* 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] [ 6:00 P.M. - CONVENE MEETING / ROLL CALL] GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. I'D LIKE TO RECONVENE THE MEETING FOR CHIN HILL CITY COUNCIL FOR MAY 14TH, 2024. PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO OUR FLAG. OH, ROLL CALL. SORRY. CAN I TAKE ROLL? AND WE'RE GONNA DO IT, UH, VERBALLY. YEAH. HERE. COUNCIL MARQUEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS HERE. VICE MAYOR BENNETT. HERE. MAYOR MORAN HERE. ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. THANK YOU, CHERYL. [ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG] YOU ARE WELCOME. READY TO BEGIN THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TWO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION, NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. [ INVOCATION: Chaplain Robert Hilton, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department] PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR TWO NIGHTS. UH, INVOCATION FROM CHAPLAIN ROBERT HILTON FROM THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. WELCOME, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ELECTED BOARD STAFF. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. LET'S PRAY. FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS EVENING, A PLACE TO BE ABLE TO HOLD THIS MEETING SAFELY. AND LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU, WE AS A TEAM CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR THIS COMMUNITY, FOR CHINO HILLS, FOR OUR LEADERSHIP, FOR OUR COUNTRY LEADERSHIP AS WELL. SO, LORD, KEEP US SAFE PROMISE IN OUR HEARTS AS WE DECIDE TO BRING TOGETHER ONE ACCORD TO YOUR WILL. IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN. AMEN. [6. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming the Week of May 12-18, 2024, as National Police Week] THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING THE WEEK OF MAY 12TH THROUGH 18TH. 2024 IS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK TO BE ACCEPTED BY DETECTIVES MCCOY, RAINIER TOSKI AND DEPUTIES CHOW IN HERNANDEZ. WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM? JOIN ME AT THE PODIUM. GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. BE THERE, CHARLES, LINE LEADER, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE DURING NATIONAL POLICE WEEK, WE RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF NEARLY 900,000 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ACROSS OUR GREAT NATION. THESE OFFICERS, INCLUDING THOSE FROM AR, CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT, HAVE DEDICATED THEIR LIVES TO PROTECTING OTHERS. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO PERSONALLY THANK AR CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR AROUND THE CLOCK EFFORTS TO PATROL AND PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS, VISITORS, AND BUSINESSES. BECAUSE OF THEIR WORK, WE ARE CONSIDERED ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES IN CALIFORNIA. WITH THAT, I AM PROUD TO PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF MAY 12TH THROUGH 18TH AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK TO HONOR THOSE WHO SERVE, OFFER, REMEMBRANCE AND SUPPORT, AND TO PAY HOMAGE TO THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY. SO TO ACCEPT FOR TONIGHT'S PROCLAMATION, WE HAVE, UH, DEPUTY ELIA HERNANDEZ JOINED BY OTHER MEMBERS FROM THE CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO I'M VERY PROUD TO PRESENT THIS, UH, PROCLAMATION TO YOU, SIR, AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR A FEW WORDS FROM YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, SIR, YOUR HONOR. THANK YOU, MAYOR MORAN. UM, THANK YOU TO THE CITIZENS OF CHINO HILLS FOR BEING HERE TODAY. UM, WE ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF THE CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. UH, WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNWAVERING SUPPORT, UM, AND COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY. OUR STATION, UH, MEMBERS ARE HONORED AND GRATEFUL TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS. UM, WITH THE SUPPORT OF STATION, UH, WITH THE SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND OUR CITY COUNCIL, UH, WE'VE BEEN PROVIDED WITH VALUABLE RESOURCES, UH, SUCH AS AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE RADIO, UH, CAMERAS, OR A LPR CAMERAS. [00:05:01] WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THOSE CAMERAS, UH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REDUCE CRIME IN THE CITY AND ASSIST IN THE APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS DURING OUR INVESTIGATIONS TO OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. MOST IMPORTANTLY, OUR STATION WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO FUNCTION AT THE LEVEL IT DOES WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT. AND FOR THAT, WE THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. WE APPRECIATE ALL OF SO MUCH. ALRIGHT, GUYS, ALL YOU DO APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU MUCH. [7. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming the week of May 19-25, 2024, as National Public Works Week] NEXT WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING THE WEEK OF MAY 19TH THROUGH 25TH, 2024 AS NATIONAL POLICE PUBLIC WORKS, EXCUSE ME, PUBLIC WORKS WEEK TO BE ACCEPTED BY PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATOR ASSISTANT BRIANNA HIGGINS. WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM AND STAFF COME UP. BRIANNA AND STAFF, THANKS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND EVERY DAY. THE EMPLOYEES OF OUR CHINO HILLS PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT CONTRIBUTE TO THE HEALTH, SAFETY, COMFORT, AND QUALITY OF LIFE AND WELLBEING TO OUR RESIDENTS IN CHINO HILLS. ALTHOUGH THEY OFTEN OPERATE BEHIND THE SCENES, THEY ARE INDISPENSABLE IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR MANY SERVICES. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO PROCLAIM. MAY 19TH THROUGH THE 25TH IS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK, AND TO ACCEPT, UM, PROCLAMATION, WE HAVE PUBLIC WORKS, A ADMIN ASSISTANT, BRIANNA HIGGINS, THEN THAT NAME SOUNDS FAMILIAR. YOU MUST HAVE A A DAD THAT'S A CITY COMMISSIONER. NICE TO HAVE YOU AS PART OF OUR FAMILY HERE. SO I'M GONNA GIVE THIS TO YOU, BRIANNA, AND WE'RE GONNA LISTEN TO A FEW WORDS. YES, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BEEN HERE LONG TIME. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF. THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION THIS EVENING OF THE VITAL ROLE OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. MY NAME IS BRIANNA AND I'M THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. UP HERE I HAVE WITH ME JOE CASTELLA. HE'S ONE OF OUR SENIOR MAINTENANCE WORKERS FOR OUR WATER DIVISION. UH, PETE PACHECO, HE'S OUR MAINTENANCE WORKER FOR OUR FACILITIES DIVISION. AND THEN MARK DURAN. HE'S OUR STREETS MAINTENANCE WORKER FOR STREETS DIVISION. OUR DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES, AND SERVICES. PUBLIC WORK STAFF ENSURES THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF CITY STREETS, STREETLIGHTS, PARKS AND LANDSCAPE, PUBLIC FACILITIES AND WATER AND SEWER UTILITY SYSTEMS. OUR STAFF WORKS VERY HARD DAY AND NIGHT TO ADVANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF THE CITY. WE ARE ALWAYS READY TO HELP AND CAN BE REACHED DIRECTLY VIA EMAIL OR CALL CENTER, AS WELL AS SUBMITTING A SERVICE REQUEST THROUGH THE CITY'S WEBSITE. ON BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK HARD TO SERVE THIS AMAZING COMMUNITY WITH PRIDE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR [8. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming the week of May 19-25, 2024, as National Emergency Services Medical Week and Month of May as Trauma Awareness Month] NEXT PROCLAMATION IS PROCLAIMING THE WEEK OF MAY 19TH THROUGH 25TH, 2024 AS NATIONAL EMERGENCY SERVICES MEDICAL WEEK AND THE MONTH OF MAY AS TRAUMA AWARENESS MONTH TO BE ACCEPTED BY DEPUTY CHIEF S SKI BAR. COME ON UP. CHIEF S SKI BAR. SKI BAR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ARE A VITAL PUBLIC SERVICE THAT PROVIDE LIFE, LIFE-SAVING CARE 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. THIS INVALUABLE TEAM OF HEROES INCLUDES FIRST RESPONDERS, FIREFIGHTERS, PARAMEDICS, NURSES, EDUCATORS, AND ADMINISTRATORS, JUST TO NAME A FEW. THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS AND OUR RESIDENTS RECOGNIZE THE CRITICAL ROLE THESE INDIVIDUALS PLAY IN OUR COMMUNITY ON A DAILY BASIS, PARTICULARLY IN THE CASE OF TRAUMA INJURIES. FOR THAT REASON, WE ARE PROCLAIMING MAY 19TH THROUGH MAY 25TH AS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK AND THE MONTH OF [00:10:01] MAY IS TRAUMA AWARENESS MONTH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ASK CHIEF DEPUTY SBAR TO SAY A FEW WORDS, AND I'M HONORED TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. ON BEHALF OF THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT, WE EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT GRATITUDE TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS. FOR THE HONOR OF RECOGNIZING EMS WEEK AND TRAUMA MONTH WITH THIS PROCLAMATION, IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FOR OUR COMMITMENT TO EMERGENCY SER MEDICAL SERVICES. THIS PROCLAMATION HIGHLIGHTS THE DEDICATION OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL AND UNDERSCORES THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC AWARENESS AND SUPPORT FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE EFFORTS. WE ARE DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR THE CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP AND TRUST WITH THE CHINO HOST COMMUNITY. AS WE CONTINUE OUR MISSION TO PROTECT AND SERVE. WE ARE INSPIRED BY THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS AND ITS RESIDENTS. TOGETHER WE STRIVE TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF ALL WHO CALL THIS COMMUNITY HOME. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS MEANINGFUL RECOGNITION. THANK YOU. WE DON'T NEED TO PRAISE. WE'RE VERY HAPPY. NEXT WE HAVE [9. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming May as Wildfire Awareness Month] A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING MAY AS WILDFIRE AWARENESS MONTH TO BE ACCEPTED AGAIN BY DEPUTY CHIEF SKI BAR. AND WE'RE BACK. HERE WE GO. DEVASTATING WILDFIRES THREATEN OUR STATE EVERY SINGLE YEAR. THE COMBINED IMPACTS OF DROUGHT AND CLIMATE CHANGE ACROSS CALIFORNIA HAVE CREATED DANGEROUS WILDFIRE CONDITIONS THAT CAN ENDANGER LIVES, PROPERTIES, AND OUR ECOSYSTEM. THE CITY IS CONTINUOUSLY WORKING WITH OUR CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT, LOCAL AGENCIES AND THE CARBON CANYON FIRE SAFE COUNCIL TO ENSURE OUR COMMUNITY IS PREPARED FOR POTENTIAL WILDFIRES AND ALSO EDUCATE RESIDENTS ON WHAT TO DO BEFORE WILD SIDE WILDFIRE SEASON IS UPON US. I'M GONNA ASK DEPUTY CHIEF AGAIN TO COME UP AND SAY SOME, UM, A FEW REMARKS SPECIFICALLY FOR WILDFIRE AWARENESS AND PRESENT YOU WITH THIS PROCLAMATION. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU AGAIN, MAYOR. WE'RE SINCERELY GRATEFUL AGAIN TO THE CITY OF CHIN HOST FOR HONORING THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT WITH THE PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING WILD FIRE AWARENESS MONTH. THIS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT UNDERSCORES THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF WILD LAND OR WILDFIRE PREPAREDNESS AND PREVENTION EFFORTS IN OUR COMMUNITY. AS FIREFIGHTERS DEDICATED TO PROTECTING LIVES, PROPERTY, AND NATURAL RESOURCES, WE ARE DEEPLY COMMITTED TO WILDFIRE PREVENTION, EDUCATION, AND RESPONSE. THIS PROCLAMATION SERVES AS A TESTAMENT TO THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS OF OUR DEPARTMENT, LOCAL AGENCIES AND RESIDENTS MITIGATING THE RISK OF WILDFIRES AND PROMOTING A SAFER ENVIRONMENT TO ALL. WE ARE PROUD TO STAND ALONGSIDE THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS IN RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT WATER WILDFIRE SAFETY, AND EMPOWERING RESIDENTS TO TAKE PROACTIVE, PROACTIVE MEASURES TO REDUCE THE THREAT OF WILDFIRES. TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN SAFEGUARDING OUR COMMUNITY AGAINST THE DEVASTATING IMPACTS OF WILDFIRES. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS MEETING REC RECOGNITION AND FOR YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT OF OUR MISSION TO PROTECT AND SERVE. [10. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming May as Asian Pacific Islander Month] OUR FINAL PROCLAMATION FOR THE EVENING IS A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING MAY IS ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER MONTH TO BE ACCEPTED BY OUR PARKS AND RECREATION. COMMISSIONER HOLT CAMP, WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM? COME ON UP. JEN. THIS MONTH RECOGNIZES THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF ASIAN AMERICANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDER AMERICANS TO NATION HISTORY AND CULTURE. THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS IS PROUD TO BE HOME TO A LARGE ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER POPULATION THAT CONTRIBUTES GREATLY TO THE PROSPERITY AND ENRICHMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY. IN FACT, ASIAN AMERICANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS MAKE UP THE LARGEST PART OF OUR CITY'S POPULATION AT JUST OVER 40%. AND I'M PROUD TO HAVE HAWAIIAN AND CHINESE HERITAGE MYSELF. ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, WE HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MAY AS ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER MONTH TO ACCEPT TONIGHT'S PROCLAMATION AS OUR PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSIONER JENNIFER HOLT CAMP. AND JENNIFER, YOU COULD TELL OUR OUR REASONS HOW LATE WE CAN CELEBRATE AND HONOR, UH, THIS MONTH. AND HERE IT'S PROCLAMATION. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TO ACCEPT IT. GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, AND MY FELLOW RESIDENTS. MY NAME IS JEN AMP. I'M A MOM AND EDUCATOR, AND, UM, I ALSO HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO SERVE ON THE CHINO HILLS, PARKS AND RECREATION CITY COMMISSION. IT IS MY HONOR TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDERS, UM, ESPECIALLY HERE IN OUR [00:15:01] CITY. AS MIRA MORAN MENTIONED, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY FOR TAKING THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE THIS MONTH TO, UM, UH, RECOGNIZE THE DIVERSITY THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY. NOT ONLY ARE WE BLESSED TO LIVE IN ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CITIES IN THE WORLD, BUT WE ALSO ARE BLESSED TO LIVE IN A CITY THAT HAS A VERY DIVERSE POPULATION. UM, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO RECOGNIZE AND TO CELEBRATE THE DI DIVERSITY IS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OTHER CULTURES AND TO, UM, OPEN OUR EYES AND HEARTS TO THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT PEOPLE ARE, ARE RAISED, HOW THEY THINK, HOW THEY CHOOSE TO, UM, PARTICIPATE IN THE COMMUNITY, HOW THEY'RE RAISING THEIR CHILDREN. UM, WE KNOW IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE SEEN, WHO WANT TO BE HEARD. AND I WANT TO THANK OUR CITY COUNCIL FOR CONTINUING TO OPEN THEIR DOORS TO ALL THE DIVERSE POPULATIONS HERE IN OUR CITY. THANK YOU. [ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT] NEXT WE MOVE ON TO THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT. THANK YOU, CHERYL, AND GOOD EVENING MAYOR MORAN COUNCIL AND RESIDENTS. JUST A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS. LAST WEEK, THE CITY OF CHINO AND CHINO HILLS HELD HELD A JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE CALLING FOR THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION TO HALT THE TRANSFER OF DEATH ROW INMATES TO THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTION FOR MEN IMMEDIATELY AND INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PRISON. THE PRESS CONFERENCE WAS COVERED BY EVERY LOCAL MAJOR BROADCAST STATION, LA TIMES CHAMPION NEWSPAPERS AND THE PRESS ENTERPRISE. AND WE ARE HOPEFUL IT CALLS ON THESE INSTITUTIONS FOR CHANGE. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO LET THEIR VOICES BE HEARD AND VISIT CHINO HILLS.ORG/CIM TO SEND THEIR CONCERNS DIRECTLY TO THE GOVERNOR AND CDCR AND SIGN THE PETITION AND CITY NEWS. CROSSROADS PARK HAS OFFICIALLY REOPENED FOR PLAY AFTER A SIX MONTH LONG PROJECT TO CREATE THE CITY'S FIRST INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND AND RENOVATE THE PARK. THE NEARLY $1.3 MILLION RENOVATION PROJECT INCLUDES STATE-OF-THE-ART INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT DESIGNED FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH MOBILITY CHALLENGES AND SENSORY SENSITIVITIES, LARGE SCALE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS SUCH AS JAZZ AND HARMONIC CHIMES, RAMPS TRANSFER AREAS, NEW PICNIC TABLES AND BENCHES, ACCESSIBLE EXERCISE EQUIPMENT, AND MORE. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE AVAILABLE AMENITIES OR GAZEBO RENTALS AND RESERVATIONS, VISIT CHINO HILLS.ORG/PARKS AND FACILITIES. AND LASTLY, THE NEW SUMMER EDITION OF THE CITY'S IN THE HILLS BROCHURE IS NOW AVAILABLE AND INCLUDES INFORMATION ON CITY NEWS AND CLASSES. BE SURE TO GRAB A COPY OR CHECK IT OUT ONLINE TO FIND INFORMATION ON POPULAR SUMMER PROGRAMS, INCLUDING SUMMER DAY CAMP, PEE RE SPORTS, AND THE RETURN OF THE AQUATICS PROGRAM. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PIO REPORT AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. UH, THANK YOU NICOLE. UH, MARK, DO WE HAVE ANY, UM, ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM CLOSED SESSION THIS EVENING? CLOSED SESSION THIS EVENING, MAYOR. OKAY. THANK YOU, CHERYL. AT THIS TIME, UH, [11. PUBLIC COMMENTS: At this time members of the public may address the City Council regarding any items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council, whether or not the item appears on the agenda, except testimony on Public Hearing items must be provided during those hearings. Please complete and submit to the City Clerk a "Request to Speak" card. Comments will be limited to three minutes per speaker.] ITEM 11, WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS. YES. AT THIS TIME, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ITEMS WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE COUNCIL. WHETHER OR NOT THE ITEM APPEARS ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD. WE WILL NOT BE TAKING ANY MORE SPEAKER CARDS ONCE PUBLIC COMMENTS HAVE STARTED. COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO ONE MINUTE PER SPEAKER. I DO WANT TO ALSO ANNOUNCE THAT DISTRIBUTED ON THE DAAS WERE APPROXIMATELY 178, UH, EMAILS THAT WE RECEIVED TODAY. UM, OUR FIRST SPEAKER, CHERYL, HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE? WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 18 FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND THEN ANOTHER 30 FOR ITEM 12. OKAY, THANK YOU. AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I MIGHT, UM, BEEN QUESTIONS AND WE'VE TRIED TO ANSWER OVER THE LAST MONTH OR SO ABOUT WHAT CITY BUSINESSES, AND I'LL JUST READ THIS SO THAT FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, UM, CITY BUSINESS INCLUDES MATTERS OVER WHICH THE CITY HAS BEEN GRANTED AUTHORITY PURSUANT TO STATE LAW, SUBJECT TO STATE AND FEDERAL AND LEGAL LIMIT CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATIONS. THESE MATTERS INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF STREETS, PARKS AND PUBLIC FACILITIES PROVIDING WATER, SEWER, AND TRASH SERVICES, PROVIDING RECREATION SERVICES AND PROGRAMS OVERSEEING LAND DEVELOPMENT. TO THE EXTENT THE CITY HAS AUTHORITY THAT HAS NOT BEEN PREEMPTED BY STATE OR FEDERAL LAW, PROVIDING PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES, INCLUDING POLICE AND FIRE PARAMEDIC SERVICES, WHICH THE CITY DOES BY CONTRACTING WITH THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND WORKING WITH THE CHINO VALLEY INDEPENDENT FIRE DISTRICT AND THROUGH ITS OWN CODE ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL AND IMPOSING REGULATIONS OVER CONDUCTING ACTIVITIES IN THE CITY TO PROTECT THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY. AND THE CITY ALSO HAS A RIGHT TO HIRE AND MANAGE PERSONNEL, THE RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN RESPONSIBILITY, TO MAINTAIN PUBLIC RECORDS, AND THE AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE FEES AND TAXES, AND PROVIDE THE FINANCIAL SERVICES NECESSARY TO PROVIDE THE ABOVE SERVICES. SO HOPEFULLY THAT PROVIDES SOME GUIDANCE. [00:20:01] THANK, THANK YOU FOR THAT. MARK BEN, MAYOR, UH, I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADD, ESPECIALLY FOR ANYONE WHO'S NEW TO THE AUDIENCE, UH, THE TYPICAL PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, TIME PERIOD HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN THREE MINUTES. HOWEVER, FOR SEVERAL MONTHS WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW, UH, ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. AND THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL HAVE, UH, SHORTENED THE TIMEFRAME IN ORDER TO MAKE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE. UH, I THINK THE COMMENT HAS BEEN MADE, UH, BASED ON YOUR PAST DIRECTION, THAT ONE MINUTE COMMENTS WOULD BE, UH, UH, THE TIMEFRAME FOR TONIGHT. SO I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL, UH, ARE ARE LOOKING FOR ONE MINUTE COMMENTS TONIGHT. OKAY. I APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION. AND FOR, UM, THOSE WONDERING WHERE COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ IS ATTENDING OUR MEETING, UM, I DON'T WANNA SAY VIRTUALLY VIA TELEPHONE, CHERYL. THAT IS CORRECT. HE IS ON THE LINE. OKAY. THE, THE OTHER POINT I WANTED TO MAKE IS WHAT'S UNIQUE TONIGHT IS WE HAVE AN ITEM THAT MANY PEOPLE WANT TO SPEAK ON, AND WE ALSO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS. UH, I'M GONNA ASK THE, UH, ANYONE WHO'S LOOKING TO SPEAK, YOU HAVE IDEALLY TURNED IN TWO SEPARATE SPEAKER CARDS. IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK UNDER THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON ITEM 12, WHICH IS RELATED TO THE RESOLUTION, WE'RE GONNA CALL YOU UP FIRST FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND AND YOU ONLY WANNA SPEAK ON ONE ITEM, JUST KIND OF LET US KNOW. 'CAUSE IT'S KIND OF AWKWARD IF WE'RE GONNA READ THE SAME NAME TWICE. WE JUST, UH, WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK BOTH ON PUBLIC COMMENTS. AND THAT'LL BE ONE MINUTE. YOU'LL ALSO HAVE A TA TIME TO SPEAK ON THE RESOLUTION, WHICH WILL COME UP SEPARATE. WE'LL CALL YOU UP SEPARATE FOR THAT, BUT JUST KIND OF KEEP AN EYE, AN EAR OUT FOR FIRST PUBLIC COMMENTS THEN FOR THE RESOLUTION. BUT WE'LL KIND OF HAVE TO NARRATE THIS 'CAUSE IT'S, IT CAN BE CONFUSING WHEN YOU HAVE THIS SAME NAME AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE COMING UP TO SPEAK FOR. SO JUST, I JUST WANTED TO TRY AND CLARIFY THAT FOR THE AUDIENCE. OKAY. THANK YOU BEN. CHERYL FOR SPEAKER. OKAY, I DO SEE THAT THERE IS A PERSON WHO IS FILLING OUT A SPEAKER CARD, SO THAT WILL BE THE LAST SPEAKER CARD THAT WE WILL ACCEPT TONIGHT. THE FIRST SPEAKER, I'LL CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER AND THE SPEAKER TO FOLLOW. THE FIRST SPEAKER IS SARAH RAMOS INGER, FOLLOWED BY ALI ISMAIL. GOOD EVENING COUNSEL. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY CONCERN ABOUT THE DISRUPTIONS AT THE RECENT MEETINGS CAUSED BY SOME IN ATTENDANCE. THESE DISRUPTIONS HAVE UNFORTUNATELY DISCOURAGED MANY RESIDENTS FROM FEELING COMFORTABLE FROM, FROM ATTENDING THESE MEETINGS. WHILE I RESPECT THE RIGHT FOR ALL TO SPEAK, DISRUPTIONS AND INTIMIDATION TACTICS PREVENT RESIDENTS FROM HAVING CIVIL EXCHANGE ON ANY ISSUE. THIS IS A PUBLIC FORUM. WHILE SPEAKING SHOULD, WHILE SPEAKERS SHOULD REPRESENT THEMSELVES PROFESSIONALLY AND DESERVE A CHANCE TO BE HEARD, MY QUESTION FOR THE COUNCIL, WHAT STEPS ARE YOU GONNA TAKE TO ENSURE EVERYONE HAS A COMFORTABLE SPACE? CAN YOU ELIMINATE FLAGS AND OR SIGNS AT THE COUNCIL? THIS IS A CONTROLLED CHAMBER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT FINGER, ALI, IS NOW IS MAYEL, FOLLOWED BY AMIR M UM, HELLO. MY NAME IS ALDI ISMAIL. UM, YOU SEE THE WAY I'M DRESSED. YOU KNOW WHAT I, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHY I'M HERE. I HONESTLY, LIKE, I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO SAY. IT'S JUST YOU, YOU KNOW WHY I'M HERE. YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR. AND, UM, ALL I ASK FOR YOU IS JUST TO MEET WITH OUR DEMANDS. THAT'S IT. NEXT WE HAVE AMIR AMM, FOLLOWED BY OMAR HAAK. MY INSTAGRAM FEED FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS HAS BEEN FILLED WITH IMAGES OF DEAD BODIES WRAPPED IN WHITE SHROUDS AN INSTANT KIDS WITH THEIR LEGS BLOWN OFF ARMS EVEN, UM, EVEN WORSE SKULLS, MISSING HOSPITALS, REFUGEE CAMPS, MAYOR BUILDINGS, HOMES, MAYOR, MAYOR, SIR, THAT HAVE BEEN. SIR, PLEASE PAUSE. BEEN PLEASE PAUSE A MOMENT. SECURITY. YES. THE SPEAKER NEEDS TO TIE THIS TO SOME SORT OF CITY BUSINESS TO CONTINUE. SURE, I WILL. THANK YOU. AND THESE PLACES HAVE BEEN BOMBED BY CORPORATIONS THAT OUR CITY COULD POTENTIALLY BE INVESTED IN. TIED TO THE GENOCIDE AND MURDER OF INNOCENT PALESTINIANS. I'D LIKE TO REQUEST THE COUNCIL TO MAKE A PRIORITY TO DIVEST, TO DIVEST FROM ANY INVESTMENTS TIED TO ISRAEL. BILLIONS OF US WORLDWIDE ARE WAITING [00:25:01] FOR TODAY. WE NO LONGER SEE INNOCENT CHILDREN IN OUR INSTAGRAM FEED. YOU MIGHT BE ON FACEBOOK, MAYBE YOU'RE NOT ON INSTAGRAM, BUT WE NO LONGER WANT TO SEE THESE PICTURES, THESE VIDEOS. TEN SECOND VIDEOS AT 10 SECONDS LEFT. WE REQUEST A RESOLUTION THAT DEMANDS A CEASEFIRE RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, OMAR. UM, MAYOR, MAYOR, THE FUTURE SPEAKERS. I CAN'T HEAR YOU. MARK, HOLD ON. THE, THE ISSUE OF DIVESTMENT IS A, A CITY BUSINESS ISSUE. THE CEASE FIRE IS NOT. AND SO CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT LOUDER? I'M SORRY. THE, I DON'T, I THINK MY MIC'S GOING IN AND OUT. THAT WOULD BE GOOD. CAN YOU RAISE HIS MIC PLEASE, BRANDON? UM, THE ISSUE OF DIVESTMENT IS SOMETHING THAT IS CITY BUSINESS, BUT THE ISSUE OF THE CEASE FIRE IS NOT JUST FOR CLARITY OF THE AUDIENCE. THANK YOU. MARK OMAR BECK, FOLLOWED BY JEN. HMM. GOOD EVENING . LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNCIL AND FELLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS. MY NAME IS OMAR HABA AND I'M A RESIDENT OF CHINO HILLS. UH, I SPAN BEFORE YOU ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, UH, OF CHINO VALLEY COMMUNITY AND ALL THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN JUSTICE AND EQUITY, UH, TO SPEAK ON THE MATTER OF THE CITY'S DIVESTMENT POLICY. UH, IT IS CRUCIAL THAT OUR CITY TAKES A STRONG ETHICAL STANCE ON ITS INVESTMENTS. WE URGE THE COUNCIL TO ADOPT A POLICY THAT ENSURES OUR CITY FUNDS DO NOT SUPPORT COMPANIES THAT ARE COMPLICIT IN THE SUFFERING OF ANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING PALESTINIANS. SUCH A POLICY REFLECTS OUR SHARED VALUES OF JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS. IT'S ABOUT ALIGNING OUR INVESTMENT WITH OUR PRINCIPLES TO MY FELLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND TO EVERYONE HERE. THIS IS MORE THAN POLICY. IT IS, IT'S ABOUT THE KIND OF COMMUNITY WE WANT TO BE. IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT NO GROUP IS LEFT BEHIND IN OUR RESOLUTIONS AND OUR FINANCIAL DECISIONS REFLECT OUR COMMITMENT TO GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. JEN. JEN FOLLOWED BY SELENA BACK IN 2020. YOU ALL STOOD IN SUPPORT FOR THE BLM MOVEMENT. EVEN THOUGH ART MADE THE CLAIM THAT THERE WASN'T A RACE ISSUE IN THE CITY, YOU ALL SAID THAT BLACK LIVES MATTER BECAUSE ALL LIVES MATTER AND THAT YOU WERE COMMITTED TO CHANGE. IF YOU TRULY WERE SUPPORTING THE MOVEMENT, THEN YOU SHOULD BE UP TO DATE ON STATISTICS AND ACTIVELY WOULD BE WORKING TO BRING THOSE STATISTICS DOWN. A RECENTLY RETIRED BLACK FEMALE POLICE OFFICER HERE FROM THE CITY HAS ADMITTED THAT THERE IS RACIAL BIAS IN THIS CITY AND ADMITS THAT SHE HERSELF WAS DISCRIMINATED AGAINST WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT AMONGST HER COLLEAGUES. THE SBE COUNTY SHERIFF HAS SHOT 103 PEOPLE IN THE LAST SIX YEARS. IF YOU'RE COMMITTED TO BLM, THEN YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT POLICE PRESENCE DOES NOT HELP BUILD TRUST WITHIN ANY COMMUNITY. I HOPE YOU REMEMBER THIS. THE NEXT TIME YOU DECIDE TO CALL 30 COPS BACK UP FROM CHINO PD IN A HELICOPTER ON TEENAGERS AND CHILDREN DANCING WITH THEIR PARENTS IN THE CALL FOR PEACE. YOUR DISCOMFORT IS DISRUPTION IN DISRUPTION IS JUST THAT YOUR LIVES ARE NOT AT RISK, BUT APPARENTLY OURS ARE SOMETHING YOU SEEMINGLY WELCOME. SELENA. SELENA FOLLOWED BY SOPHIA. MAY I ASK IF YOU ARE HAVING A SLIDE ON THIS ONE? NO, IT WAS ON THE OTHER ONE. ON THE OTHER ONE. OKAY. YEAH. I'D LIKE TO START BY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE ARE ALL ON STOLEN LAND OF THE TONGVA PEOPLE. I THINK THIS IS ABOUT THE THIRD OR THE FOURTH TIME THAT I'VE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT. AND I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR THAT I HAVE TO USE MY TIME DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT FACT. UM, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND ASK AGAIN IF THIS COUNCIL COULD PLEASE CONSIDER BEGINNING OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS WITH THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, WHICH IS BASICALLY A STANDARD PROCESS WITH MANY INSTITUTIONS. MANY CITIES DO THIS, MANY COLLEGE INSTITUTIONS DO THIS. YOU HEAR THIS AT COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES NOW. SO I THINK WE'RE BEHIND AND I THINK WE NEED TO CATCH UP ON THIS. IT'S THE RESPECTFUL THING TO DO. AND THEN I'D ALSO LIKE TO ASK THAT, UM, OUR CITY COUNCIL ADOPT AN ETHICAL DIVESTMENT POLICY TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE NOT DOING BUSINESS WITH COMPANIES THAT ARE COMPLICIT WITH INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED WAR CRIMES LIKE GENOCIDE, ETHNIC CLEANSING, AND APARTHEID. IF WE ARE A MORAL CITY, THEN WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE POLICIES THAT REFLECT GOOD MORALITY. THANK YOU. SAT SOPHIA, SAT SOPHIA, FOLLOWED BY MARRIE. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS. HOPE YOU GUYS ARE DOING WELL. UM, I'M JUST HEARING PUBLIC COMMENTS. I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT, [00:30:01] UM, THE DIVESTMENT POLICY. LIKE, UM, MY PREVIOUS FRIEND HAS SAID, UM, PLEASE, UM, IF WE COULD USE OUR MONEY WISELY AND BRING IT BACK TO THE CITY, WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT. A RECENT EXAMPLE IS I JUST CAME BACK TO FROM IEP MEETINGS FOR MY KIDS. THEY'RE, UM, ON THE SPECTRUM AND, UM, UNFORTUNATELY THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE A GOOD PLACEMENT FOR HIM. IT'S EITHER MODERATE, SEVERE OR MILD MODERATE. AND, UM, IT'S, UM, GETTING REALLY TOUGH FOR US BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY GOING INTO THAT. SO IF WE COULD, YOU KNOW, USE OUR MONEY WISELY, BRING IT BACK TO THE CITY, UM, WHO WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT SO WE CAN HELP OUR KIDS HERE. ALSO, JUST TO, UM, ANOTHER LADY WHO SAID SHE'S FEELING UNCOMFORTABLE. UNFORTUNATELY, I FEEL LIKE SHE'S FEELING UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE OF PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE PRO-PALESTINIAN. UM, SO I SUGGEST FOR HER TO PLEASE CLEAR YOUR MIND AND, UM, OPEN YOUR HEART AND LISTEN TO WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY. WE'RE JUST CALLING FOR THE AND AND THE BOMBING. THANK YOU. MARRE. FOLLOWED BY JASSER. HI, MY NAME IS MARRIE HILL. I VISITED A FEW MONTHS BACK. I'M A CHINO HILLS RESIDENT AND AN ANTI-RACISM EDUCATOR. SPECIFICALLY I'M A HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATOR. UM, I LEAD MUSLIM ANTI-RACISM COLLABORATIVE, WHERE WE WORK TO COUNTER ISLAMOPHOBIA, SYSTEMIC RACISM AND XENOPHOBIA. IT'S TRULY AN HONOR TO BE HERE DURING ASIAN AMERICAN HAIR AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH. AS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN, MY LIFE HAS BEEN SO ENRICHED BY ASIAN AMERICANS FROM FILIPINO, JAPANESE, AMERICAN, VIETNAMESE, PAKISTANI, AFGHAN, AND BANGLADESHI. AND IT'S TIMELY THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE DIVERSITY OF ASIAN AMERICANS, AND THAT INCLUDES SOUTHWEST ASIAN AND NORTH AFRICAN. SPECIFICALLY NAMING PA PALESTINIANS IN OUR RESOLUTIONS AND ADDRESSING THE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST THEM IN A GENOCIDE. I ASK THAT YOU SPECIFICALLY NAME PALESTINIANS IN ANY ANTI HATE RESOLUTIONS AND, UM, PRACTICE ETHICAL INVESTMENTS IN DIVESTING FROM MORE CRIMES. THANK YOU. FOLLOWING JASSER IS ARUBA KOFF. GOOD EVENING. UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. UH, HELLO AGAIN. IT'S BEEN ABOUT SIX MONTHS, SO IT'S, UH, ALWAYS A PLEASURE, TO COME TO THE PODIUM. I WANNA THANK EVERYONE WHO'S, UH, COME AND, AND SHOWED UP TODAY AS WELL. UH, ALSO, UH, JUST ECHOING SOME, UH, OTHER STATEMENTS. I THINK, UH, THERE'S ALSO MAYBE, MAYBE, I'M NOT SURE, UH, BUT IN CASE THERE'S ANY CONFUSION AROUND WHAT, UH, YOU KNOW, DIVESTMENT MEANS, UH, I I'VE HEARD IT, BUT THE COUNCIL BROUGHT UP. OH, WELL WE'RE NOT INVESTING IN ANYTHING LIKE THAT CURRENTLY AND THAT'S FINE. WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS TO HAVE A SPECIFIC WRITTEN POLICY SO THAT ANY FUTURE INVESTMENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY CONTRIBUTE TO COMPANIES, UH, THAT, UH, UH, COMMIT ETHICAL CLEANSING OR GENOCIDE OR ALL THE EXAMPLES WE'VE MENTIONED. THAT'S THE IDEA IS THAT TO WRITE A NEW POLICY, SINCE THERE ISN'T ONE THAT I CURRENTLY KNOW OF, IF THERE IS ONE, YOU KNOW, KINDLY LET US KNOW. UH, THAT ESSENTIALLY SAYS WE'RE NOT GOING TO INVEST IN COMPANIES, YOU KNOW, BOTTOM LINE AS A POLICY LIKE THAT, COMMIT GENOCIDE. ALRIGHT. AND ALSO CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU. FOLLOWING GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, THIS COUNCIL HAS A LONG CHECKERED PAST OF WORKING TO SILENCE AND OPPRESS DISSENTING VOICES. I HOPE TODAY IS NOT SESSION OCCASION. I ASK YOU TO HEAR YOUR CONSTITUENTS WHILE THEY'RE ASKING FOR DIVESTMENT. DIVESTMENT DOES NOT MEAN NECESSARILY DIRECTLY INVESTING IN ISRAEL, BUT IT ALSO MEANS DIVESTING FROM THE COMPANIES THAT ARE SUPPORTING THIS GENOCIDE. YOUR CONSTITUENTS ARE DEMANDING IT. THEY'RE SHOWING UP IN FULL FORCE NUMBER AFTER NUMBER WEEK AFTER WEEK. I IMPLORE YOU TO HEAR THEM OUT. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ARGUE THE FACT THAT A CEASEFIRE IS EXACTLY AN APPROPRIATE, UH, REQUEST TO BE MADE HERE BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY AFTER CITY, STATE, AFTER STATE MAYOR, COUNTRY AFTER COUNTRY HAVE MAYOR. THIS IS NOT, THIS IS NOT FIRE RESOLUTIONS AND WE NEED TO BE, DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS CHINO HILL EXCEPTIONALISM. MA'AM, THAT'S NUTS. A MINUTE. IT'S GONNA TAKE IT NAYA. SO IT'S, SO IF IT CONTINUES, YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW WHAT THE WORDS ARE, THE TRIGGER WORDS ARE THAT ARE NOT CITY BUSINESS, BUT STILL YOU CHOOSE TO SLIDE THEM IN. SO I HAVE TO CUT YOU OFF. SO THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS TO, YOU KNOW, GET SILENCE IN THE CHAMBER AND TO [00:35:01] SAY WHAT CITY BUSINESS IS. SO IT'S YOUR MINUTE. IF YOU WANT ME TO GO BACK AND FORTH AND STOP YOU, I MEAN, IF YOU THINK YOU'RE BEING SNEAKY DOING IT, WE ALL KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT IT. IT'S NOT CITY BUSINESS. IF IT'S NOT CITY BUSINESS, DON'T SAY IT. AND YOU KNOW WHAT YOU CAN TALK ABOUT TONIGHT. NIH, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M PRONOUNCING IT CORRECTLY. IT'S NIAH. OKAY, WE'RE GONNA PASS ON WITH THAT ONE WITH AMY. A AMAI. AMAY, SORRY. FOLLOWING AAY WILL BE SHANAH. UM, GOOD EVENING, CHINO HILLS AND THE CITY COUNCIL. UM, I'M ALSO REQUESTING FULL TRANSPARENCY AND DIVESTMENT IN THE INVESTMENTS THAT ARE BEING MADE. I NEED THE CITY TO BE INVESTING IN THE FUTURE IN THE WORLD AND NOT TO MACHINES OF DEATH AND DESTRUCTION. I KNOW THE CITY HAS REPEATEDLY STATED ITS FOCUS ON CITY BUSINESSES. BUT THINK ABOUT IT. HOW CAN I PAY MY TAXES? HOW DO I SPEND MY MONEY HERE? HOW DO I DO ALL OF THAT? KNOWING THAT A PORTION OF IT MIGHT BE OR ALREADY IS GOING TO KILLING PEOPLE. I DON'T EVEN KNOW THE NAME OF THAT IS CITY MATTERS. AND BECAUSE THAT'S MY, THAT'S OUR MONEY GOING TO THE CITY'S HANDS. AND WE NEED YOU TO DISCLOSE WHERE OUR MONEY IS GOING. ONCE AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THE CITY TO DISCLOSE AND DIVEST ITS FINANCES FROM MO FROM DEATH. AND I NEED YOU TO DO YOUR PART MORALLY AND POLITICALLY TO STOP CONTRIBUTING TO THE ANNIHILATION OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE WORLD. THANK YOU. SHANAH. FOLLOWING SHANAH WILL BE SELMA RASHAD. GOOD EVENING. DEAR COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M HERE TO REQUEST THAT THE CITY IMPLEMENT AN ETHICAL DIVESTMENT POLICY TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY DOES NOT INVEST OUR MONEY IN COMPANIES THAT SUPPORT GENOCIDE. WE ARE INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY ACCOUNTABLE FOR CONTRIBUTING IN ANY WAY TO THE KILLING MAIMING AND TORTURING OF THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS. THERE IS NO JUSTIFICATION FOR IT. PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING. THIS IS OUR CHANCE FOR CHINO HILLS TO BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY. THANK YOU. FOLLOWING WHO, WHO IS AFTER THE SPEAKER? CHERYL SASON. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS SALMA RASHAD. I LIKED GROWING UP HERE. I FELT SAFE AND FAMILIAR, BUT NOW I HAVE A PROBLEM 'CAUSE I DON'T FEEL SAFE HERE ANYMORE. I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT MY CITY INVESTS IN COMPANIES THAT HURT MY PEOPLE. I HATE TO SEE THE CITY THAT I GREW UP ADMIRING TO BE COMPLICIT TO A GENOCIDE THAT IS BEING FUNDED BY OUR GOVERNMENT. THAT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE THE CASE. AND YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE THAT CHANGE. USE YOUR POSITION TO REPRESENT ALL OF US WHO ARE RESIDENTS IN THE CITY THAT YOU SERVE. DISCLOSE THE CONTRACTS AND INVESTMENTS THAT ARE THAT THIS CITY PUTS OUR TAX MONEY TOWARDS DIVEST FROM UNETHICAL COMPANIES THAT FUND THE MURDER OF INNOCENT HUMANS. OUR TAX DOLLARS TO THIS CITY SHOULD NOT BE FUNDING EFFORTS THAT ITS RESIDENTS ARE STRONGLY AND FIRMLY AGAINST. DIVESTMENT IS A CITY MATTER AND AS A RESIDENT I'M ASKING TO SEE REAL CHANGE. THANK YOU. AND FREE PALESTINE. FOLLOWING S FOLLOWING SALSA IS HA TEAM. HELLO, MY NAME IS SOAN. UM, I'M STANDING HERE IN FRONT OF YOU. WE ARE COMING. WE BEEN COMING SINCE JANUARY FOR EVERY MEETING, COUNSELING MEETING. WE REQUESTED, UH, MANY THINGS. CEASE FIRES, STOPPING GENOCIDES, STOPPING SENDING OUR MONEY TO UH, TO UH, UH, KILLING INNOCENT, INNOCENT PEOPLE. WE REQUESTED MANY THINGS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY RECOGNIZING ESNA, WE, NOTHING HAPPENED. WE DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING, ANY ACTION FROM YOU. NOW I'M STANDING TODAY TO REQUEST AND HOPEFULLY THAT YOU ARE GOING TO, UM, VALIDATE OUR REQUEST, WHICH IS, UM, ADDING PALESTINIAN AND ARAB TO THE ANTI HATE RESOLUTION. YOU MIGHT ASK [00:40:01] ME WHY. THANK YOU MA'AM. ONE MINUTE. THAT WAS MM-HMM, THE CITY CLERK ANNOUNCED THAT BEFORE THE COMMENTS BEGAN. HA TEAM FOLLOWED BY AUNTIE FADA IS HA TEAM HERE. AND THIS IS, I'M JUST GOING ASK, THIS IS ANOTHER IS HA TEAM HERE. YOU FROM TWO MINUTES, THREE MINUTES TO ONE MINUTE. YOU DON'T EVEN GIVEN UP. IS THAT PERSON HERE, CHERYL? I DON'T BELIEVE THAT PERSON'S HERE. SO WE'LL PASS THAT ONE BY. OKAY. WHO'S THE NEXT SPEAKER? THE NEXT SPEAKER. I'M NOT SURE IF I AM PRONOUNCING IT INCORRECTLY, IF IT'S MEANT TO BE DISPARAGING. 'CAUSE WE GOT A LOT OF LAUGHTER, SO, OKAY. YEP. WHAT WAS THAT? OKAY. THANK YOU ADA. WELL, YEAH, WHO WAS THE PRIOR ONE? AND THIS GENTLEMAN'S WALKING UP. WANNA MAKE SURE HA, TEAM THIS. WHAT IS YOUR NAME? EXCUSE ME? WHAT IS THE NAME HE WANTED? RIGHT? HE WAS ASKING NO. YEAH. OKAY. SO I DON'T HAVE THE OTHER PERSON COMING TO THE PODIUM EITHER, SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO HUM SHAW. HELLO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AGAIN. UM, FOR LIKE THE HUNDREDTH TIME, AND SINCE YOU GUYS LIMITED OUR TIME TO ONE MINUTE WHERE WE CAN BARELY FULLY COMPLETE OUR NAMES, I'LL TRY TO KEEP THIS SHORT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AS SHORT AS I CAN. BUT WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR OTHER THAN THE MANY OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE ASKED FOR TONIGHT IS DIVESTMENT AND ALSO TRANSPARENCY WITH WHAT YOU GUYS ARE SPENDING OUR FUNDS, OUR TAX PAYING MONEY ON. YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAKING OUR CITY GREAT YET, YOU KNOW, THESE FUNDS AREN'T COMING TO US. IT'S NOT BEING, IT'S NOT BENEFITING US. THEY'RE NOT BENEFITING YOUR CONSTITUENTS, THEY'RE NOT BENEFITING YOUR RESIDENTS. SO WE NEED TO HAVE TRANSPARENCY WITH WHERE OUR MONEY IS GOING. AND WE WANNA KNOW, WE WANNA KNOW WHY WE'RE PAYING MONEY TO FUND A GENOCIDE AND ETHNIC CLEANSING. AND, UH, THAT INFORMATION NEEDS TO BE CLEAR AND WE NEED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF POLICY OF HOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH DIVESTMENT. AND SO WE'RE NOT COMPLICIT IN ETHNIC CLEANSING AS YOU GUYS ALL ARE. THE FINAL SPEAKER FOR THIS PORTION OF OUR MEETING IS CHRISTIAN SANCHEZ. THANK YOU. LAST SPEAKER FOR THIS, I'D LIKE TO START WITH THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AS WELL BY STATING THAT WE ARE ON TONGVA LAND AND WE WANT TO SHOW SOME APPRECIATION TO SELENA FOR CONTINUING TO REMIND US OF OUR HISTORY THAT WE CANNOT ERASE REGARDLESS WHO REFUSES TO ADDRESS IT. I PRESENTED MYSELF HERE TODAY, AGAIN BEFORE THE COUNCIL, TO SHOW THAT WE ARE THE PEOPLE OF CHINO HILLS. WE ARE STILL HERE. WE, THE PEOPLE STILL CONTINUE TO SHOW UP TO THESE MEETINGS. AND WE, THE PEOPLE STILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR THE HUMANITARIAN RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES OF ALL OUR CITIZENS, INCLUDING OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO ARE CURRENTLY SUFFERING THE LOSS OF THEIR FAMILY IN THE CURRENT GENOCIDE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE HERE BECAUSE THIS IS OUR CITY. THESE ARE OUR NEIGHBORS, AND THIS IS CITY BUSINESS. WHEN OUR TAXES AND INVESTMENTS MADE BY THE CITY CONTRIBUTE TO MASSACRES ABROAD, IT IS OUR DUTY TO TAKE ACTION. AND WHEN OUR PEACEFUL ACTIONS ARE RESPONDED TO WITH VIOLENCE FUNDED BY THE CITY'S RESOURCES, INCLUDING A FORCE OF POLICE AND A HELICOPTER, THEN THERE IS NO DENIAL OF THE BLATANT FACT THAT THIS IS CITY BUSINESS. THIS SHOW OF FORCE DOES NOT SCARE US. IT WILL NOT DETER US. A STATEMENT FOR CEASEFIRE IS BELOW THE BARE MINIMUM WE DEMAND UNTIL DIVESTMENT AT THIS TIME. SO CHERYL, THAT COMPLETES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA, RIGHT? AND WE HAVE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, BRIAN, TONIGHT? NO MA'AM. NO, NO. OKAY, SO MOVING ON, CHERYL. OKAY, AT THIS TIME [12. Adopt resolution affirming Chino Hills’ commitment to combat all forms of hatred in our community and denouncing antisemitic and islamophobic incidents in our community] WE ARE MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 12, WHICH IS TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION AFFIRMING CHINO HILL'S COMMITMENT TO COMBAT ALL FORMS OF HATRED IN OUR COMMUNITY. CITY MANAGER MONTGOMERY WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MORAN CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE. UH, ITEM NUMBER 12 IS A RESOLUTION AFFIRMING THE CITY OF CHINO HILL'S COMMITMENT TO COMBAT ALL FORMS OF HATRED IN OUR COMMUNITY AND DENOUNCING SPECIFICALLY ANTI-SEMITIC, AND, AND ISLAMOPHOBIC, [00:45:01] UH, HATE CRIMES AND INCIDENTS. UH, THIS RESOLUTION WAS INITIATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS IN RESPONSE, UH, TO CALLS FROM THE COMMUNITY. THIS RESOLUTION IS DESIGNED TO ASSURE THE COMMUNITY THAT HATE BASED, UH, UH, HATE BASED ON INTOLERANCE AND BIAS IS NOT TOLERATED IN CHINO HILLS. AND IT ADVISES RESIDENTS TO REPORT HATE CRIMES OR BIAS RELATED INCIDENTS TO APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO COVER WHAT THIS, UH, RESOLUTION ALSO DOES NOT DO. UH, IT'S NOT HERE TO COVER ALL OF THE WAYS IN WHICH PEOPLE, UH, DIRECT THEIR HATE. AND IT DOES NOT ATTEMPT TO ACCI ACT OUTSIDE OF THE CITY COUNCIL'S JURISDICTION BY INFLUENCING PUBLIC POLICY, UH, IN THE FOREIGN, UH, UH, ARENA, OR MAKING STATEMENTS AGAINST, UH, FOREIGN NATIONS. IT'S SOLELY FOCUSED ON THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS AND ITS RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, AND VISITORS. AND I MAKE THIS CLARIFICATION BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING TO, UH, SPEAK TONIGHT ABOUT THIS RESOLUTION. SO I THOUGHT IT WAS VALUABLE TO POINT OUT. IT'S DESIGNED HOLISTICALLY TO SHOW THAT THE COUNCIL IS FOCUSED ON WITHIN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, UH, FOSTERING AN ENVIRONMENT THAT DOESN'T TOLERATE HATE OR BIAS. UH, THERE ARE TERMS IN THIS, UH, RESOLUTION THAT ARE DESIGNED TO ADDRESS TWO SPECIFIC AREAS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS RECEIVED COMMENT ON FROM THE PUBLIC. IT IS NOT ALL INCLUSIVE. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE EVERY SINGLE ASPECT OF THOSE TWO TERMS, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO MAKE THAT, UH, CLEAR. AND THEN, UH, WHILE I HAVE THE MICROPHONE, A COUPLE, UH, INDIVIDUALS, UH, MADE CLAIMS THAT THE CITY ISN'T TRANSPARENT WITH THEIR INVESTMENTS. UH, I WOULD CHARGE, UH, THE PUBLIC TAKE A LOOK AT ITEM NUMBER 17. THAT'S ACTUALLY OUR INVESTMENT REPORTS. SO IT'LL SHOW WHERE THE CITY'S INVESTMENTS ARE. I KNOW THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM THE CONVERSATION ABOUT DIVESTMENT, BUT THERE IS CURRENTLY TRANSPARENCY IN WHAT, UH, INVESTMENTS THE CITY HAVE. AND WITH THAT, UH, UH, MAYOR, UH, THAT CONCLUDES MY INTRODUCTION OF ITEM 12. OKAY. AND I KNOW WE HAVE HOW MANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM, CHERYL? WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 32. OKAY. AND, UH, PETER, SINCE YOU BROUGHT THIS FORTH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING BEFORE WE HEAR? NO, I'D LIKE TO HAVE EVERYBODY HAVE THEIR SAFE ON THIS ITEM. OKAY, SOUNDS GOOD. FIRST SPEAKER, CHERYL, THE FIRST SPEAKER IS RONNIE GEIER, FOLLOWED BY NORMA PADILLA. YES. VERY QUIET AND USUALLY NOT QUIET. WHAT A JOY IT IS TO BE HERE TONIGHT, AS I HAVE BEEN USUALLY THE LAST SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS. YOU HAVE A LOT OF LOVE HERE AND WE KNOW IT. WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF HATE HERE THIS YEAR AND WE KNOW IT. PLEASE, WHATEVER YOU DO, ART BENNETT'S OCTOBER 7TH SITUATION THAT HE'D MADE WAS TO RESPOND IN A PARTICULAR PROBLEM THAT WAS TAKEN CARE OF. WE LOVE HERE, WE DO NOT DISCRIMINATE. WE DON'T CHANGE A THING. YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU. YES. FOLLOWING NORMA PADILLA IS SARAH RAMOS INGER. GOOD EVENING CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT IN CHINO HILLS FOR 35 YEARS. I AM A BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN. WE RAISE OUR KIDS HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY. I HAD A NONPROFIT, HAD LOTS OF INTERACTION WITH BUSINESS OWNERS, STUDENTS, COMMUNITY LEADERS, ET CETERA. AND IN ALL THESE YEARS I'VE NOT HEARD OR READ OF ANY VIOLENCE THAT I HEAR OF, UM, AT THESE MEETINGS TOWARD OTHER RELIGIONS, INCLUDING SOME OF MY OWN MUSLIM NEIGHBORS THAT WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH MEETINGS WITH. I DO PERSONALLY KNOW RACISM AS A CHILD. I WAS CALLED WHITE NAMES, DEROGATORY NAMES WHEN I'M ACTUALLY HISPANIC. UM, MY HUSBAND IS ASIAN AND HE IS CONSIDERED A WHITE PRIVILEGE. HOW DO YOU GET THAT? I HAVE NO IDEA. HOWEVER, I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT THIS CITY HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT GOOD TO OUR FAMILY AND I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE SIGN OF VIOLENCE AND I DO COME FROM A LAW ENFORCE. THANK YOU. FOLLOWING SARAH RAM SETTING, JUROR IS SOPHIA. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, COUNSEL. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND SINCE WE OPENED THIS UP, UM, FOR COMMENT, [00:50:02] I APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL'S COMMITMENT TO INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE IN THE RESOLUTION. HOWEVER, I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE EVEN STRONGER WITH THE EXPLICIT INCLUSION OF CHRISTIAN PHOBIA. THEREFORE, I REQUEST AN AMENDMENT TO THE RESOLUTION TO ADD THIS TERM. THANK YOU. FOLLOWING SOPHIA IS FARZANA SOPHIA, THEN FARZANA. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS AGAIN. UM, I AM HERE. UH, I I'M HERE. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE EVER TOLD YOU THIS, BUT I AM A PROUD, RECENTLY PROUD, UM, UC, ALUMNI OF CLASS OF 2003. I KNOW I'M KIND OF AGING MYSELF SAYING THAT, BUT IT'S OKAY. UM, AND I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE ENCAMPMENTS, THE PEACEFUL ENCAMPMENTS THAT HAPPENED HERE. MY NEPHEW IN-LAW WAS PART OF IT, AND HE CAME HOME, UM, TELLING US A ATROCIOUS, UM, WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM. UH, APRIL 30TH WHEN, UH, Z HATE, UH, HATEFUL ZIONIST TERRORISTS CAME TO THE HIS ENCAMPMENT AND THEY SAID A LOT OF DISGUSTING THINGS. THEY THREW, UM, DEADLY WEAPONS AND CHEMICAL WEAPONS, AND THEY ALSO SAID, I THOUGHT I WILL. UH, HE SAID, I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE. I THOUGHT I'LL NEVER SEE MY FAMILY AGAIN. AND THE THE ZIONIST TERRORISTS SAID, I'LL KILL YOU. I'LL RAPE YOUR SISTER. WHAT ISRAEL DOES TO ZA WILL DO TO YOU. SO WITH THAT, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT FOR THE, UM, ISLAMOPHOBIA RESOLUTION, IT, IT, IT COVERS MUSLIMS, BUT IT DOESN'T COVER ANTI PALESTINIAN HATE AND ANTI-STATE. THANK YOU. SO IF YOU COULD ADD THAT, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, MAYOR I, I, AND I THINK THE POINT OF, GIMME ONE SECOND MARK. MA'AM, JUST HOLD ON ONE SEC. HE WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING. I'M NOT CERTAIN WHAT THE REFERENCE WAS TO WHERE THE LOCATION OF THE ENCAMP WAS, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE FOCUSED ON CHINO HILLS THIS EVENING, NOT ISSUES GOING ON IN OTHER CITIES, OTHER PLACES AND OTHER COUNTRIES. MY NEPHEW IS FROM CHINO HILLS. GO AHEAD AND PROCEED, MA'AM. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL MEMBERS. AS A CONCERN, CHINO HILL'S RESIDENTS, I'M, I AM DISTURBED AND TO WITNESS AN UPSURGE OF ISLAMOPHOBIA AND HATE CRIMES AGAINST MUSLIMS, ESPECIALLY ARABS AND PALESTINIANS IN OUR, IN OUR COUNTRY. SO WE AS A COMMUNITY URGE YOU TO REVISE AND SPECIFICALLY ADD ANTI PALESTINIAN HATE VERBIAGE TO I AGENDA ITEM 12. THIS RESOLUTION SHOULD BE REFLECTIVE AND INCLUSIVE OF THE DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF CHINO HEALTH. PALESTINIANS IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE SUFFERING MORE THAN ANYBODY IN RECENT HISTORY AS THEY WITNESS UNIMAGINABLE HORRORS BEING INFLICTED UPON THEIR KIN, ERASURE OF THEIR PEOPLE AND HISTORY AND THEIR IDENTITY. UH, AND WE NEED TO STEP UP AND PROTECT THEM. THE EVENTS OF THE PAST EIGHT MONTHS ARE ALIGHT ON HUMANITY. THEY BRING TO LIGHT ISSUES OF RACISM, ISLAMOPHOBIA, ANTI-SEMITISM, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, HUMAN RIGHTS, FEMINISM, CHILD. THANK YOU. THANK SHANSHAN, FOLLOWED BY MARRIE SHAN. OH, THANK YOU. I AM HERE TO JUST, UH, STATE THAT IT IS IMPERATIVE TO INCLUDE PALESTINIANS AND ARABS IN THE ANTI HATE RESOLUTION BECAUSE THEY ARE CLEARLY THE TARGET OF RISING HATE CRIMES EVERYWHERE. UM, AND SINCE CHINO HILLS, WE DON'T LIVE IN A BUBBLE. OTHER THINGS THAT GO AROUND IN OTHER CITIES AND STATES DOES AFFECT HOW WE CONSIDER THINGS IN OUR CITY. YOU MAY HAVE HEARD IN THE NEWS OF PALESTINIANS BEING STABBED OR SHOT IN VERMONT, IN CHICAGO, IN TEXAS TO NAME JUST A FEW. I HOPE AND PRAY THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE AND ADDRESS THAT THIS IS A VERY REAL AND SERIOUS CONCERN BEFORE IT BECOMES A HEADLINE IN OUR CITY. THANK YOU. FOLLOWING, FOLLOWING MARGARIE IS JEN. WE APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS OF THE RES RESOLUTION, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU BE EQUITABLE AND JUST, AND THAT YOU MUST NAME ANTI-ARAB, AND SPECIFICALLY ANTI PALESTINIAN DISCRIMINATION AND RACISM. JUST ADDING THE WORD ISLAMOPHOBIA TO THE RAS RESOLUTION IS NOT ENOUGH. CONFLATING ISLAM WITH ARABS IS ISLAMOPHOBIC [00:55:01] AND RACIST. IT IS RACIST AS IT RACIALIZES THE EXPERIENCES OF DIVERSE MUSLIMS AND ERASES THE ANTI PALESTINIAN RACISM THAT MANY ARE EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW. THE RACISM INCLUDES STATE VIOLENCE AND DISCRIMINATION AND THREATS AND INTIMIDATION OF CHINO HILL RESIDENTS. FURTHER, BASED ON REPORTS, UM, VARIOUS REPORTS, 65 TO 70% OF ARAB AMERICANS ARE CHRISTIAN. SO IF YOU'RE GONNA REALLY COUNTER ANTI-CHRISTIAN DISCRIMINATION, YOU MUST INCLUDE PALESTINIAN CHRISTIANS. PALESTINIANS OF ALL FAITHS ARE FACING TREMENDOUS PRESSURE, UM, AND THOSE OF NO FAITH. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU NAME THEM SPECIFICALLY. THANK YOU. FOLLOWING JEN. I SAID IN THE SLIDE TO THE CITY CLERK TO BE SHOWN RIGHT NOW, BUT IT WAS INITIALLY ACCEPTED AND THEN I WAS TOLD TO MAKE COPIES. SIX HOURS LATER, I WAS TOLD IT WAS DENIED BECAUSE IT CONTAINED PROHIBITED CONTENT ITEMS THAT DID NOT FALL WITHIN THE, THE JURY'S ADDICTION OF THE CITY. I'M GOING TO READ OUT LOUD SOME OF THESE COMMENTS THAT WERE SPECIFICALLY DIRECTED AT PALESTINIANS AND ALL OF US THAT SUPPORT THEM. THESE WERE ALL TAKEN FROM NEXT DOOR. UM, AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE ON HERE WHERE THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THEY LIVE IN. THIS IS WELL WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF CITY BUSINESS. FIRST ONE IS GLAD THE POLICE WERE THERE. THESE TERRORISTS ARE NOT WELCOME IN CHINO HILLS. THEY SHOULDN'T BE DISRUPTING OUR CITY. THEY'RE DESTRUCTIBLE AND VIOLENT. GATHER UP ALL THESE MOFOS AND SEND THEM BACK HOME. AND MY FAVORITE, AFTER EQUATING ALL PALESTINIANS TO BEING HAMAS, A NEIGHBOR SAYS, THE ONLY GOOD HAMAS IS A DEAD HAMAS. THE FACT THAT I COULDN'T PRESENT THIS SLIDE TO THE PUBLIC IN ITSELF IS DISCRIMINATION. AS A REMINDER, HATRED DOESN'T ONLY EXTEND TO SPEECH AND ACTS OF VIOLENCE, DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES, LEGISLATION, BIAS, AND EDUCATION AND POLICIES ARE ALSO ACTS OF RACISM AND INTOLERANCE. THANK YOU. WE WENT FAST. JASSER JASSER, FOLLOWED BY ALI ISMAIL. GOOD EVENING. UH, FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, OR NOT FELLOW, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS. UH, I STAND BEFORE, UH, YOU TONIGHT TO ADVOCATE. ADVOCATE FOR THE INCLUSION OF PALESTINIANS IN OUR ANTI HATE RESOLUTION. WHILE ADDRESSING ISLAMOPHOBIA IS CRUCIAL, WE CANNOT IGNORE THE TARGETED VIOLENCE AND OPPRESSION FACED BY PALESTINIANS BACK IN NOVEMBER. RIGHT? THIS IS A REBOOT OR AN UPDATE, AS YOU WILL. IT'S NOT LIKE A NEW THING. UH, YOU GUYS INCLUDED ANTI-SEMITIC WHEN YOU'RE DENOUNCING HATRED, WHICH WAS GOOD. UH, BUT YOU KNOW, NOW IT'S IMPORTANT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS. I THINK THE ISSUE DIRECTLY, WHILE ISLAMOPHOBIA IS GREAT, IT'S THE REAL ISSUE IS PALESTINIAN. UM, YOU KNOW, AND YOU KNOW, THE JEN DID A GREAT JOB OF EXPLAINING SOME OF THE HATRED WE EXPERIENCED HERE IN, IN CHINO HILLS TO THE PEOPLE WHO SPOKE EARLIER WHO SAY IT DOESN'T EXIST. I'M SORRY TO INFORM YOU AS AN ARAB, IT DOES EXIST. I URGE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO LISTEN TO THE ACTUAL ARABS AND PALESTINIANS SPEAKING TO YOU, NOT THE PEOPLE WHO AREN'T FROM THAT RACE AND SAYING IT DOESN'T EXIST. THAT'S, UH, MESS UP. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. FOLLOWING ALI, FOLLOWING ALI IS ZHA. UH, HELLO. MY NAME IS ALI. I'M 16-YEAR-OLD AND I GO TO HIGH SCHOOL. I'VE EXPERIENCED, UH, RUDE REMARKS AS A RESULT OF, UH, ME WEARING A PALESTINIAN FLAG IN KLIA, NOT ONLY FROM STUDENTS, BUT ALSO FROM STAFF. I AM NOT THE ONLY EXAMPLE OF SOMEONE WHO'S EXPERIENCED THIS HATE. I HUMBLY ASK YOU TO INCLUDE ANTI PALESTINIAN HATE ALONG WITH THE, UH, ANTISEMITISM AND ISLAMOPHOBIA. AND WHEN I SAY, UM, ANTI PALESTINIAN, THIS AGAIN DOES INCLUDE, UH, PALESTINIAN CHRISTIANS. THANK YOU. FOLLOWING, FOLLOWING ZHA IS SELMA RASHAD. I AM PROUD TO SEE THE COUNCIL ACKNOWLEDGE THE MERIT OF MESSAGE COMMUNICATED TIRELESSLY BY ITS CITIZENS. INCORPORATION OF AN ANTI-ISIS INTO THE ANTISEMITISM AND ANTI HATE RESOLUTION IS A DECISION THAT SENDS A MESSAGE OF INCLUSIVITY TO ALL CITIZENS OF CHINO HILLS. THIS DECISION THAT I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT IS WELL-INTENTIONED, BUT REMAINS LARGELY SYMBOLIC. IN ORDER FOR THE CITY TO TRULY, TRULY SHOW ITS COMMITMENT TO ANTI HATE, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION THAT CONNECTS LEGALITY TO LAW IS NECESSARY. SOME EXAMPLES ARE A HATE CRIME REPORTING HOTLINE, LEGAL LAW ENFORCEMENT RETRAINING, AND GOVERNMENT DIVERSITY TRAINING, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE ROOT CAUSE. THE DEMANDS I'VE BEEN REQUESTING FROM THE COUNCIL REMAIN UNCHANGED, AND THAT'S WHY I SUPPORT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12 AND REQUEST [01:00:01] THAT THE CITY ADD TO THE NEXT AGENDA, UH, AN INDEPENDENT CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION TO CALL FOR AN END TO THE ONGOING GENOCIDE IN PALESTINE. THANK YOU. FOLLOWING SELMA IS IMAM DR. TALIB ALFI, ESTEEMED COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF, AND RESIDENTS. ANTI HATE RESOLUTION FEEL VERY ASSURED. THANK YOU. WELL, ANYWAYS, UM, I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN TOO HARD TO SAY, BUT MOVING FORWARD, I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT TO THE LANGUAGE ON THIS RESOLUTION TO AFFECT A MORE INCLUSIVE EFFORT, SPECIFICALLY THE INCLUSION OF PALESTINIAN PEOPLE IN THE VERBIAGE. AND WE'D LIKE TO SEE THIS CHANGE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, OR AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH, UH, YOUR RESIDENTS TO SEE, UH, MORE INCLUSIVE VERBIAGE SEEN IN THIS RESOLUTION. ANYWAYS, THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. FOLLOWING IMAM WILL BE CP. HELLO, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS IMAM DR. ALFI. IN TWO DAYS, I'LL BECOME A DOCTOR HERE IN THIS CITY FOR EYECARE WHERE WE HELP PATIENTS HAVE GOOD WELLBEING. SO IT'S MY HONOR TO BE HERE TONIGHT, AND I THANK YOU FOR HEARING US OUT. BUT MY QUESTION IS THAT CAME TO MIND, ARE YOU ACTUALLY LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE THAT IS ONE ADVANCING OF A SOCIETY? UM, OF THE WELLBEING OF SOCIETY IS GRANTED THROUGH JUSTICE AND COMPASSION. GOD ALMIGHTY GAVE MAN POWER AND DIRECTED MEN NOT TO PRACTICE OR INDULGE IN INJUSTICE OR OPPRESSION. AS A COMMUNITY ADVANCING IN WELLBEING AND PROTECTION OF CITIZENS, WORKERS, STUDENTS, AND OUR CHILDREN, WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE PALESTINIAN AMERICANS AND PROMOTE ANTI PALESTINIAN HATE. THAT IS MY WORD. THANK YOU. FOLLOWING CP IS SELENA. CAN YOU SEE HIM? GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL. SADLY, THE CITY MANAGER WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO SHOW YOU A CLIP OF MY MOM AND A DEMONSTRATION FOR PALESTINIAN LIBERATION. SO INSTEAD, HERE'S THE AUDIO CLIP. IN CASE IT WASN'T CLEAR, MY MOM WAS CALLED A TERRORIST AND A BABY KILLER. THE PRO-ISRAEL MAN SHOUTED TO GO EFFING KILL YOURSELF AND CALLED SOMEONE AN UGLY B WORD. THIS IS WHAT PALESTINIAN HATE SOUNDS LIKE. CHINO HILLS NEEDS TO PROTECT PALESTINIANS AND PEOPLE LIKE MY MOM. PLEASE ADD PALESTINIANS TO THE ANTI HATE RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. FOLLOWING SELENA? FOLLOWING SELENA IS AISHA, AND WE WILL BE SHOWING A SLIDE. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS, FIRST OF ALL, TO CREATE A MORE INCLUSIVE RESOLUTION. WHILE WE DO APPRECIATE HOW YOU HAVE REVISED IT TO INCLUDE, UM, THAT THE CITY DOES DENOUNCE ISLAMOPHOBIA, WHICH IS A REAL ISSUE, WE ALSO, YOU KNOW, IT NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED. WE IMPLORE YOU TO REVISE IT ONCE MORE TO STATE THAT THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS DOES DENOUNCE ANTI PALESTINIAN AND ANTI-ARAB HATE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THIS IS JUST AS REAL AS, UM, ALL OF THE OTHER MARGINALIZED GROUPS THAT YOU SEE. UM, ON THE SLIDE. WE NEED TO PROTECT PALESTINIANS, MUSLIMS, ARABS. UM, THERE IS, THERE IS SO MUCH RESEARCH THAT'S BEEN PUBLISHED SINCE OCTOBER 7TH, UM, THAT HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT WE SEE RISING HATE AND DISCRIMINATION AND BIGOTRY AGAINST FOUR GROUPS. AND THIS IS RECOGNIZED BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND SEVERAL OTHER SCHOLARS. AND AGAIN, JEWISH, MUSLIM, ARAB, PALESTINIAN, ALL COMMUNITIES THAT ARE IN DANGER RIGHT NOW OF HATE. SO PLEASE REVISE IT. THANK YOU. AISHA, FOLLOWED BY NIA OR NAYA. HELLO, UH, AM HERE TO STAND TO DEMAND, UH, TO ADD THE PALESTINIAN AND ARAB, UH, TO THE ANTI HATE RESOLUTION. YOU ASK ME WHY, UH, UH, BASED [01:05:01] ON, UH, THE COUNCIL OF AMERICAN ISLAMIC RESOLUTION, UH, RELATIONSHIP RECEIVED MORE THAN THEY REPORT THAT THEY RECEIVED MORE THAN 8,000 COMPLAINT SINCE, UH, OCTOBER SEVEN. AND, UH, UH, THIS IS THE HIGHEST IN THE, THEIR 30 YEARS HISTORY. AND, UH, SIX, UH, THEY REPORT THAT THEY HAVE SIX ZERO, SIX HUNDRED AND SEVEN HATE CRIMES IN 2013, COMPARING TO 117 IN, IN, UH, IN 2020. SO PLEASE ADD THE, UH, ANTI, UH, PALESTINIAN HATE, UH, TO THE, UH, AGENDA OR TO NUMBER 12. AND, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYA. SPELLED NIAH NIA. OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON PAST THAT ONE. OMAR HABA, FOLLOWED BY RAF HABAK. HELLO AGAIN. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND FELLOW FELLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WE COMMEND THE COUNCIL'S INITIATIVE TO MAKE THIS RESOLUTION MORE INCLUSIVE BY ACKNOWLEDGING ISLAMOPHOBIA. HOWEVER, IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT THIS RESOLUTION EXPLICIT EXPLICITLY INCLUDES PROTECTION FOR PALESTINIAN MUSLIMS, PALESTINIAN CHRISTIANS, AND JEWS FOR A NATION THAT CARES SIGNIFICANTLY ABOUT ANTISEMITISM. OUR OWN JEWISH BROTHERS AND SISTERS ARE SUBJECTED TO GRAVE ACCUSATIONS AND MISTREATMENT WHEN THEY STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINIANS. WHAT DOES THAT THEN SAY ABOUT THE TREATMENT TOWARDS ACTUAL PALESTINIANS? I, MYSELF, ALTHOUGH MUSLIM HAVE BEEN MISTAKEN FOR JEWISH AT PEACEFUL PROTESTS AND SUBJECTED TO HORRIFIC SLURS, SUCH EXPERIENCES HAVE SHOWN ME THE HARSH REALITIES FACED BY THOSE WHO CROSSED THE LINES OF EXPECTED ALLEGIANCE TO VOICE THEIR SUP, SUPPORT FOR HUMANITY. THESE EXPRESSIONS OF HATE AND THE DEHUMANIZATION OF OUR PALESTINIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND THOSE WHO SUPPORT THEM ARE SYMPTOMS OF A BROADER SOCIETAL ISSUE WHERE CERTAIN GROUPS ARE PORTRAYED AS LESS THAN HUMAN. THIS PORTRAYAL PAVES THE WAY FOR JUSTIFYING WRONGS AGAINST THEM, INCLUDING THE TRAGIC EXTENTS OF ETHNIC CLEANSING. THANK YOU ASTRO. FOLLOWED BY AMIR M. GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL AND, UH, FELLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS. UH, THANK YOU FOR, UH, ADOPTING OUR, UH, UH, INTRODUCING THE RESOLUTION AND THE HATE CRIME RESOLUTION. AND IN, UH, BEING MORE INCLUSIVE, I AM ACTUALLY WANT TO, UM, I'M SUPPORTING THE AMENDMENT OF THE RESOLUTION TO INCLUDE, UH, THE DENOUNCEMENT OF ANTI PALESTINIAN, ANTI-ARAB. AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, PALESTINIANS AND, UH, ARABS IN GENERAL ARE BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST SINCE OCTOBER 7TH. AND JUST A REMINDER, THAT TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT, WHICH IS A FEDERAL LAW, DOES IN, UH, PROHIBIT THE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST COLOR, SEX, RELIGION, AND NATIONAL ORIGIN. AND MANY PALESTINIANS OF NATIONAL ORIGIN ARE BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST. SO, SO THIS, YOU ARE ADOPTING THIS AMENDMENT WOULD BE FOLLOWING FEDERAL LAW AND THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, AMIR. YES. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I ASKED FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART THAT EVERY SINGLE COUNCIL MEMBER DIGS DEEP INTO HER OWN HEARTS AND DISCOVER THEIR MORAL COMPASS. JUST 60 MILES FROM HERE IN WESTWOOD AT MY ALMA MATER, UCLA, JEWISH, MUSLIM CHRISTIAN, AND NON-MUSLIM, UH, SORRY. AND NON-RELIGIOUS STUDENTS WERE ATTACKED FOR BEING WHAT PRO-PALESTINIAN ON THE SIDE OF PEACE AND PEACEFULLY PROTESTING PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTORS HAVE BEEN HARASSED AND HATE CRIMES HAVE BEEN ON THE RISE. I PERSONALLY MET WITH ASSISTANT GENERAL CLARK LAST MONTH FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. SHE WAS MADE AWARE OF THE RISE IN HATE CRIMES AGAINST PALESTINIANS, AGAINST ARABS, AGAINST MUSLIMS. LET'S BE ON THE SIDE OF LOVE AND NOT HATE. LET'S BE THE CITY THAT DISPLAYS A HIGHER MORAL GROUND AND THEN REVISES THE CHINO HILLS RESOLUTION TO EXPLICITLY DENOUNCE ANTI PALESTINIAN AND ANTI-ARAB HATE IN THE RESOLUTION. THIS WILL PROTECT OUR CITY. MAYOR, I JUST WANNA MAKE ONE ANNOUNCE ANNOUNCEMENT. WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER CARD FOR SASAN, BUT SHE JUST SPOKE UNDER THE NAME OF AISHA, SO I'M NOT GOING TO CALL ON THAT SPEAKER CARD. HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE LEFT AFTER THAT? WE HAVE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9. SORRY TO CATCH YOU OFF. GO AHEAD. 12. THANK YOU, CHERYL. [01:10:01] OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER IS UBA, RAF AND FOLLOWED BY MARGARET. GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN. UM, I AM STANDING BEFORE YOU AS A PALESTINIAN AMERICAN. I'M STANDING BEFORE YOU WITH SOMEBODY WHO REGULARLY DOES BUSINESS IN THIS AREA AND IN THE CITY. I'M ALSO STANDING BEFORE YOU, YOU'LL NOTICE AS SOMEBODY WHO'S STANDING WITHOUT MY KAFI ON, I'VE STOPPED WEARING IT IN PUBLIC AFTER MULTIPLE ATTACKS PERSONALLY ON MYSELF, ON MY BEING, JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, THE MOST RECENT WHERE IT WAS WRENCHED FROM MY NECK IN BROAD DAYLIGHT IN A PARKING LOT. SO, WHILE I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT TO INCLUDE ISLAMOPHOBIA IN THIS RESOLUTION, AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED FROM THE BEGINNING, WHICH RAISES SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, UH, GENUITY OF THIS RESOLUTION, THIS AMENDMENT IS DISINGENUOUS AND EFFORT TO APPEASE A BROADER SPECTRUM OF CONSTITUENTS AND VISITORS TO THE CITY. THE REALITY IS, IS THAT NEARLY ONE THIRD OF PALESTINIAN ADVOCATES ARE JEWISH, ARE CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS AND NOT PEOPLE OF NON-FAITH. I URGE YOU TO INCLUDE ALL PEOPLE, INCLUDING PALESTINIANS IN THIS GROUP THAT ARE ESPECIALLY HIGH RISK. THANK YOU. FOLLOWING MARGARET, WE HAVE FADA, WHICH DID WAS NOT HERE THE LAST TIME, SO UNLESS THEY SHOWED UP, WE WON'T BE CALLING ON THEM. HI, MY NAME IS MARGARET CALDWELL. I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY FOR NOW OVER 30 YEARS. I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEM 12. I'VE BEEN COMING TO THESE MEETINGS FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. I FEEL OBLIGATED TO ASK YOU TO STAND UP FOR YOUR COMMUNITY AND ADJUST THE ANTI HATE RESOLUTION TO EXPLICITLY INCLUDE ANTI PALESTINIAN, ANTI-MUSLIM AND ANTI-ARAB HATE. SINCE THIS IS CURRENTLY BEING FELT, WE HAVE SEEN AND HEARD PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY USE THE LABEL TERRORIST WHEN ALL THEY'RE ASKING FOR IS AN END TO A SLAUGHTER. THEY SHOULD BE PROTECTED. AND I, AS A PERSON THAT IS NONE OF THESE SHOULD ALSO BE PROTECTED BY OUR CITY. THE PERPETRATORS OF THE HATE SPEECH SHOULD BE STOPPED AND HELD ACCOUNTABLE. WHY DO THESE PEOPLE FEEL EMBOLDENED? BECAUSE CITY COUNCILS LIKE THIS ONE, LACK THE MORAL CLARITY AND THE STRENGTH TO STAND UP FOR ALL OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS. YOU CAN CORRECT YOUR COURSE BY EXPLICITLY ADDING. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU, ADA. ADA. MOVING ON TO HATIN, FOLLOWED BY KENNETH. HELLO, MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN. UM, I'M HERE TODAY TO ALSO SPEAK ON ITEM 12, AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU DECIDED TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO IT. UM, I THINK ENOUGH PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT THAT, BUT WHAT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ASK FROM YOU, UM, IS AS YOU HAVE DONE IN THE PAST, ESPECIALLY MR. ART BENNETT AND MR. BRIAN, JOSH, UH, YOU HAVE CAME OUT AND SAID SOME STRONG WORDS, UH, AFTER OCTOBER, UM, SEVENTH. SO I WOULD LIKE YOU TO ALSO SPEAK SOME WORDS CONCERNING WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW. SO I WOULD LIKE TO PLAY THIS VIDEO, JUST FOLLOW UP ON WHAT BRIAN JUST MENTIONED. UM, I DUNNO WHAT YOU CAN SAY. AND, AND, AND THERE IS NO WORDS THAT CAN DESCRIBE ALL OF THE, UH, ATROCITIES THAT ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW IN ISRAEL. UH, WE HAVE, UH, QUITE A JEWISH, UH, COMMUNITY IN THIS, THIS TOWN. UM, RABBI MANDY IS USUALLY, UH, VERY INVOLVED WITH THE CITY. UM, I THINK ALL WE CAN DO IS, IS NOT ONLY PRAY FOR THAT NATION, UH, AND ALL OF ITS PEOPLE, THERE'S MORE TO THIS, BUT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO SAY SOMETHING SIMILAR FOR WHAT'S GOING ON. THANK YOU. FOLLOWING KENNETH IS SHAHEED. I HI Y'ALL. A MERE CONDEMNATION OF ISLAMOPHOBIA IS NOT ENOUGH. WE DON'T NEED EMPTY WORDS. WE NEED ACTION. YOU CLAIM TO SUPPORT MUSLIMS AND CONDEMN ISLAMOPHOBIA, BUT YOU CENSOR MUSLIMS WHENEVER WE TRY TO SPEAK ABOUT OUR CONCERNS. DO YOU ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT MUSLIMS OR ARE YOU JUST TRYING TO PROTECT AN IMAGE? YOU CANNOT CLAIM TO OPPOSE ISLAMOPHOBIA AND CUNA HILLS WHILE SUPPORTING A GENOCIDE OF PALESTINIAN MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS IN GAZA DO THE BARE MINIMUM CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE AND DIVESTMENT FROM ISRAELI APARTHEID. THANK YOU. [01:15:09] SHAHEED. S-H-A-H-E-E-D. MOVING ON TO MAUM SHA. M-A-H-U-M. FOLLOWING MAUM WILL BE SYLVIA BARBER OR HELLO AGAIN. I'M NOT SURE IF I'M GONNA HAVE ENOUGH TIME, BUT I'LL TRY TO GO AS FAST AS I CAN. UH, MALCOLM X, ALBERT EINSTEIN, MAHATMA GANDHI, NELSON MANDELA. THESE ARE ALL RENOWNED ACTIVISTS THAT WE LEARN ABOUT IN SCHOOL. AND ALL FOUR ACTIVISTS STOOD FOR THE LIBERATION OF PALESTINE AS AMERICANS. ACTIVISM IS IN OUR BLOOD. IT'S OUR LEGACY AND WHAT SHAPED OUR NA OUR NATION'S HISTORY. WHETHER IT'S THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENTS, WHETHER IT'S GENDER EQUALITY, IT'S WHAT DROVE TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE WITHIN THIS COUNTRY. WE NEED TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST INJUSTICE. WE NEED TO AMPLIFY THE VOICES OF THE MARGINALIZED AND LIBERTY. AND JUSTICE FOR ALL IS NOT JUST A SLOGAN FOR US. IT'S A REALITY WE TRY TO STRIVE AND LIVE BY. AND ALL I'M ASKING PRETTY MUCH IN MY 20 SECONDS IS IN THIS RESOLUTION 12, THAT YOU GUYS DON'T TRY TO. BOTH SIDES OF GENOCIDE INCLUDE ANTI PALESTINIAN HATE. YOU HAVE PALESTINIAN RESIDENTS HERE THAT ARE UNDERGOING ETHNIC CLEANSING TO HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS DYING ON A DAILY BASIS. YOU CANNOT BOTH SIDES A GENOCIDE. ADDRESS THEM, ADDRESS YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND AMEND THIS RESOLUTION TO INCLUDE ANTI PALESTINIAN HATE. SYLVIA? SYLVIA, FOLLOWING SYLVIA IS ARIA. GOOD EVENING FOLKS. UM, I'M JUST HERE TO, UM, HAVE PEOPLE STUDY MORE ABOUT HISTORY. EVERYBODY'S BLAMING OCTOBER 7TH, BLAMING S AND S AND ARABIC MEANS EXCITED. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BAD WORDS. PEOPLE DON'T KNOW. MY SECOND THING I'M SAYING THAT, HOW ABOUT 1930S, 1940S, 1950S AND SO ON, THAT PALESTINIANS BEING TORTURED AND KILLED. MIDNIGHT THREE IN THE MORNING, GAZA BEING KILLED EVERY DAY. 300, 400 PEOPLE BEING KILLED. CAN WE SIR, PLEASE, CAN I SPEAK? COUPLE SPEAKERS? WE'RE GETTING BACK INTO THE, THE GAZA ISSUE HERE AS OPPOSED TO WHAT'S BEFORE YOU. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE RESOLUTION MA'AM, PLEASE? SO WHAT? I'M TRYING, GO AHEAD. THAT WAS RUDE ACTUALLY, WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. NO, HE'S OUR CITY ATTORNEY, MA'AM, IT'S HIS JOB TO INTERRUPT IF HE NEEDS TO GIVE US LEGAL ADVICE. IT'S HIS JOB. HE'S NOT BEING RUDE. IT'S HIS JOB, MA'AM. SO YOU MAY CONTINUE. I THIS IS FREE. YOU MAY CONTINUE. MAY I SAY SOMETHING? PLEASE GO AHEAD. THIS IS A FREE COUNTRY, ISN'T IT? WE ARE HERE TO SPEAK. WE'RE NOT HERE TO FIGHT. I DON'T HAVE A GUN WITH ME. I DON'T HAVE A WEAPON. I'M HERE. IT'S CALLED PROTOCOL. MA'AM, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. FOLLOWING, FOLLOWING RIA IS MADELINE JUDY, CHILDREN HEALTH CITY COUNCIL. WHILE I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE ANTI-ISLAM PHOBIA RESOLUTION, WHICH WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD, THAT I BELIEVE IT CAN BE EVEN MORE IMPACTFUL. AND BY INCORPORATING LANGUAGE THAT REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO THE DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY. THIS INCLUDES CONDEMNING THE VIOLENCE AGAINST INNOCENT PALESTINIAN MUSLIM, PALESTINIAN, CHRISTIAN, PALESTINIAN, JEWISH, PALESTINIAN. YEAH, SHE CAN ANY PEOPLE OR ANY PERSON. YOU DON'T KNOW IF HE'S MUSLIM OR NOT. IF HE DON'T WEARING HIJAB, HE BUT JUST WEARING FOR THE SCARF SO HE CAN, CAN BE CALLED THE TERRORIST. HE CAN BE CALLED BY BAD WORDS JUST BECAUSE HE WEARS THE SCARF. SO IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE. SO PLEASE ADD TO RESOLUTION, ANTI-ARAB ANTI-MUSLIM ANTI-JEWISH ANTI HATE FOR ANY CAN, ANY PEOPLE, ANY PERSON IS NOT ACCEPTED FOR ANYONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. FOLLOWING, FOLLOWING MADELINE IS NASLI. JEANA. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL PEOPLE. UH, THIS PAST FRIDAY, MY DAUGHTER GRADUATED FROM USC WITH A MASTER'S DEGREE. SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO HEAR THE SPEECH OF THE VALEDICTORIAN WHO WAS CENSORED BECAUSE SHE WAS PALESTINIAN. SO THIS IS A LOCAL ISSUE. AS A JEWISH AMERICAN, I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT MY SUPPORT FOR EQUAL RIGHTS FOR PALESTINIAN [01:20:01] IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE CONDEMNED. THIS IS NOT WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN. SO I ASK YOU TO PLEASE INCLUDE ARAB AMERICANS, UH, PALESTINIANS IN YOUR RESOLUTION. AND I DO WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, CHRISTIAN CHURCHES ARE PART OF THE ATTACKS THAT PEOPLE ARE PROTESTING AGAINST IN, UH, GAZA. THANK YOU. FOLLOWING NASLI WILL BE OUR FINAL SPEAKER, CHRISTIAN SANCHEZ. THANK YOU, CHERYL. GOOD EVENING. I AM VERY WORRIED ABOUT ANTISEMITISM, BUT AFTER YOUR SELF-AVOWED, VERY SMALL LIST OF THINGS THAT IS FALLS WITHIN YOUR SCOPE OR PURVIEW, IT MAKES ME WONDER WHAT THE TRUE AGENDA OF THE CITY COUNCIL IS WITH THIS RESOLUTION. UH, YOU DO NEED TO UNDERSTAND SOME DEFINITIONS. IF YOU'RE GOING TO NOW VENDOR, UH, GO FORTH INTO TERRITORY, THAT'S NOT YOUR AREA OF EXPERTISE. SO THE TERM SEMITIC IS AN OBSOLETE TERM. IT INCLUDES PEOPLE WHO ARE ARABS, WHO ARE ACADIANS, WHO ARE HEBREW. SO FIRST YOU NEED TO RECOGNIZE WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO ACTUALLY CALL OUT. WHY I SAY I'M ACTUALLY WORRIED ABOUT ANTISEMITISM IS BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY WHEN THIS DARK DAY ENDS, PEOPLE WHO ARE THE MOST VITRIOLIC IN THEIR HATRED ARE GOING TO REALIZE THAT OUR COUNTRY HAS BEEN CO-OPTED BY THE ISRAELI AGENDA AND LASH OUT AT ALL JEWS, SOME OF WHOM ARE VERY PEACEABLY, PROTESTING AGAINST GENOCIDE. SO WHILE I SUPPORT ANTI HATE SPEECH, I LACK ANY CONFIDENCE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CAN ACTUALLY DO ANYTHING USEFUL FOR IT. THIS IS OUR FINAL SPEAKER. THANK YOU, CHERYL. GOING FORWARD WITH AN ANTI HATE RESOLUTION IS A GREAT LEAP FORWARD. IT WORKS TO CONDEMN AND STOP THESE ACTS OF HATE BEFORE THEY HAPPEN. WE APPRECIATE THE INCLUSION OF ISLAMOPHOBIA AND THE LANGUAGE. HOWEVER, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THIS RESOLUTION REFLECT THE HAPPENING OF EVENTS IN OUR CITY AND OF THE CURRENT TIMES. IT MUST ENCOMPASS ALL THE CITY AND BE INCLUSIVE OF ALL OUR NEIGHBORS WHEN WE CONDEMN THESE VIOLENT ACTS. AND FOR THIS REASON, IT MUST BE MADE CLEAR THAT AGENDA IN ITEM 12 IS GREATLY SUPPORTED WITH AN AMENDMENT THAT DOES JUST THAT. IN ORDER TO TRULY EXPRESS AND REPRESENT THE VALUES EXPRESSED IN THE RESOLUTION, WE URGE THAT PALESTINIANS, MUSLIMS, AND ARABS ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THE LANGUAGE. FURTHERMORE, I FEEL COMPELLED TO STATE THAT THE ACTIONS THAT FOLLOW ARE MORE IMPORTANT AND ARE EXPECTED TO SUPPORT THE WORDS IN THE RESOLUTION. THANK YOU, MAYOR. BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE ON THIS, I JUST WANNA ANNOUNCE THAT I WILL BE ENTERING MAYOR OR COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ'S VOTE WHEN HE SPEAKS IT INTO, OH, I SYSTEM FORGOT. AND RAY, JUST PLEASE SPEAK UP IF YOU NEED TO SAY SOMETHING. I'M SORRY IF I FORGET TO ASK, CALL UPON YOU. UM, SO AT THIS TIME, UM, I WANNA THANK EVERYONE THAT CAME OUT TO GIVE THEIR PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS AGENDA ITEM. AND IT'S A DISCUSSION ITEM SO THAT THIS TIME THE CITY COUNCIL IS GOING TO DISCUSS IT. SO FOR ABOUT AN HOUR, WE'VE BEEN LISTENING TO COMMENTS AND IT'S OUR TIME TO DISCUSS OUR POINT OF VIEW. IF THERE ARE ANY OUTBURSTS, WHEN ANY OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS OR MYSELF ARE SPEAKING THE FIRST OUTBURST, WE WILL HAVE THIS CHAMBER CLEARED AND ONLY THE PRESS WILL STAY. I'LL SAY IT ONE MORE TIME. WHEN COUNCIL MEMBER JOES, MYSELF, COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT, OR COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS GIVES THEIR OPINION AND DISCUSSES THIS WITH US, IF THERE ARE ANY OUTBURSTS FROM THE CROWD, ANYBODY, THIS CHAMBER WILL BE CLEARED AND ONLY THE PRESS WILL BE ALLOWED TO STAY. PETER, YOU BROUGHT THIS FORWARD FOR THE AGENDA. WHY DON'T WE START WITH YOU? CERTAINLY. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. HEARD A LOT OF PERSPECTIVES, A LOT OF VIEWS. UH, WE'VE BEEN HEARING THAT FOR, UH, SINCE JANUARY. SO THANK YOU. UM, SO I HAVE PREPARED SOMETHING TO, TO SAY. SO I'LL BE READING FROM SOME OF THIS AND IT'S NOT LONG, UM, THIS RESOLUTION. SO SOLE OBJECTIVE IS TO TAKE THE RESOLUTION WHICH WE PUT IN PLACE ON NOVEMBER 14TH AND ADD ISLAMOPHOBIA TO ACCOMPANY ANTI-SEMITIC, WHICH WAS SOLELY USED IN THAT ORIGINAL RESOLUTION. THE NOVEMBER RESOLUTION HAS BEEN CITED BY SEVERAL SPEAKERS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS, UH, AND AS MENTIONING ONLY ANTISEMITISM, AND I MENTIONED LAST TIME, IF YOU WATCHED, IF YOU WERE HERE OR WATCH THAT, OKAY, THAT TOOK PLACE SOON AFTER OCTOBER 7TH. [01:25:01] IT WAS IN, IN, AT LEAST IN MY MIND, WE COULDN'T PREDICT THE FUTURE, WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN, AND IT WAS SHORTSIGHTED. SO IT WAS TIME TO REVISIT THIS, BUT NOT TO THE DEGREE THAT, THAT MAYBE MANY OF YOU FEEL NECESSARY. UM, THE RESOLUTION WAS TO ADD ISLAMOPHOBIA. I'M GONNA READ SOME OF THE WHEREASES THAT ARE IN THIS THAT WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL BASIS OF THIS. AND ALSO WHAT'S IN THE PROPOSAL, JUST IN CASE YOU HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO READ THE, UM, THE RESOLUTION THAT'S BEING PROPOSED THIS EVENING. AND I'M NOT GONNA READ ALL OF 'EM, BUT I'LL READ THE MIDDLE PORTIONS. WHEREAS THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS IS COMMITTED TO INCLUSION AND ADVANCEMENT OF DIVERSITY AND EQUITY FOR PEOPLE OF ALL RACES, ETHNICITIES, ANCESTRY, NATIONAL ORIGINS, RELIGIOUS AGES, RELIGIONS, AGES, DISABILITIES, GENDERS AND BACKGROUNDS IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS AFFIRMS THAT ACTS OF HATRED AND BIAS IN ANY FORM ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, DENOUNCES, ANTISEMITIC AS, AND ISLAMOPHOBIC CONDUCT AND STATEMENTS IN ALL ITS FORMS AND CONDEMNS ALL HATE CRIMES AND ANY OTHER FORM OF RACISM, RELIGIOUS OR ETHNIC BIAS, DISCRIMINATION, INCITEMENT OF VIOLENCE, OR TARGETING ANY PERSONS IN CHINO HILLS. AND THEN IT GOES ON FROM THERE. SO IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO READ IT, THAT'S THE BASIS FOR THIS. IT ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE IN A WAY WE TAKE OUT ANTISEMITISM AND TAKE OUT ISLAMOPHOBIA AND BASE IT ON WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM MANY OF YOU WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL RACES, ALL ETHNICITIES, ANCESTRIES, NATIONAL ORIGINS, RELIGIONS. IT'S ALMOST AS IF YOU KEEP IT GENERIC BECAUSE WE ARE ADDRESSING ALL OF THOSE, UH, TRAITS AND ALL OF THOSE, UH, DESCRIPTIONS OF THOSE, THE COMMUNITIES AND BACKGROUNDS THAT WE'VE JUST DISCUSSED. UM, JUST MOVING ON. AS CHINO HILLS COUNCIL MEMBERS, OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO MAKE CHINO HILLS A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE. WHETHER IT'S DISCUSSING PICKLEBALL COURTS FUNDING ENHANCEMENTS FOR POLICE SERVICES, MITIGATING TRAFFIC FLOW, UH, HONORING INDIVIDUALS FOR OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS, WHICH WHICH WE DO ON A, ON A, UM, COUNCIL BY COUNCIL BASIS, A MEETING BASIS. WE WERE NOT ELECTED TO TAKE SIDES AND PLAY A ROLE IN INTERNATIONAL CRISES, WHETHER IT BE UKRAINE AND RUSSIA, HAITI, SYRIA, SUDAN, OR ISRAELI PALESTINE, ISRAEL PALESTINE, DO I FEEL SADNESS FOR IN, UH, FOR INNOCENT INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES AND OVERSEAS CONFLICTS? I SURE DO. AND I EXPRESSED THAT A TIME OR TWO AGO, AND I'VE EXPRESSED THAT TO A COUPLE OF INDIVIDUALS IN, IN THIS, UH, AUDIENCE ABOUT THAT SAME FEELING. BUT MY ROLE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER DOES NOT INCLUDE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF ALL THE CITIZENS, ALL SIDES, UH, OF CHINO HILLS REGARDING AN INTERNATIONAL CRISIS. SO WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT AFTER DISCUSSION, I'LL BE HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION ON WHAT'S IN OUR, OUR BOARD PACKET. AND ART, IF YOU COULD JUST HOLD ON, I'M GONNA CALL ON RAY NEXT. YEAH, I WANT, OKAY. RAY, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, RAY? COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ. SORRY ABOUT THAT. I WAS ON MY PHONE AND I JUST HAD TO GO BACK TO THE PHONE. UH, YES. YOU KNOW, BASICALLY, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU EVERYBODY THAT DID ATTEND TONIGHT, UH, WE APPRECIATE IT. YOUR COMMENTS, AND I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE JANUARY. UM, I STAND BY THIS, UM, THE VERBIAGE ON THE HATRED, UH, RESOLUTION, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE ANTI-ARAB AND ANTI PALESTINIAN. UH, PART OF THAT, OR MAYBE WE JUST, UH, ELIMINATE, UH, AND ELIMINATE JUST SO ANTI JW, ANTI-ARAB AND ANTI PALESTINIAN. UM, I WOULD RATHER THAT WORDING BE BE INCLUDED. UM, BUT AGAIN, PETER, THANK YOU FOR READING THE RESOLUTION, UH, THE MIDDLE OF IT BECAUSE BASICALLY THAT SORT OF ACTUALLY SAYS THE SAME THING. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE CHANGES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, RICK. OKAY. UM, BRIAN. ALRIGHT. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF, UH, THAT'S A MOTION, BUT I, I CERTAINLY AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ'S SENTIMENT. UM, YEAH, I MARRIED INTO A SYRIAN FAMILY, SO MY WIFE'S AN ARAB. MY KIDS ARE ARAB. YEAH. UM, ALBEIT, UH, SYRIAN ORTHODOX. SO IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, TO BE UP HERE AND CALLED HORRIBLE THINGS LIKE A CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST AND, AND WHATNOT. [01:30:01] IT'S BEEN ROUGH BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TRULY THE ISSUE. BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT IT AFFECTS MY FAMILY, IT AFFECTS ME, YOU KNOW, MY KIDS ARE ARABS. MY WIFE'S AN ARAB. AND SO A LOT OF HORRIBLE STUFF HAS BEEN KIND OF THROWN AT US THROUGHOUT THESE LAST MONTHS. AND IT'S, NONE OF IT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, FOR A, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NOT ACTED IN A HATEFUL MANNER AS A COUNCIL. WE'VE TRIED TO, YOU KNOW, DO DO OUR BEST. AND I THINK JUST TO REITERATE THOSE TWO THINGS IS NOT TOO HARD OF A, A THING FOR US. AND TO MISS AVENGER'S POINT, I WOULDN'T MIND ADDING, YOU KNOW, ANTI-CHRISTIAN TOO, WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THAT'S WHAT, YOU KNOW, I, WE HAVE A GREAT CITY. WE HAVE AN INCLUSIVE CITY, WE HAVE A LOVING CITY. WE, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT WE EVEN HAVE TO REITERATE THIS IS, IS JUST HORRIBLE THAT WE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE WE'RE FILLED WITH JUST, JUST THAT KIND OF, JUST NEGATIVITY. YOU KNOW? I, I DON'T KNOW. I, IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY DAY WE GO FURTHER AWAY FROM GOD, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL OF THIS, WHATEVER, WHATEVER GOD YOU BELIEVE IN. BUT I, I DON'T KNOW, I IF THAT'S A MOTION FROM RAY. I'LL SECOND IT. I'M, THAT'S A MOTION. WE'RE JUST DOING DISCUSSION. OH. BUT IF IT COMES DOWN TO, THAT'S JUST MY, MY 2 CENTS. I'VE BEEN VERY QUIET WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THIS STUFF, BUT, UM, JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW WHERE I'M COMING FROM. SO, MADAM MAYOR, AND I THINK, PLEASE, PLEASE. SO AT THIS TIME, I'M, I'M GONNA GIVE MY COMMENTS BEFORE YOU ART. OKAY. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT THAT? SOMETHING THAT SAYS CHINO HILL'S VALUES, IM, FOSTERS INCLUSIVITY, DIVERSITY AND EQUITY WOULD, WOULD BRING OUT SO MUCH ANGER BECAUSE CERTAIN WORDS AREN'T USED. AND I THINK THAT WHAT WE FORGET IS THAT I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN ACCUSED OF BEING DISINGENUOUS WITH THIS RESOLUTION, BUT TRUST ME, THE SPIRIT AND THE INTENT OF THIS RESOLUTION IS PURE AND IN OUR HEARTS, BECAUSE NONE OF US, YOU COULD PUT YOUR THUMB DOWN ALL YOU WANT, MA'AM. AND 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE ONE OF MY BIGGEST FANS, AND THANK YOU FOR VIDEOING IT. I DID MY HAIR SPECIAL FOR YOU TONIGHT. SO, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M SICK AND TIRED OF OUR MORALES BEING QUESTIONED IN THIS CITY. WE WANT EVERYONE TO FEEL SAFE. WE WANT EVERYONE TO FEEL INCLUSIVE. AND I AM SO PROUD OF THAT YOUNG MAN IN THE, THE, THE DARK BLUE SHIRT THAT'S FROM TOWNSEND. BECAUSE YOU HAVE REALLY EVOLVED AS A SPEAKER AND WITH HOW YOU'RE PRESENTING YOURSELF. AND YOUR WORDS RESONATED WITH ME TONIGHT. AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR OUTREACH. AND I WISH I COULD SAY THAT FOR SOME OF THE ADULTS THAT WE'VE HAD TO, TO DEAL WITH IN THIS. BUT, BUT GETTING BACK ON TOPIC, WE WANT TO SUPPORT EVERYONE. BUT MY QUESTION TO MY COLLEAGUES IS, AND AND ALSO BECAUSE WE DID HAVE A SPEAKER WANTING TO, YOU KNOW, ADD ANOTHER ITEM. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE THAT ARE, ARE WE GOING TO, I CANNOT SUPPORT THIS IF WE DO NOT BE FULLY INCLUSIVE IN THIS MM-HMM. BECAUSE WE ALREADY ARE INCLUSIVE IN THIS RESOLUTION. BUT WE HAVE A GROUP, WE HAVE GROUPS THAT SPECIFICALLY WANT THEMSELVES NAMED, WHICH IS FINE, BUT WE HAVE OTHER GROUPS THAT ARE GONNA WANT THEMSELVES NAMED TOO. SO DO WE MOVE FORWARD WITH A, A DIFFERENT TYPE OF RESOLUTION IF SOMEONE REQUEST IT? ARE WE GONNA REVAMP THIS AND BRING THIS BACK AND TALK ABOUT IT? BECAUSE I WAS PREPARED TO VOTE ON THIS AFTER I HAVE REVIEWED THIS IN MY AGENDA PACKET AND VOTE YES ON THIS. BUT WITH THIS CHANGE AT THE LAST MINUTE AND AFTER HEARING COMMITTEE, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO, AND WITH ALL THE EMAILS WE GOT SAYING WHAT YOU GUYS WANTED, SELENA SAYING WHAT YOU GUYS WANTED. OKAY. WE NEED TO SUPPORT EVERYONE ON THIS. SO I CANNOT, I CANNOT VOTE TO APPROVE THIS WITHOUT US CONSIDERING EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND NOT JUST ADDING THE TWO WORDS THAT RAY HAS REQUESTED OR BRIAN HAS AGREED TO. HOW BROAD ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT AS FAR AS HE TALKING ABOUT AS BROAD AS IT WAS BEFORE WE ADDED ANYTHING? THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS IS COMMITTED TO INCLUSION AND ADVANCEMENT OF DIVERSITY AND EQUITY FOR PEOPLE OF ALL RACES, ETHNICITIES, ANCESTRY, NATIONAL ORIGINS, RELIGIONS, AGES, DISABILITIES, GENDERS AND BACKGROUNDS IN OUR COMMUNITY. AS SOON AS YOU ADD SOMETHING ELSE TO THIS, OTHER PEOPLE ARE MARGINALIZED. PETER, AS SOON AS WE ADD A SOMETHING SPECIFIC TO THIS GUYS, WHAT ABOUT THE HINDUS? EXACTLY. WE'RE UNDOING EVERYTHING FROM SIKH. YES. WHAT ABOUT THE CHRISTIANS? WHAT ABOUT EVERYBODY? YEAH. AS SOON AS SOMETHING, AND IT'S NOTHING, IT IS NOTHING AGAINST THE GROUP THAT'S BEING ASKED TO BE ON HERE AT ALL. ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT WE ARE DOING THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO BY ADDING ANOTHER GROUP WHERE OPPOSITE OF INCLUSIVITY, GUYS. AND THAT'S WHY I MADE THE COMMENT AFTER LISTENING EVERYBODY, IT'S ALMOST BETTER TO TAKE OUT THE TWO WORDS IN A FUNNY SORT OF WAY AND KEEP IT WITH THE, THE HOW STRONG IT WAS BEFORE WHAT YOU JUST READ. AND WHAT I READ EARLIER ABOUT, UM, THAT WE AFFIRM THAT ACT ACTS OF HATRED AND BIAS IN [01:35:01] ANY FORM ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND BELIEVE ME, WHEN BEN AND I WERE REVIEWING THIS MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE LAST MONTH OR SO, AS TO AS TO SOME OF THE WORDS, WE DEBATED THOSE TYPES OF THINGS AS FAR AS WHO ARE WE LEAVING OUT IF WE USE THE TERMS MUSLIM AND JEWISH AND ANTI-ARAB AND ANTI-SEMITIC, ISRAEL, PALESTINE, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE WE LEAVING OUT THAT, THAT WE'RE GONNA BE CALLED ON? UH, THAT'S AN ISSUE. I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S WHY IT'S BEEN A TOUGH ONE TO, TO REVISIT THIS IN A WAY. AND YET IT'S NOT TOUGH TO REVISIT IT. 'CAUSE I WANTED EVERYBODY TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT THIS WAS IN NOVEMBER WITH MAYBE A LITTLE TWEAKING BECAUSE OF MAYBE THE SHORTSIGHTEDNESS OF USING ONLY THE TERM ANTI-SEMITIC AT THE TIME, WHICH WAS IN NOVEMBER, EARLY NOVEMBER. UM, OKAY, SO AHEAD. DO YOU HAVE MORE COMMENTS, PETER? DO YOU HAVE MORE? I'M DONE NOT RIGHT NOW. OKAY. SO, UM, I WOULD, ART HAS COMMENTS, BUT BEFORE, UM, I WOULD LIKE IT TO COME BACK TO ME BEFORE ANY MOTION IS MADE. SO GO AHEAD. SURE. I'M NOT GONNA MAKE A MOTION. THAT'S FINE. I WANNA GIVE A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE ON WHERE OUR CITY HAS COME FROM, WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS, AND THE TONE OF WHAT HAS BEEN PREACHED AT US AND YELLED AT US AND SCREAMED AT US OVER THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS WHEN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS WAS CREATED AND ON DECEMBER 1ST, 1991. I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THE ORIGINAL CITY COUNCIL AND EVERY COUNCIL SINCE, SINCE THEN HAS STRIVED TO MAKE OUR CITY THE TYPE OF PLACE THAT WE ALL LOVE TO CALL HOME. THE GOAL BEING THAT OF ALL RESIDENTS WOULD FEEL SAFE AND SECURE WITHOUT ANY RESERVATION AS TO THEIR RACE, ETHNICITIES, ANCESTRY, OR, OR NATIONAL ORIGINS, RELIGIONS, AGES, DISABILITIES, GENDERS, AND BACKGROUNDS. CLEARLY OUR, OUR WORLD HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY OVER THE PAST 33 YEARS, BUT THESE FUNDAMENTALS HAVE NOT. WITH THE ATTACKS ON ISRAEL THAT OCCURRED OCTOBER 7TH, 2023, THE WORLD WAS SHAKEN AND MEMBERS OF OUR JEWISH COMMITTEE REACHED OUT REQUESTING A RESOLUTION THAT OUR COUNCIL CONDEMNING ANY SUCH ACTS OF ANTISEMITISM WITHIN OUR CITY, WHICH WAS DRAFTED AND PASSED WITH NO ADDITIONAL REQUESTED LANGUAGE. AT THAT TIME, IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, WE BEGAN RECEIVING PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM SUPPORTERS OF THE PALESTINIAN COMMUNITY REQUESTING A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION. WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THEN. AND THE CITY COUNCIL HAS MADE ITS POSITION CLEAR THAT WE BELIEVE THIS SITUATION ALL VERY TRAGIC, IS A MATTER OF FOREIGN POLICY AND NOT WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF CITY BUSINESS. THE ACTION PROPOSED THIS EVENING TO ADD ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE TO OUR PREVIOUS RESOLUTION, A DRAFTING OR ADDRESSING ANTISEMITISM TO STATE THAT OUR CITY COUNCIL DENOUNCES ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION BY ADDING ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE TO IN CLONE INCLUDE ISLAMOPHOBIA CRIMES AND INCIDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY MIGHT POSSIBLY REINFORCE THE, REINFORCE THE ORIGINAL GOALS OF OUR PREVIOUS RESOLUTION. HOWEVER, HERE'S MY CONCERN WITH THIS PROPOSED LANGUAGE CHANGE. IN THAT QUOTE, PER, UH, THE APRIL 27TH CHINO VALLEY CHAMPION, IT WAS STATED THAT IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THE NEXT EXPLICIT, THAT THE TEXT EXPLICITLY ACKNOWLEDGE PROTECTION AND SUPPORT OF PALESTINIAN COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE ONGOING GENOCIDE BEING PE PERPETRATED BY THE ISRAELI APARTHEID STATE. ALSO, AN EMAIL CAMPAIGN THAT BEGAN MAY 10TH FROM DOZENS OF SUPPORTERS OF THIS GROUP HAS STATED THAT JUST ADDING ISLAMOPHOBIA IS THE RESOLUTION IS NOT ENOUGH. AND WE SHOULD BE STRONG IN CONDEMNING THE APARTHEID STATE OF ISRAEL, WHICH HAS SUBJECTED PALESTINIANS TO UNBELIEVABLE CONDITIONS FOR YEARS. AND THAT IT IS CRUCIAL THAT THE ANTI HATE RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGES THE SUFFERING OF PALESTINIANS AND STANDS IN SOLIDARITY WITH THEM DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME. NOW, BASED UPON THESE ANTI-SEMITIC TONES OF MOST OF THESE EMAILS, I DO NOT BELIEVE THE PROPOSED CHANGES IN THIS RESOLUTION WILL ADDRESS THE DEMANDS OF THESE INDIVIDUALS OR THIS PRO-PALESTINIAN GROUP. FOR MONTHS, INDIVIDUALS HAVE ASKED THE CITY TO ENACT FOREIGN POLICY AND MAKE CHARGES AGAINST FOREIGN NATION. THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DICTATE FOREIGN POLICY, NOR THE EXPERTISE TO JUDGE A MILITARY CAMPAIGN TO MAKE CHARGES AGAINST A FOREIGN NATION BASED UPON THESE OBSERVATIONS. ALTHOUGH I TOTALLY SUPPORT EQUAL PROTECTION, SAFETY, SECURITY, AND PROVIDING A PEACE OF MIND TO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS. AND BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY THIS SINCERELY, I [01:40:01] THINK WHAT'S GOING ON THIS HATE CAMPAIGN THAT'S OUT THERE, AND IT'S BEEN DEMONSTRATED IN ALL OF THE, THE SCHOOL TAKEOVERS AND THE ANTI PALESTINIAN ANTI, UH, JEWISH RHETORIC THAT'S BEEN GOING ON. IT'S HORRIBLE. BUT WHAT'S THE SOLUTION? BOTTOM LINE IS BASED ON THIS, I CANNOT SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION IN ITS CURRENT FORM AND LANGUAGE AND I WILL VOTE NO TO THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO OUR PREVIOUSLY APPROVED RESOLUTION. YES, PLEASE, PLEASE, NOTHING FROM THE AUDIENCE. DO YOU WANNA REVISIT RAY FOR A SECOND SINCE HE'S HANGING OUT THERE? RAY, UM, RAY, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SORRY, I'M ON MY CELL PHONE ON ANOTHER PROGRAM, SO I APOLOGIZE. UM, NO, BASICALLY I STILL STAND BY WHAT I SAID. UH, UH, THE CHANGES WOULD BE ANTI-JEWISH OR JEW JEWISH, UH, ANTI ANTI PALESTINIAN IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, PETER, SINCE YOU, UH, BROUGHT THIS TO THE AGENDA, THEN, UH, I'LL HAVE YOU MAKE A MOTION, BUT YOU WERE GONNA MAKE SOME COMMENTS BEFORE. THAT'S WHAT I WANTED. ONE LAST CALL. OKAY. BRIAN. BRIAN, YOU WANT TO REVISIT? YEAH, I WOULD JUST ADD THE ANTI-CHRISTIAN TO WHATEVER RAY JUST SAID. IF WE WERE GONNA GO DOWN THAT ROAD AND SEE, I WOULD WANNA HOLD OFF. 'CAUSE IF WE'RE GONNA ADD THAT, THEN WE HAVE TO CONSIDER OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND I'D RATHER I KNOW AS IS, AS IS PRESENTED TO US, TO ME TONIGHT YEAH. IS I INTEND TO SUPPORT IT HOW IT WAS PRESENTED AS THIS. BUT YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THERE'S THE, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER, WHAT RAY IS TALKING ABOUT, AND BRIAN, TO SOME EXTENT THAT CAN BE AMENDED. AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA BE LEAVING OUT GROUPS THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE ALL, WE'RE ALL HUMAN GUYS. WE KNOW, WE KNOW WHEN WE GO TO BED AT NIGHT THAT WE'RE MORAL PEOPLE. WE'RE VOTING WITH OUR CONSCIOUS ON OUR HEART. WE'RE NOT GONNA MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'VE, WE HAVE DELIBERATED, WE HAVE SET OUR PEACE. SO, YOU KNOW, RESPECTFULLY, WE ALL CONTRARY TO WHAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THINK IN THE AUDIENCE. BRIAN, WHAT DO YOU THINKING? UH, UH, OKAY. WELL THEN I GUESS I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION TO INCLUDE WHAT RAY HAD MENTIONED, ANTI-ARAB ANTI PALESTINIAN. I THINK HE SAID ANTI JEW, BUT I'LL SAY ANTI-JEWISH AND THEN ANTI-CHRISTIAN. SO THAT'LL BE MY, MY MOTION TO AMEND. DO YOU HEAR ME RAY? SOUNDS LIKE I'M TALKING TO GOD. I LOOKING UP. YES. AND I'LL SECOND MA'AM. OKAY. AND PRIOR, PRIOR TO US VOTING, I'LL HAVE ONE COMMENT PRIOR TO, SO WE HAVE A, A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND. BUT PRIOR TO CASTING OUR VOTES, I WOULD JUST LIKE THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT I AM SUPPORTING THE RE THE RESOLUTION AS IT WAS PRESENTED TO ME IN MY AGENDA PACKET AS IS. BUT AS SOMEONE THAT REPRESENTS YOU, I AM OPEN TO HAVING FURTHER RESOLUTIONS TO DIFFERENT MARGINALIZED MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR RESOLUTION CONSIDERATION. ALWAYS. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ONE MORE THING, PETER? WELL, I DON'T WANT TO GET THIS ALL CONFUSED AS WE WATCHED AT MONTCLAIR AS FAR AS A SECOND. UH, ALL RIGHT. SO IT WAS A MOTION TO, TO AMEN. I KNOW WE HAD A MOTION SOMEWHERE ITEMS, BECAUSE I'VE GOT SOMETHING ELSE HERE IN FRONT OF ME THAT, UH, YOU DON'T, WE DON'T WANT TO TEACH ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER TONIGHT. SO THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING IF WE PROVE THIS, THEN WE WON'T GO IN THAT DIRECTION HERE. UM, WHICH INCLUDED ANTI-ARAB ANTI-SEMITIC, UM, AND ANCESTRY AND NATIONAL ORIGIN SUCH AS ISRAEL AND PALESTINE TALKED ABOUT RELIGION SUCH AS MUSLIM, CHRISTIAN, JEWISH. UM, SO I KNOW IT'S SO OVERARCHING ALREADY, BUT THERE'S A MOTION IN A SECOND. NO, I KNOW. SO I, I DON'T WANT TO CONFUSE IT. THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING AT. WE DON'T WANT IT TO TURN IT TO THE MONTCLAIR MEETING. NO, WE DON'T. SO I WANNA MAKE ONE ADDITIONAL COMMENT. WE'VE ALREADY TOUCHED ON THE, THE MAJOR PROBLEM WITH PUTTING IN SPECIFIC NATIONALITIES IN THIS. YEAH. IT'S WHERE DO WE STOP? WE ARE GONNA BE MARGINALIZING AND EXCLUDING BY OMISSION. EVERYBODY ELSE. YEAH. SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA NEXT HAVE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE COMING IN HERE WITH WHATEVER ETHNICITY OR GROUP THEY REPRESENT, SAYING THE SAME THING. I DON'T THINK THERE IS A EQUAL BALANCE HERE. I THINK IF ANYTHING, LIKE YOU SUGGESTED PETER, IF YOU WERE TO TAKE OUT ALL OF THE REFERENCES TO ANY SPECIFIC GROUP AND JUST LEFT IT WITH THE RACE AT THE ETHNICITIES, THE ALL INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE THAT'S IN THERE WITHOUT NAMING SPECIFIC, UH, GROUPS. MM-HMM. THAT WOULD BE CLOSER. BUT IN ITS CURTAIN STAGE, I, I'M, I'M NOT CONVINCED IT'S, IT'S THE RIGHT, UH, THING TO VOTE ON. SO, SO BRIAN OR RAY, HOW WOULD THIS READ? DO YOU WANT ME TO READ PART OF IT AND YOU INSERT WHERE YOU WANT IT INSERTED? I THINK THAT IS, IT'S GOTTA HOW, HOW MUCH DIRECTION DO YOU NEED FROM US IN TERMS OF LANGUAGE? OR CAN YOU TAKE THE SPIRIT OF ADDING THOSE FOUR ADDITIONAL? OKAY, SO LET ME READ IT. AND THEN YOU INSERT AT THE RIGHT SPOT [01:45:01] IF THAT'S NOT VERY, WHEREAS THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, DENOUNCES, ANTI-SEMITIC AND ISLAMOPHOBIC CONDUCT AND STATEMENTS IN ALL ITS FORMS AND CONDEMNS ALL HATE CRIMES AND ANY OTHER FORM OF RACISM, RELIGIOUS OR ETHNIC BIAS, DISCRIMINATION, INCITEMENT OF VIOLENCE, OR TARGETING ANY PERSONS IN CHINO HILLS. AND, UH, THEN ONTO THE NEXT ONE, DO YOU, ARE YOU SUGGESTING TO INSERT IT WITHIN THAT? I THINK SO. ARE YOU SUGGESTING, BECAUSE I WANNA KNOW WHAT I'M VOTING ON. EXACTLY. OKAY. UH, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, THE CITY OF CHINOSE DENOUNCED, ANTISEMITIC, ISLAMOPHOBIC, YOU'RE ADDING TO THAT. YEAH. UH, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, I THINK. YEAH. ON THE FIFTH RAZ, I'D SAY AFTER, UH, ANTISEMITIC ISLAMOPHOBIC CONDUCT AND THEN ADD THOSE FOUR OTHER ITEMS. OKAY. NAME THOSE FOUR AGAIN. ANTI PALESTINIAN, ANTI-ARAB, ANTI-JEWISH AND ANTI-CHRISTIAN IN WHATEVER ORDER THE CITY CLERK WANTS TO PUT IT IN ALPHABETICAL OR WHATNOT. OKAY. NOW I KNOW. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY. OKAY, WE READY TO VOTE? MADAM CITY CLERK, YOU WANT TO CALL US ON WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON? OKAY. THAT'S ALL. IT'S ACTUALLY MAR COUNSEL BEFORE WE, UH, VOTE, I DO BELIEVE THIS IS THE TYPE OF THING THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE, NOT JUST THE SPIRIT, BUT THE LETTER OF YOUR DIRECTION CAPTURED. SO I, UH, WE DID RECEIVE SEVERAL, UH, EMAILS ON THIS TOPIC. AND SO I HAVE SCRATCHED TOGETHER A DRAFT, UH, THAT I WILL READ TO THE COUNCIL, UH, TAKING THE DIRECTION THAT YOU JUST GAVE US. UH, AND YOU CAN LET ME KNOW IF I'VE CAPTURED IT, IF YOU NEED IT CHANGED. UH, FOR THE, FOR THE AUDIENCE, JUST SO YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE LEFT SOME OF THESE TERMS OUT WAS TRYING TO GET A BALANCE BETWEEN THE CITY'S DESIRE NOT TO REFLECT FOREIGN POLICY. AND SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A PEOPLE, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ME AS AN AMERICAN OR ME AS A PERSON IN AMERICA? SO IF I'M IN FRANCE, I'M STILL AN AMERICAN, BUT I'M IN FRANCE. IN THIS CASE, WE TOOK OUT SOME OF THE TOPICS LIKE ISRAELI AND, UH, ARAB AND, UH, JEWISH TO TRY AND STAY AWAY FROM FOREIGN POLICY. THE DRAFT, WHEN I READ THIS, THE GOAL IS TO STILL STAY OUT OF FOREIGN POLICY, BUT ADD SOME OF THE SPECIFICITY THAT THE PUBLIC HAS BROUGHT TO THE COUNCIL. SO HERE'S, HERE'S MY TRY AT THAT. UH, THIS IS AS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JOE'S POINTED OUT, IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING ALONG IN THE AGENDA, UH, MODIFICATION TO THE 1, 2, 3, 4, FIFTH, WHEREAS, AND THE REVISED LANGUAGE WOULD BE, WHEREAS THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, DENOUNCES, ANTI-SEMITIC, AND ISLAMOPHOBIC CONDUCT AND STATEMENTS IN ALL ITS FORMS IN CHINO HILLS AND CONDEMNS ALL HATE CRIMES AND ANY OTHER FORM OF RACISM. AND THIS IS WHERE IT CHANGES AND RELIGIOUS WITH IN PARENTHESES. 'CAUSE FOR US RELIGIOUS IS VERY BROAD. BUT TO ADD THE SPECIFICITY FOR RELIGIOUS IN PARENTHESES, MUSLIM, JEWISH, CHRISTIAN, CHRISTIAN, CLOSE PARENTHESES, ETHNIC, AGAIN, WE MADE IT VERY BROAD. BUT TO ADD THE SPECIFICITY THAT I'M HEARING FROM THE COUNCIL, WE WOULD ADD ANTI-ARAB ANTI-SEMITIC. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT ANTI-SEMITIC HAS A LOT OF NUANCES, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO GO WITH THE COMMON VERNACULAR TO INCLUDE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. AND THEN LAST, AN ANCESTRY SLASH NATIONAL ORIGIN, ISRAELI PALESTINIAN. FOR US, THE, THE ISSUE HERE IS WE'RE TRYING, I'M TRYING TO CALL OUT THAT WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT FOREIGN POLICY PERTAINING TO PALESTINIANS IN PALESTINE OR ISRAELIS IN ISRAEL. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY AS ISRAELI OR PALESTINIAN HERE IN CHINO HILLS. SO WITH THAT, WE WOULD THEN BE ADDING UNDER THE CATEGORIES OF RELIGIOUS, ETHNIC, AND NATIONAL ORIGIN. MORE SPECIFICS ALONG THE LINES OF MUSLIM, JEWISH, ANTI-ARAB ANTI-SEMITIC AND ISRAELI PALESTINIAN, I'M SORRY. AND CHRISTIAN. MM-HMM. , UH, WITH THE, UH, WITH THE RELIGIOUS. SO BASED ON THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION, I WOULD PROPOSE THAT THAT SPECIFIC LANGUAGE, IF YOU, IF THE MOTION PASSES, BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THE EXISTING. WHEREAS I THINK THAT, UM, YOU WANNA ASK, I THINK THAT, UM, [01:50:01] THANK YOU FOR WORDSMITHING THAT AND GATHERING ALL OF THE CONTENT THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED BY SO MANY PEOPLE. AND I THINK CAPTURING IT IN A WAY THAT, UM, I THINK ALL OF THOSE THAT SPOKE TONIGHT ON ALL SIDES, AND, UM, I THINK UP HERE, I THINK THAT BEN'S VERSION, THAT'S THE VERSION I HAVE HERE. AND ADDING THE WORD CHRISTIAN, WHICH IS WHAT YOU DID. BUT I, THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO MAKE SURE NOT DILUTE THE OTHER, BUT THOSE OTHER ELEMENTS, BEN, THAT YOU HAD, BECAUSE WE'RE, WHAT PEOPLE FAIL TO REALIZE IS THAT WE HAVE TO BREAK IT DOWN BY DIFFERENT, LIKE, RELIGION, ETHNICITY, IT'S DIFFERENT AND MM-HMM, , UM, WE'RE GONNA GET TOO DEEP IN THE WEEDS. IT ALREADY IS. SO, UM, OKAY, I, SO I'M FINISHED WITH MY COMMENTS. I'M SORRY, BRIAN. NO, NO, NO. I WAS GONNA SAY, RAY, UH, YOU HEARD WHAT, UM, UH, THE CITY MANAGER SAID NO, I HAVE, YOU ARE OKAY WITH THAT, RIGHT? BRIAN? I AM. AS LONG AS YOU ARE. OKAY, I'M GOOD. SORRY. OH, GOSH. FURTHER COMMENT. MADAM CLERK, WHO WAS THE MOTION AND SECOND ON THAT, I DON'T REMEMBER. I BELIEVE THE MOTION WAS MADE BY BRIAN, MYSELF AND A SECOND BY, AND THEN RAY, NO, HOLD ON. UM, WE STILL HAVE SOME COMMENTS. I'M SORRY, CHERYL, I STILL HAVE A COMMENT. I, I APPRECIATE YOUR ATTEMPT AT THE LANGUAGE, BUT WHY DIDN'T WE MENTION BUDDHIST, HINDU, JAPANESE, CHINESE, KOREAN. YOU SEE WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS? WE ARE, WE'RE GOING TO BE EXCLUDING SOMEONE REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH YOU WANT US TO PUT PALESTINIAN IN THAT RESOLUTION. AND IT'S WRONG. AND I WILL NOT VOTE FOR IT. PERIOD. AND IT'S WRONG. I THINK WE ARE, WE'RE VIOLATING THE CONCEPT OF OUR CITY. OUR CITY FATHERS SAID EVERYONE OUGHT TO BE GIVEN THE PROTECTIONS, NOT JUST INDIVIDUALS, AND NOT JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE IN A GIVEN RESOLUTION. A RESOLUTION IS ONLY A GUIDELINE. IT STATES WHAT OUR CITY BELIEVES. AND THIS LANGUAGE DOES NOT COVER EVERYTHING WE BELIEVE. AND YOU FOLKS WHO KEEP PUSHING THIS DOWN OUR THROAT ARE MISSING THE BOAT. AND YOU ARE VERY, VERY HATEFUL AGAINST OTHER ETHNICITIES, PRIMARILY ISRAEL. OKAY. YOU NEED TO STEP BACK. SO, ENOUGH SAID, COME ON. ENOUGH SAID, BE QUIET PLEASE. OKAY. I'M NOT APOLOGIZING BECAUSE TAKING YOUR EMAILS AND TAKING THE LANGUAGE OUTTA YOUR EMAILS. HOLD, HOLD, HOLD. IT'S TOO LATE. HOLD. I'M GONNA WALK OUTTA HERE IN A MINUTE. PLEASE. WE NEED TO TEST A BOAT, SO PLEASE. I REALLY, I UNDERSTAND I CAN'T MOVE, BUT IF GUYS WE'RE TRYING, WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE THIS FORWARD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. I BELIEVE I HEAR COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ, WERE YOU, YOU LOOKING TO WEIGH IN? I'M JUST SAYING LET'S RESPECT EACH OTHER. UH, THERE'S A MOTION IN A SECOND. LET'S VOTE ON IT. UM, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE OTHER COMMENTS, ADAM, WITH RESPECT. THANK YOU. OKAY, MAYOR, ARE YOU READY FOR A VOTE? MADAM CLERK? OKAY. IF EVERYBODY WILL LOCK IN THEIR VOTE. UM, OH, I THOUGHT YOU DOING A VOICE VOTE. THOUGHT WE DOING A VOTE? I, I APOLOGIZE. WE HAVE A MOTION. I LEFT MY ALREADY JOE'S. WE HAVE A SECOND BY MARQUEZ. IS THAT CORRECT? ON THE AMENDED LANGUAGE? ON THE AMENDED LANGUAGE TO BE, WHEREAS THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, DENOUNCES, ANTI-SEMITIC AND ISLAMOPHOBIC CONDUCT AND STATEMENTS IN ALL ITS FORMS IN CHINO HILLS AND CONDEMNS ALL HATE CRIMES AND ANY OTHER FORM OF RACISM AND RELIGIOUS MUSLIM, JEWISH, CHRISTIAN, ETHNIC ANTI-ARAB ANTI-SEMITIC AND ANCESTRY, NATIONAL ORIGIN, ISRAELI PALESTINIAN, BIAS, DISCRIMINATION, INCITEMENT OF VIOLENCE OR TARGETING OF ANY PERSON IN CHINO HILLS. IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. WE CAN TAKE, TAKE A VOTE. AND MARQUEZ, IF YOU'LL LET ME KNOW WHAT YOUR VOTE IS, I WILL LOCK IT IN FOR YOU AS WELL. YOU NEED A ROLL CALL? YES, PLEASE. I WILL, I WILL. OKAY. WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. I'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT. I'M SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER JOES? YES. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ? YES. OKAY. ONE MOMENT COUNCIL. AND IF YOU'LL LOCK IT IN, IN THE SYSTEM AS WELL. OH, I'M SORRY. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS. YEAH. VICE MAYOR BENNETT. NO, MAYOR MORAN. I WANT, BEFORE I CAST MY VOTE, I WANT ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT SAID, KOREAN, JAPANESE, ALL ETHNICITIES TO PLEASE REACH OUT. AND I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO TABLE RESOLUTIONS FOR THOSE THAT ARE FEELING MARGINALIZED AND DISCRIMINATED. UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS VERY HARD TO DO A, A ONE ALL, AND THIS IS A VERY TOUGH DECISION, BUT MY VOTE IS YES. BUT I WILL SAY THAT I WANT EVERYONE TO REACH OUT. WE DON'T WANT ANYONE IN CHINO HILLS TO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE NOT SEEN OR HEARD OR PROTECTED. WE DON'T WANT ANYONE TO FEEL THAT WAY TO MY ENTIRE, MY ENTIRE COMMUNITY HERE. OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY HERE. I'M SORRY. IT'S, GO AHEAD. HERE YOU GO. MORAN, WHAT WAS YOUR VOTE? I DID DO A, JUST DID IT. OKAY. [01:55:01] NO, YOU'RE GOOD. IT WAS DELAYED. THANK, I WAS PUSHING THE SPEAKER. NO WORRIES. NO, I KNOW. AND THAT'S WHY I CALLED THEM ALL OUT AND THEY VOTED AND, BUT WE ARE ALSO DISPLAYING IT SO EVERYBODY CAN SEE IT. OKAY. THAT'S IT. MOTION PASSES. FOUR ONE. MAYOR. YES, BEN. MAYOR, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, UH, I'D LIKE TO, I CAN'T HEAR YOU. GO AHEAD. I, IF I CAN PUT THE CITY CLERK ON THE SPOT FOR A QUICK SECOND. AND BEFORE YOU ALL LEAVE, UH, WHEN WE MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO A RESOLUTION LIKE THIS, UH, WHAT DO WE DO NEXT WITH THIS? I, I, I THINK THE OFFICIAL ACTION IS, IT WILL BE RECORDED AS DESCRIBED AND PUT INTO THE OFFICIAL RECORD, BUT I JUST WANT, YOU KNOW, TO COMMENT ON THAT. YES, THAT IS CORRECT. SO WE WILL UPDATE THE RESOLUTION. THE RESOLUTION WILL THEN BE SIGNED BY THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. A VOTE WILL BE, UM, LISTED IN THE RESOLUTION AS IT WAS STATED HERE TONIGHT. AND THEN THAT WILL BE POSTED UP ON THE, UH, UP ON THE WEBSITE FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND BEN, DO YOU HAVE A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT? IF WE CAN GIVE MAYBE A SECOND IF ANYBODY WANTS TO LEAVE. SO I'M GONNA GO, SO DO I, LET'S START TALKING. BEN, WE'VE BEEN WAITING LONG START TALKING. SO, UH, THE ONLY ITEM THAT I HAVE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT IS AN UPDATE ON THE MAYOR'S REQUEST. PLEASE, PLEASE EXIT QUICKLY WHERE WE STILL HAVE CITY BUSINESS TO CONDUCT. PLEASE LEAVE QUICKLY AND QUIETLY. THANK YOU. UNTIL WE'RE DONE. DO UPDATE CITY MANAGER UPDATE FIRST. MAYOR, I, I'M, I'M HAPPY TO DO THE CITY MANAGER UPDATE AT THIS TIME, BUT WE DO STILL HAVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR TO, TO DO SO. OH, I FORGOT. SILLY OF ME TO, OKAY. ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING TO [ CONSENT CALENDAR (12 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.] PULL FROM CONSENT? UH, BRIAN, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR AT THE END. I'LL SECOND THE CONSENT CALENDAR. PLEASE VOTE. OKAY. I'M GONNA CALL ROLL CALL VOTE. OH, THAT'S RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER JOES? YES. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ? YES. OKAY. LET ME JUST ENTER THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS? YES. VICE MAYOR BENNETT? YES. MAYOR MORAN. YES. THANK YOU. MOTION. AND I ALSO BEEN, I NEGLECTED MOTION PASSES BY ZERO. WE HAD OUR CITY UPDATES. SO WE HAVE OUR [ SAFETY UPDATES - Fire and Police] CITY SAFETY UPDATES FROM FIRE. BLESS YOU. AND PUBLIC SAFETY, OUR POLICE, OUR GREAT FINE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT WE HAD SUPPORT. A HUNDRED PERCENT. THANK YOU. HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT TONIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER UPDATES. [ CITY MANAGER UPDATES] I, I JUST WANNA SAY, MAYOR, THE ONLY ITEM THAT WE HAVE, UH, FOR TONIGHT, MA'AM, YOU'RE GONNA BE ESCORTED OUT. YOU'RE DISRUPTING THE MEETING. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE ESCORT HER OUT. SHE, SHE'S DISRUPTING THE MEETING. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THE ONLY ITEM, UH, THAT I HAVE TO COMMENT ON TONIGHT, YOU ASKED THAT THE STAFF LOOK AT UPDATING OUR, UH, SPEAKER CARD IN ORDER TO MAKE THE, THE PUBLIC MORE AWARE OF HOW THE MEETING WORKS. UH, WE ACTUALLY ARE LOOKING PRETTY DEEP AT WHETHER OR NOT THE LANGUAGE IS EASY FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON TO FOLLOW. SO IN THE NEAR FUTURE, YOU'LL SEE A NEW SPEAKER CARD AND PROBABLY SOME ADDITIONS TO OUR BOILERPLATE LANGUAGE ON, UH, THE ACTUAL AGENDA TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WORKS. SO IS OUR, UM, CITY ATTORNEY IS OUR, IS OUR LOBBY, UM, ENFORCEABLE FOR THEM TO LEAVE THE LOBBY AND GO OUTSIDE? UH, CLOSING THE DOOR? THEY'RE CLOSING THE DOOR. IF THEY DON'T, IF IT'S STILL LOUD THROUGH THE CLOSED DOORS, I'D LIKE THE CROWD TO DISPERSE. PLEASE MARK, WHAT'S YOUR ANSWER TO THAT THOUGH? UH, IF THEY'RE DISRUPTIVE OUT IN THE LOBBY, THEN THE, THE POLICE CAN, UM, ESCORT THEM OUT, BUT THEY SEEM TO BE QUIETING DOWN. OKAY. I SEEM TO, TO GET BACK TO WHAT BEN SAID, UH, THAT'S GOOD. WE'VE LEARNED FROM OUR RECENT EXPERIENCES. AND THEN MAYBE IT IS BE BETTER TO TAKE THAT, THAT COMMENT CARD OR THAT REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD AND, AND AMEND IT SO THAT IT'S CLEARER AS TO WHAT THE, UH, INTENT OF THIS BODY IS AS FAR AS INFORMATION TO HEAR. AND THAT'S THE CONCLUSION OF MY CITY MANAGER UPDATE. HMM. UM, IT'S, I CAN HEAR PEOPLE. UM, THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. OKAY. I NEED THE SHERIFFS TO CLEAR THE LOBBY. I WOULD PROPOSE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK. YEAH, LET'S DO IT. SO I, OKAY. THANK YOU BRANDON. I'M GONNA, UM, RECONVENE THE MEETING FIVE AND WE'RE GONNA QUICKLY GET THROUGH THIS. WE DID OUR UPDATES. SO [ COUNCIL REPORTS Vice Mayor Bennett Chino Valley Fire District Board Chino Valley Unified School District Board Measure G Citizens Oversight Committee Omnitrans Board Council Member Johsz Legislative Advocacy Committee Council Member Marquez San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Board General Policy Committee Legislative Policy Committee Metro Valley Study Session Transit Committee Council Member Rogers Chino Desalter Authority Board Chino Hills Community Foundation Board] NOW WE HAVE VICE MAYOR BENNETT, YOUR COMMITTEE REPORTS PLEASE. ALRIGHT, I'M GLAD YOU STILL WANT TO HEAR FROM ME. OF COURSE YOU DID. UH, CHINO VALLEY INDEPENDENT FIRE DISTRICT, A COUPLE MAIN THINGS. [02:00:01] UH, THEY ALSO HAVE, UH, DESIGNATED WILDFIRE AWARE AWARENESS MONTH, UH, PROCLAMATION, UH, TRAUMA AWARENESS MONTH AND EMS, UH, WEEK PROCLAMATION. UH, THEY INTRODUCED A NEW IT INTERN, UH, ROLAND RODRIGUEZ. UH, THEY ALSO HAD NEW EMPLOYEE INTRODUCTIONS AND SUPPORT SERVICES TECHNICIAN RYAN MOORE. AND THEY RECOGNIZED DEPUTY FIRE, FIRE MARSHAL MAR MARSHALL, AUSTIN OTT, UH, WHO IS MOVING ON TO, UH, GREENER PASTURES. UM, THAT PRETTY MUCH TAKES CARE OF IT FOR THE FIRE DISTRICT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. UM, CONTRARY TO ALL OF THE, UH, TYPICAL, UH, PROTESTS AND EVERYTHING THEY'VE BEEN HAVING, UH, THIS WAS A PRETTY GOOD MEETING. THE GROUP, UH, THE TEEN ADVISORY BOARD, UH, THAT MADE A PRESENTATION TO US TWO NIGHTS BEFORE THIS. WELL, THE LAST MEETING WE HAD, UH, ALSO WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND, UH, SO ABOUT FIVE OR SIX OF THE PEOPLE WERE THERE. AND ACTUALLY ONE OF THE TEA ADVISORY PEOPLE IS NOW THE EX-OFFICIAL MEMBER, UH, STUDENT MEMBER OF THE, UH, COUNCIL. SO THAT WAS A, UH, OF THE BOARD, EXCUSE ME. AND THEN OF COURSE, A LOT OF DISCUSSION WITH RESPECT TO, UM, THEY HAD A, A PRESENTATION ON THE TEACHING AND LEARNING, UH, TASK FORCE UPDATE. UH, THERE WAS RATIFICATION OF TENTATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH THE ASSOCIATED TEACHERS UNION, THE CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES AND VARIOUS ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENTS. AND ALSO, UH, YOU HAD ASKED ABOUT MEASURE G OVERSIGHT. UH, THERE WAS A, A LOT OF THAT WAS A SEPARATE NIGHT, THE NIGHT BEFORE. AND, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF UPDATES ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION IN THE DISTRICT. AND WE HAVE HAD A FAIR AMOUNT OF IMPROVEMENTS, MOSTLY FRONT OFFICE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING A LOCKOUT PLACE WHERE, UH, FIRST POINT TO GET INTO A CAMPUS IS THE, THE RELOCATION OF SOME OF THE FRONT OFFICE OR THE OFFICES TO THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL. AND OF COURSE, THEY'RE ALL SUBJECT TO THE RAPTOR SYSTEM WHERE YOU HAVE TO LOG IN WITH YOUR LICENSE. SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT FOR THE, UH, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICT OMNI TRANS, UH, THEY WENT THROUGH THE, UH, FISCAL YEAR 2025 SERVICE PLAN AND ANNUAL BUDGET. AND THEN WE WENT INTO CLOSED SESSION FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF AARON ROGERS, THE CEO AND GENERAL MANAGER. AND THEN WE DID A, A FOLLOW UP EVALUATION ONLINE. AND OF COURSE THAT'S ALL CONFIDENTIAL AND THAT ENDS MY REPORTS. OKAY. THANK YOU. RIGHT NEXT WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER JOES. ALRIGHT. PETER AND I HAD OUR LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY COMMITTEE WHERE WE MET WITH OUR FEDERAL AND STATE LOBBYISTS. JUST KIND OF THE HIGHLIGHTS WERE THAT WE'VE SUBMITTED OUR EARMARKS, UH, GOD, I LOVE CALIFORNIA. WE GO FROM, YOU KNOW, DOUBLE DIGIT, UH, BUDGET SURPLUS TO NOW BEING WHAT, LIKE 37 BILLION IN THE WHOLE OH YEAH. AND IT JUST KEEPS GROWING. SO I'M NOT SURE IF WE'LL GET ANY STATE EARMARKS, 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY MONEY, BUT AT LEAST ON THE FED SIDE, THEY CAN JUST PRINT IT. SO GOD WILLING, SOME OF IT MAKES ITS WAY TO CHINO HILLS, UH, BUT JUST KIND OF GOT AN UPDATE ON THAT. AND THEN, UH, JUST KIND OF, UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT OUR LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE PUSHING FOR LOCAL CONTROL IS, UH, CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR LEGISLATORS. THAT'S IT, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU. BRIAN COUN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. LET'S, UH, START OFF WITH SBCT, A GENERAL POLICY COMMITTEE. UH, WE JUST DESIGNED OR WE CAME UP WITH A WORK VIOLENCE PREVENTION PLAN. IT WAS APPROVED. WE INCREASED TUITION REIMBURSEMENT, WE UPDATE, WE HAD AN UPDATE ON THE SMART COUNTY MASTER PLAN, THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE. UH, WE WENT OVER STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE UPDATES, METRO VALLEY STUDY SESSION. WE, UH, WENT OVER THE MAJOR PROJECT STATUS REPORT AND GOT UP TO DATE, UH, TOLL OPERATIONS, UNDERGROUND SERVICE ALERTS, TRANSIT COMMITTEE, METRO LINK, AND METROLINK. WE DID A PRELIMINARY BUDGET REQUEST FISCAL YEAR 20 24, 20 25. WE APPROVED IT. ALSO, THE A SERVICE. WE ALSO APPROVED THAT BUDGET. WE UPDATED THE 10 YEAR DELIVERY PLAN, WHICH INCLUDED METROLINK RAIL SERVICES, EXPRESS BUS, BUS, RAPID TRANSIT SERVICE, PROGRAM ORDERS, DIRECTORS MEETING OR COG. WE, UH, HAD A PRESENTATION BY THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ON HOMELESS PROGRAM. GREAT. A GREAT PRESENTATION. AND THEN ALSO THE SBCT COG, WE ADOPTED OUR BUDGET. THOSE ARE MY REPORTS, MA'AM. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. PETER. YES, I HAVE TWO, SORRY, I HAVE TWO REPORTS. ONE IS A CHINO BASIN DESAL AUTHORITY, OR CDA. IT WAS A FAIRLY EXTENSIVE MEETING. WE ADOPTED OUR UPCOMING 24 25 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, UH, BUDGET. AND THAT, UH, DIDN'T HAVE MUCH DEBATE BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY WERE PRETTY NEUTRAL COMPARED TO ALL THE RISING PRICES. WE WERE PRETTY NEUTRAL SHAPE. WE ALSO VOTED ON NUMEROUS CONTRACTS, AGREEMENTS, ET CETERA, FOR VARIOUS SUPPORT SERVICES AND ALSO VARIOUS CHEMICALS. AND I KNOW IT SOUNDS MUNDANE, BUT WE PROBABLY HAD 14 ITEMS [02:05:01] JUST ON CHEMICALS, SODIUM HYDROXIDE, AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT CONTRACTS. SO THAT WAS CDA AND FOUNDATION. WE JUST HAD OUR FOUNDATION BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT, AND IT WAS OUR ANNUAL MEETING. ME IS OUR ANNUAL MEETING. WE MEET SIX TIMES A YEAR, UH, NOT COUNTING ANY SUBCOMMITTEES OR COMMITTEES THAT WE HAVE. AND WITH THAT, WE HAD OUR ELECTION OF OFFICERS AND WE KEPT THE SAME GROUP IN PLACE THAT WE'VE HAD FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, NOW THREE YEARS. SO MYSELF AS CHAIR OF THE FOUNDATION, CYNTHIA'S VICE-CHAIR OF THE FOUNDATION, MARY FA HABER SECRETARY, AND PETER ANO AS TREASURER. WE ALSO SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME, UH, THANKING ALMA HERNANDEZ, WHO WAS, UH, PROMOTED, STOLEN, PROMOTED, HOWEVER YOU WANNA DEFINE IT. BOTH FROM BOTH? BOTH. BOTH. POACH, YEAH. YOU'RE, YOU'RE POACHED. YEAH, POACHED. POACHED. SHE WAS POACHED FROM, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICES IS NOW IN PUBLIC WORKS, BUT WE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME ACTUALLY THANKING HER. GAVE HER, GAVE HER SOME FLOWERS. DEFINITELY NOT UP TO REPORTING LEVELS. SO WHERE I THINK WE'RE GOOD , I TOOK A COUPLE ROSES OUT TO MAKE SURE IT, THE COST WASN'T QUITE SO MUCH. UH, AND SHE, SHE WAS EMBARRASSED AND BLUSHING, ET CETERA, BECAUSE EVERY SEAT HERE WAS FULL OF OUR FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBERS AND EVERYBODY HAD SOME SOMETHING POSITIVE TO SAY. AND AGAIN, WE GAVE HER THREE YEARS TO TRANSITION BACK. IF SHE NEEDS TO MAYBE THREE YEARS, THAT'S IT. THEN SHE CANNOT MOVE ANY, ANY MORE BACK. AT LEAST BACK TO JONATHAN'S GROUP. UH, SO AT TRIBUTE TO ALMA. AND THEN, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF THE SUCCESSFUL CONCERTS THAT WE HOSTED AS A FOUNDATION OVER AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. THAT'S IT FOR FOUNDATION. OKAY. UNLESS CYNTHIA, THANK YOU. UNLESS YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, [ COUNCIL COMMENTS] RAY, IT'S GETTING KIND OF LATE WHERE YOU ARE. WHAT'S YOUR CLOSING COMMENTS BESIDES GOODNIGHT, . I'M SLEEPING. HOLD ON. HERE WE GO. HE'S IN WASHINGTON. HE'S IN WASHINGTON, DC UH, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING, UH, AN EVENT NETWORK NETWORKING EVENT JUNE 28TH AT THE CHEECH MUSEUM. ALL MY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE INVITED. PLEASE COME. UH, I ATTENDED THECA GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN PALM DESERT. WE ADOPTED THE FISCAL YEAR BUDGET 20 24, 20 25, UH, FOR GENERAL FUND BUDGET AND THEN ALSO THE MEMBERSHIP ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE. UH, NEW OFFICERS. KURT HAMAN. FIRST VP IS CINDY ALLEN. I'M GOING TO, UH, THE VOLUNTEER DINNER APPRECIATION DINNER. GREAT EVENT. THANK YOU, UH, TO STAFF. AND, UH, MAYOR, UH, MY ONLY CONCERNS ARE IS THAT I GUESS THAT MEMBER KEEPS ON GETTING SMALLER AND SMALLER AS FAR AS, AS FAR AS VOLUNTEERS. I LIKE TO SORT OF LOOK AT THAT, MAYBE DISCUSS THAT, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN START BUILDING THE VOLUNTEER, UH, THAT WE USED TO HAVE. STATE OF THE CITY. MARY DID A TREMENDOUS JOB, LIKE ALWAYS. UM, I DID TOUR CIM, THE SEA YARD. UM, I, I GOT TO SEE IT FIRSTHAND AND, UH, IT'S IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE AND IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO SEE, UM, SK, SK ANNUAL WASHINGTON DC ADVOCACY, CRIP, WHICH I'M ON RIGHT NOW. TODAY. WE MET WITH PADILLA'S OFFICE, SCHIFF'S OFFICE, WE TALKED TO HUD AND DOT. WHEN I WAS WITH HUD, I STARTED TALKING ABOUT FIRE INSURANCE. SO HOPEFULLY, UH, THEY'LL DO SOMETHING. AND I THOUGHT ABOUT PETER ROGERS ABOUT THAT WHEN I ASKED THAT, UH, REQUEST ABOUT FIRE INSURANCE, . AND THOSE ARE MY REPORTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, RAY. APPRECIATE THAT. RAY BRIAN, UH, JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK ITEMS. UH, THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF CHINO FOR PUTTING ON THAT PRESS CONFERENCE THAT, UH, MAYOR ELOA AND MAYOR MORAN SPOKE AT REGARDING THE DEATH ROW INMATES THAT ARE BEING SHIFTED TO CIMI THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A LOT OF GOOD COVERAGE TO A STORY THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY BE AWARE OF. I KNOW A LOT OF RESIDENTS DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THAT WAS HAPPENING. SO GOOD JOB. UH, ON ALL ACCOUNTS, UH, CONGRATS. THE CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL TEAM BEAT CHINO TWO TO NOTHING THIS AFTERNOON IN THE CIF, UH, SEMI-FINALS. SO THEY'LL BE MOVING ON. SOFTBALL IS LEAGUE CHAMPIONS. THERE YOU GO. CITY OF WINNERS, WE'LL MOVE OVER ENGLEWOOD. WE'RE THE CITY OF CHAMPIONS. THANK YOU. UM, AND THEN JUST CONGRATULATIONS, UH, I KNOW GRADUATES ARE GONNA BE COMING FAST AND FURIOUS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE OUR MEETING, SO GOOD JOB TO ALL OF THOSE KIDS. AND THAT'S IT, MA'AM. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UH, YES. UM, THERE WE GO. UH, WE HAVE OUR, UH, CITY AND COUNTY, UH, CONFERENCE COMING UP THIS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY UP IN ARROWHEAD. I THINK WE'LL PROBABLY ALL BE UP THERE. UH, THE FIRE DISTRICT CAR SHOW IS COMING UP THIS SATURDAY AT THE SHOPS. UH, APPARENTLY AS OF A COUPLE DAYS AGO, THERE WAS ONE, ONE SPOT AVAILABLE. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S STILL AVAILABLE OR NOT. UH, MONDAY, UH, MAY, UH, 28TH, UH, WILL BE THE, UM, ALA AN CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION. UH, IN THE PAST, WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A HUNDRED PERCENT IN ATTENDING THOSE, THOSE MEETINGS, AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF. UH, [02:10:01] THURSDAY THE 23RD, UH, EXCUSE ME, I THINK THAT WAS THE 20TH. I, I GAVE THE WRONG DATE. UH, THURSDAY THE 23RD, WE'LL HAVE THE TASTE OF CHINO VALLEY. UH, I THINK TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE FOR THAT. AND WE HAVE, UH, MEMORIAL DAY COMING UP ON MAY 27TH. AND AGAIN, THIS IS NOT FOR VETERANS. THIS IS FOR THOSE THAT WE REMEMBER THAT HAVE GIVEN THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE TO, UH, UH, PROTECT OUR COUNTRY AND PROTECT OUR, OUR FREEDOMS. BECAUSE REMEMBER, FREEDOM IS NOT FREE. UH, SOMEONE PAID THAT PRICE AND IN THE CASE OF VIETNAM, YOU KNOW, ALL GAVE SOME, BUT SOME GAVE ALL. SO I WOULD, WHILE YOU'RE COOKING YOUR, OR DOING YOUR BARBECUES AND ENJOYING, UH, PLEASE, UH, AT LEAST GIVE 'EM A MOMENT, UH, TO THINK ABOUT ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT HAVE GIVEN, UH, THEIR ULTIMATE, UH, FOR OUR FREEDOM. SO THAT'S THE END OF MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU ART. PETER. YES. I'LL TAKE THE ROLE OF SUZETTE DANG FOR A MOMENT BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T, SHE SAID SHE NEEDED MORE THAN A MINUTE, SO SHE WASN'T, UH, SO, UH, THE SUPERVISOR, KURT HAGMAN'S HAVING AN OPEN HOUSE HERE AT HIS OFFICE, WHICH IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE GOVERNMENT CENTER ON JUNE 5TH, UH, 5:00 PM TO 7:00 PM SO ALL RESIDENTS ARE INVITED TO COME CHECK OUT COUNTY SERVICES. WE'LL HAVE A NUMBER OF COUNTY SERVICES IN ATTENDANCE, UH, FUN STATE OF THE CITY. THANK YOU FOR HOSTING STAFF AND CYNTHIA FOR HOSTING THE STATE OF THE CITY. YES, AS ART MENTIONED, WE'RE, WE'RE ALL FIVE OF US AS WE USUALLY DO. WE'LL BE ATTENDING THE TWO GRADUATIONS WILL TAKE PLACE THIS COMING MONDAY, UH, AND, UH, AT TOYOTA ARENA, 12 O'CLOCK AND FOUR O'CLOCK FOR CHINO HILLS HIGH AND AYLA. AND AGAIN, AS ART SAID, WE ARE PROUD THAT WE HAVE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS HAD A HUNDRED PERCENT ATTENDANCE AT THOSE GRADUATIONS AS COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND LASTLY, UH, IT, YOU SENT OUT A NOTE TO US HAVING TO DO WITH CARBON CANYON TRUCK RESTRICTIONS. AND, UH, ON MAY 29TH IS, UH, THE HAPPY DAY. IT HAPPENS TO BE MY BIRTHDAY, AND THAT'S WHY I MADE THE COMMENT BACK TO YOU THAT THAT'S A NICE BIRTHDAY PRESENT THAT BREA AND CHINO HILLS WILL START THE, THE I I KNOW THIS IS GREAT. UH, WHICH, WHICH REMINDS ME OF SOMETHING, UH, WE WILL NOT HAVE. SOME OF THOSE TRUCKS HAVE, WELL, WE MAY STILL HAVE 'EM, BUT NOW WE, THEY CAN BE CITED. AND I WAS JUST THIS MORNING PULLING OUT, HEADING INTO ROTARY AND HERE GOES RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY, RIGHT IN CARBON CANYON OFF, I CAME OUT OF FELDSPAR AND THERE WAS ONE OF THOSE HUGE AMAZON TRUCKS SIMILAR TO WHAT I POSTED THE OTHER DAY ON FACEBOOK. UH, FIVE AXLE, JUST HUGE, THAT BIG BLUE ONE COMING RIGHT BY ME. AND I WAS THINKING, OKAY, IN A, IN A WEEK AND A HALF OR SO, IT STILL MAY BE COMING BY ME, BUT THERE MAY BE A TICKET ON THE WINDSHIELD ALSO WHEN, WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE. SO GREAT TO HEAR THAT THE RESTRICTIONS WILL GO IN PLACE STARTING MAY 29TH WHEN THE SIGN GOES UP ON BREA SIDE AND CHINO HILLSIDE. SO, GREAT, GREAT TO, GREAT TO HEAR THAT AND SEE THAT AFTER ALL THESE YEARS OF, UH, WORKING WITH SACRAMENTO AND LOCAL CALTRANS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE, CYNTHIA. OKAY, THANK YOU PETER. UM, I'M GETTING MY DATES CONFUSED, BUT YOU KNOW, NO ONE MENTIONED THE GRAND REOPENING OF CROSSROADS PARK AND THAT WAS, I HAD THAT ON MY NOTES, SO I'M JUST GOING TO GO FOR IT SINCE NO ONE MENTIONED THAT. UM, WE HAD THE GRAND REOPENING. IT WAS WONDERFUL. SO IT'S THE FIRST ALL-INCLUSIVE PARK IN CHINO HILLS FOR, UM, CHILDREN OF ALL ABILITIES. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH WHERE IT'S LOCATED, SO IT'S UM, IT'S BEFORE YOU GET TO CONCERTS IN THE PARK WHERE THOSE TENNIS COURTS ARE, IT'S KIND OF HIDDEN DOWN A HILL. SO IF YOU'RE GOING, UM, NORTHBOUND ON CHIN HILLS PARKWAY, YOU HAVE TO MAKE A U-TURN IN GORDON RANCH, LIKE YOU WERE GOING TO THE THING, COME BACK AND MAKE A RIGHT INTO IT. BUT YOU CAN GOOGLE THE, THE ADDRESS, BUT RIGHT ON THE CORNER OF CARBON CANYON ROAD, RIGHT ON THE CORNER OF CARBON CANYON ROAD. YEAH. MM-HMM. . UM, AND I WANT TO THANK THE CHIN HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR DONATING THE MONEY FOR THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, WHICH WAS 1 4120 5,000 125,000. UM, THAT WAS THE LAST PROJECT THAT, UM, WE'D DONATED TO. SO WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE FOUNDATION. AND [ ADJOURN IN MEMORIAM: Adjourn in memory of City of Industry Mayor Pro Tem, Cathy Marcucci, who passed away on April 26, 2024, at the age of 60.] TONIGHT WE'RE ACTUALLY ADJOURNING, UM, IN MEMORY OF SOMEONE, UM, VERY ACTIVE IN LOCAL POLITICS THAT WE LOST. UM, TONIGHT WE ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF THE CITY OF INDUSTRY COUNCIL MEMBER CATHERINE MARUCCI, OR KATHY, WHO SADLY PASSED AWAY AFTER A LONG, HARD FOUGHT BATTLE WITH CANCER ON APRIL 26TH AT THE AGE OF 60. KATHY WAS A REMARKABLE LEADER, ADMIRE, ADMIRED BY MANY. SHE BEGAN HER CIVIC CAREER IN 2017 AS A COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THE CITY OF INDUSTRY WHERE SHE SERVED CONTINUOUSLY. MANY OF US HAD THE PLEASURE OF KNOWING KATHY THROUGH HER ROLE ON THE TRACE HARM'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WHERE SHE SERVES SITS IN ESTABLISHED SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN 2019. THROUGHOUT HER TENURE, SHE DEMONSTRATED EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP CHAMPION CAUSES THAT UPLIFTED THE LIVES OF OUR CITIZENS AND OUR FURRY AND OUR FURRY COMPANIONS ALIKE. AS AN AVID ANIMAL LOVER, KATHY'S DEDICATION TO ANIMAL WELFARE WAS UNPARALLELED. AND THAT'S A COMPLETE UNDERSTATEMENT 'CAUSE SHE WAS AMAZING WITH WHAT SHE DID WITH ANIMAL WELFARE. SHE SPEARHEADED EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH THE FIRST NO KILL ANIMAL RESCUE IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, LEAVING AN ENDURING LEGACY OF COMPASSION AND KINDNESS. AS A BOARD MEMBER ON TRE ARMANO, SHE PROUDLY WORKED TO HELP ASSIST RED [02:15:01] BUCKET EQUINE RESCUE IN THEIR ANIMAL RESCUE EFFORTS. THROUGH HER VISION AND DETERMINATION, COUNTLESS ANIMALS HAVE FOUND REFUGE AND LOVE REPRESENTING THE SPIRIT OF HOPE THAT KATHY EMBODIED. TO KNOW KATHY WAS TO LOVE, TO KNOW, LOVE, COMPASSION, AND JOY. HER CARING HEART, WARM SMILE, AND SPARKLING LAUGH WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED. ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, WE EXTEND OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES AND OFFER SUPPORT TO KATHY'S HUSBAND, STEVE, DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW. LAUREN AND PETE AND HER ENTIRE FAMILY AND FRIENDS. AND I THINK GIVEN THE CLIMATE THAT WE LIVE IN RIGHT NOW, THE FACT THAT POOR KATHY PASSED AWAY AT 60 AND HAD A WHOLE LIFE AHEAD OF HER, I THINK IT'S, UH, JUST BE KIND, EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT WORD ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.