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GOOD EVENING,[6:00 P.M. - CONVENE MEETING / ROLL CALL]
AND WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE CHINO HILLS CITY COUNCIL FOR SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2024.IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE RISE, LEE, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THEN REMAIN STANDING FOR OUR INVOCATION BY PASTOR ROB HARTSON FROM CHINO VALLEY CAPITAL CHAPEL.
CHINO HILLS, VICE MAYOR BENNETT, IF I COULD PLEASE TAKE ROLL.
ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT EXCEPT FOR MAYOR MORAN.
SEE, I'M HAVING TO PITCH IN TONIGHT, AND I GET THE ORDER MESSED UP.
[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]
PLEASE, YOUR HEART, HAND OVER YOUR HEART, PLEASE.I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, NATION, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[INVOCATION: Pastor Rob Harston, Calvary Chapel Chino Hills]
WELL, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN AND PRAY, UH, WITH YOU GUYS.SO IT'S BEEN, IT'S AN HONOR TO GET TO DO THAT.
SO IF YOU BOW YOUR HEADS, HEAVENLY FATHER, LORD, WE, GOD JUST COME BEFORE YOU, HUMBLY TODAY, LORD.
AND WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US.
WE, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS CITY OF, OF CHINO HILLS.
UH, GOD, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD PUT A HEDGE OF PROTECTION AROUND THIS PLACE AS, UH, IT GETS CRAZIER AND CRAZIER HERE, UH, IN, IN THIS WORLD.
LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD WATCH OVER THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY, LORD, THAT YOU, GOD WOULD BE IN EVERY DECISION THAT IS BEING MADE, GOD, AND PEOPLE WOULD TURN TO YOU FOR, UH, FOR WISDOM.
AND LORD, WE'RE JUST THANKFUL THAT YOU GIVE US THAT WISDOM, LORD, FREELY.
AND LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU, GOD WOULD JUST BLESS THIS MEETING TONIGHT.
AND WE THANK YOU AND LOVE YOU.
[3. RECOGNITION - Recognizing Chino Hills Girls Softball League 6U Red All-Stars as a Gold Division Team]
AGENDA IS THE RECOGNITION OF THE CHINO HILLS GIRLS SOFTBALL LEAGUE, SIX UNDER RED ALL STARS AS GOLD DIVISION TEAM WOULD MANAGER MIKE JAKE SNYDER.PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM.
UH, TONIGHT IT'S MY HONOR TO RECOGNIZE THE CHINO HILLS GIRLS SOFTBALL LEAGUE, SIX U RED ALL STARS AS A GOLD DIVISION TEAM.
I'D LIKE TO, UH, IN THIS CONGRATULATION, I'D LIKE TO MENTION THE FACT THAT THEY WON THIS HONOR BY ITS, UH, MAKING IT TO THE SEMIFINALS THREE OTHER TIMES WITH A RECORD OF SEVEN.
UH, AND ONE, WHAT AN AMAZING ACHIEVEMENT.
WE KNOW HOW MUCH HARD WORK AND DEDICATION YOU PUT INTO ALL THROUGHOUT THE SEASON TO MAKE THOSE WINS HAPPEN.
WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM JOIN US TONIGHT, INCLUDING TEAM MANAGER JAKE SNYDER AND JAKE, BEFORE WE TAKE A GROUP PHOTO, WOULD YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE YOUR COACHES AND PLAYERS AND BE SURE TO TELL THEM A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SUCCESS.
UM, I PROMISE I WON'T TAKE UP TOO MUCH, TOO MUCH OF YOUR GUYS' TIME.
UM, I'VE BEEN A PROUD, UH, RESIDENT OF CHINO HILLS FOR, UH, 30 PLUS YEARS.
SO THANK YOU FOR, UM, DOING THIS.
UM, THIS TEAM WAS A SPECIAL TEAM.
UM, WE HAD A 34 AND SEVEN RECORD.
WE OUTSCORED OUR OPPONENTS, UM, 560 TO 200, UM, SEVEN OUT OF THE EIGHT WEEKENDS.
UH, THESE GIRLS PLAYED IN THE, IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, SORRY.
UM, WE'RE NOT GONNA BRING UP, UH, WOODIER 'CAUSE, UH, SOME OF THESE GIRLS MIGHT START FOAMING AT THE MOUTH.
UH,
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AND THESE GIRLS FINISHED ON THE TOP.UM, BUT, UM, IT'D BE AWESOME FOR ME TO STAND UP HERE AND SAY THAT WE WENT 41 AND OH, BUT, UM, I THINK THE SEVEN LOSSES THESE GIRLS LEARN, LEARN MORE ABOUT SOFTBALL THAN, UH, THAN THE, THE WINS.
UM, UH, FOR ME AND THE COACHES, IT WAS MORE ABOUT, UH, IT WAS MORE ABOUT, UH, LIFE THAN SOFTBALL.
UM, UH, WE MADE IT OUR GOAL TO TEACH THESE GIRLS ABOUT LIFE.
UM, I'LL JUST, I'LL, I'LL GO QUICK HERE.
UM, THE FIRST ONE THAT, THAT WE TAUGHT THESE GIRLS IS THAT WHEN YOU WORK HARD, UH, GOOD THINGS HAPPEN.
UH, THESE GIRLS PRACTICED, UM, THREE TIMES A WEEK FOR OVER TWO HOURS.
AND, UM, I THINK IT GOES TO SHOW THAT WHEN YOU WORK HARD AND YOU PRACTICE HARD, UH, GOOD THINGS HAPPEN.
UH, THE SECOND ONE IS, UH, TO ALWAYS BELIEVE IN YOURSELF.
UM, AND I KNOW THIS WORLD'S CRAZY, UM, AND SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE IN YOURSELF, BUT, UM, I JUST WANT THEM TO ALWAYS KNOW THAT THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE ALWAYS BELIEVE IN THEM.
UM, AND THE THE LAST ONE WAS OUR, UH, OUR MOTTO OF THIS SEASON.
UH, IT WAS, UH, BE YOU GUYS KNOW, BE WHAT? BE BE UNDENIABLE.
UM, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS A, A CRAZY WORLD.
UM, I JUST WANT TO, WE WANTED TO INSTILL THAT IN THEIR HEADS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WHEN YOU GET OLDER AND YOU START DOING TRYOUTS AND, UH, EVEN OLDER, YOU GET JOB INTERVIEWS THAT AS LONG AS YOU'RE UNDENIABLE, UM, YOU KNOW, AND YOU, YOU DON'T LEAVE ANY DOUBT, THEN, UM, GOOD THINGS WILL HAPPEN.
UM, SO AS LONG AS I, WE INSTILL THAT INTO THEIR HEAD, UM, ALL THIS, THE RINGS AND EVERYTHING, WERE JUST A CHERRY ON TOP.
SO, UM, THANK YOU, UH, THANK YOU TO THE CITY.
FIRST, I'LL INTRODUCE, UH, THE COACHES HERE.
UH, THE FIRST ONE HERE IS, UH, COACH CHRISTINE GUTIERREZ.
YOU WANT THEM TO COME UP, OR NO? YEAH, LET'S, LET'S DO THIS.
LET ME GRAB THESE AND I'M GONNA LET YOU CALL 'EM UP.
SO YOU STILL WILL DEFINITELY SPEND YOUR TIME ON YOUR COACHES
YOU, YOU SEEM A LITTLE NERVOUS.
I, I, I'LL ONLY TALKING TO YOUR FAMILY,
I LOOK OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, AND IT MAKES ME MISS MY GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTERS IN DES MOINES, IOWA SO MUCH BECAUSE THEY'RE THIS AGE.
AND, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE INSTILLING VALUES IN THESE YOUNG LADIES THAT THEY'LL TAKE WITH THEM THEIR WHOLE LIFE.
AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SAID ARE JUST, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THESE KIDS NEED TO HEAR, ESPECIALLY AS MESSED UP AS OUR WORLD IS RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE NOT BRINGING THEM VERY MUCH, BUT WE HAVE TO TEACH THEM HOW TO DEAL WITH WHAT'S GOING ON.
I'LL ACTUALLY, UH, PRESENT THEM TO THEM.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA STAND HERE, UH, FOR A GROUP PICTURE.
AND AT THE END, I THINK YOU'VE GOT YOUR COACHES.
UH, FIRST ONE WAS, UH, FIRST ONE UP IS, UM, OUR PITCHER.
ALRIGHT, IF YOU GUYS DON'T MIND MIND, I, I JUST WANNA JUST FOR SOME OF YOU GIRLS THAT, UH, SOME OF YOU GUYS THAT, UH, SORRY, LET ME GET IT RIGHT HERE.
THIS GIRL PROBABLY HAD THE BEST, UH, SUMMER SEASON, UH, MAYBE IN THE HISTORY.
SHE BATTED 8 67, HAD, UH, 28 DOUBLES, 16 TRIPLES, 22 HOME RUNS, 123 RBIS, AND 95 RUNS SCORED.
UH, AMELIA RODRIGUEZ, YEAR OUTSTANDING.
NEXT ONE IS OUR SECOND BASEMAN.
HAD A HUGE CLUTCH HITS WHEN WE NEEDED HER.
STEVIE SNYDER, YOU, UH, NEXT ONE IS, UH, OUR SHORTSTOP.
THEY CALLED HER, UH, THE HALF PART OF THE MAGIC SIDE, UH, MA ALE, MAN, LILY.
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THE NEXT IS THE OTHER HALF OF THE, THE MAGIC SIDE.OUR THIRD BASEMAN, UH, ANOTHER LEFTY THAT HAD HUGE HITS.
UM, HAD SOME OF THE HARDEST HITS ALL SEASON.
UH, I LOVED, LOVED WATCHING HER PLAY.
UH, HALF OF THE TWINS, EMILY MORENO NEXT IS OUR, UH, LEAD OFF HITTER.
WE ALWAYS HAD HER GET THE PARTY STARTED.
UH, THIS GIRL, SHE, UH, HAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE MEMORIES OF THE SEASON.
WE HAD A TOURNAMENT UP IN VENTURA, UM, BATTLED OUT ALL WEEKEND, MADE THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
WE WERE DOWN IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP, AND, UH, SHE HIT THE WALK OFF.
HIT, UH, TO WIN US THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
UH, IZZY MORENO NEXT IS, UH, PROBABLY ONE OF THE HARDEST WORKING GIRLS ON THIS TEAM.
THE HARDEST WORKING 7-YEAR-OLD I'VE EVER SEEN.
UM, ALWAYS STRIVES TO BE BETTER.
OUR CATCHER, I GUESS THE LAST ONE, SORRY.
UM, OUR CATCHER MADE HUGE OUTS AND HAD SOME ABSOLUTELY HUGE HITS TOO.
UH, NEXT IS OUR THIRD BASE COACH.
UH, COULDN'T DO ANY OF THIS WITHOUT HIM.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO SEE HIM AGAIN.
UH, NEXT, OUR FIRST BASE COACH, ANOTHER ONE WHO I IS, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO DO ANYTHING WITH HER, UH, WHILE WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER AGAIN, UH, ON SUNDAYS, UH, DELINDA RAMOS.
NEXT, UH, THE GUY WHO I SAT IN THE DUGOUT WITH WHILE, UH, THE GIRLS WERE OUT IN THE FIELD, AND HE, UH, WALKED ME OFF THE LEDGE A FEW TIMES.
UH, MR. POSITIVE JUSTIN MANNA.
AND LAST OUR, UH, MRS. GIRL WHO DOES EVERYTHING.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, JAKE SNYDER.
AND THEN I'LL HAVE
WE CAN STAND BEHIND YOU, BUT LET LET NICOLE GO FIRST.
THEY'RE SAYING, LET NICOLE GO FIRST.
NICOLE'S GONNA TAKE THE CITY ONE FIRST.
EVERYONE LOOKING RIGHT HERE IN THE SUMMER, AND THEN WE LOOK AT YOUR PARENTS OFFICER.
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THE NEXT ITEM[4. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming September as National Emergency Preparedness Month]
ON OUR AGENDA IS A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.MONTHS TO BE ACCEPTED BY EMERGENCY SERVICES COORDINATOR.
SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS MONTH.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, WE'LL TAKE ONE SECOND HERE AND LET THEM, THEY CAN ESCAPE.
SEE MY STAFF AND SEE YOU WOULD THINK IT'S AN EMERGENCY BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING OUT NICE AND SLOW AND CALM, WHICH IS WHAT WE TRY TO TEACH EVERYBODY.
RIGHT? ALRIGHT, WE'LL TRY THIS AGAIN.
SEPTEMBER'S NATIONAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS MONTH.
THIS NATIONWIDE COORDINATED EFFORT IS HELD EACH YEAR TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF PREPARING FOR EMERGENCIES AND TAKING ACTION.
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WE URGE ALL RESIDENTS TO TAKE ACTION AND LEARN PROPER SAFETY MEASURES TO FOLLOW BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER AN EMERGENCY.
TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION, WE HAVE OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES COORDINATOR, JOYCE LEE.
JOYCE, PLEASE TELL US A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THIS MONTH, WHAT IT MEANS, AND REMIND OUR RESIDENTS ABOUT THE UPCOMING EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS WORKSHOP.
UH, THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR BENNETT.
UH, AS VICE MAYOR BENNETT STATED, SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH, WHICH IS THE ANNUAL RECOGNITION TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT HOW, UH, THE IMPORTANCE OF PREPARING FOR INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND THEIR, UH, COMMUNITIES, UH, FOR ANY DISASTER OR EMERGENCY, THEY CAN STRIKE AT ANY TIME, AS WE'VE SEEN RECENTLY WITH ALL THE FIRES AROUND US.
UH, THIS YEAR'S PREPAREDNESS THEME IS START A CONVERSATION TALKING ABOUT PREPAREDNESS.
UH, AND POTENTIAL DISASTERS ISN'T ALWAYS EASY, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO PROTECT OUR LOVED ONES AND OUR FAMILY MEMBERS.
UM, BY HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS, WE CAN START TAKING STEPS TO GET READY AND STAY SAFE.
STARTING A CONVERSATION TODAY CAN HELP YOU AND YOUR FAMILY PREPARE, UM, BY TAKING THOSE PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS EARLY.
BY TAKING SIMPLE STEPS, YOU CAN BUILD PREPAREDNESS AT YOUR OWN PACE.
FOR IDEAS ON HOW TO START A CONVERSATION ABOUT PREPAREDNESS, AS WELL AS TIPS ON PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS TO TAKE, YOU CAN VISIT FEMA'S WEBSITE@READY.GOV.
AND THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS WILL BE HOSTING OUR ANNUAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS WORKSHOP ON SEPTEMBER SEVEN, UH, 19TH AT 7:00 PM UH, IN THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY CENTER.
TOPICS COVERED BY THE CITY, CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CHINO, UH, VALLEY UNIFIED, OR SORRY, UNIFIED
ACTIONS TO TAKE DURING AN EARTHQUAKE, HOW TO SIGN UP FOR EMERGENCY ALERTS, THE IMPORTANCE OF WILDFIRE PREPAREDNESS, DEFENSIBLE SPACE AND WILDFIRE TERMINOLOGY, ALONG WITH EVACUATION PROCEDURES AND EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS.
VARIOUS COMMUNITY PARTNERS SUCH AS THE AMERICAN RED CROSS, CHINO HILLS AUXILIARY RADIO TEAM, INLAND VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY LIVESTREAM, UH, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON AND SOCAL GAS WILL HOST BOOTHS DURING THE EVENT, AND ALL ATTENDEES WILL RECEIVE A FREE EMERGENCY, MAGNETIC LIGHT WHILE SUPPLIES LAST.
WE'LL ALSO HAVE A RAFFLE WHERE A FEW LUCKY RESIDENTS CAN WIN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ITEMS. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE ON SEPTEMBER 19TH.
[5. INTRODUCTION: New Employee: Kaja Estrada, Utility Billing Account Technician I, Finance Department]
INTRODUCTION OF A NEW EMPLOYEE, CASIA ESTRADA.SHE'S THE UTILITY BILLING ACCOUNT TECHNICIAN, ONE IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN THE VICE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM? WELL, WELCOME KEISHA.
HOW ARE YOU? I'M GOOD, THANK YOU.
I'M HONORED TO EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO THE NEW UTILITY BILLING ACCOUNT TECHNICIAN KEISHA ESTRADA.
KEISHA IS NO STRANGER TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
SHE FIRST JOINED THE CITY AS A PART-TIME RECREATION LEADER IN 2023.
PRIOR TO THAT, SHE STATED HER CAREER OR STARTED HER
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CAREER IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT WITH THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR AND CITY OF ONTARIO.THANK YOU FOR STICKING WITH US IN CHOOSING CHINO HILLS TO FURTHER YOUR PROFESSIONAL CAREER.
WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU AS A FULL-TIME MEASURE MEMBER OF THE CHINO HILLS FAMILY.
AND, UH, HERE IS A PIN, UH, WHICH WE ALWAYS GIVE OUR NEW MEMBERS.
AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? UM, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO GROW WITH THE CITY.
NEXT IS THE PUBLIC INFORMATION
[PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT]
OFFICER REPORT.THANK YOU CHERYL, AND GOOD EVENING VICE MAYOR BENNETT, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND RESIDENTS.
JUST A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT, THE CITY IS HOSTING A FREE BULKY ITEM DROP OFF EVENT THIS SATURDAY FROM 8:00 AM TO NOON AT THE SHOP'S OVERFLOW PARKING LOT RESIDENTS CAN PROPERLY DISPOSE OF BULKY ITEMS, APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRONIC WASTE.
ALL VEHICLES MUST ENTER OFF CITY CENTER, DRIVE OFF BOYS REPUBLIC DRIVE NEAR THE LIBRARY.
FOR A FULL LIST OF ACCEPTED ITEMS, VISIT CHINO HILL.ORG/COMMUNITY CLEANUP.
CHINO HILLS RESIDENTS ARE INVITED TO JOIN US FOR A FREE SENIOR RESOURCE FAIR ON SEPTEMBER 20TH AT 11:00 AM AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
THE EVENT WILL FEATURE SENIOR SERVING ORGANIZATIONS OFFERING INFORMATION ABOUT BENEFITS AND SERVICES TO HELP OUR SENIORS STAY ACTIVE AND INDEPENDENT FREE HEALTH SCREENINGS, VENDOR GIVEAWAYS, LIGHT REFRESHMENTS, AND RAFFLE PRIZES WILL BE AVAILABLE WHILE SUPPLIES LAST.
AND LASTLY, VETERANS ACTIVE DUTY MEMBERS AND RESIDENTS LOOKING TO RECOGNIZE OUR SERVICE MEMBERS CAN NOW ORDER VETERAN DAY SIGNS.
SIGNS ARE FREE FOR, UH, CHINO HILLS HOUSEHOLDS WITH VETERANS OR ACTIVE DUTY MEMBERS.
AND $15 FOR HOUSEHOLDS WITHOUT WHO WANT TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT, LEARN MORE, AND ORDER BEFORE THE DEADLINE OF OCTOBER 4TH ONLINE AT CHINO HILLS.ORG/VETERANS.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PI REPORT, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE.
[ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION]
TO BE MADE OUT THE CLOSED SESSION? THERE WAS NO, UH, REPORTABLE ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION.UH, BEN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT A COUPLE ITEMS THAT ARE BEING PULLED SO THAT IN CASE PEOPLE ARE HERE FOR THAT, GO RIGHT AHEAD, PLEASE.
VICE MAYOR BENNETT, UH, CITY COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
UH, ITEM NUMBER NINE, UH, WHICH IS LISTED UNDER ITEMS INITIATED BY COUNCIL, PERTAINS TO, UH, SENATE BILL 3 2 9, WHICH, UH, AFFECTS, UH, GIVES THE COUNCIL AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER THE COMPENSATION FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, OUR MAYOR IS NOT WITH US TODAY, UH, THROUGH, UH, UNFORESEEN, UH, CONFLICT WITH THE MEETING.
AND SO IN AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE ALL FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE, REVIEW THE ITEM, DISCUSS THE ITEM, AND THEN VOTE ON THE ITEM, UH, WE'RE PULLING THIS ITEM TO BE CONSIDERED AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, UH, IN SEPTEMBER.
UH, ANYONE WHO'S IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WAS SEEKING TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM SINCE WE BREAK UP OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS INTO ITEMS THAT ARE, UH, ON THE AGENDA AND ITEMS THAT ARE NOT, UH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM AND NOT COME BACK TO THE MEETING, UH, IN THE SECOND MEETING IN SEPTEMBER, WHICH YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME TO THAT MEETING, UH, WE'LL ASK YOU TO SPEAK AT THE END OF THE MEETING SINCE THIS IS NO LONGER ON THE AGENDA, BUT IT'S JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BE HERE WHEN THIS IS CONSIDERED AND DISCUSSED.
[6. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
YOU, UH, READ THE, UH, ITEM ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES.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, WHICH MUST BE PROVIDED DURING THOSE HEARINGS, THOSE PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REQUESTED TO COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK TO MY LEFT A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD AVAILABLE AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.
I DO HAVE, UM, I JUST WANTED TO ADD AS I DO THIS TIME OF YEAR OR THIS TIME THAT, UM, UH, THE YEAR WHEN IT'S ELECTION SEASON, THAT UNDER CALIFORNIA LAW, THAT IT'S, UH, PROHIBITED FROM USING PUBLIC FUNDS ON ELECTION, UH, ITEMS. AND SO, AS WE'VE INSTRUCTED THE PUBLIC AND THE COUNCIL IN THE PAST THAT IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE DURING THESE MEETINGS TO, UH, MAKE STATEMENTS LIKE, VOTE FOR COUNCIL MEMBER X OR DON'T VOTE FOR COUNCIL MEMBER Y OR VOTE FOR SOME PERSON IN THE PUBLIC WHO'S RUNNING FOR COUNCIL.
SO THOSE KIND OF STATEMENTS ARE NOT APPROPRIATE.
UH, IT IS, UH, PEOPLE CAN STEP FORWARD AND CRITICIZE OR COMPLIMENT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS IF THEY WANT.
BUT AGAIN, THESE STOP SHORT OF EITHER, UH, ADVOCATING FOR OR AGAINST VOTING FOR ANY PARTICULAR INDIVIDUALS FOR COUNCIL.
WE HAVE THREE SPEAKER CARDS, SO, SO FAR.
UM, THE FIRST SPEAKER IS JOANNE JANIS, OR, I'M SORRY, TWO SPEAKER CARDS.
UM, TODAY I NOTICED, UH, ITEM NUMBER
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EIGHT, WHICH WAS INITIATED BY THE COUNCIL, THE ADOPT RESOLUTION AFFIRMING TUNA HILLS COUNCIL MEMBER SUPPORT FOR POSITION 36, HOMELESS DRUG ADDICTION AND THEFT REDUCTION ACT.UM, I'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THIS, AND I'M GONNA BE TALKING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS IN THE SECOND SPEECH UP THE SECOND PERIOD COMMENT.
BUT THIS WILL AMEND PROP 47, AS MANY YOU PROBABLY KNOW.
UM, I JUST WANNA READ SOMETHING THAT WAS PART OF MY SPEECH THAT I JUST READ NOW.
WELL, MY HUSBAND AND I RECENTLY WENT BEFORE THE JUDGE TO REQUEST A RENEWAL ON A RESTRAINING ORDER FOR MY SON.
YOU KNOW, THE ISSUES WITH MY SON.
THE JUDGE QUESTIONED US AS TO WHY WE WANT TO RENEW THIS.
WE EXPLAINED THE SITUATION AND THE NUMEROUS ARRESTS WITHOUT ANY RESULTS, NO CONSEQUENCES OR ANYTHING, HE JUST RIGHT BACK ON THE STREETS 19 TIMES AND SO FORTH.
THE JUDGES REMARK WAS, THAT'S A PROBLEM WE'RE HAVING.
THAT JUDGE KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO, UM, I'LL EXPLAIN MORE IN MY SPEECH AND ADDRESS A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT, UM, I HOPE PEOPLE DO THE RESEARCH ON THIS.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'M OVERSTEPPING MY POUNDS MARK, BUT, UM, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF WEBSITES OUT THERE THAT ADDRESS THIS, BUT, UM, THIS WILL HELP WITH SOME OF THE CRIMES EVEN AT THE SHOPS, YOU KNOW, THE SMASHING GRABS, WE GOTTA DO SOMETHING.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRISTIAN AL DE ATCO.
UM, MY NAME IS CHRISTIAN KART.
I RESIDE IN ENGLISH ROAD, AND I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, THE RECLAIMED WATER COMING DOWN ENGLISH ROAD.
UH, MY WIFE, UM, HID AND GAVE ME THE QUESTIONS AND THERE'S ABOUT SIX OF THEM.
SO DO, SHOULD I GO AHEAD AND READ THE QUESTIONS AND THEN SOMEONE WILL GET BACK TO ME OVER A PERIOD OF TIME? OKAY, GOOD.
UM, REGARDING THE RECLAIMED WATER COMING DOWN ENGLISH ROAD, UH, ENGLISH ROAD, WOULD EACH PROPERTY ALONG ENGLISH ROAD BE ABLE TO HOOK UP TO RECYCLE WATER WHEN THE STREET IS OPEN WITH A LATERAL FROM THE NEW WATER LINE TO EACH PARCEL? SECOND QUESTION IS, WILL RECYCLED WATER BE RUN DOWN ENGLISH PLACE AS WELL? MM-HMM,
WILL DISRUPTION OF ENGLISH ROAD DURING THE CONSTRUCTION CAUSE A LOSS OF, UH, FOR ANY EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME? UM, THE ISSUE BEING THE ABILITY FOR RANCHERS TO RECEIVE THEIR REGULAR DELIVERIES OF LARGE SEMI LOADS OF HAY SHAVINGS AND ALSO COMMERCIAL ROLL OFFS LIKE MANURE, FOR EXAMPLE.
UM, WILL THIS AFFECT NUMBER FOUR QUESTION? SORRY.
WILL THIS AFFECT THE EXISTING CITY WATER TO BE DISRUPTED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, WHICH MIGHT CAUSE A DANGER TO THE WATERING OF THE LIVESTOCK? UM, WILL ANY WORK OF THE CITY, UM, I'M SORRY, WILL ANY OF THE WORK THAT THE CITY IS DOING ON THE STREET IMPACT THE PROPERTY OWNERS' EXISTING PROPERTY IMPROVEMENTS ON THE STREET? AND LASTLY, WOULD THE CITY PLEASE CONSIDER UNDERGROUND THE EXISTING ELECTRICAL POLES AND THE ELECTRIC LINES SINCE THE STREET WILL BE OPENED UP AND REPAVING WILL BE, NEED TO BE DONE ANYWAY AT THAT TIME? THIS WOULD CERTAINLY HELP TRAFFIC FLOW ON ENGLISH ROAD AS WELL AS THE UTILITY POLES RIGHT UP AGAINST THE NARROW ROAD.
AND ALSO FOR FIRE HAZARDS, UH, AS THERE IS A LOT OF OPEN SPACE AND A LOT OF OPEN GREENLAND.
WILL WE, UM, HAVE SOMEONE GET BACK TO HIM? YES.
RIGHT, THAT IS THE FINAL SPEAKER CARD.
DO YOU HAVE HIS CONTACT INFORMATION? WE'LL GET THAT FROM YOU.
[7. Legislative Session and Public Safety Package Propositions Update]
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND PUBLIC SAFETY PACKAGE.THIS IS GONNA BE PRESENTED BY TOWNSEND PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIRECTOR ERIC O'DONNELL.
GOOD EVENING, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, ERIC O'DONNELL TOWNSEND PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE AGAIN TONIGHT.
UM, I'M GONNA TRY TO BE AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE.
THERE'S A LOT TO GO THROUGH, UM, BUT THERE'S SOME REALLY GOOD NEWS IN HERE AS WELL.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE, WE HAVE A CHANCE TO, UH, TO CELEBRATE THAT.
SO, REALLY QUICKLY ON THE OVER OVERVIEW, I'LL GO OVER, UH, THE END OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT WE JUST WRAPPED UP A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
TALK ABOUT SOME ADVOCACY EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY THAT WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL THIS YEAR, AS WELL AS A PUBLIC SAFETY UPDATE, AS IS ON THE AGENDA REGARDING, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY BILLS IN THE LEGISLATURE, BUT ALSO PROPOSITION 36.
UM, AND THEN A BRIEF LOOKING AHEAD INTO NEXT YEAR.
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UM, STARTING WITH THIS, THIS YEAR ON AUGUST 31ST, WE WRAPPED UP OUR, THE SECOND YEAR OF A TWO YEAR SESSION.SO, AS A REMINDER, HERE IN CALIFORNIA, EVERY LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS TWO YEARS LONG.
ANY BILL THAT DOES NOT DIE IN THE FIRST YEAR IS ALIVE UNTIL THE SECOND YEAR.
UM, AFTER THE SECOND YEAR, EVERYTHING THAT DOES NOT PASS, UH, GETS SCRAPPED, THEN WE HAVE TO START ALL OVER AGAIN.
UM, SO THIS YEAR, UH, JUST IN THIS CALENDAR YEAR, THERE ARE OVER 2000 BILLS INTRODUCED IN THE ASSEMBLY IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE, UM, TO BE COMBINED WITH OVER 400 BILLS THAT WERE HELD OVER FROM LAST YEAR.
UM, SO A TOTAL OF ABOUT 2,500 BILLS THAT THE LEGISLATURE HAD TO DEAL WITH THIS YEAR.
UM, THAT'S QUITE A BIT, BUT IT'S NOT NEARLY AS HIGH AS SOME OTHER YEARS IN THE PAST.
UM, HOWEVER, UH, THE GOVERNOR DID, UH, RECEIVE ABOUT JUST UNDER A THOUSAND OF THOSE BILLS ONTO HIS DESK.
SO THE LEGISLATURE DID, UM, UH, PASS JUST UNDER A THOUSAND.
AND THE GOVERNOR HAS UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30TH, UH, TO SIGN OR VETO THOSE BILLS THAT CAME TO HIS DESK.
UM, I WILL SAY, UM, IT WAS A VERY EXCITING END OF THE SESSION.
IT WAS A, UM, A LOT OF FIREWORKS, A LOT OF DISAGREEMENT, A LOT OF DISCOURSE.
UM, I WON'T, I WON'T, UM, KIND OF GO INTO EXTREME DETAILS, BUT I WILL SAY THAT EVERY, UH, BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES WERE IN THEIR BAG, UH, PULLING OUT ALL THE STOPS AND FINDING WHATEVER THEY COULD, UM, TO GET THEIR, UH, THEIR POINTS ACROSS TOWARD THE END OF THE SESSION.
LOTS OF DISAGREEMENTS, UM, EVEN AMONGST, UM, DEMOCRATS WHO ARE IN POWER RIGHT NOW, UM, REGARDING THE ENERGY PACKAGE AND ENERGY PRICE RELIEF PACKAGE, AND THE GAS RELIEF PRICE PACKAGE, UM, THAT WERE BEING HELD HOSTAGE WITH EACH OTHER ON BOTH HOUSES.
UM, SO THERE'S A LOT OF POLITICKING TO PLAY AT THE LAST, DOWN TO THE LAST HOUR, FRANKLY, UM, DOWN TO THE LAST MINUTE BETWEEN THE TWO HOUSES EVEN.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GOOGLE IT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT KIND OF STUFF.
UM, BUT YOU, YOU ACTUALLY MIGHT NOT WALK AWAY TOO.
UM, MOVING ON TO, UM, ONE OF OUR SPONSOR BILLS THIS YEAR THAT THE CITY OF CHINO HILL SPONSORED THAT WAS, UM, SIGNED INTO LAW ALREADY, UM, SB 10 34 BY SENATOR STO.
THIS WAS AN IDEA THAT CAME FROM THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.
KUDOS TO THEM, UM, FROM COMING UP WITH A, UH, A STATEWIDE IDEA THAT WOULD MAKE IT, UM, A LOT EASIER FOR LOCAL AGENCIES TO RESPOND DURING STATE OF EMERGENCIES TO PUBLIC RECORDS ACT REQUESTS.
UM, SO THE BILLS IS QUITE SIMPLE, UM, BUT WE DID HAVE TO WORK EXTENSIVELY WITH CAL CITIES AND THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEES AND THE ASSEMBLY AND THE SENATE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LANGUAGE WAS FINE TUNED, UH, TO WORK FOR EVERYBODY.
UM, BUT THE ESSENCE IS THAT IT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY AND BREATHING ROOM TO BE RESPONDING TO THESE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT REQUESTS DURING GOVERNOR DECLARED STATE OF EMERGENCIES, UM, KIND OF LIKE THE ONE WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, UM, WITH THESE FIRES IN SAN BERNARDINO.
SO, UM, IT WAS A, IT WAS A GOOD TEAM EFFORT HERE, AND THAT WAS ALREADY SIGNED INTO LAW.
UM, AND APPRECIATE THE HELP FROM STAFF.
UM, OUR NEXT, UH, SPONSOR, BILL, UH, OR SPONSOR LANGUAGE, AS I CALL IT THIS YEAR, UM, WAS SB 1514 BY THE SENATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE.
UM, THIS IS CALLED AN OMNIBUS BILL.
SO THIS IS A, A BILL THAT HAS A COLLECTION OF, OF NON, UM, NON-PARTISAN, NO, NO OPPOSITION, UH, CHANGES IN CODE CLARIFICATIONS, REALLY TECHNICAL CHANGES THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE MAJOR POLICY, UH, IMPLICATIONS.
UM, BUT THIS WAS ALSO BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION BY THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AS SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD, UM, APPRECIATE CLARIFICATION IN LAW REGARDING ATTESTATION OF DIGITAL SIGNATURES.
UM, SO SPECIFICALLY, UM, ALLOWING THE MAYOR TO BE SIGNING THE MAYOR OR OF, OF ANY CITY OR ANY ORGANIZATION OUT THERE, UH, TO BE SIGNING OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS LIKE ORDINANCES OR MINUTES, UH, VIRTUALLY, UM, WITH AN, WITH A, AN UNDERSTANDING OF, OF SECURITY, UM, BUT NOT PHYSICALLY HAVING TO BE THERE TO SIGN THE ACTUAL, UH, DOCUMENTS THEMSELVES.
UM, SO THIS DOES APPLY STATEWIDE TO ALL LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, ANYONE WHO, UH, HAS TO DEAL WITH THE GOVERNMENT CODE.
UM, AND WE ARE ON RECORD AS THE SPONSOR OF THAT LANGUAGE.
UM, AND, UH, EVEN THOUGH IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE NON-OP, YOU KNOW,
BUT I, AGAIN, KUDOS TO STAFF FOR, FOR THAT WORK.
BEFORE YOU GO ON, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE AUDIENCE UNDERSTANDS THOSE TWO SENATE BILLS WERE BASICALLY THE IDEA OF OUR CITY, CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.
UH, WHO SAYS THAT, UH, UH, EVERY VOTE AND EVERY, UH, WISH CAN'T BE, UH, AGREED UPON HERE.
OUR CITY HAS AN INFLUENCE OVER STATE LEGISLATION, SO I WANNA GIVE DUE CREDIT FOR THEM AND FOR THE SENATOR TO, UH, CARRY THE BILL AND FOR YOU, UH, TO BE MONITORING THAT.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR ALL OF OUR STAFF, UH, FOR THAT ACCOMPLISHMENT.
UM, SO EVERY YEAR, EVERY TIME I COME UP IN FRONT OF YOU, WE TALK ABOUT HOUSING.
IT IS OBVIOUSLY A VERY IMPORTANT, UH, ISSUE HERE IN CALIFORNIA.
UM, THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN A NORMAL HOUSING UPDATE I'LL GIVE.
UM, WHERE IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, MAYBE DECADE, UH, LAND USE POLICIES HAVE BEEN PRETTY MUCH, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MAJOR FOCUS OF, OF HOUSING POLICIES THIS YEAR WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
UM, WE SAW A, A, A DEPARTURE FROM LAND USE AND MORE INTO THE, UM, PRICE OF HOUSING AND THE FEES AND THE MITIGATION FEES, UH, IMPACT FEES, EXCUSE ME, UM, RELATED TO THEM.
UM, SO THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT LEGISLATION REGARDING, UM, UH, UH, TIMING OF WHEN IMPACT FEES HAD TO BE PAID, UM, THROUGH CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY, ET CETERA.
UM, BUT A COUPLE OTHER THEMES EMERGED.
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UM, WE DID GET, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WERE PART OF, UH, COALITIONS TO HELP RESTORE SOME, SOME FUNDING IN THE BUDGET THAT WAS ORIGINALLY CUT, UH, FOR HOUSING PROGRAMS THAT ALL CITIES USE, UM, TO BE, UH, BUILDING THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WERE, THAT WERE REQUIRED TO BUILD.UM, SO THOSE FUNDING SOURCES WERE RE RESTORED BACK INTO THE BUDGET, AND THAT WAS A GOOD, UH, A, A GOOD NEWS EARLIER THIS YEAR, UH, FOR THE STATE BUDGET.
UM, BUT ALSO RENA ADJUSTMENTS AND NEW CAT INCOME CATEGORIES WAS A BIG MAJOR DEAL, UM, TO NEW INCOME CATEGORIES WERE ADDED TO THE ARENA FOR CYCLE SEVEN, UM, GOING INTO, UH, THE NEXT CYCLE, WHICH ARE EXTREMELY LOW AND ACUTELY LOW INCOME CATEGORIES.
SO IT DOES REQUIRE THE CITY TO BE, UH, MONITORING AND, AND PUTTING FORTH A PLAN FOR HOW TO ADDRESS, UM, THOSE 30% A MI AND AND, AND ZERO TO 15% A MI INDIVIDUALS THAT MIGHT BE IN YOUR CITY.
UM, THAT WAS NOT WITHOUT, UH, UH, STRINGENT DEBATE AND, AND AMENDMENTS AS WELL.
UM, SO DEFINITELY STILL UNDER ATTACK ON THE LOCAL CONTROL SIDE, BUT THIS TIME NOT IN LAND USE THIS TIME MORE IN THE, IN THE ARENA METHODOLOGY.
UM, AND THEN BUILD BUILDER'S REMEDY, UM, AS, AS WE ALL KNOW, UM, HAS BEEN A THREAT FOR YEARS, UH, FOR DECADES WHEN IT COMES TO NOT, UM, NOT BUILDING THE REQUIRED HOUSING FOR YOUR COMMUNITIES.
UM, THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT LEGISLATION THIS YEAR TO CODIFY AND CLARIFY SOME JUDICIAL PRECEDENT WHEN AROUND BUILDER'S REMEDY, BUT ALSO PUT UP SOME GUARDRAILS AROUND WHAT BUILDERS EVERYBODY CAN BE USED FOR IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
UM, SO IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, A THOUSAND UNITS GOING ON TO A TWO ACRE PARCEL, UH, YOU KNOW, GOING 50 FEET IN THE AIR, 50 STORIES IN THE AIR.
SO THERE ARE SOME GUARDRAILS THERE, BUT IT REALLY, UH, CLARIFICATION OF JUDICIAL PRECEDENT WAS THE THEME.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THIS STILL ONLY APPLIES IF YOU DON'T HAVE A COMPLIANT HOUSING ELEMENT.
UM, SO NO, NO FEAR RIGHT NOW FOR US.
BUT, UM, IN THE FUTURE, THE, THE EVERYTHING IS BEING TIED BACK TO THAT COMPLIANT HOUSING ELEMENT.
UM, REGARDING THE PUBLIC SAFETY LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE, THERE'S, THERE'S, UM, THERE'S MONTHS OF INFORMATION HERE THAT I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO GET TO AND MONTHS OF, OF NEGOTIATIONS, BUT FOR YEARS, THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEES IN SACRAMENTO HAVE NOT REALLY DONE, UH, SOME MAJOR SWEEPING POLICY REFORMS ALONG PUBLIC SAFETY.
UM, SO IT ALL CAME TO A HEAD THIS YEAR, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING WITH RETAIL THEFT AND CRIME.
UM, THAT'S BEEN VERY PUBLIC IN THE NEWS.
UM, THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP, UH, FROM THE START OF THE YEAR WERE NOT IN SYNC ABOUT WHAT THEY WANTED OUT OF THIS.
UM, THE GOVERNOR WANTED ONE THING, LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP WANTED ANOTHER.
UM, WE SAW SEVERAL MONTHS OF NEGOTIATIONS, SEVERAL MONTHS OF HARD COMMITTEE HEARINGS WHERE COMMITTEE CHAIRS WERE, UM, MAKING SOME DIFFICULT DECISIONS TO NOT HEAR BILLS ON PURPOSE AND, AND VICE VERSA.
UM, BUT ESSENTIALLY, I, I PUT THREE BILLS UP ON, ON THE SCREEN HERE.
THESE BILLS ALL WERE PASSED AND SIGNED INTO LAW EVENTUALLY, UM, BY, WITH THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNOR, OBVIOUSLY.
UM, BUT THIS IS JUST A THEME OF WHAT THE, OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY PACKAGE IS.
UM, IT WAS ABOUT A DOZEN, A DOZEN BILLS THIS YEAR, SO I'M NOT GONNA GO OVER ALL OF THEM.
BUT THE THEMES YOU CAN SEE KIND OF ON THE SCREEN HERE, UM, AB 2, 9 4 3 BY 70 MEMBERS Z BURR WAS ABOUT AGGREGATION OF THEFT, UH, MAKING, CLARIFYING THAT YOU CAN BE AGGREGATING DIFFERENT CRIMES, UM, FOR, UH, THEFT TO BE INTO A GRAND THEFT CHARGE IF IT'S AGAINST, UH, SIMILAR PARTIES, UH, OR, OR MULTIPLE COUNTIES.
UM, AND THEN SIMILARLY IN AB 1779, UM, CLARIFYING THAT YOU COULD BE TRYING ALL OF THESE FROM ALL THESE CRIMES IN DIFFERENT COUNTIES INTO A SINGLE TRIAL, UM, ASSUMING THAT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS ALL AGREE TO IT IN THOSE COUNTIES, AGAIN, GOING AFTER, UH, THOSE FOLKS THAT MIGHT BE, UH, UH, ENGAGING IN RETAIL THEFT IN DIFFERENT COUNTIES AND, AND KIND OF RUNNING FROM THE LAW THAT WAY.
UM, IT, IT, IT REALLY HELPS BRING THAT, BRING DOWN THAT ENFORCEMENT, UH, TOOL.
UM, AND THEN SB 9 0 5, WHICH WAS AN INTERESTING BILL THAT, THAT REALLY CLARIFIED, UM, SOME FORCIBLE ENTRY INTO VEHICLE, UH, LAW.
UM, PREVIOUSLY IN LAW, IF YOU, YOU, IT WAS UP TO THE, UH, INDIVIDUAL WHO GOT THEIR CAR BROKEN INTO TO PROVE THAT THE CAR WAS LOCKED, UM, OTHERWISE IT WAS NOT A CRIME IF THE CAR WAS UNLOCKED.
UM, SO, UH, THERE IS, THERE IS, WHICH IS AN INTERESTING, UH, AN INTERESTING CLARIFICATION THERE.
UM, BUT THE BILL REALLY DID, UM, TRY TO TRY TO TIE THAT ALL TOGETHER WITH, UM, MAKING A FORCIBLY ENTERING A CAR WITH THE INTENT TO COMMIT, UH, A FELONY OR, OR A THEFT, UM, AN ACTUAL, UH, REPORTABLE CRIME NOW UP POTENTIALLY A FELONY IF THE VALUE OF THE, UH, PROPERTY WAS ABOVE NINE 50.
UM, SO JUST A THEME OF WHAT WAS GOING ON HERE.
UM, BUT AGAIN, A LOT OF, A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH WHEEL HOUSING, UH, BETWEEN THE LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP AND THE GOVERNOR ON THIS.
BUT, UH, THESE WERE EVENTUALLY SIGNED INTO LAW AND WE'LL GO INTO EFFECT IN JANUARY.
MOVING ON TO PROPOSITION 36, THE HOMELESS DISTRICT.
ERIC, IF I CAN STOP YOU FOR ONE MOMENT.
UH, JUST SO YOU KNOW, RIGHT AFTER YOUR REPORT, OUR CITY MANAGER IS GOING TO MAKE A REPORT ON THIS.
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'VE COORDINATED OR NOT, OR, UH, YOU TWO, IF, IF YOU WANT HIM TO GIVE ALL THIS, WE'RE GOOD.
I JUST DIDN'T WANNA HAVE A THANK YOU, A DUPLICATE OF OUR STEAL YOUR THUNDERS.
AND BEN WILL STOP ME, I'M SURE IF I SAY ANYTHING THAT HE WOULD, HE WOULD LIKE TO SAY INSTEAD.
UM, PROPOSITION 36, THE HOMELESSNESS DRUG ADDICTION AND THEFT REDUCTION ACT.
UM, THIS IS THE ROLLBACK OF PROP 47, UM, THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE NEWS FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW.
UM, IT DOES HAVE SEVERAL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT MORE THAN WHAT'S JUST ON THE SCREEN, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A HIGH LEVEL, UM, KIND OF IMPACTS HERE.
UM, THIS WAS SUPPORTED BY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S ASSOCIATION AND BIG BOX RETAILERS.
THEY WERE THE ONES WHO WENT OUT AND SPENT THE
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MONEY GETTING SIGNATURES.IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE TO QUALIFY A BALLOT MEASURE.
UM, BUT THERE WAS OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF, UM, UH, THEY HAD A LOT OF, UH, UH, POLITICAL WILL TO DO IT IN A, IN A YEAR LIKE THIS.
UM, BUT ESSENTIALLY IT DOES FOUR, FOUR THINGS I WANNA COVER.
UM, IT DOES CREATE A, A UNIQUE NEW COURT PROCESS FOR DRUG POSSESSION CRIMES THAT ALLOWS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO'S TRIED FOR THE CRIME TO COMPLETE A DRUG TREATMENT COURSE IN ORDER TO GET THAT, UH, THAT CHARGE WAIVED.
UM, AS LONG AS THE COURT HAS DEEMED THAT THAT COURSE IS COMPLETED TO THEIR SATISFACTION, UM, IT CHANGES A LITTLE BIT OF THAT COURT PROCESS AROUND THE DRUG PER, AROUND CERTAIN DRUG POSSESSION CRIMES, UM, TO, TO REALLY EASE THAT BURDEN AND FOCUS MORE ON THE TREATMENT RATHER THAN THE INCARCERATION.
UM, IT ALSO REQUIRES A WARNING OF FUTURE CRIMINAL LIABILITY.
SO WE SAW SOME BILLS ON THIS ACTUALLY IN THE LEGISLATURE THAT FAILED IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
UM, BUT ESSENTIALLY IT'S A, UH, REQUIRED WARNING, UH, IN A COURT SETTING THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, FOR SOMEONE WHO'S CONVICTED OF, OF SELLING DRUGS, THAT IF YOUR DRUGS, UH, HAVE BEEN FOUND TO, TO KILL SOMEONE, YOU'RE GONNA BE HELD EVEN FURTHER CRIMINALLY LIABLE IN THE FUTURE, UH, PERHAPS FOR MURDER CHARGES.
SO A NOTIFICATION TO THOSE IN THE COURT SYSTEM THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THEY CONTINUE DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING, THEY COULD POTENTIALLY BE ON THE HOOK FOR A LOT MORE THAN JUST DRUG SELLING.
UM, IT DOES, UH, YOU KNOW, IN THE CRUX OF IT, OR THE BOTTOM, THE BOTTOM TWO, IN TERMS OF ADDING PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN DRUG CRIMES, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE OFFENSE AND ALL EPIDEMIC RIGHT NOW THAT IS, UH, BEING ADDRESSED AS PART OF THIS, UM, IT DOES REQUIRE CERTAIN SENTENCES TO BE SERVED IN STATE PRISON AS OPPOSED TO COUNTY JAILS.
UM, AND THEN THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE KICKER THAT WE WERE TRYING TO GET, THAT THE LEGISLATURE WAS TRYING TO GET, UM, MOST OF THE YEAR WAS THIS AGGREGATION OF, OF THEFTS TO THE UNDER NINE 50.
SO THE WAY THEY'RE TACKLING IT IN THIS BALLOT INITIATIVE IS IF YOU HAVE TWO OR MORE PRIOR CONVICTIONS FOR THEFT, THAT NINE 50 OR LESS IS A FELONY NOW INSTEAD OF A MISDEMEANOR, WHICH REALLY KICKS UP.
THE ENFORCEMENT, I THINK GOES BACK TO THE SERVING IN STATE PRISON RATHER THAN COUNTY JAIL UP TO THREE YEARS FOR, FOR THOSE, UH, OFFENSES.
SO, UM, DEFINITELY A DIFFERENT APPROACH THAN PROPOSITION 47.
DEFINITELY ROLLING BACK SOME OF THOSE CRIMES.
UM, UH, AND, UH, TRYING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE RETAIL THEFT CRIMES THAT WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING.
ERIC, EVEN THOUGH BOTH THESE BULLET POINTS TALK ABOUT INCREASING PENALTIES, WOULD IT BE MORE ACCURATE TO SAY THAT WE WOULD BE REINSTATING THE PENALTIES THAT WERE FORMALLY IN PLACE BEFORE PROP 47? YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD CLARIFICATION.
UM, I, I, I CAN'T, I CAN'T PROMISE IT'S THE SAME PENALTIES.
I HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT.
BUT AS OF STATUS QUO, IT IS INCREASING THE PENALTIES YEAH.
I MEAN, THAT, I THINK THAT WAS THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
WELL, THE INTENT OF THE PROPOSITION WAS TO JUST BASICALLY UNDO THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, DIMINISHING OF CRIMES OR PENALTIES FOR FORMER FELONIES DOWN IN MISDEMEANORS UNDER PROP 47.
RIGHT? SO, I'M SURE THAT THE ENTIRE LAW, LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, COMMUNITY STATEWIDE IS, UH, DEFINITELY BEHIND THIS AS WE ARE
I CAN'T SPEAK FOR EVERY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE'S A LIST OF SUPPORTERS THAT INCLUDES THEM.
YEAH, I SEE AL IS DOING A LOT OF NODDING OVER THERE.
UM, AND THEN MOVING ON TO A COUPLE OTHER BALLOT MEASURES I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THIS, UH, COUNCIL WAS AWARE OF, UM, THAT WE'LL SEE IN NOVEMBER.
UM, PROPOSITION FOUR IS OUR CLIMATE BOND, UM, THAT WE SPENT SEVERAL YEARS IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE BEING NEGOTIATED.
UM, IT'S A $10 BILLION BOND FOR CLIMATE INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, THERE, I WON'T READ ALL THOSE, BUT IT IS, UH, A HODGEPODGE OF, OF DIFFERENT CATEGORIES THAT THIS WILL GO TO.
UM, CLIMATE IS A VERY BROAD UMBRELLA, UH, THESE DAYS IN TERMS OF WHAT THESE, THIS MONEY CAN GO TOWARD.
SO, UM, YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE ABOUT WHAT THAT MIGHT GO TOWARD.
UM, PROPOSITION FIVE IS AN INTERESTING ONE.
UM, IT WOULD REDUCE THE VOTING THRESHOLD FOR VOTER, FOR BONDS, UM, FOR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE OR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO THOSE ARE, UH, COMMUNITY INITIATED OR COUNCIL INITIATED BONDS IF YOU WANTED TO BOND FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS, RIGHT NOW, YOU HAVE A TWO THIRDS VOTING THRESHOLD IN THE COMMUNITY TO DO IT.
TWO THIRDS IS HARD FOR ANYTHING, UM, AS YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN.
SO IT WOULD RE REDUCE THAT FROM TWO THIRDS TO 55%.
UM, THAT MATCHES WHAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS CURRENTLY HAVE.
SO SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR THEIR BONDS HAVE 55% INSTEAD OF TWO THIRDS.
SO THIS IS, IS MAKING PARODY WITH, UM, UH, CITIES AND COUNTIES TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AT THE 55%.
UM, IT USED TO INCLUDE SPECIAL TAXES AS WELL.
UM, THAT WAS A VERY CONTENTIOUS ISSUE AS SPECIAL TAXES OUT OF 55% THRESHOLD WAS, UH, NOT POLLING AS WELL.
SO THEY, UH, MOVED IT OUT BEFORE THE END OF THE SESSION, REPLACED IT WITH, UH, UH, JUST THIS FOR BONDS INSTEAD OF JUST SPECIAL TAXES.
SO I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE CONFUSED.
IT USED TO INCLUDE SPECIAL TAXES, BUT IT DOESN'T ANYMORE.
AND THEN PROPOSITION 33, UM, REPEALING THE, UH, COSTA COSTA HAWKINS RENT CONTROL ACT, UM, GIVES CITIES THE AUTHORITY TO HAVE RENT CONTROL, UM, IF THEY, UH, IF THEY SO CHOOSE.
UM, AND THEN MEASURES, I WANNA BE VERY CLEAR MEASURES NOT QUALIFIED FOR THE BALLOT.
WE, WE'VE, THIS IS, UH, MONTHS OLD NOW, BUT, UH, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE REPORTED ON IT.
BUT THE TAXPAYER PROTECTION ACT THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW WAS REMOVED FROM THE BALLOT BY A CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT, UM, LARGELY ON A TECHNICALITY OF HOW THEY GATHERED THEIR SIGNATURES.
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IS DEAD FOR THE YEAR AND WILL NOT BE COMING BACK.AND WE HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING FROM THE PROPONENTS ABOUT EFFORTS TO REINSTATED ON A FUTURE BALLOT OUTLET.
UM, LOOKING AHEAD TO 2025, UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, UH, A NEW LEGISLATURE YET AGAIN.
SO LAST YEAR I REPORTED THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD OVER A 30% TURNOVER IN MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE.
UH, IT'S GONNA BE ANOTHER 25% THIS YEAR BASED ON THE TERM LIMITS FROM 20 20 12.
SO, UM, WE HAVE, UH, A LOT OF NEW MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE.
UM, THAT MEANS A LOT OF EDUCATION THAT IT HAS TO BE DONE, A LOT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF JOCKEYING TO SEE WHO'S GONNA BE LEADING CERTAIN COMMITTEES.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S VERY INTERESTING TO SEE THE NEW IDEAS AND PERSPECTIVES THAT COME IN.
UM, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS KIND OF, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL AWARE OF, OF HOW, YOU KNOW, O OVER 50% IN THE LAST TWO YEARS NOW IS GONNA BE NEW.
SO A LOT OF THAT INSTITUTIONAL LEADERSHIP AND KNOWLEDGE IS GONE.
UM, AND THERE'S A KIND OF A, A NEW GUARD IN TOWN.
UM, FIRES, FIRE INSURANCE, AFFORDABILITY, OBVIOUSLY A HUGE ISSUE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS COMMUNITY AS WELL.
UM, YOU KNOW, I WILL SAY THAT THERE, THERE WERE SOME EFFORTS MADE ON THE REGULATIONS SIDE THAT IS AS CURRENTLY CIRCULATING RIGHT NOW, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO FIRE MAPPING AND, AND USING RISK MODELING.
UM, WHEN IT COMES TO INSURANCES, INSURANCE PREMIUMS, UM, THERE WAS A LEGISLATIVE PUSH AS WELL, BUT THAT DID STALL.
SO NOTHING LEGISLATIVELY HAPPENED LAST YEAR.
UH, THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT CAN'T NEXT YEAR.
SO I FULLY EXPECT, EXPECT THERE TO BE SOMETHING ON FIRE, FIRE, FIRE INSURANCE NEXT YEAR.
I JUST CAN'T PROMISE WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE.
UM, BUT I WILL OBVIOUSLY KEEP THE CITY INVOLVED AND, AND UPDATED ON THAT.
UM, AND THEN SALES TAX REFORM, UM, WE'RE HEARING THAT, UM, THERE IS LIKELY GONNA BE ABOUT MEASURE INTRODUCED LA NEXT YEAR IN THE LEGISLATURE, UM, TO FIND A BETTER PARITY BETWEEN POINT OF SALE AND POINT OF DESTINATION WHEN IT COMES TO SALES TAX DISTRIBUTION.
UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S VERY POSSIBLE, UM, THAT SOMEONE LIKE CAL CITIES WILL BE ONE OF THE SPONSORS OF THAT, UM, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.
UM, BUT THAT WOULD BE TARGETED FOR THE 2026, UH, BALLOT.
UM, SWITCHING GEARS QUICKLY TO WASHINGTON, DC UM, WE ARE IN A REALLY GOOD PLACE FOR OUR COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH CONGRESSWOMAN KIM'S OFFICE AND CONGRESSWOMAN TORRES'S OFFICE TO SUBMIT PRIORITY PROJECTS TO THEM DURING THEIR APPLICATION PERIODS.
UM, I'M EXCITED TO, UH, REPORT THAT WE ARE, UM, INCLUDED IN THE TWO OF OUR PROJECTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE HOUSE BILL RIGHT NOW THAT'S BEING NEGOTIATED, UM, IN DC UH, THE LOS SERRANOS FLOOD PROTECTION PROJECT FROM CONGRESSWOMAN TORRES IS, UH, IN THERE FOR ABOUT 1.1 MILLION.
AND THE FIRE RISK REDUCTION PROJECT FROM CONGRESSWOMAN KIM, WHICH IS REALLY, UH, UH, FUEL MODIFICATION, UH, DOLLARS IS, UH, IN, IN THE BILL RIGHT NOW FOR, UH, $1,875,000.
SO, UH, IT'S NOT FINAL, NOTHING WILL BE FINAL UNTIL THE FINAL BUDGET HAS PASSED IN DC BUT WE ARE IN A REALLY GOOD PLACE.
UH, WE ARE AS, AS WELL POSITIONED AS YOU CAN BE.
UM, SO WE'RE REALLY HOPING, UM, THAT THESE GET THROUGH THE, TO THE FINISH LINE.
UH, IT'S ABOUT $3 MILLION, WHICH IS A, A, A BIG AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THIS PRO PROCESS.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF CITIES THAT ARE GETTING ABOUT $3 MILLION IN THIS.
SO, UM, THAT'S PART OF THE BENEFITS OF HAVING MULTIPLE REPRESENTATIVES BACK IN DC NOW, ERIC IS NEAR A DISCOUNT OR THERE'S A, IF THIS AMOUNT IS APPROVED, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT'S REMOVED FROM OR SUBTRACTED FROM THE BOTTOM LINE WHEN, UM, IT'S LIKE A PENALTY OR SOME TYPE OF, UH, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME? NO.
SO IF WE, IF THIS IS APPROVED, THAT'S THE AMOUNT WE GET.
SO THIS WAS ALREADY CHOPPED DOWN FROM THE, YOU SEE, SO THIS IS CHOPPED DOWN FROM THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT, WHICH LET'S SAY WAS MAYBE 2 MILLION INSTEAD OF 5.8.
UM, AND THEN LOOKING AHEAD, FINAL SLIDE HERE, UM, TO, TO NEXT YEAR IN DC I ALREADY, I KIND OF MENTIONED BUDGET, I'LL GO OVER IT ONCE MORE, BUT, UM, WE'RE KIND OF IN A HOLDING PATTERN.
WE'RE, WE'RE ALMOST OFFICIALLY INTO THE LAME DUCK SESSION HERE.
UH, IN DC UH, ELECTION OUTCOMES ARE GONNA DICTATE, UM, A LOT OF THE ACTIVITY IN THE NEXT, UH, POST-NOVEMBER.
UM, THERE WILL BE LEADERSHIP CHANGES, UH, MOST LIKELY, UH, NO MATTER WHAT.
UM, RIGHT NOW THE DEMOCRATS CONTROL THE SENATE, REPUBLICANS CONTROL THE HOUSE.
IT'S POSSIBLE THOSE FLIP, IT'S POSSIBLE IT DOESN'T, I DON'T REALLY KNOW.
UM, BUT IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WE GET NEW LEADERSHIP, WHICH THEN LEADS ME INTO BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS.
UM, I DON'T EXPECT THE BUDGET TO BE SIGNED PRIOR TO THE ELECTION.
THERE WILL BE A CONTINUING RESOLUTION, UH, TO TAKE US, UM, DEEPER INTO THE YEAR.
IT'S ENTIRELY LIKELY THAT WE WON'T SEE A FEDERAL BUDGET UNTIL JANUARY OR FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR.
UM, AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE IF THERE IS ANY CHANGES AND EITHER THE PRESIDENTIAL PARTY OR THE LEADERSHIP IN THE HOUSE OR THE SENATE, THEY'RE GONNA WANNA WAIT AS LONG AS POSSIBLE FOR THEIR NEW PEOPLE TO BE SWORN IN.
UH, SO THEN THEY CAN FLEX THEIR, UH, THEIR, UH, POWER IN THE, IN A NEW ROUND OF BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS.
SO, UM, IT'S LIKELY TO BE A LONG HAUL, UH, BUT THAT'S UNFORTUNATELY WHAT WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR IN ORDER TO, UH, REALIZE THAT $3 MILLION THAT WAS ON THE PREVIOUS SCREEN.
SO, UM, WE'RE KIND OF AT THE WHIM OF NATIONAL POLITICS RIGHT NOW, BUT WE ARE, LIKE I SAID, WELL PLACED, UM, TO WEATHER THE STORM THERE.
AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
NO, I WAS JUST GONNA MAKE A QUICK COMMENT.
UM, WELL, THANK YOU TO ERIC AND TO OUR, UH,
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OUR, UH, FEDERAL AND STATE LOBBYISTS.YOU KNOW, AS A CITY, WE REALLY TAKE, UH, YOU KNOW, TAKE PRIDE IN BEING PROACTIVE.
YOU KNOW, THOSE GRANTS FROM, UH, CONGRESSWOMAN TORRES AND CONGRESSWOMAN KIM, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY, GEEZ, THAT FROM CONGRESSWOMAN KIM, THAT'S OUR SECOND GRANT REGARDING FIRE PROTECTION.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TAKE PRIDE IN AS A CITY, REALLY TRYING TO ADVOCATE FOR RESIDENTS AND GET SOME OF YOUR TAXPAYER MONEY BACK.
AND THEN JUST THROUGHOUT THE, THROUGHOUT EACH LEGISLATIVE CYCLE, WE SEND DOZENS OF LETTERS TO YOUR, TO OUR LEGISLATORS TO TELL THEM WHAT, WHAT WE THINK AS A CITY.
MOST OF IT IS, UH, PUSHING FOR LOCAL CONTROL.
AND I THINK BACK TO ERIC'S, UH, SLIDE ABOUT THE ARENA NUMBERS AND ALL THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT'S BEING FORCED ON THE CITIES, WE TRY TO MAKE SURE WE ADVOCATE THAT THOSE DECISIONS ARE, ARE KEPT IN
SO WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO TRY TO FIGHT FOR YOU.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, A LOT OF IT'S JUST OUT OF OUR CONTROL, BUT WE DO OUR BEST.
UH, ERIC, QUICK QUESTION REGARDING ARENA, UM, HCD, WE WERE THE FIRST CITY IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TO GET AN APPROVAL ON OUR HOUSING ELEMENT.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY CITIES IN CALIFORNIA THAT ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE? WOULD YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW THAT OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD? I, I DON'T.
I WILL SAY IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CONVOLUTED QUESTION, ONLY BECAUSE CERTAIN MPOS HAVE DIFFERENT CYCLES, RIGHT? SO SCAG WENT FIRST.
UM, SO IT WAS LIKELY THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S OTHER COUNTIES, AND I DON'T KNOW THE ORDER, BUT IT'S LIKELY THAT THERE'S OTHER MPO AREAS THAT ARE NOT AS IN COMPLIANCE AS YOU BECAUSE THEY WENT LAST, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
SO SCAG, WE HAVE ABOUT 40, 45, 50.
I MEAN, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF CITIES OUT THERE THAT ARE NOT COMPLIANT.
AND, AND HONESTLY, KUDOS FOR YOU FOR, FOR BEING THE FIRST IN SAN BERNARDINO.
AND, UM, I HOPE YOU CONTINUE THAT BECAUSE IT MAKES, I MEAN, LEGISLATIVELY RIGHT NOW, IT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE.
UM, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT IN COMPLIANCE, UH, NOBODY WANTS TO TALK TO YOU UP IN SACRAMENTO, FRANKLY.
THE SECOND QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU, UM, WITH ARENA, WITH HCD, WE DON'T KNOW HOW THEY COME UP WITH THE NUMBERS.
WAS THERE ANY LEGISLATION OUT THERE THAT WAS TRYING TO FIND OUT FOR THE CITIES HOW THEY COME UP WITH THESE NUMBERS? YEAH, THERE WAS A BILL EARLIER IN THE YEAR BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER CORILLO, WHO IS THE CHAIR OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE TO OPEN UP THE PROCESS A LITTLE BIT TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT ABOUT HOW THEY'RE ASSIGNING NUMBERS TO, UM, REGIONS.
UM, IT, IT, I JUST, I WANNA BE CLEAR THAT IT WASN'T, YOU KNOW, WHY CHINO HILLS GETS THEIR NUMBER, BUT IT WAS WHY SCAG GETS THEIR NUMBER.
UM, AND THAT BILL, UH, DID NOT PASS CITING SOME, UM, BUDGETARY CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD COST, UH, THE STAFF TO IMPLEMENT THAT BILL AT THE STATE.
UM, I, I, I IMAGINE YOU'LL SEE SOME MORE OF THAT.
UM, BUT WE ONLY HAVE A COUPLE YEARS LEFT BEFORE THE NEXT CYCLE HITS.
UM, SO WE'RE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN PRETTY QUICKLY, I WOULD THINK, UM, TO, TO GET INTO THE NEXT CYCLE ARENA.
BUT THERE WAS A BILL THIS YEAR, BUT IT, IT DID NOT PASS.
AND THE GOOD THING ABOUT THAT IS A LOT OF TIMES WE GET ASKED FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS IN CHINO HILLS, HOW DO WE COME UP WITH THIS NUMBER 37 29? YEAH.
WHEN THEY ASK ME THAT QUESTION, I CAN'T ANSWER IT.
SO HOPEFULLY WE IN THE FUTURE WILL BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THAT TO 'EM.
AND THEN THE LAST THING, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SUPERVISORS, O-C-T-A-S-P-C-T-A, THEY PUT TOGETHER A, A RESOLUTION FOR EMERGENCY, UH, FIRE INSURANCE TO BE SENT TO THE GOVERNOR AND THEN ALSO TO THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER.
DO YOU THINK, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY I THINK, THINK SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN IN 2025.
DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING FOR US AS A CITY TO DO? I, I'M NOT SURE I CAN COMMENT ON THAT WITHOUT SEEING, I, I, I'D LOVE TO SEE WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.
UM, I WILL SAY THAT THERE, YOU KNOW, IF THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR THE REGULATION IS STILL OPEN, THAT I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO, TO LOOK INTO, UM, RESPONDING TO THAT.
UM, BUT THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF, I, I THINK YOU'RE IN THE, YOU'RE IN A, YOU'RE IN A GROUP HERE, UH, HOW DO I SAY THIS? YOU'RE NOT ALONE IN THIS FIGHT, RIGHT? THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER COMMUNITIES OUT THERE, UM, THAT ARE IN THE SAME POSITION AS YOU.
UM, AND YOU ARE WELL REPRESENTED IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS, UM, AS A COALITION, UM, OF, OF, OF FOLKS.
SO, UM, I WOULD WELCOME TO SEE WHAT THE S-B-T-C-A OR CTA DID, UM, AND THEN KIND OF COMMENT FROM THERE, BUT I THINK YOU ARE, YOUR MESSAGE IS GETTING ACROSS ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL SEND IT OVER TO YOU SO YOU CAN DO THANK YOU.
PROPOSITION 47 NOW, PROPOSITION 36, OBVIOUSLY ALL OF US HAVE EXPRESSED OUR DISAPPOINTMENT IN THAT PROPOSITION WAS PASSED MANY YEARS AGO.
IT, IT, UH, IT MAY HAVE LED PEOPLE IN THE WRONG DIRECTION AS FAR AS THE VOTERS AND WHAT THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE GETTING VERSUS WHAT IT TURNED OUT TO BE, THE WHOLE $950.
AND, AND IT'S, IT'S LESS LED TO ALL THE, ALL THE THEFTS THAT'S GOING ON.
BUT ONE OF THE STRONGER ASPECTS OF PROPOSITION THREE SIX THAT JOANNE MAY BE REFERRING TO LATER IS THE WHOLE ISSUE WITH HAVING TO DO WITH HARD DRUGS, ESPECIALLY THINGS LIKE FENTANYL.
AND, UM, NOW IF THIS BILL HAS PASSED, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT IF SOMEONE
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HAS SUPPLIED FENTANYL TO SOMEONE THAT PASSES AWAY, THEY CAN BE CHARGED FOR MURDER, WHICH WAS NOT THE CASE BEFORE.SO, I'M GLAD THAT THEY'RE STRENGTHENING SOME OF THESE PLAIN, UH, MORE COMMON SENSE REFORMS ON THIS WHEN ALL OF US, I'M SURE THE CHIEF WOULD LEAD THE PARADE WITH, WITH OUR DEPUTIES, THAT THEY ARE SO FRUSTRATED IN ARRESTING THESE PEOPLE AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE OUT SO QUICKLY.
SO LET'S, LET'S PUT MORE PEOPLE IN PRISONS NOW, UH, BECAUSE OF THIS.
BUT MOST CITIES HAVE BEEN SO UPSET THAT OUR POLICE AGENCIES DO THEIR JOB AND END IT ALMOST FOR NAUGH IN SOME OF THESE CASES.
SO MAYBE CHIEF WILL RESPOND TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS LATER ON ALSO.
BUT I'M GLAD TO SEE IF THE PROPOSITION 36, IT MAY NOT HAVE GONE FAR ENOUGH, BUT AT LEAST IT'S GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR, FOR CITIES, MUNICIPALITIES, AS FAR AS CRIME PREVENTION.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAD ON FOUR, ON 47, 36.
WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR REPORT.
JUST ONE FOLLOW FOLLOW UP QUESTION ON BASE.
UM, ON PROP, UH, 36, IF SOMEBODY GETS ARRESTED, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO DO ONE OF TWO THINGS, EITHER GO TO JAIL OR GET TREATMENT.
IS THAT CORRECT? FOR CERTAIN DRUG CRIMES? YEAH.
NOT FOR EVERYTHING, BUT FOR CERTAIN DRUG CRIMES, I THINK FENTANYL IS ONE OF THEM THAT YEAH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR REPORT.
YOU'VE SAVED ME, UH, QUITE A BIT OF, UH, PRESENTATION ON PROP, UH, 36, UH, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE.
[8. Adopt resolution affirming Chino Hills Council Members support for Proposition 36, Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act]
INTRODUCTION OF A RESOLUTION, UH, THAT ALLOWS THE COUNCIL AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A PUBLIC, UH, ACTION ON, UH, PROPOSITION 36 AS OUTLINED, UH, BY, UH, ERIC, UH, REPRESENTING OUR, OUR, OUR US IN, UH, SACRAMENTO.PROP 36, UH, SEEKS, HAS BEEN POINTED OUT BY MULTIPLE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, UH, A REVISION, A REINSTATEMENT, UH, OF, UH, MANY OF THE LOST, UH, PENALTIES THAT, UH, WERE, UH, WE BELIEVE, UH, UH, REMOVED, UH, UNDER FALSE PRETENSES, UH, FROM, UH, UH, THE TOOLS THAT OUR POLICE, UH, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE, UH, THROUGH PROP 47.
UH, THIS, UH, RESOLUTION IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNCIL TO, UH, TAKE A, UH, OFFICIAL ACTION, UH, IN, UH, SUPPORT FOR, OR, YOU KNOW, IF IT PASSES FOR, UH, PROPOSITION 36.
IT WAS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTOOD THAT PROP 36, UH, WAS OUT THERE.
UH, WE HAVE TWO OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE PART OF OUR LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE, AND THEY REVIEW ALL OF THE BILLS, UH, THAT WERE, UH, OUTLINED TODAY BY, BY ERIC.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER SERVING IN SOME CAPACITY ON SOME TYPE OF, UH, UH, BOARD OR COMMISSION THAT'S IMPACTED, UH, UH, BY, UH, LEGISLATION IN ADDITION TO, UH, THE JUST PERSONAL INTERACTION AND PERSONAL IMPACTS, UH, THAT WE HAVE FROM, UH, THESE TYPES OF, UH, UH, BILLS, UH, AND PROPOSITIONS.
UH, OUR POLICE CHIEF CONSTANTLY MAKES, UH, COMMENTS ABOUT, UH, CRIME IN THE CITY.
OUR SHERIFF HAS TAKEN, UH, PUBLIC ACTION.
SO THIS WAS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNCIL TO, UH, UH, HAVE, UH, TIME ON THE AGENDA TO LOOK AT THIS PROPOSITION AND THEN MAKE A STATEMENT, UH, FOR OR AGAINST, UH, PROP 36.
SO WITH THAT, I, I, I LEAVE IT TO THE COUNCIL FOR ANY DISCUSSION OR GUIDANCE YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE ON THIS ACTION.
ANY COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION? FIRST MM-HMM?
HOW ABOUT A RECOMMENDATION? I'LL MOVE IT.
ALRIGHT, GO FIRST AND A SECOND.
ALRIGHT, THAT WE WILL TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS AND FOLLOW UP AND ADOPT THE RESOLUTION.
SUPPORT THE YES AND SEND OUT THE RESOLUTION.
[9. Consider implementing salary adjustments for future City Council Members in accordance with Senate Bill 329 (Dodd) and, if desired, introduce Ordinance establishing City Council salary at one thousand nine hundred dollars per month entitled: "An Ordinance of the City of Chino Hills, Amending Title 2, Chapter 2.04, Section 2.04.120 of the Chino Hills Municipal Code to Establish City Council Salary at One Thousand Nine Hundred Dollars and No Cents ($1,900.00) Per Month (Operative December 14, 2024)" for first reading by title only, waiving further reading; and appropriate $36,000 for increase in Council salary]
DISCUSSED EARLIER, IS BEING CONTINUED TO THE END OF THE MONTH.[CONFLICT OF INTEREST / LEVINE ACT ANNOUNCEMENTS]
INTEREST IN LEVI ACT, UH, LEVINE ACT ANNOUNCEMENTS.UH, ANYTHING TO ANNOUNCE FOR ANYONE? ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO CITY DEPARTMENT
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
BUSINESS CONSENT CALENDAR.AND CHERYL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ ABOUT CONSENT? ABSOLUTELY.
THERE ARE 11 ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO PULL FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, ANYONE? 16.
WE HAVE ITEMS 10 THROUGH 21, SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION, UH, UH, TO APPROVE THE BALANCE.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE FIRST AND SECOND OR MOTION A SECOND.
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MOTION PASSES.[16. Adopt resolution approving design and plans for construction of English Road Recycled Water Line Project; authorize staff to advertise and solicit bids; and determine Project to be exempt from review under California Environmental Quality Act]
IS ITEM NUMBER 16, WHICH IS TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE DESIGN AND PLANS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ENGLISH ROAD RECYCLED WATER LINE PROJECT COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ PULLED THE LETTER.I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT WHEN IT'S GONNA START AND HOW MANY DAYS ONCE WE START IT? SO TONIGHT'S AUTHORIZATION IS TO SOLICIT BIDS.
UH, MOST LIKELY WE WILL AWARD A CONTRACT IN, UH, IN NOVEMBER.
I WILL NEGOTIATE WITH THE CONTRACTOR ON, UH, START DATE, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, GIVEN THE HOLIDAYS, WE MAY NOT START UNTIL JANUARY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T CREATE, UM, UH, A CONSTRUCTION ZONE DURING THE HOLIDAYS.
I THINK MIGHT BE BEST TO, TO HOLD OFF UNTIL JANUARY, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL DISCUSS WITH THE CONTRACTOR ONCE WE AWARD, UH, THE CONTRACT.
I KNOW YOU GUYS WILL DO A GREAT JOB.
UM, ONCE WE PUT THE LINE IN, ARE WE GONNA REPAVE THE ROAD? YES.
WE'LL, SO THE ROAD'S GONNA BE REP, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA REPAY FROM EDGE, UH, EDGE TO EDGE ALL THE WAY.
UM, FROM PEYTON ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF, UH, ENGLISH SPRING ROAD.
IT'S GONNA MAKE IT LOOK REALLY NICE.
SO IF SOMEBODY DOES WANT TO HOOK UP TO RECYCLE WATER, ARE WE GONNA HAVE THINGS AT EACH PROPERTY OR WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE TO CUT UP THE ROAD FOR THEM TO GET ACCESS TO RECYCLE WATER? THAT'S CORRECT.
AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, WE WILL PROVIDE CONNECTION POINTS TO EVERY SINGLE PARCEL, UH, ALONG ENGLISH ROAD AND, UH, ENGLISH PARK PLACE.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WILL PROVIDE CONNECTION POINTS TO ENGLISH SPRINGS PARK COUNTRY, SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AYLA HIGH SCHOOL, AND LIDO ELEMENTARY.
UH, THAT'LL BE A BIG HELP TO THOSE INSTITUTIONS TO BE ABLE TO GET OFF OF POTABLE WATER AND IRRIGATE WITH, UH, RECYCLED WATER.
AND BECAUSE OF DUST CONTROL, WE ACTUALLY, THEY NEED TO USE WATER, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO IT'S BETTER THEY USE, UH, RECYCLE WATER THAN POT POTABLE WATER, CORRECT.
ON THE PROPERTIES FOR DUST CONTROL? THEY CAN CERTAINLY DO SO, YES.
IT SOUNDS, SOUNDS LIKE WE ANSWERED A LOT OF CHRISTIAN'S QUESTIONS.
WAS THERE ANYTHING THERE THAT WE MISSED? UH, CAN WE ASK THE QUESTION ABOUT UNDERGROUND UTILITIES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS? OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS, UH, BEYOND THE PURVIEW? YOU CAN ANSWER.
SO REGARDING UNDERGROUND UTILITIES, THAT'S, UH, EDISON, UH, AND NOT PART OF THIS PROJECT, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DISCUSS AS PART OF A FUTURE PROJECT.
UM, BUT NO WILL NOT BE COVERED UNDER THIS, UH, CURRENT SCOPE.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS, UH, WHY WE DON'T HAVE ANY JURISDICTION, UH, UNDER FOR THOSE UTILITIES.
SO WE, WE WOULD HAVE TO, WOULD WE HAVE TO SEPARATELY UNDERGROUND FOR UTILITIES? IT COULDN'T BE IN THE SAME TRENCH AS THE UH, UM, RECLAIMED WATER.
NO, IT WOULD BE A COMPLETELY SEPARATE TRENCH.
SHOULD, SHOULD WE GO DOWN THAT PATH? ALRIGHT.
AND I THINK WE'VE ANSWERED MOST OF THE CHRISTIAN'S QUESTIONS, RIGHT? ALRIGHT, THEN I'D LIKE A MOTION.
CHRISTIAN, WE GOT YOUR MOST OF YOUR ANSWERS.
[18. Adopt resolution approving revised design and plans for construction of Community Park Improvements (Phase III - Expansion of Parking Lot and Site Improvements - Re-Bid) Project; authorize staff to resolicit bids for construction; and determine Phase III Project to be exempt from review under California Environmental Quality Act]
NEXT IS 18 TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING THEIR REVISED DESIGN AND PLANS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE COMMUNITY PARK IMPROVEMENTS.PHASE THREE, EXPANSION OF PARKING LOT AND SITE IMPROVEMENTS.
OKAY, JONATHAN, SO THIS IS A PART TWO.
UH, WE TRIED THIS ONCE BEFORE AND THE BIDS WERE WAY TOO HIGH FOR WHAT WE ESTIMATED.
SO WITH PARKING, HAVING TO DO WITH PARKING, UNLESS I'M LOOKING AT DANIEL, WE'LL SEE PARKING.
I KNOW AT ONE POINT WE ESTIMATED THAT THIS WOULD BUY US THE WHOLE PROJECT WOULD BUY US A HUNDRED PLUS PARKING SPOTS WITH A REVISED EFFORT WITH THIS PROJECT.
HOW MANY PARKING STALLS DO YOU THINK WE'RE GONNA GAIN FROM THIS? WHAT WE'RE POSSIBLY GOING TO APPROVE? WELL, CERTAINLY MY COMPADRE DOWN THERE CAN ANSWER MOST OF THESE QUESTIONS TOO.
UH, DANIEL, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HURT THE INITIAL PROJECT WAS A COUPLE OF THINGS.
ONE WAS THE, UH, RETAINING, UH, THAT NEEDED TO OCCUR.
UH, VERY EXPENSIVE AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, AS WELL AS KIND OF THE, UH, COMPRESSED TIMELINE THAT WE HAD RELATED TO THE PROJECT AS WELL.
SO, UM, ENGINEERING STAFF, I KNOW KUDOS TO THEM OF TAKING THE LEAD ON THIS AND HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB OF, UH, TRYING TO, UH, UH, REDUCE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PARKING LOT AND SUCH.
UM, REALLY WHAT THIS PARKING LOT'S GOING TO HELP MORE SO THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
NOT TO DIGRESS, BUT, UM, IT'S GONNA HELP THE DAY-TO-DAY ACTIVITIES THAT ARE TAKING PLACE THERE IN AS MUCH AS THE LARGER EVENTS THAT HAPPEN AT THE, AT THE PARK SITE AND SUCH.
I THINK WE WENT, UH, WE WENT DOWN, UH, 10 TO 15 SPACES.
WE WERE SOMEWHERE IN THE NINETIES AND I THINK WE'RE IN THE LOW EIGHTIES NOW, AS FAR AS THE SPOTS GO CORRECT AND SUCH, SO NOT AS SIGNIFICANT AS YOU WOULD THINK, BUT REALLY THE RETAINING IS REALLY WHAT CREATED A, A LOT OF THE COST ASSOCIATED.
SO WE'RE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC.
I KNOW THAT, UH, IT WILL BE A, A BETTER PRICE THIS GO AROUND.
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HAD.JUST HOW MANY SPOTS WE'RE GONNA GAIN FROM THIS PROJECT.
ALRIGHT, I'LL MOVE THE ITEM UNLESS THERE'S NOTHING ELSE.
[21. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
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 DOES NOT APPEAR ON THE AGENDA.
PLEASE COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK OR REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD AND COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.
GOOD EVENING VICE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M SORRY TO SAY THAT, UH, WE'RE HAVING AN ELECTION IN OUR COMMUNITY, TER THE REASON WE'RE HAVING THIS IS BECAUSE WE'RE REQUIRED BY OUR HOA CC AND R TO HOLD ONE ANNUALLY, AND IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR.
UH, WE HAVE TO HOLD THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO CONTROL THE FUNDS THAT WE BRING IN TO DO THE SERVICE WORK IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO AS A COMMON INTEREST DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.
UNFORTUNATELY, UH, AS PART OF THE ELECTION, THERE'S PEOPLE WHO WIN AND THERE'S PEOPLE THAT ARE LOSING.
AND ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT, UH, IS LOST LAST YEAR, HER REELECTION ATTEMPT SEEMS TO BE CREATING A BIT OF A PROBLEM FOR US AND THE CITY BY CALLING UP CODE ENFORCEMENT AND REQUESTING THAT OUR ELECTION SIGNS FALL UNDER LOOKS LIKE CHINO HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE 1 6 3 8 0 4 3, WHICH IS TEMPORARY SINGLE EXHIBITION EVENT SIGNS SUCH AS YARD SALE OR BLOCK PARTY.
UH, OUR ELECTION SIGNS WOULD FALL UNDER MUNICIPAL CODE 1 6 3 8 0 4 6 BECAUSE WE'RE ONLY PUTTING THEM UP DURING THE PERIOD OF TIME THAT THE ELECTION IS BEING HELD WHEN THE BALLOTS WENT OUT ON AUGUST 30TH AND THE ELECTION WILL BE COUNTED AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER ON OCTOBER 3RD.
I BROUGHT A SAMPLE SIGN THAT 120 OF OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE UP.
THERE'S NOTHING RUDE ON THERE, NOTHING TO LIST, YOU KNOW, OBJECTIVE.
BUT IT'S FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RUNNING THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING.
AND IT'S SAD THAT, UH, THIS PERSON OR COUPLE PEOPLE HAVE GONE TO THE POINT WHERE THEY'VE MADE ALL THIS RUCKUS FOR OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT.
I'LL APOLOGIZE THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED, BUT WE APPRECIATE YOUR LISTENING TO OUR NEEDS AND GETTING BACK TO US ON THIS IN A VERY QUICK MANNER.
BUT I'M SADDENED TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE LETTERS HAD TO GO OUT.
JUST, YOU KNOW, FOR PROOF, HERE'S OUR BALLOT.
WE'RE HOLDING A LEGITIMATE ELECTION AND OCTOBER 3RD, IT'LL ALL BE OVER.
WE'LL HAVE A NEW BOARD ON THERE AND WE'LL TAKE IT DOWN OUR SIGNS AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND HAVE A BLESSED WEEK.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOANNE JANIS.
THIS IS PART OF THE 2024 COUNTY HOMELESS REPORT.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE MAIN REASONS FOR THE HOMELESSNESS PROBLEMS, HIGH HOUSING COSTS, SUBSTANCE ADDICTION, MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS, AND UNEMPLOYMENT.
OUR COUNTY HAD A 1.4 INCREASE IN NUMBERS WITH A LITTLE OVER 4,000 HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS.
CHINO HILLS HAS A SEVEN, HAS SEVEN HOMELESS.
OUR COUNTY, UH, SEVEN HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS WITH INCREASE OF FOUR FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
THAT'S A LOW NUMBER COMPARED TO A LOT OF OTHER CITIES IN OUR COUNTY.
ONE OF THE TABLES IN THE REPORT REVEALED THE SECOND HIGHEST NUMBER OF HOMELESSNESS IS DUE TO SUBSTANCE USERS.
AND THE THIRD POSITION ARE THOSE STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS. OUR COUNTY IMPLEMENTED TWO MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS AND HOPEFULLY THESE PROGRAMS WILL HELP TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS SUFFERING WITH SEVERE MENTAL ISSUES.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, IT DOESN'T HELP THOSE SUBSTANCE USERS STRUGGLING WITH MILD CO-OCCURRING MENTAL PROBLEMS BECAUSE OF NOT MEETING THE PROGRAM'S CRITERIA.
MY SON IS ONE OF THOSE PARTICULAR INDIVIDUALS.
HE STRUGGLES WITH A DHD AND ASPERGER'S AND IS NOW SHOWING SIGNS OF MENTAL DECLINE, BUT HE'S NOT CONSIDERED A LIKELY CANDIDATE.
HE'S BEEN OFFERED HELP TO PLACE HIM IN A FACILITY TO ADDRESS HIS ADDICTION AND GET HIM OFF THE STREETS, BUT HE CONTINUES TO REFUSE.
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TYPE OF INDIVIDUALS? WELL, THERE ARE A COUPLE POSSIBILITIES THAT MIGHT COME INTO PLAY.ONE IS THE NEW US SUPREME COURT RULING, GIVING CITIES AND COUNTIES MORE POWERS TO ARREST SITE AND FIND PEOPLE WHO SLEEP OUTSIDE IN PUBLIC PLACES.
SOME CITIES ARE ALREADY TAKING DOWN TENTS AND CLEANING UP ENCAMPMENTS, BUT NOT ALL ARE ACCEPTING HELP AND THEY'RE JUST MOVING ON TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
THIS RULING DOES ALLOW FOR A 30 DAY MAXIMUM INCARCERATION PERIOD IF ARRESTED JAIL MIGHT BENEFIT SOME OF THE DRUG ADDICTS IF THEY STAY IN LONG ENOUGH TO DETOX AND RECEIVE INTERVENTION.
BUT YOU CAN'T CRIMINALIZE HOMELESSNESS AWAY, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT SOCIAL FACTORS INVOLVED.
AND THEN THERE'S THE ISSUE OF LACK OF RESOURCES.
NEXT IS PROP 36, WELL, WHICH WILL APPEAR ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT PROP 36.
THE HOMELESS DRUG ADDICTION THEFT REDUCTION ACT WOULD AMEND PROP 47.
IF IT PASSES PROP 36 WOULD PUT SOME TEETH BACK INTO SOME OF THE CRIME OFFENSES, INCLUDING THOSE IN POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.
ON THE THIRD ARREST FOR POSSESSION OF CERTAIN DRUGS, THE PERSON WOULD BE GIVEN THE OPTION OF PARTICIPATING IN A DRUG, PRE DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAM OR BE INCARCERATED.
THIS PROP COULD POSSIBLY HELP TO GET MY SON OFF THE STREETS.
HE'S BEEN ARRESTED 19 TIMES SINCE JULY 23RD.
THAT'S JUST A LITTLE OVER A YEAR FOR POSSESSION OF A SO SMALL AMOUNT OF METH AND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.
HE SIGNED AND RELEASE IN A FEW HOURS BECAUSE OF PROP FORTIES, AND HE GOES BACK TO HIS ENCAMPMENT AND USE MORE DRUGS.
IF HE CHOOSES RE UH, JAIL OVER.
I'D RATHER SEE HIM GO INTO REHAB.
BUT IF HE GOES IN THE JAIL, AT LEAST I KNOW HE'S NOT ON THE STREETS.
THANK YOU, RAY FOR BUYING HIM A MEAL AND TRYING TO TALK TO HIM.
THANK YOU CAPTAIN GERARD FOR HAVING YOUR, UH, DEPUTIES HELP ME WITH SOME PAPERWORK.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DANIEL VEECK.
OKAY, GOOD EVENING, HONOR ROLL VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS DANIEL VELA AND I RESIDE AT 50 38 AGATE ROAD HERE IN CHINO HILLS.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY REGARDING AN ISSUE THAT IMPACTED MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS IN THE ALTERRA COMMUNITY.
SPECIFICALLY, THIS CONCERNS THE 110 CODE ENFORCEMENT LETTER SENT TO ALTERRA MEMBERS, INCLUDING MYSELF.
AND HERE'S A COPY OF THAT LETTER.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO REITERATE SOME KEY DISCUSSIONS THAT I HAD YESTERDAY WITH ROD HILL, THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
FIRST, NO FINES WILL BE IMPOSED ON THE HOMEOWNERS WHO RECEIVED THESE LETTERS FOR DISPLAYING THE CAMPAIGN SIGNS THAT BE PRESENTED HERE IN THE MEETING.
SECOND, THE ALTERRA, HOA BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTION IS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER THE THIRD, 2024.
THIS CAN BE CONFIRMED WITH SCOTT SEARS FROM ACTION PROPERTY MANAGER.
FINALLY, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS BRIAN JOSS, CYNTHIA MORAN, THE CITY ATTORNEY AND CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR BRANDY CASTRO, ARE ALL AWARE OF THIS MATTER AND ARE CURRENTLY RE-REVIEWING IT.
BEYOND THESE UPDATES, I WANT TO EXPRESS THE CONCERNS RAISED BY MANY CAMPAIGN SUPPORTERS.
WHEN SPEAKING WITH ALTERRA HOMEOWNERS, THE MOST COMMON FEAR SHARED WAS A FEAR OF RETRIBUTION OR HARASSMENT FOR SIMPLY DISPLAYING CAMPAIGN SIGNS.
IT IS DEEPLY TROUBLING THAT THESE CONCERNS SEEM TO HAVE BEEN VALIDATED THROUGH THE ACTIONS OF THE CITY'S MANAGER'S OFFICE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION.
YESTERDAY I SPENT SEVERAL HOURS REACHING OUT TO CITY OFFICIALS AND PERSONALLY MEETING WITH MANY OF THE AFFECTED HOMEOWNERS.
THEIR ANXIETY WAS PALPABLE AND I DID MY BEST TO REASSURE THEM THAT BASED ON MY DISCUSSION WITH MR. HILL, NO FINES OR REPERCUSSIONS WOULD BE, WOULD BE IMPOSED BY CODE ENFORCEMENT.
WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT THE EMOTIONS CAN RUN HIGH DURING AN HOA ELECTION, INTIMIDATION AND HARASSMENT HAVE NO PLACE IN THIS PROCESS.
IT IS CRUCIAL THAT APPROPRIATE ACTIONS ARE TAKEN TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS TRANSPARENTLY AND FAIRLY.
THOSE WHO MAY HAVE USED THE CITY RESOURCES TO INTIMIDATE ALTERRA, HOMEOWNERS MUST BE INFORMED THAT SUCH BEHAVIOR IS UNACCEPTABLE AND WILL NOT BE TOLERATED BY THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
FINALLY, I RESPECTFULLY REQUESTED AN APOLOGY LETTER BE SENT TO THE AFFECTED HOMEOWNERS, CLEARLY STATING THAT NO FINES, INVESTIGATION, OR REPERCUSSIONS WILL BE IMPOSED FOR DISPLAYING CAMPAIGN SIGNS.
THESE CODE ENFORCEMENT CASES THAT RESULTED TO THE ISSUANCE OF LETTERS AND ALLEGED VIOLATION MUST BE CLOSED.
THEREFORE, THE LETTER OF APOLOGY OR CLARIFICATION WILL CONFIRM THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION TO CLOSE THESE CASES.
FURTHERMORE, I ASK THAT THESE LETTERS BE ISSUED IN ENGLISH, SPANISH, AND MANDARIN.
AS MANY HOMEOWNERS MAY BE MORE COMFORTABLE READING IN THOSE LANGUAGES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
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GOOD EVENING, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF AND AUDIENCE MEMBERS.SUZETTE DENG WITH YOUR COUNTY SUPERVISOR FOR DISTRICT SUPERVISOR KURT HAMAN'S OFFICE.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS.
NEXT DOCUMENT SHREDDING EVENT IS COMING UP 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 REACH CAP CAPACITY.
IT IS LIMITED TO THREE STANDARDIZED BOXES OF DOCUMENTS PER VEHICLE.
THIS EVENT IS FREE FOR ALL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY RESIDENTS ONLY PRE-REGISTRATION IS RECOMMENDED THROUGH EVENTBRITE.COM TO EXPEDITE THE PROCESS.
THAT'S HAGMAN SHRED 0 9 2 4 EVENTBRITE, I'M SORRY, 0 9 2 4 EVENTBRITE.COM.
APPLICATIONS ARE BEING ACCEPTED BY COUNTY SUPERVISOR KURT HAGMAN.
FOR RESIDENTS WHO WISH TO SERVE ON THE SAN BERNARD BERNARD COUNTY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, APPLICANTS MUST LIVE IN THE FOURTH DISTRICT, WHICH INCLUDES CHINO HILLS, CHINO, MONTCLAIR, ONTARIO, AND PORTIONS OF UPLAND SOUTH OF 14TH STREET.
AND THE SURROUNDING, UM, UNINCORPORATED AREAS, APPLICATIONS MAY BE OBTAINED BY VISITING THE CLERK OF THE BOARD WEBSITE@COB.SB COUNTY.GOV.
FOR ASSISTANCE, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CLERK OF THE BOARD AT 9 0 9 3 8 7 3 9 6 1.
AND IN ACCORDANCE TO THE COUNTY POLICY FLAGS AT ALL COUNTY FACILITIES ARE TO BE FLOWN AT HALF STAFF TOMORROW, SEPTEMBER 11TH IN OBSERVANCE OF PATRIOT, UH, PATRIOT DAY.
AND AS ALWAYS, UM, WE RECOMMEND YOU CONTACT OUR OFFICE RIGHT HERE IN CHINO HILLS.
WE HAVE A DISTRICT OFFICE HERE AT 9 0 9 4 6 5 5 2 6 5 FOR ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING COUNTY SERVICES OR RESOURCES.
AND WE URGE OR RECOMMEND THAT EVERYONE SIGN UP FOR SUPERVISOR HAGMAN'S NEWSLETTER FOR UPDATES ON ANY COUNTY ISSUES AND ALSO EVENTS THAT'S COMING UP.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NOPE, THAT IS IT.
UM, FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT AND HONOR, UM, AMERICAN CITIZEN AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST, UM, ASIA, NO IGGY, WHO WAS ASSASSINATED BY AN ISRAELI SNIPER WITH A BULLET TO HER HEAD, ASIAN NO, UM, WAS A WIFE, A DAUGHTER, A FRIEND, AND A AND CHERISHED PART OF HER COMMUNITY.
HER DEATH IS A HEARTBREAKING REMINDER OF THE THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT LIVES TAKEN BY THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION MAYOR, THIS IS, THIS IS, THIS IS NOT CITY BUSINESS.
YOU'VE ASKED THE SPEAKER TO MOVE ON TO CITY BUSINESS, PLEASE.
DID YOU HEAR THAT? I HEARD IT.
I DON'T AGREE WITH IT, BUT I HEARD IT.
IF YOU HAVE GEN, IF YOU HAVE GENERAL COMMENTS THAT ARE DEEMED WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF CITY BUSINESS, YOU CAN CONTINUE.
CAN I FINISH AT LEAST MY HONORING HER? WE'LL, LISTEN, THANK YOU.
AND AS WE HONOR HER MEMORY, MAY WE, MAY BE, MAY WE BE INSPIRED TO CONTINUE ADVOCATING FOR JUSTICE, PEACE, AND AN END OF SETTLER COLONIALISM.
FIRSTLY, DURING A PREVIOUS MEETING, THE CITY COUNCIL TOOK PRIDE IN THE SAFETY OF OUR CITY, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE MANY REASONS THAT MADE US CHOOSE CHINO HILLS TO BE OUR HOME.
HOWEVER, WHAT I LEARNED DURING THAT MEETING IS THAT THIS SAFETY IS SELECTIVE.
IT'S NOT MEANT FOR ALL RESIDENTS.
IT'S NOT MEANT FOR THE VISIBLY MUSLIM, ARAB OR ANYONE WHO IS SHOWING SOLIDARITY FOR MY PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.
RECENTLY, A MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY MADE BLATANTLY RACIST AND ISLAMOPHOBIC REMARKS THAT WERE BOTH VILE AND HARMFUL.
BUT WHAT'S MORE DISTURBING IS THE DEAFENING SILENCE FROM THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE EYE ROLLING AND THE UTTER DISRESPECT AND DISMISSAL OF OUR GRIEVANCES.
AND IT, IT HAS BEEN HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR.
IT SUGGESTS THAT RACISM AND ISLAMOPHOBIA CAN FIND A SAFE HAVEN IN OUR CITY.
WHILE I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT WE WILL NOT TOLERATE HATE BY, BY FAILING TO PUBLICLY CONDEMN THESE HATEFUL STATEMENTS, YOU ARE IMPLICITLY CONDONING THEM.
THE DANGEROUS FASCIST RHETORIC IS UNACCEPTABLE HATE SPEECH IS UNACCEPTABLE, AND IT'S AN ASSAULT ON OUR COMMUNITY.
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I DEMAND THE CITY COUNCIL PUBLICLY TO CONDEMN THESE REMARKS AND MAKE IT CLEAR TO OUR CITY THAT, THAT OUR CITY DOES NOT STAND WITH HATE.IT IS YOUR DUTY TO STAND FIRMLY AGAINST SUCH BIGOTRY, AND NOT JUST IN WORDS, BUT IN ACTION.
SECONDLY, THIS CITY COUNCIL KEEPS CLAIMING THAT, UH, ANY ISSUE BEYOND OUR BORDERS OR BEYOND, LIKE OUTSIDE OF CITY, OUT, OUTSIDE OF CITY BUSINESS, UM, THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY EFFECT ON THEM.
WELL, I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT WHAT YOU CAN DO IS DIVEST FROM CATERPILLAR, UM, BULLDOZERS.
THEY HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY, UH, CONNECTED TO THE APPETITE AND THE ETHNIC CLEANSING OF PALESTINIANS.
I DEMAND THAT YOU ADOPT A RESOLUTION FOR CEASEFIRE TO SAVE LIVES.
MAYOR, MAYOR, AND SAVE THAT YOU'RE GIVING OUTTA LINE MAYOR FREE PALESTINE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
AND MAYOR, I JUST WANNA RESPOND THAT THIS, WHAT HAPPENED AT THE END IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE SPEAKER THAT SHE IS, UM, CRITICIZING.
THAT WE HAD AN INDIVIDUAL THAT STOOD UP AND SAID SOME REMARKS AT THE END OF WHEN HE WAS TALKING, WHICH I SAID, WERE NOT CITY BUSINESS.
AND THEN PEOPLE STAND UP AND SAY, WILL YOU LET HIM DO THAT? WELL, NO, WE DIDN'T.
AND THIS IS WHAT'S GONE ON FOR NINE MONTHS NOW IS IN THE LAST 15 SECONDS OR SO, PEOPLE SAY THINGS THEY KNOW THAT AREN'T CITY BUSINESS AND WE TRY TO CURTAIL IT, BUT IT'S THE CITY'S NOT CONDONING THOSE STATEMENTS.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DOUG MCCORMICK.
UH, I WAS GONNA DO THIS FOR ITEM NINE, BUT BECAUSE I, I'M NOT GONNA BE OUTTA TOWN, I'M JUST GONNA DO IT NOW TONIGHT.
UH, I COME BEFORE YOU TO EXPRESS MY DISPLEASURE WITH ITEM NINE ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA RELATING TO THE UTILIZING SENATE BILL 3 29 TO INCREASE THE BASE SALARY OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS BY NEARLY 75%.
SEVERAL WEEKS AGO AT THE CITY BUDGET WORKSHOP, I HEARD SEVERAL DEPARTMENT HEADS AND THE CITY MANAGER EXPLAIN HOW THEY'RE DEALING WITH HIGHLY INFLATED COSTS RELATED TO LABOR MATERIAL AND OTHER EXPENSES.
IT WAS ALSO STRESSED THAT VARIOUS RES REVENUE SOURCES WERE EXPERIENCING SHORTFALLS SUN DRAG UP COMPLETELY.
IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT BECAUSE OF THE COST VERSUS REVENUE ISSUES, IT WAS NECESSARY FOR EVERYONE TO SHARPEN THEIR PENCILS, PROPOSE BUDGETS AND PROJECTIONS THAT WERE NOT, THAT ARE BASED NOT ONLY ON PROVIDING NEEDED SERVICE, BUT ALSO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
EVEN SEVERAL OF YOU ADDED HOW THE CITY ADMINISTRATION, THIS CITY COUNCIL AND PRE PREVIOUS CITY COUNCILS HAVE DONE SUCH A GREAT JOB WITH TAXPAYER DOLLARS OVER THE YEARS.
NOW, AFTER ALL THAT TALK OF BEING FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE, YOU PROPOSE TO GIVE YOURSELF A 75% PAY RAISE INCREASE BASED ON THE SENATE BILL THAT WAS PROPOSED BY ONE OF THE MOST FISCALLY IRRESPONSIBLE LEGISLATURES IN THE COUNTRY.
AND SIGNED INTO LAW BY ONE OF THE MOST FISCALLY IRRESPONSIBLE GOVERNORS IN THE COUNTRY, WITH LITERALLY NO DEBATE BY THE TAXPAYERS OF CALIFORNIA WHO OUGHT TO FLIP THE BILL FOR THIS INCREASED EXPENSE.
WE'VE ALL HEARD THE GO-TO THE GO-TO PUBLIC OFFICIAL SPEAK ABOUT EVERYONE ELSE IS PAYING THIS.
SO WE NEED TO KEEP, KEEP IN STEP WITH THEM AND SPEND MONEY ON THE SAME LEVEL AS EVERYONE ELSE.
JUST BECAUSE OTHER CITIES AND AGENCIES DO THIS, IT DOESN'T MAKE IT RIGHT OR FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.
I URGE A CITY COUNCIL TO DO THE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE THING AND REJECT THE PROVISIONS OF SENATE BILL 3 29.
IN ADDITION, UH, TO END ON A POSITIVE NOTE, UH, KUDOS TO THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDING FOUNDATION FOR A GREAT SUMMER CONCEPT SERIES.
MORE PEOPLE SHOULD SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION.
OUR LAST COMMENT CARD IS FROM JIM GALLAGHER.
UM, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT MASS SHOOTINGS.
UH, WE'RE HAVING A PUBLIC SAFETY AND EMERGENCY MEETING ON THE 19TH, AS YOU MENTIONED.
AND I ALWAYS THINK THAT THE TOPICS ARE IMPORTANT, THAT WE BE AWARE OF THE DANGER OF EARTHQUAKES AND OF FIRES AND SO ON.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE ALSO ADD IS SOME SENSE OF AWARENESS FROM THE CITY THAT MASS
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SHOOTINGS ARE STILL A THREAT IN THIS STATE.UH, LOOKING AT STATISTICS, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S BEEN 448 US MASS SHOOTINGS IN 2024.
6,404 OF THEM BE SINCE, UH, JANUARY OF 2013 IN CALIFORNIA.
THERE'S BEEN 26 MASS SHOOTINGS SO FAR THIS YEAR.
23 SCHOOL SHOOTINGS IN THE COUNTRY.
UH, TWO OF THEM HERE IN CALIFORNIA.
UH, I KNOW IT'S ALWAYS, SEEMS LIKE IT'S SOMEPLACE ELSE THAT THIS HAPPENS.
AND I KNOW I'VE SPOKEN ON THIS TOPIC BEFORE.
I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO GET ANOTHER SENSE OF AWARENESS AND MAYBE DURING THE SAFETY AND PUBLIC, UH, SAFETY WORKSHOPS, WE CAN DO THAT.
AND AT THE SAME TIME THAT PREVIOUS SPEAKER DID TALK ABOUT HATE SPEECH AND IN OUR CITY IT IS THERE.
I'VE HEARD OF IT EVEN IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.
UH, MAYBE WE CAN ALSO WEAVE IN SOME WORKSHOPS TO TALK ABOUT HOW CAN WE GET ALONG BETTER.
I KNOW THAT SOUNDS SIMPLISTIC, BUT MAYBE IN SOME WAYS AN UNDERSTANDING OF EACH OTHER AND A WAY TO START LEARNING TO WORK WITH ONE ANOTHER COULD HELP ALL OF US.
[SAFETY UPDATES - Fire and Police]
CHIEF WILLIAMS, I KNOW YOU HAVE GOT A LOT TO TALK ABOUT.UH, VICE MAYOR COUNCIL AND, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE ALL AROUND US, IF YOU JUST WALK OUTSIDE AND, AND INHALE, YOU CAN SMELL THE SMOKE.
AND IF YOU LOOK IN PRETTY MUCH ANY DIRECTION, YOU'LL SEE PLUMES OF SMOKE.
UH, WE HAVE SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT FIRES GOING ON AROUND THE AREA.
UH, THE, THE, THE OLD DAYS OF HAVING A, A FIRE SE SEASON IS REALLY GONE.
FIRE SEASON IS, IS REALLY ALL YEAR LONG.
I THINK WHAT GETS LOST, AND MOST, MOST PEOPLE PROBABLY THINK ABOUT THE SUMMERTIME BECAUSE THAT'S THE WARMER TIME IS THE FIRE SEASON.
BUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST THREATS FOR US IS REALLY, IS THE WIND FACTOR AND THE WINDS LOCALLY START PICKING UP IN LATE SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER.
I SAY THAT AS A POINT JUST TO BE MINDFUL OF WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU'RE DOING ANY KINDA RECREATIONAL WITH OPEN FLAMES, BE MINDFUL OF THAT.
UH, WHEN YOU'RE OUT, UH, TRAVELING ABOUT, UH, CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, JUST BE MINDFUL THAT WE HAVE CREWS THAT ARE OUT THERE WORKING MANY TIMES, WORKING LONG, LONG HOURS.
UH, THEY, THEY ALSO HAVE TO MOVE BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN WORKING ON THE LINE AND THEN GOING TO GET SLEEP AND, AND, UM, MAY NOT BE IN, IN THE, THE MOST RESTED CONDITION AFTER LONG WORKING HOURS.
SO, UH, FOR ME, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO ALL OF OUR PERSONNEL THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE WORKING, UH, AS FAR AS, EVEN UP AS IN, UP IN ON THE KLAMATH AND OREGON AREA.
UH, AND LOCALLY WE HAVE THE BIG FIRES.
UH, ALSO WANTED TO UPDATE YOU ON THE AMBULANCE.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION JUST YET.
WE'RE BEING TOLD THAT WE SHOULD KNOW SOMETHING BY SEPTEMBER 11TH, WHICH IS TOMORROW.
UH, WE DID GET A REQUEST TO HAVE, UH, A SEVERAL STRIKE TEAMS OF AMBULANCES, WHICH IS NEW.
UH, THE REQUEST CAME THROUGH OUR DISPATCH CENTER, WHICH IS, WHICH IS A REALLY GOOD SIGN FOR US AS A, AS AN ORGANIZATION AT THE DISPATCH CENTER WHO'S LOOKING TO TAKE ON AMBULANCES.
WE GOT A REQUEST FOR AMBULANCE STRIKE TEAMS RELATED TO THE FIRES SO THAT THE HOSPITALS THAT ARE UP IN THE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS THAT WE COULD BE AVAILABLE TO RELOCATE THOSE PATIENTS THAT NEED TO, UH, BE REMOVED FROM THOSE HOSPITALS AND TAKEN TO OTHER HOSPITALS WHERE, UH, THE RESOURCES IN THE AIR SITUATION IS MUCH BETTER FOR THEM.
SO WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.
I, I WISH I HAD MORE FOR YOU, UH, UM, ON THAT AMBULANCE UPDATE, BUT STAY TUNED MAYBE TOMORROW.
UH, AND THEN FINALLY, NINE 11.
OBVIOUSLY THAT'S THE TRAGEDY THAT WE CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, REMEMBER, UH, FOR THE, THE HONORED, THE 343 IN OUR CASE, FIRE SURFACE PERSONNEL WHO PARISH AND THE COMMUNITY'S WELCOME IF YOU'RE GONNA BE OUT THERE TOMORROW, UH, COME A LITTLE BIT EARLY.
OBVIOUSLY PIKE PARKING ALWAYS GETS VERY TIGHT, UH, AT, AT STATION SIX.
AND SO JUST BE MINDFUL AGAIN, YOU HAVE, UH, AN HOUR OF WHICH CHILDREN BE GOING TO SCHOOL AND, AND JUST MAKE SURE YOU PROVIDE ENOUGH TIME AND SPACE TO GET THERE COMFORTABLY.
UH, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, UH, CITY STAFF AND RESIDENTS AND ATTENDANCE.
I WANNA TAKE A MINUTE TO HIGHLIGHT A RECENT CASE INVESTIGATED BY YOUR CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST, A CHINO HILLS BUSINESS LOCATED AT THE 3,200 BLOCK OF GRAND AVENUE WAS THE VICTIM OF THREE SEPARATE THEFTS OF COPPER WIRING FROM THEIR EXTERIOR ELECTRIC PANEL.
DURING THE THIRD THEFT AND ALERT EMPLOYEE WAS ABLE TO OBSERVE AND RECORD A PARTIAL LICENSE PLATE OF THE SUSPECT VEHICLE.
UTILIZING THE CITY'S A LPR CAMERAS, DETECTIVES WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE VEHICLE AND ITS FULL LICENSE PLATE NUMBER.
THAT PLATE WAS A STOLEN LICENSE PLATE FROM A SIMILAR MAKE AND MODEL, MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE.
IN PASADENA, DEPUTIES ENTERED THE SUSPECT VEHICLE INTO A LAW ENFORCEMENT DATABASE, AND SUBSEQUENTLY, LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF'S
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DEPUTIES LOCATED THE SUSPECT VEHICLE IN WHITTIER.THEY AFFECTED A TRAFFIC STOP OF THE VEHICLE AND ARRESTED THE SUSPECT.
THE SUSPECT VEHICLE WAS DETERMINED TO BE STOLEN FROM LA PUENTE.
BY THE WAY, CHINO HILLS DETECTIVES THEN AUTHORED SEARCH WARRANTS FOR ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE LOCATED ON THE SUSPECT AT THE TIME OF HIS ARREST, WHICH PROVED HE PARTICIPATED IN ALL THREE, UH, THEFTS IN OUR CITY.
AND THEN FINALLY, I WANNA SPEAK, I BELIEVE IT WAS COUNCILMAN ROGERS WHO ASKED IF MAYBE I'D MAKE A COMMENT ON PROP 36.
I THINK THE CONTENTS OF THE PROPOSITION HAVE BEEN PRETTY WELL EXPLAINED.
UM, BUT I WILL STATE THAT I SHARE SHANNON, UH, SHERIFF DYKE'S SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSITION SPECIFICALLY TO THE CITY HERE IN SHEENA HILLS.
FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, UM, I THINK IT'LL GO A LONG WAY IN ALLOWING US TO FIGHT CRIME AND ALSO, UM, DETOUR CRIME IN THE CITY.
SPECIFICALLY, IT'S GONNA ALLOW US TO, UH, FILE FELONY CHARGES ON THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE REPEAT OFFENDERS ON THE SECOND CONVICTION FOLLOWING A, UH, UH, A NARCOTICS ARREST AND OR A, UH, THEFT.
IT'LL ALLOW A FELONY CONVICTION.
SO I THINK THAT'LL GO A LONG WAY TO DETER CRIME IN CALIFORNIA AND SPECIFICALLY IN OUR CITY, FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN.
[CITY MANAGER UPDATES]
UH, VICE MAYOR BENNETT, I'LL JUST TAKE A QUICK SECOND TO COMMENT THAT WE HAD A COUPLE, UH, RESIDENTS SPEAK, UH, ON A CODE ENFORCEMENT MATTER, UH, THAT IS UNDER REVIEW.WE DON'T TYPICALLY COMMENT ON THE SPECIFICS, UH, BUT, UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE ARE, UH, REVIEWING, UH, THE, THE CIRCUMSTANCES AROUND, UH, THAT CASE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.
AND, AND IN THAT SAME REGARD, UH, YOU AND I SPOKE EARLIER THIS EVENING ABOUT THIS VERY ISSUE.
I MEAN, THE PROBLEMS BEING ISSUED.
AS WE KNOW, WE CAN'T TYPICALLY, UH, ENFORCE HOA, UH, RULES AND ANDRS, MY THINKING IS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND YOUR DISCUSSIONS IS THAT IF SIGNS ARE BEING POSTED WITHIN, WITHIN A CCA OR A, UH, EXCUSE ME, AN HOA AND NOT ON THE OUTSIDE, THEN SHOULD IT REALLY MATTER, SHOULD WE GET INVOLVED FROM A CODE ENFORCEMENT? BECAUSE WE DON'T ENFORCE HOA, UH, RULES.
SO JUST A THOUGHT TO BE CONSIDERED, UH, AS WE INVESTIGATE THAT, UH, HOA 'CAUSE WE'VE GOT TWO HOA PRESIDENTS UP HERE AND OR PAST PRESIDENTS AND THEY WERE, UH, WERE YOU ALSO, YEAH.
SO YEAH, WE'VE ALL BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS KIND OF STUFF, SO JUST FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
AND IF THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE, UH, COUNCIL REPORTS, UH, CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED FOR A SECOND.
I WANNA GO BACK TO, OH, YEAH, GO AHEAD.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, WHEN SOMEBODY COMPLAINS, IT'S ACTUALLY, WE DON'T INITIATE THE COMPLAINT, RIGHT? WE GET A PHONE CALL AND THEN WE HAVE TO RESPOND CODE ENFORCEMENT.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
WE HAVE A REACTIVE PROGRAM, OKAY.
WHERE IF A REPORT OF A VIOLATION IS SENT TO CODE ENFORCEMENT, CODE ENFOR CODE ENFORCEMENT THEN INVESTIGATES.
IF THEY FIND A CODE VIOLATION, THEY START WITH INFORMATION, THEY, UH, INFORM THE PUBLIC OF THE CODE.
AND THEN, UH, UM, PUNITIVE ACTIONS OR ADDITIONAL ACTION FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT COMES LATER ON.
BUT WE DID NOT, UH, UH, INITIATE THIS, UH, INVESTIGATION.
UH, IT'S, OUR PROGRAM IS REACTIVE IT WITH THE RARE EXCEPTION OF A HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUE.
CODE ENFORCEMENT DOES NOT PROACTIVELY GO OUT LOOKING FOR VIOLATIONS.
AND THEN JUST A FOLLOW UP QUESTION ON HOA GATED COMMUNITY THAT'S BEHIND GATES, THAT'S THEIR PROPERTY, CORRECT? LEMME STOP THIS.
IF IT'S A PUBLIC STREET, WE HAVE TO HANDLE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
IS THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? WE, WE, WE NEED TO REVIEW THIS, YOU KNOW, RATHER THAN, BECAUSE IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING, SO I PREFER THAT WE NOT HAVE A CONVERSATION UNTIL WE GET A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS AFTER WE REVIEW IT.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE OF A PUBLIC STREET OR GATED COMMUNITY.
[COUNCIL REPORTS]
UH, CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT THE BOARD MEMBER, JOHN MONROE, WAS IN THE BACK, BACK ROW THERE FOR QUITE A WHILE, AND I THINK HE, UH, HAD MORE FUN THAN HE COULD STAND
UM, LAST WEEK ON WEDNESDAY, UH, I HAD A MEASURE GCOC MEETING, UH, FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO I WENT BY THE NEW OFFICES ON RAMONA.
I WAS ABLE TO GET A, UH, GIVEN A TOUR BY GREG RO RO AND, UH, TOOK ACTUALLY PICTURES OF THE INSIDE OF THE, THE NEW BOARDROOM AND SENT THEM, UH, HERE TO THE COUNCIL SO YOU COULD SEE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
UH, I DID NOT ATTEND THE MEETING ACTUALLY IN PERSON ON THURSDAY.
I WATCHED IT ON, UH, UH, THE, THE FEED AND NOT A WHOLE LOT WENT ON.
UH, THERE WAS ONLY EIGHT SPEAKERS AND, UH, SO IT, THERE, THERE WAS, IT WASN'T AS CONTROVERSIAL AS IT CAN BE.
SO, BUT I JUST WANTED TO VERIFY THAT I DID NOT PHYSICALLY ATTEND, BUT I DID WATCH IT.
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ACTUALLY GOT TO SEE THE, THE NEW, UH, QUARTERS AND THAT, THAT'S A REALLY BEAUTIFUL BUILDING.THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SEE UP TO 200 IN THAT, UH, THEIR CHAMBERS, WHICH IS, UH, EVEN MORE THAN HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER JOE'S OMNI TRANSPORT.
THIS TWO, UH, LARGEST ITEM WAS, UH, REVIEWING OUR, UH, UH, EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH THE, UH, GENERAL MANAGER FOR OMNIS BOARD.
AND THEN WE WENT OVER RIDERSHIP AND SOMETHING THAT KIND OF, UH, STOOD OUT TO ME.
THIS IS MY FIRST IN PERSON MEETING FOR THE OMNI TRANSPORT.
UH, SO WE SEE THE OMNI RIDES, THE LITTLE, UM, THE LITTLE BUSES THAT GO AROUND TOWN THAT ARE, UM, ON, ON DEMAND.
I NEVER KNEW THAT IT COSTS OMNI TRANS $74 PER RIDER.
SO I, I, SO MY QUESTION TO OUR GENERAL MANAGER WAS, UH, WHY CAN'T WE JUST PAY FOR UBER? I CAN GET AROUND TOWN FOR FIVE BUCKS VERSUS 75, 70 $4.
AND THAT'S NOT EVEN, AND THAT DOESN'T EVEN INCLUDE THE, UH, OH GOSH, THE, THE TOLL OR THE FAIR.
SO I'LL HAVE TO DELVE INTO IT MORE.
BUT WHEN I SAW THAT IT WOULD, IT'S ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE ASPECTS OF OMNI TRANS.
IT'S A LOT CHEAPER ON A, ON A LARGER BUS TO MOVE PEOPLE AROUND VERSUS HAVING AN ON-CALL, AN ON-CALL LITTLE SHUTTLE GOING AROUND.
BUT YEAH, THAT, THAT JUST SEEMED RIDICULOUS TO ME.
UM, THEN FOR WEST VALLEY MOSQUITO, UH, JUST NORMAL APPROVAL OF MINUTES, YOU KNOW, FINANCE, NOTHING, NOTHING TO REPORT.
GENERAL POLICY COMMITTEE FROM S-B-C-T-A.
UH, WE REVIEWED MEASURE I AUDIT FISCAL YEAR 20 22, 20 21.
AND THEN WE ALSO APPROVED 20 22, 20 23.
UM, WE DISCUSSED THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, EVACUATION AND RESILIENCE CENTER.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE MOVING FORWARD.
IT'S GONNA BE A NICE PROJECT, UH, ALLEGED COMMITTEE.
UH, WE TALKED ABOUT STATE AND FEDERAL UPDATES.
AND THEN ALSO WE MOVED FORWARD THE EMERGENCY HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE RESOLUTION, UM, UH, FOR METRO VALLEY AND TRANSIT.
IT TURNS OUT THAT I GAVE WENDY FALSE INFORMATION.
I HAVE NOT ATTENDED THESE MEETINGS YET.
SO I WILL REPORT ON THESE IN TWO WEEKS, THE FOUNDATION AND, UH, CDA.
ALRIGHT THEN HOW ABOUT YOUR COUNSEL?
[COUNCIL COMMENTS]
COMMENTS? OKAY.GOT A FEW, UH, CARBON CANE AND TRUCK RESTRICTIONS.
I WAS SHAKING MY HEAD OVER THE WEEKEND WHEN, ON TWO DIFFERENT DAYS I PASSED FIVE AXLE TRUCKS.
CRUISING IN CARBON CANYON WAS MY, OH BOY, THEY'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT UNTIL A COUPLE MORNINGS AGO WHEN MY WIFE CALLED AND SAID FIVE AXLE TRUCKS BEING TICKETED RIGHT NOW IN CARBON CANYON.
THERE WAS, BECAUSE WE CAN'T BE, WE CAN'T BE EVERYWHERE, OBVIOUSLY, BUT HOPEFULLY THE WORD GETS OUT THAT THE, THE FIVE AXLE AND ABOVE VEHICLES ARE BEING TICKETED.
UH, EUCALYPTUS, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE, DANIEL, BUT I JUST WANT TO KEEP REITERATING TO, FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY NOT HAVE HEARD US, EUCALYPTUS IS GONNA BE SIMILAR TO ENGLISH WROTE IN, IN THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A PROJECT THAT GOES ALONG HAVING TO DO WITH RECLAIMED WATER.
RECYCLED WATER, UH, LINE BEING INSTALLED.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, IT'S AN ANOMALY.
USUALLY WE'RE, WE BRAG ABOUT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT OUR POTHOLES, OUR WATER SYSTEMS, ET CETERA, ARE TOP NOTCH.
IF THEY'RE THERE, THEY'RE THERE FOR A WEEK.
BUT WE DO HAVE A, UH, AN ISSUE ALONG EUCALYPTUS WHERE IT'S, IT'S SHOWING WHERE, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE LAST TWO YEARS OF RAINS.
SO OUR CREWS HAVE BEEN KEEPING 'EM AS CLEAN AS POSSIBLE.
BUT IT IS SHOWING WHERE, AND I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE AGAIN, UH, APPROACH ME ABOUT WHY IS EU FLIPPED LOOKING SO BAD.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY AND WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO DO ABOUT IT? CERTAINLY.
UM, SIMILAR TO ENGLISH ROAD, WE, WE HAVE A RECYCLED WATERLINE PROJECT ON EUCALYPTUS.
WE ARE GONNA CONNECT, UH, ADJACENT TO COMMUNITY PARK, UM, AND TAKE THAT WEST, UH, TOWARDS, UH, CHINO HOST PARKWAY AND CONNECT INTO VETERANS PARK.
UH, AS PART OF THAT PROJECT, WE WILL REHAB THE ENTIRE ROAD.
WE WILL HAVE ALL NEW ASPHALT AND ELIMINATE ALL THOSE POTHOLES.
UM, UNDER NORMAL CIR CIRCUMSTANCES, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS PROJECT, WE WOULD, WE WOULD'VE ALREADY BEEN OUT THERE AND FULLY REPAIRED THE PROJECT OR REPAIRED THE, THE ROAD.
HOWEVER, WE DON'T WANT TO INVEST MONEY INTO REPAIRING THE ROAD TO ONLY COME BACK AND TEAR IT UP AND REDO IT.
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WE'RE TRYING TO BE VERY CO UH, CAUTIOUS OF, OF HOW WE SPEND OUR, OUR, OUR CITY FUNDS.UM, BUT, UH, I, I KNOW IT'S A BIT OF AN INCONVENIENCE.
UH, AS YOU MENTIONED, STAFF IS OUT THERE PERIODICALLY.
UH, THEY INSPECT IT EVERY SINGLE WEEK.
THEY FILL POTHOLES AS NEEDED TO PREVENT ANY HAZARDS.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO SO UNTIL, UH, WE GET THAT PROJECT, UH, STARTED.
UM, AT THIS POINT, WE'RE LOOKING AT A START DATE OF SOMETIME IN, UH, DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR, OR JANUARY OF 2025.
WE MAY END UP TALKING ABOUT IT AGAIN.
JUST A COUPLE OF SIMPLE THINGS.
UH, DOUG, UH, ALLUDED TO ONE OF 'EM, WHICH IS OUR, OUR CONCERT THAT WE HAD.
WE DO A FOUNDATION DOES A THREE CONCERT SERIES, UH, FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW.
AS I, I ALWAYS TALK AT THAT EVENT AND WHAT I ALWAYS TRY TO TALK ABOUT IS IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE A FUNDRAISER.
OUR CONCERT SERIES ISN'T, IT'S MEANT TO BE, UH, GETTING THE ARTS OUT TO THE COMMUNITY SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL FAR.
WE HAD A SPECTACULAR CONCERT THE OTHER NIGHT ON SATURDAY NIGHT, UH, SOLD MORE THAN 400 TICKETS AND WHICH WAS THE MOST YOU'D EVER SEEN ON THAT LAWN, INDIVIDUAL WISE.
AND ANDY VARGAS WAS THE PERFORMER.
HE'S THE LEAD SINGER FOR SANTANA.
AND THANK GOODNESS HE SUNG A WHOLE BUNCH OF SANTANA SONGS.
HE, HE REALLY WENT FOR IT THIS TIME COMPARED TO WHEN WE HAD HIM OUT BEFORE.
AND EVERYBODY WAS, UH, OVERJOYED WITH THE, THE $15 TICKET THEY PAID FOR A CONCERT THAT LASTED A YEAR, AN HOUR AND A HALF.
SO, UH, KUDOS TO OUR, OUR TEAM THAT PUTS THE, THE, UM, CONCERT SERIES TOGETHER, UH, INCLUDING, UH, UM, A COUPLE OF BOARD MEMBERS FROM THE FOUNDATION, GLEN AND DARREN.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE, WHAT WE DO FOR A FUNDRAISER THOUGH, IS CURRENTLY THE WINE WALK AT CHINO HILLS.
AND THAT WINE WALK TAKES PLACE ON OCTOBER 12TH.
SO WINE WALK IS THE BIG FUNDRAISER FOR THE FOUNDATION.
THE FOUNDATION GIVES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
WE'VE RAISED AROUND $2 MILLION SO FAR OVER THE 15 YEARS.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A SMALL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
SO WINE WALK WILL BE TAKING PLACE.
IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT COMMUNITY BONDING.
PLUS IT'S A FUNDRAISER FOR OUR FOUNDATION.
AND I JUST, I HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IT A WHOLE LOT LATELY, BUT WE'RE GONNA START, UH, TALKING ABOUT MORE OFTEN NOW.
CHINO HILLS WINE WALK.COM AND IT, UH, THE TICKETS ARE $75 AND IT WILL SELL OUT.
SO WE HAVE FIVE WEEKS APPROXIMATELY BEFORE THE EVENT TAKES PLACE.
IT IS SOLD OUT EVERY YEAR FOR MANY, MANY YEARS NOW.
AND IT'S, UH, IT'S A, A GREAT TIME AND IT'S GREAT, AS I SAID, GREAT COMMUNITY BONDING EFFORT WHERE YOU HAVE GROUPS OF NEIGHBORS JUST WALKING AROUND THAT ARE PURCHASE TICKETS AND THEY'RE, THEY, THEY JUST, UH, THEY HAVE A GREAT TIME AND THEY'RE RUN INTO OTHER NEIGHBORS AT THIS EVENT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO BRAG ABOUT THE FACT WE'VE GOT A NICE BIG EVENT.
THERE'LL BE 1400 PEOPLE THERE.
WE SHUT DOWN TICKET SALES AT 1400 FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, SO WE DON'T OVERSELL.
AND AGAIN, ALL THE MONIES GO BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER WE WILL BE MAKING POSSIBLY A HUGE DONATION TO AN UPCOMING PROJECT IN A COUPLE OF YEARS.
WE JUST DID THE INCLUSIVE PARK FOR 125,000.
WE'VE GIVEN TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER WHEN IT WAS BUILT 10 YEARS AGO, $335,000.
UH, WE USED TO DO MIL, THE MILITARY BANNERS.
WE'VE DONE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
AEDS, WE'VE DONE AEDS TO A YEAR FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.
SO THINGS DO GO BACK TO THE COMMUNITY IN MANY WAYS.
MANY OF 'EM HAVE BEEN PARKS, BUT OTHER ONE-OFFS.
WE'VE DONE KIDS DAY CAMP PROBABLY ABOUT 17,000 A YEAR FOR MANY YEARS NOW.
SO IT, UH, IT MAY NOT BE YOUR THING, BUT WE TRY TO PUT OUT AS MANY PRO AS MANY EVENTS AS WE CAN DURING THE YEAR.
AND LATELY IT'S BEEN THE CONCERT SERIES AND OR WINE WALK, UH, BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY, ONLY SO MUCH WE CAN DO AS VOLUNTEERS, BUT THIS IS A GOOD ONE.
IF YOU'RE NOT INTO WINE, JUST ACCOMPANY FRIENDS AS YOU, UH, WANDER AROUND.
AND YOU, THERE'S ALSO FOOD, A LOT OF FOOD AND YOU'LL HAVE A GREAT TIME.
SO JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IT.
'CAUSE I HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT MUCH.
USUALLY I'M TALKING ABOUT IT MORE OFTEN, BUT I'M, I WAS HOLDING UNTIL WE GOT PAST THE BIG CONCERT.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE IN GENERAL.
HOW ABOUT, UH, RAY? THANK YOU MR. VICE SMEAR.
FIRST OF ALL, SCAGGS, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS.
I ATTENDED THE REGIONAL COUNCIL MEETING AND WE PASSED A 2024 CALIFORNIA CLEAN AIR ACT PROCLAMATION, UM, FOR OCTOBER 2ND.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD DO THAT.
AND THEN, UH, OUR PRESIDENT, WHICH IS OUR SUPERVISOR IN
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OUR COUNTY, KURT HAMAN, WILL BE LEAVING TO DUBAI.I BELIEVE THAT'S NEXT WEEK, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
HE'S BEEN OUTTA TOWN ON SATURDAY.
YEAH, HE'LL BE GONE FOR A WEEK AND HE, HE'S GOING TO A WORKSHOP FOR S SCAG.
ALSO, I TOOK A TOUR OF THE PORT AMI UH, PORT, WHICH I WAS REAL SURPRISED WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PORT OF, UH, SAN PEDRO AND LONG BEACH.
I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A THOUSAND ACRES.
THEY HAVE ABOUT 120 ACRES AND THEY ACTUALLY, UH, IT'S CALLED THE B AND B PORT BMWS.
THEY COME IN AND THEN ALSO BANANAS.
SO THEY HAVE ABOUT 5 BILLION BANANAS THAT PASS THROUGH THE PORT EVERY YEAR.
SO IT WAS A GREAT, GREAT TOUR.
UM, I DO WANT TO THANK VICTOR ALANTE FROM CARRIAGE HILLS AND OUR VERY OWN PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND PUBLIC WORKS.
UH, WE HAD SOMEBODY THAT ACTUALLY DUMPED SOME GREEN WASTE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD ON OLD CARBON CANYON ROAD ON A SUNDAY MORNING.
UH, PROBABLY I CALLED DANIEL AND WITHIN THE HOUR IT WAS PICKED UP.
UH, MET WITH A LADY NAMED MARY PADRES FROM CALTRANS, UM, WITH HER STAFF AND ALSO WITH OUR STAFF.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE S TERMS ON CARBON CANYON ROAD.
ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS, AND I WON'T TELL YOU HIS NAME, BUT THEY'VE ACTUALLY HAD 14 ACCIDENTS RIGHT INTO HIS FENCE AND PROBABLY SEVEN WITHIN THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
SO WE TALKED TO, UH, MARY POTTERS TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO TO SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN.
SO SHE'S LOOKING INTO THAT AND I WAS REALLY HAPPY AND I WANT TO THANK BEN FOR BEING AT THE MEETING.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, I WAS TOLD THEY WERE GONNA HAVE A MEETING TODAY WITH EDISON.
UH, THERE'S SOME POLLS THAT KEEP ON COMING DOWN IN CARBON CANYON RIGHT AT CARRIAGE HILLS.
AND CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT, NICOLE, AT ALL? WHAT, WHAT THE OUTCOME WAS? CERTAINLY.
SO, UM, WE'VE HAD A FEW MEETINGS WITH EDISON CALTRANS, AND EVEN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND WHILE NOTHING'S SET IN STONE YET, THEY ARE HOPEFUL THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE THE TWO POLES AT THE ENTRANCE OF CARRIAGE HILLS LANE BACK ABOUT MAYBE 15 FEET AT LEAST.
SO COULD BE A FEW WAYS OUT, BUT EVERYONE SEEMS IN AGREEMENT THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE DONE.
I KNOW MARY REALLY IS TRYING TO HELP US FROM CALTRANS.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, AGENDA IS ONE THING, UH, AN EMERGENCY INSURANCE RESOLUTION.
IF WE COULD DO THAT FOR DISCUSSION, I'D LIKE TO DO THAT OR GO TO YOUR COMMITTEE.
UM, AND THEN ALSO, UM, I WENT TO MY FIRST, I LOVE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.
IT'S A PASSION THAT I HAVE EVERY YEAR.
ALL THREE OF MY BOYS WENT TO ALA AND I LOVE GOING THERE BECAUSE OUR FIRE CHIEF HAS A, INSTEAD OF A SON, HE'S AN AMAZING BALL FOOTBALL PLAYER, LINEBACKER, AND, UH, HE'S GONNA GO PLACES.
BUT I'D LOVE SEEING YOU DAVE THERE AND SUPPORTING, UH, ALA HIGH SCHOOL AND SUPPORTING THE KIDS.
S-B-C-T-A HAD A, A, A MEDIA EVENT AT SANTA FE DEPOT FOR THE NEW ZEMO.
AND THAT'S A ZERO EMISSIONS MULTI-UNIT.
IT'S THE FIRST, UH, LOCOMOTIVE, IT'S A FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGY.
UH, CONGRESSMAN PETER AGUILAR WAS THERE TO US.
HO IS SHAKEN SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE MID BOYS FROM THE FEDERAL RAIL ADMINISTRATION, THEY WERE ALL PRESENT.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THOUGH, WE, WE BOUGHT THE, UM, ZEMO FROM SWITZERLAND, I BELIEVE IT IS.
SO BECAUSE OF THE HEAT LATELY, UM, IT'S EXCEEDING THE TEMP, MAXIMUM TEMP TEMPERATURE FOR THE BATTERIES IS 120 DEGREES AND WE'RE RIGHT THERE.
SO THIS PAST WEEK WE HAD TO SHUT IT DOWN FOR AT LEAST A WEEK.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS.
SO IN THE NEAR FUTURE, THAT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
SO THE THING WE BOUGHT TO FIGHT GLOBAL WARMING, CAN'T FIGHT GLOBAL WARMING, CORRECT? I LIKE IT.
UM, JUST TWO QUICK, UH, TWO QUICK ITEMS. ONE, UH, JOANNE AT ONE POINT, UH, AND AT PAST MEETINGS HAD MENTIONED US POTENTIALLY PUTTING UP SIGNS WHERE PANHANDLER, UH, TEND TO, UH, TEND TO CONGREGATE IN TOWN.
I'M NOT SURE, JOANNE, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND AT SOME POINT MAYBE SENDING IT TO, TO BEN OR TO AL WHERE YOU SEE THAT, IF WE COULD MAYBE EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF PUTTING THEM UP.
I KNOW I'VE SEEN SIGNS THAT, YOU KNOW, SAY, HEY, DON'T, YOU KNOW, DON'T GIVE MONEY TO PANHANDLER.
SO IF THERE ARE HOTSPOTS, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD THING, YOU KNOW, AND HOPEFULLY CUT DOWN ON PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO BUY ILLICIT DRUGS.
AND THEN JUST BECAUSE SCIENCE HAVE BEEN A BIG TOPIC OF DISCUSSION TONIGHT, UM, I KNOW BEN MARK AND OUR TEAM IS GONNA DISCUSS THE ITEM THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY, UH, THE ALTER HOA.
BUT CAN WE REVIEW LIKE OVERALL THE ENTIRE CODE OR ORDINANCE, WHATEVER IT IS TO, YOU KNOW, TO I GUESS MAYBE STREAMLINE THINGS OR FIGURE THESE THINGS OUT.
UM, YOU KNOW, NOT ON THAT, THEIR SPECIFIC ITEM, BUT JUST IN TERMS OF JUST POLICY, YOU KNOW, I'M A BIG FAN OF FREE SPEECH.
SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO GET GOVERNMENT OFF PEOPLE AND MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES, I'M A FAN OF.
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WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH.UH, FIRST I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE THAT IS, UH, STILL IN THE AUDIENCE AND FOR, UH, UH, TOUGHING THROUGH THIS AND LISTENING TO ALL OF THE, UH, THE DISCUSSION TONIGHT.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE TWO STUDENTS.
ARE YOU STUDENTS? WOULD YOU LIKE TO STAND UP AND, AND TELL US WHAT SCHOOL YOU'RE FROM, A YELLOW HIGH SCHOOL, BOTH OF YOU? WELL, UH, IF YOU NEED PICTURES OR SIGNATURES SAYING YOU WERE HERE, JUST LET US KNOW.
AND, UH, YES, AND REPRESENTATIVE YOUNG KIM'S, UH, FIELD DEPUTY, UH, JOHN DING IS IN THE BACK OF THE, UH, ROOM AS WELL.
SO, UH, THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR COMING TONIGHT.
UH, I THINK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE PRETTY MUCH DISCUSSED ALL OF THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DISCUSSED.
[ADJOURN IN MEMORIAM AND IN HOPE]
TONIGHT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A SAD ADJOURNMENT THIS EVENING, UH, WE ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF FORMER CITY OF CHINO MAYOR DENNIS YATES, WHO PASSED AWAY ON SEPTEMBER 7TH AT THE AGE OF 79.DENNIS WAS A DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANT WHOSE SERVICE TO THE CHINO VALLEY SPANNED OVER TWO DECADES AS FORMER MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CHINO, AND HIS DEDICATION TO THE CITY'S GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.
DURING THAT TIME, HE WAS ALSO A PROUD VIETNAM WAR VETERAN, HAVING SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE FOR FOUR YEARS.
HE RECEIVED THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE COMMENDATION MEDAL FOR HIS SERVICE.
DENNIS'S LEGACY IN THE CHINO VALLEY IS ONE OF LEADERSHIP, INTEGRITY AND SERVICE.
HE WAS THE EMBODIMENT OF WHAT IT MEANS TO GIVE BACK TO ONE'S COMMUNITY.
AND HIS CONTRIBUTIONS WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED.
ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, WE EXTEND OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES AND OFFER SUPPORT TO HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND ALL WHO KNEW HIM.
SO WE WILL ADJOURN THIS EVENING AT 7 52 IN HIS HONOR.