* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] [ 6:00 P.M. - CONVENE MEETING / ROLL CALL] GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE CHINO HILL CITY COUNCIL FOR FEBRUARY 11TH, 2025. CITY CLERK ATTENDANCE, PLEASE. ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE EVERYONE STAND FOR THE FLAG, SALUTE, AND REMAIN STANDING FOR OUR INVOCATION. THE FLAG SALUTE TONIGHT IS GONNA BE, UH, LED BY MY FELLOW VIETNAM VETERAN RONNIE GEIER. AND WE'RE GONNA BE FOLLOWED BY CITY OR BY FIRE DISTRICT CHAPLAIN TED WONG. [ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG] IN HONOR OF THE, UH, BEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WITH THE BIGGEST HEART, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS TO SALUTE OR HANDS OVER HEART. REPEAT AFTER ME. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC AND ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, RONNIE. [ INVOCATION: Chaplain Ted Wong, Chino Valley Fire District] LET US PRAY. OUR DEAR HEAVEN, ANY FATHER ALMIGHTY GOD, WE JUST WANNA COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING TO THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING SAFETY TO OUR CITY. IT'S BECAUSE OF THAT. WE WANNA REMEMBER, LORD, FOR THE MANY CITIES THAT WERE DEVASTATED BY THE WILDFIRES, YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF ALTADENA, PACIFIC, PALISADE, AND MALIBU, OUR PRAYERS FATHER IS FOR THEM, FOR THOSE WHO ARE AFFECTED, WHOSE WHO HAS LOST FAM, FAMILIES, HOMES, AND BUSINESSES. OUR PRAYER FATHER IS THAT, UH, YOU WILL SURROUND THEM LORD, WITH YOUR PRESENCE AND WITH YOUR PEACE, THAT YOU WOULD ASSURE THEM, LORD, THAT YOU LOVE THEM, THAT YOU CARE FOR THEM. I WOULD LIKE TO PRAY AND WE WILL LIKE TO PRAY. FATHER, FOR OUR CITY LEADER, WE PRAY, FATHER, FOR OUR MIRROR ART AND THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT YOU WOULD KEEP THEM SAFE, THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM STRENGTH AND WISDOM IN DEALING WITH THE CITY'S BUSINESS. WE ALSO LIKE TO PRAY, FATHER, FOR THIS EVENING, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE OUR YOUNG CHEERLEADERS FOR THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. OUR PRAYERS, FATHER FOR THEM IS THAT THEY MAY CONTINUE TO GROW, TO DEDICATE AND WORK HARD. THAT IN DOING SO, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THEM, PRAY FATHER, FOR THEIR FAMILIES TOO, BECAUSE OF THEIR SUPPORT THAT YOU WOULD ALSO RICHLY BLESS THEM AS WELL, WE PRAY. FATHER, FOR THIS EVENING, WE ASK THAT YOUR PRESENCE BE WITH US AS WE GO OVER CITY BUSINESSES. WE PRAY AGAIN THAT, UH, IT IS WITH YOUR GUIDANCE, LORD, THAT WE COME TO ADDRESS AND MAKE DECISIONS WE PRAY, FATHER, FOR, FOR OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ALL THOSE WHO WORK WITHIN THE CITY, THAT THEY WOULD FIND JOY LORD, IN SERVING YOU AND SERVING THIS COMMUNITY. AND BY DOING SO, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD BLESS OUR CITY. AND IT IS IN YOUR SON'S JESUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. THANK YOU. THE FIRST [6. RECOGNITION - Chino Hills Junior All-American Junior Micro, Junior Pee Wee, and Pee Wee Cheerleaders for placing in the 2024 Southern California Junior All American Football and Cheer Competition] ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE RECOGNITION OF THE CHINO HILLS JUNIOR, ALL AMERICAN JUNIOR MICRO, JUNIOR PEEWEE AND PEEWEE CHEERLEADERS TO BE ACCEPTED BY CHINO HILLS JUNIOR, ALL AMERICAN FOOTBALL AND CHEER TEAMS. [00:05:01] WILL THE COACHES PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM? YOU'RE THE ONE THAT WORKS SO HARD TO, UH, TO GET 'EM WHERE THEY'RE AT. SO WE'LL, UH, YOU'LL BE DOING A VERY ACTIVE PART IN THIS PRESENTATION. I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE OR OUR LOCAL CHEER TEAMS FOR THEIR SUCCESS IN THE 2024 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA JUNIOR ALL AMERICAN CHEER COMPETITION ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL ON THIS AMAZING ACHIEVEMENT. WE KNOW HOW MUCH HARD WORK AND DEDICATION YOU ALL PUT IN TO MAKE SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN. WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE MEMBERS OF THE JUNIOR MICRO, JUNIOR PEEWEE AND PEEWEE TEAMS JOIN US HERE TONIGHT. AND I HAVE THE COACHES THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT. I'M GONNA HAVE YOU EACH COME UP, TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR TEAMS AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA HELP ME OUT WITH THE PRESENTATIONS. WHAT WE'LL DO IS, WE'LL, WE'LL DO ALL THREE, UH, GROUPS AND WE'LL DO END UP, UH, DOING A, A GROUP FOUND, UH, UH, PHOTO. THEY'RE GOING TO BE RECEIVING A PACKET OF CERTIFICATES TONIGHT. THEY'RE GOING TO BE FROM THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS COUNCIL MEMBER, EXCUSE ME, UH, SUPERVISOR, UH, KURT HAGMAN, UH, SENATE, EXCUSE ME, CONGRESSWOMAN YOUNG KIM AND SENATOR KELLY CITO, SO THAT THEY WILL BE RECEIVING ALL THAT. THEIR BIG OBJECTIVE IS GONNA BE TO KEEP FROM DROPPING THEM WHEN THEY GET UP. . SO YOU'RE THE FIRST ONE, MARCUS. YEAH, YOU'RE THE PART. WE'RE RIGHT AHEAD. YOU'RE THE PRESIDENT. UH, GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US THIS EVENING. UH, MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, PARENTS, THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TO RECOGNIZE THE PROGRAM IN WHICH THAT ALL THESE YOUNG LADIES WORK SO HARD FOR, UM, AS WELL AS ALL OF OUR FOOTBALL PLAYERS ON THE FIELD. UH, WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE THREE OF OUR TEAMS THIS YEAR COMPETE OR ACTUALLY WIN, UH, A TROPHY AT THE, UH, CHEER COMPETITION, UH, WHICH IS A VERY, UH, DISTINGUISHED, UH, FOR THEM, A VERY DISTINGUISHED EVENT. IT WAS SOMETHING THEY WORKED HARD FOR ALL YEAR. UM, ADDITIONALLY THIS YEAR WE ALSO HAD, UM, 31 OF OUR CHEERLEADERS ATTEND OUR DIVISION ONE SUPER BOWL AND CHEER AT THE SUPER BOWL. UH, UNFORTUNATELY WE WEREN'T SUCCESSFUL ON THE FOOTBALL SIDE OF WINNING THE GAME. UH, IT WAS DOWN TO THE WIRE, UH, VERY, UM, UH, TOUGH GAME PLAYED BY THE BOYS. UM, BUT THE GIRLS DID COME OUT AND PARTICIPATE. AND, UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU IS ONE OF THOSE, UM, SUPER BOWL RINGS FOR THE CHEERLEADERS. I BROUGHT ONE FOR YOU TODAY INSIDE THIS BOX, AND I'D LIKE TO PRESENT THAT TO YOU ON BEHALF OF THE CHINO HOLDS BULLDOG AND YOUR SUPPORT FOR OUR PROGRAM, OUR PARENTS AND OUR CHILDREN. SO THANK YOU MUCH WITH TROPHIES LIKE THIS. UH, THIS WILL BE ON PROUD DISPLAY IN OUR, UH, COUNCIL LOUNGE UPSTAIRS. UH, UH, THE, THE REST WOULD GET MAD AT ME IF I WOULD WORE IT AROUND MYSELF, YOU KNOW, SO , AND ALTHOUGH IT DOES SAY THERE IS A BEE ON HERE FOR BENNETT, SO I, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I DID. AND IT'S CLO IT IS THE CLOSEST THING I'LL EVER GET TO A SUPER BOWL OF ANYTHING, SO, YEAH. ALRIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES, SIR. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND, UH, INTRODUCE THE REST OF THE STAFF AND THEN YOU TELL US WHICH ONES WHICH GROUPS YOU WANNA DO FIRST. OKAY. OKAY. SO WHAT I'LL, I'LL INTRODUCE IS OUR CHEER COORDINATOR, UH, DESIREE WHITNEY. UH, SHE'S ALSO MY WIFE WORKS VERY HARD AT THE PROGRAM, SO I'LL HAVE HER COME UP HERE AND INTRODUCE HER COACHES AND THEN THEY'LL, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, GO THROUGH THE, UH, THE, THE GIRLS FOR YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT SIR. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, COME ON UP. HI. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT. UM, FIRST WE HAVE COACH JULIANA, AND THEN COACH DESTINY, COACH AUBREY AND COACH KATHY. UM, THESE WOMEN HAVE HELPED ME, UM, TREMENDOUSLY WITH, UM, COACHING ALL THE GIRLS BEING THERE AS SUPERVISION, UM, ENSURING THEY'RE BEING SAFE AND, UM, PRACTICING THEIR CHEERS SO THAT THEY CAN PLACE A COMPETITION. UM, SO I'LL HAVE A COACH, AUBREY AND DESTINY COME IN AND SPEAK ON THEIR TEAM FIRST. ALRIGHT? IT'S KIND TALL. PULL IT DOWN. I WE WANNA HEAR YOU THAT TALL. HI, UM, I'M COACH DESTINY. I WAS IN CHARGE OF JUNIOR MICRO AND THOSE GIRLS ARE JUST AMAZING. THEY, SO YOU GO SEE THEM ON THE FIELD AND THEY'RE LIKE ALL GIGGLES. AND THEN WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO COMPETITION DAY, LIKE THEY JUST GIVE IT THEIR ALL AND THEY PLACE THAT FIRST PLACE. SO I AM EXTREMELY PROUD OF MY COMP TEAM AND I'M EXCITED FOR NEXT YEAR. THIS WAS MY FIRST TIME COACHING. REALLY PROUD OF YOU GIRLS. I'M COACH JULIANA. I ALSO COACHED FOR THE JUNIOR MICRO COMP SQUAD. UM, EVERYTHING DESTINY SAID, I'D JUST LIKE TO PIGGYBACK. THESE GIRLS ARE SEVEN AND EIGHT YEARS OLD. THEY WENT TO SCHOOL FROM SEVEN [00:10:01] 50 TO TWO 30, AND THEN FIVE DAYS A WEEK FOR OVER A MONTH. THEY ALSO CAME TO PRACTICE FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM SO THEY WERE BUSY, BUSY GIRLS AND ALWAYS HAD GOOD SPIRIT AND GOT THEM TO FIRST PLACE. SO I'M VERY PROUD OF YOU GIRLS. WELL, THANK YOU . WHAT WE'LL DO, OKAY. AS THEM COME ON, I GUESS I CAN NCE. I'M COACH AUBREY, SAME FIRST, UM, TIME BEING A COACH AND IT WAS FUN BEING PART WITH, WITH THESE LADIES AND ALL THE GIRLS AND LEARNING AND, UM, IT WAS A FUN EXPERIENCE TO BE A PART OF IT. AND, YOU KNOW, WORKING THEIR WAY TO FIRST PLACE WAS QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME. YOU KNOW, MY DAUGHTER, IT'S HER FIRST TIME AND OTHERS FIRST TIME ON THE SQUAD. AND, UM, SO IT WAS, IT WAS A FUN JOURNEY AND IT WAS VERY EXCITING. AND THANK YOU FOR HONORING THEM. WE APPRECIATE IT. IT IS OUR PLEASURE. I'M GONNA LET YOU GO AHEAD OKAY. AND ANNOUNCE THE GIRLS. BRING THEM UP. HAND ME THE CERTIFICATE. I'LL SHAKE THEIR HANDS. AND THEN GIRLS, OKAY. WHEN YOU GET YOUR CERTIFICATES, WE'RE GONNA HAVE YOU GO TO THE MIDDLE AND WE WILL GET YOU ED UP WITH SOME PICTURES. PARENTS, WE WILL GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE PICTURES, PLENTY OF PICTURES AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD. OKAY, SO THIS IS FOR JUNIOR MICRO IS THAT'S THE ONE YOU WANTED TO DO FOR? YES. OKAY. AND THERE'S A PACKET. OKAY. OF, OF YES. OKAY, SO THAT'S THE ONE YOU WANT? YEAH. OR DO YOU WANT ALL OF IT? YEAH, JUST LIKE THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL, ALL FOUR. ARE THERE. VITA BROCK. OKAY. , UM, SERENITY, MORAN, TAYLOR VENA. OH, THIS IS FOR THE COACH. DESTINY. . THIS IS FOR YOU. FOR YOU. IS THIS REALLY FOR HER? A COACH? YES. , COME ON OVER. I'M NOT A CHEERLEADER. . OKAY. THESE ARE FOR THE ONES THAT WERE WORKING ON. JULIANA. JULIAN RIGHT HERE. JULIAN. OKAY. AND THEN THESE ARE OH, FOR THE, THE TRAINERS. BRALYN, IS SHE HERE? YOU? YEAH. ALRIGHT. OKAY. THAT'S, YOU WANT US TO PICTURE OF EACH GROUP FIRST REAL QUICK? OR THIS IS, THIS IS ALL ONE GROUP. THIS IS ALL ONE GROUP. YEAH, WE CAN DO IT BY GROUP. YEAH. ALRIGHT. AND GO AHEAD COACH. WHICH ONE ARE YOU GOTTA DO NEXT? MICRO. SO THEN THIS SAYS JUNIOR, IT SAYS JUNIOR P. JUNIOR P. OKAY. THAT'S FINE. YES. OH, YES. I'M SORRY. PARENTS, IF YOU WANT COME THE MIDDLE CAN. ALRIGHT. PARENTS, THE PARENTS WANNA COME UP. OH, MORE, MORE PICTURES. LISTEN, DO THAT FIRST. ALRIGHT. WHO'S GONNA ANNOUNCE THESE? EXCUSE ME. YOU ARE. ALRIGHT. RIGHT. THERE YOU GO. AND LET'S INTRODUCE WHO YOU ARE. YES. FIRST. HELLO, I'M COACH KATHY. I AM THE COACH FOR JUNIOR PEEWEE. OUR GIRLS DID AMAZING THIS YEAR. SUPER, SUPER AMAZING. I DID, I DO HAVE SIX GIRLS. THEY'RE ALL NOT HERE, BUT VICTORIA VITI, YOU GUYS WERE AWESOME. YOU GUYS CAME IN, YOU GUYS PRACTICE EVERY, EVERY, EVERY SECOND OF THE OF PRACTICE. YOU WERE JUST AT IT. PROUD OF YOU. OKAY, NOW WE'RE GONNA CALL UP VIANNA BERNAL. [00:15:06] AND WE HAVE AND VICTORIA MADRID. OH, AND MINE. AND UNFORTUNATELY THOSE ARE ALL THE GIRLS THAT WE HAD AND MINE. OH, AND I DID WANNA MENTION OUR TRAINERS WHO ARE NOT HERE. THEY, THEY HELP THESE GIRLS SO MUCH. UM, ANNABEL AND MCKAYLA, UM, WISH THEY WERE HERE, BUT THANK YOU. AND YOU HAVE ONE FOR YOURSELF AND FOR MYSELF. CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY, GO CLOSER. ONE MORE PHOTO FROM MINE. SORRY. YEAH. PARENTS COME UP TO TAKE AFTER THE CITY ONE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE YOU TAKE PICTURES OF THE ENTIRE GROUP IN JUST A MOMENT. SO WE HAVE OUR NEXT GROUP AND FINAL GROUP. SO I'M STANDING IN FOR OUR, UH, PEEWEE COACH. SHE COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT, WHICH IS SHANNON DAHL. UM, SO OUR GIRLS TOOK THIRD PLACE AT COMPETITION FOR THE PEEWEE DIVISION. UM, DEFINITELY GAVE IT THEIR ALL PUT IN ALL THEIR HARD, HARD WORK. UM, THE STUNTS ARE AMAZING THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH. UM, SO LET ME CALL UP ALI FA, LEXI IRWIN AND LOLE. I AM NOT GONNA KILL YOUR LAST NAME. LAST AND LOTS . WE NEED TO HAVE THAT NAME. GARY LAGO MARINO LOTS. WOW. BLESS YOU. WE HAVE ANYONE? WE DO. WE HAVE ONE LITTLE ONE SITTING RIGHT THERE. WE HAVE ONE MORE. WE HAVE ONE MASCOT THAT SHOWED UP FOR REPRESENTATION. GIA BROCK. ALRIGHT. CERTIFICATE. OKAY. NOW DO WE HAVE ANY IN THERE FOR YOUTUBE? UH, NO . OKAY. PARENTS COME TAKE A PICTURE IF YOU WANT RIGHT NOW, THEN WE'LL VISIT A GROUP WITH ALL OF THEM AND WE'LL HAVE MASCOT IN. OKAY. ALRIGHT. OKAY. OKAY. SO IF YOU'RE, UM, TALLER, CAN YOU STAND IN THE ROW AND WE GOTTA MOVE ON THIS ONE. OKAY. , ONCE AGAIN, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR HAVING US, UM, OUT HERE. UH, WE LOVE REPRESENTING THE CITY AND REPRESENTING YOU ALL HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE LEADERSHIP AND STUFF THAT YOU SHOW TO US AND THE KINDNESS YOU SHOW US THROUGHOUT THE, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. UH, JUST, UH, FROM MYSELF. I, I COULDN'T DO ALL OF THIS WITHOUT, UH, MY COMMISSIONER WHERE SHE GO, DANIEL VIOLA RIGHT [00:20:01] THERE. UM, SHE TAKES CARE OF EVERYTHING WE DO ADMINISTRATIVELY, UH, SUPPORT EVERYTHING. AND VANESSA MENDOZA, WHO'S ALL OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA DIRECTOR, PUTS ALL OF OUR STUFF OUT. UM, THIS COMPETITION, THEY COMPETE AGAINST PROBABLY FIVE TO 700 OTHER CHEERLEADERS. WE HAVE 26 CHAPTERS THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE INLAND EMPIRE. UH, WE HAVE OVER 3000 FOOTBALL PLAYERS. IT'S 26 CHAPTERS LIKE OURSELF, WHICH WE HAVE ABOUT 250 TO 270 COMPLETE ATHLETES IN OUR CHAPTER. SO, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE MAGNITUDE OF WHAT THEY DO IS THEY GET OUT THERE AND WORK REAL HARD TO, TO GET A SPOT. AND THEY ONLY PLACE ABOUT FOUR PEOPLE PER, FOUR GROUPS PER CATEGORY. SO THEY'RE REALLY, REALLY COMPETITIVE. BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR FOR HAVING US. WE GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. WELL, CONGRATULATIONS. WELL DESERVED. THANK. OKAY. ALRIGHT, NEXT [7. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming February as Black History Month] WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH TO BE ACCEPTED BY THE BLACK STUDENT UNION MEMBERS FROM AYALA ENC, CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOLS, JASON WILEY, GLORIA ELLI, JADE STEWART, AND SIDNEY ADAMS. WILL YOU JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM, PLEASE? YES, PLEASE COME, COME ON UP HERE. RIGHT HERE FOR ME. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS MY DISTINCT PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE THIS, UH, PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING. FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH EACH YEAR, BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS OBSERVED IN FEBRUARY IN 1926, DR. CARTER G WOODSON BEGAN AN ANNUAL OBSERVANCE TO HELP RECTIFY THE OMISSION OF AFRICAN AMERICANS FROM HISTORY BOOKS. IN 1976, THE WEEK LONG COMMEMORATION WAS EXPANDED TO ONE MONTH AND IS NOW RECOGNIZED AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH. THIS MONTH IS A DEDICATED TIME TO HONOR AND CELEBRATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF BLACK AMERICANS IN EVERY FIELD. FROM SCIENCE AND THE TO THE ARTS AND RELIGION, THE STRENGTH OF OUR COMMUNITY LIES WITHIN OUR DIVERSITY, AND WE ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO USE THIS TIME TO BECOME MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT BLACK HERITAGE AND TO HONOR THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR NATION'S BLACK LEADERS. TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION, WE HAVE STUDENTS AND ADVISORS FROM BOTH ALA AND CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL BLACK STUDENT UNIONS. UH, SO I'M GONNA LET YOU COME FORWARD, EXPLAIN WHO YOU ARE, INTRODUCE YOUR, UH, LEADER, AND I HAVE CERTIFICATES FOR, UH, EACH OF THE SCHOOLS, UH, COMMEMORATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH. SO I'LL LET YOU COME UP AND INTRODUCE THEM FIRST, AND THEN I'LL PRESENT THEM TO YOU AND WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE. OKAY. IS THAT OKAY? ALRIGHT, COME RIGHT AHEAD. UM, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS SYDNEY ADAMS. I'M A JUNIOR AT TUNA HILLS HIGH SCHOOL. UM, OUR ADVISOR'S NOT HERE TODAY, BUT, UM, WE JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR OF ACCEPTING THIS PROCLAMATION. UM, BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS A SPECIAL TIME TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE US, AND YEAH, JUST THANK YOU. HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS JADE STEWART AND I'M ALSO A JUNIOR AT CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL. AND, UM, I'M JUST HONORED TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF CHINO HILLS HIGH. AND, UM, BLACK HISTORY MONTH ITSELF IS JUST REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME TO LOOK BACK AND REMEMBER EVERYTHING THAT MY ANCESTORS HAVE ACCOMPLISHED. AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO, UM, REFLECT ON WHAT THEY THEY DID AND HOW THEY MADE AN IMPACT ON THIS COUNTRY. SO, AGAIN, I'M VERY HONORED AND THANK YOU ALL FOR INVITING US. TAKE THEM BACK TO THE SCHOOL. AND NOW IF I CAN HEAR A WORD FROM THE ADVISOR, PLEASE. I AM GLORIA CHIARELLI. UM, I'M A PARENT AT AYALA AND CO-ADVISOR WITH MR. WILEY. AND I FEEL HONORED TO BE HERE TO SPEAK TO, UM, THE CITY. AND I THANK YOU MAYOR FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THIS AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR, UM, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST THE BLACK COMMUNITY, TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF THOSE THAT CAME BEFORE US SO THAT WE CAN HONOR THE EXCELLENCE OF THOSE THAT WILL INEVITABLY COME AFTER US. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS JASON, LAST NAME WILEY. I'M ALSO ADVISOR AT ALA HIGH SCHOOL, AND I'M ALSO THE CAMPUS SAFETY AT ALA HIGH SCHOOL. AND I WANNA SAY THIS IS AN HONOR FOR ME TO DO THIS THING, UH, TO, UH, SUPPORT OUR CHILDREN AND GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THEM TO BE GREAT IN, UH, WONDERFUL CHILDREN OF OUR, OUR, OUR WORLD AND OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [00:25:04] AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO INVITE UP THE PRINCIPAL OF AYLA HIGH SCHOOL. DIANA Y BOY, AND I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME WONDERFUL WORDS. LET'S COME ON UP. IT'S SO GREAT TO HAVE ADMINISTRATORS THAT SUPPORT ALL THAT GOES ON WITHIN THE SCHOOLS. WE HAVE GOT SOME GREAT SCHOOLS WITHIN THE CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND IN PARTICULAR HERE IN CHINO HILLS. DIANA, WE JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ALL OF OUR FOUR HIGH SCHOOLS, JUNIOR HIGHS AND ELEMENTARIES. WE SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS FOR ALWAYS, ALWAYS REMEMBERING OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU. YOU'RE, YOU WANNA DO ONE SEPARATELY? YES. THANK, WE'LL DO ONE. OH, I SURE. DIANE WANTS COME HERE. YES, THAT'S PERFECT. ONE MORE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU EVERYONE. I, I WOULDN'T . GREAT. DROP IT. YES. FUMBLE. I FUMBLED. THE NEXT ITEM [ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT] IS OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT. THANK YOU. AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR BENNETT, COUNCIL STAFF AND RESIDENTS. JUST A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS. RESIDENTS ARE INVITED TO A COMMUNITY MEETING ADDRESSING WILDFIRE PREPAREDNESS AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE ON FEBRUARY 24TH AT WESTERN HILLS COUNTRY CLUB. THE MEETING WILL COVER HOW CHINO VALLEY FIRE CHINO HOLDS POLICE AND THE CITY WORK TOGETHER TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY DURING EMERGENCIES AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE WILDFIRES IN LOS ANGELES AND RECENT POWER OUTAGES. AGENCIES WILL PROVIDE A SHORT PRESENTATION ON PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE WILDFIRE FIGHTING CONSIDERATIONS, EVACUATIONS AND NOTIFICATIONS, FOLLOWED BY A Q AND A SESSION. AND ALSO IN THE CANYON, CALTRANS IS PERFORMING TREE TRIMMING ALONG CARBON CANYON ROAD. THIS WEEK WORK IS TAKING PLACE FROM 9:00 AM TO 3:00 PM THROUGH THURSDAY DAILY. COMMUTERS SHOULD EXPECT DELAYS IN A FLAGGING OPERATION FROM CANYON HILLS ROAD TO JUST NORTH OF FELDSPAR DRIVE. CALTRANS HAS ADVISED THAT WORK WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT FEBRUARY AND MARCH AND MORE INFORMATION WILL BE SHARED AS THE DATES APPROACH IN RECREATION NEWS. THE NEW SPRING IN THE HILLS RECREATION BROCHURE WAS MAILED TO HOUSEHOLDS LAST WEEK AND IS AVAILABLE ONLINE. IT INCLUDES INFORMATION ON CITY NEWS AND SPRING EVENTS AND CLASSES. REGISTRATION FOR MOST EVENTS BEGINS THIS WEEK, LIKE THE ADULT EASTER EGG SCRAMBLE ON APRIL 11TH AND THE MCCOY FAMILY CAMP OUT EVENT ON MAY 17TH. AND LASTLY, CITY FACILITIES AND THE LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED FOR PRESIDENT'S DAY ON FEBRUARY 17TH. AND TRASH SERVICE IS NOT AFFECTED. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PIO REPORT FOR TONIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, CITY, CITY ATTORNEY, ANY UH, [ ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION] COMMENTS, TAKE OR ACTION COMING OUT OF, UH, CLOSED SESSION? THERE WAS NO REPORTABLE ACTION TAKEN IN ENCLOSED SESSION. THANK YOU, MAYOR. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. [8. 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 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.] UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEM APPEARING ON THE AGENDA. 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. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING. ALRIGHT, WELL, I WILL GO AHEAD AND, AND SEE, IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RIGHT NOW UNDER PUBLIC COMMENTS? IF NOT, WE WILL CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE MEETING. BRING IT BACK UP HERE. UH, ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST OR LEVI [ CONFLICT OF INTEREST / LEVINE ACT ANNOUNCEMENTS: Council Member abstentions or disclosures shall be stated at this time for recordation on the appropriate item.] ACT ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM ANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS? MM-HMM. ALRIGHT. NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON. WE HAVE A CONSENT [ CONSENT CALENDAR (7 ITEMS) - All matters listed on the Consent Calendar are considered routine by the City Council and may be enacted by one motion in the form listed below. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless, before the City Council votes on the motion to adopt, Members of the City Council or staff request the matter to be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action. Removed consent items will be discussed immediately after the adoption of the balance of the Consent Calendar.] CALENDAR. IT CONSISTS OF ITEMS NINE THROUGH 15. CAN I GET A MOTION NAME? I'D LIKE TO PULL NUMBER 11. 11. OKAY. POLL 11 FOR RAY. ANYONE ELSE? MR. MAYOR, CAN I MOVE THE REMAINDER? OKAY, WE HAVE A SECOND. OKAY. FIRST AND A SECOND, BUT LOCK IN YOUR BOAT PLEASE. MM-HMM . MOTION PASSES. FIVE ZERO. ITEM NUMBER 11 IS TO RATIFY [11. Ratify payments over $25,000 totaling $9,043,962.97 for month ended December 31, 2024] PAYMENTS OVER 25,000 TOTALING $9,043,962 AND 97 CENTS FOR THE MONTH ENDED DECEMBER 31ST, 2024. COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. UM, [00:30:01] I DID LOOK AT, UH, THE INVOICES FOR THE MONTH AND THE ISSUE THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP A LITTLE BIT WAS TREE TRIMMING. I GUESS THERE WAS A COST THREE INVOICES AND IT COST ABOUT 220,000. AND I KNOW OUR BUDGET IS ABOUT 900 A HUNDRED THOUSAND A YEAR. SO MY QUESTION IS, UM, ARE WE ON TRACK AS FAR AS THE BUDGET OR POSSIBLY MAYBE MIGHT GO OVER A LITTLE BIT. UH, REGARDING PAYMENTS TO WEST GU ARBUS, UH, FOR OUR TREE TRIMMING, UH, MAINTENANCE SERVICES, WE ARE ON TRACK. UH, IN DECEMBER WE DID SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, WE SPENT ABOUT $230,000 OF THAT, ABOUT 150,000 WAS FOR A SPECIAL PROJECT TO ASSESS, UH, TRIM AND REMOVE SOME TREES ON GRAND AVENUE. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT JUST THE GENERAL MAINTENANCE SERVICES, WE'RE AT ABOUT, UH, ABOUT 82,000, UH, WHICH IS ON TRACK, UH, ON HOW MUCH WE'RE SPENDING PER MONTH, UM, FOR OUR TREE MAINTENANCE SERVICES. UM, WHEN YOU AVERAGE IT OUT, I THINK WE'RE AVERAGING ABOUT, UH, 75,000, UH, PER MONTH. UM, AND IT VARIES PER MONTH AS WELL, DEPENDING ON THE WORK ORDERS, UM, THE SEASON AS WELL. UH, WE TEND TO DO MORE TRIMMING DURING, UH, THIS TIME OF YEAR BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER. UH, WE DON'T TRIM AS MUCH DURING THE HOT SUMMER WEATHER JUST BECAUSE IT CAN, UM, UH, STRESS THE TREES. UH, BUT YES, WE ARE ON TRACK, UH, TO, TO SPEND OUR, OUR LOTTED BUDGET. THANK YOU, SIR, FOR THAT REPORT. JUST A QUICK QUESTION. I KNOW THAT YOU'RE LOOKING, YOU KNOW, I GUESS WE HAVE 40,000 TREES IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. CORRECT. AND WE'RE TRYING TO DO 'EM A LITTLE BIT SOONER. MAYBE ONCE, ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS. TRY TO GO THROUGH THE, THE WHOLE, UH, AMOUNT OF TREES THAT WE DO HAVE IN THE AREA. THAT IS A GOAL. SO I KNOW OUR L AND LS BASICALLY WE'RE SORT OF UPSIDE DOWN RIGHT NOW. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE AS A COUNCIL OR CITY NEED TO LOOK AT FOR THE FUTURE TO BE ABLE TO TRIM THE TREES, SAY EVERY FIVE YEARS? UH, WE DO. UM, AS YOU MENTIONED, WE ARE, UM, IN THE SHORTFALL IN TERMS OF WHAT WE BRING IN, IN REVENUE FOR L AND VERSUS WHAT WE'RE SPENDING, UM, WHERE THE GENERAL FUND IS SUBSIDIZING QUITE A BIT OF THAT. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD CERTAINLY LOOK AT AND, UH, LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS TO BE ABLE TO, UM, PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THOSE, UH, FOR OUR MAINTENANCE SERVICES. WELL, JUST IN CLOSING, I JUST WANNA SAY YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING 40,000 TREES. IS A LOT OF TREES . I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE A A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. FIRST AND A SECOND. ALRIGHT. LOCK IN YOUR VOTE PLEASE. MOTION PASSES. FIVE ZERO. ALRIGHT, WE ARE AT THAT PO [16. 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 speakers 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.] POINT OF THE AGENDA WHERE WE ARE ACCEPTING PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR NON AGENDIZED ITEMS. DO WE HAVE A MOTION OR REQUEST TO SPEAK? YES. LET ME JUST READ THE, AT THIS TIME, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEMS WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE COUNCIL. THAT DOES NOT APPEAR ON THE AGENDA. UM, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY, WELL WE HAVE FOUR SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS ITEM. ALRIGHT. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS CURTIS SMITH. AND I, I, I WANNA ADD THAT THE PICTURES THAT WERE DISTRIBUTED OUT TO YOU WERE FROM MR. SMITH. UH, GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, I ENCLOSED TWO PICTURES THERE THAT SHOWS MY PROPERTY. I TRIED TO GO SOLAR, SOLAR COMPANIES, CAME OUT, LOOKED AT IT, SAID THEY COULD PROBABLY COVER 20 TO 30% OF MY POWER NEEDS ON A BRIGHT DAY. AND THAT SHOWS WHY I, MY HOUSE WAS BUILT BETWEEN FOUR OAK TREES THAT WAS TAKEN RIGHT AFTER I HAD GOT THROUGH TRIMMING THEM. SO I DECIDED I WOULD GO WITH THE GEN X GENERATOR BECAUSE THE OUTAGES IN THE CANYON, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO HAVE THREE OR FOUR OF 'EM A YEAR. THIS LAST ONE WAS THREE AND A HALF DAYS. I LOST EVERYTHING IN THE FREEZER, WHICH WASN'T FUN. BUT I PUT IN A REQUEST FOR A SOLAR IN NOVEMBER, I THINK IT WAS NOVEMBER 8TH AND NOVEMBER 8TH IT WAS GONE. HADN'T HEARD ANYTHING, DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING. LAST WEEK I HEARD THE FIRST COMMENT. THEY WANTED A CHANGE IN THE PLANS. MY CONCERN IS THERE'S GONNA BE ANOTHER THREE MONTHS BEFORE THEY APPROVE THE PLANS BECAUSE WE HAD A CHANGE ON IT. OKAY. THAT'S THROUGH BUILDING AND SAFETY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SELENA. HELLO. I'M HERE BECAUSE WE SAW AN ICE VEHICLE IN OUR COMMUNITY OF CHINO HILLS. SO I'M HERE AS A CONCERNED RESIDENT. OUR CITY PRIDES ITSELF ON BEING A SAFE AND WELCOMING COMMUNITY, BUT THAT SAFETY MUST EXTEND TO ALL RESIDENTS, INCLUDING OUR UNDOCUMENTED FOLKS. THESE FAMILIES ARE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF CHINO HILLS. THEY CONTRIBUTE TO OUR ECONOMY, OUR SCHOOLS, AND OUR COMMUNITY. YET THEY CONTINUE TO BE DEMONIZED AND THEY'RE LIVING IN FEAR OF DEPORTATION AND FAMILY SEPARATION. WE DO NOT WANT ICE AGENTS IN OUR CITY. THEIR PRESENCE DOES NOT MAKE US SAFER. IT CREATES FEAR, DISTRUST, AND UNNECESSARY [00:35:01] HARM. AS CITY, CITY LEADERS, YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT ALL MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, AND THAT INCLUDES LIMITING COOPERATION WITH ICE AND ENSURING OUR LOCAL RESOURCES ARE NOT USED TO AID IN THEIR HARMFUL, VIOLENT PRACTICES. I URGE YOU TO TAKE ACTION BY STRENGTHENING PROTECTIONS OF OUR UNDOCUMENTED NEIGHBORS, INVESTING IN LEGAL RESOURCES AND MAKING IT CLEAR THAT CHINO HILLS STANDS FOR INCLUSION. WE SHOULD BE FOR JUSTICE. LET I REMIND YOU, UM, NOBODY IS ILLEGAL ON STOLEN LAND. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JIM GALLAGHER. GOOD EVENING. UH, I AM CONCERNED OF THE, OF THE MEETING, OF THE LAST MEETING WHERE WE HAD CAME UP WITH THESE, UH, GUIDELINES IN TERMS OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS. UH, I THINK CHAMPION FRAMED IT VERY WELL AND IT REALLY BROUGHT TO ATTENTION WHAT HAS BEEN EATING AT ME FOR SOME TIME. UH, I'VE MADE COMMENTS BEFORE ABOUT THESE STANCHIONS. I'VE MADE COMMENTS ABOUT THE RESERVE SEATS THAT MADE US FEEL SUDDENLY LIKE THERE'S A SEPARATION BETWEEN YOU AND US. UH, NOW I SEE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LIMITED TO ONE MINUTE, WHICH DOESN'T REALLY GIVE YOU MUCH TIME TO REALLY ARTICULATE ANYTHING THAT THAT CONCERNS YOU. UH, IN THE PAST WE HAVE HAD, UH, VERY DIVISIVE GROUPS IN THE CITY THAT HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD ISSUES ANGRILY, I MIGHT ADD. AND WE NEVER BEFORE FELT LIKE WE NEEDED TO GO TO THIS LENGTH TO LIMIT. SO SOME CITIES I KNOW IN SAN REINO COUNTY ARE NOW GOING TO THREE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON FOR MEETINGS, OR IN FACT, A SCHOOL DISTRICT IS DOWN TO ONE MEETING A MONTH. WHAT'S GOING ON? I THINK FREE SPEECH IS UNDER ATTACK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU JIM. OUR FINAL SPEAKER IS SARAH RAMAS GER. GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL. I JUST WANTED TO COME AND PUBLICLY THANK EVERYONE IN THE CITY FOR THEIR CONSTANT SUPPORT. I AM A LIAISON FOR THE CARBON CANYON FIRE SAFE COUNCIL THROUGH THE FIRE DISTRICT. AND A LOT OF QUESTIONS COME UP AFTER THESE MEETINGS, DURING THESE MEETINGS. AND PEOPLE LATELY HAVE BEEN VERY CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY, ABOUT DO WE KNOW HOW TO EVACUATE PROPERLY? DO WE, DOES THE CITY WORK WITH THE FIRE, WITH POLICE AND SUCH? AND I KNOW WE'RE GONNA BE ADDRESSING SOME OF THOSE ISSUES THAT ENDED UPCOMING MEETING, BUT AFTER THAT MEETING, IT WAS QUITE LATE. I REACHED OUT TO MAYOR BENNETT, UM, ROD HILL AS WELL. I WANNA THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALWAYS BEING SO RESPONSIVE TO ME. UH, JOYCE AS WELL. JOYCE WAS ONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS, BUT THANK YOU GUYS, THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING SUPPORTIVE TO ME AND ME BEING ABLE TO GET BACK TO THE RESIDENTS AND HAVE, UM, ACTIVE AND UM, QUICK COMMUNICATION TO THEM. SO I JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING SUCH GREAT MEMBERS OF OUR COUNCIL IN CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? THERE ARE ANOTHER, NO OTHER SPEAKER CARDS? ALRIGHT, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO SAFETY UPDATES. [ SAFETY UPDATES - Fire and Police] UH, CHIEF WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. UH, REALLY JUST WHAT I WANT. ONE THING WITH THE WEATHER CHANGING, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RAIN POUR AND SO I JUST WANTED THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW AND THE COUNCIL TO KNOW THAT WE WOULD BE UPSTAFFING A SWIFT WATER RESCUE. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE OUT THERE DRIVING AROUND, BE CAREFUL AND, UH, STAY OUT OF THE WASHES DURING THIS TIME. UH, IF THE RAINS GET HEAVY, THEN THAT CAN BE PROBLEMATIC IF YOU'RE CAUGHT DOWN IN A WASH AND GET SWEPT AWAY AT IN LITERALLY WATER THAT'S JUST RIGHT ABOVE YOUR ANKLE. SO, UH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THE TONIGHT AND I WANNA SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I RECOGNIZE, UH, TWO BOARD MEMBERS, UH, SARAH AND MIKE FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH AND WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT'S MEETING, SO, ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT, CHIEF GERARD, PLEASE. THANK YOU. AND GOOD EVENING. HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF AND RESIDENTS AND ATTENDANCE. DISTRACTION THEFTS CONTINUE TO BE A CONCERN IN THE CITY, ESPECIALLY AROUND BANKS. IN OUR SHOPPING AREAS. UH, I'D LIKE TO SHARE A COUPLE RECENT CASES THAT CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING. ON JANUARY 20TH, 2025, A 66-YEAR-OLD FEMALE VICTIM EXITED A LOCAL GROCERY STORE AND PLACED HER PURSE ON HER PASSENGER SEAT WHILE SHE LOADED HER GROCERIES INTO HER VEHICLE. WHILE SHE WAS DOING SO, AN UNKNOWN MALE SUSPECT OPENED HER PASSENGER DOOR AND STOLE HER PURSE FROM THE VEHICLE. ON JANUARY 25TH, 2025, A 78-YEAR-OLD MALE VICTIM WAS ACCESSING THE ATM AT A LOCAL BANK. WHEN HE WAS APPROACHED BY AN UNKNOWN SUSPECT WHO ASKED HIM IF HE DROPPED THE $10 BILL, THE SUSPECT THEN GRABBED THE VICTIM'S ATM CARD, HELD IT FOR A MINUTE AND RETURNED IT TO HIM. THE VICTIM LATER REALIZED THE 18, THE ATM CARD HE WAS GIVEN BACK WAS NOT HIS OWN. AND SOMEBODY HAD WITHDRAWN APPROXIMATELY $1,500 FROM HIS BANK ACCOUNT. IN ANOTHER INCIDENT ON JANUARY 30TH, 2025, A 77-YEAR-OLD [00:40:01] FEMALE VICTIM WITHDREW A LARGE SUM OF MONEY FROM A LOCAL BANK HERE IN THE CITY. UH, WHEN SHE RETURNED TO HER VEHICLE, SHE WAS PRO APPROACHED BY AN UNKNOWN FEMALE WHO TOLD HER SHE HAD DROPPED SOME MONEY BEHIND HER CAR. THE VICTIM EXITED HER VEHICLE TO CHECK IF SHE HAD DROPPED ANY MONEY AND SAW NUMEROUS $1 BILLS ON THE GROUND BEHIND HER VEHICLE. AS SHE GATHERED THE BILLS, A SECOND UNKNOWN SUSPECT STOLE THE VICTIM'S MONEY SHE HAD JUST RE WITHDRAWN FROM THE BANK FROM HER VEHICLE. UH, THE PUBLIC IS REMINDED TO BE AWARE OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS AND PLEASE REMAIN VIGILANT WHEN CONDUCTING BANK BUSINESS AND WHILE SHOPPING, BE WARY OF PEOPLE APPROACHING TO DISTRACT YOU. IF YOU FEEL THREATENED OR BELIEVE YOU MAY BE THE TARGET OF A DISTRACTION THEFT, DO NOT ENGAGE WITH INDIVIDUALS AND PLEASE IMMEDIATELY CALL 9 1 1. THAT CONCLUDES MY STATEMENT TODAY, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF. APPRECIATE IT. CITY MANAGER UPDATES, [ CITY MANAGER UPDATES] UH, NO UPDATE TONIGHT, BUT I WOULD ASK MR. SMITH IF I CAN GET A PHONE NUMBER FROM YOU, THEN I'LL HAVE ONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS GIVE YOU A CALL. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, GREAT. ALRIGHT. COUNCIL REPORTS. VICE [ COUNCIL REPORTS Vice Mayor Johsz Omnitrans Board Council Member Marquez San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Board Council Member Moran California Institution for Men and Women Citizen Advisory Committees Council Member Rogers Chino Basin Desalter Authority Board] MAYOR JOES OMNI TRANS. ALRIGHT. FOR OMNI TRANS, IT WAS A FAIRLY QUICK MEETING. WE HAD EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION FOR YEARS OF SERVICE AND EMPLOYEES OF THE YEAR, AND THEN ENC CLOSED SESSION, JUST, UH, LABOR NEGOTIATIONS WITH OUR DRIVERS. AND THAT'S ALL WE HAD FOR THE MEETING. ALRIGHT, GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. APPRECIATE IT. UM, I GOT A COUPLE THINGS HERE FOR SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY. ON FEBRUARY THE FOURTH, WE JOINED THE TRANSIT MOBILITY TEAM AT SAN BERNARDINO TRANSIT CENTER FOR TRANSIT AND EQUITY DAY. AND THAT DAY WE GAVE FREE RIDES ON THE BUSES AND TRAINS METROLINK. UM, THE NEXT DAY WE HAD A BOARD MEETING. WE APPROVED APPROVED LEGAL SERVICE AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR, WE HAD AN UPDATE ON METROLINK SERVICES TO REDLANDS, TO LA UNION STATION. WE HAVE, WE USED TO HAVE TWO EXPRESS SERVICES FROM REDLANDS TO LA. WE CUT BACK ONCE OR ONE ONE A DAY. AND THE REASON THAT WE HAD TO CUT BACK WAS BECAUSE OF TRACK CAPACITY. UH, MEASURE I WORKSHOP. WE DISCUSSED CONTINUATION OF THE ONE HALF CENT SALES TAX. AND OVER THE YEARS THIS SALES TAX HAS FUNDED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. UM, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AD HOC COMMITTEE ALSO MET, UH, WE CONTINUED, UH, DISCUSSIONS REGARDING, UH, JOB DESCRIPTION. WE'RE GONNA HAVE A VACANCY THERE. QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS. JOB POSTED WAS ON 2 7 25. CLOSING IS 2 14 25. INTERVIEWS ARE SCHEDULED FOR 2 24 25. THOSE ARE MY REPORTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN, JUST A FEW THINGS FOR, UM, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTION FOR MEN AND WOMEN'S CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT MET THIS MORNING. UM, NOTHING NEW TO REPORT FOR, UM, THE WOMEN'S PRISON, BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS EXTEND AN INVITATION TO OUR CITY COMMISSIONERS TO TAKE A TOUR WITH ME. AND THAT WAS AT THE INVITATION OF, UM, THE WARDEN. SO IF WE CAN FIRST GET A CONSENSUS OF WHICH CITY COMMISSIONERS WOULD BE INTERESTED ATTENDING A TOUR IN THE FIRST PLACE, AND THEN WE CAN COORDINATE LIKE, UM, A DATE FROM THAT IF I CAN HAVE SOMEONE COORDINATE WITH THE COUNCIL, UM, COMMISSION ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE FOR THAT. AND THEN, UM, FOR CIM, THERE'S A NEW WARDEN. SO UNFORTUNATELY, TRAVIS, IT'S NOT UNFORTUNATE FOR, FORTUNATELY FOR TRAVIS PENNINGTON. HE'S BEEN PROMOTED, UM, AS AN AREA DIRECTOR. HE'S, HE WILL, UH, SEE OVER I BELIEVE SIX PRISONS. AND SO WE MET THE NEW INTERIM, UM, WARDEN, UM, THIS MORNING. VERY NICE GENTLEMAN AND I THINK HE'S GONNA CONSIDER GOING, PUTTING HIS HAT IN THE RING TO GET VETTED FOR THE POSITION. HIS NAME IS ERIC MEJIA AND HE ASSURED US THAT THE TRANSITION WILL BE SEAMLESS AND THAT THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE TO CREATE A STRONG PARTNERSHIP IN RECENT YEARS WITH THE GIVEN, WITH THE TRANSFER OF THE DEATH ROW INMATES WILL REMAIN A PRIORITY TO HIM. AND HE'S ASSURED AGAIN THAT KEVIN COOPER WOULD NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO CHINO PRISON. UM, AND SINCE WE MET LAST, THERE'S UH, BEEN A HUNDRED NEW 101 NEW, UH, INMATES SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, BUT, WHICH IS NORMAL, I THINK, WHICH THEY SAY IS NORMAL. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO REPORT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. MR. MAYOR. MM-HMM . WELL, WE'RE GONNA MS. PATTERSON. YEAH. WHAT A GREAT WARDEN. BUT HE WAS ONLY THERE FOR LESS THAN A YEAR, RIGHT? YEAH, FOR ABOUT A YEAR. YEAH. YEAH. AMAZING MAN. YEAH, THEY DO A GREAT JOB. THEY GO THROUGH A LOT, BUT I THINK FOR HIM, HE, HE MADE AN IMPACT IN THAT SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. THANK YOU. AND IT'S ALWAYS DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO GET FINALLY APPROVED AS WELL. MM-HMM . THEY, THEY'RE ACTING WARDENS FOR THE LONGEST TIME AND WE'VE ACTUALLY LOST A COUPLE RECENT ONES IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS BECAUSE THEY COULD NEVER GET THE APPROVALS THERE, SO. MM-HMM . WELL THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT. UH, PETER. YES. UH, JUST ONE REPORT ON WATER CHINO BASIN AND DE SALTER AUTHORITY OR CDA OR ONE OF THE SEVEN MEMBER AGENCIES WE MET LAST WEEK AND A PRETTY SIMPLE REPORT THIS TIME AROUND. EVERYTHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HAD TO DO WITH FINANCIAL AND OR STAFFING. SO THAT'S NOTHING HAVING TO DO WITH FACILITIES, IT HAD TO DO WITH COST [00:45:01] OF LIVING, ET CETERA. UH, SO THAT'S IT. NOTHING TO REPORT. ALRIGHT, HOW ABOUT YOUR, UH, COUNSEL COMMENTS? [ COUNCIL COMMENTS] NO REAL COMMENTS OTHER THAN, UH, WE ARE GOING TO BE HOSTING, AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE, UM, A WILDFIRE EMERGENCY RESPONSE OR WHAT I LIKE TO CALL, UH, WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED FROM THE RECENT, UM, FIRE DEVASTATIONS THAT TOOK PLACE? SO IT'S BEING HOSTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. RAY AND I WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE ALONG WITH OUR FIRE CHIEF, POLICE CHIEF, UM, SCE AND WHO ELSE IS GONNA BE THERE? RAY, UH, JOYCE WILL BE THERE, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA DELVE INTO WHAT WE'VE LEARNED AND WHAT WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO SHARE WITH OUR RESIDENTS THAT, OR REMIND OUR RESIDENTS WHEN AN INCIDENT TAKES PLACE AS TO WHAT WAS EXPERIENCED OVER THE LAST MONTH OR SO. UH, WHAT WE NEED TO DO, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT REMEDIES NEED TO TAKE PLACE, HOW YOU NEED TO PREPARE YOURSELF IF YOU HAVE A POWER OUTAGE, ET CETERA. SO JUST A REMINDER, AND I MAYBE RAY WAS GONNA TALK ABOUT IT ALSO AND THERE'S THE, UH, THE FLYER ACTUALLY. SO THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE FOR NOW. OKAY, THAT'S GREAT. AND BY THE WAY, BECAUSE WITH THIS FLYER UP THERE, UH, JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S KNOWLEDGE, BECAUSE ANYTIME WE HAVE THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS AT A A MEETING, WE HAVE TO CONS AGENDIZE IT AND, AND PUT IT OUT THERE. UH, SINCE BOTH THESE GENTLEMEN, UH, REPRESENT THE PEOPLE IN, IN THE, UH, CARBON CANYON, UH, I'M, I'M NOT GOING TO ATTEND THAT MEETING BECAUSE IT'S WELL COVERED BY THE TWO OF YOU AND IT KEEPS US FROM HAVING TO DO EXTRA WORK TO, TO POST IT AND HAVE A QUORUM, UH, PRESENT. SO RAY YOUR COMMENTS WELL BEFORE THAT TOO, BUT OH YES, I'M SORRY. THAT'S REAL QUICK THOUGH. THAT'S GOOD. BUT YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD, IF WE EVER HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE FEEL THREE OF US WANNA GO, IT'S NOT A HASSLE TO IZE IT, THEN, THEN WE'LL DO IT. YEAH. BECAUSE I WAS PLANNING TO ATTEND. I'M HAPPY TO NOT ATTEND GIVEN THEY DON'T WANT, EVERYONE DOESN'T WANNA DEAL WITH THE QUORUM ISSUE. I'M HAPPY NOT TO ATTEND, BUT IF WE EVER WANT TO, IT'S AN OPTION ALWAYS. YEAH. AND IF YOU FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT IT, NO, WE WILL. THAT'S FINE. WE TAKE THE NECESSARY. IT'S FINE. I'M GLAD, I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE DOING IT. IT'S NOT JUST LIMITED TO CANYON RESIDENTS, SO THAT'S WHY WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE KNOWS. YEAH. IT'S NOT JUST FOR CARBON CANYON RESIDENTS, IT'S FOR EVERYBODY. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. RIGHT. MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE THAT. FIRST OF ALL, I DID ATTEND THE STATE OF THE CITY FOR RIVERSIDE. I WAS INVITED BY MAYOR PATRICIA LOCKIN, UH, WHAT A BIG CITY. THEY'RE DOING SOME REMARKABLE THINGS THERE. SO I WANTED TO THANK HER FOR THE INVITATION. UH, BRIAN AND MYSELF, WE HAD A TRANSPORTATION AD HOC COMMITTEE MEETING. WE TALKED ABOUT UH, TRUCK ROUTES, WE TALKED ABOUT PINE AVENUE, WE TALKED ABOUT EUCLID. AND WE WERE ASKING, WE WERE WONDERING ABOUT CHINO, THE CITY OF CHINO, WHAT ARE THEY DOING ABOUT THESE THINGS? SO BRIAN SUGGESTED, AND I AGREE WITH A HUNDRED PERCENT THAT NEXT TIME WE HAVE THIS MEETING AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THESE TOPICS, THAT WE INVITE THE CITY OF CHINO TO BE PARTICIPANTS SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THESE ISSUES. UM, SK WE HAD AN EXECUTIVE MEETING. WE DISCUSSED AB 20, I'M SORRY, 2 26. WE HAD UPDATES LEGISLATIVELY FROM OUR LOBBYIST, STATE AND FEDERAL. UM, WE HAD A JOINT POLICY COMMITTEE. THERE'S ACTUALLY THREE POLICY COMMITTEES, BUT WE HAD A JOINT, UH, POLICY COMMITTEE. AND BASICALLY WE WERE TALKING ABOUT FIRES IN LA COUNTY. SO WE HAD A PANEL OF EXPERTS, LUCY JONES CENTER OF SCIENCE, AMY BROCK WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF REGIONAL PLANNING, STEVE, SO THE CHIEF RECOVERY OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF, UH, LOS ANGELES AND NON TAR KEY DIRECTOR OF CALIFORNIA FORWARD. REALLY INTERESTING, GREAT DISCUSSION. AND I JUST WANNA GO OVER SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT I DID, UH, GET OUT OF THIS. WE WERE GIVEN UPDATES ON THE NUMEROUS FIRES IN LA COUNTY. THERE WAS ACTUALLY SIX FIRES IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY. UH, TOTAL FIRES IN JANUARY WERE SIXTH. LIKE IT JUST SAID, TOTAL ACRES HAVE BURNT OVER. THESE SIX FIRES WAS OVER 45,000 ACRES. SO I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE HOW MANY ACRES WERE BURNT. TOTAL STRUCTURE DESTROYED IN PACIFIC PALISADE WHERE 6,837 PROPERTIES 1017 WERE DAMAGED. WE HAD 29 FATALITIES IN THAT FIRE. THE EATON FIRE, WE ACTUALLY DESTROYED OR DESTROYED A 99,438 HOMES. STRUCTURES DAMAGED WERE 1,073. THAT FIRE, WE HAD 16 FATALITIES. THOSE FOR THOSE TWO FIRES WAS OVER 45 PEOPLE THAT PASSED AWAY IN LA COUNTY. I GOT SOME INFORMATION FROM STEVE SOOF THAT THE HOUSES THAT BURNT DOWN, THEY'RE TRYING TO GET, UH, CONSTRUCTION MOVED A LITTLE BIT FASTER. SO PLANS THEY DON'T HAVE TO GET APPROVED. SO AS LONG AS IT WAS THE SAME SQUARE FOOTAGE UP TO 10% MORE, IT JUST, THEY CAN START BUILDING. THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH, UH, CITY, UH, PLANNING. UH, FEMA, THEY'RE REALLY CONCERNED. THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT FEMA. SO AFTER SIX MONTHS, I DIDN'T REALIZE THIS, THEY'RE GONNA BE LEAVING THESE AREAS. THEY TALKED ABOUT PREFAB HOUSING. THIS WAS A, A DISCUSSION POINT THAT I GUESS, UM, THEY FEEL THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN A LOT FASTER THAN IF YOU GO PREFAB. THERE WOULD BE, THEY FEEL THAT THERE'S GONNA BE [00:50:01] A PROBLEM. IT'S CALLED, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT GAP. SO IN OTHER WORDS, THEY'RE GONNA, ALL THESE HOUSES ARE GONNA BE BUILT OVER ALMOST 20,000 HOMES. UM, WHEN THEY GET MONIES FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANY, THEY FEEL THERE'S GONNA BE A GAP AS FAR AS CONSTRUCTION COSTS. SO THEY WERE SAYING THAT THEY FEEL THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WON'T BE ABLE TO BUILD NUMBER ONE OR NUMBER TWO. UM, THEY'LL PROBABLY BE SELLING THEIR PROPERTIES WITH THE, THE ABILITY OF, UM, HAVE A DEVELOPMENT DICK AND GALL. SO, UM, LEMME GO TO THE REGIONAL COUNCIL. WE ADAPT 2025 DRAFT, DRAFT REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY TARGETS. AND OUT OF THIS MAIN TOPIC TOO, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT EUCALYPTUS TREES AND PALM TREES. THEY WARNED THAT IF YOU HAVE 'EM IN YOUR CITY, THINK ABOUT A MITIGATION PLAN. SO THOSE ARE MY REPORTS, SIR. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CYNTHIA. NO COUNSEL. COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, BRIAN. UH, JUST QUICKLY, UM, LIKE RAY, I WROTE ON, UH, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FOR TRANSIT EQUITY DAY. AND JUST SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS, 'CAUSE I HAD LEARNED ABOUT IT, OUR BUSIEST, UH, OUR BUSIEST, UH, USE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN THE CITY IS THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. SO IF YOU'RE K THROUGH 12, YOU CAN RIDE, UH, ON A FIXED BUS ROUTE. SO THE ACTUAL BUSES YOU CAN RIDE FOR FREE, YOU JUST NEED YOUR STUDENT ID. IF YOU WANT TO RIDE ON OMNI RIDE, WHICH IS THE LITTLE SHUTTLE THAT TAKES YOU BACK AND FORTH FROM DIFFERENT PLACES, IT'S A $4 RIDE. IF YOU'RE A STUDENT, YOU GET $2 OFF. SO IT'S A $2 RIDE, SO A HECK OF A LOT BETTER THAN, YOU KNOW, PAYING FOR UBER OR LYFT. SO USE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IF YOU CAN. THAT'S ALL I GOT. ALRIGHT. UH, I HAVE JUST ONE GENERAL COMMENT. THE LAST FRIDAY I ATTENDED THE, UH, INLAND EMPIRE CAUCUS, UH, 21ST ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST. UH, THE SIGNIFICANT PART ABOUT IT WAS, IS AND THESIS WAS, UH, RECOGNIZED FOR ALL THAT THEY DO. AND OF COURSE WE ACTUALLY HAD THREE SPEAKERS THAT WERE MEMBERS AND, AND ACTUALLY INDIVIDUALS THAT BELONGED TO THAT ORGANIZATION. AND THEY WERE TELLING BASICALLY THEIR SUCCESS STORY AND WHAT ANTHESIS HAS DONE TO THEM TO MAINSTREAM THEM AND HELP THEM OUT WITH PROVIDING A, A LIVING AND BEING ABLE TO BE INDEPENDENT, UH, UH, PEOPLE. SO IT WAS, IT WAS A REALLY GOOD MEETING, UH, TO ATTEND. NOW TONIGHT, UH, I'M GOING TO BE DOING A SPECIAL ADJOURNMENT, BUT I SEE ONE PERSON IN THE AUDIENCE. RON CZI IS THE ACTUAL PRESIDENT OF THE 55 PLUS CLUB VETERANS GROUP. AND I SUSPECT THAT, I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT CHUCK, WHO I'M GONNA SPEAK ABOUT, UH, WITH IT RESPECT TO HIS, UH, SERVICES THAT ARE PROPOSED. WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND MAKE A QUICK COMMENT? I KNOW YOU DIDN'T TALK UNDER PUBLIC COMMENTS, BUT COULD YOU JUST SO YOU CAN FILL IN A LITTLE BLANK FOR THE, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC. UM, WHAT I, WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT, UH, CHUCK'S, UH, VER SERVICE WILL BE THURSDAY, MARCH 6TH AT ST. PAUL, UH, THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH AT 11:00 AM OKAY. THAT'S, THAT'S ABOUT ALL. NO. OKAY. ALRIGHT. I DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER BURIAL SERVICE OR I, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION YET. OKAY. YEAH, I THINK IT'S AS, AS WE MAY, THOSE OF US THAT ARE CLOSE TO HIM KNOW THAT HE, UH, HE HAD NO CHILDREN, BUT HE DID HAVE TWO, TWO SISTERS AND THE SON OF ONE OF THOSE SISTERS IS MAKING ALL THE ARRANGEMENTS ALONG WITH OKAY. UH, YEAH. SO WITH SUZANNE AND GLEN ANDERSON, THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF THAT WORK, SO, OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. OKAY. I WANTED TO LET YOU GET THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. WITH, UM, WITH THAT IN MIND, [ ADJOURN IN MEMORIAM: Adjourn in memory of Chino Hills resident Charles “Chuck” Haeflinger who passed away on February 3, 2025, at the age of 77.] THIS IS BITTERSWEET. UH, THOSE OF US THAT HAVE KNOWN CHUCK FOR A LONG TIME, UH, REALIZE THAT, UH, HE WAS, UH, YOU SAW A VERY NICE ARTICLE IN THE CHINO CHAMPION THIS LAST WEEKEND. UM, HE WAS A, UH, A CHOPPER PILOT IN VIETNAM, THE END OF THE VIETNAM WAR. UH, BUT, UH, HE, UH, LET ME READ THIS ABOUT HIM AND, UM, HOPEFULLY IT'LL SPEAK VOLUMES ABOUT WHO HE WAS. TONIGHT WE ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF CHARLES HAFLINGER OR CHUCK WHO PASSED AWAY ON FEBRUARY 3RD AT THE AGE OF 77. CHUCK WAS A TRUE PATRIOT MENTOR AND BELOVED MEMBER OF OUR CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY. HE HAD A DISTINGUISHED 32 YEAR CAREER IN THE ARMY AND SERVED HONORABLY RETIRING AS A LIEUTENANT COLONEL. HIS SERVICING ENTER OR EARNED HIM NUMEROUS ACCOLADES, INCLUDING A BRONZE STAR MEDAL AND FIVE MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDALS. FOLLOWING HIS RETIREMENT, CHUCK OUT OR CONTINUED HIS LEGACY OF SERVICE BY BECOMING A MENTOR ETRI OR MET DEMETRIUS. YES, EXCUSE ME, FOR THE, UH, REACHING NEW HEIGHTS FOUNDATION WHERE HE DEDICATED HIMSELF TO HELPING VETERANS TRANSITION BACK TO CIVILIAN LIFE HERE IN CHINO HILLS, CHUCK WAS A MEMBER OF THE CHINO HILLS 55 PLUS CLUB VETERANS GROUP. HE PLAYED A SIGN SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN HELPING TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE MILITARY SERVICE MONUMENT AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. THROUGH HIS LEADERSHIP IN SELLING COMMEMORATIVE BRICKS, [00:55:01] CHUCK AND HIS LATE WIFE SHARON WERE CHARTER MEMBERS OF ST. PAUL, THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH, AND LED THE MARRIED, MARRIED COUPLES CLUB TOGETHER ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS AND THE CITY COUNCIL, ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE EXTEND THE HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO CHUCK'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS. AND WITH THAT, WE WILL ADJOURN TONIGHT IN HIS HONOR. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.