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          GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO THE 
          [ SPECIAL MEETING - 4:00 P.M. - CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL]
FEE SHOP AGENDA FOR THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS. 
          CHERYL, ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING WORKSHOP. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THE FIRST ITEM IS A PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          SPEAKER CARDS, SO WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND THEN 
          [2.  Proposed Amendment to Fiscal Year 2024-25 Master Schedule of Fees, Fines, and Penalties]
WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO FISCAL YEAR 20 24, 25, MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES, FINES, AND PENALTIES TO BE PRESENTED BY FINANCE DIRECTOR BAIER. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ALL RIGHT, KRISTA. 
          ALL RIGHT, IT'S ALL YOURS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. 
          COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. 
          UH, WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES, FINES, AND PENALTIES ORIGINALLY ADOPTED APRIL 23RD, 2024. 
          PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STOP ME AT ANY TIME DURING THE PRESENTATION WITH QUESTIONS. 
          USER FEES ARE DESIGNED TO FUND PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT PROVIDE A DIRECT BENEFIT TO THE INDIVIDUAL PAYING THE FEE WITH LITTLE OR NO BENEFIT TO THE BROADER COMMUNITY. 
          THESE FEES ARE BASED ON A COST RECOVERY MODEL, MEANING THE REVENUE GENERATED CANNOT EXCEED THE ESTIMATED REASONABLE COST OF PROVIDING THE SERVICE. 
          NORMALLY, WE UPDATE OUR FEE SCHEDULE IN APRIL OF EACH YEAR. 
          HOWEVER, THIS YEAR WE'RE CONDUCTING A MORE EXTENSIVE FEE STUDY, SO WE'RE SHIFTING THE ANNUAL UPDATE TO OCTOBER. 
          THIS CHANGE ALLOWS US TO SEPARATE IT FROM THE BUDGET PROCESS AND GIVE STAFF MORE TIME TO ACCURATELY FORECAST REVENUES FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR, KNOWING WHAT THE UPDATED FEES WILL BE. 
          THAT SAID, THERE ARE SOME CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE OCTOBER, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE PRESENTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CURRENT FEE SCHEDULE TODAY. 
          THE FINANCE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES FEES ARE PROPOSED TO TAKE EFFECT ON FEBRUARY 1ST, 2025, AND THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND PUBLIC WORKS FEES ARE PROPOSED TO TAKE EFFECT ON APRIL 1ST, 2025. 
          REAL QUICK QUESTION AS WE GET GOING ON THIS. 
          ARE THESE FEE PROPOSED FEE, UH, RATES IN THAT, THAT ARE GOING INTO EFFECT? UH, HAVE THEY BEEN REFLECTED IN ANY OF OUR BUDGET? OUR CURRENT YEAR'S BUDGET? OBVIOUSLY IT GOES IN THROUGH JUNE 30TH, BUT ARE THEY ANY IMPACT TO THE 2020 4 25 BUDGET? I WOULDN'T, I WOULDN'T SAY, I WOULD SAY NO. 
          NEGLIGIBLE, MAYBE HAVING THEM ADOPTED WILL ALLOW THEM TO PLAN THEM INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR BUDGET. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IT'LL CLEARLY BE PROJECTED IN NEXT YEAR'S FISCAL BUDGET? YES. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          THE BUILDING SERVICES DIVISION IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS PROPOSING FOUR NEW FEES. 
          THE FIRST FEE OF $267 COVERS THE INSTALLATION OF UP TO THREE RESIDENTIAL PLUMBING FIXTURES, SUCH AS A KITCHEN SINK OR WATER SOFTENER WITH A 50% SURCHARGE FOR EACH ADDITIONAL FIXTURE. 
          IT'S BASED ON ONE TO TWO INSPECTIONS. 
          THE SECOND FEE OF $535 COVERS THE INSTALLATION OF COMMERCIAL FIXTURES LIKE DISHWASHERS, LAUNDRY EQUIPMENT, OR BROILERS BOILERS. 
          IT IS BASED ON TWO TO THREE INSPECTIONS. 
          THE AFTER HOURS INSPECTION FEE, WHICH IS BASED ON THE OVERTIME RATE OF $802, APPLIES WHEN DEVELOPERS REQUEST INSPECTIONS OUTSIDE OF REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS. 
          THE LAST FEE OF $267 IS ASSESSED WHEN WORK HAS PROCEEDED WITHOUT A REQUIRED INSPECTION. 
          THIS FEE REPRESENTS THE ADDITIONAL TIME NEEDED TO INVESTIGATE AND RESOLVE THE INSPECTION. 
          BUILDING SERVICES IS ALSO PROPOSING SOME CHANGES TO FOUR EXISTING FEES. 
          THE TWO EXISTING GEOTECHNICAL REPORT REVIEW FEES ARE BEING COMBINED WITH THE TWO PRECISE GRADING FEES, THEREBY REDUCING COSTS THROUGH PROCESS EFFICIENCIES. 
          THE ADDRESS CHANGE FEE IS EXPANDED TO INCLUDE NEW ADDRESS ASSIGNMENTS AND REDUCED TO $401 DUE TO UPDATED STAFF TIME ESTIMATES. 
          AND THE REINSPECTION FEE IS REDUCED BY $201 TO REFLECT THE CURRENT PROCESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS PROPOSING A NEW ENTITLEMENT REVIEW FEE OF $25,000, WHICH COVERS LAND DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION REVIEWS, NOW ASSIGNED TO CONSULTANTS DUE TO STAFFING CHANGES. 
          THEY'RE ALSO PROPOSING TO COMBINE THE BUSINESS LICENSE PROCESSING FEE WITH THE LAND USE CLEARANCE FEE, RESULTING IN A COMBINED FEE OF $267. 
          THE INITIAL DEPOSIT FOR A POST ENTITLEMENT REVIEW UTILIZING ENGINEERING CONSULTANT SERVICES IS PROPOSED TO INCREASE FROM $10,702 TO $50,000. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE OVERALL COSTS ARE NOT INCREASING. 
          THE DEPOSIT IS SIMPLY BEING, JUST BEING ADJUSTED TO REFLECT THE ACTUAL COSTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING INCURRED IN THE PUBLIC WORKS. 
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IN PUBLIC WORKS, THE ENGINEERING DIVISION IS PROPOSING A NEW INITIAL DEPOSIT FOR THE INSPECTION OF MECHANICALLY STABILIZED EARTH WALLS OF 5.5% OF THE ENGINEERING COST ESTIMATE. 
          THIS NEW FEE ADDRESSES THE INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS FOR NEWER DEVELOPMENT DESIGNS. 
          THE INITIAL DEPOSIT FOR A SUBDIVISION ENCROACHMENT PERMIT IS PROPOSED TO BE UPDATED TO MATCH THE CURRENT ENGINEERING COST ESTIMATE WORKSHEETS, WHICH REFERENCE 11%. 
          THE INITIAL DEPOSIT FOR A ROUGH GRADING PERMIT WAS TRANSFERRED FROM BUILDING SERVICES TO ENGINEERING. 
          BECAUSE THEY ISSUE THE GRADING PERMITS AND PROVIDE INSPECTION OVERSIGHT, THE DEPOSIT IS PROPOSED TO INCREASE BY $200 BECAUSE THE FULLY BURDENED HOURLY RATE FOR ENGINEERING IS HIGHER THAN BUILDING SERVICES. 
          IN ADDITION, THE COST OH, YES. 
          BEFORE, BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, JUST I'M LOOKING AT THIS, IS THIS FOR LIKE A DEVELOPMENT OR IS THIS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE ON ALL THESE ISSUES? I HAVE TO DEFER TO NICK TO, SORRY, THIS IS THAT NICK OR MAYBE DANIEL? I'M NOT SURE. 
          , YES, SIR. 
          UM, THIS IS, THIS IS FOR, UM, LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT, LIKE TRACK DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. 
          UM, BECAUSE TYPICALLY A, A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTS, UM, WOULDN'T USE, UH, THIS VOLUME OF GRADING OR, UM, HAVING THE, UM, MECHANICALLY STABILIZED EARTH WALLS OR OTHER TYPES OF THINGS. 
          SO THIS IS MORE WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN, UM, NEWER TRACT DEVELOPMENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND SINCE WE TOOK THAT BREAK, LET LET GO BACK TO PAGE FOUR. 
          THAT BIG INCREASE, THAT $39,000 INCREASE, WHO, WHO'S GONNA PAY FOR THAT? IS THAT A DEVELOPER COST OR IS THAT YES, THIS IS A DEVELOPER COST. 
          SO, UM, FOR THE, UH, LAND DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING REVIEW SERVICES ON A TRACK, UM, THEY WILL TYPICALLY BE, UM, SOMETIMES, UH, IN ADVANCE OF 60,000 UP TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. 
          AND THE, THAT IS ALL COST REIMBURSEMENT, UM, BY THE DEVELOPER. 
          AND SO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF THE INITIAL DEPOSIT, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO GET STARTED WITH A CONSULTANT ENGINEER SOONER IN THE PROCESS SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO WAIT AROUND WHILE, UM, THE CITY, UH, DOES A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL AND THEN, AND THEN GETS A COST FROM THE CONTRACTOR AND THEN EXECUTES AN AGREEMENT ALL THAT TIME. 
          THE DEVELOPER'S KIND OF DEAD IN THE WATER WAITING. 
          THEY, THEIR PREFERENCE IS THAT IF WE GO OFF SOMEBODY THAT'S OFF OF OUR PRE-QUALIFIED LIST AND THEY'VE ALREADY PUT UP A, A LARGER DEPOSIT, WE CAN START WORKING WITH THAT CONSULTING ENGINEER TO START PROCESSING THEIR, UM, APPLICATION SOONER. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IS THIS TRULY A DEPOSIT OR IS IT A FEE THAT WILL BE, WE'RE JUST BASICALLY COLLECTING UPFRONT? IT, UM, IT IS, UH, THE COST FOR THE SERVICE THAT WE'RE COLLECTING UP FRONT, AND WE'RE ESTIMATING THAT'S GONNA BE ABOUT $50,000 PER PROJECT. 
          SO IF IT EXCEEDS THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS TO PUT MORE MONEY INTO THE TRUST DEPOSIT ACCOUNT, IF IT DOES NOT EXCEED, THEN WE WILL REIMBURSE THE DEVELOPER FOR THE DIFFERENCE AT THE END OF THE PROJECT. 
          OKAY. 
          IS THIS A ONE SIZE FITS ALL FOR ALL SIZE DEVELOPMENTS? I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT'S THE CRITERIA ON THIS AS FAR AS HOW MANY UNITS ARE GOING TO BUILD OR HOW MANY SQUARE FEET? WHAT, WHAT'S THE BASIS OF THAT? JUST, JUST GENERAL? SO, UM, THIS IS APPLICABLE TO, TO ANY DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL REQUIRE, UH, CONSULTANT SERVICES FOR ENGINEERING REVIEW. 
          SO THIS IS GONNA BE YOUR, UH, COMMERCIAL PROJECTS OR, UM, TRACKED DEVELOPMENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE LIKE A ONE, A SINGLE CUSTOM LOT. 
          UM, SOMETIMES IT, IT IS, UM, SOMETIMES IT IS, IT IS FOR THAT AND, AND WE DO HAVE A, A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY ON WHAT WE WOULD COLLECT IN, IN TERMS OF THOSE SMALL PROJECTS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, BUT, BUT USUALLY IT'S FOR LARGER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          I'M JUST TRYING TO GET SOME UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DON'T WANT TO IMPEDE DEVELOPMENT BY MAKING ONEROUS, YOU KNOW, CHARGES ON THEM, SO, OKAY. 
          CORRECT. 
          I THINK THAT'S CORRECT. 
          YEAH. 
          THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY WHERE, UM, THEY WERE HAVING TO WAIT FOR THE CITY TO OBTAIN THESE SERVICES. 
          AND SO AT THAT TIME, THEIR PROJECT DOESN'T REALLY MOVE. 
          THEY WOULD LIKE US TO BE, UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBLE. 
          AND SO IN ORDER FOR US TO HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY, WE NEED THEM TO DEPOSIT MORE MONEY UP FRONT TO GET THE SERVICES STARTED SOON. 
          SO THIS IS KIND OF A MEET MEETING OF THE MINDS TO EXPEDITE THE PROCESS, WHICH HELPS THEM. 
          YES. 
          SO IT'S A MUTUALLY CONVENIENT TYPE OF THING. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          I THINK THAT WAS MY QUESTION R WAS WHY THERE WAS SUCH A DIFFERENCE IN WHAT WE'VE BEEN CHARGING AND WHAT WE PROPOSED. 
          SO THAT MAKES SENSE THAT 
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YEAH, THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? OKAY, SORRY, KRISTA, NEXT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THE SECOND LINEUP THERE, THE COST PER 10,000 CUBIC YARD IS BASED ON ONE HOUR OF STAFF TIME. 
          SO THIS ADDITIONAL COST IS ALSO PROPOSED TO INCREASE BY $20, UH, DUE TO THE FULLY BOARD AND HOURLY RATE FINANCE IS PROPOSING A NEW ELECTRONIC CHECK FEE, WHICH RANGES FROM 50 CENTS TO A DOLLAR 95 PER TRANSACTION, DEPENDING ON THE VENDOR, THIS FEE WILL BE PASSED THROUGH TO COVER COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ONLINE ECHECK PAYMENTS. 
          WILL THAT APPLY TO OUR RESIDENTS THAT PAY THEIR WATER BILL OR CITY WATER CHARGES ON? NO, NO, THIS WOULD NOT APPLY TO WATER BILL. 
          WE COVER THOSE COSTS. 
          THIS IS FOR, UM, BUSINESS LICENSE, UM, THE NEW LAND MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE AND WE'RE LOOKING INTO COMMUNITY SERVICES AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, YEAH, THAT'S PRETTY NOMINAL FOR THOSE TYPES OF, OF PAYMENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, THIS GIVES THEM A CHEAPER OPTION TO PAY ONLINE AS OPPOSED TO CREDIT CARD BECAUSE A DOLLAR 95 WOULD BE UPSETTING TO SOMEBODY ON THEIR WATER BILL. 
          I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT HAPPY WITH IT ANYHOW. 
          FOR SURE. 
          SO, OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
           COMMUNITY SERVICES IS PROPOSING A FIVE YEAR FEE ADJUSTMENT FOR FACILITY RENTALS. 
          UH, THE KEY CHANGES INCLUDE A 5% ANNUAL INCREASE FROM 2026 TO 2029 TO ACCOUNT FOR INFLATION MARKET TRENDS AND RISING OPERATIONAL COSTS. 
          AND RENTAL RATES ARE DETERMINED BY CALENDAR YEAR OF THE EVENT RATHER THAN THE BOOKING DATE. 
          THESE RATES WERE LAST UPDATED IN APRIL, 2023. 
          SO THESE INCREASES ARE NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY AND COMPETITIVE PRICING. 
          ANYBODY, ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT THAT I KNOW WE'VE QUESTIONED COSTS TO RENT OUR FACILITIES? NO ISSUES? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RECENTLY IMPLEMENTED THE NEW BUILDING SOFTWARE AND IT REQUIRES THE PROJECT SIZE AREA THRESHOLDS TO BE ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST A HUNDRED. 
          THEREFORE, STAFF RECOMMENDS UPDATING THE THRESHOLDS IN THE BUILDING PERMIT FEES TABLE, WHICH WILL RESULT IN SOME SMALL ASSOCIATED FEE ADJUSTMENTS. 
          AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          WE CAN ALL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? IS THAT THE, GO AHEAD. 
          JUST A, THIS IS JUST A PET PEEVE FOR ME. 
          SIDEWALK VENDORS, THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT, CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'LL MAKE SURE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL? I JUST HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS. 
          ANYTHING. 
          THERE'S, UM, A NEW FEE IMPLEMENTED. 
          I'M CURIOUS AS TO THE HISTORY OF HOW WE GOT TO, UM, HAVING THIS NEW FEE COME ABOUT. 
          SO ON PAGE FIVE OF 17 ON THE PACKET THAT WE GOT, THE LARGER PACKET THAT COUNSEL GOT, UM, I WAS JUST CURIOUS, SO THE AFTER HOURS INSPECTION FEE IS A NEW FEE. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW WHO THIS QUESTION IS FOR, BUT WHAT WOULD, WHAT WOULD CONSTITUTE THE NECESSITY FOR AN AFTER HOURS INSPECTION? IS IT BECAUSE OF SAFETY AND EMERGENCY? OR IF SOMEONE IS RUSHING TO GET THEIR PROJECT DONE, CAN THEY BASICALLY PUT UP THE MONEY TO HAVE AN AFTER HOURS INSPECTION? I, I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW THIS CAME ABOUT. 
          YES. 
          UH, SOMETIMES WITH THE TRACK DEVELOPMENTS, THE, IN ORDER FOR THE DEVELOPER TO MAKE CERTAIN TIMEFRAMES, THEY HAVE REQUESTED INSPECTIONS ON LIKE A SATURDAY. 
          UM, THAT HAS NOT BEEN AN OPTION. 
          AND SO WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY IF WE DO HAVE STAFF AVAILABLE AND THE DEVELOPER IS WILLING TO PAY THE OVERTIME THAT'S ASSOCIATED, THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY PROVIDE, UH, THAT SERVICE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN ON THE SAME PAGE WHERE, UM, ON ITEM 79, IT SAYS INVESTIGATION FEE FOR MISSED INSPECTION STEPS. 
          SO IS THAT ON THE CUSTOMER SIDE, IT IT WAS THEIR NEGLIGENCE THAT THEY MISSED A STEP OR WHO MISSED THE STEP AND THEN IF IT'S A NEW FEE, SO HAS THAT BEEN A PROBLEM? SO, UM, IT DOES COME UP FROM TIME TO TIME WHERE, UH, WE MAY WRITE CORRECTIONS ON AN INSPECTION AND NOT PASS A PARTICULAR INSPECTION AND THEN, UH, WE GO OUT TO THE JOB SITE AGAIN AND THE, UM, OWNER OR CONTRACTOR IS TAKEN UPON THEMSELVES TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, WITHOUT SHOWING US THAT THEY HAVE CORRECTED THE PREVIOUS STEPS. 
          AND SO, UM, WE WANTED A MECHANISM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNEW THAT, HEY, YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY CAN'T JUST DO THIS. 
          YOU, YOU DO NEED TO CHECK IN WITH US. 
          YOU DO NEED TO REQUEST A REINSPECTION AND GET CLEARANCE BEFORE YOU MOVE FORWARD. 
          SO THEY MAY HAVE, UH, WE MAY LOOK AT ROUGH PLUMBING, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THERE MAY BE SOME CORRECTIONS. 
          AND THEN THE NEXT THING WE KNOW, WE GET A, A REQUEST FOR 
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A DRYWALL INSPECTION AND, AND EVERYTHING'S COVERED UP WELL. 
          THERE'S NO WAY OF US KNOWING THAT THEY HAVEN'T CORRECTED THOSE ISSUES. 
          AND SO IT TAKES TIME AWAY FROM STAFF TO SAY, OKAY, YOU GOTTA OPEN THESE SECTIONS OF WALLS, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT. 
          WE HAVE. 
          SO, SO THIS IS A WAY TO HELP ENCOURAGE, UH, BEHAVIOR AND RECOVER THE TIME THAT IT COSTS FOR US TO STAND OUT THERE WHILE THEY, UM, GO BACK AND SHOW US HOW THEY'VE ADDRESSED THE CORRECTIONS. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UH, SO THEN TO THAT, UH, THE, KIND OF IN THE SAME VEIN, SO THE INVESTIGATION FEE FOR THE MISSTEPS, DOES THAT ALSO INCLUDE THE REINSPECTION FEE OR DO YOU HAVE TO DO BOTH? UM, SOMETIMES, SOMETIMES WE WOULD DO BOTH DEPENDING UPON THE SEVERITY OF THE SITUATION. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU MR. MAYOR? YES. 
          YEAH, NICK, REAL FAST. 
          UM, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE USING, WE'LL SAY SB NINE AS AN EXAMPLE. 
          WE USE CONSULTANTS. 
          SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF A CONSULTANT BASICALLY GIVES DIRECTIONS AND THE CONSUMER OR THE PERSON THAT'S PULLING THE PERMIT FOLLOWS THOSE DIRECTIONS AND THEN HE FINDS OUT LATER THAT THAT'S NOT HOW IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE AND THEN THEY HAVE TO DO A REINSPECTION, ARE WE CHARGING THEM? SO, SO, UM, IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY IN, IN THAT CASE, UM, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S MORE OF A PAPER EXERCISE. 
          WE, WE WOULDN'T, WE WOULDN'T CHARGE NECESSARILY A REINSPECTION. 
          SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO EVALUATE IT BECAUSE IF THERE ARE CONFLICTING CASES, I HAVE SOME ABILITY TO, TO LOOK AT WHAT THE CHARGES WERE AND SAY, WELL, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE GAVE THEM ONE SET OF CORRECTIONS THIS TIME, BUT THEN THINGS CHANGED. 
          IS IT, IS IT FAIR TO DO THAT? SO, SO, UM, I DO AS THE DIRECTOR HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY TO LOOK AT THOSE CASES. 
          BUT WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDING INSPECTIONS, WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING CONSTRUCTION GENERALLY WHEN WE HAVE SMALLER PROJECTS AND WE'RE HELPING LIKE MAYBE AN OWNER BUILDER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          UM, THAT'S, IT'S NOT THE CASE. 
          IT'S WHEN WE HAVE, UH, THESE LARGE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS WHERE THEY HAVE PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS THAT THEY SHOULD KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND, UH, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF OUR STAFF TIME. 
          WE, WE REALLY DON'T WANT THEM TO DO THAT. 
          SO THANKS NICK. 
          GOOD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ON THOSE SMALLER PROJECTS, I, I, I KNOW I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT A, A COMPLAINT WE HAD FROM A RECENT, UH, UH, DEVELOPMENT, NOT DEVELOPMENT BUILDING GOING ON ON A PROPERTY. 
          AND THEY HAD HAD A CONTRACTOR COME IN, THEY BASICALLY COVERED EVERYTHING UP BEFOREHAND. 
          IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT IN OUR INSTRUCTIONS TO THEM ALONG THE, WHEN THEY FIRST COME IN, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE REQUIRED ON CERTAIN, IN CERTAIN ES OR, UH, INSTANCES TO GET THOSE, UH, PERMITS WRITTEN OFF OR THOSE FUNCTIONS WRITTEN OFF BEFORE THEY COVER THINGS UP AND MAKE IT VERY CLEAR TO THEM? THEY COVER IT UP, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO TEAR IT UP, UH, FOR US TO INSPECT IT, BECAUSE I KNOW IT WAS A BIG SURPRISE TO PEOPLE. 
          IT COULDN'T COST 'EM A LOT OF MONEY WHEN THEIR CONTRACTOR GETS, YOU KNOW, AHEAD OF HIMSELF AND JUST COVERS UP THE WORK. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND GENERALLY, UM, WE, UH, WE DO A LOT TO EDUCATE THE CONTRACTORS. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY FORTUNATE. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD CONTRACTORS THAT DO A LOT OF BUSINESS IN THE CITY. 
          UM, BUT THERE ARE THOSE THAT, UM, MAYBE TRY TO GET AWAY FROM WITH THINGS. 
          UM, WHAT WE ARE DOING IS WE'RE CONTINUALLY REFINING OUR BUILDING PERMIT SOFTWARE TO TRY AND BUILD IN MORE, UH, SAFEGUARDS THAT WILL HELPFULLY STEER THE CONTRACTOR IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, THE RIGHT INSPECTIONS THAT THEY NEED TO BE REQUESTING AND PUTTING SOME CHECKPOINTS ON ALLOWING THEM TO MOVE FURTHER WITHOUT US KIND OF DOING THAT VERIFICATION. 
          THAT'S MY EXACT POINT. 
          SO YOU'VE GOT IT COVERED. 
          THAT'S THE MAIN THING. 
          'CAUSE WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE COMING UP. 
          WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW. 
          WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW COST YOU A COUPLE THOUSAND BUCKS, YOU KNOW, SO. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL GOOD. 
          WHERE ARE WE AT, BEN? WHAT, UH, IS, IS THIS THE EXTENT OF THE, UH, THE WORKSHOP, UH, WHAT KIND ACTION IS REQUIRED FROM HERE? YES. 
          UH, OUR, OUR GOAL WAS TO GIVE YOU ACCESS TO STAFF, UH, FOR THE TYPES OF QUESTIONS YOU'VE ALREADY ASKED. 
          AND I THINK OUR NEXT STEP WOULD BE, UH, A MOTION, UH, RIGHT. 
          AND THEN, OR DO JUST A WORKSHOP. 
          OH, THAT'S RIGHT. 
          WE HAVE TO APPROVE. 
          IT WOULDN'T TAKE THAT SO MM-HMM . 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE, UH, THE EXTENT. 
          WAIT ONE MOMENT. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL BRING IT FOR ADOPTION, NOT TONIGHT, BUT AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. 
          PERFECT. 
          THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPTION. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL WE WANT TO THANK STAFF THAT IS HERE, UH, UH, SUPPORTING THIS AND LISTENING IN AND THE CASE, WE HAD QUESTIONS THAT NEEDED TO BE ANSWERED. 
          UH, VERY GOOD PROCESS. 
          IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE LOOKING IN ADVANCE TO, UH, PRECLUDE ANY ISSUES OR ANY QUESTIONS THAT ARE OBVIOUS, YOU KNOW, PITFALL FOR PEOPLE. 
          SO I, I THINK THAT'S GREAT. 
          SO YOU SAID WE DO NOT NEED A MOTION? NOPE. 
          OKAY. 
          NO, IT'LL BE COME BACK TO YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, WELL WE, THAT HAPPENS TO BE IT. 
          WE WILL GO AHEAD AND AT, UH, FOUR 20 
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CLOSE THIS WORK. 
          YEAH. 
          JUST FOR YOUR WORKSHOP. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          HERE, THERE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          [ REGULAR MEETING - 5:00 P.M. - CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL]
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE INTRO, BUT THAT'S FINE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE CHINO HILL CITY COUNCIL FOR JANUARY 14TH. 
          AND, UH, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE. 
          UH, ROLL CALL. 
          ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          UH, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU ALL TO STAND AND JOIN 
          [ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]
COUNCIL MEMBER RAY MARQUEZ IN THE, UH, FLIGHT SALUTE AND THEN THE INVOCATION REMAIN STANDING, UH, BY PASTOR KEN ELVIN OF THE CHINO VALLEY COMMUNITY CHURCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IF YOU PLEASE JOIN ME. 
          READY BEGIN. 
          I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, LET'S PRAY 
          [ INVOCATION: Pastor Ken Elben, Chino Valley Community Church]
TOGETHER. 
          LORD, WE THANK YOU THAT WE CAN COME HERE TONIGHT AT THIS NEW YEAR JUST LIVING IN THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY LORD, AND BEING ABLE TO SERVE THE PEOPLE HERE. 
          I PRAY FOR THE LEADERS OF THE COUNCIL. 
          I PRAY FOR THE LEADERS WHO MAKE DECISIONS, LORD, THAT, UM, WE'LL BE HONORING TO YOU AND LOOKING OUT FOR THE PEOPLE. 
          LORD, THANK YOU. 
          I PRAY FOR THIS MEETING TO GO TO YOUR GLORY AND THANK YOU THAT WE GET TO LIVE IN THIS CITY ONCE AGAIN IN YOUR NAME JESUS. 
          AMEN. 
          AMEN. 
          THANK YOU PASTOR. 
          THE FIRST ITEM ON 
          [7. RECOGNITION - Recognition of City's Annual Holiday Home Decorating Contest winners]
OUR AGENDA IS THE RECOGNITION OF THE CITY'S ANNUAL HOLIDAY HOME DECORATING CONTEST WINNERS TO BE INTRODUCED BY THE MAYOR AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COORDINATOR, JESSICA PATINO. 
          WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR JESSICA? ALRIGHT. 
          PACIFIC HILLS HOST AN ANNUAL HOLIDAY HOME DECORATING CONTEST WHERE HOUSEHOLDS ALL OVER THE COMMUNITY DISPLAY THEIR HOLIDAY SPIRIT AND HELP CELEBRATE THE FESTIVE SEASON. 
          THIS YEAR WE ARE RECOGNIZING WINNERS IN THREE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, MARY AND BRIGHT HOLIDAY SPIRIT AND BEST THEME. 
          EACH WINNING HOUSEHOLD WILL RECEIVE A $50 GIFT CARD TO SEPTEMBER'S TAP ROOM AND EATERY. 
          IN ADDITION, THE WINNERS WILL BE GIVEN A YARD SIGN TO DISPLAY IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON. 
          A FEW OF THE WINNERS ARE WITH US IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT. 
          WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE JOIN ME AT THE PODIUM TO RECEIVE YOUR PRIZE AND TAKE A GROUP PHOTO. 
          THE FIRST WINNER OF THE MARY AND BRIGHT CATEGORY IS THE LAURA FAMILY. 
          WOULD YOU PLEASE JOIN ME? THEY'RE NOT HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          FOR THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT CATEGORY, THE JUDGES SELECTED THE MARINO FAMILY. 
          OH, IT'S SO PRETTY. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          I HAVE CERTIFICATES HERE FROM THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS AND FROM SUPERVISOR HAGMAN, UM, CONGRESSWOMAN NORMA TORRES, UH, YOUNG KIM, THE CONGRESSWOMAN CO YOUNG KIM AND ASSEMBLYMAN PHIL CHAN. 
          AND BY THE WAY, EACH AND EVERY, UH, WINNING FAMILY WILL HAVE THOSE. 
          SO I'M GOING TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          WE HAVE YOUR PICTURE UP THERE. 
          WOULD YOU GO? WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY IT? UH, SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE FUN YOU HAVE DOING THIS. 
          COME ON RIGHT UP . 
          I JUST WANT TO THANK MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE ANITA AND MY, UH, DAUGHTER LISA, AND MY SON MIKE, AND, UM, HIS WIFE, UH, NICOLE AND MY TWO GRANDSONS, UH, DYLAN AND, UM, NATE, UH, WITHOUT THEIR HELP, UM, I THINK WE MADE 
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IT A BIG FAMILY AFFAIR AND, UM, IT WAS REALLY WONDERFUL TO SEE THEM ALL WORK AND HELP ME DECORATE OUR HOUSE. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          THERE IS, I'LL LET YOU DO THOSE, BUT I KNOW SHE'S GONNA GET THE GIFT CARD, BUT THAT'S ALRIGHT. 
          WE'RE, I'M GONNA HAVE YOU HOLD HERE FOR JUST A MOMENT AND WE'RE GONNA DO A GROUP PICTURE, BY THE WAY. 
          AND BY THE WAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. 
          I'M A FELLOW ARMY VET AND GO AIRBORNE, HUH? ALL RIGHTY. 
          UH, THE NEXT WINNER, BUT, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE WINNER OF THE BEST THEME WAS THE ELLISON FAMILY. 
          AND THEY'RE NOT HERE EITHER. 
          . 
          OH, THAT'S THIS GROUP IS GONNA BE US. 
          LET'S TAKE A PICTURE. 
          GOOD. 
          THANK, THANK YOU. 
          [8. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming January 11, 2025, as National Human Trafficking Awareness Day]
NEXT IS A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING JANUARY 11TH, 2025 AS NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS DAY TO BE ACCEPTED BY POLICE CHIEF ARD. 
          OKAY. 
          HEY, CHIEF HUMAN TRAFFICKING SADLY, CONTINUES TO BE A GLOBAL PROBLEM. 
          THIS MODERN DAY EXPLOITATION DERIVES VICTIMS OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM, OR DEPRIVES, EXCUSE ME, VICTIMS OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL FREEDOMS, CIVIL RIGHTS AND PERSONAL DIGNITY. 
          AS A SOCIETY, WE MUST SUPPORT ALL LEVELS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT BY REPORTING SUCH CRIMES AND WORK TO STRENGTHEN LAWS THAT SEND AN UNWAVERING MESSAGE TO ANY AND ALL WHO ATTEMPT TO PROFIT FROM IT. 
          ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WE ENCOURAGE OUR COMMUNITY TO SPREAD KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS TO HELP STOP THIS HIDEOUS CRIME. 
          TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION AND TO SHARE MORE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS DAY IS OUR VERY OWN CHINO HILLS POLICE. 
          CAPTAIN GERARD. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, VICE MAYOR CITY COUNCIL. 
          UH, I'M HONORED TO RECEIVE THIS PROCLAMATION AND I APPLAUD THE COUNCIL'S CONTINUED EFFORTS TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 
          UH, MOST OF US THINK OF PROSTITUTION WHEN WE HEAR HUMAN TRAFFICKING, UH, BUT THE REALITY IS LABOR TRAFFICKING AND DEBT BONDAGE ARE JUST AS PREVALENT. 
          DEBT BONDAGE OCCURS WHEN INDIVIDUALS ARE FORCED TO WORK WITHOUT COMPENSATION TO PAY OFF. 
          NEVER ENDING DEBTS USUALLY INCURRED IN THEIR EFFORTS TO MIGRATE TO AMERICA. 
          MANY TIMES THE ONLY HOPE FOR THESE VICTIMS IS FOR SOMEONE TO BECOME SUSPICIOUS OF THEIR PLIGHT AND REPORT IT TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          PUBLIC AWARENESS IS OFTEN THE KEY TO RESCUING VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 
          SO AGAIN, I THANK THE COUNCIL FOR THEIR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO RAISE AWARENESS TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 
          IF YOU WITNESS WHAT YOU SUSPECT IS HUMAN TRAFFICKING, YOU CAN REPORT IT TO THE NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING HOTLINE AT 8 8 8 3 7 3 7 8 8 8. 
          YOU CAN ALSO REPORT IT ANONYMOUSLY AT WE TIP OR CALL 9 1 1 FOR IMMEDIATE LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND HERE IS THE CERTIFICATE PROCLAMATION. 
          [9. PRESENTATION - Tree Trimming Budget and Prioritization]
NEXT WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON TREE TRIMMING BUDGET AND PRIORITIZATION TO BE PRESENTED BY LANDSCAPE INSPECTOR FUSCO AND MANAGEMENT ANALYST PONT. 
          IS SHE FAMILIAR? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR BENNETT, COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. 
          I'M ALEXIS DPA MANAGEMENT ANALYST, AND THIS IS TONY FUSCO, LANDSCAPE INSPECTOR AND CERTIFIED ARBORIST, ALSO KNOWN AS TONY TREES . 
          WE ARE FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND TONIGHT WE'LL BE PRESENTING ON OUR URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT. 
          WE HAVE OVER, UH, 47,000 TREES HERE IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS WITH AN ANNUAL BUDGET OF ABOUT $900,000 FOR MAINTENANCE OF THOSE TREES. 
          ABOUT 90% OF OUR TREE MAINTENANCE IS CONTRACTED OUT WITH OUR TREE TRIM CONTRACTOR, WEST COAST ARBORIST, AND WE UTILIZE A CORRECTIVE MAINTENANCE 
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APPROACH. 
          UM, COMPARED TO PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, WE ARE RESPONDING TO ISSUES AND REQUESTS AS THEY OCCUR. 
          OUR CURRENT INVENTORY VALUE IS 145 MILLION. 
          WE RECEIVE APPROXIMATELY 650 REQUESTS REGARDING TREES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND THOSE REQUESTS ARE TYPICALLY INSPECTED WITHIN ABOUT TWO WEEKS OR SO. 
          AND THEN THE ONES THAT DO NEED TO BE ADDRESSED ARE ADDRESSED BY PRIORITY. 
          AND TO SHARE WITH YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT OF PERSPECTIVE AND SOME OF THE COMPLEXITIES THAT WE DEAL WITH IN OUR CITY, WE WANTED TO ZOOM INTO A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT AREAS. 
          SO, UH, WE'LL START HERE OFF OF, UH, OFF OF PEYTON DRIVE. 
          THIS IS, UH, OFF PEYTON NEAR CARRIAGE HOUSE. 
          THIS IS A, THIS IS A, A CITY OWNED SLOPE WHERE WE HAVE ABOUT, UH, 30 INVENTORY TREES, 30 OF OUR, UH, 18,000 SLOPE TREES. 
          UM, THIS IS AN AREA THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER AN, AN EASY TO ACCESS AREA WHERE, WHERE AS OUR TREE CREWS ARE OUR TRIMMING TREES UP SLOPE, THEY CAN EASILY, UH, BRING BRANCHES DOWN SLOPE AS, AND PARK THEIR VEHICLES HERE, THE CHIPPER TRUCKS. 
          AND, UH, AND THIS IS, THIS IS AN AREA WHERE, UM, WHERE GUYS CAN WORK THE SLOPE REALLY WELL. 
          CONVERSELY, WE HAVE A LOT OF AREAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT ARE MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO, UH, TO NAVIGATE THIS AREA IN BETWEEN FALLEN OAK AND TALL OAK IS BORDERED ON THE NORTH BY, UH, THE CATTLE PROPERTY. 
          SO WE CAN'T GET IN THAT WAY. 
          THE CREWS HAVE TO PARK THEIR VEHICLES DOWN HERE OFF OF SPLIT OAK, AND AS THEY'RE TRIMMING TREES IN THIS AREA, THEY HAVE TO DRAG ALL THE BRANCH, ALL THE BRUSH AND THE TREES AND LIMBS, UH, THROUGH THAT, THAT DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE AREA. 
          AND, AND WHILE THIS, THIS AREA IS ABOUT HALF THE FOOTPRINT OF THE AREA WE JUST LOOKED AT, IT HAS TWICE AS MANY TREES. 
          SO WITH THE, UM, WITH TIME AND LABOR BEING THE GREATEST COST, UH, WE KIND OF WANTED TO SHOW HOW THE COST CAN VARY GREATLY ON TREE TRIMS. UH, WHEN WE'RE WORKING EASY TO, EASY TO GET UNDER STREET TREES, IT CAN BE AS SIMPLE AS A HALF AN HOUR, 75 BUCKS TO TRIM A TREE. 
          WHEREAS YOU GET INTO MORE DIFFICULT TREES LIKE THIS GUY RIGHT HERE, THIS WAS A DEAD EUCALYPTUS THAT WE HAD TO TAKE OUT. 
          AND BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A NARROW, NARROW PATHWAY, THE GUYS ARE CAN GO SINGLE FILE AND IT, AND IT CAN BE UP TO $2,500 IS TO, TO TRIM OR REMOVE ONE TREE. 
          SO AFTER WE GET THE SERVICE REQUESTS, UH, RESIDENTS, THEY WANT TO KNOW, WHEN WILL MY TREES BE TRIMMED WITH ONLY ABOUT, UH, WITH ONLY BUDGETS, ONLY TO TRIM ABOUT 10% OF OUR TREES, WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE OUR TREES. 
          SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH TREES NEED IT THE MOST AND WHAT CAN WAIT. 
          SO WE PRIORITIZE OUR TREES ON, ON THE TREE CONDITION, ON HOW MUCH THE TREES ARE ENCROACHING THE PROPERTY LINES AND FIRE SAFETY. 
          WE DO NOT TRIM TREES FOR VIEW AND WE DO NOT TRIM FOR LEAF LITTER ISSUES. 
          WE ALSO DO NOT TOP TREES. 
          THIS IS A COMMON REQUEST WE GET. 
          CAN YOU PLEASE TOTEM POLE MY TREE? WE DON'T DO THAT. 
          TOP END TREES IS VERY, VERY BAD FOR THE TREE AND IT GOES AGAINST ISA STANDARDS. 
          UH, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU TOP TREES, YOU STARVE 'EM, THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO PHOTOSYNTHESIZE OR CREATE SUGARS. 
          AND THEN THEY, THEY WILL ULTIMATELY HAVE, UH, GO INTO A RAPID RESPONSE GROWTH MODE WHERE THEY PUT OUT THESE SHOOTS, RIGHT? AND YOU GET THESE BUSHES GROWN ON THE END OF STUBS. 
          AND AS THOSE BUSHES GROW INTO LIKE LARGER BRANCHES, THE BRANCHES GROW INTO LIMBS, THE LIMBS TO, UH, TO LEADERS. 
          THEY'RE ALL, THEY'RE ALL GROWING AT, UH, UM, STRUCTURALLY A POORLY STRUCTURED RATE. 
          RIGHT? AND, AND THESE ATTACHMENT POINTS ARE WEAK AND WE SEE FAILURES, UM, AS A RESULT. 
          SO YOU ALSO LEAVE THE TREE VULNERABLE, THE TREES ARE UGLY. 
          A LOT OF TIMES THE TREE WILL DIE AND THEN YOU HAVE A COSTLY REMOVAL ON YOUR HAND, WHICH IS MUCH MORE THAN A TRIM. 
          SO TO KIND OF GIVE YOU GUYS AN IDEA, UH, PRIORITY ONE TRIMS LOOK, LOOK A LITTLE BIT LIKE THIS, LIKE THIS IS A, A, A RED GUM BEHIND A RESIDENT AND IT'S ENCROACHING THEIR YARD BY A GOOD 15, 20 FEET. 
          THOSE ARE PRIORITY 
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TRIM THAT WE WOULD SCHEDULE FOR TRIM AND GET DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 
          SAME WITH THE REST OF THE PHOTOS HERE. 
          CONVERSELY, PRIORITY TWO TRIMS ARE TREES THAT GOT AWAIT. 
          SO THESE ARE TREES THAT WE DON'T DISAGREE, YOU KNOW, THE TREE IS FULL, IT WOULD BE NICE TO THIN IT OUT, BUT, UM, THEY'RE NOT ENCROACHING PROPERTIES TOO BADLY AND THERE'S NO OTHER SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS. 
          SO TREES LIKE THIS HAVE TO WAIT. 
          SO AS AN ALTERNATE OPTION FOR OUR RESIDENTS, WE ESTABLISHED THE RESI PAY PROGRAM IN AUGUST, 2023, AND THAT ALLOWS RESIDENTS TO PAY FOR CITY TREES TO BE TRIMMED. 
          UM, SOME RESTRICTIONS DO APPLY. 
          UM, THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN NO TRIMMING WITHIN THE LAST 12 MONTHS ON THAT TREE. 
          IT DOES HAVE TO BE IN THE CITY RIGHT AWAY. 
          AND THERE ARE SOME SEASONAL RESTRICTIONS THAT APPLY AS WELL. 
          UM, WE TRIM TREES TO ISA STANDARDS, SO AGAIN, NO TOPPING. 
          AND THE COST IS BASED ON COST RECOVERY. 
          QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THAT. 
          UHHUH , YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD ISSUES WITH PEOPLE UNAUTHORIZED CUTTING DOWN OF, OF TREES IN, IN THE CITY'S RIGHT OF WAY THAT ARE CITY OWNED. 
          MM-HMM . 
          IF SOMEONE DECIDES THAT THEY WANT TO PAY FOR TRIM TRIMMING OF CITY TREES, WHAT'S THEIR PROCESS? WHO SHOULD, OBVIOUSLY THEY NEED TO CONTACT THE CITY FIRST, BUT CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT WHAT THAT PROCESS WOULD BE BY THEY DON'T JUST GET A GARDENER OR TREE TRIMMER TO COME OUT AND START TRIMMING TREES SAYING, OH YEAH, WE'LL PAY FOR IT. 
          CORRECT. 
          SO, SO THEY'LL CALL PUBLIC WORKS AND, UM, REQUEST A WORK ORDER AND ONE OF OUR, UM, LANDSCAPE INSPECTORS WILL CHECK IT OUT AND MEET WITH OUR CONTRACTOR TO GET A PRICE FOR THEM. 
          AND, UM, IF THEY DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET IT SCHEDULED, BUT IT DOES HAVE TO BE TRIMMED BY OUR CONTRACTOR. 
          OKAY. 
          THE, YEAH, THERE'S THE KEY. 
          THEY'LL PAY FOR, THEY'LL REIMBURSE THE CITY FOR THE COST, BUT WE WILL HAVE TOTAL CONTROL OF WHAT GETS TRIMMED. 
          EXACTLY. 
          AND IT IS TRIM THAT'S ESSENTIAL THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT IN THE, IN THE PRESS. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. 
          OF COURSE. 
          OH, WAIT, EXCUSE ME. 
          RIGHT. 
          CAN I, CAN I HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION? OBVIOUSLY DOUG MCCORMICK'S HERE, AND I THINK DOUG, YOU'RE THE ONE, ONE OF THE FIRST THAT INITIATED THIS OR WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS. 
          SO THANK YOU STAFF FOR DOING THAT. 
          MY QUESTION IS, WHEN A TREE COMES OVER, SAY ONTO MY PROPERTY, DO I HAVE THE RIGHT TO TRIM THE TREE THAT'S WITHIN MY PROPERTY LINE? UH, YES. 
          THE WAY, THE WAY WE OPERATE IS, UM, AT, AT, AT THE PUBLIC WORKS IS, UM, YOUR PROPERTY LINE EXTENDS UP INTO THE SKY JUST AS WELL AS IT DOES INTO THE GROUND. 
          AND SO A, A TREE OR A ROOT ENCROACHING ONTO YOUR PROPERTY, YOU'RE WITHIN YOUR RIGHT TO CUT, BUT NOT NOT BEYOND YOUR PROPERTY. 
          WOULD YOU PREFER THAT WE MAKE CONTACT WITH THE CITY BEFORE WE DO IT OR, DEFINITELY YES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO UTILIZE NEARLY $2 MILLION OF NON-CITY MONEY, UM, TO HELP WITH OUR TREE TRIMMING EFFORTS. 
          WE HAD, UH, THREE STATE GRANTS RECENTLY THAT HELPED WITH OUR NATURE PARKS HOLLOW RUN, STRICKLING AND EUCALYPTUS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO UTILIZE THOSE GRANT FUNDS TO REMOVE, UM, DEAD OR DECLINING TREES, UH, TRIM THE GOOD TREES AND PLANT SOME NEW TREES. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO, UH, UTILIZED A MILLION DOLLARS OF ARPA FUNDING TO GRID TRIM ALL OF OUR PARK TREES SO THAT, THAT MILLION DOLLAR, UM, ARPA FUNDING WE GOT, WE STARTED IN 2022. 
          IT'S BEEN A THREE YEAR PROGRAM. 
          UM, AND IT'S, AND IT'S GOING GREAT. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO TRIM 14,000 PARK TREES OVER THOSE THREE YEARS. 
          AND, AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE RECENT WINDS WE'VE EXPERIENCED, UM, WE SAW VERY FEW FAILURES, UH, IN THESE AREAS. 
          A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS WITH THIS, WITH THIS, UM, FUNDING WAS THAT IT FREED UP MONEY THAT WE HAD OTHERWISE HAD TO SPEND IN THE PARKS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO, TO TAKE THAT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND TO DO, UM, TO, TO SPEND THE MONEY THERE, WHICH WAS A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO CATCH UP ON A LOT OF PRIORITY ONE BACKLOG TREES THAT HAD BEEN IN OUR INVENTORY FOR, FOR QUITE A WHILE. 
          SO, UM, THIS WAS A GREAT PROGRAM FOR US. 
          AND THEN MY FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR, NATIONAL HARBOR DAY, THIS IS WHERE WE GET TOGETHER AND PLANT A BUNCH OF TREES, 200 TO 250 PLUS TREES. 
          WE GET TOGETHER WITH ALL THE BEAUTIFUL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE HAVE SUCH A DIVERSE GROUP. 
          WE GET THE GIRL SCOUTS, WE GET BABS GUYS, WE GET YOUNG MARINES, WE GET THE VARIOUS DIGNITARIES. 
          AND, UH, I THINK THIS PAST YEAR WE HAD CONGRESSWOMAN NORMA TORRES COME OUT AND GIVE US A LETTER OF RECOGNITION AND, UM, AND YEAH, HOPE YOU JOIN US THIS YEAR AND WE ARE A PROUD TREE CITY, USA AS WELL. 
          UH, IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS 
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ANYONE HAVE YES, GO RIGHT AHEAD, CHRIS. 
          GREAT PRESENTATION, GUYS. 
          UM, FIRST OF ALL, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION FOR OUR, OUR, OUR VIEWERS AND AUDIENCE, CAN YOU LET US, REMIND US WHAT ISA STANDS FOR? SURE. 
          THAT'S THE, UH, INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF ARBOR CULTURE. 
          HE'S LIKE, COME ON CYNTHIA, YOU SHOULD'VE KNOWN THAT . 
          OKAY. 
          A BIT OF A TONGUE. 
          AND I KNOW YOU BROUGHT UP LEAF LITTER, BUT, UM, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT UP BECAUSE I HAVE GOTTEN, UM, FEEDBACK FROM RESIDENTS THAT GET FRUSTRATED THAT THEIR NEIGHBOR'S TREE PUTS ALL OF THEIR, BLOWS, ALL THEIR LEAVES INTO THEIR NICE CLEAN POOL. 
          BUT AS A CITY, OUR POLICY IS THAT WE DO NOT TRIM OR DO NOT GET INVOLVED IN ANYTHING THAT JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE'S TREE IS BLOWING LEAVES INTO THE OTHER PERSON'S YARD AND MAKING IT A MESS. 
          RIGHT. 
          UH, I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PRIVATE TREES OR CITY TREES IN THIS INSTANCE. 
          CITY TREES, CITY TREES. 
          I'M TRYING TO SAY NEIGHBOR, BUT LIKE YEAH. 
          UM, WE, YOU KNOW, WE SIMPLY DON'T HAVE THE BUDGETS TO TRIM FOR LEAF LITTER. 
          IT'S NOT THAT WE, WE DISAGREE OR WE WE WANT TO BE A BAD NEIGHBOR. 
          THAT'S NOT THE CASE AT ALL. 
          WE JUST HAVE PRIORITY ONE TRIMS THAT ARE MORE SO, I'M, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP THE WHOLE, THE LEAF LITTER THING BECAUSE IT IS A THING, AND I KNOW WE GET COMPLAINTS ABOUT IT, BUT WE DON'T TRIM FOR LEAF LITTER. 
          UM, WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT TOPPING THE TREE, HOW IT'S NOT NORMAL, IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE I THINK THAT FOR PEOPLE THAT GET THEIR PRIVATE TREES MAINTAINED BY THEIR LANDSCAPERS, THE PEOPLE BEHIND ME, THEY WERE NOTORIOUS. 
          IT LOOKED LIKE THE PICTURE THAT YOU SAID WAS BAD. 
          SO I THINK WE ALL THINK IT'S NORMAL BECAUSE THE LANDSCAPING COMPANIES TOP TREES ALL THE TIME, YOU'RE BITING YOUR TONGUE NOW, TOP TOPPING TREES IS, IS WIDESPREAD AND VERY COMMON. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT IT IS NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO TRIM TREES. 
          YEAH. 
          I WISH THERE WAS A WAY WE, WE COULD, YOU KNOW, EDUCATE ALL THE PEOPLE IN THAT FIELD, BUT ME TOO. 
          YEAH, I KNOW. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, GO AHEAD. 
          HAD A QUESTION. 
          UM, YOU, YOU JUST MADE A COMMENT EARLIER, BUT I DON'T WANNA PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. 
          SINCE WE DO HAVE 145,000 TREES IN OUR CITY AND OUR BUDGET IS ABOUT 900,000, WHERE SHOULD IT BE MR. CITY MANAGER? UH, EVERY YEAR WHEN WE DO OUR BUDGETING, UH, UM, PROCESS, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT LOOKS AT WAYS TO STRETCH, UH, THE AVAILABLE FUNDING. 
          THEY LOOK AT OPTIONS. 
          IF WE HAD, UH, MORE FUNDING, UM, WE, WE COULD SPEND A LOT MORE ON TREES. 
          UH, I THINK A LOT GOES TO, UH, TONY AND THE TEAM FOR MAKING USE OF, OF OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY WHERE WE CAN. 
          UH, BUT IT'S, IT'S, WE DO HAVE CONSTRAINTS. 
          IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT, UH, WE DON'T HAVE, UH, UH, ENOUGH MONEY TO DO SOME OF THE LOWER PRIORITY ITEMS. IF IT'S HEALTH AND SAFETY, WE MAKE IT A PRIORITY AND WE GET OUT THERE, WE USE, UH, CON UH, CONTRACTORS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO MAXIMIZE, UH, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE WORK THAT'S DONE OUT THERE. 
          BUT IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE'LL BE TALKING, UH, WITH THE COUNCIL ABOUT. 
          UH, ARE THERE WAYS FOR US TO, UH, HI, MAKE MORE OF A BUDGETARY PRIORITY TO PUT MORE MONEY TOWARD, UH, UH, TREES? UH, THE GOAL OF THIS PRESENTATION WAS I KNOW THE COUNCIL GETS A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT TREES BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S, UH, PRETTY OBVIOUS. 
          THEY'LL SAY THAT TREE BELONGS TO THE CITY, BUT I DON'T THINK, UH, I KNOW I DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL THIS TEAM EDUCATED ME. 
          A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH WORK IT GOES IN TO MAINTAINING 45,000 TREES. 
          WE LOVE THE, THE, UH, THE BEAUTY OF OUR, OF OUR CITY, BUT I WANTED AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF, OF A SPOTLIGHT AND KUDOS TO WHAT THE TEAM IS ACHIEVING. 
          WHAT THAT $900,000 BUDGET. 
          MR. CITY MANAGER, THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION. 
          UM, YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB AND I WANNA SAY THANK YOU, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A SHORTFALL. 
          UM, I THINK WE NEED TO COME UP WITH MORE MONEY, EVEN THOUGH YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB WITH THE BUDGET. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO AS A COUNCIL TO BASICALLY GENERATE MORE FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO DO A BETTER JOB. 
          BUT THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COULD YOU GIVE ME AN ESTIMATE OF, UH, HOW LONG THE CITY HAS BEEN DOING THIS, UH, MANAGEMENT OF TREES SINCE DAY ONE? SINCE FROM THE BEGINNING FIVE YEARS IN, WHEN, WHEN DID WE BEGIN IT? UH, I'D BE GUESSING I WOULD, YOU KNOW, 10 YEARS AGO, SINCE DAY ONE, I, I WOULD THINK IS DAY ONE ALMOST THE REASON I BRING THIS UP, THIS IS KIND OF A TIMELY, UH, SUBJECT. 
          AS WE KNOW WITH THESE DEVASTATING WILDFIRES, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CRITICISM OF, UH, LACK OF URBAN FORESTING OR FOREST MANAGEMENT. 
          AND I THINK THAT THIS IS JUST A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE FACT THAT WAY BEFORE IT STARTED GETTING IN THE PRESS, THAT THIS IS A REAL PROBLEM. 
          WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR, YOU KNOW, SINCE BASICALLY DAY ONE. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S A GREAT, UH, PROCESS. 
          AND WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, THE LEAF, UM, UH, , I CAN TELL YOU I HAVE A POOL AND I HAVE TWO BIG U EUCALYPTUS BEHIND ME IN THIS, IN THE GREEN BELT. 
          AND, UH, YEAH, 
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MY, MY POOL MAINTENANCE GUY HATES IT. 
          , THEY DO STAIN YOUR POOL, BUT AT ANY RATE, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, GREAT PRESENTATION THAT IS JUST A STRICTLY IN RECEIPT AND FILE. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE WORK YOU DO AND, UH, KEEP IT PROFESSIONAL LIKE THAT. 
          WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          PUBLIC 
          [ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT]
INFORMATION OFFICER. 
          A REPORT. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR BENNETT. 
          AND GOOD EVENING COUNCIL STAFF AND RESIDENTS. 
          JUST A FEW QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
          THE CITY UNDERSTANDS THAT MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 
          EDISON'S ONGOING PUBLIC SAFETY POWER SHUTOFFS, WHICH REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR AREAS OF CHINO HILLS THROUGH TOMORROW EVENING AT MIDNIGHT. 
          THE CITY WANTS TO THANK OUR COMMUNITY FOR ALL THEIR PATIENTS THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS AND REMIND EVERYONE TO STAY PREPARED UNTIL SCE ISSUES THE ALL CLEAR. 
          THROUGHOUT THIS EVENT, OUR CITY OFFICIALS AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE BEEN IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH SCE, ADVOCATING ON OUR RESIDENTS' BEHALF TO EXPEDITE ALL POWER RESTORATIONS AS QUICKLY AND AS SAFELY AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND FOR SCE TO PROVIDE TIMELY INFORMATION AND UPDATES TO RESIDENTS, SCE HAS ESTABLISHED A COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER AT THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH IS OPEN UNTIL 10:00 PM TONIGHT. 
          AND TOMORROW FROM 8:00 AM TO 10:00 PM RESIDENTS CAN FIND INFORMATION AND SUPPORT FROM SCE AS WELL AS CHARGING STATIONS FOR MOBILE DEVICES AND PORTABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT THROUGH OF THIS TIME. 
          AND JUST A REMINDER TO THE COMMUNITY THAT CITY FACILITIES AND THE LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED NEXT MONDAY, JANUARY 20TH. 
          AN OBSERVANCE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. 
          DAY AND TRASH SERVICE IS NOT AFFECTED. 
          AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PA REPORT TONIGHT. 
          THANK YOU NICOLE. 
          AND JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S INFORMATION, UH, DON'T THINK THAT THE COUNCIL IS EXEMPT FROM THIS. 
          UH, SEVERAL OF US HAVE HAD POWER SHUTDOWNS. 
          I KNOW I'VE HAD PROBABLY 35 HOURS TOTAL OF, OF SHUTDOWNS MOST, MOST RECENTLY THIS MORNING JUST FOR A REPAIR AND NOT THE PSPS, BUT, UH, UH, WE ALL SHARE IN YOUR PAIN AND YOUR FRUSTRATION. 
          BUT I THINK THAT WE ALL HAVE TO AGREE THAT THE INCONVENIENCE OF NOT HAVING POWER IS SURE MUCH BETTER THAN THE DEVASTATION THAT'S GONE ON THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD TOTAL LOSS OF EVERYTHING THEY OWN. 
          SO KEEP THEM IN YOUR PRAYERS, UH, AND TRY AND REMEMBER THAT WHEN YOU'RE COMPLAINING, WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE ANY LIGHTS ON. 
          OKAY, UH, PUB, UH, ANNOUNCEMENT. 
          ANY ACTION FROM CLOSED SESSION? MARK? NO REPORTABLE ACTION. 
          TAKING ANY CLOSED SESSION? SEEKING, SEEKING MAYOR. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU CHERYL. 
          WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THE, UH, 
          [10. PUBLIC COMMENTS:   At this time members of the public may address the City Council regarding any item appearing on the agenda, except that testimony on Public Hearing items must be provided during those hearings. Those persons wishing to address the City Council must 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 a maximum of three minutes per speaker. The time allotted per person may vary depending on the total number of speakers cards received. This comment period will generally be limited to 30 minutes per meeting, so not all members of the public may have the opportunity to speak at every City Council meeting.]
INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT 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 WHICH MUST BE PROVIDED DURING THOSE HEARINGS. 
          THOSE PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL MUST COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD AVAILABLE AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. 
          COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER. 
          THE TIME ALLOTTED PER PERSON MAY VARY DEPENDING ON THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SPEAKER CARDS RECEIVED. 
          THIS COMMENT PERIOD WILL GENERALLY BE LIMITED TO 30 MINUTES PER MEETING, SO NOT ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT EVERY CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 
          WE CURRENTLY HAVE THREE SPEAKER CARDS. 
          THE TOPIC PERTAINS TO THE TREE PRESENTATION AND HAZARDS. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE THEM AS AGENDIZED PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND CHERYL, UH, WE HAVE DEVELOPED SOME NEW POLICIES AND SOME NEW PROCEDURES WITH RESPECT TO ATTENDANCE AT PUBLIC MEETINGS AND EVERYTHING FROM SEATING TO SIGNS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          CAN YOU, UM, REFER PEOPLE TO THAT? BECAUSE I KNOW WE, IT'S A VERY LENGTHY PROCESS. 
          WOULD YOU PLEASE REFER THEM, UH, ON THE RECORD HERE AS TO WHERE THEY CAN FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT OUR POLICY IS NOW ON PUBLIC SPEAKING AND ATTENDANCE AT CITY UH, HALL MEETING? YES. 
          ON PAGE TWO OF OUR AGENDA, WE HAVE NOW INCLUDED A LOT OF INFORMATION. 
          THE INFORMATION I JUST READ REGARDING SPEAKER CARDS IS THERE, THERE IS A DEFINITION OF CITY BUSINESS AND THERE IS A PROHIBITION IN, UH, FOR SIGNS, BANNERS, AND FLAGS OR OTHER SYMBOLIC MATERIAL WITHIN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. 
          THEY ARE ALLOWED IF THEY ARE A CERTAIN SIZE TO BE IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM. 
          HOWEVER, THEY WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO BE BROUGHT INTO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WHEN SPEAKING. 
          AND ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IS ALSO ON PAGE TWO OF THE AGENDA. 
          WE ALSO HAVE THE LEVI LEVINE LEVINE ACT DISCLOSURE FOR ANYBODY WHO MAKES CONTRIBUTIONS, UM, IN EXCESS OF $500 ON A, UM, COUNCIL PROOF CONTRACT. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO PROVIDED SOME TIPS ON HOW TO SPEAK AT THE PODIUM TO HELP WITH EVERYBODY WHO MIGHT HAVE, YOU KNOW, LITTLE NERVES WHEN THEY'RE SPEAKING SO FORTH. 
          SO ALL OF THAT IS CONTAINED ON PAGE TWO OF OUR AGENDA. 
          WE ALSO HAVE SOME OF THE TIPS ON THE BACKSIDE OF OUR SPEAKER CARDS. 
          SO WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR YOU AS WELL WHEN YOU'RE FILLING OUT THE SPEAKER CARD TO SEE THE LITTLE TIPS ON THE BACK. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO GO ON RECORD AND PUBLICLY ANNOUNCE WHEN PEOPLE COME UP AND SAY, WELL, WHAT'S, WHAT'S YOUR POLICY ON WHO, WHO CAN SPEAK? WHAT COULD THEY SPEAK ON? HOW LONG CAN THEY SPEAK? THIS VERY 
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CONCISELY OUTLINES WHAT OUR POLICY IS ON IT. 
          SO ANYONE THAT IS OUT THERE IN THE, IN THE, UH, PUBLIC THAT IS PLANNING ON COMING TO A MEETING, UH, PLEASE READ THOSE RULES, UH, BECAUSE THEY WILL BE ADHERED TO. 
          AND, UH, WE EVEN EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF YOU DON'T. 
          SO, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          IN ADDITION, UM, JUST SO YOU, EVERYBODY IS CLEAR, IF YOU ARE SPEAKING ON THE NON AGENDIZED ITEMS, WHICH IS THE SECTION AT THE END OF THE MEETING, THE TIME PERIOD FOR THOSE IS ONE MINUTE PER SPEAKER AS OPPOSED TO THE THREE MINUTES. 
          UM, HERE ON THE AGENDA ITEMS. GREAT CLARIFICATION. 
          ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? RIGHT, WE HAVE THREE. 
          WE HAVE DOUG MCCORMICK AS OUR FIRST SPEAKER. 
          ALRIGHT, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. 
          UH, AFTER THE LATEST WIND EVENT, MY WIFE AND I SPENT THE BETTER PART OF TWO DAYS CLEANING UP THE TREE BRANCHES, PARK LEAVES AT DEBRIS THAT ENDED UP IN OUR BACKYARD. 
          THE DEBRIS EQUALED FOUR PACK GREEN WASTE BINS AS COUNCILMAN MARQUEZ CAN ATTEST TO. 
          OUR YARD'S NOT THAT BIG. 
          THIS HAPPENS EVERY THREE OR FOUR TIMES A YEAR, NOT BECAUSE OF THE LANDSCAPING IN OUR YARD OR OUR NEIGHBOR YARD. 
          IT COMES FROM THE CITY MAINTAINED SLOPE. 
          REWIND EARLY NOVEMBER WHEN THE MOUNTAIN FIRE IN CAMARILLO DESTROYED HUNDREDS OF HOMES. 
          IT'S BEEN WIDELY RECOGNIZED THAT BESIDES THE WINDS, THE MAIN CONTRIBUTOR TO THE UNCHECKED SPREAD OF THE FIRE IN THE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES WAS A RESULT OF CITY AND PRIVATELY MAINTAINED GRADED SLOPES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT INCLUDED OVERGROWN EUCALYPTUS TREES AND OTHER HIGHLY FLAMMABLE VEGETATION OF DEBRIS THAT WAS NOT MAINTAINED. 
          MY COMPANY CONSULTED ON SEVERAL MASTERPLAN COMMUNITIES IN CAMARILLO, AS WE ALSO DID IN CHINO HILLS. 
          I HAD HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT MOST OF THE HOMES THAT WERE DESTROYED IN THAT, IN THAT COMMUNITY WERE, WERE DESIGNED TO BUILD JUST LIKE THE, JUST LIKE THE HOMES HERE, WHILE THAT FIRE WAS ONGOING. 
          UH, AND THE FIRES WE SEE ON TV ALSO IN, UH, THE PALISADES. 
          MY WIFE AND I ARE LOOKING AT EACH OTHER AND SAYING ONE SPARK OF THE ENGLISH ROAD COMMUNITY AND THAT COULD BE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          SEVERAL MONTHS AGO I ATTENDED THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS WORKSHOP. 
          IN THESE CHAMBERS I HEARD EVERYBODY TALK ABOUT PROTOCOLS, MANUALS, COMPUTER MODELING, ET CETERA, REGARDING DEALING WITH WILDFIRES IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          A COUPLE OF US BROUGHT UP THE SLOPE MAINTENANCE ISSUE AND I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOME GOOD INPUT. 
          HAS ANYTHING BEEN DONE ABOUT IT? IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE THE CASE, ALTHOUGH I BET THE CITY MANUAL LOOKS REALLY GOOD. 
          LAST YEAR YOU PASSED AN ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS HOMEOWNERS TO HAVE THEIR SLOPES CLEANED ON THEIR OWN, WHICH WAS, I THOUGHT WAS A GOOD THING. 
          HOWEVER, IN COMPARING THE FEE SCHEDULE WITH PRIVATE CONTRACTORS, I DISCOVERED IT WAS GONNA COST MORE THAN DOUBLE TO HAVE THE CITY DO IT. 
          AND THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE INSPECTIONS AND PERMITS. 
          OVER THE YEARS, I'VE HEARD ISSUES ABOUT FUNDING OR LACK OF FOR THE SLOPE MAINTENANCE AND ITS IMPACT ON LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING DISTRICTS IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          I ALSO SEE CODE ENFORCEMENT SIGNS EACH YEAR ABOUT WEED ABATEMENT AND PRIVATE PROPERTY ALL AROUND THE CITY. 
          I'VE NEVER UNDERSTOOD HOW THESE DISTRICTS WERE ESTABLISHED OR MAINTAINED. 
          I ALSO THINK MOST WOULD AGREE THE ENFORCEMENT OF CODE ISSUES RELATED TO FIRE PROTECTION AND THE CITY APPEARS TO BE RANDOM AND HAPHAZARD. 
          I THINK IT'S TIME FOR THE CITY TO NOT KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD ANY LONGER AND REVAMP THE SYSTEM BEFORE ONE OR MORE OF OUR COMMUNITIES END UP IN RUINS LIKE WE'VE SEEN IN RECENT DAYS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. 
          OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN NIK NIK. 
          AH, WELL GOOD, GOOD EVENING. 
          I HAVE NOTHING, UH, FORMAL TO PRESENT. 
          UH, MY WIFE AND I, UH, CHARLOTTE, UH, UH, LIVE ON THE, UH, CA CARBON CANYON COMMUNITY OF, UH, SUMMIT RANCH. 
          UH, WE'VE BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT 34 YEARS AND SEEING A FEW FIRES, UH, GET EXCITED A LITTLE BIT WHEN, UH, WE SEE LARGE FIRES COMING UP AND, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE WIND BLOWING DOWN THE, UH, CANYON. 
          I'M SURE MANY OF YOU DO. 
          UH, AND, UH, WE GO DOWN CARBON CANYON TO GO INTO BREYER A NUMBER OF TIMES DURING THE WEEK. 
          UH, NOT AS OFTEN AS SOME THAT, UH, GO EVERY MORNING. 
          THANK GOD WE DON'T DO THAT. 
          UH, BUT, UH, UH, WE NOTICED THAT THERE'S A, A LARGE AMOUNT OF BRUSH ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, UH, BUSHES AND SOME TREES THAT WERE BASICALLY, UH, SEEMED DEAD. 
          AND WE JUST WONDERING IF INDEED 
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THERE'S SOME WAY THAT UH, UH, CITY, CITY YARD OR SOMEBODY COULD UH, UH, TAKE CARE OF THOSE. 
          I KNOW SOME OF THAT IS PRIVATE PROPERTY AND, UH, ESPECIALLY THE STRETCH BETWEEN, UH, SLEEPY HOLLOW AND UH, AND THE SCUR. 
          UH, SO, UH, I JUST THOUGHT I'D POINT THAT OUT AND UH, WE ARE KIND OF SENSITIVE TO THAT. 
          I'M SURE EVERYBODY IS, UH, WITH DRY, UH, LEAVES DURING THE FIRE SEASON. 
          SO THAT'S ALL I HAD TO SAY. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. 
          OKAY, ANSEL Z UM, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. 
          I HAVE THE SAME. 
          UH, THIS IS IN . 
          I LIVE ON BERRY HILL DRIVE, WHICH IS, UM, EAST OF CHINO HILLS PARKWAY AND NORTH OF GRANT AVENUE, RIGHT IN THE CORNER. 
          UM, SO BEHIND MY BACKYARD THERE'S A GREEN BELT VEGETATION, IT'S MAINTAINED BY THE CITY. 
          I'VE LIVED, UH, AT THE ADDRESS FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS NOW. 
          UM, BASED ON MY KNOWLEDGE, I THINK THE GREEN BELT HAS BEEN MINIMALLY MAINTAINED. 
          UM, MORE VERY RECENTLY. 
          THAT WAS PROBABLY THE SECOND TIME I'VE SEEN THAT THERE WAS A CREW, UM, WHO, THAT WERE CUTTING SOME OF THE BRANCHES, OVERHANGING BRANCHES, UM, WHICH I COMPLAINED YEARS AGO. 
          IT DIDN'T HAPPEN ONLY UNTIL RECENTLY. 
          WHAT HAPPENED AFTER, HOWEVER, THE CLUE, THE CREW ACTUALLY LEFT A LOT OF THE DEAD BRANCHES LAYING AROUND. 
          I HAVE PICTURES ON MY CELL PHONE AND SO THAT'S REALLY CONCERNING. 
          AND THOSE BRANCHES ARE BROWNING AND THEY CAN EASILY CATCH FIRE. 
          UM, THERE ARE MANY TALL TREES, UH, IN THAT GREEN BELT AND THOSE TREES HAVE NEVER BEEN TRIMMED AS FAR AS I'M AWARE OF ANY OF THEM FALL DOWN. 
          THEY'RE GONNA BE HITTING ANY OF OUR BACKYARDS. 
          UM, AND THOSE TREES, UM, I LOOK UP ONLINE, THEY'RE ALL HIGHLY IN INFLAMMABLE. 
          SO THAT'S THE SECOND CONCERN. 
          THE THIRD ONE OF THE GREEN BELT IS THERE'S A THICK LAYER OF MULCH AND THOSE MULCH, THEY'RE DRY AND THEY'RE EASILY IN FLAMMABLE. 
          AND SO IF ANY OF THE EMBER SPARKLES, YOU KNOW, GOES OFF, THE WHOLE THING IS GONNA BURN UP AND NONE OF THE HOUSES NEAR IT WILL BE SAFE. 
          AND SO, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF GENTLEMEN WHO RAISED SIMILAR CONCERNS. 
          I THINK THIS HAS TO BE NUMBER ONE CONCERN THAT THE GREEN BELT NEAR HOMES, THEY HAVE TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. 
          UM, SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU PAYING ATTENTION. 
          THIS IS, IN MY OPINION, HAS TO BE THE TOP PRIORITY OF THE CITY. 
          THANK YOU SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. 
          THAT IS THE FINAL SPEAKER. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, DO WE 
          [ CONFLICT OF INTEREST / LEVINE ACT ANNOUNCEMENTS:    Council Member abstentions or disclosures shall be stated at this time for recordation on the appropriate item.]
HAVE ANY, UH, CONFLICT OF INTEREST LEVINE ACT ANNOUNCEMENTS BY ANY OF THE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS? MM-HMM. 
          ALRIGHT, MOVING ON. 
          WE WILL MOVE TO CITY CALENDAR BUSINESS, THE CONSENT 
          [ CONSENT CALENDAR (9 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.]
CALENDAR, WHICH IS NINE ITEMS, ITEMS, UH, 11, EXCUSE ME, THROUGH 19 8 19. 
          UH, ANYONE LIKE TO POLL? PETER RAY? NO. 
          CYNTHIA? NO. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          A MOTION TO APPROVE, LIKE TO, DID YOU, UM, UM, I THINK RAY'S MAKING A MOTION. 
          I'LL SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          MOTION BY MARQUEZ? NO, IT'S ACTUALLY BY BRIAN. 
          AND I'M GONNA SECOND. 
          THERE YOU GO. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          , PLEASE LOCK IN YOUR VOTE. 
          THANKS BRIAN. 
          MOTION PASSES. 
          FIVE ZERO. 
          OKAY. 
          NEXT ITEM 
          [20.  Assign Council Member as Alternate to Tres Hermanos Conservation Authority Board]
IS, UH, DIS UNDER THE DISCUSSION CALENDAR. 
          ITEM 20, ASSIGNED COUNCIL MEMBER AS AN ALTERNATE TO THE TRACER MANOS CONSERVATION AUTHORITY BOARD. 
          AND, UH, I WILL PRESENT, UH, THIS ITEM IS TO APPOINT TWO MEMBER, OR I'M SORRY, WRONG ONE. 
          THIS ITEM IS TO, UH, SIGN A COUNCIL MEMBER AS ALTERNATE TO THE TRUST RAM'S CONSERVATION AUTHORITY BOARD. 
          THE SELECTION OF AN ALTERNATE WAS INADVERTENTLY MISSED AT THE DECEMBER 10TH MEETING. 
          SO WE ARE TAKING THAT ACTION TONIGHT. 
          SO IF WE COULD JUST HAVE A NOMINATION OF A ALTERNATE AND A VOTE FOR OKAY. 
          AS I RECALL, I THINK THAT, UH, WE NAMED RAY AS A SECONDARY IS THAT I'M A PRIMARY. 
          HE'S PRIMARY. 
          PRIMARY TOO. 
          WE NEED AN ALTERNATE. 
          SO WE NEED ONE ALTERNATE. 
          WHO WOULD LIKE TO THAT? WHAT DO YOU WANT'S? GO BACK. 
          YOU WANNA DO AN ALTERNATE? OKAY. 
          OFF A NOMINATION TO NO MOTION COUNCIL IF YOU'RE GOOD WITH IT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN MOTION PASSES. 
          FIVE ZERO. 
          OKAY. 
          ITEM 
          [21.  Appoint two members each to Parks and Recreation, Planning, and Public Works Commissions with terms expiring November 30, 2028]
NUMBER 21. 
          UH, AND THIS IS INITIATED BY THE COUNCIL. 
          UH, WE NEED TO APPOINT 
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TWO MEMBERS TO EACH PARKS IN RECREATION PLANNING PUBLIC WORKS, UH, WITH TERMS EXPIRING NOVEMBER 30TH. 
          THIS IS OCCASIONED BY THE FACT THAT, UH, CYNTHIA AND I WERE REELECTED TO FOUR YEAR TERMS. UH, WE EACH HAVE THREE, UH, COMMISSIONERS. 
          SO WE, UH, HAD THE OPTION OF LOOKING AT ALL OF THE APPLICANTS AND ALSO DISCUSSING THIS WITH OUR EXISTING COMMISSIONERS TO DETERMINE IF THEY WANTED TO CONTINUE. 
          WE HAD THE CHOICE OF LOOKING AT NEW APPLICANTS, THE EXISTING LAB APPLICANTS, AND WE HAD, UH, WE BOTH MADE CHOICES WITH RESPECT TO WHO WE, UH, PROPOSE TO APPOINT FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS CONSECUTIVE WITH OUR TERMS. DO YOU NEED TO READ THAT IN CHERYL? I DO NOT. 
          YOU, UH, THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS THAT YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW APPLICATIONS THAT WERE RECEIVED DURING THE OPEN RECRUITMENT THAT CONCLUDED ON DECEMBER, OR WAS DECEMBER 11TH THROUGH THE 19TH. 
          OKAY. 
          WAIT, DID THAT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ INTO THE RECORD THE, UH, COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE BEING APPOINTED ON THIS? I NEED TO HAVE THE NOMINATIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M THE VOTE OF THE COUNCIL TO NOMINATION APPOINT THEM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ART. 
          WELL, FIRST I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE THAT SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION THAT WANTS TO GET MORE INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND CHERYL, CAN YOU REMIND ME HOW LONG WE KEEP, UH, APPLICATIONS ON FILE IF SOMEONE WAS NOT SELECTED? THE APPLICATIONS ARE KEPT ON FILE FOR A YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          AND EACH TIME AN OPENING COMES UP, WE DO LOOK AT THE APPLICATIONS WE HAVE ON FILE AND WE NOTIFY THEM OF THE UM, OKAY. 
          OF THE OPENING. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          SO I WANNA THANK EVERYONE THAT WANTS TO GET MORE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT FOR, UM, CONSIDERATION BY MY COLLEAGUES THIS EVENING. 
          UM, I WOULD LIKE TO REAPPOINT TO THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION. 
          MIKE KLITSCHKO REAPPOINT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          PETER PERO AND REAPPOINT TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION. 
          UH, ROBERT GLA. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE MY THREE EXISTING COMMISSIONERS AND I'M HAVING AN ABSOLUTE BRAIN FADE HERE. 
          I CAN HELP YOU. 
          NATALIE AVILA? YES. 
          JEN. 
          JENNIFER HOL. 
          JENNIFER HOL CAMP. 
          HOL CAMP. 
          AND YOU HAVE, UM, SHARON VO. 
          SHARON VOY. 
          I'M SO SORRY. 
          I'LL MINE SOMEPLACE ELSE. 
          I'LL SECOND THE NOMINATIONS BY EACH OF YOU. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          I APPRECIATE WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING. 
          CAN YOU REPEAT 'EM PLEASE? YES. 
          . 
          AND, AND CAN YOU REPLACE ME TOO IN MY MIND AT LEAST? ALRIGHT, LET'S UH, TAKE A VOTE ON THAT. 
          WE'LL SECOND THAT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          MOTION PASSES. 
          FIVE ZERO. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GET, UH, UH, YOUR POWER GOING OFF AND TURNING OFF YOUR CCP A P MACHINE EARLY IN THE MORNING. 
          I THINK THE BRAIN WENT WITH IT. 
          . 
          OKAY, NEXT ITEM. 
          THIS IS THE, IS GOING TO BE 
          [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 a maximum of one minute per speaker.  The time allotted per person may vary depending on the total number of speaker cards received.  This comment period will generally be limited to 30 minutes per meeting, so not all members of the public may have the opportunity to speak at every Council meeting.]
PUBLIC COMMENTS AGAIN. 
          WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN THAT ONE? AND THIS IS FOR THE NON AGENDIZED ITEM. 
          I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND READ IT EVEN THOUGH I EXPLAINED IT EARLIER IN CASE SOMEBODY CAME IN LATER THIS TIME, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEMS WITH, IN THE SUBJECT, ANY ITEMS NOT WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER. 
          OH, I'M SORRY. 
          WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE COUNCIL. 
          THAT DOES NOT APPEAR ON THE AGENDA. 
          BOY. 
          OKAY. 
          PLEASE COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK A REQUEST A SPEAK CARD COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF ONE MINUTE PER SPEAKER. 
          TIME ALLOTTED PER SPEAKER MAY VARY ON THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SPEAKER CARDS RECEIVED, AND THIS COMMENT PERIOD WILL BE GENERALLY LIMITED TO 30 MINUTES PER MEETING. 
          SO NOT ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK FOR TONIGHT. 
          WE HAVE THREE SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS ITEM. 
          ALRIGHT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THE FIRST NUMBER? SUZETTE NANG. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR BENNETT, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER, CITY STAFF AND RESIDENTS OF CHINO HILLS. 
          MY NAME IS SUZETTE DANG, WITH YOUR FOURTH DISTRICT COUNTY SUPERVISOR, KURT HAGMAN'S OFFICE. 
          I DO HAVE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT. 
          SUPERVISOR. 
          HAGMAN IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FROM FOURTH DISTRICT RESIDENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PUBLIC SERVICE TO SERVE ON THE FOLLOWING BOARDS, COMMITTEES, OR COMMISSIONS, AIRPORTS, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CAMPAIGN ACCOUNTABILITY, AND VETERANS ADVISORY. 
          APPLICANTS MUST BE RESIDENTS OF FOURTH DISTRICT, WHICH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF CHINO, CHINO HILLS, MONTCLAIR, ONTARIO, UPLAND SOUTH OF 14TH STREET, AND SURROUNDING UNINCORPORATED AREAS FOR ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS OR TO APPLY. 
          I DO HAVE, UM, FLYERS WITH QR CODES, OR YOU CAN CALL 9 0 9 4 6 5 5 2 7 3, OR 9 0 9 3 8 7 3 9 6 1. 
          UM, THERE ARE SEVERAL WEATHER WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THAT COULD IMPACT OUR COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING HIGH WINDS, RED FLAG WARNINGS, AND FROST ADVISORY. 
          PLEASE STAY SAFE AND TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUR FAMILY, PETS, AND PROPERTY AGAINST THESE WEATHER 
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CONDITIONS. 
          FOR MORE INFORMATION AND INFORMATION AND TIPS, PLEASE VISIT OUR RESOURCEPAGE@OSBCOUNTY.GOV. 
          THANK YOU AND HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          JUAN ORTIZ . 
          UH, GOOD EVENING. 
          UH, UH, MAYOR BENNETT AND, UH, CHINO HILL CITY COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME'S JUAN ORTIZ. 
          I'M A NEWER RESIDENT TO CHINO HILLS WITHIN THE LAST THREE YEARS. 
          UH, AND I JUST WANTED TO COME UP AND, UM, SAY RECOUNT A A SHORT, UM, INTERACTION THAT I HAD WITH MEMBERS, UH, IN THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND SAY THANK YOU, UM, FOR THE SUPPORT THAT I GOT ON, GOT IN A PROJECT EARLY THIS YEAR. 
          I HAD A NIGHTMARE PROJECT IN MY BACKYARD THAT WITH A CONTRACTOR THAT JUST WAS NOT GOING WELL. 
          AND JUST ONE OF THOSE NIGHTMARE SCENARIOS YOU HEAR, I REACHED OUT TO MS. MORAN AT THAT TIME WHO WAS SERVING AS MAYOR. 
          UM, AND SHE IMMEDIATELY KIND OF RESPONDED. 
          IT WAS KIND OF A LAST DITCH KIND OF EFFORT. 
          MAYBE I'LL REACH OUT TO THE CITY AND THEY'LL HELP. 
          UM, AND SHE RESPONDED TO ME WITHIN TWO HOURS. 
          UH, THAT DAY SHE GOT ME IN TOUCH WITH MR. NICK LAGO, WHO AGAIN, KIND OF FAST FORWARD MY MY PERMIT AND KIND OF HELPED ME OUT A GREAT DEAL. 
          UH, ONCE I GOT INTO IT. 
          UH, CHRISTOPHER ZAVALA, ALEX ROCHA, AND MR. BRADLEY FLEEMAN. 
          THEY DIDN'T ALWAYS GIVE ME THE BEST NEWS ABOUT MY PROJECT, BUT THEY WERE EMPATHETIC, RESPECTFUL, AND GUIDED ME THROUGH WHAT WAS BECOMING A NIGHTMARE, NIGHTMARE THAT WAS GONNA COST MY FAMILY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND KIND OF GUIDED ME ALONG THE RIGHT PATH. 
          UH, MY PROJECT'S FINISHED. 
          MY FAMILY HAS ENJOYED, UH, THE BACKYARD'S A SPACE IN MY, IN MY HOME. 
          AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I KNOW SOMETIMES YOU ALWAYS DON'T GET GOOD NEWS, RIGHT? BUT I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU. 
          UH, IT'S REALLY MADE ME FEEL LIKE, UH, WE MADE THE RIGHT DECISION IN MOVING TO CHINO HILLS FROM WHITTIER, AND WE'VE, UH, JUST VERY HAPPY. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WELCOME TO CHINO HILLS, SARAH RAMOS, INGER. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR BENNETT, VICE MAYOR, JOE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I JUST WANTED TO COME UP, UM, THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS TODAY ABOUT CANYON AND CONCERNS IN THAT. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO REMIND THE COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE A FIRE SAFE COUNCIL THAT MEETS THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH. 
          HOWEVER, DUE TO POWER OUTAGES, UM, ET CETERA, HOLIDAYS, WE POSTPONE THAT MEETING AND IT'S ACTUALLY TOMORROW. 
          SO I WANTED TO PERSONALLY INVITE YOU FOLKS. 
          IT IS A ZOOM MEETING SO IT'S EASY FOR YOU TO ATTEND. 
          AND IF, UM, ANY RESIDENT WANTS INFORMATION, I'M GOING TO LET THE FIRE DISTRICT HANDLE THAT. 
          IF YOU CAN CALL 9 0 9 9 0 2 5 2 8 0 6 0 6 0. 
          OKAY. 
          SO AGAIN, 9 0 9 9 0 2 5 2 6 0. 
          AND AGAIN, THAT'S THE CARBON CANYON FIRE SAFE COUNSEL. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU, SARAH. 
          THANK YOU, SARAH. 
          THAT IS OUR FINAL SPEAKER. 
          OKAY. 
          SAFETY 
          [ SAFETY UPDATES - Fire and Police]
UPDATES, CHIEF WILLIAMS. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          I KNOW THAT THE FIRES AREN'T RIGHT HERE IN OUR BACKYARD, UH, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO JUST GIVE AN UPDATE FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO, UH, REGULARLY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE THINGS CURRENTLY STAND. 
          SO, REALLY QUICK, UH, THE PALISADE FIRE, UH, AS OF TODAY, BUT WHEN I LEFT THE OFFICE TO COME OVER HERE WAS ABOUT 23, JUST OVER 23,000 ACRES, 70, 17% CONTAINED AND IS CONSIDERED AN ACTIVE, UH, FIRE. 
          STILL AT THIS TIME. 
          THE EATON FIRE, UH, WHICH MOST ARE PROBABLY MORE FAMILIAR WITH, A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO HOME, 14,000 ACRES, 35% CONTAINED, UH, 35% CONTAINMENT, AND AGAIN, STILL ACTIVE. 
          THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT DOES HAVE PERSONNEL AT BOTH OF THOSE FIRES. 
          UH, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 10 PERSONNEL OUT, UH, FOR US THAT EQUATES TO TWO ENGINE COMPANIES WITH FOUR PEOPLE ON EACH COMPANY. 
          AND WE ALSO HAVE A TEAM CALLED A REMS TEAM. 
          IT'S AN URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM. 
          ASK YOU TO JUST CONTINUE TO KEEP THOSE FOLKS IN YOUR THOUGHT. 
          THEY HAVE, UH, THE VERY CHALLENGING TASK OF TRYING TO IDENTIFY AND SEARCH FOR MAYBE MISSING PERSONS OR DEAD BODIES. 
          SO AT ANY RATE, WE DO HAVE FOLKS OUT THERE, UH, TO ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          UH, ANYTIME THAT WE SEND INDIVIDUALS OUT ON THESE LARGE SCALE INCIDENTS, WE DO RECALL ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL TO FILL OUR LOCAL STATIONS. 
          SO WHEN WE SEND PEOPLE OUT, WE'RE NOT DOWN HERE. 
          WE ACTUALLY RECALL PEOPLE. 
          AND, AND, AND A MATTER OF FACT, IN CASES OF WIND EVENTS, WE ACTUALLY WILL, UH, NOT ONLY RECALL PEOPLE TO FILL POSITIONS OR VACATED BY PROVIDING ASSISTANCE, BUT WE'LL, USUALLY UPS STAFF, UH, ADDITIONAL, UM, EITHER WATER TENDERS OR WHATEVER, WHATEVER THE, UM, UH, THE NATIONAL, UM, 
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DISASTERS COULD. 
          IF IT'S A RAIN, THEN WE'LL, WE'LL UPST STAFF, UH, SWIFT WATER RESCUE AS OPPOSED TO A A, AN ENGINE THAT'S REALLY EQUIPPED FOR WILDLAND FIREFIGHTING. 
          SO WE DO, DO THOSE, TAKE THOSE MEASURES. 
          AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, CHIEF, SINCE THE SUBJECT OF BRUSH CLEARANCE, UH, CAME UP EARLIER TONIGHT, WOULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THE FIRE DISTRICT'S, UH, EFFORTS ARE IN THAT AND, AND WHAT THE PROCESS IS? UH, WE HAVE A VERY, VERY ROBUST, UH, BRUSH CLEARANCE PROGRAM. 
          UM, A LOT OF THE DETAILED INFORMATION YOU CAN GET ON OUR WEBSITE, BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT IS, IS, UH, TWICE A YEAR WE DO DO AN ACTIVE, UH, NOTICE FOR ABATEMENT. 
          AND SO WHAT IT IS, IS OUR INSPECTORS WILL GO OUT THE, WE IDENTIFY THE AREAS, THEN WE MAKE A NOTICE, UH, TO ABATE. 
          AND THEN, UH, FOLLOWING THAT, IF, IF, UH, THE ABATEMENT IS NOT, UM, TAKEN ON BY THE PARCEL, WHOEVER THE ID, THE, THE PARCEL OWNER'S IDD TO, THEN WE WILL HAVE TO GO AHEAD AND ABATE IT AND THEN, UH, EITHER LIEN PROPERTY OR WORK THROUGH SOME SORT OF A PAYMENT PROCESS. 
          BUT WE DO THAT TWICE A YEAR. 
          WHERE, WHERE IT CAN BECOME PROBLEMATIC IS WE CAN'T ALWAYS FORECAST THE KIND OF WEATHER WE'RE GONNA GET. 
          SO WE COULD TECHNICALLY GO OUT OR HAVE AN AREA BATED, UM, AND THEN WE GET SIGNIFICANT REIGNS. 
          AND THEN AGAIN, THEN THOSE, THAT GROWTH IS GONNA HAPPEN VERY, VERY RAPIDLY, UH, AND EXCEED OUR ABILITY TO GET BACK OUT THERE RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE WE, WE DO HAVE A PLAN AND A, A PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH, UH, BECAUSE OF THE VAST OPEN SPACES, UH, TO IDENTIFY THOSE, GO THROUGH A BAIT THOSE, AND THEN COME BACK AROUND AT THE NEXT ABATEMENT PERIOD AND, AND DO THAT. 
          BUT WE DO HAVE OUR, OUR, UM, UH, FIRE DISTRICT MEETINGS THE SECOND WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH. 
          COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE WELCOME TO COME, UM, AND, AND HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE FIRE DISTRICT, UH, UPDATES. 
          AND, UH, AGAIN, WE'RE ALWAYS GONNA BE ACCESSIBLE TO, UH, ANY COMMUNITY MEMBER THAT HAS CONCERNS. 
          YOU FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT DIRECTLY. 
          OUR NO, OUR NUMBERS ARE POSTED AGAIN. 
          IT WAS MENTIONED TONIGHT, 9 0 9 9 0 2 5 2 6 0. 
          IT'S OUR GENERAL LINE. 
          AND THEN AGAIN, IT'LL WALK YOU THROUGH, UM, GETTING YOU TO SPEAK TO SOMEBODY ON THE PHONE BASED OFF OF WHAT YOUR NEEDS ARE. 
          AND, AND THE WHOLE OBJECTIVE IS TO, UH, TO OBTAIN A DEFENSIBLE SPACE AROUND PROPERTIES WHEN THEY'RE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE UP AGAINST OPEN SPACE, CORRECT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          WHEN IT COMES TO BRUSH CLEARANCE. 
          YEAH, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY THE KEY IS THE KEY IS TO REALLY REDUCE, REDUCE ANY KIND OF VEGETATION OR FUEL, ESSENTIALLY, UH, THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR FIRES, UH, TO GROW RAPIDLY. 
          UH, IT LIMITATE LIMIT, UM, UM, LADDER FUELS THAT COULD GET INTO TREES. 
          THERE'S, THERE'S MANY, MANY REASONS TO DO IT. 
          YEAH, ESSENTIALLY, YES, IT'S ALL RELATED AROUND FIRE SAFETY. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          CHIEF GERARD POLICE. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF AND RESIDENTS AND ATTENDANCE. 
          DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, THE CHINO HILLS MULTIPLE ENFORCEMENT TEAM WORKED COLLABORATIVELY WITH INVESTIGATORS FROM THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT'S GANG AND NARCOTICS DIVISION TO CONDUCT A RETAIL THEFT OPERATION IN CHINO HILLS AS PART OF OPERATION SMASH AND GRAB OPERATION SMASH. 
          AND GRAB AIM IS TO PREVENT RETAIL THEFTS DURING THE HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON AND DISRUPT ORGANIZED REHA RETAIL THEFT CREWS. 
          IT WAS FUNDED THROUGH CRIME SUPPRESSION FUNDING FROM THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. 
          A TOTAL OF 18 DEPUTIES PARTICIPATED IN THE THREE DAY OPERATION PRIOR TO THE OPERATION. 
          LOCAL BUSINESSES WERE CONTACTED AND A TOTAL OF 10 CHINO HILLS BUSINESSES PARTICIPATED IN THE OPERATION. 
          THE THREE DAY OPERATION LED TO 17 ARRESTS IN OUR CITY. 
          NOTABLE ARREST INCLUDED AE AT LARGE WHO WAS ARRESTED AT A BUSINESS IN THE 4,200 BLOCK OF CHINO HILLS PARKWAY, THE ARREST OF A THEFT SUSPECT WHO WAS OBSERVED COMMITTING THE CRIME BY UNDERCOVER DEPUTIES AT A RETAIL BUSINESS ON PAYTON DRIVE, THE DRIVER OF A VEHICLE LEAVING A SHOPPING CENTER WHO WAS CONTACTED DURING A TRAFFIC STOP AND FOUND TO BE A CONVICTED FELON IN POSSESSION OF AN UNS SERIALIZED GHOST GUN AND NARCOTICS, THE ARREST OF TWO SUSPECTS WHO WERE CONTACTED UPON LEAVING A BUSINESS ON PEYTON DRIVE. 
          THEY HAD PURCHASED MULTIPLE ITEMS WITH CREDIT CARDS STOLEN DURING A VEHICLE BURGLARY EARLIER THAT DAY. 
          A SEARCH OF THEIR VEHICLE LED TO THE RECOVERY OF THE BURGLARY, UH, VICTIM'S PROPERTY, THE ARREST OF A FUGITIVE WHO WAS WANTED IN CONNECTION TO A FELONY ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON INVESTIGATION DURING A TRAFFIC STOP IN THE SHOP'S PARKING LOT. 
          AND ALSO, OUR INVESTIGATORS ASSISTED ARE OUR STAFF IN THE INVESTIGATION OF AN ATTEMPTED RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY IN CHINO HILLS, WHICH LED TO THE ARREST OF THREE LOS ANGELES GANG MEMBERS. 
          OPERATION SMASH AND GRAB WAS A SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION BETWEEN YOUR CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND LOCAL BUSINESSES, THE HIGH VISIBILITY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL CONDUCTING PROACTIVE PATROLS WITHIN THE SHOPPING CENTERS TO HELP TO DETER, DETER CRIME, AND PREVENT ADDITIONAL THEFT FROM OCCURRING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AS ALWAYS. 
          YOU GUYS ARE DOING FANTASTIC WORK TO PROTECT THE BUSINESSES AND THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF CHANNEL HILLS, AND WE GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          PLEASE GIVE THEM ALL OUR EXTREME THANKS. 
          I WILL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          GOOD WORK. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          HAD A QUICK COMMENT, IF YOU DON'T MIND. 
          OH, YES, I'M SORRY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AS A CITY, WE TOOK 
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A POSITION ON PROP 36. 
          UM, CHIEF, WOULD YOU MIND MAYBE TOUCHING ON HOW, UH, WITH THE VOTERS PASSING PROP 36, IT'S, UH, AFFECTING HOW YOU'RE ABLE TO DO YOUR JOBS NOW THAT CRIME IS ILLEGAL? SO THE BIG PART OF PROP 36 THAT'S GONNA HELP US OUT IS THE NARCOTIC ASPECT. 
          A AS OF IT, UM, WHERE A, A SUSPECT WHO IS CONVICTED ON A SECOND NARCOTICS POSSESSION OFFENSE, THERE'S SOME OTHER STUFF IN THERE LIKE FENTANYL. 
          BUT FOR, FOR, I THINK FOR OUR CITY, A SECOND NARCOTICS, UH, UH, UH, UH, SENTENCING IS GONNA RESULT IN EITHER A FELONY SENTENCE OR A CHOICE TO, UH, RECEIVE SERVICES. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THE COUNTY YET HAS FINALIZED WHAT THOSE SERVICES LOOK LIKE, BUT THEY'RE WORKING ON IT. 
          BUT INSTEAD OF SOMEBODY GETTING ARRESTED TIME AND TIME AND TIME AGAIN FOR POSSESSION OF NARCOTICS AND CONTINUALLY GETTING A MISDEMEANOR, UH, CONVICTION OR NO FILES CHARGED, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO, LIKE WE HAD BEFORE, UH, EITHER GIVE THEM A CHOICE OF A FELONY CONVICTION, WHICH WILL RESULT IN, IN FURTHER INCARCERATION OR RECEIVING, UM, UH, HELP. 
          BASICALLY. 
          THE OTHER ASPECT OF THAT IS RETAIL THEFT, WHERE AGAIN, A SECOND CONVICTION OR A THIRD CONVICTION OF A PETTY THEFT, UM, IS GONNA RESULT IN, IN A FELONY CONVICTION. 
          WHERE PRIOR TO THAT, UM, YOU COULD, YOU COULD ACCUMULATE AS MANY PETTY THEFTS AS YOU WANTED, AND IT WAS NEVER GONNA BE A FELONY. 
          SO NOW WE'RE BACK TO THE WAY IT USED TO BE, WHERE WE USED TO HAVE PETTY THEFT WITH A PRIOR, WHERE IF YOU'RE A HABITUAL OR A, UH, UH, A LIFETIME CRIMINAL WHO'S CONTINUALLY COMMITTING THEFTS, EVENTUALLY THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO HIT YOU WITH A FELONY CONVICTION. 
          SO CATCH AND RELEASE HAS PRETTY MUCH BEEN DONE AWAY WITH IN, IN REGARDS TO THOSE TWO AREAS AND THOSE TWO AREAS, I'M HOPING, AND I AM, I'M OPTIMISTIC THAT YES, AND EVERYTHING I'VE HEARD SO FAR FROM THE, FROM THE COURTS AND THE DA'S OFFICE, ESPECIALLY HERE IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AND OUR OWN STAFF, UH, IS OPTIMISTIC. 
          THERE IS SOME STUFF ON THE, ON THE BACK END THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO WORK OUT AS FAR AS LIKE THE SERVICES THAT THEY'RE GONNA PROVIDE, ESPECIALLY IN THE NARCOTICS CONVICTIONS. 
          UH, BUT THE OTHER STUFF IS, LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOOD TO GO. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          THANK YOU CHIEF. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MUCH. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, COUNCIL 
          [ COUNCIL REPORTS Mayor Bennett  	Chino Valley Fire District Board 	Chino Valley Unified School District Board   Vice Mayor Johsz 	Omnitrans Board Council Member Marquez  	San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Board 	 		General Policy Committee 		Metro Valley Study Session 		Transit Committee 	 	   Council Member Rogers  	Chino Basin Desalter Authority Board 	Tres Hermanos Conservation Authority Board]
REPORTS, AND I GUESS I DREW THE STORY. 
          WE'RE GOING ALPHABETIC, SO THERE YOU GO. 
          UH, CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT, UH, ALTHOUGH I WAS NOT ABLE TO PHYSICALLY ATTEND THE MEETING 'CAUSE OF A CONFLICT, LIKE NO POWER AT MY HOME, UH, ET CETERA. 
          UH, A COUPLE NOTABLE THINGS. 
          WE HAD THE RETIREMENT RECOGNITION OF BATTALION CHIEF WAYNE FONTES AFTER 31 YEARS OF SERVICE, HE'S GONNA BE GREATLY MISSED. 
          WE HAD PROMOTIONS AND RECOGNITIONS OF BADGE PINNING FOR BATTALION CHIEF JOHN CRIPE, BATTALION CHIEF CHUCK KEENY, CAPTAIN NATHAN BROOKS, CAPTAIN KYLE COLONNA, CAPTAIN DAN FRY, CAPTAIN TOM KAVANAUGH, ENGINEER JOSH STER ENGINEER ERIC ENGELHART, ENGINEER CHRISTINA NOVA AND ENGINEER AARON PATTY, AND ALSO RECOGNITION OF THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT RESPONSE, UH, TO THE, UH, FIRE INCIDENT THAT WAS GOING ON, UH, WHEN THAT HAPPENED. 
          SO, UH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THE FIRE DISTRICT. 
          UH, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, THE LAST SCHOOL DISTRICT MEETING WAS BACK ON THE 9TH OF DECEMBER THAT WE HAD A CONFLICT WITH THE CITY EVENT, SO I WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND. 
          HOWEVER, THEY DID GO AHEAD AND DO THEIR, UM, NAMING OF THEIR, THEIR NEW OFFICERS, WHICH ARE REALLY THE SAME OFFICERS THAT THEY'VE HAD. 
          SO I, SONIA SHAW AS PRESIDENT JOHN MONROE, VICE PRESIDENT AND UH, AND ANDREW CRUZ AS A SECRETARY. 
          SO VICE MAYOR JOBS. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, REGARDING OMNI TRANS, UH, THE LARGEST THING OF NOTE AT THE LAST MEETING WAS WE HAD A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED 25 CENT, UH, UH, FAIR, UH, RATE INCREASE THAT WAS ON THE BOOKS. 
          UM, IT WOULD'VE MADE OMNI TRANS THE SECOND HIGHEST BUS SERVICE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BEHIND, UH, OCTA. 
          AND LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS FROM STAFF, IT LOOKED LIKE WE WOULD SEE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN RIDERSHIP IF WE WERE TO GO AHEAD WITH THAT. 
          SO THE BOARD, UH, VOTED TO FORGO THAT FAIR INCREASE, UH, FOR NOW. 
          AND THEN JUST SOMETHING OF NOTE FOR, UH, FOLKS ON, UH, FEBRUARY 4TH IS ROSA PARKS BIRTHDAY. 
          SO, UH, OMNI TRANS IS GIVING, UH, ALLOWING FREE, UH, BUS RIDES ON FIXED ROUTES. 
          SO NOT THE SERVICE THAT WE HAVE IN TOWN, BUT ON FIXED BUS ROUTES. 
          UH, IN HONOR OF HER BIRTHDAY. 
          IT'S TRANSIT EQUITY DAY, SO IF YOU WANT TO GO RIDE AROUND ON A BUS IN THE COUNTY, IT'S ON, UH, IT'S ON OMNI TRANSIT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY. 
          I ATTENDED THE GENERAL POLICY COMMITTEE. 
          UH, WE REVIEWED AND APPROVED, UH, THE FISCAL YEAR BUDGET 20 25, 20 26. 
          UH, WE GOT AN UPDATE, UH, THAT WAS GIVEN TO US, UH, REGARDING THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT'S WORK PLAN. 
          WE REVIEWED THE SUMMARY REPORT OF MEASURE I FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 
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FOR ALL OUR MEMBERS, MEMBERS OF S-B-C-T-A, THE BOARD MEETING. 
          WE APPOINTED A BOARD MEMBER TO METROLINK BOARD. 
          WE ESTABLISHED AN AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR S-B-C-T-A AND SBC COG FOR, TO, UM, START RECRUITING FOR THE NEXT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. 
          WE HAD A PRESENTATION OF THE ANNUAL COFFERS REPORT. 
          WE AWARDED, UH, CENTRAL AVENUE AND CHINO, AN EXISTING PLANNING PROJECT. 
          AND THEN ALSO WE VOTED AND WE ACTUALLY HAD A PRESENTATION FROM SOUTH COAST A QMD ON RULE 11 11 11 12. 
          AND WHAT THAT BASICALLY MEANS, UH, UH, THEY WANT US TO ELIMINATE GAS FOR STOVES, GAS FOR HEATING. 
          UH, S-B-C-T-A TOOK A POSITION WE ARE OPPOSING THIS, AND THIS WILL BE COMING TO THE BOARD OF A QMD. 
          UM, YEAH, I BELIEVE EITHER THE LATE PART OF FEBRUARY IN MARCH. 
          SO WE TOOK A POSITION TO OPPOSE IT. 
          METRO VALLEY, THERE WAS NOTHING TO REPORT TRANSIT, THERE'S NOTHING TO REPORT. 
          AND SIR, YOU'RE, I'M GONNA THAT YOU TALK ABOUT , SIR. 
          WELL, THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S IT, SIR. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS. 
          ALRIGHT, TWO REPORTS I HAVE. 
          ONE IS, UH, CHINO DESAL AUTHORITY, OR CDA, ONE OF OUR FIVE WATER SOURCES, UH, IN THE REGION. 
          UH, PRETTY STANDARD BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK. 
          APPROVED NUMEROUS CONTRACTS FOR FACILITY UPGRADES AND OR PUMP AND WELL REPAIRS. 
          AND WE ALSO HELD OUR YEARLY ELECTION OF OFFICERS AND MADE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS. 
          SO THAT WAS CDA TRACE. 
          ARMOS, RAY AND I ARE, UH, REPRESENT THE CITY AT TRACE ARMOS. 
          WE, UH, EVERY TWO YEARS WE ROTATE THE THREE WITHIN THE THREE CITIES. 
          THE LAST TWO YEARS WE'RE HERE IN CHINO HILLS. 
          NOW WE'VE MOVED BACK TO THE ORIGINAL HOST CITY OF, CITY OF INDUSTRY. 
          AND THAT WAS LAST WEEK ALSO. 
          AND THE ONLY REAL ITEM WAS A REPORT ON THE INSTALLATION OF EROSION CONTROL MEASURES ON THE EARTH AND DAM. 
          SO MANY OF YOU THAT KNOW THAT PROPERTY AND YOU'RE COMING, LET'S SAY FROM DIAMOND BAR HEADING THIS WAY, YOU CAN SEE A, A LAKE THERE OFF TO THE RIGHT. 
          UH, AND THAT LAKE NEEDED SOME SIGNIFICANT REPAIRS. 
          SO THEY, THEY MOSTLY FOR MITIGATION OF, UH, EROSION AND THEY TOOK CARE OF EROSION, SOME EROSION CONTROL, AND ALSO SOME ROAD REPAIRS, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, FOR A TOTAL COST OF A HUNDRED, 500, $1,000 FOR EROSION CONTROL, UH, FOR THAT EARTH. 
          AND DAM ALSO, WE HAVE, WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, AN UPCOMING RANCH TOUR, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE IN FEBRUARY. 
          THE, THE A HUNDRED OR SO VISITORS THAT WILL BE HOSTED ON THE TOUR THIS TIME AROUND WILL STILL BE SOURCED FROM THE ORIGINAL GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THAT SIGNED UP A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. 
          AND WE HAD SO, SO MANY PEOPLE SIGN UP THAT THAT ONE DAY FOR OUR VERY FIRST TOUR, THAT IN SUBSEQUENT TOURS WE HAVE SOURCED THAT, THAT POOL OF INDIVIDUALS AND WE'VE DRAWN DOWN THAT LIST. 
          SO THIS WILL COMPLETE THE, THIS WILL ESSENTIALLY, THIS WILL BE THE REMAINING GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THAT SHOWED A LOT OF PATIENTS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, UH, TO TOUR THE PROPERTY. 
          SO WE WILL FINISH THAT UP AND THEN WE WILL, WE WILL RE ADVERTISE PROBABLY NEXT FALL, LATE, LATE SUMMER FALL FOR THE NEXT TOUR IF THE BOARD DECIDES TO PURSUE THE TOUR FOR NEXT FALL. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON TRACE ROMANOS. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          ONE, ONE LAST THING. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING THE PRESIDENT LAST YEAR. 
          DO WE HAVE A NEW PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT? WE DO. 
          AND WHO'S THAT? SO CORY MOSS. 
          CORY MOSS IS, UH, THE CURRENT MAYOR OF CITY OF INDUSTRY AND SHE ROTATES BACK INTO THAT ROLE AS PRESIDENT AND ANDREW, UM, CH CH CHOW CHOW. 
          ANDREW CHOW IS FROM DIAMOND BAR COUNCIL MEMBER DIAMOND BAR IS THE, THE VICE CHAIR OF TRACE ARMOS FOR THE NEXT YEAR. 
          ALRIGHT, HERE WE GO. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          COUNCIL 
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COMMENTS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO START? I JUST HAVE A FEW THINGS. 
          UM, EARLIER WE HAD, UM, A RESIDENT THAT WAS WORRIED ABOUT, UM, THE WOOD CHIPS THAT, THAT GET SPRAYED IN LIKE THE AREAS. 
          BUT I NOTICED THAT EVEN ON PARTS OF THE 71 FREEWAY ON THE, LIKE THE ON-RAMPS, YOU KNOW HOW THEY DO THAT ANNUAL, THEY SPRAY IT TO MAKE IT LOOK NICE. 
          SO ARE THOSE FLAMMABLE? ARE THEY TREATED TO BE NON FLAMMABLE? DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? UH, I, EXCUSE ME, I I CAN'T SPEAK ON THE, UH, WOOD CHIPS THAT ARE ON CALTRANS RIGHT AWAY. 
          'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT, UH, KINDA MATERIAL THEY, THEY USE. 
          UM, HOWEVER, THE, THE, UH, THE MULCH THAT WE USE IN OUR LANDSCAPING IS NOT FLAMMABLE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, IT DOES TEND TO DRY OUT AND WHEN IT DOES, UM, IT'S JUST, IT BECOMES ORGANIC MATTER. 
          UH, WE WILL GO OUT AND SPREAD MORE MULCH, UM, TO, UM, UH, TO ADDRESS, UH, OR TO COMPRESS SOME OF THE U THE WEEDS THAT, UH, TEND TO GROW IN THAT AREA. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          AND, UM, JUST A LITTLE UPDATE FOR THE COLLEAGUES. 
          SO BRIAN AND I, YOU KNOW, WE WERE, UM, APPOINTED TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY AD HOC COMMITTEE WE'VE MET. 
          UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO UPDATE YOU GUYS ON THAT. 
          UM, 
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WE HAD A GOOD FIRST MEETING, BUT I DO THINK, AND WE'VE MET LONG, WE'VE MET BEFORE THE WILDFIRES, SO, BUT WE ADDRESSED A LOT OF, UM, DIFFERENT THINGS AS FAR AS EVACUATION AS WELL, COINCIDENTALLY. 
          BUT I THINK BEN FAR NEXT MEETING, UM, I'D REALLY LIKE TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM FIRE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THERE. 
          I KNOW THAT THAT'S OUR LONG-TERM GOAL TO HAVE, UM, COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          BUT I WOULD LIKE SOME FACETIME AT, AT THAT MEETING SO WE CAN, YOU KNOW, TALK FRANKLY AND WHAT ARE DIFFERENT. 
          UH, MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO GET EITHER ADULTS OR KIDS, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT PLACES. 
          WE HAD A, UH, WE HAVE AN ASSISTED LIVING HOME IN THE SOUTH END OF TOWN THAT LOST POWER. 
          AND, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE REACHED OUT, DIFFERENT CONCERNS. 
          SO AT OUR NEXT MEETING, IF WE COULD TRY TO FACILITATE THAT REPRESENTATION, THAT'D BE GREAT. 
          SO I WON'T REALLY SAY ANYTHING. 
          BLINK TWICE FOR YES. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          I THOUGHT YOU SAW ME NODDING. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU MAAM. 
          I DID. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          . 
          THANK YOU. 
          THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE POWER. 
          YOU HAVE UGLY HAIR. 
          SORRY, I'M BEING A BRAT. 
          OKAY, SO, UM, YEP, THAT'S IT. 
          WE HAD A GOOD FIRST MEETING AND BEFORE I ASK FOR THE REST OF COUNCIL REPORTS, I APOLOGIZE, BEN. 
          I WENT RIGHT OVER CITY MANAGER REPORTS. 
          OH, THAT'S WHAT I, OR UPDATES FOR THE FIRST TIME. 
          NOT THE FIRST TIME, BUT YEAH. 
          UH, THAT'S QUITE ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, I, I WILL NUDGE YOU IF IT, IF I HAD SOMETHING BURNING. 
          I HAVE NO, UH, ADDITION TONIGHT. 
          NO COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PETER. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU. 
          I'VE ONLY GOT A COUPLE OF ITEMS. ONE, UH, BEING A WATER REPRESENTATIVE IN TOWN FOR A FEW YEARS NOW, UH, THE SUBJECTS COMING UP MORE OFTEN AT OUR DIFFERENT BOARD MEETINGS WITH OUR DIFFERENT WATER SOURCE SOURCES THAT, UH, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY SIGNIFICANT RAIN. 
          WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY RAIN IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, AT LEAST IN OUR REGION SINCE THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY. 
          NO RAIN AT ALL. 
          MAY HAVE HAD SOME DRIZZLE BUT NO RAIN, NO MEASURABLE RAIN. 
          SO, UH, BECAUSE OF THAT, NOW THEY'RE STARTING TO TALK DROUGHT. 
          WE ARE IN A MODERATE DROUGHT CONDITION IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NOW. 
          SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT DROUGHT MAPS, WE ARE NOW WHERE THERE WAS NO NO INDICATION OF ANY DROUGHT BECAUSE WE HAD SIGNIFICANT WATER AND RAIN TO, TO MITIGATE ANY ISSUES. 
          NOW WE'RE STARTING TO ENTER INTO THAT PHASE. 
          SO LET'S HOPE FOR SOME RAIN, SOME SIGNIFICANT RAINS OVER THE NEXT THREE MONTHS OR SO IN THE TRADITIONAL, IN THE TRADITIONAL RAINY MONTHS. 
          BUT SO FAR, NOTHING, WHICH OBVIOUSLY IN THE OLD DAYS, WHICH WAS SEVERAL YEARS AGO, IN FACT, RAY MADE A COMMENT THAT MANY YEARS, JANUARY WAS PRETTY VULNERABLE TIME 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH RAINS. 
          AND BECAUSE OF THAT, AND WITH SOME WINDS, WE HAD FIRES THAT YOU WOULDN'T THINK YOU'D HAVE FIRES IN JANUARY BECAUSE IT'S TRADITIONALLY A RAINY MONTH. 
          UH, BUT EITHER WAY. 
          SO YOU MAY WANT TO START THINKING ABOUT YOUR WATER USAGE, UH, FOR NOW AT LEAST, UH, AS WE, WE ENTER POSSIBLE DROUGHT MONTHS IN THE SUMMERTIME. 
          ALSO, BEN AND I HAVE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CHANGING THE SUBJECT. 
          TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE NUMEROUS DUMP TRUCKS THAT ARE MAKING THEIR WAY UP AND DOWN THE CANYON AS WE'VE ALL EXPERIENCED, UH, FOR THE LAST, WELL, SINCE BEFORE CHRISTMAS WHEN THE PROJECT STARTED. 
          AND I LIVE IN THE CANYON, AS DOES RAY, SO I SEE IT EVERY DAY. 
          UH, SEVEN WHEN I LEFT AT 7:00 AM FOR OUR ROTARY MEETING, SEVEN WERE ALL KINDA LINED UP IN A ROW COMING PAST ME AS I WAS TRYING TO GET OUT OF, UH, UH, FELS BAR WHERE, WHERE I LIVE. 
          SO IT, AND THEY JUST ZOOMED RIGHT ON THROUGH. 
          SO I KNOW CHIEF, THERE'S PROBABLY BEEN SOME DIALOGUE ABOUT, UH, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING ABOUT STEPPING UP SOME ENFORCEMENT IN GENERAL IN THE CANYON, JUST AS A LITTLE BODY CHECK FOR, UH, THOSE THAT ARE, THAT MAY WANT TO RACE THROUGH THE CANYON OR, OR HAVE SOME TRUCKS, BIG TRUCKS GOING THROUGH. 
          BUT THESE DUMP TRUCKS, THEY MEET, THEY MEET THE CRITERIA, THERE'S A PROJECT GOING ON, AND THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT FIVE AXLE OR LARGER, BUT THEY, MANY OF 'EM, THEY ARE HAULING, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE HAULING, THEY'RE, THEY'RE MOVING BIG TIME UP AND DOWN THOSE STREETS. 
          SO I WANT TO JUST LET THE AUDIENCE KNOW THAT WE HAVE NOTICED IT AND WE'RE SEEING IF WE CAN GIVE THEM A LITTLE, UH, REMINDER THAT THEY NEED TO BE IN CHECK. 
          WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR, MY GUESS IS THEY'RE, EACH OF THEIR LOADS ARE, THEY'RE RUSHING BACK AND FORTH TO DO THEIR THING. 
          SO THEY'RE PROBABLY BASED ON HOW MUCH THEY CAN EARN PER DAY AS TO HOW MANY TRIPS THEY NEED TO MAKE. 
          SO EITHER WAY, JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE DO, WE'VE NOTICED IT AND WE'RE SEEING IF WE CAN CONTROL THAT A LITTLE BIT. 
          AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          UM, I GOT TO ATTEND AND I WANNA SAY CITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, MY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I GOT TO ATTEND, UH, AN ORGANIZATION CALLED WELL, WHICH IS WATER, UM, EDUCATION FOR, UH, LATINO LEADERS. 
          AND I WAS IN, UH, COACHELLA VALLEY THIS PAST WEEK. 
          AND, UH, WE DID TOUR SALTON SEA. 
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I DID NOT RUN INTO ANY QUICKSAND. 
          I GOT PHOTOS. 
          YEAH, NO QUICKSAND THIS TIME. 
          . 
          AND THEN ALSO WE DID TOUR CALLED PARKS. 
          THESE ARE, UM, THE AG COMMUNITY. 
          THEY HAVE A LOT OF TRAILER PARKS THROUGHOUT THE AREA. 
          AND, UH, WE, WE GOT TO TOUR ONE OF THE HOMES AND IT BROKE MY HEART. 
          UM, THEY HAVE WATER TO EACH ONE OF THE UNITS, BUT IT'S LACED WITH ARSENIC, SO THEY CAN'T USE IT TO DRINK. 
          UM, THEY, UM, BATHE IN IT, THEY WASH THEIR CLOTHES, THEY WASH THEIR DISHES, AND IT JUST, TO ME, IT'S, UH, DESPICABLE THAT PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA ARE LIVING THAT WAY. 
          SO THIS WILL BE A SERIES OF FIVE MEETINGS THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA. 
          I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE OTHER FOUR MEETINGS. 
          CITY. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO DO THIS. 
          I TRULY APPRECIATE IT. 
          UM, PETER AND MYSELF WOULD LIKE TO DO A MEETING PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS. 
          UM, WE GOT THE PERMISSION TODAY TO DO IT OVER AT WESTERN HILLS, AND IT'S GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT FIRE BEHAVIOR AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE IN THE CITY ARE DOING. 
          UM, I'LL BE TALKING TO THE POLICE CHIEF, WHICH I HAVEN'T DONE YET, SO I APOLOGIZE. 
          BUT I DID TALK TO THE CHIEF, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DID TALK TO THE CITY MANAGER, AND I DID TALK TO PUBLIC WORKS. 
          SO HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS WE WILL HAVE A MEETING TALKING ABOUT WATER, TALKING ABOUT FIRE BEHAVIOR, TALKING ABOUT EVACUATION. 
          YEP. 
          SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, PETER, MYSELF ARE REAL, AND ACTUALLY ALL, ALL THE COUNCIL, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US, BUT IT'S, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. 
          SO I JUST WANNA SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY. 
          RAY, WILL YOU INCLUDE THE CARBON, UH, FIRE STATE COUNCIL. 
          FIRE STATE COUNCIL. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          GOOD. 
          YEAH, I'M GONNA INCLUDE ALL THE HOAS. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, SLEEPY HOLLOW, THE DIFFERENT AREAS. 
          YEAH. 
          AND SO WE'RE GONNA GET A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE, SO THANK YOU HAR, APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UH, PICKLEBALL COURTS, I DID GO BY THE PICKLEBALL COURTS. 
          I WAS TOLD THE COURTS ARE NOT OPEN AS OF YET, BUT PEOPLE ARE PLAYING. 
          AND AGAIN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. 
          THEY'RE STAYING OFF THE ASPHALT, THEY'RE PARKING OUTSIDE THE PARK AND THEY'RE WALKING IN. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION. 
          UM, BUT THEY, THEY LOOK BEAUTIFUL. 
          THE QUOTES AND THE PARKING LOOKS LIKE IT'S COMING ALONG TOO. 
          YEP. 
          OKAY, PERFECT. 
          UM, I GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR, UM, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. 
          I KNOW IN SOME OF THE FIRES, THE RESERVOIR, UH, WATER RAN DOWN. 
          CAN YOU TELL ME, UH, THE CAPACITY NUMBER ONE AND WHAT DO WE DO TO KEEP 'EM AT WHATEVER LEVEL? UH, SURE THING. 
          COUNCILMAN MARQUEZ, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 18 RESERVOIRS, UM, STRATEGICALLY LOCATED, UH, AROUND, UH, VARIOUS PARTS OF THE CITY. 
          UM, WITH THOSE 18 RESERVOIRS, WE HAVE A CAPACITY OF 39 MILLION GALLONS, UH, OF WATER. 
          UM, ANY, ANYTIME WE HAVE A, UH, A WIND EVENT OR ANY TYPE OF EMERGENCY, WE, UH, WE TOP OUR RESERVOIRS. 
          WE COMPLETELY FILL THEM, UH, SO THAT IF THERE IS A NEED TO TAP INTO OUR, OUR WATER SYSTEM, UH, TO FIGHT A FIRE WILDFIRE, UM, STRUCTURAL FIRE, UH, THERE IS ENOUGH CAPACITY, UH, AND PRESSURE, UH, TO BE ABLE TO FIGHT THAT FIRE. 
          JUST A QUICK QUESTION. 
          WITH PSPS, UM, WHEN WE DO PUMPING AT NIGHT, DOES THAT AFFECT THAT AT ALL? UH, IT CAN, BUT HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE GENERATORS, UH, THAT WE DEPLOY TO OUR CRITICAL, UH, LOCATIONS TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE PUMPING WATER INTO OUR RESERVOIRS. 
          THAT WAS REALLY SMART TO GET THOSE GENERATORS. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UM, HYDRANTS THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, ARE THEY ANNUALLY OR DO WE TEST THEM AT ALL? WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 2,800, UH, FIRE HYDRANTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          UH, WE CURRENTLY, UH, INSPECT THEM ON A CYCLE OF EVERY FOUR YEARS. 
          HOWEVER, WE ARE REASSESSING, UM, THAT SCHEDULE, UH, GIVEN THE, THE CURRENT EVENTS, UH, WITH THE, WITH THE WILDFIRES, WE ARE LOOKING TO, UH, INSPECT THOSE ON A MORE FREQUENT BASIS. 
          UH, WE WILL BE UPDATING OUR, OUR PROGRAM AND WE'LL, WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU AT A FUTURE DATE TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU. 
          DANIEL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND THEN ALSO, I DID CALL YOU THE OTHER DAY, THERE WAS A LITTLE GLITCH IN THE SYSTEM WHEN PS PS WENT DOWN SIX HOUSES ON TOP OF THE HILL, YOU JUMPED ON IT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING CARE OF THAT. 
          SO WE DO HAVE A SOLUTION AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON, RIGHT. 
          WE DO, EXCUSE ME. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE A, A VULNERABLE AREA, UM, ON A CANNON LANE WHERE WE DO HAVE SIX PROPERTIES THAT IF WE ARE WITHOUT POWER FOR A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME, UM, WE DO HAVE SIX HOMES THAT WILL BE WITHOUT WATER. 
          UH, WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT ISSUE, WE'VE ISOLATED THE ISSUE, UH, AND WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON A SOLUTION TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A, A CONNECTION POINT SO THAT WE CAN RUN, RUN THE GENERATOR TO THAT, UH, THAT STATION. 
          UM, SO WE WE'RE HOPING TO RESOLVE THAT IN THE NEXT, UH, WEEK OR TWO. 
          OKAY, BROTHER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          ALSO, I WANT TO THANK YOU TWO ON PINNACLE STREET. 
          YOU PUT A CENTER DIVIDER LANE, OR YOU'RE GONNA BE DOING THAT FAIRLY SOON BECAUSE CARS WERE DRIVING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD, CORRECT? IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, WE'VE IDENTIFIED A POTENTIAL, UH, SAFETY ISSUE, UH, ALONG THAT ROAD. 
          SO, UH, WE'RE HOPING THAT A, UH, A CENTER LINE WILL CLEARLY NOTIFY DRIVERS WHERE THEY SHOULD AND SHOULDN'T BE DRIVING. 
          SIR, YOU DO SUCH A GREAT JOB, YOU AND YOUR PUBLIC WORKS. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK. 
          I TRULY APPRECIATE IT. 
          AND SARAH GIBBONS, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU. 
          UH, WE HAD A DINNER THE OTHER NIGHT FOR JOHN DEMON THAT, UH, SERVED ON THE FIREBOARD, AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA MISS 'EM AND THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. 
          AND JOHN, WHAT A GREAT JOB OVER THE YEARS. 
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THOSE ALL, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, BRIAN. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THIS WILL BE FAIRLY QUICK. 
          I THINK, YOU KNOW, UH, ALL OF US ARE GONNA HAVE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ON OUR MINDS FOR A WHILE IN LIGHT OF WHAT'S HAPPENED IN LA. 
          UM, YEAH, WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE WE BUTTON UP OUR OWN CITY EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND FOR RESIDENTS. 
          YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE LEARNED, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN THESE STORIES OF PEOPLE HAVING TO RUN OUT, YOU KNOW, RIGHT BEFORE THE FLAMES AT THEIR HOUSE. 
          SO MAKE SURE YOU'RE READY WITH YOUR GO BAGS EVERY, AS MUCH AS YOU CAN, YOU CAN DIGITIZE AND PUT INTO THE CLOUD WITH YOUR, YOU KNOW, BIRTH CERTIFICATES AND MARRIAGE LICENSES AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. 
          YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE YOU TAKE CARE OF IT THAT WAY. 
          UM, YEAH, THAT'S ALL. 
          OH MAN, JUST A REMINDER, WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE OUT, A STOP LIGHT IS A FOUR-WAY STOP. 
          I SAW PLENTY OF PEOPLE NOT REALLY KNOWING WHAT TO , NOT REALLY KNOWING WHAT TO DO WHEN THE POWER WENT OUT AT SOME OF OUR, UH, SOME OF OUR FOUR-WAY ENTER OR SOME OF OUR, UH, EXCHANGE OR INTERSECTIONS. 
          SO FOUR WAY STOP. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          AND TO THAT POINT, UH, I CONTACTED DANIEL ABOUT SEVERAL, UM, INTERSECTIONS THAT WERE BEING BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION. 
          IN PARTICULAR, THOSE THAT WERE CLOSE TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLS AND STAFF WAS GOING OUT AND PLACING, MANUALLY PLACING, UH, PORTABLE STOP SIGNS, IF YOU WILL. 
          SO, UH, THAT WAS A VERY GOOD, GOOD THING. 
          THEY, THEY DID THAT. 
          SO I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. 
          UH, THIS LAST WEEKEND I HAD THE PLEASURE OF, UH, ATTENDING AND, UH, GIVING CERTIFICATES TO FOUR, UH, EAGLE SCOUTS IN TROOP TWO 20. 
          UH, THEY, THEY, THESE GUYS ACTUALLY HAVE OBTAINED THEIR EAGLE SCOUT WITHIN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, BUT THEY WERE ALL SUCH CLOSE FRIENDS. 
          THEY WANTED TO WAIT AND HAVE A CEREMONY TOGETHER. 
          SO WE, WE DID THAT. 
          AND I, I ALWAYS LOVED THE FACT THAT WE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, GIVE THESE GENTLEMEN THESE, THESE RECOGNITIONS, UH, FOR ALL OF THEIR, UH, PROJECTS THAT THEY DO. 
          AND I ALWAYS TELL THEM THAT, UH, JUST LIKE THE MARINES THAT ARE, SAY, ONCE YOU'RE A MARINE, YOU'RE ALWAYS A MARINE. 
          WELL, ONCE AN EAGLE, ALWAYS AN EAGLE. 
          AND THE, THE GENTLEMAN THAT, UH, OBTAIN THAT RANK, UH, ARE HELD TO A DIFFERENT STANDARD, I THINK, THAN THE REST OF US. 
          AND THEY'RE ALSO GIVEN FAR MORE RECOGNITION, UH, THROUGH THEIR ADULT LIVES, UH, WHEN THEY HAVE ATTAINED THAT HONOR. 
          AND AS WE KNOW, KURT HAMAN AND HIS SON BOTH, UH, HAVE ATTAINED THAT RANK. 
          SO, AND, AND MY BROTHER, UH, OBTAINED THAT. 
          SO IT WAS REALLY GOOD, UM, DURING THIS, THIS CONSTANT TIME AND CONCERN ABOUT THE, THE WILDFIRES. 
          UH, I JUST ASK THAT EVERYBODY, UH, BE PATIENT, UH, OUR CITY IS, IS LOOKING AT A LOT OF THINGS. 
          UH, WHEN WE TOOK TALKING ABOUT THE FIRE HYDRANTS, THAT'S ONE THING THAT RAY AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. 
          AND, AND TALKING WITH THE CITY, UH, FIRE HYDRANT, CHECKING THE FIRE HYDRANTS, UH, UPDATING AND, AND LOOKING AT OUR, UH, EVACUATION PLAN. 
          SO WE'RE DOING WHAT WE NEED TO DO THROUGH JOYCE LEE, WHO IS THE IN CHARGE OF THAT FOR THE CITY. 
          AND WE ARE TAKING EVERY PRECAUTION WE CAN TO TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE, GOD FORBID THE A BAD THING HAPPENS, THAT, UH, OUR PEOPLE WILL BE ORGANIZED IN GETTING TO SAFETY. 
          SO WITH THAT, THAT ENDS MY COMMENTS. 
          NOW TONIGHT. 
          UH, BESIDES OUR NORMAL ADJOURNMENT, I WOULD ASK THAT EVERYONE, KEEP ALL OF THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN SO DRASTICALLY AFFECTED BY THESE WILDFIRES, KEEP THEM IN YOUR PRAYERS AND YOUR THOUGHTS. 
          IF THERE ARE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE COLLECTING, UM, EVERYTHING FROM MONETARY TO PHYSICAL ITEMS OF CLOTHING AND FOOD, OR FOOD OR WHATEVER IT HAPPENS TO BE, IF YOU HAVE, IF YOU'RE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE THE WHEREWITHAL TO CONTRIBUTE TO THOSE, UH, PLEASE DO SO. 
          UH, IT'S, IT, IT, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO, TO FATHOM WHAT THOSE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH AND, AND ARE GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH FOR MANY, MANY MONTHS. 
          AND WELL, SOME OF THEM, IT'LL BE A LIFELONG HORROR STORY TO REMEMBER. 
          SO, BUT ALSO, I AM 
          [ 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.]
GOING TO ADJOURN IN MEMORIAL AND HOPE WITH, UH, DEEP GRATITUDE, RESPECT AND APPRECIATION FOR THE BRAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVE AND HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES THEIR SELFISH CONTRIBUTIONS. 
          PROTECT US ALL. 
          MAY OUR COMMUNITY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND HONOR THEM, AND ALSO FOR ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR FIREFIGHTERS, OUR POLICE THAT ARE SO INVOLVED ON A DAILY BASIS, KEEPING US SAFE AND NOW PROTECTING THESE PEOPLE THAT HAVE UNDERGONE THIS TRAGEDY. 
          UH, KEEP THEM IN MIND AS WELL. 
          AND WITH THAT, I WILL, UH, CLOSE OUR MEETING. 
          THANK YOU. 
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