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EVENING, AND WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE CHINO HILLS CITY COUNCIL.UH, I'M GOING TO ASK EVERYONE TO STAND AND JOIN COUNCIL MEMBER PETER ROGERS IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND THEN TO BE FOLLOWED BY THE INVOCATION BY FATHER ELMER GZA OF ST.
PAUL, THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]
ME IN THE SALUTE TO OUR COUNTRY.READY? BEGIN MY ANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, WHITE NATION UNDER GOD, ANDAL WITH LIBERTY OF THE NAME, THE
[ INVOCATION: Father Elmer Galiza, St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church]
FATHER, AND OF THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACE AND GOODNESS.
MAY YOUR FACE CONTINUALLY SHINE UPON US SO THAT YOUR WAYS MAY BE KNOWN IN OUR CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
LORD, WE OFFER WHAT WE HAVE, OUR HOMES, OUR LABOR, AND OUR CITY.
LOOK WITH FAVOR, PROTECT OUR CITIZENS AND LEADERS, AND ENRICH OUR LAND WITH YOUR GOODNESS SO THAT WE MAY BE A BLESSING TO OTHERS.
THANK YOU, LORD, FOR ALL OUR CIVIL SERVANTS, THANK YOU FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND SACRIFICE.
MAY YOU CONTINUALLY BLESS THEM.
MAY YOU GENEROUSLY GIVE TO EACH OF THEM WISE AND DISCERNING HEARTS TO SKILLFULLY GOVERN THE PEOPLE IN OUR CITY.
GIVE THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL STUFF AND ALL THOSE WHO WORK FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE CITY.
WE CALL HOME WISDOM SO THAT THEY MAY FIND SOLUTIONS TO PRESSING PROBLEMS, DISTINGUISH BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG, AND CONTINUE TO BE A SIGN OF ORDER, STABILITY AND PROSPERITY TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR EMPOWERING YOUR PEOPLE TO GOVERN AND LEAD OUR CITY WITH FULL CONFIDENCE.
IN YOUR LOVE AND MERCY, LET MORE PEOPLE OPEN THEIR HEARTS TO YOU.
MAY YOU CONTINUE TO RE REVITALIZE OUR CITY WITH NEW LIFE.
MAY EVERY PERSON MARRIED, FAMILY, SCHOOL AND BUSINESS IN OUR COMMUNITY ENJOY THE BLESSINGS OF GOD.
LET THE BENEFITS OF YOUR GOODNESS INFLUENCE ITS OF US AND THE WHOLE CITY.
WE ASK ALL THIS IN JESUS' NAME.
[1. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming September 9, 2025, as California's 175th Anniversary of Statehood ]
ON THE AGENDA IS A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2025 IS CALIFORNIA'S HUNDRED AND 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF STATEHOOD TO BE ACCEPTED BY SENATOR KELLY SATA.WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM? HOW ARE YOU, SIR? YOU'RE DOING GREAT, THANK YOU.
ALTHOUGH WE OFFICIALLY CELEBRATED THE HUNDRED 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF CALIFORNIA STATEHOOD ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE SENATOR KELLY STO WITH US TONIGHT TO ACCEPT OUR PROCLAMATION.
ON BEHALF OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, LIKE EVERY CITY ACROSS OUR BEAUTIFUL STATE, WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANT ROLE, ROLE OF OUR REGION AS PLAYED IN THE, THAT HAS PLAYED IN THE GOLDEN STATE'S LEGACY, WHETHER IT'S THE INLAND EMPIRE BOOM, THE ONTARIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DRIVING GLOBAL TRADE, OR OUR LEADERSHIP IN OPEN SPACE AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION.
ITS CON CONTRIBUTIONS LIKE THESE THAT HAVE HELPED SHAPE CALIFORNIA'S LEGACY OVER THE PAST 175 YEARS.
AS WE CONTINUE THIS CELEBRATION WILL REMIND RESIDENTS THAT WE ARE ALL PART OF CALIFORNIA'S LEGACY AND ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO CONTINUE SHAPING THE INCREDIBLE STATE WE ALL CALL HOME FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
SENATOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.
UH, BEFORE WE TAKE A MO A PHOTO, WE'D LIKE YOU TO SHARE A FEW WORDS WITH THE RESIDENTS.
MAYBE YOU CAN TELL 'EM A LITTLE BIT OF THE EXPANSE OF YOUR DISTRICT, UH, THAT WE ARE A PART OF, AND ALSO MAYBE, UH, INTRODUCE THE TWO STAFF MEMBERS YOU HAVE WITH YOU TODAY.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, UH, THIS PROCLAMATION.
USUALLY I'M THE ONE GIVING OUT THE PROCLAMATIONS, AND SO I'M NOT USED TO BEING ON THIS END OF IT.
UH, BUT, UH, AS HE STATED, I AM THE SENATOR FOR THE 32ND SENATE DISTRICT, KELLY CITO.
AND, UH, THE 32ND SENATE DISTRICT IS PRETTY VAST.
UH, THE NORTHWEST TIP OF IT IS CHINO HILLS.
AND, UH, I USED TO ACTUALLY, I GREW UP IN, IN LAVERNE HERE, AND I USED TO LIVE RIGHT AT THE DOWN, THE FIRST HOUSE I GOT WAS DOWN AT THE, THE BASE OF THE HILLS HERE, UH, IN PHILLIPS RANCH.
AND, UH, SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA.
UH, BUT THEN, UH, WE ALSO TAKE IN YORBA LINDA, AND THEN WE KIND OF GO DOWN, UH,
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TAKE IN NORCO, AND THEN WE GO DOWN CORONA.HALF OF CORONA THE HALF NEXT TO THE HILLS IS MINE BECAUSE IT HAS HILLS AND THERE'S FIRE.
UH, SO THEN WE GO DOWN ALL THE WAY DOWN THE 15TH CORRIDOR IS, UH, MY DISTRICT.
AND THEN WE GO THROUGH THE CITIES OF LAKE ELSINORE, CANYON LAKE WILD, DEMAR, MURRIETA, MENIFEE, UH, AND TEMECULA.
AND, UH, AND THEN WE'LL BE HALFWAY THROUGH TO THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST POINT OF OUR DISTRICT.
THE SOUTHEAST POINT OF MY DISTRICT IS MOUNT LAGUNA.
I DON'T KNOW IF MANY OF YOU KNOW WHERE THAT IS.
HOW MANY KNOW WHERE JULIAN IS? YEAH.
JULIAN'S WHERE THE APPLE PIES COME FROM.
SO, UH, THAT IS MORE OF A, YOU KNOW, LAKE CCAS DOWN THERE ALSO.
UH, SO, UH, AND THEN I ALSO HAVE ANS BORREGO.
UH, SO IF YOU GO DOWN THE HILL, IF YOU MAKE A A, A LEFT TURN WHEN YOU'RE COMING OUTTA WARNER SPRINGS ACCIDENTALLY, YOU WIND UP IN ANS BORREGO.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I'M BLESSED WITH.
'CAUSE I ALSO HAVE THE COMMUNITY OF IDLEWILD.
SO WE COME UP AND THEN I ALSO HAVE THE, THE SWITCHBACKS THAT GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE DESERT.
UM, BUT JUST THE SWITCHBACKS SO THAT I CAN DEAL WITH THAT.
UH, AND THEN, UH, AND THEN IT KIND OF CUTS ACROSS, UH, ALL THE WOODS, THE ORANGEWOOD, UH, UM, AND, UH, UH, THE, THE, UH, NORTHERN PART, OR NOT NORTHERN PART PART OF RIVERSIDE, UH, CITY.
AND, UH, AND THEN IT COMES OUT HERE.
UH, SO IF THEY EVER, UH, EMPLOY THE LAW WHERE KIDS CAN CAMP IN THE PARKING LOTS AND LIVE THERE, UM, I WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO GO OUT THERE AND, AND DO A LITTLE CAMPAIGNING ON, ON MY BEHALF.
UH, BUT ANYWAY, UH, IT IS A GREAT DISTRICT THOUGH, AND IT IS A WELCOME RELIEF, UH, WHEN I GET BACK TO THE DISTRICT.
AND, UH, I ALSO HAVE A GREAT STAFF.
IT'S MY CHIEF OF STAFF WHO'S TELLING ME NOT TO INTRODUCE HER.
SOME OF YOU MAY RECOGNIZE HER.
SHE'S BEEN A, A LOT, A LONG TIME.
AND THEN, UH, MY FIELD REPRESENTATIVE THAT IT COMES TO A LOT OF YOUR MEETING, YOU PROBABLY KNOW HIM BETTER THAN ME.
IT'S BRAXTON BRAXTON IS BACK THERE ALSO.
SO ANYWAY, AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO MAKE SURE THAT I DON'T GET MYSELF IN TROUBLE.
AND SO THAT'S, UH, AND SHE'S GIVEN ME THE YOU'RE DONE
UH, BUT ANYWAY, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAD A PRETTY, UH, ROUGH END OF SESSION.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS READ THE BLOW BY BLOW IN THE, UH, IN THE PAPERS, BUT WE ACTUALLY WENT, UH, A DAY PAST WHEN WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GO.
AND WE HAVE HAD A BUNCH OF BILLS THAT WERE INTRODUCED AT FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING ON THE MORNING THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE DONE.
AND, UH, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T GET TO HEAR ABOUT THOSE BILLS, AND THEY'RE REALLY CONSEQUENTIAL.
SO IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE SOME E-BLASTS FROM ME AS WE SORT THOSE OUT, BECAUSE THE BILLS WERE 1300 PAGES LONG, HARD TO GET THROUGH THOSE IN THE FOUR HOURS BEFORE WE HAD OUR FIRST, UH, COMMITTEE HEARING.
UM, AND THEN, AND THEN IT WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOOR AFTER THAT.
UH, SO, UM, WE'LL BE SENDING OUT E-BLAST TO KIND OF LET YOU KNOW, UH, SOME OF THE CAP, IT'S NOT CAP AND TRADE ANYMORE.
'CAUSE THAT WAY YOU RECOGNIZE WHAT IT WAS.
THEY CHANGED THE NAME OF IT SO THAT PEOPLE WOULDN'T RECOGNIZE THE SAME DANG PROGRAM THAT HAS ELEVATED ALL OUR COSTS OVER THE YEARS.
AND SO THERE'S SOME OTHER CHANGES TOO THAT ARE COMING AND, UM, SOME GOOD, SOME 'EM BAD.
UM, AND, UH, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THOSE.
UH, BUT THAT'S HOW WE TRY TO COMMUNICATE IS WE SEND OUT E-BLASTS, UH, THAT WAY.
IF YOU DON'T WANNA SEE THE E-BLAST, LIKE ONE GENTLEMAN TOLD ME HE DIDN'T WANT TO, THIS WAS AFTER HE RAN INTO OUR CAR, UM, HE, HE SENT ME A THING, HE SAYS, I DON'T WANT YOUR E-BLAST.
AND I TOLD HIM, JUST PUT, DON'T HAVE MY EBLAST ANYMORE.
AND, UH, AND SO, BUT HE JUST WANTED ME TO KNOW HE DIDN'T WANT THEM.
BUT ANYWAY, A LOT OF PEOPLE FIND THEM HELPFUL, SO IF YOU FIND THEM HELPFUL, HAVE AT IT.
IF YOU DON'T, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD, YOU, YOU, YOU CAN UNSUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE TO IT.
SO, UH, THE STATE BEING 175 YEARS OLD, UH, THIS IS A GREAT STATE.
UH, BEEN HERE FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE AND, UH, AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ENJOY THE BEACHES, THE MOUNTAINS, THE DESERTS, THE WHOLE THING.
THIS WONDERFUL WEATHER THAT WE HAVE.
WE'VE HAD AN ACTUALLY A FAIRLY COOL SUMMER TOO THIS YEAR.
UH, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF CHALLENGES AND, UH, AND IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO GET BACK IN THE DISTRICT.
UH, SO I CAN RECONNECT WITH MY, WITH THE CITIES THAT I REPRESENT.
AND I AM FORTUNATE TO HAVE THESE CITIES TO REPRESENT, UH, SO THAT, UM, WE CAN GET UP THERE AND FIGHT FOR YOU.
UH, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE FOR.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE ELECTED, IS TO GET UP THERE AND BRING YOUR VOICE UP THERE, UH, TO TRY TO MAKE WHAT SOMETIMES SOUNDS PRETTY CRAZY, UH, UH, INTO, UH, SOMETHING THAT IS ACTUALLY HELPFUL IN OUR, IN OUR REGIONS.
AND, UH, SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU AGAIN FOR DOING THIS.
NOW THE BIRTHDAY ITSELF, NINE NINE,
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UM, IT COMES SECONDARY.I HAVE A CHILD, SHE WAS BORN ON 9/9/99 AT 9 0 8.
I COULDN'T TALK MY WIFE INTO ONE MORE MINUTE.
I WAS TELLING HER, HEY, HANG ON, I NEED JUST ONE MORE MINUTE.
AND SHE TOLD ME, I WON'T TELL YOU WHAT SHE TOLD ME,
BUT, BUT ANYWAY, SO, UH, SO THE, THE, THE STATE'S BIRTHDAY IS FOREVER ETCHED IN MY MIND.
AND, UH, AND I SUPER APPRECIATE THIS PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING.
SO, AND I'M, UH, LIKE I SAID, JUST, UH, SUPER BLESSED, UH, TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT ALL OF YOU AND ALL OF THESE GREAT CITIES, UH, IN THE 32ND SENATE DISTRICT.
WELL, WELL, HERE'S THE OFFICIAL OH, PART OF THIS.
I, I WANTED KELLY TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIM.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS A TRUE DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVICE SERVANT AND ALSO FIRST RESPONDER.
HE RETIRED AS A IN THE FIRE SERVICE.
UH, HE SERVED ON CITY COUNCIL ON THE, UH, IN THE ASSEMBLY BEFORE HE BECAME OUR SENATOR.
UH, THIS IS A PERSON THAT'S DEDICATED TO HELPING US HELP EACH OTHER.
SO I WANTED YOU TO GET A, A CHANCE, AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT FROM YOUR SENATOR.
I APPRECIATE, THANK YOU, KELLY.
[2. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming September 15 through October 15, 2025, as National Hispanic Heritage Month ]
PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING SEPTEMBER 15TH THROUGH OCTOBER 15TH, 2025 AS NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.MAYOR BENNETT WILL CALL UP THE PARTICIPANTS THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION.
THE NATIONAL HISPANIC HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATES ITS HISTORY, TRADITIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO HISPANIC AMERICANS, TO OUR CULTURE AND SOCIETY.
WE CELEBRATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF HISPANICS WHO HAVE SERVED IN EVERY FIELD.
WE ARE PROUD TO LIVE IN SUCH A DIVERSE COMMUNITY AND ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO USE THIS TIME TO CONTINUE WORKING TOWARDS A STRONGER OR INCLUSIVE AND MORE PROSPEROUS SOCIETY FOR ALL.
AS A TRADITION, AS A TRADITION, WE ARE EXCITED TO WELCOME BACK MEMBERS OF BOTH AELA AND CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOLS.
TO KICK THINGS OFF, I'D FIRST LIKE TO INVITE CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL SPANISH TEACHER, EAH FRANCO, TO JOIN ME AT THE PODIUM.
NOW, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
BUT BEFORE WE TAKE A A PHOTO, PLEASE TELL US WHAT THIS MONTH MEANS TO YOU AND YOUR STUDENTS.
AND, UH, THEN WE WILL TAKE A PICTURE WITH ALL OF THESE CERTIFICATES.
WELL, I DIDN'T EXPECT TO SPEAK, SO HERE IT GOES.
UM, I WAS BORN IN MEXICO, ACTUALLY, SO I CAME TO THE STATES WHEN I WAS IN JUNIOR HIGH.
UM, WHAT IT MEANS TO ME, WELL, IT MEANS A LOT.
IT MEANS BACK HOME TO ME, EVEN THOUGH HOME IS NOW HERE.
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WHEN I VISIT THERE, EVERYBODY CAN TELL THAT, OH, YOU ARE A GRINGA, HUH?
I JUST HAVE FRIENDS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
UM, NO, IT'S, IT'S SPECIAL BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY COUNTRIES THAT HAVE THEIR, UM, INDEPENDENCE DAY ON THIS MONTH IN SEPTEMBER.
AND OF COURSE A FEW OTHERS IN JULY AND THE REST OF THE YEAR.
BUT, UM, MANY OF MY STUDENTS ARE FROM THOSE COUNTRIES.
SO, UM, OF COURSE, NOT EVERYONE, BUT STILL, UM, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE INVITATION.
I'M SORRY I COULDN'T BRING ANY OF MY STUDENTS.
YOU ARE HERE REPRESENTING AND THAT'S THE MAIN THING.
WE HAVE SEVERAL CERTIFICATES HERE, AND I'M GONNA HAVE STAFF HELP ME DISTRIBUTE THESE TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE.
'CAUSE WE'VE GOT, THEY'RE ALL KIND OF BUNCHED TOGETHER, BUT WE HAVE, UH, CERTIFICATES, UH, FROM THE CITY, OF COURSE, YOUNG CAM'S OFFICE, UH, OF COURSE FROM THE SENATOR'S OFFICE AND FROM SUPERVISOR HAGMAN.
SO IF YOU CAN DO THAT, 'CAUSE I THINK WE HAVE ONE FOR EACH HIGH SCHOOL, RIGHT? ALRIGHT, WE'LL TAKE THE PICTURE WITH THE RIGHT ONE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, REPRESENTING.
UH, NEXT I'D LIKE TO BRING UP ALA HIGH SCHOOL SPANISH TEACHER
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ZANA SUE ME SODA LARIOS CONTRERAS, ALONG WITH THREE MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL SPANISH CLUB, AND THREE MEMBERS OF THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED HONOR SOCIETY.WE WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.
AND BEFORE WE TAKE A GROUP PHOTO, UH, COULD EACH MEMBER OF YOUR GROUP PLEASE SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS MONTH AND INTRODUCE THE SPECIAL PERFORMANCE YOU HAVE PLANNED.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR ART BENNETT, THE COMMUNITY OF CHINO HILLS AND THE CITY COUNCILS HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF RUBEN, SIL HIGH SCHOOL, OUR SPANISH CLUB, AND OUR, THE OFFICES OF OUR NEW NATIONAL SPANISH HONOR SOCIETY CHAPTER LOS FRIDA.
IT IS A TRUE HONOR TO STAND HERE TODAY AND RECEIVE THIS PROCLAMATION FOR HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.
HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH IS A TIME TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE HISTORY, CULTURE, AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF HISPANIC AMERICANS TO THE UNITED STATES.
FROM LEADERS LIKE CESAR CHAVEZ, WHO FOUGHT FOR THE RIGHTS OF FOREIGN WORKERS TO ARTISTS LIKE FRIDA GALO, WHO BROUGHT MEXICAN CULTURE TO THE WORLD STAGE, TO ASTRONAUTS, EDUCATORS, AND COMMUNITY LEADERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
HISPANICS HAVE PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN SHAPING OUR NATION.
CELEBRATIONS LIKE THIS REMIND US HOW PROUD OF HOW PROUD WE ARE TO BOTH, TO BE BOTH HISPANIC AND AMERICAN.
IN BOTH CULTURES, WE FIND VALUES THAT UNITE US, OUR LOVE FOR THE FAMILY, OUR DEDICATION TO HARD WORK, AND OUR COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION.
THESE VALUES GUIDE US AS STUDENTS AND FUTURE LEADERS.
TONIGHT WE ARE ALSO HONORED TO SHARE MUSIC WITH YOU, THE LIZIE BROTHERS, MARIN, MIGUEL, AND MAURICIO WILL BE PERFORMING SONGS DEDICATED TO THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY.
IN ADDITION, SPANISH CLOTHES MEMBERS, RAQUEL FURMAN, NATALIE SDO, ELA GUERRA, AND VIENNA HUIZAR WILL PRESENT A URI OF SONGS IN THE MUSICAL GENRE FOR NORTHERN MEXICO NON AS BANDA.
THESE PERFORMANCES ARE A CELEBRATION OF VIBRANCY AND DIVERSITY OF OUR CULTURE.
WE WANT TO SINCERELY THANK THE CHINO CITY OF CHINO HILLS FOR INVITING US YEAR AFTER YEAR TO TAKE PART IN THIS MEANINGFUL CELEBRATION.
WE ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION WITH HUMILITY AND GRATITUDE ON BEHALF OF THE WORLD LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT AT AYLA HIGH SCHOOL, OUR PRINCIPAL, MRS. YARA BOY, AND ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WHO TAKE PRIDE IN THIS HERITAGE.
I'M GOING TO PRESENT THIS TO YOUR ADVISOR, AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE A PICTURE, AND THEN I'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE THINGS I WANTED TO SAY HERE.
UH, LASTLY, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME UP THE LONG TENURED PERFORMERS, THE LAZAR BROTHERS.
FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS, THESE BROTHERS HAVE GRACED US WITH THEIR MUSICAL TALENT AND CELEBRATION OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.
AND AS A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION, WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE YOUR ANNUAL DE DEDICATION WITH A CERTIFICATE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE A, ANOTHER GREAT PERFORMANCE FOR US TONIGHT, BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE'LL LET YOU SAY A FEW WORDS, BUT SHALL WE GO AHEAD AND TAKE YOUR PICTURE FIRST? ALRIGHT, LET'S GO DO THAT.
THERE GO, LET'S MOVE THIS WAY JUST A LITTLE BIT.
CAN WE ALL MOVE THIS WAY? DO IT.
ANY PARENTS WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE? YEAH.
PARENTS PARENTS WANT COME UP AND TAKE A PICTURE.
I LIKE, WE'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE THEM EVERY, EVERY MONTH.
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YOU WANNA GET IN THERE, GUYS? HAVE THE VOICE COME IN NOW TOO.WHY DON'T YOU GUYS GO IN FOR A PHOTO AND THEN WE'LL, YOU GUYS CAN PERFORM.
YOU CAN JOIN US IN THIS PICTURE AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A SEPARATE PICTURE.
NOW YOU'RE GONNA, I'VE BEEN JUST TOLD THAT THEY'RE GONNA DO THE DANCE PERFORMANCE FIRST, AND WE'LL DO THIS.
I WAS LOOKING SO FORWARD TO MY SOLO.
THEY TOLD ME THEY WANTED ME TO SING SOLO THAT YOU CAN'T HEAR ME.
SO, ALRIGHT, WHO'S GOING TO DO THE DANCE? THE FOUR LADIES? YES.
OKAY, I'VE ALREADY SAID THIS, BUT I'M GONNA SAY IT ONE MORE TIME.
LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME UP THE LONG TENURED PERFORMANCE OF LAZAR BROTHERS.
I HAVE HIS CERTIFICATES FOR FROM THE CITY, FROM YOUNG KIM'S OFFICE, FROM THE SENATOR'S OFFICE, AND FROM KURT HAMAN.
AND I'LL PRESENT THOSE TO YOU REAL QUICK.
REMEMBER, WE'RE GONNA LET YOU PERFORM AND WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE AFTERWARDS.
SO, UH, WELL, YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO TELL US ABOUT YOUR PERFORMANCE TONIGHT? SURE.
I'D LIKE, YEAH, YEAH, LET'S PLEASE DO THAT FIRST BEFORE YOU PERFORM.
SO, HI EVERYBODY, UH, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, LA MAYOR R BENNETT.
WE'RE, UH, WE'RE HONORED TO BE HERE AGAIN FOR OUR FIFTH YEAR.
WE'RE, WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU GUYS ENJOY THE MUSIC THAT MUCH.
SO, UH, WE'RE HERE HAPPILY, WE'RE VERY HONORED.
UM, TODAY WE'RE GONNA BE PLAYING SOME TRO MUSIC FROM THE VERA CRUZ REGION, BUT WE'RE GONNA SWITCH IT UP A LITTLE BIT.
THIS SONG ISN'T NECESSARILY AS TRADITIONAL, I MEAN, IT IS IN, IT'S IN THE TRADITIONAL STYLE, BUT, UM, IT'S MORE OF SOMETHING NEWER THAT PEOPLE HAVE COME UP WITH, SORT OF TO SHOW THAT LIKE, THAT MUSIC IS CONTINUING ON EVEN TODAY WITH NEW, MORE CREATIVE THINGS.
SO, UM, YEAH, WE HOPE YOU GUYS ENJOY THE SONG WE'RE GONNA BE PLAYING IS CALLED
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YOU EVERYBODY.THAT'S THE NAME OF OUR GROUP, SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
[3. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming October 5 - 11, 2025, as Fire Prevention Week]
OUR AGENDA IS A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING OCTOBER 5TH THROUGH 11TH 2025 IS FIRE PREVENTION WEEK TO BE ACCEPTED BY DEPUTY CHIEF JEREMY ALT.SEE, THIS WEEK COMMEMORATES THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE OF 1871, WHICH KILLED MORE THAN 250 PEOPLE.
LEFT 100,000 PEOPLE HOMELESS, DESTROYED MORE THAN 17,000 BUILDINGS, AND BURNED MORE THAN 2000 ACRES.
THE THEME OF THIS YEAR IS CHANGE INTO FIRE SAFETY LITHIUM ION BATTERIES IN YOUR HOME.
THE THEME IS AIMED AT EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT HOW TO BUY, CHARGE AND DISPOSE OF LITHIUM ION BATTERIES SAFELY TO MINIMIZE THE POTENTIAL RISKS THEY PRESENT.
THE CITY JOINS OUR CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT IN ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN FIRE SAFETY AND PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES WHILE AT HOME, AT WORK, AND AT SCHOOL.
TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION, WE HAVE DEPUTY CHIEF JEREMY ALT DEPUTY CHIEF.
PLEASE TELL OUR RESIDENCE MORE ABOUT FIRE PREVENTION
AND OF COURSE, UH, CHARGING OF LITHIUM ION BATTERIES IN YOUR HOME IS A, A BIG CONCERN AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S STAYS SAFE THERE AS WELL.
BUT ALSO, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AS WE'RE APPROACHING FIRE SEASON FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE SAFE AND THAT THEY ARE READY, SET, AND WHEN THE TIME COMES, THEY'RE PREPARED TO GO.
SO WE NEED YOU TO GET YOUR HOME IN ORDER AS FAR AS YOUR EVACUATION SUPPLIES.
AND IN THE EVENT WE DO HAVE A WILDFIRE, WE WOULD ASK YOU TO COMPLY WITH ANY LAWFUL ORDER TO EVACUATE.
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH ON BEHALF OF ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS HONOR.
ALRIGHT, WE SAY IT ALL THE TIME.
WE HAVE THE BEST FIRE DISTRICTS IN THE STATE, THE COUNTRY.
[4. INTRODUCTION - New Employee: Eliza Vergel de Dios, Administrative Assistant I, Public Works Department ]
INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEE ELIZA GEL DES ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM? ALL RIGHT.
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME ELIZA RADEL DES.
I HOPE I DIDN'T PUT THAT TOO BAD.
AS OUR NEW ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, ELIZA IS A CHINO HILLS NATIVE AND IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH OUR TEAM.
BEFORE TAKING THE NEW POSITION, SHE SPENT TIME IN OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT STINTS, STARTING BACK IN 2023.
PRIOR TO JOINING THE CITY, SHE SPENT MANY YEARS WORKING IN CHILDCARE WHILE COMPLETING HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN PUBLIC HEALTH AT CALIFORNIA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY.
ELIZA ANNIE, WORDS OF ON YOUR NEW POSITION HERE IS YOUR CITY PEN.
UM, THANK YOU COUNCIL FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT.
UM, LIKE MAYOR BENNETT SAID, I GREW UP IN CHINO HILLS.
UM, MY PARENTS WORKED REALLY HARD TO MAKE SURE ME AND ALL OF MY SIBLINGS WENT TO THE RIGHT SCHOOLS AND LEARNED FROM THE GREAT PEOPLE OF THIS CITY.
SO, UM, IT'S JUST A REALLY GREAT DELIGHT TO BE HERE TONIGHT AND I THANK ALL OF YOU GUYS
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AND, UM, THE COMMUNITY FOR BEING AS WONDERFUL AS YOU GUYS ARE.AND FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS WHO ARE ALSO HERE TONIGHT, I WANNA THANK YOU GUYS AS WELL.
UM, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HAVING ME THIS EVENING.
[5. PRESENTATION - City Tile to Andy Zummo for his service with the City from September 9, 2002 to September 19, 2025]
THE PRESENTATION OF A CITY TILE TO ANDY ZUO FOR HIS SERVICE WITH THE CITY FROM SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2025.ANDY, WILL YOU JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM? ALRIGHT, I KNOW RETIREMENT'S ALREADY KICKED IN FOR THIS GUY, HUH? WE HAD KIND OF A, A, A SEND OFF FOR HIM LAST WEEK, UH, AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER OVER BY THE, UH, FIRE OR THE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND, UH, HE, WE HAD THINGS THAT WE THINK SHOULD BE ON HIS BUCKET LIST.
AND I TOLD HIM THE ONLY THING HE'S MISSING RIGHT NOW IS HE NEEDS TO START GROWING HIS PONYTAILS.
TONIGHT, WE ARE BOTH HONORED AND SAD TO SAY GOODBYE TO A LONGSTANDING MEMBER OF THE CHINO HILLS TEAM.
IT IS, WITH TREMENDOUS GRATITUDE TO PRESENT ANDY ZUMO A CITY TILE FOR HIS 23 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
AND HE FIRST STARTED IN THE CITY, OR WITH THE CITY AND BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF 2002 AS A BUILDING INSPECTOR IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
AFTER NEARLY 12 YEARS, HE BECAME OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM INSPECTOR IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, A ROLE IN WHICH HE THRIVED AND ULTIMATELY COMPLETED HIS REMARKABLE CAREER AS OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM INSPECTOR ANDY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THE CITY WAS IN COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL WATER WASTE, WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS.
ALTHOUGH ISSUING CITATIONS WAS PART OF HIS JOB, HE WAS WELL KNOWN FOR HANDLING SITUATIONS WITH PROFESSIONALISM AND COURTESY THROUGHOUT HIS ENTIRE CAREER WITH US.
HE CONSISTENTLY CHANGED, CHALLENGED HIMSELF TO BE A BETTER ASSET BY STUDYING AND EARNING VARIOUS INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS.
AS A RESULT, ANDY WAS A CERTIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE INSPECTOR.
HE EROSION SEDIMENT AND STORM WATER INSPECTOR AND A STORM WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN PRACTITIONER.
AS YOU ASKED ANY CI CITY STAFF MEMBER, WHAT THEY APPRECIATED MOST ABOUT ANDY, THEY WOULD EXPRESS GRATITUDE FOR HIS WILLINGNESS TO HELP OTHERS EVEN BEYOND JOB DUTIES.
HIS COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT PAIRED WITH HIS WILLINGNESS TO HELP OTHERS, MADE HIM A GO-TO RESOURCE FOR EVERYONE IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
FOR EXAMPLE, DURING THE RECENT CONSTRUCTION OF CITY HALL OR OR RECONSTRUCTION OF CITY HALL, ANDY STEPPED UP TO TAKE ON MOST OVERNIGHT SHIFTS, ALLOWING THE REST OF THE PUBLIC WORKS CREWS TO FOCUS ON AROUND THE CLOCK RESTORATION WORK.
ANDY, WE WILL TRULY MISS YOU HAVING AROUND OR HAVING YOU AROUND THE CITY, BUT WE KNOW THAT YOU'LL ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT.
ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CITY AND WISH YOU THE VERY BEST.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GONNA SAY A WHOLE LOT
AND I'M GONNA WAIT FOR A MOMENT UNTIL I'M GONNA MAKE YOU EARN THIS TILE BY SAYING A FEW WORDS.
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE ALREADY IN YOUR WEEK OF RETIREMENT? WELL, JUST TAKING IT EASY,
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I SHOWED UP HERE IN ACTUALLY IN 2000 ON CONTRACT AND, UM, TIME JUST FLEW BY AND IT'S, IT'S BEEN GREAT.
WORKED WITH A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE AND SEEN A LOT OF GREAT THINGS AND GONNA HAVE A LOT OF GREAT MEMORIES.
ALRIGHT, THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND THE CITY VERY LONG KNOW THAT UH, THIS IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT IS SPECIAL THAT WE DON'T GIVE TO JUST EVERYBODY.
PEOPLE THAT HAVE DEDICATED A BIG, LARGE PORTION OF THEIR LIVES TO THE SERVING OF OUR RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
UH, IT IS DEFINITELY MY PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO PRESENT THIS CITY TILE TO ANDY ZUMO YEARS OF SERVICE, SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2025, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND I HAVE PRAYED THAT THE NEXT 25 YEARS IN YOUR NEW CAREER OF RETIREMENT WILL BE EQUALLY AS MUCH FUN AND, UH, THAT YOUR WIFE WILL HAVE AS MUCH ENJOYMENT HAVING YOU AROUND, IS THE STAFF HERE HAS HAD AND HAVING YOU AROUND.
SO CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETIREMENT.
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THIS PHOTO ART, WE'RE GONNA GET IN, WE'LL GET IN THIS PHOTO.YEAH, LET'S GET THE, UH, BEHIND US HERE.
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS HE DID, I'M STILL A PLANNING COMMISSIONER AND HE ACTUALLY CAME OUT AND SIGNED OFF ON ALL THE THINGS WHEN WE WERE HAVING OUR POOL BUILT IN OUR HOUSE.
SO, UH, I FEEL LIKE I'VE KNOWN HIM FOREVER.
YOU'RE REALLY, TRULY GONNA BE MISSED, ANTHONY.
THERE'S THE BOX FOR THE TAKE CARE, MA'AM.
[6. RECOGNITION - Presentation of Certificates of Commendation to Deputy Sheriff’s Noel Negron and Raymond Sanchez for their dedicated service to the Chino Hills Community]
OF CERTIFICATES OF COMMENDATION TO DEPUTY SHERIFFS NOELLE NEGRO AND RAYMOND SANCHEZ FOR THEIR DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY.ALRIGHT, WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM? ALRIGHT, COME ON UP GUYS.
SEEMS KIND OF ODD NOT SEEING YOU GUYS IN UNIFORM.
NEXT I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE TWO OF OUR CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT DEPUTIES AND CONGRATULATE THEM ON A WELL RESERVED, WELL EARNED, EXCUSE ME, RETIREMENT FROM THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING DEPUTY NOEL NEGRO FOR HIS 29 YEARS OF SERVICE.
AND DEPUTY RAMON, UH, SANCHEZ FOR HIS 20 YEARS OF SERVICE.
ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, THANK YOU TO, TO BOTH OF YOU FOR THE MANY YEARS OF DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING OUR BELOVED CITY.
WOULD EITHER PLEASE TELL US WHAT'S THE NEXT, UH, GOING TO COME UP IN THE, UH, NEXT CHAPTER OF YOUR LIFE.
WOULD YOU PLEASE SAY A FEW WORDS? WHILE IT WAS NICE WORKING HERE, I WORKED HERE FOR ABOUT 19 YEARS AT THE STATION AND I WORKED WITH A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE AND I WANNA THANK FOR INVITING ME BACK OVER HERE.
AND I DID START MY NEW CHAPTER WITH, UH, BURBANK AIRPORT POLICE.
SO I STARTED THERE BACK IN AUGUST.
SO, BUT THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING AND IT WAS NICE WORKING WITH EVERYBODY.
ALRIGHT, THEN, HERE'S THE, WE GONNA TAKE A PICTURE IN A MOMENT.
UH, I STARTED HERE IN 2000, UH, WHEN I FIRST CAME OUT TO, UH, PATROL.
AND, UH, I WATCHED THE CITY GROW OVER THE PAST 25 YEARS AND IT'S BEEN GREAT.
UM, I HAD THE JOY OF WORKING WITH A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE AND I, UH, MEETING A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND IT'S BEEN FUN.
SO I THANK EVERYONE, UH, FOR EVERYTHING.
UM, AND, UH, I RECENTLY TOOK A JOB WITH THE, UH, CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO I'M NOT FAR, I'M JUST DOWN THE ROAD.
AND, UH, I STILL LOVE THE CITY SO MUCH THAT I CHOSE TO STICK AROUND FOR A LITTLE BIT WITH, UH, CAPTAIN GERARD HERE AND, UH, AND STAYED ON AS A, UH, RESERVE DEPUTY TO HELP THEM OUT AND, UH, BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN ALL THE FUN EVENTS IN THE CITY.
[ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT]
IS THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT.AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR BENNETT, COUNCIL AND RESIDENTS.
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A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS.THE CITY HAS LAUNCHED A REDESIGNED WEBSITE WITH THE FRESH NEW LOOK AND EASIER NAVIGATION TO HELP RESIDENTS QUICKLY FIND WHAT THEY NEED.
THE NEW SITE IS DESIGNED TO BE MOBILE FRIENDLY, ACCESSIBLE, AND USER FOCUSED, MAKING IT EASIER TO STAY CONNECTED WITH CITY SERVICES, PROGRAMS AND EVENTS.
WE INVITE THE PUBLIC TO VISIT CHINO HILLS.ORG TO CHECK IT OUT AND PROGRAMS AND EVENTS, VETERANS AND ACTIVE DUTY MEMBERS AND RESIDENTS LOOKING TO RECOGNIZE OUR SERVICE MEMBERS CAN NOW ORDER VETERAN DAY SIGNS THROUGH FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3RD.
SIGNS ARE FREE FOR CHINO HILL HOUSEHOLDS WITH THE VETERANS OR ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBER, AND $15 FOR HOUSEHOLDS WITHOUT LEARN MORE AT CHINO HILL.ORG/EVENTS.
AND LASTLY, THERE WILL BE A FREE MULCH, COMPOST AND WOODCHIP EVENT ON OCTOBER 4TH AT 7:30 AM AT THE SHOPS OVERFLOW PARKING LOT.
BE PREPARED TO SHOW PROOF OF RESIDENCY AND BRING YOUR OWN SHOVELS OR CONTAINERS.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS OF NICOLE? ALL RIGHT, MOVING RIGHT ALONG
[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.]
TO, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR AGENDA ITEMS. CHERYL, 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, WHICH MUST BE PROVIDED DURING THOSE HEARINGS, THOSE PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL, MUST COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK THE REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD AVAILABLE AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.AT THIS TIME, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS PORTION OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENT, PERIOD.
[ CONFLICT OF INTEREST / LEVINE ACT ANNOUNCEMENTS: Council Member abstentions or disclosures shall be stated at this time for recordation on the appropriate item.]
ALONG, UH, CONFLICT OF INTEREST, LEVI, ACT ANNOUNCEMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANYONE TO REPORT? ALRIGHT, MOVING ON.WE HAVE NO REPORT FROM, UM, MARK ON CLOSED SESSION BECAUSE WE HAD NONE THIS EVENING.
[ CONSENT CALENDAR (15 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.]
BUSINESS, WE HAVE A CONSENT CALENDAR COMPRISE OF 15 ITEMS. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY REQUESTS TO PULL ANY OF THE ITEMS? UH, NUMBERS EIGHT THROUGH 22.MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE, UH, CONSENT CALENDAR.
ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
[23. Receive and file presentation from City of Chino on Pine Avenue Extension Project (“Project”) and authorize City Manager to approve and issue letters of support for Project to facilitate project advancement, grant applications and coordination with regional partners]
NUMBER 23, THE DISCUSSION CALENDAR.THIS ITEM IS TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION FROM THE CITY OF CHINO ON PINE AVENUE EXTENSION PROJECT.
PUBLIC WORKER WORKS DIRECTOR WILL INTRODUCE THE PRESENTERS FROM THE CITY OF CHINO.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, BEFORE THE CITY OF CHINO COMES UP AND GIVES A PRESENTATION, UH, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE SOME BACKGROUND ON THIS.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE PUBLICLY, UH, DISCUSSED THIS ITEM.
UH, AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO, TO HAVE SOME OF THE, THE BACKSTORY ON THIS.
NOW, THE CITY OF CHINO, THEY ARE THE LEAD AGENCY ON THE PINE AVENUE EXTENSION PROJECT, WHICH IS TO EXTEND PINE AVENUE FROM WHERE IT CURRENTLY ENDS AT EL PRADO ROAD AND THE CITY OF CHINO, WESTERLY TO, UH, STATE ROUTE 71.
THIS PROJECT STARTED 2009, SO IT'S BEEN WELL OVER 15 YEARS.
AND I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT WE'VE HAD OUR, OUR SHARE OF CHALLENGES, UH, WITH THIS PROJECT.
SO MUCH TO THE POINT WHERE WE DON'T HAVE A DESIGN AFTER 15 YEARS.
UH, PROJECTS SHOULD NOT TAKE THIS LONG.
HOWEVER, WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF, UH, NEW CITY MANAGER LINDA REICH, WELL NOT NEW, BUT RECENTLY NEW, UM, AND HER NEW TEAM OF, UH, PUBLIC WORKS TEAM, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE GREAT STRIDES AND MOVING THIS PROJECT FORWARD.
UM, AND THAT'S A REASON WHY THEY'RE HERE TONIGHT, IS TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE THIS PROJECT STANDS.
UM, IN 2017, THIS COUNCIL ISSUED A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT.
AS PART OF THAT LETTER OF SUPPORT, THERE WAS, UM, A COMMITMENT TO $4.2 MILLION, UH, FOR THIS PROJECT.
I JUST WANNA, UH, MAKE SURE THAT I, I MENTION THAT, UM, IN ADDITION TO HEARING, UM, THE CITY OF CHINO, WE WILL BE ASKING FOR AUTHORITY FOR THE CITY MANAGER, UH, FOR BEN MONTGOMERY TO BE ABLE TO ISSUE ADDITIONAL LETTERS OF SUPPORT, UH, FOR THIS PROJECT WHENEVER THERE IS A NEED FOR ANY FUTURE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES OR COLLABORATION, UH, WITH ANY OTHER AGENCIES, UH, ON THIS PROJECT.
UH, WE DO HAVE A MEMBER FROM, UH, S-B-C-T-A WHO IS HERE TO, TO SHOW HIS SUPPORT.
UM, BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WILL, UH, ALLOW CHINO TO, OR ASK CHINO TO MOVE FORWARD.
WE DO HAVE HAGEN LEE, WHO'S A DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND ALBERT ESPINOZA, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND CITY ENGINEER, UH, WITH THAT PLEASE.
THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR BENNETT FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME AND, AND HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR, UM, A PROJECT.
SO AS YOU COULD SEE UP ON THE, UM, PROJECTION, YOU COULD SEE THE LIMITS OF WHERE THE PROJECT IS.
UM, MY NAME IS HALY, I'M THE PUBLIC WORK INSTRUCTOR.
I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY OF CHINO FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS, AND ALBERT HAS BEEN WITH, WITH THE CITY OF CHINO FOR ABOUT A YEAR.
IN THAT TIME, WE, UM, INTENTIONALLY COLLABORATED AND MET A REGULAR, ON REGULAR BASIS WITH DANIEL, UH, TO MAKE
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SURE THAT WE ARE MOVING IN ARA RIGHT DIRECTION AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF, UH, THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS TECHNICAL STAFF AND, UM, AND THE CITY OF CHINO STAFF.SO I WANNA TALK ABOUT, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF A HISTORY I THINK DANIEL COVERED THAT PROJECT HAS BEEN IN THE BOOKS FOR SINCE 2009, BUT CITY OF CHINO, WE FOUND RECORDS GOING BACK TO 2004.
SO THE PROJECT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 SOME YEARS.
UM, SO WITH THAT, UH, THE PROJECT HAD GONE THROUGH MANY PHASES OF DESIGN.
UH, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PIVOT, WE CALLED IT A PIVOT, IS, UH, HOW WE ARE GONNA DO OUR ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT.
UM, THE PREVIOUS DESIGN, UM, IT PROPOSED A APPROXIMATELY 50 FOOT EMBANKMENT, EARTH FILLED, UM, ROADWAY RACED ROADWAY AND A MITIGATIVE NEGATIVE DECLARATION AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT.
BUT WHAT WE PROPOSED MOVING FORWARD IS INSTEAD OF MOVING, DOING A MITIGATIVE NEGATIVE DECLARATION, WE WANT TO PROPOSE A FULL EIR AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT.
'CAUSE THIS PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO COME AND SPEAK AND, UM, INFORM NOT ONLY THE STAKEHOLDERS, BUT THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE IN THE AREA SO THAT THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THE PROJECT AND HOW WE CAN MITIGATE THEIR CONCERNS.
JUST GOING BACK A LITTLE BIT, THE, THE ORIGINAL DESIGN HAD PROPOSED, I SAID 50, ABOUT A 50 FOOT BECKMAN, BUT MOVING AND IMPORTING DIRT, UH, OF 350 CUBIC YARDS.
BUT IF YOU COULD IMAGINE WHAT THAT MEANS IN MAGNITUDE OF TRUCK TRAFFIC, IT'S ABOUT 35,000 TRUCKS GOING BACK AND FORTH FROM THE, UH, BORROW SITE TO THE PROJECT SITE.
SO THAT IN ITSELF HAD ITS ITS OWN NUMBER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.
SO WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS WE ARE GONNA BE, UH, PROPOSING A BRIDGE STRUCTURE WITH A APPROPRIATE DESIGN SPEED AND, UH, FOR THE WATER TO MOVE, UH, FREELY, UH, BELOW THE BRIDGE, UM, SO THAT IT'S IN A FLOOD INUNDATION AREA.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THE WATER CAN MOVE FREELY WITHOUT US STEMMING UP, UM, THE FLOW OF WATER.
SO WITH THAT, WE WANNA MAKE SURE, UM, UH, MOVING FORWARD WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR, UH, PARTNERS HERE AT CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
WE WORK CLOSELY WITH DANIEL AND ALSO CARL IN ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
AND, UH, I WANNA GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALBERT TO KIND OF GO OVER SOME OF THE TECHNICAL DETAILS ON HOW WE ARE GONNA MOVE FORWARD AND HOW WE PIVOTED ON THIS, UH, EFFORT SO THAT WE COULD GARNER SUPPORT FROM THE ARMY CORPS, S-B-C-T-A, UH, AND ALSO ALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS THAT NEEDS TO BE PREPARED.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU AND I WANNA INTRODUCE ALBERT ESPINOZA.
GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY.
AGAIN, MY NAME IS ALBERT ESPINOZA, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS CITY ENGINEER WITH THE CITY OF CHINO.
I'VE BEEN HERE WITH THE CITY ABOUT A YEAR NOW, AND ONE OF MY FIRST TASK WAS TO REALLY GET ROLL UP MY SLEEVES AND GET INTO THESE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE BOOKS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND WORK CLOSELY WITH DANIEL BOBADILLA AND CARL AND THE REST OF THE CHINO HILLS TEAM TO MAKE SURE WE MAKE PROGRESS.
SO WE'LL START OFF WITH THE PINE AVENUE CONNECTOR BRIDGE.
AS HAGEN MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE A PIVOT AND AS OF LAST WEEK, UH, WE HAD S-B-C-T-A STAFF, WHICH IS THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, CHINO HILLS STAFF AND CHINO STAFF, UH, REVIEW PROPOSALS FOR THE NEXT DESIGN.
WE HOPEFULLY LOOKED TO AWARD FOR A NEW DESIGN FIRM, UH, BEFORE THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.
UH, WE'RE GONNA BE NEGOTIATING SOME COSTS.
BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATED THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH CHINO HILLS, S-B-C-T-A AND CHINO ALL COLLABORATIVE, COMING TOGETHER TO REVIEW THESE PROPOSALS.
AND CHINO HILLS WAS ALSO A BIG PART IN THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL WE HAD PUT TOGETHER, PUT TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE A LOT OF THE TRAFFIC INTERSECTIONS THAT NEEDED TO BE STUDIED IN CHINO HILLS ARE ALSO ADDRESSED IN THERE.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE CHINO HILLS STAFF FOR BEING A KEY PARTNER IN THIS PROJECT.
SO, AS HAGEN MENTIONED, THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN IN THE BOOKS FOR MANY YEARS.
UH, YOU MAY PROBABLY REMEMBER BACK IN 2019, THE INITIAL COST FOR THIS PROJECT WAS ABOUT $50 MILLION.
NOW WE'RE CLOSER TO ABOUT $140 MILLION.
A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH, AGAIN, POST PANDEMIC, THE COST OF LABOR.
SO AGAIN, IN 2019 IT WAS ABOUT $50 MILLION.
NOW WE'RE AT ABOUT $140 MILLION FOR A PROJECT THAT'S ABOUT 1.3 MILES.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THE EIR PROCESS.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S GONNA TAKE US A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE COSTLY FOR THE DESIGN PHASE.
BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO IT RIGHT BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, AGAIN, A REGIONAL PROJECT OF THIS MAGNITUDE ISN'T JUST A CHINO PROJECT, IT'S A CHINO VALLEY PROJECT
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AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, COMES FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY ON THE WEST END OF THE COUNTY WHERE WE ALL SERVE.UH, THE NEXT PROJECT, UH, THE PINE AVENUE AT SR 71 INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENTS.
SO AS THE CITY OF CHINO WAS PUTTING TOGETHER THE PINE CONNECTION, UM, BACK IN 2010, ANOTHER COMPONENT THAT MAY HAVE BEEN OVERLOOKED WAS THE ACTUAL INTERCHANGE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE ALSO BE DONE BEFORE THE CONNECTION HAPPENS.
SO RECENTLY WORKING WITH SB CT STAFF, UH, WE CAME UP WITH A PRELIMINARY, UH, ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST OF $15 MILLION TO DO THIS WORK.
AGAIN, THIS WOULD ALSO GO THROUGH AN EIR PROCESS.
WE'RE ANTICIPATING BRIDGE WIDENING, UH, RAMP IMPROVEMENTS IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS WORK.
AGAIN, YOU CAN'T HAVE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER.
AND YOU MAY BE ASKING YOURSELF, WELL, WHY ISN'T THIS AN ENTIRE PROJECT, THE INTERCHANGE AND THE CONNECTOR AS ONE? SO BACK IN 2010 WHEN THE CITY OF CHINO SECURED, UH, SOME SPECIFIC FEDERAL MONEY, IT WAS SPECIFICALLY JUST FOR THE CONNECTION POINT, BUT AGAIN, RECENTLY TALKING WITH CALTRANS, S-P-C-T-A, CHINO AND CHINO HILL STAFF, THIS ALL NEEDS TO BE ONE PROJECT.
SO WE ARE LOOKING TO KICK OFF THAT RFP FOR THIS PROJECT SOMETIME FIRST QUARTER OF 2026, SO WE CAN GET THAT ROLLING.
'CAUSE AGAIN, YOU CAN'T HAVE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER.
AND SAME THING, THIS WILL DO IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE CHINO SIDE, THE CHINO HILL SIDE OF THINGS.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S THE WHY, WHY WASN'T IT ALL COMBINED TOGETHER? SO A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY WHEN IT CAME TO THE FUNDING SOURCES.
UM, WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, THE EXPANSION OF THE BRIDGE AND THEN THE RAMP IMPROVEMENTS, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN TERMS OF SIZE, YOU KNOW, MORE LANES, HOW MUCH MORE WIDTH, THOSE, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF THE TECHNICAL STUFF.
SO WITHOUT GETTING TOO MUCH IN THE WEEDS, 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A DESIGN CONSULTANT.
OH, AGAIN, THE WE MAN, IT'S $140 MILLION PROJECT.
I MEAN, PRELIMINARILY, WE'RE LOOKING TO POTENTIALLY DO SOME WIDENING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BRIDGE.
AND AGAIN, WITH THE RAMPS GOING, UH, PROBABLY THREE LANES ON AND OFF RAMPS JUST TO GIVE THAT CAPACITY.
WE'RE ALSO POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS WEST OF THERE.
I KNOW THERE'S THAT SIGNAL OR THERE'S AN, THE INTERSECTION OF MESA, OAK AVENUE RIGHT THERE OFF OF PINE JUST, UH, WEST OF THERE.
UH, I BELIEVE RIGHT NOW THAT COULD BE OPERATING AT A LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE.
SO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, A PROJECT OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY ACTUALLY TRIGGER A TRAFFIC SIGNAL THERE AS WELL.
SO AGAIN, ONCE WE DO BRING IN A CONSULTANT ON BOARD, THOSE ARE SOME OF THOSE DETAILS THAT WE WILL DIVE IN A LOT DEEPER.
BUT AGAIN, JUST PRELIMINARILY LOOKING AT IT ANYWHERE BETWEEN, UH, JUST GUESSING 15 TO 20 FEET EXPANSION OF THIS, OF THE BRIDGE TO THE SOUTH, JUST TO ADD MORE CAPACITY, ESPECIALLY FOR VEHICLES EITHER GOING NORTH OR SOUTH.
UH, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING TO POTENTIALLY DUAL LEFT TURN LANES AND MOVEMENTS JUST TO MAKE THINGS WORK.
AND DANIEL, THE, THE INTERSECTION HE'S REFERRING TO IS THE ONE THAT LEADS INTO THE, UH, THE INDUSTRIAL OR THE YEAH.
INDUSTRIAL PARK, BUT THE, IT'S HARD TO MAKE A LEFT TURN NOW.
IT'S A CORPORATE PARK, C CORPORATE PARK COMMUNITY, THE COMMUNITY TO THE WEST.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO THAT, UH, BUSINESS CENTER TO THE SOUTH.
SO WE ALSO HAVE RESIDENTIAL TO THE NORTH.
ANOTHER PROJECT THAT THE CITY OF CHINO'S WORKING ON IS A EUCLID AVENUE BRIDGE PROJECT.
AGAIN, THIS SAYS IN ITS EARLY DESIGN STAGES.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVEN'T MOVED FORWARD MUCH WITH ANY SORT OF EIR PUBLIC OUTREACH BECAUSE WE'RE WAITING FOR THE RELINQUISHMENT OF EUCLID.
SO CITY OF ONTARIO FINISHED THEIR, UH, RELINQUISHMENT, UH, THE SUMMER OF LAST YEAR.
UH, WE, WE ARE CURRENTLY STILL NEGOTIATING WITH CALTRANS, UH, TO FINALIZE OUR DOLLAR AMOUNT BEFORE WE ACCEPT THIS PROJECT.
SO BEFORE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY SORT OF BRIDGE PROJECT RELINQUISHMENT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TENTATIVELY RIGHT NOW THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR FIRST OR SECOND QUARTER OF 2026, DEPENDING ON THE CITY OF CHINO, UH, COUNCIL ACCEPTING THAT RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT THE COST OF THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT THEY'LL GIVE US AS ALONG WITH THE RELINQUISHMENT AS WELL AS CALTRANS, UH, TAKING THIS PROJECT TO THE CTC, SO THE CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION.
SO ONCE THEY APPROVE THAT, THEN THAT CAN BECOME PART OF CITY OF CHINO.
AND WE'RE LOOKING TO DO THAT EXPANSION AGAIN, AS HAGEN MENTIONED, SIMILAR TO PINE EUCLID WOULD BE A RACE BRIDGE, UH, WHICH YOU SEE AS THE EXHIBITS HERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN HAVE THAT RE RESILIENCY WITH WATER.
AND AGAIN, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, IF WE HAVE ANY, I SAY CRITTERS, ANY ANIMALS THEY CAN SAFELY CROSS UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE.
SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE SUCH A BIG ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AS AN EARTH FILLED PROJECT WOULD.
BUT THE PRINCIPAL REASON FOR THE, THE NEED OF AN ELEVATED BRIDGE, IF YOU WILL, IS TO ELIMINATE THE FLOODING THAT REGULARLY HAPPENS WHEN WE HAVE HEAVY RAINS BECAUSE OF THE BACKUP FROM EL PRADO DAM.
AND THE ORIGINAL DESIGN FOR PINE WAS MAYBE NOT THE BEST BECAUSE WE WOULD'VE CREATED AN
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AN A DAM IN ESSENCE THAT EVENTUALLY WOULD'VE ERODED OVER TIME.AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS WOULD'VE BEEN TOO MUCH.
SO AGAIN, THIS PIVOT, AS HAGEN MENTIONED, GOING THROUGH THE BRIDGE DESIGNS FOR BOTH PROJECTS IS IDEAL.
AND WE INITIALLY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH, UH, ARMY CORPS ABOUT, UH, TWO MONTHS AGO, JUST PITCHING THESE IDEAS AND, AND THEY DIDN'T SAY YES OR NO, BUT WE DID SEE A LOT OF NODDING HEADS GOING UP AND DOWN.
SO THAT WAS A PLUS TO, TO GET THAT SOMEWHAT FEEDBACK FROM THE ARMY CORPS.
'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS UPFRONT ABOUT SAYING YAY OR NAY, BUT AT LEAST THE NODDING OF THE HEADS GOING TO BRIDGE STRUCTURES MADE SENSE.
WELL, I DON'T THINK ANYONE EXPECTED THE EXPANSION OF THE BUILDING TO THE EAST OF EUCLID, UH, WITH IN, IN SOUTHERN CHINO, UH, WITH, UH, EASTVALE, THE, THE INCORPORATION OF A CITY THERE THAT SCHLESINGER, WHICH PINE TURNS INTO, UH, YEAH, IT'S A TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE.
UH, AND OF COURSE, SINCE THIS IS A PASS THROUGH TYPE OF THING, OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE BIG CONCERNS THAT OUR CITY HAS HAD IS THE EASTBOUND TO WESTBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND OR ORANGE COUNTY, LA COUNTY, UH, TRAFFIC IS THE FACT THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE COMING AND, AND HITTING NOW, NOW THEY'LL IMPACT TWO MAJOR IN, IN INTERSECTIONS, PINE AND, UH, THE EUCLID AVENUE AT THE, UH, VERY END OF THAT, OR BUTTERFIELD RANCH.
SO IT'S, IT'S OBVIOUSLY BEEN A CONCERN OF US FOR A LONG TIME TO SAY NOTHING OF THE COSTS OF THE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, THE IMPROVEMENTS IN GETTING IT DONE.
AND CHIME IN IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU.
I KNOW WE'VE MET, UH, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE A COUPLE TIMES MM-HMM
BUT I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ELEVATION OF THE DAM.
IS THAT IN CONSIDERATION, I KNOW IF THE DAM'S GONNA BE RAISED, IS THIS GONNA AFFECT ANY OF THESE PROJECTS OR ARE THEY GONNA BE AT THE RIGHT ELEVATION? SO A COUPLE OF, UH, YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE DOING THE PINE PROJECT, THAT ALREADY TOOK THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
SO WE'RE ABOVE THE 50 YEAR FLOOD INUNDATION.
SO WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THAT BUY OFF FROM, FROM ARMY CORPS FOR THE PINE CONNECTOR.
SO WE'RE TAKING THAT SAME APPROACH FOR EUCLID.
UM, I KNOW AT ONE TIME EUCLID WAS A PRIORITY THEN IT WAS PINE.
WHAT'S A PRIORITY RIGHT NOW? IS PINE GONNA MOVE FORWARD FIRST OR IS EUCLID GONNA MOVE FORWARD? SO, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I DO HAVE A SLIDE, IF YOU DON'T MIND ME JUMPING AHEAD.
SO THESE ARE SOME JUST ESTIMATED PROJECT TIMELINES THAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER.
AGAIN, THE DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHASE.
IF, UH, IF WE ALIGN EVERYTHING TOGETHER, PINE AVENUE AND CONNECTOR BRIDGE AND THE PINE AVENUE SR.
INTERCHANGE COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE THE DESIGN AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARED BY FOURTH QUARTER 2028.
EUCLID BRIDGE IS A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF SCHEDULE BECAUSE AGAIN, WE HAVE THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN IN PLACE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE FINALIZED BY FOURTH QUARTER 2027.
BUT AGAIN, A LOT OF THIS IS CONTINGENT ON SECURING FUNDING AND WORKING WITH CHINO HILLS.
WORKING WITH, UH, KURT HAGMAN WORKING WITH OTHERS, WE HAVEN'T SET THE PRIORITY, BUT I KNOW FOR KURT HAGMAN THE PRIORITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE PINE CONNECTION.
SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HEAR FROM, YOU KNOW, HIS OFFICE AND WITH CHINO TO SAY, HEY, PINE IS THE PRIORITY, WE CAN ALWAYS MAKE THAT AS A PRIORITY.
AND THEN HAVING S-P-C-T-A AS A PARTNER, THEY CAN ALSO HELP OUT A LOT WITH THAT BECAUSE THIS IS A REGIONAL PROJECT.
ONCE WE GET THESE, UH, PROJECTS READY FOR DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENTAL AND WE'VE QUEUED THEM UP, YOU KNOW, READY FOR CONSTRUCTION, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SPCT CAN ALSO HELP.
AND THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE ONE WHERE PINE DOES LEAP AHEAD OF EUCLID.
BUT AGAIN, REALISTICALLY IT'D BE IDEAL IF WE COLLECT, YOU KNOW, SECURE THE FUNDING FOR ALL PROJECTS ALL AT ONCE.
BUT REALISTICALLY, MORE THAN LIKELY, KNOWING THE LENGTH OF HOW PINE HAS BEEN IN THE BOOKS FOR SO LONG, PINE WILL PROBABLY TAKE PRECEDENCE.
AND THEN ALSO SBCT IS NOW INVOLVED.
UM, MY UNDERSTANDING TOO, THAT THIS IS GONNA BE ON THE 10 YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FOR S-B-C-T-A.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN UTILIZE SOME OF MEASURE I MONIES.
ALL RIGHT, I'LL GO BACK ONE SLIDE.
SO PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, AND I KNOW THE FIRST, UH, BULLET IS PROBABLY ONE THAT MAKES PEOPLE NERVOUS, BUT IT'S REDISTRIBUTION OF TRAFFIC PATTERNS WITH THE PINE CONNECTION, AGAIN, I LIVE HERE IN CHINO.
I'VE BEEN HERE IN THE CITY OF CHINO, NOT CHINO HILLS, I'M SORRY.
BUT I DO DO A LOT OF BUSINESS IN CHINO HILLS.
UH, MY SON DID DO TAEKWONDO AND CHINO HILLS.
SO AGAIN, THE CHINO VALLEY IS MY HOME.
AND SO FOR ME, I WANNA MAKE SURE THIS IS DONE CORRECTLY.
AGAIN, WORKING WITH DANIEL BOBI AND HIS TEAM, AGAIN, THE REDISTRIBUTION OF TRAFFIC PATTERNS.
I SEE HOW SOKO CAN, CAN SOMETIMES BE A LITTLE HAIRY IN THE MORNINGS.
SO THIS PROVIDES ANOTHER CONNECTIVITY TO REDISTRIBUTE TRAFFIC.
AND AGAIN, WE WILL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW ALL OF THAT ONCE THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS ARE OUT SO WE CAN GET THAT PUBLIC COMMENT.
ANOTHER PROJECT IMPROVEMENT, AGAIN, EUCLID AVENUE, TAKING IT FROM TWO TO FOUR LANES.
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'CAUSE RIGHT NOW AS YOU GET CLOSE TO SR 71, IT OPENS UP TO FOUR.ONCE YOU HIT EUCLID AND PINE, IT'S FOUR, BUT IN THE MIDDLE IT'S TWO.
SO AGAIN, GIVING US THAT CAPACITY, WHICH IT LENT TO THE THIRD BULLET.
ADDITIONAL ROUTES FOR EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS.
I KNOW WE HAD A FIRE IN CHINO HILLS A COUPLE OF, UH, COUPLE MONTHS AGO.
AND SO AGAIN, IF THE 71 IS CLOSED AND SOCO CANYON BECOMES A BOTTLENECK, PINE AVENUE, THAT CONNECTION CREATES THAT ADDITIONAL ARTERY TO HAVE VEHICLES TRAVEL EAST AND GIVE THAT OPPORTUNITY IF AN EVACUATION NEEDS TO OCCUR.
SO THAT WAS SOMETHING TALKING WITH S-B-C-T-A AND CHINO HILL STAFF.
IT JUST GIVES THAT EXTRA LOCATION FOR PEOPLE TO EVACUATE IN CASE THERE'S AN EMERGENCY.
SO, UH, NEXT IS REGIONAL GOODS AND VEHICLE MOVEMENT.
AS MENTIONED BEFORE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE GROWTH OF ONTARIO EASTVALE, THE PRESERVE AREA.
SO WE DO HAVE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, GOODS MOVEMENT AND VEHICLE MOVEMENT.
SO AGAIN, THESE DO ADD ANOTHER ARTERY FOR CONNECTIVITY FOR THE 71 TO THE 91 INTO ORANGE COUNTY.
AND THEN ANOTHER ONE IS ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.
SOMETHING THAT INITIALLY WASN'T THOUGHT ABOUT, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT ADDING THESE NEW BRIDGES, BUT OFF TO THE SIDE IS LIKE A DEDICATED, UH, MULTI-USE WHERE YOU CAN HAVE BICYCLISTS, UH, PEDESTRIANS AT FIRST.
YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, WELL, WHERE'S THIS GONNA CONNECT TO? AT LEAST FROM THIS END ON PINE, IT COULD CONNECT TO CHINO HILLS, ALONG TO BUTTERFIELD.
'CAUSE I BELIEVE THERE'S BIKE LANES ALONG THAT ROUTE.
SO AGAIN, IT CREATES THAT CONNECTIVITY FOR BICYCLISTS, ANYONE WHO WANTS TO TAKE A RUN.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER COMPONENT THAT WE THOUGHT, HEY, WE SHOULD ADD THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM JUST TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT MORE VIABLE ALSO FOR FEDERAL OR STATE FUNDING.
AND THEN AGAIN, THE LAST ONE WAS FLOOD RESILIENCY.
AGAIN, YOU SEE THE PICTURE THERE FROM EUCLID AVENUE IN 2010.
UH, AGAIN, IF WE DO HAVE SOME HEAVY RAINS, IT'S FLOODED.
THAT JUST CREATES A LOT OF HAVOC FOR OUR REGION IN THE CHINO VALLEY.
SO AGAIN, JUST CREATING THAT OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, LIFT, UH, BOTH AREAS AND THEN GIVE THAT RESILIENCY TO PREVENT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE FROM BEING STUCK.
SO AGAIN, UH, GOING NOW TO THE CONSTRUCTION BEST CASE SCENARIO.
IF WE ARE ABLE TO SECURE FUNDING, AGAIN, THIS IS, THIS CAN ALWAYS BE FLIPPED AROUND.
POTENTIALLY WE DO START PINE FIRST, UH, BEST CASE SCENARIO.
IF WE ARE ABLE TO SECURE FUNDING FINISH, THE EIR IS SOMETIMES SECOND QUARTER 2029.
AND AGAIN, WORKING WITH S-B-C-T-A, MAYBE IT'S THE PINE CONNECTOR BRIDGE AND PINE AVENUE, SR 71, INTERCHANGE ALL AS ONE.
AGAIN, WORKING WITH S-P-C-T-A, AGAIN, THIS IS A REGIONAL PROJECT SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SAW AT THE 60 FREEWAY IN CENTRAL.
WHAT WE DID IN CHINO, THEY TOOK THE LEAD.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S WHY THE PARTNERSHIP AND FOR US, IT, IT'S HUGE TO HAVE THAT PARTNERSHIP BECAUSE IT CREATES THOSE CHECKS AND BALANCES.
AGAIN, S-P-C-T-A BEING ANOTHER THIRD PARTNER TO HAVE THAT EYE TO MAKE SURE OUR ER IS IN THE RIGHT PROCESS, GOING THROUGH THE RIGHT, UH, MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE, THE CORRECT FEEDBACK.
AND ALSO FOR US, IT'S, YOU KNOW, SECURING THAT FUNDING.
SO HAVING S-P-C-T-A AS THAT THIRD PARTNER AS OVERSIGHT, UH, HOPEFULLY SHOULD GIVE SOME COMFORT TO THE CHINO HILLS, UH, COMMUNITY, KNOWING THAT BESIDES CHINO HILL STAFF, CHINO STAFF, WE HAVE SPCT TO MAKE SURE THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS, THE CONSTRUCTABILITY OF THIS ARE ALL HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
I I HAVE A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS.
AND I'LL LET STAFF OR THE REST OF THE COUNCIL KICK IN.
IT JUST SEEMS COUNTERINTUITIVE TO THINK THAT YOU'RE GONNA POSSIBLY TRY AND GO FORWARD WITH A PINE AVENUE BEFORE THE EUCLID, UH, BRIDGE.
THE REASON BEING, UH, WHEN EUCLID FLOODS, THAT'S A MAJOR PROBLEM TO YOU GUYS.
OKAY? IT GIVES YOU NO SECOND ALTERNATIVE.
IT DOESN'T, IT, IF THE BRIDGE IS BUILT AND THEN YOU CONNECT PINE, YOU NOW HAVE TWO OPTIONS THAT SHOULD BE WEATHERPROOFED.
THE WAY I SEE THIS, THE BETTER THING FOR CHINO TO BE CONCERNED WITH IS GETTING THE, THE OWNERSHIP OF THAT PROPERTY AND GETTING THAT BRO, THAT EUCLID BRIDGE COMPLETED.
BECAUSE THAT JUST SHUTS EVERYTHING DOWN.
AND BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A PINE AVENUE NOW, YOU'RE REALLY IN A PROBLEM WITH ANYBODY TRYING TO GO WEST OR SOUTH FROM THAT INTERSECTION OF PINE SLASH SCHLESINGER AND EUCLID ANY PLACE.
SO IT JUST SEEMS INTUITIVE TO ME THAT THE FIRST THING YOU REALLY HAVE TO CONSIDER IS GETTING THAT EUCLID BRIDGE BUILT FIRST.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 150 FOR, FOR PINE AVENUE.
NOW WE'RE TALKING $300 MILLION.
SO I'M, AND, AND BELIEVE ME, I'M NOT BEING CRITICAL OF THIS.
IN A PERFECT WHEEL, YOU GET, SOMEBODY WOULD DROP FROM, FROM HEAVEN, $300 MILLION AND SAY, OKAY.
AND THEN SAY, OH, BY THE WAY, YOU, YOU'RE SHOVEL READY TO GO.
YOU'VE GOTTEN THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND EVERYBODY ELSE OFF THE, OFF OUR BACKS.
SO IN A PERFECT WORLD, YEAH, YOU COULD DO THEM SIMULTANEOUSLY ALMOST EXCEPT FOR CONSTRUCTION ISSUES.
BUT IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER DOING
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PINEAPPLE PINEAPPLE YOU FIRST WHEN YOU STILL HAVE THE FLOODING ISSUE ON EUCLID.UH, ANYBODY ELSE? I'LL JUST THROW IN WITH SIMILAR THOUGHTS.
YEARS AGO WE MET WITH YOUR PREDECESSOR, PUT ON A PRETTY REGULAR BASIS, RAY AND I AT YOUR OFFICES.
UH, JOSE ALERE AND JOSE WOULD GO THROUGH ALL THESE AND WE WOULD ADMIT WE WOULD GET INTO THE WEEDS ON THAT.
WE WOULD TALK ABOUT ACTUAL DESIGN AND CAUSEWAYS, ET CETERA, FOR EUCLID AND FOR PINE.
AND I THINK SEVERAL OF US WERE AGREEING WITH WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, THAT I PERSONALLY THOUGHT THAT THE, THE MOST, UH, ADVANTAGEOUS FIRST PROJECT WOULD BE EUCLID PERSONALLY.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY UP TO YOU TO DECIDE YOUR PRIORITIES.
BUT I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT EXACTLY THE WAY YOU'RE THINKING THAT EUCLID YEAH.
WHICH IS SUCH A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE WOULD BE THE PRIORITY AND GET THAT, THAT FIXED AND IN PINE AVENUE WOULD COME IN NEXT.
AND IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME AS FAR AS THE PRIORITY, BUT THAT'S WHAT MY THINKING WAS.
AND AT THE TIME, THAT WAS JOSE'S THINKING ALSO.
HE THOUGHT, OKAY, IF WE PUT THESE IN ORDER AS FAR AS WHAT WOULD BE THE GREATEST BENEFIT TO THE REGION, ACTUALLY WE ALL THOUGHT THAT THE WIDENING OF 71 SHOULD BE THE, BUT WE, IT'S OUT OF OUR HANDS.
IT'S IN THE COUNTY RIVERSIDE'S HANDS.
BUT IN THE HANDS OF WHAT WE CAN CONTROL, WE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT, UH, THAT EUCLID WOULD BE THE PRIORITY.
BUT IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT THE PIVOT HAS TAKEN PLACE.
SO HIGH FIVES TO THAT, BECAUSE FOR A WHILE WE WERE WONDERING WHAT DIRECTION THINGS WERE GONNA GO.
UM, AND IF I MAY ADD, EUCLID IS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
UH, AGAIN, WE'RE IN PRELIMINARY DESIGN.
AGAIN, IF EVERYTHING GOES ACCORDING TO PLAN, WE ANTICIPATE HAVING THE EIR AND THE DESIGN READY BY FOURTH QUARTER 2027.
AGAIN, THAT IS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE OF, OF PINE BECAUSE WE TOOK THAT PIVOT.
AGAIN, WHEN HAGEN FIRST ARRIVED TWO YEARS AGO AT THE CITY OF CHINO, SHE MADE SURE THAT WE SET EUCLID BRIDGE ON THE RIGHT PATH FROM DAY ONE.
HOW? WHICH IS FANTASTIC, WHICH IS WHY WE ARE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE WITH THAT PROJECT.
AND AGAIN, REALISTICALLY, I KNOW HAGEN AND MYSELF ALONG WITH LINDA, WE'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO SEE IF WE CAN SET UP MEETINGS, UH, WITH DC TO SET UP, YOU KNOW, CONVERSATIONS.
BUT AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST THE REALITY OF WHERE WE'RE AT.
AND TO YOUR POINT, EUCLID BRIDGE IS AHEAD, BUT WE WILL ALSO WORK TOGETHER TO SEE WHAT THAT PRIORITY CAN BE.
I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS FIRST, WELL, JUST TO PREFACE IT, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE ASK TODAY IS FOR US TO BE WILLING TO SIGN ON FOR LETTERS OF SUPPORT.
AND I THINK THAT'S CERTAINLY AN EASY THING.
THIS CERTAINLY IS A PROJECT THAT HAS REGIONAL IMPACT FOR ALL OF US.
BUT THAT LEADS ME TO TWO QUESTIONS.
UM, FIRST, WHAT ARE WE AS A CITY COMMITTED TO FOR CHINO HILLS WHEN IT COMES TO THIS PROJECT IN TERMS OF MONEY? I KNOW IT'S LITERALLY INSIDE OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
IT'S ON CITY OF CHINO HILLS PROPERTY.
DO I GUESS LIKE THE LOGISTICS OF IT, DO WE SELL IT TO CHINO? DO WE DEED IT? DO WE CHARGE HIM A TOLL? LIKE, OH, I GUESS NICE GUESS, YOU KNOW, HEY, WHICH IS FINE.
BUT, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, I, I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF US PUTTING MONEY TOWARDS IT WHEN, AND I KNOW IT'S A, IT'S A REGIONAL, IT'S A REGIONAL PROJECT, BUT BETWEEN THE WAREHOUSES AND THE HOUSING AND EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN BUILT, THAT'S NOT IN CHINO HILLS, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH ARE WE ON THE HOOK FOR MR. MONTGOMERY
UH, VICE MAYOR JOES, UH, LET'S SEE IF I CAN BREAK THIS AS INTO PIECES.
UH, DANIEL, I THINK WE'RE AT FOUR $4.2 MILLION, UH, UH, DEDICATED IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT.
AND IT'S PRIMARILY REGIONAL MEASURE EYE FUNDING.
SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT CHINO HILLS HAS OFFERED UP AS, UH, A CONTRIBUTION TOWARD THIS $140 MILLION PROJECT, UH, THAT'S THE EXTENT OF WHAT WE HAVE DEDICATED AT THIS TIME.
THAT REMAINS WITHIN THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION.
HOWEVER, UH, THAT FUNDING SOURCE HAS LIMITED USE AS IT HAS TO BE FOR NEW ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION.
SO IT COULD GO TO A NUMBER OF OTHER PROJECTS IN THE CITY, BUT JUST IT'S CONSTRAINED.
IT'S NOT LIKE, YOU KNOW, MONEY THAT WE COULD PUT TOWARD SIGNALS AND EXISTING ROADWAYS OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, BUT WOULD WE BE ABLE TO, WITH THE TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDIES THAT ARE GONNA BE DONE, USE AND POTENTIALLY REALLOCATE THAT TO POTENTIAL NEW ROAD DEVELOPMENTS? I KNOW, YOU KNOW, WITH WOODVIEW AND PEYTON AND SOCAL AND EVERYTHING POTENTIALLY COMING UP DOWN THE ROAD, YOU KNOW, MOVING IT, SHIFTING FUNDS TO THERE VERSUS WHAT FUNDING COULD HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, GENERATED FROM, YOU KNOW, IMPACT REPORTS OR, UH, IMPACT FEES FROM
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THE GROWTH THAT'S HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, TO OUR EAST, UH, WHAT WE COULD DO IS BRING BACK TO THE COUNCIL, UH, UH, AN EXPLANATION OF EXACTLY HOW WE THINK THIS WILL IMPACT THE CURRENT PROJECT AND GIVE YOU OPTIONS ON HOW ELSE YOU COULD DEPLOY IT.I, I THINK PART OF YOUR, YOUR QUESTIONING ALSO IS HOW WE COULD MAYBE SHIFT THIS FROM MAYBE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT TO, UH, ANY, UH, UH, ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE CITY RESULTING FROM TRAFFIC, UH, PATTERN CHANGES, ALL OF THAT WE COULD BRING BACK TO A FUTURE, UH, UH, DISCUSSION.
THE SECOND HALF OF YOUR QUESTION, I'LL JUST TOUCH ON THE PROJECT AREA IS IN BOTH THE, UH, CITY OF CHINO HILLS AND CHINO JURISDICTION, IT'S ALMO.
THEN SOME OF THE MAPS, UH, IT'S ALMOST SPLIT DOWN THE MIDDLE, UH, UH, UH, THE ROADWAY BEING ON OURS.
SO WE, THERE WOULD BE SOME DISCUSSION THAT NEEDED TO OCCUR BETWEEN CHINO AND CHINO HILLS RELATED TO THE MAINTENANCE OF THE ROADWAY, THE OWNERSHIP, AND, YOU KNOW, ANY OF THOSE, UH, ISSUES ALONG THE WAY.
UH, BUT THAT WOULD OCCUR AT A, AT A FUTURE DATE.
NOW THERE'S TWO MORE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WANNA SPEAK SOME, BUT THIS RAISES A POINT THAT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE $4 MILLION OR PLUS THAT WE HAVE, THAT'S NOT EVEN A THIRD OF THE BRIDGE EXPANSION OF THE PINE AVENUE, UH, EXTENSION.
THE BIGGEST ISSUE WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST WHEN WE START LOOKING AT THIS, IS THE CONNECTIVITY TO PINE AVENUE.
OKAY? IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR, YOUR DIAGRAM THAT SHOWS THE PINE AVENUE CONNECTION SLASH BRIDGE PROJECT, UH, WHICH KEEP GOING BACK, UH, RIGHT THERE, OKAY.
FAIRFIELD RANCH ROAD IS A PAPER STREET BEYOND BIG LEAGUE DREAMS. SO THAT DOESN'T EXIST RIGHT NOW.
BUT WHAT DOES EXIST IS THE CONNECTION AT EL PRADO ROAD, WHICH DEAD ENDS RIGHT NOW AT THAT INTERSECTION.
THE, UH, WESTBOUND OF THAT HAS GOT GATES UP TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM GOING THERE.
'CAUSE THERE'S NO PLACE TO GO.
OKAY? THE PROBLEM IS, IF WE ARE COMING OFF OF THE FREEWAY, THE, THE, THE 71 WITH A BRIDGE OR THE ELEVATION THAT IS GOING TO STRETCH WITH A BRIDGE OR WHATEVER, HOW ARE WE GONNA CONNECT, UH, EL PRADO ROAD? THAT'S A REAL LOGISTIC ISSUE.
UH, WE TALK ABOUT A CURLY Q TYPE OF ON-RAMP CONNECTION.
SO, AND, AND, AND AGAIN, WE AREN'T TRYING TO PPO THIS THING.
I THINK IN A PERFECT WORLD WE'D LOVE THIS.
IT COULD, IT COULD BE A GOOD REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION ADDITION, BUT THERE ARE JUST SO MANY PHYSICAL, PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS.
AND THEN IT DOES GET DOWN TO THE QUESTION THAT BRIAN'S ASKING, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH OF THIS, I WANNA SAY THIS VERY DELICATELY, THIS IS CLEARLY GONNA HAVE MORE BENEFIT, I BELIEVE TO THE CITY OF CHINO VERSUS CHINO HILLS.
THERE'S GONNA BE MORE IMPACTS POTENTIALLY TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS THAN THERE WILL BE TO CHINO.
AND THOSE ARE JUST THE REALITIES THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT TO SAY NOTHING ABOUT.
WHERE'S THE MONEY GONNA COME FROM, SAL.
BUT YET I KNOW, UH, RAY HAS SOME COMMENTS AND SO DOES, SO, OH, JUST A COUPLE COMMENTS.
UM, KIND OF WHAT YOU ALREADY SAID, ART.
SO I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO BE A TEAM PLAYER.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK THROUGH THE LENS LENS OF, YOU KNOW, REGIONAL MOBIL MOBILITY.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS PROJECT IS GONNA HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON SOUTHERN CHINO HILLS.
AND SO FOR ME, I THINK MY LENS IS GONNA BE SMALLER AS THIS MOVES FORWARD OF WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO TO MITIGATE THIS FOR OUR RESIDENTS? BECAUSE THIS, WE KNOW THIS PROJECT IS GONNA HAPPEN.
BUT WHAT WE CAN CONTROL IS HOW THIS IS GONNA AFFECT SOUTHERN CHINO HILLS ON OUR RESIDENTS.
BECAUSE I, I AGREE WITH YOU, ART, WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH TO GAIN AS OTHER COMMUNITIES.
AND NONE OF THIS, I DON'T WANNA SAY NONE OF IT MATTERS, BUT WHAT'S INTERESTING IS WE JUST HAD THE OPENING OF THIS MULTIMILLION, TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FLY OVER THAT EVERYONE HAS MADE A BIG DEAL OVER TO GET US FASTER TO THE PARKING LOT ON THE FIVE MILE SECTION BETWEEN THE COUNTY LINE AND RIVERSIDE.
AND SHAME ON RIVERSIDE COUNTY FOR NOT MAKING IT A WHOLE PROJECT.
SO WHAT THESE PROJECTS ARE DOING, WHEN I SEE THESE, I'M LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE GETTING EVERYONE FASTER TO THE PARKING LOT ON THE FIVE MILE SECTION OF 71.
AND I WISH THAT THERE WAS A WAY THAT WE COULD ALL WORK TOGETHER WITH THESE DIFFERENT COUNTIES.
WE'RE WITH ALL THESE COUNTIES MEET.
WHY WE ALL CAN'T COME TO THE TABLE AND SAY, SO MUCH OF THIS PROBLEM WITH TRAFFIC WOULD BE ADDRESSED IF WE COULD COMMIT FUNDS FIRST TO THAT SECTION.
AND YOU PROBABLY HAVE MORE TO SAY ABOUT THIS RAY BECAUSE YOU SERVE ON THE COMMITTEES AND THINGS, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT SECTION OF 71 WAS NEVER CONSIDERED ON THE FLYOVER.
THE FLYOVER GETS US FASTER TO THE PARKING LOT, AND THEN I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
BUT EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SAID, I, I AGREE WITH, UM, WITH THE FUNDING THAT YOU BROUGHT UP, BRIAN, YOU KNOW EXACTLY.
IT'S SAID 10 CENTS WHAT WE'VE CONTRIBUTING TO, WHERE'S THIS MONEY GONNA COME FROM.
UM, AND THEN I WOULD HOPE THAT THE OPTICS, WHEN THIS COMES OUT IN THE PAPER OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS ARE GONNA FREAK OUT.
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EVERYONE LOOK AT THE TIMELINES.THIS IS, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SEVERAL YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
IT'S BEING PLANNED, IT'S BEING THOUGHTFULLY WORKED OUT WITH THE CITY OF CHINO AND OUR PARTNERSHIP.
SO EVERYONE JUST NEEDS TO RELAX WHEN THEY READ ABOUT THIS MARYANNE.
SO, UM, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
AND THE FACT THAT, YEAH, THIS GETS 'EM TO THE 71 GETS 'EM ON THE 71 FREEWAY FROM PARTS EAST.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING WEST TO TRY AND GET DOWNTOWN LA WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO THE 91 FREEWAY BECAUSE OF THE, THE FLYOVER THAT HELPS 'EM OUT IF, OR GOING HOME.
BUT IN THE MORNING NOW YOU'RE JUST TAKING MORE TRAFFIC, YOU'RE MAKING IT EASIER TO GET DOWN TO THE LOG JAM BECAUSE THAT 90 91, UH, WESTBOUND IN THE MORNING OFF THE 71 IS RIDICULOUS.
EVEN THAT IT HAS THE EFFECT OF PEOPLE GOING EAST ON THE 91 IN THE MORNING.
SO AGAIN, THESE ARE, WE WE'RE JUST TRYING TO HAVE NICE CANDID CONVERSATIONS WITH IT.
'CAUSE IT, IT REALLY IS A BIG ISSUE.
RAY, I KNOW YOU'RE ON S-B-C-T-A, YOU WANNA WRAP UP MAYBE KIND OF OUR, OUR COUNCIL COMMENTS? SURE.
FIRST OF ALL, LEMME GO BACK TO THE 91.
THE FLYOVER WAS TAKEN OUT WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY APPROVED THE 91.
I DUNNO IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER THAT.
IT WAS TAKEN OUT BECAUSE OF THE COST OF THE PROJECT.
SO THE REASON THEY GOT THE MONEY, THEY WEREN'T GONNA GET ANY MORE MONEY ON THE 91 UNLESS THEY PUT BACK THE FLYOVER.
SO THAT'S WHY THEY DID THE FLYOVER.
'CAUSE IT WAS STACKING ON THE 91.
NOW IT'S STACKING IN CHINO HILLS.
UM, I'M GONNA GO BACK TO THE PROJECTS.
EUCLID AND THEN ALSO PINE AVENUE.
UM, LEMME GO BACK EVEN FURTHER.
UM, I WAS AT A RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE MOUNT VERNON BRIDGE, AND THAT'S IN THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO RECENTLY.
THEY GOT $180 MILLION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
SO ALL I'M SAYING, ONCE WE'RE SHELF READY, WE'RE READY TO GO.
THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THE MONEY'S GONNA COME BECAUSE THIS IS REAL IMPORTANT FOR THE REGION.
UH, DOES, DOES UKULELE HAVE TO GET DONE FIRST OR PINE AVENUE? TO ME, IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.
THEY BOTH NEED TO GET DONE TO IMPROVE EASTVALE.
UM, ALL THE WAREHOUSING, UH, AND ALSO OUR, OUR PORT COMMUNITY.
WE NEED MORE, UH, WAYS TO GET INTO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE, THE AREA.
SO, UM, I KNOW I'VE TALKED TO SBCT, I WAS PRESIDENT THIS PAST YEAR.
IT WAS REAL IMPORTANT THAT WE HAD TO GET THEM INVOLVED AND THEY GOT INVOLVED.
I KNOW THEY DID AN ASSESSMENT.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING, IT MAKES BETTER SENSE TO DO PINE FIRST THAN IT DOES EUCLID BECAUSE OF DEALING WITH THE ARMY CORPS AND THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES THAT YOU'RE INVOLVED WITH.
BUT THE, WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS GET SHELF READY.
'CAUSE ONCE WE'RE SHELF READY MOVING TO MOVE THE PROJECTS FORWARD, THE FUNDING'S GONNA COME.
'CAUSE EVEN NORMA TORRES, WE'VE ALL TALKED TO NORMA.
SHE, IT'S NOT THAT SHE WANTS TO STAY AWAY FROM THIS, BUT SHE WANTS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
SO I, I DO BELIEVE THAT ONCE WE GET SHELF READY, WHATEVER PROJECT, IF IT'S EUCLID FIRST OR IF IT'S PINE FIRST, THE FUNDING WILL BE THERE.
UM, I WOULD RECOMMEND TO YOU GUYS, AND I'VE ALREADY BROUGHT THIS UP TO YOU GUYS BEFORE, GET INVOLVED WITH SCAG, GET THEM INVOLVED WITH A PICTURE.
OKAY? BECAUSE THEY'RE THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION FOR SIX COUNTIES.
A LOT OF THE FEDERAL MONEY FLOWS THROUGH SCAG.
ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION IS ANOTHER THING THAT THEY HAVE MONIES TO DO.
SO WE NEED TO GET THEM INVOLVED BECAUSE ONCE WE GET THEM INVOLVED, WE GET SBCT INVOLVED AND THE TWO CITIES COLLABORATING, THIS IS GONNA HAPPEN.
BUT AGAIN, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHICH ONE GOES FIRST, BUT THEY, THEY ALL NEED TO GET DONE.
SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO, LET'S DO THAT.
UM, BUT I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.
I KNOW THAT WE HAD A LOT OF CONCERNS, UH, THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, AND INSTEAD OF LIKE LISTENING TO US AND THEN JUST TUNING US OUT, YOU GUYS DIDN'T DO THAT.
YOU, YOU LISTENED TO US, YOU TALKED TO DANIEL, YOU TALKED TO OUR CITY MANAGER, LINDA, YOUR CITY MANAGER.
WE ALL STARTED COLLABORATING AND WORKING TOGETHER.
WE'RE TRYING TO DO THIS, WHAT'S BEST FOR THE REGION.
I MEAN, IS IT PERFECT? NO, THERE'S ABOUT A THOUSAND OTHER THINGS THAT NEED TO GET DONE.
BUT IN OUR AREA, THESE ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS.
UM, WE ARE TRYING TO DO THAT TOO.
WE'RE TRYING TO BRING BACK THE FOUR CORNERS.
WE DO HAVE SOME SUPPORT FROM RCTC, SOME OF THE MEMBERS, BUT WE NEED TO GET A WAY OF BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE BACK AND FORTH REGARDING THE LAST TWO AND A HALF MILES, UH, GOING INTO RIVERSIDE COUNTY.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS PART OF THE PUZZLE.
EU PLAY NEEDS TO GET DONE, PINE NEEDS TO GET DONE, AND THE 71 NEEDS TO GET DONE.
SO AS WE'RE COLLABORATING TO MOVE THESE PROJECTS FORWARD, ALL OF THEM SHOULD, WE ALL SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT THE 71 EUCLID AVENUE AND THEN ALSO PINE AVENUE.
UM, I KNOW A LOT OF CITIES OUT THERE WHEN YOU HEAR HARSH COMMENTS FROM US AND WE, WE WERE TRYING TO BE FRIENDLY, BUT YOU PROBABLY COULD HAVE TAKEN 'EM AS HARSH, BUT WE JUST WANTED IT TO BE AT A HIGH LEVEL.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO US AND THEN COMING BACK AND THEN WORKING WITH US.
SO I TRULY APPRECIATE THAT, BRIAN.
I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK TOO.
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FAIRFIELD RANCH ROAD IS IMPORTANT TO ME.WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT DOING A CONNECTION WITH FAIRFIELD RANCH ROAD, RIGHT? WE'RE JUST GONNA BUILD PINE AVENUE.
WE'RE GONNA BUILD EUCLID AVENUE AND THEN THAT'S ALL WE'RE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT.
CONNECT THE EL PRADO WELL AND CONNECT EL WELL.
AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S PART OF IT.
THERE'S SO, SO WHEN WE GET INTO THE DETAILS, AGAIN, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH HAVEN'T SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY PARKS.
'CAUSE WE ALSO HAVE THE GOLF COURSE THAT'S RIGHT THERE.
AND IT WILL BE, THAT'S THE FLOOD PLANE TOO.
SO THAT'S ALSO IN THE FLOODPLAIN.
BUT IT WILL BE WORKING WITH THEM AS WELL AS MAKING THAT CONNECTION TO EL PRADO ROAD, WHICH WILL IMPACT PART OF THE GOLF COURSE.
SO AGAIN, WE HAVE TO WORK WITH THEM AS WELL.
THEY'RE ALSO PARTNERS AS PART OF THIS.
SO THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT PART OF EL PRADO ROAD WOULD BE RAISED TO REACH UP AND CONNECT TO WHATEVER THAT BRIDGE IS.
SO AGAIN, ONCE WE START SOME OF THOSE DESIGN CONCEPTS, WE DEFINITELY WILL BE WORKING WITH DANIEL VIDIA TO MAKE SURE WE HEAR WHAT CHINO HILLS IS LOOKING FOR.
AND THE BIGGEST PART ABOUT GOING FROM A MITIGATED NECK DECK TO AN ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT, THIS GIVES THE COMMUNITY OF CHINO HILLS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE THEIR CONCERNS.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO HEAR.
BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HEAR THOSE CONCERNS OF WHAT CAN WE DO, HOW CAN WE MITIGATE, MAY IT BE PERFECT, YES OR NO, BUT WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS AND HOW WE CAN FIND SOME SOLUTIONS.
SO AGAIN, THAT EIR PROCESS GIVES EVERYONE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS, VOICE THEIR THOUGHTS.
AND AGAIN, FOR US THAT WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, CONNECTING EL PRADO ROAD, NOT CONNECTING FIELD, FAIRFIELD RANCH, THOSE ARE THE DISCUSSIONS WE WANNA HAVE.
SO WE KNOW HOW WHEN WE START THIS PRELIMINARY DESIGN, HOW WE'RE GONNA HIT IN THAT DIRECTION BEFORE WE HIT 60, 90% AND A HUNDRED PERCENT THAT PUBLIC OUTREACH IS GONNA BE COM CRUCIAL.
AGAIN, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE EIR 'CAUSE WE WANT THAT PUBLIC OUTREACH.
WE'VE SCHEDULED A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS, NOT JUST IN CHINO, BUT ALSO IN CHINO HILLS.
'CAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY THOSE CONCERNS, THOSE THOUGHTS, AND HOW ARE WE GONNA PROGRESS THESE PROJECTS? THAT MAKES SENSE FOR EVERYBODY.
WELL WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO COME IN AND UPDATE US WHERE WE'RE AT.
UH, I I THINK THAT THE DIALOGUE IS MUCH BETTER NOW BETWEEN OUR TWO CITIES THAN IT EVER HAS BEEN TO THIS POINT.
UH, IT'S IN A GOOD PLACE RIGHT NOW.
LET'S, LET'S MAINTAIN THAT, UH, CONTINUE TO WORK JOINTLY TO COME UP WITH THE BEST OVERALL SITUATION LY THAT IS REALISTIC AND THAT IS FUNDABLE.
AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET TO A PLACE THAT WE NEED TO BE.
SO, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF JUST, THANK YOU.
LET'S JUST GET HARPA AND EASTVALE TO PAY FOR IT.
WE COULD PUT UP TOLL GATES OVER THERE, YOU KNOW.
WAIT, DIDN'T THEY CLOSE UP GRAND AVENUE AND DIAMOND BAR WHEN WE BECAME OH YEAH, YEAH.
THEY HIT A BUTTON DUMP, BUILD A BRIDGE.
I MAY ADD, UH, CITY OF ONTARIO AND EASTVALE HAVE ALREADY COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING US.
UH, TALK TO MY COUNTERPART IN THOSE CITIES AND THEY'RE GONNA SUPPORT US.
'CAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE REGION.
IT'S NOT JUST THE CHINO OR CHINO HILLS PROJECT.
AND ONE MORE COMMENT REGARDING, UH, WHICH ONE, WHICH PROJECT FIRST? UM, I, I REMEMBER, UM, HAVING, UH, SUPERVISOR HANGMAN SAY, WELL, EID, WE ALREADY HAVE A ROAD, BUT PINE, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE ONE.
SO HE THOUGHT THAT, UH, PINE SHOULD BE A PRIORITY.
BUT THAT REALLY DEPENDS ON HOW WE ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO GET FUNDING AND HOW WE ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO COLLABORATE TO GET ALL OF OUR DOCUMENTS, UH, TOGETHER TO GO THROUGH ALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE AND WHAT, HOW THE FUNDING IS GONNA COME FROM.
SO WE ARE OPEN TO IDEAS ON WHICH ONE WE'RE GONNA BILL FIRST.
AND IF YOU CAN GET ONTARIO AND EASTVALE TO CUT US A CHECK, WE WOULD REALLY BE HELPFUL.
THAT WOULD HELP IF THEY SUPPORT IT, THAT'S ONE THING.
LET'S SHOW ME THE MONEY, RIGHT? WE'RE GONNA GET FOR THE MONEY.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
JUST TO CLARIFY, AND MARYANNE BEHIND YOU MAY HAVE QUESTIONS LATER ON.
CYNTHIA HAS A QUESTION, UH, JUST CLARIFICATION I OF WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON.
SO WE'RE GIVING AUTHORITY TO THE CITY MANAGER TO AUTHOR LETTERS OF SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT SUPPORT WITHOUT US VOTING ON IT.
BUT THOSE LETTERS OF SUPPORT ARE GONNA BE VERY GENERIC AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA QUOTE ANY OR COMMIT TO ANY FUNDING.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN, UH, WE ARE SEEKING THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION ON, UH, UH, AUTHORIZING ME TO SUPPORT, UH, LIKELY FUTURE FUNDING REQUESTS FROM OTHER AGENCIES.
SO WE'LL BRING BACK TO YOU, UH, OUR, UH, ANALYSIS OF THE EXISTING COMMITMENTS THAT WE HAD.
BUT WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO AND SOMETHING WE'VE EXPERIENCED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS AS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ POINTED OUT, UH, OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS OCCASIONALLY WILL SAY, WHERE IS CHINO HILLS ON THIS? AND BECAUSE WE HADN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS IT PUBLICLY AND GET INPUT FROM THE CITY, UH, UH, RESIDENTS AND THE COUNCIL, UH, WE HAVE NOT MADE ADDITIONAL COMMITMENTS.
SO, SHORT ANSWER IS MOST LIKELY LOOKING FOR FEDERAL DOLLARS, UH, IF
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YOU AUTHORIZE ME TO SIGN THAT, UH, WITH, UH, A NEAR FUTURE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE EXISTING, UH, DOLLARS WITHIN OUR CONTROL.COULD YOU READ INTO THE RECORD WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION NEEDS TO BE? THIS IS TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE AND ISSUE LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT TO FACILITATE PROJECT ADVANCEMENT, GRANT APPLICATIONS IN COORDINATION WITH REGIONAL PARTNERS.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? I'LL SECOND A MOTION AND A SECOND.
AND IF YOU WANT TO EXIT RIGHT NOW, THAT'S YOU, YOU'RE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO SO.
[24. Review and file update to City Hall Fire Emergency Declaration in accordance with Public Construction Code 22050 and continue to authorize City Manager to negotiate and execute all necessary agreements related to repair and restoration of City Hall under Chino Hills Municipal Code 2.08.065.A.1. on an emergency basis; determine by four-fifths vote the need to continue existence of local emergency for City Hall Fire pursuant to Public Construction Code Section 22050 until action is terminated; and appropriate $100,000 from General Fund]
24 ON THE DISCUSSION CALENDAR IS, UH, READ INTO THE RECORD, PLEASE.TO REVIEW AND FILE AND UPDATE TO THE CITY HALL FIRE EMERGENCY DECLARATION, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO CONTINUE TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY AGREEMENTS.
AND, AND BEN, THIS IS JUST THE ONGOING THING THAT WE HAVE TO DO.
YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN BRIEFLY THIS, THIS IS THE HOUSEKEEPING THING THAT WE HAVE TO DO.
UH, AS THE, UH, COUNSEL IS AWARE, WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT FIRE THAT CAUSED DAMAGE IN CITY HALL.
UH, AND THE COUNCIL EXECUTED A, UH, EMERGENCY DECLARATION TO FACILITATE THE SPEEDY, UH, UH, RECOVERY OF OUR CITY HALL FACILITY.
UH, AND SO, UH, WHAT WE'RE SEEKING TONIGHT IS THE COUNCIL'S, UH, DIRECTION BY FOUR FIFTH VOTE TO CONTINUE THE, UH, EMERGENCY ACTION.
UH, AND THEN WE'RE, UH, ALSO, JUST TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE, UH, SIGNIFICANT RECONSTRUCTION HAS OCCURRED ON THE FIRST FLOOR.
UH, WE HAVE STAFF BACK ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
WE'RE ANTICIPATING, UH, NEXT WEEK TO START MOVING PEOPLE BACK IN, UH, TO, UH, OUR FIRST FLOOR OFFICES.
UH, WE STILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT, UH, UH, HURDLE TO BRINGING THE PUBLIC BACK TO OUR, UH, OUR, UH, VARIOUS, UH, CITY HALL COUNTERS.
ONE OF THEM BEING, UH, THE, UH, RESTORATION OF OUR, UH, ELEVATOR.
BUT WE'RE MOVING VERY QUICKLY.
THE STAFF'S DOING A FANTASTIC JOB.
WE HAVE GREAT PARTNERS IN OUR INSURANCE PROVIDER AND OUR, UH, UM, OUR ASSESSORS.
UH, UH, SO IT'S BEEN A GREAT, UH, UH, PROJECT FOR A REALLY BAD, UH,
BUT, UH, UH, WITH, WITH, WITH THAT, I'LL CLOSE MY, UH, UH, MY, UH, STATEMENTS AND I'LL LET YOU, UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE ITEM.
SO, UH, FIRST FLOOR IS GETTING CLOSE.
WHEN WILL OCCUPANCY TAKE PLACE FOR FIRST FLOOR? UH, UH, WE'RE ANTICIPATING THEY CAN START MOVING BACK AS EARLY AS NEXT WEEK.
THAT INCLUDES THE GYM, WHICH SOME OF THE EMPLOYEES ARE REALLY YEARNING TO GET BACK.
THE, THE GYM HAS BEEN USED AS A STAGING AREA FOR DOCUMENTS.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT WE'RE, WE'RE PRIORITIZING THE, UH, OFFICE SPACE AREA SO THAT PEOPLE WILL NO LONGER BE WORKING IN TEMPORARY, UH, OFFICE AREAS.
AND ONCE WE DO THAT, THEN WE CAN ALSO, UH, UH, RELEASE THE, UH, TEMPORARY OFFICES THAT ARE STAGED ON THE PARKING LOT ADJACENT TO CITY HALL AND THE STORAGE CONTAINERS.
BUT WE'RE GETTING CLOSE IT LOOKS LIKE, BUT THE GYM IS CLOSE.
WOULD YOU LIKE ALL SECOND? ALRIGHT.
LOCK IN YOUR BOATS NEED FOUR FITS.
COME IN AND LOCK IN YOUR BOAT.
I'LL LET YOU, UH, WHY IS HE DOWN THERE? YEAH.
[ ITEMS INITIATED BY COUNCIL]
[25. Legislative Session Update by Townsend Public Affairs]
GONNA BE ITEMS INITIATED BY COUNCIL.THIS IS GONNA BE A LEGISLATIVE SESSION UPDATE BY TOWNSEND PUBLIC AFFAIRS TO BE PRESENTED BY ERIC O'DONNELL, DIRECTOR OF TOWNSEND PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
ERIC O'DONNELL HERE WITH TOWNSEND PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
I'M JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUE RYAN MCCARTHY BACK THERE, UH, TO GIVE YOU A, UH, LEGISLATIVE UPDATE, UH, TONIGHT FROM SACRAMENTO AND DC.
UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, OUR STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION WRAPPED UP ON SEPTEMBER 12TH.
UH, TECHNICALLY IT WRAPPED UP ON SEPTEMBER 13TH, AS YOU HEARD THE SENATOR SAY.
UM, THEY DID HAVE TO STAY THE NIGHT, UNFORTUNATELY, AND WORK, UH, UNTIL ABOUT 3:00 PM THE NEXT DAY.
UM, THEY HAVE TO DO SOME RULE WAIVERS IN ORDER TO DO THAT, 'CAUSE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO END ON THE 12TH, BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO GET IT DONE.
UM, THE GOVERNOR HAS 30 DAYS TO SIGN OUR VETO LEGISLATION AFTER THAT.
UM, OCTOBER 12TH IS THE DEADLINE, ALTHOUGH NOW IT'S OCTOBER 13TH IN A COUPLE CIRCUMSTANCES.
SO SOME CHANGES THERE, UM, BY THE NUMBERS.
I THINK THIS IS ALWAYS HELPFUL.
TO KEEP IN REFERENCE, THERE WAS, UH, 2,397 BILLS INTRODUCED THIS YEAR IN SACRAMENTO.
UM, KEEP IN MIND THAT MEMBERS, UH, IF YOU REMEMBER FROM LAST TIME
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I DID THIS UPDATE, MEMBERS HAVE A REDUCED BILL PACKAGE NOW.SO THEY HAVE FEWER BILLS THEY CAN INTRODUCE OVER THE TWO YEAR SESSION.
UM, SO WE EXPECT NEXT YEAR TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS.
UM, BUT THIS YEAR WAS 23, ALMOST 2,400 BILLS.
BUT OUT OF THOSE BILLS, 910 OF THEM WERE PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE AND MOVED ON, UM, TO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK.
128 HAVE ALREADY BEEN, UH, SIGNED.
AND SO THERE'S ABOUT 800 LEFT ON HIS DESK, UH, TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HE WANTS TO DO WITH BEFORE THE OCTOBER 12TH DEADLINE.
UM, EVERY OTHER BILL THAT IS NOT, UH, THAT WAS NOT PASSED, UH, OR SIGNED, IS A TWO YEAR BILL.
SO IT'LL BE A FOR NEXT YEAR AS WELL, IN ADDITION TO ADDITIONAL BILLS THAT THE LEGISLATURES WILL INTRODUCE.
SO, UH, AT SOME POINT THERE'LL BE ANOTHER 2000 BILLS NEXT YEAR TO, UH, TO DEAL WITH.
SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S OUR TWO YEAR CYCLE IN SACRAMENTO.
IT'S, IT'S NEVER A DULL MOMENT, UM, BUT IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, IT MAKES FOR, UH, GOOD READING PRACTICE FOR ME.
UM, MOVING ON TO THE STATE BUDGET, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE WRAPPED UP OUR STATE BUDGET, UH, IN JULY, AUGUST TIMEFRAME, BUT WE STARTED THE YEAR WITH A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, UH, DEFICIT.
UH, THE NUMBER HOVERED AROUND 12 BILLION, UH, WAS THE NUMBER THAT WE, UH, KIND OF LANDED IN AFTER THE MAY REVISE.
AND ALL THE TAX RECEIPTS WERE MORE, UH, MORE AVAILABLE.
UM, SO A $12 BILLION DEFICIT QUESTION IS HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU FILL THAT GAP? UM, SO JUST THE SLIDE HERE JUST GIVES YOU A, A, A BRIEF, YOU KNOW, SNAPSHOT OF KIND OF, UH, THINGS THAT WERE DONE BY THE LEGISLATURE IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THAT.
UH, $7.1 BILLION WAS, UH, REMOVED FROM OUR RAINY DAY FUND THAT WAS CREATED BY PROP ONE SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
UM, THAT LEAVES ABOUT 11.2 REMAINING.
UM, THAT IS A VERY LARGE SAVINGS ACCOUNT FOR, UH, THE STATE OUR SIZE.
SO, UH, WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THAT MONEY SOCKED AWAY IN ORDER TO SPEND FOR A TIME LIKE THIS.
UM, UH, 1 BILLION OF IT, UH, 1 BILLION OF THE BUDGET, MAINLY CAL FIRES PORTION OF THE STATE BUDGET WAS SHIFTED FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE CAP AND TRADE PROGRAM THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A SECOND.
UH, THREE AND A HALF BILLION IN STRAIGHT REDUCTIONS.
UH, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I CALL IT CLEVER ACCOUNTING WHEN IT COMES TO REVENUE, REVENUE GENERATION, AND BORROWING FROM CERTAIN ACCOUNTS TO, YOU KNOW, ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL WITHIN YOURSELF IN ORDER TO MAKE THE, THE BUDGET BALANCE FOR THAT YEAR.
UM, I WILL ALSO MENTION THAT NOT ON THE SCREEN, BUT ON THE BUDGET POLICY SIDE THROUGH SOME BUDGET TRAILER BILLS, UM, WHICH IS JUST A FANCY WAY TO SAY ANOTHER BILL, UH, THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE BUDGET.
UM, THERE WERE SOME MAJOR POLICIES DONE THIS YEAR, UH, THAT WERE DONE VERY QUICKLY, INCLUDING A, UH, MAJOR CQA, UH, EXEMPTION FOR INFILL HOUSING UNDER 20 ACRES, UH, IN, IN URBAN ZONES, UH, WHICH IS A HUGE CHANGE IN STATE POLICY IN ORDER TO, UH, HOPEFULLY SPUR THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSING, WHICH IS THE, THAT WAS THEIR IDEA AS WELL AS, UH, A CQA EXEMPTION FOR FUEL MODIFICATION PROJECTS, UM, COMING OUT OF THE LA FIRES.
UM, WHICH, UH, SHOULD, SHOULD BE HELPFUL TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TRYING TO DO FIELD MOD IN THEIR COMMUNITIES TO NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH CQA OR AT LEAST BE STREAMLINED IN THAT PROCESS.
UM, END OF SESSION, SOME KEY ITEMS THAT WERE, THAT WERE GOING ON THAT WERE, UH, AS YOU HEARD FROM THE SENATOR, IT WAS A CONTENTIOUS END OF SESSION.
UM, BUT, UH, KEY, KEY ITEMS THAT MADE IT CONTENTIOUS.
UM, ADDITIONAL BUDGET CLEANUP IS ALWAYS HAPPENING WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, BUDGET TRAILER BILLS, UH, ADJUSTING CERTAIN ACCOUNTS OR CERTAIN PROGRAMS, UH, THAT HAPPENED A LOT THIS YEAR BASED ON, UH, THE IMPACTS OF THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL FROM DC, UH, AND HR ONE, AND THE IMPACTS ON THE STATE BUDGET THAT WAY.
CAP AND TRADE REAUTHORIZATION NOW CALLED CAP INVEST.
THIS IS OUR STATE'S PROGRAM THAT, UH, UH, REQUIRES, UH, MAJOR POLLUTERS IN THE STATE TO PAY INTO A FUND TO BUY CREDITS ESSENTIALLY, UH, IN ORDER TO KEEP POLLUTING.
UH, AND THEN THAT CEILING WILL KEEP TRICKLING DOWN AND, AND HOPEFULLY REDUCE POLLUTION OVERALL.
HOWEVER, IT DOES GENERATE QUITE A BIT OF MONEY FOR THE STATE, ABOUT $4 BILLION A YEAR.
SO THE BIG QUESTION THIS YEAR WAS, HOW DO WE SPEND THAT MONEY INTO THE FUTURE? AND CAN WE REAUTHORIZE THE PROGRAM, UH, GOING IN TO, TO GIVE THE MARKET MORE CERTAINTY.
UH, THE PROGRAM WAS EXTENDED TO 2045, UM, AND THAT MONEY WAS, UH, REALLOCATED, BUT THERE WAS VERY MINOR CHANGES TO WHERE IT'S ACTUALLY GOING.
UM, THE BIGGEST CHANGE IS THAT IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY DO CONTINUOUS APPROPRIATIONS ANYMORE BY PERCENTAGE, WHICH IS WHAT IT DID BEFORE.
NOW IT DOES HARD DOLLAR AMOUNTS WITH SOME TIER PRIORITIES.
UM, IT LEAVES THE LEGISLATURE SOME WIGGLE ROOM EVERY YEAR TO, UH, NEGOTIATE AMONGST THEMSELVES WHERE TO SPEND THAT EXTRA MONEY.
SO, UH, PROJECTS THAT ARE FUNDED OUT OF THIS HIGH SPEEDED RAIL, AFFORDABLE HOUSING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM, UM, LC, TOP TRANSIT, INNER CITY RAIL PROGRAM.
UM, SO REALLY PROGRAMS THAT THE LEGISLATURE THINKS ARE, UH, GOING TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GASES IN THE STATE OVERALL.
UM, PROPOSITION FOUR REAUTHORIZATION, UH, IF YOU REMEMBER FROM, UH, NOVEMBER OF 24, PROP FOUR WAS A $10 BILLION CLIMATE, UH, CLIMATE BOND.
UH, IT WAS PASSED BY THE VOTERS.
UM, EVERYONE'S ASKING, WHERE'S THAT MONEY NOW? UM, $10 BILLION IS A LOT OF MONEY TO NUMBER ONE RAISE THROUGH THE BOND MARKET, BUT NUMBER TWO, TO SPEND ALL AT ONCE.
SO TYPICALLY WITH THESE BIG BONDS, THE STATE DOES, UH, HAS TO APPROPRIATE THE FUNDS EVERY YEAR THROUGH THE BUDGET CYCLE, BUT NOT ALL 10 BILLION AT ONCE.
UM, THE STATE DOESN'T HAVE THE BONDING CAPACITY FOR THAT, NUMBER ONE,
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BUT FRANKLY, STATE DEPARTMENTS DON'T HAVE THE STAFFING TO GIVE OUT $10 BILLION IN ONE CALENDAR YEAR TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, WHOEVER ELSE IS APPLYING FOR IT.UM, SO THIS YEAR WE SAW ABOUT 3.2 BILLION OF THAT 10 BILLION GET OUT THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS.
THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS THROUGH SAFE DRINKING WATER PROGRAMS AND WATER QUALITY PROGRAMS, PARKS FUNDING, WILDFIRE RESISTANCE, AND SOME SEA LEVEL RISE FUNDING AS WELL FROM THAT BOND.
SO THAT IS, THAT BOND IS MOVING, BUT THERE'S STILL ABOUT 65% OF THAT BOND, UH, THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE APPROPRIATED IN FUTURE YEARS.
UM, MOVING ON, THERE'S A COUPLE BILLS, UM, THAT WERE OF DISCUSSION IN.
UM, OUR LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY COMMITTEE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UM, SB 79 BY SENATOR WIENER WAS PROBABLY THE, THE MOST HIGH PROFILE BILL OF THE YEAR FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAL CITIES WAS VERY, UH, FOCUSED ON THIS YEAR.
UH, THIS IS A BILL BY, UH, THE SENATOR FROM THE BAY AREA, UH, TO MAKE TOD DEVELOPMENT AND ALLOWABLE USE ON ANY SITE AROUND A TRANSIT STATION.
UM, SO THE IDEA IS TO UP ZONE, UP TO 65 FEET HEIGHT, UM, WITHIN A ONE HALF MILE RADIUS AROUND HIGH QUALITY TRANSIT.
UM, THE BILL TOOK ABOUT, I THINK, 15 DIFFERENT ROUNDS OF AMENDMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A RECORD IN THE LA IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
UM, REALLY NARROWING DOWN THE APPLICABILITY OF THE BILL, UM, WHERE AT THE END OF THE DAY, UM, THERE'S ONLY CERTAIN COUNTIES THAT IT EVEN APPLIES TO, AND ONLY CERTAIN QUALITY OF TRANSIT THAT APPLY THAT IT APPLIES TO.
AND ERIC, WE'RE NOT ONE OF THOSE CASE.
THERE'S NOTHING IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS THAT I SEE THAT WOULD, UH, QUALIFY AS A HIGH QUALITY TRAIN TO STOP.
IT'S LIKE, WHAT, LIKE A FREQUENCY OF, YOU KNOW, EVERY 15 MINUTES YOU NEED A BUS CRUISING THROUGH OR A SUBWAY CAR, CORRECT.
IT'S A 15 MINUTE HEADWAY DURING PEAK TIMES.
AND FOR TRAIN, I BELIEVE IT'S 24 TRAINS PER DAY IN EITHER DIRECTION.
AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT MEETS THAT CRITERIA WITHIN THE CITY.
HOWEVER, IT'S STILL A, UH, LOCAL CONTROL TYPE OF, UH, ISSUE.
UM, THERE IS ALSO SOME LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT DOES ALLOW TRANSIT AGENCIES TO BUILD, UH, MORE MINISTER ON THEIR OWN LAND, EVEN IF IT IS IN YOUR CITY.
AGAIN, THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE THAT WE'VE SEEN, UH, HERE, UH, BUT SOMETHING THAT WAS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE BIGGEST PRIORITIES FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THIS YEAR UP IN SACRAMENTO, THAT BILL DID PASS VERY NARROWLY, UM, HENCE THE 14, 15 ROUNDS OF AMENDMENTS, TRYING TO GET SOME OTHER FOLKS ON BOARD IN ORDER TO SUPPORT IT.
AND IT IS ON THE GOVERNOR'S DESK, AND HE'S EXPECTED TO SIGN IT.
UM, MOVING ON TO A GOOD BILL, UH, THAT WE SUPPORTED AB SIX 50 BY SEVEN MEMBER PAPIN, UM, ABOUT RENA.
IT GIVES, UH, ESSENTIALLY IT GIVES, UH, CITIES AND NPOS ABOUT SIX MONTHS LONGER, UH, WITH THEIR ARENA NUMBERS IN ORDER TO MAKE THEIR HOUSING ELEMENT REVISIONS AND, AND START THE PROCESS.
UM, SO THAT RIGHT THERE IS GOOD, UH, USUALLY THAT TIMEFRAME'S VERY COMPRESSED, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, THE HOUSING ELEMENT.
BUT IT ALSO, I THINK MORE IMPORTANTLY, REQUIRES HCD IN THE COMMUNICATION WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT, UH, TO GIVE SPECIFIC TEXT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ABOUT WHAT TO INCLUDE IN THEIR HOUSING ELEMENT FOR THE NEXT ROUND THAT'S SENT BACK TO HCD.
SO OFTEN IF YOU, UH, I, I KNOW THAT YOUR CITY'S BEEN VERY TIMELY ABOUT GETTING YOUR HOUSING ELEMENT APPROVED, BUT OFTEN IT TAKES A LONG TIME
AND, UH, IT'S A MOVING TARGET.
UM, SO WE'RE HO THE HOPE HERE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IS THAT YOU GET A, YOU GET A REP FROM, FROM HCD, YOU HAVE VERY CLEAR, CONCISE WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO GET IN COMPLIANCE WITHOUT ANY FUSS AFTER THAT, UM, THAT BILL WAS, UH, PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE AND IS ON THE GOVERNOR'S DESK RIGHT NOW.
HEY, ERIC, I GOT A QUESTION ON THIS.
UM, WE WERE THE FIRST CITY TO GET OUR PLAN CERTIFIED.
BUT MY QUESTION IS, UM, WE USED THE FOUR CYCLE, I THINK WAS 800 UNITS.
UM, I KNOW THERE'S BILLS IN THE PAST WHERE WE WANTED TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WERE THEY COMING UP WITH THESE NUMBERS.
HAS THAT BEEN, WAS THAT PART OF THIS BILL AT ALL? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS LAST YEAR, THERE WAS A ASSEMBLY MEMBER, JUAN CARILLO HAD A BILL THAT WOULD'VE REQUIRED, UH, HCD TO POST THEIR JUSTIFICATIONS ON THEIR WEBSITE FOR WHERE THESE RENA NUMBERS CAME FROM.
AND THAT BILL DID NOT, DID NOT PASS, AND IS, UH, WAS NOT REINTRODUCED THIS YEAR, TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
THAT'S A GREAT, SO SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO ANSWER TO OUR PUBLIC AND WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE NO IDEA.
SO THAT'S A GREAT, UH, GREAT MEMORY THERE.
JUST THE MAGIC EIGHT BALL UP IN SACRAMENTO AND SHAKE IT AND SEE WHEN NUMBERS COME OUT.
YOU SHAKE IT AND IT SAYS NOT HIGH ENOUGH YET.
UM, SO BEFORE THE YEAR STARTED, THERE WERE SEVERAL CITIES WHO WERE RECEIVING LETTERS FROM SPECIFIC TYPES OF UNIONS OF CONTRACTORS THREATENING SOME LEGAL ACTION IF THEY DID NOT STOP, UH, HIRING LOCAL ARTISTS TO FILL OUT TO, UH, UH, CONSTRUCT MURALS AROUND THEIR CITIES.
UM, THE REASONING IS THAT ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS CODE, UH, ANYONE WHO'S PERFORMING THAT KIND OF PUBLIC WORK WOULD NEED TO BE A LICENSED CONTRACTOR WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, HAVE TRAINING, CERTIFICATIONS, APPRENTICESHIPS,
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ET CETERA.UM, IT TURNS OUT AFTER SOME, UH, LEGAL REVIEWS THAT THEY WERE RIGHT, AND ACCORDING TO THE CODES, YOU DID HAVE TO DO THAT.
NOW WE ALL KNOW WHAT A LOCAL MURAL IS.
WE KNOW THE VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY, AND WHO DOES THE LOCAL MURALS.
IT'S USUALLY NOT CON, YOU KNOW, CONTRACTORS OR ANYONE WHO HAS ANY SORT OF FORMAL TRAINING THAT WAY.
UM, SO CAL CITY'S MADE THIS ONE OF THEIR BIG PRIORITIES OF THE YEAR AND INTRODUCED A BILL TO, UH, EXEMPT ANY LOCAL ARTIST WHO'S LOOKING TO DO A MURAL, UH, FOR ANY REASON IN THEIR, IN THEIR CITY.
SO, UH, THAT BILL WAS, UH, WAS PASSED PRETTY UNANIMOUSLY UP IN SACRAMENTO AND IS CURRENTLY ON THE GOVERNOR'S DESK NOW, UM, SB 7 0 7.
UM, I WANNA FIRST GIVE, UH, CHERYL AND HER TEAM AT, AT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, A HUGE, HUGE KUDOS AND SHOUT OUTS FOR WORKING WITH ME ON THIS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND WE'RE NOT EVEN DONE YET.
UM, BUT THIS HAS BEEN, UH, A A LOT OF TIME WITH, WITH, UH, UH, THE CITY, UM, COORDINATING WITH SACRAMENTO ON THE NEW BROWN ACT MODERNIZATION.
UM, AND THE REASON I'M GIVING CHERYL SOME SHOUT SHOUTOUTS IS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF CITIES WHO SEE THESE BILLS FREAK OUT, WANT TO OPPOSE AND CALL IT A DAY.
BUT CHERYL REALLY DIVES IN AND, AND HELPS UNDER, HELPS ME UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S ASKING YOU TO DO, AND THEN I CAN COMMUNICATE IT BETTER BACK TO THE AUTHOR'S OFFICE AND COMMITTEE STAFF AND GET AMENDMENTS.
UM, WE WERE ABLE TO GET SIGNIFICANT AMENDMENTS IN THIS BILL THIS YEAR TO MAKE IT A LOT EASIER ON THE CITY TO IMPLEMENT.
AND THAT'S IN A DIRECT, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, DIRECT RELATION TO, TO OUR COMMUNICATION.
SO, UM, I WANNA SAY THAT THIS BILL IS GONNA BE EVOLVING.
UM, BUT RIGHT NOW WHAT IT DOES IS IT EXTENDS THE FLEXIBILITY PROVISIONS THAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE IN MEETINGS REMOTELY.
UM, BUT IT DOES ADD SOME ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR, UM, TRANSPARENCY WITH THE PUBLIC.
UM, SO ANYTIME THAT YOU'RE REMOTE, THEY GET TO BE REMOTE TOO.
UM, BUT IT ALSO REQUIRES TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION, REAL TIME, UH, FOR ALL COUNCIL MEETINGS OF THE CITY.
UM, NOW THAT IS A CHANGE FROM CURRENT LAW.
UH, THAT WAS KIND OF LIKE, THINK ABOUT LIKE THE COVID DAYS WHEN WE WERE DOING, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT REMOTELY, ET CETERA.
TWO-WAY, UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO BACK TO THAT FOR ALL CITIES THAT ARE A CERTAIN SIZE.
UM, SO YOU ARE ABOVE THAT SIZE.
UM, THAT IS, UH, A CHALLENGE FOR A LOT OF CITIES, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, UH, TECHNOLOGY WISE AND OTHERS.
UM, THERE'S ALSO SOME AGENDA TRANSLATION REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE CHANGING.
SO, UM, THAT YOU DO HAVE TO TRANSLATE YOUR AGENDAS FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS INTO OTHER LANGUAGES THAT ARE SPOKEN BY THE POPULATION ABOVE 20%.
UM, HOWEVER, THOSE 20% ALSO HAVE TO SPEAK ENGLISH LESS THAN WELL.
UM, SO YOU'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT DO NOT SPEAK ENGLISH, BUT THAT DO SPEAK SOMETHING THAT A BIG POPULATION OF YOUR CITY THAT WOULD SPEAK SOMETHING ELSE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS FOR CHINO HILLS YET.
WE'RE STILL TRYING TO RUN THE NUMBERS AND FIGURE THAT OUT, BUT IT'S LOOKING LIKE IT MIGHT NOT BE, UH, TOO MANY, UM, FROM THE CITY.
BUT WE'LL, WE'LL REPORT BACK, UM, TO YOU WHEN THAT HAPPENS.
ANOTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS THAT IT DOES REQUIRE THE CITY, UH, DESIGNATE A PLACE FOR THE PUBLIC TO POST THEIR OWN TRANSLATED AGENDAS.
UM, SO IF THERE'S A LANGUAGE THAT YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO TRANSLATE IN, BUT MAYBE THERE'S A, A SECTION OF THE POPULATION IN THE CITY THAT WANTS A LANGUAGE TRANSLATED IN THEIR LANGUAGE, THEY CAN POST THEIR OWN TRANSLATED AGENDA, UH, SOMEWHERE, UH, AT CITY HALL, UH, FOR THEIR MEMBERS OF THEIR COMMUNITY TO READ THE AGENDA AND UNDERSTAND.
I WANNA BE CLEAR, IT'S NOT THE ENTIRE AGENDA PACKET, WHICH WAS A HUGE CLARIFICATION AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS.
JUST THE AGENDA, UH, MAKES IT, YOU KNOW, VERY, VERY LIMITED IN TERMS OF, UH, UH, WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO THERE.
AND THIS IS AN UNFUNDED MANDATE, RIGHT? CORRECT.
THERE'S NO FUNDING THAT'LL COME DOWN FROM, FROM, UH, SUPPLEMENTAL.
SO WE HAVE TO PAY FOR TRANSLATION SERVICES AND DIG.
SO A A, A BIG STICKING POINT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WAS, UM, AND SOMETHING, UH, CHERYL HELPED ME WITH IS DIGITAL TRANSLATION SERVICES ARE ALLOWED.
UM, SO, UH, I WOULD EXPECT EVERYONE WILL BE DOING THIS DIGITALLY AS OPPOSED TO HIRING AN OUTSIDE FIRM TO TRANSLATE OFFICIALLY.
UM, SO IT SHOULD CUT DOWN ON THAT COST SIGNIFICANTLY.
AND THE TIME, I SHOULD SAY, UM, WE WERE ALSO THE FIRST, UH, UM, ADVOCACY FIRM TO ASK.
WE WERE, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD THEIR HANDS IN THIS, BUT WE WERE THE FIRST TO ASK FOR, UH, IMPLEMENTATION DEADLINE, OR, SORRY, IMPLEMENTATION EXTENSION, UH, FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE A SIX MONTH IMPLEMENTATION EXTENSION, SO IT DOESN'T GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL JULY ONE OF NEXT YEAR TO GIVE STAFF A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THIS MEANS AND HOW TO ADDRESS TO IT.
AS YOU KNOW, SACRAMENTO LIKES TO PASS BILLS.
THEY START JANUARY ONE OF THE NEXT YEAR, AND IT LEAVES, YOU KNOW, TWO MONTHS DURING THE HOLIDAYS FOR STAFF TO FIGURE OUT HOW IT'S, HOW IT'S DONE.
UM, AND THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT.
SO A SIX MONTH, UH, IS NOT, UH, THE FULL YEAR THAT WE WERE ASKING, BUT IT IS A, A WIN THAT, UH, SHOULD BE CELEBRATED.
MOVING ON TO, UH, FEDERAL ISSUES BRIEFLY.
UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST GOT BACK ACTUALLY LAST NIGHT FROM DC.
UM, IT'S, IT'S A DAILY FIGHT RIGHT NOW.
IT'S, UH, IT'S DEFINITELY, UH, IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY A, A TIME WHERE, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF FIGHTING GOING ON, UH, UH, ACROSS THE AISLE.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING'S EVOLVING, UH, DAILY IN DC.
UM, THE IMPACTS TO CALIFORNIA ARE EVOLVING DAILY.
THE IMPACTS TO THE CITY ARE EVOLVING DAILY.
UM, RIGHT NOW, CALIFORNIA AND DC ARE FEUDING ON SEVERAL THINGS.
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THEM BEING CLIMATE STANDARDS WITH THE ATTEMPTED ROLLBACKS OF OUR ADVANCED CLEAN FLEET, UH, STANDARDS HERE IN CALIFORNIA FOR CONVERTING, UH, MUNICIPAL FLEETS FROM GAS TO ELECTRIC, THE FUNDING THAT COMES WITH THAT.UM, SANCTUARY CITY STATUSES, GRANT PROGRAMS, ROUTINE BUDGET, UM, UH, PROGRAMS FROM DC ALL OF THAT IS, IS UNDER, UH, ATTACK IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER AND CHANGING, UH, RAPIDLY.
UH, WHEN IT COMES TO GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.
UM, YOU KNOW, OUR FEDERAL YEAR, FISCAL YEAR ENDS ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, DIFFERENT THAN THE STATE LEVEL OF JULY ONE.
UM, BUT THE HOUSE HAS PASSED A CLEAN CONTINUING RESOLUTION, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY HAVE ELECTED TO, UM, KEEP THE GOVERNMENT FUNDED AT THE SAME EXACT FUNDING LEVELS, DON'T CHANGE A SINGLE THING, UM, UNTIL NOVEMBER 21ST, UH, AND THEN THEY LEFT TOWN.
UM, SO THEY'RE HOPING THAT THE GOAL IS THAT THE SENATE WOULD PASS A SIMILAR CLEAN CONTINUING RESOLUTION BY SEPTEMBER 30TH, AND THEN WE AVERT A SHUTDOWN.
BUT IF THE SENATE DOES NOT, THEN WE'RE IN SHUTDOWN MODE, UM, UNTIL THEY, BOTH, BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE CAN COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON A CONTINUING RESOLUTION.
UM, I, I THINK THIS COULD GO ON FOR, UH, A COUPLE MONTHS.
I, I THINK WE PROBABLY SEE A BUDGET, A FULL YEAR BUDGET BY DECEMBER, IS MY GUESS.
UM, BUT IT COULD GO INTO LAST YEAR WE WENT ALL THE WAY TO FEBRUARY, UH, WITHOUT A FEDERAL BUDGET.
SO, UH, TIME WILL TELL, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO UPDATED LEGISLATIVE ITEMS, UH, SOMETHING ON THE NEXT SLIDE I'LL MENTION, BUT YOU COULD ALSO SEE A COUPLE OF RESCISSION PACKAGES AGAIN COMING OUT OF DC, WHICH IS, UH, CONGRESS'S WAY OF PULLING BACK SOME MONEY THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY ALLOCATED THROUGH, UH, THROUGH OTHER CONGRESSES, OR I SHOULD SAY THE ADMINISTRATION'S, UH, ATTEMPT AT PULLING BACK SOME MONEY.
SO, UM, EVERYTHING'S VERY FLUID RIGHT NOW IN DC AND ANY MONEY COMING FROM DC IS VERY FLUID AS WELL.
UM, SURFACE TRANSPORTATION REAUTHORIZATION.
SO ONCE EVERY, UH, FIVE YEARS, THERE'S A MAJOR, UH, TRANSPORTATION BILL THAT'S PASSED IN DC UM, HAS TO BE PASSED TO REAUTHORIZE ALL OF THEIR PROGRAMS. UM, THE LAST ONE THAT WE DID WAS THE, WAS DONE AS PART OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND INVESTMENT IN JOBS ACT IN 2021.
UM, THE 20 25, 20 26 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION REAUTHORIZATION IS COMING UP.
UM, THIS IS A, UH, A HUGE SPENDING BILL GOING, UH, TO SEND MONEY TO THE STATES, UH, FOR TRANSPORTATION PRIORITIES ACROSS, ACROSS THE, UH, ACROSS THE NATION.
UM, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADVOCATE FOR SPECIFIC PROGRAMS OUT OF THIS SPECIFIC, SPECIFIC CHANGES.
UM, THIS IS WHERE YOUR MONEY FOR A TP COMES FROM.
YOUR SAFE STREETS FOR ALL PROGRAM COMES FROM RAISE, BUILD, UM, ET CETERA.
UM, SO TPA, UM, OUR FIRM HAS ORGANIZED A LETTER OF ABOUT 22 CITIES, UM, TO REQUEST TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WITH CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT, UM, TO, INSTEAD OF DIRECTING BLOCK GRANTS TO THE STATES THAT WE USUALLY DO DIRECT MORE OF THAT MONEY TO THE MPOS, LIKE SCAG TO DISTRIBUTE HOW THEY WANT TO, TO DISTRIBUTE RATHER THAN TO CALTRANS, FOR EXAMPLE.
UM, THE BENEFIT OF THAT IS, I THINK MAYBE OBVIOUS IN THAT THERE'S MORE LOCAL BUY-IN ON THESE PROJECTS, BUT THE CRI THE CRITERIA SHIFTS AS WELL.
SO CALIFORNIA'S MONEY HAS TO GO TO WHAT CALTRANS AND THE ADMINISTRATION WANTS, BUT SCAGS CRITERIA CAN DRASTICALLY CHANGE, RIGHT? THAT COULD BE VERY DIFFERENT AND MAKE FOR A MORE EQUITABLE PROGRAM.
SO, UM, WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT LETTER IS GONNA HAVE SOME LEGS IN DC IN ORDER TO AT LEAST SPLIT UP THE MONEY TO GO FROM STATES TO NPOS AS WELL.
WE THINK THAT'LL BE BENEFICIAL.
UM, AND THEN MOVING ON TO MONEY.
I KNOW WE WANNA TALK ABOUT MONEY RIGHT AFTER PINE AVENUE.
SO, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING.
UM, WE, UH, HELP THE CITY SUBMIT EARMARKS EVERY YEAR TO YOUR, UH, CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS' OFFICES.
YOU HAVE, UH, TWO REPS, REPRESENTATIVE KIM REP, EXCUSE ME.
REPRESENTATIVE KIM AND REPRESENTATIVE TORRES.
UH, WE SUBMITTED SIX EAR MARKS THIS YEAR TO THOSE OFFICES BACK IN MARCH AND APRIL.
UM, AS WELL AS YOUR TWO SENATORS.
UM, IT'S, I'LL SAY IT'S A MIX AND MATCH OF WHO WE SUBMITTED WHAT TO STRATEGICALLY BASED ON THEIR PRIORITIES, BASED ON OUR PRIORITIES.
UM, BUT ALL OF THAT SAID AND DONE IS WE HAVE TWO PROJECTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE FINAL NEGOTIATIONS RIGHT NOW THAT IS THE FIRE RISK REDUCTION PROJECT FOR FUEL MOD, UH, FOR $2 MILLION, UH, THAT WAS INCLUDED, EXCUSE ME, FOR 1,628,000, UH, FROM CONGRESSWOMAN KIM, UH, AND THEN THE LOS SERRANOS FLOOD PROTECTION PROJECT FOR 1,092,000, UH, FROM CONGRESSWOMAN TORRES.
UM, VERY EXCITED TO HAVE TWO PROJECTS IN, THAT'S, THAT'S QUITE RARE.
UM, THAT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE TWO MEMBERS, UH, EACH OF THEM GET 15 TO CHOOSE IN THEIR ENTIRE DISTRICT.
EACH OF THEM CHOSE ONE FOR THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
SO WE'RE VERY, UM, APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.
UM, NOW WE ARE IN THE WAIT AND SEE PATTERN LIKE WE WERE LAST YEAR.
SO IF YOU REMEMBER THIS TIME LAST YEAR, WE HAD TWO PROJECTS INCLUDED AS WELL, AND THEY DECIDED TO PASS A BUDGET WITHOUT EARMARKS COMPLETELY.
UM, SO ALL THE NATIONWIDE EARMARKS GOT WIPED OUT LAST YEAR.
NOW THIS YEAR WE'RE IN THE SAME EXACT POSITION.
WE ARE EXACTLY WHERE WE NEED TO BE, UH, TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
AND WE ARE HOPING THAT EARMARKS GET INCLUDED EITHER IN A FUTURE CR CONTINUING RESOLUTION OR IN A FULL YEAR BUDGET, UM, FROM DC UM, LIKE I SAID, THAT COULD BE, THAT COULD BE DECEMBER, THAT COULD BE MARCH, COULD BE SOONER.
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ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR A VERY THOROUGH, GOOD JOB, ERIC.
[26. Tentative Parcel Map No. 20106 - 4443 Sierra Vista Drive (Case No. SUBD-0003-2024), Greenplanet Home Technology LLC, property owner: The Planning Commission adopted resolution approving Tentative Parcel Map No. 20106, a three-lot subdivision located at 4443 Sierra Vista Drive and determining project exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act, subject to Conditions of Approval, as amended]
ALONG TO, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION MATTERS.UH, WE ONLY HAVE ONE ITEM, ITEM 26.
ANYONE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? NOPE.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC HEARING,
[27. Approve 2024-2025 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report for the Community Development Block Grant Program]
UH, APPROVE.APPROVE THE 20 24 25 CONSOLIDATE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM, UH, MANAGEMENT ANALYST SNYDER TO PRESENT THE COUNCIL.
AND THEN COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS THEY WILL.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL OF THE CDBG 24 25 CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT REFERRED TO AS THE CAPER.
UM, WHICH SUMMARIZES THE ACTIVITIES THAT TOOK PLACE DURING THE 24 25 PROGRAM YEAR.
LAST YEAR, THE CITY WAS AWARDED $407,000 IN CDBG FUNDS.
PLUS THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL 25,000, UM, FROM PRIOR YEARS UNSPENT FUNDS THAT WAS REALLOCATED, UM, THAT WAS REALLOCATED PLUS CARRY FORWARD FUNDS FOR THE HOME IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH WAS $86,000 AND $79,000 FOR THE LOS SERRANOS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT.
A TOTAL FUNDS THAT WERE SPENT THIS PROGRAM YEAR WERE 216,000.
15% OF THE FUNDS SPENT WERE ON ADMINISTRATION, WHICH INCLUDES FUNDING, UM, TO THE INLAND FAIR HOUSING AND MEDIATION BOARD FOR FAIR HOUSING SERVICES.
THERE WAS UNUSED BALANCE OF $18,822 THAT WILL BE REALLOCATED FOR THIS UPCOMING PROGRAM.
YEAR 14% WAS SPENT ON PUBLIC SERVICES.
THERE WAS A BALANCE OF UNUSED TWO $2,800 THAT WILL BE REALLOCATED FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
4% WAS SPENT ON THE HOME IMPROVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM.
THE HOME IMPROVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM WAS ON HOLD THIS PRIOR YEAR, UM, JUST WITH A TRANSITION FROM ALMA HERNANDEZ TO MYSELF.
AND I WAS OUT ON MATERNITY LEAVE, SO THERE WAS A, A BIT OF A GAP, UM, DURING THAT TIME.
BUT THE, SINCE THE PROGRAM HAS RESTARTED AS OF JULY 1ST, UM, AND WE'LL HAVE A CARRYOVER BALANCE OF 95019%, UH, WAS SPENT ON LOS SERRANOS INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS. THIS COMPLETED THE FUNDING FOR THE SIERRA, UH, VISTA DRIVE AND DEL NORTE AVENUE PROJECT THAT WAS COMPLETED IN FEBRUARY OF 2025.
THE MONTECITO DRIVE PROJECT HAS JUST BEGUN, SO NO FUNDS HAVE BEEN SPENT.
THE $265,000 WILL BE CARRIED OVER TO DATE.
NO PUBLIC COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FOR THIS PAPER.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
ANY REPORT OR ANY UH, COMMENTS.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO WE'LL UH, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ANY PUBLIC REQUESTS? NO, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS.
ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK? IF NOT, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE REALLY? ALRIGHT.
[28. 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.]
RIGHT.UH, THIS IS THE TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AG ITEMS. CHERYL, 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 CURRENTLY HAVE TWO SPEAKER CARDS, WHICH WOULD PUT OUR TIME LIMITS AT THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JAMES JANOSKI.
I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY HI TO THE MAYOR AND THE REST OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
UH, MY NAME IS JAMES JANOWSKI AND I WORK WITH THE CHINO VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
I WORK, UH, ON MANY OF THE INITIATIVES WITH THE CHAMBER.
I WORK ON WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT.
I WORK ON THE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM AND I WORK ON OUTREACH AS WELL.
UH, MY EXPERIENCE OF THE CHAMBER HAS BEEN, IT'S BEEN REALLY GREAT.
IT'S REALLY BROADENED MY SKILL SET A LOT AND, UH, IT'S BEEN VERY WORTHWHILE.
AND ALSO THE PEOPLE I WORK WITH HAVE JUST BEEN FANTASTIC.
UM, I ALSO LIKE TO SHARE THAT ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18TH, IT WILL BE THE 2025 BUSINESS EXPO.
IT'LL BE AT CHINO SPECTRUM MARKETPLACE FROM 10:00 AM TO 3:00 PM AND THIS YEAR FOOD VENDORS WILL BE ALLOWED AS WELL.
UH, IF YOU WANT, IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION
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ON PRICES, YOU CAN GO TO THE CHINO VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WEBSITE AND THEN LOOK UNDER EVENTS.THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
SO, UH, GIVE US A LITTLE BACKGROUND.
WHERE'D YOU GO TO HIGH SCHOOL? WHERE'D YOU GROW UP? OH, MY NAME IS JAMES CHINKY.
AND I, I WENT TO, WELL, I GREW UP IN CHINO.
I'VE LIVED HERE, OR CHINO MY WHOLE LIFE.
BUT, UH, I'VE NEVER LIVED IN, I'VE LIVED IN ONE HOUSE, YOU KNOW, SO I WAS BEEN JUST KIND OF THE SAME AREA.
I, THE FIRST SCHOOL I WENT TO WAS OPA.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU REMEMBER OPA.
BEFORE YOU KNOW, IT CLOSED DOWN.
BUT THEN I WENT TO WICKMAN AFTER THAT.
AND THEN, YEAH, CHINOS HIGH SCHOOL, THAT'S WHERE HIS KIDS COME.
AND NOW I GO TO, UH, I STARTED MY FIRST YEAR AT CHAFFEE COLLEGE.
YEAH, SO, AND IT IS PRETTY GOOD THERE.
I LIKE IT MORE THAN HIGH SCHOOL.
SO, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S GOING PRETTY WELL.
SO, DID YOUR COWORKERS AT THE CHAMBER TELL YOU TO SAY YOU LOVE WORKING WITH YOUR COWORKERS? UH, I, I WANTED TO SAY THEY, THEY REALLY HAVE BEEN GREAT RECORDING YOU.
I MEAN, WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, HER AND STUFF LIKE THAT, I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, EVEN SPEAK HERE RIGHT NOW.
'CAUSE THAT REALLY, THE REASON WHY I WALKED IN THAT BUILDING WAS 'CAUSE I, THERE'S A CLASS IN, UH, CHINS HIGH SCHOOL CALLED THE WORK EXPERIENCE.
AND, UH, IT GAVE ME A FREE PERIOD
SO I LIKED IT A LOT, OF COURSE.
AND I NEEDED TO FIND A PLACE BECAUSE I, I DIDN'T HAVE A JOB.
I, I, I WORKED FOR A BIT AND THEN I, I STOPPED WORKING WHERE I WAS DOING CATERING A LITTLE BIT.
AND SO I WAS JUST LOOKING FOR PLACES TO VOLUNTEER.
AND I WALKED INTO THE CHAMBER AND THEY SAID I COULD, YOU KNOW, START AN INTERNSHIP.
SO I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, OKAY, I'LL, I'LL DO THAT.
SO I ENDED UP GOING TO YORK FOR A LITTLE BIT, SO I COULDN'T START IMMEDIATELY.
AND THEN IT WAS JULY I CAME IN AND I STARTED THE INTERNSHIP OFFICIALLY.
AND THEN I'VE BEEN WORKING SINCE THEN AND I'M, I'M HAPPY I WALKED INTO THAT BUILDING 'CAUSE IT'S REALLY BEEN BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BRETT PETRO.
TOP THAT BRETT, NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH BRIAN.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT FOR 35 YEARS.
I LIVE IN THE VILLAGE OAKS COMMUNITY AND I WANT TO TALK TO YOU FOLKS, THE COUNCIL, UM, MAYOR BENNETT AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, ABOUT A NOTHING THAT'S ON AGENDA TONIGHT, BUT IT WILL BE IN THE FUTURE AND HAS BEEN IN THE PAST.
UH, IF YOU LIVE IN THE VILLAGE OAKS AREA, YOU KNOW THERE'S POOR CELL COVERAGE AND IT'S BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE SINCE WE MOVED IN THERE.
WHEN, WHEN WE FIRST MOVED IN, UH, THERE WEREN'T REALLY MANY CELL PHONES.
UH, MAYBE A FLIP AT BEST, BUT, UM, MORE RECENTLY, AND IT WAS HIGHLIGHTED BY THE FIRES IN JANUARY.
I MEAN, THE FIRES AND THE WINDSTORMS IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, UH, WHERE OUR POWER THROUGH PSPS AND SEE WERE SHUT OFF FOR MANY HOURS ARE PARTICULAR INSTANCE, 30 TO 40 HOURS OVER A WEEK OR MORE, PERIOD.
UM, EVEN WITH WIFI CALLING ENABLED AND REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE POWER COMPANIES OR THE, THE CELL PROVIDERS SAY WHEN OUR WIFI GOES DOWN, I HAVE NO SIGNAL.
EVEN WITH A GENERATOR, WHICH I HAVE PLUGGED IN THIS, THERE WAS STILL NO SIGNAL.
I HAVE TO GO SEARCH FOR A CELL SIGNAL WHEN THAT OCCURS.
UM, MAKE NO MISTAKE, IT IS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE.
IT'S THAT WHOLE PORTION OF YOUR CITY THAT CAN'T COMMUNICATE WITH 9 1 1.
AND I ASSUME YOUR, UH, POLICE AND, UH, FIRE SERVICE, AT LEAST ON A CELLULAR LEVEL HAVE SIMILAR ISSUES.
I'M NOT SURE ABOUT 800 OR OTHER RADIO COMMUNICATION ISSUES.
SO WHAT I'M ASKING WHEN THESE ISSUES COME FORWARD, AND I DO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY A SPECIFIC CITY PROBLEM.
THIS IS THE CELL PROVIDER PROBLEM.
AND WHEN THEY COME FORWARD WITH EQUIPMENT REQUESTS TO INSTALL IMPROVEMENTS IN THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE, CELL TOWERS, BDAS, WHATEVER IT IS, PLEASE REMEMBER WHAT I'M TELLING YOU AND DON'T, UM, GIVE TOO MUCH CREDENCE TO THE VOCAL MINORITY WITH ALL OF THEIR TALKING POINTS.
I'M WELL AWARE OF 'EM, BUT THE REALITY IS IT'S A TRUE PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE AND IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THE, AS WE GO FORWARD AND MAKE DECISIONS IN THE CITY.
I, OBVIOUSLY I'M YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER IN VILLAGE OAKS.
JUST DRIVING AROUND, I CAN TELL IF I'M ON MY CELL PHONE, I WILL TELL 'EM, OKAY, I'M ABOUT TO GET DROPPED AND WE KNOW RIGHT WHERE ON PEYTON WE, IT HAPPENS.
RIGHT? SO THE ISSUE IS LINE OF
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SIGHT TOWERS.AND YOU ALSO POINTED OUT THE OTHER POINT, WHICH IS, UH, WHEN WE HAVE CELL TOWERS WANTING TO LOCATE IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CITY, PEOPLE COME OUT, THAT VOCAL MINORITY COMES OUT AND COMPLAINS ABOUT THE EFFECT ON THEIR VISION OR THEIR, UH, THEIR VIEW AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO YEAH, IT'S A PROBLEM WE CONTINUE TO DEAL WITH AND THE TECHNOLOGY IS NOT GETTING ANY DIFFERENT TO WHERE IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE A PROBLEM FOR A WHILE, BUT WE, WE ARE WELL AWARE OF IT AND WE'RE GOING, WE WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO, TO HELP, UH, EXACERBATE THAT OR TAKE CARE OF THAT PROBLEM.
AND I'M APOLOGIZE IF I'M BEYOND MY THREE, BUT, UM, NO, THAT'S FINE.
WHEN WE MOVED IN, WE HAD HARDLINE CELL PHONES.
SO IT WASN'T AS BIG OF AN ISSUE.
I, AND I STILL HAVE A, A QUOTE UNQUOTE HARDLINE CELL PHONE.
IT'S NOT REALLY A HARDLINE CELL PHONE, IT'S, OTHER THAN IT'S THE NEW, NEW VERSION OF IT THAT GOES DOWN AS WELL.
SO YEAH, WHEN THE HARD LINE GOES, WHEN THE POWER GOES OUT, YOU HAVE NO, NOTHING.
EXCUSE ME, SIR, DO YOU GET YOUR NOTIFICATIONS VIA, UH, THE EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS FROM THE CITY WHEN THERE'S A DISASTER OR FIRE, WHATEVER? DO YOU GET THAT FROM THE CITY? YES, I DO.
ON YOUR CELL PHONE? YES, I DO.
I'M SIGNED UP AND I DO RECEIVE THOSE.
BUT DURING THOSE, THOSE TIMEFRAMES, UH, MANY OF THOSE NOTIFICATIONS WERE DELAYED AT BEST.
MY QUESTION, I KNOW THE CITY MANAGER, WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE.
ARE WE DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS? I KNOW YOU, YOU'VE CHECKED INTO IT.
WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING? UH, I THINK, UH, GIVEN THAT THIS ISN'T ON THE AGENDA, WE'LL BRING BACK AN UPDATE, BUT I KNOW THAT THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC HAS SHARED SOME, UH, DESIRE TO EXPLORE AS MANY DIFFERENT WAYS FOR COMMUNICATION AS WE CAN CELL, UH, CONNECTIVITY AND, UH, ADDITIONAL RADIO FREQUENCY IS SOMETHING WE CAN BRING BACK, UH, TO SHOWCASE SO THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS MORE ABOUT IT.
[ SAFETY UPDATES - Fire and Police]
UPDATES.JEREMY, HOW ABOUT FOR THE FIRE EVENING? UH, MAYOR, COUNCIL AND STAFF, I'LL KEEP MY COMMENTS VERY BRIEF THIS EVENING.
UH, MANY, MANY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY MAY HAVE NOTICED WE'RE VERY EXCITED.
CONSTRUCTION HAS BEGUN THIS WEEK ON FIRE STATION 68.
IN FACT, THEY STARTED MOVING DIRT TODAY AND THE COMMUNITY WILL SEE, UH, MORE ACTIVITY AS WE GO ON, UH, DAY BY DAY AND WE START TO BRING LIFE FOR THAT PROJECT.
WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO THANK, UH, SPECIFICALLY TO THE STAFF FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS AS WE, UH, MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD.
UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR WORKING SO WELL WITH US TO GET THIS PROJECT OFF THE GROUND AND THANK YOU TO THE DIRECTORS AS WELL.
FINALLY, LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE PUBLIC AT THE STATE OF THE FIRE DISTRICT EVENT OCTOBER 23RD.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU MARYANNE, FOR GETTING THE NICE PICTURES THAT ARE IN THE PAPER THIS LAST WEEKEND OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT'S OUT THERE.
ALRIGHT, UH, LI
HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF THIS EVENING.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT.
[ 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 General Policy Committee Legislative Policy Committee Metro Valley Study Session Transit Committee Council Member Rogers Chino Hills Community Foundation Board Tres Hermanos Conservation Authority Board Water Facilities Authority Board]
UH, CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT.UH, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THING I BELIEVE THAT HAPPENED TO THE LAST BOARD MEETING WAS, UH, WE HAD TO SAY GOODBYE TO CARLOS SKI BAR.
UH, UH, BUT TONIGHT I WANT TO SAY HELLO TO JOHN CRIPE, UH, OUR BATTALION CHIEF, UH, WHO IS OUT OF UH, SIX.
YOU OUTLASTED THE TWO BOARD MEMBERS THAT WERE HERE.
UH, CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UH, THERE WAS A, A LIGHT, OR EXCUSE ME, UH, E UM, DICKIE WAS HAD A, A SCHOOL, UH, PRESENTATION OF, OF THREE STUDENTS THAT WERE THERE.
UH, I GAVE THE MEASURE G UH, ANNUAL REPORT THAT NIGHT.
OTHER THAN THAT, IT WAS A PRETTY CALM NIGHT.
SO THAT'S THE END OF MY REPORTS.
FOR WEST VALLEY MOSQUITO AND VETERAN CONTROL DISTRICT BOARD, UH, HAD A MEETING TODAY.
UM, I ATTENDED THE S-B-C-T-A GENERAL POLICY COMMITTEE.
WE REVIEWED THE FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26, BUDGET ACTION PLAN.
S-B-C-T-A ALSO APPROVED THE VEHICLE.
MILES TRAVELED MITIGATION UPDATE OR WAS GIVEN AN UPDATE AND WE APPROVED IT S-B-C-T-A COG.
WE REVIEWED THE ENGAGEMENT FRAMEWORK, THE LEGISLATIVE POLICY COMMITTEE FOR S-B-C-T-A.
WE WENT OVER STATE AND FEDERAL UPDATES.
WE REVIEWED RESOLUTION NUMBER 26 DASH 0 0 6 REGARDING BMT MITIGATION, COST TRANS COMMITTEE CONTINUATION OF HO HORAN AS A CONSOLIDATED SERVICE AGENCY FOR THE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.
METRO VALLEY STUDY SESSION, FISCAL YEAR 2025.
BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR MEASURE I BACKSTOP FOR THE EXPRESS LANE OPERATION STATE, ROUTE 60 CENTRAL AVENUE, CENTRAL AVENUE INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENTS.
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LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE MEETING.WE WENT OVER THE UPDATES AND THEN ALSO THE END OF SESSION.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS? YES, A COUPLE THINGS.
CHIN OF HOST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
WE DID THE USUAL BUSINESS TALKING ABOUT INVESTMENTS, TALKING ABOUT THE FINANCIALS.
AND THEN WE DISCUSSED THE ANDY VARGAS CONCERT, WHICH TOOK PLACE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND SOLD A HUNDRED, 430 TICKETS.
INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL CONCERT.
AND AGAIN, ANDY VARGAS IS THE LEAD SINGER FOR SANTANA.
AND THE COMMUNITY WAS REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THE PERFORMANCE THAT WAS GOING ON BECAUSE THERE WAS A MINI SANTANA CONCERT THAT WE TOOK, TOOK PLACE.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE WINE WALK, WHICH WAS UPCOMING IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
AND HOLD THAT WHEN I GET TO MY, ALSO, I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE WHEN I GET TO MY COUNCIL COMMENTS, BUT THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
TICKETS ARE ON SALE, BUT I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A COUPLE MINUTES.
AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE GALLERY, THE ART GALLERY, WHICH, UH, IS AT THE SHOPS IS MOVING TO A NEW LOCATION AT THE SHOPS BECAUSE THERE'S A TENANT COMING IN.
SO WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.
NEXT STEP IS TRACE ROMANOS, ANDRE ROMANO'S.
COUPLE OF ITEMS. WE ACTUALLY HAD A FAIRLY LONG MEETING.
YOU WEREN'T THERE, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS CLOSE TO A, A RECORD I THINK HALF AN HOUR, I THINK.
HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN AN AGENCY? SINCE 16 COUPLE YEARS.
THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION, THAT'S PROBABLY HALF AN HOUR.
WE APPROVED BECAUSE OF THAT AND GETTING TOGETHER, WE DID APPROVE A, A NEW MEETING SCHEDULE OR INSTEAD OF MEETING SIX TIMES A YEAR, WE'RE GONNA MEET FOUR TIMES A YEAR OR QUARTERLY.
SO WE PROVED THE BOARD APPROVED THAT.
AND WE ALSO HAD EXTENSIVE CONVERSATION ON CATTLE GRAZING.
I KNOW, I KNOW CATTLE GRAZING.
WE, WE HAVE A, UH, LEASE AGREEMENT WITH TWO CATTLE GRAZERS NOW ON THE PROPERTY.
SO THAT IS TRACE ROMANO'S AND WFA OR WATER FACILITIES AUTHORITY, ONE OF OUR WATER AGENCIES THAT PROVIDES TO US NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORTS.
[ COUNCIL COMMENTS]
COUNCIL COMMENTS.PETER, IS THERE ANY TALK ABOUT FUTURE, UM, TOURS, AGAIN, PUBLIC TOURS THAT HAVE BEEN SO WELL RECEIVED FROM CHASER MODELS? YEAH, THAT'S ACTUALLY IN A WEEK OR THIS SATURDAY.
SO I GUESS YOU'RE USING THE WAITING LIST.
IT'S NOT PUBLICIZED OR ANYTHING.
SO THEY'VE DRAWN FROM THE LAST ELEMENTS OF THE WAITING LIST, WHICH AT ONE POINT WAS FOUR TO 500.
AND WILL THIS TOUR FINALLY GET THROUGH THE WAITING LIST WHERE WE CAN START PUBLICIZING IT TO THE PUBLIC? WE'LL START WITH A CLEAN SLATE.
'CAUSE I STILL HAVE PEOPLE THAT ASK ME AND I SAID, WE'RE HAVE THE WAITING LIST, SO RIGHT.
UM, JUST A COUPLE THINGS LIKE, UM, ATTENDED THE NINE 11 CEREMONY THAT, UH, THE FIRE DISTRICT DOES EVERY YEAR.
THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING THAT.
AND UM, VERY, UM, VERY NICE REMEMBRANCE HOW IT'S HANDLED.
AND I WISH DEPUTY NEGRO WAS STILL HERE.
I JUST WANTED TO AGAIN PUBLICLY SAY, UM, A VERY HAPPY RETIREMENT.
UM, NOEL WAS A VERY UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL WHO, WHO HANDLED, I KNOW HIM FROM CHINO HALL HIGH SCHOOL.
HE'S A STUDENT RESOURCE OFFICER AND HE JUST HAS THIS SKILL OF COLLABORATION AND WORKING WITH CRAZY PARENTS.
'CAUSE THEY ARE CRAZY AND STUDENTS.
AND, UM, WHEN I FOUND OUT HE WAS RETIRING, I WAS SO SAD.
BUT THEN I WAS SO HAPPY WHEN HE WALKED INTO MY CLASSROOM WITH HIS NEW UNIFORM ON, AND OF COURSE THE KIDS WERE LIKE, OOH, BUSTED.
LIKE, THEY THOUGHT SOMEONE GOT IN TROUBLE.
AND THEN HE GAVE ME A BIG HUG.
AND, UM, BUT I'M SO HAPPY HE'S STILL THERE, BUT HE IS JUST GOING TO BE, UM, MISSED AND HAS TOUCHED SO MANY RESIDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY CAPTAIN.
AND, UH, HE'S BEEN SO SPECIAL TO THE, TO THE YOUTH AND HE REALLY HAS, HAS DONE A LOT OF GOOD OVER THERE.
BUT WE LIKE HIM IN HIS NEW ROLE.
AND THAT'S THE ONLY COMMENTS I HAVE TONIGHT THERE.
ALL RIGHT, PETER, LET'S GO BACK TO YOU.
AND WE HAVE THE WINE WALK COMING UP.
THAT'S THE BIG FUNDRAISER FOR THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
UH, AND WE GIVE ALL THE MONIES, GO BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY.
WE'RE, WE'RE GIVING SIGNIFICANT MONIES BACK THESE DAYS.
WE HAVE PLENTY OF TICKETS AT THE MOMENT, BUT IT WILL, IT DOES SELL OUT FOR THE GENERAL ADMISSION FOR WINE WALK.
AND THAT IS OCTOBER 11TH, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN.
AND YOU CAN SOURCE CHINO HILLS WINE WALK.COM TO BUY YOUR $75 TICKETS.
AND IT'LL BE A WONDERFUL EVENT.
AND I ONLY HAVE ONE OTHER ITEM, AND I'VE JUST BEEN MEAN TO BRING THIS UP, HAVING TO DO WITH
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THE PROPERTY, UH, AT THE S TURNS.THE, THE BIG, THE, THE A THE VALLEY AREA THAT ORIGINALLY WAS GONNA HAVE 28 HOMES AND THAT, THAT, THAT ALL KIND OF FELL BY THE WAYSIDE AFTER YEARS OF NOTHING HAPPENING.
AND THEN THERE'S BEEN SOME SOCIAL MEDIA QUESTIONS ABOUT, HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON THERE? WE SEE VEHICLES THERE, WE SEE.
SO I THOUGHT, OKAY, NICK, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THAT PROPERTY THAT, UH, WAS, WASN'T IT STONEFIELD? OR IS IT STONEFIELD STILL? YEAH, IT, IT WAS KNOWN AS STONEFIELD.
IT'LL, UH, IT'LL PROBABLY HAVE A DIFFERENT NAME AND IT'S NEW ITERATION.
UM, UH, WOODSIDE HOMES, UH, IS WORKING ON A SUBDIVISION PROPOSAL FOR THAT PROPERTY.
THEY'VE MADE APPLICATION TO THE CITY, UH, FOR, UH, 46 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
AND THEY, THEY'RE IN THE INITIAL STAGES.
SO, UM, WHAT PEOPLE HAVE SEEN IS SOME SOIL TESTING WORK, UH, FOR GEOTECHNICAL EVALUATION FOR THE, THE GRADING THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY TAKE PLACE, BUT STILL NEEDS TO BE APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, WE NEED TO DO, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, ANALYSIS OF IT.
SO, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT STILL HAS TO KIND OF GO THROUGH ITS, ITS PACES, UM, IN THE ENTITLEMENT STAGE BEFORE IT GETS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR REVIEW AND TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
DO THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO SAY YAY OR NAY OR IS IT, IS IT MORE REFINED THAN THAT AS FAR AS, UH, WITH THAT PROJECT? UM, IT, IT, IT IS, UM, RELATIVELY SIMPLE BECAUSE WHAT THEY'RE, UM, LOOKING AT FROM A, FROM A CODE STANDPOINT, BECAUSE WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING.
IT'S ALREADY APPROVED, RIGHT? UH, IT, IT IS, IT IS NOT.
SO THERE WAS A PLAN DEVELOPMENT THERE APPROVED BY THE COUNTY, UM, PRIOR TO INCORPORATION.
AND SO, UM, WOODSIDE HOMES, UH, PLAN IS TO ESSENTIALLY FOLLOW, UH, ALONG WITH THE ALLOWED, UH, DENSITY OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE COUNTY, UH, WHICH WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH OUR ZONING AND GENERAL PLAN.
SO I, I DON'T WANT TO GO TOO DEEP WITH, IN FACT, I WON'T, I'LL STOP THERE.
WE'LL GO THERE, BUT I'M NOT EVEN LOOKING OVER MY SHOULDER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THAT'S IT.
UM, I MISSED THE NINE 11 MEMORIAL, SO I DO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
I HAD TWO MEETINGS THAT DAY, BUT I STILL REMEMBER THE 343 MEN AND WOMEN THAT WE LOST THAT DAY.
SO AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING THIS.
UM, THE SECOND THING I WANT TO MENTION IS I'M SEEING, UH, TRUCKS AGAIN THROUGH THE, GOING THROUGH CARBON CANYON HAULING DIRT, AND IT'S GONNA END THIS FRIDAY, SO THEY'RE JUST REMOVING THE REST OF THE DIRT.
SO IT SHOULD BE DONE BY THIS FRIDAY.
UM, I THINK I'M JUST GONNA TOUCH ON YOUR ADJOURNED MEMORY.
AND, UH, LIKEWISE ON THE, UH, REMEMBRANCE NINE 11 IS ALWAYS, UH, UM, SOMETHING'S VERY, VERY EMOTIONAL AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT DOES IT SO WELL.
IT'S, UH, IT'S, IT'S VERY, IT'S PROFESSIONAL, IT'S EMOTIONAL.
IT'S, UH, BAG TYPES, BAGPIPES.
[ 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.]
UM, ADJOURNMENT THIS EVENING, WE, WE HAD A, A RECENT TRAGEDY, UH, JUST IN THE LAST COUPLE DAYS.I, I, I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT, BUT I THINK SOME OF THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL MENTION THIS ONE BEFORE I GO INTO MY SECOND ADJOURN ADJOURNMENT.
BUT THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE AD ADJOURNMENT MEMORY OF MICAH PAN WHO PASSED AWAY AT AGE 53.
PAN WAS A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF CHINO HILLS AND SERVED HIS COMMUNITY AS A LOCAL OPTOMETRIST.
AND FROM THE REPORTS WE GET IN THE PAPER, HE WAS TRAGICALLY, UH, RUN OVER BY A HIT AND RUN DRIVER.
UH, ON, ON HIS BICYCLE, HE EARNED HIS BACHELOR'S DEGREE, UH, BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BIO RESOURCE SCIENCES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY, AND RECEIVED A DOCTORATE OF OPTOMETRY DEGREE FROM THE NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY.
PAN HAS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE, LINDA, AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN, JACOB AND JANE.
HE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS KINDNESS AND PROFESSIONALISM AND THE POSITIVE IMPACT HE MADE FOR ALL OF THOSE AROUND HIM.
NOW, BEFORE I DO MY SECOND ONE, I'M GONNA LET EACH ONE OF YOU THAT KNEW HIM PERSONALLY THAT WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING.
UH, HE WAS A HORRIBLE OPTOMETRIST.
GOD, WE'VE GONE TO HIM FOR YEARS.
KIDS WENT THROUGH WICKMAN, JUST SALT TO THE EARTH.
CYNTHIA, DID YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING? NO, I, I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING.
UH, HE'LL BE SORELY MISSED OBVIOUSLY.
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ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2025, THE DAY AFTER OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING, A YOUNG 31-YEAR-OLD MAN, CHARLIE KIRK WAS ASSASSINATED ON THE CAMPUS OF UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY IN ORUM, UTAH.I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT THE MURDER OF THIS YOUNG MAN MAY BE ONE OF THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL TRAGEDIES IN RECENT HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
THIS HAS BEEN EVIDENCED BY THE COUNTLESS EMOTIONAL TRIBUTES DEMONSTRATED NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY SINCE HIS PASSING AND IS SHOWN AT HIS MEMORIAL SERVICE HAS PASSED SUNDAY IN GLENDALE, ARIZONA.
THIS DEVOTED YOUNG MAN, HUSBAND, FATHER, AND DEVOUT CHRISTIAN HAS HAD A PROFOUND IMPACT ON OUR WORLD AND HIS ORGANIZATION.
TURNING POINT USA HAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME A BEACON OF TRUTH AND HOPE FOR ALL OF US, ESPECIALLY OUR YOUTH.
THEREFORE, I WANT TO ADJOURN IN MEM MEMORIAL HOPE AND PRAYER FOR CHARLIE'S WIFE ERICA.
THEIR TWO SMALL CHILDREN AND FAMILY MEMBERS.
THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND WITH THAT, WE'LL CONCLUDE OUR MEETING.