[ 6:00 P.M. - CONVENE MEETING / ROLL CALL]
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GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE CHINO HILLS CITY CHIN COUNCIL MEETING, UH, TONIGHT FOR, UH, MARCH 25TH.
TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE YOU STAND, AND IF YOU'LL REMAIN STANDING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, UH, RON EY OF THE 55 PLUS CLUB VETERANS GROUP COME UP AND DO THE, UH, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
AND THEN FOLLOWED BY, UH, PETER CHUNG, ELDER OF GOOD SHEPHERD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH FOR THE INVOCATION.
MAYOR, WE NEED TO DO ATTENDANCE.
SEE, I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
WHAT CAN I SAY? MY FELLOW VETERANS, VETERANS CAN SALUTE, READY,
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]
BEGIN BY PLEASURE, ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH, WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN INDIVISIBLE OF LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.[ INVOCATION: Peter Chung, Elder, Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church]
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU IN REVERENCE AND HUMILITY, SEEKING YOUR WISDOM AND GUIDANCE AS WE GATHER HERE THIS EVENING.YOU ARE THE SOURCE OF ALL THE TRUTH AND JUSTICE, THE PEOPLE PEACE AND UNDERSTANDING.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER TOWARD THE COMMON GOOD.
WE ASK FOR YOUR BLESSING UPON THIS COUNCIL.
THE MAYOR IS MEMBERS AND ALL WHO ARE PRESENT.
GRANT US CLARITY OF THOUGHT, UNITY OF SPIRIT AND COURAGE.
YOU FACE THE CHALLENGES AHEAD.
MAY THE WORK WE UNDERTAKE TODAY BE PLEAING IN YOUR SIDE AND SERVE TO UPLIFT, STRENGTHEN THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY.
MAY OUR WORK BE A REFLECTION OF YOUR LOVE AND CARE.
ALL THESE THINGS WE PRAY IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST.
[4. INTRODUCTION: New Employee: Lauryn Slaughter, Management Analyst I, Public Works Department]
AGENDA IS AN INTRODUCTION OF A NEW EMPLOYEE, LAUREN SLAUGHTER, THE MANAGEMENT ANALYST, ONE OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR OF THE PODIUM.
LET'S SEE HOW LONG YOU CAN KEEP THAT SMILE.
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME LAUREN SLAUGHTER AS OUR NEW MANAGEMENT ANALYST, ONE IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
PRIOR TO JOINING US, LAUREN BEGAN HER LOCAL, LOCAL GOVERNMENT CAREER IN 2023, SERVING THE CITY OF LA PALMA AND THE CITY OF LUNA MIGUEL.
SHE EARNED HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE AT THE ZUS OF PACIFIC UNIVERSITY AND HER MASTER'S DEGREE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION FROM CAL STATE LONG BEACH.
HER AND HER HUSBAND MAX ARE CHINO HILLS RESIDENTS AND ENJOYED SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS AND, UH, PLAYING WITH HER DOG, JODY OR GORDY.
AND WITH THAT I'M GOING TO PRESENT YOU WITH THE CITY ID BADGE.
BUT WOULD YOU HAVE A FEW WORDS YOU'D LIKE TO SAY? UM, JUST, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME HERE.
I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND TO GET TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY WITH SUCH A WONDERFUL, UM, TEAM.
[5. PROCLAMATION: Proclaiming March 29, 2025 as National Vietnam War Veterans Day]
A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING MARCH 29TH AS NATIONAL VIETNAM WAR VETERANS DAY TO BE ACCEPTED BY RON KUNZE, CHAIRPERSON FOR THE CHINO HILLS 55 PLUS CLUB AND WILL BE WILL RON AND THE 55 PLUS PLUS CLUB.MEMBERS, PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM.
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THIS IS ALWAYS A VERY SPECIAL, UH, PROCLAMATION THAT I GET TO MAKE, UH, BEING A FELLOW.WELL, TO HAVE MY FELLOW VIETNAM VETERANS UP HERE.
I I GUYS WE'RE LIKE BROTHERS IN, IN, UH, WELL, WE JUST BEEN BROTHERS, PERIOD.
BROTHER IN ARMS. BUT, UH, BROTHER, IN A LOT OF OTHER WAYS, WE, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU SHOWING UP HERE TONIGHT.
OUR CITY COUNCIL AND RESIDENTS HAVE A GREAT AMOUNT OF RESPECT AND GRATITUDE FOR THE MILLIONS OF BRAVE AMERICANS WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.
MORE THAN 58,000 INDIVIDUALS MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN VIETNAM AND MANY THOUSANDS MORE WERE WOUNDED IN COMBAT.
WE ENCOURAGE OUR COMMUNITY TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR AND THANK OUR VIETNAM VETERANS FOR ALL THAT THEY HAVE GIVEN IN THE SERVICE OF OUR COUNTRY.
AS A VIETNAM VETERAN MYSELF, I AM HONORED TO HAVE THE CHINO HILLS 55 CLUB VETERANS CHAIRPERSON AND FELLOW VETERAN RON CZI.
HERE TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION.
RON, PLEASE INTRODUCE THE REST OF OUR VETERANS WITH US TONIGHT AND TELL US MORE ABOUT THIS PROCLAMATION MEANS TO THE GROUP AND HERE IS THE PROCLAMATION THAT I'LL GIVE TO YOU ON BEHALF OF THE THANK YOU CITY.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UH, MR. S VILLA, US ARMY VETERAN.
AND PAUL CHRISTENSEN, UNITED STATES AIR FORCE VETERAN DENNIS F FRANKENBERG, US ARMY VETERAN AND GEORGE DE FRANK, US ARMY VETERAN AND MAYOR BENNETT, US ARMY VETERAN.
UM, THANK YOU MAYOR BENNETT FOR THIS PROCLAMATION.
AND IT IS AN HONOR TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF CHINO HILL'S 55 PLUS CLUB VETERANS GROUP.
VIETNAM WAR VETERANS DAY HONORS THE COURAGE AND SELFLESS DEDICATION OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SACRIFICE SO MUCH TO SERVICE TO THEIR COUNTRY.
THEY LEFT THEIR FAMILIES, FRIENDS, AND LIVES BEHIND AND BRAVELY SERVED.
CHINO HILLS IS BLESSED TO HAVE MANY OF THOSE VETERANS LIVING AND SERVING WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO THANK AND ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE WHO RETURN AND TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO DID NOT.
IN CLOSING A QUOTE FROM PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN IS A TOUCHING TRIBUTE.
OUR DEBT TO THE HEROIC MEN AND VAL WOMEN IN THE SERVICE OF OUR COUNTRY CAN NEVER BE REPAID.
THEY HAVE EARNED OUR UNDYING GRATITUDE.
AMERICA WILL NEVER FORGET THEIR SACRIFICES.
[6. PROCLAMATION: Proclaiming April as National Autism Acceptance Month]
WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING APRIL AS NATIONAL AUTISM ACCEPTANCE MONTH TO BE ACCEPTED BY DR.JJ JOHNSTON, THE BOARD PRESIDENT OF THE AUTISM SOCIETY INLAND EMPIRE.
AUTISM IS A PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER AFFECTING THE SOCIAL COMMUNICATION AND BEHAVIORAL SKILLS OF ALL THOSE THAT ARE AFFECTED BY IT.
AS MORE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS BECOME SKILLED AND RECOGNIZING AUTISM, MORE CHILDREN ARE BEING DIAGNOSED ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM, RESULTING IN RATES AS HIGH AS ONE IN 36 CHILDREN NATIONALLY.
WHILE THERE IS NO CURE FOR AUTISM, RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT IF INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM RECEIVE
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EARLY AND INTENSIVE TREATMENT THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES, THEY LEAD SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED LIVES.ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF APRIL AS NATIONAL AUTISM ACCEPTANCE MONTH.
TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION, WE HAVE DR. JOHN JOHNSTON, PRESIDENT OF AUTISM SOCIETY, INLAND EMPIRE.
WOULD YOU PLEASE TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT AUTISM MONTH? AND I'M GONNA PRESENT YOU THANK YOU.
AND WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE IN A MOMENT.
PLEASE, PLEASE TELL US ALL ABOUT THIS.
SO MANY OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE PROBABLY HAVE SOMEONE THAT YOU ARE RELATED TO OR WHO IS SPECIAL IN YOUR LIFE, A LOVED ONE OR A NEIGHBOR, UM, WHO IS AFFECTED BY AUTISM OR, OR THEIR FAMILY IS AS WELL.
SO TO HAVE THIS PROCLAMATION HERE IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS IS JUST AN INCREDIBLE, NOT JUST A GESTURE, BUT THE RECOGNITION OF THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCEPTANCE AROUND OUR COMMUNITY IS IT JUST INCREDIBLE.
AND IT REALLY DEMONSTRATES YOUR DEDICATION AND YOUR LEADERSHIP'S DEDICATION TO SUPPLYING THAT SUPPORT FOR ALL OF OUR INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES BY SHINING A LIGHT ON, ON THIS WONDERFUL MONTH OF CELEBRATION AND OPPORTUNITIES TO SHARE INFORMATION AND RESOURCES.
I PERSONALLY HAVE THREE CHILDREN WHO ARE ON THE SPECTRUM AND I ALSO WORK FOR EASTERSEALS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WHO SUPPLIES SERVICES.
SO, UM, AND WE ARE IN YOUR COMMUNITY, IN THIS COMMUNITY AND PARTNER AND WALK WITH YOU ALONG THE WAY.
AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO.
YOU, LET'S, LET'S YEAH, PLEASE.
NICOLE'S GONNA GET A PHOTO OF THAT.
OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION
[7. PROCLAMATION: Proclaiming April as Donate Life Month]
PROCLAIMING APRIL AS DONATE LIFE MONTH TO BE ACCEPTED BY ROBERT WALSTON, RESIDENT AMBASSADOR FOR ONE LEGACY.WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM? OKAY.
AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO HAVE COUNCILWOMAN CYNTHIA MORAN JOIN US UP HERE.
SHE HAS A REAL PERSONAL STORY THAT CAN RELATE TO THIS.
ROB, GOOD TO SEE YOU AS ALWAYS.
ORGAN TISSUE, BLOOD MAR MARROW AND BLOOD DONATIONS ARE LIFE GIVING ACTS RECOGNIZED WORLDWIDE AS EXPRESSIONS OF COMPASSION TO THOSE IN NEED MEANS OF LIVES EACH YEAR ARE SAVED AND HEALED BY THESE TYPES OF DONATIONS.
THE SPIRIT OF GIVING AND THE DECISION TO DONATE ARE NOT RESTRICTED BY AGE OR MEDICAL CONDITIONS.
CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS CAN SIGN UP WITH A DONATE LIFE, CALIFORNIA DONOR REGISTRATION OR REGISTRY, EXCUSE ME, WHEN APPLYING FOR OR RENEWING THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE OR ID CARDS AT THE D-M-W-D-M-V AND I SURE HOPE YOU ALL HAVE THAT DOT ON YOUR LICENSE.
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WE'RE ENCOURAGING ALL CITIZENS TO SUPPORT DONATE LIFE BY CONSIDERING BECOMING A REGISTERED DONOR AND DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF APRIL AS DONATE LIFE MONTH TO ACCEPT THIS.
PRO PROCLAMATION IS ONE LEGACY EVENTS AMBASSADOR ROBERT RALSTON.
ROBERT, I'M GONNA HAVE YOU TELL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS AND THEN I'M GONNA HAVE CYNTHIA FOLLOW UP, UH, AND RELATE TO A PERSONAL STORY THAT SHE CAN TELL ABOUT THIS.
HONORABLE MAYOR BENNETT, UH, VICE MAYOR JOE AND ALL THE ESTEEMED COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY LIFE WAS SAVED BY THE GRACE OF GOD, THE MIRACLE OF MODERN MEDICINE.
AND, AND FROM TENNESSEE HE WAS, UH, MY DONOR AND, UH, HIS DONOR FAMILY, WHICH CYNTHIA CAN ELABORATE ON.
THE DONOR FAMILY, UH, IS A BIG PART.
EVERYBODY WHO GETS THAT PINK DOT, MAKE SURE YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS KNOW YOU HAVE THAT PINK DOT BECAUSE THEM FINDING OUT WHEN THE TIME HAS COME IS NOT THE TIME FOR THEM TO FIND OUT YOU HAVE THAT PINK.
DO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS AND BE PROUD OF IT.
THERE ARE OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE NATIONWIDE RIGHT NOW WAITING FOR,
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FOR THE PHONE TO RING.THERE'S ABOUT 30,000 PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA WAITING FOR THE PHONE TO RING.
I WAITED ON THAT LIST FOR THREE YEARS AND, UH, FINALLY GOT, UH, MY TRANSPLANT.
I WAS DOWN TO ABOUT 120 POUNDS AND MY DOCTOR SAID, YOU GUYS GET YOUR AFFAIRS IN ORDER AND, UH, YOU GOT ABOUT SIX MONTHS LEFT OR SOMETHING'S, SOMETHING'S GOTTA POP WITHIN SIX MONTHS.
I GOT MY TRANSPLANT FROM A, A MAN FROM TENNESSEE ABOUT THREE MONTHS LATER.
YEAH, I WAS ABLE TO WALK ALL THREE OF MY DAUGHTERS DOWN THE AISLE IN MARRIAGE BACK TO SCUBA DIVING.
AND UH, I'M A MUSICIAN PLAYING GUITAR AND PIANO AND TEACHING GUITAR AGAIN.
BUT I GAVE A STACK OF MY CARDS OVER HERE.
ANYBODY HERE WHO DOESN'T HAVE THAT PINK DOT ON THEIR LICENSE, PLEASE CALL ME.
UH, IT'S GOT MY PERSONAL PHONE NUMBER ON IT.
I CAN HELP YOU IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY THAT NEEDS TO GET LISTED.
IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S BEEN ON A KIDNEY WAITING LIST FOR A LONG TIME, THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS.
YOU CAN GET DUAL LISTED IN MORE THAN ONE LOCATION.
I WAS LISTED IN, UH, UH, AT, AT UH, SCRIPPS IN LA JOLLA, CHARLES MAHAL OF HOSPITALS.
BUT I GOT MY TRANSPLANT IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE BECAUSE THE WAITING LIST WAS MUCH SHORTER AND IT SAVED MY LIFE.
I GOT IT IN THREE MONTHS AND I WAS ABOUT A YEAR DOWN THE LIST.
'CAUSE THERE'S SO MANY IN CAL PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA WAITING FOR A TRANSPLANT.
SO, UM, IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY WHO'S ON A TRANSPLANT LIST, GET 'EM, DO A LISTED.
IF THEY WANNA KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT DONATION OPPORTUNITIES, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY AND PLEASE CALL ME.
YOU CAN GET ON A KIDNEY CHAIN, WHICH IS SOMETHING A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE NEVER HEARD OF.
A KIDNEY CHAIN IS SOMETHING WHERE YOU HAVE A REL YOU NEED A KIDNEY AND YOU HAVE A RELATIVE THAT WANTS TO DONATE TO YOU, BUT YOU'RE NOT A MATCH.
THEY CAN DONATE TO A KIDNEY CHAIN THAT PUTS YOU IN A VERY SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALL HAD FAMILY MEMBERS DONATE TO THAT CHAIN AND THEY FIND YOU A MATCH IN LESS THAN A YEAR INSTEAD OF WAITING SIX YEARS ON DIALYSIS.
SO YEAH, PLEASE TAKE ONE OF MY CARDS, GIMME A CALL.
ALSO, TODAY, UH, LIKE I SAID, THERE'S A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE WAITING.
THERE'S 23,000 PEOPLE WAITING IN CALIFORNIA TODAY.
BY MIDNIGHT, 17 PEOPLE ARE GONNA RUN OUTTA TIME.
GOD BLESS YOU FOR HAVING THE DOT.
THANKS FOR LISTENING TO ME TALK AND PLEASE CALL ME IF I CAN HELP.
WELL, WE LOVE HAVING YOU COME EVERY YEAR AND USUALLY I DON'T PARTICIPATE IN THIS FORMAT, BUT EVERY NOW AND THEN I'M THINKING, OKAY, I CAN DO THIS.
SO I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO MEET ROB RALSTON MANY, MANY YEARS AGO AS LIKE THE REST OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
HE WAS JUST THIS ENERGETIC AMBASSADOR FOR DONATE LIFE.
AND WE'RE LIKE, WHO IS THIS GUY? HE LEAVES GOODIES FOR US, DONATE LIFE GOODIES.
HE'S INVITING US TO THE DONATE LIFE FLOAT.
SO THAT'S HOW I FIRST MET HIM.
AND WHILE I COULD APPRECIATE HIS, HIS PASSION AND HIS CAUSE, IT TOOK MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.
MAYBE FIVE YEARS AFTER I MET HIM WITH MY OWN BROTHER TO, UM, TO REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
TOLD MYSELF I WASN'T GONNA CRY
SO IN 2017, MY BROTHER WAS, HE WAS UNEXPECTEDLY TAKEN FROM US, THE VICTIM OF A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING.
WE LOST HIM AT 33 YEARS OLD AND WE HAD HIM ON LIFE SUPPORT.
AND SOMEBODY FROM DONATE LIFE CAME TO TALK TO MY MOM AND SAID, WOULD YOU CONSIDER DONATING YOUR SON'S ORGANS? AND SHE'S LIKE, HE'S BEEN ON THE STREETS MOST OF HIS LIFE AND HE'S BEEN INCARCERATED.
WHAT COULD HE OFFER YOU? WHAT COULD HE OFFER ANOTHER HUMAN BEING? AND SHE'S LIKE, HE CAN OFFER SOMEONE ELSE LIFE.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE DID.
AND THE WEEK OF THANKSGIVING BACK THEN, MY BROTHER'S ORGANS WERE FLOWN TO FIVE DIFFERENT RECIPIENTS ACROSS CALIFORNIA.
AND TONIGHT WE LEARNED ABOUT LIKE THE HOW YOU DO IT.
AND FOR YEARS NOW, WE'VE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO KNOW THE WHY WITH THIS AMAZING MAN AND HIS WIFE.
BUT I WANTED TO SHARE ANOTHER WHY WITH YOU, WITH THE LETTER WE GOT MY MOTHER AND I FROM ONE OF MY BROTHER'S RECIPIENTS AND THEY WROTE
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TO US, DEAR DONOR FAMILY, I'M WRITING THIS LETTER BECAUSE MY WIFE, WHO IS THE RECIPIENT, AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THE ORGAN DONATION FROM YOUR LOVED ONE.WE ARE VERY SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS AND WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO KNOW THAT YOUR GIFT HAS GIVEN HER A CHANCE TO LIVE A NORMAL AND PRODUCTIVE LIFE.
MY WIFE NEEDED A LIVER TRANSPLANT BECAUSE OF ACUTE LIVER FAILURE DUE TO A BAD ALLERGIC REACTION TO PRESCRIBED ANTIBIOTICS.
HER CONDITION WAS CRITICAL UNTIL THE GIFT OF LIFE WAS RECEIVED FROM YOUR LOVED ONE.
SINCE THE TRANSPLANT, MY WIFE HAS BEEN ABLE TO SEE AND BE WITH OUR DAUGHTER AGAIN, AND MY WIFE IS A CHRISTMAS BABY.
YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONE MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR HER TO EXPERIENCE THE BEST CHRISTMAS AND BIRTHDAY, NOT ONLY OF HER LIFE, BUT ALL OF OUR LIVES.
FOR THIS, WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONE, MY WIFE, DAUGHTER, AND I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOUR ACT OF KINDNESS AND GENEROSITY.
AND WE WILL FOREVER CHERISH THE GIFT MY WIFE RECEIVED FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES FROM MY WIFE AND I.
BUT FIVE FAMILIES SURVIVED, OR FAMILY MEMBERS SURVIVED.
IT'S AMAZING THAT, UH, WE CAN EVEN IN DEATH BECOME HEROES TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP, BE SURE TO SIGN UP AND JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS TIME TO, TO BE ABLE TO GIVE AMPLE TIME TO REFLECT ON THIS BECAUSE IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT PROGRAM AND YOU NEVER KNOW IF IT MAY TOUCH YOU AT SOME POINT IN YOUR LIFE.
ALRIGHT, LET'S TAKE A PICTURE ALL.
[ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT]
IS THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT.ALRIGHT, THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR BENNETT, COUNCIL AND RESIDENCE.
JUST A FEW QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS.
THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS IS IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING ITS LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN FOR 2025 AND IS SEEKING PUBLIC INPUT ON THE DRAFT PLAN THROUGH APRIL 17TH.
THE H AND P IS AN IMPORTANT DOCUMENT THAT IDENTIFIES ACTIONS AND STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS NATURAL AND MANMADE DISASTERS OR HAZARDS AND REDUCE THE POTENTIAL NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON THE COMMUNITY.
TO VIEW THE DRAFT AND SUBMIT COMMENTS, VISIT CHINO HILLS.ORG/HMP.
IN EVENTS, THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS AND WASTE MANAGEMENT WILL BE GIVEN AWAY FREE COMPOST MULCH IN WOODCHIPS ON APRIL 5TH AT 7:30 AM WHILE SUPPLY SLASH AT THE SHOPS OVERFLOW PARKING LOT.
THE EVENT IS FOR CHINO HILL RESIDENCE ONLY.
SO PLEASE BE PREPARED TO SHOW YOUR IDS, PROOF OF RESIDENCY, AND BRING YOUR OWN SHOVELS OR CONTAINERS.
APPLICATIONS ARE STILL BEING ACCEPTED FOR THE STUDENT PARKS AND REC COMMISSIONER POSITION THROUGH APRIL 4TH.
THERE'S A FREE BULKY ITEM DROP OFF EVENT ON APRIL 12TH FROM 8:00 AM TO NOON AT THE SHOPS FOR CHINO HALL'S RESIDENCE AND TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE FOR BREAKFAST WITH THE BUNNY ON APRIL 12TH.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PIO REPORT AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE AT THIS POINT, WE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OF ACTION TAKEN
[ ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION]
IN CLOSED SESSION? MARK MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THERE WAS NO REPORTABLE ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION.[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.]
OKAY.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.
SO MAYOR, WE HAVE THREE SPEAKERS FOR THIS SECTION.
AND FIRST, IT'S CARRIE WALKER.
I'M A RESIDENT OF CHINO, A TEACHER AT CHINO AT CANYON HILLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, AND A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF INLAND VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY.
OUR ORGANIZATION HAS WORKED BESIDE THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS FOR OVER 32 YEARS.
THIS COLLABORATION HAS CONTRIBUTED TO IVHS REACHING, ITS GETTING TO ZERO GOAL.
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WE CONTINUE TO HAVE ZERO EUTHANASIA OF HEALTHY AND ADOPTABLE PETS.IN 2024, THE IVHS TEAM CARED FOR THE FOLLOWING.
CITY OF CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY NEEDS 1,769 SERVICE CALLS, 735 ANIMALS HANDLED, INCLUDING WILDLIFE.
117 PETS BECAME MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY THROUGH ADOPTIONS.
42 PETS WERE REUNITED WITH THEIR OWNERS OR FAMILIES.
WE HAVE RESPONDED ON BEHALF OF THE CITY'S CONTRACT NEEDS.
2 51 ANIMAL BITES, 56 CRUELTY CALLS, 236 NU NUISANCE CALLS.
IN FEBRUARY AND AUGUST, WE HELD LOW COST VACCINATION CLINICS AT THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY CENTER, SUPPORTING 274 PETS AND THEIR PEOPLE.
WE ATTENDED SUPERVISOR HAGMAN'S ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE IN JUNE.
PET THERAPY DOGS HAVE BEEN OUT IN THE COMMUNITY IN NOVEMBER AT CHINO HILLS HIGH AND AT THE OAKMONT SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY.
ON A MONTHLY BASIS, WE HAVE LAUNCHED PROGRAMS FOR CHINO HILLS RESIDENTS TO VOLUNTEER, CONTRIBUTE TO THE SOCIALIZING OF SHELTER ANIMALS THROUGH BEHAVIOR ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES LIKE DOGS PLAYING FOR LIFE AND CATS POSITIVITY PRO.
MY FAVORITE IS THE HUMANE HEROES READING PROGRAM.
ENABLING YOUNGER COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS TO BRING BOOKS, CHAIRS, AND VOICES TO A JUDGMENT FREE LOVING AUDIENCE WITH TAIL DISPLAYING, TAIL WAGGING GRATITUDE FOR THEIR YOUNG READERS.
OUR ORGANIZATION CARES ABOUT THE PRIORITIES OF THE NEEDS OF THIS COMMUNITY AND TO SUPPORT LIFELONG PETS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
THROUGH EX EXPANSION OF VETERINARY SERVICES, WE HAVE A GOOD MOBILE, WHICH IS AN EXAMPLE OF REACHING COMMUNITY NEEDS BY PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE VETERINARY CARE TO ALL ANIMALS AND ASSISTING IN THE REDUCTION OF OVERPOPULATION WITH CITY, WITH OUR CITY COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
IVHS HAS SERVED THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF ITS EXISTENCE.
WE HAVE DEDICATED OUR LEVEL OF HIGH PUBLIC SERVICE AND BEST POSSIBLE CARE FOR THE ANIMALS IN THIS COMMUNITY.
WE PLAN TO COMMIT TO CONTINUE WITH THAT HIGH LEVEL OF SERVICE AS LONG AS THIS CITY SEES FIT TO CONTRACT WITH OUR ORGANIZATION.
THOSE WERE COMMENTS BASED ON ITEM NUMBER 16, WHICH WE'LL BE DISCUSSING LATER ON.
THANK YOU FOR A FAMILY THAT IS DEDICATED TO PUBLIC SERVICE.
HER HUSBAND, LARRY, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MAYOR, UH, OF THE CITY OF CHINO, AND ALSO INVOLVED WITH THE COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR'S OFFICE AND VARIOUS OTHER THINGS.
SO, UH, TO YOUR FAMILY, THE WALKER FAMILY, THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO SERVICE.
I WILL TELL YOU, WE WERE AT THE GRAND OPENING OF THE GRAND AVENUE
MR. MAYOR, CAN I SAY SOMETHING REAL FAST? OH, YES.
UM, MR. WALKER, I SEE YOU IN THE AUDIENCE.
I KNOW THE COMMUNITY PARK, THE FIRST ONE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN BUILT WITHOUT YOU, SO THANK YOU FOR I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN AND THANK YOU.
YEAH, LOTS, LOTS OF FINGERPRINTS IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS DEVELOPMENT WITH WA, WITH LARRY WALKER AND THE FAMILY.
NEXT ITEM OR PERSON NEXT IS NICOLE ANI.
GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL CITY STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
I'M THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE INLAND VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA FOR OVER 32 YEARS.
THE INLAND VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY HAS PROVIDED ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL SERVICES TO THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY.
I GREW UP IN THIS COMMUNITY AND I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE.
WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON BEING A PLACE WHERE FAMILIES FEEL COMFORTABLE BRINGING THEIR PETS AND WHERE ANIMALS ARE SAFE TO HEAL, GROW, AND FIND THEIR FOREVER HOME.
EVERYTHING WE DO AT IVHS IS WITH THE COMMUNITY IN MIND.
WE ARE GRATEFUL TO SERVE CHINO HILLS AND HAVE NEVER RECEIVED PERVASIVE COMPLAINTS SURROUNDING SERVICES TO THE CITY.
WE HAVE ALSO NEVER RECEIVED A NOTICE OF BREACH OF CONTRACT OR ANY FORMAL NOTIFICATION OF DISSATISFACTION FROM CHINO HILLS OR ANY OTHER CITY WE SERVE TO READ ABOUT CONCERNS OVER SERVICE OR COMMUNICATION.
TONIGHT IS CONFUSING AND DISHEARTENING.
WE CANNOT ADDRESS AN ISSUE WE HAVE NOT BEEN MADE AWARE OF, AND IT IS NOT WITHIN OUR STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES TO HAVE CONCERNS WHETHER CONTRACTUAL OR CITIZEN-BASED GO UNRESOLVED.
IVHS HAS BEEN FORTHRIGHT SURROUNDING THE COMPONENTS THAT MAKE UP THE COST OF CONTRACTS WITHIN THE CITIES WE SERVE.
THESE COSTS ARE BASED ON POPULATION, NUMBER
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OF ANIMALS, A NUMBER OF CALLS FOR SERVICE.THIS POOLED USE AND COST STRUCTURE HAS BEEN USED TO DETERMINE SERVICE COSTS FOR OVER 40 YEARS.
CITIES HAVE A CHOICE IN CONTRACTING ANIMAL CARE SERVICES.
THAT DECISION ISN'T WITHIN YOUR AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY YOU REPRESENT AND SERVE.
I'M HERE TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THE DECISION YOU ALL MAKE THIS EVENING IS BASED ON HOW YOU WANT TO OPERATE AND CONTROL THOSE SERVICES GOING FORWARD.
NOT ABOUT WHETHER IVHS HAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE QUALITY SERVICES TO THIS COMMUNITY.
IF THIS COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF BELIEVE THE JPA IS A BETTER FIT FOR CITY RESIDENTS AND PETS AND A MORE ECONOMICAL APPROACH FOR TAXPAYERS, THEN PLEASE MAKE THAT DECISION ON THOSE MERITS.
BUT PLEASE DO NOT MAKE STATEMENTS ABOUT QUALITY OF SERVICE, CARE AND COMMUNICATION WITHOUT ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO FORMALLY KNOW AND ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS.
MY STAFF AND I WORK INCREDIBLY HARD TO ENSURE OUR CLIENTS RECEIVE THE VERY BEST SERVICE.
AND I HOPE AS A COUNSEL YOU RECOGNIZE AND CONSIDER THIS AS YOU DISCUSS THIS ITEM THIS EVENING.
I WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR COMMENTS DURING THE I ITEM FOR AGENDA.
NEXT IS JOANNE JENIS, WELCOME HOME TO ALL THE VIETNAM VETS ART.
MY HUSBAND'S A MARINE, FORMER MARINE, THE VIETNAM VET ALSO, AND TO, UM, BLESS ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT DONATED ORGANS IN THIS FAMILIES THAT WERE AFFECTED AND, AND WHO RECIPIENTS AND TO AUTISM.
I HAVE, UH, A GRANDSON, AUTISM, AND WE'RE GETTING ANOTHER ONE TESTED.
SO I'M TALKING ON ITEM NUMBER 12 TODAY.
UM, GOOD EVENING MAYOR STAFF COUNCIL.
I HAVE SOME INTERACTIONS WITH SOME OF THE SWAG WORKERS THAT ARE ADDRESSING THE HOMELESS POPULATION ON THE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT INCLUDES MY HOMELESS SON.
I RAN INTO THE WORKERS WHEN I'M IN THE AREA OF TUNA HILLS MARKETPLACE, THE AREA IN WHICH MY SON IS KNOWN TO BE LINGERING AND AROUND IN MY CONVERSATION WITH THEM, I HAVE SEEN THEIR AMBITION TO TRY AND HELP MY SON.
AND I ACTUALLY SAW THEM TRYING TO INTERACT WITH ANOTHER HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL.
THEY'RE TRYING VERY HARD TO GET MY SON TO ACCEPT HELP, BUT IT CONTINUES TO REFUSE.
WE'VE DISCUSSED WHAT HOBBIES, SPORTS, AND MUSIC THAT MY SON LIKES IN ORDER TO TRY AND GET MY SON TO OPEN UP AND START A DIALOGUE WITH HIM.
APPARENTLY THERE ARE DAYS WHERE MY SON WILL SIT AND TALK WITH HIM, BUT THEN THERE ARE DAYS HE JUST WALKS AWAY.
I'VE SHARED WITH YOU BEFORE ABOUT MY SON HAVING A DHD AND ASPERGER'S.
ASPERGER'S SYNDROME IS A FORM OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER.
PEOPLE WITH ASPERGER'S CAN HAVE DIFFICULTY WITH SOCIAL INTERACTIONS, WHICH COULD BE A FACTOR INTO WHY HE MAY NOT WANT TO TALK WITH THE SWAG WORKERS, ALONG WITH THE FACT HE MIGHT BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS AT THAT TIME ALSO.
BUT THE WORKERS DON'T GIVE UP, ALTHOUGH OUR HOMELESS COUNT NUMBER IS LOW.
I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT OUR CITY IS ADDRESSING THE PROMINENT.
I ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO VOTE YES TO AMEND ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR SWAG.
I APPRECIATE ALL THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF THAT HAVE RETURNED MY EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS REGARDING ISSUES WITH MY HOMELESS SON.
THAT'S ALL THE SPEAKERS I HAVE.
ALRIGHT THEN MOVING ALONG TO, UH, CITY BUSINESS.
[ CONFLICT OF INTEREST / LEVINE ACT ANNOUNCEMENTS: Council Member abstentions or disclosures shall be stated at this time for recordation on the appropriate item.]
OF INTEREST.ANYONE NEED TO REPORT ANY, UH, CON CONFLICT OF INTEREST OR LEVI ACT ANNOUNCEMENTS.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO CITY BUSINESS.
[ 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.UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THE INTRO CONSENT CALENDAR? WE HAVE SEVEN ITEMS ON CONSENT, SO JUST DOES ANY COUNSEL WISH TO PULL ANY? OKAY, ANYONE? ALRIGHT, RAY, YOU HAVE ONE? I'D LIKE TO HAVE TWO 12 AND 13.
PETER? NO, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE REMAINDER.
SECOND, A SECOND TO APPROVE THE REMAINDER LOCKING YOUR VOTES.
[12. Authorize execution of Amendment No. 2 to Agreement No. A2024-053 with Social Work Action Group increasing total not-to-exceed amount to $500,000 and adding additional scope of services and compensation for Fiscal Year 2025-26 to provide homeless intervention services]
NUMBER 12.THIS IS TO AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF AGREEMENT AMENDMENT FOR SOCIAL WORK ACTION GROUP SWAG.
WHAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT, JUST COMMENTS.
UM, WE WANTED THIS, I THINK WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR HOW MANY YEARS NOW? CITY MANAGER, THEN CLOSE TO THREE YEARS, I BELIEVE OUR RELATIONSHIP.
I THINK WE DO A REALLY GOOD JOB.
HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE ACTUALLY HELP? IS THERE ANY LIKE, GOOD, GOOD STORIES THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY? SO IT'S, IT'S INTERESTING THAT CHINO HILLS IS A VERY SMALL POPULATION OF PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW, WOULD IDENTIFY AS HOMELESS.
UM, LAST YEAR'S COUNT, UH, I BELIEVE WAS SEVEN OR NINE.
I BELIEVE, AND ROD CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M GETTING THE WRONG, THE THE NUMBERS, UH, WRONG.
BUT I THINK THE SWAG GROUP DOES A GOOD JOB OF,
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UH, HELPING A LOT OF THESE RESIDENTS GET, UH, RESOURCES.UH, IT'S, IT'S BEEN AN INVESTMENT FROM THE COUNCIL, UH, BUT IT DOES SERVE A, A SMALLER POPULATION, BUT I THINK IT JUST SHOWS THE COMMITMENT THAT THE COUNCIL'S MADE OVER THE YEARS.
I KNOW, UH, THERE WAS A PROPOSITION, I THINK 36 THAT WAS PASSED.
AND I KNOW THERE'S PEOPLE, JOANNE WAS TALKING ABOUT HER SON, UH, CODY TRYING TO GET HIM HELP.
UM, BUT BASICALLY MY UNDERSTANDING WHEN I WAS IN SACRAMENTO LAST WEEK, THAT THERE, THERE'S REALLY NO COMMITMENT FROM THE STATE AS FAR AS FUNDING OR HELP US FUNDING THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO BE INCARCERATED.
SO IF A PERSON DOES GET ARRESTED THREE TIMES AND CONVICTED, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE AN OPTION TO EITHER GET HELP OR DO SOME TIME.
SO, UM, I KNOW SACRAMENTO, EVERY LEGISLATOR THAT I TALKED TO A COUPLE WEEKS AGO LAST WEEK, THEY DON'T WANT TO TOUCH US.
BUT I KNOW WE AS A COMMUNITY ARE TRYING, UH, TO MOVE THIS FORWARD, UH, TO HELP PEOPLE.
AND I THINK BY SWAG WAS ONE OF OUR FIRST STEPS THAT WE TOOK.
AND AGAIN, IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW CODY, I KNOW CODY IS A, IS A LITTLE KID, GREAT KID.
I'VE TALKED TO HIM A COUPLE TIMES, BUT HE NEEDS HELP TO GET HELP AND I'M JUST HOPING IN THE NEAR FUTURE THAT, UH, WE'LL FIND A FUNDING SOURCE FOR PROP 36.
SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE MOTION IF NOBODY ELSE HAS ANY COMMENTS.
I'M JUST GONNA MAKE A QUICK COMMENT FOR FOLKS THAT ARE MAYBE NEW TO COUNCIL MEETINGS OR WATCHING FOR THE FIRST TIME, PEOPLE MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY KNOW WHAT SQUA UH, WHAT SWAG IS.
UM, NOT ALL FOLKS REACT WELL WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, COMES TO THEM.
SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF A WAY TO HAVE A FRIENDLY FACE THAT'S NOT WEARING A BADGE AND A GUN.
COME UP TO 'EM AND TRY TO OFFER 'EM ASSISTANCE.
SO WE ARE GONNA CONTINUE WITH THIS GROUP.
ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE A SECOND OR ANY OTHER SECOND IF THAT OKAY.
DID YOU READ THE DESCRIPTION OF ITEM
[13. Receive and file Annual Report on General Plan Implementation for Calendar Year 2024 and direct staff to file copy of report with California Department of Housing and Community Development and Governor's Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation]
13 AND ITEM NUMBER 13 IS THE ANNUAL REPORT? ON THE GENERAL PLAN IMPLEMENTATION FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2024? UH, I GOT A GO.UH, COUPLE, I GUESS LAST MONTH, UH, WE ACTUALLY HAD A WILDFIRE PREPAREDNESS EMERGENCY RESPONSE COMMUNITY MEETING.
AND WE GOT HIT, UH, HIT UP PETER AND MYSELF ON WHY ARE WE DEVELOPING PROPERTIES IN CHINO HILLS? AND, UH, WE TRIED TO EXPLAIN, ACTUALLY PETER DID A SUPER JOB AND I TRIED TO HELP 'EM THE BEST I COULD.
AND SO, UM, SO I JUST WANT THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THIS.
I BELIEVE IT WAS, UM, ESTABLISHED IN, UH, AUGUST OF 2022.
WE WERE THE FIRST CITY IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TO GET A CERTIFIED PLAN THROUGH HCD.
UM, OUR TOTAL UNITS ARE 3,729 UNITS.
DO WE BUILD THE UNITS? UH, WE, WE DO NOT BUILD ANY UNITS.
WE RELY ON THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY TO BUILD HOUSING.
AND WHAT HAPPENS IF THE UNITS DON'T GET BUILT? DO WE GET PENALIZED FOR IT? WHAT'S OUR OBLIGATION? SO OUR OBLIGATION AS A STANCE IS TO MAKE SITES AVAILABLE WITHIN THE CITY THAT COULD BE DEVELOPED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT OR ARENA NUMBER THAT WE ARE GIVEN BY THE, UM, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS.
SO WE HAVE TO ZONE SITES OF A SUFFICIENT SIZE THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENT AT SPECIFIC DENSITIES THAT ARE DESIGNATED BY THE STATE.
SO WE BASICALLY SET THE TABLE AND THEN IT'S THE DEVELOPER'S JOB TO COME ALONG, ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY, AND TO BUILD.
DO WE, AS A CITY, DO WE MANDATE THAT WE HAVE TO BUILD OR ZONE 4 37 29? OR DOES THE STATE ALLOW, OR THROUGH SCAG, UM, PUT IT ON OUR SHOULDERS THAT WE HAVE TO ZONE FOR THAT? THE, THAT IS CORRECT, YES.
UM, THE, THE STATE THROUGH SCAG, UM, GIVES US A SPECIFIC NUMBER THAT WE HAVE TO TARGET AND WE HAVE TO CHANGE OUR GENERAL PLAN TO CONFORM TO THAT NUMBER.
I JUST WANT TO SAY, RAY, THANK YOU FOR ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS BECAUSE THE AVERAGE PERSON OUT THERE HAS NO CLUE WHAT RENA IS ALL ABOUT AND WHAT THE MANDATE IS BY THE STATE.
WE KNOW WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT IF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ALONG WITH MOST OF THE COUNTRY HAS A HOUSING SHORTAGE, BUT TO MANDATE TO MUNICIPALITIES, UH, BASICALLY AND TAKE AWAY THEIR DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS OR EAT AWAY AT THEM, UH, AND TELLING US THAT WE HAVE TO BUILD, UH, THERE ARE CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS AND
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WE CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH.BUT AGAIN, THE ULTIMATE IS THAT, UH, WE HAVE TO HAVE DEVELOPERS THAT ARE WILLING TO BUY PROPERTIES AND DEVELOP PROPERTIES, AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA DO IT UNLESS THE ECONOMY IS THERE AND IT'LL JUSTIFY THE, THE MASSIVE EX UH, EXPENDITURE.
SO, UH, YOU CAN I GET A A YOU ARE RECOMMENDING A MOTION? SURE.
HOW ABOUT A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
[16. Provide direction for animal shelter and control services for City and authorize City Manager to sign letter of intent to join Animal Resource Center of Inland Empire Joint Powers Authority currently comprised of the cities of Chino, Claremont, Montclair, and Ontario]
TO THE DISCUSSION CALENDAR.UH, WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE THE, THE, THE CITY IS LOOKING FOR DIRECTION FOR ANIMAL SHELTER AND CONTROL SERVICES FOR THE CITY.
AND AUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER TO SIGN LETTER OF INTENT TO JOIN ANIMAL RESOURCE CENTER OF INLAND EMPIRE JOINT POWERS OF AUTHORITY CURRENTLY COMPRISED OF THE CITIES OF CHINO, CLAREMONT, MONTCLAIR, AND ONTARIO.
ACTUALLY, OUR, UH, ANIMAL CONTROL PROGRAM IS OVERSEEN BY THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, ROD HILL.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
UM, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS SEEKING DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL AS IT RELATES TO FUTURE ANIMAL CONTROL AND SHELTERING SERVICES FOR CHINO HILLS.
AS MOST ARE AWARE, INLAND VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY CURRENTLY PROVIDES ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES TO CITIES WITHIN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AND, UH, LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
THEY PROVIDE SHELTER SERVICES, UH, AND THE CITY IS CONTRACTED WITH IVHS AS MENTIONED EARLIER, SINCE 1992, THE CITY'S CURRENT AGREEMENT WITH IVHS EXPIRES IN JUNE 30TH, 2025 WITH AN AUTOMATIC RENEWAL, UH, FOR JUNE 30 TILL JUNE 30TH, 2027.
RECENTLY, THE CITIES OF ONTARIO, CHINO, MONTCLAIR, ALONG WITH THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, FORMED THE ANIMAL RESOURCE CENTER, UH, JPA OF THE INLAND EMPIRE TO PROVIDE ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES AND SHELTER SERVICES, UH, TO ITS MEMBER AGENCIES.
THE ARC, AS IT'S KNOWN, WILL BE CONSTRUCTING A NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART, UH, SHELTER FACILITY AT THE WEST END OF ONTARIO AND IS EXPECTED WITH A COMPLETION DATE OF EARLY, UH, 2027.
THERE ARE LIMITED ANIMAL CONTROL AND SHELTER RESOURCE OPTIONS AVAILABLE IN THE REGION WITH IBHS.
AND NOW ARC IS THE ONLY TWO CURRENT OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO THE CHINO HILLS.
THE PRIMARY DIFFERENCE IN ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES ARE THAT IVHS IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH A PRIVATE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
WHILE ARC WILL BE A PUBLIC AGENCY WITH A BOARD OF DIRECTORS MADE UP OF ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM ITS VARIOUS ME MEMBER AGENCIES AS A MEMBER AGENCY OF ARC MEMBERS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY SHARE ON THE COST, BUT THEY'LL ALSO WILL HAVE AN OWNERSHIP AND DECISION MAKING RESPONSIBILITIES.
THE CITY'S MEMBERSHIP PERCENTAGE IS CURRENTLY PROJECTED AT 15%, BUT THAT CAN FLUCTUATE DEPENDING ON THE MEMBER AGENCIES THAT JOIN.
UH, THE 2025 IVHS COSTS FOR CHINO HILLS ARE CURRENTLY BUDGETED 829,000 WHILE THE 20 27 28 ARE COSTS ARE PROJECTED AT 900,000.
IT'S JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU A RELATIONSHIP THERE JUST IN THE NUMBERS.
SO THEY'RE NOT GREATLY DIFFERENT.
UH, AS AN ARC MEMBER THOUGH CHINO HILLS WOULD ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A PORTION OF THEIR INITIAL CAPITAL AND CONSTRUCTION COSTS, WHICH IS, WHICH ARE ESTIMATED AT 687,000 ANNUALLY FOR THE FIRST 12 YEARS OF THE MEMBERSHIP ARC COSTS MAY DECREASE.
IF, UH, JPA ADMITS ADDITIONAL MEMBER AGENCIES, THE ARC HAS EXTENDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHINO HILLS TO JOIN THE JPA AS A MEMBER AGENCY WITH A PLAN TO TRANSITION, UH, FROM IVHS TO ARC ON JULY 1ST, 2027.
IF THE COUNCIL'S INTERESTED IN JOINING THE JPA, THE INTENT TO JOIN, UH, THE CITY MANAGER, UH, NEED TO AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO ISSUE A LETTER OF INTENT TO JOIN, UH, WHICH WOULD THEN TRIGGER THE PROCESS OF HAVING THE JPA BOARD AND EXISTING MEMBER AGENCIES ALSO APPROVE THE CITY'S MEMBERSHIP PRIOR TO JULY 1ST, 2025.
AND THERE'S A LOT IN THE REPORT, BUT THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, MYSELF ALONG WITH CITY MANAGER AND SUSAN SHAKER FROM OUR OFFICE ARE ALL HERE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
I WAS GONNA MAKE COMMENTS, BUT QUESTIONS.
UM, WELL COMMENTS AND, AND ARE MIXED WITH QUESTIONS.
SO, CURRENTLY THE SHELTER IS JOOF, THE 71, YOU KNOW, INTO, INTO POMONA.
WHERE WOULD A NEW SHELTER BE LOCATED? IT WOULD BE AT CAMPUS AND CHINO AVENUE.
SO JUST THE OTHER SIDE OF EUCLID OFF OF CHINO AVENUE.
THAT'S WHERE THE NEW SHELTER'S GONNA BE.
THE SHELTER, NOT THE TEMPORARY ONE.
PROPERTY THAT THEY'VE PURCHASED IS OKAY.
UM, I THINK JUST CHINO HILLS IS KIND OF UNIQUE.
IS THERE A PLAN FOR WILD ANIMAL, YOU KNOW, CONTROL ON THAT END? I THINK WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A DIFFERENCE WITH THE CALLS WILL GENERATE THAN ONTARIO.
WE HAVE TALKED TO THE BOARD, OR THE REPRESENTATIVES, I SHOULD SAY, FROM ONTARIO, AND THEY HAVE ASSURED US THAT THEY WOULD HAVE RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR US.
UH, A LOT OF OUR WILD, AND I, I CAN'T SPEAK ENTIRELY FOR IVHS TO THE CALLS THEY GET, BUT I CAN TELL YOU FROM EXPERIENCE FROM OTHER AGENCIES, THEY PROBABLY GET A NUMBER OF COYOTE CALLS COMPLAINTS.
IT'S A LOT OF TIMES IT'S JUST EDUCATION WHEN IT COMES TO COYOTES.
IVHS DOES COME OUT FOR RATTLE SYNC CALLS.
WHEN IT'S A, WHEN IT'S A POPULATED AREA, LIKE A PARK OR SOMETHING, THEY
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WILL COME OUT AND ASSIST US.WE'VE COORDINATED SOME TRAINING WITH IVHS IN THE LAST, UH, YEAR OR SO TO HELP WITH OUR, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICES STAFF.
UM, THE ARC STAFF IS COMMITTED.
THEY WILL PROVIDE SIMILAR SERVICES.
WE WOULD BE THEIR PRIMARY AGENCY.
THEY'VE ALSO COMMITTED TO GETTING A, UM, A TRUCK AND A HORSE TRAILER SIMPLY TO HELP US IN THE EVENT OF EVACUATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I CAN'T SAY IT'LL NEARLY HANDLE THE NUMBER OF HORSES WE HEARD TODAY.
WE HAVE 150 TO 200 HORSES PROBABLY IN THE CITY.
SO IT WOULD BE JUST A PIECE OF THE PUZZLE, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE A TRAILER AVAILABLE TO HELP US WITH THAT TOO.
SPECIFICALLY DEDICATED TO CHIN HILLS.
I'LL LET OTHER PEOPLE ASK QUESTIONS.
THAT IT, ANY QUESTIONS? NOT RIGHT NOW.
WHAT ABOUT DECEASED ANIMALS? HOW ARE THEY BEING HANDLED CURRENTLY AND HOW WOULD THEY BE HANDLED IN THEIR ARC? SO I COULD TIMELINE, I'D HAVE TO REFER TO SUSAN, BUT I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A TIMELINE.
UH, I WANNA SAY IT'S WITHIN 24 HOURS, IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH.
WITHIN 24 HOURS, THEY HAVE TO PICK UP A DECEASED ANIMAL IN PUBLIC, IN THE PUBLIC AREA, LIKE ON A ROADWAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THEY HAVE 24 HOURS TO PICK IT UP.
IT WOULD BE A SIMILAR TYPE SERVICE FOR, UM, ARC.
THEY WOULD DO THE SIMILAR TYPE SERVICE.
THE SERVICES SHOULD BE SIMILAR, UH, BETWEEN BOTH OF 'EM.
ARC IS NOT STANDING UP YET AT THIS POINT.
IT'LL STAND UP FOR ITS MEMBER AGENCIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY MEMBERS JULY 1ST, BUT WITH ALL INTENT, THAT'S HOW IT SHOULD GO.
THE THE DIFFERENCE IS IN WHAT WE'VE HEARD OVER TIME IS, IS THAT MAYBE COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT ON THE BOARD OR HAVE MORE SAY IN IT.
WHAT ARC WOULD DO IS GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT ON THE BOARD.
SO SERVICES SHOULD BE VERY SIMILAR, BUT THEY WOULD GIVE THE COUNCIL AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY SIT ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR IT.
THAT IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST, I WOULD SAY, DIFFERENCE BESIDES THE FACT THAT YOU WILL NOW BE, HAVE OWNERSHIP IN IT.
SO YOU'RE GONNA ALSO HAVE OWNERSHIP COST OF CONSTRUCTING THE NEW FACILITY ALSO.
SO THOSE ARE TWO BIG DIFFERENCES.
PETER, QUESTIONS? NO QUESTION.
I WAS JUST GONNA MAKE COMMENTS.
I'VE GOT COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS, SO LET, LET ME TRY AND WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
UM, I FIRST GOT ELECTED BACK IN 2013, AND I REMEMBER WHEN I, ONE OF MY FIRST MEETINGS, THERE WAS PROBABLY GROUPS OF PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT COLOR SHIRTS, LIME GREEN, HOPE FOR THE HILLS RED, WHATEVER.
AND THERE WAS A GROUP, UH, THAT WANTED TO DO NO KILL.
SO I KNOW, UM, CYNTHIA AND MYSELF, WHEN WE GOT ELECTED, THE, THE, ALL THESE T-SHIRTS, DIFFERENT COLORED T-SHIRTS IN THE AUDIENCE.
AND I KNOW, UM, RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING I GOT INVOLVED WITH AN AD HOC COMMITTEE, I BELIEVE WITH ART INITIALLY.
AND THEN PETER, AND I'M GONNA SAY WE PROBABLY WORKED ON THAT FOR OVER TWO YEARS, DEALING WITH, UM, IVHS.
AND, UM, I, I HAVE TO SAY, UH, THE GENTLEMAN AT THE TIME WAS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BILL HARTFORD.
I CONSIDER HIM A FRIEND OVER THE YEARS.
UH, WE WERE LITTLE LEAGUE PRESIDENTS.
PETER WAS ALSO PRESIDENT CANYON, CANYON HILLS.
SO, UM, WHENEVER WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, WHEN I WAS TRYING TO GET INFORMATION, SOMETIMES IT WAS DIFFICULT, BUT I ALWAYS HAD, I COULD ALWAYS CALL BILL DIRECTLY TO HIS CELL NUMBER AND GET INFORMATION THAT I NEEDED SO THAT I TRULY APPRECIATE.
AND THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN NAMED JIMMY JIM THAT USED TO WORK FOR THEM TOO.
AND HE WAS REALLY JUST A GREAT EMPLOYEE.
BUT OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES.
UM, AND I KNOW ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT I HAVE IS THAT WE REALLY DON'T HAVE A SAY SO.
I MEAN, IF THERE'S A PROBLEM, WE GO TO THE CITY MANAGER, CITY MANAGER WILL GO TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND HOPEFULLY GET THE, THE PROBLEM SOLVED.
BUT I REALLY WOULD'VE LIKED TO BE ONE OF US OR TWO OF US, HOWEVER, GET ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, THAT WASN'T THEIR MODEL ON HOW THEY LIKE TO, TO DO BUSINESS.
AND THAT HAS ALWAYS SORT OF BOTHERED ME.
UH, SO WHEN ONTARIO CAME ON BOARD, UM, AGAIN, THERE WERE SOME ISSUES AND, BUT AGAIN, IVHS, AND I KNOW NICOLE SAID IT, YOU GUYS DO A GOOD, GOOD JOB.
UM, BUT MY ONLY ISSUE THAT I DO HAVE IS THAT WE DO NOT HAVE A MEMBER ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
AND THAT'S, IF I WAS TO VOTE FOR ARC, IT WOULD MAINLY BE BECAUSE OF THAT, THAT MAIN REASON.
SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, SO, OKAY.
SO I'LL JUST JUMP INTO COMMENTS THEN.
SIMILAR IN NATURE, UH, RAY AND I WERE THE, UH, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR, FOR PROBABLY MORE THAN TWO YEARS WORKING WITH BILL AND TEAM.
WE ARE ACTUALLY THE INDIVIDUALS THAT INITIATED GETTING TO ZERO.
WE WORKED WITH BILL TO COME UP WITH A NO KILL EFFORT, AND WE WERE DOING ALL OF OUR HOMEWORK AND, UH, WE WERE GETTING THE DEFINITIONS OF WHAT WAS REQUIRED OF IT.
I'LL COME UP WITH SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY FOR CHINO HILLS.
SO CHINO HILLS HAS BEEN A LEADER IN THAT WE, WHERE WE PUSHED FOR, IN A SENSE, A NO KILL THROUGH OUR PARTNER, AND THAT WAS GETTING TO ZERO.
I STILL WEAR THE T-SHIRT ON A PRETTY REGULAR BASIS OR THE, THE POLO SHIRT.
AND THE OTHER THING IS, IS, UM, WE ARE, AS FAR AS I KNOW, THE ONLY CITY THAT'S CONTINUES TO PAY MAYBE AFTER A DECADE FOR MICROCHIPPING.
SO WE PAY $30 FOR ANY RESIDENT THAT WANTS TO MICROCHIP THEIR DOG.
SO WE'VE BEEN VERY PROACTIVE, I THINK MORE THAN MOST OF THE COMMUNITIES
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IN THE REGION WHEN IT COMES TO, WHEN IT COMES TO ANIMAL CARE AND REALLY HAVE NOT HAD AN ISSUE WITH, UH, UH, INLAND VALLEY.BUT I HAVE SEEN AN EROSION OF COMMUNICATION, I WILL SAY THAT O OVER THE YEARS.
UM, AND THAT, THAT'S BEEN AN ISSUE, I THINK.
AND THE OTHER THING I WAS GONNA MAKE THE SAME COMMENT THAT HAS COME UP NOW, THAT'S PART OF MY NOTES, IS THAT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE A PRESENCE, UH, ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
AND MAYBE IT'S NOT CHINO HILLS ONLY.
MAYBE IT WAS A REPRESENTATIVE, AN ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE AGENCIES THAT PARTNER UP.
AND, UH, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S, UH, IT'S, I THINK IT'S BEEN FLOATED AND NEVER APPROVED OR BY THE BOARD.
SO THAT'S BEEN A CONCERN ALSO, UH, IS HOW DO WE REIGNITE THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT WE USED TO HAVE, UH, ON A PRETTY REGULAR BASIS WITH, UH, IVHS.
UM, AND THIS IS A TOUGH ONE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN INVOLVED, I'VE SPOKEN TO A NUMBER OF ENTITIES, OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE, UH, UM, WHEN I RUN INTO THEM, UH, ONTARIO, MONTCLAIR SPECIFICALLY, THAT HAVE SHOWN, AND CHINO HAVE SHOWN A, A NEED TO WANT TO BREAK OFF AND DO THEIR OWN THING BECAUSE THEY FELT THAT THERE'S BEEN AN EROSION OF COMMUNICATION THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
AND THEY MAY HAVE, THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES.
THAT'S BEEN MY BIGGEST ISSUE, NOT SERVICE, BECAUSE SERVICE HAS BEEN REALLY QUITE GOOD OVER THE YEARS.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN PROUD TO BRAG ABOUT INLAND VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY, BUT THERE IS THAT ELEMENT OF, I I'M, I'M STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THERE'S A COST ELEMENT TO THIS THAT IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.
UH, THE BUY-IN, UH, WHATEVER THE SUM IS GONNA BE, LET'S SAY IT'S EIGHT AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS TO BUY IN THAT WE CAN PAY OFF OVER A 12 YEAR PERIOD, IT LOOKS LIKE 12 YEARS, UH, IN THE STAFF REPORT.
I KNOW THERE WAS DEBATE ABOUT THAT.
AND IN THE ACTUAL MONTHLY, OR THE ACTUAL YEARLY, UH, IS, IT'S GONNA BE A BIT, A BIT MORE, BUT NOT SIGNIFICANTLY MORE, BUT A BIT MORE.
BUT AT LEAST WE HAVE A PRESENCE ON AN AGENCY THAT WE CAN HELP STEER OUR OWN DIRECTION.
BUT IN ANOTHER HAND, ON THE OTHER HAND, IVHS HAS REALLY DONE QUITE A GREAT JOB OF SERVICING OUR COMMUNITY.
SO IT'S, IT'S A REAL CONUNDRUM RIGHT NOW AS TO WHAT DIRECTION TO GO ON THIS.
UH, BUT I WILL SAY THAT WE HAVE BEEN VERY PROACTIVE, UH, IN PUSHING FOR ANIMAL CARE, AS I SAID EARLIER IN, IN THE REGION.
AND I THINK MOST PEOPLE KNOW IT, MOST OF THE AGENCIES KNOW IT.
SO THAT'S GOOD FOR NOW FOR MAYOR.
IT, IT IS A HIGH PRIORITY FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND FOR THE CITY, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE ANIMALS, UH, SOMETIMES THEY STRAY AWAY AND THEY LUCKILY GET REUNITED WITH THEIR FAMILIES.
UH, I'M A NUMBERS GUY AND THE CONCERN I HAVE IS THIS, THAT WITH A COUPLE LARGE CITIES BREAKING OFF FROM THEIR EXISTING LO UH, CONTRACT WITH IVHS AND CREATING THIS JPA, THE CONCERN I HAVE IS THERE IS GOING TO BE, THERE'S GOT TO BE A, UH, REDUCTION IN THE REVENUES THAT ARE CURRENTLY GOING ON AND, AND BEING RECEIVED BY IBHS.
IT JUST MAKES COMMON SENSE TO ME.
IF YOU HAVE FOUR OR FIVE CITIES LEAVING, THERE'S GONNA BE LOSS OF REVENUE.
WHERE'S THAT GONNA GET MADE UP? UH, I WOULD HATE FOR US TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE WE STAY AND DON'T GIVE ANY CONSIDERATION TO THAT.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, BECAUSE IT COSTS SO MUCH TO RUN A GREAT FACILITY LIKE IVHS, THAT THE EXPENSES GO UP.
THERE'S NOT THE REVENUE THERE BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF PARTNERS THAT HAVE BELONGED TO IT, UH, ARE NOT THERE.
AND THEREFORE, WE GOTTA COME UP WITH THE MONEY SOMEHOW.
AND IF WE STILL REMAIN, IT JUST SEEMS LOGICAL TO ME THAT OUR COST COULD GO UP SIGNIFICANTLY.
NOW, WE'VE HAD GREAT SERVICE WITH THEM FOR, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, UH, BEN, BUT I BELIEVE WE'VE, WE'VE, IT'S 30 YEARS.
SO I MEAN, THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.
WE CANNOT COMPLAIN ABOUT THAT.
SO THAT'S ALL REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
BUT THERE IS THIS, OBVIOUSLY, UM, THERE'S NO REASON FOR US TO GET IN ANY KIND OF DIS DISCUSSION ABOUT WHY THESE OTHER CITIES WANTED TO BREAK UP AND MAKE THEIR OWN, UH, JPA, BUT THE REALITY IS IT'S BEING OFFERED TO US.
SO I THINK IT'S PR UPON US AND, UH, UH, FOR US TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND SEE WHERE WE'RE AT, WHAT THE SERVICES ARE, WHETHER THEY LINE UP AND WHAT THE OVERALL COST IS GONNA BE TO US, NOT ONLY WITH BUY-INS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR PHYSICAL STRUCTURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE WITH IVHS, BUT WITH POTENTIAL ANNUAL COSTS GOING UP BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WHICH HAS TO BE UNKNOWN PROBABLY AT THIS POINT.
SO THOSE ARE MY BIGGEST CONCERNS, IS THE NUMBER.
SO ART, WOULD YOU MIND, UM, I KNOW NICOLE SAID SHE WAS
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HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS OR ROD AS WELL.SOMEBODY'S HAD TO HAVE FACTORED THIS IN RIGHT? WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH MONTCLAIR AND CHINO AND CLAREMONT AND ONTARIO LEAVING WITH THE PROJECTED COST BEING TO THE FUTURE.
AND BECAUSE, LIKE, ART, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE FINANCIAL ASPECT AS WELL, BUT ON MY END, I'M THINKING IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
IF WE JOIN A JPA, WE SINK ALL THIS MONEY IN AND WE DON'T LIKE THE SERVICE, ARE WE GONNA BE OUT THE MONEY THAT WE'VE, WE'VE SUNK, YOU KNOW, WE JUST SPENT $10 MILLION ON A SPLASH PAD TONIGHT.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THATS IT.
AND THAT WAS MY WHOLE POINT OF BRINGING THIS UP.
BECAUSE I UNDERSTOOD THAT NICOLE WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND POSSIBLY ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS, UH, THAT WE RAISE ON THE DAIS.
UH, IS IT TOTALLY A OR YOU HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL, I QUESTION SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
JEFF, I COULD, WE WILL GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME UP AND ADDRESS SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS.
OUR CITY IS SORT OF PROACTIVE AND I'M GONNA BE ADDRESSING OUR CITY MANAGERS.
SO WE, WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS PROBABLY THE LAST YEAR OR SO.
UM, HAVE WE COMMUNICATED WITH IVHS THAT, UH, NOT THAT WE'RE NOT HAPPY, BUT CHANGES COULD HAPPEN.
UM, DID WE EVER MEET LIKE IN FRONT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND DID THEY EVER COME BACK TO US? AND WHATEVER CONCERNS THAT WE DID HAVE, DID THEY COME BACK TO US? SURE.
UH, THE, UH, CITY OF CHINO HILLS HAS BEEN IN DIALOGUE WITH SEVERAL CITIES THAT WERE LOOKING AT OTHER ANIMAL CONTROL OPTIONS.
SO, ON ONE HAND, UH, ROD AND MYSELF HAVE MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM ONTARIO TAKING THE LEAD, PLUS A VARIETY OF CITIES TO LOOK AT OPTIONS, UH, AT THE SAME TIME IVH S'S, UH, UH, PRESIDENT AND CEO.
AND I'M SURE THEIR BOARD WERE AWARE THAT THIS EFFORT WAS, UH, GOING ON.
UH, WE DID HAVE A MEETING WITH, UH, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
UM, I SHOULD POINT OUT THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ANIMAL CONTROL MY ENTIRE TIME HERE WITH THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
AND THIS WAS A WATERSHED MOMENT.
IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY THE FIRST TIME I HAD EVER, YOU KNOW, MET THE BOARD.
AND THERE WERE SEVERAL CITIES, UH, UH, WHO PARTICIPATED IN THAT MEETING.
UH, THE BOARD, UH, REPRESENTATIVES, THE, UH, PRESIDENT AND CEO GAVE ASSURANCES THAT, UH, ANY OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED BY THE AGENCIES WOULD BE ADDRESSED.
UH, WE HAVE AN ONGOING DIALOGUE, UH, WITH STAFF AT IVHS ABOUT THE, THE NUANCES OF, OF HOW THEY SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, IN THE STAFF REPORT, WE POINTED OUT THAT, UH, A SUBSEQUENT MEETING HAD NOT OCCURRED.
UH, AND WE EVEN SAID THAT THERE HADN'T BEEN COMMUNICATION.
BUT YESTERDAY WE SPOKE WITH, UH, UH, NICOLE, AND SHE POINTED OUT THAT SOME OF THE COMMUNICATION THAT SHE SENT WAS A DIRECT RESPONSE TO THE COMMITMENTS THAT THE BOARD MADE AT THAT MEETING.
THINGS LIKE GIVING US, UH, A PROJECTED, UH, COST FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR A LITTLE BIT EARLIER.
AND, UH, OTHER ASSURANCES RELATED.
SO I GUESS TO YOUR QUESTION, WE'VE MET NOT ONLY WITH THE OPERATORS OF THE ARC SYSTEM, BUT ALSO WITH IVHS.
AND IVHS HAS BEEN AWARE OF ALL OF THAT ACTIVITY.
UM, MY UNDERSTANDING THERE'S A NEW PARTNER, SAN GABRIEL IT, SAN GABRIEL HUMANE SOCIETY, OR WAS THAT EVER DISCUSSED WITH US JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY PRIOR TO THEM DOING IT? SO, I, I PERSONALLY FOUND OUT ABOUT, UH, THE, UH, JOINT, UH, OR MERGER, UH, ALONG WITH THE, UH, NOTICE THAT WENT OUT TO EVERYONE.
I, I, I DON'T, UH, AND IF I MISS SOMETHING, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL BE CORRECTED, BUT I, I DIDN'T FIND OUT ANYTHING SPECIFIC.
UH, WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH IVHS TO ENSURE, UH, WHAT IMPACT THIS WOULD HAVE, UH, ON OUR, UH, COMMUNITY.
AND WE, UH, SHORTLY AFTER CALLING THE QUESTION, UH, WE RECEIVED ASSURANCES FROM NICOLE THAT IT WOULDN'T IMPACT OUR, UH, ORGANIZATION.
UM, AS THE CITY MANAGER, ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT I HAD, AND ART EXPRESSED IT, UH, TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, IS THE DEPARTURE OF, UH, A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF, OF AGENCIES WILL HAVE SOME, UH, IMPACT ON THE ORGANIZATION.
ON ONE HAND, UH, IT CREATES BANDWIDTH OR AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE STAFF TO WORK, UH, BACK IN THE AGENCIES THAT REMAIN.
UH, BUT THERE'S ALSO FIXED COSTS, I'LL CALL IT, ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE POSITIONS.
SO WHEN WE RAISE CONCERNS IN THE STAFF REPORT IN OUR COM COMMUNICATION IS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'LL GET SERVED, UH, AS WE, YOU KNOW, FEEL IS NECESSARY, THAT WE WON'T BEAR ANY COST FOR PEOPLE WHO, I'LL JUST CALL IT IDLE OR NOT PART OF THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS.
UH, IVHS SINCE SEEING THE STAFF REPORT HAS REACHED OUT
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TO STAFF, UM, WE POINT OUT THAT THIS YEAR WE'RE ANTICIPATING A 15% INCREASE, WHICH IS LARGER THAN NORMAL, BUT THERE'S BEEN SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE CONTRACT ALLOWS FOR THAT.A, UH, RE-DISTRIBUTION OF COSTS.
UH, UH, SINCE OUR CONVERSATION WITH IVHS, THEY HAVE GIVEN ADDITIONAL ASSURANCES THAT THE, YOU KNOW, INCREASING CURVE OF THE COST, UH, THEY WOULD, WOULD HOLD THAT MORE STEADY.
THEY WOULD ABSORB THOSE COSTS, BUT THAT WAS NOT CLEAR TO US WITH THE TIME WE TOOK THIS ACTION.
SO, UH, AGAIN, LONG-WINDED ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ, BUT IN THAT DIALOGUE, WE HAVE MORE ASSURANCES, BUT IT, WE DON'T CLEARLY KNOW HOW, UH, THE MERGER OF THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS WILL AFFECT THE CITY.
AGAIN, WE HAVE ASSURANCES, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS, THEY TALK ABOUT IVHS VEHICLES AND STAFF ALSO SERVING THAT COMMUNITY.
UH, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT IT WOULD DETRACT FROM WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO US, BUT THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT IF WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, WITH IVHS, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW WHAT THAT'S GONNA MEAN.
YOU KNOW, BOOTS ON THE GROUND, HOW IS IT GONNA AFFECT, UH, UH, THE, UH, ADDITIONAL COSTS FOR, FOR THOSE PEOPLE.
UH, AND BEFORE I GIVE UP THE MIC, I DO WANT TO JUST MAKE ONE COMMENT, UH, WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING TONIGHT.
UH, THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW ARC WILL PROVIDE SERVICE.
UH, THE KEY DIFFERENCE IS, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER ON THE BOARD, UH, YOU WOULD HAVE A DIRECT SAY IN HOW THOSE SERVICES ARE SET UP.
SO WE WOULD ANTICIPATE BY THE TIME IN 2027, WE COULD HAVE MADE SURE THAT THE, UH, UH, UH, WILDLIFE COMPONENT HAD BEEN TAKEN CARE OF.
ANY OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, UM, MUCH LIKE, UH, MODELING AFTER WHAT WE SEE AT IVHS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A COUPLE COMMENTS.
UM, COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, UNDERLYING THEME WITH ALL OF US, AND I THINK I CAN AGREE WITH THAT TOO.
AND THINGS THAT I NOTICED, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, 'CAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENING IS I, I THINK THAT WE'RE NOT DEALING WITH A LOT OF SPECIFICS.
LIKE, WHAT ARE WE UNHAPPY WITH? IF WE FEEL THE LEVEL OF SERVICE OF IVHS IS NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE.
UM, IF, IF THAT'S THE CASE, IF THAT'S WHAT, IF WE THINK ABOUT IT.
SO WE USED TO GET MONTHLY, UH, REPORTS, UM, INTAKE REPORTS, HOW MANY ANIMALS WERE ADOPTED, IT WAS LIKE A SPREADSHEET, AND THEN IT FALLS BY THE WAYSIDE.
AND I CAN JUST SPEAK FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THAT THIS IS A VERY HARDWORKING COUNCIL TO THE POINT, LIKE SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE WE'RE OUR OWN OWN ANIMAL CONTROL ADVOCATES, BECAUSE LIKE WITH RAY AND PETER, DURING THE GETTING TO ZERO, ALL OF THE THINGS WE DO.
SO I FEEL LIKE, LIKE OUT THE GATE, THERE'S A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM AND THERE'S A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM IVHS.
AND THEN I FEEL LIKE THEN IT KIND OF GOES BY LIKE THE WAYSIDE.
LIKE WE WERE VERY EXCITED AND PROUD WHEN WE IMPLEMENTED THE, UM, THE MICRO CHIPPING REBATE, UM, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE LIKE COLLABORATION TO PUSH OUT THESE GREAT SERVICES THAT CAME FROM US, NOT THEM THAT WE NEED TO LET OUR RESIDENTS KNOW.
YOU KNOW, FREE ADOPTIONS IF THE STRAY CAME FROM, UM, CHINO HILLS.
TO THIS DAY, I STILL DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS.
I STILL DUNNO HOW WE CAN, LIKE, I WOULD LOVE TO GET A LIST OF WHAT, WHAT ANIMALS INTAKE ANIMALS CAME FROM CHINO HILLS AND, AND PROMOTE TO OUR RESIDENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE ANIMALS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION FOR FREE.
SO I THINK THAT WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO WHEN WE CONTRACT WITH ANYONE IS WHAT IS OUR LE WHAT IS OUR EXPECTATION OF SERVICE? IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE AGENCY IS DOING ANYTHING WRONG.
I MEAN, THEY COULD, THEY COULD BE WORKING FINE, AND THEY DO.
BUT WHAT IS OUR LEVEL OF EXPECTATION? WHAT WHAT DO WE WANT IS A SERVICE LEVEL FOR OUR RESIDENTS? UM, THE CONCERNS I HAVE ON THE FLIP SIDE WITH THE PROPOSED, UM, NEW JPA IS, UM, AGAIN, LIKE WHAT MOST OF YOU HAVE SAID, SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT FOR THE NEW FACILITY.
UM, GETTING, SIGNING ONTO A VERY LONG-TERM CONTRACT, I THINK 10 OR 12 YEARS.
AND ONCE WE'RE IN, IF WE DON'T LIKE IT, UM, PERSONALLY, I, THIS IS A PUBLIC FORUM.
WHAT, WHAT CONCERNS ME IS LIKE, I LIKE THE FACT THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SEAT AT THE BOARD, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PERSONALITIES WITH A LOT OF CITIES, AND WE DON'T HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT VOTE ON THAT.
WE HAVE A PERCENTAGE OF WHAT WE HAVE INTO IT.
SO WHOEVER'S GONNA SERVE ON THIS BOARD, WE MAY HAVE A VOTE, BUT IT'S NOT GONNA HAVE EQUAL WEIGHT AS ONTARIO.
SO, AND IT'S NOTHING AGAINST THE OTHER CITIES, BUT YOU'RE DEALING WITH A LOT OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND EGOS.
SO THAT, SO IT CONCERNS ME ABOUT A BOARD LIKE THAT.
BUT THEN ON THE FLIP SIDE, BUT I LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING REPRESENTATION IVHS AND I WAS SURPRISED THAT THAT IDEA WAS NOT ENTERTAINED AT ALL.
SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT, THAT, I THINK THAT WOULD SOLVE A LOT OF THINGS.
AND I THINK IT WAS YOUR IDEA, PETER, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE LAST THING THEY WANT IS TO GET
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BOMBARDED WITH ALL THEIR CONTRACT CITIES HAVING A BOARD SEAT.BUT WHAT IF THERE WAS ONE BOARD SEAT THAT WAS REPRESENTING ALL OF THE AGENCIES? SO PETER, YOU'RE ON THE BOARD OR ART OR SOMEONE, BUT YOU'RE REPRESENTING THE 10 CITIES THEY CONTRACT WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S A VERY GOOD IDEA.
UM, THE ONE THING, UM, OKAY, FLIPPING BACK TO THE OTHER ORGANIZATION, THE, THE NEW ONE.
SO WHEN I READ THAT THERE WAS, WE WERE GONNA HAVE TO PAY FOR AN INVESTMENT IN A HORSE TRAILER, AND LIKE THE TRUCK, I THINK IT WAS A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND, 150,000, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, LIKE IN THE FRONT END, IT LOOKS GREAT, BUT WHAT I WORRY ABOUT IS US LOSING CONTROL OF HAVING THE FIRST RIDE OF RIDE OF REF, RIDE OF REFUSAL TO HAVING THOSE, THOSE TRUCKS OR HORSE TRAILERS.
SO I DON'T WANNA PAY FOR SOMETHING AND THEN HEAR FROM THEM THAT ANOTHER CITY'S USING IT WHEN WE'RE THE ONES THAT PAY FOR IT, BECAUSE EVERYONE NEEDS EACH OTHER'S MONEY AND THEY WANT, THEY NEED, THEY NEED OUR MONEY.
SO, UM, I WISH THERE WAS SOMETHING LIKE KIND OF TITER AS FAR AS LIKE THE USE, ANY CAPITAL INVESTMENTS WE MAKE IN EQUIPMENT LIKE THAT, OR VEHICLES WHERE I DON'T CARE IF IT'S JUST SITTING IN OUR PARKING LOT HERE, IT'S OURS.
WE PAID FOR IT, IT NEEDS TO BE ON CALL FOR US.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TROUBLE WITH SOMETIMES WITH OTHER, THE OTHER AGENCY, IS THAT IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE MEANS TO DO A FASTER CALL, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THE TRUCK'S OUT IN POMONA OR CHINO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND ANY OTHER QUESTION HERE? YEAH, JUST, YOU KNOW, LIKE CYNTHIA SAID, COMMUNICATION'S BEEN COMING UP A LOT TONIGHT.
UM, FOR ME, I TEND TO JUDGE THINGS AS A COUNCILMAN BASED ON HOW MUCH COMMUNICATION I GET FROM RESIDENTS.
AND OTHER THAN PAYING YOUR TRASH BILL, YOU KNOW, FOR AN OUTSIDE AGENCY, THE ONE THAT PROBABLY TOUCHES MOST ON RESIDENTS IS ANIMAL CONTROL.
YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE YOUR DOGS ARE, UH, REGISTERED AND THEY HAVE THEIR SHOTS UP TO DATE AND EVERYTHING.
AND IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATION, I GET ALMOST NOTHING FROM THE PUBLIC WHEN IT COMES TO HAVING A PROBLEM WITH IVHS.
AND SO I JUDGE A LOT OF THINGS BASED ON THAT.
IF THERE'S NO SMOKE FOR ME, I DON'T SEE A FIRE.
SO THAT'S, YEAH, JUST MY 2 CENTS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, PETER, NO QUESTIONS? NO, THIS WILL BE MY LAST, I APOLOGIZE.
SO NICOLE, I JUST WANT TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU.
UM, YOUR DAD, I'VE KNOWN FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
UM, I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST GOT ELECTED BACK IN 2013, I WENT TO RANCH CUCAMONGA TO VISIT THEIR SHELTER.
THEN I WENT TO UPLAND BEFORE I GOT HOME.
I WANTED TO KNOW WHY I WAS THERE,
SO I EXPLAINED TO HIM WHY I WAS THERE AND WHAT I WANTED TO DO.
SO, UH, SO TWO YEARS GOES BY, I'M AT OLIS, AND JIM'S THERE, AND YOUR DAD'S THERE, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOUR DAD BUYS ME A GLASS.
I DON'T DRINK, BUT HE BOUGHT ME SOME WINE.
SO THE GLASS COMES TO MY TABLE AND IT WAS FROM YOUR DAD.
SO HE COMES UP TO ME AND HE GOES, YOU KNOW WHAT, I GOT THIS IDEA FROM AUSTRALIA GETTING A ZERO.
SO AGAIN, IT TOOK A LITTLE WHILE.
IT TOOK A LITTLE WHILE AND YOU, YOU KNOW THAT, RIGHT? NO, I'M TEASING.
YOU KNOW, PETER AND MYSELF BEAT HIM UP A LITTLE BIT AND HE CAME AROUND AND WE WERE REALLY HAPPY.
UH, THE OTHER ISSUE THAT I HAD AT THE TIME WAS PRICELESS PETS.
WHEN I FIRST GOT ELECTED, THERE WERE SOME ISSUES DEALING WITH PRICELESS PETS AND, UM, IVHS, BUT I KNOW NOW YOU GUYS HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP AND I JUST WANNA COMMEND YOU ON THAT.
I KNOW IT WAS SORT OF DIFFICULT AT TIMES, BUT, UH, YOU GUYS CAME TOGETHER, SO THANK YOU.
THOSE ARE MY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS UP HERE OR COMMENTS APPROPRIATE TO BRING UP NICOLE? YES.
TO ADDRESS THEM OF THESE? NICOLE, COME ON UP.
AND UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, YOU'RE NOT ON THE CLOCK.
WELL, RAY, IF IT WOULD'VE, IF I'D HAVE KNOWN, I JUST NEEDED TO BUY YOU A GLASS OF WINE AT POLI, WE CAN GO WHATEVER THERE.
IF I WAS DOING THAT TONIGHT, UM, I, I DID JUST WANNA SPEAK ON A FEW THINGS.
YOU KNOW, A FEW YEARS AGO, 2021 WHEN I WAS BEFORE THIS COUNCIL FOR, UM, THE CONTRACT, UH, AT THAT TIME, THE SAME COMMENT GOT BROUGHT UP ABOUT MONTHLY REPORTS.
THE MONTHLY REPORTS ARE SENT OUT TO THE STAFF EVERY MONTH.
SO IF THAT'S NOT GETTING TO THE COUNCIL, AGAIN, I, I CAN'T CONTROL THAT.
UM, WE DO THE ADOPTIONS FOR THE, UM, CHINO HILLS RESIDENTS FOR CHINO HILLS PETS, RIGHT? THIS IS THE, THAT'S THE, THE SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL ASKED A LONG TIME AGO.
BUT WHAT WE HAD SHARED A COUPLE YEARS AGO WITH STAFF IS THAT IT'S SO FEW, UM, BECAUSE YOU GUYS WERE REIMBURSING US, IT WAS SO FEW ADOPTIONS THAT WE WEREN'T GONNA BOTHER BILLING YOU FOR THAT.
I MEAN, WE HAVE SO MANY PROMOTIONS THAT GO ON ALREADY THAT WE WOULD, UM, WE WOULD JUST GO AHEAD AND TRACK THAT INTERNALLY AND TALK ABOUT IT WITH THE, WHEN SOMEBODY COMES UP FROM CHINO HILLS,
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WE'RE DEFINITELY PROMOTING THAT.UM, BUT WE'RE OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS ABOUT WIDE RANGE PROMOTION FOR THAT.
UM, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN FIVE YEARS THAT I HAVE EVER HEARD THAT YOU GUYS WERE REIMBURSING US FOR MICROCHIPS.
I KNOW YOU REQUIRE IT UNDER YOUR MUNICIPAL CODE, BUT AGAIN, THAT COMMUNICATION STREAM IS TWO WAYS.
AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, BEN'S BEEN HERE A LONG TIME, UM, AND DEALING WITH ANIMAL CONTROL, BUT AT THE TIME, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN CHANGEOVER OF STAFF, RIGHT? UM, A NEW A CM OUR TEAM IS DIFFERENT.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, RAY, I'VE RECEIVED, YOU KNOW, PHONE CALLS FROM YOU, CYNTHIA, I'VE RECEIVED PHONE CALLS FROM YOU.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, I I'VE GIVEN MY PERSONAL AND HOME NUMBER, UM, MY CELL NUMBER AND MY HOME NUMBER TO STAFF.
THERE IS NEVER A MOMENT THAT WE ARE NOT AVAILABLE AND APPROACHABLE AND WILLING TO COMMUNICATE.
WE'RE WILLING TO GIVE PRESENTATIONS.
WE TELL ALL OF OUR CITY PARTNERS THAT, UM, WE MAKE OURSELVES AVAILABLE.
SO YES, TO HEAR THE COMMUNICATION OR THE BLANKET STATEMENTS ABOUT COMMUNICATION, IT'S FRUSTRATING WHEN WE, UM, ARE IN COMMUNICATION WITH STAFF ALL THE TIME.
IF IT'S NOT ME, IT'S MY DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, MARIANA DELI, SANTOS.
SO, UM, AND SUSAN, I KNOW SUSAN AND ROD AND MARIANA SPEAK REGULARLY.
SO, UM, OBVIOUSLY IF THAT'S OF CONCERN, UM, WE CAN REGROUP AND TALK TO THE STAFF ABOUT HOW WE BRIDGE THAT GAP.
UM, BUT SPEAKING ABOUT SOME THINGS I DO WANNA CLARIFY.
WE'VE MET WITH THE ARC, AND WE'RE NOT GONNA SIT HERE TONIGHT.
I THINK NONE OF US WANNA SIT HERE UNTIL MIDNIGHT AND BELABOR THE ISSUES THAT MIGHT BE GOING ON WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES.
AS I SAID, I GREW UP HERE, UM, PRIOR TO INCORPORATION AND AFTER INCORPORATION.
SO, UM, THERE ARE NUANCES HERE THAT ARE DIFFERENT AND THERE ARE SERVICE EXPECTATIONS THAT ARE DIFFERENT.
UM, WHEN WE MET WITH THE ARC, THEY ARE NOT HANDLING WILDLIFE LIKE WE ARE.
AND I KNOW BEN MENTIONED THAT THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, WHEN YOU BECOME, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GOING TO JOIN THE TWO YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, THEY MAY BE READY FOR THAT.
UM, THEY DO NOT RELOCATE WILDLIFE LIKE WE DO.
WE HAVE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH FISH AND WILDLIFE.
UM, THEY APPRECIATE WHAT WE DO BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO GET OUT HERE UNLESS IT'S, YOU KNOW, A BEAR THAT'S ACTIVELY BEING AGGRESSIVE.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DISPATCH RESOURCES.
UM, WE DO RELOCATE THE WILDLIFE.
WE, WE HANDLE RATTLESNAKE RATTLESNAKES, NOT JUST IN PARKS, BUT WE'VE GONE TO PEOPLE'S HOMES, THEY'VE GOT GRANDCHILDREN PLAYING THERE.
WE TAKE THEM OUT OF THE BACKYARD.
I RECEIVED A CALL ONE DAY FROM RAY, HE'S LIKE, HEY, WHY ARE YOU GUYS RELOCATING YOUR RATTLESNAKE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME IN THE OPEN SPACE? AND, AND WE SAID, WE'LL DO BETTER.
'CAUSE NO, THAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE, YES, IN THE OPEN SPACE, BUT MAYBE NOT IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE, NOT BECAUSE YOU'RE A COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT BECAUSE THAT'S NOT THE APPROPRIATE THING TO DO.
SO THOSE ARE ONGOING DIALOGUES THAT WE HAVE, UM, WITH COUNCIL, WITH STAFF ABOUT HOW TO BETTER IMPROVE SERVICE.
SO, UM, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN SERVICE.
YES, YOU'RE GOING TO A POOLED USE MODEL.
YES, YOU'RE GOING TO A MODEL THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO HAVE, UM, A SEAT AT THE TABLE.
IT HASN'T BEEN, I, I HEARD, UH, A COMMENT AND I, I THINK IT WAS YOU RAY THAT MADE THE COMMENT A FEW MINUTES AGO ABOUT MAYBE IT'S ONE PERSON THAT REPRESENTS THE WHOLE GROUP.
AND I, I, I APOLOGIZE IF I GOT THAT WRONG.
UM, ALL, UH, PETER, ABOUT ONE PERSON REPRESENTING ALL CITIES.
AND MAYBE THAT'S ONE BOARD POSITION.
WE'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND, AND REVISIT THAT CONVERSATION.
HAVING, UM, GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, ELECTED OFFICIALS ON OUR BOARD TRIGGERS A QUASI-GOVERNMENTAL EFFECT, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, IT HAS TO DO WITH SPHERE OF CONTROL.
AND SO, UM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NOT DONE IN 75 YEARS, SO WE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND REVISIT THAT CONVERSATION IF IT'S, UH, OF SOMETHING OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO AT LEAST HAVE ONE VOICE.
UM, WE COULD REVISIT THAT CONVERSATION AND ALSO TALK TO OUR, OUR LEGAL COUNSEL.
UM, BUT I'M, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
UM, WE, WE HAVE BEEN A PROUD PARTNER AGAIN FOR OVER 32 YEARS, AND WE'RE SAD TO SEE YOU GO OVER CONTROL ISSUES, BUT AGAIN, IT IS IN YOUR PURVIEW TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? LET'S CLARIFY THIS, UH, COMMENT ABOUT THE, UM, REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE, THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.
UH, THE WAY THE PROGRAM WORKS IS ANY RESIDENT WHO GETS THEIR ANIMAL MICROCHIP CAN GET A REBATE DIRECTLY FROM THE CITY FROM US.
AND SO YOU, AS, AS NICOLE POINTED OUT, UH, IVHS RUNS SO MANY, UH, UH, UH, PROGRAMS THAT THEY HANDLE MICROCHIPPING ON THEIR END.
BUT IF YOU ARE A RESIDENT WHO GETS YOUR ANIMAL MICROCHIPPED AT YOUR LOCAL VETERINARIAN, YOU CAN BRING YOUR RECEIPT TO THE CITY AND THEN WE'LL PAY YOU BACK UP TO $30 FOR THAT.
SO THAT'S PROBABLY WHY IT'S NOT TRACKING ON THEIR RADAR.
WE'VE HAD THIS PROGRAM FOR, UH, UH, ALL THE WAY BACK WHEN WE, UH, INSTITUTED THE REQUIREMENT FOR MICHAEL CHIPPY.
NICOLE, THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL TO RELOCATE THE RATTLESNAKE IN FRONT
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OF HIS HOUSE, BY THE WAY, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I HAVE, JUST ONE.
UM, DO WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION ON THIS RIGHT NOW? BECAUSE IT, I THINK WE ALL, YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE CONCERNS AND WE ALL HAVE THOUGHTS ON OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH IVHS, BUT IF WE DON'T NEED TO LEAP RIGHT THIS SECOND, CAN WE MAYBE CONTINUE IT FOR A DIFFERENT TIME? THAT'S WHERE I WAS GONNA GO ALSO.
WELL, I, I JUST ADD, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE THE REASON WE ARE HERE IS BECAUSE THE ARC GROUP HAS EXTENDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PARTICIPATE.
AND WHILE WE ARE NOT EXPECTING THAT WE WOULD TAKE SERVICE UNTIL, UH, JULY 1ST, 2027, THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO THE SCOPING OF WHAT THE SIZE OF THE FACILITY IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, AND, AND THE, THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH ANY CHANGES.
WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT.
UH, WE COULD BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL, UH, WITH, YOU KNOW, ANY FUTURE INFORMATION.
BUT OUR GOAL WAS TO HAVE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF CERTAINTY WITH IVHS AS TO THE CONTINUATION OF SERVICE UNTIL A NEW OPPORTUNITY TO GO WITH ARC.
BUT ALSO WE HAVE TO LET THEM KNOW, IDEALLY WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, SO THAT THEY'LL KNOW WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GONNA BE INVOLVED.
PLUS, I SHOULD POINT OUT, THERE IS A KIND OF PROTRACTED PROCESS FOR BECOMING A MEMBER OF ARC.
WE WOULD HAVE TO ISSUE A LETTER OF INTEREST.
THE ARC BOARD WOULD THEN HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT LETTER OF INTEREST, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO DISTRIBUTE THAT TO ALL OF THEIR MEMBERS, AND THEN IT WOULD COME BACK TO US TO FINALIZE.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S GONNA TAKE SOME TIME, BUT WE WOULD ANTICIPATE, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TONIGHT, BUT I'D LOVE TO HAVE THE QUESTION ANSWERED WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO.
YEAH, I CAN APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WHAT'S, WHAT ARE WE CALLING IT? ARC THAT ARC WANTS TO KNOW, UM, OUR POSITION SO THEY CAN DO PLANNING, YOU KNOW, ARCHITECT, THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT WE REPRESENT A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THIS PROJECT, AND I WOULD HATE FOR US TO RUSH INTO A DECISION BASED ON THEM NEEDING TO KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA PONY UP TO THE TABLE.
SO, UM, I SUSPECT WHETHER WE JOIN THEM OR NOT, IT'S NOT GONNA HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE SIZE OF THEIR FACILITY AT ALL, GIVEN HOW MANY STRAYS THEY'RE GONNA GET FROM CHINO HILLS.
SO, UM, I CAN APPRECIATE THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE KIND OF USING THAT PERHAPS STRONG IMPACT.
YEAH, MAYBE, MAYBE THEY COULD SCOPE IT WITH, WITH OR WITHOUT CHINO HILLS.
'CAUSE THERE MUST BE OTHER CITIES THAT ARE LOOKING TO POTENTIALLY JOIN THAT MIGHT NOT EVEN BE ON THE RADAR.
SO THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SCALE UP, I WOULD IMAGINE WHEN THEY'RE DESIGNING SOMETHING LIKE THIS, RIGHT.
I WOULD THINK THERE WOULD BE SOME CAPACITY FOR GROWTH, UH, IN THE DESIGN.
I JUST KNOW THAT THEY ARE ASKING, UH, CITIES TO, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, MAKE SOME COMMITMENT BEFORE THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO LINE THIS UP WHERE WE ARE NOW.
BUT I MEAN, DEFINITELY TONIGHT IS NOT THE DROP DEAD, THEN I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO PUSH THIS AT LEAST A MONTH DOWN THE ROAD SO WE CAN HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS ANSWERED ABOUT THE FINANCIAL SIDE OF THINGS.
AND IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR NICOLE AND TEAM THAT, UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANSWERED.
YEAH, BUT I I, I, I AGREE WE DON'T WANNA PROTRACT THIS, AND I AGREE.
I THINK WE, WE NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS SAN GABRIEL, UH, ORGANIZATION'S MERGER, UH, TO KNOW WHAT IMPACT THAT IS AND WHAT'S MUNICIPALITIES THAT INVOLVES, BECAUSE WE ARE, AS FAR AS I KNOW, THE ONLY SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY CITY THAT'S INVOLVED WITH THIS.
SO I'D HATE FOR US TO, SOMETHING TO CHANGE IF IT GETS LARGER AND THAT OUR LEVEL OF SERVICE CHANGES SOMEHOW.
SO, YOU KNOW, NICOLE, CAN YOU ANSWER THAT THERE? COULD YOU ADDRESS THAT? YEAH, YOU'RE GOOD.
I CAN ADDRESS, DID DID YOU WANNA FINISH MOTION OR DID YOU WANT ME TO WELL, LET, LET'S GET AN ANSWER TO THAT IF YOU HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT.
SO, UH, THE CITIES THAT ARE CONTRACTED WITH, WITH DREW SAN GABRIEL VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY ARE TEMPLE CITY SAN GABRIEL.
AND THEN THEY HAVE A SHELTERING CONTRACT WITH DY SOORIE DOES THEIR OWN ANIMAL CONTROL.
UM, SO THERE IS NO NEGATIVE IMPACT.
THERE'S ALREADY AN EXISTING OPERATING BUDGET, AN EXISTING CONTRACT, UM, OR EXISTING CONTRACTS WITH THOSE CITIES.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE, UH, MEETING WITH THEM TO BRING THEM INTO CONTRACT FOLD WITH HOW IVHS CONTRACTS.
AND THEN THIS YEAR, UM, WE ARE REEVALUATING STAFFING LEVELS COSTING, WHICH IS WHY, UH, AND, AND CONTRACT, UH, PARTNERS, RIGHT? AND SO WE HAVE MULTIPLE CITIES WHO HAVE REACHED OUT TO US FOR SERVICE.
UM, AND SO WHEN, WHEN YOU'RE SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE A LITTLE BIT, MAYBE THE FAQS ON THE WEBSITE ARE SAYING HOW YOU'LL SEE IVHS VEHICLES, IT'S BECAUSE THE BRANDING IS MERGING.
SO WE'VE ACQUIRED SAN GABRIEL UNDER THE PARENT CORPORATION OF HUMANE SOCIETY OF POMONA VALLEY, INC.
WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING BUSINESS AS INLAND VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY AND DOING BUSINESS AS SAN GABRIEL VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY, EFFECTIVE JULY ONE.
SO THE LOGO WILL BE THE SAME REPRESENTING BOTH ORGANIZATIONS, UM, AND KEEPING THOSE
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ENTITIES SEPARATE IN TERMS OF CAMPUS AND OPERATION.THERE'S A DIFFERENT OPERATING HOUR.
THERE'S JUST, IT'S A, IT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT OPERATION.
HOWEVER, HAVING SAID THAT, UM, WHAT WE BRING TO THE TABLE WITH THAT IS OUR EXPERTISE IN ENHANCED VETERINARY SERVICES, COMMUNITY HEALTH COMMUNITY OUTREACH, BUT THAT'S NOT AFFECTING THE CITY PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE OR OUR CONTRACTUAL COMMITMENTS.
SO THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A SERVICE DECLINE WE'RE TAKING THIS YEAR TO REEVALUATE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, AND THEN REALLOCATING THE PIECES AS APPROPRIATE.
SO MOVING FORWARD, THERE SHOULD BE SOME ECONOMIES OF SCALE.
SO, UM, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, WE DON'T KNOW YET, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE TAKING THIS YEAR TO DO THAT, BECAUSE THERE ARE CITIES THERE, BUT THERE ARE OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE EXPRESSED A CONTRACT WITH THEM.
THERE'S OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST TO CONTRACT WITH US.
SO WE'RE REEVALUATING ALL OF THAT FOR FISCAL YEAR 26, 27.
DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? YES, SIR.
UH, NICOLE, UM, 15%, UM, I GUESS OUR COST WILL GO UP ABOUT 15%.
DO WE KNOW APPROXIMATELY WHAT THAT WITHOUT? IT EQUALS 15% TOTAL CONTRACT.
YOUR CONTRACT RIGHT NOW IS EIGHT WITH A 15% IS 829,000 WITH A 4% CPI FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 27, WHICH TAKES IT TO ABOUT 862,000.
SO JUST THE 15% IS HOW MUCH, UH, THAT TAKES IT TO 829, WHICH IS IN THE STAFF REPORT.
OKAY, BUT WHAT'S THE 15% ADJUSTMENT? OH, YOU MEAN THE DELTA BETWEEN 50,000, BUT DO YOU KNOW SUSAN, WHICH IS BASICALLY A REDUCTION IN POOLED USE BECAUSE YOUR POOLED USE IS 14% WHEN WE RE, WHEN WE REDID THE POOLED USAGE.
BUT THAT WOULD TAKE YOUR CONTRACT EVEN HIGHER.
YOUR CONTRACT WOULD BE, ARE WE 7 34? 948,002? 39 48? OKAY.
DO YOU DO AN ASSESSMENT? 7 31 PER THE POPULATION? SO IN OTHER WORDS, YOU'RE LOSING PRETTY CLOSE TO 300 PEOPLE.
WHAT ARE YOU GAINING ON THE BACK END? LIKE YOU, YOU WERE SAYING THE OTHER CITIES ARE GONNA BE JOINING.
WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE? I MEAN, HOW MANY POPULATION THERE? OH, GAINING ON THERE.
UM, IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT, IT'S THREE CITIES FOR THREE CITIES, RIGHT? BECAUSE I KNOW THE AGENDA HERE SAID CLAREMONT WAS IN THE JPA, THEY ARE NOT IN THE JPA.
UM, SO THE, IT'S, IT'S NOT EQUIVALENT.
UM, BUT WHAT I WOULD ALSO, UM, EXPRESS TO YOU IS THAT LET'S SAY WE'RE REDUCING OUR, UM, INTAKE BY 40%.
THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A 40% EFFORT EITHER, BECAUSE THERE'S, UM, SIGNIFICANT HOARDING CALLS IN THOSE CITIES THAT ARE LEAVING SIGNIFICANT CRUELTY, SIGNIFICANT VICIOUS DOG, UM, ROOSTERS, COCKFIGHTING, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
WE'VE BEEN ON MAJOR, UM, INCIDENTS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS THAT TAKE UP A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME.
SO, UM, THAT'S GONNA FREE UP RESOURCES TO THEN REALLY EVALUATE WHAT ARE THE RESOURCES OR THE SERVICE GAPS THAT MAYBE WE ARE MISSING IN YOUR CITY OR ANYWHERE ELSE.
AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK AND HAVE THAT HONEST CONVERSATION WITH BEN AND ROD AND SAY, OKAY, LOOK, WE'VE REEVALUATED, HERE'S WHAT YOU REALLY NEED TO ACCOMPLISH A OR WE'RE GONNA ACCOMPLISH B.
I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA THAT IF WE DO, IF WE DO EXTEND THIS FOR ANOTHER 30 DAYS, I LIKE THAT.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU DID HEAR FROM A COUPLE OF US SEAT AT THE BOARD, EITHER THROUGH THE REGION OR WHATEVER, IS VERY IMPORTANT.
SO WHATEVER YOU COULD DO, MAYBE YOU COME BACK IN 30 DAYS AND YOU HAVE AN ANSWER FORCE.
ALRIGHT, I'LL SECOND PETER'S MOTION.
DID YOU CATCH THAT LYNNE? WHAT THE MOTION WAS? CONTINUE THE ITEM TO CONTINUE THE ITEM IN ABOUT 30 DAYS THE NEXT MONTH.
AND THAT'S NOT CONCRETE ON 30 DAYS, IS IT, IS JUST GIVE YOU ADEQUATE TIME TO GET ANSWERS, ADDITIONAL ANSWERS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
THEN WE'LL GET IT FIRST AND A SECOND.
LET'S, UH, LOCK IN YOUR VOTES.
YEAH, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
OKAY, NEXT ITEM WE HAVE IS PLANNING COMMISSION MATTERS.
UH, I ITEMS NUMBER 17 AND 18, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ? SURE.
[17. Design Review No. DR-0007-2025 - 3644 Ermine Drive, Serge Meyer, Applicant (on behalf of property owner, Brian Benson): The Planning Commission adopted a resolution approving Custom Home Design Review No. DR-0007-2025 for construction of a 1,379 square-foot two-story addition to an existing 1,321 square-foot single-story, single-family detached residence located at 3644 Ermine Drive and determining project exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act]
[18. Addendum No. 2 to Final Environmental Impact Report - Vila Borba Residential Project (SCH No. 2004081134), Lennar Homes of California, LLC, Applicant: The Planning Commission adopted a resolution adopting Addendum No. 2 to Certified Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR), which was prepared to evaluate the potential impacts of project implementation on the Crotch’s Bumble Bee for Vila Borba Residential Project located South of Pine Avenue on east and west sides of Butterfield Ranch Road]
THE DESIGN REVIEW, THE 3 6 4 4.OUR MAIN DRIVE, THE APPLICANT IS S MEYER.
AND THEN NUMBER 18 IS AN ADDENDUM NUMBER TWO TO FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR VILLA BORBA RESIDENTIAL PROJECT.
LENNAR HOMES OF CALIFORNIA LLCS THE APPLICANT.
NO ACTION IS REQUIRED UNLESS TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THIS WISH TO REQUEST A REVIEW OF THE MATTERS.
ANYBODY? EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THESE TWO ITEMS? I JUST, SOMETHING FUNNY, I'M NOT GONNA PULL ANY OF 'EM, BUT IN IT, UH, ITEM 18 THERE'S REALLY A CROTCHES BUMBLEBEE.
SORRY, I DON'T SEE CROTCH IN AN AGENDA ITEM TOO OFTEN, SO IT JUST MADE ME LAUGH.
THAT'S THE DAD OF A TEENAGE BOY.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THE INSTRUCTIONS
[19. 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.]
FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS NON AGENDIZED[01:25:01]
ITEMS? SURE.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 ONE MINUTE PER SPEAKER.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS.
THE FIRST ONE IS JANE DE FRANK.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL AND STAFF.
UM, ON FEBRUARY 28TH, THE CHINO HOUSE 55 PLUS CLUB HAD THEIR ANNUAL ELECTION AND I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT I AM NO LONGER THE PRESIDENT.
WE HAVE A NEW PRESIDENT, PAULA BROKE.
SHE WILL BE LEADING THE CLUB, UH, FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
AND I WANT TO REITERATE THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE CITY IN OUR PARTNERSHIP.
WE APPRECIATE THE CITY AND WE ENJOY WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU.
AND YOU, JANE, YOU, YOU ALSO HAVE A NEW TREASURE AS WELL, RIGHT? VERY MUCH.
I APPRECIATE, I APPRECIATE COMING IN.
UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW HAPPY YOU'LL BE WITH ME, BUT WE'LL TRY
JANE, YOU WANNA MENTION YOUR NEW TREASURER AS WELL? OH, THAT'S FUNNY.
YES, WE DO HAVE A NEW RE TREASURER AS WELL.
LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU GUYS ON FRIDAY.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JIM GALLAGHER.
UH, YOU MIGHT RECALL IN THE LAST, UH, ONE OF THE LAST, UH, UH, MEETINGS I READ OFF THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS, WHICH IS A FAMOUS TWO MINUTE SPEECH.
MY POINT AT THE TIME WAS TO, TO SHOW THAT A FAMOUS TWO MINUTE SPEECH COULDN'T BE COMPLETED IN ONE MINUTE.
AND I'M REALLY HERE TO OBJECT TO THE ONE MINUTE FOR NON AGENDIZED ITEMS. AS YOU CAN SEE, JANE HAD A REALLY STRUGGLE TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT.
SHE DID A GOOD JOB DURING THAT TIME.
I THINK, UH, MOST EVENTS, IF PEOPLE WANNA ANNOUNCE THEM, DO TAKE MORE THAN ONE MINUTE.
UM, SO I'M GONNA PLEAD WITH YOU TO PLEASE RECONSIDER GIVE US AT LEAST TWO, IF NOT THREE MINUTES.
THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR STILL FOR AGENDA ITEMS AND NON AGENDA ITEMS ACTUALLY GIVES FIVE MINUTES, WHICH I THINK IS TOO MUCH.
BUT I CERTAINLY THINK THREE MINUTES IS FAIR AND IF WE WANT TO SPEAK TO THE PUBLIC, IT GIVES US A CHANCE TO, TO BRING OUT ITEMS THAT STILL CAN BE CITY BUSINESS.
ALRIGHT, THEN MOVING AGAIN, SAFETY
[ SAFETY UPDATES - Fire and Police]
AND, UH, UPDATES.FIRE CHIEF WILLIAMS. MAYOR BENNETT.
UH, REALLY I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO REPORT TONIGHT OTHER THAN I JUST DID WANNA MENTION, UH, THAT WE DID HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME PRESS FOLKS YESTERDAY REGARDING THE FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES.
UH, WE'RE AWARE THAT THE MAPS ARE OUT.
WE DO HAVE A PLAN TO BRING, UH, THAT INTO AN AGENDA ITEM, UH, THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER TO GIVE A LITTLE SLIGHT LITTLE PRESENTATION ON APRIL 8TH, THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
UM, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS OUT IN, IN THE PUBLIC.
I GUESS I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REASSURE THE COMMUNITY THAT, THAT THE, UH, UH, NOTHING FOR US HAS CHANGED.
CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT STANDS READY AND WE'VE DEALT WITH LARGE SCALE INCIDENTS IN OUR JURISDICTION.
UH, WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO MANAGE THOSE TYPES OF INCIDENTS.
THIS IS MERELY, UH, THE STATE HAD TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEFINE, UH, BY DEFINITION WHAT CERTAIN AREAS QUALIFY AS EITHER HIGH FIRE ZONE OR VERY HIGH OR MODERATE OR HOWEVER THEY DECIDED TO WORK THOSE AREAS OUT.
SO, UH, AGAIN, WE'LL PROVIDE A MORE THOROUGH PRESENTATION.
UH, THE INFORMATION JUST WAS HOT OFF THE PRESS AS OF YESTERDAY MORNING.
AND SO UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I DO HAVE MY FIRE MARSHAL HERE WHO'S, UH, GOT A BIT MORE OF THE TECHNICAL, UH, LANGUAGE THAT SHE CAN PROVIDE.
UH, OTHERWISE WE WILL BE PROVIDING A PRESENTATION ON APRIL 8TH.
YEAH, WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING THAT.
'CAUSE WE, WE ALL GOT HIT WITH THAT SAME THING.
WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE MAPS YET, OR AT LEAST IT'S DIFFICULT TO WITH WHAT WE'VE BEEN FURNISHED.
SO WE APPRECIATE THAT WE CAN BRING THAT UP AND, UH, GET BETTER APPRISED OF WHAT IMPACT THAT MAY HAVE.
ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTION? I JUST GOT A QUICK QUESTION.
I KNOW I DID TALK TO THE CHIEF YESTERDAY.
I WAS AT THE MOVIES WATCHING A MOVIE MINDING MY OWN BUSINESS, MY WIFE AND MYSELF, IAN POPCORN, DRINKING A SODA.
ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ALARM CAME OFF, UH, FIRE ALARM WAS PUSHED.
AND MY QUESTION TO YOU, CHIEF, DO YOU WORK WITH ANY BUSINESSES SUCH AS, UH, MOVIE THEATERS? TO ME, IT SEEMS LIKE THE LEFT AND RIGHT HAND JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE DOING.
AND, UH, I BROUGHT IT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
WE, WE, WE WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO WORK WITH ANY BUSINESS, UH, OR ANY, ANY, UM, GROUP IN, IN OUR COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE THEM WITH OUR DIRECTION ON WHAT
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A FIRE DRILL SHOULD LOOK LIKE, THE SERIOUSNESS OF IT, UH, PROVIDE THE EDUCATION TO STAFF.WE, OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE A PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, UH, FOLLOWING, UH, OUR CONVERSATION.
MY FIRE MARSHAL, AGAIN, WHO'S HERE IS, IS ON IT.
SHE DID SEND ME AN EMAIL TODAY.
I HAD A DISCUSSION WITH HER ABOUT OUR FOLLOW-UP, UH, THAT I WOULD BE GOING OUT TO, UH, HARKINS DIRECTLY TO JUST DISCUSS IT WITH THEM AND SHARE WHAT OUR CONCERNS ARE.
UM, AND SHE DID INFORM ME THAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO, UH, NOT ONLY PERFORM QUARTERLY FIRE DRILLS, BUT ALSO TO DOCUMENT IT.
SO I'LL JUST GO HAVE A, A FRIENDLY CONVERSATION WITH THEM, REALLY IN THE SPIRIT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION, SHARE WITH THEM THAT THERE WERE SOME DIGNITARIES HERE THAT, UM, MAY HAVE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT THE WAY IT WAS CONDUCTED.
AND WE'RE REALLY HERE AS A, AS A PARTNER, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, YOUR OPERATION, YOUR BUSINESS IS SAFE AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE YOU THE EDUCATION.
SO YEAH, CERTAINLY ANY, ANY, UH, BUSINESS COULD REACH OUT AND WE WOULD HELP THEM WITH THAT.
THE ONLY, THE ONLY CONCERN I HAD IS AS IT WAS GOING ON BEFORE THE ALL CLEAR WENT OUT, THERE WAS A COUPLE OF EMPLOYEES BASICALLY LIKE CLAIN JOKING AND BASICALLY TELLING THE PUBLIC THIS WAS A DRILL BEFORE IT WAS ACTUALLY, UH, CONFIRMED.
SO THOSE ARE JUST MY CONCERNS, SO THANK YOU.
AND MR. MAYOR, I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK COMMENT, MAYBE FOR BEN AND FOR DAVE.
UM, IN LIGHT OF THESE NEW MAPS COMING OUT, IS IT POSSIBLE TO REACH OUT TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SINCE THE BIGGEST DRIVER FOR WHATEVER'S GONNA HAPPEN IN THIS CITY IS GONNA BE THE STATE PARK TO SEE WHATEVER MITIGATION EFFORTS THEY'RE GONNA PUT FORWARD, YOU KNOW, MONEY PLANS, ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE? JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL DEALING, WELL, NOT ALL OF US, BUT MANY OF US ARE DEALING WITH INSURANCE BEING CANCELED AND WHATNOT.
SO IF IT'S A STATE RESPONSIBLE AREA, MAYBE THE STATE CAN TELL US WHAT THEY'RE GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
YEAH, IF I CAN RESPOND SLIGHTLY.
UM, UM, IT'S, IT'S TECHNICALLY NOT STATE RESPONSIBILITY AREA.
IT'S LRA BECAUSE OF THE CITY BOUNDARY AND THE JURISDICTION OF THE FIRE DISTRICT FOLLOWS THE CITY BOUNDARY.
SO EVERYTHING WITH INSIDE THAT LINE IS ACTUALLY QUALIFIED AS LRA.
UM, YES, IT IS A STATE PARK, UM, TO SOMEWHAT TRY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
I I, SOME OF IT MAY BE A FOREGONE CONCLUSION.
IT'S REALLY THINGS THAT ARE BEING REDEFINED JUST BY TERM.
HOWEVER, I WILL BE IN SACRAMENTO NEXT WEEK, TUESDAY, AND I DO PLAN TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, SEVERAL OF OUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES ABOUT IT.
AND IF THERE ARE ANY THINGS WE CAN DO OR IS THERE ANY OPPORTUNITY THAT CAN BE AFFORDED TO US BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE.
AND, AND I'LL CERTAINLY BRING THAT BACK.
ALRIGHT, CHIEF, JUST REAL FAST, HALF THE PARK, THE CHIN HILLS COMMUNITY PARK, STATE PARK, HALF OF IT IS S OUR PROPERTY RIGHT IN ORANGE COUNTY, IS THAT CORRECT? UH, THAT IS CORRECT.
ON THE ORANGE COUNTY SIDE, IT IS CONSIDERED SRA THANK YOU.
ALRIGHT, IF NO OTHER QUESTIONS, CHIEF GERARD, PLEASE, PLEASE.
HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, RESIDENTS AND ATTENDANCE.
ON THURSDAY, MARCH 20TH, I ATTENDED THREE DIFFERENT EVENTS WHERE THE HARD WORK AND EXCELLENT SERVICE OF OUR CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT MEMBERS WERE HIGHLIGHTED.
IN THE AFTERNOON, I ATTENDED THE CHINO VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SALUTE TO PUBLIC SAFETY, WHERE DEPUTY MATICK WAS RECOGNIZED AS THE CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT'S DEPUTY OF THE YEAR.
AND DENISE TAYO WAS RECOGNIZED AS THE CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT'S PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR.
BOTH OF THESE EMPLOYEES MODEL THE VERY BEST IN PUBLIC SERVICE AND COMMUNITY COMMITMENT.
I THEN ATTENDED THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT'S EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE AWARDS WHERE DEPUTIES OMAR GOMEZ AND STEPHANIE ORTEGA RECEIVED THE SHERIFF'S LIFESAVING AWARD FOR THEIR QUICK ACTIONS DURING A STABBING EVENT IN CHINO HILLS, WHICH SAVED THE LIVES OF BOTH THE VICTIM AND THE SUSPECT INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT.
LATER THAT EVENING, I ATTENDED THE ONTARIO ELKS LODGE OFFICER OF THE EURO AWARDS, WHERE DEPUTY TUSK WAS AGAINST SELECTED AS THE CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT'S DEPUTY OF THE YEAR.
I CANNOT BE PROUDER OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF YOUR CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND IT'S MY HONOR TO SHARE THEIR ACCOMPLISH ACCOMPLISHMENTS WITH YOU AND THE RESIDENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AL UH, CITY MANAGER UPDATES.
[ CITY MANAGER UPDATES]
THANK YOU, MAYOR.I JUST WANTED TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO POINT OUT THAT WE HAD ON OUR AGENDA AN ITEM, UH, RELATED TO THE, UH, PROPOSED PINEHURST, UH, SPLASH PAD AND COMMUNITY CENTER, WHEREBY WE WERE RATIFYING AN ACTION THAT I TOOK TO BRING FORWARD, UH, UH, A, A A NEW ALLOCATION FROM THE BOARD.
UH, THEY VOTED ON THAT TODAY AND, UH, WE DID THROUGH, UH, KURT HAGMAN'S EFFORTS AND THE APPROVAL OF THE BOARD, UH, WE'VE SECURED ANOTHER 1.5 MILLION, BRINGING IT OUR TOTAL TO 10 MILLION, UH, IN COUNTY FUNDING, UH, FOR THE, UH, PROJECT.
SO VERY HAPPY TO REPORT THAT, UH, UH, KURT HAMAN HAS, UH, FOUND ANOTHER MILLION AND A HALF FOR US, SO THANK YOU.
AND THAT IS BASICALLY ONE HALF OF THE 20 PROPOSED? YES.
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UH, I'M, I'M, I'M ON HERE FOR CHINO DID, YES.PARDON ME? DID HE GIVE A REPORT? POLICE DEPARTMENT DID GIVE A YES.
AND I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP WITH HIM.
SO, BEN, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR, FOR HIM REGARDING BURGLARIES.
I WAS IN BAKERSFIELD LAST WEEK, AND, UM, THERE'S A GENTLE THAT CALLED ME PERTAINING TO HOA COMMUNITIES BEING BROKEN INTO.
IS THERE A, IS THIS GOING AGAIN? IS IT, I KNOW IT STOPPED.
AND THEN, UH, CAN YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING? YES, YOUR HONOR.
UH, WE DID EXPERIENCE IN, UH, INCREASE IN BURGLARIES IN DECEMBER OF 2024, AS WELL AS JANUARY AND FEBRUARY.
WE SAW THEM RISE IN DECEMBER, SPIKE IN JANUARY, AND THEN DROP A LITTLE BIT IN FEBRUARY.
I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT IN MARCH.
WE'VE, WE'VE ONLY HAD THREE BY COMPARISON, THE TIMEFRAME I DISCUSSED, UH, THE FIRST DECEMBER OF 2024, JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, WE HAD 22 BURGLARIES DURING THAT TIMEFRAME AND WE EXPERIENCED 44 OR SO DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF BURGLARIES IN THE SAME TIMEFRAME OF THIS YEAR.
IN RESPONSE, WE REDEPLOYED OUR MET TEAM, OUR DETECTIVES, TO HELP US WITH RESPONSE TIME TO BURGLARY ALARMS. WE ALSO USED OUR CRIME ANALYST POSITION TO FORECAST, UH, PROBABLE TIMES THAT WE MIGHT HAVE BURGLARIES AND WE PAID OVERTIME TO PUT MORE OFFICERS ON THE STREET TO COMBAT THOSE BURGLARIES.
I DID MEET WITH A GROUP OF LIKE POLICE CHIEFS IN, UH, NORTH ORANGE COUNTY LAST WEEK, AND I FOUND THAT THEY'VE EXPERIENCED A SIMILAR, UH, THEY'VE HAD SIMILAR EXPERIENCES WHERE THEY'VE SEEN A SPIKE IN BURGLARIES OVER A COUPLE MONTH PERIOD AND THEN DECREASE BASED ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BURGLARY, SOME SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE THAT WE'VE HAD AND OTHER CHARACTERISTICS.
UM, IT'S PROBABLE THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THESE ARE, ARE, UH, BEING COMMITTED BY SOUTH AMERICAN THEFT GROUPS.
AND SO THEY HAVE THE SAME, UH, EXPERIENCE WHERE THEY WILL HIT A, THEY WILL HIT A COMMUNITY FOR A WHILE AND THEN MOVE ON TO ANOTHER COMMUNITY.
I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT HAPPENED IN CHINO HILLS.
WE DID ALLOCATE RESOURCES TO COMBAT IT AND WE HAVE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE SINCE THAT TIME.
[ COUNCIL REPORTS Mayor Bennett Chino Valley Fire District Board Chino Valley Unified School District Board Vice Mayor Johsz West Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District Board Council Member Marquez San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Board General Policy Committee Legislative Policy Committee Metro Valley Study Session Transit Committee Council Member Rogers Chino Hills Community Foundation Board Water Facilities Authority Board]
UH, I'M SHOWN AS, AS HAVING REPORTS FOR CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT AND CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.UH, NOTHING TO REPORT TONIGHT.
UH, VICE MAYOR JOES, WEST VALLEY MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL.
WE HAD A BOARD MEETING THIS MORNING.
ONLY THING OF REAL, UH, SUBSTANCE TO REPORT BACK ON IS SOMETHING THAT I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT BUT CAME BEFORE US.
UH, WE SIGNED A MUTUAL ASSISTANCE, UH, AGREEMENT WITH A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROLLED DISTRICT BOARDS IN LA COUNTY BECAUSE THE ISSUE THAT THEY'RE COMING ACROSS IS WITH ALL THE BURNED OUT HOMES IN MALIBU AND THEN PALISADES AND ALTADENA.
YOU NOW HAVE HOMES THAT AREN'T THERE ANYMORE, BUT THEY'RE STILL POOLS.
AND SO WITH THE RAIN AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE SEEN, YOU'RE NOW GETTING A LOT MORE GREEN POOLS AND NOBODY THERE TO TAKE CARE OF IT.
SO IT'S JUST OVERWHELMING THEIR, UH, YOU KNOW, THEIR CAPACITY.
SO THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL BE PAYING US FOR OUR STAFF TIME TO GO ASSIST THEM.
HOW MANY, OH, SOMETHING LIKE 12,000 POOLS.
SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, ASTRONOMICAL THAT THEY'RE JUST NOT BUILT FOR.
SO WE'RE THERE TO HELP IF NEED BE, BUT IT WON'T BE TO THE DETRIMENT OF OUR RESIDENTS.
IT'S ONLY IF WE'RE ABLE TO DO SO.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE THE REPORT, SIR.
MY REPORT IS ON THE GENERAL POLICY COMMITTEE.
UM, WE'VE REVIEWED THE BUDGET, UH, FISCAL YEAR, THIRD QUARTER REPORT, FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26.
ASSESSMENT DUES BY ALL PARTNER AGENCIES.
MEASURE I REVENUE ESTIMATES FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26 ALLOCATION PLANNING, SAN BERNARDINO COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENTS.
WE WENT OVER A FIVE YEAR PLAN UPDATE.
UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THE EQUITY FRAMEWORK UPDATES, LEGISLATIVE POLICIES.
WE BASICALLY GOT UPDATES FROM THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, METRO VALLEY.
WE HAD AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 25, 20 25, 20 26.
WE ALSO GOT AN UPDATE ON THE RESILIENT PLANNING EFFORTS.
THEN ALSO A MEASURE I ARTERIAL, UH, PROGRAMS, ALLOCATING PLANNING FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26, AND TRANSIT FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26.
LOW CARBON TRANSIT OPERATION PROGRAMS, POPULATIONS SHARED.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS? YES, I HAVE TWO TO REPORT ON THE CHIN HOST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION BOARD MEETING.
AND WE, UH, AGAIN, THERE'S 16 INDIVIDUALS ON THAT BOARD OF DIRECTORS THAT HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 YEARS.
AT THIS TIME AROUND WE, THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, WE TALK ABOUT, AS I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT IN MY OTHER REPORTS BUDGET.
SO THIS IS THE TIME OF THE YEAR FOR BUDGET.
AND WE TALKED IN DETAIL ABOUT THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 25, 26, AND THE FOUNDATION'S IN GREAT SHAPE.
BUT WE'RE FINE TUNING OUR BUDGET.
WINE WALK IS DEFINITELY CALENDARED NOW FOR SET FOR OCTOBER 11TH.
COMMENTS FIRST, AND, UH, TICKETS WILL GO ON SALE IN LATE JULY.
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KNOW, BECAUSE THAT'S A VERY POPULAR EVENT.SO PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS ASKING US, WHEN ARE TICKETS GONNA BE ON SALE LATE JULY.
AND LASTLY, WE FINE TUNED ALSO OUR KIDS ART EVENT THAT TOOK PLACE THIS PAST SATURDAY.
WHEN WE MET A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, WE WERE JUST MAKING SURE WE HAD ENOUGH VOLUNTEERS IN PLACE.
WE HAD 180 KIDS SIGNED UP OVER ONE HOUR FOR THREE DIFFERENT SEGMENTS AND AN AVERAGE OF 50 KIDS SHOWED UP WITH THEIR PARENTS.
SO WE HAD 150 KIDS THERE, IT TOOK PLACE OVER AT THE SHOPS.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S A FUN EVENT, A GREAT EVENT, AND WE LOVE HOSTING IT.
SO THAT'S IT FOR THE FOUNDATION.
AND THEN MOVING ON TO WFA WATER FACILITIES AUTHORITY, A BOARD OF FIVE MEMBER AGENCIES.
AND IN THIS CASE, WE AGAIN TALKED ABOUT OUR PRELIMINARY BUDGET.
JUST FINE TUNING THAT IN CASE WE NEED TO, WHICH WILL APPROVE THAT IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.
AND JUST FOR EVERYBODY'S INFORMATION, THE BUDGET IS, UH, HOVERING AROUND $40 MILLION JUST FOR THE WFA, WHICH IS THE STATE WATER THAT COMES DOWN.
AND WE HAVE A WATER TREATMENT PLANT IN UPLAND IN THE FIVE MEMBER AGENCIES.
SHARE THE COSTS OF THAT, OF THAT FACILITY.
AND AGAIN, WE WERE GOING THROUGH, UH, THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE BUDGET, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND STAFFING, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
AND THAT IS, OH, THEN WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT, UM, THERE WAS A TREATMENT.
UH, THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT DID A SHUTDOWN FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS ON THEIR OWN BEHALF TO DO REPAIRS ON THE MAJOR PIPELINES.
THAT GIVES US AND OUR PLANT THE ABILITY TO DO REPAIRS.
UH, WHICH IT DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THAT OFTEN.
USUALLY IT'S AN EMERGENCY THIS TIME WITH NO WATER FLOWING THROUGH.
WE'RE ABLE TO DO PIPE REPAIRS AND PUMP REPAIRS.
AND SO THEY, THEY DID A MAJOR REPORT ON THE THINGS THAT THEY ACCOMPLISHED DURING THAT SHUTDOWN IN FEBRUARY.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR WFA IN MY REPORTS.
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A COUPLE THINGS.UM, TO PIGGYBACK ON FOUNDATION WITH WHAT, UM, PETER WAS SAYING, UM, OUR EVENTS ARE THE BIGGEST REVENUE DRIVERS, UM, AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S SUPPORT.
BUT IF YOU FEEL CALLED TO DONATE TO THE FOUNDATION THROUGH CHARITABLE GIVING, UM, VARIOUS THINGS, YOU CAN ALWAYS GO TO OUR WEBSITE, CHINO HILLS FOUNDATION.ORG AND, UM, MAKE A DONATION, UH, TO PETER ROGERS
BUT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT THERE'S MANY WAYS TO SUPPORT THE FOUNDATION FINANCIALLY, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUY A TICKET TO ONE OF THE EVENTS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, GENEROSITY IN OUR COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE WILL READ AN ARTICLE IN THE PAPER OR LEARN ABOUT SOMETHING AND, UM, WE'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE, UM, DO SOME VERY GENEROUS GIVING.
SO JUST WANNA PUT THAT OUT THERE.
AND JUST ONE QUICK, UH, LIKE KIND OF AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
SO THE CHINO HILLS HORSEMAN'S ASSOCIATION REACHED OUT TO ME BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO FIND SOME BOY SCOUTS THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO DO PRESENTATION OF COLORS AT VARIOUS EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AND, UM, I WAS THINKING OF TROOP TWO 20, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER HANDY.
SO ANYWAYS, I'M PUTTING IT OUT THERE TO YOU GUYS, TO WHOEVER.
SO EMAIL ME IF YOU HAVE A NUMBER I CAN SHARE WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME FINDING SOME SCOUTS TO DO THAT.
AND THEY REALLY WANNA INCLUDE THE YOUTH IN THEIR UPCOMING EVENTS.
AND WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
AND I'M DOING ANOTHER EAGLE COURT OF HONOR THANK YOU.
WITH ONE OF THEIR BOYS ON SUNDAY.
SO I WILL BRING IT UP TO THEM.
HIM, WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
RAY, HOW ABOUT YOU FOR COUNCIL COMMENTS? SURE.
UH, WE WENT TO SACRAMENTO SUMMIT.
I WAS THERE FOR A COUPLE DAYS.
WE MET WITH THE DIRECTOR OR SECRETARY FOR CALSA, UH, TOS, O MISS SHAKEN.
UM, HE BASICALLY SHARED WITH US GUESS OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, UH, PEOPLE HAVE DIED ON OUR ROADS, HAS GONE UP ABOUT 48%.
UH, HE'S CONCERNED ABOUT THE FEDERAL MONIES COMING INTO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
AND HE ALSO TALKED ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE.
SO IT WAS REALLY GOOD, UH, CONVERSATION.
UM, WE ALSO MET WITH, UH, SIX LEGISLATORS AND ALSO SPEAKER, UH, ROBERT REVA.
AND THEN WE GOT TO MEET WITH THE COMMISSIONER FIRE, OR THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER LAURA.
SO HE MENTIONED THAT HE SUPPORTS CLIMATE RE RESILIENT DISTRICTS.
IT'S A TAX INCREMENT, SORT OF LIKE RDA.
AND HE'S ADVOCATING FOR FUNDING TO ASSESS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND BRINGING THEM ONLINE.
AND THIS IS BASICALLY WITH FIRE, UH, RELATED ISSUES.
UH, HE'S WORKING WITH THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER CALDERONE ON AB 80 88, LISA, WHICH WOULD ESTABLISH THE CALIFORNIA SAFE HOMES GRANT PROGRAM TO REDUCE LOCAL AND STATEWIDE WILDFIRE LOSSES.
THIS WOULD HELP US WITH THE FAIR PLAN.
UH, THE COMMISSIONER IS ALSO WORKING ON AN INSURANCE PACKAGE, WHICH SHOULD BE RELEASED IN THE COMING WEEKS TO HELP US WITH INSURANCE.
UH, THE PACKAGE WOULD, UH, MODEL EFFORTS IN OTHER STATES TO COLLECT DATA ON HOME INSURANCE POLICIES, INCLUDING THE NUMBER OF FAIR PLANS, UNINSURED HOMES, INSURED HOMES, ET CETERA, THE STATE AND, UH, BY JURISDICTION.
SO HE HAS A LOT ON HIS PLATE AND HOPEFULLY THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS.
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THE GA SCAG ALSO, UM, I HAD A MEETING THE OTHER DAY AND WE TALKED ABOUT PROGRAM UPDATES.AND THIS IS WILL BE IN THE DESERT MAY 1ST AND SECOND.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT SPONSORSHIP UPDATES.
AND I'M THE CHAIR FOR THIS AND MY MAIN GOAL WAS TO BE KURT HAMAN.
UM, ATTENDED A METROLINK COMMS MEETING.
I ATTENDED THE ONLY DIVISION MEETING AT AL PRADO COUNTRY CLUB.
I DID MISS THE STATE OF, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY, SO I APOLOGIZE, COUNSEL.
UM, I ALSO ATTENDED, UH, THROUGH LEAGUE OF CITIES.
IT'S CALLED ADVANCING EQUITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE ATTENDED THAT.
I ALSO ATTENDED A WA WELL OR WATER EDUCATION CONFERENCE.
UM, AND THAT'S CALLED UNTAP AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY IN BAKERSFIELD.
AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION THAT I'D LIKE FOR US TO MAYBE IZE TO TALK ABOUT IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
UM, WHEN WE NOTIFY, LIKE ON EMERGENCIES, IS THAT THROUGH THE, WE GET TEXT TEXTS RIGHT THROUGH THE CELL SERVICE? UH, YES.
WE HAVE TEXTS AND EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS THAT RESIDENTS CAN SIGN UP FOR.
UM, WHEN WE HAD THAT, UH, MEETING A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AT WESTERN HILLS, A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT CELL SITES, CELL COVERAGE.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE COULD DO TO IMPROVE THAT.
OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T PUT UP CELL SITES, BUT WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO MAKE THAT BETTER, YOU KNOW, FIND OUT THE AREAS THAT THERE ARE PROBLEMS AND SEE WHAT WE AS A CITY COULD EITHER HELP, UH, TO CORRECT THAT PROBLEM IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
'CAUSE EVERYBODY IS, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M AT THE VERGE OF GIVING, GETTING RID OF MY PHONE AND JUST GOING WITH CELL.
BUT THAT'S JUST A CONCERN THAT, UH, IF WE CAN ADDRESS IT, I'D APPRECIATE IT.
SPEAKING OF THE FOUNDATION, WE DO, FOUNDATION DOES HAVE ONE OF OUR, UH, COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT ALSO IS A SOMEWHAT OF A FUNDRAISER, BUT WE DO IT MORE, MORE FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND THAT'S WHAT WE CALL OUR CONCERT SERIES, WHICH WAS INITIATED SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
AND THIS YEAR, OUR FIRST ONE IS COMING UP ON APRIL 5TH.
BY THE WAY, MARYANNE, THANK YOU FOR COVERING THE FOUNDATION.
UH, SO VIGILANTLY OVER THE YEARS, YOU'VE DONE REALLY GREAT FOR, FOR US TO GET THE WORD OUT ON WINE WALK OR ANY OF THE OTHER EVENTS THAT WE'RE DOING.
AND WE JUST HAPPEN TO HAVE CONCERTS COMING UP.
DEREK BORDEAUX, WHO'S BEEN, YOU'RE ON IT.
UH, HE'S, HE'S, UH, BEEN WITH US SEVERAL YEARS NOW.
HE'S INCREDIBLY POPULAR, UH, SINGER.
AND HE WILL BE PERFORMING AT THE GAZEBO OR THE CONCERT STAGE AS I CALL IT, HERE IN CHINO HILLS ON APRIL 5TH, 7:00 PM AND THAT'S AGAIN, OUTSIDE.
AND, UH, THIS TIME THIS YEAR, RA SUSHI IS WILLING TO STEP UP.
THEY'VE VOLUNTEERED TO PROVIDE SOME FOOD ITEMS, I THINK FOR AT $5 FOR SUSHI OR WHATEVER THEIR CALIFORNIA ROLLS, WHATEVER THEY'RE GONNA DO, ALONG WITH WHAT WE HAVE, UH, AVAILABLE WITH OUR SNACK BAR.
BUT THAT'S, TICKETS ARE ON SALE, AS CYNTHIA MENTIONED, AT CHINO HILLS FOUNDATION.COM OR.ORG.
AND AGAIN, APRIL 5TH, 7:00 PM AT THE, AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
UH, ALSO SALUTE TO SAFETY, WHICH MENTIONED BY OUR CHIEF.
IT, IT'S, IT'S REALLY WHEN YOU TALK TO INDIVIDUALS THAT ATTEND THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS, IT'S ONE OF THE MORE POPULAR EVENTS THAT TAKES PLACE, ESPECIALLY BY THE CHAMBER.
BUT IN GENERAL, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO HONOR OUR, OUR SAFETY PERSONNEL, FIRE AND POLICE AND PRISONS WE INCORPORATED IN A FEW YEARS AGO ALSO.
UH, CHIEF, I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED YOU DID NOT GO OVER, GO GO AFTER YOUR CHIEF TO YOUR RIGHT.
UH, AT LEAST KEVIN MINSON HAD A FEW WORDS FROM CHINO TO SAY, SO WE KIND OF EXPECT A, A REDO AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
GO AHEAD AND JUST KIND OF DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.
I HAVE NOTHING BUT RESPECT FOR THE CHIEF TO MY RIGHT.
UH, I WAS GONNA BRING UP, UH, AFTER WITNESSING HOW WE HANDLE OUR PROCEDURES AND THE THINGS WE'VE CHANGED TO, TO ACCOMMODATE, UH, SPEAKERS TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD EVALUATE, BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL IF WE NEED TO DO IT PUBLICLY, UH, VERSUS JUST, JUST DOING IT, UH, TO SWITCH IT TO EITHER TWO MINUTES OR BACK TO THE TRADITIONAL THREE MINUTES.
I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY ELSE AGREES, BUT AT LEAST WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT.
UH, BUT ONCE THAT CAME OUT, UH, IN DECEMBER, I BELIEVE WHEN WE PUT OUT OUR PLANS FOR SOME OF THE CHANGES, UH, THAT DID SEEM QUITE SHORT.
NOW WE CAN DO THAT IF WE HAVE 20 PEOPLE, 25 PEOPLE SPEAKING.
BUT, UH, ON THE GENERAL WEEK TO WEEK OR COUNCIL MEETING, THE COUNCIL MEETING IT, UH, TWO TO TWO OR THREE MINUTES, I STILL LIKE BIFURCATING THE, THE,
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THE PLAN WHERE WE HAVE SPEAKERS THAT ARE, TALK ABOUT JUST THE AGENDA ITEMS AND THEN SPEAKERS AT THE END THAT HAVE ANYTHING THAT THEY WANNA CHAT ABOUT.AS LONG AS IT HAS TO DO WITH CHINO HILLS.
YOU WERE GONNA SAY SOMETHING? BRYANT LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE CHINO.
NO, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY I AGREE.
JUST THE FLEXIBILITY SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE DOWN THE ROAD.
IS THAT'S YOUR LAST COMMENT STILL.
I JUST, NO, I JUST WANTED TO BE, 'CAUSE I KNOW HE, CAN WE GIVE HIM ONE MINUTE.
YOU'RE ON THE CLOCK AND THE CLOCK IS NOW WORKING AGAIN, BY THE WAY,
THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR FIVE, FIVE WATER SOURCES.
BUT IUA ON TOP OF DOING RECLAIMED WATER FOR US.
SO THE PURPLE PIPE WATER, THEY ALSO ARE A SEWER AGENCY.
WE ARE REQUIRED AT LEAST AT THE MOMENT TO BILL ON THEIR BEHALF.
BUT, AND AS ALL THE AGENCIES ARE THAT, THAT IUA SERVICES, BUT IUA IS PROPOSING OR PLANNING A RATE INCREASE FOR MIDSUMMER.
HOW MUCH, HOW 9% FOR 25, 26 AND 9% FOR 26, 27.
AND, UH, I BELIEVE THE BOARD WILL BE, THEIR BOARD, UH, WILL BE DISCUSSING IT IN EITHER THE APRIL MEETING OR THE MAY MEETING.
SO THIS HAS COME UP, I'M PART OF, SINCE I'M THE WATER GUY, UH, I'M ON THE BOARD FOR THIS WHAT'S CALLED IEA POLICY COMMITTEE.
AND THAT'S OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM ONTARIO AND, AND CHINO AND MONTCLAIR, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, THAT ATTEND THIS NOT ALWAYS EVERY MONTH, BUT MOSTLY MONTHLY MEETING.
AND THAT'S WHERE DEBATE REALLY STARTED OVER THE PAST MONTH OR SO ABOUT THE PROPOSED RATES.
SO AS A HEADS UP, IT'S GONNA BE A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION.
UH, AND STEVE ELI, WHO'S OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE, SAID IF WE NEED FOR HIM TO COME IN ALONG WITH THE GENERAL MANAGER TO GIVE SOME TYPE OF REPORT OR TALK ABOUT IT, UH, HE'S WILLING TO DO THAT EVEN AT OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IF NEED BE, DEPENDING UPON THEIR TIMELINESS.
BUT AGAIN, A PROPOSED 9% INCREASE FOR EACH OF THOSE YEARS.
THE PROBLEM WITH ALL OF THIS, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT OVER THE YEARS, SOMETIMES DEPENDING UPON HOW WE, OUR BUDGET IS SET, WE HAVE TO GO OUT TO THE FAMOUS TWO 18 VOTE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY DON'T UNDERSTAND.
IT'S NOT JUST SPECIFIC FOR CHINO HILLS, IT'S THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT REQUIRES THIS TWO 18 VOTE.
IT'S COMING FROM THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS AS A, AS A OF A BALLOT TO INCREASE, IN THIS CASE 9% TIMES TWO, UH, FOR RATE INCREASES.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE CHINO HILLS IS RAISING THE RATE, BUT IT'S NOT.
IT'S IUA AND WE'RE DOING IT ON THEIR BEHALF AS CHINO HAS TO DO, AS ONTARIO HAS TO DO AS THE OTHER ME MEMBER AGENCIES.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF WHAT THIS IS GONNA TRIGGER A TWO 18 VOTE, BUT IF IT DOES, IT HAS TO GO QUICK.
SO IT DEPENDS ON WHAT WE'VE BAKED INTO OUR, INTO OUR BUDGET, UH, AS IN ANTICIPATION FOR RATE INCREASES.
SO I GUESS STAFF IS DOING SOME HOMEWORK ON THAT RIGHT NOW.
DANIEL AND TEAM ARE LOOKING INTO IT AND I GUESS WE'LL KNOW BETTER IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS WHETHER THERE'S GONNA BE A RATE INCREASE THAT IS GONNA HAPPEN.
BUT DID WE BUILD THAT INTO OUR, OUR, OUR BUDGET OR DO WE HAVE TO DO A TWO A TWO 18 VOTE? YES.
SO MORE TO COME, BUT I JUST WANT TO GIVE EVERYBODY A HEADS UP.
THAT IS NOW A HOT TOPIC OF CONVERSATION ON THE WEST END OF, UH, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WHEN IT COMES TO THE ELECTED OFFICIALS.
DOES THAT, UH, COVER IT, DANIEL, ANYTHING? MAYBE NOT ANYTHING THAT I'M MISSING HERE BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS A HEADS UP FOR EVERYBODY THAT IT'S PROBABLY COMING.
NOTHING, UH, NOTHING, UH, IN ADDITION TO WE JUST MENTIONED EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT YES, IUA BOARD IS LOOKING TO, UH, UH, VOTE ON THIS, UH, LIKELY AT THEIR APRIL MEETING.
UM, AND THEN, UH, WE WILL HAVE MORE TO DISCUSS, UH, ONCE WE KNOW WHAT THE EXACT, UH, PERCENTAGE INCREASES.
WELL I THINK WE HAVE ANOTHER COUNCIL MEETING BEFORE THAT VOTE.
IF WE WANNA BRING IN STEVE AND STEVE OFFERED, HE SAID I'LL BE HAPPY TO COME IN AND EXPLAIN THAT WE'RE JUSTIFIED, WHY, WHY WE'RE DOING THIS.
YEAH, WE'LL DEFINITELY REACH OUT AND, UH, WE'LL ALSO REVIEW OUR, UH, CURRENT, UH, PROP TWO 18 AUTHORITY AND SHARE IT WITH THE COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT, UH, CURRENTLY LOOKS LIKE AND HOW THIS WOULD AFFECT OUR ABILITY TO COLLECT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT EXTRA MINUTE.
AND TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT, THE REASON THIS IS IMPORTANT TO US
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IS THAT THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T REMEMBER, WE HAVE TO COLLECT THE MONEY ON THEIR BEHALF SO IT WILL BE INCLUDED ON YOUR WATER BILL EACH MONTH.SO THAT INCREASE WON'T BE COMING FROM THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, BUT IT'LL BE THEIR INCREASE THAT WE HAVE TO COLLECT AND REIMBURSE FOR THEM.
UH, I HAVE BEEN, I GET ON A BANDWAGON EVERY YEAR WHEN THIS COMES UP.
I THINK THEY OUGHT TO DO THEIR OWN BILLING.
THERE'S A WHOLE DEBATE BEHIND THAT, BUT I'LL JUST SAY THAT, THAT THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU KEEP TRACK OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND IF WE HAVE TO DO A TWO 18 VOTE, WE HAVE TO SEND IT OUT LIKE WE ARE ASKING FOR AN INCREASE IN THE IEUA FEES, BUT IT'S BECAUSE WE COLLECT IT FOR THEM.
SO I'LL, I'LL STOP WITH THAT FOR NOW.
DO YOU RECEIVE A FEE AS PART OF THE BILLING? WE HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE OR WHATEVER THE DEFINITION IS, BUT, BUT THE REALITY IS PEOPLE KEEP LOOKING AT THAT AND THINKING, OKAY, WHAT ARE WE DOING? SO I'LL LET YOU DO YOUR, AT LEAST THAT'S WHY IT SAYS IEUA PASS THROUGH.
MAYBE WE CAN BOLD IT AND UNDERLINE IT AND REALLY MAKE IT STAND OUT.
UM, I JUST WANNA FOLLOW UP FOR SURE WITH, UH, PETER'S, UH, COMMENTS WITH RESPECT TO THE NON AGENDIZED ITEMS, UH, PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, AFTER JOANNE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HEARD WHAT HAPPENED TO HER WHEN WE, WE, WE NEEDED TO HEAR WHAT WAS GOING ON, UH, AND HEAR YOUR CO TOTAL COMMENT.
PETE OR, UH, JIM, WE FULLY UNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS BEING A TWO MINUTE, BUT HOW CAN YOU DO IT IN ONE MINUTE? IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
UH, WE HAVE ASKED BEN TO AGENDIZE THIS.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS.
I SUSPECT THAT ONE OF THE OPTIONS WOULD BE TO GO BACK TO A, UH, PROPORTIONATE THING.
UH, SO MANY MINUTES, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY SPEAKERS THERE ARE ON THE NON-AG AGENDAS, JUST LIKE WE HAVE, UH, HAD DONE IN THE PAST.
UH, WE DID IT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE COULD DISCUSS IT, BUT THAT WE COULD ALSO CUT PEOPLE OFF WHEN THEY GET AFAR FROM CITY BUSINESS.
SO THAT WAS THE INTENT OF IT, BUT IT WILL BE COMING BACK UP AND WE WILL PROBABLY, UH, BE LOOKING AT A, A CHANGE IN THAT I, I WOULD SUSPECT, BUT WE ARE GONNA BE DISCUSSING IT, AND THANK YOU, JIM AND, UH, JOANNE FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION.
UH, IT'S, IT'S HAS FELT AWKWARD.
IT REALLY HAS, BUT IT WAS DONE FOR A SPECIFIC REASON, AND HOPEFULLY THAT REASON DOESN'T, UH, YOU KNOW, SURFACE BACK AGAIN.
SO, UH, REALLY, UH, I HAVE NO OTHER, UH, PUBLIC OR, UH, COUNCIL COMMENTS TONIGHT.
[ 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.]
WITH SADNESS THAT, UH, I, AFTER, UH, ADJOURNED IN THE MEMORY OF DAVID MAYERS, WHO PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 10TH AT THE AGE OF 73.DAVID WAS THE FOUNDER OF HILLS FOR EVERYONE, WHERE HE LED THE CHARGE TO ESTABLISH THE CHINO HILLS STATE PARK, WHICH NOW PROTECTS OVER 14,000 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE AND SERVES AS A VITAL CONNECTION BETWEEN FOUR COUNTIES.
HIS VISION AND COMMITMENT ENSURE THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS COULD EXPERIENCE THE NATURAL BEAUTY IN SOME OF THE MOST URBANIZED REGIONS OF OUR STATE.
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND OUR COMMUNITY, WE EXTEND OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO DAVID'S FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND COLLEAGUES.
HIS LEGACY WILL LIVE ON IN THE HILLS, TRAILS, AND OPEN SPACES WE FOUGHT SO HARD TO PRESERVE.
AND WITH THAT, WE'LL ADJOURN OUR MEETING TONIGHT.