Jun 11, 2024 City Council Meeting

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOLUNTEERING , AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

IS THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT.

CONGRATULATIONS.

NEXT ON OUR AGENDA

[ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT]

THANK YOU, CHERYL.

AND GOOD EVENING MAYOR MORAN COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

JUST A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REMINDERS, CONCERTS IN THE PARK KICKS OFF TOMORROW EVENING AT 7:00 PM AT VETERANS PARK WITH MUSIC BY GOLD RUSH COUNTRY AND MOVIES IN THE PARK CONTINUES THIS THURSDAY WITH THE SCREENING OF TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES AND OTHER EVENTS.

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR A NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, RETURNING LATER THIS SUNDAY OR THIS SUMMER ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 6TH.

EACH YEAR, NEIGHBORHOODS PARTICIPATE BY HOSTING THEIR OWN GATHERINGS, INCLUDING POTLUCKS AND BARBECUES DURING THE EVENING.

CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, DEPUTIES, CHINO VALLEY FIREFIGHTERS, CITIZENS ON PATROLS, AND EVEN MCGRUFF AND SPARKY.

THE DOG WILL TRY TO VISIT AS MANY EVENTS AS POSSIBLE.

RESIDENTS WHO REGISTER THEIR EVENTS ONLINE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE BY JULY 22ND, WILL RECEIVE A FREE NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZING KIT WHILE SUPPLIES LOSS FOR SOME ROAD WORK UPDATES.

BOYS REPUBLIC DRIVE IS CURRENTLY CLOSED BETWEEN PEYTON DRIVE AND CITY CENTER DRIVE THROUGH THIS THURSDAY WHILE CREWS WORK TO MODIFY THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND CROSSWALK AREA.

AND IN CARBON CANYON, CALTRANS WILL BE PERFORMING LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE THIS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY FROM 9:00 AM TO 2:00 PM DAILY COMMUTER SHOULD, SHOULD EXPECT DELAYS DUE TO A FLAGGING OPERATION.

AND LASTLY, JUST A REMINDER THAT THE DEADLINE FOR RESIDENTS TO SIGN THE PETITION AND VOICE THEIR CONCERNS REGARDING THE RECENT TRANSFER OF DEATH ROW INMATES TO C IM AND CHINO IS TOMORROW BEFORE IT'S SENT OFF DIRECTLY TO GOVERNOR NEWSOM.

THE PETITION CAN BE FOUND ONLINE@CHINOHOLES.ORG FORWARD SLASH CIM.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, NICOLE.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR NICOLE? OKAY.

UM, MOVING ON.

DO WE HAVE ANY,

[2. 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, PUBLIC COMMENTS, CHERYL? YES, WE DO.

BUT BEFORE I, UM, ANNOUNCE THE PARAGRAPH FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THIS AGENDA INCLUDES A NEW DEFINITION ON THE FRONT PAGE OF CITY BUSINESS.

THE DEFINITION WAS DEVELOPED IN RESPONSE TO REQUEST BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE GE GENERAL PUBLIC.

SO IT'S ON THE VERY FIRST PAGE OF OUR AGENDA.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

AND AT THIS TIME, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEM APPEARING ON THE AGENDA, EXCEPT TESTIMONY ON PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS, WHICH MUST BE PROVIDED DURING THOSE HEARINGS.

THOSE PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ARE REQUESTED TO COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK.

TO MY LEFT, A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD, WHICH ARE AVAILABLE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

UH, COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE NINE SPEAKER CARDS.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JIM GALLAGHER, AND THOSE ARE NINE SPEAKERS RELATED TO THE AGENDA, RIGHT? IT'S HARD TO SAY BECAUSE IT PUBLIC COMMENTS IS JUST CHECKED.

SO IN CASE THIS BEFORE YOU START, JIM, SO I JUST WANNA REMIND THE PUBLIC, SO IF YOU MISTAKENLY HAVE PUT YOUR CARD IN FOR THE FIRST PART OF PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND IT IS NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, YOU'LL BE MOVED TO THE SECOND GROUP OF PUBLIC COMMENTS.

GO AHEAD, JIM.

RIGHT.

IN FACT, I DO APPRECIATE THE WAY IT'S, UH, UH, ORDERED LATELY.

IT MAKES IT REALLY CLEAR.

SO THIS IS A, A PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM RELATED TO CONSENT ITEM NUMBER SIX.

SO I, WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THAT, I'D LIKE YOU TO AT LEAST CONSIDER IT.

UM, I REALIZE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE ALREADY GOING TO PASS, UH, THE, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, INVESTMENT REPORT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALL SET TO PASS IT, BUT I DECIDED TO REVIEW IT, UH, PROBABLY KIND OF LATE 'CAUSE I DIDN'T GO TO THE, THE BUDGET HEARING, AND I JUST NOTICED WE STILL HAVE LIKE, INVESTMENTS WITH EXXONMOBIL, WHICH

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IN FACT IS GOOD MONEY MAKER.

UH, NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

BUT OF COURSE, EXXONMOBIL WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR 174 OIL CHEMICAL AND DRILLING FLUID SPILLS THAT ARE GREATER THAN ONE BARREL IN 2023.

NOW, THEY'VE REDUCED THEIR NUMBER OF SPILLS, THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING DOWN.

SO I GUESS THAT'S, TO THEIR CREDIT.

UH, THERE'S BEEN MORE THAN 5,000 SPILLS THOUGH SINCE 2005 WITH THE NUMBER PEAKING IN 2011 AT 484.

SO EXXONMOBIL, OF COURSE, IS ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE COMPANIES WHEN YOU LOOK AT ITS BRAND VALUE.

SO I GUESS IT MAKES SENSE TO HAVE IT IN YOUR PORTFOLIO, BUT I'M ALSO THINKING ABOUT SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS OUR CHINO HILLS COUNCIL.

SHOULDN'T WE ALSO HAVE HOLDINGS MAYBE IN GREEN ENERGY WITH THE STATE MOVING TOWARDS A GREEN ENERGY FUTURE AND LESS FOSSIL FUEL I'D LIKE TO SEE IN OUR PORTFOLIO, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I ALSO WANTED TO CALL ATTENTION TO, UH, ANOTHER ONE, A JOHN DEERE I NOTICED, UH, IS ON THERE.

UH, JOHN DEERE, OF COURSE, WAS FOUND HIRING DISPARITIES AT ITS COMPANY FACILITIES IN MILAN, ILLINOIS, AND KENNY IN WATERLOO, IOWA.

THEY, UH, THE, THE ALLEGED FINDINGS THAT ALLEGED DISCRIMINATION AGAINST 133 BLACKS, 12 HISPANIC APPLICANTS FOR WAREHOUSE POSITIONS IN MILAN, 36 BLACK APPLICANTS FOR ASSEMBLE POSITIONS IN ANKENY AND AGAINST 196 BLACK APPLICANTS FOR PRODUCTION POSITIONS IN WATERLOO.

SO THEY HAD TO SETTLE WITH THE GOVERNMENT TO MAKE IT SHORT.

ANY DISCRIMINATION, AS YOU KNOW, ON, UH, RACE, SEX, COLOR, RELIGION, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY, OR NATIONAL ORIGIN IS WRONG.

SO THEY'VE SETTLED FOR, UH, OVER 1,105,000 IN BACK WAGES.

I THINK WE SHOULD RECONSIDER SOMETIMES WHEN WE ALSO, UH, SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THAT.

FINALLY, CATERPILLAR.

CATERPILLAR, AS YOU KNOW, IS ONE OF OUR INVESTMENTS AND IT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR, UH, SELLING MACHINERY, AS YOU KNOW, TO THE STATE OF ISRAEL, WHICH HAS BEEN USED TO BULLDOZE, UH, PALESTINIAN DWELLINGS.

I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT AS WELL.

BUT THIS YEAR, I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA PASS THIS, SO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

I WENT AHEAD AND SORTED THE CARDS WITH A SUBJECT MATTER ON IT SO THAT WE COULD BE CLEAR THAT IT'S RELATING TO INVESTMENT OR DIVESTMENT.

AND THEN THE ONES THAT DON'T HAVE IT, WE'LL HAVE TO PLAY BY EAR.

OKAY, THE NEXT ONE WILL BE BILL.

GOOD EVENING, CHINO HILL CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS BILAL SAYED.

I'M A 16-YEAR-OLD PALESTINIAN MEMBER OF YOUR COMMUNITY, AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT DIVESTING FROM CATERPILLAR.

CATERPILLAR HAS AIDED THE STATE OF ISRAEL TO DISPLACE THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIANS IN THE WEST BANK AND GAZA.

TWO YEARS AGO, DURING OPERATION CAST LED THE IDF USER UTILIZED CATERPILLAR EQUIPMENT, SPECIFICALLY THEIR WEAPONIZED, UH, D NINE BULLDOZER TO DESTROY VITAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN GAZA, INCLUDING WATER TANKS.

NOT ONLY THAT, THE IDF UTILIZED A D NINE BULLDOZER AS WELL TO KILL AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, RACHEL COREY.

IN 2003.

ACCORDING TO AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, A, A GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION, CATERPILLAR IS NEGLIGENT AND SOMEWHAT RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE ASSAULTS ON PALESTINE HOMES, LANDS OF CIVILIANS TO QUOTE AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL THEMSELVES.

ANY ACTOR CONSIDERING A RELATIONSHIP WITH CATERPILLAR OR ANY CORPORATION OR COMPANY WHOSE SERVICES OR PRODUCTS HAVE PLAYED A ROLE IN VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS, SHOULD ASK THAT COMPANY TO DEMONSTRATE ITS COMMITMENT TO HUMAN RIGHTS, AND TO ENSURE THAT IT DOES NOT CONTRIBUTE TO OR BENEFIT FROM HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS.

SUCH A DEMONSTRATED COMMITMENT SHOULD INCLUDE THE COMPANY DEMONSTRATING HUMAN RIGHTS DUE DILIGENCE.

TO CONCLUDE THIS INVESTMENT IS, AT BEST, A STATEMENT THAT SHOWS SOMEWHAT LIKE COMPLETE APATHY TOWARDS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, AND AT WORST, KIND OF A SHOW OF SUPPORT TOWARDS THEM, TOWARDS PEOPLE LIKE ME, FROM WHERE I'M FROM.

UM, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO SELL THIS BOND, AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

AND CRUSHING DISPLACED PEOPLE INSIDE THEIR TENTS.

NEXT IS FARZANA.

GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I COME TODAY TO APPEAL TO YOUR INHERENT HUMANITY AND CONSCIENCE, AND TO REQUEST THAT OUR CITY DIVEST FROM THE CATERPILLAR BONDS.

FOR DECADES, CATERPILLAR HAS BEEN SUPPLYING ISRAEL WITH ARMORED BULLDOZERS, WHICH ARE ROUTINELY USED BY THE ISRAELI ARMY TO DEMOLISH PALESTINIAN HOMES AND CIVILIAN INFRASTRUCTURES IN OCCUPIED WEST BANK.

AND TO ENFORCE THE BLOCKADE OF THE GAZA STRIP, ARMORED D NINE BULLDOZERS HAVE BEEN CRUCIAL FOR ISRAEL'S GROUND INVASION INTO THE GAZA STRIP SINCE DECEMBER OF 23, CAP CATERPILLAR, D NINE BULLDOZERS AND OTHER, OTHER HEAVY EQUIPMENT HAVE BEEN SYSTEMATICALLY DESTROYING CIVILIAN BUILDINGS AND OTHER PROPERTIES ALONG THE GAZA STRIP.

THIS IS A WAR CRIME.

ACCORDING TO THE FOURTH GENEVA CON, UH, COMMISSION ON DECEMBER 23RD, ISRAELI BULLDOZERS WERE REPORTEDLY RUNNING OVER

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IN KAMAL ATAN HOSPITAL COURTYARD KILLING SEVERAL PEOPLE.

IN MARCH OF 24, WE WATCHED IN HORROR, A VIDEO OF ISRAELI MILITARY BULLDOZER, WHICH WAS A CATERPILLAR NINE, DRAGGING AND BURYING IN SAND, THE BODIES OF TWO PALESTINIAN MEN WHO HAD BEEN SHOT DEAD BY THE ISRAELI SOLDIERS.

THESE MEN WERE UNARMED AND WERE WAVING A WHITE, WHITE FABRIC.

THE LIST OF THESE ATROCITIES USING D NINE BULLDOZERS, CATERPILLAR D NINE BULLDOZERS CONTINUES.

WE CANNOT SIT BY IDLY AND ALLOW THESE COMPANIES TO CONTINUE DOING BUSINESS AS USUAL AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR SHARED HUMANITY.

WE ASK THAT OUR CITY NOT BE PART OF THESE GROSS CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AND FROM, AND TO DIVEST FROM CATERPILLAR AND ANY COMPANIES THAT ARE FUNDING THIS GENE.

NEXT IS SELENA.

SORRY, FOLLOWED BY HA TEAM.

I SHOULD LINE UP THE NEXT ONE.

I'LL BEGIN BY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE GATHER TODAY ON THE ANCESTRAL LANDS OF TONGVA PEOPLE WHO WERE REMOVED UNJUSTLY, AND THAT WE IN THIS COMMUNITY ARE THE BENEFICIARIES OF THAT REMOVAL.

WE HONOR THEM AS WE LIVE AND WORK HERE.

I ALSO WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS NATIONAL L-G-B-T-Q PRIDE MONTH, WHICH HONORS THE 1969 STONEWELL RIOTS.

YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

RIOTS.

WERE NEEDED TO SECURE THE RIGHTS FOR LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANS, AND QUEER PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY.

THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE PART OF THE AGENDA ABOUT AGENDA ITEMS. THAT IS RIGHT.

THIS IS NOT PART OF THE AGENDA, SELENA'S.

SO YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH YOUR COMMENTS.

THIS IS NOT PART OF THE WHAT.

SO YOU HAVE ONE CARD IN FOR THINGS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS THIS TIME, AND THEN YOU HAVE ONE CARD IN FOR THINGS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA.

AND THIS TOPIC IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

I THOUGHT THIS WAS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS.

SO THIS IS FOR ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA.

OKAY, GOT IT.

WHICH I BELIEVE YOU MARKED DIVESTMENT ON YOUR CARD, RIGHT? MM-HMM.

, RIGHT.

DEEPLY IN EMPATHY, JUSTICE, AND HUMAN DIGNITY FOR ALL.

READY? OKAY.

SO THEN I WILL, UM, IN TERMS OF THE AGENDA ITEMS, I WANNA DISCUSS THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, WHICH WE HAVE BROUGHT UP SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE, AND WHICH, UM, HAS ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED HERE TONIGHT BY TWO OTHER, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

UH, WE, THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY, WE CONDEMN OUR CITY HOLDING A $2.5 MILLION BOND FOR CATERPILLAR.

WE DEMAND THAT OUR CITY SELL THIS BOND WITH CATERPILLAR, A COMPANY THAT IS COMPLICIT IN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED WAR CRIMES.

UM, AND WE ALSO REQUEST THAT THIS COUNCIL WILL ADOPT AN ETHICAL INVESTMENT POLICY, UM, HOLDING THIS CATERPILLAR BOND CLEARLY VIOLATES CHINO HILL'S ANTI HATE RESOLUTION THAT THIS COUNCIL PASSED.

SO I THINK IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE THAT WE WOULD, UM, BE INTERESTED IN WHAT TYPE OF INVESTMENTS WE HOLD IN THIS CITY.

UM, I KNOW THAT A FEW MONTHS AGO WE HAD HELD A CATERPILLAR BOND, AND THEN I HAD SENT AN EMAIL TO THE CITY, UM, AND I THINK THE CITY MANAGER, UM, MR. MONTGOMERY RESPONDED AND SAID THAT WE, THAT THE CITY OF TINO'S HILLS HAD SOLD THAT, UM, FOR A MORE PROFITABLE INVESTMENT.

SO, I UNDERSTAND PROFIT IS ONE THING, BUT I DON'T REALLY THINK THAT, UM, WE SHOULD SOLELY BE LOOKING AT PROFIT IN THIS COMMUNITY.

WE DO CARE ABOUT MORALS AND ETHICS.

WE ARE MORAL PEOPLE.

WE CARE ABOUT HUMAN BEINGS.

I HOPE THAT YOU ALL DO TOO.

I'VE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS, SO I KNOW THAT MOST OF YOU ON THE COUNCIL HAVE LED ME TO BELIEVE THAT YOU DEFINITELY CARE ABOUT PEOPLE.

AND BEN, YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF LIFE EXTENSIVELY.

UM, BUT QUALITY OF LIFE WITH YOUR CITIZENS IS NOT JUST ABOUT AESTHETICS AND PRETTY PARKS.

LOVE THE PRETTY PARKS, ENJOY THE PRETTY PARKS, BUT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE PRETTY PARKS, IT'S ALSO ABOUT HOW WE DO THINGS AND WHAT WE INVEST IN.

SO I THINK, UM, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO CONSIDER, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ETHICAL INVESTMENTS, AND IT WOULD BE PERFECTLY ADEQUATE FOR YOU TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER MAKING SURE.

I KNOW WE USE AN INVESTMENT COMPANY, BUT THAT'S WHY WE NEED AN, AN ETHICAL POLICY.

SO THAT THAT COMPANY THAT WE'RE USING, UM, IT ENSURES THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING ETHICAL GUIDELINES WHEN WE INVEST.

THANK YOU HA.

TEAM, FOLLOWED BY KENNETH.

GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE CHINO HILLS CITY COUNCIL.

I'M HERE TO URGE THE COUNCIL TO ADOPT AN ETHICAL INVESTMENT POLICY THAT ENSURES THE CITY'S FUNDS ARE NOT SUPPORTING COMPANIES INVOLVED IN HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS.

FIRST, LET ME ADDRESS A MISCONCEPTION.

THIS REQUEST IS DRIVEN BY COMPASSION, NOT HATE.

AS COUNCILMAN ART BENNETT SUGGESTED IN A RECENT COUNCIL MEETING, OUR MOTIVATION IS ROOTED

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ETHICAL INVESTMENT IS A MORAL IMPERATIVE.

AS COMMUNITY, WE MUST ENSURE OUR INVESTMENTS REFLECT OUR VALUES, AND CONTRIBUTE TO A FAIR WORLD.

BY ADOPTING THIS POLICY, CHINO HILLS CAN TAKE A STAND AGAINST COMPANIES THAT PERPETUATE HUMAN RIGHTS, ABUSES, AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION.

CONSIDER THESE EXAMPLES OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, COMPLICITY IN VIOLENCE AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN CERTAIN REGIONS, COMPANIES HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF COMPLICITY IN WAR CRIMES AND INVOLVEMENT IN REPRESSIVE ACTIONS BY GOVERNMENT.

FOR EXAMPLE, AS NOTED BY OTHER SPEAKERS, CATERPILLAR HAS FACED CRITICISM FOR SELLING BULLDOZERS USED IN THE DEMOLITION OF HOMES AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN PALESTINE BY THE STATE OF ISRAEL CONTRIBUTING TO VIOLENCE AND THE DISPLACEMENT OF LOCAL POPULATIONS.

ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS LABOR EXPLOITATION.

MANY INDUSTRIES REPORT POOR WORKING CONDITIONS.

THIRD EXAMPLE IS CHILD LABOR.

SOME COMPANIES USE CHILD LABOR.

THEIR SUPPLY CHAINS DEPRIVING CHILDREN OF EDUCATION AND SUBJECTING THEM TO HAZARDOUS WORK.

NUMBER FOUR, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES HAVE LED TO SEVERE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE AND HEALTH ISSUES.

IT RESULTED IN THE DISPLACEMENT OF COMMUNITIES.

NOW, MAYOR CYNTHIA MORAN HAS EXPECT, UH, UH, EXPRESSED CONCERNS FOR THE WELLBEING OF ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN ONE OF THE PAST MEETINGS.

SO THIS ETHICAL INVESTMENT POLICY WILL BENEFIT EVERYONE REGARDLESS OF ORIGIN, BACKGROUND, OR ETHNICITY.

BY ENSURING OUR INVESTMENT SUPPORTS ETHICAL PRACTICES, WE PROMOTE SAFER, HEALTHIER, AND MORE JUST ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL.

I MUST ALSO HIGHLIGHT THAT CHINO HILLS HAS CENSORED ITS RESIDENTS BY REMOVING ACCESS TO MULTIMEDIA EQUIPMENT FOR PRESENTATIONS.

THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK COULD HAVE BENEFITED FROM SHARING MATERIAL WITH THE COUNCIL.

IF THE CITY DIDN'T BAN THE USE OF ITS EQUIPMENT.

THIS ACTION IS A DISSERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, HINDERING, TRANSPARENT, AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION.

BY ADOPTING THIS POLICY, CHINO HILLS CAN ENSURE CITY FUNDS DO NOT SUPPORT SUCH EGREGIOUS PRACTICES.

WE CAN CHOOSE TO INVEST IN COMPANIES COMMITTED TO HUMAN RIGHTS, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, AND ETHICAL GOVERNANCE.

THIS POLICY CAN SERVE AS A MODEL FOR OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND CONTRIBUTE TO A BROADER MOVEMENT TOWARD RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT.

IN CONCLUSION, I URGE THE CITY, UH, HILLS CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT AN ETHICAL INVESTMENT POLICY.

LET US ALIGN OUR FINANCIAL PRACTICES WHERE OUR COMMUNITY VALUES, PROMOTE CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY AND CONTRIBUTE TO A MORE JUST AND EQUITABLE WORD.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, KENNETH, FOLLOWED BY HUDA.

GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS.

A COUPLE MEETINGS AGO, YOU GUYS PASSED AN ANTI HATE RESOLUTION.

I'M ONCE AGAIN HERE TO ASK YOU GUYS TO PUT YOUR ACTIONS WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS, AND TO PLEASE FOLLOW THROUGH ON ENSURING THE CITY OF CHINO HILL'S EQUIPMENT TO EQUALITY FOR ALL PEOPLES.

THAT BEING SAID, I'M HERE TO ASK YOU GUYS TO ADOPT AN ETHICAL INVESTMENT POLICY AND TO DIVEST YOUR FUNDS FROM COMPANIES THAT ARE COMPLICIT IN HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS OR IN KILLING THE PLANET.

AS JIM POINTED OUT, WITH EXXONMOBIL, IN PARTICULAR, YOU GUYS HOLD A 2.5 MILLION BOND IN CATERPILLAR.

SEVERAL OF THE SPEAKERS BEFORE ME HAVE TOLD YOU WHY CATERPILLAR IS A PROBLEMATIC COMPANY.

THAT BEING THAT THEY MANUFACTURE BULLDOZERS, WHICH ARE USED BY THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION TO DEMOLISH PALESTINIAN HOMES AND VILLAGES THROUGHOUT THE WEST BANK AND EAST JERUSALEM.

AND BEFORE THAT IN GAZA STRIP AS WELL.

THESE BULLDOZERS ARE USED TO UPROOT OLIVE TREES, WHICH ARE OLDER THAN THE STATE OF ISRAEL.

AND TO DESTROY PALESTINIAN AGRICULTURAL LAND AND CIVILIAN INFRASTRUCTURE, THESE FACETS OF PALESTINIAN LIFE ARE CLEARED AWAY TO BUILD JEWISH ONLY SETTLEMENTS.

THIS IS APARTHEID, AND IT IS OUR JOB TO NOT FUND APARTHEID, JUST LIKE IT'S OUR JOB TO NOT FUND GENOCIDE.

AND THIS IS A VERY SIMPLE DEMAND.

WE'RE ASKING UNA HILLS TO LIVE UP TO ITS CLAIM THAT IT IS A MORAL CITY, AND TO NOT SUPPORT COMPANIES THAT DO THESE TYPES OF VIOLATIONS.

AND WITH THAT, PLEASE DIVEST FROM CATERPILLAR.

PLEASE DIVEST FROM EXXONMOBIL.

PLEASE DIVEST FROM COMPANIES THAT ARE UNETHICAL AND RIGHTS AND ETHICAL INVESTMENT POLICY.

AND LIVE UP TO IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

HUDA, FOLLOWED BY SOPHIA.

GOOD EVENING CITY COUNCIL.

AS THE CHINO HILLS CITY COUNCIL, YOU TAKE PRIDE IN UPHOLDING VALUES OF JUSTICE AND FAIRNESS.

HOWEVER, THE CURRENT INVESTMENT OF $2.5 MILLION IN CATERPILLAR CONTRADICTS THESE PRINCIPLES.

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CATERPILLAR SUPPLY OF BULLDOZERS TO THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION FORCES, ALSO KNOWN AS THE IUF SINCE 1967, IS WELL-DOCUMENTED.

THESE BULLDOZERS ARE NOT MERELY TOOLS OF CONSTRUCTION.

THERE ARE INSTRUMENTS OF DESTRUCTION.

CATERPILLAR HAS SOLD D NINE BULLDOZERS TO THE IOF KNOWING THAT THEY WOULD BE USED UNLAWFULLY TO DEMOLISH HOMES, ENDANGERED CIVILIANS IN THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, AND COMMIT OTHER WAR CRIMES AND SERIOUS VIOLATIONS OF LAW.

THE CATERPILLAR D NINE ARMED BULLDOZER IS ONE PRODUCT THE IOF ROUTINELY USES, AND IT IS NICKNAMED DOOBIE, WHICH IS HEBREW FOR TEDDY BEAR.

IN APRIL, 2002, A D NINE BULLDOZER DESTROYED ER'S FAMILY HOME WITHOUT WARNING.

IN AN IOF ATTACK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, HIS FATHER ARMOR HIS SISTER'S FATIMA AND ABIR AND HIS, UM, BROTHER SAM P SISTER-IN-LAW.

NABILA, AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN, AGES FOUR, SEVEN, AND NINE WERE ALL KILLED.

FAT MOHAMED LAYMAN'S HOME WAS BULLDOZED DURING AN IUF INCURSION IN THE JANINE REFUGEE CAMP IN 2002.

DURING THE DEMOLITION, HER SON JAMAL, WHO WAS PARALYZED, NEEDED ASSISTANCE TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE, UM, WHILE THE IIUF BRIEFLY STOPPED BULLDOZING.

THEY QUICKLY RESUMED DEMOLITION AND FATIA ESCAPED, BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET JAMAL OUT, AND HE WAS KILLED.

RACHEL COREY, AN AMERICAN ACTIVIST, WENT TO ZEN MARCH, 2003, WITH A PEACE ADVOCATING OR ORGANIZATION STOOD IN FRONT OF THE NALA FAMILY HOME, PROTECTED FROM DEMOLITION WHILE THE FAMILY WAS STILL INSIDE.

DESPITE HER FLUORESCENT ORANGE JACKET AND FELLOW ACTIVISTS WAVING TO STOP THE SOLDIERS, THEY DROVE OVER.

RACHEL CRUSHING HER TO DEATH IN JULY, 2004, UM, IN HAN YUNI, IN AN INCURSION IN HAN YUNIS REFUGEE CAMP AT MIDNIGHT.

ALAH AND HIS WIFE, WHERE THEY LIVED WITH THE FIVE, FIVE CHILDREN AND TWO DAUGHTERS IN LAW AND FOUR GRANDCHILDREN.

AND, UM, THEY HAD, UH, THEIR GRANDFATHER, IBRAHIM, WAS SE IN HIS SEVENTIES, SICK AND UN UNABLE TO MOVE.

AIDA TRIED TO STOP THE DRIVER, BUT HE CONTINUED DESTROYING THE HOME, KILLING IBRAHIM.

BY CONTINUING TO INVEST IN CATERPILLAR, YOU ARE DIRECTLY CONTRADICTING THE ANTI HATE RESOLUTION, RECENTLY AMENDED AND PASSED, AND ARE ALSO SUPPORTING THESE EGREGIOUS VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS.

I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO TAKE A STAND FOR JUSTICE AND DIVEST FROM CATERPILLAR AND SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT YOU REFUSE TO BE COMPLICIT IN THE OPPRESSION OF INNOCENT PEOPLE.

I PROPOSE THE CITY COUNCIL ALSO PASSED AN INVESTMENT POLICY THAT COMPELS THE CITY TO INVEST IN COMPANIES REPRESENTING HIGHER MORAL VALUES.

WE HAVE A DUTY TO ENSURE THAT INVESTMENTS REFLECT THE VALUES OF THE CHINO HEALTH'S COMMUNITY.

THE VALUES OF DIGNITY, EQUALITY, AND RIGHTS FOR ALL.

THANK YOU, SOPHIA.

FOLLOWED BY ZOO HIRE.

HI, GOOD EVENING.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, UH, MY FRIENDS HAVE, UH, LUCIDLY EXPLAINED TO YOU WHY WE SHOULD, UM, ETHICALLY, UH, DIVEST, UM, UH, FROM, YOU KNOW, CATERPILLAR BOND ETHIC, AND ANYTHING THAT IS NOT, UM, ETHICAL.

UM, ALSO EXXONMOBIL THAT MR. GALLAGHER JUST MENTIONED.

I FOUND THAT PRETTY INTERESTING.

UM, AND, AND THE REASON WHY WE SHOULD, UM, DIVEST FROM, YOU KNOW, UH, GET, GET RID OF THE CATERPILLAR BOND, 2.5 MILLION.

THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY, IS BECAUSE WE, WE SHOULD NOT, UM, ASSOCIATE OUR MONEY.

WE SHOULDN'T.

MY TAX DOLLARS SHOULD NOT BE GOING TO AN APARTHEID STATE.

UM, JUST A RECENT DEVELOPMENT IN THE REFUGEE, YES, A FEW HOSTAGES DID, UM, GET RESCUED, BUT 41 GOT ISRAELI HOSTAGES GOT KILLED.

BUT, UH, NO ONE WANTS TO MENTION THE 274 PALESTINIAN INNOCENT PALESTINIANS, MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN THAT WERE MASSACRED.

SO, I, I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WANNA ASSOCIATE OURSELVES WITH THAT.

UM, ALSO JUST AN UPDATE, UM, TALKING ABOUT, UH, PRO PALESTINIANS AND PALESTINIAN AUBS, UM, PRO-PALESTINIAN CHRISTIANS, MUSLIMS, AND JEWS.

UM, WE'RE NOT DOING OKAY.

UM, WE JUST HAD A PARK DAY, UM, WHICH WAS BEAUTIFUL.

WE SAT IN A CIRCLE AND LITERALLY HALF OF US WERE CRYING BECAUSE WE'RE NOT DOING OKAY.

UM, AND WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT DOING OKAY.

A LOT OF CRYING.

AND, UM, IT'S BEEN TOUGH FOR US.

LIKE, I GO OUT TO ALL THESE SHOPPING AND I HAVE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, GETTING MAD AT ME FOR NO REASON.

LIKE, I, I MEAN, IF YOU SEE MY COFI AND YOU SEE MY HIJAB, I WOULD RATHER YOU COME UP TO ME, SAY, HEY, ARE YOU OKAY? BECAUSE I, I'M, I'M OUT OF IT.

I'M NOT DRIVING PROPERLY , YOU KNOW? SO, UM, I WOULD APPRECIATE IF, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN CHINEY HILLS WOULD BE MUCH KINDER WHEN THEY SEE PEOPLE OUT THERE LIKE ME, AND NOT JUST ME AS A MUSLIM, BUT PRO PALESTINIANS.

AND JUST ANOTHER UPDATE TOO, UM, A LITTLE BIT, UM, IT IS THE MONTH OF

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AND THE ISLAMIC HERE.

SO IT'S THE MONTH OF, UH, PILGRIMAGE FOR NOT PART OF.

CAN YOU, THIS IS, THAT'S NOT, OH, I'M ALMOST DONE THE AGENDA.

NO, BUT THIS IS, WE NEED TO STICK WITH, BUT THERE'S A GLOOM OVER THAT.

BUT I DIDN'T PUT ANOTHER CAR, SO IT'S OKAY IF I JUST FINISH UP.

I'M ALMOST DONE.

IF IT'S NOT PART OF THE AGENDA.

NO.

SO IF YOU WANNA CONTINUE TO TALK WITH AGENDA ITEMS, YES.

IT'S CONNECTED TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, HOW WE SHOULD DIVEST AND IT WILL HELP WITH OUR MENTAL HEALTH.

SO IT'S THE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE HUDGE MONTH AND THERE'S ALSO A GLOOM OVER THAT BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S NOT FUN CELEBRATING AND, YOU KNOW, EAT IS COMING UP ON SUNDAY.

SO, UH, YEAH, THAT'S ABOUT IT.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

OUR FINAL SPEAKER FOR THIS PORTION IS ZHA.

CAN YOU ADD ME TO THE SECOND PART? BECAUSE I WROTE LIKE, COMMENTS UNDER MY HEADLINE.

I DIDN'T, SO DO YOU WANNA TO SPEAK THEN AT THE SECOND PART? YEAH.

GREAT.

THAT IS OUR FINAL SPEAKER FOR THIS PORTION.

THANK.

MM-HMM, .

HAVE ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST ANNOUNCEMENT, RAY? NOPE.

UM, AT THIS TIME, DO WE

[ CONFLICT OF INTEREST ANNOUNCEMENTS: Council Member abstentions shall be stated at this time for recordation on the appropriate item.]

SO MOVING ON TO CITY DEPARTMENT

[ CONSENT CALENDAR (9 ITEMS) - All matters listed on the Consent Calendar are considered routine by the City Council and may be enacted by one motion in the form listed below. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless, before the City Council votes on the motion to adopt, Members of the City Council or staff request the matter to be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action. Removed consent items will be discussed immediately after the adoption of the balance of the Consent Calendar.]

BUSINESS, WE HAVE OUR CONSENT CALENDAR, NINE ITEMS. UM, DO WE HAVE ANY ITEMS TO PULL RAY? YES.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE, UH, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE REMAINDER SECOND.

WE NEED A SECOND ON THAT.

I'LL SECOND IT.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY JOE'S AND A SECOND BY MARQUEZ.

THAT WAS PULLED, OR THE ONLY ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, TO ADOPT A BUDGET AMENDMENT RESOLUTION FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 23 24, TO INCREASE VARIOUS FUNDING SOURCES FOR THE PINEHURST PARK COMMUNITY CENTER AND SPLASH PR PROJECT.

ITEM, RIGHT? THAT ALL WORKS.

[8. Adopt budget amendment resolution for Fiscal Year 2023-24 increasing various funding sources by $10,333,333 for Pinehurst Park Community Center and Splash Pad Project]

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANNA SAY I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROJECT.

I'M ONLY HAPPY THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON THIS.

COUPLE QUESTIONS THAT I DO HAVE.

TIMELINE NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO, STAFFING AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

SEE, I'M GONNA LOOK TO JONATHAN OR, UH, DANIEL, UH, ABOUT TIMING.

I RECALL AN ESTIMATE OF, UH, SUMMER OF 2026 WOULD BE THE TIME FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE, UH, UH, BUILD OUT OF THE SPLASH PAD IN THE NEW COMMUNITY CENTER.

IS THAT RIGHT, JONATHAN? OKAY.

UH, AS FAR AS STAFFING, WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU IS PRESENTED THE CONSTRUCTION BUDGET, ULTIMATELY WHEN IT'S TIME TO BRING THIS CENTER ONLINE, WE WILL HAVE, UH, UM, MAINTENANCE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH OPERATING THE FACILITY AND STAFFING COSTS.

WE'VE MADE ESTIMATES ALONG THE WAY, BUT, UH, ULTIMATELY IT'LL DEPEND ON WHETHER OR NOT WE ALLOCATE, UH, EXISTING STAFF TO THAT FACILITY.

AND WE'LL DO THAT, UH, UH, FULL ANALYSIS CLOSER TO THE, THE, UH, ITEM, UH, MOVING FORWARD.

BUT IN GENERAL, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN A HALF 1,000,003 QUARTERS OF A MILLION, PROBABLY IN 2020 $6.

JUST TWO FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS.

FIRST OF ALL, IF WE CAN GET IT DONE IN 2025, THE COMMUNITY WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.

THAT'S A JOKE.

UM, NUMBER TWO, UM, I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT STAFFING.

SO HOPEFULLY WHAT WE HAVE TODAY, MAYBE WE, WE DON'T HAVE TO HIRE ANYBODY ELSE.

MM-HMM.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LOOKING AT THAT.

WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

I'LL SECOND MY APOLOGIES.

THERE WE GO.

MOTION PASSES.

FIVE ZERO.

NEXT WE MOVE ON TO ITEMS

[12. Appoint Council Member to serve as Delegate Board Member to Omnitrans Board of Directors]

INITIATED BY COUNSEL.

THE FIRST ITEM IS TO APPOINT A COUNCIL MEMBER TO SERVE AS DELEGATE, UH, BOARD MEMBER TO THE OMNI TRANS BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

I WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM.

THIS ITEM IS PLACED ON THE AGENDA.

WELL, LET ME JUST BACK UP.

AT THE DECEMBER 12TH, 2023, CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO APPOINT VICE MAYOR BENNETT AS DELEGATE AND COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ AS ALTERNATE TO THE OMNI TRONS BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

VICE MAYOR BENNETT HAS STATED THAT HE CAN NO LONGER ATTEND THESE MEETINGS EACH MONTH, AND HAS REQUESTED THAT HIS COLLEAGUES APPOINT A NEW DELEGATE TO THE BOARD.

SO, AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD NEED A NOMINATION, A SECOND, AND A VOTE TO APPROVE THE NEW DELEGATE.

DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION BEFORE? DO YOU HAVE SOME DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT.

NO, NO DISCUSSION.

I'M WANNA MAKE A NOMINATION.

I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE BRIAN JO TO BE THE DELEGATE.

I'LL MAKE A SECOND ON THAT.

ABOUT YOU ART? NO, THAT'S AN ALTERNATE.

AND THEN ALTERNATE WOULD STAY, RAY.

NO, I, YOU KNOW WHAT? LET'S GET SOMEBODY ELSE.

SO I'M GONNA, IT MAKES SENSE THAT YOU'RE THE ALTERNATE.

I CAN, NO, LET'S GET SOMEBODY ELSE.

I DON'T, I WON'T.

I DON'T WANNA DO IT.

WELL, I TOLD YOU I CAN'T.

YEAH, PETER, I CAN'T.

NO, MY JOB WON'T ALLOW ME.

HOW

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THAT'S WHY I STEPPED DOWN, BECAUSE I, IT'S, WELL, YOU'RE AN ALTERNATE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE THERE ALL THE TIME.

I MAKE A NOMINATION FOR IT.

BENNETT, JUST TAKE IT AS AN ALTERNATE.

ALL, SO I'LL TAKE IT AS AN AL ALTERNATE.

THAT'S FINE.

SO YOU WANT ME TO, UH, DO YOU WANNA REPHRASE THE NOMINATION? A NOT REPHRASE IT, REPEAT IT.

'CAUSE SHE LOOK AT, TO MAKE SURE SHE GOT IT RIGHT.

BRIAN IS THE DELEGATE, AND I GUESS I'M BEING, HAS TO BE THE ALTERNATE.

YES, THAT IS CORRECT.

IS TO, IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM.

AND THEN THE SECOND WAS FROM RAY.

MOTION PASSES.

FIVE ZERO.

SO, BENNETT, GOOD JOB, GUYS.

THE NEXT ITEM

[13. Adopt resolutions adopting Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget and establishing Fiscal Year 2024-25 appropriations limits for City of Chino Hills and Community Facilities Districts Nos. 10 (Fairfield Ranch) and 2015-1 (Vila Borba)]

AND THIS ITEM IS TO ADOPT RESOLUTIONS ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 20 24, 25 BUDGET.

IN ESTABLISHING THE FISCAL YEAR 20 24, 25 APPROPRIATIONS LIMITS, UH, CITY MANAGER MONTGOMERY WILL PRESENT.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MORAN, VICE MAYOR BENNETT, MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE.

UH, ON MAY 28TH, WE HELD OUR, UM, BUDGET WORKSHOP, UH, ROUGHLY TWO HOURS WORKING ON, UH, THE FISCAL PLANNING FOR THE NEXT YEAR.

UM, THAT PROCESS INVOLVES, UH, STAFF AND THE COUNCIL GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET AND QUITE A BIT OF DETAIL.

UH, I HAVE A FEW SLIDES FOR YOU TONIGHT THAT I'D LIKE TO, UH, KIND OF GIVE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THAT DISCUSSION.

IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL, OF COURSE, PLEASE JUMP RIGHT IN AND I'LL, UH, UH, WALK THROUGH THAT.

SO, THE TYPICAL PROCESS FOR DEVELOPING THE BUDGET FOCUSES A LOT ON OUR PRIOR, UH, YEAR OF PROGRAMMING, LOOKING AT THE COST, UH, WHETHER OR NOT WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN ALL OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE BROUGHT, UH, BROUGHT FORWARD THAT YEAR.

AND ALSO FORECASTING, UH, WHAT, UH, THOSE FISCAL, UH, IMPACTS MIGHT LOOK LIKE FOR THE, THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

BUT IN NOVEMBER OF 2023, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, CAME TOGETHER WITH, UH, EXECUTIVE STAFF IN A MEETING TO DISCUSS, UH, GOALS AND PRIORITIES, UH, FOR THE FUTURE.

AND, UH, THAT WAS, UH, PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS THIS YEAR, AND INTEGRATED INTO OUR NORMAL PROCESS, FOCUSING ON, UH, THE, UH, FINANCIAL HEALTH OF THE CITY AND THE CATEGORY OF BUDGET.

UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PURSUING, UH, THOUGHTFUL DEVELOPMENT, UH, IN OUR HOUSING AREAS.

UH, ALSO INVESTING HEAVILY IN MAINTAINING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION.

AND YOU'LL SEE THAT, UH, PRETTY CLEARLY IN OUR CIP BUDGET.

UH, ALSO HIGHLIGHTING THINGS THAT CAN JUST GENERALLY BE CONSIDERED THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN CHINO HILLS.

UH, AND THEN LASTLY, ALSO, UH, UNDERSTANDING THAT TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, MUCH OF WHAT WE DO IN CHINO HILLS IS AS A SERVICE, UH, AGENCY, WHERE, UH, A LOT OF THE WORK THAT OCCURS IS DIRECTLY THROUGH STAFF.

AND SO, UH, THE COUNCIL RECOGNIZED THAT IT'S A PRIORITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY RETAINS, UH, AND ATTRACTS TALENTED, UH, STAFF IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH ALL OF THE, UH, WORK THAT'S DONE BY THE CITY.

UH, AS A HIGHLIGHT, UH, WE HAVE A $149 MILLION, UH, BUDGET FOR ALL OF OUR, UH, ENTERPRISE AND GENERAL FUNDS.

UH, THIS YEAR WE'RE PROPOSING THAT WE'RE GOING TO SPEND $140 MILLION, UH, ALL IN, UH, OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS THE BUDGET THAT WE FOCUS A LOT ON IN OUR REVIEW.

THAT'S WHERE THE COUNCIL HAS THE MOST DISCRETION IN, UH, UH, UH, ALLOCATING THESE FUNDS.

WHAT'S PRESENTED, UH, FOR THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION IS A BALANCED BUDGET.

BUT I'LL GO INTO SOME OF THE DETAILS OF THAT, BECAUSE WHILE IT'S BALANCED, IT WAS NOT WITHOUT, UH, SOME PRETTY DELIBERATE ACTIONS BY STAFF IN ORDER TO MATCH OUR REVENUE, UH, TO OUR, UH, PROJECTED EXPENDITURES.

UM, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE, UH, A BALANCED BUDGET, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, A FUND BALANCE, OR WHAT WE TYPICALLY REFER TO AS OUR RESERVES, WHICH FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS MUCH LIKE ANY, UH, HOME SAVINGS ACCOUNT.

OVER THE YEARS, THIS COUNCIL, PRIOR COUNCILS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.

AND WHEN THERE WERE WINDFALLS, WE PUT MONEY ASIDE.

UH, WE TYPICALLY HAVE BALANCED BUDGETS, OR IN SOME CASES, SURPLUS YEARS.

UH, AND OVER, UH, THE 33 YEARS OF EXISTENCE, THE CITY HAS, UH, SQUIRRELED AWAY, UH, NEARLY 60% OF OPERATING EXPENDITURES, OR, UH, JUST OVER $33 MILLION IN RESERVES.

UH, THAT'S A UNRESTRICTED RESERVE WHERE WHEREBY THE COUNCIL COULD ALLOCATE THAT TO ANY PRIORITY.

BUT THE COUNCIL HAS ALSO PUT ASIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDS, UH, FOR A TOTAL OF 43,

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UH, $0.4 MILLION FOR AREAS THAT ARE TARGETED FOR SPECIAL USE.

THINGS LIKE OUR, UH, RISK MANAGEMENT, UH, IN CASE OF CERTAIN LITIGATIONS OR THE COST OF OUR RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, UH, COVERAGE, UH, FOR OUR, UM, UH, PENSION COSTS, UH, VARIETY OF AREAS WHERE, UH, WE'VE PUT ASIDE MONEY, UH, FOR THAT PROVERBIAL RAINY DAY.

UH, THE GENERAL FUND, UH, ALSO SUPPLEMENTS THE REVENUE THAT COMES FROM A COUPLE OPERATIONAL AREAS IN THE CITY.

UH, WE HAVE A TRANSFER TO OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES FUND THAT'S PROGRAMMED FOR $6.6 MILLION THIS YEAR.

UH, WE HAVE, UH, JUST OVER AN $8 MILLION, UH, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAM.

UH, AND, UH, MUCH IF NOT, ALMOST ALL OF THOSE PROGRAMS DON'T GENERATE REVENUE.

AND THE ONES THAT DO DON'T ALWAYS COVER THEIR FULL COST.

UH, AND THAT'S BY DESIGN.

UH, WHEN YOU HOST A SPORTS PROGRAM, UH, UH, FOR KIDS, YOU DON'T ALWAYS, UH, DO IT TO MAKE MONEY.

AND IN, UH, MOST CASES, THERE ARE A LOT OF PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT ARE REALLY JUST A INVESTMENT IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE HERE, UH, IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE PROGRAMS IN PARKS AND CONCERTS AND, AND A VARIETY OF, OF THINGS THAT I THINK THE GENERAL PUBLIC TYPICALLY VALUES PRETTY HIGHLY.

UH, IN CONTRAST, WE ALSO HAVE A SUBSIDY IN TWO OF OUR AREAS, AND THESE ARE PLACES WHERE WE HAVE A MECHANISM FOR GENERATING REVENUE, UH, THROUGH A PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS, BUT THEY DON'T COVER THE FULL COST OF EVERYTHING THAT'S OCCURRING.

UH, OUR LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING DISTRICT, UH, UH, SPECIFICALLY SEVERAL AREAS OF THE CITY THAT ARE, UH, FUND A NUMBER ONE, UH, WE HAVE A EXPENDITURES IN THAT AREA THAT EXCEED THE REVENUE THAT'S COLLECTED BY $3.1 MILLION.

UH, THE REASON FOR THAT IS, UH, WE HAVE A PROP TWO 18 RESTRICTION THAT, UH, DOES NOT ALLOW US TO, UH, RAISE THE RATES WITHOUT GOING, UH, BACK TO, UH, THE VOTERS.

AND SO WE HAVEN'T, UH, RAISED THOSE RATES IN QUITE A LONG TIME.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE IN OUR STREET SWEEPING, UH, PROGRAM AN 82, UH, THOUSAND DOLLARS SUBSIDY WHERE FOR THE ASSESSMENT THAT EVERY, UH, UH, HOMEOWNER PAYS TOWARDS STREET SWEEPING, IT DOESN'T COVER, UH, THE FULL COST.

UH, LASTLY, UH, ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT OF OUR BUDGET IS OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

AND I'LL, UH, HIGHLIGHT, UH, THE ACTIVITY THAT'S GONNA, UH, REPRESENT THAT $4.6 MILLION THAT WE HAVE, UH, UH, SHOWING HERE ON THE HIGHLIGHT.

UH, SOME OF THE, UH, DAN, ONE QUICK PRESS BEFORE YOU GET, GET AWAY FROM THIS.

I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA DISCUSS IT IN ANOTHER, UH, SLIDE, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.

IT REALLY CAN'T BE DRIVEN HOME ENOUGH.

THE RESTRICTED FUND BALANCE, RIGHT? NOW THAT WE HAVE UNRESTRICTED FUND BALANCE OF $33.4 MILLION, WHEN WE GET TO THE POINT, LET'S REFER EVERYBODY BACK TO THIS AND SEE WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN FIVE YEARS IF WE DON'T COME UP AND FIND AN ALTERNATE REVENUE SOURCE.

BECAUSE THE, THE COSTS ARE GOING UP, REVENUES AREN'T GOING UP PROPORTIONATE TO THE COSTS.

AND THIS NUMBER, WHICH IS OUR RAINY DAY, UH, FUND THAT KEEPS US ABOVE OUR HEADS ABOVE WATER, IS GONNA GO DOWN DRASTICALLY IF WE DON'T COME UP WITH ANOTHER REVENUE SOURCE.

SO I WANT TO BRING IT TO EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION NOW, AND YOU CAN ICE WHEN YOU GET TO THAT, UH, PAGE.

IF YOU CAN JUST ISOLATE IT AGAIN, AND WE'LL COME TO AND QUANTIFY WHAT THAT REDUCTION IS.

ABSOLUTELY.

ALL RIGHTY.

SO, SOME OF THE CHALLENGES, WHICH ALSO WILL DRIVE HOME, UH, VICE MAYOR BENNETT'S POINT IS THAT WE HAVE FIXED REVENUE STREAMS IN THE CITY, UNLIKE A CORPORATION THAT CAN, YOU KNOW, MAKE MOVES TO GENERATE ADDITIONAL REVENUE, UH, IN, IN MOST CASES, OUR REVENUE, UH, AREAS ARE FIXED.

UH, WHETHER IT'S PROPERTY TAXES OR UH, UH, SALES TAX, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO, UH, UM, NUDGE THOSE REVENUES ALONG.

BUT, UH, WE DON'T HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL OVER THEM.

AND, AND THEY TEND TO FLATTEN OUT, WHICH WILL, UH, SHOWCASE AND, UH, IN THE FUTURE SLIDE, UH, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, REVENUES QUESTION.

SURE.

A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER, AND THEY'RE, UH, A SPECIAL DISTRICT.

LET'S TALK ABOUT REVENUES REGARDING, UM, PROPERTY TAX.

WHAT, WHAT DID WE GET? WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE? YEAH, IT'S, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

UH, 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC, UH, KNOWS THAT OF THE 4%, I'M SORRY, THE 1% THAT'S ASSESSED FOR PROPERTY TAXES ON ALL OF OUR, YOU KNOW, UH, HOMES.

UH, THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS ONLY GETS FOUR PENNIES TO EVERY DOLLAR.

SO WE ESSENTIALLY GET 4% OF THE 1%.

AND, UH, BY CONTRAST, THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER CITIES AND AGENCIES THAT GET THREE TO FOUR TIMES THAT, YOU KNOW, THE FIRE DISTRICT GETS

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CITY OF CHINO, BY CONTRAST, GETS DRAMATICALLY MORE, UH, THAN WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH HERE.

SO 15% OF THE 1%, UH, IT'S, IT'S CLOSER.

IT'S 15, 14%.

YES, DEFINITELY, UH, IN THAT RANGE.

SO IT'S, IT'S A DRAMATIC, UH, UH, SHORTFALL AS, AS FAR AS WHAT WE RECEIVE, UH, THE BALANCE ACTUALLY GOES TO THE COUNTY.

AND SO THAT'S A, A CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING WITH THE COUNTY ABOUT, IS THERE A, UH, A WAY FOR US TO, UH, UH, GET A LARGER PROPORTION OF THAT FOR OUR, UH, UH, OUR, UH, RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.

SO, I JUST WANNA HEAR WHAT YOU JUST SAID.

WE ARE ACTUALLY COMMUNICATING WITH THE COUNTY TO TRY TO GET A BIGGER PIECE OF YEAH, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS BOTH WITH THE, UH, I'LL CALL IT STAFF LEVEL MANAGEMENT, THE CEO, UH, BOTH THE CURRENT CEO AND THE PRIOR CEO.

I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS FOR SEVERAL YEARS, UH, MULTIPLE YEARS, UH, ON THAT TOPIC.

AND THEN WE'VE EVEN REACHED OUT, UH, TO OUR FOURTH DISTRICT SUPERVISOR, KURT HAGMAN, IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT HE UNDERSTANDS, UH, OUR, OUR NEED.

AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

THANK YOU, SIR.

APPRECIATE IT.

BEN.

I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT HERE IS PEOPLE MAY THINK THAT WITH ALL OF THE BUILDING THAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS AND ALL THE VALUES THAT ARE GOING ON, BECAUSE THE, THE HOME PRICES THAT ARE BEING REASSESSED AT THESE CURRENT NEW MARKET PRICES AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THAT VALUE THAT'S BEING ENTERED ONTO PROPERTY TAX ROLL AND WILL GENERATE MORE PROPERTY TAX DOLLARS, STILL, WE AREN'T GETTING THAT.

WE AREN'T GETTING THAT INCREASE IN VALUE AND INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAXES BECAUSE OF THIS FORMULA THAT WAS ESTABLISHED BACK WHEN 1978, WHEN PROPERTY 13 PASSED.

SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND, YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF BUILDING GOING ON.

VALUES ARE GOING UP, BUT WE'RE NOT THE BENEFACTOR OF THAT.

IT'S ALL GOING INTO THE COUNTY COFFERS AND BEING DISTRIBUTED BASED ON A FORMULA THAT EXISTED PRIOR TO US BECOMING A CITY.

VERY, WE VERY SMALL PEOPLE UNDERSTAND VERY SMALL PORTION OF THAT.

SMALL, SMALL, AND I THINK TO ART'S POINT, A LOT OF RESIDENTS DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS CONCEIVED WAY BEFORE THE CITY WAS, THE FIRE DISTRICT WAS CONCEIVED BEFORE THE CITY WAS, AND, YOU KNOW, WE BECAME A CITY IN 1991 AFTER WHAT, PROP 13, RIGHT.

WAS PAST THE 1978.

AND SO, SO WE DIDN'T EXIST, SO WE DIDN'T, WE WEREN'T PART OF THAT ORIGINAL ALLOCATION.

WE WEREN'T, WE WEREN'T AT THE TABLE WHEN IT CAME TO, UH, GETTING A PORTION OF PROPERTY TAX.

AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, NOW WE, WE GET PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR, WHICH MEANS WE HAVE TO MAKE HARD DECISIONS.

NO, THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR CALLING THAT OUT.

BUT THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WE HAVE THESE PUBLIC DISCUSSIONS IS, UH, TO BE ABLE TO, UH, EXPLAIN TO THE PUBLIC, UH, THAT WE REALLY DON'T GET THE, THE LION'S SHARE OF WHAT THEY SEE ON THEIR, UH, TAX ASSESSMENT.

IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE COMMON SENSE.

BUT THAT IS THE FACT OF THE, THE MATTER THAT WE DIDN'T EXIST AS A CITY DURING THE TIME THAT PROP 13 WAS PASSED.

SO WE WEREN'T ON THAT ORIGINAL ALLOCATION FORMULA, AND WE CAN'T LEGISLATIVELY GO BACK AND FIX IT.

SO, WELL, I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT, JUST SO YOU KNOW, IT'S WHEN WE ACTUALLY BECAME A CITY WITH LAFCO, WE MADE AN AGREEMENT WITH LAFCO, AND WE ACCEPTED THE 4%.

SURE.

SO THIS WAS WAY, THIS WAS WAY AFTER TOP 13.

SO WE'RE LUCKY, I GUESS WE GOT 4%.

THAT, UH, KIND OF MOVING THE NEEDLE FOR OUR REVENUE.

WELL, AND SINCE WE BROUGHT UP LKO AGAIN FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, WHEN A CITY'S FORMED, YOU KNOW, WE'RE A RELATIVELY NEW CITY.

UH, THERE'S AN AGREEMENT THAT ESTABLISHES WHAT THE CONDITIONS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE CITY.

AND, AND AS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ POINTED OUT, UH, THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONDITIONS OF OUR FORMATION IS, UH, WHAT, UH, SHARE OF THE PROPERTY TAX WE WOULD RECEIVE.

UM, SO, UH, GOING WITH A COUPLE MORE POINTS HERE, UH, WE ALSO RECEIVE, UH, REVENUE FROM BOTH THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL, UH, GOVERNMENT.

BUT, UH, WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THAT.

IT'S VARIABLE.

UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, RIGHT NOW A SIGNIFICANT DEFICIT BUILT INTO THE STATE BUDGET.

UH, AND WE ANTICIPATE, WHILE THAT MAY NOT HAVE MANY DIRECT IMPACTS ON THE CITY, INDIRECTLY, OUR GRANT AND OTHER, UH, SOURCES OF INCOME FROM THE STATE WILL DEFINITELY, UH, UH, FLUCTUATE, UH, WITH THE STATE AND FEDERAL BUDGETS.

UH, AND THEN THIS KIND OF TIES IN, UH, WITH OUR DISCUSSION ABOUT PROPERTY TAXES, BUT WE ALSO, UH, RECOVER COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH DEVELOPMENT, UH, WHEN THEY'RE BUILDING PERMITS OR PLANNING, UH, PERMITS.

UH, AND THAT'S ALL, UH, UH, TIED TO, UH, THE MARKET.

IF WE HAVE FEWER PROJECTS COMING FORWARD WHERE HOMES ARE BEING BUILT, WE'LL HAVE FEWER PERMITS THAT WE'RE PROCESSING, FEWER, UH, BUILDING, UH, PERMITS, FEWER REVIEWS.

SO ALL OF THAT ARE THINGS THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY CONTROL MUCH LIKE, UH, IN YOUR INDIVIDUAL BUDGETS.

AND, UH, YOU ARE BEHOLDEN TO THE LARGER ECONOMY.

WE ALSO, UH, HAVE

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ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE.

UH, INFLATION AFFECTS ALL THAT WE DO, WHETHER IT'S OUR CONTRACTS OR WAGES, UH, THE COST OF GOODS, COST OF ELECTRICITY, ALL OF THAT, UH, GOES INTO, UH, HOW MUCH IT'S GONNA COST FOR US TO RUN THE CITY.

UH, AND, UH, WHILE THIS BUILDING FEELS, UH, UH, BRAND NEW TO MANY OF US WHO WERE HERE WHEN IT WAS BUILT, IT'S OVER 15 YEARS OLD.

UH, AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING, UH, THE, UH, SIGNIFICANT AIR CONDITIONING UNITS HERE.

SO, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE NEWER THINGS WE HAVE.

UH, WE INHERITED MUCH OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, FROM THE COUNTY WHEN WE INCORPORATED IN ALL OF THOSE, UH, KIND OF AGING, UH, ASSETS START TO, UH, COST MORE AND MORE EVERY YEAR.

AND SO THAT DRIVES OUR EXPENDITURES UP, UH, TO GIVE YOU A FEW CHARTS AND, UH, AND, UH, TO DRIVE HOME WHERE THE MONEY IS COMING FROM.

UH, WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR TOTAL REVENUE OF $149 MILLION, UH, CHARGES FOR SERVICES, UH, REPRESENTS, UH, THE LION'S SHARE OF THAT, UH, MOSTLY REPRESENTED BY OUR, UH, UTILITY OPERATIONS.

UH, AND I'M, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN THROUGH ALL OF THESE IN DETAIL, SO I'M JUST GONNA BLOW THROUGH PRETTY QUICKLY.

BUT IF THE COUNCIL, AGAIN, HAS ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN.

I THINK WE'LL SPEND A LITTLE MORE TIME ON GENERAL FUND.

UH, BUT EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE REVENUE OF $149 MILLION, WE ARE PROGRAMMING $140 MILLION WORTH OF EXPENDITURES.

UH, IN SUMMARY, UH, THE DIFFERENCE THERE IS, UH, LARGELY DUE TO US, UH, MINIMIZING OUR, UH, CIP PROGRAM.

UM, WE'LL GO INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL NEAR THE END, BUT, UH, IN ESSENCE, THE $9 MILLION DIFFERENCE IS US DOING LESS CIP TYPE PROJECTS.

I THINK I'LL JUST REITERATE WHAT I THINK WE ALL DO EVERY YEAR WHEN IT COMES TO EXPENDITURES FOR POLICE.

THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT'S THE BEST DEAL IN TOWN, YOU KNOW, WITH EVERYTHING WE GET FROM OUR, UH, OUR DEPUTIES AND EVERYTHING THAT, UH, THE SHERIFF PROVIDES TO US, IT IS WELL WORTH WHAT WE PAY VERSUS WHAT, GOSH, WHAT IS ANY IDEA, JUST OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, WHAT CHINO PAYS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY? I THINK IT'S ABOUT THE SAME SIZE AS OUR ENTIRE BUDGET, RIGHT? IT'S VERY CLOSE.

THE LAST TIME I LOOKED, IT WAS NORTH OF 40.

UH, THEIR OPERATION IS SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT THAN OURS, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC.

UH, WE HAVE A SHERIFF'S CONTRACT THAT PROVIDES OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES.

AND THE BIGGEST BENEFIT OF THAT IS THERE ARE A LOT OF ECONOMIES OF SCALE.

UH, YOU KNOW, UH, WE HAVE A SHERIFF, UH, WHO SERVES THE ENTIRE, UH, COUNTY AND CONTRACT CITIES LIKE CHINO HILLS.

UH, BUT WE'RE ALSO REPRESENTED LOCALLY BY, UH, POLICE CAPTAIN, UH, AL GERARD, UH, AS OUR POLICE CHIEF.

BUT WE BENEFIT FROM ALL OF THE OTHER LAYERS.

WE BENEFIT FROM THE RESOURCES, THE EXTRA DEPUTIES SHOULD WE NEED THEM.

ALL OF THOSE, UH, KIND OF HELP US, UH, UH, HAVE A REALLY LEAN AND, UH, UH, EFFICIENT, UH, POLICING, UH, RELATIONSHIP.

FIRST CITY OF LAKE CHINO HILLS, WE WOULDN'T HAVE OUR OWN AVIATION DIVISION.

WE WOULDN'T HAVE HELICOPTERS, WE WOULDN'T HAVE A SWAT TEAM.

WE WOULDN'T HAVE ALL THE THINGS THAT NORMALLY GO ALONG WITH HAVING A FULL SERVICE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE CONTRACT WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS WORTH, YOU KNOW, THE MOST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT.

IT IS.

SALES TAX FOR LOCAL PURCHASES, EVEN THOUGH THE, UH, UH, UH, END, UH, CUSTOMER IS IN CHINO HILLS, IF THE DISTRIBUTION CENTERS IN ANOTHER CITY, OR THE POINT OF SALE IS CONSIDERED SOMEWHERE ELSE, UH, THE TAX SHARE IS VERY DIFFERENT THERE.

SO TELL SHERIFF DCUS HELLO.

YOU GOT THAT? FRANK GOT THAT FRANK.

ALRIGHT.

SO NOW, UH, OF THE $149 MILLION, WHEN YOU CARVE IT OUT TO GENERAL FUND, WE'RE TALKING MORE LIKE $55 MILLION OF DISCRETIONARY FUNDING.

THESE ARE THE AREAS WHERE, UH, THE COUNCIL MAKES, UH, VALUE DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT, UH, AREAS THEY'RE GOING TO PUT, UH, RESOURCES TOWARD.

UM, WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PROPERTY TAX AND THE VERY SMALL SHARE OF THE ASSESSMENT THAT WE RECEIVE, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THAT REPRESENTS 35% OF OUR TOTAL GENERAL FUND BUDGET.

SO THAT SLIVER OF A 1% COUNTS FOR A THIRD OF WHAT WE HAVE OUR DISCRETION, UH, IN ORDER TO, UH, MAKE SPENDING, UH, DECISIONS ON.

UH, ALSO FROM THAT REVENUE SIDE, SALES TAX IS 19% OF THIS.

UH, TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, THE CITY, UH, CAN INFLUENCE SALES TAX.

THE BETTER WE CAN ATTRACT GOOD BUSINESSES, THE MORE, UH, WE CAN DRIVE, UH, SHOP CHINO HILLS.

UH, IT, IT BENEFITS US.

BUT, UH, WE ALSO STRUGGLE LIKE MANY CITIES WITH THE IMBALANCE THAT SOMETIMES COMES FROM INTERNET SALES THAT DON'T, UH, GENERATE, UH,

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SO WE DO WHAT WE CAN TO DRIVE OUR LOCAL SALES TAX, BECAUSE IT BENEFITS US WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THE VARIOUS DISTRIBUTIONS THROUGH THE COUNTY SHARE.

BUT AGAIN, WE WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT MORE THAN HALF OF OUR REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND COMING FROM TWO AREAS.

YEAH, BEN, THIS IS A GOOD SLIDE TO ILLUSTRATE.

ONE OTHER THING.

WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT NEEDING TO FIND A RE AN ALTERNATE REVENUE SOURCE.

UH, WE, AT OUR WORKSHOP AND AT OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET.

WE BROUGHT UP THE, UH, IDEA OF A 1% SALES TAX, JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE TO START A DIALOGUE SOMEWHERE.

OKAY? IT WAS ESTIMATED AT THE TIME BY YOU THAT THERE WOULD BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 10 AND A HALF AND $11 MILLION THAT, OF ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT WOULD GO TO THE GENERAL FUND.

ANYBODY THAT HAS ANY MATH SKILLS CAN LOOK AT THIS AND SAY, THAT'S ABOUT 20% INCREASE IN THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND REVENUES.

IT WOULD DOUBLE THE EXISTING SALES TAX REVENUE.

AND THIS IS THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN THAT IS A REVENUE SOURCE THAT CAN POSSIBLY MEET OUR REAL REVENUE NEEDS.

SO I'M JUST BRINGING IT UP.

I THINK THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO ILLUSTRATE THE MAGNITUDE OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

UH, WE'VE GOT A LOT TO DO TO CONVINCE PEOPLE.

IT'S A SMART THING TO DO.

BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LOVE ALL OF THE AMENITIES THAT THIS CITY PROVIDES TO OUR RESIDENTS.

AND, UH, ANYBODY KNOWS IF YOU WANT NICE THINGS, YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR THEM.

IF YOU WANT BASICS, YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR THEM.

AND THIS IS JUST A GOOD TIME TO THROW OUT THAT UN UNSOLICITED, UH, COMMERCIAL.

WHAT DID CHINO JUST PASSED? WHAT WAS THEIR PERCEPTION? PERCENT.

1%.

PERCENT.

1%.

BUT HOW MUCH DID THEY GENERATE BY IT? DID ANYBODY KNOW THAT MILLION? I THOUGHT IT WAS MONT ALREADY HAD ONE.

FOR, WE'RE THE LOWEST SALES TAX, AREN'T WE IN THE ENTIRE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY? OR AT LEAST ON THE WEST END? I THINK THERE ARE, UH, ON THE WEST END, WE HAVE, UH, ONTARIO THAT TWO YEARS AGO INCREASED THEIR SALES TAX, UH, BY 1% CHINO, UH, IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR.

UH, WHEN YOU COMPARE US TO LA COUNTY, UH, NEIGHBORS, OH, YOU'RE LOOKING AT CLOSER TO 10 AND, UH, QUARTER, UH, PERCENT SALES TAX.

UH, THERE ARE OTHER CITIES IN, UH, SAN BERNARDINO THAT ARE AT THE SAME RATE THAT WE ARE.

BUT, UH, BY CONTRAST, MANY OF THE CITIES IN ORANGE COUNTY HAVE A SIMILAR TAX, UH, SALES TAX STRUCTURE TO US.

BUT YOU'LL ALSO, IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING THE HEADLINES, UH, THERE ARE A LOT OF DEFICITS AND, UH, LIKELY TAX MEASURES ON, UH, UH, BALLOTS, UH, IN NOVEMBER AND, YOU KNOW, NEAR, NEAR ELECTIONS.

SO WE'RE NOT THE ONLY CITY THAT ARE, THAT'S FEELING THE PAIN.

OUR REASONING MAY BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT, UH, BECAUSE OF THE STRUCTURAL, UH, UH, CONSTRAINTS THAT WE HAVE.

UH, BUT, UH, I THINK SINCE WE ARE ON THIS, UH, KIND OF INFORMA INFORMATIONAL, UH, UH, KIND OF SIDEBAR RELATED TO THIS, IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT WHEN THE PUBLIC STARTS TO LOOK AT THIS TO REALIZE THAT WHILE, UH, IT'S A CHINO HILLS SALES TAX, UH, IF WE WERE TO CONSIDER THAT IN THE FUTURE, UH, NOT EVERYONE, UH, IN CHINO HILLS, UH, IS THE ONLY PEOPLE BEARING THAT BURDEN.

UH, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT GO TO COSTCO WILL PAY A HIGHER RATE.

AND IT'S NOT JUST CHINO HILLS BUSINESSES WITH, UH, A VERY ATTRACTIVE SHOPPING CENTER LIKE THE SHOPS.

UH, WE'RE NOT JUST BRINGING IN, UH, CHINO HILLS RESIDENTS.

SO AGAIN, ALL THE TYPES OF THINGS WE'LL HAVE TO INFORM THE PUBLIC ABOUT, BUT THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT ALL UP.

AND TWO LOWE'S, UH, HOME IMPROVEMENT STORES YEAH.

IN ONE CITY.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THAT CATEGORY OF REVENUE SOURCES AND YOU THINK IT THROUGH, WHAT COULD WE CHANGE THERE? YEAH.

WHAT DO WE HAVE ANY POSSIBILITY OF CHANGING? AND THIS IS A BEST PLACE TO, I THINK, FOR PEOPLE TO HONE IN ON WHAT'S AVAILABLE.

MADAM MAYOR? YES.

I GOT A COMMENT.

UM, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE AS A COUNCIL OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE CUT BACK, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT, UH, LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING AREAS THAT WE HAVE, WE BOUGHT OUR LIGHTS TO PUT LED TO LOWER OUR COSTS THERE.

WE'RE USING RECYCLED WATER IN OUR PARKS, AND IT COST SAVINGS OF ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS.

SO WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO LOWER OUR COSTS, BUT WE'RE GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN'T DO ANYMORE.

SO, AGAIN, DO WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS IN PUBLIC? NO.

I, I DON'T.

I REALLY DON'T.

BUT IT'S, MY HANDS ARE GETTING TIED BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH A GREAT COMMUNITY, I WANT TO KEEP IT AT THIS LEVEL.

SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO SOMETHING IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

SO I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE OPEN TO, TO DISCUSS THIS.

SO, AND THEN STAFF, GOOD LUCK WITH, UH, MOVING FORWARD ON THIS.

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SO WE SUPPORT.

I SUPPORT IT.

IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE UNANTICIPATED COSTS ALONG THE WAY.

ALRIGHT, SO IF WE'RE MAKING $55 MILLION, WHAT THE STAFF HAVE WORKED VERY HARD TO DO IS PRESENT THE COUNCIL WITH THE BALANCE BUDGET.

UH, AND SO OUR EXPENDITURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE BRINGING IN.

UH, I'LL TELL YOU THAT THE, A BUDGET IS ALWAYS A WORK PLAN.

IT'S OUR, UH, BEST GUESS AT WHERE THE MONEY'S GONNA COME IN, WHERE WE'RE GONNA SPEND IT.

UH, BUT LIKE MANY OF US, WE'RE EXPERIENCING INFLATION.

SO EVERY ASSUMPTION IS MADE WITH THE BEST INTENTION AND KNOWLEDGE.

BUT, UH, THIS COUNCIL SEES QUARTERLY, UH, BUDGET REVIEWS WHERE WE LOOK AT, UH, ANYWHERE THAT WE'VE HAD TO ADJUST, UH, THOSE NUMBERS.

AND SO, UH, I ANTICIPATE NEXT YEAR, UH, WE'LL BRING TO THE COUNCIL SOME AREAS THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT WHERE WE WANTED.

UH, AND MAYBE, UH, WE'LL HAVE SOME POSITIVE MOVES AND SOME NEGATIVE ONES.

BUT IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT, UH, THIS IS, UH, QUITE AN EFFORT TO GET, UH, OUR CITY IN, UH, THE $55 MILLION BUCKET WITHOUT, UH, WORKING TOWARDS A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT, UH, WHERE WE'RE SPENDING OUT OF OUR RESERVES.

UH, THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THE AREAS THAT CREATED, UH, THE, THE SITUATION WE'RE IN, UH, ALL IN OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUE IS DOWN $47,000.

UH, SALES TAX WAS DOWN $355,000 GAS TAXES DOWN, UH, FOR NEXT YEAR AT, UH, 83, UH, THOUSAND DOLLARS.

WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT HOW THE L AND L DISTRICT HAS BEEN STAGNANT SINCE 1996.

UH, UH, I'M, I CHALLENGE ANYONE TO FIND SOMETHING THAT COST, YOU KNOW, A DOLLAR IN 1996 THAT STILL COSTS A DOLLAR TODAY.

UH, AND THEN, UH, WE HAVE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE THAT THROUGH THE, UH, UH, ARPA PROGRAM, UH, THE AMERICAN RESCUE UH, PLAN ACT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, UH, THAT WE RECEIVED SOME ONE-TIME FUNDING, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO INVEST THAT BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY.

BUT WE'RE GETTING VERY CLOSE TO SPENDING THAT, UH, ENTIRE $10 MILLION OVER THE THREE YEAR PERIOD.

AND SO WHILE WE'VE MADE THOSE INVESTMENTS, THEY'VE ALSO COVERED FOR SOME OF THE OPERATIONAL COSTS THAT NORMALLY WOULD'VE BEEN, UH, BORNE BY THE GENERAL FUND.

UM, ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, THE STAFF LOOKED AT ALL OF THE PROPOSED ACTIONS AND CUT WHERE WE COULD TO THE BARE MINIMUM, BUT THAT ALSO MEANS THAT THERE ARE THINGS WE'RE NOT DOING.

SO THERE'S DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND, UH, FEWER CAPITAL PROJECTS.

UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROPOSED NEW POSITIONS OR RECLASSIFICATIONS FOR THIS YEAR.

UH, THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS HAS 161, UH, TOTAL EMPLOYEES, 1 54 OF THEM BEING FULL-TIME.

UH, LOOKING BACK THROUGH, UH, PAST, UH, BUDGETS, IT WAS 2008, 2009 WHEN WE HAD THE BIG, UH, ECONOMIC DOWNTURN DUE TO THE, UH, COLLAPSE OF THE HOUSING MARKET AT THAT TIME.

SO GOING BACK TO 2008, WE HAD 164 EMPLOYEES ON THE BOOKS.

UH, THROUGHOUT SUCCESSIVE YEARS, WE SHRANK OUR, UH, OUR STAFF, UH, DUE TO ATTRITION.

UH, WE DIDN'T FILL POSITIONS.

IT'S TAKEN US ALL THIS TIME TO BUILD BACK TO 1 61, AND WE STILL DON'T HAVE ALL THE EMPLOYEES.

WE DID, YOU KNOW, 20 OR SO YEARS AGO, OR I'LL DO THE MATH LATER, , UH, WE, UH, HAVE OUR L AND L EXPENDITURES, UH, ARE SIGNIFICANTLY CUT, UH, IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MANAGE THE SUBSIDY.

UH, AS COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ POINTED OUT THE GREAT WORK OF THE PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO PUT IN DROUGHT TOLERANT, UH, PLANTS.

SO WE USE LESS WATER TO PULL OUT GRASS WHERE WE DON'T NEED GRASS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO MOW IT EVERY WEEK.

ALL OF THE, UH, KIND OF COST SAVING MEASURES, UH, HAVE BEEN DONE WHERE THEY CAN BE.

AND WE'RE REALLY GONNA STRUGGLE WITH BEING ABLE TO BALANCE A BUDGET LIKE THIS, UH, AGAIN.

AND SO WE'VE, WE'VE CUT THE LOW HANGING FRUIT FOR THE MOST PART.

WE'VE CUT THE LOW HANGING FRUIT, THE TREE, UH, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT WHETHER OR NOT, UH, AND WE'RE USING PURPLE PIPE ON IT JUST TO SAVE EVEN MORE.

UH, AND SO, UH, I ANTICIPATE THAT IF WE DON'T SEE A, A DRAMATIC UPTICK IN REVENUE OR SOME WEIRD FREEZING OF, UH, OF EXPENDITURES NEXT YEAR, WE'LL HAVE A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION.

UH, WE CUT ROUGHLY $3.1 MILLION OUT OF WHAT STAFF WANTED INITIALLY IN THE BUDGET, UH, IN ORDER TO GET A BALANCED BUDGET.

WE THINK IT'S MANAGEABLE.

THERE WILL BE SOME FLUCTUATIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT ULTIMATELY, UH,

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UH, WE TALKED BRIEFLY ABOUT THE GENERAL FUND RESERVES, UH, BEING AT $43 MILLION.

BUT, UH, VICE MAYOR BENNETT, I THINK THIS IS THE SLIDE THAT REALLY DRIVES HOME THE CUMULATIVE IMPACT OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OF, UH, OUR PROJECTED REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES.

UH, LOOKING AT THE PROPOSED, UH, UH, 24 25, UH, BUDGET YOU SEE THERE THAT, UH, OUR, UH, BEGINNING FUND BALANCE AT THE VERY BOTTOM, UH, OF $43 MILLION IS EXACTLY $43.4 MILLION BECAUSE, UH, THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES MATCH.

BUT WHEN YOU START TO PROGRAM OUT YEAR 2, 3, 4, AND FIVE OF THIS FIVE YEAR OUTLOOK, UH, YOU SEE THAT OPERATING REVENUE GROWS VERY SLOWLY, UH, OVER THE FIVE YEARS.

AND WE START TO SEE THE OPERATING EXPENDITURES INCREASE FROM A STAFF POINT OF VIEW.

WHAT WE DO IS WE LOOK AT ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS, ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS, UH, WHAT WE ANTICIPATE INFLATION WILL BE, AND WE SAY, HERE'S WHERE THOSE COSTS WILL START TO GROW.

UH, IF YOU JUMP DOWN TO THE THIRD, UH, LINE FROM THE BOTTOM, YOU SEE THAT NEXT YEAR WE ANTICIPATE A $3.9 MILLION, UH, UH, DEFICIT, OR WHERE OUR EXPENDITURES WILL EXCEED REVENUE.

UH, THAT'S MAKING TWO CRITICAL ASSUMPTIONS THAT, UH, OUR REVENUE DOESN'T JUMP IN A WAY WE CAN'T FORECAST, WHICH WOULD BE GREAT IF THAT DID HAPPEN.

UH, AND IT, UH, ASSUMES THAT WE WILL, UH, HAVE, UH, THE EXPENDITURES THAT WERE FORECAST.

UH, THE COUNCIL ALWAYS HAS THE, UH, AUTHORITY AND CAN GIVE STAFF DIRECTION TO START TO CUT IN WAYS THAT, UH, BECOME FAIRLY OBVIOUS TO THE PUBLIC.

THE BUDGET THAT'S PROJECTED FOR THIS YEAR TRIES TO MINIMIZE ANY NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO THE PUBLIC.

UH, BUT YOU CAN ONLY DO THAT FOR SO LONG.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT, UH, THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, WE'RE LOOKING AT 3.9 AND TO VICE MAYOR BENNETT'S POINT, UH, YOU START TO SEE THAT THAT 3.9 JUMPS TO 7.6 IN A SUCCESSIVE YEAR AND THEN FLATTENS OUT A LITTLE BIT AT 4 MILLION PROJECTED FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.

BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS WHERE IT REALLY COMES HOME IN THAT, THAT 43, WHICH IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT NEST EGG, STARTS TO ERODE PRETTY QUICKLY.

UH, 43 BECOMES 39.4 A YEAR OUT AND 31.

AND THEN WHEN YOU REALLY GET OUT TO THE FIFTH YEAR, YOU'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, ALMOST HALF OF OUR NEST EGG THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, UH, ACCUMULATE OVER, UH, 30 PLUS YEARS OF, UH, CITY HOOD.

UH, NOW IS HALF THAT.

SO IT'S A BIG, BIG DRAW, I THINK.

SORRY, AND I THINK SOMETHING THAT WE WENT OVER DURING THE BUDGET WORKSHOP, WHICH I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING HERE, I'M GLAD TO BE OVER BRONCHITIS.

UM, THE, YOU KNOW, OUR RESIDENTS HAVE GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO A CERTAIN LEVEL OF, YOU KNOW, UH, OF COMFORT WHEN IT COMES AS A CITY.

YOU KNOW, WE, WE SUBSIDIZE A LOT OF PARKS AND REC AND QUALITY OF LIFE TYPES OF ISSUES.

YOU KNOW, CONCERTS IN THE PARK ISN'T CHEAP.

ALL OF THE PARKS AND REC, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, ITEMS THAT WE PROVIDE TO RESIDENTS ISN'T FREE.

IT'S COMING OUTTA SOMEWHERE AND RESIDENTS NEED TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT, IT, IT HAS TO BE PAID FROM SOMEWHERE, AND IT'S COMING OUT OF THE DEFICIT THAT WE'RE NOW SEEING IN OPERATING EXPENDITURES.

AND THAT'S GONNA CONTINUE TO KEEP GOING DOWN THE ROAD.

SO YOU CAN ONLY AFFORD THE GOVERNMENT YOU COULD PAY FOR.

SO WE'RE GONNA NEED TO START TO HAVE SOME HARD CONVERSATIONS, YOU KNOW, SOONER RATHER THAN LATER WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY DEPUTIES DO YOU NOT WANT TO PUT ON THE STREETS VERSUS, I DON'T KNOW, WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, PROGRAMS YOU WANT FOR THE CITY.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, WE, WE'VE BEEN WHISTLING PAST THE GRAVEYARD WHEN IT COMES TO THIS FOR A LONG TIME, AND WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING TO THAT POINT WHERE WE NEED TO ACTUALLY DISCUSS IT.

YEAH, BEN, I THINK ANOTHER TWO LINES THAT WE REALLY ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.

THE TOP TWO LINES, THE OPERATING REVENUES ARE GOING UP, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING UP AS FAST, AS FAST AS THE EXPENDITURES BECAUSE THINGS ARE COSTING MORE MONEY.

THEN THROW IN THE FACT THAT THE SUBSIDIES ARE COMING ARE, ARE INCREASING.

THAT'S WHY THAT ENDING FUND BALANCE IS DROPPING FROM 43.4 MILLION DOWN TO, OR PROPOSED TO GO DOWN TO 26 OR 23.6.

IF WE CAN FIND THE INFUSION OF ADDITIONAL REVENUES, WE WON'T GET TORN UP ON THIS THING.

'CAUSE THAT IT'S CRITICAL THAT, UH,

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HEALTHY CITIES MAINTAIN GOOD, UH, UNRESTRICTED FUND BALANCE BECAUSE WHEN THE RAINY DAY COMES ACROSS OR SOME UNEXPECTED HUGE EXPENDITURE COMES ALONG, UH, WE GOTTA HAVE THE MONEY TO DO IT.

OR WHAT DO WE DO, GO AFTER THE, THE DECISIONS TO, YOU KNOW, OPEN THEIR CHECKBOOKS.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S AN OVER EXAGGERATION OR MASSIVE LAYOFFS.

OR MASSIVE LAYOFFS.

AND WE'VE, WE'VE MAINTAINED THAT STEADY, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, EMPLOYEE COUNT FOR ALL THE YEARS.

SO, NEVER BEEN, AND YOU KNOW, ENOUGH, WE CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT OUR ORIGINAL COUNSEL THAT MADE THE ABSOLUTE FANTASTIC DECISION TO NOT HAVE OUR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT THE CONTRACT WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

'CAUSE THAT IS THE BEST AND, AND WISEST THING THAT ANY COUNCIL COULD HAVE EVER DONE.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE CAN'T DRIVE THAT HOME ENOUGH.

WE'VE GOT MORE BAR BANG FOR BUCK THAN, THAN YOU COULD IMAGINE.

SO I'LL SIT, I'LL GET OFF MY STOP POST.

NO, GREAT.

THERE'S, SO THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, LOOKING AT FISCAL YEAR 26, 27, THE 7.8, 7.6 MILLION, THE DEFICIT THERE IS THAT, UH, BECAUSE OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING, UH, LET'S SEE THE DIFFERENCE, YOU FIGURE DOING SOME QUICK MATH.

I WOULD SAY THE SPLASH PAD MAYBE, UH, NO, I WOULDN'T SAY THAT.

I'D SAY THAT'S WHERE WE START TO SEE SOME OF THE DEFERRED, UH, UM, EXPENDITURES POP UP.

SO JUST DOING THE SIMPLE MATH AND THAT YEAR WE HAVE 58, UH, MILLION IN REVENUE, 55 IN EXPENDITURES.

BUT AS, UH, UH, VICE MAYOR BENNETT POINTED OUT THE SUBSIDY, UH, IS, UH, LOOKED AT 3.6 MILLION OF THAT SEVEN, UH, THE TRANSFER TO COMMUNITY SERVICES GROWS.

SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF THINGS.

WE'LL SEE FIVE DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND, AND I THANK THE COUNCIL.

I KNOW YOU WENT THROUGH ALL OF THIS THROUGH, UH, THE BUDGET, UH, WORKSHOP.

BUT IT IS IMPORTANT, THE DISCUSSION ABOUT OUR, UH, FINANCES BEGINS HERE.

UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL, THIS COUNCIL, MANY OF MY PREDECESSORS, UH, UH, THE SUBSIDY IN THE LAND, UH, LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING DISTRICT GOES BACK AT LEAST FOUR CITY MANAGERS.

IT'S, IT WAS MANAGEABLE FOR A LONG TIME.

WE'RE JUST GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE IT, IT ACTUALLY REQUIRES A, A, A MUCH DIFFERENT CONVERSATION.

WE HAVE A LARGE, UH, IN COMPARISON TO MANY OTHER CITIES, UH, UH, RESERVE.

BUT THAT IS ONLY FOR AS LONG AS YOU'RE SAVING IT FOR WHAT IT SHOULD BE, A RAINY DAY FUND.

WHEN YOU START TO USE IT FOR OPERATIONS, YOU SEE IT DROPS, UH, VERY, VERY QUICKLY.

ONE FOLLOW UP QUESTION AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS, UM, I KNOW WE HAVE TCP 1 23 THAT SHOULD BE COMING UP, HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE YEAR THIS YEAR, WHERE WE ACTUALLY WILL START SAVING SOME MONIES.

HAS THAT BEEN FACTORED INTO THIS AS FAR AS OUR COSTS, WE'RE NOT HAVING TO BUY WATER.

SO, AND THAT'S A GREAT POINT TO PULL OUT.

UH, TO POINT OUT BOTH THE PUBLIC AND THE CITY WILL BENEFIT FROM OUR WATER TREATMENT FACILITY COMING ONLINE.

WE WON'T HAVE TO BUY AS MUCH, UH, IMPORTED WATER.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE OUR OWN WELL WATER.

THE CITY ACTUALLY PAYS FOR ALL OF THE WATER THAT WE USE IN OUR PARKS.

UH, NOT EVERYONE KNOWS THAT EVEN THOUGH WE'RE ESSENTIALLY THE WATER COMPANY, THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT.

AND THROUGH FUND ACCOUNTING, IT'S SEPARATE.

BUT WHEN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT MAKES ESTIMATES ABOUT WHAT IT'S GONNA COST TO RUN THE CITY, UH, THAT'S ALSO CONSIDERED, UH, IN, IN THE, UH, KIND OF SUCCESS OF YEARS.

SO.

OF THE, UH, SPECIFICS BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT IS, UH, WE HAVE, UH, CITY YARD PROJECT, UH, THAT'S PROPOSED TO REPLACE FURNITURE THAT'S, UH, WELL PAST ITS USEFUL LIFE.

UH, THIS IS JUST BRIEFLY AN ILLUSTRATION OF WHAT WE'VE ALREADY COVERED FROM PERSONNEL.

UH, SO I'M GONNA BRIEFLY GO OVER OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, OUR CIP.

UH, WE HAVE PROPOSED, UH, UH, IN THE PRIOR YEAR BUDGET, UH, 24 PROJECTS, UH, IN OUR PARKS AND OPEN SPACE AREAS, PUBLIC FACILITIES, SEWER STREETS, AND WATER, AND RECYCLED WATER.

UH, AND THIS WILL BE A GOOD, UH, SLIDE TO CONTRAST WHAT, WHAT WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW VERSUS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR THE NEXT YEAR.

SO, 24 PROJECTS REPRESENT ALMOST $12 MILLION, UH, WORTH OF EXPENDITURES.

UH, WHEREAS THIS YEAR, WE'RE STREAMLINING OUR CRP PRO, UH, PROGRAM TO PROVIDE, UH, $4.6 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS WITH 90% OF THAT BEING, UH, IN THE AREA OF STREETS.

UH, WHEN YOU GO BACK TO OUR, UH, FIVE, UH, BUDGET, OUR FIVE PRIORITIES, UH, TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, WAS ONE OF THE HIGH, UH, ONE OF THE FIVE.

SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S REFLECTED HERE IN OUR CIP PROGRAM.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT, UH, WHERE, UH, THESE VARIOUS FUNDING SOURCES ARE, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, ABOUT HALF OF THAT IS COMING FROM, UH, ROAD, UH, UH, FUNDING SOURCES, UH, JUST TO DRIVE HOME.

SOME

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UH, AND THEN WE HAVE A COUPLE SEWER PROJECTS WHERE WE HAVE A LIFT STATION, UH, GRADING THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED FROM A, TO ADDRESS A SAFETY CONCERN.

AND THEN WE HAVE SOME, UH, SITE ROOF REPAIRS, UH, OUT, UH, RELATED TO OUR, UH, SEWER, UH, OPERATIONS.

AND THEN THE LION'S SHARE, THE, OR THE, THE BALANCE OF THE PROJECTS ARE IN OUR STREETS AREA, WHETHER IT'S A, UH, CHINO HILLS PARKWAY, PAVEMENT REHAB, UH, UH, MONTECITO DRIVE, IMPROVEMENTS, SLEEPY HOLLOW.

THESE ARE ALL SPECIFIC PROGRAM, UH, PROJECTS.

PEYTON DRIVE HAS A LARGE PROJECT OF 1.2 MILLION.

UH, BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT THE CITY IS ALWAYS INVESTING IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN GENERAL AREAS SUCH AS SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT.

THERE'S $300,000 THERE.

AND THEN WE INVEST $1.7 MILLION, UH, IN THE NEXT BUDGET, UH, FOR GENERAL STREET STREET PROGRAMS. UH, AS, UH, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND ENGINEER, CITY ENGINEER ALWAYS POINTS OUT TO ME, IT'S A LOT CHEAPER TO, UH, MAINTAIN A ROADWAY THROUGH A SLURRY SEAL OR, OR SMALL, UH, UH, PROTECTIONS AGAINST THE ROAD, UH, ERODING THAN IT IS TO REFURBISH A ROAD.

SO, AGAIN, UH, A REALLY GOOD, UH, UH, ILLUSTRATION OF THE CITY COUNCIL'S, UH, INVESTMENT AND, UH, STEWARDSHIP IN MAKING SURE WE'RE ALWAYS PUTTING MONEY, MONEY TOWARD OUR STREETS, UH, BECAUSE IT COSTS A LOT MORE TO FIX THEM AFTER THEY'VE GONE BACK.

UH, SO THAT IS THE CONCLUSION OF, UH, THE BUDGET PRESENTATION.

I THINK I, UH, TALKED A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN, UH, WE DID AT THE WORKSHOP, WHICH WAS TWO HOURS.

UH, I DO APPRECIATE ALL OF THE QUESTIONS.

IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR ME OR THE EXECUTIVE TEAM, UH, WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ADD COMMENTS.

ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH.

ARE WE GOOD? UH, ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE I OPEN THE, I THINK BRENT HAS ONE MORE.

I SAID YEAH.

OH, I THINK HE SAID NO.

OH, NO PROBLEM.

COMMUNITY SERVICES, IT'S A BIG NUMBER.

CAN WE HAVE A LINE ITEM AS WE MOVE FORWARD? 'CAUSE I WANNA FIND OUT EXACTLY WHERE THAT MONEY'S BEING SPENT, SO THIS WAY WE CAN SORT OF HAVE OUR EYES ON IT TO SEE IF WE CAN MAKE ANY CORRECTIONS.

WE DON'T DO LINE ITEM BUDGETS FOR ANY OF OUR PROGRAM AREAS.

UH, WE'RE ALWAYS HAPPY TO BRING TO THE COUNCIL ANY, UH, OVERSIGHT OF, OF AREAS.

UM, AND I DON'T HAVE MY FULL BUDGET, UH, WITH ME, BUT THERE ARE CATEGORIES, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING FROM CONTRACTS, PERSONNEL, THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT WE DON'T, UH, CALL OUT, LIKE, WHAT DO CONCERTS COST OR WHAT DO, UH, ALL OF OUR OTHER PROGRAM BY AREAS I THINK I CAN LOOK AT, LIKE STAFFING.

AND THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM.

IT'S THE 3 MILLION OR 4 MILLION OR JUST A NUMBER.

THEY REALLY DON'T KNOW WHERE IT GOES.

SO THAT'S THE AREA I'M CONCERNED ABOUT.

WE CAN GIVE SOME MORE, UH, INSIGHT INTO THAT.

GOOD.

ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? NOPE.

SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO OPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

CHERYL, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? WE DO.

WE HAVE TWO SPEAKER CARDS.

EXCUSE ME.

WE HAVE TWO SPEAKER CARDS.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JIM GALLAGHER.

FOLLOWED BY TYLER SHIELDS.

UH, THANK YOU.

FIRST OF ALL, I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED WITH THE WORK THAT THE STAFF PUTS TOGETHER, UH, THESE BUDGET REVIEWS AND REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW YOU ARTICULATE IT.

I THINK IT'S OPEN, IT'S TRANSPARENT.

UH, I THINK IT'S BENEFICIAL TO ALL OF THE RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THEIR TAX DOLLARS GO.

AND I, I THINK THAT'S GREAT.

UH, ALSO, I, I TOO RECOGNIZED THE STEPS THAT WE TOOK OVER THE YEARS, YOU KNOW, TO HELP REDUCE OUR OPERATING EXPENDITURES.

LIKE, LIKE AS YOU MENTIONED, UH, COUNCILMAN MARQUEZ, THE, THE, UH, LIGHT STANDARDS WHERE WE ACQUIRED THEM AND, AND THE LED LIGHTS AND HOW WE MOVE TO MORE DROUGHT FRIENDLY, UH, REGIONS, YOU KNOW, IN THE CITY.

I THINK ALL OF THAT HAS REALLY HELPED.

ONE OF MY QUESTIONS THAT I'VE ALWAYS BEEN, UH, WONDERING ABOUT IS WHY HAVEN'T WE ALSO ADOPTED SOME TYPE OF SOLAR SOLUTION TO ALSO HELP WITH OUR, AND REDUCE OUR ELECTRICAL, UH, EXPENDITURES? I KNOW THAT THE, UH, C-D-U-S-D, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, PUT SOLAR PANELS UP IN ALL THEIR PARKING LOTS.

UH, I THINK, UH, THE PURPOSE, OF COURSE WAS TO REDUCE, YOU KNOW, THEIR COSTS IN THOSE AREAS.

SO TO ME, I, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A, AN OUTSTANDING, UH, APPROACH TO AT LEAST REDUCE THOSE EXPENDITURES.

AND THE OTHER THING, UH, BEING PRIVY TO THE CITY OF CHINO, WHEN THEY DID APPROACH EVERYBODY ABOUT THEIR 1% SALES TAX, UH, I WAS VERY IMPRESSED HOW THEY SOLD IT.

THEY DIDN'T HIRE ANY, UH, SPECIAL PEOPLE TO GO OUT AND MARKET IT.

THEY JUST SENT OUT THEIR CITY MANAGER, THEIR POLICE CHIEF,

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AND A STAFF MEMBER.

AND, AND SOME OF YOU PROBABLY WITNESSED HOW THEY, THEY PRESENTED IT.

UH, THEY SAW IT VERY WELL.

THEY WENT EVERYWHERE.

A 1% SALES TAX IS NEEDED IN THIS CITY.

I HATE TO SAY IT, UH, 'CAUSE I KNOW SOMETIMES PEOPLE FEEL LIKE A TAX IS A BAD THING.

UH, BUT IT REALLY ISN'T.

UH, WE, THIS CITY RIGHT NOW, AS YOU KNOW, HAS LESS SALES TAX THAN, UH, THE OTHER CITIES.

YOU KNOW, AND IT'S MAYBE TIME TO, UH, APPROACH THAT ISSUE AND NOT BE AFRAID OF IT.

UH, GO OUT AND, AND MARKET IT TO THE, TO THE PUBLIC AND EXPLAIN HOW IT WOULD BENEFIT US.

SO, THANK YOU.

THANKS, JIM.

TYLER SHIELDS IN THE, UH, REMARKS, UH, TO JIM GALLAGHER, AS WELL AS MARTIN MARTINEZ, UH, UH, THE LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING.

UH, WHY HAVEN'T THE CITY, UH, INVESTED IN ANY TYPE OF CLEAN ENERGY TYPE OF, UM, LIKE SOLAR PANELS AND WIND PANELS OR WIND, UH, TERMINALS LIKE WE SEE NEAR AS WE PASS THROUGH A DIFFERENT TYPE OF DESERT TYPE COMMUNITIES? BECAUSE THE FACT THAT WE LIVE IN A DRIVE VEGETATION AREA, WE DON'T REALLY SEE THE GREEN IN THIS CITY ANYMORE.

AS WE, YOU ADVERTISE IN YOUR, YOUR PLANNING IN BUDGETS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

UM, BUT WHEN I LOOK OUT, UH, IN REAL WORLD, I SEE JUST BROWN AND GRAY AREAS.

THAT'S NOT CLEAR TO ANY CLEAN TYPE OF ENERGY OR CLEAN ENVIRONMENT OR ANY TYPE OF WELLBEING TO, YOU KNOW, WELL THE COMMUNITY AND THEIR HEALTH AND AND MENTAL, UH, WELLBEING.

THANK YOU, TYLER.

SO I THINK THAT WAS ALL THE SPEAKERS WE HAVE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.

CHERYL, NO MORE FOR THIS.

I DO HAVE A SPEAKER CARD, UM, FOR BUDGET AND FINANCE, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S PERTAINING TO THIS HEARING.

IS IT PERTAINING TO THIS HEARING? OKAY.

AND THIS WOULD IS THE FINAL.

THERE'S GENERAL COMMENTS.

IT'S, UM, S SAEED S HOW ARE YOU? HOW IS EVERYBODY DOING? GOOD, THANK YOU.

THREE MINUTES.

IS IT WITH THE CEO? UH, I JUST LOOKED AT THE BUDGET OF FINANCE, AND I DO REMEMBER TWO INCIDENTS THAT MIGHT CONTRIBUTE TO OUR DEFICIT.

DURING THE FUNDRAISING FOR DINNER FOR OUR MAYOR, THERE WERE 11 PROTESTORS.

11, FOUR ADULTS, SIX CHILDREN, AND ONE FEMALE.

I WAS ONE OF THE ADULTS.

THERE WAS, UH, EXCUSE ME.

I LETTING YOU KNOW I WANNA SPEAK.

THIS IS FINANCIAL ISSUE.

PLEASE DO NOT LET CUT ME OFF.

THERE'S A LOT OF FINANCIAL, I'M MENTIONING.

THIS IS FINANCE.

MA'AM, PLEASE, IF I MAY, NO, I'M A CITIZEN.

I'M ENTITLED TO .

YOU'RE ENTITLED TO SPEAK WHEN IT'S THE APPROPRIATE TIME.

IT IS APPROPRIATE.

I CAN, AND THIS IS NOT RELATED TO THIS BUDGET HEARING.

RIGHT HERE.

OUR TAXPAYER WAS PENDING ON, THERE'S A, THERE'S GENERAL COMMENTS MANAGER.

THERE'S GENERAL COMMENTS AFTER THIS.

11.

HE'S DONE SPEAKING PEACEFULLY.

HE'S DONE SPEAKING.

MA'AM.

NOTAM, PLEASE LET ME, LET ME, YOU CAN SPEAK AT THE NEXT TIME.

16.

SHERIFF CALL, PLEASE.

HE'S DONE SPEAKING, SIR.

EXCUSE ME.

EXCUSE ME, SIR.

COULD YOU PLEASE PAUSE FOR A SECOND WHILE WE CLARIFY THINGS HERE AT THE DIOCESE, PLEASE.

THERE'S GOTTA BE A PUBLIC COMMUNICATION AFTER THIS IS OVER.

AND YOU CAN SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC THEN.

I THOUGHT IT'S FINANCE.

THIS IS THE BUDGET.

THE BUDGET, BUDGET.

FINANCE.

THIS IS A BUDGET THAT'S BEING APPROVED.

IT IT, RIGHT, JUST YOUR COMMENTS.

OR MARK 97.

POLICE OFFICER.

FOR WHAT? FOR 11 AMERICAN REASON FLAG REQUESTING.

MARK.

IT'S NOT, SIR, IT IS NOT RELATED TO THIS.

IF YOU DO NOT SIT DOWN, YOU WILL BE REMOVED.

IF YOU DO NOT REMO, IF YOU DO NOT SIT DOWN, YOU WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE CHAMBERS.

I'LL SIT DOWN.

I JUST TOLD THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WELCOME.

ONE SEVEN POLICE OFFICER FOR A AVERAGE CITIZEN.

BRANDON, WHY? TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO HIM OFF.

THAT'S WHERE OUR MONEY GOES.

AND ACTUALLY, I'M GONNA LEAVE.

I DON'T WANNA SIT IN THE PRESENCE OF ANYWAYS, ESPECIALLY YOU.

I WALK IN MY DOOR.

HOW ARE YOU? GOOD TO SEE YOU.

I MEAN, GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL.

CHERYL, THAT'S THE LAST PUBLIC SPEAKER FOR THIS HEARING.

I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, CORRECT? I'M GONNA BRING IT UP HERE.

ANY CLOSING COMMENTS? I'LL MOVE THE ITEM.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

OKAY, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES.

FIVE ZERO.

MAY I HAVE THE MOTION? AND SECOND AGAIN, WHO, WHO DID IT? MOTION BY PETER IS SECOND BY MYSELF.

IT'S ITEMS NUMBER 14 AND 15.

NEXT WE MOVE ON TO

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DOES ANYONE WANT TO PULL, UH, ANY OF THESE TWO ITEMS? I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THEM.

MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

BRIAN, IS THERE A SECOND? RAISE SECOND.

YES, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.

NEXT WE

[16. 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, 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.

I HAVE, LET ME TELL YOU HOW MANY, WE HAVE SIX SPEAKER CARDS ON THIS ITEM, AND WE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING ANY MORE SPEAKER CARDS ON THIS ITEM.

IF THERE'S GONNA BE OUTBURSTS, THERE IS AN OUTBURST BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.

AND RAY'S GONNA BE BACK IN LIKE TWO MINUTES.

SO UNTIL HE GETS BACK, I JUST WANT TO, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK STAFF AND LEGAL FOR COMING UP WITH THE DEFINITION OF CITY BUSINESS.

SO WE CAN CLARIFY TO PUBLIC, UH, THE PUBLIC WHAT EXACTLY CITY BUSINESS IS IN THE NEW FORMAT WE HAVE, UM, THE SECOND SET OF PUBLIC COMMENTS.

CITY BUSINESS INCLUDES MATTERS OVER WHICH THE CITY HAS BEEN GRANTED AUTHORITY PURSUANT TO STATE LAW, SUBJECT TO STATE AND LEGAL AND FEDERAL LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATIONS.

THESE MATTERS INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF STREETS, PARK AND PUBLIC FACILITIES, PROVIDING WATER, SEWER, AND TRASH SERVICES, PROVIDING RECREATION SERVICES AND PROGRAMS OVERSEEING LAND DEVELOPMENT.

EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT OF THE CITY'S AUTHORITY THAT HAS BEEN PREEMPTED BY, UH, FEDERAL AND STATE LAW, PROVIDING PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES, INCLUDING POLICE AND FIRE AND PARAMEDIC SERVICES, WHICH THE CITY DOES.

BY CONTRACTING WITH THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND WORKING WITH THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT AND THROUGH ITS OWN CODE ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT, WE IMPOSE REGULATIONS OVER CONDUCT AND ACTIVITIES IN THE CITY TO PROTECT THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THE CITY ALSO HAS THE RIGHT TO HIRE AND MANAGE PERSONNEL, THE RESPONSIBILITY TO REMAIN PUBLIC RECORDS THROUGH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, AND THE AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE FEES AND TAXES, AND PROVIDE THE FINANCIAL SERVICES NECESSARY TO PROVIDE THE ABOVE SERVICES.

THAT IS CITY BUSINESS.

THAT IS WHAT THE FIVE OF US HAVE BEEN ELECTED TO OVERSEE.

AND WITH THAT, WE'RE GONNA PROCEED WITH THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

AND I THINK THERE'S SIX, RIGHT? YES.

OKAY, LET'S GO.

LET'S, HARPER SPEAKER IS SELENA FOLLOWED BY ZU? WHERE'S RAY GOING? WHO KNOWS? I DON'T KNOW.

I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.

THIS IS NATIONAL L-G-B-T-Q PRIDE MONTH, WHICH HONORS THE 1969 STONEWALL RIOTS AND, UM, RIOTS.

THEY WERE NEEDED TO SECURE RIGHTS FOR OUR LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANS AND QUEER PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY, BE, UM, A MARGINALIZED GROUP.

AND, UM, I WANT TO REMIND YOU, ESPECIALLY MR. BENNETT, WHO HAS, UM, SPOKEN NEGATIVELY AND IN DEROGATORY WAYS ABOUT PEOPLE WHO PROTEST AND USE EXERCISE, THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS UNDER THE US CONSTITUTION.

I WANNA REMIND YOU THAT, UM, EQUAL RIGHTS HAVE BEEN HARD FOUGHT IN THIS COUNTRY.

AND LARGELY, UM, AS WE ACKNOWLEDGE L-B-L-G-B-T-Q PRIDE MONTH, WERE ACKNOWLEDGING HOW RIOTS WERE USED BECAUSE PEOPLE DIDN'T LISTEN TO THEIR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

OKAY? YOU'RE ACCUSING ME OF SAYING SOMETHING.

ARE YOU INTERRUPTING ME? I THINK IT'S MY TIME RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE NOT NOT GONNA ENGAGE.

I ALSO WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE YOU'RE JUNETEENTH.

WE'RE NOT, WHICH COMMEMORATES THE DAY WHEN 250,000 ENSLAVED PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS WERE DECLARED FREE BY THE US ARMY.

WITH THIS, WE CELEBRATE THE END OF A DISGUSTING AND INHUMANE LEGACY AND LEGAL SYSTEM.

IT WAS LEGAL.

IT WAS LEGAL IN THIS COUNTRY, AND PEOPLE HAD TO FIGHT AND THEY HAD TO RIOT.

THERE WERE SLAVE RIOTS.

ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.

I'M ADDRESSING YOU AND YOU WERE ON THE COUNCIL.

SO WE NEED TO REMEMBER OUR HISTORY AND NOT JUST, UM, NOT JUST ENGAGE IN THESE PERFORMATIVE ACTS OF PATRIOTISM.

'CAUSE I SEE US STANDING AND PLEDGING ALLEGIANCE TO THIS FLAG.

AND I DON'T SEE US IN THIS COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY ON THIS COUNCIL, ESPECIALLY YOU, MR. BENNETT, HONORING WHAT THAT FLAG IS SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT IN THIS COUNTRY AND IN THIS CITY.

YOU CAN WALK AWAY.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO HEAR ME.

MANY MEN LIKE YOU.

I'M, I SPENT, AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I HAVE A QUOTE FOR YOU, FOR YOUR RIGHT TO SAY THIS.

AND YOU DON'T SAY THAT TO ME.

I HAVE A RIGHT EVERY RIGHT TO SAY IT BECAUSE IT'S MY FIRST AMENDMENT, RIGHT, WHICH YOU FOUGHT FOR.

SO YOU SHOULD KNOW WHAT MY RIGHTS ARE.

AND I WANNA, I WANT TO TELL YOU, MR. BENNETT, WE ARE GONNA SHAME ON HIM.

I WANT TO TELL MR. BENNETT I 43 SECONDS, HE'S ON THE CLOCK.

HE'S TALKING.

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I THINK YOU SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.

DO NOT TELL THEM WHAT MEAN, I WILL SAY WHAT I NEED TO SAY.

WELL, THEN BE FAIR ABOUT IT.

IF THERE'S AN OUTBURST, I'M GONNA CLEAR THE CHAMBERS AND THE STAT AND ONLY WILL SAY, WE'LL PRESS CONTINUE.

I HAVE 43 SECONDS ON THE CLOCK.

43 SECONDS.

JUST GO.

CELINA, GO AHEAD.

I'LL END WITH THIS QUOTE FROM AN AMERICAN VETERAN, ONE OF MY HEROES, HOWARD ZINN.

THERE IS NO FLAG LARGE ENOUGH TO COVER THE SHAME OF KILLING INNOCENT PEOPLE.

THERE'S NEVER BEEN, IT'S NEVER BEEN BIG ENOUGH TO COVER THE SHAME OF INNOCENT PEOPLE.

IT WASN'T BIG ENOUGH THEN.

IT WASN'T BIG ENOUGH DURING VIETNAM WAR, WHICH MR. BENNETT SO PROUDLY FOUGHT FOR TO KILL INNOCENT PEOPLE.

AND IT'S SURE AS HELL NOT OKAY.

NOW, WHEN WE'RE MURDERING PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.

SELENA HAS FREE PALESTINE.

WHO'S NEXT? CHERYL? MAYOR.

MAYOR.

I, I DON'T, UM, PLEASE TAKE A PAUSE, SIR.

SECOND.

UM, YOU KNOW, I PREFER NOT TO INTERRUPT PEOPLE WHILE THEY'RE SPEAKING AND WE'VE NOW THIS IS I THINK THE 11TH MEETING NOW OF COMMENT ON THIS TOPIC.

CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE LOUDER? I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY.

I DON'T WANNA REALLY WANNA INTERRUPT SPEAKERS WHILE THEY'RE TALKING.

THIS IS THE 11TH, I THINK, MEETING WHERE WE'VE HAD THESE COMMUNICATIONS AND WE'VE MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THE TOPIC OF THE GAZA STRIP IS NOT CITY BUSINESS.

UM, SO AGAIN, JUST FOR THE SPEAKERS THAT ARE COMING UP, JUST WANNA REMIND THEM OF THAT SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ME INTERRUPT THEM.

THE SPEAKER IS ZHA, FOLLOWED BY SOPHIA.

GOOD EVENING COUNSEL.

MY NAME IS ZHA KHAN.

OH, THANK YOU.

AND I'D LIKE TO FIRST START WITH TWO INSTANCES OF, OR ACTUALLY ONE INSTANCE OF PALESTINIAN HATE AND ONE INSTANCE OF PHYSICAL THREAT THAT WAS SAID TO ME WHILE I WAS PROTESTING WITH MY PALESTINIAN FLAG WITHIN THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

UH, THE FIRST I HAD AN INDIVIDUAL WITH HIS TRUCK COME TO ME AND YELL AT ME TO GO BACK TO PALESTINE.

IF I WANTED TO LIVE HERE, I COULDN'T RAISE MY PALESTINIAN FLAG.

SO THAT KIND OF GOES AGAINST ANTI PALESTINIAN HATE TALKS THAT WE PASSED IN THE AMENDMENT.

AND THE SECOND INSTANCE WAS, I'M HOLDING MY PALESTINIAN FLAG AT A SIDEWALK AND I HAVE A MAN AT A CROSSWALK IN HIS TRUCK WAITING FOR THE LIGHT TO TURN GREEN.

SCREAM FOR TWO MINUTES.

I'M GONNA SHOVE THAT FLAG POLE UP YOUR ASS.

I'M JUST QUOTING HIM.

SO, YOU KNOW, THE AMENDMENT THAT WE PASSED DOESN'T REALLY HAVE ANY AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AS TO WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO IN THIS INSTANCE? WHAT IS THE PENALTY FOR TALKING LIKE THIS? EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DECLARED THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE TALKING LIKE THIS.

UH, NOW I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT MY PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH PALESTINIAN INDIVIDUALS AND WHY I THINK THE CITY SHOULD DO SOME MORE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FOR THE PALESTINIAN CITIZENS OF THE CITY.

OAI ACURA, THAT IS THE NAME OF THE 8-YEAR-OLD ORPHAN BOY.

I AND MY MOTHER HAD BEEN SPONSORING FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS, FOR MONTHS NOW, THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THAT HAS BEEN REPORTED HIM AS MISSING, LEAVING MY IMAGINATION TO PREDICT WHAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED TO MY MY 8-YEAR-OLD BOY.

I HAD BEEN SPONSORING.

I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS CITY, HOW IS THIS RELATED TO CITY BUSINESS? AGAIN, WE'RE, THE CITY HAS NO JURISDICTION OVER WHAT IS OCCURRING IN THE GAZA STRIP.

DO YOU WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH SOMETHING THAT'S MORE SPECIFIC TO, THAT'S SPECIFIC TO CITY BUSINESS, PLEASE? YES.

SO THIS BOY IS THE CLOSEST TO FAMILY I HAVE IN PALESTINE.

BUT THERE ARE ACTUAL PALESTINIAN CITIZENS HERE IN THE CITY WHO HAVE LOST LOVED ONES.

MAYOR AND THESE CITIZENS, MAYOR THIS, WHERE, THIS IS WHERE THE, THE DISCONNECT IS JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY KNOWS PEOPLE THERE AND THEY HAPPEN TO BE IN THE CITY, DOESN'T MAKE IT CITY BUSINESS BECAUSE WE HAVE AND NEED TO TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE OCCURRING IN THE CITY.

NOT THINGS.

'CAUSE WE HAVE NEW JURISDICTION OVER IT.

I MEAN, PEOPLE ARE AFFECTED BY THINGS THAT HAPPEN ALL OVER THE WORLD.

I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THAT DOES NOT MAKE THEM CITY BUSINESS.

AND WE'VE BEEN VERY CLEAR ON THIS POINT.

MM-HMM, .

CAN YOU CONTINUE, MOVE ON.

'CAUSE I, YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT HE'S SAYING? YES.

SO WHILE AN ANTI PALESTINIAN HATE AMENDMENT SENDS A MESSAGE OF COMMUNAL UNITY, IT DOES NOT DIRECTLY SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN POPULATION OF CHINO HILLS.

NOR DOES IT PUBLICLY WASH OFF THE STAIN OF SAYING THE STATEMENTS OF STANDING WITH THE STATE OF ISRAEL PREVIOUSLY IN OCTOBER, WHICH ISRAEL HAS NOW BEEN BLACKLISTED BY THE UN FOR INTENTIONALLY VIOLATING THE RIGHTS.

SO YOU ARE SPEAKING TO THE RESOLUTION.

SO LET'S, WE INSTEAD OF GIVING THE BACKGROUND JUST STICK TO THE RESOLUTION THAT 'CAUSE THAT'S CITY BUSINESS.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE RESOLUTION THAT WE PASSED.

BLACKLISTED NOW FOR VIOLATING THE RIGHTS AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN, THAT RAISES A RED FLAG TO ME.

SO THE RESOLUTION DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH AFFIRMATIVE ACTION.

AND TO THE CITY MADE PUBLIC STATEMENTS TO STANDING WITH ISRAEL, WHO HAS NOW BEEN ACCUSED OF BEING A BLACKLISTED NATION.

AND I THINK THAT REFLECTS POORLY ON WHO THE CITY REPRESENTS THEMSELF TO BE ALIGNED WITH YOUR PARENTS.

THEY TELL YOU TO BE CAREFUL OF WHO YOU SURROUND YOURSELF WITH.

AND WHEN I SEE MY CITY SURROUNDING THEMSELVES WITH A COUNTRY THAT IS

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AND THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE CITY TO PLEASE URGENTLY, ONE, ADD AN AGENDA TO A PERMANENT CEASEFIRE.

TWO DIVEST FROM COMPANIES KNOWN TO THE ISRAELI TO FUND THE ISRAELI GENOCIDE.

AND THREE, PLEASE DENOUNCE AND WITHDRAW THEIR STATEMENTS ABOUT STANDING WITH THE ZIONIST RUN STATE OF ISRAEL.

DO WE HAVE NEXT YEAR, SOPHIA? FOLLOWED BY BILL? UH, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, I JUST WANNA FIRST OFF SAY THAT, UM, CAN WE JUST TAKE IT EASY HERE A LITTLE BIT? LIKE, YOU KNOW, UM, PART OF YOUR JOB IS TO LISTEN TO OPINIONS THAT YOU DON'T AGREE WITH.

SO, UM, YEAH, YOU DON'T WANT US TO DO OUTBURSTS, BUT I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU GUYS DON'T GIVE US ANY OUTBURSTS TOO.

LIKE, WE ARE LITERALLY LEAVING FAMILIES.

I I'M SUPPOSED TO BE FEEDING MY FAMILY AT HOME.

LIKE, MY GOD BLESS MY HUSBAND WHO'S TAKING CARE OF MY KIDS RIGHT NOW.

LIKE, YOU KNOW, HE'S, HE'S PUTTING ON THE FAJITA ON THE PAN RIGHT NOW.

AND, YOU KNOW, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LEAVING FAMILIES.

AND THIS IS NOT A JOKE FOR US.

THIS IS NOT A GAME FOR US.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT ENTERTAINMENT FOR US.

IT'S, IT'S NOT EASY.

UM, WITH THAT SAID, I JUST WANNA TALK ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR, UM, PEOPLE IN OUR CITY.

WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD HEART ATTACKS, PAL, PA, PA, PALESTINIAN AMERICANS THAT LIVE IN CHINO HILLS.

THE GENTLEMAN HERE JUST NOW IS NOT OKAY.

IT DOESN'T HELP TO NOT LET HIM FINISH.

A BROTHER WHO LIVES IN CHINO HILLS IS A MESS BECAUSE HIS, UM, HIS FAMILY THERE IS, UM, HIS BUNCH OF COUSINS UNCLES ARE IN TENTS IN, UH, RAFA.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SAFE THERE EITHER.

OKAY, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A BEAUTIFUL SEASON OVER A HUDGE OF OUR HD SEASON.

WE'RE ALMOST, MUSLIMS MAKE PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA WHERE WE WEAR ALL WHITE.

UM, WE LOOK THE SAME, WHETHER RICH OR POOR, YOU, YOU CAN'T TELL, UM, YOU CAN'T TELL WHO'S RICH OR POOR.

AND, UM, WE PRAY IN UNISON AND REMEMBER OUR LORD, OUR CELEBRATIONS COMING UP THIS SUNDAY.

IT'S LANDING ON FATHER'S DAY, WHICH IS INTERESTING.

HOWEVER, ONCE AGAIN, THERE'S A GLOOM ALL OVER THIS BECAUSE OUR MORNING IS TWOFOLD.

UH, PLEASE TRY TO UNDERSTAND THIS.

OUR MOURNING IS TWOFOLD.

ONE, BECAUSE WE ARE MOURNING THE MASSACRE OF OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN FAITH AND HUMANITY OVERSEAS.

AGAIN, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST SO OFF THE CITY BUSINESS HERE.

AND SECOND, ALSO, CAN I PLEASE FINISH? PLEASE.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS, I DIDN'T SAY ANY TRIGGER WORDS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO, UM, THIS IS NOT ABOUT, PLEASE LISTEN TO THE CONTEXT OF THIS IS ABOUT TRIGGER LORDS MAYOR.

WHAT I'M, THIS IS NOT ABOUT CITY BUSINESS.

I'LL MOVE OVER, DON'T WORRY.

AND SECOND, ALSO, MOURNING HOW WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO MOURN, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO, UM, BE ON ALERT, ON CONSTANT DEBUNKING LIES UPON LIES, UM, OF OUR PEOPLE.

WE ARE CONSTANTLY HAVING TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT WE ARE HUMANS, NOT VILLAINS, AND THAT OUR MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS AND OUR BLOOD IS NOT CHEAP, AND THAT WE ARE CALLING FOR THE END OF BLOODSHED AND OCCUPATION.

ALSO, IT DOESNT, THAT DOES NOT OUR MENTAL HEALTH.

SO WE NEED TO MOVE ON.

MOVE ON.

AN EMPTY RESOLUTION THAT NONE OF YOU WILL ENFORCE WOULD BE ACKNOWLEDGING THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA OR EVEN MAYBE A CELEBRATION AT THE SHOPS OR SOMETHING.

ALSO, IT DOESN'T HELP THAT OUR MENTAL HEALTH, WHEN, UM, TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WANTED TO ADD ANTI PALESTINIAN, ANTI-ARAB, ALL OF A SUDDEN MR. MONTGOMERY, WHO IS NOT A COUNCIL MEMBER, QUICKLY ADDS ANTI-ISRAEL.

THIS IS LIKE ADDING ANTI NAZI WITH ANTI JEWS.

BUT WITH A CHANCE OF A DISCUSSION, THIS MAY COULD HAVE BEEN EXPLAINED THE DIFFERENCE OF BEING AN, UM, ISRAELI, ZIONIST AND A JEWISH PERSON.

IT ALSO BEGS THE QUESTION WHO IS REALLY IN CHARGE? THANK YOU, BILL.

BILL, FOLLOWED BY ZANE.

UH, HELLO AGAIN, CITY COUNCIL.

I'M ACTUALLY HERE FOR TWO THINGS AND I'M AWARE THAT CITY BUDGET'S A LITTLE TIGHT.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU ALL TO CONSIDER A SERIES OF BUS STOPS BETWEEN GRAND AVENUE PARK AND THE SHOPS AND AYLA HIGH SCHOOL.

WAIT, WAIT, REAL QUICK.

SO, UM, YOU CAN GET ME INFORMATION FROM THE CITY CLERK.

UM, I PREVIOUSLY WAS ON THE OMNI TRANS BOARD, AND I'LL GIVE YOU A REASON WHY SOME OF THOSE ROUTES WERE TAKEN AWAY IN, UH, THE WHOLE BUS SYSTEM.

SO IF YOU GO TO CHERYL AFTER THE MEETING AND GET MY CONTACT INFORMATION, I CAN CALL YOU OR EMAIL YOU.

OKAY, GREAT.

BUT, UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ASK BECAUSE, UM, UM, THE, THE SECOND THING THAT I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON BESIDES JUST THE BUSES AND STUFF LIKE THAT WOULD BE THE COMMENTS THAT WE SAW LAST MEETING IN RESPONSE TO THE ANTI-ISLAM PHOBIA RESOLUTION, WHERE SOMEBODY WENT UP HERE AND SAID THAT BEING ANTI-ISLAM PHOBIC WAS HATEFUL AND, AND JUST A BUNCH OF OTHER IDIOTIC THINGS.

AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S A DISSERVICE TO ALL OF YOU GUYS AND THE TIME THAT YOU SPENT PASSING THAT RESOLUTION TO JUST ALLOW SOMEBODY TO REALLY JUST SAY ALL TYPES OF HORRIBLE THINGS ABOUT IT AND JUST BE BLATANTLY ISLAMOPHOBIC.

NOT NONE OF YOU GUYS CUT HIM OFF OR EVEN SAID ANYTHING ABOUT IT DESPITE, UH, YOU, MY VICE MAYOR BENNETT ACTUALLY JUST, UM, COMMENTING AND INTERRUPTING OVER MILD COMMENTS OVER YOURSELF, BUT YOU DIDN'T ACTUALLY DEFEND THE RESOLUTION YOU PASSED, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY, REALLY JUST DISRESPECTFUL TO EVERY MUSLIM HERE.

AND, UM, A GREAT WAY TO ACTUALLY HONOR THAT RESOLUTION OR SHOW SUPPORT TO YOUR MUSLIM COMMUNITY OTHER THAN JUST MAKING

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EAT ALTA, WHICH IS ON SUNDAY.

AND IT'S A VERY SACRED DAY FOR ALL MUSLIMS AROUND HERE.

AND ACTUALLY, UM, SAFIA MENTIONED EARLIER.

SO I WOULD LIKE YOU ALL TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OR EVEN JUST LIKE DO BETTER ON FOLLOWING THROUGH FOR ANTI PALESTINIAN OR ANTI-ISLAMIC HATE.

ZAJA ALSO MENTIONED IT.

I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF RIDICULOUS THAT IT'S GOING ON, ON AND ON AND ON, EVEN PAST THE RESOLUTION.

THERE'S NO ENFORCEMENT OF IT.

IT'S JUST AN EMPTY WORD.

AND I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU GUYS DO BETTER IN THE FUTURE, AND I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU GUYS CAN FINISH OUT YOUR TERMS JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, WITH LESS HATE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

GOOD EVENING COUNSEL.

UM, I, I'M NOT HERE TO SPEAK ON ANY AGENDA ITEMS. I JUST, UH, I'M JUST THANKFUL TO AS A YOUNG PARENT.

UH, I'M, I'M USING THE, THE PARKS FACILITIES AND I'M REALLY THANKFUL FOR, UH, ALL THE PARKS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE.

UM, BUT I WAS ALSO A LITTLE CONCERNED WITH THE BUDGETARY, YOU KNOW, PRESENTATION THAT, UH, IT SAID THAT YOU GUYS ARE FACING BUDGETARY SHORTFALLS.

AND I WAS KIND OF, UH, AND ALSO HEARD EARLIER PEOPLE SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, INVEST FROM CERTAIN COMPANIES AND CERTAIN OTHER COMPANIES.

AND, UH, AS A RESIDENT, AS SOMEONE WHO BENEFITS FROM, UH, THE PARKS AND IS ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, THE BUDGETARY SHORTFALLS, UH, I WOULD ACTUALLY ADVISE YOU TO, YOU KNOW, INVEST IN, UM, LOCKHEED MARTIN, UM, BOEING, UH, RAYTHEON, UH, SOME VERY INTERESTING TIME COMING UP.

AND WE ASSURED THAT THESE SHARES WOULD GO UP AND YOU WOULD PROBABLY BE ABLE TO COVER YOUR BUDGETARY SHORTFALL.

ALSO INVEST IN EXXONMOBIL MOBILE BECAUSE I THINK JUST 20 YEARS LATER, WE WON'T BE DEPENDENT ON ALL SO MUCH.

SO WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES, AS THEY SAY.

INVEST IN ALL COMPANIES, MAKE MONEY, COVER YOUR BUDGETARY SHORTFALL.

THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT.

UH, I'M SURE MOST OF YOU LIKE, UH, ARE ALREADY IN FIFTIES, SIXTIES, NO OFFENSE, BUT, YOU KNOW, 20 YEARS, 30 YEARS, THAT'S THE MAX YOU GUYS HAVE.

I PROBABLY HAVE ANOTHER 14 MAYBE.

SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE TO FACE THE CONSEQUENCES LATER ON.

JUST DO WHAT WE CAN DO.

THESE KIDS, SOME 5-YEAR-OLD, 6-YEAR-OLD, THEY HAVE TO FACE ALL THE PROBLEMS LATER ON.

AT LEAST WE GUYS WILL BE IN HISTORY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE KEPT THE, THE, THE BOAT FLOATING.

UH, WE MADE SURE THAT THE PARKS WERE GREEN AND EVERYTHING, AND YOU GUYS WON'T HAVE TO FACE THE MUSIC.

THAT'S MY POINT, BASICALLY.

AND, UH, AND IT'S PRETTY MUCH LIKE, UM, I ALSO WAS READING SOME OLD CHAMPION NEWSPAPER ARTICLE THAT SOME, THERE WAS A PROTEST EARLIER, UH, I DIDN'T ATTEND.

UH, I'VE PRETTY MUCH GIVEN UP ON THESE PROTESTS BASICALLY.

SO, UH, AND YOU GUYS CALLED HELICOPTERS FOR THE PROTESTORS.

UH, THAT KIND OF INFURIATED ME BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, WHY ARE YOU THESE GUYS WASTING SO MUCH DOLLARS ON HELICOPTERS WHEN YOU KNOW, YOU GO, THOSE ARE PEACEFUL PROTESTERS AND CONSIDERING YOU GUYS ARE HAVING A BUDGETARY SHORTFALL.

SO, YOU KNOW, JUST WHOEVER MADE THAT DECISION DECISION AND WHOEVER ADVISED IT, I FEEL LIKE WAS A COMPLETE IDIOT.

AND DOESN'T HE OR SHE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THE BUDGET.

SO JUST TRY TO BE A LITTLE SENSIBLE AND DON'T CARE ABOUT THESE PROTESTS, YOU KNOW, JUST DO WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

YOU GO, GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.

EACH ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS UP HERE TO DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH.

OUR FINAL SPEAKER IS SALI BANANI CITY COUNCIL.

SO, UM, LUCKILY I'M, I'M ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY.

UH, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, I AM A VOLUNTEER WITH A YSO, AMERICAN YOUTH SOCCER ORGANIZATION.

I'M A COACH OVER THERE.

I SPEND MOST OF MY TIME OVER THERE VOLUNTEERING WITH THE CHILDREN, UH, AS A COACH, AS A REFEREE.

AND THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN TAKING ME AWAY FROM COMING UP AND SHOWING UP TO THESE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.

UH, NOW THAT THE SEASON IS DONE, I WILL BE HERE.

UH, SEA GUYS WILL BE SEEN A LOT MORE OF ME NOW IN 2020, IN 2003, A 23-YEAR-OLD AMERICAN PEACE ACTIVIST BY THE NAME OF RACHEL COREY, WHO WAS RUN OVER AND KILLED BY A CATERPILLAR BULLDOZER.

AS WE KNOW, CATERPILLAR IS ONE OF THE BONDS THAT THIS CITY HOLDS.

AND I ENCOURAGE

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DON'T TAKE MY WORD ABOUT RACHEL COREY AND WHO SHE WAS AND HOW SHE WAS BRUTALLY KILLED BY A CATERPILLAR BULLDOZER.

20 YEARS LATER, NOTHING HAS CHANGED, BUT IT'S ONLY GOTTEN WORSE.

SO MY ASK IS VERY SIMPLE.

WE THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY CONDEMN OUR CITY HOLDING THAT $2.5 MILLION CATERPILLAR BOND.

WE DEMAND THAT OUR CITY SELLS THIS BOND WITH CATERPILLAR, A COMPANY THAT IS COMPLICIT IN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED WAR CRIMES.

AND WE REQUEST ONCE AGAIN THAT THIS COUNCIL ADOPT AN ETHICAL INVESTMENT POLICY.

A BUDGET IS A MORAL STATEMENT OF PRIORITIES.

AND THIS CITY NEEDS TO FIX ITS PRIORITIES AND KEEP THEM IN LINE WITH THE ANTI HATE RESOLUTION.

WE KNOW WE HAVE, UM, SAFETY UPDATES.

FIRE.

[ SAFETY UPDATES - Fire and Police]

HELLO JEREMY.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

JEREMY AL, DEPUTY CHIEF VAL FIRE DISTRICT.

I'LL KEEP MY COMMENTS BRIEF.

UH, WE'RE JUST EXCITED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SEVEN NEW FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS THAT WE'VE ONBOARDED.

THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS IN THEIR ORIENTATION ACADEMY, AND THEY'LL BE PROUDLY SERVING OUR COMMUNITY STARTING LATE JULY.

END OF REPORT.

I MET THEM AT THE, UH, GROUNDBREAKING OF THE FIRE STATION.

SO VERY EXCITING AND VERY NICE EVENT.

HELLO, SERGEANT SPRAGUE.

WELCOME TONIGHT.

THANK YOU, MA'AM.

GOOD EVENING.

HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF AND RESIDENCE.

UH, AN UPDATE FROM THE CARBON CANYON, UH, ORDINANCE, UH, CHINO'S TRAFFIC DEPUTIES HAVE CONTINUED TO CONDUCT TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT ON CARBON CANYON ROAD.

UH, REFERENCED THE NEW TRUCK RESTRICTIONS PROHIBITING VEHICLES OVER FOUR AXLES LAST WEEK, DEPUTIES CONDUCTED SEVERAL TRAFFIC STOPS ON VEHICLES WITH MORE THAN FOUR AXLES TRAVELING ON CARBON CANYON ROAD, WHILE ALSO CONDUCTING OTHER TRAFFIC SAFETY ENFORCEMENT DEPUTIES PLAN TO CONTINUE TO DO EXTRA PATROLS IN THE AREA WHILE PROVIDING EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE ORDINANCE.

ANY RESIDENTS WHO WITNESS A VIOLATION OF THE ORDINANCE SHOULD CONTACT THE NON-EMERGENCY SHERIFF'S DISPATCH CENTER AT 9 0 9 3 8 7 8 3 1 3.

AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO REPORT THIS EVENING.

GREAT, THANK YOU SERGEANT.

AND, UH, MOVING ON TO COUNCIL REPORTS.

OH, CITY MANAGER REPORTS.

NOTHING TO ADD TO NIGHTMARE.

DIDN'T FORGET YOU THEN.

UM, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTION FOR MEN'S CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

SO, UM, FIRST REPORT,

[ COUNCIL REPORTS Mayor Moran California Institution for Men and Women Citizens Advisory Committees Vice Mayor Bennett Chino Valley Unified School District Board Council Member Marquez San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Board Council Member Rogers Chino Desalter Authority Board ]

NOTHING TO REPORT OF SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE WOMEN'S PRISON.

UM, SO AFTER THE PRESENTATIONS THIS MORNING, THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION, UM, WITH THE WARDEN REGARDING WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE CONDEMNED INMATES THAT ARE BEING TRANSFERRED.

SO THIS IS ALL I KNOW AS OF TODAY, AS OF NOW.

SO TO DATE, ALL DEATH ROW INMATES HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED FROM SAN QUENTIN.

46 HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED TO CIM AND THEY'RE HOUSED IN FACILITY C KEVIN COOPER HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED TO THE CALIFORNIA HEALTHCARE CENTER IN STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA.

MM-HMM.

, UM, FACILITY C WHERE THE DEATH ROW INMATES HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED TO, HAS A TOTAL OF 721 INMATES 300 AND, UH, 29 ARE LIFERS.

66 LWOP, LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE.

UM, TOTAL PRISON POPULATION OF A, B AND C FACILITIES COMBINED IS 2,273.

UM, THE NEXT COMMENTS ARE THE WARDEN'S COMMENTS, NOT MINE, BASED ON, UM, SOME VERY, UM, I DON'T WANNA SAY HE'D BE LIKE SOME VERY, UM, POINTED, POINTED, POINTED COMMENTS THAT WE HAD FOR HIM IN OUR FRUSTRATION WITH THE STATE AND THAT IT WAS NO REFLECTION ON THEM AND THAT WE APPRECIATE WHAT THEY'RE DOING AT THE LOCAL LEVEL WITH WHAT THEY'VE BEEN HANDED.

UM, BUT HE WANTED TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT, UM, THERE HAVE BEEN NO ESCAPES FROM FACILITIES.

SEE WHERE THE DEATH ROW INMATES ARE CURRENTLY HOUSED AND THAT THE ESCAPES THAT WE HAVE BEEN REFERENCING IN THE PRESS IS, UH, FACILITY D MARYANNE, YOU WERE THERE.

YOU PROBABLY HAVE MORE COPIOUS NOTES THAN I DO, BUT IT WILL BE IN THE PAPER.

AND, UM, I KNOW RAY HAS TAKEN A TOUR RECENTLY, UH, OF THE PRISON, AND THE WARDEN HIGHLY ENCOURAGED ALL OF US COUNCIL MEMBERS TO GO, I KNOW WE ARE HERE IN THE WORKS TO TRY TO GET SOMETHING GOING.

SO HE DID YOU ALREADY GO TOO? NO, I JUST LIKE THAT WE CAN HIGHLIGHT THAT THEY DIDN'T ESCAPE FROM THAT PART OF THE PRISON.

EXACTLY.

I KNOW, THAT'S TRUST ME, I GAVE, I KNOW WHAT A WONDERFUL THING TO POINT OUT.

YEAH, EXACTLY.

SO, UM, UGH.

AND THEN, UM, CITY OF CHINO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER MARK LUCIO WAS THERE, AND ACTUALLY TONIGHT I WANTED TO ATTEND IT.

WE HAD A COUNCIL MEETING, SO THEY HAD A PUBLIC WORKSHOP TONIGHT ABOUT VARIOUS THINGS, AND THE PRISON IS ONE OF THEM.

AND THEY'RE GONNA BE TRYING TO LOOK INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF PROCURING A, A HELICOPTER FOR AERIAL SURVEILLANCE AND BLOOD HELM AND BEEFING UP THEIR, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA SAY, BRIAN? I WAS GONNA SAY ANY, ANY, ANY TALK OF THEM.

INVESTING, WHAT WAS IT? THE 18 MILLION A YEAR THEY NEED TO, THAT THE, THE AUDITOR SAID THAT THE

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STATE SHOULD BE PUTTING IN, OR WE'RE NOW GONNA BUY A HELICOPTER NOW INSTEAD OF NO, NO, NOT THEM.

AND, UM, I WAS PREACHING TO THE CHOIR TODAY TO THE WARDEN.

SO, UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE RIGHT NOW.

AS NICOLE SAID EARLIER TO THE PUBLIC, TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY TO SIGN AND, UH, TO SIGN THE PETITION THAT'S BEING TURNED INTO GOVERNOR NEWSOM.

AND TO DATE, NO SURPRISE, WE HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING, UM, BACK FROM HIM.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR CIM.

AND NEXT WE HAVE VICE MAYOR BENNETT CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL BOARD.

UH, YES.

UH, FAIRLY, UH, EASY MEETING.

UH, IT WASN'T NEAR AS NEAR AS MANY PROTESTS AS NORMAL, UH, BUT OF NOTABLE, UH, INTEREST TO US THAT, UH, ONE OF OUR FORMER PRINCIPALS AT CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL WHO HAD LEFT THE DISTRICT AND WENT UP TO UPLAND, ISABEL ISABELLE IS COMING BACK AND SHE WILL BE THE PRINCIPAL OF MAGNOLIA JUNIOR HIGH.

REALLY? THAT'S SO I KNEW, I KNOW THAT WE ALL KNOW HER.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS IN THAT ERA WHEN WE HAD THE, UH, WHAT ARE THOSE GUYS? THE BALL BROTHERS? BALL BROTHERS, YEAH.

WE ALL ENJOYED THOSE SITES.

SHE'S COMING BACK TO OUR DISTRICT, SO SHE'S COMING BACK.

AND THAT THAT'LL BE HAPPENING, OF COURSE, JULY 1ST.

THAT'S GOOD NEWS.

UH, THEY ALSO MADE A PRESENTATION, UH, WE ALL KNOW ALSO JULIE GOBIN, WHO I KNOW UNFORTUNATELY PASSED AWAY MANY YEARS AGO.

BUT THEY HAVE A MEMORIAL, UH, GOLF TOURNAMENT, UH, FOR HER THAT PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE STUDENTS.

AND THAT GENERATED $22,800 THIS YEAR.

SO THAT WILL GO BACK INTO HELPING STUDENTS, NEEDY STUDENTS.

UH, THERE WERE TWO RESOLUTIONS THAT WERE PASSED THAT WERE, UH, OF NOTABLE, UH, INTEREST AND I'M SURE THEY'LL BE IN THE NEWSPAPER.

UH, ONE IS OPPOSING BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S TITLE IX OVERHAUL AND SUBSEQUENT ELIMINATION OF VITAL PROTECTION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS, UH, IN PARTICULAR IN, UH, IN, UH, GIRLS SPORTS.

UH, AND THEN ALSO A RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE GOVERNOR'S 2020 4 25 MAY REVISED BUDGET, UH, VIOLATING THE STATE CONSTITUTION AND REDUCING SCHOOL FUNDING.

UH, THOSE WERE PASSED.

BOTH OF THOSE, UH, THE, UH, BIDEN, UH, TITLE IX WAS, UH, PASSED FOUR TO ONE WITH, UH, BRIDGE VOTING NO.

AND THE RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE GOVERNOR'S, UH, MAY REVISED BUDGET WAS SUPPORTED FIVE ZERO.

AND THOSE WERE THE, UH, MAIN ITEMS THAT, UH, THAT WERE COVERED THAT NIGHT, THAT IN INSPIRED REPORT.

THANK, THANK YOU ARE.

AND NEXT WE HAVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ.

AND BEFORE YOU GET STARTED, I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR NEWLY ELECTED POSITION AS PRESIDENT OF S-B-C-T-A, WHICH YOU'RE GONNA BE REPORTING ON RIGHT NOW.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAD TO SAY ACTUALLY.

CONGRATULATIONS.

HERE WE GO NOW.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING.

UH, WE DO HAVE NEW ELECTION OFFICERS.

I'M THE NEW PRESIDENT.

RICK DENISON IS THE NEW VICE PRESIDENT FROM YOKO VALLEY.

UH, WE APPROVED THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 24, 20 25.

UM, WE SIGNED OR APPROVED A CONTRACT FOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RAY WOLF.

WE GAVE HIM A 4% INCREASE.

UM, ALSO OUR COUNCIL, JULIANA, WE GAVE HER 3%, UH, INCREASE.

AND THAT'S MY REPORT.

MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU RAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS.

START WITH YOUR, UH, COUNCIL COMMENTS PLEASE.

I REPORT ON ONE OF OUR WATER PROVIDERS, CHINO BASIN SALTER AUTHORITY OR, UH, CDA.

AND WE MEET ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

AND THIS IS A TIME OF THE YEAR.

I MENTIONED AT LAST MEETING, OR LAST TIME I MET AS A BOARD THAT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF APPROVING A NUMBER OF SERVICE CONTRACTS HAVING TO DO WITH THE TWO FACILITIES THAT WE ARE INVOLVED WITH.

CHINO DE SALTER ONE, WHICH IS IN CHINO, IS A BIG PLANT THAT PROCESSES, UH, WATER FROM THE GROUND AND IT, UH, REQUIRES A LOT OF MAINTENANCE TO KEEP THINGS GOING, ESPECIALLY AS IT AGES.

SO WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THE VARIOUS CONTRACTS, NUMEROUS CONTRACTS THAT, UH, TO KEEP THE PLACE GOING ALONG WITH CHINO TWO, WHICH IS IN HARPA.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE, REALLY.

[ COUNCIL COMMENTS]

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE PARKING STRUCTURE.

THE OTHER DAY WE HEARD A BIG BOOM AND, UM, MR. HILL, OR ACTUALLY LEMME GO TO JEREMY FIRST WHEN THERE'S AN EXPLOSION OF SOME TYPE, WHAT SHOULD WE DO? ANY SUGGESTIONS? STOP, DROP AND ROLL ? WELL, BESIDES THAT, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

WITH ANY EMERGENCY SITUATION, OBVIOUSLY YOU WANNA WATCH OUT FOR YOUR OWN PERSONAL SAFETY FIRST.

SO, UM, PROFESSIONALLY, OBVIOUSLY WE WORK CLOSELY WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT WHEN WE RESPOND TO THESE TYPES OF INCIDENTS, BUT ANY TYPE OF A RESPONSE THAT EVEN AS PROFESSIONALS WE DO, WE MAKE SURE THAT THE AREA IS SAFE FOR US TO ENTER FIRST.

SO OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE WHEN WE, WHEN, IF THEY HEAR A LOUD BOOM, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

YOU OBVIOUSLY WANT TO CALL THE PROFESSIONALS FOR HELP.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.

SEEK YOUR OWN PERSONAL SAFETY FIRST AND THEN ACT ACCORDINGLY FROM THERE.

SO I WANTED TO RUN IN, SO BASICALLY YOU'RE ADVISING ME NOT TO RUN IN, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? CORRECT.

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UM, THE SECOND QUESTION I HAVE ACTUALLY WOULD BE FOR MR. HILL AGAIN, OR MR. UH, MONTGOMERY REGARDING OAK TREES AND SLEEPY HOLLOW.

UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, SOME OF 'EM HAVE BEEN CUT DOWN AND I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY CODE ENFORCEMENT MOVING FORWARD, SO YOU CAN'T REALLY SAY MUCH OF ANYTHING, BUT WE DO KNOW ABOUT IT AND WE ARE MOVING FORWARD TO GET MORE INFORMATION.

IS THAT CORRECT? UH, IF I'M HEARING THE QUESTION IS, UH, WE ARE AWARE OF AN INCIDENT, UH, IN THE, UH, CANYON AREA RELATED TO PROTECTED TREES BEING CUT DOWN.

THAT WOULD BE A, UH, CASE FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT.

UH, ALSO WITH SUPPORT FROM OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

SO, UH, WE'RE ON IT.

I ATTENDED THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

JUST WANTED THE COMMUNI COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT, UH, PICKLEBALL COURT.

I DID GET AN EMAIL THIS MORNING WHERE WE THOUGHT THEY ACTUALLY HAD, UH, PAINTED A COURT ON THE BASKETBALL COURT AND I DID GO BY THERE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND ACTUALLY WAS TAPED.

AND I GUESS LUTHER BEFORE I LEFT THE TAPE WAS ACTUALLY TAKEN OFF.

SO THANK YOU FOR JUMPING OFF THAT ON THAT.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND THEN ALSO THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE NEW FIRE STATION 68.

WHAT A, WHAT A GREAT EVENT.

REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW STATION COMING ON BOARD.

I KNOW THAT WILL IMPROVE YOUR RESPONSE TIMES IN THE SOUTH AREA OF CHINO HILLS.

SO CONGRATULATIONS.

UM, CELEBRATION OF LIFE, UH, CITY OF INDUSTRY, THEY'RE ONE OF THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

KATHY MARUCCI JUST LOST HER LIFE.

UH, SHE HAD CANCER AND UH, THEY HAD A GREAT CELEBRATION OF LIFE.

CITY MANAGER WAS THERE.

AND ALSO MR. ROGERS, THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING.

APPRECIATE THAT.

AND HER HUSBAND, STEVE WILL BE TAKING OVER HER TERM, UH, FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

SO STEVE'S A GREAT GUY.

HE IS EXCITED AND THAT'S WHAT KATHY WANTED.

SO GREAT, GREAT MEMORIAL FOR HER.

UM, S SCAG, I DID ATTEND THE SCAG MEETING, THE EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATION.

THAT WAS ACTUALLY KURT HACKMAN'S FIRST MEETING AS PRESIDENT.

I ALSO ATTENDED THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, UH, RIDGE HILLS.

I WANNA SAY SOMETHING ABOUT, UH, THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN CARRIAGE HILLS, WHICH IS A COMMUNITY RIGHT ABOVE ME.

THERE WERE SOME DOGS THAT WERE LOOSE, UH, PROBABLY THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS AND EVERYBODY'S BEEN TRYING TO CATCH 'EM, INCLUDING MYSELF.

THEY'RE JUST NOT VERY FRIENDLY AND THEY JUST DIDN'T WANNA GET CLOSE.

BUT THERE'S TWO LADIES, IRIS AND BILLY THAT SAT THERE TRYING TO FEED THEM FOOD.

THEY FINALLY CAPTURED THEM.

AND UM, SO THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO, UH, PUT 'EM IN.

LAURA MONY, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY HEROES, GOT INVOLVED.

SO I WANT TO THANK, UH, LORD FOR ALL HER EFFORTS.

AND THEN LISA PRICE ACTUALLY PICKED UP THE, UM, THE DOGS AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL RE-HOME THEM IN THE NEW FUTURE.

SO, BRIAN TELLER, THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT.

YOU DOES A WONDERFUL JOB.

AND THAT'S IT FOR ME.

THANK YOU RAY BRIAN.

ALRIGHT, JUST TO TOUCH ON WHAT RAY HAD JUST MENTIONED, UM, THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR STATION 68.

IF OUR RESIDENTS AREN'T AWARE, WE WILL HAVE OUR CITY'S FOURTH FIRE STATION WHERE PIPELINE DEAD ENDS INTO PEYTON.

SO ESSENTIALLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM, UH, FROM WICKMAN ELEMENTARY, THERE'S A BIG EMPTY LOT THERE.

SO IT'LL BE A STATION, IT'S GONNA BE GREAT.

THE, THE COMMUNITY HAS HAD A, A SERVICE HOLE THERE WHEN IT COMES TO RESPONSE TIMES.

AND THIS IS A, YOU KNOW, A GOOD THING FOR THE DISTRICT, FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.

ALL IN ALL, BACK WITH THE BLUE RIDGE FIRE CAME THROUGH, IT LITERALLY CAME RIGHT UP AGAINST THAT PROPERTY.

SO WHAT A BETTER PLACE.

YOU KNOW, OR I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER PLACE THAN THERE TO HAVE A NEW FIRE STATION.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR FIRE DISTRICT.

UM, SCHOOL IS OUT, SO EVERYBODY WATCH WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

THERE'S ALL SORTS OF KIDS ROAMING AROUND NOW.

UH, MINE INCLUDED.

SO, YOU KNOW, BE CAREFUL EVERYBODY, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, CONGRATULATIONS.

CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL, THE BOYS TEAM.

I WASN'T HERE FOR THE LAST MEETING, BUT WON THE VERY FIRST CIF TITLE FOR ANY, UH, CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, BASEBALL TEAM.

SO THEY WON THEIR VERY FIRST ONE, WON THE, THEIR FIRST ROUND WHEN IT CAME TO THE STATE, UH, TOURNAMENT, AND THEN ENDED UP LOSING TO UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL FROM SAN DIEGO.

BUT CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM.

HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE MM-HMM, HAVE THOSE BOYS COME BY.

'CAUSE THAT'S, HEY, THAT'S, THAT'S A HECK OF A FEAT AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE GRADS AND EVERYBODY THAT'S GOING OFF TO COLLEGE.

THAT'S ALL I GOT FOR YOU.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS.

JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.

I WAS GONNA BRING UP OAK TREES ALSO.

I'M GLAD RAY BROUGHT IT UP, UH, TO SEE IF WE WERE ON IT.

AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE ARE, UH, ALSO WANTED TO CONGRATULATE FIRE FOR PUTTING ON A GREAT EVENT TO HOST.

WHAT WILL BE A FUTURE FIRE STATION.

IS IT FOUR BAY? IS IT FOUR BAY, JEREMY? THREE AND A HALF.

THREE AND A HALF.

AND I KNOW IT'S, UH, GOING TO BE A VALUABLE ASSET FOR THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS AND, AND BEYOND, UH, FOR RESPONSE TIMES, ET CETERA.

THREE AND A HALF BAY.

I JUST ROUND UP JEREMY.

COME ON, .

UH, WE CAN'T WAIT TO HAVE THAT OPEN IN A COUPLE OF YEARS

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SO THANK YOU FOR HOSTING AND ON THE FOUNDATION.

CHINO HOST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

SIDE, ALTHOUGH IT'S SEVERAL MONTHS OUT, WE HAVE, UH, I HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT FOUNDATION MUCH LATELY, AND WE HAVE A BIG CONCERT COMING UP AT THE END OF SUMMER, ACTUALLY, SEPTEMBER 7TH AT 7:00 PM AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND AT THE, IT'S ANDY VARGAS AND ANDY VARGAS, AS MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT, WE HAD HIM HERE LAST YEAR.

HE'S THE LEAD LEAD SINGER FOR SANTANA.

HE WANTS TO DO A CONCERT HERE, AS HE DID LAST FALL, AND IT WAS SOLD OUT LAST YEAR.

AND I ANTICIPATE IT'LL BE SOLD OUT AGAIN THIS YEAR AT 400 PLUS TICKETS.

SO TICKETS ARE ONLINE@CHINOHILLSFOUNDATION.COM OR.ORG.

DOT ORG.

AND AGAIN, $15 TICKETS.

SO JUMP ON THOSE TICKETS WHILE YOU CAN.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU, PETER, VICE MAYOR BENNETT.

UH, YES, COUPLE THINGS.

UH, LIKEWISE ECHO COMMENTS ABOUT TO THE FIRE DISTRICT THAT WAS A VERY PROFESSIONAL PUT TOGETHER, UH, GROUNDBREAKING.

IT WAS VERY, VERY NICE.

AND, UH, YEAH, YOU, YOU, YOU GUYS KNOW HOW TO DO IT.

AND, UH, THIS CITY, UH, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A LOT OF SKIN IN THE GAME.

WE HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL, UH, INVESTMENT.

BUT WHAT, JUST LIKE WITH THE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT WHERE WE INVESTED IN THE, UH, ELECTRONIC LICENSE PLATE READERS, WE ARE INVESTING GREATLY IN THIS NEW FIRE STATION, WHICH WILL FIT, MAKE SERVICE A RESPONSE.

UM, MOSTLY, UH, YOU KNOW, 95% OF YOUR CALLS ARE, UH, MEDICAL EMERGENCIES.

SO RESPONSE TIME IS CRITICAL.

SO WE ARE SO HAPPY AS A CITY, UH, TO BE ABLE TO INVEST IN STATION 68.

UM, WANTED TO MENTION, UM, TOMORROW IS GOING TO BE THE HOPE, UM, ORGANIZATION'S 10TH TIER, UH, UH, LUNCHEON.

I KNOW CYNTHIA AND I WERE INVOLVED WITH THAT WHEN DWAYNE, UH, JOSEPH STARTED THAT, UH, HELPING OUR PEOPLE EVERY DAY.

UH, IT REALLY, REALLY FILLS A VOID FOR STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT THAT ARE IN NEED OF FOOD AND CLOTHING AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS.

UH, SO THAT'S A VERY GREAT ORGANIZATION, AND, AND I'LL BE EXCITED TO GO SEE THAT TOMORROW.

UM, LAST THURSDAY AFTER THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, UH, AT THE INVITATION OF BRANDON, UH, I WENT UP AND VISITED GRAND AVENUE PARK AND WATCHED THE, UH, ROLLER HOCKEY TEAM, UH, PRACTICE.

UH, THE GOOD NEWS IS IT WILL NOW GIVE ME A BETTER PERSPECTIVE WHEN WE BRING BACK THE SURFACING ISSUES.

AND I KNOW, RAY, I HAD JUST MISSED YOU.

YOU HAD JUST BEEN THERE AND I, I SHOWED UP AFTER YOU DID.

BUT SEEING THE RINK AND SEEING THE DIFFERENT COVERINGS AND THE VARIOUS MARKINGS FOR, UH, ROLLER DERBY, ROLLER HOCKEY, AND FOR, UH, PICKLEBALL, UH, I'VE GOT SOME GREAT IDEAS NOW.

SO I'LL BE ABLE TO TALK MORE INTELLIGENTLY WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT THAT SURFACE NEEDS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

UM, I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY, UH, THIS COMING SUNDAY, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE STILL BLESSED WITH A LIVING FATHER OR GRANDFATHER, UH, BE SURE TO MAKE THEIR DAY SPECIAL.

THANK THEM FOR ALL THEY'VE DONE TO HELP MAKE YOU WHO YOU ARE TODAY.

THAT'S SO IMPORTANT.

IT REALLY IS.

AND I HAVE A QUESTION BEFORE I MAKE ANOTHER STATEMENT HERE.

UH, DANIEL, BACK IN 2018, I THINK IT WAS PRIOR TO YOU, UH, IN YOUR CURRENT POSITION, AND, AND BEN, YOU REMEMBER THIS, WE STARTED HAVING THE ISSUE WITH THE QUEUING OF CHICK-FIL-A AND OF COURSE, DURING COVID, THEY COME UP WITH A SOLUTION THAT WAS VERY SIMILAR TO THAT, WHICH I HAD, UH, BEEN FIGHTING FOR BACK IN 2018.

WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO TRY AND FREE UP THE QUEUING AT THAT INTERSECTION IS THERE WAS THE PRO PROPOSAL THAT I WAS MAKING THAT WE WOULD CLOSE THE FIRST LANE, WE'D ENTER ON THE SECOND LANE, WE'D CUT THROUGH THE PARKING ISLAND WITH TWO LANES TO SERVICE THEIR, UH, DRIVE THROUGH.

WE'D HAVE A TWO WINDOW DRIVE THROUGH ONE WINDOW EXIT, CUT THROUGH THE, UH, UH, PARKING LANE AGAIN TO GO BACK OUT.

AND IT WOULD MAKE THINGS SLOW A LOT EASIER FOR THAT ENTIRE SHOPPING CENTER.

UH, I SAW I WAS THERE TODAY FOR LUNCH AND, AND SAW DANIEL, THE OWNER, AND TOLD HIM THAT I WOULD BRING IT UP AGAIN TONIGHT.

UH, I WAS INVOLVED BEFORE I'D BE HAPPY TO VOLUNTEER.

I I KNOW THE MAYOR, UH, ACTUALLY USED TO WORK FOR CHICK-FIL-A YES.

SO I THINK WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE CAN DO TO ALLEVIATE THAT TRAFFIC JAM THAT, UH, CONSTANTLY, UH, YOU KNOW, PREVAILS ON A DAILY BASIS EXCEPT FOR SUNDAY.

SO, UH, WANTED TO MENTION THAT, UH, IN CONCLUSION FOR EVERYBODY THAT IS UP ON THIS DIET, I WANNA PERSONALLY APOLOGIZE FOR MY OUTBURST TONIGHT.

WHAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT ME IS THAT WHEN YOU START PUSHING MY BUTTONS AND YOU START

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CRITICIZING ME AND MY PATRIOTISM, YOU ARE, YOU ARE STOMPING ON HELLA GROUND.

PEOPLE THAT DO KNOW ME KNOW THAT I IMMIGRATED TO THIS COUNTRY WHEN I WAS FIVE YEARS OLD FROM SCOTLAND.

I LOST MY A ACCIDENT, DARN IT.

'CAUSE I COULD HAVE BEEN ANOTHER SEAN CONWAY, MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW, .

BUT THE FACT IS, I WAS NOT A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES AND NATURALIZED WHEN I TURNED 18 AND HAD TO REGISTER FOR THE DRAFT.

MY WIFE AND I GOT MARRIED IN JULY OF 67 AND SENT IN MY CHANGE OF MARITAL STATUS TO THE DRAFT BOARD.

FOUR MONTHS LATER, I WAS IN THE US ARMY.

I WAS NOT A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES.

10 MONTHS LATER, I GOT SHIPPED OFF TO VIETNAM.

I FOUGHT IN THE VIETNAM WAR TO GIVE YOU ALL THE RIGHTS THAT YOU HAVE.

AND WHETHER YOU, YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THE THUMBS DOWN.

APPRECIATE IT.

UH, AT ANY RATE, UM, THAT'S WHO I AM.

AND WHEN YOU START TELLING ME THAT I DON'T RESPECT THIS FLAG AND EVERYTHING, YOU ARE REALLY PUSHING IT WITH ME.

AND I AM AS A COUNCIL MEMBER.

I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY THAT CAN HAVE DIS SUCH DISRESPECT AS CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS IN THIS AUDIENCE THAT ATTACK US PERSONALLY ON A WEEKLY BASIS.

I HAVE NO CLUE WHY YOU HAVEN'T GOT THE, THE, THE HINT AND FIGURED OUT THAT YOU KEEP COMING UP WITH TWISTING WAYS TO TRY AND MAKE YOUR POINT.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, IT DOESN'T, IT'S NOT CITY BUSINESS, BUT ENOUGH OF THAT.

THAT'S WHY BE QUIET, PLEASE.

IT'S MY TURN, TURN TO TALK AT AIN'T RIGHT TO MY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I APOLOGIZE VERY MUCH FOR THE OUTBURST TONIGHT.

IT'S NOT WHO I AM.

IT REALLY ISN'T.

BUT I HAVE A VERY SHORT FUSE WHEN IT COMES TO PEOPLE ATTACKING MY PATRIOTISM AND WHAT I BELIEVE IN.

AND ANYBODY THAT KNOWS ME.

I AM A, A DEVOUT CHRISTIAN.

I BELIEVE IN HUMAN VALUES.

I BELIEVE IN, UM, TREATING PEOPLE FAIRLY.

I BELIEVE IN EQUAL RIGHTS.

I BELIEVE IN PROTECTING PEOPLE, AND I HATE PEOPLE THAT HATE AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

BUT AT ANY RATE, TO ALL OF YOU ON THIS DAES THAT HAD TO SEE THAT LITTLE EXCERPT, I THOUGHT THE BEST THING I COULD DO IS GET OUTTA THE ROOM.

BUT I WANTED AFTER A CERTAIN SPEAKER TO GET BACK OUT HERE AND GIVE MY ATTENTION TO THE OTHER COMMENTS.

SO I APOLOGIZE FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART ON THAT, BUT I AM WHO I AM, BUT PLEASE DO NOT, UH, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF MY PAGE WORK.

SO THERE YOU GO.

THERE WE GO.

ALL RIGHT, END OF MY COMMENTS.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

ART, I WANNA THANK, UM, FIRE BOARD MEMBERS, UH, RAMOS INGER.

SHE WAS HERE EARLIER.

UH, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND THANK YOU, UH, BOARD MEMBER KRIEGER FOR BEING HERE.

AND ALSO I SEE BATTALION CHIEF SOTO IN THE BACK.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE FOR THE WHOLE MEETING.

AND WE HAD, UH, JEREMY, A PINCH HITTING FOR CHIEF TONIGHT.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

UM, THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS THAT, UM, I PARTICIPATED IN, UM, FSA.

FSA IS AN ORGANIZATION STANDS FOR FILIPINO FILIPINO ASSOCIATION, UM, FILIPINO AMERICANS, UM, SENIOR ASSOCIATION.

AND JONATHAN IS NODDING HIS HEAD BECAUSE THIS ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN IN CHINO HILLS FOR 30 YEARS.

AND IT'S, IT'S SUCH A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE TO BE AROUND.

AND THEY WAS THEIR INDEPENDENCE DAY YESTERDAY FOR FOUR HOURS BEFORE KARAOKE, AND THEY INVITED ME TO GO.

AND, UM, THEY JUST REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THEIR CULTURE AND SHARING THEIR CULTURE.

DID YOU SING? UH, NO.

I TOLD 'EM I WOULDN'T DO THE KARAOKE, SO, UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO THANK THEM FOR INVITING ME AND THANK, THEY CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT STAFF OF HOW MUCH.

'CAUSE YOU KNOW, THEY MEET TWICE A MONTH AND THEY HAVE, I MEAN, THEY HAVE LIKE 200 PEOPLE AT THEIR MEETINGS AND EVENTS, SO, AND THEY MEET TWICE A MONTH.

SO IT'S A LOT OF WORK FOR US, AND THEY JUST ARE ALWAYS COMMENDABLE ABOUT HOW, FOR 30 YEARS, HOW SMOOTHLY YOU GUYS HAVE MADE IT WORK, JONATHAN, SO PLEASE SHARE WITH YOUR COMMUNITY CENTER STAFF HOW MUCH APPRECIATED THEY ARE.

AND IT WAS A PLEASURE TO BE WITH THEM YESTERDAY.

UM, AND THEN LAST THING FOR MR. CITY MANAGER, JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, IF YOU COULD, UM, FOR THE PUBLIC, CAN YOU GIVE A LITTLE HISTORY, UM, OF THE TRADITION OF STATE OF THE CITY AND WHAT IT IS, WHO PUTS IT ON, HOW IT'S FUNDED, WHY WE DO IT? AND I THINK PRACTICALLY EVERY CITY IN CALIFORNIA DOES IT.

CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE STATE OF THE CITY 1 0 1, PLEASE? SURE.

UH, SO, UH, IN CHINO HILLS AND IN MANY COMMUNITIES, UH, CITIES TAKE THE TIME TO SHOWCASE, UH, THE ACTIVITY TYPICALLY FROM THE PRIOR, UH, YEAR.

UH, THE MAYOR, UH, TYPICALLY IS THE PERSON WHO PRESIDES OVER THAT MEETING.

UH, HERE IN CHINO HILLS, UH, EACH STATE OF THE CITY, UH, HAS KIND OF, UH, A UNIQUE, UH, APPROACH, UH, BASED ON THE MAYOR'S DIRECT INPUT.

UH, IT IS AN EVENT THAT, UH, HERE AND IN MANY CASES, UH, HAVE A, UH, COST ASSOCIATED WITH ATTENDANCE.

UH, IT HAS, UH, A BUDGET THAT'S BOTH, UH, CITY FUNDED, BUT ALSO, UH, HAS A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, UH, WHERE

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THE, UH, VARIOUS, UH, DONATIONS, UH, THE COST OF TICKETS, UH, AND, UH, THE DIRECT SUPPORT FROM THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COVERS, UH, THE, UH, COST FOR, UH, EVENT, UH, FOOD, IF THERE'S FOOD, UH, GIVEAWAYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THE, BUT AS FAR AS THE INFORMATION PRESENTED, UH, IN CHINO HILLS, WE HAVE TYPICALLY INPUT FROM THE DEPARTMENT HEADS MYSELF, THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT, UH, MUCH LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT OUR BUDGET AND THAT BEING A REPRESENTATION OF WHERE OUR PRIORITIES ARE.

THE STATE OF THE CITY IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PRESENT TO THE, TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, UH, ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN A COMMUNITY AND TO SHARE, UH, INFORMATION ABOUT, ABOUT CITY OPERATIONS.

SO IT'S, IT'S PRETTY MUCH A NET NEGATIVE EVENT TO COVER COSTS AND THEN IT'S IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CHAMBER.

IT CAN BE, YES.

IN MEMORIAM AND HOPE OF THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY, WHICH OCCURRED ON JUNE 6TH, 2024.

AND SO IT WAS NOT A FUNDRAISER FOR ME.

UH, UH, OH, NO, I, SORRY, I DIDN'T EVEN CATCH THAT PART OF THINGS.

UH, NO, THERE'S NO FUNDRAISING COMPONENT, UH, FOR A COUNCIL MEMBER.

UH, THAT'S, THAT'S A VERY, UH, CLEAR, BRIGHT LINE.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOU GUYS AS INDIVIDUAL CANDIDATES, UH, FOR OFFICE, UH, THE CITY DOESN'T, UH, PAY FOR YOUR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES.

OKAY, THANK YOU, BEN.

TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA ADJOURN

[ ADJOURN IN MEMORIAM AND IN HOPE: Adjourn in memory of the 80th Anniversary of D-Day, which occurred on June 6, 2024, and honor the courage and sacrifice of those who secured freedom for us all.]

THERE WAS SO MUCH GREAT COVERAGE ON TV ABOUT IT, IT WAS JUST, IT WAS WONDERFUL.

AND WE WANNA HONOR THE COURAGE AND SACRIFICE OF THOSE WHO SEC SECURED FREEDOM FOR US ALL.

GOD BLESS AMERICA.

OUR MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.