* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] GOOD [ SPECIAL MEETING - 4:00 P.M. - CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL] AFTERNOON. I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CHIN HILL CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER AT 4:00 PM UM, CHERYL, CAN YOU PLEASE DO ROLL CALL? ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT EXCEPT FOR COUNCIL MEMBER JOES. OKAY. THANK YOU. [ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. READY TO BEGIN? I ALLEGIANCE TO SUPPORT FIVE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE REPUBLIC FOR ONE NATION, ANOTHER NOT INDIVISIBLE. DO YOU HAVE [1. PUBLIC COMMENTS: At this time members of the public may address the City Council regarding the Fee Schedule Workshop. Those persons wishing to address the City Council are requested to complete and submit to the City Clerk a "Request to Speak" card available at the entrance to the City Council Chambers. Comments will be limited to three minutes per speaker.] ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, CHERYL? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS. THANK YOU. THE [2. Discuss Annual Update to Master Schedule of Fees, Fines, and Penalties] STAR OF THE DAY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TODAY. WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS THE ANNUAL UPDATE TO THE MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES. FINE. I'M SORRY, I GOTTA START MY POWERPOINT. THERE WE GO. . UH, WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS THE ANNUAL UPDATE TO THE MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES, FINES, AND PENALTIES. FEEL FREE TO STOP ME AT ANY TIME DURING THE PRESENTATION TO ASK QUESTIONS. USER FEES ARE ADOPTED TO FUND PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT PROVIDE A DIRECT BENEFIT TO THE INDIVIDUAL PAYING THE FEE WITH LIMITED OR NO DIRECT BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY. THE CITY'S USER FEES ARE BASED ON A COST RECOVERY CONCEPT, MEANING THAT THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE GENERATED FROM THE FEES MAY NOT EXCEED THE ESTIMATED REASONABLE COST OF PROVIDING THE SERVICE. THE USER FEES ARE CALCULATED BY MULTIPLYING THE FULLY BURDENED HOURLY DEPARTMENT OR DIVISION RATES BY THE AVERAGE TIME SPENT TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE USER FEE. FULLY BURDENED HOURLY RATES INCLUDE SALARY AND BENEFIT COSTS, PLUS ALL APPLICABLE OVERHEAD AMOUNTS FOR THE BLENDED GROUP, WHICH IS EITHER THE DEPARTMENT OR DIVISION. EVERY YEAR STAFF EVALUATES THE TIME SPENT ON VARIOUS SERVICES IN THEIR DEPARTMENT AND ADJUST THE TIME DATA AS NEEDED BASED ON THE AVERAGE TIME SPENT ON EACH SERVICE. THE FULLY BURDENED HOURLY RATES ARE ALSO UPDATED ANNUALLY TO REFLECT THE DRAFT BUDGET FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. STAFF IS PROPOSING THAT THESE REVISED FEES WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2024. FIRST, I'LL BE GOING OVER THE NEW FEES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED. THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS PROPOSING NINE NEW FEES. THE FIRST IS A STRUCTURAL ALTERATION FEE FOR RESIDENTIAL. THE PROPOSED FEE IS $668, AND FOR COMMERCIAL, THE PROPOSED FEE IS $936. STAFF CURRENTLY USES, UH, TABLE NINE FOR ADDITIONS, WHICH ESTABLISHES FEES BASED ON ADDED SQUARE FEE. THIS FEE WOULD BE USED FOR PROJECTS WHERE THERE WOULD BE NO ADDED SQUARE FEE. THE NEXT FEE IS A NON-STRUCTURAL ALTERATION FEE. FOR RESIDENTIAL, THE PROPOSED FEE IS $468, AND FOR COMMERCIAL, THE PROPOSED FEE IS $802. THESE FEES ALLOW FOR WORK THAT IS LESS INSPECTION INTENSIVE. THE NEXT FEE IS AN ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM FOR $268. THEY CURRENTLY USE A BROAD CATEGORY OF ELECTRICAL APPARATUS, BUT AN ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM IS MUCH MORE TIME INTENSIVE THAN MOST APPARATUS. THEN THERE IS AN ELECTRICAL SUB-PANEL FEE FOR $267. CURRENTLY, THE FEE FOR A MAIN SERVICE PANEL REPLACEMENT IS USED, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE A FEE FOR ADDING SUBPANELS. KRISTA, BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT PAGE. YES. CAN I ASK, UM, NICK A QUESTION? SO IT SEEMS OBVIOUS, BUT CAN YOU GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A STRUCTURAL ALTERATION AND THEN A NON-STRUCTURAL ALTERATION AS IT RELATES TO OUR RESIDENCE? SO, UH, A STRUCTURAL ALTERATION WOULD BE, LET'S SAY WE HAD A, UM, A LARGE REMODEL OF A HOUSE. SO THE HOUSE COULD BE 2200 SQUARE FEET. THEY'RE COMPLETELY GUTTING THE INTERIOR, MOVING THE KITCHEN AROUND, EXPANDING THE KITCHEN, BUT THEY'RE NOT ADDING ANY SQUARE FOOTAGE TO THE RESIDENCE. UM, SO THIS, THIS INTENDS TO, UH, TRY TO CAPTURE THAT VERSUS UTILIZING THE ADDITIONAL SQUARE FOOTAGE TABLE AND THEN SAYING THAT, WELL, THE ADDITIONAL SQUARE FOOTAGE IS LIKE, WHAT'S BEING NEW INSIDE THE EXISTING BUILDING ENVELOPE. SO, SO IT TRIES TO, IT TRIES TO HELP STREAMLINING IT A LITTLE BIT. OKAY. AND SO A NON A NON-STRUCTURAL ALTERATION WOULD BE, UH, THIS WOULD BE KIND OF YOUR MORE, LIKE FOR A COMMERCIAL, FOR EXAMPLE, IT WOULD BE MINOR TIS THAT ARE, UM, PURELY COSMETIC IN NATURE, BUT THAT REQUIRES SOME ELEMENT OF A, UM, BUILDING PERMIT. OKAY. FOR, AND THEN LIKE A HOMEOWNER, WHAT [00:05:01] WOULD A HOMEOWNER'S, UH, A HOMEOWNER, UH, NON-STRUCTURAL ALTERATION WOULD BE SOMETHING SMALL, LIKE A, LIKE A REMODEL IF YOU WILL. LIKE A, IF LIKE A BATHROOM REMODEL. OKAY. OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANKS, KRISTA. THERE'S A REASON FOR IT. I GOT A QUESTION. I COULD MM-HMM. , UH, NICK, REGARDING THE SQUARE FOOTAGE ON SAY, RESIDENTIAL, IF I'M ADDING 3000 SQUARE FEET, IT'S THE SAME PRICE, RIGHT? I'M ONLY ADDING MAYBE 20 SQUARE FEET. IS IT THE SAME PRICE OR IS IT DIFFERENTIAL? NO, IT'S, IT WOULD BE, IT'S DIFFERENT. SO THE, UM, THE TABLE NINE BREAKS IT DOWN FOR THE ADDITIONS, UH, HAS CERTAIN MILESTONES. SO IF YOU ARE ADDING A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET, THE VALUATION OF THAT CONSTRUCTION IS HIGHER, SO THE FEE IS HIGHER VERSUS IF YOU'RE ONLY ADDING 80 SQUARE FEET. SO I'M LOOKING AT A COST HERE OF $668. WHAT'S THE SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR THAT? SO THIS IS A, THIS IS A BLANKET TYPE FEE. SO THIS WOULD BE IF YOU ARE REMODELING THE FIRST FLOOR OR YOU'RE REMODELING BOTH FLOORS. IT'S MY QUESTION ON THIS SAME THING THAT WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT SQUARE FOOTAGE, IT DOESN'T MATTER. RIGHT. OKAY. THAT, THAT WAS MY POINT FOR THIS PARTICULAR ONE. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. CHERYL, CAN YOU LET THE RECORD REFLECT, KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER JOSEPH IS HERE? YES. I HAVE HIM ARRIVING AT 4:04 PM THANK YOU. SORRY. MM-HMM, , WE NEED TO UNLOCK THE DOORS SO I CAN GET IN IF THAT IT WAS UNLOCKED. THANK YOU. WELL, YOU'VE BEEN HERE ON TIME, RIGHT? ? I KEEP BANGING ON THE DOOR RIGHT NOW. OKAY. TO THAT, UM, THE LAST ITEM ON THIS SLIDE IS A RESIDENTIAL RE-PIPE FOR $468, WHICH IS AN INSPECTION FEE FOR A WHOLE HOUSE RE-PIPE. GREAT QUESTION ON THAT. YES. ON THE RE-PIPE, IS THAT ONLY WHERE YOU'RE STRUCTURALLY GOING IN, LIKE TEARING OUT WALLS RE REROUTING THE PIPE OR, I, I, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, DID A E PIPE, WHICH BASICALLY THEY GO IN AND HIGH PRESSURE REDO THE, BOTH THE HOT AND COLD LI LINES. THEY ETCH IT OUT, THEN THEY SHOOT, UH, EPOXY IN IT AND THEN RETEST THE PRESSURE IT'S MADE TO WHERE IT CONCEALED PINHOLES IN THE COPPER PIPING WITHOUT HAVING TO GO INTO WALLS OR ANYTHING ELSE. WOULD THAT NOT BE SUBJECT TO A RE-PIPE, OR IS THIS OTHERWISE, IS THIS HARD STRUCTURE GOING INTO THE WALLS, ET CETERA? OR WHAT WOULD IT INCLUDE? UM, I'M GONNA HAVE TO DEFER TO OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL ON, ON THAT. I, I WASN'T EVEN AWARE THAT THAT WAS ACTUALLY A PROCESS THAT'S AVAILABLE. A GREAT DO. IT DOESN'T TEAR UP ALL YOUR WALLS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. IT'S NOT CHEAP, BUT IT DON'T NEED TO PAY ANY FEES FOR THAT. YEAH. SO PAY CATCH UP FEES. PAY ME LATER. RIGHT. NEED THE COUNCILS MOVEMENT. UH, GREAT QUESTION. THAT IS KIND OF A RARITY IN, IN TERMS OF RE PIPES. I THINK THIS, THIS FEE HERE WAS MEANT TO ADDRESS THE, THE PEX RE PIPES THAT WE'RE SEEING A LOT IN, IN OUR RESIDENCES NOW. AND IT'S REALLY MEANT TO, UH, ADD A, I THINK THIS WOULD ACTUALLY BE A, A LITTLE BIT OF A COST SAVINGS, UH, AS OPPOSED TO CHARGING WHAT WE CURRENTLY DO OUT OF OUR FEE SCHEDULE, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY, UM, A MODIFICATION OF, I, I CAN PULL UP THE, THE FEE REAL QUICK, BUT IT, IT'S BASICALLY MEANT TO ADDRESS A WHOLE HOUSE RE-PIPE, UH, LIKE, LIKE PATCH PIPING. NOT, NOT, UH, A, A, UH, A REPAIR TYPE JOB. LIKE WHAT? YOU'RE FAR LESS INTRUSIVE, FAR LESS DISRUPTIVE. IT DOESN'T TEAR UP WALLS AND, AND IT'S A 15 YEAR WARRANTY. YEAH, TOTALLY AGREE. NOT IF YOU HAVE BOTH HOT AND COLD DONE. BUT, UH, MY PLUMBER ACTUALLY TOLD ME THAT HIS PARENTS HAD HAD THIS DONE AND REFERRED ME TO THE COMPANY E PIPE THAT DOES IT. AND IT'S, IT TAKES TWO DAYS AND IT'S DONE. AND THE PRESSURE THAT THEY RUN THROUGH IT, A HUNDRED A HUNDRED PSI NO DOMINION OR, OR NO REDUCTION IN THE PRESSURE, WHICH MEANS YOU'VE GOT A SEALED SYSTEM NOW AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO TEAR UP ANYTHING. SO, SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. DO YOU OWN A BUSINESS AND I DON'T OWN THIS BUSINESS? NO. JUST WASN'T SURE. CAN I MAKE YOUR CARD, PLEASE? IT WAS A GREAT COMMERCIAL. YEAH. I'LL GET YOU YOUR CARD. YEAH, I DO GET A REFERRAL. NO, MADAM MAYOR, I GOT A QUICK QUESTION FOR, FOR NICK BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD. UM, STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS MANDATING LIKE GAS STOVES AND STUFF LIKE THAT, GOING TO ELECTRIC. SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, SAY THE NEXT 15, 10 YEARS, WHATEVER, EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE ELECTRIC. SEE, MY PANEL PROBABLY WON'T BE ABLE TO TODAY. I'M GONNA HAVE TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS. SO MY QUESTION IS, BECAUSE WE'RE BEING MANDATED BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO UPGRADE OUR, OUR PANEL, WE'RE GONNA CHARGE INDIVIDUALS. WELL. UM, SO OUR CURRENT SYSTEM, WE HAVE A, UH, JUST A, A MAIN PANEL REPLACEMENT. SO MOST HOMES ARE BUILT WITH A A HUNDRED AMP SERVICE. AND THEN TYPICALLY IF YOU GO TO SOLAR OR DO SOME OTHER, UH, RENOVATIONS, YOU WOULD UPGRADE TO A 200 AMP SERVICE. SO THAT, THAT WOULDN'T CHANGE. BUT IN OUR FEE STRUCTURE CURRENTLY, WE DON'T HAVE, UM, A FEE FOR A SUBPANEL, WHICH WOULD [00:10:01] BE, LET'S SAY THAT WE'RE RUNNING SOLAR. WE HAD A DETACHED GARAGE IN A BUILDING, AND WE'RE RUNNING SOLAR THROUGH THAT. AND SO WE WANT TO PUT A SUBPANEL. UM, THE ONLY VEHICLE WE HAVE TO CHARGE IS, WELL, AN ELECTRICAL PANEL. SO IN THIS CASE, THE SUB-PANEL HELPS THE HOMEOWNER BECAUSE THERE'S, IT'S A, UH, IT'S KIND OF A, A LESSER ITEM THAN CHARGING FOR A FULL MAIN PANEL. THANKS, NICK. OKAY. ARE WE GOOD? OKAY. MOVING ON. IN CLEAN DEVELOPMENT, THERE IS ALSO A TECHNOLOGY FEE, WHICH IS PROPOSED TO BE 6% OF BUILDING FEES. THIS FEE CONTRIBUTES TO COVERING EXPENSES RELATED TO LAND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AS WELL AS COVERING EXPENSES FOR THE BLUEBEAM ANNUAL LICENSE AND VERIZON ANNUAL CONNECTIVITY FOR THE LAND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. AND FINALLY, THE GENERAL PLAN SURCHARGE FEE, WHICH IS PROPOSED TO BE 0.08% OF BUILDING VALUATION. THIS FEE AIMS TO COVER A PORTION OF THESE EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH REVISING OUR GENERAL PLAN, WHICH OCCURS EVERY FIVE TO SIX YEARS. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE EFFECT THESE FEES WOULD HAVE ON A TYPICAL HVAC INSTALLATION AND A REROOF. FOR EXAMPLE, A PERMIT FOR AN HVAC CHANGE OUT CURRENTLY COSTS $96 BY ADDING A 6% TECHNOLOGY FEE. AND THE GENERAL PLAN SURCHARGE FEE OF EIGHT HUNDREDS OF A PERCENT OF THE PROJECT VALUATION, THE TOTAL PERMIT WOULD INCREASE TO $106 AND 56 CENTS, OR JUST UNDER AN $11 INCREASE. THIS TYPE OF PROJECT WILL TYPICALLY COST A HOMER 8,000 TO $10,000. LIKEWISE, A LARGE PROJECT LIKE A REROOF, WHICH TYPICALLY COSTS BETWEEN 12,000 AND 15,000 CURRENTLY COSTS $300 FOR THE PERMIT. ADDING THE TECHNOLOGY FEE AND GENERAL PLAN SURCHARGE FEE WOULD INCREASE THE COST OF THE PERMIT BY AROUND $47. QUICK QUESTION. DO WE KNOW HOW MANY ACTUAL, LIKE HVAC? UM, I DO CHANGES. OKAY. WE'LL ACTUALLY BE GETTING TO THAT IN A FEW SLIDES. OKAY. DOES THAT WORK? WE'LL, WAIT, , I CAN TELL YOU. LET ME SKIP TO IT. WELL, NO, JUST 'CAUSE I WONDER JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE WITH WATER HEATERS, LIKE HOW MANY PEOPLE TRULY PULL PERMITS AND, UH, RERO DO THINGS THE RIGHT WAY. I, I, I UNDERSTAND, BUT DO THINGS THE RIGHT WAY. I WAS JUST WONDERING. UM, HVAC CHANGEOUTS, UM, ABOUT 183 AND REROOF 449 IN CALENDAR YEAR 2023. HOW MANY RESIDENTIAL UNITS DO WE HAVE IN TOWN? 20 SOMETHING. WE HAVE ABOUT 22,000 ACCOUNTS. ARE WE ACTUALLY TRULY CAPTURING HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE TRULY CHANGING OUT THEIR NO, I'M RESIDENTS. HEY. YOU KNOW? YEAH. AND YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA BECOME UNGOVERNED. I I DON'T BLAME THAT. YOU'RE PROBABLY COVERED THIS, KRISTA, BUT THAT 6% TECHNOLOGY FEE IS TO RECOUP THE NEW SOFTWARE THAT WE PURCHASED, RIGHT? IS THAT WHAT THAT'S FOR? YES. AND ONGOING COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT. SORRY, CONTINUE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. UH, THE FINANCE UTILITY BILLING DIVISION IS PROPOSING A NEW FEE. THE COUNTY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT PROCESSING FEE IS A 30 CENT PER PARCEL PASS THROUGH FEE FROM THE COUNTY THAT IS ADDED TO EACH SEWER ONLY ACCOUNT BEFORE BEING PLACED ON THE PROPERTY TAX BILL. ANOTHER FEE FROM UTILITY BILLING THAT WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY LISTED ON THE FEE SCHEDULE IS THE FIRE HYDRANT CONSTRUCTION METER APPLICATION FEE FOR $52. THIS IS AN APPLICATION THAT IS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO PICK UP A CONSTRUCTION METER THAT IS USED ON A FIRE HYDRANT. DOES THE FIRE DISTRICT HAVE A FEE OR ANYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AS WELL? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. I DON'T, WE GIVE THEM THE METER, SO IT'S LIKE IF THEY'RE DOING CONSTRUCTION OH, GOTCHA. AND THEN THEY RETURN IT. YEAH. BUT IT'S A FEE, NOT A DEPOSIT. CORRECT. THERE'S ALSO A DEPOSIT THAT GETS RETURNED ONCE THEY RETURN THE METER. YEAH. MADAM MAYOR HAVE A QUESTION. MM-HMM. PERTAINING TO THE COUNTY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT PROCESSING FEE? YES. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THAT'S FOR? SO, UM, LAST YEAR WE ELECTED TO HAVE OUR SEWER ONLY ACCOUNTS BE PLACED ON THE PROPERTY TAX BILL SINCE WE CAN'T, UH, TAKE THEIR TRASH CANS ANYMORE IF THEY DON'T PAY. UM, SO THAT PROCESS OF PLACING IT ON THE PROPERTY TAX ROLL, THE COUNTY CHARGES US 30 CENTS PER PARCEL. SO WE'RE JUST PASSING THAT THROUGH. THANK YOU. AND IT'S JUST AN ANNUAL FEE. THANKS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THIS SLIDE SHOWS FEES THAT HAVE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES DUE TO INCREASE INCREASES IN THE ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETE EACH REVIEW. IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BUILDING SERVICES, THE SWIMMING POOLS AND OR SPAS RESIDENTIAL FEE IS PROPOSED TO INCREASE BY $344. THE PRECISE GRADING REVIEW, SINGLE LOT FEE IS PROPOSED TO INCREASE BY $280. THE PRECISE GRADING PERMIT FEE PER LOT IS PROPOSED TO INCREASE BY $244. [00:15:01] AND THE ROUGH GRADING PERMIT FEE IS PROPOSED TO INCREASE BY $884. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGE TO THE FEES SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE IS THAT THE COST FOR EACH ADDITIONAL UNIT IS GOING FROM 10% TO 50%. 50% OF THE INITIAL FEE IS MORE REALISTIC BECAUSE IT TAKES THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME FOR EACH FIXTURE TO DO AN INSPECTION. THE ONLY SAVINGS ACHIEVED IS FROM TRAVEL TIME. FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THE INSTALLATION OF TWO AIR HANDLING UNITS, THE COST WOULD INCREASE BY $167 FROM 334 TO 501. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN VARIOUS WATER METER INSTALLATIONS DUE AN INCREASE IN THE COST OF THE METERS. NOW LET'S TURN THE DISCUSSION TO SUBSIDIZED FEES. IN APRIL, 2022, YOU MADE POLICY DECISIONS ON VARIOUS SUBSIDIES. TODAY WE'LL BE, WE WILL BE GOING OVER THEM AGAIN, BUT THIS YEAR WE INCORPORATED HOW OFTEN THE FEES ARE CHARGED, THE REVENUE THEY GENERATED, AND THE AMOUNT SUBSIDIZED IN CALENDAR YEAR 2023 IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. THERE WERE TWO FEES THAT HAVE BEEN 50% SUBSIDIZED FOR CHINO HILL STUDENTS. STUDENTS UTILIZED THREE VIDEO FILM PERMITS, WHICH RESULTED IN A SUBSIDY OF $568. IF THERE ARE NO CHANGES, WE'LL CONTINUE TO ALIGN THESE FEES WITH THE SUBSIDY PERCENTAGE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY COUNSEL AS SHOWN ON THE SLIDE. WELL, I'M JUST CURIOUS WHY WE'RE, IF IT'S FOR A, IF IT'S FOR A STUDENT, WHY WE'RE STILL CHARGING THEM $199? I MEAN, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE WANNA SUBSIDIZE? IF, IF WE HAVE A STUDENT IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT'S MAKING A FILM OR DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS? I, YEAH, I THINK I'D AGREE. YEAH. I, I WOULD BE FINE WITH GOING WITH NOTHING. IT'S CONSIDERING WE ONLY HAD THREE, IT'S DONE A COMMERCIAL, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE MAKING ENDEAVOR. IF THEY'RE MAKING A STUDENT FILM OR SOMETHING AND THEY'RE, AND THEY'RE HONEST ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY PULL THE PERMITS, WE SHOULD REWARD, YOU KNOW, REWARD THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH IT. BUT I DON'T KNOW. SO YOU'RE PROPOSING NO FEE WHATSOEVER? I, I WOULD SAY NO FEE. WE GET TO REVIEW IT EVERY YEAR. AND GIVEN THAT WE ONLY HAD THREE LAST YEAR, UM, YOU NEED A MOTION ON THAT, OR CAN YOU JUST TAKE A RECOMMENDATION? I MEAN, A MOTION WOULD HELP JUST SOLIDIFY THAT'S WHAT EVERYONE WANTS, AND WE'LL MAKE THAT CHANGE FOR WHEN IT COMES FOR ADOPTION LATER. MADAM CITY CLERK, HOW DO WE WANNA HANDLE THIS? UH, MARIN CITY COUNCIL, SINCE THIS IS A WORKSHOP, IF YOU GIVE US CLEAR DIRECTION, WE'LL IMPLEMENT IT WHEN WE, UH, EXECUTE THE FEE SCHEDULE. BUT I, I DO WANNA GIVE STAFF A, A A BIT OF TIME. I SEE, UH, UH, UH, VALERIE MCCLUNG, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO ADD FOR THEM TO CONSIDER IN THIS PROCESS? I THINK WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS CHARGE THOSE KIDS ALL THE MONEY WE CAN GET. WELL, I THINK WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS THAT, UH, UH, SINCE IT'S SO INFREQUENT AND, UH, IF THEY FOLLOW THE PROCESS, I'M ALWAYS LEERY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, ZERO FEES. 'CAUSE SOMETIMES THAT DOESN'T. YEAH. THEN WE CAN MAKE SKIN IN THE GAME. AND I THINK WE'RE TALKING MOSTLY ABOUT, I'M SKIN IN THE GAME COLLEGE STUDENTS, BUT I'LL LET VALERIE, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO CLARIFY THAT THE CHINO HILL STUDENT FEES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH FILM SCHOOLS AND COLLEGE STUDENTS. IF THE HIGH SCHOOL APPROACHES US WITH ASSIGNMENTS, THEN WE QUITE OFTEN WILL GO TO THE CITY MANAGER AND THOSE FEES WILL GET WAIVED. UM, BUT I WOULD ALSO CAUTION YOU THAT IF WE DO END UP WITH ABSOLUTELY NO FEE, YOU'LL SEE THOSE NUMBERS INCREASE. BECAUSE, UH, SOME OF THE FILM SCHOOLS, THE WORD GETS AROUND THAT OUR PROCESS IS PRETTY EFFICIENT. AND SO THEY DO COME IN EBB AND FLOWS. SO WHILE THIS YEAR IT WAS DOWN, I THINK IT'S JUST THE ECONOMY, BUT THERE ARE YEARS WHERE WE MAY HAVE, YOU KNOW, 12 OR 13 OF THOSE PROJECTS. AND THEN IF THEY FIND OUT THAT CHINO HILLS DOESN'T CHARGE ANYTHING AT ALL, WHICH IS WHERE WE WERE ORIGINALLY, UM, YOU COULD SEE A REAL BIG INCREASE. IT DOES TAKE A GOOD AMOUNT OF STAFF TIME TO PROCESS THOSE FILM PERMITS. WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR A FILM PERMIT? DO THEY HAVE TO TELL YOU, HEY, WE'RE GONNA BE FILMING FOR 10 DAYS, FOR THREE DAYS. LIKE, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE NITTY GRITTY OF, YOU KNOW, THEM GOING THROUGH IT? SO THEY'LL FILL OUT AN APPLICATION AND AS LONG AS THE APPLICATION HAS, UH, SEVERAL OF THE DATES, WE FOLLOW THE MUNICIPAL CODE FOR SPECIAL EVENTS. AND, UM, THEY COULD HAVE SEVERAL DAYS ON THE APPLICATION. SO ONE APPLICATION, IF THEY'RE ORGANIZED, COULD BE THE FEE FOR A FEW DAYS, YOU KNOW, WITHIN A ONE MONTH PERIOD. SO WE'RE, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING TO KIND OF SAVE THEM MONEY WHEREVER WE CAN IN THE EXCHANGE OF, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THEM AS A LIAISON OFFICE TO PROCESSING THOSE. WERE THEY FROM, LIKE, DO YOU KNOW OFFHAND THE THREE, WERE THEY LIKE FROM CAL POLY POMONA, OR LIKE, LIKELY THEY'RE EITHER CAL STATE FULLERTON, OR CHAPMAN. A LOT OF THEM COME FROM THERE. [00:20:01] I DON'T KNOW, 199 BUCKS FOR A COLLEGE KID'S. A BIG AMOUNT. WHAT DO YOU THINK, MADAM MAYOR? JUST REAL FAST. I THOUGHT I HEARD THAT IF, IF IT IS A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT OR AN ELEMENTARY, WHATEVER, YOU COULD GO TO THE CITY MANAGER AND HE CAN WAIVE THE FEE. YES. IS THAT CORRECT, SIR? YES. OKAY. I'M GOOD. BUT IT'S HARD. 'CAUSE WHEN THEY LOOK AT OUR FEE SCHEDULE, THEY DON'T KNOW THAT WHEN THEY LOOK AT IT, IT'S, IT'S LIKE A JUDGMENT CALL ONCE. MOST OF 'EM ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE RULES ANYWAY. THEY DON'T CARE. WELL, AND ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND TOO, THE APPLICATION PROCESS ALLOWS US TO GET A CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE. SURE. UM, AND THAT ALSO COVERS THE CITY IN CASE THERE, THERE'S ANYTHING THAT OCCURS DURING THE FILMING. SO, UM, JUST WANNA POINT THAT OUT WITH THAT PROCESS AS WELL. YEAH. SO WE WENT FROM ZERO TO 199. WAS THAT JUST BASED ON TRULY LIKE HOURLY RATE? THE 1 99? YEAH, IT'S A BLENDED RATE. KRISTA COULD TALK MORE ABOUT THAT, BUT IT'S BASICALLY TAKING HOW MUCH TIME IT TAKES OUR STAFF TO PROCESS THE FILM PERMITS. AND EVEN THE EASY ONES TAKE TIME BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO THE, THE REVIEW, GET THE CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE, UM, MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S NO ISSUES WITH THE LOCATION. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A, UH, THERE'S A, A SEVERAL STEPS THAT WE GO THROUGH TO, UM, MITIGATE THE IMPACTS TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS. BUT I THINK RAY WAS TRYING TO MAKE A POINT HERE THAT HIGH SCHOOL, ONE THING COLLEGE MAY BE, I THINK YOU MAY HAVE EIGHT OR 10 KIDS ON ONE PROJECT COMING OUT FROM CHAPMAN TO USE CHINO HILLS. AND I CAN SEE WHERE STAFF TIME WOULD BE REQUIRED TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. AND THEY MAY NOT ALL BE CHINO HILLS KIDS. MAYBE ONE IS, MAYBE NONE ARE RIGHT. AND THERE'S A VARIETY OF THINGS. I THINK THERE'S VALUE THROUGH THE COLLEGE TOO. IT'S TEACHING THE STUDENTS HOW TO FOLLOW THE FILM PERMIT PROCESS SO THAT WHEN THEY LEAVE COLLEGE, THEY'RE HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS WITH OTHER CITIES, OTHER AGENCIES, UM, YOU KNOW, SO IT IS A, A LEARNING EXPERIENCE ALL THE WAY THROUGH, KINDA GET USED TO BUREAUCRACY. WELL, THAT THE CLARIFICATION HELPS ME WITH MY DECISION NOW, BECAUSE WHEN YOU SAY IT SAYS CHINO HILLS STUDENT, THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT OF WAS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT AND NOT A COLLEGE STUDENT THAT MIGHT VERY WELL NOT EVEN BE A RESIDENT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE ON IT. CHINO HILL STUDENT. 'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT A CHINO HILL STUDENT, IT'S A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. IT COULD BE ANYBODY. WELL, THEY'RE A STUDENT, BUT THEY SHOULD RESIDE IN CHINO HILLS. AND IF THEY PROVIDE US WITH A CHINO HILLS ADDRESS MM-HMM. . UM, THAT'S SUFFICIENT. OKAY. SO, SO WHAT WOULD BE THEIR PARENTS ARE STILL LIVING IN CHINO HILLS. OKAY. WHAT WOULD THE PERMIT FEE BE IF THEY'RE NOT A CHINO HILLS STUDENT? UH, $399. OKAY. THAT'S GOOD CLARIFICATION. OKAY. OKAY. AND WE'RE PRETTY FILM FRIENDLY FOR CONSIDERING OTHER CITIES AS WELL. WELL PROMOTE EDUCATIONAL PROJECT SINCE YOU'RE GOOD ABOUT THAT, SINCE, UH, UM, THAT WAS YOUR GOAL FROM THE BEGINNING. YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NO, WE'RE GOOD. AND MAYBE WE JUST NEED TO ADD THE WORD CHEETO HILLS RESIDENT STUDENT TO CLARIFY THAT YOU HAVE, AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S, IF THAT DOESN'T CREATE A PROBLEM, YOU CAN DEFINITELY MAKE THAT CLARIFICATION. OKAY. SO THANKS, . OKAY. SO BEFORE WE MOVE ON, DOES THE FEE STAND AS IS AT 1 99 OR DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER PROPOSED? OKAY. I THINK SO. SEEING NODS, IT'LL STAND AS IS. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UH, COMMUNITY SERVICES HAS THREE SUBSIDIZED FEES. THE SPECIAL EVENTS PERMIT FOR NONPROFITS, THE MILITARY BANNER COMBO, AND THE INSURANCE PROCESSING FEE, ALL OF WHICH ARE SUBSIDIZED AT VARYING LEVELS. THE TOTAL AMOUNT SUBSIDIZED IN CALENDAR YEAR 2023 WAS $9,891. I'LL STOP HERE TO SEE IF COUNSEL HAS ANY PROPOSED CHANGES. OKAY. ALRIGHT. AND I, I'M SURE WE VET, LIKE IF IT'S, IT'S A, IF THEY'RE GETTING THE NONPROFIT RATE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE VETTING THAT THEY'RE IN GOOD STANDING WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND ALL THEIR STUFF IS PAID UP, MELISSA? YEAH. YES. WE MAKE SURE THAT ANYBODY WHO'S, UH, OF OUR NONPROFITS USING OUR FACILITIES HAVE MET THOSE REQUIREMENTS. OKAY. IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BUILDING SERVICES, THE MAXIMUM FEE FOR THE PHOTOVOLTAIC VOLTA, OH GOSH. NOW MY PLANE'S CATCHING UP. THE PHOTOVOLTAIC, I CAN'T SAY IT. VOLTA, VOLTAIC, . I'VE BEEN UP SINCE ONE 30. OKAY. , FOUR POUNDS. PHOTOVOLTAIC PERMITS ARE SET BY THE STATE, BUT THIS IMPOSED MAXIMUM RESULTED IN $175,230 HAVING BEEN SUBSIDIZED IN CALENDAR YEAR 2023. SO THESE AREN'T SUBSIDIZED BY YOU, BUT JUST KIND OF WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN FYI. SO THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. SO IF A RESIDENT SEES THAT SUBSIDY, WE ARE, UM, THERE, THE GENERAL FUND IS NOT SUBSIDIZING THAT. NO, IT IS. BUT WHEN YOU'RE NOT SUBSIDIZING, YOU'RE FORCED BY THE STATE TO SUBSIDIZE IT. IT'S NOT YOUR DECISION. SOLAR, SOLAR MADAM MAYOR. MM-HMM. , QUICK QUESTION REGARDING GROUND MOUNTED, WHICH WOULD PROBABLY BE EASIER ACCESS TO GET TO OR ON THE ROOF. WHY IS THERE A DIFFERENCE AS FAR AS SUBSIDY? [00:25:03] OH, THOSE ARE MAXIMUM. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE. YEAH. SO, SO ANYTHING DEALING WITH, UM, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL IS CAPPED AT FOUR 50. AND ANYTHING DEALING WITH A COMMERCIAL IS CAPPED AT A THOUSAND. SO IF YOU HAVE A, A GROUND MOUNTED COMMERCIAL OR A ROOF MOUNTED COMMERCIAL, IT'S A THOUSAND. AND IF YOU HAVE GROUND MOUNTED FOR SINGLE FAMILY, IT'S THE SAME AS ROOF MOUNTED FOUR 50. PERFECT. THANK YOU. IT'S THE CAP. THANK YOU. BUT YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S, UM, THAT CAP IS IN STATE LAW AND, AND THE, UH, LEGISLATURE ADOPTED THAT AMOUNT. AND SO THAT'S THE MAXIMUM THAT THE CITY CAN CHARGE. DOES THE STATE REIMBURSE US FOR THE TRUE COST? OR IS IT AN UNFUNDED MANDATE? NO, IT IS AN UNFUNDED MANDATE. DR. MILLER. MAN, COME ON. YEAH, I KNOW. I, I ASK A STUPID QUESTION. OKAY. DID I SAY THAT LOUD? UH, PER COUNCIL DIRECTION, THESE BUILDING SERVICE FEES ARE ALL SUBSIDIZED BY 25%, RESULTING IN A TOTAL AMOUNT SUBSIDIZED IN 2023 OF $55,508. IF THERE ARE NO CHANGES, WE'LL CONTINUE TO ALIGN THESE FEES WITH THE 25% SUBSIDY. OKAY. THE REMAINING SUBSIDIZED FEES AND BUILDING SERVICES ARE SHOWN HERE AND ARE SUBSIDIZED AT VARYING LEVELS. THE TOTAL AMOUNT SUBSIDIZED IN CALENDAR YEAR 2023 WAS $101,035. SO ONLY FIVE PEOPLE CHANGED OUT THEIR HVAC. THAT WOULD BE THE, A FURNACE OR CONDENSING UNIT, BUT, UH, A CHANGE OUT SPLIT SYSTEM. SO THAT WOULD BE THE, LIKE FOR LIKE, LIKE MY SYSTEM WENT DOWN AND I HAD TO REPLACE IT. THAT'S A 183 IN THE LAST CALENDAR. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, THE FOLLOWING EQUESTRIAN OVERLAY DISTRICT FEES ARE CURRENTLY BEING SUBSIDIZED, BUT WITH A VERY MINIMAL EFFECT TO THE CITY. AND THESE REMAINING DEVELOPMENT SERVICE FEES ARE BEING SUBSIDIZED BY VARYING LEVELS. THE SUBSIDIZED MINUTE, I GOT A QUESTION. GO. GOING BACK TO THE OTHER SURE. SLIDE BEFORE. SO IF IT'S A, A NEW EQUESTRIAN OVERLAY ISN'T A LOT, I MEAN, IT'S A LOT MORE MONEY NOW NOW, RIGHT? 8,000, $9,000 FOR AN EQUESTRIAN OVERLAY. IF IT'S NEW, I HAVE TO FIND THE PAGE. WE CAN DO, YEAH. DIDN'T WE MAKE A POLICY DECISION THAT PRIOR TO LIKE 2014 WE WERE COVERED IT, RIGHT? YEAH. SO IF IT'S, IF IT WAS NOT IN EXISTENCE PRIOR TO 2014, THEN THEY HAVE TO PAY THE, THE FULL NEW PRICE. YEAH. OKAY. AND THAT HAS NOT GONE UP. IT'S, IT'S WHAT IT WAS IN 2014. IT'S AT IN 2000? NO, IT'S, UM, PROPOSED TO BE AT $8,026. OKAY. A LOT OF THOSE PROPERTIES ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT DESK B NINE. SO THEY WERE IN THE EQUESTRIAN OVERLAY. ARE THEY GONNA STAY IN THE S EQUESTRIAN OVERLAY IF THEY DO A LOT SPLIT? YEAH. THE, THE LOT SPLIT WOULD NOT AFFECT THE ZONING IN PLACE. SO IF THE EQUESTRIAN OVERLAY IS CURRENTLY ON THE PROPERTY, THE SB NINE LOT SPLIT WOULD NOT AFFECT THAT A AS OUR CODE IS CURRENTLY WRITTEN. SO EVEN THOUGH INITIALLY WE WERE LOOKING AT MINIMUM OF FOUR TO FIVE ACRES FOR REQUEST AN OVERLAY, NOW SAY IT GOES DOWN TO THREE ACRES OR TWO ACRES, WE'RE STILL GONNA ALLOW THAT TO, TO MOVE FORWARD. TH THAT IS A, THAT IS A POTENTIAL, UH, UNDER THE WAY OUR CODE IS STRUCTURED. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, OKAY. THESE REMAINING DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FEES ARE BEING SUBSIDIZED BY VARYING LEVELS. THE SUBSIDIZED AMOUNT IN CALENDAR YEAR 2023 WAS $35,305. WHAT QUA, WHAT MAKES A NON-PROFIT SPECIAL EVENT? ? JUST A 5 0 1. THERE. A FIVE C. JUST EVENT THAT THEY'RE THE ONES THAT FILED THE PERMIT FOR IT. THAT'S CORRECT. NONPROFIT. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. WE CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME. QUESTIONS FOR KRISTA OR HE, WE ALSO HAVE OUR PACKET IF ANYONE HAS SOME LITTLE EARMARKS THAT WEREN'T ALREADY COVERED. RIGHT. THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE. YOU DID A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU EVERYONE. EVERYONE WORKS REALLY HARD ON THIS , ALL DEPARTMENTS. [00:30:01] PETER. ALL GOOD. OH, I JUST QUESTION. IT WAS A NEW, UM, IT'S, IT'S A NEW FEE OR INCREASE THE INVESTIGATION FEE FOR MASSAGE CLINIC OWNER. IS THAT LIKE A THING NOW WHERE WE HAD TO INCREASE IT? 'CAUSE ALL THIS IS LIKE, IT'S LABOR DRIVEN, LIKE IT TAKES MORE TIME OR WAS THERE SOME MORE INCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR? SAMIR, WHAT PAGE ARE YOU ON? I'M SORRY. PAGE TWO. YEAH, IT DID, IT MOVED FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE CODE ENFORCEMENT NOW, RIGHT? YES, THAT'S CORRECT. CODE ENFORCEMENT, IF HE DIDN'T CHANGE, WE JUST MOVED IT FROM ONE DEPARTMENT TO THE NEXT, I BELIEVE. OKAY. IT WAS JUST A SMALL INCREASE OF LIKE $32 WENT UP A LITTLE BIT. OH, WENT UP A LITTLE BIT. YEAH. BUT THE BIG DIFFERENCE WAS WE MOVED IT FROM ONE DEPARTMENT TO THE NEXT. SO IT CAME OUTTA DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND MOVED OVER TO CODE SO THEY COULD ACTUALLY DO THE INVESTIGATION, THE BACKGROUND ON THE APPLICANTS. OKAY. THANK YOU. GAZEBO. MAYOR, CAN I ASK A QUESTION REAL FIRST? MM-HMM. . YEAH. ON GAZEBOS. AS FAR AS THE RENTAL, THAT'S WHAT I HAD TOO. FOR NON-RESIDENTS, ARE THEY BEING CHARGED OR ARE THEY GETTING THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR A RESIDENTIAL? I THINK WE LEFT. AND IF IT'S WHY NOT? THEY SHOULD BE CHARGED MORE, I BELIEVE. YEAH. THE FEE THAT, UM, SO IF YOU'RE A RESIDENT, YOU GET FOUR HOURS FOR FREE. ANYTHING AFTER FOUR HOURS, THEN UM, YOU GET CHARGED. MOST RESIDENTS DON'T GO BEYOND THE FOUR HOUR AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. YEAH. UM, MEDIA HERE, UM, MOST TIMES PEOPLE COME IN WITH A FRIEND FROM CHINO HILLS, OF COURSE TO RESERVE THE GAZEBO AND YOU FIND YOUR NEIGHBOR AND THEY DO THE NEXT FOUR HOURS AFTER YOU. YEAH. RIGHT. BUT THERE IS AN EXTRA, THERE IS A CHARGE, I BELIEVE IT'S 25 AN HOUR. YEAH. IT'S $25 PER HOUR FOR THE NON-RESIDENT. SO IF THEY CAME IN AND WANTED TO USE A GAZEBO, IT'S $25 FROM THAT FIRST HOUR, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM. HANDS IT IN. THERE'S NO COST. NO COST. OKAY. AND, UH, FOR THE FIRST FOUR HOURS, THEN AN AFTER FOUR HOURS, IT'S 25 AN HOUR. YEAH, IT'S RAISED THEM RIGHT THERE. THEY'RE RIGHT THERE. YEAH. UM, AND I DON'T KNOW WHO THIS WOULD BE ON PAGE 25 OF THE, UM, LIKE THE TICKET FEES, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE REMOVING FIVE ONE THAT SAYS PARKING PEDDLERS VENDORS AND REPLACING IT WITH YELLOW CURB PARKING. SO CAN YOU TELL ME THE REASONING BEHIND THAT? I'M SORRY. WHICH, WHICH ONE WAS THAT AGAIN? I KNOW ON PAGE 25, PAGE 25, ITEM NUMBER 31, WE'RE TAKING OUT A PARKING VIOLATION FOR PEDDLERS VENDORS AND THEN 31 IS NOW CLASSIFIED AS YELLOW CURB PARKING. JUST CURIOUS WHAT THE CHANGES FOR, I'M GONNA ASK, UH, SUSAN FROM OUR DEPARTMENT TO EXPLAIN. I JUST WANTED YOU TO HAVE TO TALK SUSAN . SO THAT FEE ACTUALLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN REMOVED. WE DID A CODE UPDATE WHEN WE, UH, IMPLEMENTED THE SIDEWALK VENDING ORDINANCE. MM-HMM. BACK IN 2022, I WANNA SAY, WHERE WE ACTUALLY REMOVED THAT FEE AS PART OF THE ORDINANCE. SO IT WASN'T A REPLACE THE YELLOW CURB. PARKING HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE, BUT, UH, I GUESS IT WAS AN OVERSIGHT BACK THEN THAT WE DIDN'T REMOVE THAT FEE FROM THE SCHEDULE WHEN WE DID THE ORDINANCE UPDATE. SO IF A VENDOR IS SOMEWHERE IN TOWN WHERE WE CAN'T TOUCH 'EM, WHERE I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT, BUT THEY'RE ILLEGALLY PARKED, THEY CANNOT BE CITED. SO I THINK IT'S COVERED WITH THE NEW FEE THAT COVERS YEAH, WELL IT, IT, UH, ILLEGAL PARKING IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING DIFFERENT. SO PD WILL CITE THEM FOR THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. RIGHT. THIS HERE IS ACTUALLY JUST RELATED TO A PARKING. IF THEY WERE DOING PEDDLING AND SOMETHING, NOW THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO IT WITH A PERMIT. THEY CAN DO PEDDLING AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT THEY'RE PARKED ILLEGALLY. THEY'RE GONNA GET A CITATION ANYWAY. SO IF THEY'RE PARKED, WE'VE HAD THAT IN LOS HONESTLY RECENTLY. SO IF THEY'RE PARKED AT THE CORNER OF CHIN HILL'S, PARKWAY AND PIPELINE IN THE BANK OF AMERICA PARKING LOT SELLING SHEETS, OF WHICH I'VE NEVER BOUGHT SHEETS FROM THEM. UM, SURE IT'S ILLEGAL. THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING. RIGHT. EVEN THOUGH IT'S CORRECT. THAT'S ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. SO WE'D HAVE TO ALERT THE PROPERTY OWNER THAT THEY'RE DOING THAT. AND THEN IT WOULD BE THOSE. WHAT DO YOU, THOSE SIGNS AL THAT WE HAVE, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL THE, UH, THE SHOPPING CENTERS HAVE THOSE SIGNS THAT THEY CAN CITE TRESPASSING, LETTER OF AGENCY, LETTER OF AGENCY. SO IF THEY HAVE THAT, THEN WE CAN CITE THEM. WELL, AL CAN THEN MOVE TO TRESPASS THEM. IF THEY DON'T LEAVE, HIS TEAM WOULD THEN MOVE THAT DIRECTION. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT THOSE PRIMARILY DO. THEY ALLOW HIS DEPARTMENT TO TRESPASS IF THERE'S NOBODY THERE TO, AND THAT'S THE ANNUAL TRESPASS THING THEY NEED TO FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, SUSAN RAY. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, LOOKING AT THE D DIFFERENT TABLES, THERE WAS ONE FOR INLAND VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY AND IT SAYS, UH, OWNER RELEASE AND IT SAYS UNLICENSED ANIMALS AND YOU HAVE CATS. ARE CATS SUPPOSED TO BE LICENSED IN CITY OF CHINO HILLS? NO. NO. WE DID NOT REQUIRE LICENSES FOR OUR CATS. YEAH. SO, SO MAYBE JUST TO RELEASE THE CAT INSTEAD OF UNLICENSED VERSUS DOG AND THE CATS, WE CAN JUST SORT OF CHANGE IT A LITTLE BIT. YEAH, I THINK WE'LL, WE'LL REVIEW THAT, I THINK. YEAH. [00:35:01] OKAY. SECOND QUESTION I HAVE IS, I KNOW, UH, WHEN PETER WAS PRESIDENT AT THE LITTLE LEAGUE AND YOU DID A HELL OF A JOB, , I KNOW WITH THE SNAP BAR THAT WE HAD, WE WE OFFSET THE COST OF THE LIGHTS. DO WE STILL DO THAT? BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A COST HERE FOR LIGHTS. YEAH. WELL, IT'S EVOLVED OVER TIME FROM BACK IN THE DAY. UM, THE, UH, THE GROUPS HAVE WHAT THEY CALL THE CONSULTANT IN THE PAST THAT WOULD OPERATE THE CONCESSION STAND. HOWEVER, FRANKLY, WITH THE SPORTS GROUPS, THEY DON'T WANNA DEAL WITH IT ANYMORE. THEY, THEY DON'T WANT TO PROVIDE THE VOLUNTEERS 'CAUSE THEY HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT COORDINATES THAT ON THEIR BEHALF AS WELL. WRITE A CHECK. YEAH, EXACTLY. AND SO WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS, IS THAT WE'VE, THE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE NOW IS, IS THAT, UM, THERE'S A RENTAL PAYMENT ON A YEARLY BASIS. I THINK IT'S A THOUSAND DOLLARS, UH, A YEAR, $1,200 A YEAR, SOMETHING LIKE THAT MIGHT BE A HUNDRED DOLLARS A MONTH. SO THE CONCESSION STAND OPERATOR PAYS THAT TO THE CITY FOR THE PURPOSES OF RENTING THE, UH, UM, THE, UH, THE FACILITY THERE. UM, THERE'S ALSO A CLAUSE IN THERE THAT ALLOWS, SO IF THERE'S ANY SPECIAL TOURNAMENTS THAT ARE TO TAKE PLACE, THAT THE TOURNAMENT OPERATOR, SO KICKING IT UP IN THE HILLS, A Y O'S BIG SOCCER TOURNAMENT THAT THEY HAVE, IF, UH, IF THEY SO CHOOSE, THEY'LL WORK OUT AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CONCESSIONAIRE FOR A PERCENTAGE OF THE PROFITS GOING BACK TO THE ORGANIZATION BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE BEING THERE. SO IT'S KIND OF A WIN-WIN SITUATION, FRANKLY. UM, AND I'LL LOOK ALBERT'S WAY. I DON'T KNOW THAT ANY OF OUR SPORTS GROUPS ACTUALLY PROVIDE VOLUNTEERS AT THIS POINT. AGAIN, IT JUST REALLY GETS DOWN TO, AND BRIAN PROBABLY KNOWS BETTER THAN ANYBODY AT THIS POINT. THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH IT AND THEY DON'T WANNA PROVIDE THE VOLUNTEERS. SO THERE'S ACTUALLY PAID STAFF THAT THE CONCESSIONAIRE HAS IN THERE AND SUCH. AND SO THEY'RE THE ONES THAT COLLECT THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY COLLECT THE MONEY AT THAT POINT IN TIME. SO YEAH, YOU GET YOUR $9 PRETZEL. YEAH. AND SO IT'S, UH, NOBODY HAS REALLY SAID ANYTHING OVER THE YEARS. THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH IT. AND SO THEY JUST MOVE ALONG AND CHARGE ACCORDINGLY, THEIR LEAGUE FEE AND EVERYTHING ELSE FROM THAT STANDPOINT TO COVER ALL THEIR COSTS. I THINK BACK IN THE DAY THOUGH, WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T MAKE THIS KIND OF MONEY THAT, THAT YOU'RE MAKING. SO WE, WE HAD THAT'S VERY TRUE. . TRUE. THEY WERE MINE. ONE ASK LAST QUESTION REGARDING THE TREE TRIMMING SERVICE FEES. WHO PAYS THAT AND WHY IS THERE A FEE? IS THIS, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO ME OR DANIEL? EVERYBODY'S LOOKING AT YOU. YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY, WHICH ITEM IS THIS COUNCIL MEMBER? THIS THE RESI PAGE TREE TRIMMING PAGE 12 OF 15 ON THE TABLES AND IT SAYS THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS TREE TRIMMING SERVICE FEES. OH YEAH. IS THAT LIKE A SPECIAL REQUEST WHERE RESIDENTS CAN ASK, I DON'T KNOW, FOR SOMETHING OR, YEAH, I THINK IT'S, IF THEY WANT A CITY TREE TRIMMED THAT'S NEAR THEIR PROPERTY NUMBER THAT RELATED TO OUR OUTSIDE OF PROGRAM, OUTSIDE OF IT'S IN THE TABLE SECTION, DANIEL. OH, ON THE TABLE SECTION, PAGE 12. LIKE YOU'RE OUT OF, LIKE, YOU'RE OUT OF THE NORMAL QUEUE, YOU WANNA GET BUMPED UP TRIM. SURE. I THINK WE CAME UP WITH THAT AS A POLICY DECISION. OH, HERE WE GO. WHEN, UM, RESIDENTS WANTED TO GET RID OF A TREE WE CAME UP WITH, WE'D ALLOW THEM, THEY WERE CHARGED. MARY, I THINK WE CAN GO TO THE BENCH AND HAVE ALEXIS ANSWER THAT ONE FOR US. . UM, THE TABLE IS JUST OUR PASS THROUGH FEES FROM OUR CONTRACT WITH WEST COAST ARBORISTS. UM, SO WE HAVE TO ADOPT THOSE FEES INTO THE SCHEDULE TO BE ABLE TO CHARGE THE RESIDENTS FOR THAT. AND THAT'S PART OF THE RESI PAY PROGRAM WHERE THEY CAN PAY TO HAVE THEIR FEES TRIPPED. AND THEN THE NEXT FEE AFTER THAT, THE ADMIN FEE, UM, THAT'S OUR BLENDED HOURLY RATE FOR CHARGING OUR TIME TOWARDS ARRANGEMENT TOWARDS PROCESSING THE TREE BEING TRIMMED OUTSIDE OF THE NORMAL PARAMETERS. YES. SO I KNEW, I KNOW THAT WE WERE TRYING TO COME UP WITH A PROCESS THAT IF SOMEBODY DID COMPLAIN ABOUT ONE OF THE TREES TO BE TRIMMED, HAS THAT PROCESS ACTUALLY TAKEN PLACE SO THEY CAN NOW DO THAT OR, YES. YES. OKAY. PERFECT. YOU CAN ALLOW IT. NO, THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE THAT. YES, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DANIEL. GOING BACKWARDS, JUST QUICK QUESTION, KIND OF ON COMMUNITY PARK AND SNACK BAR, I VISITED COMMUNITY, I, THIS MAY BE OFF TOPIC. I VISITED COMMUNITY PARK ON SUNDAY AND THERE WAS A VENDOR PUSHING A CART AT FIVE AND SIX FIELDS SELLING DRINKS. IS THAT ALLOWABLE? I WAS THERE. YOU DIDN'T SAY HI, I DIDN'T SEE YOU THERE. I WAS LOOKING FOR YOU. FIELD FOUR, COME ON, . IS THAT ALLOWABLE ONE AND DO THEY NEED A PERMIT IF THEY'RE THERE BECAUSE IT TAKES AWAY FROM THE SNACK BAR? NO, UNLESS THEY'RE SOMEHOW PERMITTED THROUGH COMMUNITY SERVICES, I BELIEVE. ALTHOUGH I KNOW IN OUR REGULAR PARKS, AND I'M LOOKING TO MELISSA, BUT I THINK IN OUR REGULAR PARKS THEY CAN'T, A VENDOR CAN GO THROUGH SOME OF THE PEDALING VENDORS THAT ARE SELLING CLOSED FOOD CAN GO THROUGH THOSE BARKS. DO YOU KNOW THAT IT'S PUBLIC? WELL, YEAH, IT WAS A GENTLEMAN SELLING LIKE, YOU KNOW, I SHAVED ICE AND MANGOES AND WHATNOT. UH, SO GOOD EVENING FROM, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE CODE, UH, IF IT'S IN A CITY PARK OR FACILITY, THEY DO NEED TO HAVE A PERMIT, UM, IN ORDER TO DO THAT. UM, AS FOR COMMUNITY PARK, WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK INTO IT. I DON'T KNOW, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A MILLION DIFFERENT PARKS, SO IN ORDER TO SEE WHO'S GOING THROUGH AT EACH PARK AND, AND, AND CATCHING 'EM IS ALSO ANOTHER, UH, [00:40:01] ISSUE THAT WE DEAL WITH AT TIMES. BUT NO, THEY, THEY SHOULDN'T BE AT PARKS UNLESS THERE IS A POTENTIAL TOURNAMENT GOING ON OR SOME TYPE OF OTHER SPECIAL EVENT WITH A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH IT, THEN I GUESS OUR STAFF OR YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT 18-YEAR-OLD KIDS THAT ARE STAFFING THE PARK OR THEY COACHED UP TO APPROACH PEOPLE TO SAY, HEY, YOU NEED A PERMIT, OR HOW DO WE HANDLE THAT? 'CAUSE I KNOW THE GENTLEMAN THAT PETER SAW HAS BEEN THERE PRETTY MUCH EVERY WEEKEND. YEAH, THEY SHOULD BE. SO THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE'LL LOOK INTO WITH STAFF. I LOOK FOR STAFF. DIDN'T FIND THEM, BUT THAT'S JUST TO ASK THAT QUESTION. YEAH. YEAH, GOOD QUESTION. THEY MAY HAVE BEEN PUSHING THE CART, , MAKING EXTRA MONEY. WE NEED TO PAY MORE FOR THE MAD MAYOR. ANOTHER QUESTION, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT USER FEES OR PEOPLE UTILIZING OUR PARKS, UM, MY QUESTION WOULD BE TENNIS, UM, OVER AT UH, UH, VETERANS PARK, WE HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL THERE THAT ALWAYS, UH, HAS TENNIS LESSONS. AND MY QUESTION IS, IS HE PAYING? IS THERE A PERMIT? IS IS HE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THAT? WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH A PROCESS WITH STAFF. WHEN WE GET PHONE CALLS FROM THE PUBLIC, OF COURSE, WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE STATIONED AT THOSE PARTICULAR PARK LOCATIONS. UM, AND SO WHEN WE HEAR, UM, THE STEWIE I'LL, UH, SHARON IS GREAT ABOUT, UH, CONTACTING US, UM, VANESSA BONO. SO ONE OF OUR, UH, COORDINATORS IS, UH, GOES OUT AND THEN, UM, TALKS TO THOSE PARTICULAR, UH, INSTRUCTORS. NO, THEY SHOULD NOT BE THERE. UM, YOU CAN'T, UH, DO, UH, PRIVATE BUSINESS ON PUBLIC, UH, FACILITIES IN THAT PARTICULAR MANNER AND SUCH. SO IT'S BEEN A WORK IN PROGRESS AS IT RELATES TO, UM, GETTING THE PEOPLE OFF OF THE TENNIS COURTS THAT ARE TEACHING THE TENNIS LESSONS. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PRIVATE SOCCER INSTRUCTION GOING ON, ON FIELDS AND EVERYTHING ELSE FROM THAT STANDPOINT. SO IT'S, IT'S FAIRLY PREVALENT AROUND, AND WE'RE PROACTIVE FROM THE STANDPOINT OF WHEN WE DO GET THE PHONE CALLS AND WE GO OUT AND, UH, 'CAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THIS IS AFTER HOURS OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, SEVEN O'CLOCK AT NIGHT OR WHATEVER IT HAPPENS TO BE OR ON THE WEEKENDS, UH, FROM THAT STANDPOINT. BUT WE HAVE BEEN ON IT AND TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE IN INFORMING THE, THE, THE PEOPLE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT WAS, IS THAT, UM, WE ARE GOING TO PUT UP SOME ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE THAT IS GOING TO, UM, SPEAK SPECIFIC TO THAT AND THE PHONE NUMBER FOR PEOPLE TO CALL. 'CAUSE WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING, OUR TENNIS COURTS ARE IMPACTED GREATLY. AND SO, UM, UH, NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE WAY THE RULES ARE, OF COURSE YOU GET AN HOUR PERIOD OF TIME WHEN SOMEBODY SHOWS UP, THE PERSON COULD HAVE BEEN THERE FOR 58 MINUTES, YOU DON'T KNOW THAT, OF COURSE. AND THEY CAN GET AN ADDITIONAL HOUR BASICALLY AT THAT POINT IN TIME. AND SO ANYWAYS, UM, SO WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THAT, WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ, UH, AS IT RELATES TO GETTING THE PRIVATE INSTRUCTION OFF OF OUR COURTS BECAUSE IT'S, UH, IT'S DEFINITELY IMPACTFUL. SO IS THERE A CITATION THAT YOU CAN GIVE THEM OR DO THEY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU KNOW THAT THEY'RE DOING IT FOR A PROFIT, DO THEY HAVE TO HAVE A BUSINESS LICENSE? DO WE REQUEST ANY OF THAT? DO THEY HAVE INSURANCE? YOU KNOW, WE DON'T EVEN WANT ANY OF THAT, FRANKLY. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JOE'S BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH COURT SPACE. YOU KNOW, OUR COURTS ARE FOR OPEN PLAY. YEAH. BASICALLY. IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE WORKED REALLY HARD OVER THE YEARS NOT TO HAVE, UH, PRIVATE TENNIS INSTRUCTION OCCURRING ON THE COURTS FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THROUGH THE CITY, YOU KNOW, OPERATION AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT HAS HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'VE, WHEN WE'VE LOST, UH, COURTS OR HAVEN'T, DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE HIGH SCHOOL AS IT RELATES TO THAT AS WELL. BUT, UM, UH, THAT'S NOT EVEN FRANKLY, AN OPTION. WE JUST WANNA SHOO 'EM AWAY. WE JUST WANNA SHOO 'EM AWAY AND, UH, HAVE THEM MOVE ALONG FROM THAT STANDPOINT. SO, OF COURSE, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WHEN WE SHOW UP, IT'S FAMILY MEMBERS THAT ARE WITH US. THERE'S THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER. AND SO WE GET EVERY EXCUSE IN THE BOOK AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A KIND OF A TOUGH TASK, BUT WE'RE GONNA, UH, THE NEXT STEP OF THE PROCESS, FRANKLY, IS GOING TO BE WORKING WITH CODE AND POTENTIALLY, UM, UH, PD AS WELL. UH, IF WE HAVE TO GO THAT ROUTE. AND WE PROBABLY ARE GONNA HAVE TO GO THAT ROUTE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE REC STAFF THAT ARE SHOWING UP WITH CITY, CITY SHIRTS AND STUFF, AND IT'S JUST LIKE SHOE FOLKS, YOU KNOW? YEAH. WE DON'T EVEN WANT TO TALK TO YOU, YOU KNOW, FROM THAT STANDPOINT. SO ANYWAYS. GOTCHA. GOOD. ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. THANK YOU KRISTA, AND THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR COMING TODAY. UH, BEN, DO YOU HAVE ANY CLOSING COMMENTS OR A JOKE? NO, I WILL TAKE A SECOND. UH, AGAIN, THANK THE TEAM FOR ALL THE WORK THAT GOES INTO PREPARING THESE FEES. UH, BOTH LOOKING AT THE TIME IT TAKES TO DO THE WORK AND, AND ALSO IN A LOT OF CASES IN THE COMMUNITY SERVICES, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE MARKET TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE CHARGE FOR RENTALS OF OUR FACILITIES, UH, ARE, UH, REFLECT WHAT, UH, A COMPARABLE RENTAL AT A DIFFERENT JURISDICTION, UH, WOULD HAPPEN. SO A LOT OF THOUGHT AND EFFORT GOES INTO PREPARING THIS. UH, WE APPRECIATE THE TRUST THAT THE COUNCIL GIVES US IN, UH, MAKING SURE THAT, UH, WE HAVE A REFLECTIVE, UH, UH, FEE PROGRAM. AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO THANK FOR THE EXTRA WORK THAT WAS DONE TO SHOW, UH, THE PUBLIC THAT THE COUNCIL HAS TAKEN A [00:45:01] STANCE TO SUBSIDIZE FEES. AND WHAT YOU SEE THIS TIME IS THE IMPACT OF THAT. IF WE HAVE A PERMIT THAT WE'RE SUBSIDIZING 50% OF IT, WHETHER IT'S BY STATE MANDATE OR BY THE COUNCIL DIRECTION, WHEN YOU MULTIPLY THAT TIMES 183, YOU KNOW, PERMITS, IT STARTS TO ADD UP. AND THAT'S AN INVESTMENT THAT COUNCIL'S MAKING IN MAKING SURE THAT CERTAIN, UH, ACTIVITIES OCCUR, BUT ALSO IT'S LOST REVENUE. SO WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE, UH, KIND OF UNDERSTOOD, UH, WHAT THE COUNCIL HAS, UH, DIRECTED STAFF TO DO, AND CONTRARY TO WHAT SOME MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MIGHT THINK WHEN THEY LOOK AT OUR BUDGET AND THE INCREASE IN FEES, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO MAKE MONEY, IT'S RECOUPING THE FEES, LIKE SOME OF THE NEW ONES, LIKE THE TECHNOLOGY FEE. IT'S SIMPLY, IT'S TO RECOUP WHAT WE, WHAT WE'RE SPENDING. SO, ABSOLUTELY TRUE. OKAY, WITH THAT, WE WILL ADJOURN THE SPECIAL MEETING. [ 6:00 P.M. - CONVENE MEETING / ROLL CALL] GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. I'D LIKE TO RECONVENE THE CHINO HILL CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR FEBRUARY 9TH, 2023 AT 6:01 PM CHERYL, CAN YOU TAKE ROLL? ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT [ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG] AT THIS TIME. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO OUR FLAG. TONIGHT'S INVOCATION WILL BE FOLLOWING THE PLEDGE, SHALL REMAIN STANDING, AND TONIGHT'S INVOCATION WILL BE BY FATHER JOSEPH FROM ST. PAUL, THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH. READY BEGIN ALLEGIANCE TO THE OF THE UNITED, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TWO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER [ INVOCATION: Father Joseph Pilotin, MS, St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church] AND OF THE SON, AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. GOOD AND GRACIOUS GOD, OUR MOST GLORIOUS CREATOR, AS WE GREET THE SIGNS IN NATURE AROUND US OF SPRING ONCE AGAIN, REGGLING US IN BLOOM. IN THE SONGS OF RETURNING BIRDS AND FIELDS SOON TO BE PLANTED, WE GIVE YOU PRAISE FOR AN EVER GREATER SIGN OF NEW LIFE. THE RESURRECTION OF YOUR SON, OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THAT WE ESPECIALLY CELEBRATE AT THIS TIME. THE SADNESS AND DESPAIR OF HIS DEATH HAS GIVEN WAY TO THE BRIGHT PROMISE OF IMMORTALITY. FOR THE RESURRECTION IS OUR GUARANTEE THAT JUSTICE WILL TRIUMPH OVER TREASON, LIGHT WILL OVERCOME DARKNESS, LOVE WILL CONQUER DEATH. UNITY WILL CONQUER THE VISION AND WAR AS WE CELEBRATE. WE ALSO DARE TO ASK FOR YOUR GRACE THAT WE MAY LIVE THE PROMISE GIVEN TO US BY IMITATING THE LIFE OF JESUS, IN REACHING OUT TO THE POOR, THE MARGINALIZED, THE OPPRESSED, THOSE WHO ARE HURTING, THOSE WHO ARE OFFENDED, AND THOSE WHO ARE LEAST AMONG US AS WE STRIVE TO BE NEIGHBOR. TO ALL THOSE WE MEET, WE ASK YOUR SPECIAL BLESSINGS EACH AND EVERY DAY ON THE LEADERS, LEADERS OF OUR BELOVED CITY OF CHINLE HILLS, WORKING WITH THEM. MAY WE STRIVE TO MAKE THIS GREAT CITY OF OURS, A BEACON OF HOPE AND JUSTICE, ANY WORLD HUNGRY FOR PEACE. AND SO IN NEED OF YOUR LOVE, WE EMBRACE YOU IN THIS EASTER EASTER SEASON. CHANGE OUR LIVES, CHANGE OUR HEARTS SO THAT WE BECOME MESSENGERS OF EASTER JOY AND HOPE WE MAKE OUR PRAYER THROUGH CHRIST OUR RISE, LORD, FOREVER AND EVER. AMEN. AMEN. IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON, THE HOLY SPIRIT. AMEN. [5. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming April 30, 2024 as National Arbor Day] THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING APRIL 30TH, 2024 IS NATIONAL ARBOR DAY TO BE ACCEPTED BY PUBLIC WORKS LANDSCAPE INSPECTOR TO ANTHONY FUSCO. WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM? ANTHONY, [00:50:01] WE WERE TALKING, TALKING TREES EARLIER. YES, I'M A GARDEN PERSON. WE'RE BOTH, I DON'T WANNA SAY TREE NERD, BUT WE ARE RIGHT. SO, MM-HMM. IN, UH, 1872, IT WAS PROPOSED THAT A SPECIAL DAY SET ASIDE FOR PLANTING TREES. THIS HOLIDAY WAS NAMED ARBOR DAY AND WAS FIRST OBSERVED BY THE PLANTING OF MORE THAN 1 MILLION TREES IN NEBRASKA. TREES ENHANCE OUR CIVIC PRIDE. THEY INCREASE PROPERTY VALUES, CONTRIBUTE TO THE ECONOMIC VITALITY OF BUSINESS AREAS, AND ABOVE ALL, THEY HELP MAKE OUR COMMUNITY BEAUTIFUL AND THEY MAKE US SMILE. LIKE MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS, I TAKE PRIDE IN THE AMAZING VARIETY OF TREES WE HAVE IN CHINO HILLS. AFTER ALL, WE ARE A PROUD TREE CITY, USA. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I'M HAPPY TO PROCLAIM APRIL 30TH, 2024 IS NATIONAL ARBOR DAY AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO CONTINUE PROTECTING OUR URBAN FOREST. HERE TO ACCEPT HIS PROCLAMATION AND TELL US MORE ABOUT HOW RESIDENTS CAN GET INVOLVED IN OUR LAND, IS OUR LANDSCAPE INSPECTOR TONY FUSCO. WELL, THANK YOU HERE AS YOUR PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF CITY COUNCIL TONY, AND PLEASE SAY A FEW WORDS, CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR MORAN. UH, GREATLY APPRECIATED. WE ARE VERY, VERY PROUD TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A TREE CITY USA AND IN OBSERVANCE OF ARBOR DAY, WE WILL DOING A COMMUNITY PLANTING ON, UH, APRIL 27TH. IF WE ALL LOOK TO THE FLYER, THERE WILL BE, WE WILL BE UP AT THE MATA TRAIL HEAD, UM, NEAR KAI SAN MARCOS. UM, WE'LL BE, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE. THIS IS MY, MY FAVORITE EVENT OF THE YEAR. WE'LL BE PLANTING ABOUT 260 TREES. UM, SO IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE THE WHEREWITHAL, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT END OF THE SHOVEL, FEEL FREE TO COME OUT AND, AND GET DIRTY WITH US AND GET SOME TREES IN THE GROUND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TAKE A PHOTO. ALRIGHT, [6. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming the week of April 21-27, 2024 as National Volunteer Week] OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION IS PROCLAIMING THE WEEK OF APRIL 21ST THROUGH 27TH, 2024 AS NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK TO BE ACCEPTED BY CHART EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GROUP. WOULD YOU PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR UP AT THE PODIUM? COME ON UP, TEAM. I'LL HAVE YOU STAND TO THE LEFT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. OH, I'M GONNA WAIT TILL YOU GUYS GET UP HERE CHARTS, AND THEN YOU CAN TELL US WHAT CHARTS MEANS. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTE TO THE BETTERMENT OF OUR CITY. THESE VOLUNTEERS REACH OUT BEYOND THEIR PAID EMPLOYMENT AND THEIR NORMAL RESPONSIBILITIES TO CONTRIBUTE SERVICE TALENT, AND COUNTLESS HOURS TO OUR COMMUNITY. THE SENSE OF VOLUNTEERISM IN OUR CITY SETS US APART. WITHOUT A DOUBT. OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE PRODUCTIVITY, EFFICIENCY, AND COST EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR CITY. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE TO HONOR THESE DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS BY PROCLAIMING APRIL 21ST TO 27TH AS NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK. TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION, WE HAVE MEMBERS FROM OUR CHINO HILLS AUXILIARY RADIO TEAM, ALSO KNOWN AS CHART, AND WHO TONIGHT WILL BE SPEAKING FROM THE TEAM. UH, I'M CHARLIE ER OKAY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THIS TO YOU AND, UM, ACCEPT IT. AND PLEASE, UH, GIVE US SOME COMMENTS AND TELL US ABOUT YOUR GROUP. I DIDN'T, I WAS GONNA SAY. YEAH. OKAY. SO OUR GROUP IS, UH, CHART CHINO HILLS AUXILIARY RADIO TEAM. UH, WE SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE MAYOR. UH, WE'RE HERE IN CASE OF EMERGENCIES. EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT CELL PHONES. HOW MANY PEOPLE HERE NOW HAVE A, A LANDLINE AT HOME? HARDLY ANYBODY. THERE IS STILL A FEW. GREAT. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THE CELL PHONES GO DOWN BECAUSE OF AN EARTHQUAKE OR, OR OTHER KINDS OF CATASTROPHES, THE CHART TEAM HERE IS HERE TO HELP WITH EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS WHEREVER WE NEED TO GO. SO, I'M FAIRLY NEW HERE. I'VE ONLY BEEN DOING IT FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS. THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING IT A LOT LONGER. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A VERY REWARDING, UH, THING TO DO. WE MEET MONTHLY, WE DO WEEKLY CHECKS OF ALL OF OUR EQUIPMENT, AND WE'RE HERE JUST IN CASE. IT'S THE OLDEST TECHNOLOGY. IT'S BEEN AROUND SINCE THE 19 HUNDREDS, EARLY 19 HUNDREDS. AND IT'S HERE, UH, YOU KNOW, TO SERVE. THAT'S ALL I THINK I CAN SAY, BUT, UH, THESE GUYS DO A, A, A HECK OF A JOB. AS I SAID, I'M, I'M STILL FAIRLY NEW WITH IT. THESE GUYS ARE, ARE PROS AT IT, AND, UH, IT'S A PLEASURE WORKING WITH THESE GUYS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. [00:55:19] YEAH. [7. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming April as Child Abuse Prevention Month] OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION IS PROCLAIMING APRIL AS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH TO BE ACCEPTED BY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES OF THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY CHILDREN'S NETWORK. JONATHAN BYERS, WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM? I SEE JONATHAN, COME ON UP. JONATHAN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU. IF I COULD HAVE YOU STAND RIGHT HERE NEXT TO ME, AS A COMMUNITY, IT IS IMPORTANT WE COME TOGETHER TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT CHILD ABUSE AND TAKE ACTION TO PREVENT THIS ISSUE. WHILE WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE ACCESS TO DEDICATED, COMPASSIONATE, AND SKILLED CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION PROFESSIONALS THROUGH THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, PREVENTION REQUIRES ENERGY AND DETERMINATION FROM THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. EVERY CHILD HAS THE RIGHT TO RECEIVE CARE, PROTECTION AND GUIDANCE, TO BE FREE FROM HARM AND TO HAVE THEIR PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, AND EDUCATIONAL NEEDS MET. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL AS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH. TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION, WE HAVE JONATHAN BYERS, WHO IS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES WITH THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY CHILDREN'S NETWORK. SO ON BEHALF OF CITY COUNCIL, JONATHAN, I'M HAPPY TO GIVE YOU THIS PROCLAMATION AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO. THANK YOU. AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT WHAT YOUR UM, DEPARTMENT DOES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MAYOR MORAN, VICE MAYOR BENNETT, AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR RECOGNIZING APRIL AS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH IN CHINO HILLS. IT'S AN HONOR FOR ME TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION. ON BEHALF OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES IN THE CHILDREN'S NETWORK, UH, HEALTHY COMMUNITIES HELP FAMILIES PROVIDE SAFE HOMES FOR CHILDREN. SO, BEYOND JUST ACKNOWLEDGING CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH, THE CITY, UH, AND THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, DO A LOT OF GOOD WORK TO PREVENT CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT. AND IT MAY NOT ALWAYS BE OBVIOUS TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, BUT YOU DO THIS THROUGH YOUR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION. YOU DO THIS IN THE WAY THAT YOU USE, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING TO PROVIDE FOOD ASSISTANCE, UH, AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES. YOU DO THIS THROUGH YOUR HOUSING SUPPORT AND AS, UH, RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, THE COUNSELING AND RESOURCES THAT YOU MAKE AVAILABLE THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS, UH, THROUGH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, YOUR PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES THROUGH PARKS AND RECREATION, UH, THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY THAT YOU SUPPORT, THAT CREATES JOBS AND THROUGH YOUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH COUNTLESS OTHER, UH, COMMUNITY PARTNERS. SO THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT A CITY DOES TO ADDRESS THE COMPLEX ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL FACTORS THAT LEAD TO CHILD ABUSE. AND I THINK THE DATA INDICATES THAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING, UH, HERE IN CHINO HILLS IS WORKING. UH, CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES LAST YEAR RECEIVED 30,000 REPORTS OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT. JUST 1% OF THOSE REPORTS INVOLVED CHILDREN FROM THIS COMMUNITY, AND LESS THAN TWO TENTHS OF A PERCENT OF THOSE KIDS REQUIRED OUR INTERVENTION. SO WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS TAKING THE TIME TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT CHILD MALTREATMENT AND THE IMPORTANCE OF PREVENTION. UH, AND WE BELIEVE THAT THIS PROCLAMATION REPRESENTS THE COMMUNITY HERE IN CHINO HILLS. IT DOES SOMETHING MEANINGFUL EVERY DAY TO PREVENT CHILD ABUSE NEGLECT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. [8. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming April as Donate Life Month] OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION IS PROCLAIMING. APRIL IS DONATE LIFE MONTH TO BE ACCEPTED BY ROBERT RALSTON. WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM? HEY FRIEND. HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU BEEN COMING HERE? THIS NEVER GETS OLD. WE WERE TALKING, IT'S EITHER 11 OR 12. I THINK THAT'S WHEN I FIRST, I THINK RAY WAS THE FIRST ONE YOU MET ON OUR COUNCIL. OKAY. ORGAN TISSUE, BLOOD MARROW AND BLOOD DONATIONS ARE LIFE-GIVING ACTS RECOGNIZED WORLDWIDE AS EXPRESSIONS OF COMPASSION TO THOSE IN NEED. MILLIONS OF LIVES EACH YEAR ARE SAVED AND HEALED BY THESE TYPES OF DONATIONS. THE SPIRIT OF GIVING AND THE DECISION TO DONATE ARE NOT RESTRICTED BY AGE OR MEDICAL CONDITIONS. CALIFORNIA [01:00:01] RESIDENTS CAN SIGN UP WITH A DONATE LIFE CALIFORNIA DONOR REGISTRY WHEN APPLYING FOR OR RENEWING THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE OR ID CARDS AT THE DMB. RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU HAVE A PINK DOT ON YOUR CONGRATULATIONS. IF NOT, PLEASE LOOK INTO IT. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WE ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO SUPPORT, DONATE LIFE BY CONSIDERING BECOMING A REGISTERED DONOR. AND DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF APRIL AS DONATE LIFE MONTH. TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION IS CHINO HILL'S RESIDENT AND ONE LEGACY AMBASSADOR ROBERT RALSTON. SO I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU YET ANOTHER PROCLAMATION, AND I'M SURE THERE'S SOMEONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT DIDN'T HEAR YOUR STORY. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE HEARD IT, IT NEVER GETS OLD 'CAUSE IT'S VERY INSPIRING. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE ONCE AGAIN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR MORAN, VICE MAYOR BENNETT, AND ALL THE ESTEEMED COUNCIL MEMBERS. SOME OF YOU GUYS ARE DEAR FRIENDS. I WILL TRY AND BE, UH, BRIEF 'CAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE A LOT TO DO AND A LOT OF PROCLAMATIONS GOING ON TONIGHT. BUT MY LIFE WAS SAVED THROUGH ORGAN DONATION. IN MY CASE, IT WAS A LIVER TRANSPLANT 13 YEARS AGO, DECEMBER 18TH COMING UP. SO ABOUT 13 YEARS AGO, THE WIFE AND I WERE AT A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT AT THE END OF THE DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT. NOW, THIS WAS ONE OF, THIS WAS SUCH A, A, A BRUTAL TIME IN LIFE FOR MYSELF, MY WIFE AND MY DAUGHTERS. I GO INTO A COMA FOR A WEEK AT A TIME AND, UH, WAKE UP. OH MY GOD, HOW LONG WAS IT THIS TIME? BUT EVERY THURSDAY THEY DRAIN 12 LITERS OF FLUID OFF OF MY BELLY. CAN YOU, YOU KNOW HOW BIG A TWO LITER BOTTLE IS? HOLD SIX OF THOSE IN FRONT. EVERY THURSDAY I HAD 12 LITERS DRAINED FROM MY STOMACH. I HAD TO SLEEP SITTING UP, I'D SUFFOCATE IF I TRIED TO LAY DOWN. ANYWAYS, AT THE END OF A DOCTOR APPOINTMENT, AND WE LOVINGLY CALL IT GETTING TAPPED EVERY THURSDAY, MY DOCTOR LOOKED AT SUE AND I AND HE SAID, YOU BETTER GET YOUR AFFAIRS TOGETHER. YOU GOT ABOUT SIX MONTHS. I'D BEEN ON THE TRANSPLANT LIST FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS AT THIS POINT. HE SAID, YOU GOT ABOUT SIX MONTHS. YOU BETTER GET YOUR AFFAIRS IN ORDER. SO WE DID. UM, BUT THERE'S SO MUCH MORE TO THIS. BUT BY THE GRACE OF GOD, THE MIRACLES OF MODERN MEDICINE AND A DONOR, A MAN FROM TENNESSEE WHEN HE DIED IN HIS DONOR FAMILY, UH, I GOT A NEW LIVER DECEMBER 18TH, 2011, SAVED MY LIFE. SO AS SOON AS I COULD WALK, I DECIDED TO BECOME AN AMBASSADOR. MAKE SURE MORE PEOPLE GET LUCKY LIKE MYSELF. AND WE HAVE AMAZING SUCCESS STORIES AND WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED RIGHT NOW, IF YOU CAN DO A VISUAL ON THIS, THERE'S ENOUGH PEOPLE TO FILL THE LOS ANGELES COLISEUM ALL WAITING FOR THE PHONE TO RING LIKE IT FINALLY DID FOR ME AFTER TWO AND A HALF YEARS ON THE TRANSPLANT LIST. ALSO TODAY, THE PHONE WILL NOT RING. 23 PEOPLE WILL DIE BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT 'CAUSE THE PHONE DIDN'T RING FOR THEM. SO EVERYBODY WHO'S GOT THAT PINK DOT COULD BE A HERO AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE. GOD FORBID IT HAPPENS TO YOU. BUT I MEAN, I PUT IT KIND OF BLUNTLY, YOU DON'T NEED THE OLD CHEVY ONCE YOUR SPIRIT HAS RISEN AND, AND YOU'RE NOT USING IT ANYMORE. YOU COULD SAVE EIGHT LIVES. YOU COULD HELP, UH, A BLIND PERSON SEE AGAIN, AND WHAT I STARTED ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, UH, DONATE LIFE. DONATE LIFE IS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION. ONE LEGACY IS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGION AT LARGE. SO THAT'S ONE LEGACY ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO. I ALSO HAVE THREE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES THAT I DO PRESENTATIONS FOR, UM, EVERY QUARTER, UH, TO KEEP THE EMPLOYEES AT THE DMVS MOTIVATED AND TO GET EVERYBODY TO SAY YES TO. QUESTION NUMBER SEVEN ON THE DONATE, ON THE DRIVER'S LICENSE OR THE, UM, APPLICATION FOR, UM, CALIFORNIA ID. IF YOU, IF YOU SIGN UP, YOU CAN BECOME A DONOR RIGHT THERE ON THE SPOT. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IT AT THE DMV, YOU CAN DO IT WITH WWW.DONATELIFECALIFORNIA.ORG AND DO IT FROM HOME. YOU CAN SAY, I ONLY WANT TO GIVE MY EYES. YOU CAN HAVE EVERYTHING BUT MY HEART. WHATEVER. YOU CAN PICK WHAT YOU WANT TO DONATE AND YOU CAN ALSO CHANGE YOUR MIND THE NEXT DAY AND BE REMOVED BACK OFF OF THE LIST. SO, I MEAN, IT'S THAT SIMPLE TO BECOME AN ORGAN DONOR AND SAVE EIGHT LIVES AND HELP A BLIND PERSON TO SEE. AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING I STARTED ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO. I STARTED DOING MY OWN SEARCHES ON UNOS, WHICH IS UNITED [01:05:01] NATIONAL ORGAN SHARING ORGANIZATION THAT'S COAST TO COAST, WHICH IS DONATE LIFE. UNOS IS THE, IS THE LEGAL MEDICAL ORGANIZATION. UM, AND EVERY, EVERY DOCTOR IN EVERY HOSPITAL, EVERY TRANSPLANT PLACE HAS TO JUMP THROUGH THE HOOPS WITH UNOS TO GET YOU ON A TRANSPLANT LIST AND TO LEGALLY GET YOU A TRANSPLANT. SO I BROKE IT DOWN, UH, BY DISTRICT WITH THE HELP OF SOME OTHER, UH, AMBASSADOR LEADS, WHICH HOSPITALS, UM, IN OUR AREA DO DONATIONS AND, UH, DONATE LIFE FOR ONE LEGACY. NOW DOES THIS FOR EVERY AMBASSADOR. THIS PROCLAMATION RIGHT HERE WILL PROUDLY BE DISPLAYED AT, UH, UH, A ZEIN COLLEGE ZOO PACIFIC COLLEGE ON APRIL 27TH, WHICH IS OUR 5 5 5 10 K RUN WALK. AND, UH, THAT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR. 10, 15,000 PEOPLE SHOW UP. THERE'S, UH, UM, LIVE MUSIC. UH, EUNICE YOLO, THE MAYOR OF CHINO. SHE HAD A DEAR FRIEND WHO GOT A LUNG TRANSPLANT. HE'S GONNA HAVE A HOT AIR BALLOON THERE ON EACH OTHER AND BE GIVING PEOPLE HOT AIR BALLOON RIDES UP AND DOWN. UM, UH, THERE WAS A BOY BAND THERE, THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEBODY FAMOUS THERE. I'M NOT A BIG BOY BAND, YOU KNOW, FAMILY. BUT EVERYBODY WAS GOING, OH MY GOD, THEY'RE REALLY HERE. UM, SO THERE'S ALWAYS SOME REALLY GOOD ENTERTAINMENT, GOOD FOOD, UM, BUT EVERY PROCLAMATION FROM EVERY, UH, MAYOR, UH, AND CITY THAT HAS DECIDED TO, UM, PRO PROCLAIM THIS, UH, APRIL TO DONATE LIFE MONTH, ALL THE, ALL THE PROCLAMATIONS WILL BE ON DISPLAY THERE IN THE MEMORY GARDEN. AND, UH, SO JUST VERY QUICKLY, I'M SORRY I'M TAKING UP SO MUCH TIME. ONE LEGACY THAT'S US IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. IN 2023, THERE WAS 178 HEART TRANSPLANTS, 833 KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS, 422 LIVER TRANSPLANTS, 357 LUNG TRANSPLANTS, AND 19 PANCREAS TRANSPLANTS. THESE ARE JUST AMAZING NUMBERS. WOULD'VE NEVER HEARD OF NUMBERS LIKE THIS FIVE, 10 YEARS AGO. THAT'S GREAT. YEAH, THANK YOU. SO PLEASE GET THAT PINK DOT ON YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE. BE A HERO. IT MAY NOT BE, OBVIOUSLY WON'T BE YOUR BEST DAY. BUT, UH, AND THANK YOU, THANK GOD TO THE, THE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT, THAT DO THIS BECAUSE THEIR LOVED ONE HAS ALREADY MADE THAT DECISION. AND THEY SAID WHOLEHEARTEDLY. YES. UH, YOU CAN HAVE MY LOVED ONE'S ORGANS. SO, UH, AND SAVE LIVES. SO, UM, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. AWARENESS. THANK, THANK YOU. [ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT] THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA WILL BE THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT BY NICOLE FREEMAN. THANK YOU, CHERYL, AND GOOD EVENING MAYOR MORAN COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. JUST A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT, THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION HAS AN UNEXPECTED VACANCY DUE TO THE RESIGNATION OF RICHARD GOMEZ AND HIS MOVE OUT OF THE CITY. SINCE THE MOST RECENT RECRUITMENT WAS WITHIN THE LAST SIX MONTHS BY COUNCIL MEMBER RAY MARQUEZ. THE VACANCY WILL BE FILLED BY A REVIEW OF THE 11 APPLICANTS WHO PREVIOUSLY APPLIED AND WERE INTERVIEWED. AND A NOMINATION WILL BE MADE AT THE APRIL 23RD COUNCIL MEETING. THE SELECTED COMMISSIONER WILL THEN SERVE THE REMAINDER OF THE TERM THROUGH NOVEMBER 20, 26. AND IN OTHER NEWS, THE CITY IS EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE A NEW VIRTUAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ONLINE PORTAL EXPECTED TO LAUNCH APRIL 29TH. THE NEW PORTAL WILL OFFER 24 7 ONLINE ACCESS FOR USERS TO SUBMIT PLANS AND PERMIT APPLICATIONS FROM THE COMFORT OF THEIR OWN HOME OR OFFICE VIEW, AND RECEIVE STATUS UPDATES IN REAL TIME REQUEST INSPECTIONS AND MAKE PAYMENTS ONLINE. IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO APPLY FOR A PERMIT DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL. APPOINTMENTS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO MINIMIZE WAIT TIMES WHILE STAFF TRAINS AND TRANSITIONS TO THE NEW SYSTEM. APPOINTMENTS CAN BE MADE ONLINE@CHANNELHILLS.ORG SLASH CD APPOINTMENT. THE CURRENT BUILDING PERMIT SYSTEM WILL BE DOWN FROM APRIL 22ND THROUGH THE 28TH FOR THE TRANSITION TO THE NEW PORTAL. DURING THIS TIME, CUSTOMERS SHOULD EXPECT DELAYS AS STAFF WILL BE MANUALLY PROCESSING ALL PERMITS AND PLAN CHECKS SUBMITTALS ON OR AFTER APRIL 29TH. CUSTOMERS CAN THEN CONVENIENTLY UTILIZE A NEW PORTAL BY CREATING AN ACCOUNT ONLINE@CHINOHOSTS.ORG SLASH PERMIT SERVICES. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PA REPORT, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, NICOLE. UM, MARK, [ ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION] DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OUT OF CLOSED SESSION THIS EVENING? THERE ARE NO ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS EVENING, MAYOR. THANK YOU. [9. 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.] OKAY. CHERYL, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES. I'LL GO AHEAD AND ANNOUNCE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC [01:10:01] 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 HEAR HEARINGS. PLEASE COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK TO MY LEFT A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD. COMMENTS TONIGHT WILL BE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER. ONCE THE FIRST SPEAKER IS STARTED, WE WILL NO LONGER ACCEPT ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENT CARDS. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS SARAH GER. AND JUST A REMINDER TO THE SPEAKERS TO KEEP THE TOPIC OR THE, UM, COMMENTS WITHIN THE CITY'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION. THANK YOU, MARK. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. FIRST I WANNA EXPRESS MY C CAN PAUSE FOR A MINUTE. UM, THE TIMER'S OFF TIMER. IT'S TWO MINUTES THIS EVENING. YES, I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. TAKE A PAUSE PLEASE. WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. FIRST, I WANNA EXPRESS MY SINCERE GRATITUDE TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF MEMBERS FOR THEIR TIRELESS DEDICATION TO MAKING OUR CITY A WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE. THE COUNTLESS HOURS YOU INVEST FROM PLANNING TO EXECUTION, TO PREPARING FOR FUTURE INITIATIVES AND EVENTS ARE TRULY COMMENDABLE THROUGH HOLIDAYS, PERSONAL MILESTONES, AND EVEN CHALLENGES LIKE THE PANDEMIC YOU ENSURED, OUR CITY KEEPS RUNNING SMOOTHLY. WHILE I MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE WITH EVERY DECISION BY MADE BY THE COUNCIL, I STRIVE TO MAINTAIN A BROADER PERSPECTIVE, OPEN COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC FEEDBACK, OUR VITAL ASPECTS TO A HEALTHY DEMOCRACY. HOWEVER, VANDALISM OF CITY PROPERTY PROPERTY IS NEVER AN ACCEPTABLE FORM OF EXPRESSING DISCONTENT. THE RECENT INCIDENT WHERE DISTASTEFUL SIGNS WERE PLACED ABOVE COUNCIL MEMBER'S PHOTOS IN THE HALLWAY IS A CASE IN POINT. THE ACT OF VANDALISM THROUGH TEMPORARY DISPLAY, UH, THROUGH TEMPORARY SIGNS, DISPLAYS MALICIOUS INTENT AND AIMS TO INTIMIDATE, RATHER ENGAGE IN PRODUCTIVE DIALOGUE TO THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS ACTION. I URGE YOU TO VOICE YOUR OPINIONS RESPECTFULLY AND PROFESSIONALLY AND TO THE INDIVIDUAL WHO DOCUMENTED THE SCENE. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO RECOGNIZE SUCH ACTIONS FOR WHAT THEY ARE INAPPROPRIATE AND COUNTERPRODUCTIVE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANKS, SARAH. NEXT, NEXT SPEAKER IS SOPHIA, FOLLOWED BY FARZANA. UM, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT, UM, HOW YOUR IN ACTION IS, UM, MAKING US NOT FEEL INCLUSIVE. UM, I REALLY LIKED ARBOR DATES, UH, THE PROCLAMATION OF ARBOR DAY. I'M A MYSELF, A WILDERNESS TEACHER. UM, I, UM, I LOVE CHILD ABUSE. AMAZING. BUT, UM, LIKE THE BLOOD DI DONOR LEADER SAID TODAY IT'S ALL ABOUT AWARENESS. UM, I WOULD LIKE THE COUNCILMAN TO BE TO, UM, MAKE PEOPLE AWARE OF THAT. IT WAS RAMADAN. LIKE, WHY DON'T YOU GUYS SAY IT'S RAM, YOU KNOW, HAPPY RAMADAN TO US. UM, ALSO BIDEN HAS, UM, MENTIONED THAT APRIL IS, UM, ARAB HERITAGE MONTH. I'M NOT ARAB MYSELF EVEN THOUGH A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT, THAT ALL ARABS ARE MUSLIM, BUT IT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE TO, YOU KNOW, HEAR THAT PROCLAMATION FROM YOU GUYS. SO, ARAB AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH WOULD'VE, WOULD'VE BEEN AWESOME. UM, YOU KNOW, UH, THERE'S A RISE IN ISLAMOPHOBIA BECAUSE OF PEOPLE DEMEANING US AND VILIFYING US. COUNCIL OF AUDIBLE AMERICANS HAS SAID THAT THAT HAD, THERE HAS BEEN A RISE IN 200%, UM, 8,000 PLUS COMPLAINTS THE LAST THREE MONTHS OF 2023. UM, AND THERE HAVE BEEN NARRATIVES OF YOUNG, UM, MUSLIM WOMEN AND EVERYTHING, UM, BEING DOXED AT, UM, CAMPUSES AND, AND, AND AT THE WORKFORCE. UM, UH, AS RAMADAN COMES TO AN END, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, ADDRESS MY CHINO HILLS MUSLIM BROTHERS AND SISTERS. THIS WAS A BEAUTIFUL MONTH, BUT A HEARTBREAKING AND PAINFUL ONE. MAY I ACCEPT ALL YOUR WORSHIP AND SUB LOCATIONS WHERE YOUR TOMORROW FOR E OUR, IT'S OUR E TOMORROW. UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. UM, FOR OUR MUSLIM BROTHERS AND SISTERS, UH, UH, MUSLIM BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN SOLIDARITY WITH US, UM, PLEASE JOIN US FOR E TWO, UM, IN SOLIDARITY WITH US. WE APPRECIATE YOU AND WE ADORE YOU, AND WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH. UM, AND, UM, THE PROPAGANDA IS LOSING AND EVERYONE KNOWS IT. DON'T FORGET, BY THE THOUSANDS, BY THE MILLIONS, WE ARE ALL PALESTINIANS FREE PALESTINE ARANA, FOLLOWED BY SAAN. [01:15:09] GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN. IN RESPONSE TO THE LAST MEETING'S, CONSTANT INTERRUPTIONS BY THE CITY ATTORNEY, WE'D LIKE TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THE FOLLOWING WORDS ARE INTENDED TO SUMMARIZE PAST MEETINGS. THE CONTENT IS FOCUSED ON CRITICIZING THE PROCESS AND AGENDA ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED. WE KINDLY ASK THAT WE NOT BE INTERRUPTED SO WE CAN DELIVER A MESSAGE. CLEARLY, SINCE EARLY JANUARY, WE'VE BEEN ASKING OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO UNDERSTAND HOW MANY OF THE COMMUNITY IS BEING UH, IMPACTED. WE HAVE REPEATEDLY ASKED COUNCIL TO SHOW MORAL LEADERSHIP BY CALLING FOR A RESOLUTION AND A OBTAIN A DIVESTMENT POLICY. MAY WE ARE GETTING OUTSIDE OF CITY BUSINESS. AGAIN, THE, FOR THE PRIOR SPEAKER WAS ASKING ABOUT RAMADAN RECOGNITION OF THAT, THAT TYPE OF THING. THAT'S APPROPRIATE. NOW WE'RE GETTING INTO, AGAIN, THE MIDDLE EAST SITUATION. IT'S NOT CITY BUSINESS. DO YOU HAVE OTHER COMMENTS DO YOU WISH TO SAY RELATED TO CITY BUSINESS, MA'AM? YES, I DO. PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY HAVE NOT BEEN FEELING HEARD, SUPPORTED, OR RESPECTED. THE MORE INACTION OCCURS, THE MORE INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY WILL FEEL UNHEARD, WHICH WE HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND LEADS TO RISING TENSIONS AND MORE CRITICISMS. FEW EXAMPLES OF UNFAIR TREATMENT INCLUDE HOW THE GROUP WAS TREATED IN THE MEETING BEFORE THE LAST ONE FROM THE PUBLIC, UH, SPEAKER TIME REDUCTION TO ONE MINUTE, THE TO THE ADDITION OF AGENDA ITEMS 29, UH, TO ADDING AGENDA. UH, ITEM 30 LAST MINUTE TO STICK. WHAT WE CAN DISCUSS TO NOT DEFINING WHAT CONSTITUTES CITY BUSINESS TO THE NON-RESPONSIVE COMMENTS REGARDING INVESTMENT POLICY TO COMPLETE LACK OF EMPATHY WHEN ASKING FOR A FIVE MINUTE PAUSE TO BREAK RAMADAN FAST. IN THE LAST MEETING, PEOPLE TRYING TO EXPRESS CRITICISM REPEATEDLY CUT OFF FROM SPEAKING WITHOUT BEING GIVEN CLEAR DEFINITION OF, UH, CITY BUSINESS. WHILE IT MAY NOT BE YOUR INTENTIONS, IT COMES OFF AS VERY DISRESPECTFUL IN A TIME AND COLLABORATION AND UNDERSTANDING IS MOST NEEDED MOVING FORWARD. WE RESPECT, RESPECTFULLY SUGGEST THAT THE COUNCIL SHOW EMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING BY APOLOGIZING FOR THE MISTREATMENT. WE ALSO ASK THIS COUNCIL TO REVISIT AND RETRACT ITEMS 29 AND 30. THANK YOU, MA'AM. YOUR TIME IS UP. THANK YOU. FOLLOWED BY SALINE. JUST CONTINUE WHAT SANNA WAS SAYING. NUMBER TWO, UH, OFFERS AROUND ANTI PALESTINIAN ARAB MUSLIM HATE. UM, THROUGH PREVIOUS CONVERSATION, THE COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTED THAT THE COUNCIL IS STILL OPEN AS IT HAS BEEN FOR WRITING THE RESOLUTION TO DENOUNCE ANTI PALESTINIAN ARAB MUSLIM HATE. UM, THESE EXPRESSIONS ARE APPRECIATED. PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY HAVE EXPRESSED THAT IT COULD BE A GOOD FIRST STEP AND A SHOW OF GOOD FAITH. WE WOULD ENCOURAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO OFFER PERSONAL STATEMENTS IN THE NEXT MEETING. WE WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO ACTIVELY FIND WAYS TO SHOW OUR COMMUNITY. THEY HEAR US SEE US AND CARE ABOUT OUR CONCERNS. WHILE THIS MAY NOT SOLVE ALL OF THE, OUR ISSUES REGARDING DIVESTMENT AND THE WORD THAT YOU DO WANT US TO SAY CF, IT COULD BE AN IMPROVEMENT OVER THAT. WHAT MOST OF THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN EXPOSED TO SO FAR, WHICH IS INACTION AND EVEN FURTHER SILENCING AND MISTREATMENT AS EXPRESSED IN 0.1. WE URGE THE COUNCIL AND P PETER TO ACT AS ON THESE ITEMS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. CONSIDERING ALL THE TIME THAT HAS ALREADY PASSED, WE CAN HAVE MORE DISCUSSIONS ON THE WORD YOU'D WANT US TO SAY ON DIVESTMENT WHILE THESE THINGS ARE EXECUTED. PERHAPS THIS ACTION WILL HELP THOSE DISCUSSIONS SINCE IT SHOWS A SIGN OF GOOD FAITH, ESPECIALLY TO THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SALI, FOLLOWED BY JASER. HELLO CITY COUNCIL. UM, I'M HERE TODAY AGAIN, UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE TO MISS SOCCER PRACTICE, UH, AS A COACH FOR THE BOYS, UH, UH, ALL-STAR TEAM OVER HERE IN CHINO HILLS. UH, BUT I'M HERE BECAUSE I WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND BRING UP A MATTER IN WHICH WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PAST MEETINGS AND CRITICIZING A PROCESS AND THE AGENDA ITEMS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP. AND I, WE FEEL THAT THIS IS OUR RIGHT TO BRING AND ADDRESS A CITY BUSINESS. THE CITY ATTORNEY MARK HASN'T DIVIDED OR PROVIDED ANY CLEAR DEFINITION OF WHAT CITY BUSINESS IS. SO [01:20:01] WE ALL AGREED WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN PALESTINE IS A GENOCIDE. WE WERE ALL GLAD THAT WE COULD AGREE AND UNAC ACKNOWLEDGE ON WHAT IS HAPPENING. IT HAS MADE THAT MUCH MORE JARRING WHEN IT CAME TO DISAGREEING ON WHAT IS CLEARLY THE MINIMUM RIGHT THING TO DO, ASKING TO STOP THE KILLING. MAYOR INNOCENT DEATH. THIS IS PLEASE PAUSE, PLEASE PAUSE. CITY BUSINESS. I'M SORRY, MARK, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? I COULDN'T HEAR BOTH YOU AT THE SAME TIME. THIS CITY BUSINESS, CAN YOU GET BACK TO CITY BUSINESS? YES. CITY. SO, I, I HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE THE CITY ATTORNEY IS MY UNDERSTANDING SHALL SERVE UNDER THE DIRECT SUPERVISION AND CONTROL OF THE COUNSEL AS ITS LEGAL ADVISOR. AM I CORRECT OR NOT? SO HE'S SUPPOSED TO ADVISE THE COUNSEL AND RIGHT NOW WHAT IT SEEMS LIKE IS MARK IS ACTUALLY MAKING POLICY DECISION. SO I KNOW HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE ADVISING YOU, YOU GUYS, THE CITY ATTORNEY, BUT DO I HAVE THE RIGHT TO TALK TO CITY COUNCIL? THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, AT NUMEROUS MEETINGS HAS CLEARLY STATED WHAT A CITY BUSINESS MARK FOR THE RECORD, WILL YOU PLEASE SAY IT YET ONE MORE TIME? AND IF AFTER HE SAYS HIS EXPLANATION, SIR, IF YOU FEEL THAT YOU HAVE COMMENTS THAT ARE RELEVANT CITY BUSINESS, YOU MAY CONTINUE. IF NOT, YOU MAY NOT. SO WE'LL HAVE MARK SPEAK RIGHT NOW. OKAY. TO YOUR POINT. AND, AND FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY THAT YES, THE PUBLIC HAS EVERY RIGHT TO CRITICIZE THE CITY COUNCIL. IN FACT, THE LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS, IN FACT ALL YEAR LONG THAT'S BEEN OCCURRING AND THE COUNT, THE CITY, UH, THE PUBLIC HAS THE RIGHT TO DO THAT. THAT IS CONSIDERED CITY BUSINESS. UH, THE CITY BUSINESS IS GENERALLY WHAT CITIES DO, ARE THEY, UH, PUT, THEY RUN THE PARK AND RECREATION SYSTEM, THE PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM, THE STREETS AND THE HIGHWAYS. UH, THEY COLLECT MONEY FOR YOU AND PROVIDE UTILITY SERVICES. THESE ARE GENERALLY CITY SERVICES AND CITY BUSINESS. UH, THE CITY IS NOT ENGAGED IN OR MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS SUCH AS WARS THAT ARE GOING ON INTERNATIONALLY OR CEASEFIRE AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. SO, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S BEEN PRETTY CLEARLY STATED A NUMBER OF TIMES THAT, UH, THE GAZA ISSUE AND CEASEFIRE IS NOT CITY BUSINESS. SO WOULD WE HAVE ISSUES RIGHT NOW, WHICH I APPLAUD THAT YOU GUYS BRING AN INDIVIDUAL UP HERE WHO SPEAKS ABOUT ONE LEGACY, WHO SPEAKS ABOUT, UH, DONATING ORGANS. AND IT'S A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION IN A WAY THAT IS NOT CITY BUSINESS. THE ONLY RELATIONSHIP THAT IT HAS WITH CITY BUSINESS IS IT AFFECTS RESIDENTS OF THE CITY. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THAT ISSUES THAT AFFECT RESIDENTS OF THE CITY THEN BECOME CITY BUSINESS. SO THE CITY ATTORNEY VAGUELY DESCRIBES THIS IN THE LAST MEETING, AND WE DEMAND THAT THE ATTORNEY DEFINES MORE CLEARLY WHAT CITY BUSINESS IS IN A MORE PROFESSIONAL AND THOROUGH MANNER. WE'VE SEEN NUMEROUS OCCASIONS OVER HERE WHERE WE'VE ACTUALLY BROUGHT UP SITUATIONS SUCH AS CALLING FOR A PROCLAMATION FOR ANTISEMITISM, WHICH WE WILL ARGUE IS NOT ALSO CITY BUSINESS. BUT YET MARK WAS SILENT DURING THAT TIME. HE ONLY FINDS IT RIGHT WHEN WE GO AHEAD AND WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT ISSUES THAT DEFECT OR AFFECT US AS A COMMUNITY TO SILENCE US. AND YOU AS A CITY COUNCIL, I BELIEVE, HAVE THAT RIGHT? TO TAKE HIS ADVICE OR TELL US. WE CAN CONTINUE TALKING. THANK YOU, SIR. OKAY. JO, SIR. FOLLOWED BY HUDA. AND I HAVE ADVISED PREVIOUSLY THAT IF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FEEL LIKE THEY ARE, UH, IN ANY WAY HAVE THEIR SAFETY ENDANGERED IN THE CITY, THAT THERE'S THINGS THAT THE PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC, THE POLICE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAN DO, UH, THAT THEY SHOULD REPORT THAT, THAT THOSE ARE ISSUES OF CITY BUSINESS. THANK YOU, MARK. OKAY, NOW YOU CAN BEGIN, SIR. THANK YOU. UH, GOOD EVENING, COUNSEL. HELLO, PETER. HELLO, CYNTHIA. HELLO, BEN. HELLO, RON. UH, PLEASURE TO SEE YOU GUYS AGAIN. UH, COUPLE AS USUAL, . I'M PRETTY MUCH CHANGING MY, UH, WRITTEN SPEECH ON THE FLY. A COUPLE, YOU KNOW, BASED ON CONTEXT OF WHAT WAS DISCUSSED RIGHT NOW, I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL AGAIN FOR, UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY TO WRITE SOME SORT OF POLICY, SOMETHING WRITTEN THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THAT VERY CLEARLY DEFINES CITY BUSINESS. I UNDERSTAND, CYNTHIA, THAT THAT IS A GOOD POINT. HE, I AGREE. HE HASN'T MENTIONED IT, UH, A COUPLE TIMES OR MULTIPLE TIMES LAST MEETING IN THIS MEETING. BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WAYS THAT YOU CAN TIE, I'M NOT GONNA SAY THE WORDS TO, TO CITY BUSINESS, RIGHT? SO I THINK, UH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR. I MEAN, IF YOU WANNA LIMIT CERTAIN SPEECH, OKAY, WELL FINE, WE'LL RESPECT THAT. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'D LIKE A WRITTEN POLICY, SOMETHING THAT VERY CLEARLY DEFINES, I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE, THAT REPEATING, YOU KNOW, PARKS AND, UH, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND JUST LEAVING IT AT THAT, UH, IS A GOOD DEFINITION FOR WHAT CITY BUSINESS SHOULD BE. SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, A REQUEST I'D, I'D, AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO MAKE. UM, AND THEN MARK YOU JUST MENTIONED, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, IF THE PUBLIC FEELS ANY TYPE OF HATE SPEECH OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THEY CAN REACH OUT TO, UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S GREAT, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR THAT. BUT, UM, WE CAN'T [01:25:01] IGNORE THAT ALSO IN NOVEMBER, RIGHT? THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED, UH, AND RIGHTFULLY SO, UH, UH, UH, A DENOUNCEMENT OF ANTISEMITISM, RIGHT? UM, AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR TOO. YES, IT'S VERY MUCH TIED TO A NATIONAL, UM, ISSUE. AND SO THAT'S WHY NATURALLY GETS BROUGHT UP. UH, IT'S VERY EASY TO TIE WHAT'S GOING ON NATIONALLY TO, TO HOW IT'S AFFECTED OUR CITIZENS. AND WE'VE MENTIONED THAT A LOT OF TIMES, NOT JUST MENTAL HEALTH, NOT JUST ISLAMOPHOBIA, A LOT OF EXAMPLES. SO AGAIN, I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONTINUE. UH, KEEPING THAT IN MIND. IT'S BEEN SIX MONTHS. PLEASE START MAKING, YOU KNOW, START DOING ACTIONS. 'CAUSE THE DOCKING'S GETTING LOCKED. THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ACTION. THANK YOU SO MUCH, JASPER. YOU KNOW, IF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE THE COUNCIL TO PASS A RESOLUTION THAT IS SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT THE COUNCIL PASSED FOR IN THE ANTISEMITISM THAT IS CITY BUSINESS. YEP. CORRECT. THANK YOU, MARK. NEXT SPEAKER. NEXT SPEAKER IS HUDA, FOLLOWED BY ED. GOOD EVENING. UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO IT SOUNDED LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING WE AGREED ON, OR AT LEAST SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER FURTHER. UH, IT WAS BROUGHT UP IF WE SHOULD DIVEST FROM APPLE. EVERYONE HAS AN IPHONE, RESPECTFULLY, BOY, BOYCOTTING A PRODUCT THAT IS NOT USING AN IPHONE. AND DIVESTMENT ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. WE WANT OUR CITY TO HAVE ETHICAL INVESTMENTS THAT ALIGN WITH GOOD MORALS. AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY'S INVESTMENTS ARE MANAGED BY AN INVESTMENT COMPANY. SO WE ASK THAT THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS ADOPTS A DIVESTMENT POLICY SO THAT WE ARE NOT PROFITING FROM OR DOING BUSINESS WITH COMPANIES WHO PROFIT FROM INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED WAR CRIMES OF GENOCIDE, APARTHEID, AND ETHNIC CLEANSING. IF OUR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY CANNOT DO THIS, WE SHOULD LOOK FOR ANOTHER COMPANY WHO WILL, WE WILL RESEND THE DIVESTMENT VERBIAGE IF YOU NEED. AND WE HAD, UH, THAT WE HAD SUGGESTED WITH THE RELEVANT INFORMATION COMING TO INTERFAITH AND MUSLIM COMMUNITY BRIDGES. UM, THE IDEA OF HAVING INTERFAITH EVENTS OR RELATIONSHIPS BUILT WAS DISCUSSED AS WELL AS INVITING THE COUNCIL TO THE CH CHINO VALLEY ISLAMIC CENTER, AS WELL AS THE CHINO MOSQUE. IT IS IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT OUR COMMUNITY GROUP WHO ATTENDS CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS IS NOT, IS DIVERSE, AND NOT ALL OF US ARE MUSLIMS. THIS BEING SAID, SOME OF US WHO ARE, HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN HOLDING EVENTS THAT ARE FO THAT FOSTER EDUCATION AND DIFFICULT MATTERS, AS WELL AS BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS. HOWEVER, EFFORTS SHOULD COME FROM BOTH SIDES. AND THERE IS ALSO EXPRESSED CONCERN, RELUCTANCE TO EXTEND INVITATIONS TO ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO ARE NOT CALLING FOR CEASEFIRE. WE ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO ACT IN EVERYTHING DESCRIBED ABOVE, ABOVE, TO SHOW GOOD FAITH IN THE BEGINNING OF BUILDING THESE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR CHINO VALUE MUSLIM COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO US, AND, UM, WE CHALLENGE YOU TO MAKE THE CITY BETTER. THANK, THANK YOU. AND TREAT IS AS VALUED, RESPECTED MEMBERS OF CHINO HILLS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ZED. ZED Z-E-Y-A-D. JEN. JEN, SELENA. SELENA, FOLLOWED BY JIM GALLAGHER. GOOD EVENING. I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY, MEETING ON THE ANCESTRAL LAND OF THE NGBA NATION, WHO WERE REMOVED UNJUSTLY, AND THAT WE IN THIS COMMUNITY ARE THE BENEFICIARIES OF THAT REMOVAL. WE SHOULD HONOR THEM AS WE LIVE AND WORK HERE IN CHINO HILLS. UM, AND BY THE WAY, I DO WANNA ASK IF THERE'S A REASON WHY OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS DO NOT ALREADY START THEIR MEETINGS WITH LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS LIKE OTHER CITIES DO. UM, THIS IS, UH, BECOMING A VERY WIDESPREAD PRACTICE. SO I THINK WE, UM, NEED TO, YOU KNOW, MOVE ALONG ON THIS AND KIND OF, UH, GET ON THIS WITH THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. OKAY? THAT WOULD BE THE RESPECTFUL THING TO DO. UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE LIKE SOMEBODY ELSE HAS ALREADY. UM, THIS IS THE END OF, UH, RAMADAN HOLIDAY, UH, HOLY SEASON FOR OUR MUSLIM COMMUNITY. SO AK FOR ALL OF MY MUSLIM FRIENDS, UM, I HAVE FELT SO HONORED AND PLEASED TO MEET SO MANY AMAZING, KIND, GENEROUS, AND HUMBLE PEOPLE, UM, WITHIN THESE LAST SIX MONTHS. UM, UH, AN EXEMPLARY EXAMPLE OF GOOD COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU CITY COUNCILS TO [01:30:01] GET TO KNOW THIS COMMUNITY A LOT MORE SO THAT YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THEM AND HOW TO BE A BETTER SERVICE, UM, TO THIS COMMUNITY. UM, AND THEN LASTLY, I WANTED TO ALSO, UM, EMPHASIZE THAT APRIL IS NATIONAL ARAB AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, UM, IN CASE YOU'RE NOT AWARE, AND IT CELEBRATES THE ARAB AMERICAN HERITAGE AND CULTURE AND PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ARAB AMERICANS AND ARABIC SPEAKING AMERICANS. UM, THIS WAS DECLARED IN 2021 BY THE PRESIDENT, UM, IN RECOGNITION OF THE 3.5 MILLION ARAB AMERICANS THAT EXEMPLIFY, QUOTE, SO MUCH OF WHAT OUR COUNTRY STANDS FOR, HARD WORK, RESILIENCE, COMPASSION, AND GENEROSITY. SO I WOULD ASK THAT THIS PROCLAMATION BE ADDED FOR APRIL. UM, AND THEN LASTLY, JUST WANTED TO SAY, WE STILL ARE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO ADOPT AN ETHICAL DIVESTMENT POLICY, AN CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION, AND FREE PALESTINE, OBVIOUSLY, MAYOR, WHEN, WHEN PEOPLE SAY AT THE VERY END OF THEIR TIME, I CAN'T CUT THEM OFF. SO, BUT AGAIN, IT'S NOT CITY BUSINESS. JUST SO THAT WE MAKE THAT CLEAR. THANK YOU. DULY NOTED. JIM GALLAGHER, FOLLOWED BY ZOO HIRE. GOOD EVENING MAYOR, COUNCIL STAFF AND FELLOW RESIDENTS. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK, UH, CAPTAIN GERARD AND HIS TEAM FOR AN OUTSTANDING PUBLIC SAFETY BRIEFING. THE OTHER NIGHT, UH, THERE WAS LOTS OF TIPS FOR RESIDENTS OF HOW TO KEEP HIMSELF SAFE, ESPECIALLY AGAIN, AGAINST THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF REPORTED CRIMES IN OUR CITY. IT WAS, IT WAS OUTSTANDING. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS, I ALSO FOUND FASCINATING WAS DURING THE QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION AFTERWARDS, WHEN SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS DID COME UP AND TALKED ABOUT THREATS THAT THEY HAD FELT AGAINST THEM IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY. AND I ASKED CAPTAIN GERARD DIRECTLY, AND I, AND HE GAVE ME AN HONEST ANSWER. I ASKED HIM, DO WE IN FACT HAVE ANY REPORTED HATE CRIMES IN THIS CITY? UH, AND TO HIS BEST OF HIS KNOWLEDGE, MAYBE AFTER HE DUG, HE, HE FOUND THEM, BUT HE SAID HE COULDN'T. I ALSO ASKED ONE OF HIS OFFICERS AS WELL. SO THEY'RE NOT REALLY SURE IF WE DO ACTUALLY HAVE HATE CRIMES IN THE CITY. HOWEVER, THERE'S LOTS OF ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE OF IT WHEN YOU TALK TO PEOPLE. UH, OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, HAVE REPORTED HATE CRIMES IN THE SCHOOLS. I'VE HEARD ASIAN, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS TALK ABOUT ALSO FEELINGS OF BEING MARGINALIZED AND BEING VICTIMS OF HATE CRIMES. SO THE ONE THING THAT THE CAPTAIN DID SAY THAT I THOUGHT WAS, UH, EXCELLENT WAS HE SAID, YOU MUST REPORT THESE THINGS AND THEN WE CAN GET THEM DOCUMENTED AND WE CAN DEAL WITH THEM. AND THAT WAS MENTIONED ALREADY TONIGHT. VERY FAIR ANSWER. UM, IN NOVEMBER TO ITS CREDIT, WE PASSED AN ANTISEMITISM, UH, RESOLUTION IN THIS CITY. UH, EVEN STEVE ELLIE, WHO ASKED FOR IT, SAID HE HAD NO DOCUMENTED CASES OF HATE CRIMES AGAINST HIM THAT HE EXPERIENCED. SO TO ME, IF IT WAS NOT DOCUMENTED, IS IT IN FACT CITY BUSINESS? THAT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. SO I JUST WANNA PRESENT FOOD FOR THOUGHT. THE OTHER THING IS I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE OPTICS LATELY, THE RESERVE SEATS, THE BANNERS, UH, THE FEELING SUDDENLY THAT I'M CLOSED OFF FOR MY CITY COUNCIL, AND I'M LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JIM , FOLLOWED BY JEN EI WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING VERY CLEAR. THE RELEVANCE OF THE PALESTINIAN GENOCIDE IS NOT WHAT HAS RESULTED IN THE LOSS OF RESOURCES TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS. THE COUNCIL'S INABILITY TO ADDRESS THE TOPIC IS THE SOLE, SOLE REASON WHY THE CITY'S RESOURCES ARE BEING LOST. AS IF LISTENING TO YOUR CI CIVILIAN POPULATION THAT YOU REPRESENT IS EVEN CONSIDERED A LOSS, IT'S ONLY CONSIDERED A LOSS WHEN YOU DON'T GAIN ANYTHING FROM IT, WHICH IS CLEARLY THE CASE HERE. NOW, LET'S DISSECT. THE COUNCIL'S FAILED ATTEMPT TO HANDLE THE SITUATION. MAYOR, FIRST, YOU MAYOR, ISOLATE YOURSELVES TO FAVOR SECOND CITIZENS. SIR, CAN YOU PLEASE PAUSE, SIR? UM, AGAIN, THIS IS NOT CITY BUSINESS. SHE'S TALKING ABOUT THE MIDDLE EAST SITUATION. OKAY? IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING BESIDES THAT TO TALK ABOUT, SIR, YOU CAN CONTINUE. WELL, I'M TALKING ABOUT YOUR QUALIFICATIONS CONTINUE, AND IF THERE'S AN ISSUE, THEN WE'LL, WE'LL STOP YOU AGAIN. SO FIRST YOU ISOLATE YOURSELVES TO FAVOR A SLED GROUP OF CITIZENS. THEN YOU TRY TO PLAY IT OFF AS IF YOU STAND WITH YOUR ENTIRE CIVIL POPULATION. THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2024 PROVED THAT YOU CLEARLY DON'T. AND IN THE PROCESS, YOU ALL HAVE BEEN SCRAMBLING FRANTICALLY. LET'S REDUCE YOUR TALKING TIME. NEVERMIND. LET'S DISBAND THE TOPIC AND TO ADD THE CHERRY ON TOP. LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, YOU SAID, IF WE REALLY WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, WE CAN JUST TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE CITY. ARE YOU SERIOUS? DID YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT YOUR INVESTORS WHEN YOU SAID THAT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND THOUSANDS OF HOURS HAVE GONE? IF SOMEBODY FOLLOWS THROUGH ON THAT, AND I HOPE YOU ALL REALIZE THAT I'M STANDING HERE TALKING ABOUT THE VERY SUBJECT YOU BANNED IN A PSEUDO MANNER. I'M CLEAR EVIDENCE THAT YOU ALL HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU WERE DOING ON THAT STAGE. AND I SAY YOU ALL, BECAUSE ALL OF YOUR DECISIONS HAVE BEEN UNANIMOUS TO DATE. MEMBERS FROM ALL RELIGIOUS GROUPS AND ETHNICITIES FROM BOTH SIDES HAVE TAKEN A STAND [01:35:01] ON THE PODIUM TO TALK ABOUT THE BAN SUBJECT, PROVING THAT, THAT THIS IS A SUBJECT THAT THE CITY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT. NOT ONLY HAS THE CITY'S RESOURCES BEEN LOST, BUT MAYOR, MAYOR SO HAS PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL REPUTATIONS AND ITS INABILITY TO FUNCTION AS GOVERNMENT. MAYOR, I MEAN, AND WE'LL LET YOUR TIME RUN OUT. ALRIGHT? NOW GET BACK TO WORK CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS EVEN MOVE. OKAY. DID IT RUN OUT BRANDON? OKAY, JEN E FOLLOWED BY KAYDEN. LAST WEDNESDAY, WE ATTENDED THE ANTI-CRIME SYMPOSIUM HELD BY THE CHINO HILLS PD TO SHARE OUR CONCERNS OF RACISM. WE ATTENDED FIRST TO MEMORIALIZE THE TWO CHILDREN THAT WERE MURDERED BY SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF'S, 15-YEAR-OLD SAVANNAH GRAZIANO IN 2022, AND RYAN GAINER A FEW WEEKS AGO. AND JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, 17-YEAR-OLD AARON JAMES WAS SHOT TO DEATH AFTER BEING PEPPER SPRAYED, AFTER BEING PUSHED OR FALLING INTO THE BATHTUB AFTER ATTEMPTING TO TAKE HIS OWN LIFE. TWO DAYS AGO, DEPUTY CHRISTOPHER BINGHAM WAS ARRESTED FOR AFFILIATION WITH AN OUTLAW GANG, AS WELL AS POSSESSING AN UNREGISTERED LOADED GUN. AN INVESTIGATION BY ROUTERS INDICATES THAT A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF US POLICE INSTRUCTORS HAVE TIES TO CONSTELLATION OF ARMED RIGHT WING MILITIAS AND WHITE SUPREMACIST GROUPS. THE ANALYSIS FOUND THAT SOME OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL INFO PRESENTED WAS EXPLICITLY RACIST, AND THAT SOME INSTRUCTORS ENDORSED AND INTERACTED WITH WHITE SUPREMACIST CRIMINAL GROUPS SUCH AS THE PROUD BOYS. IN 2016 SOUTH, UH, SA BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFFS TRAVELED TO ISRAEL FOR TRAINING BY THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE FOR TERRORISM TRAINING. THIS IS BIAS. WE ARE AUTOMATICALLY LOOKED AT AS ANTAGONIZES. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE YOU WANT US TO TRUST. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE YOU EXPECT US TO CALL. WHEN WE EXPERIENCED AN INCIDENT OF HATE, WE WERE INITIALLY BLOCKED FROM ENTERING THE SYMPOSIUM. CHIEF GERARD, I FORGOT TO MENTION THIS TO YOU, AND WE SPOKE AFTER, BUT I DID SEND AN EMAIL AND RECEIVED NO RESPONSE. A PLAIN CLOSED OFFICER AND A FEMALE OFFICER IN THE BACK BLOCKED THE DOOR AND BARRED US FROM ENTERING WITHOUT A WORD. THE MALE OFFICER LOOKED AT US AND TURNED BACK TO FACE WARD. AS I WENT AROUND TO ENTER WITH AN, EXCUSE ME, ANOTHER OFFICER STOPPED ME AND SAID, WE CAN'T HAVE ANY OUTBURSTS HERE. SO NOW WE ARE OPENLY BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST BY A ROOM FULL OF OFFICERS. YOU CONTINUE TO FIND WAYS TO VIOLATE YOUR ANTI HATE RESOLUTION. YOU SET THE EXAMPLE AND IGNORE US. THEN THE POLICE ARE TRAINED TO SEE US AS TERRORISTS. THE NEW YORK TIMES SAYS THAT GOVERNMENT IS LOOKING INTO ALL US PROTESTORS BEING CALLED ON BY HAMAS TO PROTEST. WE ARE BEING EQUATED TO HAMAS. THESE ARE YOUR COMMENTS FROM JUNE 9TH, 2020. YOUR TIME IS CONCLUDED. JEN CADEN, FOLLOWED BY MARGARET FERNANDEZ. ANYONE THAT WAS LISTENING TO THE MEETING TONIGHT DIDN'T GET THE ANSWERS THAT, UH, DIDN'T GET THEIR QUESTIONS ANSWERED, THAT, YOU KNOW, KNOW. THEY'LL REACH OUT TO US INDIVIDUALLY AS COUNCIL MEMBERS OR CITY STAFF BECAUSE WE'RE HERE TO HELP THEM, YOU KNOW, NAVIGATE THROUGH THESE TIMES. WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN LOTS OF EMAILS WITH QUESTIONS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE TO ADDRESS YOUR, YOUR CONCERNS AND WE ARE LISTENING TO EVERYBODY. UM, I WANNA THANK EVERYONE THAT, YOU KNOW, CALLED IN TONIGHT WITH A LONGER MEETING AND WITH A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS TO TALK ABOUT THAT REQUIRE MUCH DISCUSSION. SO I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY CALLING IN. UM, THERE'S A COUPLE GIRLS, UH, FROM CHIN HIGH THAT I MET WITH LAST WEEK, AND, UM, THEY WANT TO PLAN A, UH, A RALLY OF SOME SORT. AND IT'S, IT'S REALLY INSPIRING TO SEE OUR YOUTH COME FORWARD AND DO SUCH POSITIVE THINGS IN OUR CITY TO RAISE AWARENESS OF WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW. AND, UM, I APPRECIATE THAT. ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO KEEP, UH, SENDING THE EMAILS WITH YOUR CONCERNS AND, UM, WE'RE HERE TO HELP AND, UH, HELP YOU HOWEVER WE CAN. YEAH, AMERICA WAS A NATION FOUNDED ON, FOUNDED ON THE IDEAL THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL. AND CERTAINLY IN 1776 THAT MEANT SOMETHING WHEN IT WAS ONLY WHITE LAND OWNING MALES THAT, YOU KNOW, WERE THEORETICALLY EQUAL. AND AS A NATION, WE FOUND OURSELVES, YOU KNOW, FAILING TO LIVE UP TO THAT INITIAL SPIRIT THAT WE AS A NATION WE'RE FOUNDED ON. AND, AND THAT MURDER, THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD REALLY HAS FORCED US AS A COMMUNITY AND STATE AND NATION TO, TO RETHINK WHERE WE ARE. AND I, YOU KNOW, I I'M PROUD AS A CITY THAT WHAT WE'VE DONE IN, IN TERMS OF, IN TERMS OF ENGAGING THE PUBLIC WITH OUR, OUR PD, YOU KNOW, AS RAY HAD MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'VE HOSTED MANY, YOU KNOW, UM, MANY, UH, SEMINARS AND OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES WITH OUR PD AND WITH THE COMMUNITY TO REACH OUT TO FOLKS THAT FELT THEY WERE SUSPECTED. AND I HOPE WE CONTINUE THAT DIALOGUE. IT IS, POLICING ISN'T A ONE WAY STREET. WE NEED, WE NEED TO HAVE AN ACTIVE, UH, COMMUNITY ALONG WITH AN ACTIVE PD. SIT THERE AND, AND WORK ON WHAT'S BEST FOR CHINO HILL. SO I, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT ALL THIS RUN, ALL THE, YOU KNOW, THE PROTESTS AND PEOPLE REALLY GETTING THERE PEACEFUL. OKAY, MARGARET FERNANDEZ. HELLO, UM, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. UM, MY NAME IS MARGARET FERNANDEZ. I'M [01:40:01] THE NEW DEAN OF THE CHINO, UM, CHAFFEE CAMPUS. I STARTED NOVEMBER 1ST, SO I CAME OUT TONIGHT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TO ALL OF YOU. AND I BROUGHT SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS OF SOME, UH, GREAT EVENTS THAT WE'RE HOSTING. AND I HOPE I WILL SEE YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, AND OF COURSE, THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE HOSTING IS A, A JOB FAIR. IT'S OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY. WE'VE HAD HUNDREDS OF EMPLOYERS, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE SIGN UP. WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT. IT'S GOING TO BE AT OUR CHINO COMMUNITY CENTER ON APRIL 23RD. AND I HAVE LEFT FLYERS IN THE BACK ON APRIL 24TH, WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING A GARDENING, UM, EVENT. UM, WE CALL IT CULTIVATE. WE DO IT EVERY YEAR. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, GARDENING THAT TAKES PLACE IN, IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS AS WELL AS CHINO. UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY'S WELCOME TO ATTEND. UH, WE ARE ALSO HAVING AN OPEN HOUSE TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN CHINO. UM, IT'S VERY CONVENIENT FOR YOUR RESIDENTS TO NOT HAVE TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO RANCHO CUCAMONGA AND TO GET THEIR DEGREES HERE. AND WE HAVE ALL OF OUR FACULTY, OUR CULINARY DESIGN, INTERIOR DESIGN, UM, AND, UM, WE OFFER ASSOCIATE DEGREES AS WELL. UM, AND THEY WILL BE OUT IN FULL FORCE SHOWING ALL THE STUDENT WORK AND SOMETHING I'M VERY PROUD OF ON MAY 3RD, WE'RE HAVING OUR FASHION SHOW. WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS, UM, BECAUSE OF COVID. SO THIS IS OUR FIRST CHANCE BACK SINCE COVID. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT EVERYONE THAT WILL BE SHOWCASED OUR ACTUAL GRADUATES THIS YEAR. SO, UM, JUST WANTED TO COME OUT AND SAY HELLO AND HOPE TO CONTINUE VISITING AND, AND LISTENING AND GETTING TO KNOW THE CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR INTRODUCING YOURSELF. WELCOME, MAYOR MORAN. THAT IS THE FINAL SPEAKER. THANK YOU, CHERYL. AT THIS TIME WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. RAY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO PULL? I'M [ CONFLICT OF INTEREST ANNOUNCEMENTS: Council Member abstentions shall be stated at this time for recordation on the appropriate item.] SORRY? IS THERE ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST ANNOUNCEMENTS? ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST? NO. OKAY. MOVING ON [ CONSENT CALENDAR (7 ITEMS) - All matters listed on the Consent Calendar are considered routine by the City Council and may be enacted by one motion in the form listed below. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless, before the City Council votes on the motion to adopt, Members of the City Council or staff request the matter to be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action. Removed consent items will be discussed immediately after the adoption of the balance of the Consent Calendar.] TO CONSENT CALENDAR. RAY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO PULL? NO. BRIAN. NO MA'AM. ART, NO. AND PETER, NOTHING. AND I HAVE NOTHING TO PULL. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR. OKAY, I'LL SECOND. MOTION PASSES. FIVE ZERO. [17. Authorize City Manager to negotiate and execute all documents with County of San Bernardino in amount not-to-exceed $11.5 million dollars for Pinehurst Park Community Center and Splash Pad Project] NEXT WE MOVE ON TO THE DISCUSSION CALENDAR. ITEM NUMBER 17, TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS WITH THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO FOR THE PINEHURST PARK COMMUNITY CENTER AND SPLASH PAD PROJECT, CITY MANAGER, MONTGOMERY TO PRESENT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, UH, CITY COUNCIL. MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT, UH, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS, UH, MOVING FORWARD, A PROJECT THAT WAS IDENTIFIED BY THE CITY COUNCIL DURING OUR, UH, OUR GOAL SETTING AGENDA AS A IMPORTANT, UH, AMENITY AND RESOURCE TO PURSUE, UH, FOR THE CITY. UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY, UH, IN PRELIMINARY NEGOTIATIONS WITH, UH, FOURTH DISTRICT SUPERVISOR KURT HAMAN, UH, RELATED TO A SIZABLE CONTRIBUTION, UH, HE AND HIS OFFICE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE. IN SUPPORT OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, UH, SUPERVISOR HAGMAN HAS EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN CONTRIBUTING UP TO $8.5 MILLION TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION OF, UH, THE NEW, UH, PROPOSED, UH, COMMUNITY CENTER ON THE SOUTH END OF TOWN. UH, STAFF HAVE IDENTIFIED PINEHURST PARK AS A LIKELY, UH, LOCATION. UH, AS MANY OF THE, UH, COUNCIL ARE AWARE, UH, UM, MR. HAGMAN MADE A CONTRIBUTION TO HELP THE CITY, UH, ADD AN AMENITY TO THE, UH, TO THE, UH, PARK THAT WOULD'VE INCLUDED A SPLASH PAD. UH, AS WE LOOKED AT THAT PROJECT AND THE ADDITIONAL AMENITIES THAT WE WOULD PUT WITH IT, WE ALSO, UH, UM, IDENTIFIED THAT ADDITIONAL PARKING WAS NECESSARY TO FACILITATE THE, UH, ATTRACTION OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKELY, UH, COME TO THIS, UH, SPLASH PAD. AND AS WE CONTINUE TO DELVE INTO IT MORE, UH, IT, IT WAS PRETTY OBVIOUS THAT, UH, WE HAVE SO FEW, UH, SITES, UH, ON THE SOUTH END OF TOWN. MOST OF OUR FACILITIES ARE HERE, GOVERNMENT CENTER, COMMUNITY CENTER, UH, ON THIS END OF TOWN. THAT, UH, IT WAS VERY HELPFUL TO, UH, UH, ADD TO THIS AMENITY. UH, AND, UH, MR. HAMAN, UH, AND I'LL, I'LL LOOK TO PETER 'CAUSE I KNOW HE RECALLS THIS, UH, MADE A COMMENT AT OUR VOLUNTEER DINNER ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO. MM-HMM, , UH, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HIS CONTRIBUTION TOWARD THE SPLASH PAD, I THINK IT WAS PETER OR SOMEONE [01:45:01] PUT HIM ON THE SPOT. WELL, YOU KNOW, WHAT ELSE CAN YOU DONATE TO THE CITY? AND THE, AND THE TOPIC OF A COMMUNITY CENTER CAME UP AND HE SAID, JUST LET ME KNOW. AND, UH, HE'S ACTUALLY, UH, DELIVERING ON THAT, UH, VERBAL COMMITMENT THAT WAS HELD KIND OF OFF THE CUFF. UM, THE BEAUTY OF HAVING THE, UH, COMMUNITY CENTER AND SPLASH PAD IN A, A RELEVANT AMENITIES AT PINEHURST PARK IS THAT IT'S CURRENTLY SET UP, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS ILLUSTRATION. UH, WHEN THIS PARK WAS BUILT, I THINK IT'S ROUGHLY FIVE YEARS AGO, UH, THE SOUTHERN END OF THIS, UH, ILLUSTRATION SHOWS THAT WE PUT A BASKETBALL COURT AND GAZEBOS AND, AND A RESTROOM FACILITY, BUT WE KEPT A LARGE PORTION OF IT OPEN, UH, FOR PLAY. UH, BUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DEVELOP, UH, THE AMENITIES DESCRIBED, UH, ON THIS, UH, AVAILABLE AREA, INCLUDING, UH, THE NECESSARY ADDITIONAL PARKING, ROUGHLY A HUNDRED SPOTS, UH, WE BELIEVE WILL FIT. UH, THIS IS A, A PRELIMINARY DIAGRAM IN OUR, WORKING WITH OUR ARCHITECT, THEY'VE IDENTIFIED THAT ANYWHERE BETWEEN A 6,000 AND 8,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY WOULD FIT, UH, AT THIS LOCATION, WE'D BE ABLE TO PUT A SPLASH PAD, UH, UH, RIGHT NEXT TO IT. AND, UH, WHAT WE'VE DISCOVERED IN OUR REVIEW OF SPLASH PAD REQUIREMENTS IS THAT IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A WATER FACILITY LIKE THIS, YOU ALL STILL HAVE TO HAVE SHOWER, UH, CAPABILITIES. AND SO THE ADDITION OF A SEPARATE BATHROOM SLASH SHOWER FACILITY WOULD BE VALUABLE AND NECESSARY FOR THIS PROJECT. AND SO, WHILE WE'RE IN THE PRELIMINARY DESIGNS, WE ALSO ANTICIPATE THAT AMENITIES SUCH AS ILLUSTRATED HERE WITH WATER FOUNTAINS AND OTHER, UH, UH, SPRAY NOZZLES WOULD BE VALUABLE FOR, UH, A SMALL, UH, UH, SPLASH PAD. UH, ULTIMATELY WE ANTICIPATE THAT THIS COMMUNITY CENTER WOULD GIVE US, UH, PUBLIC MEETING ROOMS, UH, IN THE AREA. UH, WE'D BE ABLE TO USE LARGER MULTIPURPOSE ROOMS FOR EVERYTHING FROM A TEEN CENTER. CURRENTLY, OUR COMMUNITY CENTER HERE, WHICH IS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO AYLA PAR, UH, AYLA HIGH SCHOOL, SERVES AS A TEEN, UH, GATHERING POINT. THIS LOCATION IS RIGHT NEXT TO CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL. WE ANTICIPATE IT WOULD BE HEAVILY USED BY, UH, OUR TEEN, UH, UH, RESIDENTS AND STUDENTS. UH, OUR SUMMER DAY CAMP, UH, PROGRAM COULD BE HOSTED THERE. UH, WE COULD ALSO SHIFT SOME OF OUR SENIOR PROGRAMMING, WHICH CURRENTLY OCCURS ON THE NORTH END OF TOWN AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. WE COULD BE ABLE TO ADD PROGRAMMING THERE. UH, AND THEN EVERYTHING FROM DANCE TO FITNESS TO ART AND EDUCATIONAL CLASSES LIKE STEM COULD BE HOSTED THERE. UH, WE ALSO FIND THAT OUR FACILITIES DURING HIGH HEAT EMERGENCY SERVE AS COOLING CENTERS. WE ANTICIPATE THAT THIS FACILITY WOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO, TO SERVE, UH, IN THAT CAPACITY. UH, ULTIMATELY OUR BUDGET FOR THIS PROJECT IS 11.3 TO 11, UH, AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, UH, WITH 8.5 MILLION COMING FROM THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO THROUGH, UH, SUPERVISOR HAGMAN'S OFFICE. UH, WE ALSO WOULD BE ABLE TO UTILIZE COMMUNITY FACILITY DISTRICT FUNDING, UH, FROM DISTRICT NINE, UH, TO PAY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS FACILITY. AND THEN OUR CURRENT SPLASH PAD PROJECT HAS, UH, HALF A MILLION DOLLARS ALLOCATED FROM OUR AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING. WE WOULD SHIFT THAT TO THIS LARGER PROJECT IN ORDER TO COME UP WITH THE BUDGET, UH, THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATED. UH, FOR, FOR THIS PRO PROJECT. UH, WHAT I'M RECOMMENDING FOR THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION TODAY IS THE NORMAL PROCESS IS WHILE, UH, UH, SUPERVISOR HAGMAN HAS, UH, EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN, UH, MAKING THIS CONTRIBUTION, IT WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR APPROVAL. AND SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZE THE PROJECT AND THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE, UH, AND NEGOTIATE THE AGREEMENT TO ACCEPT THE FUNDS FROM, UH, KURT HAGMAN. AND THEN HE WOULD TAKE THAT TO THE COUNTY. AND THAT COMMITMENT FROM US WOULD THEN BE THE, THE SPRINGBOARD FOR THE COUNTY TO CONSIDER, UH, ACTUALLY AUTHORIZING THE, UH, UH, ALLOCATION OF THE $8.5 MILLION. AND WITH THAT, I'LL, UH, OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. BEN AND PETER, WHY DON'T YOU JUST START OFF THE COMMENTS. SURE. SINCE YOU'RE KIND OF CONNECTED WITH THIS, I CAN GIVE A LITTLE MORE CON WELL, I CAN GIVE, FILL IN SOME POSSIBLE GAPS. KURT'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS FOR, FOR QUITE A WHILE TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION BACK TO CHINO HILLS, KNOWING THAT CHINO HILLS, MANY TIMES BEING ON THE FURTHEST WEST END OF THE COUNTY SOMETIMES DOES NOT RECEIVE THE SAME FUNDING [01:50:01] AT MANY OF THE OTHER CITIES THAT ARE CLOSER TO THE COUNTY SEAT RECEIVE. AND REALLY, LAST SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, THIS, THIS DISCUSSION AND SOME SUMS OF MONEY BECAME, UM, MORE FOCUSED. AND AT THE, AS BEN MENTIONED AT THE WORKSHOP THAT WE HAD, WHERE WE WERE ASKED, WE WERE ASKED TO, TO DEFINE A FEW PROJECTS, UH, FOR GOALS FOR, FOR, UH, OUR CM FOR THIS YEAR. THAT WAS ONE OF OUR GOALS. AND KURT HEARING THAT THEN STARTED FINE TUNING HIS, HIS NEED TO, UH, STEP UP AND DONATE OR, OR SUGGEST DONATING SOME MONEY. SO WE'VE GONE BACK AND FORTH. WE STARTED WITH EIGHT, BUT THEN WE CO-MINGLED THE 500,000 THAT HAD BEEN ORIGINALLY COMMITTED FOR A SPLASH PAD ONLY. SO THAT'S WHY SETTLED IN AT $8.5 MILLION. AND CA AND KURT IS ENTHUSI REALLY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THIS PROJECT, KNOWING WHAT IT'S GONNA BRING TO, TO THIS CITY OF CHINO HILLS AND, UH, THE NEEDS OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF TOWN, WHICH WE JUST DON'T HAVE A TRUE COMMUNITY CENTER. AS YOU KNOW, WE OPENED A COMMUNITY CENTER, UH, 10 YEARS AGO LAST FEB, FEBRUARY OF 14. AND THAT'S BEEN A HUGE HIT IN TOWN. AND THIS, EVEN THOUGH IT'LL BE A MINI ME OF THAT, BECAUSE OF THE SPACE AVAILABLE TO BUILD AND THE COST TO BUILD, UH, I THINK IT'D BE A HUGE, UH, WIN FOR, FOR OUR, OUR CITY AND THANK THE COUNTY FOR THAT. AND, AND I'LL MENTION IT LATER WHEN I HAVE MY COMMENTS ABOUT THE FOUNDATION, BUT, UH, I, I SUSPECT THE FOUNDATION WILL BE AGREEABLE TO STEP UP FOR A SIGNIFICANT DONATION, PROBABLY EQUAL OR MORE SO THAN WE DID FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH WAS $330,000 FROM THE FOUNDATION. SO WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THAT AS A BOARD. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE BOARD MEMBERS HERE, ACTUALLY, BUT I'M SURE THAT THEY'RE, UH, THIS IS RIGHT UP OUR WHEELHOUSE AS FAR AS THE DONATION. SO I'M PRETTY UP TO SPEED ON WHAT KURT'S THINKING IS. BUT IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS I CAN, I CAN CONTRIBUTE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS. MIKE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? UH, JUST RELATIVE SIZE. OUR CURRENT, UH, COMMUNITY CENTER IS AROUND 17,000 SQUARE FEET, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT. IT'S 17. AND WHAT IS THE ANTICIPATED SIZE, UH, THAT WOULD BE ACCOMMODATED ON THAT SITE FOR THE NEW ONE? A LOT OF IT WILL DEPEND ON CONSTRUCTION COSTS, BUT WE'RE ANTICIPATING BETWEEN SIX AND, UH, 8,000 SQUARE FEET. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. BRIAN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? I JUST, I, YOU KNOW, LIVING ON THE SOUTH PART OF TOWN, YOU KNOW, IT'S EVERY CUB SCOUT PACK AND GIRL SCOUT GROUP IS LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO MEET. AND THE FIRE STATION OFF OF BUTTERFIELD, YOU KNOW, HAS A ROOM THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY BUILT THE FIRE STATION, BUT THE, THE FIRE DISTRICT IS GENEROUS ENOUGH TO LET US LET OUR RESIDENTS USE IT. AND IT'S JUST THERE, WE HAVE SUCH AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY, WE NEED MORE SPOTS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S AN HOA OR A CHURCH GROUP OR WHATEVER IT IS. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT THIS PROJECT HAS MORPHED, YOU KNOW, BEYOND JUST A SIMPLE SPLASH PAD TO MORE OF A COMMUNITY AMENITY. AND IT'S VERY NICE THAT OUR FORMER MAYOR AND CURRENT SUPERVISOR IS GENEROUS ENOUGH TO GIVE US A HANDLE. GREAT. GREAT. YEAH, JUST A QUICK QUESTION. UM, I THINK IT'S ABOUT, TOM, WE'VE DONE THIS, SO I'M REALLY HAPPY. I KNOW, CYNTHIA, YOU'VE BEEN A SUPPORTER OVER THE YEARS, UH, FOR SPLASH PAD. UM, MY QUESTION IS, IS I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A COOLING CENTER. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THERE'LL BE A NICE GENERATOR THERE TO SUPPORT THAT WITH EDISON. UH, PSPS. YEAH, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT, UH, SOLAR, OTHER AMENITIES TO ENSURE THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO USE IT AS A, AS A COOLING CENTER. THAT'LL BE PART OF THE DESIGN. PERFECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, RAY. SO TONIGHT'S STAFF IS LOOKING FOR A RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE OUR CITY MANAGER TO, UH, WORK WITH THE, UH, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE ITEM AND I'LL SECOND ITEM, MOTION PASSES. FIVE ZERO. OUR [18. Receive and file report on Chino Hills Community Foundation] NEXT ITEM IS AN ITEM TO RECEIVE AND FILE A REPORT ON THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TO BE PRESENTED BY COMMUNITY SERVICES SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST HERNANDEZ. HI, ELMA. GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO GIVE A BRIEF OF OVERVIEW ON THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION. THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION WAS OFFICIALLY FORMED AS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION IN 2008, TO BE USED AS A MECHANISM TO PROVIDE SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING FOR VARIOUS CITY PROJECTS. DUE TO THE CLOSE CONNECTION WITH THE CITY, IT HAS BEEN TREATED AS AN EXTENSION OF THE CITY OPERATING UNDER THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE IDEA OF A FOUNDATION WAS PLANTED IN LATE 2006 WHEN FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER GWEN NORTON PERRY, PROPOSED A LIBRARY FOUNDATION SIMILAR TO SOME SURROUNDING CITIES TO FUND ENHANCEMENTS FOR THE NEW JAMES S THALMAN CHINO HILLS BRANCH LIBRARY. THAT WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION [01:55:01] AS PART OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT CENTER AT THE TIME. AN AD HOC COMMITTEE WAS FORMED, WHICH INCLUDED FORMER COUNCIL MEMBERS, NORTON PERRY AND KARA HAMAN TO EXPLORE THE IDEA. THE AD HOC COMMITTEE PROPOSED TO CITY COUNCIL A MUCH BROADER SCOPE THAN JUST A LIBRARY FOUNDATION. INSTEAD, A FOUNDATION THAT COULD POTENTIALLY FUNDRAISE FOR A VARIETY OF PROJECTS, INCLUDING THOSE LISTED IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN, A NONPROFIT FOUNDATION WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO FUNDS THAT THE CITY DID NOT, SUCH AS SOLICITING PRIVATE DONATIONS AND GRANTS AS ALL NEW ORGANIZATIONS DO. THE FOUNDATION NEEDED ASSISTANCE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT STAGES, INCLUDING SOLICITING BOARD MEMBERS. IN DEVELOPING A STRATEGIC PLAN, A PLANNING STUDY WAS PRODUCED AS A GUIDE FOR FUTURE BOARD MEMBERS. IT LISTED THE KEY ELEMENTS NEEDED TO FOR, TO FORM AND SUSTAIN A SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZATION, WHICH INCLUDED A STRONG VOLUNTEER BASE AND A DEVELOPMENT OF A DONOR RECOGNITION RECOGNITION PROGRAM, BOTH OF WHICH THE FOUNDATION HAS THE FIRST ACTIVE BUSINESS FOR THE FOUNDATION WAS TO FORM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE AD HOC COMMITTEE INITIALLY RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BE COMPRISED OF 30 MEMBERS, INCLUDING TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS. THEY WERE LOOKING FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE CREATIVE AND GOOD SPOKESPERSONS WHO COULD SUCCESSFULLY ASSIST WITH RAISING FUNDS. THE NUMBER OF BOARD MEMBERS HAS CHANGED OVER TIME, BUT THE CHARACTERISTICS HAVE REMAINED THE SAME. THE CURRENT BOARD HAS 16 MEMBERS, INCLUDING MAYOR MORAN AND MEM AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS REPRESENTING THE CITY COUNCIL. THE BOARD MEETINGS ARE SUBJECT TO THE BROWN ACT REQUIREMENTS, WHICH MEANS THAT AGENDAS ARE POSTED AND MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. SINCE ITS ASSUMPTION, THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION HAS BEEN TREATED AS AN EXTENSION OF THE CITY WITH OPERATIONS UNDER THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT PROVIDES NOT ONLY ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT, SUCH AS PREPARING THE MEETING AGENDAS AND FINANCIAL REPORTS, BUT ALSO EVENT PLANNING SUPPORT FOR ALL EVENTS, INCLUDING THE PRODUCTION OF MARKETING FLYERS AND SOCIAL MEDIA GRAPHICS, AS WELL AS DAVE EVENT SUPPORT STAFF. IN ADDITION, THE FOUNDATION HAS A POOL OF OVER 100 VOLUNTEERS THAT ASSIST WITH A VARIETY OF PLANNING AND DAY EVENT TASKS. THE FOUNDATION HAS BEEN ABLE TO RAISE OVER 1.8 MILLION AND HAS DONATED OVER 1 MILLION TO VARIOUS PROJECTS. THE MOST RECENT DONATIONS WERE IN JULY OF 2023 TO THE TORRY PINES REHABILITATION PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF 50,000 AND 5,000 TOWARDS THE SHADE STRUCTURES AT VILLA BBA PARK. ADDITIONALLY, THEY STARTED A NEW ANNUAL DONATION TO THE CHINO HILLS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. THE ACTIVITY FOR THE FOUNDATION VARIES YEAR TO YEAR, BUT HERE YOU'LL SEE THE EVENTS AND PROGRAMS SCHEDULED FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR. THIS ENDS MY OVERVIEW OF THE FOUNDATION, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. ELMORE COMMENTS? I GOT A QUESTION. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, ALMA, FIRST OF ALL, THE FOUNDATION. THEY, THEY DO A TREMENDOUS JOB WITH ALL THE VOLUNTEERS THAT WE HAVE AND ALL THE MONEY THAT WE'VE RAISED OVER THE YEARS. BUT MY QUESTION IS, AND I THINK I DIRECTED THIS TO THE CITY MANAGER, I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF STAFF TIME THAT I KNOW YOUR JOB SPECIFICALLY, YOU SPENT A LOT OF TIME, AND I KNOW ON THE REPORT IT STATES HERE THAT THERE'S NO FISCAL IMPACT. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, HOW MUCH STAFF TIME WE PUT INTO THIS. UM, I, YOU KNOW, I'VE TALKED TO RAD BEFORE WHEN HE WAS THE CITY MANAGER, AND I, I CAN'T RECALL EXACTLY THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE HAVE PUT INTO IT, BUT I JUST WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A RUNNING TOTAL, UM, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S NOT FAIR THAT, UH, WELL, IT'S NOT, WE DO A GREAT JOB. IT JUST, THAT STAFF PUTS IN A LOT OF TIME AND I BELIEVE THAT'S A BIG PART OF YOUR JOB. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IT'S YES. BUT I JUST WOULD LIKE TO KEEP A RUNNING TOTAL OF WHAT WE AS A CITY ARE PUTTING INTO THE FOUNDATION. OKAY. BUT THEY DO A GREAT JOB. I'M REALLY HAPPY WITH THE JOB THAT THEY DO. THEY'VE DONE DONE A LOT OF REMARKABLE THINGS IN OUR CITY, BUT I JUST WOULD LIKE TO KEEP TRACK OF THE MONIES THAT WE'VE INVESTED INTO IT BECAUSE I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE AS A CITY GET CREDIT TO FOR WHAT WE DO. SO THAT'S JUST MY, MY 2 CENTS. AND ONE LAST QUESTION IS, UM, WE DO THE CHAIRPERSON VICE CHAIR, THEY DO A GREAT JOB. I KNOW THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS GONNA BE ON THE, UH, FOUNDATION. ARE WE GROOMING PEOPLE TO TAKE OVER YOUR POSITIONS? JUST AT A, JUST A QUESTION. 'CAUSE YOU GUYS DO A REMARKABLE JOB. I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION. UH, WHEN IT WAS FORMED, IT WAS AGREED THAT THE CHAIR WOULD, OR, AND VICE CHAIR WOULD BE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT CAME FROM HERE BECAUSE THEY HELP INTERACT WITH STAFF ON A DAILY BASIS ON THIS. AND ALSO, UM, UH, SOMETIMES DIRECT STAFF AND, AND SO THEY CAN'T DO THAT AS OUTSIDERS. SO YES, WE'RE GROOMING A LOT OF PEOPLE AND KEY POSITIONS, BUT AS FAR AS CHAIR AND OR VICE CHAIR AND THAT CAN MOVE AROUND. GRACE CAPS WAS VICE CHAIR FOR MANY YEARS. UH, CYNTHIA WAS CHAIR ONE YEAR. [02:00:01] UM, BUT WE FOUND THAT IT NEEDS TO BE A COUNCIL MEMBER AND, AND THOSE ONE OR TWO LEAD POSITIONS. SO IT WOULD BE, LET'S SAY WHEN I'M NO LONGER AROUND OR CYNTHIA, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE SOMEONE FROM THE CITY COUNCIL TO BE IN THE KEY LEAD POSITION BECAUSE OF THE CONSTANT INTERACTION WITH STAFF. AND IT'S HARD FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO DO THAT. LET'S SAY KATHLEEN, WHO WAS HERE ON THE BOARD, OR, OR MARY, IT'S HARD FOR THEM TO INTERACT FACE TO FACE ON A DAILY BASIS IF WE NEED TO, ESPECIALLY WITH SOME OF THE BIG EVENTS THAT WE, THAT WE SPONSOR. SO YES, WE ARE GROOMING INDIVIDUALS, WE PUT OTHERS IN KEY POSITIONS AND, AND TO INTERACT WITH OUR FINANCE SIDE OF THINGS AT PETER PIIT RIGHT NOW. UM, BUT AS FAR AS GROOMING SOMEONE THAT'S NOT ON COUNSEL TO BE IN THE CHAIR POSITION, WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT FEASIBLE UNLESS IT'S YOU OR BRIAN, LET'S SAY IF I STEPPED DOWN OR IT'S, IT'S TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO IF ANYONE, I CAN, I'M ONLY SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, BUT IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON THE FOUNDATION BOARD, THAT'S FINE WITH ME. SO I DO HAVE COMMENTS. SO RAY, JUST THE ONLY THING, YOU GUYS DO A TREMENDOUS JOB. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT WE'RE GROOMING. IT WOULD PROBABLY BE COMING FROM OUR, OUR GROUP HERE. I THINK I WOULD DO A HELL OF A JOB. THANK YOU. SO NOT TO GO AHEAD. I'VE GOT SOME THOUGHTS THAT I'M GONNA OH, NO, I WAS GONNA WASTE DISSEMINATE, BUT DO IF YOU'D LIKE TO. NO, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THE, YOU KNOW, JUST TO THANK ALL THE VOLUNTEERS AND EVERYBODY THAT REALLY PUTS IN A LOT OF BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS INTO ALL OF THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION EVENTS. YOU KNOW, WE'RE A YOUNG CITY. WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF, FOR LACK OF A BETTER PHRASE, YOU KNOW, LIKE CIVIC CULTURE. WE JUST DON'T, WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE A BEDROOM COMMUNITY. PEOPLE COME, PEOPLE GO AND THAT'S IT, YOU KNOW, BUT THE WINE WALK, THE JAZZ EVENTS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS ARE TRULY WHAT BRINGS THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER. IT'S WHERE YOU SEE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE FROM YOUR PTA, IT'S, YOU SEE PEOPLE FROM CHURCH OR, YOU KNOW, OLD, YOU KNOW, OLD PA YOU KNOW, OLD PARENTS FROM PAST A YSO SOCCER TEAMS AND STUFF. SO, YOU KNOW, THE FOUNDATION DOES A GREAT JOB AND I'M GLAD TO, I'M GLAD THAT YOU TWO SERVE ON IT AND YOU GUYS DO A WONDERFUL JOB. AND IT'S NOT ME. YOU'LL BE ON IT SOMEDAY. OH GOD. FOR SURE. ART, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? UH, NO, I, I ACTUALLY DID SERVE ON THE BOARD FOR A WHILE BEFORE YOU WERE ELECTED. THAT'S RIGHT. UH, BILL KRUEGER WAS ON AND I SUCCEEDED HIM ON THE BOARD. AND OF COURSE, BECAUSE WE HAVE A PROVISION THAT YOU CAN'T HAVE MORE THAN TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE BOARD SINCE YOU HAD ALREADY BEEN ON THE BOARD AS A CIVILIAN, IF YOU WILL. UH, WHEN YOU GOT ELECTED, I STEPPED DOWN. YOU BECAME THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER. SO, UH, BELIEVE ME, I CAN FIRSTHAND TELL YOU THAT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK INVOLVED AND WITHOUT THE VOLUNTEER BASE THAT WE HAVE, UM, IT JUST WON'T WORK. BUT LOOK AT THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT THEY HAVE, POSITIVE DOLLAR AMOUNTS, REGARDLESS OF STAFF TIME OR WHATEVER. THERE'S STILL A LOT OF MONEY BEING GENERATED AND THEY'RE BEING GIVEN TO GREAT CAUSES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. AND NOW IF WE HAVE A NEW, UH, COMMUNITY CENTER, I'M SURE THERE'LL BE A SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTION. THEY HAVE, WHAT, $700,000 IN THE BANK RIGHT NOW? SO I THINK IT, UH, IT NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO GO ON. THAT'S PART OF WHAT MAKES US A COMMUNITY AND GIVES US STANDING AND NOT JUST A BEDROOM COMMUNITY, BUT ONE THAT ACTUALLY HAS A FOUNDATION THAT GIVES BACK TO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE. SO I THINK IT'S A REALLY POSITIVE THING. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, PETER, SO I PUT TOGETHER SOME THOUGHTS. I'M GONNA READ PORTIONS OF IT, UH, JUST TO KIND OF BRAG A LITTLE MORE OR REAFFIRM THE GOOD THINGS THAT THE FOUNDATION DOES. I, I KNEW THAT, UH, ALMA WAS GIVING A PRESENTATION. YES. ALMA, YOU CAN HAVE A SEAT BECAUSE OF, UH, BUT I HAVE SOME COMMENTS HERE. AGAIN, BRAGGING POINTS OR, OR COMMON SENSE POINTS OF WHAT THIS HAS BROUGHT. SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL PROCEED. ORIGINALLY I WAS GONNA READ THE MISSION STATEMENT. I DON'T NEED TO DO IT. THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR 15 YEARS, AND I THINK, UH, EVERYBODY ON THE CITY COUNCIL BELIEVES THAT IT BRINGS A GREAT VALUE TO OUR CITY AND OUR RESIDENTS. UH, WHAT DOES THE FOUNDATION BRING? YES, IT RAISES MONEY TO SUPPLEMENT PROJECTS AND COMMUNITY NEEDS, BUT ULTIMATELY IT HAS INSPIRED A SENSE OF COMMUNITY. AS BRIAN MENTIONED, REMEMBER THE DAYS IN CHINO HILLS WHEN PEOPLE WOULD SAY, THERE'S NOTHING TO DO IN TOWN. WE'VE ALL EXPERIENCED THIS AS COUNCIL MEMBERS IN, IN, IN THE OLDER DAYS. UM, THERE'S NOTHING TO DO IN TOWN. WELL, I THINK THE FOUNDATION HAS HELPED TO BRIDGE THAT GAP WITH EVENTS THAT ARE FUN AND EDUCATIONAL, COUPLED WITH DEVELOPING A VERY LARGE VOLUNTEER CORE THAT WE HAVE IN TOWN. NOW, I THINK WE PROBABLY HAVE MORE THAN A HUNDRED INDIVIDUALS MARRIED. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY ARE ON THE SPREADSHEET? HUNDRED 70. SO WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 170, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT WE HAVE BROUGHT INTO THE FOLD. THEY [02:05:01] ALL LOVE VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME, WHETHER IT'S FOUR HOURS A YEAR, SUCH AS A WINE WALK OR, OR AS A COUPLE OF THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE, IN THE AUDIENCE HERE, THEIR BOARD MEMBERS. AND THEY PUT IN A LOT OF TIME. BUT THAT'S BEEN A REAL HIGHLIGHT OF THE FOUNDATION, IS THAT VOLUNTEER CORE A LITTLE BIT WHAT RAY WAS TALKING ABOUT, INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY NOT HAVE STEPPED UP OTHERWISE HAVE STEPPED UP NOW TO HELP WITH THE DIFFERENT EVENTS, TO RAISE MONEY AND ALSO TO TO HAVE FUN IN TOWN. UM, CHINO HILLS ARTS WAS STARTED IN 2013 AND WE JOINED IT WITH THE FOUNDATION AND WE HOSTED, UH, UH, NUMEROUS ART SHOWS OVER TIME. WHEN WE OPENED THE NEW COMMUNITY CENTER 10 YEARS AGO, UH, SHOWING OFF OUR LOCAL ARTISTS AND TALENT. CYNTHIA WAS A BIG, UH, ENCOURAGER AND PROPONENT OF THAT ALSO, WHERE WE'D NEVER HAD ART SHOWS BEFORE. NOW WE SHOW OFF THE LOCAL TALENT. UH, WE'VE ALSO, AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, ESPECIALLY THOSE FIRST SIX OR SEVEN YEARS, WE HOSTED COMMUNITY-BASED PLAYS WHO ATTENDED SOME OF THOSE PLAYS OTHER THAN HIGH SCHOOLS. WE NEVER HAD A PLAY IN TOWN 'CAUSE WE NEVER HAD A PLACE TO DO IT. AND WE DID THESE PLAYS. HOW FUN WAS THAT? WE USED LOCAL, LOCAL, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND GRADUATES TO PUT ON THOSE PLAYS. AGAIN, IT WAS A FIRST IN TOWN. ALSO NUMEROUS AUTHOR TALKS. WILBERT WAS ONE OF OUR AUTHOR TALKS. DAVID ALLEN WAS ONE OF OUR AUTHOR TALKS WE JUST DID. ONE, TWO MONTHS AGO, UH, AN AUTHOR TALK DID A COUPLE OF JAZZ AND BLUES FESTIVALS AT BIG LEAGUE DREAMS AND MANY CONCERTS INSIDE THE COMMUNITY CENTER. UH, A LOT OF LOCAL ARTISTS. I REMEMBER WE DID A BEATLES THING. WE HAD THE LOCAL, UH, OPERATIC SINGER. SINGER. SHE PUT ON A TREMENDOUS SHOW. UH, ALL THESE THINGS WERE THINGS THAT HAD NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE. AND THEN THE FOUNDATION KIND OF, OKAY, LET'S, LET'S HAVE FUN WITH, WITH, UH, BRINGING MORE CULTURE TO TOWN OR MORE THINGS FOR PEOPLE TO DO IN TOWN. CURRENTLY WE HOST, UM, THE CONCERT SERIES, THE FIRST CONCERTS COMING UP THIS COMING FRIDAY. AND WE'VE HOSTED KNOWN ACTS SUCH AS BARBARA MORRISON, BIG TIME GRAMMY AWARD WINNER. SHE WAS OUT IN TOWN FOUR, FIVE OR SIX TIMES. DEREK BORDELL, WHO'S GONNA BE HERE IN MAY. ANDY VARGAS, LEAD SINGER SANTANA WAS HERE LAST SEPTEMBER, AND HE'S COMING BACK, OR LAST AUGUST, HE'LL BE HERE THIS SEPTEMBER. UM, GOING BACK A BIT, WE WANTED TO START SOME SIGNATURE EVENTS. SO WE STARTED THE HOME TOUR AND WINE WALK SIGNATURE EVENTS THAT THEY'RE NOT GOLF TOURNAMENTS, THEY'RE NOT OTHER THINGS THAT OTHER COMMUNITIES DO. WE WANTED SOMETHING THAT WAS KNOWN FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO REALLY STAND OUT. A HOME TOUR LASTED ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AND SHOWCASED ABOUT 24 HOMES. AND WE CONCLUDED PARTIALLY BECAUSE COVID AND WHO WAS GONNA LET PEOPLE IN THE HOME WHEN COVID WAS GOING ON. SO WE KIND OF SET THAT ONE ASIDE. AND WINE WALK, AS WE NOW HAS TURNED INTO, UH, POSSIBLY ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL EVENTS IN CHINO VALLEY. AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE, EVEN FROM THE CHINO SIDE, CHAMBER COMMERCE, ALL ACKNOWLEDGED THAT. UH, IN LAST WINE WALK, WHICH WAS OUR, OUR 12TH, WE HOSTED 460 TICKET HOLDERS, LOCALS. WE HAD 85 VOLUNTEERS OR SO AS PART OF THAT DAY. AND WE NETTED, UH, CLOSE TO $123,000 PROFIT. AND WE MADE EVEN MORE THE YEAR BEFORE. BUT COSTS HAVE CAUGHT UP WITH US, UH, ALL JUST FOR GOOD THINGS IN TOWN. UH, 13TH IS COMING UP ON OCTOBER 12TH, SO PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDAR. UH, WE FIND THINGS WHICH WE DIDN'T GET INTO IN REAL DETAIL. KIDS DAY CAMP SCHOLARSHIPS. WE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE'VE DONE. ALMA CUMULATIVELY COULD BE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, MAYBE. A LOT OF MONEY THAT WE PUT IN. WE PUT IN MAYBE 15,000 A YEAR OR SO. AND WE FUND EIGHT, NINE, OR 10. 71,000. PARDON? 71,000. IT IS. OKAY, GOOD. WELL, SOME OF THIS I'M GONNA REPEAT THEN. WE DID 330,000 TO THE COMMUNITY. SAN JUAN OPENED, INCLUDING SOME BRICK SALES 10 YEARS AGO. UH, THE INCLUSIVE PARK THAT IT'S ABOUT TO REOPEN, UH, AT CROSSROADS PARK, WE DONATED A HUNDRED AND, UH, $25,000 FOR THAT, FOR THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. AND THE, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE BOARD WILL DISCUSS A POSSIBLE NICE DONATION, UH, ONCE WE PROCEED WITH THE COMMUNITY CENTER. AND THEN ONE LAST ITEM I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT. UM, SO I'M ABOUT A THIRD OF THE WAY THROUGH, IF YOU DON'T MIND. WE'RE OKAY. RIGHT. . JUST KIDDING. UH, IS, UH, THANKS TO A FEW CREATIVE PEOPLE AS PART OF THE BOARD. UH, I WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE COMMUNITY ART GALLERY AT THE SHOPS. I DON'T KNOW WHO, HOW MANY HAVE BEEN TO THAT, BUT IT'S, IT'S IMPRESSIVE IN SIZE AND IN SCOPE. AND WHO KNEW THAT WE WOULD HAVE AN ART GALLERY IN TOWN. AND IT'S A, THE POPULARITY AND THE FEEDBACK [02:10:01] ACTUALLY EVEN SURPRISED ME. I WAS A LITTLE SKEPTICAL BECAUSE OF PUTTING IN SO MUCH VOLUNTEER TIME. AND THANK YOU TO DARRELL GOODMAN, WHO IS THE GM OF THE SHOPS FOR GOING ALONG WITH PROVIDING A FREE SPACE. AND IN GLEN ANDERSON FROM THE BOARD, SAMANTHA JAMES PEREZ, AND DENISE, DENISE CATTER FOR BEING SOME OF THE CATALYST TO ACTUALLY HAVE AN ARC GALLERY WALK IN THERE. IT'S A TRUE ART GALLERY IN THERE. SO IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE. AND I WANT TO THANK OF COURSE ALL OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS OVER THE YEARS, UH, AS THE FOUNDATION HAS EVOLVED OVER THESE 15 YEARS. UH, OUR VOLUNTEERS, OF COURSE, AND OUR CITY STAFF MEMBERS THAT WE JUST MENTIONED THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, UH, REALLY, UM, THE, A A, A BIG MAINSTAY IN HOW WE'VE PROCEEDED. OBVIOUSLY, THIS LEVEL OF SUCCESS WOULD NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT MANY OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS. UM, JONATHAN, MELISSA, ALMA BEING THE KEY MEMBERS CURRENTLY THAT ASSIST WITH, UH, EVERYTHING. SO AGAIN, IT'S ALL ABOUT A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND WE WILL CONTINUE THAT MISSION AND JUST ASK THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT NOW HAVE COME TO MANY OF OUR EVENTS IF, UH, THE FOUNDATION WAS WORTH FORMING YEARS AGO BY THE CITY. AND I'D SAY, YES, EVERYBODY THINKS SO. SO I JUST WANT TO DO A LITTLE BACKFILL ON, UH, THE, THE FOUNDATION AND, UM, HOPEFULLY IT CONTINUES ON WELL PAST WHEN I LEAVE. AND CYNTHIA LEAVES AND THANK YOU, PETER. YOU'VE GOT IT. SO, TONIGHT'S, UH, IS A RECEIVE AND FILE. DO I HAVE A MOTION? ALL MOTION. SECOND. MOTION PASSES. FIVE ZERO. [19. Introduce ordinance to improve code clarity, implement direction regarding fence and wall permit requirements, improve pool barrier requirements, revise language to better align with current state and federal requirements, and provide tools for abatement of dangerous buildings entitled: “An Ordinance of the City of Chino Hills, Amending Chapters 15.04, 15.12, and 15.18 of Title 15 of the Chino Hills Municipal Code” for first reading by title only, waiving further reading] THE NEXT ITEM IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM. THIS ITEM IS TO INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE, UH, TO AMEND CHAPTERS OF CHAP TITLE 15. AND, UM, BRAD, SORRY, I DIDN'T WANNA READ EVERYTHING. I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT BUILDING OFFICIAL FLEEMAN TO PRESENT. HI, BRAD. GOOD EVENING. MERAN, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CHINO HILLS RESIDENCE. UM, HERE TO PRESENT PROUD PRESENT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 15, WHICH IS OUR CHINO HILLS BUILDING CODE. UH, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, WE'VE IDENTIFIED NUMEROUS OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE CODE CLARITY, UPDATE REFERENCE LANGUAGE, AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TOOLS TO ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY. UH, WE'VE ALSO ADDRESSED THE DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL REGARDING FENCE AND WALL PERMIT REQUIREMENTS FOR YOUR REVIEW. I'VE PREPARED A SUMMARY OF EACH ONE OF THESE, THESE CODE AMENDMENTS FOR YOU. SO, APPENDIX D, UM, WHICH WAS FORMERLY FIRE DISTRICTS, IS NO LONGER ADOPTED BY THE STATE. SO IT WOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE LIST OF ADOPTED REFERENCES IN OUR, UH, CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE. UH, ALSO OUR GRADING CODE, WHICH IS APPENDIX J, UH, WOULD ADDRESS CROSS PROPERTY DRAINAGE, WHICH IS OFTEN THE SOURCE OF NEIGHBOR DISPUTES AND CODE ENFORCEMENT CASES. UH, STAFF ALSO RECOMMENDED, RECOMMENDS ADDING A SIMPLE PROCESS TO ABANDON AND FILL A POOL INSTEAD OF, UH, DOING A COMPLETE ENGINEERED DEMOLITION, WHICH WOULD SAVE PROPERTY OWNERS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN THE EVENT THAT THEY WANT TO, UM, DO AWAY WITH THEIR POOL. UH, AMENDMENTS TO CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE SECTION 1 0 5 0.1 OF THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE WOULD BE MODIFIED TO CLARIFY FENCE AND WALL PERMIT REQUIREMENTS, UH, UNDER THIS AMENDMENT. FENCES, WHICH ARE UNDER SIX FEET AND ARE CONSTRUCTED OF LIGHTWEIGHT MATERIALS SUCH AS VINYL, WOOD, OR WR IRON, WOULD NOT REQUIRE A PERMIT. UH, WALLS UNDER FOUR FEET CONSTRUCTED OF MASONRY CONCRETE OR SIMILAR MATERIALS WOULD ALSO NOT REQUIRE A PERMIT NOR WOULD RETAINING WALLS WHICH ARE UNDER THREE FEET OR CURRENT CODE AND POLICY ALLOWS FOR FENCE OR FENCES OR WALLS UNDER SIX FEET, OR RETAINING WALLS UNDER THREE FEET WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO HAVE A PERMIT. UH, CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE AMENDMENTS, UH, IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE SECTION. UH, THIS CHANGE TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE SECTION CLARIFIES THAT ALL PERSONS ON A CONSTRUCTION SITE, UH, WOULD BE SUBJECT TO A POSTED STOP WORK NOTICE, NOT JUST THE PROPERTY OWNER AS IT CURRENTLY STATES, UH, IN OUR SWIMMING POOL SECTIONS UNDER THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE AMENDMENTS. UH, THIS, THIS PROPOSED CHANGE TO THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE WOULD RESTORE A FORMER PROVISION, WHICH REQUIRED A POOL BARRIER TO SURROUND RESIDENTIAL BACKYARDS THAT CONTAIN POOLS, THUS ISOLATING THE PUBLIC FROM A PRIVATE BACKYARD POOL. UH, THE LENGTHY SECTION THAT YOU SEE IN THE ORDINANCE IS SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME LANGUAGE THAT WAS IN THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE PRIOR TO 2016, BUT IT WAS REMOVED IN 2019. UH, THESE, UH, PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE CALIFORNIA RESIDENTIAL CODE, UH, AGAIN IN THE SWIMMING POOL SECTION. UH, THERE'S ONE [02:15:01] SLIGHT, UH, CLARIFICATION TO, UH, ONE OF THE SEVEN SAFETY FEATURES THAT IS REQUIRED IN THE STATE, UM, SWIMMING POOL SAFETY ACT. AND, UH, AGAIN, IT ALSO REPLICATES THE POOL BARRIER REQUIREMENT THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO ADD IN THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE WITHIN THE CALIFORNIA RESIDENTIAL CODE. IT BASICALLY JUST CREATES AN OVERLAP, UH, PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT SECTION. UH, BASICALLY JUST ALIGNS OUR CHINO HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE WITH, UH, UPDATED FEMA MAPS AND THE CURRENT CODES CODE LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS. UH, FEMA HAS REVIEWED OUR, OUR MUNICIPAL CODE AND THEY'VE MADE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THIS IS BASICALLY JUST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. AND THEN LASTLY, UH, PROPOSED CHANGES TO OUR DANGEROUS BUILDING CODE INCLUDES ADDING HAZARDOUS POOLS WITHIN THE CLASSIFICATION OF A DANGEROUS BUILDING, UM, GIVING US AN ADDITIONAL TOOL. UM, AND IT WOULD INCLUDE ANY POOL, WHICH IS POORLY MAINTAINED SAFETY FEATURES, UM, WHICH INCLUDING, UH, UH, LACK OF THE REQUIRED POOL BARRIER THAT WE'VE, THAT I'VE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. UH, STAFF IS ALSO, UM, RECOMMENDING THE REFINEMENT OF, UH, OF OUR APPEAL PROCESS UNDER THE DANGEROUS BUILDINGS CODE, UH, TO JUST CLARIFY THE, UH, THE PROCESS. SO THIS CONCLUDES MY, MY FIRST AND HOPEFULLY MANY PRESENTATIONS TO YOU. AND I'M HAPPY TO REMAIN HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR, YOUR THIS ONE HERE. SO, AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND CHERYL, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? NO, WE DO NOT. OKAY. WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT UP HERE FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION. MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE ITEM. OKAY. IS THAT OKAY? DO I HAVE A SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION? ANY DISCUSSION? I HAVE A QUESTION IF I COULD RAY LOOK LIKE HE, SORRY. YOU TRY. YOU TRIED, BRIAN. I TRIED. JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY. UM, WHERE DID YOU GROW UP AT NORWALK? I'M SO SORRY. . I GREW UP THERE TOO, SO, SO I'LL TAKE THAT AS A SECOND. AS A SECOND AND A THIRD. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES. FIVE ZERO. [ SAFETY UPDATES - Fire and Police] NEXT WE MOVE ON TO THE SAFETY UPDATES. DEPUTY FIRE, CHIEF ALT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. JEREMY ALT, UH, DEPUTY CHIEF WITH THE FIRE DISTRICT. KEEP MY COMMENTS BRIEF THIS EVENING. UH, PRIMARILY OUR FOCUS IS ON RECRUITING EIGHT NEW FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS TO FILL VACANT POSITIONS WITH ATTRITION. HOPE TO HAVE THOSE NEW FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS ON BOARD FOR ARMENIA ACADEMY LATE MAY OR EARLY JUNE. FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO BRING THE PUBLIC'S ATTENTION. WE WILL BE HOSTING A SHARPS COLLECTION EVENT, UH, AT OUR STATION ONE SLASH TRAINING CENTER, UH, THIS SATURDAY FROM 8:00 AM TO 1:00 PM AND THE ADDRESS FOR FIRE STATION SIX ONE IS 5 0 7 8 SCHAFER IN THE CITY OF CHINO. THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS FOR THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JEREMY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR JEREMY? OKAY, CHIEF, THANK YOU. YOUR HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, RESIDENTS AND ATTENDANCE. UH, ON FRIDAY, APRIL 5TH, 2024, UNKNOWN SUSPECTS, A FIXED GRAFFITI TO A WALL ON THE 15,000 BLOCK OF POMONA RECON ROAD CAUSING APPROXIMATELY $2,000 IN DAMAGE. UH, I WANNA REPORT THAT THROUGH INVESTIGATION, UH, CHINOS PATROL DEPUTIES AND SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY 18-YEAR-OLD MATTHEW PUO AND A 16-YEAR-OLD JUVENILE, THE SUSPECTS ON MONDAY, APRIL 8TH, 2024, THE CHINOS POLICE DEPARTMENT'S MULTI ENFORCEMENT TEAM ASSUMED THE INVESTIGATION AND CONTACTED SUSPECT PUO IN THE CITY OF ONTARIO. PERO HAD INCRIMINATING EVIDENCE ON HIS PERSON AND WAS DETAINED UNDER MIRANDA. HUERTO CONFESSED TO VANDALIZING THE WALL ON POMONA RING CON ROAD. HE WAS ARRESTED FOR FELONY VANDALISM AND BOOKED INTO THE WEST VALLEY DETENTION CENTER. TODAY, THE CHINOS POLICE DEPARTMENT'S MULTI ENFORCEMENT TEAM CONTACTED THE JUVENILE SUSPECT AT HIS RESIDENCE DURING THE CONTACT GRAFFITI PARAPHERNALIA AND EVIDENCE LINKING HIM TO THE VANDALISM ON POONA RINCON ROAD WAS DISCOVERED. THE JUVENILE WAS ARRESTED FOR FELONY VANDALISM AND RELEASED TO HIS PARENTS WITH A CITATION. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO REPORT TONIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. RYAN, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING? YEAH, NO, I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE CHIEF. I KNOW I HAD A COUPLE OF RESIDENTS REACH OUT TO ME. 'CAUSE IT LITERALLY IS THE BLANK WALL ALONG POMONA RINCON RIGHT NEXT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL. AND SO, YEAH, LIKE MY WIFE GOES TO THE CHIROPRACTOR THAT'S OVER BY LUCIDO AND THE, SHE SNAPPED THE PHOTO OF IT AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PROFANITY AND IT WAS JUST, IT WAS BIG. IT, IT TOOK UP A LOT OF SPACE AND, YOU KNOW, IF HE SAID 2000 BUCKS WORTH OF, YOU KNOW, DAMAGE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS, IT WAS PRETTY NASTY. SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU GUYS HANDLED THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, AND THAT PUBLIC WORKS, SCOTT AND COMMUNICATION AND BEN GOTTEN COMMUNICATION WITH THE SANTA BARBARA, UH, APARTMENTS TO GET IT TAKEN CARE OF. RIGHT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UH, DUE DILIGENCE AND THANKS TO THE GUYS THAT WERE ABLE TO TRACK IT DOWN. THANK YOU, BRIAN. OKAY. MOVING ALONG TO MADAM MAYOR. OH, GO AHEAD RAY. CAN I MAKE A COMMENT REAL FAST? I WANNA THANK YOU CHIEF [02:20:01] POLICE AND FIRE CHIEFS. UH, WE HAVE ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS, UH, SHERRY DEON JUST PASSED RECENTLY, AND I KNOW YOU HAVE, WERE CALLED NUMEROUS TIMES TO HER HOUSE. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE CARE THAT YOU PROVIDED HER OVER THE YEARS. SO THANK YOU. [ CITY MANAGER UPDATES] OKAY. UH, CITY MANAGER UPDATE. NO COMMENTS TONIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. COUNCIL [ COUNCIL REPORTS Mayor Moran California Institute for Men and Women Citizens Advisory Committee(s) Vice Mayor Bennett Chino Valley Unified School District Board Omnitrans Board Council Member Marquez San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Board Council Member Rogers Chino Basin Desalter Authority Board] REPORTS. I JUST QUICKLY FOR, UM, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTION FOR WOMEN IS THE ONLY ONE I HAVE A COMMENT ON. AND THEY RECENTLY HELD A, UH, A RESOURCE FAIR THAT WAS ACTUALLY GOT SOME, UM, PUBLICITY ON CHANNEL SEVEN NEWS, BUT IT'S FOR, UM, MEMBERS OF THEIR POPULATION THAT ARE GOING TO PAROLE SOON. AND, UM, IT HAD, UM, LOTS OF LOCAL, UM, COMPANIES AND ORGANIZATIONS. UM, IT WAS, UH, LED BY ONE OF OUR, ACTUALLY FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBERS, DELAN DELANEY LEWIS, WHO WAS ASSOCIATE WARDEN. AND IT WAS JUST A, A, A GREAT EVENT. SHE JUST, IT KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK WITH THE AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES FOR THESE WOMEN THAT ARE GONNA BE, UM, JOINING US OUT HERE SOON. AND, UM, IT'S A REALLY GOOD WAY TO LOOK AT THINGS TO GIVE THEM THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO BE PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS WHEN THEY'RE RELEASED. SO KUDOS TO HER FOR THAT. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THAT. AND, UH, VICE MAYOR BENNETT? YES. TINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. THERE WAS NO MEETING LAST WEEK ON THE, THE FOURTH OF, UH, APRIL. THEY GO DARK THE FIRST MEETING OF APRIL. SO THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON, UH, THE 18TH, UH, FOR AMTRAN. UH, WE DISCUSSED THE PROPOSED, UH, BUDGET REVIEW. UH, IT WILL BE GOING TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR APPROVAL OR FOR A SUGGESTION TO APPROVE FOR THE FULL BOARD, UM, AT THE NEXT MEETING. AND ALSO, UH, WE, WE BROKE INTO A CLOSED SESSION REGARDING THE CURRENT, UH, LITIGATION. AND THAT'S MY REPORT. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ. THANK YOU MA. MADAM MAYOR. UM, YES, I ATTENDED S-B-C-T-A AND, UH, WE DID A REVIEW EVALUATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UH, RAY WOLF AND THEN ALSO OUR ATTORNEY GIULIANI. AND THEY DID A TREMENDOUS JOB. AND THEY GOT, THEY'LL BE GETTING SOME RAISES COMING UP IN THE NEAR FUTURE. UM, WE EXEMPTED SURPLUS PROPERTIES, DECLARATION TWO PROPERTIES IN MONTCLAIR, ONE IN GRAND TERRACE. AND THEN WE ARE NOW REGARDING THE COG PARTICIPATING IN RESIDENTIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS. IT'S NOT GONNA BE LIKE A HERO PROGRAM WHERE THERE'S A RESPONSIBILITY FOR S-B-C-T-A, WHETHER IT'S GONNA BE GRANTS TO, TO PAY FOR IMPROVEMENTS, REACH, HOUSE. UM, THAT'S MY REPORT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU RAY, UH, PETER ON CDA CHAIN OF ASSAULTER AUTHORITY. THERE'S NOTHING UNIQUE TO REPORT, SO NOTHING. UH, RAY, [ COUNCIL COMMENTS] HOW ABOUT YOUR COUNCIL COMMENTS FOR THIS EVENING? THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. APPRECIATE THAT. UM, I DID ATTEND S SCAG REGIONAL COUNCIL, AND I JUST WANT TO ANNOUNCE, UH, WE DO HAVE A NEW PRESIDENT THAT WILL BE TAKING EFFECT IN MAY. UH, IT'S OUR VERY OWN SUPERVISOR, HAMAN WILL BE OUR PRESIDENT. OUR FIRST VP IS CINDY ALLEN FROM BEAUTIFUL CITY OF LONG BEACH. AND THEN, I'M SORRY TO SAY THIS, BUT THE SECOND VP IS RAY MARQUEZ FROM CHINO HILLS. CONGRATULATIONS. UM, CONEX, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. WE APPROVED THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT. WE HAVE APPROVED, ACTUALLY APPROVED, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS. THE R-T-P-S-C-S, UH, FINALLY, UM, GOTTEN, I GUESS IT'S FOR THE NEXT 24, 25 YEARS, WE HAD LEGISLATIVE UPDATES FROM STATE AND FEDERAL, UH, THE TRANSPORTATION. WE DID A PRESENTATION BY THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION AND ADVANCED MOBILITY BY DIRECTOR DR. GERVIN. AND I GUESS, UH, EACH ONE OF THE AIRPORTS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA, POSSIBLY CHINO, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, THESE NEW VEHICLES THAT WILL BE PICKING UP PEOPLE AND TAKING THEM WHERE, WHEREVER YOU WANT TO GO. AND THAT'S IN THE NEAR FUTURE. SO I'M SORT OF EXCITED ABOUT THAT. UM, METROLINK, I ATTENDED THE BOARD MEETING. AND THOSE, THOSE ARE MY REPORTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, BRIAN. I'VE GOT ENOUGH TO REPORT. OKAY. UH, ART, NOTHING TO REPORT, PETER. OKAY. A COUPLE THINGS. OKAY. UH, FIRST OF ALL, MAYBE WE'RE GONNA DO IT, CYNTHIA, BUT WE HAVE TWO OF OUR FIRE BOARD MEMBERS HERE THAT HAVE STAYED THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. SO SARAH AVENGER AND MIKE KRIEGER, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND SMILING BACK AT US WHEN WE NEEDED A SMILE. UH, AND ALSO A FIELD REP, UM, SUZETTE DANG WAS HERE FROM KURT HAMAN'S OFFICE. SHE JUST LEFT, SO SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY THIS EVENING. WANTED TO THANK OUR POLICE FOR PULLING TOGETHER THE WORKSHOP, THE SAFETY WORKSHOP FOR OUR COMMUNITY. UH, LAST WEEK IT WAS, UH, IT WAS, IT'S GREAT TO DO THIS OUTREACH AND THIS TIME IT WAS, IT, EVEN THOUGH IT, IT'S FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, A LITTLE BIT OF A FOCUS ON THE ASIAN COMMUNITY. SO WE HAD TRANSLATOR TO TRANSLATE, UH, IN MANDARIN, UH, SOME OF THE DIALOGUE THAT WAS TAKING PLACE. SO IT WAS, IT WAS A GOOD EVENT. AND ALSO, UM, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THE AK MOSQUE IN, UH, CHINO ON RAMONA LAST THURSDAY EVENING. THANK [02:25:01] YOU. THROUGH THE IMAN AND THEIR LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR OPENING THEIR ARMS TO ME AND GREETING ME. SO WELCOMELY IN, UM, THEY PROVIDED A TOUR. UH, I ATTENDED THEIR PRAYER SERVICE AND, UH, JOINED THEM FOR, FOR DINNER. UH, AND THEN ALSO IN THAT SAME VEIN, MYSELF, BEN ROD, UM, HAS MET WITH THE SAME GROUP, UH, HERE AT CITY HALL TO JUST DISCUSS, UM, ISSUES THAT ARE BEFORE US RIGHT NOW. AND, UM, SO IT WAS, IT WAS A GOOD TIME. WE'VE HAD SOME OTHER MEETINGS ALSO WITH INDIVIDUALS. SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT STEPPED UP. AND I WILL SAY HAPPY END OF RAMADAN TODAY TO EVERYBODY AND TOMORROW, BACK TO, UH, BACK TO A NORMAL, A NORMAL DAILY DIET. BUT, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO, UH, TO, TO THOSE THAT STEPPED UP TO MAKE THEIR COMMENTS. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW. MAYBE MORE TO COME. THANK YOU, PETER. THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. TONIGHT WE ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF LONGTIME RESIDENT BARBARA DENSON OR SHERRY, AS WE ALL KNEW HER, WHO PASSED AWAY ON APRIL 8TH AT THE EIGHTH OF 70. MANY IN OUR CITY, KNEW SHERRY AND HER LATE HUSBAND, ED, WHO LIVED IN CHINO HILLS AND WERE ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR 40 YEARS. THE COUPLE SERVED ON THE CITY'S FIRST DISASTER PREPAREDNESS COMMITTEE AND WERE PATROL PARTNERS ON THE CITIZENS, ON THE CHINO HILLS CITIZENS ON PATROL. SHERRY WAS VERY ACTIVE IN OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS. SHE PARTICIPATED IN THE FORMER LOS SERRANOS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTA. SHE ORGANIZED EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS BINS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, HELPED FAMILIES IN CRISIS ORGANIZE COMMUNITY CLEANUP DAYS, ESTABLISHED THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS HAYRIDE AND CAROLING EVENT, AND LED ANTI-DRUG PROGRAMS. SHE ALSO SERVED ON THE CHINO HILLS NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER COMMITTEE AND ORGANIZED THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS DRIVES FOR OUR NEEDY. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE ENTIRE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY, WE EXTEND OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO SHERRY AND ED'S THREE CHILDREN, THEIR GRANDCHILDREN, AND GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, AND ALL OF THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS. AND TONIGHT [ 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.] WE ADJOURN IN MEMORIAM AND IN HOPE WITH DEEP GRATITUDE, RESPECT, AND APPRECIATION FOR THE BRAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVE AND HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES. THEIR SELF SELFLESS CONTRIBUTIONS PROTECT US ALL. MAY WE AS A COMMUNITY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND HONOR THEM. AND WITH THAT, OUR MEETING IS ADJOURNED THIS EVENING. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.