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[ 6:00 P.M. - CONVENE MEETING / ROLL CALL]
ALL RIGHT.THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE FOR OUR RARE, REGULARLY SCHEDULED, UH, CITY OF CHINO HILL CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, MADAM ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, WOULD YOU TAKE ROLE? ALL MEMBERS ARE PRE PRESENT EXCEPT FOR MAYOR BENNETT.
THAT'S WHY I'M PINCH HITTING TONIGHT, SO I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE.
UM, UH, OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE LED TONIGHT BY, UH, IEU, A DIRECTOR STEVE ELI, TO BE FOLLOWED UP WITH CAH VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT, UH, CHAPLAIN HOOD, UH, WITH AN INVOCATION.
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]
PLACE YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART AND SPEAK WITH ME.READY TO BEGIN, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LITERACY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU, STEVE CHAPLAIN, HOOD COUNCIL,
[ INVOCATION: Chaplain Adam Houde, Chino Valley Fire District]
VICE MAYOR.FATHER GOD, I JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LOVE THAT YOU SHOW US DAILY.
FATHER, YOUR KINDNESS, YOUR MERCY THAT YOU SHOW US.
FATHER, I THANK YOU FOR THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF CHINO HILLS, FATHER, THAT THE PROTECTION THAT YOU PUT OVER THIS CITY IS JUST AMAZING, FATHER, AND I JUST CAN ASK THAT YOU WOULD JUST CONTINUE TO PUT A HEDGE OVER PROTECTION OVER IT.
FATHER, I PRAY FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING THAT YOU WOULD BE IN THE MIDST OF ALL CONVERSATIONS THAT TAKE PLACE AND DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE.
LORD, I PRAY FOR EVERYBODY THAT IS HERE, THAT YOU WOULD JUST BLESS 'EM WHERE THEY'RE AT, AND THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR HOME.
FATHER AND JESUS' NAME I PRAY, AMEN.
[1. PROCLAMATION: Proclaiming the week of April 20-26, 2025, as National Volunteer Week]
THIS EVENING IS A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING THE WEEK OF APRIL 20TH THROUGH THE 26TH AS NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK TO BE ACCEPTED BY LAURA MONTE.CAN YOU PLEASE JOIN THE VICE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM? THANK YOU, LAURA.
UM, THROUGHOUT, UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, HUNDREDS, UH, VOLUNTEERS GO BEYOND, GO BEYOND, UM, ANY PAID EMPLOYMENT AND TRULY, UH, GIVE THEMSELVES TO OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH THEIR SERVICE TALENT AND COUNTLESS HOURS.
I, YOU KNOW, UH, THE SENSE OF VOLUNTEERISM IN OUR CITY SET IS WHAT REALLY TRULY SETS US APART.
UH, WITHOUT A DOUBT, OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE PRODUCTIVITY, EFFICIENCY, AND COST EFFECTIVENESS FOR THE CITY.
AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, I WANTED TO, UH, PROCLAIM APRIL 20TH THROUGH THE 26TH AS NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK.
AND TO ACCEPT THIS IS, UH, PROCLAMATION IS LONG TIME VOLUNTEER, AND PRI CHINO HILLS RESIDENT LAURA MONTAGUE.
SO, LAURA, PLEASE, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, THANK YOU.
UM, IT'S AN HONOR TO HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS OF OUR GREAT CITY.
I CAN SPEAK FOR KEN AND I, WE'VE, WE'RE PUSHING ON ABOUT 15 YEARS OF VOLUNTEERING.
WE HAVE A GREAT GRAFFITI GROUP, AND I SEE SEVERAL MEMBERS HERE.
WE LOVE VOLUNTEERING, KEEPING OUR CITY CLEAN.
OUR GROUP IS DEVELOPED INTO A GREAT FRIENDSHIP.
WE SOCIALIZE, WE GO OUT TO DINNER.
I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO BECOME A VOLUNTEER.
THE CITY HAS SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES.
THERE'S THE ADOPT A ROAD, ADOPT A HIGHWAY, ADOPT A TRAIL, ADOPT A PARK.
THERE'S THE CITIZENS ON PATROL, AND THERE'S EVEN THE YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES.
THERE'S THE TEEN ADVISORY BOARD AND THE TEEN, UH, SUMMER TEEN VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.
I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO ALSO ENCOURAGE OUR YOUTH.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET MORE YOUTH TO VOLUNTEER.
AND THERE'S A SAYING THAT SAYS, THOSE WHO CAN
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DO, AND THOSE WHO CAN DO MORE VOLUNTEER.SO ON BEHALF OF EVERY ONE OF OUR VOLUNTEERS OF OUR CITY, THANK YOU, BRIAN.
SO, LAURA, WHAT, WHAT BEFORE THAT, NONE.
WHAT GOT YOU INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING WHEN YOU FIRST CAME TO CHINO HILLS? UH, SEEING THE GRAFFITI AND COMPLAINING.
AND THEN WE FINALLY SAID, WHY ARE WE COMPLAINING? LET'S DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
SO WE STARTED VOLUNTEERING, CLEANING UP GRAFFITI, GRAFFITI LED TO IT, ADOPTING A PARK AND ADOPTING A TRAIL.
SO IT'S, IT'S CONTAGIOUS AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO CATCH IT 'CAUSE IT'S WORTH IT.
IT'S A GREAT, IT'S A GREAT REWARD.
YOU FEEL VERY GRATIFYING THAT YOU'VE HELPED YOUR CITY.
KEEP IT CLEAN, KEEP IT BEAUTIFUL, AND ENJOY OUR COMMUNITY.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR, UH, STANDING UP TO, UH, TAKE THE PLACE OF ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS IN THE CITY.
[2. PROCLAMATION: Proclaiming April as Child Abuse Prevention Month]
A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING APRIL AS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH TO BE ACCEPTED BY HILLARY STINSON RAY FROM THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY ASSOCIATE CHILDREN'S NETWORK OFFICER.AS A COMMUNITY, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE COME TOGETHER TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT CHILD ABUSE AND TO TAKE ACTION TO PREVENT THIS ISSUE.
WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE ACCESS TO DEDICATED CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION PROFESSIONALS, UH, THROUGHOUT SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.
UH, PREVENTION REQUIRES ENERGY AND DETERMINATION, UH, THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE COMMUNITY, EVERY CHILD HAS A RIGHT TO RECEIVE CARE, PROTECTION AND GUIDANCE, AND TO BE FREE FROM HARM, BOTH PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY, AND, UH, HARM, UH, OR, AND MAKE SURE THAT THEIR EDUCATIONAL NEEDS ARE MET.
SO, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, I WANT TO PRES, I WANT TO PROCLAIM APRIL AS, UH, CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH.
AND HILARY, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, UH, SHARING WITH US ABOUT THIS.
SO, UM, CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION IS REALLY ABOUT INTERVENING AND CREATING PLACES WHERE KIDS CAN THRIVE AND BE SAFE.
AND SO, UH, THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS CERTAINLY EXCELS AT THAT.
AND FAMILIES, UM, COME HERE AND YOU'VE JUST DONE A WONDERFUL JOB.
AND EVEN JUST HEARING ABOUT THE, THE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, UM, HOW EVERYONE PITCHES IN, WE ARE THE EYES AND EARS FOR ALL THE KIDS.
AND YOU START EARLY INTERVENE.
AND THEN WE ARE, UM, HOPEFULLY NOT NEEDED.
SO YOU ARE, YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.
AND, UM, IT'S, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CITY TO VISIT.
I LIVE IN LAKE ARROWHEAD AND THEY TOLD ME I WAS COMING OUT HERE AND I'M SO IMPRESSED AND WE'RE COMING BACK THIS WEEKEND.
I ALREADY FOUND SEVERAL SPOTS I WANNA BRING MY KIDS TO.
SO, UH, GOOD JOB SUPPORTING FAMILIES AND CHILDREN AND BEAUTIFUL CITY.
AND IT, I'LL COME UP AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, CHINO.
[3. PROCLAMATION: Proclaiming April as Arts, Culture and Creativity Month]
PROCLAIMING APRIL IS ARTS, CULTURE AND CREATIVITY MONTH TO BE ACCEPTED BY GLENN ANDERSON, THE CHARTS MEMBER.YOU'VE GOT THE VOLUNTEER BADGE.
THE CITY OF CHINO HILL CELEBRATES THE ROLE OF ARTS AND CULTURE AND WHAT THEY DO IN OUR DAILY LIVES.
UH, THEY AMPLIFY THE NEED FOR RACIAL EQUALITY AND HIGHLIGHT THE POWER OF ARTS TO CHANGE OUR LIVES FOR THE BETTER ARTS AND CULTURE.
CELEBRATE AND SUPPORT THE SUCCESSES OF STUDENTS AND, AND THE, THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
IT, UM, THE ARTS PROVIDE KEY JOB SKILLS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, BRINGS JOY TO OUR COMMUNITY.
SO, AS A RESULT, WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF LOCAL ARTISTS AND THEIR IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY, UH, THROUGH THEIR, THROUGH CULTURE AND, UH, GENERAL WELLBEING.
SO, TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION IS A MEMBER OF OUR CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, UH, ARTS COMMITTEE.
GLEN ANDERSON, YOU'RE CHEATING.
NO, ON, ON BEHALF OF, UH, CHARTS AND THE ENTIRE GROUP FOR THE ARTS, UH, WE WANT TO THANK ALL THE VOLUNTEERS 'CAUSE WE'VE GOT TREMENDOUS
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VOLUNTEERS.WE'RE HAVING, WE'RE SEEING REALLY A RENAISSANCE OF THE ARTS FLOURISHING IN, IN THE CHINO VALLEY.
UH, WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS AND ARTISTS CONTRIBUTING TO THE ART GALLERY OR THE CONCERTS OR EVERYTHING WE DO.
BUT AGAIN, THANK ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS.
WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE VERY DEDICATED TO THAT.
AND THANKS AGAIN TO THE FOUNDATION AND THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS FOR PROMOTING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE CAN ATTRACT THAT.
WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF, UH, RECOGNITION NOW OUTSIDE THE CITY, AND IT'S JUST WONDERFUL ALL THE WAY AROUND.
BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU TO ALL OUR VOLUNTEERS.
'CAUSE IT'S A, THEY DO A WONDERFUL JOB AND THEY'RE VERY DEDICATED.
WELL, AND I THINK IT'S TRULY A LABOR OF LOVE.
IF YOU'RE OUT AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS IT? THE, THE BAND, UH, OR WHAT EVERY, WE CALL IT LAST WEEKEND, OR SEEING ALL OF THE, UH, THE ART THAT'S ON DISPLAY IN THE SHOPS.
IT, IT TRULY IS A LABOR OF LOVE FOR SO MANY VOLUNTEERS IN THIS COMMUNITY.
SO, THANK YOU FOR, UH, STEPPING UP AND DOING EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR THE CITY.
[4. PRESENTATION: Inland Empire Utility Agency - Proposed Sewer Rate Increase]
IS THE INLAND EMPIRE UTILITY AGENCY PROPOSED SEWER RATE INCREASE TO PRESENT FROM IEUA IS STEVE ELI, BOARD DIRECTOR AND SHAJI DESMO, THE GENERAL MANAGER.ALRIGHT, MR. VICE MAYOR COUNCIL STAFF AND FELLOW UNA HILLS RESIDENCE.
I AM AN ELECTED DIRECTOR AT THE INLAND EMPIRE UTILITIES AGENCY, WHICH IS, UH, AN AGENCY THAT IS A WHOLESALE WATER DISTRIBUTOR, AS WELL AS THE AGENCY THAT TREATS EVERYBODY'S WASTEWATER OF 935,000 PEOPLE, UM, FROM, UH, CHINO HILLS ALL THE WAY TO FONTANA AND EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN.
SO I THOUGHT WHAT I WOULD DO IS, UH, UH, START KIND OF JUST, JUST A, A OVERVIEW OF WHO, WHO IS IEUA FOR, FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, UH, THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS AND THE CITY MANAGER, UH, BEN MONTGOMERY FOR INVITING SHIVAJI AND I TO BE HERE.
UM, PEOPLE, UH, I ALWAYS SAY THAT WE'RE THE AGENCY THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT US, BECAUSE IF YOU HEAR ABOUT US, THEN THERE'S A PROBLEM.
BUT, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
UH, AND I ACTUALLY BROUGHT, BROUGHT MY WATER BILL TO, TO KIND OF DEMONSTRATE, UH, WHERE WE SHOW UP AND HOW IT SHOWS UP.
UM, THE INLAND EMPIRE UTILITIES AGENCY WAS ACTUALLY STARTED 75 YEARS AGO.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR 75 ANNIVERSARY AS THE CHINO BASIN MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT.
AND THE PURPOSE WAS TO ESSENTIALLY DISTRIBUTE WATER FROM THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT.
SO WE ARE MEMBERS OF THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT.
UH, OVER THE YEARS, WE TOOK OVER RESPONSIBILITY FOR TREATMENT PLANTS.
YOU MAY NOTICE THERE'S A TREATMENT PLANT ACROSS FROM KAISER HOSPITAL, UH, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE 60 FREEWAY.
THAT'S OUR REGIONAL PLANT, ONE ON THE CITY OF ONTARIO.
UH, INLAND AT THAT TIME, CHINO BASIN MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT WAS ASKED TO TAKE OVER THE REGIONAL SYSTEM AND START, UH, TREATING WASTEWATER.
AND, UH, SO I'M AN ELECTED DIRECTOR.
I AM ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF CHINO HILLS AND CHINO, BUT I ACTUALLY REPRESENT THE WHOLE DISTRICT.
BUT MOST OF THE PEOPLE WE DEAL WITH ARE THE CITIES AND THEN THE CUCAMONGA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT.
SO, JUST LIKE THE COUNCIL HERE, HERE IN FIVE DISTRICTS, WE WERE IN FIVE, WE CALL 'EM DIVISIONS.
AND JUST LIKE YOU TREAT THE WHOLE CITY LIKE IT'S YOUR CITY, I TOO AM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE 935,000 PEOPLE THAT ELECT THE FIVE OF US.
HOWEVER, I OBVIOUSLY HAVE A CLOSE AFFINITY FOR CHINO AND CHINO HILLS 'CAUSE I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 28 YEARS IN THE CHINO VALLEY AND BEEN ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SO, UM, REAL BASIC WASTEWATER SYSTEM, YOU TAKE A SHOWER, IT GOES DOWN A DRAIN, IT GOES TO A BIGGER DRAIN IN YOUR STREET TO A LITTLE BIT BIGGER PIPE WITHIN THE CITY.
AND THEN IT ENDS UP AT A, BY, MOSTLY BY GRAVITY FLOW TO OUR SYSTEM.
WE TAKE THAT WASTEWATER, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, SHOWERS, TOILETS, UH, SINKS, RIGHT? AND, AND YOUR FOOD, ET CETERA.
AND WE TREAT IT, WE TURN IT INTO RECYCLED WATER EVENTUALLY, RIGHT? SO WE, I ALWAYS SAY WE TAKE YOUR SHOWERS AND TURN 'EM INTO YOUR FLOWERS.
AND WE DO THAT FOR THE ENTIRE REGION, FOR ALL 935,000 PEOPLE WE SERVE.
AND SO ON YOUR WATER BILL HERE IN CHINO HILLS AS AN EXAMPLE, THERE IS, THERE ARE TWO LINES.
REMEMBER, WE USED TO HAVE A LINE FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT OR FOR THE, FOR THE TRASH THAT USED TO BE ON THE WATER BILL.
SO, SIMILARLY, THERE'S A LINE ON EVERYBODY'S WATER BILL IN CHINO HILLS, AS WELL AS
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CHINO FONTANA PUTS IT ON THE PROPERTY TAX FOR $24 AND 79 CENTS.SEWER TREATMENT, IEA PASS THROUGH.
THAT'S THE RATE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WE CALL THAT AN EDU EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNIT.
AND ESSENTIALLY, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF, THERE, THERE'S ACTUALLY A REALLY COMPLICATED FORMULA THAT I, AS A LAWYER WOULD NEVER UNDERSTAND HOW TO DO IT.
BUT ESSENTIALLY, EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNIT IS, YOU CAN THINK OF IT'S A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
AND, UH, THE IDEA IS THAT IUA TREATS IT NOW ON THIS WATER BILL, THERE ALSO IS A CITY SEWER PUMPING CHARGE FOR 1297.
THAT'S A RATE THAT YOU AS A CITY COUNCIL SET AND EACH OF THE DIFFERENT CITY COUNCILS SET FOR THEIR RESIDENTS.
NOW, I WILL TELL YOU THAT CHINO HILLS IS ABOUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEVEN SEWING AGENCIES THAT PROVIDE THE WASTEWATER TO US THAT THEN GET THE RECYCLE WATER.
SO CHINO AND ONTARIO IN THE TOP END, CUCAMONGA VALLEY AND MONTCLAIR AT THE BOTTOM END.
BUT THAT 1297 THAT YOU CHARGE EACH OF US RESIDENTS, UM, IS ESSENTIALLY TO, TO CCT TO TAKE TVS OF THE, OF THE PIPES YOU HAVE OF THE SEWER REMAINS THE MAIN, ET CETERA.
SO YOU TAKE THE WATER THAT COMES FROM THE PIPES, AND THEN YOU SEND IT TO US.
WE TREAT IT, TURN IT INTO RECYCLED WATER, WE TAKE THE SOLID WASTE AND BASICALLY TAKE LITERALLY PEOPLE'S POO, RIGHT? AND WE TEAR IT, TAKE IT UP.
DO WE HAVE A PLANT IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA? WE CALL IT REGIONAL PLANT FOUR.
AND THEN RIGHT NEXT DOOR, WE HAVE A WORLD'S LARGEST INDOOR COMPOSTING, UH, COMPOSTER.
IT'S AN OLD IKEA WAREHOUSE THAT WAS CONVERTED.
SO HISTORICALLY, THIS, THIS REGION WOULD SEND SOLID WASTE TO ARIZONA DESERT OR FOR ET CETERA.
SO IT'S REALLY ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE AND SOUND, AND WE ARE, UM, CONTINUALLY TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO, TO DO IT SAFELY AND TO KEEP IT ALL HERE.
SO WHAT'S GOING ON? WELL, OUR OUR BOARD NEXT WEDNESDAY WILL CONSIDER SEWER RATES AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY SHOULD BE INCREASED AND FOR UNDER WHAT BASIS.
AND ESSENTIALLY, UH, OUR STAFF HAS SCRUBBED THE NUMBERS, FIGURED OUT WHAT, WHAT KIND OF CAPITAL PROJECTS ARE GOING ON.
UH, YOU PROBABLY ALL KNOW, EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD KNOWS THAT PRICES ARE GOING UP, EVERYTHING IS GOING UP, INFLATION, CHEMICALS, PERSONNEL, ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
NOW WE HAVE FIVE UNIONS AND SOME, SOME EMPLOYEES WHO AREN'T PART OF A UNION.
WE HAVE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THEM.
SO WE KNOW WHAT THOSE COSTS ARE.
WE KNOW GENERALLY WHAT THE PROJECTS ARE.
AND RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT A $400 MILLION PROJECT GOING ON REGIONAL PLANT FIVE, WHICH IS IN CHINO, BY THE WAY.
UH, A PLUG FOR OUR WETLANDS PARK RIGHT NEXT DOOR, 2223 ACRES.
AND WE HAVE EARTH DAY NEXT WEEK, UM, FOR THE STUDENTS ON THE 16TH AND FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON THE 17TH.
UM, SO BASICALLY WE HAVE TO EVALUATE AS A BOARD, JUST LIKE YOU DO WHEN YOU SET RATES, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? NOW, THE PROPOSAL FROM OUR STAFF THAT OUR BOARD WILL CONSIDER NEXT WEEK IS FOR AN INCREASE OF, OF 9%, WHICH TRANSLATES TO A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN $2 AND 40 CENTS PER HOUSEHOLD PER MONTH.
AND THEN FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR, ALSO, THEY'VE RECOMMENDED ANOTHER 9%, WHICH IS, UM, $2 AND 43 CENTS MORE.
AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THAN $30, UH, A YEAR PER HOUSEHOLD.
DO WE WANNA RAISE RATES? ABSOLUTELY NOT.
BUT I'M COMMITTED TO A GOING OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, I GO TO SACRAMENTO AND I GO TO WASHINGTON DC TO TRY AND GET MONEY.
WE'VE BROUGHT TO THE REGION ABOUT A BILLION DOLLARS IN THE LAST 20 YEARS.
WE'VE GOT ONE LOAN FOR THIS PLANT THAT I JUST MENTIONED THAT IS, WE GOT FROM THE U-S-C-P-A, IT'S CALLED A WIFFY LOAN.
AND WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO START PAYING IT BACK UNTIL THE BILL, THE CONSTRUCTION IS OVER.
SO WE TRY TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO DEFER EXPENSES, BUT ALSO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF THE SYSTEM.
BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS THAT IF, IF WE HAVE A BREAK, AND WE ACTUALLY DID HAVE A BREAK, UH, BY ON EL PRADO ROAD IN, IN CHINO LAST YEAR, RIGHT NEAR OUR, RIGHT NEAR OUR PLANT, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, RIGHT? JUST LIKE CHINO HILLS, YOU'VE GOT SOME COM, SOME PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE AGING AND SOME THAT ARE FAIRLY NEWER.
AND YOU GOTTA BALANCE ALL THAT AND IMAGINE THE REGION FROM HERE ALL THE WAY TO, TO FONTANA.
SO WE'VE GOTTA BALANCE ALL THAT.
AND WHILE NOBODY WANTS TO RAISE RATES, THIS IS, THIS IS CONSIDERED BY ME AT LEAST, UH, PRETTY REASONABLE THAT MOST HOUSES CAN'T, MOST HOUSEHOLDS CAN AFFORD.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE CAN'T AFFORD NOT TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE THE, THE, IF WE HAVE TO START REPAIRING THINGS AND WE HAVE BREAKS THAT WE DON'T EXPECT
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AND WE DON'T DO RE REHAB OF THE PLANTS, ET CETERA, THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE MUCH BIGGER EXPENSES DOWN THE LINE.AND IT'S REALLY, IT'S REALLY A BALANCING ACT, AND THERE'S NO MAGIC TO IT OTHER THAN WE HAVE TO USE THE BEST JUDGMENT THAT WE HAVE.
UM, I KNOW A LOT PEOPLE, NOBODY LIKES THINGS GOING UP, BUT I I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES CHARGES ABOUT FOUR TIMES WHAT WE DO.
AND THEY'RE DOUBLING THEIR RATES IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
UM, RESIDENTS OF RIALTO PAY ABOUT THREE TIMES WHAT RESIDENTS HERE DO.
AND WE'VE DONE SOME COMPARISONS OF, OF OTHER INLAND EMPIRE, BOTH WHOLESALER AND RETAILER, AND COMBINED EASTERN MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT AND WESTERN.
AND WE'RE EXTRAORDINARILY COMPETITIVE, IF YOU WILL, ON THAT EXPENSE.
SO, UM, THAT'S KIND OF GENERALLY THE OVERALL PICTURE ON FROM, FROM AN IUA ELECTED PERSPECTIVE.
I DON'T KNOW IF, IF YOU WANTED ME TO ADDRESS SOMETHING ELSE AT SHAVAD, YOU CAN FILL IN GAPS IN ON THINGS.
UM, BUT I'M HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS.
UM, PETER, ANY? NO, REALLY IT WAS JUST TO BRING ATTENTION TO WHAT SERVICES ARE BEING PROVIDED BY IUA, WHICH WOULD BE OUR, OUR PURPLE PIPE WATER AND ALSO SEWAGE TREATMENT.
AND ALSO THE FACT THAT COMING UP IS A PROPOSED RATE INCREASE, AND WE THOUGHT THIS IS GOOD TIMING TO AT LEAST ALERT THE PUBLIC THAT THE, THE BOARD WILL BE DISCUSSING IT.
AND SJI, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WERE GONNA SURE.
MS. VA'S, THE GENERAL MANAGER OF IUA.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS, UH, VICE MAYOR JOES MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
IT'S A REAL PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
UM, DIRECTOR ELI GAVE A, A GREAT INTRODUCTION.
WHAT I WANTED TO SHARE JUST VERY BRIEFLY IS, UM, HOUSE STAFF COMES UP WITH OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE LEVEL OF EFFORT AND SCRUTINY THAT GOES INTO THESE, UM, CONSIDERATIONS.
UM, WE DO, UH, AND, AND DIRECTOR ELI DID A GREAT JOB EXPLAINING THIS, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO COMMUNICATE TO YOU AS OUR CUSTOMERS AND ULTIMATELY TO OUR SHARED CONSTITUENCY, WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE IN COMING UP WITH OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
PUBLIC HEALTH PROTECTION IS AT THE TOP OF THAT LIST.
CENTRALIZED TREATMENT OF OUR SEWAGE IS REALLY WHAT SEPARATES US FROM THE DEVELOPING WORLD.
AND I'M VERY PROUD TO WORK AT IUA BECAUSE WE REALLY PRIORITIZE THAT AND WE DO THAT IN THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE MANNER.
A CLOSE SECOND TO THAT IS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND WATER SUPPLY RELIABILITY.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS BROUGHT UP THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE, WASTEWATER SERVICES, WATER SUPPLY, RELIABILITY, AND RECYCLED WATER DELIVERY IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE PARTNERED SUCCESSFULLY WITH THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
BUT PART OF THAT SECOND TIER OF, OF PRIORITY BESIDES PROTECTING PUBLIC HEALTH IS AFFORDABILITY.
AND DIRECTOR ELI, UH, USED THE RIGHT PHRASE IN TERMS OF, IT'S, IT'S A BALANCING ACT.
OUR JOB IS TO KEEP THESE RATES AS AFFORDABLE AS WE CAN WHILE BALANCING OUR NEED TO PROTECT THE SYSTEM.
WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THE SYSTEM.
WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB KEEPING THE RATES LOW FOR, UH, A LONG TIME, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO STAY COMMITTED TO THAT.
UM, BUT BETWEEN CHEMICAL COSTS, GENERAL COST ESCALATION, COST OF LIVING, BUT ULTIMATELY THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT THAT WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE KEEP THE PUBLIC SAFE IS REALLY WHAT DRIVES THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.
WHAT I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR IS THAT THIS IS NOT AN INITIAL RECOMMENDATION, UM, TO, FOR THE TWO YEARS OF 9%, THIS IS THE RESULT OF SIX MONTHS OF WORK.
UM, REALLY LOOKING AT FROM A RISK-BASED APPROACH, WHAT DO WE REALLY NEED TO DO IN TERMS OF INVESTING IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE? UM, IT'D BE MY INITIAL RECOMMENDATION TO, TO BUILD AND REHAB OUR FACILITIES A LOT MORE.
BUT WE SIMPLY CAN'T AFFORD THAT.
BUT WE ALSO CAN'T AFFORD THOSE SPILLS OR THOSE BREAKS.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE BALANCING ACT COMES IN.
AND ALL OF THAT'S RESULTED IN OUR RECOMMENDATIONS GOING FORWARD.
UM, THE LAST THING I WANNA SAY, AND I'M I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, IS LIKE, UM, THIS GOVERNING BOARD, UH, WE, WE ARE AN AGENCY THAT REPRESENTS ALMOST A MILLION PEOPLE IN SOUTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.
WE WELCOME THE PUBLIC, UH, DIRECTOR, ELI'S ONE OF OUR DIRECTORS WHO'S EXTREMELY, UH, OMNIPRESENT AND OUT THERE AND, AND COMMUNICATING WHAT WE DO.
AND WE REALLY WANNA CONTINUE THE PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE, WHICH CHINO HILLS MAINLY TO COMMUNICATE WHAT OUR ROLE IS AND HOW WE WORK WITH YOU.
UM, WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, SHAJI, PETER, OR, UH, RAY, ANY QUESTIONS? SURE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
I WAS, UH, ACTUALLY UP IN, UH, SAN FRANCISCO AREA, UH, THE WASTE WEST COUNTY WASTEWATER DISTRICT BY RICHMOND.
WE DO SO MUCH, WE DO SUCH A BETTER JOB THAN THEY DO.
WHAT IS YOUR BUDGET, PERSONAL INFORMATION FOR ME, FOR THE ORGANIZATION FROM A, INCLUDING OUR CAPITAL BUDGET ON AN ANNUAL BASIS? IT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT $400 MILLION A YEAR.
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INCREASE THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR.WHAT IS THAT GONNA GENERATE YOUR DISTRICT? DO YOU HAVE ANY ROUGH IDEA? YEAH.
IN, IN TERMS OF THE REVENUE, UM, IT, I, I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT NUMBER FOR YOU THERE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ, BUT WHAT I CAN, UH, LET ME, LET ME THINK ABOUT IT IN TERMS OF WHAT IT PROVIDES US IS TO SUPPORT $150 MILLION OF EXPENSES WHEN IT COMES TO OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET, AS WELL AS IN THE NEXT YEAR AND APPROXIMATELY $200 MILLION IN OPERATION.
UM, SO IT, IF YOU WANT TO THINK OF IT SIMPLY, IT'S 9% OF OF THOSE EXPENSES.
WE NEED TO INCREASE OUR BUDGET BY THAT MUCH MORE IN ORDER TO, UH, TO MEET THE EXPENSES WE HAVE.
I DO WANT TO GO BACK TO THE LEVERAGING THAT WE DO WITH THE STATE AND FEDERAL, UH, GRANTS THAT WE GET.
UM, WE TRY TO UTILIZE THOSE AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
UM, LOW INTEREST LOANS USED TO BE FROM THE STATE, NOW WE FOCUS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
UH, WE'RE ABLE TO BORROW OVER 35 YEARS AT LESS THAN 2.5%.
THAT ULTIMATELY ALLOWS US TO INCREASE THE RATES LESS THAN WE NEED TO.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE VERY FOCUSED ON ARE GRANTS.
UM, BY US PRODUCING OUR OWN WATER HERE, AS DIRECTOR ELI SAID, IN TERMS OF, UH, HANDLING OUR CO UH, OUR SEWAGE WASTE AND TURNING IT INTO COMPOST, WE ACTUALLY BENEFIT THE REGION.
AND FOR THAT REASON, THE STATE GIVES US A NUMBER OF GRANTS IN THE AMOUNTS OF TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO REDUCE OUR COST AND RECYCLED WATER.
WHAT DO WE GENERATE? DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WATER WE FOR RECYCLING? YES.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE PRODUCING ON AVERAGE ABOUT JUST OVER 50,000 ACRE FEET OF RECYCLED WATER A YEAR.
AND TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE, THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD THREE HOUSEHOLDS USE ABOUT AN ACRE FOOT A YEAR.
SO WHAT'S IMPRESSIVE ABOUT OUR OPERATION IS EVERY DROP THAT COMES INTO OUR FACILITY IS RECYCLED.
OUR GOAL IS TO PARTNER WITH OUR CUSTOMER AGENCIES LIKE THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS AND SIX OTHERS.
GET THAT WATER OUT, WHETHER IT'S IN PURPLE PIPES TO IRRIGATE PARKS, OR TO ACTUALLY LET IT SINK INTO THE GROUND WHERE IT GOES INTO OUR DRINKING WATER BASIN.
WE STILL HAVE TO SEND A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF WATER TO THE RIVER, UH, AS PART OF A 50-YEAR-OLD OBLIGATION.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF EXTRA WATER THAT'S GOING DOWN THE RIVER THAT COULD ACTUALLY INCREASE OUR SUPPLY RELIABILITY.
AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON IS HOW DO WE GET MORE RECYCLED WATER TO KEEP IN THE REGION AND THEREFORE NOT SHIFTING OUR RELIABILITY DOWNSTREAM.
I KNOW IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, THEY DON'T DO A LOT OF RECHARGING THEIR AQUIFERS OR THEIR GROUNDWATER.
AND I WAS BRAGGING ABOUT YOU GUYS ON WHAT YOU DO, ESPECIALLY IN THE CHINO BASIN AND ALL THE WATERS THAT YOU RECHARGE WITH, RECYCLE WATER BACK INTO THE BASIN.
ALSO, I HEARD A LOT OF GOOD THINGS ABOUT ORANGE COUNTY.
HOW DID THEY COMPARE WITH US, UH, WASTEWATER TREATMENT? 'CAUSE I THINK WE'RE BETTER PERSONALLY.
I MEAN, UH, LET'S, LET'S FIRST TALK ABOUT AFFORDABILITY.
UM, WHEN YOU'RE A WASTEWATER AGENCY ALONG THE COAST, YOUR, UH, THE LIMITS OR THE LEVEL OF TREATMENT THAT YOU NEED TO, UH, PROVIDE ARE A LOT LESS BECAUSE YOU'RE DISCHARGING INTO THE OCEAN.
WE'RE DISCHARGING INTO A RIVER THAT ULTIMATELY PROVIDES SUPPLY TO ANOTHER COMMUNITY.
IF YOU COMPARE OUR WHOLESALE RATE AGAINST THEIRS, IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE LESS.
UM, I'LL ALSO CONTEND THAT THERE'S NO BETTER OR WORSE IN TERMS OF THIS.
WE'RE ALL DOING OUR PART, BUT WE RECYCLE AS MUCH AS WE CAN HERE, UH, A HUNDRED PERCENT OF OUR, OUR FLOWS.
WE JUST NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB AS A COMMUNITY RETAINING THAT WATER IN ORANGE COUNTY.
THEY DO A GREAT JOB OF CAPTURING THAT WATER BEFORE IT GOES OUT THE RIVER AND THEY RECYCLE IT AND THEY SEND IT BACK UP TO ANAHEIM AND LET IT SINK IN THE GROUND.
AND I WOULD JUST CLARIFY, UH, APPRECIATE THE, THE COMPLIMENTS ABOUT WE, WE DOING A GOOD JOB.
IT'S ACTUALLY THE COLLECTIVE CHINO HILLS IS PART OF THE WATER MASTER THAT ALL OF US THROUGH A FOUR PARTY AGREEMENT RECHARGE ALL THAT WATER.
AND WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL THE LAST 20 YEARS BECAUSE OF THAT.
AND JUST THE LAST THING, YOU KNOW, WE GET BEAT UP A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PROP TWO 18, AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME COMMUNICATION, HOPEFULLY IF IN THE FUTURE IF YOU COULD DO ANYTHING WITH THAT, WE'D REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT YOU'RE DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB, SO THANK YOU.
I'LL, I'LL START THIS AND HAND IT OVER TO DIRECTOR ELI, BUT, UM, WE HAVE DIRECTION FROM OUR BOARD TO CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THAT.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE A, A POLICY COMMITTEE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS SITS ON AND SIX OTHER ENTITIES.
WE'VE ALSO GOTTEN DIRECTION FROM THEM.
WE ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF GOING DOWN THAT PATH, WHICH IS FINDING OTHER WAYS TO DIRECT BILL OUR CUSTOMERS, UH, WHICH ARE OUR SHARED CUSTOMERS, AND THEREFORE HELP.
UH, BUT BEFORE I HAND IT OFF TO DIRECTOR ELI, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE AGENCIES WHO ASKS US TO PARTNER, AND I THINK THAT GOES A LONG WAY TO SHOW HOW WE WORK TOGETHER.
THAT'S ONE THING I FORGOT TO MENTION.
COUNCIL AND MARQUEZ, UM, LAST TIME, CHINO, WE DID OUR RATES.
UH, CHINO HILL IS ACTUALLY PROJECTED FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
SO YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO A SEPARATE PROP TWO 18 FOR THE RATES THAT OUR STAFF IS PROPOSING.
BUT CERTAINLY WE'RE LOOKING INTO THAT.
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FUNNY THOUGH.EVERYBODY SAYS, TAKE THAT OFF OUR HANDS.
IT'S BEEN THAT WAY FOR SEVERAL DECADES, SO IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME TIME TO, UH, DISENTANGLE, IF YOU WILL.
AND THEN THAT WILL REQUIRE US TO HIRE PEOPLE.
'CAUSE WE DON'T ACTUALLY DIRECT BILL CUSTOMERS RIGHT NOW.
AND TO TOP IT OFF OF THE SEVEN AGENCIES, THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT WAYS THEY DO IT.
SO CHINO AND CHINO HILLS BUILT THE SAME WAY ON THE WATER.
BILL FONTANA PUTS IT ON THE PROPERTY TAX, AND THEN ONE OF THE OTHER CITIES DOES EVERY TWO MONTHS.
SO THERE ARE LOGISTICS, BUT WE ARE, WE HAVE COMMITTED OUR STAFF TO LOOK AT HOW DO WE GET THAT OFF OF YOUR HANDS AND DOING OUR OWN PROP TWO 18.
WELL, YOU GUYS DO SUCH A GREAT JOB.
JUST THE LAST THING I WANTED TO SAY IS, UH, THANK YOU FOR SAVING MY LIFE A COUPLE YEARS AGO ON THE QUICKSAND.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS GONNA STAY BURIED NOW.
I THOUGHT I'D BRING IT UP BEFORE YOU DID.
AND JUST COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
SO STEVE, IF RESIDENTS HAVE MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WATER RATE INCREASE, WHAT'S SOME CONTACT INFORMATION YOU CAN SHARE WITH US TONIGHT? I EUA.ORG THAT STANDS FOR THE INLAND EMPIRE UTILITIES AGENCY.ORG.
UM, WE'VE GOT PHONE NUMBERS ON THERE.
UM, WE HAVE FIRST, UH, OUR BOARD MEETINGS ARE AT THE FIRST AND THIRD WEDNESDAYS OF THE MONTH.
WE ALSO HAVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS ON THE SECOND WEDNESDAY, WHICH IS TOMORROW.
AND OUR HEADQUARTERS ISN'T JUST DOWN THE HILL IN CHINO.
[5. PRESENTATION: Chino Valley Fire District - High Fire Severity Zones ]
TO A PRESENTATION FROM THE CHINO VALLEY INDEPENDENT FIRE DISTRICT REGARDING HIGH FIRE SEVERITY ZONES TO BE LED BY FIRE CHIEF WILLIAMS AND FIRE MARSHAL DANIEL O'TOOLE.GOOD EVENING, VICE MAYOR JOE'S COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME, UM, TO PRESENT THIS EVENING.
INFORMATION RELATED TO THE NEWLY RELEASED FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES.
FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED STATEWIDE DUE TO VARIOUS MAJOR DESTRUCTIVE FIRES THAT ACTUALLY DATE BACK TO 1980.
THE STATE IS BROKEN INTO, UM, THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF AREAS, FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL.
THE FIRST MAP RELATED TO STATE RESPONSIBILITY AREA, OR SRA WAS RELEASED IN 1985.
AND THE FIRST LOCAL RESPONSIBILITY AREA, OR LRA MAP WAS RELEASED IN 1992 WITH THE ROLLOUT OF THE LOCAL MAPS.
THE STATE WAS PREVIOUSLY ONLY REQUIRED TO DESIGNATE VERY HIGH FOR THOSE MAPS.
THE GOVERNMENT CODE SETS FORTH THE REQUIREMENTS FOR CAL FIRE TO MAP FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES FOR BOTH THE SRA AND THE LRA.
IN ADDITION, IT SETS FORTH THE REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO THE MAP THAT LOCAL AGENCIES MUST FOLLOW AS WELL AS PROPERTY OWNERS.
IN 2021, A SENATE BILL WAS PASSED REQUIRING THE STATE TO IDENTIFY NOT JUST THE VERY HIGH BUT HIGH AND MODERATE ZONES FOR THE LRA, WHAT ARE THE ZONES? THE ZONES IDENTIFY LEVELS OF FIRE HAZARD.
CAL FIRE USED THE BEST AVAILABLE SCIENCE AND DATA TO DEVELOP AND FAIL TEST A MODEL THAT SERVED AS THE BASIS OF ZONE ASSIGNMENTS.
THE MODEL EVALUATED THE PROBABILITY OF THE AREA BURNING AND POTENTIAL FIRE BEHAVIOR IN THE AREA.
FACTORS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT INCLUDE FIRE HISTORY, VEGETATION, FLAME LENGTH, GLOWING EMBERS, PROXIMITY TO WILDLAND TERRAIN AND WEATHER.
BASED ON THE MODEL, AN AREA COULD RECEIVE AN IDENTIFICATION OF VERY HIGH, HIGH OR MODERATE.
THE SRA MAPS WERE UPDATED IN 2023 WITH AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF APRIL, 2024.
ONCE CAL FIRE WAS ABLE TO GET THROUGH THE STATE AREA, THEY BEGAN TO WORK ON THE LOCAL AREA.
OUR OFFICE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION IN LATE 2024 THAT THE NEW LRA MAPS WOULD BE RELEASED IN, UM, JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.
DUE TO THE FIRES THAT OCCURRED THAT MONTH, IT CAUSED A SLIGHT DELAY AND CHANGE THE ROLLOUT OF THE MAPS.
CAL FIRE ANNOUNCED A PHASED ROLLOUT BREAK IN THE STATE UP INTO FOUR DIFFERENT PHASES WITH THE FIRST PHASE RECEIVING THEIR MAPS ON THE 10TH OF FEBRUARY.
EACH PHASE, UM, FOLLOWED TWO WEEKS BEHIND EACH OTHER.
SO WE AS SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, RECEIVED OUR MAPS ON THE 24TH OF LAST MONTH.
THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF THE COUNTY, UM, IN ITS ENTIRETY.
AND THEN I'VE ZOOMED IN ON THE ACREAGE THAT'S IMPACTED FOR CHINO HILLS.
ALTHOUGH THE 2011 COLUMN, WHICH IS THE PINK COLUMN, ONLY CALLS OUT JUST OVER 3,600 ACRES.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT CHINO HILLS HAS HAD A LONGSTANDING FIRE HAZARD OVERLAY THAT ENCOMPASSES OVER 19,000 ACRES AND HAS BEEN USED TO ENSURE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THOSE DESIGNATE DESIGNATED AREAS HAS COMPLIED WITH BUILDING STANDARDS.
THIS IS THE MAP, UM, THAT'S PROVIDED BY CALFIRE SHOWING THE CITY LIMITS AND THE VARIOUS ZONES WITHIN THE CITY.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE GOVERNMENT CODE DOES NOT ALLOW AN AGENCY TO LESSEN AN IDENTIFIED AREA.
AN AGENCY MAY INCREASE AN AREA THAT, BUT HOWEVER, THEY MUST SUBMIT SUBSTANTIAL FINDINGS RELATED TO THE CHANGE.
AT THIS TIME, THE FIRE DISTRICT IS NOT LOOKING TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE MAP
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BASED ON THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE GOVERNMENT CODE.OUR TIMELINE LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
SO WITHIN 30 DAYS OF RECEIVING THE MAP, THE MAPS ARE TO BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR, UM, PUBLIC VIEW AND COMMENT.
SO WE, UM, ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, WE LAUNCHED OUR WEBPAGE RELATED TO THE MAPS AND WE ARE ACCEPTING PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF APRIL WITHIN 120 DAYS OF RECEIVING THE MAP.
UM, THE MAP IS TO BE ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE.
SO WE WOULD IDEALLY TAKE OUR ORDINANCE BEFORE OUR, UM, BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT EITHER THE MAY OR JUNE BOARD MEETING, UM, FOLLOWED BY THE ADOPTION AT EITHER THE JUNE OR JULY BOARD MEETING.
AND THEN AFTER THE ADOPTION, THE ORDINANCE IS REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD OF FORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTION WITHIN 30 DAYS.
SO FOR PROPERTIES THAT ARE, UM, WITHIN THE VERY HIGH, THERE ARE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS THAT MUST BE ADHERED TO.
SOME ARE SOME, UM, OF THOSE ARE BUILDING STANDARDS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN EXISTENCE.
UM, THE PLANNING ASPECTS WOULD INCLUDE, UM, INCLUDE CQA, SUBDIVISION MAP ACT, SAFETY ELEMENT, AND SUBDIVISION REVIEW.
UM, IN ADDITION FOR VERY HIGH, UM, PROPERTY OWNERS ARE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN DEFENSIBLE SPACE AND THEN, UM, UPON THE SALE OF THEIR PROPERTY, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A HAZARD DISCLOSURE.
SO THIS WAS ROLLED OUT, AND IT'S BEEN IN EFFECT SINCE JULY OF 2021, THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER, UM, IS REQUIRED TO HAVE AN INSPECTION AND DISCLOSE THOSE FINDINGS TO THE BUYER FOR THE HIGH, UM, AREA.
THOSE, UM, PROPERTIES WOULD NEED TO COMPLY WITH BUILDING STANDARDS IF THEY WERE TO BUILD A STRUCTURE AS WELL AS THE HAZARD DISCLOSURE.
SO, UM, I'M GONNA TAKE YOU TO OUR WEBSITE SO YOU CAN SEE OUR WEBPAGE.
SO THIS WAS THE WEBPAGE THAT WAS, UM, LAUNCHED, UM, LIKE I SAID TWO WEEKS AGO.
SO IT JUST HAS SOME GENERAL INFORMATION.
IF YOU SCROLL DOWN, UM, THAT RED LINE WHERE IT SAYS CLICK HERE, THAT IT'LL TAKE YOU TO AN INTERACTIVE MAP, UM, I WILL NOTE THAT THERE IS A MAGNIFYING GLASS IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER, AND THAT IS WHERE THE VIEWER CAN EITHER TYPE IN A RESPECTIVE CITY, UM, AND THE MAP WILL GET ZOOMED INTO THAT, THAT GENERAL AREA, OR THEY CAN TYPE IN AN ACTUAL PROPERTY ADDRESS.
UM, AND THEN THE WEBPAGE HAS SOME JUST ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATED TO THE TIMELINE.
AND AT THE VERY BOTTOM THERE IS A LINK, UM, THAT WILL ACTUALLY TAKE YOU TO CAL FIRE'S WEBSITE.
SO CAL FIRE DID A GREAT, UM, JOB IN, IN REGARDS TO PROVIDING INFORMATION.
SO THEY HAVE SEVERAL VIDEOS ON THEIR WEBPAGE RELATED TO THE HISTORY OF FIRE, HAS ITS SEVERITY ZONES, WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THEM, THE METHODS FOR CREATING THE MAPS, AS WELL AS AN FAQ.
UM, THERE'S ALSO A DOCUMENT AS FAR AS A FACT SHEET, AS WELL AS A FACT SHEET FROM THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE.
SO MY LAST, UM, SLIDE AS HE PULLS IT UP.
SO THERE ARE, UM, A QR CODE AND THAT QR CODE WILL ACTUALLY TAKE YOU TO THE WEBPAGE THAT WAS JUST SHOWN IF ANYONE, UM, IS INTERESTED IN GRABBING THAT.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
FIRE MARSHALL, ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I THINK EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, IS AWARE THAT THIS IS GOING ON, SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING THE PUBLIC TO CHIME IN.
SO JUST A COUNCIL MEMBER QUESTION, I KNOW WITH THE CAL FIRE MAPS, AND FIRST OF ALL, YOU GUYS DO SUCH A GREAT JOB IN THE CITY WITH YOUR WEEDER BABY PROGRAM AND THE THINGS THAT YOU DO.
WE HAVE GREAT WATER, GREAT STATIONS, WE HAVE A NEW STATION BEING BUILT.
SO AS FAR AS WHAT YOU DO LOCALLY, GREAT JOB.
WE DO HAVE A CONTRACT WITH CAL FIRE AS FAR AS FIRE PROTECTION.
IS THAT CORRECT, CHIEF? YEAH, THAT THAT IS CORRECT.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE AN ANNUAL CONTRACT THAT WE RENEW WITH CAL FIRE A YEAR.
WE TAKE A LOOK AT, UH, THE AREA THAT'S COVERED PRIMARILY IT'S THE STATE PARK AREA.
THE PRIMARY REASON THAT WE MAINTAIN THAT CONTRACT IS IT'S AN INSURANCE POLICY FOR THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT.
UH, PRIMARILY WITH RESPECTS TO ACCESS TO AIRCRAFT.
UH, YOU KNOW, AS, AS AN AGENCY OUR SIZE, WE DON'T HAVE AIRCRAFT.
WE CAN'T OWN, WE, WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO OWN AIRCRAFT.
WE ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO THINGS LIKE HAND CREWS, BULLDOZERS, AND, UH, WE GET THOSE THINGS VERY, VERY QUICKLY.
AND SO WE MAINTAIN THAT CONTRACT.
AND, AND YEAH, THAT'S ABOUT IT.
I JUST WANNA SAY, I KNOW YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT CONTRACT.
UM, SUPPOSE THAT WAS UP IN, UH, FIRST OF ALL, THIS COUNCIL IS VERY PROACTIVE.
UH, I BELIEVE SOME OF THE GUYS ARE GONNA BE GOING UP TO SACRAMENTO IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
I WAS UP THERE ABOUT, UH, THREE WEEKS AGO WITH COMMISSIONER LAURA'S OFFICE AND, UH, HE COMMITTED TO US, THE GROUP OF PEOPLE WERE THERE FROM S SCAG THAT THERE'S 30 BILLS RIGHT NOW GOING THROUGH LEGISLATION FOR, UM, CONCERNED ABOUT RATES GOING UP.
BUT BASICALLY HE IS COMMITTED TO TRYING TO KEEP THE RATES DOWN.
HE WAS TELLING US THAT IF WE HAD JUST DONE 3% EVERY YEAR, THE LAST 15, 20 YEARS, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE ISSUE THAT WE HAVE TODAY.
BUT, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE THE BEST THEY CAN DO IS THE RATES ARE HOPEFULLY GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA PROBABLY GO UP LIKE 20, 22%, BUT HE'S TRYING TO KEEP 'EM BELOW THAT.
SO I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF EFFORT IN SACRAMENTO TRYING TO HELP US, ESPECIALLY OUR CITY.
I BELIEVE LAST TIME THE MAPS WERE DRAWN UP, WE WERE ABOUT 20, 21% OF
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THE TOTAL CITY WAS WITHIN THE FIRE MAPS.I BELIEVE NOW IT'S OVER 80%, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
BUT I JUST WANNA SAY WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
MATTER OF FACT, I GOT TO SERVE, IT WAS AN HONOR TO SERVE ON THE FIRE BOARD BRIAN AND MYSELF, AND I KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS DO AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.
YOU KNOW, JUST FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE A VERY ACTIVE FIRE DISTRICT.
UM, I WILL SHARE WITH YOU THAT I WAS UP IN SACRAMENTO LAST WEEK HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR LOCAL SENATOR, UH, TO REALLY EXPRESS OUR CONCERNS OVER, UM, WHAT THE COMMUNITY'S GONNA FEEL, THE EFFECTS OF THIS.
AND, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF SUPPORT, AT LEAST VERBALLY AT THIS POINT.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN BE ABLE TO TURN SOME OF THIS INTO ACTION WITH RESPECTS TO OUR, WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO, WHAT KIND OF SUPPORT CAN WE, CAN WE GET WITH RESPECTS TO MAYBE SOME OTHER MITIGATION MEASURES IN THE STATE PARK AND WHATNOT.
WITH THAT, WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION
[ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT]
OFFICER REPORT.THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING, VICE MAYOR JOE'S COUNCIL AND RESIDENCE.
THE CITY IS PERFORMING ROUTINE TURF MAINTENANCE AT VILLA ORBA DOG PARK.
THE LARGE DOG SIDE IS CURRENTLY CLOSED THROUGH MAY 2ND, AND THE SMALL DOG SIDE WILL BE CLOSED FROM MAY 5TH THROUGH THE 30TH.
DURING EACH OF THE CLOSURES, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOG PARK THAT IS NOT BEING RENOVATED AT THAT TIME WILL REMAIN OPEN AND BE SEPARATED INTO TWO AREAS.
SO ALL DOGS MAY CONTINUE AND JOIN THE PARK IN UPCOMING EVENTS, OR SORRY, IN A SURVEY, THE CITY'S CONDUCTING A SURVEY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE COMMUNITY'S KNOWLEDGE OF RECYCLING ORGANIC WASTE AND WASTE SORTING PROGRAMS. THE SHORT SURVEY IS AVAILABLE ONLINE NOW THROUGH MAY 30TH, AND RESPONSES WILL HELP SHAPE FUTURE EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS.
PARTICIPANTS WHO ENTER THEIR EMAIL IN THE SURVEY WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN A GIVEAWAY OF CHINO HILL'S MERCHANDISE AND FOR UPCOMING EVENTS.
TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE FOR BREAKFAST WITH THE BUNNY THIS SATURDAY.
THERE'S A FREE BULKY ITEM DROP OFF EVENT THIS SATURDAY FROM 8:00 AM TO NOON AT THE SHOPS FOR CHINO HILL'S RESIDENCE.
AND THE CITY'S EASTER EXCITEMENT EVENT IS COMING UP ON APRIL 19TH FROM 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM AT COMMUNITY PARK.
THE FREE EVENT INCLUDES EGG HUNTS PHOTOS WITH THE EASTER BUNNY, A CRAFT FAIR MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITIES, AND MORE FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.
THERE WILL BE A SMALLER, MORE CONTROLLED EGG HUNT WHERE THEY CAN GATHER EGGS AT THEIR OWN PACE OR FROM ON TOP OF TABLES.
VISIT CHINO HILLS.ORG/EVENTS FOR MORE INFORMATION.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PI REPORT AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, SEEING AND HEARING NONE, WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO PUBLIC
[6. 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.]
COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY, UH, ITEM, UH, APPEARING ON THE AGENDA.
THOSE PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL MUST COMPLETE AND SUBMIT, UH, TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK A REQUEST TO SPEAK FORM, UH, WHICH IS AVAILABLE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBER.
UH, COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.
ALL RIGHT, THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO
[ CONFLICT OF INTEREST / LEVINE ACT ANNOUNCEMENTS: Council Member abstentions or disclosures shall be stated at this time for recordation on the appropriate item.]
A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS.DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE? ALRIGHT, THEN WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT
[ CONSENT CALENDAR (6 ITEMS) - All matters listed on the Consent Calendar are considered routine by the City Council and may be enacted by one motion in the form listed below. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless, before the City Council votes on the motion to adopt, Members of the City Council or staff request the matter to be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action. Removed consent items will be discussed immediately after the adoption of the balance of the Consent Calendar.]
CALENDAR AND JUST FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW, UH, THERE IS A REVISION TO, UH, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, THE MINUTES.SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT KNOWN THAT A COPY OF THE REVISED MINUTES ARE OUT IN FRONT IF YOU WISH TO, UH, CHECK THEM.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY, UH, ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO PULL ANY ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
ALRIGHT, ITEM 12, MA'AM? NOPE, NOPE.
ALRIGHT, THEN I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE REMAINDER.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS FOR ITEM SEVEN THROUGH 11.
WITH COUNCIL MEMBER OR MAYOR BENNETT? NOT HERE.
[12. Authorize execution of Amendment No. 7 to Agreement No. A2021-042 with Hazen and Sawyer increasing total agreement not-to-exceed amount to $1,954,421 for additional engineering design services to design a metering station at City's Well 1A site and additional pipeline under Eucalyptus connecting to pipeline under Central Avenue, and authorize City Manager to extend term through March 8, 2027; and authorize execution of Amendment No. 3 to Agreement No. A2022-160 with Butier Engineering, Inc., increasing total agreement not-to-exceed amount to $1,675,538.25 for additional construction management support and extended post-construction services for 1,2,3-TCP Removal Treatment Plant Project]
HAS TO DO WITH OUR, OUR PLANT THAT WE'RE BUILDING RIGHT NOW.I JUST WANT TO, IT'S MORE OF AN EDUCATION THING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OPENING THIS SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, AND WE'VE HAD SOME, UH, ADD-ONS TO OUR PROJECT AND, AND SOME TIME DELAYS.
JUST WANTED TO REVIEW, UH, WHAT THIS PLANT IS ALL ABOUT, OUR FIRST REAL PLANT IN OUR CITY AND, AND WHY SOME DELAYS HAVE TAKEN PLACE THAT HAVE PUSHED IT DOWN FIVE OR SIX MONTHS.
DANIEL, THIS CERTAINLY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS.
UH, SO WHAT WE'RE BUILDING HERE IS A, UH, A TREAT WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
IT'S, UH, CALLED THE, THE 1 2 3 TCP PLANT, UH, 1 2 3 TCP BEING THE CONTAMINANT THAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON REMOVING FROM OUR GROUNDWATER.
UM, OUR WATER WELLS HAVE BEEN OFFLINE FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW BECAUSE OF THIS CONTAMINANT.
UH, ONCE UH, CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETED, WE WILL BE ABLE TO PUMP OUR OWN WATER, UH, TREAT THE WATER AND PUT THAT WATER BACK INTO OUR SYSTEM FOR, UH, CUSTOMER, UH, CON UM, UH, FOR CUSTOMER USE.
AS FAR AS, UM, WHAT YOU HAVE ON THE ITEM, UH, ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT IS, UH, AN AMENDMENT TO, UH,
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EXISTING CONTRACTS WITH, UH, OUR DESIGN TEAM AND OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT TEAM.UH, WE'VE HAD SOME DELAYS, UH, DUE TO COMPLIANCE, UH, REGULATIONS FROM THE WATER BOARD.
UH, WE DO NEED TO INSTALL A NEW, UH, METERING STATION WHERE WE WILL BE ABLE TO BLEND SOME OF OUR, UH, DIFFERENT WATER SOURCES SO THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE.
UM, HENCE, UH, THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL DESIGN.
UM, WE BELIEVE THAT, UM, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS ALL COMPLETED.
UH, FROM A DESIGN STANDPOINT, WE CAN OPERATE THE, UH, THE, THE, THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT WITHOUT THE METERING STATION, UH, FOR A SHORT TERM PERIOD.
BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE WATER, UH, WITH THE METERING STATION WOULD BE MORE OF A, UH, A PERMANENT SOLUTION.
UM, AS FAR AS COMPLETION, UM, WE HAVE BEEN DELAYED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW, BUT WE DO EXPECT TO HAVE IT COMPLETED HOPEFULLY BY, UM, UH, END OF APRIL OR SOMETIME IN, UH, MAY TIMEFRAME.
UH, THAT'S ASSUMING THAT ONCE WE FIRE UP THE, THE TREATMENT PLANT, UH, EVERYTHING IS, UH, IN COMPLIANCE WITH WATER BOTTLE REGULATIONS.
RIGHT? SO OUR REGIONAL WATER BOARD, THAT HAS THROWN A LITTLE BIT OF A, KIND OF A, A ROADBLOCK IN THE PROGRESSION OF OPENING THIS, THIS FACILITY, IT SOUNDS LIKE.
AND, AND THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS IS ONCE YOU HAVE A PROJECT OF THIS MAGNITUDE, ALL APPROVALS NEED TO GO THROUGH THE WATER BOARD TO ENSURE THAT, UH, WE ARE COMPLYING WITH ALL THEIR REGULATIONS TO PROVIDE QUALITY CLEAN WATER TO OUR CUSTOMERS.
UH, SO IT IS, WE KNEW THIS WAS GONNA HAPPEN, WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW THE, THE EXTENT OF, OF THE DELAYS.
AND, AND YOU DON'T KNOW UNTIL YOU, YOU REACH THAT POINT, YOU START TESTING, UH, THE SYSTEM.
AND THE CHEMICAL THAT WE'RE TREATING THIS 1, 2, 3 TCP, ARE WE THE ONLY CITY THAT'S HAD TO FACE THIS BASED ON THE DYNAMICS OF OUR SOIL, UNDERGROUND WATERS, ET CETERA? NO, NOT AT ALL.
THERE ARE SEVERAL CITIES, UH, THROUGHOUT THE REGION THAT HAVE THE SAME CONTAMINANT.
UM, AND OUR BUILDING VERY SIMILAR, UH, TREATMENT PLANTS THROUGHOUT THE AREA.
UM, OUR WATER SOURCE COMES FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES, BUT ONE OF ONE OF THEM IS MONTE VISTA.
THEY HAVE THEIR OWN TREATMENT PLANTS WHERE THEY TREAT, UH, THEIR WATER BEFORE PUTTING IT INTO OUR SYSTEM.
SO, SO THIS, THIS PROJECT IS, UH, AGAIN, OUR FIRST TRUE WATER PLANT AND IT'S, IT'S, UH, AROUND $20 MILLION TO INSTALL THIS PLANT AND TREAT THIS WATER.
AND THEN WE'LL START PULLING GROUNDWATER OUT, WHICH WE CEASED PROBABLY IN 2015 OR 16, SOMEWHERE IN THERE.
IT'S BEEN ABOUT EIGHT, NINE YEARS.
SO WE'VE, WE'VE HAD TO SHUT DOWN THE WELLS THAT WE DRAW WATER FROM BECAUSE OF THIS, THE CHANGE IN THE NUMBERS THAT THE STATE PROVIDED TO US AS FAR AS PARTS PER MILLION PARTS PER BILLION.
AND THAT'S WHY WE HAD TO SHUT DOWN THE PLANTS AS MANY OTHER CITIES HAVE.
SO WE'LL HAVE OUR OWN TREATMENT PLAN UP AND GOING HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO PULL IT JUST FOR, UH, MORE EDUCATION THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE THAT AS A MOTION.
UM, I'VE BEEN, I'M INVOLVED WITH, UM, IT'S CALLED WELL WATER EDUCATION FOR LATINO LEADERS.
THIS IS GREAT THAT WE'RE DOING THIS.
PFAS, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THAT? AND IS IT SOMETHING WE GOTTA WORRY ABOUT NEXT? SO, PFAS IS ANOTHER CONTAMINANT THAT THE, THE STATE WATER BOARD IS LOOKING INTO, UH, AND CHANGING THE, THE LEVELS THAT ARE ALLOWED TO BE IN, IN OUR WATER SYSTEM.
UM, OUR TREATMENT PLANT IS, UH, DOES HAVE THE CAPACITY AND THE ABILITY TO TREAT PFAS, UH, ONCE COMPLETED.
ALRIGHT, SO WE HAD A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS AND I SECOND, I SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN, PLEASE LOCK IN YOUR VOTES.
MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH MAYOR BENNETT.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WITH THAT, WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO THE DISCUSSION CALENDAR.
[13. Provide guidance on four presented options for decorating City-owned neighborhood monument signs by either enacting permit process to allow private entities or individuals to install decorations on City property; selling City monuments to private Homeowner Associations; implementing holiday decorations program in which City decorates City-owned neighborhood monument signs; or continuing current prohibition on installation of decorations on City property by non-City personnel]
AND ITEM 13 IS TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON FOUR PRESENTED OPTIONS FOR DECORATING CITY OWNED NEIGHBORHOOD MONUMENT SIGNS WITH THE PRESENTATION TO BE GIVEN BY OUR ILLUSTRIOUS CITY MANAGER.GOOD EVENING, VICE MAYOR JOE CITY COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE.
UH, TONIGHT I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT, UH, SEVERAL OP OPTIONS THAT STAFF HAVE DEVELOPED IN RESPONSE TO THE QUESTION OF, UH, DECORATIONS ON CITY OWNED, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD MONUMENT SIGNS.
UH, TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BACKGROUND, UH, IN FEBRUARY OF 2024, UH, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION WAS CONTACTED ABOUT A, UH, HOLIDAY DISPLAY THAT WAS, UH, LOCATED ON THE ALTERRA MONUMENT AT SOCAL CANYON PARKWAY AND SLATE DRIVE.
UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT CONDUCTED, THERE ARE NORMAL INVESTIGATION ANYTIME YOU GET A COMPLAINT.
FIRST YOU WANNA SEE IF AN ACTUAL, UH, VIOLATION EXISTS.
AND WHAT WE DISCOVERED WAS THAT, UH, THERE WERE, UH, HOLIDAY DECORATIONS ON CITY PROPERTY THAT WERE NOT INSTALLED BY CITY STAFF.
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UH, INITIATIVE TO HAVE THOSE REMOVED.BUT AS THEY LOOKED INTO THE ISSUE, THEY ALSO FOUND OUT THAT THE HOLIDAY DECORATIONS HAD BEEN INSTALLED BY THE ALTERRA HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
UH, THIS HAS BEEN A, UH, PRACTICE FOR QUITE A WHILE.
THE ALTERRA, UH, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION WILL TYPICALLY INSTALL, UH, HOLIDAY DECORATIONS CONSISTING OF, YOU KNOW, LIGHTS AND PLANTS AND, UH, UH, TYPICALLY AT CHRISTMAS TIME.
UH, AND, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE A FORMAL AGREEMENT, UH, WITH THE HOA TO PERFORM, UH, THESE, UH, DECORATION INSTALLATIONS.
AND SO, AS WE LOOKED INTO IT, UH, WE ALSO FOUND THAT THERE WAS AT LEAST ONE OTHER, UH, COMMUNITY, UH, THAT WAS INSTALLING THESE, UH, UM, UH, HOLIDAY DECORATIONS.
UH, STAFF REACHED OUT TO THE ALTERRA HOA AND LET THEM KNOW THAT, UH, THE, UH, DECORATIONS HAD BEEN REMOVED AND THAT THEY COULDN'T CONTINUE TO INSTALL.
UH, AND THEN STAFF WAS DIRECTED, UH, BY ME TO LOOK AT SOME OPTIONS, UH, FOR THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION.
UH, UH, SHOULD WE, UH, WANT TO, UH, UH, COME UP WITH ALTERNATIVES FOR DECORATIONS ON CITY PROPERTY? UH, THE FOUR OPTIONS THAT I'D LIKE TO RUN THROUGH TONIGHT ARE, UH, ESTABLISHING A PERMIT PROCESS THAT WOULD ALLOW PRIVATE ENTITIES TO, UH, OR INDIVIDUALS TO INSTALL DECORATIONS ON CITY PROPERTY.
SO AGAIN, THIS WOULD BE A PRIVATE ENTITY, UH, USING CITY, UH, PROPERTY FOR DECORATIONS.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT, WELL, UH, COULD WE SELL THE PROPERTY, UH, THAT'S DESIRED FOR THE, UH, DECORATIONS SO THAT IT WOULD NOW BE PRIVATELY HELD PROPERTY WHERE THEY COULD, UH, CONDUCT THE, UH, THE HOLIDAY DECORATIONS.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT, WELL, IF WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE IT DONE BY PRIVATE ENTITIES, WOULD WE WANT CITY STAFF TO DECORATE MONUMENTS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY? AND THEN, UH, THE LAST OPTION HERE IS THE, IS BASED ON OUR EXISTING AUTHORITY AND OUR ABILITY TO PROHIBIT THE INSTALLATION OF DECORATIONS ON CITY PROPERTY.
UM, IT'S, IF WE WERE TO HAVE A PERMIT PROCESS, THE CITY'S GOAL WOULD BE TO RESTRICT ACCESS ON THIS PROPERTY TO THE PERMITEE ONLY.
UH, WE'D WANT TO SET SOME STANDARDS AND CONDITIONS, UH, UH, FOR HOW THAT, UH, UH, USE WOULD OCCUR.
UH, WE'D ALSO BE LOOKING TO TRANSFER THE RISK, UH, UH, BY REQUIRING INDEMNIFICATION LANGUAGE AND INSURANCE.
AND BY RISK, I MEAN, IF SOMEONE WERE TO, UH, INJURE THEMSELVES ON THE PROPERTY, OR IF THEY WERE TO CREATE A HAZARDOUS CONDITION, WE'D WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF SOMEONE WERE USING THIS PROPERTY, THAT THEY WOULD, UH, UH, MAINTAIN THAT RISK.
BUT THE CHALLENGE OF, OF A PERMIT PROCESS IS THAT ONE KEY FEATURE FOR THE CITY WOULD BE RESTRICTING THAT USE TO HOLIDAY DECORATIONS ONLY.
AND THAT'S ACTUALLY, UH, UH, VERY DIFFICULT AND, UH, FOR US TO DO BECAUSE WE, UH, AREN'T ALLOWED TO REGULATE, UH, WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED FREE SPEECH IN THIS CASE.
UH, WE WOULD ONLY BE ABLE TO LIMIT WHETHER, WHAT TIME, PLACE, AND MANNER, UH, YOU'D BE ABLE TO LOCATE THERE.
AND THE CONCERN WOULD BE THAT IF YOU PUT A HOLIDAY DECORATION THROUGH YOUR PERMIT, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO PUT OTHER, UH, MESSAGES AND USE THE PROPERTY FOR SOMETHING OTHER THAN WHAT THIS WHOLE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM WOULD BE.
UH, WE ALSO, UH, WOULD HAVE DIFFICULTY AND NOT BE ABLE TO ISSUE THE PERMIT TO A SPECIFIC ENTITY.
AGAIN, THIS ALL CAME FROM AN HO A'S USE OF THE PROPERTY.
AND THE GOAL WOULD BE TO ALLOW AN HOA IN THE PROXIMITY OF THE MONUMENT, UH, TO BE ABLE TO, UH, USE IT IN CONNECTION, YOU KNOW, MOSTLY THROUGH THE FACT THAT THERE ARE RIGHT NEXT TO THAT MONUMENT.
HOWEVER, IN ORDER TO CREATE A FAIR PROCESS, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ONLY ALLOW, UH, A PARTICULAR ENTITY UNDER THOSE TYPES OF CRITERIA.
WHAT, WHAT WE WOULD LIKELY NEED TO DO IS HAVE A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE TYPE OF PROCESS.
SO AGAIN, NOW THE RISK IS, IS YOU COULD HAVE SOMEONE WHO HAS NO CONNECTION TO THE AREA WANTING TO, YOU KNOW, GET A PERMIT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO USE, UH, THE PROPERTY FOR A VARIETY OF POTENTIAL USES.
AND THEN, AS WE KNOW IN THE CITY, UH, EVEN IF WE HAVE INDEMNIFICATION LANGUAGE, AND EVEN IF WE HAVE INSURANCE COVER IT COVERAGE, IT'S NOT A GUARANTEE THAT THE CITY WOULDN'T BE SUED IF SOME TYPE OF, UH, UH, LIABILITY OCCURRED ON THE PRO PROPERTY, UH, WHERE THE PERMIT WAS ISSUED.
THE SECOND OPTION WE WANTED TO PRESENT FOR THE COUNCIL WOULD BE, UH, WELL, WHAT IF WE SOLD THE PROPERTY TO, UH, LET'S CALL IT AN HOA, SO THAT THEY COULD THEN, UH, HAVE, UH, THE DECORATIONS ON THE PROPERTY.
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INCLUDED IN THE STAFF REPORT, UH, ARE A VARIETY OF STEPS THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH IN ORDER TO EVEN BE ABLE TO OFFER THE PROPERTY.WE'D WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DIDN'T HAVE ANY, UH, EXISTING CONDITIONS OR REQUIREMENTS ON IT THAT WOULD PROHIBIT US FROM SELLING THE PROPERTY.
WE WOULD ALSO HAVE TO, UH, OFFER IT UP THROUGH A PUBLIC PROCESS SO THAT, UH, UM, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC KNEW THAT THE PROPERTY WAS FOR SALE.
UM, STAFF, UH, ALSO LOOKED AT WHAT WOULD, UH, BE THE STEPS FOR EXECUTING THE SALE.
AND, UM, IF YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT WHAT WE WOULD LIKELY BE SELLING IS A PIECE OF AN EXISTING LOT, UH, FOR, UH, CITY PROPERTY, WE'D HAVE TO, UH, MAKE A LOT, UH, SPLIT.
IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT A NEW PIECE OF PROPERTY, WE'D HAVE TO GET SURVEYS, BOTH OF THE NEW PIECE OF PROPERTY AND THE, UH, PRIOR CITY PROPERTY WHERE IT WAS, UH, CARVED OUT FROM.
UH, AND THEN IN MANY CASES, WE HAVE ELECTRICAL AND WATER LINES SERVING, UH, THESE MONUMENTS.
AND WE WOULD WANT TO HAVE THE NEW PURCHASER ALSO, UH, ESTABLISH, UH, UTILITIES ON THE PROPERTY, UH, FOR THEIR OWN USE TO EITHER PAY FOR THE ELECTRICITY, UH, THROUGH A DIRECT METER OR, UH, UH, A WATER METER FOR THAT, THAT USE.
UH, OUR THIRD OPTION FOR CONSIDERATION IS IF, UH, THE CITY IS, UH, UH, FINDS THAT, UH, ADDING DECORATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AT MONUMENT, UH, UH, SIGNS, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO DO A PROJECT WHERE THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WOULD DO THAT.
UH, THE LOGIC BEING CURRENTLY WE DO HOLIDAY DI DECORATIONS HERE AT CITY HALL, AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND AT THE MCCOY CENTER.
UH, IF WE WERE, IF THE COUNCIL WANTED US TO PREPARE, UH, A, A PROCESS FOR, UH, ADDITIONAL DECORATIONS, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO DO A SURVEY OF WHAT MONUMENTS AND WHAT CITY PROPERTY AREAS MADE SENSE.
WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO, UH, SECULAR, UH, DECORATIONS.
UH, BUT, UH, AT THE END OF THE DAY, UH, IF THE COUNCIL WANTED TO, I'D WORK WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TO IDENTIFY WHAT WE THINK THE BUDGET WOULD BE TO DO X NUMBER OF, UH, LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND THEN LASTLY IS JUST REITERATING, UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO PROHIBIT, UH, THIS PRIVATE USE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
UH, WE WOULD, COULD CONTINUE TO, UH, EXERCISE THAT RIGHT.
UH, AND, UH, WE WOULD THEN ALSO, UH, ADVISE THE COUNCIL THAT, UH, GIVEN THAT WE KNOW THERE AT IS AT LEAST ONE OTHER GROUP DOING A SIMILAR DECORATION DURING THE HOLIDAYS, WE WOULD, UH, SURVEY OUR PROPERTY AND MAKE SURE THAT ANYONE ELSE WITH A LONGSTANDING PRACTICE OF DOING, UH, UM, HOLIDAY DECORATIONS ON CITY PROPERTY WOULD BE INFORMED NOT TO CONTINUE THE PRACTICE.
AND THEN WE'D MONITOR OUR PROPERTY AND MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WERE AWARE OF THAT AND, UH, WOULD KEEP IT, UH, LIMITED THERE.
SO TONIGHT I'M JUST SEEKING, UH, THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION ON WHETHER OR NOT ANY OF THESE ALTERNATIVES MAKE SENSE FOR US TO BRING BACK AS A FULL POLICY, UH, OR IF THERE ARE ANY OPTIONS THAT WE DIDN'T CONSIDER THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE US TO PURSUE.
I JUST HAD A QUICK COMMENT 'CAUSE I KNOW WE PROBABLY HAVE SPEAKERS ON THIS SUBJECT AS WELL, BUT PREVIOUSLY WE HAD SOME MEMBERS OF THE ALTERRA COMMUNITY COME GIVE COMMENT.
AND I THINK THAT THE FIRST BURNING QUESTION IS HOW, IF THEY COULD LET THE PUBLIC KNOW HOW WERE THEY ABLE TO DECORATE FOR SO LONG IN THE FIRST PLACE BEFORE WE DISCOVERED IT WAS CITY PROPERTY.
SO ONE OF THE, EXCUSE ME, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES OF CODE ENFORCEMENT IS THAT WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A REACTIVE PROGRAM.
UH, AND UH, THIS REALLY IS AN A A CASE WHERE, UH, UH, STAFF DIDN'T SEE, UH, A HARM TO THE PAST PRACTICE.
UH, AND WHEN WE RECEIVED THE CODE ENFORCEMENT COMPLAINT, STAFF WENT OUT AND, AND WAS SURPRISED.
CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF WAS SURPRISED THAT WE ACTUALLY, UH, WEREN'T, UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE A PROCESS TO ALLOW THIS.
AND SO WHILE, UH, IT WAS UNDERSTOOD MAYBE IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND SOME OTHER AREAS, ONCE WE, UH, PUT FULL SCRUTINY ON IT, WE REALIZED THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE A PERMIT.
WE DIDN'T GIVE PERMISSION, WE JUST DIDN'T ENFORCE OUR RIGHTS TO HAVE IT REMOVED.
AND ISN'T IT KIND OF A CASE TOO, WHERE LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF STUFF THAT THAT BUBBLES UP FOR THE COUNTY DAYS VERSUS WHEN WE GO INTO INCORPORATION WHERE THINGS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, FALL WERE GRANDFATHERED IN IN A LOT OF WAYS.
WHAT WAS THE CITY PROPERTY? WHAT WAS COUNTY PROPERTY? SO WAS IT SOMETHING LIKE, KIND OF LIKE THAT TOO FOR MANY YEARS WHERE IT, THE ASSUMPTION WAS THAT IT WAS I ALTER PROPERTY.
UH, I SHOULD POINT OUT THAT, THAT THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A
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LONG TIME.THIS WASN'T EVEN, I MEAN, I WANT TO SAY IT WAS APPROACHING 20, 20 YEARS.
SO THIS IS, UH, THE TYPE OF THING THAT IT'S BEEN GOING ON SO LONG YOU DIDN'T EVEN KNOW.
LIKE IN, IN ONE OF THE CASES WHERE WE LOOKED AT ANOTHER SITE WHERE DECORATIONS, ONE OF THE SITES IS PRIVATE, ONE OF THE SITES IS PUBLIC.
SO, UH, IT COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN THAT SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS, UH, NOT CITY PROPERTY.
OTHER PEOPLE THOUGHT, WELL, NO HARM, NO FOUL.
BUT, UH, UNFORTUNATELY ONCE, AND, AND IT'S A BIG CITY, SO WE, YOU KNOW, WE SOMETIMES MISS THINGS.
BUT ONCE WE WERE MADE AWARE OF IT, THAT STARTED THE BALL ROLLING OF, OKAY, HOW DOES THIS GET MANAGED AND WHAT DO WE DO? AND SO, UH, WE PULLED THE ITEMS. YEAH.
AND I, I THINK WHAT'S HARD IS BECAUSE IF, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT KIND OF JUST LIKE TUNNEL VISION OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, VOTING ON ALTERA, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THAT.
I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT LIKE THIS VOTE HAS RAMIFICATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT'S GONNA HAVE A RIPPLE EFFECT THAT STAFF HAS PRESENTED.
SO THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT IS ONE OF MY CONCERNS.
BECAUSE YOU WOULD SAY LIKE, WELL IF SOMEONE'S WATCHING THIS MEETING, WELL IT'S EASY.
JUST LET 'EM JUST KEEP DECORATING.
AND WHEN I LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT, UM, OPTIONS, I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT OPTION THREE, WHICH IT KIND OF SPARKED MY INTEREST, BUT THE CONCERNS I HAVE WITH NUMBER THREE WAS, UM, FIRST OF ALL, WHO KNOWS HOW MANY MONUMENTS WE HAVE? I MEAN AREAS WE PROBABLY HAVE TONS IN THIS CITY.
SO FINANCIALLY, AND THEN HOW DO WE DETERMINE WHICH GET DECORATED? YEAH, THAT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE TO SAY TO SOMEONE, HUNTERS HILL, YOU'RE NOT GETTING DECORATIONS AND YOU KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE, BRIAN, YOU'RE GETTING THEM.
SO OUR HOA OWNS THE PROPERTY SO THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT
UM, CYNTHIA BROUGHT UP A GOOD QUESTION.
HOW MANY HOAS ARE THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT DO HAVE MONUMENTS THAT BELONG TO OUR CITY? DO WE KNOW HOW MANY? I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY.
UH, WELL I GUESS I SHOULD GO BACK AND SAY THAT AS THE CITY DEVELOPED IN A LOT OF CASES, WE HAVE HAD MONUMENTS THAT WERE, UH, PART OF THE, UH, DEVELOPERS BRANDING FOR THE AREA.
UH, I GUESS ONE ANSWER TO CYNTHIA'S POINT AND YOURS IS THAT WE HAVE 52 SITES THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT WE CONSIDER MONUMENT SITES.
SOME OF THEM HAVE LETTERING ON THEM, SOME OF THEM DON'T.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW WOULD WE DEPLOY THIS IF WE DID EVERY SITE, THERE'S 52 OF THEM.
AND SO, UH, SOME OF THEM, UH, ARE CITY SITES.
BUT I THINK MAYBE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ, TO YOUR POINT, THERE ARE ALSO AREAS THAT TO THE UNTRAINED EYE WOULD JUST LOOK LIKE, UH, UH, A CITY MONUMENT WHEN IT'S REALLY AN HOAS, UH, MONUMENT SHOW, UH, SHOWING THE BORDERS OF THEIR PRIVATE COMMUNITY.
I KNOW AT ONE TIME WE WERE DIVIDED INTO VILLAGES AND I KNOW THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
MONUMENT SIGNS OUTSIDE OF A VILLAGE.
BUT MY QUESTION IS, I'D REALLY LIKE TO FIND OUT THE HOAS.
WHAT WOULD THEY LIKE TO SEE? 'CAUSE I KNOW WE'VE TALKED TO ONE HO A BUT I KNOW CARRIAGE HILLS WOULD BE ANOTHER EXAMPLE.
UM, THEY HAVE A SIGN THAT DOESN'T BELONG TO THEM, THEY DECORATE IT.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE OTHER HOAS, WHAT, WHAT WOULD THEY LIKE TO SEE BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD PERSONALLY? SO YOU TALKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF THEM PURCHASING THAT, THAT LAND? WELL, I WANT TO KNOW, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE MAKING A DECISION THAT'S GONNA AFFECT THEM.
AND MY QUESTION IS, HAVE WE COMMUNICATED WITH THEM SO THEY KNOW THIS IS HAPPENING? AND THAT'S MY QUESTION.
I THINK ONE OF THE DIVIDING LINES WAS APPROXIMATELY 1995 WHEN PROP TWO 18 CAME AROUND OR CAME INTO BEING THE CITY AT THAT POINT STOPPED ACCEPTING A LOT OF THE COMMON LOTS.
UH, 'CAUSE THEY WERE, THE CITY WAS PREVIOUSLY PUTTING THEM INTO THE CFDS, UH, OR L AND LS FOR, UM, UH, MAINTENANCE AND FOR 'CAUSE THEY COULD, THEY COULD COLLECT THE COST FROM THE RESIDENTS TO, UH, MAINTAIN THESE COMMON AREAS.
BUT ONCE PROP TWO 18 CAME INTO PLACE, THAT BECAME VERY DIFFICULT.
AND SO THE CITY STARTED GIVING THESE, OR HAVING THE HOAS MAINTAIN THESE COMMON AREAS.
AND SO I SUSPECT THAT DIVIDING LINE IS, IS PROBABLY THE DIVIDING LINE IS THAT YEAR FOR A LOT OF THESE WHERE THE OWNERSHIP WENT TO THE HOA, IT'S PROBABLY NOT EXACTLY PRECISE, BUT I SUSPECT THAT AFTER THAT DATE, MOST OF THEM BECAME OWNED BY THE HOA.
AND THE REASON I BRING THIS UP, UH, BRIAN, IS THE FACT THAT WHATEVER DECISION WE MAKE TODAY IS GONNA AFFECT 53 OTHER HOAS OR AREAS WHERE PEOPLE LIVE.
AND I JUST WOULD HATE TO DO SOMETHING TODAY AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN GET SOME PUSHBACK LATER.
YOU KNOW, WE NEVER REALLY NOTIFIED THEM.
'CAUSE I KNOW THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA BE HEARING SHOULD HAVE NOTIFIED US.
SO MY QUESTION IS, I'D LIKE TAKE, TAKE A STEP BACK AND MAYBE MAKE SOME NOTIFICATION BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND THAT'S JUST MY, MY PERSONAL OPINION.
PETER, ANY, OH, CAN I GET, BEFORE I FORGET, SORRY PETER.
I NEED TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION.
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AND SO I THOUGHT WHAT WAS BEFORE US TONIGHT WAS MONUMENTS THAT ARE ON CITY PROPERTY.SO IF THE HOAS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT'S ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, SO WE DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT RIGHT NOW.
IS THAT CORRECT? I'M, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M ON THE SAME PAGE.
I I THINK I'LL BLEND THE, THE, THE TWO ISSUES.
NO, WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO PLACE REGULATIONS ON PRIVATELY HELD PROPERTY BY HOAS, BUT WHAT I'M HEARING FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ IS A DECISION ABOUT THE USE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY THAT MAY IN THE PAST BEEN, UH, UH, AN HOAS UH, INVOLVEMENT.
UH, YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING.
SO, AND NO, WE DID NOT DO OUTREACH TO ALL OF THE, UH, HOAS.
BUT ACCORDING TO THE STAFF REPORT, I THOUGHT THAT ONLY THERE WAS ONLY TWO PROPERTIES THAT THAT FELL INTO.
UH, THE, THE ONE, UH, AT ALTERRA PARK, UH, OR ALTERRA, HOA IS THE FIRST.
CARRIAGE HILLS IS ALSO, UH, HAS A CURRENT PRACTICE OF, UH, INSTALLING LIGHTS ON, UH, A CITY PROPERTY.
THOSE ARE TWO HOAS THAT ARE DECORATING ON CITY OWNED PROPERTY.
SO ARE WE SAYING THAT THERE POTENTIALLY COULD BE OTHER SITUATIONS OUT THERE THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT? ALSO, MY CONCERNS ARE OKAY.
SO THAT'S, WE'RE NOT SURE WE HAVE OTHER CITY OWNED MONUMENT? THAT'S CORRECT.
THERE, THERE COULD BE OTHERS THAT WE ARE NOT AWARE OF BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T, UH, PERFORMED A, UH, SURVEY, UH, PARTIALLY BECAUSE THIS ONLY COMES UP TYPICALLY ONCE A YEAR.
BUT, BUT YES, THE, THE DIRECT OUTREACH COULD GIVE US AN ANSWER TO WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S ANYONE CURRENTLY DOING IT OR THAT WANTS TO WEIGH IN BECAUSE THEY'D LIKE TO DO IT IN THE FUTURE.
AND I THINK TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ WAS SAYING, IF WE ARE GOING TO REACH OUT TO THE HOAS, CAN WE ALSO GAUGE IF WE WERE TO GO WITH THE OPTION OF SELLING THEM THE PROPERTY, IF THEY WOULD EVEN FATHOM, YOU KNOW, PAYING FOR IT.
'CAUSE SINCE THAT'S ONE OF THE OPTIONS.
SO IF WE'RE GONNA REACH OUT, MIGHT AS WELL FIND OUT IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY OR IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY FROM THEM.
UM, AND IF THERE'S NO MORE AND WE CAN'T GIVE IT AWAY BECAUSE IT'S A GIFT OF PUBLIC FUNDS.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT TO EXPLAIN THAT IT'S NOT AS EASY AS JUST SELLING IT TO THEM.
IT'S GIFT OF PUBLIC CLAIMS. SO I WOULD TAKE COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ'S COMMENTS AS A MOTION TO TABLE FOR NOW AND THEN MAYBE COME BACK LATER, UH, WITH WHATEVER THAT SURVEY WOULD BE.
WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS, PLEASE LOCK IN YOUR VOTES.
THANK YOU BEN FOR THE PRESENTATION.
WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO PLANNING COMMISSION MATTERS.
UH, THIS PORTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDAS FOR MATTERS FROM THE APRIL 1ST TO 2025 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, THERE IS NO ACTION REQUIRED UNLESS TWO MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL WISH TO, UH, REQUEST A REVIEW ON THE MATTER.
[14. Design Review No. DR-0008-2024 - 4644 Bird Farm Road, Earnest Little, Applicant (on behalf of property owner, Liang Chen): The Planning Commission adopted a resolution approving Custom Home Design Review No. DR-0008-2024 for construction of a 1,635-square-foot, two-story, single-family detached residence with attached 480-square-foot two-car garage located at 4644 Bird Farm Road and determining project exempt from review under California Environmental Quality Act]
14, DESIGN REVIEW NUMBER DR 0 0 8 20 24, WHICH IS LOCATED AT 4 6 4 4 BIRD FARM ROAD WITH EARNEST LITTLE AS THE APPLICANT.AND IT IS ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNER, PROPERTY OWNER LIANG CHEN.
SO IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO PULL THAT FOR COMMENTS, OKAY, THEN WE WILL MOVE ON.
[15. 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.]
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON AGENDIZED ITEMS. UH, AT THIS TIME, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEMS, UH, WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL THAT DO NOT APPEAR ON THE AGENDA.PLEASE COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK A REQUEST TO SPEAK FORM.
UH, CARD, UH, COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF ONE MINUTE PER SPEAKER.
SO VICE MAYOR, I HAVE FOUR SPEAKERS.
THE FOUR, THE FIRST SPEAKER IS ABRAHAM CUTTEN.
ALRIGHT SIR, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.
MY NAME IS ABRAHAM COUNSEL FREE SPEECH AS WELL AS MANY OTHER CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK IN AMERICA.
AND I'M HERE TO SEE WHAT YOU INTEND TO DO ABOUT IT.
REGARDLESS OF YOUR POLITICS AS GUARANTEED BY THE CONSTITUTION, WE HAVE A RIGHT TO CRITICIZE OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CALL OUT THE UNELECTED HACK THEY HAVE GIVEN POWER TO AS THE GOOD PEOPLE OF TUNA HILLS DID JUST THIS LAST WEEKEND, WE'VE ARRIVED TO ORGANIZE PROTESTS AND SPEAK OUT AGAINST ANY FOREIGN GOVERNMENT WE WANT.
THEY, THESE ARE RIGHTS AND THEY ARE NOT UP FOR DEBATE.
THIS DOES NOT JUST APPLY TO CITIZENS, IT APPLIES TO EVERYONE HERE.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE A PERSON IS FROM THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN OR WHAT RELIGION THEY HAVE.
THE ABDUCTION OF MAHMOOD KIL, A GRAD STUDENT AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY BY THE US GOVERNMENT, WITH NO DUE PROCESS IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
THIS IS NOT JUST AN ATTACK ON FREE SPEECH.
AND WHAT IS AMERICA? AMERICA IS AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS.
IMMIGRANTS ARE NOT A LIABILITY.
IMMIGRANTS ARE WHAT MAKES AMERICA GREAT.
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WE MUST ALL SPEAK UP AND SHUT DOWN THESE ABDUCTIONS, OR WE ARE FAILING AMERICA AND CHINO HILLS.IN ADDITION, WE MUST STOP ALLOWING ANY GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL TO BE MORE LOYAL TO ISRAEL AND NON-JEWISH APARTHEID TERROR STATE THAN AMERICA AND PER AND PERHAPS HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE TREASON.
THEIR ALLEGIANCE WITH ISRAEL REPRESENTS.
I WILL NEVER SUBMIT TO ISRAEL.
AND UNTIL OUR COUNTRY BREAKS UP WITH ISRAEL, OUR FREE SPEECH WILL NEVER BE PROTECTED AND NONE OF US WILL BE FREE.
STAND UP FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR IMMIGRANTS.
STAND UP FOR THE CONSTITUTION.
STAND UP FOR FREE SPEECH AND STAND UP FOR M.
AND FURTHERMORE, ALL CITIES IN AMERICA ALLOW FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
THREE MINUTES THIS COUNCIL RESTRICTING PUBLIC COMMENT.
REFLECT HOW LITTLE YOU RESPECT OUR FREE SPEECH AND OUR CONSTITUTION.
I DEMAND YOU, YOU BETTER OR GET OUTTA OFFICE.
SIR, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
GOOD EVENING, UH, CITY COUNCIL.
IT'S BEEN A MINUTE, BUT I'M HERE AGAIN.
TO RESPECTFULLY ASK THE CITY OF CHINO HOST TO DIRECT ITS INVESTMENT MANAGERS TO DIVEST FROM, UH, CATERPILLAR.
UM, WE'VE BEEN HAVING THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE.
WHILE I UNDERSTAND YOU DON'T SELECT YOUR INDIVIDUAL STOCKS, YOU CAN INSTRUCT YOUR MANAGERS TO SCREEN OUT COMPANIES INVOLVED IN HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS.
UM, AS MENTIONED BEFORE, C CATERPILLARS ARMORED BULL BULLDOZERS HAVE BEEN USED TO DEMOLISH HOMES, SCHOOLS, AND HOSPITALS IN BOTH GAZA AND THE WEST BANK.
UH, THESE MACHINES HAVE BEEN CAUSED, UH, HAVE CAUSED CIVILIAN DEATH SUCH SHOWS IN 2003 WITH A KILLING OF THE AMERICAN, UH, PEACE ACTIVIST RACHEL COREY.
UM, ALSO, THIS ISN'T LIKE A FRINGE OR NEW IDEA.
IN DECEMBER OF 2024, ALAMEDA COUNTY DIVESTED 32 MILLION FROM CATERPILLAR, AMONG OTHERS, I WOULD SAY.
UH, AND ALSO I JUST WANNA ADDRESS REAL QUICK.
THERE ARE COMPETITIVE AND ETHICAL ALTERNATIVES SUCH AS INVESTMENT FIRMS, FIRMS LIKE CALVER PACS WORLD AND DOMINI.
UM, THEY OFFER FUNDS, UH, THAT EXCLUDE COMPANIES TIED TO WAR CRIMES WITHOUT SACRIFICING TO OR RETURNS.
YOU HAVE THE POWER TO ALIGN OUR CITY'S INVESTMENTS WITH OUR VALUES.
SO CHIN HILLS IS NOT COMPLICIT IN GENOCIDE.
OUR NEXT, NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
AS WE WITNESS THE ONGOING VIOLENCE AND GENOCIDE IN PALESTINE, WE KNOW THIS ISN'T JUST A TRAGEDY HAPPENING ACROSS THE GLOBE.
IT'S A REFLECTION OF THE SAME SYSTEMS OVER HERE THAT WE FACE.
SYSTEMS THAT CRIMINALIZE IMMIGRANTS, STRIP AWAY PUBLIC RESOURCES AND SILENCE COMMUNITIES WHO DARE TO SPEAK OUT FOR JUSTICE.
I'M SURE ALL OF YOU, IF YOU'RE PAYING ATTENTION, HAVE SEEN HOW COLLEGE STUDENTS, OUR COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE BEING TREATED WHEN THEY RAISE THEIR VOICES AND TRY TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST INJUSTICE.
THEY'RE CRIMINALIZED, PUNISHED, UNLAWFULLY, DETAINED, DISAPPEARED.
THAT SHOULD CONCERN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU UP THERE AS OUR REPRESENTATIVES, RIGHT? BECAUSE OF, UM, BECAUSE OF ALL THIS IS A PART OF A LARGER PATTERN.
I HOPE THIS COUNCIL UNDERSTANDS THESE ARE THE SIGNS OF THE SOCIETY SLIDING INTO FASCISM QUICKLY.
I ALSO HOPE YOU'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO HOW PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY ARE FEELING.
I'M HERE TO INFORM YOU OF THE PROTESTS WE HAD.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE SHOWED UP TO DENOUNCE FASCISM, LOUD AND CLEAR, WE REJECTED IN EVERY FORM.
THIS INCLUDES RACISM, STATE VIOLENCE, POLITICAL REPRESSION, AND SUPPORT OF ILLEGAL OCCUPATIONS.
THIS MESSAGE IS DIRECTED AT ALL OF YOU, AND I'M ASKING YOU TO SPEAK UP.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT ALL THIS INJUSTICE? DO YOU REPRESENT US OR DO YOU STAND WITH THOSE WHO ARE HARMING US RIGHT NOW? THANK YOU MA'AM.
UM, I'M GONNA START WITH A RIDDLE FOR YOU.
UH, WHAT DO YOU CALL A MAYOR WHO BANS SIGNS, FLAGS AND ANYTHING THAT ELEVATES PEOPLE'S VOICES ONCE HE TAKES OFFICE? ANY GUESSES? WELL, WE CALL HIM A FASCIST BAY.
ART BENNETT IS SO TERRIFIED OF THE TRUTH THAT HE HAD TO RESTRICT OUR SPEAKING TIME TO ONE MINUTE, ONCE AGAIN, VIOLATING OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND EXPRESSION, AS WELL AS SUPPRESSING OUR VOICES.
UH, THE MAYOR HAS TURNED THIS CHAMBER INTO A DICTATORSHIP.
THE VERY THING THAT AMERICANS FEAR AND REJECT ON SATURDAY AT THE HANDS-OFF PROTESTS RIGHT HERE IN CHINO HILLS.
PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, CHRISTIANS, MUSLIMS, JEWS, STUDENTS, ELDERS, REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS AND INDEPENDENTS, UH, STOOD TOGETHER AGAINST OUR FASCIST GOVERNMENT.
I WOULD'VE LOVED TO SHOW YOU PICTURES AND VIDEOS OF HOW BEAUTIFUL IT WAS TO SEE THIS COMMUNITY UNITE AND RISE UP.
BUT LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE, THIS FASCIST
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CITY COUNCIL BANNED OUR RIGHTS TO, UM, VISUALS TOO.AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS CITY, UM, IS NOT AN ISOLATED POLICY.
IT'S AN EXTENSION OF TRUMP'S TYRANNY WHERE HE CRIMINALIZES SPEECH AND TARGETS IMMIGRANTS.
HE REVOKES GREEN CARDS AND STUDENT VISAS LIKE M KILS AND TENS OF COLLEGE STUDENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY FOR DARING TO SPEAK OUT AND STAND UP AGAINST OPPRESSION, OCCUPATION, AND GENOCIDE.
ANY FURTHER SPEAKERS, MA'AM? NO MORE.
AND I KNOW AT OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING WE TOUCHED ON IT, IT'S NOT AN IZED ITEM, BUT WE WILL BE REEVALUATING THE LENGTH.
UM, I THINK YOU HEARD FROM A NUMBER OF US THAT WE DIDN'T AGREE WITH A MINUTE.
[ SAFETY UPDATES - Fire and Police]
OUR, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY UPDATES.UH, CHIEF WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR JOE.
UM, I REALLY ONLY HAVE ONE COMMENT TONIGHT.
AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO KEEP, UH, REMINDING, UH, WE HAVE MOVED OUR FIRE, OUR OPEN HOUSE, OUR FIRE SERVICE DAY.
WE REFER TO IT AS OUR OPEN HOUSE TO MAY 3RD.
SO WE, UH, JUST WANNA KEEP THAT ON EVERYBODY'S RIGHT RADAR TO, TO COME ON OUT AND ENJOY.
UH, WE THINK IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT YEAR THIS YEAR.
HONORABLE VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF AND RESIDENTS IN ATTENDANCE.
UH, I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT THIS EVENING, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE.
COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ? YES, CHIEF, UM, REAL FAR REGARDING E-BIKES.
UM, I'VE BEEN SEEING 'EM THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, DRIVING ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE STREETS, UM, ON THE SIDEWALK.
UM, ENFORCEMENT, ARE WE DOING ANYTHING? AND I KNOW THAT WE ARE, IF YOU CAN JUST SORT OF LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
SO, UH, OUR, OUR DEPUTY SHERIFFS DO ENFORCE THE MUNICIPAL CODE AND THE VEHICLE CODE.
SO THERE'S QUITE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ELECTRIC BIKE, E-BIKES, AND THEN ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLES.
SO, UH, ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLES, UH, ARE JUST LIKE REGULAR MOTORCYCLES.
SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE TO OPERATE THOSE.
AND IF WE SEE SOMEBODY WHO LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW, OUR DEPUTIES DO STOP THEM AND WILL WILL WRITE A CITATION OF APPLICABLE.
UH, E E-BIKES ARE ESSENTIALLY MUST OF ALL THE SAME RULES AS BICYCLES, EXCEPT THE MUNICIPAL CODE PROHIBITS THEM NOW ON SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC PARTS ON CITY, ON CITY OWNED OPEN SPACE.
UM, SO IF OUR DEPUTIES SEE THAT, THEY ALSO WILL STOP THEM AND INFORM THEM OF THE LAW AND IF NECESSARY, WRITE A CITATION.
SO WE ARE ACTIVELY ENFORCING THOSE LAWS.
UM, OH, IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.
WHAT ABOUT HELMETS? UM, DO YOU HAVE TO BE LIKE A CERTAIN AGE? DO YOU HAVE TO WEAR A HELMET? YES.
UNDER 18 YOU MUST WEAR A HELMET.
SO IF WE SEE SOMEBODY OUT THERE WITHOUT A HELMET, WE WILL CITE THEM OR YES, WE WILL.
IF THERE'S NO FURTHER COMMENTS, WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO THE CITY MANAGER UPDATES.
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UH, NO UPDATE TONIGHT.[ COUNCIL REPORTS Mayor Bennett Chino Valley Unified School District Board Vice Mayor Johsz Omnitrans Board Legislative Advocacy Committee Council Member Marquez San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Board Council Member Moran California Institution for Men and Women’s Citizens Advisory Committees Council Member Rogers Chino Basin Desalter Authority Board Tres Hermanos Conservation Authortiy Board]
AND, BECAUSE I CAN CHANGE THE ORDER, WE'RE GONNA GO WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS FIRST, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND.WE HAVE CHINO BASIN WATER AUTHORITY, ONE OF OUR FIVE SOURCES OF WATER, WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT ANOTHER SOURCE EARLIER TODAY.
OUR BOARD MEETING WAS, UM, ADOPTION OF OUR FISCAL YEAR BUDGET FOR 25 26.
AGAIN, THERE'S, UH, SEVEN MEMBER AGENCIES WITH CHINO DE SALTER AUTHORITY, WHICH IS, UH, UH, WE TAKE BRACKISH WATER OUT OF THE GROUND AND TREAT IT AND THEN DISTRIBUTE IT.
AND CCVA IS A MONTHLY MEETING AND WE APPROVE THE BUDGET.
AND THEN THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE DID ARE THE USUAL THINGS.
WE HAVE TWO WATER TREATMENT PLANTS, ONE IN CHINO, ONE IN ARPA, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS GOING ON TO RE REHAB THE WELLS, ET CETERA, WITH THE, WHERE WE PULL OUT THE WATER AND WE JUST RE APPROVED VARIOUS AMENDMENTS TO VARIOUS CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE ON A DIFFERENT, UM, DESIGN OF WELLS AND BOOSTER PUMPS, ET CETERA.
AND WE JUST APPROVED CONTRACTS.
AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS IT FOR, FOR CDA.
AND THEN TRACE ARMOS, RAY AND I ARE ON THE TRACE ARMOS COMMITTEE AND IT, AND THEY, THEY MOVE PRETTY QUICKLY.
USUALLY THEY'RE 15 OR 20 MINUTES MAX BECAUSE IT'S, THERE'S NOT A LOT TO DO WITH THIS OTHER THAN GOVERNANCE AND MAKING SURE THAT IT STAYS IN ITS CURRENT CONDITION.
AND OUR BIG ACTION ITEM WAS THE SAME THEME.
UH, WE REVIEWED THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 25, 26, AND WE APPROVED THAT AS A BOARD.
AND OTHERWISE IT WAS JUST, UH, UH, NO COMMENTS REALLY.
AND TALKED ABOUT A FUTURE, UH, TOUR AT SOME POINT IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
UM, I ATTENDED S-B-C-T-A AND UH, WE HAVE A NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, KERRY SCHINDLER AND MR. RAY WOLF, PROFESSOR RAY WOLF IS GONNA
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BE RETIRING AUGUST THE FIFTH OF THIS COUPLE MONTHS.CAL CITIES GAVE US A PRESENTATION, WELL ACTUALLY THEY WERE GONNA GIVE US A PRESENTATION ON PROP ONE.
I WAS IN CLOSED SESSION FOR WELL OVER AN HOUR.
SO THEY, THEY LEFT THE BUILDING SO THEY DIDN'T STICK AROUND.
SO THEY, THEY LEFT A QMD GAVE US A PRE PRESENTATION ON 1111 AND 1121.
UH, THEY WANTED US TO CHANGE OUR POSITION AT S-B-C-T-A AND WE, WE OPPOSE IT AND WE CONTINUE TO OPPOSE IT.
NOTHING TOO MUCH FOR, UM, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR MEN.
WE MET THIS MORNING, UM, WAS ACCREDITATION IS SOMETHING THAT MANY OF THE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS GO THROUGH FOR THOSE OF THAT AREN'T FAMILIAR.
IT'S THE, UM, IT'S WESTERN ASSOCIATION, WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
BUT YEAH, THEY WERE HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE EL PRADO ADULT SCHOOL THAT'S ON CAMPUS AT, UM, I'M SORRY, CIW SO I'M TALKING ABOUT FIRST HAS PASSED THEIR, WAS WACA ACCREDITATION.
SO THEY WERE VERY PROUD TO SHARE THAT THEY CONTINUE TO HAVE, UH, GREAT PROGRAMS. UM, INTERIM, UH, WARD IN LAVELLE PARKER IS NO LONGER INTERIM.
HE'S BEEN CONFIRMED BY THE GOVERNOR AND HE WILL BE SWORN IN ON APRIL 14TH.
AND THEN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR MEN.
UM, NOTHING REALLY SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT.
UM, THEY JUST CONTINUE TO HAVE REALLY GREAT PROGRAMS FOR, FOR REENTRY.
UM, THEY HAVE, THEY HAD 53 ORGANIZATIONS COME OUT THE FACILITY, UM, FOR RESOURCES THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA BE PROMOTING WITHIN A YEAR.
AND, UM, FOR ANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS OR BUSINESSES THAT WATCH OUR MEETINGS, IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET MORE INVOLVED, THEY REALLY RELY HEAVILY ON, UH, DONATED IN KIND DONATIONS, UM, AND MONETARY DONATIONS, UM, FROM OUTSIDE AGENCIES TO PUT THESE PROGRAMS ON.
'CAUSE SOMETHING THAT WE BROUGHT UP AT THE MEETING IS THAT WE KNOW WITH THE DILAPIDATING STATE OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE REPAIRED, WE, WE QUESTION THE FUNDING FOR THESE PROGRAMS AND THEY ASSURED US THAT ALL OF THESE GREAT PROGRAMS RIGHT NOW ARE OUTSIDE OF THE BUDGET AND BEING DONATED.
SO THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB WITH LIMITED RESOURCES THAT THEY HAVE.
AND THEN I'LL GIVE MY REPORT, UH, OMNI TRANS BOARD.
WE HONORED, UH, EMPLOYEES FOR SAFE DRIVING.
YOU KNOW, ONE GUY I GOT, I HAD A MILLION MILES WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT, SO WE WANTED TO HONOR HIM.
AND THEN THE BULK OF IT WAS LABOR NEGOTIATIONS WITH OUR DRIVERS.
SO THAT WAS THE BIGGEST PART OF CLOSED SESSION.
UH, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO COUNCIL
[ COUNCIL COMMENTS]
COMMENTS.OKAY, JUST, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE THINGS.
ONE I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UM, AN INDIVIDUAL WE'RE NOT ADJOURNED IN HIS BEHALF, BUT, UH, INDIVIDUAL BY THE NAME OF PAT COLLINS, WHO WAS OUR PARKS AND REC COMMISSIONER YEARS AGO WHEN I SERVED ON PARKS AND REC, RAY WAS ON PARKS AND REC, OR HAMAN WAS ON PARKS AND REC AT THE TIME.
HE, THEY HAD MOVED TO TO TEXAS, SO LOST A LITTLE BIT OF TRACK OF WHAT THEY WERE UP TO, BUT I KNEW HE WAS FIGHTING CANCER AND HE PASSED AWAY AND I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT, UM, MANY INDIVIDUALS STEP UP TO ASSIST THE CITY IN THE VOLUNTEER ROLES, ET CETERA.
AND PAT WAS ONE OF 'EM AND HE SHINED BRIGHTLY WHEN IT CAME TO, UH, CON CONTRIBUTIONS WHEN IT CAME TO OUR PARKS AND REC SYSTEM.
SO, AND AGAIN, I KNOW RAY KNEW HIM, SO I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
AND JUST NICK, I KNOW WE MAY HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT FAIRLY RECENTLY, I JUST WANNA BRING UP THAT ONE PARTICULAR PROPERTY ON CARBON CANYON ROAD WHERE THE WALLS WERE TOO TALL, YOU KNOW, THE BRICK WALLS AND EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT WHERE ARE WE AT WITH, WITH THAT RIGHT NOW? UH, THAT, UM, PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY THE SUBJECT OF UH, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT, UH, ACTION BY THE CITY.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER IN ORDER TO GAIN COMPLIANCE.
THEY WERE APPROVED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE FAMILY HOME THERE YEARS AGO.
THEY HAVE PLANS, UH, ON FILE WITH THE CITY.
AND SO WE WERE WORKING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER TO, UH, TO, TO GET THEM INTO COMPLIANCE.
'CAUSE I KNOW IT COMES UP OFTEN.
UH, YOU SEE IT POP UP ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND JUST TALK AROUND TOWN, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THAT PROPERTY.
SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING THEM BACK INTO COMPLIANCE WHERE THEY MAYBE HAVE DEVIATED FROM WHAT THEY WERE ALLOWED TO DO, IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YES.
IN A DIPLOMATIC WAY IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YEAH.
SO I WANT FOCUS ON PAT COLLINS.
UM, I ATTENDED SK UH, TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
BASICALLY WE WERE GIVEN A PRESENTATION ON LAST MILE FREIGHT PROGRAM, WHICH INCLUDED EV VEHICLES AND ALSO CNG, UM, REGIONAL COUNCIL.
THE NOMINATION COMMITTEE HAD A SLATE, UH, THAT WE APPROVED AND WE WILL GO TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMING IN MAY.
UH, PRESIDENT CINDY ALLEN FROM LONG BEACH WILL BE PRESIDENT.
I WILL BE FIRST VICE PRESIDENT AND JENNY CROSSWHITE WILL BE SECOND VICE PRESIDENT.
I ATTENDED THE CAL CITY'S PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
WE HAD UPDATES ON THE WILDFIRE.
WE ALSO HAD, UH, CARE COURT UPDATES AND THEY REFUSED TO TALK ABOUT
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PROP 36.WE BROUGHT IT UP NUMEROUS TIMES AND THEY WOULD NOT EVEN TALK ABOUT IT.
UH, WE SUPPORTED LEGISLATION ON AB 9 92, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY, I'M PRETTY SURE THIS MIGHT BE, UH, C ALS BILL, CDOS, BILL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO EDUCATION, AND THEN ALSO AB 75, WHICH IS INSURANCE CARE COURT.
MS. MARK OR MS. MIRANDA, JUST COUNSEL COMMENTS.
UM, I KNOW THAT, UM, I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, JONATHAN'S GROUP, YOU HAD GOTTEN, UM, DIRECTION FROM US, UM, YOU KNOW, OVER THE YEARS WITH OUR, UM, GOALS, PLANNING AND EVERYTHING ABOUT REALLY REVITALIZING THE USE OF OUR EQUESTRIAN CENTER.
UM, I KNOW ALL OF US HAD EXPRESSED, ESPECIALLY YOU RAY, AND UM, WHEN WE GOT THE CITY MANAGER MEMO ABOUT THE UPCOMING SHOWS, I WAS JUST ELATED.
SO BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'RE GONNA HAVE 17 EQUESTRIAN SHOWS OVER THERE AND THAT'S JUST WONDERFUL.
SO KUDOS TO YOUR GROUP FOR GETTING OUT THERE AND RECRUITING THESE, UM, GROUPS TO COME HAVE EQUESTRIAN SHOWS AND UTILIZE THAT CENTER, LIKE HOW WE WANT IT TO BE UTILIZED.
SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU PUBLICLY FOR THAT.
AND MY COMMENTS, I'M JUST GONNA CALL AN AUDIBLE WHEN
[ 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.]
IT COMES TO A JOURNEY INTO MEMORY.UH, THREE WEEKS AGO, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT LOST A DEPUTY, UH, HECTOR CUEVAS UP IN, UH, VICTORVILLE, I BELIEVE.
SO JUST WANTED TO ADJOURN IN HIS MEMORY.
SO WITH THAT, HAVE A GOOD EVENING.