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[ 6:00 P.M. - CONVENE MEETING / ROLL CALL]
EVENING EVERYBODY.I'D LIKE TO RECONVENE THE CHINO HILL CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF MARCH 12TH, 2024.
AT THIS TIME, UH, PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO OUR FLAG AT THE CONCLUSION.
MAYOR MORAN, MAY I PLEASE? I'M SORRY.
AND AT THE CONCLUSION OF TONIGHT'S PLEDGE, PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR TONIGHT'S INVOCATION BY CHAPLAIN TED WONG OF THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT.
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]
BEGIN.I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[ INVOCATION: Chaplain Ted Wong, Chino Valley Fire District]
OUR DEAREST HEAVEN, ANY FATHER, WE'RE SO THANKFUL, LORD, THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US THIS PRIVILEGE TO INVITE AND ACKNOWLEDGE YOU IN YOUR PRESENCE HERE WITH US TONIGHT.SO WE ASK FATHER FOR YOUR PRESENCE AS WELL AS YOUR BLESSING UPON US.
FIRST OF ALL, WE LIKE TO BE WE, WE ARE THANKFUL FATHER FOR THE ABILITY TO RECOGNIZE THE ACHIEVEMENT OF OUR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN, YOU KNOW, WITH THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, WITH THEIR ALL-STAR, UH, FOOTBALL, UH, JUNIOR FOOTBALL, SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS, AS WELL AS THE CHEERLEADERS.
WE RECOGNIZE THE FACT, LORD, THAT UH, THEY PUT IN A LOT OF HARD WORK AND DEDICATION, AND INDEED, YOU BLESS THEM FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENT.
AND WE ARE ALS ALSO BLESSED FOR THAT.
THEY REPRESENT THE GOOD OF ALL OF US.
FATHER, FOR THAT, WE THANK YOU.
WE ALSO PRAY FATHER FOR THEM, THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO GUIDE THEM AND MATURE THEM, THAT THEY TOO WILL BE OUR FUTURE LEADER OF OUR CITY.
WE'RE THANKFUL, FATHER, FOR THE NEW HIRE, ALMA, UH, TO OUR STAFF.
MAY YOU FATHER BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO GROW, GROW HER, AND THAT SHE WILL BE A ONE OF THE VALUABLE MEMBER OF OUR CHINO HILLS FAMILY.
WE PRAY NOW, FATHER, FOR OUR LEADERS, FOR OUR COUNCIL MEMBER, YOUR, YOUR WORD TELLS US THAT IF WE ASK FATHER FOR WISDOM, YOU WOULD GIVE THAT TO US LIBERALLY.
WE ASK FATHER THAT YOU WILL PROVIDE THEM WITH THE WISDOM TO LEAD THE CITY.
YOUR, YOUR WORD ALSO TELLS US THAT FOR THOSE WHO DO RIGHTLY, THAT THEY WILL BE REWARDED.
OUR PRAYER FATHER, IS THAT YOU WILL BLESS 'EM FOR THEIR HARD WORK, THAT YOU WILL REWARD THEM AND TO GIVE THEM THE SATISFACTION THAT THEY HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB IN SERVING YOU AND OUR COMMUNITY.
LASTLY, I PRAY, FATHER, FOR ALL THOSE WHO COME OUT TO PARTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THEM AS WELL TOO, BECAUSE THEY'RE PART OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WILL, YOU KNOW, THAT WILL BLESS OUR COMMUNITY AND KEEP US SAFE.
SO WE PLACE AND ASK THAT YOU WILL BLESS THIS MEETING TONIGHT IN YOUR SON'S JESUS NAME WE PRAY.
[7. INTRODUCTION - New Employees: Alma Sandoval, Administrative Assistant I, City Clerk's Office, and Brian Vogelesang, Information Technology Technician I, City Manager's Office]
ON OUR AGENDA IS INTRODUCTIONS OF NEW EMPLOYEES, ALMA SANDOVAL FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, ONE IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, AND BRIAN VOGELSANG, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TECHNICIAN, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM? HELLO.
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I AM HONORED TO EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO TWO NEW MEMBERS TO THE CHINO HILLS FAMILY IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER.ELMA IS A CHINO HILLS NATIVE, WHO FIRST BEGAN WORKING FOR THE CITY IN 2019 AS A RECREATION LEADER IN THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
SHE LATER TRANSITIONED INTO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION, WHERE SHE WAS AN OFFICE ASSISTANT FOR A FEW YEARS.
ALMA HAS BEEN SELECTED AS THE NEWEST ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, ONE IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, WHERE SHE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE EXCELLENT SERVICE TO HER COMMUNITY AND COLLEAGUES.
AND IT'S NICE TO PUT A FACE WITH THE EMAILS I GET FROM YOU.
SO WITH THAT, IT'S THE COVETED WHERE'S, OH, THANK YOU.
AND OF COURSE, THE, THE CITY PIN TO WELCOME YOU TO OUR FAMILY.
AND NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO BRIAN.
PRIOR TO JOINING US, BRIAN SPENT A LITTLE OVER THREE YEARS AS AN IT SPECIALIST FOR THE CITY OF UPLAND.
HE HAS OVER A DECADE OF EXPERIENCE IN IT AND 20 YEARS IN VOLUNTEER AND VOCATIONAL EXPERIENCE WITH NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
BRIAN EARNED A MASTER'S DEGREE AND A PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND LOOKS FORWARD TO WHAT HE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO OUR CITY.
THANK YOU BOTH FOR CHOOSING CHINO HILLS AND WE, AGAIN, WELCOME YOU TO OUR FAMILY.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? YEAH, SURE.
CITY MANAGERS AND DIRECTORS AND SUPERVISORS.
I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY A LOT AND I LOVE WORKING FOR THE CITY.
I WANNA SAY I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO, UH, MAYOR.
CITY COUNCIL, UH, CITY MANAGER FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF UPLAND.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE HERE AND I HOPE THAT I CAN, UH, CONTRIBUTE IN A VERY POSITIVE WAY IN THE MY FUTURE IS, UH, TIME HERE.
NEXT, WE HAVE A LARGE GROUP HERE TONIGHT THAT WE ARE GOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE.
[8. San Bernardino County 4th District Update]
ON OUR AGENDA IS AN UPDATE BY SUPERVISOR HAGMAN REGARDING THE FOURTH DISTRICT OUTTA ORDER.I DON'T THINK YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SITTING OVER THERE.
I WANNA WATCH YOUR PRESENTATION.
YOU CAN DO ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE.
UH, MADAM MAYOR AND COUNSEL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF CATCH UP.
BUT WE'VE BEEN WORKING, AND FOR MY FELLOW RESIDENTS, THERE'S A LOT OF BEHIND THE SCENES STUFF THAT WE'RE ALWAYS DOING WITH OUR COUNCILS AND, UM, USUALLY WE DON'T KNOW THEY'RE BEING WORKED ON UNTIL THE VERY END.
BUT THE MAYOR AND, AND THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, ALLOWED ME A LITTLE BIT OF UPDATE OF WHAT THE COUNTY IS DOING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
UM, I HAVE THE BEST DISTRICT IN THE COUNTY BECAUSE I HAVE FIVE GREAT CITIES THAT BASICALLY TAKE CARE OF A LOT OF THINGS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF ALL THE TIME ON THEIR OWN FOR THEM.
IN CORPORATE AREAS, WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE SAME THING THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO WITH SEWER, WATER, POWER, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
BUT MY DISTRICT HAS CHINO, CHINO HILLS, ONTARIO, MONTCLAIR AND UPLAND IN IT, WHERE WE CAN SIT THERE AND WORK TOGETHER ON HOPEFULLY QUALITY OF LIFE, UM, ASPECTS HERE IN THE CITY AND OUR SURROUNDING AREA.
SO I KNOW, UH, HOPEFULLY INDULGE A LITTLE BIT WITH THE COUNTY ON THE GLOBAL SCALE, WORKING OUR WAY DOWN TO THE CITY.
AND HOPEFULLY I'VE BEEN BRIEFED ON THIS.
UH, JUST TO SET SOME COUNTYWIDE, UM, THINGS IS ONE OF THEM IS WE HAVE GONE OUT AND WE SELECTED, UM, CONFIRE TO BE OUR NEW AMBULANCE SERVICE.
THAT MAY TAKE US A WHILE TO TRANSFER, BUT, UM, OUR CHIEF'S HERE AND, UM, WE KNOW THAT CHINO VALLEY FIRE'S GONNA DO A GREAT, UH, JOB FOR OUR RESIDENTS HERE IN CHINO CHINO HILLS.
ANOTHER ONE ON EVERYONE'S MIND IS WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT THE HOMELESS? UM, AND I'M NOT GET TOO MUCH INTO THIS, BUT WE HAVE LOTS OF RESOURCES THAT WE ARE PLANNING AND WE HAVE A MASTER PLAN TO HELP OUR COMMUNITIES DEAL WITH THE, WE CALL IT THE UNHOUSED DEFINED BEDS AND AND SERVICES TO HOPEFULLY GET THESE FOLKS BACK ON THEIR FEET.
AND, UM, AND KIND OF IN A NUTSHELL IN THE FE FEDERAL FUNDING UPDATE, UM, WE HAVE BEEN PUTTING SOME MONEY AWAY WITH THE COUNTY'S VERY STRONG RIGHT NOW INTO MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE AREA.
I'M GONNA GO OVER SOME OF THOSE TONIGHT, OR SOME OF OUR COUNTY ASSETS.
UM, ONE OF THEM IS, I'M JUST GONNA PUSH A BUTTON 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT GOES WITH WHAT, UM, PRADO PARK.
SO WE'RE DOING, WE PUT 30 MILLION AWAY FOR OUR PARK SYSTEMS IN THE COUNTY, AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE PROJECTS WE'RE DOING.
THE FIRST IS WE'RE WORKING ON NEW GATEHOUSE AND MONUMENT SIGN.
IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN INTO PRADO PARK, A LOT OF TIMES IT GETS BUSY.
WE QUEUE BACK UP TO EUCLID AVENUE, SO WE'RE GONNA EXPAND THAT TO THREE LANES IN TWO LANES OUT, MUCH FURTHER, DEEPER INTO THE, THE DRIVE SO WE CAN PUT MORE PEOPLE THROUGH THERE QUICKER,
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AND THAT'LL BE MODERNIZED.WE'RE ABOUT 25% DONE, WILL BE DONE IN DECEMBER, 2025, UH, PUMPS FOR THE WATER THAT USED TO GET CLOGGED ALL THE TIME AND WORKING ON THE RODENT ISSUES.
THERE'S NOT SO MANY HOLES THERE AS WELL.
SO YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE GRASS IS VERY NICE OUT THERE.
WE'RE ALSO UPDATING OUR RV CAMPGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE'RE GONNA RE RENOVATE THE, THE RESTROOMS AND SHOWERS AND ALL NEW SITES, UM, FOR THE RV PARKING AND MAKE SURE ALL THOSE SERVICES WORK.
WE DID GET A GRANT FROM NORMA TORRES, OUR CONGRESSWOMAN, FOR 2.2 MILLION OR 2.3 MILLION TO UPDATE THE SNACK BAR, WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE LAKE.
SO WE'LL FINALLY HAVE A REAL KITCHEN AND A, A PLACE TO GO GET FOOD WHILE WE'RE VISITING THE PARK.
AND THAT'LL BE DONE HOPEFULLY IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR.
AND WE HAVE A SPLASHBACK COMING IN IN JUNE OF 24.
SO IN THOSE HOT SUMMERS, WE NEED LITTLE KIDS WANNA GO OUT AND GET A LITTLE COOLED OFF.
IF YOU'RE NOT JUST WANNA GO TO THE SHOPS, WE CAN GO DOWN TO, UM, THE PARK AS WELL.
WHERE ELSE ARE WE DOING THE, THE BOAT DOCKS.
AND SO WE'LL HAVE BE ABLE TO RENT THAT AS WELL.
WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ONTARIO AIRPORT THAT'S ALSO IN OUR AREA AND JUST WANNA KIND OF HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE UPDATES ON THAT.
GONNA SKIPPED BY CHINO AIRPORT, BUT LET'S SEE.
YEAH, WE'RE DOING THIS, UH, SPILL WATER.
IF YOU EVER BEEN, WE HAD RAIN THE LAST THREE WEEKS.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO THROUGH THE OLD PART OF CHINO, ALL THE WATER GETS IN THOSE STREETS.
WE JUST DID THE STORMWATER CONVEYANCE PROJECT THAT'LL BRING IT THROUGH AND GET RID OF THAT IN THE BASIN.
SO WE HOPEFULLY DON'T HAVE THAT BACK BACKUP OF WATER ANYMORE.
THAT IS A $1.2 MILLION INVESTMENT THROUGH, UM, KIMBALL AVENUE.
UM, WE ALSO DO LOTS OF ROAD IMPROVEMENTS AROUND THE AIRPORT WITH, UH, MERRILL AND KIMBALL, INCLUDING TWO OR THREE NEW LEFT HAND TURN LANES, SUB CIRCULATE THE TRAFFIC THERE.
AND WE'RE PUTTING A NEW FENCE AND MONUMENT SIGNS THROUGHOUT TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE APPEALING TO THE EYES FROM THE OUTSIDE.
ON THE INSIDE, WE'LL BE ALSO DOING A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS, UH, AND UPGRADING ON THE TARMAC AND THE ROADS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE WORK WITH CHINO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THEY WANNA PUT A SUBSTATION THERE NEXT TO THE FIRE STATION.
SO WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF CHINO ON THAT.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ONTARIO AIRPORT AS WELL.
AND WE HAVE LOTS OF NEW FLIGHTS, SO IF YOU'RE PLANNING YOUR SUMMER VACATION OR WHATEVER, WE'RE GETTING NEW FLIGHTS PRETTY MUCH EVERY MONTH.
UH, NEW PACIFIC AIRLINES IS FLYING TO NASHVILLE AND RENO SOUTHWEST IS GOING HOUSTON HOBBY IN PORTLAND.
AND FRONTIER AIRLINES ANNOUNCED A NUMBER OF NEW FLIGHTS TO PORTLAND, SALT LAKE, SEATTLE, HOUSTON, AND EL PASO.
SO LOTS OF PLACES TO GO VISIT COMING UP HERE IN THE FUTURE.
SO REMEMBER TO CHECK THERE FIRST BEFORE YOU BOOK YOUR YOUR SUMMER VACATIONS.
WE ALSO HAVE NASHVILLE AND HOUSTON AGAIN BY UNITED.
SO LOTS OF NEW FLIGHTS EVERY MONTH WE OPEN UP OUR GLOBAL ENTRY SYSTEM, SO THOSE WHO WANNA DO INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL CAN COME TO ONTARIO AIRPORT VERSUS GOING TO LAS VEGAS OR LOS ANGELES TO GET YOUR GLOBAL ENTRY, UM, UH, APPLICATION, GET A PROCESS THERE.
AND THERE REALLY ISN'T MUCH OF A LINE THERE.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL, THE OLD TERMINAL ONE, IF YOU WANT TO GO THERE, YOU GET THAT DONE.
SO WE MOVE ON TO MORE COUNTY FUNDED PROJECTS.
UM, WITH THE PARTNERSHIP OF CHINO HILLS, THERE IS A, WE DONATE A MILLION DOLLARS TOWARD, I THINK IT'S A $2.2 MILLION BIN, UM, PURPLE PIPE SYSTEM THAT WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO CONTINUE TO USE IT'S RECYCLED WATER AND SAVE ON THE, ON THE CURRENT WATER INFRASTRUCTURE.
I'M LIKE WAY OFF OF MY PAGES HERE.
UM, WE ARE DONATING TO OUR LOCAL CHARITIES.
WE HELP THE FOOD MINISTRY PROGRAM AT ST.
WE HELP CHINO AND NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE, UM, ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY BUY THEIR BUILDING AND WORK WITH, WITH, UM, THEM TO HAVE THE PERMANENT HOME FOR THE, FOR THE CHINO VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
WE REALLY BELIEVE IN OUR STRONG BUS OR SMALL BUSINESS AND HAVING IT STRONG HERE.
SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO, SUPPORT THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES.
WE'RE GONNA TRY TO CONTINUE TO HELP.
UH, CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT, WE'VE GOT A NEW FIRE APPARATUS, UM, WITH THEM AND CHINO VALLEY, YMCA.
WE DONATE 128,000 TOWARD, UH, FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL.
AND 125,000 TOWARD THE STATE PARK IMPROVEMENTS HERE IN CHINO HILLS ECO SCOUT PROJECTS.
NOW THIS IS KIND OF LIKE THE, THE UNVEILING OF THE NEW PROJECTS THAT WE'RE HOPING TO BRING, WHICH IS KIND OF A BIGGER DEAL.
THIS IS WHAT A LOT OF OUR FOCUS ON, UM, OVER THE LAST SIX TO NINE MONTHS THAT ARE STILL WORK.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSE WITH LIVE NATION TO TRY BEING A NEW AMPHITHEATER TO THE PRADO PARK.
SO IF YOU KNOW WHAT EUCLID AND, AND PINE IS THAT AREA, WE'RE, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOT THE INFRASTRUCTURE,
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THE, THE SEATS AND STUFF LIKE THAT ALREADY SITTING AT OUR AIRPORT, BUT WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO GET A CONTRACT.SO HOPEFULLY I HAVE CONCERTS, UM, FIRST CLASS CONCERTS HERE IN CHINO VALLEY COMING FORWARD THAT'S STILL IN THE WORKS.
UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH LA 28 FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF TO GET TO 2028 OLYMPICS BACK TO THE CHINO.
SO AT LA PRODO SHOOTING PARK, THAT'S GONNA BE A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT BY THE COUNTY TO BE STATE OF THE ART FACILITIES THERE.
UM, FOR NOT JUST THE OLYMPICS HERE IN 2028, BUT ALSO INTERNATIONAL SHOOTING COMPETITIONS.
UM, GOING FORWARD, WE SHOULD KNOW THAT IN JUNE WHEN LA CITY COUNCIL HAS TO VOTE ON LETTING US HAVE THAT VENUE.
AND THEN I'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY, AND THIS IS MAYBE HOPEFULLY NEW FOR SOME OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, EITHER 'CAUSE THE DRAWINGS, JONATHAN JUST GOT OUT.
UM, BUT WE'RE GONNA BE TRYING TO PARTICIPATE WITH THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS IN A NEW COMMUNITY CENTER AND PARK AND SPLASH PAD AREAS IN SOUTH OF THE CITY.
AND THAT COULD BE AS MUCH AS A 10 TO $12 MILLION PROJECT THAT WE'RE, WE'RE PARTNERING UP.
THAT IS A, UM, SOMETHING I'LL BRING UP TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
THEY WILL HAVE TO APPROVE IN THE FUTURE, UM, WITH THAT.
BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE COMMITTED TO, BRINGING THE, THE BETTER FACILITIES, THE BEST FACILITIES FOR OUR RESIDENTS HERE IN CHINO HILLS GOING FORWARD.
AND IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL TO PARTNER UP IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS ON THAT.
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, SUPERVISOR HEMAN, THANK YOU.
THAT WAS A GREAT, GREAT UPDATE.
AND BECAUSE WE'RE THE BEST CITY IN YOUR DISTRICT, WE ALWAYS TRY TO OUTSHINE.
SO YOU GUYS CAN TAKE THIS TWO AND A HALF SWAG DECK HOME.
SO IT'S RIGHT IN BACK OF YOU, KURT.
OH, IT'S NOT THE 10,000,001 PETER WOODS HERE.
A LIQUOR STORE WHERE WE CAN GO CATCH IT RIGHT NOW.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR LEADERSHIP.
OH, KURT, I THINK YOU HAVE MY NEXT SCRIPT.
HI, HOW Y'ALL DOING? HERE YOU GO.
YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN SO PATIENT.
SO CHERYL, WHO DO WE HAVE NEXT? NEXT WE
[9. Presentation of Certificates of Recognition to Junior All American Football Micro Black Super Bowl Champions and game-day Cheerleaders]
HAVE THE PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION TO THE JUNIOR ALL AMERICAN FOOTBALL, MICRO BLACK SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS AND GAME DAY CHEERLEADERS.WOULD THE COACHES PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR UP AT THE PODIUM TO ANNOUNCE THE CHILDREN? COME ON UP, COACHES.
AND, YOU KNOW, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, WE WANNA CONGRATULATE YOU ALL FOR THIS AMAZING ACHIEVEMENT.
WE KNOW HOW MUCH HARD WORK AND DEDICATION WENT INTO THIS.
AND, UM, TONIGHT IS ABOUT YOU GUYS AND THE TEAM.
SO I AM IMMEDIATELY GONNA HAND IT OVER TO ONE OF THE COACHES TO TALK ABOUT YOUR SEASON, AND THEN WE HAVE A LOT OF CERTIFICATES TO GIVE OUT TO THE TEAM.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO GO OVER THIS REAL QUICK.
SO EACH OF THE TEAM MEMBERS AND THE SQUAD MEMBERS ARE GONNA GET TONIGHT IS A CERTIFICATE FROM YOUR CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE FROM SUPERVISOR KURT HEMAN.
HE'S THE GENTLEMAN THAT JUST SPOKE.
HE'S THE ONE THAT'S GIVING US OUR SPLASH PAD.
THEN WE HAVE, UM, SPECIAL CON CON CONGRESSIONAL RES RECOGNITION FROM OUR CONGRESSWOMAN NORMA TORRES.
AND WE ALSO HAVE FROM OUR CONGRESSWOMAN, YOUNG KIM AND ASSEMBLY MEMBER PHIL CHEN AND STATE SENATOR KELLY SARTO AND SENATOR JOSH NEWMAN.
AND THAT'S GONNA ROUND OUT YOUR PRIZE PACKAGE TONIGHT.
SO ALL OF YOU WILL BE RECEIVING THAT FROM YOUR COACHES AND MYSELF.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL DO THE DISTRIBUTION AFTER WE LISTEN TO WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.
SO IT'S ALL YOURS, COACH, WHOEVER WANTS TO SPEAK OR ALL OF YOU.
FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR HAVING
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US HERE TODAY AND, UM, AND ACTUALLY GIVING THE KIDS THIS HONOR TO HAVE A LIFETIME MEMORY.UM, SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN LOOK FORWARD TO LOOK BACK TO AND, AND TELL THEIR KIDS, UH, A GOOD STORY AS THEY GET OLDER, UH, FOR OUR SEASON, UH, WHILE MYSELF, I'M COACH ANO, UM, COACH JEREMY STROM, UH, COACH NICK MELENDEZ, AND THEN I'M THE CHAIR COACH SHANNON DAHL.
YOU WANNA SPEAK FIRST? YEAH, YEAH, GO AHEAD.
UM, YEAH, JUST TO ECHO THAT, UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR HAVING US HERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE THINGS I BELIEVE, UH, WHOLEHEARTEDLY THAT GO INTO A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY IS, IS FIRST AND FOREMOST THE LEADERSHIP.
UH, SO THANK YOU, THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CITY, UM, AND THESE GREAT GROUPS THAT GET TOGETHER AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, THE SECOND MOST, OR ARGUABLY THE FIRST AND SECOND MOST IMPORTANT THING IS A GREAT GROUP OF KIDS.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL HERE FOR THE KIDS, UH, IN PARTICULAR.
SO WHEN WE AS COACHES GET TO GET OUT ON THE FIELD AND RELIVE SOME OF THE KID-LIKE FANTASIES THAT WE HAD TO, OR WE GOT TO EXPERIENCE AS KIDS, AND THEN WE GET A SECOND CHANCE WITH SOME OF OUR CHILDREN AND OTHER YOUTH, UH, IT'S A WONDERFUL THING.
SO THESE YOUNG BOYS AND THESE GIRLS, THEY SET OUT WITH ONE GOAL IN MIND TO START THIS SEASON.
AND THAT WAS JUST TO GET BETTER, UM, AND GET BETTER.
AND THEY ENDED UP WINNING THE SUPER BOWL, UH, AN UNDEFEATED SEASON WITH THE SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP.
AND IT DOESN'T GET MUCH BETTER THAN THAT.
AND A COUPLE THINGS I WAS SHARING WITH THESE BOYS IS THAT, UM, IS THAT RIGHT OFF THE BAT FOR SOME OF THESE KIDS, THEIR FIRST GO AT IT, THEY WIN AN UNDEFEATED SEASON, A SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP.
UM, ALTHOUGH WE CAN, WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE THINGS IN LIFE, THAT'S NOT REALLY THE NORM.
YOU KNOW, THEY SET THE BAR PRETTY HIGH, BUT WHAT SHOULD BE THE NORM FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF 'EM GOING FORWARD EACH DAY IS THE WORK ETHIC, THE THOUGHT PROCESS, THE SENSE OF DEVOTION TO TEAM AND THEIR, THEIR COACHES AND THEIR COMMUNITY.
UM, ALL THOSE THINGS ALONG, ALONG WITH A LOT OF HARD WORK AND GOOD LEADERSHIP AND ALL THOSE THINGS, UH, IS WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS IN GENERAL.
UM, SO THAT SHOULD NEVER CHANGE FOR ALL YOUNG BOYS AND GIRLS.
NEVER CHANGE THAT WORK ETHIC, THE ATTITUDE, THE DEVOTION TO THE SPORT, UH, YOUR COMMUNITY AND THE LEADERSHIP AROUND YOU.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND THAT REALLY WAS KIND OF WHAT, UH, EMBODIED OUR WHOLE SEASON THIS YEAR FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.
WE HAD A GREAT GROUP OF KIDS, UH, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, A GREAT GROUP OF FAMILIES THAT SORT OF TIED IT ALL TOGETHER.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S A CHAMPIONSHIP RECIPE ANYTIME.
SO, UH, JUST MY 2 CENTS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS, IT WAS A GREAT SEASON.
SO CONGRATULATIONS BOYS AND GIRLS, YOU GUYS OUT THERE.
JUST JUST TO FEED OFF OF COACH JEREMY SAID, UH, BOYS, HEY, YOU GUYS MADE A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT.
A LOT OF YOU, THIS IS YOUR FIRST YEAR.
UM, YOU GUYS CAME OUT WILLING TO PLAY HARD.
A DEDICATED, UH, THEREFORE EACH OTHER, YOU PUSHED EACH OTHER TO BE GREAT.
AND YOU GUYS ALWAYS PICKED EACH OTHER UP AND NEVER LET EACH OTHER DOWN.
YOU'VE SEEN SOMEBODY THAT WAS DOWN, YOU, HEY, YOU CHEERED 'EM RIGHT UP NO MATTER WHAT IT WAS FROM AN INJURY TO GETTING HURT, UM, TO BELIEVING IN THEMSELVES AFTER A MISTAKE.
IT WAS SOMETHING JUST A CREDIBLE TO, TO WATCH YOU GUYS DO AND PUT IN YOUR EFFORT, IN YOUR WORK AND MAKE PLAYS AND BE PROUD OF YOURSELF.
ALSO TO THE ALL THE PARENTS FOR THE GAME DAYS, DRIVING TO THE GAMES, TO, TO CITY, TO CITY, WAKING UP EARLY, GETTING YOUR KIDS THERE ON TIME, BEING DEDICATED EVEN THOUGH WITH YOUR CRAZY JOB SCHEDULES AND EVERYTHING AND ALL YOUR OTHER KIDS.
UM, YOU GUYS ALSO, THESE ARE ROUND APPLAUSE.
SO APPRECIATE, THANK YOU GUYS ALL.
SO FOR THE FIRST ONE, WE'RE GONNA START FROM, UH, LEFT TO RIGHT.
UH, MR. MADRID, CAN YOU PLEASE COME UP TO, TO, OH, OH, YEAH, LET'S GO THIS WAY.
OH, FREDDY STAND RIGHT HERE FOR A MINUTE.
I AM GONNA ANNOUNCE A COUPLE NAMES THAT AREN'T HERE, BUT, UH, ZALEN RASHAN.
JOSIAH SUKI SANDOVAL, MARCO SILVA.
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CLE.FREDDY MADRID, MAX MULVA, BETTER SALCITO.
OKAY, FOR OUR CHEERLEADERS, WHO SUPPORTED THE BOYS, IT WAS AN EXCITING SEASON.
I PARENTS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE SHY.
AND THEN GOOD JOB TO THE CHEERLEADERS WHO SUPPORTED AND, UM, DID A GREAT JOB WITH THEIR, UM, SORRY, WITH THEIR CHEERING, WITH THEIR SUPPORTING THE BOYS.
AND IT WAS SO EXCITING TO WATCH THE GIRLS WORK HARD ALL YEAR LONG.
OLIVIA GONZALEZ, ANDREA SANDOVAL, CASSANDRA,
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UH, SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WANTED TO KNOW HOW OLD THESE BOYS ARE, THEIR AGES THAT GO FROM EIGHT TO 10 YEARS OLD.UH, THE YOUNGEST ONE IS EIGHT YEARS OLD AND HE'S ACTUALLY BUMPED UP, UP, UH, HE'S ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO PLAY JUNIOR MICHAEL LEVEL WITH THE 6, 7, 7 8 YEAR OLDS.
HE PLAYED WITH THE NINE 10 YEAR OLDS.
UM, WE ALSO WANT TO, UH, MARCUS WHITNEY, AND OUR CHAPTER WANTS TO PRESENT SOMETHING TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND ALSO FOR THE COACHES THAT ARE NOT HERE TONIGHT IS COACH OSHA RASHARD, MIKE CASTANEDA, UM, MR. ANDREWS, UH, OUR AD STAR.
THEY HAD ALL THESE KIDS IN ORDER FOR US.
WE DIDN'T HAVE TO HASSLE WITH ANYTHING.
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE, OF THE CHAPTER HERE FOR THE, UH, CHINOS BULLOCKS, GENERAL AMERICAN, UH, MAYOR.
UH, JUST WANTED TO REITERATE WHAT ALL THE COACHES HAVE SAID ABOUT THESE WONDERFUL YOUNG MEN AND YOUNG WOMEN.
UH, THEY REALLY WORK HARD, UH, ALL SEASON.
THEY START TRAINING IN JUNE AND THEY GO, UH, START FOOTBALL PRACTICE IN JULY, AND WE GO ALL THE WAY TILL DECEMBER 9TH, PRACTICING AT COMMUNITY PARK.
A LOT OF LONG HOURS, A LOT OF HARD WORK ON THE FOOTBALL SIDE OF IT.
WHAT WE WORK FOR IS THE SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP, WHICH THESE YOUNG MEN AND COACHES HAVE ACHIEVED BY GOING TO 13 AND OH, UH, ON THEIR SEASON.
AND SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO THIS EVENING IS PRESENT TO THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL IS ONE OF OUR SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS THAT I'VE BROUGHT, UH, FOR THE MAYOR.
SO, UH, EVERY PLAYER, UH, EVERY CHEERLEADER, UH, THE COACHES, THE ADS, THEY ALL RECEIVED THAT RING, UH, PERFECT.
WE JUST LAY IT TRAVEL IN OUR OFFICE.
OKAY, CHERYL, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A PRESENTATION FROM WASTE MANAGEMENT ON CONTAMINATION FEES, PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGER GLENDA CHAVEZ TO PRESENT.
I THINK WE'RE GONNA DO A LITTLE EXIT, WHICH IS FINE.
WOULD YOU PREFER TO BE HERE? I KIND OF LIKE HOW HE WAS TALKING TO THE AUDIENCE AND COUNCIL.
YES, THAT'S, UH, BUT YEAH, ONE THING CLEAR OUT.
YOU GUYS ARE THE OVERFLOW ROOM.
AND IF THERE'S ANY CITY STAFF THAT WOULD LIKE TO SIT IN THE RESERVE ROW, WE HAVE SOME, UH, STAFF SEATS AVAILABLE AS WELL.
[10. PRESENTATION - Waste Management Presentation on Contamination Fees]
GLENDA, THEY'RE NOT CLOSE.IF THEY'RE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO BEGIN, YOU MAY.
WELL, I HAVE TO SAY THAT'S A PRETTY TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW.
UM, I DON'T HAVE A NICE BLING, UM, PROUD, UM, SUPER BOWL RING, BUT, UM, I'M HERE TO TALK TRASH TO YOU TODAY, SO
UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF AND MEMBERS IN THE AUDIENCE.
GLENDA CHAVEZ WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT TONIGHT.
UM, BEFORE I START, I DO, UM, I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT SB 1383 AND CONTAMINATION, BUT FOR MOST OF US, UM, WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH SB 1383, BUT FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT, I DO WANNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A GENERAL BACKGROUND.
UM, SENATE A BILL 1383 WAS ADOPTED IN 2016, BUT IT DIDN'T GO UNTIL EFFECT UNTIL JANUARY OF 2022 WHEN IT WAS FINALIZED AND IMPLEMENTED.
THERE ARE THREE KEY PRIMARY OBJECTIVES, UH, FOR
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SB 1383.ONE IS TO REDUCE THE PRODUCTION OF SHORT LIVED, UM, CLIMATE POLLUTANTS VIA THE REDUCTION OF THE AMOUNT OF ORGANICS THAT GOES, THAT GOES TO THE LANDFILL.
ANOTHER ONE IS TO DIVERT AND RECOVER EDIBLE FOOD, UH, FOR THE FOOD AND SECURE.
AND THE THIRD ONE IS TO DECREASE, UM, JURISDICTIONS, UH, GREENHOUSE GASES, UM, THEIR FOOTPRINT AND INCREASE THE SUSTAINABILITY BY ACHIEVING 75% REDUCTION IN THE STATEWIDE, UM, THE DISPOSAL OF ORGANIC STATEWIDE.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT, UM, SB 1383 IS NOT EXCLUSIVE TO THIS JURISDICTION.
SO EVERY JURISDICTION HAS TO COMPLY WITH THIS REGULATION.
UM, YOU ALL COULD BE PROUD OF THE FACT THAT WE, UNDER THE NEW, UM, CITY'S FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT, WHICH WENT INTO EFFECT IN JULY OF 2022, MUCH OF THE REGULATIONS REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN ALREADY ACHIEVED, UM, SUCH AS SB 1383, UM, CONTAINERS FOR BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS THAT ARE, UM, IDENTIFIED BY THE COLOR SCHEME.
THAT IS, UM, PERTAINS TO SB 1383, WHICH IS BLUE FOR RECYCLE, GREEN FOR ORGANICS AND BLACK FOR TRASH.
AND ALL CONTAINERS HAVE IDENTIFIED, UM, WHAT GOES IN THE CARTS AND WHAT DOESN'T.
AND THE INFORMATION IS PROVIDED TO YOU IN BOTH, UM, IN ENGLISH, SPANISH, AND MANDARIN.
SO, UM, CUSTOMERS ARE ABLE TO SEE WHAT GOES IN THE CARTS AND WHAT DOESN'T, SO THAT WHEN THEY'RE USING THE, UM, DISPOSE OF THE ITEMS PROPERLY.
S OKAY, NOW I COULD GO INTO MY SB 1383 HAS, UM, KEY PROVISIONS.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT FOUR OF THEM.
UM, ONE IS JURISDICTIONS SHALL MONITOR CONTAINERS TO MINIMIZE, UM, CONTAINER CONTAMINATION, AS I MENTIONED.
UM, THE KEY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROPER, UM, ITEMS ARE DISPOSED IN THE, IN THE CORRESPONDING CONTAINERS.
ANOTHER ONE IS TO CONDUCT, UM, ROUTE REVIEWS, WHICH IS, UM, BASICALLY, UM, MONITORING SPECIFIC, UM, ROUTES, UH, OUR SPECIFIC ROUTES IN THE CITY, UH, MAKING SURE THAT CUSTOMERS ARE PROPERLY DISPOSING OF THE MATERIAL IN THE CONTAINERS.
IN ADDITION TO THESE PROVISIONS, WE ALSO, UM, SB 1383 ALSO COMES, UM, WITH REQUIREMENTS OF EDUCATION AND OUTREACH AND ALSO THE REPORTING OF CONTAMINATION MONITOR REQUIREMENTS.
SO ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE DISSEMINATE IN THE CITY AND THAT WE COLLECT, AND THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE ROUTE REVIEW INFORMATION, ALL OF IT HAS TO BE, UM, PUT TOGETHER ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND MAINTAINED.
UM, SO THAT WAY WHEN, UM, THE CITY HAS TO REPORT TO THE STATE, EVERYTHING IS, UM, YOU KNOW, PRESENTED TO THEM.
SO OBVIOUSLY, UM, CONTAMINATION IS GONNA BE WHAT WE ARE MONITORING.
UM, BUT HOW ARE WE GONNA ACHIEVE THIS? SO, WASTE MANAGEMENT, UM, DOES, IS WE UTILIZE OUR TECHNOLOGY THROUGH OUR SMART TRUCK PROGRAM TO IDENTIFY WHEN CONTAMINATION IS TAKING PLACE.
UM, OUR SMART TRUCK, WHAT DOES IT MEAN? IT MEANS THAT WE, UM, EACH TRUCK THAT YOU SEE OUT IN THE FIELD, UM, HAS THREE CAMERAS.
ONE IS THAT GIVES YOU THE WIDE VIEW, UM, ALLOWS US TO SEE THE WIDE VIEW TO IDENTIFY WHO CUSTOMER IS BEING SERVICED.
UM, THE OTHER ONE IS, UM, IDENTIFYING, UH, VIDEOTAPING AS THE EQUIPMENT IS SERVICING THE, THE, UM, CUSTOMER.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU ARE A RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER, THERE'LL BE A CAMERA THAT WILL BE, UM, TAPING EVERYTHING FROM THE MOMENT WE GRAB THAT CART TO THE MOMENT IT GETS DUMPED INTO OUR HOPPER.
AND THAT IS WHERE OUR THIRD CAMERA IS BEING PLACED, IS INSIDE THE HOPPER, WHICH ALLOWS US TO SEE IT AS THE MATERIAL IS BEING DUMPED.
AND I'LL HAVE A DEMONSTRATION OF THAT, UM, LATER ON IN MY SLIDES.
ONCE THE FOOTAGE IS, UM, COLLECTED, WE DO HAVE A DEDICATED TEAM THAT REVIEWS THAT FOOTAGE.
AND IF CONTAMINATION IS IDENTIFIED, THERE IS A SECOND, UM, INSPECTION OF THAT FOOTAGE TO CONFIRM THAT IN THE CONTAMINATION TOOK PLACE.
SO, UM, WE REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO IDENTIFY OUR CUSTOMERS AND THAT WE ARE ABLE TO REALLY CONFIRM CONTAMINATION IS BEING TAKEN PLACE.
SO WHEN CONTAMINATION DOES HAPPEN, UM, WE WILL PROVIDE THE CUSTOMERS WITH A NOTIFICATION, UM, DEPENDING ON THE CUSTOMER'S PREFERENCE.
IF YOU'RE A CUSTOMER THAT DOES, UM, PAPERLESS AND PREFERS TO GET INFORMATION THROUGH EMAILS, AN EMAIL NOTIFICATION WILL BE SENT.
IF YOU, UM, GET A HARD COPY INVOICE, THEN A LETTER WOULD BE SENT.
AND THE BEAUTY OF US BEING ABLE TO CAPTURE THIS INFORMATION IS THAT WE, WE SEND IT RELATIVELY CLOSE TO THE INCIDENT DAY.
SO THE, UM, CUSTOMER'S ABLE TO KNOW WHAT WAS CAPTURED AND ALSO, UM, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO CORRECT THE BEHAVIOR.
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THROUGH, UM, WM.COM TO HAVE AN ACCOUNT, IN ADDITION TO THE NOTIFICATION, YOU'LL GET A LINK AND THAT LINK WILL GIVE YOU THE FOOTAGE THAT CAPTURES THE CONTAMINATION THAT WAS, UM, REPORTED.SO UNDER OUR FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY, UM, THERE IS A SIX MONTH PERIOD WHERE IF WE, UM, IDENTIFY CONTAMINATION OR OVERAGES, WE WILL GIVE YOU, UM, WE'LL SEND YOU, UH, UP TO THREE NOTIFICATIONS ON THE THIRD NOTIFICATION.
THAT IS WHEN YOU MAY, UM, OCCUR A FEE, UM, FOR THE CONTAMINATION OR OVERAGE.
I WANTED TO DEMONSTRATE, UM, WITH PICTURES, I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR LID OPEN AND, UM, BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING OVERAGES, WE GET TO SEE SOME OF THESE IMAGES.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE ONE ON THE FAR, UM, TOP LEFT HAND CORNER, THOSE ARE TREE BRANCHES THAT CAN ONE, KINDA, AS WE'RE SERVICING IT, THEY COULD FALL OUT AND WE HAVE TO CLEAN UP.
TWO, THEY COULD DAMAGE OUR EQUIPMENT BECAUSE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, BRANCHES.
UM, AND ANOTHER ONE IS LIKE, IF YOU SEE ANOTHER ONE, THERE'S A HULA HOOP, THERE'S BAGS IN THE RECYCLE CART, AND ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE BOTTOM ONE IS AN ORGANICS CART, AND YOU COULD SEE IT'S NOT PRIMARILY ORGANICS.
SO THOSE ARE THE INCIDENCES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PREVENT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS PROGRAM WILL, HOW ONE, EDUCATE CUSTOMERS ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND, UM, CORRECT THE BEHAVIOR.
I WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU, UM, WITH A SAMPLE.
SO WE, PART OF THE SB 1383 IS TO CONDUCT ANNUAL, UM, ROUTE REVIEWS.
WE WILL BE CONDUCTING TWO ROUTE REVIEWS, UM, EARLY THIS YEAR, AND THEN LATER ON IN, UM, TOWARDS THE Q4, UM, QUARTER FOUR, LIKE IN, UH, UH, FALL, WE WILL, UM, BASICALLY NOTIFY CUSTOMERS, LIKE I SAID, THROUGH A, A LETTER, WHICH WILL LET THEM KNOW WHAT, WHAT WAS CAPTURED.
SO THE LE UM, THAT'S A SAMPLE OF THE LETTER THAT GIVES YOU THE DATE.
AND THEN ON THE CORN, I WASN'T, I DIDN'T WANNA I SHRINK IT.
SO THE IMAGE ON THE BOTTOM IS THE, UH, PICTURE THAT WILL BE, UM, ON THE, ON THE NOTICE SO THAT WAY THEY COULD SEE THE, UM, THE INCIDENT, THE PICTURE THAT WAS CAPTURED.
BUT AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, IF YOU HAVE A WM ACCOUNT, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GO IN AND SEE THE ACTUAL FOOTAGE SO THAT YOU CAN, UM, UM, CONFIRM IF THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
ONE OF THE THINGS I DO WANNA POINT OUT IS THAT WE ARE NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING THE POLICE OUT THERE.
WE ARE JUST REALLY LOOKING AT THIS AS A FORM OF EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TO CORRECT BEHAVIOR.
UM, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, YOU COULD ALWAYS CALL US.
UM, WE, WE DON'T WANT YOU TO, I MEAN, WE DO KNOW THAT SOMETIMES OUR NEIGHBOR HAS A PARTY AND SO THEY USE OUR CART AND YOU'RE LIKE, HEY, THAT THAT WASN'T ME WHO PUT THAT IN THERE.
SO WE, WE DO WANT YOU TO LET US KNOW IF THAT HAPPENS.
AND OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD WORK WITH YOU IN, IN MAKING SURE THAT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DID GET A CONTAMINATION CHARGE THAT IT GETS TAKEN AWAY.
SO WE REALLY JUST WANNA, UM, LIKE I SAID, THE ONE, TWO, AND THREE, UM, WE'RE HOPING THAT IF YOU GET ONE NOTICE YOU CORRECT THE BEHAVIOR.
SO, UM, THAT WAY YOU, IT DOESN'T GET TO THE THIRD NOTICE.
UM, I DO WANNA SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, ON THE FAR CORNER IS OUR VIDEO OF, SO THAT YOU COULD SEE WHAT OUR CAMERA IN THE HOPPER IS CAPTURING.
SO THIS IS A RECYCLE CART, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S, UM, LIKE STYROFOAM OR, UH, LIKE THE FOAMING MATERIAL, UM, THERE'S LIKE A OTHER PLASTIC THING.
UM, SO THAT IS CONTAMINATION FOR US.
AND SO WE WOULD LET SEND YOU A NOTIFICATION LETTING YOU KNOW THAT THIS WAS CAPTURED.
UM, AND THEN IT ALSO PROVIDES YOU WITH, UM, INFORMATION ON WHAT GOES IN THERE SO THAT YOU ALSO KNOW WHAT TO DO THE NEXT TIME IT COMES.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF AT WM IS THE FACT THAT THROUGH OUR SMART TRUCK, UM, YOU KNOW, AUDITS AND, AND MONITORING OF CONTAMINATION, WE ARE CAPTURING ALL THIS INFORMATION AND IT'S BEING PUT TOGETHER IN OUR, UM, MONITORING DASHBOARD.
SO WHAT WE WILL GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO IS REALLY TRACK THE, UM, THE BEHAVIOR OF OUR CUSTOMERS SO THAT WE COULD SEE WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL AND WHERE WE'RE NOT.
AND, AND THEN SPECIFICALLY IN THE ROUTE REVIEWS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY, SO SOME OF THE AREAS THAT NEED MORE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH.
SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAILOR THAT, BUT WE'RE VERY PROUD THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS TO OUR CITY SO THAT WHEN IT COMES TO CAL RECYCLE, UM, REPORTING, ALL THAT INFORMATION IS, UM, GONNA BE THERE FOR THEM.
I KNOW THAT, UM, THERE MIGHT BE A LOT OF QUESTIONS WITH THE CONTAMINATION AND OUTREACH.
ONE OF THE THINGS I DO WANTED, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE WILL BE KICKING OFF A 90 DAY CAMPAIGN STARTING NEXT MONTH WHERE WE'LL BE
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LETTING CUSTOMERS KNOW THROUGH, UM, AN, UH, BILL INSERT.UM, WE ARE, UM, PLANNING TO SCHEDULE A WORKSHOP WITH THE CITY SO THAT RESIDENTS CAN GET THEIR ANSWERS QUE, YOU KNOW, ANSWERS TO THEIR QUESTIONS.
IN ADDITION, UH, WE WILL ALSO PROVIDE SOCIAL MEDIA PIECES AND HELP, UH, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY SO THAT CUSTOMERS ARE AWARE OF WHAT'S GONNA COME.
OUR GOAL IS THAT WE GIVE CUSTOMERS THAT 90 DAY GRACE PERIOD SO THAT THEY CAN, UM, UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR ROLE IS IN THIS CONTAMINATION PROCESS SO THAT WHEN WE DO KICK OFF THE EVENT, UM, THE, YOU KNOW, THE MONITORING AND APPLYING THE, UM, FEES THAT CUSTOMERS ARE FULLY, UM, EDUCATED AND PREPARED TO, UM, PART PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM CORRECTLY.
AND I'LL HAVE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HER ON THIS? NO, JUST ONE COMMENT.
GLEN GLENDA, WOULD YOU ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S VOLUNTARY, IT'S NOT JUST HELPING THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT IT'S NOW MANDATORY? YES.
AND THERE ARE PENALTIES ASSOCIATED WITH IT IF YOU DO NOT COMPLY AND WITH THE CAMERAS ON THE TRUCKS, THEY KNOW WHO CONTAMINATED THE LOAD.
AND THAT'S THE REALLY SAD THING.
IF YOU HAVE A WHOLE LOAD OF RECYCLABLE, UH, MATERIAL AND SOMEONE CONTAMINATES IT BECAUSE THEY'RE PUTTING THE WRONG THINGS IN IT, THEN IT IMPEDES OUR ABILITY AS A SOCIETY TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THE, UH, ECOLOGICAL THINGS AND, AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, ISSUES THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS BECAUSE OF WHERE WE'RE AT.
SO I'M, IT'S GOOD THAT YOU'RE IN, UM, MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS NOT VOLUNTARY.
IT IS MANDATORY AND YOU WILL BE FINED, UH, IF YOU DON'T DO IT RIGHT? YES, I MEAN, IT, IT'S A PARTNERSHIP.
THE STATE HAS, UM, GIVEN US SOME VERY AGGRESSIVE DIVERSION, UM, GOALS.
AND SO IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THAT, UM, THAT IS THE NEXT STEP IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL ARE PARTICIPATING CORRECTLY.
UM, LIKE I SAID, THE CITY'S DONE A GREAT JOB IN MAKING SURE THAT, UH, A LOT OF THE SB 1383 UM, REQUIREMENTS ARE BEING MET, BUT WE'RE AT THAT POINT WHERE THAT IS THE NEXT STEP IN ACHIEVING OUR GOALS.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
[ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT]
INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT.THANK YOU CHERYL, AND GOOD EVENING MAYOR MORAN COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
JUST A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT, GRAND AVENUE PARK TENNIS COURTS WILL BE CLOSED FOR RESURFACING AND INSTALLATION OF NEW NETS FROM MARCH 18TH THROUGH 24TH.
DURING THIS TIME, ALL OTHER PARK AMENITIES WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE AND THERE ARE SIX OTHER TENNIS COURTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT CAN BE FOUND ONLINE@CHINLEHILLS.ORG SLASH TENNIS COURTS.
AND IN RECREATION NEWS, WE HAVE A FEW UPCOMING SPECIAL EASTER EVENTS.
TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE FOR THE ADULT EASTER EGG SCRAMBLE THIS FRIDAY AT COMMUNITY PARK.
ADULTS 18 AND OVER CAN HUNT FOR EASTER EGGS IN THE DARK FOR A CHANCE TO WIN OVER $6,000 WORTH, WORTH OF PRIZES AND FOR THE CHILDREN.
TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE FOR BREAKFAST WITH THE BUNNY ON MARCH 23RD WHERE THEY CAN ENJOY A PANCAKE BREAKFAST, EGG HUNT, AND PHOTOS WITH THE EASTER BUNNY.
AND JUST A WEEK LATER THEY CAN ALSO VISIT THE CITY'S FREE EASTER EXCITEMENT EVENT ON MARCH 30TH AT COMMUNITY PARK.
THIS EVENT INCLUDES EGG HUNTS FOR ALL AGE LEVELS, PHOTOS WITH THE EASTER BUNNY, A CRAFT FAIR AND MORE.
AND FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, THERE WILL BE A SMALLER EGG HUNT AND A DESIGNATED AREA WHERE CHILDREN CAN GATHER EGGS AT THEIR OWN PACE OR FROM WHEELCHAIRS.
TO REGISTER OR LEARN MORE ABOUT UPCOMING EVENTS, VISIT CHINO HILLS.ORG/EVENTS.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PI REPORT AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR NICOLE? OKAY, MOVING ON.
[ ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION]
THE AGENDA IS ANNOUNCEMENT TAKEN IN CLOSE SESSION SESSION.DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING REPORTABLE? MARK? THERE WAS NO REPORTABLE ACTION TAKEN IN, CLOSED SESSION THIS EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
[ CONFLICT OF INTEREST ANNOUNCEMENTS: Council Member abstentions shall be stated at this time for recordation on the appropriate item.]
ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST FROM MY COLLEAGUES THIS EVENING? NO.[11. PUBLIC COMMENTS: At this time members of the public may address the City Council regarding any items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council, whether or not the item appears on the agenda, except testimony on Public Hearing items must be provided during those hearings. Please complete and submit to the City Clerk a "Request to Speak" card. Comments will be limited to three minutes per speaker.]
COMMENTS.BEFORE I ANNOUNCE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, I DO JUST WANNA LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT THIS IS A SPECIAL AND A REGULAR MEETING.
AS THERE WAS A SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA POSTED YESTERDAY AND A SPECIAL MEETING ITEM WAS ADDED TO THE AGENDA, THAT, UM, ITEM HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE COUNCIL ON THE DAIS AND IS IN THE PUBLIC BOOK OUT IN THE FRONT IF YOU WISH TO SEE IT.
AT THIS TIME, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEMS WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE COUNCIL, WHETHER OR NOT THE ITEM APPEARS ON THE AGENDA, EXCEPT TESTIMONY ON PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS WHICH MUST BE PROVIDED DURING THOSE HEARINGS.
PLEASE COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK TO MY LEFT A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD DUE TO THE OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF PUBLIC SPEAKING COMMENT CARDS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED THUS FAR.
COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO ONE MINUTE PER SPEAKER.
ONCE THE SPEAK FIRST SPEAKER BEGINS, NO MORE PUBLIC SPEAKING CARDS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
MAYOR, WE DID GET SEVERAL, UM, PUBLIC SPEAKING CARDS FOR ITEM NUMBER 20, WHICH IS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR REGARDING THE INVESTMENT REPORT.
AND, UM, DID YOU WANNA LISTEN, PULL THAT
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ITEM OR HAVE THEM HEARD AT THE SAME TIME AS PUBLIC COMMENTS AND HAVE THEM HEARD AT THE SAME TIME? PLEASE.SORRY, COUNSEL, THIS IS, I, I MOVE THAT YOU AT LEAST ALLOW TWO MINUTES.
UM, MARK, MARK, MARK OR, UH, BEN, CAN YOU PLEASE WEIGH ON ON THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE DEPART? THIS IS THE MAYOR'S CALL AND THE COUNCIL'S CALL.
IF THANK YOU, I HAVE ANOTHER, UM, ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE.
IF YOU REQUESTED THAT A VIDEO BE PLAYED, PLEASE INDICATE WHEN YOU WANT IT TO START BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE ONE MINUTE.
KEEPING IN MIND THAT ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU HAVE WILL ALSO COUNT TOWARDS THAT ONE MINUTE I'LL BE CALLING UP THE, UH, SPEAKERS WHO DID SUBMIT A VIDEO TO BE PLAYED.
AND THEN AGAIN, JUST LET US KNOW WHEN IT WANT IT TO BE STARTED.
AT ONE MINUTE IT WILL BE CUT ONE MINUTE.
HE MUST, HE MUST GIVE US MORE TIME THAN ONE MINUTE.
ONE MINUTE IS NOT, THEY'RE INTERRUPTING MAYOR.
SO THIS IS MINUTE IS DIS EFFICIENT.
SO THIS IS HOW IT'S GOING TO, THIS IS HOW IT WORKS TONIGHT.
SO WE NEED TO CONDUCT OUR BUSINESS MEETING.
IF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO CALL OUT FROM THE AUDIENCE WHEN IT'S NOT YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, THEN I'M GOING TO HAVE TO CLEAR THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND WE WILL CONDUCT TONIGHT'S MEETING WITH NO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND THE PRESS ONLY, WHICH WE CAN DO LEGALLY.
AND I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT BECAUSE I, I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU GUYS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU NEED TO KNOW THE EXPECTATION OF CALLING OUT.
WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO LISTEN TO ANYONE OR CONDUCT OUR BUSINESS TONIGHT.
SO SPECIFICALLY, IF I'M MOVING FORWARD, IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN OUTBURST TO CONTINUE TO HAPPEN, I'M GOING TO DO A TEMPORARY RECESS AND WE'RE GONNA CLEAR THE CHAMBERS AND CONTINUE OUR MEETING.
AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF YOU THAT WANNA SPEAK TONIGHT AND I WANT TO HEAR YOU.
WHO, CHERYL, WHO IS OUR FIRST SPEAKER? AND CAN YOU PLEASE, UH, DO WE DO WE DO LIKE THE ON DECK CIRCLE? WHO'S NEXT? SO WE CAN, UM, BE EFFICIENT WITH THIS, PLEASE.
AND TO BE EFFICIENT, WE HAVE PLACED THE SPEAKER CARDS WITH THE VIDEOS IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY'VE BEEN QUEUED UP.
THAT'S VERY HELPFUL TO STAFF WHO IS GONNA HAPPILY ACCOMMODATE THE PUBLIC THAT HAVE THOSE REQUESTS.
SO WHO DO WE HAVE FIRST? OUR FIRST UH, SPEAKER WITH THE VIDEO IS SOPHIA AND FOLLOWING SOPHIA IS JEN SOPHIA? YES.
UM, I'M A BIT FRAZZLED RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IN FIVE MINUTES I HAVE TO BREAK MY FAST FOR, 'CAUSE IT'S THE MONTH OF RAMADAN.
SO DO YOU MIND IF WE TAKE LIKE A 10 MINUTE BREAK TO BE ABLE TO BREAK OUR FAST? AND UNFORTUNATELY, I UNFORTUNATELY NO, WE'RE CONDUCTING THE PUBLIC MEETING AND I KNOW THAT THAT REQUEST WAS ALREADY ASKED BY THE, UM, CITY CLERK.
SO WHY DON'T WE, UM, START OUR TIME OVER AND YOU CAN START WITH YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS PLEASE.
DID DID YOU, DO YOU WISH US TO START IT NOW? YEAH.
UM, START AGAIN AND THEN 30 SECONDS ON THAT VIDEO.
SO, UM, THIS VIDEO IS SHOWING THAT, UM, THERE ARE PEOPLE IN RAFA, UM, RAMADAN HAS STARTED FOR ALL OF US MUSLIMS IN AMERICA AND IN RAZA TOO.
AND THEY'RE PRAYING OVER THERE, UM, NEXT TO, UM, WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FAR, UH, MOSQUE, BUT IT GOT DEMOLISHED, UM, BY THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION FORCE.
UM, SO THIS IS NOT, UM, I'M SORRY.
YOUR YOUR TIME IS OVER, MA'AM.
MY TAR TIME IS, IT'S ONE MINUTE, INCLUDING IF YOU HAVE A VIDEO TO SHOW.
BUT, UH, JUST WANTED LET YOU KNOW THAT THE, THIS DOESN'T DIDN'T START OCTOBER 7TH FOR US.
I NEED TO, I CAN'T, THIS SOMETHING THAT HAS HAPPENED.
I NEED STAFF TO CUT THE MIC IF IT'S OVER.
WHO'S OUR NEXT SPEAKER? WHO IS OUR NEXT SPEAKER? OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JEN.
BUT I'M JUST GONNA REMIND YOU WHAT I'VE ALREADY STATED.
YOUR VIDEO WILL COUNT TOWARDS YOUR ONE MINUTE.
SO IF YOU WISH TO SAY SOME WORDS PRIOR TO PLAYING THE, THE VIDEO, THAT IS FINE.
BUT ONCE THE ONE MINUTE IS UP, IT WILL BE DONE.
AND WE WILL CUT THE MIC IF WE HAVE TO, OR EVEN I DIDN'T HEAR IT WAS, WAS BUSY TRYING TO BREAK HOW FAST.
YOU CAN START THE SLIDE OR SHOW THE SLIDE.
I ATTENDED THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK AND WHAT I SAW WAS BOTH VILE AND APPALLING SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT SONYA SHAW HAD HER PROUD BOYS FRIENDS
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IN THE FRONT ROW TO HECKLE AND INTIMIDATE THE HUNDREDS OF TEACHERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND CHILDREN IN ATTENDANCE.IT IS NO SECRET THAT SHE ASSOCIATES WITH JANUARY 6TH INSURRECTIONISTS AND CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST PASTOR JACK HIBBS OF CAVALRY CHAPEL CHINO VALLEY, THE CAVALRY CHAPEL WHILE PROTESTANT EVANGELICAL ALSO ALIGNS WITH CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM, THE IDEOLOGY THAT CLAIMS THE US IS A CHRISTIAN NATION AND SHOULD BE.
SO IN THE FUTURE, I HOPE THAT WHAT WE ARE SEEING AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS ARE NOT INDICATIVE OF A CHURCH AND STATE INFLUENCE WITHIN THIS COUNCIL BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE A VIOLATION OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF OUR CITY RESIDENTS THAT HAVE ELECTED YOU.
ACCORDING TO A POLL CONDUCTED ON FEBRUARY 27TH, TWO THIRDS OF US VOTERS WANT A PERMANENT CEASEFIRE.
58% OF WHITE EVANGELICALS SUPPORT IT.
JEWISH COMMUNITY THERE IS A UM, THEY SUPPORT IT VASTLY ACROSS THE BOARD.
NEXT IS SELENA FOLLOWED BY PAUL.
DO I HAVE MY POWERPOINT UP? THERE WE GO.
LEMME GIVE YOU A QUICK, UM, OVERVIEW HERE.
THIS IS NOT A CONFLICT AND IT'S NOT A WAR.
UM, PEOPLE WILL TRY TO FRAME IT AS SUCH, BUT IT IS NEITHER.
SO WHAT ARE WE SEEING RIGHT NOW? WHAT DO WE CALL IT? WHAT IS IT ALL ABOUT? HOW DID IT START? THIS ISN'T ABOUT RELIGION.
ZIONISM IS A POLITICAL IDEOLOGY, NOT A RELIGION.
THIS IS DEEPLY ROOTED IN SETTLER COLONIALISM, SOMETHING THIS COUNTRY SHOULD KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT.
IF YOU PAID ATTENTION IN HISTORY WHEN ISRAEL WAS FIRST CREATED IN 1948, THEY SAID IT WAS A LAND FOR PEOPLE, FOR PEOPLE WITHOUT A LAND.
THE PROBLEM WAS THERE WERE ALREADY PEOPLE THERE, OKAY? AND THEY WERE CALLED PALESTINIANS.
ZIONISM STATED GOAL WAS TO TAKE PALESTINE AND MAKE IT A MAJORITY JEWISH STATE.
HOW ARE THEY DOING THAT? IT'S CALLED ETHNIC CLEANSING.
THEY DISPLACED 70 700,000 PALESTINIANS FORCING THEM TO LEAVE COMMITTING MASSACRE AFTER MASSACRE.
THIS DIDN'T START ON OCTOBER 7TH.
THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO RESIST OPPRESSION.
WE HAVE THAT RIGHT? ACCORDING TO INTERNATIONAL LAW.
HEY, I HAVE, THERE WAS A SLIDE, BUT THERE'S ALSO A VIDEO.
IF WE COULD PLAY THE VIDEO INSTEAD.
'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THREE MINUTES.
WELL, UH, IN THE IMAGES, UH, YOU SEE HERE, UH, THERE ARE CHILDREN, UM, BEING DETAINED.
UH, UH, I WOULD ASK, UH, I WOULD ASK YOU TO ASK YOURSELVES WHEN YOU THINK THIS HAPPENED.
IF IT WAS POST-OC OCTOBER 7TH, IT REALLY SHOULDN'T MATTER, BUT JUST SO YOU KNOW, IT WAS BEFORE OCTOBER 7TH.
SO AGAINST SPEAKING OF THE HISTORY, SINCE 1948, THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN HAVE BEEN IMPRISONED, UH, AND KILLED.
AND, UH, BY, I MEAN, I'M TALKING ABOUT CHILDREN HERE.
YOU JUST, YOU KNOW, I I WAS VERY HAPPY TO SEE ALL THESE CHILDREN, UM, RECEIVE THEIR, UM, YOU KNOW, THEIR, THEIR CERTIFICATES.
BUT I MEAN, HOW ARE WE AGAIN, GIVING OUT CERTIFICATES AT THE SAME TIME FUNDING SOMETHING LIKE THIS? RIGHT? AT THE VERY LEAST, WE CAN USE OUR VOICES TO DENOUNCE THIS AND SAY THIS IS WRONG.
UM, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TIME FOR.
KENNETH FOLLOWED BY ALEJANDRA.
THE LAST COUPLE MEETINGS THAT WE'VE COME, YOU'VE TOLD US THAT A CEASEFIRE IS NOT CITY BUSINESS.
TODAY YOU'RE DISCUSSING THE CITY'S INVESTMENT POLICY, AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE AN ACTION THAT IS WITHIN THE LIMITS OF CITY BUSINESS, THAT IS ADOPT AN ETHICAL INVESTMENT POLICY AND NOT INVEST IN ANY COMPANY'S THAT SUPPORTS GENOCIDE, ETHNIC CLEANSING, OR THE VIOLENCE PERPETRATED BY THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION.
ONE COMPANY THAT CHINO HILLS HAS INVESTMENTS IN IS CATERPILLAR.
CATERPILLAR IS USED BY THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION TO DEMOLISH PALESTINIAN HOMES AND VILLAGES TO BUILD SETTLEMENTS.
UM, OTHER COMPANIES TO WATCH OUT FOR ARE ARMS COMPANIES SUCH AS RAYTHEON, NORTHROP THAT MANUFACTURE ARMS THAT ARE USED TO SLAUGHTER INNOCENT PEOPLE.
ANOTHER SUCH COMPANY IS VEOLIA, WHICH OPERATES SEGREGATED BUS LINES FOR JEWISH ONLY SETTLEMENTS.
AND WITH THAT, PLEASE USE YOUR POWER TO DO SOMETHING RIGHT.
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FOR PARENTS, THERE IS NOTHING WORSE THAN WATCHING OUR KID, OUR KIDS SUFFERING AND DYING AND THEY CAN'T HELP THEM.THIS IS A GENOCIDE BY FORCED STARVATION AND PUNISHING CIVILIAN IS A WAR CRIME.
IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT YOU UNEQUIVOCALLY DEMONSTRATE YOUR POSSESSION TO GENOCIDE AND THE MASKER BY PRIORITIZING THE INCLUSION OF CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION IN THE UPCOMING CITY AGENDA.
HE'LL START IT WHEN YOU START.
YOU WANT HIM TO START THE VIDEO FIRST? NO, I WANT TO START ON THE 15TH SECOND, SO IT SKIP THE FIRST 15 SECOND.
UNFORTUNATELY, SIR, WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO CUT THE VIDEO.
WE REQUIRE THAT THEY BE SUBMITTED.
I, I THINK IT'D BE BEST FOR YOU TO START.
NO, WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY ON THE FLY HERE AT THE COUNCIL MEETING TO ADJUST THE, THE START AND STOP OF THE, THE, WE CAN STOP IT, BUT WE CAN'T START IT AT A PLACE IN THE MIDDLE.
I GUESS THAT'S A MAXIMUM TIME WE HAVE.
UM, THERE'S LITTLE POINT BECAUSE I WAS TOLD THAT THE, THAT VIDEO SHOULD BE CUT AND I ALREADY MADE SURE THAT IT'S UNDER TWO, TWO MINUTES.
BUT, UH, SINCE YOU KNOW, THE POLICY HAS CHANGED AND I CAN SEE WHY IT'S WHERE IT'S COMING FROM AND IT'S VERY DISAPPOINTING.
AND, UH, THIS IS GO COME, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, NUMBER IS NOT VERY FAR.
AND CAN YOU JUST PLAY MY VIDEO NEXT WE HAVE HUDA, I'M SORRY, 30 SECONDS.
ARE WE GONNA ALLOW THAT? 30 SECONDS.
ISRAELI OFFICIALS, 30 SECONDS HAVE CALLED SO MANY LIES SINCE OCTOBER THE SEVENTH WITH SO LITTLE PUSHBACK FROM THE MEDIA THAT IT'S HARD TO KEEP UP.
SO HERE FROM EO IS THE FIRST IN A NEW SEGMENT WE'RE CALLING DEBUNKED.
THE TOP SEVEN LIES ABOUT GAZA.
THERE WAS ALREADY A CEASEFIRE ON OCTOBER THE SIXTH AND HAMAS BROKE IT.
YOU SEE IT SAID EVERYWHERE BY BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, BY HILLARY CLINTON.
THEY ALL SAY IT, AND YET IT'S COMPLETELY FALSE.
JUST TWO WEEKS BEFORE OCTOBER THE SEVENTH, ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES HIT GAZA FOR THE THIRD DAY IN A ROW.
AND ON OCTOBER THE FOURTH, GAZA STRIP PROTESTORS RECEIVED BULLET WOUNDS TO ANKLES MEDICS REPORT.
DOES THAT SOUND LIKE A CEASE FIRE TO YOU? EVEN OVER IN THE OCCUPIED WEST BANK, BEFORE HAMAS' ATTACK ON OCTOBER THE SEVENTH, ISRAELI FORCES HAD, THIS IS GOING WAY OVER.
CAN YOU PLEASE PLAY THE VIDEO IN MY NAME? IS THERE A YES? DID YOU WISH HIM TO START THE VIDEO NOW? YES.
I WOULD REMIND THE AUDIENCE TO REFRAIN.
I WANNA REMIND THE AUDIENCE THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA TOLERATE THE COMMENTS.
OUR STAFF IS WORKING SO HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC CAN SHOW THE VIDEO THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING.
YES, I'M SORRY MA'AM, BUT YES, I'M, I'M SAYING YES, WE ARE WORKING OUR HARDEST, SO PLEASE BE PATIENT SO WE CAN DO THAT.
NO, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE HOSTAGES.
LIE NUMBER THREE 40 BEHEADED BABIES.
HOW CAN WE FORGET THE MOST EMOTIVE AND MOST OFFENSIVE LIE OF THIS ENTIRE CONFLICT? A LIE THAT WENT VIRAL AND WAS REPEATED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WHO FALSELY SAID HE SAW PICTURES OF BEHEADED BABIES EVEN THOUGH THERE WEREN'T ANY, NOR WERE THEIR BABIES BANNED IN OTHERS.
AS THE ISRAELI NEWSPAPER HARTS PROVED IN THEIR INVESTIGATION, THEY WERE ALL LIES.
IN FACT, ACCORDING TO DATA RELEASED BY ISRAEL'S SOCIAL SECURITY AGENCY, TRAGICALLY THERE WAS ONE BABY KILLED ON OCTOBER THE SEVENTH, 10 MONTH OLD MEER COHEN.
MAY HER MEMORY BE A BLESSING, BUT IN THE INTEREST OF FACTS, SHE WAS NOT BEHEADED.
NOW, ONE BABY KILLED IS ONE BABY TOO MANY A TRAGEDY, A CRIME.
BUT 40 BEHEADED BABIES IS JUST A CYNICAL, RECKLESS, REPULSIVE LIE THAT WAS THEN USED TO JUSTIFY THE KILLING OF HUNDREDS OF PALESTINIAN BABIES.
LINE NUMBER FOUR, THERE WAS A HAMAS BASE UNDERNEATH THE AL SHIVA HOSPITAL.
REMEMBER THIS VIDEO FROM THE ISRAELI MILITARY CLAIMING HAMAS MAINTENANCE.
THANK YOU ISA, FOLLOWED BY ANELLA, A-N-E-E-L-A.
NICOLE, CAN YOU LURE THE PODIUM
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FOR HER, PLEASE? CAN YOU PLAY THE VIDEO? HANG ON ONE SECOND, HONEY.HE'S JUST GONNA PLAY THE VIDEO.
CHERYL, CAN YOU REPEAT WHO'S SPEAKING FOR WHICH SLIDE? THIS IS FOR E-A-S-A-H.
OKAY, I I HAVE THE LAST VIDEO FOR ANELLA, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THIS IS YES, THAT IS FINE.
WANTS TO UNDER THE SAME FALSE PRETEXT LINE NUMBER FIVE, YOU CAN'T TRUST THE HAMAS HEALTH MINISTRY.
REMEMBER WHAT ISRAELI SPOKESMAN MARK REGE SAID TO ME ON PEACOCK BACK IN NOVEMBER, THE GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY SAYS ISRAEL HAS KILLED MORE THAN 11,000 PEOPLE IN GAZA, INCLUDING THE HAMAS, THE HAMAS CONTROLLED HAMAS.
BUT YOU HAVE, YOU CAN'T SAY THAT.
NO, BUT YOU SAID YOU HAVE TO SAY THE KAMA CONTROLLED MINISTRY.
I HAVE TO SAY WHAT YOU ASKED ME TO SAY.
WHY MENTION HAMAS CONTROLLED EVERY TIME? BECAUSE YOU CAN'T TRUST THE HEALTH MINISTRY'S NUMBERS, RIGHT? EXCEPT THE ISRAELI MILITARY DOES.
THESE ISRAELI MINISTRIES IS SECRETLY FOUND THE, BECAUSE THE HEALTH MINISTRIES CASUALTY FIGURES TO BE RELIABLE AND EVEN USES THOSE NUMBERS FOR ITS OWN INTELLIGENCE BRIEFINGS.
OH, AND THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS MEDICAL JOURNAL, THE LANCET, FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF INFLATED MORTALITY REPORTING FROM THE GAZA MINISTRY OF HEALTH.
LINE NUMBER SIX, THERE IS NO HUNGER IN GAZA.
THAT IS AN EXACT QUOTE FROM THE ISRAELI DEFENSE OFFICIAL.
BRANDON, DID YOU SAY YOU HAD THE ONE MORE FOR ANELLA? OKAY.
ANELA FOLLOWING A ANELA IS DR.
I APOLOGIZE FOR ANY MIS ANNUNCIATION.
UH, MAY I PLEASE PLAY THE VIDEO? THAT'S WHY THEY'RE GETTING IS THAT THEY SHOULD GET ONLY THE MINIMUM CALORIES REQUIRED TO SURVIVE.
YOU KNOW WHAT? IF THEY'RE STARVING, STARTING TO DEATH, GIVE US BACK.
TWO, OUR HOSTAGES ARE COMING BACK TO MANY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD.
LISTENING TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND WHAT YOU'RE PROTESTING FOR, IT SOUNDS LIKE A, A CONTRAVENTION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND B, BE INCREDIBLY CALLOUS IN THE FACE OF AN ETHIC, HUMANITARIAN CATASTROPHE IN THE FACE OF CHILDREN STARVING TO DEATH.
PEOPLE CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY ANYONE IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD ADVOCATE FOR STOPPING AID.
HAMAS HAS HAMA IS HOLDING CIVILIANS, YOU KNOW.
JAN JUNE, FOLLOWED BY CHRIS GUTIERREZ.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
UM, SO I'M HERE JUST TO SPEAK, UH, THE SAME MATTER THAT MANY OF THE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT, UH, TO SEE IF THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD ADVOCATE FOR A CEASEFIRE.
I DO THINK THAT IN THE UNITED STATES, STATES DO HAVE A LOT OF POWER IN OUR GOVERNMENT, AND THE STATES ARE MADE UP OF MUNICIPALITIES, AND FRANKLY, YOU PROBABLY WOULD DO A BETTER JOB THAN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THEY SEEM TO HAVE LOST THEIR MIND.
THEY'RE DROPPING BOMBS OR FACILITATING DROPPING BOMBS AT THE SAME TIME THAT THEY'RE DROPPING LITTLE PACKETS OF FOOD, WHICH THEMSELVES BECOME MISSILES AND HAVE KILLED FIVE PEOPLE.
SO IN CONVERSATION WITH MANY DOCTORS, THE HOSPITAL SYSTEMS ARE COLLAPSING.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO OPERATE TO CARE BECAUSE IT'S JUST CONSTANT BOMBARDMENT, CEASEFIRE.
NOW I WAS ALSO GOING TO SPEAK ON THE THING ITEM THAT YOU PULLED, AGENDA ITEM 20.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GONNA BE ANOTHER ONE MINUTE, BUT CEASEFIRE NOW, CEASEFIRE NOW CEASES FAR.
NOW I CAN DO THAT FOR 10 MORE SECONDS, BUT I'LL CUT YOU SOME SLACK.
AND THEN ON THE 20, SHOULD I JUST COME BACK? SO I, I JUST WANNA NOTATE THAT IF YOU SUBMITTED A SPEAKER CARD FOR ITEM NUMBER 20, WE WILL CALL YOUR NAME UP FOR THAT ITEM.
HOWEVER, IF I DO HAVE DUPLICATES IN HERE BECAUSE SOMEONE ELSE FILLED OUT SOME, PLEASE, YOU KNOW, BE RESPECTFUL AND DON'T COME UP AND SPEAK TWICE ON A SINGLE ISSUE, ACTUALLY.
SO I'LL SPEAK LATER THAN WHEN I CALL YOU.
CHRIS GUTIERREZ, FOLLOWED BY KRISHA VALLEJOS.
GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR.
UM, I RESIDE IN POMONA AND I'M GLAD THAT POMONA PASSED A RESOLUTION LIKE TWO MONTHS AGO.
AND YOU ARE LACKING BEHIND BECAUSE IT'S QUESTIONABLE.
WHY ARE YOU LACKING BEHIND? YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL HUMAN BEINGS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, I'M HERE PRACTICING, UH, MY,
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MY PRINCIPLES THAT ALL HUMANS HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS, THE SAME VA, UM, A VALUABLE, UH, RIGHT TO LIVE THEIR LIFE TO GET OLD.YOU KNOW, LIKE THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE HOPE FOR ALL OF US TO LIVE IN, UH, HAVE, HAVE AN OLD AGE.
AND, UM, THIS GENOCIDE ISN'T ALLOWING CHILDREN TO SEE, UH, HAVE A FUTURE, YOU KNOW, TO, TO LIVE, UH, OUT THEIR GOALS AND, UH, EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND, UH, AND EVOLVE, EVOLVE WITH THEIR BEAUTIFUL CULTURE AND, UM, BUILD, UH, BRIDGES AND SOLIDARITY, UH, ACROSS THE WHOLE WORLD.
FOLLOWING KRISHA VALLEJO IS RABBI MENDY HARIG.
I'VE COME TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION TO BE PUT ON THE AGENDA.
I NOTICED WE HAD A TALK TODAY FROM WASTE MANAGEMENT ON IMPROVING SUSTAINABILITY.
YOU WANT A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT FOR YOUR CHILDREN.
YOU WANNA REDUCE WASTE IN THE WORLD, WHILE CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING ARE WORSENING SEVERELY THROUGH THE GENOCIDE.
ON GAZA, UH, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM THE LAST 160 DAYS HAS EMITTED AN EQUIVALENT OF 200 COAL PLANTS IN A YEAR.
SO IN GENERAL, THE GENOCIDE AFFECTS US AND LITERALLY EVERY LIVING THING ON THIS PLANET AND WHAT FOR NOTHING BUT MURDER AND DESTRUCTION AND DECIMATION AND TORTURE OF A COUNTRY REGARDING THE PRAYER THAT WAS GIVEN TODAY, WE MENTIONED SAYING, THANKS FOR THOSE KIDS WORKING HARD AND PLAYING THEIR SPORTS.
BUT THERE ARE INNOCENT PALESTINIAN CHILDREN WHO WORK HARD EVERY DAY TO SURVIVE FOR STARVATION.
DO THEY NOT ALSO DESERVE BLESSINGS AND RECOGNITION AND A SAFE ENVIRONMENT TO THRIVE AND BE KIDS AND HAVE FUN? YOU ASK GOD FOR WISDOM, BUT IT'S NOT VERY WISE AT ALL TO KEEP ON IGNORING THE SENSELESS AND PAINFUL MURDER OF MEN, CHILDREN, AND WOMEN IN PALESTINE.
THIS NEEDS TO STOP, DO THE BARE MINIMUM AND PUT CEASEFIRE ON THE AGENDA FOLLOWING RABBI MENDY IS RON WILLIAMS. GOOD EVENING.
UH, THANK YOU, CYNTHIA MORAN, MAYOR, CYNTHIA MORAN, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ALL THE CITY OFFICIALS.
UM, FIRSTLY, I JUST WANTED TO RESPOND TO OTHER COMMENTS AND SAY THAT, UM, IN ISRAEL THERE'S OVER 1.7 MILLION ARABS OR MUSLIMS LIVING THERE, INCLUDING A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE, WHICH IS MUSLIM.
SO CALLING FOR A GENOCIDE OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, ON A POSITIVE NOTE, UM, HERE TONIGHT TO ANNOUNCED AN EXCITING NEW PROGRAM INITIATIVE THAT WE'RE STARTING IN CHINO HILLS.
IT'S GOING TO BE CALLED THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE PAIRING UP SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN WITH TWO TEENAGERS WHO WILL CO COME OVER TO THEIR HOME AND CREATE A BOND WITH THEM, SOCIALIZE WITH THEM, AND GIVE THEM A TRUE FRIENDSHIP.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE STARTING FROM TODAY AND ONWARDS.
IF ANYONE HAS ANY FAMILIES WITH SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN, UM, OR ANY TEENAGERS WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER, PLEASE REACH OUT TO THE JEWISH CENTER AND WE'LL FACILITATE THAT.
AND THIS IS AN INITIATIVE TO BRING AWARENESS AND BOND AND FRIENDSHIP WITH THE SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN.
FOLLOWING RON WILLIAMS IS MILLIE.
WE CAN ALL AGREE, WE ALL WANNA LIVE IN PEACE.
I PRAY DAILY FOR THE PEACE OF ISRAEL AS WELL AS FOR THE INNOCENT LIVES IN GAZA.
THE JEWISH POPULATION MAKES A 0.2% OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION WITH A VAST MAJORITY LIVING IN A COUNTRY ABOUT THE SIZE OF RHODE ISLAND.
WHEN I SEE PROTEST SIGNS WHICH PROCLAIM FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA, THIS IS WHERE 7.2 MILLION JEWS LIVE.
AND THIS SENTIMENT ALIGNS WITH HAMAS.
THIS IS NOT A PEACEFUL PROCLAMATION, BUT ANTI-SEMITIC PROPAGANDA.
I URGE THE COUNCIL NOT TO BOW YOUR KNEE TO PUBLIC OPINION BY ADOPTING A USELESS RESOLUTION, BUT REMAIN ACCOUNTABLE TO THE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN VALUES.
THIS COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED ON ONE NATION UNDER GOD.
I'M A GRANDCHILD OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS, AND I STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.
MY GRANDPARENTS DID NOT SURVIVE SO THAT I WOULD STAND SILENT IN THE FACE OF GENOCIDE, AND I FURIOUSLY REJECT THE WEAPONIZATION OF POST HOLOCAUST GRIEF AND TRAUMA BY THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT TO JUSTIFY THESE ATROCITIES AND USE ANTISEMITISM AS A SHIELD TO DEFLECT CRITICISM.
NOW, I WANNA ADDRESS THIS POINT BECAUSE OF MY POSITIONALITY, AND I'M NOT SEEING ANTISEMITISM ISN'T REAL, BUT THIS IS A SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY.
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THE, THE APARTHEID STATE OF ISRAEL HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN OPPRESSION FOR DECADES.UH, SOME OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ARE FORMER CALVARY CHAPELS.
UH, I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU PEOPLE HERE ARE VERY CLOSE CONNECTIONS WITH THEM.
UM, I'VE WITNESSED HOW THEY CAN BE RATHER PREDATORY IN THE WAY THAT THEY OPERATE, WHICH IS NOT CHRISTIAN, BUT RATHER AN OFFSHOOT OF WHITE SUPREMACY THAT HAS TIES TO SEXUAL ASSAULT COVERUPS.
UM, UH, IT IS THROUGH THE LENS OF MY CHRISTIAN UPBRINGING THAT I HAVE WITNESSED THE GREED AND WICKEDNESS THAT FUELS THE DESTRUCTION ON THE SANCTITY OF LIFE.
AND IT IS GUIDING ME TO ADVOCATE FOR IAN LIBERATION.
CHINO HILLS IS A BEAUTIFUL CITY WITH MANY PEOPLE HERE WHO SUPPORT PALESTINIAN LIBERATION.
IT'S BECAUSE OF THIS THAT I IMPLORE YOU TO SEEK OTHER INVESTMENT OPTIONS.
RACHEL CORA, A YOUNG AMERICAN WOMAN, WAS MURDERED BY ISRAELIS WITH A CATERPILLAR D NINE BULL BULLDOZER.
CATERPILLAR HAS A LONG HISTORY OF THE DESTRUCTION OF PALESTINIAN LIVES.
THE D NINE BULLDOZER IS NICKNAMED DUBUS, WHICH MEANS TEDDY BEAR AND HEBREW SOMETHING THAT I HOPE YOU REMEMBER, BECAUSE WHILE YOU HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO PROVIDE COMFORT TO YOUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN, MANY PALESTINIANS DO NOT.
AND IF YOU CONTINUE TO INVEST CON CONTRACTS WITH CATERPILLAR, YOU WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS.
CEASEFIRE, NOW FOLLOWING ABRAHAM IS DELL.
THE TIME HAS COME FOR CHINO HILLS AND MORE TO JOIN MORE THAN 70 MAJOR AMERICAN CITIES AND CALL FOR CEASEFIRE.
THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THIS BEING A WASTE OF TIME, NOT A CITY MATTER.
GO TO YOUR REPS, GO TO CONGRESS, GO TO THE GOVERNOR, TELL THE SENATOR, TELL THE PRESIDENT, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT WE DO.
YOU WILL HAVE TO DO, YOU GUYS PASSED A NO TO ANTI-SEMITISM RESOLUTION BACK IN NOVEMBER.
HOWEVER, THE TIMING IS PECULIAR.
YOU DIDN'T PASS AN ANTISEMITISM RESOLUTION WHEN THE PITTSBURGH SYNAGOGUE MASSACRE TOOK PLACE, NOR DID YOU PASS IT AFTER THE SYNAGOGUE IN SAN DIEGO WAS SHOT UP NOT FAR FROM HERE.
YOU PASSED IT A SHORT FEW WEEKS AFTER OCTOBER 7TH, MEANING YOU PASSED IT FOR ISRAEL, NOT JEWISH AMERICANS.
I THOUGHT YOU DON'T DO INTERNATIONAL ISSUES.
WHY DO YOU REFUSE TO CALL FOR THE CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION? IS IT BECAUSE YOU WANNA STICK TO CITY MATTERS OR IS IT BECAUSE OF CHURCHES LIKE CALVARY CHAPEL HAVE EXERTED THEIR INFLUENCE OVER YOU? LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, THESE PEOPLE ARE CHRISTIAN ZIONISTS.
THEIR SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL IS ROOTED IN ANTI-SEMITISM.
THEY WANT JEWS OUT OF AMERICA TO MOVE TO ISRAEL AND KILL MUSLIMS AND ARABS IN THE MIDDLE EAST INDEFINITELY, HOPING TO TRIGGER A BIBLICAL END TIMES EVENT.
I BELIEVE THIS GOES AGAINST YOUR ANTISEMITISM RESOLUTION, DOESN'T IT? THANK YOU.
DELL IS ZHI FOLLOWING DELL IS ZU HIRE DELL.
I APPRECIATE THAT YOU LOVE BOMBS.
THIS IS WHAT MY SIGNED YEARBOOK FROM 2011 FROM TOWNSEND JUNIOR HIGH READS AT OAK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN TOWNSEND.
I ALWAYS HAD MY PEERS HATE ME AND TREAT ME WITH HOSTILITY.
AND THEN I READ THE ARTICLE PUBLISHED BY THE CHINO HILLS CHAMPION LAST WEEK TITLED, COUNCIL CHAMBER TURNS INTO A BATTLE ZONE AGAIN.
WHAT BATTLE ZONE DOES THIS LOOK LIKE? THE GAZA STRIP TO YOU? YOU CALL ME A TERRORIST AGAIN.
YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS WONDERED WHY, AND IT CAME FULL CIRCLE.
A CHILD DIDN'T PUBLISH THIS NEWSLETTER.
A GROWN ADULT WHO HATES MUSLIMS, DID YOU? PEOPLE IN THIS CITY THINK YOU'RE BETTER THAN US AND THAT'S WHY YOU'VE NEGLECTED OUR UNDYING CALL FOR SOLIDARITY TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND NOW YOU'RE GONNA SIT HERE IDLY AND LET FAKE NEWS BE POSTED ABOUT YOUR CITY ADVERTISING TO THE WORLD THAT THE CITIZENS OF YOUR CITY ARE TERRORISTS.
ADD TO THE AGENDA OF CEASEFIRE TODAY TO PUT AN END TO THE ONGOING GENERATIONAL MUSLIM HATE IN YOUR CITY.
TOSSING, TOSSING, FOLLOWED BY SAM.
SAM SAID, I STAND BEFORE YOU CALLING FOR A CEASEFIRE.
CALLING FOR A CEASEFIRE IS NOT PRO HAMAS.
AND AS A SOUTH INDIAN WOMAN, I CALL HERE FOR CEASEFIRE TODAY BECAUSE I HAVE A HEART.
AND IF WE HAVE ANY HUMANITY, ANY MORAL CONSCIENCE, WE WILL ALL DO THE SAME.
OVER 30,000 DEATHS HAVE ALREADY TAKEN PLACE, MOST OF WHICH ARE WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
EVERY DAY THAT GOES BY, MORE PEOPLE ARE BEING KILLED.
HOW MANY MORE NEED TO DIE? IF YOU DON'T HEAR THE REALITY AND WANNA TURN A BLIND EYE TO THIS GENOCIDE?
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WE SIMPLY CANNOT BECAUSE IT'S OUR TAX DOLLARS THAT ARE FUNDING THIS GENOCIDE.OVER $14 MILLION MORE WERE JUST SENT RECENTLY TO KILL THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.
SO IF YOU DON'T WANNA CALL A CEASEFIRE, BECAUSE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE BEING KILLED JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE PALESTINIAN, AT LEAST DEMAND A CEASEFIRE BECAUSE WE COULD USE THAT MONEY HERE TO FIX OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM, OUR HOMELESSNESS PRO PROBLEM.
AND GOD KNOWS WE NEED ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET WITH OUR MONEY TO FIX OUR OWN PROBLEMS. SO STAND WITH ALL THE OTHERS WHO HAVE PASSED THE CEASE FAR, SUCH AS SANTA ANA, LONG BEACH, DAVIS, SAN FRANCISCO NOLTON STAND.
HUMANITY FOLLOWING SAM IS A ASURA.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS AND MADAM MAYOR.
MOST OF THE FATHERS AND MOTHERS IN GAZA WILL NOT BE WITH THEIR CHILDREN RIGHT NOW.
IT'S FIVE 20 IN THE MORNING IN GAZA, AND THE SUN IS COMING UP WITH THE LIGHT OF THE DAY.
BOMBS WILL FALL, A FATHER WILL SAY GOODBYE TO HIS SON AND HE WILL NOT KNOW IF HE WILL SEE HIM TODAY OR NOT.
WE START HERE AT THIS MOMENT WITH THE GRASSROOTS.
A COMMUNITY SAYS NO TO KILLING CHILDREN.
8,000 CHILDREN DID NOT EVEN MAKE IT TO AGE FOUR.
HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE? LOOK AT YOU.
CLOSE YOUR EYES AND SEE THE IMAGES OF THE CHILDREN WHO DIE BEFORE YOU SAY, I WILL NOT PUT THIS IN THE AGENDA.
YOU WANNA BE A HUMAN OR YOU ARE STILL BE A SELLOUT FOR SOMEONE ELSE.
THIS IS WHERE HUMANITY STARTS.
WE SAW THE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN.
WE WANT OUR CHILDREN AND GIRLS TO BE THE SAME THING.
I APOLOGIZE FOR MISPRONOUNCING.
MY NAME'S ISA AND I COME TO YOU AS A CATHOLIC LATINA PRODUCT OF THE CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT WHO DEMANDS THAT A CEASE FIVE RESOLUTION BE PLACED ONTO YOUR AGENDA.
I WAS RAISED IN A COUNTRY THAT OBLIGATED STUDENTS TO GET UP DURING A CLASS PERIOD, TO PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG TO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD.
LET ME EMPHASIZE ONE NATION UNDER GOD.
A PHRASE I HAVE COME TO REALIZE THAT MEANS NOTHING IN THE CITY THAT BOASTS ABOUT CHRISTIAN VALUES, BUT DENIES HUMANITY THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING LOST IN PALESTINE.
I KNOW THAT THE MAYOR, CYNTHIA, AND COUNCIL MEMBER BRIAN ATTENDS ST.
PAUL THE APOSTLE CHURCH, WHICH TELLS ME ABOUT YOUR FAITH.
AND DURING OUR LENT SEASON, I DO NOT SEE ANY REPENTANCE OR REFLECTION FROM YOU.
I HOPE AND PLEAD THAT YOU ALL RECONSIDER AND TAKE A MOMENT TO REFLECT ON TODAY BECAUSE AS CHRISTIANS AND OR CATHOLICS, I DO NOT SEE ANY HUMANITY IN YOUR EYES OR HEARTS.
TO YOUR POINT OF BEING THIS AN INTERNATIONAL TOPIC AND HOW THIS CAN SERVE PURPOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY, I ASK YOU ABOUT OUR STUDENTS, CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS WHO RATE OUR RAISED PALESTINIAN AMERICAN AND ATTENDER SCHOOLS THAT HAVE TO PLEDGE UP TO THIS COUNTRY THAT IS UNLOVING THEIR FAMILIES.
I COME HERE TODAY TO IMPLORE OUR CITY TO JOIN OVER 70 OTHER CITIES IN PASSING A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION, ONE IN EVERY 100 PEOPLE IN GAZA ARE DEAD.
A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION IS NEEDED NOW MORE THAN EVER.
THERE HAS BEEN OVER 2000 REPORTED HATE CASES OF ANTI PALESTINIAN HATE.
IN OVER 2000 DAYS GOING THROUGH ALL OF YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES, I CANNOT FIND A SINGLE CONDEMNATION OF IT.
THERE IS NO IN BETWEEN, IS STANDING FOR OR AGAINST RACISM.
YOU ARE EITHER WITH IT OR AGAINST IT.
AND PASSING A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION IS BASIC HUMAN DECENCY.
ONE THAT I EXPECT EVERY CITIZEN IN OUR CITY TO HAVE.
AND SEEING THAT THERE'S NO CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION PASS OR EVEN BROUGHT UP PAINS ME AS A PALESTINIAN AMERICAN THANK YOU, SIDRA SIDIKI, FOLLOWED BY IRAM.
I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY TO URGE YOUR SUPPORT FOR A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION THAT PRIORITIZES PALESTINIAN LIBERATION.
OVER 30,000 INCIDENT PALESTINIAN LIES HAVE BEEN LOST OVER THE COURSE OF 157 DAYS.
THIS GENOCIDE DID NOT BEGIN ON OCTOBER 7TH.
THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING GENOCIDE SINCE 1948.
EVERY DAY WE OPEN SOCIAL MEDIA AND SEE THE DESTRUCTION OF HOMES DISMEMBERED, BABIES AND FAMILIES PLEADING TO GOD FOR HELP.
BY SUPPORTING A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION THAT FOCUSES ON PA PALESTINIAN LIBERATION, YOU'RE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE ETHNIC CLEANSING OF PALESTINIANS IN THEIR OWN HOMELAND IS UNACCEPTABLE.
AND THAT THEIR STRUGGLES, FREEDOM AND DIGNITY, DIGNITY WILL NOT BE IGNORED ANY LONGER THAN THEY ALREADY HAVE.
THE CRISIS IN GAZA IS ONE THAT NOT ONLY REQUIRES RECOGNITION, BUT ALSO ACTION.
OUR VOICES OF REASON AND COMPASSION CAN PREVAIL WITH YOUR ACTION EVERY SINGLE DAY.
PALESTINIANS SEE THE WESTERN WORLD WATCHING THE NEWS, SCROLLING THROUGH THE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS AND COMPLETE AND UTTER IGNORANCE.
HOW CAN WE BE COMPLICIT IN GENOCIDE?
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CEASEFIRE, NOW FREE PALESTINE.I'M SORRY, ONE MINUTE IS JUST NOT ENOUGH.
UM, A COMMENT WAS MADE EARLIER FOR EVERYONE TO FOCUS ON THE WAS JUDEO-CHRISTIAN VALUES THAT THIS COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED ON.
WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE US? ARE WE NOT PART OF THIS? WE WERE BORN HERE.
I HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE HERE AND MY VALUES AND MY MORALS TO COUNT JUST AS MUCH AS ANYONE ELSE'S.
HERE WE ARE STANDING UP FOR EVERYONE ELSE.
MY DAUGHTER JUST WROTE A PAPER IN EIGHTH GRADE SAYING THE HOLOCAUST SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN HISTORY CLASS.
WHY? BECAUSE WE NEED TO LEARN FROM OUR MISTAKES.
IT WAS A TRAGIC EVENT IN HISTORY.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO STAND UP FOR EVERY SINGLE MINORITY OPPRESSED COMMUNITY, ANYBODY THAT IS ANYTHING THAT HAS IS HAPPENING WRONG TO THEM.
BUT WHY AREN'T WE BEING STOOD UP FOR? THAT'S MY QUESTION.
WHEN WHEN IS SOMEBODY GONNA STAND UP FOR US? HA TEAM HA TEAM FOLLOWED BY ASIAH.
I'M GLAD THAT VOICES FROM OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY WERE HEARD TODAY.
AND YOU CAN SEE HOW DIVERSE THEY ARE.
IT'S NOT, THEY'RE NOT JUST REPRESENTING ONE PARTICULAR RACE COLOR, BUT WE'RE VERY DIVERSE AND THEY'RE ALL CONCERNED.
I MUST EXPRESS MY DEEP CONCERN OVER THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN GAZA, WHERE OVER 30,000 PEOPLE, MAINLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN, HAVE PERISHED OVER 30,000.
THIS ISN'T A DISTANT ISSUE, IT'S DEEPLY FELT ALL OVER THE US ILLUSTRATED TRAGICALLY BY AARON BUSHNELL RECENTLY EXTREME PROTEST.
THIS REFLECTS THE WAR'S EMOTIONAL TOLL ON ALL OF US.
OUR REQUEST FOR ACTION HAVE BEEN IGNORED, LEAVING OUR COMMUNITY TO QUESTION THIS COUNCIL'S COMMITMENT TO PEACE AND EMPATHY.
I STAND HERE TO DEMAND ACTION.
ADD THE CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION TO THE AGENDA.
LET'S PROVE THAT CHINO HILL STANDS FOR HUMAN DIGNITY AND PEACE.
WE NEED LEADERSHIP THAT RESPONDS TO OUR COLLECTIVE PAIN AND STRIVES FOR PEACE.
OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES LEADERS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE TO ITS SUFFERING.
IGNORING THE PROBLEM DOES NOT ABSOLVE YOU OF RESPONSIBILITY.
FREE PALESTINE AS FOLLOWED BY SONYA.
UM, I JUST WANNA SAY, I JUST WANNA ADD ON THAT WAS MY MOM SPEAKING BACK THERE.
AND I DID HAVE TO WRITE AN ESSAY ON IF EIGHTH GRADERS SHOULD LEARN ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST OR NOT.
AND I THINK WITHOUT A DOUBT, WE WOULD ALL WANT TO SAY YES BECAUSE IT WAS A VERY TRAGIC EVENT THAT SHOULD NOT BE REPEATED.
BUT THIS IS YET AGAIN, ANOTHER HOLOCAUST IN THE MAKING.
WHAT HAPPENED TO NEVER AGAIN? WHY ISN'T ANYONE STANDING UP FOR THIS? AND I GREW UP HERE AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO FEEL AFRAID BECAUSE OTHER PEOPLE ARE BEING KILLED AND NO ONE'S STANDING UP FOR THIS.
AND I JUST THINK THAT THIS IS VERY WRONG BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN HAP LIKE NATIVE AMERICANS WERE BEING DISPLACED, MEXICANS WERE BEING DISPLACED.
AND THIS IS ANOTHER THING THAT'S HAPPENING.
AND YOU GUYS PLEDGED TO THE FLAG FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
BUT IS THERE REALLY LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL WHEN THERE'S THOUSANDS AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE OVER THERE THAT ARE JUST DYING AND NO ONE'S DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT? SO PLEASE ADD A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION TO YOUR AGENDA.
SONIA IS FOLLOWED BY MARYANNE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I JUST RETURNED FROM ISRAEL AND THE FIRST THING I SAW AT THE AIRPORT WAS WOMEN WITH GI HHAS WORKING IN A NICE ENVIRONMENT.
I VISITED THE WHITESMAN INSTITUTE.
IT'S A HIGH TECHNOLOGY CENTER.
I SAW WOMEN, UH, FROM WITH THE GI HHAS.
AND THEY SAY THAT IN, IN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, THE THE MUSLIM, UH, PERSON CANDIDATE WILL BE CHOSEN OVER AN ISRAELI.
THEY GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO HELP.
AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE WHERE THIS MAN IS CHOOSING, UH, MR. SWAR TO PUT PEOPLE INSTEAD OF, UH, IN FRONT OF, OF, OF THE, OF THE, UM, IN THE FRONT TO BE SHIELDS FOR THEM.
AND THEY HIDE WHILE THEY HIDE UNDER THE TUNNELS.
YOUNG MEN, BABIES, LITTLE ONES GO TO, UH, CAMPS.
AND INSTEAD OF BEING LIKE THESE YOUNG PEOPLE LEARNING BASEBALL AND GETTING AWARDS FOR GOOD THINGS, THEY GET AWARDED FOR SHOOT A JEW.
AND WE WILL ASK THAT YOU WILL NOT PASS THAT RESOLUTION.
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MARYANNE FASANI, FOLLOWED BY ANINHA.GOOD EVENING RESECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS MARIAM AND I'M HERE TO CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION FOR GAZA.
MANY CITIES HAVE PASSED A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION FOR GAZA, INCLUDING SAN FRANCISCO, ATLANTA, DETROIT, SANTA ANA, LONG BEACH, AND MANY OTHERS.
CEASEFIRE RESOLUTIONS AT THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL ARE ONE WAY TO AMPLIFY VOICE TO THE PUBLIC.
POLLS SHOW THAT, UH, 70% OF AMERICAN VOTERS SUPPORT AS CEASE FIRE.
THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH IN GAZA REPORTS THAT THAT MORE THAN 500 PALESTINIANS HAVE LOST 10, 10 OR MORE MEMBERS LEAVING MANY CHILDREN WITHOUT FAMILY SUPPORT.
THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS IN GAZA ALSO REPORT THAT THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH NO SURVIVING FAMILY, UH, MEMBERS COMING, UH, SURVIVING FAMILY, COME IN TO GET MEDICAL CARE IS SO HIGH THAT THEY HAVE A NEW ACRONYM TO DESCRIBE THEM.
WOUNDED CHILD, NO SURVIVING FAMILY.
CAN YOU IMAGINE THIS? THIS IS TRAGIC.
WE CANNOT LET THIS GO ON ANY LONGER.
PLEASE ADOPT THE CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION.
GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS INSHA AND I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF CHINO HILLS ALL 23 YEARS OF MY LIFE.
I GOT TO ATTEND THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING WHERE I NOTICED CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS EMPHASIZED THE PUBLIC COMMENTATORS NEED TO WATCH THEIR TONE.
SO I'M GONNA KEEP THAT IN MIND AND I WANT EVERYONE, THE COMMUNITY AND COUNCIL MEMBERS TO KNOW THAT MY TONE IS CALM.
BUT I WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR THAT MY TONE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF MINE AND MY COMMUNITY'S TRUE FEELINGS.
I'M ANGRY FOR THE PEOPLE IN GAZA THAT HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING OVER 157 DAYS OF TORTURE.
I'M HEARTBROKEN FOR THE THOUSANDS THAT WE KNOW WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES, THEIR FAMILIES, AND THEIR PEACE.
IT'S IN MY CITY AND IT'S SILENCE.
IT'S RAMADAN, AS SOMEONE MENTIONED, AND IT'S A HOLY MONTH OF FASTING.
SO NO FOOD AND WATER FROM SUNRISE TO SUNSET BEFORE YOU FEEL BAD FOR US.
THEY'VE BEEN STARVING FOR DAYS.
THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO GET AID OR FOOD, AND ALL THE AID TRUCKS HAVE BEEN STOPPED BY THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT.
WE'RE JUST ASKING YOU FOR SOMETHING THAT'S IN OUR RIGHT, IN YOUR ABILITY.
CEASEFIRE NOW ADDED TO THE RESOLUTION.
GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN CHINO HILLS.
I WANNA ADDRESS SOMETHING THAT WAS SAID IN THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
SO A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER HAD MENTIONED THEY WEREN'T ALLOWED TO SPEAK DIRECTLY ON A PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN PROCEEDED TO DO SO.
ANYWAY, THEY ADDRESSED IT AND SAID THEY WOULDN'T STAND FOR ANYONE CALLING COUNCIL MEMBERS IMMORAL AND SUPPORTERS OF GENOCIDE.
SO I WANNA BE REALLY CLEAR WHEN I SAY THIS.
IT'S NOT YOUR ACTIONS THAT HAVE LED US TO THINK THESE THINGS.
IT'S YOUR INACTION, YOUR INACTION, PASSIVITY, PASSIVITY, WHILE THE ETHNIC CLEANSING OF PALESTINE PEOPLE OCCURS.
THESE ARE REAL PEOPLE WITH LIVES THAT MATTER JUST AS MUCH AS OURS.
YOU ARE COMPLICIT IN GENOCIDE WITH YOUR SILENCE.
YOUR NEGLIGENCE IS LOUD ENOUGH AND HEARD CLEARLY IN THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'VE BROUGHT THIS TO YOU FOR MONTHS ASKING YOU TO MAKE THIS A TOPIC AND A PART OF THE AGENDA.
WE'RE ASKING FOR THE SIMPLE GESTURE OF A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION BEING ADDED TO THE AGENDA SO WE CAN HAVE A PROPER CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THIS IS THE FIRST STEP WE NEED FOR A LASTING CEASES FIRE.
IF YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO IT, DO IT NOW.
UM, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
THE GROUPS BRINGING UP THESE CEASEFIRE RESOLUTIONS ARE DOING IT AS HATE AGAINST THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
THE FIGHT WILL NOT END EVEN IF THERE IS A CEASEFIRE.
THEIR MAIN GOAL IS TO GET DIVESTMENT AND BOYCOTT JEWISH BUSINESSES, COMPANIES AND PREVENT THE COMMUNITY FROM ENGAGING WITH THOSE BUSINESSES.
IMAGINE HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL LOSE THEIR JOBS IF YOU BOYCOTT ALL THESE COMPANIES.
THIS GOES AGAINST CHINO HILL'S CORE VALUES OF GROWTH, PROSPER, AND PROSPERITY FOR ALL.
SO WHAT NEXT? THEY WILL BOYCOTT JEWISH OWNED BUSINESSES AS WELL.
I URGE YOU NOT TO SUCCUMB TO THE PRESSURE AND WAS TO THESE PRECIOUS RESOURCES AND TIME ON INTERNATIONAL FOREIGN POLICY.
RELEASE THE HOSTAGES STOP TERROR ATTACKS AND BARRAGE OF BOMBS INTO ISRAEL.
HAMAS SHOULD SURRENDER ARMS. THANK YOU.
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AMINA.I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE SAME PERSON, BUT I HAVE TWO.
ARE YOU? IT'S THE SAME PERSON.
SO WE'RE CLEAR ON WHO'S SPEAKING RIGHT NOW.
WHAT'S THIS IS NIAH, RIGHT? THAT'S HOW IT'S SPELLED.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, OKAY, SO WE DON'T HAVE THIS ONE.
YESTERDAY WAS THE FIRST DAY OF RAMADAN, WHICH IS A HOLY MONTH FOR MUSLIMS THAT WE CELEBRATE EVERY YEAR.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT ALL YEAR, AND IT'S OUR HAPPIEST TIME OF THE YEAR BECAUSE WE GET TO SPEND TIME WITH OUR FRIENDS AT THE MOSQUE EVERY DAY.
WE PRAY TOGETHER, EAT TOGETHER, AND PLAY IN BETWEEN.
RAMADAN IS NOT JUST ABOUT FASTING FROM SUNRISE TO SUNSET.
WE ALSO TRY OUR BEST TO DO MORE GOOD AND STAY AWAY FROM BAD.
USUALLY I WOULD BE HOME RIGHT NOW PREPARING FOR FIFTH STAR, WHICH IS THE MEAL WE BREAK FAST WITH.
BUT I'M HERE INSTEAD TO ASK FOR A CEASEFIRE ONCE AGAIN TO ADD, TO ASK ONCE AGAIN TO ADD A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION TO THE AGENDA.
AT LEAST I KNOW I HAVE FOOD TO BREAK MY FAST BREATH, WHICH IS MORE THAN I CAN SAY FOR MY PALESTINIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO ARE STARVING EVERY DAY.
AND NOT TO MENTION AMERICA SUPPORTING THAT.
LIZA PENA, FOLLOWED BY JESSICA.
UM, IT'S BEEN MORE THAN A HUNDRED DAYS THAT THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON.
EVERY DAY I WAKE UP AND I SEE DEAD FAMILIES, DEAD CHILDREN.
I KNOW YOU PROBABLY ALL SEE IT TOO.
I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE SMARTPHONES.
I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA.
YOU ARE SEEING THE SAME THING THAT WE SEE.
THERE'S MILLIONS OF PEOPLE SEEING THE SAME THING ANY EVERY DAY.
AND WE'VE SEEN SILENCE FROM YOU GUYS.
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT US AND YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT.
I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE MORALS, YOU ALL PROBABLY SOME SORT OF RELIGIOUS WHATEVER, DOESN'T MATTER.
HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF IT WAS YOUR FAMILY IN THESE PICTURES? HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF YOU WERE BEING ETHNICALLY CLEANSED AND KILLED BY THE THOUSANDS? HOW WOULD YOU FEEL? PLEASE DO SOMETHING AS BASIC AS CALLING FOR A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION.
PLEASE DIVEST FROM THESE COMPANIES THAT ARE SUPPORTING A GENOCIDE, AND PLEASE AT LEAST DO YOUR JOB.
JESSICA, FOLLOWED BY, WE HAVE A MARYAM, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A DUPLICATE.
SO WE'LL ADDRESS THAT WHEN WE CALL THE NEXT SPEAKER.
JESSICA, I AM PALESTINIAN AMERICAN.
THE FIRST TIME I EVER VISITED PALESTINE, I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD.
I WILL NEVER FORGET THIS FIRST TRIP BECAUSE I WAS TRAUMATIZED BY THE SOLDIERS AT THE BORDER.
THESE SOLDIERS WERE ALL YOUNG ADULTS AND TEENS WITH MACHINE GUNS POINTED AT OUR FACES AND BODIES.
A GREAT BIT OF INFORMATION TO KEEP IN MIND THAT SOLDIERS ARE FORCED TO JOIN THE IOF AND THIS IS WHEN THEY'RE BRAINWASHED TO HATE PALESTINIANS.
I WILL NEVER FORGET THIS PIVOTAL MOMENT IN MY LIFE WHEN I LEARNED AND FELT WHAT MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS WERE DEALING WITH IN PALESTINE.
THE FEAR ENDURED THAT DAY IS THE FEAR OF THE PALESTINIANS ENDURE.
EVERY DAY SINCE 1948, PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN TERRORIZED, MURDERED, TORTURED, HAVE THEIR LAND TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM AND HELPED CAPTIVE FOR NO GOOD REASON.
SO FAR, 13,000 CHILDREN HAVE BEEN MURDERED AND THEY'RE DYING FROM THE MOST HORRENDOUS TYPES OF DEATHS FROM BOMBING.
AND NOW THEY'RE BEING STARVED TO DEATH.
AND OUR TAX DOLLARS IS HELPING FUND THIS.
WE SHOULD USE OUR TAX DOLLARS TO FIX OUR HOMELESS ISSUE.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT SELF-DEFENSE.
I'M ASKING FOR YOU TO ADD CEASEFIRE TO THE AGENDA AND NO FUNDING COMPANIES THAT SUPPORT THIS GENOCIDE.
I HOPE YOU GUYS FINALLY MAKE THE RIGHT VOTE TODAY AND STAND UP FOR WHAT'S RIGHT.
THE NEXT SPEAKER CARD IS MARY M-M-A-R-Y-A-M.
BUT I BELIEVE HE ALREADY SPOKE, SO I'M GONNA PASS THAT BY.
WE HAVE ZIYAD RANA FOLLOWING ZIYAD.
SO, UH, LAST WEEK ISRAEL BOMBED A CIVILIAN WHILE THEY'RE GOING TO GET SOME FOOD FROM UH, TRUCKS.
THEY KILLED 120 PEOPLE AND INJURED 900 PEOPLE.
LAST NIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AT ONE O'CLOCK, THEY BOMB A BUILDING.
THEY KILLED 12 PEOPLE AND INJURED, UH, 100 PEOPLE.
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CLAIM THIS IS A SELF DEFENSE.WELL, CARPET BOMBING, CIVILIAN COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT, MURDER, CHILDREN IN THE THOUSAND.
THE WORLD SEES ISRAEL ACTION FOR WHAT THEY ARE, BARBARIC, HATEFUL, COWARDLY WAR CRIME.
PLEASE DO NOT BE SILENT WHILE THIS GENOCIDE IS HAPPENING.
THIS IS JUST SAYS IT'S ON PUBLIC COMMENTS.
SO IS THAT A DUPLICATE? YEAH, BECAUSE I ALREADY PULLED AGENDA.
I SUBMIT YOU FOR THE ANOTHER ONE FOR AGENDA ITEM.
I BELIEVE YOU SUBMITTED A VIDEO.
SO I BELIEVE THIS IS A DUPLICATE AS WELL.
CAN YOU PULL THE MIC DOWN IN FRONT OF YOUR MOUTH, MA'AM, SO WE CAN HEAR YOU OVER.
ONE CAN PULL THE MICROPHONE DOWN IN FRONT OF YOUR MOUTH.
OVER 154 YEARS, UH, DAYS AND WE'RE STARTED THE SIX MONTHS OF BOMBING CHILDREN, BOMBING WOMEN BOMBING BUILDINGS, UH, UH, BOMBING MOSQUES, AND PEOPLE STARVING TO DEATH.
THE ISRAEL IS NOT DEFENDING HERSELF.
ISRAEL JUST WANT TO DEMON WANTS TO GENOCIDE THE CHILDREN OF, OF PALESTINE, THE PEOPLE OF PALESTINE.
WE, WE ARE CALLING YOU AS A PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTED, REPRESENTING US.
LET THE PEOPLE TAKE A PEACE AND STOP THE GENOCIDE OF INNOCENT PEOPLE.
IT'S, IT IS JUST ABOUT KILLING AND GENOCIDED THE PEOPLE OF, UH, PALESTINE.
UH, CALLING FOR CAESAR CEASEFIRE.
THEN THE NEXT BATCH OF SPEAKER CARDS ARE FOR ITEM NUMBER 20.
PLEASE NOTE, COUNSEL, THAT THESE NEXT SPEAKERS ARE FOR ITEM 20.
AND THE FIRST SPEAKER IS PHILLIP GOMEZ, FOLLOWED BY LI LI LIZA PENA.
I, I JUST, UH, I JUST PLACED, UH, ITEM NUMBER 20 THAT IS, UH, THAT I, THAT I SUPPORTED.
BUT I CAME UP HERE TO, UH, WITH, TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF, UH, OF A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION IN GAZA.
AND I ALSO WANNA, I ALSO WANNA POINT OUT THAT CONTRARY TO POPULAR, UH, MYTHOLOGY, THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT LEGAL SYSTEM AND CONSTITUTION WAS NOT FOUNDED ON JUDEO-CHRISTIAN VALUES.
IT WAS FOUNDED ON THE SECULAR VALUES OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT.
AND THE REASON WHY THE FOUNDING FATHERS DECIDED TO CREATE A LEGAL SYSTEM LIKE THAT WAS TO BE INCLUSIVE TO PEOPLE OF ALL FAITH, TO FREE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD A NATION THAT WAS FREE OF THE SOCIETAL ILLS THAT PLAGUED EUROPE.
THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY WAS PLAGUED WITH RELIGIOUS WARS AND CONFLICTS AND OPPRESSION OF MANY DIFFERENT SECTS OF CHRISTIANITY.
AND THEY SOUGHT TO CREATE A NATION THAT WAS FREE OF ALL OF THE YOKE OF ALL FORMS OF RELIGIOUS OPPRESSION.
HAVING SAID THAT, I WANT TO, I WANT TO ISSUE THAT I FULLY SUPPORT RIGHT THERE, A CEASEFIRE AND GAZA RIGHT THERE.
AND I'M, I'M, I'M CALLING ON THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL RIGHT THERE TO PUT A, PUT FORTH A, A RESOLUTION ON THE AGENDA.
I WANNA, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE, THE PUBLIC THAT THIS SECTION OF PUBLIC COMMENTS IS FOR ITEM 20 ON THE AGENDA AND NOTHING MORE.
SO PLEASE KNOW THAT WHEN YOU'RE CALLED UP TO SPEAK, IT'S ONLY FOR THAT ITEM.
IF NOT, YOU'LL NOT BE ABLE TO SPEAK ON ANYTHING ELSE.
AND JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S, UH, INFORMATION, ITEM 20 IS THE ITEM WHERE WE'RE CONSIDERING OUR INVESTMENT POLICY.
SO WHAT WE FOUND IS THESE TYPICALLY ARE, ARE ASKING FOR THE PO, UH, THE COUNSEL TO TAKE AN ACTION ON THE INVESTMENT POLICY.
LIZA PENA, FOLLOWED BY HUSAN SOLOMON.
UM, WE ASK THAT YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT YOU ARE INVESTING YOUR MONEY IN.
AND BY INVESTING IN THESE COMPANIES, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE INVESTING IN GENOCIDE.
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR MONEY IS GONNA BE YOUR VOTE.
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YOU EACH HAVE A SAY.SO PLEASE, PLEASE CONSIDER DIVESTING AND, UM, JUST PAY ATTENTION TO WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES.
IT'S ALSO OUR TAX DOLLARS AND EVERYTHING.
SO JUST PLEASE MAKE SURE TO DIVEST FROM THESE COMPANIES.
WHOSE SON? SOLOMON IS HUSAN HERE? YES.
AND THEN FOLLOWED BY SIDRA SIDIKI.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND GOOD EVENING CITY COUNCIL.
UH, CURRENTLY THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS INVESTS OVER TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN COMPANIES THAT SUPPORT SUSTAIN OR MATERIALLY BENEFIT FROM, UH, THE INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED CRIMES OF GENOCIDE, APARTHEID AND ETHNIC CLEANSING.
AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE MY WORD FOR IT.
IF YOU LISTEN TO THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE, THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, OR AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, ANY INTERNATIONAL RECOGNIZED HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION, THEY, UH, HIGHLIGHT THESE SOFT FACTS.
TODAY ON THE AGENDA IS A, UH, INVESTMENT POLICY FOR, FOR THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
WE'RE ASKING THE CITY TO REFLECT THE MORAL AND ETHICAL VALUES OF THE RESIDENTS HERE AND AMEND THE INVESTMENT POLICY TO DIVEST ANY CURRENT AND FUTURE CITY INVESTMENTS FROM COMPANIES THAT COMMIT, SUSTAIN, OR MATERIALLY BENEFIT FROM THOSE INTERNATIONAL RECOGNIZED CRIMES.
THERE'S JUST A COUPLE PARAGRAPHS THAT WE ASK TO BE INCLUDED IN THE, UM, POLICY.
THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN EMAILED TO YOU.
I THINK YOU'RE GONNA GET UP PERFECTLY ON THE THIRD RI THIRD TIME.
UM, SO IN OUR VIEW, UM, WE BELIEVE THAT THE CITY COUNCILS, OR THE CITY, I SHOULD SAY, HOLDS CORPORATE NOTES.
AND THE COMPANY CALLED CATERPILLAR, WHICH YOU MAY NOT KNOW, BUT THIS, UM, COMPANY, THEY PROVIDE THE BULLDOZERS TO BULLDOZE, UM, HOMES, PALESTINIAN HOMES FOR ILLEGAL SETTLEMENTS.
WE ARE ASKING THE CITY TO DIVEST OF THIS, UH, THESE NOTES THAT THEY HOLD.
UM, THIS IS NOT AN ETHICAL COMPANY.
PRIOR TO WATCHING THE GENOCIDE OF PALESTINIANS UNFOLDING IN THE MOST SHOCKING AND GRUESOME SCENES I COULD EVER IMAGINE, I SPENT MOST OF OUR MONEY ON SMALL BIPOC OWNED BUSINESSES OUTSIDE OF THE CITY.
MY KIDS ARE ENROLLED IN MULTIPLE ACTIVITIES HERE IN TOWN, SO WE DO SPEND SOME TIME HERE, BUT MY MONEY DOES NOT GET SPENT HERE.
WE ARE MORE THAN HAPPY AND WILLING TO SUPPORT BUSINESSES THAT HAVE THE SAME WORLD ETHOS THAT I DO.
IF THAT MEANS DRIVING TO DIAMOND BAR, BREA, POMONA, LA, OR EVEN SAN DIEGO, I DO.
IN THE PAST FIVE MONTHS, I HAVE MADE ALL AND ANY EXTRA EFFORT TO ACTUALLY SCAN PRODUCTS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY AREN'T FUNDING AN ACTIVE GENOCIDE.
IF THIS SOUNDS EXTREME, I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE.
AS THE FEBRUARY 16TH STARBUCKS MARKET CAP HAD DECREASED BY ABOUT 11 BILLION DUE TO BOYCOTTS, MCDONALD'S REPORTED ITS FIRST QUARTERLY SALES MISSING ALMOST FOUR YEARS.
THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU WANT FROM YOUR BIG CITY EARNERS AS A CONSTITUENT, HAVING BEEN TOLD REPEATEDLY THAT CEASEFIRE IS NOT CITY BUSINESS.
HOW THE CITY IS INVESTING IS, I WILL NOT BE COMPLICIT IN THIS GENOCIDE.
AND THAT MEANS WE ARE ASKING YOU TO AMEND THE INVESTMENT POLICY TODAY.
SO THE VERBIAGE TO BE CLEAR THAT WE'RE ASKING TO BE INCLUDED IN YOUR INVESTMENT POLICY IS THIS, SO EVERYBODY CAN BE CLEAR ON THAT.
THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS STANDS AGAINST ALL GENOCIDE, ETHNIC CLEANSING, APARTHEID, AND COMMITS TO FOSTERING A COMMUNITY OF TOLERANCE AND UNDERSTANDING.
THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS SHALL BE PROHIBITED FROM INVESTING FUNDS WITH ANY PRIVATE PERSON, CORPORATION, INSTITUTION, OR OTHER ENTITY THAT COMMITS SUPPORT SUSTAINS OR MATERIALLY BENEFITS FROM GENOCIDE, APARTHEID, OR ETHNIC CLEANSING.
A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF PRIVATE PERSONS, CORPORATIONS, INSTITUTIONS AND OTHER ENTITIES THAT COMMIT THESE CRIMES IDENTIFIED ABOVE ARE ON THE FOLLOWING LISTS AND THE LISTS ARE STATED.
I THINK THAT SOUNDS REALLY REASONABLE.
I DON'T KNOW WHY ANYBODY WOULD OBJECT TO PUTTING THAT ON THE INVESTMENT POLICY.
SEEMS LIKE A VERY REASONABLE ASK.
AND, UM, I MEAN, IF IF WE CAN'T ADD A SIMPLE AMENDMENT LIKE THAT, THEN I, I IT'S JUST WE'RE NOT A MORAL CITY IF WE CAN'T DO THAT.
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I URGE YOU TO CONSIDER THE LEGACY OF INDIVIDUALS LIKE RACHEL COREY, A COURAGEOUS ACTIVIST WHO LOST HER LIFE WHILE PROTESTING THE DEMOLITION OF PALESTINIAN HOMES BY AN ISRAELI MILITARY BULLDOZER MANUFACTURED BY CATERPILLAR.HER TRAGIC, TRAGIC DEATH SERVES AS, AS A STARK REMINDER OF THE HUMAN COST OF CORPORATE COM COMPLICITY IN ATROCITIES I BY DI DIVESTING FROM COMPANIES LIKE CATERPILLAR, INC.
WE SENT A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT OUR CITY STANDS AGAINST INJUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS.
WE HAVE A MORAL OBLIGATION TO ENSURE THAT OUR INVESTMENTS DO NOT SUPPORT OR SUSTAIN CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY.
I URGE YOU TO DEMAND OUR INVESTMENT POLICY WITHOUT DELAY AND DIVEST FOR COM FROM COMPANIES THAT PROFIT, FROM THE SUFFERING OF OTHERS.
UM, I HAVE THE VERBIAGE IF YOU NEED, UM, A HARD COPY.
OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ANISE A-N-E-E-S.
UM, I'M SURE PEOPLE AT THE CITY COUNCIL, MAYBE YOU'RE TIRED OF HEARING THESE COMMENTS.
MAYBE IT'S, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU'RE A LITTLE BIT AGITATED, BUT JUST, JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND OUR PERSPECTIVE.
THIS IS A MANTO RAMADAN AND MUSLIMS FAST TONIGHT.
I WOULD LIKE TO BREAK MY FAST WITH MY WIFE AND TWO KIDS, BUT I DIDN'T.
WE'RE TOLD TO PRAY FIVE TIMES A DAY.
I QUICKLY PRAYED OUTSIDE RIGHT THERE IN THE HALLWAY JUST TO MAKE SURE MY NAME IS NOT MISSED AND I'M ABLE TO SPEAK.
JUST UNDERSTAND THIS, RAMADAN IS DIFFERENT FOR US.
WE ARE VERY, VERY HURT AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO PROCESS IT.
THIS IS A TIME FOR US TO CELEBRATE, BUT RIGHT NOW WE ARE JUST CONFUSED AND HURT AND DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
SO ALL WE'RE ASKING IS A SIMPLE ASK.
THE WORDED, THE WORDING WAS ALREADY READ.
JUST PLEASE ADD THAT TO YOUR POLICY.
OUR FINAL SPEAKER ON THIS ITEM IS ED UA.
MY NAME IS
SINCE 1991, I PAY TENS OF THOUSAND DOLLARS TO PROPERTY TAXES, TO CHINO HILLS.
AND I'M REQUESTING THE CITY TO AMEND ITS POLICY TO DIVEST ITSELF FROM THE, UM, THE SUPPORTING, UH, ANY COMPANIES WHO IS COMPLICIT WITH THE GENOCIDE.
I'M GONNA GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE.
AND AT AGE 24, 2003 IN MARCH, UH, MARCH 16TH, 2003, SHE WENT TO THE WEST BANK AND SHE SAW THE, THE BULLDOZER DEMOLISHING THE, UH, PALESTINIAN HOMES.
AND SHE DECIDED HE, AND SHE HAD HER FEELING TO PUT HERSELF HER LIFE ON THE, ON THE, ON THE LINE.
AND THE BULLDOZER DRIVER RUN HER OVER AND KILL HER.
AND THE, IN MARCH 16TH, WE'RE GONNA BE CELEBRATING HER DEATH.
I DID SUBMIT, WE DID SUBMIT A SPEAKER CARD FOR ME TO SPEAK ON THIS BEHALF.
I JUST, WE HAVE A VERY VETTED AND IRONCLAD FORM.
I I'M NOT ALLOWED TO LOSE MY SPEAKER CARD.
HUH? IF I REQUEST TO SPEAK, I GET TO SPEAK.
GOVERNMENT, YOU LISTEN TO US, WE ARE THE PEOPLE.
IF THERE'S NO SPEAKER CARD, SPEAKER, SORRY GENTLEMEN.
IT DOESN'T MEAN IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I CAN'T SPEAK.
THERE'S NOT ANOTHER SPEAKER CARD.
SO MEAN YOU LOST THE SPEAKER CARD.
OKAY, THIS TIME WE'RE GONNA MOVE
[ CONSENT CALENDAR (14 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.]
ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.PETER, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO PULL? ABSOLUTE JOKE.
MAYOR BRIAN? UH, NOTHING TO PULL.
ART, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO PULL? NOTHING TO BRIAN.
DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR? SO MOVED.
SECOND, PLEASE VOTE AND LOCK IN YOUR VOTE.
[26. Receive and file Homeless Services Update by Social Work Action Group (SWAG) and authorize execution of one-year agreement with SWAG in amount not-to-exceed $265,000 to provide homeless intervention services]
[27. Authorize execution of Amendment No. 4 to Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement A92-024 with San Bernardino Associated Governments (SANBAG), now referred to as San Bernardino Council of Governments (SBCOG), to provide Board of Directors with authority to adjust methodology for assessing member agency dues and additional changes without needing to amend JPA agreement as Board is expected to increase membership dues from $19,252 in Fiscal Year 2023-24 to $44,798 in Fiscal Year 2024-25, enabling SBCOG to provide more services to members]
MOVE ON TO THE DISCUSSION CALENDAR.ITEM NUMBERS 26 REGARDING THE SOCIAL WORK ACTION GROUP AND 27 REGARDING THE SAN BERNARDINO ASSOCIATED GOVERNMENTS WILL NOT BE HEARD TONIGHT AND WILL BE BROUGHT BACK TO A FUTURE AGENDA.
[28. Introduce ordinance amending Chapter 13.05 Utility Billing to improve consistency and efficiency of delivering services to utility customers entitled: "An Ordinance of the City of Chino Hills, Amending Chapter 13.05 (Utility Billing) and Determining That the Amendment is Exempt From Review Under the California Environmental Quality Act" (for first reading by title only, waiving further reading); and approve updates to “Section 4.7 - Utility Billing” of Administrative Policies and Procedures Manual to align policies and procedures with current operations]
IS TO ITEM NUMBER 28, WHICH IS TO INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1305 UTILITY BILLING TO IMPROVE CONSISTENCY AND EFFICIENCY[01:55:01]
OF DELIVERING SERVICES TO UTILITY CUSTOMERS AND TO APPROVE UPDATES TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES MANUAL FOR UTILITY BILLING.KRISTA BAER, OUR FINANCE STRUCTURE WILL PRESENT THE REPORT.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
KRISTA, CAN YOU MOVE YOUR MIC CLOSER TO YOU PLEASE? THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
TONIGHT I'LL BE PROVIDING A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE PROPOSED UPDATES TO THE UTILITY BILLING SECTION OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE AND THE PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE UTILITY BILLING POLICY, WHICH ARE RECOMMENDED TO BETTER REGULATE THE CITY'S UTILITY BILLING PROCESS FOR THE PROPOSED MUNICIPAL CODE CHANGES.
STAFF REMOVED THE REFERENCE TO REFUSE.
SINCE WE NO LONGER BILL FOR TRASH SERVICES, WE REMOVED OUTDATED CRITERIA TO ESTABLISH CREDIT WORTHINESS AND ELIMINATED THE LIEN AUTHORIZATION AGREEMENT OPTION AS A DEPOSIT.
SINCE THIS IS A COSTLY AND TIME CONSUMING PROCESS THAT HAS NOT BEEN UTILIZED, WE ALSO RENAMED THE REPAYMENT PLANS TO PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE WORDING RELATED TO SB 9 98 AND REMOVED WORDING THAT DID NOT ALIGN WITH THE CURRENT PROCESS AND TIMELINE WHILE ADDING OTHER CLARIFYING LANGUAGE.
NOW I'LL MOVE ON TO THE MAJOR UPDATES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO THE UTILITY CUSTOMER SERVICE POLICY.
FIRST, WE RENAMED IT TO THE UTILITY BILLING POLICY TO BETTER ALIGN WITH THE NAME IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE.
WE ADDED, REMOVED AND RENAMED VARIOUS DEFINITIONS BASED ON CURRENT BUSINESS PRACTICES AND REMOVED ALL REFERENCES AND SECTIONS THAT CONTAINED REFERENCES TO REFUSE.
ADDITIONALLY, WE ASSIGNED THE FINANCE DIRECTOR THE RESPONSIBILITY OF APPROVING PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS, BILLING ADJUSTMENTS, AND WAIVING PENALTIES AND FEES.
WE ALSO REDUCED THE TIMEFRAME FOR COLLECTIONS ON FINAL BILLED ACCOUNTS FROM 60 DAYS TO 30 DAYS, AND CHANGED THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR INITIATING COLLECTIONS FROM THE CITY MANAGER TO THE FINANCE DIRECTOR.
WE REVISED THE CREDIT WORTHINESS SECTION TO CLARIFY THAT CREDIT WORTHINESS MAY ONLY BE ESTABLISHED THROUGH A GOOD PAYMENT HISTORY WITH THE CITY OR BY ESTABLISHING GOOD CREDIT TO THE CITY'S REASONABLE SATISFACTION.
FINALLY, WE ADDED VERBIAGE THAT SECURITY DEPOSITS WILL BE REQUIRED IN AN AMOUNT UP TO THREE TIMES THE ESTIMATED AVERAGE MONTHLY BILL FOR THE PROPERTY SERVED.
IN CONCLUSION, THE RECOMMENDATION BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS TO INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE UPDATING THE UTILITY BILLING CHAPTER OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE AND TO APPROVE UPDATES TO SECTION 4.7 UTILITY BILLING OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES MANUAL IF APPROVED, THE PROPOSED POLICY AND CODE CHANGES WILL TAKE EFFECT APRIL 25TH, 2020 FOURTH.
I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME.
CHRIS, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR HER? UH, NO.
I JUST WANNA MAKE A STATEMENT, UH, IF WE ABSENT ANY PUBLIC, UH, REQUEST TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, I'LL MOVE THIS ITEM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THOUGH, RAY? BRIAN? I'LL SECOND.
AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC PUBLIC FOR THIS.
[29. Approve updates to Administrative Policies and Procedures Manual Section 1.4 - Guidelines for All Public Meetings to prohibit use of City audio-visual equipment for public communications during general Public Comment Portion while preserving public’s option to use City audio-visual equipment for public comment on specific agenda items at Council and Commission meetings and other revisions]
ITEM NUMBER 29.AND WE DO HAVE SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS ITEM.
THIS IS TO APPROVE UPDATES TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES MANUAL SECTION 1.4 REGARDING GUIDELINES FOR ALL PUBLIC MEETINGS.
UM, CITY MANAGER MONTGOMERY WILL PREVENT THIS, WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM.
AND HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE ON THIS ITEM, CHERYL? UH, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY EIGHT.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT AT THIS TIME THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE STRICTLY BASED ON, UH, THE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 29 AND NOTHING MORE.
SO IF YOU DON'T PLAN TO SPEAK ON ITEM 29, PLEASE DO NOT COME UP TO THE PODIUM.
AND WE ARE STILL AT A ONE MINUTE SPEAKER TIME.
SPEAKER, WHO'S THE FIRST SPEAKER ON THIS SPEAKER? THE FIRST SPEAKER DID IS PAUL, ARE YOU GONNA GET REPORT FIRST? YOU WANNA DO THE YEAH, YOU WANNA DO THE PRESENTATION FIRST AND THEN THE SPEAKERS? I DO HAVE A REPORT.
PROBABLY BE VALUABLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO HEAR THIS.
SO MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, UH, WE HAVE A POLICY THAT PROVIDES GUIDELINES FOR HOW WE RUN, UH, A PUBLIC MEETING.
UH, UH, MUCH OF IT IS BASED ON THE BROWN ACT AND THE REQUIREMENTS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE, UH, RESPONSIBILITIES OUTLINED IN THIS POLICY AND PROCEDURES.
UH, ON, IN THIS CASE, WE'RE PRESENTING SOME CHANGES TO THIS POLICY, UH, TO ADDRESS ULTIMATELY SOME OF THE, UH, ISSUES WE'VE HAD WITH ADDING, UH, VIDEO AND AUDIO TO THE PUBLIC, UH, COMMENT SECTION OF THE MEETING.
UH, WHAT IS PRESENTED FOR THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION TONIGHT ARE TWO, UH, POTENTIAL CHANGES.
UH, FIRST, UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO RESTRICT THE USE OF VIDEO AND AUDIO TO AGENDIZED ITEMS ON, UH,
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THE CALENDAR FOR THE ENTIRE MEETING.WE TYPICALLY BREAK OUR MEETINGS UP INTO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, PORTION OF THE MEETING, WHICH WE JUST EXPERIENCED.
WE HAVE OUR DISCUSSION CALENDAR, WHICH WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, AND WE MAY HAVE, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS, UH, CONSENT CALENDARS.
AND WHAT THIS IS LOOKING TO DO IS DURING OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS PORTION OF THE MEETING, THESE, UH, ARE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PUBLIC TO PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL, UH, TOPICS THAT ARE TYPICALLY WITHIN THE CITY'S JURISDICTION, BUT NOT ON THE AGENDA.
UM, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS, SINCE THE COUNCIL'S NOT CONSIDERING AN ITEM, NOT LOOKING TO MOVE FORWARD, WE THINK THAT REMOVING THE COMPLEXITY OF HAVING TO REVIEW VIDEO AND AUDIO MATERIAL IN ORDER TO HAVE IT PREPARED FOR A MEETING, UH, IS, UH, UH, NOT PRODUCTIVE FOR THE MEETING.
IT'S ONEROUS ON STAFF HAVING TO REVIEW THAT.
AND AS YOU CAN TELL, WITHOUT OUR INTENTION, THE KIND OF COMPLEXITY OF BEING ABLE TO PLAY AND START, THOSE ARE JUST VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO MANAGE.
OUR SYSTEM ISN'T SET UP LIKE A TELEVISION STUDIO TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT.
SO WHAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING TONIGHT IS A CHANGE TO THE POLICY TO RESTRICT THOSE, UH, ADDITIONS IN PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, TO ONLY THE SECTIONS OF THE, OF THE COUNCIL MEETING THAT HAVE AN ITEM.
UH, MARK DID YOU WANNA WAIT ON, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY THAT'S WITH REGARD TO USING CITY AUDIO VIDEO EQUIPMENT, PEOPLE CAN USE THEIR OWN AUDIO VIDEO EQUIPMENT.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT USING THE CITIES.
THANK, THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
AND I, I WAS GONNA RESERVE MY COMMENTS TO AFTER PUBLIC COMMENTS, BUT JUST THAT MIGHT ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS TOO.
SO, JUST TO BE CLEAR, SO IF SOMEONE FROM THE PUBLIC WANTS TO COME AND DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS AND HOLD UP A PHOTO, HOLD UP A SIGN, HOLD UP THEIR PHONE AND LET US HEAR OR WATCH THE VIDEO, THAT IS PERFECTLY FINE.
SO WE'RE LIMITING IT TO RESTRICT CITY EQUIPMENT.
AND THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
IT'S PROBABLY HELPFUL FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE EVEN GET THE VIDEOS THAT YOU SAW OR THE ILLUSTRATIONS THEY'RE SUBMITTED IN ADVANCE.
SO THE MEETING STAFF HAVE TO REVIEW IT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE, UH, MATERIAL THAT WE WOULD THEN NOT SHOW, UH, UH, PORNOGRAPHY FALSE STATEMENTS, STATEMENTS THAT INCITE VIOLENCE.
THO THOSE TYPES OF THINGS ARE PROHIBITED, BUT IT TAKES TIME FOR THE STAFF TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW THAT, TEE IT UP.
WE, UH, ALSO IN THIS POLICY ARE PROPOSING, UH, THAT UH, ANYTIME WE ARE GOING TO ALLOW VIDEO, THAT IT HAS TO BE A SPECIFIC FORMAT.
IT HAS TO BE THE LENGTH, UH, OF TIME.
WE SAW TONIGHT THAT ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS HAD A SEGMENT THAT THEY WANTED TO SHOW, NOT THE FIRST 15 SECONDS.
THAT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PROVIDE.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE PEOPLE WHO SUBMIT LINKS TO, UH, YOUTUBE VIDEOS.
WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO, TO BE ABLE TO SEAMLESSLY AND WITHOUT DISRUPTION AND WITHOUT MISINTERPRETATION THAT WE'RE EDITING THIS.
IT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WANT TO CONTINUE IN OUR POLICY.
SO AGAIN, UH, AS A CITY ATTORNEY POINTED OUT IN CLARIFYING, WE ARE LOOKING TO RESTRICT THE USE OF THE CITY EQUIPMENT FOR VIDEO AND AUDIO PRESENTATIONS SOLELY FROM THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE, OF THE, UH, OF THE MEETING.
AND THAT WE WOULD STILL ACCEPT IT FOR AGENDIZED ITEMS. AND EVEN IN THOSE CASES, THERE HAVE TO BE IN A SPECIFIC FORMAT.
GENTLEMEN, CAN WE RESERVE OUR COMMENTS FOR AFTER WE HEAR THE SPEAKERS SECOND QUESTION? SURE, SURE.
I JUST WANNA BE SURE WE RECEIVED A COPY OF THIS, UH, ITEM, UH, AT OUR, ON THE DAAS.
WERE COPIES OF THIS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC OUTSIDE? YES, THEY WERE.
OKAY, JUST WANNA CLARIFY THAT FOR THE RECORD, THEY HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT WE WERE GONNA DISCUSS THIS.
ALRIGHT, WHO IS OUR FIRST SPEAKER? OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS PAUL, FOLLOWED BY NASLI.
I DO, UH, APPRECIATE THAT YOU'LL ALLOW US TO, UH, SHOW VIDEO UP HERE, BUT I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE IT'S NOT THE SAME AS USING THE EQUIPMENT WE HAVE HERE.
SEEING IT ON SCREEN, SEEING IT ON YOUR OWN SCREENS, I BELIEVE.
UM, SO I THINK GETTING RID OF THIS IS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, RESTRICTING, UH, THE PUBLIC'S OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THINGS, UH, IN A CLEAR WAY IN ADDITION TO JUST SPEECH.
BUT VIDEO AND, AND PICTURES HELP A LOT WHEN TRYING TO, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH A LIMITED TIME, YOU KNOW, SEND OUT INFORMATION THAT WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE, UH, LIMIT TO.
AND ALSO TO ADDRESS THE 15 SECOND.
I THINK THAT'S A FAIR POINT, BUT ALSO, LET'S BE FAIR, WE WERE LIMITED TO A MINUTE.
YOU KNOW, IF WE KNEW AHEAD OF TIME, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ONLY GONNA BE A MINUTE, WE COULD HAVE EDITED, UH, OR THAT GENTLEMAN COULD HAVE EDITED THAT VIDEO, UH, TO ACCOMMODATE THAT TIMEFRAME.
SO MAYBE IF THERE IS SOME STUFF YOU WANNA MODIFY AROUND THAT ISSUE, I CAN UNDERSTAND,
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BUT JUST COMPLETELY CUTTING OFF VIDEO AND, AND, UH, PICTURES.I THINK IT'S, OR USING THE EQUIPMENT HERE TO DO THAT.
I, I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
UM, YEAH, I WOULD JUST AGREE WITH THE LAST PERSON THAT, UM, SO THE VIDEO CAN BE USEFUL.
UM, A PICTURE'S WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS.
YOU'RE NOT DISAGREEING THAT IT PROVIDES USEFUL CONTENT.
I GO TO A LOT OF MEETINGS AND DO A LOT OF PRESENTATIONS AND THE ONLY THING WORSE, UH, THAN A VIDEO SNAGGING IS WHEN SOMEBODY TRIES TO BRING THEIR OWN EQUIPMENT AND SHOW THE VIDEO AND THEN THAT SNAGS EVEN WORSE.
SO I THINK THAT IT'S JUST NOT FEASIBLE IF IT'S NOT PORTRAYED ON THE CITY'S EQUIPMENT.
SO QUESTION, UM, IF WE WERE TO BRING OUR OWN EQUIPMENT, THEN DOES THAT MEAN THE COUNCIL IS SAYING THAT IT WOULD BE FINE TO SOMEHOW HOOK UP SO THAT WE CAN HAVE IT DISPLAYED? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY SHOWING YOU SOMETHING ON MY PHONE ISN'T GONNA WORK VERY WELL.
UM, I THINK THIS IS AN ISSUE OF CENSORSHIP, WHICH IS SOMETHING IT FEELS LIKE WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING IN THE CITY LATELY.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN TO THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS OR IN THIS ROOM, BUT, UM, FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
I, I THINK THAT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US AS AMERICANS.
AND CENSORSHIP IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT.
CENSORSHIP, JUST TO BE CLEAR, AS A SUPPRESSION OF IDEAS, WORDS, OR IMAGES THAT ARE CONSIDERED OFFENSIVE, HARMFUL, OR SENSITIVE.
AND IT CAN ALSO REFER TO THE USE OF LEGAL OR OFFICIAL MEANS TO RESTRICT SPEECH.
IT CREATES A DANGEROUS DISTRACTION.
IT CAN LEAD TO VIOLENCE, IT CAN LEAD TO REVOLUTIONS.
UH, CENSORSHIP CAN TRANSFORM INTO A REVOLUTION OF ITS SUPPRESSES REFORM.
SO I HOPE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WOULDN'T BE TRYING TO CENSOR US FOLLOWING JEN.
IS SOPHIA DENYING TECHNOLOGY TO THE TECHNOLOGY GENERATION IS CENSORSHIP AS ZENIO WHO CAN UTILIZE BOOKS AND TECHNOLOGY.
WE WILL FIND, ALWAYS FIND A CREATIVE WAY, BUT YOU'RE AIMING THIS SOLELY AT US, OR AT LEAST IT FEELS LIKE IT.
IS THIS GOING TO CHANGE THE NEXT TIME A CALVARY CHURCH MEMBER WANTS TO SHOW YOU A VIDEO TO PROVE A POINT? WILL YOU VIOLATE THE BROWN ACT THEN AND DECIDE THIS PRIVATELY AND THEN VOTE ON IT PUBLICLY? WOODROW WILSON SAID, I CAN IMAGINE NO GREATER DISSERVICE TO THE COUNTRY THAN TO ESTABLISH A SYSTEM OF CENSORSHIP THAT WOULD DENY TO THE PEOPLE OF A FREE REPUBLIC LIKE THEIR OWN, LIKE OUR OWN, THEIR INDISPUTABLE RIGHT TO CRITICIZE THEIR OWN PUBLIC OFFICIALS WHILE EXERCISING THE GREAT POWERS OF THE OFFICE I HOLD.
I WOULD REGRET IT IN A CRISIS LIKE THE ONE THROUGH WHICH WE ARE NOW PASSING TO LOSE THE BENEFIT OF PATRIOTIC AND INTELLIGENT CRITICISM.
FOLLOWING SOPHIA? UM, SHE'S OUTSIDE.
CAN YOU GO GET HER PLEASE? THE, THE NEXT, UM, SPEAKER IF WE WANNA TAKE THEM NEXT IS ZANE.
AND THEN WE'LL DO SOPHIA AFTER.
UH, JUST WANNA MAKE CLEAR, UH, TO THE MANAGER THAT I WAS TOLD THAT THE VIDEOS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES.
THAT'S WHY I EDITED IT ACCORDING TO THE TWO MINUTES.
AND I JUST FEEL THAT, I MEAN, NO DISRESPECT, BUT THAT'S APPARENT THAT, UM, MAYBE IT'S AN AGE ISSUE.
SOME OF THE YOUNGER GENERATION CAN HANDLE VIDEOS MUCH BETTER BECAUSE CLEARLY THIS IS A SUPPRESSION OF INFORMATION AND, UM, I SIMPLY VIEW, VIEW IT AS CENSORSHIP.
AND THIS WOULD'VE NEVER COME UP HAD, UH, SOME OTHER ISSUE OR, UM, YOU KNOW, HAD, HAD IT, HAD IT BEEN THE OTHER SIDE, ZIONISTS WOULD'VE BEEN SHOWING THEIR VIDEOS.
I'M SURE YOU GUYS WOULD'VE GLADLY WATCHED THEM WITH POPCORNS, UH, SUPPRESSION OF INFORMATION CAN HINDER PROGRESS, LIMIT FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND PERPETUATE IGNORANCE.
AND WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS HOW MUCH IGNORANT OUR COUNCIL IS.
UM, IT CAN ALSO PREVENT FROM PEOPLE FROM MAKING INFORMED DECISIONS TRIPLE INNOVATION AND LEAD TO MANIPULATION OF PUBLIC OPINION OR HISTORICAL NARRATIVES.
AND OUR FINAL SPEAKER ON THIS ITEM, MS. SOPHIA.
UH, GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING OUR BEST TO STAY CALM HERE, BUT I I, I REALLY LIKE, I'M JUST GONNA SAY IT STRAIGHT UP.
I FEEL LIKE YOU GUYS ARE JUST CHANGING THE RULES, LIKE, YOU KNOW, IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, LIKE ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S A ONE MINUTE TALK WHEN I'M TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, GET A, A THREE MINUTE ONE.
UM, AND THIS WHOLE NEW VIDEO CENSORSHIP THING, LIKE, WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT? LIKE EVERY CITY, EVERY CITY HAS, YOU KNOW, LIVE, UM, LIVES GOING ON, ON YOUTUBE.
YOU'RE, NOW YOU'RE RESTRICTING THE VIDEO.
UM, AND, AND ONCE AGAIN, LIKE I'M JUST TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, PRACTICE MY RELIGION HERE.
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COULD NEXT TIME HAVE A FIVE, 10 MINUTE BREAK JUST TO PRAY, JUST TO BREAK OUR FAST, WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.THERE ARE A LOT OF HUNGRY PEOPLE OUT HERE TOO, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU JUST WANT TO GET THEM FED AND, UM, YEAH, THAT'S ABOUT IT.
AND UM, JUST SO YOU KNOW, ISRAELI ARABS ARE TREATED VERY BADLY IN ISRAEL TOO.
THEY'RE TREATED VERY, VERY BADLY.
SO, UM, YEAH, I DON'T AGREE WITH WHAT YOU WERE SAYING OVER THERE.
UM, WE'LL START WITH YOU, PETER.
LET ME, I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS.
COMMENTS, ART, NO COMMENT OTHER THAN A, A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS RECOMMENDATION.
RYAN, I HAVE NO OTHER COMMENTS, RIGHT? NO COMMENTS? NO COMMENT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I GAVE THAT MOTION.
AND THEN, DO I HAVE A SECOND? GO FOR IT.
PLEASE VOTE AND LOCK YOUR VOTE.
[30. Special Meeting Item - Brown Act Limitation - Public Comments]
OUR NEXT ITEM IS THE ITEM THAT WAS ADDED FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING.THIS IS REGARDING THE BROWN ACT AND PUBLIC COMMENTS.
CITY MANAGER MONTGOMERY WILL PRESENT THE REPORT.
UH, THE ITEM FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT WOULD BE ESSENTIALLY A RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL POLICY OF NOT, UH, ACCEPTING, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY'S JURISDICTION.
UM, IN, UH, SINCE JANUARY 9TH, UH, WE'VE HAD FOUR MEETINGS WHERE WE'VE HAD QUITE A BIT OF, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT ON, UH, THE CEASEFIRE TOPIC.
UH, THIS TOPIC HAS BEEN, UH, ORIGINALLY POINTED OUT BY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THAT IT WAS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY COUNCIL'S JURISDICTION.
UH, THE CITY COUNCIL ELECTED TO ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE TOPIC OF CEASEFIRE.
UH, IN ORDER FOR THE COUNCIL TO REVERSE THAT DECISION, UH, THEY WOULD NEED TO TAKE AN ACTION.
AND SO WE BROUGHT THIS, UH, BEFORE THE COUNCIL FOR YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO DELIBERATE AND MAKE A DECISION AND GIVE DIRECTION TO STAFF.
UH, TO PUT IT INTO CONTEXT, UH, WE HAD, UH, ROUGHLY 90 MINUTES OF, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS IN THE FIRST MEETING, UH, 27.
UH, UH, UM, UH, IN THE, UH, SECOND MEETING, WHICH WAS, UH, JANUARY 23RD, UH, OUR FEBRUARY 13TH, UH, MEETING, WE HAD OVER TWO HOURS OF PUBLIC COMMENTS.
AND THEN, UH, WE HAD ROUGHLY 50 MINUTES OF PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING ON, UH, FEBRUARY 27TH.
AND THAT WAS WITH A REDUCTION FROM OUR TYPICAL THREE MINUTES, UH, DOWN TO TWO MINUTES.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THE TIME SPENT, UH, HERE DURING THE COUNCIL MEETING, STAFF HAS BEEN PROCESSING A VARIETY OF EMAILS, BOTH FOR AND AGAINST THE TOPIC OF A CEASEFIRE THAT TAKES STAFF TIME THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE SPENT, UH, DOING OTHER CITY BUSINESS.
UH, I OFTEN SPEAK TO, TO RESIDENTS WHO CALL TO QUESTION WHAT I OR MY TEAM SPEND THEIR TIME ON.
UH, I WITHOUT A VALUE JUDGMENT.
I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT FOR THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT EVERY MINUTE THAT I'M DOING ONE JOB, I'M NOT DOING ANOTHER.
IF MY CLERK IS REVIEWING 800 EMAILS, THAT'S WORK THAT SHE'S NOT ABLE TO DO, UH, IN ANOTHER CAPACITY TOWARD THE CITY OPERATION.
UM, IF WE WOULD'VE PUT A DOLLAR AMOUNT ON ALL THE TIME THAT'S BEEN SPENT IN PUBLIC MEETINGS, PREPARATION FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS, REVIEWING COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE TOPIC SPECIFICALLY OF CEASEFIRE, AND WE'RE CALLING THAT OUT BECAUSE IT IS OUTSIDE OF THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, IT WOULD BE OVER $40,000 WORTH OF THE EQUIVALENT COST TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES.
UH, I'LL DEFER, I'LL DEFER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PROVIDE THE COUNSEL WITH THE LEGAL BASIS FOR RESTRICTING, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS SOLELY TO ITEMS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY.
MARK? YES, MAYOR, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, THE BROWN ACT, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED A NUMBER OF DECADES AGO, HAS A PROVISION IN IT UNDER THE GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 4 0.3, WHICH ALLOWS A CITY, IT DOESN'T REQUIRE, BUT IT ALLOWS THE CITY TO RESTRICT PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS TO CITY BUSINESS.
AND THAT MEANS THINGS THAT ARE WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF A CITY.
AND THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS TO ALLOW A
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CITY TO, UM, STAY FOCUSED ON THOSE ISSUES THAT A CITY NORMALLY DEALS WITH.PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, RECREATION AND PARKS ISSUES, INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC UTILITIES.
THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT CITIES ARE GIVEN DIRECT AUTHORITY OVER, UNDER THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO ADDRESS ON A DAILY BASIS.
UM, AS WE WERE REVIEWING THIS AND FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION, I MEAN THIS AT THIS POINT, I MEAN, THIS IS NOT, UM, WITH REGARD TO THE GAZA STRIP ISSUE AND, AND THE WAR, THERE'S BEEN, AS, AS CITY MANAGERS POINTED OUT, UM, SUBSTANTIAL TIME SPENT ON THAT AS WE WERE LOOKING GOING FORWARD.
I MEAN, JUST LOOKING AT TODAY'S NEWS AND THINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE, SOMEBODY COULD COME FORWARD ON THE RUSSIA, UKRAINE ISSUE.
COULD BE, UM, THE ABORTION ISSUE.
IT COULD BE WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN IRAN, THE HAITIAN ISSUES, THE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S LEGAL PROBLEMS. I MEAN, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE ON THE NEWS EVERY DAY THAT ARE NATIONAL ISSUES, WHICH I'M NOT SAYING THEY'RE NOT IMPORTANT.
THEY ARE, BUT THE FACT IS, THIS COUNCIL DOESN'T HAVE ANY AUTHORITY OVER THOSE.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE BRINGING TO YOU IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO RETURN TO RESTRICTING THE CITY'S PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS AND WORK TO CITY BUSINESS.
AGAIN, NOT SAYING THAT THE THINGS THAT ARE BROUGHT UP AREN'T IMPORTANT, BUT THEY TAKE A LOT OF TIME AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A MATTER OF, UH, JUST, UH, EFFICIENCY AND, AND STAFF TIME.
AND, AND WHERE DOES STAFF, WHERE DOES THE COUNCIL WANTS RESOURCES PUT? OKAY, THANK YOU, MARK.
CHERYL, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS? WE DO NOT.
PETER, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? NO, I DON'T.
UM, RYAN, RIGHT, SO IT'S BACK TO YOU.
DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? UM, NO.
THAT'S, DO I HAVE A MOTION? BECAUSE WHAT'S BEFORE US IS AGAIN, WHAT MARK SAID IS TO COMMENCE GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 4 0.3, WHICH ALLOWS THE CITY TO RESTRICT PUBLIC COMMENTS TO CITY BUSINESS WITHIN OUR JURISDICTION SUBJECT MATTER.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
PLEASE VOTE AND LOCK YOUR VOTE ON YOU.
THIS TIME WE HAVE, DO YOU HAVE CITY MANAGER UPDATES?
[ CITY MANAGER UPDATES]
DO YOU HAVE CITY MANAGER UPDATES? BEN, NO ADDITION TONIGHT.UH, COUNSEL REPORTS, UH, UH, HOW ABOUT SAFETY?
[ SAFETY UPDATES - Fire and Police]
I'M SORRY.CHIEF, CHIEF WILLIAMS FROM THE FIRE.
ARE POLICE CHIEF GERARD? IS THIS ON? YEAH.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE, JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK, UH, COMMENTS.
HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF AND RESIDENCE AND ATTENDANCE.
UM, THERE'S TWO RECENT CRIMES I WANT TO ALERT THE PUBLIC TO.
ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26TH, 2024, WHILE VISITING AN ATM MACHINE IN THE AREA OF 4,200 CHIN HILLS PARKWAY, A MALE VICTIM WAS TAPPED ON THE SHOULDER AND TOLD HE DROPPED MONEY ON THE FLOOR WHEN THE VICTIM TURNED TO SEE IF HE DROPPED MONEY.
ANOTHER SUBJECT TOOK HIS DEBIT CARD FROM THE ATM AND EXCHANGED IT WITH A DIFFERENT ATM CARD.
THE, THE VICTIM DID NOT REALIZE THIS UNTIL HE GOT HOME AND REALIZED THAT APPROXIMATELY $2,000 HAD BEEN TAKEN FROM HIS ACCOUNT, HIS ACCOUNT FROM A BANK IN WEST COVINA ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5TH, 2024.
WHILE OUT FOR A WALK, A FEMALE RESIDENT OF CHINO HILLS WAS FLAGGED DOWN BY TWO INDIVIDUALS SITTING IN A VEHICLE.
WHEN THE RESIDENT APPROACHED THE VEHICLE, THE SUBJECT HANDED HER ITEMS OF JEWELRY AND PLACED A NECKLACE AROUND HER NECK.
WHILE THEY DID, SO THEY TOOK THE NECKLACE THAT WAS AROUND HER NECK.
DETECTIVES ARE CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING BOTH CRIMES, BUT THESE TYPES OF DISTRACTION THEFTS HAVE BECOME MORE PREVALENT IN THE CITY, AND RESIDENTS ARE REMINDED TO BE ALERT TO SUBJECTS ATTEMPTING TO DISTRACT THEM IN AN EFFORT TO COMMIT THEFT.
CHIEF, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOR EITHER? NO.
[ COUNCIL REPORTS Vice Mayor Bennett Omnitrans Board Chino Valley Unified School District Board Council Member Marquez San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Board Council Member Rogers Chino Desalter Authority Board]
DO YOU HAVE ANY REPORT? UH, YES.OMNI TRANS, UH, THE MOST NOTABLE, UH, THING THAT WAS DISCUSSED IS THERE WERE FOUR DRIVERS THAT WERE HONORED FOR ONE AND 2 MILLION SAFE DRIVING MILES.
UH, THEY WERE, UH, HONORED BY THE, UH, THE ENTIRE BOARD AND BY THE, THE DISTRICT STAFF.
UH, THERE IS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION GOING ON WITH SOME, UH, SALARY INCREASES, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A SPECIAL MEETING WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, UH, TO ADDRESS THAT BEFORE THE NEXT BOARD MEETING ON APRIL 3RD.
UH, CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UH, I THINK THERE'S NO REAL POINT IN DISCUSSING A WHOLE LOT ABOUT IT.
UH, YOU COULD READ ABOUT IT IN THE NEWSPAPER.
THERE WERE SOME DISRUPTIONS, UH, BUT THERE WAS A POLICY, UH, DEALING WITH PARENTAL RIGHTS THAT HAD BEEN WRITTEN.
IT WAS SCRATCHED AND THEY WROTE A DIFFERENT
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POLICY.YOU CAN GET THE EXACT LANGUAGE OF THAT, UH, THROUGH THE PRESS OR ONLINE.
AND THAT'S THE END OF MY REPORTS.
ART COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ, UH, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS CHINO SALTER AUTHORITY BOARD? YES.
UH, CHINO BASIN DE SALTER AUTHORITY.
WE, UH, VOTED ON A NUMBER OF SERIES OF AMENDMENTS TO THE VARIOUS CONTRACTS, WHICH ARE, UH, AMENDMENTS TO THOSE CONTRACTS.
SO, UH, THESE ARE ALL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES THAT WE HAVE.
SO THAT WAS THE WHOLE MEETING WAS APPROVING THOSE TYPES OF CONTRACTS.
PETER, WHY DON'T YOU ROLL INTO YOUR COUNCIL
[ COUNCIL COMMENTS]
COMMENTS.THE ONLY BEN QUESTION, OR DANIEL, BEN AND I CHATTED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT, CARBON CANYON SIGN.
WHEN IS THE SIGNAGE GOING UP OR WHEN'S THAT HAPPENING? WE'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE ASK ABOUT THE CARBON CANYON TRUCK RESTRICTIONS AND WHEN THAT'S, UH, ENFORCEABLE.
SO, AS FAR AS, UH, THE APPROVAL, WE, WE DO HAVE APPROVAL FROM CALTRANS FOR THE OVERALL RESTRICTIONS.
WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH CALTRANS ON THE, THE ACTUAL SIGNS AND THE VERBIAGE AND LANGUAGE THAT THE SIGNS WILL HAVE.
UH, WE DO HAVE COMMENTS FROM OUR CALTRANS DISTRICT.
UH, THE CITY OF BREA IS WORKING WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE CALTRANS DISTRICT, UH, FOR THEIR COMMENTS.
UM, WE'RE HOPING TO GET COMMENTS SOON.
UM, ONCE WE DO GET THOSE COMMENTS, THEN WE WILL, UH, UH, PUT TOGETHER A FINAL PACKAGE AND, UH, GET THE SIGNS, UH, UH, ESSENTIALLY, UM, FABRICATED AND INSTALLED.
UH, WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE 'EM UP BY NOW, BUT, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL WAITING ON CALTRANS.
SO COULD BE TWO WEEKS, COULD BE A MONTH, COULD BE TWO, TWO WEEKS.
ART, ANY COMMENTS? UH, NONE TONIGHT.
NO, UM, I ONLY HAVE ONE COMMENT.
I WANNA THANK, UM, OUR POLICE CHIEF FOR WORKING WITH, UM, THE PARENTS FROM LIDLE ELEMENTARY.
I KNOW THEY'VE REACHED OUT TO ME REGARDING THE TRAFFIC PROBLEM.
AND THANK YOU FOR COORDINATING A JOINT MEETING BETWEEN, UH, THE PRINCIPAL AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UM, ONE QUESTION I DID HAVE FOR THE TRAFFIC COMMITTEE, DANIEL, UM, ANOTHER PARENT BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S BEEN INSTITUTED, BUT ON THAT SECTION OF STREET, WE HAVE A TWO HOUR, UM, MAXIMUM FOR PARKING.
SO SOME OF THE PARENTS WERE SAYING WHEN THEY LEAVE FOR FIELD TRIPS OR IF THEY HAVE AN EVENT ON CAMPUS, THEY'RE GONNA BE PARKING THERE LONGER THAN TWO HOURS.
AND, UH, PARKING IS NOT LOUD IN THE ADJOINING NEIGHBORHOODS.
THAT'S BEEN A LONGSTANDING, UM, THING THAT WE KNOW ABOUT.
SO, UM, MAYBE YOU COULD TALK TO CHIEF FIRST OF WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE, BUT I WOULD LIKE THE TRAFFIC COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE POLICY OF, UH, WHY WE LIMIT IT TO TWO HOURS.
AND IF THEY CAN REVISIT THAT, PLEASE.
WE HAVE A MEETING ON THURSDAY.
WE WILL DISCUSS THAT AT THAT MEETING.
[ 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.]
I WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN WITH DEEP GRATITUDE, RESPECT, AND APPRECIATION FOR THE BRAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVE AND HAVE SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES.THEIR SELFLESS CONTRIBUTIONS PROTECT US ALL, AND THEY AND MAY WE, AS A COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND HONOR THEM.
AND WITH THAT, OUR MEETING THIS EVENING IS ADJOURNED.