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[ 3:00 P.M. - SPECIAL MEETING - CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL]
EVERYBODY.I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS SPECIAL MEETING TO ORDER, UM, THIS WORKSHOP.
AND IF WE COULD ALL PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
MAYOR MORAN, IF I COULD JUST ANNOUNCE THAT ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT ALONG WITH PLANNING COMMISSIONERS BLOOM ANO STOVER, AND BOY.
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]
TO, TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD LIBERTY.[1. PUBLIC COMMENTS: At this time members of the public may address the City Council and Planning Commission regarding any items appearing on the Special Meeting Workshop agenda. Those persons wishing to address the City Council and Planning Commission 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.]
ON THE AGENDA ARE PUBLIC COMMENTS.AT THIS TIME, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION REGARDING ANY ITEMS APPEARING ON THIS SPECIAL MEETING WORKSHOP AGENDA.
THOSE PER PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION 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 COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.
I DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS AT THIS TIME.
[2. Joint workshop with Planning Commission to provide feedback on draft Safety Element, Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment, and Emergency Education Analysis for General Plan update]
AND WE HAVE COMMITTEE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR LAG.UH, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS.
THE CITY HAS BEEN PREPARING A COMPREHENSIVE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE, AND SINCE THE ADOPTION OF OUR CER AND CERTIFICATION OF OUR SIX CYCLE HOUSING ELEMENT, WE HAVE MADE QUITE A BIT OF PROGRESS IN THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
AND WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE.
FINAL DRAFTS OF THE CIRCULATION PARKS, RECREATION, OPEN SPACE NOISE, CONSERVATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND LAND USE ELEMENTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THE DRAFT SAFETY ELEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES A CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT AND EVACUATION ANALYSIS IS THE SUBJECT OF TODAY'S WORKSHOP, WHICH WE WILL DESCRIBE IN MORE DETAIL SHORTLY.
DRAFT OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS AND DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN PREPARED TO IMPLEMENT THE LAND USE AND HOUSING ELEMENTS, AND THOSE ARE BEING REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
TECHNICAL STUDIES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED IN THE PREPARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE.
STAFF ANTICIPATES THAT THE FINAL DRAFT GENERAL PLAN, UPDATE, AND DRAFT EIR WILL BEGIN THE PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD IN OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO BRING IT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO BEGIN THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS OF THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW YEAR, AND THEN TO THE CITY OF COUNCIL FOR FINAL APPROVAL.
UH, FOR TONIGHT'S WORKSHOP, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR CONSULTANT TEAM FOR THE SAFETY ELEMENT UPDATE TO MY RIGHT IS RIMA CHAKRA WITH RCON CONSULTANTS, AND SHE WILL CONTINUE THE PRESENTATION TO DISCUSS THE SAFETY ELEMENT AND THE CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT.
WE ALSO HAVE MIKE ARONSON WITH KITSON ASSOCIATES, AND HE WILL BE PRESENTING ON THE RESULTS OF THE EVACUATION ANALYSIS.
WE ALSO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT, WHICH PARTNERED EXTENSIVELY WITH STAFF ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DRAFT SAFETY ELEMENT AND MEASURES.
UM, ALSO JOINING US TODAY, UM, I'M WAITING TO SEE, UM, MELISSA BOYD WITH SEE.
SHE'S, UH, SUPPOSED TO BE HERE, UM, AND SHE COULD ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO UTILITY.
UM, IF, UH, IF SHE APPEARS, UM, THIS WORKSHOP WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION TO PROVIDE DIRECTION TO STAFF ON THE PROPOSED DRAFT SAFETY ELEMENT AND TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ANALYSIS THAT HAS BEEN CONDUCTED TO THIS POINT.
OUR CONSULTANT TEAM WILL PROVIDE THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION ON THE REQUIRED COMPONENTS OF THE SAFETY ELEMENT, THE ANALYSIS THAT WERE COMPLETED, AND MITIGATION STRATEGIES THAT CAN BE USED IN THE FUTURE.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SUFFICIENT TIME FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO MS. CHAKRA.
I'M A PRINCIPAL WITH RINCON CONSULTANTS, AND I'VE BEEN, UH, WORKING WITH THE CITY TO DEVELOP THE SAFETY ELEMENT, UM, AND HAVE ALSO BEEN ASSISTING WITH THE LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN.
SO THE SAFETY ELEMENT IS AN EXISTING ELEMENT IN YOUR GENERAL PLAN.
IT'S A REQUIRED ELEMENT AS, AS, UH, MANDATED BY THE STATE.
UH, THE SAFETY ELEMENT IS INTENDED TO IDENTIFY STRATEGIES TO REDUCE IMPACTS THAT COULD OCCUR FROM NATURAL AND HUMAN MADE HAZARDS, WHICH COULD THREATEN HEALTH AND SAFETY IN THE PROPERTY OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE IN CHINO HILLS.
THE, UM, HAZARDS THAT ARE ADDRESSED AND DISCUSSED IN
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THE SAFETY ELEMENT INCLUDE THOSE LISTED HERE ON THE SLIDES, SEISMIC AND GEOLOGIC HAZARDS FLOOD, UM, AND DAM INUNDATION STRUCTURE, FIRES AND WILDFIRES, UH, CLIMATE CHANGE THREATS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.UH, THE STATE HAS BEEN, UH, PASSING A LOT OF STATE REQUIRED LEGISLATION, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE LISTED BILLS ON THE SLIDE, UM, REQUIRING CITIES AND COUNTIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE REQUIREMENTS OF THESE BILLS.
UM, THE FIRST AB 2140, UM, UH, STIPULATES THAT IF YOU MAKE REFERENCE TO YOUR LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN, UH, YOU ARE, UM, UH, ALLOWED, UH, FUNDING MATCH IF THERE IS A FEMA DECLARED DISASTER.
SB 1241 IS A RANGE OF DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS, UM, TO HELP REDUCE WILDFIRE RISK AND, UH, GENERALLY APPLY NEAR VERY HIGH FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES.
S SP 3 79 IS NEW LEGISLATION REQUIRING CONSIDERATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND, UM, PLACING NEW ADAPTATION STRATEGIES AND RESILIENCE STRATEGIES IN YOUR ELEMENT.
UM, SECOND TO LAST BULLET, THESE, THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT BILLS THAT SPEAK TO EMERGENCY EVACUATION AND SINGLE ACCESS NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN IN MORE DETAIL.
AND LASTLY, AB 29 11, UM, IS A REQUIREMENT THAT CITIES AND COUNTIES SUBMIT THEIR DRAFT SAFETY ELEMENT TO THE BOARD OF FORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTION, THE STATE AGENCY FOR THEIR REVIEW PRIOR TO CITY COUNCIL ADOPTION.
SO CHANGES TO THE SAFETY ELEMENT WERE ALL MADE, UM, TO COMPLY WITH THE, THESE LEGISLATIVE MANDATES.
AND, UM, UPDATED FIGURES, UM, ARE INCLUDED IN THE SAFETY ELEMENT THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET.
UM, WE PROVIDED, UH, NEW MAPS, UM, AROUND SEISMIC RISKS, RISK, LIQUEFACTION, FLOODING, AND DAM INUNDATION.
THERE'S NEW INFORMATION AROUND OIL FIELDS.
UM, WE'VE MAPPED THE VERY HIGH FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONE FROM CAL FIRE AND HISTORIC WILDFIRE PERIMETERS.
AND THERE'S ALSO NEW MAPS THAT SHOW EVACUATION ROUTES AND NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE ONLY A SINGLE ACCESS ROUTE.
UM, THERE'S A NEW, UH, MORE DETAILED DISCUSSION AROUND THE VULNERABILITIES CHINO HILLS COULD FACE WHEN IT COMES TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
AND, UM, A NUMBER OF NEW POLICIES, UM, ADDRESSING THE THEMES LISTED HERE ON THIS SLIDE.
THE, UM, SAFETY ELEMENT ALSO INCLUDES TWO NEW TECHNICAL APPENDICES.
UM, THE FIRST IS A CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT.
THIS EVALUATES ALL THE, UH, THE VARIOUS CLIMATE THREATS THAT CHINO HILLS IS CURRENTLY AND WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE AND WAS DEVELOPED CONSISTENT WITH STATE GUIDANCE.
UM, IT IDENTIFIES THE TYPE OF CLIMATE, UH, PROJECTIONS THAT WE COULD SEE HERE, AS WELL AS, UM, PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, AND, UH, BUILT IN NATURAL ASSETS THAT COULD BE AT RISK TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
AND WE UTILIZE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT, UM, ONLINE DATA SETS, UM, THAT ARE PROVIDED BY STATE AGENCIES, UM, AS WELL AS THE US CENSUS.
A SECOND TECHNICAL APPENDIX, UM, WE'LL BE PRESENTING TO IS, IS ON EMERGENCY EVACUATION ANALYSIS.
AND THIS WAS DONE SPECIFICALLY TO ADDRESS AB 7 47 S SP 99.
IT RELIES ON THE SAN BERNARDINO TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS MODEL AND LOOKS AT THE, UM, YOUR TRANSPORTATION NETWORK AND IDENTIFIES ANY KEY BOTTLENECKS THAT COULD OCCUR UNDER SOME EVACUATION SCENARIOS THAT WE MODELED.
SO, THE CLIMATE CHANGE HAZARDS THAT THE, UM, SAFETY ELEMENT CONSIDERS IN IN DETAIL, UM, LOOKS AT EXTREME HEAT.
THESE ARE HIGH HEAT DAYS THAT EXCEED A HUNDRED DEGREES EXTENDED DROUGHT CONDITIONS, INCREASED RISK OF LANDSLIDES FROM EXTREME PRECIPITATION EVENTS OR POST WILDFIRE EVENTS, UM, EXTREME PRECIPITATION THAT COULD RESULT IN RIVERINE FLOODING, BUT ALSO OVER, UH, EX UM, OVERWHELMING YOUR STORM DESIGN, YOUR STORM WATER SYSTEM, AS WELL AS INCREASED RISK AND SEVERITY OF WILDFIRE.
SO THE TYPE OF IMPACTS WE COULD SEE HERE, UM, INCLUDE LOOKING AT POTENTIAL RISK OF POWER OUTAGES, EITHER FROM POWER SAFETY, SHUTOFFS DUE TO WILDFIRE RISK, OR OVERLOADING THE GRID FROM THOSE EXTREMELY HIGH HEAT DAYS.
WE COULD SEE MORE FREQUENT EVACUATION ORDERS, UM, DIRECT IMPACT TO INFRASTRUCTURE AND, UH, BUILD, BUILD PROPERTIES FROM WILDFIRE OR FLOODING.
UM, INCREASED, UH, EXTREME HEAT HAS IMPACTS ON PUBLIC HEALTH AND COULD RESULT IN HEAT RELATED ILLNESS, PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE, UM, EXISTING HEALTH CONDITIONS AND HEALTH ISSUES.
ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN CHINO
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HILLS WILL BE IMPACTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE, BUT SOME POPULATION MEMBERS ARE MORE AT RISK.UM, BASED ON OUR DATA ANALYSIS, WE FOUND A HIGHER CONCENTRATION OF VULNERABLE MEMBERS IN CARBON CANYON AND LOS SERRANOS NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE FOUND PRESIDENT ENC CHINO HILLS THAT HAVE, UH, INCREASED EXPOSURE OR IN A LOWER ABILITY TO RESPOND TO CLIMATE CHANGE, INCLUDE OUTDOOR WORKERS, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE RENTERS, UH, NON-WHITE MINORITIES, NON-ENGLISH SPEAKERS, PEOPLE LIVING WITH CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS, AND, UM, OLDER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS, UH, CHILDREN.
UM, BUILT ASSETS LIKE YOUR POWER, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE, YOUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, MAY ALL BE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY WILDFIRE OR FLOODING OR EXTREME RAIN EVENTS.
UM, UH, POWER DISRUPTION COULD IMPACT WATER SUPPLY AND WATER, UM, DELIVERY EMERGENCY SERVICES AND FIRE SERVICES COULD BE AFFECTED BY MORE EXTREME WILDFIRE EVENTS AND EXTREME HEAT EVENTS.
UM, THERE ARE CRITICAL ASSETS IN YOUR WILDFIRE ZONES THAT COULD BE AFFECTED, AND WILDLIFE AND HABITAT ALSO EXPERIENCE STRESS AND MORTALITY AS A RESULT OF HIGH HEAT AND CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE AND DROUGHT CONDITIONS, AS WELL AS DIRECT IMPACTS FROM FLOODING AND WILDFIRE ON YOUR RESIDENCES AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.
SO IN RESPONSE TO THIS ANALYSIS, WE IDENTIFIED A VARIETY OF STRATEGIES, POLICIES, AND ACTIONS TO ADDRESS ALL OF THESE RISKS AND ADDED THOSE TO YOUR SAFETY ELEMENT.
AND THEY ALL ADDRESS THE, THE THEMES SHOWN HERE ON THIS SLIDE.
SO THAT WAS A, A OVERVIEW OF THE SAFETY ELEMENT.
SO MIKE, WITH KITSON WILL PRESENT THE EVACUATION ANALYSIS.
I'M, UH, MIKE ARONSON WITH KITSON AND ASSOCIATES.
UH, WE'RE A SUBCONTRACTOR TO RANK AND CONSULTANTS WORKING WITH THE CITY, PARTICULARLY ON THE EVACUATION ANALYSIS.
UH, SO THIS IS AN ANALYSIS OF EVACUATION CONDITIONS.
THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY MAKE EVACUATIONS HAPPEN ARE SITTING HERE, THE SHERIFF AND, AND FIRE.
UM, BUT THIS IS PROVIDING INFORMATION ON, GIVEN DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THE BOTTLENECKS WERE THE CRITICAL AREAS TO ADDRESS.
THIS IS NOT HOW TO ADDRESS EVERY SINGLE EVACUATION THAT MIGHT HAPPEN, BUT IT'S TO, TO PROVIDE THAT, THAT INFORMATION.
SO WHAT WE PROVIDE IS WE, WE DOCUMENT THE EVACUATION ROUTES, AS REMA TALKED ABOUT.
AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION IS NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ONLY HAVE ONE WAY IN AND OUT, UH, 'CAUSE THEY NEED SOME SPECIAL CONSIDERATION DURING AN EVACUATION.
UM, A LOT OF THE WORK WE DID WAS TO IDENTIFY WHERE THE CRITICAL CONSTRAINTS ARE IN THE ROADWAY SYSTEM.
AND WE ALSO IDENTIFY, UH, THE POTENTIAL CHANGES IN EVACUATION TRAVEL TIMES.
UM, BOTH IF, IF, IF YOU GO INTO THE REPORT, IT SHOWS HOW MUCH LONGER AN EVACUATION TAKES THAN A NORMAL, UH, TIME OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND ALSO LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE WHEN YOUR GENERAL PLAN, THE DEVELOPMENT ALLOWED UNDER YOUR GENERAL PLAN IS BUILT, HOW WILL ULTRA'S TRAVEL TIMES CHANGE? AND THEN THE ANALYSIS PROVIDES SOME GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, TO ADDRESS THE EVACUATION.
AND THOSE ARE INCORPORATED INTO THE SAFETY ELEMENT.
SOME ASSUMPTIONS THAT ARE USED WHEN WE DO THE EVACUATION ANALYSIS.
WE CAN'T EVALUATE EVERY POSSIBLE EVACUATION, SO WE TRY TO AIM MORE TOWARDS A WORST CASE SET OF SITUATIONS JUST TO IDENTIFY, AGAIN, IT'S, UM, IT, IT'S TO IDENTIFY WHERE'S THE, WHERE'S THE WORST POSSIBLE SITUATION? WHERE, WHERE ARE THINGS GONNA NEED SPECIAL ATTENTION? UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT YOUR EXISTING ROAD NETWORK, UM, NOT ASSUMING ANY MAJOR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS AS A CONSERVATIVE ASSUMPTION, WE USE A, UH, A TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS MODEL, WHICH IS, UM, DEVELOPED BY THE SAN BERNARDINO, UH, UH, UH, ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS.
UM, AND THEN WE ADAPT IT TO BRING IN THE EXTRA TRIPS THAT HAPPEN WHEN THERE'S AN EVACUATION HAPPENING.
UM, NOT ONLY DID WE LOOK AT THE, THE BASE YEAR, BUT WE ALSO, AS I SAID, THERE'S AN ANALYSIS HERE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE SHOWING, WHICH IS WITH FULL BUILD OUT OF YOUR GENERAL PLAN AND, AND INCLUDING ALL YOUR, YOUR HOUSING SITES, WE ASSUME A A WORST CASE TIME PERIOD.
AND AFTER DOING A, A NUMBER OF THESE, WE, WE'VE SAID THE WORST CASE IS WHEN THERE'S ALREADY A PEAK COMMUTE HAPPENING.
SO SOMETIME AROUND THE PM PEAK HOUR, FOUR OR 5:00 PM UM, AND THEN EVACUATION HAPPENS ON TOP OF THAT.
SO THE, THE MODELING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ACTUALLY COVERS THE ENTIRE LOS ANGELES AREA.
WE HAVE TRAFFIC GOING TO AND FROM, AND WE LAYER ON TOP OF THAT PEOPLE TRYING TO GET IT OUT OF THEIR HOUSES AND BUSINESSES IN CHINO HILLS.
SO WE HAVE THAT AS A BACKGROUND.
ALWAYS IS, IS ALL THE OTHER MUTE ACTIVITY IS HAPPENING, PLUS THERE'S AN EVACUATION ON TOP OF THAT.
NOW, DEPENDING ON WHEN AN EVACUATION HAPPENS, MOST PEOPLE MIGHT BE AT HOME OR MOST PEOPLE MIGHT BE OUT AT WORK.
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KIND OF A WORST CASE.MIDPOINT, WE SAY, WELL, IN THAT SORT OF FOUR TO 5:00 PM UH, TIMEFRAME, WE'RE SAYING THREE QUARTERS OF PEOPLE ARE AT HOME, BUT THERE'S ALSO THREE QUARTERS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL AT WORK OR COMING HOME FROM WORK.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF OUR WORST CASE SITUATION.
AND THEN JUST FOR AN EXAMPLE, WE, WE CHOSE THREE DIRECTIONS FOR PEOPLE TO EVACUATE.
AND FOR EACH NEIGHBORHOOD, WE ASSUME THE MAJORITY WOULD GO TO THE, THE NEAREST ONE, BUT A FEW PEOPLE WOULD TRY TO CUT ACROSS AS, AS LONG AS THE ROADS ARE OPEN.
SO MAIN ONE IS THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY CENTER AREA AND THE SPORTS FIELDS.
UM, ANOTHER DIRECTION IS, UH, OUT GRAND AVENUE TO, UH, TOWARDS DIAMOND BAR.
AND ANOTHER DIRECTION IS DOWN CARBON CANYON TOWARDS BREA.
THE KEY EVACUATION ROUTES IN CHINO HILLS INCLUDE THE, THE STATE ROUTES, THE, THE 71 FREEWAY AND, UH, CARBON CANYON ROAD, WHICH IS ALSO STATE ROUTE.
AND THEN SOME OF YOUR MAIN ARTERIAL ROADWAYS, CHINO AVENUE, CHINO HILLS PARKWAY, PEYTON GRAND AVENUE, SOCO CANYON PARKWAY, BUTTERFIELD RANCH ROAD, UH, THE PRIMARY EVACUATION ROADWAYS, THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE ARE FUNNELING TOWARDS.
AND THAT'S ALSO WHERE WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOME OF THE KEY CONSTRAINTS.
SO A FIRST CONSIDERATION IS, IS NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ONLY HAVE ONE WAY IN AND OUT THE SINGLE ACCESS NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, WE'VE IDENTIFIED FIVE MAIN AREAS WHERE WE HAVE THOSE TYPES OF, OF NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, THE CANYON HILLS DRIVE AREA, SLEEPY HOLLOW, UH, CANNON LANE, UM, WESTERN HILLS MOBILE HOMES NEXT TO THE GOLF COURSE.
AND THEN, UH, AT THE END OF SOKO CANYON ROAD, UH, THE RIDGE GATE AREA.
SO, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, IF I CAN ASK A QUESTION, CAN ASK A QUESTION.
WHAT ABOUT OAK TREE DOWNS? THAT'S SORT OF SIMILAR IN THE, IN THE GENERAL, I WAS GONNA MENTION THAT TOO, AND I WAS GONNA MENTION FAIRFIELD RANCH.
THERE'S ONLY ONE LITERAL WAY IN AND OUT OF FAIRFIELD RANCH NEIGHBORHOOD, A LOT OF HOMES.
WHAT WAS THE FIRST ONE YOU MENTIONED? OH, PRE DOWNS.
AND FAIRFIELD RANCH IS RIGHT UP AGAINST AN ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEER LEVY, AND WE HAVE FLOODING AND YEAH, THERE LITERALLY IS ONE WAY IN AND ONE WAY OUT FOR A THOUSAND HOMES.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT WASN'T ADDRESSED IN THIS STUDY.
SO THE, UM, THESE PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOODS WERE IDENTIFIED BY CAL FIRE, UM, THE, UH, THE STATE AGENCY PURSUANT TO, UH, THEIR CRITERIA.
BUT WE JUST HAD A, WE JUST HAD A SLIDE THAT SHOWED, YOU KNOW, FLOODING AS ONE OF THE CRITERIA.
SO IS THAT NOT UNDER THE PURVIEW OF CAL FIRE? OR I GUESS HOW DO WE DETERMINE WHAT NEIGHBORHOODS ARE IMPORTANT OR NOT? SO I THINK REMA WANTS TO SPEAK.
SO WE CAN TAKE A CLOSER LOOK TO SEE IF THAT, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD QUALIFIES.
BUT WE DO LOOK AT, UM, SUBDIVISIONS OR, UM, COLLECTIONS OF 30 HOMES OR MORE, UM, THROUGHOUT THE CITY LIMITS, UM, ASSUMING THAT, YOU KNOW, ANYWHERE IN THE CITY YOU COULD SEE AT A CERTAIN, UM, IMPACT.
I THINK MAYBE FOR THIS ANALYSIS, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A NUANCE IN TERMS OF EVALUATION, BUT WE CAN TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AND SEE IF THERE'S A, UM, WHY THAT ONE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS LEFT OUT.
'CAUSE IT'S, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE LARGEST HOA OR ONE OF THE LARGEST NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY.
SO YEAH, IF WE COULD MAKE SURE WE ADDRESS THAT, I, I WOULD FEEL A LITTLE BIT MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THIS.
I, I DO WANNA MAKE CLEAR THAT THE ANALYSIS YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE INCLUDED EVERY HOUSE IN CHINO HILLS, THESE, THIS IS JUST FLAGGING CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS AS NEEDING SPECIAL ATTENTION FOR EVACUATION BECAUSE THEY HAVE LIMITED, WELL, LIKE I SAID, THERE'S NO WAY IN AND ONE WAY OUT FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD INCLUDED, INCLUDED EVERY, EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, BUT WE CERTAINLY WILL TAKE A SECOND LOOK AND WE'LL MODIFY THIS MAP AND CALL THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS OUT IF THEY ALSO NEED THAT KIND OF SINGLE ACCESS.
VI ANO IS ALSO NOT ON THIS LIST, AND FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, IT'S HAS THE ONE WAY IN AND OUT OFF OF SURE.
UH, WOODCREST AND PEYTON DRIVE.
YOU CAN WEAR SOME FIRE ROADS, BUT THEY TAKE YOU INTO CARBON CANYON, WHICH IS PROBLEMATIC.
SO I THINK THAT ONE SHOULD, AND WE'VE GOT VERY, VERY HIGH END REAL ESTATE AND, AND A BUNCH OF HOMES, UH, IN THAT, UH, COMMUNITY AS WELL.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO MEDLAR, WHICH IS YEAH, YEAH.
SO, AND WE'RE NOT BEING CRITICAL.
WE'RE JUST, YOU CAN'T SEE EVERYTHING AND DON'T KNOW, I MEAN, WE REPRESENT ALL THIS AREA.
SO RIGHT NOW YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT, YOU DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S THE REASON THIS IS DRAFT.
AND WE APPRECIATE THIS KIND OF INPUT.
ANOTHER THING IS WE'RE WORKING A LOT OF TIMES OFF OFFICIAL MAPPING, AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WHAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S AN AVAILABLE ROAD IS ACTUALLY NOT AN AVAILABLE ROAD THAT PEOPLE CAN USE TO GET IN AND OUT.
SO WE MIGHT ADMIT, ASSUMED THAT THERE'S A SECOND LAYOUT WHEN ACTUALLY IT'S NOT A, NOT A VIABLE YEAH.
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AND THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS THAT MIGHT BE ADDRESSED IF AND WHEN ROADS ARE EXTENDED.THE LOOP AROUND SOCAL CANYON BACK ELKER INTO, UH, UH, PEYTON, THAT WOODCREST, UH, THAT WOULD BE ADDITIONAL, UH, EXIT, IF YOU WILL, FOR, UH, RIDGE VIEW AS A, AS A, AN EXAMPLE.
AND ANO, 'CAUSE YOU CAN GO IN OR OUT NORTH OR SOUTH.
SO THAT'S, BUT IT'S NOT BUILT AND WON'T BE FOR A WHILE.
SO YEAH, WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH WHAT WE HAVE TODAY.
THAT COULD CHANGE THINGS IF GET SOME OF THOSE EXTENSIONS GET, UH, THE, THE THREE BASIC TYPES OF EVACUATION SCENARIOS WE LOOKED AT.
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS NOT EVERY TYPE OF THING THAT COULD HAPPEN IN CHINO HILLS, BUT THESE ARE ONES THAT IN, IN, IN WORKING WITH CITY STAFF, UH, FELT LIKE WE WOULD PROVIDE A GOOD CROSS SECTION OF PLACES THAT COULD GET HIT BY AN EVACUATION SITUATION.
SO ONE OF 'EM IS A WILDFIRE STARTING IN CARBON CANYON.
THE SECOND ONE IS A WILDFIRE STARTING TO THE WEST OF CARBON CANYON, BUT SPREADING TOWARDS CHINO HILLS AND THEN AN EARTHQUAKE ALONG CHINO FAULT DOWN IN THE SOUTHEAST BUTTERFIELD RANCH AREA.
CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION REGARDING FAULT LINES? IS THERE ONE IN CARBON CANYON? WAS THAT ADDRESSED? I DID REMEMBER FAULT REMA.
DO YOU REMEMBER A YEAH, I'M TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT THE MAP.
THE REASON I'M ASKING YOU THIS IS, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT A RESERVOIR IN, UH, ANOS AND BREA WAS RULING AGAINST IT BECAUSE OF THE FAULT LINE IN CARBON CANYON.
I REMEMBER ANYTHING IN THE RATINGS.
SO THERE'S, UM, ACCORDING TO OUR MAPPING AND ANALYSIS THERE, THERE'S, UM, TWO MAJOR FAULTS, BUT THERE'S NOT A MAJOR FAULT THAT'S, UM, RUNNING THROUGH THE, THE CANYON OR TRACE OR MONOS.
UM, HOWEVER THE SOIL CONDITIONS ARE SUCH THAT THERE'S, IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THOSE AREAS, IT'S A HIGH, UH, LIQUEFACTION POTENTIAL.
I, I THINK THE CHINO FAULT WAS, WAS SELECTED AS ONE, THAT THERE'S A HIGHER AMOUNT OF BUILT UP, UH, RESIDENCE IS RIGHT NEARBY.
UM, SO WHAT WE, WHAT WE'RE SHOWING NOW ARE GONNA BE, UH, THE IDENTIFICATION OF CONSTRAINTS IN THE ROAD SYSTEM DURING THIS EVACUATION SITUATION.
HOW IS THAT DETERMINED? WHAT'S THAT, HOW IS THAT DETERMINED? IT'S, LIKE I SAID, IT'S A, THERE'S A, THERE'S A SIMULATION MODEL THAT HAS ALL THE TRAFFIC IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA.
WE'RE REPRESENTING THE PMP CONDITION, AND THEN WE LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF, UH, RESIDENTS AND THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF THE, WHAT'S SHOWN IN YELLOW HERE, THE, THE AFFECTED AREA FOR THE EVACUATION.
UM, AND THEN THEY'RE SENT TO THOSE DESTINATIONS.
I SHOWED, UH, PEOPLE WHO, WHO, FOR WHOM CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY CENTER IS THE BEST DESTINATION THEY GO THAT WAY.
UH, PEOPLE FOR WHOM, UH, DIAMOND BAR IS THE BEST DESTINATION THEY GO WEST AND PEOPLE FOR WHOM, UH, BRAY IS THE BEST DESTINATION TO GO SOUTH.
WHY WOULD WE NOT CONSIDER GOING TO CHINO? YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY, I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING.
LIKE, NO ONE'S GOING TO BREA, YOU KNOW, I UNLESS YOU LIVED IN CANYON.
WELL, IF YOU'RE DOWN IN THE LOWER PART OF CARBON CANYON, THAT MIGHT BE THE BEST WAY TO GET IT.
BUT RATHER THAN CUTTING ACROSS THE FIRE, BUT CHINO, I THINK WOULD BE FAR.
JUST COMING DOWN CARBON CANYON ROAD, THE MAIN THING IS TO IDENTIFY WHERE THE CONSTRAINTS ARE, BUT YES, SIR.
OUR COMMUNITY CENTER'S NOT THAT BIG.
SO HAVE WE CONSIDERED ALSO LIKE AYLA HIGH SCHOOL? I THINK THAT WOULD BE GENERAL A SPILLOVER.
WE, AGAIN, THIS IS ALWAYS FOR, FOR OUR WORST CASE, IF, IF WE STARTED BY SENDING EVERY PEOPLE, EVERYBODY TOWARDS THE COMMUNITY CENTER, OBVIOUSLY THERE, THERE WOULD'VE TO BE DIVERSION IF ENOUGH PEOPLE, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T ACTUALLY GO TO THE DESIGNATED LOCATION.
THEY, THEY'LL GO TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY, UH, IF, IF THEY EVACUATE.
SO WE ARE JUST TRYING TO PICK A PLACE THAT'S UNDER CITY CONTROL THAT, UM, AS, AS A FOCUSED DESTINATION TO KINDA SHOW THE WORST CASE.
IF EVERYBODY HEADS TOWARDS THE COMMUNITY CENTER, YOU KNOW, WHERE DO WE HAVE, WHERE ARE WE GONNA NEED TRAFFIC CONTROL ISSUES? THE MORE WE SPREAD PEOPLE OUT, THE FEWER THOSE CONGESTION LOAD PROBLEMS YOU'LL HAVE.
WASN'T, UH, ONE OF THE ASSUMPTIONS IN THIS, UH, UH, A TIME PERIOD OF FOUR TO FIVE THAT IN THE EVENING, ROUGHLY THE, THE PM PEAK PERIOD? WE, I'M SAYING FOUR TO FIVE, BECAUSE WE PICKED A TIME WHEN A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE STILL AT WORK.
WELL, THE, THE REASON I BRING IT UP IS WE ARE VERY MUCH A PASS THROUGH COMMUNITY.
PEOPLE THAT WORK IN ORANGE COUNTY OR IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, UH, THAT LIVE EAST OF US IN, UH, EASTVALE, CORONA, THOSE AREAS, THEY'RE GONNA BE COMING RIGHT THROUGH OUR CITY.
AND IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN AT THAT PEAK TIME, NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH OUR RESIDENTS BEING FORCED TO EVACUATE IF IT'S A MANDATORY EVACUATION, BUT BE THE ROADWAYS ALREADY BEING CLOGGED WITH
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PEOPLE TRYING TO GET HOME SOMEWHERE TO THE EAST.IT'S JUST ONE MORE THING THAT, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHY WE, I DUNNO HOW YOU ADD THAT IN, BUT IT'S THAT, THAT'S WHY WE, WE DID THIS ON TOP OF ALL THE OTHER COMMUTING THAT'S HAPPENED.
IT'S EVACUATION ON TOP OF ALL THE OTHER TRAFFIC.
SO WITH IT, YOU HAVE TO CONTEND WITH THAT.
UM, THE, THE, THE, THE PICTURES YOU'RE SHOWING HERE IN, IN, IN THE MEMO, WE LOOK BOTH AT THE CURRENT YEAR CONDITIONS AND THE FUTURE YEAR.
WHAT WE'RE SHOWING HERE IN THE SLIDE IS JUST THE FUTURE YEAR.
SO THIS IS WITH DEVELOPMENT ALLOWABLE UNDER YOUR GENERAL PLAN AND LOOKING OUT TO THE YEAR 2040.
SO IT'S, IT'S NOT ONLY, UH, BUILD OUT OF YOUR GENERAL PLAN, BUT ALSO EVERY, ALL THE COMMUNITIES AROUND YOU GROWING TO THE YEAR 2040.
AND REMIND ME, IS WILDFIRE ONE ONE THAT STARTS INSIDE OR OUTSIDE OF CARBON CANYON? THIS IS INSIDE CARBON CANYON.
AND IT'S THE YELLOW SHADED AREA THAT'S EVACUATING, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE WHOLE, YOU KNOW, WESTERN PART OF, OF CHINO HILLS.
AND THEN TRYING TO GET OUT OF THAT AREA IN THE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
SO THE, THE, THE, THE DARK RED LINES SHOW WHERE WE EXPECT TO HAVE CONGESTION WHERE, WHERE THE DEMAND IS GONNA EXCEED THE STREETS IF WE DO NOTHING.
NOW, THERE'S A NUMBER OF MEASURES WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT, ABOUT CONTROLLING THE STREETS DIFFERENTLY, YOU KNOW, TURNING LANES AROUND SO THAT EVERYBODY'S GOING OUT INSTEAD OF COMING IN AND OUT.
THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT MAKE ALL THIS BETTER.
IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING, UM, WHERE ARE WE GONNA HAVE CONGESTION PROBLEMS? AND YOU CAN SEE CARBON CANYON ROAD PRETTY MUCH ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
UM, SOME CONGESTION ON GRAND GETTING OUT OF TOWN, SOME CONGESTION ON BUTTERFIELD RANCH, UH, FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE SOUTHEAST.
UM, AND THEN GOING UP CHINO HILLS PARKWAY TO THE NORTH.
SO THOSE ARE ALL AREAS THAT WE'RE SAYING WOULD NEED ATTENTION IN THIS, IN, IN SOME TYPE OF TRAFFIC CONTROL IN THIS, UH, CONDITION.
THE SECOND WILDFIRE STARTS WEST OF CHINO HILLS AND SPREADS TOWARDS CHINO HILLS.
SO THAT'S THAT SHADED YELLOW AREA.
SO IN THIS CASE, WE'RE AFFECTING MORE THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CITY, NOT SO MUCH THE SOUTHEAST, BUT WE ALSO HAVE ALL THESE PEOPLE FROM THE, UH, SORRY, I, I SAID, UH, UH, FROM DIAMOND BAR.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE A, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE FROM DIAMOND BAR TRYING TO EVACUATE IN SOME CASES, USING SOME OF THE SAME ROADS.
SO WE CAN, WE DIDN'T JUST EVACUATE THE CHINO HILLS PEOPLE IN THIS CASE.
WE'VE ALSO GOT DIAMOND BAR PEOPLE EVACUATING, UM, AND, AND LOADING UP THE ROADS.
BUT IT, IT IDENTIFIES A LOT OF THE SAME LOCATIONS, GRAND AND CARBON CANYON AND CHINO HILLS PARKWAY, UM, AS, AS CRITICAL LOCATIONS.
WHEN, WHEN THESE ARE LOOKED AT, DO WE, UM, REVIEW, I GUESS I DON'T LIKE THE AFTER ACTION REPORTS FROM THE FREEWAY COMPLEX FIRE OR THE BLUE RIDGE FIRE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS THE MOST RECENT ONE WE HAD.
DID WE LOOK AT HOW TRAFFIC WAS IMPACTED, OR, YOU KNOW, HOW NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU KNOW, HAD TO DEAL WITH, YOU KNOW, THAT OR, YOU KNOW, WITH, YOU KNOW, JEREMY OR, YOU KNOW, THE CHIEF, YOU KNOW HOW THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, I GUESS EVALUATED IN TERMS OF WHAT WE HAVE TO DO WITH THIS NEW STUDY OR NOT? YEAH, I MEAN, WE DEFINITELY GOT INFORMATION ON HOW THINGS WERE HANDLED IN PREVIOUS FIRES AND YEAH, SO WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, AND WITH ME, I HAVE, UH, DANIELLE OARD, OUR FIRE MARSHAL, WHO'S AN EXCEPTIONAL, UH, EXPERT IN THE AREA AS WELL.
SO WE DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH STAFF, TO MEET WITH THE CONSULTANT.
UH, WE DID SHARE LESSONS LEARNED FROM NOT ONLY THE FREEWAY COMPLEX FIRE, BUT ALSO THE BLUE RIDGE FIRE IN 2020.
SO THAT WAS PART OF OUR DISCUSSION.
IN FACT, THE SCENARIOS THAT ARE BEING DISCUSSED CURRENTLY CAME FROM OUR, OUR RECOMMENDATION BASED ON SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE'VE EXPERIENCED IN THE PAST AND WHAT WE TRAIN FOR, FOR THE FUTURE.
SO WE ABSOLUTELY HAD THAT CONVERSATION AS FAR AS, THIS IS SOME OF OUR LESSONS LEARNED, THIS IS WHERE WE SAW SOME CHALLENGES, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY TO LOOK AT AND ADDRESS.
GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO WHAT YOU JUST BROUGHT UP.
UM, I KNOW WE'VE HAD ISSUES BEFORE IN CARBON CANYON AND I'M GONNA SAY CANNON LANE.
VALLEY SPRINGS ROAD, UM, LESSONS LEARNED WHEN WE'VE HAD ISSUES IN CARBON CANYON.
UM, HAVE WE COME UP WITH A, A WAY TO OPEN UP LIKE CANNON LANE OR VALLEY SPRINGS ROAD WAS THAT TALKED ABOUT ON HOW WE ARE GONNA DO THAT? AND I KNOW THAT I WILL BE TOLD THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL MAKE THAT DECISION, BUT I KNOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS REAL BUSY TRYING TO EVACUATE PEOPLE.
SO THEN THEY'LL TELL ME, FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL MAKE THAT DECISION.
OR THEY'LL TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY, THEY'RE TOO BUSY 'CAUSE THEY'RE FIGHTING FIRE.
SO MY QUESTION IS, WE HAVE THREE ENTITIES.
WE HAVE THE CITY, WE HAVE PD, AND WE ALSO HAVE FIRE.
UM, WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT PD IN THE PAST, WE BRING IN PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE OF CHINO HILLS THAT DON'T REALLY KNOW THE ROADS.
AND I'LL SAY IN 2008, WE HAD AN EVACUATION ORDER.
I WAS WITH PAUL BENSON IN CARBON CANYON AT STATION SIX, OR I'M SORRY, STATION FOUR.
AND WE WERE GOING EVACUATE SLEEPY HOLLOW.
INSTEAD THEY STARTED EVACUATING SUMMIT RANCH.
AND THAT WAS YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, PETER.
WHERE THEY HAD A HELICOPTER FLYING OVER.
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SO ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT WE, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF LESSONS LEARNED, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THIS DOCUMENT SORT OF MAKES EVERYTHING WORK THE RIGHT WAY.SO, AND I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB YEAH.
PD AND FIRE, BUT I DO WANT TO LEARN FROM WHAT THE MISTAKES WE MADE IN THE PAST.
WELL, AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT.
LIKE, I KNOW DURING THE BLUE RIDGE FIRE, YOU KNOW, DOWN IN MY PART OF TOWN, WE HAD DEPUTIES COMING IN FROM YUCAIPA AND RANCHO THAT REALLY DIDN'T KNOW THE STREETS, DIDN'T KNOW THE AREA, AND WE'RE DIRECTING PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, INCORRECTLY.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN TRY TO DO OUR BEST TO LEARN, YOU KNOW, LEARN, LEARN FROM, LEARN THAT LESSON, YOU KNOW, FROM, YOU KNOW, FROM THAT FIRE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO CERTAINLY MAKE SURE WE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, UH, WE, WE DOCUMENT IT, YOU KNOW, FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR THE FUTURE.
AND I, I ECHO WHAT BRIAN SAYS BECAUSE THE SAME THING HAPPENED WITH BLUE RIDGE.
SO THERE WAS THE HARD CLOSURE AT PINE AVENUE IN BUTTERFIELD, BUT IF YOU WERE TO EAST OF BUTTERFIELD, YOU WEREN'T EVACUATED.
SO WHEN THEY WERE STOPPING PEOPLE AT PINE, UM, FROM THE SHERIFFS THAT WERE FROM OUT OF AREA, THEY DIDN'T KNOW IF SOMEONE SAID, I LIVE IN HUNTERS HILL SO I CAN COME THROUGH.
WHICH THEY'RE NOT GONNA KNOW THAT.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE REALLY NEED TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT HOW, HOW WE CAN GET INFORMATION.
AND A LOT OF TIMES IT'S AT LAST MINUTE WE DON'T KNOW WHICH SHERIFFS ARE GONNA GET DEPLOYED TO, TO WORK OUR EVACUATION ON ANY GIVEN DAY.
HOW MANY SHERIFFS DO WE HAVE CHIEF? I MEAN, IT'S CRAZY.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW TO RESOLVE THAT.
AND, AND IT WOULD BE THE SAME WHETHER IT WAS A PD OR A SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
I THINK THIS TOWN IS STILL GONNA HAVE A SMALL AMOUNT OF RESOURCES.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DRAW RESOURCES FROM OUTSIDE THE AREA.
WE HAVE THE MOBILE FIELD FORCES.
WE DO HAVE RESOURCES AVAILABLE.
IT'S A CONCERN WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS.
I KNOW WE THROUGH, UH, UM, UH, INTERNET AND, AND NOT SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT SOME OF THE, THE WEBSITES THAT WE HAVE THROUGH, UH, GPS AND GLOBAL SATELLITES, WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT, BOTH THROUGH OUR OWN OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AND THROUGH CHINO VALLEY FIRE, UH, RESOURCES AVAILABLE WHERE DEPUTIES NOW COME ON SCENE AND HIT A QR CODE AND THE IMMEDIATELY HAVE ACCESS TO THE AREAS THAT NEED TO BE EVACUATED, THE AREAS THAT, UH, ARE PART OF THE EVACUATION MAPS AND WAYS THAT THEY CAN ALMOST IMMEDIATELY CLICK ON AND SAY, WE'VE TALKED TO THIS RESIDENT, WE'VE CLICKED TO THAT RESIDENT.
SO BOTH CHINO VALLEY FIRE AND OUR OWN, UH, EMERGENCY OPERATIONS WITHIN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAVE DONE WONDERS ONLINE TO PROVIDE RESOURCES THAT ARE GONNA CLARIFY WHEN RESOURCES COME IN, WHAT THIS AREA IN CHINO HILLS NEEDS.
AND I CAN ALSO SPEAK AND ABSOLUTELY VALIDATE ALL THE CONCERNS EXPRESSED.
SO COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ, I WAS WITH YOU ON THAT NIGHT IN 2008.
I WAS ALSO IN 2020, UH, FOR THE BLUE RIDGE INCIDENT.
MANY OF YOU'RE AWARE I WAS ESSENTIALLY THE IN CHARGE OF OUR OPERATIONS FOR THE FIRST DAY AND A HALF, THREE DAYS FROM THE COUNTY LINE TO COUNTY LINE.
SO HAVE WE LEARNED THE ANSWER IS YES.
AND DO WE CONTINUE TO LEARN? ABSOLUTELY.
SO MANY OF THE LESSONS WE LEARNED FROM 2008, WE DIRECTLY APPLIED TO OUR ACTIONS EARLY IN 2020.
AND WE CAN, I'LL BE BRIEF 'CAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT MORE TO DISCUSS, BUT WHAT I CAN REASSURE YOU IS THE THINGS THAT IMMEDIATELY COME TO MIND.
WE LEARNED THE LESSONS IN 2008.
AND ONE OF THE FIRST ORDERS THAT I MADE THAT NIGHT IN 2020 WAS TO DIRECT PERSONNEL, NOT ONLY WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, BUT OUR OWN PERSONNEL TO GO OUT AND OPEN ALL THE GATES.
UH, SO AGAIN, PART OF THAT IS WE'VE CONTINUED TO WORK ON OUR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.
IN FACT, UH, IN PREPARATION FOR THIS SEASON, WE ACTUALLY HELD A MEETING BETWEEN ALL THE NEW SERGEANTS AND OUR INCIDENT COMMANDERS AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHERE WE ALL GOT TOGETHER AND WE TALKED ABOUT THESE ARE THE ISSUES WE HAD IN THE PAST, LET'S LEARN TOGETHER, LET'S ADDRESS THEM IN THE FUTURE.
WE'RE LEVERAGING AS, AS THE CA UH, THE POLICE CHIEF MENTIONED.
WE ARE LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY IN NEW WAYS.
AS HE MENTIONED, WE DEVELOPED SOME TOOLS THAT WE CAN ACCESS THROUGH OUR QR CODE FOR OUR FOLKS THAT IF THEY DO COME IN FOR THE OUT OF THE AREA, THEY CAN USE THEIR IPAD, THEY CAN USE THEIR CELL PHONE THAT ORIENTS THEM TO A GOOGLE MAP.
UM, WE WERE TAKING A LOT OF STEPS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE LESSONS ARE LEARNED, APPLIED, AND THEN ENACTED AND THEN AGAIN ADDRESSED THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING FORWARD AND LEARNING FOR THE FUTURE OF HOW WE'RE IMPROVING EVEN THE DAY BEFORE.
CHAIRMAN, JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION.
DO WE DRILL AT ALL WITH THE OTHER AGENCIES SUCH AS LA COUNTY, ORANGE COUNTY? YEAH.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR COMMUNITY SITS AT THE INTERSECTION OF NOT ONLY SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, BUT LOS ANGELES COUNTY, ORANGE AND RIVERSIDE.
AND THERE ARE SEVERAL CHALLENGES THAT COME ABOUT WITH WILDFIRES IN THIS AREA.
A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH SOME GEOGRAPHICAL ISSUES AS FAR AS HOW WE ACTUALLY ACCESS THE AREA THAT COULD BE POTENTIALLY BURNING.
BUT SOME OF THAT IS STRUCTURAL.
SO ONE OF THE LESSONS FROM 2008, WE COLLECTIVELY DEVELOPED A, UH, COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH ALL OF THOSE MAJOR PLAYERS AND DEVELOPED WHAT WE CALL THE SOLAR
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PLAN, WHICH STANDS FOR SAN BERNARDINO, ORANGE, LA, AND RIVERSIDE.SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A, UH, A RELATIONSHIP AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH ALL THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.
WE MEET QUARTERLY, SPECIFICALLY TO REINFORCE OUR TRAINING AND RELATIONSHIPS AND PREPAREDNESS FOR FIRE IN THIS AREA.
AND AGAIN, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, I THINK IS THE SECOND LARGEST FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES.
BUT BECAUSE OF OUR EFFORTS, WE MEET WITH THEM DIRECTLY AND TRAIN WITH THEM DIRECTLY IN PREPARATION FOR THIS.
AS AN EXAMPLE, IN ADDITION TO CAL FIRE RIVERSIDE, CAL FIRE, SAN BERNARDINO, BREA, FULLERTON ORANGE, IT'S ACTUALLY THE MODEL FOR THE STATE.
WE DEVELOPED THAT IN 2009 AND THEY'VE TAKEN THAT SAME TEMPLATE AND APPLIED IT THROUGHOUT THE STATE AS A MODEL.
SO YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING HARD IN THIS AREA TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITIZENS RECEIVE THE VERY BEST.
LET ME PIG PIGGYBACK OFF OF RAY SAID, LET'S TRANSITION THAT TO, UH, POLICE.
'CAUSE CHINO PD KNOWS OUR CITY VERY WELL.
HALF OF 'EM ARE IN TOWN EVERY DAY FOR LUNCH.
SO THEY KNOW THE DYNAMICS OF WHERE TO DIRECT PEOPLE.
AS FAR AS, YOU DIDN'T SAY DONUTS, RIGHT? YOU SAID LUNCH INTO LUNCH.
UH, DO WE CROSS TRAIN WITH CHINO PD IN INSTANCES SUCH AS HOW TO DIRECT TRAFFIC IN A CASE OF A, A HUGE FIRE OR A MAJOR EMERGENCY BECAUSE THEY DO KNOW OUR REGION SO WELL? WE HAVE NOT, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING I'LL CONSIDER.
I I DO ANTICIPATE THAT AS TIME GOES ON, WE WILL PROBABLY RELY ON, UH, THE COUNTY RESOURCES MORE THAN THE CITY OF CHINO.
I ANTICIPATE THAT IN THE INITIAL STAGES OF A, OF AN EMERGENCY, UH, DEPENDING ON THE EMERGENCY, I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A WILDFIRE THAT'S CONTAINED WITHIN OUR, WITHIN OUR CITY.
I WOULD SAY FOR THE FIRST ONE TO TWO HOURS, WE'RE CERTAINLY GONNA RELY, UH, HEAVILY ON OUR NEIGHBORING DEPARTMENTS.
FOR EXAMPLE, UH, CHINO PD, UM, I THINK PROBABLY AS YOU GET INTO THE SECOND AND THIRD HOURS, WE'RE GONNA SEE OUR MOBILE FIELD FORCE RESPOND, WHICH WILL BE SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES, AND THEN INTO OUR EIGHT AND 12 HOUR RESPONSE.
AND FURTHER ON IT'S GONNA BE PEOPLE FROM OUR OWN STAFF THAT WE BROUGHT IN ON OVERTIME AND OTHER COUNTY RESOURCES.
SO I ANTICIPATE THAT THE LONGER THIS GOES ON, THE LESS WE'LL UTILIZE OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE AREA.
ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE GO ON? OKAY, THANKS.
THIS IS THE, THAT'S THE REAL STUFF THERE.
UM, SO JUST, JUST FINISHING UP ON, ON, ON WHAT'S INCLUDED FOR THE, THE SAFETY ELEMENT ANALYSIS.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE, THE SECOND WILDFIRE HERE.
UM, AND THE THIRD SITUATION WE LOOKED AT IS THE EARTHQUAKE ALONG THE CHINO FAULT.
YOU SEE, UH, THIS IS AFFECTING MOSTLY THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE AREA IN MYSTIC CANYON, BUTTERFIELD RANCH AREA.
UM, THE EARTHQUAKE, UH, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S AFFECTING KIND OF A, A DENSER POPULATION.
UM, IT, IT ACTUALLY HAS REPERCUSSIONS GOING ALL THE WAY NORTH AS, AS JUST PEOPLE TRY TO GET OUT OF THAT AREA.
UH, SO EVEN THOUGH, UM, THE, WE'RE WE'RE SAYING THE, THE EARTHQUAKE WOULDN'T AFFECT LIKE, LANDSLIDES AND THINGS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CITY, WE STILL ARE SHOWING A LOT OF CONGESTION IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CITY.
SO JUST SAYS, IF WE HAVE AN EARTHQUAKE, EVEN IF IT JUST AFFECTS ONE PART OF THE CITY, WE STILL HAVE TO DO THINGS TO KEEP THOSE OTHER WAYS CLEAR.
AND I'LL JUST MENTION IT AGAIN, FAIRFIELD RANCH, YOU KNOW, STILL IS NOT LISTED ON THIS.
IT TRULY IS ONE WAY IN, ONE WAY OUT, JUST FOR, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GO BACK THROUGH AND REEVALUATE THIS.
TH THERE'S ANOTHER MAJOR THING WITH EARTHQUAKES THAT WE CAN'T ANTICIPATE IS DEPENDING ON HOW SEVERE IT IS, THE ROADWAYS MAY BE DAMAGED TO WHERE THEY'RE NOT PASSABLE.
SO THAT THROWS THE MONKEY WRENCH IN THE WHOLE THING.
SO I KNOW YOU CAN'T ANTICIPATE EVERYTHING, BUT IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SAID THAT THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT.
AND THAT COULD HAPPEN WITH WILDFIRES TOO, IS SOMETHING THAT CAN COME DOWN, A POWER LINE, COME DOWN THE BLOCK, IT'S COME DOWN POWER LINES OF THE ROAD.
AND, YOU KNOW, BACK TO THE FIRE FOR A MOMENT, UH, THE CITY, WE NEED TO COORDINATE VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CITY OF BRAA BECAUSE ANYTHING GOES ON IN THE CANYON, THEY SHUT IT OFF ON THE, ON, ON THE, UH, WEST END.
AND IF THAT'S GOING TO BE USED ONE OF OUR AS AS AN EVACUATION ROUTE, THAT COULD BE PROBLEMATIC AS WELL.
SO, ALRIGHT, JUST GOT A QUESTION.
QUICK QUESTION REGARDING, UM, THE RICHTER SIZE OF A EARTHQUAKE, ESPECIALLY THE MAIN HIGHWAYS SURROUNDING LIKE THE 60 71, IF IT'S AN 8.0 OR, OR BIGGER, IS THAT A CONCERN THAT WE HAVE AS FAR AS THOSE ROADS BEING KNOCKED DOWN? I'M CERTAIN THAT THAT WOULD BE AN ISSUE.
BECAUSE IF THAT DOES HAPPEN, WE REALLY HAVE NO PLACE TO GO.
THEN, THEN WE HAVE TO, THIS, THIS, THIS REALLY JUST, THIS IS MORE FOR, UM, AND IT'S NOT A SPECIFIC, BUT, BUT SAYING THE 6 0 6 TO SEVEN KIND OF RANGE, YOU KNOW, THE KIND OF EARTHQUAKES WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN, UM, IN RECENT YEARS.
AND, AND THIS IS MORE SAYING, WHERE ARE THE CRITICAL ROADS THAT
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WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SET UP TO CONTROL, RIGHT? AND THEN AFTER THAT, THERE HAS TO BE A LOT OF ADAPTATION, RIGHT? AS ROADS GO OUT OR THE FREEWAYS GET KNOCKED OUT, THEN THERE HAS TO BE A LOT OF ADAPTATION ON THE FLY.BUT AT LEAST WE HAVE A TRYING TO PROVIDE A STARTING POINT OF, OKAY, IF WE KNOW IF HERE'S THE ROADS THAT WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT TO KEEP THEM FLOWING, THANK YOU.
BUT, BUT AFTER THAT, RIGHT, A LOT OF, A LOT OF THINGS CAN HAPPEN.
UM, ANOTHER, UH, REQUIREMENT OF THIS IS TO LOOK AT POTENTIAL CHANGES IN TRAVEL TIME.
AGAIN, THIS IS MOSTLY JUST TO HELP PRIORITIZE AND, AND AGAIN, THIS, THESE ARE TRAVEL TIME, UM, WITHOUT ANY ROAD IMPROVEMENTS OR WITHOUT ANY SPECIAL TRAFFIC CONTROLS.
SO THIS IS JUST LEAVING THE ROADS THE WAY THEY ARE TODAY.
SO THIS A WORST CASE SITUATION.
WE CAN MAKE ALL OF THIS BETTER BY DOING SOME OF THE KIND OF MEASURES THAT ARE LISTED IN THE SAFETY ELEMENT IN TERMS OF ADDITIONAL MANUAL TRAFFIC CONTROL AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT WHAT THIS IS TALKING ABOUT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN EVACUATION TODAY AND AN EVACUATION IN THE YEAR 2040 WITH YOUR GENERAL PLAN.
SO HOW MUCH TIME DO WE, AND IT'S NOT JUST YOUR GENERAL PLAN, IT'S ALSO ALL THE 2040, ALL THE DEVELOP NEXT 16 YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT ALL AROUND YOU AS WELL.
UM, SO IT'S JUST GONNA ADD, IT'S GONNA ADD PEOPLE TO HIGHWAY 71 THAT'S GONNA CAUSE SPILLOVER EFFECTS.
SO JUST TO ANTICIPATE THAT, UH, WHATEVER IT TAKES FOR CARBON CANYON.
NOW, IF YOU GO TO THE YEAR 2040, IT COULD TAKE 13 TO 31 MINUTES MORE TO GET OUT OF CARBON CANYON GOING TO THE FUTURE.
IS THERE A STANDARD WHEN IT COMES TO BEING ABLE TO EVACUATE? LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SECOND BULLET POINT WILDFIRE IN CARBON CANYON AT 13 TO 31 MINUTES, IS THERE A STANDARD THAT CAL FIRE HAS OR ARE WE JUST, WE'RE JUST, I DON'T, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S A STANDARD.
UM, THIS IS REALLY JUST INFORMATIONAL.
THIS IS MORE INFORMATIONAL AND SORT OF STARTING TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES AROUND IT.
BUT IT, YEAH, WE HAVEN'T SEEN A STANDARD ON A THRESHOLD FOR HOW FAST, UM, FOLKS SHOULD BE ABLE TO EVACUATE.
AND, AND THEN I GUESS TO THAT POINT, THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT DEVELOPMENT WE AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AND JUST HOW MUCH THAT IMPACTS US.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, NO OFFENSE TO EASTVALE OR CORONA, BUT I ONLY CARE ABOUT MY RESIDENTS
AND YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT IT'S THE TRUTH.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GONNA SIT THERE AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, HAVE THIS IMPACT, THEN I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A REGIONAL, YOU KNOW, A REGIONAL PLAN TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO, TO DEAL WITH THIS.
'CAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S NOT RIGHT IF OUR CARBON COUNTY RESIDENTS AREN'T GONNA BE ABLE TO MAKE IT OUT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, AT A DECENT TIME.
BUT, SORRY, THE SAD THING ABOUT THIS WHOLE TRAVEL TIME ISSUE IS THAT, OKAY, LOOK WHAT HAPPENED IN SAN BERNARDINO LAST WEEK OR WHATEVER THAT WAS, UH, SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE, I MEAN, THEY ABSOLUTELY HAD NO TIME, UH, TO DO ANYTHING.
UH, IT'S NOW TALKING ABOUT SAVING OF LIVES AND I GUESS MAYBE THE GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS IS A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE GONE AND NOT AT, AT HOME BECAUSE OF WORK.
BUT WE HAVE A COUPLE AREAS WITHIN OUR CITY, WE MENTION ANYTHING ALONG CARBON CANYON, SLEEPY HOLLOW.
THOSE HAVE BEEN THINGS WE'VE WORRIED ABOUT SINCE FOR FOREVER AND ALWAYS WILL.
BECAUSE IF SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS IN THERE AND THESE FIRES, UH, SPREAD AS FAST AS THEY DO, WE'RE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOT JUST PROPERTY, PROPERTY DAMAGE.
I MEAN, AND HOW DO YOU GET PEOPLE OUT WHEN EVERYTHING IS YOU, YOU, I, WE CAN'T IMAGINE THE PANIC.
I GUESS WHAT I'D LIKE TO SAY IS, YOU KNOW, THIS PLAN, HAVING A PLAN AND HAVING US LOOK AT IT AT ALL IS A WHOLE LOT BETTER THAN SITTING BACK AND NOT DOING ANYTHING.
SO REGARDLESS OF ALL THE CONSTRAINTS THAT, THAT WE HAVE AND THE QUESTIONS WE'RE BRINGING UP THAT LITERALLY PROVIDE YOU TO NOT BE ABLE TO GIVE US ANSWERS, WE STILL ARE FAR BETTER AHEAD THAN HAVING NO PLAN.
SO, UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THEN I'M SURE THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY WOULD, IN GOD FORBID, A WORST CASE SITUATION.
SO, UH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S TOUGH FOR YOU TO TRY AND ANTICIPATE THE THINGS WE'RE BRINGING UP, BUT WE KNOW OUR NE NEIGHBORHOODS INTIMATELY SO WE CAN AT LEAST ADD THESE THINGS TO YOU SO THAT YOU CAN AT LEAST SOMEHOW TRY TO FIGURE THAT IN, IN THE OVERALL SCHEME OF THINGS.
AND I THINK I PROBABLY SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY THERE.
SO I THINK A LOT OF THIS IS VERIFYING CHIEF ALT, WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, OF LESSONS LEARNED AND, AND WHICH NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH MORE PROACTIVELY.
AND I KNOW THIS IS BASED ON LIKE A BETWEEN FOUR AND FIVE PEAK TIME.
IS THERE GONNA BE SOME CONSIDERATION IF, UH, AN EVACUATION OCCURS WHEN SCHOOL IS IN SESSION, WHICH IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT DYNAMIC, CRAZY, SCARY DYNAMIC.
EVERYONE'S GONNA BE TRYING TO GET THEIR KIDS.
I, I THINK THERE HAVE TO BE SPECIFIC POLICIES JUST TO DEAL WITH KIDS AT SCHOOL.
WE DIDN'T, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF SCHOOLS AND LOT OF KIDS ONE,
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BUT IT'S WORTH, IT'S WORTH LOOKING AT.THERE HAS TO BE TO BE HIGHLY LIKELY THAT SOMETHING CAN HAPPEN DURING A SCHOOL DAY.
TRAFFIC IS IMPOSSIBLE AROUND SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW.
YOU THROW AT PICK UP AND DROP OFF TIMES.
IF, IF OUR MEETING HAD OR STARTED A HALF AN HOUR LATER TODAY, IT WOULD'VE BEEN LATE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET IN THIS AREA, UH, FOR ALA HIGH SCHOOL ALONE.
BUT ALL OF US KNOW WHICH STREETS WE STAY OFF OF.
AND IT'S WORSE NOW BECAUSE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CHANGED THE START AND, AND END TIMES FOR ELEMENTARY, JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL THIS LAST SCHOOL YEAR.
SO I THINK THOSE OF US THAT KNEW WHEN TO STAY AWAY FROM SCHOOLS DON'T HAVE A CLUE NOW, BUT YOU JUST TRY TO STAY OFF THOSE, THOSE STREETS AND, UH, YEAH.
UH, REMA I'M, DO, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY ON SCHOOLS IN THE SAFETY ELEMENT? YEAH, I DON'T, IT'S A GOOD POINT.
I DON'T THINK WE'VE MENTIONED SPECIFIC STRATEGIES RELATED TO SCHOOLS.
OFTEN SCHOOLS HAVE THEIR OWN EMERGENCY EVACUATION PLANNING.
UM, SO WE COULD BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY DO HAVE IN PLACE AND WHAT THE CITY'S ROLE TO DO.
I WORK FOR THE DISTRICT AND THE ONLY PLANS IN PLACE IS GETTING THE KIDS OUT OF THE CLASSROOM.
SO WHEN WE'RE WAITING IN THE PARKING LOT, THAT'S WHERE IT STOPS.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IMPACTS WITH TRAFFIC ARE GONNA HAPPEN WHEN PEOPLE TRY TO PICK UP THEIR KIDS.
IT STOPS AT THE, JUST GETTING OUTTA THE CLOUD LOT.
IT STOPS AT THE PARKING LOT, YOU KNOW, HAVING TWO KIDS IN THE DISTRICT.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE INSTRUCTED TO DO.
YEAH, WE CAN DEVELOP A POLICY.
UM, SO THIS IS THE, THE FIRST PART OF THIS PRESENTATION HAS BASICALLY BEEN WHAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO TO DISCLOSE WHERE THERE ARE PROBLEMS, UM, NOT ONLY WHAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO, BUT THINGS TO HOPEFULLY HELP THE CITY IDENTIFY WHERE THERE'S PRIORITIES.
AND THEN THE REAL POINT OF THIS IS TO COME UP WITH, WITH POLICIES AND ACTIONS TO INCLUDE IN YOUR GENERAL PLAN SAFETY ELEMENT, UM, TO, TO HELP WITH THESE SITUATIONS AND, AND, AND, AND MITIGATE ANY OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED.
SO, UM, AS REMA SAID, THE SAFETY ELEMENT IS BEING UPDATED THIS ROUND, INCORPORATE SOME OF THIS INFORMATION.
AND IN PARTICULAR, UH, POLICIES ABOUT EVACUATION, CAPACITY STRENGTHENING COMMUNICATION.
THERE'S BEEN SOME COMMENTS ABOUT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS, UM, THE SINGLE ACCESS NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, EVACUATION ASSISTANCE FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, AND THEN, UH, GENERAL PREPAREDNESS AND OUTREACH, GET PEOPLE PREPARED.
SO, UH, EVACUATION CAPACITY, THE CITY HAS AN EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN, AND THAT NEEDS TO BE MAINTAINED AND UPDATED AS WE LEARN NEW INFORMATION, UM, TO MAINTAIN THE ROADWAYS THAT ARE USED FOR EMERGENCY ACCESS.
FOR EXAMPLE, CARBON CANYON, MAKING SURE THE SHOULDERS ARE ARE, ARE CLEAR.
'CAUSE THERE MIGHT BE AT SOME POINT WHERE AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE NEEDS TO GET BY A LINE OF CARS.
AND YOU WANT, YOU WANT THAT MAINTAINED AS WELL AS POSSIBLE.
UM, ENSURE THAT THE EMERGENCY SERVICES HAVE FULL ACCESS TO ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THAT'S GOES ALONG WITH OPENING THE GATES WHEN NEEDED AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES.
UM, IN SOME CASES, REVERSING LANES SO THAT YOU HAVE, OR YOU'RE KEEPING PEOPLE FROM COMING INTO THE CITY WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY SHOULDN'T BE.
AND GETTING MAYBE TWO LINES OF CARS GOING OUT, UM, CLOSING INBOUND LANES, UM, GETTING TRAFFIC SIGNALS READY SO THAT THEY'RE GREEN GOING OUT AWAY FROM THE, THE EMERGENCY SITUATION AND TRAFFIC CONTROL POINTS WITH, UH, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL.
THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT ARE BEING DONE ANYWAY.
IT'S JUST KIND OF FORMALIZING AND SAYING, YES, THESE ARE ALL THE THINGS THE CITY NEEDS TO HAVE IN PLACE.
UH, STRENGTHENING COMMUNICATION WITH TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTERS.
UM, POSSIBLY USING VARIABLE MESSAGE BOARDS, ESPECIALLY FOR THAT SITUATION WHERE, WHERE A ROAD IS CLOSED, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE EXPECTING, HEY, I'M GONNA GO OUT THIS WAY AND IT'S NOT AVAILABLE.
SO SOMETIMES THINGS LIKE DYNAMIC SIGNS, UH, YOU CAN PUT OUT THERE AND, AND LET PEOPLE KNOW IT'S GOING THE OTHER WAY.
UM, UH, UH, ADDITIONAL CAMERAS CAN BE USEFUL TO MONITOR FLOW OR TO INDICATE WHEN THERE'S A PROBLEM.
AND THEN, UM, SOMETHING THAT'S BEING TALKED ABOUT IS, IS, UH, PREDEFINED EVACUATION ZONES.
SO SOME COMMUNITIES HAVE SET UP A, A ZONE SYSTEM IN THEIR CITY, AND THEN PEOPLE ARE TOLD WHAT ZONE THEY'RE IN.
AND THEN MESSAGES ARE, ARE, ARE, ARE GIVEN ZONES.
AND THERE CAN BE, THAT'S ANOTHER STRATEGY THAT CAN BE USED TO HELP ORGANIZE, UH, THE EVACUATION, SORRY, UH, CONDUCT EVACUATION TRAINING FOR RESIDENTS.
WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY MEAN? AND I DON'T WANT TO BE GLIB ABOUT THIS, BUT LIKE, I REMEMBER PRIOR COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD WORK, YOU KNOW, IN CARBON CANYON TO IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN RESIDENTS THAT WERE NOT NECESSARILY ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, MOVE, YOU KNOW, EASILY.
WHAT, WHAT REALLY, ARE WE GONNA DEAL WITH THIS INFORMATION? OR ARE WE JUST CHECKING A BOX? LIKE, THAT'S,
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THAT'S KIND OF MY CONCERN IS ARE WE JUST GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS OR ARE WE ACTUALLY GONNA TAKE THIS AND DO SOMETHING WITH IT? WELL, UM, THE, UH, POLICIES IN THE GENERAL PLAN ARE DESIGNED TO BE ACTIONABLE POLICIES.AND SO, UM, IF WE, UH, FEEL LIKE THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT, THAT WE OUGHT TO BE DOING THAT SHOULD HAVE A PRIORITY, THEN THOSE ARE THE ITEMS THAT, THAT WE SHOULD FOCUS ON.
SO THERE'S ASPIRATIONAL, UH, COMPONENTS, LARGER, BROADER GOALS, BUT THEN THE SPECIFIC POLICY, UM, LANGUAGE IS THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE PURSUING.
AND SO IN TERMS OF, UM, TRAINING THE POPULATION, THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THAT COULD, THAT COULD LOOK LIKE, IT COULD LOOK AT LIKE SMALLER NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS THAT FORM TO, UH, GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND THEN ARE ABLE TO LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER AND, AND HELP ASSIST AUTHORITIES.
IT COULD ACTUALLY BE EDUCATION FROM THE CITY OR FROM THE, UM, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF ACTIONS THAT THE CITY CAN TAKE TO IMPLEMENT A LARGER POLICY.
WELL, I THEN, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, THE THING I WOULD RATHER WE NOT DO IS JUST GO THROUGH THE MOTIONS TO DO THIS.
JUST BECAUSE THE STATE IS TELLING US WE HAVE TO, LIKE, I WOULD RATHER HAVE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S PUBLIC SAFETY, I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, PARAMOUNT TO, YOU KNOW, WHY WE WERE ALL ELECTED, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT WE DO IS TO ACTUALLY PROTECT THE PUBLIC.
AND IF WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE EFFORT TO SPEND THIS MONEY AND REALLY LIKE, DISCERN WHERE PROBLEMS ARE, WE NEED TO FOLLOW THROUGH.
YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES, WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT.
LIKE WE, WE'RE A VULNERABLE TOWN.
WE'VE GOT FAULT LINES RUNNING THROUGH THE CITY.
WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FIRE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FLOODS AND I JUST, I, I DON'T WANT TO JUST CHECK A BOX BECAUSE THE STATE MAKES US, I THINK WE NEED TO ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOME ACTIONABLE EFFORTS.
AND I DON'T KNOW, BEN, IF YOU WANNA CHIME IN ON IT, BUT JUST, I, I, I HATE THE IDEA OF JUST GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS JUST TO GO THROUGH THE MOTIONS.
UH, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER JOES AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENGAGEMENT ON THIS.
I THINK THE AMOUNT OF, UH, COMMENTARY THAT'S COME FROM THE COUNCIL, THE FACT THAT THE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION'S ALSO HERE TODAY AND ALL THE STAFF AND CONSULTANTS THAT BEEN, HAVE BEEN PUT ON THIS TASK SHOWS THAT WE'RE INVESTED IN IDENTIFYING WHERE WE CAN DO BETTER, UH, FIRE AND UH, AND LAW HAVE TOLD US ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS THEY'VE LEARNED FROM HOW WE'VE EXECUTED THIS.
BUT JUST QUICKLY FROM A CITY MANAGER'S POINT OF VIEW, ONE EXAMPLE, I THINK TO YOUR POINT BRIAN, IS WE HAVE, UH, A SUGGESTION THAT CAMERAS MIGHT BENEFIT IN UNDERSTANDING WHAT TRAFFIC LOOKS LIKE.
TO ME, THAT GOT MY MIND KIND OF, YOU KNOW, SPINNING ON WHAT WOULD IT COST AS A CITY MANAGER FOR US TO PUT CAMERAS IN KEY AREAS SO THAT WE WOULD KNOW WHAT THE TRAFFIC LOOKED LIKE IF, UH, AN INCIDENT OCCURRED.
UH, ALL OF US HAVE PROBABLY VISITED, WHETHER IT'S DODGER STADIUM OR OTHER VENUES WHERE THEY HAVE CONTROLLED ACCESS POINTS.
THE ROAD IS TWO WAY, UH, NORMALLY, BUT WHEN THE, THE GAME'S GETTING OUT, YOU HAVE WAYS TO, YOU KNOW, INDICATE WITH SIGNS OR, OR FLASHING BEACONS THAT YOU'RE GONNA ALL EXIT, UH, ALL LANES IN ONE DIRECTION.
FOR ME, WHEN I READ THAT IN THE REPORT THAT MAYBE BEING ABLE TO CONTROL, I START THINKING, OKAY, HOW DO I SIT DOWN WITH PLANNING PUBLIC WORKS AND WHAT COULD WE OPERATIONALLY DO TO EXECUTE THAT? AND I THINK TO, TO, IF I'M HEARING YOU CORRECTLY, IT'S LIKE, LET'S NOT JUST PLAN.
LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO TO EXECUTE BASED ON THIS PLAN.
BUT IT ALL STARTS WITH KIND OF LOOKING AT ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT PIECES.
WELL, AND IT'S TRULY REACHING OUT TO ALL DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES.
LIKE I KNOW, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE ASPECTS WAS LIKE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS AND FOLKS THAT MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, EMERGENCY EVACUATION ORDERS, LIKE I THINK WE REALLY, TRULY NEED, YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF DELVE INTO THIS, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE WHEN IT HITS THE FAN, IT'S NOT GONNA BE GOOD FOR ANY OF US.
BEN, ONE COMMENT TO WHAT YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, THE CHANGING THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC ALL ONE DIRECTION.
THAT, THAT SOUNDS GOOD AND THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
WHAT HAPPENS IF WE HAVE FAMILIES THAT ARE SEPARATED DURING THE INCIDENT AND THEY'RE TRYING TO GET BACK TOGETHER AND THEY'RE BEING FORCED TO GO TWO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS? THAT'S, THAT, THAT COULD BE REAL PROBLEMATIC.
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WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IT IN HERE BECAUSE WE, WE'VE GOT A HUGE EQUESTRIAN, UH, COMMUNITY NEXT DOOR.UH, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE PET LOVERS IN THIS, THIS CITY.
WHAT ABOUT PETS? AND, AND THAT ARE SEPARATED DURING THIS.
WE NEED TO HAVE AN EVACUATION SITE FOR THEM AS WELL.
SO I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE AT LEAST DIS, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSED AND SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING, UH, THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH AS FAR AS THE CENTRAL LOCATION WHERE PEOPLE COULD GO IF THEY'RE SEPARATED FROM THEIR, THEIR PETS.
'CAUSE IF THEY HAVE OUTDOOR PETS AND SOMETHING'S HAPPENING, CHANCES ARE THEY'RE NOT GONNA STAY WHERE THEY'RE AT.
THEY'RE GONNA, IT'S THE WHOLE FIGHT OR FLIGHT ROUTINE.
AND THAT'S WHAT SOUNDS GOOD ABOUT THESE PLANS THAT WE'RE MAKING.
BUT WHEN PEOPLE ARE PANICKING AND THINKING ABOUT THEIR PHYSICAL POSSESSIONS, WHICH THEY SHOULDN'T BE DOING, BUT FIGURING, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE THINKING LO YOU KNOW, LOGICALLY OR, WELL, THIS IS WHAT I REALLY NEED TO DO.
THEY WANT TO GET, GET OUTTA DODGE.
SO, I MEAN, THERE'S JUST TOO MANY THINGS.
IT'S THE HUMAN ELEMENT THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU TO MEASURE IN THIS THING.
BUT IF, IF WE TALK ABOUT IT, THEN IT'S JUST ONE MORE THING YOU CAN PUT IN THE MIX, UH, TO TRY AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING WILL WORK.
I I CAN TELL YOU THAT, THAT THE ISSUE OF PETS AND HORSES CAME UP VERY EARLY ON IN OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH STAFF.
AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE COMMUNITY CENTER WAS PICKED AS A POSSIBLE DESTINATION WAS BECAUSE IT THOUGHT THAT THERE COULD BE A WAY TO HAVE HORSES.
AND WE USED IT THE LAST FIRE WE, WE HAD THAT IVHS WAS THERE WITH PEOPLE WITH PETS IN A BED HOSPITAL AND THEY HAD THE KENNELS THERE.
CAN I JUMP IN REAL FAST? REAL FAST? I WANNA GET BACK TO A PREVIOUS QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED OF NICK.
UM, EDISON HAS A LIST OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON, ON EMERGENCY, UM, LIKE OXYGEN OR MONITORS.
DO YOU HAVE, DO YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THAT LIST? BECAUSE IT'D BE REALLY NICE TO HAVE THAT IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
UM, I, I DO SEE, UH, MELISSA BOYD FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON AND THE AUDIENCE, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THEY MAY OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH US, UH, DEPENDING UPON, UM, THEIR, UH, REQUIREMENTS.
UH, BUT UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DEFINITELY TALK TO 'EM ABOUT.
ALSO, I THINK FIRE ONE TIME HAD HAD A LIST.
SECOND THING I WANTED TO ASK YOU, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EMERGENCY RESPONSES, UH, IN OUR CITY, WE HAVE SO MANY SAFETY PEOPLE THAT ARE RETIRED ON ONE OF 'EM.
UM, WHERE A ERT PROGRAM TO ME, I, I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO THAT COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM.
UM, I THINK THIS WOULD BE THE PERFECT TIME TO, TO MOVE FORWARD ON A ERT PROGRAM.
'CAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE RETIRED SAFETY PERSONNEL.
UM, I, I WAS GONNA SAY JUST ONE THING CAME TO MIND.
UH, UH, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT LIKE INSTALLING CAMERAS AND COSTS, I KNOW IN SOME OF THE OTHER COMMUNITIES WE'RE WORKING WITH, THEY'RE TALK, THEY ARE TALKING TO, UH, NEW DEVELOPMENT ABOUT SOME OF THESE THINGS.
I I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S COME ON HERE.
ABOUT, ABOUT NEW, NEW DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLY CONTRIBUTING TO THE EMERGENCY NETWORK CAMERAS OR, OR SIGN SIGNAGE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
COULDN'T WE USE OUR APRS FOR THOSE ALREADY? I MEAN, WE'VE GOT THE CAMERAS IN IN PLACE.
WOULD THAT BE, THEY CAN ALSO MEASURE, THEY WOULD BE MEASURING TRAFFIC FLOW BECAUSE THEY'D BE TAKING PICTURES OF ALL THE LICENSE PLATES COMING IN AND OUT OF THE CITY.
COULDN'T WE KIND OF PIGGYBACK OFF OF THAT SYSTEM, UH, TO GIVE US THOSE CAMERA ACCESS FOR THOROUGHFARES? SO WE GO AHEAD, BEN.
YEAH, IT, PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, CHIEF.
UH, IT DEPENDS ON WHICH CAMERA.
LIKE ONE OF OUR CAMERAS ONLY RECORDS AS, UH, A, A VEHICLE PASSES AND THE OTHER CAMERA, WHILE IT'S ON ALL THE TIME, IT'S NOT SET UP TO GIVE REAL TIME, YOU KNOW, LOGGING IN, SEEING AS IT OCCURS, THEY'RE FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON THE LICENSE PLATE.
AND SO I WOULD THINK THAT IF WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS, WE'D, WE'D WANT A DEDICATED SYSTEM, WHETHER IT'S A CAMERA OR A LOOP LIKE YOU HAVE AT OTHER AREAS IN THE CITY, TRACKING THE SPEED AND THE, UH, AND THE, UH, NUMBER OF VEHICLES.
SO I, YEAH, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD, UH, UH, USE FOR THAT.
BUT I THINK THE, THE, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S WORTH ALWAYS TRYING TO SEE IF THERE MIGHT BE A WAY TO LEVERAGE THAT.
WELL AT, AT A MINIMUM, A CO-LOCATION.
WE'VE ALREADY GOT THE POWER AND EVERYTHING ELSE TO THOSE CAMERAS.
SO IT SEEMS LIKE IF WE CAME UP, IF WE CAN'T USE A LPR
UH, AT ANY RATE, IF, IF WE COULD GET ANOTHER CAMERA THAT WOULD FULFILL THAT REAL TIME ON THAT CO-LOCATION, 'CAUSE WE'VE GOT THEM AT EVERY ENTRANCE AND EXIT TO THE CITY.
SO, I MEAN, THAT WOULD SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD, UH, FIT THE BILL.
YEAH, I DON'T BELIEVE THE EXISTING VIGILANT OR FLOCK A LPR CAMERAS WOULD ASSIST US WITH REAL TIME TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, BUT IT IS SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK INTO.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION REAL FAST? DON'T WE HAVE CAMERAS? I KNOW.
I'VE BEEN TO PUBLIC WORKS BEFORE AND THERE ARE CAMERAS SHOWING.
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DO WE HAVE 'EM THROUGHOUT THE CITY CAMERAS NOW? WHAT'S YOUR EMERGENCY? I, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE REAL TIME CAMERAS IN, IN, IN THE CITY IN OF CHINO HILLS WHERE, UH, COME PLEASE COME FORWARD.I'LL ASK OUR, UH, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COORDINATOR TO COME UP TO COMMENT ON WHAT WE MAY HAVE AVAILABLE.
UM, YES, WE DO HAVE ACCESS TO THE CAMERAS UP IN THE STATE PARK AS WELL AS IN THE CANYON.
THEY CAN BE FOUND ON OUR CITY WEBSITE.
AND THEY'RE ALSO AVAILABLE IN OUR VIRTUAL EOC THAT WE HAVE FOR STAFF.
AND THIS WILL BE ABLE TO TELL US THE FLOW OF THE FIRE, THE DIRECTION AND THE INTENSITY DEPENDS ON WHERE EXACTLY THE FIRE IS.
BUT YES, WE HAVE ALL OF THE CAL FIRE CAMERAS LINKED ON OUR WEBSITE UNDER THE WILDFIRE PAGE OF, OF THE SUBPAGE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
BRIEFLY FOR CONTEXT, THOSE CAMERAS ARE PART OF THE ALERT CALIFORNIA SYSTEM.
IT'S ACTUALLY A, A, A NETWORK OF CAMERAS RUN THROUGH A SUPERCOMPUTER THROUGH, UH, UC, SAN DIEGO.
IT'S ALSO PRESENT IN OUR COMMAND CENTERS.
UH, AS, AS NOTED, THEY'RE NOT TRAFFIC FOCUSED.
THEY'RE FOCUSED ON SURVEYING FOR WILDFIRE AND DETECTING.
AND THERE'S DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE BEING EMPLOYED TO LAYER AI ON TOP OF THOSE PLATFORMS SO THAT WE HAVE AN AI DETECTION SYSTEM THAT LITERALLY LOOKS THROUGH THE CAMERA AND DETECTS FIRES THROUGH AI.
UH, CURRENTLY THEY'RE BEING USED AS A, AS A TOOL FOR US FOR SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND DETECTION OF FIRES.
'CAUSE IF WE DO HAVE AN EVACUATION ROUTE, IF WE KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING, THE FIRE, WE'RE NOT GONNA PUT TRAFFIC GOING TOWARDS THAT, THAT WAY.
SO IT'S, IT'S GOOD THAT WE HAVE THAT.
UM, JUST TO, TO FINISH UP ON, ON POLICIES AND ACTIONS.
YOU SEE SINGLE ACCESS NEIGHBORHOODS IS ONE OF THE TOPIC THAT'S, THAT'S COME UP AND WE, A COUPLE NEIGHBORHOODS WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IN ADDITION.
BUT ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THERE IS, IS POSSIBLY THOSE ARE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE YOU DO THE EVACUATION A LITTLE EARLIER THAN YOU WOULD FOR SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S A HIGHER RISK CONDITION FOR THEM.
CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? ONE QUICK QUESTION.
I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 84, AND A LOT OF TIMES WHEN THERE'S AN EVACUATION ORDER, PEOPLE DON'T LEAVE.
SO WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THAT? AND I KNOW, JEREMY, YOU EXPERIENCED THIS OVER, OVER THE YEARS, UM, THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO LEAVE UNTIL THEY ACTUALLY SEE IT.
AND WHEN THEY SEE IT, IT'S JUST TOO LATE.
SO, YEAH, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THAT VERY VALUABLE QUESTION.
I THINK OUR APPROACH AS, AND I FIRST WANNA ACTUALLY APPLAUD THE CITY AND STAFF FOR TAKING THE EFFORT TO ACTUALLY PLAN FOR THIS EVENTUALITY TO THE PREVIOUS COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER JOE'S.
I THINK I WANNA REASSURE YOU THAT, UH, I THINK OUR APPROACH IS A BOTH AND APPROACH.
IN OTHER WORDS, MANY OF THE THINGS YOU'VE HEARD TONIGHT OR THIS AFTERNOON ARE CONCERNS THAT HAVE IDENTIFIED AS POTENTIAL RISKS.
THEY ARE BEING ADDRESSED IN MULTIPLE DIFFERENT WAYS.
PART OF THIS PROCESS IS UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS CURRENTLY BEING DONE, WHAT ARE THE GAPS? WHAT ARE AREAS TO THE CITY MANAGER'S POINT, WHAT ARE AREAS THAT MAY NEED ADDITIONAL REINFORCEMENT THROUGH FUNDING OR PROGRAMS, ET CETERA.
ONE OF THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A BOTH END APPROACH AS NOT ONLY ARE WE TRAINING TO FIGHT FIRES AND TRYING TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT, UM, WE HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED READY SET GO THAT ACTUALLY INFORMS OUR CITIZENS ON THE STEPS THAT THEY NEED TO TAKE TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY DO RECEIVE AN EVACUATION ORDER, WHAT ARE THE STEPS THEY NEED TO TAKE TO PREPARE TO GET OUT AHEAD OF TIME AND, AND GET OUT OF THEIR HOUSE.
PART OF THAT AGAIN, IS MAKING SURE WE COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE PUBLIC IN A WAY THAT THEY CAN, UM, HEAR IT AND UNDERSTAND IT AND RECEIVE IT FOLLOWED UP WITH DIRECT INSTRUCTION.
PREVIOUSLY MAY WE MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, IS THERE A WAY TO HAVE PEOPLE SAY THAT I HAVE OXYGEN IN MY HOUSE? AS AN EXAMPLE? WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED COMMUNITY CONNECT.
I THINK THAT'S THE CORRECT TERM WHERE, WHERE PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY IDENTIFY ON A PLATFORM, THEIR OWN HOUSE AND CERTAIN THINGS THAT THEY HAVE THAT ARE, UM, UM, CONCERNS THAT THEIR HOME THAT WE HAVE ACCESS IN OUR FIRE CREWS HAVE ACCESS TO.
SO THE POINT IS, I THINK THAT THERE ARE MANY THINGS HAPPENING CO AT THE SAME TIME TO YIELD THOSE EVENTS.
WHEN IT COMES TO DIRECTLY YOUR QUESTION ABOUT COMPLIANCE FOR EVACUATION.
WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS THAT EVEN IN THE, IN THE, IN THE PRESENCE OF A LAWFUL EVACUATION ORDER, UH, WE HAVE RESISTANCE FROM SOME OF OUR CITIZENS TO EVACUATE.
THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS FOLKS HAVE FOR RESISTANCE.
UM, THEY'RE EACH UNIQUE TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
BUT WHAT I, WHAT WE HAVE CONTINUED TO REINFORCE IS THAT IF YOU RECEIVE A LAWFUL ORDER TO EVACUATE, PLEASE COMPLY.
THE MAIN REASON IS BECAUSE AS WE DISCUSSED, WHEN WILDFIRE APPROACHES YOUR HOME OR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, TO BE FRANK, IT CAN BE TERRIFYING.
AND SO WHAT PEOPLE END UP DOING SOMETIMES IS WAITING TILL THE LAST MINUTE.
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WANT TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO INFORM THEM ABOUT THEIR OWN DECISION ABOUT, I KNOW I RECEIVED THE ORDER TO EVACUATE, BUT I'M GONNA WAIT UNTIL IT'S GOOD FOR ME.THE PROBLEM IS WE CAN PLAN AND PLAN AND PLAN, BUT IF PEOPLE WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE, THEY HIT THE ROAD TO LEAVE, AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE TRYING TO ACCESS THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH OUR FIRE ENGINES AND THAT THEN COMPOUNDS THE PROBLEM.
WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT THAT IF YOU DO RECEIVE A LAW ORDER TO EVACUATE, IT'S IN EVERYONE'S BEST INTEREST TO COMPLY.
ONE QUICK QUESTION PERTAINING WHAT YOU'RE JUST SAYING, STRIKE TEAMS THAT COME FROM OUTSIDE THE AREA.
DO YOU, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN A STRIKE TEAM LEADER.
DO YOU MAKE A DETERMINATION OF WHEN IT'S SAFE TO ACTUALLY DEPLOY THE STRIKE TEAM? WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? WE LOOK AT, UM, OBVIOUSLY A MULTITUDE OF FACTORS.
UM, WE LOOK AT THE FIRE BEHAVIOR.
WE LOOK AND WE THINK AHEAD AND WE PLAN AHEAD FOR WHERE THE FIRE MAY BE MOVING BASED ON WHAT WE CALL, YOU KNOW, FUEL, WIND, AND TOPOGRAPHY.
UM, ESSENTIALLY WE TRY TO HAVE A PLANNING PROCESS WHERE WE GET OUT AHEAD.
UM, WE DO MAKE DETERMINATIONS AS FAR AS BASED ON THE SIZE OF OUR EQUIPMENT AND THE ACCESS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IS IT SAFE TO PUT PEOPLE INTO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD? IS IT NOT SAFE BASED ON A MULTITUDE OF FACTORS? BUT YEAH, THERE ARE CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE MORE DIFFICULT TO ACCESS WITH LARGE FIRE APPARATUS.
WE HAVE PLANS FOR DIFFERENT SIZE APPARATUS.
WE HAVE OTHER STRATEGIES WHERE WE CAN GET IN THERE AHEAD OF TIME, USE PRODUCTS LIKE FIREFIGHTING GEL TO SUPPRESS FIRE AHEAD OF TIME.
THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF, THERE'S A LITANY OF, OF STRATEGY WE TRY TO EMPLOY.
BUT AGAIN, A LOT OF THAT COMES DOWN TO PLANNING AND COOPERATION FROM THE COMMUNITY.
IF AN AREA HAS RULED NARROW ROADS AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF, UM, UH, CANOPIES AND COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL, DO YOU MAKE A DETERMINATION AT THAT TIME? IS IT SAFE TO GO IN THERE? IT'S NOT SAFE AS A STRIKE TEAM LEADER, WE DO.
AND SO IF I PUT MYSELF IN THAT ROLE AND WE'RE GIVEN, UH, A TASK TO GO DEFEND A OUR PROTECTED PARTICULAR COMMUNITY, ONE OF THE, THE PROCESSES WE GO THROUGH IS WE WILL TAKE A DRIVE THROUGH THAT COMMUNITY.
IF I'VE NEVER BEEN THERE BEFORE, LIKE IF I'VE BEEN IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, OR EVEN IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY, WE'LL PERFORM RECONNAISSANCE IN THAT AREA.
WE'LL MAKE A DETERMINATION BASED ON THOSE FACTORS.
WHAT'S THE ACCESS, WHAT'S THE GENERAL UPKEEP OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD? ARE THERE FUELS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE, UH, VEGETATION THAT PEOPLE HAVE NOT BEEN IN COMPLIANCE WITH VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES? IN OTHER WORDS, CAN YOU TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEIR HOUSE AND THE VEGETATION? IF YOU CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE, UH, THAT'S A PROBLEM.
SO WE TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THOSE FACTORS.
CAN WE GET PEOPLE OUT? CAN I GET FIRE ENGINES IN? IS THE VEGETATION WOUND UP IN THE HOUSE? HAVE THEY KEPT THEIR CLEARANCES LIKE WE'VE ASKED THEM TO DO? ALL THOSE INFORM US AS TO WHETHER OR NOT IT IS SAFE TO TAKE OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND PUT THEM INTO THAT COMMUNITY TO DEFEND AND WHETHER WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE, UH, A SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME THERE.
SOME MORE, UM, POLICIES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE, IN THE SAFETY ELEMENT, UH, POLICIES TO DEAL WITH VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, UH, SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS, TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE, AND IDENTIFYING AREAS OF THE CITY.
THAT'S, UH, ONE OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WAS DONE WITH, UH, WITH GREATER PERCENTAGE OF VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF, OF SENIORS OR LOW INCOME, OR PEOPLE WHO DON'T SPEAK, UH, ENGLISH AS THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE.
UM, AND THEN, UH, EMERGENCY AND EVACUATION AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OUTREACH.
THAT'S THINGS THE CITY'S ALREADY DOING IN TERMS OF, UM, PROVIDING INFORMATION IN ALL LANGUAGES.
UM, TARGETED OUTREACH, UH, CAMPAIGNS.
AND WE TALK ABOUT THIS UTILIZING COMMUNITY PARTNERS OR NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S GETTING BROUGHT ALONG ON THEIR EVACUATION.
PARTICULAR STRATEGIES FOR CARBON CANYON, AS WE NOTED, CARBON CANYON IS, IS THE AREA THAT GETS AFFECTED THE MOST, HAS THE LONGEST EVACUATION TIMES.
UM, SO STRATEGIES FOR CLOSING THE INBOUND LANES.
KEEP KEEPING PEOPLE FROM TRYING TO DRIVE THROUGH CARBON CANYON AS IF IT'S A REGULAR COMMUTE.
UM, BUT ALSO CONSIDERATION ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO GET BACK TO THEIR HOUSE, MAYBE TO PACK UP THEIR FAMILY IF, IF IT'S NOT AN IMMEDIATE EVACUATION.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE BALANCED OF, OF POSSIBLY MAKING THINGS AVAILABLE FOR RESIDENTS ONLY TO GET IN SO THEY CAN GET BACK OUT DEPENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCE.
UM, RESTRICTING LEFT TURN MOVEMENTS, UH, WHICH CAN HOLD UP TRAFFIC.
UM, AND THEN, UH, ONCE WE GET OUT TO THE, THE URBANIZED PART, UM, ADJUSTING SIGNAL TIMING TO MAKE SURE THERE AREN'T BOTTLENECKS WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO THE, THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS LIKE A, UH, CHINOS PARKWAY, UM, AND MAKING SURE PEOPLE CAN GET THROUGH.
UH, THAT'S THE CONCLUSION OF THE EVACUATION ANALYSIS, PART OF THE PRESENTATION.
UM, THANK YOU FOR A LOT OF GREAT COMMENTS.
I'M GONNA TURN IT BACK TO REMA.
YEAH, THANKS FOR THE DISCUSSION.
SO THE NEXT STEP AFTER THIS MEETING IS TO, UM,
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REVISE THE SAFETY ELEMENT BASED ON YOUR, UM, INPUT AND THEN SUBMIT IT TO CAL FIRE AND TAKE IT TO THE STATE BOARD OF FORESTRY AND FIRE FOR THEIR, UM, RECOMMENDATION.AND THEN WE BRING IT BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEN THE CITY COUNCIL FOR, UH, FINAL ADOPTION.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
YES, YOU PROBABLY ARE AWARE DOING THIS STUDY THAT THERE ARE RESIDENTS WITHIN OUR CITY THAT ARE HAVING MAJOR PROBLEMS BEING, UH, CANCELED BY THEIR INSURANCE COMPANIES.
WILL US PREPARING THIS STATEMENT AND GETTING IT FILED WITH THE STATE BOARD HAVE ANY INFLUENCE OR REQUIREMENTS OF THE INSURED INSURANCE COMPANIES TO QUIT GOUGING OUR PEOPLE AND CANCELING THEIR INSURANCE? THAT'S JUST A PRACTICAL QUESTION, BUT I'M SURE EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW.
UM, DIFFERENT INSURANCE COMPANIES HAVE DIFFERENT APPROACHES.
A LOT OF THEIR ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENTS AS TO WHETHER THEY WOULD RENEW POLICY IS PROPRIETARY, SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE TOO MUCH ACCESS INTO HOW THEY MAKE THEIR DECISIONS.
WE KNOW THAT THEY DO LOOK TO SEE IF CITIES HAVE ADOPTED THE MOST RECENT, UH, STATE REQUIREMENTS.
UM, THEY LOOK TO SEE IF COMMUNITIES HAVE COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PROTECTION PLANS.
YOU DO HAVE THAT IN PLACE FOR CARBON CANYON.
UH, WE'VE ALSO HEARD THAT THEY, UM, LOOK POSITIVELY TO COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE FIREWISE, UM, UH, CERTIFICATION.
SO THAT, UH, SHOWS THAT THE NEIGHBORS ARE COLLABORATING AND CLOSELY MONITORING THEIR FIRE RISK.
BUT IT WOULD BE HARD TO SAY IF THIS PARTICULAR SAFETY ELEMENT OR POLICIES IN IT WOULD HAVE ANY INFLUENCE, UM, ON HOW THEY MAKE THEIR DECISIONS.
YEAH, WELL WE, IN OUR CITY, WE HAVE THE CARBON CANYON FIRE SAFE COUNCIL THAT WORKS VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT CLOSELY MONITORS VEGETATION CLEANUP AND CREATING A SAFE ZONE.
SO WE'VE GOT DOCUMENTATION OF THAT, AND I WOULD HOPE THAT THOSE WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE FACTORS THAT WOULD MAKE THEM A LITTLE MORE TOLERANT WHEN IT COMES TO THESE FIRE ZONES THEY ARBITRARILY LOOK AT ON A MAP AND, YOU KNOW, CANCEL PEOPLE'S INSURANCE.
SO I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO, IN DEFENSE OF OUR RE RESIDENTS, THAT WE TALK ABOUT THAT AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE CAN, UH, HAVE AN INFLUENCE ON THE INSURANCE COMPANIES AS A RESULT OF US DOING WHAT WE ARE BEING REQUIRED BY STATE LAW TO DO, TO TRY AND MAKE THINGS AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE.
SO I'LL GET THAT OFF MY BLOCK.
ANYTHING ELSE? I COULD, I CHIME IN REAL FAST AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FIRE PD, BUT ESPECIALLY MY COUNCIL.
UM, I, I'VE BEEN THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA DIFFERENT, UH, TALKING TO DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT WE'RE ENGAGED AND I JUST APPRECIATE FOR SURE ALL THESE QUESTIONS.
BUT WE DON'T JUST SIT BACK AND LOOK AT A REPORT.
WE ASK QUESTIONS, HARD QUESTIONS, AND I JUST WANNA COMMEND EVERYBODY UP HERE.
SO EVEN I TALK BAD ABOUT YOU GUYS ALL THE TIME, SO.
ALRIGHT, WELL, I'VE GOT ANOTHER QUESTION THEN.
HOW DO WE ACCOMPLISH THIS? WE NEED WHAT, WHAT, WHAT DO WE DO? THROW 'EM IN THE BACK OF THE SQUAD CARD.
LIKE, NOT LIKE, HONESTLY, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN IT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, BAD, WHAT, WHAT'S THE PLAN? IF THIS IS PART OF, IS IT A PLAN? YEAH.
LIKE WE, WE, WE NEED TO ADDRESS ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE BEING BROUGHT UP.
AND IS THIS SOMETHING THAT ONCE IT GETS FINALIZED AND GOES THROUGH PLANNING AND THEN WE APPROVE IT, IS IT SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE PUT ON IN, IN JOYCE'S DEPARTMENT AND SHE'S GONNA HAVE HER AND HER STAFF IMPLEMENT IT? I MEAN, WHO WOULD THAT FOLLOW? SO, I, I'LL ADDRESS THE, THE FIRST, IT, IT DEPENDS, RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT SCHOOLS, WELL HAVING, UH, PLANS FOR BUSES IN ORDER TO GET MORE PEOPLE OUT OF AN AREA.
MAYBE SOMETHING WE HAVE TO TAKE CONSIDER PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, THEN WE MAY HAVE TO PLAN FOR ACCESS VEHICLES TO GET TO THEIR HOMES DIFFERENTLY THAN JUST EVERYONE ELSE.
I THINK ULTIMATELY CALLING AS A CITY WHO, WHO DOES IT FALL ON? I I IT MAY NOT BE THE CITY.
IT MAY BE, IT MAY NOT BE THE CITY PROVIDING THE, THE ACTUAL RESOURCE, BUT IF FIRE AND LAW ARE, AND PUBLIC WORKS ARE PLANNING FOR THOSE VEHICLES TO HAVE A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF ACCESS THAN JUST ME DRIVING UP IN MY CAR, THAT MAY BE A SOLUTION.
BUT I THINK THE QUESTION IS HOW DO WE DO IT? FIRST WE LOOK AT WHO, WHO NEEDS IT AND WHAT THAT MAY LOOK LIKE, BECAUSE THE PLAN ALSO CONSIDERS BUSING.
AND I ALSO THOUGHT, HOW AM I GONNA GET A BUS INTO AN EVACUATION ZONE? THE CITY DOESN'T OWN A BUS.
YOU KNOW, AND, AND YEAH, THEN THAT'S, AND THAT'S WHY I HAD MENTIONED IT BEFORE.
YOU KNOW, I LOVE BUREAUCRACY 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA MAKES US DO.
BUT, AND THINK OF THE COST INVOLVES
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SO FAR.WELL, AND, AND, AND JUST, YOU KNOW, FILING A REPORT AND STUFFING IT AWAY WITHOUT ANY LIKE, REAL TEETH BEHIND IT DOES NOBODY ANY GOOD.
SO THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, I HOPE WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE SOME ACTIONABLE THINGS TO, TO FOCUS ON.
I KNOW AS A CITY, WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR PRIORITIES AND PUBLIC SAFETY HAS TO BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS.
SO IF WE CAN SIT THERE AND LEARN, YOU KNOW, LEARN SOME, YOU KNOW, LESSONS FROM THIS, I THINK WE NEED TO DO IT.
WE HAVE A LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE YOU WANT AND A TRAFFIC SUBCOMMITTEE.
DO YOU WANT A PUBLIC SAFETY OR DISASTER SUBCOMMITTEE? A GOOD IDEA? IT'S PROBABLY NOT A BAD IDEA.
IT'S PROBABLY NOT A BAD IDEA TO, TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO HOLD PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING, AND MAYOR, JUST TO, UH, FOLLOW UP ON YOUR QUESTION, YES, WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COORDINATOR, BUT AS YOU COULD SEE, THIS WOULD BLEED INTO OUR PUBLIC WORKS OPERATION, OUR LAW, OUR WORK WITH FIRE.
SO THIS WOULD BE AN ALL HANDS KIND OF APPROACH TO THINGS WE WOULD HAVE TO PARTNER WITH OUR, UH, VARIOUS TRANSIT ORGANIZATIONS IF WE HAD A RESOURCE THAT WAS AVAILABLE THERE.
SO, UH, I I, IT'S NOT LOST ON ME, UH, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER JOE'S, THE FACT THAT SOMETIMES A PLAN IS JUST, YOU KNOW, A BUNCH OF PAGES IN A BINDER.
I THINK AS YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ AND ALL OF YOU HAVE POINTED OUT THE ENGAGEMENT, THE BUY-IN FROM STAFF, ALL OF OUR PARTNERS HAS TO TAKE IT BEYOND JUST THAT.
SO WITH, WITH MY, UM, RECOMMENDATION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AD HOC COMMITTEE, HOW DOES THAT NEED TO HAPPEN? DO WE NEED TO AGENDIZE IT? DO WE NEED, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? YEAH, OUR TYPICAL PROCESS IS WE BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL, UH, FOR THE DISCUSSION OF WHAT THE SCOPE WOULD BE.
WE FORM THE AD HOC AND THEN, UH, UH, APPOINT, UH, WHOEVER WOULD BE THOSE REPRESENTATIVES.
SO WE CAN EASILY HAVE THAT AT A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING.
ANYTHING ELSE, MR. SILVER, WOULD YOU LIKE SOME COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION? ABSOLUTELY.
I CAN, UH, COMMENT ON THE INSURANCE QUESTION.
UH, THE ANSWER IS MOST LIKELY NO.
UH, WHAT THESE INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE DOING IS IN STATE FARM NOW IS FOLLOWING SUIT WITH SOME OF THE OTHER COMPANIES, IS THEY'RE THERE.
UM, THEY'RE REQUIRING PEOPLE TO HAVE THEIR FIRE INSURANCE WITH THE, UM, CALIFORNIA FAIR PLAN.
AND THEN THE INSURANCE COMPANY WILL DO A WRAPAROUND WITH A LIABILITY AND THEIR CONTENTS.
AND THEN A LOT OF COMPANIES NOW ARE, UH, REQUIRING HOMEOWNERS TO PUT IN A MOWEN DEVICE, WHICH, IF THERE'S A LEAK IN THE HOUSE, IT SHUTS THE WATER OFF COMPLETELY SO IT DOESN'T DO ANY MORE DAMAGE.
SO THAT'S MY COMMENT ON THE INSURANCE.
UM, AND I'LL SUBMIT THE REST IN, IN WRITING.
UM, THAT GREAT URBAN PLANNER, MIKE TY.
SO IT'S BEFORE MY BEDTIME
UH, THIS, UH, STUDY SESSION, A GREAT URBAN PLANNER, MIKE TYSON SAID, YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE PLANS UNTIL WE'RE HITTING THE NOSE.
AND THE, THE TOWN OF PARADISE WAS DISCUSSING FIRE PRE, UH, UH, UH, WILDFIRE EVACUATIONS AND WILDFIRE RESILIENCE A YEAR BEFORE THEY WERE ESSENTIALLY WIPED OUT.
AND, UH, THEY HAD A GREAT DISCUSSION.
THEY PROBABLY DON'T HAVE NEARLY AS COMPREHENSIVE A PLAN AS BEING PREPARED BY, UH, AS REQUIRED BY, BY THE STATE AS WE WOULD HAVE.
I THINK THE TRUE TEST WILL BE HOW SHARP ARE THE ACTIONS? HOW FOCUSED, WHEN WE SAY WE'RE GONNA ENCOURAGE SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING, TO ME IS A, IS A, IS A GENERAL, UH, GENERAL.
I AM CONCERNED ABOUT PEOPLE LOSING THE ABILITY TO PAY FOR FIRE INSURANCE AND GEN JUST GOING BARE AND NOT HAVING ANY PERSONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR TAKING CARE OF THEIR OWN HOME, LET ALONE THE HOME, HOME RIGHT NEXT TO THEM.
UH, THAT, UH, UH, THE, THE TRUE TEST ON ANY ANY PLANS IS WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
HOW WILL THIS AT ALL AFFECT ANY OF THE DEVELOPMENTS ARE THAT ARE IN THE PROCESS OR BEING PROPOSED FOR ENTITLEMENTS? IS IT GONNA BE BUSINESS AS NORMAL? UH, I REMEMBER AS WE HAVE HAD HEARINGS THAT WENT BY MIDNIGHT, PEOPLE WOULD COME AND SAY, I'VE LOST MY FIRE INSURANCE.
BUT YOU'RE PRO YOU'RE PROPOSING A DEVELOPMENT RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY DEVELOPMENT.
YOU KNOW, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT GETTING OUT
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OF MY, UH, ABOUT OUTTA MY NEIGHBORHOOD.THE TEST IS, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR PRIORITIES ARE ALWAYS WHERE YOU SPEND YOUR TIME, WHERE YOU SPEND YOUR MONEY.
UH, WHAT WE HAVE IN THIS REPORT THROUGH THE CLIENT, UH, CLIMATE RESILIENCY, UH, STUDY, THE VERY ALARMING PROJECTION THAT THE DAYS OF EXTREME WILDFIRE RISK IN, IN THE SHORT TERM IN MIDTERM, UH, 20 YEARS OR SO, WILL DOUBLE.
IT'S LIKE FIGHTING A WAR AND SAYING THAT, BY THE WAY, YOU'LL HAVE MORE DAYS AT COMBAT.
AND ARE YOU PREPARED FOR THOSE DAYS AT COM, UH, AT COMPACT? UH, SO I THINK, UH, AS, UH, THE, THE, THE PLANNING THAT IS SIGNIFICANT THAT'S GOING INTO THIS, THAT YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, IF THE CITY'S PAYING FOR, UH, WE'LL COME UP WITH A GOOD PLAN.
UH, THE PROOF WILL BE HOW GOOD A PLAN AND HOW GOOD IT IS GONNA BE IMPLEMENTED, AND HOW DILIGENT WE ARE THESE EXPERT PREPARED PLANS.
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO, IS HAVE AN EXPERT PREPARED PLAN JUST AS WE DO IN WATER QUALITY.
WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT A LOT OF WATER CONTAMINATIONS AND UNTIL THE, UH, ELECTRON MICROSCOPES THAT HERE, YOU GOT THE PLAN, BUT IT DIDN'T SAY, HERE ARE THE FEASIBLE THINGS YOU CAN DO, UH, TO, UH, SAFEGUARD YOUR, YOUR COMMUNITY AND, AND, AND, AND THE HEALTH OF YOUR COMMUNITY.
HOW MUCH ARE TO BECOME MORE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE RESILIENT, OR AT LEAST STAY UP WITH THE TREND OF INCREASING, PARTICULARLY IN THE WILDFIRE AREA, INCREASING, UH, DAYS OF HAZARD JUST TO REMAIN AT THE SAME LEVEL OF RESILIENCE.
YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH IT'S GONNA COST, HOW ARE WE GONNA PAY FOR IT? WHO'S GONNA DO IT? UH, DO WE CONTINUE TO GO DOWN TWO TRACKS? BUSINESS IS NORMAL AND WE GOT A GREAT PLAN.
UH, SO MY, MY, MY CONCERN, AND I, I THINK TONIGHT'S COMMENTS BY COUNCIL AND STAFF AND BY CONSULTANTS SHOW THE, UM, DEDICATION TO THE CITY TO ADDRESS THIS.
THIS MAY BE ONE STATE MANDATE THAT WE ACCEPTED, UH, MAY BE THE BEST STATE MANDATE WE'VE HAD, UH, BUT THE, THE, THE, UM, UH, THE STEPS AHEAD.
WE'LL WORK HARD AT THE COMMISSION LEVEL TO DO OUR JOB.
AND I AM EXTREMELY OPTIMISTIC THAT YOU ALL WILL DO YOUR JOB AS YOU HAVE IN THE PAST, BUT I THINK HAS TO BE SAID.
WE LOOK AT SOME OF THESE NUMBERS.
THE, THE, THE EXTREME WILDFIRE RISK JUST STUCK OUT TO ME AS A SORE THUMB.
AND IT'S NOT IF WE COULD JUST ISOLATE THE HAZARD THAT ONLY GONNA HIT THIS PART OF CHINO HILLS AND NO OTHER COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE ALL THESE STATE AND, AND MUTUAL AID RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO US.
BUT AS SOMEONE WHO EVACUATED MY HOME DOING THE BLUE RIDGE FIRE, WENT AND WENT TO SEE MY SON AT, UH, IN ORANGE, MY WIFE AND I AT THREE 4:00 AM IN THE MORNING AND SAID, WE'RE STAYING HERE FOR A WHILE.
UH, THAT THEN YOU GET A SENSE OF URGENCY, THEN YOU GET THE SENSE, YEAH, YOU CAN'T DO EVERYTHING AND YOU HAVE TO BALANCE EX EXPENSES.
BUT I THINK WE WOULD, UH, BE DOING A, UH, WE'D BE ON A, A FOOL'S JOURNEY IF WE THINK THE PROCESS.
AND NO ONE IS SAYING THAT TONIGHT ENDS BY HAVING A VERY NICE PLAN WITH A LOCK.
IF YOU WANT TO GO DOWN TO THE STREET AND, AND, AND NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL, YOU CAN'T SEE THAT AT THE STREET, STREET AND NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL YOU HAVE.
WELL, THAT PART OF TOWN, I, I'M GLAD I DON'T LIVE THERE.
AND AS WE GO OUT AND TELL PEOPLE TO, WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET READY AND THEY HAVE ALL THESE OTHER PROBLEMS THEY'RE DEALING WITH THAT THE, THE, THE MORE PERSUASIVE AND ACCURATE INFORMATION, I THINK THE BETTER OFF THE CITY IS SERVED.
I'M NOT GONNA ADD ANYTHING TO THAT.
IT MAKES ME FEEL BETTER ABOUT THE DETAILED CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE ON MANY OF THESE THINGS THAT THEY WERE BEING ADDRESSED.
IT'LL GO BEFORE YOU GUYS AND THEN IT'LL COME DOWN TO US.
SO IS THERE ANY OTHER, WE'RE HERE, JERRY.
UM, I KNOW YOU HAVE OTHER THINGS TO DO, SO I'LL MAKE IT REAL QUICK.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR INVITING THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO SIT UP HERE AND LISTEN.
UM, I, I WAS QUITE PLEASED AND, UM, AMAZED AT THE, THE LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT THE COUNCIL'S GONE INTO.
I THOUGHT THE PLANNING COMMISSION WENT INTO, UH, DETAILS.
BUT, BUT, UH, THE QUESTIONS YOU BROUGHT UP WILL HELP US, UH, FINALIZE A GOOD DOCUMENT FOR YOU.
I WILL BE WORKING WITH THE COMMISSION AND STAFF AND THE CONSULTANTS ON, UH, MIKE MENTIONED IT BRIEFLY, AND THAT'S THE,
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THE QUALITY OF THE MAPS.I DO THINK THAT WE CAN GET A BETTER QUALITY MAP, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE PUBLIC LOOKS AT IT.
THEY CAN'T TELL WHERE THEY ARE IN RELATIONSHIP TO A FIRE ZONE OR A, OR, OR A, UH, EARTHQUAKE FAULT ZONE.
SO I THINK WE NEED A BETTER MAPPING SYSTEM.
UM, AND THEN SECONDLY, UM, THE CAL FIRE SEVERITY MAPS WERE MADE IN 2008.
AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THEY'RE BEING UPDATED AS WE SPEAK, AND THEY WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD THREE ZONES IN THE CITY RATHER THAN THE ONE WE HAVE NOW, WHICH IS THE VERY HIGH.
AND SO WE WOULD HAVE A MODERATE, A HIGH, AND A VERY HIGH.
AND I'M INTERESTED IN SEEING IF WE CAN APPLY CERTAIN STANDARDS TO THE VERY HIGH, MAYBE EVEN ABOVE AND BEYOND THE BUILDING AND FIRE CODES THAT WE HAVE TODAY, KEEPING THE STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE MODERATE AND HIGH.
BUT TO ME, IF WE APPLY STANDARDS THAT SHOULD BE APPLIED TO CARBON CANYON DOWN TO A BUTTERFIELD RANCH, YOU'RE INCREASING HOUSING COSTS UNNECESSARILY.
SO I'M, I'M INTERESTED IN SEEING HOW THOSE, UH, THINGS CAN WORK OUT.
OKAY, SO WITH THAT, BEN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING CLOSING BEFORE WE GO TO CLOSE SESSION? NO, I THINK I'LL GIVE THE FINAL WORD TO, UH, NICK LAGO WHO LED THIS CHARGE.
UM, I HAVE A LOT OF, UH, NOTES ON A LOT OF THE COMMENTS.
AND SO, UH, WE PLAN ON ADDRESSING ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
I, UH, WILL LIKELY, UM, DO A, A FOLLOW UP MEMO TO CANCEL, JUST TO SHOW KIND OF WHERE, WHERE THINGS LANDED AS WE INVESTIGATE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT UP.
UM, AND THEN, UH, ALSO SOME OF THE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, WILL, UH, ABSOLUTELY BE INCORPORATED INTO THE DRAFT SAFETY ELEMENT.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA COME AWAY FROM THIS AND, AND TAKE THAT.
WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND CONTINUE TO WORK WITH PLANNING COMMISSION IN A COUPLE OTHER WORKSHOPS TO FINALIZE THE DOCUMENT.
AND THEN, UM, WE WILL, UH, LET THE COUNCIL KNOW WHEN WE HAVE THE EIR OUT AS WELL AS THE DRAFT PLAN FOR PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD.
IT'LL BE 45 DAYS, LIKELY BE STARTING IN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
WITH THAT, CHERYL, DO I NEED TO OFFICIALLY CLOSE THIS AND THEN GONNA RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSION SHORTLY? UH, FIRST WE NEED TO TAKE CLOSED SESSION, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS, SO WE HAVE NONE.
AND THEN YOU CAN, YOU CAN'T SIGN AT FOUR 30, RIGHT? WE WOULD ADJOURN TO THE CLOSED SESSION AT FOUR 30.
BUT DO I NEED TO CLOSE THIS MEETING? YES.
SO I'M CLOSING OUR SPECIAL MEETING.
THANK YOU ALL THAT ARE ATTENDING,
[ RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSION CLOSED SESSION]
AND IN A FEW MINUTES WE'RE GONNA RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSION.[ 6:00 P.M. - CONVENE REGULAR MEETING / ROLL CALL]
EVERYONE.I WOULD LIKE TO CONVENE THE REGULAR AND SPECIAL MEETING OF CHIN HILL CITY COUNCIL FOR AUGUST 13TH, 2024.
UH, CHERYL, WILL YOU PLEASE TAKE ROLE? ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
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THANK YOU.[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]
PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO OUR FLAG.AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PLEDGE, PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR TONIGHT'S INVOCATION BY PASTOR JOEL PICKETT FROM CALVARY CHAPEL, CHINO HILLS.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO
[ INVOCATION: Pastor Joel Pickett, Calvary Chapel Chino Hills]
PRAY.UH, FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING, UH, JUST VERY QUICKLY, THIS IS MY HOME.
I WAS BROUGHT HERE, UH, AFTER I WAS BORN 29 YEARS AGO, AND JUST RECENTLY GOT TO BRING HOME MY DAUGHTER, UH, TO THIS CITY AS WELL.
LORD, WE, WE COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING.
AND LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, LORD, TO START THIS MEETING IN PRAYER.
LORD, THERE'S GONNA BE MANY THINGS TALKED ABOUT HERE, UH, IN THIS PLACE, MANY THINGS ADDRESSED.
AND GOD, WE FIRST PRAY FOR YOUR GOODNESS AND YOUR FAVOR AND YOUR BLESSING TO BE UPON THIS CITY.
LORD, WE DON'T WANT YOU TO LOOK OVER THIS CITY AND GO TO THE NEXT LORD.
WE DESIRE, LORD, THAT YOUR GOOD HAND, LORD, WOULD CONTINUE TO BLESS THIS CITY.
LORD, WE CAN THINK ABOUT YEARS AGO WHEN THIS PLACE WAS JUST FARMLAND, UH, LORD.
AND YET YOU'VE SEEN FIT LORD TO HAVE NOW TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE CALL IT HOME.
BUT WE PRAY OVER, LORD, WHAT'S GONNA TAKE PLACE HERE TONIGHT? AND LORD, I PRAY OVER THESE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE MAYOR AND ALL, ALL THOSE WHO ARE MAKING DECISIONS, GOD, WE PRAY THAT YOUR SPIRIT WOULD GIVE WISDOM, GOD, THAT YOUR SPIRIT WOULD GIVE GUIDANCE.
UH, LORD, WE NEED, LORD, YOUR WISDOM IN A TIME LIKE WE ARE IN, IN OUR COUNTRY, IN OUR NATION, IN OUR STATE.
AND LORD, WE JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU.
LORD, WE SOMETIMES CAN GET SO BUSY, SO DISTRACTED THAT WE FORGET THAT YOU'RE THE GIVER OF LIFE.
AND THAT YOUR WORD TELLS US THAT EVERY GOOD AND PERFECT GIFT COMES FROM YOU.
AND EVERY BLESSING, LORD, WE CAN TRACE BACK TO YOU.
AND LORD, WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE IT FOR GRANTED.
WE DON'T WANT TO BE THOSE WHO EXPERIENCE YOUR BLESSINGS, BUT FORGET LORD TO HONOR YOU.
AND SO, LORD, WE PRAY FOR STRENGTH.
LORD, I PRAY FOR STRENGTH FOR THESE, UH, HERE WHO ARE MAKING DECISIONS, LORD, THOSE WHO WILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK WHERE WE PRAY THAT THIS CITY WOULD BE A, A LIGHT ON A HILL AS IT WERE, LORD, THAT IT WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE LORD OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.
LORD, AS AROUND OUR COUNTRY, IN A VARIETY OF PLACES AND CITIES, LORD, LAWLESSNESS, ABOUNDS GOD, WE PRAY, LORD, OVER OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, WE PRAY OVER OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
GOD, WE PRAY THAT EVEN TO TONIGHT, LORD, WHEREVER THEY MAY BE, WHATEVER NEEDS THEY MIGHT BE ADDRESSING, GOD, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD, UH, YOUR, YOUR BLESSING AND FAVOR AND PROTECTION WOULD BE UPON THEM.
LORD, WE ULTIMATELY, GOD THANK YOU FOR THE BREATH IN OUR LUNGS, AND WE THANK YOU FOR JESUS.
LORD, WE THANK YOU THAT HE DIED ON THAT CROSS.
THANK YOU THAT HE ROSE THE THIRD DAY SECURING OUR SALVATION AND ALL THAT WOULD PUT ON OUR FAITH.
ALL THOSE THAT WOULD PUT THEIR FAITH IN HIM, LORD, WOULD RECEIVE EVERLASTING LIFE.
GOD, WE THANK YOU THAT AS GOOD AS LIFE IS, AS GREAT AS THIS CITY IS, LORD, THAT THIS IS NOT ALL THERE IS.
AND SO, GOD, WE PRAY THAT YOU'D GIVE US HEAVENLY PERSPECTIVES TONIGHT AS THIS DECISIONS ARE MADE REGARDING MONEY OR, OR, OR HONORING THOSE WHO HAVE, UH, LORD DONE ACTS OF, OF HEROISM.
GOD, WE JUST PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BE HONORED IN THIS PLACE.
AND LORD, THIS CITY WOULD BE PLEASING UNTO YOU.
AND WE PRAY THIS IN JESUS' NAME.
[7. RECOGNITION - Recognizing Jose Pulido for receiving the Sheriff’s Medal of Valor for his bravery and life-saving actions that saved the lives of everyone inside of P.F. Chang’s, Chino Hills on July 29, 2023]
FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS RECOGNITION OF JOSE POLITO FOR RECEIVING THE SHERIFF'S MEDAL OF VALOR FOR HIS BRAVERY AND LIFESAVING ACTIONS THAT SAVED THE LIVES OF EVERYONE INSIDE OF PF CHANG'S CHINO HILLS ON JULY 29TH, 2023.JOSE, WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR UP AT THE PODIUM? YEAH, I THINK HONOR TO HAVE YOU HERE.
WELL, TONIGHT IS A VERY SPECIAL PRESENTATION, RECOGNIZING JOSE POLITO FOR RECEIVING THE SHERIFF'S MEDAL OF VALOR FOR HIS BRAVERY AND LIFESAVING ACTIONS THAT SAVED THE LIVES OF EVERYONE INSIDE OF PF CHANG'S AT THE SHOPS IN CHINO HILLS ON JULY 29TH, 2023.
TONIGHT, I AM PROUD TO RECOGNIZE YOUR BRAVERY AND COURAGE.
ON SATURDAY, JULY 29TH AT APPROXIMATELY 2:50 PM A GUNMAN ENTERED THE CHINO HILLS PF CHANG'S KITCHEN AND SHOT A STAFF MEMBER.
AS SEVERAL OF THE KITCHEN STAFF RAN TO SAFETY, JOSE, WHO WAS ALSO IN THE KITCHEN AND ONLY A FEW FEET FROM THE SUSPECT S SPRAYING INTO ACTION, DISREGARDING HIS OWN SAFETY, JOSE TACKLED THE SUSPECT TO THE GROUND AND EVENTUALLY PINNED HIM DOWN UNTIL SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES ARRIVED.
HIS QUICK THINKING AND COURAGEOUS ACTIONS WERE DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE
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FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE VICTIM'S LIFE AND THE LIVES OF EVERYONE ELSE INSIDE THE RESTAURANT THAT DAY, JOSE IS NOW THE PROUD RECIPIENT OF THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF'S MEDAL OF VALOR IN RECOGNITION OF HIS BRAVERY AND LIFE SAVING ACTIONS BEHALF.ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CHINO HILL CITY COUNCIL, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT YOU A FEW THINGS.
ONE FROM THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, RECOGNIZING YOU FROM OUR FOURTH DISTRICT COUNTY SUPERVISOR, KIRK HEMAN, FROM CONGRESSWOMAN NORA TORRES, NORMA TORRES, AND FROM SENATOR JOSH NEWMAN AND FROM SENATOR KELLY STO.
AND WE WOULD LOVE IF YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE TO SAY A FEW YOUR WORDS ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE.
WELL, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE SO HONORED AND PROUD.
[8. RECOGNITION - Recognizing Chino Hills Girls Softball League 8U Red Allstars as Regional State Champions and 8U White Allstars as Northern District Champions]
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS A RECOGNITION OF THE CHINO HILLS GIRLS, SOFTBALL LEAGUE EIGHT AND UNDER RED ALL STARS AS REGIONAL STATE CHAMPIONS, AND EIGHT AND UNDER WHITE ALL STARS AS NORTHERN DISTRICT CHAMPIONS, CHINO HILLS GIRLS, SOFTBALL LEAGUE PRESIDENT AND MANAGER, ALBERT GONZALEZ TO ASSIST WITH ASSIST THE MAYOR WITH THE PRESENTATION.WILL YOU JOIN HER AT THE PODIUM, PLEASE, ALANA? COACH? I'M ACTUALLY OKAY.
THE SECOND COACH, I BELIEVE IS COMING UP AT THE SAME TIME.
UH, WELL, NEXT I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE CHINO HILLS GIRLS SOFTBALL LEAGUE AU RED ALL STARS FOR WINNING THE REGIONAL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
AND I WANNA CONGRATULATE THE EIGHT U WHITE ALL STARS FOR WINNING THE NORTHERN DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP.
WE KNOW HOW MUCH HARD WORK AND DEDICATION YOU ALL PUT IN THROUGHOUT THE SEASON TO MAKE SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN.
WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE MEMBERS OF EACH TEAM JOIN US TONIGHT, INCLUDING THEIR COACHES.
SO FIRST I'M GONNA HAVE FROM THE RED ALL STARS COACH ALBERT COME UP AND SPEAK.
AND WE HAVE TWO STACKS OF CERTIFICATES.
SO I'M GONNA HAVE YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR SEASON.
IS THIS OKAY? AND ACTUALLY, THAT'S THE RED TEAM.
THAT'S, UM, AND THEN I'M THE WHITE TEAM WHO WANTS TO GO, WHO WANTS TO GO FIRST? YOU CAN GO FIRST.
SO HERE'S THIS AND WHY DON'T YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR SEASON AND THEN I'LL BE YOUR VAN WHITE OVER HERE PASSING OUT AND STUFF.
AND I JUST WANT DO A LITTLE CORRECTION BECAUSE, UM, CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH TEAMS. IT WAS ACTUALLY THE CHINO HILLS WHITE TEAM DID A AMAZING JOB THAT WON THE, UH, THE REGIONALS, AND IT WAS OUR A EU RED TEAM THAT TOOK THE NORTHERN DISTRICTS TOO.
BUT, UH, GREAT JOB FOR BOTH TEAMS. SO GIVE IT UP FOR THE TEAM.
UM, TALKING ABOUT OUR TEAM AND OUR SEASON, I WANT, I WANT TO SAY THAT WE HAD A PHENOMENAL SEASON.
UH, THESE GIRLS ALL SEASON JUST GRINDED.
UH, THEY GAVE IT THEIR ALL FOR THE TEAM.
UH, THEY DID IT FOR THEIR PARENTS AND THEY DID IT FOR EACH OTHER.
WE'RE SO PROUD OF THESE GIRLS.
UM, WE, WE ENDED UP GOING TO FOUR DIFFERENT, FOUR CHAMPIONSHIPS, UH, BECOMING FINALISTS IN TWO OF THE, TWO OF THE TOURNAMENTS.
AND WE ACTUALLY TOOK TWO OF THE, UH, CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES AS WELL, TOO.
BESIDES THAT, UM, AN AMAZING FEAT FOR THE GIRLS WHEN THEY TOOK THE NORTHERN DISTRICTS.
THESE GIRLS ENDED UP PLAYING NINE GAMES, NINE GAMES TO WIN THE NORTHERN DISTRICT BANNER.
AND I, AND WE WERE SO PROUD OF OUR GIRLS BECAUSE THE RUNNER UP TEAM, THEY ONLY PLAYED FIVE GAMES.
SO WE HAVE TO GIVE IT UP FOR OUR GIRLS FOR GRINDING FOR NINE GAMES IN 100 DEGREE WEATHER.
SO BY THEM WINNING THE NORTHERN DISTRICTS, THEY WERE ABLE TO ADVANCE TO STATES, WELL, ONCE AGAIN, WE HAD A FACE DIVERSITY.
AND OUR GIRLS JUST SHOWED US HOW MUCH INSPIRATION THAT THAT EIGHT YEAR OLDS AND UNDERS CAN DO.
THEY INSPIRED US AS PARENTS, AS THEIR COACHES, WHAT YOU CAN DO WHEN YOU PUT YOUR HEART TO IT.
THESE GIRLS WERE PLAYING IN 110 DEGREES WEATHER, AND NONE OF THEM GAVE UP.
AND THEY WERE PLAYING TWO GAMES, THREE GAMES A DAY.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY HOW PROUD WE ARE OF THESE GIRLS, THAT THEY GAVE US THIS MUCH IN INSPIRATION, AND THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DO THIS AND OVERCOME THESE CHALLENGES.
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SO LADIES, WERE VERY PROUD OF YOU.SO THIS, EACH ONE GETS A BUNDLE.
THE FIRST ONE I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, RECOGNIZE IS, UH, ONE OF OUR PLAYERS, UM, ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR YOUNGEST ON OUR TEAM.
LIKE I SAID, YOU WOULDN'T THINK HOW OLD SHE IS, BUT WHAT SHE DID FOR THIS TEAM AND WHAT SHE DID FOR HER TEAMMATES AND, AND MYSELF, UH, SHE IS, LIKE I SAID, EVERYTHING TO ME TOO.
'CAUSE THIS IS THE PERSON I'M GONNA RECOGNIZE IS MY DAUGHTER.
SO I WANNA GIVE A BIG RECOGNITION TO AVA.
THE NEXT PLAYER I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, I'VE BEEN WITH HER FOR, UM, SILVER SEASONS.
I SAID, UM, SHE IS OUR FIRST BASEMAN, UM, OUR TOP HITTER ON THE TEAM.
LIKE I SAID, I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF HER.
I, I SAW HER GROW UP IN SIX U SO LET'S GIVE A BIG RECOGNITION TOO.
BELLA RE THE NEXT PLAYER I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, UH, THIS PLAYER CAME INTO ON, ONTO OUR TEAM.
UM, SHE HAD NO PRIOR BACKGROUND TO BEING A CATCHER.
I ASKED HER, WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO FOR THE TEAM? WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY CATCHER? AND SHE SAID, YES, I WILL STEP IT UP FOR THIS TEAM.
AND SHE GRIND FOR THIS TEAM, AND SHE DID AN AMAZING JOB THIS SEASON.
UM, WE COULDN'T BE SO GRATEFUL FOR WHAT SHE DID FOR THIS TEAM.
LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR ALINA DIAZ.
THE NEXT PLAYER I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE I'VE BEEN WITH ALSO WITH HER FOR SEVERAL SEASONS.
UH, THIS PLAYER SHOWED TRUE HEART TOO.
SHE PLAYED WITH INJURIES WHEN I'VE HAD HER.
SHE WAS ALWAYS GIVEN HER BEST.
UM, PITCHING, HITTING AND FIELDING.
LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR GISELLE ENRIQUEZ.
UH, THE NEXT PLAYER ALSO HAVE HAD A PLEASURE TO SEE HERE, GROW AS A, AS A PLAYER.
UM, JUST IMPROVE AS OVERALL IN SOFTBALL.
UH, A GREAT PLAYER, ONE OF OUR, OUR GOOD HITTERS.
YOU KNOW, JUST WILLING TO DO ANYTHING FOR THE TEAM.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MELODY ESPARZA, OUR NEXT PLAYER.
UM, LIKE I SAID, I WOULD ALSO CALL HER MIGHTY.
SHE'S A MIGHTY PLAYER, LIKE I SAID, BY, BY HER SIZE.
JUST EVERYTHING, WHAT SHE DID FOR THE TEAM.
UM, OUR SECOND BASEMAN DID AN AMAZING JOB AS LEAD OFF, UM, DOING ALL THESE GREAT PLAYS OVER THE SEASON.
UM, LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR CASSIDY MEYER.
I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE ALSO ONE OF THE YOUNGEST PLAYERS ON THIS TEAM.
UM, LIKE I SAID, SHE HAS SO MUCH HEART.
SHE JUST, UM, SHE HAS SO MUCH GRIT.
IT EVERY TIME WE WATCH HER PLAY, LIKE I SAID, IT, UM, IT'S VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE.
SO LET'S GIVE A BIG, BIG RECOGNITION TO SIENNA ME THE NEXT PLAYER.
ALSO, LIKE I SAID, GAVE US, GAVE IT ALL HER SEASON TWO.
UM, ALSO CAME ONTO THE TEAM NOT KNOWING IF SHE WAS IN A PLAY CATCHER OR NOT, BUT ALSO GIVE IT, GAVE IT ALL FOR THE TEAM.
WENT BEHIND THE DISH ON A LOT OF GAMES.
GAVE IT ALL, WAS ON THE FIELD.
GREAT HITTING, LIKE I SAID, INSPIRATION FOR US ALL.
LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR CAMILA NEVADO.
THE NEXT PLAYER I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, I'VE ALSO HAD THE PLEASURE OF HAVING HER ON VARIOUS TEAMS. LIKE I SAID, SHE'S A GRINDER.
SHE WILL DO WHAT, WHAT YOU NEED, SHE NEEDS TO DO FOR THE TEAM.
LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR AVA NOVOA.
THE NEXT PLAYER I LIKE TO RECOGNIZE.
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OVERCAME CHALLENGES, YOU KNOW, WITH INJURIES, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS GAVE IT HER ALL.SHE WAS, LIKE I SAID, OUR EIGHTH FOR THE TEAM.
UM, NOT ONLY WAS SHE THE EIGHTH, SHE ALSO WAS OUT THERE ON THE FIELD JUST GRINDING ALL THE TIME.
I'M VERY SO PROUD OF HER AS WELL TOO.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AUBREY OCHOA AND THE LAST PLAYER I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE.
SHE COULD NOT BE HERE WITH US TODAY, BUT LIKE I SAID, ONE OF THE YOUNGER PLAYERS ON THE TEAM ALSO GRINDING OUT THIS SEASON, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A RECOGNITION TO DESTINY RAMIREZ.
UM, AND DON'T FORGET YOUR, ONCE AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE PARENTS.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE LEAGUE AND ESPECIALLY OUR GIRLS.
BUT THIS, I COULDN'T DO THIS ALL ALONE.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE RECOGNITION TO MY, MY TWO COACHES AS WELL, TOO.
FIRST UP IS DAVE RERA, AND SECOND IS ERNIE OCHOA.
PLEASE COME DOWN, TAKE ONE, AND THEN INVITE.
PARENTS, FEEL FREE TO GO UP IF YOU WANT TO TAKE PHOTOS.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA LOOK ONE RIGHT HERE, THEN WE'LL LOOK AT YOUR PARENTS.
UM, FIRST, FIRST OF ALL, UH, IT'S BEEN A REALLY LONG SEASON AND ACTUALLY THE MAYOR WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO HELP US KICK OFF THE SEASON WAY BACK IN FEBRUARY WHEN SHE CAME OUT TO OUR, UH, OPENING CEREMONIES, UH, OPENING DAY CEREMONIES.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU, UM, JUST LIKE JOHN SPOKE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THESE GIRLS REALLY WORKED HARD THROUGHOUT THE SEASON, UH, EVEN TO GET PICKED, TO BE ON AN ALL-STAR TEAM.
YOU KNOW, THEY WORKED REALLY HARD THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.
AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF ALL STARS, ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT AS COACHES AND PARENTS WAS THAT OUR WHITE TEAM WAS GONNA BE OUR DEVELOPMENTAL TEAM.
SO IT WAS OUR TEAM OF GIRLS THAT WERE REALLY GOOD ENOUGH TO AT LEAST MAKE A TEAM, BUT WE MIGHT NOT WIN A LOT OF GAMES.
UM, SO, UH, THESE YOUNG LADIES, UH, CAME OUT AND BATTLED EVERY SINGLE TOURNAMENT, UH, FROM THE VERY FIRST ONE WHEN WE LOST IN THE SEMIFINALS.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, YOU KNOW, OUT OF NOWHERE, WE WIN THREE TOURNAMENTS.
UH, WE GO TO DISTRICTS AND WIN DISTRICTS.
UM, AND AT THAT POINT WE QUALIFIED FOR THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS AND WE JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
UM, SO WE'RE GOING UP TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS AND REALIZING THAT WE GOTTA FINISH IN THE TOP EIGHT TO GO ANY FURTHER.
I HAD ALREADY LET THE PARENTS KNOW, HEY, IT'S BEEN A GREAT SEASON.
THIS WILL PROBABLY BE OUR LAST TOURNAMENT.
UM, AND, UH, NEXT THING YOU KNOW, WE'RE PLAYING ON SUNDAY, WHICH MEANS WE QUALIFY FOR THE REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.
AND IT WAS JUST AN AMAZING, AMAZING TIME.
UH, I REMEMBER TALKING TO THE GIRLS AFTER OUR LAST, UH, SUNDAY MORNING THAT, THAT DAY.
AND, UH, I HAD A LOT OF SAD FACES.
AND THEN, UH, ONE OF OUR ASSISTANT COACHES, UH, TELLS ME, HEY, COACH, ARE YOU GONNA TELL THEM THE GOOD NEWS? OR MAYBE THE PARENTS MIGHT THINK IT'S BAD NEWS.
AND I LOOKED AT THE GIRLS AND I SAID, HEY LADIES, UH, I KNOW I TOLD YOU WE WERE ONLY PLAYING, THIS IS OUR LAST TOURNAMENT.
UH, BUT YOU GUYS DID SO WELL THIS WEEKEND THAT WE QUALIFIED FOR THE REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.
AND, AND WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH AND, UH, PRIVILEGED ENOUGH TO GO DOWN TO SAN DIEGO AND PLAY IN THE REGIONAL, UH, CHAMPIONSHIPS.
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BATTLED, YOU KNOW, DAY IN AND DAY OUT.UH, PLAYED SOME REALLY TOUGH TEAMS FROM ALL OF CALIFORNIA.
AND, UH, WE, UH, CAME OUT ON TOP OF THIS SILVER BRACKET.
AND WE WERE REGIONAL SILVER BRACKET CHAMPIONS, REGIONAL CHAMPIONS.
UH, JUST THE GRIT THAT THESE GIRLS SHOWED, UH, DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
UH, BUT AT THIS POINT, LET ME GO AHEAD AND THOSE ARE YOURS.
AND THEN IF YOU COULD JUST, UH, YES.
SO WE'RE GONNA START OFF WITH, UH, OUR ACE.
AND I WILL TELL YOU, UH, THIS LITTLE GIRL, UH, CARRIED OUR TEAM THROUGHOUT THE, THE ALL-STAR SEASON.
UH, THERE WERE SOME DAYS THAT, UH, I, I CAN RECALL ONE, UH, SATURDAY UP AT, UH, THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.
SHE PITCHED WELL OVER 300 PITCHES.
UM, AND SHE GOT BETTER AS THE DAY WENT ON.
UM, AND THAT IS MICHELLE BU THIS YOUNG LADY.
UM, YOU KNOW WHAT, I, I PROBABLY PUSH THE MOST AND YOU'LL KNOW WHY IN A SECOND.
UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, ALL, ALL THE, ALL THE GIRLS BELIEVE THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING, RIGHT? UH, BUT USUALLY YOUR DAUGHTER IS THE ONE THAT KNOWS THE MOST.
UH, IT'S THE HARDEST ONE TO GET OUT THERE TO, TO DO A LITTLE EXTRA WORK HERE AND THERE.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, SHE BATTLED AND SHE PLAYED AS HARD AS SHE COULD.
CAME IN WITH SOME CLUTCH HITS WHEN WE NEEDED THEM.
THIS NEXT YOUNG LADY, UM, YOU KNOW, PLAYED PRETTY MUCH WHEREVER WE NEEDED HER.
UH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I MEAN, SHE JUST HAD A REALLY, UH, HARD SWING THAT WHEN SHE GOT AHOLD OF THAT BALL, YOU KNEW IT WAS GOING FAR.
UM, SHE CAME AND SCORED THE WINNING RUN TO GET US INTO SUNDAY UP AT STATES.
I THINK THE ONE THING THAT STICKS IN MY MIND ABOUT THIS NEXT YOUNG LADY IS OUR VERY FIRST TOURNAMENT, UH, SHE WAS REALLY HARD ON HERSELF.
UH, SHE WAS SWINGING THE BAT REALLY, REALLY WELL, BUT SOMETIMES WASN'T CONNECTING.
AND WE REMEMBER HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH HER, THE COACHES, WE ALL DID.
AND WE LET HER KNOW, HEY, AS LONG AS YOU'RE SWINGING, YOU'RE GONNA HIT THE BALL.
WE JUST WANT YOU TO KEEP SWINGING.
AND, UH, BY THE END OF THE DAY, SHE HAD HIT A COUPLE OF MONSTER HITS.
THAT SMILE WAS FROM EAR TO EAR, AND IT CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE ALL STAR SEASON.
UH, THIS NEXT YOUNG LADY, UH, I, I THINK SHE'S REALLY THE SPARK PLUG OF THE TEAM.
UH, SHE'S BOUNCING OFF THE WALLS ALL THE TIME, UH, MOSTLY ON THE FIELD, WHICH IS GREAT.
UM, BUT I WILL TELL YOU, ANYTIME WE NEEDED A BUNT TO TRY TO GET A RUN IN, OR JUST TO GET SOMEBODY ON BASE, THIS YOUNG LADY WAS WILLING TO DELIVER.
AND THAT'S LUNA NOVOA, THE NEXT YOUNG LADY.
IF, IF WE HAD A, UH, MISS CLUTCH, UH, SHE CAME IN WITH THE BEST HITS AT THE RIGHT TIME WHEN WE NEEDED THEM.
UH, TWO GAMES THAT COME TO MIND THAT WERE IN, UH, OVER TIME THEY WERE IN, UH, INTERNATIONAL TIEBREAKER.
UM, WE WEREN'T SURE IF WE WERE GONNA WIN 'EM OR NOT, UH, BUT, UH, THIS LITTLE YOUNG LADY JUST KEPT BATTLING AND BATTLING AND CAME UP WITH THE CLUTCH HITS.
SO WHAT ONE OF THE BEST FEELINGS AS A COACH, UH, FOR THESE YOUNG LADIES WAS WHEN UMPIRES, OTHER COACHES TALKED ABOUT OUR PLAYERS AND, AND THEY WERE TELLING US HOW GREAT THEY, THEY WERE, HOW COMPOSED THEY WERE,
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UM, HOW THEY CARRIED THEMSELVES.AND NOBODY PROBABLY GOT AS MUCH RECOGNITION FROM UMPIRES AND, AND OTHER COACHES THAT THEN THIS YOUNG LADY, UH, BECAUSE OF WHAT SHE DID ON THE FIELD AND JUST THE WAY SHE CARRIED HERSELF.
SO, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON, WE JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
THIS YOUNG LADY, UH, WE BATTING A THOUSAND AFTER, I WANNA SAY AFTER TWO TOURNAMENTS.
AND THROUGHOUT THE, THE ALL STAR SEASON, SHE KIND OF KEPT, UH, THAT UP PRETTY WELL.
AND, UH, IT WAS, UH, REALLY FUN TO WATCH HER.
UH, SHE CAUGHT A, A FEW GAMES FOR US AND JUST CONTINUED TO GET BETTER.
UH, AND THAT'S MISS CARISSA RE THIS NEXT YOUNG LADY LED OFF FOR US MOST OF THE SEASON.
UM, IT ALL, AND IT ALL STARTED WITH THAT VERY FIRST TOURNAMENT WHEN SHE WAS HITTING BOMBS AND JUST GETTING ON BASE.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WERE LUCKY TO HAVE HER BECAUSE SHE WAS ONE OF OUR YOUNGER, UH, YOUNG LADIES.
SHE COULD HAVE BEEN ON, ON THE SIX U TEAM, BUT WE DECIDED TO GIVE HER A CHANCE AND BRING HER UP.
AND SHE TOOK GREAT, UH, UH, SHE, SHE MADE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY OF BEING ON OUR TEAM AND JUST DID REALLY GREAT.
I DON'T THINK THERE WAS A PLAYER ON OUR TEAM THAT WAS HARDER ON HERSELF, BUT SHE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, HAD A SMILE ON HER FACE.
AFTERWARDS, WE'D ALWAYS HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO HER THAT SHE DID GREAT AND WE JUST WANTED TO KEEP TRYING.
UM, AND SHE JUST HAD SOME AMAZING HITS THROUGHOUT THE SE THE ALL STAR SEASON.
UM, AND JUST KEPT GETTING BETTER AND BETTER.
UM, I, THIS NEXT YOUNG LADY, I DON'T THINK I SAW HER SMILE AS MUCH AS SHE DID THIS YEAR.
UH, I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF, UH, BEING AN ASSISTANT COACH ON TEAMS WITH HER PRIOR.
AND, UH, THIS YOUNG LADY IS JUST A, ANOTHER LITTLE SPARK PLUG AND JUST GOES A HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR.
AND IF YOU EVER NEED SOMEBODY TO, TO TAG SOMEBODY OUT AT SECOND, SHE'S THE ONE I WOULD WANT.
UM, UH, BECAUSE SHE JUST REALLY TOOK IT TO THE, TO THE OTHER TEAM.
AND THAT WAS MISS JULIETTE SNEAD.
SO I SEE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY MISSING A PLAYER, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GO WITH HER FIRST.
THEY'RE NOT, I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.
SO WE WILL INTRODUCE THEM BOTH AND MAKE SURE WE GET THE CERTIFICATE.
SO WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH WHEN WE QUALIFIED TO REGIONALS TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK.
I COULD HAVE ASKED ANY PLAYER TO COME UP AND PLAY WITH US FOR THE REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.
UM, AND DURING MY REGULAR SEASON, UM, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE, PRIVILEGE OF COACHING THIS YOUNG LADY.
UM, AND SHE WAS, SHE JUST HAD A GREAT ATTITUDE, ALWAYS, ALWAYS THE, THE HEART TO WANT TO WIN.
UM, IT WAS FUN IN THE DUGOUT BECAUSE SOMETIMES SHE'D EVEN CHALLENGE ME, COACH, DON'T YOU WANNA WIN? WE NEED TO DO THIS.
AND, UH, BUT, UH, SO WHEN I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING A PLAYER UP TO TAKE WITH US TO, UH, SAN DIEGO FOR THE REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, I HAD NO DOUBT THAT THIS IS THE PLAYER THAT I WANTED TO GO WITH US AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE, UH, THE REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.
UH, SO WE ASKED HER AND HER, UH, PARENTS IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO ACCOMPANY US, AND THEY SAID YES.
AND IT WAS THE BEST THING THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED FOR US BECAUSE SHE HAD AN AMAZING TOURNAMENT WITH US DOWN AT THE REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AND HELPED US BECOME REGIONAL CHAMPIONS.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UM, THIS YOUNG LADY, I DON'T THINK HAD ANY IDEA THAT SHE WOULD BE OUR FIRST BASEMAN, THE WHOLE ALL STAR SEASON.
UH, BUT I WILL TELL YOU, SHE TURNED INTO ONE OF THE BEST FIRST BASEMENTS WE COULD HAVE ASKED FOR, UH, MAKING GREAT PLAYS AT FIRST, UH, WHETHER
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IT WAS A POP FLY OR, OR JUST, UH, MAKING SOME GREAT CATCHES THERE.UM, AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE, THE PLATE, JUST MAKING SOME GREAT HITS WHEN WE NEEDED THEM.
UM, AND, UH, THE, AGAIN, JUST ANOTHER PLEASURE TO HAVE ON OUR TEAM BECAUSE SHE'S JUST SO MATURE FOR HER AGE, THIS YOUNG LADY, UH, BUT MISS OLIVIA VERDUGO.
AND I WILL TELL YOU, UH, THIS WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE WITH, WITH, UH, THE THREE ASSISTANT COACHES THAT WERE ON THIS TEAM.
UM, AND ONE OF THEM COULDN'T BE HERE.
UM, UH, CAMERON OSHMAN COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY, BUT I MEAN, HE, HE WAS JUST AMAZING.
AND, UH, MR. JOHN SNEAD, UH, ONE OF MY OTHER ASSISTANT COACHES, AND THEN RYAN REER, UH, MY OTHER ASSISTANT COACH, WHICH I LEARNED SO MUCH FROM THESE GUYS.
SO ONE RIGHT HERE IN THE, WE'RE GONNA DO ONE WHERE WE LOOK RIGHT HERE AT THE CENTER, AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA LOOK AT YOUR PARENT.
BEFORE OUR NEXT PRESENTATION, IF THERE'S ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO LEAVE NOW WOULD BE A PERFECT TIME.
OTHERWISE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING.
DON'T BRING IT INTO EXISTENCE.
NO, THEY'RE JUST NON, THERE'S ONLY FOUR OF, OKAY.
[ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT]
ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS A PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT.THANK YOU CHERYL, AND GOOD EVENING MAYOR MORAN COUNCIL AND RESIDENTS.
JUST A FEW QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS.
TONIGHT, IVHS AND THE CITY WILL BE HOSTING A MOBILE PET VACCINE AND MICROCHIP CLINIC THIS FRIDAY FROM FIVE TO 6:00 PM OUTDOORS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, GAZEBO, SINGLE VACCINES WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO $18, AND MICROCHIPPING WILL BE $30 PER PET CARD OR CASH PAYMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED ONSITE IN CHINO HILLS.
ALL DOGS OVER FOUR MONTHS OLD ARE REQUIRED TO BE MICROCHIPPED, AND THE CITY PROVIDES A REBATE OF UP TO $30 TO RESIDENTS FOR IT.
THE CITY IS IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING ITS LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN TO BE BETTER PREPARED FOR EMERGENCIES AND HAZARDS.
RESIDENTS ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE
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AND ATTEND A PUBLIC WORKSHOP ON AUGUST 22ND AT 6:00 PM HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, ATTENDEES WILL RECEIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE CITY'S LHMP AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT ON HAZARDS THEY FIND OF CONCERN AND OTHER NEWS AND RECREATION.THE FALL OF RECREATION BROCHURE IS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE AND BEGAN ARRIVING IN MAILBOXES JUST LAST WEEK.
IT INCLUDES INFORMATION ON CITY NEWS, CLASS REGISTRATION, AND FUN FALL EVENTS LIKE PAWS AT THE PARK ON SEPTEMBER 7TH AT VILLA ORB, A DOG PARK.
DOGS OF ALL PAW SIZES WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE PART IN LITTLE DOG RACES, A BEST TRICK CONTEST, AND A DOG FASHION SHOW.
THERE WILL ALSO BE VENDOR BOOTHS, GIVEAWAYS, DOOR PRIZES, AND KIDS CRAFT ACTIVITIES.
YOU CAN LEARN MORE AT CHINO HILL.ORG/EVENTS.
AND LASTLY, UM, WE JUST WANT TO ADVISE A COMMUNITY TO AVOID THE SOUTHBOUND 71 FREEWAY THIS WEEKEND.
THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION WILL BE REQUIRING A FULL WEEKEND CLOSURE OF SOUTHBOUND 71 AT THE BUTTERFIELD RANCH ROAD, EUCLID AVENUE OFF RAMP THIS FRIDAY, BEGINNING AT 10:00 PM THROUGH MONDAY AT 5:00 AM EXPECT TRAFFIC CONGESTION NEAR THIS EXIT AND PLAN EXTRA TIME TO REACH LOCAL DESTINATIONS.
DETOUR ROUTES ARE THE 60 AND 57 FREEWAYS AS ALTERNATE ROUTES AND LOCAL TRAFFIC THROUGH CARBON CANYON.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PIO REPORT, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
[ ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION]
ON, MARK.UH, DO WE HAVE ANY, UM, INFORMATION TO ANNOUNCE FROM ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION? UH, THERE WAS NO REPORTABLE ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION.
[9. 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.]
NEXT IS PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEM APPEARING ON THE AGENDA, INCLUDING THE SPECIAL MEETING ITEM 22 A.THOSE PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL, REQUESTED TO SUBMIT A SPEAKER CARD TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK AVAILABLE AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.
WE DID RECEIVE 34 COMMENTS VIA EMAIL.
THOSE WILL BE PLACED WITH THE RECORD AFTER THE MEETING, OR THEY MAY ALREADY BE UP THERE.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS OSCAR HUSO.
UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND STAFF.
UM, I'M JUST HERE SPEAKING ON ITEM 22, THE, THE SCHEDULE AT GRAND AVENUE PARK.
SO I WAS LOOKING OVER THE SCHEDULE AND I KNOW IT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE LAST PUBLIC, UM, OR AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
AND I JUST WANTED TO COME UP BECAUSE I FEEL THE SCHEDULE IS A BIT UNFAIR.
IT'S 84% OF THE TIME USED FOR PICKLEBALL.
I MEAN, WE GOT, WE GOT OUR HOURS, BUT I'M NOT COMING HERE ON BEHALF OF HOCKEY ANYMORE.
I'M COMING ON BEHALF OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
UH, I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S BEING INCLUSIVE TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO JUST WANT TO GO UP THERE AND SKATE OR USE THE RINK FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE OTHER THAN PICKLEBALL.
UH, I KNOW FOR EXAMPLE, UM, PEOPLE GO UP THERE AND SKATEBOARD.
PEOPLE RIDE THEIR SCOOTER, PEOPLE PLAY SOCCER ON THE RINK.
UM, SO I, I JUST THINK THAT, THAT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES SHOULD BE, UM, ALLOCATED, UM, IN THE SCHEDULE.
AND IT SHOULDN'T JUST BE ALL PICKLEBALL, ESPECIALLY ON WEEKENDS.
UH, I SAW THE, BASICALLY FROM EIGHT IN THE MORNING TO 9:00 PM IS ALL PICKLEBALL.
UH, I DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR, PERSONALLY.
I, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A HIGH DEMAND FOR PICKLEBALL.
BUT I MEAN, THERE'S ALSO A, THERE'S ALSO A DEMAND FOR OTHER, OTHER USES, SUCH AS HOCKEY AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT I'VE SEEN ON THAT RINK.
UM, AND, AND MY, MY PROPOSAL IS, IS ACTUALLY MAYBE LIKE AN OPEN SESSION.
UM, A COUPLE HOURS OF OPEN SESSION.
I KNOW I'VE BEEN UP THERE ON A SUNDAY FOR HOCKEY AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S FOUR 30 TO, TO NINE 30 FOR HOCKEY, AND I HAVE THE RINK, UM, OR ME OR SOME OTHER PEOPLE ARE SHARING THE RINK.
AND THERE'S SOME PICK PICKLEBALL PLAYERS THAT WANT TO COME UP AND, AND PLAY.
AND THEY'RE ASKING LIKE, WHY IS IT JUST HOCKEY? WHY IS THERE NO PICKLEBALL? AND I FEEL BAD BECAUSE THEY HAD MOVED THE PICKLEBALL NETS, BUT I WOULD BE GLAD TO SHARE HALF THE RINK WITH THE PICKLEBALL PLAYERS.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, HALF THE RINK IS PER, YOU KNOW, BEING USED FOR WHATEVER IT'S BEING USED LIKE IN, IN MY CASE, I WAS PLAYING HOCKEY.
UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD'VE BEEN HAPPY TO LET PEOPLE GO TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RINK AND PLAY PICKLEBALL LIKE THEY CAME UP TO.
'CAUSE I THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY UNFAIR.
UH, I, I ASSUMED THEY TRAVELED, UH, MAYBE, MAYBE FROM ANOTHER CITY TO COME PLAY PICKLEBALL, AND I FELT BAD THAT THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO PLAY PICKLEBALL.
UH, BECAUSE IT WAS ALL HOCKEY FROM FOUR 30 TO TO NINE 30.
I WOULD'VE BEEN GLAD TO SHARE, UM, HALF THE RINK WITH PICKLEBALL.
SO I JUST THINK THE SCHEDULE SHOULD AFFORD MORE TIME FOR OTHER USE AND PERHAPS, UH, LIKE AN OPEN, UH, LIKE AN OPEN SESSION WHERE IT COULD BE USED HALF PICKLEBALL, HALF FOR ANYTHING OTHER, FOR ANYTHING ELSE.
NOT JUST HOCKEY, NOT JUST SKATING, BUT, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING ELSE THAT PEOPLE JUST WANT TO GO UP AND DO AND ENJOY RECREATIONAL
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ACTIVITIES.UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO COME UP HERE TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK ON AN AGENDA ITEM? NOW WOULD BE THE TIME.
[ CONFLICT OF INTEREST / LEVINE ACT ANNOUNCEMENTS: Council Member abstentions or disclosures shall be stated at this time for recordation on the appropriate item.]
UM, CONFLICT OF INTEREST.AND MOVING ON TO CITY DEPARTMENT
[ CONSENT CALENDAR (10 ITEMS) - All matters listed on the Consent Calendar are considered routine by the City Council and may be enacted by one motion in the form listed below. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless, before the City Council votes on the motion to adopt, Members of the City Council or staff request the matter to be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action. Removed consent items will be discussed immediately after the adoption of the balance of the Consent Calendar.]
BUSINESS, THE CONSENT CALENDAR.RAY, DO YOU HAVE ANY ITEMS TO PULL? NO.
BRIAN? UH, JUST 14 FOR A QUICK COMMENT.
A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REMAINDER.
[13. Authorize execution of five-year agreement with Engineering Solutions Services, Inc., (ESS) for total contract amount not-to-exceed $350,000 to provide grant research, writing, and management services]
NUMBER 13 IS TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT WITH ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS SERVICES.HE PULLED 13 AND YEAH, I PULLED 13 AND 13.
JUST WANTED TO MENTION, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS, UH, A LITTLE BIT AS FAR AS, UH, MONIES ARE BECOMING A LITTLE TIGHTER IN TOWN IN ALL TOWNS, REALLY.
AND WE'VE HAD BLAZING ASSOCIATES FOR A LONG TIME AS OUR GRANT SEEKERS AND RIDERS, AND I THINK WE WERE REALIZING, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY MOVED TO TEXAS, THAT WE, IT MIGHT BE TIME TO REVIEW OTHER OPPORTUNITIES IN, IN OUR REGION AND SEE IF WE CAN ENHANCE OUR GREAT, OUR GRANTS, UH, BECAUSE MORE AND MORE CITIES WITH SOME STRESS ON THE BUDGET ARE GOING TO NEED THESE GRANTS FOR DIFFERENT USES, WHETHER IT'S RECREATION OR FACILITIES OR SAY FROSTED SCHOOLS OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.
SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT YOU WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS AND YOU FOUND SOMEONE THAT, UH, I THINK WILL PROBABLY DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB FOR US.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE A GENERAL COMMENT THAT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING, UH, ON ALL AVENUES TO SEEK FUNDING FOR OUR CITY.
AND GRANTS, I THINK, WAS A LITTLE BIT THIN OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND WE'VE MADE A CHANGE AFTER ALL OF THESE YEARS, AND WE WANNA THANK PLACE FOR EVERYTHING THEY'VE DONE IN THE PAST FOR US.
SO UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
I'LL SECOND MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.
[14. Authorize execution of Amendment No. 3 to Agreement No. A2021-185 with Chino Valley Unified School District in amount of $791,942.66 for 2024-25 School Resource Officer Program at Ayala High School, Chino Hills High School, and additional coverage at Chino Hills elementary, junior high, and high schools as needed]
NUMBER 14 IS TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE TO THE AGREEMENT WITH CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER, JESS.I PULLED IT JUST FOR A QUICK COMMENT.
UM, I DUNNO, IF YOU WANT, NOT EVERYBODY NECESSARILY IN THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THAT THE CITY PAYS FOR, UH, THE SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES THAT ARE THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS FOR CUNA VALLEY UNIFIED.
SO AT AND CROSSING GUARDS AND CROSSING GUARDS AND BOTH, UH, BOTH THE HIGH SCHOOLS, UH, HAVE THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL OFFICER.
AND THEN WE HAVE A FLOATING, UH, DEPUTY THAT GOES BETWEEN THE JUNIOR HIGHS AND THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AS NEEDED.
SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK IT SHOWS THE COMMITMENT, YOU KNOW, OF THIS CITY TO SPEND JUST UNDER $800,000 FOR, UH, FOR THAT, UH, FOR THAT SERVICE AND TO MAKE SURE OUR KIDS ARE PROTECTED.
SO THAT WAS ALL I WAS PULLING IT FOR, SO THAT I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE ITEM.
[18. Adopt resolution approving design and plans for construction of Eucalyptus Avenue Recycled Water Line and Pavement Rehabilitation Project (Project); authorize staff to solicit bids for construction; authorize execution of Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. A2023-224 with West & Associates Engineering, Inc., for additional engineering design services for Project, increasing agreement total not-to-exceed amount to $148,800; authorize City Manager, at his discretion, to approve cumulative amendments up to ten percent ($14,880) of awarded contract amount; and determine Project to be exempt from review under California Environmental Quality Act]
ITEM NUMBER 18, IS TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING DESIGN AND PLANS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF EUCALYPTUS AVENUE, RECYCLED WATER LINE AND PAVEMENT REHABILITATION PROJECT.WE'RE ALWAYS SEEKING TO IMPROVE OUR WATER SYSTEMS, WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE TAKE FOR GRANTED, BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE WATER.
AND THE COST OF WATER KEEPS RISING AND RISING.
SO WE WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY OR A COUPLE OF OPPORTUNITIES, BUT ONE, AND I SEE STEVE BACK THERE WHO'S ON THE IEA BOARD, OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE, UH, RECYCLED WATER.
WE'VE BEEN PUSHING TO DO MORE AND MORE OF IT BECAUSE WE HAVE ACCESS.
WE'RE NOT EVEN USING OUR FULL ALLOTMENT.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THE PROJECTS WE ARE, WE'RE TRIGGERING AND WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH A RECYCLED LINE.
AND I THOUGHT MAYBE DANIEL COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT JUST TO EDUCATE THOSE THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN, UH, READING ABOUT IT OR HEARING ABOUT IT, THAT WE ARE MAKING, TRYING TO MAKE PROGRESS AS WE GO TO HAVE MORE RECYCLED WATER, A LITTLE LESS POTABLE WATER IN CERTAIN AREAS.
UH, AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS, UH, IT IS.
AND THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT HERE IS TO, UH, EX, UH, EXTEND THE EXISTING RECYCLED WATER LINE ON EUCALYPTUS AVENUE THAT CURRENTLY ENDS AT THE, UM, UH, APPROXIMATELY ADJACENT TO COMMUNITY PARK.
WE'LL EXTEND THAT LINE IN THE WESTERLY DIRECTION OUT TO VETERANS PARK AND PUT THAT PARK, UH, FULLY ON RECYCLED WATER.
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WE'VE ALL BEEN TO VETERANS PARK FOR MANY OF THE EVENTS IN INCLUDING CONCERTS IN THE PARK, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PARK, A LOT OF LUSH GREEN GRASS.UM, BUT IT IS ONE OF OUR, UH, HIGHEST WATER USES, UH, AS FAR AS PARKS.
SO THE GOAL IS TO GET THAT PARK OFF OF POTABLE WATER AND ONTO RECYCLE WATER.
UM, AS PART OF THAT PROJECT, IN ADDITION, WE WILL BE, I, UH, IMPROVING THE PAVEMENT, UH, FOR THOSE THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA OR DRIVE THROUGH THAT AREA.
THE, THE ROAD IS IN PRETTY BAD CONDITION.
WE'RE WELL AWARE, UH, AWARE OF IT.
UH, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO PATCH IT AS WE GO.
HOWEVER, WITH THIS PROJECT, WE WILL FULLY REP PAVE THE ENTIRE ROAD FROM PAYTON ALL THE WAY OUT TO CHINO HILLS PARKWAY.
AND AS YOU KNOW, TRADITIONALLY WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR ROADS.
THERE'S A LOT OF CITIES THAT DON'T HAVE THAT PRIDE, BUT WE REALLY RESPECT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, TRY TO KEEP OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IN TIP TOP CONDITION AND EUCALYPTUS AROUND THE COMMUNITY PARK.
AND AS YOU HEAD TOWARDS, UH, WHERE WE DO CONCERTS IN THE PARK, THAT ROAD HAS SHOWN SOME DETERIORATION AND PEOPLE ARE GOING, WHAT'S GOING ON? WHY, WHY ARE WE WE'RE DOING PATCH JOBS? WELL, IT'S BECAUSE WE WERE STALLING TO DO A COM A, A BETTER JOB UNTIL THIS PROJECT WAS INSTALLED, INSTEAD OF DOING SOMETHING TWICE AT, AT AN EXTREME COST.
WE DON'T WANT TO, UM, INVEST MONEY INTO THAT ROAD KNOWING THAT WE'RE GONNA COME BACK OUT AND DO THIS PROJECT AND TEAR IT UP.
UH, SO BEING MINDFUL OF THE CITY'S FUNDS, WE FIGURED WE'D WAIT.
UH, AGAIN, WE WERE DOING TEMPORARY PATCHES TO GET THAT ROAD, UM, IN DECENT CONDITION, UM, AND THEN COME BACK, UH, WITH THIS PROJECT AND DO A FULL, UH, MILL AND OVERLAY SO THAT WE HAVE A BRAND NEW ROAD.
AND WE'VE GOT ANOTHER PROJECT ON THE HORIZON, ALSO IN A SIMILAR FASHION.
ALRIGHT, JUST A QUICK QUESTION, UH, DANIEL, REAL FAST.
UM, THERE IS A COST SAVING, RIGHT? I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE TRYING TO SAVE MONEY AND BY NOT USING POTABLE WATER, IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT CHEAPER, CORRECT? A LITTLE BIT.
UM, YES, PRICE OF RECYCLED WATER IS, HAS GONE UP A LITTLE BIT.
UM, SO IT'S ALMOST ON PAR WITH POTABLE WATER.
UH, BUT THE BIGGEST THING HERE IS THAT WE ARE REDUCING OUR POTABLE WATER USAGE AND FREEING IT UP FOR RESIDENTS INSTEAD OF, UH, PUTTING IT ON ON LAWNS.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S THE BIGGEST GOAL HERE.
AND THEN JUST TO SCHEDULE ON THIS, WHEN ARE WE GONNA START AND WHEN IS, WHEN IS IT GONNA BE DONE? UH, WE ARE GOING OUT TO BID.
WE WILL LIKELY AWARD A CONTRACT IN, UH, OCTOBER AND START CONSTRUCTION LIKELY IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, UH, OF THIS YEAR.
NEXT WE MOVE ON TO THE DISCUSSION CALENDAR.
[20. Appropriate $329,352.82 from American Rescue Plan Act Fund; find that exception to competitive bidding procedures under Chino Hills Municipal Code (CHMC) Section 3.16.110.G applies because National Auto Fleet Group has existing contract through Sourcewell and Sharp Electronics Corporation has an existing contract through National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO), for purchase of mobile recreation retrofit and multifunction printers (MFPs), respectively, and procurement process utilized by both entities are substantially similar to provisions of CHMC Chapter 3.16 - Purchasing System; authorize issuance of purchase order to National Auto Fleet Group utilizing cooperative purchase contract #091521-NAF in amount of $110,295.88 for mobile recreation vehicle retrofit, and purchase order to Sharp Electronics Corporation through its Sharp Business Systems Division utilizing cooperative purchasing contract #188627 in amount of $219,352.82 to purchase, configure, and install 30 MFPs for City facilities; authorize City Manager to negotiate and execute five-year agreement with Sharp Electronics Corporation through Sharp Business Systems Division, subject to City Attorney approval as to form, for print management program for supplies and maintenance of MFPs, printers, scanners, and plotters for total contract amount not-to-exceed $225,000; and find that actions are exempt from review under California Environmental Quality Act]
IS TO APPROPRIATE FROM THE AMERICAN AND RESCUE PLAN ACT FUND FOR MOBILE RECREATION VEHICLE RETROFIT.AND TO PURCHASE 30, UH, MULTI-FUNCTIONAL PRINTERS FOR THE CITY FACILITIES, CITY MANAGER, MONTGOMERY, TO PRESENT.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MORAN CITY COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
UM, IN 2021, THE CITY RECEIVED ROUGHLY $10 MILLION WORTH OF, UH, FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT.
AND WE'VE BEEN, PERIOD, PERIODICALLY, UH, UPDATING THE COUNCIL ON, UH, WHERE WE HAVE, UH, SPENT THE MONEY.
AND THEN WE HAVE A, UH, NEW REQUEST FOR TODAY.
JUST TO QUICKLY GO OVER SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND ARE WELL UNDERWAY SINCE WE LAST MET IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, UH, WE'VE INSTALLED, UH, NEW, UH, COVID BARRIERS AT ALL OF OUR PUBLIC COUNTERS AND MADE MODIFICATIONS TO IMPROVE THE WORK AREAS.
UH, WE'VE, UH, ADDED A REMOTE CONTROL MOWER TO OUR, UH, WE ABATEMENT AND OPEN SPACE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, INCREASING EFFICIENCY.
UH, WE, UH, UH, COMPLETED WITH SUPPORT FROM A VARIETY OF FUNDING AREAS, BUT THE CROSSROADS PARK INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND PROJECT ALSO HAD ARPA FUNDING.
UH, WE'VE HAD TREE TRIMMING PROJECTS AT 27 OF OUR PARKS THAT WE'VE COMPLETED.
UH, WE REHABBED THE PARKING LOTS AT 13 OF OUR PARKS.
UH, WE INSTALLED EXERCISE EQUIPMENT AT MEADOWS PARK.
UH, WE'VE HAD, UH, TRAIL REPAIRS AT CINNAMON PARK.
UH, AND AT THE JAMES S STALLMAN, UH, LIBRARY, WE'VE REPLACED THE, UH, AIR CONDITIONING AND HEATING SYSTEM.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE UNDERWAY 13 ADDITIONAL PARKS RECEIVE EXTENSIVE TREE TRIMMING.
UH, UH, BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WE ANTICIPATE WE'LL COMPLETE THE RIDGEVIEW TRAIL, UH, REPAIRS.
UH, ALSO WHAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, UH, THE CITY HALL AND THE CITY YARD, UH, ARE IN DESIGN AND WE EXPECT TO BE AWARDING, UH, SOON THE HVAC REPLACEMENT FOR THOSE TWO FACILITIES.
UH, BUT IN ADDITION TO ALL THE WORK, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MORE WORK THAT WE'D LIKE TO GET DONE.
UH, WE HAVE PROCURED A NEW MOBILE RECREATION VEHICLE, AND WE'RE COMPLETING THE, UH, EQUIPMENT AND THE, UH, STAGING INSIDE THE VEHICLE.
AND THAT'S GONNA COST US ROUGHLY $30,000 MORE THAN, UH, WE ORIGINALLY ALLOCATED.
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LOOKING FOR THAT NEW, UH, APPROPRIATION.WE'RE ALSO EXPANDING OUR TREE TRIMMING PROJECT.
IN ADDITION TO ALL THE AREAS WE'VE DESCRIBED ABOVE, UH, WE THINK IT'D BE VALUABLE TO PUT ANOTHER $80,000 OUT INTO TREE TRIMMING WORK.
AND THEN, UH, LASTLY, UH, THE CITY IS AT THE END OF LIFE FOR, UH, A VERY, UH, HEAVILY USED RESOURCE, UH, INTERNALLY, WHICH IS OUR, UH, COPIER NETWORK.
AND SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO ALLOCATE ROUGHLY $220,000, UH, TOWARD THE PURCHASE OF NEW, UH, MULTIFUNCTION COPIERS.
OF COURSE, THAT ADDS A LOT OF, UH, PRODUCTIVITY WHEN YOU'RE NOT WAITING, UH, FOR A JAM TO CLEAR.
AND ALL OF THE OTHER, UH, CHALLENGES WE'RE REALLY STARTING TO EXPERIENCE WITH THESE, UH, UH, EQUIPMENT, GETTING, UH, UH, A LITTLE, UH, OLD.
UH, AND WITH THAT, UH, IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ARPA PROJECT, UH, IN GENERAL, UH, IT'S JUST A WAY FOR US TO, UH, INFORM THE PUBLIC AND THE COUNCIL OF WHERE, UH, THIS, UH, ONE-TIME MONEY IS BEING, UH, DEPLOYED THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM.
[21. Appropriate $114,206 from Community Services Fund and authorize execution of agreement with City of Chino in amount of $306,788 to provide human services programs]
NEXT ITEM IS TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF CHINO TO PROVIDE HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR MARSHALL TO PRESENT MAYOR MORAN.MEMBERS OF THE, I KNOW I DON'T HAVE A MICROPHONE ON, THOUGH.
UM, MAYOR MORAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, UM, NICE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING TO TALK ABOUT A, UH, IMPORTANT, UH, PROGRAM THAT WE WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR FRIENDS FROM THE CITY OF CHINO, AND OF COURSE, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THIS IS THE 24TH YEAR THE HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAM AGREEMENT, UH, IS BEFORE YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
UM, AND I'M JUST THE MESSENGER, I DON'T DO ANY OF THIS WORK AT ALL.
IT'S THE PEOPLE, THE FOUR PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT IN THE AUDIENCE RIGHT NOW AND ALL OF THEIR STAFF.
AND SO HERE THIS EVENING, REPRESENTING THE CITY OF CHINO ARE SYLVIA AVALOS, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR, ANO THE CLINICAL PROGRAM MANAGER, DANIELLE REZ.
DANIELLE, SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST AND REPRESENTING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS LIZ LARA, FAMILY SERVICES PROGRAM SPECIALIST.
AND SO THEY'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE RELATED TO THE, TO THE, THE GREAT PROGRAM THAT THEY PUT FORTH ON BEHALF OF US.
AS IT MAY BE, THE HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAM PROVIDES INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY COUNSELING, WHICH ADDRESSES SUBSTANCE ABUSE, DELINQUENCY, AND OTHER SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL ISSUES.
THE PROGRAMS OFFERED INCLUDE HOPE, FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS, MCKINNEY-VENTO, CASE MANAGEMENT AND COUNSELING PROGRAM, AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, WHICH PROVIDES SUPPLEMENTAL CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO HOMELESS STUDENTS, UNACCOMPANIED YOUTH AND FAMILIES ENROLLED IN THE MCKINNEY-VENTO CARE, TEEN COUNSELING, YOUTH COUNSELING, AND TUPE, WHICH STANDS FOR TOBACCO USE PREVENTION EDUCATION.
HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAMS ARE OFFERED AT ALL SCHOOLS WITHIN THE CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THE CITY OF CHINO COORDINATES, UH, ALL ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISION AND OVERSIGHT OF THE PROGRAM.
AND, UH, WHICH IS ALWAYS REALLY HELPFUL FOR US.
IT'S KIND OF THE RETROSPECTIVE LOOK BACK AND REALLY SHOWS, I THINK THAT WE GET A GOOD BANG FOR OUR BUCK IS THE YEAR END REPORT THAT THEY DO.
THAT WAS INCLUDED IN YOUR, UH, PACKET OF INFORMATION, WHICH HAS, UH, OF COURSE, TESTIMONIES BY PEOPLE, EVALUATIONS OF THE PROGRAM, BREAKDOWN OF ALL THE FINANCIAL, UH, SIDE OF THINGS AS IT RELATES TO, UH, THAT AS WELL.
SO THAT'S ALWAYS, UH, IT'S A GOOD READ AND, UH, JUST TO KNOW THAT, UH, GOOD THINGS ARE HAPPENING FOR OUR, UH, OUR RESIDENTS, AS IT MAY BE.
AND IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE.
UH, CITY OF CHINO IS, UH, CHINO HILLS IS ONLY BILLED FOR ACTUAL PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM.
SO EVEN THOUGH TYPICALLY IT'LL COME IN A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN WHAT'S, UH, BEEN, UH, PRESENTED HERE THIS EVENING, BUT, UH, OF COURSE THIS WOULD BE THE FULL, WHAT WE BELIEVE IS THE FULL COST OF THE PROGRAM, AT LEAST AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
AGAIN, WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH OF THOSE ENTITIES THAT ARE HERE, AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONING THAT YOU MAY HAVE RELATED TO THAT.
I DON'T, I DON'T REALLY HAVE QUESTIONS, BUT LIZ, COULD YOU COME UP? I'M NOT GONNA LET YOU GO THAT EASY.
SO, IF, IF, UM, WHEN A RESIDENT'S WATCHING OUR MEETING, AND WITH WHAT JONATHAN WAS SAYING, IF IT'S KIND OF SPARKED THEIR INTEREST OF ALL OF THESE AMAZING PROGRAMS THAT ARE OFFERED, INCLUDING THE HOPE RESOURCE CENTER.
SO CAN YOU JUST, YOU KNOW, TELL US SOME OF THE THINGS THAT FAMILIES AND STUDENTS COME TO YOU, THE CARE CLOSET AND SO ON? YEAH.
GIVE US YOUR ELEVATOR COMMERCIAL, AND THEN AN ELEVATOR PITCH.
UM, CHINO, CHINO HILL'S, OUR COMMUNITY.
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SO BLESSED AND SO UNIQUE.JUST, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, I'LL BEGIN WITH, WE ARE A MODEL COMMUNITY IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION, SOCIAL SERVICES, IN THE COLLABORATION THAT WE, THAT WE, UH, CURRENTLY OFFER.
UM, THERE'S JUST SO MANY WONDERFUL THINGS GOING ON, SO MUCH THAT THE STATE HAS REALLY RECOGNIZED US FOR NOT JUST OUR HUMAN SERVICES, BUT OUR FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS.
SO I'M A PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND WHAT WE HAVE IS FIVE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT WHERE FAMILIES WHO NEED ASSISTANCE REALLY WITH ANYWHERE, ANYTHING FROM, UM, COUNSELING OR TUTORING FOR THEIR KIDS, OR MEDI-CAL APPLICATION ASSISTANCE IF THEY, RIGHT NOW WE'RE DEALING WITH A SURGE, UNFORTUNATELY UNFORTUNATE OF, UH, EVICTIONS.
AND SO THERE ARE FAMILIES WHO CALL, I'VE GOT A 30 DAY, I'VE GOT A 10 DAY LEFT, LIKE, I NEED TO FIND SOMEPLACE.
SO WE HAVE CASE MANAGERS WHO CAN ACTUALLY SIT WITH THEM, KIND OF GO THROUGH SOME OF THEIR OPTIONS, TRY TO CONNECT THEM TO AVAILABLE RESOURCES WHEN WHAT WE SEE AS FAMILIES OF YOUNG CHILDREN, FAMILIES OF REALLY, UH, YOUTH THAT JUST ARE OVERWHELMED WITH A LOT OF THINGS THAT MAY BE HAPPENING IN THEIR LIVES.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY QUITE, UM, IT'S AMAZING TO SEE THAT OUR CITIES COME TOGETHER TO OFFER, IT'S NOT JUST A, A SCHOOL DISTRICT.
IT'S NOT JUST CHINO HILLS, IT'S NOT EVEN JUST THE CITIES.
IT'S COMMUNITY COLLABORATION AT THE HIGHEST FORM FROM OUR CHURCHES TO OUR, UM, NONPROFITS, TO ALL OF THESE GREAT ORGANIZATIONS THAT SAY, WE WANNA COME ALONGSIDE YOU AND SUPPORT FAMILIES IN MOST NEED.
SO THAT'S KIND OF, I MEAN, WHERE WE'RE AT, I MEAN, WE CAN GO INTO SPECIFICS.
IT'S JUST REALLY, WE ARE, UH, HOG, HOG P JUST A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING.
IF FAMILIES NEED SUPPORT, WE WANT THEM TO CALL US.
WE WANT THEM TO TRY TO LEAD THEM OR CONNECT THEM TO THE PROPER RESOURCES.
IT'S NOT FUN TO STRUGGLE THROUGH A REALLY, UM, HARD TIME ALONE.
AND SO THAT IS WHAT WE'RE PRETTY MUCH DOING.
WE'RE TRYING TO REACH OUT TO OUR STUDENTS.
ALL OF THIS BENEFITS OUR STUDENTS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IF FAMILIES ARE DOING WELL, THEN OUR KIDS AT SCHOOL ARE GONNA DO WELL.
THERE'S NOTHING, THERE'S NOTHING FUN ABOUT SEEING KIDS COMING IN WITH, UM, NOT REALLY GOOD HYGIENE OR HUNGRY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF FAMILIES RIGHT NOW, UM, REALLY STRUGGLING WITH FOOD INSECURITY, JUST THE COST AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
WE GET REFERRALS ALL THE TIME.
IF TEACHERS SAYING THAT KIDS ARE, UM, NOT WANTING TO LEAVE THE CAFETERIA OR TRYING TO TAKE A SET ANOTHER MEAL, OR THINGS THAT JUST WOULD KIND OF BLOW OUR MINDS, WE THINK LIKE WE LIVE IN THE USS OF A, IT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN.
AND AGAIN, WE COULDN'T DO THIS WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT.
SO INCREDIBLY BLESSED WITHOUT OUR, OUR PARTNERS, THE CITY OF CHINO.
IT'S JUST A REALLY AMAZING PROJECT.
WHERE SHOULD THEY CALL, IF THEY WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION? THEY CAN CALL THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THEY'RE GONNA GO TO THE DISTRICT WEBPAGE.
WE ALSO HAVE IT ON THE CITY AS WELL, RIGHT? CITY OF CHINO WALES.
UM, IT'S THE MAIN NUMBER, EXTENSION 8 9 6 0.
REALLY, THEY JUST HAVE TO SAY HOPE CENTER, HOPE PROGRAM.
THEY JUST CALL AND, AND WE HAVE BILINGUAL CASE MANAGERS WHO ARE AVAILABLE TO HELP.
AS WE KNOW, A MONTH OR TWO AGO, WE HAD THE 10TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY.
UH, WAYNE JOSEPH, WHO ACTUALLY WAS THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT GOT THIS STARTED, UH, BACK THEN, UH, WAS THERE, UH, CYNTHIA AND I HAVE BOTH BEEN CHARTER MEMBERS, IF YOU WILL.
UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY STUDENTS WITHIN THE CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE IN NEED OF YES.
HOW THEY DON'T, THEY MAY BE SOMEWHAT HOMELESS, TOTALLY HOMELESS.
THEY NEED FOOD, THEY NEED CLOTHING, UH, THAT THE HOPE CENTER, UH, PROVIDES.
ABOUT HOW MANY IS IT? IT WILL, DEBBIE.
SO WE ARE SERVING SINCE, AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
WE CELEBRATED 10 YEARS SINCE MR. JOSEPH AND I CAME TO ONE OF THOSE COUNCIL MEETINGS AND ACTUALLY REQUESTED YOUR SUPPORT IN STARTING THIS PROJECT.
SO WITH A BIG MILESTONE FOR US, UM, WE'VE AVERAGED ABOUT A THOUSAND FAMILIES A YEAR.
AND SO JUST LAST YEAR, AND WE BELIEVE OUR COUNT IS, IS LOWER THAN WHAT WE ARE ACTUALLY TELLING.
IT WAS 1600 ON, UH, MCKINNEY VENTO, WHICH IS HOMELESS, WHICH MEANS EITHER DOUBLE TRIPLED UP LIVING IN INADEQUATE, UH, FACILITIES.
SO A LITTLE BIT, NOT JUST UNSHELTERED, BUT WE DO HAVE FAMILIES, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF FAMILIES LIVING IN MOTELS, CHINO HILLS, AND CHINO.
WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF FAMILIES THAT, LIKE I SAID, ARE STRUGGLING WITH EVICTION.
SO I WOULD SAY ABOUT 10 PER, WE AVERAGE ANYWHERE FOR FIVE TO 10% THAT ARE MCKINNEY VENTO STATUS, AND THEN PROBABLY 10 TO 10 TO 20% THAT ARE LOW INCOME, MEANING THAT THEY WILL STRUGGLE.
THEY ARE BARELY MAKING ENDS MEET, UH, A JOB LAYOFF OR ANY KIND OF, UH, FAMILY CRISIS WOULD REALLY PUT THEM IN TROUBLE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY WHO WE'RE HERE TO SERVE.
AND AGAIN, ALL OF THIS BENEFITS.
WE NEED THEM TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF POVERTY.
EDUCATION IS THE ONLY THING THAT WILL DO THAT, THAT WILL REALLY GIVE THEM THAT LEG UP.
THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO INVEST IN THESE FAMILIES AND IN OUR STUDENTS WHEN THEY AND OUR, WHEN THEY NEED THE SUPPORT.
LATER ON, WE'LL BE PAYING A MUCH HIGHER PRICE.
NOW, PEOPLE DO NOT REALIZE THAT WE LIVE IN, IN, WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
IT'S A FAIRLY AFFLUENT DI UH, DISTRICT, BUT THE
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NUMBER OF KIDS IN NEED, ABSOLUTELY.IT, IT JUST BLOWS YOUR MIND WHEN YOU YES.
YOU HEAR THE STORIES OF KIDS LIVING IN A CONVERTED GARAGE.
THEY LIVE RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF THIS.
THE SCHOOL BUS THING HAVE TO WALK TO SCHOOL.
THEY COME HOME AND ENC CLOTHES THAT ARE SOAKING WET AND THERE'S NO, UH, WASHER AND DRYER TO PUT THEM OUT.
THEY'RE ENDING UP PUTTING BACK ON DAMP CLOTHES THE NEXT DAY.
THAT JUST SEEMS, SEEMS INCONCEIVABLE IN THESE DAYS AND TIMES AND IN THIS AREA.
AND IT SHOULD NOT BE SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE ASHAMED OF.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH.
SO, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO REACH OUT AND PROVIDE HELP FOR THEM, IT'S, IT'S A REAL HEARTWARMING FEELING.
IF YOU AREN'T INVOLVED AND AREN'T CONTRIBUTING TO, TO THIS ORGANIZATION, YOU DEFINITELY SHOULD.
THEY ARE OUR, LIKE, THIS ISN'T SOMETHING, OH, WE'RE GOING TO I ALL FOR SUPPORTING OTHER ORGANIZATION ORGANIZATIONS, BUT THESE ARE OUR KIDS.
THIS IS OUR FUTURE RESIDENTS, OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WHY WOULD WE NOT INVEST IN THAT? SO THANK YOU, LIZ.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS PRESENTATION? OKAY.
DO I HAVE A, UM, A MOTION? I'LL MOVE ON.
[22. Approve the schedule of use for pickleball and rollersports at the rink at Grand Avenue Park and authorize City staff to make future schedule alterations, as appropriate]
ITEM IS TO APPROVE THE SCHEDULE FOR USE FOR THE RINK AT GRAND AVENUE PARK COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR MARSHALL, TO PRESENT TWICE IN ONE NIGHT AT THE JULY 9TH, 2024 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.AS PART OF STAFF'S ORAL PRESENTATION ON THE USE OF RINK ONE AT GRAND AVENUE PARK.
STAFF MADE COMMENTS REGARDING THE SCHEDULE OF USE THAT CURRENTLY EXIST AND PROPOSED CHANGES TO THAT SCHEDULE.
THE CITY COUNCIL CONCURRED WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION REGARDING A CHANGE TO THE SCHEDULE FOR THE RINK.
HOWEVER, A FORMAL RECOMMENDATION WAS NOT PART OF THE STAFF REPORT, NOR ON THE AGENDA.
THUS, STAFF IS REVISITING THE ITEM FOR COUNCIL'S COMMENT AND CONSIDERATION.
AND OF COURSE, IN THE CASE, UH, WE HAD A COMMENT BY THE, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ALSO.
UM, FIRST UP, UH, ATTACHMENT A IN YOUR, UM, PACKET AND ALSO ON THE SCREEN ARE THE CURRENT HOURS OF USE OF THE RINK.
THESE HOURS HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
HOWEVER, IT HAS BECOME EVIDENT OVER TIME THAT CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE, AT LEAST FROM STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE.
I'M NOT, I'M NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO MY THING.
THE REASON FOR THE PROPOSED CHANGES IS DUE TO THE DEMAND FOR PICKLEBALL.
AND OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, STAFF HAS BEEN MONITORING ITS USE PATTERNS, WHICH HAS LED US TO RECOMMEND PROPOSED CHANGES AS THE TIMES OF USE FOR OPEN SKATE OR ROLLER HOCKEY BEYOND THURSDAYS AND FRIDAYS HAVE NOT BEEN USED TO VALIDATE THE NEED FOR THE HOURS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED.
ON THE SCREEN, WHICH IS ATTACHMENT B IN YOUR PACKET, IS THE NEW PROPOSED HOURS OF USE FOR THE RINK MOVING FORWARD.
THE BREAKDOWN OF CHANGES IS AS FOLLOWS, THE, THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES, THE PLAN IS TO OFFER ANOTHER PICKLEBALL LEAGUE ON SUNDAY NIGHTS, WHICH A SECOND LEAGUE WAS APPROVED AS PART OF THE ADOPTED FISCAL YEAR 20 24, 20 25 BUDGET.
OTHER CHANGES INCLUDE AN INCREASE IN TIME MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY DURING DAYTIME HOURS FOR OPEN PICKLEBALL.
PLAY OPEN SKATE AND ROLLER HOCKEY WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR ON THURSDAYS AND FRIDAYS.
ROLLER SPORTS WILL BE UNAVAILABLE ON MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS TO ACCOMMODATE OPEN PICKLEBALL PLAY.
THE DERBY DAMES DAYS AND HOURS OF USE WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED AS USUAL.
STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALL USES ON RINK ONE MOVING FORWARD TO ENSURE ALL TIMES ARE BEING UTILIZED.
AND SO, UH, THAT'S REALLY MY PRESENTATION AS IT RELATES TO THINGS.
AND LIKE I HAD SAID IS, IS THAT, UH, WE HAVE BEEN MONITORING OVER TIME TO ANSWER THE QUESTION AS IT RELATES TO THE AMOUNT OF HOURS, UM, AND THE CHANGES IN THAT.
SO ON THE, UH, THE CURRENT, UM, WE HAVE 61.5 HOURS OF OPEN PICKLEBALL PLAY.
AND THE PROPOSAL IS TO JUMP THAT TO 75.5 HOURS PER WEEK, OR FOR THE WEEK PERIOD OF TIME, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF 14 HOURS.
THE PICKLEBALL LEAGUE WOULD GO FROM FOUR AND A HALF HOURS TO AN ADDITIONAL EXCUSE, FOUR AND A HALF HOURS TO EIGHT HOURS, WHICH WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL 3.5 HOURS IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THAT.
OR, UH, ROLLER HOCKEY, UM, OH, I'LL DO DERBY DAMES FIRST, THEN FINISH UP WITH ROLLER HOCKEY.
UH, DERBY DAMES FOUR HOURS STAYS FOUR HOURS AS FAR AS WHAT THEIR ACTUAL RENTAL TIME IS FOR USE AT THE, AT THE FACILITY AND THE ROLLER HOCKEY SLASH OPEN PLAY PERIOD OF TIME.
UH, AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE WITH THE OPEN PICKLEBALL PLAY GOING UP BY 14 HOURS, THEY WOULD BE DECREASED BY 14 HOURS, UH, FROM 20 HOURS TO
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SIX HOURS.AND SO AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN UP THERE FOR A COUPLE YEAR PERIOD OF TIME.
I HAVE STAFF THAT SEES WHAT GOES ON LITERALLY ON AN HOURLY BASIS, IF NOT MINUTE BY MINUTE BASIS UP THERE.
AND SO THIS IS WHAT WE BELIEVE, UH, BASED ON THE USE PATTERNS OR REQUESTS FOR TIMES UP THERE.
UM, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON THAT, UM, WE HAVE, UH, PICKLEBALL PLAYERS, UH, SHOW UP AND, UH, OTHER THINGS ARE OCCURRING AND THEY DO, THEY DO LEAVE, UH, THERE FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
UH, THERE WAS A COMMENT MADE AS IT RELATED TO THE DUAL USE OF THE RINK AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, I JUST GOT DONE WITH A CRUISE AND THEY WERE PLAYING PICKLEBALL AND BASKETBALL ON THE SAME RINK AREA.
YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE WHAT THAT WAS LIKE.
IT'S REALLY NOT FEASIBLE TO MIX THOSE TYPES OF USES.
IT'S LIKE OUR FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE, FOOTBALL AND SOCCER AND BASEBALL AND STUFF.
WE JUST DON'T MIX THOSE TYPES OF THINGS BECAUSE IT REALLY THEN JUST BECOMES ADVERSARIAL REALLY OUT THERE BECAUSE SOMEBODY'S BALL OR PUCK IN THIS CASE GOES INTO THE OTHER PERSON'S AREA AND SUCH.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S A TOUGH THING TO NAVIGATE.
AND OF COURSE, IT'S OPEN PLAY, SO WE DON'T HAVE STAFF THAT'S LITERALLY WATCHING THE ACTIVITY THE ENTIRE TIME TO MAKE SURE THOSE TYPES OF THINGS AREN'T HAPPENING AND SUCH.
SO ANYWAYS, UM, THE PROPOSED TIMES IS REALLY DICTATED BY WHAT THE, WHAT WE'RE SEEING OUT THERE, UM, AS IT RELATES TO THE USES AND STUFF.
AND LIKE I SAY WITH THE PICKLEBALL LEAGUE ESPECIALLY, IS, IS THAT, UH, WE'VE GOT A LONG WAITING LIST OF PEOPLE THAT WANNA PLAY IN A LEAGUE, UH, TYPE SCENARIO AND STUFF.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO DO IT FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
SO THAT'S THE PROPOSAL THAT WE'RE PUTTING FORWARD AS FAR AS THE CHANGE OF THE HOURS OF AT GRAND AVENUE PARK.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JONATHAN.
I ACTUALLY WANNA START OFF WITH SOME COMMENTS ON THIS.
UM, SO FOR OUR, OUR DERBY DAMES, THEY'RE THE SAME.
UM, I LIKE THE FACT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO, UM, SATISFY THE PICKLEBALL LEAGUE BE BY DOUBLING IT FOR HAVING THE EXPANSION LEAGUE, WHICH IS HUGE.
'CAUSE ONE OF THE BIGGEST ASKS WAS FOR MORE LEAGUE SPACE BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS NOT SOLD OUT FOR A BETTER WORD.
UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I CAN APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT DON'T PLAY PICKLEBALL AND THAT WANT TO USE OPEN SKATE OR ROLLER HOCKEY.
AND WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT, UM, WHEN IT'S OPEN FOR OPEN SKATE, IT'S NOT JUST USED FOR SKATING AND ROLLER HOCKEY.
MY, MY PROPOSAL IS I THINK WE OWE IT TO THE ROLLER HOCKEY COMMUNITY AND OTHER PEOPLE THAT USE IT FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES TO AT LEAST SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE A A LITTLE BIT AND KIND OF, UM, YOU KNOW, OFFER THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO THE ORIGINAL SCHEDULE ON THURSDAYS AND FRIDAYS HAS HOCKEY FROM FOUR 30 TO NINE 30.
AND I WOULD PROPOSE THAT ON THE NEW SCHEDULE, WE REALLY KEEP IT AT FOUR 30 TO NINE 30.
AND ON WEDNESDAYS WE KEEP ROLLER HOCKEY AT FOUR 30 TO SEVEN.
AND I'M JUST GONNA GIVE MY LITTLE EDITORIAL ABOUT PICKLEBALL.
I'M NOT AGAINST PICKLEBALL, I'M NOT AGAINST ROLLER HOCKEY, BUT WE ALL KNOW SITTING UP HERE, THIS IS NOT WHERE PICKLEBALL ENDS GUYS, WHEN WE GET THE FUNDING, AS TIMES AS THINGS GO FORWARD, WE'RE GONNA HAVE OTHER AMENITIES, OTHER FACILITIES FOR PICKLEBALL.
AND LIKE I SAID AT THE LAST MEETING, UM, I, I THINK WE REALLY HAVE TO BE TRUE TO THAT BALANCE.
I KNOW THAT THIS IS AN EMERGING SPORT.
I, I GET IT, I GET HOW POPULAR IT IS, AND JONATHAN, I DON'T DISCOUNT THE FACT THAT I KNOW, I BELIEVE WHAT YOUR STAFF SEES, BUT MY PROPOSAL WOULD BE LET'S GIVE IT ONE MORE SHOT.
AND IF YOU CAN TELL US IN ANOTHER MONTH THAT THEY'RE NOT RISING TO THE OCCASION AND THEY'RE NOT USING THAT FACILITY, THEN WE CAN GO WITH THIS PROPOSED.
BUT I THINK WE SHOULD GIVE THEM ONE MORE SHOT TO USE THE FACILITY MORE.
AND I KNOW WE GO BACK ON, BACK AND FORTH ON THIS, BUT WE'VE PUT SO MUCH TIME INTO IT.
I'M JUST, I'M JUST KIND OF TRYING TO SPLIT THE BALANCE.
AND, AND THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAY PICKLEBALL IS GETTING ANOTHER LEAGUE.
SO REALLY WHAT IT IS, IS THE, IS THE EXTRA TIME THAT THEY GET TO PLAY, WHICH I KNOW IT'S NEVER GONNA BE ENOUGH.
SO I'LL, I'LL, I'LL LOOK TO YOU GUYS NOW.
AND PETER, RAY, ANYONE? UM, I DISAGREE.
I ORIGINALLY, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT CONVERTING THIS TO FULL PICKLEBALL WITH FULL PICKLEBALL AMENITIES.
WE'VE TALKED TO OTHER CITIES, JONATHAN HAS GONE THROUGH AND THERE'S A REASON WHY THE DERBY DAMES ARE COMING HERE.
'CAUSE THERE'S NOWHERE ELSE TO GO BECAUSE OTHER CITIES HAVE MADE THE TRANSITION.
THEY'VE GONE WITH THE TIMES, THEY'VE GONE WITH THE TRENDS, THEY'VE ADJUSTED TO THE TRENDS.
AND AS I LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE, THIS, THIS SCHEDULE VERSUS THE ONES BEING PROPOSED, IF WE'RE GONNA ADD ANY MORE TIME TO ROLLER HOCKEY, I WOULD ELIMINATE DERBY DAMES COMPLETELY PERSONALLY, WHICH ARE MOSTLY OUTSIDE, OUTSIDE GROUP.
MOSTLY THEY DO PUT IN A RENTAL TIME.
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BUT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO JUST FACE THE FACTS THAT YES, YOU'RE RIGHT, AT SOME POINT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE MONIES AND MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND PICKLEBALL.BUT AS YOU'VE SEEN THE EXPLOSION OF PICKLEBALL, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR PROBABLY SEVEN OR EIGHT MONTHS AS FAR AS THIS IS CONCERNED, THAT I THINK WE JUST NEED TO FACE THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO, TO OFFER UP AS MUCH TIME AS WE CAN ON THAT ONE PARTICULAR, UH, SKATE RINK AND TRANSITION IT TO PICKLEBALL.
SO I, THAT'S, THAT'S MY POINT OF VIEW.
BUT I'VE BEEN KIND OF IN THAT WORLD SINCE LAST JANUARY, WHENEVER WE REALLY STARTED DEBATING ABOUT THE USE OF THIS PARTICULAR RINK IS THAT I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE IT AS, AS MUCH FOR PICKLEBALL AS WE CAN.
AND ON THE ROLLER HOCKEY SITE, IF WE WANT TO ENHANCE ROLLER HOCKEY, I'M GOING WITH JONATHAN BECAUSE HIS PEOPLE ARE THERE.
THEY SEE THE DEMAND, THEY SEE WHAT'S GOING ON, THAT WE ELIMINATE DERBY DAMES.
BUT, UH, I KNOW THAT MAYBE THAT'S NOT PART OF THE, UH, DISCUSSION, BUT THAT'S MY POINT OF VIEW.
UH, YEAH, TO CLARIFY, PETER, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, ELIMINATING DERBY DAMES ON THE, UH, MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHTS FROM SEVEN 30 TO NINE 30 AND SUBSTITUTING ROLLER HOCKEY.
AND ARE YOU IN AGREEMENT WITH, UM, MAYOR MORAN WITH RESPECT TO OPEN ROLLER SKATE FOR, UM, ROLLER HOCKEY TO FOUR 30, UH, TO NINE 30 ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY? THAT WAS MY PURPOSE.
I WANTED TO GO BACK TO THE OTHER, TO THE OTHER, UM, WHICH WAS SCHEDULE.
'CAUSE IT WAS FOUR 30 TO NINE 30.
AND THEN YOU'RE SUGGESTING NOW THAT WE BE REDUCED BY TWO HOURS, UH, WHICH IS WHAT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS BASED ON THEIR, THEIR REVIEW OF THE NEED.
I, I'M JUST TRYING TO CLARIFY BEFORE I GO MAKING A A, A, AGREEING TO SOMETHING.
SO ROLLER HOCKEY WOULD BE ELIMINATED ON MON WHAT WOULD BE MOVED ON MONDAY NIGHT TO THE LATER DERBY DAME GAME DERBY DAMES.
NO, I I'M JUST, I'M JUST, BECAUSE I, I I THINK I'M LINE WITH YOU THERE.
UH, THE OTHER BIG CHANGE WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD ELIMINATE THE ROLLER HOCKEY ON SUNDAY.
SO WITH THAT, I WOULD BE IN AGREEMENT WITH, UH, SUBSTITUTING THE DERBY DAMES FOR ROLLER HOCKEY IN THOSE TIME SLOTS.
AND, UH, I WOULD STILL LIKE TO KEEP THE, UH, ROLLER HOCKEY, UH, ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AT THEIR CURRENT SLOTS.
BRIAN
UH, JONATHAN, WHEN WOULD THIS THEORETICALLY GO INTO EFFECT IF WE WERE TO MAKE A CHANGE? WELL, IT'S ACTUALLY INTERESTING.
I WAS GONNA GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING THE RESURFACING ABOUT MID-SEPTEMBER.
IT'LL TAKE US TO THE EARLY PART OF OCTOBER.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA DO TO BE SENSITIVE TO THE PICKLEBALL CROWD IS OF COURSE, WE'RE ALSO IN THE PROCESS.
WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO, UH, REDOING THE PARKING LOT AT ANO.
AND WHEN WE DO REDO THE PARKING LOT THERE, THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ACCESS TO PICKLEBALL COURTS BECAUSE WHERE THE WORK IS ACTUALLY TAKING PLACE, IT'S JUST YOU, THE, WE'VE COMPLETELY LOST ALL OF OUR PARKING AT THAT SITE.
AND SO IT'S, SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE'RE GONNA WORK ONE FACILITY OFF THE OTHER, KIND OF LIKE WHAT WE DO WITH THE DOG PARK, RIGHT? WE RENOVATE THE ONE BIG DOG SIDE.
WE SPLIT THE OTHER SIDE IN HALF, SO AT LEAST THERE'S SOME DOG PARK AREA FOR BOTH USERS.
AND THEN WE FLIP AND DO THE OTHER RENOVATION AS IT RELATES TO THAT.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA DO THE SAME THING HERE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT A MID-SEPTEMBER TILL EARLY OCTOBER.
AS IT RELATES TO, UH, AS IT RELATES TO THAT, I KNOW THE DERBY DAMES HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH US AS IT RELATES TO THEIR USES THERE.
UH, RIGHT NOW, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S A CALENDAR YEAR TYPE AGREEMENT OR WHATEVER IT HAPPENS TO BE FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
UM, I KNOW THEY DON'T HAVE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE, UH, THIS EVENING, AND THEY HAVE BEEN VERY PARTICIPATORY.
I WILL JUST SAY THIS AS IT RELATES TO OUR PROCESSES AND THE RINK RESURFACING AND, AND EVERYTHING ELSE, NOT NECESSARILY OURS BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY, THEY HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH US AND FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
SO, UM, ANYWAYS, UM, IT'S WHATEVER, WHATEVER THE CITY, UH, WHATEVER THE COUNCIL DESIRES AS FAR AS THAT GOES, WE CAN GO WITH, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING HERE.
UM, UH, WE CAN TWEAK, UH, IF IT NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE MINDS OF THE COUNCIL, A LITTLE MORE EQUITABLE, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO A BLEND OF BOTH THE PROPOSED AND THE CURRENT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT AS IT RELATES TO ROLLER HOCKEY AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND CERTAINLY WE, WE WILL ALWAYS CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE USES THAT ARE GOING ON OUT THERE.
SO IF SOMETHING IS RUNNING AMISS, UH, OUT THERE, MAY IT BE FOR PICKLEBALL OR OTHERWISE, MAYBE ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE'S, YOU KNOW, UH, BECOMES UNPOPULAR TO BE THERE WHEREVER, WHENEVER, FOR PICKLEBALL PURPOSES, WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK TO RE, RE-PROGRAM, WE'LL CALL IT, UH, WITH THE OTHER TYPES OF
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USES THAT ARE CURRENTLY, UH, TAKING PLACE OUT THERE.SO BRIAN, YOU WANNA CONTINUE? UM, I THINK I'M MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT YOUR, YOUR THOUGHTS ARE ON THIS.
SO I THINK THAT THE KEY IS LIKE, UM, IS IS BABY STEPS.
WE, WE SEE WITH THESE PUBLIC COMMENTS HOW PASSIONATE EVERYONE IS.
AND RIGHTFULLY SO, I WOULD NOT SUPPORT THE DERBY GAMES BEING GONE.
THAT WE HAVE, WE SEE HOW PASSIONATE ALL THREE SECTORS ARE PICKLEBALL PLAYERS, ROLLER HOCKEY, AND I THINK, I THINK IT'S JUST BABY STEPS TO EASE INTO THIS BECAUSE NO MA NO MATTER WHAT, SOMEONE'S GONNA NOT BE HAPPY.
AND IT'S, I JUST TRY TO GET IT MORE TOWARDS THE, THE MIDDLE.
AND AGAIN, I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO WORK AT THAT.
WE CAN, AGAIN, WE'RE DOUBLING THE PICKLEBALL LEAGUE.
APPRECIATE THAT
UM, WE HAVE ACTUALLY FIVE COURTS NOW WE'RE GONNA PROPOSE.
WHAT, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO OUT THERE IS IS THAT ON, UM, DURING THE WEEKDAYS, JUST MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, UM, WE CAN LINE FIVE COURTS OUT THERE.
AND SO WE ARE GOING TO DO THOSE COURTS TILL ABOUT FOUR O'CLOCK, FIVE COURTS UNTIL ABOUT FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON.
ONCE FOUR O'CLOCK COMES, THAT'S WHEN SOCCER SHOWS UP AND THE PARK REALLY BECOMES ACTIVE AT THAT POINT.
AND THEN WE'RE JUST GOING TO ELIMINATE ONE OF THE COURTS AND GO TO OUR STANDARD FOUR COURT SCENARIO THERE.
SO WE'LL HAVE FIVE COURTS UP UNTIL THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
AND THAT GIVES EXTRA PLAY TIME OF COURSE, BECAUSE THE PARKING, WE CAN HANDLE THE PARKING ON THE SITE BECAUSE AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, KIDS ARE AT SCHOOL, PEOPLE ARE BUSY AT WORK OR WHATEVER IT HAPPENS TO BE.
AND SO THAT WAS OUR THOUGHT PROCESS THERE.
SO WE ACTUALLY DO GAIN AN ADDITIONAL COURT.
THE GENTLEMAN THAT SPOKE EARLIER TODAY SAID SOMETHING THAT IF, UH, PEOPLE WERE PLAYING RACKETBALL AND THERE WAS A COURT THAT WAS OPEN, HE HAD NO ISSUE WITH SOMEBODY USING IT FOR PICKLEBALL WHILE, WHILE HE'S SKATING, COULD WE DO THE SAME THING WHERE THE FIFTH COURT WAS GONNA BE, THAT WE ALLOWED THAT SPACE TO BE USED FOR SKATING? JUST SKATING? SURE.
UM, IF IT WAS SKATING AND THERE'S NO PUCKS INVOLVED AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS TAKING PLACE AND SOMEBODY JUST WANTED TO SKATE AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND IT WASN'T BEING USED, WE COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, FRANKLY.
UM, SO WE COULD MAKE THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS.
BUT ONCE AGAIN, IF YOU START INTRODUCING OTHER TYPES OF THINGS THAT MIGHT DISRUPT PLAY, UH, YOU KNOW, OF THE OTHER, BUT YES, I GET THAT.
AND THEN ALSO THE, WE HAVE A LONG SIDEWALK AROUND THE PARK.
WE PROHIBITED SKATING AT, UM, COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF THE OTHER TYPES OF ACTIVITIES ARE TAKING PLACE, BALLS BEING HIT AROUND AND KICKED AND, AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO AT GRAND AVENUE PARK, IT'S GRAND AVENUE, UM, COMMUNITY PARK, UM, I BELIEVE WE DID THAT FOR VETERANS PARK AS WELL.
UM, I THINK THAT'S THE MAIN THREE THAT WE DID AS FAR AS THAT GOES AND SUCH.
SO, BUT, UM, AND I WAS JUST SORT OF WONDERING IF WE COULD ALLOW PEOPLE TO SKATE THERE.
I MEAN, IT'S A, IT'S A BIG DISTANCE.
SO AGAIN, I, YOUR, YOUR PROPOSAL, PETER, I I THINK THAT'S GOOD, BUT I THINK WE COULD ACTUALLY DO MM-HMM.
BUT I SUPPORT YOUR, WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO.
ARE YOU GUYS LOOKING AT ME? YOU'RE RUNNING THE MEETING? I DON'T.
WELL, SO ARE YOU HAS EXPRESSED THAT YOU WOULD SUPPORT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY STAYING THE SAME AS IT IS NOW FOR ROLLER HOCKEY, SIX 30 TO 9 30, 4 30 TO 9:30 PM IS THAT RIGHT? YES.
LEAVE IT UH, FROM FOUR 30 INSTEAD OF SIX.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? PETER? WOULD YOU SUPPORT THAT? PUT THIS AT FOUR 30.
BRIAN, WOULD YOU SUPPORT FOUR 30 TO NINE 30 ON THURSDAYS AND FRIDAYS FOR ROLLER HOCKEY? SURE.
RAY, WOULD YOU SUPPORT THAT? NO.
AND WHAT ABOUT YOU ARE, I'M SORRY, PETER, SO SAY THAT AGAIN SINCE IT'S REAL CLEAR.
UM, CURRENTLY, CURRENTLY, UH, ROLLER HOCKEY HAS OPENED, OPENED SKATE ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY FROM FOUR 30 TO NINE 30.
AND I'M PROPOSING THAT WE KEEP THOSE TWO DAYS THE, THE SAME THE SAME AT FOUR 30 TO NINE 30.
AND ARE YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT YOU WOULD SUPPORT THAT? YEAH, I'LL SUPPORT THAT.
SO NOW I'M ASKING PETER, I PROBABLY WOULD NOT, I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE PICKLEBALL.
WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS GET, JUST TO FORMULATE A MOTION SO WE CAN VOTE EITHER WAY IF WHAT WE'RE AGAINST IT.
SO, UM, MIGHT I OFFER, MIGHT I OFFER THIS UP AS A THOUGHT AS I LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE HERE? MY, MY GUT WOULD TELL ME THAT, UM, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE IF YOU GO THE ROUTE OF TRYING TO GET OTHER THAN THE PROPOSED GROUP AND TRYING TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL OPEN SKATE SLASH ROLLER HOCKEY TIME IS IS THAT PROBABLY OTHER DAYS ARE GOING TO WORK BETTER THAN TO EXTEND JUST THOSE TWO DAYS.
AND SO GIVING MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO GO OUT THERE AND, AND PARTICIPATE, I WOULD THINK WOULD BE A, UH, WOULD BE A POSITIVE AS IT RELATES TO THAT.
SO, UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID IS, IS THAT, UM,
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UH, AND I KNOW OUR ROLLER HOCKEY, UH, GUYS ON THURSDAYS, TYPICALLY THEY'LL BE OUT THERE AT ABOUT SIX O'CLOCK, 6 30, 7 EVEN SEVEN O'CLOCK AT NIGHT AND STUFF.SO THERE'S NOT A LOT THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.
KEEPING, KEEPING, WHAT I WOULD PROBABLY, IF I MIGHT, LOOKING AT THIS AT THIS POINT IS, IS THAT, UM, ON THE PROPOSED WE WOULD KEEP AS IS SO PICKLEBALL AND THEN FINISHING UP THE EVENING WITH THE LEAGUE.
'CAUSE THAT WOULD BE OUR SECOND LEAGUE.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SUNDAY, RIGHT? SUNDAYS.
MONDAYS WE WOULD THEN DO, GOING BACK TO OUR CURRENT SCHEDULE, WHICH WOULD BE EIGHT TO FOUR FOR PICKLEBALL, AND THEN FOUR 30 TO SEVEN FOR OPEN SKATE ROLLER HOCKEY, AND THEN FINISHING UP THE EVENING WITH DERBY DAMES.
SO THE CURRENT WOULD REMAIN THE SAME AND THEN TUESDAYS ARE EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE.
TUESDAYS WOULD REMAIN EXACTLY THE SAME CURRENT SCHEDULE, WHICH IS ALSO THE SAME AS THE PROPOSED WEDNESDAY, THEN GOES BACK TO THE CURRENT SCHEDULE.
AND THEN THURSDAYS, I WOULD LEAVE AT THE PROPOSED OF SIX 30 TO NINE 30 ON BOTH OF THOSE DAYS BECAUSE REALLY WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS, IS THE NEED TO BE OUT THERE LATER, LATER FOR THE PICKLEBALL THING.
SO THEY'RE LOSING A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, BUT I KNOW THE ROLLER HOCKEY GUYS TYPICALLY AREN'T GETTING OUT THERE TILL ABOUT SEVEN O'CLOCK AT NIGHT TYPICALLY IS WHAT, WHAT IT IS AND STUFF.
AND THAT'S REALLY, REALLY, THAT'S REALLY KIND OF THE FIRST PEOPLE THAT WE SEE OUT THERE AS FAR AS THAT GOES.
SO ANYWAYS, THAT'S HOW I WOULD WELL YOU'RE THE, THAT'S A MOTION.
YEAH, YOU'RE THE EXPERT ON IT.
UM, WHAT JONATHAN SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT AND I'LL SECOND THAT.
CAN YOU JUST SORT OF SAY IT ONE MORE TIME?
IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO READ WHAT I HEARD IT.
SO I SEE SUNDAY WE KEEP THE PICKLEBALL AS IS AND WE'RE ADDING THE LEAGUE AT THE FIVE 30 TO NINE 30.
MONDAY WE HAVE EIGHT TO FOUR PICKLEBALL, FOUR 30 TO SEVEN OPEN SKATE ROLLER, DIRT ROLLER HOCKEY, AND THEN DERBY DAMES SEVEN 30 TO NINE 30.
TUESDAY WE HAVE THE PICKLEBALL FROM EIGHT TO FIVE 30, AND THEN THE LEAGUE FROM FIVE 30 TO NINE 30.
WEDNESDAY WE HAVE EIGHT TO FOUR PICKLEBALL, FOUR 30 TO SEVEN OPEN SKATE ROLLER HOCKEY, SEVEN 30 TO NINE 30 DERBY DAMES.
THURSDAY WE HAVE SIX 30 TO NINE 30 FOR ROLLER HOCKEY.
AND THEN THE PICKLEBALL HAS THE EXTENDED HOURS EIGHT TO SIX, AND THEN SATURDAY REMAINS THE SAME.
CAN YOU REPEAT THAT PLEASE?
THE PICKLEBALL WOULD LOSE ABOUT FOUR HOURS, UH, ON THAT, THAT, UH, MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY BASED COMPARED TO WHAT HAD BEEN PROPOSED RIGHT HERE.
UM, SO THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND.
OUR NEXT ITEM 22 A IS OUR SPECIAL MEETING ITEM.
THIS ITEM IS TO ADOPT AN INTERIM ORDINANCE PROHIBITING BILLBOARD, OFFSITE SIGNS CITY ATTORNEY HENSLEY TO PRESENT, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, IN A RECENT REVIEW OF THE ZONING CODE TEXT.
UH, WHILE THE ZONING CODE TEXT DOES HAVE PROVISIONS IN ABOUT, UH, PROHIBITING OFFSITE ADVERTISING, UH, WE, WE BELIEVE IT COULD BE STRONGER.
AND REALLY WHAT THAT'S TALKING ABOUT IS BILLBOARDS.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS THAT THE COUNCIL ADOPT THIS URGENCY ORDINANCE TO REALLY CLARIFY THAT THEY'RE PROHIBITED, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND THEN WE'LL BE BRINGING BACK FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION, UH, AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION, UH, AN ORDINANCE TO UH, UH, PERMANENTLY BE IN PLACE ON THAT TOPIC.
AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW AT WHAT POINT SOME LANGUAGE MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN DROPPED OUTTA THE CODE, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION THIS EVENING.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THIS DOES REQUIRE BECAUSE IT'S AN URGENCY, UM, ORDINANCE THAT WOULD REQUIRE A FOUR FIFTH VOTE.
DO WE HAVE ANY, ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MARK? OKAY.
DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS? SO MOVED.
[23. Designate Voting Delegate and Alternate for Cal Cities Annual Conference scheduled for October 16 through 18, 2024, in Long Beach, California]
NEXT ITEM ARE ITEMS INITIATED BY COUNCIL.THE FIRST ITEM IS ITEM 23 TO DESIGNATE A VOTING DELEGATE AND ALTERNATE FOR CAL CITY'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE.
ASSISTANT CITY CLERK SIZEMORE TO PRESENT.
GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS EVERY YEAR.
THE LEAGUE, CALIFORNIA CITY'S CAL CITY CONVENES A MEMBER DRIVEN ASSEMBLY AT THE CAL CITY'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND EXPO.
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ASSEMBLY IS COMPRISED OF VOTING DELEGATES BY EACH MEMBER.CITY VOTING DELEGATES, DEBATE AND CONSIDER GENERAL AND PETITION RESOLUTIONS FORWARDED BY THE RESOLUTION COMMITTEE AND ALSO MAY CONSIDER POTENTIAL CAL CITY BYLAW AMENDMENTS.
CONSISTENT WITH CAL CITY'S BYLAWS, A CITY'S VOTING DELEGATE ALTERNATE MUST BE DESIGNATED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND CANNOT BE ACCOMPLISHED BY INDIVIDUAL ACTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER ALONE.
THE VOTING DELEGATE AND ALTERNATE MUST BE REGISTERED TO ATTEND THE CAL CITY'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND EXPO, WHICH ALL FIVE OF YOU ARE.
AND IT WILL BE HELD THIS OCTOBER 16TH THROUGH THE 18TH AT THE LONG BEACH CONVENTION CENTER.
SO STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT CITY COUNCIL DE DISCUSS AND DESIGNATE A VOTING DELEGATE, AN ALTERNATE FOR THE CAL CITY'S GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON OCTOBER 18TH.
AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR THE DELEGATE WAS COUNCIL MEMBER OR COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ AND ALTERNATE WAS MAYOR MORAN AT THE TIME.
SO THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION OR MOTIONS FOR THIS? I'D LIKE TO KEEP IT AS WE DID LAST YEAR.
ARE YOU TWO GOOD WITH REPLICATING? YEAH.
SO THAT'S MARK HAS AS THE DELEGATE AND MORAN AS THE ALTERNATE.
AND DO WE STILL NEED TO VOTE, RIGHT? YES.
WHO MADE THE MOTION? ALL MOTION.
[24. Appoint Council Member to serve as Alternate Board Member to San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Board of Directors]
NEXT ITEM NUMBER 24 IS TO APPOINT A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER TO SERVE AS THE ALTERNATE BOARD MEMBER TO THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK SIZE.MORE TO PRESENT LIKE JONATHAN.
SO EACH YEAR AT THE FIRST MEETING IN DECEMBER, THE CITY COUNCIL REVIEWS AND APPOINT CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ATTEND COMMITTEE COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS.
IN DECEMBER, 2023, COUNCIL VOTED TO APPOINT COUNCIL MEMBER DELICATE AND VICE MAYOR BENNETT IS ALTERNATE TO THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
RECENTLY AT THE JUNE 11TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING, COUNCIL APPOINTED COUNCIL MEMBER JOE'S AS THE DELEGATE TO THE OMNI BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE REMAINDER OF VICE MAYOR BENNETT'S 2024 TERM.
SINCE THE OMNI TRANS BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND S-B-C-T-A BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEET CONSECUTIVELY ON THE SAME DAY IN THE SAME LOCATION, IT IS REASONABLE FOR COUNCIL MEMBER JOE'S TO SERVE AS ALTERNATE FOR THE S-B-C-T-A BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
SHOULD THE DELEGATE COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ NOT BEING ABLE TO ATTEND STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DISCUSS AND DESIGNATE THE ALTERNATE BOARD MEMBER TO THE S-B-C-T-A BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE REMAINDER OF VICE MAYOR BENNETT'S 2024 TERM.
THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT AND I'M HAPPY TO ASK.
SO MOVE QUESTIONS JUST TO MAKE A COMMENT REAL FAST.
UM, THEY'RE NOT AT THE SAME LOCATION, JUST SO YOU KNOW.
THEY'RE TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
AND, UM, I THINK I'D SECOND THAT, UH, MOTION.
[25. 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.]
PUBLIC COMMENTS.AT THIS TIME, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEMS WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION ON THE COUNCIL THAT DO NOT APPEAR ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK OR REQUEST A SPEAK CARD.
COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JOANNE, JEN AND I WANNA THANK THE, THE SPEAKERS THAT ARE GOING TO SPEAK TONIGHT ON NON AGENDA ITEMS FOR WA THROUGH THE MEETING IF YOU WERE NOT ALREADY AWARE OF OUR, OUR NEWER FORMAT.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF AND AUDIENCE.
I WAS ORIGINALLY GONNA TALK ABOUT THE HOMELESS REPORT THAT CAME OUT FOR THE COUNTY AND TALK ABOUT THE HOMELESS NUMBERS IN OUR CITY.
BUT INSTEAD, I'LL WAIT AND ADDRESS YOU AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
TONIGHT I WANNA TALK ABOUT CARMEN ACOSTA AS WE'RE GONNA CLOSE, AS YOU'RE GONNA CLOSE THE COUNCIL MEETING.
IN MEMORY OF HER PASSED AWAY LAST MONTH, MANY OF US HAVE KNOWN CARMEN FOR AND FOR QUITE A WHILE, AND HER HUSBAND RON, WHO ARE PART OF HOPE FOR THE HILLS THAT FOUGHT THE TRANSMISSION LINES IN OUR CITY.
IN FACT, BOTH, UH, THEIR SONS ARE HERE TONIGHT.
ERIC AND RON ARE IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT, AND A LOT OF THE PEOPLE FROM HOPE FOR THE HILLS.
I WANNA SHARE A STORY WITH YOU IN THE VERY BEGINNING WHEN WE GOT THE NOTICE ABOUT THE TRTV COMING UP.
A FEW OF US, UH, JEANETTE SHORT AND I THINK DEBBIE HERNANDEZ, WE STARTED WALKING THE CITIES ON THE WEEKEND.
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UP THEIR STREET, WHICH IS KIND OF A HILL.IT WAS HOT, IT WAS ON A SATURDAY.
AND WE GOT TO CARMEN AND RA'S HOUSE.
AS YOU KNOW, RAWL PASSED AWAY A FEW YEARS AGO, WE GOT TO THEIR HOUSE AND WE WERE JUST LIKE, I THINK THEY COULD TELL WE WERE SWEATING AND IT WAS HOT, AND OUR FEET WERE TIRED.
AND THEY SAID, COME ON IN, HAVE SOME FOOD, HAVE SOME WATER.
IT WAS MIKASA S CASA ATTITUDE, AND THEY ALWAYS WERE THAT WAY.
HE WAS A BEAUTIFUL MAN, AND SO WAS CARMEN.
HE DID SOME BEAUTIFUL PAINTINGS AND HE OFFERED THOSE PAINTINGS AT OUR FUNDRAISERS AND MADE MONEY FOR US SO WE CAN FIGHT THOSE TRT TOWERS IN OUR CITY.
UM, I THINK THAT, UH, MANY OF US, PROBABLY EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE HOPE FOR THE HILLS THAT ARE SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE, WE PROBABLY ALL HAVE AT ONE OF HIS PAINTINGS HANGING IN ONE OF OUR ROOMS IN OUR HOUSE.
I JUST WANNA SAY CONDOLENCE TO RON AND ERIC, AND I BELIEVE THAT RON, THAT I BELIEVE THAT, UM, RAW AND
YEAH, CARMEN, CARMEN ARE UP IN HEAVEN TOGETHER.
SO I'LL ADDRESS THE HOMELESS REPORT AND TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE AT THE NEXT MEETING, BUT THANK YOU.
UH, MAYOR MORAN AND COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, I LIVE NEAR THE GREEN BE AREA, UM, BEHIND THE HIDDEN HILLS PARK.
UH, JUST WANT TO ADDRESS A PROBLEM WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS LANDSCAPE DIVISION.
UH, THE LAST TIME THE CITY AND WORKER, THE TRIM, THERE'S A HUGE TREE AT THE GREEN BE AREA, UH, BEHIND OUR FENCE.
THAT WAS ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO.
AND SO NOW THE TREE GROW TO ABOUT 35 TO 40 FEET TALL.
AND BESIDES, UH, THE PINE CONES AND THE PINE NEEDLE KEEP FALLING ON OUR LAWN IN OUR BACKYARD.
SO, UM, UM, MARCH 4TH, UH, THIS YEAR, UM, I CALL POPPY WORKS AND I REPORT A HUGE TREE, HASN'T BEEN TRIMED, UH, FOR SEVEN YEARS.
UH, NEXT DAY, TONY, THE INSPECTOR, UM, LEFT ME A VOICEMAIL AND HE AGREED THAT THE HUGE TREE, UM, DEFINITELY WOULD NEED A TRIM, UH, TO BE TRIMED SOON.
AND SO HE ALSO TOLD ME THAT HE PUT OUR WORK ORDER, UH, ON THE PRIORITY ONE.
TRIM THIS, UM, UM, MAY 7TH, MAY 7TH THIS YEAR, I CALLED TONY AGAIN.
I LET HIM KNOW THAT PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU GONNA SEND A WORKER SO SOMEONE CAN BE HOME, BECAUSE I REMEMBER YEARS AGO, UM, WHEN THEY, THE CITY CAME, THE WORKER CAME, THERE WAS A HUGE, A LOT OF BRANCHES THAT FALLS ON OUR BACKYARD.
AND THEN I NOTICED THE WORKER JUST JUMPED OVER THE FENCE AND TO PICK OUT THE FALLEN BRANCHES.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE SOMEONE WOULD BE HOME RIGHT, BUT TONY NEVER CALLED ME BACK.
UM, ON JUNE 6TH, 2024, I CALLED PUBLIC WORKS AGAIN.
I TALKED TO KELLY AND REMARK, UH, REGARDING MY WORK ORDER.
KELLY SENT AN EMAIL TO TONY AND TO PLEASE CALL ME.
UNFORTUNATELY, TONY, JUST KEEP IGNORING ME.
ON JULY 17TH, 2024, I CALLED PUBLIC WORKS AGAIN AND I SPOKE TO KELLY AND I SAID, CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHO IS TONY'S SUPERVISOR? SO KELLY INFORMED ME, UM, HIS NAME IS LUTHER MARTIN.
SO KELLY SENT AN EMAIL TO LUTHER MARTIN TO STATE THE PROBLEM, AND THEN LET HIM KNOW THAT I CALL AND PLEASE HAVE HIM LOSE IT.
UM, UM, UM, AUGUST 5TH, I CALLED PUBLIC WORKS AGAIN AND SPOKE TO KELLY BECAUSE MY, UH, LUTHER NEVER CALLED ME, RIGHT.
AND SO KELLY ASSURED ME THAT SHE WAS SEND ANOTHER EMAIL TO LUTHER TO, UH, LET HIM CALL ME.
AGAIN, LUTHER NEVER BOTHERED TO CALL ME, SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TO ADDRESS TO THE CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE RESOLVED.
AND THEN ALSO I FEEL, UM, MAYBE THE PUBLIC WORK LANDSCAPING DECISION, UH, DIVISION NEEDS SOME TRAINING SO THEY KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THE REQUEST FROM, FROM THE LOCAL RESIDENTS, SUCH AS ME WITH COURTESY AND PROFESSIONALISM.
CAN YOU PLEASE LEAVE YOUR INFO? THANK OH, THANK YOU.
CAN YOU PLEASE LEAVE YOUR INFORMATION WITH OUR CITY CLERK AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT SOMEONE CALLS YOU TOMORROW.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SUZETTE DING.
IS IT A MIRAGE? I'M SEEING SUZETTE.
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GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MORAN, VICE MAYOR BENNETT.COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF AND AUDIENCE MEMBERS OF CHINO HILLS.
I'M WITH YOUR FOURTH DISTRICT, COUNTY SUPERVISOR, KURT HAGMAN'S OFFICE.
I'M HERE WITH ONE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT SUPERVISOR HAGMAN'S.
NEXT DOCUMENT SHREDDING EVENT WILL BE ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH AT THE UPLAND MEMORIAL PARK, LOCATED 1 1 5 0 EAST FOOTHILL BOULEVARD IN UPLAND.
IT'LL BE BETWEEN 9:00 AM TO 12:00 PM OR UNTIL THE SHREDDING TRUCKS REACHES CAPACITY.
IT IS LIMITED TO THREE STANDARDIZED FILING BOXES OF DOCUMENTS PER VEHICLE.
UM, ALL OF OUR STAFF WILL BE THERE WITH A SMILE.
SO COME AND BRING ALL YOUR DOCUMENTS.
I KNOW EVERYONE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
UM, IT IS FREE TO ALL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY RESIDENTS ONLY.
UM, PRE-REGISTRATION IS RECOMMENDED THROUGH, UM, EVENTBRITE.COM, EVENTBRITE.COM TO EXPEDITE THE PROCESS.
THAT'S HAGMAN SHRED 0 9 2 4 EVENTBRITE.COM.
AND AS ALWAYS, PLEASE CONTACT SUPERVISOR KURT HAGMAN'S, DISTRICT OFFICE AT 9 0 9 4 6 5 5 2 6 5 FOR ANY COUNTY RELATED QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, OR RESOURCES.
UM, AND I LEFT THE FLYERS OUT IN THE FOYER IN THE LOBBY.
SO, AND THEN ANY QUESTIONS, YOU ARE WELCOME TO DROP IN OR CALL US.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER, OUR NEXT AND FINAL SPEAKER IS STEVE ELI.
UM, THE SHIRT I'M WEARING IS APROPOS TO ITEM 18 TONIGHT.
WE WERE UP IN SACRAMENTO ON, UM, I THINK IT WAS JANUARY 16TH, HUNDREDS OF CALIFORNIANS BUSINESS LABOR AND JUST ORDINARY PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE LIFE IN THE WATER WORLD, BUT NATURALLY WERE, UH, INTERESTED IN INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AND SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.
AND I WAS WEARING THIS ORIGINALLY AS A DEMONSTRATION OF WHAT PEOPLE CAN DO.
UM, BUT THE, THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING AND SCREAMING AT YOU DIDN'T SHOW UP TONIGHT, WHICH IS GREAT.
UM, I THINK MAYBE THEY'VE, THEY'VE MOVED ON.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES IN THIS COMMUNITY AND MOST OF YOU SITTING ON THIS DAY HAS HAD IT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER, DONE ONE OR MANY OF 'EM, RIGHT? AND, UH, I, I WANTED TO COME OUT AGAIN 'CAUSE, UH, WHEN I WAS HERE LAST TIME, I MENTIONED I HADN'T BEEN HERE IN SIX MONTHS, AND YOU ALL KNOW THE REASON WHY I HADN'T BEEN HERE.
BUT AS I WAS DEPARTING, SOMEBODY FROM THE GROUP THAT HAD BEEN COMING HERE SAID, HEY, SEE YOU IN SIX MONTHS.
WELL, STEVE ELI'S COMMITTED TO THIS COMMUNITY, AND ALL OF YOU ARE, AND WE KNOW IT, AND IT SHOWS, AND YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T COME OUT HERE AND SAY IT.
MID PEOPLE ARE BUSY, ET CETERA.
BUT I WANTED YOU TO KNOW, AND THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT THE 27 YEARS I'VE LIVED IN THIS COMMUNITY, I'VE GIVEN TO THIS COMMUNITY, AND I'VE GOTTEN MUCH MORE BACK BY GIVING TO THIS COMMUNITY.
AND THERE'S SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THAT.
AND I'M SICK AND TIRED OF ALL THE NEGATIVITY AND SCREAMING AND YELLING.
I MEAN, OUR, OUR VICE MAYOR WAS BERATED FOR THE VIETNAM WAR WHEN HE WENT AND SERVED HIS COUNTRY AS A, AS A TEENAGER, BASICALLY WENT OUT THERE.
SO, UH, IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITY IN THIS ROOM, I, I KNOW MARK SHAKING HIS HEAD, BUT IN THIS ROOM, WE NEED TO GET BACK ON CITY BUSINESS, PLEASE.
IN THIS ROOM, PEOPLE HAVE CRITICIZED OUR COUNCIL, AND I AM A CITIZEN WHO BELIEVES THAT THOSE CRITICISMS WHICH OCCURRED IN THIS ROOM WERE INAPPROPRIATE AND THEY SCREAMED OVER THE MIC.
BUT FOR CITY BUSINESS PURPOSES, I PERSONALLY WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU WHO HAVE YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT SERVED OUR COMMUNITY, AND THEN PATIENTLY FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS OR SEVEN MONTHS, LISTENED TO PEOPLE, BOTH OUTSIDERS AND A FEW THAT LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY, NONE OF WHOM WHO HAVE COME OUT AND, AND DONE SPENT THEIR TIME DONATING THEIR TIME TO OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE IT BETTER.
AND I, I COMMEND YOU FOR HAVING PATIENTLY TRIED TO LISTEN TO ALL OF THAT, UM, BECAUSE IT IS SO IMPORTANT.
AND WE HAVE A CITY THAT HAS A BALANCED BUDGET WITH GREAT RESERVES.
AND TRULY THE PROBLEMS THAT WE SHOULD BE DEALING WITH ARE THE FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS. 'CAUSE WE ARE BLESSED TO LIVE IN THIS GREAT CITY.
[ SAFETY UPDATES - Fire and Police]
WE MOVE ON TO SAFETY UPDATES.[03:10:01]
ALT.JEREMY ALT DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF FOR CHINO VALLEY FIRE.
IN THE MONTH OF JULY, CHIN VALLEY FIRE RESPONDED TO OVER 900 CALLS FOR SERVICE, ABOUT 830 OF THOSE FOR EMS BASED FOR MEDICAL, UH, SERVICES.
JUST WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR ALLOWING US TO PARTICIPATE IN NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
THAT WAS, UH, MANY OF US WERE OUT WITH MANY OF YOU, AND WE JUST REALLY ENJOYED THAT EVENT.
PARTICIPATING, PARTICIPATING WITH THE COMMUNITY.
PROUD TO ANNOUNCE, UH, WE HAVE A PROMOTION.
UM, ONE OF OUR FIRE INSPECTORS HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO DEPUTY FIRE MARSHAL LENA LYNN.
MANY OF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH LENA.
SHE'S A RESOURCE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, IN, IN ADDITION TO BEING AN INSPECTOR, SHE'S PROVIDED TRANSLATION SERVICES FOR MANDARIN FOR THE COMMUNITY ON MANY OCCASIONS.
AND WE'RE VERY THANKFUL AND BLESSED TO HAVE LENA AS PART OF OUR ORGANIZATION.
AND FINALLY, UH, THE DISTRICT IS HEAVILY ENGAGED IN MUTUAL AID THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
WE HAVE RESOURCES ASSIGNED TO A FIRE NEAR PLACERVILLE.
UH, THAT ENGINE'S BEEN AROUND THE STATE, UH, FOR OVER A MONTH.
WE HAVE AN ENGINE ASSIGNED UP NEAR CHICO, AND WE HAVE SEVERAL PERSONNEL ASSIGNED IN THIS, ACTUALLY IN THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY NEAR, UH, EUGENE, OREGON.
AND, UH, JUST FOR THE COMMUNITY'S AWARENESS, WHEN WE DO PROVIDE MUTUAL AID TO THE STATE, WE DO FULLY STAFF ALL OF OUR FIRE STATIONS.
SO THERE'S NO INTERRUPTION OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL, CITY STAFF AND RESIDENT AND ATTENDANCE.
I JUST HAVE TWO QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR UPCOMING EVENTS HOSTED BY THE CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 15TH, 2024, FROM SIX TO 7:00 PM THE CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT IS HOSTING A CRIME PREVENTION SYMPOSIUM AT LOS SERRANOS COUNTRY CLUB.
THE COUNTRY CLUB IS LOCATED AT 1 5 6 5 1 5 6 5 6 YORUBA AVENUE.
THE EVENT IS FREE AND DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY PRE-REGISTRATION.
IT'LL BE GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS OF THE AREA TO INTERACT WITH MEMBERS OF THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHO WILL SHARE ADVICE ON CRIME PREVENTION, SAFETY, AND SOME OF THE LATEST CRIME TRENDS.
ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21ST AND THURSDAY, AUGUST 22ND, FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM THE CHINO POLICE DEPARTMENT IS HOSTING A BRAVE WORKSHOP AT THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY CENTER.
THE BRAVE WORKSHOP IS A 90 MINUTE AGE APPROPRIATE SAFETY LESSON, WHICH INCLUDES VERBAL AND PHYSICAL SKILLS TO DEFEND AGAINST SEXUAL ABUSE, VIOLENCE, AND ABDUCTION.
THE EVENT IS FREE, BUT DOES REQUIRE PRE-REGISTRATION.
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER, PLEASE CONTACT SHERIFF'S SERVICE SPECIALIST ANGELA WILSON AT AWILSON@BCSD.ORG OR BY TELEPHONE AT (909) 364-2039.
SPACE IS LIMITED, SO PLEASE REGISTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.
OKAY, NEXT UP WE HAVE OUR COUNCIL REPORTS, VICE MAYOR BENNETT.
HOW ABOUT CITY MANAGER UPDATE? CITY MANAGER UPDATES.
[ CITY MANAGER UPDATES]
DO YOU HAVE ONE TONIGHT? ACTUALLY, MAYOR, I WILL MAKE A, YOU KNOW, 32ND PITCH FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.UH, IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ATTENDED AND ALL OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES FROM FIRE AND, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, MANY OF OUR CITY STAFF ALSO, UH, TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO AND VISIT, UH, AT THE, UH, VARIOUS, UH, EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TALK TO THE RESIDENTS, UH, IN THEIR DRIVEWAYS.
AND IT IS AMAZING AT ALL OF THE GREAT FEEDBACK WE GET FROM THE PUBLIC AND HOW MUCH THEY REALLY APPRECIATE THIS CITY.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK ALL OF THOSE EVENT ORGANIZERS FOR, UH, HOSTING US, FLYING US WITH HOT DOGS, AND, UH, UH, TELLING US WHAT THEY LOVE ABOUT THE CITY AND WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE.
QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THAT PICTURE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE NEW CO COSTUME FOR MCGRUFF, THE CRIME FIGHTING DOG.
I DON'T KNOW THE STORY OF, OF THE MCGRUFF COSTUME.
I DON'T KNOW IF CHIEF, UH, GERARD WOULD LIKE TO ELABORATE ON THAT.
I DON'T KNOW THE STORY YOU'RE REFERRING TO COUNCILMAN, BUT I BELIEVE THE CITY DID ASSIST US WITH THE PURCHASE OF THE MCGRUFF COSTUME.
YEAH, WE SUPPORT MCGRUFF
[ COUNCIL REPORTS Vice Mayor Bennett Chino Valley Fire District Board Chino Valley Unified School District Board Council Member Johsz Omnitrans Board West Valley Mosquito Vector Control Board Council Member Rogers Chino Desalter Authority Board Chino Hills Community Foundation Board Tres Hermanos Joint Powers Authority Water Facilities Authority Board]
YOUR COMMENT.YOUR COUNCIL REPORTS ARE SURE.
UH, WITH RES WELL, THE FIRE DISTRICT, UH, THERE WERE SEVERAL PROMOTIONS THAT WERE MENTIONED.
UM, THOSE HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE PAPER WITH NICE PICTURES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
THE, THE FIRE DISTRICT CONTINUES TO DO WHAT THEY DO BEST.
THEY SERVE THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY, UH, UH, COVER IN THEIR AREA.
UH, AND THEY ARE VERY, VERY GOOD ABOUT SUCCESSION PLANNING.
UH, YOU, WE WERE INTRODUCED TO, UH, I THINK SEVEN NEW RECRUITS, UH, UH, LAST OR LAST MEETING.
SO, UH, THEY JUST KEEP ON DOING WHAT THEY DO, DO THE BEST.
UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, THEY'VE HAD SOME DARK MEETINGS LIKE WE HAVE.
I WILL BE ATTENDING A MEETING ON THURSDAY EVENING, UH, WITH, UH, UH, THE SCHOOL
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BOARD.SO NOTHING FURTHER TO REPORT AT THIS TIME.
AND TO ECHO WHAT ART JUST SAID, BOTH OMNI TRANS AND UH, THE MOSQUITO VECTOR CONTROL BOARD WERE DARK FOR SUMMER.
I DO HAVE REPORTS ON EACH ONE, BUT THEY'LL BE BRIEF.
CHINO DESAL AUTHORITY, CDA TWO MEETINGS SINCE WE LAST MET, ONE ON JULY 11TH, THE OTHER ONE ON AUGUST 1ST AND JULY 11TH.
UH, SEVERAL ITEMS HAVING TO DO WITH MONITORING WELLS AND EXTRACTION WELLS, UH, AND REPAIR OF THOSE WELLS.
AND, UH, ALSO WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, A REAL ESTATE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH EASTVALE HAVING TO DO WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A, UH, A MONITORING WELL THERE.
REALLY NOTHING NOTE NOTEWORTHY.
IT'S MOSTLY, UH, SOME CLOSED SESSION ITEMS THAT WE HAD SOME UPDATES ON SOUTH ARCHIBALD PLUME AND CHINO AIRPORT PLUMES, AND A QUARTERLY REPORT BY OUR GENERAL MANAGER.
SO THAT IS CDA, UH, NEXT ONE UP, FOUNDATION.
FOUNDATION HAD ITS BOARD MEETING IN, UH, JULY, AND REALLY THE MAIN FOCUS OF THAT MEETING SINCE OUR ANNUAL MEETING IS IN MAY.
AND WE, UM, TALK ABOUT THE, UM, THE EXECUTIVE BOARD.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, THE FOLLOWING MEETING, WE DISCUSSED THE COMMITTEE OF SCIENCE.
WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF COMMITTEES, WE DID ASSIGNMENTS, WE HAVE, UH, 16 ON OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND WE DID COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS FOR OUR SEVEN OR EIGHT VARIOUS COMMITTEES.
AND ALSO WE DISCUSSED THE ANDY VARGAS CONCERT, WHICH IS ON SEPTEMBER 7TH.
SO JUST, WOW, I DIDN'T EVEN, UH, GOOD JOB.
ANDY VARGAS, AS YOU CAN SEE, A LEAD SINGER FOR SANTANA.
AND HE HAD A GREAT TIME LAST SUMMER, LAST AUGUST, VISITING HERE AND PUT ON A AWESOME SHOW.
WE SOLD OUT THE GRASS AREA OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER, AND WE'RE BRINGING HIM BACK ON SEPTEMBER 7TH.
SO TICKETS ARE ON SALE FOR $15 AS THEY WERE LAST YEAR.
AND ALSO WE TALKED ABOUT WINE WALK, WHICH WILL BE COMING UP IN, UH, OCTOBER 12TH.
AND, UH, JUST AS A, UH, TICKETS WENT ON SALE, 1400 TICKETS SAME AS LAST YEAR.
THE VIP, WHICH YOU SEE ON THE BOTTOM THERE, THOSE 200 TICKETS SOLD OUT IN A DAY AND A HALF.
AND THE WINE WALK PASS, WHICH IS THE GENERAL WINE WALK, WHICH IS WINE WALK, STARTS AN HOUR LATER, WHICH THAT FIVE O'CLOCK FOR THE GENERAL WINE WALK WHERE YOU TRAVEL AROUND THE WHOLE FACILITY AT THE SHOPS, THOSE TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW.
AND JUST GO TO CHINO HILLS WINE WALK.COM.
SO THOSE ARE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE, THE FOUNDATION, CYNTHIA, AND MOVING ON TO TRACE HOR HORS, THANK YOU, BY THE WAY, FOR THOSE, UH, TRACE ROMANOS, WE, WE HAVE A NEW BOARD MEMBER, UH, STEVE MARCI.
STEVE REPLACED HIS WIFE WHO PASSED AWAY A COUPLE MONTHS BEFORE, AND THIS IS, HE REPRESENTS THE CITY OF INDUSTRY.
AND LET'S SEE IF THERE WAS ANYTHING ELSE OF NOTE.
AND THEN WE DID A REPORT, JUST A FOLLOW UP REPORT ON THE OPEN HOUSE THAT TOOK PLACE ON THE PROPERTY.
UH, A FEW WEEKS BEFORE, WASN'T A FEW WEEKS BEFORE APPROXIMATELY, UH, BEN GAVE A REVIEW OF HOW THINGS UNFOLDED ALONG WITH THE OTHER, UH, DIRECTORS OR THE OTHER DIRECTORS AND, UM, UH, GENERAL OR THE CMS THAT, THAT ARE ON OUR BOARD.
AND WE HAVE ONE MORE COMING UP, PROBABLY, PROBABLY IN THE FALL.
I DON'T THINK WE'VE SET A DATE.
AND THOSE WE'RE SOURCING THE, THE LIST OF A HUNDRED OR SO PEOPLE FROM THE INITIAL LIST OF SIGNUPS THAT TOOK PLACE APPROXIMATELY A YEAR AGO WHEN WE HAD HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE SIGN UP FOR 100 SPOTS.
SO INSTEAD OF ADVERTISING IT, WE'RE JUST GOING DOWN THE LIST OF PEOPLE WE ACCUMULATED THAT WANTED TO GO ON THIS, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE HAVING TO WAIT SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR, WE'RE NOW GONNA SOURCE, I THINK THAT'LL BE OUR LAST BATCH.
AND THEN AS WE GO FORWARD IN THE SPRINGTIME, IF WE DO ANOTHER OPEN HOUSE, WHICH WE PROBABLY WILL, THEN WE'LL PROBABLY ADVERTISE AGAIN AND LET OTHER PEOPLE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THIS WONDERFUL 2,500 OR 24 50 ACRE PROPERTY.
UH, OTHERWISE WE, I THINK WE SPENT MORE TIME IN CLOSED SESSION THAN WE DID AN OPEN SESSION.
AND LASTLY, THE OTHER WATER A PROVIDER FOR US IS WFA WATER FACILITIES AUTHORITY, WHICH IS THE WATER WE RECEIVE FROM THE STATE.
IT COMES DOWN THAT STATE CANAL.
AND WE HAVE A, WE ARE ONE OF FIVE MEMBER AGENCIES AT THE, UH, WFA, IT'S BASED IN
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UPLAND.WE HAVE A WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
THERE AGAIN, WE'RE ONE OF FIVE.
SO A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THE, THE NINE EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE ON THAT, ON THAT SITE.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT EXPANDING OUR, OUR, UM, EMPLOYEE BASE BECAUSE WE ARE RUNNING LEAN AND MEAN AS THEY SAY.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT THINGS SUCH AS WATER OPERATOR CERTIFICATIONS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, UH, WE LUCKILY WE HAVE MARK HERE AS AN EXAMPLE, HOW HARD IT IS TO HIRE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE CERTAIN LEVELS OF CERTIFICATION THAT ARE MANDATED TO RUN PLANTS, WATER PLANTS.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AND WE TALKED ABOUT SUCCESSION PLANNING, STAFFING AND JOB DESCRIPTION UPDATES TO SEE IF MAYBE WE CAN EXPAND OUR STAFF A LITTLE BIT MORE AND ALSO TRY TO HIRE TO ENCOURAGE SOME OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS TO GO FOR SOME OF THOSE CERTIFICATIONS THAT THEY MAY BE RESISTING BECAUSE IT DOES TAKE A WHILE TO, UH, ACHIEVE THE CERTIFICATIONS THAT ONCE THE WFA BOARD MEETING ON, UH, JULY 18TH.
[ COUNCIL COMMENTS]
RAY, LET'S HAVE YOUR CLOSING COMMENTS PLEASE.FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I GOT INVITED TO THE CITY OF CHINO BY THE CITY MANAGER TO MEET THE NEW PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND THE NEW CIVIL ENGINEER AND STAFF, UM, SOME REALLY EXCELLENT PEOPLE THAT THEY HIRED RECENTLY.
UH, WE TALKED ABOUT PINE AVENUE, WE TALKED ABOUT EUCLID.
I THOUGHT EUCLID WAS A NO-GO, BUT APPARENTLY LEGISLATION WAS PASSED AND THEN MOVING FORWARD ON EUCLID, SO SURPRISED ON THAT.
UM, WE DID TALK ABOUT PINE AVENUE AND DANIEL SHOWED UP FOR THAT MEETING.
AND, UH, I'M GONNA KICK IT OVER TO YOU.
WERE YOU HAPPY WITH THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD? UH, EXTREMELY HAPPY.
UH, AS YOU MENTIONED, THE CITY OF CHINO DOES HAVE A NEW, UH, PUBLIC WORKS TEAM WITH A NEW DIRECTOR, NEW CITY ENGINEER.
UM, SO WE'VE BEEN COLLABORATING ON, UH, THE PINE AVENUE EXTENSION PROJECT, MAKING SURE THAT, UH, WHATEVER DOES GET DESIGNED AND BUILT IS, UH, DONE IN A FASHION THAT WILL BENEFIT BOTH, UH, BOTH CITIES, UM, WILL ADDRESS ALL ALL OF OUR ISSUES.
UM, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY'RE REALLY, UH, THEY'VE BEEN OPEN AND HONEST WITH US, UH, IN TERMS OF THIS, THIS NEW PROCESS.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY THE COLLABORATION IS SO MUCH BETTER.
AND ALSO, THE CITY OF CHINO, UM, SB CTAS HAVING A SPECIAL EVENT CALLED A PRESS EVENT, UH, AT THE SANTA FE DEPOT THIS THURSDAY, 11 O'CLOCK.
IT'S THE FIRST EVER HYDROGEN FUEL CELL LOCOMOTIVE CALLED ZEMO.
UH, WE HAVE PETE AGUILAR CONGRESSMAN WILL BE THERE.
WE HAVE ADMINISTRATION FOR THE RAIL FROM DC THERE, AND ALSO STATE REPRESENTATIVES ON TRANSPORTATION WILL BE THERE.
UM, I DO WANNA SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
I WAS REAL IMPRESSED THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY 26 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.
I WANT TO THANK, UH, OR ACTUALLY THE HOST OF EACH ONE OF THE EVENTS FOR, UH, SHARING THEIR, THEIR HOUSE AND ACTUALLY DOING THIS EVENT.
I WANT TO THANK CITY STAFF, I WANT TO THANK THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
I WANT TO THANK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND LIEUTENANT MARIO JUAREZ.
I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR WIFE FOR BEING MY TAXI DRIVER.
UM, DANIEL, I GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU.
I GOT A CALL REGARDING WHEAT ABATEMENT IN CARBON CANYON AND MY CONCERNS, I, I THINK PETER, YOU, YOU WERE PART OF THAT TOO, SO APPARENTLY WE HAD AN AGREEMENT WITH SAW WHILE THERE WAS SOME MISINFORMATION.
I WANNA THANK YOU FOR SETTING EVERYBODY STRAIGHT AS FAR AS INSURANCE.
BUT MY CONCERNS ARE, IT SEEMS THAT, UM, WE'RE WE'RE DOING, WE ABATEMENT LIKE EVERY TWO, THREE YEARS, AND I, I THINK THE PEOPLE THERE WOULD LIKE TO DO IT ANNUALLY.
UM, IS THERE A COST ISSUE WHY WE DON'T DO IT ALL THE TIME? UH, YES, IT IS A, A COST ISSUE.
UM, AS WE'VE, UH, DISCUSSED AT PREVIOUS, UM, BUDGET WORKSHOPS, UM, UH, MORE RECENTLY THE, THIS LAST, UH, BUDGET WORKSHOP WE'RE, WE'RE STRUGGLING FROM A REVENUE STANDPOINT.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE THE REVENUES FOR, FOR LANDSCAPING.
UM, UH, YET OUR COSTS CONTINUE TO GO UP.
SO WE ARE TRYING TO BE PRUDENT, UH, WITH HOW WE SPEND OUR MONEY IN MAINTAINING OUR LANDSCAPING.
UM, WE ARE PRIORITIZING ON WHAT WE ADDRESS.
UM, IN AN IDEAL SITUATION, YES, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN LANDSCAPING TO A HIGHER LEVEL OF SERVICE, UM, ESPECIALLY TO SATISFY THE REQUESTS OF RESIDENTS.
HOWEVER, WITH LIMITED FUNDS, WE ARE TRYING TO DO WHAT WE CAN ADDRESSING HAZARDS FIRST.
AND AGAIN, WE PRIORITIZE AND WE GET TO ALL THE REQUESTS AS AS SOON AS WE CAN.
UM, BUT OFTENTIMES THE, THE ANSWER HAS TO BE, UM, NO TO RESIDENTS.
UM, WE DON'T WANNA SAY NO, BUT WE HAVE TO, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR ENGAGING, UH, CARBON CANYON INDIVIDUALS.
AND THEN FRIDAY I'LL BE ATTENDING A MEETING WITH, UH, SENATOR JOSH NEWMAN, SUPERVISOR KURT HAMAN, UM, RAY WOLF FROM S-B-C-T-A AND CARLOS RODRIGUEZ, WHICH IS THE CHAIRPERSON FOR A QMD FOR ONE OF THE COMMITTEES.
AND THE TWO TOPICS OF CONVERSATION WILL BE HYDROGEN PRODUCTION
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IN CALIFORNIA, NUMBER ONE.AND NUMBER TWO, WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT INSURANCE.
UH, SOME OF THE, I GUESS, UH, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IS DOING AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION.
WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO, UH, THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TO HELP MOVE THAT FORWARD.
AND MY LAST THING, I JUST WANNA SAY CARMEN ACOSTA, FRIEND OF MINE, SOMEBODY THAT I TRULY ADMIRED, SHE DID A LOT FOR OUR COMMUNITY OVER THE YEARS.
WE'LL BE MISSING YOU AND, UM, REST IN PEACE.
AND THOSE, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.
ALRIGHT, JUST TWO QUICK COMMENTS.
UH, YOU KNOW, TO ECHO WHAT RAY SAID, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU TO ALL THE, UH, HOSTS FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S, IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING TO OPEN UP YOUR HOME, YOU KNOW, TO STRANGERS AND, YOU KNOW, TO, TO FLYER, FLYER YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND TO TRY TO DRUM UP PEOPLE TO COME AND, YOU KNOW, AND COME, UM, YOU KNOW, EXPERIENCE THE EVENING AND GET TO, YOU KNOW, INTERACT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WITH OUR FIRE PARTNERS.
SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR HOSTS AND THEN THANK YOU TO CITY STAFF FOR THE NEW CROSSWALK OVER, UH, OVER IN FRONT OF ST.
PAUL'S FOR ALL THE, THE THRONG OF KIDS THAT COME THROUGH, UH, THROUGH THERE.
I THINK HOPEFULLY IT'S MADE THINGS A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR EVERYBODY AND HOPEFULLY A LITTLE SAFER.
UM, WITH RESPECT TO NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, I WAS VERY, VERY PLEASANTLY SURPRISED.
UH, I GOT A, UH, RIDDEN AROUND TO SIX NEIGHBORHOODS BY CAPTAIN AL GERARD AND OUR FORMER CAPTAIN NOW DEPUTY CHIEF GARTH GOODELL.
SO IT WAS GREAT SEEING GARTH AND UH, WE HAD A GREAT EVENING.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR CHAUFFEURING ME AROUND.
UH, AS WE ALL FOUND OUT LAST WEEK, SCHOOL IS BACK IN SESSION.
UM, WATCH, NOT ONLY WATCH OUT FOR THE KIDS, BUT UH, IF YOU ARE GOING ANYWHERE AND YOU NEED TO GO BUY A SCHOOL, WHETHER IT'S ELEMENTARY, JUNIOR HIGH OR HIGH SCHOOL, UH, RETHINK YOUR PLAN AND, UH, FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
UH, BECAUSE TRAFFIC AROUND THOSE, ESPECIALLY ALA UH, JUST BEFORE THREE OR YOU JUST AROUND THREE O'CLOCK OR SO, UH, THEY NOT ONLY HAVE THE PICKUP AND OR PICK UP AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, THEY'RE PICKING UP HERE AT CITY HALL.
AND THE KIDS DON'T ALWAYS NECESSARILY WATCH WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
UH, I WANNA MAKE A SPECIAL REQUEST TO YOU, BEN.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO FOR YOU TO AGENDIZE, UH, AN ANALYSIS OF SENATE BILL 3 29, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY GOVERNOR NEWSOM, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1 27, PROVIDING A ONE-TIME ADJUSTMENT TO, UH, COUNCIL, COUNCIL SALARIES.
SO IF YOU COULD AGENDIZE THAT FOR THE NEXT MEETING, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
AND WITH THAT, THAT'S THE END OF MY COMMENTS.
ALRIGHT, WELL I'LL REITERATE WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID ABOUT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HIT FIVE LOCA OR SIX LOCATIONS ARE YEAH, I WAS ABLE TO GET TO FIVE AND I THINK RAY THOUGHT HE GOT ABOUT FIVE ALSO AND 4 4, 4 OR FIVE, RIGHT? SO THAT'S THE GOAL TO HIT AS MANY AS WE CAN, BUT THERE'S ONLY BETWEEN SIX O'CLOCK AND EIGHT 30 OR SO.
IT, IT'S TOUGH, BUT WONDERFUL JOB.
THANK YOU TO OUR AGENCIES FOR BEING SO PROACTIVE.
THEY WERE EVERYWHERE KEPT RUNNING INTO, I WAS ON A CERTAIN CIRCUIT AND I WAS RUNNING INTO THE SAME INDIVIDUALS.
UH, SAME FIRE TRUCK WAS MAKING ITS ROUNDS ALSO, BUT IT'S, IT'S WELL DONE.
AND THEN OUR CITY STAFF AND, AND FIRE STAFF AND POLICE STAFF, EVERYBODY DID A WONDERFUL JOB.
AND WE WANT TO THANK ALL THE HOSTS WE WENT UP FROM, UH, I DUNNO, I'LL SAY 18 OR SO HOSTS, OR 19 PREVIOUS YEAR TO 26 THIS YEAR.
SO THAT PROBABLY CAME PRETTY CLOSE TO MATCHING OUR ALL-TIME RECORD.
WE MAY HAVE HAD 28 AT ONE TIME, BUT, UH, THIS WAS A WONDERFUL SHOWING AND WE WANT TO THANK THE HOST FOR STEPPING UP.
I'M GOING TO REITERATE WHAT NICOLE, OUR PIO NICOLE FREEMAN TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, BUT IT WAS IN MY NOTES, I THINK I'LL JUST SAY IT.
THERE'S A NINE, THE 91 FLYOVER PROJECT THAT'S GOING ON.
UH, THEY ARE GOING TO DO A FULL CLOSURE OF THE 71 FREEWAY HEADING NORTH AND SOUTH, OR AT LEAST SOUTH SOUTH AT BUTTERFIELD, UH, ON THIS COMING FRIDAY UP UNTIL MONDAY MORNING AT 5:00 AM SO FRIDAY AT 10:00 PM UNTIL MONDAY AT 5:00 AM IT'S COMPLETELY CLOSED, HEADING SOUTH.
SO DO DETOUR HOWEVER YOU CAN THROUGH THE DAIRY LANDS OR UP TO THE 60 FREEWAY, BUT IT'S COMPLETE CLOSURE.
I WASN'T SURE IF YOU WERE GONNA REPORT THAT.
SO I PUT THAT IN MY NOTES AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT, BUT I'M GONNA MAKE A BIGGER DEAL ABOUT IT.
COSTCO, SO IT'S, IT'S A MESS KIND OF AT COSTCO, BUT FOR THOSE OF US THAT GAS UP
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AT COSTCO, 32 LOCATIONS, NO WAITING, LITERALLY NO WAITING.VERSUS THE CUES AND THE BACKUP OF, OF THE, UH, TRAFFIC AND, AND NO TURN ON RIGHT AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT, WHICH ON A SUNDAY MORNING MADE ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE.
BUT I GUESS, UH, THAT'S OKAY WHEN CRICKETS WERE EVERYWHERE.
BUT, UH, UH, NOT TO SAY THAT I WENT THROUGH A RED AND TURNED RIGHT, I'M NOT SAYING THAT, BUT IT WAS, I'M GLAD IT'S GONE NOW.
THE PARKING LOT IS BEING REWORKED.
THE OLD GAS STATION IS ESSENTIALLY TORN OUT.
THERE'S MOUNDS OF DIRT NOW, UH, THERE, SO THEY'RE MOVING PRETTY QUICKLY.
THE WAREHOUSE IS BEING EXPANDED.
IF YOU DO GO ON THE PROPERTY, YOU'LL SEE AN EXPANSION OF, OF IT'S HEADING NORTH AND I BELIEVE WEST, UH, ON THE WAREHOUSE.
SO IT'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY AT COSTCO CENTER.
IT'S A MAIN TAX DRIVER FOR CHINO HILLS.
UH, BUT IT'S ALSO A MORE CONVENIENT SHOPPING LOCATION FOR SO MANY OF US THAT DIDN'T HAVE THIS MANY YEARS AGO.
SO WE, I ALWAYS SHOW MY LOVE TO COSTCO.
RAY, WHO'D YOU SHOW YOUR LOVE TO AGAIN? COSTCO
UH, BUT, AND THEIR GOAL IS LATE OCTOBER, EARLY NOVEMBER, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY WITH OUR NICK.
DOES THAT SOUND ABOUT RIGHT AS FAR AS COMPLETION? YES.
SO THE, UH, THE WAREHOUSE, UM, CONSTRUCTION SHOULD BE MOSTLY COMPLETE AND BUTTONED UP, UM, BY THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER.
THEIR GOAL IS TO ESSENTIALLY GET AS MUCH DONE AS THEY CAN IN THE, UM, PARKING AREA AND THEN, UM, THAT WAY THERE WILL BE LITTLE TO NO CONSTRUCTION DURING THE HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON.
AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO GO BACK IN AT THE FIRST OF THE YEAR TO, UM, UH, REPLACE AND REHABILITATE THE REST OF THE, THE PARKING AREA.
AND SO THAT EVERYTHING SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY MARCH OF NEXT YEAR.
WELL IT'S GREAT TO SEE ALL THE RENOVATIONS GOING, GOING ON.
WE KNOW THE FRUSTRATIONS OF THE, UH, REGULAR SHOPPERS AT COSTCO AND I'M JUST SO HAPPY TO SEE THAT THINGS HAVE COME ABOUT THE WAY THEY HAVE NOW.
AND CYNTHIA, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
THIS MORNING I ATTENDED A CIW AND CIM UM, COMMUNITY ADVISORY MEETING.
AND THE ONLY THINGS YOU REPORT FROM CIW, THEY'RE GONNA AGAIN, HAVE THEIR VERY SUCCESSFUL, UM, REENTRY FAIR ON SEPTEMBER 12TH, WHICH IS FOR, THEY USUALLY HAVE 50 RESOURCES, UH, BOOTHS THAT PROVIDES, UM, ASSISTANCE TO THE POPULATION IN PREPARATION FOR REINTEGRATION INTO SOCIETY.
I THINK IT'S FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA BE PAROLED IN 90 DAYS OR LESS.
AND UM, IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL LAST YEAR.
SO IF THERE'S ANY BUSINESSES THAT WANT INFORMATION ON THAT, THEY CAN CONTACT ME THROUGH MY CITY EMAIL AND I CAN GET THEM IN TOUCH WITH, UM, THE PIO AT THE WOMEN'S PRISON.
UM, GETTING TO CIM, OF COURSE WE'VE NEVER HEARD FROM GOVERNOR NEWSOM ABOUT ALL OF OUR RIGHT, RIGHT, BEN.
UM, BUT AT THIS POINT SAN QUENTIN IS OFFICIALLY EMPTY AND WE HAVE, UM, I COULD NOT GET A, AN ANSWER OR DIRECT ANSWER FROM THE WARDEN, BUT WE CURRENTLY HAVE 46 DEATH ROW INMATES AT UH, CIM, BUT HE WOULD NOT TELL ME.
OF THOSE 46, HOW MANY ARE THE TRANSFERRED OF HOW MANY WE HAD ALREADY, AND AS YOU PROBABLY READ IN THE PAPER, UM, THERE WAS AN ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE ON A GUARD ON MONDAY NIGHT WITH A MANUFACTURED WOMEN WOMAN.
UM, I WANT TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW IS THIS WAS NOT A TRANSFER.
HE WAS ADAMANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS SOMEONE THAT BEEN IN, HAS BEEN IN CUSTODY THERE SINCE 1988, BUT HE WASN'T THERE FOR FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND HE HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED AND WILL NOT BE RETURNING TO CIM EVER.
AND THE CURRENT POPULATION IS, UH, 2,276 AND THE MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY THAT WE USED TO GAIN SOME ATTENTION BIAS THAT WE HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT TOO, UM, IS SCHEDULED TO THE TARGET DATE IS NEXT AUGUST TO OPEN.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THOSE REPORTS.
UM, THE BRAVE WORKSHOP SOUNDS REALLY AMAZING THAT OUR CHIEF WAS TALKING ABOUT.
SO IF WE COULD GET THAT, UM, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT OUR EVENT, IF WE CAN GET THAT ON OUR CITY SOCIAL MEDIA, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY A GOOD EVENT FOR OUR YOUTH.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE EXCEPT I WOULD LIKE TO WISH OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR KRISTA A HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND I THINK THAT WE ALL OWE IT TO HER TO SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR KRISTA, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.
FOR BEING HERE ON YOUR BIRTHDAY.
[ ADJOURN IN MEMORIAM AND IN HOPE: Adjourn in memory of Hope for the Hills member, Carmen Acosta, who passed away on July 23, 2024, at the age of 84.]
SERIOUS NOTE, UM, TONIGHT, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF CHINO HILL'S RESIDENT AND HOPE FOR THE HILLS MEMBER CARMEN ACOSTA, WHO PASSED AWAY ON JULY 23RD[03:35:01]
AT THE AGE OF 84.CARMEN AND HER HUSBAND RA WERE MARRIED FOR 52 YEARS.
THEY BECAME COMMUNITY ADVOCATES AS MEMBERS OF HOPE FOR THE HILLS, WHICH TOGETHER WITH THE CITY BATTLED SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON AND ULTIMATELY LED TO SE UNDERGROUNDING THE 200 FOOT TOWERS THAT WERE SET TO RUN THROUGH OUR BELOVED CHINO HILLS.
ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, WE ALL EXTEND OUR TBIS CONDOLENCES AND OFFER SUPPORT TO HER TWO SONS, RONALD AND ERIC AND ALL OF HER FAMILY, EXTENDED FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN CHINO HILLS AND BEYOND.
AND WE ADJOURN TONIGHT'S MEETING IN HER MEMORY.