[1. PUBLIC COMMENTS: At this time members of the public may address the City Council regarding any items appearing on the Budget Workshop agenda. Those persons wishing to address the City Council must complete and submit to the 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.]

PUBLIC COMMENTS AND CRYSTALS.

WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS AT THIS TIME, SO IF THERE WERE ANYBODY WHO WISHING TO TURN IN A SPEAKER CARD, NOW WOULD BE THE TIME.

HEARING NONE, SEEING NONE.

WE'LL MOVE ON. THANK YOU.

CHERYL. THANK YOU MAYOR.

[2. Review and discuss proposed Fiscal Year 2025-26 Operating Budget, Capital Improvement Projects, and Five-Year Budget Outlook]

THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL, FOR JOINING US TODAY.

AGAIN, AS THE MAYOR POINTED OUT FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC.

OUR GOAL TODAY IS TO REVIEW REVIEW THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FOR OUR NEXT FISCAL YEAR IN THE AUDIENCE.

JOINING US ARE REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.

THEY HAVE THE TASK OF DEVELOPING THE BUDGET IN DETAIL, FAR MORE DETAIL THAN WE EVER PRESENT IN A DOCUMENT.

IN PREPARATION FOR TODAY'S BUDGET WORKSHOP, I CHECKED MY EMAIL TO GET AN EXACT DATE OF WHEN WE STARTED PREPARING THIS BUDGET.

AND I THINK BRENDA FROM FINANCE, HER FIRST EMAIL WENT OUT ON OCTOBER 3RD.

SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT AN ANNUAL BUDGET THAT WE STARTED SIX MONTHS AGO.

IT'S AMAZING THE AMOUNT OF WORK AND ALL THE THOUGHTFULNESS THAT GOES INTO THIS BUDGET.

SO I JUST WANTED TO FIRST THANK THE TEAM FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU'VE DONE OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS TO PULL THIS TOGETHER.

WHEN WE START OUR BUDGET, WE TAKE IT IN MANAGEABLE CHUNKS.

WE LOOK FIRST AT ALL OF OUR VEHICLE NEEDS.

WE LOOK AT WHAT WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO NEED IN TECHNOLOGY.

AND THEN WE ALSO START TO LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANY PERSONNEL PROPOSALS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.

AND WE HAVE ALL OF THAT IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR.

AND THEN WE ALSO START LOOKING AT OUR OPERATING BUDGET AND OUR CIP FOR THE LARGER EXPENDITURES. HERE'S OUR ILLUSTRATION.

SO WHEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS, IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT FOR US TO LAY OUT FOR THE COMMUNITY.

HOW WE DEVELOP A BUDGET FOR A $150 MILLION OPERATION LIKE THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.

FIRST WE LOOK AT ALL OF THE THINGS WE'VE DONE IN THE YEAR PAST AND PRIOR FISCAL YEARS TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE'VE ACHIEVED ALL OF OUR GOALS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE OPERATIONS. WE WANT TO SEE IF THE QUALITY AND THE QUANTITY OF EVERYTHING WE HAD PLANNED WORKED OUT THE WAY WE THOUGHT.

DOES IT MEET OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS? WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'VE SPENT ON ALL OF THOSE OPERATIONS WERE SUFFICIENT.

WHAT WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO NEED FOR THE NEXT YEAR, AND WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE ANY NEW PROGRAMS OR SERVICES THAT WE SHOULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION AS WE DEVELOP THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR'S BUDGET.

WE TRY TO MAKE AS INFORMED A PROJECTION OR ASSUMPTION AS WE CAN, BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT WHAT IT MAY COST FOR US TO DO ALL OF THESE THINGS IN THE FUTURE. WE USE OUR REGIONAL INFORMATION THAT WE GET FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES TO

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UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR REVENUE MAY BE.

WE TRY TO FORECAST OUR SALES TAX AND OUR PROPERTY TAX, WHICH IS THE TWO LARGEST GENERAL FUND REVENUES FOR THE CITY.

WE LOOK AT OUR CURRENT CONTRACTS AND WHETHER OR NOT THOSE CONTRACTS HAVE BUILT IN ESCALATORS. WE TALK TO OUR CONSULTANTS, WHETHER IT'S HDL THAT SPECIALIZES IN BOTH PROPERTY AND SALES TAX FOR GOVERNMENT AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

WE LOOK AT JUST ABOUT EVERY ASPECT OF OUR OPERATION, BOTH INSIDE THE CITY AND LARGER THROUGH THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, TO TRY AND UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR EXPENSES ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

WE PREPARE THEN OUR ANNUAL OPERATING AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT OR CIP BUDGET TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO NEED DAY TO DAY FOR THE NEXT YEAR.

AND THAT'S GOING TO THEN PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL ALL OF OUR PROGRAM SERVICES AND ANY OBLIGATIONS WE MAY HAVE TO MEET THE, THE CITY'S THE CITY RESIDENTS EXPECTATIONS.

AND THEN THE CIP LATER ON TODAY WILL HAVE OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND CITY ENGINEER DIRECTOR DANIEL BOBADILLA GO OVER THE CIP FOR US.

BUT BEFORE WE GET INTO THE DETAILS, WE LOOK AT THE GUIDANCE WE'VE BEEN GIVEN BY THE COUNCIL. OUR COUNCIL SETS THE POLICY DIRECTION.

I ALWAYS SAY IT'S KIND OF LIKE OUR SETTING OUR NORTH STAR ON THE HORIZON, WHAT WE SHOULD BE ACHIEVING.

AND THEN WE LOOK AT THESE GOALS.

WE HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY JUST OVER JUST ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO TO SIT DOWN WITH ALL THE STAFF AND THE COUNCIL AND HAVE AN IN DEPTH DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT WE SAW.

WERE THE COUNCIL'S GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR THE UPCOMING YEARS, AND ONE OF THE INITIAL FOCUS THAT WAS PRESENTED BY THE COUNCIL WAS TO WORK TO ENSURE THAT OUR BUDGET HAD WAS SUSTAINABLE, THAT WE TOOK OUR FISCAL HEALTH INTO CONSIDERATION AS WE WORK TO MANAGE COSTS AND TO TRY WHEREVER WE COULD TO ENHANCE REVENUE.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST WAYS WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL WITH THAT IS BY SEEKING OUT GRANTS AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIRD PARTIES TO SHARE IN COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH RUNNING THE CITY.

HOUSING IS ANOTHER LARGE PRIORITY FOR THE COUNCIL.

OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING ON OUR UPCOMING HOUSING ELEMENT AND GENERAL PLAN UPDATE. BUT THEN THE COUNCIL AND OUR PLANNING COMMISSION ARE ALL INVOLVED IN ENSURING THAT THE HOUSING NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY ARE MET, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH POLICY EXECUTION OR DISCUSSING THE NEEDS WITH DIRECTLY WITH HOUSING DEVELOPERS. WE ALSO WORK QUITE A BIT TO ENSURE THAT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION PRIORITIES ARE MET, WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING FROM POTHOLES BEING FILLED THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO ROAD PROJECTS THAT ARE LARGER, LIKE A CIP, OR OUR $1.8 MILLION A YEAR THAT WE'RE SPENDING JUST ON GENERAL ROAD PROJECTS.

AND HERE'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE WHERE WHETHER IT'S THROUGH GAS TAX OR OUR CDBG FUNDING OR MEASURE I OR R M, R A, ALL THESE ARE DIFFERENT SOURCES OF FUNDING THAT WE USE IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION GOALS.

IN THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.

WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN TWO PROJECTS THAT ARE ONGOING TO IMPROVE OUR RECYCLED WATER INFRASTRUCTURE. ONE OF THEM, WE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL SUPPORT FROM SUPERVISOR, CURT HAGMAN AND THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY BOARD.

SO THERE'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF US TRYING TO LEVERAGE SUPPORT FROM OTHERS TO HELP PAY.

ULTIMATELY, WE'RE ALL TRYING TO ACHIEVE THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE CITY, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH OUR SHERIFF'S CONTRACT, TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A SAFE COMMUNITY AGAIN, PROPER DEVELOPMENT, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE STRONG BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY. ALL OF THOSE, I THINK, ARE KEY ASPECTS OF THE HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE THAT OUR RESIDENTS ENJOY AND EXPECT.

AND THEN LASTLY, BUT NOT LASTLY IN ORDER OF PRIORITY.

BUT LAST ON THE LIST, I WOULD SAY IS THE COUNCIL ON MANY OCCASIONS HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE STAFF AT AT.

AT ITS CORE, WE'RE A SERVICE ORGANIZATION.

WE'RE ONLY AS GOOD AS THE PEOPLE WE EMPLOY AND THE COMMITMENT THEY MAKE TO THE COMMUNITY. SO IT'S ALWAYS IN OUR FOREFRONT OF OUR MINDS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE HIGHLY TRAINED PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO PROVIDE OUR RESIDENTS WITH THE BEST SERVICE

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POSSIBLE. SO AS WE START TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET, AFTER LOOKING AT OUR GOALS AND PRIORITIES, IT'S IMPORTANT, I THINK, TO START OFF TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE THINK ARE AFFECTING OUR EXPENDITURES IN OUR REVENUE THAT ARE, TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, ARE BEYOND OUR CONTROL.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TRADE TENSIONS, I DON'T THINK ANYONE CAN TURN ON THE TELEVISION WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING THAT THE FEDERAL POLICY ON EVERYTHING FROM TARIFFS TO OIL PRODUCTION TO INTEREST RATES.

ALL OF THAT WEIGHS IN ON OUR BUDGET FOR HOW OUR EXPENDITURES ARE GOING TO FLUCTUATE.

I IN A WORLD WHERE THERE'S UNCERTAINTY, PEOPLE TAKE LESS RISK.

AND THAT THEN KIND OF FEEDS INTO CONSUMER CONFIDENCE.

WE IN OUR SALES TAX, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'RE PROJECTING THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE A ROBUST YEAR FOR SALES TAX. PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS, SO THEY'RE NOT BUYING OR SPENDING AS MUCH MONEY IN OUR AREA IN OUR TOWN AND ONLINE.

SO THERE'S LOWER CONSUMER CONFIDENCE HAS AN EFFECT ON OUR ON OUR REVENUE.

AND THEN JUST GENERAL INFLATION, WHETHER IT'S A HOME LOAN, A CAR LOAN OR CREDIT CARD, INTEREST RATES, INFLATION AND THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS FOR OUR RESIDENTS ALSO AFFECTS THE COST THAT WE ACHIEVE, THAT WE EXPERIENCE IN OUR IN OUR EXPENSES, BUT ALSO IN WHAT REVENUE WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE. AGAIN, WE DON'T MAKE THESE DECISIONS IN A VACUUM WHILE WE HAVE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHO ARE WATCHING OUR TREE TRIMMING CONTRACTS, WHO UNDERSTAND THE COST OF A SLURRY SEAL OR ANY OF THE ACTIVITY THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE CITY. WE ALSO REACH OUT TO OUR CONSULTANTS IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TRACKING WHAT'S GOING ON, BOTH WITHIN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, BUT IN THE COUNTY AND THE STATE AND AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

AND PARTNERS LIKE HDL GIVE US A LOT OF DIRECT INPUT ON WHAT WE THINK OUR EXPENDITURES SHOULD BE. WE ALSO, I KNOW THAT THE COUNCIL AND I AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS GO TO A VARIETY OF TRAININGS AND CONFERENCES, AND WE.

I THINK EVERY OF THE LAST THREE I'VE BEEN TO, I THINK THORNBURG HAS GIVEN THE BEACON REPORT ABOUT THE ECONOMICS IN BOTH SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTIES.

SO WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING EVERYWHERE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK BECAUSE IT DEFINITELY AFFECTS OUR BUDGET.

BEN. ONE CLARIFICATION TO FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE LISTENING, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE ONLY DEAL WITH THINGS THAT ARE WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.

OBVIOUSLY THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE AFFECT US BECAUSE OF THE FACT THEY ARE FEDERAL ISSUES.

THEY ARE, THEY HAVE FEDERAL IMPACT AS WELL AS IMPACT TO OUR STATE AND TO OUR CITY.

SO WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO IS BASED UPON THESE THREE AREAS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT CAN AFFECT OUR REVENUES IN PARTICULAR THIS IS WHY WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THEM AS CLOSELY AS WE CAN, GET AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE CAN.

AND THEN THAT'S ALSO ONE OTHER REASON WHY WE, ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, LOOK AT OUR REVENUE AND EXPENSE STREAM AND CHECK OUR BUDGETS TO SEE WHERE WE'RE AT BASED UPON THESE EXTERNAL FORCES THAT ARE AFFECTING OUR REVENUES AND EXPENSES.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DRIVE THAT POINT HOME.

YES, THESE ARE OUTSIDE.

THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE TO DO SPECIFICALLY WITH CITY BUSINESS, BUT THEY AFFECT CITY BUSINESS AND THEY ARE WITHOUT OR BEYOND OUR CONTROL.

BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT WE WE HAVE TO MAKE EDUCATED GUESS AS TO THE IMPACT WITHIN OUR CITY'S REVENUE AND EXPENSES.

THAT'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

NOT ONLY DO THEY AFFECT ON THE MACRO LEVEL, WE KNOW THAT THE GOVERNOR'S MAY REVISE SHOWS A $12 BILLION DEFICIT IN THE STATE'S BUDGET.

AND THAT WILL IN SOME WAY.

WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW.

BUT IT WILL TRICKLE DOWN INTO WHAT FUNDING IS AVAILABLE TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SAME ON THE FEDERAL END.

THE PRESIDENT HAS GIVEN HIS PROPOSED BUDGET.

AND IN THAT DOCUMENT IT IT IT FORECASTS THE ELIMINATION OR AT LEAST SUGGEST THE ELIMINATION OF CDBG. AND SO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING IS DIRECTLY USED BY THE CITY TO HELP SUPPORT NOT ONLY PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS, TYPICALLY IN THE LOS SERRANOS AREA, BUT IT'S ALSO WHERE WE GIVE TO SOME OF THE

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COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CITY THAT DO GOOD WORK FOR A VARIETY OF NEEDS.

THAT STATE PROGRAM, THAT FEDERAL PROGRAM, WELL, WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER IT WILL DEFINITELY AFFECT OUR BUDGET.

AND SO TO THE BEST WE CAN, FORECAST HOW IT WILL AFFECT THE BETTER.

BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, WE JUST KIND OF MOVE WITH WITH THINGS.

BUT AS YOU POINTED OUT, WE HAVE A PROCESS WHERE QUARTERLY THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT PROJECTS ANY IMPACTS IN OUR BUDGET.

THIS THIS IS A SNAPSHOT IN TIME.

THIS IS WHAT WE THINK THE NEXT 12 MONTHS WILL LOOK LIKE.

BUT CLEARLY IT WON'T BE EXACTLY AS WE PREDICTED.

AND SO KRISTA AND HER TEAM WORKING WITH THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS MAY PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL, HEY, THIS PROJECT IS PROBABLY GOING TO COST A LITTLE BIT MORE.

SO WE NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDING OR OUR REVENUE MAY BE UP OR DOWN.

GAS TAX MAY MOVE ALL OF THOSE PIECES KIND OF GO INTO THIS LIVING DOCUMENT FOR US.

I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE OUTLINE THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT THAT WE WE DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL, BUT THERE ARE CLEARLY REVENUE ISSUES AND THEIR EXPENSES AS WELL.

LOOK, WHAT HAPPENS IF IF OUR WATER COSTS START GOING UP, IF OUR GASOLINE COSTS GO THE FLEET OF, OF CITY VEHICLES THAT WE HAVE TO SERVICE OUR OUR PUBLIC WORKS, I MEAN, THAT CAN AFFECT US DRASTICALLY, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE HEARING SOME OF THE RUMORS OUT THERE THAT IT COULD GO UP $0.60 A GALLON. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S RUMORS AND THEN THERE'S THINGS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO GET SERIOUSLY CONCERNED WITH AND TRY TO ESTIMATE AND PUT INTO, INTO OUR, YOU KNOW, ESTIMATED COSTS IN THE BUDGET.

SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU AND THE STAFF DOES FOR THAT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR CHALLENGES.

AS WE POINTED OUT, THE REVENUE STREAMS THAT WE RELY ON MOST, ESPECIALLY IN OUR GENERAL FUND PROPERTY TAX AND SALES TAX, THEY HAVE TURNED OUT TO BE FAIRLY FIXED.

THERE'S NOT MUCH WE CAN DO TO DIRECTLY INFLUENCE THEM.

WE'RE LUCKY. THE LAST REPORT I SAW SHOWED THAT THE HOUSING SALES, WE WEREN'T SEEING A DECLINE IN THE VALUE OF OUR HOMES.

THERE'S JUST VERY LITTLE TURNOVER.

AND SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE NEW SALES ANY HOME, THAT'S ON A PROPERTY TAX ASSESSED VALUE.

THAT'S VERY YOU KNOW THAT SOMEONE'S HELD ON TO THEIR HOME FOR A LONG TIME.

WE DON'T SEE LARGE GROWTH DUE TO PROP 13 RESTRICTIONS.

WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF NEW HOMES GOING INTO TOWN, EVEN THOUGH IT FEELS LIKE THERE'S SOME ROBUST DEVELOPMENT GOING ON.

IT'S NOT A LOT, NOT IN A POINT THAT IT MOVES OUR REVENUE.

AND THEN OUR PROJECTIONS FOR SALES TAX IS THAT IT'S GOING TO BE DOWN 2% NEXT YEAR.

YES, MISS MORAN, AND TO BEN'S POINT, SO WHEN WE WERE HAVING OUR ONE ON ONE, I WAS ASKING ABOUT THE NEW TRUMARK HOMES, IF THAT'S GOING TO GIVE US SOME PROPERTY TAX REVENUE. AND HE PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE.

SO ON THE AVERAGE, SO ON $1 MILLION HOME IN CHINO HILLS, THE AMOUNT OF PROPERTY TAX THAT WE RECEIVE IS $400.

SO WHEN WE'RE WRITING OUR CHECKS FOR AND PAY EIGHT, $9,000 A YEAR FOR THE TAX ON OUR HOME, DEPENDING ON WHAT IT'S WORTH, I KNOW EVERYONE'S THINKING THAT OUR RESIDENTS, OH, YOU'RE GETTING ALL THIS PROPERTY TAX REVENUE.

WE AREN'T $400 ON $1 MILLION HOME.

SO THAT REALLY PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE FOR ME, AT LEAST, ABOUT HOW LITTLE WE'RE GETTING FROM THAT.

AND IT'S NOT EVEN, IT'S NOT EVEN REALLY A REVENUE STREAM WE CAN CONSIDER DOING ANYTHING WITH. BUT BEN AND I HAD A LONG CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS, AND WE WON'T DISCLOSE THE DETAILS OF IT YET, BUT WE THINK WE HAVE MAY HAVE AN IDEA THAT WE CAN GO AT THE COUNTY ON, ON AN EQUITY BASIS AND A PROSPECTIVE BASIS THAT MIGHT MIGHT CLOSE THAT GAP A LITTLE BIT, GET SOME MORE MONEY TO US, ESPECIALLY FOR ALL OF THOSE HOMES THAT WERE BUILT SUBSEQUENT TO THE 78 ALLOCATION FORMULA THAT ARE NEW TO THE CITY.

SO WE'LL, WE'RE WE HAVE TO DO IT.

WE HAVE TO LOOK FOR ALTERNATE REVENUE SOURCES.

AND THAT'S GOING TO BE SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE BUDGET.

RAY, I'M SORRY, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I GOT A QUICK QUESTION. BASICALLY IT'S PERTAINING TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. SO I HAVE A FEELING WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT IT. BUT I JUST WANT THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW WE DO REALLY, REALLY GOOD BUSINESS BECAUSE WE ONLY GET 4% OF THE 1% AS FAR AS PROPERTY TAX OTHER CITIES GET UP TO 15 AND MORE PERCENT.

SO THEY'RE MAKING A LOT MORE MONEY THAN WE MAKE. BUT AS FAR AS OUR STAFF, YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB AT 4%.

BUT AGAIN IT'S IT'S NOT FAIR.

AND WE SHOULD DO A BETTER JOB.

I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS THING PROBABLY FOR THE LAST 2 OR 3 YEARS.

AND SO HOPEFULLY WE'VE GOT SOME SOME GOOD NEWS. WE'VE GOT A VERY GOOD LOGICAL EXPLANATION AND PROPOSAL.

WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. GOOD. THANK YOU. NO THANK YOU.

WE ALSO TALK INTERNALLY AND WITH THE COUNCIL OF COURSE ABOUT AND WE TOUCHED ON IT IN THE PRIOR SLIDE THAT THAT OUR REVENUE FROM THE STATE AND FEDERAL SOURCES.

WE JUST HAVE NO CONTROL AND IT CAN CHANGE.

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BUT I WANTED TO GIVE SOME SOME EXAMPLES.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE STATE, THE STATE MAY REVISE BEING 12 BILLION IN THE HOLE. THAT MEANS THAT SOME OF THE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT COME TO US THROUGH THE STATE ARE NOT AS LIKELY TO BE FULLY FUNDED, BUT AS A AS ANOTHER EXAMPLE FROM THE FEDERAL SIDE OF TRUE DOLLAR IMPACTS IS THAT WE'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIVES, BOTH YOUNG KIM AND NORMA TORRES, CONGRESSWOMAN KIM AND CONGRESSWOMAN TORRES, BOTH PRESENTED IN THEIR EARMARK PACKAGES PROPOSALS THAT WOULD HAVE DIRECTLY BENEFITED THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS IN OUR LAST FISCAL YEAR OR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.

BUT BECAUSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS NOT ABLE TO SECURE THEIR BUDGET PROCESS, MUCH LIKE WE'RE GOING THROUGH, THEY HAD TO TAKE AN INTERIM STEP AND I HAD TO WRITE IT DOWN. IT'S THE FULL YEAR CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, BUT IT'S BASICALLY ALLOWING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO OPERATE, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVEN'T ESTABLISHED THEIR BUDGET.

BUT WHERE THAT IMPACTED US THROUGH EARMARKS IS WE HAD $2 MILLION OF ELECTRIC RESILIENCY AND STABILITY PLANNED FOR THAT WAS GOING TO BE PROPOSED FOR OUR OPERATION.

THIS WILL HELP US WITH SOLAR AND VEHICLE CHARGING THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

WE HAD $2 MILLION IN A RECYCLED WATER SUPPORT FROM THAT WAS IN THE ORIGINAL PROPOSED BUDGET, BUT BECAUSE IT WAS PUT ON HOLD, WE DIDN'T GET THAT MONEY AND IT DIDN'T GET TO MOVE FORWARD. WE HAD $1.8 MILLION IN FIRE RISK REDUCTION THAT WAS PROPOSED BY CONGRESSWOMAN KIM. THESE.

SO THE PROCESS THE CONGRESS PERSON PUTS FORWARD INTO THE BUDGET, ONCE THE BUDGET IS APPROVED, THEN WE WORK THROUGH THE VARIOUS OFFICES TO GET THAT FUNDING. BUT THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, AT THE GOAL LINE.

BUT THE FEDERAL BUDGET DELAY COST US MONEY.

SO THESE THINGS ARE JUST OUT OF OUR CONTROL, BUT THEY HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT.

NORMA TORREZ'S OFFICE WAS LOOKING TO SUPPORT THE CITY WITH $1.6 MILLION TOWARD THE LOS SERRANOS FLOOD PROTECTION PROJECT THAT WE HAD.

SO WE'VE GOT GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS.

BUT EVEN BEYOND THEIR CONTROL, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE'RE JUST NOT ABLE TO GET THE REVENUE OR FUNDING THAT WE WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO.

WE TOUCHED ON HOW LITTLE DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS OUR BUDGET FROM $1 MILLION HOME ONLY NETTING $400. BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE ACTIVITY, WE DON'T BUILD HOMES IN CHINO HILLS.

SO AS IN THE CITY DOESN'T BUILD HOMES.

AND SO THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE SEE THROUGHOUT THE CITY IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE BASED ON THE MARKET. IF IF THERE'S AN ABILITY TO SELL A HOME, YOU MAY HAVE A DEVELOPER WORKING TOWARD THAT, BUT IT TAKES SUCH A LONG PROCESS FOR THAT TO COME TO FRUITION THAT WE REALLY HAVE TROUBLE FORECASTING THAT. AND SO NICK AND THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TEAM DOES A GREAT JOB OF TRYING TO PROJECT WHAT ACTIVITY WE'RE GOING TO SEE.

BUT TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, THAT'S BEYOND OUR CONTROL.

AND THEN ALL THE DEPARTMENTS ARE WORKING AGAINST INFLATION AND CONTRACTS.

SINCE WE DO MULTI YEAR CONTRACTS, WE MAY FIND THAT THE BUILT IN ESCALATORS HAVE TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE SUBSEQUENT BUDGETS BUDGETS.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE CONTRACTS THAT SUNSET.

WE MAY COME TO THE END OF A FIVE YEAR TERM, AND WE MAY HAVE A CATCH UP SCENARIO WHERE INFLATION HAS OUTPACED THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE CONTRACT, TO WHERE WE SEE A LARGE INCREASE GOING FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

JUST BECAUSE THAT THAT JUST KIND OF IS HOW IT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE ABLE TO LOCK IT IN FOR MULTIPLE YEARS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ABSOLUTELY INFLUENCED OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR WAS THE COST OF ENERGY, MUCH LIKE ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE DEALING WITH THEIR ELECTRIC BILL OR THEIR GAS BILL GOING UP OR THEIR GASOLINE BILL COSTING MORE.

ALL OF THOSE THINGS AFFECT US AS WELL.

RESIDENTS MAY NOT KNOW THAT EVEN THOUGH WE PROVIDE WATER TO OUR RESIDENTS, WE ARE THE LARGEST CUSTOMER OF THAT WATER AND WE PAY FOR THAT WATER AS WELL.

AND SO AS THE COSTS INCREASE, WE ALSO HAVE THAT.

AND LIKE MUCH OF US, IF YOU HAVE AN OLDER HOME LIKE I DO, YOU START TO FIND THAT SOME OF THOSE DEFERRED PROJECTS START TO REALLY ADD UP.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY IS PUSHING OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR IS OUR AGING INFRASTRUCTURE. ANY DEFERRED MAINTENANCE IS STARTING TO COME TO WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE THOSE THOSE INVESTMENTS AGAIN, JUST CONTINUING WITH SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.

WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR TOTAL BUDGET, SO THIS INCLUDES ALL THE GENERAL FUND AND ALL OF OUR OTHER ENTERPRISE FUNDS, WHETHER IT'S OUR WATER OR SEWER PROGRAMS ALL

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IN, WE'RE EXPECTING THE REVENUE THIS YEAR TO BE JUST UNDER $148 $48 MILLION.

WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL OF THE EXPENDITURES FOR THE CITY WE'RE LOOKING AT $150 MILLION.

AND KRISTA WILL GET INTO THIS IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL.

BUT TYPICALLY THE ALL FUNDS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES HAPPENS TO BE USUALLY THE CIP PROGRAM.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET, THIS IS WHERE THE COUNCIL AND MYSELF AND STAFF SPEND A LOT OF OUR TIME BEING VERY DILIGENT ABOUT WHAT GOES INTO THIS BUDGET, BECAUSE IT'S THE ONE WE HAVE THE MOST CONTROL OVER.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, WE HAVE A PROJECTED REVENUE OF 56.4 MILLION, AND WE ARE PROPOSING A BUDGET THAT HAS $58.6 MILLION OF EXPENDITURES.

THE DIFFERENCE THERE BEING $2.2 MILLION, YOU COULD CALL IT A DEFICIT, BUT IT IS ABSOLUTELY US PROPOSING TO SPEND MORE THAN WE ANTICIPATE WE WILL TAKE IN THIS YEAR. AND THE WAY WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT IS MUCH LIKE ANY HOME BUDGET, IS THAT WE HAVE A SAVINGS ACCOUNT.

OUR UNRESTRICTED, UNRESTRICTED FUND BALANCE OR RESERVES, AS WE TYPICALLY CALL IT, WE HAVE AFTER SPENDING $2.2 MILLION MORE THAN WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IN IN REVENUE THIS YEAR, WE ARE PROJECTING TO HAVE $34.9 MILLION IN RESERVES. SO IN THAT SAVINGS ACCOUNT, WE'LL HAVE ALMOST $35 MILLION AFTER INVESTING AN ADDITIONAL $2.2 MILLION THIS YEAR ABOVE REVENUE.

WE ALWAYS LIKE TO KIND OF FRAME THAT AS A PERCENTAGE, WHERE WE COMPARE WHAT OUR RESERVE IS TO WHAT OUR OPERATING EXPENDITURES ARE FOR THE YEAR, AND WE'RE LOOKING THAT THAT WOULD BE 60% THIS YEAR.

SO IT'S BEEN MUCH HIGHER IN OTHER YEARS.

WE'VE MADE INVESTMENTS OVER TIME, WHETHER IT'S COMMUNITY PARK OR OTHER PROJECTS, BUT IT'S STILL A VERY ROBUST RESERVE.

BUT AS WE SEE WHEN WE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR FIVE YEAR PROJECTION, THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT DROPS DRAMATICALLY.

IN ADDITION TO THE UNRESTRICTED RESERVES, WE HAVE RESERVES THAT WE HAVE CARVED OUT FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL OF OUR RESERVES, $46.9 MILLION IS SET ASIDE OR 81% OF OUR OPERATING EXPENDITURES FOR THE GENERAL FUND.

WE ARE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT OUR SUBSIDIES.

IN THIS CASE, WE HAVE TWO, THE LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING DISTRICT FUND.

NUMBER ONE, WE'RE PROJECTING OUR EXPENDITURES WILL EXCEED THE REVENUE BY $3.8 MILLION.

THIS COUNCIL IS WELL AWARE.

SO AS MANY OF OUR COMMISSIONERS AND OUR COMMUNITY AND STAFF CERTAINLY THAT WE HAVE WE ARE RESTRICTED TO HOW MUCH WE CAN INCREASE OUR L AND LS.

WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY INCREASED THOSE ASSESSMENTS SINCE THE SHOOT.

I FORGET THE TIME FRAME, EARLY 90S, I BELIEVE.

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO RAISE THAT REVENUE.

ROUGHLY HALF OF THE CITY IS ACTUALLY PAYING INTO THE L AND L DISTRICT.

AND SO IT'S ONLY OBVIOUS THAT OVER THE YEARS, THE EXPENDITURES HAVE EXCEEDED WHAT REVENUE COMES IN BOTH OUR CURRENT TEAM UNDER DANIEL BOBADILLA AND PAST PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTORS AND TEAMS HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO TRY AND CONSTRAIN THOSE COSTS TAKING OUT NON NECESSARY TURF, PUTTING IN LED LIGHTS, ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD DO IN YOUR OWN HOME TO TRY AND REDUCE THE COST.

WE'RE JUST TO THE POINT NOW WHERE WE REALLY JUST CAN'T MAKE THAT BALANCE.

ANY MORE ON EXPENDITURES, WE'LL HAVE TO TALK MORE ABOUT HOW REVENUE COVERS THAT. YEAH. RAY, I GOT A QUESTION BASICALLY SORT OF TOUCHED A LITTLE BIT ON IT, SUCH AS LED.

WELL, THE ONLY REASON WE COULD DO THE LED IS BECAUSE WE BOUGHT THE STREETLIGHTS FROM EDISON. SO THAT WAS A SMART MOVE.

SO THE COST SAVINGS THERE, RECYCLED WATER COST SAVINGS, WATER WISE PLANTS. IF WE HADN'T DONE ANY OF THIS STUFF, WE'D PROBABLY BE LOOKING AT ABOUT $5 MILLION RIGHT NOW, IF NOT MORE. YEAH. SO KUDOS TO, TO OUR STAFF.

AND ANOTHER THING TO, TO LOOK AT AND REMEMBER THAT GENERAL FUND REVENUE IS 54% OF THAT IS FROM PROPERTY TAX AND SALES TAX.

AND BOTH AREAS WERE GETTING KILLED ON.

SO I MEAN WE WONDER WHY WE'RE ONLY $2 MILLION UNDER.

SO I MEAN, YOU'VE HAD TO DO SOME REAL FINE TOOTH CUTTING TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THAT TO A MINIMUM. SO. WELL, AND WHEN WE LOOK BACK AT OUR AT OUR BUDGET PRIORITIES.

OUR OVERALL PRIORITIES SET BY THE COUNCIL.

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THIS COUNCIL. OTHER COUNCILS HAVE ALWAYS TAKEN A STEWARDSHIP APPROACH TO THE CITY'S RESOURCES, AND THE TEAM HAS IMPLEMENTED THAT, AND THEY'VE CUT COSTS WHEREVER THEY CAN.

THEY'VE MADE INVESTMENTS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THOSE COSTS.

BUT THERE JUST COMES A POINT WHERE WE REALLY HAVE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION NOT JUST ABOUT COSTS, BUT ABOUT REVENUE.

TODAY'S BUDGET IS IS DESIGNED TO PRESERVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE, KNOWING THAT WE HAVE A SAFETY NET IN OUR RESERVES.

BUT GOING FORWARD, WE'LL HAVE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT OTHER WAYS TO TO MAINTAIN THAT THAT, THAT, THAT QUALITY OF LIFE IN CHINO HILLS.

ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE SUBSIDY WAS MUCH SMALLER, BUT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE IS THE STREET SWEEPING FUND.

WE ASSESS EACH PROPERTY FOR STREET SWEEPING.

IT JUST DOESN'T COVER THE COSTS.

IT'S HARD TO, YOU KNOW, TO TO LOSE ANY SLEEP OVER $54,000 IN A $150 MILLION BUDGET. BUT IT'S JUST ANOTHER KIND OF EXAMPLE OF, OF WHERE RESTRICTIONS ON OUR ABILITY TO RAISE REVENUE, EVEN IF IT'S DIRECTLY TIED TO A SPECIFIC FUNCTION IN THE CITY, GETS OUT OF WHACK IF YOU CAN'T INCREASE REVENUE ACCORDINGLY.

SORRY, I HAVE A QUESTION. JUST REAL QUICK SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS TOO.

SO THE STREET SWEEPING IS REQUIRED BY LAW, RIGHT? WE HAVE TO DO IT. IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE CHOOSING TO SWEEP OUR STREETS.

IT'S LIKE IT'S REQUIRED BY LAW, RIGHT? WE'RE DOING OUR STREET SWEEPING IN ORDER TO KEEP THE CLEAN WATERWAYS, KEEPING THE TRASH OUT OF OUR STORM DRAIN SYSTEM.

AND THEN WITH THE, WITH LIKE THE TWO DEVELOPMENTS, LIKE WHEN WE HAD VILLA BORBA AND LIKE THE SHADY VIEW PROJECT NOW.

SO MOVING FORWARD, THE, THE LANDSCAPING MAINTENANCE.

IS THERE SOMETHING IN.

PROVIDED THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO IMPACT OUR CURRENT FUNDS BECAUSE THEY HAVE LIKE THE HIGH HOA FEES NOW BECAUSE LIKE SHADY VIEW IS OVER $500 A MONTH.

YEAH. SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT THAT NEW PROJECT IS NOT GOING TO IMPACT OUR EXISTING BUDGET WITH LAL FOR THAT AREA? SO THE LAL WE INHERITED OR THE LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING DISTRICT WE INHERITED FROM THE COUNTY. AND IT WAS SET UP WITH A ASSESSMENT FOR DIFFERENT ASSETS IN THE CITY SO THAT THE THOSE WHO BENEFIT FROM IT WOULD DIRECTLY PAY FOR IT, WHETHER IT WAS BUSINESSES OR, OR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, OUR NEWER DEVELOPMENTS ONES THAT CAME BEFORE PROP 218, WHICH RESTRICTED SOME OF OUR ABILITY TO RAISE REVENUE.

THEY HAVE THEIR OWN MECHANISMS FOR PAYING FOR THOSE ASSESSMENTS.

LIKE AS AN EXAMPLE, WE HAVE A LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING DISTRICT FOR VILANO.

VILANO IS A NEWER DEVELOPMENT, SO THEY NOT ONLY HAVE THEIR OWN MECHANISM FOR PAYING, BUT THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT ESCALATOR THAT'S BUILT INTO IT, SO IT'S ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH TIMES.

NEWER DEVELOPMENTS TYPICALLY HAVE AN ASSESSMENT THAT PAY FOR THOSE AMENITIES.

OKAY. BUT TO THAT POINT, AND I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO THIS WHEN WE START LOOKING AT THE FIVE YEAR, FOUR YEARS OUT, WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT $3.7 MILLION SUBSIDY AT 4.9 MILLION.

SO ALL IN ALL, WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THIS MORE AND MORE AND MORE.

WE'VE WE'VE GOT TO FIND SOME ALTERNATE REVENUE SOURCES.

AND IF WE DON'T, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT RAINY DAY FUND ANYMORE.

SO THAT'S JUST AN OVERVIEW.

AND WE'LL GET INTO WHATEVER DETAIL WE WANT TO DO.

BUT THINGS ARE NOT LOOKING GOOD.

WE'VE BEEN, WE'RE BEING PENALIZED BY BEING CONSERVATIVE AND BEING FRUGAL AND YET, YOU KNOW, SO, BUT YOU'RE STILL DOING A GREAT JOB.

BUT THERE ARE JUST CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE BEYOND OUR CONTROL THAT WHAT DO YOU DO? YEAH, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP, AND I KNOW ALL OF YOU WILL BRING IT UP MULTIPLE TIMES BECAUSE IT'S A STRUCTURAL ISSUE.

THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO GO AWAY.

AND SO CURRENTLY, WHEN WE SAY WE HAVE A SUBSIDY, THAT MEANS THAT THE GENERAL FUND IS PAYING THIS PARTICULAR COST.

AND THAT ALWAYS MEANS THEN THAT THAT $3.8 MILLION ISN'T GOING TO SOME OTHER NEED.

THE COUNCIL HAS DISCRETION OVER GENERAL FUND.

THEY CAN MOVE THAT MONEY WHERE THEY NEED TO.

CURRENTLY, THAT'S HOW WE'RE FILLING THIS GAP.

BUT IN A PERFECT WORLD, WE'D HAVE A DIFFERENT WAY TO DO THAT.

DANIEL WILL TOUCH ON THE $12.3 MILLION OF CIP.

AND THEN ONE OTHER BIG HIGHLIGHT THAT I'LL ASK KRISTA TO HELP ME EXPLAIN IS THAT OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES FUND, FOR MANY YEARS, YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN THIS LISTED UNDER THE SUBSIDY BECAUSE IT COSTS US FAR MORE TO OPERATE OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAMING THAN IT DOES THAN IT TAKES IN IN REVENUE.

BUT THAT'S BY DESIGN. WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT.

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WE DON'T CHARGE FOR CONCERTS IN THE PARK, SO THERE'S NO WAY WE'RE GOING TO EVER RECOUP THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

THE WE DON'T CHARGE EVERY TIME SOMEONE GOES TO USE A PARK.

SO WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A COST THAT THE CITY HAS FOR THOSE OPERATIONS.

THERE ARE SOME CLASSES.

IF I'M GOING TO TAKE A SALSA CLASS, THEN I'M PROBABLY GOING TO PAY FOR THAT SALSA CLASS. BUT WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT MANY OF OUR PROGRAMS WILL PAY.

AND SO WE USED TO HAVE OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES OPERATION IN ITS OWN FUND.

AND THE GOAL WHEN THIS WAS ESTABLISHED SIX OR SO YEARS AGO, WAS TO CARVE OUT IN THE BUDGET CLEARLY WHAT IT COSTS TO RUN RECREATION.

BUT OVER THE YEARS, I'VE BEEN NOTICING THAT OUR DIALOG ABOUT THE SUBSIDY KIND OF CONFUSED PEOPLE. IT WASN'T THAT WE WERE, YOU KNOW, ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL.

WE WERE WE WEREN'T TAKING MONEY THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN GOING TOWARD THAT OPERATION AND MOVING IT.

AND SO WE, WE PROPOSED TO THE COUNCIL DURING THE BUDGET WORKSHOP LAST YEAR THAT MOVING THAT FUND OUT OF ITS OWN INDEPENDENT FUND BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND, MUCH LIKE MANY OF OUR OTHER OPERATIONS WOULD MAKE SENSE.

WE STILL HAVE A WAY TO ACCOUNT FOR ALL THOSE OPERATIONS.

BUT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET IS WE NO LONGER HAVE A SEPARATE COMMUNITY SERVICES FUND. HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME ASPECTS OF HOW YOU RUN A SEPARATE FUND THAT IMPACTS THE BUDGET'S REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES.

SO, KRISTA, I'LL PUNT TO YOU FOR AN EXPLANATION ON HOW THAT IMPACTED THIS YEAR.

THANKS. SO CURRENTLY THIS SEPARATE FUND RECORDS INTERFUND TRANSFERS AND ALLOCATES ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD TO ACCURATELY REFLECT THE FULL COST OF SERVICES.

BUT IN THE END, THESE ACCOUNTING TRANSACTIONS HAVE ALWAYS HAD A NET ZERO IMPACT ON THE GENERAL FUND. SO TO STREAMLINE FINANCIAL REPORTING AND BUDGETING, WE'RE CLOSING THE FUND IN IN THIS PROPOSED BUDGET AND MOVING ITS ACTIVITIES BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND. IT'S PURELY AN ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGE THAT ELIMINATES THE NEED FOR THESE INTERFUND TRANSFERS AND OVERHEAD CHARGES, BUT IT WON'T IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAMS OPERATE. SO IF THE GENERAL PUBLIC WERE TO LOOK AT THE BUDGET YEAR OVER YEAR FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES, IT WOULD LOOK LIKE WE'RE SPENDING $2 MILLION LESS ON OPERATIONS THIS YEAR. BUT THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY THE CASE.

IT'S JUST THAT ALL OF THESE OVERHEAD TRANSFERS ARE NO LONGER REFLECTED IN THAT BUDGET. BUT IT'S STILL THE SAME COMMITMENT AND INVESTMENT THAT THE COUNCIL HAS MADE IN THE BUDGET. SO THOSE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS.

I'M GOING TO DEFER TO KRISTA NOW, WHO WILL WALK US THROUGH THE VARIETY OF YOU KNOW, LARGER PIECES OF OUR BUDGET.

AND AGAIN, ANY TIME, IF THE COUNCIL HAS QUESTIONS, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO. DID WE MISS DANIEL? DANIEL WILL COME AFTER KRISTA.

YEAH, HE'S LATER ON IN THE SHOW.

ALL RIGHT, SO THE CITY USES FIVE DIFFERENT FUND TYPES TO ACCOUNT FOR ALL OF ITS ACTIVITIES. THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR 40% OF THE CITY'S REVENUES, SERVES AS THE MAIN OPERATING FUND FOR ALL FINANCIAL RESOURCES EXCEPT THOSE REQUIRED TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR IN ANOTHER FUND.

ENTERPRISE FUNDS ACCOUNT FOR ACTIVITIES WHERE FEES ARE CHARGED FOR TO EXTERNAL USERS FOR GOODS OR SERVICES, SUCH AS THE WATER AND SEWER UTILITY FUNDS.

SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS ARE USED TO ACCOUNT FOR SPECIFIC REVENUES THAT ARE LEGALLY RESTRICTED FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, SUCH AS GAS TAX GRANT FUNDS AND LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING ASSESSMENTS. INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS PROVIDE GOODS OR SERVICES TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS ON A COST REIMBURSEMENT BASIS, SUCH AS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE. CUSTODIAL FUNDS ARE USED TO ACCOUNT FOR MONEY HELD BY THE CITY AS A CUSTODIAN, SUCH AS THE COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT FUNDS, WHICH ARE LEVIED FOR UP TO 25 YEARS STARTING AFTER THE OCCUPANCY OF THE RESPECTIVE DWELLING UNIT. FOR FISCAL YEAR 2526, REVENUES ARE ESTIMATED AT 147.9 MILLION.

CHARGES FOR SERVICES MAKES UP 65.9% OF TOTAL, I'M SORRY, MILLION OF TOTAL REVENUES, OF WHICH 52.1 MILLION COMES FROM WATER AND SEWER CHARGES. PROPERTY TAXES ARE THE LARGEST, THE SECOND LARGEST REVENUE, AT 20.1 MILLION, OR 14% OF THE CITY'S TOTAL REVENUES, HAVE DECREASED 1.4 MILLION, PRIMARILY DUE TO THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES FUND INTO THE GENERAL FUND. THE PROPOSED CITYWIDE EXPENDITURES AMOUNT TO 150 MILLION, WITH OVER HALF ALLOCATED TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WITHIN PUBLIC WORKS.

62% OF THE BUDGET IS DEDICATED TO WATER AND SEWER UTILITIES, 19% TO LNLS AND 4% TO FACILITIES.

MAINTENANCE EXPENDITURES ARE PROPOSED TO INCREASE BY 9.5 MILLION COMPARED TO THE

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PREVIOUS YEAR, PRIMARILY DUE TO A $7.2 MILLION INCREASE IN CIP FOR THE WATER UTILITY FUND. OUT OF THE 150 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES, 51% IS ALLOCATED TO OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.

WITHIN THIS CATEGORY, 34 MILLION IS DEDICATED TO WATER AND SEWER EXPENSES, WHILE 19.2 MILLION IS DIRECTED TOWARD PUBLIC SAFETY.

THE PROPOSED GENERAL FUND REVENUES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2526 TOTAL 56.4 MILLION.

THIS IS DOWN 7.1 MILLION, MOSTLY DUE TO THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES FUND INTO THE GENERAL FUND.

THE TWO LARGEST REVENUE SOURCES ARE PROPERTY TAX AND SALES TAX.

CHRIS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND, TOO, THAT ON THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES IN 2020 223, THE ACTUAL WERE 58.5 MILLION.

THEY WENT UP IN 2324 TO 62 MILLION 64 OR 63.5 MILLION LAST YEAR.

AND THEY'RE DOWN, LIKE YOU SAY, TO 56.4.

SO THERE'S BEEN A FLUCTUATION.

BUT OUR REVENUES RIGHT NOW ARE $2 MILLION LESS THAN THEY WERE BACK IN 2022.

SO IT JUST SHOWS WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE AND WHAT YOU'RE HAVING TO DEAL WITH.

SO THE REVENUES JUST AREN'T COMING IN LIKE THEY WERE.

SO AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, PROPERTY TAX IS THE LARGEST REVENUE SOURCE FOR THE GENERAL FUND TOTALING 20.1 MILLION, OR ABOUT 36% OF THE TOTAL.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS HISTORICAL ACTUALS IN GREEN, THE CURRENT YEAR'S BUDGET IN PURPLE, AND OUR FIVE YEAR REVENUE OUTLOOK IN BLUE.

HDL, OUR PROPERTY TAX CONSULTANT, IS FORECASTING AN INCREASE OF NEARLY 4% OVER LAST YEAR, REFLECTING STEADY GROWTH IN PROPERTY VALUES.

IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE, AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THE CITY RECEIVES JUST UNDER 4%.

$0.04 OF EVERY PROPERTY TAX DOLLAR COLLECTED BY THE COUNTY AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES MAKE UP 89% OF THE CITY'S ASSESSED VALUE.

AND AS CYNTHIA MENTIONED, THE.

IF A HOMEOWNER HOMEOWNER WITH $1 MILLION PROPERTY PAYS $10,000 ANNUALLY IN PROPERTY TAX, THE CITY ONLY RECEIVES ABOUT $397 TO SUPPORT LOCAL SERVICES.

AND AS BEN MENTIONED THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE.

IT GENERALLY INCREASES BASED ON PROPERTY VALUES AS THEY RISE AND NEW DEVELOPMENT OCCURS. BUT BECAUSE PROP 13 LIMITS, ANNUAL ASSESSED VALUE INCREASES TO 2%, UNLESS A PROPERTY CHANGES OWNERSHIP OR UNDERGOES NEW CONSTRUCTION, REVENUE GROWTH REMAINS FAIRLY LIMITED.

BUT EVEN WHEN THE PROPERTY IS REASSESSED BECAUSE OF A SALE, WE ONLY GET STILL 4% OF THAT INCREASE IN VALUATION.

SO IF A PROPERTY WAS AT $200,000 ON THE ROLL AND IT SELLS FOR 1,000,002, AND THERE'S AN INCREASE OF $1 MILLION ON THE ROLL, WE STILL GET THAT 400 BUCKS COMPARED TO A MILLION.

TWO WOULD BE $12,000 A YEAR IN TAX.

SO IT'S YEAH, IT'S JUST NOT FAIR.

AND WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO EQUALIZE THAT SOMEWHAT.

SO. SALES TAX IS THE CITY'S SECOND LARGEST SOURCE OF GENERAL FUND REVENUE TOTALING 10.2 MILLION OR ABOUT 18%. ON THIS SLIDE YOU'LL SEE PAST ACTUALS IN GREEN CURRENT YEAR'S BUDGET AND PURPLE. AND OUR PROPOSED FIVE YEAR REVENUE OUTLOOK IN BLUE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2526, OUR SALES TAX CONSULTANT, HDL, IS PROJECTING A 1.6% DECREASE COMPARED TO LAST YEAR'S ADOPTED ESTIMATE.

IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY RECEIVES ONLY $0.13 OF EVERY SALES TAX DOLLAR COLLECTED BY THE STATE, WHICH LIMITS THE LOCAL IMPACT OF OVERALL SALES ACTIVITY. THERE ARE REALLY ONLY TWO WAYS THE CITY CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE SALES TAX REVENUE. THE FIRST IS BY ATTRACTING MORE SALES TAX GENERATING BUSINESSES LIKE RETAIL STORES, RESTAURANTS, AUTO DEALERSHIPS OR ENTERTAINMENT VENUES.

WHEN RESIDENTS AND VISITORS SPEND MONEY AT THESE BUSINESSES, THE CITY RECEIVES A PORTION OF THE SALES TAX COLLECTED, WHICH HELPS FUND ESSENTIAL LOCAL SERVICES LIKE PUBLIC SAFETY PARKS AND STREET MAINTENANCE. THE SECOND OPTION IS THROUGH A VOTER APPROVED SALES TAX MEASURE, WHICH INCREASES THE LOCAL SALES TAX RATE.

NEARBY CITIES LIKE CHINO AND ONTARIO RECENTLY PASSED SUCH MEASURES TO HELP SUPPORT THEIR GROWING COMMUNITY NEEDS.

THESE MEASURES REQUIRE MAJORITY APPROVAL FROM VOTERS AND ARE TYPICALLY USED TO MAINTAIN OR IMPROVE SERVICE LEVELS WHEN OTHER REVENUE SOURCES ARE LIMITED.

KRISTA, WHAT DID THEY. SORRY TO INTERRUPT. WHAT DID THEY CHANGE? WHAT DID IT INCREASE TO FOR CHINO IN ONTARIO, THEIR SALES TAX THAT WAS VOTED.

I KNOW THEY BOTH WENT UP 1%.

AND SO I THINK IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THAT, THEY HAD THE SAME SALES TAX RATE.

WE HAVE 7.75%. SO THEY'RE AT 8.75%.

SO 1% MORE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT, THOUGH, THAT MAY BE THE NORM AROUND HERE IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.

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BUT IF YOU AT ALL HAVE ANY SHOPPING IN L.A.

COUNTY, THE NORM IS THE STATE MAXIMUM, WHICH IS 10.75%.

AND ANOTHER POINT THAT I WANT TO CALL OUT, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SALES TAX, ONE OF THE OTHER BENEFITS OF HAVING A SALES TAX MEASURE IS THAT INCREMENT THAT ONTARIO OR CHINO WERE ABLE TO GET SUPPORT FROM THEIR THEIR VOTERS.

THAT'S COMPLETELY WITHIN THE CONTROL OF ONTARIO AND CHINO.

YOU DON'T HAVE A THIRD PARTY ADMINISTERING THAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE OF THE RESIDENTS.

AS AN EXAMPLE, IN L.A.

COUNTY WHEN THERE'S A HALF A PERCENT, I THINK IS WHAT WAS IMPLEMENTED RECENTLY IN L.A. COUNTY TO GO TOWARD HOMELESS EFFORTS THAT'S NOW BEING ADMINISTERED BY THE COUNTY.

IT'S NOT BEING ADMINISTERED BY THE CITY.

SO ONE OF THE BIGGEST DRAWS, IN ADDITION TO ADDITIONAL REVENUE FROM A SALES TAX MEASURE, IS YOU ALSO HAVE LOCAL CONTROL.

AND SO IN A CITY LIKE CHINO HILLS, IF WE WERE TO EXECUTE IN THE FUTURE A SALES TAX MEASURE, IT WOULD BE THIS COUNCIL THAT DETERMINES WHERE THE PRIORITIES ARE AND WHERE THAT MONEY WOULD GO AS OPPOSED TO SOME OTHER TRANSPORTATION GROUP.

THE MEASURE I THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT MAY BE REIMPLEMENTED BY SB, CTA OR SOME OTHER COUNTY INITIATIVE, OR YOU CAN ONLY CHARGE SO MUCH IN SALES TAX.

SO WHATEVER THOSE CITIES ARE ABLE TO CARVE OUT THEN BECOMES WITHIN LOCAL CONTROL.

OKAY. SO HYPOTHETICAL.

IF WE WENT WITH 1%, COULD THAT MONEY GO TO THE GENERAL FUND? IT WOULD ABSOLUTELY GO TO THE GENERAL FUND. OKAY.

AND WHAT WOULD BE THE ESTIMATE OF REVENUE TO THE GENERAL FUND? LIKE RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT ESTIMATING $10.2 MILLION TOTAL BECAUSE WE ONLY GET 1% OF THAT CORRECT OF THE ACTUAL 7.75%.

THAT'S RIGHT. IF WE GOT 1% AND IT COMES TO US, WHAT WOULD THAT $10.2 MILLION LOOK LIKE? SO KRISTA AND I ASKED OUR HDL TAX CONSULTANT, AND THEIR ESTIMATE WAS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 12 AND $10 MILLION.

SO IT COULD BE AS MUCH AS 12 MILLION IN LOCAL CONTROL DOLLARS AFTER A TAX INITIATIVE.

SO IT WOULD DOUBLE MORE THAN DOUBLE WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY HAVING IN THE GENERAL FUND.

RIGHT. AND JUST HAVING TALKED TO SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES IN OTHER CITIES, IT TYPICALLY TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME FOR THAT TO RAMP UP TO THE FULL, YOU KNOW CAPTURE OF THAT SALES TAX.

BUT YEAH, YOU'RE TALKING CLEARLY SOMEWHERE EARLY ON IN THE, YOU KNOW, NEARLY $10 MILLION GETTING TO OUR, OUR FULL RATE OVER TIME.

SO AGAIN, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A $50 MILLION BUDGET, THAT WOULD MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN, IN WHAT THE COUNCIL HAS DISCRETION OVER 20% INCREASE, BASICALLY. YEAH, YEAH.

I THINK WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALTERNATE REVENUE SOURCES. WAKE UP PEOPLE.

I MEAN, GET READY. I MEAN, WHAT ELSE ARE WE GOING TO DO? BUT WE WERE. I DIGRESS, BUT I JUST WANTED PEOPLE OUT THERE TO UNDERSTAND THE MAGNITUDE OF WHAT THIS DOES.

AND THIS IS PEANUTS COMPARED TO WHAT CHINO GENERATED WITH THEIRS.

IT WAS MULTIPLE TIMES THAT I'M SURE.

SO THAT'S NEITHER HERE NOR THERE.

BUT WHEN WE'RE AT WE'RE ESTIMATING 10.2.

AND WE COULD DOUBLE THAT.

OUR GENERAL FUND WOES AND THE SUBSIDY ISSUES AND EVERYTHING ELSE SEEM TO GO AWAY, DON'T THEY? SO WHEN I ASKED ABOUT THE INCREASE TOO, IT'S LIKE I KNEW THE ANSWER, BUT I WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THE PUBLIC'S WATCHING THIS. SO WE NEED WE WANTED TO GENERATE SOME CONVERSATION AND TALK ABOUT THIS. YEAH. WHAT PERCENTAGE DID THAT PASS IN CHINO? BY WHAT MARGIN DID THEY PASS THEIR SALES TAX INITIATIVE? ROUGHLY. DO YOU REMEMBER? WAS IT OVERWHELMING? IT WAS IN THE MID TO HIGH 60S, IF I REMEMBER AS A PERCENT.

AND THE REQUIREMENT IS 50% PLUS ONE VOTE.

SO IT'S JUST A MAJORITY VOTE IF YOU DO A GENERAL SALES TAX INITIATIVE.

THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO RAISE SALES TAX, BUT THAT'S THE THE COMMON PRACTICE.

PETER DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? THAT'S OKAY.

I THINK WE KNOW WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO HEAD IN THAT DIRECTION. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AS FAR AS THIS TYPE OF MEETING.

WE REALIZE OUR LNLS ARE UPSIDE DOWN.

CONTINUING. WHEN I FIRST STARTED COMING TO THESE COUNCIL MEETINGS, BACK AT THE OLD SITE, I WAS THE MIKE STOVER OF THE MEETING WHERE I WAS THE ONLY PERSON OTHER THAN STAFF.

WE WERE UPSIDE DOWN ABOUT $60,000 WHEN I BEFORE I WAS ON CITY COUNCIL.

NOW WE'RE AT $3.8 MILLION WHERE WE WILL BE.

SO I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT WE'RE PROBABLY HEADING THAT DIRECTION.

WE PROBABLY START GEARING UP FOR IT.

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AND IT'S HARD. IT'S SAD BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, TAX, IF BRIAN WAS HERE, IT'D BE A WHOLE NOTHER DIFFERENT STORY BECAUSE THE TOXINS AND STUFF TAX IS A TRIGGER WORD FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE IN ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT IT'S A REALITY OF THE REVENUE THAT WE NEED.

AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A BAD THING IF IT'S USED WISELY, AND I WOULD HOPE THAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE THE TRUST IN THE FIVE OF US TO KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THIS MONEY AND MANAGE IT CORRECTLY, AND WE'RE DOING IT FOR THE RIGHT REASONS. I WATCHED A SNIPPET OF THE L.A.

COUNTY BUDGET. I KNOW I'M A NERD.

WHY? I KNOW WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT TO YOUR.

BUT I WATCH A SNIPPET OF THEIR BUDGET, THEIR BUDGET MEETING, AND IT'S JUST. IT'S CRAZY.

AND I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT WE ARE.

WE ARE IN A COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND WE'RE ADDRESSING THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BECAUSE IT.

IT'S A CRAZY CIRCUS OVER THERE WITH THE MONEY.

IT'S ALL ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE IN CHINO HILLS. AND WE TRY TO KEEP THAT AS HIGH AS POSSIBLE. AND EVERYBODY'S SEEN IN THEIR PERSONAL BUDGETS.

WE'VE ALL SEEN IT, ESPECIALLY THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR INDIVIDUAL COSTS OF EVERYTHING.

AND IF REVENUES ARE BEING CHALLENGED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, ESPECIALLY CALIFORNIA, WHERE ARE THESE MONIES GOING TO COME FROM? THE ONLY OTHER TAX THAT WE GET AND HAVE 100% CONTROL OF IS THE TOT, CORRECT? YES. AND THAT THAT IN TOTAL IS.

WHAT WAS THAT? ISN'T THAT AROUND 12 MILLION OR 2 MILLION? 2 MILLION. 12 MILLION.

THAT WAS THE BEST THING WE EVER DID AT 12%.

SO YEAH, THIS WHEN WHEN CHRIS.

SORRY. GO AHEAD. I JUST WANT TO SAY REAL FAST, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SALES TAX INITIATIVE LAST 20 LAST YEAR, I GUESS IT WAS, WE ACTUALLY HAD 16 CITIES THROUGHOUT SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AND ALL 15 OF THE 16 GOT IT APPROVED BY 60%, IF NOT GREATER.

ONLY ONE CITY BASICALLY HAS HAD AN ISSUE OVER THE YEARS.

THEY DIDN'T GET IT. BUT WHAT CITY WAS THAT? COME ON RAY. UPLAND. OH OF COURSE.

SO. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS OUR QUALITY OF LIFE IN CHINO HILLS, JUST LIKE WHAT PETER SAID, WE EXPECT MORE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE ALL THIS OPEN SPACE, ALL THESE TREES, ALL THESE GREENBELTS. AND THERE'S A COST TO THAT.

AND I KNOW THE PEOPLE HERE IN CHINO HILLS APPRECIATE THE BEAUTY THAT WE HAVE.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE EVEN DID SOMETHING AT WRESTLEMANIA WHERE WE ACTUALLY BOUGHT INTO THIS GROUP OF PROPERTY, AND WE ACTUALLY TOOK CONTROL OF ABOUT 750 ACRES IN OUR CITY. THERE'S A COST TO THAT.

SO I KNOW THAT IF THE PEOPLE IN CHINO HILLS, WE EXPECT MORE.

I DON'T THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE SUCH A MAJOR THING THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, EVEN THOUGH SOME PEOPLE MIGHT THINK IT'S A SALES TAX. BUT IT'S A QUALITY OF LIFE THAT WE HAVE, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS. SO THEY KNOW IT'S ALSO THE BEST THING WHEN WE MAINTAIN THE CITY THE WAY IT IS.

LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENED TO YOUR PROPERTY VALUES.

THIS CITY IS A VERY DESIRABLE PLACE TO BE.

MOST PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE AND HAVE HAD A HOUSE FOR 5 OR 10 YEARS COULDN'T AFFORD TO BUY THEIR OWN HOUSE ANYMORE.

I MEAN, PEOPLE PAY A LOT OF MONEY TO BE HERE.

SO IF YOU'RE EVER THINKING ABOUT SELLING YOUR HOUSE IN THE NEAR FUTURE, PAYING A 1% SALES TAX THAT IN MANY INSTANCES ARE PAID BY SOMEBODY OUTSIDE THE CITY COMING IN AND SHOPPING IN CHINO HILLS.

FIRST, IT'S A SMALL INVESTMENT THAT YOU'LL MAKE THAT'LL PAY DIVIDENDS WHEN YOU GO TO SELL YOUR HOUSE AND IT JACKS THAT VALUE WAY UP.

SO WE CAN WE SHOULD PROBABLY GO ON AND MOVE ON.

BUT I THINK WE'VE WE STARTED TO MAKE THE CASE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE GOT.

WE'VE GOT TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT TO OUR PEOPLE THAT WE CAN'T CONTINUE THE WAY IT IS UNLESS WE COME UP WITH AN ALTERNATIVE REVENUE SOURCE.

AND THIS IS THE BEST THING SINCE SLICED BREAD, THAT IT HAS THE LEAST IMPACT.

IT'S THE LEAST REGRESSIVE TAX.

I THINK THAT'S OUT THERE WHEN YOU CONSIDER IT.

SO I'LL JUST MAKE ONE QUICK COMMENT THAT WHEN KRISTA AND I WERE PREPARING FOR THIS PRESENTATION, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THE EXPENDITURES.

BUT WE DID WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT REVENUE AND WHAT ACTUALLY CAN CHANGE THE REVENUE AVAILABLE, BECAUSE MANY OF OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES HAVE GONE OUT FOR A SALES TAX INITIATIVE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO GET MORE REVENUE SO THAT THEY CAN DO MORE. AND IT WILL BE OUR GOAL AS STAFF, AND I'M SURE THE COUNCIL, TO INFORM THE PUBLIC AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON HOW IT ALL WORKS, AND THEN THEY WILL DECIDE AT THE VOTER BOOTH ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

I WAS GOING TO GO BACK IN TIME JUST FOR A SECOND.

BACK IN EIGHT, NINE AND TEN, 2008, NINE AND TEN, WHEN THE ECONOMY TANKED OVER THE 24 CITIES IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CHINO HILLS WENT DOWN THE LEAST AS FAR AS PROPERTY VALUES.

BECAUSE OF OUR STRONG REPUTATION FOR QUALITY OF LIFE AND FOR THE FAMILY VALUES THAT WE HAVE HERE. SO WE HELD A STRONG BASE WHEN IT CAME TO THAT.

AND I THINK WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND THAT EVERYBODY BENEFITS FROM THAT EVENTUALLY WHEN THEY SELL THEIR HOMES, THAT WE HAVE REALLY STRONG VALUES IN CHINO

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HILLS. YEAH. AND IT BOILS DOWN TO IF, IF OUR RESIDENTS ENJOY THE SERVICES THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING AND THE QUALITY OF OUR THE BEAUTIFICATION THAT HAS BEEN DONE TO OUR CITY AND HOW WELL IT APPEALS TO PEOPLE COMING TO VISIT AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

WE CAN'T DO THAT WITH A WITH A BUDGET TO KEEP SHRINKING.

IF WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THE QUALITY OF OUR, OUR LANDSCAPING AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THEN IT'S GOING TO COST MONEY.

AND THERE'S NO OTHER REVENUE SOURCE OUT THERE THAT'S GOING TO REPLACE THESE REDUCTIONS IN REVENUES. SO. ALL RIGHT.

KRISTA. OKAY. WELL, SO JUST TO SUMMARIZE, WITHOUT NEW LARGE BUSINESSES THAT GENERATE A LOT OF SALES TAX OR A VOTER APPROVED MEASURE, SALES TAX REVENUE TENDS TO GROW SLOWLY OVER TIME AND IS NOT KEEPING PACE WITH THE RISING COSTS OF PROVIDING CITY SERVICES.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE FIVE HOTELS IN THE CITY THAT GENERATE JUST OVER $2.2 MILLION IN TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX OR T.O.T.

THIS REPRESENTS ABOUT 4% OF OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUES.

WHAT'S THE RATE RIGHT NOW? WHAT'S OUR RATE? IT'S CURRENTLY 12 UP FROM 10% BACK IN 2021.

THANK YOU. THIS SLIDE SHOWS HOW MUCH EACH HOTEL CONTRIBUTES TO THAT TOTAL.

ONE IMPORTANT UPDATE TO NOTE IS HOTEL CHINO HILLS IS UNDERGOING RENOVATIONS AND REBRANDING. REBRANDING AS A COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT.

FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, WE ASSUME THE RENOVATION WILL BE COMPLETE, SO THE REVENUE PROJECTIONS WERE HIGHER.

HOWEVER, SINCE THE PROJECT IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION, WE'VE TAKEN A MORE CONSERVATIVE APPROACH IN 2526, RESULTING IN A 9% DECREASE IN TOTAL AND PROJECTED TOT REVENUE.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES BY DEPARTMENT WITH PUBLIC SAFETY AT ALMOST 19 MILLION, PUBLIC WORKS AT 11.3 MILLION, AND TRANSFERS OUT TO THE LNLS AT 3.9 MILLION.

THE GENERAL FUND, EXPENDITURES ARE PROPOSED TO DECREASE 4.9 MILLION COMPARED TO THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR DUE TO THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES FUND INTO THE GENERAL FUND. AND WE SHOULD NOTICE THE ASTERISK, WHICH BASICALLY, THE FACT THAT THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE SAYS 14% OF THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES.

TWO WELL, WAS THAT 60% OF THAT IS BASICALLY OUR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY.

IT'S BROKEN OUT HERE. YEAH, IT'S BROKEN OUT.

BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE LOOK AT THAT AND SEE THAT BECAUSE THEY SAY 14% OF THE TOTAL CITY BUDGET EXPENDITURES, IT'S THE CITY MANAGER'S IS ONLY 8 MILLION VERSUS 19 MILLION FOR OUR WONDERFUL POLICE DEPARTMENT.

OUT OF THE CITY'S 58.6 MILLION IN TOTAL GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES, 30 MILLION OR 51%, IS ALLOCATED TO OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE WITHIN THAT 30 MILLION, NEARLY 19 MILLION IS BUDGETED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.

2.3 MILLION FOR FACILITIES MAINTENANCE.

2.2 MILLION FOR RISK MANAGEMENT, APPROXIMATELY 657,000 FOR ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES AND 244,000 FOR CROSSING GUARD SERVICES.

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2526, WE HAVE 156 FULL TIME AUTHORIZED AND FUNDED POSITIONS, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF TWO FROM LAST YEAR.

SOME CHANGES MADE IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR ARE REFLECTED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, INCLUDING FOUR RECLASSIFICATIONS OR CLASSIFICATION UPDATES OF POSITIONS, TITLE OR LEVEL TO BETTER MATCH THE WORK BEING DONE WITHOUT ADDING A NEW POSITION.

WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE 2526 BUDGET, WE'RE PROPOSING SEVEN MORE RECLASSIFICATIONS AND ADDING TWO NEW FULL TIME POSITIONS IN THE PUBLIC WORKS WATER DIVISION.

OUR PART TIME STAFFING REMAINS UNCHANGED AT SEVEN PERMANENT PART TIME POSITIONS.

THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE HAS A PROPOSED BUDGET OF $2.8 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDES THE BUDGET FOR CITY COUNCIL.

THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND PASSPORT SERVICES.

CHERYL, WOULD YOU TELL US ABOUT YOUR PRIMARY GOALS FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR? SO WE IDENTIFIED THREE PRIMARY GOALS FOR THIS COMING YEAR, FISCAL YEAR. THE FIRST IS TO CONTINUE TO EXECUTE THE OPEN SPACE ENCROACHMENT PROGRAM.

AS OF THIS DATE, WE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED EIGHT PROPERTY SALES THAT ARE WORKING ON THE NEXT BATCH. WE'RE HOPING TO GET 20 POSITIVE RESPONSES OUT OF THIS NEXT BATCH TO GET, YOU KNOW, GET IT GOING, AND THEN WE'LL JUST CONTINUE THAT PROCESS GOING FORWARD. THIS SUPPORTS OUR FISCAL YEAR OBJECTIVE OF OPTIMIZING LAND USE COMPLIANCE AND GENERATING REVENUE THROUGH THE RESOLUTION OF ENFORCEMENT CASES.

OUR NEXT GOAL IS TO ADOPT REVISIONS TO OUR CITYWIDE RECORDS RETENTION SCHEDULE.

WE HAVE NOT REVISED IT SINCE 2022.

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THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES, AND IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY TIME WE GET READY TO BRING IT TO YOU FOR ADOPTION, MORE CHANGES COME FORWARD.

BUT WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO THAT, AND WE EXPECT THAT WE WILL HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE AND ADOPTION TO YOU THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

LASTLY, WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE CITY'S LOBBYISTS ON LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.

DURING THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, WE PROCESSED 12 LETTERS OF SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION ON VARIOUS LEGISLATIVE MATTERS, AND WE SUBMITTED SIX COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING REQUESTS FOR THE INCLUSION IN THE 2026 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS CYCLE. IN ANTICIPATION OF THE LIKELY PASSAGE OF SENATE BILL 707, WHICH PERTAINS TO AMENDMENTS ON THE BROWN ACT.

OUR OFFICE IS ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN DRAFTING SOME ALTERNATIVE LANGUAGE THAT ALIGNS WITH THE CITY'S TRANSPARENCY GOALS WHILE ENSURING PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION.

THIS APPROACH AIMS TO INFLUENCE THE LEGISLATIVE OUTCOME IN A MANNER THAT IS MORE OPERATIONAL, OPERATIONALLY FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE ACCEPTABLE TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

WE FEEL THAT WITH THE PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE MADE IN THE PAST OF GETTING SOME BILLS PASSED, THAT WE ARE IN A GOOD POSITION TO BE ABLE TO HELP WITH MAKING AMENDMENTS TO THIS BILL SO THAT WE CAN BENEFIT A LITTLE BIT FROM IT, AS OPPOSED TO JUST HAVING A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE FIND CHALLENGING.

THANK YOU. CAN I ASK A QUESTION? CITY CLERK'S OFFICE IS, IN FACT, HAS THE DUTY OF PULLING TOGETHER ANY PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS.

THAT'S CORRECT. CAN ONE OF YOU TELL ME HOW MUCH DO WE ANTICIPATE OR CAN WE GUESS HAS BEEN SPENT ON THAT, SAY, IN THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, FORGETTING THE FACT THAT WE GOT A BUNCH IN THE EARLY OR THE SECOND HALF OF LAST YEAR'S FISCAL YEAR, BUT HOW MUCH MONEY IS THAT AND WHERE DOES IT COME OUT OF? DOES IT COME OUT OF THIS OR DOES IT COME OUT OF GENERAL FUND? WHERE DOES IT COME FROM? IT COMES OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, AND I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT FIGURES OF WHAT THE COST IS. BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT WE HAVE PROCESSED SO FAR THIS FISCAL YEAR 583 RECORDS REQUESTS. SO WE'RE ON TRACK TO INCREASE TO 700 NEXT YEAR.

AND THEN IT WOULD BE THE COST OF TWO OF OUR STAFF PERSONS TO PROCESS THOSE REQUESTS.

SO ONE, WE JUST RECENTLY RE EVALUATED THE DUTIES THAT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE ARE DOING. AND WE HAVE OUR ADMINISTRATIVE TWO POSITION NOW PRIMARILY FOR PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS. WHEN WE REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PASSPORT AGENTS LAST YEAR, IT OPENED IT UP SO THAT WE COULD TAKE THAT OTHER POSITION AND REALLY JUST FOCUS ON THE PUBLIC RECORDS BECAUSE IT'S THAT MUCH WE IT TAKES UP SO MUCH TIME.

SO, OUR ADMIN TO WILL BE 90% PUBLIC RECORDS AND THEN THE THE LARGER REQUESTS, THE MORE COMPLEX REQUESTS ARE HANDLED BY OUR RECORDS COORDINATOR.

AND YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY TAKE MONTHS SOMETIMES TO PROCESS.

YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO, TO BRING ATTENTION TO IT BECAUSE ALTHOUGH PEOPLE HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO FILE A REQUEST FOR PUBLIC RECORDS MANY OF THE ONES THAT WE RECEIVED IN, SAY, THE LAST CALENDAR YEAR WERE VERY, VERY FRIVOLOUS. AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, AT ONE POINT, I THINK IT COST US AT LEAST $100,000 IN STAFF TIME TO DO IT.

AND I JUST WANT THAT TO GET OUT THERE TO THE PUBLIC SO THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN WE GET REQUESTS THAT ARE REQUESTING EMAILS, FOR INSTANCE, WE MIGHT GET 30,000 EMAILS THAT WE THEN HAVE TO LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE ONE, REDACT ANYTHING THAT IS PERSONAL INFORMATION OR NON DISCLOSABLE.

AND THAT'S WHERE IT CAN TAKE MONTHS.

WE HAD ONE REQUEST A FEW YEARS AGO.

THAT TOOK US OVER SIX MONTHS TO PROCESS, SO THEY CAN BE VERY TIME INTENSIVE.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT SEVERELY IMPACTS YOUR OFFICE AND ONE OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO KNOW.

YOU DO THE BEST YOU CAN FOR THIS, BUT IT JUST WASTES.

YEAH, I'M GOING TO SAY IT WASTES TIME. IT'S JUST A WASTE OF DOLLARS.

AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE BASICALLY TAKING MONEY FROM OUR GENERAL FUND THAT COULD BE USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

FAR BETTER BETTER USE.

SO ENOUGH OF THAT. YEAH.

OKAY. THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE HAS A PROPOSED BUDGET OF 29.8 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDES THE BUDGET FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND RISK MANAGEMENT, TO NAME A FEW.

ROB, CAN YOU OUTLINE THE TOP OBJECTIVES YOU'RE FOCUSING ON FOR THE NEXT YEAR? THANK YOU. CHRISTA. THE FIRST ONE IS IMPLEMENT A STRATEGIC ANNUAL BUDGET THAT PRIORITIZES ESSENTIAL SERVICES IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF INFLATION AND STAGNANT REVENUE GROWTH. I WON'T GO TOO MUCH INTO IT. IT'S WHAT YOU'VE HEARD ALL NIGHT IS OUR EXPENDITURES JUST OUTPACING OUR REVENUE GROWTH RIGHT NOW? SO THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE CONTINUOUSLY MONITORING.

THE SECOND ITEM WAS CONTINUED TO CONNECT INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WITH SERVICES THROUGH THE SOCIAL WORK ACTION GROUP AND THE COUNTY'S HOMELESS OUTREACH AND

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PROACTIVE ENFORCEMENT TEAMS. THE SWAG TEAM IS IN THE CITY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS IN NEED, WHILE THE HOPE TEAM PARTNERS WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE SIMILAR SERVICES THROUGH COUNTY RESOURCES.

AND LASTLY, WE'RE LOOKING TO DECREASE THEFTS AND BURGLARIES BY UTILIZING EMERGENCY EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND LEGISLATIVE REFORMS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

THE CITY HAS BEEN UPGRADING OUR AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS OR ALPR OVER THE LAST YEAR, AND WILL CONTINUE INTO 2526.

AND THE PD HAS BROUGHT ON A CRIME ANALYST IN THE LAST YEAR TO ASSIST IN THE UTILIZATION OF SOME OF THAT INFORMATION.

THE CITY HAS ALSO SUPPORTED THE PASSAGE OF PROP 36, WHICH TOUGHENED PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN THEFT AND DRUG RELATED CRIMES.

AND LASTLY, WE'RE LOOKING TO CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH THE CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT ON BOTH COMMUNITY MESSAGING AND EVENTS SUCH AS THE ASIAN SYMPOSIUM, LOS SERRANOS COMMUNITY MEETINGS, SENIOR FRAUD SEMINARS AND THE COMMUNITY WILDFIRE MEETING THAT ENDS.

THANK YOU ROD. THE SWAG GROUP IS BASICALLY THE CITY'S PROACTIVE ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS THE HOMELESS SITUATION. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. THERE ARE TEAM THERE ARE HOMELESS TEAM SOCIAL WORKERS THAT GOES OUT AND MAKES CONTACT WITH OUR HOMELESS COMMUNITY, WHICH IS A VERY LOW COUNT.

BUT AGAIN, I WANT THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT GOING AROUND WITH OUR HEAD IN THE SAND. WE ARE TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE ABOUT IT SO THAT IT DOESN'T BECOME A MAJOR ISSUE FOR THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS OR ITS RESIDENTS.

THAT'S RIGHT. THE COUNCIL FUNDS TWO SOCIAL WORKERS FOR 40 HOURS A WEEK EACH TO WORK IN THE CITY TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS A PROPOSED BUDGET OF 6.1 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDES THE BUDGET FOR BUILDING SERVICES, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

NICK, WILL YOU HIGHLIGHT THE KEY GOALS YOU'RE AIMING TO ACHIEVE IN THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR? THANK YOU. KRISTA.

THE DEPARTMENT'S FOCUS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR WILL BE TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY IN SERVICE DELIVERY AND FURTHER CAPITALIZE ON RECENT INVESTMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE INTO OUR DIGITAL PLAN, CHECK AND PERMITTING SYSTEM.

OUR TOP THREE GOALS INCLUDE UPDATING DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES FOR WIRELESS FACILITIES, ESTABLISHING OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS, AND STREAMLINED PROCEDURES FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.

SO THIS WOULD INCLUDE BUILDING ADDITIONS AS WELL AS CONSTRUCTION OF NEW HOMES, AND THEN CREATE EXPRESS PERMITS FOR SIMPLE BUILDING PROJECTS SUCH AS RESIDENTIAL SOLAR WATER HEATER, CHANGE OUTS, AC REPLACEMENTS AND ROOFS.

THESE ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE COUNCIL'S OVERALL GOALS OF HOUSING AND QUALITY OF LIFE, AND WILL HELP US ENHANCE OUR SERVICE DELIVERY TO RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

BEYOND THIS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROCESS DEVELOPMENT, PROJECT APPROVALS, APPLICATIONS FOR ENTITLEMENTS, BUILDING PERMITS AND PLAN CHECKS.

OUR OVERALL BUDGET INCREASE FOR NEXT YEAR OVER THIS CURRENT YEAR IS PRIMARILY DUE TO DEVELOPMENT RELATED PASS THROUGH FEES.

AND ARE THERE EXPECTED BASED UPON PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN REVIEW AS WELL AS ANTICIPATED PROJECTS THAT WILL BE APPLIED FOR.

WE'LL ALSO CONTINUE TO MONITOR LOCAL BUSINESS ACTIVITY AND PRIORITIZE EFFORTS TO FILL IN REMAINING SHOPPING CENTER VACANCIES WITH BUSINESSES THAT WILL ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR RESIDENTS, PROVIDE DESIRABLE GOODS AND SERVICES, AS WELL AS POTENTIALLY BE A REGIONAL DRAW TO ENHANCE OUR SALES TAX BASE.

WE ALSO WILL SPEND TIME RESPONDING TO NEW BILLS FROM THE LEGISLATURE AS THEY ARE APPROVED PROVED, DEALING WITH HOUSING. IT SEEMS TO CHANGE EVERY LEGISLATIVE CYCLE, AND SO WE SPEND AN AMOUNT OF TIME RESPONDING TO THOSE AND HAVING TO MODIFY OUR DEVELOPMENT CODE TO ADAPT TO THOSE REQUIREMENTS.

THANK YOU BEN. CAN YOU ANSWER A QUESTION? IT APPEARS THAT THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES FOR THIS DEPARTMENT ARE $6.1 MILLION.

THE TOTAL REVENUES, BECAUSE THEY ARE GETTING PAID FOR OR REIMBURSED FOR THEIR SERVICES, IS ABOUT 6,000,078. SO ABOUT $50,000 IS IS THE ONLY COST TO THE CITY FOR THIS FUNCTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

THEIR REVENUE IS UP THIS NEXT THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR BECAUSE OF 4.3, ROUGHLY TO 6.1. AND THAT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE OF THE SHADY VIEW AND THE ACTION THAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY, BECAUSE THIS IS BASICALLY REIMBURSEMENT FOR STAFF COSTS TO RUN THE PLANNING CHECK AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO IT'S BASICALLY COVERING ITS COSTS BY WHAT WE'RE CHARGING THE DEVELOPERS TO DO, WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO, WHAT STAFF HAS TO DO TO GET THEIR PROJECTS DEVELOPED. THAT'S NOT A BAD THING.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I WISH WE COULD ALL DO THAT.

YES. GOT A QUESTION? NICK, A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

I WAS AT AN OPEN HOUSE.

CURT HAGMAN PUT ON LAST WEEK, I BELIEVE.

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AND WHEN I WAS THERE, THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE THERE THAT OLD TIME RESIDENTS THAT LIVE HERE IN CHINO HILLS.

THEY'RE REALLY UPSET WITH US BECAUSE WE BECAUSE OF ARENA THAT WE HAVE TO SORT OF ZONE. WE DON'T BUILD. BUT WE HAD A ZONE FOR HOUSES TO BE BUILT IN THE FUTURE.

SHE ASKED ME ABOUT MEASURE YOU.

SO I TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO HER ABOUT THAT.

WE DID REDUCE DENSITY THROUGHOUT CHINO HILLS BACK IN THE, IN THE 90S, I BELIEVE.

SO CAN YOU LET THE PUBLIC KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MEASURE YOU WHAT THAT MEANT ON THE REDUCTION AND THEN ALSO ARENA WHAT OUR NUMBER, I BELIEVE IS. 3729 THAT WE HAD ZONED FOR.

CAN YOU JUST ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON THAT, BECAUSE IT REALLY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH US AS A COUNCIL, SORT OF MANDATED BY EITHER A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE OR BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. SURE. SO LIKE CHINO HILLS, THERE ARE OTHER COMMUNITIES IN CALIFORNIA THAT HAVE A VOTER APPROVED GROWTH CONTROL MEASURE.

CHINO HILLS MEASURE, MEASURE.

YOU ESSENTIALLY LOCKED IN PLACE THE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL OF LAND WITHIN THE CITY, PRIMARILY BASED UPON THE CHINO HILLS SPECIFIC PLAN AND SUBSEQUENT GENERAL PLAN MODIFICATIONS THAT HAPPENED UP TO THAT TIME, I BELIEVE IT WAS 1997.

AT THE SAME TIME STATE LAW PORTIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE REQUIRES THE CITY TO UPDATE ITS HOUSING ELEMENT OF ITS GENERAL PLAN EVERY EIGHT YEARS, AND WE GET AN ALLOCATION OF HOMES, REGIONAL HOUSING NEED ALLOCATION ON THAT EIGHT YEAR CYCLE. AND WE ARE REQUIRED BY STATE LAW ESSENTIALLY DETERMINED BY THE COURTS IN SOME RECENT CASE LAW.

REGARDLESS IF WE HAVE A LOCAL GROWTH CONTROL MEASURE, WE STILL HAVE TO ACCOMMODATE THE GROWTH THAT THE STATE ALLOCATES TO US.

AND SO WHILE MEASURE YOU STILL REMAINS IN PLACE, THE CITY HAS THE OBLIGATION TO UPZONE CERTAIN PROPERTIES IN A WAY THAT MEETS THAT RINA ALLOCATION THAT WE ACHIEVE FROM THE STATE.

WE HAD OUR RECENT ALLOCATION WAS IN 2021 THE CITY ADOPTED AND GOT A CERTIFIED HOUSING ELEMENT IN 2023. WE'RE ABOUT TO UPDATE OUR GENERAL PLAN TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THAT.

AND IT'S AND IT'S JUST ENOUGH TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS AND MEET ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE THE STATE LAW AS WELL.

AND SO WE HAVE TO RESPOND TO THAT AS IT COMES ON, ON THE EIGHT YEAR CYCLE.

OKAY. NICK, I HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION.

WAY BACK WHEN, WHEN WE FIRST BECAME A CITY WE DEVELOPED THE GENERAL PLAN AND WE DETERMINED HOW MANY, HOW MANY UNITS, IF YOU WILL, COULD BE BUILT ON ALL OF THE DEVELOPABLE. LOTS. AS LOTS AND DEVELOPMENTS CAME FORWARD, THERE WAS A MAXIMUM NUMBER OF UNITS THAT COULD BE BUILT ON A PROPERTY.

MY EXPERIENCE OF 14 YEARS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION, MANY, MANY, MANY OF THOSE DEVELOPERS CAME FORWARD AND THEY BUILT NOWHERE NEAR AS MANY AS THE MAXIMUM NUMBERS THAT THEY COULD HAVE.

IS THAT CAN YOU SUPPORT THAT? THERE ARE SEVERAL AREAS BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY WAS MOSTLY BUILT THROUGH PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.

RIGHT. THERE ARE SEVERAL AREAS WHERE THE ORIGINAL DENSITIES THAT WERE APPROVED BY THE COUNTY AND THEN MOVE FORWARD AFTER INCORPORATION WERE NOT ACHIEVED.

OKAY. SO WHEN YOU GO BACK TO THE MANDATED MEASURE, YOU IN ESSENCE, THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS HAS BEEN VOLUNTARILY CREATING ITS OWN BUILDING REDUCTIONS AND LIMITATIONS BECAUSE THE DEVELOPERS THAT CAME FORWARD DIDN'T BUILD ALL THE UNITS THEY COULD HAVE BY LAW AND AS WAS ZONED ON THEIR SPECIFIC PROPERTIES.

IS THAT GENERALLY TRUE? YOU KNOW, WITHOUT HAVING 20 YEARS OR MORE BACKGROUND HERE, I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT.

HE COULD PROBABLY TELL YOU THAT, RIGHT? YES.

YES. BUT, BUT GENERALLY I HAVE OBSERVED THAT IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY.

WELL I YOU KNOW, BY BEING PRUDENT AND NOT BUILDING OUT EVERYTHING THAT THEY COULD HAVE BUILT, WE'VE PROBABLY SHOT OURSELVES IN THE FOOT A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE MAYBE OUR ARENA NUMBERS WOULD HAVE BEEN PARTIALLY FILLED BY PREVIOUS DEVELOPMENTS HAD THEY BUILT ALL THE UNITS THEY COULD.

THEY, THE PEOPLE WERE HAPPY WITH THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF BUILDING THAT WAS GOING ON.

SO I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE JUST SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND.

WE DIDN'T BUILD THIS THING OUT AND THE DEVELOPERS DIDN'T BUILD OUT EVERY POSSIBLE UNIT THEY COULD HAVE. AND NOW, BECAUSE THE STATE MANDATES, IT'S KIND OF HURTING US IN THE LONG RUN BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GO BACK IN AND INFILL THOSE AREAS THAT ARE ALREADY BUILT OUT.

SO AND ANOTHER COMPONENT OF THAT IS THE CHANGES IN THE CALCULATIONS TO THE ARENA.

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BECAUSE IN THE PAST CYCLES, IT WAS MOSTLY FOCUSED ON HOW MUCH DEVELOPABLE LAND WAS AVAILABLE. BUT NOW THE CALCULATION TAKES INTO EFFECT OR IN INTO ACCOUNT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SOCIO ECONOMIC VARIABLES.

AND BECAUSE CHINO HILLS IN MANY AREAS IS CONSIDERED A HIGH RESOURCE AREA, WE ARE ESSENTIALLY ALLOCATED ADDITIONAL UNITS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE STATE LAW REQUIRES.

AND SO CHINO HILLS IS DIFFERENTLY IMPACTED THAN WE WERE IN PREVIOUS HOUSING CYCLES.

EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF DEVELOPABLE LAND STILL AVAILABLE.

YEAH. AND 20 PLUS YEARS AGO, INSTEAD OF FORCING DEVELOPERS TO BUILD LOW TO MODERATE INCOME HOUSING, WE CAME UP WITH A PAYMENT IN LIEU FEES THAT WERE BEING PAID BY THE DEVELOPERS TO DEVELOP WHAT THEY DID WITHOUT HAVING TO SET ASIDE 10% FOR LOW TO MODERATE INCOME.

AND WE KNOW THAT'S ALL HISTORY, BUT I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT THAT WE BRING UP SOME OF THESE ODDITIES THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE CITY'S HISTORY, THAT WE'VE BEEN SO CONSERVATIVE THAT, YOU KNOW, GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS, BAD NEWS IS THAT NOW WE'RE GETTING BURNED BY THE FACT THAT WE DIDN'T BUILD OUT EVERYTHING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN BUILT OUT.

SO I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND THAT.

MR. MAYOR, JUST I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON THIS, TOO.

IT'S REALLY INTERESTING. WE GET BEAT UP QUITE A BIT AS A COUNCIL FOR DEVELOPMENT.

THAT'S HAPPENING AND WE FOUGHT IT.

I KNOW DURING THE LAST ARENA CYCLE.

I WENT TO EVERY MEETING AND MOST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE PART OF THAT TOO.

SO WE TAKE A I THINK OUR ORIGINAL NUMBER WAS OVER 4000.

WE GOT IT REDUCED BACK TO 3729.

BUT MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS THIS BECAUSE OF THE MANDATES OF CALIFORNIA.

EACH. RESIDENTIAL AREAS ARE.

ONE ZONING USED TO BE JUST ONE UNIT PER WHATEVER IT WAS, 7000 ACRES, WHATEVER. BUT TODAY IT COULD BE UP TO THREE.

IS THAT CORRECT? LIKE AN ADU AND A JUNIOR ADU.

SO WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THAT. SO IN OTHER WORDS, I LIVE IN MY HOUSE.

MY NEIGHBOR DECIDES TO PUT AN ADU AND A JUNIOR ADU.

SO WE HAVE NO SAY SO. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. OUR OUR ABILITY TO REGULATE IS IS EXTREMELY LIMITED ONLY BASED UPON WHAT THE STATE ALLOWS US TO DO IN TERMS OF MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE AND THE LOCATION THERE'S A, THERE'S A VERY NARROW PARAMETERS THAT WE CAN PLACE ON IT, BUT, BUT WE'RE LIMITED BY THE STATE LAW, BUT WE CAN'T PROHIBIT IT OUTRIGHT.

IN FACT, THERE'S A COMPONENT OF THE STATE LAW THAT SAYS THAT WE HAVE TO ALLOW IT UP.

WE HAVE TO ALLOW ONE UP TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SIZE, REGARDLESS OF LOT COVERAGE LIMITATIONS, SETBACK LIMITATIONS, OR THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN ONE LAST QUESTION REGARDING TRAFFIC. I KNOW THAT'S A BIG ISSUE TOO. WE ALL GET BEAT UP UP HERE.

SO IN OTHER WORDS, CHINO, YOU WOULD KNOW THIS. WHAT IS THEIR NUMBER? JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, WOULD YOU HAPPEN TO TO KNOW THAT.

YEAH. IT'S IT'S ALMOST 7000.

IT'S 6957 I THINK SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE.

YEAH. 6900. ONTARIO IS ACTUALLY MUCH HIGHER.

ONTARIO'S OVER 14,000.

WOW. SO A LOT OF THIS CONSTRUCTION, THEY HAPPEN TO GO THROUGH CHINO HILLS.

YOU KNOW, WE LIVE OFF CARBON CANYON. SO WE SEE A LOT OF THEIR TRAFFIC.

SO I JUST WANTED EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT.

THANK YOU. YEAH. KRISTA, LET'S GET BACK ON TRACK BECAUSE WE WE GOT WAY OFF OFF. THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS A PROPOSED BUDGET OF 6.4 MILLION, THROUGH WHICH IT WILL CONTINUE TO OFFER A WIDE VARIETY OF PROGRAMS, SERVICES AND EVENTS FOR EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY. JONATHAN, WHAT ARE YOUR MAIN GOALS AS WE HEAD INTO THE NEW FISCAL YEAR? WELL, THANK YOU, FINANCE DIRECTOR.

AND FOR THE RECORD, 6,391,803.

WE'RE JUST DOING OUR PART.

ONE OF OUR GOALS, OF COURSE, IS ADVANCING THE PLANNING EFFORTS OF A SMALL PROJECT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN YOU MAY KNOW OF AS THE PINEHURST PARK COMMUNITY BUILDING AND SPLASH PAD.

OF COURSE, WE'VE HAD PRESENTATIONS ALREADY HERE AT THE CITY COUNCIL. I WOULD JUST SAY THIS MANY THANKS TO YOU.

THIS IS A BIG TEAM EFFORT AS IT RELATES TO THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, AND I THANK YOU TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, THE ENGINEERING FOLKS, MR. HASSELL AND MR. JARED MANUEL, AND PUBLIC WORKS FOR YOUR HELP ALREADY.

AND WE'RE LOOKING TO BUILD A TREMENDOUS MULTI-USE FACILITY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN.

SO STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.

NEXT UP. CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND EXPAND THE CITY'S VOLUNTEER AND ADOPTION PROGRAMS WITH AN UPDATED POLICY. WE WILL BE REVIEWING AND UPDATING THE CITY'S CURRENT VOLUNTEER ADOPTION PROGRAM POLICY TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION, IMPROVE TRACKING AND REPORTING, AND CREATE MORE MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT

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OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY GROUPS, AND YOUTH.

AND FINALLY, OUR THIRD ONE FOR THE YEAR IS OUR NEXT FISCAL YEAR WOULD BE REVISED THE ATHLETIC FACILITIES POLICY AND UPDATE RELATED FEES.

WE ARE UNDERTAKING A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW AND REVISION OF THE ATHLETIC FIELDS ATHLETIC FACILITIES POLICY TO BETTER ALIGN WITH CURRENT COMMUNITY NEEDS, INCLUDING PROGRAM DEMANDS.

AND BOTH OF THOSE POLICIES WILL ALSO GO IN FRONT OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION AS PART OF OUR PROCESS AS WELL.

AND IN THAT ONE IN PARTICULAR, A STAFF HAS BEEN MEETING WITH ALL OF THE SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE HAVE IN TOWN, AND EVERYBODY IS ON BOARD WITH THE WITH THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE TAKING AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

OKAY. THERE YOU HAVE IT.

AND THIS IS ANOTHER AREA WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER, BUT WE HAVE MADE SUCH A COMMITMENT TO OUR RESIDENTS THAT WE SPEND $6.4 MILLION PROVIDING ALL THE SERVICES THAT THIS DEPARTMENT COMES UP WITH, BUT WE ONLY HAVE REVENUES OF 2.1.

SO $4.2 MILLION THE CITY IS COVERING, IF YOU WILL, TO PROVIDE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT.

VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT HAS A PROPOSED BUDGET OF 7.8 MILLION FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. THIS TOTAL INCLUDES FUNDING FOR UTILITY BILLING OPERATIONS, AS WELL AS THE OPERATING AND DEBT SERVICE COSTS FOR THE CITY'S COMMUNITY FACILITIES, DISTRICTS, OR CFDS. THIS YEAR, WE'RE FOCUSING ON SEVERAL KEY PROJECTS.

FIRST, WE'RE FINALIZING THE UPDATE TO THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE PROGRAM.

THIS ENSURES THAT FEES COLLECTED FROM NEW DEVELOPMENT ARE FAIR, UP TO DATE AND REFLECT THE TRUE COST OF EXPANDING CITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES.

SECOND, WE'RE COMPLETING UPDATES TO THE COST ALLOCATION PLAN AND FEE STUDY.

THESE ARE IMPORTANT TOOLS THAT HELP ENSURE CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE CHARGING ACCURATELY FOR SERVICES, AND THAT THE GENERAL FUND IS PROPERLY REIMBURSED FOR SHARED ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. THIRD, WE'VE BEGUN REACHING OUT TO OUR PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ARE OWED ASSESSMENT DISTRICT CREDITS FROM PAST LIEN CONTINUATION AGREEMENTS.

OUR GOAL IS TO ESTABLISH SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS THAT RESOLVE THIS OUTSTANDING DEBT. THIS IS ONE OF THE FINAL CATEGORIES OF ASSESSMENT RELATED OBLIGATIONS WE NEED TO ADDRESS. THE LAST GROUP WILL BE THE VACANT PROPERTY OWNERS.

WELL RUN DEPARTMENT 7.8 OF EXPENSES AND REVENUES OF 55.1 MILLION.

THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY GOOD STUFF.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS A PROPOSED BUDGET OF 80.2 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDES THE BUDGET FOR WATER AND SEWER UTILITIES AND THE MAINTENANCE OF CITY FACILITIES, STREETS, PARKS AND LANDSCAPING.

DANIEL, COULD YOU SHARE YOUR KEY PRIORITIES FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR? THANKS, CRYSTAL. SO OUR FIRST GOAL, IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT FIRES IN ALTADENA AND PACIFIC PALISADES AND OTHER LOS ANGELES AREAS, WE WANT TO FOCUS ON FIRE HYDRANTS.

OUR FIRST GOAL IS GOING TO BE TO IMPLEMENT A NEW PROGRAM WHERE WE INSPECT AND MAINTAIN OUR FIRE HYDRANTS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

RIGHT NOW WE RANGE BETWEEN 3 AND 4 YEARS FOR INSPECTION, SO WE'RE LOOKING TO RAMP THAT UP BY QUITE A BIT.

OUR SECOND GOAL YOU KNOW, OTHER DISASTERS WITH EDISON CONSISTENTLY HAVING POWER OUTAGES, OUR SECOND GOAL IS TO COMPLETE OUR SWITCHGEAR INSTALLATIONS AT OUR KEY WATER FACILITIES THAT WILL ALLOW FOR US TO CONTINUE WATER OPERATIONS SHOULD POWER GO OUT TO ANY OF OUR RESIDENTS.

AND THEN LASTLY, WE WANT TO COMPLETE OUR UPDATES FOR OUR CITY'S STREETS, SEWER AND STORM DRAIN STANDARD PLANS.

THAT'S GOING TO HELP US ENSURE THAT PLANS REFLECT CURRENT ENGINEERING STANDARDS, LOCAL NEEDS, AND ANY TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS.

THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. I JUST WANTED TO GO BACK AND ADDRESS YOUR COMMENT THOUGH, REALLY QUICK. SO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT BUDGETS FOR A LOT OF THE GENERAL REVENUES.

SO THAT'S WHY OUR REVENUES ARE SO HIGH.

WE BUDGET FOR SALES TAX AND PROPERTY.

I KNOW BUT JUST FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT DOESN'T KNOW.

OH. SO SO. SO BEN WANTED TO STRAIGHTEN IT OUT SO IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE YOU'RE JUST THAT FANTASTIC. ANYBODY ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THESE DEPARTMENT BUDGETS.

LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO CIP NOW.

JUST ONE MORE TOPIC. AND I DO WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL.

I KNOW THAT WE'VE TALKED IN DETAIL ABOUT THE BUDGET, BUT YOU NOTICE WE DID THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR.

I WANTED TO MAKE SURE EACH OF OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS HAD A QUICK CHANCE TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE GOALS OF THEIR DEPARTMENTS, BECAUSE THOSE GOALS FEED INTO WHAT EXPENDITURES. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR, YOU KNOW, YOUR ENGAGEMENT WITH THEM ON THOSE.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, THOUGH WHAT'S A VERY UNIQUE SITUATION IN CHINO HILLS COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES IS OUR ROBUST RESERVE.

AND THAT'S WHY I FEEL COMFORTABLE AS A CITY MANAGER.

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OUR DEPARTMENTS FEEL COMFORTABLE BRINGING YOU A BUDGET THAT IS ACTUALLY TAPPING INTO THESE RESERVES IS BECAUSE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THAT SAFETY NET OF, OF RESERVES. AND I TOUCHED ON THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND THEN WE HAVE OTHER MONIES THAT HAVE A SPECIFIC USE.

AND SO THIS SLIDE, I JUST WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.

WHEN WE LOOK AT UNRESTRICTED RESERVES AT 34.9 MILLION WE ALSO HAVE $1.1 MILLION SET ASIDE FOR GENERAL LIABILITY INSURANCE.

WE WORK WITH A A CONSORTIUM OF OTHER CITIES TO HAVE COVER ALL THE RISK WITHIN THE CITY.

THE COST FOR THAT INSURANCE POLICY, WHETHER IT'S FOR WORKER'S COMP OR, OR LOSSES DUE TO PROPERTY DAMAGE, FLUCTUATES.

AND SO SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THE CITY COUNCIL SET ASIDE OVER $1 MILLION TO BE ABLE TO PAY THAT COST IF IT GREW TO A LEVEL THAT IT COULDN'T BE ABSORBED WITHIN THE NORMAL OPERATING BUDGET.

SO IF WE HAD THAT CIRCUMSTANCE, WE'D BE ABLE TO PAY FOR IT OUT OF THIS DEDICATED BUCKET OF MONEY, LET'S CALL IT THE COST OF HAVING SO MANY STAFF IN THE CITY ALSO COMES WITH PENSION COSTS.

AND THIS COUNCIL HAD THE FORESIGHT MANY YEARS AGO TO SET ASIDE MONEY FOR OUR PENSION OBLIGATIONS. SO THROUGH OUR SEWER, WATER AND GENERAL FUND STAFF WE HAVE JUST OVER $8 MILLION SET ASIDE FOR ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PENSIONS.

SHOULD WE CHOOSE TO PAY THOSE OBLIGATIONS THROUGH THIS BUCKET OF MONEY.

IT ALSO COVERS ANY OBLIGATIONS THAT AREN'T CURRENTLY COVERED BY OUR ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION TOWARD OUR PENSION OBLIGATIONS, WHICH ARE WITH THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY PENSION PROGRAM. AND THEN ADVANCES IS ACTUALLY THE REPRESENTATION OF SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL POINTED OUT IS THAT SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WE ENTERED INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON IN ORDER TO BUY OUR STREET LIGHTS. AND SO WE TOOK AN ADVANCE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO PAY THAT.

AND THIS IS WHERE THIS IS CAPTURED IN OUR BUDGET.

SO THAT AS THAT THAT, THAT REVENUE IS REFLECTED HERE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE PURCHASE OF OUR STREET LIGHTS, MOST OF THE STREETLIGHTS IN THE CITY.

ANOTHER GRAPH HERE IS JUST TO SHOW THE TREND.

AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR ORANGE LINES SHOW THE PROJECTED GROWTH OF OUR OPERATING EXPENDITURES, LESS CIP.

THIS IS WHAT IT COSTS US EVERY YEAR THROUGH GENERAL FUND.

A LITTLE BIT MORE, A LITTLE BIT MORE.

AND WHILE WE HAVE FOR MANY YEARS BEEN ABLE TO SUSTAIN OUR RESERVES.

GIVEN THE CURRENT GAP AND PROJECTED CONTINUED GAP BETWEEN REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT STARTS TO ERODE THE BLUE LINE, AND YOU SEE THE TREND IS DOWN RATHER THAN FLAT OR GOING HIGHER.

THE GENERAL AREAS THAT THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE SPECIFIC DEFICIT FOR THIS YEAR, AND WE'VE TOUCHED ON THIS ALONG THE WAY.

OPERATING COSTS ARE JUST GROWING FASTER THAN REVENUE.

WE HAVE EVERYTHING FROM OUR PERSONNEL COSTS, WHICH ARE REFLECTED EVERYWHERE FROM THE REC STAFF THAT WE WERE TRAINING TODAY AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER UP TO OUR CONTRACTS, WAGE PRESSURE PUTS INCREASES EVERYWHERE IN AN ORGANIZATION LIKE OURS.

AS KRISTA POINTED OUT, OUR SALES TAX REVENUE HAS DECLINED.

WE HAVE VERY LITTLE DIRECT INFLUENCE ON OUR BUSINESSES.

WE TRY TO PROMOTE SHOP CHINO HILLS.

WE MAKE THIS AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE BUSINESSES CAN THRIVE.

BUT TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, WE DON'T HAVE MUCH OF AN ABILITY TO TO ADDRESS THIS DECLINING SALES TAX WITH THE EXISTING TOOLS WE HAVE.

THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM AND ALL OF OUR CITY OPERATIONS HAVE DONE A LOT TO ENSURE THAT OUR BUDGETS REFLECT WHAT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY YEAR TO YEAR.

BUT THAT MEANS THAT THERE'S ALWAYS A CONVERSATION BETWEEN ME AND DANIEL AND THE TEAM. DO YOU REALLY NEED TO DO THAT NOW? WHAT ARE THE DRAWBACKS? IF WE DO IT A YEAR FROM NOW OR FIVE YEARS FROM NOW? AND WHAT WE FIND, AS MANY OF US WOULD FIND IN OUR OWN HOMES, IS THE LONGER YOU PUT OFF A PARTICULAR EXPENSE, THE MORE IT WILL COST IN THE FUTURE, NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT GETS MORE EXPENSIVE TO

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COMPLETELY REHAB A ROAD, AS AN EXAMPLE, VERSUS A SLURRY.

THE ACTUAL COST OF THE PROJECTS JUST GO UP DUE TO INFLATION.

WE HAVE AN INCREASED PRESSURE FOR OPEN SPACE MAINTENANCE, WHETHER IT'S CHANGES IN THE FIRE CODE THAT MAKE US LOOK AT ALL OF OUR TREE RESOURCES DIFFERENTLY TO US, JUST TRYING TO ADDRESS THE EXPECTATIONS THAT RESIDENTS HAVE FOR THE ESTHETIC COMPONENT OF OPEN SPACE MAINTENANCE.

ALL OF THIS IS A CONTINUED PRESSURE, WHETHER IT'S OUR STAFF DOING SOME OF THE WORK OR OUR TREE CONTRACTORS OR OUR OUR NORMAL PLANT MATERIAL MAINTENANCE.

ALL OF THESE CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THIS DEFICIT.

AND AS ALL OF THE COUNCIL HAVE COMMENTED ON OUR LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING DISTRICT CONTINUES TO RELY ON SUBSIDIES FROM THE GENERAL FUND, AND WHEN YOU ADD SOME OF THE BULLETS FROM ABOVE, THOSE START TO MAKE THAT SUBSIDY INCREASE.

AND SO IT'S CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEFICIT AS WELL.

SO AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE ALWAYS TRY TO DRIVE HOME FROM THE PUBLIC IS THAT WE TAKE OUR WE CALL IT OUR CRYSTAL BALL, RIGHT.

WE LOOK AT WHAT WE THINK THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR FOR 2526.

WE TRY TO PROJECT OUT WHAT FUTURE YEARS WILL LOOK LIKE.

AND SO WE TAKE THAT FROM A REVENUE PERSPECTIVE.

HOW MUCH MORE DO WE THINK PROPERTY TAX, SALES TAX AND OTHER REVENUE SOURCES WILL GROW? WE LOOK AT ALL OF THE EXPENDITURES THAT WE THINK MAY GROW OVER TIME.

WE LOOK AT OUR SUBSIDIES AND EVERY OTHER ASPECT OF OUR OPERATION TO TRY TO PREDICT WHAT IF WE TOOK TODAY'S ACTIONS AND CONTINUED THEM OUT FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS? HOW IS THAT GOING TO IMPACT OUR OUR BOTTOM LINE THERE? THE ENDING FUND BALANCE OR RESERVE? SO EVEN IF WE HAVE $46.8 MILLION IN THE BANK TODAY, AS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE MORE EXPENSE EXPENDITURES THAN WE HAVE IN REVENUE, WE WILL SHOW THAT OVER THE YEARS THAT WILL DROP DRAMATICALLY.

AND WE'RE PROJECTING THAT BARRING A NO CHANGE TO CUTBACKS IN SERVICE LEVELS ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE OR INCREASES IN REVENUE, WHETHER IT'S FROM A TAX MEASURE OR SOME UNPREDICTED INCREASE WE WILL SEE THAT 46.8 MILLION DROP DOWN TO ABOUT 27.1.

OF COURSE, THIS IS WHAT WE DO EVERY YEAR, AND THEN WE MAKE ADJUSTMENTS YEAR OVER YEAR.

SO I GUARANTEE YOU WHAT WE THINK WILL HAPPEN IN 2627 WON'T.

BUT WE'LL ADJUST WHEN WE DO THOSE BUDGETS.

BUT IT IS PRUDENT PLANNING FOR US TO LOOK TOWARD THE FUTURE ON ALL OF THOSE EXPENDITURES AND AND TO LOOK AT WHAT WE THINK REVENUE MAY LOOK LIKE, AS WAS BROUGHT UP BY THE COUNCIL EARLIER.

IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL IN A SALES TAX MEASURE, YOU WOULD THEN SEE IN, YOU KNOW, LET'S CALL IT BY THE TIME IT'S FULLY IMPLEMENTED.

2728 WE'RE MORE LIKELY BE LOOKING AT $6,970 MILLION IN REVENUE VERSUS 59 MILLION. IT COULD MAKE A DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE IN NOT ONLY THAT IMMEDIATE YEAR, BUT THE FUTURE AND ALL THE THINGS WE WOULD BE ABLE TO OFFER TO THE COMMUNITY.

I'LL STOP HERE IN CASE WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROJECTION.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO.

ALL RIGHT. SORRY. I'M GOING TO JUMP IN REAL FAST.

WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS THAT WE TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY, THAT THERE IS SOME REDUCTIONS.

AND WE DO THINGS IN OUR CITY TO CUT OUR COSTS, ESPECIALLY PUBLIC WORKS.

SO WE'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, LIKE I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT RECYCLED WATER AGAIN WATER WISE PLANTS.

WE'RE DOING A WHOLE LOT LED LIGHTS.

IF WE DIDN'T DO THIS, THIS WHOLE THAT WE, THAT WE'RE GOING INTO WOULD BE A LOT BIGGER. BUT I JUST WANT TO COMPLIMENT WHAT WE'RE DOING.

WE THE PUBLIC, I JUST WANT THE PUBLIC TO REALIZE WE'RE DOING A WHOLE LOT BEHIND THE SCENES TO SAVE MONEY. AND WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A PITFALL THAT IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING, BUT WE'RE NOT JUST SAYING RAISE TAXES AND THAT'S IT, WE'RE CUTTING COSTS TOO.

SO I JUST WANT THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT. SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MAYOR. ANY OTHER WRAP UP QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DANIEL TO GO THROUGH OUR CIP, AND THEN WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL.

ANYWHERE YOU WANT TO JUMP IN ON THE BUDGET, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE GONE THROUGH A FEW. ALL RIGHT. DANIEL, THANK YOU.

BEN. GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL.

IT'S MY HONOR TO PRESENT TO YOU THE FISCAL YEAR 2526 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

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I'M GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH OUR CURRENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS, OUR CARRYOVER PROJECTS, OUR NEW REQUESTS, AND I'LL FINISH UP WITH SOME FUNDING ALLOCATIONS.

BUT BEFORE I START, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF MENTION OF QUALITY OF LIFE AND I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT SINCE I HAVE THE MIC AND LAST WEEK BEING PUBLIC WORKS WEEK TO, TO THANK STAFF FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION, FOR ALL THEY DO TO MAINTAIN AND TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS BUSINESS OWNERS.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. I WANT TO START BY CELEBRATING OUR OUR CURRENT SUCCESSES.

AS YOU LOOK AT THIS CHART HERE, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE COMPLETED 18 TOTAL PROJECTS WITH A VALUE OF ALMOST $10.3 $3 MILLION IN THE PARKS AND OPEN SPACE CATEGORY.

WE REHAB TORREY PINES PARK.

WE MADE THE IMPROVEMENTS TO CROSSROADS PARK WITH THE ALL INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND.

WE REPAIRED A WHAT'S CALLED THE RIDGEVIEW DRIVE TRAIL.

IT'S A MULTIPURPOSE TRAIL FOR PEDESTRIANS AND FOR OUR MAINTENANCE VEHICLES.

IF I RECALL, MAYBE ABOUT A MILES WORTH IN DISTANCE, WE REPLACED A PLAYGROUND AT ALTAIR PARK.

RESURFACED THE RINK AT GRAND AVENUE PARK, EXPANDED THE PARKING LOT, A MUCH NEEDED EXPANSION OF THE PARKING LOT AT VILANO AND MADE SOME ELECTRICAL REPAIRS AT VETERANS PARK. MOVING OVER TO THE CATEGORY OF PUBLIC FACILITIES, WE COMPLETED THE CITY HALL COUNTER MODIFICATIONS AND DRAINAGE DIVERSION AND WEATHERPROOFING AT CITY HALL UNDER STORM DRAIN.

WE COMPLETED THE CITYWIDE STORM DRAIN MASTER PLAN STUDY UNDER STREETS.

WE HAVE SEVEN TOTAL PROJECTS.

I WON'T GO INTO THOSE, BUT STAFF DOES A GREAT JOB IF YOU DRIVE AROUND TOWN. I'D SAY WE HAVE SOME OF THE BEST STREETS IN THE AREA.

I DRIVE THROUGH A LOT OF CITIES, AND THE QUALITY JUST ISN'T AS GOOD.

SO AND THEN LASTLY, WE GOT THE WATER AND RECYCLED WATER PROJECT.

MAROON BELL TEAM DID A GREAT JOB IN TAKING A WATER SYSTEM THAT WAS FULLY CORRODED AND REPLACING THAT ELIMINATING ALL WATER LEAKS IN THE AREA FOR THOSE RESIDENTS.

AS WE MOVE OVER TO CARRYOVER PROJECTS, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 62 PROJECTS WITH A VALUE OF $95 MILLION. THAT'S QUITE A BIT.

WE'RE TRYING TO BITE INTO THAT, THAT NUMBER A LITTLE BY LITTLE.

AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO DOING SO.

SOME OF THE, THE HIGHLIGHT CARRYOVER PROJECTS ARE THE ONE, TWO, THREE TTCP PROJECT THAT WE WILL BE WRAPPING UP PRETTY SOON HERE.

WE'VE GOT TWO RECYCLED WATER MAIN PROJECTS, ONE ON EUCALYPTUS, ONE ON ENGLISH ROAD. WE'VE GOT THE ALSO MUCH NEEDED PARKING LOT EXPANSION AT COMMUNITY PARK. AND THEN LASTLY, AS JONATHAN MENTIONED, WE'VE GOT THE THE PINEHURST PARK COMMUNITY CENTER AND SPLASH PAD.

NOW, AS WE TRANSITION TO NEW REQUESTS, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 15 PROJECTS WITH A VALUE OF JUST OVER $12 MILLION.

WE'VE GOT TWO AN OPEN OPEN TO THE PARKS AND OPEN SPACE, TWO IN PUBLIC FACILITIES, SIX IN STREETS AND FIVE IN WATER, RECYCLED WATER. AND I'LL GO THROUGH THOSE PROJECTS IN MORE DETAIL.

WE'LL START WITH THE, THE BACKFLOW REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENTS PROJECT. THE STATE REQUIRES US TO INSPECT ALL OF OUR BACKFLOW DEVICES.

WE HAVE SEVERAL BACKFLOW DEVICES FOR OUR IRRIGATION SYSTEM.

THIS $100,000 WILL ALLOW US TO REPAIR, REPLACE AND MAINTAIN APPROXIMATELY 50 OF OUR BACKFLOW DEVICES. WITH THE ENGLISH SPRINGS PARK GAZEBO REHAB THAT WILL REPLACE MUCH OF THE FACIAL BOARD FROM DRY ROT AND PROVIDE SOME MUCH NEEDED PAINT JOB TO ALL THE GAZEBOS AT THAT PARK WITH OUR PUBLIC FACILITIES.

WE'VE GOT THE CITY HALL, EMERGENCY POWER DISTRIBUTION AND RESILIENCY PROJECT. THIS WILL REPLACE PROBLEMATIC TRANSFER SWITCHES WITH TRIPLE SWITCH TRANSFER SWITCHES TO ENHANCE OPERATIONAL SAFETY AND PROVIDE REDUNDANCY HERE AT CITY HALL.

AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE PARKING STRUCTURE SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS. THIS HAS BEEN A QUITE AN ISSUE FOR SEVERAL YEARS, WHERE WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT SHOULD NOT BE AT THE LOWER LEVELS OF OUR PARKING STRUCTURE. THIS WILL PROVIDE THE NECESSARY BARRIERS TO TO KEEP THEM OUT AND ONLY ALLOW ACCESS TO OUR CITY EMPLOYEES.

MOVING ON TO STREETS, WE HAVE OUR CITY-WIDE TRAFFIC SIGNAL BACK PLATE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE A PILOT PROJECT.

YOU MAY HAVE SEEN AT NINE LOCATIONS OR NINE INTERSECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

WE ARE ADDING A REFLECTIVE TAPE AROUND OR REFLECTIVE EDGE AROUND OUR BACK PLATES.

IN A SITUATION WHERE WE DO HAVE A DARK SIGNAL THAT WILL BRING MORE AWARENESS TO TO DRIVERS

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SO THEY CAN HOPEFULLY COME TO A STOP.

WITH THIS PROJECT HERE, WE WILL BE ABLE TO ADD BACK PLATES TO ALL OF OUR SIGNALS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

WITH LED REPLACEMENT PROGRAM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. WE WE ARE REPLACING THE OLD INCANDESCENT LIGHT BULBS THAT ARE ON OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND REPLACING THEM WITH LED BULBS.

EVERY YEAR WE TRY TO DO A PROJECT IN TORONTO.

THIS IS NO DIFFERENT WHERE WE GO IN AND ADD SIDEWALK TO AT LEAST ONE SIDE OF THE STREET.

WE MAKE STORM DRIVEN IMPROVEMENTS WILL REHAB, ROAD AND ADD SAFETY LIGHTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THE SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT PROGRAM. ANOTHER ANNUAL PROJECT WHERE WE INVEST AT LEAST A QUARTER MILLION EVERY SINGLE YEAR TO REMOVE ANY TRIP HAZARDS, REPLACE ANY BROKEN CURB RAMPS AND OR ANY ANY ISSUES WITH OUR CONCRETE IN OUR IN OUR RIGHT OF WAY.

BEN TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER, WHERE WE INVEST ALMOST $2 MILLION EVERY SINGLE YEAR TO WHETHER IT'S SLURRY SEAL OR DO A GRANT, AN OVERLAY OF OUR RESIDENTIAL STREETS.

AND THEN LASTLY, WE GOT THE STRIPING PROGRAM, WHERE EVERY OTHER YEAR WE GO OUT AND REFRESH OUR STRIPING, OUR STOP STOP BARS, ANY ANY LEGENDS THAT WE HAVE ON OUR STREETS SO THAT THEY CAN BRING MORE CLARITY AND AWARENESS TO OUR OUR MOTORISTS.

WE'VE GOT FIVE PROJECTS IN THE WATER AND RECYCLED WATER CATEGORY.

AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE DO HAVE.

ONE OF OUR GOALS IS TO REPLACE ALL THE.

THE TRANSFER SWITCHES OR INSTALL TRANSFER SWITCHES AT KEY WATER FACILITIES SO THAT WHEN WE DO HAVE POWER OUTAGES, WE CAN CONTINUE TO, TO OPERATE OUR OUR FACILITIES.

THIS IS A A NEW REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR AN OLD REQUEST.

A PREVIOUS REQUEST WAS A PREVIOUS BUDGET WAS $500,000.

IN ORDER FOR US TO DO OUR WHOLE SYSTEM, WE'RE GOING TO NEED AN ADDITIONAL MILLION DOLLARS FOR A TOTAL OF 1.5.

WE'VE GOT THE CARBON CANYON MAINLINE AND HYDRANT PROJECT.

THERE'S A SEGMENT OF CARBON CANYON ROAD WHERE WE NEED TO REMOVE A WATER LINE THAT RUNS ALONG THE BACKSIDE OF OF PROPERTIES.

IT'S DIFFICULT FOR OUR TEAM TO TO ACCESS THAT WATER LINE.

SHOULD WE HAVE LEAKS? SO WE'RE LOOKING TO PUT THAT OUT ON CARBON CANYON ROAD AND ADD A FIRE HYDRANT. AND THIS IS IN THE AREA OF CARBON CANYON ROAD AND HILLSIDE DRIVE WITH A PRODUCTION SITE, ACCESS, ROAD REPAIRS.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO THERE IS ENHANCE THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF ALL OF OUR WATER PRODUCTION FACILITIES. SOME OF OUR FACILITIES ARE RATHER OLD, SO ACCESS TO THOSE ARE QUITE DIFFICULT.

SO WE'RE LOOKING TO REHAB THE ROADS HARDSCAPES TO ENSURE SAFE, RELIABLE AND EFFICIENT OPERATIONS.

WITH OUR WATER PRODUCTION LADDER RETROFIT PROJECT.

WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF SAFETY AND COMPLIANCE WITH CURRENT OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS.

THIS PROJECT WILL COMPREHENSIVELY RETROFIT THE FALL PROTECTION AND SAFETY RESTRAINT SYSTEMS AT ALL OF OUR CITY RESERVOIR SITES.

AND THEN LASTLY, WE'VE GOT ALL 15 SAFETY UPGRADES SIMILAR TO THE WATER PRODUCTION LADDER RETROFIT. JUST TRYING TO BRING OUR WALL SITES UP TO, TO OUR HIGHEST SAFETY STANDARDS.

NEXT SLIDE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS PROJECT HERE, IT BREAKS DOWN ALL OF OUR PROJECTS BY FUNDING SOURCE. WITH THE LION'S SHARE BEING THE WATER UTILITY AT 59%.

AFTER THAT, WE'VE GOT OUR MEASURE I AND ROAD MAINTENANCE AND REHAB ACCOUNTS, WHICH GO TOWARDS OUR OUR STREET PROJECTS.

AT 5%, WE GOT GENERAL FUND, WHICH TYPICALLY GOES TO OUR PARKS AND OPEN SPACE AND OR PUBLIC FACILITIES FOR A TOTAL OF AGAIN, $12.2 MILLION FOR OUR 25, 26 PROJECTS.

AND THEN LASTLY THE LAST SLIDE REALLY JUST IN CLOSING THIS, THE CIP REALLY REFLECTS THE CITY'S OR THE DEPARTMENT'S COMMITMENT TO, AGAIN, MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES. THE TEAM WORKS REALLY HARD TO, TO ENSURE THAT THAT GOAL IS MET ON A YEARLY BASIS. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS? QUICK. JUST A QUICK. STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

WE LIKE TO KIND OF TALLY THINGS UP OVER TIME TO SEE HOW MUCH WE'VE INVESTED INTO OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY. DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, HAVE A I HAVE A NUMBER THAT I'VE HAD FROM A YEAR OR TWO AGO, BUT WHICH WAS AROUND $24 MILLION.

BUT DO YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE IT CORRECT? WE'RE SOMEWHERE IN THAT RANGE. I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT WE'RE CLOSE TO $25 MILLION OVER THE LAST, I THINK, 10 OR 15 YEARS.

OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, BEN, I GUESS WE CAN WRAP IT UP.

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LAST SLIDE. KRISTA. EXCUSE ME.

THIS SLIDE OUTLINES ONE RECOMMENDED UPDATE TO THE BUDGET RESOLUTION, ALONG WITH A REMINDER OF AN EXISTING PROVISION.

FIRST, WE'RE PROPOSING TO INCREASE THE THRESHOLD FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT BUDGET AMENDMENTS THAT THE CITY MANAGER CAN APPROVE FROM 200,000 TO 220,000.

THIS CHANGE IS INTENDED TO ALIGN THE CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET AMENDMENT AUTHORITY WITH HIS EXISTING AUTHORITY UNDER THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO AWARD INFORMALLY BID PUBLIC PROJECT CONTRACTS. SECOND, WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO CONTINUE THE CURRENT PRACTICE THAT ALLOWS THE CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT, AS LONG AS THOSE ITEMS ARE SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET AND THE COST DOES NOT EXCEED 100,000.

THIS PROVISION HELPS STREAMLINE PROCUREMENT AND ENSURES TIMELY ACQUISITION OF BUDGETED EQUIPMENT. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF IN ATTENDANCE.

THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.

OUR GOAL WAS TO GIVE YOU A SNIPPET, YOU KNOW, A SNIPPET OF ALL THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE BUDGET TO TAKE THE GOALS AND DIRECTION THAT THE COUNCIL HAS GIVEN US, AND KIND OF TURN IT INTO TODAY'S DOCUMENT.

WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DELVE BACK INTO THE BUDGET IF WE DIDN'T COVER ANYTHING WHATEVER THE COUNCIL'S PLEASURE, I DO ALWAYS TRY TO OFFER THAT IF ANY RESIDENT WATCHING THIS AS A QUESTION ABOUT THE BUDGET, WHETHER IT'S THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE OR THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, WE'RE MORE THAN WILLING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT YOUR CITY'S OPERATIONS.

SO WE'RE OPEN IT UP TO ALL TYPES OF QUESTIONS FROM HERE.

ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE A QUICK COMMENT FOR A QUESTION FOR BEN.

OKAY. WE TALK A LOT ABOUT YOU KNOW, THE AMOUNT OF SALES TAX, PROPERTY TAX WE GET FROM THE COUNTY. WE'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH ABOUT TRYING TO ESTABLISH SOMETHING. I KNOW AT ONE POINT LAST YEAR THERE WAS GOING TO BE LIKE AN EFFORT AT SOME POINT ON WORKING WITH THE COUNTY ON THIS. SO IF WE COULD GET JUST MAYBE SOME NOT NOW, BUT AN UPDATE THROUGH MAYBE A MEMO OR SOMETHING ABOUT WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT WHAT KIND OF FEEDBACK YOU'VE GOTTEN FROM THE COUNTY.

DOES IT LOOK DISMAL? DOES IT LOOK PROMISING? JUST I'M JUST CURIOUS WHERE WE STAND WITH THAT. SO I KNOW IT'S CHALLENGING.

I CAN GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE.

WE DID REACH OUT TO THE COUNTY.

AND I THINK FOR THE AUDIENCE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SMALL PROPORTION OF PROPERTY TAX THAT WE RECEIVE AT 3.9% YOU IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT YOUR PROPERTY TAX, YOU WOULD SEE THAT OTHER ENTITIES GET DOLLARS.

IN ORDER FOR US TO GET A HIGHER PROPORTION, IT HAS TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE, WHICH IS THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO.

AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH THE COUNTY ABOUT HOW WE CAN RECEIVE A HIGHER SHARE OF THAT.

THERE'S ACTUALLY A SENATE BILL 166 THAT GOES BACK UNTIL, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE EARLY 90S THAT PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNTIES AND MORE LIKE THE EARLY 2000, I THINK, BUT IT ALLOWED FOR COUNTIES AND CITIES TO REALLOCATE THE PROPERTY SHARE. I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNTY CEO, AND ROD AND SUSAN FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE HAVE HAD FOLLOW UP CONVERSATIONS WITH FINANCE STAFF FROM, THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO.

THEY HAVE A DRAFT PROPOSAL THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO GET A LARGER SHARE OF OUR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY SALES PROPERTY.

THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, PROPERTY TAX, WE DON'T HAVE A DOLLAR FOR THAT, BUT IT JUST GOES TO SHOW THE COUNCIL SAID, HEY, LET'S MAKE SURE WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL AREAS.

THERE IS A SMALL AREA WITHIN THE PROPERTY TAX REALM SPECIFIC TO COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, WHERE WE CURRENTLY RECEIVE A LARGER SHARE THAN 3.9% ON A HANDFUL OF WELL ON NOT ALL, BUT SOME OF THE PROPERTIES IN THE CITY.

WE GET AS HIGH AS 18.6% OF THAT ONE.

SO 1% THAT'S ASSESSED.

LONG STORY, BUT THE ANSWER IS WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS.

AND I ANTICIPATE IN THE NEAR FUTURE WE WOULD BRING AN AGREEMENT TO THE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION REFLECTING THE WORK THAT ROD AND THE TEAM HAVE DONE TO AT LEAST MAKE SOME MOVEMENT. IT'S NOT OUR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES WHERE, WHICH IS THE LION'S SHARE OF PROPERTY TAX, BUT IT'S IT'S SOMETHING.

SO WE'LL BRING THAT TO YOU SOON.

THAT'S A GREAT UPDATE. SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORTS. SO THE RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT IS PRETTY MUCH OFF THE TABLE.

I'D LIKE TO, TO USE THE ANALOGY, THE OLD OF THE CAMEL GETTING THEIR NOSE UNDER THE TENT. IF WE CAN MAKE IMPROVEMENTS HERE, I HOPE THAT WE CAN GET THE COUNTY TO SEE THAT AS I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A, A BAD WAY TO SAY IT, BUT WE TEND TO SEE OURSELVES AS A PROPERTY TAX DONOR AND THAT WE GET A LOT MORE WE MAKE

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A LARGER CONTRIBUTION FUND. WE FUND THE COUNTY, WE FUND THE COUNTY FAR MORE THAN WE GET IN, IN RESOURCES JUST BECAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY.

WE'RE SO FAR FROM THE COUNTY, IT'S HARD FOR US TO GET ALL OF THEIR SERVICES FOR OUR RESIDENTS, SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO ASK FOR A LARGER SHARE OF THAT PROPERTY TAX.

WHAT'S FRUSTRATING, WE PROBABLY ALL AGREE, IS THAT WE'RE DOING WHATEVER WE CAN FROM THE STAFF LEVEL. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALL THE SUPERVISORS AND IT'S LIKE, AT WHAT POINT DO WE NEED TO DIG IN OUR HEELS AND PUT PRESSURE ON THESE ELECTED OFFICIALS WERE ELECTED TO.

SO MAYBE THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE AT ANOTHER TIME.

BUT I DON'T THINK I THINK THERE'S MORE THAT THAT MAYBE AS A COUNCIL, WE NEED TO DO. LIKE, DO WE NEED TO SPEAK AT A COUNTY SUPERVISORS MEETING? DO WE NEED TO GO THAT ROUTE? WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? WE'VE RECEIVED COMMITMENTS FROM OUR FOURTH DISTRICT SUPERVISOR, CURT HAGMAN.

SO WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO WILL SUPPORT THIS, BUT STAFF HAVE TO DEVELOP IT IN THE PROGRAM SO THAT THEN THE COUNTY CAN VOTE ON IT.

I THINK ONCE WE HAVE THIS READY TO MOVE, AND I'LL POINT OUT THAT WHEN I TALK ABOUT THIS SENATE BILL 166, WHEN KURT WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER, HE WAS INVOLVED IN HELPING US RENEGOTIATE THAT SHARE.

SO I THINK WE DO HAVE SUPPORT FROM THE COUNTY.

WE JUST HAVE TO FRAME IT IN A WAY THAT THEY CAN THEN VOTE ON IT.

YEAH. AND THEN IT COMES TO IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE VOTES. BUT I THINK WHATEVER COMES OF THIS, I THINK I'LL FEEL BETTER KNOWING THAT WE CAN SHOW THE RESIDENTS BECAUSE WE COMPLAIN ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME. BUT AT LEAST IF WE CAN SHOW THAT WE'VE WE'VE WENT THE ROUTE AND IF WE DON'T GET THE OUTCOME WE WANT IT, AT LEAST WE CAN SHOW THE RESIDENTS THAT WE WENT AS FAR AS WE COULD, AND WE TRIED.

AND IT WAS THE COUNTY THAT WAS THE BAD GUY, NOT US.

WE TRIED TO GET THE REVENUE THAT WE'RE DUE AND THE COUNTY, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE VOTES FOR IT. SO I'D LIKE TO SEE IT FINALLY GO TO THAT, WHERE WE CAN SHOW EVERYONE THAT WE WE'VE TRIED. AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORTS YOU GUYS HAVE DONE ALREADY. SO. WELL, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT UP BECAUSE WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO BRINGING A WIN TO THE COUNCIL BECAUSE THE STAFF AT THE COUNTY LEVEL HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO US.

AND BEN, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATION WITH YOU OR SOME INPUT ON THAT, BECAUSE I SPENT 45 YEARS IN THE PROPERTY TAX PROFESSION AND I KNOW HOW IT WORKS.

I WAS AROUND BEFORE PROP 13, SO I KNOW HOW IT HAPPENED AND WAS DISTRIBUTED BEFORE THAT AND SUBSEQUENT AFTER THE A B EIGHT FORMULA.

SO I THINK MAYBE I MIGHT BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH A LITTLE BIT OF HELP.

SO I WELCOME IT. THIS IS ONE APPROACH.

WE'LL HAVE INFORMAL AD HOC COMMITTEE.

I'D LOVE TO BE INVOLVED WITH THAT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES. JUST REAL FAST. WE DO THINGS BEHIND THE SCENES.

SO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS SUCH AS ENGLISH ROAD, SUCH AS ENGLISH ROAD EUCALYPTUS AND THEN ALSO THE TCP 123.

ONCE THESE ARE DONE, WHAT KIND OF COST SAVINGS ARE WE LOOKING AT? DON'T BE MODEST EITHER. YEAH.

AND AT THIS POINT IT'S DIFFICULT TO PUT A NUMBER ON IT BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT WILL COST TO MAINTAIN THE FACILITY.

THE 123 TCP, TCP SITE, THE NUMBER OF $1 MILLION HAS BEEN THROWN OUT THERE FOR, FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

SO WE'RE GOING TO STICK TO THAT NUMBER UNTIL WE KNOW WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE.

WE'RE TRYING TO SAVE MONEY. SO THANK YOU.

PETER, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT CAN WE ADJOURN THE BUDGET WORKSHOP MEETING? AND AND WE WILL BE LOOKING AT BRINGING BACK THE BUDGET FOR APPROVAL AT OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING ON JUNE 10TH. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. CORRECT. OKAY. AND THANK YOU STAFF AND FOR BEING HERE AND LISTENING TO ALL OF THIS STUFF. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU WERE KIND OF GIVEN A ZERO BASED BUDGET SAYING, OKAY IF YOU HAVE NO MONEY LET ME, LET ME HAVE YOUR EXACT WISH LIST AND WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN'T GET IT FUNDED.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR AGAIN, SITTING THROUGH THIS STUFF TOO.

BUT NOW YOU KNOW WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CONTINUE TO HAVE JOBS AND THAT OUR CITY IS SERVED AS WELL AS IT HAS BEEN FOR 34 YEARS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND WITH THAT, WE'LL ADJOURN AND WE'LL RECONVENE AT 6:00 FOR OUR REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[ REGULAR MEETING - 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 COUNCIL FOR MAY 27TH, 2025.

ROLL CALL. ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT EXCEPT COUNCIL VICE MAYOR JONES.

ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO CALL AN AUDIBLE.

NINE. YOU'RE GOING TO BE RECOGNIZED IN THE MALL.

WOULD YOU COME FORWARD AND LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? ALL RIGHT. AND ALSO AFTERWARDS, PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR CHAPLAIN YANG LING WANG OF THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT CHAPLAIN SERVICE.

PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART. READY?

[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]

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 LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL MAY BE SEATED. THANK YOU, SIR. GOOD EVENING.

[ INVOCATION: Chaplain Yan-Ling Wong, Chino Valley Fire District ]

LET US PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, SOVEREIGN LORD GOD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNFAILING, LOVING KINDNESS, COMPASSION AND MERCY. GREAT IS YOUR FAITHFULNESS.

WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHOM YOU HAVE CALLED.

WE LIFT THEM UP TO YOU AND ASK THAT YOU WOULD GRANT THEM WISDOM.

SO DECISIONS MADE WOULD HONOR YOU AND SERVE THE PEOPLE JUSTLY.

MAY YOU PROTECT THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES.

GUIDE THEM ALSO IN LEADING THE CITY WITH INTEGRITY AND TRUTH.

WE ACKNOWLEDGE ALSO YOUR GRACIOUS PROVISION OF A NEW EMPLOYEE AND A STUDENT RECOGNIZED FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE.

MAY YOU BLESS THEM AND USE THEM FOR YOUR GLORY.

WE SUBMIT THIS MEETING AND ALL THE DECISIONS MADE THAT IT WOULD ALIGN WITH YOUR RIGHTEOUS WAYS AND ACCORDING TO YOUR WILL.

MAY YOU GRANT A EFFICIENT AND PRODUCTIVE MEETING.

THANK YOU AGAIN. IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU.

CHAPTER ONE.

THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE INTRODUCTION OF A NEW EMPLOYEE.

[3. INTRODUCTION: New Employee: Gilda Campagna, Administrative Assistant I, City Clerk’s Office ]

GILDA CAMPAGNA, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.

GILDA, WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM? WELL, WELCOME AGAIN. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME GILDA CAMPAGNA AS OUR NEW ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT.

ONE AND CLERK. CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.

PRIOR TO JOINING US, GILDA SPENT 25 YEARS WITH WELLS FARGO BANK.

GILDA AND HER HUSBAND HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR 22 YEARS AND HAVE TWO CHILDREN, A DAUGHTER WHO IS IN COLLEGE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA AND A SON WHO ATTENDS DON LUGO. CONGRATULATIONS, GILDA, AND WELCOME TO THE TEAM.

AND HERE IS YOUR OFFICIAL PIN, AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? THANK YOU MAYOR. I AM GLAD AND HAPPY AND EXCITED TO JOIN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, THE CITY CLERK'S DEPARTMENT.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE THE RECOGNITION OF THE OUTGOING PARKS

[4. RECOGNITION - Outgoing Parks and Recreation Commission Student Member Ninad Moholkar]

AND RECREATION COMMISSION STUDENT MEMBER NENAD MUHLHOFER.

WOULD YOU PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR? HOW ARE YOU, SIR? THANK YOU FOR DOING THE PLEDGE, I APPRECIATE THAT.

SO YOU CAN THINKING ON YOUR FEET.

EVEN WHEN I SURPRISE YOU AT THE LAST MINUTE. NENAD WAS APPOINTED TO SERVE AS THE STUDENT MEMBER OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION IN APRIL OF 2024.

DURING HIS TERM, NENAD INSIGHTS FROM A STUDENT AND TEEN PERSPECTIVE WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING THE COMMISSION WITH KEY DECISION MAKING PROCESSES AND IDENTIFYING FUTURE TEEN LED INITIATIVES AND EVENTS.

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HIS CONTRIBUTIONS ALSO INCLUDED SERVING CONCURRENTLY AS THE LIAISON ON THE TEEN ADVISORY BOARD, WHERE HE HELPED DEFINE THE ROLE OF MEMBERS AT LARGE AND SUPPORTED THE BOARD'S SERVICE PROJECTS.

THE COMMISSION WAS ALWAYS APPRECIATIVE OF HIS ENTHUSIASM AND INSIGHTFUL QUESTIONS DURING MEETINGS. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE AND I WISH TO THANK YOU AND WISH YOU GREAT SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE RECEIVING CERTIFICATES FROM NOT ONLY THE CITY BUT FROM.

EXCUSE ME. IT'S NOT EVERY DAY I GET SO CHOKED UP.

WE JUST SPENT TWO HOURS IN A BUDGET MEETING, AND I THINK I TALKED TOO MUCH.

AND THE STAFF WILL ADHERE TO THAT OR ENFORCE THAT.

OKAY. CONGRESSWOMAN NORMA TORRES STATE SENATOR KELLY CIERTO.

AND ASSEMBLYMAN PHIL CHEN.

SO I'LL BE PRESENTING YOU THESE, BUT YOU HAVE A FEW COMMENTS TO WHERE YOU CAN TELL US HOW IT WAS THIS LAST YEAR.

I'D LIKE TO THANK MAYOR BENNETT AND THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR RECOGNIZING MY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION. I'M ALSO REALLY GRATEFUL TO FORMER MAYOR MORAN FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON THIS COMMISSION AND BE A PART OF THE TREMENDOUS WORK THAT GOES INTO KEEPING OUR CITY'S SERVICES, EVENTS AND FACILITIES RUNNING YEAR ROUND.

I WANT TO EXTEND MY THANKS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION AND CITY STAFF, WHO WELCOMED ME WITH OPEN ARMS AND ENCOURAGED ME TO PARTICIPATE FULLY AND ASK QUESTIONS AT EVERY SINGLE MEETING.

A SPECIAL THANKS AS WELL TO JACOB VELASCO AND KATIE TIANG, WHO SUPPORT AND RESPONSIVENESS, MADE A REALLY BIG DIFFERENCE THROUGHOUT MY TERM. SERVING ON THIS COMMISSION HAS GIVEN ME INVALUABLE EXPERIENCES AND LASTING MEMORIES THAT I'LL CARRY INTO COLLEGE AND BEYOND, AND I'M TRULY HONORED TO HAVE HAD THE CHANCE TO SERVE AS THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE.

I HOPE TO CONTINUE SERVING THIS GREAT CITY OF CHINO HILLS IN THE YEARS AHEAD.

THANK YOU. FANTASTIC. THAT'S.

PARENTS, FEEL FREE TO COME BY AND COME UP AND TAKE A PICTURE AFTER WE GET THE OFFICIAL ONE, PLEASE.

GOOD LUCK WITH EVERYTHING THIS NEXT YEAR. WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH WONDERFUL STUDENTS WITHIN OUR CITY. NEXT WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,

[5. PRESENTATION - Chamber of Commerce 2024 Impact Report Update]

PRESIDENT ZEB WELLBORN OF THE 2024 IMPACT REPORT UPDATE.

I UNDERSTAND. ALL RIGHT.

WELL HELLO EVERYBODY. HELLO THERE.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE AT THE CHINO VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. I THINK THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY.

I TRY TO COME HERE ONCE A YEAR TO SHARE THE IMPACT THAT THE CHAMBER HAS HAD ON OUR COMMUNITY AND KIND OF GIVE SOME INFORMATION TO RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY AS TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN TACKLING OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. I KNOW I PASSED OUT, THIS IS ON OUR WEBSITE.

WE ALSO HAVE SOME HANDHELD COPIES OF THE CHAMBER, SO IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE THEM THE HANDHELD VERSION, FEEL FREE TO PICK THEM UP AT THE CHAMBER, OR YOU CAN LOOK THEM UP ON THE BLOG SIDE OF OUR WEBSITE OR THE NEWS SIDE OF OUR WEBSITE.

BUT ESSENTIALLY, WE'VE, WE STARTED THIS UPSCALE CHINO VALLEY PROGRAM.

WE GOT SOME FUNDING TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM THAT WE CALLED UPSKILL CHINO VALLEY. IT WAS FOUR THINGS.

IT WAS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

IT WAS LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.

IT WAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND IT WAS ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT.

SO WE'VE REALLY IMPLEMENTED WE SPENT THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'RE ACTUALLY ON YEAR THREE OF FOUR IN THIS PROGRAM, KICKING, GETTING IT KICKSTARTED.

SO I WANT TO SHARE SOME OF THE RESULTS THAT HAVE COME ABOUT. BECAUSE OF THAT, WE HAVE RECEIVED ABOUT $700,000 IN FUNDS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE TO LOCAL BUSINESSES.

THESE ARE TRAINING FUNDS TO HELP BUSINESSES GROW AND HELP THEIR WORKFORCE GET MORE SKILLS AND HIGHER WAGES AT THE PLACES THAT THEY DO THE WORK.

WE'VE WORKED WITH SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TO HELP PLACE MORE THAN 500 PEOPLE IN LOCAL JOBS.

100 AND AT LEAST 125 OF THOSE ARE FROM CHINO HILLS, CHINO HILLS RESIDENTS THAT HAVE FOUND EMPLOYMENT WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES.

WE'VE DONE THESE WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIPS WITH A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE ENERGY SPACE. WE'VE DONE SOME WITH THE US CHAMBER AND CHALLENGE PIPELINE MANAGEMENT, AND WE'VE DONE SOME WITH SOME OTHER REGIONAL PLAYERS THAT HAVE HELPED US PLACE CHINO HILLS RESIDENTS WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES AND LOCAL JOBS AND THOSE JOBS.

AND OF THOSE, 125, ONE QUARTER OF THOSE ARE IN CHINO HILLS.

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THEY'RE CHINO HILLS BASED BUSINESSES. WE HAVE LOTS OF SUCCESS STORIES OF PEOPLE THAT EXPERIENCED SOME GREAT OPPORTUNITIES HAVE COME FROM THAT. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH IS OUR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.

SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CHAFFEY COLLEGE.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A LOT OF THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS LOCALLY WHERE WE'VE HELPED GIVE STUDENTS OR GIVE YOUTH REAL WORLD OPPORTUNITIES WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES.

SO WE'VE HAD OVER I MEAN, IT'S BEEN OVER 3000 STUDENTS ACROSS ALL OF THE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN CONNECTED WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES HERE IN CHINO VALLEY, SOME OF THEM THROUGH INTERNSHIPS, SOME OF THEM THROUGH ONSITE JOB RESOURCES, SOME OF THEM THROUGH JOB FAIRS, SOME OF THEM THROUGH CAREER DAYS.

WE'VE DONE A LOT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMING.

WE DO AT LEAST ONE ENTREPRENEURSHIP EVENT A WEEK.

WE'VE HAD OVER 500 PEOPLE ATTEND THOSE THINGS ON A REGULAR BASIS.

WE'VE HAD ABOUT 3000 THAT HAVE COME IN OVER THAT TIME AS WELL.

JUST KIND OF IN AND OUT.

WE'VE DONE THESE KIDS ENTREPRENEURSHIP FAIRS.

I KNOW THAT PETER WAS AT OUR MOST RECENT ONE, WHERE WE HAVE ABOUT 300 KIDS THAT PARTICIPATE IN THAT.

IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN, IT'S AT THE SHOPPES AT CHINO HILLS. 300 KIDS ARE DOING IT.

WE HAVE ABOUT 2000 SHOPPERS THAT COME BY THERE BUYING AND SELLING GOODS THAT THESE KIDS MAKE. IT'S A REALLY COOL THING TO SEE IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE IT YET, AND I HIGHLY RECOMMEND CHECKING THAT OUT.

WE ALSO DO A PITCH COMPETITION FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. SO WE'RE PROMOTING ENTREPRENEURSHIP WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. SO WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT PRESENT THEIR IDEAS AND THEN THEY GET AWARDED FUNDS AS A RESULT OF THAT.

SO WE'RE REALLY SPURRING THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACROSS ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR OUR YOUTH, BUT ALSO FOR OUR ADULT POPULATIONS.

ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SIDE, WE HOST THESE ROUNDTABLES.

SO WE DO AT LEAST TWO A MONTH WHERE WE BRING IN DIFFERENT INDUSTRY SECTORS AND WE TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT CHALLENGES AND ISSUES THEY'RE FACING. SO SOME OF THEM ARE IN HEALTHCARE, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE WE'RE BRINGING THOSE BUSINESSES TOGETHER. WE PINPOINT SOME CHALLENGES THAT THEY'RE FACING, AND THEN WE WORK TO SOLVE THOSE CHALLENGES.

SO AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS THERE'S A LOT OF RETAIL THEFT AND CRIME THAT WAS HAPPENING IN CHINO AND CHINO HILLS.

SO THERE'S BREAK INS AND THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THAT SORT.

SO WHAT WE DID IS WE CONVENED THIS ROUNDTABLE TO IDENTIFY SOME WAYS THAT WE CAN RESOLVE THAT. ONE OF THEM WAS THROUGH LEGISLATION. SO WE SUPPORTED LEGISLATION TO HELP MAKE IT EASIER TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PEOPLE WERE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.

AND THEN WE DID SOME OTHER THINGS TO TRY TO HELP MITIGATE THAT AS WELL. WE'VE ALSO STARTED A LEADERSHIP PROGRAM.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MANY OF YOU ON THIS DAIS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN.

SO ONE, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE PARTICIPATING IN THOSE. WE HAD BEN, DANIEL AND NICK HAVE ALL GONE THROUGH THAT PROGRAM.

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR CONNECTING YOUR LEADERS WITH OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

I THINK YOU GET A REALLY GOOD PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT OUR BUSINESS OWNERS GO THROUGH WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO BUILD BUSINESSES HERE IN THE CHINO VALLEY. SO IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY GET CONNECT TO THAT, BUT GET BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK OF WHAT GOES ON WITH THE BUSINESSES THAT OPERATE HERE AS WELL.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF THE IMPACT REPORT.

THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE WORKED ON THIS YEAR TO HELP CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES HERE IN CHINO HILLS.

I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS, JUST SHOWING SOME OF THE OTHER WORK THAT WE DO. THAT'S PART OF OUR UPSCALE CHINO VALLEY PROGRAM. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT I SHARE THAT WITH OUR COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT.

I THINK WE'VE BEEN DOING SOME ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

SO WE'VE THERE'S $1 MILLION OF FUNDS THAT CAME TO THE ORGANIZATION.

THE ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING IS MULTIPLIED SUBSTANTIALLY FROM THAT $1 MILLION. SO WE'RE NOT WE'RE.

THE MILLION DOLLARS IS COMING IN IS WE'RE PROVIDING WAY MORE VALUE AND SERVICES, EXCHANGING GOODS AND MONEY AND GIVING PEOPLE JOBS HERE LOCALLY THAT DIDN'T HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY BEFORE. AND I'LL SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW.

SO THE JOB FAIRS IS ONE EXAMPLE.

THESE ARE PHOTOS FROM A JOB FAIR THAT WE HELD AT THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY CENTER.

I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS ISSUES WITH PARKING THAT DAY BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY JOB SEEKERS THAT WERE LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES. SO WE HAD 600 PEOPLE THAT SHOW UP THAT DAY LOOKING FOR LOCAL JOBS WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES.

WE HAVE 40 EMPLOYERS THAT WERE THERE MORE THAN TEN OF WHICH WERE FROM THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS. WE DO THESE ENTREPRENEURIAL EVENTS EVERY WEDNESDAY, SO WE USUALLY HAVE ABOUT BETWEEN 30 AND 50 BUSINESS OWNERS THAT ARE THERE.

SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO EDUCATE ENTREPRENEURS, TO BUILD SOME NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES AND SEE THAT TYPE OF SUCCESS GROW.

THESE ARE PHOTOS FROM SOME OF THE LEADERSHIP COLLABORATIVE TOURS THAT WE'VE BEEN ON.

WE DO VISIT THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, SO WE GET A BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK AT HOW THIS IS, THIS ORGANIZATION IS RUN.

AS LONG AS, AS WELL AS VISITING THE SHOPS AND SOME OTHER LOCAL BUSINESSES BEHIND THE SCENES. THIS IS PHOTOS FROM THAT KIDS ENTREPRENEURSHIP FAIR.

SO THESE ARE SOME, SOME OF THE STUFF THAT THEY DO.

LIKE I SAID, IT TAKES UP THE WHOLE STREET AT THE SHOPPES AT CHINO HILLS WITH THESE KIDS SELLING STUFF THAT THEY MAKE WITH THEIR HANDS FOR THE MOST PART. THESE ROUND TABLES.

WE RECENTLY HELD A ROUNDTABLE WITH CONGRESSWOMAN YOUNG KIM TO TALK ABOUT SOME FEDERAL PROGRAMS THAT REALLY HELP SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES.

AND SO WE REALLY WANTED TO ADVOCATE FOR THOSE WITH HER, AND WE BROUGHT IN LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AS WELL.

THERE'S LOTS OF OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE'RE BUILDING THESE ROUND TABLES WITH OUR

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LEGISLATORS, BUT ALSO WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT FIT IN DIFFERENT INDUSTRY SECTORS.

WE DO WANT TO WE DO TONS OF.

THERE'S ANOTHER EVENT THAT WE DID IN CHINO HILLS. THIS WAS OUR SALUTE TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

WE HONORED OUR LOCAL FIRST RESPONDERS.

THANK YOU FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT THIS YEAR. AND THANK YOU TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN. AND I KNOW THIS IS DAY AFTER MEMORIAL DAY, SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AS WELL.

WE DO LOTS OF RIBBON CUTTINGS IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, AND THESE ARE OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THESE ARE BUSINESSES THAT ARE STARTING OUT. THEY PUT THEIR HOPES AND THEIR DREAMS INTO BUILDING A BUSINESS. THEY'RE OPENING THEIR DOORS. AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE IT WHEN WE HAVE CITY REPRESENTATIVES AND CITY COUNCIL COMING TO ATTEND OUR RIBBON CUTTING EVENTS.

THIS WAS RECENTLY WE HAD OUR TASTE OF CHINO VALLEY.

THIS ONE WAS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL ONE THAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR.

SO WE HAD 40 RESTAURANT VENDORS.

WE HAD 600 ATTENDEES THAT CAME IN AND SAMPLED FOOD FROM RESTAURANTS FROM ACROSS THE AREA.

OUR GOAL WAS TO HIGHLIGHT AND MARKET THESE RESTAURANTS SO THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET SOME EXPOSURE TO THEIR BUSINESS HERE IN CHINO HILLS.

WITH THAT, I THINK THAT COMES TO AN END.

WE HAVE LOTS OF EVENTS COMING UP.

WE'RE PARTNERING WITH YOU ON THE STATE OF THE CITY FOR CHINO HILLS, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND JUST APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING ON THIS YEAR. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR ZACH? ALL RIGHT. JUST CONTINUE TO DO THE GOOD WORK YOU'RE DOING.

WE APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

NEXT IS OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT.

[ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT]

NICOLE. THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR BENNETT, COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. JUST A FEW QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS.

AS JUST MENTIONED, MAYOR BENNETT WILL HOST THE ANNUAL STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS ON JUNE 5TH. THE EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT.

HOWEVER, THE FULL VIDEO AND CEREMONY WILL BE AVAILABLE TO WATCH ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE FOLLOWING THE WEEK AFTER THE EVENT AND OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS.

THE COMMUNITY IS INVITED TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL TRAILS DAY WITH THE GUIDED HIKE OF THE MCCOY LOOP ON JUNE 7TH.

DOOR PRIZES, CRAFTS AND EDUCATIONAL BOOTHS WILL BE AVAILABLE STARTING AT 8 A.M., AND THE INTERMEDIATE THREE MILE HIKE WILL BEGIN AT 8:30 A.M..

TO LEARN MORE, VISIT YOU KNOW, DOT ORG FORWARD SLASH EVENTS.

AND KICKING OFF SOME SUMMER FUN IN CHINO HILLS, THE CONCERTS IN THE PARK SERIES WILL RETURN TO VETERANS PARK WEDNESDAY EVENING STARTING JUNE 11TH AT 7 P.M.

WITH MUSIC BY UPSTREAM AND MOVIES IN THE PARK.

RETURNS TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER THURSDAY EVENING STARTING JUNE 12TH AT 8 P.M.

WITH THE SCREENING OF INSIDE OUT TWO.

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO VIEW THE FULL CONCERTS AND MOVIES LINEUP, PLEASE VISIT CHINO HILLS.ORG/EVENTS.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT, WE MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[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.]

AT THIS TIME, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEM APPEARING ON THE AGENDA.

THOSE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL MUST COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD AVAILABLE AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

AS OF THIS TIME, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS ITEM.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST OR LEVINE ACT ANNOUNCEMENTS.

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

ANY COUNCIL MEMBER HAVE ANY ISSUES THEY NEED TO DECLARE? ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON. TO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM.

[ CONSENT CALENDAR (8 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.]

WE HAVE ITEMS SEVEN THROUGH 14.

WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO PULL ANY? I HAVE NOTHING TO PULL. SORRY.

ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

MOTION PASSES FOUR ZERO.

ALL RIGHT. DISCUSSION CALENDAR.

[15. 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]

PROVIDE GUIDANCE FOR FOUR PRESENTED OPTIONS FOR DECORATING CITY OWNED NEIGHBORHOOD MONUMENT SIGNS. BY EITHER ENACTING PERMANENT PROCESS TO ALLOW PRIVATE ENTITIES OR INDIVIDUALS TO INSTALL DECORATIONS ON CITY PROPERTY.

SELLING CITY MONUMENTS TO PRIVATE OWNER HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS.

IMPLEMENTING HOLIDAY DECORATIONS PROGRAM IN THE CITY.

DECORATE CITY OWNED NEIGHBORHOOD MONUMENT SIGNS OR CONTINUING CURRENT PROHIBITION ON INSTALLING OF DECORATIONS ON CITY PROPERTY BY CITY PERSONNEL.

CITY MANAGER MONTGOMERY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR BENNETT.

EXCUSE ME. YOUR TURN. I THINK I CAUGHT IT.

IT'S CATCHING, ISN'T IT? WE'VE TALKED A LOT DURING THE BUDGET.

YES WE DID. ALL RIGHT, SO ON APRIL 8TH, THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVED A REPORT FROM STAFF REGARDING A.

IN RESPONSE TO AN INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED IN THE CITY FOR.

A LITTLE BACKGROUND FOR OUR RESIDENTS IN ATTENDANCE OR ANYONE WATCHING AT HOME.

ON FEBRUARY OF 2024, THE CITY CITY'S CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION RECEIVED A COMPLAINT ABOUT HOLIDAY DECORATIONS THAT WERE LOCATED ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY.

STAFF PERFORMED AN INVESTIGATION AND DISCOVERED THAT THE THE DECORATIONS WERE ON

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CITY PROPERTY, SPECIFICALLY ON A MONUMENT SIGN AT THE PARK LOCATION.

STAFF DISCOVERED THAT THESE DECORATIONS WERE NOT INSTALLED BY THE CITY.

HOWEVER, THE CITY WAS AWARE OF A PAST PRACTICE OF ALLOWING ONE OF OUR LOCAL HOA A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS TO INSTALL DECORATIONS ON SAID MONUMENT.

STAFF DETERMINED THAT THIS COULD NOT CONTINUE.

WE REMOVED THE DECORATIONS FROM THE MONUMENT.

WE CONTACTED THE HOA TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THE PRACTICE COULDN'T CONTINUE AND SUBSEQUENT TO ALL THAT ACTION, WE GOT REQUESTS FROM THE HOA TO BE ABLE TO REESTABLISH THEIR PAST PRACTICE OF INSTALLING DECORATIONS.

WE JUST IT WAS BROUGHT UP AT SEVERAL COUNCIL MEETINGS ALONG THE WAY.

COUNCIL PROVIDED DIRECTION OR AT LEAST MADE THE COMMENT THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES TO ALLOW THE DECORATIONS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.

STAFF INVESTIGATED THOSE OPTIONS AT MY DIRECTION.

AND AT THAT MEETING, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT INSUFFICIENT NOTICE HAD GONE OUT TO ALL OF THE HOAS THAT MIGHT BE AFFECTED BY THIS.

SO NO ACTION WAS TAKEN.

STAFF REACHED OUT TO ALL THE HOS IN THE CITY JUST TO GET THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAD AN INTEREST AND THE OPTIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED, SPECIFICALLY WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD BE OPEN TO A PERMIT PROCESS TO ALLOW THEM TO DECORATE ON CITY PROPERTY ON OUR MONUMENTS.

WHETHER OR NOT SELLING THE MONUMENT TO A PRIVATE HOA WOULD BE DESIRABLE.

WHETHER OR NOT THEY THOUGHT THE CITY SHOULD DO DECORATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY ON MONUMENTS OR WE ALSO PRESENTED THE PRACTICE OF NOT ALLOWING DECORATIONS.

WE ONLY RECEIVED ONE RESPONSE FROM AN HOA THAT WANTED TO CONTINUE THE PRACTICE, BUT IT WAS THEIR PROPERTY THAT THEY WERE CURRENTLY DECORATING.

SO IT WASN'T A CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE IT WAS ON CITY PROPERTY.

AND SO TONIGHT WE JUST REVISIT WITH THE COUNCIL THE OPTIONS.

IF WE HAD A PERMIT PROCESS TO ALLOW PRIVATE ENTITIES TO INSTALL DECORATIONS ON CITY PROPERTY. IT'S A PROBLEMATIC PROCESS FOR US TO IMPLEMENT.

IT EXPOSES US TO HAVING TO ALLOW MORE THAN JUST THE INTENDED NEIGHBORING HOA.

WE HAVE CHALLENGES WITH FREE SPEECH AND US AS A CITY NOT BEING ABLE TO REGULATE WHAT THAT DECORATION WOULD LOOK LIKE OR WOULD SAY.

AND WE'D ALSO HAVE TO HAVE A PROCESS THAT WAS OPEN IN THIS SCENARIO.

WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A MONUMENT SIGN THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO A HOA, BUT WE WOULD HAVE DIFFICULTIES IF WE RESTRICTED THE USE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY FOR PRIVATE DECORATIONS ONLY TO THE NEIGHBORING HOA.

WE MORE LIKELY HAVE TO DEVELOP A PLAN, A PROGRAM THAT WAS OPEN TO ANYONE.

SO YOU COULD HAVE COMMERCIAL USES.

SOMEONE WANTING TO ADVERTISE A BUSINESS OR SOME OTHER SPEECH THAT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO REGULATE. SELLING THE CITY MONUMENT TO A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION WOULD THEN MAKE IT PRIVATE PROPERTY. BUT IT'S VERY COMPLEX BECAUSE IN A LOT OF CASES, THE MONUMENT SPECIFICALLY, IT'S PART OF A TEN ACRE PROPERTY.

WE'D HAVE TO CARVE OUT A PIECE OF THAT PROPERTY TO THEN BE OWNED BY THE HOA.

WE'D WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY UTILITIES ON THAT PROPERTY WOULD THEN HAVE TO BE MAINTAINED, AND CONNECTIONS WOULD HAVE TO BE INSTALLED, WHETHER IT'S FOR WATER OR ELECTRICITY, AND THERE WOULD BE SIGNIFICANT COSTS, NOT NECESSARILY FROM THE COST OF THE LAND, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO THEN CHANGE THE CREATE A PARCEL FOR THAT LAND. AND WE FIND THAT THAT CAN BE COST PROHIBITIVE FOR A PROCESS LIKE THAT. WE CURRENTLY ONLY.

OUR THIRD OPTION WOULD BE TO IMPLEMENT A HOLIDAY DECORATION PROGRAM ON MONUMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. CURRENTLY, WE ONLY DO HOLIDAY DECORATIONS AT CITY HALL AND AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER WHERE.

AND MCCOY. WE. IF COUNCIL GAVE DIRECTION FOR US TO MOVE TOWARD A LARGER HOLIDAY DECORATION PROGRAM, WE WOULD HAVE TO CALCULATE THE EXPENSE AND COME UP WITH HOW MANY WOULD BE THERE. THEN WE'D ALSO HAVE TO DETERMINE WHICH HOLIDAYS WE WOULD WANT TO DECORATE FOR AND.

AND LASTLY, THE PROPOSAL THAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING IS THAT WE CONTINUE TO RESTRICT

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THE USE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY TO PUBLIC USES, THAT WE DON'T DO HOLIDAY DECORATIONS AT THESE MONUMENTS, AND THAT WE DON'T ALLOW PRIVATE ENTITIES TO, TO DO IT WHILE WE HAVE TURNED A BLIND EYE TO THE PRACTICE IN THE PAST.

IT REALLY IS A PRACTICE.

WE CAN'T CONTINUE BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE CHALLENGES WE'VE OUTLINED FOR FREE SPEECH AND OTHER USES ON THE PROPERTY.

WE REALLY CAN'T JUST SAY, ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW YOU TO PUT UP, YOU KNOW, CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS OR HOLIDAY DECORATIONS OR, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST REALLY A SLIPPERY SLOPE.

SO WE'VE REACHED OUT TO ALL OF THE HOA'S.

THERE WASN'T A LOT OF FEEDBACK.

WHILE WE DID GET DIRECT INPUT FROM ALTERA.

WE DID NOT HEAR FROM ANY OF THE OTHER HOA'S, EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW OF ONE THAT HAS A SIMILAR PRACTICE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.

THEY HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS.

AND SO I THINK IT'S PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, JUST TO EDITORIALIZE IT.

IT'S A THING THAT'S NICE TO HAVE.

BUT WHEN YOU START TO TALK ABOUT HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO IMPLEMENT WHEN CITIES HAVE RESTRICTIONS ON HOW WE COULD OVERSEE A PROCESS LIKE THIS.

MY, MY PROPOSAL IS THAT WE CONTINUE TO RESTRICT THAT TO THE, TO THE USE THAT WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED AS A MONUMENT AND THAT WE NOT IMPLEMENT HOLIDAY DECORATIONS. ALL RIGHT.

ANY QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY OF BEN.

ALL RIGHT. DISCUSSION. DO WE AGREE WITH THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION WHICH WAS NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS BASICALLY CONTINUED TO PROHIBITION NUMBER FOUR.

ALL RIGHT. I GOT A QUESTION BEFORE WE MOVE THERE. ALL RIGHT.

SO, BEN, IF WE WERE TO DO THE DECORATIONS OURSELVES, COULD WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS THAT COULD HELP US? I YES WE COULD. THAT WOULD EXPOSE US TO OTHER ISSUES.

BUT YES, WE COULD HAVE VOLUNTEERS HELP US.

WE WOULD HAVE THE EXPENSE OF THE DECORATIONS.

WE WOULD HAVE A SMALL, YOU KNOW, CONCERNS ABOUT THE LIABILITY OF SOMEONE ON CITY PROPERTY.

BUT IT WOULD BE NOT THAT DIFFERENT, I THINK, FROM A VOLUNTEER PERSPECTIVE THAN LIKE A PARK ADOPTION.

BUT WE DIDN'T DEVELOP A PROCESS FOR THAT.

AND WHAT DO WE DO WITH WEED ABATEMENT? AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S A CITY PROGRAM, BUT WE DO HAVE VOLUNTEERS THAT COME OUT AND HELP US.

WE DON'T USE VOLUNTEERS AS MUCH AS WE USE THE WHAT'S THE PROGRAM CALLED? DANIEL. THE WORK RELEASE PROGRAM.

SO IT'S NOT JUST A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.

THEY'RE BASICALLY SERVING ACCORDING TO THEIR REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC SERVICE.

SO IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN, THAN JUST A VOLUNTARY VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION ON ON DECK TWO FOR NUMBER FOUR.

CYNTHIA. I'M SORRY. AM I ON? I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

GO AHEAD AND VOTE. MOTION PASSES THREE ONE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ VOTING NO.

OKAY. AND FOR CLARITY, THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THAT WE DO NOT CHANGE. WE CONTINUE. THE PROHIBITION IS THE ADOPTED POLICY.

ALL RIGHT. PLANNING COMMISSION MATTERS.

[ PLANNING COMMISSION MATTERS - This portion of the City Council Agenda is for matters from the May 20, 2025 Planning Commission Meeting. No action is required unless two members of the City Council wish to request a review of the matter, in accordance with Section 16.58.070 of the Chino Hills Municipal Code. Expiration of the public appeal period on Planning Commission Item(s) 4 is June 3, 2025, 5:30 p.m.]

[16. Design Review No. DR-0009-2024 - 15713 Dimity Avenue, Larry Wang (on behalf of property owner, Ke Jiang): The Planning Commission adopted resolution approving Design Review No. DR-0009-2024 for construction of a 1,812 square-foot two-story addition to an existing single-family detached residence located at 15713 Dimity Avenue and determining project exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act, subject to conditions of approval]

DO WE HAVE ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO PULL THE ONE ITEM THAT'S ON THE DISCUSSION OR THE DESIGN REVIEW? CAN WE MOVE FORWARD THEN ON THAT? DO WE HAVE TO STILL VOTE ON THAT? NO. ALL RIGHT. NOBODY PULLED IT ALL RIGHT NOW.

PUBLIC COMMENTS. NON AGENDIZED ITEMS.

[17. 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 three minutes per speaker. The time allotted per person may vary depending on the total number of speakers received: three (3) minutes for 1-10 speakers; two (2) minutes for 11-15 speakers; and one (1) minute for 16 or more speakers.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.]

YES. 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.

WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD.

IT IS AN LA JAN. OKAY.

AND SHE WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES.

THREE MINUTES. OKAY. WELCOME AND THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF.

I AM JUST UP TO TALK ABOUT THE 2025 CAL FIRE MAPS THAT WERE PRESENTED HERE ON THE 8TH OF APRIL BY CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT.

AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR FIRST, THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT THE FIRE DISTRICT CANNOT ASSIGN A LOWER DESIGNATION THAN WHAT WAS DESIGNATED BY THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL, BUT I'M SURE THAT ALL OF US, I WOULD BELIEVE IN THIS ROOM, FEEL THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE FIRE MAPS ARE REALLY FAR REACHING.

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FOR THOSE THAT MAY NOT KNOW, OUR CITY HAD THE HIGHEST INCREASE IN ACREAGE IN ALL OF CALIFORNIA LARGE IN PART, OBVIOUSLY THE STATE PARK, WHICH IS A TREASURE TO ALL OF US.

BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S QUITE A HAZARD TO ALL OF US AS WELL.

SO THE FIRE DISTRICT DISCUSSED THE FIRST READING OF THE FIRE THE LOCAL RESPONSIBILITY AREA, FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES.

AT THEIR MAY 14TH MEETING THERE'S A PUBLIC HEARING THAT'S GOING TO BE SET FOR JULY 9TH.

I WOULD JUST ASK THAT WE TRY AND PUBLICIZE THIS INFORMATION THE BEST THAT WE CAN.

I WAS THE ONLY PERSON THAT ATTENDED ALONG WITH MAYOR BENNETT THAT SAID ANYTHING AT THAT DISTRICT MEETING. AND I HONESTLY, I WAS VERY, VERY SURPRISED WHEN I COME BACK TO THE IMPLICATIONS.

INSURANCE IS FIRST AND FOREMOST, AND I KNOW ALL OF YOU ARE UP IN SACRAMENTO, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS SAID WAS THAT THE INSURANCE COMPANIES USE RISK FACTORS BUT DIFFERENT THAN THE FIRE MAPS.

BUT ONE CAN ONLY SURMISE WE HAVEN'T HAD FIRE THE NEW FIRE MAPS SINCE 2011.

SO I'M SURE THAT THE NEW DOCUMENTATION, IF YOU WILL IS POTENTIALLY REALLY GOING TO PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION THAT WILL BE UTILIZED BY INSURANCE COMPANIES.

SO WHAT CAN WE DO? REALLY JUST KEEP THIS IN THE FOREFRONT OF EVERYONE.

CAN WE CREATE ADDITIONAL FIRE SAFE COUNCILS LIKE EXIST IN CARBON CANYON? CAN WE CREATE TEAMS THAT WILL WATCH ON RED FLAG DAYS? CERTAINLY PUBLICIZED THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT'S UPCOMING.

HAVE MORE WILDFIRE AWARENESS WORKSHOPS SO THAT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THE IMPLICATIONS. AND CERTAINLY EVERYONE'S GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEFENSIBLE SPACE WITHIN THEIR OWN PROPERTIES, BUT I THINK THE CITY IS ALSO GOING TO HAVE SOME IMPACT TO THAT AS WELL.

SO I APPRECIATE THE TIME AND THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ANNE. I'VE GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR THE CITY MANAGER.

REGARDING THE FIRE MAPS, MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE FIRE DISTRICT HAS.

NO THEY DON'T THEY DON'T INPUT AT ALL REGARDING THE FIRE MAPS.

IT'S BASICALLY AT CAL FIRE LEVEL.

CAL FIRE DEVELOPED THE MAPS.

THE BOARD IS REVIEWING THE MAPS.

BUT AS WAS POINTED OUT, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY AUTHORITY TO LOWER THE RISK. SO I WOULD ASSUME THAT IF THEY WANTED TO ESCALATE OR EXPAND THE MAP, THEY MIGHT, BUT THERE'D HAVE TO BE SOME REASON FOR THAT.

BUT IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH BOARD, MEMBERS, AND FIRE, THEY'RE JUST LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT WHAT'S REQUIRED BY THE STATE WITH VERY LITTLE DISCRETION ON THEIR OWN.

AND JUST LIKE THE YOUNG LADY A FEW MINUTES AGO BASICALLY STATED THAT THE HAZARD WOULD BE THE STATE PARK. IS THERE ANY MODIFICATION THAT WE CAN IMPOSE ONTO THE STATE PARK FOR FUTURE MODIFICATION? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

WE WE'VE HAD INQUIRIES WITH OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES, BOTH CITIES AND FIRE AGENCIES, TO TRY AND UNDERSTAND WHO ACTUALLY GOVERNS THE STATE PARKS ADDRESSING OF, OF THESE RISKS.

AND ACTUALLY RECENTLY, LAST WEEK, WE ALSO MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE PARK. THEY SEE THEIR MISSION AS KIND OF TWOFOLD.

THEY'RE MANAGING FIRE RISK, BUT THEIR PRIORITY IS, IS MANAGING HABITAT. AND SO IN THIS MEETING, WE HAD, WE KIND OF GOT A SENSE OF THEY SHARE OUR CONCERN, BUT THEY APPROACH IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.

WE DON'T HAVE, AS WE KNOW IT, THE AUTHORITY TO TELL THEM HOW TO MANAGE FIRE RISK AT THE STATE PARK.

AND ONE OF MY ONE OF MY LAST QUESTIONS AS FAR AS WEED ABATEMENT, IS THERE A PROGRAM THAT THE FIRE DISTRICT.

DO THEY HAVE LIKE A YEAR ROUND WEED ABATEMENT PROGRAM? LIKE TALKING ABOUT DEFENSIBLE SPACE, FUEL MODIFICATION, STUFF LIKE THAT. THEY DO THEY DO INSPECTIONS, AND THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO NOT ONLY OBLIGATE OR REQUIRE THAT PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS ADHERE TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE WEED ABATEMENT PROGRAM.

US AS A CITY ARE ALSO BEHOLDEN TO THOSE STANDARDS.

AND SO WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE FIRE DISTRICT IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PROPERTIES ARE IN COMPLIANCE, AND THEY WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS TO MAKE SURE THEY ADHERE TO THE THE PROGRAM AS WELL.

JUST MY LAST QUESTION.

WE AS A CITY, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE.

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DO WE DO ANY COMMUNITY OUTREACH AS FAR AS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OR TALKING ABOUT THE FIRES BACK IN JANUARY? HAVE WE DONE ANYTHING LIKE THAT? WE DO. I THINK VERY QUICKLY AFTER SEEING HOW THE TRAGEDY UNFOLDED IN THE PALISADES AND THE ALTADENA NEIGHBORHOODS SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS, INCLUDING COUNCILMEMBER MARQUEZ AND ROGERS SPEARHEADED A PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON NOT ONLY THE IDENTIFIED FIRE RISK, BUT THERE WERE A VARIETY OF PARTICIPANTS FROM OUR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS TEAM, OUR FIRE PARTNERS, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON.

SO WE TRIED TO BRING EVERYONE WHO WAS A STAKEHOLDER TOGETHER TO HAVE THAT.

THAT WAS A SPECIFIC MEETING.

BUT WE ALWAYS HAVE OUR WILDFIRE AWARENESS ROLLED INTO OUR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EXPO.

THAT'S TYPICALLY IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER, I THINK.

IN ADDITION TO COMMUNICATION IN OUR NEWSLETTERS ON OUR WEBSITE.

SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT'S UNIQUE TO THIS COMMUNITY IS ALL THE OPEN SPACE AREAS AND PLANT MATERIAL, BUT IT'S ALSO A RISK.

AND SO WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY LIVE AND WHAT THEY CAN DO TO MINIMIZE THAT RISK.

SO THE CITY IS VERY ACTIVE IN THAT.

THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU MAYOR. I HAVE A QUICK COMMENT. GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD CYNTHIA.

I KNOW THAT WHEN THE MAPS JUST CAME OUT, BEN WE HAD TALKED ABOUT LIKE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND PEOPLE VOICING THEIR CONCERNS, LIKE ANNE HAD MENTIONED, BUT IT'S KIND OF MISLEADING BECAUSE FROM CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU AND THE FIRE DISTRICT EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE ALLOWING FOR A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO TO CHANGE THE MAPS. USUALLY WHEN PEOPLE HEAR THAT THERE'S A PUBLIC HEARING OR PUBLIC COMMENT IS BEING SOLICITED, THEY FEEL THAT THEY HAVE SOME HOPE AND AN OPTION TO CHANGE SOMETHING.

AND IF THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS WE CAN'T CHANGE THE MAPS, WHY ARE THEY EVEN HAVING THIS PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD? THE FIRE DISTRICT IS, AND I'LL WELCOME ANY OF OUR FIRE REPRESENTATIVES IN THE ROOM TO COMMENT.

BUT IT'S IT'S A STATE MANDATED PROCESS.

YOU'RE RIGHT. IT MAY GIVE THE APPEARANCE THAT THERE'S SOME CHANGE THAT COULD HAPPEN IF ENOUGH PEOPLE KIND OF SAID, HEY, I'D LIKE YOU TO TO NOT DO IT THAT WAY.

BUT WE REALLY HAVEN'T SEEN WHERE WE HAVE AS A CITY, ANY AUTHORITY. AND I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT THERE'S MUCH THAT THE FIRE DISTRICT CAN DO.

WHEN I SAY THEY, I DIDN'T MEAN THE FIRE DISTRICT.

I MEANT THE STATE CAL FIRE.

AND SO HAVE WE. HAVE WE REACHED OUT TO ANY OF OUR STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS TO FIND OUT EXACTLY HOW FAR WE COULD TAKE THIS, AS FAR AS FIGHTING THE MAPS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO US, THAT WE DON'T AGREE WITH THEM. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE FOUND OUT FROM OUR. YOU'RE NODDING YOUR HEAD, RIGHT? WE PROVIDED A COMMENT LETTER, BUT I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ IS VERY ACTIVE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH WITH STATE REPS ON, ON, ON HOW TO MANAGE THIS.

SENATOR SEATTLE IS DOING AN AUDIT.

HE'S ON PUBLIC SAFETY. YEAH, YEAH, HE'S A FORMER FIRE CHIEF.

OKAY. PETER, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? I'M SORRY. GOOD QUESTION.

AND BROUGHT UP SOMETHING THAT I THINK A COUPLE OF US AT LEAST HAVE MENTIONED IN THE PAST. MAYOR, WHEN THE HIGH, HIGH WIND EVENTS THAT WE HAD AND ALL THE FIRES BROKE OUT TO THE WEST OF US DRIVING THROUGH, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF SPOTTER CARS JUST SITTING THERE FROM THE CITY OF BREA.

HAVE WE INSTITUTED OR PLANNED ON INSTITUTING ANYTHING LIKE THAT? I KNOW WE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS PEOPLE THAT ARE ALWAYS ON THE WATCH, BUT DO WE HAVE ANY VOLUNTEER ROLES LIKE THAT? NOT CURRENTLY. I'M GOING TO PUNT TO OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

I BELIEVE IT WAS NOT THE CITY OF BREA.

IT WAS ANOTHER GROUP. THAT'S CORRECT. IT WAS ORANGE COUNTY PARKS AND ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY. THEY PARTNERED. THEY HAVE A FIRE WATCH PROGRAM, AND THAT'S THE TWO THEY PARTNER TOGETHER AND DO THAT WATCH. SO THAT'S WHY YOU SAW THEM.

THEY WERE KIND OF ON THE SIDE OF THE CANYON.

THEY WERE. AND THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE AT. SO THEY ARE A COMBINATION BETWEEN THE PARKS, THE COUNTY PARKS AND ORANGE COUNTY.

MAYBE WE CAN EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF A VOLUNTEER CORPS THAT COMES OUT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT FORMAT IT WOULD TAKE OR WHO WOULD BE THE SPONSOR OF THAT, BUT MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING TO LOOK INTO IS A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS COMMENTED ON THAT, EITHER ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR TO MYSELF, AT LEAST, THAT IT CAUGHT ATTENTION FOR PEOPLE THAT THOUGHT, OKAY, THEY'RE BEING A LITTLE MORE PROACTIVE AND JUST LIKE THE PEOPLE UP IN THOSE UP IN THE NATIONAL FORESTS AND SITTING UP IN THE SPOTTER BOOTHS CAN'T HURT, I SUPPOSE, TO LOOK INTO IT.

YEAH. AND JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION, TYPICALLY WE DON'T MAKE COMMENTS ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENTS OR RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENTS BE THEIR AGENDA OR AN AGENDA.

BUT I THINK YOU'VE YOU'VE HEAR FROM WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE DISCUSSION.

WE ARE DEFINITELY ALL OVER THIS.

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WE SHARE THE CONCERNS FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.

WE DON'T WE THINK IT WAS JUST KIND OF A BLANKET APPROACH FOR LIABILITY PURPOSES THAT THEY SET UP THESE MAPS.

SO IT'S OUR ACTIVITY AND MONITORING.

THIS THING IS NOT OVER. I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT.

SO LAST LAST COMMENT REAL FAST.

AND I DIDN'T THE QUESTION THAT YOU ASKED ME, I DIDN'T DIRECT IT TO YOU AS FAR AS A QUESTION. I DID IT TO THE CITY MANAGER AND IT'S SORT OF OKAY TO DO.

BUT MY QUESTION WOULD BE ARE PIO OFFICER, WHEN WE HAVE CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIKE RED FIRE HAZARD DAY OR WHAT DO WE DO AS A CITY? DO WE GIVE NOTIFICATIONS THAT WE SEND OUT TO PEOPLE THAT ARE PART OF OUR NETWORK? SO I CAN ASK NICOLE. I MEAN, SHE CAN PROBABLY SHARE DIRECTLY WHAT THEY DO, BUT I WILL SAY OUR TEAM IS VERY ACTIVE ON SHARING THOSE KINDS OF ALERTS.

YES. SO WHEN WE HAVE RED FLAG WARNINGS, WE DO REACH OUT TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AS WELL FOR THEM TO SHARE.

AND THEY'RE VERY PROACTIVE IN SHARING ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

BUT WE ALSO SEND OUT TEXT AND EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS TO MAKE EVERYONE AWARE OF THOSE AS WELL. SO ANYTHING WITH HIGH HEAT OR RED FLAG WARNINGS OR ANY WEATHER WATCHES.

ONE LAST QUESTION, CHIEF.

IS THERE ANY MAPS IN THE STATE PARK OR NOT? MAPS, CAMERAS IN THE STATE PARK THAT YOU HAVE ACCESS TO OR THE COMMUNITY? YES, THERE'S CURRENTLY FOUR THAT ARE ACTUALLY WITHIN THE STATE PARK.

THERE'S ALSO MULTIPLE CAMERAS ON MOUNTAIN RANGES AROUND THAT CAN SEE THE STATE PARK AREA. USUALLY THEY DO HAVE LIKE ONE CAMERA THAT'S KIND OF FIXED AND ANOTHER ONE THAT IS REVOLVING. THEY ALSO DO USE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO PICK UP ON SMOKE, SO THAT THOSE CAMERAS ACTUALLY ARE AUTONOMOUS IN A WAY, AND THEY'LL IDENTIFY SMOKE AND ZOOM IN.

SO THEY KIND OF ARE A WATCH IN THEMSELVES.

CHIEF. THANK YOU. CAN WE SEND THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC? NICOLE.

AS FAR AS HOW TO CONNECT TO THE SO THE CAMERAS ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE TO DO MORE OUTREACH FOR THEM TOO. THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WELL, MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

[ SAFETY UPDATES - Fire and Police]

WELCOME TO THE HOT SEAT.

BATTALION CHIEF JOHN CRIPE SAFETY REPORTS.

YES. THANK YOU. MAYOR, COUNCIL STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY. JUST A COUPLE ITEMS TO SHARE.

THE RFP PROCESS FOR OUR NEW FIRE STATION 68 CLOSES MAY 29TH.

SO IT'S AN EXCITING TIME THAT THAT'S CONTINUING TO PROGRESS.

WE ALSO TOOK DELIVERY OF OUR NEW FOAM UNIT THAT WILL BE HOUSED AT THE AIRPORT STATION.

CURRENTLY, IT'S OUTFITTING RIGHT NOW.

WE'LL HAVE ABOUT A MONTH OF TRAINING.

AND THEN THAT WILL BE IN SERVICE AND THAT WILL BE AT FIRE STATION 63.

WE ALSO JUST TOOK TWO DELIVERY OF TWO BRAND NEW PARAMEDIC SQUADS TO REPLACE SOME OF THE ONES THAT ARE AGING AND HAVING A KIND OF MECHANICAL ISSUES AT THIS POINT.

SO THAT'LL HELP BOLSTER OUR FLEET.

AND THEN WE'RE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE WE HAVE SEVEN NEW RECRUITS THAT STARTED ON MAY 19TH.

THEY'RE IN A ONE MONTH ACADEMY RIGHT NOW.

AND THEN ONCE THEY'RE DONE WITH THEIR ACADEMY, WE'LL BE YOU KNOW, COMING HERE ONE NIGHT TO PRESENT OUR NEW HIRES TO YOU.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT.

JOHN, THE TWO NEW UNITS, THOSE ARE SQUADS, RIGHT? CORRECT. AND WE WERE ABLE TO, THROUGH A SEARCH OF BY THE BOARD MEMBERS NET TO BE ABLE TO FIND TWO THAT WERE ALREADY JUST HAPPEN TO BE NEW AND OUT THERE.

SO AND WE'RE REALLY LIKE MICHIGAN OR SOMEPLACE THEY WERE ALWAYS BELIEVE IN NEW YORK SOMEWHERE ON THE EAST COAST. YEAH, WE DID DO KIND OF AN EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH.

WE'VE KIND OF CHANGED OUR MODEL A LITTLE BIT.

THESE ONES ARE GAS MOTORS.

ONE OF THE REASONS WE WENT TO THAT IS WE DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH ALL THE EMISSIONS THAT DIESELS HAVE TO GO THROUGH.

JUST THE WAY THAT WE DRIVE THEM IS REALLY NOT WAY A, A DIESEL MOTOR IS SUPPOSED TO BE OPERATED.

SO WE'RE HOPING THAT BY SWITCHING TO A GAS MOTOR AND A KIND OF A DIFFERENT CHASSIS, WE'LL GET A LITTLE MORE MORE LIFE OUT OF THEM, AND THERE'LL ALSO BE EASIER AND QUICKER TO RESPOND WITH. YEAH, I THINK DEPUTY CHIEF VOLT WAS THE ONE THAT GAVE THE REPORT ON THAT SEARCH FOR THOSE THINGS.

AND IT'S WELL NEEDED BECAUSE WHEN WE WENT TO THE SQUADS A FEW YEARS AGO, IT WAS FANTASTIC BECAUSE WE GOT A PARAMEDIC, WELL, TWO PARAMEDICS ON THE SQUAD.

WE'RE DOWN TO THREE PEOPLE ON THE FIRE ENGINE.

SO WHEN THEY WHEN THEY HAVE A CALL, THE SQUAD CAN FOLLOW THE AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL AND RELEASE THE FIRE TRUCK.

SO IT WAS A VERY GREAT INVESTMENT THAT THE FIRE DISTRICT DID AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

SO. AND A COUPLE OF THEM ARE GETTING AGED AND A LOT OF MILES ON THEM.

SO THAT WAS A YOU REALLY STOLE MY REPORT FOR TONIGHT.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I APPRECIATE IT.

ALL RIGHT CHIEF AL THANK YOU.

AND GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF AND RESIDENTS IN ATTENDANCE ON TUESDAY, MAY 20TH, 2025, THE CHIMNEY HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT'S CRIME PREVENTION SPECIALIST AND TWO OF OUR SHERIFF'S SERVICE SPECIALISTS PRESENTED A SENIOR CITIZEN FRAUD EVENT AT ONE OF THE CITY'S SENIOR LIVING NEIGHBORHOODS.

APPROXIMATELY 25 RESIDENTS ATTENDED THE PRESENTATION.

THE PRESENTATION FOCUSED ON SOME OF THE MOST COMMON SCAMS RECENTLY REPORTED, INCLUDING PHISHING AND EMAIL SCAMS, GRANDPARENT SCAMS WHERE SOMEONE POSING AS A VICTIM'S GRANDCHILD OR CHILD PRETENDS TO HAVE BEEN ARRESTED OR IN TROUBLE AND NEEDS THE

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GRANDPARENT TO SEND MONEY QUICKLY.

AND LAW ENFORCEMENT SCAMS WHERE WE'RE SEEING WHERE SUSPECTS POSE AS LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THREATEN ARREST OR OTHER CONSEQUENCES IF THE VICTIM DOES NOT SEND MONEY RIGHT AWAY.

SOME OF THESE SCAMS HAVE EVEN RESULTED IN VICTIMS IN OUR CITY MEETING SUSPECTS AND HANDING OVER CASH, OR LEAVING CASH ON A PORCH OR OTHER AREA.

SEVERAL RESIDENTS REPORTED BEING TARGETS OF SUCH SCAMS. RESIDENTS WERE ALERTED ON WAYS TO SPOT SCAMS AND INSTRUCTED TO CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT PRIOR TO SENDING ANYONE ANY MONEY.

THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL REPORTS.

[ 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 Water Facilities Authority Board]

I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER TO SAY ABOUT THE FIRE DISTRICT.

AND NO REPORT REALLY ON THE FIRE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD TONIGHT.

SO AND VICE MAYOR JONES IS OUT.

SO, COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I APPRECIATE THAT. THE GENERAL POLICY COMMITTEE FOR SBC TO.

WE EXTENDED THE AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR COUNCIL GOVERNMENTS.

WE APPROVED THE 2025 TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT ACT, ARTICLE THREE CALL FOR PROJECTS, LEGISLATIVE POLICY COMMITTEE.

WE WENT OVER STATE AND FEDERAL UPDATES.

WE WERE GOING TO TAKE A WATCH POSITION ON AB 98, WHICH HAS TO DO WITH WAREHOUSING LIMITATIONS.

AND WE TOOK AN OPPOSED POSITION ON THAT.

AB 98 METRO VALLEY COMMITTEE PROGRESS BRIEFING REPORT THROUGH MARCH 2025, AND THEN TRANSIT COMMITTEE, BASICALLY, WE JUST HAD SEVERAL CONTRACT CONTRACT EXTENSIONS AND BUDGETS FOR THE ARROW AND THEN ALSO FOR METROLINK.

THOSE ARE MY REPORTS. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS.

YES. THIS WILL BE AN EASY ONE.

WATER FACILITIES AUTHORITY OR WFA.

ONE OF OUR SOURCES OF WATER FOR THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.

AND THIS IS A FIVE MEMBER AGENCY OF CHINO CHINO HILLS METROPOLITAN OR MONTE VISTA WATER DISTRICT, ONTARIO, AND UPLAND.

AND THE BIGGEST DISCUSSION HAD TO DO WITH THE ADOPTING THE UPCOMING 2526 BUDGET, WHICH WE DID FOR A TOTAL OF $39 MILLION.

AND THAT'S STATE WATER, THE STATE WATER PROJECT FOR US.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ALL RIGHT.

GREAT. WHY DON'T YOU CONTINUE WITH YOUR COUNCIL?

[ COUNCIL COMMENTS]

OKAY. I HAVE VERY LITTLE THIS EVENING.

JUST A THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF FOR OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP.

CHRIS, A GREAT JOB IN HELPING TO GUIDE US THROUGH AND ALL THE PRESENTERS.

GOOD JOB ALSO. WE KNOW IT'S A LOT OF WORK AND YOU'VE MADE IT A LOT EASIER OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, ESPECIALLY IN THE PRESENTATION AND THE LEVEL OF QUESTIONS THAT WE NEED TO FOLLOW UP WITH, BECAUSE YOU'VE DONE ALL THE VETTING FOR US.

SO THANK YOU TO STAFF, ESPECIALLY YOUR TEAM THAT PUTS IN SO MUCH WORK. KRISTA. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

ALL RIGHT. CYNTHIA. OKAY.

JUST A COUPLE THINGS. OUR CURRENT WHEN WE WERE TALKING AT THE BUDGET STUDY SESSION EARLIER, BEN OUR TOT IS CURRENTLY 12%.

JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, COULD YOU JUST SEND US, LIKE, A MEMO OF WHEN THAT LAST INCREASE WAS? AND THEN MAYBE SOME NEIGHBORING CITIES, WHAT THEIRS IS THAT AGAIN, I'M JUST CURIOUS. I THINK IT'S BEEN ABOUT TWO YEARS SINCE WE WENT FROM 10 TO 12.

MAYBE I'LL SAY FIVE YEARS AGO.

THAT LONG ALREADY? OKAY. I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT THE THE LATEST TREND IS.

AND WITH THE WITH THAT HOTEL, THAT WAS THE PREVIOUSLY THE HOTEL CHINO HILLS GETTING REVAMPED. WE'RE GOING TO GET A LOT MORE BUSINESS THERE NOW THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A FRANCHISE BRAND. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT THE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE OUT THERE WITH THAT.

AND THEN I NOTICED IN OUR, IN OUR BUDGET BOOK WHEN IT WAS NICK'S AREA WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. I WAS SURPRISED WHERE IT SAID THAT LAST YEAR WE HAD ISSUED TEN MASSAGE OPERATOR PERMITS.

I NOTICED THAT THAT'S SO HIGH AND I THINK I BROUGHT THIS UP BEFORE, SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO MY WHOLE FEELINGS ON THIS, BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE. IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THE BIGGEST DRIVER OF MY MY COMMENTS IS THAT THIS IS NOT A SALES TAX GENERATOR.

THOSE TYPES OF ESTABLISHMENTS CAN WE BRING FORWARD ON A FUTURE AGENDA SO WE CAN DISCUSS THIS UP HERE? POSSIBLY IMPLEMENTING A POLICY OF CAPPING THE AMOUNT OF MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS WE HAVE IN OUR CITY. I JUST WANT TO HAVE DISCUSSION ABOUT IT. WE CAN'T DO IT UNLESS WE AGENDIZE IT. SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAPPEN IF, YOU KNOW, NOT NOT PRESSING, BUT AT SOME POINT I'D JUST LIKE TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ON THAT. WE HAVE WAY TOO MANY.

AND I REMEMBER BEFORE YOU HAD MADE A VERY GOOD POINT, BEN, WHEN YOU SAID, WELL, I'D RATHER HAVE A MASSAGE PLACE IN THERE THAN SOMETHING SITTING EMPTY.

BUT WE KEEP FILLING EMPTY SPOTS WITH MASSAGE PARLORS.

IT'S LIKE, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT PRESSING TO TRY TO FILL IT WITH SOMETHING ELSE. SO IT WAS JUST SOME DISCUSSION BECAUSE WHEN I SAW 1010 NEW ONES LAST YEAR. BUT IT IS A VERY PRESSING.

THAT'S CRAZY. SO ENOUGH SAID.

SO IF WE CAN GET THAT ON AN AGENDA TO DISCUSS AND THEN LET'S SEE, I WANT TO THANK I WANT TO THANK OUR POLICE CHIEF FOR BEING VERY PROACTIVE ON LEADING THE CHARGE WITH OUR E-BIKE ENFORCEMENT.

I WAS PICKING UP TRASH ON MY TRAIL ON THE HOLIDAY.

AND I WAS EXPERIENCED WITH SOME VERY AGGRESSIVE BIKERS, WHICH PETER GAVE ME SOME SUPPORT AND TEXTED ME THAT I WAS A STAY OFF,

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STAY OFF MY LAWN TYPE OF NEIGHBOR, WHICH I WAS NOT.

AND BUT IT'S ALL KIDDING ASIDE, PARENTS, EVERYONE, IT'S, IT'S VERY REAL. EITHER FROM NOT WEARING HELMETS LIKE THESE BIKES GO 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THIS ONE WAS GOING SO FAST.

IT'S A REAL THING. WE'VE ALREADY LOST ONE TEEN WITHIN THIS LAST MONTH, TRAGICALLY, TO AN E-BIKE ACCIDENT.

SO IT'S VERY REAL. PARENTS, WHEN YOU'RE APPROACHED BY THE POLICE BECAUSE YOUR CHILD HAS, YOU KNOW, BEEN CAUGHT DOING SOMETHING THAT HE'S NOT SUPPOSED TO WITH THIS NEW REGULATIONS WE HAVE, PLEASE LISTEN TO WHAT OUR POLICE HAVE TO SAY TO YOU.

PLEASE DON'T BE DISMISSIVE.

THIS IS A REAL THING. AND THIS COUNCIL IS GOING TO STAY ON IT UNTIL WE GET SOME RESOLUTION WITH PUTTING SAFETY IN PLACE.

WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET THIS ONE GO. IT'S LIKE, I KNOW THINGS EVOLVE. SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF FLOWING WITH IT. BUT I APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING. CHIEF WITH THAT AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

ART. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, RAY.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I ATTENDED THE CAL CITY'S LATINO CAUCUS BOARD MEETING.

I ATTENDED THE CAL CITY'S ADVANCING EQUITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WENT TO THE METROLINK BOARD MEETING, AND THEN I GOT A QUESTION ON TREES.

I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO CUT OUR COSTS, BUT EVERY TIME I SEE NEW TREES BEING PLANTED, LIKE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MEDIAN, AND I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT RIGHT NOW.

DANIEL. SO MY QUESTION TO YOU, WHY ARE WE DOING THIS, ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE'S A SHORTFALL AS FAR AS LIKE TRIMMING TREES AND TAKING CARE OF IT? SO HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT? JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

WHAT WE ATTEMPT TO DO IS FIND THAT BALANCE WHERE WE SEE A MEDIAN THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY LANDSCAPING. SO WE'RE TRYING TO BEAUTIFY THE CITY WHILE STILL TRYING TO MINIMIZE OUR MAINTENANCE. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CERTAINLY REEVALUATE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE ARE NOT INSTALLING OR PLANTING TOO MANY NEW TREES.

BUT I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK AND JUST A QUESTION, YOU KNOW, LIKE EUCALYPTUS TREES, PALM TREES, I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO GET RID OF THEM BECAUSE OF A FIRE CONCERNS.

AND THEN ALSO I'VE NOTICED PINE TREES THAT WITH THE NEEDLES THEY BURN PRETTY GOOD.

SO AGAIN, IF WE CAN MAYBE CONSIDER NOT PUTTING A PINE PINE TREES IN THE FUTURE.

APPRECIATE THAT. AND THEN I GOT A QUESTION FOR ROD REGARDING THE TRASH BIN OUTSIDE OF LOS PATRONES. IT'S A RESTAURANT AND MY QUESTION IS, I THOUGHT IT HAD TO BE LIKE SCREENED WHERE NOBODY COULD SEE IT FROM THE PUBLIC.

BUT I HATE GOING TO A RESTAURANT WHERE I'M LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW AND I SEE A BIG TRASH BIN. SO MY QUESTION, ARE WE DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THAT OR CAN WE DO ANYTHING? SO WE HAVE SOME CHALLENGES. I THINK THERE ARE SCREENING REQUIREMENTS FOR SOME OF THEM TO BE OUT OF SIGHT. THERE ARE TO BUILD STRUCTURES.

I THINK IN TALKING TO NICK AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, THERE'S REQUIREMENTS, THE TIME THEY CONSTRUCT THE PROPERTY. BUT A LOT OF THESE ARE RELATED TO THE NEW SOLID WASTE MANDATE LAWS THAT CAME DOWN FROM THE STATE WHERE THEY HAVE TO HAVE NEW MANDATORY RECYCLING, ORGANIC RECYCLING.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, THIS HAPPENS TO BE A CARDBOARD RECYCLING CONTAINER.

SO WE ARE TALKING TO THEM ABOUT ALTERNATIVES. THE PROBLEM IS THERE'S SO MANY RESTAURANTS IN SO LITTLE SPACE IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.

THAT'S WHERE IT'S GOING. AND WE KNOW THEY JUST BUILT MORE RESTAURANTS ACROSS THE WAY, SO I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO PUT IT. CODE IS AWARE. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS AWARE OF IT.

SO WE ARE LOOKING AT IT. WE TALK TO THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY AT ALL. JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'VE TALKED TO KIMCO. I WOULD HAVE TO CHECK AND DOUBLE CHECK. YEAH. THANK YOU SIR. THAT'S IT.

THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. THIS LAST WEEK WAS, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF GRADUATIONS GOING ON AND PROMOTIONS FOR JUNIOR HIGH AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

BUT I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND BOTH THE ALA AND CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS LAST MONDAY AT THE TOYOTA CENTER, AND THERE WAS OVER 650 FOR ALA AND 732 FOR CHINO HILLS HIGH. SO ABOUT 1400 STUDENTS JUST FOR THOSE TWO SCHOOLS ALONE.

AND THEN I HAD A VERY, VERY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY ON WEDNESDAY EVENING TO SIT IN ON THE GRADUATION AT BUENA VISTA CONTINUATION SCHOOL, 70 STUDENTS THERE. AND AS YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW ALL THE HISTORY OF BUENA VISTA, BUT BASICALLY IT'S FOR, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WERE CHALLENGED AND COULDN'T GRADUATE THROUGH THE NORMAL GRADUATION SYSTEM.

SO THEY WENT AHEAD AND THEY WORKED THROUGH TO GET THEIR GED.

AND ONE OF THE MOST TOUCHING THINGS IS OF THE 70 THAT GRADUATED.

I WOULD SAY THERE WAS ABOUT A HALF DOZEN OF THESE STUDENTS THAT WERE GRADUATING WITH THEIR GED, CARRYING THEIR BABIES UP ON STAGE.

SO IT'S JUST, IT WAS REALLY TUGGING AT MY HEART TO SEE THESE KIDS WHO HAD THE, THE GUMPTION AND THE, THE, YOU KNOW, STICK TO ITIVENESS TO CONTINUE TO, TO GO TO SCHOOL AND COMPLETE THAT, YOU KNOW, REAL IMPORTANT SEGMENT IN THEIR LIFE.

THIS NEXT WEEK, WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING MY STATE OF THE CITY ON THE 5TH OF JUNE.

I HOPE IF YOU DON'T ALREADY HAVE YOUR TICKETS, YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND NO, NO MORE SOLD OUT, SOLD OUT, SOLD OUT, SOLD OUT. NO TICKETS AT THE DOOR. YOU'RE GOING TO YOU'LL HAVE TO WATCH IT ON

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TV. SO YEAH. SO YEAH. OH YEAH.

RAY'S GOT HIS SALE FOR EITHER.

MUST SIT THROUGH THAT EITHER. YEAH.

AT ANY RATE THAT'S THAT'S REALLY BASICALLY THE, THE END OF MY REPORTS TONIGHT.

SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THIS EVENING'S MEETING IN MEMORY AND

[ 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.]

IN HOPE, AND ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT WE HAD MEMORIAL DAY YESTERDAY.

I HOPE THAT EVERYONE PAID HOMAGE AND GIVE REVERENCE TO ALL OF THOSE THAT GAVE.

YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS USE THE SAME STATEMENT THAT EVERYONE IN THE MILITARY ALL GAVE SOME, BUT SOME GAVE ALL. AND YOU KNOW, ALL THE CLICHES.

FREEDOM ISN'T FREE AND IT ISN'T.

AND FOR THOSE THAT SACRIFICED AND GAVE THEIR ENTIRE LIFE IN THE DEFENSE OF THIS COUNTRY AND OUR FREEDOMS THAT WE SO MUCH ENJOY.

I AM ADJOURNING AND DEEP GRATITUDE, RESPECT, AND APPRECIATION FOR THE BRAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVE AND HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES. THEIR SELFLESS CONTRIBUTIONS PROTECT US ALL.

MAY WE AS A COMMUNITY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND HONOR THEM, AND GOD BLESS THEM AND GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES.

AND THAT'S OUR MEETING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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