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I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER A SPECIAL
[ SPECIAL MEETING - 3:00 P.M. - CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL]
MEETING IN THE CHINO HILL CITY COUNCIL FOR MAY 28TH, 2024.AND CHERYL, CAN YOU PLEASE TAKE ROLL CALL? ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT EXCEPT FOR COUNCIL MEMBER JOE'S.
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]
AND SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WITH ME.TITLE CHANGES TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH RELIGIOU JUSTICE LAW.
[1. PUBLIC COMMENTS: At this time members of the public may address the City Council regarding any items appearing on the Budget Workshop agenda. Those persons wishing to address the City Council are requested to complete and submit to the City Clerk a "Request to Speak" card available at the entrance to the City Council Chambers. Comments will be limited to three minutes per speaker.]
COMMENTS? YES, WE DO.AT THIS TIME, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEMS APPEARING ON THE BUDGET WORKSHOP AGENDA.
THOSE PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REQUESTED TO COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK TO MY LEFT A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD.
AND THEY'RE ALSO AVAILABLE AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL.
COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.
SORRY, I'M A LITTLE RUSHED THIS, THIS AFTERNOON.
UM, SO A FEW OF US ARE HERE THIS AFTERNOON AS MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN ATTENDING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS FOR THE LAST FIVE OR SIX MONTHS, AND, UM, AD ADVOCATING FOR, UM, SPECIFICALLY MARGINALIZED, UM, COMMUNITIES WITHIN CHINO HILLS.
AND SO, UM, WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET FOR THE NEXT YEAR IS THAT THE CITY DOES A LOT, SOME FUNDS TO, TOWARDS, UM, ANTI-BIAS, UM, EDUCATIONAL TRAINING, UM, FOR THE CITY STAFF.
WE THINK THAT IT WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO CULTIVATE A MORE INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT WITHIN THE CITY.
OBVIOUSLY, I PROBABLY DON'T HAVE TO, UH, YOU ALL UNDERSTAND THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING VERY DIFFICULT, VERY DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS IN THE LAST FIVE MONTHS.
AND, UM, IN THE LAST MEETING, LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING ALONE, YOU KNOW, MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WERE CALLED HATEFUL, YOU KNOW, AND ALL OF THIS HAPPENING WHILE WE HAVE BEEN ATTENDING TO SPECIFICALLY ADVOCATE AGAINST HATE AND ACTUALLY, UM, TRIED TO LIVE BY THE PRINCIPLES THAT, UM, OF THE ANTI HATE AND ANTI-SEMITIC RESOLUTION, WHICH WE FULLY, FULLY EMBRACE AND WANNA SUPPORT.
AND I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A HUGE DISCONNECT.
AND IT'S THIS, THESE ARE VERY DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF YOU HAVE EXPRESSED, YOU KNOW, NOT APPRECIATE BEING, FEELING LIKE PERSONALLY ATTACKED.
OF COURSE, I UNDERSTAND THAT, AND I SYMPATHIZE WITH THAT.
UM, NOBODY LIKES TO BE PERSONALLY ATTACKED.
BUT I THINK THAT THE REASON THIS IS HAPPENING, AND I'M KIND OF DRAWING ON MY, UM, YOU KNOW, PROFESSIONAL SPACE IN TERMS OF RACISM AND SOCIAL INEQUALITIES BEING SOMETHING THAT I TEACH ABOUT ON THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL.
UM, I UNDERSTAND HOW THINGS LIKE BIAS, UM, AND RACISM, THEY DON'T OPERATE IN CONTEMPORARY TIMES THE SAME WAY THEY DID.
LIKE WHEN WE THINK ABOUT RACISM, RIGHT? AND SO I THINK THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING IS WE'RE SEEING SO MUCH TENSION AND FILLING SO MUCH TENSION BECAUSE WE HAVE DIFFERENT UNDERSTANDINGS, RIGHT? OF, OF THINGS OF, OF THESE CONCEPTS, RIGHT? SO I THINK THAT, UM, WE ARE HOPING THAT WE CAN PROPOSE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE A VERY, VERY GOOD STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A, A LOT OF INSTITUTIONS ARE TAKING UP IN TERMS OF LIKE DIVERSITY TRAINING AND THINGS LIKE THIS.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING THIS HAPPENING IN ALL SORTS OF CITY SPACES, MUNICIPALITIES, UM, ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS AN EDUCATION THAT NEEDS TO DEVELOP AROUND THESE TYPES OF ISSUES SO THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE CONSTRUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS.
SO, UM, COMING HERE TODAY AND AGAIN ASKING THAT, UM, YOU ALL ARE OPEN-MINDED, AND HOPEFULLY HUMBLE ENOUGH, UM, TO JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, LISTEN TO OUR REQUEST WITH AN OPEN MIND AND WOULD APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JEN, FOLLOWED BY JESSER.
SHAHEED, I JUST WANTED TO RESPOND REAL FAST.
AND HOW WAS YOUR, UM,
SO WE HAD EMAILED A BUDGET OR A PROPOSAL TO THE BUDGET, UM, THIS AFTERNOON.
I DO HAVE COPIES HERE FOR YOU, AND I'M GONNA READ DIRECTLY OFF OF IT.
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UNDERSTAND THE MISSION STATEMENT OF CHINO HILLS TO BE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN THE AESTHETIC BEAUTY OF THE CITY.WHILE FOSTERING A SAFE AND FAMILY ORIENTED ENVIRONMENT, THE CITY IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE, EFFECTIVELY MANAGING GROWTH AND CREATING A VIABLE FINANCIAL PLAN TO ENSURE THE CONTINUED SUCCESS OF THE CITY.
DUALLY NOTED ARE THE VALUES OF THE CITY COMMUNITY, PARTNERSHIP, HONESTY AND INTEGRITY, AND TRUTHFULNESS.
EMPLOYEES ARE THE ORGANIZATION'S MOST IMPORTANT RESOURCE.
WE WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM, AND EACH EMPLOYEE'S CONTRIBUTION IS KEY TO OUR SUCCESS, PRIDE, PROFESSIONALISM.
WE VALUE OUR EMPLOYEES AS PROFESSIONALS WHO PROVIDE AN OUTSTANDING LEVEL OF SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF COMMUNITY AND RESPONSIVENESS TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE ARE DEDICATED TO SERVICE, TO IDENTIFYING AND ADDRESSING INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BEING RESPONSIVE TO CHANGE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, AND TO ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN CHINO HILLS.
WE ARE HERE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
ALSO, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT IN OFFERING THIS PROPOSAL ARE CITY DEMOGRAPHICS.
UM, WE HAVE THE MAJORITY OF ASIANS BEING 39.99%.
WHITES ARE 32.85, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES LOTS OF MEMBERS OF THE ARAB COMMUNITY SINCE THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO IDENTIFY, UM, ANY UNDER ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHITE TWO OR MORE RACES, 13.4.
UH, OTHER RACES ARE 9.17, BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICANS, 4.13 NATIVE AMERICANS, 0.39 NATIVE OF HAWAIIANS ARE 0.07.
SO WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A VERY, VERY, VERY DIVERSE CITY, UM, CITY, AND WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR REPRESENTATION.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET INVESTS HEAVILY IN BEAUTIFYING THE CITY, BUT WE NEED TO EMPOWER THE PEOPLE, EMPLOYEES WITH CULTURAL COMPETENCY TO SERVE OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY.
CHINO HILLS MUST INVEST IN BUILDING CAPACITY TO COUNTER HATE BIAS AND DISCRIMINATION THROUGH ANTI-BIAS TRAINING AND CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE PROGRAMMING.
CHINO HILLS IS A, IS A DIVERSE CITY WITH A CITY COUNCIL, COMMITTED TO PROVIDING THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF MUNICIPAL SERVICES AND PARTNERING WITH RESIDENTS TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
THE COMMUNITY DID SEND IN EMAILS URGING YOU TO ALLOCATE FUNDS FOR ANTI HATE WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING PROGRAMS INTO THE 24 25 BUDGET.
THESE INITIATIVES ARE VITAL FOR EQUIPPING THE COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS AND PREVENT HATE EFFECTIVELY.
AND IF YOU DO WANT TO SEE THE PROPOSAL IN PERSON VERSUS EMAIL, I HAVE THEM IN CASE THAT IS FROM, THANK YOU.
UH, SO, UH, JUST TWO POINTS I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT BEFORE ALSO, UH, ADDING ONTO THE PROPOSAL IDEA.
UM, JUST, UH, JUST IN GENERAL, UH, AS WE, ONE OF THE POINTS WE'VE BEEN MAKING COMING IN THE PAST, LIKE FIVE, SIX MONTHS, IS HAVING AN I AN ETHICAL DIVESTMENT POLICY.
I LOOKED AT THE RECENT, UH, INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO.
UH, I BELIEVE, UH, WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT THE CITY HAD DIVESTED FROM CATERPILLAR.
UH, AND THAT STILL COULD BE THE CASE.
I JUST STILL NOTICED IT ON THE LAST INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO THAT JUST COULD BE, 'CAUSE IT'S THE FIRST QUARTER.
UH, SO IF WE CAN GET JUST CLARIFICATION ON THAT OR A CONFIRMATION, I'D REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
AND ALSO, AS ALWAYS, IF WE CAN HAVE, WE'VE PROPOSED THAT DI AN ETHICAL DIVESTMENT POLICY, IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD GET WRITTEN, IT'D ALSO BE REALLY APPRECIATED.
UH, NOW ONTO THE PROPOSAL THAT'S BEEN MENTIONED.
UH, SO THE PROPOSAL ITSELF, LIKE, WHAT IS IT? RIGHT? SO THE IDEA IS WE'D LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT OUR BUDGET INCLUDE PROVISIONS FOR ANTI-BIAS AND DIVERSITY TRAINING.
UH, SPECIFICALLY THERE'S AN ORGANIZATION WE'VE, UH, NOTICED FROM OUR, ONE OF OUR OWN COMMUNITY MEMBERS CALLED, UH, MUSLIM ARC.
AND THEN, SO THIS ORGANIZATION HAS TRAINING THAT EQUIPS, UH, STAFF LEADERS, UH, WITH THE SKILLS NECESSARY TO PROVIDE CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE, UH, SERVICES AND BUILD BRIDGES ACROSS OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY.
AS I MENTIONED THROUGH THE STATISTICS, UH, INCORPORATING RELIGIOUS IDENTITY INTO OUR ANTI-BIASED TRAINING, ALONGSIDE OTHER PROTECTED STATUSES ALIGNS WITH WHITE HOUSE INITIATIVES AND TITLE VII OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964.
THIS ACT PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RELIGION, NATIONAL ORIGIN, AND RACE IN ALL ASPECTS OF EMPLOYMENT.
SO CITIES LIKE, UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU LIKE SOME EXAMPLES, CITIES LIKE LA AND SACRAMENTO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY IMP IMPLEMENTED MANDATORY ANTI-BIAS TRAINING FOR ALL CITY EMPLOYEES, ALONG WITH CULTURALLY INFORMED PROGRAMMING TO SUPPORT COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY RACISM AND INJUSTICE.
AS ONE OF THE LARGEST EMPLOYERS IN OUR CITY, I PROPOSE, OR WE PROPOSE THAT CHINO HILL'S MANDATES AT LEAST SIX HOURS OF EQUITY TRAINING EVERY TWO YEARS FOR ITS APPROXIMATELY 200 STAFF MEMBERS.
UH, THIS REQUIREMENT SHOULD ALSO EXTEND TO THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL STAFF, AND APPOINTED OFFICERS SUCH AS THE CITY ATTORNEY AND TREASURER.
ADDITIONALLY, I BELIEVE THAT INDIVIDUALS WHO VOLUNTEER ON
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NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL BOARDS OR COMMITTEES, WHETHER ELECTED OR SELECTED, SHOULD UNDERGO THIS TRAINING AS WELL.UH, MOREOVER, I RECOMMEND IN INVESTING IN PROGRAMMING THAT FOSTERS UNDERSTANDING AND BLOGGING.
UH, SO THESE TYPES OF WORKSHOPS THAT THIS, UM, UH, ORGANIZATION PROVIDES COULD, UH, INCLUDE IMPLICIT BIAS TRAINING, COUNTERING RACISM, UH, ISLAMOPHOBIA AND ANTISEMITISM, DIVERSITY AND BELONGING, DEESCALATION, CONFLICT RESOLUTION, STRATEGIC PLANNING.
THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE WORKSHOPS THAT CAN BE COMPLETED WITH THIS TRAINING.
SO BY ADOPTING THESE MEASURES, WE CAN ENSURE THAT CHINO HOST CONTINUES TO BE A COMMUNITY THAT VALUES DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION.
UM, YEAH, I THINK THIS IS MY THIRD TIME BEING HERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND, UM, CO-FOUNDER OF MUSLIM ANTI-RACISM COLLABORATIVE.
AND SO, UM, BEING ABLE TO LIKE PARTNER AND TALK ABOUT WHAT, UM, WHAT IS NEEDED, RIGHT? TO CREATE A, A CLIMATE WHERE WE COULD HAVE DIFFICULT DISCUSSIONS WITH CULTURAL SENSITIVITY.
SO, AS FAR AS LIKE DOING ANTI-BIAS WORK, IN SOME STATES IT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH LIKE THEY'RE, THEY'RE BANNING THE TEACHING OF TRUTH, THE REALITY OF THAT THIS WORK IS REALLY LIFE AFFIRMING.
IT'S AFFIRMING ALL OF OUR IDENTITIES.
UM, THE ANTI-BIAS TRAINING, UM, THAT I DO RECOMMEND IS REALLY LIKE THAT KIND OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION, BUT ALSO UNDERSTANDING THAT THE EXPERIENCES OF OPPRESSION THAT, UM, MEMBERS, UM, OF MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES MAY FACE.
UM, GIVEN THAT THERE IS NOW ESPECIALLY A MANDATE UNDER THIS ADMINISTRATION, AND LIKELY THIS WORK WILL CONTINUE WITH THE EEOC OF, UM, OF ADDRESSING ANTI-MUSLIM BIAS, ANTI ANTI-ARAB BIAS ANTISEMITISM.
IT'S REALLY NOW VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND HOW IT SHOWS UP IN OUR WORKPLACE, WHETHER IT'S FROM MICROAGGRESSIONS OR, UM, MACROAGGRESSIONS, INCLUDING CERTAIN COMMENTS THAT CAN, THAT ARE OFFENSIVE.
SO IN, IN THE TYPE OF TRAINING, IT'S REALLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT ARE THE KIND OF TROPES THAT DO EXIST, RIGHT? WHAT ARE THE KIND OF BARRIERS FOR COMMUNICATION, BUT ALSO, UM, REALLY PLANNING FOR, UM, FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY HAVE DIFFERENT HOLIDAYS, DIFFERENT, UM, WAYS THAT THEY NEED TO BE ACCOMMODATED DURING, UM, SESSIONS.
AND SO, UM, IN THOSE TRAININGS, IT'S REALLY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT WE SHARE OUR STORIES AND WE HAVE A SHARED UNDERSTANDING, UM, IN THIS WAY THAT IT CAN ALSO BE HEALING, ESPECIALLY WITH THE HEIGHTENED, UM, TENSIONS THAT I'VE WITNESSED IN THIS SPACE.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU ARE ALL, WELL-MEANING, AND EVERYBODY HERE IS COMING AS WELL-MEANING.
AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A SPACE TO COME DOWN TO TALK ABOUT TERMINOLOGY, TO TALK ABOUT HISTORY, A TALK ABOUT IDENTITY TRAUMA, AND FIND WAYS THAT WE CAN HOLD SPACE FOR EACH OTHER, BUT ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE MANDATES, THE EEOC, UM, AND ALSO LIKE THAT WE CAN DO MORE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, OUR EMPLOYEES, AND EVERYBODY FEELS SAFE, UM, AND ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER.
SO I'M HERE AVAILABLE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS ANTI-BIAS, UM, TRAINING AND OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND, UM, YOU COULD FIND ME ONLINE AT MARRIE AT MR. MARK.
[2. Review and discuss proposed Fiscal Year 2024-25 Operating Budget, Capital Improvement Projects, and Five-Year Budget Outlook]
TO THE WORKSHOP FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 20 24, 25.BUDGET CITY MANAGER, MONTGOMERY, TO PRESENT.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE.
UH, ALSO, UH, A SPECIAL, UH, WELCOME TO SO MANY MEMBERS OF OUR STAFF TEAM HERE, UH, AS IT'S BECOME OUR CUSTOM.
UH, TODAY IS OUR WORKSHOP TO WORK THROUGH, UH, OUR BUDGET PRESENTATION FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.
IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT FOR US TO LAY OUT THE FRAMEWORK OF HOW WE DEVELOP OUR BUDGET, WHAT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE EXPERIENCED IN DEVELOPING, UH, THE BUDGET DOCUMENT.
UH, AND ALSO TO KIND OF CALL OUT FOR
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THE PUBLIC, UH, AND ALL THOSE IN ATTENDANCE THAT, THAT A BUDGET IS, IS A DOCUMENT THAT'S, UH, A KIND OF A SNAPSHOT IN TIME.IT TELLS US WHAT WE THINK, UH, OUR CURRENT EXPENDITURES ARE, WHAT OUR FUTURE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, AND THERE'S A GOOD AMOUNT OF, UH, PRO PROGNOSTICATION INVOLVED IN ALL OF THIS.
AND SO I THINK IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT FOR US TO LAY OUT FOR THE COUNCIL HOW WE MADE THE DECISIONS AND WHERE WE THINK SOME OF THE AREAS, UH, ARE GOING TO BE, UH, A LITTLE BIT VULNERABLE TO, TO, UH, CONDITIONS.
UM, THE, UH, FORMAT FOR TODAY IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN IN THE PAST.
UH, I'M GOING TO START OFF WITH SOME OF THE, UH, MACRO ISSUES AROUND THE BUDGET, A LITTLE BIT OF THE PROCESS, ESPECIALLY FOR THE PUBLIC.
AND, UH, I'M GONNA ASK OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR KRISTA BAER TO, UH, OUTLINE THE EXISTING BUDGET WHERE, UH, WE HAVE ALLOCATED, UH, $160 MILLION WORTH OF, UH, ACTIVITY.
UH, AND, UH, WE WILL PAY SOME SPECIFIC ATTENTION TO, UH, THE CHALLENGES, UH, MORE AT THE, UH, GROUND LEVEL.
UH, AND CRYSTAL WILL HAND IT OFF BACK TO ME.
AND, UH, THEN WE'LL TRANSITION INTO OUR CIP BUDGET REVIEW, UH, WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED BY OUR, UH, COM, OUR NOT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, OUR, UH, UH, PUBLIC WORKS.
YEAH, NICK, UH, DANIEL WAS HAPPY TO PASS THAT ON.
OUR, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, UH, DIRECTOR AND CITY ENGINEER WILL GIVE US, UH, THAT, UH, PROPOSAL.
SO WITH THAT KIND OF FRAMEWORK, I'LL KICK OFF OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 24, 20 25.
UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW YOU DEVELOP A BUDGET, UH, OF THIS MAGNITUDE.
UH, WE START PRIMARILY WITH REVIEWING ALL OF THE ACTIVITY THAT'S OCCURRED, UH, IN THE VARIETY OF CITY DEPARTMENTS.
AND WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT WE BELIEVE THAT WE ACHIEVED, UH, OUR GOALS FOR THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF VARIOUS PROGRAMS, WHETHER IT'S A ROADWAY PROJECT OR A, UH, UH, FOOTBALL, UH, CLINIC.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT, UH, IT MET OUR EXPECTATIONS AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHETHER OR NOT IT MET THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS.
WE ALSO LOOK AT, UH, WHAT WE THINK OUR EXPENDITURE REQUIREMENTS WILL BE FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
A LOT OF THE TIME WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT WE THINK, UH, THE COST INCREASES WILL BE, WHETHER OR NOT WE'LL NEED ADDITIONAL STAFFING, THE PULL OFF PROGRAMS. UH, AND WE ALSO LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO OFFER NEW PROGRAMS, UH, AS WE'LL, UH, COME TO LIGHT A LITTLE LATER IN THE PRESENTATION.
UH, THIS WAS A TOUGH BUDGET YEAR.
OUR, UH, WE'RE EXPERIENCING, LIKE EVERYONE, UH, IMPACTS FROM, UH, INCREASED INFLATION.
UH, AND WE'RE ALSO EXPERIENCING A, A FLATTENING REVENUE CURVE, OR IT'S, IT'S GETTING, UH, UH, LESS AND LESS INCREASE IN OUR REVENUE AREAS.
UH, BUT AS WE LOOK AT OUR PRIOR YEAR BUDGET AND WE START TO LOOK AT THE ESTIMATES FOR OUR FUTURE REVENUE, UH, WE DON'T DO THAT, UH, ALONE.
IT ISN'T JUST THE FINANCE DIRECTOR OR, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
UH, WE ACTUALLY HIRE CONSULTANTS WHO ASSIST US WITH MAKING THOSE ESTIMATES.
HDL IS A COMPANY THAT'S, UH, LARGELY USED IN CALIFORNIA BY MANY CITIES.
THEY SPECIALIZE IN, UH, TRACKING, UH, STATE, UH, UH, TRENDS, ALSO LOCAL TRENDS, AND BEING ABLE TO HELP US, UH, TRULY UNDERSTAND WHERE OUR PROPERTY TAX AND OUR SALES TAX REVENUE WILL GO FROM YEAR OVER YEAR.
UH, AND THEY ADJUST THEIR ESTIMATES, UH, AS THE MARKET CHANGES.
UH, WE ALSO WORK WITH ALL OF THE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM FROM THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, UH, THEIR EXPERIENCE IN BIDDING OUT, UH, NEW PROJECTS, OR WHETHER IT'S HR, IMPLEMENTING NEW, UH, MINIMUM WAGE REQUIREMENTS AND, AND MAKING, UH, THE ADJUSTMENTS TO OTHER AREAS.
ALL OF THAT GOES INTO THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING OUR BUDGET.
UH, AND THEN, UH, WE CREATE THIS ANNUAL OPERATING AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET THAT SHOWS WHAT OUR PLAN IS FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.
UH, THE CIP BUDGET, WE'LL USE EITHER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET OR CIP FOR THE, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
UH, IT WOULDN'T BE GOVERNMENT IF WE DIDN'T THROW A FEW ACRONYMS, UH, IN THERE.
BUT ULTIMATELY, WHEN YOU FIGURE OPERATING BUDGET, IT'S MOST LIKE, UH, YOUR NORMAL BUDGET IN YOUR HOME, WHETHER IT'S YOUR INTERNET COST OR YOUR FUEL COST, OR THE COST FOR HOUSING.
WHEREAS CIP ARE THE LARGER, UH, ITEMS, UH, YOU KNOW, PURCHASING A NEW CAR, OR IN OUR CASE, WHETHER IT'S
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A ROAD PROJECT OR, UH, A BUILDING A FACILITY.AND SO WE LOOK AT JUST OUR, NOT ONLY OUR NORMAL EVERYDAY COSTS FROM STAFF AND ALL THE PROGRAMS, BUT ALSO ANY IMPROVEMENTS WE MAY MAKE TO STREETS OR, UH, SEWER PROGRAMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO ONE THING THAT'S NEW THIS YEAR IS THAT WE ALSO HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THE WORK THAT WAS DONE BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF TO IDENTIFY GOALS, UH, AND SOME VERY SPECIFIC PRIORITIES, UH, THAT, UH, THE COUNCIL OR DIRECTING, UH, FOR BASICALLY THE FRAMEWORK FOR OUR BUDGET AND OUR ACTIVITY.
UH, JUST TO BRIEFLY GO OVER THE GOALS AND PRIORITIES, UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE COUNCIL WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALWAYS ARE LOOKING TO MAINTAIN, UH, A FISCAL HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY IN OUR BUDGETING.
UH, WE ALSO ARE AWARE THAT HOUSING, UH, BOTH THE REQUIREMENTS FROM THE STATE, BUT ALSO THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY ARE A, A KEY, UH, ASPECT OF THE WORK THAT WE DO.
UH, WE'RE ALSO PUTTING MONEY INTO INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION.
UH, OUR ROADS, UH, TAKE UP A SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT OF OUR CIP ACTIVITY, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT FOR THE PUBLIC.
UH, THIS IS ALSO AN AREA WHERE IF YOU DEFER MAINTENANCE, IT GETS VERY EXPENSIVE TO, UH, FIX A, UH, PIECE OF APPARATUS OR TO FIX A ROAD, UH, THAT FAILS DUE TO LACK OF MAINTENANCE.
AND SO, WE'RE ALWAYS MAKING SURE THAT WE TRY TO KEEP AHEAD OF SOME OF THE LARGER ASPECTS THAT COME IF YOU, UH, DEFER, UH, THE GENERAL QUALITY OF LIFE.
WHEN WE LOOK AT EVERYTHING FROM HOW MUCH WE PUT INTO PUBLIC SAFETY TO WHAT, UH, CONCERTS WE'RE GONNA HAVE, TO ALL OF THE, UH, COMPONENTS, UH, THAT MAKE CHINO HILLS A VERY SPECIAL PLACE, UH, WE HAVE OVER 3000 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE, AND THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT EXPENSE TO MAIN MAINTAINING THAT OPEN SPACE.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE LAWN HAS TO BE CUT.
THE, UH, UH, EQUIPMENT, UH, HAS TO BE REPLACED.
ALL OF THOSE ARE EXPENSES THAT GO TOWARD WHAT, UH, SOME OF THE KEY ASPECTS OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND, UH, CHINO HILLS.
AND ULTIMATELY, WE'RE A SERVICE ORGANIZATION.
THERE'S NOTHING, UH, MUCH OF THIS COULD NOT BE DONE WITHOUT THE TALENTED PEOPLE THAT WE SEE OUT IN THE AUDIENCE.
UH, THEY DO A LOT TO MANAGE THE COST.
UH, THEY ARE DILIGENT IN THE EXECUTION OF THEIR, OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES, UH, MANY, UH, TIMES, UH, UH, IT IS THEIR, UH, OVERSIGHT THAT GETS US THE QUALITY THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
AND IT'S, UH, IMPORTANT AND VERY NOTEWORTHY THAT THE COUNCIL RECOGNIZE THAT, UH, OUR PEOPLE ARE ONE OF THE KEY ASPECTS THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR GOALS.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE PRIORITIES, MORE IMMEDIATE, UH, UH, ITEMS THAT THE COUNCIL SET FOR CITY STAFF LOOKING AT OUR L AND LS, OUR LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING, UH, DISTRICTS WHERE WE HAVE A STRUCTURAL IMBALANCE THAT I'LL GO INTO A LITTLE LATER.
UH, WE ALSO, UH, WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALWAYS WATCHING THE COSTS AND LOOKING FOR AREAS TO IMPROVE OUR REVENUE.
AND THEN ONE ITEM THAT'S BEEN WORKING THROUGH THE COUNCIL PROCESS, UH, IS WORKING TO IDENTIFY, UH, THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL FACILITIES IN THE CITY.
ONE SPECIFIC, UH, FACILITY IS THE CREATION OF A, UH, COMMUNITY CENTER SMALLER THAN THE ONE WE HAVE, UH, HERE, CENTRALLY LOCATED, BUT IN THE, SO SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CITY, UH, WITH SIGNIFICANT GRANT FUNDING FROM, UH, UH, UH, FOURTH DISTRICT SUPERVISOR, KURT HAGMAN.
UH, AND ALL OF THAT, UH, WERE, UH, WAS THE WORK COMING FROM THE COUNCIL TO GIVE CLEAR DIRECTION TO THE, UH, CITY STAFF.
AND THAT'S INCORPORATED INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS.
SO QUICKLY, JUST TO GO OVER SOME OF THE MACRO ECONOMIC, UH, UH, FACTORS THAT AFFECT OUR BUDGET, MUCH LIKE IT DOES, UH, ARE THE BUDGETS OF, UH, INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE'RE IN A WORLD WHERE HIGH INTEREST RATES ARE MAKING, UH, PROJECTS MORE EXPENSIVE, UH, THE SAME WAY IT MAKES IT, UH, UH, DIFFICULT, UH, MORE DIFFICULT, I SHOULD SAY, FOR PEOPLE TO BUY A HOME OR FINANCE A CAR.
THOSE, UH, HIGHER INTEREST RATES, UH, AFFECT, UH, CONSUMER CONFIDENCE.
THE NEXT BIG MACRO IT PEOPLE BUY LESS OR THEY CHOOSE TO BUY DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT AFFECTS OUR SALES TAX.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE, UH, UH, THE HIGHER COST OF BUYING A HOME IN CHINO HILLS, UH, MAKES IT LESS, UH, UH, WE END UP WITH LESS INVENTORY.
WE HAVE, UH, FEWER, UH, TURNOVER IN HOMES, WHICH THEN MEANS THAT THEY'RE NOT REASSESSED.
AND SO THAT'S ALSO, UH, PUTTING DOWNWARD PRESSURE ON
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REVENUE, UH, UM, RELATED TO PROPERTY TAXES AND SALES TAX.AND THEN IN GENERAL, INFLATION AFFECTS US ALL THE COST OF, UH, UH, MATERIAL FOR ROADWAY, THE COST OF FUEL, THE COST OF ELECTRICITY AND WATER, ALL AFFECT OUR PROGRAMS THE SAME WAY IT DOES, UH, ONLY ON A LARGER SCALE TO, UH, TO OUR RESIDENTS.
AND SO, WITH THAT, UH, KIND OF MACRO ASPECT, AND, AND AGAIN, THIS IS ALL INFORMATION THAT WE GET FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES, WHETHER IT'S OUR CONTRACT, UH, WITH HDL TO FORECAST SALES TAX AND PROPERTY TAX, WE ALSO USE A CONSULTANT FOR, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, JLL ONE OF THE LARGEST COMMERCIAL, UH, REAL ESTATE COMPANIES.
THEY HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR BUSINESSES NEED AND HOW WE CAN ATTRACT.
UH, JUST FOR A QUICK, UH, KIND OF INSIGHT ON, UH, THEIR VIEW OF SOMETHING LIKE, UH, WAGE INCREASES AT RESTAURANTS.
UH, IN OUR LAST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MEETING, UH, THE JLL REPS POINTED OUT THAT WHILE NOT EVERY BUSINESS HAS THE $20, UH, MINIMUM WAGE THAT OUR LARGER, UH, FOOD ESTABLISHMENT DO, UH, HAVE, THAT PUTS PRESSURE THOUGH ON THE SMALLER MOM AND POP RESTAURANTS OR THE SMALLER BUSINESSES, AND IT DRIVES PROFIT MARGIN AND SQUEEZES, I SHOULD SAY, PROFIT MARGIN OUT OF THE BUSINESS WHICH THEY FORECAST.
WE MAY SEE MORE TURNOVER IF A, A FOOD ESTABLISHMENT WAS MAKING IT ON A 15% KIND OF PROFIT.
WHEN YOU RAISE WAGES AND YOU, IF YOU CAN'T CAPTURE THAT IN THE PRICE OF FOOD, YOU FIND THAT FEWER AND FEWER BUSINESSES MAKE IT, AND YOU HAVE MORE TURNOVER, WHICH AFFECTS US ULTIMATELY IN SALES TAX AND OUR ABILITY TO TRACK BUSINESSES.
SO IT'S JUST A WAY FOR ME TO KIND OF EXPLAIN TO THE PUBLIC AND, AND BRING FORWARD TO THE COUNCIL.
ALL THESE THINGS ARE PART OF HOW WE, UH, SET UP OUR BUDGET.
SO, MORE SPECIFICALLY, SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE IS THAT SALES TAX, PROPERTY TAX, THEY'RE, THEY, WE ARE FINDING THAT WE HAVE VERY LITTLE ABILITY TO CHANGE THOSE NUMBERS AND THE, AND THE LARGER ECONOMY DRIVE, UH, UH, HOW OUR REVENUE IS GOING TO CHANGE, WHETHER IT'S THE STATE, UH, OR THE, UM, UH, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UH, PROVIDING REVENUE TO US.
UH, WE HAVE VERY LITTLE CONTROL OVER THAT.
UH, WE HAVE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY.
IF A NEW HOME COMES INTO THE CITY THAT'S BUILT, WE DO HAVE THE BENEFIT OF SALES TAX ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
BUT AS KRISTA WILL POINT OUT, WE GET SUCH A SMALL, UH, PORTION OF THAT, THAT IT DOESN'T REALLY MOVE THE NEEDLE AS MUCH AS YOU MIGHT THINK.
AND THEN AGAIN, ON THE, SORRY, DO YOU NEED PROPERTY TAX? NOT SALES TAX.
OH, DID I SAY PROPERTY TAX? CORRECT.
SEE, WE'RE CATCHING THE THANK YOU, RAY.
UH, UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT EXPENDITURES, UH, WE HAVE, UH, INFLATION, UH, JUST AS I POINTED OUT EARLIER, WE, UH, CONTRACT FOR CERTAIN, UH, AMOUNT OF SERVICES, UH, IN THE CITY, AND WE'RE BEHOLDEN TO THOSE CONTRACTS.
AND WHEN WE RENE RENEGOTIATE, UH, CONTRACTS, SAY FOR TREE TRIMMING, WE RUN THE RISK THAT THE NEW BIDS WILL BE HIGHER THAN IN THE PAST.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, REALLY DOES, IS OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL, THAT THAT MAKES THINGS MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE.
UH, AND EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY HERE, UH, THIS, UH, CITY HALL IS A GREAT EXAMPLE.
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING THE AIR CONDITIONING UNITS.
UH, WE HAVE DONE THAT AT THE LIBRARY AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
THOSE TYPES OF AGING INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS ARE HITTING US IN A VARIETY OF AREAS, WHETHER IT'S OUR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, WHERE THE CORROSIVE SOIL IS EATING INTO OUR WATER DISTRIBUTION LINES, UH, TO JUST THE NEED TO PAINT AND PATCH AND DO SO MANY MORE THINGS THAT, UH, COME WITH, UH, AGING STREETS.
AND, AND WHILE WE INHERITED MUCH OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE FROM THE COUNTY, UH, 33 YEARS AGO, EVEN THE NEWER THINGS THAT, UH, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ARE STARTING TO COST US MORE.
PLEASE JUMP IN WHEREVER YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR A CORRECTION.
UH, I'D BE HAPPY TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE BACK AND FORTH DIALOGUE AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS.
SO HERE ARE SOME OF THE SPECIFIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR OUR BUDGET.
UH, WITH ALL FUNDS, WE HAVE 149, UH, $0.3 MILLION.
THAT INCLUDES OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS AND OUR GENERAL FUND, AGAIN, WHICH WE'LL GO INTO A LITTLE MORE, UH, UH, IN DEPTH.
WE'LL, WITH CHRISTUS PRESENTATION, OUR EXPENDITURES,
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WE'RE LOOKING TO SPEND, UH, OR TO HAVE THE ACTIVITY OF $140 MILLION, UH, FOR THIS YEAR.UH, OUR GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS MUCH MORE FLEXIBLE FOR THE COUNCIL'S USE, UH, IS $55 MILLION IN REVENUE.
UH, AND WE ARE PROJECTING $55.3 MILLION WORTH OF EXPENDITURES.
AND SO WHAT THE COUNCIL HAS PRESENTED WITH TODAY IS A BALANCED BUDGET.
HOWEVER, A LITTLE LATER IN THE PRESENTATION, I'LL POINT OUT OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACED THIS YEAR AND, UH, UH, PREPARING A BALANCED BUDGET.
AND I'LL ALSO GO INTO A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT YOU DON'T DO, UH, UH, WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO MATCH EXPENDITURES TO REVENUE, BECAUSE REVENUE IS THE CAP.
UH, WE, WE HAD MORE THINGS WE WOULD'VE SPENT MONEY ON IF WE HAD, UH, HAD THAT AVAILABLE TO US.
UM, AS OUR DEVELOP, OUR BUDGETS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE YEARS, THE COUNCIL HAS SHOWN A LOT OF, UH, UM, STEWARDSHIP WITH THE MONEY THAT WAS AVAILABLE.
AND SO WE HAVE, UH, DEVELOPED A FUND BALANCE OR RESERVE OF $33.4 MILLION, MUCH LIKE A SAVINGS, UH, ACCOUNT FOR A A, A HOME BUDGET.
THIS IS WHERE WE, OVER THE YEARS, HAVE SPENT LESS THAN, UH, OUR REVENUE.
AND WE'VE SET IT ASIDE FOR SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, UH, WHETHER IT'S A PROJECT, UH, MUCH LIKE WHEN WE INVESTED IN OUR COMMUNITY PARK.
UH, WE PULLED FROM FUND BALANCE AND FROM OTHER AVAILABLE FUNDS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO MAKE, UH, SUCH A LARGE PROJECT.
AND IT WOULD BE ONE OF THE AREAS IF WE WERE NOT TO HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET IN THE FUTURE THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO PULL FROM.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THE 33.4 MILLION, WE HAVE A FEW AREAS OF FUND BALANCE OR RESERVES THAT ARE RESTRICTED.
AND SO THOSE, UH, CATEGORIES CAN ONLY BE SPENT ON SPECIFIC AREAS.
UH, WE HAVE A RESTRICTED RESERVE FOR OUR, UH, LIABILITY PROGRAM.
UH, ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH, SAY, LAWSUITS.
WE HAVE RESTRICTED FUNDS, UH, FOR OUR, UM, UH, SORRY, UH, UH, OUR RETIREMENT PENSION PROGRAM, UH, THROUGH PARS AND A COUPLE OTHER AREAS, UH, WHERE WE'VE SET ASIDE FOR A PARTICULAR USE.
BUT THE 33 MILLION IS WHAT'S AT THE FULL DISCRETION OF THE COUNCIL.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE A STRUCTURAL IMBA IMBALANCE WHERE WE EITHER ARE REQUIRED TO DO A TRANSFER IN ORDER TO PAY OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND FOR ACTIVITY THAT'S IN A SEPARATE FUND OR IN, UH, UH, TWO CASES, AREAS WHERE THE REVENUE THAT'S COLLECTED DON'T MATCH THE ACTIVITY.
UH, SO OUR FIRST IS THE TRANSFER THAT WE MAKE EVERY YEAR FOR OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES FUND.
UH, WE HAVE CLAWED OUT ALL OF THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAM INTO A SEPARATE FUND.
THE COUNCIL FREQUENTLY MAKES THE POINT THAT WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT THE REVENUE FROM OFFERING CLASSES OR, UH, A VARIETY OF, YOU KNOW, SPORTS EVENTS IN IN TOWN WILL PAY THE FULL $8.5 MILLION AT COSTS.
UH, SO WE HAVE CALLED THIS OUT IN THIS BUDGET AS A TRANSFER AS OPPOSED TO A SUBSIDY AND THAT, BUT THERE'S $6.6 MILLION ABOVE REVENUE THAT'S GOING INTO THE INVESTMENT WE MAKE IN, UH, OUR, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION ACTIVITIES THROUGH THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
AND WE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT LATER ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE COUNCIL MAY WANT TO INDICATE IF THEY'D LIKE TO FOLD THE COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAM BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET.
WHAT, IT WON'T CHANGE ANY OF THE COSTS OR NUMBERS, IT'S JUST THAT INSTEAD OF HAVING TO ALWAYS, UH, ARTICULATE THAT THERE'S REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES AND THE TRANSFER OCCURS, IT'S KIND OF A LITTLE MORE, UH, COMPLICATED THAN JUST LIKE ALL OF OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
JUST SHOWING EXACTLY HOW MUCH THE COST, UH, WOULD BE, SORRY, JUST PERTAINING TO COMMUNITY SERVICES.
UM, IT'S 8.4 0.5 MILLION TOTAL COST TO THE CITY.
WE GENERATE ABOUT A LITTLE OVER 2 MILLION AS FAR AS REVENUE COMING IN, BUT, UH, THE COST OF, UH, OUR EMPLOYEES IS ALMOST 4.1, $4.2 MILLION.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT.
SO THE DIFFERENCE, UM, IF WE DID PUT IT PART OF OUR GENERAL BUDGET, COULD WE ACTUALLY DO LINE ITEMS TO FIGURE OUT THE THREE, $4 MILLION WHERE IT GOES? 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S SORT OF PULLED IN TOGETHER, SO WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT MONEY'S GOING TO.
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YEAH, WE'D STILL HAVE, UH, ALL OF THE DETAIL IF WE FOLDED IT INTO THE GENERAL FUND, BUT I'LL ALLOW OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR IF SHE WANTS TO COMMENT.LATER ON WHEN WE GET THE, TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICES SLIDE, I HAVE A BREAKDOWN, BUT, UM, 1.3 MILLION OF THAT IS OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE COSTS, AND 3 MILLION IS ALLOCATED COSTS.
THAT'S THE MOSTLY ADMIN OVERHEAD, WHICH IS CHARGED FROM THE GENERAL FUND BECAUSE IT'S A SEPARATE FUND.
SO THAT'S OVERHEAD FEE RIGHT THERE.
SO FOR ACTIVITIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHERE'S THOSE FEES? WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT COST? IS THAT OPERATION THE 1.3 1.3 MILLION? YEAH, THE OPERATION, WELL, THAT'S IT.
JUST 1.3 MILLION OUT OF 0.8 0.4.
SO THE TWO SUBSIDIES THAT I WANNA BRIEFLY COVER ARE OUR LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING DISTRICT.
I'M SORRY, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE.
UM, I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THOUGH, THAT THE COST OF THE FACILITIES, RIGHT? AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THE ELECTRICITY, THE UPTAKE OF THE BUILDING IS LIES IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR, KRISTA, IS I KNOW WE DO ALL THESE WONDERFUL THINGS FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT THAT TRUE COST IS.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS THE NUMBER THAT WE'RE SUBSIDIZING.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET.
SO OUR LANDSCAPING LIGHTING DISTRICT FUND IS, UH, REPRESENTS ROUGHLY ONE HALF OF THE PROPERTIES IN, UH, CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
UH, HAVE AN ASSESSMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE L AND LS.
UH, AND THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THE L AND LS, UH, HAVE GROWN OVER THE YEARS, BUT THE REVENUE HASN'T.
AND WE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THAT.
BUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT'S COLLECTED AND WHAT WE ARE SPENDING IS $3.1 MILLION.
SO WE'RE DOING $3.1 MILLION WORTH OF ACTIVITY IN THESE AREAS, UH, OUTSIDE OF, UH, WHAT'S BEING COLLECTED FROM PROPERTY OWNERS FOR THE ASSESSMENT.
UH, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A SMALLER SUBSIDY ASSOCIATED WITH OUR STREET SWEEPING FUND, LIKE THE L AND LS.
THERE'S AN ASSESSMENT FOR THE STREET SWEEPING THAT OCCURS IN TOWN, UH, BUT WE HAVEN'T INCREASED THOSE ASSESSMENTS TO KEEP UP WITH THE, UH, COST INCREASES OVER THE YEARS.
UH, AND THEN, UH, DANIEL WILL GO INTO MORE DETAIL, BUT OUR CIP OR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, UH, WE HAVE $4.6 MILLION PROGRAMMED FOR, UH, THIS YEAR.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO KRISTA, WHO WILL WALK THROUGH OUR MACRO BUDGETS AND THEN OUR DEPARTMENT BUDGETS.
AND THAT MAY BE ANOTHER PLACE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARK HAS, WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THE SPECIFICS OF COMMUNITY SERVICES.
THIS SLIDE ILLUSTRATES THE BREAKDOWN OF THE CITY'S REVENUES BY FUND TYPE.
THE CITY USES SEVERAL TYPES OF FUNDS TO ACCOUNT FOR ALL OF ITS ACTIVITIES.
THE GENERAL FUND SERVES AS THE MAIN OPERATING FUND THAT ACCOUNTS FOR ALL FINANCIAL RESOURCES, EXCEPT THOSE REQUIRED TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR IN ANOTHER FUND.
ENTERPRISE FUNDS ACCOUNT FOR ACTIVITIES WHERE FEES ARE CHARGED TO EXTERNAL USERS FOR GOODS OR SERVICES, SUCH AS THE WATER AND SEWER UTILITY FUNDS.
SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS ARE USED TO ACCOUNT FOR SPECIFIC REVENUES THAT ARE LEGALLY RESTRICTED FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, SUCH AS GAS TAX GRANT FUNDS, AND LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING ASSESSMENTS.
INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS PROVIDE GOODS OR SERVICES TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS ON A COST REIMBURSEMENT BASIS, SUCH AS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE.
CUSTODIAL FUNDS ARE USED TO ACCOUNT FOR MONEY HELD BY THE CITY AS A CUSTODIAN, SUCH AS THE COMMUNITY FACILITIES, DISTRICT FUNDS, WHICH ARE LEVIED FOR UP TO 25 YEARS, STARTING AFTER OCCUPANCY FOR FISCAL YEAR 24, 25, REVENUES ARE ESTIMATED AT 149 MILLION CHARGES FOR SERVICES MAKE UP 64 MILLION OF TOTAL REVENUES, OF WHICH 52 MILLION COMES FROM WATER AND SEWER CHARGES.
PROPERTY TAXES ARE THE SECOND LARGEST REVENUE AT 19.4 MILLION OR 13% OF THE CITY'S TOTAL REVENUES ARE PROJECTED TO REMAIN RELATIVELY FLAT COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
THE PROPOSED CITYWIDE EXPENDITURES AMOUNT TO 140 MILLION WITH OVER HALF ALLOCATED TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
WITHIN PUBLIC WORKS, 63% OF THE BUDGET IS DEDICATED TO WATER AND SEWER UTILITIES, 17% TO L AND LS, AND 4% TO FACILITIES.
MAINTENANCE EXPENDITURES ARE PROPOSED TO DECREASE BY NEARLY A MIL, $11 MILLION COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEAR, PRIMARILY DUE TO FEWER PROJECTS BEING INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
OUT OF THE 140 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES, 50% IS ALLOCATED TO OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.
WITHIN THIS CATEGORY, 31 MILLION IS DEDICATED TO WATER AND SEWER EXPENSES.
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19 MILLION IS DIRECTED TOWARD PUBLIC SAFETY, THE PROPOSED GENERAL FUND REVENUES FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 25, TOTAL 55 MILLION, WHICH IS ONLY UP 500,000 OR 1% MORE THAN THE CURRENT YEAR.THE THREE LARGEST SOURCES OF PROPERTY TAX ARE PROPERTY TAX, SALES TAX, AND ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD CHARGES FROM OTHER FUNDS.
PROPERTY TAX CONSTITUTES 19 MILLION OR 35% OF GENERAL FUND REVENUES.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS PAST ACTUALS IN GREEN, THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET IN PURPLE AND THE PROPOSED FIVE YEAR REVENUE OUTLOOK IN BLUE, HDL PROVIDES REVENUE PROJECTIONS FOR 92% OF THESE ESTIMATES.
WITH THE REMAINING PROJECTIONS DEVELOPED BY CITY STAFF, HDL PROJECTIONS INDICATE A 1% INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR'S ESTIMATE ATTRIBUTED TO LOW HOME SALES VOLUME CAUSED BY HIGH INTEREST RATES AND LIMITED INVENTORY.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE CITY RECEIVES JUST UNDER 4 CENTS OF EVERY DOLLAR COLLECTED BY THE COUNTY, AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES COMPRISE 89% OF THE CITY'S ASSESSED VALUE.
CAN I INTERRUPT? YEAH, I KNOW THE ANSWER.
I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS, BUT BEN, UH, CHRIS DID, I WAS WAITING FOR YOU TO USE THAT STATISTIC.
WE RECEIVE APPROXIMATELY 4% OF OUR PROPERTY TAXES BACK TO US.
UM, OTHER ENTITIES FIRE RECEIVES 15% OR SO, AS AN EXAMPLE.
SO WHEN YOU THINK THAT WE HAVE A GREAT VALUATION IN OUR CITY WHEN IT COMES TO HIGH VALUED HOMES, WE DON'T SEE AS MUCH OF IT AS OTHER CITIES DO BECAUSE WE'RE A YOUNGER CITY, THEORETICALLY.
I KNOW WE'VE TALKED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS ABOUT TRYING TO NEGOTIATE SOMETHING WITH THE COUNTY.
SO THAT KIND OF THROWS THINGS OFF A LITTLE BIT.
BUT DO YOU SEE ANY FUTURE PROGRESS IN NEGOTIATING SOMETHING WHERE WE CAN RAISE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE RECEIVE BACK WHEN EVERYBODY MAKES THEIR PROPERTY TAX PAYMENTS? MONEY'S COMING BACK TO US BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW, OR MOST OF US KNOW, CHINO HILLS IS THE DONOR CITY OF ALL 24 CITIES THAT I KNOW OF IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.
WE GIVE MORE TO THE, TO THE COUNTY THAN WE RECEIVE BACK COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES.
SO WE, WE TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN, OUR HOPE IS TO SEE IF WE CAN RECEIVE SOME OF THESE BACK TO US IN THE FORM OF PROPERTY TAXES TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE EQUITABLE.
ANYTHING BEN, ON YOUR RADAR? NO, I'M, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS, UM, SO ESPECIALLY FOR THE PUBLIC TO DRIVE HOME, AGAIN, WHEN YOU SEE THAT 1%, UH, PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT ON YOUR, UH, PROPERTY TAX BILL FOR EVERY DOLLAR THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS GETS 4 CENTS.
SO, UH, IT IS A VERY SMALL PORTION OF THE, UH, PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT, UH, WHAT THE TOTAL THAT'S ALLOCATED TO A VARIETY OF OTHER AREAS, BUT ULTIMATELY IT COMES DOWN TO OUR 4%.
AND THE COUNTY GETS, I BELIEVE, ROUGHLY, UH, 15%.
UH, IF SO, IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GET A HIGHER PROPORTION OF THE PROPERTY TAX, WE WOULD ESSENTIALLY GET THAT BY THE COUNTY, THEN ALLOCATING THE SHARE THAT THEY CURRENTLY COLLECT ON THEIR OWN BEHALF FOR THEIR USE TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
UM, THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS WAS SUCCESSFUL IN NEGOTIATING A SMALL AGREEMENT FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENTS, NOT RESIDENTIAL.
AND WE GET A HIGHER SHARE, UH, FOR A HANDFUL OF, UH, PROPERTIES THROUGHOUT, UH, THE CITY, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN ASSESSED SINCE THAT AGREEMENT.
UH, SO THAT AGREEMENT, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, IT WAS AROUND 2007, 2008, SOMEWHERE IN THAT TIMEFRAME, OR HAS IT BEEN UPDATED SINCE? DO YOU KNOW THAT'S BECAUSE THERE WAS CERTAIN PROPERTIES LIKE THE SHOPS AND THE COMMONS? YEAH, THAT WAS ABOUT 2007.
UM, YEAH, WELL THAT'S, THAT SOUNDS ABOUT THE RIGHT TIMEFRAME, BUT IT, IT, THE, THE 0.2 POINTS SHOULD BE MADE IS ONE, UH, THAT WAS ONLY PERSPECTIVE.
SO IT WAS ONLY FOR PROPERTIES THAT WERE ASSESSED AFTER THAT AGREEMENT.
SO OTHER PROPERTIES THAT HAD BEEN DEVELOPED ALREADY, UH, DID NOT, UH, BENEFIT FROM THAT.
AND THERE WERE CHANGES ALONG THE WAY THAT INCLUDED ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES.
BUT ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE HAD IS IN IMPLEMENTING THAT SPECIAL AGREEMENT, THE ASSESSMENT HAS TO BE FOR, UH, A VALUE OVER $1 MILLION IN ORDER TO GET, YOU KNOW, IN THIS CATEGORY.
AND SOME OF OUR PROPERTIES HAVE DEVELOPED IN PIECES, AND SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE SAME CLEAR TRIGGER POINT.
UH, AND SO WHILE IT IS A BENEFIT, SO FEW OF OUR PROPERTIES ARE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT
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STRONG A BENEFIT FROM THE PROGRAM.KRISTA, DID YOU WANT TO ADD? I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE OKAY.
UH, LUTHER WAS NOT AS RECEPTIVE AS LEONARD WAS, UH, UH, POINTING OUT THAT HE WOULD THEN BE, UH, UH, FORFEITING NOT ONLY HIS OWN, UH, REVENUE STREAM, BUT ALSO IT WOULD MAKE HIM VULNERABLE TO ADDITIONAL, UH, CITIES LOOKING FOR A, A SIMILAR DEAL.
UH, BUT OUR CONVERSATIONS ARE ONGOING.
I ANTICIPATE WE WILL, UH, UH, SIT AT THE TABLE AGAIN AND KIND OF GO OVER PIECES.
UH, BUT IT IS UPHILL BATTLE, UH, TO BE QUITE FRANK.
SO BASICALLY WE DO GET 4%, YOU SAID THE FIRE DISTRICT GETS 15%? YES.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, THEY BECAME A DISTRICT A FEW MONTHS BEFORE WE BECAME A CITY.
SO WHY WAS DISPARITY BETWEEN WHAT WE GOT 4% AND WHAT THEY GOT AT 15%? I KNOW YOU CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
BUT OTHER SURROUNDING CITIES SUCH AS CHINO, RANCHO FONTANA, ONTARIO, THEY GET MINIMUM 15 TO 17%.
WHAT YOU, AND, AND YOU'RE RIGHT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ, WHAT YOU'LL FIND IS THE OLDER CITIES HAVE A MUCH HIGHER SHARE THAN WE DO.
UH, UH, IT'S ALL PART OF THE LCO OR THE INCORPORATION PROCESS WHEREBY, UH, WHEN THEY ASSESS THE NUMBER OF SERVICES THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED BY THE NEW CITY VERSUS WHAT WOULD CONTINUE TO BE PROVIDED BY THE COUNTY, THAT'S HOW THEY MAKE THAT DETERMINATION.
BUT AS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS POINTED OUT, WE GET, AND WITH NO DISRESPECT TO THE COUNTY, WE'RE JUST SO FAR FROM THE COUNTY SEAT, WE'RE SO FAR FROM THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO BEING HERE ON THE WEST END, THAT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO DELIVER SERVICES TO US.
SO WE ARE ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THAT WE ARE CONTRIBUTING MORE ECONOMICALLY TOWARD THE COUNTY THAN WE'RE PULLING FROM THE RESOURCES THAT, THAT THEY PROVIDE, WHETHER IT'S HOUSING PROGRAMS OR, OR, UH, ADULT SERVICES OR CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
UH, WE DON'T GET, UH, ACCESS TO THE COUNTY, UH, ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES OR EVEN, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
IT'S JUST VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO HAVE THAT CONNECTION TO US.
AND THAT'S WHY I THINK WE HAVE A STRONG CASE IN BUILDING THAT, UH, WE SHOULD THEN HAVE THE MONEY AND LOCAL CONTROL AND BE ABLE TO TAKE, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, OF, OF OUR OWN, UH, CITY'S NEEDS.
ARE YOU, SO BEN, LET ME BORE YOU WITH THE DETAILS.
EVERYBODY, YOU'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE.
THE AUDIENCE MAY NOT HAVE PUT THIS IN PLACE.
WHEN PROPOSITION 13 PASSED IN 1978, THEY ESTABLISHED THEY REDUCED THE PROPERTY TAX, UH, BURDEN FROM APPROXIMATELY 3%, UH, ANNUALLY ON, ON PROPERTY TAXES TO THE 1%.
AND I SAY 3% BECAUSE WE WERE ON AN ADOR TAX BASIS, THE AVERAGE TAX RATE WAS ABOUT $12 PER $100 OF ASSESSED VALUE.
AND WHEN THEY REDUCED BASICALLY EVERYBODY'S PROPERTY TAXES IN THE STATE BY TWO THIRDS, THERE WAS AN ASSEMBLY BILL EIGHT, WHICH DETERMINED WHAT THE ACTUAL ALLOCATION WOULD BE ON THE NEW PROPERTY TAX REVENUES THEY HAD TO TAKE AND LOOK AT EVERYBODY THAT WAS GETTING A PIECE OF ALL OF THE PROPERTY TAXES BACK AT THAT POINT IN TIME, ANY CITY THAT WAS INCORPORATED, OR ANY ENTITY THAT WAS INCORPORATED OR CREATED AFTER 1978 DIDN'T GET A PIECE.
THEY WEREN'T A FACTOR, AND THEY DIDN'T GET A PERCENTAGE OF THAT ORIGINAL ALLOCATION.
SO WHEN THEY REDUCED THINGS, THEY WENT AHEAD AND REDUCED IT FOR ALL OF THE ENTITIES AND, AND CITIES, ET CETERA, THAT WERE IN EXISTENCE AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
WE DIDN'T BECOME A CITY UNTIL 1991.
RANCHO WAS A FEW YEARS BEFORE US, BUT WE GET LESS MONEY BECAUSE OF THE FACT WE WEREN'T IN THAT ORIGINAL APPORTIONMENT, UH, CALCULATION.
NOW EVERYBODY WOULD SAY, OKAY, WELL WHAT ABOUT ALL OF THE BRAND NEW CONSTRUCTION AND THE SHOPPING CENTERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE? WELL, YEAH, YOU WOULD NORMALLY THINK THAT THAT WOULD ADD TO THE ASSESS VALUE OF OUR PROPERTY AND TIMES THE TAX RATE, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, PER, UH, $100 OF ASSESSED VALUE.
YOU WOULD THINK THAT THAT WOULD UP OUR, OUR ANTE ON THIS THING.
I THINK THE INTERESTING CALCULATION THAT WE NEED TO FIND OUT IS WHAT WOULD BE THE, WHAT IS THE TOTAL PROPERTY TAX PAYMENTS RECEIVED BY THE COUNTY FOR ALL OF THE PROPERTIES
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RE UH, PERSONAL AND WELL PERSONAL REAL ESTATE AND RESIDENTIAL VERSUS COMMERCIAL IN THE 9 1 7 0 9, UH, AREA CODE.I THINK THEN IF WE HAD THAT NUMBER, WE COULD REALLY HAMMER IN TO PEOPLE'S MINDS WHAT THAT 4 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR MEANS IF WE'RE ONLY GETTING 19 OR LET'S SAY $20 MILLION, OKAY, HOW MANY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IS THAT IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUE THAT WE'RE ONLY GETTING THAT LITTLE PIECE OF, AND IT'S, IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT CALCULATION, BUT IT REALLY BOILS DOWN TO THE FACT WE WERE INCORPORATED WELL AFTER THE ORIGINAL ALLOCATION FORMULA THAT HAPPENED AS A RESULT OF PROPOSITION 13.
AND THERE'S NO, NO WAY OF RECALCULATING IT UNLESS, LIKE YOU SAY, IF WE GET MORE, SOMEBODY ELSE IN THE COUNTY IS GONNA GET LESS.
AND FOR THE MOST PART, IT'S GONNA END UP BEING THE COUNTY.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S JUST NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
BUT I THINK WE SHOULD TRY AND FIND OUT, OKAY, WHAT ARE THE TOTAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUES COLLECTED BY THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO FOR OUR CITY OF CHINO HILLS? THEN COMPARE IT TO WHAT WE'RE GETTING.
AND I THINK IT'LL DRIVE HOME THE POINT TO PEOPLE THAT IT, IT'S PATHETIC BECAUSE AS PEOPLE, PEOPLE SAY, LOOK AT ALL OF THE, UH, INCREASED VALUES WHEN PEOPLE ARE SELLING THESE HOUSES THEY BOUGHT FOR 200,000 AND THEY'RE SELLING FOR A MILLION DOLLARS.
THAT REASSESSMENT THAT OCCURS AND THAT THE NEW PROPERTY TAX OWNER OR THE NEW PROPERTY OWNER PAYS, WE'RE ONLY GETTING A PIECE OF IT.
SO I, I THINK IT'S ESSENTIAL WE CAN BEAT THIS TO DEATH.
BUT THAT'S THE REALITY, THAT'S THE HISTORY ON WHY THAT THESE, WE GET THESE VERY SMALL REVENUES AND IT'S A VERY BIG PORTION OF OUR BUDGET.
SO I, I WON'T BE KEEP BEATING THE DEAD HORSE, BUT THAT'S THE, THE HISTORY ON WHY WE CAN'T GET MORE RIGHT NOW WITHOUT SOMEBODY ELSE IN THE COUNTY ALLOCATE ORIGINAL ALLOCATION TAKING LESS.
I SHOULD, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, THANK YOU FOR THAT HISTORY.
BUT ALSO I SHOULD POINT OUT THAT IN ADDITION TO THE CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WITH THE CEO, WHICH IS THE EQUIVALENT OF A CITY MANAGER, THE STAFF, YOU KNOW, HEAD OF THE COUNTY, WE'VE ALSO TAKEN OUR CASE TO, UH, SUPERVISOR KURT HAGMAN.
AND HE, UH, UH, REMEMBERS HIS TIME ON THE COUNCIL.
UH, AND HA WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE NEGOTIATION OF THE, UH, COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, UH, ENHANCEMENT THAT WE HAVE.
AND HE'S EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR, UH, THIS CONVERSATION CONTINUING WITH THE COUNTY.
SO IT IS GOOD THAT WE AT LEAST HAVE, UH, OUR, WE HAVE A SYMPATHETIC, UH, SUPERVISOR REPRESENTING US.
ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO SALES TAX.
UH, SALES TAX CONSTITUTES 10 MILLION OR 19% OF GENERAL FUND REVENUES.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS PEST ACTUALS IN GREEN, CURRENT YEAR BUDGET AND PURPLE AND PROPOSED FIVE YEAR REVENUE OUTLOOK IN BLUE.
THE CITY'S SALES TAX REVENUE PROJECTIONS ARE PROVIDED BY HDL.
AND THIS YEAR'S ACTUAL REVENUE IS APPROXIMATELY 600,000 OR 3% LESS THAN THE ADOPTED ESTIMATE THAT YOU SEE THERE FOR 24 25 HDL PROJECTS.
A 2.3 INCREASE FROM THAT REVISED ESTIMATE, WHICH IS A THREE 3.3% DECREASE FROM LAST YEAR'S ADOPTED ESTIMATE.
IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE CITY RECEIVES ONLY 13 CENTS OF EVERY DOLLAR COLLECTED BY THE STATE, AND THAT'S THE SAME ACROSS ALL CITIES.
JUST KIND OF WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY.
CAN WE CAN GO BACK TO SALES TAX HERE, CYNTHIA? YES.
UM, WHAT ABOUT CITIES THAT BASICALLY HAVE INCREASED THEIR SALES TAX? YOU SAID WE ALL GET THE SAME YES.
UNLESS THEY HAVE A DISTRICT TAX THAT THEY'VE PASSED.
SO IF THEY DO INCREASE IT, THEN THEY GIVE MORE.
THEY GET THE FULL DOLLAR OF THAT ADDITIONAL OKAY, THANK YOU.
SO THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS FIVE HOTELS THAT GENERATE A LITTLE OVER 2 MILLION IN TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX FOR THE CITY ACCOUNTING FOR 4% OF GENERAL FUND REVENUES.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE PORTION EACH HOTEL CONTRIBUTES TO THE CITY'S TOTAL REVENUE.
UH, FISCAL YEAR 2324 WAS THE FIRST FULL YEAR WITH THE NEW HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND HOTEL.
CHINO HILLS IS CURRENTLY REBRANDING TO A COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT.
THEREFORE, WE ANTICIPATE A 6% INCREASE IN 24 25.
AND JUST TO NOTE, THE CITY'S CURRENT RATE IS 12%, WHICH DECREASED FROM 10% IN 2020.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES BY DEPARTMENT WITH PUBLIC SAFETY AT ALMOST 19.
SO, KRISTA, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? QUICK QUESTION REGARDING THE CHINO HILLS HOTEL, DID THAT JUST GET BOUGHT OUT BY A BIGGER NAME? YES.
SO BY, BY DOING THAT, CHANCES ARE THAT 5% SHOULD INCREASE.
'CAUSE I THINK THIS IS ALSO IS REFLECTING, THEY'RE PROBABLY REMODELING,
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SO IT'S THIS, THEY'RE DOWN COMPARED TO NORMAL.THIS SLIDE SHOWS GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES BY DEPARTMENT WITH PUBLIC SAFETY AT ALMOST 19 MILLION.
PUBLIC WORKS AT 10 MILLION AND TRANSFERS OUT TO COMMUNITY SERVICES, AND THE L AND L IS AT ALMOST 10 MILLION.
AFTER THE BUDGET CUTS THAT'LL BE DISCUSSED, THE PROPOSED GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES WILL REMAIN FLAT COMPARED TO THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR, OUR PERSONNEL NUMBERS HAVE REMAINED STABLE COMPARED TO LAST YEAR WITH 154 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES AND SEVEN PERMANENT PART-TIME EMPLOYEES.
THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE HAS A PROPOSED BUDGET OF 2.5 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDES THE BUDGET FOR CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND THE PASSPORT PROGRAM.
THE TOP GOAL FOR THE DEPARTMENT THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR IS TO CONDUCT THE 2024 GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE HAS A PROPOSED BUDGET OF 29 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDES THE BUDGET FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, AND RISK MANAGEMENT TO NAME A FEW.
THE TOP GOALS FOR THE DEPARTMENT THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR ARE TO ENGAGE IN LABOR NEGOTIATIONS WITH EMPLOYEE ASSOCIATIONS AND UPDATE THE MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING BASED ON THE FINALIZED CONTRACTS AND ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY THROUGH INCREASED NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH AND COMMUNITY FORUMS. THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS A PROPOSED BUDGET OF 4.3 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDES THE BUDGET FOR BUILDING SERVICES, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THE TOP GOALS FOR THE DEPARTMENT THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR ARE TO COMPLETE AND ADOPT THE 2024 GENERAL PLAN, UPDATE AND RELATED AMENDMENTS TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE, INCLUDING DEVELOPING MIXED USE AND HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL STANDARDS, OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS FOR MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT, AND A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE TO THE SAFETY ELEMENT AND COMPLETE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW LAND MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE PROGRAM.
ENTER GOV, INCLUDING PLANNING AND LAND USE APPLICATIONS, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS A PROPOSED BUDGET OF 8.5 MILLION THROUGH WHICH IT WILL CONTINUE TO OFFER A WIDE VARIETY OF PROGRAM SERVICES AND EVENTS FOR EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY.
THE TOP GOALS FOR THE DEPARTMENT THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR ARE TO UPDATE THE CITY'S VOLUNTEER AND ADOPTION PROGRAMS, INCLUDING CREATING AN OFFICIAL POLICY, UPDATING THE ATHLETICS FACILITIES POLICY AND RELATED FEES, AND ROLLING OUT THE NEW MOBILE RECREATION UNIT.
KRISTA, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I KNOW WE ALWAYS DRIVE HOME, UH, OUR SUBSIDIES AND IN THIS CASE, UH, TRANSFERS AND, AND I THINK TO, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ QUESTION, UH, WITH 8.4, ALMOST $8.5 MILLION INVESTED IN OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAMS. UH, THERE ARE PROGRAMS THAT GENERATE REVENUE, AND SO WE END UP CARVING OUT, UH, YOU KNOW, OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, THE REVENUE, OR I'M GONNA LOOK TO LIZ.
LIKE YOU POINTED OUT ABOUT $2 MILLION.
UH, BUT THINGS LIKE CONCERTS IN THE PARK, UH, MANY OF THE PROGRAMS DON'T FULLY COVER THEIR COSTS.
WE TRULY SEE THIS AS THE INVESTMENT IN QUALITY OF LIFE.
IT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE, THE NICE THINGS THAT WE SEE THAT OUR KIDS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN, UH, THAT'S JUST A COST OF, OF BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT.
IF WE CHANGE HOW WE, UH, REPRESENT THESE COSTS FROM A SEPARATE FUND TO ROLLING IT INTO THE GENERAL FUND, WE WON'T LOSE ANY OF THE DETAIL THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, UH, UH, BRING BACK ABOUT WHETHER IT'S SALARIES AND BENEFITS OR, UH, SPECIFIC PROGRAM INFORMATION THAT'LL ALL BE AVAILABLE.
IT'S JUST WE WON'T HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT, UH, THE TRANSFER ANYMORE.
MUCH LIKE WE POINTED OUT FOR THE CITY CLERK, CITY MANAGERS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENTS, IT JUST WON'T HAVE, UH, THAT DISTINCTION ANYMORE.
AND HISTORICALLY, THERE WAS A TIME WHEN OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WAS IN A SEPARATE FUND, BUT WE CHANGED THAT BACK TO, UH, THE GENERAL FUND BECAUSE IT GAVE THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF MISINTERPRETATION OF AN EXPECTATION THAT DEVELOPMENT WOULD, UH, PAY FOR ALL OF THE THINGS THAT GO ON IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
AND WHEN WE'RE, UH, THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING, UH, UH, GENERAL PLAN UPDATES, CODE CHANGES, NEW SOFTWARE THAT REALLY ISN'T BORN ON THE BACK OF DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO IT WOULD BE A SIMILAR MOVE IF WE MOVED, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICES BACK IN GENERAL FUND.
IN YOUR TIME WITH OTHER CITIES AND OTHER STAFF MEMBERS, HAVEN'T YOU FOUND THE SAME SCENARIO THAT COMMUNITY SERVICES IS KIND OF AN UPSIDE DOWN DEPARTMENT WHEN IT COMES TO INCOME VERSUS EXPENDITURES JUST TO CREATE THAT QUALITY OF LIFE THAT, UH, THE RESIDENTS EXPECT? AB ABSOLUTELY.
AND AND WE ALSO CALL OUT, AND I KNOW JONATHAN'S IN THE MIDDLE OF, UH,
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UH, STARTING THE ROLLOUT OF OUR NEW, UH, PART-TIME COMMUNITY SERVICES.OFTENTIMES PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT IS THEIR, AT LEAST IF NOT THEIR ONLY, THEIR MORE FREQUENT CONTACT WITH THE CITY IS GOING THROUGH, UH, THESE PROGRAMS AND HAVING, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, ALL OF THE ENGAGEMENT ON THE, ON THE FUN SIDE OF THE HOUSE, I'LL CALL IT.
SO, UH, UM, TO YOUR POINT, NOT ONLY IS IT COMMON FOR CITIES NOT TO FULLY RECOVER, WE, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT ALSO STARTED SERVING, UH, NEIGHBORING CITIES.
MOST CITIES HAVE THEIR, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAM IN THE GENERAL FUND, NOT CALLED OUT IN A SEPARATE FUND LIKE WE DO.
SO IF WE GET AT THE END OF TODAY'S DISCUSSION DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL, WE WILL BRING BACK FOR THE NEXT BUDGET PROCESS A, UH, FOLDED IN, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAM, RATHER THAN CALLING IT OUT LIKE WE ARE IN THIS CURRENT BUDGET.
FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANNA SAY YOU'VE GOT SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE THAT WE'RE REAL ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, WE WANTED A WHOLE LOT FOR OUR KIDS.
SO AGAIN, WE KNOW THAT THIS IS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO SUBSIDIZE IT, AND WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE WHOLE PICTURE TO BE ABLE TO SAVE MONEY HERE TO USE IT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING THESE QUESTIONS.
SO HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS AREN'T BOARD, BUT WE WANT TO PROVIDE THE BEST SERVICES THAT WE CAN IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND IT, IT HASN'T COME UP YET, BUT I'LL, I'LL TEE ONE UP FOR AT LEAST A COUPLE OF YOU.
UH, HAVE, HAVE EITHER OF YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ON THE PARKS AND RECREATION, UH, COMMISSION, UH, THAT OVERSEES SOME OF THESE, UH, ACTIVITIES? YOU MEAN? ACTUALLY, I THINK THE BOTH, THERE'S TWO OF US ACTUALLY HAD EVEN A HIGHER AND BETTER JOB.
IT TOOK A LOT OF, UH, RESPONSIBILITY AND THAT WAS A LITTLE LEAGUE PRESIDENT, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
WE WERE BOTH, WE GOT BEAT UP QUITE A BIT FOR THAT.
SO YES, TWO OF US WERE ON PARKS AND RECS.
AND ALSO PLANNING COMMISSION, WHICH IS REAL IMPORTANT TOO, SO THANK YOU.
THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT HAS A PROPOSED BUDGET OF 7.4 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDES THE BUDGET FOR UTILITY BILLING AND THE COMMUNITY FACILITIES, DISTRICT OPERATING AND DEBT SERVICE COSTS.
THE TOP GOALS FOR THE DEPARTMENT THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR ARE TO CONTINUE TO AUDIT THE ASSESSMENT DISTRICT CREDITS OWED TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND ISSUE REFUNDS AND COORDINATE WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING AND THE FIRE DISTRICT TO COMPLETE THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE PROGRAM UPDATE.
THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS A PROPOSED BUDGET OF SEVEN POINT 73.5 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDES THE BUDGET FOR WATER AND SEWER UTILITIES AND THE MAINTENANCE OF CITY FACILITIES, STREETS, PARKS, AND LANDSCAPING.
THE TOP GOALS FOR THE DEPARTMENT THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR ARE TO COMPLETE THE 1 2 3 TCP PROJECT TO REACTIVATE ALL CITY WATER WELLS, REDUCE WATER USAGE BY REMOVING NON-ESSENTIAL TURF AND LANDSCAPE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND COMPLETE THE OUTSTANDING AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT PROJECTS.
GIVE SOME MARK BEFORE WE GET AWAY, THIS IS PROBABLY A GOOD TIME TO SHOW HOW MANY PEOPLE, HOW MANY EMPLOYEES OF THIS TOTAL AMOUNT OF CITY EMPLOYEES ACTUALLY WORK IN PUBLIC WORKS COMPARED TO THE TOTAL NUMBER? IT'S, IT'S ROUGHLY HALF, CORRECT? YEAH.
EVEN MORE THAN 76 OR EIGHT SHOW HANDS, JUST EVEN IN THE AUDIENCE.
NEARLY JUST OVER HALF, I BELIEVE.
80 PLUS, RIGHT? THAT ARE IN, YEAH.
IT TAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE TO BE OUT THERE MAINTAINING OUR STREETS AND ALL OF OUR PUBLIC FACILITIES UP TO THE QUALITY AND THE STANDARD THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO.
SO HARD, HARD WORKING PEOPLE, AND IT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY.
CAN I SAY SOMETHING? THANK YOU, MA'AM.
UM, I WANNA SAY, HOW, HOW MUCH MONEY TOTAL IS THIS? HOW MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS? $73.4 MILLION.
CAN I COME AFTER YOU NOW? CORRECT.
I THINK IT'S MONEY WELL SPENT.
JUST WANT, WANT YOU TO KNOW DANIEL, AND THERE'S A GENTLEMAN OUT IN THE, IN THE AUDIENCE, UH, I GUESS HIS WATER LINE GOT BROKEN A COUPLE DAYS AGO, AND HE'S HERE, MR. MCCORMICK, AND THEY DID A GOOD JOB FOR YOU.
SO NOW THAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THE DEPARTMENTS, UH, LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE, UH, THE ASPECTS THAT I TOUCHED ON EARLIER.
UH, THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS OUR GENERAL FUND RESERVES.
UH, WE ALSO CALL IT OUR, UH, FUND BALANCE, BUT IT, IT SHOWS YOU, UH, KIND OF A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION IN MORE DETAIL THAN I STARTED OFF WITH THAT.
77% OF THAT $43.4 MILLION IS, IS UNRESTRICTED.
THIS, UH, IS WHERE THE COUNCIL COULD SAY, UH, IF THEY WANTED TO HAVE A NEW PROGRAM OR PAY FOR A NEW VEHICLE,
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YOU KNOW, LIKE OUR MOBILE REC VEHICLE OR, OR ANY ENHANCEMENT TO EXISTING SERVICES BEYOND THE REVENUE THAT'S COMING IN FOR A PARTICULAR YEAR.THIS IS THAT SAVINGS ACCOUNT WHERE THE COUNCIL COULD DIRECT STAFF, UH, TO MAKE THAT, UH, ENHANCEMENT.
IT'S ALSO THE AREA WHERE IF WE DID NOT PRESENT A BALANCED BUDGET, THIS IS WHERE THOSE FUNDS COME FROM.
AND SO, I'LL POINT OUT IN A FUTURE SLIDE THAT WE DID HAVE A STRUCTURAL IMB IMBALANCE IN OUR OPERATING, UH, BUDGET.
UH, THIS YEAR WE INTENTIONALLY DID NOT PROPOSE A, UH, A IMBALANCE BUDGET THAT WOULD DIP INTO RESERVES BECAUSE, UH, WE'RE, UH, ESSENTIALLY, UH, DROPPING THE LEVEL OF SERVICE TO MATCH THE REVENUE.
UH, WE ARE MAKING, UH, AND LET ME MOVE FORWARD, ACTUALLY, I'LL COME BACK TO THAT, BUT, UH, I HAVE ANOTHER SLIDE WITH MORE DETAIL.
BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS $43 MILLION HAS E EXPRESSES THE COUNCIL'S DELIBERATE ACTION NOT TO SPEND BEYOND ITS MEANS, UH, CURRENT COUNCIL.
AND THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF THE CITY, THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN A DESIRE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LIVED WITHIN OUR MEANS AND THAT WE DIDN'T, UH, SPEND BEYOND OUR REVENUE.
AND THAT'S WHY STAFF TOOK THE APPROACH TO CUT DRAMATICALLY, UH, IN ORDER TO HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET FOR THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION.
BEN, THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME TO ILLUSTRATE TOO WHAT'S HAPPENED.
YOU MEN, AS YOU MENTIONED, ALL THE ORIGINAL COUNCILS FROM DAY ONE ALWAYS WERE VERY, VERY JUDICIOUS ABOUT THE EXPENDITURE WE'VE MADE.
WE MAKE SURE THAT OUR BUDGETS ARE TIGHT.
WE DO THREE MONTHS, UH, QUARTERLY, UH, FINE OR, UH, TWEAKING OF OUR BUDGET TO MAKE SURE THAT REVENUES AND EXPENSES ARE PROPER SO THAT WE CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS SO WE DON'T HAVE BIG, UH, YOU KNOW, DEFICITS AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
WHAT WAS THE HIGHEST AMOUNT THAT WE HAD IN UNRESTRICTED RESERVES, MAYBE THREE, FOUR YEARS AGO? PERCENTAGE WISE? WELL, NO, DOLLAR WISE AND WHAT, YEAH, PERCENTAGE WISE.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S TWO ANSWERS TO THAT.
I'M GONNA LOOK TO STAFF FOR THE SPECIFICS, BUT YOUR QUESTION IS REPRESENTED IN THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE GOING BACK TO 2014 15, UH, THE OPERATING EXPENDITURES ARE, THE ORANGE LINE WAS MID THIRTIES, UH, AS FAR AS MILLIONS, WHEN WE HAD, UH, LET'S CALL IT $17 MILLION IN RESERVES, THE BLUE LINE, BUT I BELIEVE YOUR QUESTION, ART, IS, YOU CAN SEE IN THE 22,000 2021 BUDGET YEAR, WE HAD OVER $40 MILLION IN OUR, UH, IN OUR RESERVES ALMOST, UH, EXACTLY THE, SORRY, OUR UNRESTRICTED, THANK YOU, KRISTA, NOT OUR, OUR FULL RESERVES.
SO AT ONE TIME, WE HAD 40 STAFF.
GIVE ME A NUMBER, JUST SHOUT IT OUT IF YOU KNOW IT.
UH, BUT YOU'LL SEE CURRENTLY WE'RE AT 33 MILLION.
UH, WE HAVE INVESTED IN OUR PARKS.
UH, WE HAVE MADE OTHER LARGE, UH, PURCHASES, BUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS WE HAVEN'T BEEN SPENDING OPERATIONAL CASH, UH, THROUGH THE RESERVES.
THAT'S THE KEY I WANTED TO MAKE.
AND ALSO, I KNOW AT A LATER POINT, YOU'LL BE DOING COMPARISONS ON WHAT THE ANTICIPATED RESERVES ARE GONNA LOOK LIKE IF WE DON'T MAKE SOME SORT OF MAJOR COURSE CORRECTION WITH SOME UNKNOWN REVENUE SOURCE THAT, UH, MIGHT BE OUT THERE.
'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHEN WE HAD OUR ONE-ON-ONES, WE DISCUSSED THAT.
AND IF I RECALL, IT'S WOULD KNOCK THAT NUMBER AT LEAST IN HALF AND PUT OUR PERCENTAGES DOWN TO WHERE MOST CITIES ARE.
THEY'RE LUCKY IF THEY HAVE A 15%, UH, RESERVE, AND WE'RE STILL WAY ABOVE THAT.
BUT THERE ARE CONDITIONS IN THE MARKET AND, AND, UH, JUST WITH NORMAL COSTS OF GOODS AND COST OF LABOR AND EVERYTHING THAT ARE ATTACKING US WHEN IT COMES TO TRYING TO KEEP IT A, UH, WELL-FUNDED AND WELL, UH, BALANCED BUDGET.
SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL, BUT I THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD TIME TO AT LEAST BRING IT UP.
SO NO, AND I, AND I'M GLAD YOU DID.
UM, WHAT YOU CAN SEE WITH THIS CHART IS THE STEADY GROWTH OF BOTH OUR EXPENDITURES AND THE ORANGE LINE TRENDING UP, UH, BUT ALSO OUR UNRESTRICTED RESERVES IN THE BLUE LINE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, RIGHT AROUND 20 21, 22, UH, THAT BLUE LINE STARTS TO TREND DOWN.
UH, THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE TIMES IN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY WHERE LARGE, UH, EVENTS HAVE AFFECTED OUR RESERVES.
I BELIEVE IT'S IN, UH, THE 20 15, 16, 16 17, 16 17.
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UH, WE SOLD THE LAND WHERE THE OLD CITY HALL WAS.THAT MONEY WENT INTO THE RESERVES, AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE A BIG JUMP FROM 1516 TO 1617.
BUT THE COUNCIL, EVEN WITH THAT LARGE INFUSION OF CASH, CONTINUED TO SQUIRREL AWAY, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, ADDITIONAL RESERVES.
AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE IT WAS GROWING.
HOWEVER, PART OF THE KEY CONVERSATION FOR TODAY IS OUR REVENUES JUST AREN'T GROWING.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE THIS YEAR INTO OUR RESERVES WITH, YOU KNOW, LEFTOVER MONEY.
AND WE'RE ALSO FACING A FUTURE WHERE WE MAY HAVE TO SPIN RESERVES JUST TO MAINTAIN THE QUALITY OF LIFE, UH, THAT WE'VE COME TO EXPECT, UH, FROM OUR NORMAL OPERATIONS.
OKAY, SO THIS LEADS TO MY GENERAL FUND BALANCE, BUDGET, ASTERISK SLIDE.
IT'S, IT'S MANY OF THE POINTS I'VE TRIED TO, TO BRING UP.
BUT WHEN WE DEVELOP OUR BUDGET AND WE LOOK AT WHAT OUR STAFF PROJECTS THE EXPENDITURES ARE GOING TO BE, AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE PROJECTING WHAT OUR REVENUE'S GOING TO BE.
AND OUR STAFF WORKS VERY HARD AND DILIGENTLY TO PRESENT A BUDGET THAT IS, UH, UH, LEAN AND MEAN AS THEY SAY.
THAT BEING SAID, WHEN WE GOT OUR FIRST RUN AT THE BUDGET, THERE WERE $3.1 MILLION IN EXPENSES THAT COULDN'T BE COVERED BY REVENUE.
UH, THE RESULT OF THE, UH, GENERAL FUND REVENUE BEING DOWN 40, UH, $7,000.
AND, AND THE, THE POINT HERE ISN'T THAT IT'S 47,000, IT'S THAT IT WASN'T MORE THAN, UH, WHAT WE WERE PLANNING FOR EXPENDITURES.
IT FLATTENED OUT, AND WE DIDN'T MAKE MORE REVENUE TO BE ABLE TO PAY, UH, THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSES.
SALES TAX ALONE REPRESENTS $355,000 REDUCTION OVER LAST YEAR.
MANY OF THE, THE FACTORS THERE ARE THE, UH, ECONOMIC PRESSURES THAT I POINTED OUT EARLY ON.
UH, THE, WE ALSO ARE CHALLENGED AND, AND, AND THIS CAME UP AT THE COUNCIL, IS THAT WHAT HAPPENS IN OTHER COMMUNITIES AFFECTS OUR SALES, UH, TAX REVENUE, UH, WHEN A, WE GET OUR SALES TAX FROM LOCALLY GENERATED TRANSACTIONS.
SO IF YOU BUY A BURRITO, UH, UH, AT THE SHOPS, WE GET THE SALES TAX ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
BUT WE ALSO GET A PROPORTION OF THE TRANSACTIONS THAT KIND OF FALL THROUGH THE GAPS.
TYPICALLY, INTERNET TRANSACTIONS, WE GET WHAT'S CALLED A, A SHARE OF THE COUNTY POOL, UH, OF TAXES.
WELL, WHEN A CITY LIKE ONTARIO OR ANY OTHER CITY, EITHER THROUGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR THROUGH, UH, MECHANISMS LIKE A, UH, DISTRIBUTION CENTER FOR AMAZON, OR A LARGE, UH, UH, PORTION OR A LARGE RETAILER LIKE THAT OCCURS, THEY GET A LARGER SHARE OF THAT KIND OF UNSPOKEN FOR SALES TAX.
SO THAT HARMS US AS WELL, WHEN THOSE NUMBERS MOVE DRAMATICALLY UP.
FOR OTHER CITIES, THINGS LIKE GAS TAX IS DOWN, YOU KNOW, THE TAX THAT WE'RE ALL PAYING ON A GALLON OF GAS, UH, I MENTIONED, AND, BUT IT'S WORTH NOTING HERE THAT OUR L AND L DISTRICT, UH, WON MOST OF THE CITY, UH, THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN REVENUE INCREASES OR ASSESSMENTS SINCE 1996.
SO IT'S, IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS THAT COSTS HAVE INCREASED, UH, BUT NOT REVENUE.
AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE COUNCIL HAS DONE IS, UH, THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S DISTRIBUTION, DOWN TO COUNTY AND STATE, UM, STATE COUNTY AND CITIES, WE RECEIVED NEARLY $10 MILLION WORTH OF ARPA MONEY, AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT MONEY.
AND THAT MONEY'S BEEN PUT INTO A VARIETY OF PROGRAM AREAS, BUT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO PROJECTS ON THIS FEDERAL MONEY THAT WILL, UH, BE ESSENTIALLY USED UP AND COMPLETELY PROGRAMMED OUT IN THE NEXT YEAR.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER, UH, PAIN POINT FOR THIS BUDGET IS THESE ONE-TIME FUNDING SOURCES ARE STARTING TO, UH, UH, BE, UH, EXHAUSTED.
AS A PERFECT EXAMPLE, FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE SPENT ROUGHLY $250,000 OUT OF ARPA MONEY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A HOMELESS PRESENCE ON THE STREET BEYOND OUR POLICE ACTIVITY.
SO WE'VE HIRED SWAG BASIC, BASICALLY SOCIAL WORKERS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY HELPING, UH, OUR UNHOUSED UNHOUSED POPULATION.
UH, WELL, WE HAVE ANOTHER YEAR UNDER ARPA PROGRAMMED, BUT WE ANTICIPATE WE'LL BE COMING TO THE COUNCIL IN THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE TO CONTINUE THAT PROGRAM OR DO SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR TO IT.
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FUND BECAUSE THIS MONEY WILL BE GONE.BUT IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, UH, THERE IS DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE ARE NOT DOING IN THE CITY, BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO DO IT.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANY NEW POSITIONS OR RECLASSIFICATIONS PROPOSED.
AS, UH, KRISTA POINTED OUT, WE HAVE THE SAME, UH, 161 TOTAL, UH, UH, POSITIONS THAT WE'VE HAD FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS.
IT'S ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT WHEN YOU'RE AN EMPLOYER, YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WORK THAT STAFF IS DOING IS MATCHED TO THE JOB CLASSIFICATION.
AND SO, OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, WE'VE HAD A FEW OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EXISTING STAFF, EVEN IF WE DIDN'T HAVE A NEW BODY, AT LEAST, WE MADE SURE THAT PEOPLE WERE AUTHORIZED TO DO MORE WORK, UH, OUTSIDE OF MAYBE A LOWER JOB CLASSIFICATION, SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE TALENTS WITHIN THE CITY.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT PROPOSED FOR THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, JUST BECAUSE WE COULDN'T AFFORD IT.
UM, A, A REAL WORLD IMPACT OF NOT BEING ABLE TO HAVE NEW STAFF, UH, WHILE HAVING THE, UH, RESPONSIBILITIES OF A DEPARTMENT.
OUR CITY CLERK'S DEPARTMENT DOES, UH, UH, ALL OF OUR PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS, WHICH HAVE SHOT THROUGH THE ROOF OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
AT THE SAME TIME, THEY DO OUR, UH, PASSPORT PROGRAM, WHICH GENERATES SOME REVENUE FROM THAT ACTIVITY.
BUT BECAUSE WE NEED THE STAFF TO FOCUS ON THE INTERNAL WORK OF, UH, PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS, UH, WE AREN'T PROPOSING THAT WE'LL DO AS MANY PASSPORTS THIS YEAR.
SO THAT'S KIND OF A REAL WORLD EXAMPLE OF WHERE NOT HAVING, UH, MORE STAFF, UH, AFFECTS OPERATIONS.
UH, WE'RE ROLLING OUT STATE MANDATES FOR OUR, UH, UH, HOUSE, EXCUSE ME, HOUSING PROGRAM.
UH, AND WE DON'T HAVE, UH, MORE STAFF TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THAT.
UH, STAFF DOES A FANTASTIC JOB.
THEY ARE CREATIVE, THEY WORK REALLY HARD, BUT, UH, I'M SURE A FEW EXTRA BODIES WOULD DISTRIBUTE THAT LOAD, UH, IN A WAY THAT WOULD BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY IF WE HAD THE RESOURCES TO DO THAT.
THE OTHER THING, AND, AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBER OR VICE MAYOR BENNETT POINTED OUT, WE GO OVER OUR BUDGET, UH, CONSTANTLY AT THE STAFF LEVEL, BUT WE BRING IT TO THE COUNCIL, UH, QUARTERLY TO SHOW ALL OF THE MOVING PIECES.
BUT AS PROJECTS, UH, POP UP, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN, UH, UH, IT COSTS MORE THAN WE ANTICIPATED.
TYPICALLY, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF CUSHION IN A BUDGET THAT ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO ABSORB SOME OF THOSE SMALLER FLUCTUATIONS.
UH, I, YOU KNOW, IN FULL TRANSPARENCY, WE WILL LIKELY SEE MORE WITH A BUDGET AS LEAN AS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TODAY.
UH, WE'RE GONNA SEE MORE, UH, POSSIBLE CHANGES MID-YEAR TO THE BUDGET IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE ANY, ANY UNFORESEEN, UH, INCREASES OR THINGS THAT WE JUST COULDN'T ANTICIPATE THROUGH THE NORMAL PROCESS.
SO, AS, UH, VICE MAYOR BENNETT BROUGHT UP, ONE OF THE TOOLS THAT WE USE IN OUR BUDGET PROCESS IS THE FIVE YEAR OUTLOOK.
UH, HERE WE TAKE OUR PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 24, 25.
STAFF GETS THEIR CRYSTAL BALL AND ALL OF THE EXPERIENCE THEY HAVE IN MANAGING THEIR PROGRAMS, AND THEY START TO PLAN OUT WHAT YEAR ONE AFTER THE CURRENT YEAR WILL LOOK LIKE.
WHAT DO WE THINK REVENUE WILL LOOK LIKE IN A FUTURE YEAR? WHAT DO WE THINK OUR EXPENSES WILL LOOK LIKE? AND THEN ULTIMATELY, IF THERE'S GONNA BE ANY TRANSFERS OR SUBSIDIES BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE REVENUE TO OFFSET THESE EXPENDITURES, HOW IS THAT GONNA IMPACT THE BOTTOM LINE AND REPRESENTED BY THE GRAY LINE NEAR THE BOTTOM REVENUES OVER OR UNDER EXPENDITURES? SO AGAIN, THIS WAS A VERY LEAN, UH, BUDGET.
I DO NOT ANTICIPATE UNLESS REVENUE INCREASES DRAMATICALLY, UH, FROM EXISTING PROPERTY SALES IN EXISTING PROPERTY TAXES OR SALES TAXES, UH, THAT WE WILL LIKELY BE BRINGING TO THE COUNCIL NEXT YEAR.
AN IMBALANCE BUDGET, A BUDGET WITH A DEFICIT, AND THAT'S REPRESENTED IN WHAT WE PROJECT OUT FOR FISCAL YEAR 25, 26, UH, $3.9 MILLION DEFICIT IS WHAT'S THERE.
AND THE BOTTOM LINE OF ENDING FUND BALANCE SHOWS THAT YOU START TO TAKE THAT $43 MILLION RESERVE, AND NOW IT'S A $39 MILLION RESERVE.
AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK ONE MORE YEAR OUT, THAT, UH, REVENUE OVER, I MEAN, EXPENDITURES OVER REVENUE JUMPS TO $7.6 MILLION, AND YOU
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END UP SEEING WHAT WAS A $43 MILLION, UH, RESERVE, UH, IN HALF BY THE FIVE YEAR POINT AT 23.6 MILLION.UH, WE ALWAYS ADJUST, UH, IN THE NEXT YEAR TO TRY A AND ACCOMMODATE WHATEVER THE REVENUE, UH, CONSTRAINTS ARE.
BUT I AM, I'M JUST HONESTLY SHARING WHAT THE COUNCIL, THIS STAFF DID EVERYTHING THEY COULD TO BALANCE THIS BUDGET, AND THERE REALLY IS NO FLUFF LEFT.
UH, WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF OUR SISTER CITIES NEARBY, UH, TAKE THE STEP OF INCREASING THEIR SALES TAX BY GOING TO THE VOTERS FOR A TAX MEASURE.
ONTARIO AT A 1% SALES TAX MEASURE RIGHT NEXT DOOR, CHINO, UH, GOING FOR 1%, UH, WE CAN CONTROL ONLY SO MUCH OF OUR BUDGET.
UH, WE ARE ABLE TO WORK DILIGENTLY TO BRING IN BUSINESSES TO MOVE THE NEEDLE A LITTLE BIT.
UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE COUNTY TO TRY AND GET A LARGER SHARE OF OUR SALES TAX, UH, I'M SORRY, PROPERTY TAX, UH, DOLLARS.
BUT AT SOME POINT IN TIME, WE WILL LIKE TO EXTEND THE CONVERSATION TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT A PROPERTY, UH, I, SORRY, IT'S KILLING ME.
SALES, SALES TAX, UH, UH, ENHANCEMENT, UH, WILL, UH, BE PALATABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND THE POINT THAT'S ALREADY COME UP IS WHEN WE HAVE A SALES TAX MEASURE THAT IS UNDER LOCAL CONTROL, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE THEN PUT INTO OUR BUDGET.
WE ARE ABLE TO SET THE PRIORITIES AND, UH, WE DON'T HAVE THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GETTING EVERYTHING FROM THE, UH, OTHER SOURCES THAT, THAT ARE BEYOND US.
FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE THE SAME WORDS AS FAR AS TRYING TO SAY SALES TAX INCREASE OR PROPOSITION, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SAY IT, HAVE A HARD TIME SAYING THAT.
BUT I, I DO WANT, THIS IS A SECRET.
UM, I NORMALLY GO TO COSTCO, BUT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE I GO TO SAM'S CLUB BECAUSE IT'S MORE, IT'S EASIER TO GET IN, IN AND OUT OF, AND THEY DO, I DO PAY HIGHER SALES TAX THERE.
AND THE OTHER DAY I WAS LAUGHING AT MYSELF BECAUSE I, I DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN IN CHINO HILLS, BUT YET I GO TO OUTSIDE CITIES AND I PAY A HIGHER SALES TAX RATE.
SO IT ISN'T A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY.
AGAIN, I DO IT ALL THE TIME, AND I APOLOGIZE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE FROM CHINO HILLS THAT I DO THAT, BUT I, I DO IT.
THE OTHER POINT IS ON OPEN SPACE.
I KNOW WE TALK ABOUT OPEN SPACE, HAVING A DEFICIT OF ABOUT $3 MILLION, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE GREEN BELTS, AND WE ALSO HAVE PARKS, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE TRUSTS MODELS.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY PROBABLY WHEN YOU FACTOR IN ALL THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY, IT'S PROBABLY A LOT HIGHER THAN $3 MILLION I WOULD THINK.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, AS A COMMUNITY, WE WANT IT, WE LOVE HAVING OPEN SPACE.
UH, WE LOVE OUR GREEN BELTS, BUT THERE'S A COST TO IT.
AND I KNOW THE, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I DON'T WANT TO DO IS I, I VALUE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT THAT'S OUR BIGGEST, UM, LINE ITEM.
AND IT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO $19 MILLION A YEAR.
I KNOW THE CITY OF CHINO PROBABLY PAYS EXCESSIVE 40 MILLION, BUT WE DO SUCH A GREAT JOB.
BUT I KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE A TIME WHERE WE REALLY HAVE TO TALK ABOUT SALES TAX.
AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT PROPERTY TAX THAT I KNOW EVERYBODY HERE HAS TALKED TO A SUPERVISOR TRYING TO GET MORE MONEY.
HOPEFULLY IT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
BUT AS FAR AS SALES TAX, WE CAN'T BE AFRAID OF IT BECAUSE WE LOVE OUR COMMUNITY SO MUCH AND WE WANT SO MUCH FOR OUR KIDS AND OUR COMMUNITY THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO TALK ABOUT.
UM, YOU KNOW, DANIEL, YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB AS FAR AS RECYCLE WATER.
I MEAN, WE'RE TRYING TO SAVE MONEY BY USING RECYCLE WATER INSTEAD OF POTABLE WATER.
UM, TO CUT, CUT OVER OUR COSTS RIGHT NOW, TCP 1, 2, 3, WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE OUR WELL WATER AT A COST SAVINGS.
SO WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN, BUT OUR BACK'S UP AGAINST THE WALL.
SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND WE START TALKING ABOUT SALES TAX, PLEASE DON'T BEAT US UP BECAUSE WE LOOKED AT ALL THE OPTIONS, AND WE'RE GONNA BE COMING TO YOU WITH COMMUNITY MEETINGS, I ENVISION IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
SO, AGAIN, UH, I KNOW A LOT OF YOU GUYS HAVE MY PHONE NUMBER, PLEASE CALL ME SO WE CAN TALK.
BUT I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, I'M NOT HAPPY ABOUT, BUT I THINK, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO START TALKING ABOUT IT.
THE LAST THING I WANNA TALK ABOUT IS, UH, UH, GAS TAX.
UM, I HEAR IT ALL THE TIME AT S-B-C-T-A, AT UH, S SCAG.
SO AS WE MOVE TO, TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GASES, WHAT'S HAPPENING? WE'RE BUYING MORE HYDROGEN VEHICLES.
WE'RE BUYING MORE ELECTRIC VEHICLES, AND WE DON'T PAY ANY, UH, GAS TAX.
SO WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN? LIKE, I ENVISION WHAT WE DID WITH WATER.
WE, WE USE LESS WATER, BUT THEN WE HAD TO DO A WATER RATE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
THE SAME THING WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND STATE, WE'RE GONNA USE LESS GAS, AND GUESS WE'RE GONNA GET TAXED EVEN MORE.
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SO, I KNOW THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT VEHICLE MILES TRAVEL, AND I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING NOT TO BE AFRAID OF, BUT EVERYBODY, WE'RE TRYING TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION TO ACTUALLY CONTINUE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE HAD BEFORE.AND I KNOW IT'S, IT IS GONNA BE A, A CONVERSATION.
I KNOW SOME PEOPLE AREN'T GONNA, AREN'T GONNA BE HAPPY ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE GOTTA LOOK AT EVERYTHING TO BENEFIT THE PEOPLE HERE IN CHINO HILLS.
I JUST WANNA MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT RAY.
RAY, WOULD YOU SEND YOUR SAM'S CLUB CARD DOWN TO ME RIGHT NOW? WE'RE GONNA DO A CEREMONIAL CUTTING.
WE'LL ONLY SHOP AT COSTCO, NOT SAM'S CLUB, BUT YEAH, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF, YOU'RE RIGHT.
THIS IS A, IT'S NOT THAT IT'S A WAKE UP ALARM, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN HEARING THIS FOR YEARS, BUT SOME POINTS THAT RAY HAS MADE ARE, ARE REALLY IMPORTANT ONES.
THINGS SUCH AS GAS TAX THAT WE USE TO IMPROVE OUR ROADS.
WE'RE VERY PROUD OF KEEPING OUR ROADS, UH, UP TO, UP TO DATE AS FAR AS POTHOLES, ET CETERA.
AND THOSE TAXES WILL CONTINUE TO GO DOWN AROUND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
WHAT IS THE NUMBER ONE CAR IN CHINO HILLS THESE DAYS? A TESLA.
AND THEY'RE NOT PAYING FOR GAS.
EXAMPLES LIKE THAT REALLY BRING IT HOME THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO SOMEHOW ENHANCE OUR INCOME SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY TO, WHETHER IT'S RENEGOTIATE PROPERTY TAXES, WHICH COULD BE AN ISSUE, OR, OR, OR DO A SALES TAX EN ENHANCEMENT, WHATEVER IT TAKES, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO THAT IF WE WANNA KEEP THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
WE'RE CUTTING BACK A LITTLE BIT ON TREE TRIMMING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I REMEMBER GOING THROUGH THIS SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN WE DID A, A BUDGET CUT OR A BUDGET OFFSET, AND NADINE WAS ALWAYS COMPLAINING THAT WE WOULD GET LETTER AFTER LETTER.
WHY AREN'T YOU TRIMMING OUR TREES AS MUCH AS YOU USED TO? IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING TO CUT THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING.
SO I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE GOING THROUGH THAT.
AGAIN, YOU'RE, THESE SERVICE CALLS ARE GONNA BE GOING UP WHERE YOUR COMPLAINT CALLS THAT WE'RE NOT SERVICING THE TREES AS MUCH AS MAYBE WE USED TO IN THE PAST.
SO TO KEEP THAT QUALITY OF LIFE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.
SO IT'S GOOD THAT YOU'RE PROJECTING THIS NOW, AND WE JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GONNA OFFSET.
BUT FIRST OF ALL, RAISE, SEND THAT CARD DOWN HERE PLEASE.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION? YES, OF COURSE.
BEN, THIS MAY BE VERY PREMATURE 'CAUSE I KNOW WE'RE, WE CANNOT IGNORE THE FACT THAT CHINO JUST RAISED THEIR SALES TAX 1%.
HAVE WE GIVEN ANY KIND OF ESTIMATES TO WHAT 1% INCREASE IN SALES TAX WOULD GENERATE FOR THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS? ACTUALLY, WE HAVE, UH, AS I MENTIONED, WE USE HDL, UH, TO HELP US FORECAST OUR SALES TAX, UM, UH, REPRESENTED IN THIS BUDGET, OUR SALES TAX IS ABOUT $10 MILLION.
SO WHEN IN OUR CONVERSATIONS, WHICH HDL THEY, UH, FORECAST THAT WE COULD SEE AS MUCH AS $11 MILLION FROM A 1%, UH, SALES TAX, UH, UH, INCREASE, AND TO DRIVE THAT HOME, AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE LOCAL CONTROL THAT WOULD GO DIRECTLY INTO THE BUDGET AND DIRECTLY INTO PROGRAMS IN, IN THE CITY OF, UH, CHINO HILLS.
SO ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 11 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IS WHAT YOU COULD ANTICIPATE.
I WILL ADD THOUGH, HAVING HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, ONTARIO AND IN A COUPLE OTHER CITIES, UH, YOU DON'T SEE THE TOTAL ASSESSMENT IN YOUR FIRST YEAR.
IT TAKES A WHILE TO KIND OF GET THAT MECHANISM ROLLING, BUT WE WOULD CLEARLY SEE A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN THE AVAILABLE, UH, FUNDING.
AND WE WOULD NOT HAVE AS, AS SUCH A TIGHT CONCERN.
I MEAN, EVEN IF IT WERE $8 MILLION, THE $3 MILLION IN BALANCE THAT WE SHOWED STRUCTURALLY FROM THE BEGINNING WOULDN'T BE AS BIG OF A DEAL BECAUSE WE JUST ABSORB IT.
THE L AND L, UH, SUBSIDY, WHICH NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED WOULDN'T BE AS BIG OF A DEAL AT 3.1 MILLION.
IF YOU HAD A NEW, UH, UH, SOURCE OF, UH, OF REVENUE AND, AND TO, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ AND ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS, THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT WE'LL HAVE TO START HAVING WITH THE, UH, PUBLIC.
UH, ULTIMATELY, WE WON'T BE ADVOCATING HOW A PERSON SHOULD VOTE, BUT WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE INFORMED THAT HERE'S THE TRADE OFF.
YOU DON'T HAVE, UH, CERTAIN PROGRAMS BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO LIVE WITHIN OUR MEANS.
WELL, LOOKING AT THIS, THIS SLIDE THAT'S UP ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW, THAT'S WHY I BRING THIS UP RIGHT NOW AND WHY, WHY RAY WAS DANCING AROUND WITH THIS.
WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE A POSITION PREMATURELY, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT IT, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, OUR BUDGET IS AS TIGHT AS IT CAN GET, BUT REVENUES ARE NOT KEEPING UP WITH THE COST OF THOSE EXPENDITURES TO KEEP THE CITY GOING THE WAY OUR RESIDENTS HAVE GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO.
THERE'S JUST SO MANY COSTS OUT THERE THAT WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO CONTROL OVER.
SO WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOME, SOME MAGICAL REVENUE
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SOURCE THAT'S GONNA BALANCE OUR BUDGETS.IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE POTENTIALS OF SALES TAX INCREASE, AND YOU LOOK AT THESE, UH, EXPENDITURES, THESE, UH, UH, REVENUE OR UNDER EXPENDITURES, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S THE MAGICAL FIX FOR THIS.
AND IT'S NOT THAT WE ARE SPENDING MONEY LIKE A DRUNKEN SAILOR.
I MEAN, THE FACT IS, WE RUN A TIGHT SHIP, YOU SEND BACK TO OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS EVERY YEAR AND ASK THEM TO TIGHTEN UP THEIR BUDGETS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T GO TOO FAR IN THE RED.
SO, BOTTOM LINE IS, UH, THAT'S ENOUGH, BUT I, I THINK WE NEED TO START HAVING THE CONVERSATION THAT THERE IS NO OTHER REVENUE SOURCE THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH.
WE MADE A WIDE DEC WISE DECISION A COUPLE YEARS AGO TO INCREASE THE TOT 2% FROM 10% UP TO 12%.
I WOULD ASK THAT QUESTION AS WELL.
RIGHT NOW, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REVENUE SOURCES, WHAT ARE OTHER CITIES SURROUNDING US? WHAT ARE THEIR AVERAGE TOTS? DO WE KNOW THAT OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD? I DON'T, I KNOW WE'RE PROBABLY CLOSE TO THE MIDDLE AT 12.
I KNOW THERE ARE SOME THAT DO 14, UH, BUT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING ELSE WE'D LOOK AT IS WHETHER OR NOT, UH, THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF, UH, A JUSTIFICATION FOR INCREASING, UH, TOT AS WELL.
I THINK, UH, TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ'S POINT IS WHEN WE SHOP IN PLACES LIKE NEARBY, UH, WHETHER IT'S IN POMONA OR DIAMOND BAR, YOU'RE PAYING LA COUNTY SALES TAX THERE, IT'S DRAMATICALLY HIGHER THAN HERE.
EVEN WITH AN ONTARIO OR A CHINO GOING UP 1%, UH, YOU'RE STILL, UH, NOT GOING TO BE CLOSE TO WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE IN LA COUNTY.
AND AGAIN, THAT MONEY STAYS LOCALLY.
AND HOPEFULLY IF WE, IF WE CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN OUR DECENT TAX OR SALES TAX, PEOPLE FROM LA COUNTY, DIAMOND BAR, ET CETERA, ARE GONNA COME AND SHOP FUNERAL HILLS FIRST, LIKE WE'VE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT.
BUT NO, I, I THOUGHT IT, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE START HAVING THESE, THE TOT WAS THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD.
WE GET ALL OF THE TOT, THAT'S THE BEST THING.
THAT'S THE BEST REVENUE SOURCE THERE IS OUT THERE.
AND WITH US CHANGING ONE OF OUR, UH, HOTELS TO A NAME BRAND, UH, OVER TIME, THAT OUGHT TO BE A VERY GOOD THING.
AND IT'S ALSO A TAX, AND, AND DON'T HATE ME FOR SAYING THIS, BUT IT'S ONE THAT TYPICALLY OUR RESIDENTS DON'T PAY.
IT'S VISITORS THAT COME INTO THE CITY.
NOW, IT MAY BE SOME OF OUR FAMILY MEMBERS THAT ARE HAVING TO STAY THERE, BUT THE REALITY IS THAT'S OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE PAYING THAT, AND THAT MONEY COMES INTO US.
SO IT DOES HELP PAY FOR ALL THE SERVICES THEY ENJOY THAT THEY DON'T PAY FOR, UH, OTHERWISE WITHIN THE CITY.
SO, I KNOW WE GOT INTO A LOT HERE AND OFF ON SUBJECTS THAT MAYBE'S PREMATURE TO TALK ABOUT, BUT WE, WE'VE GOTTA START THE CONVERSATION.
AND UNLESS WE CAN COME UP WITH SOME OTHER MAGICAL FORM OF REVENUES, THAT'S GOTTA BE THE BEST THING THAT'S OUT THERE.
SO WE, I THINK WE JUST DID EVERYBODY, OUR RESIDENTS NEED TO START THINKING, OKAY, DO YOU LIKE WHAT WE CONTINUE TO, UH, PROVIDE AS A SERVICE, UH, BY THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS TO ALL OF US RESIDENTS? AND IF YOU DO, THE BOTTOM LINE IS PEOPLE HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.
I MEAN, IF YOU WANT THOSE SERVICES, THERE'S, THERE'S NO OTHER CHOICE.
IT'S EITHER THAT WE RUN THE CITY INTO, INTO THE GROUND, AND THEN THEY END UP PAYING MORE, UH, IN THE LONG RUN.
SO I'LL GET DOWN OFF MY SOAPBOX.
UM, CHERYL, WILL YOU PLEASE NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ HAD TO LEAVE THE MEETING AND HE WILL BE BACK AT OUR REGULAR MEETING, BUT HE'S NO LONGER PRESIDENT OF THIS MEETING? YES, I NOTED IT.
SO, UH, LET ME MOVE ON TO OUR CIP PROGRAM AND OUR, UH, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND CITY ENGINEER, DANIEL BOBADILLA, WILL PRESENT THIS WORK PLAN FOR THE COUNCIL IN PUBLIC.
WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT AN HOUR REMAINING IN THE MEETING.
UH, COUNSEL, FEEL FREE TO STOP ME AT ANY POINT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, SO WITH THE CIP UH, PORTION OF THE, THE MEETING, UH, WE'RE GONNA BREAK THIS UP INTO THREE COMPONENTS.
UH, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE, THE GREAT WORK THAT STAFF HAS DONE DURING THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, 2324.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE CARRYOVER PROJECTS, UH, AND THE PROPOSED 24 25, UH, CIP PROJECTS.
AND, UH, LOOKING AT THE, THE 2324 PROJECTS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, OR SOMEBODY HAVE CONTROL OVER.
UH, STAFF COMPLETED A TOTAL OF 24 PROJECTS IS, UH, THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, UH, WORTH A TOTAL OF, UH, APPROXIMATELY $12 MILLION.
UM, IN HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE, THE, THE KEY PROJECTS, UH, WE, WE, WE HAD THE, THE COMMUNITY PARK, IF YOU RECALL, UH, LAST FISCAL YEAR.
WE FINISHED, UH, FIELDS ONE THROUGH FOUR, UH, WITH THE TURF RENOVATIONS THIS LAST FISCAL YEAR, OR CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, WE FINISHED, UH, FUEL FIVE AND SIX.
UH, WE DID SOME RENOVATIONS TO THE PARKING LOT, SOME CURRENT, UH, CONCRETE WORK.
UM, WE STILL HAVE A FEW THINGS, UH, TO FINISH.
UH, WE WERE LOOKING TO EXPAND THE PARKING LOT, BUT WE GOT SOME HIGH BIDS, SO WE'RE
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GONNA HAVE TO RE UH, REVISIT THAT PRETTY SOON HERE.UH, WE INSTALLED SOME SHADE STRUCTURES AT THE DOG PARK.
UH, WE EXPANDED THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER.
WE WENT FROM TWO EXISTING STATIONS TO EIGHT STATIONS.
WE REPLACED THE HVAC SYSTEM AT THE LIBRARY.
WE REPLACED, UH, THE CARPET AT THE, AT THE SHERIFF'S STATION.
UH, WE, UM, INSTALLED A NEW ROOF AT, UH, AT THE MCCOY BARN.
ALSO REPAINTED THE MCCOY BARN, UH, ON THE EXTERIOR.
UM, AS, UH, MOST RECENTLY, WE, UH, MADE SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO CROSSROADS PARK WITH, UH, WITH THE CITY'S FIRST ALL-INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND.
AND WE COMPLETED, UH, NEARLY $5 MILLION IN STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, UH, STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, REHABBING OVER 10, UH, MILES OF STREETS.
UH, SO QUITE A, QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT, UM, UH, FOR OUR STAFF.
UH, NOW LOOKING AT, UH, OUR CARRYOVER PROJECTS, YOU'LL SEE HERE THAT WE HAVE A PRETTY HIGH VOLUME OF PROJECTS.
WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 85 PRO, UH, PROJECTS WITH THE VALUE OF ABOUT SEVEN $77 MILLION.
UM, THAT'S A QUITE A BIT AMOUNT.
NOW, THE REASON FOR THAT IS WE, UH, WE HAD A, AN INFLUX OF ARPA MONEY THAT WE PUT INTO OUR CIP.
UH, WE, WE GOT A FEW DONE, UH, BUT WE STILL HAVE QUITE A FEW TO GO.
UH, SOME OF THOSE HIGHLIGHT PROJECTS, UM, ARE NOT NECESSARILY ARPA, BUT JUST A VARIETY OF PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, WE HAVE 1 2 3 TCP, UH, THAT HAS A VALUE OF ABOUT $20.5 MILLION.
WE HAVE, UH, UH, JUST OUT HERE, UH, AT BOER PUBLIC, WE HAVE THE, THE SIGNAL MODIFICATION AT, UH, BOER PUBLIC AND THE CITY HALL PARKING LOT, THAT'S HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
UH, AND THEN WE HAVE MAROON BELT WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT.
THAT'S $2.2 MILLION, UH, OUT TO BID RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE SOCAL CANYON, UH, PARKWAY, UH, ASPHALT REPLACEMENT THAT'LL, UH, REHAB THE, THE ASPHALT FROM, UH, THE 71, UH, NORTH TO, UH, TO THE CITY LIMIT.
UM, IN DESIGN, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF, UH, RECYCLED WATER LINE SYSTEM PROJECTS.
SO WE HAVE ENGLISH ROAD, RECYCLED WATER LINES, UM, AND EUCALYPTUS, UH, AVENUE RECYCLED WATER LINES.
UM, AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE RAMONA AVENUE WATER MAIN, UH, REPLACEMENT PROJECTS.
NOW LOOKING AT 24 25 CIP PROJECTS, UM, AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE WE NOT GONNA HAVE MANY PROJECTS THIS YEAR? 'CAUSE THE, THE GOAL WAS TO FINISH OFF WHAT WE HAVE, UH, WITH OUR 85 CARRYOVER PROJECTS.
SO THE, THE FOCUS GONNA BE, UM, MOSTLY, UH, FINISHING WHAT WE HAVE.
UH, WE DO HAVE A FEW PROJECTS THIS UPCOMING YEAR, BUT ONLY $4.6 MILLION.
LAST FISCAL YEAR, WE HAD, UH, APPROXIMATELY, I THINK IT WAS $25 MILLION WORTH OF, UH, CIP PROJECTS, A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE.
UM, UH, MOST OF THAT WAS DUE TO THE, THE 1 2 3 TCP PROJECT.
UM, SO, UH, THAT'S, UH, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE.
UM, ANOTHER REASON WHY IS, UH, ARPA MONEY, UH, AGAIN, WE DON'T, WE'RE NOT GONNA INFUSE, UH, ANY ADDITIONAL ARPA MONEY THAT WAS PART OF LAST FISCAL YEAR.
UM, LOOKING AT OUR, OUR, UH, DISTRIBUTION OF CIP PROJECTS, WE HAVE 90% OF STREETS, UH, 8% OF SEWER, AND 2%, UH, PUBLIC FACILITIES.
WHEN LOOKING AT OUR DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDING, UH, WE HAVE TWO, UH, MAJOR FUNDING SOURCES.
YOU HAVE 44, 40 4% OF MEASURE I AND 41% OF, UH, ROAD MAINTENANCE AND REHAB, UH, WITH MEASURE I THAT'S A, A FUNDING SOURCE FROM, FROM THE COUNTY.
IT'S FROM, UH, S-B-C-T-A OR SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.
THAT'S, UH, THAT'S A FUNDING SOURCE, UH, WHICH WAS GENERATED FROM A HALF CENT SALES TAX.
UH, THAT WAS, UH, APPROVED BACK IN 1989.
IT WAS, UH, JUST RECENTLY, WELL, NOT RECENTLY, BUT IN 2004, IT WAS APPROVED AGAIN, UH, TO EXTEND IT TO 2040.
SO IT'LL SUNSET IN 2040, UH, UNLESS IT GOES BACK OUT TO THE VOTERS FOR ANOTHER INCREASE.
UM, AND THEN ROAD MAINTENANCE AND REHAB, THE 41%, UH, THAT, UH, THAT COMES FROM THE STATE.
NOW LOOKING AT OUR 24 25 NEW REQUESTS, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF NINE NEW REQUESTS LOOKING AT PUBLIC FACILITIES.
UH, THIS NEW ONE HERE, THIS IS ACTUALLY, IT'S NOT A NEW ONE.
UH, CITY YARD FURNITURE REPLACEMENT.
LAST FISCAL YEAR, WE ASKED FOR 80, $88,000, UH, TO RENOVATE OUR, OUR CITY YARD.
UH, THE CITY YARD IS A BUILDING THAT WAS BUILT IN THE 19, I THINK, LATE SEVENTIES, EARLY EIGHTIES.
UH, MUCH OF THE FURNITURE IN THAT FACILITY WAS ORIGINAL, UH, IF NOT ORIGINAL TO THAT BUILDING.
IT CAME FROM THE OLD CITY HALL BUILDING.
UH, WE REPLACED, UH, MUCH OF THE TRAINING, UH, TRAINING ROOM, UH, TABLES AND CHAIRS.
UH, THIS NEW A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IS TO, UH, FINISH REPLACING SOME OF THE CONFERENCE ROOM, UH, FURNITURE AND SOME OF THE OFFICE, UH, FURNITURE
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IN THAT BUILDING.UH, MOVING DOWN TO, UH, SAME SLIDE PLEASE.
UH, LOOKING AT SEWER, UH, THE BUTTERFIELD LIFT STATION SAFETY GRADING REPLACEMENT PROJECT, UH, THERE'S A WET, WELL, A GRATE THAT, UH, IS IN BAD CONDITION.
UH, IT'S REALLY A SAFETY ISSUE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO REPLACE THAT GRATE FOR 82,000, UH, $500.
UM, AND UTILITY SITE ROOF REPAIRS.
UM, THIS IS, UH, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT SITES.
UH, WE HAVE SOME, SOME STRUCTURES AT THESE LOCATIONS THAT NEED SOME ROOF REPAIRS FOR JUST OVER $300,000.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, VARIOUS, UH, STREET REPAIR PROJECTS.
UM, UH, THE FIRST FEW HERE ARE, UH, ADDITIONAL, ADDITIONAL MONEY AS WE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY.
UM, THE COST OF JUST GENERAL CONSTRUCTION HAS GONE UP SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE LAST, UH, SEVERAL MONTHS AND, AND YEARS DUE TO, UM, DUE TO COVID.
AND THE, THE PRICE INCREASES HAVE CONTINUED OVER THE LAST, UH, SEVERAL YEARS.
UH, SO WE'RE ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL MONEY, UH, TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THESE PROJECTS.
UH, THE FIRST ONE HERE IS CHINO HOST PARK AND PAYMENT REHAB.
UH, THE ORIGINAL PROJECT BUDGET, UH, WAS $1.85 MILLION.
WE'RE ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
UH, THIS PROJECT WILL REHAB, UH, CHINO HILLS PARKWAY FROM THE NORTHERN CITY LIMIT, UM, IN DIAMOND BAR ALL THE WAY TO CARBON CANYON ROAD.
AND WE'LL PICK UP AGAIN FROM ON THE 71 TO THE CITY BOUNDARY AT, UM, AT, UH, CHINO, UH, THE LIMIT FROM CARBON CANYON ROAD TO 71.
THAT'S WITHIN CALTRANS LIMITS.
UM, THAT'LL BE, THAT WAS RECENTLY DONE BY CALTRANS A FEW YEARS BACK.
UH, MONTECITO DRIVE TRANSIT ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS, UH, THAT'S IN CARBON, EXCUSE ME, IN, UH, THE LOS TORONTOS NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, THAT BUDGET FOR, FOR THAT PROJECT IS $352,000.
WE'RE ASKING FOR ANOTHER 200,000 TO TAKE THAT BUDGET UP TO 5 52.
UM, THAT'LL, UH, SEE, THAT'LL GIVE US, THAT'LL PROVIDE SOME SIDEWALK COVERING GUTTER, A DA RAMPS, STORM DRAIN IMPROVEMENTS ON MONTECITO DRIVE FROM LUGA AVENUE TO LOS SERRANOS BOULEVARD.
UH, SLEEPY HOLLOW STREETS, PAVEMENT REHAB, WE'RE ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL $200,000, UH, TAKING THAT BUDGET, UH, PROJECT BUDGET FROM 600,000 TO 800,000.
UM, MANY OF THE STREETS IN SLEEPY HOLLOW HAVE NOT BEEN IN, UH, IMPROVED FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
SO MANY OF THE STREETS ARE IN DIRE NEED OF SLURRY, SLURRY SEALS, OR ACTUAL, UH, GRAN OVERLAY.
SO, UM, MUCH NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT AREA.
I GOT A QUESTION ON PERTAINING TO, UH, SLEEPY HOLLOW.
ALL THE ROADS ARE REALLY NARROW.
ARE WE MAKING, GONNA MAKE THE ROADS A LITTLE BIT WIDER AT SOME PLACES? WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
IT'S, IT'S DIFFICULT BECAUSE IT IS NARROW.
UM, OFTENTIMES WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY TO BEGIN WITH.
PROPERTY LINES GO OUT TO, TO WHERE THE ROAD IS.
UM, BUT WHERE WE CAN, IF WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT IT, AND IF WE CAN, WE'LL, WE WILL WIDEN THE ROAD.
UM, NEXT PROJECT HERE IS, IS A NEW PROJECT.
UH, THIS WAS PEY AND DRIVE PAVEMENT REHAB FOR $1.2 MILLION.
AND THIS IS A GRIND AND OVERLAY ON PEYTON DRIVE FROM CHINO AVENUE TO GRAND AVENUE.
UH, AND THE NEXT TWO ARE ANNUAL PROJECTS THAT, THAT WE DO ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, UH, SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT PROGRAM, UH, FOR $300,000.
AND OUR ANNUAL STREET IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, UH, FOR 1.75, WHERE WE GO OUT, UH, AND SLURRY SEAL, UM, AND OR GRIND AND OVERLAY, UH, VARIOUS STREETS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND THAT, UH, IN A NUTSHELL, THAT'S CIP BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR DANIEL? OF COURSE.
THE BUDGETS FOR, FOR CIPI THINK THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO BUDGET THINGS.
IF WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO HAVE THE MONEY IN THE BUDGET, UH, AND ACTUALLY COME UP WITH THE MONEY TO MAKE THE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS AND DO THE PROJECTS.
IF WE DON'T BUDGET FOR IT, THE MONEY COMES IN.
SO WE, AND THAT'S WHY WE SOMETIMES HAVE A CARRYOVER FROM THE PRE PREVIOUS YEAR BECAUSE WE HAD THE MONEY FOR IT, SET ASIDE FOR IT, AND THE MONEY WAS THERE FOR IT.
WE JUST PHYSICALLY COULDN'T GET TO ALL OF THE WORK.
IS THAT GENERALLY TRUE? TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS WE PROGRAM A PROJECT, UM, AND NOT NECESSARILY THAT, THAT WE DON'T GET TO IT.
OFTENTIMES WE, WE BEGIN THE PROJECT, WE START THE, THE DESIGN PHASE OR THE PLANNING PHASE, AND IT COULD BE A MULTI-YEAR PROJECT WHERE WE GO OUT TO BID OR TO, TO GET A CONSULTANT TO START THE DESIGN.
UH, WE HAVE SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN DESIGN.
WE'RE JUST NOT READY TO GO OUT TO BID YET.
UM, AND THEN OFTENTIMES WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE MANPOWER TO CARRY THEM ALL OUT TO.
UM, BUT YES, ALL SOMETIMES TOO, WE DO HAVE THE MONEY AND WE NEED TO ALLOCATE THE FUNDS.
SO WE PROGRAM THEM KNOWING THAT WE NEED TO SET THE, THE FUNDS ASIDE TO, TO, TO GET THEM READY TO, UH, WHETHER TO, TO, TO DESIGN THEM AND OR TO CONSTRUCT THEM.
I, AND I LEFT FOR A LITTLE BIT, SO I APOLOGIZE.
UM, EUCALYPTUS AND THEN ALSO, UM,
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UH, ENGLISH ROAD.WE WERE TALKING ABOUT RECYCLED WATER RUNNING LINES THROUGH THERE.
IS THAT PART OF THE, THE BUDGET AS WE MOVE FORWARD? YES, IT IS.
IT'S PART OF, UH, THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
THOSE, BOTH OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE CURRENTLY IN DESIGN.
UH, THEY SHOULD BE COMPLETED THIS YEAR.
WE'RE HOPING TO ACTUALLY START CONSTRUCTION LATE THIS FALL, UH, OR WINTER.
UM, FOR BOTH OF THOSE PROJECTS.
AND ONCE THOSE ARE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED, WE SHOULD HAVE SOME COST SAVINGS, CORRECT.
AS FAR AS USING RECYCLED WATER, NOT POTABLE WATER.
AND BOTH OF THOSE STREETS THAT YOU MENTIONED WILL ALSO, UM, BE REPAVED.
BOTH THE ENGLISH ROAD AND EUCALYPTUS.
UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I DO JUST WANT TO POINT OUT AS, UH, UH, DIRECTOR, UH, ILLA MENTIONED WE HAVE 85 OR SO EXISTING PROJECTS.
AND WHILE WE ARE DROPPING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PROJECTS DOWN TO AROUND FIVE, STAFF WILL BE VERY BUSY CLOSING OUT ALL OF THESE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE NOW DESIGNED AND READY TO GO TO BID AND AT BID AND READY TO CONSTRUCT AND, AND, UH, AND, AND SPEC.
SO WE, WE ANTICIPATE IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY BUSY CALL IT CLEANUP YEAR IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
BUT ALSO, UH, WE ARE GOING ANTICIPATING THAT PROJECTS LIKE THE, UH, COMMUNITY CENTER ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN, UH, IF THAT COMES ONLINE, THEN WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE STAFF FOCUS ON GETTING THAT TAKEN CARE OF BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING AN INFUSION OF CASH, UH, FROM THE COUNTY SUPERVISOR THAT WE HAVE A TIME LIMIT TO USE.
WE ALSO CURRENTLY HAVE PROJECTS OUT WITH OUR LOCAL LEGISLATORS, UH, BOTH, UH, WITH, UH, REPRESENTATIVE NORMA TORRES AND YOUNG KIM, UH, BEING ABLE TO, UH, TAP INTO FEDERAL FUNDS.
SO, UH, THE ENGINEERING TEAM AND THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM ARE ALWAYS BUSY, AND EVEN THOUGH WE'RE SHRINKING THE BUDGET, UH, IT WILL BE SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF CLEAR THE DECKS ON ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE, UH, OUTSTANDING.
SO WITH THAT, I DO HAVE ONE, UH, UH, ADDITIONAL POINT FOR, UH, FOR KRISTA AS, AND THEN WE'LL RETURN TO THE COUNCIL FOR COMMENTS ON THE SPECIFIC BUDGET.
UH, THIS YEAR WITH THE BUDGET RESOLUTION, WE ARE PROPOSING TO NEW SECTIONS.
THE FIRST MERGES TWO EXISTING SECTIONS RELATING TO BUDGET AMENDMENTS AND ADDS THE ABILITY TO AMEND THE BUDGET BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
THIS CHANGE WILL STREAMLINE THE PROCESS BY INCLUDING THE BUDGET AMENDMENT DESCRIPTION AND THE RECOMMENDATION WORDING, ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR A SEPARATE RESOLUTION EACH TIME.
THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE BUDGET WILL CONTINUE TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO APPROPRIATE UP TO 50,000 FROM RESERVES FOR EACH EXPENDITURE LINE ITEM UP TO 200,000 FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND TO TRANSFER APPROPRIATIONS WITHIN A FUND.
THE SECOND NEW SECTION ALLOWS THE CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT LISTED INDIVIDUALLY IN THE BUDGET WITH A SPENDING CAP OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND PER ITEM.
UM, I'LL PAUSE HERE TO SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS WITH INCLUDING THESE IN THE BUDGET RESOLUTION.
ALRIGHT, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, UH, JUST IN CLOSING, UH, I WANT TO, UH, IN FROM CLOSING FROM A STAFF'S POINT OF VIEW, I SHOULD SAY WE'LL HAVE QUESTIONS.
I KNOW I'VE MET WITH ALL OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY TO GO OVER THE BUDGET SECTION BY SECTION, UH, UH, AND WE'VE, UH, KIND OF HAD A PRE-MEETING IN ADVANCE OF THIS.
BUT FOR THE PUBLIC, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT, UH, AGAIN, THANKING THE STAFF FOR ALL THE WORK THEY'VE DONE TO GIVE US SUCH A TIGHT BUDGET.
UH, WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MANAGE EXPENDITURES.
UH, WE'RE MAKING A WORK PLAN THAT WE THINK IS ACHIEVABLE, BOTH WITHIN A ENVIRONMENT OF HIGH INFLATION, UH, BUT ALSO, UH, WITH THE STAFFING RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
WE WILL BE DILIGENTLY LOOKING FOR OUTSIDE SOURCES OF REVENUE, BEYOND OUR SALES TAX, BEYOND OUR PROPERTY TAX.
ANYWHERE WE CAN TAP INTO A LOCAL SUPERVISOR OR A LOCAL, YOU KNOW, SENATOR, ANYONE WHO'S HERE TO REPRESENT US, WE WILL BE TRYING TO GET FUNDING DIRECTLY FROM THEM.
GRANTS, UH, WE HAVE A GRANT PROGRAM OR REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY LOOK AT, UH, OPPORTUNITIES TO PAY FOR ENHANCEMENTS TO OUR NATURE PARKS OR STREET PROJECTS.
WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO LEVER LEVERAGE, UH, OTHER PEOPLE'S DOLLARS AS, AS BEST WE CAN.
UH, WE, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM, UH, THE WORK DANIEL HAS PRESENTED, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE PRIORITIZING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS BECAUSE, AND I'LL PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, DANIEL.
UH, WHAT'S THE COST DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN SLURRY SEALING A STREET, AND HOW MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE IS IT TO HAVE TO DO A COMPLETE REHAB? UH, UH,
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IT IS, I KNOW YOU ALWAYS THROW OUT A NUMBER, UH, HOW MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE IT IS.UH, ANYTHING TO OFFER ON THAT FOR A MILE.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT, SEEMS LIKE IT'S ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS TO, TO GRANT AN OVERLAY OF ROAD VERSUS PROBABLY A HUNDRED THOUSAND TO SLURRY SEAL.
SO PREVENTATIVE PROBABLY 10 TIMES MORE TIMES.
JUST SUCH, UH, THAT'S WHY WE PUT $1.75 MILLION EVERY YEAR INTO STREET PROJECTS.
NOW WE'VE SEEN A LOT MORE POTHOLES THAN USUAL BECAUSE OF THE RAIN, BUT THE TEAMS DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO PROTECT OUR ROADWAYS, UH, THROUGH THE WORK THAT THEY DO.
UH, AS THE COUNCIL'S POINTED OUT, AS WE TALK ABOUT, UH, OUR FUTURE, WE HAVE TO TALK TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT ARE THEIR PRIORITIES.
UH, IN MY INTERACTIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO VALUE THE AESTHETIC BEAUTY, THE PARKS, THE OPEN SPACE.
BUT AS COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ POINTED OUT, THERE'S A COST FOR MAINTAINING THAT ALL OF YOU, UH, SHOW, UH, A TRUE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT STAFF HAS TO DO TO TRIM TREES, TO HAVE CONTRACTORS COME OUT AND OPEN THE BATHROOMS, YOU KNOW, AT OUR PARKS.
ALL THOSE THINGS COST, UH, UH, SIGNIFICANT MONEY.
UH, AND, UH, WE WILL BE REVISITING THIS PROBABLY IN MORE DETAIL THAN USUAL IN OUR QUARTERLY BUDGETS.
WE ALWAYS IDENTIFY WHERE WE'VE HAD TO MOVE MONEY, UH, IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE OUR GOALS.
BUT I THINK WE'LL HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS FROM THE REVENUE SIDE AS WELL IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, HAPPENS.
AND THEN, UH, AS MANY OF YOU HAVE ALREADY TOUCHED ON, UH, IT'S PROBABLY TIME TO START TALKING ABOUT, UH, WHAT OUR PUBLIC IS WILLING TO, UH, UH, DISCUSS FOR A FUTURE, UH, TAX MEASURE.
UH, WITH THAT YOU DO HAVE THE BENEFIT OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS.
UH, WE HAVE A DETAILED BUDGET.
IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO GET INTO, UH, NOW WOULD BE THE TIME OR ANY, UH, COMMENTS OR, UH, ANYTHING WE CAN BRING INFORMATION WE COULD BRING BACK TO THE COUNCIL.
ANYTHING, ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES WE HAVEN'T, I, I THINK THIS WAS VERY THOROUGH.
WE'LL GO PAGE BY PAGE THROUGH HERE, BUT YOU'VE, ALTHOUGH NOT PAGE BY PAGE, YOU'VE HIT A LOT OF THE QUESTION MARKS THAT I MAY HAVE HAD NOTED IN HERE.
SO I DON'T PERSONALLY FEEL THE NEED TO GO PAGE BY PAGE.
AND THE, THE SLIDES YOU HAVE PICKED, THE PROPER SLIDES TO SHOW THE IMPACT OF WHAT THE, THIS YEAR VERSUS THREE AND FOUR YEARS OUT, ARE GOING TO CAUSE TO THE BUDGET IF WE DON'T COME UP WITH SOME OTHER MAGICAL, UH, FORM OF REVENUE.
BECAUSE I AM THOROUGHLY CONVINCED THAT OUR STAFF MEMBERS, OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS HAVE GONE THROUGH WITH A FINE TOOTH COMB.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE ZERO BASED BUDGETING.
I'M SURE THEY WOULD ALL LIKE MORE THINGS, BUT THE REALITY IS THEY KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO RUN THEIR DEPARTMENT.
THEY WENT IN AND THEY SHARPENED THEIR PENCIL AND THEY CUT.
THEY DIDN'T ASK FOR A BUNCH OF, OF, UH, INCREASES THAT WEREN'T JUSTIFIED.
SO, YOU KNOW, KUDOS TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS.
YOU'VE, UH, YOU ARE A REAL CONTRIBUTING PORTION TO A BALANCED BUDGET NOW.
AND THANK YOU TO, UH, KRISTA AND STAFF FOR MOVING THOSE MONIES AROUND TO WHERE WE DO HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET.
UH, WE APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU, UH, UNDERSTAND THAT YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS CITY IS RUN VERY WELL.
WE ARE VERY, VERY GOOD, UH, STEWARDS OF YOUR MONEY.
AND, UH, WE TRY TO MAINTAIN THAT, BUT AT SOME POINT IN TIME, THERE'S JUST NOT GONNA BE ENOUGH MONEY UNLESS WE CAN COME UP WITH SOME NEW REVENUE SOURCES.
RAY, DO YOU HAVE ANY LAST QUESTIONS? JUST, JUST WANNA SAY SOMETHING REAL FAST.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU STAFF FOR A GREAT JOB.
WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR STAFF IN IN THE AUDIENCE.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO COMPLIMENT TO KRISTA, THE CITY MANAGER, IS THE FACT THAT, UH, A LOT OF CITIES, BECAUSE OF, UM, THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM, THEY'RE UPSIDE DOWN.
I WANNA SAY THAT YOU, YOU KEPT US ABOVE BOARD.
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK BECAUSE WE HAVE GREAT STAFF AND WE REALLY WANT TO WATCH OUT FOR THEM.
UM, JUST LOOK AT WHAT, WHAT YOU HAVE THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.
ALL THAT COSTS MONEY, BUT WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE SERVICES AND THE BEST AMENITIES THAT ANY OTHER CITY, UM, HAS.
AND AGAIN, MILES, UH, TRAILS, 43 MILES.
HOW MANY PARKS? 40 SOMETHING PARKS.
WE HAVE ABOUT 50 MILES OF TRAILS AND 44 PARKS.
SO AGAIN, I, I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 1983 AND I'M JUST SO HAPPY THAT I GOT TO RAISE MY KIDS HERE AND IT'S SUCH A GREAT COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB.
MAYOR, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO, IS THAT WHAT YOU, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, FRANK? WE HAVE TO MOTION WHAT KRISTA BROUGHT UP EARLIER.
WE DO WE HAVE TO DO THAT, VOTE ON THAT? NO, DON'T WORKSHOP IT.
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PROPOSED, UH, RESOLUTION AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.BUT, BUT THAT'S A GREAT, YOU KNOW, UH, I NEGLECTED TO POINT OUT FOR THE PUBLIC THAT THIS WORKSHOP IS DESIGNED TO GET INPUT AND TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET THAT WILL BE PRESENTED AT OUR JUNE, UH, OUR FIRST MEETING IN JUNE.
SO WE'LL HAVE THE MOTIONS AND ALL OF THE EXECUTION OF THE BUDGET AT THAT TIME.
WE'RE GOOD? IS THAT IT? ALRIGHT.
[ REGULAR MEETING - 6:00 P.M. - CONVENE MEETING / ROLL CALL]
EVERYBODY.WELCOME TO THE CHIN HILL CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR MAY 28TH, 2024.
I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
AND CHERYL, UH, CAN, I'M SORRY, LYNNE, CAN WE HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE? ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER JOE, ASK.
IS YOUR VOLUME VOLUME OKAY? OKAY, NOW I'M ON.
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]
YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO OUR FLAG.AND AT THE CONCLUSION, THE CONCLUSION OF THE PLEDGE, PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR TONIGHT'S INVOCATION FROM CHAPLAIN KEITH ROBY FROM CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICTS.
READY, BEGIN ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND FUTURE REPUBLIC FOR STANDS ONE NATION, ONE GOD IN INVISIBLE JUSTICE ALL THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT.
[ INVOCATION: Chaplain Keith Roby, Chino Valley Fire District]
LET'S PRAY.DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COMMIT THIS MEETING TONIGHT TO YOU, AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR BLESSINGS AND FOR ALL WHO ARE GATHERED HERE TONIGHT.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF LIFE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF OUR CITY.
WE PRAY FOR CONTINUED PROTECTION ON THE RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY AND THE CONSTITUENTS WE SERVE.
FATHER, WE PRAY FOR OUR MAYOR AND FOR THE VARIOUS LEVELS OF CITY OFFICIALS AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THIS ASSEMBLED COUNCIL.
LORD, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU WOULD GRACIOUSLY GRANT THEM WISDOM TO GOVERN WITH A SENSE OF THE WELFARE AND TRUE NEEDS OF OUR CITY, AND GRANT THEM A KEEN THIRST FOR JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS, CONFIDENCE OF WHAT IS GOOD AND GOD HONORING AND PERSONAL PEACE IN THEIR LIVES AND JOY IN THEIR TASK.
I PRAY FOR THE AGENDA SET BEFORE OUR CITY COUNCIL THIS EVENING.
WE DESIRE YOUR GLORY AND BLESSING IN ALL WE DO.
DIRECT OUR THOUGHTS, WORDS, DECISION AND ACTIONS OF WHAT WOULD PLEASE YOU AND WHAT WOULD BENEFIT THOSE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN AND AROUND OUR CITY.
AND WE PRAY THIS IN JESUS' PRECIOUS NAME.
[3. INTRODUCTION: New Employee: Javier Sigala, Assistant Engineer, Engineering Division]
TONIGHT IS AN INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEE JAVIER SEGAL, ASSISTANT ENGINEER IN THE IN ENGINEERING DIVISION.WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN THE MEREDITH PODIUM? WE'LL BE ON CAMERA.
SO TONIGHT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE, UM, JAVIER SEGAL IS OUR NEW ASSISTANT ENGINEER IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
JAVIER IS NO STRANGER TO THE CITY OF CHINO
[02:00:01]
HILLS.HE FIRST JOINED THE CITY IN MAY OF 2019 AS A PART-TIME ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN PRIOR TO THIS, AFTER RECENTLY RECEIVING HIS BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING FROM CAL BAPTIST UNIVERSITY IN RIVERSIDE.
JAVIER IS NOW EXCITED TO RETURN TO OUR TEAM AND CONTINUE HIS CAREER AS A FULL-TIME MEMBER, AS A EMPLOYEE OF CHINO HILLS.
SO THIS IS THE COVETED CITY PIN YOU GET WHEN YOU WHEN, WHEN YOU JOIN US, AND WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU SAY A FEW UH, WORDS AND WELCOME.
I JUST WANT TO THANK, UH, YOUR HONOR, M MAYOR AND THE REST OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
UM, IT'S BEEN A LONG FIVE YEARS AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY AND I'M JUST HAPPY TO BE WORKING HERE.
[4. RECOGNITION - Outgoing Parks and Recreation Commission Student Member Savannah Anderson]
STEP.NEXT IS THE RECOGNITION OF OUTGOING PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION, STUDENT MEMBER SAVANNAH ANDERSON.
WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM? COME ON UP.
THAT YEAR WENT FAST, DIDN'T IT? SAVANNAH WAS APPOINTED TO SERVE AS THE STUDENT MEMBER ON THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION IN APRIL OF 2023.
DURING HER TERM, SAVANNAH GAVE VALUABLE INPUT ON DISCUSSIONS FOR CITY PARKS, TRAILS, COMMUNITY, EVENTS AND PROGRAMS. SHE ALSO SERVED AS THE FIRST SITTING MEMBER OF THE NEWLY FORMED TEEN ADVISORY BOARD OR TAB.
SOME OF HER MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE ESTABLISHING ROLES FOR TAB OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE HEADS, ASSISTING IN PLANNING THE FIRST TAB SERVICE PROJECT, AND HELPING TO ESTABLISH MEMBER AT LARGE POSITIONS ON THE BOARD.
THE COMMISSION WAS APPRECIATIVE OF SAVANNAH'S ENTHUSIASM AND HER ABILITY TO ALWAYS ASK THOUGHTFUL AND INSIGHTFUL QUESTIONS ON SUCH A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS.
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE AND WISH YOU WILL AND YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
AND THIS IS FOR YOU, SAVANNAH, AND WE'D LOVE TO HEAR YOU SAY A FEW WORDS.
I JUST WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY SITTING ON THE BOARD.
I HAVE LEARNED AND EXPERIENCED SO MANY THINGS THAT YOU REALLY CAN'T FIND ANYWHERE ELSE.
AND NOT ONLY DID I GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE BEHIND THE SCENES OF MAKING DECISIONS IN THE CITY, BUT I ALSO GOT TO SIT ON THE TEEN ADVISORY BOARD, WHICH I AM INEVITABLY GRATEFUL FOR.
[5. RECOGNITION - Chino Hills High School Drumline as WGI Percussion World Champions]
IS A RECOGNITION OF THE CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL DRUMLINE.AS WGI, PERCUSSION WORLD CHAMPIONS TO BE ACCEPTED BY THE DRUMLINE AND BAND DIRECTOR STEVE CRUMBINE.
STEVE, I HEAR YOUR FANS AND YOU HAVE YOU STANDING RIGHT HERE.
I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL DRUM LINE FOR BECOMING THE WGI PERCUSSION WORLD CHAMPIONS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL ON THIS AMAZING ACHIEVEMENT.
WE KNOW HOW MUCH HARD WORK AND DEDICATION YOU PUT IN THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE SCHOOL YEAR TO MAKE SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN.
WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE MEMBERS OF THE GROUP JOIN US TONIGHT, INCLUDING THEIR FEARLESS LEADER BAND DIRECTOR, STILL STEVE CROBE.
IF YOU COULD TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR SEASON THIS YEAR AND THEN, UH, WE CAN INTRODUCE, UH, THE MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE.
AND TONIGHT WE HAVE CERTIFICATES FROM FOR EACH MEMBER, UM, FROM THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE, AND THEN WE HAVE SOMETHING FROM CONGRESS.
UH, WOMAN YOUNG, KIM ASSEMBLYMAN, PHIL CHEN, UH, STATE SENATOR KELLY STO.
SO EACH OF THEM, EACH OF 'EM, WE'RE GONNA GET THIS PACKET FOR YOU GUYS TO TAKE WITH YOU.
SO NOW WE'LL HAVE YOU SAY A FEW WORDS, STEVE.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING ME HERE.
I WROTE SOMETHING VERY BRIEF FOR THE STUDENTS AND FOR EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY.
WINNING A DRUMLINE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IS A MOMENT OF PURE TRIUMPH AND EXHILARATION.
MONTHS OF INTENSE PRACTICE, DEDICATION, AND TEAMWORK CULMINATED IN A PERFORMANCE THAT CAPITATED JUDGES AND SPECTATORS ALIKE.
THE COUNTLESS HOURS SPENT PERFECTING ROUTINES, HONING TECHNIQUES, AND PUSHING BOUNDARIES ALL BECAME WORTH IT IN THAT ONE MOMENT OF VICTORY WHEN THEY CALLED OUR NAMES AS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS.
THE TITLE OF A NATIONAL CHAMPION IS NOT JUST A RECOGNITION OF SKILL AND TALENT, BUT A TESTAMENT TO THE UNWAVERING PASSION AND COMMITMENT TO EVERY MEMBER OF THIS DRUM LINE.
IT IS A CELEBRATION OF DISCIPLINE AND THE RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE.
WINNING THE WGI NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IS A REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT THAT WILL BE CHERISHED AND REMEMBERED FOR YOUR LIFETIME.
[02:05:05]
WHAT WAS YOUR SCORE THIS YEAR? WHAT WAS THAT? WHAT WAS YOUR SCORE THIS YEAR? IT WAS 90, 98 POINTS.PROBABLY ONE OF THE HIGHEST EVER, RIGHT? NO, NO.
THAT WAS NO SECOND HIGHEST EVER.
AND HOW MANY YEARS HAVE HAS CHIN HILLS WON THIS IN THE LAST 10 YEARS? IN THE LAST SEVERAL, RIGHT.
AND DOESN'T OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVE ANOTHER SECOND PLACE OCCASIONALLY TO YOU GUYS? YES.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THE REMARKABLE THINGS ABOUT CHINO HILLS IS WITHIN THE, THE BOUNDARIES OF CHINO HILLS.
YOU HAVE THE TWO PROBABLY BEST DRUMLINES IN THE NATION FOR THE LAST, WHAT DO YOU GUYS SAY? ABOUT 14 YEARS? YEAH.
I WOULD SAY THAT WE'VE BEEN EITHER REIGNING CHAMPIONS OR SECOND PLACE WHERE RUNNERS UP, UM, RIGHT NEXT TO OUR SISTER SCHOOL ALA, WHO HAS DONE A REMARKABLE JOB AS WELL.
UM, NOT ONLY DO THE DRUM LINE, BUT ALSO THE MUSIC DEPARTMENTS AT THE CITY.
BOTH CHINO HILLS AND ALA HAVE BEEN, UH, SORRY.
I HAVE WON STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS FROM COUNTLESS YEARS.
SO IT IS A TESTAMENT TO THE STUDENTS, THE FAMILIES, THE TEACHERS, ALL THE COACHES THAT COME IN TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE STUDENTS HAVE THE BEST MUSIC EDUCATION PROBABLY IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
AND, AND PEOPLE SEEM TO THINK IT MUST BE SOMETHING IN THE WATER, RIGHT?
I'M NOT SURE WHAT WE FEED 'EM, BUT WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB.
IT'S, IT'S GREAT INSTRUCTORS AND, UH, YEAH.
IAN HAVE A LITTLE BIT TO DO WITH IT TOO, DON'T THEY? I'LL GIVE 'EM CREDIT.
I CANNOT SEE HER LAST NAME THOUGH.
ETHAN LOU, CARLY LOWE, SOPHIA SANCHEZ, MATTHEW TANG, LILY ORTEGA, BELLA CARR.
[02:10:07]
OKAY.WE'LL LOOK AT ME FIRST AND THEN WE'LL LOOK AT YOUR PARENTS.
[ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT]
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT.AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MORAN COUNCIL AND RESIDENCE.
NEW CARBON CANYON TRUCK RESTRICTIONS TAKE EFFECT THIS WEEK.
VEHICLES WITH MORE THAN FOUR AXLES WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO TRAVEL ON CARBON CANYON ROAD STARTING THIS THURSDAY FOLLOWING THE INSTALLATION OF NEW TRAFFIC SIGNS.
EXCEPTIONS MAY BE MADE WHEN NECESSARY FOR RESIDENTS WHO RESIDE IN THE CANYON FOR THE PROVISION OF GOODS OR SERVICES TO RESIDENTS OR WHEN DIRECTLY RELATED TO CITY BUSINESS.
WHILE SOME TRUCKS MAY CONTINUE TO DISREGARD SIGNAGE, PUTTING SAFETY AT RISK AS THEY CANNOT BE TURNED AROUND SAFELY ONCE THEY ENTER THE CANYON, THE CITY IS COMMITTED TO HOLDING VIOLATORS ACCOUNTABLE FOR UPCOMING EVENTS.
RESIDENTS ARE INVITED TO JOIN US TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL TRAIL, SAY ON JUNE 1ST AT THE MCCOY TRAILHEAD AT 9:00 AM THE GUIDED HIKE IS AN INTERMEDIATE LEVEL THREE MILE HIKE.
DO PRIZES, CRAFTS, AND EDUCATIONAL BOOSTS WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE.
MOVIES IN THE PARK RETURNS TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER THIS THUR, OR ON THURSDAY, JUNE 6TH AT 8:00 PM WITH A SCREENING OF ELEMENTAL AND CONCERT IN THE PARK SERIES, KICKS OFF AT VETERANS PARK ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12TH AT 7:00 PM WITH MUSIC BY GOLD RUSH COUNTRY.
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND A FULL LISTING OF CONCERT AND MOVIES, PLEASE VISIT CHINO HILLS.ORG/EVENTS.
AND LASTLY, SOCCER FIELDS AT GRAND AVENUE PARK ARE TEMPORARILY CLOSED THROUGH JULY 19TH FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE EXISTING TURF.
DURING THIS TIME, THERE'S NO ACCESS TO THE SOCCER FIELDS AND THE GAZEBO AREA AND COMMUNITY FACILITY ARE UNAVAILABLE FOR RENTALS.
OTHER AMENITIES, INCLUDING THE TENANTS AND BASKETBALL COURTS, HOCKEY AND PICKLEBALL COURTS, AND THE PLAYGROUND REMAIN OPEN.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PI REPORT AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
[6. PUBLIC COMMENTS: At this time members of the public may address the City Council regarding any item appearing on the agenda, except that testimony on Public Hearing items must be provided during those hearings. Those persons wishing to address the City Council are requested to complete and submit to the City Clerk a "Request to Speak" card available at the entrance to the City Council Chambers. Comments will be limited to three minutes per speaker.]
UM, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEMS APPEARING ON THE AGENDA.THOSE PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ARE REQUESTED TO COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO THE CITY, DEPUTY CITY CLERK.
TO MY LEFT, A REQUEST, A SPEAK CARD AVAILABLE AT THE INTEREST OF THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER'S COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.
CURRENTLY I DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT DIRECTLY, UH, TO SOMETHING THAT'S ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING? OKAY.
[ CONFLICT OF INTEREST ANNOUNCEMENTS: Council Member abstentions shall be stated at this time for recordation on the appropriate item.]
OF INTEREST ANNOUNCEMENTS? MY COLLEAGUES? NONE.[ CONSENT CALENDAR (11 ITEMS) - All matters listed on the Consent Calendar are considered routine by the City Council and may be enacted by one motion in the form listed below. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless, before the City Council votes on the motion to adopt, Members of the City Council, or City 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.]
CALENDAR.RAY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PULL THIS EVENING? NOPE.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO PULL, UM, 11.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REMAINDER? SECOND MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JOE'S ABSENT.
AND, UH, PETER, WE'LL START WITH YOU.
[13. Re-appoint David Kramer and Glen Anderson to Chino Hills Community Foundation Board of Directors as recommended by Board, for terms ending May 2028]
JUST SIMPLY IT HAS TO DO WITH THE CHIN HOST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.WE HAVE 16 BOARD MEMBERS AND, UH, EVERYBODY'S VERY DEDICATED AS A BOARD MEMBER.
AND I WANT TO THANK ESPECIALLY DAVID KRAMER, WHO IS ONE OF THE LAST TWO REMAINING ORIGINAL BOARD MEMBERS WHEN WE ESTABLISHED OURSELVES IN 2008.
AND ALSO GLEN ANDERSON, WHO WHEN HE WAS INVITED ON IN 2013 OR SO, 14, HE HAS REALLY STEPPED UP AND HAS HELPED LEAD THE CHINO HILLS ARTS PORTION OF THE, OF THE FOUNDATION.
SO THESE TWO NAMES ESPECIALLY, I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE AS, UH, THANKING THEM FOR WANTING TO REMAIN ON THE BOARD FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS THROUGH 2028.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
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OKAY.MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER JOE ABSON.
[11. Authorize City Manager to execute Amendment No. 39 to Agreement No. A94-93 (County Agreement 94-765) with San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department in amount of $18,477,741 for Fiscal Year 2024-25 for law enforcement services]
BY CYNTHIA.AND I JUST WANTED TO PULL THIS FOR INFORMATIONAL SERVICES.
THIS IS THE RENEWAL OF OUR SHERIFF'S CONTRACT.
AND YOU KNOW, CHIEF, I JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY LET YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THE DEPARTMENT.
AND TRULY ONE OF THE REASONS THAT CHINO HILLS IS ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES IN CALIFORNIA IS, IS DUE TO THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH SAN REINO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR US.
UM, WHEN WE REACH OUT AND WE HAVE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS, YOU GUYS ARE ALWAYS RIGHT ON IT.
AND I KNOW I HEAR THE SAME FROM RESIDENTS AS WELL.
SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU PUBLICLY FOR THAT.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND WITH THAT I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER JOE'S ABSENT.
[18. Conditional Use Permit CUP-0001-2024 - 3090 Chino Avenue, Suite B within the Crossroads Entertainment Center. Stella Wu, applicant: The Planning Commission adopted a resolution approving Conditional Use Permit CUP-0001-2024 for operation of a full body massage establishment in addition to acupuncture services within the Chino Hills Foot Massage Spa at 3090 Chino Avenue, Suite B, and determining the project is exempt from review under California Environmental Quality Act, subject to Conditions of Approval]
THE AGENDA IS PLANNING COMMISSION MATTERS.NO ACTION IS REQUIRED UNLESS TWO MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WISH TO REQUEST A REVIEW OF THIS MATTER.
IT'S FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, CUP 0 0 1 DASH 2 0 2 4 3 0 9 0 CHINO AVENUE AVENUE, SUITE B FOR CHINO HILLS FOOT MASSAGE SPA.
DO I HAVE ANYONE THAT WITH TWO PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE TO PULL 18? IF NOT, WE WILL MOVE ON.
[19. 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 that do not appear on the agenda. Please complete and submit to the City Clerk a "Request to Speak" card. Comments will be limited to three minutes per speaker.]
AT THIS TIME IS PUBLIC COMMENTS.MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEMS WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE COUNCIL THAT DOES NOT APPEAR ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE COM COMPLETE AND SUBMIT A CARD TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK TO MY LEFT.
AS SOON AS WE BEGIN, WE WILL NO LONGER TAKING PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS AND IT WILL BE THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.
MAYOR, FIRST SPEAKER TONIGHT IS AVA.
UH, HELLO, MY NAME IS AVA SCHWARTZMAN AND, UM, I LIVE IN CHINO HILLS, BUT I DO NOT GO TO SCHOOL HERE.
I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT HEALTHIER PERIOD PRODUCTS OR FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS.
SO, UH, WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS, LIKE PAS FREE PRODUCTS, PFAS IS A CHEMICAL COMPOUND FOR THE SAKE OF BREVITY.
I WON'T EXPLAIN THAT, BUT IT'S MORE COLLOQUIALLY KNOWN AS, UH, FOREVER CHEMICALS.
THEY'RE JUST LINKED WITH ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS SUCH AS CANCER AND LONE IMMUNE FUNCTION, AS WELL AS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS.
AND SO AT MY SCHOOL WE DID A PF PFAS FREE, UH, FEMININE HYGIENE DRIVE, AND I JUST DROPPED OFF THE PRODUCTS AT THE HOUSE OF RUTH, WHICH IS A WOMEN'S SHELTER.
AND I WAS HOPING I COULD KIND OF BRING THAT ISSUE TO THE COMMUNITY HERE, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH KIND OF DROP BOXES AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER WHERE PEOPLE CAN DONATE P FFAS FREE PRODUCTS OR A MONETARY DONATION THAT WOULD GO TO A NONPROFIT KNOWN AS PERIOD, WHICH KIND OF DISTRIBUTES PERIOD PRODUCTS GLOBALLY.
THE REASON I BRING THIS UP IS BECAUSE, UH, IN OUR STRIVE TO END PERIOD POVERTY, I HOPE TO DO THAT IN A HEALTHIER WAY, IN A WAY THAT PROTECTS BOTH OUR ENVIRONMENT AND THE PEOPLE WE'RE TRYING TO HELP.
AND THUS, I HOPE WE CAN SPARK A CONVERSATION ABOUT, NUMBER ONE, WHAT IS A HEALTHIER PERIOD PRODUCT? AND NUMBER TWO, HOW WE CAN DO MORE FOR THAT IN THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH JUST INCREASED EDUCATION IN AN ACADEMIC SETTING OR THROUGH PHYSICAL DONATION, AGAIN, AT PLACES LIKE THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND I'M GONNA HAVE, UH, SOMEONE FROM STAFF CONNECT WITH HER AND THEY CAN PERHAPS, MAYBE JONATHAN, IT'S SOMETHING SHE COULD TALK WITH TAB ABOUT OUR TEEN ADVISORY COUNCIL MAYBE.
AND I KNOW YOU HAD REACHED OUT TO ME AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE COURAGE TO COME TO A CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND TALK.
UM, AND FOR SOME PEOPLE THAT HAD SOME PUZZLED LOOKS ON THEIR FACES, UH, PERIOD, POVERTY IS SOMETHING THAT'S GLOBALLY GOING ON WHERE I KNOW OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, SCHOOL DISTRICT FILING HAS STEPPED UP WHERE THERE IS, UH, FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS IN RESTROOMS THAT DO NOT REQUIRE PURCHASING.
SO THAT'S A GOOD STEP TOWARDS ENDING THAT AS WELL.
SO IT WAS NICE TO HAVE YOU TONIGHT.
OKAY, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AL MARA.
THEN FOLLOWING AL IS SARAH RAMOS INGER.
I THINK THERE WAS A, UH, MIXED UP SOMEWHERE BECAUSE I WANTED TO SPEAK ON SOMETHING, BUT IT TURNED OUT TO BE ANOTHER THING.
THE REASON I'M HERE IS BECAUSE I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED ON ADDING A PARTICULAR WORD, ISLAMIC PHOBIC.
I WAS RAISED TO LOVE AND CHERISH EVERYBODY
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AND NOT PUT A LABEL ON THEM.I'M FIRST GENERATION OF THIS COUNTRY AND MY DAUGHTER AND I HAD OUR DNA CHECKED, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I IMPART IRISH, JEWISH AND AFRICAN AND A FEW OTHERS.
SO I GUESS YOU COULD CALL ME HEINZ 57.
AND I KNOW EVERYBODY THAT LOOKS AT THE CITY COUNCIL TRUSTS THAT DO THE RIGHT THING.
I'M A PERSON WHO LIKES TO HOLD THE WORD PRINCIPLE OF MANY THINGS TO BE STEADFAST.
YESTERDAY WE CELEBRATED THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN TROOPS, MEN AND WOMEN WHO FOUGHT AND DIED FOR THIS COUNTRY.
AND I THINK WHEN YOU CHANGE THE RULES AND YOU ADD A FEW WORDS THAT TECHNICALLY SPEAKING SHOULD NOT BE IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION, OPINION IS ONE THING, BUT WHEN YOU CHANGE, I REMEMBER JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, IT WAS STATED TO SPEAK ONLY ON CITY BUSINESS, BUT THAT WAS TURNED AROUND BY A VOTE OF FOUR TO ONE.
I'M NOT ANGRY AT YOU THE VOTE, I'M DISAPPOINTED.
WE MUST LIVE WITH DISAPPOINTMENTS, BUT WE REMIND THOSE WHO MADE THAT DISAPPOINTMENT POSSIBLE TO BE AWARE AND VIGILANT ON THE OUTCOME OF WHAT THEY ACTUALLY DID.
MY GRANDSON GOT HIS MASTER'S JUST A WEEK AND A HALF AGO IN NEW YORK, THAT PARTICULAR LAST WEEK, HE HAD TO BE ESCORTED TO HIS CLASSROOM.
AND A WEEK BEFORE HE GRADUATED, HE WAS JUMPED ON JUST WALKING TO A RESTAURANT.
LUCKILY, MY GRANDSON, WHO'S A VOLUNTEER AND TAKES CARE OF THE HILLS, SIX FOOT TWO, SIX FOOT THREE OVER 200 POUNDS.
AND HE TOOK CARE OF HIMSELF, BUT HE DID END UP IN EMERGENCY CARE TO BE TREATED FOR HIS INJURIES.
STAND FAST FOR THE PRINCIPLES OF AMERICA.
THANK YOU L HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
AFTER SARAH IS KENNETH T MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF.
DURING THE LAST MO MEETING, I THREW A CURVE BALL AT YOU IN HOPES YOU WOULD SEE THAT ADDING SPECIFIC NAMES TO AN ALREADY PERFECTLY WRITTEN PROCLAMATION WOULD BE A MISTAKE YOU ACKNOWLEDGED.
YET STILL PASS THE PROCLAMATION.
I URGE YOU TO PLEASE SHOW YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY BY REVERSING ALL CHANGES MADE.
DURING THE LAST MEETING, I ALSO COMMUNICATED MY CONCERNS ABOUT DISRUPTIONS, HATEFUL SIGNS AND ACTIONS OF PROTESTS BY SOME ATTENDING THE MEETINGS OVER THE PAST FIVE MONTHS.
I WANNA BE CLEAR, I DO NOT HATE ANYONE AT ALL.
MY FATHER DOES NOT ALLOW ME TO HATE BECAUSE THEY ARE MADE IN THE IMAGE OF HIM.
BUT I AM CONCERNED WITH THEIR ACTIONS AND HOW THESE DISRUPTIONS HAVE UNFORTUNATELY DISCOURAGED OTHER RESIDENTS FROM FEELING SAFE AND COMFORTABLE ATTENDING MEETINGS WHILE I RESPECT THE RIGHT FOR ALL TO SPEAK.
DISRUPTIONS, INTIMIDATION TACTICS HAVE NO HOME IN CHINO HILLS.
YOU NEED TO DEMAND THAT ALL ENTERING THIS FORUM AND ANY PART OF CITY PROPERTY PRESENT THEMSELVES RESPECTFULLY AT ALL TIMES.
WITH THAT SAID, I WANNA SHARE WHAT HAPPENED TO ME.
DURING THE LAST MEETING FOLLOWING THE PROCLAMATION VOTE, A SPEAKER FROM THE PROTESTING GROUP APPROACHED FROM THE FRONT OF THE ROOM WHERE SHE HAD SAT AND STOOD ACROSS THE ROW FROM ME.
AND NORA MURAKAMI, WHO ALSO SPOKE ON THE ISSUE, THE APP, THE PROXIMITY, AND, UM, SEEMED INTENDED TO BE INTIMIDATING AND SEEMINGLY THREATENING IN MANNER.
IN FACT, ACTIONS WERE SO OBVIOUS THAT A DEPUTY WHO WAS SEATED AT THE SOUTHWEST END OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WALKED OVER AND APPROACHED THIS INDIVIDUAL WHO SHORTLY LEFT THE CHAMBERS AFTER THAT.
IN ADDITION, AS I EXITED THE CITY COUNCIL OR THE CIVIC CENTER, I WAS NOT, WORDS WERE SAID TO ME, THEY WERE HUSHED AFTER A SECOND.
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WHO CLEARLY SAW THAT THAT WAS DISRESPECTFUL, BUT STILL WE CAN'T TO ALLOW THAT.THIS ISSUE HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED BY OTHER MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY AND HIGHLIGHTS THE IMMEDIATE NEED FOR ACTION OF STRICTER ENFORCEMENT BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE ALL RESIDENTS FEEL SAFE TO BE HEARD WITHOUT FEAR OF RETALIATION OR INTIMIDATION.
DOESN'T THE LANGUAGE IN THAT PROCLAMATION COVER THIS YET? THE BEHAVIOR HAS BEEN ALLOWED.
I ASK YOU AGAIN, WHAT STEPS WILL BE TAKEN TO ENSURE A SAFE AND RESPECTFUL ENVIRONMENT AT FUTURE MEETINGS WHERE ALL RESIDENTS FEEL WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE WITHOUT FEAR OF INTIMIDATION.
REMOVE SIGNS, REMOVE ALL THAT OTHER NONSENSE WE ALL LIVE AND WANNA LOVE ONE ANOTHER IN THIS COMMUNITY, WHICH IS SO FABULOUS.
FOLLOWING KENNETH T IS SELENA.
GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL MEMBERS.
FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO START BY RESPONDING TO SOME COMMENTS MADE BY MAYOR MORAN.
YOU ASKED, WHY DID WE ASK YOU TO INCLUDE PALESTINIANS IN YOUR ANTI HATE RESOLUTION AND NOT ANTI GROUPS? THE SIMPLE FACT IS IT'S BECAUSE THIS IS THE GROUP CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING GENOCIDE.
AND I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT NOT A SINGLE ONE OF YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.
MR. BENNETT, IN YOUR COMMENTS, YOU STATED THAT WE ARE VERY HATEFUL OF OTHER ETHNICITIES, PARTICULAR ISRAELIS, BECAUSE WE SEND YOU EMAILS ASKING YOU TO CONDEMN ISRAELI APARTHEID, WHICH YOU CALLED ANTISEMITIC.
IF SOMEONE OPPOSES THE RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE, DOES THAT MEAN THEY HATE RUSSIAN PEOPLE? MAYOR, MAYOR, IF SOMEONE IS AGAINST THE UYGHUR GENOCIDE, DO THEY HATE CHINESE PEOPLE? PLEASE PAUSE SIR.
YEAH, WE'RE AGAIN, GETTING BACK INTO INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS HERE AND ASK, ASK THE SPEAKER TO STAY ON TOPIC.
I FORGOT YOUR FIRST NAME, BUT I SHOULD KNOW ABOUT IT.
SO, UM, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO CRITICIZE US LIKE YOU DID BEFORE, BUT, UM, GOING INTO THE, UM, THE SCENARIO OF THE, THE WARFARE THAT'S GOING ON IN THE OTHER COUNTRIES, YOU HAVE TO STEER CLEAR OF THAT.
BUT IF YOU HAVE SOME OPINIONS TO SPEAK ABOUT THINGS THAT WE HAVE SAID THAT IS WITHIN YOUR RIGHT TO SAY THAT AT THIS TIME.
UH, GOING BACK TO MR. BENNETT'S COMMENTS, MR. BENNETT, IF YOU THINK THAT IT'S HATEFUL FOR US TO CRITICIZE A PARTICULAR NATION, I IMPLORE YOU TO EDUCATE YOURSELF ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ZIONISM AND JUDAISM.
ONE IS A POLITICAL IDEOLOGY AND ONE IS A RELIGION.
NOT ALL JEWISH PEOPLE ARE ZIONISTS AND ISRAEL DOES NOT REPRESENT ALL JEWISH PEOPLE.
LASTLY, IF YOU PASS A RESOLUTION CONDEMNING ANTI PALESTINIAN HATE, BUT DO NOTHING AND SAY NOTHING WHEN A GENOCIDE IS GOING ON, THERE IS ONE WORD FOR THAT HYPOCRISY.
PLEASE LET YOUR ACTIONS MATCH YOUR WORDS.
CEASEFIRE NOW AND FREE PALESTINE.
NOW MAYOR, THIS, I JUST HAVE TO SAY, SO, 'CAUSE THE COUNCIL WANTED TO STAY ON TOPIC AS FAR AS CITY BUSINESS, A COUPLE OF THE ITEMS HAVE COME UP THAT REALLY AREN'T, AND THEY USUALLY COME UP AT THE END AND IT'S INTENTIONAL.
I KNOW, UH, ONE OF THEM MAY NOT HAVE BEEN, BUT TALKING ABOUT HAPPENING AT UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER PLACES IS NOT CITY BUSINESS.
AGAIN, THE, THE ISRAEL, UM, PALESTINE, GAZA ISSUE IS NOT CITY BUSINESS.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY THAT FOR THE RECORD, WE'VE ASKED PEOPLE TO NOT TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS, BUT THEY DO IT ANYWAY.
BUT FOR PURPOSES OF CREATING HELP MEMBER CITY BUSINESS FOR PURPOSE OF CREATING A RECORD SO THAT IN THE FUTURE WE CAN ENFORCE CITY BUSINESS, IT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO BE CLEAR ON THAT POINT.
UM, LENNY, WHO'S OUR NEXT SPEAKER.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS SELENA, AND THEN FOLLOWING SELENA IS ZU HIRE.
UM, AS A SHOW OF RESPECT FOR INDIGENOUS ROOTS, I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE GATHER TODAY ON THE ANCESTRAL LANDS OF THE NGBA PEOPLE WHO WERE MOVED UNJUSTLY, AND THAT WE IN THIS COMMUNITY ARE THE BENEFICIARIES OF THAT REMOVAL.
WE HONOR THEM AS WE LIVE AND WORK HERE.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO COMMENT ON THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING WHERE AMENDMENTS WERE MADE TO THE ANTI HATE RESOLUTION.
AND I'D LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO SUPPORTED ADDING PALESTINIANS TO THE RESOLUTION.
UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO EXPRESS CONCERN AND DISAPPOINTMENT AT, UM, A FEW THINGS THAT HAPPENED.
ONE, ADDING ISRAELIS WAS NOT ONLY UNNECESSARY, BUT IT WAS, UH, HIGHLY TONE DEAF AND, UM, INSENSITIVE.
GIVEN THAT A CURRENT GENOCIDE IS OCCURRING AND BEING COMMITTED BY ISRAEL AGAINST PALESTINIANS, IT'S OKAY TO SHOW.
I I ALSO WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT IT'S OKAY TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR PARTICULAR, UH, MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE CURRENTLY SUFFERING AND AT RISK OF HATE CRIME.
UM, I MEAN, IT WAS OKAY IN OCTOBER TO DO THIS WITH JEWISH
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PEOPLE LOOKING OUT FOR IT TO MAKE SURE THEY FELT SAFE AND NOBODY SAID IT WAS BEING EXCLUSIVE OR, YOU KNOW, HATE HATEFUL TOWARDS ANY OTHER, UM, GROUP, RIGHT? UM, ACCORDING TO RESEARCH, IT IS PALESTINIANS, ARABS, MUSLIMS, AND JEWISH PEOPLE THAT ARE AT RISK FOR HATE CRIMES RIGHT NOW.SO IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD TAKE MEASURES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT BELONG TO THESE MARGINALIZED GROUPS ARE FEELING SUPPORTED BY THE COUNCIL AND BY THE CITY.
UM, PEOPLE THAT HOLD RACIAL PRIVILEGE DON'T NEED TO BE, UM, TREATED WITH, WITH KIDS' GLOVES AND, UM, MADE TO FEEL SAFE BECAUSE THEY ALREADY, THAT'S WHAT PRIVILEGE IS.
THEY ALREADY HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF FEELING SAFE, RIGHT? UM, OUR BENNETT'S COMMENTS ACCUSING US OF BEING HATEFUL.
THERE'S JUST NO OTHER WAY TO SAY THIS.
THEY'RE LUDICROUS AND THEY'RE IGNORANT.
THEY'RE, UM, MERAN YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT EXPRESSING HOW YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW A WELL-INTENTIONED ANTI HATE RESOLUTION COULD DRAW SO MUCH NEGATIVITY.
I, I DO HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND, AND I'M NOT SAYING THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT YOU DOWN WHEN I SAY THIS.
I, I DO BELIEVE THAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S EXACTLY WHY WE NEED TO GROW OUR UNDERSTANDING, UM, IN TERMS OF WHAT DOES HATE LOOK LIKE IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN SOCIETY AND IN SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS.
UM, SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE PROPOSED THAT IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET, THAT THERE IS SOME FUNDS ALLOCATED TOWARDS, UM, ANTI-BIAS AND ANTI HATE TRAINING.
UM, BY THAT, WE, WE THINK IT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL FOR THE CITY STAFF TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS TRAINING SO THAT WE COULD ALL IN, UM, GROW OUR UNDERSTANDING AND HAVE, UM, BETTER DISCUSSIONS, UM, BETTER CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS AND HOPEFULLY CULTIVATE, UM, A BETTER SENSE OF SUPPORT AND COMMUNITY AND RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ALL OF US.
SAIA FOLLOWING SAFI IS JIM GALLAGHER.
UH, GOOD EVENING, RIGHT? YEAH.
UM, UH, JUST WANNA, UM, REPLY BACK TO A LADY BACK THERE.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY SHE'S SCARED COMING HERE.
UM, OUR CREW RIGHT HERE, UM, IF YOU HAVE BEEN LISTENING, NOT HEARING, BUT LISTENING TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO SAY ALL ALONG, WE'RE CALLING FOR PEACE.
WE'RE CALLING FOR, UM, NOT HURTING PEOPLE.
WE'RE CALLING FOR JUSTICE FOR ALL, NOT JUST FOR PEOPLE HERE, BUT PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT OUTSIDE OF AMERICA.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT MAKES HER SCARED TO HEAR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND, UM, I, I THINK IT'S SO UNFORTUNATE THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER MAN THAT CAME HERE AND SAID HE WAS, HE DISLIKED HOW YOU GUIDE, UM, ADDED ISLAMOPHOBIA.
I MEAN, ISLAMOPHOBIA IS, UM, BEING HATEFUL AGAINST ISLAM.
THAT'S MY, THAT'S LITERALLY MY WAY OF LIFE THAT TEACHES TO, TO LOVE ALL, TO BE KIND TO EVERYONE, TO BE FAIR TO EVERYONE, TO WANT FREEDOM FOR EVERYONE.
SO I I, I DON'T KNOW WHY HE HAS SOMETHING AGAINST THAT, BUT, UM, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, ISLAMOPHOBIA IS INCREASING 200%.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE AFRAID TO COME HERE TOO SOMETIMES.
SO, UM, I JUST WANNA THANK, UM, SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, FROM LAST TIME.
THANK YOU FOR GOING OUT OF YOUR WAY TO, UM, ADD, UH, YOU KNOW, ANTI PALESTINIAN AND, UH, ISLAMOPHOBIA AND ANTI-ARAB.
I WAS LITERALLY IN TEARS WHEN, WHEN THAT OCCURRED.
APPRECIATE JOE'S, UM, GOING ON BEHIND AND APPRECIATE, UM, UH, ROGERS FOR, UH, ADDING THAT INITIATIVE.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND THEN FOR THE OTHER PEOPLE, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S JUST A LACK OF EDUCATION, BENNETT.
LIKE, WE'RE NOT HATEFUL TO ETHNIC GROUPS.
AND, AND I THINK THAT JUST COMES WITH A LACK OF EDUCATION, LACK OF UNDERSTANDING.
I SUGGEST YOU GUYS WATCH, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, ON YOUTUBE, THE OCCUPATION OF AN AMERICAN MIND.
UM, JUST WANNA ALSO TALK ABOUT SOMEONE ELSE THAT CAME LAST WEEK.
HE CAME UP TO HERE TO REMIND YOU THAT YOU'RE GOOD PEOPLE.
WHAT IS IT? WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A GOOD PERSON? AND I THINK BEING A GOOD PERSON, IT MEANS THAT YOU WANT JUSTICE FOR ALL.
UM, YOU KNOW, FOR US AMERICANS AND PEOPLE OUTSIDE, WE WANT FREEDOM FOR NOT JUST AMERICANS.
AND WE WOULD JUST CELEBRATE MEMORIAL DAY, RIGHT? WE WANT FREEDOMS FOR, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN AMERICA, BUT NOT AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHER PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW? SO, YOU KNOW, IF AND IF OUR AMERICAN SOLDIERS ARE FIGHTING, UM, THAT I, I WANT THEM TO COME HOME.
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WANT THEM TO BE FIGHTING FAIR, FAIR WARS.YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS, YOU, UM, YOU GUYS REMEMBER THE AMERICAN SOLDIERS.
LET'S ADD THAT IN TOWARDS THE END OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND I AM FOR THE, UM, ANTI-BIAS TRAINING TOO.
'CAUSE I THINK IT'S DIRELY NEEDED, UM, WITH THE, WITH THE, WITH THE, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE.
HEY, JIM GALLAGHER, FOLLOWING JIM GALLAGHER IS JASSER.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR, COUNCIL STAFF AND FELLOW RESIDENTS.
UH, I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND WHAT, UH, SARAH HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
I, MYSELF HAVE BEEN THE VICTIM OF ATTACKS AND CONFRONTATIONS, BUT NOT HERE, NOT IN THIS COUNCIL, IN SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS.
SO NONE OF US SHOULD EVER FEEL UNSAFE.
I PERSONALLY DON'T FEEL THAT PROBLEM HERE.
UM, I HAVE SEEN THE PROPOSAL THAT'S BEEN OFFERED FROM, UH, MARK, FROM MARC, THE MUSLIM ANTI-RACISM COLLABORATIVE, UH, BEING A FORMER TRAINING DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST IN HR FOR AN AEROSPACE COMPANY.
I LOOKED AT IT, I REVIEWED IT.
I REALLY HOPE THAT THE, UH, COUNCIL AND IN PARTICULAR CITY MANAGE WILL, UH, TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND SEE IF IN FACT IT DOES NOT OVERLAP ANY OTHER MANDATORY TRAINING THAT STAFF AND COUNSEL HAVE TO TAKE OVER THE YEAR.
I EVEN MADE INQUIRIES TO HR TO SEE IF I CAN IN FACT GET A LIST JUST TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS UNIQUE.
IF YOU RECALL A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN WE HAD OUR, UH, THE GEORGE FLOYD INCIDENT AND, UH, BLACK LIVES MATTER AS WELL AS, UH, ATTACKS ON ASIANS IN THIS COMMUNITY, UH, AND ANTISEMITISM, I MIGHT ADD, THERE WERE ATTACKS ON SYNAGOGUES AT THAT TIME.
I WAS ENCOURAGING SOME KIND OF WORKSHOP TO BE OFFERED HERE IN THE CITY FOR THE RESIDENTS.
'CAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS HEALTHY.
UH, I DON'T THINK, UH, WE'RE ALL BY DEFINITION OUT AND OUT RACIST OR, OR HATEFUL, BUT I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO COME TO SOME UNDER THEIR UNDERSTANDING.
I MYSELF AM A MEMBER OF THE PRIVILEGE CLASS, AS YOU PROBABLY, UH, HAVE NOTICED.
I MAY HAVE, UH, SOME OTHER, UH, UH, ETHNIC IDENTITIES IN MY, IN MY BACKGROUND.
BUT I THINK THE, UH, I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND STRONGLY THE WORKSHOP BE LOOKED AT, UH, BE CONSIDERED AND ROLLED OUT FIRST TO YOUR STAFF.
AND MAYBE WE COULD IN FACT EVEN BRING A NICE WORKSHOP TO THE RESIDENTS, GET SOME PANEL DISCUSSIONS GOING AND START TO IMPROVE, UH, THE WAY WE ALL RELATE TO ONE ANOTHER IN THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE DIVERSE.
AND BY THE WAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I THOUGHT THE AMENDMENTS TO THE RESOLUTION WE'RE A GOOD STEP FORWARD.
I WAS VERY IMPRESSED, UH, THAT THIS COUNCIL DOES SHOW THAT THEY WANNA DO THE RIGHT THING.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, BEFORE I GET INTO A LETTER, I WROTE, UH, I JUST WANTED TO REALLY QUICKLY ADDRESS, UM, EARLIER DURING THE BUDGET MEETING, I MENTIONED THAT I NOTICED CATERPILLAR BACK ON THE PORT, UM, UH, INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO.
AND I BELIEVE, AGAIN, I COULD BE WRONG, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S BEEN RE-ADDED, UH, EVEN THOUGH, UH, BEFORE IT WAS DIVESTED FROM, UM, SO NOT TO GET INTO IT, BUT AGAIN, THEY'RE AN UNETHICAL COMPANY.
SO I'D LOOK INTO THAT AND I KINDLY REQUEST TO PLEASE DIVEST AGAIN FROM THEM.
UM, AND, UH, AGAIN, IF SOMEONE CAN KINDLY CONFIRM WHETHER YOU'RE INVESTOR DIVESTED, I'D REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
UH, NOW TO THE LETTER, UM, DEAR RAY, BRIAN, PETER, AND CYNTHIA, GOOD AFTERNOON, ART BEN, ART AND BEN, UH, I HOPE YOU'RE DOING WELL.
I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE GRATITUDE TO RAY, BRIAN AND PETER, UH, CYNTHIA AS WELL.
ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS, I HAVE, UH, RAY, YOUR PROPOSAL TO INCLUDE THE ANTI PALESTINIAN IN THE ANTI HATE RESOLUTION, DISPLAYED MORAL COURAGE.
AND FOR THAT, I'M THANKFUL BRIAN, YOUR DIRECT SUPPORT FOR THIS AMENDMENT ALSO DEMONSTRATED A COMMENDABLE LEVEL OF MORAL FORTITUDE.
AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOUR STANCE, PETER, DESPITE YOUR INITIAL RELUCTANCE, YOUR ULTIMATE SUPPORT FOR THE RESOLUTION AMENDMENT IS APPRECIATED.
UH, YOUR, UH, INITIAL PROPOSAL TO UPDATE THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION IS ALSO APPRECIATED.
UH, MAYOR CYNTHIA, I UNDERSTAND THERE WERE CHALLENGES YOU FACED OVER THE PAST MONTHS, AND I EMPATHIZE WITH YOUR PERSPECTIVE.
HOWEVER, I URGE YOU TO ALSO CONSIDER THE PLIGHT OF THOSE WHO ARE WITNESSING DAILY TRAGEDIES.
UH, BASED ON SOME OF YOUR COMMENTS LAST WEEK, AS WELL AS YOUR ATTEMPT TO HAVE COPS CONFRONT A PEACEFUL PROTEST OUTSIDE, I RESPECTFULLY BELIEVE THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE COMPLETELY MISUNDERSTOOD.
UH, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT CAN GET KIND OF MUDDLED WITH ALL THE DIALOGUE.
I IMPLORE YOU TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR CITIZENS TO LEARN MORE, UH, THROUGH THIS WORKSHOP PROPOSAL, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, WHILE I RESPECTFULLY
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DISAGREE WITH YOUR EXCUSES REGARDING INCLUSIVITY, INCLUSIVITY, WHICH I'LL GET INTO LATER, I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE RESOLUTION AMENDMENT ART.WHILE I ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR FEELINGS OF BEING LABELED AS HATEFUL AND RACIST, I BELIEVE THERE NEEDS, THERE NEEDS TO BE CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE RATHER THAN FINGER POINTING.
I VALUE YOUR EXPERIENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND ENCOURAGE REFLECTION ON HOW WE CAN FOSTER A MORE SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL.
I BELIEVE THE COMMUNITY DESERVES AN APOLOGY GIVEN YOUR CONDUCT THESE PAST MONTHS AND LAST WEEK, ESPECIALLY IN CONTRAST TO YOUR FELLOW CO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, BEFORE I DIVE INTO THAT, UH, I JUST WANTED TO AGAIN, UM, KIND OF ADDRESS, SUMMARIZE WHAT HAPPENED IN CONTRAST TO WHAT ART, UH, WAS SAYING.
BUT I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TIME FOR THAT.
UH, BUT I JUST, YOU KNOW, ALL IT'S ABOUT IS ACKNOWLEDGING THE SUFFERING AND STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH THOSE AFFECTED BY THE CURRENT CRISIS.
UM, SO, UH, BASICALLY TO CONCLUDE DAY BY DAY THIS GENOCIDE CONTINUES.
I'M NOT TRYING TO TRIGGER ANYTHING.
I'M JUST SAYING IT'S HAPPENING.
YOU KNOW, OUR SOULS ARE CHURNING WHEN WE SEE THESE DEAD CHILDREN, AND THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO JUSTIFICATION FOR THIS.
I ALWAYS GET INTO HELLO CITY MEMBERS.
UH, I'LL START FIRST BY THANKING THE CITY COUNT, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO VOTED YES TO ADD ANTI PALESTINIAN AND ANTI ARAB TO THE RESOLUTION.
SECONDLY, I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY DISA DISAPPOINTMENT, ANTI MADDEN APOLOGY IN REGARDS TO ARTS.
AND, UH, MAYOR CYNTHIA, UH, UH, MORAN'S POOR, UNPROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOR.
AT IN A LAST, UH, CITY COUNSELING MEETING, UH, WE NEVER, UH, SENT A HATEFUL MESSAGE TO ANYONE ALL WHAT WE REQUESTED.
EVERY TIME WE'RE HERE TO ADD THE CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION TO YOUR AGENDA.
AND YOU REFUSE CALL FOR DIVESTMENT FROM BUSINESS THAT SUPPORT GENOCIDE AND ADD THE ENTIRE, ENTIRE PALESTINIAN, ENTIRE, ENTIRE MUSLIM TO YOU, TO YOUR, UH, RESOLUTION.
IF YOU CONSIDER THESE FAIR REQUESTS ARE HATEFUL MESSAGES, THEN YOU SHOULD EDUCATE YOURSELF IN AN ISSUE OF HATE, UH, RACISM BIAS.
IN ORDER TO ADDRESS RELATED ISSUE IN OUR COMMUNITY, RAISED BY OUR CITY COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WE DEMAND AN APOLOGY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FROM OUR READERS.
IF THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO DO SO, THEY SHOULD RESIGN OR THEY SHOULD VOTE, VOTE THEMSELVES OUT IN NOVEMBER.
ALSO, I'M REQUESTING TO ADD SOME PORTION OF THE COMM CITY BUDGET TO TRAIN LEADERS IN THIS REGARDS.
[ SAFETY UPDATES - Fire and Police]
WE HAVE OUR FIRE CHIEF WILLIAMS. WELCOME.THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
REALLY THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO REPORT IS, UH, OUR GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONIES TOMORROW.
WE HOPE, UH, ALL THAT ARE AVAILABLE CAN MAKE IT.
WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU TONIGHT, THURSDAY.
HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF AND RESIDENTS AND ATTENDANCE.
LAST THURSDAY, MAY 23RD, A SEVEN NEW CHINO HILLS CITIZEN ON PATROL MEMBERS.
GRADUATED FROM A VOLUNTEER ACADEMY HOSTED BY THE RANCH CUCAMONGA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE ACADEMY WAS HELD IN THE EVENINGS FROM TUESDAY, MAY 14TH THROUGH THE 22ND.
I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE ROBERT BRAINERD, HAL MARZEL, RONALDO MONTREAL, PATRICIA RAPP, PERMA THACKER, ROOSEVELT WOMBLE, AND CHAPLAIN ROBIN JEW ON THEIR RECENT GRADUATION AND THEIR COMMITMENT TO SERVING THIS COMMUNITY.
OUR CITIZEN ON PATROL MEMBERS HELP US PATROL OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND RETAIL CENTERS.
THEY HELP US CONDUCT RESIDENTIAL VACATION CHECKS.
THEY HELP US DIRECT TRAFFIC AT VEHICLE COLLISIONS AND CRIME SCENES, ASSIST THE PUBLIC IN OUR LOBBIES, HELP OUR CLERICAL STAFF WITH ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES, AND ASSIST US AT SCHOOL EVENTS, CITY EVENTS AND PARADES.
I'M OFTEN ASKED BY RESIDENTS WHAT THEY CAN DO TO ASSIST IN CRIME PREVENTION, UH, IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES, AND BECOMING A CITIZEN VOLUNTEERS ALWAYS, THE VERY FIRST THING I SAY TO THEM, IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN BECOMING A CITIZEN ON PATROL MEMBER WITH THE CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY INVITE, THEY ARE INVITED TO APPLY AT THE POLICE STATION AT 1 4 0 7 7 PAYTON DRIVE.
OR YOU CAN CALL OUR BUSINESS LINE AT (909) 465-6837 AND RECEIVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THIS EVENING.
AND GOING BACK TO YOU CHIEF WILLIAMS. MY APOLOGIES.
I SAID TOMORROW, UM, I THINK THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKENDS GOT ME CONFUSED.
IT'S THURSDAY, SO MY APOLOGIZE.
WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THAT GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY.
[ CITY MANAGER UPDATES]
UPDATES,[02:45:01]
UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.I HAVE NO, UH, ADDITIONAL REPORTS TONIGHT.
AND LET'S MOVE ON TO COUNCIL MEMBER
[ COUNCIL REPORTS Council Member Johsz West Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District Board Council Member Rogers Water Facilities Authority Board]
ROGERS FOR COUNCIL REPORTS WATER FACILITIES AUTHORITY BOARD.SO VERY BRIEFLY, WATER FACILITIES AUTHORITY OR WFA IS, UH, JUST TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW, IS THE WATER WE RECEIVE FROM THE STATE, SO THE STATE WATER TAKE IT INTO OUR FACILITY IN UPLAND, AND IT'S TREATED AND PUSHED ON TO US.
SO THE BIGGEST THING WE WE DID WAS APPROVE OUR UPCOMING BUDGET OF $39,757,000.
AND JUST TO REMIND YOU, OUR MEMBER AGENCIES THAT COMPRISE WFA ARE UPLAND CHINO, CHINO HILLS, ONTARIO, AND MONTE VISTA WATER DISTRICT.
AND AGAIN, WE APPROVE THE BUDGET FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE THING THAT MOST IMPACTS OUR CITY.
[ COUNCIL COMMENTS]
INTO YOUR COMMENTS.A BEN, UH, THERE WAS SOME COMMENT, UH, OR LETTER WE RECEIVED, AND IT'S BEEN, IT'S HAPPENED ON AND OFF.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT.
CAN YOU REMIND US ABOUT STREET VENDORS AND, AND WHAT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO AND WHAT THE PROCESS IS AND WHAT, WHAT, UM, RECOURSE WE HAVE AND A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS COMPLAIN ABOUT IT.
WE RECEIVE, UH, LETTERS ON IT AND HOW CAN WE DEAL WITH IT OR NOT? SURE.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS, UM, FOR THE PUBLIC, WHAT, WHAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE REFERRING TO IS OVER THE LAST I, I'LL CALL IT TWO YEARS.
WE'VE HAD A SERIES OF, UH, VENDORS LOOK TO, UH, SELL A VARIETY OF WARES, FOOD AND NON-FOOD PRODUCTS, UH, ON THE SIDEWALK.
UH, TYPICALLY THE PUBLIC REACHES OUT TO FIND OUT IF THEY HAVE PERMISSION TO ESSENTIALLY CONDUCT THIS BUSINESS, UH, ON CITY PROPERTY, UH, STAFF FROM THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION, WORKING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UH, CRAFTED A, UM, SIDEWALK VENDING, UH, ORDINANCE AND, YOU KNOW, PERMIT THAT CRAFTS THE, UH, CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH SOMEONE COULD LEGALLY, UH, SELL, UH, ITEMS ON THE SIDEWALK.
UH, WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS OR SO, LIKE MANY COMMUNITIES, IT'S UH, INCREASED, UH, THE LEVEL OF FOOD SERVICE BEING PROVIDED, UH, ON THE SIDEWALK.
WHILE WE DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC PROHIBITION AGAINST FOOD SERVICE THAT'S COVERED IN A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT WAYS RELATED TO HEALTH DEPARTMENT, OUR, UH, SIDEWALK VENDING, UH, UH, PROCESS STILL APPLIES.
AND SO FREQUENTLY WHEN WE GET THOSE CALLS, CODE ENFORCEMENT AND OFTEN WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT MAY CONTACT TO INFORM, UH, THE VENDOR THAT THEY, UH, WELL FIRST TO FIND OUT IF THEY HAVE A PERMIT AND THEN IF NOT TO INFORM THEM THAT UH, THEY NEED ONE AND THAT THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES IF THEY DON'T.
THERE ARE OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT ARE STRUGGLING WITH A MUCH MORE PERVASIVE PROBLEM, UH, AND CHALLENGES WITH ENFORCING IT.
BUT, UH, CURRENTLY WE HAVE SPORADIC, UH, UH, FOOD VENDORS.
AND I THINK THIS WEEKEND WE RECENTLY HAD ONE AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT MADE CONTACT AND INFORMED THEM OF THE RESTRICTION.
AND THEN I BELIEVE THEY PACKED UP AFTER BEING, UH, MADE AWARE IT WAS ILLEGAL.
I WISH WE HAD MORE GREATER ABILITY FOR ENFORCEMENTS INSTEAD OF JUST PLOPPING DOWN ON ONE OF OUR SIDEWALKS AND, AND, UH, HOPING THAT THE FOOD IS SAFE TO CONSUME IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE PROPER PERMITS, ET CETERA.
UH, NEXT THING, UH, NICOLE MENTIONED IT, BUT WE'VE GOT OUR TRUCK ENFORCEMENT COMING UP, UH, THIS WEEK WITH THE CARBON CANYON.
WHAT ACTUALLY, CHIEF, WHAT IS OUR ENFORCEMENT TOMORROW SIGNS GO UP AND THEN ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALLY STARTS WITH BREA AND CHINO HILLS ON THURSDAY THE 30TH.
WHAT ARE IS THE PATTERN OF ENFORCEMENT THAT WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE? YOU CAN EXPECT, EXPECT TO SEE OUR, UH, TRAFFIC UNITS OUT IN CARBON CANYON, UH, STOPPING ANY VEHICLES THAT ARE IN VIOLATION OF THE NEW CODE AND ISSUING WARNING SITES AND ADVISING PEOPLE.
WE'LL PROBABLY DO THAT FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THE RESTRICTIONS.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE'LL WORK, UH, DAILY TO START ISSUING CITATIONS.
WE'RE ALSO GONNA WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE, THE CITY OF BREA.
AND THEN ALSO THE CITY OF CHINO HAS, UH, WORKED WITH US CLOSELY WITH THEIR, UH, COMMERCIAL ENFORCEMENT.
WE HELP THEM SO THEY COME AND HELP US.
SO YOU'LL PROBABLY GONNA SEE A LOT OF DEPUTY SHERIFFS UP IN CARBON CANYON, ESPECIALLY OUR TRAFFIC UNITS ENFORCING, UH, THAT NEW MUNICIPAL CODE.
GREAT TO SEE THIS COME TO FRUITION.
RAY, YOU'VE BEEN A PART OF THIS ALSO AS ALONG WITH THE CITY STAFF AND OUR, OUR CITY ENGINEER.
THANK YOU DANIEL, FOR TAKING CARE OF THIS ALSO.
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IT'S GREAT TO SEE THIS HAPPEN.AND LAST ITEM THAT I HAVE, AGAIN, JUST MORE INFORMATION, COSTCO.
COSTCO HAS BEEN, UH, VERY ACTIVE OVER THE LAST THREE WEEKS OR MONTH OR SO WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THEY'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
NICK, CAN YOU BRING US UP TO SPEED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING OVER THERE AND, AND AN IDEA MAYBE OF SOME TIMING BECAUSE EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE CURIOUS AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, SO IF YOU HAVE BEEN TO COSTCO LATELY, THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY.
THE, UM, THE FIRST STAGE WAS THE DEMOLITION OF THE TWO, UH, BUILDINGS OF FORMER SPORT CHALET AND STEINMART.
UM, THAT'S WHERE THE NEW FUELING STATION IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
YOU CAN SEE THE CANOPY IS UP RIGHT NOW.
UM, UH, PART OF THE PROJECT ALSO IS IN ADDITION TO THE WAREHOUSE.
SO IF YOU WENT SHOPPING LAST WEEKEND LIKE I DID, UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S A TEMPORARY WALL UP INSIDE AND THE EXPANSION IS ONGOING.
THE COMPANY HOPES TO HAVE THE NEW GAS STATION OPEN IN A SHORT TIME, PROBABLY A, A NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, UH, IS WHEN THEY'RE AIMING TO HAVE THE, THE GAS STATION OPEN.
AND THEN, UM, THE REAL CONSTRUCTION PART, WHICH IS CHANGING THE PARKING LOT AND THE CIRCULATION PATTERN IN FRONT OF COSTCO WILL BEGIN, UH, THAT, UH, WILL INVOLVE SOME REROUTING OF TRAFFIC, SOME CLOSURES OF CERTAIN PARKING AREAS.
AND SO DURING, DURING THAT TIME, UH, IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE STORE.
THEY HOPE TO HAVE ALL CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED, UH, BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER.
SPEAKING OF HARDER TO GET IN AND OUT WITH THE, UH, NO TURN, NO RIGHT TURN ON RED.
THAT'S BEEN UP FOR A FEW MONTHS.
UH, WHEN YOU SHOW UP AT SEVEN 30 IN THE MORNING TO GET US UP AND THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO ONE THERE, BUT YOU WANNA OBEY THE LAW AND JUST SIT THERE FOR TWO MINUTES TO NOT TO TURN RIGHT.
HAS BEEN AN INTERESTING, UH, EXPERIENCE.
ONCE THINGS ARE COMPLETED THERE, I'D LIKE TO SEE IF THE TRAFFIC COMMITTEE COMMITTEE WOULD REEVALUATE THAT.
NO, RIGHT TURN ON RED, THAT NO RIGHT TURN WILL BE REMOVED ONCE A UCA STATION IS OKAY.
THE REASON WHY WE INSTALLED THE ROLL RIGHT TURN WAS BECAUSE OF THE, THE QUEUING THAT TOOK PLACE WITH THE GAS STATION SO CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION.
WE HAD CARS THAT WERE BACKING OUT INTO THE, UH, INTO THE INTERSECTION.
YEAH, I KNOW THAT WAS GOING ON, BUT ONCE THEY CREATED THAT NEW QUEUING YEP.
THAT SERPENTINE, THAT, THAT SEEMED TO HAVE GENERALLY SOLVED IT.
MM-HMM,
UM, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY REPORTS, BUT, UM, MY COMMENTS, UH, LLANO PARK, SIR, REGARDING THE LIGHTS.
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? WE JUST, UH, SIGNED THE CONTRACT WITH THE CONTRACTOR TODAY, ACTUALLY.
UM, CONTRACTOR EXPECTS TO START AS EARLY AS TOMORROW.
UH, WE SHOULD HAVE THE LIGHTS BACK UP BY EARLY NEXT WEEK AT THE LATEST.
MAYBE AS EARLY AS THE END OF THIS WEEK.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET SOME THANK YOU SOMETHING UP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
UH, METROLINK, I HAD A BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING.
UM, WE HAD ACTUALLY OUR FIRST AD HOC COMMITTEE REGARDING THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN 2028.
SO THEY WERE TELLING US THEY WEREN'T GONNA DO ANYTHING UNTIL AFTER THE IN PARIS STARTED, BEFORE WE STARTED COLLABORATING.
WE ACTUALLY HAD A FIRST MEETING.
UH, THE LATINO CAUCUS IS HAVING THE CHEECH MUSEUM ON JUNE 28TH.
WE'RE HAVING A NETWORKING COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU'RE ALL WELCOME.
STARTING AT 5:30 PM AT THE MUSEUM S SCAG LEGISLATIVE, UH, COMMITTEE MEETING.
HE WENT OVER STATE AND FEDERAL UPDATES.
DOUG MCCORMICK WAS HERE EARLIER TODAY.
WANTED TO THANK DANIEL, ESPECIALLY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FOR THE WATER PROBLEM THAT THEY HAD.
SELF-SERVING HYDROGEN STATION.
NICK, ANY COMMENTS? YEAH, THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THE CONTRACTOR HAVE YET TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON THE CONSTRUCTION.
SO IT, IT IS DELAYED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER.
IS IT ISSUES BECAUSE OF HYDROGEN OR JUST BECAUSE THE CONSTRUCTION? UH, IT, IT JUST SEEMS TO BE AN ISSUE WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERSHIP.
BECAUSE THEY DID SIGN OFF ON THE ENTITLEMENTS FOR HYDROGEN.
UH, YES, I WAS, UH, VERY PLEASED YESTERDAY TO SEE ALL THE REPORTS OF RECOGNITIONS NATIONWIDE, UH, REGARDING MEMORIAL DAY.
UH, AS WE KNOW AND HAVE SAID MANY, MANY TIMES, FREEDOM IS NOT FREE.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE THAT PAID THEIR, PAID WITH THEIR LIVES TO PROVIDE US THE FREEDOMS THAT WE ENJOY TODAY.
I WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK CONGRATULATIONS TO THE
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CHIN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL TEAM WHO LAST WEEK, UM, CLINCHED THE CIF SOUTHERN SECTION CHAMPIONSHIP.AND TODAY THEY PLAYED, UM, THE FIRST ROUND OF STATE FINALS AGAINST NORTH HOLLYWOOD AND THEY WON, UH, 11 TO ONE.
SO THEY WILL BE PLAYING, UM, AT HOME ON THURSDAY ON PROBABLY FOUR O'CLOCK.
SO IF YOU'RE AROUND, PLEASE COME OUT AND SUPPORT THE HUSKIES.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME A BASE WELL TEAM IN ANY, UM, SCHOOL IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVE, HAVE GONE THIS FAR AND WON CIF FOR BASEBALL.
SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THEM.
AND, UH, WE ALL ATTENDED THE CITY COUNT COUNTY CONFERENCE IN LAKE ARROWHEAD LIKE WE DO EVERY YEAR.
UM, REALLY NICE TO COLLABORATE AND NETWORK WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT, UM, CITY LEADERS THAT ARE THERE.
MAKES ME APPRECIATE, UM, WHO I WORK WITH AND WHAT WE DO IN OUR CITY WHEN I, WHEN I ATTEND THAT.
[ ADJOURN IN MEMORIAM AND IN HOPE: Adjourn with deep gratitude, respect, and appreciation for the brave individuals who serve and have served in the Armed Forces. Their selfless contributions protect us all. May we as a community continue to support and honor them.]
ADJOURN WITH DEEP GRATITUDE, RESPECT, AND APPRECIATION FOR THE BRAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVE AND HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES THEIR SELFLESS CONTRIBUTIONS.MAY WE AS A COMMUNITY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND HONOR THEM.