* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] GOOD [ 6:00 P.M. - CONVENE MEETING / ROLL CALL] EVENING EVERYONE. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE TINA HILL CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR JULY 9TH. AND CHERYL, CAN YOU PLEASE TAKE ROLE? ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. OKAY. UM, AT THIS TIME, IF YOU'LL [ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG] PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO OUR FLAG. AND AT THE CONCLUSION, UM, PLEASE REMAIN STANDING. TONIGHT'S INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY IMAM AMUD KAZA FROM, UH, BEAL HAMID MOSQUE BRADY. BEGIN TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR RICHARD STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVIS WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL AS [ INVOCATION: Imam Mahmood Kauser, Baitul Hameed Mosque] MAY PEACE AND BLESSINGS OF GOD BE UPON YOU ALL I BEGAN IN THE NAME OF THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISHMAEL, AND ISAAC, THE GOD OF MOSES, JESUS, AND MUHAMMAD PEACE BE UPON THEM ALL THE GOD WHO IS THE MOST GRACIOUS EVER MERCIFUL MAY PEACE AND BLESSINGS OF GOD ALMIGHTY BE UPON YOU ALL. I'M HONORED AND HUMBLED TO STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY AS A MEMBER OF THE AMEDIA MUSLIM COMMUNITY, MUSLIMS WHO BELIEVE THAT THE MESSIAH HAS COME. WE JOIN TOGETHER IN PRAYER BEFORE OUR CREATOR. I'LL NOW RECITE A FEW VERSES FROM THE ISLAMIC HOLY BOOK, THE HOLY QURAN, UH, WHO ALL PRAISE BELONGS TO GOD. LORD OF ALL THE WORLDS, THE GRACIOUS, THE MERCIFUL, HE IS THE MASTER OF THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. OH GOD, YOU ALONE, DO WE WORSHIP AND YOU ALONE? DO WE ASK FOR HELP? GUIDE US ON THE RIGHT PATH, THE PATH OF THOSE ON WHOM YOU HAVE BESTOWED YOUR BLESSINGS AND NOT THE PATH OF THOSE WHO HAVE ENCOURAGED YOUR DISPLEASURE AND THOSE WHO HAVE GONE ASTRAY. GOD ALMIGHTY SAYS, IN THE HOLY QURAN A BEAUTIFUL PRAYER, OUR LORD, DO NOT PUNISH US. IF WE FORGET OR FALL INTO ERROR, OUR LORD BURDEN US NOT WITH WHAT WE HAVE, NOT THE STRENGTH TO BEAR. REMOVE OUR SINS. GRANT US FORGIVENESS, AND HAVE MERCY ON US. SURELY YOU ARE OUR MASTER. THE WORLDWIDE HEAD OF THE AMIA MUSLIM COMMUNITY GIVES A FOLLOWING PRAYER FOR US ALL TO PRAY AND REFLECT. HE SAYS, OUR COMMUNITY EXTENDS ITS DEEPEST SYMPATHIES AND PRAYERS TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN LEFT, BEREAVED OR AFFECTED DUE TO ANY WAR OR CONFLICT. OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THEM ALL WE PRAY AND URGE FOR AN IMMEDIATE AND END TO HOSTILITIES AND FOR PEACE TO PREVAIL SO THAT NO MORE LIVES ARE LOST. JUSTICE AND EQUITY ARE THE PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE IN ACHIEVING LASTING AND SUSTAINABLE PEACE. THUS, ALL MAJOR POWERS MUST FOCUS ON ESTABLISHING LONG-TERM SUSTAINABLE PEACE BASED UPON THE PRINCIPLES OF FAIRNESS AND TRUE JUSTICE. A DARK AND OMINOUS SHADOW HAS BEEN CAST UPON MUCH OF THE WORLD. AND IF GOD FORBID, [00:05:01] THE CURRENT SITUATION ESCALATES FURTHER, THE CONSEQUENCES DO NOT BEAR THINKING ABOUT HE ENDS WITH A PRAYER. MAY GOD THE ALMIGHTY SAVE HUMANITY FROM THE STATE OF WAR THAT HAS ERUPTED, BECAUSE IF THE SITUATION WORSENS, THEN THE HORRIFIC CONSEQUENCES WILL BE SUCH THAT MANKIND CANNOT EVEN IMAGINE. WE CAN ONLY PRAY MAY GOD ALMIGHTY SAVE HUMANITY. AH, AMEN. THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A RECOGNITION RECOGNIZING JOSE PELITO FOR RECEIVING THE SHERIFF'S MEDAL OF VALOR. JOSE, WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM? JOSE, ARE YOU IN ATTENDANCE? I CAN MOVE THINGS AROUND. OKAY. DO WE WANNA GO TO THE NEXT ONE? SURE. OUR [6. PRESENTATION - Presentation of City Tile to Vivian Chou for her service with the City from April 3, 2006 to July 12, 2024] NEXT PRESENTATION IS THE PRE A PRESENTATION OF A CITY TILE TO VIVIAN CHOW FOR HER SERVICE WITH THE CITY FROM APRIL 3RD, 2006 TO JULY 12TH, 2024. VIVIAN, SO YOU PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR. COME ON UP, VIVIAN. OH MY GOODNESS. LOOK AT ALL THESE THINGS YOU HAVE. OH, COME, COME UP ON THIS SIDE OF ME SO YOU CAN BE ON THE CAMERA. IT'S BITTERSWEET HAVING YOU HERE. OKAY. TONIGHT WE ARE BOTH HONORED AND SAD TO SAY GOODBYE TO ONE OF OUR LONGTIME MEMBERS OF THE CHINO HILLS TEAM. VIVIAN CHOW. VIVIAN HAS BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR MANY YEARS, DATING BACK TO 2006 WHEN SHE FIRST WAS HIRED AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE TECHNICIAN IN OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. AFTER SPENDING JUST A YEAR IN THAT POSITION, VIVIAN WORKED HER WAY UP THE RANKS UNTIL SHE REACHED HER CURRENT POSITION AS A SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST IN THE ENGINEERING DIVISION. AMONG HER RESPONSIBILITIES, VIVIAN'S MOST NOTABLE DUTIES WERE PREPARING AND MONITORING THE CITY'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND ENGINEERING OPERATING BUDGETS, MANAGING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM GRANTS, OVERSEEING CONTRACTS, AND SUPERVISING ADMINISTRATION STAFF. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, SHE'S BEEN VERY BUSY THROUGHOUT HER 18 YEAR CAREER HERE. WHEN ASKED WHAT SHE WILL MISS THE MOST ABOUT OUR CITY, VIVIAN EXPRESSED HER APPRECIATION FOR ALL THE GREAT COWORKERS SHE'S HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH, AND WILL VIVIAN WILL WISH SHE'LL MISS HAVING YOU AROUND THE CITY. WE KNOW YOU'RE GONNA ENJOY RETIREMENT, AND I, ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, YOU WILL BE MISSED. AND OF COURSE, ONE OF OUR TRADITIONS HERE WHEN SOMEONE LEAVES, THEY ARE, ARE GIVEN A CITY TILE, WHICH WE HOPE YOU WILL DISPLAY PROUDLY, VIV AND CHOW, UM, UH, FOR YOUR 18 YEARS OF SERVICE, APRIL 3RD, 2006 TO JULY 12TH, 2024. IT'S VERY HEAVY. SO THERE YOU GO. CONGRATULATIONS, , AND SOME ADDITIONAL RECOGNITIONS WE HAVE FOR YOU. WE HAVE SOMETHING FROM CONGRESSWOMAN NORMA TORRES FOR YOU FROM YOUNG, UH, CONGRESSWOMAN YOUNG KIM, ASSEMBLY MEMBER PHIL CHEN. GOOD. AND OUR COUNTY SUPERVISOR, FOURTH DISTRICT, KURT HAGMAN. THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE THOSE AND I THINK WE HAVE SOME OTHER SPECIAL THINGS. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING FIRST, OR CARL, DO YOU WANNA COME UP AND SAY SOMETHING? THANK YOU. JUST REAL QUICK, VIVIAN, UH, THE ENGINEERING DIVISION, UH, WILL REALLY MISS YOU. WE REALLY APPRECIATED ALL OF THE GREAT WORK YOU DID, BUT MOST OF ALL WILL MISS YOU AS A PERSON. YOU'RE VERY VITAL TO US ALL, AND WE REALLY WISH YOU THE BEST AND A GREAT RETIREMENT AND LOTS OF TRAVEL. THANK YOU, YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND, UH, THANK YOU EVERYONE HERE, UH, TONIGHT, UH, FOR MY RETIREMENT. UM, I LIKE TO, UM, TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE, UH, COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGEMENT TEAM TO MAKE THE CITY A GREAT PLACE TO WORK. I KNOW NOT JUST ME, A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH, COWORKERS WORKING HERE FOR A LONG TIME BECAUSE THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO WORK. I APPRECIATE THE, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO WORK FOR THE CITY BECAUSE I'M A, A CITY RESIDENT AND, UH, I ALSO ENJOY THE 18 YEARS OF WORKING HERE. UM, I ALSO WANT TO THANK, UM, UH, MY PROVOST, UH, SUPERVISOR, UH, DIRECT SUPERVISOR, JOE AND MY SUPERVISOR, UM, CARL FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE AND ALSO YOU ENCOURAGEMENT. AND, UH, UM, I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY ENGINEERING TEAM. YOU GUYS ARE GREAT. YOUR HARD WORK AND YOU CARE AND THE SUPPORT FOR ME AND, UH, AT MY DIFFICULT TIMES, YOUR [00:10:01] COMFORT WORDS ALWAYS LIKE MAKE ME FEEL GREAT. AND, UH, UM, I WILL MISS YOU GUYS. . I WILL NOT MISS THE WORD, BUT I WILL MISS YOU GUYS. , , AND, UH, UM, FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO THANK MY FAMILY. UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND THE LOVE WITHOUT YOU GUYS, I COULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS. AND, UH, UM, AGAIN, THANK EVERYONE FOR HERE TONIGHT TO SUPPORT ME TO CHEER ME UP. THANKS. UM, YOU GUYS WANT MUCH? ABSOLUTELY. CYNTHIA, SHE ALL, THE COWORKER THAT SHE WORKS WITH ALL THE COWORKERS TO COME UP AND TAKE A PICTURE. YEAH. AND AFTER WE'RE DONE, ENGINEERING, ENGINEERING TEAM, COWORKER AGAIN, HAPPY RETIREMENT, VIVIAN, AND ENJOY YOUR NEW CHAPTER. YOU'LL BE MISS. BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS COME BACK AND VISIT US. COME TO THE ERC LUNCHEONS. RIGHT. OKAY. MAYOR MORAN, I JUST WANT TO, UH, NOTE THAT UNFORTUNATELY JOSE WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT TONIGHT. HE, UH, WAS SHORT STAFFED, SO WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT. IT, I DON'T IF YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT, UM, YEAH, I WANNA, WELL, YOU KNOW, NO, LET'S GET HIM ON A FUTURE. I'D LIKE TO DO A NICE PRESENTATION FOR HIM, HIM WELL DESERVED. SO LET'S MOVE HIM TO ANOTHER, UH, MEETING, PLEASE. YEAH, PERFECT. OKAY. NEXT IS THE INTRODUCTION [7. INTRODUCTION - New Chino Valley Fire District Firefighters/Paramedics Jake Arnett Saul Cuevas Dillon Darrow Dylan Heckle Addison Hempstead Ryan Pierce Nick Truelove ] OF THE NEW CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT FIREFIGHTERS, PARAMEDICS. THEY'LL BE INTRODUCED BY CHIEF WILLIAMS COMING UP. CHIEF, WHY IS IT, OH, HERE WE GO. IT'S ALL YOU. UH, MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. SO, WHILE, WHILE I'M HERE TO REPRESENT THE DISTRICT, I ACTUALLY WANT TO TURN THIS OVER TO MY DEPUTY CHIEF, UH, IN CHARGE OF TRAINING FOR THE INTRODUCTION. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, COUNCIL, STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. BECOMING A FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC IS NOT, IS NO SMALL FEAT. IT REQUIRES RIGOROUS TRAINING, UNWAVERING DETERMINATION, AND A DEEP SEATED PASSION FOR HELPING OTHERS. EACH OF THESE RECRUITS HAVE UNDERGONE EXTENSIVE EDUCATION AND HANDS-ON TRAINING TO PREPARE THEM FOR CHALLENGES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THIS PROFESSION. HOWEVER, THEIR JOURNEY DOES NOT END HERE. AS PART OF THEIR INTEGRATION INTO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, THEY HAVE ENTERED A ONE YEAR PROBATIONARY PERIOD. THIS PERIOD IS CRITICAL PHASE IN THEIR CAREERS, SERVING AS BOTH A CONTINUATION OF THEIR EDUCATION AND THOROUGH ASSESSMENT OF THEIR CAPABILITIES. DURING THIS YEAR, OUR PROBATIONARY FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS WILL BE CLOSELY MENTORED AND SUPERVISED BY SEASONED VETERANS. THEY WILL FACE A VARIETY OF SCENARIOS DESIGNED TO TEST THEIR SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND ABILITY TO PERFORM UNDER PRESSURE. THESE INCLUDE EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONSE, FIREFIGHTER AND TECHNIQUES, RESCUE, OPERATIONS, AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROBATIONARY, UH, PERIOD IS TWOFOLD. FIRSTLY, IT ENSURES THAT OUR RECRUITS MEET THE HIGH STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE AND PROFESSIONALISM THAT THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT IS KNOWN FOR. SECONDLY, IT ALLOWS THEM TO LEARN AND GROW WITH THE SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT, HONING THEIR ABILITIES AND BUILDING CONFIDENCE IN THEIR ROLES. THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR, THEIR PERFORMANCE WILL BE CONTINUOUSLY EVALUATED. REGULAR FEEDBACK SESSIONS WILL BE CONDUCTED TO DISCUSS THEIR PROGRESS, ADDRESS ANY NEEDS OF IMPROVEMENT, AND RECOGNIZE THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS. THIS STRUCTURE APPROACH NOT ONLY HELPS THEM DEVELOP, BUT ALSO REINFORCES THE VALUES AND PRACTICES THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO OUR DISTRICT. AT THE END OF THE PROBATIONARY PERIOD, A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW WILL BE CONDUCTED. THIS REVIEW WILL CONSIDER THEIR PERFORMANCE IN VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THEIR DUTIES, THEIR ABILITY TO WORK AS PART OF A TEAM, AND THEIR OVERALL CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY. ONLY THOSE WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL COMPETENCE AND DEDICATION WILL BE GRANTED FULL STATUS. AS A CHINO VALLEY FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC, WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT OUR RECRUITS WILL RISE AND EXCEED [00:15:01] OUR EXPECTATIONS. THEIR COMMITMENT TO SERVING THE CHINO VALLEY WITH FAITHFULNESS, INTEGRITY, RESPECT, AND EXCELLENCE IS EVIDENT AND WE ARE EXCITED TO SUPPORT THEM ON THEIR JOURNEY. IT IS MY HONOR TO STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY TO INTRODUCE THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF OUR FIREFIGHTER FAMILY. THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL DEDICATION, COURAGE, AND COMMITMENT TO A SERVING COMMUNITY. PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING OUR NEW FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS. FIRST ONE WOULD BE JACOB BARNETT. JAKE LIVES IN NEWPORT, UH, IN NEWPORT BEACH AND COMES FROM A LARGE FAMILY. BEFORE JOINING THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT, HE WORKED AT A MR REDLANDS, JAKE AND JOYCE SNOW AND WATER, SKIING, PHOTOGRAPHY, RUNNING AND COOKING. DURING THE SUMMER, YOU'LL FIND HIM GOING TO LAKE POWELL FOR HOUSE BOARDING TRIPS, BUT NOT AFTER PROBATION. , SAUL CUEVAS. SAUL LIVED IN SANTA MARCOS, TEXAS WITH HIS WIFE, THREE KIDS AND GRANDCHILD. BEFORE JOINING THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT, HE WORKED AT TRAVIS COUNTY EMS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. SAUL ENJOYS SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FAMILY, PLAYING SPORTS AND COACHING HIS CHILDREN'S TEAMS. HOWEVER, HE'S BUSY AT THE MOMENT, STUDYING FOR HIS NEXT TEST. DYLAN DARROW. DYLAN CURRENTLY LIVES IN SANTA ANA, BUT ORIGINALLY GREW UP IN NEEDLES WHERE HIS PARENTS STILL RESIDE. BEFORE JOINING THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT, HE WORKED AT BAKER, E-M-S-A-M-R, REDLANDS, AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY FIRE. DYLAN ENJOYS THE GYM, TRAVELING, HIKING, GOING TO THE BEACH TO SURF AND SPENDING TIME BY THE RIVER. BUT AFTER PROBATION, DYLAN IS A CERTIFIED STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING SPECIALIST. POSSESSES A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN KINESIOLOGY FROM CAL STATE SAN BERNARDINO, AND DYLAN IS CURRENTLY ENGAGED TO HIS FIANCE. NEXT IS DYLAN HECKLE. DYLAN LIVES IN IRVINE AND HAS MANY FAMILY MEMBERS MEMBERS IN ORANGE COUNTY. BEFORE JOINING THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT, HE HAS WORKED AS A FIREFIGHTER AT THE UNIVERSITY FIRE DEPARTMENT IN FAIRBANKS, ALASKA, AND AS A PARAMEDIC FOR A MR RIVERSIDE. DYLAN LOVES ALL TYPES OF MOVIES, TV SHOWS AND VIDEO GAMES. HE ENJOYS SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND GIRLFRIEND. SOME HOBBIES INCLUDE TRAVEL, HIKING, EXERCISING, PLAYING TENNIS, BUT NOT TOO AFTER PROBATION. NEXT IS ADAM HEMPSTEAD ADDISON, I'M SORRY, ADDISON HEMPSTEAD. ADDISON LIVES IN HUNTINGTON BEACH WHILE HIS FAMILY LIVES UP NORTH IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. BEFORE JOINED THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT, HE WORKED AT A MR RIVERSIDE. ADDISON LOVES PLAYING ALL KINDS OF SPORTS, ESPECIALLY BEACH SPORTS, AND ENJOYS HIKING IN HIS FREE TIME AGAIN, BUT DOES NOT HAVE MUCH OF THAT AT THE MOMENT. HE ALSO HAS A BACKGROUND IN WRESTLING AND A PASSION FOR STAYING ACTIVE AND FIT. NEXT WE HAVE RYAN PIERCE. RYAN LIVES IN COVINA, CALIFORNIA. BEFORE JOINING THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT, HE WORKED IN LIVINGSTON FIRE AND RESCUE IN MONTANA NEAR YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. RYAN LOVES SPENDING TIME IN THE GREAT OUTDOORS, TRAIL, HIKING, UH, CAMPING AND HUNTING, BUT WILL ENJOY MORE, ESPECIALLY AFTER PROBATIONARY PERIOD. HE HAS A TWIN SISTER WHO HE IS VERY CLOSE TO. AND LAST WE HAVE NICHOLAS TRULOVE. NICK LIVES IN COSTA MESA WITH HIS WIFE DELANEY. BEFORE JOINING THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT, HE WORKED AT MONTEBELLO FIRE DEPARTMENT BEFORE THE ACADEMY. NICK LOVED HANGING OUT WITH HIS FRIENDS, MOUNTAIN BIKING, GOING TO THE BEACH, AND TRYING OUT NEW FOODS. HE'LL RESUME THOSE FUN THINGS AFTER PROBATION, BUT HE WILL BE EVEN BUSIER IN AUGUST AS NICK AND HIS WIFE ARE EXPECTING THEIR FIRST CHILD. SO IN CONCLUSION, I'D LIKE TO, UH, EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF OUR FIRE DISTRICT. YOUR TRUST AND CONFIDENCE ENABLE US TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SERVICE AND PROTECTION TO OUR RESIDENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELCOME. YEAH, I THANK YOU GUYS. NEXT WE HAVE A NEXT WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION [8. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming July as Parks Make Life Better Month] PROCLAIMING JULY AS PARKS MAKE LIFE BETTER MONTH TO BE ACCEPTED BY COMMUNITY SERVICES STAFF, ZIMA JUAREZ, ARMANDO AGIRI, AND BERLIN PINEDO. WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM? I SEE OUR FANTASTIC REC STAFF COME ON UP AND STAND RIGHT HERE. YOU KNOW, CHINO HILLS PLACES A HIGH PRIORITY ON THINGS THAT IMPROVE OUR QUALITY OF LIFE, SUCH AS PARKS, TRAILS, OUR OPEN SPACES, AND OUR RECREATION PROGRAMS. EACH OF THESE PROVIDES MANY BENEFITS FOR OUR RESIDENTS, LIKE RECREATIONAL EXERCISE, PLACES TO GATHER AND COME TOGETHER, OR SIMPLY SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS IN OUR BEAUTIFUL ENVIRONMENTS. SO TONIGHT WE ARE PROUD TO PROCLAIM JULY AS PARKS MAKE LIFE BETTER MONTH. THIS YEAR [00:20:01] THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS TEAM PUT TOGETHER A FUN VIDEO TO HIGHLIGHT THE MEANING OF THIS MONTH. SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO RIGHT NOW. HEY, KA HILL, JULY IS PARKS MAKES LIFE BETTER MONTH, AND WE'RE INVITING YOU ALL CELEBRATE. BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN EXACTLY? IT'S SIMPLE. JOIN PARKS AND OUTDOOR RECREATION SPACES CAN ENHANCE OUR LIVES AND STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY. HERE IN CHINO HILLS, WE PRIORITIZE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR RESIDENTS. THAT'S WHY WE'VE DEDICATED LAND SPECIFICALLY FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT. WE'RE PROUD TO OFFER 44 PARKS, 3000 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE AND OVER 48 MILES OF TRAILS FOR YOU TO EXPLORE. SO THIS MONTH WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE WONDERFUL AMENITIES OUR CITY HAS TO OFFER, WHETHER IT'S GOING ON A HIKE, PLAYING ON PLAYGROUNDS, KICKING THE BALL, OR SIMPLY ENJOYING A BREATHTAKING VIEW. NO MATTER WHAT YOU CHOOSE, GINO HILLS HAS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. SO GET OUTDOORS AND EXPERIENCE THE JOY OF OUR BEAUTIFUL PARKS BECAUSE AFTER ALL, PARKS PARK REALLY DO MAKE LIFE BETTER, LIFE BETTER. SO, TO ACCEPT TONIGHT PROCLAMATION, WE HAVE SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES STAFF. SO AS YOU COME UP, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TELL US ABOUT YOUR ROLE, UM, IN COMMUNITY SERVICES HERE AND ANY UPCOMING EVENTS THAT OUR RESIDENTS CAN ENJOY. SO WE'LL START WITH YOU. HELLO, MY NAME'S JIMO JUEZ AND I'M A RECREATION SPECIALIST OVERSEEING OUR SPECIAL EVENTS. THIS ROLE HAS GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAN AND EXECUTE FUN EVENTS FOR A COMMUNITY WHERE SUCCESS IS MEASURED BY THE SMILES THAT WE BRING TO PEOPLE'S FACES. BY UTILIZING OUR PARKS SUCH AS VETERANS PARK FOR OUR WEEKLY CONCERT, THIS PARK SERIES, WE PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL REASON FOR PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER AND ENJOY ENTERTAINMENT ON ON SUMMER NIGHTS. THIS USE OF PARKS FOR PUBLIC ENJOYMENT AND COMMUNITY GATHERINGS TRULY EXEMPLIFIES WHY PARKS MAKE BLACK BETTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THIS RECOGNITION. UM, MY NAME IS BERLIN PINEDO. I WORK IN THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS OFFICE ASSISTANT FACILITIES. BEING A CITY EMPLOYEE IN ENC, CHINO HILLS RESIDENT, I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF SERVING OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS PERSONALLY ENJOYING THE VARIOUS AMENITIES OUR PARKS HAVE TO OFFER. FOR EXAMPLE, IT IS SUMMERTIME, SO RIGHT NOW WITH CONCERTS IN THE PARK, UM, THOSE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A GOOD TIME. UM, OUTSIDE OF WORK, I ENJOY SPENDING MY TIME AS A MEMBERS OF PICKLEBALL LEAGUE OFFERED AT GRAND AVENUE PARK AND HIKING DIFFERENT TRAILS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. I AM HONORED TO BE HERE TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION, AND I WILL NOW PASS IT OVER TO ARMANDO. THANK YOU. HELLO EVERYONE. AS SHE SAID. UM, THANK YOU MAYOR AND THANK YOU CITY COUNCIL MEMBER. HI, ARMANDO. GEAR, PARKS AND REC. PARKS AND RECREATION HAVE HELD A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART. EVER SINCE I WAS A CHILD PLAYING ON THE PLAYGROUNDS, I STARTED AS A VOLUNTEER HERE HELPING OUT OUR AQUATICS PROGRAM AND OUR DAY CAMP PROGRAMMING. UH, NOW I'M A SPECIALIST OVERSEEING ACTIVE ADULTS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. HAVING PREVIOUSLY WORKED AT GRAND AVENUE PARK AS THE ADULT SPORTS SPECIALIST, I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND THE PASSION AND EXCITEMENT MANY OF THE SPORTS HAVE BROUGHT TO OUR FACILITIES. AND I THINK ALSO TOO, THE ADULT SOCCER AND PICKLEBALL LEAGUE MAKES ME FEEL MORE PASSIONATE, CONNECTED, AND PROUD TO SERVE THE CITY OF TRINA HILLS. AND I THANK YOU EVERYONE. OUR LAST [9. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming August 6th as National Night Out] PROCLAMATION IS A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING AUGUST 6TH AS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT TO BE ACCEPTED BY EMERGENCY SERVICES COORDINATOR JOYCE LEE, WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR, JOYCE. GOOD EVENING, JOYCE. JUST WHAT YOU WANNA DO AFTER YOUR WORK DAY. STAY HERE TILL SIX 30, HUH? SO, CHINO HILLS IS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES IN CALIFORNIA AND IN THE NATION. AND ONE THING THAT HELPS KEEP OUR CITY SAFE IS A STRONG PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OUR COMMUNITY. SO EACH YEAR, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT EVENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HELP RAISE AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF CRIME AND DRUG PREVENTION AND PROVIDE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE CITY, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS EVENT ENCOURAGES RESIDENTS TO DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS WITH NEIGHBORS AND ENJOY VISITS FROM UNI, UNIFORM DEPUTIES, POLICE VOLUNTEERS, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY OFFICIALS, AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS. SO TO TELL US MORE ABOUT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT TONIGHT AND RECEIVE THE PROCLAMATION IS OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES COORDINATOR JOYCE LEE. SO THIS IS NOT YOUR FIRST RODEO, SO YOU HAVE YOUR PROCLAMATION THIS YEAR. TELL US MORE ABOUT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT THIS YEAR. THANK YOU MAYOR MORAN AND THANK YOU COUNCIL. UM, AS MAYOR MORAN NOTED, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS AN ANNUAL COMMUNITY BUILDING CAMPAIGN THAT PROMOTES POLICE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS. AND IN THE 41 YEARS OF NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, [00:25:01] 17,000 COMMUNITIES HAVE HOSTED EVENTS ACROSS THE NATION WITH OVER 38 MILLION PARTICIPANTS. ON AUGUST 6TH, CHINO HILLS WILL BE IN OUR 18TH NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. LAST YEAR, WE PLACED SEVENTH IN THE NATION FOR CITIES BETWEEN 50,000 TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND RESIDENTS. AND IN CHINO HILLS. RESIDENTS ACROSS THE CITY REGISTER TO HOST A NATIONAL NIGHT OUT EVENT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS TO DISCUSS NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH PROGRAMS, POLICE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, AND TO GET TO KNOW THEIR NEIGHBORS. THIS, UH, THESE EVENTS INCLUDE BARBECUES, ICE CREAM, SOCIALS, POTLUCKS, MUSIC EVENTS, UM, AND YOUTH ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THE CITY PARTNERS WITH NEIGHBORHOOD HOSTS AND PROVIDES THEM WITH A NATIONAL NIGHT OUT BANNER HANDOUTS ON CRIME PREVENTION AND SAFETY, AND PLENTY OF GIVEAWAYS FOR KIDS ATTENDING THE EVENTS. TO REGISTER TO HOST AT AN EVENT, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE@CHINOHILLS.ORG SLASH NNO BEFORE JULY 22ND TO RESERVE YOUR KIT TO HOST AN EVENT IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU. THANK NEXT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE [ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT] PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT. THANK YOU CHERYL, AND GOOD EVENING MAYOR MORAN COUNCIL AND RESIDENTS. JUST TWO QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT. UH, CONCERTS IN THE PARK CONTINUES THIS WEDNESDAY AT 7:00 PM WITH NEON NATION PLAYING EIGHTIES MUSIC AND MOVIES IN THE PARK CONTINUES THIS THURSDAY WITH THE SCREENING OF TROLLS BAND TOGETHER. AND IN OTHER NEWS, THE CITY IS IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING ITS LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN TO BE BETTER PREPARED FOR EMERGENCIES AND HAZARDS. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO HELP THE CITY IDENTIFY HAZARDS THEY'RE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT BY TAKING A QUICK THREE TO FOUR MINUTE SURVEY ONLINE@CHINOHILLS.ORG SLASH LH. MP SURVEY PAPER VERSIONS AND SURVEYS TRANSLATED IN MANDARIN AND SPANISH ARE ALSO AVAILABLE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER THROUGH AUGUST 16TH. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PI REPORT AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR NICOLE? OKAY, WITH THAT, MOVING ON. OKAY. [ ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION] ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OUT OF CLOSED SESSION? NO. NO. REPORTABLE ACTION TAKING ENCLO SESSION THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. OKAY, NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO [10. 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.] 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 DEPUTY CITY CLERK TO MY LEFT A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD AVAILABLE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. ONCE CO COMMENTS HAVE BEGUN, WE WILL NO LONGER ACCEPT ANY NEW SPEAKER CARDS. COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER. CAN YOU CLARIFY SOMETHING BECAUSE I SAW SOME WORRIED FACES. SO IF SOMEONE IS SPEAKING ON A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM, DOES THAT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THEM? THAT IS FOR THIS TIME NOW. SO THIS IS FOR ANYTHING THAT IS LISTED ON THE AGENDA THAT IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM, AND ALSO EXCEPT FOR ITEM 26, WHICH IS THE SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. OKAY. AND CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW WE ARRIVED AT TWO MINUTES FOR THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T COME TO EVERY MEETING TO KNOW WHY WE DO THIS? YES. SO WE, UM, BASE IT UPON THE NUMBER OF SPEAKER CARDS THAT ARE RECEIVED, AND ONCE WE GET UP TO 15 SPEAKER CARDS, THEN WE WILL REDUCE IT TO A TWO MINUTE TIME. AND THEN AS THE SPEAKER CARDS GET GREATER THAN THAT AMOUNT, WE WOULD REDUCE IT TO A ONE MINUTE TIME. SO IT'S KIND OF A, WE HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE HOW MANY WE GET AND THEN WE, UH, PICK THE TIME AND THAT'S JUST TO KEEP THE MEETING MOVING FORWARD SO THAT WE CAN GET THROUGH ALL THE BUSINESS THAT THE COUNCIL HAS TO HEAR. OKAY. AND HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? WE HAVE 15, I BELIEVE SO, SORRY, MY AGENDA'S, UH, YES, 15. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JIM GALLAGHER. UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL STAFF AND FELLOW RESIDENTS. UH, I ASKED TO PULL ITEM 13 JUST 'CAUSE I, I DID A LITTLE INVESTIGATION ON IT. NORMALLY, UH, WE DON'T LOOK AT IT AS, YOU KNOW, IT'S A CONSENT ITEM AND YOU USUALLY PASS THAT THROUGH. WHAT CONCERNED ME WAS, UH, I WAS LOOKING AT THE SALES AND USE TAX LINE ITEM, AND IT'S SHOWING PROBABLY A VARIANCE JUST FOR THIS MONTH. I DON'T KNOW, A, UH, VARIANCE OF, UH, 556,000 FOR 38, WHICH ISN'T MUCH, BUT IT'S A, BUT IT'S A, A NEGATIVE VARIANCE. [00:30:01] AND THE EXPLANATION I THOUGHT WAS VERY INTERESTING. UH, UH, ITEM A, IT SAYS, SALES AND USE TAX IS NOT ANTICIPATED TO MEET THE ORIGINAL PROJECTION DUE TO A CONTRACTION IN E-COMMERCE. GAS PRICE DECREASES AND SHOPPERS BEING MORE SELECTIVE WITH THEIR SPENDING. AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR SHOP CHINO HILLS, UH, PROGRAM THAT WE USED TO DO? I THINK THAT'D BE NICE TO REVIVE THAT. UM, ALSO, UH, THE QUESTION IS, IS THIS A TREND OR JUST AN ANOMALY FOR THE MONTH? AND WHAT CONCERNS ME EVEN MORE IS I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, SELL SPACE, FOR EXAMPLE, AT THE CHINO HILLS PARKWAY CENTER OVER ON PIPELINE AND CHINO HILLS PARKWAY. THE OTHER DAY, ONE OF OUR SIDEWALK VENDORS WHO SELLS THE FLAGS WAS OVER THERE BLOCKING THE LEASE SIGN, WHICH CONCERNED ME. I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR DEVELOPERS NEED THE OPPORTUNITY, OF COURSE, TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT THAT LEASE SPACE IS AVAILABLE. AND HERE, THIS PERMIT, THIS PERMITTED SIDEWALK VENDOR WAS BLOCKING IT. SO I CALLED IT IN AND I APPRECIATE, UH, UH, DEPUTY ROD HILL FOR TAKING MY, UH, MY CALL. SO THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KATHLEEN SOKE, FOLLOWED BY ALEX WANG. HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS KATHLEEN SOKE AND I'M A RESIDENT OF CHINO HILLS FOR 25 YEARS NOW, I'VE SERVED MY COMMUNITY ALL MY LIFE WAS BORN AND RAISED. DID YOU, CLOSER TO YOUR MOUTH SO WE CAN HEAR YOU BETTER, CAN YOU PULL THE MIC WAS BORN AND RAISED RIGHT HERE, AND, UM, UH, SERVED AS A NURSE CARETAKER FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO. BEEN MARRIED 49 YEARS, RAISED KIDS, GRANDKIDS, GREAT GRANDKIDS, BUT MY BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENT WAS HOSPICE IN MY HOME FOR MY PARENTS, AND THEY RESIDE OUT AT RIVERSIDE NATIONAL CEMETERY. NOW BASICALLY WHAT I WANTED TO SAY IS THAT ROLLER DERBY, BEING THAT I'M A SENIOR CITIZEN NOW, UM, IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. UM, ROLLER DERBY HAS GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND A RENEWED PASSION FOR LIFE TO CONTINUE TO SERVICE THE COMMUNITY IN, UM, MANY RE OUTREACH PROGRAMS THAT THE, UM, PRISON CITY HAS DONE AND HAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO. WE LOVE TO, UM, WE KNOW HELP OUR COMMUNITY IN ANY WAY WE CAN. THANK YOU FOR MY CONSIDERATION AND, UM, GREAT GRAHAM, KATHLEEN. SOPHIE. THANK YOU. ALEX WANG. H OKAY. FOLLOWED BY MARIA FREE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYOR AND STAFF. PICKLEBALL IS AN AMAZING SPORT. NEVER IN HUMAN HISTORY HAS A SPORT REACHED SO MANY PEOPLE ACROSS SUCH A DIVERSE DEMOGRAPHIC. THERE IS A GROWING NUMBER OF PICKLEBALL PLAYERS IN OUR CITY. EVERY TIME I PLAY, I SEE NEW FACES, AND THIS HAS LED TO AN URGENT PROBLEM. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PICKLEBALL COURTS, AND MANY OF US OFTEN LEAVE ANO DUE TO WAIT TIME AVERAGING 45 MINUTES. ONE SUNDAY, A ROLLER HOCKEY NIGHT. AFTER LEAVING ANO, I WENT TO THE RING AT GRAND AVENUE PARK AND FOUND IT EMPTY AND MY FRIEND KEISHA OBSERVED THE SAME ON A WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. SO WE HAVE A PROBLEM AS A SHORT TERM SOLUTION, I SUGGEST ASSIGNING MORE NIGHTS TO PICKLE BALL AT GRAND AVENUE PARK FOR A LONG-TERM SOLUTION. I PROPOSE CONVERTING OUR ROLLER HOCKEY RING INTO PICKLEBALL COURTS. IT IS SAID THAT THE RING IS THE LAST IN THE REGION ATTRACTING PLAYERS FROM FAR DISTANCES. AND THIS IMPLIES TWO THINGS. THIS IMPLIES A DECLINING REGIONAL INTEREST AND A SMALLER PERCENTAGE OF CHINO HILL RESIDENTS AMONG THE PLAYERS. AND TO ME, IT'S NOT FAIR FOR CHINO HILLS TO BEAR THE BURDEN OF MAINTAINING THE LAST ROLL HOCKEY RING IN THE REGION. THIS RESPONSIBILITY SHOULD LIE WITH THE COUNTIES OR THE STATE. SO I PROPOSE DEDICATING CITY RESOURCES TO HELP ROLL HOCKEY PLAYERS, FIND OR BUILD ANOTHER RINK AT A COUNTY OR STATE PARK. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. FOLLOWING MARIA FREE WILL BE DEANNA SAUNDERS MEDINA. [00:35:02] UH, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME'S MARIA FREE. I'M A PART OF AND ADVOCATING FOR THE PRISON CITY ROLLER DERBY TEAM. I'M ALSO A 30 YEAR RESIDENT OF CHINO HILLS. UM, I WANNA STATE AGAIN THAT ROLLER DERBY HAS PAID, UM, NEAR TO $150,000 OVER THE 17 YEARS WITH THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS. ROLLER DERBY IS THE ONLY SPORT PAYING FOR THE USE OF THE RINK WE ARE REQUIRED TO PAY BECAUSE WE ARE AN ORGANIZED SPORT. IT IS CONCERNING THAT THE PICKLEBALL GROUP WHO HAVE REPEATEDLY INDICATED THAT THEY ARE AN ESTABLISHED AS A SPORTING GROUP, ARE NOT REQUIRED TO MAKE ANY FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS. HOWEVER, THEY ARE THE ONES GETTING THE MOST ALLOTTED TIME AT GRAND AVENUE. THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO RECOGNIZE THAT ANY STATISTICS GATHERED ARE NOT CONSIDERING THE PERCENT OF TIME USED. ROLLER DERBY GETS ABOUT 5% OF THE AVAILABLE TIME ON THE RINK AND USES A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THAT TIME. HOCKEY GETS EVEN LESS AND USES A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THAT TIME. PICKLEBALL GETS 80% OF THE TIME ALLOWED ON THE RINK AND USES LESS THAN 40%. THE POSTED SIGNAGE IN HISTORY HAS PUSHED OUT SKATERS. IT IS HOPE THAT IN THE FUTURE ALL GROUPS WILL WORK TOGETHER TO BRING MORE SKATERS IN AND GIVE THEM MORE TIME ON THE RINK. UH, OPTION A, WHICH YOU, I'M ASSUMING YOU'VE SEEN, IS WHAT WE OBVIOUSLY WANT TO RETURN IT TO THE ORIGINAL, UH, SKATE SURFACE. HOWEVER, WE DID COME UP WITH FLIP IT OVER. OH, . WE DID COME UP WITH ANOTHER OPTION D THAT I HANDED THAT I HAD THEM HAND OUT TO YOU. UH, THE PICKLEBALL AREA IS THE AREA NEAR THE HILLS, AND THEN THIS WOULD BE THE REMAINING AREA. UM, I DID LIST DIMENSIONS ON THE, UH, HANDOUT THAT I GAVE YOU TO SHOW, UM, WHAT WE ESTIMATED AND WE COULD EXTEND SOME OF THIS INTO THE WALKWAY AREA. THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA SPACE THERE. UM, THE DIMENSIONS THAT ARE GIVEN ON THE PROP ON THE PROPOSAL ALREADY, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ROOM FOR ROLLER DERBY. ROLLER DERBY NEEDS AT MINIMUM A HUNDRED BY 110 BY 75 FEET. UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WE DID THANK YOU. AND WE DID GET YOUR HANDOUT. YEAH. OKAY. DEANNA COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS DEANNA SAUNDERS MEDINA AND I AM THE TREASURER FOR PRISON CITY ROLLER DERBY. AS A MEMBER OF THE ROLLER DERBY TEAM THAT USES GRAND AVENUE PARK TWO TIMES A WEEK FOR MOST OF THE YEAR, I WOULD LIKE TO AIR MY CONCERNS FOR REGARDING THE PROPOSAL IN THE IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL TODAY. I, I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT THE CURRENT PROPOSAL IS TO RESURFACE THE RINK TO PICKLEBALL STANDARDS. AS THERE IS NO CLEAR CONSENSUS ON WHAT PICKLEBALL STANDARD SURFACES ARE. THERE'S NO INDICATION THAT A PICKLEBALL STANDARD SURFACE WILL BE COMPATIBLE FOR ROLLER SPORTS. IN FACT, IT IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT IT WOULD BE, IT IS HIGHLY LIKELY THAT IT WILL COMPLETELY PRELUDE PRECLUDE ROLLER SKATERS FROM USING THE RINKS AT ALL. RESURFACING THE RINK TO PICKLEBALL STANDARDS WITHOUT A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHETHER IT WOULD BE USABLE BY ROLLER SPORTS, BY ROLLER SPORTS WOULD HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE EQUITY ISSUE THAT MAYOR MORAN HAS SPECIFICALLY STATED, OUR CONCERN FOR THE CITY PICKLEBALL PLAYERS HAVE MANY OTHER PARKS THAT ARE WITH DEDICATED COURTS WHERE THEY CAN PRACTICE. THERE ARE OVER 10 COURTS WITHIN A 10 MILE RADIUS OF CHINO HILLS. GRAND AVENUE PARK, MEANWHILE, IS THE ONLY RINK WITHIN A 20 MILE RADIUS. PICKLEBALL PLAYERS OFTEN TALK ABOUT THE HEALTH BENEFITS THEY RECEIVE FROM PLAYING AND THAT THEY ARE DISAPPOINTED WHEN THEY NEED TO WAIT FOR A FREE COURT. HOWEVER, ROLLER SPORTS ALSO HAS AN INCREDIBLE, ALSO HAVE INCREDIBLE HEALTH BENEFITS AND HAVE LITERALLY BEEN A LIFESAVER FOR EVERYONE ON THIS TEAM. UNLIKE PICKLEBALL PLAYERS, HOWEVER, WE HAVE NO EASY REPLACEMENT RINK OR EVEN AN OPTION TO WAIT OUR TURN IF PICKLEBALL SURFACE IS UNUSABLE. AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF PCRD, I WANT TO PROPOSE AN EQUITABLE OPTION THAT WILL ALLOW EVERYBODY TO MAKE USE OF THE RINK OF USE OF THE PARK, REPLACING THE CURRENT RINK WITH A SCALED DOWN RINK. AND THE THREE PICKLEBALL COURTS OFFERS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. PICKLEBALL PLAYERS GET THREE NEW PERMANENT COURTS AND CAN HAVE TWO TEMPORARY COURTS DURING THE TIME WHEN ROLLER SPORTS ARE NOT USING THE RINK. MEANWHILE, ROLLER SPORTS WILL STILL HAVE A PLACE TO SAFELY SKATE THAT PREVENTS STRAY BALLS OR PACKED FROM GOING IN OR OUT OF THE RINK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU WALTER. WALTER GELLI, FOLLOWED BY TOMMY MORRISON. HELLO, I'M WALTER GELLI, UH, 20 YEAR PLUS RESIDENT OF CHINO HILLS GRAND AVENUE. GRAND AVENUE PARK IS A GREAT FACILITY AS IT SIT NEXT TO MILES AND MILES OF HIKING TRAILS WITH GAZEBO, MULTI-PURPOSE ROOMS. UM, IT'S GOT A CITY OFFICE. WHEN IT WAS BUILT, IT HOSTED MULTIPLE SPORTS, TENNIS, SOCCER, TWO ROLLER RINKS. BUT AS TIMES CHANGED AND THE DEMAND FOR OTHER SPORTS BECAME HIGHER, THE CITY SAW THE DEMAND FOR BASKETBALL AND THEY CONVERTED ONE OF THE ROLLER RINGS TO A, A LIT BASKETBALL COURT WITH MUCH SUCCESS. AS SPORTS CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AND DEMANDS CONTINUE TO CHANGE, YOU MUST EVALUATE [00:40:01] ROLLER RINK SPORTS VERSUS PICKLEBALL. ROLLER SPORTS ARE DECLINING WHILE PICKLEBALL HAS TREMENDOUS GROWTH RATES NATIONWIDE, YOU CAN LOOK THAT UP YOURSELF. I DON'T NEED TO GIVE YOU THE NUMBERS. YOU HAVE PROVIDED US WITH PICKLEBALL COURTS AT ANO COURTS, WHICH ARE COMPLETELY OVERUSED. IF YOU TRY TO PLAY DURING THE WEEK IN THE EVENINGS, THE STREETS IN THE PARKING LOT ARE ARE FULL TO THE POINT WHERE YOU HAVE TO TURN AROUND AND GO HOME. IF YOU DO GET A PARKING SPOT, YOUR WAIT TIMES FOR A GAME ARE BETWEEN 45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR. SO I ONCE AGAIN ASK YOU TO LOOK AT THE EVOLUTION AND DEMAND OF SPORTS AND CONVERT THE LAST REMAINING ROLLER RING TO FULL-TIME. PICKLEBALL ROLLER SPORTS ONLY USE THE RINK ONCE A WEEK BY A LEAGUE THAT DOESN'T BELONG TO OUR CITY. OUR CITY SPONSORS A PICKLEBALL LEAGUE, WHICH IS IN HIGH DEMANDS BY YOUR RESIDENTS. IN THE FIRST SEASON, OUR, OUR OUR PICKLEBALL LEAGUE HAD ABOUT 12 TEAMS EVOLVING TO 16 TEAMS IN THE SECOND, 20 TEAMS IN THE THIRD AND OVER 20 TEAMS IN THE FOURTH WITH A WAITING LIST, WHICH WE CANNOT FILL BECAUSE THERE'S NO AVAILABLE TIME SLOTS. I EXPECT OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION AND CONVERT THE RANK TO A FULL-TIME. PICKLEBALL COURT IS WHAT YOUR RESIDENTS, UH, ARE REQUESTING. PLEASE DO THE JOB THAT YOU'RE ELECTED TO, THAT YOU WERE ELECTED TO DO. THIS CANNOT BE A MONETARY ISSUE AS THE CITY IS SETTING ON AT LEAST 80 TO 90% OF ITS RESERVES. UH, PICKLEBALL DOES BRING IN FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THE CITY AS WELL, NOT JUST ROLLER SPORTS. THANK YOU TOMMY. TOMMY MORRISON, FOLLOWED BY LAURA BRISTOL. MIC CHECK, UH, ANYTHING CHINO CAN DO. CHINO HILLS CAN ALSO DO. I CAME OVER HERE, UH, UNDER TWO MONTHS AGO. I WAS TRYING TO DO A CONTRACT WITH THE CHINO HILL CITY GOVERNMENT PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, BASKETBALL LEAGUE. AND THEN WHEN I WAS, UH, LED TO CERTAIN ADDRESSES, THEY WAS TELLING ME THAT THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A CHINO HILL CITY GOVERNMENT, PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, BASKETBALL BUILDING FOR THIS CITY TO HAVE A BASKETBALL LEAGUE. AND THEN I WAS TOLD THIS CITY DOES NOT AT ALL OFFER OR PROVIDE A YOUTH BASKETBALL LEAGUE. AND I WAS KIND OF, UH, SHOCKED, SURPRISED, STUNNED, AND, AND, AND, AND ALL THAT, THAT GOOD STUFF. SO I, I STARTED TALKING TO SOME OF Y'ALL'S TOP PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES, AND I WAS JUDGING, UH, THEY TONE OF VOICE AND THEIR ATTITUDE. IT SEEMED LIKE THEY PRETTY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT HAVING A-A-A-A-A CHINO HILLS, UH, BASKETBALL BUILDING FOR CHINO HILLS PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, BASKETBALL LEAGUE, UH, THE GUY AT GRAND AVENUE PARK. HE WAS TELLING ME THAT TODAY IS THE DAY Y'ALL GOING TO DECIDE ON WHAT TO DO WITH THAT HOCKEY, UH, LEAGUE OR HOCKEY OUTSIDE GROUND AREA AT GRAND, UH, AVENUE PARK. AND SO I'M HERE TO SUGGEST YOU BUILD DIRECTLY ON IT, BUILDINGS AROUND IT, AND MAKE IT AN INDOOR BASKETBALL BUILDINGS FOR YOU GUYS TO HAVE A, A BASKETBALL LEAGUE. CHINO, UH, PARKS AND REC, THEY TOLD ME THEY DO A BASKETBALL LEAGUE TWICE PER YEAR AND EACH INDIVIDUAL TIME THEY DO IT, THEY GET 500 INDIVIDUALS THAT LIVE IN THE CITY OF CHINO TO COME PAY FULL PRICE TWICE A YEAR. SO IF THEY GETTING 500 TWICE A YEAR, I KNOW CHINO HILLS CAN DO THE SAME. AND SO THAT'S MY, UH, YOU KNOW, SUGGESTION FOR THAT, THAT LAND AREA. THANK YOU. LAURA BRISTOL, FOLLOWED BY LISA IWAKI IWASAKI. MY, MY . HI, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LAURA BRISTOL AND I SKATE WITH PRISON CITY ROLLER DERBY AS A SKATER OF FOUR YEARS. NOW, I KNOW THAT IT CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND A PLACE TO SKATE. SKATING AND ROLLERBLADING ARE GENERALLY CONSIDERED NUISANCE SPORTS AND AREN'T ALLOWED IN MOST PRIVATELY OR CITY OWNED SPACES, SUCH AS OPEN LOTS, INCLUDING SCHOOL PARKING LOTS AND EVEN IN MANY PARKS. SKATING IS ALSO NOT ALLOWED AND DERBY SKATING IS PARTICULARLY NOT SAFE ON TENNIS COURTS. WHILE PICKLEBALL CAN SHARE THE FLOOR WITH TENNIS COURTS, WHICH ALREADY EXIST AT MANY PARKS IN THE AREA, THERE ARE NUMEROUS LOCATIONS TO PLAY PICKLEBALL WHILE THE RINKA GRAND AVENUE PARK IS THE ONLY ROLLER RINK IN THE AREA. FURTHERMORE, WHILE SKATE PARKS DO EXIST, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO PLAY ROLLER DERBY OR ROLLER HOCKEY ON THEM SINCE THEY ARE NOT OPEN AREAS. ADDITIONALLY, DUE TO THE NUMEROUS OBSTACLES, SKATE PARKS ARE NOT NECESSARILY SAFE FOR NEW SKATERS WHO ARE JUST GETTING STARTED OR DOING ACTIVITIES WHERE OPEN SPACES NEEDED, SUCH AS ROLLER DERBY DRILLS. THIS MEANS THAT RINKS ARE SOMETIMES THE ONLY SAFE AND LEGAL OPTION FOR ROLLER DERBY, ROLLER HOCKEY AND OPEN SPACE SKATING. THOUGH PRIVATELY OPERATED ROLLER RINKS REMAIN POPULAR IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. [00:45:01] THE RINK AT GRAND AVENUE PARK IS THE ONLY RINK THAT I KNOW OF THAT IS AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE DURING THE HOURS. IT'S NOT OTHERWISE BEING USED. THIS MAKES IT ONE OF THE ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE LEGAL PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO PRACTICE SKATING. I WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THIS SPACE, CONTINUING TO BE OPEN FOR NEW AND EXPERIENCED SKATERS TO CONTINUE TO SAFETY, LEARN, PRACTICE, AND COMPLETE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. LISA IWASAKI, FOLLOWED BY GABRIELLE COTE. HI, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LISA IWASAKI, SORRY. AND, UM, I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF CHINO HILLS FOR 27 YEARS. WE HAVE A BIG PROBLEM. AS YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD, THERE ARE SOME PICKLEBALL VIGILANTES WHO WILL MAKE PICKLEBALL COURTS OUT OF BASKETBALL COURTS OUT OF SHEER DESPERATION AND KNOW IT IS NOT AS EGREGIOUS AS ONE MAY SAY. THE LACK OF PICKLEBALL COURTS IS AN ISSUE THAT IS COMPOUNDING EVERY DAY. I'VE BEEN PLAYING FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF, AND THIS HAS BEEN A TOPIC FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER. OUR TIME IS VALUABLE. WE ELECT YOU TO MAKE DECISIONS ON OUR BEHALF BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. THE NEED FOR MORE PICKLEBALL COURTS SUPERSEDES THE NEED FOR A FULL SIZE SKATING RINK. TODAY WE HAVE NEW PLAYERS COME PLAY EVERY SINGLE DAY. I BET THERE ARE NOT NEW SKATERS ON A DAILY BASIS. PERMANENT COURTS AT GRAND AVENUE WOULD PROVIDE MORE HOURS OF PLAY AND IT WOULD TAKE SOME OF THE PRESSURE OFF OF ANO MANY MORNINGS AND EVENINGS. AT LLANO DRAW ROUGHLY 150 PEOPLE A DAY WAIT TIMES FOR A 15 MINUTE GAME CAN BE 50 MINUTES. PLUS THE PICKLEBALL LEAGUE HAS BEEN WELL RECEIVED. LOOK AT HOW MUCH IT HAS GROWN IN THE THREE SESSIONS SINCE IT BEGAN. I UNDERSTAND THAT PERHAPS SOME OF YOU HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN YOUR HEART FOR THE HOCKEY RINK BECAUSE YOU WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THE RINK BUILT. IT WAS WELL RECEIVED AT THE TIME AND UTILIZED FOR MANY YEARS. THAT SHIP HAS SAILED. PLEASE STEP UP LIKE YOU DID BACK THEN AND HELP US BUILD WHAT IS NEEDED IN OUR CITY TODAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GABRIEL. GABRIEL COSTA, FOLLOWED BY BRIELLE AND TITUS COSTA. HELLO. GOOD EVENING. UM, I'VE BEEN, I'VE LIVED IN CHIN HILLS FOR 14 YEARS. I'VE COME HERE TO PLAY HOCKEY FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS. AND BEING AN AVID PLAYER, UM, PLAYING ROLE OF HOCKEY AT THE RINK, IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY A GOOD EXERCISE. UM, AT THE TIME WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE, THERE WAS TWO RINKS AND, UH, UM, MAYOR GRAHAM AT THE TIME, UM, CAME OVER TO OUR RINK WHEN IT WAS BEING THE SECOND RINK WAS CONVERTED TO A BASKETBALL COURT. AND, UH, HE PROMISED US THAT HE WON'T CONVERT THIS SECOND, THIS, THIS FIRST RINK INTO, INTO, INTO ANYTHING ELSE AND JUST LEAVE IT ROLLER HOCKEY. AND I'M ASKING YOU TODAY TO PLEASE LEAVE ROLLER HOCKEY. THERE. THERE'S A LOT OF PLAYERS THAT WERE PUSHED OUT BECAUSE OF, BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED, UM, WITH THE, WITH THE BASKETBALL COURTS. AND WE HAD, WE HAD LONG WAIT TIMES, UH, TRYING TO GET ON THE RINK. UM, DURING THAT TIME, UM, MORE PLAYERS LEFT AS, AS ROLLER DERBY ROLLED IN. AND I'M JUST ASKING YOU AS A DAD WHO HAS TWO KIDS, A THIRD ON THE WAY, WE ENJOY GOING TO THE RINK AND JUST SKATING AROUND PLAYING. AND MY TWO KIDS ARE HERE. WE, WE GO, WE GO WEEKLY TO THE RINK AND, AND WE SKATE AROUND. PLEASE DON'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM US. IT'S, IT'S OUR FAMILY TIME. THERE'S FAMILIES THAT COULDN'T MAKE IT TODAY THAT WISH THEY COULD HAVE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE RINK. AND I'M JUST ASKING THAT YOU GUYS JUST DO THE RIGHT THING. WE CAN'T HAVE THE WHOLE CITY FULL OF PICKLEBALL COURTS. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S TOO MUCH. AND THE NEXT CLOSEST RINK IS, IS, IS IS 30 MILES AWAY. AND THERE'S PLENTY OF, IF I, I'M SURE IF WE WERE TO OPEN THAT SECOND RINK UP, WE'D HAVE PLAYERS COMING RIGHT BACK TO IT BECAUSE I KNOW I, I TALKED TO PERSONALLY TO PLAYERS IN HOCKEY LEAGUES THAT, THAT, UM, WOULD COME BACK TO THE RINK. BUT IT JUST GOT OVERCROWDED. AND BECAUSE THAT FIRST RINK WAS TAKEN AWAY, AND I PERSONALLY ASKED JUST AS A DAD WITH TWO KIDS WHO LEFT TO PLAY HOCKEY, WE HAVE TO END UP PLAYING IN THE STREET INTERRUPTED BY CARS. AND WE JUST DON'T WANT THAT ANYMORE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BRIELLE AND TITUS, FOLLOWED BY CHRIS CONGLETON. HELLO, MY NAME IS BRIELLE CASTILLA AND I LIVE IN CHINO HILLS. I LOVE PLAYING HOCKEY AND I ESPECIALLY LIKE GOING [00:50:01] TO THE PARK AND PLAYING WITH MY DAD TO PLAY HOCKEY AT THE R AT GRAND AVENUE PARK. VERY OFTEN WHEN WE GO TO PLAY THE RINK AS BEING USED BY PICKLEBALL, SO WE HAVE TO GO HOME AND PLAY IN THE STREET. UNFORTUNATELY, OUR PLAYTIME IS INTERRUPTED A LOT BECAUSE CARS HAVE TO DRIVE BY. IT IS ALSO HARDER TO SKATE IN THE STREET BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF LITTLE ROCKS THAT WE CAN, THAT CAN MAKE US TRIP AND FALL. I'VE HAD A FEW SCRAP KNEES AND ELBOWS FROM THE STREET, BUT SINCE WE CAN'T SKATE SKATE AT THE PARK DUE TO PICKLEBALL, WE HAVE TO SKATE IN THE STREET. WE TRIED TO GO AND PLAY ON THURSDAY NIGHTS, BUT THE KIDS WHO WERE PLAYING WERE TOO BIG FOR US TO PLAY WITH. A FEW TIMES THE PICKLEBALL NETS WERE ON THE HOCKEY RINK, BUT NOBODY WAS PLAYING. SO ME AND MY DAD AND MY BROTHER MOVED THE PICKLEBALL NETS OUT OF THE WAY SO WE COULD SKATE AND PLAY HOCKEY TOGETHER. THAT'S ALWAYS MY FAVORITE TIME PLAYING ROLLER OR HOCKEY. I WANT TO ASK THAT YOU MAKE THE HOCKEY RING FOR A HOCKEY ONLY OR GIVE IT MORE HOURS IN THE WEEK SO WE CAN GO PLAY WITHOUT PICKLEBALL IN THE WAY. PLUS MY MOM DOESN'T LIKE ME PLAYING IN THE STREET AND YOU WOULDN'T WANT HER COMING TO A CITY COUNCIL MOVIE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING SHE JUST SAID. CHRIS, FOLLOWED BY AVI KEEN. THANK YOU MAYOR MORAN CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO JUST A STATISTIC OR FIRST OFF, MY NAME'S CHRIS CONGLETON. I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT HERE FOR OVER 26 YEARS. THE SPORTS AND FITNESS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION HAS INDICATED THAT SINCE 2020 PICKLEBALL HAS GROWN AN INCREDIBLE RATE OF 223%. IT'S THE FASTEST GROWING RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY THAT EVERYONE ANY AGE CAN ENJOY. AT ANO, YOU SEE PEOPLE WHO ARE SIX YEARS OLD UP TO 60 OR 70 OR EVEN 80-YEAR-OLD PLAYERS PLAYING THERE. THERE'S ONLY ONE COURT OR ONE LOCATION IN CHINO HILLS WHERE THIS CAN BE DONE AT NIGHT. AND THAT IS ANO. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TO WAIT 40 TO 50 MINUTES BETWEEN GAMES IS THE HEALTH HAZARD. THE BODY COOLS DOWN ONCE, ONCE WE WARM UP, WE START, WE PLAY A GAME FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES, AND THEN WE'RE WAITING FOR ANOTHER 50 MINUTES BEFORE THE GAME, THE NEXT GAME. OUR BODIES COOL DOWN, SHOULDERS, JOINTS, KNEES, BACKS, ALL COOL DOWN. LAST WEEK A FRIEND OF MINE BLEW OUT HIS KNEE JUST BECAUSE OF THESE PROBLEMS THAT YOU'RE WAITING AROUND. THE BODY JUST CANNOT HANDLE THE WAIT TIME. SO WE NEED MORE SPACES. UH, WE HAVE TENNIS COURTS IN A TWO MILE RADIUS. THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT CROSSROADS ON EUCALYPTUS AND GRAND AVENUE THAT ARE NOT BEING USED. THEY'RE NOT BEING TAKE THEY USED PROPERLY. SO WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET ONE OF THOSE COURTS CROSSROADS, ESPECIALLY PUT UP THE LIGHTING, PAY THE PRICE. THE PEOPLE IN, IN CHINO HILLS, A POPULATION OF 76,000 SHOULD BE SERVED. THIS ISN'T THE COMMUN OR THIS ISN'T THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO. THIS IS THE C CITY OF CHINO HILLS. AND THAT'S WHERE YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES LIE. SO IN THE, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, THERE NEEDS TO BE A TEMPORARY FIX TO THIS ODD AND EVEN DAYS AT GRAND AVENUE PARK SHOULD BE DONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MA KEENE FOLLOWED BY GEORGE MA KEENE. I'VE BEEN LIVING IN CHINO HILLS FOR 45 YEARS, SEEN A LOT OF CHANGES. I DID SEND YOU ALL A LETTER TODAY WITH DETAILED THE PROS AND CONS OF BOTH SIDES. IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD ANSWER THE NEEDS OF EVERYONE, BUT WE CAN'T. IT'S A FINANCIAL ISSUE. I'M ASKING THAT YOU DON'T BASE THIS ON EMOTION. OF COURSE, MY HEART IS MELTING FOR THE LITTLE GIRL THAT WAS UP HERE. I'M LIKE, YES, BUILD THE ROLLER RINK. BUT THE TRUTH IS, PICKLEBALL IS THE SPORT. JUST LIKE WHEN HOCKEY WAS THE SPORT, YOU BUILT THE RINKS. PICKLEBALL IS THE SPORT, NOW IT'S TIME TO MOVE FORWARD. THIS HAS BEEN PUT OFF AND PUT OFF. WE KEEP COMING BACK TO THE SAME MEETINGS AND DIFFERENT THINGS ARE LOOKED INTO DIFFERENT SURFACES, DIFFERENT LAYOUTS. A DECISION NEEDS TO BE MADE AND, UH, THE PICKLEBALL PEOPLE DO PRODUCE INCOME. WE PAY FOR THE LEAGUE WILLING TO PAY MORE. JUST LIKE OTHER SPORTS ARE WILLING TO PAY MORE IN ORDER TO KEEP THE FACILITIES. WE HAVE A WAITING LIST. WE CAN MORE THAN OVERCOME ANY EXPENSES BY PUTTING THE WAITING LIST PEOPLE ON THE COURTS FOR LEAD TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GEORGE TEJADA, FOLLOWED BY OSCAR WESO ZO. [00:55:01] THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERS. MAYOR, I'M GEORGE TEJADA. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT IN CHINO HILLS FOR 36 YEARS NOW. I'M RETIRED NOW. I'VE BEEN PLAYING TENNIS SINCE MY HIGH SCHOOL DAYS AND I'VE RECENTLY STARTED PLAYING PICKLEBALL. SO I PLAYED BOTH SPORTS. NOW, I WANNA SAY IS, IS THAT IN MY RETIREMENT YEARS, AT SOME POINT I WILL TRANSITION TO PICKLEBALL COMPLETELY. A FEW YEARS BACK, THE TENNIS COURT SURFACE WERE IN TERRIBLE SHAPE, CAUSING MANY PLAYERS TO SLIP AND FALL. HE REACHED OUT TO THE CITY AND I REMEMBER SPEAKING TO COUNCIL MEMBER RAY MARQUEZ ABOUT IT. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE COURTS WERE RESURFACED AND MAINTAINED. SINCE THEN. I STARTED PLAYING PICKLEBALL AT ANO, WHICH IS AN EXCELLENT FACILITY FOR PICKLEBALL, BUT THE CROWDS ARE SO LARGE I COULDN'T EVEN FIND A PARKING SPACE, LET ALONE TO TRY AND GET INTO A PICKLEBALL GAME. I MOVED OVER TO GRAND AVENUE PARK. I LIKE THE PARK THERE, BUT THE COURT SURFACE IS TERRIBLE, IS IN TERRIBLE SHAPE. I'VE SEEN PEOPLE SLIP AND FALL. PICKLEBALL IS A GAME WHICH REQUIRES YOU TO PIVOT BACK AND FORTH QUICKLY AND YOU HAVE TO REALLY REACT TO THE BALL VERY FAST. THE SURFACE AT GRAND IS TOO SLICK AND SO FAST. I FIND MYSELF MISHITTING THE BALL AND I'VE CAME CLOSE TO SLIPPING AND FALLING. I'VE BEEN LUCKY. NOW I KNOW I'M A LITTLE LATE WITH ALL THE CONTROVERSY WITH PICKLEBALL AND ROLLER HOCKEY AT GRAND AVENUE, WHICH IS WHY I'M HERE TODAY. AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT MY FELLOW PICKLEBALL PLAYERS AND THE NEED TO MAKE COURTS SAFE, AS WELL AS HAVING ENOUGH COURTS TO SUPPORT THE SPORTS HERE IN CHINO HILLS. I WILL SAY THIS, THEY ARE PICKLEBALL PLAYERS AT GRAND AVENUE EVERY DAY. I LIKE PLAYING THERE IN THE MORNINGS, BUT HAVE PLAYED AT VARIOUS TIMES OF THE DAY. I UNDERSTAND THE SEAT IS DECIDING WHAT DIRECTION THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE MOVING FORWARD WITH RESURFACE, RESURFACING THE COURTS OF GRAND, AS WELL AS LOOKING INTO DEDICATED PICKLE PICKLEBALL COURTS. THANK YOU. AS FAR AS I WANT , SIR, I'M SORRY, YOUR TIME IS OVER. WELL DO WHATEVER, BUT I WANT TO PLAY PICKLEBALL ON MY COURT. SIR, YOUR TIME'S OVER, SIR. OSCAR, OSCAR HUSO. THIS IS OUR FINAL SPEAKER. YEAH, GOOD AFTERNOON. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF. I JUST WANT TO, I JUST WANT TO, UH, THANK EVERYBODY FOR GETTING TO THE COMPROMISE THAT WE'VE GONE TO WITH PICKLEBALL AND ROLLER HOCKEY AND ROLLER SPORTS. IT SEEMS LIKE THE PROPOSED CONCLUSION FROM THE STAFF REPORT SEEMS PROMISING FOR ALL SPORTS. UH, BASED ON WHAT I'VE SEEN. UM, AND YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE COME UP HERE AND I'VE PREACHED COMPROMISE AND EQUITY AND THEN TODAY I WAS READING OVER, OVER EVERYTHING AND I THOUGHT, I STILL DON'T THINK THIS IS FAIR. I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE A COMPLETE PICKLEBALL SURFACE. I THINK, AND I WANT TO COME HERE AND ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF ROLLER HOCKEY FOR THE ROLLER SPORTS SURFACE. WHY? BECAUSE I'VE LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS AND IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THE THE SURFACE HAS DETERRED ANY, UH, PICKLEBALL PLAYERS FROM, FROM PLAYING. THERE IS ABOUT, I SAW THE REPORT AND SAID THAT THERE WAS ABOUT 500 PEOPLE A MONTH COMING TO PLAY PICKLEBALL. SO IF THEY'RE ABLE TO COME AND PLAY ON THE SURFACE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, THEN I FEEL THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ROLLER HOCKEY SURFACE AND THEY WOULD BE SATISFIED. ROLLER HOCKEY WOULD BE SATISFIED. ROLLER DERBY WOULD BE EQUALLY AS SATISFIED. THAT'S WHAT I'M PROPOSING HERE TODAY. UH, IT WOULD BE OPTION TWO I BELIEVE, ON THE REPORT. AND I JUST DO THAT BECAUSE AT IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYBODY'S HAPPY AT THIS POINT. WE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE PLAYING, UH, PICKLEBALL, ROLLER HOCKEY'S THERE TO PLAY AS WELL. AND IT'S GONNA SATISFY ROLLER DERBY AS WELL. UM, AND I JUST THINK THAT'S FAIR FOR EVERYBODY, JUST KEEPING THE ROLLER SURFACE, KEEPING IT HOW IT IS WITH THE $35,000 RENOVATIONS, WHICH ARE VERY COST EFFECTIVE FOR THE CITY. AND WE APPRECIATE THAT REPORT. UM, AND THAT'S MY PROPOSAL HERE TODAY. AND I, I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY HERE FOR HELPING US REACH THIS PROPOSAL TODAY. UM, AND THIS AND A PROMISING STAFF REPORT AND I JUST HOPE THAT WE CAN JUST KEEP THE HOCKEY SURFACE SATISFY EVERYBODY. UM, THANK YOU. THAT WAS OUR FINAL SPEAKER, MAYOR MORAN. OKAY. THANK YOU. CHERYL, DO WE [ CONFLICT OF INTEREST / LEVINE ACT ANNOUNCEMENTS: Council Member abstentions or disclosures shall be stated at this time for recordation on the appropriate item.] HAVE ANY CONFLICT OF INTERESTS, UM, FROM COUNSEL THIS EVENING? OKAY, MOVING ON. WE HAVE OUR [ CONSENT CALENDAR (11 ITEMS) - All matters listed on the Consent Calendar are considered routine by the City Council and may be enacted by one motion in the form listed below. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless, before the City Council votes on the motion to adopt, Members of the City Council or 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.] CONSENT CALENDAR. UM, RAY, DO YOU HAVE ANY ITEMS YOU'D LIKE TO PULL? MADAM MAYOR? YES, THERE'S TWO OF 'EM. I'D LIKE TO PULL NUMBER 19 AND 21. RYAN? NO MA'AM. ALRIGHT. NO, PETER. NOPE. MOTION TO, I'LL MOVE THE ITEM. OKAY. SECOND REMAINDER. MOTION [01:00:01] PASSES. FIVE ZERO. ITEM NUMBER [19. Authorize auction of obsolete City surplus vehicles and equipment with estimated value of $31,100] 19 IS TO AUTHORIZE THE AUCTION OF OBSOLETE CITY SURPLUS VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF $31,100. MY, MY QUESTION REAL FAST TO CITY MANAGER. UM, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA. WE'RE TRYING TO RECOUP SOME MONEY ABOUT 31,000. MY QUESTION IS, IF PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO, TO BUY THIS DISCOUNTED EQUIPMENT, IS THAT FEASIBLE? UH, WE USE, I BELIEVE AN AUCTION SERVICE TO BE, UH, TO LIQUIDATE THESE, UH, VEHICLES. SO THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF IT TENDS TO SERVE MORE. UH, SO THEY WOULDN'T GO DIRECTLY THROUGH THE CITY. THEY WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH THE COMPANY THAT WE THEN GIVE THESE VEHICLES TO. SO THEY WOULD HAVE THAT OPTION, BUT NOT DIRECTLY FROM THE CITY IF THEY WANTED THAT INFORMATION. AS FAR AS WHERE THE AUCTION HOUSE IS, WE WE CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO THEM. YEAH, WE COULD PROVIDE TO THE PUBLIC, ANYONE WHO WOULD WANT THAT INFORMATION. THANK YOU SIR. APPRECIATE THAT. WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THEM MO MOVE THE ITEM AND MOTION PASSES. FIVE ZERO. ITEM NUMBER 21 [21. Authorize execution of Amendment No. 6 to Agreement No. A2019-203 with West Coast Arborists, Inc., increasing total not-to-exceed amount to $5,667,786 for additional urgent tree trimming work orders] IS TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX TO AN AGREEMENT WITH WEST COAST ARBORISTS, INCREASING THE TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT TO $5,667,786 FOR ADDITIONAL URGENT TREE TRIMMING WORK ORDERS. MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO PULL THIS. FIRST OF ALL, WE AS A COUNCIL, WE GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT TREES AND I KNOW I GET A LOT OF PHONE CALLS AND I BELIEVE REST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS DO TOO. UM, WE STARTED THIS BACK IN 2017. 2019. I THINK IT HAD COST THE CITY ABOUT 600,000 AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT 5.8, 5.6 MILLION, IF I'M MISTAKEN. YES. BUT TO CLARIFY, UH, I BELIEVE THE FIRST NUMBER IS AN ANNUAL AMOUNT AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS THE CUMULATIVE AGREEMENT. BUT YES, DEFINITELY GROWING OVER YEARS. AND THE REASON I BRING THIS UP IS OBVIOUSLY, UM, WE'RE UPSIDE DOWN ON THIS WHERE IT COMES MONEY OUT OF OUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT PER SE. AND, UM, WE LISTEN TO THIS COMMUNITY, THE COMMUNITY WANTS US TO DO A BETTER JOB AS FAR AS CREE TRIMMING AND WE'RE TRYING TO SCRIBE AND TO MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY. AND SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING INTO OUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT FOR THIS. SO NOW IT'S UP TO ABOUT $5.6 MILLION. AND A QUICK QUESTION TO DANIEL, HOW MANY TREES DO WE HAVE IN THE CITY? OOH, SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND TREES. HOW MANY? A FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND TREES. OKAY, SO WE HAVE A LOT. WE WE HAVE A LOT. YES. OKAY. SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN AND THIS NUMBER JUST KEEPS ON GETTING BIGGER, BIGGER AND BIGGER. SO, UM, I, I DO HAVE A SOLUTION. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER. BUT THANK YOU FOR THIS. AND AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO MOVE THIS MO THIS MOTION. SECOND. ONE SECOND, SORRY. MOTION PASSES. FIVE ZERO. NEXT WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE DISCUSSION CALENDAR. THE [22. Receive and file report on General Plan Safety Element update] FIRST ITEM IS TO RECEIVE AND FILE A REPORT ON THE GENERAL PLAN SAFETY ELEMENT UPDATE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR LAG TO PRESENT. THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. IN SEPTEMBER OF 2022, THE CITY'S SIX CYCLE HOUSING ELEMENT WAS CERTIFIED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, WHICH PROMPTED A COMPREHENSIVE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE PROCESS IN ORDER TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE LAND USE ELEMENT TO IMPLEMENT THE HOUSING ELEMENT. THE LAST COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE TO THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN WAS COMPLETED IN 2015 BECAUSE OF THE DEGREE OF CHANGES NEEDED TO THE GENERAL PLAN. THE SAFETY ELEMENT ALSO REQUIRED A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE IN ORDER TO INCLUDE REQUIRED COMPONENTS BASED ON RECENT STATE LEGISLATION, INCLUDING NATURAL DISASTER SCENARIO PLANNING, EVACUATION MODELING, ANALYSIS OF COMMUNITIES WITH LIMITED INGRESS AND EGRESS AND ANALYSIS OF HAZARDS AND VULNERABILITIES DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE. THE CITY ENTERED INTO AGREEMENT WITH RCON CONSULTANTS EARLIER THIS YEAR TO PROVIDE A COMPLETE UPDATE TO THE SAFETY ELEMENT AS WELL AS ASSIST CITY STAFF WITH UPDATES TO THE REMAINING GENERAL PLAN ELEMENTS. STAFF IS CURRENTLY REVIEWING THE DRAFT SAFETY ELEMENT IS PLANNING TO CONDUCT A JOINT WORKSHOP WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION NEXT MONTH TO REVIEW THE DRAFT AND DISCUSS THE CONCLUSIONS AS WELL AS SHARE THE RESULTS OF THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH SURVEY THAT STAFF CONDUCTED LAST MONTH. STAFF PLANS ON BRINGING A COMPLETED GENERAL PLAN UPDATE BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OF THE COUNCIL. OKAY, THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE ARE GOING TO, UM, GET SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM. SO BEFORE, UM, DO YOU WANT COUNCIL DISCUSSION BEFORE I SEE IF THERE'S ANY COMMENTS? THERE WAS NONE. THERE WAS A CHANGE AT THE LAST MINUTE. UM OKAY. THAT AREN'T, IS NOT REFLECTED ON THE MAYOR'S NOTES. SO THESE TWO ITEMS, UH, THE PUBLIC COMMENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN HEARD. OKAY. ANY DISCUSSION ON NICK'S REPORT? NO, I'M GOOD. OKAY. [01:05:01] I JUST GOT JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION REGARDING, UH, THIS, UH, ITEM. THIS WAS ACTUALLY MANDATED BY HCD AND WE HAD TO ACTUALLY DO THIS TO CERTIFY YOUR GENERAL PLAN. SO THE, UM, THE HOUSING ELEMENT, UH, UPDATE IS REGULATED BY HCD. THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT STATUTES, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED BY THE STATE THAT REQUIRE CERTAIN SUBJECT MATTER UPDATES IN CITY'S GENERAL PLANS. AND A LOT HAS TRANSPIRED IN THE LAST NINE YEARS SINCE THE CITY'S LAST GENERAL PLAN UPDATE. AND SO, UM, ESSENTIALLY WE ARE CATCHING THE GENERAL PLAN UP TO CURRENT STATE STANDARDS WITH THIS UPDATE. THANK YOU NICK. OKAY, ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY, THIS IS JUST A RECEIVE AND FILE, SO WE STILL HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND AND VOTE. IT SAYS THAT ON Y. YEAH, WELL, I'LL MOVE IS THE RECEIVING FILE OR IS THIS, IT'S A RECEIVING FILE, SO I, THAT WAS MY MISTAKE. OKAY. JUST WANNA MAKE SURE. SO, UH, NEXT ITEM 23 [23. Provide staff direction on resurfacing options and layout of rink at Grand Avenue Park and determine project is exempt from review under California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Section 15301 (Class 1 - Existing Facilities)] PROVIDES, UH, STAFF DIRECTION ON RESURFACING OPTIONS IN LAYOUT OF RING AT GRAND AVENUE PARK. AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, UM, COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR, MARSHALL TO PRESENT. THANK YOU MAYOR MORAN. A LOT OF EVOLUTION, HAVEN'T YOU? I NEED TO PUT ON MR. MARSHALL, PUT ON, USUALLY I DON'T NEED A LOT OF VOLUME. SO ANYWAYS, MAYOR MORAN, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, UM, TONIGHT IS A CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF RESURFACING OPTIONS FOR WHAT STAFF CALLS RINK ONE AT GRAND AVENUE PARK. ON THE SCREEN IS GRAND AVENUE PARK. GRAND AVENUE PARK IS AN EXTREMELY ACTIVE PARK HOSTING THREE LIGHTED OUTDOOR BASKETBALL COURTS FOR OPEN PLAY. TWO LIGHTED TENNIS COURTS, A 50 PERSON RESERVABLE GAZEBO LARGE PLAYGROUND AREA. TWO LIGHTED SOCCER FIELDS FOR CITY COORDINATED ADULT LEAGUES AND A O PRACTICES AND GAMES. A THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT COMMUNITY ROOM LIGHTED PICKLEBALL AND ROLLER SPORTS PLAY ON RINK ONE AND STAFF OFFICES A LOT GOING ON AT UH, GRAND AVENUE PARK. I'D LIKE TO REITERATE A FEW ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION IN CITY COUNCIL IN THE PAST. AS FOR CURRENT USES OF RINK ONE, IT HAS BECOME A DUAL SPORTS FACILITY OVER TIME DUE TO THE DEMANDS FOR PICKLEBALL THAT FIRST STARTED WITH A PILOT PROGRAM IN 2017. CURRENT USES INCLUDE DEDICATED SCHEDULED TIMES FOR DROP-IN PLAY FOR BOTH PICKLEBALL AND ROLLER HOCKEY AND A RENTAL TWO DAYS A WEEK PER PER WEEK BY THE DERBY DAMES OF WOMEN'S ROLLER DERBY TEAM. OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, STAFF HAVE BEEN CLOSELY MONITORING PARTICIPANT USES OF RINK ONE. DURING THIS TIME, PICKLEBALL NUMBERS HAVE CONTINUED TO GROW, WHEREAS ROLLER SPORTS PARTICIPANT NUMBERS HAVE REMAINED THE SAME, WHICH INCLUDES A GROUP OF ROLLER HOCKEY PLAYERS ON THURSDAY NIGHTS AND THE DERBY DAMES RENTAL OCCURRING ON MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS. ADDITIONALLY, OVER THE PAST YEAR, GRAND AVENUE STAFF HAS COORDINATED A PICKLEBALL LEAGUE, WHICH HAS EXPANDED TO 25 TEAMS. THIS CURRENT SEASON OF PLAY WITH A WAITING LIST AND A REQUEST FOR MORE LEAGUE PLAY AT THE FEBRUARY 13TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING, SOME MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL EXPRESS THEIR HOPE THAT IN SOME WAY WE COULD ACCOMMODATE PICKLEBALL ROLLER HOCKEY AND USES BY THE DERBY DAMES AND REQUESTED STAFF TO LOOK AT RECONFIGURING OPTIONS OF RINK ONE AND OR THE SURROUNDING AREA OF RINK ONE TO THIS GOAL. I WILL ADDRESS THAT REQUEST IN A MOMENT AFTER RECAPPING THE ORIGINAL DIRECTION OF RESURFACING RINK ONE ONLY. THERE ARE THREE RESURFACING OPTIONS FOR THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING. TWO OF THE THREE OPTIONS ARE SPECIFIC TO THE NEEDS OF EACH USER'S SPORT WITH ONE OPTION BEING OF A HYBRID. PREVIOUSLY, WE HAVE HAD SPEAKERS TALK ABOUT THEIR SPORTS PREFERENCE AND SURFACING, BUT IT'S IN, IN ITS MOST SIMPLISTIC DEFINITION, PICKLEBALL PLAYERS DESIRE A SURFACE LIKE YOU WOULD SEE ON AN OUTDOOR TENNIS COURT OR BASKETBALL COURT, ONE THAT PROVIDES MORE GRIP SO THAT THE PLAYERS WON'T SLIP WHILE PLAYING. THE OPPOSITE IS THE PREFERRED SURFACE FOR, UH, PREFERRED SURFACE BY ROLLER SPORTS PLAYERS WHERE THEY DESIRE A SMOOTHER SURFACE, WHICH IS EASIER ON THEIR WHEELS. AND IN THE CASE OF ROLLER HOCKEY PLAY ALLOWS THE PUCK TO GLIDE MORE FREELY. A THIRD OPTION IS A HYBRID SURFACE, WHICH WOULD BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE DESIRES OF PICKLEBALL PLAYERS AND ROLLER SPORTS USERS NEEDS. THE SURFACING VENDORS WE HAVE SPOKEN TO DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS OPTION. FOR THE RECORD, THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION IN THE PAST VOTED AND SUPPORTED A HYBRID OPTION ON A VOTE OF THREE TO TWO, WITH THE HOPES THAT IT WOULD ALLOW BOTH USERS TO PLAY ON THE COURT AND TO EXCLUDE ONE SPORT OR THE OTHER. CURRENTLY BEING PLAYED ON RINK ONE NOT TO EXCLUDE ALL THREE OPTIONS WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY $35,000, WHICH IS INCLUDED AS PART OF THE CURRENT CIP PROGRAM. THAT WOULD BE RESURFACING ONLY OF COURSE, IN THE APPROPRIATE LINES. AS STATED EARLIER, PART OF THE GOAL POSED BY SOME MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WAS FOR STAFF TO TRY TO CONTINUE TO ACCOMMODATE PICKLEBALL AND ROLLER SPORTS. AS A RESULT, COMMUNITY SERVICES STAFF AND PUBLIC WORK STAFF LOOKED AT THE CONCRETE AREAS SURROUNDING RINK ONE AND RINK ONE ITSELF, INCLUDING [01:10:01] POTENTIAL COSTS. THE FOLLOWING TWO OPTIONS IS WHAT WE HAVE COME UP WITH THIS ATTACHMENT IS A ATTACHMENT B IN YOUR PACKET AND WHICH IS ON THE SCREEN. IT CREATES A, IT CREATES A SHORTSIGHTED HOCKEY AREA, 50 FEET BY 85 FEET WITH DEDICATED SURFACING FOR ROLLER HOCKEY AND OTHER ROLLER SPORTS USES. HOWEVER, THIS AREA IS NOT LARGE ENOUGH FOR ROLLER DERBY'S NEEDS THIS OPTION AS SO AS SHOWN CREATES FOUR PERMANENT PICKLEBALL COURTS WITH APPRO APPROPRIATE SURFACING AS WELL. THE COST WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 200 TO 250,000. ATTACHMENT C IN YOUR PACKET, WHICH IS ALSO ON THE SCREEN NOW, CREATES A SHORTSIGHTED ROLLER SPORTS AREA 65 BY 95. ALSO WITH DEDICATED SURFACING FOR ALL ROLLER SPORTS USES. THIS OPTION HAS SHOWN ALSO CREATES FOUR PERMANENT PICKLEBALL COURTS WITH APPROPRIATE SURFACING. THE COST WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 450 TO $500,000. AND AS IT RELATES TO BOTH OF THOSE OPTIONS, UM, WITH THE EXPERTISE OF PUBLIC WORK STAFF WALKING OUT THERE, THERE IS A LOT OF CONSTRAINTS OUT THERE AS IT RELATES TO DOING SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX. OUTSIDE OF THE, UH, PARAMETERS OF THE EXISTING RINK THAT WE HAVE THERE, UH, WE HAVE TERRAIN ISSUES. OF COURSE, WE HAVE ON THE OTHER END. WE HAVE, UH, THE TRAILS AND SUCH. AND SO THAT'S WHY THESE THINGS COST THE AMOUNT THAT THEY COST. AND THOSE ARE JUST ESTIMATES AT THIS POINT IN TIME, UH, AND LEAVING UP THAT ATTACHMENT IF YOU WOULD. BRANDON, UH, STAFF ALSO LOOKED AT THE FORMER LOCATION FOR THE BLEACHERS BETWEEN THE BASKETBALL COURTS AND RINK ONE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN RIGHT THERE. YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHERE THE BLEACHERS USED TO BE LOCATED. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT AREA HAS MANY UTILITY BOXES, DRAINAGE, GRATES, AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SUPPORTS THE ENTIRE FACILITY. SO IT IS NOT AN OPTION FOR ACTIVE PICKLEBALL OR ROLLER SPORTS PLAY. HOWEVER, THIS AREA COULD BE RENOVATED TO INCLUDE SHADE, GAZEBOS AND SEATING AREAS TO SUPPORT ALL BASKETBALL PICKLEBALL AND ROLLER SPORTS PLAY, REGARDLESS OF ANY OPTION CHOSEN. THIS EVENING, STAFF ESTIMATES A TOTAL PROJECT COST OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO ENHANCE THIS AREA. NEXT, WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, ACTUALLY, GO BACK ONE. THANKS. UM, THOUGH FOUR PICKLEBALL COURTS EXIST WITHIN THE CURRENT LAYOUT OF RINK ONE, A TOTAL OF FIVE COURTS COULD EXIST. OF ALL OPTIONS MENTIONED, IF THE COUNCIL CHOOSES TO ONLY RESURFACE THE COURTS TO PICKLEBALL STANDARDS, WHICH WOULD KEEP PICKLEBALL PLAYING WITH PORTABLE NETS, WE CAN LAY OUT FIVE PICKLEBALL COURTS. THE PLAN WOULD BE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY TO HAVE THE FIFTH COURT OPEN FROM THE TIME THE PARK OPENS UNTIL 3:00 PM WHICH AT THAT TIME, STAFF WOULD DISASSEMBLE THE PORTABLE NETS ON THE FIFTH COURT, LEAVING FOUR COURTS REMAINING IN PLAY FOR THE SCHEDULED HOURS OF USE THAT DAY. THE REASON FOR GOING FROM FIVE TO FOUR COURTS IS TO LIMIT THE IMPACT TOWARDS THE PARKING AS STARTING AT 4:00 PM BOTH SOCCER FIELDS ARE IN USE IN OTHER AREAS AS WELL. ON THE SCREEN IS THE CURRENT RINK USE SCHEDULE THAT, UH, EXISTS AT, UH, FOR RINK NUMBER ONE. FRANKLY, ALL AVAILABLE TIMES FOR ROLLER SPORTS ARE NOT BEING USED, SO STAFF IS PROPOSING A NEW SCHEDULE TO BETTER ACCOMMODATE THE ACTUAL NEEDS OF RINK ONE. THE PROPOSED NEW SCHEDULE DOES NOT IMPACT THE DERBY DAMES RENTAL TIME, NOR THE GROUP OF ROLLER HOCKEY PLAYERS THAT PLAY ON THURSDAY NIGHTS. IT DOES MAINTAIN OPEN SKATE AND ROLLER HOCKEY TIMES ON FRIDAYS, AND IN ADDITION, IT ALLOWS STAFF TO OFFER A SECOND PICKLEBALL LEAGUE AND OR OPEN PLAY ON SUNDAY NIGHTS AND EXPANDS BY TWO HOURS. OPEN PICKLEBALL PLAY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM FOUR TO 6:00 PM A SIDE BENEFIT TO THE PROPOSED SCHEDULE IS THAT STAFF ARE HOPEFUL THAT THE PROPOSED INCREASE TIMES WILL HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE PICKLEBALL PLAY AT LLANO PARK, WHICH AS YOU'VE HEARD IS EXTENSIVE FINAL COMMENTS. STAFF IS OF THE BELIEF TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF EACH SPORT WE ARE TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE AT GRAND AVENUE PARK. THAT IS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO LEAVE RINK ONE'S CONFIGURATION THE WAY IT IS AND TO RESURFACE TO THE STANDARDS OF PICKLEBALL, WHICH COMES AT A SIGNIFICANT COST SAVINGS TO THE CITY. YES, WE UNDERSTAND IT IS NOT THE PREFERRED SURFACE OF ROLLER SPORTS, HOWEVER, IT DOES NOT PRECLUDE THEM FROM USING RINK ONE AT THEIR SPORTS PREFERRED DIMENSIONS. STAFF ALSO RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL SUPPORTS THE NEW PROPOSED SCHEDULE PRESENTED THIS EVENING. IF THE CITY COUNCIL SUPPORTS THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AREA BETWEEN THE BASKETBALL COURTS AND RINK ONE TO INCLUDE SHADE, GAZEBOS AND BENCHES TO SUPPORT BASKETBALL, PICKLEBALL, ROLLER HOCKEY, AND THE DERBY DAMES STAFF WOULD BRING BACK A STAFF REPORT AT A LATER TIME WITH BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS. AND THIS CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, JONATHAN. UM, BEFORE I ASK MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR FEEDBACK, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. UM, IF YOU THINK BACK, I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MANY YEARS AGO IT WAS WHEN I WAS INTRODUCED BY RAY [01:15:01] TO MR. ZALIN, MR. OONA, MICHAEL, AND YOU WERE ALWAYS SO GRACIOUS WHEN YOU WOULD COME TO OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS AND YOU WOULD EXPLAIN TO US ABOUT PICKLEBALL, AND YOU'D GIVE US THE HISTORY AND THE, THE PRIDE AND THE PA COMPASSION, UM, UM, PASSION YOU HAVE FOR THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE ROLLER HOCKEY PEOPLE, BUT I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR, UM, HAVING PATIENCE AND THE PROCESS. AND I THINK I JUST WANNA REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT WHATEVER YOUR YOUR NEEDS ARE OR YOUR WANTS ARE IS THAT THERE'S DEFINITELY A PROCESS WITH CITY GOVERNMENT, HOWEVER SLOW THAT MAY BE. SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT WAS FIRST SUGGESTED THAT IT WAS TIME FOR THE RINK TO BE RESURFACED, IT HAD TO BE VETTED THROUGH OUR PARKS AND REC COMMISSION. AND, YOU KNOW, THEN IT COMES TO US. AND AT THE LAST MEETING, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUETTE HAD SOME SUGGESTIONS. WELL, THOSE SUGGESTIONS TAKE STAFF TIME TO RESEARCH IN ADDITION TO THEIR OTHER DUTIES, AND THEN IT COMES BACK AT ANOTHER MEETING. SO, WELL, I CAN APPRECIATE THE FRUSTRATION THAT SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE THAT WE HAVE NOT SNAPPED TO IT AND MADE A DECISION SO QUICK. I WANNA REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT THIS IS A PROCESS, THERE'S A REASON FOR IT, AND WE VET IT THOROUGHLY AND COME UP WITH THE BEST DECISIONS WE CAN AFTER HEARING PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND READING PUBLIC TESTIMONY THAT IS SENT TO US. AND, UM, I THINK OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN HERE TONIGHT THAT YOU TWO GENTLEMEN CAN APPRECIATE, UM, THE VALUE OF PERSISTENCE AND, UM, COMING HERE AND, UM, SEEING YOUR FRUITS OF YOUR LABOR, WHEN, UH, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE VILLANO TENNIS COURTS WOULD BE CONVERTED TO PICKLEBALL COURTS AT A, AT AN EXPENSE. AND THEN AFTER THAT, UM, ADDING LIGHTS TO THAT, UM, AN EXPENSE AND THEN NOW ADDING A PICKLEBALL LEAGUE TO OUR, UM, CITY RECREATION PROGRAM. SO BY NO MEANS HAS THIS COUNCIL IGNORED THE POPULARITY OF PICKLEBALL. UM, HAVE WE KEPT UP WITH IT AT THE PACE THAT EVERYONE WOULD WANT? PROBABLY NOT. AGAIN, THIS IS LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND WE CAN'T JUST RUBBER STAMP SOMETHING AND WRITE A CHECK. UNFORTUNATELY, I WISH WE COULD BECAUSE, UM, TO THE COMMENT OF THE, THE YOUNG MAN, THE, THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS HERE ABOUT BASKETBALL IN WHICH HE GOT SOME SNICKERS, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS RUDE, UM, HE HAD A VERY VALID POINT BECAUSE FOR YEARS I HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT WE SHOULD HAVE AN INDOOR GYM. IT'S, IT'S COST PROHIBITIVE. THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER THING. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, HE HAS A RIGHT TO COME HERE AT A COUNCIL MEETING AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M ADVOCATING TO HAVE A BASKETBALL LEAGUE LIKE CHINO HAS, LIKE CHINO HAS N JB WHERE OUR KIDS HAVE TO PLAY OVER THERE. SO, YOU KNOW, WE ALL REALLY NEED TO BE OPEN-MINDED AND NOT SO CLOSE-MINDED THAT OUR GAME IS THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN, PUN INTENDED. BUT, UM, I JUST, I WANTED TO SAY THAT I'M NOT, I'M NOT, I'M NOT PRO OR AGAINST ANYTHING. WE LIVE IN A GREAT COMMUNITY. A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE TALKED TONIGHT, I'VE KNOWN FOR A LONG TIME. OUR, OUR KIDS ARE IN THEIR THIRTIES NOW, AND WE HAVE WATCHED THINGS EVOLVE AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S GREAT AND WE TRY TO KEEP UP WITH EVERYONE'S NEEDS, BUT I REALLY WANTED TO PUT IT OUT THERE THAT, UM, BUT BY NO MEANS DO WE, WE TAKE THIS, THIS LIGHTLY. AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY START WITH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS. I WOULD ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS, BUT TO PLEASE WAIT UNTIL, UH, OUR LAST COLLEAGUE BEFORE ANYONE MAKES A MOTION OF ANY SORT OF WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO, BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR EVERYONE'S, UM, COMMENTS BEFORE ANYONE MAKES A MOTION OF WHAT THEY WOULD. SO LET'S START WITH YOU, PETER, CERTAINLY. WELL, FROM THE, ALMOST FROM THE BEGINNING. FIRST OF ALL, I ECHO THE, THE FRUSTRATION THAT YOU HAD INITIALLY AND THE PATIENTS THAT YOU'VE SHOWN AS YOU WERE WORKING TO CONVINCE THE CITY RECREATION STAFF AND COLLEAGUES, MY COLLEAGUES ON CITY COUNCIL, THAT PICKLEBALL WAS A TRUE GROWING SPORT. WE SAID PROVE IT. AND OVER TIME, OBVIOUSLY IT'S BEEN PROVEN BECAUSE I'VE NEVER SEEN A SPORT GROW SO QUICKLY, AND I'VE BEEN, RAY AND I WERE BOTH LITTLE LEAGUE PRESIDENTS WE'VE BEEN IN, AND OUR KIDS HAVE PLAYED SOCCER AND EVERYTHING, AND I'VE NEVER SEEN A SPORT GROW SO QUICKLY. SO THANK YOU, AS CYNTHIA SAID, FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE'VE LET THINGS DEVELOP AND PLAY OUT. UH, REALLY FOR THE PAST YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF, I'VE BEEN AN ADVOCATE TO, TO ROLL WITH IT, SO TO SPEAK, AND FACE THE FACTS THAT PICKLEBALL HAS GROWN SO EXTENSIVELY THAT WE NEED TO ADJUST OUR OURSELVES TO HOW WE UTILIZE OUR FACILITIES. AND WE'VE ALWAYS TAKEN PRIDE, JONATHAN AND I FOR YEARS. WE'VE ALWAYS COMPARED NOTES ON CROSS UTILIZATION OF FACILITIES. UM, AT OUR, OUR COMMUNITY PARK IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF SOCCER AND BASEBALL, AND WE LET FOOTBALL PLAY IN THE PRACTICE. THIS CASE, IT'S A CONUNDRUM BECAUSE THE SERVICES NEED TO BE DIFFERENT TO ACCOMMODATE EVERYBODY'S NEEDS. AND AGAIN, I I WON'T BELABOR THIS, I'M JUST IN TOTALLY IN FAVOR OF, UH, UH, PUTTING THE SURFACE TO PICKLE BALL, SORRY, TO PICKLEBALL STANDARDS AND, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT PICKLEBALL HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A HOME AT GRAND [01:20:01] AVENUE PARK, WHERE THAT, UH, SATISFIES ALL THE NEEDS. IF THERE'S A SACRIFICE TO BE MADE, IT'LL HAVE TO BE ON THE ROLLER, WELL, THE ROLLER SIDE OF THINGS AND SEE IF THEY CAN WORK IT OUT. UH, I'M NOT AN ADVOCATE FOR SPENDING A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS AT THE MOMENT ON, ON AN ENHANCED FACILITY, UH, BUT I AM IN FAVOR OF PICKLEBALL GETTING THEIR, THEIR NEEDS MET BECAUSE IT'S, AGAIN, IT'S EXPLODED SO MUCH THAT WE NEED TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS. SO I'LL REVISIT AFTER I HEAR EVERYBODY, BUT THAT'S WHERE I'M MAKE A MOTION. I'M AT DON'T SAID DON'T MAKE A MOTION, DON'T BE THERE. SO I WON'T. ALRIGHT, UH, YES. UH, ECHO BASICALLY EVERYTHING THAT, THAT PETER HAS SAID, HOWEVER, UH, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO THROW THE ROLLER SPORTS UNDER THE BUS. I MEAN, THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME AND THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER AREAS IN THE CITY OR NEARBY THAT THEY CAN BE. UH, THEY CAN ENJOY THE PASSIONS OF THEIR LIFE, WHICH IS THE ROLLER HOCKEY AND THE, AND THE, UH, ROLLER DERBY. I, I AM LOOKING AT THIS AND, AND I HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION, UH, IF YOU CAN ANSWER THIS, UH, JONATHAN, UH, WE, WE RECEIVED THE DIAGRAM TONIGHT. WHAT IS THE OVERALL DIMENSIONS OF OUR EXISTING RINK? IS IT APPROXIMATELY 85 BY 180? IS THAT WHAT THE IT WORKS OUT TOO. I KNEW MIKE ADAMS BEING SICK THIS EVENING WAS GOING TO COME BACK AND BITE ME. AND MY, MY OTHER RIGHT HAND MAN HAS GIVEN ME, I'M NOT SURE, UM, BRANDON, FULL SIZE ROLLER HOCKEY RINK. 'CAUSE THAT'S A FULL SIZE OR YOUR COMPADRE OUT THERE. OKAY. LET, LET ME, LET ME IF UNLESS SOMEBODY HAS A AN EXACT ANSWER. A FULL SIZE HOCKEY GROUP IS 85 BY 200. THE RANK AT GRAND AVENUE IS 85 BY ONE EIGHT. OKAY. EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT. OKAY. ALRIGHT, GREAT. WITH RESPECT TO THAT QUESTION, THE DIAGRAM WE WERE GIVEN, WHICH APPEARS TO SHOW, UH, 58 FEET BY 88 FEET, AS I'M ASSUMING PERMANENT PICKLEBALL, COURTS, COURTS, AND A REDUCED, UH, ROLLER HOCKEY AND ROLLER DERBY RINK, THE NORTH, OR I GUESS THAT WOULD BE THE WESTERLY END. THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO FENCE SHOWN THERE. I'M ASSUMING THAT FOR SAFETY OF THE PICKLEBALL COURTS, WE WOULD HAVE TO RELOCATE OUR EXISTING FENCE. SO THAT FLYING PUCKS, AND BELIEVE ME, THEY COME OUT BECAUSE THE NIGHT I WAS UP THERE WATCHING THE ROLLER HOCKEY GOING ON, UH, ONE WENT OVER THE FENCE. IF WE HAVE PICKLEBALL COURTS THERE AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT FENCE, OBVIOUSLY SOMEBODY'S GONNA GET HURT. SO THERE'S THAT SMALL ISSUE. OKAY. THE OTHER ISSUE IS, IS THE HUGE COSTS IF WE DECIDE TO DO ANYTHING WITH THE FOOTPRINT, OTHER THAN MAINTAIN WHAT WE HAVE. SO GIVEN THAT, AND GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE'D LIKE TO, I THINK ALL OF US UP HERE WOULD LIKE TO ACCOMMODATE ALL THREE SPORTS AND ALL THREE USES, THEN IT GETS DOWN TO THE SURFACE, ALRIGHT, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE OLDER THAT ARE PLAYING PICKLEBALL. AND I'M NOT SAYING THIS JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE OLDER, BUT ANYBODY PLAYING ON A SURFACE THAT SHOULD BE SMOOTH OR SHOULD BE ROUGH AND IS SMOOTH, YOU GET THE SLIGHTEST BIT OF MOISTURE THERE, OR PEOPLE HAVE WORN DOWN TENNIS SHOES, SOMEBODY'S GONNA FALL DOWN AND HURT THEMSELF. I THINK THERE'S MORE LIKELIHOOD THAT SOMEONE COULD HURT THEMSELF PLAYING PICKLEBALL ON A COURT THAT ISN'T SURFACED FOR PICKET BALL. AND I KNOW THAT IT CAUSES ISSUES WITH RESPECT TO ROLLER HOCKEY AND ROLLER DERBY. I THINK THE COST OF THE, UH, THE, THE BALLS, WHATEVER THEY'RE CALLED, THE PUCKS. YEAH, WELL, THE PUCK IS ONE THING, BUT THE, THE, THE WHEELS HIMSELF, THE TRUCKS, YEAH. UH, THAT'S A LITTLE PRICE TO PAY, BEING ABLE TO STILL HAVE IT VERSUS THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE BEING, UH, PICKLEBALL. SO THIS IS REALLY A DILEMMA, BUT THERE'S NO WAY IN THE WORLD THAT I COULD JUSTIFY 200 TO $500,000 OF TOTALLY REFIGURING ALL OF THIS. SO MY INPUT WOULD BE MAINTAIN THE EXISTING SPORTS THAT ARE THERE WITH A SURFACE THAT WILL ACCOMMODATE AND BE SAFELY OR SAFE FOR PICKLEBALL. AND IF THERE'S ANY WAY IT COULD BE SLIGHTLY DEVIATED TO ACCOMMODATE OR BETTER ACCOMMODATE THE ROLLER SPORTS, THEN SO BE IT. IT'S, IT'S KIND OF TRYING TO FIND THE MIDDLE GROUND AND IT'S $70,000 ROUGH VERSUS THREE TO, YOU KNOW, 10 TIMES THAT, OR IT JUST MAKES SENSE TO ME. SO PLEASE, STAFF RECOMMENDATION. YEAH. SO THE STA YEAH, THERE YOU GO, BRIAN. ALRIGHT. I THINK I'M GONNA ECHO MY COLLEAGUES', UH, OPINION ON THIS. WE CERTAINLY WANNA TRY TO FIND A WAY TO, YOU KNOW, SPLIT THE BABY AS IT WERE AND TRY TO KEEP EVERYBODY HAPPY. BUT I KNOW THAT WOULDN'T BE THE CASE. UM, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. UM, IF WE EXPAND USAGE FOR PICKLEBALL THERE, SEEING THAT DIAMOND BAR IS, YOU KNOW, A STONES THROW AWAY, DO WE TRACK IF IT'S RESIDENTS THAT USE IT? 'CAUSE SOME OF OUR SPEAKERS TODAY HAVE TALKED ABOUT CITY FUNDS, [01:25:01] CITY TAXES, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE, YOU KNOW, CAN WE ACTUALLY LIMIT IT TO G OIL'S FOLKS OR IS THAT POSSIBILITY? WELL, GRAND PROVIDES A, A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY OF COURSE, THAT, UH, ANO DOESN'T BECAUSE WE HAVE STAFF ON AT THE FACILITY. UM, TO BE FRANK, WE DO NOT HAVE A FEEL FOR HOW MANY NON-RESIDENTS ARE USING EVEN ANO. UM, THERE IS A, UH, A REAL LACK AND COUNCIL MEMBER, MARQUEZ AND I SPOKE ABOUT THIS TODAY, UM, A REAL LACK OF PICKLEBALL FACILITIES IN THE REGION. SO WHAT'S HAPPENED IS, IS THAT ALL OF THE PRESSURE NOW IS ON US IN ESSENCE. YEAH. UM, I TALKED TO, I'VE BEEN OUT TO LLANO ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEK PERIOD OF TIME AND, UM, TALKED TO THE FOLKS THERE AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO GO BACK TO THEIR CITIES TO PUT THE PRESSURE ON THEIR CITIES, TO BUILD MORE, TO BUILD SOME PICKLEBALL COURTS. AS AN EXAMPLE, THE CITY OF CHINO, WHERE'S MY LITTLE, UH, CHEAT SHEET HERE? WE'LL GO WITH THE CITY OF ONTARIO FIRST. THEY HAVE TWO FOR THE SIZE OF THEIR COMMUNITY. THEY HAVE TWO PERMANENT, UH, PUBLIC, UH, PICKLEBALL COURTS AND TWO WHERE YOU, WE WOULD CLASSIFY AS PORTABLE, LIKE WE HAVE UP AT GRAND AVENUE. DIAMOND BAR HAS FOUR PERMANENT PICKLEBALL COURTS. I SPOKE TO THEIR, UH, DIRECTOR TODAY AND, UM, THEY ARE SLAMMED. UM, THEY KNOW, THEY, THEY SYMPATHIZE EXACTLY WHAT, WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH. UM, NOTHING'S ON THE BOOKS RIGHT NOW FOR THEM TO DO ANYTHING, BUT HE'S HOPEFUL THAT SOMETHING WILL COME ABOUT. CITY OF CHINO HAS SIX PRIVATE COURTS, TWO AT THE YMCA AND FOUR OTHER COURTS THAT ARE LOCATED AT OTHER FACILITIES THAT ARE JUST NOT PUBLIC. SO REALLY IN ESSENCE, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY COURTS OF, OF PUBLIC AT THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION. SO THOSE WERE A COUPLE OF AROUND THE REGION. I'M NOT SURE WHAT OTHER, UH, FACILITIES HAVE AND SUCH OR OTHER CITIES HAVE, BUT THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY PUT THE PRESSURE ON US. I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS, AGAIN WITH PEOPLE OUT AT THE LLANO LOCATION AND PEOPLE ARE TELLING ME 50 50% OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE ARE NON-RESIDENTS THAT ARE COMING AND THEY'RE COMING FROM A DISTANCE. THE QUALITY OF PLAY IS HIGH. THE SOCIALIZATION, THE SOCIAL, UH, ASPECT IS TREMENDOUS THERE. WHAT IT'S DONE, OF COURSE, IS IS THAT IT'S PUT INCREASED PRESSURE ON ALL OF OUR PARKING. AND I HEAR WHAT THEY'RE SAYING AS FAR AS PARKING. WE'RE GONNA BE, UM, OUR ENGINEERING IS, UH, DIVISION IS, UH, WORKING ON A, UH, PLAN RIGHT NOW TO ADD ANOTHER 15 PARKING SPACES THAT ARE THERE AND SUCH. BUT JUST THE WHOLE SOCIAL NATURE OF THAT PARTICULAR SPORT WHERE PEOPLE ARE ON AND OFF THE COURTS QUICKLY, IT REALLY ATTRACTS A LOT OF PEOPLE AND PEOPLE HANG OUT THERE FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME. OF COURSE THEN THAT PUTS PRESSURE ON OTHER THINGS. AND SO WE HAVE TO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT AT GRAND AVENUE PARK AS WELL IS BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING ON. AND SO ONE OF THE THOUGHTS WAS, IS MAYBE INCREASE THE NUMBER OF COURTS, THE FIFTH COURT ONLY FOR A CERTAIN PORTION OF THE DAY, AND SUCH AS IT MAY BE. BUT REALLY WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE IN MANY INSTANCES, WE HAVE A LOT OF CHINO HILLS PEOPLE THAT ARE PLAYING, BUT THE PRESSURE, REAL PRESSURE IS COMING BECAUSE OF THE NON-RESIDENTS THAT ARE COMING IN AND USING THE COURTS, UH, FROM THAT STANDPOINT. AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT. AND WE'RE, WE'RE BEARING THE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY SAY THEY'RE WAITING 45 MINUTES, I HAVE NO DOUBTS THAT THAT IS OCCURRING. THERE'S NO WAY OF EVEN AT GRAND AVENUE PARK TRYING TO SOMEHOW FIGURE OUT A WAY TO HAVE IT AS A RESIDENCE USE. WELL, BASED ON WHAT YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT TODAY AND THE PROPORTIONS THAT YOU THINK SIGN THAT SAYS RESIDENT USE SIGN. YEAH. UM, SINCE WE DO HAVE STAFF AT THE FACILITY, CERTAINLY IF, IF IT WAS THE COUNCIL'S, UH, DESIRES, UM, CERTAINLY WE CAN CALL THE QUESTION AT THE FRONT GATE, YOU KNOW, AND IF THE COUNCIL SO WANTED TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF NON-RESIDENT PLAY THAT HAPPENS THERE, THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO. I'VE HAD PROPOSALS FROM, UH, AND AS YOU, UH, AND I'LL MENTION THEIR NAMES AS WELL. THEY CAME TO US EIGHT YEARS AGO, MR. STEVE ZELAYA AND MIKE CORDO. AND, UM, WHAT YOU SEE OUT THERE TOO SPECIFIC TO PICKLEBALL IS YOU SEE PEOPLE CREATING MEMBERSHIPS AND SUCH WHERE YOU HAVE TO PAY A LITTLE SKIN IN THE GAME, SO TO SPEAK, TO HAVE SOME TIME ON THE COURTS AND STUFF. SO THERE COULD BE SOME STUFF THAT WE WOULD DO. IT WOULD TAKE A, CERTAINLY A STAFF EFFORT TO, IN ORDER TO, UH, MONITOR THE NON, YOU KNOW, ANY KIND OF NON-RESIDENT PLAY, YOU KNOW, ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS AND STUFF THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE SIGN UP, WE KNOW WHERE THEY'RE FROM, THEY HAVE TO FILL OUT THEIR INFORMATION. WHEN YOU HAVE OPEN PLAY, MAY IT BE A BASKETBALL COURT, A PLAYGROUND OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT'S JUST THAT IT'S OPEN PLAY. AND SO WHOEVER COMES, COMES MARIN. AND COUNSEL, IF I CAN JUMP IN FOR JUST A QUICK SECOND. THE CITY ATTORNEY AND I WERE ALSO EXPLORING OPTIONS OF HOW WE COULD, UH, UH, TAKE, UH, INTO ACCOUNT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SO MANY NON-RESIDENTS USING THE PARK. UH, WHILE WE PROBABLY COULD WORK TOWARDS A PROGRAM THAT WOULD GIVE PRIORITY TO CHINO HILLS RESIDENTS AT OUR PARK, WE WOULD NOT [01:30:01] WANT TO DO AN EXCLUSIVE TO CHINO HILLS BECAUSE OUR FUNDING SOURCES ALSO INCLUDE STATE FEDERAL FUNDING. IN A LOT OF WAYS IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO MAKE THAT DISTINCTION, BUT IT'S NOT THAT DIFFERENT THAN A LOT OF PROGRAMS WHERE WE MAY HAVE, UH, RESERVATION PERIODS THAT, UH, PRIORITIZE RESIDENTS FEE PROGRAMS THAT PRIORITIZE. SO WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S THE COUNCIL'S DESIRE, THERE'D BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TRY AND FUNNEL MORE, UH, RESIDENTS INTO, UH, ANY USE WE COME UP WITH. UH, I JUST WANT TO CAUTION THAT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO EXCLUDE NON-RESIDENTS. DOES THAT MAKES SENSE? I'M CURIOUS, BEN, WHAT FUNDING ARE YOU REFERRING TO THAT WOULD, DOES IT'S SPECIFIC FOR PICKLEBALL OR ARE YOU TALK, WHAT, WHAT FUNDING ARE YOU REFERRING TO? A LOT OF OUR PARKS HAVE BEEN FUNDED PARTIALLY THROUGH GRANTS. AND SO WE'D WANT TO HAVE TO MAKE SU WE'D HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT GRAND AVENUE PARK, WHEN IT WAS BUILT HOWEVER MANY YEARS AGO, WASN'T UH, UH, UH, INCLUSIVE OF STATE OR FEDERAL FUNDING. WE'D HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS LOCAL. AND EVEN THEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A SLIPPERY SLOPE FOR US TO LOOK AT AT THAT EXCLUSIVE USE. A A LOT OF FEDERAL GRANTS REQUIRE THAT IF YOU TAKE FEDERAL MONEY, THAT YOU DON'T EXCLUDE, UM, NON-RESIDENTS FROM USING YOUR PUBLIC FACILITIES. AND THEN I, IT'S ONE OF THE, IT'S ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF GENERALLY TAKING FEDERAL GRANTS. WELL, I LIKE THE IDEA THEN OF PRIORITIZING VERSUS EXCLUDING IF THEY WANT TO WAIT 45 MINUTES LIKE EVERYBODY'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND YOU DON'T LIVE IN TOWN. YEAH. FINE. AND THEN, UM, IN TERMS OF OTHER PARKS OR UNDERUTILIZED AREAS THAT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY COST A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TO DO, BUT TO ADD, YOU KNOW, EXPAND MORE PICKLEBALL, IS THAT, HAS THAT BEEN EVALUATED? WELL, WHEN EVERY CITY CONTACTS ME AS IT RELATES TO WANTING TO BUILD PICKLEBALL COURTS, MY FIRST QUESTION TO THEM IS, IS DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH PARKING? AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM. YEAH. UM, WE TRIED TO DO SOMETHING OVER AT TORRY PINES PARK. UH, TORRY PINES PARK STARTED OFF AS A $400,000 PROJECT, BUT THEN WHEN WE HAD TO DO RECONFIGURATION OF PARKING AND OTHER THINGS TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE TYPES OF USE THAT WAS THERE, THE, THE TAB ENDS UP BEING OVER $900,000. SO HENCE WE DID WHAT WE DID, BUT PARKING REALLY IS THE ISSUE. AND WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER FAC EXISTING FACILITY IN TOWN THAT IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT AS WE HAVE SEEN AT LLANO. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU RAY. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANNA SAY WE HEAR YOU AND WE WANT TO MAKE, UM, EVERYTHING WHAT YOU HAVE TODAY. WE WANT YOU TO CONTINUE TO HAVE IT. SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO A BALANCING ACT. UMS YOU SAID EIGHT YEARS AGO REGARDING, UH, EIGHT YEARS OVER THERE AT UH, GRAND AVENUE PARK. I WAS INVOLVED IN THAT FROM THE BEGINNING. UH, STEVE ZAYA, MIKE OIA, UM, AND I REMEMBER ANO WASN'T BEING USED. MATTER OF FACT, IT WAS BEING VANDALIZED AND, UH, WE SORT OF PITCHED THAT TO YOU, STEVE, AND INITIALLY YOU DIDN'T WANT TO GO THERE BECAUSE IT WAS GONNA BE A TENNIS COURT. SO WE, WE LISTENED TO YOU, YOU DIDN'T WANT TO USE IT. I WENT TO JONATHAN MARSHALL AND YOU CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF PUTTING FOUR COURTS ON IT. AND WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL, WE ALL SUPPORTED THAT. AND, UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU, BUT WE ALWAYS THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX, WE WANNA MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY. UM, DO I WANNA BUILD FOUR COURTS AND SPEND A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS? I ACTUALLY DO, BUT WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE MONEY. AND, UM, SALES TAX, I KNOW THAT THE CITY OF CHINO JUST PASSED A 1 CENT SALES TAX. UM, AND I GO TO CHINO AND I KNOW YOU GUYS GET MAD AT ME FOR ME GOING TO SAM'S CLUB, BUT I GO THERE, UM, I'M SORRY AGAIN, BUT I DO, AND THAT ONE SENSE REALLY DOESN'T BUG ME. UM, BUT THERE'S SO MUCH MORE WE CAN DO FOR OUR CITIZENS. UM, IF WE WERE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, COULD WE BUILD FOR PICKLEBALL COURTS? POSSIBLY. WE POSSIBLY COULD DO THAT. 'CAUSE WE'D HAVE THE MONEY. SORRY, PETER, I'M GETTING MAD AT ME . UM, SO THAT'S A POSSIBILITY. ALL I'M STATING TO YOU IS THAT WE'RE, WE TRY TO MAKE IT WORK. I MOVED HERE IN 84 PROBABLY BEFORE MOST OF YOU GUYS WERE EVEN BORN. SO I MOVED HERE IN 84. IN 84, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING. WE DIDN'T HAVE BASEBALL COURT, BASEBALL FIELDS, WE DIDN'T HAVE SOCCER FIELDS, WE HAD NOTHING. AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU, PETER AND MYSELF WERE ON THE PARKS AND RECS COMMISSION FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS, SORRY, PETER, UH, MANY YEARS. AND WE REALLY ACCOMPLISHED A LOT. YOU LOOK AT OUR CITY, WE HAVE 43 PARK, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MILES OF TRAILS. WE HAVE A STATE OF THE ART, UH, EVERYTHING. AND I KNOW PICKLEBALL, WE'RE TRYING, YOU KNOW, WE, I KNOW STEVE, YOU TOLD ME, YOU PROMISED ME THAT IF WE BUILT FOUR QUARTS AT ANO, YOU GUYS WOULDN'T COME BACK FOR AT LEAST 10 YEARS. YOU LIED TO ME . OKAY. SO, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT RIGHT NOW. UM, I KNOW THERE'S A GROUP OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WITH BIG LEAGUE DREAMS, AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE NEGOTIATING, BUT THERE'S NINE COURTS THAT, AGAIN, I KNOW STEVE, YOU'RE INVOLVED IN THAT, YOU AND YOUR SON, [01:35:01] AND, UM, HOPEFULLY THAT WORKS OUT. THAT COULD BE NINE ADDITIONAL COURTS AT BIG LEAGUE DREAMS. AND I, I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR INVOLVEMENT IS GONNA BE AT THIS TIME, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME SPECULATION, YOU AND YOUR SON, SO I REALLY WISH YOU THE VERY BEST THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN. UH, ONE OF THE CHURCHES IN THE COMMUNITY, THEY HAVE ACTUALLY TWO PICKLEBALL COURTS AND I'M, WE'VE BEEN NEGOTIATING WITH THEM TRYING TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO TO BE ABLE TO OPEN UP THE COURTS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SO THIS COUNCIL, WE WILL BEND OVER BACKWARDS FOR YOU. UM, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING AND, AND ONCE AGAIN, WHAT I LIKE TO BUILD FOUR COURTS, I REALLY WOULD, AND THERE'S A GRASS AREA JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BASKETBALL COURTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT. BUT AGAIN, PETER, YOU SAID HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. SO WHERE DO WE GET THE MONEY? GRANTS, WHATEVER. BUT I KNOW THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OPTIONS BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY IN OUR CITY. UM, THE DERBY DAMES, UM, I FEEL FOR YOU, YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR 17 YEARS. UM, I HEARD A NUMBER THAT I DON'T THINK IS CORRECT AS FAR AS MONIES THAT ACTUALLY HAS COME TO THE CITY COFFERS. BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT DOESN'T MATTER. UM, WE WANT TO WORK WITH YOU, EVEN THOUGH YOU MIGHT LIVE OUTSIDE THE CITY. WE WANT, YOU'VE BEEN THERE FOR 17 YEARS, I DON'T WANNA TAKE THAT AWAY FROM YOU. UM, SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING, AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, NO MATTER WHAT WE DO, YOU GUYS AREN'T GONNA BE 100% HAPPY. BUT I WOULD, UH, LIKE WHATEVER THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY IS TO KEEP THE HOCKEY RING THE WAY THAT IT IS AS FAR AS DIMENSIONS, BUT ACTUALLY MODIFY THE SURFACE MORE IN LINE TO PICKLEBALL. AND I WOULD SUPPORT THAT. SO THANK YOU GUYS. ANY LAST MINUTE COMMENTS? OKAY, THANK YOU EVERYONE. YOU KNOW WHAT, JONATHAN, THOSE STATS THAT YOU GAVE US FROM THE NEIGHBORING CITIES FOR, UH, PICKLEBALL, WE REALLY AS A CITY HAVE STEPPED UP BECAUSE THE FACT THAT CHINO HAS NO PUBLIC PICKLEBALL COURTS IS AMAZING. AND I I'M SURE IT'S AT LEAST 50% OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING FROM NEIGHBORING CITIES TO USE OUR, OUR FACILITIES. SO CHINO'S GONNA HAVE, JUST SO YOU KNOW, BY THE END OF THE YEAR, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TWO COURTS. THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT JUST TOO ONLY. OKAY. AND, UM, WE HAVE LOTS OF GREAT IDEAS AND ALTERNATIVES BY BOTH THE ROLLER HOCKEY AND PICKLEBALL ENTHUSIAST. AND IT DID NOT FELL ON DEAF EARS AND LIKE WE'VE ALL SET UP HERE, UM, IT'S CONSTANTLY EVOLVING. SO WHO'S TO SAY WHEN OUR COFFERS ARE MORE FULL OR WE HAVE SOME FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE WILL REVISIT SOME OF THESE IDEAS? I PERSONALLY LIKE, UH, ATTACHMENT B, BUT IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE. WE DON'T HAVE 200 TO $250,000. IF WE DID, I WOULD, I WOULD SUPPORT THAT RIGHT NOW. SURE. UM, FOR A FEW FUTURE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, BUT STAFF HAS ALREADY DONE THE RESEARCH FOR US GUYS. SO THIS IS ON OUR RADAR AND AS FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE, WE CAN REVISIT IT. UM, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE NEED TO MAKE SOME TEMPORARY SOLUTIONS. AND LIKE MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ECHOED, I THINK THE MOST REASONABLE ONE IS, UM, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE WE WANNA MAINTAIN THE SPACE FOR PICKLEBALL, FOR, FOR ROLLER HOCKEY, FOR ROLLER DERBY, AND FOR OTHER ROLLER ROLLER ACTIVITIES FOR FAMILIES AND PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, UM, WHICH IS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO, TO KEEP IT LIKE THAT. SO, UM, WE'RE DONE WITH OUR COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. CAN I JUST MAKE ONE QUICK COMMENT? OF COURSE, BRIAN. UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK GOING WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS CERTAINLY THE CHEAPER OF THE OPTIONS AND IF FOR SOME, YOU KNOW, REASON WE'RE ABLE TO BUILD ANOTHER FACILITY DOWN THE ROAD, HOW HARD WOULD IT BE TO RESURFACE IT BACK TO A, YOU KNOW, ONE THAT'S MORE CONDUCIVE TO RULER SPORTS? WELL, CERTAINLY THE BENEFIT OF LEAVING THE RINK IN ITS CURRENT CONFIGURATION, THEN IF WE BUILT ANOTHER FACILITY AND IT WOULD BE QUITE EASY TO DO THAT. YEAH. THE SURFACING COMPANY, NO ISSUE WHATSOEVER, SO, OKAY, GOOD. YEAH, JUST WANTED MOVE THE ITEM TOWARDS, UH, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY PETER SECOND. OKAY. PLEASE VOTE. OKAY. AND CAN WE CLARIFY WHILE WE'RE, WE'RE VOTING THAT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS NOT ONLY THE RESURFACING ALL ITS PICKLEBALL SURFACE, BUT ALSO RE REBUILDING ALL OF THE, UH, FENCE AROUND THE ROLLER HOCKEY RINK. IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, THERE'S SOME FENCING THAT NEEDS ATTENTION AS, UH, THE ROLLER HOCKEY GUYS KNOW AND THEY SLAP THEIR PUCK UP AGAINST THE, UH, IT GOES UP AGAINST THE FENCE IF THEY HAPPEN TO NOT HIT THE HIT THEIR INTENDED TARGET. UM, YEAH, WE WOULD LOOK INTO, UH, DOING SOME REPAIRS TO SOME OF THE FENCING. THAT'S KIND OF A NOMINAL FEE ASSOCIATED WITH THINGS OUT THERE. BUT YEAH, IT WOULD CERTAINLY, UH, IT'S NEEDED AS WELL. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RECOMMENDATION OR, UH, INCLUDED THAT. OKAY. MADAM MAYOR, CAN I, ONE OTHER COMMENT. UM, I KNOW THAT THERE'S AN ISSUE, AGAIN, I KNOW WE ALL GO OUT AND LOOK AT THESE FACILITIES AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A WINDBREAK ISSUE OR WIND AT THE ROLLER HOCKEY, ALSO THE DIVIDERS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN, IN THE FUTURE, THAT SHOULD BE A, A MAJOR EXPENSE IF WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AND MAYBE MOVE FORWARD TO, TO RECTIFY THOSE ISSUES. SO MAYOR, BEFORE WE FINALIZE, JUST FOR ONE LAST BIT OF CLARIFICATION, DID THE COUNCIL WANT TO GIVE ANY DIRECTION ON THE MODIFIED SCHEDULE WHERE WE, UH, PUT A LITTLE MORE PRIORITIZATION LOOK GREAT. I'M THINK WE, WE SUPPORT THE SCHEDULE. YEAH. GREAT. I'M SEEING, UH, WE'LL [01:40:01] ROLL THAT IN WITH THE MOTION AS WELL. OKAY. MOTION BY PETER. YEP. WE HAVE A SECOND RAY, HAVE PLEASE VOTE. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT AND GIVING US YOUR FEEDBACK THESE LAST FEW MEETINGS. APPRECIATE IT. MOTION PASSES. FIVE ZERO. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE MOVE ON TO THE PUBLIC HEARING SECTION OF OUR MEETING. THE FIRST ITEM, ITEM [24. Adopt resolution adopting written report regarding sewer charges for Fiscal Year 2024-25 and directing such charges be collected on County Tax Roll for Fiscal Year 2024-25] NUMBER 24, IS TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION ADOPTING A WRITTEN REPORT REGARDING SEWER CHARGES FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 24, 25. FINANCE DIRECTOR BAHA TO PRESENT. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. EACH YEAR, THE CITY COUNCIL MUST APPROVED PLACING THE SEWER CHARGES FOR SEWER ONLY ACCOUNTS ON THE COUNTY TAX ROLL AT A PUBLIC HEARING. CURRENTLY, THE CITY BILL APPROXIMATELY 19,600 RESIDENTIAL AND 2,600 COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS FOR SEWER SERVICE ON A MONTHLY BASIS. AMONG THESE CUSTOMERS, 222 ARE RESIDENTIAL SEWER ONLY ACCOUNTS. THESE CUSTOMERS ARE BILLED SOLELY FOR SEWER SERVICE AS THEIR WATER IS PROVIDED BY ANOTHER AGENCY, AND TRASH SERVICE IS BILLED BY WASTE MANAGEMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 25. THE TOTAL ANNUAL SEWER CHARGES WILL AMOUNT TO $434 AND 16 CENTS PER PARCEL. THIS IS COMPRISED OF TWO COMPONENTS, $297 AND 48 CENTS FOR THE IEA SEWER TREATMENT CHARGE AND $136 AND 68 CENTS FOR THE CHINO HILLS SEWER FEE. IF THERE'S NO MAJORITY PROTEST, I RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THE RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE SEWER CHARGES REPORT AND DIRECT STAFF TO HAVE THE CHARGES COLLECTED VIA THE TAX ROLL. OKAY, THANK YOU KRISTA. AND FOR THIS ONE, CHERYL, WE DID NOT, IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING, SO WE WILL, UH, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. THAT IS CORRECT. I'LL DO THAT IS UNLESS THERE'S ANY IMMEDIATE COUNSEL DISCUSSION. OKAY. WE'RE GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER. OKAY. SEAN SHAZA. OKAY. SHE, SEAN, IS SEAN HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? THIS RIGHT HERE. OH, SORRY ABOUT THAT. I THINK, OH, YEAH, TO THE NON AGENDA ITEM. OKAY. OKAY. WE HAVE NO SPEAKER, SPEAKER FOR THIS ITEM. OKAY. HEARING NONE, WE WILL BRING UP, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK UP HERE. AND DO I HAVE ANY, UM, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE ITEM. OKAY, I'LL SECOND PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. OUR NEXT ITEM IS [25. Accept revised report of delinquent water and sewer service charges and authorize staff to record delinquent water and sewer charges as assessment to property owner on County tax roll] TO ACCEPT THE REVISED REPORT OF DELINQUENT WATER AND SEWER SERVICE CHARGES. AGAIN, FINANCE DIRECTOR BAJAJ TO PRESENT. HI . THIS ITEM ADDRESSES CURRENT DELINQUENCIES IN THE WATER AND SEWER ACCOUNTS. UM, PREVIOUSLY ON MAY 14TH, YOU ACCEPTED THE PRELIMINARY REPORT OF EIGHT ACCOUNTS, UH, WHICH HAS SINCE BEEN REDUCED TO FOUR. SO I RECOMMEND THAT COUNSEL ACCEPT THE REVISED REPORT AND AUTHORIZE STAFF TO RECORD THESE DELINQUENT CHARGES AS AN ASSESSMENT AGAINST THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON THE COUNTY TAX ROLL. THANK YOU, KRISTA, ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL BEFORE I OPEN? I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. CHERYL, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? WE DO NOT. OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND IF THERE'S NO COMMENTS, I'LL MOVE THE ITEM. AND SECOND, I'LL SECOND PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES. FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU. NEXT WE MOVE ON [26. 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.] TO THE AGENDIZED ITEM, PUBLIC COMMENTS SECTION. CHERYL, HOW MANY PUBLIC COMMENTS DO WE HAVE? 15. OKAY. SO DOES THAT, IT'S TWO MINUTES. SO 16, CHERYL, SO THE PUBLIC NOTICED, DOES THAT TRIGGER AN ADJUSTMENT ON TIMING SO THEY CAN PREPARE? WE ARE GOING TO BE TWO MINUTES. OKAY. SO FOR ALL PUBLIC SPEAKERS AT THIS TIME, PLEASE NOTE YOU WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES AND ADJUST ACCORDINGLY. OKAY. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS DAVID. AND DAVID IS FOLLOWED BY SARAH. GOOD EVENING. EVENING. MANY PAST SPEAKERS DEMANDED THAT THIS CITY SELL ITS CATERPILLAR BONDS. THIS WAS TOUTED AS A REQUEST TO CREATE AN ETHICAL INVESTMENT POLICY, BUT WAS ACTUALLY A NOT SO CLEVERLY DISGUISED APPEAL TO DIVEST FROM ALL THINGS ISRAEL. SO BECAUSE YOU'VE ALLOWED PUBLIC INPUT RELATED TO MIDDLE EAST POLITICS, THOUGH SHROUDED IN LIES, I FEEL OBLIGED TO RESPOND. YOU COULD ARGUE THAT BULLDOZERS CAN BE USED IN WAR, BUT TO ARGUE THAT THEY'RE USED TO INDISCRIMINATELY MURDER, CIVILIANS IS A LIE. YOU HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT ISRAEL IS ENGAGED IN GENOCIDE, APARTHEID, COLONIALISM, ETHNIC CLEANSING BY THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, REPEATING CLAIMS OF TERRORISTS. ANOTHER LIE. [01:45:01] YOU ARE REQUESTED TO UPHOLD ETHICAL STANDARDS BY THE PEOPLE WHOSE COMPATRIOTS RAPE AND KIDNAP MAYOR SHOOT WAVES AND MISSILES. MAYOR, MAYOR, SIR, PLEASE PAUSE YOU. YOU NEED TO, THIS IS NOT CITY BUSINESS. HE NEEDS TO LIMIT HIS DISCUSSION. IF, I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ETHICAL DIVESTMENT, CORRECT? I HEARD EXACTLY THESE WORDS MADE BY MANY OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS AUDIENCE, DEPENDING ON THE TIMELINE, SIR. BECAUSE WHY? BECAUSE WE HAVE A POLICY NOW THAT IF IT'S NOT CITY BUSINESS, THEN YOU HAVE TO ADJUST YOUR COMMENTS. YOU CAN, YOU CAN DISCUSS ABOUT, YOU CAN DISCUSS DIVESTMENT. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. UM, WHEN YOU ARE ATTACKED, ISN'T IT ETHICAL TO USE A BULLDOZER TO ROOT OUT TERRORISTS HIDING IN BUILDINGS RATHER THAN DESTROY A WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH BOMBS? ISN'T IT ETHICAL TO MINIMIZE INJURY TO YOUR TROOPS BY SHELTERING THEM BEHIND A BULLDOZER THAN HAVE THEM EXPOSED TO ATTACK? I WANT MEN AND WOMEN TO BE ABLE TO COME HOME FROM THEIR, EXCUSE ME, THAT'S NOT CITY BUSINESS. HOLD ON, PAUSE. WELL, WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING IN. THIS IS, THIS IS WHY IT'S SUCH A SLIPPERY SLOPE BECAUSE WE'RE, WELL, I'M FIRST BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO CUT OFF ABOUT TWO DOZEN PEOPLE HERE RIGHT AFTER ME, SO I'LL CONTINUE. SO LET TELL YOU, NO SIR, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT, SIR, WE'RE NOT DONE DISCUSSING. PLEASE PAUSE. I MEAN, THE POINT IS THAT HE, HE'S, HE'S ARGUING ABOUT WHY YOU SHOULDN'T BECAUSE THESE ARE, THESE, THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, NOT UNETHICAL TO INVEST IN THESE, THESE, UM, UH, TYPES OF EQUIPMENT. SO IT IS, HE'S RIGHT ON A FINE LINE HERE. I DON'T KNOW, , SHALL I CONTINUE OR SHALL I MODIFY FURTHER? YOU NEED TO MODIFY IT SIGNIFICANTLY OR YOU'LL BE ASKED TO SIT DOWN, SIR. ALRIGHT, SO LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CATERPILLAR. THIS IS A 100-YEAR-OLD AMERICAN COMPANY THAT HAS NEVER DEFAULTED ON ITS FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS. ITS PRODUCTS ARE THE BEST IN THE WORLD. ITS CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT IS KNOWN FOR ITS POWER, DURABILITY, LONGEVITY. ITS ENGINES ARE THE MOST POWERFUL AND EFFICIENT IN THE WORLD. UM, ITS POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY IS UNSURPASSED. THE ETHICAL APPROACH WOULD BE TO SUPPORT CATERPILLAR. THIS IS A SAFE AND SECURE INVESTMENT. SO WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO DIVEST FROM THIS LEADING EDGE COMPANY? THE ONLY THING UNETHICAL ABOUT OWNING CATERPILLAR BONDS IS THAT IT'S GIVEN AN OP AN OPENING TO THE MISGUIDED TO USE THIS PLATFORM TO SPREAD THEIR LIES AND HATE AND ANTISEMITISM. THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT SPEAKER SARAH, FOLLOWED BY STEVE ZALE. OKAY. CITY COUNCIL MEMBER SALAAM. I AM A PALESTINIAN WOMAN, A MITE. I AM HERE BECAUSE OF THIS GENTLEMAN. LAST MEETING, HE CAME UP HERE WITH HIS PROPS AND HE WAS REQUESTING THE CENSORSHIP AND THE SILENCING OF PRO-PALESTINIAN COMMUNITY MEMBERS. HE WENT ON WITH HIS ENTIRE PALESTINIAN ISLAMOPHOBIC DEHUMANIZING RANT WHILE MY 12-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WAS SITTING RIGHT HERE LISTENING TO HIM DISRESPECTING OUR KAFI, WHICH IS, WHICH SYMBOLIZES OUR RESISTANCE, RESILIENCE, AND OUR PROFOUND CONNECTION TO OUR LAND. LET ME BE CLEAR. I COME FROM A LAND WHERE JESUS PEACE BE UPON HIM, WAS BORN, GREW UP MAYOR AGAIN. WHERE , THEY WANNA TALK ABOUT DIVESTMENT. THAT THAT'S ABOUT THE ONLY ISSUE RELATED TO THIS INTERNATIONAL ISSUE THAT RELATES TO THE CITY, RIGHT? YOU KNOW THAT THAT IS ABOUT IT. SO THEY NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE INVESTMENT POLICY. I I'VE NOT, I'VE NOT HEARD ANY OTHER COMMENTS MADE THAT RELATE TO THIS ISSUE. SO WHAT ABOUT RACISM? WHAT ABOUT YOU GUYS? YOU KNOW, AGAIN, AND I I THIS IS AWARD WHEN HE WAS GOING ON WITH HIS RENT AND WE CUT, WE CAN, AND WE CUT HIM OFF LAST MEETING. WE CUT HIM OFF THIS MEETING. WE DID NOT CUT HIM OFF LAST WEEK. YOU CONTINUE WITH HIS RENT UNTIL HIS SIGN WAS UP. MA'AM, YOU CAN MY COMMENT. NO, YOU, YOU CAN CONTINUE. IF IT REMAINS IN CITY BUSINESS, WHEN YOU'RE GOING INTO LIKE THE, WHEN YOU'RE GOING INTO THE BACKGROUND OF YOUR RELIGION, THAT'S NOT CITY BUSINESS. I'M A MEMBER OF THIS CITY AND THIS CITY BUSINESS. HE WAS, HE WAS UP HERE. HE WAS RANTING WITH PHOBIC HATEFUL REMARKS WHILE ALL OF YOU SITTING HERE, NOT ONE OF YOU SILENCED HIM. NOT ONE OF YOU CUT HIM OFF. GO BACK TO YOUR VIDEOS. GO BACK TO IT. THIS IS CITY BUSINESS. I AM PART OF THIS CITY. I PAY MY TAXES HERE I AM PART OF THIS BUSINESS. WHAT YOU'RE SAYING RIGHT NOW IS CITY BUSINESS. SO CONTINUE. YES, IT IS. THAT IF YOU FROM IT, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. AND I'M A PALESTINIAN LIVING IN CITY, YOU KNOW HEALTH. YES. I PAY MY TAXES LIKE HIM, LIKE ANY EVERYBODY ELSE. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT DIVESTMENTS, IT'S ABOUT RACISM, DIVESTMENT, CEASEFIRE. UNTIL IT'S NOT ABOUT ARE WE GONNA STABBING YOU. IT'S NOT ABOUT CEASES. WHY YOU USE OUR MONEY. NO. TO KILL CHILDREN, YOU NEED TO, YOU NEED TO SIT DOWN. I'M SORRY. YOUR TIME IS UP. YES, YOU'LL MY TIME. NO, IT'S NOT. I BACK TAXES. YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO ME. I HAVE ASKED YOU TWICE. YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE NOT CITY BUSINESS. YOU NEED TO BE SEATED. YOU NEED TO BE SEATED BUSINESS. I AM PART OF THIS CITY. [01:50:06] STEVE Z YOU CAN'T SIGN US. YOU CAN'T, WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE. WHO'S THE NEXT SPEAKER? CHERYL? STEVE Z. ALIVE. BUT STEVE LEFT. HE MAY HAVE LEFT. HE LEFT. OKAY. THEN WE MOVE ON TO ZHA KHAN, FOLLOWED BY ART MARQUEZ. GOOD EVENING, OLEUM. ALL MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, I HOPE YOU ALL ARE HAVING A PRETTY LOVELY EVENING. I JUST WANTED TO REALLY EXPRESS MY THANKS FOR HOW GREAT THE JULY 4TH EVENT WAS AT VETERANS PARK. THE MUSIC WAS GREAT. SEEING THE AYLA STUDENTS WAS GREAT. EVERYTHING HONESTLY WAS PRETTY GREAT. I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, VOICE MYSELF ON THE SIDEWALK OF CHINO HILLS. IT WAS REALLY WELCOMING. WE HAD HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE COME TO US SAYING HOW WE'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT'S GOOD. HOW WE'RE STANDING UP FOR SOMETHING THAT'S RIGHT. AND HOW WHAT WE'RE DOING IS GONNA CHANGE EVENTUALLY. THINGS ABOUT HOW WE THINK ABOUT CERTAIN SITUATIONS, HOW WE FEEL ABOUT CERTAIN SITUATIONS, AND ULTIMATELY HOW POLICY IS GONNA SHAPE TO INFLUENCE THOSE SITUATIONS. SO I AGAIN, I WANNA SAY THANKS FOR, YOU KNOW, ALLOWING US TO VOICE OURSELVES ON THE SIDEWALK. THE PEOPLE OF CHINO HILLS STAND WITH PALESTINE AND I REALLY HOPE COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT YOU PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE A CEASE RESOLUTION. PLEASE PAUSE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS NOT CITY BUSINESS. OKAY? UM, BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, THE SPEAKERS THAT ARE HERE THIS EVENING ARE GOING TO RESPECT OUR COUNCIL MEETING. THEY'RE GONNA RESPECT MY ROLE AS MAYOR WHO PRESIDES OVER THIS MEETING. IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, YOU CAN WALK OUT RIGHT NOW. BUT I'M TELLING YOU THIS, I KNOW THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING, BUT WE STILL DEMAND DECORUM IN THIS AREA HERE. I'M NOT GONNA ARGUE WITH YOU. I GIVE PEOPLE FIRST, SECOND, SOMETIMES THIRD CHANCES. IT'S AT MY DISCRETION, NOT THE CITY ATTORNEYS. IT'S AT MY DISCRETION. IF I ASK YOU TO SIT DOWN, IF YOU DO NOT SIT DOWN OR DO NOT LEAVE, I WILL DO WHAT I SAID BEFORE AT THE LAST MEETING AND I WILL CLEAR THE CHAMBERS AND ONLY THE PRESS WILL BE ALLOWED TO STAY. AM ONLY GONNA SAY THAT ONCE WE WANT TO HEAR YOU. IF YOU DO NOT RESPECT MY REQUEST TO SIT DOWN, THEN I'M GOING TO CLEAR THE CHAMBER. SO ARE WE CLEAR WITH THAT, BEN? IF I SAY THAT, ARE WE CLEAR WITH THAT? WITH OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT? MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT, UH, TO THE PUBLIC. AS THE MAYOR POINTED OUT, WE'RE TRYING TO CONDUCT A MEETING. UH, WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST AND I THINK WOULD BE VALUABLE IS IF WE DO GET TO WHERE IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN DECORUM, IF WE CAN TAKE A RECESS, ALLOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO TRY AND, UH, REDUCE THE TENSION AND DESTRUCTIONS NOAM OR WOULD YOU RATHER GO? NO, I GO STRAIGHT. DISAGREE COMPLETELY TO CLOSE. THEY HAVE HAD SEVEN MONTHS. THEY HAVE HAD SEVEN MONTHS TO CALM DOWN AND WE HAVE BEEN LISTENING FOR SEVEN MONTHS. OKAY, DONE THEN WE ARE TRYING TO CONDUCT OUR BUSINESS MEETING AND EQUALLY LISTEN TO YOU AND EQUALLY LISTEN TO YOU. OKAY? I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY MA'AM, PLEASE. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I'M TRYING TO MITIGATE. MAYOR, I UNDERSTAND YOUR POSITION. WHAT WE ARE HEARING CLEARLY FROM YOU IS THAT THE WARNING HAS BEEN GIVEN. WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS CONDUCT BUSINESS AND A WAY FOR US TO CONDUCT BUSINESS IS TO CLEAR THE CHAMBERS AND COMPLETE IT WITH THE, THE, UH, PRESS CANNOT BE CLEARED FROM THE CHAMBERS. CORRECT. SO I THINK I'M HEARING YOUR WARNING TO THE GROUP THAT WE DO WOULD LIKE TO HEAR, UH, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS AS LONG AS THEY STAY WITHIN THE REALM OF CITY BUSINESS. I SEE THE CITY ATTORNEY LEANING IN. DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? YEAH, MAYOR, I MEAN, IF, IF IT'S ONE OR TWO INDIVIDUALS, THEN THOSE ONE OR TWO INDIVIDUALS SHOULD BE CLEARED FROM THE CHAMBER. IF IT BECOMES WHERE IT'S A NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND YOU CAN'T REALLY TELL, THEN EVERYBODY SHOULD BE CLEARED FROM THE CHAMBER JUST TO FOLLOW THE LAW. NOW. UNDERSTOOD. AND, AND IF I CAN JUST SAY, AND, AND WE'VE NOW TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR NUMEROUS TIMES, AND I THINK EVERYBODY HERE OR JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY HERE UNDERSTANDS THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU PAY TAX DOLLARS AND JUST BECAUSE YOU LIVE IN THE CITY DOESN'T MEAN THAT EVERYTHING THAT IS INTERNATIONAL LIKE WARS, ET CETERA, THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT CITY BUSINESS. WE'VE PUT IN THE AGENDA TO HELP PEOPLE OUT A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT IS CITY BUSINESS. THIS CITY DOES NOT HAVE ANY SAY OVER INTERNATIONAL WARS. ZERO. WE HAVE NO SAY OVER INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS. ZERO. YOU NEED TO GO TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT WHO HAD THAT IS THE ENTITY THAT HAS CONTROL OVER THESE ISSUES. SO WE [01:55:01] HEAR ABOUT CITY BUSINESS HERE, THAT'S PARKS, PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE CITY, UH, THE STREETS. THESE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS YOU'VE SAT HERE TONIGHT AND LISTENED TO THE THINGS THE CITY HAS JURISDICTION OVER THE CITY HAS NO JURISDICTION OVER INTERNATIONAL WARS. WHAT ABOUT OPHIA? WHAT ABOUT ISLAMOPHOBIA? THE CITY, THIS IS NOT YOUR BUSINESS. UM, I WOULD NEED, I NEED SOMEONE TO REMOVE HER. PLEASE. SHE'S BEEN WARNED. WE'RE GONNA REMOVE YOUR POLICY. YOU'LL SEE ME AGAIN. YOU, THIS IS A PUBLIC SPACE. OKAY, WHO'S THE NEXT SPEAKER? CHERYL ART MARQUEZ. FOLLOWED BY SOPHIA. I UNDERSTAND IT'S A BUSY NIGHT, SO I'LL KEEP THIS BRIEF. UH, HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF. I JUST WANTED TO SIMPLY TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY AND INTRODUCE MYSELF. MY NAME'S ART MARQUEZ. I'M THE NEW PUBLIC AFFAIRS MANAGER FOR SOCAL GAS. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WORKED WITH LEAH PETERSON, I WILL BE TAKING ON HER ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EVERYONE. I LEFT SOME OF MY BUSINESS CARDS HERE, SO I HOPE TO BE YOUR POINT OF CONTACT IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR CONCERNS. UH, BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. I HOPE YOU GUYS HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR COMING PERSONALLY TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF. WE'VE HAD A LONG, GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH LEAH AND WE'RE HAPPY TO MEET HER SUCCESSOR FOR THANK YOU FOR INTRODUCING YOURSELF THIS EVENING. FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. MEET YOU. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS SOPHIA, FOLLOWED BY SELENA. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, I'M HERE TO REPLY TO, UH, A RACIST PERSON THAT CAME YESTERDAY. I WISH YOU GUYS CUT HIM OFF YESTERDAY. UM, NOT, NOT JUST BECAUSE HE'S SPEAKING OUTSIDE CITY BUSINESS, BUT I WANNA DEMYSTIFY THE CFI RIGHT NOW BECAUSE HE CALLED IT A TERRORIST CLOTH. SO BASICALLY THESE ROUND CIRCLES HERE SIGNIFY THE OLIVE TREES OF, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYOR PALESTINE AND THE AUDIENCE EXPLAIN THIS BECAUSE PEOPLE IN CHINO HILLS WALK AROUND AND IF THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE THINKING THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S TERRIBLE, THEY CAN GET KILLED. THE CHAMBER, THE COUCH. MAYOR, YOU GUYS SAY, I DON'T WANNA BE LIKE CLAIREMONT. I DON'T WANNA BE LIKE MORE CLAIRE. GUESS WHAT? YOU GUYS HAVE BECOME WORSE BECAUSE YOU DID NOT LISTEN TO US. 2, 2 70 PLEASE. PA GENOCIDE. AND YOU WANNA KICK OUT ALL YOU NEED TO PAUSE, MA'AM, PLEASE ALLOW US TO DISCUSS WHY. I JUST WANNA EXPLAIN AGAIN, YOU KNOW, MAYOR, THIS IS NOT THE PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN AND ARGUE WITH EACH OTHER ABOUT THEIR RELIGIOUS POLITICAL BELIEFS. WE'RE HERE TO DO CITY BUSINESS. RACIST. I WANNA COME HERE EVERY, AND AGAIN, SHE KEEPS BRINGING UP THE SAME ISSUE ABOUT AND STAND UP FOR GENOCIDE ET BACKGROUND. ARE YOU GONNA BACK PETER AND ART? ARE YOU GONNA BACK ME IF I CLEAR IT? PARDON? SAY AGAIN? CAN I AT LEAST EXPLAIN THIS? HOLD ON PLEASE. PEOPLE WEAR THIS WHEN WE GO TO COSTCO, WHEN WE GO TO PICK A BALL, THAT'S FINE. BUT AGAIN, SHE BROUGHT UP THE GENOCIDE. THE WHOLE ISSUE AGAIN, IF YOU WANT TO JUST TALK ABOUT HER DRESS, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE NOT HERE TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE ARGUE ABOUT THEIR POLITICAL AND PERSONAL BELIEFS. THAT'S NOT WHAT CITY BUSINESS IS, MA'AM. IT'S A SAFE, I SHOULD KNOW YOUR NAME. YOU COME EVERY TIME. OKAY, SO I'M JUST, HOLD ON, HOLD ON. FOR, FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES, PLEASE STICK TO THAT. I'M TRUSTING YOU'LL STICK TO THAT OR YOU COULD BE SEATED, BUT PLEASE CONTINUE FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES. I'LL GIVE YOU SOME LEADWAY TO, OKAY, SO I'LL JUST EXPLAIN THIS. SO THE ROUND CIRCLES, IT MEANS LIKE THE OLIVE TREES AND THESE LINES. BEAUTIFUL DEEP MEANINGS MEAN LIKE THE, THE TRADE ROOTS OF PALESTINE. THESE LINES RIGHT HERE AND THESE JAGGED LINES, THEY MEAN, UM, THE THE CONNECTION TO THE SEA. UM, NEAR, NEAR NEAR ZA. SO THIS IS WHY WE WEAR THIS. WE'RE ALSO WEARING THIS IN SOLIDARITY WITH, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE PALESTINIANS ARE GOING THROUGH HERE. AND UM, THANK YOU FORZA. IT'S A 273 DAY GENOCIDE. AND OKAY, YOU NEED TO SIT DOWN. YOUR TIME IS OVER. SELENA FOLLOWED BY HUDA AS A SHOW OF RESPECT FOR INDIGENOUS ROOTS, MANY COMMUNITIES, MEMBERS HERE WITH US TODAY. TAKE THIS MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE LIVE AND GATHER HERE ON TRADITIONAL LANDS OF TONGA PEOPLE. THIS LAND WAS STOLEN, THE TRIBAL PEOPLE KILLED, AND THOSE REMAINING STRIPPED OF THEIR CULTURE FORCED TO ASSIMILATE TO WE ASSIMILATE TO WESTERN EUROPEAN WHITE CULTURE. YES, THIS COUNTRY WAS BUILT ON THE GENOCIDE OF NATIVE AMERICANS AND ITS ECONOMIC FOUNDATION BUILT ON THE EXPLOITATION OF BLACK AFRICANS THROUGH THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE. WHY DO I BRING THIS UP AGAIN? BECAUSE THIS COUNCIL CLAIMS TO BE VERY PROUD OF ITS DIVERSE COMMUNITY, BUT FAILS TIME AND TIME AGAIN TO, UM, SHOW US ANY CARE, COMPASSION, CONCERN, PROTECTION, SAFETY, AND SO FORTH. FOR THE LAST SEVEN MONTHS THAT I'VE [02:00:01] BEEN COMING HERE, I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED AT THE WAY THAT WE HAVE BEEN TREATED. YOU HAVE OUTRIGHT IGNORED OUR REQUESTS FOR DIVESTMENT, CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION. YOU'VE IMPLEMENTED NEW RULES, POLICIES TO TRY TO CENSOR OUR VOICES ON A TOPIC. JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH IT, YOU HAVE THE AUDACITY TO TURN AROUND AND CALL US HATEFUL. FOR THE RECORD, I WANNA SAY THAT MR. BENNETT, YOU OWE ME A PERSONAL APOLOGY FOR THE WAY YOU ACTED AND STORMED OFF INTERRUPTED MY PUBLIC COMMENTS LAST MONTH. YOU SET YOUR OWN RULES OF DECORUM AND THEN YOU VIOLATE THEM WITH IMPUNITY WITHOUT ANYTHING SAID BY YOU. UH, MAYOR MORAN, YOU ARE DOING A VERY POOR JOB PROTECTING US WHEN YOU ALLOW HATE SPEECH TO HAPPEN IN THIS CHAMBER. FOR THE RECORD, I WANNA POINT OUT THAT SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS IN A CLOSED DOOR MEETING SEVERAL MONTHS BACK, ADMITTED WITH THE CITY MANAGER PRESENT, THEY DID, THEY DID NOT DISPUTE THAT THERE WAS A GENOCIDE HAPPENING, YET THEY REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING TO SUPPORT US. AND THIS IS AFTER OUR TAX MONEY HAS BEEN USED, 186,000 PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN MURDERED BY THE ISRAELI DOWN. NOW THAT'S NOT CD BUSINESS AND YES IT IS CITY BUSINESS AND THANK YOU PALESTINIANS ARE BEING MURDERED WITH. WHO'S THE NEXT SPEAKER? CHERYL, WHO'S THE NEXT SPEAKER? CHERYL, WHO'S THE NEXT SPEAKER? CHERYL RE THE NEXT SPEAKER. PLEASE BE SEATED. PLEASE BE SEATED. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS HUDA, FOLLOWED BY HUM. SORRY, WHAT WAS THAT NAME AGAIN? HUDA, HUDA. MM-HMM. . MAYBE THIS MIGHT BE HER. THERE WE GO. I'M HERE TODAY. LIKE THE SISTERS BEFORE ME MENTIONED TO, UM, ADDRESS A MATTER THAT DEEPLY CONCERNS ME AND SHOULD CONCERN US ALL. THE RECENT INCIDENT DURING THE LAST MEETING WHERE HATEFUL RHETORIC WAS ALLOWED TO POISON THIS DISCOURSE UNCHECKED. AT THAT MEETING, A SPEAKER TOOK THE FLOOR AND EQUATED THE KAFI, A TRADITIONAL ARAB GARMENT WITH TERRORISM, ESPECIALLY PALESTINIAN TERRORISM. THEY CLAIM THAT THE KAFI A SYMBOLIZES ISLAMIC DOMINANCE DISREGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE AND VIOLENCE AND WENT SO FAR AS TO SUGGEST IT SHOULD BE BANNED. YOU ARE GENERALLY VERY QUICK TO CUT MICROPHONES OFF WHEN IT ISN'T CITY BUSINESS, YET THEIR MICROPHONE WAS NEVER CUT OFF AND NEVER DID YOU CONDEMN WHAT WAS SAID. THIS INCIDENT IS TROUBLING FOR SEVERAL REASONS, PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT EFFORTS TO COMBAT HATE IN ALL ITS FORMS. YOU HAVE PROUDLY PASSED RESOLUTIONS AGAINST ANTISEMITISM, ISLAMOPHOBIA, AND ANTI PALESTINIAN. HATE REAFFIRMING YOUR COMMITMENT TO INCLUSIVITY AND RESPECT FOR ALL COMMUNITIES. YET IN THIS VERY CHAMBER HATE SPEECH WAS ALLOWED TO FESTER UNCHECKED. THE KFI IS NOT INHERENTLY A SYMBOL OF TERRORISM OR VIOLENCE. IT IS A SYMBOL OF CULTURAL IDENTITY AND RESISTANCE FROM MANY PALESTINIANS AND HERBS AROUND THE WORLD. TO EQUATED WITH TERRORISM IS NOT ONLY MISGUIDED, BUT DANGEROUSLY DIVISIVE. SUCH RHETORIC PERPETRATES HARMFUL STEREOTYPES AND CONTRIBUTES TO THE MARGINALIZATION OF ALREADY VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES. I MUST ALSO BRING ATTENTION TO OPPRESSING GLOBAL ISSUE THAT AFFECTS US DIRECTLY, THE ONGOING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS AND VIOLENCE IN KAZA MAYOR, ACCORDING TO A RECENT STATE. BUT THAT'S NOT CITY BUSINESS. YOU CAN CONTINUE IF IT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT CITY BUSINESS. YOU CAN CONTINUE IF YOU HAVE SOME OTHER COMMENTS TO SAY RELATED TO CITY BUSINESS. BUT THE CONFLICT IS NOT CITY BUSINESS. IF IT'S JUST LIKE A FACT. CAN I STATE THAT? NO, IT'S NOT CITY BUSINESS. I MEAN, PLEASE, I'M PLEASE CONTINUE. ACCORDING TO THE RECENT STUDY BY JOURNAL LANCET, THE TRUE DEATH TOLL COULD REACH MORE. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE CONFLICT. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT STATISTICS WITH THE CONFLICT. YOU CAN KEEP MOVING ON UNLESS THERE'S NOTHING ELSE THAT YOU HAVE THERE TO SAY, OKAY, HOW MANY MORE LIVES MUST BE LOST BEFORE YOU TAKE ME MEANINGFUL ACTION. WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT A CEASEFIRE. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE CONFLICT. AND I'M SORRY, THAT'S NOT CITY BUSINESS. WHO'S ASKING CHERYL? BUT I'M ASKING A QUESTION. MAUM FOLLOWED BY FARZANA ARANA. ALL RIGHT. HOW MUCH I DIDN'T EVEN START SPEAKING. YOU GUYS STARTED MY TIME. PLEASE RESET THAT SERIOUSLY. MM-HMM, . OKAY, NOW I'M STARTING. FIRST OF ALL, I'M GONNA START BY ADDRESSING ART BENNETT HERE, VICE MAYOR, UM, DURING MAY 14TH, CITY COUNCIL MEETING, YOU VERY BOLDLY LABELED YOUR CONSTITUENTS AS HATEFUL. AND [02:05:01] I'M JUST APPALLED THAT YOU WOULD LABEL US AS HATEFUL FOR STANDING FOR ANTI GENOCIDE . UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S COMING FROM A WHITE MAN IN A PLACE OF POSITION OF POWER AND PRIVILEGE. AND AS A WHITE MAN, YOU CALLING A GROUP OF COLORED INDIVIDUALS FIGHTING FOR ACTIVISM AND FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE AND FOR A GROUP OF MARGINALIZED PEOPLE, AND THAT TWO COLORED PEOPLE AND CALLING US PRETTY MUCH IMPLYING THAT WE'RE RACIST IS JUST BEYOND ME, THAT YOU WOULD EVEN THINK THAT YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH THAT. AND YOU TALK ABOUT DECORUM AND SITTING UP HERE IN CYNTHIA'S VERY, YOU KNOW, UM, STRONGLY TALKING ABOUT DECORUM. YET YOU GUYS ON THE COUNCIL, DON'T FOLLOW THAT. THE ONLY ONE I WILL SAY THAT I EXCUSED FROM THIS WOULD BE RAY MARQUEZ AND JOHN, AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JOSH, WHO ACTUALLY DID THE RIGHT THING AND ACTUALLY SPOKE UP DURING OUR RESOLUTION MEETING. APART FROM THEM TWO, NONE OF Y'ALL HAVE HELD ANY SORT OF DECORUM, ESPECIALLY YOU ART BENNETT AND CYNTHIA MORAN FOR WHAT YOU JUST DID TO A FELLOW PALESTINIAN, UM, CONSTITUENT OF YOURS THAT'S FACING A GENOCIDE. AND OUR FAMILY MEMBERS ARE BEING KILLED. ANYWAYS, I'LL TRY TO STICK TO THE TOPIC, BUT I MEAN, IN TERMS OF DIVESTMENT, UM, I'LL GIVE YOU SOME REASONS WHY I'M GONNA ASK YOU GUYS TO CREATE SOME SORT OF COMMITTEE TO TALK ABOUT DIVESTMENT AND WAYS, UM, THAT WE CAN DO THAT. OF COURSE, I HAVE 20 SECONDS LEFT. UM, RIGHT NOW, SINCE OCTOBER 7TH ALONE OVER, UH, WE'VE PROVIDED OVER $12.5 BILLION OF US MONEY TO HELP ISRAEL. OKAY? THEY HAVE FREE HEALTHCARE, FREE EDUCATION, DIFFERENT SOCIAL BENEFITS, TAX EXEMPTIONS WITH OUR HARD EARNED TAX DOLLARS. MEANWHILE, OVER HERE WE HAVE 1.75 STUDENT LOAN, TRILLION DOLLARS OF STUDENT LOAN DEBT. AND YOU GUYS WANNA CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ISRAEL. YOU WANNA CONTINUE TO SUPPORT A GENOCIDE, SEND OUR TAX MONEY THERE, AND THEN TAKE. THANK YOU. YOUR TIME IS UP. FARZANA, FOLLOWED BY KENNETH FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AS A FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT ENSHRINED IN ARTICLE 19 OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS. FIRST AMENDMENT GUARANTEES FREEDOM OF SPEECH. SO, CITY COUNCIL IS VIOLATING OUR BASIC RIGHTS BY RESTRICTING WHAT WE CAN OR CANNOT SPEAK ABOUT IN THIS FORUM. WE CANNOT ALLOW OUR RIGHTS TO BE ERODED IN THIS MANNER. OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES OWE US THIS TIME AND SPACE TO HEAR OUR CONCERNS. WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED OR INTIMIDATED. MOREOVER, WE DEMAND FULL TRANSPARENCY IN ALL CITY INVESTMENTS. WE URGE THE CITY OF CHINO HEALTH TO DIVEST AND DISENTANGLE WITH ALL UNETHICAL BUS BUSINESSES THAT ARE PLAYING A ROLE IN DEHUMANIZING AND ABUSING THE PALESTINIAN POPULATION AND IN WARFARE ALL OVER THE WORLD. WE NEED TO USE OUR PRIVILEGE AS US CITIZENS, AS CHINO HEALTH RESIDENTS, TO SPEAK OUT FOR PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO SO. CORPORATIONS SUCH AS CATERPILLAR ARE CONSUMED BY GREED AND SHOW A CALLOUS INDIFFERENCE TO HUMAN SUFFERING. WE CAN NO LONGER SIT ON THE SIDELINES AND BE IDLE IN THE FACE OF SUCH GROSS INJUSTICES AND GENOCIDE. NINE MONTHS OF MISINFORMATION BEING SILENCED, BEING CENSORED, BEING GASLIT BY OUR GOVERNMENT. NINE MONTHS OF WITNESSING HORRIFIC CRUELTY BEYOND BELIEF, WHICH NO HUMAN BEING SHOULD EVER ENDURE. THESE CYCLES OF VIOLENCE BREAK US. THE COLLECTIVE TRAUMA THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING WILL HAVE REPERCU REPERCUSSIONS FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. 186,000. THAT'S THE NUMBER, THAT'S THE CONSERVATIVE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, NO STATISTICS ABOUT THE GLOBAL WAR. HOW MUCH BLOOD LUST IS ENOUGH TO SATISFY A COLLECTIVE PSYCHE BEFORE WE RISE UP AS HUMANITY TO DEMAND AND END TO THESE ATROCITIES. ALL LIFE IS PRECIOUS. YOUR TIME IS UP, MA'AM. KENNETH FOLLOWED BY JASSER LA. LAST MEETING, MR. BENNETT, YOU STATED THAT YOU FOUGHT IN VIETNAM TO PROTECT OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS. THE VIETNAM WAR HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS. IT WAS AN IMPERIALIST WAR BY THE US TO ASSERT CONTROL IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. IN 1954, THE VIETNAMESE OBTAINED A DEPENDENCE FROM VIETNAM. AND JUST AS THIS HAPPENED, THE US SOUGHT TO ATTEMPT TO CONTROL THEIR INTERESTS AND EXPLOIT THE RESOURCES IN THE REGION. THE HUMAN TOLL OF THE VIETNAM WAR RESULTED IN MILLIONS OF DEATHS. MOST OF THEM WERE INNOCENT, SOUTHEAST ASIAN CIVILIANS IN CAMBODIA, IN LAOS, IN VIETNAM, AS WELL AS UP TO 60,000 AMERICAN SOLDIERS ALL THESE LIVES. HOLD ON, HOLD ON. SECOND, SIR. BEEN SO, MARK, HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT FROM HIM GIVING STATISTICS WITH THIS WAR? IT, IT'S NOT, YOU'RE NOT STOPPING, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THE FACT THAT, THAT COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT [02:10:01] BROUGHT UP THE VIETNAM WAR DOESN'T MAKE THAT CITY BUSINESS EITHER. I'M JUST GETTING CLARIFICATION. CONTINUE. BACK. DURING THE TIME OF THE VIETNAM WAR, THERE WAS A MASSIVE ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT. MANY STUDENT PROTESTORS STOOD UP AND STOOD AGAINST THIS WAR, NOT CITY BUSINESS. WHAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY IS A REPEAT OF THIS. WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF ANOTHER ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT, CALLING FOR PEACE, CALLING FOR THE END OF GENOCIDE AND EPIC. THAT'S NOT CITY BUSINESS. CALL YOU TO STAND ON THE RIGHT SIDE, THE GENOCIDE, AND NOT TO STAND ON THE ROCK SIDE HISTORY TWICE, SIR. THE GENOCIDE IS NOT WHEREVER IT IS. AND DON'T JUST SAY EMPTY WORDS. YOU'RE, YOU MAY SIT DOWN, SIR, 'CAUSE THAT'S NOT CITY BUSINESS. YOU MAY SIT DOWN ON YOUR LEFT. FIVE. THERE IS NO CITY BUSINESS BEING DISCUSSED THIS EVENING, MAYOR. I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF YOUR CALL. YOU COULD CALL THIS MEETING AT THIS POINT. DUNNO WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS. SAY, FIVE SPEAKERS. LET'S JUST FINISH THE FIVE SPEAKERS AND I'LL, I'LL KEEP AS TIGHT ON IT AS I CAN. MAYOR, MAYOR, IF I CAN OFFER ONE, UM, KIND OF SUGGESTION TO OUR PUBLIC, WE'RE, WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH, UH, UNDERSTANDING WHERE CITY BUSINESS IS. I'D ASK THAT YOU PLEASE LEAD WITH WHAT YOU THINK CITY BUSINESS IS. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO PULL TERMS OUT OF YOUR SPEECH, BUT IF, IF, IF WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WHAT, WHY YOU THINK THIS IS CITY BUSINESS, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO SPLIT THAT HAIR. SO PLEASE LEAD WITH WHY YOU THINK THIS IS CITY BUSINESS. SIR, GO AHEAD. UH, HELLO. OKAY. I'LL TRY TO, UM, TO LEAD WITH WHY I THINK IT'S, UH, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT DIVESTMENT. SO I THINK THAT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. UM, I THINK IT'S DIFFICULT GIVEN THIS SITUA LOOK. IT'S, IT'S PRETTY, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO TIE IT, NO, IT'S NOT DIFFICULT TO TIE IT, IT'S JUST, I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY ANY TRIGGER WORDS, BUT THERE'S A REASON WE'RE ASKING FOR A DIVESTMENT, RIGHT? AND I FEEL LIKE I STRUGGLED PER, LIKE, I HAVE A LIST HERE OF WHY I THINK YOU SHOULD DIVEST FROM CATERPILLAR, BUT I'M STRAIGHT UP. I FEEL LIKE I'M GONNA BE CENSORED. I UNDERSTAND IT'S, YOU KNOW, DIFFICULT, BUT I MEAN, I THINK THERE'S, HONESTLY, AS ALWAYS, I'M GONNA STRAY AWAY FROM WHAT I WROTE. . I THINK THERE'S TWO ISSUES HERE. FIRST OF ALL, OBVIOUSLY I WANNA BE VERY CLEAR THAT LIKE, I'M SURE YOU GUYS ARE TIRED, WE ARE NOT TIRED BECAUSE WE ARE CONSTANTLY SEEING ENSURE WHAT YOU THINK I'M GONNA SAY HERE. UH, SO, SO WE SUFFER FROM THIS EVERY DAY. WE, WE HAVE TO WITNESS ALL THIS STUFF, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S DRIVING US TO COME HERE. UM, AND AGAIN, IT'S BEEN A PRETTY CLEAR ASK FOR NOW. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SINCE JANUARY AS WELL. IT'S A VERY SIMPLE ASK. IT'S DIVESTMENT. WE'VE MADE IT VERY CLEAR THERE ARE OTHER PROFITABLE BONDS YOU GUYS CAN INVEST IN ALL, I MEAN, PERSONALLY, ALL I'VE BEEN MET WITH, ASIDE FROM THE ANTI PALESTINIAN RESOLUTION, UH, DENOUNCEMENT OF, YOU KNOW, THE HATE FOR THAT, UH, ALL I, IT'S BEEN CRICKETS REGARDING DIVESTMENT. UM, AND I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHY, BUT I'M STILL GONNA BE ASKING FOR IT BECAUSE AGAIN, OF WHAT I'VE TOLD YOU OF THAT QUOTE UNQUOTE, YES, IT'S BECAUSE OF THAT GLOBAL CONFLICT. THAT'S HOW IT TIES INTO, UH, CITY BUSINESS. THE SECOND THING IS, UH, THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF HATE. I THINK IT'S GONNA BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR YOU GUYS TO SEPARATE THAT GLOBAL ISSUE WITH THE CITY BUSINESS, UH, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE HATE WE'RE FACING IS BECAUSE OF THAT GLOBAL ISSUE. SO NATURALLY WE'RE GONNA BRINGING THAT UP IN, IN THE, IN THE CITY COUNCIL. I'M NOT, THANK YOU JIM GALLAGHER, FOLLOWED BY JAMIE GUT. I GUESS I MAY BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT HERE TONIGHT THAN, UH, WHAT'S BEING DISCUSSED. BUT, UH, A FRIEND OF MINE PASSED AWAY ON MONDAY AND I DROVE BY THEIR HOUSE AND I HAPPENED TO SEE ALL THE, UH, POLICE AND FIRE VEHICLES OUTSIDE. SO I STOPPED IN. AND I WANT TO SAY THAT I AM VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE PROFESSIONALISM OF OUR POLICE AND OUR FIRE, UH, PERSONNEL. I THOUGHT THAT THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB. UH, THEY SHOWED, UH, PROFESSIONALISM AS THEY INVESTIGATED. THEY ALSO SHOWED, UH, REAL SERIOUS COMPASSION. UH, I SPENT ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE HOURS WITH MY FRIEND'S WIFE AS WE KIND OF WORKED THROUGH THE ISSUES. AND I ALSO WANT TO COMMEND, UH, FIRE CHAPLAIN, UH, ROBY. I THOUGHT HE DID A FANTASTIC JOB OF DEALING WITH THE, WITH THE, THE WHOLE ISSUE. YOU KNOW? AND SO I WANT TO SAY THAT, 'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT I THINK A LOVING COMMUNITY IS ABOUT. THAT'S WHAT, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ELIMINATING RACISM AND WE TALK ABOUT INCLUSION, PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE DO HAVE PEOPLE IN OUR CITY GOVERNMENT THAT SUPPORT [02:15:01] US, THAT LOOK BEYOND THAT. AND THEY DO WORK WITH EVERYBODY. AND I THINK AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TOO, I THINK I KNOW YOU TRY TO DO THAT AS WELL. SO I'LL END ON, UM, ANOTHER NOTE. I'LL JUST SUGGEST, COUNCILMAN BENNETT, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD IF YOU WOULD APOLOGIZE TO THE PUBLIC. I I KNOW YOU APOLOGIZE TO THE COUNCIL, UH, TWO WEEKS AGO, AND THAT WAS FAIR. I THINK THE PUBLIC ALSO DESERVES AN APOLOGY. AND, UH, I'LL SAY ENOUGH. THANK YOU. JAMIE GUTTIER, FOLLOWED BY SEAN SHAZA IS AND CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY CLERK, UH, CHERYL BALLS, LEMME GET MY GLASSES ON HERE. UH, THIS IS A REQUEST TO CEASE AND DESIST AND CURE AND CORRECT VIOLATIONS OF THE RALPH M. BROWN ACT. CHINO HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS NOTICE OF INTENT TO SUE. DEAR MAYOR AND C CITY COUNCIL, ON BEHALF OF MY CLIENTS, I AM WRITING TO REQUEST THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AND ALL THE COMMITTEES OF THE CITY COUNCIL CEASE AND DESIST FROM ALL FUTURE AND TO CURE AND CORRECT ALL PAST VIOLATIONS OF THE RALPH M. BROWN ACT. GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 OH, THE CHINO HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE AND THE PUBLIC'S FEDERAL AND STATE FREE SPEECH GOVERNMENT PETITIONING RIGHTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMMITTED BY THE COUNCIL AND ITS COMMITTEES WITHIN THE THREE MONTHS UNDER THE BROWN ACT, THE CITY COUNCIL AND ITS COMMITTEES SHALL ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO ACCESS THE MEETING, AND THE AGENDA SHALL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE LEGISLATIVE BODY DIRECTLY PURSUANT TO SECTION CODE 5 4 9 5 4 0.3. IN REGARDS IN THIS REGARDS, EVERY AGENDA FOR REGULAR MEETINGS SHALL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO DIRECTLY ADDRESS THE LEGISLATIVE BODY ON ANY ITEM OF INTEREST TO THE PUBLIC BEFORE OR DURING THE LEGISLATIVE BODY CONSIDERATION OF THE ITEM. THIS IS WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF LEGISLATIVE BODY GOVERNMENT CODE 5 4 9 5 3. I HAVE COPIES HERE. UM, A SIMILAR CASE WAS FILED IN SAN DIEGO, IN WHICH THE CITY HAD TO PAY $80,000. AND, AND FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY'S INFORMATION, THE CASE IS CALLED ANIMAL PROTECTION AND RESCUE RESCUE LEAGUE INC. VERSUS THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO. UM, YOU'RE ALL ON NOTICE. UM, THIS IS WHAT WE CALL CHECKS. THANK YOU, SIR. SEAN SAW SEAN SHAZA, FOLLOWED BY STEVE ELI. HELLO. GOOD, GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS SEAN SHIZA. I'VE BEEN LIVING IN CHINO HILLS FOR THE PAST, UH, DECADE IN DISTRICT THREE. AND I'M ASHAMED TO SAY THIS IS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY FIRST, OR MAYBE MY THIRD TIME IN TOWN HALL. I WISH TO BE MORE ACTIVE AND LISTENING TO MY CONSTITUENTS FOR THE PAST, YOU KNOW, FEW MEETINGS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ABOUT PALESTINE BY DI DIVESTMENT AND, YOU KNOW, UM, HAVING A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION. YOU KNOW, I JUST, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND FOR THOSE WHO OPPOSE THE RESOLUTION, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE MAIN CAUSE FOR IT IS, HOW IS IT NOT CITY BUSINESS, SIR? YES. UM, IF YOU COULD PAUSE, I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS YOUR FIRST MEETING AND I WANNA GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, BUT AS YOU'VE HEARD NUMEROUS TIMES, SO, UM, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S CITY BUSINESS THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING. SO IF YOU HAVE OTHER THINGS YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH US, WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THEM. BUT THE CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS TO BE HEARD BY US, BUT IT COULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. I MEAN, JUST BY, SIR, I, I'M NOT, THIS IS LIKE, I'M NOT GONNA HAVE A, A DEBATE OR CONVERSATION. I, I, I'M TRYING TO BE RESPECTFUL, BUT THE CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION IS NOT A TOPIC TO TALK ABOUT. IS THERE OTHER ISSUES YOU'D LIKE TO ADDRESS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL? WELL, I MEAN, FINE ABOUT DIVESTMENT. OKAY, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT JUST FOR A LITTLE BIT, MAYBE. SO, WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, A THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN CHINO HILLS. I'M SURE WE CAN GET A BIG, A SIGNATURE OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE A DI DIVESTMENT WITH CATERPILLAR. WHAT, WHAT DO WE NEED TO HAVE THIS CHANGE? IS IT JUST YOU GUYS TO MAKE THE DEC THE DECISION? LIKE WHAT IS THE PROCESS? BECAUSE WE HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE. HOW MANY SIGNATURES DO YOU NEED FOR THIS? AND ARE YOU, I MEAN, WHAT'S SO SPECIAL ABOUT CATERPILLAR AS, AS JASSER MENTIONED, THERE'S SO MANY OTHER BONDS THAT YOU CAN HAVE EVEN BETTER YIELDS. SO I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROCESS IS AND HOW WE CAN, YOU [02:20:01] KNOW, MAKE OUR CONT CONSTITUENTS, YOU KNOW, HAPPY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU STEVE. ELI IS OUR FINAL SPEAKER, MAYOR, COUNCIL STAFF. UH, I HAVEN'T BEEN BACK SINCE JANUARY 9TH, AND I THINK YOU KNOW WHY, UM, AS A COMMUNITY LEADER IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR OVER 20 YEARS, UH, I'VE KNOWN ALL OF YOU SITTING ON THE DESK, BOTH THE ELECTED AND STAFF, AND IT'S BEEN EXTRAORDINARILY DISHEARTENING FOR THIS CITIZEN RESIDENT COMMUNITY LEADER WHO'S BEEN INVOLVED TO HEAR THE PERSONAL ATTACKS AGAINST YOU, AGAINST OUR STAFF, AGAINST OUR, UH, HARDWORKING PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH YOU, COUNSEL, BUT CERTAINLY YOU, YOU ARE ALL COMMITTED TO THE SERVICE, TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHAT I'VE SEEN HAPPEN IN THIS CHAMBER OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS IS APPALLING AND DISGUSTING THE WAY YOU'VE BEEN TREATED. AND WHILE YOU MAY NOT HAVE ALWAYS REACTED THE WAY YOU WOULD'VE PREFERRED, AT TIMES, YOU'RE HUMAN, FOR GOODNESS SAKE. AND EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU HAS GIVEN A LOT TO THIS COMMUNITY, THESE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN COMING HERE AND ACCUSING YOU. WHERE HAVE THEY BEEN? YOU KNOW, WHERE WERE THEY IN, UH, 2020 WHEN IN THE HEIGHT OF COVID WHERE MAYOR MORAN WAS LEADING TWO MAJOR FOOD DRIVES FOR THE COMMUNITY? WHERE WERE THEY? OH, THEY WEREN'T HERE. SEE, I MEAN, THAT THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY THE WAY YOU DO. THEY WANT TO DEMEAN THE PUBLIC SERVICE. THEY'RE RUDE, THEY'RE DISRESPECTFUL, AND BUCK UP KEEP, YOU KNOW, YOU CAME INTO PUBLIC SERVICE FOR A REASON. WELL, YOU ARE APPRECIATED BY THE VAST MAJORITY, THE, THE, THE SILENT MAJORITY. THEY WON'T COME OUT HERE, RIGHT? BUT I, I, I, I STAND HERE TELLING YOU I APPRECIATE YOU, BEN. YOU AND YOUR STAFF HAVE PUT UP WITH A LOT OF GUFF FOR NO REASON. AND YOU'VE TRIED TO DO STEADY BUSINESS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KEEP GETTING INTERRUPTED AS A, AS A RESIDENT OF THIS COMMUNITY. I, I SPEAK FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T SIMPLY HAVE THE TIME TO COME DOWN HERE AND SPEAK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU, PANDEMIC. AND NEXT UP [ SAFETY UPDATES - Fire and Police] WE HAVE SAFETY UPDATES. CHIEF, UH, GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, AND MEMBERS AT CITY STAFF AND THE RESIDENTS OF CHINO HILLS. JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON THE 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY STATISTICS FOR THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS. ON JULY 4TH INTO THE MORNING OF JULY 5TH, CHINO HILL STATION RESPONDED SEVERAL FIREWORK RELATED CALLS FOR SERVICE. IN ADDITION TO THE SIX UNITS FILLED ON PATROL, CHINO HILL STATION FILLED, UH, ADDITIONAL FIVE UNITS, UH, TO WORK FIREWORK SUPPRESSION. UH, INVESTIGATORS FROM THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE ALSO ACCOMPANIED THE DEPUTIES. THEY RESPONDED TO 54 CALLS FOR SERVICE, SEIZED 164 POUNDS OF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS, WROTE FOUR ADMINISTRATIVE SITES, AND AUTHORED SEVEN DE UH, SEVEN DEPUTY REPORTS. THIS IS ALL I HAVE TO REPORT FOR NOW. GREAT. THANK YOU, LIEUTENANT. UM, CITY MANAGER, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? HOW ABOUT, UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE FIRE, FIRE, FIRE? OH, I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING. SORRY, DAVE. CHIEF WILLIAMS. THAT'S OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST WILL, UH, PIGGYBACK, UH, ONTO THE REPORT. I JUST WANNA REPORT THAT WE DID WORK WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. AGAIN, THIS IS REFERRING TO THE 4TH OF JULY. WE CONFISCATED 310 POUNDS OF FIREWORKS. UH, SOME OF THOSE WERE THE SAFE AND SANE. THEY WERE JUST USED IN IMPROPER LOCATIONS, UH, AS WELL AS ILLEGAL FIREWORKS. UH, WE ALSO, UH, UH, WITH BOTH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, WE, UH, HANDED OUT 59 CITATIONS IN TOTAL, AND ISSUED, UH, FI FINES UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THOSE WHO WERE FOUND IN POSSESSION OF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS OR IMPROPER USE OF FIREWORKS. UH, ULTIMATELY WE RESPONDED TO 13 FIRES, ONE SIGNIFICANT FIRE IN OUR, UH, JURISDICTION, UH, WITH SEVERAL NUISANCE FIRES. UH, WE DID HAVE ONE INJURY, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT I LIKE TO CALL ATTENTION TO GOING FORWARD FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. UH, WE WANT YOU TO BE SAFE, WE WANT YOU TO ENJOY YOURSELVES, BUT WE DID HAVE A SIGNIFICANT INJURY OF, UH, SOMEONE WHO, UH, HAD AN EXPLOSION IN THEIR HANDS. SO THESE, THESE THINGS CAN'T BE DANGEROUS. THEY ARE EXPLOSIVE. SO, UH, JUST PLEASE BE CAREFUL. UH, WE ALSO WANNA STATE THAT, UH, OFTENTIMES LEADING UP TO THE 4TH OF JULY, THERE'LL BE FIREWORK USE AND OFTEN FOLLOWING THE 4TH OF JULY. AND THAT'S KIND OF THE PERIOD WE'RE IN NOW. SO, UH, UH, THE, THE TIME TO HAVE USE THOSE THINGS IS OVER. AND SO WE WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU, UH, TO, TO BE MINDFUL OF THE LAW. UH, AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO GIVE ONE FINAL UPDATE ON, UM, ON THE AMBULANCE SITUATION. UH, THE, UH, AMBULANCE, UH, CASE WAS HEARD OR WAS BROUGHT INTO COURT TODAY. AT THIS POINT, THE JUDGE INDICATES, UH, HE'S NOT GONNA MAKE A RULING, AND THAT HE, UH, WILL CONTINUE TO REVIEW THE CASE AND HOPEFULLY MAKE A RULING AT THE END OF AUGUST. SO AGAIN, WE'RE CONTINUING TO PURSUE THIS, AND AT THIS POINT, IT'S WITH THE COURTS FOR THEM TO MAKE A DECISION. UH, WE'RE [02:25:01] MOVING FORWARD AS, UM, AS WE WERE AWARDED THE BID FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE. AND THEN WE WILL, WE'LL JUST SEE WHAT HAPPENS AT THE END OF AUGUST. AND THAT'S THE END OF MY REPORT. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, CITY [ CITY MANAGER UPDATES] MANAGER UPDATE. MAYOR, I HAVE NOTHING TO ADD TO ME. OKAY. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER [ COUNCIL REPORTS Council Member Johsz Omnitrans Board Council Member Marquez San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Board ] JOE'S TRAN, BOARD OMNI TRANS, AT OUR BOARD MEETING ON JULY 3RD, WE RECOGNIZE SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES FOR EXCELLENCE IN PERFORMING THEIR JOBS. AND THE ONLY OTHER ITEM OF NOTE WAS THAT WE APPROVED FEDERAL, UH, TRANSPORTATION GRANTS FOR UPCOMING PROJECTS. OKAY, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ, S-B-C-T-A. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. APPRECIATE THAT. UM, YES, I ATTENDED SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, S-B-C-T-A. I'M ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. WE HAD AN UPDATE ON PINE AVENUE EXTENSION AND WIDENING. UH, TWO AREAS OF CONVERSATION WAS THE TRAFFIC STUDY, AND HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS THAT WILL BE READY FOR US TO REVIEW DANIEL. AND THEN ARMY. ARMY CORPS STILL NEEDS THE TRAFFIC STUDY. AND, UH, SO THAT'S GONNA TAKE AT LEAST PROBABLY A YEAR, MAYBE TWO BEFORE THAT, UH, GETS DONE. ALSO, WE DID AN AUDIT SERVICES FOR LOCAL PASS THROUGHS. WE DID A RECEIVE AND FILE STATUS UPDATES FROM, IT'S CALLED DESERT EXPRESS OR BRIGHT LINE. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT. IT'S MOVING FORWARD. THAT'S IT. OKAY, WHY DON'T YOU ROLL [ COUNCIL COMMENTS] INTO YOUR COUNCIL COMMENTS, PLEASE. BACK TO ME. MM-HMM, . THANK YOU, MA'AM. UM, I ATTENDED A TWO DAY WORKSHOP WITH SCAG, UM, THE EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE OR EAC. WE DID AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE ORGANIZATION, POLICY BRIEFS AND EMERGING ISSUES. 53 CITIES ARE NON-COMPLIANT IN THE SIXTH ARENA CYCLE, THE HOUSING ELEMENT. SO OUT OF 191 CITIES IN S SCAG REGION 53 ARE NON-COMPLIANT. UM, WE BASICALLY BACKED AB 24 85, UH, CARILLO BILL, AND BASICALLY THAT'S TO IMPROVE INCREASED TRANSPARENCY OF THE ARENA PROCESS. SO APPARENTLY THAT JUST, UH, THE LOWER HOUSE, UH, WENT 72 0. SO IT'S MOVING FORWARD, EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND, UH, REAL FAST GRAND AVENUE PARK. JONATHAN, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS. UM, I KNOW THE PLAY AREA WHERE THE LITTLE KIDS LIKE TO PLAY. UH, WE HAVE A FENCE AROUND THE WHOLE PARK. I UNDERSTAND THAT FENCE IS COMING DOWN. WE'LL HAVE ACCESS TO THE PLAYGROUND. YES, OUR, UH, WE'RE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR, UM, FIELD TURF PROJECT AT GRAND AVENUE HAS BEEN COMPLETED. THE EARLIEST THAT THE FENCE COMPANY COULD COME OUT WAS, WOULD BE THURSDAY OF THIS WEEK, AND IT WILL BE DOWN, AND FULL ACCESS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE PARK. SO I KNOW EVERYBODY'S EXCITED TO, UNFORTUNATELY, THE ONLY ACCESS THAT WE COULD PROVIDE FER AMENITIES ACROSS, UH, THE PARKING LOT AREA WAS, UH, TO ACTUALLY GO AROUND THE, THE OUTER PORTIONS TO GET OVER THERE AND SUCH. AND I KNOW FOR SOME GRANDPARENTS THAT, UH, DID CREATE A CHALLENGE AND, UH, BUT OTHERWISE, UH, UM, BUT THE GOOD NEWS, THURSDAY, IT'S COMING DOWN. , THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT. APPRECIATE IT. AND ONE LAST QUESTION REGARDING YELLOW HIGH SCHOOL. UM, I KNOW WE WERE HAVING ISSUES OVER AT, UH, HOPE FOR THE HILLS PARK, WHERE PEOPLE WERE BASICALLY PLAYING TENNIS, UH, I'M SORRY, LESSONS. AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE NEW BOARDS OUT TELLING PEOPLE WHAT THEY CAN AND CANNOT DO THERE. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, ACTUALLY WE'RE DOING A COUPLE OF PROACTIVE APPROACHES FOR THE, UH, TENNIS, UH, UH, THOSE WHO ARE, UH, TEACHING, UH, LESSONS OUT ON OUR PUBLIC COURTS, JUST LIKE PICKLEBALL. UM, TENNIS COURTS ARE VERY IMPACTED AS WELL. AND, UM, WE'VE, UH, PUT OUT SOME PRELIMINARY SIGNAGE, UH, JUST ON THE, SPECIFICALLY ON THE RULES ON A-FRAME. SO AS YOU'RE WALKING UP TO THE TENNIS COURT, IT'S VERY BRIGHT AND THEY LOOK NICE AND SUCH, AND SO TO CREATE AWARENESS THAT WAY, UM, SECONDARY TO THAT, WE ARE GOING TO BE IN THE PROCESS. A NEW, UH, NEW THING ALSO FOR THE COURTS IS, IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO, UM, HAVE THE, UH, EACH OF THE COURTS, UH, INDIVIDUALLY WILL HAVE THE ABILITY FOR SOMEBODY WHO COMES UP AND WANTS TO USE A COURT TO HANG. IF THERE'S SOMEBODY ON THE COURT, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO HANG THEIR RACKET UP TO SIGNIFY THAT THEY ARE WAITING TO USE THE COURTS. A LOT OF WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING OUT THERE, I REALLY THINK IS, IS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T WANTING TO CONFRONT OTHERS THAT ARE ON THE COURT USING IT AND SUCH. AND SO, UM, WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THAT WILL, UH, CREATE MORE, UH, UM, WHAT I WANNA SAY, UM, FLUIDITY OR, OR, UH, INS AND OUTS OF THE COURTS. UM, THE STEWIE WHO ARE, UH, GREAT STEWARDS OF THE, UH, TENNIS COURTS THAT WE HAVE. UH, WE'VE, UH, BEEN IN CON UH, UH, ACTUALLY AT THE 4TH OF JULY EVENT, BEN AND I WERE APPROACHED BY SHARON, WHO WAS VERY COMPLIMENTARY TOWARDS THE SIGNAGE AS WELL AS THE, UH, THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND PUTTING IN THE HOOKS AS WELL. WE'LL HAVE A BOARD THAT SAYS, UH, EXPLAINS THINGS AS WELL FOR PEOPLE, UM, BECAUSE, UH, YOU'RE ONLY SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE COURTS FOR ONE HOUR, AND THEN YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO RELINQUISH AT THAT POINT. SO. AND THEN ONE LAST THING I KNOW, UM, WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD, BUT THEY DO. WE HAVE, UH, TENNIS COURTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, AND I KNOW MRS. YABOS TRYING TO HELP US ACQUIRE SOME OF THE COURTS HERE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. YES. UH, AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE, UH, UH, PUT TOGETHER A PRELIMINARY, UH, PLAN FOR USE OF THE COURTS. UM, MELISSA ARMITT, UH, OR COMMUNITY SERVICES MANAGER AND MYSELF WILL BE HAVING A CONFERENCE CALL WITH, UH, THE PRINCIPAL [02:30:01] AT, UH, YA HIGH SCHOOL, ABOUT THE ACCESS TO THE COURTS THAT HAPPENED TO BE THERE. AND, UH, I'M GONNA ASK HER ABOUT PICKLEBALL TOO. PERFECT. THANK YOU, SIR RYAN. ALL RIGHT. UH, BEING NEW TO OMNI TRANS TOOK A TOUR OF THEIR FACILITY. SOMETHING THAT WAS INTERESTING IS THAT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, IT'S GONNA BE REQUIRING, UM, RENEWABLE, UM, RENEWABLE, UM, OH GOSH. UH, FUEL VEHICLES. FUEL CELLS, YEAH, FUEL CELLS. AND SO THEY WERE SHOWING ME THE BRAND NEW HYDROGEN BUSES THAT ARE GONNA BE CRUISING AROUND. THE PROBLEM IS THERE IS AN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR HYDROGEN. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOOKING AT BUILDING IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, I GUESS IF YOU BUY THE BUS, THEY'LL, IT'LL, THEY'LL COME. YEAH. AND THEN APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING HERE ON THE, FOR THE INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION. IT WAS MY 20TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY, AND MY WIFE WOULD PROBABLY NOT HAVE BEEN THRILLED TO GET DRAGGED DOWN FOR THAT. SO YOUR POOR WIFE'S BEEN MARRIED TO YOU FOR 20 YEARS. YOU KNOW WHAT WE MET WHEN WE WERE BABIES. , YOU'VE PUT IN TIME MANY YEARS ON YOUR ANNIVERSARY, SO IT'S GOOD FOR YOU. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. ART, I, I HAD NO COMMENTS, BUT SINCE YOU MENTIONED ANNIVERSARIES, UH, MY WIFE AND I CELEBRATED OUR 57TH ANNIVERSARY YESTERDAY. OH, CONGRATULATIONS. AND, UH, YEAH, WE WERE MARRIED BEFORE YOU WERE BORN. SO AT ANY RATE, UH, WAY BEFORE HAPPY, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO THE, UH, LOVE OF MY LIFE. THAT'S MY ONLY COMMENT TO THAT. THANK YOU, PETER. OKAY. JUST REAL QUICK, UH, CYNTHIA AND I AND SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS FROM THE CITY STAFF SIDE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, ATTEND A, I'LL CALL IT A HOMELESS SUMMIT IN ONTARIO TODAY. AND THERE'S BEEN A, A GROWING, UM, PURSUIT BY JOHN DURE FROM, UH, MONTCLAIR, ESPECIALLY MAYOR MONTCLAIR, TO SEE IF WE CAN CREATE A REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP AND COMPARE NOTES OF THE SEVEN WESTERN CITIES AS TO THE APPROACH THEY'RE TAKING ON THE HOMELESS ISSUE AND, AND WHAT REMEDIES EACH CITY IS, UH, ATTEMPTING TO, UH, FIND AS A SOLUTION. AND MAYBE WE CAN ALL TEAM UP AND WORK ON COLLECTIVE SOLUTIONS, INCLUDING, UH, AQUIN NETTA, WARMEST TIME OUT A AQUA WARREN WAS TALKING ABOUT A REGIONAL NAVIGATION CENTER, UH, AS A POSSIBILITY BASED ON SOME, SOME POSITIVE RESULTS THEY FOUND IN VICTORVILLE AS AN EXAMPLE, BUT I'M SURE THERE'S MORE TO COME. BUT IT WAS VERY INTERESTING AND VERY WELL ATTENDED BY THE SEVEN, THE SEVEN CITIES FROM FONT MONTANA THIS WAY. SO, AND MAYBE CYNTHIA WILL HAVE MORE TO SAY, BUT IT WAS FASCINATING TO SEE THE, THE COLLECTIVE, UH, INTEREST AND SEEING IF WE CAN CREATE A BETTER SOLUTION, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE. CAN I JUST ASK A QUICK QUESTION JUST IN, IN KIND OF IN LINE WITH THAT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY. I KNOW THE SUPREME COURT HAD THAT, THAT COURT RULING, I THINK FRANCE PASS. MM-HMM. . HOW, HOW DOES THAT IMPACT US? SORRY FOR INTERRUPTING PETER. ALL GOOD. UH, YES. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER JOES, THE, WHAT THAT DOES IN ESSENCE IS IT, IT IT A FEW THINGS. ONE, IT GIVES THE CITY THE ABILITY TO PASS A KIND OF AN ANTI CAMPING ORDINANCE SO THAT YOU CAN KEEP PEOPLE FROM SETTING UP CAMPSITES, UM, LIKE ON SIDEWALK OR P AND WHATNOT. UM, NOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING ON REVIEWING THOSE ISSUES, IT HAS TO BE DRAFTED CAREFULLY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY LIKE IN YOUR PARKS AND THINGS, THERE ARE TIMES DURING THE DAY AND STUFF THAT PEOPLE SET UP LEAN TOS AND THINGS AND WATCH SHADE STRUCTURES. YEAH. YOU'VE GOT A BASEBALL TOURNAMENT AND YOU BRING YOUR EASY UP. EXACTLY. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, YOU HAVE TO FOCUS ON THE ILLEGAL CONDUCT, UM, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE STATUS OF THE INDIVIDUAL IS. AND SO, BUT AT LEAST AT THIS POINT IN TIME, YOU CAN NOW DO THAT. ALSO. UM, THERE WERE, THERE WERE TWO CASES. THERE WAS A BOISE CASE AND THE GRANT GRANT'S PASS CASE. THE OTHER ISSUE YOU HAD TO DEAL WITH BEING ABLE TO MOVE PEOPLE INTO HOMELESS SHELTERS. AND THAT WILL BE MORE EASY, IT'LL BE, UM, LESS DIFFICULT TO MOVE THEM INTO SHELTERS NOW THAN IT WAS BEFORE. A LOT, SOME OF THE, UM, BARRIERS TO PUTTING PEOPLE IN SHELTERS HAVE BEEN REMOVED. SO IT DOES, UM, FREE UP SOME OF THE ABILITY TO DEAL WITH HOMELESS PEOPLE, I THINK IN A MORE CONSTRUCTIVE MANNER. ALRIGHT, SIR. THANK YOU. SORRY. THANKS FOR INTERRUPTING. THANKS FOR CLARIFYING. NO, THAT'S ALL I HAVE, CYNTHIA. OKAY. OTHER THINGS. I'LL DELAY 'EM FOR ANOTHER TIME. OKAY, PERFECT. UM, PETER AND BRIAN, YOU GUYS ARE ON THE LEGISLATIVE, UH, COMMITTEE. I GOT, UM, A COPY OF THE MEMO THAT, THAT TOWNSEND GAVE US ON THE EVER EVOLVING PROP 47 REFORM. SO, UM, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY MANAGER. SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS, THIS IS A SIGN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS SIGNIFICANTLY, SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTS OUR CITY RESIDENTS AS FAR AS SAFETY'S CONCERNED. IF OUR LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE CAN IDENTIFY THINGS ON THIS UPCOMING NOVEMBER BALLOT THAT AFFECT OUR CITY, LIKE WHAT WE WORK WITH THE LEAGUE ON, CAN WE HAVE A, A PRESENTATION AT A CITY COUNCIL [02:35:01] MEETING ON WHAT IN FACT THESE BILLS ACTUALLY DO? BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE I TALK TO, UM, IT'S IT'S NOT ENOUGH WHEN THEY READ THE BOOK OF REALLY WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS ARE. AND WE CAN HAVE PEOPLE FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT SPEAK TO THAT. WE CAN HAVE A, YOU KNOW, AN ATTORNEY SPEAK TO IT, HOW IT IMPACTS OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE HAVE ALLEGED COMMUNITY. WE'VE TAKEN A, A PUBLIC POSITION AS A CITY ON OPPOSING OR SUPPORTING CERTAIN BILLS THAT IMPACT OUR CITY. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER ME NOW 'CAUSE I SEE YOUR WILLS TURNING AND BENDS TOO. NO, I MEAN, IF, IF IT'S A BALLOT MEASURE, THE COUNCIL IS ALLOWED TO, TO WEIGH IN AT A MEETING AS WHETHER YOU SUPPORT OR OPPOSE IT. IT'S FOR INFORMATIONAL. I WOULD LIKE, I WOULD, PEOPLE CAN DRAW THEIR OWN CONCLUSIONS, BUT I WANT THEM TO GET THE RIGHT INFORMATION. AND THIS IS SO SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, BACK IN 2014 WHEN PROP 47 WAS PASSED UNDER THE GUISE OF, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T WANNA REPEAT WHAT THE RIDICULOUS TITLE WAS, THIS CAN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. AND I'M GONNA SAY IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. AND WE NEED JUST PEOPLE, LIKE I SAID, I'M NOT GOING TO, YOU CAN VOTE THE WAY YOU WANT, BUT I WILL, I FEEL I WILL FEEL BEST, BEST SERVED IF WE HAVE GIVEN THE INFORMATION TO OUR RESIDENTS BEFORE THEY GO TO THE POLLS IN NOVEMBER ABOUT THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS IDENTIFY THAT WE SHOULD PRESENT AS AN INFORMATIONAL. AND, AND TOWNSEND CAN COME AND DO IT OR YOU CAN DO IT. MAYBE ERIC CAN COME OUT AND GIVE A REPORT AND GENERAL REPORT ON AND SOMEONE CAN DRAW THEIR OWN CONCLUSION AFTER HEARING HIS REPORT. OUR LOBBYIST? YES, OUR LOBBYIST. SO IF WE CAN PUT THAT SO IT'S TIMELY ENOUGH. YOU KNOW, CHINO HILLS HAS A LOT OF ABSENTEE VOTERS, SO BY SEPTEMBER A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY VOTED. SO IF WE CAN PLAN ACCORDINGLY BEFORE PEOPLE VOTE. OKAY. PERIOD. YEAH, THAT WORKS. OKAY, PERFECT. OKAY, WELL THEN GO LIKE THIS OR SOMETHING. YOU'RE JUST STARING AT ME, . OKAY. AND WITH THAT, [ ADJOURN IN MEMORIAM AND IN HOPE: Adjourn with deep gratitude, respect, and appreciation for the brave individuals who serve and have served in the Armed Forces. Their selfless contributions protect us all. May we as a community continue to support and honor them.] EVERYBODY, WE ARE GONNA ADJOURN IN MEMORIAM AND IN HOPE, UM, WITH DEEP GRATITUDE, RESPECT, AND APPRECIATION FOR THE BRAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVE AND HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES THEIR SELFLESS CONTRIBUTIONS. PROTECT US ALL AND MAY WE AS A COMMUNITY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND HONOR ALL OF OUR VETERANS AND CURRENT ARMED FORCES. THANK YOU. THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED BLANK FOR A MINUTE, MINUTES. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.