FILLED WITH PARKING. 
          NOW THIS COUNT REMAINS PRETTY CONSISTENT NIGHT AFTER NIGHT, MORNING AFTER MORNING. 
          AND I'VE OCCASIONALLY POSTED THESE OBSERVATIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA TAGGING YOU SO YOU CAN SEE THIS. 
          BUT, BUT YOU'VE ALREADY EXERCISED YOUR OWN CENSUSES, BOTH AT VILLANO AND GRAND AVENUE. 
          YOU KNOW, THE CONTINUAL CAPACITY CAPPING AT BOTH COURTS. 
          YOU KNOW THAT PERMANENT COURTS AT GRAND AVENUE AND ELSEWHERE WOULD BE EFFECTIVE INVESTMENTS BECAUSE THEY WOULD ALSO BE IN CONSTANT USE, A RETURN ON INVESTMENT TO ACHIEVE. 
          BUT THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT IS NOT EVIDENCED BY THE DAY IN DAY OUT. 
          PLAYER ATTENDANCE, I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT POST PICKLEBALL POTLUCKS ATTENDED THEMSELVES BY DOZENS OF FRIENDS DRAWING TOGETHER IN COMMUNITY. 
          WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CRUISE DIRECTORS WHO ORGANIZE THESE CONSTANTLY. 
          UH, THAT'S HIDDEN BEHIND THE, THE STATISTICS OF WHAT'S OUT ON THE COURTS. 
          SPONTANEOUS MEALS AT TA, MORA OR NAKED FISH, EVERYONE TALKING PICKLEBALL BETWEEN SERVICES AT CHURCH AND THEN RUNNING INTO PICKLEBALL. 
          FRIENDS AT SERVICE EVENTS LIKE FOOD FOR LIFE, SOMETHING UNIQUE HAS BEEN EMERGING FROM THIS OLD PERSON'S SPORT. 
          AND BY OLD PERSONS. 
          DON'T NEGLECT THE 14 YEAR OLDS WHO REGULARLY HUMBLE BEYOND THE COURT. 
          IN OVER 30 YEARS OF CHINO HILL'S RESIDENCE, OUR OWN JANICE AND MY PERSONAL COMMUNITY HAS BEEN NEIGHBORS ON THE BLOCK. 
          OUR LOCAL SCHOOL ACQUAINTANCES, UH, PEOPLE WE KNOW AT CHURCH. 
          BUT IN THESE PAST TWO YEARS, THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY HAS EXPANDED TO, INCLUDES WHAT FEELS LIKE THE ENTIRETY OF CHINO HILLS, ALL AGES, ALL ETHNICITIES, ALL BELIEFS AND, AND ALL PHYSICAL CAPABILITIES THAT BROADENING AND DEEPENING SENSE OF COMMUNITY. 
          THAT'S THE ENCOURAGEMENT I WANT TO BRING TO YOU TONIGHT. 
          EXPANDING NUMBERS IN ATTENDANCE IS A POSITIVE OUTCOME. 
          HEALTH BENEFITS IS A POSITIVE OUTCOME. 
          WITNESS THIS ADONIS LIKE PHYSIQUE, BUT EXPANDING COMMUNITY. 
          THAT'S AN INVESTMENT THAT WILL HAVE A RETURN FOR DECADES AND DECADES TO COME. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          EMMA. 
          AM CACIO FOLLOWED BY NANCY CACIO. 
          YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN. 
          COME ON . 
          UM, HELLO. 
          I'M EMMA CIO, ALSO KNOWN AS HARM ALARM. 
          AND I'VE BEEN PLAYING ROLLER DERBY SINCE I WAS 10 AND NOW I'M 13 YEARS OLD. 
          I LOVE ROLLER DERBY WITH ALL MY HEART. 
          IT IS SO UNIQUE AND MAKES ME FEEL CONFIDENT IN A WAY DERBY IS NOT AS COMMON AS A SPORT, BUT IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY GOAL TO MAKE IT POPULAR BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH EXCITEMENT IT BROUGHT TO ME. 
          I WANNA SHARE THAT FEELING. 
          IN FACT, I CAN TELL YOU STRAIGHT FROM MY HEART THAT, THAT I HAD, I WOULD WISH ON STARS THAT IT WOULD GET INTO THE OLYMPICS ONE DAY. 
          THIS RINK IS A SPACE WHERE YOU MIGHT FIND YOUR NEXT FAVORITE SPORT, BUT THIS RINK IS ALSO THE RINK THAT MIGHT GO AWAY. 
          ROLLER DERBY IS A PERFECT PLACE TO LET PEOPLE IN YOUR COMMUNITY TO BE PROUD OF THEMSELVES. 
          WE ACCEPT ALL AGES AND ALL GENDERS. 
          THROUGHOUT MY TIME PLAYING OF PLAYING ROLLER DERBY, I HAVE MET SO MANY PEOPLE AND HAD THE CHANCE TO DO SO MANY NEW OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING SKATING AT THE CHINO HILLS PARK RINK. 
          I JUST STARTED SKATING WITH PRISON CITY AND I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE TAKEN AWAY. 
          I ENJOY PUTTING ON MY PARA SKATES AND HAVING A SAFE SPACE FOR ME TO SKATE IT. 
          I GET TO LET THAT STRESS AND PROBLEMS AND LEAVE IT ON THE RINK, THE RINK THAT MIGHT GET GO AWAY. 
          THESE SKATERS HERE HAVE SO MUCH HISTORY AT THIS SPECIFIC RINK. 
          THESE SKATERS ARE SO NICE, COOL, FUNNY AND RESPECTFUL, AND THEY DESERVE A PLACE FOR THEM TO SKATE. 
          ROLLER DERBY IS A FANTASTIC FUN SPORT THAT SHOULD BE HELD AT THE SAME LEVEL OF RESPECT AS ANY OTHER SPORT. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          YES. 
          WOO. 
          NANCY CIO FOLLOWED BY OSCAR WEISEL. 
          HELLO CITY COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS NANCY CIO AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE PRISON CITY ROLLER DERBY LEAGUE. 
          WE ARE A GROUP OF DEDICATED SKATERS THAT PAY AND UTILIZE A RINK WEEKLY WHEN WEATHER PERMITS. 
          I WAS HERE LAST TIME AND I'M HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS THE NEED TO KEEP THE RING AVAILABLE FOR ROLLER SPORTS. 
          IF YOU ASSESS THE CURRENT NUMBER OF PICKLEBALL COURTS, IT'S EVIDENCE ENOUGH THAT THERE'S NO NEED TO CONVERT THE ONLY RINK WITHIN 20 TO 30 MILES INTO 
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ANOTHER PICKLEBALL COURT. 
          YOU WOULD BE DOING THIS COMMUNITY A DISSERVICE. 
          THIS COULDN'T BE ROLLER SPORTS NEED A DEDICATED SPACE. 
          WE NEED THIS RINK IN THIS COMMUNITY. 
          AND I WANNA JUST ADD, 'CAUSE I HAVE TIME, IS THAT WE LOVE ROLLER DERBY BECAUSE MY DAUGHTERS STARTED IT AND THEY'RE SO DEDICATED. 
          AND THEN NOW THEY HAVE JOINED ME AND PRACTICE AND THEY ENJOY BEING OUTDOORS. 
          THEY ENJOY ALL THE ROLLER DERBY, UM, PRISON CITY PLAYERS. 
          AND IT WOULD BE SO SAD IF YOU WOULD TAKE THE SPACE AWAY FROM NOT ONLY US, BUT ALSO FOR OUR KIDS THAT COME AND PARTICIPATE AND HAVE A GOOD TIME. 
          ROLLER SKATING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OSCAR HUSO IS OUR FINAL SPEAKER. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF. 
          MY NAME IS OSCAR ZO AND I'M A RESIDENT OF CHINO HILLS. 
          I SUBMITTED AN EMAIL EARLIER WITH A LETTER, UH, WITH A, A COMMENT, AND I KNOW, UM, SEVERAL OTHER OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT PLAY HOCKEY. 
          THEY ALSO SUBMITTED LETTERS AS WELL. 
          I JUST WANTED TO COME UP HERE BEFORE YOU AS A FACE FOR ROLLER HOCKEY AND JUST IN SUPPORT OF HOCKEY AT GRAND AVENUE PARK. 
          I'VE, I WAS HERE A YEAR AGO BEFORE THE COMMITTEE, UH, AND WE MANAGED TO GET TO PERSUADE THEM TO PURSUE A HYBRID, A HYBRID SURFACE. 
          I'M HERE A YEAR LATER IN FRONT OF YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL, ASKING FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO KEEP HOCKEY AT GRAND AVENUE PARK. 
          HOCKEY TO ME HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS GROWING UP. 
          I GREW UP PLAYING HOCKEY. 
          I GREW UP IN THE, I GREW UP PLAYING IN THE LEAGUES. 
          I I ENDED UP PLAYING COLLEGE HOCKEY AND I CONTINUE TO GO UP THERE AND PLAY WITH MY FRIENDS. 
          AND IT'S BEEN JUST, I, IT'S BEEN A BLESSING FOR ME. 
          THIS RINK HAS LITERALLY BEEN A BLESSING IN MY LIFE AND, AND IT'S BEEN A BLESSING FOR MANY OTHER PEOPLE HERE AS WELL WHO HAVE COME UP AND SPOKEN RIGHT. 
          ROLLER DERBY. 
          AND, UM, I, I WISH, I WISH MORE OF MY COLLEAGUES WERE HERE TO, TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT WE SUBMITTED EMAILS AND LETTERS IN SUPPORT OF HOCKEY. 
          BUT I JUST WANT TO REMIND THIS COUNCIL THAT YOU OWE A DUTY TO US, THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND IT'S YOUR DUTY TO UPHOLD THE PRINCIPLES OF EQUITY, FAIRNESS, AND JUSTICE WHEN EXERCISING YOUR DUTY. 
          YEAH. 
          AND HONESTLY, IT'S NOT FAIR, IT'S NOT EQUITABLE TO GIVE A FULL USE OF THE RANK TO PICKLEBALL WHEN ROLLER DERBY AND ROLLER HOCKEY USE IT AS WELL. 
          MAYBE NOT AS FREQUENTLY, BUT WE DO USE IT. 
          UM, EVERY, UH, I THINK IT'S MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THEN THURSDAY WE DEDICATE IT TO HOCKEY AND WE WOULD LOVE TO BE UP THERE MORE. 
          BUT I, I DON'T THINK THE TIMES WORK. 
          I MEAN, MOST OF US WORK DURING THE DAY. 
          WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO BE GOING AND PLAYING HOCKEY DURING THE DAY AND RIGHT. 
          IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT FAIR TO IGNORE THE CITY COUNCIL OR TO IGNORE THE COMMITTEE WHO WANTED A HYBRID SURFACE. 
          IT'S NOT FAIR TO IGNORE CITY COUNCIL. 
          LAST TIME WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD EXPLORE THIS, UH, SURFACING ISSUE FURTHER. 
          UH, I FEEL LIKE WE COULD KEEP EXPLORING. 
          I FEEL THERE. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL BE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUNDING FROM THE KINGS. 
          MAYBE THE DUCKS. 
          WE JUST NEED MORE TIME. 
          MORE TIME IS ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR. 
          AND I DON'T THINK IT'S JUST TO IGNORE A 25 YEAR HISTORY AT GRAND AVENUE PARK FOR HOCKEY AND ROLLER SPORTS. 
          AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT PICKLEBALL IS ALSO USING IT. 
          WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR COMPROMISE. 
          COMPROMISE. 
          AND I KNOW WE'VE DISCUSSED COMMUNITY. 
          PEOPLE UP HERE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY IS INCLUSIVITY. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND THAT MEANS INCLUDING EVERYBODY THAT WANTS TO USE THAT RINK COMMUNITY IS INCLUSIVE. 
          SO PLEASE CON, CONTINUE TO INCLUDE HOCKEY, ROLLER DERBY, PICKLEBALL, BASKETBALL, ALL THE OTHER SPORTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO BE USED ON THIS RINK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          SHERIFF, THAT WAS THE FINAL SPEAKER. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE'LL BRING IT BACK UP HERE. 
          READY? YOU WANNA START WITH ANY COMMENTS? THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE A, A GUEST IN THE, IN THE AUDIENCE. 
          HE WAS ONE OF OUR ORIGINAL COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          AND, UH, GARY LARSON, WHERE ARE YOU? I'M OVER, OVER THERE. 
          UM, AT ONE TIME, GRAND AVENUE PARK WAS JUST A WHOLE, AND, UH, HE HAD THE VISION AS THEY WERE BUILDING THE 71 TO PUT DIRT THERE AND WE ACTUALLY MADE A PARK OUT OF THAT. 
          IS THAT CORRECT, GARY? OKAY. 
          SO WE HAD A VISION. 
          UM, WHEN WE FIRST BECAME A CITY, THERE WASN'T ANY PARKS IN THIS COMMUNITY. 
          WE HAD A BIG POPULATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE. 
          NO LITTLE LEAGUE FIELDS, NO SOCCER FIELDS, NO TENNIS COURTS. 
          WE HEAR THIS COMMUNITY AND WE TRY TO MAKE IT WORK. 
          GARY LARSON, YOU HAD VISION THAT GRAND AVENUE PARK WAS JUST A HOLE. 
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UH, WE PUT TWO RINGS ON IT, A SOCCER FIELD OVERLAY, TENNIS COURTS. 
          WE HAD VISION THERE. 
          UM, WE A FEW YEARS BACK MADE IT, INSTEAD OF TWO TO ONE, WE PUT BASKETBALL COURTS. 
          BUT THE 'CAUSE THE COMMUNITY WAS LOOKING FOR MORE BASKETBALL COURTS, WE DID THAT. 
          UM, YES, WE TOOK A CHANCE ABOUT THREE, FOUR YEARS AGO TALKING ABOUT PICKLEBALL AND WE STARTED OVER AT GRAND AVENUE PARK. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND IT WAS JUST TO SEE WAS THERE A NEED IN THIS COMMUNITY? AND THERE WAS, THIS COUNCIL HAD A GREAT IDEA ABOUT ANO, WHICH WAS ONE TENNIS COURT THAT WASN'T BEING USED. 
          WE MADE FOUR CHORDS THERE. 
          AND YOU KNOW WHAT WE WERE, I WAS ECSTATIC BY THE DECISION THAT WE MADE. 
          AND YOU KNOW WHAT PICKLEBALL, LIKE THEY SAID, IS A GROWING SPORT. 
          AND, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT TO DO MORE THINGS THERE, UM, TO PICKLEBALL. 
          WE ACTUALLY HAVE A CALL, IT'S CALLED BIG LEAGUE DREAMS. WE'VE TALKED, WE HAVE A PERSON, WE OWN IT, BUT WE HAVE A PERSON THAT RUNS IT. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT BIG LEAGUE DREAMS ABOUT MAYBE TRYING TO PUT SOME PICKLEBALL COURTS THERE. 
          IT JUST DIDN'T WORK OUT. 
          BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          WE'VE TALKED TO THE HIGH SCHOOL ABOUT BEING ABLE TO UTILIZE TENNIS COURTS, THINKING THAT MAYBE IF WE COULD WORK AN AGREEMENT WITH THE HIGH SCHOOLS, THEN MAYBE WE CAN USE ONE OF OUR TENNIS COURTS IN CHINO HILLS TO PUT MORE PICKLEBALL COURTS. 
          BUT THE PEOPLE IN CHINO HILLS THAT PLAY TENNIS, THEY DON'T WANT US TO DO THIS UNLESS WE HAVE AN OPTION. 
          AND RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY OPTIONS. 
          UM, THE, THE GRAND AVENUE PARK, INITIALLY WE WANTED TO KEEP THE RING THERE AND WE WERE TRYING TO FIND A SURFACE THAT WAS CONDUCIVE FOR PICKLEBALL AND ALSO HOCKEY. 
          UM, SO MY UNDERSTANDING, WE WENT TO FONTANA. 
          WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE WAS A CONDUCIVE COURT THERE, BUT THEN WE FOUND OUT IT WASN'T CONDUCIVE TO BULL SPORTS. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, THE TYPE OF SURFACING, MIKE, WHY DON'T YOU COME UP TO THE FRONT ROW PLEASE. 
          UM, UH, THE TYPE OF SURFACING THAT THEY HAVE AT THE BULLOCK, UH, ARENA IS NOT TAILORED TOWARDS THE, UH, ROLLER SPORTS PLAY. 
          HOWEVER, THERE ARE THE, THERE'S TWO TO, TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, TWO DERBY, UH, TEAMS THAT DO PRACTICE THERE ON THE COURTS THAT ARE THERE. 
          AND SO, UM, THE CITY WAS, UH, IN THE WORDS, WAS NICE ENOUGH TO, UH, UM, DRAW THE, UH, OVAL SHAPES THERE IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE TYPES OF USE THAT THEY HAVE THERE. 
          IN A PERFECT WORLD, THAT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT SURFACE, BUT THAT IS WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED PLAY. 
          AND SO THEY MAKE IT WORK. 
          UM, THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY AT THE LAST TIME THAT WE MET THAT SPOKE ABOUT HER WHEELS GETTING, UH, CHEWED UP A LITTLE BIT AS IT RELATED TO THE SURFACE. 
          THAT'S THEN, THAT'S NOT, UH, UNCOMMON. 
          WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS AS IT RELATES TO, UH, PLAYING ON A NON SLICK SURFACE. 
          WE'LL JUST CALL IT, UH, FOR THE ROLLER SPORTS, UH, TYPE PLAY. 
          THANK YOU, JONATHAN. 
          SO IN OTHER WORDS, WE DO LISTEN TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT AND TALKING TO US. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT WORK. 
          WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD TO BE VERY HONEST WITH YOU. 
          UM, BUT MY QUESTION IS, THERE WAS TWO OPTIONS THAT YOU SHOWED BASKETBALL COURT, SORT OF A MINI HOCKEY RING. 
          MM-HMM. 
           AND THEN A BASKETBALL COURT. 
          THEN YOU SHOWED US ONE WITH A SMALL RING AND THEN WITH FOUR PICKLEBALL COURTS. 
          MM-HMM. 
           MY QUESTION ON THE SECOND ONE, CAN I SEE THAT? CAN YOU SHOW THAT? BECAUSE I HAVE A QUESTION THAT I'D LIKE TO ASK. 
          SO THIS ONE RIGHT HERE, IF WE WERE TO MOVE THE HOCKEY COURT DOWN TO THE BOTTOM AND MOVE THE PICKLEBALL COURTS TO THE TOP, YOU SAID WE WERE SHORT BY EIGHT FEET FOR MAKING THIS A FULL SIZE RING. 
          WELL, UM, THE EIGHT FEET ACTUALLY WOULD, UH, WE NEED DID AN ADDITIONAL EIGHT FEET IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THE, UM, THE ROLLER DERBY, UH, NEEDS AS FAR AS THE, UH, FROM THE RESEARCH THAT WE DID, YOU NEED AN 88 FOOT, UM, AREA AND THE LENGTH AND PROBABLY ABOUT 60 FEET ON THE WIDTH SIDE OF THINGS IN ORDER TO PROPERLY FACILITATE THEIR TYPE OF PLAY. 
          OKAY. 
          BY LOOKING AT THIS, THIS DIAGRAM HERE, THIS MAYBE COULD MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY. 
          SO IF WE WERE JUST TO MOVE THE PICKLEBALL COURTS TO THE TOP, MOVE THIS DOWN TO THE BOTTOM AND THEN UTILIZE TO THE LEFT, TO MY LEFT, WHERE THE SHADE STRUCTURE IS, WE JUST MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THERE. 
          I THINK THAT'S SORT OF A, A WIN-WIN FOR EVERYBODY IF THAT COULD, COULD HAPPEN. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION TO GO WITH A SECOND AND JUST MOVE THINGS AROUND. 
          SO THAT'S MY SUGGESTION. 
          SO, RIGHT. 
          I'M INCLINED TO AGREE WITH RAY. 
          I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE GEO ABOUT, UH, THE GEOMETRY OF HOW IT, HOW IT WOULD WORK, BUT I REALLY HAVE A HARD TIME HAVING ONE SPORT LOSE OUT, YOU KNOW, OR LOSE OUT TO, UH, TO ANOTHER 
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ONE, ALBEIT A VERY POPULAR SPORT. 
          I THINK THIS IS KIND OF THE WAY TO, TO YOU SPLIT THE, UH, SPLIT THE NEEDS AND STILL KEEP PEOPLE HAPPY. 
          SO I'M INCLINED TO GO WITH THE HYBRID MODEL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, I, I AGREE WITH THE HYBRID. 
          I, I, YOU KNOW, YOU, THE IDEA OF ELIMINATING A SPORT, IT, IT'S JUST NOT, THAT'S NOT TENABLE. 
          WE NEED TO CONTINUE THIS, CONTINUE TO SPORT ALL, ALL THREE THINGS. 
          ROLLER DERBY, THE, UH, ROLLER HOCKEY AND THE, THE PICKLEBALL, WHICH I MEAN, WE KNOW THAT IT JUST WORKS WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN CHANGE THE DI UH, THE DIMENSIONS TO MAKE IT WORK TO WHERE ROLLER DERBY COULD STILL FIT IN THERE. 
          BUT THEN WE STILL HAVE THE ISSUE OF THE SURFACING, AND I WILL ONLY SAY THIS, THAT IF THERE WAS SOME WAY THAT WE COULD DELINEATE AND HAVE THE PORTION THAT WAS BE UNDERNEATH THE RINK, UH, WHICH WOULD BE USED FOR ROLLER DERBY AND, UH, ROLLER HOCKEY AND HAVE IT SLICKER AND THEN HAVE A, UH, MORE TACKY SURFACE FOR THE UNDERNEATH THE, UH, PICKLEBALL. 
          BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SEE OLDER, ESPECIALLY OLDER PEOPLE, UH, FALLING DOWN AND HURTING THEMSELF. 
          AND I THINK WE HAVE A REAL LIABILITY ISSUE THERE. 
          SO IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE COULD HAVE BASICALLY TWO DIFFERENT SURFACES, UH, AND DELINEATED, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S A WIN-WIN IF IT CAN WORK. 
          ALRIGHT, PETER, WELL, I AM, UH, KIND OF A REALIST AND I KNOW THE PICKLEBALL IS EXPLODING IN THE UNITED STATES. 
          I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, UH, MARYANNE QUOTED ME IN THE CHAMPION SAID, LET'S JUST PULL THE BANDAID OFF AND GET TO IT. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE SURFACE IS APPROPRIATE FOR WHATEVER USE IS BEING DONE. 
          THERE'S NO HYBRID SURFACE THAT'S GONNA ACCOMMODATE BOTH. 
          YES, I WOULD, I WOULD ADVOCATE FOR FOUR PERMANENT PICKLEBALL COURTS THAT ARE SURFACED IN THAT PROPER WAY AND THEN MAKE SOMETHING WORK WITH THE REMAINING THIRD OR SO OF THE, OF THE RINK TO ACCOMMODATE ROLLER BLADES, ROLLER HOCKEY ROLLER, WHATEVER WORKS, UH, IN A SAFER MANNER THAN, THAN AGAIN, A GENERIC, I I'M SORRY, I'M LOOKING AT THE, UH, DRAWING RIGHT NOW TO, TO ACCOMMODATE A GENERIC USE OF THE SURFACE. 
          SO I WOULD ADVOCATE, FIRST OF ALL TO PUT IN FOUR PERMANENT PICKLEBALL COURTS. 
          UH, WE JUST NEED TO ADJUST TO THE REALITY OF THE FACT THAT PICKLEBALL IS JUST SO POPULAR. 
          SOME OF THE SPEAKERS ON BOTH SIDES, VERY, VERY PASSIONATE. 
          UH, WE HAVE OBSERVED THE SOCIAL, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN CHINO HILLS IS HAPPENING THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA AND THE UNITED STATES PICKLEBALL PARTIES ARE EXPLODING. 
          IT CREATES A SOCIAL ATMOSPHERE THAT THE COUPLE OF SPEAKERS, UH, TALKED ABOUT. 
          AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ARE NOW GOING TO THOSE, OUR LOCATION OF LLANO AND GRAND AVENUE PARK. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO ACCOMMODATE THAT NEED AND JUST ADJUST TO THE CURRENT TRENDS AND SEE IF WE CAN ACCOMMODATE WITH A DIFFERENT SURFACING A PORTION OF THE RINK. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GONNA WORK SIZE WISE, BUT WE CAN ALWAYS ADJUST. 
          I REMEMBER PLAYING BASKETBALL ALL THE TIME ON A HALF COURT, DIDN'T HAVE TO PLAY IT ON A FULL COURT. 
          I I MADE IT, WE MADE IT WORK OUR FRIENDS. 
          SO I THINK HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAKE IT A COM MAKE IT WORK HERE ALSO. 
          BUT I WOULD PUT IN PERMANENT PICKLEBALL INSTEAD OF TEMPORARY AND IN THE SURFACE THAT'S APPROPRIATE TO IT, AND THEN ADJUST THE REST OF THE RINK FOR WHATEVER WORKS. 
          THAT'S MY, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING IT CORRECTLY, I THINK, I MEAN WITH WHAT RAY AND BRIAN WERE SAYING, IF THERE'S A WAY TO NOT DISPLACE ANYBODY, EVEN IF THAT MEANS MAYBE LESS COURT SO WE CAN GET A, I GUESS YOU WOULD CALL A REGULATION SIZE RINK. 
          UM, WE WE'RE NOT TAKING SIDES. 
          WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO EACH OF YOU. 
          AND I DON'T LIKE TO SUPPORT THINGS WHERE EVEN FIVE PEOPLE HAVE TO BE DISPLACED. 
          WHEN MY, MY SON IS 33 YEARS OLD AND WHEN HE GREW UP IN THIS TOWN, THE THING THAT HE WAS MOST PASSIONATE ABOUT, IT WAS LIKE A CULTURAL WASTELAND. 
          AND I COULD NOT HAVE THINGS THAT INVOLVE THE ARTS WITH HIM AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          SO WE WERE, YOU KNOW, THERE WASN'T ENOUGH TO, TO SUPPORT SOMETHING. 
          SO JUST BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T SUPPORT SOMETHING DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE'S NOT A NEED AND A PASSION IF THEY'RE FROM OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          BUT THE SAME TIME I SEE THAT, I SEE THE MOMENTUM THAT'S HAPPENED. 
          WE ALL KNOW WHEN MICHAEL ARNO CAME HERE FOR YEARS AGO, HOW PASSIONATE HE WAS ABOUT PICKLEBALL. 
          AND WE HEARD YOU. 
          AND LIKE RAY SAID, WE ALL, WE HEARD YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS HAVE BEAUTIFUL COURTS AT ANO AND I KNOW THAT YOU NEED MORE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE TO BE FAIR AND EQUITABLE TO EVERYBODY. 
          UM, I WILL SAY THOUGH THAT JONATHAN, SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT OUR PICKLEBALL LEAGUES ARE GETTING, UM, FULL RIGHT AWAY, AND THEN WE HAVE A WAITING LIST. 
          I MEAN, MY FRIENDS ARE GONNA KILL ME, BUT I MEAN, I KNOW PEOPLE THAT SIGN UP FOR THESE LEAGUES THAT DON'T LIVE IN CHINO HILLS, AND I THINK WE NEED TO SAY IT'S, IT'S CHINO HILLS' FIRST RIDE REFUSAL FOR THE PEOPLE THAT PLAY IN THESE LEAGUES. 
          AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO WITH OUR ADULT SOCCER PROGRAM AND SUCH. 
          WE HAVE REGISTRATIONS OF, OF THAT AND, AND SUCH. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE THE, UM, OPEN, OPEN DROP IN PLAY AND SUCH, WE'RE NOT CHECKING IDS. 
          I I COULDN'T TELL YOU WHO'S, BUT WHEN 
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EVERYONE, BUT TO PUT THE ARGUMENT, WHO'S THE ONES THAT ARE THERE, BUT WHO, BUT TO THE ARGUMENT OF PICKLE BALLERS, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE LEAGUES HAVING A WAITING LIST, WOULD THERE BE A WAITING LIST IF WE ONLY ALLOWED RESIDENTS TO SIGN UP FOR THESE LEAGUES? WE NEED TO FIND THAT OUT BECAUSE I'M NOT SAYING THAT THERE'S NOT A NEED, BUT I'M SAYING MAYBE THAT THERE'LL BE MORE ACCESS TO RESIDENTS IF WE LIMIT IT TO RESIDENTS ONLY FOR LEAGUE PLAY, LIKE WE DO SOCCER. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO. 
          I I CAN PROBABLY SAY WITH CONFIDENCE THAT THE MAJORITY OF OUR TEAMS AND THE PLAYERS ARE ALL CHINO HILLS RESIDENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY TELL US AS FAR AS THAT. 
          BUT YES, CERTAINLY WE COULD DO A PRIORITY SYSTEM LIKE WE DO WITH ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS. TO BE FRANK WITH YOU, IT'S NOT AN UNCOMMON THING THAT WE DO. 
          RECOMMENDATIONS REGISTRATION IS, IS, YOU KNOW, WE FIRST TAKE REGISTRATION OF CHINO HILLS RESIDENCE AND THEN AFTER THAT THEN WE HAVE OPEN WHAT WE CALL OPEN REGISTRATION WHERE ANYBODY CAN COME IN AND THEN REGISTER FOR A PARTICULAR PROGRAM. 
          JONATHAN, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION BASED UPON THE DRAWING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ON THESE THINGS AS I TALKING OH, I'M SORRY. 
          I THOUGHT YOU WERE, I'M SORRY. 
          IT'S OKAY. 
          UM, LET ME SEE. 
          OKAY, AND ONE MORE THING. 
          UM, SO, AND WE'VE, THROUGH THE PARKS AND REC AND EVERYTHING, JONATHAN, WE'VE EXHAUSTED ALL VIABLE OPTIONS FOR ADDITIONAL PICKLEBALL COURTS. 
          SO, UH, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, WE, I'M NOT EVEN GONNA SAY IT'S NOT TORRY PINES, BUT, UM, BY AVALON, UM, OFF THE FREEWAY PARK, UM, THE BIG, WHERE THE SPLASH PAD WAS, PARK HER NURSE. 
          SO HAVE, HAVE, WE CAN, YOU CAN SAY WITH, WITH, UH, DEFINITIVE ANSWERS, WE HAVE EXHAUSTED ALL OF OUR OPTIONS FOR PICKLEBALL COURTS. 
          WELL, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, WE, THE EASIEST THING TO DO IS CONVERT OF COURSE, EXISTING TENNIS COURTS. 
          OF COURSE, I CAN TELL YOU THAT OUR EIGHT EXISTING COURTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE EXTREMELY, THEY'RE HEAVILY USED. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ WAS THE ONE THAT CAME TO THE TABLE AS IT RELATED TO LLANO INITIALLY AND SAID, HEY, THAT IS NOT BEING USED. 
          WE TOOK A LOOK AT IT, WE SURVEYED AND EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          UM, SO REALLY TAKING AWAY AN EXISTING TENNIS COURT AT THIS. 
          THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING THOUGH. 
          SORRY. 
          YEAH, UNDERSTAND. 
          AND SO, SO THEN THE NEXT LOOK THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO, AND CERTAINLY THERE ARE OTHER FACILITIES THAT WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT AND BUILD ON THOSE FACILITIES AND SUCH FROM SCRATCH, NEEDLESS TO SAY. 
          AND SO THERE WOULD BE A COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. 
          WE'RE PROBABLY TALKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF, UM, FOUR PICKLEBALL COURTS, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS A TENNIS COURT TEMPLATE. 
          YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT OVER $300,000. 
          AND THEN WHAT'S THE COST OF THIS OPTION TOO? WELL, UM, SOME OF THE COST ESTIMATES, AND I'LL REFER TO THE STAFF REPORT. 
          UM, SO WHAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU THERE IS, UM, WHICH WE'RE CALLING TWO A, I BELIEVE, UM, IS APPROXIMATELY $110,000. 
          AND SO THAT WOULD BE TO, UM, TAKE, UH, REMOVE ALL OF THE EXISTING BOARDS THAT HAPPEN TO BE THERE. 
          AND, AND THE BOARDS SUPPORT ROLLER HOCKEY PLAY, THAT'S WHAT IT SUPPORTS. 
          SO I'M NOT TALKING AGAINST DERBY, UH, THE DERBY DAMES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          THEY DON'T NEED THE BOARDS. 
          SO THEY, THEY JUST NEED A SPACE TO, YOU KNOW, TO DO WHAT THEY DO. 
          AND SO ANYWAY, SO THAT'S $110,000, A COUPLE OF THE OTHER OPTIONS, WHICH WAS THE BASKETBALL COURT. 
          BUT IF WE'RE STOCKING SPECIFICALLY WITH THIS, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $110,000. 
          AND OF COURSE WE HAVE LIGHTS ALREADY AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. 
          THE TRICKY PART AS FAR AS THE CONVERSATION GOES, IF I MIGHT AS IT RELATES TO THIS, IS, IS THAT, UM, IF WE ARE TO MAKE THIS A JOINT SITUATION AND GO WITH MAYBE ONE SURFACE OR THE OTHER. 
          THEN PICKLEBALL BECOMES, HAS TO BE WITHIN THE TEMPLATE OF THE ROLLER HOCKEY RINK, HAS TO BE PORTABLE NETS LIKE WE CURRENTLY HAVE UP THERE. 
          WE CAN'T MAKE THE NETS PORTABLE BECAUSE OF COURSE THEN YOU CAN'T PLAY ROLLER HOCKEY ON THE COURT ITSELF. 
          FROM THAT STANDPOINT, COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ, I KNOW HAS BROUGHT UP THE MIDDLE SECTION TO ME AS IT RELATES TO THAT. 
          WE WOULD HAVE TO, UM, LAY THAT OUT TO SEE WHAT'S UP. 
          TO BE FRANK WITH YOU, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SEE UP THERE ALL THE TIME IS, IS THAT DURING OTHER USES, OTHER THAN PICKLEBALL BEING PLAYED UP THERE, PEOPLE ARE SHOWING UP. 
          WE DON'T HAVE THE PORTABLE NETS UP. 
          THE COURTS ARE WIDE OPEN AND NOBODY'S ON THE COURTS AND STUFF. 
          AND SO STAFF GETS FLACK FOR THAT TYPE OF THING BECAUSE IT'S NOT BEING USED FOR OTHER THINGS UP THERE WHEN, BUT WHEN THE PICKLEBALL COURTS ARE UP, I WAS THERE THIS MORNING, SIX PEOPLE WAITING FOR THAT FIRST NET TO BE PUT UP AND DOING THEIR THING AND SUCH. 
          BUT THE CHALLENGE IS GOING TO BE, AS IT RELATES TO THIS, IS IF WE GO WITH THIS, FORGET ABOUT THE HYBRID SHORTSIGHTED, UH, ROLLER HOCKEY RINK SCENARIO. 
          IF WE'RE TO TRY TO ACCOMMODATE ANYBODY, ONE IS EITHER YOU'RE GONNA GO WITH THE, THE SLICKER SURFACE THAT CATERS MORE TOWARDS ROLLER ROLLER SPORTS OR YOU'RE GOING TO GO WITH THE PICKLEBALL BASKETBALL COURT TYPE SURFACE, AND THEN THEY'LL JUST HAVE TO, EVERYBODY WILL JUST HAVE TO COEXIST BASED ON THAT TYPE OF SURFACING. 
          BUT WE WOULD CONTINUE TO KEEP UP THE PORTABLE NETS BECAUSE WE CAN'T MAKE IT PERMANENT. 
          THE, WE'RE USING THE WORD PERMANENT IF, UM, WE'RE GONNA KEEP BOARDS UP AND EVERYTHING ELSE FROM THAT STANDPOINT, 
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IF THAT MAKES THE LEVEL OF SENSE. 
          SO THERE'S SOME CHALLENGES WE HAVE UP THERE AND THAT'S WHY THIS IS YOU, JONATHAN. 
          ONE SECOND. 
          RAY. 
          UH, ART HAD A COMMENT. 
          I, WELL, YOU WANTED TO MAKE ASSUMPTION. 
          I HAVE A RECOMMENDATION WHENEVER WE GET, DO YOU WANNA MAKE A QUICK COMMENT BEFORE HIS RECOMMENDATION? I WAS HOPING THAT MAYBE WE COULD SEND THIS BACK AND ACTUALLY HAVE THEM REDESIGN THIS TO SEE WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT. 
          IF THEY COULD MAKE, MAKE IT WORK WITH TWO DIFFERENT SURFACES, I WOULD LIKE TO, TO SEE THAT PERSONALLY, BUT GIVE THE DIRECTION TO GO FOR A HYBRID AND HAVE THEM WORK IT OUT. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          AND ART, WHAT WAS YOURS? COMMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          YOUR COMMENT. 
          TO PUT IT IN THE FORM OF A RECOMMENDATION, I'M GONNA SUGGEST THAT WE, WE SEND IT BACK WITH THE REDESIGN FOR THE FOLLOWING. 
          TAKE THIS EXISTING DRAWING, EXPAND THE, I BELIEVE THAT'S THE WESTERLY END. 
          ISN'T THAT THE WEST END? THE, IT IS. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          EXPAND THAT AREA UP THERE, WHICH I THINK YOU CAN DO, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE GROUND AROUND IT, EXPAND IT TO THE SIZE TO FACILITATE ROLLER HOCKEY, GET IT PERMANENTLY, PUT UP THE BOARDS AND EVERYTHING FOR NOT ONLY ROLLER HOCKEY BUT ALSO, OR FOR ROLLER HOCKEY AND FOR, UH, ROLLER DERBY. 
          SURFACE IT ACCORDING TO WHAT THEY NEED. 
          THE SLICKER SURFACE SO THAT THE, UH, ROLLER HOCKEY CAN BE PLAYED PROPERLY ON IT. 
          THEN PERMANENTLY PUT THE FOUR, UH, PICKLEBALL COURTS IN WITH PERMANENT, UH, UH, NETS AND WITH AN APPROPRIATE SURFACE TO WHERE, UH, THE PEOPLE ARE NOT GONNA FALL, FALL ALL THE TIME. 
          SO IF WE CAN PUT THAT BACK AND SEE WHAT IF WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THAT, I THINK THAT'S THE BEST HYBRID, IF YOU WILL, THAT WILL ACCOMMODATE ALL THREE ACTIVITIES. 
          SO WHEN YOU MENTION HYBRID, YOU'RE NOT MENTIONING THE SURFACE BEING HYBRID, YOU'RE NO, NO, I'M NOT TRYING HYBRID ITSELF SURFACE. 
          I'M TALKING ABOUT A HYBRID DESIGN. 
          RIGHT. 
          EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN PURPOSE, SO, YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THE ONLY WAY THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO FACILITATE THE ROLLER HOCKEY NEEDS AS THEY SEE IT IS, IS THAT AREA THAT YOU SEE THERE FOR ROLLER HOCKEY WILL HAVE TO REMAIN THAT SURFACING. 
          UM, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE THAT AREA THAT'S CURRENTLY THERE ON THAT RINK ONE FOR ANY OTHER SPORT. 
          UM, BECAUSE THAT WILL BE THE, YOU KNOW, SLICKER SURFACING AND THEN THE ONLY PLACE THAT I CAN SEE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO POSSIBLY, BUT IT'S, IT STARTS GETTING PRETTY TIGHT OVER THERE. 
          I'M JUST MAKING THE COMMENT OUT LOUD HERE. 
          IS, IS THE ONLY OTHER AREA THAT WE COULD LOOK TO IS THAT MIDDLE AREA BETWEEN THE BASKETBALL COURT AND THE, AND THE RINK ITSELF. 
          SO IF I'M HEARING YOU, I'M HEARING THAT REALLY YOU KEEP THE RINK IN ORDER TO FACILITATE. 
          I KEEP LOOKING AT BRANDON 'CAUSE HE'S ONE OF OUR ROLLER HOCKEY GUYS OVER THERE. 
          THUMBS UP FOR YOU . 
          UM, ANYWAYS, UM, SO IT WOULD BE TO RESURFACE THE EXISTING RINK IN ROLLER SPORT SURFACING RIGHT. 
          FIND ANOTHER SPOT ON THAT FACILITY THAT IS GONNA BE ABLE TO FACILITATE FOUR PERMANENT PICKLEBALL COURTS. 
          WELL, THE FOUR THAT ARE SHOWN RIGHT NOW, ISN'T IT? BUT THAT DRAWING. 
          BUT WE CAN'T HAVE THOSE FOUR PICKLEBALL COURTS AS THEY ARE SHOWN RIGHT NOW. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, BENNETT, BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT, UM, THEY'RE ON THE ROLLER HOCKEY RINK ITSELF. 
          I'M JUST YEAH. 
          BUT THE ROLLER HOCKEY HINK RINK IS GONNA FIT ON THAT DARK BLUE AREA. 
          IF WE CHANGE THE DESIGN RIGHT, THE LIGHT MIRROR, LIGHT BLUE CITY COUNCIL, PLEASE. 
          UH, LET ME JUMP IN. 
          MAYBE, MAYBE THE DRAWING IS CONFUSING. 
          I THINK WHERE THE CONFUSION LIAISE IS OR LIES IS AT THE NORTH SIDE OF THE EXISTING HOCKEY RINK IS A MODIFIED SMALLER MM-HMM. 
           VERSION OF HOCKEY. 
          AND SO IF WHAT THE COUNCIL'S LOOKING FOR IS TO EXPAND THIS HOCKEY OPTION TO A SIZE THAT WOULD ALSO ACCOMMODATE ROLLER DERBY THAT WOULD FIT ROUGHLY IN THIS ENVELOPE. 
          WE JUST HAVE TO EXPAND IT EIGHT FEET OR SO AND STILL HAVE FOR PICKLEBALL COURTS, IF THAT'S WHAT THE COUNCIL'S LOOKING FOR, WE'LL BRING THAT BACK WITH A A, A FULLY VETTED, UH, COST FOR THAT. 
          AND TWO DIFFERENT SURFACES. 
          YES. 
          DIFFERENT SURFACES PERMANENT AND NEXT FOR, FOR, UH, PICKLEBALL AND UH, ALSO TO ACCOMMODATE ROLLER ROLLER DERRY. 
          YES. 
          I THINK THE CHALLENGE THAT, THAT, UH, JONATHAN WAS, WAS CALLING OUT IS THAT IF THE GOAL IS TO HAVE, AND TO MAINTAIN A FULL SIZE HOCKEY COURT, WE NEED THAT ENTIRE FOOTPRINT. 
          BUT IF WE WANT TO TRY AND ACCOMMODATE WITH A, ALMOST LIKE A, A THREE ON THREE HOCKEY COURT, WHICH NO ONE ELSE IS DOING, BUT THAT WOULD ALLOW A LOT OF THE ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE. 
          IT JUST NEEDS TO GROW A LITTLE BIT MORE TO BE ABLE TO ALSO ACCOMMODATE OUR, UH, ROLLER DERBY NEEDS AND THEN INSTALL FOUR NEW, UH, UH, PICKLEBALL COURTS WITH THE PROPER SURFACE FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT USES IN THEIR OWN 
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DISCRETE AREAS. 
          YEAH. 
          WE CAN BRING THAT BACK TO THE COUNCIL AND PERMANENT NETS. 
          YES, EXACTLY THAT. 
          IS THAT ENOUGH TO ARTICULATE FOR CHERYL WHAT WE WILL RUN? I'LL RESTATE IT FOR THE RECORD. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, IF I AM INTERPRETING THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION PROPERLY, WE ARE LOOKING TO SERVE THREE USES ON THE EXISTING FOOTPRINT. 
          UH, THOSE USES BEING ROLLER DERBY, ROLLER HOCKEY ON A MODIFIED SIZE COURT AND FOUR PICKLEBALL COURTS STAFF. 
          WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. 
          SO DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT OR NO? DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT? YES, I'D APPRECIATE IT. 
          I'LL WHAT BEN SAID. 
          OKAY. 
          I'LL SECOND WHAT HE SAID THAT. 
          YEAH, THAT'S GOOD. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          THAT'S GOOD. 
          OKAY. 
          THANKS MIKE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE EVERYBODY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT. 
          THANK YOU EVERYBODY. 
          WOULD YOU PLEASE LOCK IN YOUR VOTE? IT'S LOCKED. 
          WAS MINE NOT LOCKED IN? I'M SORRY. 
          MOTION PASSES. 
          FIVE ZERO. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD DEAL. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          SHARON ON? YES. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          IF YOU'RE ROLLER DERBY OR HOCKEY, THIS IS PROBABLY A GOOD TIME TO GO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OR PICK PICKLEBALL TOO. 
          PICKLEBALL AND PICKLEBALL. 
          SORRY. 
          PICKLEBALL FOLKS. 
          THE BALL. 
          THANK EVERYBODY. 
          WE APPRECIATE HOW MUCH YOU LOVE THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO CAN WE TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK? YEAH, GO AHEAD. 
          YEAH. 
          COMFORT BREAK WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA, BUT AT THIS TIME, UM, WE'D LIKE TO TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS BREAK. 
          MM-HMM, . 
          BRANDON, DO YOU NEED TO, ARE YOU GOOD? WE'RE TAKING A FIVE MINUTE BREAK. 
          OKAY. 
          A FIVE MINUTE RECESS. 
          WE'RE GETTING THE THUMBS UP, BRANDON. 
          OKAY. 
          I, OOPS. 
          I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER. 
          AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER. 
          YES. 
          AND WE'LL LOOK AT THAT. 
          YEAH, BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE HOW TO ALL, JUST TO MAKE THAT UNDER AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GONNA BE RECONVENING THE MEETING. 
          PLEASE SIT DOWN. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, OPEN SEATS IF YOU'RE STANDING IN THE BACK. 
          CHERYL, WHAT'S THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA? THE NEXT ITEM 
          [19.  Term Limits Discussion]
ON THE AGENDA IS A DISCUSSION ON TERM LIMITS. 
          CITY MANAGER MONTGOMERY WILL PROVIDE BACKGROUND INFORMATION. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND, UH, RESIDENTS AND ATTENDANCE. 
          UH, THE ITEM ON, UH, FOR DISCUSSION AT THIS TIME, WHICH WAS INITIATED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, MAYOR MORAN AND VICE MAYOR BENNETT ASKED TO BRING TO THE DISCUSSION, UH, UH, TO THE, TO THE MEETING, AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC ON THE TOPIC OF, UH, TERM LIMITS. 
          I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO FRAME HOW OUR, UH, CITY COUNCIL IS ELECTED CURRENTLY. 
          UH, BEGINNING IN 2017, THE CITY WENT FROM AT LARGE ELECTIONS WHERE ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE ELECTED BY ALL REPRESENTATIVES, UH, IN THE CITY. 
          UH, WE WENT TO A DISTRICT ELECTION WHEREBY THE, THE CITY WAS BROKEN UP ESSENTIALLY INTO FIVE SEPARATE DISTRICTS OF EQUAL POPULATION. 
          UH, THOSE DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN, UH, REDRAWN AS, UH, REQUIRED BY THE LAW. 
          BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT JUST TO KNOW THAT THROUGH ELECTIONS THAT OCCUR EVERY TWO YEARS, THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RUN FOR AN ADDITIONAL TERM, UH, AND FACE OPPOSITION. 
          UH, AS IT STANDS, THERE ARE NO TERM LIMITS, THEREFORE, A COUNCIL MEMBER COULD SUCCESSFULLY RUN FOR MULTIPLE CAMPAIGNS. 
          UH, WHAT'S BEING, UH, DISCUSSED WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TERM LIMITS WOULD BE A RESTRICTION THAT WOULD PROHIBIT A, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER FOR RUNNING MORE THAN A DEFINED NUMBER OF TERMS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT THAT, UH, TERM LIMIT RESTRICTION WOULD NOT BE RETROACTIVE. 
          IT WOULD BE PROSPECTIVE. 
          SO TO EXPLAIN IT, IF THERE WERE A CITY THAT WENT FOR A, UH, TERM LIMIT, IT WOULD THEN START FROM WHEN THAT WAS ENACTED MOVING FORWARD. 
          SO IT WOULDN'T STOP ANYONE WHO'S CURRENTLY A, A COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THEN NOW RUNNING BASED ON WHATEVER THE NEW TERM LIMITS. 
          SO IT'S JUST IMPORTANT THAT WE KNOW THAT EVERY TWO YEARS THE PUBLIC HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE IF IT'S THEIR DISTRICT'S TERM TO VOTE. 
          IN THIS CASE, WE'LL HAVE TWO DISTRICTS, UH, UP FOR, UH, ELECTION. 
          AND THEN IN THE FOLLOWING TWO YEARS, 20, 26, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER 
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THREE COUNCILS, UH, DISTRICTS UP. 
          SO, JUST WANTED TO FRAME IT, UH, AS WE OPEN UP, UH, THE DISCUSSION. 
          THANK YOU, BEN. 
          CHERYL, DO WE HAVE SOME SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? YES. 
          WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 18 SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM. 
          THE, DO WE WANNA TAKE THEM NOW? YES. 
          YES. 
          'CAUSE I'M JUST NOTICING IT'S A DISCUSSION. 
          IT'S NOT A, UM, PUBLIC HEARING, SO THERE'S NO NEED TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING. 
          SO WE'LL HEAR THE SPEAKERS. 
          YES. 
          THE FIRST SPEAKER IS JOHN SCOTT, FOLLOWED BY MIKE BRAUN. 
          GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE ALREADY HAD A LONG DAY , SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL TRY AND KEEP IT SHORTER. 
          UM, I SAW THE AGENDA ITEM COME UP WHEN I WAS REVIEWING YOUR, YOUR WEBSITE, AND MY FIRST THOUGHT AS I'M, I'M RETIRED BUSINESS OWNER, AS I LOOK AT TERM LIMITS AS THE EASY WAY. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S THE, THE, UH, I, I DON'T KNOW QUITE HOW TO PUT IT. 
          IT'S NOT THE RIGHT WAY, OBVIOUSLY, TO, TO REMOVE SOMEBODY, IN MY OPINION. 
          IT'S, IT'S THE, UH, POOR MAN'S WAY OUT, I GUESS, OF, OF GETTING INTO GOVERNMENT. 
          UH, YOU'RE ELECTED BECAUSE PEOPLE ELECTED YOU, OKAY? AND THEY VALUE YOUR SERVICE. 
          I LOOK AT YOU AS FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND HONESTLY, I'D VOTE FOR TWO YOU TOMORROW. 
          ONE, I'D HAVE TO THINK ABOUT PRETTY HARD, BUT PROBABLY ELECTED. 
          AND TWO, I DON'T GIVE A DIME FOR . 
          SO THAT'S MY PERSONAL CHOICE. 
          BUT I HAVE THAT CHOICE AND I GET TO EXERCISE THAT CHOICE. 
          UH, AS A BUSINESS OWNER OR A, A GOVERNMENT, YOU DON'T GROW, YOU DON'T GET BETTER BY SUBTRACTION, MEANING YOU DON'T TAKE AWAY A CANDIDATE. 
          OKAY? YOU'VE GOT FIVE CANDIDATES AND FOUR OF 'EM ARE GOOD, BUT THEY'RE ALL TERMED OUT. 
          AND WHAT'S MY CHOICE? OKAY, NOW I'VE GOT UNKNOWNS. 
          YOU WANNA RUN FOR THE GOVERNMENT BY GOD, GO AHEAD AND DO IT. 
          I DON'T HAVE THE TIME FOR IT. 
          DON'T HAVE THE INCLINATION TO DO IT. 
          AND I APPRECIATE PEOPLE WHO DO THE JOB OKAY, BUT WILLING TO PUT IN THE TIME. 
          AND IF THEY'RE GOOD, I VOTE FOR 'EM. 
          IF THEY'RE NOT, I DON'T, I BELIEVE AN INFORMED ELECTORATE IS MUCH MORE VALUABLE THAN TERM LIMITS IN GETTING A GOOD GOVERNMENT. 
          I CAN LOOK AT THE CITY OF LA. 
          THEY'VE HAD TERM LIMITS FOR A LONG TIME. 
          I CAN THINK OF, AND YOU CAN TOO, ENGLANDER ALL WHO'S OUR CURRENT PRICE, RIDLEY THOMAS. 
          ALL THESE PEOPLE ELECTED AFTER TERM LIMITS AND THEY'RE GONE. 
          THEY WEREN'T VERY GOOD. 
          AND THEY GOT IN BECAUSE THE LAST GUY HAD TO GO OUT. 
          SO I'M NOT A, A BELIEVER AT ALL IN KICKING SOMEBODY OUT BECAUSE YOU'RE LONGING THE TOOTH AND YOU'VE GOT EXPERIENCE. 
          OKAY? YOU'RE VALUABLE. 
          AND I BELIEVE THAT I SHOULD HAVE THAT RIGHT TO TELL YOU YOU'RE VALUABLE AND CONTINUE TO VOTE FOR YOU. 
          UH, SO TO, TO ME, THIS IS A WRONG APPROACH. 
          YOU WANT TO GET ELECTED, SIR? STEP UP TO THE LINE. 
          THROW YOUR HAT IN THE RING AND CONVINCE ME WHY YOU'RE A BETTER CANDIDATE THAN ONE I'VE ALREADY GOT RIGHT NOW. 
          IF YOU CAN DO THAT, I'LL VOTE FOR YOU. 
          I DID THAT FOR MR. MARQUEZ WHEN HE CAME KNOCKING ON MY DOOR YEARS AGO WHEN HE WAS FIRST RUNNING. 
          I SAID, HEY, HE, HE'S GOT MY VOTE. 
          OKAY? BUT I'M NOT WANTING TO KICK HIM OUT JUST BECAUSE HE'D BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE. 
          OR MY CURRENT COUNCILMAN, MR. BENNETT. 
          I DON'T WANNA KICK HIM OUT. 
          I LIKE TO BE ABLE TO CHOOSE. 
          NOW I MAKE ONE EXCEPTION. 
          THE ONLY TIME I DO TERM LIMITS IS THIS, UH, CHINO VALLEY SCHOOL BOARD. 
          . 
          THAT'S A CLOWN SHOW COMPARED TO WHAT YOU, YOU GUYS RUN A GREAT MEETING AND A GREAT CITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MIKE BRAUN, FOLLOWED BY MITCHELL MOLLMAN. 
          GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          NICE TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN. 
          I'M AGAINST FAST TRACKING ANY VOTER LED INITIATIVE IN WITH A CITY COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION TO PUT IT ON A BALLOT. 
          IT'S NOT THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY. 
          IT SETS A BAD PRECEDENT AND BAD PRECEDENTS CAN OFTEN TURN INTO BAD POLICY. 
          IF THE CITY COUNCIL WERE TO PUT A VOLUNTARY INITIATIVE ON THE BALLOT, THEY'RE TAKING SIDES IN THE POLITICAL INITIATIVE. 
          DISCUSSION PREMATURELY. 
          BEING NEUTRAL UNTIL THE INITIATIVE QUALIFIES IS MORE APPROPRIATE ELSE. 
          BY SETTING THIS PRECEDENT WITH, BY SPONSORING AN INITIATIVE, THEN HOW DOES THE CITY COUNCIL NOT SUPPORT THE NEXT INITIATIVE AND THE NEXT, AND THE ONE THAT'S AFTER THAT, A NEW GROUP, THE TERM THE MINERS WANT THE, THEIR VOLUNTARY INITIATIVE TO BE FAST TRACKED ONTO THE BALLOT. 
          THE WORDING OF THEIR PROPOSED INITIATIVE KEEPS CHANGING. 
          THEY DO NOT COLLECT SIGNATURES AGAINST THE PROPOSED INITIATIVE. 
          THEY WANT TO SKIP FOLLOWING THE RULES FOR VOTER LED INITIATIVES AND JUMP STRAIGHT TO THE BALLOT BOX. 
          AND THEY WANT THE CITY'S TAXPAYER TO PAY FOR IT. 
          WHAT A WILDLY UNFAIR AND UNREASONABLE REQUEST. 
          THEY NEED TO FOLLOW THE RULES. 
          SAME AS ANY OTHER VOTER LED INITIATIVE REQUEST. 
          THEY THINK THEIR INITIATIVE IS MORE DESERVING THAN ANY OTHER INITIATIVE. 
          SO THEY WANT TO JUMP TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE. 
          NO, 
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THEY NEED TO GET IT QUALIFIED BEFORE IT IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE BALLOT INITIATIVE. 
          REQUESTS NEED TO QUALIFY ON THEIR OWN MERITS AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE. 
          THEY RECENTLY CLAIMED THEY'RE ABOUT 65% OF THE WAY, GETTING TOWARDS SUFFICIENT SIGNATURES ON PETITIONS TO PLACE THE MEASURE BEFORE THE VOTERS. 
          THIS IS IN THE, UH, SENTINEL NEWS ARTICLE FROM FEBRUARY 2ND. 
          SO IT SHOULD BE NO PROBLEM FOR THEM TO COLLECT THE REMAINING 35% OF THE SIGNATURES AND QUALIFY ON THEIR OWN. 
          THEY DO NOT NEED THE CITY COUNCIL TO ENDORSE IT. 
          THE REQUEST IS NOT A GOOD AND PROPER USE OF CITY FUNDS FOR NON-BUDGET ACTIVITIES. 
          IT'S MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THE INITIATIVE GROUP TO SELF-FUND THEIR ACTIVITIES. 
          DO NOT WANT THIS FUNDING REQUEST TO BECOME ANOTHER CITY PRECEDENT EITHER. 
          WE ARE A BUDGET CONSTRAINED CITY, AND IT'S LIKELY TO BE THAT WAY FOR MANY YEARS. 
          THE CALIFORNIA VOTER LED INITIATIVE PROCESS HAS RULES AND SETS A MINIMUM THRESHOLD LEVEL TO QUALIFY TO BE ON THE BALLOT. 
          AND THIS IS TRUE EVEN AT THE CITY LEVEL. 
          THEIR INITIATIVE NEEDS TO FOLLOW THE RULES AND QUALIFY IN ITS OWN MERITS, SAME AS ANY OTHER INITIATIVE FOR IT TO BE ELIGIBLE IN THE BALLOT. 
          THIS MEANS THEY NEED TO GO AND COLLECT SIGNATURES FROM VOTERS OF INTEREST THAT SAY, YES, I BACKED THIS. 
          AND IF THEY CAN'T GET THOSE, THEN GUESS WHAT? IT MAY NOT BE ELIGIBLE. 
          THEY CAN PAY TO QUALIFY IT. 
          SAME AS ANY OTHER INITIATIVE GROUP, NOT THE TAXPAYERS. 
          WE SHOULD NOT LET A SMALL LOUD GROUP CONVINCE US TO BREAK THE RULES JUST FOR THEM. 
          THE SKY IS NOT FALLING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MITCHELL MOEN, FOLLOWED BY VAUGHN STEGEL. 
          HELLO. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          UM, I SUPPORT TERM LIMITS. 
          I ACTUALLY WROTE A LETTER IN THE CHAMPION A COUPLE WEEKS AGO THAT YOU MIGHT'VE READ. 
          I THINK A GOOD COMPROMISE WOULD BE A TWO TERM LIMIT FOLLOWED BY A BREAK. 
          AND THEN YOU CAN RUN AGAIN. 
          THIS WOULD BENEFIT EVERYBODY. 
          THIS WOULD ENCOURAGE NEW IDEAS, NEW PERSPECTIVES. 
          THIS WOULD REDUCE THE POTENTIAL OF CORRUPTION FOR PEOPLE WHO JUST KEEP GETTING REELECTED. 
          IT WOULD INCREASE DIVERSITY. 
          IT WOULD GIVE MORE REPRESENTATION TO THE CITY FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT CAN DO THE SAME GREAT JOB YOU'RE DOING. 
          IF YOU ARE THINKING THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE THAT COULD DO AS GOOD A JOB. 
          UM, I, I THINK YOU'RE UNDER UNDERESTIMATING THIS CITY. 
          UH, I'LL KEEP IT SHORT. 
          I THINK WE, IF YOU GUYS COULD PUT IT ON THE BALLOT, GREAT. 
          IF IT, IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA PUT IT ON THE BALLOT, WE'LL, WE WILL GET SOME PETITIONS AND WE WILL GET IT ON THE BALLOT THAT WAY. 
          I THINK THERE IS A COMPROMISE HERE. 
          CONSIDER MY PROPOSAL OF TWO TERM LIMIT. 
          TAKE A BREAK AND THEN YOU CAN COME BACK. 
          YOU COULD KEEP DOING THAT. 
          AND IF, IF YOU'RE AS GOOD AS EVERYBODY SAYS YOU ARE, YOU'LL GET REELECTED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          VAUGHN STEGEL, FOLLOWED BY DOUG MCCORMICK. 
          UH, GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. 
          HI, PETE . 
          UH, MADAM MAYOR. 
          UH, SOME OF US HAD ALREADY TALKED BEFORE IN, IN OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS, AND I'M HERE TO TOTALLY REPRESENT TERM LIMITS. 
          THERE'S TWO SIDES TO THIS. 
          THERE'S TERM LIMITS AND THEN THERE'S NO LIMITS. 
          UM, THE NO LIMITERS, WHICH YOU'VE HEARD FROM SOME OF THE PEOPLE HERE, UH, THEIR BASICALLY THING IS IF YOU DON'T LIKE 'EM, VOTE 'EM OUT. 
          AND THEIR SECOND REASON IS IT'S NOT FAIR TO THE PERSON THAT'S SITTING IN OFFICE. 
          IT'S NOT FAIR TO HIM. 
          WELL, I HAVE DIFFERENT BELIEFS IN THAT I TOTALLY BELIEVE IN TERM LIMITS FOR NOT JUST YOU, BUT FOR ALL GOVERNMENT ELECTED OFFICIALS. 
          AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU WHY. 
          UH, LET'S START WITH CURRENT VOTING. 
          OUR ECONOMY, OUR SOCIAL PATTERNS, SOCIAL MEDIA LEADS US TO SEVERAL THINGS THAT WE MAYBE NOT DID IN THE PAST OR MAYBE NOT AS MUCH. 
          SOMETIMES NOW. 
          IT TAKES TWO JOBS TO, UM, SUPPLY THE INCOME TO RAISE A FAMILY. 
          UH, IT'S MORE THAN JUST SOMETIMES. 
          BELIEVE ME, A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST DON'T BELIEVE IN VOTING ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY READ WHAT'S IN ON FACEBOOK AND THEY READ ON WHAT'S TWITTER. 
          AND THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER. 
          THEY DON'T KNOW. 
          SOME PEOPLE, THEY'RE WELL OFF. 
          THEY'D RATHER JUST CATCH UP ON THE, THE WIVES OF THE BEVERLY HILLS BECAUSE IT, THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO THEM. 
          BASICALLY, THE REASON THAT PEOPLE ARE VOTING NOW IS BASICALLY, UM, NAME RECOGNITION AND, UM, AND FACE RECOGNITION. 
          AND YOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT NAME RECOGNITION 'CAUSE EVERYBODY HERE RECOGNIZES 
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YOUR NAME. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA BRING OUT SOME, UM, SOME PEOPLE. 
          UH, DIANE FEINSTEIN. 
          I TRIED TO VOTE HER OUT FOR HALF OF MY LIFE. 
          I COULDN'T GET HER VOTED OUT. 
          SAME HERE. 
          SHE RAN AGAINST A LOT OF PEOPLE. 
          SHE RAN FIVE TERMS. SHE'S, SHE WAS IN HER SERVICE FOR 30 YEARS, AND SHE DIED IN OFFICE AT THE AGE OF 90. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, SHE HAD HER OWN TERM LIMIT. 
          NANCY PELOSI, 19 TERMS. 19 TERMS FOR ONE PERSON, 38 YEARS, 83 YEARS OLD. 
          AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO OLD SHE IS, WHEN YOU SEE HER ON TV, SHE'S THE ONE THAT MUMBLES AND HER TEETH RATTLE. 
          MITCH MCCONNELL, HE'S A REPUBLICAN. 
          SO IT'S ALL, IT'S ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          EIGHT TERMS, 40 YEARS, 81 YEARS OLD. 
          AND HE'S THE ONE NOW THAT STROKES OUT WHEN HE GETS INTERVIEWS FROM REPORTERS. 
          THESE ARE THE PEOPLE, THE MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE THAT ARE RUNNING THIS, THIS, THIS CONGRESS FACE RECOGNITION. 
          THIS IS MY FAVORITE ONE. 
          WE HAVE A GUY NAMED GAVIN NEWSOM. 
          HE'S THE GOVERNOR OF OUR STATE. 
          UH, HE RAN A GOOD ELECTION. 
          HE RAN, HE ELECTS. 
          OH, AM I OUT OF TIME? YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OH, I'M SORRY. 
          THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR COMMENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          DOUG. 
          DOUG MCCORMICK, FOLLOWED BY JIM GALLAGHER. 
          HI, GOOD EVENING. 
          UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR ADDING THIS DISCUSSION TO TERMIN THIS TO THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING. 
          I WANNA PREFACE MY COMMENTS WITH THE THOUGHT THAT I RESPECT YOUR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          I KNOW YOU ALL BELIEVE THAT EVERYTHING YOU DO IS COUNCIL MEMBERS IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          SINCE MY JOURNEY BEGAN SEVERAL MONTHS AGO REGARDING THIS SUBJECT, I'VE HEARD FROM SEVERAL SITTING COUN, SITTING COUNCIL MEMBERS, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBERS, VARIOUS COMMISSION MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY REGARDING THEIR OPINIONS ABOUT TERM LIMITS FOR THE LOCAL CITY COUNCIL SEATS. 
          I MUST TELL YOU THAT THE LISTENING TO THESE PROS AND CONS OF THE SUBJECT HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY ENLIGHTENING. 
          BOTH SIDES HAVE SOME VERY VALID ARGUMENTS. 
          AFTER LISTENING TO THESE DISCUSSIONS, I'VE COME TO THE OPINION THAT IT'S AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE COMMUNITY IN THE FORM OF A BALLOT INITIATIVE. 
          AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU'RE VOTED INTO OFFICE WITH THE IDEA THAT YOU'LL REPRESENT THE IDEALS AND WISHES OF THE ELECTORATE THAT PUT YOU INTO OFFICE. 
          UH, HAVE BEEN INVOLVED SINCE I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS MOVEMENT, HAS BECOME APPARENT TO ME THAT A GREAT NUMBER OF CITIZENS IN THIS COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CAST THEIR BALLOT ON THE ISSUE. 
          THEREFORE, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU DIRECT STAFF TO EXPLORE THE OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO THE COUNCIL TO PUT THIS MATTER BEFORE THE VOTING PUBLIC. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MS. JIM GALLAGHER, FOLLOWED BY JOHN BRUNER. 
          GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL STAFF, UH, FELLOW RESIDENTS. 
          UH, I THINK WHAT WE'RE WITNESSING HERE IS A POPULIST MOVEMENT. 
          UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR CHANGE, WHO ARE LOOKING FOR PARTICIPATION IN GOVERNMENT. 
          AND THIS DID START IN 2017 AS, UH, UH, BEN MENTIONED THAT WHEN WE CAME, WENT TO DISTRICTING. 
          I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT IT, BUT UNDER THE DISTRICTING APPROACH, THE IDEA BEHIND THAT WAS THAT MORE OF YOUR CITIZENS COULD PARTICIPATE IN GOVERNMENT. 
          AND I THINK IT DID HELP. 
          I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT RAN IN A GENERAL ELECTION AS WELL AS IN A DISTRICT ELECTION. 
          AND IT WAS CHEAPER. 
          IT WAS EASIER TO, UH, TO GO OUT AND SECURE VOTES AND SO ON, EVEN THOUGH I LOST . 
          BUT THE POINT IS, IN 2020, THIS IS WHERE I, I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING. 
          THE CITY VOTED TO, TO ACCEPT UNDER ORDINANCE, UH, ASSEMBLY BILL 5 71 CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMITS. 
          AT THAT TIME, I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD MOVE BECAUSE THAT GAVE THE CITIZENS A CHANCE TO MAYBE PARTICIPATE EVEN MORE IN CITY GOVERNMENT. 
          UH, A YEAR LATER, THE CITY VOTED TO REMOVE THAT AND TO GO BACK TO THE OLD WAY WHERE YOU DIDN'T HAVE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMITS. 
          UH, SO I WAS DISHEARTENED TO HEAR THAT. 
          THE POINT IS, WE HAVE A VERY INTELLIGENT POPULATION IN THIS CITY. 
          UH, THE MEDIAN INCOME IS $80,000 A YEAR. 
          WE ARE THE SIXTH HIGHEST MEDIAN, UH, INCOME IN THE NATION IN THIS CITY, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. 
          UH, MOST OF OUR RESIDENTS HERE ARE PROFESSIONAL, SEMI-PROFESSIONAL. 
          THEY WORK IN THE EDUCATION FIELDS, UH, AND THEY DESERVE A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN GOVERNMENT. 
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I DO HAVE MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT TERM LIMITS. 
          I DO NOT THINK THAT'S THE ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM. 
          I THINK IF THERE'S GONNA BE ANY BALLOT INITIATIVE, WHICH SHOULD START WITH THE RESIDENTS, I AGREE WITH MR. BRAUN ON THAT. 
          IT SHOULDN'T START WITH THE CITY IF IT'S TO START WITH THE RESIDENTS TO PUT IT TOGETHER. 
          THEY SHOULD ALSO ADD SOMETHING ON CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMITS, WHICH WOULD THEN GIVE OUR RESIDENTS AN EQUAL CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN GOVERNMENT, UH, A BETTER CHANCE. 
          SO WE HAVE A NEXT DOOR IN A NEARBY CITY. 
          A UH, AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, I WON'T MENTION NAMES, WHO HAS SERVED NOW NEARLY 40 YEARS IN CITY COUNCIL. 
          APPARENTLY THAT OFFICIAL IS VERY POPULAR. 
          THAT'S WHY THAT OFFICIAL KEEPS WINNING. 
          BUT I THINK THAT IS TOO LONG. 
          AND YOU SHOULD ASK YOURSELF THE QUESTION, HOW LONG DO I WANT TO SERVE? THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          JOHN BRUNER. 
          JOHN BRUNER, FOLLOWED BY JIMMY GUTIERREZ. 
          COUNSEL, GOOD EVENING. 
          UH, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH, UH, MANY OF THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE PREVIOUSLY. 
          THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT IN MY MIND THAT IF NOTHING ELSE IS PROVEN TONIGHT, THERE'S CLEARLY BOTH SIDES OF THIS TALE. 
          AND THE ONLY WAY THAT BOTH SIDES OF THIS TALE CAN BE EXPRESSED IS BY VOTING. 
          BECAUSE WE CAN COME HERE AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE MERITS ALL NIGHT LONG. 
          AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF VIEWS. 
          BUT THE ONLY PLACE THAT MERITS SHOULD BE DISCUSSED IS AT THE POLL. 
          AT THE POLL. 
          AND YOU CAN DISCUSS THEM. 
          I DON'T MEAN THAT YOU CAN DISCUSS THEM. 
          YOU CAN PERSUADE, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. 
          BUT THEY ONLY COUNT AT THE POLL. 
          SO LET'S GET, LET'S JUST KIND OF AGREE WITH THAT. 
          THE SECOND THING IS, UH, WE'VE SENT YOU 14 EMAILS AND 13 OF THEM WERE POSITIVE ABOUT, UH, UH, UH, THE TERM LIMIT ISSUE. 
          WE CONNECT, WE CON WE COMMITTED TO THREE DIFFERENT POLLS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          83% OF THE RESPONDENTS WERE POSITIVE. 
          UM, WE'VE SENT A NUMBER OF, UH, A PETITION TO YOU AND YOU HAVE THAT IN YOUR POSSESSION. 
          BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, REGARDING THE VOTE OUT SITUATION, UH, WE'VE HAD ONE COUNCIL MEMBER THAT HAS BEEN VOTED OUT BY VOTE IN OUR 32 YEAR HISTORY. 
          THAT'S ABOUT A 97% RATE SINCE DISTRICTS WERE IN. 
          IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT. 
          NO ONE HAS EVER LOST. 
          UH, I'M NOT SO CERTAIN. 
          IT'S SO EASY TO VOTE A MEMBER OUT. 
          SO THAT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED AS WELL. 
          TERMINAL LIMITS ARE NOT RETROSPECTIVE. 
          AND BEN, UH, BROUGHT THAT UP AND DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF THE DESCRIPTION. 
          I WILL SAY THAT IF WE PUT IN 12 YEAR LIMITS, MR. ROGERS WOULD HAVE IN 30 YEARS. 
          MR. BENNETT WOULD HAVE IN 28. 
          MS. MORAN, 24, MARQUEZ 23, AND JOHN 19. 
          HOW MANY IS TOO MANY? I DON'T KNOW. 
          I I AGREE WITH JIM. 
          I I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT NUMBER IS. 
          I TEND TO THINK 30 IS A CAREER. 
          I TEND TO THINK 20 IS A CAREER. 
          I ASK YOU IF THAT'S REALLY APPROPRIATE. 
          TERM LIMITS WOULD FIX THAT IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. 
          UH, THE SECOND THING THAT I WANNA SAY IS THE PROS FOR VOTING FOR YOU. 
          DOING THE, THE, THE PROPOSAL PROTECTION AGAINST FUTURE CORRUPTION. 
          THIS IS NOT ABOUT YOU. 
          THIS IS ABOUT 20 YEARS, 50 YEARS FROM NOW WHEN WE DO HAVE A CORRUPT COUNSEL AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM. 
          THINK ABOUT THAT. 
          PROTECT THE CITY FROM IT. 
          COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. 
          WE CAN GET THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED AND MANY OF US CAN CAN PARTICIPATE. 
          WE'RE RIGHT. 
          THERE'S 70,000 PEOPLE IN THIS CITY. 
          A LOT OF THEM WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE. 
          EXPERIENCE. 
          THANK YOU, JOHN. 
          COOPERATION RESOURCE. 
          I CAN GO ON AND ON. 
          THIS NEEDS TO CHANGE. 
          I REST MY CASE. 
          THANK YOU JIMMY. 
          JIMMY GUTIERREZ, FOLLOWED BY AL AL MARA, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF, THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, FOR THE ENTIRE LIFE OF THE CITY, HAVE ALWAYS HAD THE CHOICE TO CHOOSE WHO SITS ON THIS COUNCIL. 
          THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE ABOUT THOSE OF YOU WHO SIT ON THIS COUNCIL. 
          THIS IS AN ISSUE ABOUT THOSE OF US WHO VOTE FOR YOU. 
          AND DO WE HAVE A GREAT CITY? OR DO WE HAVE A LOUSY CITY? I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT WE HAVE A GREAT CITY. 
          SO HAVING SAID THAT, WHY IS IT A GOOD IDEA? WHY IS IT A GOOD IDEA TO CHANGE THAT? 
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WHY IS IT A GOOD IDEA TO IMPOSE TERM LIMITS ON THE CITIZENS? FOR THOSE WHO PROPOSE TERM LIMITS, I ASK, IS THERE A LEGAL REQUIREMENT? TELL ME WHAT THE LAW IS THAT SAYS WE HAVE TO HAVE TERM LIMITS. 
          IS THERE A NEED? HAVE WE DEMONSTRATED THAT WE'VE HAD CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO NEGLECT THE RESPONSIBILITIES, WHO ARE CORRUPT? IS THERE A BENEFIT TO TERM LIMITS? TELL ME WHY WE WOULD NOT WANT TO VOTE AGAIN AND AGAIN FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO SERVICE, WHO WORK HARD, WHO LEARN ALL THE MACHINATIONS OF CITY GOVERNMENT AND MAKE IT EFFECTIVE. 
          IS TERM LIMITS DEMOCRATIC OR UNDEMOCRATIC? TERM LIMITS WOULD PREVENT US FROM VOTING WHO FOR WHOM WE WANT. 
          IN MY CASE, MY COUNCIL MEMBERS PETER ROGERS, I WANNA VOTE FOR HIM AGAIN AND AGAIN AS LONG AS HE WANTS TO RUN. 
          AND HE DIDN'T ASK ME TO COME HERE AND SAY THAT. 
          AND I DIDN'T TELL HIM I WAS GONNA COME HERE AND SAY THAT. 
          FOR THOSE WHO THINK THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, THEY HAVE REMEDIES. 
          IT'S CALLED REELECTION. 
          IT'S CALLED RECALL. 
          AND I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT THIS CITY BECAME GREAT BECAUSE OF THE MANY PEOPLE THAT WORK HERE FOR YEARS AND YEARS TO MAKE IT WONDERFUL. 
          LIKE THE MAN TO MY LEFT, GARY LARSON, HIS NAME WAS MANSION BEFORE HE WAS ON THIS COUNCIL, THIS BUILDING WASN'T HERE. 
          THE SHOPS WEREN'T HERE. 
          THERE WERE DEVELOPERS THAT WANTED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. 
          AND HE STOOD HIS GROUND. 
          AND THAT COMES FROM KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE, HARD WORK, WHICH HAS GAINED OVER TIME. 
          SO TERM LIMITS IS LIKE BLOWING UP A DAM AND WASTING ALL THE PRECIOUS RESOURCES THAT IT STORES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          JIMMY AL MATTA, FOLLOWED BY LEE JEN BIER. 
          HI AL. 
          WE HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN A WHILE. 
          OKAY, AL, GOOD EVENING. 
          TERM LIMITS. 
          EVERYBODY HAS IN LIFE TERM LIMITS. 
          I'M 13 YEARS SHY OF BEING 100. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW WHEN MY TERM LIMIT IS GONNA COME. 
          AND ART, I GOT 10 YEARS SENIOR. 
          MY WIFE AND I CELEBRATED OUR 66TH ANNIVERSARY. 
          SO WE'RE ON LUKE 66. 
          NOW LET'S GO ON TERM LIMITS. 
          I RAN TWICE. 
          I LOST TWICE. 
          I DIDN'T GET ANGRY. 
          SOMETIMES I DISAGREED WITH SOME OF YOU, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE A VENDETTA AGAINST EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU BECAUSE THE VOTING BOOTH IS THE SIGN OF WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE GOING TO BE IN OFFICE OR NOT. 
          IT'S PEOPLE VOTING. 
          SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN WE CREATED THE DISTRICTS, BECAUSE THERE WAS A DISGRUNTLED CITIZEN WHO WANTED TO CHANGE EVERYTHING AND THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS NOT ON THE UP AND UP CREATED DISTRICTS. 
          AND I SPOKE ON THAT PARTICULAR PART, WHICH MEANT BECAUSE OF THAT, 80% OF OUR CITIZENS CANNOT VOTE FOR A PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL. 
          IF YOU'RE NOT IN THAT DISTRICT, WHICH I FEEL IS UNFAIR, IF YOU DID SOMETHING WRONG THAT SOMEBODY DIDN'T LIKE, AND THE ENTIRE CITY GOT TICKED OFF AT YOU, THEY COULD GO TO THE BOOTH AND VOTE YOU OUT. 
          SO IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT WAS BEING DEPRIVED OF VOTING, IT'S THE CITIZENS THAT CANNOT VOTE FOR SOME CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          AND I AM OF THE OPINION. 
          AND IN FACT THAT WE COULD HAVE NOT GOTTEN HERE IF PEOPLE LIKE MR. LARSON OR ANY OF YOU WERE DOING A HALF-ASS JOB, WE CAN WALK BLINDFOLDED ON OUR SIDEWALKS AND DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY WHAT THE HELL WE'RE GONNA STEP ON. 
          WE HAVE A GREAT CITY. 
          WE HAVE VOTED, WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING. 
          THE COMMUNITY CENTER, THE SENIOR 55 AND OLDER. 
          I'M CLOSE TO THE CENTURY CITY PART . 
          NOW, WE MAY NOT AGREE WITH YOU AT TIMES I WAS A COACH. 
          IF 
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MY STAR FOOTBALL PLAYER WAS NOT PLAYING THE RIGHT GAME, I WOULD TAKE HIM OUT AND PUT SOME, I HAD THAT PREROGATIVE. 
          BUT I TOLD MY SUB THAT YOU MUST DO YOUR JOB. 
          IF YOU DON'T, I WILL REPLACE YOU. 
          AND I'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE BECOME PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND VISIT ME WITH THEIR SUPER BOWL RINGS. 
          IF YOU DO SOMETHING RIGHT, KEEP IT UP. 
          AND I WOULD VOTE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU ON THE BALLOT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU ALL. 
          LEE , FOLLOWED BY JANE DEFRA. 
          I LEE HI LEE. 
          MAYOR MORAN COUNCIL MEMBERS STAFF. 
          I AM HERE BECAUSE I AM ALSO AGAINST MANDATORY TERM LIMITS. 
          THE WAY THAT WE'VE FOUND IT WORKS WELL IS TO GET A RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR STAFF COUNCIL MEMBERS AND BE ABLE TO CONTACT THEM WHEN SOMETHING IS WRONG IN THE TOWN. 
          SOMETHING LIKE WHEN PAVING WAS DONE INCORRECTLY, THAT I WAS ABLE TO GET AHOLD OF THE PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER, BEN'S PREDECESSOR, AT LATE AT NIGHT, LET HIM KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON, FOLLOWED UP WITH ART, CALLING ME AT 3:00 AM TO LET US KNOW THAT THAT CONSTRUCTION CREW WHO WAS DOING WORK AFTER HOURS, NOT UP TO CODE WITHOUT A CITY INSPECTOR, THE WORK STOP WAS PUT INTO PLACE. 
          WE LIKE HAVING AT LARGE REPRESENTATION. 
          I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO VOTE IN EVERY ELECTION FOR EITHER TWO OR THREE PEOPLE. 
          I CAN'T DO THAT ANY LONGER BECAUSE OF THAT ONE PERSON WHO THREATENED US BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T GET ELECTED. 
          THE ONLY PERSON WHO HAS EVER VOTED OFF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE SCHOOL BOARD AFTER BEING APPOINTED TO FILL VACANCIES. 
          SO I AM AGAINST TERM LIMITS. 
          THERE ARE ALREADY TERM LIMITS IN PLACE. 
          IF ART WANTS TO RUN, I'LL GO WALK HIS NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          I CAN'T VOTE FOR HIM THOUGH. 
          I CAN VOTE FOR BRIAN BECAUSE BRIAN NOW REPRESENTS MY PART OF ALTERRA, WHERE WE USED TO HAVE CYNTHIA. 
          SHE'S NOW ACROSS THE STREET ON SAPPHIRE. 
          I'LL WALK FOR YOU ALSO, BUT I CAN'T VOTE FOR YOU. 
          I CAN VOTE FOR BRIAN. 
          THAT'S WHAT I CAN LEGALLY DO OTHER THAN WALKING THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          SO GET OUT THERE. 
          IF SOMEBODY HAS A PERSON WHO WANTS TO RUN, COME OUT, MEET THE NEIGHBORS, HOLD NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, WALK YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, GET ENCOURAGEMENT FROM THE PEOPLE WHO VOTE, AND THAT WILL TAKE CARE OF THE TERM LIMIT PROBLEM. 
          IF THEY'RE BETTER, THEN THEY'LL GET VOTED FOR. 
          I LIKE WHO I CAN VOTE FOR. 
          NOW YOU HAVE MY TRUST, YOU HAVE MY WIFE'S TRUST. 
          WE WILL SUPPORT YOU. 
          BUT THIS THING OF TERM LIMITS MANDATORY. 
          LOOK AT WHAT LOS ANGELES IS LIKE. 
          THE HARBOR COUNCILMAN, WHO'S A DAILY, GOES TO WORK EVERY DAY, GETS LOTS OF MONEY, DOESN'T CARE WHAT GOES ON IN THE VALLEY. 
          I KNOW THE PEOPLE UP IN DISTRICT ONE CARE ABOUT WHAT GOES ON IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          AND DISTRICT FIVE CARES ABOUT DISTRICT THREE. 
          SO LET'S KEEP IT THE WAY IT IS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          JANE DE FRANK, FOLLOWED BY ATHENA. 
          REAL GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. 
          CITY COUNCIL STAFF. 
          THERE IS POPULAR SUPPORT FOR IN INTRODUCING TERM LIMITS IN LEGISLATURES BASED ON THE BELIEF THAT TERM LIMITS REDUCE THE RISK OF CORRUPTION AND CRONYISM FROM ELECTORATE OFFICIALS. 
          TERM LIMITS ARE ALSO SEEN AS A WAY TO ELIMINATE UNRESPONSIVE CAREER POLITICIANS SHORTENING TIME IN OFFICE AND REDUCING INCUMBENT'S ADVANTAGE AGAINST CHALLENGERS. 
          HOWEVER, RESEARCH RESEARCH SHOWS THAT TERM LIMITS RARELY ACHIEVE THESE AIMS IN PRACTICE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO LEGISLATURES. 
          SOME EXPERTS AND CITY OFFICIALS ARGUE IN FACT THAT HAVING NO TERM LIMITS GIVES LEGISLATURES A BETTER BALANCE OF EXPERIENCE AND INNOVATION MAKING FOR MORE EFFECTIVE REPRESENTATION. 
          IN FACT, IT IS FACT. 
          VOTERS CARE MORE ABOUT THE RESULTS OF A PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL THAN HIS OR HER PARTICULAR LENGTH OF SERVICE. 
          THE REAL QUESTION IS NOT HOW LONG YOU HAVE SERVED, BUT WHAT YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED. 
          IF YOU ARE CONSTANTLY TURNING OVER YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, THAT IS AFFECTING THE DEGREE TO WHICH ANY INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBER CAN DEVELOP EXPERTISE 
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AND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT INSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRY TO MAKE A DISTANCE DIFFERENCE. 
          CITY COUNCIL MEMBER'S BIGGEST RESPONSIBILITY IS SERVING THEIR CONSTITUENTS. 
          WHEN AN EFFECTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER IS TERM LIMITED, IT ACTUALLY HARMS THE COMMUNITY. 
          YOU ARE IN FACT, FORCING THEM TO GIVE UP SOMEONE THEY APPROVE OF WHO REPRESENTS THEIR INTERESTS. 
          TERM LIMITS SHOULD NOT BE A BALLOT ISSUE BECAUSE VOTERS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO VOTE ON A MEASURE THAT DISCRIMINATES AGAINST CANDIDATES AND RESTRICTS VOTERS'. 
          CHOICE. 
          ELECTIONS SHOULD BE ABOUT FREE CHOICE FOR THOSE WHO SEEK OFFICE AND FOR VOTERS TO SUPPORT THEM. 
          LIMITS ON THIS BASIC FREEDOM ARE UNDEMOCRATIC. 
          HINDRANCE TO GOOD GOVERNMENT. 
          TERM LIMITS ARE REALLY LIMITS ON THE FREEDOM OF PERSON SEEKING PUBLIC OFFICE AND ON THE VOTER'S ABILITY TO SELECT THE BEST CANDIDATE. 
          IN EFFECT, TERM LIMITS. 
          LIMITS ARE A HINDRANCE TO THE BEST POSSIBLE COMMUNITY GOVERNMENT BECAUSE IT LIMITS THE POOL OF QUALIFIED CANDIDATES TO ALLOW NOVICES TO BECOME ELECTED. 
          I HAVE LIVED IN THIS CITY FOR OVER 40 YEARS OR THIS COMMUNITY, UM, AND I HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF CONFIDENCE IN OUR CITY AND IN OUR GOVERNING BODIES. 
          WE ARE SAFE. 
          WE'RE NINTH, THE NINTH SAFEST CITY TO LIVE IN. 
          WE ARE PHYSICALLY SECURE. 
          WHY WOULD WE WANT TO MESS THAT UP AND PUT SOMEONE LESS QUALIFIED IN OFFICE? THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ATHENA. 
          BRIELLE, FOLLOWED BY SHERRY ANDERSON. 
          GOOD EVENING COUNSEL. 
          OKAY, SO IT'S GREAT TO HEAR THAT EVERYONE HAS WONDERFUL EXPERIENCES, RIGHT? EVERYONE HAS AN OPINION, PRO CON, WHATEVER, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S REALLY ABOUT, UM, REPRESENTING THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE. 
          SO WE HAVE A SMALL, UH, YOU KNOW, POPULATION HERE THAT POSSIBLY MAY REPRESENT WE WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE, BUT TO BE REALLY SURE WE PUT IT ON THE BALLOT AND THEN WE'LL KNOW. 
          I MEAN, I DON'T SEE ANY HARM IN THAT. 
          AND ACTUALLY, I'M NOT GONNA BORE YOU WITH ALL THE VARIOUS STUDIES THAT SHOW THAT THERE ARE BENEFITS TO TERM LIMITS. 
          AND I AGREE WITH THE GENTLEMAN AND THE GREAT, YOU KNOW, OUTFIT WITH, YOU KNOW, A 2 6 2 CONSECUTIVE AND THEN A BREAK TWO CONSECUTIVES. 
          BUT THERE ARE NUMEROUS STUDIES THAT ACTUALLY SAY THAT. 
          ALTHOUGH THE INTERESTING THING IS THEY DID A STUDY ON CONGRESS, EVEN IF, UH, CONGRESS ONLY HAD A LESS THAN 20% APPROVAL RATING, THEY HAD A 95% REELECTION RATE. 
          SO THAT GOES TO SHOW THAT THERE'S NUMEROUS ADVANTAGES OF BEING AN INCUMBENT. 
          SO IT MAKES IT REALLY VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO VOTE SOMEONE OUT. 
          AND UH, I THINK THAT JUST HAVING THE TERM LIMITS AND, AND JUST PUTTING IT OUT ON THE BALLOT WOULD BE A GREAT WAY TO JUST FIND OUT WHAT TRULY IS THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY THE DISCUSSION HERE. 
          IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, LIKE, HEY, WE HAVE NOTHING, YOU KNOW, AGAINST ANYONE IN PARTICULAR. 
          WE'RE JUST SAYING LET'S PUT IT OUT THERE BASED ON THE POLLS THAT WERE DONE. 
          IF 82 TO 83% OF THE PEOPLE WANT TERM LIMITS, WHY DON'T WE JUST LET THEM VOTE ON IT? THAT'S IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SHERRY ANDERSON, FOLLOWED BY JASON ZANG. 
          HI, I AM SHERRY ANDERSON. 
          FIRST, I'D LIKE TO CORRECT SOME STATEMENTS FROM PREVIOUS SPEAKERS. 
          AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE INTIMATED THE ENTIRE AUDIENCE SUPPORT THEIR SUPPORTS, THEIR CAUSE. 
          THAT IS NOT TRUE. 
          THE LEGAL CHINO HILLS VOTERS SHOULD HAVE A SAY IN HOW THE CITY COUNCIL IS RUN, NOT THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          THEREFORE, I DO SUPPORT TERM LIMITS. 
          AND AS A FINAL NOTE, THIS IS TO YOU CYNTHIA, 'CAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE. 
          WHERE ARE THE LIVE VIDEOS ON THE CITY WEBSITE? I TRIED TO PULL 'EM UP AGAIN TONIGHT WHEN WE WERE IN THE MEETING AND THEY'RE NOT THERE. 
          AND I KNOW THEY BEEN THANK YOU. 
          JASON ZANG, FOLLOWED BY GARY LYSON. 
          LARSON. 
          SORRY. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. 
          CITY COUNCILS AND STAFF. 
          IT'S SUCH GOOD PLEASURE AND HONOR TO BE HERE. 
          OKAY, I'M HERE JUST TO, UM, OF COURSE, BOTH SIDES HAVE THEIR OWN PERSPECTIVE. 
          BOTH SIDES MAKES PERFECT SENSE. 
          BOTH SIDES REALLY FACT-BASED. 
          I JUST WANNA ALIGN THINGS IN DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. 
          HOW DOES THINGS REALLY, REALLY, REALLY INTO OUTSIDE OF BOX IS WHAT I'M ACTUALLY TRYING TO APPROACH. 
          FIRST OF ALL, TURN LIMITS. 
          IT IS IMPERATIVE. 
          IT IS, IM, IT IS IMPERATIVE BECAUSE AS TIME GOES, YOU KNOW, OFF, OFF OF THE PASSION, THE RESILIENCE, THE ENERGY, YOU KNOW, THE CHARACTER THAT WE, WE, WE, WE INITIATE 
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AS THINGS STARTED FADE AWAY. 
          THAT'S JUST HUMAN NATURE. 
          WE ALL UNDERSTAND. 
          JUST IMAGINE THE FIRST IN OFFICE AND AS THIS MOMENT, HOW MUCH PASSION YOU HAVE LOST. 
          IF YOU HAVE LOST NOT ONLY PASSION, CONGRATULATIONS, YOU'RE DESERVING TO BE HERE. 
          BUT IF YOU LOSE 20%, 30%, 50%, I'M SORRY, THERE MIGHT BE A BETTER PERSON TO ACTUALLY REPLACE YOUR POSITION. 
          OKAY? IT'S JUST REALLY ALL. 
          SO I'M ACTUALLY PROPOSING A VERY UNIQUE CONCEPT, HOW TO ACTUALLY MAKE TERM REALLY WORKING. 
          FIRST OF ALL, EACH COUNCILMAN SHOULD HAVE TWO TERMS, NO RESTRICTIONS, NO CONSTRUCTIONS AND NO CONDITIONS. 
          THAT'S THE FIRST TWO LIMITS. 
          BUT STARTING FROM THIRD, THIRD TURN, YOU GOTTA HAVE AT LEAST A 30% OF THE VOTING. 
          IF PEOPLE REALLY, TRULY BELIEVES YOU ARE THE PERSON THAT DESERVE THIS CHAIR, DESERVE YOUR SPOT, LET'S SAY 55%, 60, 60%, THEN YOU'RE AUTOMATICALLY ELIGIBLE FOR THE NEXT ELECTION. 
          IF YOU'RE LESS THAN THAT, THAT MEANS PEOPLE ARE QUESTIONING. 
          WE ALL UNDERSTAND HOW ELECTION REALLY WORKS. 
          IT'S NOT REALLY ABOUT IDEA MERITOCRACY, IT'S ABOUT HOW TO GET PEOPLE VOTE FOR YOU. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          NOTHING ABOUT MERITS, NOTHING ABOUT HOW, WHAT'S, WHAT'S YOUR PLAN? WHAT'S YOUR PASSION? WHAT'S YOUR PERSPECTIVE? WHAT'S YOUR DREAM? WHAT'S YOUR UNDERSTANDING? NONE OF THOSE, IT'S REALLY ABOUT HOW TO GET A VOTES. 
          IF YOU'RE STILL GETTING 60% OF VOTES, YES, YOU ARE DESERVING TO BE THERE ON THE THIRD TURN, FOURTH TURN, FIFTH TURN. 
          HOWEVER, IF YOU'RE LESS THAN THAT, LET'S SAY YOU ARE 48%, BUT YOU'RE STILL WINNING. 
          PEOPLE ARE QUESTIONING YOUR MERIT, YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO MAKE SURE YOUR JOB IS CORRECT. 
          SO I'M HERE PROPOSE A VERY, VERY SPECIAL WAY TO MAKE THIS THING WORK, IS BASED ON THE THIRD TURN, HOW MUCH PASSION YOU'RE STILL HAVING. 
          AND AFTER ALL, CHINO HILLS DESERVES A NEW PERSPECTIVE, A NEW UNDERSTANDING, AND NEW REASONING. 
          HOW DO YOU ACTUALLY MAKE IT WORSE? ESPECIALLY WE'RE UNDER A IH WHERE ARTIFICIAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS GONNA MAKE SUBSTANTIAL RADICAL CHANGES TO EVERYDAY LIFE. 
          WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMEONE UNDERSTAND THIS PERSPECTIVE. 
          HOWEVER, AS I SAID, IF YOU'RE REALLY, TRULY A GREAT JOB, YOU'RE DOING A FABULOUS JOB. 
          KEEP ON. 
          I HAVE NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. 
          HOWEVER, IF PEOPLE ARE NOT REALLY MAJOR, SORRY, SOMEONE ELSE DESERVED TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          GARY LARSON, FOLLOWED BY DIEGO FERNANDEZ. 
          GOOD EVENING COUNSEL. 
          GARY, YOU KNOW, LIKE THEY SAID, THERE'S, THERE'S ALWAYS TWO SIDES TO EVERY ISSUE. 
          UH, WHEN I RAN FOR CITY COUNCIL, I WAS ALL IN FAVOR OF TWO TERMS. I WAS GOING TO LEAVE AT TWO TERMS. I HAD RESIGNED TO THAT FACT. 
          AND ON THE 11TH HOUR, NO ONE HAD STOOD UP TO RUN. 
          AND SO I RAN AGAIN. 
          IT WASN'T BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE THE PASSION. 
          IT WASN'T THAT I DIDN'T ENJOY THE OPPORTUNITY, IT WAS BECAUSE NOBODY WANTED TO RUN. 
          THAT'S THE SITUATION THAT I CAN SEE WOULD BE IN HOW MANY TIMES HAVE EACH OF YOU RUN FOR REELECTION AND HAD NO OPPOSITION? WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THAT SITUATION? WE'VE ALREADY SEEN A CASE AND THAT'S BEEN MENTIONED MANY TIMES, AND I WON'T BORE ANYBODY, BUT ONE PERSON NOT BEING REELECTED. 
          WHY? BECAUSE THE CITY IN GENERAL HAS BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB. 
          WE'VE MOVED FORWARD. 
          WE'RE ONE OF THE BEST RUN CITIES WE'VE EVER THAT IS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. 
          MY 15 YEARS ON THE COUNCIL, I LOOK BACK AND I DON'T REGRET ONE MINUTE OF IT, BUT I WOULDN'T WANT TO COME BACK. 
          , I PUT YOU THAT TELL YOU THAT. 
          BUT I JUST, AGAIN, I AM ADAMANTLY OPPOSED TO TERM LIMITATION BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN HOW IT DESTROYED THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA BECAUSE ALL OF A SUDDEN WE HAD PEOPLE WITH EXPERIENCE, PEOPLE THAT WENT BECAUSE THEY KNEW WHAT WAS THE RIGHT. 
          BUT NOW IT'S BECOME A STRICTLY A PARTY LINE AND EVERYBODY HAS TO FOLLOW THE PARTY. 
          THAT'S NOT WHAT I WANT FROM THE CITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GARY DIEGO FERNANDEZ, FOLLOWED BY OUR FINAL SPEAKER, ROMAN NAVA. 
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HELLO, COUNSEL. 
          UH, LONG TIME NO SEE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          IT SEEMS THAT THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO SEEM TO BE OVERWHELMINGLY AGAINST TERM LIMITS ARE POLITICIANS THEMSELVES. 
          IT IS TIME CHINO HILL'S IMPLEMENTED TERM LIMITS POWER IS ADDICTING. 
          IT IS NO WONDER THAT EVERY SINGLE COUNCIL MEMBER IN OUR CITY HAS SERVED 10 PLUS YEARS IN THEIR RESPECTED POSITION. 
          AS WE SAW LAST ELECTION, CURRENT COUNCIL MEMBERS HOARD WAR CHEST OF UP TO $40,000 OVER YEARS FROM DONATIONS FROM REAL ESTATE, PACS AND DEVELOPERS AND IN TURN, MAKE THEIR SEAT A POLITICAL MACHINE AGAINST NEWCOMERS. 
          PEOPLE. 
          PEOPLE DO NOT RUN AGAINST YOU BECAUSE DESPITE ALL THEIR HARD WORK, THEY WILL BE OUTSPENT BY SPECIAL INTEREST GOVERNMENT. 
          UH, THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO PROVEN HOW WITHOUT TERM LIMITS, THEY START TO BECOME DISCONNECTED TO THE PUBLIC. 
          CONGRESS HAS AN ALL TIME LOW DISAPPROVAL RATING OF 13%. 
          YET THIS NEXT UPCOMING ELECTION, 95% OF REPRESENTATIVES WILL GET REELECTED. 
          AND ALSO A PRIME EXAMPLE OF AN OUT OF TOUCH GOVERNMENT WITHOUT TERM LIMITS IS WHEN CHINO HILLS WANTED TO CREATE A COSTLY MAYOR'S WALL, WHICH ISN'T EVEN AN ELECTED POSITION IN THIS CITY. 
          THIS CAUSED THE FIRST MAYOR OF CHINO HILLS AND FORMER COMMISSIONER BOB GOODWIN, TO COME OUT AGAINST THE WALL. 
          CHINO HILLS WOULD RATHER PAT THEMSELVES ON THE BACK WITH THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS THAN INVEST THE MONEY INTO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FOR A CITY OR SAVE FOR THE DEFICIT THAT OUR, UH, GENERAL FUND IS GOING INTO. 
          IT IS NOTEWORTHY THAT WHEN THE COUNCIL WAS CALLED OUT FOR GOING AGAINST THE PUBLIC'S WISHES, A COUNCIL MEMBER SAID, UM, THAT INSTEAD OF BOOING HIM, THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE THANKING HIM FOR HIS 20 PLUS YEARS OF SERVICE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBERS CARE MORE ABOUT THE POWER OF THE POSITION THAT IS SUSTAINED WITHOUT TERM LIMITS, NOT THE PEOPLE. 
          WE NEED TO END CAREER POLITICIANS IN THE UNITED STATES. 
          AND CHINO HILLS NEEDS TO SHOW ITS COMMITMENT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, 82% OF AMERICAN SUPPORT TERM LIMITS, SO THAT IF THE COUNCIL DOES NOT PUT IT ON THE BALLOT, I WILL ORGANIZE IT. 
          SUPPORT WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SPEAKER ROMAN NAVA. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          FINAL SPEAKER. 
          SORRY, I GOTTA ADJUST THIS BECAUSE OF MY HEIGHT. 
          GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR. 
          MR. VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          I AM ROMAN NAVA, 23 YEAR RESIDENT OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          RECENTLY, MY NAME WAS MENTIONED IN THIS CHAMBER WHEN THE COUNCIL WERE DISCUSSING AN ACTION ITEM REGARDING FORMER COMMISSIONER BOB GOODWIN. 
          14 YEARS AGO, I BECAME THE FIRST CITY COMMISSIONER REMOVED IN THE CITY'S HISTORY, ALL BECAUSE I WAS INTENT ON RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL. 
          I RECALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WERE UP IN ARMS USING WORDS LIKE UNCONSTITUTIONAL TO DEFINE THE COUNCIL ACTIONS. 
          EVEN BACK THEN, THEY FELT THE TERM LIMITS WOULD BE THE ULTIMATE CURE TO THE ILLS OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          HAVING BEEN A STAFF MEMBER FOR A CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR AND A LEGISLATIVE AID TO A MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY THAT WERE AFFECTED BY TERM LIMITS, I SAW FIRSTHAND THE EFFECTS OF TERM LIMITS. 
          TERM LIMITS DEPRIVE THE COMMUNITY AND ITS LEGISLATIVE BODY OF THE INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE THAT COMES WITH YEARS THAT AN ELECTED OFFICIAL CAN GAIN ON A PARTICULAR SUBJECT MATTER OR ISSUE. 
          THIS HAS BECOME VERY EVIDENT, NOT ONLY IN SACRAMENTO, BUT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COMMUNITIES. 
          AS MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY AND MANY OF MY FRIENDS CONTINUE TO MOVE OUTTA CALIFORNIA COMPLAINING THAT DEMOCRATS HAVE RUINED OUR STATE, I WOULD STATE THAT THE TERM LIMITS ARE THE ROOT CAUSE OF DYSFUNCTIONALITY. 
          IN THIS, IN OUR BEAUTIFUL STATE OF CALIFORNIA FROM 1962, THE YEAR 2022, REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS EVENLY HELD THE GOVERNORSHIP AT 31 YEARS A PEACE. 
          DURING THAT SAME TIME PERIOD, DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP HELD OR SHARED POWER IN THE LEGISLATOR LEGISLATION. 
          FOR 56 OF THOSE 62 YEARS, FOR THOSE CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS THAT LIVED HERE IN THE 1960S, 1970S AND 1980S, THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE PASSED LAWS THAT WERE AUTHORED NOT BY SHORT TERM TIMERS, BUT BY MEMBERS THAT HAD DECADES OF EXPERIENCE. 
          ANY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HOMEOWNER KNOWS THE TERM COMMUNITY, FACILITIES DISTRICT, OR BETTER KNOWN AS ME. 
          RU THIS LEGISLATION WAS AUTHORED BY SENATOR HENRY MELLOW AND ASSEMBLYMAN MIKE RU. 
          TWO LEGISLATORS THAT BOUGHT IT BROUGHT A COMBINED 34 YEARS OF LEGISLATIVE EXPERIENCE TO THIS ISSUE, OR THE BROWN ACT, A TERM THAT MANY CALIFORNIA ELECTED OFFICIALS IS VERY AWARE. 
          THIS GROUNDBREAKING TRANSPARENCY LAW WAS AUTHORED BY AMAN RALPH BROWN, WHO HAD 18 YEARS OF LEGISLATIVE EXPERIENCE. 
          THESE ARE TWO GOOD EXAMPLES OF GOOD POLICY WRITTEN BY ELECTED OFFICIALS WITH YEARS OF INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE THAT 
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DID NOT HAVE TO, UH, HAVE THE THREAT OF TERM MEMOS OVER THEIR HEAD BEFORE TERM MINIMUMS WERE ENACTED IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, CAUSING THE DYSFUNCTIONALITY ISSUES THAT WE ALL SEE ON THE NEWS ON A NIGHTLY BASIS. 
          NAMES LIKE TOM BRADLEY, KENNETH HANH, AND PETE SHIBARUM WERE INSTITUTIONAL PILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY CONNECTED WITH LEGISLATIVE LONGEVITY AND INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE MINUTE CITY AND COUNTY ISSUES. 
          I URGE YOU TO THINK CAREFULLY ABOUT THE EFFECTS THAT TERMINALS CAN CAUSE ON OUR BEAUTIFUL AND WELL-RUN COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          NOW THAT IS OUR FINAL SPEAKER, SO I'M GOING TO BRING IT UP TO IF ANYONE HAS ANY DI DISCUSSION. 
          PETER, DO YOU WANNA START? WANT ME TO START WITH YOU OR WE SURE CAN. 
          I MEAN, IF ANYTHING WE SAY IS GONNA BE SELF-GRATIFYING. 
          MM-HMM. 
           REALLY BASED ON IT'S, UH, WHAT EVERYBODY HAS SAID, WHAT RAY SAID PUBLICLY RECENTLY, I THINK WHAT MANY PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE HAVE STATED TERM LIMITS JUST DON'T WORK. 
          WE'VE SEEN IT IN STATE GOVERNMENT FOR SURE. 
          WE'RE A SMALL CITY. 
          WE'RE A SMALL CITY, AND THERE'S A LOT OF EXPERIENCE NOW UP HERE. 
          AND I MEAN, PERSONALLY, I SERVE ON A LOT OF COMMITTEES. 
          I ATTEND A LOT OF WATER MEETINGS AND ALL FOR THE BENEFIT, HOPEFULLY, OF MY FAMILY AND THE RESIDENTS OF CHINO HILLS. 
          IF SOMEONE WANTS TO RUN AGAINST ME, RUN AGAINST ME, IT'S FINE. 
          YES, I DO HAVE NAME RECOGNITION BECAUSE I'VE DONE A LOT OF THINGS IN THIS CITY. 
          I ATTEND HUNDREDS OF MEETINGS. 
          DOES IT MAKE ME A BAD PERSON OR A GOOD PERSON? THAT'LL BE UP TO THE VOTERS TO DECIDE WHAT MY PERFORMANCE IS. 
          SO JIMMY, THANK YOU BY WAY FOR AGREEING TO VOTE FOR ME AGAIN. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT, BUT I'M AGAINST TERM LIMITS, ESPECIALLY AT THE CITY LEVEL. 
          WE'VE SEEN HOW IT WORKS IN THE STATE. 
          UH, CONGRESS, THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT ISSUE. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S ANOTHER DEBATE POINT, BUT I DON'T THINK I NEED TO DRAG THIS OUT TOO MUCH LONGER OTHER THAN, UH, ALLSTATE WHAT, WHAT RAYA SAID AND WHAT CYNTHIA SAID TO THE GROUP WHEN SHE WAS ASKED TO VISIT. 
          SO I'M AGAINST TERM LIMITS. 
          IF YOU WISH TO PUT 'EM, GET IT ON THE BALLOT, THEN THAT'S AWESOME. 
          GO FOR IT. 
          THANK YOU, PETER. 
          ART, UH, I SIMPLY SAID FOR YEARS, EXCUSE ME, I SIMPLY SAID FOR YEARS THAT WE HAVE TERM LIMITS, IT'S CALLED THE BALLOT BOX. 
          IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE JOB THAT SOMEONE'S DOING, VOTE 'EM OUT OF OFFICE. 
          NOW, SURE, THERE IS BENEFIT TO THE LONGEVITY TO NAME IDENTIFICATION AND BEING ABLE TO COLLECT COMP OR, OR SOME CONTRIBUTIONS TO, TO RUN A CAMPAIGN. 
          BUT HERE'S THE THING THAT IS MOST IMPORTANT. 
          EVERY ONE OF US THAT SET UP HERE BROUGHT EXPERIENCE TO THE TABLE. 
          BEFORE WE RAN FOR CITY COUNCIL, I SPENT 14 YEARS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          I WAS GARY LARSON'S APPOINTEE ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION WHEN THIS CITY WAS BUILDING UP AND DEVELOPING. 
          I WAS INVOLVED IN AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON AS FAR AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS CITY THAT MADE, HAS MADE IT TO CITY THAT WE ALL LOVE TO CALL HOME TODAY. 
          SO I HAD QUALIFICATIONS, MY EXPOSURE TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND TO COUNCIL MEETINGS, WHICH I ATTENDED RELIGIOUSLY GAVE ME EXPERIENCE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT IT TAKES TO RUN A CITY. 
          PEOPLE THAT JUST DECIDE AT A LARK THAT THEY'RE GONNA RUN ON SOME JUST NEBULOUS. 
          UH, WE WANT FREE WIFI. 
          UH, WE WANNA ELIMINATE DRY VEGETATION, UH, WHERE THERE'S, I MEAN, WHAT'S THAT ALL ABOUT? WHEN YOU HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO BENEFIT AND NO EXPERIENCE TO BRING, HOW CAN YOU EXPECT TO REPLACE SOMEONE WHO HAS EXPERIENCED AND HAS, KNOWS HOW TO SPEND YOUR DOLLARS AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR ISSUES ON YOUR BEHALF? SO I THINK THE IDEA THAT I, I, I GUESS I WANNA SAY THAT YOU ALMOST HAVE TO EARN THE RIGHT, YOU, EVERYBODY HAS A RIGHT TO VOTE AND, AND I MEAN, TO RUN FOR AN OFFICE, BUT AT LEAST BRINGS THEM QUALIFICATIONS JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE A NICE PERSON AND YOU THINK IT'D BE A NICE THING. 
          PEOPLE THINK, OH YEAH, YOU GUYS ATTEND TWO MEETINGS A MONTH, MONTH, EVERYONE, THERE'S 35 DIFFERENT COMMITTEES OUT THERE THAT THE FIVE OF US A ATTEND ON A, A MONTHLY BASIS, SOMETIMES A COUPLE TIMES A MONTH TO REPRESENT THE CITY. 
          PEOPLE DON'T THINK OF THAT. 
          WE'VE BEEN HERE SINCE THREE O'CLOCK TODAY, UH, HAD A COUPLE HOURS ON, ON A, A, UH, WORKSHOP FOR A DEVELOPMENT THAT'S COMING UP. 
          HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE YOU WERE HERE AT THAT TIME? DO YOU THINK THAT WE LOVE DOING THAT? WELL, WE DO LOVE IT BECAUSE IT, THE CITY IS OUR BABY. 
          EVERY ONE OF US LOVE THIS CITY AND WE LOVE WHAT IT REPRESENTS AND WE LOVE TO CALL IT HOME. 
          AND WE TRY TO PROTECT ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS. 
          AND REGARDLESS OF THE POSITION THAT SOME PEOPLE MAY FEEL SOMETIMES ABOUT WHAT WE ARE OR AREN'T DOING, THERE'S REASONS FOR IT. 
          BECAUSE WE HAVE 
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TO PUT PERSONAL FEELINGS ASIDE AND MAKE JUDGMENT AND DECISIONS BASED UPON WHAT IS IN THE OVERALL INTEREST OF THE CITY. 
          THE CITY COMES FIRST, AND LUCKILY WHEN WE SPEND SEVERAL YEARS ON THIS DAIS, AND WE GO THROUGH ALL OF THE, I MEAN AGENDAS THAT ARE SOMETIMES A THOUSAND PAGES LONG HEARINGS THAT GO TO MIDNIGHT, UH, JUST ALL OF THE MEETINGS WE GO WITH THE DIFFERENT, UH, UH, ENTITIES THAT WE ATTEND, THOSE GIVE US EXPERIENCE THAT MAKE US QUALIFIED TO SERVE YOU WELL, YOU BOUNCES OUT ON AN AUTOMATIC TERM LIMIT, AND WHAT YOU'RE GONNA GET IS A NOVICE THAT DOESN'T KNOW ANY OF THIS STUFF COMING IN. 
          HOW ARE THEY GONNA SERVE YOU? DO YOU REALLY WANT SOMEBODY TO DO THAT? IF YOU DECIDE THAT, UH, YOU WANT TO GO TO A MECHANIC, YOU'VE GOT A TRUSTED MECHANIC, YOU'RE GONNA GO TO SOMEBODY THAT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A TOOLKIT AND IS GOING, SAYS, WELL, YEAH, I CAN FIX THAT. 
          I MEAN, WE, WE CAN MAKE A LOT OF RIDICULOUS, UH, EXAMPLES. 
          BUT THE REALITY IS THIS COUNCIL DOESN'T BELIEVE IN TERM LIMITS ON A A NUMBER OF TERMS. BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T WANT US TO RUN, LET US KNOW. 
          OKAY? AND TRUTHFULLY, I'LL TELL YOU THIS THERE, HERE'S A, HERE'S A FACT THAT I'LL PUT ON THE RECORD. 
          OKAY? IF YOU VOTED IN TERM LIMITS THIS YEAR, AND I GET A 12 YEAR TERM LIMIT, I'M GONNA TELL YOU WHAT, I WON'T FILM. 
          I WON'T TAKE 12 MORE YEARS AT MY AGE. 
          YOU THINK I MIGHT RUN 12 MORE YEARS? I'M GONNA RUN ONE MORE TERM. 
          I'LL PUT, I'LL PUT BE PUT ON THE RECORD AT THAT. 
          RIGHT NOW I'M RUNNING ONE MORE TERM BECAUSE I WANNA BE MAYOR IN DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR. 
          ONE MORE TIME TO SERVE THE CITY AND REPRESENT THE CITY, UH, OUT THERE IN THE PUBLIC. 
          AND HOPEFULLY BE A WELL-ROUNDED, WELL-VERSED PROFESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. 
          SO WE CAN DETERMINE OUR OWN TERM LIMITS. 
          BUT YOU HAVE THE VOTE IF YOU DON'T LIKE US, IF WE'RE DOING SOMETHING WRONG AND RECALL US OR, OR VOTE US OUT OF OFFICE. 
          SO I'LL GET THAT OFF MY SOAPBOX. 
          BUT THIS IS JUST A BAD IDEA ON MANY, MANY LEVELS, AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO PUT SOMETHING, I'M NOT GONNA VOTE TO PUT THIS ON THE BALLOT TO HELP OUT A GROUP THAT IS TRYING TO BASICALLY RECALL ALL OF US AND GET US OUT OF OFFICE. 
          THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL THE MOTIVATION IS. 
          SO I SAID, ENOUGH, THANK YOU ART RYAN. 
          I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS AND IT REALLY JUST FRA, CHINO HILL STRIKES ME AS A SOLUTION IN SEARCH OF A PROBLEM. 
          WE, YOU KNOW, UH, WE'VE HAD ONE COUNCIL MEMBER VOTED OUT THROUGHOUT THAT TIME. 
          YOU KNOW, TO GARY'S POINT, WE'VE HAD TO CANCEL ELECTIONS. 
          AND BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T STEP UP, THIS TRULY IS GOING TO TAKE, TAKE AWAY CHOICES FROM THE VOTERS. 
          AND I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. 
          I DON'T WANNA ARBITRARILY SAY, YOU KNOW, OH, YOU'VE HIT YOUR 12 YEARS, YOU KNOW, OUT THE DOOR, YOU GO. 
          THE VOTERS HAVE THE CHOICE. 
          THE VOTERS HAVE THE CHOICE. 
          EVERY FOUR YEARS, I AM GONNA TRUST THE VOTERS. 
          UM, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, SURROUNDING CITIES. 
          I THINK CHINO HAD A COUPLE INCUMBENTS VOTED OUT RECENTLY. 
          THEY DON'T HAVE TERM LIMITS. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE IS ALWAYS A, THERE'S ALWAYS A CHANCE THAT AN INCUMBENT WILL LOSE AND THE VOTERS GET TO MAKE THAT CHOICE. 
          SO YEAH, I'M NOT SUPPORTIVE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU BRIAN RAY. 
          THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I DID MEET WITH, UM, JOHN BRUNER GROUP, SO THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME. 
          TRULY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          I DID EXPRESS TO THEM THAT I WASN'T IN SUPPORT OF TERM LIMITS, UM, FOR WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. 
          I, YOU KNOW, I COMMEND YOU IF YOU REALLY FEEL THAT, UH, TERM LIMITS, UH, YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT, IT, THERE'S A, A WAY TO GET THERE. 
          I KNOW BACK IN 84 WHEN I MOVED TO CHINO HILLS, UM, I, I CAME INTO THIS BEAUTIFUL AREA, WHICH WAS NOT A CITY AT THAT TIME. 
          WE STARTED TALKING CITY HOOD ABOUT 86, 87, 88. 
          UM, THERE'S A FEW PEOPLE THAT I, THAT WERE FRIENDS OF MINE FROM LITTLE LEAGUE DAYS, AND WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT INCORPORATION. 
          WAS IT AN EASY TASK? NO, IT WASN'T. 
          IT WAS DIFFICULT. 
          WE HAD TO POUND THE PAVEMENT. 
          WE HAD TO TALK TO PEOPLE, WE HAD TO RAISE MONEY, WE HAD TO GET SIGNATURES, AND THEN WE DID A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE. 
          AND GUESS WHAT? WE BECAME A CITY THE VERY FIRST TIME. 
          AND, UM, GARY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THAT. 
          AND I DON'T MEAN TO BE EMBARRASSING YOU, BUT YOU ARE HERE. 
          SO, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. 
          UM, MY EXPERIENCE, UM, I WAS ON THE VERY FIRST PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          YOU, YOU PUT ME ON THAT FOR TWO YEARS, AND THEN, UH, 12 YEARS I WAS ON THE PARKS AND RECS COMMISSION. 
          UM, I GOT ELECTED TO THE FIRE BOARD IN OH SEVEN FOR SEVEN YEARS. 
          AND, UM, UM, I LOVE, I LOVE MY CITY. 
          I HAVE THREE GROWN KIDS THAT, AND I HAVE FIVE GRANDKIDS, AND I WANT MY GRANDKIDS TO GROW UP IN CHINO HILLS. 
          SO I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS CITY. 
          UM, WHEN I GOT ELECTED, UH, I REMEMBER MY FIRST MEETING BEING ELECTED AT THAT TIME THERE WAS PEOPLE 
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THAT USED TO WEAR SHIRTS TO THE MEETINGS THAT WEREN'T HAPPY WITH, WITH SOME OF THE ACTIONS. 
          SO WE HAD AN ISSUE WITH ENCROACHMENT. 
          WE HAD KIM DENTON, UM, WE HAD TRESSEL MANS PEOPLE, EQUESTRIAN OVERLAY PEOPLE, NO KILL PEOPLE, UM, CARBON CANNING, TRUCK RESTRICTION, POWER LINES. 
          THESE WERE ALL MAJOR ISSUES THAT WHEN WE FIRST CYNTHIA AND MYSELF CAME INTO BECOMING A COUNCIL MEMBER, WE, WE SAW AN OPPORTUNITY. 
          WE CARE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY, AND WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. 
          AND WE AS A COUNCIL DID RESMAN, PETER ROGERS, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND COUNCIL, TRULY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THAT, UH, WAS, UH, A PARTNER CITY NOW, WHICH WE'RE FRIENDS WITH, BUT THEY WANTED TO PUT A SOLAR FARM ON 2,450 ACRES. 
          WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THAT. 
          THAT INFORMATION WASN'T GIVEN TO US. 
          WE ACTUALLY HAD TO FIND IT. 
          I REMEMBER TALKING TO GARY LARSON WAY BACK WHEN, WHEN THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT A RESERVOIR. 
          WATER WAS RESERVOIR FOR THE CITY OF INDUSTRY, BUT PETER AND MYSELF PICKED, PICKED, PICKED, WE FOUND OUT ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE GONNA DO IN TRESTLE MODELS, AND WE AS A CITY DID NOT WANT THAT. 
          AND WE TRIED TO DO SOMETHING IN A POSITIVE MANNER, AND WE DID. 
          CITY OF INDUSTRIES, NOW, JOINT POWERS ASSOCIATION WITH US. 
          WE'RE PART OWNERS OF TRESTLE MODELS WITH CITY OF INDUSTRY, ALSO THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR. 
          SO WHEN WE HAVE PROBLEMS AND ISSUES, WE AS A COUNCIL, WELL, THERE WE GO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE AS A COUNCIL ALWAYS TRY TO MAKE THE CITY BETTER. 
          UM, MY LAST TIME, MATTER OF FACT, I WAS OPPOSED ON DISTRICTS, BUT I, YOU KNOW WHAT? I WAS HAPPY THAT WHEN WE BECAME DISTRICTS, BECAUSE THE WAY I LOOKED AT IT, IF I WASN'T DOING MY JOB FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, IT WOULD BE EASIER TO GET ME OUT. 
          UM, BECAUSE IT'S A SMALLER DEMOGRAPHIC, UH, YOU DON'T NEED A WHOLE LOT OF VOTES TO WIN A DISTRICT. 
          AND, UM, LAST TIME I HAD ACTUALLY FOUR PEOPLE RUN AGAINST ME. 
          AND YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT MADE ME FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT IS I GOT OVER 73% OF THE TOTAL VOTES THE NIGHT OF ELECTION. 
          SO THAT, THAT'S TELLING ME THAT YOU THINK I'M DOING A GOOD JOB AND I CAN LOOK AT MY CONSTITUENTS, NOT CONSTITUENTS, MY COLLEAGUES, MY COLLEAGUES, COLLEAGUES, COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THEY, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DO, PROBABLY A BETTER JOB THAN I THAT I DO. 
          BUT ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT WE CARE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY AND ALL I'M SAYING, JOHN BRUNER AND YOUR GROUP, IF YOU TRULY WANT TO DO TERM LIMITS, YOU CAN DO IT. 
          YOU JUST, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME HARD WORK AND YOU JUST GONNA HAVE TO, TO BEAT THE STREETS. 
          AND IT'S, IT'S, AND I'M NOT GONNA SAY IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN, BUT THIS COUNCIL TRULY CARES ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY. 
          AND ALL I'M SAYING, I I, I'M AGAINST IT. 
          UM, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, JUST LIKE PETER ROGERS SAID, HE'S ON A LOT OF COMMITTEES. 
          I'M ON A LOT OF COMMITTEES TOO. 
          I'M ACTUALLY GONNA BE PRESIDENT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY. 
          IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO GET TO THAT POSITION, BUT I'M GONNA BE THERE FOR YOU, TRYING TO MAKE OUR ROADS BETTER. 
          UM, I'VE BEEN WORKING, MATTER OF FACT, IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY TO CONNECT, UH, THE 71 FREEWAY FROM SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY LINE TO THE 91 BECAUSE OF OUR LEADERSHIP HERE AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL. 
          WE ACTUALLY GOT THE FLYOVER LANE, WHICH THEY TOOK OUT PROBABLY 10 YEARS AGO THAT WILL BE COMPLETED BY NEXT YEAR. 
          AND IT'S BECAUSE WE CARE AND WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE REGION. 
          RCTC AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY, THEY REALLY DON'T WANT TO LISTEN TO SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. 
          BUT BECAUSE THE COMMITTEES THAT WE'RE ALL INVOLVED IN, WE, WE FORMED A RELATIONSHIP, THEY HELP US, WE HELP THEM. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WHEN WE, WHEN WE GET INVOLVED, SUCH AS LEAGUE OF CITIES, FOR ME, I'M ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS THAT'S 482 CITIES THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA THAT ARE PART OF LEAGUE OF CITIES. 
          I'M ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON THE, ON THAT ORGANIZATION. 
          I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE LATINO CAUCUS FOR LEAGUE OF CITIES. 
          I WAS THE LEAGUE DIVISION FOR THE EMPIRE INLAND EMPIRE, UH, THE LAST TWO YEARS. 
          I'M THE IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT. 
          ALL I'M SAYING THAT WE AS A COUNCIL ARE COMMITTED TO THE CITY. 
          THE REASON THAT WE GET INVOLVED OUTSIDE IS FOR THE PEOPLE OF CHINO HILLS BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE IT BETTER. 
          WE WANT TO HAVE THE CAPABILITIES THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SUBJECT MATTER THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE PEOPLE SUPPORTING US. 
          SO ALL I'M SAYING, JOHN BRUNER, YOUR GROUP, I WISH YOU THE VERY BEST. 
          UM, WHEN, WHEN IT'S ON MY BALLOT, IF YOU GUYS GET IT TO THAT, THAT BALLOT, I'LL BE VOTING NO, BUT I, I COMMEND YOU FOR TRYING TO DO THIS AND I JUST WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK. 
          BUT AS MY VOTE, IT WILL BE A NO VOTE. 
          SO THANK YOU RAY. 
          JUST BRIEFLY, I'LL FOLLOW UP, UM, ECHO WHAT MY COLLEAGUES, I'M ALSO NOT IN SUPPORT OF TERM LIMITS, BUT THE TERM LIMITERS ALREADY KNOW THAT BECAUSE THANK YOU ALSO FOR INVITING ME TO YOUR MEETING. 
          I WAS HAPPY TO ATTEND. 
          I WAS HAPPY TO GIVE YOU BACKGROUND ABOUT MY LEADERSHIP JOURNEY. 
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UM, MINE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, UM, FROM THE GENTLEMAN UP HERE. 
          I'M THE KIND OF THE LONE GAL BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE ANY POLITICAL EXPERIENCE, BUT I WANTED TO LEARN. 
          AND PRIOR TO THAT, I TOOK LEADERSHIP ROLES, UM, UH, IN, I TOOK DIFFERENT LEADERSHIP ROLES OUTSIDE OF ELECTED POSITIONS WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO. 
          SO WHEN PEOPLE SAY THAT THEY CAN'T RUN OR THEY CAN'T RAISE MONEY, I, I DON'T BUY INTO THAT BECAUSE WHEN I RAN IN 2012, I HAD ZERO MONEY. 
          I WASN'T GONNA PUT MY FAMILY INTO FINANCIAL DEBT TO RUN. 
          SO I GOT A HUNDRED BUCKS FOR MY MOM OR $200 FROM SOMEONE ELSE. 
          AND I WALKED PRECINCTS AND I RAISED MONEY, I HAD FUNDRAISERS, FUNDRAISERS, FUNDRAISERS. 
          AND I CONTACTED PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T EVEN LIVE IN THE CITY, BUT KNEW WHAT KIND OF PERSON I WAS. 
          AND THEY WANTED TO SUPPORT ME BEING A LEADER WHERE I LIVED. 
          SO IF YOU WANNA RUN, YOU CAN RUN, YOU CAN RAISE MONEY AND YEAH, I HAVE NAME RECOGNITION NOW, BUT I DIDN'T IN 2012. 
          AND AS FAR AS, UM, OUR PASSION AND OUR TIME, I'M COMING UP ON MY 12TH YEAR, IT SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY. 
          AND TO RAY'S POINT, WE, WE GAIN THIS INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT YOU AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF, OF AT THE STATE AND IN THE REGION THAT TAKE TIME TO BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS LIKE ALL MY COLLEAGUES HAVE HERE. 
          SO TO WHOEVER WAS THE POINT ABOUT LIKE LOSING THE PASSION, I FEEL LIKE I JUST GOT ELECTED. 
          I'M STILL LEARNING. 
          I WANNA LEARN, I LOVE REPRESENTING YOU, AND I FEEL LIKE I BARELY SCRATCHED THE SURFACE AND IT'S, IT'S FOR THAT REASON THAT I AM AGAINST, YOU KNOW, TERM LIMITS FOR ALL THE OTHER REASONS THAT WERE SAID TO TONIGHT. 
          SO I WANNA THANK EVERYONE THAT SPOKE FOR BOTH SIDES, BUT GENTLEMEN, WHAT'S BEFORE US THIS EVENING WAS A TURN LIMITS DISCUSSION, WHICH I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT DISCUSSION. 
          WE GOT TO HEAR BOTH SIDES. 
          WE GOT TO HEAR FROM UP HERE. 
          BUT, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE CONSENSUS I'M HEARING IS THAT THERE WILL BE NOTHING TO PUSH FORWARD AND TO THE TERM LIMIT GROUP. 
          I WANNA LET THEM KNOW THAT LIKE YOU DON'T NEED OUR PERMISSION SO YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO GET THIS ON THE BALLOT. 
          IF OF ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU WANNA SPEND YOUR TIME AND RESOURCES FOR IN OUR CITY, IF THAT'S WHERE YOU WANNA PUT YOUR TIME AND RESOURCES IN, OF ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU COULD DO IN OUR CITY, IF IT'S TERM LIMITS, THEN THAT'S YOUR RIGHT TO DO THAT AND YOU CAN TRY TO GET IT ON THE BALLOT. 
          SO WITH THAT, CHERYL, WHAT NEXT DO WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA? THE NEXT ITEM IS 
          [20.  Adopt resolution amending Resolution No. 2023R-021 to add new fee for Minor Exception Permit to Master Schedule of Fees, Fines and Penalties, and determining that adoption of fees is exempt from review under California Environmental Quality Act]
A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM AND IT'S TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION AMENDING, UH, RESOLUTION, THE MASTER SCHEDULE A FEE RESOLUTION TO ADD A NEW FEE FOR MINOR EXCEPTION PERMIT PLANNING MANAGER HOFFER WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM. 
          I SORRY, WE CANNOT GET YOU SOONER. 
          OH, GOOD EVENING. 
          MAYOR. 
          MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, UH, BEFORE YOU IS A, UH, FEE UPDATE FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FEE SCHEDULE. 
          UH, THIS FOLLOWS, UH, THE CODE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON JANUARY 23RD, UH, MORE SPECIFICALLY, UH, FOR FENCES AND WALLS AND THE NEW ESTABLISHMENT OF CHAPTER 1673. 
          MINOR EXCEPTIONS. 
          UH, THE MINOR EXCEPTION PROCESS, UH, IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF REVIEW PROCESS TO, UH, ALLOW ANY TYPE OF WALLS AND FENCES, UH, UNDER SPECIFIC DESIGN CRITERIA, UH, OVER FOUR FEET WITHIN THE FRONT SETBACK. 
          UH, SO THIS, THIS PROCESS, UH, IS ESTIMATED TO TAKE ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF OF STAFF TIME, UH, WHICH EQUATES TO ABOUT A $418 FLAT FEE. 
          UH, STAFF WILL BE DEVELOPING AN APPLICATION, UH, FORMS AND TEMPLATES, UH, TO HELP STREAMLINE THE APPLICATION, TO KEEP STAFF'S TIME AT A MINIMAL UH, AMOUNT AND TO KEEP THE, UM, THE FEE AT A RELATIVELY REASONABLE, UH, REASONABLE AMOUNT. 
          UH, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE FEE TAKE EFFECT ON MARCH 28TH, WHICH WILL BE THE DATE, UH, THE CHAPTER IS CODIFIED. 
          UH, AND WITH THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS CITY COUNCIL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING, TAKE PUBLIC TESTIMONY, UH, AND APPROVE THE FEE UPDATE. 
          THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY BRIEF COMMENTS BEFORE I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY, WITH THAT, I'M GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          CHERYL, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS. 
          OKAY. 
          NO SPEAKER CARDS ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. 
          SO I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK UP HERE. 
          I'LL MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          I'LL SECOND. 
          OKAY, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION PASSES. 
          FIVE ZERO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE, WE'LL NOW CONTINUE WITH THE PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM EARLIER THIS EVENING. 
          SAME THING. 
          I WILL CALL THE NEXT SPEAKER AND THEN THE ONE THAT FOLLOWS MARGARIE AND THAT IS FOLLOWED BY JEN. 
          BE BEFORE WE GET STARTED WITH THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, I JUST WANTED TO THANK THOSE OF YOU THAT HAD TO WAIT EXTRA TIME TONIGHT FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          WE HAD A VERY FULL AGENDA. 
          WE HAD CITY BUSINESS, UH, TO ATTEND TO, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR 
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PATIENCE AND YOU MAY BEGIN. 
          GOOD EVENING, COUNSEL. 
          MY NAME IS JEN OV. 
          I AM A RESIDENT OF CHINO HILLS FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS. 
          I'M HERE TONIGHT TO DEMAND THAT YOU PASS A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION ALONG WITH DIVESTMENT FROM BUSINESSES SUPPORTING APARTHEID AND GENOCIDE. 
          WE'RE NOT HERE AS CITY MANAGER MONTGOMERY IMPLIED FOR FREE THERAPY. 
          INITIALLY, YOU QUESTIONED HOW A CEASEFIRE IS RELEVANT TO THE CITY, BUT FROM THE LOOKS OF THIS PACKED ROOM, YOU HAVE YOUR ANSWER. 
          THE QUESTION IS NO LONGER, HOW IS THIS RELEVANT TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS? THE QUESTION IS NOW HOW ARE YOU RELEVANT TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS? WE'RE A DIVERSE CITY AND YET I ONLY SEE ONE WOMAN UP THERE. 
          ASIANS MAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF OUR CITY DEMOGRAPHIC AND THERE IS NOT A SINGLE ONE ELECTED OFFICIAL SITTING AMONGST YOU. 
          MAYOR MORAN AND VICE MAYOR BENNETT, YOUR TERMS END THIS NOVEMBER. 
          THIS IS YOUR NOTICE THAT WE WILL NOT BE VOTING FOR ANYONE THAT DOES NOT CALL FOR A FREE PALESTINE. 
          YOUR SILENCE IS COMPLICIT IN THIS GENOCIDE, UNFOLDING IN REAL TIMES BEFORE OUR EYES. 
          WE MARCHED PEACEFULLY TWO WEEKS AGO IN SOLIDARITY WITH JEWISH VOICES CALLING FOR AN END TO THE GENOCIDE OF PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. 
          WE GOT MORE HONKS IN SUPPORT THAT WE DID THAN WE DID MIDDLE FINGERS AND AIR MACHINE GUNS. 
          SOMETHING YOU WOULD'VE NOTICED THAT YOU NOTICED HAD YOU ACCEPTED OUR INVITATION FOR UNITY. 
          YOU ATTENDED SERVICES AT THE JEWISH CENTER ON OCTOBER 12TH TO DISCUSS THEIR CONCERNS FOR SAFETY. 
          YET THREE MONTHS LATER, AFTER PASSING AN ANTISEMITISM RESOLUTION, YOU IGNORE ALL OF US CALLING FOR PEACE. 
          NOT ONE OF YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS RESPONDED TO OUR EMAILS OR PHONE CALLS. 
          NOT ONE OF YOU SHOWED US THE RESPECT YOU HAVE SHOWN OTHER COMMUNITIES. 
          YOUR FAILURE TO RECOGNIZE ARABS AS SEMIS HAS TURNED THIS COUNCIL ANTISEMITIC PER YOUR OWN RESOLUTION, PASSED ON NOVEMBER 14TH AND I QUOTE, WHEREAS THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS DENOUNCES, ANTI-SEMITISM IN ALL ITS FORMS AND CONDEMNS ALL HATE CRIMES AND ANY OTHER FORM OF RACISM, RELIGIOUS OR ETHNIC BIAS, DISCRIMINATION, INCITEMENT OF VIOLENCE, OR TARGETING ANY MINORITY. 
          I DON'T NEED TO REREAD TO YOU YOUR OWN RESOLVE IN SECTION ONE AND TWO. 
          PER YOUR OWN RESOLUTION, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO ACT YOUR SILENCE AND INACTION DOES NOT DENOUNCE ANTISEMITISM. 
          IT PERPETRATES IT. 
          THIS IS NOT A POLITICAL ISSUE, BUT IT HAS BECOME ONE. 
          THIS IS NOT A RACE ISSUE, BUT IT HAS BECOME ONE. 
          BEING A PERSON OF COLOR SHOULD NEVER BE A DEATH SENTENCE. 
          SOMETHING THAT SOME OF YOUR ANCESTORS KNOW ALL TOO WELL, THEY PROBABLY KNOW A LOT ABOUT GENOCIDE TOO, AND I BET THEY DIDN'T FIGHT FOR THEIR LIVES TO WATCH YOU SIT AND LET IT TAP INTO SOMEONE ELSE. 
          LOOK AROUND. 
          THIS IS YOUR CITY RIGHT HERE SEATED BEFORE YOU STAND UP AGAINST WAR CRIME. 
          STAND UP AGAINST APARTHEID, STAND UP AGAINST THE ONGOING GENOCIDE AND WE WILL STAND WITH YOU OTHERWISE. 
          MAYOR MORAN AND VICE MAYOR BENNETT, YOU WILL SEE A LOT MORE OF THIS FROM NOW UNTIL WE VOTE YOU OUT IN NOVEMBER. 
          THE POWERS IN YOUR HANDS TO MAKE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          I HAD CALLED MARGARIE ISH MARGARIE IN THE AUDIENCE. 
          NO, SHEILA. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          UH, NEXT IS SOPHIA AND THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY SELENA. 
          AND GOOD EVENING CA COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UM, I'M DEDICATING MY TALK TO TWO YOUNG GIRLS WHO ARE MORE MURDERED BY THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION. 
          FIRST FORCE, UM, RA AND UM, HIN, AND THEN MOHAM SOBO, WHO'S A PHYSICIAN. 
          UM, A CLOSE FAMILY FRIEND OF MINE HEADING OUT TO RAZA TO, UM, HELP THE RESIDENTS OVER THERE. 
          UM, WHEN WE FIRST CAME TO THE, UM, TO THE CITY COUNCIL JANUARY 9TH, THE DEATH TOLL RAZA WAS 20,000. 
          TODAY THE DEATH TOLL OF RAZA IS 35,000. 
          AND CYNTHIA, YOU JUST SAID THAT YOU DON'T WANNA SEE FIVE PEOPLE DISPLACED. 
          THERE ARE 2 MILLION DISPLACED IN ZA RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, WE HAVE MET WITH YOU AND HAVE EXPLAINED TO YOU THAT THIS RESOLUTION IS THE ONLY RECOGNITION OF OUR COMMUNITY'S PAIN AND GRIEF. 
          IT'S SILLY TO THINK THAT YOU HAVE THE MAGICAL KEY TO SOLVE THIS ISSUE AND END THE 75-YEAR-OLD OCCUPATION. 
          WE KNOW THAT WHAT WE WANT IS A RESOLUTION THAT ACKNOWLEDGES IS OUR COMMUNITY PAIN AND ACKNOWLEDGES THE PALESTINIAN COMMUNITY EQUALLY, JUST LIKE MOST OF YOU DID WITH THE JEWISH COMMUNITY EARLIER, WHEN YOU PASS AN ANTI-SEMITIC RESOLUTION BASED ON ONE PERSON WHO SAID THEY DIDN'T EVEN, YOU KNOW, HAVE ANY ANTI-SEMITIC, YOU KNOW, ATTACKS ON ON HIM, UM, WE CAME TO THIS COUNCIL IN GOOD FAITH THAT YOU WOULD TREAT US THE SAME, WITH SAME COMPASSION AND RESPECT. 
          INSTEAD, WE HAVE HAD A VERY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE SINCE THAT OUR FIRST COUNCIL MEETING. 
          SOMETHING HAS FELT VERY OFF HERE. 
          YOU HAVE TRIED TO IGNORE US AND STALLED US TODAY. 
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NOT ONLY DID YOU TRY TO DENY US OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT, BUT YOU ALSO CHOSE TO PAINT US AS A DISRUPTIVE CIRCUS. 
          REALLY DON'T APPRECIATE THAT WHEN WE HAD TO FIGHT FOR OUR RIGHT TO BE HEARD. 
          YOU HAVE ALSO USED RHETORIC THAT WE NEED TO DIRECT OUR ENERGY TO THE WASHINGTON DC WE HAVE AND WE STILL ARE TRYING. 
          THIS IS A DIRECT ATTEMPT TO GASLIGHT US. 
          OUR CONNECTION TO OUR NATIONAL LEADERS GOES THROUGH OUR LOCAL POLITICIANS. 
          FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS, CITY COUNCILS HAVE DONE A LOT TO STALL AND IGNORE US. 
          WE HAVE PROVIDED CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION, WHICH HAS BEEN IGNORED. 
          WE HAVE, YOU HAVE IGNORED OUR EMAILS. 
          YOU HAVE IGNORED, UM, OUR INVITATION TO THE FAMILY FRIENDLY, PEACEFUL MARCH THAT MORE THAN 200 PLUS PEOPLE CAME OUT. 
          COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          YOU HAVE IGNORED 80 PLUS ORGANIZATIONS. 
          YOU HAVE IGNORED THE ICJ RULINGS. 
          UM, YOU HAVE IGNORED THE PETITION THAT HAS BEEN GOING OUT, WHICH SIGNATURES ARE 300 PLUS. 
          AND THEN, UM, YOU HAVE IGNORED GLOBAL COMMUNITY ALL SUPPORTING THE FACT THAT A GENOCIDE IS OCCURRING IN GAZA. 
          YOU HAVE IGNORED ALL THE MILLIONS CRYING FOR HELP FROM THE SUFFERING. 
          YOU HAVE IGNORED ALL OF OUR LOCAL CHRIST FOR HELP FROM YOUR VERY LOCAL, FROM YOUR VERY LOCAL COMMUNITY, YOUR CONSTITUENTS, AND YOU HAVE DONE THIS KNOWING THAT SOME OF US ARE PALESTINIANS WHO HAVE LOST GENERATIONAL FAMILIES IN THE ETHNIC CLEANSING OF RAZA. 
          YOUR ABILITY TO IGNORE ALL OF THIS HAS MADE ME FEEL VERY UNSEEN AND VERY UNSAFE. 
          I DO NOT SEE PEOPLE FOLLOWING THE JESUS TEACHINGS, BUT OBEYING YOUR RACE AND YOUR CLASS PRIVILEGE. 
          PROVE ME WRONG. 
          I SUSPECT THAT THE NEWS MEDIA AND THE ZIONIST HAS BEEN PROPAGANDA, HAS MADE YOU SCARED FOR US, SCARED OF US FOR NO REASON. 
          UM, DOES THAT MAKE YOU STILL RESPONSIBLE? ABSOLUTELY. 
          I DEMAND YOU RIGHT NOW TO HAVE A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION ON YOUR NEXT AGENDA. 
          PLEASE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          COURT STOP IGNORING US NEXT. 
          NEXT WE NEXT WE HAVE SELENA FOLLOWED BY TAAZ NAME. 
          I WOULD SAY GOOD EVENING, BUT IT'S NOT A GOOD EVENING BECAUSE WE ARE STILL WITNESSING AN ONGOING GENOCIDE OF OUR PALESTINIAN SISTERS AND BROTHERS AND YOU. 
          OUR LOCAL LEADERS ARE FAILING TO REPRESENT US, TO TREAT US EQUITABLY AND FAILING TO CALL FOR A CEASE FIRE. 
          WE APPROACH THIS COUNCIL IN GOOD FAITH THAT WE WOULD BE TREATED WITH COMPASSION AND RESPECT. 
          AND WHILE YOU HAVE BEEN MOSTLY POLITE, IT'S NOT ENOUGH. 
          WHEN INNOCENT PEOPLE ARE BEING SLAUGHTERED EVERY DAY DURING THIS GENOCIDE, SILENCE IS COMPLICITY AND NEUTRALITY MEANS THAT YOU SUPPORT THE OPPRESSORS. 
          CAN YOU NOT SEE THIS? SO TODAY WE SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER. 
          AND IF YOU FEEL LIKE WE ARE CALLING YOU OUT, IT'S BECAUSE WE ARE, WE ARE CALLING YOUR VALUES INTO QUESTION BECAUSE YOUR ACTIONS OR LACK THEREOF ARE NOT MATCHING YOUR WORDS AND YOU ARE COMING OFF AS DISINGENUOUS. 
          FIRST, YOU START THIS MEETING WITH A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, LIBERTY, AND JUSTICE FOR ALL YOU SAY WITH YOUR HAND ON YOUR HEART. 
          IT CERTAINLY DOES NOT SEEM LIKE YOU VALUE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          I THINK MAYBE YOU MEAN LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR SOME THEN YOU HAVE THE AUDACITY TO START THIS COUNCIL MEETING WITH A CHRISTIAN PRAYER. 
          I REALLY WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU THINK JESUS WOULD FEEL ABOUT YOU SAYING THAT CALLING FOR AN END TO A BRUTAL VIOLENCE IN GOD IS NOT UNDER YOUR JURISDICTION. 
          TO END ALL OF THIS VIOLENCE AGAINST CIVILIANS NOT BEING CITY BUSINESS. 
          IF JESUS WERE HERE TONIGHT, HE WOULD BE FLIPPING TABLES IN THIS CHAMBER TELLING YOU THAT YOU HAVE LOST YOUR WAY. 
          REMINDING YOU OF GOD'S COMMANDMENT. 
          THOU SHALL NOT KILL. 
          AT THE START OF THIS MEETING, YOU ACKNOWLEDGED BLACK HISTORY MONTH. 
          DO YOU ACTUALLY BELIEVE IN RACIAL JUSTICE? ARE YOU AWARE THAT OUR MOST REVERED BLACK HEROES SUPPORTED A FREE PALESTINE MLK JR. 
          MALCOLM X, ANGELA DAVIS, MAYA ANGELOU, NELSON MANDELA? DO YOU KNOW WHY THEY SUPPORTED A PALESTINE? BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTOOD THE PARALLELS BETWEEN THE STRUGGLES OF BLACK AND PALESTINIAN PEOPLE AGAINST COLONIALISM, APARTHEID, SYSTEMIC OPPRESSION. 
          DO YOU UNDERSTAND THESE CONNECTIONS? HAVE YOU DONE THE WORK TO UNDERSTAND THESE CONNECTIONS? BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK AT YOU, I SEE UP PE, I SEE PEOPLE WITH A LOT OF RACE AND A LOT OF CLASS PRIVILEGE. 
          DO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW RACISM WORKS? MODERN DAY RACISM IN SOCIOLOGY, WE CALL IT COVERT RACISM. 
          IT'S MORE SUBTLE, MORE INSIDIOUS. 
          IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE IGNORING THE CONCERNS OF HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE FROM A COMMUNITY OF COLOR. 
          IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE DENYING A GENOCIDE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, FRAMING THEM AS TERRORISTS AND THEIR WHITE COLONIZERS AS VICTIMS IN CALLING FOR A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION, WE HAVE BEEN TREATED WITH A GLARING DOUBLE STANDARD. 
          AND IT'S HARD TO EXCUSE, EXCUSE IT AS ANYTHING BUT RACISM. 
          AND IF YOUR RESPONSE IS TO GET DEFENSIVE, THERE'S ALSO A TERM WE HAVE FOR THAT. 
          IT'S CALLED WHITE FRAGILITY. 
          LOOK IT UP. 
          ROBIN DEANGELO, 
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I CHALLENGE YOU TO CRITICALLY EXAMINE YOUR OWN RACIAL BIAS. 
          WE DE WE DEMAND EQUABILITY, THANK YOU, AND WE DEMAND A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION. 
          TA TAS FOLLOWED BY ALLAH. 
          GOOD EVENING COUNSEL. 
          WE'RE GATHERED HERE FROM MANY BACKGROUNDS ON THE SAME STANDPOINT OF SAVING LIVES AND BEING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY. 
          THE PALESTINIAN OPPRESSION DATES BACK 75 YEARS, BUT SINCE PEOPLE LOVE TO START ON OCTOBER THE SEVENTH, LET'S DO THAT. 
          AS OF OCTOBER THE SEVENTH, 35,240 PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN INTENTIONALLY SLAUGHTERED. 
          70% OF THESE KILLINGS ARE WOMEN AND CHILDREN. 
          BUT BY NO MEANS DOES THAT WARRANT THE KILLING OF PALESTINIAN MEN. 
          AND CURRENTLY THERE ARE 1.5 MILLION RESIDENTS AT RISK OF BEING MASSACRED WHILE THEY TAKE SHELTER IN A CITY THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THE SAFE ZONE THAT ISRAEL ORDERED THEY EVACUATE TO. 
          TO LABEL THIS AS A GENOCIDE IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT BY NOW I'M SURE THESE NUMBERS AND FACTS SOUND REPETITIVE. 
          SO LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE STORY OF A LITTLE GIRL SO THAT MAYBE YOU'LL FEEL FOR THE PALESTINIAN SUFFERING. 
          HER NAME IS RAJAB. 
          I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT HER FACE AND REMEMBER HER STORY. 
          REMEMBER HER NAME BECAUSE SHE'S NOT JUST ANOTHER NUMBER. 
          THIS IS HINT. 
          ON HER KINDERGARTEN GRADUATION, SHE DREAMT OF BEING A DOCTOR, A DREAM THAT SHE'LL NEVER GET TO PURSUE BECAUSE OF ISRAEL'S GENOCIDE THAT USA PAYS 6-YEAR-OLD HIN WAS TRAVELING WITH HER FAMILY BETWEEN CITIES AND ZA WHEN THE ISRAELI FORCES OPENED, FIRED ON THEIR VEHICLE, KILLING FIVE OF HER FAMILY MEMBERS, COLD, HURT, HUNGRY, AND THIRSTY. 
          HI. 
          REMAINED ON THE PHONE FOR HOURS WITH RED CRESCENT CRYING FOR HELP, BEGGING FOR HER LIFE WHILE TRAPPED INSIDE THE CAR. 
          AMONGST HER MURDERED FAMILY CONNECTION WITH HIN WAS LOST FOR 12 DAYS. 
          AND AS AS IF PAST SATURDAY WHILE YOU WERE ALL PREPARING FOR THE SUPER BOWL, HER BODY WAS FOUND EXECUTED AND THE AMBULANCE THAT WAS DISPATCHED FOR HER HELP WAS BOMBED KILLING THE TWO RED CRESCENT MEMBERS INSIDE OF IT. 
          I KNOW YOU'RE ALL PARENTS AND THAT'S WHY I BRING A PINNED. 
          CAN YOU IMAGINE YOUR CHILD IN THIS STATE HELPLESS AND TERRIFIED FOR THEIR LIFE. 
          MAYOR CYNTHIA, BEING THE HEAD MOTHER ON THIS COUNCIL. 
          PUT YOUR HERSELF IN HER MOTHER'S SHOES, DEVASTATED ON SATURDAY MORNING, TAKING HER DAUGHTER'S LIFE WAS TAKEN WHEN SHE HAD HOPED SHE MIGHT RETURN FOR THE 12 DAYS THAT SHE WAS MISSING, SHE CRIED ASKING WHY THIS HAD HAPPENED TO HER, WHY SOMEONE WOULD STRIP HER OF THE BLESSING OF WATCHING HER CHILD GROW. 
          DO YOU HAVE AN ANSWER FOR HER? EACH DAY THAT WE STAY SILENT, WE ARE COMPLICIT. 
          WE ARE OKAYING THE LIVES. 
          WE ARE OKAYING THE MASSACRE OF INNOCENT LIVES. 
          LIKE HINT, WE CAN'T GIVE THAT MOTHER HER CHILD BACK. 
          WE CAN'T GIVE 20,000 ORPHAN PALESTINIAN CHILDREN BACK THEIR PARENTS AND WE CAN'T REUNITE 35,240 MURDERED PALESTINIANS WITH THEIR FAMILIES. 
          BUT WE CAN STOP THESE NUMBERS FROM RISING BY TAKING ACTION WITH BILLIONS SENT YEARLY AND BILLIONS MORE SINCE OCTOBER. 
          WE MUST HOLD AMERICA ACCOUNTABLE FOR ITS COMPLICITY IN THIS GENOCIDE FOR ITS COMPLICITY IN THE KILLING OF CHILDREN LIKE HIND ONE OF 13,000. 
          WE ARE DEMANDING THAT YOU LISTEN TO YOUR PEOPLE AND TAKE OUR WORDS INTO CONSIDERATION. 
          IT'S THE LEAST THAT YOU CAN DO WITH THE POWER THAT YOU HAVE. 
          AND IF YOU STILL CAN'T MANAGE TO ADD A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION AFTER ALL THIS, THEN IT'S A SHAME THAT YOU CARE MORE ABOUT PICKLEBALL THAN SAVING THE LIVES OF INNOCENT PALESTINIANS. 
          FREE PALESTINE ALLAH FOLLOWED BY BASEL. 
          HELLO EVERYONE. 
          I KNOW ALL OF YOU CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PARENTS AND SOME OF YOU ARE GRANDPARENTS. 
          SO YOU KNOW HOW PRECIOUS BABIES ARE, HOW SWEET IT FEELS TO HAVE THEIR TINY HAND WRAPPED AROUND ONE OF YOU, YOUR FINGERS TO HOLD THEIR DELICATE BODIES WARMLY SNUGGLED IN YOUR ARMS. HOW SWEET THAT NEWBORN BABY SMELL IS. 
          LOSING A BABY IS A PARENT'S WORST NIGHTMARE AND IT'S ONE THAT THE FAMILIES AND REZA ARE FACING DAILY. 
          THE REZA STRIP IS A GRAVEYARD OF FOUR THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN. 
          SINCE OCTOBER, OCTOBER SEVEN, SEVEN, ISRAELI ATTACKS HAVE KILLED AT LEAST 12,000 CHILDREN. 
          THOUSANDS ARE MISSING UNDER THE RUBBLE. 
          MOST OF THEM PRESUME DEAD. 
          THAT IS ONE PALESTINIAN CHILD KILLED EVERY 15 MINUTES. 
          MANY OF THESE CHILDREN WERE KILLED JUST BABIES WHO NEVER EVEN REACHED THEIR FIRST BIRTHDAY. 
          I'M GOING TO READ SOME OF THEIR NAMES TO YOU OUT LOUD. 
          AB AB ABDI AB AB AB ABRAH. 
          RAH RAH FARAH, HOW MUCH SHE HAVE. 
          I DON'T HAVE TIME TO READ THE REST OF THE 12 AND MORE NAMES TO YOU, BUT DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES ARABS, PALESTINIANS, MUSLIMS, AND PRO-PALESTINE SUPPORTERS HAVE BEEN ASKED IF THEY CONDEMNED, IF THEY CONDEMNED 
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HAMAS BRUTAL ATTACK OF 12,000 AND MORE PEOPLE ON OCTOBER 7TH? I BET YOU ALL DIDN'T HAVE ANY HESITATION PANDEMIC THAT THAT VIOLENCE. 
          BUT I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU ALL TODAY ABOUT THE 12,000 PEOPLE AND MORE PALESTINIAN CHILDREN MURDERED. 
          DO YOU CONDEMN THE ISRAELI, THE ISRAELI TERRORISTS ATTACKS EVERY DAY SINCE THEN? RAISE YOUR HAND RIGHT NOW AT THIS MOMENT IF YOU CONDEMN THE MURDER OF THESE 12,000 AND MORE INNOCENT PALESTINIAN CHILDREN. 
          DO YOU CONDEMN THIS? WE DON'T RESPOND DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS, MA'AM, I DID NOT THINK SO. 
          SO TELL ME, SO TELL ME AGAIN. 
          TELL ME AGAIN HOW YOU'RE NOT, TELL ME AGAIN HOW YOU'RE NOT BEING RACIST. 
          TELL ME AGAIN HOW YOU'RE NOT BEING RACIST NOW. 
          PLEASE SUPPORT A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION SO THAT NO OTHER INCIDENT, SO THAT NO OTHER INNOCENT BABIES ARE MURDERED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BASIL. 
          BASIL. 
          FOLLOWED BY THRA TH ALL RIGHT. 
          HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE NEW GENERATION OF VOTERS IN CHINO. 
          MY NAME, AS YOU MENTIONED, IS , A CO-FOUNDER OF STUDENTS FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE AT CAL POLY POMONA. 
          I'M A SECOND GENERATION IMMIGRANT IN THE US FROM PALESTINE WHERE MY TOWN IS NOW UNDER THE MAIN AIRPORT OF THE APARTHEID STATE OF ISRAEL. 
          I HAVE NOWHERE TO RETURN. 
          WE STAND BEFORE YOU TO CALL NOT ONLY FOR AN END TO A SYSTEMATIC SLAUGHTER OF INNOCENT CHILDREN, BUT TO UPLIFT OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY AND COUNTRY. 
          BILLIONS HAVE AND ARE BEING SENT TO BOMB CHILDREN, BILLIONS, WHICH OUR TAXES CONTRIBUTE TO, NO MATTER HOW YOU WORD IT. 
          PORTIONS OF OUR TAX GOES TO WEAPONS TO KILL CHILDREN AND NOT ACCIDENTALLY LOOK AT THE NUMBERS WE WANT TO CALL TO AN END, TO THAT, TO DIVEST FROM A GENOCIDE, TO INVEST HERE TO NEW SCHOOLS, EDUCATION FUNDS, LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND MORE. 
          AND WE WANT TO HELP YOU GUYS WITH THAT. 
          JUST AS I LOST MY TOWN IN THE 1960S, DAILY, THIS IS THE STORY OF MANY FAMILIES IN , THESE FAMILIES AND THEIR HOUSES WHERE THEIR FIRSTBORN HAD THEIR FIRST STEPS, WHERE THEY HAD THEIR LAST DINNER WITH AN ELDERLY RELATIVE WHERE PARENTS GOT NEWS, THEY'LL BE GRANDPARENTS. 
          THESE THINGS, THESE MEMORIES WE TAKE FOR GRANTED ARE DESTROYED. 
          ENTIRE LINEAGES MURDERED. 
          THEY'RE ERASED FROM THE REGISTRIES. 
          FAMILY PHOTOS FILLED WITH SMILES. 
          YOU'LL FIND EACH PERSON IS NOW BURIED IN RUBBLE. 
          WE NEED TO TAKE A STAND. 
          PRIORITIZE YOUR CONSTITUENTS, NOT JUST ECONOMICALLY. 
          OUR HEARTS ARE WITH THE FAMILIES IN PALESTINE WHO HAVE LOST IT ALL AS CEASE. 
          FAR RESOLUTION WILL SHOW THAT CHINO CARES, CARES ABOUT OUR FAMILIES AND TRIED ALL THAT THEY COULD. 
          WE CAN SLEEP AT NIGHT THAT MUCH BETTER KNOWING OUR CITY IS WITH US, THEIR COMMUNITY, WORKING FOR A BETTER FUTURE FOR ALL ITS TAX PAYING CITIZENS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, RIA, FOLLOWED BY DANIA. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. 
          CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE REGRETFULLY HAVE NOT SEEN ANY POSITIVE RESPONSE FROM YOU REGARDING OUR REQUEST TO INCLUDE THE SUBJECT OF FATHER RESOLUTION IN GAZA STRIP IN THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA. 
          ALTHOUGH HE HAD BEEN LY MAKING THE SAME DEMAND FOR ABOUT A MONTH. 
          CONSIDERING THAT YOU PASSED RESOLUTION NUMBER 2 0 2 3 R OH NINE ZERO ON ANTISEMITISM ON NOVEMBER 14TH, 2023, WE ARE ONCE AGAIN ASKING YOU TO PASS A RESOLUTION FOR A CEASEFIRE IN THE REZA STRIP. 
          LIKEWISE, WE HAVE NOTED A DOUBLE STANDARD IN THE WAY THE CITY COUNCIL DEALS WITH THIS MATTER. 
          BY PROVIDING MISLEADING EXCUSES FOR NOT INCLUDING OUR DEMAND, WE HEREBY CONFIRM THAT THE CEASEFIRE SOLUTION IS IN LINE WITH OUR DUTY AND THE COMMITMENT TOWARD THE SHINO HEALTH COMMUNITY. 
          ACCORDING TO THE PUBLISHED CITY COUNCIL MISSION STATEMENT, WHICH CALLS FOR DEDICATION TO SERVICE AND ADDRESSING INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY NEEDS AS PART OF THE CHIN HEALTH COMMUNITY, WE URGE YOU TO DE INCLUDE THE CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION IN THE CITY COUNCIL'S 
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NEXT AGENDA. 
          KEEP IN MIND THAT WE WILL CONSIDER THE DENIAL OF YOUR OUR DEMAND AS A ATION OF OUR DUTY FOR WHICH YOU WERE ELECTED. 
          WE ENSURE THAT INDIVIDUALS OCCUPYING THIS POSITION COMPLY WITH OUR NEED. 
          LET IT BE KNOWN THAT WE WILL NOT FALTER IN OUR PURSUIT OF JUSTICE. 
          YOUR ACCOUNTABILITY OF CITIZEN OF SHINO HER IS NONE, NOT NEGOTIABLE. 
          WE EXPECT ACTION, NOT EVASIONS FROM OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES. 
          STAND WITH US IN SOLIDARITY FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE, OR BE PREPARED TO FACE THE CONSEQUENCES FOR YOUR ACTION AS THE BALLOT BOX. 
          THE POWER LIES WITH THE PEOPLE AND WE WILL ENSURE THAT OUR VOICES ARE HEARD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          DANIA, FOLLOWED BY SELENA MACIAS. 
          OKAY, I'M, I'M NEW TO THIS AND I'VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE. 
          I'VE NEVER MADE A STATEMENT. 
          I'VE NEVER THOUGHT OUT AGAINST ANYTHING. 
          AND I GO TO AYLA HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT DOWN THE STREET. 
          I USED TO COME HERE EVERY DAY AFTER SCHOOL JUST TO SIT WITH MY FRIENDS, INACTIVE, NOT EVEN KNOWING ABOUT THIS PLACE. 
          BUT HERE I STAND TODAY FOR PALESTINE. 
          WHY? BECAUSE I'M DONE FEELING LIKE I CAN'T DO ANYTHING. 
          WELL, I AM DONE FEELING LIKE I HAVE NO HOPE AND NO FAITH IN THE COMMUNITY I LIVE IN. 
          IT'S SO EASY TO FEEL HELPLESS. 
          TRUST ME. 
          I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME FEELING THIS WAY TO KNOW SOMETHING IS WRONG AND STILL DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT IT. 
          BUT I'M HERE TODAY IN PERSON DEMANDING FOR A CEASEFIRE. 
          SO PROVE ME WRONG. 
          CHINO HILLS SHOW ME THAT I CAN TRUST IN THIS INSTITUTION, IN THIS CITY TO HEAR MY WORDS. 
          SHOW ME I WASN'T WRONG, TO PUT MY TRUST, MY HOPES, MY DREAMS, AND MY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          IF MONICA CAN DO IT, SO CAN WE. 
          THIS ISN'T WHERE WE SHOULD DRAW THE LINE. 
          THIS ISN'T WHERE WE SHOULD DRAW THE LINE. 
          THE LINE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DRAWN AGES AGO. 
          BUT IF WE DON'T STOP AT GENOCIDE, WE ARE LOST. 
          WE ARE LOST AS A CITY, WE ARE LOST AS CITIZENS, AND WE ARE LOST AS HUMAN BEINGS. 
          SO WHILE I GO HOME AND PRAY FOR THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, WE ARE LOSING THIS VERY MOMENT. 
          I HOPE YOU TAKE THE TIME TO PONDER THE POWER YOU TRULY HAVE AND TAKE A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO TAKE A STEP TOWARDS HELPING THE DYING CITIZENS IN OUR PRAYER. 
          I MEAN, WE ALL HEARD THE PRAYER AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS VERY MEETING. 
          WE ALL WANT THE SAME THING. 
          PEACE TO HELP THOSE WHO ARE DYING AT THE MOMENT, TO HELP THOSE WHO ARE BEING BOMBED, WHO ARE STUCK IN WAR AROUND THE WAR, AROUND THE WORLD. 
          SO NOW'S OUR CHANCE. 
          HELP THEM, BRING THEM PEACE. 
          I'M NOT DEMANDING YOU TO PICK A SIDE, MUSLIM JEWS, ARABS, PALESTINIANS, I, NO. 
          I AM DEMANDING PEACE. 
          LET OUR PRIVILEGED CITY JOIN THE CEASEFIRE REVOLUTION. 
          DO RIGHT IN THIS LIFE. 
          DO RIGHT IN YOUR JOBS. 
          REPRESENT ME, NOT BECAUSE I'M MUSLIM, BUT BECAUSE I'M A PERSON. 
          REPRESENT US, NOT BECAUSE WE'RE ASKING YOU, BUT FOR THE MORAL DUTY AND SYMPATHY AND OUTRIGHT HUMANITY TOWARDS OTHERS. 
          REPRESENT CHINO VALLEY FOR PALESTINIAN LIBERATION. 
          NOT JUST 'CAUSE WE ASK YOU, BUT BECAUSE WE AS WELL AS OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES WILL REMEMBER AND NOVEMBER AND WE WILL REMEMBER EVERY YEAR AFTER THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SELENA MACIAS, FOLLOWED BY SHAN. 
          I HAD MY FIRST JOB HERE AT A LOCAL DONOR SHOP WHERE I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO GET TO KNOW MANY OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          SOME OF YOU SIT HERE TODAY IN THE CROWD AND ON THE COUNCIL. 
          WHAT I SAW FROM THE RESIDENTS OF CHINO HILLS WAS COMMUNITY. 
          THERE WAS A REAL CARE FOR EACH OTHER IN THE PAST. 
          AND I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU, WHY IS THIS COMPASSION NOT BEING GIVEN TO THE VICTIMS OF THE PALESTINIAN GENOCIDE? I SAW MANY OF YOU BRING YOUR CHILDREN AND DOTE UPON THEM IN THE DONUT SHOT. 
          YET WHY IS THERE A BLIND EYE BEING TURNED AT THE SUFFERING AND THE INJUSTICE THAT IS HAPPENING IN GAZA AND THE WEST BANK? CHINO HILL'S PRIDE ITSELF ON HOW FAMILY AND COMMUNITY CENTERED THE CITY IS. 
          WHY THEN IS IT TAKING THIS LONG FOR SUCH A FAMILY-ORIENTED CITY TO HELP THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AFFECTED BY THE PALESTINIAN GENOCIDE AND CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION? HOW MANY MORE FAMILIES MUST BE KILLED? DO YOUR HEARTS NOT BREAK WHEN YOU SEE THEM? MURDERS OF THE GAZEN PEOPLE, THE BABIES AND THE CHILDREN. 
          WE ARE STANDING HERE TOGETHER DEMANDING A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION. 
          LET US COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO CONDEMN THE GENOCIDE, TO CONDEMN THE DEATHS OF THE PALESTINIAN FAMILIES AND TO JOIN OTHER NEIGHBORING CITIES SUCH AS POMONA IN A CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION. 
          I WANT YOU GUYS TO LOOK AT YOUR CONSTITUENTS. 
          WE ARE THE FUTURE. 
          AND YOU GUYS 
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NEED TO GET WITH THE PROGRAM HAN, FOLLOWED BY NAYA. 
          PLEASE BE UPON YOU ALL. 
          I BEGIN IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE MOST COMPASSIONATE, THE MOST MERCIFUL. 
          GOOD EVENING TO ALL OF MY DEAR RESPECTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS SHANAH SHARIF. 
          I'M A CHINO HILLS RESIDENT. 
          I HAVE LIVED IN MANY CITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD, AND CHINO HILLS HAS BEEN WHERE I HAVE FELT MOST AT HOME. 
          WE CAN ALL APPRECIATE THAT IT IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL CITY WITH SO MANY PRETTY PARKS, GORGEOUS LANDSCAPES, CUTE SHOPS, WELL KEPT TRAILS, GOOD SCHOOLS. 
          THE LIST IS ENDLESS. 
          IT'S A DREAM LIFE FOR THOSE OF US BLESSED TO LIVE HERE. 
          THE WAR IN GAZA HAS SHOWN US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT LIES BENEATH THE BEAUTIFUL SURFACE, WHETHER AT AN INDIVIDUAL LEVEL, CITY, STATE, OR COUNTRY. 
          SO WHAT ARE THE VALUES THAT OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY OF CHINO HILLS WANT TO REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITY HERE TONIGHT? VALUES, PEACE, FREEDOM, LIBERTY, AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          ARE THESE NOT WHAT WE VALUE AS AMERICANS? WE, WE ARE HERE TODAY BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN THESE VALUES ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY ACT UPON IT. 
          AND THIS IS WHY WE WILL KEEP COMING BACK EVERY TIME. 
          OUR QUESTION TO YOU, DEAR COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS WHAT VALUES DO YOU REPRESENT? IT IS TIME TO SHOW US IN YOUR ACTIONS, NOT JUST WORDS. 
          I BELIEVE THIS IS A DEFINING MOMENT FOR THIS CITY. 
          AS THE LEADERS OF THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY, YOU ALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE HISTORY FOR YOUR CITY, TO PROCLAIM AND FOLLOW WITH ACTION. 
          THAT WE DO STAND FOR LIFE, LIBERTY, AND JUSTICE, AND WE DEMAND THAT YOU FULLY SUPPORT A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION. 
          WHEN WE VOTE FOR OUR LEADERS IN NOVEMBER, WE WILL REMEMBER YOUR VALUES AND HOW THEY DID OR DID NOT ALIGN WITH OUR OWN. 
          PLEASE REMEMBER THIS BECAUSE WE WILL NOT FORGET. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NAYA, FOLLOWED BY MADELINE. 
          MY NAME IS NIA AND I'M 12 YEARS OLD. 
          AS A 12-YEAR-OLD, I'M DISAPPOINTED TO SEE THAT MY CITY'S LEADER ARE NOT CAPABLE OF RECOGNIZING THE PLAIN EVIL THAT IS EVIDENT FOR EVERYONE TO SEE. 
          THE CLEAR REALITY IS THAT CHILDREN ARE BEING BOMBED AND INNOCENT HUMAN BEINGS ARE BEING SLAUGHTERED FOR NO REASON AT ALL. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. 
          WHY ARE YOU JUST SITTING BACK AND WATCHING THIS WAR? CRIME TAKE PLACE. 
          ASKING FOR A CEASEFIRE IS CITY BUSINESS. 
          CHINO HILLS IS AN AMERICAN CITY. 
          CITIES MAKE UP STATES WHICH MAKE UP OUR COUNTRY. 
          WHEN MORE CITIES ASK FOR A CEASEFIRE, IT SENDS A CLEAR MESSAGE TO OUR PRESIDENT. 
          AMERICA IS SUPPORTING THE KILLING OF CHILDREN. 
          HOW UTTERLY INHUMANE ASKING FOR A CEASEFIRE IS CITY BUSINESS. 
          SO WHY AREN'T YOU ASKING FOR A CEASEFIRE? THANK YOU, NATALIE, FOLLOWED BY CINDY. 
          UH, GOOD EVENING, MRS. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          I, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I ADDRESS YOU. 
          I CAME BEFORE AND I HAVE IDENTIFIED MYSELF AS A JEWISH AMERICAN WOMAN, AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST FOCUS TONIGHT SINCE WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME ON THE CITY OF RAFA IN GAZA. 
          A FEW, UH, DAYS AGO, THERE WAS AN OPERATION WHERE THE ISRAELI ARMY, UH, THEY QUOTE UNQUOTE RESCUED TWO PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN, UH, UH, THE ES IS WHAT WE SAY IN SPANISH, THE, AND, UM, AND THEY KILLED 67 CIVILIANS IN THAT OPERATION. 
          AND THEY DEFENDED THAT THAT 30 TO ONE OR MORE THAN 30 TO ONE RE UH, RATIO IS BEING REPEATED THROUGHOUT THIS ATTACK ON THE PEOPLE OF GAZA. 
          AND IN RESPONSE, PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU HAS STATED THAT HE INTENDS TO CONTINUE THE ATTACK ON GAZA, WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE OF GAZA ARE NOW LIVING, MANY OF THEM JUST ON THE STREETS. 
          SO 
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THE MASSACRE IS PENDING. 
          NOW, NETANYAHU, THE PRIME MINISTER, HAS DECLARED VERY OPENLY THAT HE DOES NOT BELIEVE IN ANY TYPE OF SOLUTION WHATSOEVER, ANY POTENTIAL SOLUTION WHATSOEVER THAT IS NON-MILITARY OR THAT RECOGNIZES THE CIVIL AND POLITICAL AND HUMAN AND LAND AND LABOR RIGHTS OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. 
          AND MANY OF THE MEMBERS OF HIS OWN CABINET HAVE MADE STATEMENTS THAT CONSIDER WHERE THEY STATE THAT THEY CONSIDER THE GAAN PEOPLE TO BE LESS THAN HUMAN. 
          SO NOW IS THE TIME WHEN PEOPLE HAVE TO COME TO THE DEFENSE OF THE, OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE TO TRY TO PUT SOME SORT OF A HALT TO THESE MASSACRES. 
          AND, UH, THE, UH, JEWISH PEOPLE IN LARGER AND LARGER NUMBERS ARE SUPPORTING THIS, UH, THE CEASEFIRE FROM, FROM, UH, INDIVIDUALS TO, UH, GROUP LIKE, UH, RABBIS FOR CEASEFIRE, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL THE WAY TO THE HASIDIC COMMUNITY OF, UH, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, WHICH IS THE MOST RELIGIOUS ORTHODOX COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES. 
          WE NEED YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, CINDY, THEN PAUL. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MORAN CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING EVERYBODY ELSE TO SPEAK AS WELL. 
          I'M GONNA QUOTE SOMEBODY, AND I THINK I'VE GOT THE QUOTE RIGHT. 
          HE WHO HAS THE HEART TO HELP, HAS THE RIGHT TO CRITICIZE. 
          DO YOU KNOW WHO SAID THAT? ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 
          AND HE'S ONE OF THE MOST REVERED PRESIDENTS WE'VE EVER HAD IN OUR COUNTRY. 
          AND I HAVE THE HEART TO HELP. 
          I'M NOT GONNA CRITICIZE ANYBODY, BUT I AM GOING TO SAY A FEW THINGS ABOUT MYSELF FIRST AND THEN ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF MY BEING HERE. 
          I'M THE CHILD OF A JEWISH FATHER AND A CATHOLIC MOTHER, BOTH OF WHOM ARE IN HEAVEN. 
          NOW I'M A CHRISTIAN AND I BELIEVE THAT JESUS WOULD BE VERY UPSET ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN PALESTINE. 
          MY DAUGHTER, WHO IS 60 YEARS, I'M 60 YEARS OLDER THAN MY DAUGHTER. 
          I'M RAISING A LITTLE GIRL WHO'S 10. 
          MR. YAD WHO SPOKE, THE VERY FIRST PERSON WHO SPOKE TONIGHT'S CHILDREN, GO TO THE SCHOOL THAT MY DAUGHTER GOES TO SYCAMORE ACADEMY IN CHINO. 
          IT PAINS ME GREATLY THAT I SAW THE SADNESS IN THE PAINTING THAT HE SHOWED YOU THAT HIS DAUGHTER PAINTED. 
          MY DAUGHTER IS ALSO AN ARTIST. 
          WE DON'T HAVE TELEVISION IN MY HOUSE. 
          I WON'T LET MY DAUGHTER SEE THE NEWS. 
          WE DON'T DO SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          SHE HASN'T SEEN ANY OF THE ATROCITIES THAT HAVE OCCURRED, BUT I, IT'S, IT'S A HUGE STEP FOR YOU TO TAKE THE RESOLUTION FOR A CEASEFIRE. 
          IT'S AN ENORMOUS STEP FOR YOU TO DO THAT. 
          BUT IMAGINE WHAT THAT WOULD DO IN THE HEARTS AND SOULS OF THE PEOPLE WHO COME TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. 
          IT'S HORRIBLE TO THINK OF THOSE LITTLE CHILDREN BEING SLAUGHTERED. 
          AND IT REALLY DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A POLITICAL DECISION FOR YOU. 
          IT'S MUCH MORE MORAL DECISION FOR YOU, AND YOU'RE ALL GOOD PEOPLE AND YOU REALLY, REALLY, REALLY HAVE TO STOP AND THINK ABOUT YOUR CITIZENRY. 
          THEY CAME OUT HERE. 
          THEY'VE COME OUT HERE BEFORE. 
          I'M, I WAS A TEACHER IN THE CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT TOO FOR 35 YEARS, 46 TOTAL, AND I RETIRED TO PAY MORE ATTENTION TO MY LITTLE 10-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER. 
          I DON'T WANT HER TO LIVE IN A WORLD I LIVE IN CHINO, BY THE WAY, BUT I'M CLOSER TO YOU GUYS, AND I DON'T WANT HER TO LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE CAN'T TAKE A STAND. 
          I TAKE A STAND ALL THE TIME NO MATTER WHAT. 
          I TAKE A STAND AND YOU GUYS LOOK LIKE THE KIND OF PEOPLE WHO CAN DO THAT. 
          I DIDN'T REHEARSE ANYTHING BEFORE I GOT HERE. 
          I JUST SPEAK FROM MY HEART. 
          AND REMEMBER, MY FATHER WAS JEWISH, MY MOTHER WAS CATHOLIC, AND I'M A CHRISTIAN, BUT I'M HERE. 
          AND SO ARE YOU. 
          PLEASE MAKE THAT RESOLUTION ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE WHO ARE SPEAKING BEFORE YOU AND AREN'T THEY SO SMART? AREN'T THEY SO ELOQUENT? CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT? THAT THEY SPEAK SUCH BEAUTIFUL ENGLISH? THANK YOU CINDY. 
          AND MULTIPLE OTHER LANGUAGES. 
          ISN'T THAT JUST FANTASTIC? THEY'RE ALL PART OF YOUR COMMUNITY. 
          THANK 
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PAUL, THEN SARAH. 
          HELLO CITY COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS PAUL GONZALEZ. 
          I'M AN AIR FORCE VETERAN. 
          UH, MR. BURNETT, I KNOW YOU SERVED IN THE ARMY IN VIETNAM. 
          UM, I EARNED MY BA FROM CAL POLY POMONA. 
          UM, I'VE BEEN IN PUBLIC SERVICE FOR OVER 13 YEARS, CURRENTLY EMPLOYED WITH THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. 
          YOUR NEIGHBOR? UM, JUST TO THE WEST. 
          NOW I PREPARED A STATEMENT, BUT I AD LIB. 
          UM, BASICALLY I'M HERE BECAUSE MY CONSCIENCE DOESN'T LET ME TUCK IN MY SON HEALTHY AND SAFE IN BED AT NIGHT AND DO NOTHING. 
          WHEN FOR FOUR MONTHS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, I CAN SEE BABIES BEING MURDERED, MANGLED, BLOWN UP, MAIMED, HAVING BULLETS REMOVED, OPERATED ON WITH NO ANESTHESIA, AND NO ONE GIVES A S**T LIKE, F**K 'EM OVER THERE. 
          THIS IS HOW THEY WRAP UP THEIR DEAD CHILDREN IF THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, DIED AND THEY WEREN'T MAIMED LIKE THAT, THEY'RE NICE AND PRETTY LIKE THIS ALL WHITE. 
          THIS ISN'T A REPRESENTATION OF ALL OF THEM. 
          A LOT OF THEM ARE COVERED STAINED WITH BLOOD. 
          THINK ABOUT THAT. 
          OVER 12,000 BABIES. 
          I HAVE ONE SON RIGHT NOW. 
          ME AND MY WIFE ARE EXPECTING A SECOND CHILD. 
          WE'VE ALSO LOST TWO CHILDREN TO MISCARRIAGE. 
          GOING, SEEING A WOMAN GO THROUGH MISCARRIAGE IS LITERALLY THE MOST DIFFICULT THING I HAVE EVER SEEN A PERSON ENDURE. 
          I'VE SAT WITH THE ER IN HER COUNTLESS HOURS WHILE SHE BLED. 
          SO THESE WOMEN, THERE ARE 50,000 PREGNANT WOMEN IN PALESTINE RIGHT NOW. 
          THE MISCARRIAGE RATE HAS INCREASED 300%. 
          THEY DON'T HAVE FOOD. 
          THEY'RE EATING GRASS AND LEAVES. 
          THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY MEDICAL CARE AS WE'VE SEEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE NEWS. 
          THE ISRAELI MILITARY HAS COMPLETELY DECIMATED HOSPITALS AND ALL OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          THEY'RE LIVING IN TENTS. 
          THEIR NEWBORN BABIES ARE DYING OF THE COLD BECAUSE THEY CANNOT BE KEPT WARM IN THEIR TENTS. 
          THERE'S NO FORMULA, THERE'S NO FOOD. 
          SO WOMEN CAN'T PRODUCE BREAST MILK. 
          THIS IS GENOCIDE IF IT'S EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT OF THE WORD. 
          AND I ALSO WANNA SAY THAT YOU GUYS ARE F****D IF YOU DON'T GET WITH THE PROGRAM AND REALIZE THAT THE OLD GENERATION AND THE TIME WHERE YOU GUYS COULD JUST, OH YEAH, WE DO OUR JOB, WE KNOW HOW IT IS, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. 
          WE DON'T F*****G CARE. 
          LOOK AT US. 
          THIS IS THREE WEEKS OF ORGANIZING, THREE WEEKS. 
          NOW I'M NOT, I'M NOT FROM CHINO HILLS. 
          I BOUGHT HIM POMONA. 
          BUT LIKE YOU ALL SAID, I CAN KNOCK ON DOORS. 
          I CAN BE MUCH MORE ELOQUENT IF I CHOOSE. 
          OKAY, SO LAST WARNING, PASS THE CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION OR TRY US AND SEE HOW THAT WORKS. 
          SARAH. 
          SARAH, FOLLOWED BY ASEA SAYED. 
          I AM HERE TODAY URGING THE CITY OF CAL, THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, TO ADOPT AND PASS A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION FOR PALESTINE. 
          WHILE PREPARING FOR WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY TODAY, I WAS LOOKING UP THE MOST UPDATED STATISTICS FOR WHAT IS HAPPENING IN PALESTINE. 
          BECAUSE EVERY DAY MORE AND MORE DEATHS OCCUR, MORE PEOPLE ARE DISPLACED, AND IT'S HARD TO KEEP TRACK OF THE EVER RISING NUMBERS. 
          LAST MONTH, IT WAS 25,000 NON-MILITARY MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN KILLED AT THE HANDS OF THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT. 
          OF THAT 25,000, 10,000, OVER 10,000 ARE CHILDREN. 
          BUT WITH THE RECENT BOMBARDMENT AND RAFA ON SUNDAY, THOSE NUMBERS HAVE RISEN. 
          I CANNOT KEEP TRACK AND KEEP UP WITH EVER-GROWING, CARNAGE AND DESTRUCTION ON THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE AND LAND. 
          THIS IS NOT EVEN TO SAY HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN TENTS AND MAKESHIFT STRUCTURES WITH MINIMAL ACCESS TO FOOD, WATER, AND ELECTRICITY. 
          WHAT IS HAPPENING IN GAZA IS ON US. 
          YOU AND ME. 
          THE DESTROYED LIVES AND DEATH OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE IN GAZA ARE ON OUR HANDS. 
          IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE WE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE PAYING FOR IT. 
          THE US FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO SEND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL. 
          WITH OVER $900,000 FROM 
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THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS FEDERAL TAXES, I DO NOT CONDONE THIS SENSELESS KILLING OF PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS AND NEITHER SHOULD YOU. 
          IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AND WITHIN OUR POWER TO DO ALL THAT WE CAN TO EXPLICITLY CALL OUT GENOCIDE WHEN WE SEE IT. 
          THESE HORRIFYING ACTIONS OF THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT MUST BE LOUDLY AND FORCEFULLY NAMED AND CONDEMNED. 
          THIS IS WHY I AM URGING THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS TO ADOPT AND PASS A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION FOR PALESTINE. 
          NO ONE SHOULD HAVE ANY DOUBT THAT THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS STANDS AGAINST GENOCIDE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ASEA SAEED, FOLLOWED BY FETA AS AMERICAN CITIZENS, WE'RE ALL AWARE OF OUR RIGHTS AS STATED BY THE CONSTITUTION. 
          THE RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH, THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS, AND THE RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL ARE JUST A FEW COMMONLY KNOWN ONES. 
          BUT WHAT ABOUT OUR RIGHTS AS HUMAN BEINGS? HUMAN RIGHTS AS DEFINED BY THE UNITED NATIONS, ARE RIGHTS IN INHERENT TO ALL HUMAN BEINGS REGARDLESS OF RACE, SEX, NATIONALITY, ETHNICITY, LANGUAGE, RELIGION, OR ANY OTHER STATUS. 
          HUMAN RIGHTS INCLUDE THE RIGHT TO LIFE AND LIBERTY. 
          FREEDOM FROM SLAVERY AND TORTURE, FREEDOM OF OPINION AND AND EXPRESSION. 
          THE RIGHT TO WORK IN EDUCATION AND MANY, MANY MORE. 
          EVERYONE IS ENTITLED TO THESE RIGHTS WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION. 
          THE UNITED STATES, ELEANOR ROOSEVELT CHAIRED THE DRAFTING COMMITTEE, BRINGING WITH HER THE BELIEFS EXP EXPECT EXPRESSED IN OUR DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE THAT ALL PERSONS ARE ENDOWED BY THE CREATOR WITH CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS. 
          ARTICLE THREE STATES, EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO LIFE, LIBERTY, AND SECURITY OF PERSON. 
          WHY THEN ARE INNOCENT PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS ALWAYS FEARFUL FURTHER IN THEIR FAMILY'S LIVES? ARTICLE FIVE STATES, NO ONE SHALL BE SUBJECTED TO TORTURE OR TO ACCRUAL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT. 
          THIS IS TEXTBOOK DEFINITION OF COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT, WHICH IS A WAR CRIME. 
          ARTICLE 25 STATES, MOTHERHOOD AND CHILDHOOD ARE ENTITLED TO SPECIAL CARE AND ASSISTANCE. 
          SO WHY DO MOTHERS INZA HAVE TO GIVE BIRTH IN INHUMAN AND UNSANITARY CONDITIONS ONLY TO WATCH THEIR BABIES BEING MURDERED BEFORE THEY EVEN GET TO NAME THEM? I CAN'T IMAGINE LIVING WITHOUT MY MOM AND HOLDING HER WHILE SHE TAKES HER LAST DYING BREATHS. 
          AND I DON'T THINK YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO EITHER. 
          MY QUESTION TO YOU ALL IS EVEN IF A GROUP IS TAKING AWAY THESE RIGHTS FROM OTHERS, EVEN IF THEY'RE DOING WRONG, WHY ARE WE SUPPORTING THEM? WHY ARE WE HELPING THEM? HOW ARE WE TO ANSWER TO OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS? WHAT PART WE PLAYED IN THIS GENOCIDE? ARE WE GOING TO LIE AND TWIST THE INFORMATION TO MAKE OURSELVES LOOK INNOCENT? OR ARE WE GOING TO TELL THE TRUTH THAT WE ARE JUST AS MUCH TO BLAME BECAUSE WE ARE SENDING WEAPONS AND PROVIDING FUNDING? WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK OUR CHILDREN IN THE EYES AND SAY, WE ARE MURDERERS TO HAVE INNOCENT MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN. 
          CAN WE DO THAT? WE NEED TO STAND ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY AND PUT AN END TO THIS GENOCIDE. 
          WE NEED TO SHOW THAT IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO RIGHT OR WRONG. 
          WE MUST CEASEFIRE NOW, GIVE OTHER KIDS LIKE MYSELF THE A CHANCE TO LIVE. 
          PLEASE NOT ONLY ADD A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION TO YOUR AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING, BUT APPROVE IT. 
          THANK YOU FETA. 
          THEN SHARON. 
          IT'S EITHER FETA OR FETA. 
          F-E-T-T-A. 
          OKAY, NO SHARON, ISIS, NO LAST NAME. 
          HI COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS SHARON MEXICAN AMERICAN, AND I AM HERE TO DEMAND THAT YOU PUT A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION ON THE AGENDA. 
          I AM ALSO HERE TO ASK YOU TO DIVEST FROM APARTHEID AND GENOCIDE SUPPORTING BUSINESSES. 
          I HOPE YOU COME TO REALIZE THAT WHAT YOU SEE GOING ON RIGHT NOW, THIS UNITY AND RESISTANCE SHARED BY THE COMMUNITY IS NOT GOING AWAY. 
          YOU SHOULD GET USED TO THIS. 
          PEOPLE DON'T SEE THIS AS A TREND. 
          THE TIDES ARE TURNING, PEOPLE ARE BECOMING MORE AWARE, CARING FOR LOCAL ISSUES IS NO LONGER ENOUGH. 
          WHY? BECAUSE THAT IS A PRIVILEGE. 
          PEOPLE ARE REALIZING THAT PRIVILEGE IS COMING AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES, AND THEY DON'T WANT ANY PART IN THAT. 
          SO WHY AREN'T OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LISTENING? THE COMMUNITIES THAT GOT STARTED ACROSS THE COUNTRY LIKE THIS ONE WILL CONTINUE ON. 
          YOUR CONSTITUENTS WILL REMEMBER THAT YOU DID NOT LEAVE UP TO THEIR DEMANDS. 
          WE WILL REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER, I LOOK TO PALESTINE AS OUR GUIDING HUMANITY AND A REFLECTION OF TRUE LOVE. 
          ALL OF US ARE HERE BECAUSE OF LOVE. 
          I HAVE WITNESSED TOO MANY HEARTBREAKS EVERY DAY. 
          MY HEART BREAKS WHEN I SEE ANOTHER PALESTINIAN LIFE LOST. 
          OUR HEARTS BREAK 
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AS WE WITNESS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE LOSE THEIR ENTIRE FAMILIES. 
          THEIR PAIN IS OUR PAIN. 
          WE ARE ALL HERE TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER THROUGH THE HEARTACHE AND GRIEF. 
          I NOW LOOK AT YOU AND I ASK YOU, DO YOU STAND WITH US OR WILL YOU CONTINUE SITTING STILL? WE ARE DOING YOU A FAVOR BY COMING HERE AND ASKING YOU TO ACT. 
          PEOPLE WILL LOOK BACK TO THIS MOMENT AND REMEMBER YOU ALL AS GENOCIDE SUPPORTERS, AS A PEOPLE WHO STOOD WITH THE OPPRESSORS AND DID NOT STAND FOR JUSTICE. 
          ANYBODY WHO HAS MORALS AND DOESN'T LET POWER TAINT THEIR CHARACTER STANDS FOR A LIBERATED PALESTINE. 
          SO WHY DON'T YOU? WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? THANK YOU, LYNETTE. 
          FOLLOWED BY ED. 
          HI, GOOD EVENING. 
          UM, MY NAME'S LYNETTE AND I'M A COMMUNITY ADVOCATE AND POET. 
          I'VE BROUGHT A PIECE TO ADD MY VOICE TO THE OVERWHELMING CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION. 
          IT'S A PIECE INSPIRED BY THE LEGACY OF SO MANY INCREDIBLE BLACK FREEDOM FIGHTER FIGHTERS THAT ARE BEING PAID SUPERFICIAL LIP SERVICE THIS FEBRUARY AND THIS PIECE I'M ABOUT TO READ IS NOT ABOUT YOU UNLESS YOU DECIDE IT IS WITH YOUR INACTION. 
          TOMORROW, WHEN THIS GENOCIDE BECOMES A HOLIDAY, YOU'LL SAY, ABSOLUTELY, LET'S HONOR THE LIVES WE LOST. 
          BUT TODAY, WHEN WE COME TO YOU AND SAY, HELP, HELP US STOP LOSING INNOCENT LIVES, YOU LOOK AT US AND WON'T HONOR OUR VOICES ALIVE WITH ANGUISH AND CLAMORING FOR JUSTICE. 
          TOMORROW, WHEN THIS GENOCIDE BECOMES A HOLIDAY, THERE WILL BE PARADES OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WHO DARE MAKE THE CONTROVERSIAL STATEMENT THAT WATER IS WET. 
          BUT TODAY, WHEN WE TELL YOU HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS IN GAZA HAVE NO WATER TO COOK, DRINK OR BATHE, YOU SHRUG YOUR SHOULDERS. 
          WHO AM I TO SPEAK? I HAVE NO WATER EXPERTISE. 
          TOMORROW WHEN THIS GENOCIDE BECOMES A HOLIDAY, YOUR CHURCH AND YOUR KIDS' SCHOOL WILL HOLD A GAZA REMEMBRANCE DAY AND YOU'LL VOLUNTEER TO BRING CRAFTS AND CUPCAKES AND ALONGSIDE THE COUNTRY. 
          YOU'LL PRETEND THAT IT WAS ALSO LONG AGO THAT THERE WAS NEVER A CONNECTION BETWEEN YOUR PRESENT COMFORT AND THEIR DEATHS. 
          TOMORROW WHEN THIS GENOCIDE BECOMES THE HOLIDAY, YOU'LL SAY YOU'VE ALWAYS SCARED. 
          YOU ALWAYS SCARED FOR PALESTINIANS THAT YOU SEE NO COLOR, NO DIFFERENCE IN NATIONS NOR FAITHS. 
          BUT TODAY YOU TURN AWAY FROM THE WOMEN IN HIJABS WHO WAIL FROM THE MEN WHO SEARCH FOR THEIR BROTHERS UNDER RUBBLE FROM THE BLOOD OF BROWN CHILDREN WHO ARE MAIMED. 
          TOMORROW, WHEN THIS GENOCIDE BECOMES A HOLIDAY, YOUR GRANDCHILDREN WILL SCRAMBLE TO HIDE YOUR VOTING HISTORY, YOUR YEARS OF APATHY, YOUR PHOTOS WITH ZIONIST, THOUGH MANUFACTURE EXCUSES TO SAVE YOUR FACE. 
          THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANY BETTER. 
          IT WAS DIFFERENT BACK THEN. 
          BUT TODAY YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES AND HEART AND SAY, I FEEL NOTHING. 
          AS THE MOST DOCUMENTED GENOCIDE IN HISTORY HITS YOU ACROSS THE FACE. 
          TOMORROW WHEN THIS GENOCIDE BECOMES A HOLIDAY, YOU'LL POST CANDLES AND PRAYER. 
          HANDS ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE. 
          YOU'LL QUOTE PIA, MOAS AND BEAN ONCE A YEAR, THE WAY YOU QUOTE MANDELA, DOLORES HUTA, JESUS CHRIST, ROSA PARKS AND MLK, THE JUSTICE ICONS WHO WERE ALL PERSECUTED BY THE STATE. 
          I'M SO INSPIRED, SUCH TRAILBLAZERS. 
          YOU'LL SAY TOGETHER WE CAN TRULY MAKE A CHANGE. 
          BUT WE ARE TOGETHER TODAY. 
          AND YOU HIDE UNDER YOUR DESK FROM THE WAVES OF CHANGE. 
          WE SAY, COME OUT AND JOIN US. 
          WHAT WILL YOU STAND FOR? IF NOT, PEACE AND JUSTICE IN A TIME OF VIOLENCE. 
          YOU SAY, SORRY, YOU SAY I STAND FOR NOTHING. 
          THAT'S SO ADVANTAGEOUS, SO SAFE. 
          I STAND FOR ANYTHING THAT'S SO ADVANTAGEOUS, SO SAFE, SO SELF-SERVING SO PROFITABLE THAT IT WON'T TRANSFORM ANYTHING I STAND FOR. 
          ANYTHING THAT'S SO POPULAR, SO EFFORTLESS, SO COMFORTABLE, SO PALATABLE THAT IT'S COMPLETELY MEANINGLESS. 
          I WISH YOU WISDOM AND COURAGE TO DO THE RIGHT THING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ZIAD, FOLLOWED BY AMBRE. 
          GOOD EVENING MAYOR. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER STAFF IN, UH, IN CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          MY NAME'S YADDA. 
          I AM, UH, A CHINO HILLS, UH, CITIZEN. 
          SINCE 1994, THE MAYOR MENTIONED THAT SHE CANNOT MAKE DECISIONS TO, UH, DISPLACE FIVE PEOPLE TO NOT TO PLAY, UM, PICKLEBALL OR TENNIS. 
          HOW ABOUT MARTIN 0.9 MILLION WITHOUT FOOD, WATER, UH, SHELTER, OR ANY, 
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UM, SANITATIONS. 
          OKAY, I WOULD LIKE TO WRITE, UH, TO REVERSE THE ROLE HERE, AND I WANT YOU TO IMAGINE THAT, UH, THE WAR CRIMINAL BENJAMIN NETANYAHU DECIDED TO BAN CHINO HILLS. 
          HE KILLS 3000 PEOPLE OF CHINO HILLS AND DESTROY, WHICH 70% OF THEM, THEY ARE WOMEN AND CHILDREN DESTROY 70% OF OUR HOMES AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN CHINO HILLS. 
          HE BOMBED THE 71 FREEWAY DESTROY CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL, ALA HIGH SCHOOL, AND ALL THE, UM, INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL IN HILL. 
          HE BOMB AND DESTROY ALL CHURCHES, MOSQUE AND THE BEAUTIFUL TEMPLE, THE, THE, UM, INDIAN TEMPLE NEXT TO THE 71. 
          AND HE DESTROYED ALL FIRE STATIONS AND POLICE DEPARTMENT DESTROY OUR PUBLIC LIBRARY. 
          AND THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY HALL HE DESTROYED CHINO HILL, CHINO VALLEY, UH, HOSPITALS AND HIS SNIPERS. 
          THEY KILLED THE DOCTORS. 
          OUR DOCTORS, NURSES, AND MEDICAL STAFF KILLED THE PARAMEDIC STAFF, KILLED THE TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS, THE JOURNALISTS AND BOMB IN HIS BOMBS, KILLS OUR PETS AND ANIMALS. 
          AND HE SEES FOOD, WATER, GAS, INTERNET, OR COMMUNICATION FROM OUR CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY. 
          HE KEEPS BOMBING AND PUSHING THE PEOPLE OF CHINO HILLS TO THE BORDER IN MEXICO. 
          AND HE TELL THEM, GO THERE BECAUSE IT'S SAFE. 
          WHILE THEY'RE MOVING THERE, HE KEEPS BOMBING THEM. 
          AND IN THE BORDER HE KEEPS BOMBING ME TO PUSH THEM TO GO TO MEXICO. 
          NOW, THE SOLE REASON FOR THIS IS TO CHANGE THE CHINO HILLS, SYRIA TO A JEWISH STATE. 
          NO CHRISTIAN, NO MUSLIMS, NO HINDUS, NOT EVEN, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, ATHEIST. 
          OKAY? SO, UM, WOULDN'T BE, ALL OF US WOULD STAND FOR THIS. 
          I WOULD DO THAT. 
          NOW, WHY CAN'T WE HOLD THE SAME STANDARDS FOR THE PALESTINIAN WITH THE 10 AND 10 AND 20, THE DAMAGES AND THE KILLINGS IS 10 AND 20 FALLS OF THIS. 
          70, 30, 35 PEOPLE GET KILLED. 
          70 70 PEOPLE, 70,000 GET INJURED. 
          AND 1.9 GET DISPLACED. 
          ANYONE WITH A HUMAN, ANYONE WHO HAS, UM, THE THANK YOU SIR, YOUR TIME'S UP. 
          SAY NO TO THIS. 
          UH, GENOCIDE DOES NOT HAVE ANY SORT OF HUMAN HUMANITY. 
          THANK, THANK YOU. 
          AMING, FOLLOWED BY MARTHA. 
          HI, I'M STANDING HERE, A CONCERNED RESIDENT OF CHINO HILLS, A CALIFORNIA BORN AND RAISED SOUTH ASIAN, MUSLIM AMERICAN POINT BEING, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE OF A CERTAIN FAITH OR PALESTINIAN OR ARAB TO CARE. 
          YOU JUST HAVE TO BE HUMAN. 
          MOST PEOPLE, MOST OF US BELIEVE THAT CHRISTIANS, MUSLIMS, AND JEWS ANYONE WHO IS GOD CONSCIOUS ARE ALL PEOPLE OF FAITH WITH A MORAL COMPASS WHO DO NOT SEEK TO USE RELIGION FOR MORAL CORRUPTION. 
          WE ARE EQUAL IN HIS EYES. 
          AND THOSE WHO KILL IN HIS NAME HAVE NO REGARD FOR GOD AT ALL. 
          ISRAEL HAS TARNISHED THE PURITY OF JUDAISM. 
          BUT LET'S BE CLEAR, THIS IS NOT A CONFLICT OVER RELIGION OR POLITICS, BECAUSE IF THAT WAS THE CASE, WHY ARE CHURCHES BEING DESTROYED? WHY ARE SCHOOLS, SHELTERS, AND HOSPITALS, WHY ARE FATHERS, DOCTORS, JOURNALISTS, AND CHILDREN BEING KIDNAPPED OR SHOT BY A SNIPER SITTING SOMEWHERE SAFE, PRESSING A BUTTON, PLAYING WITH LIVES, LIKE PLAYING A VIDEO GAME? THERE IS NO JUSTIFICATION IN THE FACE OF PURE EVIL. 
          10 YEARS AGO, I WOULD MARCH ACROSS CAMPUS WITH HUNDREDS OF OTHERS PROTESTING THE ILLEGAL OCCUPATION. 
          IT HAD ALREADY BEEN HAPPENING FOR OVER 60 YEARS. 
          AT THAT POINT, IT'S UNIMAGINABLE THAT WE'RE STILL HERE, STILL ASKING FOR HUMAN DIGNITY TO BE RESPECTED, FOR HARDWORKING PEOPLE LIKE ME AND YOU. 
          WITH THE SAME HOPES AND DREAMS, WE BLEED THE SAME THEY WERE AND ARE SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL, PASSIONATE, GENEROUS, JOYOUS PEOPLE WHO LOVE TO CELEBRATE LOVE. 
          THEY WERE ALL THESE THINGS AND MORE UNTIL THEY WERE TOLD THAT THEIR LIVES NO LONGER MATTER. 
          THEY NO LONGER HAVE THE RIGHT TO LIVE IN PEACE. 
          WE CAN NO LONGER DENY IT. 
          WE CAN NO LONGER LOOK AWAY FROM PALESTINE WHERE SETTLER VIOLENCE IS CONDONED AND EVEN ENCOURAGED AGAINST A PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED THERE FOR CENTURIES WHO STILL HOLD THE KEYS TO HOMES THEY CAN NEVER GO BACK TO. 
          SOUND FAMILIAR? MAKE IT MAKE SENSE. 
          TODAY IN 2024, WE ARE WITNESSING APARTHEID, ETHNIC CLEANSING, MASS MURDER. 
          WE ARE RIGHT NOW SEEING HUMANITARIAN AID, 
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MEDICINE, FOOD BEING BLOCKED WHILE PEOPLE STARVE IN THE COLD. 
          BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS STRIPPED AWAY WITH THE HELP OF OUR GOVERNMENT. 
          HAVE YOU STOPPED TO ASK YOURSELF WHY? WHY FAMILIES ARE UNABLE TO BURY LOVED ONES COLLECTING LIMBS OFF THE STREET INSTEAD, OR DIGGING DESPERATELY WITH THEIR HANDS THROUGH THE RUBBLE, CHILDHOOD AND INNOCENCE RIPPED AWAY ALL AT ONCE A NIGHTMARE. 
          THEY CAN'T WAKE UP FROM. 
          WE WANT ISRAEL TO ANSWER FOR THEIR CRIMES, BUT I AM JUST A MOTHER. 
          I'M SUPPOSED TO PROTECT MY SON, TEACH HIM TO BE KIND AND CARING, TO GROW UP AND CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY IN HEALTHY WAYS. 
          HOW DO I DO THIS? HOW DO I EVEN BEGIN TO EXPLAIN THIS WHEN EVERY TIME I LOOK AT HIM, I AM REMINDED OF THE MOTHERS THEY SAY, HAVE TO CARRY THEIR CHILDREN TWICE, ONCE IN THEIR ARMS. AND AGAIN, WITH NO LIGHT IN THEIR EYES, MAY THEY ALL BE REUNITED IN HEAVEN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I I HAVE NO MORE TIME, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. 
          UM, WE'RE RECORDING THIS MEETING AND WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME ON THE DVD. 
          I'D ASK FOR A FIVE MINUTE PAUSE, UH, BREAK TO THE MEETING SO THAT WE CAN SWITCH DVDS AND CONTINUE, UH, TO RECORD ALL OF THE TESTIMONY FROM THE PUBLIC SO WE CAN TAKE YOU, GO. 
          LET ME GO. 
          WE'RE GONNA BE CONVENING THE MEETING. 
          PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS. 
          EIGHT 30 TO MINE, SO IT'S LIKE WE ALL KIND OF GO THERE. 
          OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARTHA, FOLLOWED BY KAREN. 
          HI, MY NAME IS MARTHA. 
          I'M A RESIDENT OF DIAMOND BAR, MEMBER OF POMONA COALITION FOR PALESTINE, FIRST GENERATION IMMIGRANT AND CALPOL CAL POLY POMONA ALUMNI. 
          TODAY, I I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME VERY ALARMING NUMBERS. 
          JUST IN THE PAST FEW DAYS, NOT INCLUDING THE FOUR MONTHS OF ONGOING GENOCIDE, DATA WAS REPORTED THAT OVER 1.4 MILLION PALESTINIAN PEOPLE FLED TO THE SOUTHERNMOST CITY OF RAFA, A CITY WITH AN AREA OF ROUGHLY 24 SQUARE MILES, 1.4 MILLION PALESTINIANS IN A SMALL SPACE OF 24 SQUARE MILES. 
          NOW, THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, ACCORDING TO THE US CENSUS, HAS A CITY SPACE OF 44.7 SQUARE MILES, ABOUT DOUBLE THE SIZE OF THE CITY OF RAFA FROM THE 2021 CENSUS, APPROXIMATELY 79,000 PEOPLE ARE RESIDENTS OF CHINO HILLS. 
          LET ME REPEAT THESE FIGURES. 
          CHINO HILLS IS DOUBLE THE SIZE OF RAFA HOUSES, 79,000 RESIDENTS, OR 5% OF THE AMOUNT OF PALESTINIANS THAT ARE CRAMMED IN RAFA RIGHT NOW. 
          THAT WOULD BE SYNONYMOUS WITH TAKING HALF OF CHINO HILLS PRECISELY TAKING DISTRICTS 1, 2, 3, AND HALF OF DISTRICT FOUR CRAMMING THOSE AREAS WITH 1.4 MILLION PEOPLE, 18 TIMES THE NUMBER OF CHINO HILLS, HILLS RESIDENTS WITH WOMEN, MEN, CHILDREN, AND ELDERS, THEN MURDERING THEM ALL WITH BOMBS. 
          IT SHOULDN'T HAVE TO TAKE THIS BLEAK AND DEPRESSING PERSONAL COMPARISON TO THIS CITY. 
          FOR ANY OF YOU TO KNOW THAT THE GENOCIDE AND PALESTINE IS IMMORAL AND EVIL, IT IS UNGODLY. 
          A PRAYER WAS HELD IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS MEETING AND THE PASTOR MENTIONED HOW THEY HOPE TO EXTEND GENEROSITY AND GOOD SENTIMENT FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING WAR AND LESS FORTUNE. 
          PLEASE TURN THOSE SENTIMENTS INTO ACTION BY WORKING WITH THE CHINO HILLS RESIDENTS AND ORGANIZERS IN THIS ROOM RIGHT BEHIND ME AND PUTTING A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION ON THE NEXT CITY AGENDA. 
          IT'S OUR MIGHTY POMONA COALITION, AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF POMONA PASSED A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION LAST MONTH ON MONDAY, JANUARY 22ND. 
          THEN YOU CAN TOO FROM PALESTINE TO THE PHILIPPINES. 
          STOP THE US COLONIAL WAR MACHINE, KAREN, THEN JASSER. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. 
          CITY COUNCIL STAFF. 
          MY NAME IS KAREN NIA. 
          I'M A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF CHINO HILLS. 
          MY FAMILY AND I HAVE LIVED HERE FOR THE PAST 22 YEARS. 
          UH, WE ARE ALSO PROUD PARISHIONERS OF ST. 
          PAUL. 
          THE APOSTLE, UH, FATHER JOSEPH KNOWS US BECAUSE WE ARE ALWAYS LATE. 
           DOWN THE STREET FROM WHERE WE LIVE IS A PLACE CALLED HOPE FOR THE HILLS PARK. 
          IT USED TO BE CALLED CORAL RIDGE PARK. 
          FOR ANYONE WHO DOESN'T KNOW THE STORY, IN 2011, MY NEIGHBORHOOD WAS PLANNED TO BE THE SITE OF A MASSIVE 200 FOOT CELL TOWER SYSTEM WITH 500 
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KV POWER LINES RUNNING BESIDE OUR HOMES THAT THREATENED OUR HEALTH AND SAFETY. 
          WE FOUGHT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON USING GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING TO REMOVE THE TOWERS AND TRANSITIONED THE POWER LINES UNDERGROUND, AND WE WON. 
          SO WHERE I'M FROM, WE HAVE A HISTORY OF STANDING UP FOR WHAT WE BELIEVE IN AND STUDYING UP FOR OURSELVES. 
          AND SO I'M HERE TODAY AS PART OF A GRASSROOTS EFFORT ASKING THAT WE STAND UP FOR OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD, IN A CITY CALLED RAFA. 
          IN THE LANDINE, I HAVE COME TO YOU TO KINDLY ASK THAT YOU ADOPT AND PASS A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION AND DEMAND THAT THE STATE OF ISRAEL STOP BOMBING HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS, AND NEIGHBORHOODS TO STOP ASSASSINATING JOURNALISTS FOR TELLING THE TRUTH AND DOCTORS FOR SAVING ITS OWN PEOPLE TO STOP STARVING THE PALESTINIANS, TO POINT OF EATING GRASS AND TO STOP WIPING OUT ENTIRE FAMILY LINEAGES DATING BACK THOUSANDS OF YEARS. 
          THIS IS THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG OF THE ATROCITIES THAT THEY'RE COMMITTING SINCE 1948. 
          I SAID, AS A CITY, IT IS NO LONGER A CITY. 
          IT IS NOW A CONCENTRATION CAMP FOR 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE. 
          YOU MIGHT STILL BE WONDERING, WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH US? THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS A ROLE MODEL FOR OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES, THE FULL OF LOS ANGELES, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND OUR WHOLE NATION. 
          WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CALL THIS INJUSTICE OUT FOR WHAT IT IS, A TEXTBOOK, INDISPUTABLE GENOCIDE OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. 
          WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS SOLIDARITY WITH AND PROVIDE A SAFE SPACE FOR PALESTINIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS AFTER GENERATIONS AWAY FROM A HOME THAT THEY WILL NEVER BE ALLOWED TO RETURN TO. 
          AND HONESTLY, I JUST WANNA BE ABLE TO LOOK BACK AT THIS CRITICAL POINT IN HISTORY AND TO BE ABLE TO SAY, MY CITY DID THE RIGHT THING. 
          MY CITY STOOD UP FOR ITS MUSLIM AND CHRISTIAN AND JEWISH BROTHERS AND SISTERS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD, AND IT INSPIRED OTHERS TO DO THE SAME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU JASER. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          JASER FOLLOWED BY AED. 
          GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UH, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I'VE HAD TO COME UP HERE. 
          I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. 
          I KNOW YOU ALL VISIBLY LOOK TIRED. 
          IT'S A HUMAN THING. 
          IT'S A HUMAN REACTION. 
          I'M VISIBLY TIRED. 
          UH, BUT WHILE I WAS SITTING THERE, YOU KNOW, I WAS ASKING MYSELF, YOU KNOW, WHY AM I STAYING TILL LIKE 10:30 PM AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK OF THE CHILDREN AND THE, AND THE PEOPLE IN REZA AND I, I REALLY THINK THEY'RE A LOT MORE TIRED THAN WE ARE. 
          UH, IN FACT, HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT I HAVE TO LIKE WATCH ON MY PHONE EVERY, EVERY NIGHT TILL LIKE MIDNIGHT. 
          THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T SHOW ANYTHING. 
          MAYBE WE CAN, BUT ANYWAY, THE POINT IS, IS THAT THAT'S A LITTLE GIRL BEING, UH, YOU KNOW, TREATED, UH, BY PARAMEDICS WITH NO ANESTHESIA. 
          UM, I DON'T SEE ANY PARENTS OR ANYONE AROUND TO COMFORT HER. 
          I MEAN, IT'S JUST, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. 
          MY HEART IS WITH THEM. 
          UM, AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I I I, I REITERATE, THIS IS MY SECOND TIME BEING HERE. 
          I REALLY JUST WANNA KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S IT GONNA TAKE? I'VE EMAILED YOU ALL INDIVIDUALLY, HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY RESPONSES EXCEPT FOR, UH, BEN MONTGOMERY, WHICH I APPRECIATE THE, THE RESPONSE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT WAS MORE LIKE A, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND, BUT WE'RE NOT REALLY GONNA DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. 
          UM, I'M HERE TO HOLD YOU AS A CONSTITUENT ACCOUNTABLE, RIGHT? I'M PLEADING WITH YOU. 
          I'M ASKING FOR YOU. 
          LIKE, WHY AREN'T YOU DOING ANYTHING? WE'VE HAD 95 PEOPLE DIE, 42 OF THEM BEING CHILDREN IN THE CITY OF RAFA, WHILE WE'RE ALL ENJOYING OUR, YOU KNOW, SUPER BOWL SUNDAY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, YOU KNOW, UH, RESPECTFULLY, YOU KNOW, ART BENNETT, UH, YOU MENTIONED EARLIER YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE, UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF EXPERIENCE. 
          YOU KNOW HOW TO SPEND OUR TAX DOLLARS. 
          YOU KNOW, I'M NOT AS EXPERIENCED AS YOU, BUT I HAD AN IDEA, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IF WE STOPPED FUNDING THIS GENOCIDE, WHETHER OUR TAX DOLLARS, WE'D HAVE MORE MONEY TO BUILD, UH, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE MORE PICKLEBALL COURTS, MORE ROLLER BLADE. 
          UM, ALSO, I'LL FINALLY REMIND YOU NOT TO FORGET THAT THERE'S BEEN A RISE IN ANTISEMITISM AND HATE CRIMES. 
          HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN YOUNG 6-YEAR-OLD WITH I IN THE CITY OF ILLINOIS, IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, APOLOGIES, WHO HAD BEEN MURDERED A A 6-YEAR-OLD BOY BY HIS LANDLORD. 
          I MEAN, HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN THE THREE STUDENTS WHO WERE SHOT OUT AND ONE OF 'EM CAN'T WALK ANYMORE, UH, IN THE CITY, UH, IN THE, IN THE STATE, UH, I'M SORRY, OF, UH, OF VERMONT. 
          I MEAN, I MEAN, HOW EXACTLY ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO FEEL SAFE WITH YOUR SILENCE? WHAT'S IT GONNA TAKE? YOU HAVE PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS HERE TELLING YOU THAT WE DON'T FEEL SAFE BY NOT ADDING THIS RESOLUTION TO THE AGENDA AND NOT RESPONDING TO ANY OF OUR EMAILS. 
          YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY TELLING US THAT YOU'RE OKAY WITH THIS. 
          I HOPE YOU'RE NOT. 
          YOU CLAIM TO BE PEOPLE OF GOD. 
          I'LL QUOTE YOU, ISAIAH ONE 17. 
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LEARN TO DO RIGHT, SEEK JUSTICE, DEFEND THE OPPRESSED, TAKE UP THE CAUSE OF THE FATHERLESS, AND PLEAD THE CASE OF THE WIDOW. 
          WHERE IS THAT? AND ISLAM WERE TAUGHT A SIMILAR THING. 
          WHOEVER AMONGST YOU SEES EVIL, LET HIM CHANGE IT WITH HIS HAND. 
          IF HE'S UNABLE TO DO SO WITH HIS TONGUE AND HE'S UNABLE TO DO SO WITH HIS HEART, PLEASE OPEN YOUR HEARTS. 
          YOUR ELECTIONS ARE COMING UP SOON. 
          GIVE US A REASON TO VOTE FOR YOU AGAIN. 
          WRITE A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION NOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'LL NOT BE VOTING FOR ANY POLITICIAN THAT SUPPORTS GENOCIDE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          IAD. 
          SAY IT AGAIN. 
          IAD. 
          IYAD. 
          I SPOKE ALREADY. 
          I WAS, I HAVE TWO SPEAKER CARDS. 
          THIS ONE'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT WRITING, SO I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS A DIFFERENT PERSON. 
          ISIS, NO, NOT ISIS. 
          IAD. 
          IYAD. 
          NO, THANK YOU, ZANE. 
          UH, GOOD EVENING, GOOD NIGHT COUNCIL, AND MY FELLOW GINO HILLS RESIDENCE RESIDENTS. 
          UM, I KNOW IT'S, IT IS BEEN A LONG NIGHT, AND, UM, I CAN SEE VISIBLY TIRED FACES WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS CAN BE ASSURED THAT YOU GUYS HAVE, I'M SURE YOU ALL HAVE WARM, COZY HOMES TO GO HOME TO. 
          BUT, UH, IN THIS 21ST CENTURY, WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE, NOT SOME PEOPLE, MORE THAN 2 MILLION PEOPLE WHO, WHO DON'T HAVE THIS LUXURY. 
          JUST GOING BACK TO HOME, UH, MY NAME IS ANNE HASSAN, AND I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN PAKISTAN. 
          UH, I IMMIGRATED TO USA FIVE YEARS AGO FROM DUBAI. 
          UH, WHEN I CHOSE CALIFORNIA OUT OF ALLSTATE, IT WAS, DESPITE THE HIGH COST OF LIVING, DESPITE MY FAMILY AND COMMUNITY INVITING ME TO HOUSTON, I STILL CHOSE TO DOWNSCALE MY LIFESTYLE AS COMPARED TO DUBAI, BECAUSE CERTAIN VALUES FOR ME ARE FAR MORE IMPORTANT THAN PHYSICAL LUXURY AND COMFORT. 
          THE FACT THAT CALIFORNIA VALUED DIVERSITY, IT CARED ABOUT ENVIRONMENT POLLUTION, GLOBAL WARMING MORE THAN ANY OTHER STATES. 
          THE FACT IT CARED ABOUT ME, PHYSICAL MENTAL HEALTH MORE THAN ANY OTHER STATE, THE FACT IT HAD STRONG GUN LAWS, THE FACT IT CARE MORE ABOUT HUMAN DIGNITY MORE THAN ANY OF THE STAIRS. 
          BEFORE COMING HERE, I WAS CHECKING SOME OF YOUR PROFILES, AND I CAN SEE THAT YOU ALL TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN NATURAL BEAUTY OF CHINO HILLS. 
          IT'S GREAT NUMBER OF PARKS AT HIKING, KRILLS, IT'S OPEN SPACES, AND RIGHTLY SO. 
          CHINO HILLS IS INDEED A BEAUTIFUL CITY, AND CREDIT TO ALL OF YOU FOR MAINTAINING ALL THAT. 
          BUT LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING. 
          UH, IS PHYSICAL BEAUTY EVERYTHING IN LIFE? DOES ANY CITY OR SHOULD ANY CITY HAVE A, A SOUL OR A CHARACTER, SHOULD A CITY HAVE CERTAIN, UH, VALUE, CERTAIN CULTURE THAT JUST GOES BEYOND THE AESTHETIC APPEARANCE? I LIVED IN DUBAI FOR FOUR YEARS, AND TRUST ME, AESTHETIC WISE, THEY HAVE INDEED CREATED A MARVEL IN THE MIDDLE OF A DESERT. 
          BUT IT'S BUILT ON A BACK OF EXPLOITED LABOR FROM PAKISTAN AND SOUTH ASIA TO LIVE THEM IN THOSE GLITZY GLAMOROUS OVER THE TOP CITIES. 
          WHEN IT COMES AT A COST, ONE, ONE SHOULD LEARN TO KEEP QUIET ABOUT THE SOCIETAL PROBLEM, THE SEVERE CLASS DIVIDE, THE EXPLOITATION OF POOR, THE GLARING RACISM. 
          SO I ASK YOU ONCE AGAIN, DOES THE ESTEEM COUNCIL REALIZE THAT THE AESTHETIC APPEARANCE OF THE CITY IS SUPERFICIAL AS COMPARED TO THE VALUES AND CULTURE OF THE CITY? KUDO OF THE ANIMAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME OR HILLS IS WAY BETTER THAN REST OF AMERICA. 
          DOES THE CITY COUNCIL REALIZE THAT THE MENTAL WELLBEING OF HIS RESIDENCE IS FAR MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT? I MEAN, I, I SEE YOU ALL PROBABLY TAKING CREDIT IN YOUR LINKEDIN PROFILE AND RESUMES, BUT PLEASE, TODAY, A LARGE NUMBER OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS ARE UNDER SEVERE PAIN. 
          IT'S BEEN WEAK SINCE THEY HAVE BEEN REQUESTING YOU FOR A HEALING TOUCH. 
          UH, PLEASE DO SOMETHING TO SHOW THAT YOU CARE FOR THE MENTAL WELLBEING OF A LARGE SECTION OF YOUR COMMUNITY THAT IS IN NEED OF A HEALING TOUCH. 
          SUPPORT A CEASEFIRE. 
          THANK YOU, IRAM, FOLLOWED BY HA TEAM. 
          GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          I'M GONNA TAKE THIS IN A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. 
          I'M A MOM, OBVIOUSLY. 
          THIS IS MY BABY. 
          I'M A WIFE, A CHINO HILLS RESIDENT. 
          I'M ALSO A PSYCHIATRIC MEDICAL MEDICAL PRACTICE SUPERVISOR. 
          WE ALL HOLD MULTIPLE TITLES, ROLES, AND RELATIONSHIPS. 
          BUT REGARDLESS OF THESE, WE SHARE A COMMON IDENTITY AS HUMAN BEINGS. 
          THIS IS WHAT I WANT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO FOCUS ON. 
          THE SHARED COMMONALITY THAT WE ARE ALL HUMAN BEINGS. 
          A VERY POWERFUL REMINDER OF HOW WE ARE CONNECTED AND THE IMPORTANCE OF EMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING IN OUR INTERACTIONS WITH ONE ANOTHER, THAT 
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COMMONALITY TRANSCENDS ALL BOUNDARIES, WHETHER THEY BE CITY, STATE, OR COUNTRY BOUNDARIES. 
          SO TODAY I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT A TOPIC THAT TOUCHES ONE OF THE DEEPEST PARTS OF SAID HUMANITY. 
          THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF GENOCIDE IS NOT EASY TO TALK ABOUT, BUT IT'S ONE THAT DESERVES OUR ATTENTION AND COMPASSION. 
          TRY TO REMEMBER SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED IN YOUR LIFE. 
          IT COULD HAVE BEEN A CAR ACCIDENT, A BAD EARTHQUAKE, WHICH WE GET IN CAL IN CALIFORNIA ALL THE TIME. 
          A MEDICAL SCARE. 
          WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, YOU REMEMBER HOW YOU FELT, THE FEAR, THE PANIC. 
          IT DOESN'T JUST GO AWAY. 
          YOU WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HOW YOU FELT. 
          YOU'LL FORGET THE SITUATION, BUT YOU'LL REMEMBER HOW YOU FELT. 
          NOW, IMAGINE FOR A MOMENT, THE UNIMAGINABLE HORRORS ENDURED BY THOSE THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE SITUATION IN PALESTINE, THE CONSTANT BOMBING, THE SCREAMING, THE CRYING, THE BLOOD AND THE DEAD BODIES EVERYWHERE. 
          NOT BEING ABLE TO GET YOUR INJURED PARENT OR YOUR CHILD TO A HOSPITAL BECAUSE THERE ARE NO HOSPITALS LEFT, WATCHING PEOPLE TAKE THEIR LAST BREATHS IN FRONT OF YOU AND NOT BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING. 
          IT'S HORRIBLE, I KNOW. 
          BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE SURVIVORS. 
          IT'S NOT JUST THE SURVIVORS WHO SUFFER FOR ALL OF US WHO WATCH IT SECONDHAND THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA OR HEAR ABOUT IT FROM OUR FRIENDS WHO HAVE LOVED ONES. 
          THERE, WHOLE COMMUNITIES ARE LEFT DEALING WITH THIS COLLECTIVE TRAUMA. 
          THESE WOUNDS RUN DEEP, DEEPER THAN YOU MIGHT IMAGINE. 
          THEY MANIFEST AS CRIPPLING ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, A HAUNTING SENSE OF SURVIVOR'S GUILT, AND POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER. 
          BUT THIS IS NOT POST-TRAUMATIC FOR ANYBODY, BECAUSE IT HAS NOT ENDED, AND IT WILL NOT UNTIL SOMEONE STANDS UP AND SAYS ENOUGH. 
          I HAVE SEEN PATIENTS WHO HAVE BECOME AGGRESSIVE AND VIOLENT BECAUSE OF ISSUES LIKE THIS, AND THEY ONLY GET WORSE. 
          TRAUMA THAT PEOPLE EXPERIENCE FROM ISLAMOPHOBIA OR ANTISEMITISM CAN CAUSE VIOLENCE AND CIVIL UNREST. 
          WE NEED TO PREVENT SITUATIONS LIKE THIS FROM HAPPENING. 
          I'M NOT SAYING ANY OF THIS IS ANY OF YOUR FAULTS, BUT I CAN SAY IF YOU'RE NOT A PART OF THE SOLUTION, YOU'RE PART OF THE PROBLEM. 
          IF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH OF YOUR COMMUNITY MATTERS TO YOU, WHICH IT SHOULD, THEN PLEASE LISTEN TO THEM AND CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION. 
          PAT TEAM, FOLLOWED BY LEE GEN BIER. 
          GOOD EVENING MAYOR. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UM, I'M NOT A PALESTINIAN, BUT I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT AN ISSUE THAT HAS BECOME, UH, DEAR TO MY HEART. 
          AND, UM, WHAT I WANNA ALSO SAY IS A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE THAT CAME IN FRONT OF YOU AND SPOKE TODAY, THEY HAD TO COME OUT OF THEIR COMFORT ZONE. 
          UM, A LOT OF THEM ARE PROBABLY, OR MOST OF US ARE PROBABLY MINORITIES, AND USUALLY WE JUST LIVE A VERY SIMPLE LIFE. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU GO, YOU WORK HARD, YOU PAY YOUR BILLS, UM, RAISE YOUR KIDS AND TRY TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT. 
          UM, SO THE FACT THAT WE'RE ALL HERE, UM, AND TALKING ABOUT THIS, IT'S BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT. 
          SO WE WOULD LIKE YOU GUYS TO ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S WHY SOME OF THE TONE OR THE, OR, OR WHAT YOU'RE HEARING IS COMING OUT OF FRUSTRATION. 
          IT'S COMING OUT OF FRUSTRATION BECAUSE OF THE INACTION THAT WE HAVE BEEN SEEING SO FAR. 
          SO I WOULD LOVE, UM, TO ASK YOU GUYS JUST BEFORE I START, AND PROBABLY YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO ANSWER PUBLIC COMMENTS, RIGHT? BUT I CAN PROBABLY ASK OUR CHIEF OF POLICE HERE. 
          WHEN YOU SEE TWO PEOPLE FIGHTING, WHAT IS THE FIRST THING THAT YOU DO? OKAY, WELL, I THINK THE ANSWER IS OBVIOUS. 
          IF YOU SEE TWO PEOPLE FIGHTING, YOU DON'T GIVE MORE. 
          UM, UM, YOU DON'T GIVE WEAPONS OR SOMETHING TO THE OTHER PERSON TO CONTINUE THE FIGHT. 
          WHAT WE DO IS WE STEP IN, WE SEPARATE THEM, AND THEN WE TRY TO RESOLVE THE SITUATION, UH, AND, AND THEN WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED. 
          AND WE SEE THAT. 
          I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND HE CANNOT ANSWER THE QUESTION, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE SEE AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TOLD TO DO, RIGHT? IF WE SEE SOMETHING, WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, AND YOU GUYS ARE OUR REPRESENTATIVE AND WE EXPECT YOU TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. 
          AND, UM, MY QUESTION OR WHAT I, WHAT I WONDER IS WHY AREN'T WE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THIS? WE SHOULDN'T BE ASKING YOU. 
          THIS IS A HUMANITARIAN THING. 
          UM, AND TODAY, LIKE SOMEBODY ALREADY MENTIONED, I CAME IN AND I HEAR THAT WE NEED FUNDS FOR PICKLE BALLS FOR, UM, UH, WHAT WAS IT? HOCKEY RINGS. 
          WELL, WE GIVE OUT $140 MILLION TO OTHER COUNTRIES. 
          WOULDN'T SOME OF THAT MONEY COULDN'T THAT SOME OF THAT MONEY BE USED HERE TO BUILD 2, 3, 4, 5, UM, YOU KNOW, RINGS. 
          I PLAY SOCCER AND I HAVE TO GO PLAY AT THE CITY OF POMONA BECAUSE THE GOALS OVER THERE, THEY HAVE MORE SOCCER FIELDS. 
          I WISH 
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I COULD GO AND PLAY AT THE BIG LEAGUE OF DREAMS RIGHT HERE, BUT I CAN'T DO THAT. 
          THERE'S ONLY ONE SMALL FIELD, AND EVERY TIME I CALL, IT'S, IT'S ALREADY BOOKED. 
          SO WHAT I BROUGHT TODAY HERE WITH ME IS JUST A PETER, A PEANUT BUTTER JELLY SANDWICH, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, A BOTTLE OF WATER. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD USUALLY SEND WITH MY KID TO SCHOOL, AND THEN I WORRY WHETHER THEY'RE GONNA BE HUNGRY. 
          SO THINK OF THIS. 
          THIS IS FOOD FOR A WHOLE FAMILY IN GAZA. 
          THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY ALL HAVE TO SHARE TO EAT. 
          SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO APPEAL TO YOU IS JUST, YOU KNOW, APPEAL TO YOUR HUMANITY AND PLEASE PASS AND PUT A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION, UM, ON THE AGENDA. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEE, FOLLOWED BY ZIYAD RAWA. 
          I'M BACK UP HERE AGAIN. 
          I'VE HEARD A LOT OF PASSION TONIGHT, MOSTLY FROM LADIES REPRESENTING THEIR COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE OF GAZA. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION THOUGH. 
          WHERE ARE THE MEN OF GAZA? WHY DIDN'T THEY TAKE THEIR TOWNS AND THEIR COUNTRY BACK FROM HAMAS? IT'S A TOUGH QUESTION TO ASK, BUT IT HAS TO BE ASKED. 
          WHY DIDN'T THEY DO SOMETHING WHEN ROCKET LAUNCHERS ARE PLACED ON TOP OF HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS, DAYCARE CENTERS, WHY WEREN'T THESE THINGS CLEANED OUT? IF THERE WAS A ROCKET LAUNCHER SITTING ON CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL, I GUARANTEE YOU MY NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BE UP AND ON THAT THING AND TAKING IT OFF THE BUILDING SO THAT IT COULDN'T ATTACK CHINO OR BEYOND. 
          MAYBE IT'S TOO SIMPLE. 
          MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE THE FIRST AMENDMENT. 
          MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE THE SECOND AMENDMENT THAT WE DO HERE, BUT THEY HAVE HAMAS RUNNING THINGS. 
          IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY HAD TO LET GO ON THIS LONG KILL 30,000. 
          THERE'S NO, WHEN SOMEONE'S SPEAKING, I'M ASKING, WHERE ARE THE MEN OF GAZA LEE? WHY ARE THEY CLEANING UP THEIR MESS? PAUSE A MOMENT. 
          SO DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS, THE PERSON THAT'S SPEAKING IS THE ONLY PERSON SPEAKING. 
          IF THERE'S GONNA BE OUTBURSTS FROM THE AUDIENCE, YOU'RE GONNA BE REMOVED. 
          SO PLEASE LET THE SPEAKER FINISH. 
          IF THERE WAS NO GOVERNMENT, WHY DIDN'T COMMUNITY LEADERS TAKE OVER THINGS, TAKE OVER THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, GET THINGS STRAIGHTENED OUT? I KNOW IT'S A TOUGH QUESTION TO ASK, BUT I WANT TO KNOW WHERE YOUR MEN ARE OF TAKING CARE OF YOUR FAMILIES, YOUR HOMES, YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          BECAUSE IF WE DID THAT HERE, I WOULDN'T BE A MAN. 
          IT'S GO ON AND SMIRK, BUT CLEAN UP THE NEIGHBORHOOD OVER THERE. 
          MAYBE THINGS WOULD BE DIFFERENT. 
          THANK YOU, CHERYL. 
          WHO'S NEXT? CHERYL? NEXT PERSON IS ZAID RAH CHERYL, ZAID RAH. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO LISTEN TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. 
          NEVER PROVEN. 
          IT'S ALL, EXCUSE ME, IS I DON'T WANNA HAVE TO CLEAR THE CHAMBERS. 
          WE HAVE HOW MANY SPEAKERS LEFT? WE HAVE QUITE A FEW. 
          ABOUT 15. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE WANNA GIVE EVERYONE THEIR EQUAL TIME, UNINTERRUPTED TIME. 
          SO WHO'S THE NEXT SPEAKER? AND PLEASE, NO MORE OUTBURSTS. 
          ZIAD AWA. 
          NO. 
          OKAY, NEXT. 
          THEN WE HAVE COREY. 
          I'M SORRY, RAH. 
          I CAN'T READ THE WRITING. 
          COREY, HE LEFT NEXT. 
          OKAY, THEN WE HAVE ALI, ME, UH, HOW ABOUT ANIS? HEL RAY, RAYMOND ANIS. 
          HOW DO YOU SPELL IT? A-N-E-E-S. 
          LAST NAME R-E-H-M-A-N. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          NO, ANISE. 
          A-N-E-E-S-R-E-H-M-A-N. 
          NO. 
          SHAIMA. 
          SIMJEE. 
          OKAY. 
          KRISHA VALLEJOS. 
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MY NAME IS KRISHA VALLEJOS, AND I'VE BEEN LIVING IN THE IE. 
          ALL MY LIFE. 
          UH, CHINO HILLS MUST PASS A RESOLUTION THAT SUPPORTS CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION, HR 7 86 FOR PERMANENT CEASEFIRE IN PALESTINE. 
          AS AMERICAN PAL, UH, POLITICIANS, YOU HAVE MORE POWER THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. 
          HAS TO END THE SUFFERING OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. 
          AMERICA DIRECTLY FUNDS MAJORITY OF THE WEAPONS, UM, BEING SENT TO KILL PEOPLE IN PALESTINE. 
          AND CONGRESS CONTINUES TO TRY TO PUSH BILLIONS MORE DOLLARS, NOT EVEN TOWARDS HUMANITARIAN AID, BUT TOWARDS EVEN MORE WEAPONS. 
          EVERY DAY I WAKE UP AND WITNESS THE ATROCITIES, ISRAEL COMMITS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          AND EVERY DAY, ALL I CAN THINK ABOUT IS THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE AND HOW BADLY I WANT TO DO MORE FOR THEM, BUT I LITERALLY CAN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE. 
          BUT STAND HERE AND BEG YOU OUR REPRESENTATIVES TO PLEASE RALLY IN OUR SUPPORT. 
          MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD ARE DESPERATELY WAITING FOR OUR AMERICAN POLITICIANS TO TAKE ACTION IN ENDING THIS GENOCIDE, PLEASE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          RONNIE KAZI. 
          RONNIE, RANI. 
          KAZI, KAZI. 
          NO, SMA, RASHAD. 
          GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. 
          MY NAME IS SALMA RASHAD, AND I'VE LIVED IN CHINO HILLS FOR ALL OF MY LIFE. 
          I WOULD EVEN GO AS FAR AS TO SAY AS THAT I GREW UP IN THE JAMES ES DALMAN LIBRARY RIGHT ACROSS THE WAY. 
          NOW, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU, JUST THINK ABOUT IT. 
          WHY DID YOU CHOOSE TO BE A COUNCIL MEMBER? LEMME GUESS YOU WANTED TO MAKE A CHANGE, RIGHT? THAT MAKES YOU LEADERS. 
          LEADERS ARE PEOPLE WHO SEE ISSUES ON ANY SCALE AND TAKE ACTION TO SOLVE THEM. 
          NOW, SITTING ON THE CITY COUNCIL, YOU ARE IN LEADERSHIP. 
          BEING IN LEADERSHIP MEANS THAT YOU HAVE THE POWER AND AUTHORITY TO MAKE A REAL CHANGE. 
          WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I STAND HERE IN FRONT OF YOU. 
          SEE ALL FIVE OF YOU AS LEADERS WHO ARE IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS AND YET ARE DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO MAKE REAL CHANGE. 
          OUR COMMUNITY'S CONSTANT PRESSURE URGING FOR AN URGENT CEASE FIRE RESOLUTION SHOULD NOT BE OVERLOOKED. 
          AND I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT I HAVE TO STAND HERE AT 21 YEARS OLD BREAKING IT DOWN AND EXPLAINING HOW CRUCIAL IT IS THAT YOU ARE IN THE POWER TO DO SOMETHING THAT YOU WERE ELECTED TO DO. 
          AND YET YOU ARE DOING NOTHING. 
          I CANNOT SEE HOW THIS ISSUE CAN BE CONTINUOUSLY OVERLOOKED BY THE CITY WITH THE ARGUMENT THAT IT DOES NOT RELATE TO US. 
          CITIES HAVE THE POWER TO AFFECT CHANGE IN COUNTIES. 
          COUNTIES AFFECT STATES AND STATES AFFECT THE GOV. 
          FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND WHAT'S HAPPENING OVERSEAS IS MAJORLY AFFECTED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          AND THAT'S A FACT. 
          YOU CAN PUSH FOR A CEASEFIRE RE RESOLUTION TODAY AND GO HOME AND HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING ABLE TO NOT THINK ABOUT YOUR JOB ANYMORE, WHILE THE MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN OF PALESTINE DO NOT HAVE THAT OPTION. 
          EVERY DAY IS LIFE OR DEATH IN GAZA. 
          AND WE SIT HERE AND URGE OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO TAKE THE LARGE AND COURAGEOUS STEP TO CALL FOR CEASEFIRE. 
          AND I SAY COURAGEOUS QUITE LIGHTLY BECAUSE IT SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED COURAGEOUS TO SEE INJUSTICE AND SPEAK OUT AGAINST IT. 
          IN FACT, IT SHOULD BE EXPECTED, ESPECIALLY OUT OF OUR CITY OFFICIALS. 
          WE NEED TO CALL FOR AN URGENT CEASEFIRE. 
          ZA AND I AND I, WE NEED TO DO SO. 
          NOW, I'VE HAD SOME LOCAL EXPERIENCE WORKING IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AND I KNOW FIRSTHAND HOW TURTLE LIKE PACE IT TAKES TO GET THINGS DONE. 
          BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT ONE WORD FROM A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER CAN QUICKLY MOVE STAFF TO GET A RESOLUTION THROUGH. 
          I'M LOOKING AT EACH OF YOU AS MY LEADERS, AND I URGE YOU TO DO JUST THAT LEAD. 
          I URGE YOU TO CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE. 
          I'LL CONCLUDE WITH A PERSONAL REQUEST TO THE COUNCIL. 
          DO NOT SIT BACK AND GET COMFORTABLE IN YOUR SEAT. 
          AND PRIVILEGE CHANGE CAN BE UNCOMFORTABLE AT TIMES, BUT IT IS VITAL FOR GROWTH. 
          USE YOUR POWER. 
          MAKE THE VOICES OF CHINO HILL'S RESIDENTS HEARD. 
          WE ARE CALLING FOR A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION TO PUT AN IMMEDIATE END TO THIS PAIN AND SUFFERING OF OUR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS. 
          IN REZA, CHANGE ON A LOCAL SCALE IS LIKE A DROP OF WATER IN A POND. 
          IT MAY SEEM INSIGNIFICANT, BUT THAT DROP CAUSES A RIPPLE AND THE RIPPLE CAUSES A WAVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND FREE PALESTINE. 
          JESSICA JESSICA MOSS, FOLLOWED BY ISIS BENT. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          UM, I WANNA MAKE AN, I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE SOMETHING IN THE 30 PLUS PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME UP TO SPEAK ON THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE. 
          NONE OF THEM EXCEPT FOR ONE, MAYBE 
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HAS DONE ANYTHING THAT WOULD OPPOSE A CEASEFIRE. 
          AND I SAY ONE, MAYBE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT THAT PERSON REALLY KNOWS WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT. 
          UM, BUT EVERYBODY ELSE IS CALLING FOR A CEASEFIRE. 
          SO MY QUESTION, AND I KNOW YOU'VE ALL GOTTEN A LOT OF RHETORICAL QUESTIONS TONIGHT, BUT WHY ARE YOU MAKING THIS SO DIFFICULT WHEN EVERY PERSON HERE IN YOUR COMMUNITY WANTS A CEASEFIRE? UM, SO WITH THAT BEING ACKNOWLEDGED, YOU'VE HAD A LOT OF QUESTION POSED TO YOU, AND WE ARE REMINDED TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT YOU CAN'T RESPOND. 
          BUT I HOPE THAT YOU ARE RESPONDING IN YOUR MINDS AND IN YOUR HEARTS. 
          IF YOU LOVE YOUR CITY THE WAY YOU SAY YOU DO, AND IF YOU LOVE THE PEOPLE OF YOUR CITY THE WAY YOU SAY YOU DO, THEN YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO THEM WHEN THEY ARE ASKING YOU TO JUST DISCUSS A CEASEFIRE. 
          EVEN IF YOU DON'T AGREE WITH SOME OF THE MINOR LANGUAGE, PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AND HAVE AN ACTUAL CONVERSATION. 
          YOU ARE THE ONES THAT ARE MAKING THIS DIFFICULT RIGHT NOW. 
          THE NUMBERS MIGHT NOT CONVINCE YOU BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD THEM OVER AND OVER AGAIN, UM, THAT OVER A HUNDRED PALESTINIANS A DAY ARE BEING MURDERED. 
          UM, IN A ETHNIC CLEANSING, IN A GENOCIDE THAT IS DETERMINED BY THE UN, UM, 1.9 MILLION ARE DISPLACED. 
          UM, IN 131 DAYS, OVER 30,000 HAVE DIED, HAVE BEEN MURDERED, ENTIRE GENERATIONS AND FAMILY LINES ARE GONE. 
          UM, THE LOGIC OF MONEY HAS BEEN USED. 
          I MEAN, IN MY MIND, YOU AS CITY COUNCIL, GO TO COUNTY, GO TO STATE, GO TO FEDERAL, AND THEN YOU CAN BUILD ALL YOUR PICKLEBALL COURTS. 
          UM, THE PATTERN OF OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE ALSO PASSED CEASEFIRE RESOLUTIONS ARE, IS FOR WHATEVER REASON, NOT CONVINCING YOU, BUT HOPEFULLY YOUR MORALS AND YOUR CONSCIENCE WILL CONVINCE YOU. 
          I'M NOT SORRY THAT YOU'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 3:00 PM I'M NOT. 
          YOU SIGNED UP FOR THAT. 
          I'M NOT SORRY THAT WE ARE ALL TIRED AND THAT YOU ARE TIRED. 
          I'M NOT SORRY THAT SOME OF YOU HAVE HAD TO STAND AGAINST THE WALL BECAUSE YOUR COMFORTABLE CHAIRS ARE GETTING UNCOMFORTABLE. 
          I'M NOT SORRY THAT WE HAVE STAYED HERE THIS WHOLE TIME, BECAUSE WHAT YOU HAVE WITNESSED IS OUR RESOLVE AND OUR MORALS AND OUR FORTITUDE. 
          YOU ARE WITNESSING THE POWER OF A DETERMINED COMMUNITY THAT HAS MORAL COURAGE. 
          ALL OF US WILL KEEP SHOWING UP, AND WE WILL NOT KE WE WILL NOT STOP UNTIL PALESTINE IS FREE. 
          WE WILL NOT STOP DEMANDING A CEASEFIRE BECAUSE OUR ETHICS AND OUR MORALS REQUIRE US TO DO SO. 
          WHAT YOU ARE WITNESSING IS MORAL COURAGE. 
          AND MY, AGAIN, QUESTION TO ALL OF YOU IS WHAT ARE YOUR MORALS REQUIRING YOU TO DO? THANK YOU. 
          I SPENT FOLLOWED BY JASSER KAFI, I LOVE YOU IN THE NAME OF ALLAH , YOUR NAME IS IRRELEVANT TO ME. 
          IT'S YOUR HEART. 
          AND I THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF YOUR ATTENTION. 
          WET WOVEN TAPESTRY, LACTATING TAINTED BORIC ACID, FECES HAIRS, BRAIDED SKIN TYPE LACED WHEAT, GERMS, GESTATING COLONY SPECIES CAPTURED LAV LABORATORY RODENTS, SAMPLE IMITATING TO CRUMBS, TO CAPTURED EAGER EMBRYONIC ILLUSTRATIONS, MOTION SIMULATED OIL, PORTRAITS OF PABLO'S CONDITION, STIMULI WELL PATTERNS, DISTINCT SEAMS OF OUR GARMENT, SKIN SEWN RAGE, RODENTS, RAMPANT RETORT, ANSWER THE PARCHED HYPOTHESIS, NO LONGER LEPA LINGUS BEGA, BEGGING FOR BOARDING FOSSIL FUELS SUCKLED TAP CHAIN OF LIFE HAS DRAW NINE EMPTY TROUGH ESTIMATES ENTICE ERECT SHRINE, SACRIFICIAL ALTER, EXAGGERATE BLOOD URNS FLOW, WINE OF HOLY GRAILS EXCUSED OUR SUBTLE POOLS OFFERED UNTO INEBRIATED BAUS TO AN EXCLUSIVE STATE OF NO AVAILED ESCAPE. 
          EXCUSED FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION, EXCLUDING RESERVATION IN VIP STATUS. 
          ALL RADIATING STARS STILL INDIGO'S LANTERNS, ALL RADIATING STARS STILL INDIGO'S LANTERNS, ALL RADIATING STARS STILL INDIGO'S LANTERNS CAPTURED AND CAUGHT, CAPTURED AND CAUGHT, CAPTURED AND CAUGHT. 
          I THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF YOUR ATTENTION. 
          TO SAY TO YOU, MY PRIVILEGE IS TO BE HERE AND TO BE IGNORANT. 
          COMING HERE ABOUT A 
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RESOLUTION, I'M PROBABLY ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM THAT'S GONNA SAY AGAIN, I LOVE YOU AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR POSITION BECAUSE I'M SUPPOSED TO STAND HERE AND SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT SOMETHING CALLED OPERATION LA THAT WAS CREATED IN 1978 BY THE SECURITY COUNCIL, ISRAEL, THE UNITED STATES. 
          JORDAN AND EGYPT SIGNED IT. 
          AND IT'S A COURSE OF ACTION FOR SELF-DEFENSE PRECEDENCE AND USE OF FORCE. 
          IT IS A DESIGN WAR. 
          AND IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THE UNITED NATIONS WAS SPEAKING TO THAT WHEN MANA PAMPHLETS WERE BEING DROPPED IN GAZA, THAT ISRAEL WAS NOT FOLLOWING THE AGREED DESIGN OF WAR. 
          I THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF SAYING THAT WHEN A DOOR CLOSES, THE WINDOW OPENS, AND I MIGHT BE THE WINDOW OVER THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU HAVE NOT YET ASSERTED BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT ASSERTING IT WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU NEED TO DO. 
          SO YOU HAVE SOMETHING CALLED OPERATION LA THANK YOU. 
          THAT UN, UM, SIGNED IT AND IT, IT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED TO GIVE YOUR ATTENTION TO. 
          THANK YOU. 
           JOER. 
          KAFI, SORRY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          DE L ANI. 
          I DIDN'T HEAR WHERE HE GO, ALL LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          UH, PLEASE ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. 
          MY NAME IS DE ANI. 
          I'M A AEROSPACE ENGINEER, BORN AND RAISED IN MOROCCO AT A CITY CALLED MAGAN, WHERE THE JEWS AND MUSLIM LIVED SIDE BY SIDE IN A HARMONY AND PEACE. 
          THEY CAME TODAY TO THIS ESTEEMED CITY COUNCIL FOR HEALTH ON BEHALF OF SOME, UH, ON BEHALF OF INNOCENT KIDS AND WOMEN THAT ARE GETTING KILLED IN DAILY BASIS IN GAZA. 
          I AM HERE WITH THIS REQUEST THAT ASCEND GEOGRAPHIC ANY GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, RELIGIOUS BELIEF, OR POLITICAL IDEOLOGY. 
          IF THE SAME EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE SOMEWHERE ELSE, I WILL, I WOULD REACH WITH THE SAME REQUEST. 
          THE SITUATION IN GAZA HAS LEFT ME GRAPPLING WITH A WHIRLWIND OF EMOTION THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO PUT INTO WORDS, THE CONSTANT BARRAGE OF ATTACKS WITH TANKS. 
          AND F 35 REIGNING DOWN DESTRUCTION ON INNOCENT CIVILIANS HAD SHAKEN ME TO MY CORE. 
          IT'S, IT IS NOT JUST A WAR, IT IS A CHEATING DISPLAY OF INHUMANITY THAT CHALLENGES ME. 
          MY VERY BELIEF IN THE GOODNESS OF HUMANITY. 
          WITNESS WITNESSING THE SUFFERING OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN CUT IN THE CROSSFIRE OF POLITICAL CONFLICT, FILLS ME WITH A SENSE OF PROFOUND DISILLUSIONMENT AND SORROW. 
          AS THE VIOLENCE ESCALATES, I FEEL A GROWING OF HELPLESSNESS AND DESPAIR. 
          IT IS IF I AM WITNESSING THE DARKEST DIP OF HUMAN NATURE WHERE I EMPATHY AND COMPASSION ARE OVERSHADOWED BY GREED AND VIOLENCE. 
          I STRUGGLE TO FIND THE RIGHT WORD TO EXPRESS THE DEPTH OF MY EMOTIONS AS THE MAGNITUDE OF THE SITUATION. 
          WHY HEAVILY ON MY HEART. 
          A MOMENT LIKE THIS, I FOUND SOLA IN THE RESILIENCE AND STRENGTH OF THOSE AFFECTED BY THE CONFLICT AS THE CONTINUE TO ENDURE UNIMAGINABLE HARDSHIP WITH AN UNWAVERING COURAGE. 
          YET I CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL A, FEEL A SENSE OF URGENCY AND FRUSTRATION KNOWING THAT INNOCENT LIVES ARE BEING LOST WHILE THE WORD WATCHES IN SILENCE. 
          AS WE NOW GIVE, NAVIGATE THROUGH THESE CHALLENGING TIMES, I HOLD ONTO HOPE FOR A FUTURE WHERE PEACE AND JUSTICE PREVAIL. 
          UNTIL THEN, MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYER ARE, ARE WITH PEOPLE OF GAZA AND ALL THOSE AFFECTED BY THE SENSELESS VIOLENCE. 
          I IMPLORE YOU. 
          WE NEED YOUR HELP. 
          I BELIEVE IN YOU. 
          YOU ARE GOOD PEOPLE. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          YOUR TIME UP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          PLEASE HELP THOSE INNOCENT PEOPLE THAT ARE GETTING KILLED. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR MORAN. 
          MAYOR MORAN. 
          THAT IS THE FINAL SPEAKER. 
          OKAY. 
          AT 
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THIS TIME, WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR, UM, SAFETY UPDATES. 
          FIRE. 
          WE HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND CHIEF GERARD, THAT WORKED OR NOT. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HONORABLE 
          [06:00:01]
MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, UH, CITY COUNCIL. 
          I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT THIS EVENING. 
          OKAY, THANK 
          [ CITY MANAGER UPDATES]
YOU SIR. 
          CITY MANAGER UPDATES. 
          MAYOR, I ONLY HAVE ONE COMMENT TO MAKE TONIGHT, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE AUDIENCE, UH, TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT. 
          I'VE HAD SEVERAL COMMENTS SINCE OUR LAST, OR QUESTIONS SINCE OUR LAST MEETING ABOUT, UH, HOW AN ITEM GETS ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA, UH, AS IT'S BEEN STATED, UH, MULTIPLE TIMES TO TONIGHT. 
          UH, THESE, UH, PROCEEDINGS ARE IN AN OPEN PUBLIC FORUM. 
          UH, THEY'RE DESIGNED TO ACCOMPLISH TYPICALLY THREE GOALS. 
          ONE IS TO RECEIVE PUBLIC INPUT, WHICH WE RECEIVED QUITE A BIT OF TONIGHT. 
          TYPICALLY, THAT PUBLIC INPUT IS LIMITED TO, UH, SPECIFIC CITY ACTION. 
          YOU'LL SEE ON OUR AGENDA EVERYTHING FROM APPROVING, UH, UH, PURCHASES TO WEIGHING IN ON WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD HAVE A, A PARK GO IN A PARTICULAR DIRECTION. 
          UH, IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO DELIBERATE IN PUBLIC TO HAVE THE PROCESS OF COMING TO A DECISION IN PUBLIC SO THAT THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO VOICE THEIR OPINION AND ALSO SEE THAT DECISION, UH, MADE, UH, IN FRONT OF THEM. 
          I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THAT WHEN THE COUNCIL DOES NOT COMMENT ON AN ITEM THAT IS BROUGHT UP IN PUBLIC COMMENTS, IT'S BECAUSE IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, AND WE DON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL SIDES TO BE HEARD. 
          AND SO FOR TONIGHT, IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT AS WE DEVELOP THE AGENDAS, THEY'RE ALL TYPICALLY BASED ON THE ACTIONS THAT FIT EASILY INTO A BOX FOR THE, THE, THE OPERATION OF THE CITY. 
          THE CITY MANAGER HAS A ROLE IN THAT. 
          THE COUNCIL HAS A ROLE IN SETTING AGENDA, AND EVEN OUR DEPARTMENT HEAD STAFF HAVE A ROLE IN, IN, UH, IDENTIFYING THAT AGENDA. 
          SO I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND, ESPECIALLY FOR ALL THOSE WHO SPENT THE TIME TONIGHT TO MAKE, UH, COMMENTS TO THE PUBLIC. 
          UH, AND THROUGH YOUR EMAILS, THE COUNCIL DOES HEAR YOU. 
          UH, I THINK THAT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT WHEN THEY DON'T RESPOND, IT'S BECAUSE OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE WAY A MEETING IS SET UP. 
          AND THEN THE COUNCIL HAS A DECISION AND THE STAFF HAVE A ROLE IN PUTTING THINGS ON THE AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION AND FOR ACTION. 
          AND SO I JUST THOUGHT WITH ESPECIALLY ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN, THAT IT'S GOOD TO PUT INTO, UH, A FULL FRAMEWORK HOW THE MEETINGS WORK AND, AND WHAT YOU SEE, UH, IS DICTATED BY, UH, OPEN MEETINGS. 
          AND SO THAT ENDS MY COMMENT FOR TONIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, BEN. 
          MOVING 
          [ COUNCIL REPORTS Mayor Moran 	California Institution for Men and Women Citizens Advisory Committees   Vice Mayor Bennett 	Omnitrans Board   Council Member Marquez  	San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Board Council Member Rogers 	Chino Desalter Authority Board 	Water Facilities Authority Board]
ON TO COUNCIL REPORTS. 
          I ATTENDED THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTION FOR MEN AND WOMEN'S CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE THIS MORNING. 
          I HAVE NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT VICE MAYOR BENNETT. 
          UH, YES, I ATTENDED, I ATTENDED THE, UH, OMNI TRANS MEETING LAST WEEK. 
          UH, RATHER THAN GO THROUGH A BUNCH OF THE, THE, THE REPORT SIGNIFICANT THAT WAS PRESENTED, UH, I'VE GIVEN EACH ONE OF YOU, UH, A COPY OF THE 2023 CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SURVEY, UM, FOR OMNI UH, RIDE THAT WAS PRESENTED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. 
          UH, READ THROUGH THAT. 
          WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, I CAN DO FOLLOW UP, I CAN GET YOU ANSWERS ON IT. 
          BUT ESSENTIALLY, THIS GIVES YOU A LOT OF STATISTICS WITH RESPECT TO THE TYPES OF CUSTOMERS THAT ARE GOING ON THE RIDERSHIP AND, UH, JUST WHAT'S GOING ON WITH TRAN. 
          AND THAT, THAT COMPLETES MY REPORT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ART, UH, RAY? NO, NO REPORT. 
          OKAY, PETER, A COUPLE OF BRIEF ONES ATTENDED A EMERGENCY MEETING OF THE WFA WATER FACILITIES AUTHORITY, WHO PROVIDES OUR STATE WATER TO, UH, TO OUR REGION AND TO CHINO HILLS. 
          AND IT HAD TO DO WITH AN EMERGENCY APPROVAL OF, UH, $50,000 TO REPLACE OR TO REPAIR AN ALUMINUM SULFITE PIPELINE THAT, UH, BROKE. 
          UM, AND THEN MOVING ON TO WATER FACILITIES AUTHORITY. 
          UH, MOST OF THE ACTION TOOK PLACE IN CLOSED SESSION, AND WE JUST HAD, UH, WE APPROVED COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF WFA. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PETER, 
          [ COUNCIL COMMENTS]
DO YOU WANNA ROLL INTO YOUR, UH, CLOSING COMMENTS? UH, I HAVE NOTHING. 
          OKAY. 
          ERIC? UH, NOTHING. 
          OKAY. 
          BRIAN, UH, JUST ONE QUICK THING, UH, JUST TO ASK, UH, OUR CHIEF, IF WE COULD LOOK AT, UM, POTENTIALLY HAVING A, LIKE LOS SERRANO SPECIFIC EVENT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, JUST IN TERMS OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT NEIGHBOR, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD WATCHES AND JUST MAYBE HEARING FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THEIR THOUGHTS OR CONCERNS DOWN IN THAT AREA. 
          SO IF WE COULD EXPLORE SOMETHING SPECIFIC TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, I'D APPRECIATE IT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          I'LL PUT THAT ON MY AGENDA. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          AND THAT'S IT. 
          OKAY, RAY, NO, NOTHING. 
          I HAVE NO COMMENTS 
          [ ADJOURN IN MEMORIAM AND IN HOPE: Adjourn with deep gratitude, respect, and appreciation for the brave individuals who serve and have served in the Armed Forces. Their selfless contributions protect us all. May we as a community continue to support and honor them.]
AT THIS TIME. 
          I'M GOING TO ADJOURN WITH DEEP GRATITUDE, RESPECT, AND APPRECIATION 
          [06:05:01]
FOR THE BRAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVE AND HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES. 
          THEIR SELFLESS CONTRIBUTIONS PROTECT US ALL. 
          MAY WE ALL, AS A COMMUNITY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND HONOR THEM. 
          AND AT THIS TIME, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.