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GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE CHINO HILL CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR AUGUST 12TH, 2025.
AND BY THE WAY, AS A REMINDER, THIS IS THE ONLY COUNCIL MEETING WE HAVE IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST.
UH, TONIGHT I'M GOING TO, UH, ROLL, ROLL CALL.
ALL MEMBERS, ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
I'M GOING TO HAVE THE, UH, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
UH, JEFFREY'S GONNA COME UP AND DO THAT, BUT WHILE YOU'RE STILL REMAIN STANDING, ALSO REMAIN STANDING FOR PASTOR ROB HARTSON OF CALVARY CAPPUCCINO HILLS, WHO WILL DO OUR INVOCATION TONIGHT.
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]
PLEASE PLACE THE, UH, FLAG OF OUR NATION, HAND OVER YOUR HEART.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.
[ INVOCATION: Pastor Rob Harston, Calvary Chapel Chino Hills]
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU, LORD FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US HERE.AND LORD, WE PRAY TONIGHT, GOD, THAT YOU WOULD JUST BE WITH, UH, EACH AND EVERY PERSON HERE, LORD.
AND DECISIONS BEING MADE AND THINGS BEING TALKED ABOUT, LORD AND, AND GOD, THAT WE WOULD JUST GLORIFY YOU IN ALL THAT WE DO.
UH, LORD, PUT YOUR HAND OF PROTECTION OVER THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
AND GOD, WE JUST THANK YOU THAT YOU, THAT YOU LOVE US, AND THAT YOU TAKE CARE OF US, AND THAT YOU CARE ABOUT EVERY ASPECT, INCLUDING THIS CITY, GOD.
SO WE JUST LIFT THIS NIGHT UP TO YOU NOW AND BLESS IT NOW.
[5. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming September 1 - 7, 2025, as National Crime Prevention Week]
ON OUR AGENDA IS A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING SEPTEMBER 1ST THROUGH SEVENTH, 2025 AS NATIONAL CRIME PREVENTION WEEK TO BE ACCEPTED BY SHERIFF SERVICE SPECIALIST ANGELA WILSON AND DETECTIVE MCGRUFF, WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM.WE HAVE SOME REAL CELEBRITIES WITH US TONIGHT.
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE CITY CONTINUOUSLY ADVOCATES FOR CRIME PREVENTION EFFORTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THANKS TO THE STRONG PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE RESIDENTS AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, CHEATIN HILLS REMAINS ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES IN CALIFORNIA AND THROUGHOUT THE NATION.
UH, OUR COMMUNITY BENEFITS MOST WHEN WE ALL WORK TOGETHER TO PREVENT CRIME.
CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAMS LIKE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, WHICH WE JUST HAD LAST WEEK, AND NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH ARE EFFECTIVELY BECAUSE THEY ENCOURAGE COLLABORATION BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE REST OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THROUGH EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THESE, OUR RESIDENTS ARE GIVEN A CHANCE TO LEARN THE STEPS AND THAT THEY CAN TAKE TO REDUCE THE CHANCES OF BECOMING A VICTIM.
HERE TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION OF SHINO HILLS SHERIFF'S SPECIAL LIST, ANGELA WILSON.
EMMA MCGRUFF, THE CRIME BITING DOG.
ANGELA, PLEASE TELL US MORE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS WEEK.
ON BEHALF OF CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT, I AM HONORED TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL CRIME PREVENTION WEEK.
THE WEEK WILL HIGHLIGHT OUR COMMITMENT TO BUILDING SAFER COMMUNITIES THROUGH COLLABORATION PROACTIVE EFFORTS.
WE THANK OUR LOCAL LEADERS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT.
CRIME PREVENTION IS A COMMUNITY EFFORT FROM NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH PROGRAMS TO SCHOOLS SAFETY INITIATIVES.
EVERY STEP WE TAKE TOGETHER HELPS CREATE A MORE SECURE ENVIRONMENT.
WHEN WE EMPOWER CITIZENS WITH KNOWLEDGE AND RESOURCES, WE NOT ONLY DETER CRIME, BUT WE ALSO BUILD TRUST AND RESILIENCE WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
CRIME PREVENTION IS A POWERFUL TOOL.
I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE, STAY INFORMED, AND LOOK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER.
THANK YOU FOR THIS RECOGNITION.
IT INSPIRES US TO CONTINUE WORKING TIRELESSLY FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR CHINO HILLS CAMIL COMMUNITY.
YOU GUYS WERE VERY BUSY LAST WEEK.
WE VISITED 28 NEIGHBORHOODS LAST WEEK, AND THE NEXT ONE NIGHT OUT.
[6. PRESENTATION - Measure I presented by San Bernardino County Transportation Authority]
ON MEASURE I PRESENTED BY SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.TIM WATKINS, CHIEF OF LEGISLATIVE AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
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IT'S KIND OF TOUGH FOLLOWING MC GRUFF, BUT WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.GOOD EVENING AND GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M WITH THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.
UH, WE ARE THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AGENCY FOR SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.
UH, WE'RE LED GUIDED BY A BOARD OF DIRECTORS MADE UP OF ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM EACH OF OUR 24 CITIES AND TOWNS, AS WELL AS OUR FIVE COUNTY SUPERVISORS.
CHINO HILLS, AS MR. MARQUEZ IS THEIR REPRESENTATIVE.
UM, JUST SERVED AS OUR PRESIDENT.
SO I HAD A A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH YOU AND I APPRECIATE THAT YEAR AS SO.
UH, TONIGHT I JUST WANT TO KIND OF CELEBRATE WITH YOU, IF YOU WILL, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH MEASURE EYE.
UH, MEASURE EYE IS THE HALF CENT SALES TAX IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.
THAT IS FOR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS.
THESE ARE LOCAL DOLLARS THAT STAY LOCAL FOR THE BENEFIT OF LOCAL TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS.
THEY DON'T GET THROWN UP TO SACRAMENTO, KIND OF GET LOST IN THE GENERAL FUND.
THEY STAY HERE, STAY HERE AND AND EXERT THEIR POWER, UH, IN THAT SPACE OF TRANSPORTATION.
I'M GONNA PLAY A QUICK LITTLE VIDEO JUST TO KIND OF GIVE A SETUP FOR THE DISCUSSION AND THEN WE'LL WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE KEY ELEMENTS AND THEN WE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IS ON THE MOVE AND ITS THANKS IN LARGE PART TO MEASURE.
I FIRST APPROVED BY VOTERS IN 1989 AND AGAIN IN 2004 MEASURE I IS A HALF CENT SALES TAX DEDICATED TO IMPROVING TRANSPORTATION ACROSS THE COUNTY.
AND OVER THE YEARS, IT'S DELIVERED REAL RESULTS FROM EXTENDING THE SR TWO 10 FREEWAY FROM LA COUNTY INTO REDLANDS TO EASING CONGESTION AND CUTTING COMMUTE TIMES MEASURE.
I HAS MADE TRAVEL SAFER, MORE CONVENIENT AND FASTER FOR EVERYONE IN OUR CITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS.
MEASURE I DOLLARS HAVE IMPROVED TRAFFIC SIGNALS, UPGRADED INTERCHANGES LIKE SR 60 AND CENTRAL AVENUE IN CHINO AND REPAVED LOCAL ROADS LIKE NISQUALLY ROAD IN VICTORVILLE, KEEPING LOCAL STREETS RUNNING SMOOTHLY FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT RIDER MEASURE.
I BROUGHT THE INTRODUCTION OF METROLINK TO SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, EXPANDED BUS ROUTES, THE INTRODUCTION OF ZERO EMISSION BUS AND TRAIN OPTIONS, AND MORE ACCESSIBLE TRANSIT, CONNECTING MORE PEOPLE TO JOBS, SCHOOLS, AND HEALTHCARE.
I ALSO SUPPORTS BIKE LANES, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND PLANNING FOR FUTURE MOBILITY, ALL WHILE BOOSTING OUR LOCAL ECONOMY BY CREATING JOBS AND SUPPORTING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ACROSS THE REGION.
WHAT'S ANOTHER GREAT THING ABOUT MEASURE I, IT'S LOCALLY CONTROLLED.
THAT MEANS SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AND CITY LEADERS DECIDE HOW FUNDS ARE SPENT RATHER THAN BEING DIRECTED BY OUTSIDE AGENCIES BECAUSE OF MEASURE I TRANSPORTATION IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY ISN'T JUST KEEPING UP.
IT'S MOVING FORWARD, MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER WITH MEASURE.
I QUICK LOOK TO KIND OF SHOW THAT THERE IS A RANGE OF, UM, BENEFIT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS MEASURE, WITH THIS HALF SENSE STEAL TECH MEASURE.
I WAS JUST TALKING TO A GENTLEMAN IN THE AUDIENCE BEFORE THIS PRESENTATION AND EXPLAINING THE DESIGNATION OF A SELF-HELP COUNTY THAT THE VOTERS OF THIS COUNTY MADE A DECISION TO IMPOSE THAT TAX ON THEMSELVES FOR THE BENEFIT OF TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS IN THEIR COUNTY.
'CAUSE THEY SAW THAT THERE WAS A NEED FOR THIS QUALITY OF LIFE ASPECT OF OUR LIFE LIFESTYLE HERE IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.
TRANSPORTATION'S A BIG PART OF THAT.
THE ORIGINAL MEASURE WAS PASSED IN 1989, RAN FOR 20 YEARS FROM 1990 TO 2010.
IN 2004, THE VOTERS APPROVED AN EXTENSION OF THE MEASURE THROUGH 2040.
UM, AND THAT'S, WE'RE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT EFFORT TODAY.
BIG PART OF WHAT OUR ROLE IS AT S-B-C-T-A.
AND YOU SEE A LOGO ON THERE THAT SAYS SANDBAG.
THAT WAS OUR FORMER NAME BEFORE THIS DESIGNATION.
IT SAYS THAT IS THE ADMINISTRATION OF THAT MEASURE.
AND THROUGH THE GUIDANCE OF THE BOARD, WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT.
THE MEASURE GENERATES ABOUT, CURRENTLY ABOUT $250 MILLION ANNUALLY IN TRANSPORTATION REVENUE FOR THE PROJECTS THAT WE DO.
ABOUT A THIRD OF THAT 680 MILLION OR SO GOES TOWARDS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ON BOTH ROADWAY AND TRANSIT PROJECTS USED TO EITHER SUPPLEMENT STATE AND FEDERAL RESOURCES IN THAT SPACE, OR LEVERAGE TO GET MORE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH OUR CONTRIBUTIONS.
WITHIN THE MEASURE IT SHOWS THOSE
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GRANT TOURS THAT WE ARE, THAT WE HAVE SKIN IN THE GAME THAT WE'RE PART OF THIS, THIS PROCESS.ANOTHER THIRD GOES BACK TO THE LOCAL JURISDICTIONS.
I THINK CHINO HILLS GETS ROUGHLY $2 MILLION A YEAR BACK TO CHINO HILLS FOR TRANSPORTATION OR FOR LOCAL STREETS AND ROAD PROJECTS RIGHT HERE IN THE COUNTY.
COULD BE SAFE ROUTE ISSUES, POTHOLES, CURB AND GUTTER, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
AND THEN ANOTHER THIRD GOES TOWARDS THE SUPPORT OF TRANSIT OPERATORS AS WELL AS SENIOR AND DISABLED TRANSIT OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AS WELL.
SO IT'S A SIGNIFICANT, UH, FUELER OF THE TRANSPORTATION, UH, PROCESS HERE IN OUR COUNTY.
BESIDES BUILDING JOBS THOUGH, I MEAN BUILDING PROJECTS, IT ALSO CREATES JOBS.
ESTIMATION OF THAT REVENUE GENERATES ABOUT 32,000 JOBS HERE IN THE REGION.
JOBS THAT BUILD PROJECTS LIKE REGIONALLY, WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST THE TWO 10 EXTENSION, UH, THROUGH SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.
UH, THE IT 10 EXPRESS LANES THAT ARE CURRENTLY OPEN, THERE'S A PART OF THAT, UM, INTERCHANGES ALONG THE 10 STATE ROUTE 60 WORK ON I 15.
THESE ARE ALL PART OF THE REGIONAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE DO, THAT 2.9 BILLION THAT I TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.
BUT LOCAL PROJECTS SEE BENEFITS AS WELL.
WE'VE SEEN THE, THE WIDENING OF THE SAN BERNARDINO PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 71 IS A PRODUCT OF MEASURE EYE ROADWAY AND SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENTS RAISE MEDIANS, BUS STOP IMPROVEMENTS.
AND IN THE FUTURE WE'LL SEE EVEN MORE IN THIS CITY AS A RESULT OF MEASURE EYE COMING BACK TO CHINO HILLS, SIDEWALK AND STREET IMPROVEMENTS, TRAFFIC SIGNAL UPGRADES, UH, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROJECT, TRANSIT ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS.
THESE ARE ALL PART OF WHAT THESE DOLLARS DO FOR THESE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE.
BUT IT'S NOT JUST A POWERFUL TRANSPORTATION FUNDER, IT'S ALSO VERY RESPONSIBLE.
WE HAVE AN INDEPENDENT TAXPAYER OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
IT'S A CITIZEN REVIEW COMMITTEE THAT ENSURES THAT THE DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE MEASURE THAT THE VOTERS ACTUALLY APPROVED WOULD BE DONE.
ONLY ABOUT 1% OF THE MEASURE GOES TOWARD THE ADMINISTRATION OF THAT MEASURE.
IN OTHER COUNTIES, WE SEE THAT NUMBER.
IT COULD BE TWO, THREE, EVEN FOUR TIMES GREATER THAN THAT.
AND PROBABLY, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PIECES IS THAT IT'S A RETURN TO SOURCE.
THAT DOLLARS COME BACK TO THE CITIES, UH, WHERE THEY'RE GENERATED FROM SO THAT THEY CAN DO LOCAL STREET IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE WAY.
ON OUR WEBSITE RIGHT NOW IS A MORE COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT MEASURE I AND WHAT WE'RE DOING.
IT'S ABOUT A 28 PAGE DOCUMENT, BUT IT GIVES YOU A RANGE OF EVERYWHERE THE MEASURE GOES, HOW THOSE DOLLARS ARE SPENT, HOW THEY'RE DIVIDED.
WE LOVE FOR YOU TO COME AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT ON OUR SITE.
AND WHILE YOU'RE THERE, WE HAVE A SURVEY, A TOOL THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO KIND OF WEIGH IN ON WHAT WE'RE GOING, WHERE WE'RE GOING IN THE FUTURE.
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM THE FOLKS IN THIS COUNTY AS TO WHAT IS THEIR PRIORITY IN TRANSPORTATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING ALIGNS WITH WHAT THEY DESIRE.
SO PLEASE, I ENCOURAGE THE FOLKS THAT ARE WATCHING TODAY, THE FOLKS THAT YOU REPRESENT, COME ONLINE, READ THE INFORMATION, GIVE US YOUR FEEDBACK.
IT FUELS OUR ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE FOLKS THAT YOU ALL REPRESENT.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
ANYBODY WITH QUESTIONS, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
YOU MENTIONED RETURN TO SOURCE.
DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW HOW MUCH CHINO HILL'S RESIDENCE HAVE, UH, PAID INTO MEASURE I VERSUS, UH, RETURN ON INVESTMENT? I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER, SIR.
RIGHT OFF MR. JUST RIGHT OFFHAND.
I DEFINITELY CAN GET THAT INFORMATION, UH, BACK TO THE CLERK AND GET IT TO YOU.
UM, UH, I, I, AS I MENTIONED, WE RETURN BACK ABOUT 2 MILLION, OBVIOUSLY PORTIONS OF THOSE DOLLARS GO BACK TO THE REGIONAL, THE GREATER REGIONAL, THE GREATER REGION.
UH, IT'S ABOUT A THIRD OF THE MONEY COMES BACK, SO IF THAT'S EXTRAPOLATES EVENLY OVER THE DISTRIBUTION.
BUT I'LL, I'LL VERIFY THAT AND GET, GET THE INFORMATION BACK THROUGH.
I HAVE ONE QUESTION, BUT I I I, I'M ACTUALLY GONNA DIRECT IT TO DANIEL BECAUSE IT TIES TO YOUR, YOUR FUNDS.
UH, DANIEL, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS A PAST, PRESENT OR FUTURE MEASURE, UH, I SUPPORTED PROJECT IN CHINO HILLS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE SOUTH END OF OUR CITY.
UH, EXTENSION OF PEYTON AVENUE SOUTH OF WOODVIEW ROAD TO SOCAL CANYON PARKWAY.
ANY IDEA IS THAT CONDITIONED TO DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA OR DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE ON THAT? UM, ANY, CAN YOU ANSWER THAT? YEAH, NO TIMELINE AT THIS POINT.
THAT'LL BE, UH, DRIVEN BY DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA.
UM, I, I KNOW THERE'S A COUPLE OF, UH, PARCELS, UH, THAT WOULD CONNECT, UM, PEYTON AND SOCAL CANYON AND THEY WOULD BE CONDITIONED AS PART OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS TO, TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS FUNDED PARTIALLY WITH MEASURE I.
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BECAUSE IT IS NOW CURRENTLY GOING TO BE PEYTON EXTENSION AND NOT, UH, SOCO CANYON INTO MEDLAR LIKE IT WAS AT ONE POINT, CORRECT? CORRECT.UH, PAINT WOULD BE EXTENDED TO SOCAL CANYON.
JUST A, AN OPPORTUNITY, OPPORTUNITY TO LET THE PEOPLE KNOW WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT IT, WHERE THE MONEY'S GONNA COME FROM.
AND, AND THE LIST IS DEVELOPED, SIR, UM, WORKING WITH MR. ILLA AND HIS TEAM.
AND SO THE FACT THAT IT'S ON A LIST IS ENCOURAGING.
WELL THAT IS DEFINITELY ENCOURAGING.
NOW, IT, IT IS A SAD THING THAT IT DOESN'T SAY SOMETHING ON HERE ABOUT THE SOUTHBOUND 71 TO THE WESTBOUND 91, BUT THAT'S A ANOTHER ISSUE.
SO, ALRIGHT, RAY, YOU GOT A QUESTION? YEAH, I GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
FIRST OF ALL, IT'S A HALF CENT SALES TAX, CORRECT? TIM? THAT'S CORRECT.
ARE WE LOOK, THINKING ABOUT MAYBE BUMPING IT UP TO MAYBE 1 CENT IS THAT CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW? SO DISCUSSIONS ARE TAKING PLACE AMONG FOLKS AT THE BOARD AS AS TO WHAT WOULD MAKE SENSE GOING FORWARD FOR THIS COUNTY? WE ARE DOING SOME EVALUATION, STAFF IS DOING SOME EVALUATION TO DETERMINE HOW THE PUBLIC WOULD RESPOND TO AN INCREASE OF THAT NATURE.
UM, NOTHING'S OFF THE TABLE GOING FORWARD, UM, FOR ANY FUTURE PURSUITS THAT MAY OCCUR, BUT THAT'S STILL AN ACTION THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED BY THE SBCT BOARD.
AND THEN YOU MADE A COMMENT THAT WE'RE SELF-HELP COUNTY.
SO BY BEING A SELF-HELP COUNTY OPENS UP GRANT MONEY.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, A LOT OF TIMES IT'S MATCHING FUNDS.
IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, EXACTLY.
UM, SO IT, IT ILLUSTRATES TO THE FEDERAL FUNDING SOURCES AND THE STATE FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE'RE WILLING TO HAVE SKIN IN THE GAME AS WELL.
AND SO WHETHER IT'S THROUGH A, A PERCENTAGE MATCH OR A DIRECT MATCH OF FUNDS, UH, THE MEASURE AFFORDS US AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THOSE RESOURCES TO DO THAT.
AS WE BECAME A CITY BACK IN THE EARLY NINETIES, UH, I BELIEVE 71 HIGHWAY, THE IMPROVEMENT THERE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE COUNTY WAS ACTUALLY FUND A LOT BY MEASURE I MONIES.
ONE OF THE ORIGINAL MEASURE I PROJECTS WAS THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 71.
AS YOU KNOW, THREE COUNTIES END UP TOUCHING THIS VERY RELATIVELY SHORT CORRIDOR IN THIS ONE LEG.
I THINK YOU REFERENCED A RIVERSIDE COUNTY PORTION, RIGHT? YEAH, EXACTLY.
UM, AND, AND SO THE SAN BERNARD COUNTY PORTION WAS WIDENED AS PART OF THE ORIGINAL MEASURE.
AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION, UM, WE AS A CITY, WHEN WE BECAME A CITY, THE GRAND AVENUE WAS, THERE WAS A FENCE WE COULDN'T USE GRAND AVENUE.
THERE WAS NEGOTIATIONS WHERE WE HAD TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS ON GRAND AVENUE, WHICH ACTUALLY WAS OFF CHINO HILLS PARKWAY GOING TOWARDS THE 60 FREEWAY.
THERE WAS A BRIDGE THAT WAS BUILT.
I'M PRETTY SURE THAT WAS FINANCED BY MEASURE I MONIES, UH, YOU MIGHT KNOW THE HISTORICAL REFERENCE MORE THAN I DO, SIR.
A FRAME OF REFERENCE FOR THAT.
NO, IT WAS, SO THAT WAS, THAT HELPED US I TRUST NEGOTIATE, I TRUST YOUR MEMORY ON THAT GRAND AVENUE, FISHER AVENUE.
UM, THIS GUY'S ALWAYS ON CRUISES,
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR TIM? NO.
NO, JUST IN TERMS OF LIKE FUTURE PROJECTS, IF THERE WERE TO BE AN EXTENSION OF MEASURE, I, DO WE HAVE TO HAVE THOSE PROJECTS WRITTEN INTO THE BALLOT MEASURE OR IS THERE A LITTLE BIT OF WIGGLE ROOM FOR THE S-B-C-T-A BOARD? AND I'M JUST ASKING JUST BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN TOWN WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR HAD MENTIONED.
SO RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO, THERE'S NOTHING ON THE BALLOT OR ANYTHING FOR A FUTURE MEASURE.
OH NO, I JUST, IN THEORY, IF THE BOARD DECIDES AT SOME TIME THAT IT'S, THEY MAY THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO PURSUE A MEASURE, ONE OF THE STRATEGIES COULD BE WHAT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE NOW, WHICH IS A PRESCRIPTIVE PROJECT LIST FOR DELIVERY WITHIN THE MEASURE.
OTHER OPTIONS COULD INCLUDE SOMETHING THAT OFFERS MORE FLEXIBILITY TO THE BOARD IN AN EVER-CHANGING, UM, ENVIRONMENT OF, IN INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY.
AND SO SOME OF THE TRANSPORTATION CHOICES TODAY MAY NOT MATCH THE NEEDS OF THE FUTURE WHEN THE MEASURE, IF IT IS EXTENDED BY THE VOTERS.
SO THOSE ARE STRATEGIES THAT WE WOULD WORK WITH BOTH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, UM, AS WELL AS WITH LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS FOLKS TO IDENTIFY WHERE ARE THOSE MUST HAVE TYPE PROJECTS GOING FORWARD.
NO OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
TIM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AS IF I STEPPED OVER YOU ON THAT ONE.
WE NOW HAVE OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER
[ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT]
REPORT.THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING MAYOR BENNETT COUNCIL AND RESIDENCE.
JUST A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT.
SCHOOLS BACK IN SESSION IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS IS ROLLING INTO THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR WITH THE BRAND NEW MOBILE RECREATION VEHICLE, WHICH PROVIDES FREE AND SAFE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMMING TO STUDENTS IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SIXTH GRADE.
THE PROGRAM IS NOW FOLLOWING THE NEW FALL SCHOOL YEAR SCHEDULE AND VISITS FIVE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS PARKS WEEKLY.
THE NEW VEHICLE WAS MADE POSSIBLE THANKS TO GENEROUS FUNDING OF $100,000 FROM COUNTY
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SUPERVISOR KURT HAGMAN AND $50,000 FROM THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.TO VIEW THE SCHEDULE, VISIT CHINO HILLS.ORG/MOBILE REC.
THE CITY'S FREE AFTERSCHOOL TEEN ACTIVITY CENTER IS NOW OPEN.
THE PROGRAM TAKES PLACE ACROSS FROM THE AYLA HIGH SCHOOL AT THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY CENTER AND OFFER SUPERVISED ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES NINE THROUGH 12, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAYS.
LEARN MORE@CHINOHILLS.ORG SLASH TAC.
AND LASTLY, THE FALL RECREATION GUIDE AND CITY NEWS BROCHURE IS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE AND BEGAN ARRIVING IN MAILBOXES THIS WEEK.
IT INCLUDES INFORMATION ON CITY NEWS, FALL CLASS REGISTRATION, AND UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS LIKE PAWS AT THE PARK ON SEPTEMBER 6TH AT VILLA BBA DOG PARK.
DOGS OF ALL PAW SIZES WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE PART IN LITTLE DOG RACES, A BEST TRICK CONTEST AND A DOG FASHION SHOW.
THERE WILL ALSO BE VENDOR BOOTHS, GIVEAWAYS, DOOR PRIZES, AND KIDS CRAFT ACTIVITIES.
VENDOR APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN THROUGH AUGUST 27TH AND CAN BE FOUND ONLINE@CHINHOST.ORG SLASH EVENTS.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY P REPORT AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
ANY, ANY QUESTIONS FOR NICOLE? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[ ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION]
ANNOUNCEMENTS OF ACTION TAKEN ENCLOSED SESSION? THERE'S NO REPORTABLE ACTION TAKEN.ENCLOSED SESSION MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
[7. 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.]
LET'S SEE.CHERYL, WOULD YOU, UH, PLEASE READ THE, UH, INSTRUCTIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEMS APPEARING, APPEARING ON THE AGENDA, EXCEPT TESTIMONY ON PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS WHICH MUST BE PROVIDED AT 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.
AT THIS TIME, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS PORTION OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[ CONFLICT OF INTEREST / LEVINE ACT ANNOUNCEMENTS: Council Member abstentions or disclosures shall be stated at this time for recordation on the appropriate item.]
UH, CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN THE BUYING ACT ANNOUNCEMENTS.ANY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT? ALRIGHT, UH, MOVING ON.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO CITY BUSINESS ITEMS. WE HAVE, UH,
[ CONSENT CALENDAR (13 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.]
CONSENT ITEMS, UH, EIGHT THROUGH 2013 ITEMS TOTAL.ANYONE WISH TO PULL ANY OF THESE? ALRIGHT, I'D JUST LIKE TO PULL 12 AND 13 FOR INFORMATION.
ANY, ANY OTHERS IN A MOTION? I'LL, I'LL MOVE THE REMAINDER.
ALRIGHT, LOCK IN YOUR VOTES PLEASE.
COUNCIL MEMBER LYON, WILL YOU LOCK IN YOUR VOTE? SORRY.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER OR MAYOR? VICE MAYOR JOSEPH.
NEXT IS OUR DISCUSSION CALENDAR IN THIS ITEM.
[12. Authorize execution of Amendment No. 4 to Agreement No. A2021-185 with Chino Valley Unified School District in amount $786,173.33 for School Resource Officer Program at Ayala High School, Chino Hills High School, and additional coverage at Chino Hills elementary, junior high, and high schools as needed for 2025-26 school year]
[13. Authorize execution of one-year agreement with City of Chino, Chino Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) and All City Management Services, Inc. with two additional one-year renewal options for total contract amount not-to-exceed $191,780.13 to provide crossing guard services at CVUSD elementary sites]
13.I, BY CYNTHIA, I JUST PULLED THESE ITEMS. UM, TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT, SINCE WE HAVE KIND OF BUDGET ON THE BRAIN THESE DAYS WITH OUR LITTLE THINGS THAT ARE COMING OUT AND WHERE ALL OUR MONEY IS BEING SPENT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO REALIZE THAT WE INVEST.
AND I LIKE SAYING THE WORD INVEST NEARLY A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR IN, UM, SCHOOL SAFETY, IN THE FORM OF SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS AND CROSSING GUARDS.
UM, THAT'S CITY PAYING FOR THINGS WITH, UH, SCHOOL SAFETY.
SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND I'M GLAD AS A TEAM, ALL OF US ALWAYS SUPPORT THAT.
AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
AND JUST SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT ITEM IS, ON ITEM NUMBER 12, IT TALKED ABOUT AN AMOUNT OF $786,000 FOR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS AT AYLA HIGH SCHOOL, CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL, AND ADDITIONAL COVERAGE AT CHINO HILLS ELEMENTARY, JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOLS AS NEEDED FOR THE 25 26.
AND ON ITEM, UH, 13, IT, UH, TALKS ABOUT, UH, $191,000 TO PROVIDE CROSSING GUARD SERVICES FOR C-B-U-S-D ELEMENTARY SITES.
ANOTHER QUESTION AND ARE WE TAKING THIS MOTION? AND SECOND ON BOTH ITEMS AND THE VOTE WILL BE FOR BOTH ITEMS. I'LL JUST MAKE, I'M JUST GONNA MAKE A QUICK COMMENT AS WELL, JUST A**L, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
SO IT'S ONE SRO AT EACH OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS, ONE THAT GOES BETWEEN THE TWO JUNIOR HIGHS AND THEN ONE THAT ROTATES BETWEEN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, CORRECT? NO, WE CURRENTLY HAVE THREE SROS, SO ONE'S DEDICATED TO CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL, ONE'S DEDICATED TO A YALA HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEN THE THIRD ONE, UH, FILLS IN AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS ON THE FIFTH DAY BECAUSE THEY, I THINK THEY WORK A FOUR 10 SCHEDULE AND THEN ALSO COVERS PRIMARILY THE JUNIOR HIGHS AND THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
ARE WE GONNA TAKE A VOTE ON BOTH? I GOT A QUICK VOTE.
I'LL PUT ANOTHER QUESTION, BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
I NOTICED THAT WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SO MUCH PRETTY CLOSE TO 18, $20 MILLION A YEAR.
SO WHEN I LOOK AT THE COSTS FOR SERGEANT, LIEUTENANT, ALL THAT'S PART OF THE CONTRACT, BUT I NOTICE THAT THERE'S DUPLICATE CHARGES LIKE FOR A SERGEANT LIEUTENANT FOR A RESOURCE, UH, SAFETY OFFICER, BUT THAT'S JUST HOW THEY DO BUSINESS, CORRECT? I KNOW WHEN I, I LOOKED AT IT, I HAD QUESTIONS AND YOU EXPLAINED THAT TO ME IF YOU COULD.
UH, YOU KNOW, YOUR QUESTION, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ WAS ENSURING THAT
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WE WEREN'T DOUBLE COUNTING CORRECT.THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH MANAGEMENT STAFF.
OUR, UH, UH, FULL COMPLIMENT OF OFFICERS INCLUDES BOTH MANAGEMENT AND DEPUTIES OUT ON THE STREET, UH, AND ALL THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH MANAGEMENT AND VEHICLES AND THINGS ARE KIND OF ROLLED IN, BUT WE'RE NOT DOUBLE COUNTING.
THIS WAS JUST A WAY FOR US TO SHOW A PROPORTION OF THAT COST FOR THESE PARTICULAR USES AS SROS.
SO WE'RE JUST AN ACCOUNTING, WE'RE JUST BALANCING IT THROUGH ACCOUNTING.
BUT THERE'S NO DOUBLE COUNTING.
TAKE MORE OF AN ALLOCATION THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'M GOOD.
SO YOUR MOTION IS FOR BOTH 12 AND 13.
[21. Review and file update for City Hall Fire State of Emergency Declaration in accordance with Public Construction Code 22050 and emergency authority under Chino Hills Municipal Code 2.08.065.A.1; determine by four-fifths vote the need to continue existence of local emergency for City Hall Fire until action is terminated; and appropriate $900,000 from General Fund]
ITEM NUMBER 21.UH, BEN, WHY DON'T YOU DISCUSS WHAT THIS COVERS.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT.
WHAT WE ARE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO DO IS RECEIVE A REPORT ON THE, UH, EMERGENCY, UH, LOCAL EMERGENCY THAT WAS CLEARED AS DECLARED ASSOCIATED WITH THE FIRE THAT WE HAD HERE AT CITY HALL.
UH, FOR A LITTLE BACKGROUND FOR ANYONE WHO'S NOT AWARE, ON JUNE 23RD, UH, WE HAD A FIRE IN ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF CITY HALL.
UH, THAT FIRE, UH, CAUSED TWO OF OUR SPRINKLERS TO TRIGGER, UH, AND THAT, UH, SUBSEQUENTLY, UH, PUT QUITE A BIT OF WATER INTO THE BUILDING.
THAT WATER DAMAGED A VARIETY OF AREAS ON THE SECOND FLOOR, MOST OF THE FIRST FLOOR.
UH, AND SINCE THAT INCIDENT, WE'VE HAD STAFF WORKING, UH, IN ALTERNATE WORK AREAS.
INSTEAD OF BEING IN THEIR NORMAL OFFICES IN CITY HALL, WE HAVE THEM IN TEMPORARY OFFICE TRAILERS.
WE HAVE THEM WORKING JUST OUTSIDE OF THIS, UH, COUNCIL CHAMBERS, UH, PROVIDING, UH, SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC AND DOING THEIR NORMAL DAY-TO-DAY JOBS.
WE ACTUALLY HAD TO SUSPEND, UH, UH, DIRECT, UH, SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC FOR FIVE DAYS WHILE WE WORKED OUT THESE, UH, ALTERNATE LOCATIONS AND WE WERE ABLE TO RESTORE, UH, SERVICE, UH, ON JULY 1ST.
UM, ON JULY 8TH, THE COUNCIL TOOK AN ACTION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A LOCAL EMERGENCY.
WHAT THIS DID IS IT GAVE US MORE FLEXIBILITY IN ORDER TO QUICKLY MOVE THROUGH THE, UH, UH, REMEDIATION AND RESTORATION OF CITY HALL.
UH, GRANTED THE CITY MANAGER ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE AGREEMENTS OR MODIFY AGREEMENTS WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE NORMAL PRO PROCESS FOR FORMAL BIDDING.
UH, IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THE STAFF, UH, AND THAT HAVE BEEN DEDICATED TO THIS EFFORT, WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR INSURANCE PROVIDER AND THEIR CLAIMS, UH, REVIEW AND ADJUSTMENT TEAMS IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE TAKING THE MOST EFFICIENT BUT STILL COST EFFECTIVE PATH TOWARD RESTORING, UH, THE, UH, CITY HALL.
UM, WE'RE GETTING PRETTY CLOSE, UH, SINCE, UH, THE LAST JULY 8TH MEETING, UH, WE'VE HAD, UH, ALMOST ALL OF THE REMEDIATION WORK DONE ON BOTH, UH, UH, FLOORS.
WE'VE HAD RECONSTRUCTION, UH, WHICH HAS OCCURRED, AND IT'S WELL UNDERWAY ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
UH, WE'VE HAD DRYWALL, CARPETING, PAINTING AND CEILING ALL DONE, UH, ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
AND WE ANTICIPATE WE'LL BE ABLE TO START MOVING STAFF BACK INTO, UH, CITY HALL ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
UH, BEGINNING, UH, EARLY NEXT WEEK.
UH, WE'VE ALSO DONE QUITE A BIT OF THE REMEDIATION ON THE FIRST FLOOR.
ADDITIONALLY, YOU KNOW, TILE, UH, CEILING TILE REMOVAL, CARPET REMOVAL, UH, WE'RE DOING PATCHING AND PAINTING ON THAT FLOOR AS WELL.
WE ARE, WE'RE KIND OF THREE WEEKS OR SO BEHIND ON THE FIRST FLOOR, UH, WHERE WE ARE ON THE SECOND FLOOR, JUST BECAUSE THE DAMAGE WAS MORE EXTENSIVE THERE.
AND SO IT'S TAKEN US, UH, LONGER TO GET THAT, UH, MOVING FORWARD.
BUT WE'RE LOOKING, UH, TOWARD, UH, HAVING THE SECOND FLOOR, I MEAN, SORRY, THE FIRST FLOOR.
ALSO HAVE STAFF REMOVE, UH, RETURNING TO CITY HALL WITHIN A MONTH OR SO.
UM, PART OF THE PROCESS FOR THE LOCAL EMERGENCY IS THAT AT EACH SUCCESSIVE, UH, COUNCIL MEETING, WE ARE REQUIRED TO GIVE THE COUNCIL AN UPDATE OF WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED UNDER THE, UH, LOCAL EMERGENCY.
UH, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHY I'M WALKING THROUGH ALL OF THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE.
UH, UM, ALL, ALL IN ALL, WE'RE ESTIMATING THAT THIS PROJECT TO RESTORE CITY HALL WILL COST ABOUT $4.5 MILLION.
UH, THE MAJORITY OF THAT, UH, IS BEING PAID FOR BY OUR INSURANCE, UH, PROVIDER, THE CALIFORNIA JOINT POWERS INSURANCE AUTHORITY.
UM, WE HAVE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED $2.1 MILLION WORTH OF THAT WORK.
UH, 800 OR SO THOUSAND DOLLARS OF THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DIRECTLY PAID BY THE C-J-P-I-A.
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DOLLARS, UH, THAT HAS, IS, UH, CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH THE APPROVAL PROCESS.AND THAT 300 OR SO THOUSAND REMAINDER IS, IS, WILL BE JOINED IN THE PROCESS AS WELL.
BUT WE, WE ARE NOT ANTICIPATING THAT THOSE COSTS WILL BE, YOU KNOW, UH, DISALLOWED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY.
BUT THAT BEING SAID, WHAT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FROM THE COUNCIL TONIGHT IS TO ALLOCATE $900,000 OF GENERAL FUND BUDGET IN ORDER TO BE FACILITATE THE, UH, CONTINUATION OF THE WORK.
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE'RE WORKING WITH CONTRACTORS WHO WOULD PREFER TO BE PAID BY THE CITY RATHER THAN BEING PAID, UH, BY OUR INSURANCE COMPANY.
THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THE PROJECT MOVING FORWARD, MAKE THOSE PAYMENTS, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE THE REIMBURSEMENT FROM THIS INSURANCE COMPANY SO THAT WE CAN KEEP THINGS MOVING FORWARD.
UH, IT, IT'S ALSO, UH, UH, A KEY, UH, UH, WAY FOR US TO JUST KEEP, KEEP THE PACE.
UH, UH, OUR ORIGINAL, UH, KIND OF ESTIMATE FROM THE INSURANCE, UH, CLAIM ADJUSTERS WAS THAT IT COULD TAKE UP TO SIX MONTHS TO GET US BACK INTO CITY HALL AND FULLY RESTORED.
UH, WE'RE IN A PACE, AGAIN TO GET STAFF BACK IN, IN TWO AND A HALF MONTHS.
THAT WON'T BE FULL RESTORATION, BUT IT'LL GET US A LONG WAY.
WE HAVE SOME PROJECTS LIKE RESTORING, UH, FUNCTIONALITY TO THE, UH, ELEVATOR.
SOME OF THE, UH, COUNTERTOPS, UH, WERE DAMAGED AND THOSE WILL TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER FOR US TO RESTORE.
BUT ESSENTIALLY WE'LL BE GETTING A LOT OF OUR, UH, STAFF BACK HERE AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, EXPAND SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC, UH, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
AND SO, IN ADDITION THOUGH, TO THE, UH, PROJECTS THAT WE ANTICIPATE WILL BE FULLY FUNDED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY, WE'VE IDENTIFIED SOME AREAS WHERE IT MAKES SENSE FOR THE CITY TO SPEND MONEY, UH, IN AREAS OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE DAMAGE.
UH, THINGS THAT ARE LIKELY, UH, MORE EFFICIENT TO REPLACE WHILE WE'RE DOING THIS WORK.
AND SO WE'RE ALSO ASKING THAT THE COUNCIL CARVE OUT OF THAT $900,000, ROUGHLY $225,000 TO GIVE US FLEXIBILITY TO MAKE PURCHASES THAT LIKELY WON'T BE REIMBURSED.
UH, EXAMPLES INCLUDE MAYBE SOME OF THE, UH, UH, COMPUTER EQUIPMENT THAT WASN'T DAMAGED BY THE FIRE, BUT IT'S A GOOD TIME, UH, OR DAMAGED BY THE WATER AS A RESULT OF THE FIRE.
THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME FOR US TO JUST REPLACE THINGS OR MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CITY HALL.
UH, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE, ACTUALLY, IT'LL BE THAT HIGH, UH, BUT AS I POINTED OUT, WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO THE COUNCIL AT EVERY, UH, SUCCESSIVE MEETING, SO WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER MEETING UNTIL SEPTEMBER.
THIS GIVES US A, A, A BIT OF FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD AND THEN WE'LL ADJUST, UH, AS WE GO FORWARD.
SO WE'RE LOOKING ONE, TO PROVIDE THIS UPDATE AND REPORT, UH, WE WOULD NEED THE COUNCIL TO, UH, TAKE AN ACTION TO CONTINUE THE, UH, EMERGENCY, UH, THE LOCAL EMERGENCY.
AND THAT REQUIRES A FOUR FIFTHS, UH, AFFIRMATIVE VOTE BY THE COUNCIL.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO, UH, DO THE BUDGET APPROPRIATION FOR THE 900,000.
AGAIN, ANTICIPATING THAT THE LION'S SHARE OF THAT WILL BE A REIMBURSEMENT FROM INSURANCE COMPANY.
AND THAT INCLUDES MY, CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, UH, COUNCIL MAY HAVE.
PROCEDURALLY WE NEED TO HAVE ANY CO UH, COUNCIL DISCUSSION IF NECESSARY.
UH, AND IN CONCLUSION OF THAT OR CONCLUSION OF THAT, THEN A MOTION AND A SECOND VOTE.
SO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT I WILL MENTION.
UM, I WANNA SAY THAT I DID HAVE SOME QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO THE FIRE, AND I JUST WANNA THANK THE CHIEF DAVE, UH, FOR PROVIDING ME GOOD INFORMATION.
PRESIDENT SARA AVENGER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION.
AND ALSO CITY MANAGER, THANK YOU FOR TALKING TO ME.
AND WE FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS NO NEGLIGENCE ON ANY PART.
AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE EXPENDITURES THAT ARE BEING MADE, BASICALLY SINCE JP A'S INSURANCE IS THE ONE THAT'S PAYING FOR ALL OF THIS, UH, IT'S NOT LIKE BEN IS APPROVING ALL OF THIS.
I MEAN, THEY'RE LOOKING OVER HIS SHOULDER AND THEY WILL APPROVE WHAT THEY BELIEVE IS COVERED OR ISN'T COVERED.
SO, UH, WITH NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ITEM.
ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER
[22. Approve Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program draft 2025-29 Consolidated Plan; approve CDBG Program draft 2025 Annual Action Plan; authorize City Manager to execute all agreements and required documents pertaining to submissions; and approve budget amendment reallocating funding and decreasing total budget by $41,737 in accordance with 2025 Action Plan]
22, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING.CHERYL, WOULD YOU PLEASE? UH, ALRIGHT, THANK YOU TIM.
UH, WOULD YOU PLEASE, UH, DISCUSS THIS OR, YEAH, READ THIS INTO THE RECORD.
SO THIS ITEM IS TO APPROVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM DRAFT 20 25 29 CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND APPROVE THE CDBG UH, DRAFT 2025 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.
THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY SARAH SNYDER AND JEREMY GRAY, WILL YOU PLEASE
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JOIN UP TO THE PODIUM? OKAY.GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS TONIGHT, JEREMY GRAY, PRINCIPAL WITH, UH, MOSAIC COMMUNITY PLANNING WILL BE PRESENTING THE CITY'S, UH, CITY OF CHINO HILL'S DRAFT CONSOLIDATED PLAN FOR PROGRAM YEAR 2025 TO THROUGH 2029, ALONG WITH THE DRAFT ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR THE UPCOMING 2025 TO 2026 FISCAL YEAR FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL.
FOLLOWING JEREMY'S PRESENTATION, WE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, MY NAME IS JEREMY GRAY WITH MOSAIC COMMUNITY PLANNING.
MY FIRM HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS ON THIS PLAN.
WE'VE ALSO, UH, WORKED WITH THE CITY BEFORE ON PREVIOUS, UH, ITERATIONS OF THIS CONSOLIDATED PLAN.
I THINK, UH, THIS IS PROBABLY NOT NEW INFORMATION FOR MANY OF YOU.
AND SO I'LL MOVE PRETTY QUICKLY THROUGH SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PROCESS THAT WE USE TO DEVELOP THE PLAN AND, UH, A COUPLE OF THE OUTCOMES OF THAT PLANNING PROCESS.
SO ONE IS A FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN, UH, THAT SETS AN OVERALL, UH, IDENTIFIES NEEDS, PRIORITIES, AND SETS OVERALL STRATEGY FOR HOW THE CITY WILL USE ITS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS OVER FIVE YEARS.
UM, WE ALSO, AND AS PART OF THAT, PREPARE THE FIRST OF FIVE ANNUAL ACTION PLANS.
UH, THE CITY WILL CONTINUE TO DO THESE EVERY YEAR, UH, ANNUALLY.
SO WHEREAS THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN MIGHT ESTABLISH A PRIORITY TO, UH, FUND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY, UH, THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN MIGHT SAY, THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO SPEND, YOU KNOW, $400,000 ON THIS STREET OR THIS SIDEWALK.
UH, SO THAT'S KIND OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO PLANS.
UH, THE FUNDS, AGAIN, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM AT THE, THEIR FEDERAL FUNDS PROVIDED BY, UH, THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
THERE ARE, UH, A NUMBER OF DATA SOURCES THAT GO INTO THIS PLAN.
LOTS OF, UH, STANDARDIZED SOURCES LIKE THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY, WHICH IS A PRODUCT OF THE CENSUS BUREAU.
UM, THERE ARE SOME HUD UH, SPECIFIC, UH, DATA SOURCES THAT, UH, HUD PROVIDES DATA TO ITS GRANTEES AND ASK THEM TO, TO WORK WITH THOSE AND TO USE THOSE.
YOU SEE THOSE REPRESENTED HERE.
UM, BUT ALSO, UH, LOCAL, UH, WORKS OF RESEARCH, SOMETHING LIKE, UH, THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN, UH, THE COUNTY'S HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN.
ALL OF THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE CONSULT TO, UH, IN PUTTING THE, THE, THE PLAN TOGETHER.
GOING ALONG WITH ALL THESE DATA SOURCES THOUGH, IS ALSO, UH, INPUT THAT WE GET FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THROUGH ENGAGEMENT, UH, EFFORTS.
AND SO, UM, A FEW OF THE, THE THINGS THAT WE DID, UH, TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY ARE LISTED HERE ON THIS SLIDE.
SO WE DID A SURVEY THAT WAS AVAILABLE IN ONLINE HARD COPY AND ENGLISH AND CHINESE AND SPANISH AS WELL.
UM, WE HAD VIRTUAL OPTIONS THAT PEOPLE COULD JOIN ONLINE.
WE HAD FOCUS GROUPS WITH, UH, IN THIS CASE IT WAS, UH, SOME, A COUPLE OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS SET THESE UP FOR US.
THESE, THESE FUNDS ARE INTENDED FOR LOW AND MODERATE INCOME COMMUNITIES, AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE VOICES ARE REPRESENTED, UH, IN THE PROCESS THAT WE DO.
AND SO HEART TO SERVE AND ALSO THE HOPE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER PUT TOGETHER FOCUS GROUPS FOR US, UM, INVITING SOME OF THEIR, UM, CLIENTS OR CONSTITUENCIES TO, TO TALK WITH OUR PLANNERS.
UM, WE POPPED UP, UH, ONE AFTERNOON AT THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY CENTER, KIND OF CATCHING SOME OF THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT WERE COMING ACROSS THE STREET.
UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING AND GOING FROM VARIOUS PROGRAMS THERE WITH A PARTICIPATORY KIND OF, UH, BUDGETING EXERCISE.
UM, AND THEN STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATIONS JUST THROUGH EMAIL, UM, SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE, UH, TOOLS AS WELL TO MAKE SURE KIND OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE A PROFESSIONAL INTEREST IN HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN CHINO HILLS ARE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE TOO.
UH, SO THE CURRENT YEAR'S FUNDING IS JUST OVER $400,000, UH, THAT THE CITY WILL RECEIVE THROUGH THIS GRANT PROGRAM OVER FIVE YEARS.
IT'S AROUND $2 MILLION THAT WE WOULD EXPECT THE CITY TO RECEIVE.
THERE'S A NOTE HERE I'M POINTING OUT.
UH, THE CITY PARTICIPATES WITH SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.
IT IS PART OF A CONSORTIUM, UH, TO RECEIVE FUNDS FROM THE HOME PROGRAM.
THAT'S A, UH, IT'S A AFFORDABLE HOUSING GRANT.
UH, SO THOSE FUNDS ARE SPECIFICALLY TIED TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING ISSUES, AND THEY'RE USED COUNTYWIDE, THE CITY PARTICIPATING IN THAT ALLOWS THE CITY TO, UH, BE A POTENTIAL RECIPIENT OF THOSE.
THE COUNTY DICTATES WHERE THOSE FUNDS GO, BUT SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS COULD BE IN CHINO HILLS, AND THAT'S MUCH LARGER, $2.9 MILLION THE COUNTY GETS EVERY YEAR FOR THE HOME PROGRAM.
AND SO, UH, FOUR DIFFERENT PRIORITIES HERE, UH, THAT WE IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE DATA, THROUGH THE, UH, PUBLIC INPUT, UH, FOR THE NEXT
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FIVE YEARS OF THE CITY'S PROGRAM.ONE IS MAINTAINING AND EXPANDING HOUSING AFFORDABILITY.
UH, SECOND, IMPROVING PUBLIC FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
THIRD, PROVIDING PUBLIC SERVICES.
AND THEN THE FOURTH IS A CATEGORY OF JUST, UH, MANAGING THE PROGRAM, UH, FUNDS, THE, THE ADMINISTRATIVE WORK THAT, AND THE PLANNING WORK THAT GOES INTO IT.
I'LL TOUCH ON EACH OF THOSE FOUR BRIEFLY.
UM, JUST TO SHARE WITH YOU THE FUNDING.
UH, SO THIS IS A FIVE YEAR FUNDING AMOUNT AND ALSO THE OUTCOMES WE WOULD EXPECT.
UM, SO UNDER THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, UH, GOAL, THE CITY HAS TRADITIONALLY DONE A, UH, HOMEOWNER HOUSING REHABILITATION PROGRAM.
THE CITY WOULD CONTINUE TO FUND THAT, UM, PUTTING $95,000 INTO THAT PROGRAM, REHABBING 10 UNITS OVER THE FIVE YEARS.
UH, THE LARGEST SHARE OF THE FUNDING IS GONNA GO TO THE SECOND GOAL FOR, UH, PUBLIC FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE, $1.2 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS.
TRADITIONALLY HERE, THE CITY HAS FUNDED IMPROVEMENTS SPECIFICALLY IN THE LOS SERRANOS NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, 4,000 RESIDENTS WITHIN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BENEFIT FROM THINGS LIKE, UH, STREET RESURFACING, UH, A DA, UH, RAMPS AND ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS, SIDEWALKS, UM, WATER, UH, STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND THINGS OF THAT SORT PROVIDE PUBLIC SERVICES WAS THE THIRD GOAL.
UH, HERE, THE CITY AND THE CITY IS CAPPED ON HOW MUCH OF ITS GRANITE CAN USE TOWARD THIS, UH, PURPOSE.
BUT THE CITY, UH, WORKS WITH SOME NONPROFITS THAT SERVE CHINO HILLS RESIDENTS, PROVIDES THEM SOME FUNDING, UH, FOR THEIR PROGRAMS. UH, THAT COULD BE THINGS LIKE A LITERACY PROGRAM THROUGH THE SAN BERNARD, UH, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY LIBRARY, UH, HOUSE OF RUTH, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES, UH, THE POMONA VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, UH, WILL IN THIS FIRST OF THE FIVE YEARS, RECEIVE SOME MONEY UNDER THE PUBLIC SERVICES, UH, PIECE.
AND THEN FINALLY $400,000 HELPS, UH, THE CITY MANAGE THE PROGRAMS. THERE'S A, A LOT OF STRINGS ATTACHED TO THESE SMALL AMOUNT OF FEDERAL FUNDS AND IT TAKES, UH, SOME WORK TO, TO MAKE THE PLANNING HAPPEN, CHECK ALL THOSE BOXES.
AND SO, UH, THE CITY WILL DO THAT.
ALSO INCLUDED HERE IS SOME FAIR HOUSING SERVICES, UH, THAT'S WORKING WITH INLAND FAIR HOUSING AND MEDIATION BOARD, UM, UH, TENANT AND LANDLORD, UH, MEDIATION COUNSELING, THINGS OF THAT SORT THAT GETS, UH, FUNDED OUT OF THAT 400,000.
CAN I INTERJECT WITH THE QUESTION? SURE.
SO I JUST WANNA CLARIFY SOMETHING.
SO UNDER THE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION, SO THE $400,000 THAT COMES FROM THE GRANT, SO I WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT COMING OUT OF THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND.
AND THEN THE NEXT ONE, IT SAYS, SO THAT OUT OF THIS POCKET OF MONEY, 75 RESIDENTS RECEIVE THE FAIR HOUSING.
BUT I KNOW UNDER THE OTHER POCKET, DON'T WE GIVE THEM A GRANT OF LIKE 5,000 OR SOMETHING.
THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT INLAND FAIR HOUSING OPERATES.
AND SO ONE OF THEM COUNTS AS A FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITY.
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF THE ADMIN THAT GOES TO THAT.
IT HAS TO DO WITH HOW, UH, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TRACKS UH, HOW THE GRANTS ARE USED.
AND SO SOME FAIR HOUSING SERVICES CAN'T BE FUNDED WITH THOSE PUBLIC SERVICES DOLLARS.
UM, SO YOU USE THE ADMIN FOR THAT.
UM, THE THINGS THAT CAN BE FUNDED THROUGH PUBLIC SERVICES GRANTS, WE DO THAT.
AND THAT DOESN'T CUT INTO YOUR ADMIN AMOUNT.
UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT LIKE, I MEAN, KNOWING THAT IS, IS I MIGHT RETHINK WHEN I GIVE MY ALLOCATION OF INLAND FAIR HOUSING GETS ANYTHING BECAUSE IF WE'RE SERVING 75 RESIDENTS ALREADY THROUGH THIS POCKET OF MONEY, WHY WOULD WE GIVE THEM FIVE OR 10 OR $15,000 THROUGH THE OTHER ALLOCATION? I KNOW WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT TONIGHT, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER OR CLARIFY WITH JONATHAN OR SARAH.
AND WE WERE AT THE END ANYWAY.
SO WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU PUT TOGETHER YOUR RESIDENT FOCUS GROUPS, YOU SAID THIS LAST YEAR YOU USED HARD TO SERVE AND THE HOPE RESOURCE CENTER.
SO IS IT, HOW DO YOU CHOOSE YOUR FOCUS GROUPS? BECAUSE I KNOW THEY WERE RECIPIENTS IN THE PAST, SO THAT'S ONE WAY, BUT HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT EXPANDING HOW YOU PUT TOGETHER FOCUS GROUPS? YEAH, WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TOO.
WE, WE WOULD HAVE REACHED OUT TO SOME OTHER, AND WE DID REACH OUT TO SOME OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, UM, TO, TO SEE IF WE COULD PUT SOME OTHERS TOGETHER.
I THINK THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT CAME TOGETHER.
UH, THOSE ORGANIZATIONS WERE WILLING TO WORK WITH US, BUT CERTAINLY, UM, WE COULD WORK WITH US, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN THAT.
YEAH, PROBABLY FOR YOUR OWN INFORMATION, YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN KNOWN THIS YET, BUT I KNOW THAT HARD TO SERVE DID A PUBLIC EMAIL ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THEY'RE CLOSING THEIR DOORS, UNFORTUNATELY.
SO YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNEW THAT.
WE LEARNED THAT IN THE FOCUS GROUP THAT WE DO WITH THEM.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER ONE I THOUGHT ABOUT, UM, OUR CHINO VALLEY FIRE FOUNDATION REALLY HAS A PULSE OF THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO, UM, MAYBE LIKE SEEK BEYOND OUR RECIPIENTS TO SOME OTHER, UM, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE A ROLE PULSE ON THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY TO, FOR FOCUS GROUPS THAT ARE MORE LIKELY TO PARTICIPATE AS WELL.
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ALRIGHT.AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC, UH, HEARING.
DO WE HAVE ANY REQUESTS TO SPEAK? WE DO NOT.
ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC HAVE ANY QUESTION ABOUT THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, BRING IT BACK UP FOR DISCUSSION AND A MOTION.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE ITEM, SIR.
OKAY, CHERYL UNDER MR. MAYOR, I GOT A QUESTION.
JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW, IT'S DEAD UP HERE.
WE'RE HAVING ALL, BY THE WAY, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FIRE DAMAGE AND EVERYTHING, PEOPLE LOOK IN THIS ROOM AND THEY THINK DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE WAS ANY PROBLEM.
REMEMBER, THERE'S NO SECOND FLOOR TO THIS, SO THERE WAS NO FIRE UPSTAIRS AND WATER DAMAGE COMING DOWN.
WE HAD IN THE ADJACENT HALLWAY IN OUR CLOSED SESSION AND THE BATHROOM AND THE GALLEY AND EVERYTHING ON THAT SIDE OF THE, THAT WALL, UH, WE HAD A LOT OF DAMAGE.
SO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY, 'CAUSE I KNOW THE FIRST TIME WE ALL MOVED IN HERE, IT'S LIKE, OR CAME IN HERE, WE THOUGHT, WHAT DAMAGE? AND IT WAS UNTIL WE WENT IN AND TOOK A TOUR.
UH, BEHIND THE CURTAIN YOU'LL SEE THAT WHERE HALF THE STAFF ARE WORKING.
YEAH, WE'VE, AND ACTUALLY STAFF MOVES THEIR INFORMATION, UH, OR, OR SOME OF THEIR FILES AND EVERYTHING.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY WORKING IN THIS AREA AS WELL.
MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[23. 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.]
CHERYL, PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT PORTION OF THE AGENDA THIS IS UNDER PUBLIC COMMENTS.AT THIS TIME, THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE COUNSEL REGARDING ANY ITEMS WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION THAT DO NOT APPEAR ON THE AGENDA.
PLEASE COMPLETE AND SUBMIT A DE UH, SPEAKER CARD TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK TO MY LEFT.
WE DO HAVE SPEAKER CARDS AT THIS TIME.
SO WITH FIVE, WE WILL LIMIT THE, THE, UH, TIME TO THREE MINUTES PER PER PERSON.
THREE MINUTES, MINUTES PER SPEAKER.
EVERYONE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IS REQUESTING, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS, IS THE FIRST ONE? YES, SIR.
UH, I CAME ACTUALLY A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
UH, BUT, UM, FROM THAT TALK, I GOT SOME FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL MEMBER RAY MARK HAS TO REACH OUT TO LIZ CARLOCK, UH, THE FINANCE MANAGER, WHICH I DID.
UH, SHE LEFT A NICE, UH, VOICE MESSAGE FROM ME.
SO THIS IS LIKE A FOLLOW UP TO THAT, JUST TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT.
SO I'VE KIND OF RAN MY SPEECH DOWN.
I'LL TRY TO GET THROUGH IT QUICKLY.
UH, BUT GOOD EVENING AGAIN, EVERYONE.
UH, MY NAME IS JASER AND TODAY I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT POLICY PROPOSAL.
UM, I'VE JUST HANDED IT ON RECORD TO THE CITY CLERK, UH, TO PASS OUT.
AND SO SIMPLY PUT THIS POLICY, UM, IS ASKING THE CITY TO ADOPT A CLEAR ETHICAL GUIDELINES, UH, FOR ITS INVESTMENTS AND TO CREATE A RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT COMMITTEE OF FINANCE STAFF, RESIDENTS, AND A COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE.
UH, THE COMMITTEE WOULD REVIEW HOLDINGS BUILT ON THE EXISTING MONTHLY REPORTS, UH, THAT ARE REALLY GOOD 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PRETTY TRANSPARENT ON THE, ON THE FINANCES OF THE CITY.
AND, UH, IT ENSURES THE CITY'S INVESTMENTS ARE BOTH FI FISCALLY SOUND AND ALIGNED WITH COMMUNITY VALUES.
UH, I WANT TO COMMEND OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT FOR ITS STRONG STEWARD STEWARDSHIP OF PUBLIC FUNDS.
AS OF JUNE, 2025, THE CITY'S PORTFOLIO EARNED AN AVERAGE YIELD OF 4.92% OUTPERFORMING THE LAIF BENCHMARK OF 4.53%.
UH, THAT PERFORMANCE HAS PROVIDED MEANINGLY MEANINGFUL REVENUE TO HELP OFFSET WHAT'S I'M SURE ON EVERYONE'S MIND, UH, WHICH IS THE $2 MILLION, UH, GENERAL FUND DEFICIT PROJECTED FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
UM, IT SHOWS THE DEPARTMENT'S CAPABILITY AND MANAGING ASSETS EFFECTIVELY.
SO STRENGTHENING AND BUILDING ON THAT FOUNDATION WITH A RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT FRAMEWORK WILL HELP PROTECT THESE RESULTS FROM FUTURE VOLATILITY.
SOME CURRENT HOLDINGS ARE IN INDUSTRIES FACING KIND SCRUTINY AND VOLATILITY.
WHILE THESE INVESTMENTS MAY BE PROFITABLE IN THE SHORT TERM, UH, SUDDEN MARKET SHIFTS, SANCTIONS OR LAWSUITS COULD FORCE QUICK DIVESTMENT AND RESULT IN LOSSES.
A RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT FRAMEWORK WOULD ALLOW THE CITY TO IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS SUCH RISKS PROACTIVELY, UM, DIVERSIFYING BEFORE THEY HARM THE BOTTOM LINE.
UH, CITIES LIKE BURBANK, PASADENA AND SANTA MONICA, THOSE ARE EXAMPLES OF OUR THAT ARE IN THE PROPOSAL, HAVE ADOPTED SIMILAR POLICIES, MAINTAINING COMPETITIVE RETURNS WHILE STEERING CLEAR OF HIGH RISK SECTORS.
THEY DEMONSTRATE THAT FISCAL PRUDENCE AND ETHICAL INVESTING CAN WORK HAND IN HAND.
UH, I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL TO ADOPT THIS POLICY AND TO FORM THE COMMITTEE.
THIS ABOUT, THIS IS ABOUT PROTECTING CHINO HILL'S, UM, FU UH, FINANCIAL FUTURE, AND, UH, STRENGTHENING THE PORTFOLIO STABILITY AND GIVING RESIDENTS A VOICE IN SAFEGUARDING THEIR TAX DOLLARS.
UM, I'LL BE EMAILING THIS TONIGHT AS
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WELL, UH, TO PROVIDE LINKS TO THE EXAMPLES I PROVIDED WITH OTHER CITIES.AND, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN HAPPY TO TALK ON THIS MORE.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JIM GALLAGHER.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR, COUNCIL STAFF, UH, FELLOW RESIDENTS.
I, TOO, AM SPEAKING ABOUT THE INVESTMENT POLICY TONIGHT.
UH, THE RESIDENTS REQUEST TO LOOK AT OUR INVESTMENT POLICIES PROMPTED ME AS WELL TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
AND TECHNICALLY IT'S, IT'S REALLY GOOD.
AS JASSER POINTED OUT, UH, IT INCLUDES, UH, COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT ON THE FUND, THE GENERAL FUND, THE SPECIAL REPORT FUND, THE, THE, UM, DEBT SERVICE FUND, THE CAPITAL PROJECT FUND.
AS YOU KNOW, THE ENTERPRISE FUND INTERNAL SERVICES, ALSO THE FIDUCIARY FUNDS, UH, THAT, THAT, UH, GO TO THE CITY.
SO MANY MISSION FOCUSED ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE SEE, LIKE JASSER MENTIONED, INCLUDE A SPECIFIC SECTION IN THEIR INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO THAT DIRECTLY ADDRESSES AN APPROACH TO SUSTAINABLE, RESPONSIBLE AND IMPACT INVESTING THAT DELIBERATELY INVEST PORTFOLIOS IN A MANNER THAT INCREASE PROGRAMMATIC IMPACT.
UH, THERE'S NEGATIVE CRITERIA THOUGH THAT WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT SOMETIMES.
UH, UH, WE SHOULD AVOID COMPANIES THAT ASSESS, THAT ASSESSES HAVING SYSTEMATICALLY FAILED IN PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS WORKERS, OR THAT PROVE UNWILLING TO ENGAGE IN A MEANINGFUL PROCESS OF CHANGE.
AND WE SHOULD TYPICALLY AVOID INVESTMENTS IN COMPANIES WITH AGR ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILES.
SO EXAMPLES, COMPANIES LIKE THIS WOULD, WOULD BE LIKE COMPANIES THAT REMOVE, COMPANIES THAT REMOVE MATERIAL INVOLVEMENT IN BUSINESSES THAT HAVE HIGH RISK, SUCH AS AGRICULTURAL, BI BIOTECHNOLOGY, COAL MINING, HARD ROCK MINING, NUCLEAR POWER, ANIMAL WELFARE ENVIRONMENT, TOBACCO, WEAPONS AND FIREARMS. I THINK THOSE ARE COMPANIES THAT WE WOULDN'T WANT TO INVEST IN.
UH, MANY ORGANIZATIONS WILL CHOOSE TO IDENTIFY POSITIVE TRAITS FOR COMPANIES OR OTHER SECURITIES, UH, THAT ARE BEST IN CLASS APPROACH.
SO EXAMPLES OF COMPANIES LIKE THAT.
COMPANIES THAT SUPPORT BOARD DIVERSITY, CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT, EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION, THAT'S FAIR.
UH, HEALTHIER PRODUCTS, LIFECYCLE ANALYSIS, PRODUCT SAFETY THAT REFRAIN FROM, UH, GUNS AND WEAPONS, UH, SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND WATER USE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STRUCK ME IS WE DON'T SEEM TO HAVE AN ACTUAL THEME OR A MISSION OR A VISION, VISION IN OUR, UH, INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO.
AND I THINK IT WOULD BEHOOVE THIS COUNCIL AND IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT.
AND PERHAPS LET'S MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.
THIS IS CALIFORNIA, LET'S REFLECT CALIFORNIA VALUES.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SANDRA JONES.
SORRY I DID NOT GIVE BACK A SECOND TIME TO YOUR HOUSE.
MY NAME IS SANDRA JONES AND I'VE BEEN IN HERE IN CHINO HILLS SINCE 1976, MARCH 20TH.
AND I'M SO GLAD THAT I, UH, WAS ABLE TO HOST FOR THE FIRST TIME THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AT MY HOUSE.
UM, WE HAD SUCH A WONDERFUL TIME.
I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR COMING.
UM, I'M PROBABLY ONE OF THE OLDEST MEMBERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SO, UM, IT WAS NICE TO SEE ALL MY YOUNG NEIGHBORS COME OUT AND SUPPORT.
I WANNA THANK JOYCE LEE FOR REALLY MAKING IT VERY SPECIAL BECAUSE SHE TOLD ME EVERYTHING, WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO SET MY FLYER UP AND WHAT KIND OF, UH, HOST THAT I WANNA BE.
I, I WALKED AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, UM, GAVE OUT 150 FLYERS AND SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING AGAIN FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
BUT I'M GONNA TRAIN MY NEIGHBOR SO THAT SOMEBODY WILL, UH, DO IT AFTER ME.
BUT IT WAS REALLY A GREAT TIME, IT WAS A GOOD EXPERIENCE AND I JUST WANT TO THANK CHINO HILLS FOR DOING THAT.
AND SANDRA, I WANT YOUR BAKED BEAN.
I WANT YOUR BAKED BEAN RECIPE.
ALRIGHT, WHO'S NEXT? I CALCULATED THE NUMBER OF SPEAKER CARDS INCORRECTLY.
UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR, UM, AS YOU, UH, I, YOU'VE KNOWN YOU'VE SEEN ME FOR A WHILE.
UM, I JUST CAME BACK FROM WORK, UM, WORKING WITH, UM, THE ART WILDERNESS INSTITUTE, A WI FOR SHORT.
UM, AT A WI, THROUGHOUT VARIOUS PROGRAMS, WE FOCUS ON NURTURING RESILIENCE IN YOUNG PEOPLE AND TEACHING THEM TO CARE DEEPLY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AROUND
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THEM.OUR PROGRAMS BRING CHILDREN INTO NATURE AND HELP THEM CONNECT WITH THE LAND, THE ECOSYSTEM, AND EACH OTHER IN ETHICAL AND SUSTAINABLE WAYS.
WE TEACH OUR CHILDREN THAT BEING KIND TO THE ENVIRONMENT IS NOT JUST ABOUT RECYCLING OR TAKING HIKES, IT'S ABOUT CHOOSING TO ACT WITH INTEGRITY.
THAT INCLUDES WORKING WITH PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT SHARE THOSE VALUES AND REJECTING SYSTEMS THAT ARE UNJUST OR CORRUPT.
WHICH BRINGS ME TO WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT.
I WANT TO ENCOURAGE OUR CITY, OUR LEADERS TO BE A ROLE MODEL FOR THE VALUES WE ARE TRYING TO INSTILL IN OUR NEXT GENERATION.
IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO JUST HAVE A PHOTO OP OR DEDICATE MONTHS TO IMPORTANT CAUSES, SYMBOLISM MATTERS, BUT ACTION IS WHAT LEAVES A LASTING IMPACT.
IF THE CITY TRULY WANTS TO CHAMPION SUSTAINABILITY AND EQUITY AND EQUITY, THOSE VALUES SHOULD BE VISIBLE IN THE DAY-TO-DAY DECISIONS LIKE WHO WE CON CONTRACT WITH, WHAT EQUIPMENTS WE USE TO MAINTAIN OUR BEAUTIFUL TRAILS, AND HOW WE CAN AND HOW WE MAKE PURCHASING CHOICES.
UM, I HAVE A LOT OF FAVORITE TRAILS.
I LOVE EUCALYPTUS TRAIL AND I'VE TAKEN ACTUALLY MY STUDENTS TO THE CHINO HILLS WETLAND EDUCATION PARK, IF I'M SAYING IT CORRECTLY.
UM, I'M REMINDED OF HOW MUCH WE HAVE TO PROTECT, BUT I ALSO WANT TO TALK, WALK THOSE PATHS KNOWING THAT THEY ARE MAINTAINED WITH CARE.
NOT JUST PHYSICAL CARE, PHYSICAL CARE, BUT ETHICAL CARE THAT THE TOOLS, LABORS AND MATERIALS USED WERE SOURCED IN WAYS THAT HONOR BOTH THE EARTH AND THE PEOPLE WHO WORK ON IT.
THE KIDS WE TEACH ARE WATCHING, THEY'RE LEARNING WHAT IT MEANS TO FOLLOW THROUGH, AND THEY DESERVE TO SEE ADULTS, ESPECIALLY IN LEADERSHIP, DOING THE SAME, DOING THE SAME.
AND, UM, I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU AND URGE YOU TO LOOK AT THE PROPOSAL THAT, UM, JASSER SENT YOU THE ETHICAL RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND YOUR CONCERNS.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? NO, THERE ARE NOT.
NOT MOVING AROUND OR MOVING ALONG.
[ SAFETY UPDATES - Fire and Police]
UH, FIRE PLEASE, CHIEF.UH, THIS EVENING I JUST HAVE A, A COUPLE THINGS.
UH, REALLY JUST A COUPLE THANK YOUS FOR A LONG PROJECT REALLY RELATED TO STATION 68.
THIS PROJECT STARTED PROBABLY 10 YEARS PLUS AGO, SO I'M REALLY, REALLY HAPPY TO SHARE THAT.
UH, I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL HAVE SOME DIRT BEING MOVED AROUND, AROUND THE FIRST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER.
WE FINALLY HAVE SECURED ALL THE DOCUMENTS WE NEED.
WE NEEDED, UH, WE FORMALIZED THE AGREEMENT THAT WE NEEDED WITH THE, UH, THE LOCAL TRIBE.
SO WE ARE ROLLING FORWARD AND, AND WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE SOME, SOME MOVEMENT THERE IN OR ABOUT THE FIRST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER.
UH, SECONDLY, I JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON THE EUCLID INCIDENT.
SO THE FIRE THAT HAPPENED, UH, ROUGHLY A WEEK, WEEK AND A HALF AGO, UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT TO HOW LARGE THE FIRE WAS, 103.1 OF THOSE ACRES RESIDED IN, UM, THE STATE RESPONSIBILITY AREA OF RIVERSIDE, WHICH WAS BASICALLY ON THE, SOME PEOPLE WOULD CALL IT THE NORTH OR THE EAST SIDE OF THE FREEWAY.
UH, WE HAD 17.2 ACRES WERE IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS PROPER.
AND THEN 60.8 OF THOSE IN THE HORNEY ON THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEER, TOTALLY ABOUT APPROXIMATELY 179 ACRES.
SO, UH, HUGE THANK YOU TO, UH, ALL OF MY PERSONNEL THAT WORKED EXTREMELY HARD.
ALL THE COLLABORATORS, A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR LOCAL LAW.
ENFORCEMENT, INCLUDING MY PARTNER TO MY LEFT HERE.
UH, WE, THE COLLABORATION WAS PHENOMENAL.
THE WORK WAS GREAT AND, UH, WE SAVED A LOT OF, UH, PROPERTY AND WE DID A LOT OF GOOD WORK OUT THERE.
NOT ME PERSONALLY, BUT, BUT ALL THE TROOPS.
AND THEN FINALLY, UH, I'VE BEEN, UH, AT THE OFFICE HERE FOR SEVEN YEARS.
I'VE BEEN FOR CHINO VALLEY FIRE FOR 17 YEARS, TRAVELING TO THIS OFFICE HERE A WHOLE TWO MILES FROM MY HOUSE.
AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S CHANGED, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE ANOTHER SHOUT OUT TO MY LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS AND SPECIFICALLY TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SECURITY GUARDS.
UM, THE TRAFFIC WAS A LOT OF TRAFFIC WITH SCHOOL STARTING BACK, BUT IT SEEMED TO BE MOVING WELL.
AND, UM, AGAIN, I ATTRIBUTE THAT TO LIKELY TO, UH, THE, THE HELP THAT I'VE SEEN OUT IN THE STREET THERE, BOTH FROM THE SECURITY OF THE SCHOOL AND TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.
I THINK THAT'S, UH, HELPS KEEP US ALL SAFE AND IT MAKES OUR JOBS EASIER.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE CHIEF? NO, BUT I ECHO HIS COMMENTS.
I COME IN AROUND EIGHT 15 OR EIGHT 30 HERE, UH, ALMOST EVERY DAY.
AND IT HAS, I MEAN, SOMETIMES IT'S BACKED UP, WHICH IT WOULD BE AT THE KEY 15 OR 20 MINUTES, BUT SEEMS TO BE MOVING MUCH EASIER, QUICKER THAN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
AND GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF AND RESIDENTS AND ATTENDANCE.
AS WE'VE HEARD TONIGHT, LAST TUESDAY, AUGUST 5TH, I ALSO PARTICIPATED IN WHAT WAS MY FIFTH NATIONAL NIGHT OUT EVENT HERE IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR WONDERFUL RESIDENTS WHO HOSTED AND OR PARTICIPATED IN THE EVENT.
THE HIGH TURNOUT DIRECTLY REFLECTS OUR RESIDENTS PROACTIVITY IN BEING AWARE OF AND CARING FOR THEIR NEIGHBORS AND NEIGHBORHOODS.
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ONE OF THE IDEAS I PASSED ON TO AS MANY RESIDENTS AS I WAS ABLE WAS TO BE SURE AND CALL YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING UNUSUAL OR SUSPICIOUS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY NOT BOTHERING US.
WE, WE DO WANT TO HEAR FROM ANYBODY.
WHEN YOU SEE SUSPICIOUS PEOPLE OR SUSPICIOUS ITEMS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR SOMETHING JUST DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT, PLEASE CALL US.
ONE OF THE TOPICS THAT CAME UP QUITE A BIT WAS A COLLECTIVE CONCERN ABOUT ELECTRIC BIKES AND MOTORCYCLES.
AND I AM, I'M PROUD TO, UH, UH, POINT OUT THAT THE CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT IS HOSTING AN E-BIKE AND E MOTORCYCLE AWARENESS WORKSHOP AT THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY CENTER ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD FROM SIX 30 TO 7:30 PM.
TOPICS DISCUSSED WILL INCLUDE REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED SAFETY GEAR, KEY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN E-BIKES AND E MOTORCYCLES AND HOW EACH IS CLASSIFIED UNDER THE LAW, AS WELL AS APPLICABLE STATE AND LOCAL TRAFFIC REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO THE OPERATION OF E-BIKES AND E MOTORCYCLES.
PRE-REGISTRATION IS ENCOURAGED BY EMAILING S KESSLER, KESS, AT BCSD.ORG.
TEENS AND CHILDREN ARE WELCOME, BUT WE ASK THAT THEY BE ACCOMPANIED BY A PARENT OR A GUARDIAN.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR EVENT, UH, PLEASE CONTACT THE CHIN HOST POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 9 0 9 3 6 4 2.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT FOR THE EVENING.
THANK YOU, FIRST OF ALL FOR DOING THE E-BIKE, UM, UH, PROGRAM THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE HAVING.
MY QUESTION IS, HAVE WE CITED ANYBODY? AND THE SECOND PART OF THE QUESTION IS, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN E-BIKE AND AN E MOTORCYCLE? SO, AN AN E-BIKE IS A, UH, A PEDAL ASSISTED ELECTRONIC BICYCLE.
THEY COME IN THREE CLASSIFICATIONS, UM, AND THEY MAINTAIN A SPEED UNDER WITH CLASS C 28 MILES PER HOUR.
AN E MOTORCYCLE IS BASICALLY A DIRT BIKE, UH, THAT'S ELECTRONIC AS OPPOSED TO GAS POWERED.
THOSE ARE NO MORE, UH, LEGAL TO BE ON THE ROAD THAN A DIRT BIKE.
THEY'RE NOT REGISTERED, THEY DON'T HAVE THE PROPER, UH, SAFETY REQUIREMENTS TO BE STREET LEGAL.
AND UNFORTUNATELY A LOT OF PARENTS ARE NOT UNDERSTANDING.
THERE'S BETWEEN AN AN E BICYCLE, WHICH I SAID IS JUST AN, AN ELECTRONIC ASSISTED BICYCLE.
THE CLASS ONE AND TWO GO UP TO 20 MILES PER HOUR.
AND THE CLASS C, WHICH YOU HAVE TO BE 16 OR OLDER TO OPERATE, GO UP TO 28 MILES PER HOUR, WHERE AN E MOTORCYCLE COULD, COULD GO UP, UH, QUITE FASTER THAN THAT.
SO I'M HAPPY TO SAY PART OF THIS AWARENESS SYMPOSIUM WE'RE HAVING IS TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THE DIFFERENCES.
'CAUSE WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF PARENTS WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND, THEY JUST THINK AN E-BIKE AND THEY'RE BUYING THEM INSTEAD.
AN E MOTORCYCLE, WHICH GOES MUCH FASTER IS NOT STREET LEGAL.
AND YES, WE HAVE, UH, CITED QUITE A FEW PEOPLE FOR BOTH E-BIKE VIOLATIONS.
AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY NOW HAS AN ORDINANCE AGAINST OPERATING E-BIKES AND ON THE SIDEWALKS, BUT ALSO, UH, MORE CITATIONS FOR E MOTORCYCLES BECAUSE THOSE ARE NOT LEGAL TO OPERATE ON, ON THE, UH, THE STREETS AND BYWAYS.
SO, AND WE ALSO IMPOUND THOSE E MOTORCYCLES AND IT'S QUITE A HEFTY FINE IF YOU ARE, UH, CITED AND CAUGHT WITH OPERATING THOSE E MOTORCYCLES.
I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
THE, THE FUNNY PART IS
WE WERE AT A HOME FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, UH, ON VAL VISTA, AND HERE COMES AN E-BIKE DOING A WHEELIE FLYING DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND EVERYBODY TURNS 'CAUSE HE HAD JUST BEEN TALKING ABOUT E-BIKES TO SOMEONE WHO HAD ASKED THE QUESTION.
SO WE WERE KIND OF TEMPTING THEM TO GET IN THE CAR AND, AND, UH, UH, GO AFTER 'EM.
BUT I SAID, PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME, YOU KNOW, HERE WE GO.
BUT THAT WAS, IT WAS FUNNY FOR, BUT IT'S, IT'S, IT IS REALLY, REALLY, UH, SCARY BECAUSE, AND THEY'RE NOT DOING NECESSARILY ON SMALL SIDE STREETS.
I'VE SEEN 'EM GOING UP AND DOWN, UH, SOUTH PEYTON AVENUE A LOT.
AND, UH, IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S BASICALLY THEY'RE DOING IT.
IT'S A CRIME OF OPPORTUNITY IF THEY DON'T SEE BUT ANYBODY AROUND, THEY'RE GONNA DO WHATEVER THEY WANNA DO.
SO, UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH EDUCATION'S GONNA HAPPEN.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, AND I'M SURE YOU ALL REMEMBER, WE HAD A TRAGEDY ON A E-BIKE, UH, A COUPLE MONTHS BACK WHERE, UH, TWO KIDS WERE RIDING WITHOUT HELMETS, WHICH, FIRST OF ALL, THERE WAS TWO OF 'EM ON THE BIKE, BUT ONE OF THE CHILDREN DIED.
SO, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S A SERIOUS THING.
AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SET UP THE, THE MEETING ON IT.
AND ALSO, JUST ONE QUICK, UH, THANK YOU TO, TO THE CHIEF, UH, FOR HAVING OUR SROS REACH OUT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS.
YOU KNOW, I, WITH A, WITH A KID IN HIGH SCHOOL, A LOT OF THEM COME CRUISING UP AND IT'S NICE TO HAVE OUR SROS REACH OUT TO 'EM WHEN THEY PULL UP TO THE BIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE BIKE, UH, LOCKUP RACK AREA RACK, YEAH.
THE BIKE RACKS TO SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S A, THAT'S ILLEGAL.
THAT'S LEGAL, YOU KNOW, HEY, WHERE'S YOUR HELMET? AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROACTIVELY, YOU KNOW, TELLING THEM THAT.
AND THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, THAT WAY THEIR PARENTS UNDERSTAND, HEY, YOU JUST BOUGHT YOUR KID A $3,000, YOU KNOW, E-BIKE OR E MOTORCYCLE.
LIKE, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME RESPONSIBILITY THAT GOES WITH IT.
SO, THANK YOU FOR BEING PROACTIVE WITH OUR SROS.
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THEIR SAFETY, AND OF COURSE WE UNDERSTAND WHERE THERE'S NO SENSE, THERE'S NO FEELING.SO SOMETIMES, UH, AS AS CHILDREN ARE, UH, BECOMING YOUNG ADULTS, THEY'RE NOT THINKING CLEARLY OR THEY'RE JUST LOOKING FOR THE THRILL OF WRITING THOSE THINGS.
AND, UH, THEY'RE PUTTING THEMSELVES IN UNNEEDED DANGER.
[ CITY MANAGER UPDATES]
UPDATE PLEASE.I'D JUST LIKE TO JOIN, UH, SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE BEEN THANKING OUR RESIDENTS FOR THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT EVENTS THAT THEY HOSTED.
UH, THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AND UH, UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR JOINED ME IN A VEHICLE AND WE WERE ABLE TO VISIT, UH, SIX OF THE 28, UH, EVENTS.
IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO GET OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
OUR COMMUNITY RELATIONS TEAM ALSO WAS AT SEVERAL, UH, UH, EVENTS ALONG WITH, UH, LAW AND FIRE REPRESENTATIVES, AND OF COURSE THE COUNCIL.
IT'S SO MUCH FUN TO JUST SEE EVERYONE AND HEAR FROM THEM.
AND IT, IT'S ALWAYS COMMON THAT, UH, AS WAS POINTED OUT EARLIER, UH, A LOT OF TIMES THIS IS THE FIRST OR AT LEAST THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO SEE THEIR NEIGHBORS, UH, UH, EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY SEE 'EM DAILY, TO ACTUALLY TALK WITH THEM.
AND, AND JUST, IT, IT REALLY IS COOL FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO STEP UP AND, UH, PROVIDE, UH, THEIR HOMES OR THEIR DRIVEWAYS TO PRO, UH, HAVE THESE EVENTS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE TEAM THAT PULLS THIS TOGETHER AND THANK THE RESIDENTS FOR HOSTING.
[ COUNCIL REPORTS Vice Mayor Johsz West Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District Board Council Member Moran California Institution for Men and Women Citizen Advisory Committees Council Member Rogers Animal Resource Center of Inland Empire Joint Powers Authority Chino Hills Community Foundation Board Tres Hermanos Conservation Authority Board Water Facilities Authority Board]
LET'S SEE.UH, VICE MAYOR JOES, WE WERE DARK IN JULY.
UH, WE MET FOR THIS MORNING FOR, UM, CIWA CALIFORNIA INSTITUTION FOR WOMEN, AND I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT FROM THAT.
UM, FOR A CALIFORNIA INSTITUTION FOR MEN.
UM, CRC AND NORCO WILL BE CLOSING BY THE FALL OF 2026, BUT THAT WON'T HAVE ANY IMPACTS.
UM, ON TRANSFERS TO CIM, CURRENT INMATE POPULATION IS, UM, 2,243 AND WE HAVE A MAXIMUM CAPACITY OF 2,800.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, IT WAS JUST BASICALLY UPDATES.
THEY'RE GOING THROUGH SOME ACCREDITATION.
AND, UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO REPORT.
OH, ONE THING THAT WAS INTERESTING THAT MARK LUCIO BROUGHT, BROUGHT UP, OR CHINO.
SO, UH, DON'T PUT THIS IN HERE AND THERE EITHER MARYANNE.
SO CHINO HAS, IS FOLLOWING OUR LEAD WITH OUR BEAUTIFULLY WRAPPED UTILITY BOXES.
SO THEY'RE STARTING, YES, THEY'RE THAT THEY'RE, BUT WHAT THEY DID, UH, SHARE, HE SHARED IT THIS MORNING'S MEETING, IS THAT THEY'RE GONNA, UM, OFFER IT TO THE INMATE POPULATION, UM, IF THEY WANNA SUBMIT ARTWORK.
SO THE UTILITY BOXES BY THE TWO ENTRANCES WHEN FAMILIES VISIT, SOME FAMILY MEMBERS MIGHT SEE, UM, SOMEONE'S ARTWORK.
SO IT'S KIND OF A CREATIVE PROJECT, BUT, UM, THEY DID FOLLOW OUR LEAD AND I'M GLAD TO SAY WE DID IT FIRST.
RIGHT, JONATHAN? THEY SURE DID.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS? YES, I HAVE SEVERAL REPORTS TO GIVE SINCE IT'S BEEN A MONTH SINCE WE LAST MET.
FIRST ONE UP ANIMAL CARE, ANIMAL RESOURCE CENTER, OR ARC.
UH, WE'VE HAD TWO, BUT WE'VE HAD TWO MEETINGS SINCE WE JOINED THE TEAM.
UH, JUST REMEMBER, OUR CONTRACT IS STILL IN EXISTENCE UNTIL JULY 1ST, 2027 WITH INLAND VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY, BUT WE HAVE BOUGHT INTO THIS PARTNERSHIP ON THE WEST END.
SO WE BECAME AUTOMATICALLY, UH, UH, BOARD MEMBERS OR DECISION MAKERS, EVEN THOUGH THEY, WE DON'T RECEIVE SERVICES FOR, FROM THIS GROUP FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS.
UH, WE'VE HAD TWO BOARD MEETINGS I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND.
THE FIRST ONE, COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ ATTENDED THE SECOND ONE BECAUSE I WAS OUT ON AN APPOINTMENT AND THOSE MEETINGS WE FIRST MEETING, WE AGREED TO A LEASE.
THERE'S A TEMPORARY FACILITY THAT IS IN EXISTENCE RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN THEY ALSO NEEDED ANOTHER WAREHOUSE OR FACILITY CLOSE BY.
SO WE APPROVED THE LEASE FOR THAT.
AND THEN THE, UH, MEETING THAT, UH, RAY ATTENDED THIS, I GUESS THE MAIN ASPECT OF IT WAS AGREEING TO A CONTRACT OR CONTRACTS WITH ON-CALL VETERINARY SERVICES.
AND EVENTUALLY THEY'RE, THEY'RE PUTTING TOGETHER A TRAILER, A BIG TRAILER THAT WILL DO VETERINARY SERVICES THAT WILL BE PARKED AT THE, AT THE ARC FACILITY.
SOUND GOOD? SOUNDS REALLY GOOD.
UH, QUESTION, NOT QUESTION, COMMENT.
WE DID AFTER THE MEETING, WE WENT AND HAD BREAKFAST.
SO I WENT WITH THE MAYOR OF ONTARIO, PAUL LEONE, THE MAYOR OF MONTCLAIR, DEBBIE PRADA, PLUS, UH, THE MAYOR'S WIFE FROM ONTARIO.
SO, UM, I'M SITTING THERE, WE ALL ORDERED BREAKFAST, I'M EATING LIGHT, AND WE, WE ALL HAD BREAKFAST.
DID THEY GIVE YOU THE BILL? WELL, THAT'S, YEAH, LEMME GET TO IT.
SO THEN, UH, THEY ALL GET UP AND THEY GO, I GOT A PHONE CALL.
SO THEY ALL GET UP FOR A CALL.
SO FIVE MINUTES LATER NOBODY'S THERE.
SO ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CHECK DOES
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COME AND THEY SAID, PETER ALWAYS PAYS FOR IT.SO I DO, I WOUND UP PAYING FOR IT, SO.
I'M NOT GOING TO ANY MORE MEETINGS.
CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
WE, UH, THIS WAS OUR JULY MEETING, WHICH THIS ONE WE TRADITIONALLY ASSIGN COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE 16 BOARD MEMBERS AND EVERYBODY'S EXPECTED TO BE ON AT LEAST ONE COMMITTEE.
SO WE DID A COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS FOR THOSE COMMITTEES AND INCLUDE STRATEGIC PLANNING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS AND FUND DEVELOPMENT, BOARD DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCE.
BUT WE DID COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS.
WE REVIEWED LOGISTICS FOR THE UPCOMING WINE WALK, WHICH I'LL BRING UP IN COUNCIL COMMENTS.
UH, AND OH, JUST A LITTLE THING THAT WE DID.
THE BOARD VOTED, UH, TO CONTRIBUTE $500,000 TO THE NEW COMMUNITY CENTER.
UH, WE'VE BEEN SAVING UP MONIES FOR BIG PROJECTS.
SO WE, LAST TIME, THE LAST COMMUNITY CENTER, WE DONATED $335,000 FOR IT OF ACCUMULATED MONIES.
AND THIS TIME WE'RE GONNA GO WITH 500,000.
SO THAT WAS THE LAST ACTION ITEM THAT WE PERFORMED FOR THE FOUNDATION.
CYNTHIA, ANYTHING ELSE ON FOUNDATION? OKAY, NEXT UP, TRACE ARMOS, RAY AND I ARE ON TRE ARMOS BOARD AND KIND OF THE USUAL APPROVAL OF, OF SOME FINANCES AND ET CETERA.
IT'S, BELIEVE ME, IT'S A VERY QUICK MEETING.
SO, BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A QUICK MEETING, I THINK THIS MIGHT BE OUR SIXTH YEAR.
I DON'T REMEMBER IF EXACTLY WAS IT IN 18? MAYBE THAT WE STARTED THIS.
LET'S JUST SAY IT'S SIX YEARS GOING NOW.
WE, I MADE A SUGGESTION TO GO FROM, UH, A MEETING EVERY TWO MONTHS TO A MEETING EVERY QUARTER, BECAUSE I MEAN, THE ACTION ITEMS ARE MINIMAL AND WE'RE OUT IN 15 MINUTES MANY TIMES.
SO WE'LL SEE IF THAT GOES ANYWHERE AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, I'LL GO TO EVERY RECORDER MEETINGS.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE ON THAT SCHEDULE NOW.
LAST STEP FOR ME FOR COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS IS WATER FACILITIES AUTHORITY OR WFA, THAT'S OUR STATE WATER THAT WE RECEIVE ONE OF THE FIVE WATER SOURCES WE HAVE IN CHINO HILLS.
AND WE APPROVED OUR USUAL, UM, PAYMENTS AND PROJECTS THAT INCLUDED UNFUNDED LIABILITIES AND THIS AND THAT.
SO IT WAS JUST A LOT OF THAT TYPE OF PROJECT APPROVALS.
WE ALSO HAD A REPORT FROM THE I-U-A-G-M ON A PROJECT THAT MAY COME ABOUT SOME DAY CALLED THE CHINO BASIN PROJECT THAT IUA IS HELPING THE SPEARHEAD.
AND THEN OUT OF CLOSED SESSION, WE APPROVED A 4% RAISE FOR, WHICH IS COST LIVING RAISE, ESSENTIALLY FOR OUR GM.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR COMMITTEE REPORTS.
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MEMBER MORAN, UH, COMMENTS? COUNCIL COMMENTS? JUST A FEW THINGS.SO, UM, SO FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, UM, DISTRICT FIVE, THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHINO HILLS, WE HAD, UH, EIGHT NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, I VISITED FIVE BECAUSE THREE DIDN'T WANT A COUNCIL MEMBER TO COME.
SO, UM, SO WELL SOME OF YOU DIDN'T HAVE PEOPLE THAT WANTED YOU EITHER.
SO, UM, A LOT OF QUESTIONS CAME UP THAT WERE KIND OF REDUNDANT.
SO I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, NICK.
UM, THERE'S A VACANT LOT OFF OF, UM, SLATE THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND PEOPLE WERE ASKING, UM, WHEN THAT'S GOING TO BE A PARK BECAUSE WHEN THEY BOUGHT THEIR HOME, THEY THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE A PARK.
SO WHAT SAY YOU, SO, UM, THAT LOT IS, UH, TWO PARCELS.
UH, THE CITY OWNS TWO ACRES AND THEN THE DEVELOPER OF THE COMMUNITY, UM, STILL, UH, OWNS FOUR ACRES OF THAT.
AND WE ARE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM ABOUT, UH, POTENTIALLY, UH, A PARK DEVELOPING ON THAT SITE SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE.
SO I'M, I'M, I'M ASSUMING IT'S LIKE A FINANCIAL THING, WHY THEY HAVE NOT DEVELOPED IT.
WAS IT EVER INTENDED IN A CERTAIN TIMELINE TO BE DEVELOPED BY A CERTAIN TIME OR, UH, NO.
UH, BUT THAT SAME DEVELOPER HAS OTHER LAND HOLDINGS IN THE CITY THAT THEY WOULD RE BE REQUIRED TO DEDICATE AND IMPROVE PARKLAND IF THEY BUILT.
AND THEN, UM, WITH OUR, UM, WITH THE FIRE THAT YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT, CHIEF, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I LIVE IN, UH, THE SOUTH IN ENCINO HILLS AND A LOT OF RESIDENTS THEY WERE CONCERNED.
AND I JUST THINK IT SPEAKS VOLUMES ALSO BECAUSE, UM, UH, ERIC NELSON FROM TRUE MARK HOLMES HAD CALLED ME WHEN HE HAD HEARD, HE LIVES IN ORANGE COUNTY AND HE'S THE PRINCIPAL PERSON ON THAT SHADY VIEW PROJECT WHERE THERE'S ABOUT 60, UH, HOMES THAT ARE, UM, NOW OCCUPIED, UM, BECAME DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO THEM.
AND IT IS, I KNOW THAT WE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WE BAG ON CALIFORNIA A LOT WITH THE,
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WITH THE VERY STRICT, UH, BUILDING CODES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.BUT REALLY, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT DEFENSIBLE SPACE THEY ARE REQUIRED TO BUILD NOW, IT, IT SAVED THOSE, A LOT OF THOSE HOMES AS WELL AS YOU GUYS.
SO, UM, I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH, UH, THE SOUTHERN END REALLY APPRECIATED WHAT YOU DID THAT DAY.
AND, UM, AND OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS FROM OUT OF THE AREA, UM, OUR HOME DEVELOPER PEOPLE.
UM, AND ANOTHER QUICK THING, KIND OF NON COUNCIL RELATED, BUT IT'S A BIG CITY EVENT AS THE ST.
PAUL HARVEST FESTIVAL IS OCTOBER 3RD TO FIFTH, RIGHT NEXT DOOR.
PETER, HOW ABOUT YOU? YES, I'VE GOT SEVERAL THINGS ACTUALLY.
UH, I HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT THE COMMUNITY PARK AND THE NEW PARKING EDITION THAT IS NOW IN PLACE ALL PAVED.
AND I GUESS OTHER THAN A LIGHT STANDARD OR TWO, A COUPLE LIGHT STANDARDS, UH, IT LOOKED GREAT ACTUALLY.
WE ADDED 84 PARKING SPOTS TO THAT, TO THAT PROJECT.
AND AS JONATHAN MENTIONED, AND JONATHAN, I WERE CHATTING ABOUT WITH THAT PROJECT, PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE HAD SOME FORESIGHT TO HAVE BUILT THAT IN AT THE VERY BEGINNING WHEN WE OPENED UP THE FACILITY, UH, IN 2007.
'CAUSE 84 SPOTS IS A LOT OF SPOTS AND IT'S, IT, IT LOOKS GREAT AND THE WONDERFUL PROJECT AND IT FITS IN PERFECTLY AND SHOULD MAKE TRAFFIC FLOW MUCH EASIER ACTUALLY AROUND IT.
BRIAN, YOU'RE THERE OFTEN ENOUGH? NO, OF COURSE IT GETS BUILT AFTER MY KID'S DONE WITH PONY AND LITTLE LEAGUE, SO THAT WAS PLANNED.
I DIDN'T EVEN GET THE BENEFIT FROM IT.
SO IT'S, THAT'S A REALLY SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT TO OUR, OUR CROWN JEWEL OF A, OF A PARK IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, THE RECYCLED WATERLINE IS COMPLETE UP EUCALYPTUS AND IT'S ALL PAVED AND ALL STRIPED, ET CETERA, AND IT LOOKS GREAT.
THERE WERE, FOR THOSE OF US THAT MAKE TRAVEL THAT ROUTE, UM, PRO PROBABLY RAY AND I, MOSTLY BECAUSE OF WHERE WE LIVE, UH, IT'S, WE'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH SOME POTHOLES HERE AND THERE AND WE'VE EXPLAINED IT TO THE PUBLIC THAT DON'T WORRY, THIS IS GONNA BE TOTALLY REPAVED.
SO WE'LL FILL IN THE POTHOLES WHERE THEY COME ABOUT AFTER BIG RAINS, ET CETERA.
BUT I WILL SAY THAT IT LOOKS, THE PROJECT LOOKS GREAT AND HOPEFULLY IT'S BEEN BENEFICIAL TO THOSE, TO OUR PARKS AND THOSE THAT ARE GONNA SOURCE OUR RECLAIMED WATER.
AND I WANT TO THANK THE RESIDENTS.
WE'RE SO PATIENT BECAUSE NOW THEY HAVE A WONDERFUL ROAD TO TRAVEL ON, UH, ESPECIALLY THE RESIDENTS RIGHT OFF OF EUCALYPTUS.
IT SHOWED A LOT OF PATIENCE, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I'LL ECHO WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS SAID.
NATIONAL NIGHT OUT WAS A, UH, HUGE SUCCESS.
28 LOCATIONS I BELIEVE WERE ON, ON OUR, OUR PORTFOLIO THIS YEAR, WHICH I THINK WAS A RECORD.
AND, UH, NICOLE AND I HAD A CHANCE TO TRAVEL AROUND TO TO FIVE OF 'EM.
AND, UM, I WISH WE HAD MORE TIME.
I JUST WISH YOU COULD, WE COULD VISIT MORE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN ONLY VISIT FOUR OR FIVE AND GIVE A HALF AN HOUR PER LOCATION.
MOST OF 'EM START AROUND SIX, MOST OF 'EM ARE COMPLETED AROUND EIGHT OR 8 15, 8 30.
JOYCE, JOYCE DID A WONDERFUL JOB OF, UH, ALL THE PLANNING ON THIS PROJECT AND ON THIS EVENT.
AND SO I WANNA THANK HER AND THE TEAM FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
ANOTHER WONDERFUL EVENT, UH, CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF EVENTS COMING UP.
I HAVEN'T CHATTED THAT MUCH ABOUT THEM, BUT I WILL.
STARTING NOW, WE HAVE THE, WE, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO TO CREATE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A FUNDRAISER PER SE, IT'S OUR CONCERT SERIES.
AND WE HAVE OUR LAST CONCERT COMING UP IN SEPTEMBER ON SEPTEMBER 13TH, SATURDAY NIGHT, AND THAT'S ANDY VARGAS.
AND WE'VE HAD HIM HERE BEFORE, BUT I'LL MENTION HIM AGAIN.
ANDY VARGAS IS THE LEAD SINGER OF SANTANA.
HE'S BEEN WITH SANTANA, UH, FOR 25 YEARS OR SO.
AND, BUT HE LIVES IN ORANGE COUNTY.
SO WHEN HE IS NOT TOURING WITH SANTANA GROUP, HE LOVES GOING OUT AND ABOUT WITH HIS TEAM, HIS MUSICIANS.
SO SEPTEMBER 13TH AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WE'VE HAD HIM HERE BEFORE.
WE SOLD OUT THE TWO PREVIOUS TIMES.
UH, THE, WHEN WE HAD HIM HERE BEFORE IT WAS 425 TICKETS, IT WAS THE LIMIT WE THOUGHT WE COULD HOLD AND THAT'S WHAT WE SOLD.
SO CHINO HILLS FOUNDATION.COM OR.ORG, YOU CAN BUY YOUR TICKETS.
$15 TICKETS IS, IS ALL THE COST IS FOR THIS EVENT.
AND AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE A WONDERFUL EVENT AND IT'S, I HAVEN'T PUBLICIZED IT ALL THAT MUCH AND WE'RE, WE'RE JUST UNDER 300 TICKETS SOLD WITHOUT A WHOLE BUNCH MUCH, UH, PUBLICITY ON THIS.
SO THE WORD IS OUT AND IT'LL PROBABLY SELL OUT BY THE TIME SEPTEMBER 13TH ROLLS AROUND.
AND IN CHINO HILLS WINE WALK IS OUR BIG FUNDRAISER.
THAT'S HOW WE'RE ABLE TO RAISE MONIES TO GIVE THE BIG DONATIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVING ALONG WITH SOME DONATIONS FROM RESIDENTS.
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THE WINE WALK THAT WE ARE RAISING THE BIG MONIES FOR NOW.SO TICKETS HAVE WENT ON SALE LAST WEEK.
UH, WE ALLOW APPROXIMATELY TWO MONTHS FOR TICKET SALES BECAUSE WE ARE SELLING A TOTAL, INCLUDING SPONSOR TICKETS OF 1500 AND WE'VE SOLD OUT THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND IT'LL PROBABLY SELL OUT AGAIN, BUT THAT'S ON OCTOBER 11TH WINE WALK AT THE SHOPS AND YOU CAN SOURCE YOUR TICKETS THE SAME WAY, CHINO HILLS FOUNDATION.COM OR.ORG.
AND THAT, UH, AUTOWORKS GOING INTO IT AND IT SHOULD BE A FANTASTIC EVENT.
AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
I DID ATTEND A WATER CONFERENCE LAST WEEK.
I GUESS I CAN REPORT ON THAT AT THE, UH, IN ONTARIO.
AND ONE THING THAT, UM, RAY OCCASIONALLY BRINGS UP WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FIRE, THIS WAS A WATER CONFERENCE, BUT ONE OF THE PORTIONS OF IT HAD TO DO WITH NEW DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT MATERIALS THAT GO INTO HOMES AND, AND IT'S CONNECTED TO WATER TO SOME DEGREE.
SO THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT NEW FIRE RESISTANT HOMES THAT ARE BEING BUILT THESE DAYS, UH, WITH THE, THE MATERIALS AND SOMETHING THAT RAY'S MENTIONED MORE THAN ONCE NEW HOMES WITH THAT TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION ACT AS BUFFERS FOR NEIGHBORHOODS WHEN A FIRE IS COMING THROUGH BECAUSE OF THE MATERIALS THAT THEY ARE BUILT WITH.
YOU'VE BEEN SAYING THAT FOR A WHILE NOW.
SO THEY TALKED ABOUT THAT AS A, IF, IF, IF THEY'RE BUILT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ALTER HOMES THAT THEY DO ACT AS A FIRE BREAK TO SOME DEGREE OR TO A GREAT DEGREE, WHICH IS ALSO TIED WITH THE TYPE OF LANDSCAPE THAT'S GOING IN THESE DAYS COMPARED TO THE OLD DAYS THAT THEY'RE NOT PUTTING IN BIG TREES, ET CETERA.
THEY'RE USING DROUGHT TOLERANT MATERIALS THAT ARE MORE FIRE RESISTANT.
UH, SO IT WAS, IT WAS FASCINATING, BUT JUST TO TALK ABOUT THE, UM, THE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS BEING USED THESE DAYS.
AND THIS IS RANDALL LEWIS AND OTHERS TALKING ABOUT THIS.
SO THERE'S, THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT, THAT KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.
UM, THEY ALSO TALKED ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW IF I THINK WE HAVE THIS IN PLACE, NICK.
THEY TALKED ABOUT THE TRAGEDIES THAT TOOK PLACE WITH THE BIG FIRES SIX OR EIGHT MONTHS AGO AND THEY SAID THAT, UH, THEY'RE FINDING THAT THE CITIES THAT HAD CERTAIN PLANS IN PLACE ARE HELPING OUT THE RESIDENTS WHO LOST THEIR HOMES.
AND SO THEY ASKED THE CITIES THAT REPRESENT THAT WERE IN REPRESENTATION AT THIS WORKSHOP TO LOOK INTO THE PROC.
DO WE HAVE A PROCESS TO FAST TRACK A REPLACEMENT HOME IF THEIR HOME HAS BURNED DOWN IN A LARGE SCALE FIRE, SUCH AS WHAT WE WITNESSED.
SO MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING TO LOOK INTO.
UH, IF NOT, MAYBE WE CAN EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF IF A HOME OR NEIGHBORHOOD IS BURNED DOWN, DO WE HAVE THE MEANS TO FAST TRACK APPROVALS TO GET THINGS MOVING QUICKER THAN THE NORMAL PROCESS? UM, LAST THING THAT CAME UP, WELL, MANY THINGS CAME UP, BUT LAST THING HAVING TO DO AT CHINO HILLS IS WE'VE BEEN LOOKING INTO A PROJECT AND A LOCATION FOR SOMETHING CALLED A HELLA HYDRANT.
BEN AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS, I BROUGHT THIS BACK LAST FALL SOMETIME, AND THAT'S A TANK OF WATER IN CHIEF, YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS.
IT'S A TANK THAT'S PUT IN THAT HAS THE ABILITY TO OPEN UP AND FILL WITH WATER AND A HELICOPTER FLIES OVER IT AND DIPS DOWN A, A HOSE, A BIG HOSE AND DRAWS WATER OUT OF IT AND THEN GOES TO FIGHT THE LOCAL FIRE.
A NUMBER OF, A COUPLE OF CITIES HAVE 'EM, I WAS GONNA SAY A NUMBER, BUT I THINK Y BELINDA HAS, I THINK BREA AND HARPA.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN PROCEED WITH WE'VE, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE MAY HAVE ISOLATED A LOCATION THAT CAN USE RECYCLED WATER FILL UP THIS, THIS FAIRLY LARGE TANK.
IT'S NOT OVERLY EXPENSIVE TO PUT IN AND IT HAS ACCESS AS LONG AS WE HAVE ACCESS TO WATER.
THE HELICOPTERS CONTROL THE ABILITY TO REFILL WITH LIKE A GARAGE DOOR OPENER PRACTICALLY.
AND SO HE HYDRANT, WE'RE LOOKING INTO IT, BUT THEY TALKED QUITE A BIT AT THIS WATER CONFERENCE ABOUT THE HE HYDRANT AND SOME CITIES ARE NOW PROCEEDING WITH PUTTING THEM IN.
I THINK THAT'D BE PERFECT FOR THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS BECAUSE OF OUR, OUR SEMI REMOTENESS WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, WATER AND FIRE FIGHTING FIRES WITH HELICOPTERS.
THAT'S REPORT ON THAT CONFERENCE FROM LAST, LAST FRIDAY.
AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT, SO.
I'M GONNA GO BACK TO MY COMMITTEE REPORT SINCE I, YOU DIDN'T COME TO ME, SO I'M GONNA GO BACK.
I DID UH, ATTEND THAT MEETING AND WE DID, UH, BASICALLY, UH, UM, GAVE THE, UH, CEOA RAISE.
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ABOUT 6% OVERALL.SO HE IS MAKING PRETTY CLOSE TO ABOUT $400,000 A YEAR.
SO I WISH I WAS A CEO FOR METROLINK.
UM, I WANT TO GO BACK TO NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, CHUCK AND SHARON STEWY, I WANT TO THANK YOU.
I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS.
THE PIZZA, I UNDERSTAND YOU MADE IT.
IS THAT TRUE? YOU DIDN'T MAKE IT.
UM, ALSO, UM, THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT.
UM, WHEN I DID, I WENT TO ABOUT FIVE OF 'EM, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, AND I HAVE SO MUCH PRIDE AND I KNOW EVERYBODY HERE, COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE PRIDE IN OUR CITY.
SO I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 1984, WAS PART OF INCORPORATION.
I JUST LOVE MY CITY AND EVERY TIME I GO TO THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, FIRST THING I ASK THE COMMUNITY, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT OUR CITY? AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU, THERE ARE SO MUCH PRIDE OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN OUR CITY, HOW MUCH THEY LOVE OUR CITY.
AND THAT REALLY MAKES ME FEEL GOOD.
YOU KNOW, I SWEAT BEFORE I SAY THAT, ASK THE QUESTION, BUT ONCE I ASK THEM, I CAN SEE THE PRIDE THAT THEY HAVE.
BUT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT DID COME UP, ESPECIALLY IN CARBON CANYON AREA, UH, VILLAGE OAK WAS, UM, THE COVERAGE FOR CELL, AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS, BEN.
UM, SO THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH CELL COVERAGE.
UM, OUR EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION, WE DO THAT BY EITHER EMAIL OR WE DO IT BY TEXTS.
SO MY CONCERNS ARE, ESPECIALLY WITH PSPS, THAT IF ELECTRICITY IS OUT, THEY CAN'T GET AN EMAIL AND PERFECT STORM WOULD BE, THEY DON'T GET CELL COVERAGE EITHER.
SO AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE COULD DO TO DO AN ASSESSMENT, ESPECIALLY IN THOSE AREAS ON WHAT WE AS A CITY CAN DO TO MAKE CELL COVERAGE BETTER IN THOSE AREAS.
UM, THE SECOND THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LIST OF CONCERNS OR THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IN THE FUTURE, AND I THINK THEY'RE CALLED A TRACKING, A PENDING COUNSEL TRACKING ISSUES OR LIST.
SO, UM, I KNOW WE ACT TO THIS LIST AND WE KEEP ON ADDING TO IT, BUT I DON'T SEE US TAKING CARE OF SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT, THAT I MIGHT HAVE.
ONE WOULD BE LIKE FOUR CORNERS.
UM, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE 71 GETTING, UH, THE DIFFERENT COUNTIES TOGETHER TO START, UH, TALKING ABOUT THE 71 AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY.
UH, PINE AVENUE WOULD BE ANOTHER, UH, CONCERN THAT I DO HAVE.
BUT I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT LIST AND START FIGURING OUT WHAT, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT THIS, UH, COUNCIL NEEDS TO HAVE AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO MOVE FORWARD ON TO HAVE A LIST AND WE'RE JUST, WE JUST ADD TO IT.
AND I SORT OF, NOT THAT THINGS AREN'T GETTING DONE, BUT THEY'RE NOT GETTING DONE AS FAST AS I THAT I WOULD LIKE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP.
ALSO, CONCERTS IN THE PARK, OUR STAFF, YOU, JONATHAN MARSHALL, YOU DID A GREAT JOB.
A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE FROM HIGH SCHOOL, UH, HE DIDN'T COME UP WITH A WALKER, BUT HE WAS A GUITARIST, UH, LOWELL HORNY, HE WAS A GUITARIST FOR OC THREE.
THAT GROUP WAS EXCELLENT AND ALL A LOT OF POSITIVE COMMENTS ON THAT, UH, CONCERT.
SO HOPEFULLY MAYBE BEGIN NEXT YEAR.
I'M EXCITED THIS TIME OF THE YEAR FOR HIGH SCHOOL TO START, UM, BECAUSE I'M, I LOVE TO GO TO THE FOOTBALL GAMES, SO I JUST WANT TO SAY GO BULLDOGS AND GO HUSKIES.
AND THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, SIR.
ALRIGHT, BRIAN, ALL, JUST TO ECHO WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE SAID, THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR HOSTS FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AND ESPECIALLY THANK YOU TO THE FIRST, THE FIRST TIMERS.
I HAD ONE IN LOS SERRANOS WHO SHE BROUGHT, UH, AN ENTIRE ICE CREAM TRUCK FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND BROUGHT PEOPLE OUT AND SOME OF US, YOU KNOW, PARKED TOOK IN WHAT YOU KNOW, WAS THERE.
UM, BUT IT, IT REALLY JUST KIND OF SHOWS YOU YEAH, I, I WAS EXPLAINING TO ANOTHER, UH, A COLLEAGUE IN A DIFFERENT CITY COUNCIL THAT THEY HAVE ONE GIANT ONE AT THEIR CITY HALL AND I WAS EXPLAINING JUST HOW WE DO IT AND THAT IT'S REALLY NICE THAT IT'S DIFFUSED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY.
AND THAT WAY YOU TRULY GET TO MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS.
'CAUSE WE WE'RE A BEDROOM COMMUNITY.
YOU COME IN, YOU ROLL UP YOUR GARAGE DOOR, YOU GET IN AND THEN YOU CLOSE IT AND YOU, UNLESS YOUR KIDS ARE ACTIVE, YOU JUST DON'T SEE ANYBODY.
SO IT REALLY IS NICE TO, TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO HOST LIKE SHARON.
AND SO THANK YOU AND, AND TO YOU AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU TO ALL EVERYBODY.
UH, JUST TWO, UH, MINOR ITEMS. ONE, IF WE COULD GET A REPORT BACK ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THE MILITARY BANNER PROGRAM.
I KNOW I SEE SOME AROUND TOWN AND THEY MIGHT NOT BE LOOKING QUITE THE BEST.
I KNOW WE'VE HAD IT FOR A LONG TIME, BUT JUST MAYBE JUST A, A MEMO BACK TO THE COUNCIL ON THAT.
AND THEN, UH, DANIEL, UH, RAMONA AVENUE.
I KNOW I'VE ASKED A COUPLE OF TIMES, AND IT'S NOT ON YOU NECESSARILY, BUT IT'S GOTTA BE ONE OF THE WORST STREETS.
THAT'S A WAY TO COME INTO THE CITY.
SO WHERE ARE WE WITH, UH, POTENTIALLY DOING SOMETHING WITH IT? SO WITH RAMONA AVENUE FROM ABOUT, UM, UH, THE 71, UH, DOWN TO, UH, BIRD FARM, UM, WE DO HAVE A PROJECT WHERE WE ARE REPLACING, UH, UH, A WATER LINE THAT NEEDS TO
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BE UP-SIZED.AS PART OF THAT PROJECT, WE ARE GONNA MAKE OTHER IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING, UM, REHABBING THE ENTIRE PAVEMENT, UM, ADDING SOME SIDEWALK AS WELL.
UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, DESIGN THAT'S COMPLETED.
WE'VE, UH, ADVERTISED FOR THAT PROJECT AND WE EXPECT TO AWARD A CONTRACT IN SEPTEMBER, UH, WITH CONSTRUCTION BEGINNING IN, UH, OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER TIMEFRAME.
UM, WE HAVE TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT, UH, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
UH, I HAD THE, THE PLEASURE OF ACTUALLY GOING TO EIGHT DIFFERENT RESIDENTS.
I STARTED AT FOUR O'CLOCK, THEN ONE AT FIVE O'CLOCK SANDRA'S HOUSE AND TOLD HER I'D TRY TO GET BACK, BUT I HAD SIX MORE THAT I HAD TO GO TO.
UH, SO YOU WERE, HOPEFULLY YOU WERE ALREADY IN BED BY THE TIME I GOT BACK BY THAT WAY.
BUT, UH, HAD HAD SOMEBODY OR A COUPLE PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE VERY THING THAT BRIAN JUST BROUGHT UP ABOUT, UH, LARGER NATIONAL NIGHTS OUT, MAYBE AT PARK LOCATIONS, HAVE A COUPLE FAMILIES, UH, SPONSOR ONE.
MAYBE WE GET MORE PEOPLE TOGETHER IN LIMITED LOCATIONS THAT WAY.
UH, WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE EVERYBODY HIT ALL OF THE MAJOR ONES.
BUT IT STILL IS, THERE'S NOTHING LIKE BEING IN, IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND AS LONG AS WE DON'T HAVE A SHORTAGE OF PEOPLE, WHEN YOU HAVE 28 NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WANNA DO IT, UH, I THINK THAT'S A, A GIVEN.
THAT'S THE WAY WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO IT.
BUT, UH, JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP.
UM, GOING TO BRING BACK THAT SCHOOLS OPEN BACK UP AGAIN.
YOU KNOW, I, I HAVE TO SAY THIS, EVERY TIME WHEN SCHOOL OPENS BACK UP, UH, THE KIDS ARE NOT LOOKING, LOOKING FOR YOU.
UH, IT SEEMS LIKE, I THINK WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS EARLIER THAT LOOKS LIKE AROUND SCHOOL ZONES THAT MAY, MAYBE THE PARK OR THE, UH, TRAFFIC IS NOT QUITE AS BAD AS IT HAS BEEN.
NOT SURE WHAT THE ANSWER TO THAT IS.
MAYBE PEOPLE ARE FINALLY JUST REALIZING THAT YOU GIVE YOURSELF A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME AND YOU'RE A LITTLE MORE COURTEOUS, UH, THAT MAYBE THINGS AREN'T SO BAD.
BUT A AGAIN, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE KIDS ARE GETTING OUTTA SCHOOL, IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE IN THE AREA IN MID AFTERNOONS WHEN THEY, THEY GET OUT, UH, YOU KNOW, BE LOOKING OUT FOR THOSE KIDS.
'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE, THEY'RE WANTING TO GET TO MOM AND DAD'S CAR OR, UM, GET HOME.
'CAUSE STILL A LOT OF 'EM STILL WALK THEMSELVES.
AND ALSO, UM, WE HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING IS NOT GOING TO BE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 9TH.
SO I WANNA WISH EVERYONE IN ADVANCE THE HAPPY LABOR DAY, UH, UH, WEEKEND.
YOU KNOW, UH, WHEN, WHEN BACK IN THE STONE AGES WHEN I WAS GOING TO SCHOOL, WE USED TO GO UNTIL THE END OF JUNE AND THEN WE WOULDN'T GO BACK UNTIL AFTER LABOR DAY.
I DON'T KNOW HOW IN THE WORLD, UH, THINGS GOT MOVED SO MUCH, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS.
AND WE, YOU KNOW, NOW THIS IS THE NEW REALITY.
UH, BUT IT'S, IT'S TOUGH FOR PARENTS, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH IF YOU HAVE KIDS IN ALL LEVELS.
UH, ELEMENTARY, JUNIOR HIGH, AND HIGH SCHOOL, THEY HAVE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT START AND PICKUP TIME.
SO IT'S, IT'S A CHALLENGE FOR OUR PARENTS.
UH, THANK YOU TO THE, UH, SCHOOL BOARD, OR EXCUSE ME, THE FIRE BOARD MEMBERS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
I WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT.
UM, AND WITH THAT, I'M DONE WITH MIKE, UH, COMMENTS.
[ ADJOURN IN MEMORIAM: Adjourn in memory of Chino Hills resident Steven High who passed away on July 7, 2025, at the age of 76.]
TO ADJOURN A MEMORY OF A CHINO HILLS RESIDENT STEVEN HIGH WHO PASSED AWAY JULY 7TH, 2025 AT THE AGE OF 76.AND I'M GONNA HAVE, UH, RAY, SHARE A FEW, UH, PERSONAL COMMENTS 'CAUSE HE'S THE ONE THAT REQUESTED THIS AND, AND KNOWS STEVEN.
UM, STEVE HIGH, I'VE KNOWN HIM PROBABLY FOR MAYBE 40 PLUS YEARS.
UM, HE WAS A REALTOR, ALSO A LOAN OFFICER IN THE COMMUNITY.
HIS WIFE, MARGIE, WAS VERY ACTIVE WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I THINK SHE, UH, WORKED FOR MOUNT SAC, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
HE HAD TWO KIDS THAT GREW UP IN THE CITY.
UH, STEVE WAS ACTUALLY MY BUSINESS PARTNER PROBABLY FOR ABOUT, UH, SIX, SEVEN YEARS.
HE WAS A MARINE AND, UH, HE LOVED, HE LOVED HIS COUNTRY.
HE LOVED HIS COUNTRY AND HE LOVED HIS CITY.
AND I JUST WISH MARSH, UH, MARGIE AND THE KIDS THE VERY BEST.
THANK YOU SIR, FOR ALLOWING ME TO SAY THIS.
AND WITH THAT, WE WILL FORMALLY CALL OUR MEETING TO, UH, TO, TO A CLOSE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.