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[ 6:00 P.M. - CONVENE MEETING / ROLL CALL]
EVENING EVERYBODY.I'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO THE CHIN HEALTH CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2024.
AT THIS TIME, PLEASE STAND TO SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO OUR FLAG.
ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT EXCEPT COUNCIL MEMBER JOES.
AND AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PLEDGE, PLEASE STAY STANDING FOR TONIGHT'S INVOCATION BY PASTOR TATE COX FROM CALVARY CHAPINO HILLS.
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]
TO THE FOUR ABOVE THE UNITED STATES, AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STAND ONE NATION UNDERG GOD WITH LIBERTY JUSTICE.[ INVOCATION: Pastor Tate Cox, Calvary Chapel Chino Hills]
WELL, AS A FORMER STUDENT OF AYLA HIGH SCHOOL AND FORMER EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, THIS IS A PRETTY SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO PRAY TO ALMIGHTY GOD ON BEHALF OF THIS COUNCIL.AND SO WOULD YOU JOIN ME IN PRAYER BY BOWING YOUR HEADS AND CLOSING YOUR EYES.
AND LORD, AS THIS IS A COUNCIL, LORD, WE ARE IN NEED OF COUNSEL.
AND ONE OF THE TITLES, ONE OF YOUR TITLES IN YOUR WORD IS WONDERFUL COUNSELOR.
AND SO, GOD, I ASK THAT YOU WOULD BESTOW WISDOM UPON THESE WHO ARE HERE, LORD, THAT AS DIFFERENT DECISIONS ARE REQUIRED OF THEM AND DIFFERENT THINGS COME TO THEIR DESK, LORD, THAT THEY WOULD MAKE THEIR DECISIONS IN THE FEAR OF YOU, LORD, WITH WISDOM THAT IS FROM YOU.
YOUR WORD TELLS US THAT BLESSED IS THE MAN WHO WALKS NOT IN THE COUNCIL OF THE UNGODLY, NOR STANDS IN THE PATH OF SINNERS, NOR SITS IN THE SEAT OF THE SCORNFUL, BUT HIS DELIGHT IS IN THE LAW OF THE LORD.
LORD, YOUR LAW IS PERFECT, AND THOSE WHO RULE HAVE BEEN APPOINTED BY YOU.
AND GOD, I PRAY THAT EACH ONE OF THESE MEMBERS WOULD RECOGNIZE THEIR APPOINTMENT BY YOU, LORD, THAT AS THEY LEAD AND MAKE DECISIONS, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM YOUR SPIRIT OF WISDOM, LORD GOD, AND THAT IT WOULD BE FOR THE BENEFIT AND BETTERMENT OF THIS CITY, WHICH YOU HAVE BLESSED.
THERE'S NO DENYING THAT YOU HAVE BLESSED THIS CITY IN SO MANY WAYS AS WE LOOK AROUND AND SEE ITS BEAUTY.
LORD, YOUR WORD TELLS US THAT CREATION DECLARES YOUR GLORY.
AND SO, GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY.
WE ASK THAT THIS MEANING LORD WOULD GO SO WELL AND THAT WHAT WOULD BE DONE WOULD BE WHAT IS IN YOUR HEART.
AND WE PRAY THIS ALL IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS.
[4. INTRODUCTION: New Employee: Ashley Penalver, Management Analyst II (Engineering), Public Works Department]
ON OUR AGENDA IS THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEE ASHLEY PENN VAR, MANAGEMENT ANALYST, TWO FOR THE ENGINEERING DIVISION IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.ASHLEY, WILL YOU JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM, PLEASE? THERE'S ASHLEY.
ASHLEY, LET'S GIVE HER A HAND AS SHE COMES UP HERE.
I HAVE YOU STAND RIGHT HERE NEXT TO ME TONIGHT WE ARE EXCITED TO WELCOME A NEW MEMBER TO OUR CHINO HILLS TEAM.
I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE ASHLEY PEN PENAL.
NICOLE'S GREAT AS OUR NEW PUBLIC WORKS MANAGEMENT ANALYST TWO.
ASHLEY GRADUATED FROM LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN PSYCHOLOGY AND BEGAN HER CAREER IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN 2010 AT THE COUNTY OF ORANGE.
OVER THE PAST 14 YEARS, ASHLEY PROGRESSED IN HER CAREER FROM INTERNING TO ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER WITH ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS.
ASHLEY HAS BEEN MARRIED FOR 10 YEARS
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AND HAS ONE DAUGHTER WHO IS SIX YEARS OLD.SHE'S ALSO A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF CHINO HILLS.
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WE WANNA WELCOME YOU TO OUR TEAM.
YOUR COMMUTE'S GONNA BE A LOT BETTER.
I KNOW THAT'S NOT THE ONLY REASON WHY YOU'RE HERE, BUT IS CUSTOMARY TO GIVE YOU A, A CITY PIN.
AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE A A FEW WORDS, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
UM, AS STATED, I'VE BEEN A LIFELONG RESIDENT, CHINO HILLS.
I HAD THE PLEASURE OF GOING TO BUTTERFIELD TOWNSEND AND A PART OF THE FIRST GRADUATING CLASS OF CHINO HILLS HIGH.
SO MM-HMM,
MET MY HUSBAND AT THE ALBERTSONS ACROSS THE STREET,
MY DAUGHTER'S GOING TO THE SAME ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT I WENT TO.
SO, UM, IT'S JUST BEEN A GREAT CITY AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO WORK FOR IT AND CONTRIBUTE TO KEEPING THE CITY.
[5. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming October 2nd as Clean Air Day]
THE NEXT ITEM IS A PROCLAMATION, PROCLAIMING OCTOBER 2ND AS CLEAN AIR DAY TO BE ACCEPTED BY MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS MANAGER, SEAN O'CONNOR.SEAN, WILL YOU JOIN THE MAYOR? WOW, WE GOT SOME, WE GOT THE BRASS COMING TONIGHT TO ACCEPT THIS
SO, AIR POLLUTION CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT PUBLIC HEALTH AND CONTINUE AND CONTRIBUTE TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE SIX COUNTY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION GOVERNMENTS REGION THAT INCLUDES CHINO HILLS, HAS SOME OF THE WORST AIR POLLUTION IN THE UNITED STATES.
THIS IS PARTLY DUE TO EMISSIONS FROM VEHICLES, INDUSTRY FACTORIES, AND EVEN HOUSEHOLD SOURCES.
IN HONOR OF CLEAR CLEAN AIR DAY, WE ENCOURAGE OUR RESIDENTS TO TAKE INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS TO HELP IMPROVE OUR AIR QUALITY.
ONE WAY TO DO THAT IS BY CONSIDERING ALTERNATE WAYS OF COMMUTING, BY EITHER TAKING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, WALKING, BIKING, OR CARPOOLING.
BY RAISING AWARENESS AND PROMOTING BETTER HABITS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, WE AIM TO IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH IN OUR REGION AND MINIMIZE OUR EFFECT ON CLIMATE CHANGE.
AND TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION TONIGHT, AS CHERYL SAID, WE HAVE PUBLIC WORKS MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS MANAGER, MR. SEAN O'CONNOR.
SO I WILL GIVE YOU THIS, SEAN, AND, UM, BE CAREFUL MY FALL OFF.
DO YOU HAVE ANY WORDS YOU'D LIKE TO SAY TONIGHT? THERE WE GO.
I'LL HOLD THIS UNTIL O'CONNOR.
UH, THANK YOU MAYOR AND GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBER, STAFF AND RESIDENCE.
UH, THIS PROCLAMATION ALSO RECOGNIZES THAT THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS, OR SCAG, AS IT'S REFERRED TO, HAS INSTITUTED COMPREHENSIVE REGIONAL AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS TO REDUCE AIR POLLUTION THROUGH TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY STRATEGY.
SCAG HAS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN ACHIEVEMENT ROLE IN ACHIEVING SIGNIFICANT AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE PAST DECADES.
UH, IN EFFORT TO COMPLY WITH CALIFORNIA'S CLEAN AIR REGULATIONS, CHINO HILLS USES GRANT AND STATE SUBVENTION FUNDING TO PURCHASE CLEAN AIR VEHICLES.
AS MERAN MENTIONED, OUR CITY IS COMMITTED TO THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF OUR COMMUNITY.
OUR AGENCY WILL CONTINUE TO BE PROACTIVE IN SUPPORTING CLEAN AIR EFFORTS.
[6. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming September 15 through October 15, 2024 as National Hispanic Heritage Month]
ON THE AGENDA IS A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING SEPTEMBER 15TH THROUGH OCTOBER 15TH, 2024 AS NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, MONTH TO BE ACCEPTED BY A AYALA AND CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.FOLLOWED BY A PERFORMANCE BY THE LIZ BROTHERS WILL MISS LARIOS CONTRERAS, ISABEL DIAZ, ISABELLA GONZALEZ, ISABELLA MALDONADO, AND SOPHIA PIDO.
PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM.
I LOVE IT THAT WE HAVE REPRESENTATION FROM BOTH CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL AND AYALA HIGH SCHOOL HERE TONIGHT.
SO, UM, I WANT YOU GUYS TO DO MOST OF THE, THE TALKING.
SO WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE FOR, FOR EACH OF YOU.
SO I'LL, I'LL READ A LITTLE COMMENTS AND THEN WE'LL HAND IT OFF TO YOU WANT ME TO DO THE ADVISORS OR THE PRESIDENT FIRST? WHO WANTS TO TALK FIRST FROM EACH SCHOOL? WE'LL TALK FIRST.
SO, NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATES THE HISTORIES, TRADITIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF HISPANIC AMERICANS TO OUR CULTURE AND SOCIETY.
DURING THIS MONTH, WE CELEBRATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF HISPANICS WHO HAVE SERVED IN EVERY FIELD, FROM SCIENCE AND THE ARTS TO POLITICIANS AND CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS.
SO WE ARE PROUD TO LIVE IN SUCH A DIVERSE COMMUNITY, ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO USE THIS TIME, CONTINUE TO CONTINUE WORKING TOWARDS A STRONGER, MORE INCLUSIVE AND MORE PROSPEROUS SOCIETY FOR ALL TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATIONS.
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WE HAVE MEMBERS FROM BOTH AYALA AND CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOLS.SO AT THIS TIME, I'M GONNA WELCOME, UH, THE MEMBERS FROM CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL TO COME UP, INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND PLEASE TELL US WHAT THIS MONTH MEANS TO YOU, AND GO AND ADJUST IT.
I'M PRESIDENT OF LATINO STUDENT UNION.
I'M VICE PRESIDENT OF THE STUDENT UNION.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT OUR SCHOOL'S LATINO STUDENT UNION.
WE DECIDED TO CONTINUE TO RUN THIS CLUB WITH THE HOPE THAT WE'RE NOT ONLY PROVIDING A COMMUNITY WHERE OUR FELLOW LATINOS CAN INTERACT WITH ONE ANOTHER, BUT ALSO EVERYONE WHO IS INTERESTED.
WE HAVE PROVIDED LEARNING EXPERIENCES AND DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT OUR EVER CHANGING COACH.
THE JUNIOR SUPPORT HAS INSPIRED US AND WE PLAN ON BRINGING NEW ASPECTS OF OUR CLUB GIVING BACK TO THE LATINO COMMUNITIES.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE RECOGNITION.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE YOU GUYS COME UP FOR NOW.
I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THIS PROCLAMATION.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE A PHOTO LATER.
SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
AND NEXT HAVE OUR, UH, OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM FROM A WALL COME UP.
MY NAME IS ISABELLA GONZALEZ AND I'M IN 12TH GRADE.
I'M ISABELLA DIAZ AND I'M THE 11TH GRADE.
AND WE ARE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF SPANISH HONOR SOCIETY.
UM, FIRST WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THIS RECOGNITION THAT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT OUR CLUB.
THIS IS OUR FIRST YEAR THAT WE STARTED OUR CLUB, AND THROUGHOUT OUR YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO SPREAD AND SHARE THE HISPANIC CULTURE WITH OUR FRIENDS AND CLASSMATES.
WE BOTH COME FROM THE HISPANIC BACKGROUNDS, WHICH WE HOLD PRIDE AND JOY TO BE A PART OF AND LOVE TO SHOWCASE ALL OUR CULTURE HAS TO OFFER IN OUR CLUB.
OUR GOAL IS TO RECOGNIZE STUDENTS EXPELLING, EXCELLING IN THE SPANISH LANGUAGE, AS WELL AS GIVING STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET A GLIMPSE OF OUR CULTURE, FOOD AND TRADITIONS.
UM, OUR CLUB IS INCLUSIVE TO STUDENTS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS, INCLUDING THOSE THAT COME THAT DON'T COME FROM THE HISPANIC SLASH LATINO CULTURE, WHICH ADDS TO OUR GOAL OF GIVING THE CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A PART OF OUR CULTURE TO EVERYONE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS RECOGNITION OF OUR NEW CLUB AND IT HAS MOTIVATED US, MOTIVATED US TO CONTINUE THIS THROUGHOUT GENERATIONS.
AND THEN I'M GONNA HAVE, UH, EACH OF THE ADVISORS YOU WANNA COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS.
WHO WANTS TO COME UP FIRST? OKAY, I'LL YOU GUYS.
HELLO, MY NAME IS SO RIOS AND, UH, SHE'S MRS. ARDI.
A GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE CITY, BOARD, COUNCIL, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PARENTS, AND STUDENTS.
IT IS WITH GREAT HONOR AND PRIDE THAT WE STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH ON BEHALF OF RUBEN ELLA HIGH SCHOOL WORLD LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT.
FIRST, WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO THE COUNCIL FOR THIS RECOGNITION.
YOUR COMMITMENT TO HONORING THE RICH HISTORY, CULTURE, AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF HISPANIC AND LATINO COMMUNITIES IS NOT ONLY MEANINGFUL, IT IS VITAL.
CELEBRATIONS LIKE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH ALLOW US TO REFLECT ON THE IMPACT THAT OUR HERITAGE HAS MADE IN SHAPING THIS NATION, WHILE ALSO INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION OF STUDENTS TO CARRY THOSE VALUES OF RESILIENCE, CREATIVITY, AND UNITY INTO THE FUTURE.
IN MY SPANISH ONE SPEAKERS CLASS, I EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF LANGUAGE AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN CULTURES AND AS A SOURCE OF IDENTITY.
OUR STUDENTS ARE NOT ONLY LEARNING SPANISH, THEY'RE CONNECTING WITH THE ROOTS, UNDERSTANDING THE LEGACY OF, OF THEIR FAMILIES, AND GAINING PRIDE IN THE LANGUAGE.
THIS MONTH IS A SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HIGHLIGHT THE DIVERSE CONTRIBUTIONS OF HISPANICS IN AREAS SUCH AS THE ARTS, SCIENCES, POLITICS, AND BEYOND.
WHILE FOSTERING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE EVERY STUDENT FEELS PROUD OF WHO THEY ARE AND WHERE THEY COME FROM.
WE ALSO WANT TO THANK THE PARENTS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE PRESENT WITH US TODAY.
YOUR SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN EMPOWERING THOSE YOUNG MINDS TO EMBRACE THEIR CULTURE AND LANGUAGE WITH PRIDE AND PASSION.
LASTLY, TO MY STUDENTS, YOU ARE THE HEARTBEAT OF THIS CELEBRATION.
AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN OUR LESSONS, LET US REMEMBER THAT YOUR VOICES, YOUR EXPERIENCES, AND YOUR HERITAGE ARE PART OF A LARGER STORY THAT CONTINUES TO SHAPE THE FABRIC OF OUR SOCIETY.
IT IS OUR HOPE THAT YOU COULD TAKE PRIDE NOT ONLY IN YOUR SPANISH SPEAKING ABILITIES, PUTTING YOUR ABILITY TO BE AMBASSADORS OF CULTURE, UNITY, AND UNDERSTANDING IN A WORLD THAT NEEDS THESE QUALITIES NOW MORE THAN EVER, THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN TO THE CITY BOARD COUNCIL FOR THIS PROCLAMATION.
WE'RE HONORED TO CELEBRATE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH WITH YOU AND ARE EXCITED TO CONTINUE SPREADING THE BEAUTY AND
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SIGNIFICANCE OF OUR HERITAGE THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.
AND THEN, UH, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE A SPECIAL TREAT.
I WAS EXCITED JUST LIKE WE HAD THEM LAST YEAR.
WE HAD, UM, WE'RE GONNA WELCOME BACK BROTHERS MARTIN AND MIGUEL ARDI FROM ALA, WHO WILL BE PERFORMING A SONG FOR US TONIGHT.
BUT WHO'S THE THIRD PERSON? OH, MAIO.
OKAY, SO THE LITTLE BROTHER'S IN IT NOW.
WELL, WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOU COMING AND SHARING YOUR TALENT, SO I'LL LEAVE IT TO YOU TO BEGIN.
UM, YEAH, SO MY BROTHER MIGUEL AND MAURICIO, THEY CURRENTLY STUDENTS AT A HIGH SCHOOL.
I GRADUATED LAST YEAR AND SO, UH, WE'RE, I WAS PRESIDENT OF SPANISH CLUB AND NOW THEY'RE, THEY'RE KIND OF THE NEW GENERATION, SO THEY'RE LEADING THE WAY.
UM, SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY TO, YOU KNOW, TO PLAY FOR YOU GUYS.
I KNOW WE'VE BEEN HERE IN THE PAST AND HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS WILL ENJOY IT.
THE SONG THAT WE'RE GONNA PLAY IS CALLED
SO THIS IS FROM THE TRO STYLE FROM THE PUO CRUZ OR THE PORT OF VERACRUZ.
AND IT'S ACTUALLY THE OLDEST SONG THAT WE KNOW OF OFFICIALLY WE KNOW IT'S FROM THE 1770S BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THE SPANISH CROWN ACTUALLY CENSORED THE SONG.
THE REASON THEY CENSORED IT WAS 'CAUSE THIS IS AT A TIME DURING THE SPANISH INQUISITION.
AND SO THEY, THE SONG HAS DOUBLE MEANINGS IN THE LYRICS.
AND SO WHILE IT'S ALSO A VERY FUN AND CHEERFUL SONG, IF YOU LISTEN TO IT, THERE'S ALSO COMEDIC.
IT ALSO HAS A COMEDIC TWIST TO IT THAT MAKES FUN OF THE SPANISH CROWN AND SPANISH GOVERNMENT, UM, WHICH WAS A COMBINATION OF THE ROYAL, UH, THE ROYAL CROWN AND THE SPANISH CHURCH AS WELL.
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THANK YOU.[ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT]
AGENDA IS THE PUBLIC INFORMATION O OFFICER REPORT.THANK YOU CHERYL, AND GOOD EVENING MAYOR MORAN COUNCIL AND RESIDENTS.
JUST A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT, THE GRAND AVENUE PARK HOCKEY RINK AND PICKLEBALL COURTS ARE CLOSED FOR RESURFACING AND ARE EXPECTED TO REOPEN BY OCTOBER 11TH.
THIS SPACE IS BEING MAINTAINED AS A MULTI MULTIPURPOSE AMENITY AND RESURFACED TO THE STANDARDS OF PICKLEBALL COURTS WITH MARKING FOR FIVE COURTS AND STRIPING FOR ROLLER HOCKEY AND ROLLER DERBY IN OTHER PARKS, THE CITY IS BEGINNING A PROJECT TO ENHANCE PARK WALKWAY LIGHTING.
STARTING SEPTEMBER 30TH, RESIDENTS MAY SEE THE CITY'S CONTRACTOR TANKO LIGHTING IN PARKS AS A RETROFIT OVER 200 PARK LIGHTS WITH ENERGY EFFICIENT LED FIXTURES.
CREWS WILL BE WORKING ACROSS VARIOUS PARKS FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS.
RESIDENTS MAY EXPERIENCE MINIMAL IMPACTS, INCLUDING BRIEF INSTANCES WHERE PATHWAYS MAY BE TEMPORARILY BLOCKED TO COMPLETE WORK ON INDIVIDUAL POLES AND SOME NEWS FOR COMMUTERS.
THE 71 91 INTERCHANGE PROJECT IS REQUIRING WEEKDAY CLOSURES OF SOUTHBOUND 71 FROM BUTTERFIELD RANCH ROAD TO THE 91 CONNECTOR NIGHTLY FROM 9:00 PM TO 5:00 AM THROUGH OCTOBER 4TH.
BE SURE TO VISIT RCTC.ORG AND SIGN UP FOR THEIR ALERTS TO STAY UP TO DATE ON PROJECT IMPACTS.
ENCLOSURES, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF CHINO HILLS CALTRANS IS PERFORMING TREE TRIMMING AND BRUSH CLEARING IN CARBON CANYON TOMORROW AND THURSDAY FROM ROSEMARY LANE AND HILLSIDE DRIVE TO CARRIAGE HILLS LANE.
A FLAGGING OPERATION WILL BE IN PLACE FROM 9:00 AM TO 2:00 PM AND MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT DELAYS OF UP TO 15 MINUTES.
AND JUST A FEW QUICK RECREATION REMINDERS, CELEBRATE THE FAMILY CONTEST.
VETERAN DAY SIGN ORDERS ARE DUE BY OCTOBER 4TH AND THERE'LL BE A FREE MULCH EVENT AT THE SHOP'S OVERFLOW LAW ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5TH.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PIO REPORT AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR NICOLE? OKAY, MOVING FORWARD, DO WE HAVE, UH, ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OF ACTION TAKEN IN
[ ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION]
CLOSED SESSION TONIGHT? MARK, COUNCILMAN MAYOR, THERE WAS NO REPORTABLE ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION.[7. PUBLIC COMMENTS: At this time members of the public may address the City Council regarding any item appearing on the agenda, except that testimony on Public Hearing items must be provided during those hearings. Those persons wishing to address the City Council are requested to complete and submit to the Deputy City Clerk a "Request to Speak" card available at the entrance to the City Council Chambers. Comments will be limited to three minutes per speaker.]
COMMENTS.AT THIS TIME, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEM APPEARING ON THE AGENDA, EXCEPT THOSE THAT TESTIMONY AND PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS WHICH MUST BE PROVIDED DURING THOSE HEARINGS, THOSE PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ARE REQUESTED TO COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK TO MY LEFT, A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD AVAILABLE AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER AT THIS TIME.
I DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS FOR THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING.
THEN MOVING ON, WE MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
[ CONSENT CALENDAR (7 ITEMS) - All matters listed on the Consent Calendar are considered routine by the City Council and may be enacted by one motion in the form listed below. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless, before the City Council votes on the motion to adopt, Members of the City Council or staff request the matter to be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action. Removed consent items will be discussed immediately after the adoption of the balance of the Consent Calendar.]
UM, RAY, DO YOU HAVE ANY ITEMS TO PULL? NONE.DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I'LL MOVE THE ITEM.
MAYOR, IF I COULD ASK IF THERE WERE ANY
[ CONFLICT OF INTEREST / LEVINE ACT ANNOUNCEMENTS: Council Member abstentions or disclosures shall be stated at this time for recordation on the appropriate item.]
CONFLICT OF INTEREST OR LEVINA ACT, UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT? YES.[15. Introduce Ordinance amending Chino Hills Municipal Code sections to reflect current practices of the City entitled: "An Ordinance of the City of Chino Hills, Amending Title 1 - General Provisions of the Chino Hills Municipal Code Chapter 1.18 - Administrative Citations; Title 2 - Administrative and Personnel Chapter 2.04 - City Council, Chapter 2.16 - City Treasurer, Chapter 2.36 - Planning Commission and Chapter 2.44 - Disaster Relief to conform with Current Practice Including Outdated References, Official Record Proceedings, Certain Procedures; and Determine Project is Exempt From Review Under the California Environmental Quality Act” for first reading by title only, waiving further reading]
ON TO THE DISCUSSION CALENDAR.THE ITEM ON THE DISCUSSION CALENDAR IS TO INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CHINO HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE SECTIONS TO REFLECT CURRENT PRACTICES OF THE CITY.
THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY DEPUTY CITY CLERK CONTRERAS.
GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF BEFORE YOU.
THIS EVENING IS AN INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE CHINO HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE TO UPDATE AREAS NEEDING CLARIFICATION TO ENSURE THE MOST ACCURATE INFORMATION IS PROVIDED TO RESIDENTS.
SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION AS MENTIONED IN THE STAFF REPORT ON DECEMBER 1ST, 1991, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED ORDINANCE NUMBER 91 0 1.
ADOPTING BY REFERENCE IS SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY CODE.
THE CITY CLERK'S DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN
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WORKING WITH EACH DEPARTMENT THROUGH AN IN-HOUSE FORMED GROUP CALLED THE MUNICIPAL CODE COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO ENSURE NECESSARY PROVISIONS FROM THE COUNTY CODE ARE EXPRESSLY ADOPTED INTO THE MUNICIPAL CODE.SO THE COUNTY CODE CAN EVENTUALLY, UM, BE REPEALED.
AND ALONG THE WAY, WE'VE BEEN KEEPING AN EYE OUT FOR OUTDATED PRACTICES OR SOURCES THAT CAN BE UPDATED.
SO A LOT OF, UM, THE CHANGES THIS EVENING ARE MORE OF THOSE NOTHING WITH THE COUNTY COACHES.
UM, ATTACHMENT A OF THE STAFF REPORT IS A RED LINE OF THE SECTIONS THAT I'LL GO OVER BRIEFLY.
CHAPTER 1.18, ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION SECTION 1.18070.
REGARDING ADMINISTRATIVE FINES, WE'RE REPLACING THE REFERENCE TO CITY TREASURER TO THE CITY, OR THE CITY'S CONTRACTOR IS DETERMINED BY THE CITY MANAGER.
THE SAME CHAPTER SECTION 1.18100 REGARDING JUDICIAL REVIEW.
RIGHT TO APPEAL TO REMOVE REFERENCE OF CHINO DISTRICT CHAPTER 2.04.
CITY COUNCIL SECTION 2.0 4.10 REGARDING APPROVED MINUTES AS OFFICIAL RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS IS BEING AMENDED TO DELETE OBSOLETE TERMS USED TO DESCRIBE TYPES OF RECORDINGS AND DELETE REFERENCE TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 3 4 0 9 0 0.7 REGARDING AUDIO TAPE RETENTION AS THOSE ARE OBSOLETE.
UH, CHAPTER 2.16, CITY TREASURER, SECTION 2.1, 6.030 AMENDING FUNCTIONS TO UPDATE REFERENCE TO CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS HAVE THAT, THAT HAVE BEEN REIFIED TO 4 1 0 0 1 4 0 7.
UH, CHAPTER 2.32 AND CHAPTER 2.40.
PARKS AND RECREATION AND PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSIONS, UM, WE'RE UPDATING REGARDING THE REFERENCE TO STAFF ASSISTANT.
THEY'VE BEEN A, THEY'VE BEEN, IT'S BEEN DELETED IN ITS ENTIRETY AS STAFFING DUTIES ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE CODE.
CHAPTER 2.36 PLANNING COMMISSION SECTION 2.3 6.050 REGARDING OFFICERS IS TO BE DELETED IN ITS ENTIRETY AS THE PROCESS FOR SELECTING CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR FOR COMMISSIONERS AS PART OF THE CITY'S ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES MANUAL.
LASTLY, CHAPTER 2.44, DISASTER RELIEF.
SECTION 2.44130, UH, PERTAINING TO EMERGENCY OPERATING CENTERS IS BEING AMENDED TO CHANGE REFERENCE TO CITY HALL, TO CHINO HILLS GOVERNMENT CENTER.
IN CLOSING, THERE'S GONNA BE MORE ORDINANCES THAT WILL BE COMING BEFORE YOU, UM, AS A CITY CLERK'S OFFICE CONTINUES TO WORK DILIGENTLY TOWARDS CLEANING UP THAT MUNICIPAL CODE.
SO TONIGHT WE JUST RECOMMEND THE INTRODUCTION AND SUB SUB SECOND ADOPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE.
I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE SUBSEQUENT, I'M SORRY, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUICK QUESTIONS BEFORE WE, UM, ASK FOR SPEAKER? DO YOU HAVE A QUICK COMMENT, RAY? SURE.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, THAT WAS A VERY THOROUGH REPORT.
I JUST WANNA SAY YOU'RE VERY PROFESSIONAL.
IS THIS YOUR FIRST TIME YOU PRESENTED IN FRONT OF A COUNCIL? WHY? YES.
UH, CHERYL, DO WE ANY MORE FOR JESSICA? WE GOOD? WE GOOD RIGHT NOW? NO.
CHERYL, DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM.
SO WITH THAT, WE, UM, MORE COUNCIL DISCUSSION? NO, I MAKE A MOTION WHEN YOU'RE READY.
OH, CHERYL, I PUT, I PUSHED ONE OF YOUR BUTTONS.
YOUR WHAT? I PUSHED ONE OF YOUR BUTTONS AND ALL THIS STUFF CAME UP.
CAN YOU CLEAR ME? OH, I'M IN CHARGE OF THE TIME RIGHT NOW.
I YOU'RE ABSTAINED, HUH? OKAY.
THE RECORD CAN REFLECT ABSTAINING ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
NOW, AS, AND LIKE RAY SAID, THAT WAS A GREAT JOB, JESSICA.
WE DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS YOUR FIRST TIME AT ALL.
AND BEFORE I FORGET TO THE END OF THE MEETING, 'CAUSE FORGET THINGS AT THE END, I JUST WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE AND, UH, WELCOME.
WE HAVE TWO, UH, FIRE BOARD MEMBERS FROM CHINO VALLEY INDEPENDENT FIRE DISTRICT HERE THIS EVENING.
WE HAVE MIKE KRIEGER RAISES YOUR HAND 'CAUSE THE CAMERA'S GONNA BE ON YOU NOW.
AND THEN WE HAVE SARAH RAMOS INGER, AND THEN WE HAVE FROM THE 55
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PLUS CLUB BOARD SHARON SUEY.BUT WHERE IS SHE? SHE'S THERE SOMEWHERE.
[16. 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]
COUNCIL CHERYL.ITEM NUMBER 16 IS TO CONSIDER IMPLEMENTING A SALARY ADJUSTMENTS FOR FUTURE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND IF DESIRED, INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING CITY COUNCIL'S SALARY AT $1,900 PER MONTH.
CITY MANAGER MONTGOMERY WILL PROVIDE THE DIS THE PRESENTATION.
CITY COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND ATTENDANCE AND ONLINE I, THE PROCESS FOR ESTABLISHING THE CITY COUNCIL SALARY IS SET BY THE GOVERNMENT CODE, AND IT HAS SOME PRETTY INTERESTING AND PRESCRIPTIVE PROCESSES TO BE FOLLOWED.
AND SO I WANTED TO WALK THROUGH, UH, THAT PROCESS, UH, AND ESPECIALLY INCLUDE SOME OF THE NEW PROVISIONS THAT WERE ADDED BY SENATE BILL.
UH, KEY PROVISIONS FROM, UH, BILL 3, 2 9, UH, STARTS WITH DODD'S, UH, REASONING FOR THE CHANGES THAT WERE IMPLEMENTED IN 2023.
UM, THE WAY CITY'S COUNCIL'S SALARY IS SET FOR A GENERAL LAW CITY, UH, STARTS WITH A SCHEDULE BASED ON A POPULATION FOR THE COUNCIL, UH, A POPULATION FOR THE CITY.
AND THAT DRIVES WHAT THE INITIAL SALARY COULD BE.
UH, WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THAT HADN'T BEEN UPDATED SINCE 1984.
AND SO, UH, SENATOR DODD WANTED TO UPDATE THAT BASED ON, UH, UH, INFLATION.
UM, HE ALSO, UH, COMMENTED THAT HE WANTED TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE, UH, BETTER ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE INCOME NEEDS THAT WEREN'T BEING MET BY THE LOWER AMOUNTS.
UH, AND THE GOAL WAS TO ENSURE, UH, THAT, UH, PARTICIPANTS IN, UH, CITY GOVERNMENT WOULD HAVE, UH, UM, THE SALARY HELP PAY FOR, UH, THEIR, UH, CONTRIBUTION TO THEIR COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO NOT, UH, HARM THEM BY BEING, UH, TOO LOW.
UH, SENATE BILL 3 2 9 ALSO MODIFIED, UH, THE GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION, UH, 36, UH, FIVE 16, UH, TO, UH, ENACT THESE NEW RATES, WHICH I'LL GO OVER IN A, IN A TABLE, UH, SHORTLY.
BUT IT ALSO ADDED A SECOND PROVISION FOR HOW YOU CAN INCREASE COUNCIL SALARIES.
THE, UH, MATRIX THAT, THAT I'VE BEEN REFERRING TO SETS THE INITIAL, UH, SALARY RANGE.
BUT THEN OVER TIME, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO INCREASE THE COUNCIL SALARIES TYPICALLY BY 5% PER YEAR.
BUT THE NEW PROVISION ALSO ADDS A MECHANISM WHERE YOU COULD, UH, INCREASE BASED ON THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX WITH A CAP OF 10%.
I'D HAVE TO BELIEVE A LOT OF THAT CAME FROM THE HYPERINFLATION WE EXPERIENCED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
WHAT'S ALSO, UH, ADDED, UH, UNDER, UH, SENATE BILL 3, 2 9 IS A SPECIFIC, UH, PROHIBITION AGAINST THE COUNCIL BEING ABLE TO GIVE THEMSELVES AUTOMATIC, UH, UH, INCREASES, EITHER SAYING, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA BE X ON YEAR ONE AND IT'S GONNA GO UP 5% EACH YEAR THEREAFTER, OR THAT THERE WOULD BE A CONSUMER PRICE INDEX INCREASE THAT HAPPENED AUTOMATICALLY.
THE COUNCIL HAS TO BASICALLY GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS EVERY TIME THEY WANT TO INCREASE THEIR SALARIES.
AND THAT WAS, UH, UH, CALLED OUT, UH, IN, UH, IN THE ADDITIONS, UH, BY SENATE BILL 3 2 9.
UH, THE TYPICAL PROVISIONS ARE THE REMAINING PROVISIONS OF 36 516.
UH, ALSO INCLUDES, UH, THAT, UH, THE CURRENT POPULATION IS THE BENCHMARK FOR THE NEW CHANGES, UH, WHICH WERE IMPLEMENTED.
UH, AND IT ALSO, UH, UH, PROVIDES THAT, UH, MAINTAINS THAT 5% INCREASE THAT I MENTIONED, UH, PRIOR.
IT'S ALSO, UH, NOTEWORTHY FOR THE PUBLIC THAT TECHNICALLY ACCORDING TO 36 5 1 6 0.5, UH, THE COUNCIL TONIGHT ISN'T REALLY SETTING THE SALARY FOR THEMSELVES BECAUSE WE HAVE A FORTHCOMING ELECTION.
THE COUNCIL IS SETTING THE SALARY FOR A FUTURE COUNCIL.
UH, TWO OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE, ARE UP, UH, FOR, UH, REELECTION.
UH, THE PROCESS IS SET UP TO WHERE A COUNCIL CAN DETERMINE WHAT THE SALARY WILL BE FOR A FUTURE COUNCIL, IF ANY NUMBER OF THEM ARE UP FOR ELECTIONS.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THEORETICALLY WHAT WE'RE DECIDING TONIGHT IS FOR, UH, THE POTENTIAL COUNCIL, UH, IN THE FUTURE
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AFTER, UH, AN ELECTION.SO THE NEW SALARY OPTIONS ARE FOR CITIES FROM 35,000, UH, IN POPULATION.
IT'S NOW NINE 50, I BELIEVE IT WAS 300 PRIOR TO THAT.
IT'S 1275, 50,000 TO 75, UH, 75,000.
AND THEN FOR THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, WHICH IS BETWEEN 75,000 AND 150,000 IN POPULATION, THE NEW SALARY THAT THE COUNCIL COULD ELECT TO SET IS AT 1900, UH, DOLLARS PER MONTH.
AND THEN LARGER CITIES HAVE HIGHER NUMBERS WITH 2 25 50 AND, UH, 3,200 BEING APPROPRIATE FOR CITIES OF THOSE LARGER, UH, SIZES.
UH, WE WANTED TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY, UH, WHEN THE CITY WAS INCORPORATED BASED ON THE ORIGINAL RULES.
UH, THE SALARY WAS SET AT 400, UH, DOLLARS PER MONTH BASED ON THE POPULATION AT THAT TIME.
THERE'S BEEN FOUR INCREASES SINCE THEN.
UH, WITH A INCREASE IN 2020, UH, 2003, TWO $541 2007, THAT WAS INCREASED TO $661 AND 50 CENTS.
2017, 10 YEARS LATER, UH, IT WENT TO EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX EIGHTY EIGHT.
AND, UH, 2023, UH, UH, IT WENT TO 1100, UH, $8 AND 9 CENTS.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE COUNCIL'S MONTHLY SALARY STANDS NOW.
UM, WE ALSO CALCULATED MAINLY FOR CONTEXT FOR THE PUBLIC THAT, UH, THE RULE ALLOWS THE COUNCIL TO INCREASE THEIR SALARY 5% PER YEAR.
UH, IF THE COUNCIL HAD ELECTED OVER THE YEARS TO MAKE THOSE INCREASES, WHAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT IS THE COUNCIL WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR A, UH, A, A SALARY UNDER STATE LAW OF $2,101 AND 34 CENTS.
SO WHEN YOU COMPARE THAT TO WHAT SENATE BILL 3, 2, 9 ESTABLISHES AT 1900, UH, YOU COULD, UH, THEORETICALLY THE COUNCIL COULD HAVE GIVEN THEMSELVES INCREASES UP TO THE MAX THAT WOULD PUT IT AT 21, UH, UH, UH, IN 34 CENTS.
SO, UH, THAT'S KIND OF THE HISTORY AND THE PROCESS.
AND AT THIS TIME, WE JUST, UH, BRING IT FOR THE COUNCIL.
IF, UH, COUNSEL GIVES DIRECTION, UH, THE SALARY CAN BE ADJUSTED.
THERE'S A FIRST READING TODAY, IT HAS TO BE ESTABLISHED BY ORDINANCE.
IF THE COUNCIL ELECTS TO MOVE FORWARD, THERE WILL BE A SECOND READING, UH, I AT OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, AND THEN, UH, 30 DAYS BEFORE IT'S ENACTED.
SO, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
WELL, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
SO UNDER THIS SECTION OF THE AGENDA, SO THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, IT'S JUST COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND VOTING.
THOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS WOULD HAVE COME AT THE AGENDAS ITEMS PORTION, WHICH WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAD COVERED THAT.
SO AT THIS TIME, LET'S BRING IT UP HERE FOR, UM, COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
AND I'LL START WITH YOU, ART, SINCE YOU HAD ASKED US TO BE ON START WITH YOU.
YEAH, I, I, I THINK THAT, WELL, BEN HAS LAID OUT THE INTENT OF THE LEGISLATION AND WHAT HAPPENED, UH, PRIOR COUNCILS FOR WHATEVER REASON, CHOSE NOT TO GIVE THEMSELF, UH, EVERY TWO YEARS.
BASICALLY, WHEN THERE WAS AN ELECTION COMING UP, THEY COULD HAVE PROPOSED A 10% INCREASE, TWO YEARS AT 5%, HAD PRIOR COUNCILS DECIDED THAT TO KEEP UP WITH INFLATION OR WHATEVER WAS GOING ON AT THE TIME, THEY COULD HAVE GIVEN THOSE RAISES OR THOSE RAISES.
AND THE AGGREGATE EFFECT OF THAT WOULD'VE BEEN 20 OR $2,100 A MONTH.
THERE WAS A PERIOD IN THERE FOR 10 YEARS THAT, UH, WHILE MOST OF US WERE ON THE COUNCIL, THAT NO RAISE WAS GIVEN.
SO WHEN IT CAME UP, THERE WAS IN ESSENCE, A 50% INCREASE THAT WAS AVAILABLE TO US.
AND EVERYONE THOUGHT THAT WAS ACCESS, UH, EXCESSIVE AT THE TIME.
AND WE WERE, UH, GIVEN A 25% INCREASE.
SO THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF LEGISLATION IS LIKE THE LEGISLATION STATES A WAY TO BASICALLY HAVE COUNCILS THROUGHOUT THE STATE CATCH UP WITH THOSE THAT DIDN'T HAVE REGULARLY SCHEDULED INCREASES.
I, I FEEL STRONGLY THAT PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH TIME WE PUT IN.
UH, IF YOU WERE TO WORK OUT WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY BEING MADE OR BEING PAID, AND THAT IT DOESN'T PASS THE MINIMUM WAGE, WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT.
NOT ONLY IN THE, THE EMAILS WE DE, YOU KNOW, DEAL WITH ON A DAILY BASIS, OR PROBABLY 50 TO A HUNDRED EMAILS.
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OKAY.BUT THE MEETINGS THAT WE GO TO, THERE ARE 35 ENTITIES THAT THE FIVE OF US GO TO, UH, THAT ARE MOSTLY IN THE EVENINGS.
UH, SOME OF 'EM ARE, UH, AND RAY, UH, GOES TO ONES THAT ARE OUT IN SAN BERNARDINO.
UH, IT'S, IT'S, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE DON'T SEE ON THE SURFACE.
SO, YOU KNOW, GIVING, ELECTING TO GIVE ONESELF A RAISE IS NOT A GOOD, GOOD FEELING.
BUT THE REALITY IS, I DARE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE OR ANYBODY THAT'S EVER RUN FOR THIS OFFICE TO DO IT FOR THE MONEY BECAUSE YOU DON'T, YOU DO IT BECAUSE YOU LOVE THE CITY.
AND EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US ARE COMMITTED TO DOING OUR UTMOST TO KEEP THIS CITY RUNNING SMOOTHLY, TO PRESERVE ALL OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT OUR RESIDENTS, UH, ENJOY, THAT MAKE THEM HAPPY TO CALL THIS HOME.
AND WE ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SOME PEOPLE SAY WE AREN'T, WE ARE AVAILABLE.
IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, WE WILL ANSWER YOUR CALLS.
IF WE CAN'T ANSWER THE CALL, WE WILL PUT YOU IN TOUCH WITH THE CITY STAFF THAT CAN IN FACT DO THAT.
SO, UM, I WILL PAT OURSELF ON THE BACK AND SAY THAT I THINK WE DO AN EXCELLENT JOB, AND I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A ONE TIME CATCH UP.
IF WE DON'T TAKE THIS RAISE AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE'LL JUST BE FURTHER AHEAD OR FURTHER BEHIND FOR FUTURE COUNCILS.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S THE IMPORTANT THING TO, UH, UH, TO, TO REMEMBER AND KNOW ABOUT THIS.
OKAY? WE HAVE, FOR EVERY ELECTION THAT COMES UP, THE POSSIBLE RAISE DOES NOT GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL THE FINAL RESULTS OF THAT ELECTION.
SO, IF I VOTE ON SOMETHING TONIGHT, AND I DON'T GET REELECTED, I DON'T GET THIS, IT'S NOT MINE, IT'LL BE TO WHOEVER SUCCEEDS.
AND THAT'S THE WAY IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN.
AND I THINK THIS IS JUST A GIFT TO FUTURE COUNCILS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE BEING ADEQUATELY COMPENSATED FOR ALL OF THE, THE TIME AND DEDICATION THEY PUT INTO THESE OFFICES, WHICH I THINK ARE ESSENTIAL.
AND EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US, REGARDLESS OF THE FACT WE'RE IN DISTRICTS THESE DAYS, WE ALL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN FOR THE, THE BENEFIT OF THE ENTIRE CITY, REGARDLESS OF WHAT DISTRICT YOU LIVE IN.
IF YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM AND YOU'RE NOT IN MY DISTRICT, CALL ME ANYHOW AND WE'LL GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
SO I'LL GET DOWN OFF MY SOAP BOX, BUT I AM GOING TO, I, I WILL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION WHEN APPROPRIATE THAT WE GO AHEAD AND, UH, START THIS, START THIS PROCESS, THE TWO MEETING PROCESS, UH, IN, UH, FAVOR OF THE $1,900 SALARY, WHICH WOULD BE EFFECTIVE SOMETIME AFTER THE FINAL RESULTS OF THE CURRENT ELECTION.
PETER, YOU WANNA COMMENT? YEAH.
UM, I KNOW WHEN I STARTED, WE WERE MAKING 6 61 AS A STIPEND, AND WE WENT 10 YEARS AS YOU REFERRED TO BEFORE WE INITIATED ANY INCREASE.
AND WE WERE CONSERVATIVE IN THE APPROACH AND TOOK A 25%, WHICH BROUGHT US TO THE 800 AND CHAIN SUM.
I KNOW FOR ME, AS, AS YOU SAID, BUT FOR ME, I THINK I DEMONSTRATED TO SOME DEGREE, IT'S NOT BEEN ABOUT THE MONEY.
IT'S BEEN ABOUT SERVING OUR COMMUNITY AND PARTICIPATING IN OUR COMMUNITY TO THE DEGREE THAT MARK ALWAYS COMPLIMENTED ME, BECAUSE I DIDN'T TAKE, UM, A, A MONTHLY CHECK FOR 17 YEARS, ALTHOUGH THE SUM WAS PUT INTO A DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR ME, SO THAT MONEY IS SITTING IN A SAVINGS ACCOUNT.
BUT I DIDN'T TAKE THE MONEY UNTIL TWO MONTHS AGO WHERE I TRIGGERED A CHANGE.
UM, SO ALL THE MONEY THAT I WOULD'VE EARNED IS IN A DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN.
SO TO ME, IT WASN'T ABOUT RECEIVING ANY TYPE OF SALARY ON A MONTHLY BASIS OR EVERY TWO WEEKS.
IT WAS JUST ABOUT BEING REPRESENTATIVE FOR THOSE, FOR MY RELATIVE OR FOR MY, UH, THE RESIDENTS AND MY COMMUNITY TO SEE IF I COULD BRING WHATEVER SKILLS THAT I HAD TO, TO HELP OUT.
SO I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN TWO OF THOSE VOTES FOR RAISES.
AGAIN, IT IS A LITTLE BIT EMBARRASSING TO DO THIS, BUT IT'S, UH, SOMETHING THAT CONSERVATIVE IN OUR APPROACH AND THE STATE LAWS ALLOW FOR AN INCREASE.
I KNOW SOME OF THE CITIES AROUND US HAVE THAT HAVE FAR LESS POPULATION THAN WE DO.
SO A COUPLE OF 'EM HAVE EVEN GREATER, UH, STIPEND OR SALARY THAN WE DO.
SO MAYBE IT IS TIME TO CATCH UP.
HEY, UH, RAY, THANK YOU MA'AM.
UM, I'M REALLY INVOLVED OUTSIDE OF BEING A COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT IT'S FOR MY COUNCIL HERE.
SO I GET TO INTERACT WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT COUNCIL PEOPLE THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA.
SO ON SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, I SIT ON THAT BOARD, UH, EXECUTIVE BOARD.
AND, UH, WE HAVE ABOUT 25 ENTITIES THAT ARE PART OF THAT FOR CAL CITIES.
WE HAVE 282 CITIES OR COUNCILS THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH, UH, CAL CITIES.
UH, FOR SCAG, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
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ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT, WE HAVE, WE REPRESENT 191 CITIES.SO I GET TO INTERACT WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT COUNCILS THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA.
AND I'M GONNA SAY OUR COUNCIL IS ONE OF THE HARDEST WORKING COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, THAT THEY ARE IN CALIFORNIA.
UM, IN THE PAST, UH, EITHER THE FIRE DISTRICT, I THINK I VOTED TWICE NOT TO, TO ACCEPT A RAISE.
UH, HERE, I THINK I'M ONE IN ONE.
FIRST TIME, I DON'T THINK I ACCEPTED THAT ONE.
BUT THE SECOND ONE, I, I VOTED YES.
UM, FOR THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE WORK, EVEN IF WE GET $1,900 A MONTH OR WHATEVER IT IS, I KNOW IT'S GONNA BE BELOW MINIMUM WAGE, AND THAT'S NOT WHY I DO THIS JOB.
BUT, UM, FOR ME, I BOUGHT A HYDROGEN VEHICLE AND I THOUGHT THIS WAS SUCH A GREAT IDEA, WHICH I STILL BELIEVE TRYING TO GO WITH GREEN ENERGY, BUT IT COSTS ME $36 A LITER.
SO EVERY TIME I FILL UP MY CAR, IT'S ABOUT $150, WHICH IS TWICE OF WHAT MY WIFE PAYS ON A GAS ENGINE.
BUT I KNOW THINGS HAVE GONE UP.
I GO OUT, I GO THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA, I DO A LOT OF DRIVING.
AND AGAIN, I, I REALLY DO BELIEVE IF, IF NOT FOR US, SOMEBODY IN THE FUTURE THAT WANTS TO BE A COUNCIL MEMBER FOR WHAT WE DO AND WHAT WE'RE GETTING DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
MAYBE IT MIGHT START MAKING SENSE FOR THE FUTURE.
SOMEBODY THAT WANTS TO RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL, WELL, THEY'RE GONNA GET A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY THAT MAYBE IT MIGHT COVER SOME OF YOUR COST.
SO AGAIN, UM, I CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE I'M SAYING THIS, BUT YES, I SUPPORT THIS.
CAN I MAKE ONE ADDITIONAL COMMENT? OF COURSE.
YOU KNOW, THREE OF US UP HERE SERVED AS COMMISSIONERS, CITY COMMISSIONERS BACK IN THE DAY, WHEN I BECAME A COMMISSIONER IN 1994 ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WE GOT ZERO COMPENSATION FOR ATTENDING OUR MEETINGS.
PLANNING COMMISSION MET TWO NIGHTS A MONTH, AND WE HAD MORE READING TO, WELL, THE CITY WAS NEW, AND WE WERE DEVELOPING, AND YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE, WE COULDN'T CARRY ALL OF OUR FILES AROUND AND ALL THE MAPS, AND WE HAD TO GO OUT AND PHYSICALLY VIEW EVERY ONE OF THE PROPERTIES THAT HAD A HEARING COMING UP.
AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WE DIDN'T GET A DOLLAR FOR NOW, OUR COMMISSIONERS GET WHAT? WE JUST GAVE 'EM A RAISE AND THEY GET A HUNDRED OR $150 FOR AN ATTENDING A MEETING.
AND BACK IN THOSE DAYS, WE JUST DID IT AGAIN BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THIS CITY.
SO WHEN YOU SAY THE OLD TERM, I KNOW IT'S WELL OVERUSED, BUT WE PAID OUR DUES.
WELL, WE WEREN'T GETTING DUES
BUT, UH, AT ANY RATE, THOUGHT I'D ADD THAT.
UM, REALLY EVERYTHING THAT I WOULD WANT TO SAY HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID BY MY COLLEAGUES, AND I THINK PETER SAID IT WELL, WHERE IT SEEMS VERY EMBARRASSING AND SELF-SERVING TYPICAL POLITICS, YOU KNOW, HEADLINE COUNCIL GIVES HIMSELF A RAISE.
BUT THE, THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, UM, I KNOW WHAT RAY WAS SAYING AS WELL.
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE LEADERSHIP OF OUR COMMUNITY AND GIVING OPPORTUNITIES THAT PEOPLE THAT, THAT WANNA LEAD IN THIS CITY AND ARE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO LEAD IN THIS CITY BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE A FINANCIAL HARDSHIP THEY CAN'T TAKE ON FOR THEIR FAMILY OR FOR WHATEVER REASON, I KNOW THERE'S SOMETIMES I HAVE TO PASS ON.
UM, IF THERE'S SOMETHING I REALLY WANNA DO FOR COUNCIL, I HAVE TO CALL OFF WORK AND I DON'T GET PAID.
SO I THINK THAT WE'RE FINALLY SAYING, IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE MAKE A LOT OF SACRIFICES THAT WE WILLFULLY DO, UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S LIKE WE NEED TO BE COMPENSATED.
UM, FAIRLY, I LOOKED AT MY LAST PAY STUB, IT'S PAID EVERY TWO WEEKS.
AND WHAT DID I TELL YOU? IT WAS PETER SIX.
CAN I SHOW SIX? I SHOWED CHERYL $6 AND 36 CENTS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO THAT KIND OF PUT IT IN AN HOUR.
AND THAT KIND OF PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, BUT, UM, BECAUSE I THINK WHAT RAY WAS SAYING AS WELL, OR ALL OF US, IS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT WE ARE HAPPY TO DO.
UM, WHEN WE TAKE EXTRA TIME TO DRIVE TO A RESIDENCE'S HOME, TALK TO THEM ON THE PHONE, SEND SOME EMAILS, MAKE A COUPLE CALLS FOR THEM.
SOMETIMES WE GET CALLS FROM PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN CHINO FOR HELP.
SO IT'S LIKE, WE'RE JUST HERE TO HELP EVERYONE, AND I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT THIS TIME.
I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE ON THIS ITEM.
WAIT, MAYOR, CAN I SAY ONE OTHER THING REAL FAST? OF COURSE.
UM, WE HAVE SOME GOOD REPRESENTATION IN THE ASSEMBLY.
UM, PHIL CHEN DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB.
HE GETS PAID PRETTY GOOD MONEY.
JOSH NEWMAN AND KELLY STO SENATORS, THEY GET PAID PRETTY GOOD MONEY.
OUR SUPERVISOR, GREAT SUPERVISOR, HE GETS PAID A LOT OF MONEY.
ALL I'M SAYING THAT WE AS A COUNCIL IMPACT THIS COMMUNITY MORE THAN OUR STATE OFFICIALS AND OUR COUNTY OFFICIALS.
SO THAT'S SAID, THAT'S, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THE FIRST STATEMENT.
YEAH, IT'S A FAIR STATEMENT AT THIS.
ANY, THERE'S NOTHING ELSE I'LL ASK, CALL FOR A VOTE OR A MOTION FOR THIS.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
I'M REFLECTING THAT BRIAN'S NOT HERE.
[17. Establish a Public Safety ad hoc Committee and appoint two members of City Council to Committee to discuss and review various issues related to the General Plan Safety Element Update]
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SAFETY AD HOC COMMITTEE AND APPOINT TWO MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO THE COMMITTEE.CITY MANAGER MONTGOMERY, TO PRESENT? NO.
UM, BEN, BEFORE YOU GIVE YOUR REPORT, BECAUSE BRIAN IS NOT HERE TONIGHT, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT TO A FUTURE MEETING IF POSSIBLE.
UM, HE WAS VERY VOCAL AT THE, UM, SAFETY ELEMENT WORKSHOP, SO I WANNA HAVE, GIVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY IF HE HAS INTEREST IN SERVING ON THIS, TO BE HERE WHEN WE MAKE THOSE ASSIGNMENTS.
WE'LL TABLE IT TILL THE NEXT WEEK.
YEAH, I KNOW HE WOULD DEFINITELY WANNA BE INVOLVED.
[18. Adopt resolution requesting California Insurance Commissioner, State Legislature, and Governor take emergency action to strengthen and stabilize California’s Marketplace for homeowners and commercial property insurance]
ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO STRENGTHEN AND STABILIZE CALIFORNIA'S MARKETPLACE FOR HOMEOWNERS AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY INSURANCE, CITY MANAGER, MONTGOMERY MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.UH, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS HERE AT THE CITY COUNCIL LEVEL, AND I KNOW INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS RELATED TO, UH, THE INSURANCE, UH, UH, SITUATION.
UH, WE'VE HAD, UH, REPRESENTATIVES FROM, UH, THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE OUT TO PRESENT.
I KNOW STAFF AND THE COUNCIL HAVE MET, UH, ALSO WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS ALL, UH, AND WE'VE ALSO RECEIVED, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS ON HOW TOUGH IT CAN BE TO GET, UH, ESPECIALLY, UH, HOMEOWNER'S INSURANCE RENEWED IN THE CITY OF, UH, CHINO HILLS, IF THERE'S A, A FIRE CONCERN FROM THE INSURANCE AGENT.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ BROUGHT TO THE CITY'S ATTENTION AN EFFORT THAT IS, UH, TRYING TO, UH, UH, IMPRESS UPON THE COMMISSIONER AND, UH, THE STATE, UH, LEGISLATORS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR THEM TO BE STRONG ADVOCATES FOR, UH, UH, RATE PAYERS AND COMMUNITY, UH, UM, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
UH, IN 19, UH, 88, UH, CALIFORNIA VOTERS ENACTED PROPOSITION 1 0 3, WHICH STARTED THE, UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE PROTECTIONS THAT WE ALL ENJOY, UH, AND IT, IT HELPED TO STABILIZE INSURANCE RATES.
HOWEVER, WE'VE HEARD LOTS OF COMMENTS, UH, FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT THEIR INCREASES BEING SIGNIFICANT, UH, YEAR OVER YEAR AND CANCELLATIONS OCCURRING.
THE COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE HAS TRIED TO, UH, PROTECT CONSUMERS BY MAKING, UH, IT MORE TRANSPARENT ON WHAT THE INSURANCE COMPANIES BASE THAT, UH, DECISION OF RATE INCREASES OR CANCELLATIONS.
THERE'S BEEN EFFORTS TO, UH, UH, TRY TO PROTECT, UH, UH, UH, INSURANCE, UH, CUSTOMERS BY, UH, SHARING, UH, WHAT THEIR SCORES ARE.
UH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, MANY HAVE FALLEN INTO THE FAIR PLAN, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE EXPENSIVE.
AND SO THE RESOLUTION BEFORE THE COUNCIL TONIGHT SIMPLY IS A, UH, PUBLIC ACTION FROM THE COUNCIL, CONTINUING THE EFFORTS, UH, THAT, UH, YOU HAVE DONE, UH, INDEPENDENTLY AND, AND IN THIS AS A BODY TO CONTINUE TO PROTECT, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, INSURANCE CUSTOMERS IN THE CITY.
AND SO, WITHOUT READING THE, UH, ACTUAL RESOLUTION, THAT'S THE PROPOSAL THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION.
AND SO WE BROUGHT IT TO THE COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
DO WE HAVE ANY, UM, DISCUSSION ON THIS? YEAH, I THINK OUR, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ONE AT ALL.
'CAUSE IT IS INITIATED BY US, RAY.
YEAH, I'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW, FEW WORDS.
FIRST OF ALL, UM, THIS SORT OF CAME TO MY ATTENTION PROBABLY FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS AGO, AND I'M PRETTY SURE PETER AND MYSELF, WE GOT CANCELED, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
AND I GOT A CALL ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO.
IT'S, UH, HOA AND BUTTERFIELD AND THEIR INSURANCE WENT UP FOR A HUNDRED UNITS, $80,000, AND THEY COULDN'T AFFORD IT.
SO WE, WE STARTED COMMUNICATING WITH INSURANCE BROKERS.
WE, I CALLED SACRAMENTO TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO I COULD TALK TO TO HELP THEM OUT.
SO INSTEAD OF 80,000, I WENT UP $10,000 AND THEY WERE HAPPY.
UM, THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, PETER AND MYSELF HAVE MET WITH THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE TWICE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
PETER TWICE IS WHAT I REMEMBER.
UM, CABRINA CABRERA WITH, UH, GOVERNOR NEWSOME'S OFFICE ACTUALLY SET UP THOSE MEETINGS FOR US.
UM, JUST RECENTLY, ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, I HAD A MEETING WITH, UH, JOSH NEWMAN, SENATOR.
I HAD A MEETING WITH CARLOS RODRIGUEZ, THE BIA, UH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
UM, S-B-C-T-A, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY DID A RESOLUTION.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS DID A, A RESOLUTION, AND I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT WE'RE DOING IT.
THE ORANGE COUNTY COG DID ONE.
EVERYBODY'S DOING IT BECAUSE IT'S A PROBLEM AND IT'S GETTING WORSE IN THE GOVERNMENT AT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND ALSO THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER, THEY NEED TO DO SOMETHING NOW.
UM, SO I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT WE'RE DOING THIS.
WE'RE MOVING THIS FORWARD BECAUSE, UH, WE HEAR THIS ALL THE
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TIME.I PROBABLY GET AT LEAST 10, 20 PHONE CALLS EVEN TODAY.
MATTER OF FACT, YOUNG LADY, SHE'S IN REAL ESTATE.
I WAS WITH PETER AND SHE WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT FIRE INSURANCE.
SO WE TOLD HER THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DISCUSSING IT TODAY WITH THIS RESOLUTION.
SO WE ARE CONSTANTLY HEARING OUR CONSTITUENTS THAT THERE'S AN ISSUE AND A PROBLEM.
SO I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT WE'RE DOING THIS.
SO IF SOMEONE'S WATCHING OUR MEETING AND THEY'VE BEEN CANCELED OR THEIR FEAR OF BEING CANCELED, WHAT ADVICE RIGHT NOW ARE WE GIVING THEM, THIS IS A GREAT FIRST STEP TO DO THE RESOLUTION, BUT WHAT, WHAT, WHAT SHOULD WE BE TELLING THEM? 'CAUSE LIKE RAY SAID, WE GET CALLS AND EMAILS.
I MEAN, ARE WE STILL SAYING CALL YOUR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER OR THE LEGISLATION THIS COMING SEASON, YOU'RE GONNA HEAR A LOT ABOUT I INSURANCE AND I THINK WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO BE, WE HONEST WITH YOU, I THINK THERE'LL BE AN ADJUSTMENT ON PREMIUMS. OKAY.
AND PROBABLY RIGHT AROUND 20%.
SO LAURA INITIALLY DID NOT WANT TO DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT HE'S, WE GOTTA DO SOMETHING.
SO IF, IF BRIAN, OUR POLITICO IS HERE, HE'D KNOW.
BUT LIKE, THERE'S ALSO A WAY, IF THERE'S CERTAIN SUBJECT MATTER THAT, UH, YOU WANNA TRACK BILLS IN SACRAMENTO, THERE'S A WAY TO DO THAT.
SO YOU KNOW THAT WHEN THEY'RE GONNA BE DISCUSSED, UM, IN COMMITTEE WHERE, WHERE, WHERE THE CERTAIN BILL IS IN THE TIMELINE.
AND SO THERE'S WAYS THAT YOU CAN TRACK THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU.
PUBLIC SAFETY INSURANCE, AND, YOU KNOW, BRING THEM TO OUR ATTENTION.
IF YOU THINK THAT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD ALSO GET BEHIND.
UM, LIKE THE LAST MEETING WHEN WE GOT BEHIND THAT PUBLIC SAFETY ONE, WHEN, WHEN I WAS ABSENT, WE PASSED THAT, THAT WAS JUST WONDERFUL.
AND MORE CITIES NEED TO DO THAT.
IF THERE'S NO MORE DISCUSSION THEN AT THIS TIME, DO I HAVE A, A MOTION FOR THIS RESOLUTION? I'LL MOVE.
[19. Design Review No. 501 - 12978 Trail View Lane, Keyur Maru, applicant on behalf of property owner, TLV Residence LLC: The Planning Commission adopted a resolution denying Design Review No. 501 for construction of a two-story 6,688 square foot, single-family residence and a 1,885 square-foot four-car garage within a 2,770 square-foot basement and determining project is exempt from review under California Environmental Quality Act]
ON TO PLANNING COMMISSION MATTERS.NO ACTION IS REQUIRED UNLESS TWO MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WISH TO REQUEST A REVIEW.
DOES ANYONE WANNA PULL THIS PUBLIC HEARING ITEM? NOT FOR ME.
MOVING, UM, MOVING FORWARD, CHERYL, NOW WE MOVE INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION
[20. Approve 2023-2024 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report for Community Development Block Grant Program]
OF THE MEETING.ITEM 20 IS TO APPROVE THE 20 23 24 CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR MARSHALL, TO PRESENT MAYOR MORAN AND THE COUNCIL.
THIS IS MY FIRST PRESENTATION EVER IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL.
I WOULD LIKE TO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE TONIGHT, UM, THE EFFORTS OF ALMA HERNANDEZ, WHO NO LONGER IS IN OUR DEPARTMENT, HOWEVER, STILL CONTINUES TO FULLY SUPPORT THE C-D-D-B-G PROGRAM.
AND, UH, FOR HER INFORMATION, OF COURSE, WITHIN THE STAFF REPORT, AS WELL AS WHAT I'LL BE PRESENTING HERE THIS EVENING.
UM, WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL OF THE CDBG 20 23 20 24 CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT REFERRED TO AS THE CAPER, WHICH SUMMARIZES THE ACTIVITIES THAT TOOK PLACE DURING THE PROGRAM YEAR LAST YEAR.
THE CITY WAS, AND I GOT A LOT OF NUMBERS FOR YOU LAST YEAR, THE CITY WAS AWARDED $430,672 IN CDBG FUNDS.
PLUS THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL 47,000 IN CHANGE FROM PRIOR YEARS UNSPENT FUNDS THAT WAS REALLOCATED PLUS CARRYING FORWARD FUNDS FOR THE HOME IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM OF 46,000 AND AN ADDITIONAL 178,000 FOR THE LOS SERRANOS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT FOR A TOTAL OF 703,588 AND 77 CENTS.
TOTAL FUNDS SPENT DURING THE PROGRAM YEAR, THIS PAST PROGRAM YEAR WERE 501,000 AND CHANGE THE DELTA BETWEEN THOSE TWO NUMBERS, OF COURSE, UH, LEAVES US WITH $201,877, UM, WHICH WE'VE ALLOCATED IN THIS PARTICULAR FASHION.
THE HOME IMPROVEMENT GRANT, UH, THERE WAS 87,928 CARRIED OVER TO THE CURRENT PROGRAM YEAR.
PUBLIC SERVICE, UH, MONIES ALLOCATED 9,879, WHICH WILL BE ALLOCATED IN THE NEXT PROGRAM YEAR, ADMINISTRATION 25,584, WHICH ALSO WILL BE ALLOCATED NEXT PROGRAM YEAR.
AND LOS LOS SERRANOS INFRASTRUCTURE OF 78,486, WHICH WILL BE CARRIED OVER TO THE CURRENT PROGRAM YEAR 12% WAS SPENT ON ADMINISTRATION THIS PROGRAM SEASON, WHICH INCLUDES FUNDING TO INLAND FAIR HOUSING AND MEDIATION BOARD FOR FAIR HOUSING SERVICES.
THERE WAS AN UNUSED BALANCE OF 25,584 THAT WILL BE REALLOCATED DURING THE UPCOMING YEAR.
10% WAS SPENT ON PUBLIC SERVICE.
THERE WAS AN UNUSED BALANCE OF 9,800 THAT WILL BE REALLOCATED DURING THIS UPCOMING YEAR.
THE UNUSED FUNDS WERE DUE TO UNSPENT FUNDS FROM HOUSE OF RUTH, WHICH WAS UNABLE TO SPEND THEIR ENTIRE ALLOCATION.
THEY WERE SHORT STAFFED MOST OF
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THE PROGRAM YEAR, THUS CAUSING THAT.ALSO, 9% WAS SPENT ON THE HOME IMPROVEMENT GRANT.
THE MAJORITY OF THE PRIOR YEAR CARRYOVER FUNDS WERE SPENT.
THERE IS 86,000 THAT WILL BE CARRIED FORWARD INTO THE CURRENT YEARS PROGRAM.
AND FINALLY, 69% WAS SPENT ON THE LOS SERRANOS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT.
THE SIERRA VISTA DRIVE WEST AND DEL NORTE AVENUE NORTH PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN THE NEXT MONTH.
AND I'M SURE DANIEL COULD PROBABLY EXPAND ON THAT PROJECT IF NECESSARY TO DATE, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED ON THE CAPER.
WELL, IT'S STILL FRESH IN MY MIND.
THAT WAS ONE OF MY NOTES FOR, UM, DANIEL, IS TO SEE THAT IF THE, UH, THE SIERRA VISTA WEST AND DEL NORTE NORTH PROJECT WAS STILL ON TRACK TO BE DONE, UM, BY THE, BY 2024, ANY END OF THE YEAR, SOME RESIDENTS ARE ASKING YES, ACTUALLY THAT PROJECT SHOULD BE DONE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
UM, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, WHEN WE DO SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, IF, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GONNA BE TOO LABORIOUS, BUT IT GOES A LONG WAY.
IF, IF A PROJECT THAT'S GOING ON AND WE ALREADY KNOW THAT, LIKE RESIDENTS ARE KIND OF ASKING ABOUT IT TO MAYBE DO LIKE SOME DOOR HANGERS OR SOMETHING, LETTING THEM KNOW, I KNOW THEY CAN'T, WE CAN'T, WE DON'T LIKE HOLDING OURSELVES TO TIMING.
BUT I THINK WITH FUTURE PROJECTS, IF SOMETHING'S GONNA RUN SUBSTANTIALLY OVER, I'M NOT SAYING THIS ONE DID, BUT JUST IN GENERAL, ESPECIALLY IN, IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE WAITED LIKE DECADES FOR DIFFERENT THINGS.
JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, DO IT.
I, I KNOW THAT WHEN WE HAD A LITTLE HICCUP WITH THE SLURRY IN SOME OF OUR TRACKS, IT WAS NO FAULT OF OUR OWN.
BUT I'M TELLING YOU, I GOT, I GOT MORE COMMENTS ABOUT HOW IMPRESSED THEY WERE THAT THERE WAS A DOOR HANGER SPECIFICALLY SAYING, SORRY ABOUT THE MIX UP.
THIS IS WHEN YOUR, YOUR STREET'S GONNA GET SLURRY.
SO I JUST THINK IF WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE THINGS TO BE LIKE KIND OF PROACTIVE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHEN IT'S EXPECTED BECAUSE IT IS A BIG INCONVENIENCE ON SOME OF THOSE STREETS WITH HOW THEY'RE RIPPED UP SO LONG.
ANYTHING ELSE ON WHAT JONATHAN WAS TALKING ABOUT? IF I COULD JUST SAY A FEW WORDS.
UM, I KNOW LOS SERRANOS, A LOT OF OUR VILLAGES, WE USED TO CALL 'EM VILLAGES A LONG TIME AGO BEFORE A LOT OF YOU GUYS WERE BORN.
UM, SO WE USED TO CALL 'EM VILLAGES AND EACH ONE OF THE VILLAGES USED TO HAVE A, IT'S CALLED CFD COMMUNITY FACILITY DISTRICTS.
LOS SERRANOS DID NOT HAVE ONE.
AND IF IT WASN'T FOR THIS MONEY THAT WE GET EVERY YEAR AND THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE MAKE IN LOS SERRANOS, UM, WE COULD, WE COULDN'T HAVE PUT SIDEWALKS IN LIGHTS, STORM DRAINS.
SO THIS MONEY REALLY HAS HELPED OUT LOS SERRANOS QUITE A BIT.
IF WE COULD OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME.
OH, NOW IT'S A REAL PUBLIC HEARING.
AND DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? CHERYL? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM.
THEN I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK UP HERE.
THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS BEFORE WE CALL FOR A VOTE? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.
THE VERY FIRST MOTION PASSES FOUR ZERO.
[21. Approve Extension of Interim Ordinance No. 409 prohibiting billboard (off-site) signs within the City entitled: “An Interim Ordinance of the City of Chino Hills, Extending the Provisions of Ordinance No. 409 Prohibiting Billboard (Off-Site) Signs Within the City in Accordance with Government Code Section 65858, and Finding That Adoption of the Interim Ordinance is Exempt From the Provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act]
IS TO APPROVE THE EXTENSION OF INTERIM ORDINANCE NUMBER 4 0 9 PROHIBITING BILLBOARD OFFSITE SIGNS WITHIN THE CITY.THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY CITY ATTORNEY HENSLEY MAYOR AND COUNCIL ON AUGUST 13TH.
THE COUNCIL APPROVED AN URGENCY ORDINANCE, UH, WHICH WAS A MORATORIUM ON OFFSITE ADVERTISING, ESSENTIALLY BILLBOARDS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THE CITY ALREADY HAS IN ITS CODE LANGUAGE THAT PROVIDES FOR REQUIREMENTS THAT, UH, SIGNAGE ONLY ADVERTISE WHAT IS ON THE PROPERTY.
BUT TO BE VERY SPECIFIC, UH, AND TO MAKE THE CODE CLEAR, WE WERE RECOMMENDED THAT THIS COUNCIL ADOPT THIS ORDINANCE AND THE URGENCY ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED ON AUGUST 13TH, WILL EXPIRE ON SEPTEMBER 27TH.
AND SO THIS WILL EXTEND THAT BY ANOTHER 10 MONTHS AND 15 DAYS.
IT'S ANTICIPATED THOUGH THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S GOING TO HEAR THE, UH, THE REGULAR ORDINANCE AT ITS NEXT MEETING, THAT THIS WILL BE TO THE COUNCIL WITHIN NEXT MEETING OR TWO.
SO IT, THIS URGENCY ORDINANCE WON'T STAY IN PLACE THE ENTIRE 10 MONTHS AND 15 DAYS.
IT'D BE MORE LIKE A FEW MONTHS.
BUT IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY'S COVERED DURING THAT TIME PERIOD, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY EXTEND THE ORDINANCE TONIGHT.
UM, WITH THAT, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM? YES, IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
CHERYL, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER, AND THAT IS JIM GALLAGHER.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNSEL, STAFF, FELLOW RESIDENTS.
UH, THIS, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, UH, INTRIGUES ME, UH, SPECIFICALLY, UH, WHEN YOU USE THE TERMS OF PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE.
AND, AND WHEN I THINK OF BILLBOARDS, I THINK, UH, OF ELECTRONIC
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BILLBOARDS, FOR EXAMPLE.AND WHAT COMES TO MIND IS A COUPLE THAT I TALK TO ACROSS FROM, UH, GLEN MEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHO COMPLAINED ABOUT AN ALL NIGHT BILLBOARD AT THE ELEMENTARY, UH, SCHOOL THAT SHINES INTO THEIR WINDOWS ACROSS THE STREET ON WHIRL AWAY.
AND I THOUGHT THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.
SO I INTEND TO TAKE THAT TO PLANNING COMMISSION AS AN EXAMPLE OF MAYBE WHAT THEY SHOULD CONSIDER, UH, WHEN THEY'RE ADOPTING THE ORDINANCE.
THE OTHER THING THAT STRIKES ME IS THAT TRAFFIC SLOWS DOWN, FOR EXAMPLE, TO LOOK AT, UH, OTHER SIGNAGE, UH, LIKE SPECIFICALLY FLAGS.
I'M NOT SURE THAT IF FLAGS ARE INCLUDED IN, IN THIS ORDINANCE.
AND I'M, I'M SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY OF THE, UH, PERMITTED, UH, FLAGS STAND DOWN ON PIPELINE THAT APPEARS ONCE IN A WHILE.
AND I KNOW THAT AS THEY FLA OVER THE STREET, UH, TRAFFIC DOES SLOW DOWN IN ORDER TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS.
AND SO I'M GONNA BRING THAT TO PLANNING COMMISSION AS WELL.
BUT IF ANYBODY HAS ANY COMMENTS ABOUT ELECTRONIC BILLBOARDS, UH, ON THIS TOPIC, I'D APPRECIATE IT.
ANY MORE SPEAKERS, CHERYL? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKERS.
UM, SO COMING BACK UP HERE, JUST CLOSE IT, CLOSE IT PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, SO WE'RE GONNA COME UP HERE FOR COMMENTS.
ONE THING, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, JUST VERY QUICKLY, UM, MARK, IF IT'S BASICALLY WHEN SCHOOL ESTATE PROPERTY AND WE CAN'T TOUCH 'EM, SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE ALL THESE BANNERS, WHATEVER THEY WANT.
SO THE SCHOOL MARQUEES THAT ARE ILLUMINATED WHEN IT'S STATE PROPERTY, UH, THEY CAN DO WHATEVER WE WANT AND OUR ORDINANCES DO NOT APPLY.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S GENERALLY CORRECT, UNLESS THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT ISN'T SCHOOL RELATED.
UM, BUT GENERALLY THE THINGS THEY'RE DOING ARE SCHOOL RELATED, SO YES, THE CITY HAS VERY LITTLE REGULATORY AUTHORITY OVER A SCHOOL PROPERTY.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE CALL FOR VOTE? NO.
UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MOVE THE ITEM.
[22. PUBLIC COMMENTS: At this time, members of the public may address the City Council regarding any items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council that do not appear on the agenda. Please complete and submit to the Deputy City Clerk a "Request to Speak" card. Comments will be limited to three minutes per speaker.]
TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.AT THIS TIME, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEMS WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE COUNCIL THAT DO NOT APPEAR ON THE AGENDA.
PLEASE COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK I REQUESTED SPEAK CARDS.
COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.
THE FIRST ONE IS JASER, UH, GOOD.
UH, EVENING CITY COUNCIL, FELLOW COUN, UH, FELLOW, UH, CITY OF RESIDENCE.
UM, SO BEFORE I KIND OF GET INTO MY SPIEL, UM, I WANT TO START OFF, I'M NOT TRYING TO ESCALATE OR ANYTHING.
SO MARK, IF YOU PROTEST, FEEL FREE TO, TO CLARIFY ONE THING I MENTIONED THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE WAS A WHILE BACK, UH, WAS, YOU KNOW, THE TOPIC OF DIVESTMENT, WHICH IS, OF COURSE, I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE IS RELATED TO CITY BUSINESS.
UM, BUT I STRESSED THE REASON FOR WHY I AM, YOU KNOW, AS A RESIDENT ASKING FOR DIVESTMENT.
UM, AND I FIND IT VERY DIFFICULT, UM, TO KIND OF EXPRESS THOSE REASONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL BASED OFF OF GETTING CUT OFF ALL THE TIME.
SO TO, TO BE EXPLICIT AND IF, UH, IT'S GONNA CAUSE AN ISSUE.
MARK, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND JUST CUT ME OFF AND I'LL TRY TO STAY AWAY.
BUT TO BE VERY EXPLICIT, THE REASON I'M ASKING FOR DIVESTMENT IS BECAUSE THE CITY HAS A $2.5 MILLION CATERPILLAR BOND.
AND WHY WHAT I ASK TO DIVEST FROM CATERPILLAR, THE REASONS IS, THE REASON IS, IS THAT IT IS, UH, COMPLICIT IN DOING BUSINESS WITH A COUNTRY CALLED ISRAEL THAT IS COMMITTING WAR CRIMES.
AND SO WHEN I COME UP HERE AND EXPLAIN THE WAR CRIMES THAT ARE OCCURRING, THAT IS THE CONNECTION IS THAT, UH, THAT THAT 2.5 MILLION CATERPILLAR BOND.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, RECENTLY, UH, ISRAEL BOMBED LEBANON AND ABOUT 500 PEOPLE DIED.
AND THESE WERE JUST, YOU KNOW, REGULAR CITIZENS.
UM, AND THIS IS ON TOP OF, OF COURSE, THE GENOCIDE THAT'S BEEN GOING ON.
AND SO, UM, AGAIN, AS A, YOU KNOW, A, A CITIZEN WHO PAYS A SALES TAX, WHO PAYS PROPERTY TAX, I OWN PROPERTY, UM, IT CONCERNS ME THAT THAT MONEY IS GOING TOWARDS, AGAIN, SOMETHING LIKE CATERPILLAR THAT'S INVESTING THAT MONEY OR DOING BUSINESS WITH, UM, AN OCCUPIER PARIAH, YOU KNOW, STATE COUNTRY THAT'S COMMITTING GENOCIDE CALLED ISRAEL.
SO, UH, AGAIN, MY HUMBLER REQUEST TO THE CITY COUNCIL, MORE THAN HAPPY
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TO TALK ABOUT THIS OFFLINE, UH, YOU KNOW, IS AGAIN, TO ENACT A DIVESTMENT POLICY THAT NOT JUST ISRAEL, BY THE WAY, ANY COUNTRY THAT IS COMMITTING, YOU KNOW, WAR CRIMES, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, IN THE CONGO, UH, WHETHER IT'S WITH THE IANS, WHETHER IT'S TO THE UYGHURS IN CHINA, MORE THAN HAPPY TO DISCUSS THAT.BUT, YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY, I WANT OUR MONEY TO BE CLEAN.
AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THE CORE OF THE ISSUE IS FOR ME.
UH, SO THANK YOU, UH, FOR YOUR TIME AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN CON CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION.
YOU KNOW I'M NOT GONNA BE AS NICE AS JESSER.
UH, BUT BEFORE I BEGIN, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO HONOR THE TONGA, UH, NATIVE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WHOSE LAND WE ARE LIVING ON TODAY, AND RECOGNIZE THE DEEP INJUSTICE OF THEIR DISPLACEMENT AS WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE THE BENEFICIARIES OF LIVING ON THEIR ANCESTRAL HOMELAND.
UM, FIRST FOR THE LAST NINE MONTHS, AS CYNTHIA STATED BEFORE, AND AS MARK STATED BEFORE, WE'VE BEEN HERE LIKE FOR SO LONG, UM, WE'VE BEEN DEMANDING THAT YOU DIVEST FROM THE $2.5 MILLION CATERPILLAR BOND.
WE'VE MADE IT CLEAR TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT CATERPILLARS BULLDOZERS ARE DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH THE ETHNIC CLEANSING OF PALESTINIANS.
YET YOU HAVE IGNORED US AND SILENCE US AT EVERY TURN.
YOUR LACK OF EMPATHY MADE ME DOUBT THAT YOU HAD FEELINGS TO BEGIN WITH, TO BE HONEST, UNTIL I WITNESSED THE DISPLAY OF EMOTIONS WHEN IT CAME TO PICKLEBALL.
AND IT MADE ME REALIZE THAT THAT'S WHERE EMPATHY LIES, NOT WITH HUMAN LIFE, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN, BUT WITH PICKLEBALL, YOU'VE MADE IT CLEAR WHERE YOU STAND AND IT'S ON THE WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY, MORALITY AND JUSTICE.
YOUR INDIFFERENCE TO HUMAN SUFFERING IS NOT JUST DISGUSTING, IT'S DANGEROUS.
YOUR INABILITY TO ACT WITH MORAL INTEGRITY MAKES YOU UNFIT FOR LEADERSHIP AND A DIRECT THREAT TO THE WELLBEING OF THIS COMMUNITY.
THE ISRAELI TERRORIST OCCUPATION HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS ILLEGAL OCCUPYING FORCE AND AN APPETITE STATE BY THE ICJ AND ICC BY REFUSING TO DIVEST FROM CATERPILLAR.
YOU ARE COMPLICIT IN APPETITE, GENOCIDE, VIOLATION OF US AND INTERNATIONAL LAWS.
SECOND, ONCE AGAIN, YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO IGNORE YOUR CONSTITUENTS DEMANDS.
YOU STILL REFUSE TO CONDEMN THE RACIST FASCIST ISLAMOPHOBIC REMARKS THAT WERE, UH, MADE BY ONE OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, IN THIS VERY CHA CHAMBER.
YOU GUESSED, LET US DENIED IT EVER HAPPENED.
AND YOU SHOWED US WHERE YOUR PRIORITIES LIE WITH THOSE SPEWING HATE, NOT THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE YOU CLAIM TO SERVE.
AND MARK, YOU CANNOT REALLY DENY IT BECAUSE YOU CAN REALLY GO TO, UH, THE ARCHIVE VIDEO FROM THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON JUNE 25TH FROM MINUTE 33 AND 10 SECONDS TO 36 AND 24 SECONDS, AND YOU'LL WITNESS THE UNDENIABLE PROOF OF THE CITY COUNCIL'S SHAMEFUL SILENCE.
LASTLY, YOU'VE REPEATEDLY VIOLATED OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO FREE SPEECH.
TIME AND TIME AGAIN, YOU'VE SILENCED OUR VOICES, IGNORED OUR DEMANDS, WISH WE WOULD GO AWAY AND TEMPLED AND TEMPLED WITH, UH, ON THE VERY RIGHTS YOU WERE SWORN TO UPHOLD.
AND TO THAT, I'M GONNA SAY DIVEST NOW, CEASEFIRE AND FREE PALESTINE.
JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR, THE LAST ABOUT 10 SECONDS OF THAT WAS NOT CITY BUSINESS.
SO THIS IS THE ISSUE WE RUN INTO WITH ALL THE SPEAKERS IS, WHICH IS THE ONE THEY'RE COMPLAINING ABOUT DURING THE LAST 15, 20 SECONDS OF WHAT HE SAID.
HE WENT OFF OF WHAT WAS CITY BUSINESS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, MARK AND REMINDER.
SO AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GONNA GO ON TO OUR SAFETY
[ SAFETY UPDATES - Fire and Police]
UPDATES.SO WE HAVE OUR SAFETY UPDATES.
WAS IT CHERYL, RIGHT? THAT WAS IT.
SO WE HAVE A SAFETY UPDATE FROM FIRE.
WE ARE, UM, WE GET JEREMY ALT, DEPUTY CHIEF JEREMY ALT TONIGHT.
UM, RECENTLY FIRE MARSHALL DANIELLE O'TOOLE AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE HONOR TO SPEAK AT OUR COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS FAIR.
UM, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT, UH, PREPARING FOR THE EVENT OF WILDFIRE.
OTHER ISSUES, THANK YOU TO THE CITY FOR ALLOWING US TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT EVENT.
IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED ALSO, UH, MANY OF YOU, I'M SURE HAVE NOTICED THE RECENT, UH, VERY WELL PUBLICIZED FIRES IN THE AREA.
UM, CHINO VALLEY FIRE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT THOSE FIRES THROUGH MUTUAL AID.
WE HAD RESOURCES DEDICATED TO NOT ONLY THE LINE FIRE, BUT ALSO THE, UM, THE BRIDGE FIRE, WHICH IMPACTED BOTH THE COMMUNITIES
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OF MOUNT BALDY AND WRIGHTWOOD.DURING THAT TIME, WE HAD THOSE RESOURCES COMMITTED.
UH, Y CHINO VALLEY FIRE STATIONS WERE FULLY STAFFED BY CHINO VALLEY FIRE PARAMEDICS.
MOST OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY DON'T REALIZE THAT WHEN WE SEND MUTUAL AID RESOURCES OUT TO THE OTHER PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY, UM, IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE ACTUALLY CALL IN PERSONNEL FROM HOME TO BACKFILL THOSE STATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE ARE PROVIDING 24 HOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT SERVICE IS NOT INTERRUPTED.
SO THANK YOU TO OUR MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR FIRE DISTRICT THAT, UH, ARE SWORN TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY.
FINALLY, UH, ACTUALLY, I ALSO JUST WANT TO, UM, RECOGNIZE THE MEMBERS OF THE ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY, THE SANTIAGO HOTSHOTS.
MANY OF YOU SAW THAT, UH, ONE OF THEIR CREW CARRIERS WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT ON THE 2 41.
OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE STILL WITH THE MEMBERS OF THAT FIRE DEPARTMENT AS THEY, UH, WORK THROUGH THAT, THOSE INJURIES.
AND FINALLY, WE'D LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE, UM, OUR OPEN HOUSE IS COMING UP OCTOBER 5TH.
THAT'LL BE FROM NINE TO NOON ON SATURDAY.
IT'LL BE HELD AT OUR FIRE STATION, 61 5 0 7 8 SCHAFER IN THE CITY OF CHINO.
LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE.
HONORABLE, UH, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF AND RESIDENTS AND ATTENDANCE.
UH, THE 25TH ANNUAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF'S, PRCA RODEO WILL BE HELD THIS WEEKEND, SEPTEMBER 27TH THROUGH SEPTEMBER 29TH AT THE SHERIFF'S RODEO ARENA ACROSS FROM GLEN HELEN PARK IN DEVORE.
UH, THE EVENT WILL HOST THE COUNTRY'S TOP PROFESSIONAL COWBOYS AND COWGIRLS AND ROPING AND RIDING EVENTS.
THERE WILL ALSO BE OVER 60 SHOPPING AND FOOD VENDORS AND A KID ZONE FEATURING BOUNCE HOUSES, A PETTING ZOO AND CARNIVAL GAMES.
THERE WILL BE A LIVE BAND AND DANCE ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
THE EVENT IS HELD TO RAISE CHARITABLE FUNDS FOR NUMEROUS BENEFICIARIES, INCLUDING PEDIATRIC AND BREAST CANCER AWARENESS, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION, SCOUTING FOUR H LOCAL YOUTH GROUPS AND DEPARTMENT VOLUNTEER UNITS.
OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS, THE RODEO HAS DISTRIBUTED OVER $1 MILLION TO ITS CHARITABLE BENEFICIARIES.
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO PURCHASE TICKETS, PLEASE VISIT SHERIFFS RODEO.COM AND THAT'S MY REPORT.
AND EITHER ONE CAN ANSWER THIS FOR CLARIFICATION.
YESTERDAY MORNING I WAS UP BY, UH, POMONA VALLEY HOSPITAL.
I SAW TWO SEPARATE, UH, A MR HOSPITAL, UH, AMBULANCES, OR A MR NOT HOSPITAL, BUT AMBULANCES.
AND BEHIND EACH ONE WAS ONE OF OUR SHERIFF'S CARS.
I HEARD LATER ON IN THE DAY WITH AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THERE HAD BEEN SOME ACTIVITY WHERE A COUPLE INDIVIDUALS WERE HURT, AND I'M ASSUMING THEY WERE SUSPECTS.
IS THAT WHY THE, THE, THE SQUAD DOESN'T FOLLOW 'EM? AND FOR SECURITY, WE SEND POLICE UNITS UP.
IS THAT JUST, I'M SURMISING THAT, BUT IS THAT TRUE? YES, I CAN ANSWER THAT.
THERE WAS AN INCIDENT IN THE CITY INVOLVING A STABBING.
UM, ONE OF THOSE SUBJECTS WAS, WAS A SUSPECT IN THAT STABBING.
ONE OF THOSE SUBJECTS WAS A VICTIM.
SO WE DID SEND, UH, UNITS UP THERE TO INVESTIGATE, BUT ALSO FOR SECURITY, UH, WHILE THAT PERSON WAS BEING TREATED IN THE HOSPITAL.
YEAH, IT, IT WAS JUST STRANGEST THING SEEING OUR POLICE, FOLLOWING THE AMBULANCE.
I THOUGHT I'D NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE.
THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
AND JUST FOR FURTHER, THE SQUAD ACTUALLY MIGHT HAVE BEEN ALSO FOLLOWING UP, BUT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN RIGHT BEHIND THE AMBULANCE.
YEAH, I DIDN'T SEE THEM, BUT THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
[ COUNCIL REPORTS Council Member Johsz West Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District Board Council Member Marquez San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Board General Policy Committee Legislative Policy Committee Metro Valley Study Session Transit Committee Council Member Rogers Chino Hills Community Foundation Board Tres Hermanos Conservation Authority Board Water Facilities Authority Board]
REPORTS.WE WILL SKIP VECTOR CONTROL, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER JOE'S ABSENCE.
SO WE'LL GO ON TO COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ'S REPORTS.
UM, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, WE HAD A GENERAL POLICY MEETING MEETING.
WE APPROVED THE AUDIT FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 20, 20 21, 20 21, 20 22.
IN 22, 20 23, THE PROCUREMENT RESULTS.
WE, WE APPROVED ALSO THE FISCAL YEAR, UH, FOR THE LAST QUARTER.
WE APPROVED THE AMENDMENTS FOR LEGISLATIVE POLICY COMMITTEE.
WE UPDATED STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATION.
METRO VALLEY WAS CANCELED, THE MEETING WAS CANCELED IN TRANSIT.
WE APPROVED THE PURCHASE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE DC FAST CHARGER REPLACEMENT UNITS AT THE SANTA FE DEPOT.
UM, A COUPLE OF REPORTS, ALL VERY BRIEF.
CHINO'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION BOARD MET, WE MEET SIX TIMES A YEAR, AND WE MET, UH, A WEEK OR TWO AGO, WEEK AGO.
AND WE DISCUSSED OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH WE UPDATE EVERY, WE'RE TRYING TO UPDATE EVERY FIVE YEARS.
AND WE UPDATED IT TO A NEW, NEW APPROACH TO LOOKING AT THE COMMUNITY AND HOW WE GO ABOUT RAISING FUNDS AND THE, AND THE EVENTS THAT WE HOST IN TOWN.
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ABOUT OUR ART GALLERY THAT THE CHINO HOST FOUNDATION HOSTS AT THE SHOPS AND HOW SUCCESSFUL IT IS.AND, UH, ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS TO DROP IN, ESPECIALLY DURING FARMER'S MARKETS.
OPEN TWO NIGHTS A WEEK, WEDNESDAYS AND, UH, FRIDAYS.
UH, SO WE WERE TALKING WITH GLENN ANDERSON AND SAMANTHA JAMES PEREZ, WHO HELPED OVERSEE THAT EFFORT, UH, TO FINE TUNE SOME OF THE THINGS WE DO.
THERE'S TALK ABOUT, UH, OPENING IT UP FOR SOME IN-HOUSE PERFORMANCES THERE WITH, WITH, UH, MUSIC OR COMEDIANS TO KIND OF ENHANCE THAT, THAT EXPERIENCE AT THE GALLERY.
AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT UPDATES ON THE WINE WALK, WHICH IS COMING UP IN, UH, TWO AND A HALF WEEKS.
AND THE PROGRESS WE'RE MAKING WITH THAT.
SO THAT'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
UH, NEXT IS TRACE ARM, MANOS PROPERTY, THE TRACER MOUNTS CONSERVANCY, WHICH WE SIT ON THE BOARD.
UH, THERE'S, UH, THREE ENTITIES, CHINO HILLS, DIAMOND BAR AND CITY OF INDUSTRY HAVE BOARD MEMBERS.
AND THAT'S THE 24 50 ACRE PROPERTY, UH, RIGHT NEXT TO DIAMOND BAR.
AND IT WAS A BRIEF, VERY BRIEF MEETING ACTUALLY.
AND WHAT WE, WE DISCUSSED THE UP AN UPCOMING PROPERTY TOUR, PROBABLY TAKING PLACE IN OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER.
DATE HASN'T BEEN SET OR FURTHER OUT, OR DECEMBER OR JANUARY.
UH, BUT WE ARE THE PROPERTY TOUR.
THIS WILL BE THE THIRD THAT WE'VE HOSTED OVER THE PAST ALMOST YEAR.
UM, AND THAT WILL BE NEXT GROUPING OF 100 PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE HOSTED ON THIS BUS.
TOURS AROUND THE FACILITY WILL BE DRAWN FROM THE EXISTING, UM, UH, LIST THAT WE PULLED TOGETHER A YEAR AGO WHEN WE PUT AN OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO VISIT, PUT YOUR NAMES ON THE LIST.
AND WE'VE BEEN DRAWING DOWN FROM THAT LIST.
SO THIS NEXT TOUR WILL BE PROBABLY THE LAST DRAW DOWN THAT WILL POPULATE THAT A HUNDRED PERSON TOUR WHENEVER WE HOST IT, WHICH COULD BE JANUARY ACCORDING TO BEN.
AND LASTLY, WFA WATER FACILITIES AUTHORITY, ONE OF THE, UH, WATER SOURCES FOR THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
AND REALLY THE MAIN THING WE TALKED ABOUT, WE HAD A REPORT ON WAS A SUCCESSFUL AUDIT, WHICH IS THIS TIME OF YEAR WHEN WE RECEIVE REPORTS FROM OUR VARIOUS ENTITIES ABOUT ABOUT OUR YEAR END, WHICH IS USUALLY, UH, JUNE 30TH, OUR YEAR END AUDIT.
[ COUNCIL COMMENTS]
INTO YOUR COUNCIL COMMENTS.UH, BRIAN JONES SENT ME A NOTE SAYING HE APOLOGIZES FOR NOT BEING HERE, THAT HE IS RIGHT NOW ON HIS WAY TO PHOENIX WITH FAMILY TO ATTEND A FAMILY FUNERAL.
HE WANTED ME TO MENTION PUBLICLY THAT THAT IS THE REASON THAT HE'S NOT HERE.
UM, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS MANY ONCE A YEAR AROUND THIS TIME, END OF SUMMER, SOMETIMES YOU MAY DETECT A, AN ODOR TO SOME DEGREE IN OUR WATER.
AND I LIKE TO BRING EVERYBODY UP TO SPEED ON THIS, THAT IT'S AN ALGAE GROWTH THAT TAKES PLACE WHEN IT'S BEEN SUPER HOT.
AND IN THE CALIFORNIA AQUEDUCT, IN THE AQUEDUCT WATERS END UP IN LAKE SILVERWOOD.
AND AS THEY START TO DETECT THIS, THIS ODOR, IT'S TREATED WITH A CHEMICAL AT LAKE SILVERWOOD.
UH, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY CAN ALWAYS REMOVE IT.
SO ANY OF YOU THAT MAY BE TAKING YOUR SHOWER, I USUALLY DON'T DETECT IT UNLESS IT'S IN THE SHOWER SITUATION.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, WHERE'S THE SMELL COMING FROM? AND IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT OVERLY AGGRESSIVE, BUT IT'S ENOUGH TO CALL ATTENTION TO ITSELF.
AND OUR GENERAL MANAGER AT WFAI ASKED THAT QUESTION.
SO HE PUBLISHED A LITTLE A REPORT FOR ME JUST TO SAY THAT, UH, IT'S A, IT IS A MUSTY ODOR, MUSTY TASTE TO IT.
AND THAT THEY, IT DOESN'T IMPACT THE QUALITY OF OUR WATER IN ANY WAY.
AND THE TREATMENTS, UH, KEEP IT CONTAINED AND IT SHOULD DISAPPEAR SHORTLY SINCE THE HEAT IS NOW SUBSIDING.
AND THEN, AS LONG AS I WAS ON THESE TYPES OF REPORTS HAVING TO DO WITH WATER, UH, DROUGHT RELATED, I HAVE THE OFFICIAL MAP THAT WE RECEIVE EVERY MONTH ON DROUGHT CONDITIONS.
AND REALLY, UH, THERE REALLY DON'T EXIST IN CALIFORNIA.
USUALLY THE MAP THAT WE SEE IS LIT UP WITH RED, WHICH INDICATES SEVERE DROUGHT.
AND THERE'S NOWHERE ON THE CALIFORNIA MAP THAT SHOWS ANY RED.
IT'S ALL A LIGHT YELLOW OR WHITE.
WHITE MEANS THERE'S NO DROUGHT.
A LIGHT YELLOW INDICATES THAT THERE'S A, IN CERTAIN REGIONS THERE IS A CONCERN ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF WATER, BUT IT'S NOT SIGNIFICANT CONCERN YET.
SO DROUGHT WISE WE'RE DOING, WE, CHINO HILLS STEPPED UP YEARS AGO TO, UH, CONTROL
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OUR WATER USAGE.AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO THAT.
SO HOPEFULLY WE HAVE A, A DECENT YEAR AGAIN WITH WATER AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO FILL THE RESERVOIRS TO THE NORTH OF US FOR THE MOST PART.
HAD AN AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND A 75TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY LAST WEEK FOR THE, UH, CHINO BASIN WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT.
MANY OF YOU NOT, MAY NOT KNOW THAT IT EXISTS, BUT IT IS LOCATED IN THE CITY OF MONTCLAIR AND IT'S A GREAT RESOURCE FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS IN THE CHINO VALLEY AND BEYOND AS FAR AS, UH, TAPPING INTO THEIR KNOWLEDGE BASE AS THEY PROVIDE, UH, SERVICES THAT ASSIST YOU IN PLANNING YOUR WATER USAGE AT YOUR HOME.
MOSTLY OUTSOURCE OUTSIDE LANDSCAPE, UH, VERSUS INDOORS, BUT THEY CAN HELP WITH THAT ALSO.
BUT, UH, THEY WERE CELEBRATING THEIR 75TH ANNIVERSARY I ATTENDED ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
AND JUST A COUPLE OTHER THINGS.
ATTENDED RESOURCE FAIR, A SENIOR RESOURCE FAIR LAST FRIDAY, AND IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED.
AND IN THE CITY I ATTENDED ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, ALSO THE COUNTY'S STATE OF THE COUNTY ADDRESS, SIMILAR TO OUR STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS.
AND AGAIN, IT WAS ALSO VERY WELL ATTENDED.
AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY COUNTY IS DOING GREAT.
LET IT BE, LET IT BE DID ATTEND TO LET IT BE EVENT.
SO AS YOU MANY OF YOU KNOW, LET IT BE.
CYNTHIA AND I DID ATTEND THAT EVENT.
LET IT BE DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT IT OR NO, GO AHEAD.
WAIT, MAYBE I WILL TALK ABOUT IT.
OKAY, SO SORRY, NOW I HAVE THE FLOOR.
UH, SO WE HAD A, UH, A WONDERFUL GATHERING AT YANKS MUSEUM IN, IN CHINO, AND THEY HOSTED THEIR SUNSET PARTY, MEANING THEY ARE CONCLUDING THEIR OPERATIONS AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.
THEY'VE BEEN A VERY VIBRANT COMMUNITY, UH, FOUNDATION IN OUR REGION.
OBVIOUSLY MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT THEY, UH, IT WAS BASED ON THE LOSS OF THEIR CHILD WHO, UH, PASSED AWAY WITH BRAIN CANCER.
AND SO THAT MOTIVATED THE PARENTS TO SEE WHAT THEY COULD DO TO GIVE BACK TO OTHER PARENTS THAT WOULD BE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THEIR CHILDREN.
SO FOR 18 YEARS, THEY HAVE BEEN DOING MAJOR FUNDRAISING EFFORTS TO RAISE MONIES TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, THE COMMUNITY OF THOSE THAT HAVE CHILDREN WITH LIFE-THREATENING DISEASES.
AND, UH, AFTER 18 YEARS, THEY ARE MOVING ON.
SO WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THEM AND HONOR THE, THE ROSEN FAMILY FOR AND EVERYTHING THEY'VE DONE FOR THE COMMUNITY FOR THEIR EFFORTS.
IT WAS, IT WAS A LARGE, IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.
IT WAS LONG 'CAUSE THEY WERE DOING A HIGHLIGHT OVER A SEVERAL HOUR PERIOD OF FROM 2006 TO CURRENT AND ALL THE MILESTONES AS AN EXAMPLE.
THEY BECAME SO KNOWN FOR A WHILE THAT THE CALIFORNIA ANGELS HOSTED AN ALL STAR GAME MANY YEARS AGO.
AND MAJOR LEAGUE BA BASEBALL HONORS, UH, SOME, SOME COMMUNITY HEROES, LET'S CALL 'EM.
AND SINCE IT WAS HOSTED IN ANAHEIM, THEY CHOSE A CALIFORNIA ENTITY TO HONOR AT THE ALL-STAR GAME ON TELEVISION AND THEN LET IT BE FOUNDATION WAS CHOSEN AS THAT RECIPIENT TO, TO BE HONORED.
THEY, SO THEY SHOWED SLIDES OF AND VIDEOS OF THAT ON THE FIELD AND BEING INTERVIEWED BY THE ANGEL BROADCASTERS AND YEAH, THERE WAS SOME VERY SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES.
AND THEY ALSO RECEIVED, UM, A GRANT FROM, UM, CHICK-FIL-A CORPORATE FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS MM-HMM.
AND THEY WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THIS WAS A FUNDRAISING DINNER.
AND EVEN THOUGH THAT THEY'RE ENDING, THEY'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO SERVICE THE FAMILIES THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR AND ANY REMAINING MONEY WILL BE GIVEN BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SHARED THAT AS WELL.
AND I KNOW THAT FIRE WAS THERE, SO JEREMY FIRE WAS THERE AND THEY EXPRESSED SOME, UH, SOME ASSURANCE THAT IT WOULDN'T BE CUT OFF RIGHT ON DECEMBER 31ST.
THAT FIRE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP STEP UP AND TRANSITION SOME OF THE FAMILIES THAT ARE STILL RECEIVING SOME AID, UH, MOSTLY FINANCIAL AID THAT THE FIRE MIGHT BE THERE TO HELP OUT FOR A WHILE.
AND DIDN'T THEY JUST MOVE TO NASHVILLE SOME TIME AGO? WELL, THE ROSENS ARE BOUNCING BACK AND FORTH.
AND ART, BEFORE I HAVE YOU START, I UM, I'M SORRY
[ CITY MANAGER UPDATES]
I PASSED OVER.YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING DO YOU?
HUH? ART, UH, REALLY NO COMMENTS.
BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR, UH, JEREMY.
JEREMY, I SEE ADVERTISED ALL THE TIME ON TV.
NOW, THIS, UH, LIFE FOR CHOKING VICTIMS, IS THAT ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE
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WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT OR IS, IS THERE A NEED FOR US TO PURCHASE THOSE AND, AND UH, DONATE THOSE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT'S EVEN SOMETHING YOU WOULD UTILIZE? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT, I AM NOT PERSONALLY FAMILIAR WITH.
IF IT'S A DEVICE, I'M NOT PERSONALLY FAMILIAR WITH IT.
MAYBE TOMORROW NIGHT WE CAN TALK ABOUT.
AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THOUGH, UM, WE OFFER IF IT'S A LIFESAVING DEVICE OR ADJUNCT FOR LIKE CPR, THINGS LIKE THAT, EVEN THOUGH I MAY NOT BE IMMEDIATELY FAMILIAR WITH IT, I DO WANNA REINFORCE THE COMMUNITY THAT WE OFFER HANDS-ONLY CPR CLASSES ROUTINELY THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, WE HAVE AEDS PLACED IN MULTIPLE BUSINESSES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
AND THE BLOODS, UH, THE BLOOD UNITS TOO ALSO FOR STOPPING BLEEDING.
UH, ACTUALLY NO FURTHER COMMENTS TO THAT.
YOU GUYS ARE HANDLING VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA APOLOGIZE TO THE FIRE DISTRICT.
UM, THE NINE 11 MEMORIAL SERVICE THAT YOU HAD AT STATION SIX.
I HAD TWO MEETINGS AT S-B-C-T-A IN SAN BERNARDINO, SO I'VE BEEN TO ALL OF THEM, BUT THIS LAST ONE, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING THERE.
UM, WE HAD A GREAT MEETING OVER AT A HIGH SCHOOL WITH MRS. Y BOY AND HER STAFF TO DISCUSS ILA TENNIS COURTS.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF, JONATHAN, BEN AND MELISSA, FOR DOING A GREAT JOB.
AND HOPEFULLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE THE TENNIS COURTS.
AT I HIGH SCHOOL, I ATTENDED THE METRO LEAGUE BOARD MEETING IN LOS ANGELES.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE A SERVICE, WHICH IS BETWEEN THE CITY OF REDLANDS TO SAN BERNARDINO, NINE MILES.
AND WE HAVE A NEW LOCOMOTIVE, IT'S CALLED THE XMU ZERO EMISSION MULTIUNIT.
IT'S THE FIRST IN, UH, UNITED STATES.
UH, IT'S ACTUALLY RUN BY HYDROGEN, IT'S A FUEL CELL.
AND WE'RE REAL EXCITED AND THAT SHOULD BE AN OPERATION IN 2025.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE FAIR CHANGES AND JUST SO ALL THE STUDENTS OUT THERE AND VETERANS, YOU CAN RIDE FREE ON METROLINK.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE STARTED.
I ATTENDED S SCAGS LEGISLATIVE COMMUNICATION AND MEMBERSHIP MEETING.
WE APPROVED ALSO THE SAME RESOLUTION THAT WE DID HERE TONIGHT.
UM, I ATTENDED THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AIRPORT COMMISSION MEETING.
AND THE ONLY THING I WANNA REPORT OUT HERE THAT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT THE AIRSHOW THAT WE USED TO HAVE IN CHINO MIGHT NOT BE MOVING FORWARD.
THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT MOVING UP TO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND IT WOULD BE A SHAME IF THAT REALLY DOES HAPPEN.
SO I WASN'T HAPPY TO HEAR THAT I ATTENDED THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS WORKSHOP.
I JUST WANT TO SAY OUR STAFF DID A GREAT JOB.
WE HAD A GOOD TURNOUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
YOUR STAFF ATTENDED MOBILITY 21, THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COALITION.
UM, A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE AND A GOOD FRIEND TO THE COMMUNITY, CONGRESSWOMAN GRACE PITANO.
WE, WE, SHE'S BEEN INVOLVED IN PUBLIC SERVICE FOR OVER 38 YEARS AND SHE REALLY BEHIND THE SCENES, SHE HELPED US WITH HOPE FOR THE HILLS AND I JUST WANTED TO BE THERE AND SHOW SUPPORT FOR HER.
ALSO, SATURDAY AFTER THE EVENT OVER AT UH, DISNEYLAND AT THE TIME THEY DID HAVE A FAREWELL DINNER, A RETIREMENT CELEBRATION AT THE CITY OF INDUSTRY FOR GRACE MALTANA.
I WANT TO THANK HER FOR EVERYTHING SHE'S DONE FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA OVER THE YEARS.
UM, I WAS VERY HAPPY THAT, UM, MY LAST WATER BILL HAD THE COMMENT SECTION WAS JUST FULL OF TIPS AND TOPICS.
SO WHOEVER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.
SO I HAVE SOMETHING ELSE I THINK WE SHOULD PUT THERE.
SO A LOT OF TIMES WE'LL GET COMPLAINTS THAT, UM, SOMEONE'S GUEST OR CONTRACTOR GOT A TICKET 'CAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE STREET SWEEPING.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE GET CHALLENGED ABOUT THE SIGNS.
SO JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR, LIKE WE ARE LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE TO HAVE THE STREET SWEEPING SIGN AT THE ENTRANCE TO A NEIGHBORHOOD.
THAT'S LIKE THE, THAT'S WHAT COVERS, COVERS THIS, RIGHT.
SO WITH THAT, THAT'S KIND OF RHETORICAL.
SO, UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE TO, BECAUSE REALLY I THINK AS HOMEOWNERS WE NEED TO BE RESPONSIBLE.
WHEN SOMEONE COMES AND VISITS US OR WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR, WE NEED TO KNOW WHEN OUR STREET SWEEPING DAYS ARE OR BE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND TEXT SOMEONE OR GO AND KNOCK ON THEIR DOOR.
IF YOU SEE THE CARS OUT AND YOU HEAR THAT BIG OLD SCARY SOUND 'CAUSE THE STREET SWEEPER'S COMING.
SO I THINK THAT ON THE WATER BILL, JUST SOMETHING ABOUT LIKE SOME PROTOCOL REMINDERS ABOUT THE WATER BILL.
IT'S LIKE, KNOW YOUR, YOU KNOW, KNOW WHEN YOUR, YOUR STREET SWEEPING DAY IS AND EITHER BE A GOOD, BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR IF YOU SEE CARS OUT OR IF YOU KNOW YOU'RE GONNA HAVE GUESTS DURING A NON-HOLIDAY TIME.
WHEN WE DO EXEMPTIONS, THEY NEED TO LET THEIR GUESTS KNOW YOU CAN'T PARK ON THE STREET.
THEY SHOULD KNOW THEIR, THEIR DAYS.
AND THEN, UM, I FORGOT WE HAD ANOTHER, UM, GUEST.
WE HAVE BATTALION CHIEF BRIAN TURNER IN THE BACK.
THANK YOU FOR SITTING THROUGH OUR MEETING.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, CHERYL, I WANNA, I WANNA BRAG ABOUT YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT.
SO, UM, OUR CITY CLERK'S OFFICE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR SPONSORING SOME LEGISLATION.
IT WAS SENATE BILL 10 34 AND 15 14, 10 34 AND 1513.
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BUT IT'S REALLY, IT'S PRETTY COOL BECAUSE OUR, OUR CITY CLERK DEPARTMENT IS ACTUALLY INVOLVED IN SPONSORING BILLS THAT GET SIGNED BY GOVERNOR NEWSOM AND THAT ARE PUT IN PLAY AND IT'S, A LOT OF IT IS JUST TO LIKE EXPEDITE PROCESSES AND DIFFERENT THINGS.SO CHERYL OR LYNNE, CAN YOU TELL US THIS LAST ONE THAT YOU GUYS SPONSORED OR CHINO HILL SPONSORED THAT GOT SIGNED INTO LAW? SO THIS IS TO ALLOW ATTESTATION, DIGITAL ATTESTATION TO, UM, CITY DOCUMENTS, UH, PARTICULARLY ORDINANCES.
ORDINANCE ORDINANCES MAKE THE CITY LAW.
AND THEY HAVE VERY SPECIFIC, UM, RULES THAT APPLY TO THEM.
AND SO WORKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WE WANTED IT TO BE CLEAR IN THE GOVERNMENT CODE THAT IF YOU ATTEST A, UM, SIGNATURE ON AN ORDINANCE, THAT IT HAS TO MEET THE SAME STANDARDS AS 16.5, WHICH TALKS ABOUT ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES.
SO IT'S UM, EXCITING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT MOVES US INTO THE DIGITAL AGE WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO NOW DIGITALLY SIGN ALL OF OUR CITY DOCUMENTS AND IT MAKES ALL OF OUR PROCESS THAT MUCH QUICKER.
AND AT THAT, WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN TONIGHT AND
[ ADJOURN IN MEMORIAM AND IN HOPE: Adjourn with deep gratitude, respect, and appreciation for the brave individuals who serve and have served in the Armed Forces. Their selfless contributions protect us all. May we as a community continue to support and honor them.]
MEMORIAM AND IN HOPE, UH, AND WITH DEEP GRATITUDE, RESPECT AND APPRECIATION FOR THE BRAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVE AND HAVE SERVED IN OUR ARMED FORCES, THEIR SELFLESS CONTRIBUTIONS PROTECT US ALL.MAY WE, AS A COMMUNITY IN CHINO HILLS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND HONOR THEM ALWAYS.
AND WITH THAT, OUR MEETING IS ADJOURNED.