Oct 22, 2024 City Council Meeting

MY PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVISIBLE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE, UM, RON FROM RON KUNZE, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE VETERANS GROUP OF THE 55 PLUS CLUB, TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

TONIGHT, PLEASE STAND READY, BEGIN

[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]

AND IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR TONIGHT'S INVOCATION, UH, GIVEN BY PASTOR DENNIS HOSTETTLER FROM CALVARY CHAPINO HOUSE.

OUR AGENDA IS A PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING OCTOBER 23RD THROUGH 31ST, 2024 AS RED RIBBON WEEK TO BE ACCEPTED BY CORPORAL KESSLER, DEPUTIES NEGRO, VE AND SERNA.

[ INVOCATION: Pastor Dennis Hostetler, Calvary Chapel Chino Hills]

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

WOULD YOU PLEASE JOIN ME IN A WORD OF PRAYER? ALMIGHTY GOD, WE ACKNOWLEDGE OUR DEPENDENCE UPON YOU, AND WE GIVE YOU THANKS AND PRAISE FOR YOUR MIGHTY WORKS.

YOU ARE LOVING, GOOD AND GRACIOUS.

THANK YOU LORD, FOR CREATING US, SUSTAINING US DAY BY DAY, AND THAT WE ARE MADE IN YOUR IMAGE AND LIKENESS TO EXIST IN COMMUNITY WITH OUR FELLOW CITIZENS AND NEIGHBORS.

AND TEACH US ALWAYS LORD, TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR AS OURSELVES AS YOU TAUGHT US.

THANK YOU LORD, FOR THE ABILITY TO BE INVOLVED IN USEFUL WORK AND FOR THE HONOR OF BEARING APPROPRIATE RESPONSIBILITIES AND FOR THE BLESSING OF LIBERTY.

YOU HAVE BESTOWED UPON US AND OUR POSTERITY IN THE SCRIPTURES, YOU HAVE SAID THAT CITIZENS OUGHT TO OBEY THE GOVERNING A AUTHORITIES, AND THAT YOU HAVE APPOINTED THESE VERY AUTHORITIES TO ESTABLISH PEACE AND PROMOTE THE RULE OF LAW.

THEREFORE, WE PRAY FOR OUR MAYOR.

WE PRAY FOR ALL OF OUR CITY OFFICIALS GATHERED HERE.

WE PRAY FOR OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.

WE PRAY FOR OUR VETERANS, AND IN PARTICULAR, WE PRAY FOR THIS ASSEMBLED COUNCIL THIS EVENING.

WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU WOULD GRANT THEM TONIGHT, WISDOM TO GOVERN AM AMEN.

THE CONFLICTING INTEREST AND ISSUES OF OUR CHANGING TIMES.

GRANT THEM A SENSE OF THE GENERAL WELFARE AND TRUE DEANS OF OUR CITY.

CHINO HILLS.

GIVE THEM A THI, A KEEN THIRST FOR JUSTICE AND RIGHTNESS AND CONFIDENCE TO DO WHAT IS GOOD AND FITTING LORD, GIVE THEM THE ABILITY TO WORK TOGETHER IN UNITY, EVEN IN AMID HONEST DISAGREEMENTS.

AND LORD, WE JUST PRAY FOR ALL OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OUR MAYOR THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM PERSONAL PEACE IN THEIR LIVES, IN THEIR FAMILIES, AND PURPOSE, IN THEIR VARIOUS TASKS.

MAY YOU THUS BLESS THE AGENDA SET BEFORE THEM NOW, GIVING THEM A PEACE AND ASSURANCE OF WHAT WOULD PLEASE YOU AND BENEFIT ALL OF THOSE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN OUR BELOVED CITY OF CHEETO HILLS.

THESE THINGS WE PRAY AND ASK IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.

AMEN.

THE FIRST ITEM ON

[1. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming October 23 through 31, 2024, as Red Ribbon Week]

WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM? COME ON UP, GENTLEMEN.

LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE IF YOU GAVE STEP TO MY LEFT.

HEY, NEGRO, HOW YOU DOING? OKAY.

BEFORE I BEGIN TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO PUBLICLY SAY HOW MUCH THE CITY COUNCIL IN CHINO HILLS APPRECIATES THE MEN AND THE WOMEN OF THE CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING US.

YES.

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THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING US AND OUR FAMILIES.

WE APPRECIATE YOU, AND WE HAVE YOUR BACKS ALWAYS.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN.

SUBSTANCE ABUSE IS PARTICULARLY DAMAGING TO ONE OF OUR MOST VALUABLE RESOURCES, OUR CHILDREN.

THE THEME OF THIS YEAR'S RED RIBBON, RED RIBBON WEEK IS LIFE IS A MOVIE FILM DRUG FREE.

THE GOAL IS TO PROMOTE INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR LIVING A HEALTHY DRUG FREE LIFESTYLE.

BUSINESSES, PARENTS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, SCHOOLS, AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY CAN DEMONSTRATE THEIR COMMITMENT TO A HEALTHY DRUG-FREE LIFESTYLE BY WEARING AND DISPLAYING RED RIBBONS.

DURING THIS CAMPAIGN, THE CITY IS PROUD TO PARTICIPATE IN RED RIBBON WEEK TO HELP UNITE OUR COMMUNITY IN THE FIGHT AGAINST SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

TO ACCEPT TONIGHT'S POP PROCLAMATION, WE HAVE CHINO HILLS, SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES, NOEL LAGRAND, MATTHEW SIEVES, JACOB SERNA, AND CORPORAL STEVEN KESSLER.

AND IF ONE OF YOU GENTLEMEN WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU, YOU, AND THEN TAKE A PHOTO.

WHO, WHO, WHO DREW THE SHORT STRAW? IS THAT YOU? I WILL PRESENT YOU THE PROCLAMATION, NOAH, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU EVERYONE.

ON BEHALF OF OUR, UH, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND OUR ADMINISTRATION, WE'RE PROUD TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION.

UH, WE KNOW THE, UH, GOAL OF RED RIBBON.

WE STARTED OFF WITH ONE PERSON AND, UH, HIS MEMORY AND HIS FAMILY SUPPORT.

AND WE, UH, ENJOY CONTINUING THAT MESSAGE, UH, DAILY AND ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR, UH, WE GO OUT TO OUR DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.

WE HAVE DIFFERENT PRO UH, SCHEDULED, ACTUALLY, WE DID ONE TODAY, AND WE HAVE SOME SCHEDULED AT THE REST, REST OF THE WEEK AND NEXT WEEK TO CONTINUE THIS MESSAGE, UH, TO PROMOTE THE, UH, DRUG FREE LIFESTYLE FOR OUR, OUR YOUTH.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I APPRECIATE IT.

AND REAL QUICKLY, IF YOU COULD COME UP, COME UP INDIVIDUALLY AND LET US KNOW HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND WHAT ROLE YOU PLAY WITHIN OUR CHINO CHIN POLICE STATION.

SO BACK UP TO YOU.

OH, BACK UP TO ME.

UM, MY, UH, I'M DEPUTY NOEL NEGRO AND I'VE BEEN, UH, ACTUALLY WORKING AT THE CHINO HALL STATION FOR 24 YEARS.

SO, UH, THE MAJORITY OF MY CAREER HAS BEEN HERE AT, UH, CHINO HILLS.

AND, UM, I'M CURRENTLY ASSIGNED AS A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER AT, UH, CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL.

WONDERFUL.

THANKS.

HELLO, I'M, UH, DEPUTY JACOB SERNA.

I'VE BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR ABOUT FIVE AND A HALF YEARS NOW.

I'M CURRENTLY ASSIGNED AS A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER AT A YELLOW HIGH SCHOOL.

UH, I'VE BEEN AT CHINO HILLS FOR ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS.

UH, THANK YOU.

HELLO.

UM, I'M DEPUTY MATTHEW VES.

UH, I'VE BEEN WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT FOR 12 YEARS.

I'VE BEEN AT THE CHINO HILLS STATION FOR SIX YEARS, AND I AM CURRENTLY A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER ASSIGNED TO THE JUNIOR HIGHS AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AND OCCASIONALLY THE HIGH SCHOOLS AT, FOR CHINO HILLS.

HI, MY NAME IS STEVE KESSLER.

I'M THE, UH, SUPERVISING CORPORAL FOR OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.

UH, I'VE BEEN WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT FOR JUST OVER 19 YEARS, AND I'VE BEEN, THIS IS GOING ON MY FIFTH YEAR AT THE CHINO HILLS STATION.

WONDERFUL.

IS A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING NOVEMBER IS NATIONAL VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILIES MONTH TO BE ACCEPTED BY RON COZI AND THE CHINO HILLS 55 PLUS CLUB.

I KNOW, I THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION

[2. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming November as National Veterans and Military Families Month]

WOOHOO.

PLEASE JOIN ME AT THE PODIUM.

IF I COULD HAVE YOU STAND TO MY LEFT.

AND IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER VETERANS IN THE AUDIENCE, CAN YOU PLEASE STAND SO WE CAN RECOGNIZE YOU AS WELL.

IS THERE ANY OTHER VETERANS? I KNOW VALERIE'S BEHIND THE DESKS.

THE DOOR IS STANDING BEHIND THERE, SO, WELL, WONDERFUL.

THANK, THERE WE GO.

MILITARY FAMILIES, CAREGIVERS, AND SURVIVORS WHO HAVE SERVED AND CONTINUE TO SERVE, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO RESIDE IN CHINO HILLS.

NATIONAL VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILIES MONTH IS DEDICATED TO HONORING THE NEARLY 5.2 MILLION SERVICE MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHOSE VITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND SACRIFICES SAFEGUARD OUR NATIONAL SECURITY, OUR VETERAN AND MILITARY FAMILIES EXEMPLIFY STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE, OFTEN PRIORITIZING THE NEEDS OF OUR NATION ABOVE THEIR OWN.

ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS AND THE CHINO HILL CITY COUNCIL, I WANT TO EXTEND A HEARTFELT THANKS TO THE MILLIONS OF SERVICE MEMBERS, VETERANS,

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TO ACCEPT TONIGHT PROCLAMATION, WE HAVE CHINO HILL'S RESIDENT AND VETERAN RON ZI, WHO LED THE PLEDGE EARLIER.

AND I'LL, UH, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

UH, RON AND I WILL PRESENT YOU WITH THIS PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF OUR, YOUR CITY COUNCIL, AND WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.

UH, GOOD EVENING.

UH, ON BEHALF OF THE CHINO HILLS 55 PLUS CLUB VETERANS GROUP, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MAYOR MORAN CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, AND CITY STAFF FOR RECOGNIZING OUR MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES THAT LIVE IN CHINO HILLS.

AS AMERICANS, WE ARE BLESSED TO LEAVE IN A FREE COUNTRY, PROTECTED BY THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SELFLESSLY PUT ON THE UNIFORM AND STAND AGAINST OUR ENEMIES.

THEIR FAMILIES STAND STRONG IN SUPPORTING THESE MEN AND WOMEN, ASSUMING THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF DAILY LIFE.

IN THE ABSENCE OF THEIR LOVED ONES, THEY AWAIT THEIR RETURN HOME, KNOWING THAT THEY MAY HAVE WOUNDS FROM BATTLE OR PERHAPS MAY PLAY, MAY PAY THE ULTIMATE PRICE FOR FREEDOM WITH THEIR LIVES.

SO AS WE PAY TRIBUTE TO OUR MILITARY MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO OFFER YOUR SUPPORT AND THANKS FROM THEIR, THEIR MANY SACRIFICES.

ON TO THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT.

OKAY, READY? 1, 2, 3.

BRANDON, ARE YOU GIVING THE REPORT TONIGHT? NEXT WE MOVE

[ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT]

HELLO.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

OH, IS MY MIC WORKING? SORRY, .

TRYING TO CONTROL OUT HERE.

ALRIGHT.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

CITY COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

JUST A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT.

UH, FIRST OFF, THE CITY RECENTLY TRANSITIONED TO A NEW MASS NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.

THE NEW PLATFORM ALLOWS USERS TO RECEIVE CRITICAL EMERGENCY ALERTS, CITY NEWS AND EVENTS, AGENDA NOTICES, AND BID BID NOTIFICATIONS VIA EMAIL OR TEXT IN THEIR PREFERRED LANGUAGE.

OVER 60 LANGUAGES ARE AVAILABLE, INCLUDING ENGLISH, MANDARIN, CHINESE, AND SPANISH.

THE NEW SYSTEM ALSO ALLOWS USERS TO ENTER THEIR CHINO HOSTS ADDRESS TO RECEIVE TAILORED LOCATION SPECIFIC ALERTS THAT MAY ONLY AFFECT A SMALL AREA IN THE CITY.

ALL EXISTING USERS SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A TEXT AND, AND EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS ALERTING THEM OF THE TRANSITION AND ASKING THEM TO UPDATE THEIR NOTIFICATION, PREFERENCES AND PROFILES.

TO UPDATE YOUR PROFILE OR TO SUBSCRIBE, PLEASE VISIT WWW.CHINHOSTS.ORG/NOTIFY ME IN RECREATION NEWS.

UH, RESIDENTS ARE INVITED TO JOIN US AT THE CITY'S FREE TRICK-OR-TREAT EVENT AT THE SHOPS ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31ST, FROM THREE TO 5:00 PM THERE'LL BE PLENTY OF CANDY, A CRAFT STATIONS, UH, AND A COSTUME CONTEST THAT STARTS AT FOUR O'CLOCK.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR OWN TREAT BAG.

AND THEN ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH, UH, WE WILL HONOR OUR VETERANS DURING OUR SALUTE TO SERVICE EVENT AT THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY CENTER.

THE CEREMONY WILL BEGIN AT 8:00 AM AND BREAKFAST WILL BE SERVED IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING.

THIS IS A FREE EVENT AND REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED TO ATTEND.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT EACH EVENT, PLEASE VISIT WWW.

OH MY GOD, I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.

UH, PLEASE VISIT WWW.CHINOS.ORG/EVENTS.

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LASTLY, UH, I WANTED TO REMIND RESIDENTS THAT CITY, UH, ALL CITY FACILITIES WILL BE CLOSED, UM, ON NOVEMBER 11TH IN HONOR OF VETERANS DAY.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

SO I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, BRANDON.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR BRANDON? OKAY, MOVING ON.

OKAY, NEXT WE MOVE ON TO PUBLIC

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

THOSE PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ARE REQUESTED TO COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK TO MY LEFT A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD AVAILABLE AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.

AT THIS TIME, I DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING.

OKAY, THANK YOU, CHERYL.

MOVING

[ CONSENT CALENDAR (6 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.]

ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

UM, RAY, DO YOU HAVE ANY ITEMS YOU'D LIKE TO PULL? MAYOR, IF WE COULD JUST, UM,

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

ANNOUNCE ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST FOR LIVING THERE? ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST, RIGHT, BRIAN? NO.

THANK YOU MYSELF.

NO, NO.

NOTHING TO PULL BRIAN.

NO MA'AM.

ART, NO NOTHING.

PETER, WITH THAT, DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MOVE THE ITEM.

I'LL SECOND PLEASE VOTE.

SEE THAT I HAVE SOME CHINO VALLEY INDEPENDENT FIRE DISTRICT MEMBERS IN OUR AUDIENCE.

I WANNA CATCH YOU BEFORE THE MEETING GOES ON.

ANYMORE WARS.

WE HAVE SARAH RAMOS INGER AND MIKE KRIEGER.

WELCOME.

FEEL LIKE THE ROMPER ROOM, MARYANNE.

ON TO THE DISCUSSION CALENDAR.

NEXT WE MOVE

[10. Approve closure of Community Services Fund and merge into General Fund at end of Fiscal Year 2024-25]

THE FIRST ITEM, OR THE ONLY ITEM, IS TO APPROVE THE CLOSURE OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES FUND FINANCE DIRECTOR, ER TO PRESENT CHRISTA.

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

TONIGHT I'M RECOMMENDING THE CLOSURE OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICE FUND AND ITS MERGER INTO THE GENERAL FUND AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

COMMUNITY SERVICES FUND WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED IN 2014 TO SEPARATE COMMUNITY SERVICES FINANCES, UH, FOR CLEAR TRACKING.

HOWEVER, STAFF NOW BELIEVES MERGING IT BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND WILL SIMPLIFY ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL REPORTING WITHOUT SACRIFICING TRANSPARENCY.

CURRENTLY, MAINTAINING THE SEPARATE FUND LEADS TO UNNECESSARY COMPLEXITY AND REQUIRES FREQUENT TRANSFERS BETWEEN THE FUNDS.

A SURVEY OF NEIGHBORING CITIES SHOWS THIS SEPARATION IS UNCOMMON.

THIS PROPOSAL WAS FIRST INTRODUCED BY OUR CITY MANAGER DURING THE 2024 BUDGET WORKSHOP, AND WE ARE NOW SEEKING FORMAL APPROVAL TO IMPLEMENT THE CHANGE.

OKAY, THANK YOU, KRISTA.

UM, COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THE WAY OF ANY QUESTIONS FOR KRISTA? NOT FOR ME, NO.

PLANNING COMMISSION MATTERS.

WITH THAT, I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION.

I'LL MOVE THE IN A SECOND.

NEXT WE MOVE ON TO

[11. Amendment No. AMND-0001-2024 to Tentative Tract Map No. 20317 and Addendum No. 2 to Final Environmental Impact Report - Shady View Residential Project - TH Shady View LLC, applicant: The Planning Commission adopted resolution approving Amendment No. AMND-0001-2024 to Tentative Tract Map 20317 and adopting Addendum No. 2 to the certified Environmental Impact Report for the Shady View Residential Project (SCH #2021060576), amending Conditions of Approval Nos. 186 through 189, to modify the timing of the intersection improvements at the intersection of Shady View Drive/State Route 71 Off-Ramp at Butterfield Ranch Road and at intersection of Twin Knolls Drive and Butterfield Ranch Road, to defer implementation of traffic control improvements until prior to occupancy of 45th dwelling unit]

THIS PORTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA IS FOR MATTERS FROM THE OCTOBER 15TH PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.

NO ACTION IS REQUIRED UNLESS TWO MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL WISH A REVIEW OF THE MATTER.

WE HAVE ONE ITEM, WHICH IS AN AMENDMENT TO TENTATIVE TRACK MAP NUMBER 2 0 3 1 7, AND ADDENDUM NUMBER TWO TO THE FINAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE SHADY VIEW RESIDENTIAL PROJECT.

DO I HAVE TWO MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL THAT WISH TO PULL THIS ITEM? MM-HMM, .

HOLIDAY COMMEMORATIONS, ARE ALSO NOT EXPRESSLY PERMITTED BY THE MUNICIPAL CODE.

SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON.

CHERYL, WE ARE MOVING ON TO PUBLIC

[12. Introduce an Ordinance prohibiting billboard (off-site) signs and to permit and regulate temporary signs in residential zoning districts entitled: “An Ordinance of the City of Chino Hills, Approving Municipal Code Amendment MCA-0002-2024 to Amend Chapter 16.38 of the Chino Hills Municipal Code to Prohibit Billboard (Off-Site) Signs and to Permit and Regulate Temporary Signs in Residential Zoning Districts, and Finding the Same to be Exempt From the Provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act” for first reading by title only]

HEARINGS.

THIS ITEM IS TO INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING BILLBOARD, OFFSITE SIGNS, AND TO PERMIT AND REGULATE TEMPORARY SIGNS IN RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, LEG TO PRESENT.

THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ON AUGUST 13TH, 2024, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED AN INTERIM URGENCY ORDINANCE OR MORATORIUM PURSUANT TO PROVISIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE, WHICH PROHIBITED BILLBOARDS IN ALL ZONES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

THIS MORATORIUM WAS EXTENDED BY THE STATE COUNCIL AT THEIR SEPTEMBER, SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2024 MEETING FOR A FULL YEAR OR UNTIL A PERMANENT ORDINANCE IS ADOPTED.

UPON REVIEW OF THE EXISTING SIGN ORDINANCE, STAFF FOUND THAT WHILE THE CODE HAS BEEN INTERPRETED OVER THE YEARS TO PROHIBIT BILLBOARDS, NO OUTRIGHT PROHIBITION WAS EXPLICITLY STATED IN THE ORDINANCE.

STAFF IS NOW BRINGING FORTH THE COUNCIL A PERMANENT REGULATION THAT WOULD PROHIBIT BILLBOARDS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND WILL REPLACE THE MORATORIUM ONCE FULLY ENACTED.

THIS SIGN ORDINANCE UPDATE IS NECESSARY TO ELIMINATE POTENTIAL HAZARDS TO MOTORS AND PEDESTRIANS FROM DISTRACTING SIGN DISPLAYS AND AVOID AESTHETIC IMPACTS TO HILLSIDE AND RIDGELINE VISTAS THAT EXIST IN THE CITY.

ADDITIONALLY, UH, WHILE STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS ORDINANCE UPDATE, STAFF ALSO FOUND THAT TEMPORARY SIGNS OFTEN DISPLAYED IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN FRONT OF HOMES, SUCH AS ANNOUNCING BIRTH OR GRADUATIONS, AS WELL AS SEASONAL AND

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STAFF WISHES TO ADDRESS THIS BY PERMITTING AND REGULATING THESE TYPES OF TEMPORARY RESIDENTIAL SIGNS INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED SIGN ORDINANCE UPDATE OR REGULATIONS WITH THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR A DISPLAY OF UP TO ONE SIGN NO LARGER THAN FOUR SQUARE FEET PER HOME FOR TEMPORARY PURPOSES.

THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AT THEIR OCTOBER 1ST MEETING AND UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL TO THE CITY COUNCIL, FINDING IT CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN.

THIS CONCLUDES MY FORMAL PRESENTATION.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, NICK.

BEFORE I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, DO I HAVE ANY QUICK QUESTIONS FOR NICK? OKAY.

HEARING NONE, I AM GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND CHERYL, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? WE DO NOT.

ON TO A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING A CONTRACT WITH WILLAN ENERGY SOLUTIONS FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF ENERGY EFFICIENT IMPROVEMENTS.

IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OKAY.

I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND WITH THAT, I WILL BRING IT BACK UP HERE FOR ADDITIONAL, UH, DISCUSSION.

IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, UH, MOTION.

MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.

NEXT WE MOVE

[13. Adopt resolution approving contract with Willdan Energy Solutions in amount of $3,996,000 for design and construction of energy efficiency improvements, including installation of: (1) solar photovoltaic panels in parking lot; (2) battery and emergency backup power infrastructure; and (3) energy efficient heating and air conditioning system at Public Works Yard (15091 La Palma Drive, Chino); and making findings that project is exempt from review under California Environmental Quality Act; authorize City Manager to execute related documents on behalf of City; amend Fiscal Year 2024-25 Capital Improvement Program to include City Yard Energy Project; and appropriate $1,367,630 from Water Utility Fund, $768,490 from Sewer Utility Fund, $139,824.97 from American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), and transfer $1,000,000 within Water Utility Fund and $720,055.03 in ARPA fund from various projects]

SUPERINTENDENT MANUEL, TO PRESENT.

HI, JERRY.

GOOD EVENING, ALWAYS.

DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL RAY? THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MARANN, VICE MAYOR BENNETT AND COUNCIL, I'M HERE TO PRESENT ANOTHER EXCITING PROJECT FOR YOUR APPROVAL.

PUBLIC WORKS HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON STABILIZING ENERGY AND OPERATIONAL COSTS, WHILE MINIMIZING THE IMPACT ON GENERAL FUND RESERVES.

BECAUSE OF PROJECT SAVINGS WITHIN THE LARGER AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT PROJECT, ALSO KNOWN AS THE ARPA ARPA PROJECT AND SUFFICIENT FUNDING IN OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS, WE CAN PRESENT TO YOU THIS ENERGY AND RESILIENCY PROJECT THAT ACHIEVES BOTH COST STABILIZATION AND ENHANCED OPERATIONAL RESILIENCE FOR OUR PUBLIC WORK CITY ART FACILITY.

IN OCTOBER, 2022, THE CITY ISSUED A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR ENERGY SERVICES RECEIVING RESPONSES FROM FOUR FIRMS. AFTER A THOROUGH EVALUATION OF THEIR QUALIFICATIONS, STAFF DETERMINED THAT WILL DAN ENERGY SOLUTIONS WAS THE BEST CANDIDATE TO PARTNER WITH FOR THIS PROJECT.

WILL DAN DEMONSTRATED A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF OUR REQUESTS AND PRESENTED A COMPELLING PROPOSAL SUPPORTED BY CASE STUDIES SHOWCASING THEIR COMPETENCE IN IMPLEMENTING SIMILAR PROJECTS? WILL DAN CONDUCTED A NO FEE AUDIT OF CITY FACILITIES ANALYZING HISTORICAL ENERGY USAGE RATE STRUCTURES AND OPERATIONAL TRENDS? IN OCTOBER, 2023, THEY PRESENTED US WITH THEIR INITIAL RECOMMENDATIONS.

IN THE MONTHS THAT FOLLOWED, WE REQUESTED SEVERAL REVISIONS TO ACHIEVE A BALANCE BETWEEN IMMEDIATE COST SAVINGS AND FUTURE BUDGET STABILITY, WHILE ALSO INCORPORATING THOUGHTFUL DESIGNS TO ACCOMPLISH SOME OUTSTANDING CAPITAL PROJECTS.

NOW, BECAUSE OF THE CITY'S CURRENT BUDGET CHALLENGES, WE ARE ONLY RECOMMENDING PROJECTS THAT WILL, WOULD NOT REQUIRE A DEPLETION OF GENERAL FUND OR PARKS AND LANDSCAPE RESERVE FUNDS.

WITH OUR EFFORTS FOCUSED ON THE PUBLIC WORK CITY ART FACILITY, WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING MEASURES.

FIRST IS THE INSTALLATION OF SOLAR CARPORT STRUCTURES TO OFFSET APPROXIMATELY 90% OF THE SITE'S ELECTRICAL USAGE.

THIS PLAN INCLUDES THE REQUIRED CIVIL WORK AND DISABLED ACCESS UPGRADES TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH CURRENT ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS.

NEXT IS THE INSTALLATION OF A FULL FACILITY BATTERY BACKUP SYSTEM.

TO ENHANCE OUR OPERATIONAL RESILIENCE TO SCE POWER OUTAGES, WE WILL ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROGRAM THE SYSTEM FOR PEAK SHAVING, WHICH ESSENTIALLY ALLOWS US TO DRAW FROM STORAGE SOLAR POWER LATER IN THE DAY WHEN UTILITY POWER IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE.

AND FINALLY IS THE REPLACEMENT OF THE OBSOLETE HEATING, VENTILATION, AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS. THE NEW SYSTEMS WILL BE MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT WITH DESIGNED ZONING TO ENSURE THAT STAFF OCCUPIED AREAS ARE REMAIN, UH, COMFORTABLY CONDITIONED WHILE LOW USE AREAS ARE NOT HEATED OR COOLED UNNECESSARILY.

COLLECTIVELY, THESE INITIATIVES AIM TO REDUCE THE CITY'S ENERGY CONSUMPTION, LOWER UTILITY COSTS, ENHANCE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY, AND PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.

THE FULL PROJECT COST IS 3,996,000 WITH 1.3 MILLION COVERED BY EXISTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FUNDS.

THE GENERAL FUND AND PARKS AND LANDSCAPE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS PROJECT WILL BE COVERED BY THE EXISTING CIP AND REALLOCATED ARPA FUNDS.

THE WATER AND SEWER UTILITY FUNDS HAVE SUFFICIENT FUND BALANCES TO COVER THEIR RESPECTIVE CONTRIBUTIONS.

AFTER COMPLETION, WE EXPECT TO RECEIVE OVER $900,000 IN TAX CREDITS AND GRANTS WITH ANNUAL ENERGY SAVINGS OF APPROXIMATELY $50,000, WHICH WILL GROW OVER TIME.

FINALLY, WE HAVE WORKED HARD TO PRESENT THIS ENERGY SAVINGS PROJECT WITH A FOCUS ON OPERATIONAL RESILIENCE.

THIS WILL STABILIZE OUR GROWING UTILITY COSTS AND HELP AVOID SIGNIFICANT FUTURE COSTS AT THIS FACILITY, INCLUDING THE NEED FOR A NEW STANDBY GENERATOR AND IMMEDIATE ELECTRICAL SERVICE UPGRADES TO ACCOMMODATE FOR FLEET ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS.

IN CLOSING, STAFF RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF A ENERGY SERVICES CONTRACT WITH WILLAN ENERGY SOLUTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE 42 17 TO IMPLEMENT THESE VITAL ENERGY RELATED IMPROVEMENTS.

AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT.

JARED,

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UM, YOU DID SAY 50,000 PROJECTED? YES.

WHAT'S THE YEARLY 'CAUSE YOU DIDN'T REALLY, YOU WEREN'T REAL SPECIFIC ON IT.

THAT, THAT IS THE ANNUAL, SO 50,000 ANNUAL? YES.

PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON AGENDIZED ITEMS. 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.

AND JUST THE ENERGY SAVINGS ALONE, WE DON'T FACTOR IN THE OPERATIONAL SAVINGS INTO THIS 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE GOVERNMENT CODE REQUIRES.

SO JUST THE STRICTLY THE ENERGY SAVINGS IS THE 50,000.

AND THEN ALSO THE AIR CONDITIONING IMPROVEMENT IS THAT, WILL WE HAVE A SCRUBBER ON THAT? I'M SORRY, SCRUBBER TO CLEAN THE AIR? OH, UH, YES.

WE'LL HAVE A UVC FILTRATION ON THAT.

UM, AND WE COULD ALSO ENHANCE THE, UH, THE FILTER MEDIA AS WELL, GREATER THAN THE OLD SYSTEMS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE FREE.

THIS IS A PUB.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

SO AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND CHERYL, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? WE DO NOT.

IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? OKAY.

HEARING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND AT THIS TIME WE'LL BRING IT BACK UP TO FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION OR A MOTION TO APPROVE ANYBODY.

PLEASE VOTE AND LOCK IN YOUR VOTE.

MOTION PASSES.

FIVE ZERO.

NEXT WE MOVE ON TO

[14. 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.]

PLEASE COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK A REQUEST.

A SPEAK CARD.

COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE NINE SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS ITEM.

PLEASE CALL 9 0 9 4 6 5 5 2 6 5.

THANK YOU, CHERYL.

MM-HMM.

THE FIRST SPEAKER IS SUZETTE DANG.

HI, SUZETTE.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR.

MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER, CITY STAFF AND AUDIENCE MEMBERS OF CHINO HILLS.

MY NAME IS SUZETTE DING WITH YOUR FOURTH DISTRICT COUNTY SUPERVISOR, KURT HAGMAN'S OFFICE.

I DO HAVE ONE EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT SUPERVISOR HAGMAN'S ANNUAL VETERAN CLAIMS AND RESOURCE EVENT WILL BE ON SATURDAY AND NOVEMBER 2ND, BETWEEN 10:00 AM UNTIL 2:00 PM AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE LOCATED 1 4 0 1 0 CITY CENTER DRIVE, ENC CHINO HILLS COUNTY VETERAN SERVICE OFFICERS WILL BE ON SITE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY EXISTING CLAIMS, UH, CONDUCT BENEFIT ASSESSMENTS, INTERVIEWS, COMPLETE, COMPLETE CLAIM FORMS AND PAPERWORK ISSUE.

SAN BERNARD COUNTY VETERANS ID CARDS AND FILE COMPENSATION CLAIMS. WE DO ASK THAT.

PLEASE, UM, BRING YOUR DD FORM TWO 14 AND SNACKS WILL BE PROVIDED BY SUPERVISOR HAGMAN.

RESOURCES, RESOURCES AND ATTENDANCE WILL BE FRONT SITE MILITARY OUTREACH, VETERANS LEGAL INSTITUTE, REBEL RANCH, AND CHICK-FIL-A CHINO HILLS HAVE AGREED TO PROVIDE SANDWICHES TO OUR VETERANS.

IT IS OUR HONOR TO ASSIST YOU AT THIS YEAR'S VETERAN CLAIMS EVENT, AND WE ENCOURAGE ALL VETERANS WHO NEED ASSISTANCE OR ARE LOOKING FOR RESOURCES TO JOIN SUPERVISOR HAGMAN AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY VETERAN AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT ON NOVEMBER 2ND.

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED TO HAVE YOUR BENEFIT TO MEET WITH THE VA SERVICE OFFICERS.

NO BENEFIT EVALUATION WILL BE GUARANTEED FOR UNREGISTERED ATTENDEES, BUT WE WILL HAVE RESOURCE TABLES TO REGISTER.

ASK FOR MICHAEL OR MYSELF.

AND AS ALWAYS, PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE FOR ANY COUNTY RELATED QUESTIONS OR RESOURCES.

AND DON'T FORGET TO SIGN UP FOR HIS NEWSLETTERS.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SHARON STEWY.

HI SHARON.

HELLO, CD COUNSEL, STAFF AND RESIDENTS.

UH, ON BEHALF OF THE DOWNTOWN CHINO HILLS ART GALLERY AND THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, I WANTED TO INVITE EVERYONE TO THE NOVEMBER 2ND, UM, 2024 7:00 PM ARTIST WORKSHOP.

AND IT'S GOING TO BE THE ART OF MAKING GINGERBREAD HOUSES GIVEN BY ME .

AND, UM, IT'S MOSTLY TO ENCOURAGE, UH, RESIDENTS OR ENCOURAGE, SAY, UM, PARENTS OR GRANDPARENTS OR CHILDREN TO START THE TRADITION OF MAKING GINGERBREAD HOUSES.

AND I'LL BE GIVING TIPS AND TRICKS, UM, HOW TO DO THAT.

AND, UH, I'M MAKING A GINGERBREAD HOUSE RIGHT NOW THAT WILL BE AUCTIONED OFF AT THE END OF THE NIGHT.

SO, UM, THE ART GALLERY IS REQUESTING

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AND, UH, IT SHOULD BE A FUN EVENT.

SO I HOPE YOU CAN MAKE IT GREAT.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR VOLUNTEERISM IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SHARON.

NEXT IS DEBBIE HERNANDEZ.

DID YOU WRITE DOWN SHARON WAS BEING A BIT HUMBLE, BUT FOR THOSE OF US THAT KNOW HER VERY WELL, SHE HAS BEEN MAKING GINGERBREAD HOUSES FOR DECADES AND THEY'RE PHENOMENAL.

SO IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE AND HAVE AN INTEREST, YOU ARE LEARNING FROM THE BEST.

SO, HI, DEBBIE.

PHENOMENAL.

DOESN'T EVEN COVER IT.

UM, WELL, THE ISSUE I'M DISCUSSING TONIGHT ISN'T EARTH SHATTERING OR, OR, YOU KNOW, CRITICAL BY ANY MEANS.

I DID WANNA GO ON RECORD PUBLICLY AND ENCOURAGE OTHER RESIDENTS WHO MIGHT BE EXPERIENCING THE SAME SERVICE PERFORMANCE LEVELS THAT MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS.

UM, TO SPEAK UP AND GET IT ON THE RECORD TOO, WASTE MANAGEMENT IS, UM, OUR GREEN WASTE.

IT'S A, UH, IT'S A ROLL OF THE DICE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT IT'LL GET PICKED UP OR NOT.

UM, IF IT, IT DOESN'T GET PICKED UP ON THE DAY, IT MIGHT GET PICKED UP THE NEXT DAY.

IT MIGHT GET PICKED UP AT NEXT WEEK'S, UH, UH, PICK UP.

UH, THEY'RE JUST, IT'S VERY SPOTTY.

WE'VE CALLED.

UM, AND EVEN AFTER I CALLED AND REALLY EXPRESSED A LOT OF DISPLEASURE RATHER VOCALLY, UM, JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, AND I KNOW I CALLED THE CITY AND, AND YOUR OFFICE VERY KINDLY TOLD ME THEY HAVE TILL 7:00 PM TO PICK UP TRASH.

I KIND OF HAD HOPED THAT THEY WOULD GET THERE A LITTLE EARLIER THAN SIX 30 YESTERDAY TO PICK UP THE TRASH, JUST AS MAYBE A TOKEN OF GOOD FAITH THAT THEY'RE ADDRESSING THIS.

BUT IT, IT'S, IT'S NOW COME TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S HAPPENING, UM, OFTEN ENOUGH THAT I FELT I NEEDED TO BRING IT TO THE COUNCIL, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW.

AND MOSTLY TO BE ON RECORD TO LET THE REST OF OUR, OUR RESIDENTS KNOW YOU'RE NOT ALONE.

PLEASE SPEAK UP.

LET IT BE KNOWN THAT WE'RE HAVING A SERVICE ISSUE.

UM, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION TO THAT.

DEBBIE.

I'M SURE YOU'VE CONNECTED WITH ROD HILL, WHO OVERSEES THAT CONTRACT.

WELL, I, I CALLED BILL'S OFFICE.

OF COURSE YOU CALLED DAD.

AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

NEXT IS FARZANA.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, IT'S BEYOND MY COMPREHENSION AND SO UNFORTUNATE THAT A YEAR INTO THIS HORRIFIC GENOCIDE AGAINST THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, WE ARE STILL STANDING HERE HOPING TO APPEAL TO YOUR CONSCIENCE AND TRYING TO GET OUR CITY TO DIVEST FROM COMPANIES THAT CAUSE SUCH SUFFERING AND HARM GLOBALLY.

IN THE WORDS OF FRANCESCA ALBANESE UN SPECIAL REPERTOIRE IN GAZA, THE COLLECTIVE SHAME OF THE CENTURY CONTINUES UNABATED AND UNSTOPPED IN DEFIANCE OF EVERY NORM OF INTERNATIONAL LAW.

AND WEAT, WHAT A DISGRACEFUL TESTAMENT TO OUR GLOBAL FAILURE TO PROTECT BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL MEMBERS.

YOU HAVE TOLD US MANY TIMES OVER THE PAST YEAR THAT THE CITY CANNOT GET INVOLVED WITH WORLD MATTERS.

THAT IT'S NOT CITI'S BUSINESS, BUT WE CAN DEMAND FULL TRANSPARENCY IN CITY INVESTMENTS.

AND ALSO THAT CHINO HILLS DIVEST FROM UNETHICAL COMPANIES THAT ARE CAUSING SO MUCH HUMAN SUFFERING GLOBALLY.

WE PROTEST THE FACT THAT CHINO HILLS STILL HOLDS CATERPILLAR BONDS, A COMPANY OPENLY INVOLVED IN THE MOST HORRIFIC EGREGIOUS CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY.

ISRAEL U ROUTINELY USES CATERPILLAR BULLDOZERS AND EQUIPMENT NOT ONLY TO DEMOLISH PALESTINIAN HOMES AND INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT NOW ALSO TO CRUSH THE BODIES OF PALESTINIANS.

IN WHAT WORLD ARE THESE BARBARIC ACTIONS JUSTIFIED MORAL APATHY AND NORMALIZATION OF THESE ATROCITIES AND THE COMPLETE DEHUMANIZATION OF AN ENTIRE RACE HAS BROUGHT US TO THIS JUNCTURE.

WE ARE TOLD TO SIMPLY LOOK AWAY, CARRY ON WITH OUR LIVES AS THOUGH IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL.

WE REJECT THIS NORMALIZATION, WE REJECT THIS AUTHORIZATION AND CRUELTY NOT CONTINUE.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO SCREAM UNTIL OUR COLLECTIVE VOICES BREAK THROUGH THE WALLS OF INDIFFERENCE.

IF OUR VOICES MAKE YOU UNCOMFORTABLE, THEY SHOULD.

NOTHING ABOUT THIS IS NORMAL.

THE WORLD AROUND US IS BURNING, AND WE CANNOT STAND BY IDLY AND PRINT AND PRETEND ALL IS OKAY.

STOP MAKING US ALL COMPLICIT IN THESE ATROCITIES, DIVEST OUR CITY TAX MONEY FROM UNETHICAL, GREEDY COMPANIES THAT ARE CAUSING SO MUCH HARM.

FOR ONCE PUT PEOPLE BEFORE PROFIT, WE WILL CONTINUE SHOWING UP, DEMANDING DIVESTMENT AS LONG AS A CITY FAILS TO DIVEST FROM THESE COMPANIES.

THANK YOU, JASSER.

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CITY COUNCIL, UM, FEDERAL AND RESIDENCE.

UH, JUST WANTED TO ALSO TO SHOW MY SUPPORT FOR DIVESTING FROM CATERPILLAR.

UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT JUST LIKE NUMBERS.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE TIMES WHEN I COME UP HERE AND LIKE TALK ABOUT THINGS, I'M KIND OF PUTTING NUMBERS OUT THERE.

UM, AND SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THIS QUOTE I RECENTLY HEARD WHERE THEY SAY, EVERY LIFE IS A UNIVERSE IMPLYING THAT THERE'S SO MUCH TO JUST EVEN ONE LIFE.

SO WHEN WE'RE PUTTING OUT NUMBERS, LIKE 40,000 PEOPLE DEAD OR 200,000 PEOPLE DEAD, THAT'S 200,000 UNIVERSES.

SO THAT'S SOMEONE WITH A FAMILY, WITH A BROTHER, A SISTER, A MOTHER, A DAUGHTER, UM, WITH DREAMS, YOU KNOW.

SO LIKE, THERE WAS RECENTLY ON THE NEWS, IF YOU LOOK IT UP, IF YOU LOOK UP THE NAME, UH, SHABAN OR SHABAN .

SO THIS WAS A YOUNG PALESTINIAN MAN.

HE HAD ACTUALLY SURVIVED, UH, AN ISRAELI STRIKE ON A MOSQUE.

AND, UM, HE WAS RECOVERING AT A TENT, UM, NEARBY.

AND, UH, THAT TENT, HE WAS LIKE LITERALLY IN HIS BED WITH AN IV IN HIS ARM.

AND THAT TENT GOT BOMBED AND, UH, THERE WAS A FIRE.

BUT THAT BROKE OUT.

AND THERE'S A PRETTY VIRAL, VERY VIDEO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK UP BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE SEEING THE SAME THING .

SO I, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK IT UP.

UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A HUGE FIRE AND YOU SEE HIS HAND.

IT'S CONFIRMED THAT IT WAS SHOT BEN, UH, STILL IN THE IV, UH, BURNING A LIFE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT, I DON'T LIKE TO BRING THESE THINGS UP.

IT MAKES ME UNCOMFORTABLE.

BUT AGAIN, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO BRING IT UP AND SHARE THESE STORIES, BE TO SHOW YOU AGAIN, THAT EVERY LIFE IS THE UNIVERSE.

HE WAS A SOFTWARE ENGINEER.

HE HAD DREAMS, HE HAD GOALS JUST LIKE I DID WHEN I WAS YOUNG, UH, WANTING TO BECOME A SOFTWARE ENGINEER.

SO, UM, AGAIN, THIS IS ALL TO SAY, WHY AM I BRINGING THIS THIS UP IS, YOU KNOW, THE, THERE'S AN ONGOING INDISCRIMINATE BOMBING AND ATTACKS ON INNOCENT CIVILIANS AND COMPANIES LIKE CATERPILLAR, WHICH WE'RE INVESTED IN AS YOU KNOW, UH, PROVIDES THOSE, THAT EQUIPMENT TO COMMIT THOSE ATROCITIES WITH HOME DEMOLITIONS AND INFRASTRUCTURE DIS UH, DESTRUCTION AND RUNNING OVER, UM, PALESTINIAN BODIES.

THERE'S ANOTHER STORY YOU CAN LOOK UP OF A IDF SOLDIER TALKING ABOUT HIS PTSD.

AND I PUT IT IN QUOTES BECAUSE THE PTSD THAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT IS THAT HE CAN EAT MEAT BECAUSE OF ALL THE INSIDES THAT ARE COMING OUT OF PEOPLE WHEN HE RUNS THEM OVER, UH, WHEN HE, YOU KNOW, SO ANYWAY, UM, WHEN A REALLY QUICK THING, I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ART.

YOU MENTIONED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO THAT, YOU KNOW, IF ANYONE NEEDED ANYTHING TO REACH OUT, WE'VE BEEN REACHING OUT REGARDING THIS DIVESTMENT, BUT ALSO I WANNA HIGHLIGHT, THERE WAS A CANDIDATE FORUM THAT WE INVITED YOU TO.

THIS IS NOT MAYOR, THIS IS NOT CITY BUSINESS ART CAN, HOLD ON ONE SECOND.

CAN YOU REPEAT THAT, MARK? THE CANDIDATE FORUMS ARE NOT CITY BUSINESS.

THOSE ARE POLITICS.

SO THAT'S TRUE.

IT'S NOT CITY BUSINESS.

OH, OKAY.

APOLOGIES.

REFERENCING THERE IS AN, YEAH, I'M SORRY.

SO IN CASE YOU DIDN'T HEAR OUR CITY ATTORNEY, SO REFERENCING A CANDIDATE'S FORM IS NOT CITY BUSINESS AND CANNOT BE TALKED ABOUT.

SO GO AHEAD AND PROCEED.

YOU HAVE A COUPLE I'LL, CAN I SAY SAY A GENERAL EVENT? THERE WAS AN EVENT THAT WE NO, THIS IS NOT CITY BUSINESS THAT DOESN'T, YOU'VE BEEN TOLD NOT.

BEFORE I BEGIN, I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE ON THE INDIGENOUS LANDS OF THE TONGA, PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DISPLACED AND DISREGARDED BY THE SAME SYSTEM OF COLONIZATION AND VIOLENCE THAT CONTINUE TO OPPRESS PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING PALESTINIANS TODAY.

AND ART, UH, YOU MADE A COMMENT LAST TIME.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHICH LAND IT IS.

IT'S EVERY INCH OF NORTH AMERICA.

NOW, LET ME GET TO THE POINT.

AND AS YOU KNOW ME, I'M VERY TO THE POINT.

THE FACT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONTINUES TO HOLD A $2.5 MILLION BOND WITH CATERPILLAR AFTER MONTHS OF DEMANDING DIVESTMENT IS NOT JUST A FAILURE OF LEADERSHIP.

IT'S COMPLICITY IN GENOCIDE AND ETHNIC CLEANSING.

CATERPILLAR PROFITS FROM DEMOLISHING PALESTINIAN HOMES, DESTROYING COMMUNITIES, AND FUELING A BRUTAL MILITARY OCCUPATION BY REFUSING TO DIVEST THE CITY HAS BLOOD ON ITS HANDS.

EVERY DAY THAT YOU SIT BACK AND ALLOW THIS INVESTMENT TO REMAIN, YOU ARE CHOOSING TO STAND ON THE SIDE OF OPPRESSION, VIOLENCE, AND HUMAN SUFFERING.

SECONDLY, UH, THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY REALLY WANTED TO CONNECT WITH ALL OF YOU.

THEY WANTED YOU TO HEAR THEIR CONCERNS, BUT OF COURSE, AND WE'RE NOT SURPRISED THAT CYNTHIA AND BOTH, BOTH CYNTHIA AND ART MAYOR, THIS IS NOT CITY BUSINESS.

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THE, THE MAYOR.

CAN YOU, THIS IS NOT CITY BUSINESS.

THE, THE CANDIDATE FORUM IS NOT CITY BUSINESS.

MARK.

I'M, I'M SORRY.

IT'S NOT.

CITY BUSINESS IS CONNECTING WITH THE COMMUNITY IS NOT CITY BUSINESS, NOT CITY BUSINESS.

IT'S POLITICAL MATTER.

IT'S NOT CITY BUSINESS.

SO AS WE'VE SAID MULTIPLE TIMES, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S ROLE IS TO PAUSE SPEAKERS AND IS TO MAKE COMMENT.

SO, AND WE HAVE QUESTIONS.

CAN WE NOT ASK QUESTIONS? NO, YOU CANNOT.

I NEED CLARIFICATIONS.

ARE WE, IF YOU THE COUNCIL, I'M SPEAKING NOW.

NO, CITY.

OUR CITY, OUR CITY ATTORNEY IS SPEAKING RIGHT NOW.

I'M, IF YOU'LL NOT LET, IF YOU'LL NOT LET HIM SPEAK, BUT I'M SPEAKING NOW.

YOU CAN GO SIT DOWN.

YOU CAN WAIT.

YOU CAN SIT DOWN.

IF YOU KEEP INTERRUPTING, YOU WILL SIT DOWN.

CAN YOU SCREAM MORE? NO.

WELL, I, I HAVE TO BECAUSE I'M, I HAVE TO MARK PLEASE.

IT'S CANDIDATE'S FORUM.

AND, AND THAT ISSUE IS NOT, I DIDN'T SAY CANDIDATE FORUM POLITICS.

WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

PLEASE GO ON.

WELL, YOU'RE ASSUMING I DIDN'T SAY CANDIDATE FORUM.

YOU MAY, YOU MAY CONTINUE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO CONNECT WITH US AND YOU REFUSED.

AND I'M, I'M REALLY NOT SURPRISED.

THIS IS MY POINT.

WE'RE NOT SURPRISED BECAUSE SINCE I'VE BEEN IN THE CITY COUNCIL.

YOUR RECORD SHOWS HOW YOU VIEW US FROM YOUR SILENCE AGAINST THE ISLAMOPHOBIC REMARKS THAT HAPPENED HERE.

AND I'M GONNA KEEP BRINGING IT UP UNTIL I HEAR AN APOLOGY AND CONDEMNATION.

TILL, UNTIL WE INVITED YOU TO COME AND CONNECT WITH US.

AND YOU REFUSE.

SO THIS EXACTLY TO REPRESENTS EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE THERE.

THIS IS NOT CITY BUSINESS ANYWAYS.

THIS IS MY TIME.

NO, IS NOT, IT'S NOT YOUR TIME.

I'M WITH CITY BUSINESS SECONDS.

SO YOU MAY CONTINUE, YOU MAY CONTINUE IF YOU STAY WITH CITY BUSINESS AND DO NOT BRING UP THE EVENT.

I'M NOT STAYING WITH CITY BUSINESS BECAUSE I LIVE IN THE CITY AND I'M CITY BUSINESS.

I'M GONNA BE, AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S BUSINESSES.

YOU DEFINE IT, MA'AM.

IT SAYS OUR CITY ATTORNEY DEFINES IT, MA'AM.

SO, I'M SORRY, BUT I HAVE TO ARGUE.

CAN I, CAN I SAY SOMETHING? SO HE HAS DEFINED, SO WHEN YOU GO AND YOU CONNECT WITH OTHER FA WITH OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS, HE HAS DEFINED YOU REFUSE BUSINESS, CONNECT WITH US.

WHAT DO YOU CALL THIS? OTHER THAN ISLAMOPHOBIA? YOU CANNOT REFERENCE A POLITICAL EVENT.

YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

SO YOU CAN NO, I INVITED.

YOU CAN TALK ABOUT OTHER THINGS.

I INVITED YOU TO EAT BURGERS.

YOU CAN TALK ABOUT DAYS OR YOU MAY TAKE A SEAT.

THAT'S WHAT WE WERE DOING.

JUST DRINK TEA AND EAT BURGERS.

FREE BURGERS.

WE OFFER THEM.

YOU MAY CONTINUE.

ANYWAYS, THAT'S, I NEED MY TIME BACK PLEASE.

57 SECONDS.

THAT'S WHEN YOU STARTED INTERRUPTING ME.

I NEED MY TIME BACK, PLEASE.

I'M BEING NICE.

I'M SAYING PLEASE, WE WENT TOO, TOO MUCH TIME BECAUSE YOU ARE ARGUING AND ARGUING WITH HIM.

WHY? I'M SAYING PLEASE.

I'M BEING POLITE.

YOUR TIME WAS BURNT THROUGH BECAUSE YOU CONTINUED TO DISRUPT OUR CITY ATTORNEY.

UM, THIS CITY COUNCIL IS COWARD.

UH, YOU HAVE, UH, MORAL BANKRUPTCY, WAKE UP DIVEST AND FREE PALESTINE.

CHERYL, WHO'S OUR NEXT SPEAKER? SATIA.

ASK, RIGHT? IT IS PRETTY SIMPLE.

IT'S BEEN A WHILE.

UM, I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT SAFETY AND DIVESTMENT.

UM, UH, I'M GONNA BACKTRACK A LITTLE BIT AND TALK ABOUT SOMEONE THAT CAME HERE.

UH, WE, UM, AND JUST TO REMIND YOU THAT WE ARE A MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY.

UH, THIS, THERE WAS A MAN THAT CAME HERE AND SAID THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND THESE PEOPLE THAT COME UP AND TALK ABOUT DIVESTMENT AND OTHER THINGS THAT I CAN'T MENTION 'CAUSE YOU GUYS WON'T LET ME.

AND HE SAID THAT, WHERE ARE THEY IN THE COMMUNITY? WHERE ARE THEY VOLUNTEERING? AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE MYSELF AN EXAMPLE.

MY NAME IS SOPHIA, IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER MY NAME.

UM, I DO VOLUNTEER.

MY KIDS GO TO SCHOOL OVER HERE.

I'M VOLUNTEERING MAINLY WITH SCHOOL EVENTS.

I JUST SIGNED UP FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY AT MY SON'S PUBLIC, UM, SCHOOL.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I VOLUNTEER AT THEIR PARTIES AND EVERYTHING.

I APOLOGIZE IF I CAN'T GO TO ALL CITY COUNCIL THINGS.

AND, UM, I, I DON'T APPRECIATE PEOPLE COMING UP HERE AND MAKING IT AN US VERSUS THEM THING.

IF I DON'T HAVE THE SAME CIRCLE OF FRIENDS THAT HE HAS, IT DOESN'T MEAN I'M NOT PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.

UM, YEAH, SO I APPRECIATE YOU PRAISING ALL THE VOLUNTEERS.

I'M A VOLUNTEER TOO, CYNTHIA, SO THANK, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, I GO THROUGH ALL THE SAME TYPE OF THINGS.

LIKE I APPRECIATE THE COSTCO PARKING, YOU KNOW, HOW IT'S OPENED UP AND THE, AND THE COSTCO, UH, OIL OIL, UM, PETROL STATION.

I APPRECIATE THAT TOO.

SO I'M JUST, IT SUCKS.

I HAVE TO GIVE PROOF, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO GIVE YOU PROOF THAT I DO LIVE HERE AND MY CONCERNS ARE VERY, VERY VALID.

UM, WITH THAT SAID, UM, UH, WITH THAT SAID, UM, LIKE EVERYONE ELSE HERE, IF YOU COULD PLEASE DIVEST FROM COMPANIES THAT ARE COMMITTING GENOCIDE, OPPRESSION, MASSACRING BOMBING ALL OVER THE PLACE, UH, WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

THERE WAS, UM, AN ENERGY COMPANY THAT JUST CAME UP HERE TO YOU GUYS CALLED THE WILDEN ENERGY SOLUTIONS.

UM, THEY, THEY WERE ASKING FOR 3 MILLION.

AND ONE THING I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IS MAYBE YOU GUYS CAN ASK THEM THAT, HEY, UM, DOES YOUR COMPANY DI DIVEST FROM GENOCIDE? I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD QUESTION TO

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I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND, UM, YEAH.

AND YOU KNOW, ANOTHER THING THAT CYNTHIA, YOU SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T CALMED DOWN BECAUSE NOTHING HAS CHANGED, NOTHING.

UM, IT'S BEEN A YEAR NOW.

I CAN'T, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE NOT GONNA LET ME SAY A FEW WORDS, BUT IT'S STILL GOING ON.

YOU KNOW, I'M A BUSY WOMAN.

I HAVE FAMILY TO TAKE CARE OF, BUT IT JUST HURTS ME TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON OVER HERE.

AND YOU GUYS ARE NOT SAYING A WORD.

WE COME OVER HERE AND WE DON'T HEAR ANYTHING.

WE DON'T HEAR ANY REPLY FROM YOU GUYS.

SO I REALLY, UM, WOULD APPRECIATE A REPLY FROM ALL, ALL OF YOU GUYS.

HIGH COMMISSIONER ON HUMAN RIGHTS HAS ADVISED CATERPILLAR THAT BY SUPPLYING BULLDOZERS TO THE IDF AND MAY BE COMPLICIT IN HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS.

THANK YOU, CHERYL.

NEXT SPEAKER, SELENA, GOOD EVENING.

TO BEGIN, I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE GATHERED TODAY ON THE ANCESTRAL LANDS OF THE TONGA PEOPLE, THE ORIGINAL STEWARDS OF THIS SETTLER COLONIAL LAND.

WE HONOR THEIR ONGOING CONNECTION TO THIS PLACE AND RECOGNIZE THE LONG HISTORY OF DISPLACEMENT AND OPPRESSION THEY HAVE ENDURED.

LET THIS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT SERVE AS YET ANOTHER REMINDER OF OUR DUTY TO STAND WITH ALL OPPRESSED PEOPLE, BOTH LOCALLY AND GLOBALLY.

AS A CHINO HILLS RESIDENT, I AM HERE TO EXPRESS, ONCE AGAIN, THE FRUSTRATION OF MANY CONSTITUENTS WHO FEEL UNHEARD AND IGNORED BY YOU ALL.

FOR THE PAST YEAR.

WE HAVE REPEATEDLY ASKED YOU TO SHOW MEANINGFUL SUPPORT FOR YOUR MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, BOTH HERE AT HOME AND ABROAD.

YOU HAVE DECLINED INVITATIONS WHERE YOU CAN ENGAGE WITH YOUR MUSLIM COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

YOU HAVE BASICALLY MET ALL OF OUR REQUESTS.

THEY HAVE BEEN MET WITH INDIFFERENCE.

YOUR FAILURE TO ADDRESS OUR CONCERNS CLEARLY SHOWS A LACK OF CARE FOR THE VERY PEOPLE THAT YOU WERE ELECTED TO REPRESENT.

THEREFORE, YOU ARE FAILING.

WE HAVE CALLED FOR YOU ALL TO STAND FOR JUSTICE FOR OUR MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES FACING SYSTEMIC OPPRESSION.

AND FOR THOSE ABROAD, LIKE THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE WHO ARE ENDURING A GENOCIDE, YOUR ONGOING SILENCE IS NOT NEUTRAL.

IT IS COMPLICITY.

IT IS SHAMEFUL.

YOUR SILENCE HAS BEEN VIOLENCE, AND IT IS DEPLORABLE.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WHEN I TEACH MY 11-YEAR-OLD SON, AND WHEN I TEACH MY STUDENTS WHO TO LOOK UP TO, I TEACH THEM THAT THEY SHOULD LOOK TO PEOPLE WHO ACT OUT THEIR PRINCIPLES OF JUSTICE AND LIBERTY.

I TEACH THEM TO LOOK TO PEOPLE WHO DO NOT REMAIN SILENT IN THE FACE OF INJUSTICE.

I TEACH THEM TO PUSH BACK ON ALL SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION IN ALL OF ITS FORMS OF INJUSTICE.

I BASICALLY TEACH THEM NOT TO BE LIKE MANY OF YOU.

IF YOU HAVE ANY DESIRE TO BEGIN TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE YOU HAVE DONE IN THIS COMMUNITY, YOU CAN START BY DIVESTING FROM CATERPILLAR, A COMPANY WHOSE EQUIPMENT IS USED TO DESTROY PALESTINIAN HOMES AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

CONTINUING TO INVEST IN A COMPANY THAT PROFITS FROM HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IS A DIRECT BETRAYAL OF OUR VALUES.

YOU HAVE RECEIVED HUNDREDS OF EMAILS ON THIS TOPIC, AND YOU HAVE IGNORED YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

WE DESERVE LEADERSHIP THAT LISTENS AND ACTS.

WE DEMAND YOU DIVEST FROM CATERPILLAR AND DEMONSTRATE THAT YOU TRULY CARE ABOUT JUSTICE FOR ALL PEOPLE EVERYWHERE.

WE DO NOT CARE IF YOU ARE TIRED OF HEARING FROM US.

WE ARE TIRED OF YOUR LACK OF MORALITY, YOUR DISRESPECT, YOUR LACK OF COMPASSION.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR JUSTICE DIVEST FROM CATERPILLAR AND FREE PALESTINE.

PALESTINE WILL BE FREE IN SHAAH.

CHERYL, NEXT SPEAKER DANNY S AND THIS IS THE FINAL SPEAKER CARD.

THANK YOU, CHERYL.

YEAH, HI.

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

UM, JUST WANNA ALSO, UM, FIRST OF ALL MENTIONED I'M A RESIDENT OF PINOT HILLS.

I'VE BEEN HERE OVER 10 YEARS.

LOVE THE CITY.

UM, I WANNA JUST ALSO ECHO SOME OF THE SENTIMENTS EARLIER IN TERMS OF I KIND OF JUST, UH, INVESTING IN ETHICAL COMPANIES, RIGHT? SO CATERPILLAR'S BEEN NAMED A FEW TIMES.

UM, SO THAT'S DEFINITELY ONE THAT I THINK, UH, WE SHOULD ALSO DIVEST FROM.

UM, JUST A LITTLE BLURB, UH, WHICH I'LL, I'LL READ FROM THE WIKIPEDIA PAGE.

UM, AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, AS IT PERTAINS TO, UM, YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT ONE TYPE OF PRODUCT CATERPILLAR MANUFACTURERS.

UM, WHAT IT STATES IS, IN THE 1980S, IDF BEGAN MODIFYING D NINE BA BULLDOZERS TO INCORPORATE ARMOR.

THE BULLDOZERS CAN ALSO BE FITTED WITH A WEAPONRY MACHINE, GUNS AND GRENADE LAUNCHERS.

UM, THE VARIOUS MODELS INCLUDING A REMOTE CONTROLLED VERSION.

UM, MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE OFFICE OF UN

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UM, ONE LAST THING I'LL MENTION HERE.

UH, THE IDF CATERPILLAR HAS BEEN USED TO CAUSE CIVILIAN DEBTS, SUCH AS THE KILLING OF ACTIVIST RACHEL COREY, UH, CIVILIANS SHELTERING OUTSIDE THE KAMAL AWAN HOSPITAL.

UM, THIS LAST YEAR, IDF CATERPILLAR IS OPERATED BY THE IDF FOR COMBAT ENGINEERING AND COUNTER-TERRORISM OPERATIONS.

SO NOW WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE UN SAYING THAT THIS MIGHT BE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION FOR CATERPILLAR.

SO THEN MY QUESTION, RHETORICAL QUESTION IS, WHY ARE WE SUPPORTING COMPANIES OR INVESTING COMPANIES THAT MIGHT BE DOING HUMAN RIGHT VIOLATIONS AGAINST ANYBODY? UM, SO AGAIN, I I KIND OF ECHO EVERYONE'S STATEMENTS FROM BEFORE.

WE SHOULD DIVEST FROM CATERPILLAR, EVEN.

FURTHERMORE, I WOULD SAY ANY OTHER COMPANIES THAT THE CITY ITSELF IS INVESTING IN THAT MIGHT BE COM UH, INVOLVED IN HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, EXCUSE ME, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD WE SHOULD INVE, UH, DIVEST FROM THOSE TWO A RED TODAY IS CISCO'S ALSO INVOLVED IN, MOST LIKELY WE USE CISCO NETWORKING EQUIPMENT.

I WOULD SAY HERE, THOSE, THEY'RE PRETTY COMMONLY USED.

THAT'S ANOTHER COMPANY I WOULD SAY THAT THEY'RE SUPPLYING IDF, UH, NETWORK EQUIPMENT TO ALLOW MURDER OF CIVILIANS.

THAT'S ANOTHER ONE WE SHOULD DIVEST FOR.

AND EVEN AT A GREATER LEVEL, I WOULD SAY.

UM, AND S SOPHIA KIND OF MENTIONED THIS EARLIER, UM, WHEN WE ARE DOING BUSINESS WITH ANYBODY IN THE FUTURE IN GENERAL, THAT SEEMS LIKE A VERY, UM, PERTINENT QUESTION TO ASK IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THE DUE DILIGENCE THAT HAPPENS, WHICH IS WHERE DO YOU GUYS INVEST? DO GUYS DO ANY TYPE OF UNETHICAL? I MEAN, YOU CAN'T ASK IF THE UNETHICAL BUSINESS, BUT WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE YOU INVESTING OR WHERE ARE YOU, UM, SUPPLYING PRODUCTS TO? ARE THERE ANY TYPE OF POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS THAT MIGHT BE OCCURRING BECAUSE OF THE PRODUCTS THAT YOU'RE SUPPLYING TO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES? AND HOW ARE THOSE PRODUCTS BEING UTILIZED AND IN WHAT CAPACITY ARE THEY BEING UTILIZED? SO, UM, THAT'S I THINK A BROADER QUESTION WE SHOULD JUST MAKE AS PART OF OUR DUE DILIGENCE QUESTIONS TO, TO ANY VENDORS OR ANY OTHER PARTNERS THAT WE WORK WITH IS WHERE THEY'RE DOING BUSINESS AND ARE ARE THERE, AND KIND OF REALIZE IF, IF IT'S ETHICAL BUSINESS OR UNETHICAL AND NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THEM IF IT'S UNETHICAL.

AND NOW WE HAVE, UM,

[ SAFETY UPDATES - Fire and Police]

SAFETY UPDATES.

YES.

WE HAVE C BAR, CHIEF DEPUTY CHIEF, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD, THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL CITY STAFF AND COMMUNITY.

THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE STATE OF THE DISTRICT WILL BE HELD THIS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24TH AT FIRE STATION 61.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE.

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EVENT IS AVAILABLE AT CHINO VALLEY FIRE, I'M SORRY, CHINO FIRE FOUNDATION.COM.

JOIN US FOR A CONVENIENT AND FREE SHARPS WASTE COLLECTION DAY ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26TH FROM 8:00 AM TO 1:00 PM THE EVENT WILL BE, WILL OCCUR AT CVFD TRAINING CENTER AT 5 0 9 2 SCHAEFER AVENUE IN CHINO.

ALL SHARPS MUST BE AN APPROVED CONTAINERS.

NEW SHARP CONTAINERS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PICKUP SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY.

THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO RESIDENCE OF THE CHINO VALLEY, AND PROOF OF RES RESIDENCY IS REQUIRED.

WE INVITE YOU TO PARTNER WITH US TO DISPOSE OF SHARPS WASTE SAFELY AND RESPONSIBLY.

WE'RE COMMITTED TO HELPING YOU ENJOY A FUN AND SAFE EVENING AS HALLOWEEN APPROACHES.

CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE A FEW SAFETY TIPS, KEEP ENTRANCES AND EXITS CLEAR TO AVOID TRIPPING AND FIRE HAZARDS.

INSPECT ELECTRICAL DECORATIONS AND BE CAUTIOUS WITH CANDLES TO PREVENT ACCIDENT ON FIRES.

STAY VISIBLE, EQUIP CAUTIONS WITH REFLECTIVE MATERIALS AND CARRY FLASHLIGHTS.

STAY SAFE AND HAVE FUN.

THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU CHIEF GERARD.

GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF.

THIS EVENING.

I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT.

FROM, UH, FIRE, UH, BUT ALSO WHAT A CITY COULD DO.

AND WE HAVE OUR CITY

[ CITY MANAGER UPDATES]

MANAGER UPDATES.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE.

UH, I ACTUALLY JUST WANTED TO SHARE A PLEASANT SURPRISE THAT I HAD RECENTLY.

UH, AS THE COUNCIL KNOWS, UH, UH, WE ATTENDED THE, UH, UH, LEAGUE OF CA, LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITY'S CONFERENCE, UH, LAST WEEK, WHICH IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, CITY STAFF AND ELECTED OFFICIALS TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES.

AND, UH, ONE OF THE SESSIONS THAT I PARTICIPATED IN WAS, UH, TARGETING, UH, FIRE INSURANCE, UH, CHALLENGES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THROUGHOUT THE STATE, I SHOULD SAY.

AND, UH, WHAT, WHAT THE PRESENTER WAS, WAS EXPLAINING WAS, ONE, THE CURRENT CONDITION, UH, IN THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY, BUT ALSO THINGS THAT CITIES AND FIRE DISTRICTS COULD DO TO HELP, UH, RESIDENTS OUT.

AND I KNOW THIS COUNCIL HAS ADVOCATED ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS, UH, UH, BOTH WITH THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE, HAVING THEM COME TO THE CITY, UH, BUT ALSO RECENTLY TAKING ACTION IN ORDER TO, UH, HAVE A, UH, UH, A RESOLUTION ON, ON THE MATTER.

BUT WHAT WAS KIND OF COOL IS THIS, UH, FIRE, UH, PRESENTER WAS TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT AN INDIVIDUAL CAN DO IN ORDER TO MAKE THEIR, UH, PROPERTIES SAFER

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AND SO I WROTE MY NOTE THAT, HEY, I'LL BRING IT BACK AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT, UH, TAKING ACTION TO MAKE, UH, CHINO HILLS A, UH, UH, FIRE RISK REDUCTION COMMUNITY.

AND SO I TALKED TO STAFF AND LO AND BEHOLD, THE FIRE DISTRICT AND, UH, OUR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS STAFF HAVE ALREADY ACHIEVED THAT DESIGNATION.

SO THE, UH, BOARD OF FORESTRY HAS CHECKED, UH, OUR PRACTICES AND POLICIES AND ACTIONS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN CERTIFIED ONE OF, UH, VERY FEW CITIES, UH, AND DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

SO I'LL JUST ENCOURAGE OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE HAVING, UH, CHALLENGES WITH EITHER RENEWALS OR INCREASES TO THEIR RATES, UH, TO KNOW THAT AS A FIRE RISK REDUCTION COMMUNITY, YOU MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A REDUCTION IN YOUR, UH, UH, INSURANCE RATES, BUT ALSO IT SHOULD MAYBE GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF PROTECTION FROM, UH, NON-RENEWALS.

AND, UH, ANYONE LOOKING FOR INFORMATION IN ADDITION TO GOING TO THE FIRE DISTRICT'S, UH, WEBSITE, CAN VISIT THE CHINO HILLS REP WEBSITE, UH, AND LOOK FOR HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE, UH, AS A PAGE AND GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN DO, UH, TO PROTECT THEIR PROPERTIES AND, UH, UH, LIKELY, UH, BE ABLE TO KEEP COVERAGE.

SO THAT'S IT.

WELL, THAT'S GREAT NEWSMAN, THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT.

AND NEXT

[ 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]

WE HAVE COUNCIL REPORTS.

COUNCIL MEMBER JOE'S.

ALRIGHT.

WE HAD, UH, OUR WEST VALLEY MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT BOARD MEETING TODAY.

ONLY THING, UH, OF SIGNIFICANCE TO REPORT IS THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SIX YEARS, WE'VE SEEN A DROP IN THE NUMBER OF MOSQUITOES IN OUR, UH, OUR, UH, TRAPS THAT WE CAPTURE THEM IN.

AND, UH, WE'RE ATTRIBUTING THAT TO THE, UH, THE STERILE, UH, MALE MOSQUITOES THAT WE'VE BEEN PUTTING OUT THERE.

SO AS I HAD MENTIONED, ONCE, UH, MOSQUITOES CAN ONLY MATE ONCE, SO IF YOU HAVE A STERILE MALE, IT, UM, PUTS, IT, NIPS IT IN THE BUD.

SO WE'VE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT, UH, DECREASE.

SO JUST WANTED TO REPORT THAT.

OKAY, THANK YOU, BRIAN.

COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

FIRST OF ALL, UM, ATTENDED, UH, SBCT GENERAL POLICY COMMITTEE.

UH, WE BASICALLY MOVED FORWARD LONG-TERM BUDGET FOR THE FREEWAY SERVICES PATROL PROGRAM.

WE UPDATED ACTIVITIES OF THE PLANNING AND REGIONAL PROGRAM DEPARTMENT.

WE AWARDED CONTRACTS FOR THE EMERGENCY EVACUATION NETWORK RESILIENCE STUDY AND THE HOUSING TRUST UPDATES.

AND I EXTENDED THE EXTENSION FOR THE MEMBERS FOR ONE MORE YEAR LEGISLATIVE POLICY COMMITTEE.

WE GOT LEGISLATIVE, UH, UPDATES, FEDERAL AND STATE.

WE ALSO EXTENDED A CONTRACT FOR FIRE AND STATE AND FEDERAL ADVISORY SERVICES, ADVOCACY SERVICES, METRO VALLEY SESSION.

UH, BASICALLY WE GOT A REPORT ON THE STATE, UH, ROUTE 60 CENTRAL AVENUE INTERCHANGE PROGRAM.

WE INCREASED THE TOTAL PROJECT COST OF 759,000.

AND THEN ON CALL RIGHT AWAY SERVICES, WE DID AN RFP ON THAT TRANSIT COMMITTEE.

THERE'S NOTHING TO REPORT.

YOU INTO YOUR COUNCIL COMMENTS, RAY? SURE.

OKAY, WHY DON'T WE ROLL

[ COUNCIL COMMENTS]

UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE, EXCUSE ME, I WAS AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE, ALSO VERY BUSY TIME.

I HAD, UH, MEETINGS ALL OVER, BUT, UH, THE, THE LAST NIGHT WE HAD A GALA AND CONGRESSWOMAN WOMAN, GRACE POLITANO, WE HONORED HER.

AND, UM, HER SERVICE IN CONGRESS IS 26 YEARS, UH, ASSEMBLY.

AND ALSO, UM, CITY COUNCIL WAS A TOTAL OF 36 YEARS.

SO I GAVE HER ONE ROSE FOR EACH ONE OF THE YEARS.

UM, SHE TEARED UP AND SHE, UM, HAS BEEN A SAVIOR FOR US.

I KNOW DURING HOPE FOR THE HILLS OF THE POWER LINES, SHE WAS A RESOURCE THAT WE USED AND, UM, SHE JUST, UH, WAS IN TEARS AND IT JUST REALLY TOUCHED MY HEART.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO REPORT.

THANK YOU BRIAN.

ALRIGHT, JUST ONE QUICK, UH, REQUEST, IF I COULD FROM, UH, UH, ASK FOR STAFF.

YOU KNOW, AS A CITY, WE DO SO MANY GOOD THINGS AND NOT EVERYBODY ALWAYS GETS TO SEE IT OR KNOW IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE SPENT SIGNIFICANT MONEY ON THOSE BIKE REPAIR STATIONS AND PUMPS FOR PEOPLE THAT BIKE THROUGH TOWN.

I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE EVEN KNOW THEY'RE THERE TO BE COMPLETELY HONEST WITH YOU.

SO IF THERE WAS A WAY THAT WE COULD MAYBE HAVE SOME DIRECTIONAL SIGNS OR SOMETHING SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE 'EM, I KNOW I HAD MENTIONED IT TO BEN EARLIER, THERE'S ONE AT, UH, EUCALYPTUS AND PEYTON, AND IF YOU WEREN'T LOOKING FOR IT, YOU WOULDN'T EVEN KNOW IT'S THERE.

SO, YOU KNOW, LET'S GET SOME CREDIT FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING.

AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT, MA'AM.

BRIAN.

ART, UH, YES.

I'D LIKE TO, UH, GO OVER A FEW THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED SINCE THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING AND SOME THAT ARE GONNA BE HAPPENING BEFORE THE NEXT ONE.

UH, BACK ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12TH, UH, THERE WAS THE 13TH ANNUAL WINE WALK, WHICH, UH, I KNOW THE MAYOR, UH, BRIAN JOES AND PETER ATTENDED.

UH, WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR 13 YEARS AND THAT'S, UH, UH, MONTHS AND MONTHS OF PLANNING.

SO, UH, YOU WERE AT THAT,

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UH, THE SAME DAY.

UH, RAY AND I WERE AT THE MUS THE 17TH, UH, CELEBRATION OF THE MUSIC IN MOTION AT AYLA HIGH SCHOOL.

WE WERE BOTH THERE TO HAND OUT AWARDS.

THERE ARE OVER 3000 MUSICIANS THAT WERE ON THE FIELD THAT DAY.

AND LIKE I SAY, IT'S THE 17TH ANNUAL.

I GO BACK TO THE, UH, AROUND 2012 WHEN MY GRANDSONS WERE IN THAT, THAT AWARD-WINNING BANK.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE WERE ON THE, UH, THE 12TH OF OCTOBER.

UH, COMING UP, UH, WE'VE, THIS THURSDAY THE 24TH, UH, THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT STATE OF THE DISTRICT, UH, IS GOING TO HAVE THEIR MEETING.

UH, IT WILL BE FROM 1115 TO 1:00 PM UH, COMING UP ON SUNDAY THE 27TH, THERE WILL BE A TRUNK AND TRUNK OR TREAT, UH, EVENT AT THE CARBON CANYON FIRE SAFE COUNCILS, UH, OFFICES IN THE CANYON, UH, ON THE, UH, NOVEMBER 1ST THROUGH THE THIRD, THE BAPS, UH, DIWALI CELEBRATION NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATION WILL BE, UH, GOING ON AND WE WILL PROBABLY BE SPLITTING UP WHICH DAYS WE GO TO AND ATTENDING THAT.

UH, OF COURSE THERE'S A LITTLE THING CALLED ELECTION DAY COMING UP, UH, TWO, UH, TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY.

AND ALL I WILL SAY ABOUT THAT IS, UH, READ YOUR BALLOTS, VET OUT THE CANDIDATES AND VOTE BECAUSE IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO VOTE.

AND ON, UH, VETERAN'S DAY, NOVEMBER 11TH, THERE WILL BE A BREAKFAST FROM EIGHT TO 10 PRINCIPALLY FOR THE 55 PLUS CLUB AND THEIR VETERANS.

AND THEN THAT AFTERNOON, UH, ONE OF OUR VETERANS, UH, CHUCK HAFLINGER IS NOW A RESIDENT AT OAKMONT.

AND I'M GOING TO GO AND DO A PRESENTATION FOR APPROXIMATELY 16 VETERANS AT OAKMONT THAT AFTERNOON.

AND, UH, THAT, UH, CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS FOR TONIGHT.

THANK YOU ART PETER.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

I JUST ATTENDED A FEW THINGS BESIDES THE LEAGUE CONFERENCE THAT WE ALL ATTENDED LAST WEEK, WHICH IS ALWAYS VERY VALUABLE TO ATTEND SEMINARS ON DIFFERENT TOPIC MATTERS.

I HAD A CHANCE TO REPRESENT THE CITY AT ANTITHESIS GA GALA ANTITHESIS IS THE, THE GROUP.

UM, SO THE GALA HONORED INDIVIDUALS THAT SUPPORT ANTITHESIS, AND THAT'S THE GROUP THAT PROVIDES SERVICES TO TWO TEAMS OF SERVICES AT OUR CITY FACILITIES.

AND WE'RE ALL VERY PROUD OF OUR, OUR TEAMS THAT WORK WITH US AT CITY HALL, UH, TO KEEP THINGS, UH, CLEAN AND, AND HAPPY TO PROVIDE, UH, THEY'RE HAPPY TO, THEY FEEL AS IF THEY'RE EMPLOYEES HERE AT, AT CITY HALL.

SO HAPPY TO REPRESENT THE CITY IN THAT REGARD AS FAR AS HONORING SOME OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY SUPPORTED ANTHESIS OVER THE YEARS.

ALSO, UH, ATTENDED THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, WHICH IS HAPPENS THREE OR FOUR TIMES A YEAR.

PAUL SPIT IS OUR LOCAL HISTORIAN AND HE DID A, A PIECE ON LA VITA HOT SPRINGS AND THE HISTORY OF LA VITA HOT SPRINGS.

AND IT WAS A, IT WAS A WELL ATTENDED EVENT, AT LEAST A HUNDRED PEOPLE.

AND IT WAS, UH, IT WAS FUN TO IT SEE SOME OF THE HISTORY OF WHERE OUR YOUNG COMMUNITY HAS BEEN PRIOR TO US BEING A COMMUNITY OF, UH, CHINO HILLS.

AND THEN LASTLY, ART MENTIONED, UH, THE CHINO HILLS WINE WALK, WHICH IS A, A FUNDRAISER FOR THE CHINO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, WHICH HAS BEEN AROUND FOR MORE THAN 15 YEARS.

AND THE, THE WINE WALK IS, HAS TURNED INTO A HIGHLY ANTICIPATED COMMUNITY EVENT.

UH, THEY WANT US, PEOPLE WANT US TO DO MORE THAN ONE A YEAR, BUT IT'S TOO MUCH WORK TO PULL IT SOMETHING LIKE THAT TOGETHER, WHICH IS HUGE.

WE HAD 85 VOLUNTEERS, UH, 1,455, UH, INDIVIDUALS AT THE EVENT.

UM, AND, UH, EVERYBODY JUST WALKS AWAY THRILLED TO HAVE ATTENDED BECAUSE IT IS TRULY A SENSE OF COMMUNITY KNOWING THEY'RE GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE FOUNDATION.

AND THE FOUNDATION CONTINUES TO GIVE TO, TO, TO FOLLOW OUR MISSION, WHICH IS TO SUPPORT FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS, UH, THAT, UH, ARE TIED TO THE CITY.

AND IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL YEAR, THE WINE WALK.

IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS POST COVID, I HAS MADE ABOUT 123 TO $124,000 A YEAR.

AND THIS PARTICULAR YEAR WE'VE MADE $158,000 PROFIT AFTER EXPENSES, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST FUNDRAISER THAT'S EVER TAKEN PLACE IN THIS WHOLE REGION.

SO VERY PROUD TO BE PART OF IT.

UH, CYNTHIA'S A ALSO ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND, UH, OUR MISSION IS TO MAKE THINGS BETTER IN CHINO HILLS WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, AMENITIES FOR VETERANS AND EVERYBODY ELSE THAT, UH, SERVES OUR COMMUNITY.

PETER, I GOT A QUESTION.

UH, YOU SAID IT'S COMMUNITY EVENT.

I UNDERSTAND OTHER CITIES, LIKE THE MAYOR OF MONTCLAIR

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WAS POINTING WINE.

IS THAT TRUE, OR? UH, WELL, HE, HE BEGGED TO, UH, VOLUNTEER TWO YEARS AGO AND WE DIDN'T HAVE A PLACE FOR HIM BECAUSE IT WAS TOO LATE.

SO LAST YEAR HE PARTICIPATED AND THAT'S, UH, UM, MR. DURE, MAYOR DURE.

AND THEN THIS YEAR HE TIED HIMSELF WITH A, A, UH, WINERY THAT DOES MAKE WINE IN MONTCLAIR, AND THEY HAVE A RESTAURANT HERE IN CHINO CALLED VINTNERS TAVERN.

SO HE WAS PARTICIPATING ALONG WITH ANDREW TRE, WHO USED TO WORK HERE AS ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER.

AND I THINK HE HAD A GREAT TIME.

I KNOW HE WAS TIRED BY THE END OF THE EVENING.

GOOD JOB, BUDDY.

YEAH.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

GREAT.

THANK YOU PETER.

AND IT WAS A GREAT EVENT AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR, THANK YOU FOR THINKING OF THIS EVENT AND MAKING IT HAPPEN EVERY YEAR BECAUSE TRULY COULD NOT HAVE BEEN DONE WITHOUT YOU, IS LEADING THIS, THAT GROUP.

SO VERY QUICKLY, UM, DANIEL, WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THE REPAIR ON, UM, LOS RAMOS COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE BY ALBERTSONS? I KNOW THAT WE HAD SOME KIND OF WATER, WATER LEAK FAIL THAT WAS AN EMERGENCY REPAIR, BUT, UM, WE HAD THE READER BOARDS, WHICH IS GREAT, THAT SAYS UNEVEN PAVEMENT.

BUT HOW LONG IS THAT AREA GONNA BE LIKE THAT? UH, THE WORK IS SCHEDULED, UH, FOR THIS FRIDAY.

UM, SO THE WORK WILL BE DONE THIS FRIDAY.

UH, THE ROAD WILL BE BACK, UH, OPEN AND, UH, BACK TO NORMAL CONDITIONS.

GOOD.

I JUST HAVE SOME PARENTS FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL ASKING ME.

AND THEN ALSO, UM, BEN, IF WE COULD, UM, IT'S, UM, THERE'S NO TIMELINE FOR THIS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A PRESENTATION BY THE CARBON CANYON FIRE SAFE COUNCIL.

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE WE'VE HEARD FROM THEM AND THEY DO A LOT OF GREAT THINGS.

AND WHEN YOU STARTED TALKING ABOUT FIRE, IT JUST KIND OF MADE ME REALIZE THAT.

SO THAT'S ONE GROUP A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS DON'T KNOW ABOUT.

WE'D LOVE TO HAVE THEIR LEADERSHIP HERE, DO A BRIEF PRESENTATION OF WHAT THEY DO AND EVERYTHING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW WHAT, WHENEVER POSSIBLE WHEN WE HAVE, UM, A STAFF REPORT FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, I KNOW IT, IT'S, IT'S EASIER SAID THAN DONE.

SO THE, THE TWO PRESENTATIONS WE HAD TONIGHT WERE FANTASTIC.

THEY WERE GREAT.

BUT I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT SOMEONE THAT'S AT HOME THAT'S LISTENING TO IT AND THERE'S NO SLIDES.

SO I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN CLIFF NOTE THOSE, THOSE WHAT WAS SAID TONIGHT INTO A SLIDER.

IT'S EVEN POSSIBLE.

BUT IF WE CAN WORK ON SOME VISUALS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING THE MEETING, BECAUSE I THINK, AND I KNOW A LOT OF THIS STUFF, WE JUST, IT'S LIKE KIND OF JUST ADMINISTRATIVE.

WE NEED TO DO IT.

SO MAYBE JUST CONDENSE WHAT HE'S SAYING THAT THE REASON WHY WE'RE DOING IT, WHAT ARE WE VOTING ON SOMETHING CONDENSED.

BUT LOOKING AT THIS SCREEN THROUGH A PRESENTATION IS KIND OF HARD FOR RESIDENTS.

LIKE TO ADJOURN IN HOPE, UM, AND MEMORIA WITH DEEP GRATITUDE, RESPECT, AND APPRECIATION FOR OUR BRAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVE AND HAVE SERVED IN OUR ARMED FORCES, THEIR SELFLESS CONTRIBUTIONS PROTECT US ALL, AND WE ARE SO VERY GRATEFUL.

AND EVEN PEOPLE HERE THAT ARE WATCHING THE MEETING.

SO THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE.

AT THIS TIME, I WOULD

[ 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.]

AND MAY WE AS A COMMUNITY OF CHINO HILLS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND HONOR OUR VETERANS AND OUR ARMED FORCES AT HOME AND ABROAD.

AND WITH THAT, OUR MEETING IS OVER.