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[ SPECIAL MEETING - 3:00 P.M. - CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL]
EVENING OR GOOD AFTERNOON.AND, UH, WELCOME TO THE FEE SCHEDULE AND DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE WORKSHOP FOR CITY OF CHINO HILLS, OCTOBER 14TH, ROLL CALL.
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
PLEASE RISE AND JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.THIS IS GONNA BE LED BY VICE MAYOR JOES.
I ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION AND ANOTHER GOD AND INVIS WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
ALRIGHT, CHERYL, YOU WANNA READ
[1. PUBLIC COMMENTS: At this time members of the public may address the City Council regarding the Fee Schedule and Development Impact Fees Workshop. Those persons wishing to address the City Council are requested to complete and submit to the City Clerk a "Request to Speak" card available at the entrance to the City Council Chambers. Comments will be limited to three minutes per speaker.]
IN ABOUT ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THE FEE SCHEDULE AND DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES WORKSHOP.THOSE PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ARE REQUESTED TO COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD.
AT THIS TIME, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS, HOWEVER, I DO WANNA MAKE NOTE THAT WE DID RECEIVE COM TWO COMMENTS VIA EMAIL.
THEY HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED ON THE DAIS TO YOU AS WELL AS PA PLACED DOWN IN THE PUBLIC BOOK.
[2. Discuss and provide initial direction on annual update to Master Schedule of Fees, Fines and Penalties and new Development Impact Fee Nexus Study relating to proposed new or increased development impact fees for general governmental facilities, traffic facilities, fire facilities, and parks and recreation facilities, together with related Capital Improvement Plan, and proposed increased Quimby park dedication and in-lieu fee requirements]
LET'S SEE.BEN, DO YOU WANT TO READ THE PURPOSE OF THIS, UH, HEARING? YES.
SO THIS IS TO DISCUSS AND PROVIDE INITIAL DIRECTION ON THE ANNUAL UPDATE TO THE MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES, FINES, AND PENALTIES, AND THE NEW DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES.
NEXT TO STUDY FINANCE DIRECTOR BAHA, TO PRESENT.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER, STAFF, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
UM, THIS WORKSHOP IS IN TWO PARTS, SO WE'LL BE GOING OVER THE FEE SCHEDULE, TAKE A LITTLE BREAK, AND THEN GO OVER THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES.
SO WE'LL BEGIN THE WORKSHOP BY REVIEWING THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE TO USER FEES.
USER FEES ARE CHARGES FOR SPECIFIC CITY SERVICES, SUCH AS RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS, PERMITS AND FACILITY RENTALS, AND HELP ENSURE THAT THE COST OF PROVIDING THESE SERVICES IS SHARED FAIRLY BY THOSE WHO USE THEM.
CITY STAFF WORKED WITH WILL AND FINANCIAL SERVICES TO COMPLETE THIS UPDATE, ANALYZING SERVICE COSTS AND RECOMMENDING ADJUSTMENTS TO THE, TO ENSURE THE FEES REMAIN FAIR AND DEFENSIBLE.
JOINING US TODAY TO WALK THROUGH THE STUDY'S PROCESS IS TONY THRASHER FROM WILLAN FINANCIAL SERVICES.
FOLLOWING TONY'S PRESENTATION, I WILL REVIEW THE PROPOSED NEW FEES AND SIGNIFICANT CHANGES INCLUDED IN THIS UPDATE.
I'LL NOW TURN IT OVER TO TONY.
IS THAT WORKING? HOW ABOUT NOW?
HAVE TO FIGURE THIS OUT, RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, SO I'M TONY THRASHER, THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE USER FEE STUDY.
I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS ON COST ALLOCATION PLANS, USER FEE STUDIES, AND SO THIS IS AN UPDATE TO THAT.
UH, BUT A MORE COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT YOUR FEES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UPDATE THE STRUCTURES AND THE FEE AND THE FEE AMOUNTS.
WHO'S INVOLVED, ALL THAT KIND OF MOVING FORWARD, RIGHT? SO START OFF WITH JUST A DEFINITION OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
KRISTA TOUCHED ON THAT, RIGHT? USER FEES PROVIDE FOR PRIVATE BENEFITS UPON REQUEST OF SERVICES, EITHER DIRECTLY THROUGH THAT SERVICE REQUEST OR THROUGH A COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENT.
STATE LAW REQUIRES, UH, THAT THE FEE BE REASONABLE BASED OFF OF THE REASONABLE COST OF PROVIDING THAT SERVICE.
SO YOU CAN'T GO OVER A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THAT.
ALSO NOTE THAT USER FEES DO NOT INCLUDE IMPACT FEES, WHICH WILL BE COMING LATER, RIGHT? IE THEY ALSO DON'T INCLUDE UTILITY RATES, TAXES, OR ANYTHING THAT IS NOT, UH, DOESN'T FALL UNDER A PROP 26 FEE, RIGHT? EXCLUSION FROM A, UH, A TAX.
SO WHY UPDATE YOUR USER FEES? BECAUSE THEY ARE PRIVATE BENEFIT SERVICES, RIGHT? UM, THEY ARE PROVIDING THAT PRIVATE BENEFIT AND THE COST OF THESE RESIDE WITHIN YOUR GENERAL FUND.
AND SO ANY SUBSIDY TO THESE PRIVATE BENEFITS, UH, HAVE TO COME OUT OF YOUR GENERAL TAX DOLLARS, RIGHT? AND SO THEY CAN IMPACT YOUR ABILITY TO FUND GENERAL LIABILITY TYPE OR, SORRY, LIABILITY GENERAL ACTIVITIES, RIGHT? GENERAL BENEFIT TYPE ACTIVITIES SUCH AS IF YOU WANT TO SUBSIDIZE FOR PARKS AND RECREATION, PUBLIC SAFETY COUNCIL INITIATIVES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, UH, SUSTAINED, UH, SUBSIDIZATION CAN, UH, IMPACT YOUR ABILITY TO FUND, UH, YOUR, UH, YOUR SERVICE QUALITY THAT YOU MIGHT WANT AT, AT LEVELS YOU MIGHT WANT.
UH, WE DON'T SEE THAT WITHIN THE CITY.
UH, THE SUGGESTED FEES THAT YOU HAVE IN HERE ARE REASONABLE, UH, JUST KIND OF INCREASES, UH, AND SOME DECREASES OVER THE YEARS JUST TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE IN LINE WITH THE COST OF SERVICE.
UH, BUT ALWAYS WANT TO NOTE THAT.
UH, AND ULTIMATELY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KNOW WHAT YOUR COST OF PROVIDING SERVICES ARE SO YOU CAN MAKE THE POLICY DECISION ON WHERE TO SET THOSE FEES.
AND OF COURSE, UNDER STATE LAW, YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE COST IS IN ORDER TO, TO SET THE FEE AS WELL.
SO THE OBJECTIVES WITHIN A USER FEE STUDY ARE FIRST AND FOREMOST, DETERMINE WHAT THAT COST PROVIDING EACH OF YOUR SERVICES ARE, RIGHT? YOUR STAFF, UH, AND WE ASSIST THEM WITH THIS AS REVIEW OF YOUR FEE SCHEDULES TO IDENTIFY HOW SERVICES PROVIDED.
NOW, UH, BASED OFF OF HOW YOUR CURRENT SCHEDULE IS SET UP, IDENTIFY CHANGES, UH, THEY MIGHT WANNA MAKE TO MAKE SURE IT REFLECTS SERVICES MOVING FORWARD.
THAT'S ADDING NEW FEES, REMOVING OBSOLETE FEES, ADJUSTMENT OF THE STRUCTURES TO MAKE SURE THEY REFLECT HOW THAT SERVICE IS BEING, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, PROVIDED,
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RIGHT? AND THEN WE USE FULLY BURDEN, HOURLY RATES AND TIME DATA, RIGHT? SO WHAT DOES IT TAKE FOR STAFF THAT'S DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH PROVIDING THAT SERVICE ALONG WITH FULLY BURDEN HOURLY RATES? AND THAT GIVES US OUR FULL COST CALCULATION FOR EACH ONE.NOW, ONCE WE GET THAT FULL COST CALCULATION, UH, THEN WE COMPARE THAT TO WHAT YOUR CURRENT FEE IS, TO IDENTIFY THAT DELTA, WHAT THAT CHA THAT DIFFERENCE IS BETWEEN YOUR CURRENT FEE AND FULL COST, AND IDENTIFY ANY, UH, CHANGES OR SUGGESTED CHANGES IN FEES, UH, THAT, UH, WOULD BE RECOMMENDED BY US AS WELL AS STAFF IN YOUR DEPARTMENTS.
NOW, IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE SUBSIDIES WITHIN YOUR FEE SCHEDULE.
THERE ALWAYS WILL BE, UH, THINGS LIKE FACILITY RENTAL, UM, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION TYPE SERVICES CLASSES.
THOSE ARE ALWAYS GONNA BE SUBSIDIZED TO SOME LEVEL, AND THEY ARE IN EVERY CITY THAT WE WORK WITH, RIGHT? THERE'S NO CITY WE WORK WITH.
IT DOESN'T HAVE SOME LEVEL OF SUBSIDY IN THEIR FEES.
IT'S JUST, YOU WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE, UH, THAT YOU KNOW WHERE THOSE ARE SO THAT IT CAN BE MORE OF A POLICY DECISION.
NOW, THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY IS THIS IS A CITYWIDE FEE STUDY.
SO PRETTY MUCH ALL DEPARTMENTS ARE INVOLVED, UH, WITH THE STUDY, UH, AT SOME POINT, RIGHT? I WON'T READ 'EM OFF.
YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, EVERY DEPARTMENT'S KIND OF INVOLVED IN SOME WAY OR FORM.
I'LL NOTE THAT THE UTILITY BILLING IS UP THERE.
IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE UTILITY RATES.
IT WOULD INC IT INCLUDES THE SERVICES, THE FEE SERVICES THAT SURROUND THAT, RIGHT? SO THEY NEED TO PROVIDE A DIRECT, UH, SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC THAT'S NOT RELATED TO THE RATES THEMSELVES BECAUSE THESE ARE, UH, SERVICES PROVIDED BY STAFF.
THIS IS OPERATIONAL COSTS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
SO WE START OFF WITH EXPENDITURE DATA, STAFFING STRUCTURES, THE ORG STRUCTURE TO IDENTIFY, UH, WHO'S WORKING ON FEES AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE CITY.
WE INCORPORATE CENTRAL SERVICE OR INDIRECT OVERHEAD THROUGH THE COST ALLOCATION PLAN.
THAT GIVES US, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MEASURE OF SUPPORT PROVIDED BY YOUR CENTRAL SERVICES OF THE CITY TO THE, UH, DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE PROVIDING SERVICES OUTSIDE OF OR TO THE CITIES, UH, THEMSELVES, RIGHT? SO THEN WE USE TIME ESTIMATES OF, AS I MENTIONED, TO COME UP WITH, UH, WHAT IT TAKES FOR ALL DIRECT STAFF TO PROVIDE SERVICES.
AND I, I, I, YOU'LL HEAR ME TALK ABOUT DIRECT VERSUS INDIRECT, RIGHT? SO TIME DATA IS USED FOR ACCOUNTING FOR THE, THE ACTUAL STAFF THAT'S PROVIDING THE SERVICE.
AND THAT TIME, UH, INDIRECT COMES IN THE FORM OF OVERHEADS, RIGHT? SO THROUGH THE INDIRECT.
SO THEY'RE NOT DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN PROVIDING THE SERVICE, BUT THEY ARE PART OF THE COST BECAUSE HR NEEDS TO EXIST AND NEEDS TO, UH, PROVIDE SUPPORT TO BUILDING IN ORDER FOR THEM TO EXIST TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC, RIGHT? AND THEN ALL THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROCESS OF CALCULATING HOURLY RATES, CALCULATING THE COST OF SERVICE AND FEES, AS WELL AS GETTING TWO SUGGESTED FEES HAS TO BE, UM, UH, IT HAS TO BE VERY, UH, LOSING MY, MY, THE WORD FOR IT.
BUT STAFF HAS TO BE INVOLVED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, UH, EACH STEP TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WAY WE'RE USING DATA AND THE WAY WE'RE CALCULATING THINGS MAKES SENSE FOR YOUR CITY AND HOW SERVICES ARE BEING PROVIDED.
I'VE GONE OVER THIS A LITTLE BIT, SO I'LL GO THROUGH IT QUICK, RIGHT? THESE ARE THE SUMMARY STEPS OF THE SCHEDULE.
UH, WE START OFF WITH MODEL DEVELOPMENT SO THAT WE CAN GET TO A CALCULATION OF OVERHEADS AS WELL AS FULLY BURDEN HOURLY RATES.
THEN WE MEET WITH THE DEPARTMENTS TO GO OVER THE FEE SCHEDULES, IDENTIFY CHANGES IN THE STRUCTURES, AND COLLECT AND UPDATE TIME DATA TO CALCULATE THE FULL COST OF ALL SERVICES.
WE COMPARE THAT TO THE CURRENT FEE, UH, TO IDENTIFY A REASONABLE CHANGES IN SUGGESTED FEES.
AND THEN, UH, WE BRING THAT, UH, TO YOURSELVES AS, AS PART OF THIS, AS A STUDY SESSION.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY, UH, IT WOULD GO TOWARDS A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, THAT'S REQUIRED IN ORDER FOR ANY FEE CHANGES.
I MENTIONED THE FULLY BURDEN, HOURLY RATES A FEW TIMES.
THIS IS KIND OF A BREAKDOWN OF THAT CALCULATION.
IT INCORPORATES SALARIES AND BENEFITS SERVICES AND SUPPLY COSTS, SO BUDGETED COSTS TO THE DEPARTMENTS, INDIRECT OVERHEAD COSTS FROM THE COST ALLOCATION PLAN, AS WELL AS ANY SYSTEM MAINTENANCE, INTERNAL SERVICE FUND CHARGES.
ALL OF THAT IS FACTORED INTO THE HOURLY RATES TO PRODUCE A A, UM, OH, ALSO MENTION, IT'S NOT UP HERE, BUT THERE'S A PRODUCTIVE HOUR THERE.
IT'S, UH, THERE'S A PRODUCTIVE HOUR CALCULATION THAT WE'RE ALSO DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACCOUNTING FOR WHEN, WHEN STAFF IS ON THE JOB.
SO IT'S NOT THE FULL, YOU KNOW, TOTAL NUMBER OF HOURS IN A YEAR.
WE REDUCE THAT DOWN TO MAKE SURE THAT HOLIDAYS, VACATIONS, AND ALL THAT IS FACTORED INTO THE FULLY BURDEN RATE AS WELL.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A FEE, UH, FOR ANY DEPARTMENT, IT MAY BE CROSS DEPARTMENTAL AS WELL.
SO IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY JUST MEAN TO SAY PLANNING IS WORKING ON THAT, OR, UH, BUILDING'S WORKING ON IT.
SOME OF THESE FEES, IF ANOTHER DEPARTMENT DOESN'T HAVE THEIR OWN FEE FOR PROVIDING A SERVICE, THEY WILL BE INCLUDED WITHIN ANOTHER DEPARTMENT'S FEE AS WELL.
SO THEY'RE NOT SILOED, UH, EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY THROUGH THE OVERHEADS.
SO TIME DATA, THEY'LL BE FACTORED INDIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, UH, THROUGH THAT COST ALLOCATION PLAN.
NOW I'M GONNA PASS IT BACK ON OVER TO CHRIS SO SHE CAN GO THROUGH KIND OF A DEPARTMENT LEVEL REVIEW.
UH, SO FIRST I'LL COVER THE NEW FEES BEING PROPOSED FROM THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.
THE FIRST ONE IS FOR AN APPEAL TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS.
THIS WOULD APPLY WHEN SOMEONE DISAGREES WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S DECISION ON ADMIN ON AN ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATION AND WANTS TO TAKE THAT APPEAL TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR REVIEW.
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DEPOSIT WOULD BE $900.THE SECOND IS A DESIGN PROFESSIONAL AFFIDAVIT OF MAILINGS FEE.
WHEN SOMEONE MAKES A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST THAT INCLUDES BUILDING PLANS, THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO CONTACT THE DESIGN PROFESSIONAL BY CERTIFIED MAIL BEFORE THOSE PLANS CAN BE RELEASED.
IN SOME CASES, THAT MEANS SENDING SEVERAL CERTIFIED LETTERS FOR JUST ONE REQUEST.
THIS FEE IS BEING PROPOSED TO RECOVER THOSE MAILING COSTS FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
THERE'S A NEW FEE BEING PROPOSED FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT.
IT'S AN APPEAL FEE FOR A NOTICE OF VIOLATION.
THIS WOULD ALLOW SOMEONE WHO RECEIVES A NOTICE OF VIOLATION FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT TO FORMALLY APPEAL THAT NOTICE IF THEY DISAGREE WITH IT.
NEXT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS PROPOSING SEVEN NEW FEES IN BUILDING SERVICES.
THE APPEAL OF BUILDING OFFICIAL DETERMINATION IS PROPOSED TO BE $8,338 FOR RESIDENTS APPEALING DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR OWN HOMES.
THE FEE FOR AN APPEAL OF BUILDING OFFICIAL DETERMINATION FOR OWNER-OCCUPIED RESIDENCE IS PROPOSED TO BE REDUCED TO $1,250 THROUGH AN 85% SUBSIDY.
THIS ENSURES THAT THE FEE DOES NOT CREATE A BARRIER TO DUE PROCESS, AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE RECOMMENDED THIS APPROACH.
THE FEE FOR AN APPEAL TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR PLANNING DIVISION APPLICATIONS IS PROPOSED AT $1,480.
THIS REFLECTS THE COST OF REVIEWING APPEALS ALREADY OUTLINED IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE.
AN ENTITLEMENT AMENDMENT FEE IS PROPOSED FOR APPLICANTS WANTING TO MAKE CHANGES TO AN EXISTING ENTITLEMENT.
THIS FEE WOULD BE SET AT 75% OF THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION FEE.
A HOUSING PLAN APPROVAL FEE OF 26,900 IS PROPOSED FOR NEW APPLICATIONS UNDER THE HOUSING PLAN APPROVAL PROCESS.
IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE, THE WIRELESS FACILITY UTILITY CON CONSENT FORM, UH, FEE IS PROPOSED AT $538 AND COVERS THE REVIEW OF UTILITY ONLY CHANGES TO WIRELESS FACILITIES.
FINALLY, AND OTHER TREE REMOVAL PERMIT FEE IS PROPOSED AT $4,036 FOR TREE REMOVALS NOT COVERED BY THE SINGLE LOT INFILL CATEGORY.
KRISTA, ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION ON THE HOUSING PLAN APPROVAL AT 26 9, IS THAT FOR THE ENTIRE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OR IS THAT PER SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL? THAT'S, THAT'S FOR A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THOSE SPECIFIC PROVISIONS.
SO THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE IN PURSUIT OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT.
SO, UM, THEY WOULD BE PROJECTS THAT WOULD GENERALLY BE MULTIFAMILY IN NATURE AND USUALLY HAVE SOME KIND OF, UH, SUBSIDY, UH, LIKE A HUNDRED PERCENT AFFORDABILITY COVENANTS OR, OR THE OTHER THINGS.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE MINISTERIAL PROJECTS, UH, UNDER THE CODE.
UM, BUT THAT IS, UM, THE ESTIMATED COST.
IT WOULD BE A DEPOSIT BASED, UM, THROUGH A TRUST DEPOSIT ACCOUNT, BUT THAT'S THE ESTIMATED COST OF PROCESSING, UH, ONE OF THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS.
SO THIS WOULD NOT BE FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
AND THIS WOULD BE, AGAIN, AN ESTIMATE AND THEN IT WOULD BE ADJUSTED FOR ACTUAL COSTS FOR ACTUAL TIME? YES.
JUST WANTED TO END THE RECORD FOR CLARIFICATION WHAT IT COVERED.
SO BASICALLY, HOW DO WE OTHER CITIES THAT ARE DEVELOPING, BECAUSE I KEEP ON HEARING IN CALIFORNIA THAT THERE'S A NEED FOR HOUSING, AND THEN I KEEP ON HEARING THAT HOUSING COST KEEPS ON GOING UP, AND THIS IS PART OF THE PROCESS, WHY IT GOES UP BECAUSE WE'RE CHARGING MORE.
SO WHEN WE MAKE THESE CHARGES, ARE THEY THE ACTUAL COST OR COMPARISON TO OTHER CITIES? CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO ME PLEASE? SO FOR, UM, SO FOR OUR ENTITLEMENT FEES IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, WE REQUIRE DEVELOPER TO ESTABLISH A TRUST DEPOSIT ACCOUNT WITH THE CITY.
AND THEY, UM, GIVE US AN INITIAL DEPOSIT, AND THEN WE CHARGE OUR TIME AND, UH, MATERIALS AND ANY CONSULTANTS THAT ARE NECESSARY AGAINST THAT.
SO, UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES THAT I FEEL THAT CHINO HILLS HAS IS BECAUSE THE DEVELOPER IS JUST PAYING ACTUAL COST.
IN OTHER CITIES WHERE THEY HAVE A FLAT FEE, UM, A SIMPLER PROJECT, UH, WILL PAY THE SAME AS MAYBE A MORE COMPLEX PROJECT, AND IT, IT BALANCES OUT OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR OR TWO YEARS FOR THEM.
UH, BUT FOR US, THE DEVELOPERS ONLY PAYING THEIR ACTUAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT.
BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF MONEY, DO DEVELOPERS EVER GET MONEY BACK? AND I KNOW YOU'VE ONLY BEEN HERE FOR A LITTLE BIT.
'CAUSE MY EXPERIENCE IS THEY, THEY DON'T, THEY HAVE TO ADD TO IT.
SO, SO WE ASK FOR THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY AND IF THEY SPEND IT, WHATEVER THEY SPEND, WHATEVER LEFT LEFTOVER, THEY GET BACK, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT, YES.
IN FACT, WE, UM, WE DO SPEND SOME TIME TRYING TO HUNT DOWN DEVELOPERS AFTER THE PROJECT IS DONE TO GET THEM TO RECLAIM THE FUNDS
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THAT WERE UNUSED BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THEM SITTING ON THE BOOKS.ALRIGHT, I'LL FOLLOW UP TO RAISE HOW COMPARABLE HAVE YOU DONE SIDE BY SIDE TO SEE HOW COMPARABLE THEY ARE WITH SOME OF OUR SURROUNDING CITIES? THAT'S, UM, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT WITH THE TRUST DEPOSIT BECAUSE, UM, WE'RE NOT EXACTLY COMPARING.
WE CAN HAVE, UM, A, A SITE PLAN REVIEW, WHICH WE'RE GONNA CHARGE INITIAL DEPOSIT SIMILAR TO HOUSING PLAN APPROVAL IN THAT $26,000 RANGE, UM, IN A, IN ANOTHER CITY, THEY, THEY COULD HAVE THE, A DESIGN REVIEW FEE, THEY COULD HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL FEE, THEY COULD HAVE THEIR, UM, THEIR SITE PLAN REVIEW FEE AND, AND ADD THOSE THINGS UP.
AND IT MAY BE A PROJECT THAT'S MORE OR LESS COMPLEX THAN ACTUALLY WHAT'S, WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED WITHIN CHINO HILLS.
SO IT, SO IT IS A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING TO COMPARE A TRUST DEPOSIT MODEL TO A FLAT FEE MODEL.
ARE YOU WATCHING YOUR NUMBER? OKAY.
UH, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS PROPOSING A FEE WAIVER FOR SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS FOR THE CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UP TILL NOW, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR HAS BEEN WAIVING THIS FEE FOR SCHOOL EVENTS HELD AT CITY PARKS OR GAZEBOS.
THIS FEE HAS NOW BEEN ADDED TO THE SCHEDULE, BUT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING A HUNDRED PERCENT SUBSIDY.
SO, SO SCHOOLS WOULD CONTINUE NOT TO BE CHARGED FOR THESE EVENTS.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ALSO PROPOSING A NEW PENALTY OF $48.
THIS IS FOR PARKING IN FRONT YARDS OTHER THAN PAVED DRIVEWAYS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
SO VEHICLES PARKED IN A FRONT YARD MUST BE IN A DESIGNATED PARKING SPACE AND CANNOT EXTEND PAST THE FRONT PROPERTY LINE OR BLOCK A SIDEWALK OR OTHER ACCESS AREAS.
THIS PENALTY FOR NOT FOLLOWING THAT WOULD HELP SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT OF THAT RULE.
AND IF IT'S NOT PAID ON TIME, A $40 LATE FEE WOULD BE ADDED.
MR. MAYOR, I GOT A QUESTION ON THAT.
I KNOW WE HAVE A NO PARKING SIGN RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE CITY HALL AND, UH, MY QUESTION WOULD BE WOULD THEY GET CHARGED $48 IF THEY'RE FOUND PARKING THERE? I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ, I BELIEVE THE VIOLATION OUT FRONT WOULD BE PARKING IN A FIRE LANE.
SO IT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE CONDITIONS FOR THIS $48.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ACTUAL FEE FOR THAT IS.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE IN THE ROOM DOES, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE.
I KNOW WE'RE LOOKING FIRE LANE, IT'S $108 OR 163 WITH THE PENALTY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT.
SO, MOVING ON TO FEES WITH SIGNIFICANT INCREASES FOR THIS UPDATE, WE CONSIDER A FEE INCREASE SIGNIFICANT IF IT HAS, IF IT IS AT LEAST $10 AND REPRESENTS 7% OR MORE OF THE CURRENT FEE, SOME FEES ARE SEEING SIGNIFICANT INCREASES DUE TO ADDITIONAL STAFF TIME REQUIRED FOR REVIEWS.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE SIGN REMOVAL FEE UNDER CODE ENFORCEMENT IS PROPOSED TO INCREASE BY $31 AND THE REINSPECTION FEE IN BUILDING SERVICES IS PROPOSED TO INCREASE BY 203.
KRISTA, PLEASE DEFINE SIGN REMOVAL.
IS THIS OUR, UH, CANDIDATE SIGNS SUBJECT TO A DIFFERENT, UH, CODE SECTION BECAUSE THEY PAY A DEPOSIT AND THERE'S SPECIFIC ORDINANCE DEALING WITH HOW LONG THEY HAVE TO REMOVE THE SIGNS.
IS THAT THIS TYPE OF SIGN REMOVAL? IN THEORY, SOMEBODY HAS CAMPAIGN SIGNS UP, THEY DON'T REMOVE 'EM WITHIN, RIGHT.
WOULD THEY GET CHARGED $76 PER FEE OR PER SIGN? I WANNA DEFER TO ROD TO ANSWER.
OR IS THIS REAL ESTATE REMOVE A SIGN? THIS WOULD BE ANY SIGNS THAT WE HAVE TO REMOVE WITHIN OUR SIGN CODE.
SO IT COULD BE REAL ESTATE SIGNS, IT COULD BE SPECIAL EVENT SIGNS, IT COULD BE ELECTION SIGNS.
WE DON'T TYPICALLY ADDRESS ELECTION SIGNS VERY HEAVILY UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION'S DONE.
THEY HAVE A CERTAIN TIMEFRAME, BUT IF THEY'RE STILL LEFT UP, WE WOULD PULL THEM AND THEN WE WOULD BILL THE, UH, THE CANDIDATE OR THEIR, THEIR, AND IT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THIS FEE? YES.
WELL, THAT'LL ENCOURAGE 'EM TO PULL THE SIGNS.
I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE REINSPECTION FEE ART.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE.
IF SO, HAVE YOU FOUND THAT YOU HAVE, WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND THAT IT HAS TO BE RAISED $200 FOR THAT? UH, THE AMOUNT OF STAFF TIME THAT IT TAKES TO ACTUALLY GO OUT AND REINSPECT? UM, WHEN WE HAVE, UM, USUALLY IT'S FOR PROJECTS WHERE THE, UM, CONTRACTOR IS NOT MAKING THE REQUIRED CORRECTIONS IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE BUILDING CODE.
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UM, SOMETIMES WE, WE GIVE A PUNCH LIST OR WE GIVE CORRECTIONS AND THERE'LL BE, UM, OTHER SUBSEQUENT INSPECTIONS.WE CAN GO AND FOLLOW UP AND CLEAR THAT.
BUT SOMETIMES WE'LL GET CALLED OUT 2, 3, 4 TIMES TO INSPECT, UH, A PARTICULAR COMPONENT OF THE BUILDING AND THE CONTRACTOR IS NOT, UM, COMPLYING WITH THE CODE.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE CALLING US TO ESSENTIALLY EXTEND THEIR TIME ON THE PERMIT OR SOMETHING, BUT THAT TAKES STAFF TIME TO SCHEDULE THE INSPECTION TO SEND OUR INSPECTOR OUT THERE GO.
SO, SO REALLY THIS IS A TOOL FOR US TO UTILIZE IN THE, IN THE CASE WHERE WE HAVE MULTIPLE CALLBACKS WHERE PROGRESS IS NOT BEING MADE TO RECOUP OUR COSTS FOR THAT.
LET THIS EQUALLY APPLY FOR ADUS.
UH, IT WOULD APPLY FOR ANY, ANY BUILDING PERMIT ACTIVITY.
IT WAS UP TO THE PERSON HAVING THE DEVELOPMENT DONE THAT THEY'VE GOT A DEVELOPER THAT'S GOING TO STAY ON TRACK AND, UH, MEET THE, THE TIME FRAMES.
AND, AND, AND WE DEFINITELY TAKE A CUSTOMER CENTRIC APPROACH, UM, ESPECIALLY IN RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION.
PEOPLE ARE DOING REMODELS AND ADDITIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, SO THIS IS ESSENTIALLY JUST AN ANOTHER TOOL THAT WE HAVE FOR, UM, UH, PARTICULAR CASES WHERE WE KNOW THAT, UM, WE NEED TO RECOVER COSTS FROM REPEATED CALL OUTS FOR THINGS THAT AREN'T BEING RESOLVED.
ALL OF THESE ARE JUST POINTS OF CLARIFICATION.
SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS WHAT WE'RE GOING AFTER AND WHY WE HAVE TO DO, IT'S WASTING STAFF'S TIME, SO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THERE? ALRIGHT, MOVING ALONG.
IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, THERE ARE EIGHT FEES WITH, WITH SIGNIFICANT PROPOSED INCREASES, THE CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE OR CORRECTION WOULD INCREASE BY $408.
THE GRANT OF EASEMENT OR QUICK CLAIM REVIEW ON PROP PRIVATE PROPERTY WOULD INCREASE BY $409.
THE LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THE LOT MERGER ON PRIVATE PROPERTY WOULD BOTH INCREASE BY $416.
THE MINOR EXCEPTION FEE WOULD INCREASE BY $944.
THE SPECIAL EVENTS FEE WOULD INCREASE BY $543.
AND THE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION AND SECURITY TRAILER FEE AND THE TEMPORARY USE PERMIT GENERAL FEE WOULD BOTH INCREASE BY $410.
THESE INCREASES REFLECT THE ADDITIONAL STAFF TIME AND RESOURCES REQUIRED TO PROCESS THESE APPLICATIONS.
WHAT TYPE OF EVENT WOULD QUALIFY AS A SPECIAL EVENT? YOU KNOW, IS IT THE CHURCH IS HAVING A FESTIVAL? IS IT A CHARITY IS RENTING OUT OR, YOU KNOW, HOLDING AN EVENT IN THEIR PARKING LOT? LIKE WHAT TYPE OF AN EVENT IS A SPECIAL EVENT? SO, UM, ANY OF THOSE COULD POTENTIALLY QUALIFY.
UM, BUT THERE ARE, UM, THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS AND THERE ARE, UM, SUBSIDIES UNDER THE SPECIAL EVENTS FOR DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL.
SO, SO FOR, UM, FOR NONPROFITS OR FOR THINGS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IT'S A, A REDUCED OR POTENTIALLY NO FEE? SO THIS WOULD BE, THIS WOULD APPLY FOR COMMERCIAL ENTITIES.
THAT ARE HOLDING A, A SPECIAL EVENT, UM, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY IN THE PUBLIC SPACE THAT WOULD BE DRAWING A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PEOPLE LIKE THE CHAMBER? YES.
AND UTILITY BILLING, SEVERAL FEES ARE PROPOSED TO INCREASE THE SERVICE.
RECONNECTION FEE WOULD INCREASE BY $21.
THE AFTER HOURS WATER ACTIVATION OR RECONNECTION FEE WOULD INCREASE BY $186.
THE POLL AND REINSTALL METER FEE WOULD INCREASE BY $49.
THE BROKEN OR DAMAGED ANGLE STOP PENALTY IS PROPOSED TO INCREASE BY $55.
THE FIRE FLOW TEST FEE WOULD INCREASE BY $133 AND THE SEWER UTILITY DEPOSIT WOULD INCREASE BY $15.
AND OF QUESTION, SIR, REGARDING THE FIRE FIRE FLOW TEST, DO WE ACTUALLY DO THAT OR DO WE HAVE A THIRD PARTY THAT DOES A FIRE FIRE FLOW TEST? UH, FIRE FLOW TESTS ARE, UH, HANDLED, UH, IN-HOUSE WITH OUR OWN STAFF.
ALSO IN UTILITY BILLING, PROPOSED INCREASES FOR WATER METER INSTALLATIONS INCLUDE A $39 INCREASE FOR THE FIVE EIGHTHS INCH AND THREE QUARTER INCH METERS.
A $41 INCREASE FOR THE ONE INCH METER AND $81 INCREASE FOR THE ONE AND A HALF INCH METER AND $86 INCREASE FOR THE TWO INCH METER AND $170 INCREASE FOR THE THREE INCH METER.
THESE CHANGES REFLECT THE COSTS AND RESOURCES REQUIRED TO INSTALL EACH METER ONLY BECAUSE I KNOW PERSONALLY OF A COUPLE THAT HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE SIZING OF THOSE METERS.
WHO DETERMINES THE REQUIRED SIZE FOR
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AS THE EXAMPLE AN A DU GOING IN? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE YEAH, SO, UM, IT'S BASED UPON THE DEMAND OF WHATEVER STRUCTURES ARE GONNA BE BUILT OKAY.SO THE BUILDING CODE, UH, REQUIRES CERTAIN VOLUME AND PRESSURE STANDARDS.
UM, AND SO THE, THE METER SIZE DETERMINES WHAT'S RELEASED TO THE PROPERTY AND, AND SO, UH, WE DO THOSE CALCULATIONS THROUGH THE PLAN CHECK PROCESS.
IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN BE SURE THAT WE NOTIFY THE APPLICANT DURING THAT PLAN CHECK OF THE FACT THAT WE ARE GONNA REQUIRE A, A LARGER METER AND MAYBE LARGER WATERLINE AND OUT TO WIRE TO CONNECT? BECAUSE I REMEMBER ONE CASE AND YOU AND I KNOW WHO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND IT WAS A BIG SURPRISE TO THEM 'CAUSE A LOT OF MONEY.
SO CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ADVISE THE APPLICANT AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME UPFRONT THAT THIS IS WHAT'S GONNA BE AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE? 'CAUSE I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THEM.
YEAH, SO THAT'S ACTUALLY, UM, NOW A STANDARD PRACTICE THAT WAS BORN OUT OF, UM, THAT SITUATION THAT WE RAN INTO THAT WE HAVE ON THE APPLICATION MATERIALS, UH, THAT THEY, UM, THEY MAY NEED TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF THEIR METER AND, UM, THEN WE, UH, HAVE A COORDINATION WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO, UH, LET 'EM KNOW WHAT THE EXISTING SERVICE LINE IS SO THAT WE, THEY CAN, UM, THINK ABOUT THAT AHEAD OF TIME WITH THE UTILITY CONNECTION.
WELL I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT WE'RE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS WHEN UNIQUE SITUATIONS COME UP.
'CAUSE ONE SIZE DOESN'T NECESSARILY FIT ALL AND THAT IS A PUN ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE PIPES, BUT NONETHELESS, YEAH, WE, I I'M GLAD THAT WE ADDRESSED THAT.
CERTAIN PARTS OF TOWN, IT'S, IT'S A MORE CRITICAL ISSUE THAN OTHERS.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS ALSO PROPOSED PENALTY INCREASES.
UM, THE OBSTRUCTION OF TRAFFIC PENALTY WOULD INCREASE BY $15 AND THE PENALTY FOR VEHICLES STORED ON THE STREET FOR MORE THAN 72 HOURS WOULD INCREASE BY $20.
AND THESE REFLECT, UM, THE ACTUAL COST OF ENFORCEMENT AND RELATED STAFF TIME REQUIRED.
I I'M SURE I'VE ASKED THIS BEFORE AND I'M, I CAN'T REMEMBER.
WHEN POLICE CHARGE A FEE, DOES IT GO TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT OR DOES IT GO TO US? GOES TO US WHEN THEY WRITE THESE FEES, IT GOES TO THE COURTS.
IT'LL GO TO THE COURTS AND WE'LL GET A SMALL PIECE OF THIS FEE.
IT'LL COME BACK TO US, BUT THE MAJORITY OF IT GOES TO THE COURTS.
FOR OUR NEXT STEPS, UM, THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, IS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 28TH.
SO ANY UPDATES OR CHANGES, UH, WOULD NEED TO BE FINALIZED S TODAY TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE INCLUDED AND FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CITY COUNCIL ADOPTION, THE NEW FEE SCHEDULE IS PROPOSED TO TAKE EFFECT ON JANUARY 1ST, 2026.
I HAVE A QUESTION ON A PAST SLIDE THAT WE PASSED.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHO THIS BEFORE, THE TREE REMOVAL PERMIT OF $4,000 AND SOME CHANGE.
SO FOR THE PUBLIC THAT'S SEEING THIS, IT'S A LITTLE BIT BIG.
CAN YOU DESCRIBE LIKE WHY SOMEONE WOULD BE PAYING $4,000 FOR A TREE REMOVAL PERMIT? UM, SO THIS, THIS WOULD BE FOR, UM, TREE PERMITS THAT DON'T FALL INTO A NORMAL, UH, CATEGORY.
'CAUSE TYPICALLY WE'LL HAVE, UM, IF SOMEBODY HAS A PROTECTED TREE ON THE PROPERTY THAT, UM, NEEDS TO BE REMOVED, WE KIND OF GO THROUGH A, A PROCESS OF DETERMINING ARE THEY ALLOWED TO REMOVE IT OR IF THEY, UM, IF, IF THEY ARE AND IT CAN BE MITIGATED, THEN WE APPLY THAT.
IF IT'S, UH, DISEASED OR CAUSING DAMAGE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE KIND OF GIVE THEM AN OUT FROM THE MITIGATION.
UM, THIS WOULD BE MORE APPLIED TOWARDS, UM, DEVELOPMENTS OR OTHER THINGS SO THAT DON'T FALL NEATLY INTO A STANDARD TREE REMOVAL PERMIT PROCESS.
SO IF I'M A DEVELOPER AND I WANNA BUILD A TRACK OF HOMES AND I HAVE TO REMOVE A BUNCH OF TREES, IS THAT FOR THE PERMIT? IT'S NOT PER TREE OR, NO, BECAUSE THERE'S A PER TREE MITIGATION FEE THAT IS APPLIED.
WELL, I WAS GONNA ASK IF SOME OF THIS MONEY'S BEEN PUT TO MITIGATION FOR OTHER AREAS.
SO THIS WOULD JUST BE THE COST OF PROCESSING THE PERMIT.
SO THIS IS ESSENTIALLY JUST A STAFF COST OF EVALUATING THE PERMIT FOR THE PROPOSED TREE REMOVALS.
AND THEN, UM, WE HAVE A SCHEDULE BY WHICH, UH, CERTAIN TREES THAT ARE REMOVED, THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED AND THEY CAN, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO PAY A FEE.
THEY CAN ALSO PLANT TREES ON SITE.
SO THERE CAN BE MITIGATION OF TREES PLANTED ON SITE IN LIEU OF A MITIGATION FEE.
BUT SOMETIMES THE, UM, THE CODE WOULD PRESCRIBE REALISTICALLY MORE TREES TO BE PLANTED THAN CAN
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ACTUALLY BE PLANTED PHYSICALLY ON A SITE.AND SO THAT'S WHEN WE TAKE THE MITIGATION FUNDS AND THEN THE CITY USES THOSE TO PLANT TREES IN OTHER PLACES, LIKE IN OUR PARKS OR OPEN SPACE AREAS OR MEDIAN.
SO THERE'S NO GETTING AROUND IT FOR THE DEVELOPERS.
SO THEY COULDN'T AVOID THAT PERMIT BY PLANTING DIFFERENT TREES IN A DIFFERENT AREA ON THE PROJECT.
IS THAT CORRECT? 'CAUSE THEY HAVE TO APPLY FOR THE PERMIT.
AND THE COMPONENT OF THE PERMIT IS WE HAVE, UH, OUR CITY ARBORISTS EVALUATES THE PROPOSED TREE REMOVALS TO MAKE SURE IT'S WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF WHAT OUR ORDINANCE PRESCRIBED.
I JUST THINK, I'M TRYING TO GET MY HEAD AROUND THE, THE COST OF THIS PERMIT AND HOW PEOPLE WOULD THINK IT'S LIKE, WELL THEY'RE JUST APPLYING TO REMOVE SOME TREES, BUT WE HAVE AN ARBORIST INVOLVED, THERE'S SOME PLANNING AND THINGS, SO I JUST WANTED THE PUBLIC TO BE AWARE OF THAT.
ALRIGHT, MR. MAYOR, I GOT A FOLLOW UP QUESTION BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING, BEFORE HE GOES TO THE PUBLIC PUBLIC HEARING, COULD I SEE THE BREAKDOWN AS FAR AS WHAT, WHY YOU'RE SAYING IT'S BECAUSE OF COST? MM-HMM
COULD I SEE THAT IN BLACK AND WHITE? YEAH, WE HAVE, WE HAVE THAT RIGHT? THAT'S, YEAH, THE COST RECOVERY ANALYSIS THAT WAS PROVIDED SHOWS.
CAN WE SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT THAT? 'CAUSE TO ME, WHEN I LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS, IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.
THE ONLY THING I WROTE DOWN TO ASK A QUESTION, WAS THIS PARTICULAR PRO OR A SPECIFIC LINE ITEM WAS TREE REMOVAL.
WELL, AS FAR AS THE NEXT STEPS GO, WE WE'RE, IT IS SCHEDULED FOR A HEARING ON THE 28TH, BUT ANY FEE UPDATES OR CHANGES MUST BE FINALIZED TODAY TO BE INCLUDED IN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ISSUES THAT WE WOULD LIKE STAFF TO READDRESS BEFORE THEY'RE INCLUDED IN THE, UH, ITEM THAT'S GONNA COME TO PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 28TH? I GOT A SIMPLE QUESTION REGARDING WATER METERS.
UM, IF I HAVE A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND I WANT TO PUT A WATER METER ON IT, I, I OWN A PROPERTY AND I WANNA PUT A WATER METER ON IT.
CAN I DO THAT OR DO I HAVE TO ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THE, THE BUILDING PROCESS TO, TO GET A WATER METER FOR THE COST? WOULD THAT BE A NICK QUESTION? NICK? I WAS LOOKING AT DANIEL, SO SORRY.
THE, UH, THE APPLICANT OR THE OWNER OF THEIR PROPERTY WOULD NEED TO HAVE AN APPROVED USE THROUGH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BEFORE OUR TEAM WOULD GO OUT AND INSTALL A METER.
SO MY QUESTION IS, IF I HAVE A LOT IN CARBON CANYON AND I WANT TO PROTECT MY TREES, OR IF I GOT ANIMALS ON THAT LOT AND I NEED A WATER METER, WHAT DO I DO? IF YOU'RE PLANTING NEW TREES, I GOT TREES ON MY PROPERTY.
EXISTING TREES FIRE, WE'LL SAY HERITAGE TREES.
WELL, HOW CAN I GET WATER TO THAT PROPERTY? HE'S ASKING IF HE CAN DO, DO AN ILLEGAL METER WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE CITY.
I MEAN, DO WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE CITY? I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
IS SHE'S SPEAKING TO YOU? I AGREE.
SO WHAT, WHAT WERE YOU SAYING? I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR IT.
YOU'D HAVE TO APPLY THROUGH THE PLANNING DIVISION TO GET AN APPROVAL FOR ANY USE ON THE PROPERTY, WHETHER IT BE FOR ANIMALS OR FOR TREES.
SO YOU CAN DO IT THEN IS WHAT I'M, 'CAUSE I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION WE COULDN'T DO IT.
YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT WE CAN, YOU CAN APPLY FOR THE, FOR THE USE.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT THAT USE IS, WHETHER PLANNING WILL APPROVE IT OR NOT.
BUT, AND THE, THE WHOLE REASON FOR THAT IS SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A METER AND THEN START USING THAT WATER FOR SOMETHING THAT HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED BY THE CITY.
OFTENTIMES THAT LEADS TO EAGER APPLICANTS THAT WANT TO START ON CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES WITHOUT HAVING PROPER APPROVALS.
SO IN THAT, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT THESE START CONSTRUCTION, WE'RE TRYING TO PREVENT ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES ON PROPERTIES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS? UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WERE GIVEN TO US.
CYNTHIA, WHEN YOU TALK, IT'S REALLY HARD TO HEAR YOU.
OH, IS THAT BETTER? THERE YOU GO.
CAN YOU RAISE MY VOLUME? BRANDON? THANK YOU.
UM, THE QUESTIONS THAT WE WERE GIVEN BY BIA AS PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS ARE KIND OF INTERESTING TO ME.
IS THERE GONNA BE A POINT WHERE WE GET THE ANSWERS TO THIS, BEN? SO THOSE WERE FOR THE NEXT PART OF THE WORKSHOP.
ALRIGHT, SO IF UH, WE HAVE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, THEN WE, YOU NEED A MOTION TO NO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS TO, TO, UH, TO, TO SCHEDULE IT FOR PUBLIC? NO, NO, NOTHING.
AS FAR AS, SO ARE WE GONNA HEAR THE SAME THING AGAIN AT THE PUBLIC HEARING? NO.
FOR YOU,
THE, THE COUNSEL HAS TO, UM, TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT THERE'S NO LIMIT.
I MEAN, YOU CAN CERTAINLY HAVE IT BE CONDENSED AT THAT HEARING IN TERMS OF THE PRESENTATION.
YEAH, I'M JUST TRYING TO SAVE STAFF TIME AND
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US, I MEAN, IF, IF WE'RE NOT COMPLAIN, I'LL CONDENSE IT MORE THAN IN THE PAST AND THE PUBLIC ISN'T, THEN WE REPEAT IT.SO, ALRIGHT, MAYOR, IF I CAN JUST MAKE ONE COMMENT, OTHER THING THAT NEEDS TO BE REQUIRED.
I UNDERSTAND WE'RE GONNA TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK, CHANGE CONSULTANTS IN THE AUDIENCE AND, UH, CHANGE'S, UH, TOPICS AND WE'LL MOVE ON.
SO A FIVE MINUTE BREAK, UH, ON THAT CLOCK.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL RECONVENE THIS MEETING.
UH, THIS, UH, WHO'S GOING TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION ON THIS ONE? CHRISTOPHER
KRISTA KRISTA'S GOING TO PRESENT ON THIS ONE AS WELL.
ALRIGHT, WELL, I'M GONNA START.
COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AS WE CONTINUE OUR WORKSHOP.
WE'LL NOW REVIEW THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE NEXT TO STUDY UPDATE FOR THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
THE STUDY EXAMINES INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC FACILITY NEEDS THAT WILL RESULT FROM FUTURE GROWTH IN OUR CITY AND ENSURES THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTES ITS FAIR SHARE TO THE COST OF THOSE FACILITIES.
JOINING US TODAY TO WALK THROUGH THE STUDY AND ITS FINDINGS ARE CARLOS VRL AND JAMES EDISON FROM WILLAN FINANCIAL SERVICES, THE CITY'S CONSULTANT.
FOLLOWING CARLOS'S PRESENTATION, NICK LORRI, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, WILL REVIEW SAMPLE CALCULATIONS AND EXPLAIN PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE.
I'LL NOW TURN IT OVER TO CARLOS.
UM, SO CARLOS ARIEL WITH WILLAN FINANCIAL SERVICES, HAPPY TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL THIS AFTERNOON TO, UH, DISCUSS THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE UPDATE.
UM, SO WE'LL START WITH A LITTLE BIT OF IMPACT FEE 1 0 1 SO THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
IMPACT FEES ARE A ONE-TIME CHARGE TYPICALLY IMPOSED AT THE BUILDING PERMIT STAGE OR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
FOR, FOR MOST RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS, THEY ARE IMPOSED ON ALL PROJECTS WITHIN A DEFINED AREA.
IN THIS CASE, ALL OF THE FEES ARE UNIFORM CITYWIDE.
IT'S ONE FEE SCHEDULE CITYWIDE.
AND THE KEY TO THE STUDY, AND THE KEY TO THE FEES IS THAT THE FEES NEED TO FUND FACILITIES THAT ARE NEEDED TO SERVE NEW DEVELOPMENT.
SO THEY CAN'T BE USED FOR ONGOING MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS AND THEY CAN'T BE USED, UH, FOR FACILITIES THAT WOULD BE NEEDED SOLELY TO SERVE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT.
UH, WHY WOULD A CITY CONSIDER CHARGING AN IMPACT FEE? WELL, THE IDEA HERE IS THAT THERE ARE CAPITAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH GROWTH AND IMPACT FEES ENSURE THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT OR GROWTH WOULD PAY ITS OWN WAY.
UM, AS DEVELOPMENT OCCURS, YOUR SERVICE LEVELS WILL DECREASE.
FOR EXAMPLE, YOUR PARK ACRES PER A THOUSAND RESIDENTS.
THAT WILL DECREASE AS YOU ADD MORE RESIDENTS UNLESS NEW DEVELOPMENT MITIGATES THAT IMPACT.
AND SO THE IMPACT FEES HOLD DEVELOPERS AND DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNTABLE FOR THOSE EXTERNAL COSTS.
AND THAT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE MORE CONGESTION, LOWER LEVEL OF SERVICE, LIKE I JUST MENTIONED FOR PARKS.
AND IT PROVIDES A FUNDING SOURCE TO THE CITY THAT WOULD MITIGATE THOSE IMPACTS OF NEW DEVELOPMENT TO YOUR CITY FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND THEN PLAINLY, THE IMPACT FEES FREE UP YOUR GENERAL FUND REVENUES TO BE USED FOR THOSE ONGOING SERVICES AND THOSE ONGOING NEEDS.
MR. MAYOR, I HAVE A QUESTION PERTAINING TO IMPACT FEES.
UM, WE GET RECYCLE WATER FROM ANOTHER ENTITY.
THEY HAVE THEIR OWN ELECTED BOARD.
IF THEY DO ANY PROJECTS IN CHINO HILLS, CAN WE COLLECT FEES FOR THEM FOR THE QUESTIONS? IT, IT DEPENDS IF THEY FALL WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT CATEGORIES THAT OUR IMPACT FEE STUDY IS CHARGING FOR.
SO, UH, IF, IF IT'S JUST A, AN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT THAT ISN'T ADDING ANY INCREASED, UH, INCREASED DEMANDS, LIKE IT'S NOT ADDING JOBS OR RESIDENTS, THEN YOU WOULD NOT CHARGE FOR THAT USE.
BUT IF THEY ARE, SAY FOR EXAMPLE, ADDING A OFFICE BUILDING THAT DOES INCREASE, UH, THAT TYPE OF DEMAND, THEN YOU, YOU WOULD CHARGE FOR THAT TYPE OF USE.
AND WHAT ABOUT A FIRE STATION? THEY'RE THE, THEY HAVE THEIR INDEPENDENT FIRE DISTRICT AND SAY IF THEY BUILD A FIRE STATION IN CHINO HILLS, CAN WE COLLECT FEES FOR THEM? WELL, THAT'S ONE OF THE FEES THAT'S, UH, INCLUDED IN THE STUDY.
IT WOULD BE A FEE FOR CITY DEVELOPMENT TO PAY FOR THAT NEW FIRE STATION, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY A CITY DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S A THEIR OWN ENTITY, INDEPENDENT FIRE DISTRICT.
IN IN THAT CASE, THE, THE CITY WOULD PASS ON THAT REVENUE TO, TO FUND THAT FIRE STATION BY THE FEES GENERATED, UH, BY DEVELOPMENTAL FEES.
WELL THEN WE COULDN'T DO, THEN WE CAN DO IT YES.
SO IN CALIFORNIA IT'S THE MITIGATION FEE ACT IN GOVERNMENT CODE 66,000.
THAT LAYS OUT HOW A LOCAL AGENCY WOULD CALCULATE AND IMPLEMENT AN IMPACT FEE.
OUR STUDY NEEDS TO DOCUMENT SEVERAL KEY FINDINGS.
FIRST IS THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT CREATES THE NEED FOR FACILITIES.
THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT WILL BENEFIT FROM THE USE OF THE FEE REVENUE AND THAT THE FEES ARE ROUGHLY PROPORTIONAL TO NEW, NEW DEVELOPMENT SHARE OF FACILITY COSTS.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE A FEW NON-TECHNICAL FINDINGS LIKE DOCUMENTING THE PURPOSE OF THE FEE AND HOW THE CITY INTENDS TO USE THE FEE REVENUE.
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UH, A FEW YEARS AGO THERE WAS A CHANGE TO THE MITIGATION FEE ACT IN GOVERNMENT CO OR IN, UM, ASSEMBLY BILL 6 0 2, AB 6 0 2.THEY HAD SOME PRETTY, UH, YOU KNOW, LARGE CHANGES TO HOW IMPACT FEES ARE CALCULATED AND IMPLEMENTED IN THE STATE.
UH, THE FIRST SLIDE HERE, UH, DOCUMENTS SOME OF THE SORT OF HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS THAT, UH, WERE IDENTIFIED IN AB 6 0 2, UH, MAINLY FOR TRANSPARENCY.
SO, UH, THE CITY NEEDS TO MAKE ITS IMPACT FEE SCHEDULE NEXUS STUDIES AND ANNUAL REPORTING AVAILABLE ONLINE.
UH, YOUR CITY, UH, ALREADY DID THAT, BUT THAT NOW IT'S, UH, CODIFIED.
UH, AND THEN THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE TO THE IMPACT FEE ADOPTION PROCESS, WHICH WE ARE OF COURSE COMPLYING WITH WHERE PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION OF AN IMPACT FEE, THE NEXUS STUDY NEEDS TO BE ADOPTED AND THAT NEEDS A 30 DAY NOTICE PERIOD.
SO THE CITY HAS ALREADY, UM, PUT THAT NOTICE PERIOD IN INTO EFFECT.
SORRY, QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON WHAT RAY ASKED, WHO COLLECTS, UM, SO NEW DEVELOPMENT COMING INTO TOWN, WE'RE BUILDING A, YOU KNOW, HIGH RISE, YOU KNOW, APARTMENTS.
DO WE COLLECT THE MONEY FOR THE NEW ANTICIPATED STUDENTS THAT WOULD BE COMING OR DOES THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO BUILD A NEW SCHOOL? THE, UM, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT COLLECTS IT DIRECTLY.
SO AS A COMPONENT PRIOR TO ISSUING A BUILDING PERMIT, WE WILL SEND THE DEVELOPER TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PAY FEES DIRECTLY TO THEM.
AND THEN THEY WILL PROVIDE US EVIDENCE OF PAYMENT OF THOSE FEES.
I DID JUST WANNA ADD REALLY QUICK THAT, UM, THE 30 DAY NOTICE THAT CARLOS MENTIONED, UH, THAT'S FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT WE DID PROVIDE 30 DAY NOTICE TO THIS WORKSHOP AS WELL.
SO FOLLOW UP TO BRIAN'S QUESTION.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER IMPACT FEES THAT ARE PAID DIRECTLY TO ANOTHER ENTITY THAT YOU CAN THINK OF? UM, IN THE, IN THIS DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE UNIVERSE? UM, NO.
UM, WE, WE COLLECT FEES ON BEHALF OF IEUA AND THEN WE REMIT THOSE FEES TO IEUA.
SO, UM, LATER ON WE HAVE SOME FEE COMPARISONS AND, AND THERE'LL BE SOME CATEGORY OF OTHER FEES AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE, UM, LIKE THE SEWER FACILITY DEVELOPMENT FEE OR WATER CONNECTION FEE THAT WE COLLECT ON BEHALF OF IUA AND THEN OKAY.
SO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE IN FACT THE ONLY ONES WE THAT, THAT COLLECT THEIR OWN, BASICALLY.
ONE FOLLOW UP QUESTION, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY FOR OUR ATTORNEY.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, WE COLLECT FEES, SAY FOR THE FIRE DISTRICT HYPOTHETICALLY, AND WE GIVE THEM THE MONEY.
SO WE COLLECT IT FOR OUR CITY AND THEN WE GIVE THE MONIES TO A ANOTHER ENTITY.
IS THAT GIFT OF PUBLIC FUNDS JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY? NO, THAT'S NOT A GIFT OF PUBLIC FUNDS THEY'RE DOING.
SO THEY'RE NOT GIVING US THE MONEY.
THEY'RE NOT, YOU MEAN THE, THE REP, THE APPLICANT'S NOT GIVING US THE MONEY OR MEANING WHAT I'M SAYING, A DEVELOPER COMES IN, PAYS IMPACT FEES.
COMES TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
NOW WE DON'T GIVE IT TO ANOTHER INCIDENT.
WELL, EXCEPT FOR THE IUA, I MEAN THE IUA, UM, CAPACITY FEE, BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE.
I BELIEVE THAT'S A, ACTUALLY, I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS, BUT THAT'S NOT A GIFT OF PUBLIC FUNDS REGARDLESS.
IT'S A, IT'S A FEE THAT THEY'RE CHARGING FOR, UM, CAPACITY, I BELIEVE.
AND I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE FIRE IMPACT FEES 'CAUSE I KNOW WE'RE GONNA GET INTO THAT.
SO IF YOU COULD LET ME KNOW ON THAT, I APPRECIATE.
SO ON FIRE, SO WE WILL BE COLLECTING THAT.
UM, NO, THAT WILL NOT BE A GIFT OF PUBLIC FUNDS.
WE'RE INTERGOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES AND WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO BE RAISING THAT, UM, FEE BECAUSE FIRE FACILITIES WILL BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY.
WE'RE OBLIGATED TO, WE'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO.
I MEAN, THE FIRE FEE IS SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL, UM, CAN CHOOSE OR NOT CHOOSE TO DO, BUT IT WAS ALSO, WE CAN CHOOSE NOT TO DO IT.
ALTHOUGH YOU HAVE, YOU DO HAVE AN MOU YOU ENTERED INTO WITH THE FIRE DISTRICT THOUGH AT SOME POINT.
UM, SO IN ADDITION TO THE SORT OF, UH, HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS I MENTIONED ON THE LAST SLIDE, THERE ARE WERE SEVERAL TECHNICAL CHANGES TO HOW IMPACT FEES SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED, UH, IN AB 6 0 2.
AND OF COURSE, OUR STUDY COMPLIES WITH ALL OF THESE.
UH, THE FIRST IS THAT RESIDENTIAL FEES SHOULD BE CALCULATED PER SQUARE FOOT UNLESS ANOTHER, UH, METRIC IS JUSTIFIED BY THE STUDY.
UM, TYPICALLY BEFORE AB 6 0 2, MOST UH, RESIDENTIAL FEES WERE CALCULATED AS A FLAT FEE PER TYPE OF DWELLING UNIT PER SINGLE FAMILY OR MULTI-FAMILY.
SO WE HAVE UPDATED THIS TO, UH, FOLLOW THIS METHODOLOGY.
AND OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU CHARGE THE FEES PER SQUARE FOOT, THEY SCALE WITH THE SIZE OF A HOME.
SO A LARGER HOME WOULD PAY A PROPORTIONATELY, UH, LARGER FEE THAN A SMALLER HOME.
UH, IN THE NEXUS STUDY, LARGE JURISDICTIONS, WHICH ARE DEFINED AS CITIES WITHIN A COUNTY WITH MORE THAN 250,000 RESIDENTS, UH, LARGE JURISDICTIONS
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NEED TO INCLUDE A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.AND AS PART OF THE NEXUS STUDY, THE NEXUS STUDY SHOULD IDENTIFY THE LEVEL OF SERVICE AND OUR STUDY DOES THAT.
AND THEN IF THE FEES ARE INCREASING, UH, THE NEXT STUDY NEEDS TO REVIEW THE ASSUMPTIONS FROM THE ORIGINAL FEE STUDY AND EVALUATE THE AMOUNT OF FEES COLLECTED UNDER THE ORIGINAL FEES.
UM, AGAIN, OUR STUDY INCLUDES ALL OF THESE COMPONENTS.
SO THIS NEXT SLIDE, UH, JUST LAYS OUT OUR BASIC METHODOLOGY FOR CALCULATING AND IMPACT FEE.
WE START BY ESTIMATING DEMAND FOR DEVELOPMENT, AND THAT'S OUR LAND USE SCENARIO AND THINKING ABOUT THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE, RESIDENTS AND WORKERS, AND THE JOBS THAT ARE IN THE CITY TODAY, AND A PROJECTION OUT INTO THE FUTURE.
WE CAN THEN IDENTIFY FACILITY STANDARDS, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THESE MORE ON A SUBSEQUENT SLIDE, BUT THE IDEA HERE IS A MEASURE OF DEMAND FOR FACILITIES.
THE COMMON EXAMPLE BEING PARK ACRES PER 1000 RESIDENTS USING THOSE STANDARDS, BUT ALSO ANY OTHER FACILITY PLANNING THAT THE CITY HAS DONE, WE CAN THEN DETERMINE NEW FACILITIES, UH, AND THE, THE COST OF THOSE FACILITIES NEEDED TO SERVE THE CITY.
AND THEN WE CAN ALLOCATE A SHARE OF THOSE FACILITIES TO ACCOMMODATE GROWTH.
IN SOME CASES, THE FEES CAN FULLY FUND THE FACILITIES AND IN OTHER CASES, IT'S APPROPRIATE TO ALLOCATE A SHARE TO EXISTING DEVELOPMENT.
IN THOSE CASES WHERE A SHARE IS ALLOCATED TO EXISTING DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY THE ALTERNATIVE FUNDING NEEDED TO FUND, UH, ESSENTIALLY EXISTING DEVELOPMENT SHARE OF THE NEW FACILITIES.
AND THEN FINALLY, WE CALCULATE THE FEE SCHEDULE AND ALLOCATE THE COST PER UNIT OF NEW DEVELOPMENT.
IN THIS CASE, ALL OF THE FEES ARE CALCULATED PER SQUARE FOOT FOR BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL LAND USES.
IN THIS STUDY, WE LOOKED AT THE FOLLOWING FEE CATEGORIES, GENERAL CITY FACILITIES, TRAFFIC FACILITIES, WHICH COMBINE THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS TWO TRAFFIC RELATED FEES.
THEY'RE COMBINED INTO A SINGLE FEE GOING FORWARD, A PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES FEE, AND A FIRE FACILITIES FEE.
UH, THIS NEXT SLIDE LAYS OUT THE OVERARCHING GROWTH PROJECTIONS USED IN THE STUDY.
THESE PROJECTIONS WERE INFORMED BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN UPDATE AND DATA FROM SCAG.
AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, UH, OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS OR SO, UH, THERE'S A PROJECTED INCREASE OF ABOUT 13,600 RESIDENTS, UH, WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT 5,300 DWELLING UNITS AND ABOUT 2,600 JOBS.
SO CONSEQUENTLY, WITH THE INCREASED DEMAND FOR FACILITIES, UH, THE FEES WOULD, UH, BE ABLE TO MITIGATE THE DEMAND THAT THOSE, UH, THAT THAT GROWTH WOULD PLACE ON THE CITY'S FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO THE, THE EMPLOYMENT UH, INCREASE, DOES THE DATA THAT, OR THE SOURCE FOR THE DATA THAT YOU PULLED THIS FROM, DOES IT DESCRIBE WHAT TYPES OF EMPLOYMENT THAT WOULD BE? OR IS IT JUST A MATHEMATICAL, HEY, YOU GOT THIS MANY MORE PEOPLE, WE EXPECT THIS MANY MORE JOBS? YEAH, SO THE EMPLOYMENT PROJECTIONS CAME FROM SCAG.
UH, SCAG DOES NOT, UM, IDENTIFY THE PARTICULAR TYPE OF JOB.
IN OUR STUDY, WE MADE THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE, THE, THE BROAD CATEGORIES OF JOBS WOULD REMAIN CONSTANT INTO THE FUTURE.
SO, YOU KNOW, UH, COMMERCIAL OPTIONS, EVERYTHING ARRIVES IN THE SAME PERCENTAGE, ESSENTIALLY OF WHAT WE CURRENTLY, RIGHT, EXACTLY.
JUST A FOLLOW UP QUESTION ON WHAT YOU JUST SAID.
YOU GET THAT INFORMATION FROM SCAG, DOESN'T S SCAG GET THAT INFORMATION FROM THE CITIES? UH, I BELIEVE SO, YEAH.
BUT YEAH, WE'RE IN LINE WITH THE, THE S SCAG GROWTH FORECAST, YES.
UM, SO I MENTIONED FACILITY STANDARDS AND COST ALLOCATION.
UH, IN THIS STUDY WE USE TWO METHODS, UH, DEPENDING ON THE FACILITY CATEGORY.
UH, THE EXISTING INVENTORY APPROACH IS WHERE WE CAN ENSURE THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTES TO FACILITIES AT THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS.
UH, THE MATH HERE IS WE TAKE THE EXISTING FACILITIES, ABIDE THEM BY EXISTING DEMAND.
AGAIN, THE EXAMPLE HERE IS PARK ACRES PER THOUSAND RESIDENTS.
WE CAN QUANTIFY YOUR CURRENT FACILITY STANDARD AND THEN SET THE FEE SO THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT MAINTAINS THAT STANDARD ON INTO THE FUTURE.
THE SECOND APPROACH IS CALLED THE PLANT FACILITIES APPROACH.
HERE IS WHERE THE IDENTIFIED PLANT FACILITIES DRIVE THE FEE CALCULATION.
WE CAN IDENTIFY THE PARTICULAR FACILITIES OR THE SHARE OF THE FACILITIES THAT ARE NEEDED TO ACCOMMODATE NEW DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN WE DIVIDE THE COST OF THOSE FACILITIES BY THE INCREASE IN DEMAND.
SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT A TRAFFIC FEE, WE HAVE THE COST OF TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS, WE DIVIDE THAT BY THE INCREASE IN TRIPS AND THE RESULTING COST PER TRIP DRIVES THE FEE CALCULATION.
THESE ARE THE APPROACHES THAT WERE USED FOR THE CATEGORIES IN THE STUDY.
AGAIN, WE USE THAT EXISTING STANDARD APPROACH FOR YOUR PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES FEE.
AND THEN WE USE THE PLAN FACILITIES FEE FOR THE FIRE GENERAL CITY FACILITIES AND TRAFFIC FACILITIES FEE CALCULATIONS.
PERTAINING TO THE PLANT FACILITIES, I KNOW YOU DEAL WITH A LOT OF CITIES AND A LOT OF CITIES HAVE THEIR OWN FIRE DEPARTMENTS MM-HMM
SO LIKE I WORKED FOR A CITY CALLED SANTA FE SPRINGS, SO I KNOW WE USED TO COLLECT MONIES FOR, UH, FIRE FACILITIES.
WE DON'T HAVE A FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WHY WOULD WE COLLECT MONIES FOR FIRE FACILITIES? WELL, THE IDEA WOULD BE THAT DEMAND WOULD BE GENERATED FOR FIRE FACILITIES.
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YOU'RE CURRENTLY SERVED BY A, A SPECIAL DISTRICT, AN INDEPENDENT FIRE DISTRICT.AND SO, UM, BUT THAT DISTRICT WOULD NEED FACILITIES TO SERVE THE GROWTH IN YOUR CITY.
SO, BUT WHY IS THAT OUR RESPONSIBILITY, SINCE YOU DID THE STUDY? UH, WELL, YOUR RESIDENTS WOULD BE RECEIVING BENEFIT FROM THOSE FACILITIES.
UH, YOU DON'T TECHNICALLY YOU DON'T HAVE TO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO CHARGE ANY IMPACT FEES.
SO, UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S THE LOGIC BEHIND THE FEE IS THAT THE RESIDENTS WOULD BE RESIDENTS AND JOBS WOULD BE RECEIVING BENEFIT FROM THOSE FACILITIES.
AND WE CAN, WE CAN ESTIMATE THEIR FAIR SHARE.
UH, WHETHER OR NOT YOU IMPLEMENT THE FEE IS, IS OF COURSE YOUR, YOUR COUNCIL'S DECISION.
WHEN YOU DO YOUR STUDY, DO YOU LOOK AT THE MONIES THAT THEY GENERATE, JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY? UM, DO, DO YOU GO INTO TO THAT? WE, WE, WE DO SUBTRACT OTHER FACILITY, UM, FINANCING FROM THE COST OF THE FACILITY SO THAT NO ONE IS DOUBLE PAYING FOR A FACILITY.
ALRIGHT, SO, UH, THIS NEXT SLIDE JUST SORT OF LAYS OUT THE MAJOR PLANNED FACILITIES CONTEMPLATED BY THE STUDY.
UH, IN THE BACK OF THE NEXUS STUDY, THERE'S A CIP THAT HAS DETAILS ABOUT EACH FACILITY.
UM, SO FROM GENERAL CITY FACILITIES, THERE'S A TRANSFER STATION AND SEVERAL CITY GATEWAY MONUMENTS.
UH, IN THE PARKS FEE, THERE'S PARKS NEEDED TO MAINTAIN THE CITY'S EXISTING PARKLAND STANDARD.
AND FOR THE FIRE FACILITIES FEE, THERE ARE FIRE APPARATUS, UH, STATION 68 AND THE ESSENTIAL RESOURCE FACILITY AND A LADDER TRUCK THAT WERE IDENTIFIED, UH, BY THAT INDEPENDENT DISTRICT AS, AS THE FACILITY NEEDS TO SERVE THE CITY OUT INTO THE FUTURE.
MR. MAYOR, I GOT A QUESTION AGAIN, AND I APOLOGIZE.
SO TO ME IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
BUT MY QUESTION IS, FIRE FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT, WHY ARE WE FUNDING APPARATUSES? YEAH, I AGREE.
FOR THE FIRE DISTRICT, TOTALLY, TOTALLY AGREE.
I THINK, UH, THIS IS PROBABLY NOT NECESSARILY A FUNCTION OF THE WORK THAT WE HAD DONE BY A CONSULTANT, BUT A LARGER DISCUSSION ABOUT THE CITY'S PAST PRACTICE AND GOING FORWARD.
SO JUST TO PUT A LITTLE CONTEXT ON THIS, IS THAT WHEN WE DEVELOPED THE MOU, UH, THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE FIRE DISTRICT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATION 68, THERE WERE A COUPLE, UH, UH, DEAL POINTS IN THAT AGREEMENT.
WE GAVE THEM LAND, WE GAVE THEM $8 MILLION.
UH, THEY TOOK OVER THE COSTS FOR THE, UH, SERVICE, UH, UH, ON THE EDGE OF, UH, THE CITY.
UH, AND, UH, WE PUT IN THE AGREEMENT THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT OF A FIRE FEE FOR THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION BECAUSE TRADITIONALLY WE'VE USED OTHER FUNDS THAT COULD HAVE GONE TO, UH, UH, GENERAL PURPOSES IN THE CITY TO PAY FOR THE FIRE DISTRICT'S.
UH, UH, VARIETY OF IMPROVEMENTS.
I THINK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ, TO YOUR POINT, UM, WE WORKED WITH THE FIRE DISTRICT TO IDENTIFY WHAT APPARATUS THEY WOULD NEED ADDITIONAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH, YOU KNOW, STATION 68.
AND WHILE THIS WILL BENEFIT THE, UH, CHINO HILLS RESIDENCE, THE FIRE DISTRICT HAS THEIR OWN AUTHORITY TO COLLECT, UH, REVENUE FOR THAT EXACT SAME PURPOSE.
AND SO THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO DECIDE ALONG THE WAY, WILL WE CONTINUE TO SUBSIDIZE, UH, UH, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, THE THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THESE FIRE, UH, RELATED, UH, UH, ACTIVITIES.
UH, OR WILL WE DEVELOP A VERY SPECIFIC FEE THAT WE WOULD THEN COLLECT THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO USE FOR THAT PURPOSE.
OR I GUESS A THIRD OPTION WOULD BE WE, WOULD WE USE OTHER CITY MONEY FOR THAT PURPOSE? AND SO WHILE THE TEAM HAS LOOKED AT WHAT THOSE COSTS SHOULD BE IN THE FEE, I THINK THE POLICY DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GONNA BE SEEKING IS, IS THIS SOMETHING THE COUNCIL WANTS TO START TO COLLECT ON THEIR BEHALF? UH, SHIFT THAT BURDEN BACK DIRECTLY TO THE FIRE DISTRICT, UH, OR DO SOME COMBINATION IN BETWEEN.
I, I HOPE THAT ADDED A LITTLE BACKGROUND.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UM, AGAIN, UM, I LOOK AT TWO THINGS.
I LOOK AT, UM, FUNDING SOURCES, UH, ESPECIALLY PROPERTY TAX.
WE GET, UH, 4%, THEY GET 15%, RIGHT? SO THAT CONCERNS ME.
UM, WE GET A LOT LESS MONEY THAN THEY GET, BUT WE HAVE TO BUY THEM EQUIPMENT.
BUT AGAIN, IS THIS PER THE INCORPORATION DOC DOCUMENTS FROM LAFCO, WAS THAT IN THE, THE LCO DOCUMENT STATING THAT WE WERE RESPONSIBLE? THAT'S PART OF MY QUESTION.
THE OTHER PART OF THE QUESTION IS, IS ONCE WE GAVE HIM $8 MILLION, I THOUGHT THAT WAS GONNA BE IT.
SO HERE'S THE $8 MILLION FOR, FOR THE STATION, WHICH WE WANT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE WANNA BE PARTNERS, GOOD PARTNERS.
BUT I THOUGHT THAT WAS GONNA BE LIKE THE END OF THE LINE.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS ANTICIPATING.
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UH, REQUIREMENTS THAT THE CITY PASS ON, UH, UM, FUNDS THAT WERE COLLECTED FOR FIRE USES BY THE COUNTY.UH, AND OUR POSITION, MY POSITION, THE GUIDANCE I'VE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS THAT THAT WAS VERY SPECIFIC TO COUNTY COLLECTED DOLLARS.
I THINK THERE HAS BEEN A DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE FIRE DISTRICT'S INTERPRETATION OF THE LAFCO INCORPORATION DOCUMENTS AND OUR INTERPRETATION ON WHETHER OR NOT THAT OBLIGATES THE CITY IN THE FUTURE.
UH, I THINK PART OF THE CONFUSION, AND WE RECENTLY HAD A MEETING, UH, WITH, UH, THE DIRECTOR OF LCO TO GET THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON WHETHER OR NOT LAFCO DOCUMENTS TYPICALLY REQUIRE A ENTITY, A NEW ENTITY LIKE A CITY TO COLLECT FOR AN EXISTING ENTITY LIKE THE FIRE DISTRICT.
AND THEIR OPINION WAS, UNLESS IT'S EXPLICITLY CALLED OUT AND WHICH IS RARE, THEN NO, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN AUTHORITY.
UH, SO TO THE EXTENT THAT ARE WE REQUIRED TO DO IT GOING FORWARD OUR OPINION IS NO.
UH, BUT WHAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ME AND I THINK FOR THE TEAM IS THAT IF THE COUNCIL DID WANT TO CONTINUE THE PRACTICE OF PROVIDING THAT FUNDING, WE WANTED A SPECIFIC MECHANISM DEDICATED TO FIRE.
SO WE WOULD NO LONGER USE GENERAL DOLLARS THAT COULD HAVE GONE TO OTHER USES.
I DON'T KNOW IF BETH, YOU WANTED TO ADD UP.
AND UM, TO ADD ON TO THAT, JUST IN 1998, THE CITY ADOPTED, UH, FEES AND THEY ADOPTED A GENERAL FACILITIES FEE AT THAT TIME.
THAT INCLUDED, UM, A LOT OF CITY FACILITIES LIKE THE CITY HALL TODAY, BUT ALSO, UH, FIRE DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, FIRE DISTRICT FACILITIES.
SO WAS THAT, THAT WAS PART OF THE AGREEMENT? WELL, THAT WAS PART OF WHAT THE CITY CHOSE TO DO.
IT'S SOMETHING THE CITY CHOSE TO DO.
THIS IS, THIS WAS A CHOICE THE CITY DID TO INCLUDE MY QUESTION AGAIN.
IS THAT PART OF THE AGREEMENT? IS IT IN WRITING? DOES IT STATE THAT OR DID WE JUST DO IT? WE JUST DID IT.
SO WE ALL KIND OF SHARE THESE SAME SENTIMENTS.
SO DOES THIS MEAN ON THIS WORKING MATERIAL HERE THAT WE WANT LADDER, TRUCK AND ESSENTIAL RESOURCE FACILITY TO STAY ON IT, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
AND THEN WHEN WE MAKE THESE CHANGES, WE HAVE TO, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW AND FOR US TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE THAT MANY PEOPLE VIEW THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AS THE CITY'S FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE FUNDING MECHANISM.
AND IT'S JUST BECAUSE IT'S A SPECIAL DISTRICT, IT'S AN ANOMALY.
SO WHEN WE ARE GONNA MAKE THESE CHOICES IN THIS DISCUSSION, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE, LIKE WHAT YOU, YOU ALREADY SAID WHEN RAY BROUGHT UP THE PROPERTY TAX ISSUE, IS THAT THEY HAVE A FUNDING MECHANISM.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT LOOKING LIKE THE BAD GUY, THAT WE'RE, OH, WE'RE NOT GONNA FUND A LADDER TRUCK.
SO JUST CONTINUING TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC THAT WE'RE TWO SEPARATE AGENCIES.
I, I THINK THAT WE POSSIBLY, SINCE WE PASSED PRACTICES, WE'VE BEEN DOING IT RIGHT, SO WE START COLLECTING THE MONEY.
IS THIS POT OF MONEY GONNA BE FOR THEM ONLY, WHICH IS COOL, BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING ABOVE AND BEYOND, LIKE THEY WANNA BUILD ANOTHER STATION IN TRESS AND THEY WANT A HELICOPTER, ARE WE GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT? OR IS THIS GONNA BE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEY PULL FROM AND THAT'S IT? SO I'LL ANSWER THAT.
IT DEPENDS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE SETTING UP A STRUCTURE BASED ON WHAT THEY SAY THEY NEED.
NOW, COULD THEY COME TO THE CITY AND SAY, THE FIRE IMPACT FEE, UH, GENERATED X MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, BUT NOW WE'RE GONNA BUY A HELICOPTER.
DO YOU WANT TO CHIP IN ON THAT HELICOPTER? THEY COULD.
UH, WE JUST NOT, WOULDN'T BE REQUIRED TO.
AND I DON'T BELIEVE WE COULD USE THIS FEE FOR SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF THE FEE, BUT WE WOULD THEN THEORETICALLY RESTRUCTURE THE FEE IN, IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, A A FIVE YEAR.
JUST TO MODIFY THAT THE, THE CASE LAW HAS HELD THAT YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY OBLIGATED TO THE FIRE.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT CERTAIN NEEDS THAT THEY'VE IDENTIFIED NOW.
BUT IF ALL OF A SUDDEN SOMETHING, THEY GOT A WINDFALL AND THEY WERE ABLE TO PAY SOMETHING AND THEN THEY WANTED SOMETHING ELSE OR SOMETHING BECAME, UH, SOME PROJECT THAT WAS PLANNED IS NO LONGER NEEDED, YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO BUILD THAT.
YOU CAN SHIFT FUNDING AROUND THE COURTS DON'T REQUIRE YOU TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD 20 YEARS FROM NOW.
SO SAY THEY GOT, THE DISTRICT ITSELF GOT A $20 MILLION GRANT TO BUILD A NEW FACILITY MM-HMM
BUT WE'VE BEEN COLLECTING FEES FOR IT, THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY DO THAT.
BUT IT STILL HAS TO STAY WITHIN THE FIRE CATEGORY.
YES, IT HAS TO STAY WITHIN THE FIRE.
AND THERE MIGHT BE SOME CONSTRAINTS IF WE, WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT IT AT THE TIME, BUT THERE IS GENERALLY SOME FLEXIBILITY TO MOVE IT TO ANOTHER PROJECT.
'CAUSE, 'CAUSE LIKE I SAID, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR SOMEONE TO KNOW 10 YEARS AHEAD OF TIME OR 20 YEARS AHEAD OF TIME WHAT MIGHT NEED TO BE BUILT.
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THINK JUST FOR US TO ALSO KEEP IN MIND OUR SISTER CITY NEXT DOOR, THEY COLLECT FEES AND THEY KEEP THEIR STATIONS, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT AS AN ONGOING CITY FACILITY.WE JUST WRITE A CHECK, HAND 'EM THE KEYS AND WHISTLE INTO THE NIGHT.
UM, THIS NEXT SLIDE STILL, WE'RE STILL RUNNING THROUGH THE, THE MAJOR PLAN FACILITIES HERE.
UM, THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE IDENTIFIED SEVERAL, UH, TRAFFIC FACILITIES THAT, UH, WHOSE, UH, ACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF SERVICE WOULD DECREASE, UH, BASED ON THE INCREASED DEMAND FROM NEW DEVELOPMENT.
SO THEY ARE LISTED HERE, I'M NOT GONNA READ THROUGH ALL OF THEM, BUT THERE'S A NUMBER OF INTERSECTIONS AND SEGMENTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE TRAFFIC FACILITIES FEE.
AND ON THIS NEXT SLIDE, I, I, FIRST OFF, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE SMALL PRINT, THERE'S A LOT TO, UH, UH, GET ON THE SLIDE HERE, BUT THIS IS THE MAXIMUM JUSTIFIED FEE SCHEDULE.
AGAIN, ALL OF THE FEES ARE EXPRESSED PER SQUARE FOOT, UH, FOR EACH FACILITY CATEGORY.
UM, THERE IS A WRINKLE WHEN IT COMES TO THE PARK FACILITIES FEE.
UM, PARK FEES CAN ALSO BE CHARGED UNDER WHAT'S CALLED THE QUIMBEE ACT, UH, WHERE DEVELOPERS CAN EITHER PAY THE FEE OR, UH, DEDICATE THE PARKLAND.
SO DEPENDING ON WHETHER OR NOT A RESIDENTIAL PROJECT IS IN A SUBDIVISION OR NOT, IT MAY BE SUBJECT TO THE QUIMBEE FEE, WHICH IS HIGHER THAN THE MITIGATION FEE ACT FEE FOR PARKS.
SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S, YOU SEE THE FEE IN LIEU OF PARKLAND DEDICATION FOR SUBDIVISIONS OR THE PARKLAND ACQUISITION FEE, UH, FOR NON SUBDIVISION RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND AT THE, I GUESS THE PUNCHLINE THERE IS THAT THE TWO COLUMNS ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT, THAT WOULD BE THE TOTAL FEE PER SQUARE FOOT, UH, FOR SUBDIVISIONS OR NON SUBDIVISIONS, UH, THAT WOULD BE, THAT COULD BE CHARGED UNDER THE STUDY.
UM, IF YOUR COUNSEL CHOOSES TO ADOPT THE FEES AT THE MAXIMUM JUSTIFIED LEVELS, I SHOULD NOTE THAT, UM, IT'S A POLICY DECISION TO IMPLEMENT THE FEES.
SO OUR STUDY IDENTIFIES THE MAXIMUM JUSTIFIED LEVELS AND FOR ANY PARTICULAR FEE CATEGORY OR FOR ANY POLICY DECISION, YOU COULD CHOOSE TO IMPLEMENT A LOWER FEE THAN THE STUDY JUSTIFIES, BUT, UH, NOT OF COURSE A HIGHER FEE.
I GOT A QUESTION, MR. MAYOR, IF I COULD GO AHEAD, UM, REAL FAST, AND THIS IS FOR NICK, UM, EXTENT OF QUIMBEE FEES.
IF THEY DEDICATE A PIECE OF PROPERTY FOR A PARK WITHIN THAT, WITHIN THAT DEVELOPMENT, IS THERE AN L AND L THAT WILL COVER THE, THE EXPENSES? SO THIS WAY IT DOESN'T COME TOWARDS THE, THE GENERAL FUND? OH, THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE CITY TO DECIDE.
UM, SOMETIMES THERE'S A, UH, COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT.
I, I DON'T BELIEVE THE CITY IS ESTABLISHING NEW L AND LS, BUT, UM, UH, A COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT COULD DECIDE, BUT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A PUBLIC FACILITY.
SO IT COULDN'T BE A, UM, A PRIVATE PARK OR A PARK ONLY FOR THE USE OF THE, UM, RESIDENTS WITHIN A GATED SUBDIVISION.
IF, IF THEY WERE GOING TO RECEIVE CORRETTA UNDER QUIMBEE, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A PUBLIC PARK, BUT WE COULD, UH, POTENTIALLY AS PART OF THAT DEVELOPMENT, UM, E ESTABLISH A CFD OR ANNEX INTO A CFD.
UM, BUT KRISTA WOULD HAVE TO ADVISE US ON THAT.
AND SO THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT PARK IS FUNDED THROUGH THE CFD? YEAH, IT JUST DEPENDS ON IF IT'S ALREADY IN ONE OR IF WE FORM ONE.
ALRIGHT, THIS NEXT SLIDE, UH, LAYS OUT THE PROJECTED FEE REVENUE BETWEEN NOW AND 2045.
IF THE MAXIMUM JUSTIFIED FEES WERE ADOPTED.
WE OF COURSE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ANY EXISTING IMPACT FEE FUND BALANCES THAT HAVE BEEN COLLECTED, UH, TO DATE.
I SHOULD NOTE THAT FOR THE FIRE FACILITIES FEE, THAT TOTAL PROJECT COST IS ALREADY NET OF OTHER IDENTIFIED FUNDING SOURCES FOR THE IDENTIFIED FACILITIES.
UM, BUT THE, I GUESS THE, THE OVERALL BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THE IMPACT FEES, AGAIN, IF IMPLEMENTED AT THE MAXIMUM JUSTIFIED LEVELS, WOULD GENERATE A LITTLE OVER $102 MILLION BETWEEN NOW AND 2045.
AGAIN, ASSUMING THAT THE GROWTH PROJECTIONS ARE, ARE CORRECT AND OCCUR WITHIN THAT TIMEFRAME.
UH, FOR THE TRAFFIC FACILITY FEE, YOU SEE THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL FUNDING REQUIRED.
THAT'S BECAUSE SOME OF THE PROJECTS ARE, UH, HAVE EXISTING DEFICIENCIES.
SO NEW DEVELOPMENT CAN'T FUND THE SHARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE, WITH THE EXISTING DEFICIENCY AND MUST ONLY FUND THE SHARE OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE NEEDED TO SERVE THAT GROWTH.
AND SO THAT EXISTING DEFICIENCY FOR THOSE PROJECTS IS ABOUT $5.7 MILLION.
UH, THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE FUNDED BY OTHER FUNDING SOURCES.
AND THEN WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT FOR WHAT THESE FEES LOOK LIKE FOR THE CITY.
UM, I SHOULD NOTE THAT, UM, WELL THERE, THERE WILL BE SEVERAL, SEVERAL FEE COMPARISON SLIDES HERE.
UH, WE INCLUDED ALL DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES, FUNDING FACILITIES INCLUDING REGIONAL FEES AND THOSE FEES CHARGED BY UTILITY DISTRICTS.
SO IT'S KIND OF A, YOU KNOW, A FULL PICTURE OF WHAT'S CHARGED IN THESE OTHER CITIES, EVEN IF THEY AREN'T
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ALL CHARGED BY THE CITIES THEMSELVES.UM, FOR SOME CITIES YOU WILL SEE A LOW AND A HIGH BAR CHART ON THIS TABLE.
UH, AND THAT'S BECAUSE, UH, THEY CHARGE DIFFERENT FEES DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU BUILD IN THE CITY.
SO WE JUST WANTED TO SORT OF BOOKMARK OR BOOK END THE RANGE OF WHAT THEY COULD BE CHARGING.
UM, WE ARE ALSO INCLUDING THE CITY'S CURRENT IMPACT FEE SCHEDULE, AND THAT'S THE YELLOW BAR CHART.
AND THEN THE GREEN BAR REPRESENTS THE MAXIMUM JUSTIFIED FEES, UH, THAT YOU COULD CHARGE.
AND THIS IS FOR A SINGLE FAMILY UNIT.
SOME OF THE CITIES, UM, ARE STILL CHARGING AS A FLAT FEE PER UNIT.
UM, OTHERS ARE CHARGING PER SQUARE FOOT.
SO WE REDID THE COMPARISON FOR A SINGLE FAMILY UNIT OF 4,086 SQUARE FEET, WHICH WAS THE AVERAGE SIZE SQUARE, UH, UH, SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR, FOR UNITS BUILT IN YOUR CITY.
AND YOU CAN SEE THERE, THE CURRENT AND THE MAXIMUM JUSTIFIED FEES FALL WITHIN THE RANGE OF THE COMPARISON JURISDICTIONS, ALTHOUGH IT'S QUITE A WIDE RANGE.
WE ALSO DID THIS FEE COMPARISON FOR A 20 MULTIFAMILY UNIT BUILDING.
SO YOU CAN THINK OF THIS AS AS AN APARTMENT BUILDING.
UM, AGAIN, UH, THIS, YOU KNOW, CURRENT MAXIMUM JUSTIFIED FEES FALL WITHIN THE RANGE OF THE COMPARISON JURISDICTIONS.
UH, WE ALSO, UH, UH, PREPARED THIS COMPARISON FOR A COMMERCIAL RETAIL, A PRETTY SMALL COMMERCIAL, UH, STORE.
UM, AND, AND I THINK THE STORY WILL BE THE SAME FOR, FOR ALL THE COMPARISONS THAT, UH, YOUR CURRENT AND MAXIMUM JUSTIFIED FEES FALL WITHIN THE RANGE IS OF THE FACILITIES.
IF ANYONE'S WONDERING WHY THE BREA FEES ARE SO HIGH, THEY HAVE A PARTICULAR WATER FEE THAT'S CHARGED IN ONLY A SMALL PORTION OF THE CITY, BUT IT ENDS UP BEING A VERY HIGH FEE.
SO, UM, THAT, THAT INFLUENCES THE, UH, THE FEE COMPARISON THERE.
THIS NEXT COMPARISON HERE IS FOR A 50,000 SQUARE FOOT BUSINESS PARK.
AND THEN FINALLY WE DID A COMPARISON FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT, UH, INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE TYPE FACILITY.
AND WITH THAT, I THINK I'LL HAND IT OVER TO, UH, YOUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR TO WALK YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE, UH, INDIVIDUAL, UH, COMPARISONS.
SO, UM, AS PART OF THIS, UH, WE WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME ACTUAL PROJECTS, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN PROCESSED THROUGH THE CITY SO THE COUNCIL CAN GET AN IDEA OF, UH, WHAT THEY WOULD PAY TODAY VERSUS WHAT THEY WOULD PAY WITH THE MAXIMUM JUSTIFIED FEE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT'S PRESENTED BEFORE THE COUNCIL TONIGHT.
SO, UM, FOR A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, UH, WITHIN THE SHADY VIEW DEVELOPMENT, UH, IF THAT WAS TO COME IN TODAY, UM, THE, THE CURRENT, UH, FEE IS ABOUT 42,000, INCLUDING, UM, ALL OF THE VARIOUS, UH, DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES PLUS, UH, SOME OF THOSE OTHER OUTSIDE FEES LIKE, UM, INLAND EMPIRE UTILITIES AGENCY CONNECTION FEES.
UM, THE PROPOSED FEES, UM, WOULD GO UP TO ABOUT 58,000.
SO A DIFFERENCE OF ABOUT $16,000, YOU CAN SEE, UM, THE BULK OF THAT REALLY IS IN THE, THE QUIMBEE AND PARKS AND RECREATION, UM, FEES.
UM, YOU'LL NOTICE ON THE QUIMBEE FEE, THE CURRENT, UH, FEE THAT WE HAVE IS, UH, IS ONLY $867.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE, UM, THAT'S BASED ON A, UM, PLANNED FACILITY RATE, UM, FROM THE PREVIOUS STUDY IN 2017, BASED UPON A PREVIOUS PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN, WHICH LOOKED AT ONLY UM, TWO PARKS, UH, BEING CONSTRUCTED.
UM, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHANGE SINCE THEN.
WE HAVE AN UPDATED PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN.
WE WENT THROUGH OUR SIX CYCLE HOUSING ELEMENT, UH, WHICH ADDED A BUNCH MORE UNITS THAN FROM THE PREVIOUS GENERAL PLAN.
AND SO MOVING FORWARD ON A PLANNED FACILITIES BASIS, THAT REPRESENTS THAT, THAT HUGE INCREASE OF $7,300, UM, FOR THE LAND COMPONENT.
AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL, UM, INCREASE OF $5,400 FOR THE, UM, FACILITIES OR IMPROVEMENTS COMPONENT, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S BASED UPON ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION COSTS TODAY.
UM, N NEXT WOULD BE A, UH, A CUSTOM HOME.
UH, SO, UH, IF WE HAVE NEW CUSTOM HOME, UH, THAT, UH, UH, WOULD COME IN THAT HAD, UH, 4,500 SQUARE FEET, UM, WE'D BE LOOKING AT AN INCREASE OF ABOUT, UH, $19,000 IN, IN FEES FOR COMMERCIAL.
UH, IF WE HAVE A SINGLE TENANT
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BUILDING.UH, THIS, UH, EXAMPLE WOULD BE FOR A A 6,300 SQUARE FOOT SINGLE TENANT COMMERCIAL BUILDING.
UM, WE'D SEE AN INCREASE OF, UH, APPROXIMATELY 24,000 IN, IN FEES.
UM, THAT WOULD BE MAINLY DUE TO THE TRAFFIC IMPACT FEE BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT CHARGED FOR PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES.
THEN A MULTIFAMILY SUBDIVISION, UM, THE, THIS WOULD COME IN ABOUT 21,000, UH, $22,000 HIGHER.
UM, AND AGAIN, A LOT LARGE COMPONENT OF THAT IS THE, UM, QUIMBEE AND THE PARKS AND RECREATION, UH, FACILITIES.
UM, THEN IN A, A DETACHED A DU, SO, UM, UH, PER STATE LAW, THE CITY'S REQUIRED TO CHARGE A PROPORTIONAL RATE OF DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES TO AN A DU.
UM, SO WE CAN'T HAVE NECESSARILY A FLAT FEE FOR THEM.
AND SO, UM, FIRST, THE FIRST THRESHOLD IS WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO CHARGE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES FOR ADUS BELOW 700 SQUARE FEET.
SO IF YOU DO GO ABOVE 700, THE METRIC THAT THE CITY USES, THE RATIO OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE A DU TO THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE HOUSE, AND THAT PERCENTAGE IS THE PERCENTAGE OF THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES ARE PAID.
SO IN, IN THIS CASE, THE A DU THAT WAS BEING BUILT WAS 29.11% OF THE OVERALL SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE HOUSE.
AND SO IN THIS CASE, THEY WOULD ACTUALLY PAY LESS THAN, UM, UNDER THE CURRENT BY AMOUNT BY ABOUT $290.
UM, SO, UM, SO IT'S A NEGLIGIBLE AMOUNT IN THE OVERALL, UH, SCHEME OF IT, BUT, SO SOME ADSS MAY GO UP A LITTLE BIT, SOME MAY GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT, UH, BUT THEY HAVE TO BE PROPORTIONAL.
SO, NICK, REAL FAST, IF, UH, AN A DU BASICALLY IS LESS THAN 700 SQUARE FEET, WHAT'S BEING CHARGED? SO, UM, WHAT'S BEING CHARGED WOULD BE THE, UM, UH, PLAN CHECK AND BUILDING PERMIT FEES.
UH, THEN WE WOULD ALSO BE CHARGING ANY UTILITY FEES.
SO THEY HAVE TO GET A SEPARATE WATER METER, SO THEY WOULD ALSO HAVE TO PAY WATER METER FEES.
THEY MAY HAVE TO PAY IUA CONNECTION FEES, UM, DEPENDING UPON, UH, WHERE THEY'RE AT THE, THE, UH, THE AGE OF THE STRUCTURE AS WELL.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD BE CHARGING.
BUT WE CAN'T CHARGE FOR, UH, TRAFFIC IMPACT OR PARKS AND REC QUIMBEE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO BASICALLY THE CHARGE WOULD BE A LOT LESS THAN WHAT WE'RE OVERSEEING HERE FOR 700 SQUARE FEET OR ABOVE? UH, YES.
SO THAT SECOND WATER METER THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE HAS TO BE PIPED TO THE STREET? CORRECT.
AND THEN SERVICE ONLY THE A DU, WHY CAN'T THEY USE THE SAME WATER METER AND JUST ROUTE IT BASICALLY? I MEAN, IT DIDN'T SEEM, I THINK THIS WAS THE ISSUE WE WERE DEALING WITH.
YES, IN THAT SITUATION WE TALKED ABOUT.
SO IT DEPENDS ON IF THE A DU IS ATTACHED OR DETACHED FROM THE MAIN HOUSE.
SO IF SOMEBODY BUILDS AN ATTACHED A DU, THEY ARE ALLOWED TO USE THE EXISTING SERVICE AS LONG AS IT'S SIZED APPROPRIATELY.
BUT FOR A DETACHED A DU, THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A SEPARATE WATER METER, SEPARATE GAS METER, AND SEPARATE ELECTRICAL METER PER, UM, MUNICIPAL CODE REQUIREMENTS.
THE ONLY UTILITY THEY COULD SHARE IS SEWER.
AND THAT DOES MAKE SENSE BECAUSE YOU'D BE POWERING THAT AND IT WOULDN'T BE DIRECTLY ATTACHED TO THE, THE EXISTING DWELLING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, MOVING ON.
SO THEN, UM, I'D LIKE TO JUST RUN THROUGH, UM, SOME OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE CHANGES THAT ARE REQUIRED AS PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE, UH, UPDATE.
SO, UM, WE UPDATED DEFINITIONS TO REFERENCE THIS NEW NEXUS STUDY AND ANY FEE RELATED TERMS. UM, WE ADDED A SECTION ESTABLISHING THE FIRE FACILITIES FEE, UH, RENAMED THE TRAFFIC SECTION FOR THE TRAFFIC FACILITY FEE.
UH, BECAUSE THERE'S CURRENTLY TWO DIFFERENT TRAFFIC FEES AND WE'RE COMBINING THEM ON A GO FORWARD BASIS.
UM, CLARIFIED THAT THE NON-RESIDENTIAL NEW CONSTRUCTION WILL BE CHARGED ON A PER THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT BASIS, UM, WHICH, UH, ISN'T ESTABLISHED, UM, SPECIFICALLY IN THE CODE.
AND THAT NEW RESIDENTIAL WOULD BE CHARGED ON A PER SQUARE FOOT BASIS IN ACCORDANCE WITH AB 6 0 2.
UM, WE ALSO ADDED LANGUAGE EXPLAINING HOW ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS WILL BE CHARGED.
UH, RIGHT NOW, UM, WE ARE JUST FOLLOW STATE LAW BY HAVING THE,
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THE, UM, UH, CONSISTENCY POLICY AND THE PROPORTIONATE RATE.SO WE'RE ESTABLISHING IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE WHAT THE PROPORTIONAL RATE IS.
UM, AND THEN WE UPDATE TABLE ONE TO REFLECT THE PROPOSED FEES WITH THE MOST RECENT CPI BECAUSE THEY ARE BASED UPON THE CURRENT NUMBERS IN THE CODE ARE BASED ON THE OLD NEXUS STUDY.
SO WE'RE UPDATING ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS TO BE TODAY'S NUMBERS.
UM, WE REVISE THE SECTION SPECIFYING WHEN FEES ARE DUE, UH, BECAUSE STATE LAW HAS ALSO CHANGED SINCE THE LAST NEXUS STUDY.
UH, WHEREAS CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS, WE HAVE TO ALLOW THE DEVELOPER TO PAY DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES UPON CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, NOT NECESSARILY ON BUILDING PERMIT.
UM, MOST LARGE SCALE DEVELOPERS STILL WANT TO PAY AT BUILDING PERMIT BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR THEM.
IT STREAMLINES THE PROCESS TO GETTING TO OCCUPANCY, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO GIVE DEVELOPERS THE OPTION TO PAY AT OCCUPANCY.
SO WE'RE UPDATING THE CODE TO REFLECT THAT.
AND THEN WE REMOVED, UM, THE SECTION DISCUSSING PARK AND RECREATION FEE CREDITS BECAUSE WE ARE ADDRESSING THAT IN THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE UNDER OUR DISCUSSION OF QUIMBEE ACT, WHICH IS ANOTHER MUNICIPAL CODE CHANGE THAT'S REQUIRED, UM, TO UPDATE THE CODE WITH RESPECT TO QUIMBEE, UM, THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, UM, IS A, IS A OLDER ORDINANCE THAT WE INHERITED FROM THE COUNTY AND HAVE MADE AMENDMENTS TO OVER TIME.
UM, SO THERE WAS A, THERE WAS AN EXCEPTION FOR, UH, PARK REQUIREMENTS IN THE LOS SERRANOS AREA, UM, FOR, FOR SOME REASON.
UM, BUT THAT AREA IS ESSENTIALLY, UH, DEVELOPED AND SO, UM, ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD BE COMING IN WOULD BE LIKE IN A MASTER PLAN FORMAT.
AND SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO COLLECT PARK FEES FOR THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT.
UM, WE ALSO REMOVED, UH, PARKS AND REC COMMISSION FROM DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT A DEVELOPER GETS TO DEDICATE LAND OR PAY A FEE.
USUALLY THAT DECISION IS MADE VERY EARLY ON IN THE PROCESSING, NOT TOWARDS THE END WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE A, UM, A COMMISSION WEIGH IN ON IT.
UM, AND THAT WAS NOT A PRACTICE THAT HAD BEEN FOLLOWED IN THE CITY IN MANY, MANY YEARS.
UH, WE ALSO REMOVED A REFERENCE TO THE CHINOS SPECIFIC PLAN INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING.
UM, IT, WE ADDED IN CREDIT FOR CONSTRUCTING FACILITIES.
UM, SO THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH, UM, ANOTHER PROVISION IN MUNICIPAL CODE.
WE ALSO INCREASE THE ALLOWABLE CREDIT FOR PRIVATE FACILITIES FROM 25 TO 50%.
UH, BECAUSE, UH, WE ARE AWARE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS 44 PARKS, UM, IN OUR INVENTORY RIGHT NOW.
UH, THERE MAY BE CASES WHERE DEVELOPMENT OCCURS THAT WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO ADD INVENTORY AND PARKS IN THAT AREA.
AND SO TO GIVE THE DEVELOPER AN OPTION TO GET SOME CREDIT AGAINST THEIR REQUIREMENT BY BUILDING, UM, PRIVATE FACILITIES, NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT, BUT UP TO 50%, UH, SEEMED TO MAKE SENSE.
UM, I THINK, UM, IF THE COUNCIL WAS INTERESTED AS WELL, UH, WE DID RECEIVE THAT EMAIL FROM, UH, THE BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION.
THEY, THEY BROUGHT UP, UH, A FEW DIFFERENT POINTS.
AND SO, UM, I'D ALSO BE HAPPY TO KIND OF WALK THE COUNCIL THROUGH THAT IF, IF THEY WOULD LIKE ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? ARE THERE SOME HIGHLIGHTS IN HERE THAT YOU WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT, UH, YOU SAW? SURE, SURE, I CAN DO THAT.
UM, SO, UH, THE, THE FIRST, UH, ITEM THAT THEY BROUGHT UP WAS THERE'S THE IDEA THAT THERE'S CERTAIN PARKS IN THE CITY THAT WE MIGHT CALL MINIMALLY IMPROVED, UM, CERTAIN NATURE PARKS OR THINGS THAT DON'T HAVE SPORT COURTS OR PLAYGROUNDS OR RESTROOMS OR, OR OTHER THINGS.
AND SO B'S QUESTION WAS, SHOULD WE BE USING THAT ACREAGE WITH AN IMPROVEMENT VALUE OF 871,000 PER ACRE OR SHOULD WE HAVE A LESSER IMPROVEMENT VALUE FOR THOSE PARKS IN THAT INVENTORY? AND SO, UM, WE THINK THAT'S A FAIR QUESTION.
UM, IF, IF YOU DO THAT, UM, IT WOULD REDUCE THE FEES BY A LITTLE BIT, UM, JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE REDUCING THAT 871 TO, UH, SORRY, WHICH DO YOU WANT THIS? OH YEAH, WHAT WAS THE MINIMALLY IMPROVED VALUE? DO YOU KNOW OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, CARLOS? WAS IT THE 23,900? YEAH, IT WAS, IT WAS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
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THAT I THINK WE'RE STILL REFINING IT, BUT THAT'S, YEAH.SO SOMEWHERE 23,900 FROM THAT 871 FROM 871.
SO, SO THAT WOULD REDUCE THAT OVER THE, UM, AMOUNT OF ACRES DEDICATED TO THOSE MINIMALLY IMPROVED PARKS LIKE THE NATURE PARKS OR, OR POCKET PARKS THAT DON'T HAVE A LOT OF FACILITIES.
UM, THEN, UH, ANOTHER OBSERVATION THAT, UH, THEY BROUGHT UP WAS THE REPLACEMENT COSTS OF SPECIAL USE FACILITIES, UM, WHICH WE, UH, WHICH WE DID AGREE SHOULD BE MODIFIED.
SO GENERALLY WE LOOKED AT A COST OF $800 PER SQUARE FOOT, UM, TO REPLACE A SPECIAL USE FACILITY.
SO THAT WOULD BE LIKE A COMMUNITY CENTER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT WE DO HAVE QUITE A BIT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE IN CERTAIN CITIES FACILITIES THAT'S PUT INTO OUTDOOR STRUCTURES.
SO THESE WOULD BE LIKE SHADE SHELTERS AND PATIOS, CANOPIES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE, UM, SO WE ALTERED A FEW OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGES TO DO THAT AT A $200 PER SQUARE FOOT REPLACEMENT COST LEVEL FOR THOSE, FOR THOSE EXTERIOR NON HABITABLE TYPES OF FACILITIES.
SO WENT FROM 800 TO 200 FOR, FOR JUST THOSE, UM, LIKE COVERED PATIOS AND, AND SHELTERS AND THINGS.
NOT, UH, NOT, NOT THE HABITABLE AREA, LIKE THE INTERIOR SQUARE FOOTAGE MAKES TOTAL SENSE.
SO THAT WOULD REDUCE THE FEE A LITTLE, A LITTLE BIT.
THESE ARE, THESE ARE SMALL ADJUSTMENTS, SO WE'RE STARTING TO SEE OBVIOUSLY WITH POSSIBLE UPCOMING CONSTRUCTION THAT $800 PER SQUARE FOOT MAY NOT BE ENOUGH IN TODAY'S CLIMATE TO REPLACE SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES MORE, MORE OF A FACILITY SUCH AS THIS VERSUS YOUR RIGHT.
SOMETHING THAT'S MORE OF A GAZEBO OR SOMETHING THAT'S LESSER.
THAT MAKES, THAT MAKES COMPLETE SENSE.
THEN, UM, THIRD, THEY, UH, WE'RE QUESTIONING WHETHER CERTAIN PARKS WE HAD IN OUR INVENTORY WERE ACTUALLY OWNED BY THE CITY.
AND, AND THEY ARE, UM, SO, UH, EXCEPT FOR LOS SERRANOS PARK, WHICH IS A LONG-TERM LEASE WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UM, THE, THEY QUESTIONED THE, UH, AVERAGE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF A MULTIFAMILY, UH, UNIT AT, UH, 1,249.
UH, THAT WAS THE AVERAGE DURING THE SURVEY PERIOD.
UM, WE DIDN'T REALLY SEE A NEED TO, TO TRY AND UPDATE THAT BECAUSE THEY, THEY'VE ARGUED THAT, UM, MULTIFAMILY UNITS HAVE INCREASED IN SQUARE FOOTAGE OVER TIME, BUT THE CITY IN, UM, THE PAST FEW YEARS HASN'T HAD A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION OF MULTIFAMILY UNITS.
THE SAMPLE SIZE WOULD BE SMALL, PROBABLY WOULDN'T REALLY MOVE THE NEEDLE ON THAT NUMBER.
UM, THAT'S, THAT'S STAFF'S OPINION.
UM, UH, NUMBER FIVE, THEY ASK ABOUT, UH, BIG LEAGUE DREAMS. AND SO, UH, THE BIG LEAGUE DREAMS FACILITY, THOSE FACILITY COSTS ARE BUILT INTO THE INVENTORY TO, UM, UH, PROVIDE FOR THAT EXISTING FACILITY STANDARD.
SO WE CURRENTLY IN THIS, UH, NEXUS STUDY ARE TREATING BIG LEAGUE DREAMS AS IF IT WERE A CITY PARK.
AND SO THE REPLACEMENT VALUE OF ALL THE STRUCTURES AND EVERYTHING, PLUS THE LAND VALUE IS BUILT IN, UH, B'S CONTENTION WAS THAT, UM, IT'S, IT'S OPERATES DIFFERENTLY, UH, THAN A REGULAR CITY PARK.
AND SO SHOULD IT BE INCLUDED IN THE INVENTORY OR NOT, UM, IF THAT WAS REMOVED FROM THE INVENTORY, UM, THAT WOULD HAVE, UM, A SIGNIFICANTLY BIGGER IMPACT ON, UH, REDUCTION OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION FEE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE, UM, WITH A SINGLE FAMILY, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR PARKS WOULD GO, UM, FROM A, A, UH, $7,300 INCREASE TO A $6,500 INCREASE AND YOUR UM, UH, FACILITIES FEE WOULD GO FROM 3,900 TO 2,600.
SO IT COULD REDUCE IT A COUPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER UNIT IF, IF THE COUNCIL WERE TO LOOK AT IT THAT WAY.
HOWEVER, BIG LEAGUE DREAMS IS A CITY OWNED FACILITY AND IS CITY OWNED CAPITAL THAT BUILT THOSE FACILITIES.
AND THAT'S WHY IN THE NEXUS STUDY WE FELT IT SHOULD BE INCLUDED STAFF.
UM, THEN, UM, CAN, THEIR LAST QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE EXISTING UNIMPROVED ACRES THAT THE CITY OWNS AND, UM, HOW THOSE WERE INCLUDED.
AND SO, UH, WE HAVE, UM, ACRES OF LAND THAT THE CITY OWNS THAT ARE UNIMPROVED THAT COULD BE UTILIZED FOR PARK FACILITIES.
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AND SO, UM, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE INCLUDED THAT LAND AND SUBTRACTED IT FROM THAT, UM, EXISTING STANDARD FACILITY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE BECAUSE IT'S PARKLAND, THE CITY DOESN'T NEED TO BUY BECAUSE WE ALREADY OWN IT.SO, SO THAT ACTUALLY REDUCES THE COST OF, OF WHAT OUR QUIMBEE REQUIREMENT OR OUR QUIMBEE FEE WOULD BE IF WE DIDN'T INCLUDE THAT ADDITIONAL PARKLAND.
SO WE'VE ALSO ADDRESSED THAT ISSUE WITH THE BIA, SO THAT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE MORE DETAILED THAN HE ASKED FOR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF? YEAH, I GOT A QUICK QUESTION REGARDING PARK LAND THAT YOU SAY WE HAVE.
IS THAT OPEN SPACE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OR SPECIFICALLY PARCELS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT SUPPOSEDLY WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE PARKS? YEAH, SO THERE'S, UH, THERE'S A, A COUPLE AREAS, UM, ONE THAT'S ALONG CHINO AVENUE, ONE THAT'S ALONG BUTTERFIELD RANCH ROAD THAT, UM, OR WHERE ARE I IDENTIFIED IN OUR PARKS AND RECREATION MASS POND.
SO THIS WOULDN'T INCLUDE THE, THE OPEN SPACE PARCELS, THE SLOPE NOT INCLUDE THE SLOPES AND OKAY.
AND ALL AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
UM, ONE OTHER THING THAT, UH, BIA DID ASK FOR IS, UH, BECAUSE OF THE MAGNITUDE OF THE FEE INCREASE, THEY, UH, THEY MENTIONED THAT SOME, UH, CITY COUNCILS ARE WILLING TO GIVE LIKE A, A GRACE PERIOD OR A, OR A, MAYBE A, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, A GRANDFATHERING FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE PIPELINE OR MAYBE CHARGING 50% OF THE INCREASE ONE YEAR AND A HUNDRED PERCENT INCREASE THE OTHER YEAR.
THEY, UM, DIDN'T ARTICULATE ANY OF THAT IN, IN WRITING TO ME.
SO I, I DON'T KNOW THAT I'D BE ABLE TO REPRESENT EXACTLY WHAT THEIR REQUEST WAS.
UM, BUT UH, BUT THEY ASKED THAT IT BE MENTIONED TO THE COUNCIL.
UM, I, UH, MR. MAYOR AS TO THAT WE WOULD WANNA LOOK AT THAT, UM, FOR THE LEGAL ISSUES THAT MIGHT BE INVOLVED IF THE COUNSEL IS GOING TO CONSIDER THAT.
'CAUSE IN ESSENCE THE CONCEPT OF THESE DEVELOPMENT FEES IS THAT YOU SET THE AMOUNT OF FACILITIES YOU NEED AND THEN YOU SET THE FEE ACCORDING TO THAT.
SO ANYTHING THAT'S NOT PAID IS THEN A SUBSIDY OF SOME SORT.
SO IT MIGHT HAVE PREVAILING WAGE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE DEVELOPER.
UM, IT ALSO MIGHT BE PROBLEMATIC 'CAUSE IT MIGHT NEED TO BE SUBSTITUTED WITH GENERAL FUND, UM, OR SOME OTHER FUNDING SOURCE FROM THE CITY TO MAKE IT WHOLE.
I WAS JUST GONNA MAKE THE POINT.
I, I THINK I AGREE WITH THEIR, UH, POINT ABOUT THE NATURE PARKS, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY ARE MINIMALLY IMPROVED, ALTHOUGH THREE OF 'EM, YOU KNOW, HILLTOP MORNINGSIDE AND TORRY PINES I WOULD PROBABLY REMOVE FROM THE LIST.
BUT THE ONES THAT HAVE JUST SIMPLE TRAILS LIKE, YOU KNOW, HOLLOW RUN, I CAN SEE, I CAN SEE THEIR POINTS ON THAT.
SO I'D BE FINE WITH RE REMOVE WITH, UH, REDUCING IT FOR THOSE FIVE SPOTS.
YEAH, AND I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THAT.
SO IF I MAY, UM, WE DID A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT WHAT'S IN ALL OF OUR PARKS AND WE, UM, 2, 4, 6, I THINK WE HAVE NINE PARKS THAT WE IDENTIFIED THAT ARE, ARE PRETTY MUCH GRASS, DON'T HAVE A BASKETBALL COURT, A RESTROOM, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD SUGGEST, UM, INCORPORATING INTO THAT.
YEAH, IF YOU GUYS LOOKED AT THREE OF THEM, I'M FINE WITH IT.
LIKE HAVE TOTAL AGREEMENT ON THAT ONE CHANGE.
SO WE'LL INCORPORATE THAT CHANGE AND THAT'S THE KINDA CHANGES THAT THEY WANT TO KNOW, THE CITY NEEDS TO KNOW BEFORE IT GOES TO PUBLIC HEARINGS, RIGHT? YEP.
UH, THE, THE OTHER REALITY IS, AND AND, AND I DON'T MAKE, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY THIS NICELY, BUT THESE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES ARE NOT GONNA BE ULTIMATELY PAID BY THE DEVELOPER.
THEY PAY 'EM UP FRONT, BUT THEY PASS 'EM RIGHT ONTO THE CONSUMER.
AND WE, AND THAT'S NO EXCUSE BECAUSE THE REALITY IS THAT EVERYTHING IS GETTING RIDICULOUSLY EXPENSIVE, ESPECIALLY HOUSING.
SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE SAD REALITIES.
UM, BUT IT'S, I DON'T THINK THOSE THINGS ARE GONNA BE COSTING US AS MUCH AS THEY ARE GONNA BE THE ULTIMATE CONSUMER.
BUT WE AS A CITY CAN'T BE SUBSIDIZING THE DEVELOPMENT BY NOT GETTING OR NOT CHARGING AND GETTING FULL REIMBURSEMENT OF ACTUAL STAFF TIME AND THAT'S THE WHOLE, UH, BASIS FOR THESE INCREASES AS I UNDERSTAND IT.
SO, UH, ANYTHING WE EL ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO DO ON THIS? YES, BEN, UH, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, THERE ARE TWO POINTS IF WE CAN REVISIT THE FIRE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE.
UM, UH, WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING WHO WOULD ULTIMATELY PAY FOR IT, WHETHER IT'S A DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE, OUR PAST PRACTICE OF USING GENERAL FEES.
UH, A A QUESTION CAME TO ME FROM KRISTA AND I THINK UH, CARLOS WOULD PROBABLY BE THE BEST TO ANSWER THIS, IS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING, UH, THE COUNCIL CONSIDER A CITY COLLECTED DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE.
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A DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE UNDER THEIR OWN AUTHORITY WITHOUT THE CITY? UH, THEY, THEY COULD, UH, THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO ADOPT IT IN ORDER BECAUSE THE CITY HAS THE POLICE POWERS TO COLLECT FEES WITHIN YOUR, YOUR, YOUR BOUNDARIES.SO THE CITY WOULD COLLECT IT AND PASS IT THROUGH THROUGH TO THE DISTRICT.
SO I THINK TECHNICALLY THEY COULD CITY HAS TO AGREE, BUT THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO AGREE AND, AND YEAH, THE CITY WOULD'VE TO AGREE.
UM, BUT, BUT THEY COULD CONDUCT, CONDUCT THEIR OWN STUDY AND, AND IMPLEMENT IT THAT WAY.
BUT WE'D PROBABLY END UP WITH WHAT WE HAVE NOW, RIGHT? LIKE IUA OR OR OR I'M SAYING SAYING OR SIMILAR FEE TYPE.
I'M SAYING THEIR STUDY WOULD RESULT IN WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IN A SENSE.
PRESUMABLY WOULD THEN, WOULD IT BE THEIR BOARD THAT WOULD DETERMINE THE LEVEL OF THE FEE AND THEN WE WOULD ONLY DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE ADOPTED IT OR, YEAH, SO THEIR BOARD WOULD, WOULD ADOPT IT FIRST AND THEN IT WOULD COME TO THIS COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION.
WELL AND THEY KNOW WHAT EQUIPMENT AND WHAT
WE'RE JUST, IT TURNS INTO A GAME OF TELEPHONE FOR US.
WELL WE DID MEET WITH THE FIRE OH I KNOW.
DISTRICT MULTIPLE TYPES, UH, AT LEAST TWO TIMES TO YEAH.
DISCUSS AND IDENTIFY THEIR NEEDS.
UM, IF I COULD JUST ADD PART OF THE AGREEMENT WITH THE FIRE DISTRICT WAS THAT THE CITY WOULD PREPARE THIS STUDY FOR THE CITY COUNCIL AND MEET WITH THE FIRE DISTRICT THAT WAS INCLUDED AS A PROVISION OF THAT AGREEMENT.
IT DID NOT REQUIRE THE COUNCIL TO ADOPT IT, BUT IT DID REQUIRE THE STUDY TO BE PREPARED.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE DEAL POINTS THE CITY COUNCIL HAD AGREED TO BACK WHEN THAT AGREEMENT WITH THE FIRE DISTRICT WAS UM, APPROVED AND THE SECOND RESPONSIBILITY TO THE CITY AND OR FROM THE CITY TO THE FIRE DISTRICT, HOW ARE THEY GONNA COLLECT IT? IS IT GONNA GO ON THE PROPERTY TAX BILL OR HOW WOULD THAT BE COLLECTED? IS IT GONNA BE SOMETHING WHERE WE GET INTO ANOTHER IEUA THING WHERE WE HAVE TO COLLECT IT AND REIMBURSE THEM? YEAH.
HOW WOULD THAT WORK? I DON'T THINK, THINK WE CAN SPECIFY THAT.
WELL THAT THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING NOW.
CARLOS DO YOU HAVE AN OPINION ON THAT? I I, I DON'T, I DUNNO IF JAMES DOES, UM, I I I THINK THE, THE BASIC STRUCTURE WOULD BE SIMILAR.
YOU WOULD COLLECT THE FEE, YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO COLLECT THE FEE.
THE FIRE DISTRICT CANNOT, ON ITS OWN AUTHORITY, IMPOSE A FEE OR COLLECT IT.
I MEAN, UNLESS YOU HAVE, IF YOU HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM, YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THAT AGREEMENT OF COURSE.
BUT BARRING THAT, IT'S SIMILAR.
I MEAN THEY, IF THEY PREPARED THE THE STUDY, THEY WOULD SUBMIT IT TO YOU FOR ADOPTION OF THE, OF THE FEE PRETTY MUCH IN THE SAME STANCE AS WE HAVE NOW.
AND YOU IN FACT WOULDN'T HAVE TO COLLECT THE FULL FEE.
THEY'RE SUGGESTING YOU CAN COLLECT PART OF THE FEE, BUT YOU'RE THE ONES WHO WOULD COLLECTED AD BUILDING PERMIT OR COO JUST LIKE YOUR OTHER FEES AND YOU WOULD THEN PASS THAT REVENUE ONTO THEM.
EITHER YOU WOULD GIVE IT TO 'EM DIRECTLY OR YOU WOULD ACTUALLY HOLD IT IN YOUR OWN ACCOUNT AND THEN THEY WOULD SUBMIT REIMBURSEMENT REQUESTS WHEN THEY HAVE CONSTRUCTED FACILITIES, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN MANAGE THAT AS WELL.
OR YOU JUST PASS, WE CAN, WE CAN INVEST ANYTHING WE COLLECT ON THEIR BEHALF AND NOT DISPERSE IT UNTIL THEY HAVE AN A DOCUMENTED, UH, NEED FOR IT OR REIMBURSEMENT.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S HOW IT'S WRITTEN OUT.
UM, AGAIN, I THINK THAT THOSE DETAILS WOULD, RIGHT NOW I THINK IT'S, WELL THE AGREEMENT CALLED FOR IT TO BE DISPERSED TO THEM IN THE FUTURE.
WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO DO IT THAT WAY.
I WAS ON THE FIREBOARD FOR SEVEN YEARS AND I WAS PART OF S-C-S-D-A AND UM, I KNOW THAT SOME SPECIAL DISTRICTS DO COLLECT THEIR OWN FEES.
SO WHAT I HEARD FROM YOU, IF WE ALLOWED THEM TO COLLECT THEIR OWN FEES SO THIS WAY DOESN'T PASS THROUGH, IF WE ALLOWED IT TO HAPPEN, THEN THEY COULD COLLECT THEIR OWN FEES FOR THEMSELVES.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT YOU SAID.
I MEAN, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IMPACT FEES, THOSE IMPACT FEES ARE COLLECTED BY MUNICIPALITIES, I DON'T CARE WHAT THEY'RE CALLED, WHAT WHATEVER THEY WANT TO CALL IT, THEY WANT TO CALL IT IMPACT FEES.
I, I REALLY DON'T CARE WHAT THEY WANT CALL IT, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER THE FEE STRUCTURE IS AND WHATEVER THEY WANT TO CALL IT, THAT THEY CAN COLLECT IT THEMSELVES AND, AND NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CITY.
WELL, I MEAN I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON FIRE DISTRICTS IN ALL THEIR FUNDING SOURCES.
I MEAN, IF IT'S A, IF IT'S A COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT, THEN THAT'S A SORT OF A QUASI MUNICIPAL ENTITY.
BUT IN THE CASE OF A FIRE DISTRICT, I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE ANY MECHANISM.
I MEAN, I GUESS THEY CAN TRY TO BUILD DEVELOPERS, BUT THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY AUTHORITY TO DO SO.
I KNOW THEY DO, THEY DO CHARGE PERMITS.
I KNOW FOR SPRINKLER, I MEAN THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY DO COLLECT FEES IN THE AR AND INDEPENDENT FIRE DISTRICT.
YOU KNOW, THE ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY ACTUALLY HAS, THEY DON'T HAVE A FORMAL IMPACT FEE, BUT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A, A, A FEE THEY CHARGE TO WITH SORT OF LIKE A WILL SERVE LETTER I THINK IT'S NOT CALLED THAT.
I MEAN, ULTIMATELY I THINK FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, EITHER YOU CAN HELP THEM BY IMPOSING THIS FEE OR LEAVE IT TO THEM TO COLLECT THE MONEY THEMSELVES.
I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S, AND AND THAT'S NOT FOR ME TO SAY, RIGHT.
WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT YOU THIS PARTICULAR MECHANISM AND HOW THAT RELATES TO THE OTHER AGREEMENTS YOU HAVE.
I I THINK THE REASON I BROUGHT THAT UP WAS, SO THE COUNCIL, AS YOU CONSIDER YOUR POLICY OPTIONS, WE WERE ORIGINALLY JUST IDENTIFYING A COUPLE.
WE DO THE FEE OR WE, UH, SUBSIDIZE IT WITH SOME OTHER MECHANISM
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OF, OF FEE GENERAL FUND OR UH, GENERAL CITY FACILITIES FEE.OR WE COULD PUSH IT BACK ON THE FIRE DISTRICT TO SAY WHILE WE WERE INVOLVED IN THE AUTHORITY YOU COULD CALL, YOU KNOW, ESTABLISH THE FEE UNDER, YOU KNOW, THE FIRE DISTRICT'S, YOU KNOW, PROCESS WITH OUR, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATE, UH, AUTHORITY.
UM, BUT BEFORE I MOVE OFF OF FIRE DISTRICT AND I'M, THERE MIGHT BE MORE QUESTIONS I ALSO WANTED TO CALL OUT THAT WHEN WE IDENTIFIED, UH, UH, UH, PROJECTS AND EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES ALSO INCLUDED IN THAT $13 MILLION FOR THIS FEE IS $3 MILLION TOWARD THE COST FOR STATION 68
THAT REIMBURSES THE CITY FOR COSTS THAT WE PAID, I THINK OUT OF A GENERAL, UH, CITY FACILITY FEES AND CFDS, UH, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
BUT, UH, SO A PORTION OF THAT FEE IF THE COUNCIL DECIDES TO ELECT IT COMES BACK, WOULD COME BACK TO US BEFORE IT EVER PAID FOR ANOTHER USE BY THE FIRE DISTRICT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO CALL THAT ATTENTION AS WELL.
YEAH, LET'S, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE REALITY THOUGH.
IF, IF WE HAVE PUT THE FEE ON THEM TO COLLECT FROM THE DEVELOPER, WE'RE GONNA BE HOLDING UP THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND THE PERMITTING AND EVERYTHING ELSE UNTIL WE MAKE SURE THAT THAT FEE IS PAID.
THAT COULD REALLY CREATE A BACKLOG FOR THE CITY.
I'M THINKING WE HAVE BETTER CONTROL OF IT.
I DON'T LIKE HAVING TO COLLECT IT.
'CAUSE I HATE THE, WHAT WE HAVE TO DO WITH THE IEUA, BUT I THINK WE WOULD HAVE BETTER, IT WOULD IMPACT US LESS IN PROCESSING PERMITS AND DEVELOPMENT BY US COLLECTING IT FIRST AND THEN REIMBURSING IT TO THEM.
I THINK THAT MIGHT BE THE EASIEST WAY.
JUST A FOLLOW UP QUESTION WITH NICK, ISN'T THERE PLANT CHECKS THAT THEY HAVE TO DO LIKE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS AND UH, HYDRO HYDRANTS AND WATER FOR THE AREAS AND IS IT YES.
SO THERE'S, SO THEY GOTTA GO THROUGH THE SAME YES.
SO THEY, SO THEY, UM, FOR CERTAIN PERMITS THEY APPLY SEPARATELY THROUGH THE FIRE DISTRICT.
WELL THAT DOESN'T HOLD UP A PROJECT.
SO WHEN THEY DO THAT, UM, NO, I MEAN WE HAVE TO VERIFY.
THEY JUST HAVE TO GIVE US PROOF THAT THEY PAID THEM, BASICALLY GIVE US THEIR RECEIPT.
UM, SO THAT'S JUST A COMPONENT OF WHAT THEY SUBMIT TO US AS, AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T IMPEDE OUR ABILITY TO WORK TIMELY, THEN I WOULDN'T CARE.
I WOULDN'T SEE WHERE THIS, THIS THEY'RE COLLECTING FOR LONG-TERM USE, NOT SHORT, IMMEDIATE PROJECT PROCEED.
AND THIS IS ONLY NEW PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS, RIGHT? YES.
SO THERE'S NO GOING BACK ON IT.
SO I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION JUST, UH, JUST MECHANISM WISE.
SO I KNOW WE'VE MET WITH THE FIRE DISTRICT, GOT THEIR CHRISTMAS WISHLIST OF WHAT ITEMS THEY'RE GONNA WANT IF, HOW DO WE GUARANTEE THAT, YOU KNOW, FUNDS THAT WE ARE COLLECTING ACTUALLY GET USED FOR THOSE ITEMS AS OPPOSED TO US JUST US JUST WRITING A CHECK TO THEIR GENERAL FUND AND WHO KNOWS IF THEY BUY A LADDER TRUCK OR BUY, YOU KNOW, A NEW PUMPER OR SOME OTHER, YOU KNOW, A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
SO IF I COULD RESPOND TO THAT A BIT AND THEN I'LL ASK KRISTA TO ALSO RESPOND, BUT THAT IT'S PART, THEY DO HAVE TO PROVIDE US DOCUMENTATION TO SHOW THAT IT WENT, THAT'S PART OF THE WHOLE MITIGATION FEE FUNDING ACT.
THEY NEED TO PROVIDE US WITH SOME DOCUMENTATION TO SHOW IT WENT TOWARDS THE PURPOSE OF CAPITAL FEES.
IT CAN'T JUST GO FOR MAINTENANCE OR SOMETHING.
IT HAS TO GO FOR THESE PROJECTS.
UM, UH, UH, MS. BAHARI, CAN YOU COMMENT FURTHER? YEAH, I, I MEAN I HAVEN'T DEALT WITH A SITUATION WHERE IT'S BEEN PAID OUT FIRST.
NO, I MEAN, WELL WE HAVE OUR OWN, SO I, I KNOW WHAT THE COSTS ARE, SO, UM, YEAH, WE WOULD JUST ASK THEM FOR SUPPORT.
BUT I THINK, SO IT'D BE LIKE INVOICE THEN IT WOULD GIVE US AN INVOICE OF WHAT THEY PURCHASED AND THEN WE DECIDED, NO, I THINK WE WOULD SET UP A SYSTEM LIKE QUARTERLY, WHATEVER WE'VE RECEIVED, WE WOULD JUST REMIT TO THEM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WHAT ACTION DO WE NEED RIGHT NOW THEN YOU'VE, YOU'VE RECEIVED, UH, I DON'T THINK YOU'VE GOTTEN ANY PHYSICAL CHANGES THAT WE ARE PROPOSING, SO WE'RE OFF AND RUNNING.
WELL, SO THE ONE CHANGE THAT WE WILL BE MAKING IS THE ADJUSTMENT FOR THE NATURE PARKS.
SO IF YOU WANTED TO INCORPORATE ANY OTHER CHANGES, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO LET US KNOW NOW SO THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING ON OCTOBER 28TH, WE'LL HAVE THOSE CHANGES INCORPORATED IN THOSE MATERIALS.
IS THAT IT? OH, ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE FORWARD TO THAT.
WHAT ABOUT THE LAST ONE? I THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS A STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON ANOTHER CHANGE.
UM, LIKE NONE OF THE PARKS YOU WERE SAYING? NO, I MEAN, DAVE EXPANDED THE LIST OF THE PARKS FROM WHAT, UH, BIA HAD GIVEN US.
SO THE 47 POINT 19 ACRES OF EXISTING UNAPPROVED CITY OWNED PARKLAND.
THAT ONE THAT'S, AND, AND THAT'S ALREADY BEEN INCORPORATED OKAY.
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TODAY? YEAH.YOU KNOW, IF ADOPTED AT THE PUBLIC HEARING AS IS, THE FEES WILL TAKE EFFECT JANUARY 11TH, 2026.
AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN WE WILL ADJOURN THE FEE WORKSHOP AND WE WILL RECONVENE BACK AT FIVE O'CLOCK FOR CLOSED SESSION.
THANK YOU TO THE STAFF THAT WAS HERE AND THANK YOU, UH, CARLOS.
AND UH, YEAH, WE PUT YOU ON THE HOT SEAT, BUT, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION.
[ 6:00 P.M. - CONVENE MEETING / ROLL CALL]
GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE CHIN HILL CITY COUNCIL FOR OCTOBER 14TH, 2025.ALRIGHT, UH, TONIGHT I'D LIKE YOU
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]
TO, TO RISE AND, UH, JOIN US.BOB GOODMAN IS GOING TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
HE'LL BE FOLLOWED BY PASTOR COLIN WARNER OF CALVARY CHAPINO HILLS FOR THE IMPLICATION.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE PER THANK YOU, BOB.
[ INVOCATION: Pastor Collin Warner, Calvary Chapel Chino Hills]
GOOD EVENING.SO GRATEFUL TO BE WITH YOU GUYS.
AND THOUGH I KNOW, UH, NOTHING ABOUT RUNNING A CITY, UH, I'M GRATEFUL THAT I'M ABLE TO PRAY FOR YOU GUYS AS YOU DO SUCH A MARVELOUS JOB OF DOING SO.
SO WILL YOU GUYS BOW WITH ME IN PRAYER? UH, FATHER GOD, I COME TO YOU THIS EVENING.
LORD, SO GRATEFUL FOR THESE MEN AND WOMEN WHO STAND BEFORE US.
LORD, IT'S NO EXAGGERATION TO SAY THAT THEY ARE PUBLIC SERVANTS.
THEY GO TO WORK, UH, TO SERVE.
AND LORD, THEY COME AND THEY'VE SERVED THIS CITY, SOME OF THEM FOR A LONG TIME, SOME OF THEM NEWER.
BUT GOD, I PRAY FOR EACH OF THEM THAT YOU'D CONTINUE TO PROVIDE AND PROTECT THEIR FAMILIES, THAT YOU'D CONTINUE TO GIVE THEM THE WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT NEEDED TO MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT AFFECT EVERY SINGLE, UH, CITIZEN AND CIVILIAN OF THIS CITY.
LORD, WITH THE FIRE CHIEF AND THE POLICE CHIEF TO MY RIGHT, I PRAY FOR THEM.
I PRAY FOR THEIR, THEIR MEN AND WOMEN, UH, THAT SERVE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND, AND PUBLIC SERVICE, THAT YOU WOULD PROTECT EACH OF THEM.
LORD, KNOWING THAT WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG, THEY'RE THE FIRST ONES THAT RUN IN, UH, GIVES ME GREAT COMFORT THAT, THAT THEY WILL LAY DOWN THEIR LIVES, UH, FOR THE SAFETY OF THE REST OF US.
SO GOD, WOULD YOU PROTECT THEM? AND, AND FATHER, AS THINGS WILL BE SPOKEN ABOUT TODAY, AND DECISIONS MAY BE MADE TODAY, I PRAY LORD, FOR, UH, BOTH THE CIVILIANS WHO SPEAK AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO LISTEN, THAT YOU'D GIVE GREAT WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT IN HOW TO CONTINUE TO MOVE, UH, CHINO HILLS FORWARD AS A CITY THAT IS A BLESSING TO ALL GOD.
I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS CITY.
AND, AND LORD, JUST AS I CLOSE, I PRAY FOR THE, THE GENESIS FAMILY, AS WILL ADJOURN THEIR NAME TONIGHT.
I JUST PRAY THAT YOU'D BRING THEM GREAT COMFORT, LORD, AND THAT YOU WOULD HAVE YOUR HAND UPON EACH OF THEM, UM, AS THEY SPEAK AND AS THEY SHARE TONIGHT.
AND SO, FATHER, I PRAY THAT YOU'D BLESS EACH OF THESE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH THAT WE CAN ALWAYS COME TO YOU.
[5. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month]
THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING OCTOBER AS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH TO BE ACCEPTED BY KIM CARU, PEACE LAB TOTE AND SARAH DELGADO.PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR AND MISS COUNCILWOMAN MORAN AT THE PODIUM TONIGHT.
I HAVE ASKED COUNCILWOMAN MORAN TO DO THIS PRESENTATION SINCE SHE HAS A DEFINITE PERSONAL INVOLVEMENT WITH THIS SUBJECT.
IT'S MY PLEASURE TO GIVE THIS PROCLAMATION THIS EVENING.
EVERY OCTOBER AMERICANS OFFER INCREASED SUPPORT TO THOSE WHO ARE BATTLING OR AT RISK OF BREAST CANCER.
BREAST CANCER TOUCHES THE LIVES OF MANY IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY, FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS AND IN MANY DIFFERENT FORMS. WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO HELP SUPPORT THOSE WHO ARE BATTLING BREAST CANCER, AS WELL AS THE ONGOING EFFORTS OF DEDICATED ADVOCATES, RESEARCHERS, AND HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS WHO STRIVE EACH DAY TO DEFEAT THIS TERRIBLE DISEASE.
TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION THIS EVENING, WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE WITH US TWO PHENOMENAL WOMEN, KIM CARU OF PEACE, LOVE, TOTE, AND LOCAL RESIDENTS, SARAH DELGADO.
I WANNA THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT AND TO SHARE YOUR STRENGTH AND WIND WISDOM AND STORY.
UH, I'M GONNA READ THIS, I WON'T READ THE ION, BUT IT'S MY PLEASURE AND HONOR TO, UH, BE PRESENTING THIS TO BOTH OF YOU THIS EVENING.
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AND, UM, IF WE'LL START WITH YOU, KIM, IF YOU CAN, UH, SHARE SOME OF YOUR SENTIMENTS AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.HEY, MY NAME IS KIM CARU AND I'VE LIVED HERE IN CHINO HILLS FOR 33 YEARS.
UM, I'M A 10 AND A HALF YEAR CANCER SURVIVOR.
UM, TRIPLE NEGATIVE, WHICH IS A TOUGH ONE.
THAT'S WHY I COUNT THE MONTHS TOO.
UM, ABOUT, IT'LL BE ALMOST EIGHT YEARS AGO, I DECIDED TO START A FOUNDATION WHERE I CAN HELP OTHER WOMEN GOING THROUGH BREAST CANCER TREATMENTS.
I'M NOT A DOCTOR, BUT I CAN SURE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE.
SO I STARTED PEACE LEFT TOTE, AND I DELIVER TOTES THAT MAKE PEOPLE MORE INSPIRED, UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE POSITIVE AND DEFINITELY MORE COZY.
AND JUST RECENTLY I STARTED ON A BOARD AT CITY OF HOPE I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT.
SO I HAVE SOME NEW STATISTICS THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SHARE.
UM, JUST REAL QUICK, BREAST CANCER AWARENESS STARTED ABOUT 40 YEARS AGO, AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IF YOU HAD BREAST CANCER, ONLY 44% OF THE WOMEN SURVIVED.
BUT SINCE THEN, IN THE LAST 40 YEARS, UP TO NOW, WE'VE GONE UP TO 93.7%.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT I WANNA SHARE IS THAT, UM, AND I FOUND THIS OUT BEING ON THE BOARD, IS THAT IF WOMEN GO TO THE MAMMOGRAM, UM, THAT THEY SHOULD EVERY YEAR, EVERY OTHER YEAR, YOUR CHANCE OF SURVIVAL IS 98.9%.
THAT MEANS THAT THEY CAUGHT IT EARLY, PROBABLY BEFORE YOU EVEN KNEW YOU HAD IT.
SO I ENCOURAGE WOMEN TO DO THAT AND YOU CAN GO ONLINE, SEE MY FOUNDATION, AND IF YOU NEED MY HELP AND SUPPORT, I'D LOVE TO BE THERE FOR YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ACKNOWLEDGING IT TOO.
HI, MY NAME IS SARAH DELGADO AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO RECEIVE THIS PROCLAMATION.
I'M HUMBLED AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT, UH, IT'S DEFINITELY A GIFT TO BE STANDING HERE TODAY WITH ALL OF YOU BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY IF IT WEREN'T ONE FOR THE LORD.
AND TWO, FOR THE FAITHFUL, FAITHFUL PRAYERS OF MY FRIENDS, MY FAMILY, AND MY NEIGHBORS, UM, THAT WERE JUST AMAZING PEOPLE WHO BANGED ON HEAVEN'S DOOR FOR ME TO BE HEALED.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE HERE OF CHINO HILLS WHO LOVED ON MY FAMILY, WHO STOOD IN THE GAP AND SERVED AS PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS TO MY CHILDREN WHEN THEY SAW THEIR MOM FIGHTING A BRUTAL FIGHT.
THEY FED MY KIDS WHEN I COULDN'T.
THEY DROPPED OFF LITTLE GOODIES TO ENCOURAGE US.
AND THOSE THINGS ARE DEFINITELY NEVER FORGOTTEN.
AND I ALSO AM SO GRATEFUL BECAUSE I HAVE SUCH WONDERFUL SUPPORT THROUGH MY LOCAL CHURCH WHERE THERE IS A BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP CALLED NOT ALONE.
AND I'M SO PRIVILEGED TO HAVE SUCH BEAUTIFUL WOMEN WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS JOURNEY AS WELL, RALLY AROUND AND SHOW LOVE AND SUPPORT AND PRAYER.
AND TONIGHT I HAVE ONE OF MY PINKY SISTERS HERE WITH ME, AS WELL AS A BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBOR AS WELL, WHO I LOVE SO MUCH, AND, UM, AS WELL AS MY DAUGHTER AND MY HUSBAND.
AND, UM, ESPECIALLY FOR MY HUSBAND SEAN DELGADO.
IF IT WASN'T FOR HIM WORKING SO HARD BEHIND THE SCENES, SACRIFICING EVERY DAY AT HIS WORK TO, TO GIVE ME BENEFITS TO GET HEALTHCARE, I WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.
AND SO TO MY HUSBAND, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH AND THE COMMUNITY OF CHINO HILLS, I I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR YOU ALL BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE JUST WONDERFUL EXAMPLES OF HOW TO BE A TRUE NEIGHBOR, UM, TO THIS COMMUNITY.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ROLE MODEL.
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OH, DO YOU WANT ME TO, OKAY, GO AHEAD MS. SEAN.THIS IS THE TELL WITH ALL THE COZY THINGS AND INSPIRATIONAL THINGS TO HELP YOU GET THROUGH.
IF YOU LOOK ON THE DAES AND AROUND THE ROOM, YOU SEE A LOT OF PINK RIBBONS AND PINK, UH, ATTIRE, UH, IN SUPPORT OF THIS, UH, VERY SPECIAL HOLIDAY, UH, AND CELEBRATION OF LIFE.
[6. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month]
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING OCTOBER IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH TO BE ACCEPTED BY RHONDA BELTRAN AND PAT BELL OF HOUSE OF RUTH.WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN THE COME ON UP LADIES.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AFFECTS PEOPLE OF ALL GENDERS, AGES, RACIAL, ETHNIC, CULTURAL, SOCIAL, RELIGIOUS AND ECONOMIC GROUPS.
IN CALIFORNIA, APPROXIMATELY 35% OF WOMEN AND 31% OF MEN EXPERIENCE PHYSICAL, INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE IN THEIR LIFETIMES.
AS A RESULT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAMS ARE MADE AVAILABLE IN CALIFORNIA TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SERVICES FOR SURVIVORS AND THEIR FAMILIES, AS WELL AS SPREAD AWARENESS ABOUT THE ISSUE.
HERE IN CHINO HILLS, THE CITY CONTRACTS WITH THE HOUSE OF YOUTH RUTH TO SUPPORT AND PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES VICTIMIZED BY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND HELP CREATE A SAFER COMMUNITY.
ALL OF THESE SERVICES ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND OFFERED TO RESIDENTS AT NO CHARGE.
AND TONIGHT WE HAVE PAT BELL AND RHONDA BELTRAM OF HOUSE OF RUTH TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION AND TELL US ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
I'M GONNA ASK YOU LADIES TO, UH, PLEASE SAY SOMETHING FIRST AND THEN I'LL FORMALLY GIVE YOU THAT AND WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE.
THANK YOU MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
CHINO HILLS HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS SUPPORT OF HOUSE OF RUTH FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
AND THIS YEAR WE ARE ACTUALLY CELEBRATING 49 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THIS WONDERFUL COMMUNITY AND ALL SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CONTINUES TO BE A CRISIS.
IT CONTINUES TO HIT HOMES ALL THROUGHOUT.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS A RECENT INCIDENT IN CHINO HILLS.
HOUSE OF RUTH IS AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND SURVIVORS THAT NEED ASSISTANCE, WHETHER IT'S CRISIS INTERVENTION, ANSWERING A HOTLINE CALL, COMING INTO OUR SHELTER, RECEIVING TRAUMATIC, UH, TRAUMA-INFORMED TRAINED THERAPY, OR JUST HELPING THE KIDS UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THEM.
WE OFFER ALL OF THESE SERVICES AS WELL AS PREVENTION EDUCATION WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS.
HOUSE OF RUTH IS VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT FROM THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, AND WE'RE HERE TO PROVIDE 50 MORE YEARS OF SERVICE TO YOU AND ALL OF THE FAMILIES THAT LIVE HERE.
SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR.
I'M THE CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER FOR HOUSE OF RUTH.
I'VE BEEN WITH HOUSE OF RUTH FOR SIX YEARS.
ONE OF THE REASONS I CAME TO HOUSE OF RUTH IS MY COUSIN, UM, WAS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
I'D SAY SHE WAS A SURVIVOR, BUT UNFORTUNATELY SHE PASSED AWAY ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO.
AND SO HOUSE OF RUTH NOT ONLY MEANS A LOT TO ME PERSONALLY, PA I HAVE A HUGE PASSION FOR HOUSE OF RUTH BECAUSE OF WHO AND WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING FOR 45 YEARS.
SO IT MAKES MY JOB A LOT EASIER.
UM, I DO WANT TO AGAIN, THANK CHINO HILLS FOR HAVING US HERE THIS EVENING.
I DO WANNA INVITE ALL OF YOU TO OUR CANDLELIGHT VIGIL, WHICH IS THIS THURSDAY AT SIX O'CLOCK.
WE RECOGNIZE ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE PASSED AWAY DUE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THE LAST YEAR IN LA COUNTY AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AT THIS EVENT.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A SURVIVOR PANEL WHERE WE HAVE ABOUT FIVE SURVIVORS THAT GET UP AND TALK
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ABOUT THEIR PERSONAL STORY.YOU DO NOT LEAVE THAT EVENT WITHOUT THAT POOL OF WHAT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH AND JUST THE EXPERIENCE.
AND IT'S SO, WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR THEM WANTING TO SHARE THAT STORY BECAUSE IT'S SO HARD FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM TO GET UP AND SHARE THAT PERSONAL STORY.
AND THAT IS ON TUESDAY THE 28TH.
ALL OF THAT IS ON OUR WEBSITE, WHICH IS HOUSE OF RUTH INC.ORG.
SO WE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO VISIT.
AND I JUST ALSO WANT TO GIVE A QUICK NOTE TO, UM, BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH THAT MY MOM IS A SURVIVOR.
SO THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THAT TODAY.
[7. RECOGNITION - Recognizing Ruben S. Ayala High School as one of the top high schools in the Nation for 2025-26 School Year]
NEXT WE HAVE A RECOGNITION RECOGNIZING REUBEN ES ALA HIGH SCHOOL IS ONE OF THE TOP HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE NATION FOR THE 25 26 SCHOOL YEAR TO BE ACCEPTED BY PRINCIPAL Y BOY AND ADMINISTRATORS.WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM? THAT'S TRUE.
TONIGHT, WE ARE PROUD TO CELEBRATE RUBEN ES ALA HIGH SCHOOL FOR BEING RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE BEST HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE NATION BY US NEWS.
THE 2025 RANKINGS PUT ALA HIGH SCHOOL AT 1218TH IN THE NATION, 160TH IN CALIFORNIA, AND FIRST IN THE CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SOME RANKING FACTORS INCLUDE COLLEGE READINESS, STATE ASSESSMENT, PROFICIENCY, AND GRADUATION RATE.
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE BOTH THE STUDENTS AND STAFF OF ALE HIGH SCHOOL FOR THIS ACHIEVEMENT.
TO ACCEPT THIS RECOGNITION WE HAVE WITH US PRINCIPAL, DIANA Y BOY, AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AT ALA HIGH SCHOOL.
DIANA, PLEASE INTRODUCE THE TEAM AND TELL US WHAT AN HONOR THIS MEANS TO YOU.
ART BENNETT, THANK YOU FOR COMING TO OUR GAME THIS FRIDAY AND ALSO MUSIC EMOTION ON SATURDAY.
WITH THAT SAID, WE HAVE MR. NEWCOMB SECOND IN COMMAND, WE HAVE MR. HALE AND WE HAVE MS. SHEILA.
THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF RUBEN S ALA HIGH SCHOOL, WE WANT TO, WE WANT TO SINCERELY THANK THE CITY FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE FOR US.
WE WANT TO ALSO THANK THE SCHOOL BOARD AND ALL ADMINISTRATORS AND ALL STAFF AND FACULTY AT RUBEN SAL HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, FOR THEIR AMAZING SUPPORT AND CONTINUED DEDICATION.
BEING RANKED IN THE TOP 5% OF HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE NATION BY US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT IS AN INCREDIBLE HONOR AND VERY HUMBLING AT THE SAME TIME.
AND IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE HARD WORK PASSION AND TEAMWORK OF EVERYONE IN OUR AYALA COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN OUR STUDENTS AND FOR HELPING TO MAKE AYALA A PLACE WHERE EXCELLENCE TRULY SHINES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK, DEDICATION, AND CONTINUED SUPPORT YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT.
WE HAVE CERTIFICATES, OF COURSE, FROM THE CITY, FROM SUPERVISOR HAGMAN FOURTH DISTRICT.
WE HAVE A, A STATEMENT OR A CERTIFICATE FROM, UH, CONGRESSWOMAN NORMA TORRES, UH, ONE FROM YOUNG KIM, AND ONE FROM, UH, SENATOR KELLY HETO.
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THEY'RE YOU HONOR.[ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT]
NEXT IS OUR PIO REPORT.THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR BENNETT, COUNCIL AND RESIDENTS.
JUST A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR YOU TONIGHT.
THE CITY IS COLLECTING FEEDBACK FROM OUR RESIDENTS THROUGH A SHORT COMMUNITY SURVEY TO LEARN WHICH QUALITY OF LIFE FACTORS MATTER MOST TO THEM.
THE SURVEY COVERS TOPICS THAT WILL HELP GUIDE THE CITY'S FUTURE DECISION MAKING AND IS AVAILABLE ONLINE THROUGH THIS THURSDAY.
THE HOME IMPROVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM HAS RETURNED AND PROVIDES ELIGIBLE HOMEOWNERS WITH UP TO $7,500 TO HELP REVITALIZE THEIR PROPERTIES.
APPLICATIONS ARE BEING ACCEPTED NOW AND REVIEWED ON A ROLLING BASIS UNTIL ALL PROGRAM FUNDS HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED.
LEARN MORE AND APPLY AT AND APPLY ONLINE@CHINOHOSTS.ORG SLASH HOME IMPROVEMENT GRANT.
AND LASTLY, THE CITY HAS A FULL LINEUP OF SPOOKY FUN FOR ALL AGES.
BE SURE TO SAVE THE DATE FOR THESE UPCOMING HALLOWEEN EVENTS, INCLUDING A FREE SPECIAL NEEDS SPOOKY SOCIAL ON OCTOBER 23RD, TEENS NIGHT OUT HALLOWEEN ESCAPE ROOM FOR AGES 13 TO 17 ON OCTOBER 24TH.
ACTIVE ADULTS 50 PLUS MONSTER MATCH DANCES PARTY ON OCTOBER 29TH.
AND THE FREE ANNUAL TRICK OR TREAT AT THE SHOPS EVENT ON OCTOBER 31ST FROM THREE TO 5:00 PM WITH THE COSTUME CONTEST AT 4:00 PM.
FOR DETAILS ON ALL THESE EVENTS AND OTHER FALL PROGRAMS, VISIT CHINO HILLS.ORG/RECREATION.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, MOVING RIGHT
[ ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION]
ALONG.UH, ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION? MARK, THERE WAS NO REPORTABLE ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION THIS EVENING.
[ CONFLICT OF INTEREST / LEVINE ACT ANNOUNCEMENTS: Council Member abstentions or disclosures shall be stated at this time for recordation on the appropriate item.]
MUCH.CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND LEVI ACT ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UH, ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT? ALRIGHT,
[ CONSENT CALENDAR (10 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.]
MOVING ALONG.CITY BUSINESS, UH, CONSENT CALENDAR.
WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 10 ITEMS, NINE TO 18.
[8. PUBLIC COMMENTS: At this time members of the public may address the City Council regarding any item appearing on the agenda, except that testimony on Public Hearing items must be provided during those hearings. Those persons wishing to address the City Council must complete and submit to the Deputy City Clerk a "Request to Speak" card available at the entrance to the City Council Chambers. Comments will be limited to a maximum of three minutes per speaker. The time allotted per person may vary depending on the total number of speaker cards received. This comment period will generally be limited to 30 minutes per meeting, so not all members of the public may have the opportunity to speak at every council meeting.]
ME, MAYOR, WE DID, EXCUSE ME, I, SORRY.UM, SKIP OVER THE PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR AGENDA ITEMS. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS FOR THAT PORTION OF THE MEETING.
ALL RIGHT, SO THEN, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION.
[19. 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, and 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]
ONE ITEM ON THE DISCUSSION CALENDAR.ANYONE WISH TO, UH, I THINK, UH, BEN, YOU'RE GONNA PRESENT THIS CORRECT THEN THIS IS THE NORMAL THING WE'VE BEEN DOING SINCE THE DAMAGE? THAT'S CORRECT, MAYOR.
UH, FOR THE PUBLIC WITH US TODAY, UH, ROUGHLY 16 WEEKS AGO, WE, UH, EXPERIENCED A FIRE IN CITY HALL ON OUR SECOND FLOOR, WHICH RESULTED IN TWO OF OUR SPRINKLERS, UH, UH, ACTIVATING.
AND WE HAD SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE THROUGHOUT, UH, CITY HALL COMPLEX.
UH, SINCE THE INITIAL INCIDENT, UH, WE HAVE, UH, RESTORED MUCH OF CITY HALL.
OUR STAFF HAS LEFT THEIR TEMPORARY WORK AREAS AND THEY ARE NOW, UH, BACK IN CITY HALL.
WE STILL HAVE WORK TO DO IN ORDER TO RESTORE, UH, THE PUBLIC AREAS.
OUR, UM, UH, ELEVATOR IS STILL DAMAGED, UH, BUT WE'VE, UH, DECOMMISSIONED OUR STORAGE PODS.
THE, UH, TEMPORARY OFFICE SPACES, UH, IN TRAILERS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO CITY HALL WILL BE, UH, UH, REMOVED BEGINNING NEXT WEEK.
AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE VERY FAR ALONG ON, UH, THE RECOVERY, UH, SINCE THE FIRE.
UM, HOWEVER, THE COUNCIL TOOK AN ACTION TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY AUTHORITY FOR THE CITY MANAGER IN ORDER TO MOVE THE PROJECT AS QUICKLY AS WE HAVE.
AND WE CONTINUED TO NEED, UH, THAT, UH, LET'S CALL IT GRACE AS WE FINISH UP THE PROJECT.
SO FOR TONIGHT, UH, WE WOULD NEED A BY FOURTH, FIFTH APPROVAL, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL'S, UH, UH, ACTION TO CONTINUE, UH, THE EMERGENCY ACTION.
UM, WE WILL CON, WE WILL BRING UPDATES BACK TO THE COUNCIL, UH, AS, UH, AT EVERY SUBSEQUENT CITY COUNCIL MEETING UNTIL WE'VE COMPLETED THE PROJECT.
UH, AND THAT COMPLETES MY REPORT.
UNLESS THERE ARE QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL.
ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS, THEN I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
[20. Conditional Use Permit No. CUP-0003-2025 Jerry Kanjanawijit, applicant - Earth and Essence Wellness Spa at 15911 Pomona Rincon Road - The Planning Commission adopted a Resolution approving Conditional Use Permit CUP-0003-2025 for operation of massage establishment (Earth and Essence Wellness Spa), and determining project exempt from review under California Quality Environmental Quality Act, subject to Conditions of Approval, as amended]
WE ONLY HAVE ONE PLANNING COMMISSION MATTER TONIGHT.ANY DISCUSSIONS? ANY WISH TO, NO COMMENTS.
[21. 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.]
MOVING TO PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR NON-AG ITEMS, CHERYL, I THINK THIS COULD BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN NORMAL.WOULD YOU PLEASE IDENT OR INDICATE WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO 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 TO MY LEFT A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD.
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OF WHICH ARE ON NINE NON AGENDAS ITEM AND THREE, UH, RELATE TO THE IMMOR THAT WE WILL HAVE TODAY.OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS MIGUEL NAVA OR NAVAR NAVAR.
NO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, UM, TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU AS USUAL, GENTLEMEN.
UH, MY NAME IS SERGEANT NAVAR.
I AM THE STATION COMMANDER AT THE CHIN OF HILLS ARMY CAREER CENTER, LOCATED ROUGHLY 200 FEET IN THAT DIRECTION, RIGHT IN THE SHOPS PLAZA.
UM, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY WE ARE HONORED TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.
WE WANNA DO MORE, AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
AND TODAY I WANTED TO PRESENT AN OPPORTUNITY OF FURTHERING THAT PARTNERSHIP CALLED PAYS, WHICH IS PARTNERSHIP AND YOUR SUCCESS.
WE JUST STARTED THIS INITIATIVE CURRENTLY WITH THE CITY OF CHINO AS WELL AS THE CHINO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO WE'RE JUST IN THE PRELIMINARY STAGES OF THAT.
THE CITY OF UPLAND HAS ALSO TAKEN US UPON THIS OPPORTUNITY.
SO WHAT THIS OPPORTUNITY IS, IT IS A WAY TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS OF ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE, OR EVEN ARMY RESERVE WHO ARE EXITING THE ARMY WITH AN ACTIVE DUTY SIDE TO FURTHER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTINUE THAT SERVICE, NOT ONLY TO OUR NATION, BUT ALSO TO THE COMMUNITY.
IT WON'T HAVE ANY, UH, DIFFERENCE OR SPECIAL TREATMENT OF HOW THE APPLICATION PROCESS WORKS OR REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT JOB ROLE.
IT REALLY IS ESSENTIALLY JUST GIVING THEM AN OPPORTUNITY AND AN INTERVIEW TO BE ABLE TO, UM, FURTHER THEIR SERVICE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES.
WE HAVE OVER 2000 PARTNERS CURRENTLY NATIONWIDE.
MANY ARE WITHIN CALIFORNIA, OF COURSE, UH, FOR THAT ASPECT.
AND IT IS, IT IS AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY AND REALLY, UM, OUR SERVICE MEMBERS JUST WANT TO PROVIDE AND PROVIDE AND PROVIDE AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
UH, A MAJORITY OF THE SERVICE MEMBERS DON'T STAY IN THE ARMY.
UH, THEY ACTUALLY RESIDE AS WELL AS HERE IN CHINO AND CHINO HILLS, UH, WITHIN OUR COMPANY FOOTPRINT, FIVE LOCAL OFFICES FOR THE US ARMY THAT CONTROLS ACTIVE DUTY ARMOR RESERVE.
WE ROUGHLY ENLISTED 600, UH, SERVICE MEMBERS AND WITHIN THAT 600, APPROXIMATELY 30 TO 35%, UH, DO NOT REENLIST OR STAY IN THE ARMY.
SO THEY COME BACK TO THE LOCAL EN ENVIRONMENT AND LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO FURTHER THEIR, UM, ROLE WITHIN THE CITY.
I HAVE LEFT SOME PAMPHLETS OVER HERE WITH THE, THE DISTRICT CLERK FOR HERE, UH, TO SEE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
AND TRULY JUST TO START THE PROCESS, IT IS ONLY A FOLLOW-UP, UH, CALL WITH MYSELF AND REALLY A TEAMS CALL ABOUT 30 TO 40 MINUTES OF OUR ACTUAL, UM, HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVE THAT CONTROLS THE PROGRAM TO EXPLAIN EXACTLY THE DOS AND THE DON'TS AND, AND HOW MUCH IT CAN TRULY BENEFIT NOT ONLY THE SERVICE MEMBERS, BUT ALSO THE CITY AS WELL.
SO, UH, PENDING ANY QUESTIONS, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
UH, BEN, WHO SHOULD HE MAKE CONTACT WITH? SHOULD HE TALK TO YOU? UH, SURE.
OUR OFFICE WILL, WILL TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND GET BACK TO YOU.
AND, AND I CAN TELL YOU AS A US ARMY, VIETNAM VETERAN, 68 69, UH, YOU'LL GET MY SUPPORT BECAUSE ANYTHING WE CAN DO FOR OUR RETURNING VETERANS, UH, WE, WE CAN'T DO ENOUGH.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THIS HAPPENS.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DEBORAH MADSON.
HI, MY NAME IS DEBORAH MATSON.
I'M A 23 YEAR RESIDENT OF SUMMIT RANCH IN CARBON CANYON.
AND I HAVE SOME CONCERNS REGARDING THE ABILITY OF US TO ESCAPE IN AN EMERGENCY VIA THE EMERGENCY, UM, ACCESS ROADS GOING TO EUCALYPTUS AND TO ANO.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THESE GATES CAN ONLY BE OPENED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AND I'M WORRIED THAT AN EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY AND WITH THE CHAOS AND CONFUSION AND TRAFFIC OF MANY, MANY PEOPLE TRYING TO EXIT AT THE SAME TIME THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET TO THE GATES TO OPEN THEM IN TIME.
AND I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S A WAY TO OPEN THE GATES REMOTELY IN SUCH A SITUATION.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SUZETTE DANG.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR BENNETT, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER, CITY STAFF AND RESIDENTS OF CHINO HILLS, SUZETTE D WITH YOUR FAVORITE COUNTY SUPERVISOR, KURT HAMAN'S OFFICE.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
UM, CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO ALL OUR HONOREES TONIGHT, AND PLEASE SAVE THE DATE SUPERVISOR KURT HAMAN'S,
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ANNUAL VETERAN CLAIMS EVENT.WE'LL BE, BE ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH, BETWEEN 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM AT OUR DISTRICT OFFICE, LOCATED 1 4 0 1 0 CITY CENTER DRIVE IN CHINO HILLS COUNTY.
VETERAN SERVICE OFFICERS WILL BE ON SITE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT EX EXISTING CLAIMS, CONDUCT BENEFIT ASSESSMENT INTERVIEWS, COMPLETE CLAIM FORMS AND PAPERWORK ISSUE, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY VETERAN ID CARDS AND FILE COMPENSATION CLAIMS. PLEASE BRING YOUR DD FORM TWO 14 AND SNACKS WILL BE PROVIDED BY SUPERVISOR HAGMAN.
IT IS OUR HONOR TO ASSIST YOU AT OUR YEAR THIS YEAR'S VETERAN CLAIMS EVENT, AND WE ENCOURAGE ALL VETERANS WHO NEED ASSISTANCE OR ARE LOOKING FOR RESOURCES TO JOIN SUPERVISOR HAMAN AT OUR VETERAN UM, CLAIMS EVENT ON NOVEMBER 8TH.
AND WE HAVE TO LET YOU KNOW THE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED, NO BENEFIT EVALUATIONS WILL BE GUARANTEED FOR UNREGISTERED ATTENDEES TO REGISTER, PLEASE CALL 9 0 9 4 6 5 5 2 6 5 AND PLEASE ASK FOR EITHER MICHAEL OR MYSELF SUZETTE.
AS ALWAYS, PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH OUR OFFICE FOR ANY COUNTY RELATED QUESTIONS OR ASSISTANCE.
AND OUR PHONE NUMBER AGAIN IS (909) 465-5265.
NEXT WE HAVE CHRISTINA SANTOS, HER NAME.
UM, MY NAME'S CHRISTINA SANTOS.
MY, UH, MY MAIDEN NAME IS JANICE.
UM, MY BROTHER CODY WAS KILLED IN THE HIT AND RUN ON THE 71.
AND, UM, THOUGHT I WAS GONNA BE BETTER.
UM, I JUST REALLY WANTED TO GET UP HERE AND SAY THANK YOU.
THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT TRIED, EVERYBODY THAT PUT IN THE EFFORT, SWAG, THANK YOU, CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE.
IT WAS A PAIN IN ALL OF OUR BUTTS, I KNOW, BUT HE WAS MY LITTLE BROTHER.
UM, TO ALL THE OFFICERS THAT ALWAYS RESPONDED AND ALWAYS HELPED.
THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY FAMILY'S HEARTS.
MR. MARQUEZ, THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS HELPING AND ALWAYS REACHING OUT.
IT'S VERY APPRECIATED AND WE LOVE YOU VERY DEARLY FOR THAT.
THANK YOU BOB AND GOODWIN, THANK YOU.
HE WASN'T ALWAYS EASY TO TALK TO, BUT HE CAN MAKE YOU LAUGH AND, AND I JUST REALLY WANTED TO GET UP HERE AND SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT REACHED OUT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY.
THIS IS ONE OF MY ROCKS, YOU GUYS.
I GOT OTHER ROCKS STANDING IN THE SITTING DOWN, BUT MY NIECE, CARRIE, SHE'S LIKE MY DAUGHTER AND SISTER COMBINED.
OUR 30-YEAR-OLD SON, CODY JENAS WAS KILLED ON SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 4TH AT APPROXIMATELY 1:30 AM BY A HIT AND RUN DRIVER AT THE 71 ON RAMP IN CHINO HILLS PARKWAY BY CROSSING THE STREET.
AS I HAVE SHARED WITH YOU BEFORE, CODY FACED SOME CHALLENGES DUE TO HAVING A DHD IN ASPERGER'S.
HE STARTED SELF-MEDICATING HIMSELF WITH MARIJUANA WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN MOVED ON TO USING METH AND FENTANYL.
HE ACTUALLY OVERDOSED TWICE ON FENTANYL.
HIS DRUG ADDICTION LED HIM TO A LIFE OF LIVING ON THE STREET FOR THE PAST THREE YEAR.
IN THOSE THREE YEARS, HIS MENTAL HEALTH PROG PROGRESSED TO THE POINT OF HIM NEEDING INTERVENTION.
METH IS A VERY HIGHLY ADDICTIVE DRUG AND CAN CAUSE A HOST OF MENTAL ISSUES INCLUDING BRAIN DAMAGE.
CODY WOULD BE SEEN DISPLAYING SOME OF THESE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
DIFFERENT ORGANIZATION AND COUNTY AGENCIES TRIED THEIR BEST TO GET HIM TO ACCEPT THEIR HELP, BUT HE CONTINUED TO FUSE IT.
IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, OUR COUNTY IMPLEMENTED A COUPLE NEW STATE MANDATED MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS. IN NOVEMBER OF 2024, I, ALONG WITH MOSES FROM SWAG, THE HOMELESS
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OUTREACH TEAM IN OUR CITY SUBMITTED PAPERWORK TO OUR BEST, THE COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH DIVISION AT DBH.AFTER NINE MONTHS LONG AFTER NINE LONG MONTHS, A DATE WAS SET FOR A HEARING TO BE HELD AT THE MENTAL HEALTH COURT DIVISION.
ON THE FOURTH COURT DATE, THE JUDGE ORDERED A MENTAL EVALUATION TO BE PLEADED TO BE COMPLETED AT ARROWHEAD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER.
CODY WAS TRANSPORTED TO ARROWHEAD MEDICAL CENTER AND AFTER APPROXIMATELY THREE DAYS HE WAS RELEASED, THEY HANDED HIM A BUS PASS AND SENT HIM ON HIS MERRY WAY.
WHEN WE RETURNED BACK TO THE COURT ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 6TH TO FIND OUT WHAT THE EVALUATION REVEALED, THE JUDGE CALLED THE EVALUATION AN INCOMPLETE EVALUATION CONSISTING OF ONLY SEVEN SENTENCES.
THE JUDGE THEN STATED SHE WANTED HIM HOSPITALIZED UNDER THE LANIN PETRA SHORT MENTAL HEALTH ACT FOR ANOTHER EVALUATION.
I, MY HUSBAND, CODY'S CARE WORKER JERRY FROM SWAG, AARON, THE CO-FOUNDER OF SWAG, ALL SPOKE WITH THE JUDGE REGARDING CODY'S SITUATION.
I TOLD THE JUDGE, WE JUST HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO GET HIM OFF THE STREETS BEFORE SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS.
WE WERE ALL SITTING IN THAT COURTROOM ADVOCATING FOR CODY WHEN HE WAS ALREADY DEAD AND WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT.
IT WAS ON OCTOBER 8TH THAT CHIEF MENON FROM CHINO HILLS, PD, CHIN, CHINO PD, AND TWO OFFICERS KNOCKED ON OUR DOOR TO NE NOTIFY US THAT CODY HAD BEEN KILLED.
THIS WAS, THIS WAS EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE AFRAID OF, AND WE DIDN'T GET TO GET HIM OFF THE STREET.
THAT DREADED KNOCK CODY DIDN'T HAVE ANY IDENTIFICATION ON, WHICH WAS THE REASON FOR THE LATE NOTIFICATION.
NINE MONTHS TO GET HIM A COURT DATE.
32 ARRESTS WITH MOST EVERY ONE OF THEM RESULTING IN A SITE AND RELEASE ACTION.
AND HOW DID IT ALL END WITH HIM DYING ON THE STREET? WE BELIEVE THE SYSTEM FAILED.
CODY, WE NEED TO DO BETTER TO HELP OTHERS LIKE HIM.
THANK YOU, COUNSEL, STAFF, FRIENDS, FAMILY AND L LEOS, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
A BIG THANK YOU TO AARON, MOSES, JERRY, AND THE OTHER SWING SWAG TEAM MEMBERS THAT WORK DILIGENTLY TO TRY AND GET CODY OFF THE STREETS AND THE OTHER ONES THAT HE'S, THEY'RE WORKING WITH.
I BELIEVE OUR LORD HAS TAKEN CODY HOME AND HE IS NOW COMPLETELY HEALED.
AND BY THE WAY, WE HAVE ANOTHER COURT DATE ON OCTOBER 27TH.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT'S COUNTABLE.
WE'RE GONNA GO BECAUSE I WANNA TALK TO THE JUDGE.
WE CAN'T GET ANY INFORMATION 'CAUSE OF THE HIPAA LAW.
THANK YOU FOR THE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND, AND EVERYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT'S HERE, SWAG, I WISH YOU COULD JUST STAND UP.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DEBBIE HERNANDEZ.
GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS STAFF.
UM, I'D LIKE TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION, UH, FROM CAL MATTERS.
UH, AN ARTICLE DATED OCTOBER 10TH ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH COURT, GOVERNOR NEWSOM, GOVERNOR NEWSOM, INTRODUCED CARE COURT TO BRING PEOPLE EXPERIENCING SEVERE MENTAL ISSUES, SCHIZOPHRENIA AND OTHER LIMITED PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS INTO TREATMENT.
IT HAS HELPED FEWER PEOPLE THAN THE PROJECTED, BUT A NEW LAW WILL MAKE PEOPLE, UH, MORE PEOPLE ELIGIBLE FOR IT.
THE NEW LAW WILL EXPAND ELIGIBILITY FOR CARE COURT TO INCLUDE PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCE A PSYCHOTIC SYMPTOMS AS THE RESULT OF BIPOLAR DISORDER.
THE CARE COURTS PROGRAM ALLOWS FAMILY MEMBERS, FIRST RESPONDERS, DOCTORS AND OTHERS TO PETITION THE COURTS ON BEHALF OF PEOPLE WITH SEVERE PSYCHOSIS WHO CAN'T CARE FOR THEMSELVES.
ONCE A PETITION IS ACCEPTED, INDIVIDUALS ARE PRESENTED WITH A VOLUNTARY TREATMENT PLAN.
IF THEY REFUSE, A JUDGE CAN ORDER THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT PLAN.
IT HOLDS BOTH INSTITUTIONS AND INDIVIDUALS ACCOUNTABLE, ENSURES INDIVIDUALS GET THE CARE THEY NEED AND GIVES JUDGES A CLEAR ROLE IN OVERSEEING AND GUIDING THE PROCESS.
THE BILL FOCUSES ON IMPLEMENTATION BY LISTENING TO AND LEARNING FROM THE COUNTIES.
AND I EMPHASIZE THE COUNTIES ABOUT WHAT'S WORKING AND WHAT IS NOT WORKING TO MEET THE GOALS OF THE CARE COURT LEGISLATION.
HERE'S A QUOTE FROM THE ARTICLE BY GOVERNOR NEWSOM.
CALIFORNIA DOESN'T SIT ON THE SIDELINES WHILE PEOPLE FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS.
WE DON'T STAND BY WHY PEOPLE SPIRAL ON OUR SIDEWALKS OR CYCLE THROUGH EMERGENCY ROOMS AND JAIL SALES.
WE STEP UP, WE BUILT CARE COURT TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO TREATMENT, DIGNITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY BECAUSE CARE AND ACCOUNTABILITY BELONG AT THE CENTER OF HOW WE SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES.
DO YOU THINK AFTER LISTENING TO JOANNE AND KNOWING WHAT HAS GONE ON WITH HER FAMILY WITH CODY'S SITUATION, THAT NEWSOM'S STATEMENT IS TRUE TO FACT IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY'S 2025 POINT IN TIME HOMELESS REPORT, THE NUMBER TWO REASON FOR HOMELESSNESS IS DUE TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN A CLOSE THIRD IS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
THIS ISN'T THE FIRST YOUNG P PERSON THAT WE'VE LOST FROM OUR COMMUNITY TO
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PEN MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.SO I ASK YOU, WHAT MORE WILL WE BE DOING AS A CITY AND A COUNTY TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES? THANK YOU.
UH, UH, AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE WILL BE ADJOURNING TONIGHT IN CODY'S HONOR, BUT WE WANTED TO BE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY IN ADVANCE OF THAT TO, UH, EXPRESS YOUR FEELINGS AND CONCERNS.
[ SAFETY UPDATES - Fire and Police]
UH, MOVING ON, WE HAVE, UH, CITY MANAGER UP, WELL, EXCUSE ME, SAFETY UPDATES.UH, CHIEF WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MAYOR.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON OUR STATION 68 PROJECT.
UH, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD, UH, TO HAVING, UH, TRAILERS ON THE SITE NEXT WEEK, WHICH IS WHERE THE WEEKLY MEETINGS WILL BE HOSTED RELATED TO THE PROJECT.
AND, UH, WE HAD A MEETING THIS MORNING AND, UH, I WAS ASSURED THAT, UH, LIKELY WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, UM, ANY LARGE TRUCKS CARRYING THE LARGE VOLUMES OF DIRT IN AND OUT OF THAT PROPERTY WILL LIKELY BE DONE FOR THE MOST PART.
SO, UH, THAT'S EXCITING FOR THE RESIDENTS AROUND THERE.
UH, ALSO I WANTED TO REMIND YOU THAT OUR STATE OF THE DISTRICT IS ON THE 23RD.
SO, UH, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU HAVE TICKETS OR SPONSORED, UH, JUST, UH, KEEP THAT DATE IN MIND.
AND THEN FINALLY, UH, YOU PROBABLY ALL RECEIVED, UH, SOME SORT OF A SURVEY FROM THE FIRE DISTRICT REGARDING OUR STANDARDS OF COVER.
SO IF YOU HAVE, UH, TIME AND YOU WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO PROVIDE INPUT TO HELP US BE A BETTER ORGANIZATION, WE CERTAINLY WELCOME THAT.
HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF AND RESIDENTS AND ATTENDANCE.
I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT.
UH, THE CHINO POLICE DEPARTMENT IS HOLDING A COFFEE WITH A COP EVENT COURTESY OF CLAT COFFEE AT THE SHOPS.
AND THAT'LL BE THIS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16TH FROM NINE TO 11:00 AM POLICE COME OUT AND ENJOY COFFEE AND A PASTRY WITH MEMBERS OF YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND THIS WILL BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY VISIT MEMBERS OF CHINOS PD, BUT ALSO DISCUSS ANY CONCERNS YOU MAY HAVE, MAY HAVE ABOUT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
[ CITY MANAGER UPDATES]
ALRIGHT, BEN, CITY MANAGER UPDATES.THANK YOU, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
UH, TONIGHT, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE ONE QUICK COMMENT.
UH, WE HAD A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, MS. MATSON, AND, UH, ASK ABOUT ALTERNATE ROUTES OUT OF THE CANYON DURING AN EMERGENCY.
WE'VE ALSO RECEIVED INQUIRIES FROM MULTIPLE, UH, RESIDENTS IN, IN ADDITION TO THE COUNCIL, UH, UH, STAFF, UH, FROM BOTH OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND, AND SEVERAL OTHERS ARE LOOKING AT, UH, THAT FROM A VARIETY OF ANGLES.
WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO THE COUNCIL IN A REPORT AND THEN WE'LL MAKE SHARE THAT, UH, WITH ANYONE WHO'S REACHED OUT TO US DIRECTLY.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON IT AND, AND WE'LL GET SOMETHING TO YOU VERY SHORTLY.
[ COUNCIL REPORTS Mayor Bennett Chino Valley Fire District Board Chino Valley Unified School District Board Vice Mayor Johsz Omnitrans Board Council Member Marquez San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Board General Policy Committee Legislative Policy Committee Council Member Moran California Institution for Men and Women’s Citizen Advisory Committees Council Member Rogers Animal Resource Center Joint Powers Authority Board Chino Basin Desalter Authority Board]
REPORTS, UH, I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT FOR THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE OR CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT VICE MAYOR JONES.AT OUR LAST BOARD MEETING ON THE FIRST, WE, UH, JUST, UH, THE ONLY ITEM OF ANY SIGNIFICANCE WAS PURCHASE OF ELECTRIC BUSES.
UM, I ATTENDED THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AND WE GOT UPDATES ON TWO ITEMS. UH, THE FIRST ONE WAS SAN BERNARDINO COG AND THE SECOND ONE WAS THE REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST UPDATES.
UM, ALSO I DID ATTEND THE LEGISLATIVE POLICY COMMITTEE AND WE REVIEWED THE STATE AND FEDERAL UPDATES.
UH, THE GENERAL POLICY WAS REALLY NOTHING TO REPORT THERE.
ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN, JUST A COUPLE QUICK THINGS FOR, UH, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTION FOR MEN.
THEY'RE HAVING THEIR EVER POPULAR TRUNK OR TREAT EVENT, UM, THIS FRIDAY.
UM, AND THEY'RE CONTINUING THE PROCESS OF CLOSING THE NORCO FACILITY WITH, UM, GUARDS AND INMATES TO BE TRANSFERRED.
BUT THERE'S NO EXACT NUMBERS OF HOW THAT CLOSURE OF NORCO WILL IMPACT THE POPULATION.
SO AS SOON AS THAT INFORMATION'S AVAILABLE, I'LL BE SURE TO SHARE IT WITH YOU.
OH, IT SHOULD BE CLOSED BY, UM, OCTOBER OF 26TH.
SO WE STILL ABOUT A YEAR AWAY FOR COMPLETE CLOSURE OF THAT FACILITY.
ONE IS ON THE ANIMAL RESOURCE CENTER, OR ARC IS THE NEW, IS THE NAME NICKNAME.
AND WE HAVE A PRESENCE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
WE'VE INVESTED INTO THE FUTURE OF THIS ANIMAL CARE FACILITY, BUT WE ARE STILL BEING SERVICED BY INLAND VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY.
SO IT'S AN INTERESTING POSITION TO BE IN AS A, A VOTING MEMBER OF THE BOARD AND YET NOT RECEIVING SERVICES YET, BUT AS A BOARD AND AS AN ENTITY, THEY'RE REALLY CONTINUING TO, UH, BUILD THEIR PROGRAMS AND THEIR INVENTORY OF EQUIPMENT.
AND A COUPLE, SEVERAL OF THE THINGS WE VOTED ON AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, AND I KNOW IT'S SIMPLISTIC, BUT IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A BUILDING PROCESS AND THEY BOUGHT A COUPLE MORE TRUCKS.
THEY'VE ALREADY HAVE SEVERAL TRUCKS IN THE INVENTORY.
BOUGHT A COUPLE MORE, A COUPLE OF HORSE TRAILERS WITH CHINO
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HILLS IN MIND.UH, THEY SOME ADDITIONS TO STAFF ADOPTION OF A T TRAP NEUTER AND RELEASE PROGRAM, ADOPTION OF A STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND THAT WE ESTABLISHED ALSO OUR FRIENDS OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS CONSISTING OF FIVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
SO A VERY ACTIVE MEETING THAT TOOK PLACE.
AND, UH, THIS IS LONG TERM WHEN WE BECOME INVOLVED.
I THINK THIS CAN BE A GREAT RESOURCE FOR THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS AND, AND THE APPROACH THIS ANIMAL SHELTER WILL TAKE MAYBE COMPARED TO THE ONE WE ARE CURRENTLY WITH.
BUT EITHER WAY, IT'S GONNA BE A, UH, TO BE A GREAT INVESTMENT ON A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THE OTHER MEETING THAT I ATTENDED, BOARD MEETING WITH CDH, YOU KNOW, DESAL HER AUTHORITY AND REALLY NOTHING TO REPORT.
NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT.
[ COUNCIL COMMENTS]
MORAN COUNCIL REPORTS.EXCUSE ME, COUNCIL COMMENTS? COMMENTS? OKAY.
I JUST WANTED TO, UM, EXTEND MY DEEP SYMPATHIES TO THE GENESIS FAMILY.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, JOANNE, I HAVE NEVER SEEN A, A PARENT WORK AS TIRELESSLY TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF THEIR CHILD AS YOU.
AND WE ALL KNOW HOW COMMENDABLE THAT IS.
AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT CODY HAS NOT DIED IN VAIN BECAUSE YOUR ADVOCACY IS GONNA CONTINUE.
I KNOW THAT IN MY HEART, AND EVEN THOUGH WE DID NOT GET THE OUTCOME FOR YOUR SON, YOUR EFFORTS ARE GONNA CHANGE THE LIVES OF OTHER PEOPLE'S SONS AND DAUGHTERS.
AND YOU'RE GONNA, YOUR TRAILBLAZER, ARE YOU GONNA DO A LOT OF GOOD THINGS WITHIN THIS SCOPE THAT IS PLAGUING SO MANY FAMILIES AND, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST ROLLED UP YOUR SLEEVES AND INSTEAD OF COMING HERE JUST COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SYSTEM, YOU WERE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
YOU ATTENDED MEETINGS LIKE YOU JUST, YOU RESEARCHED, YOU SHARE INFORMATION.
I MEAN, AND I THINK THAT IF MORE OF US, UM, TOOK TO HEART THOSE THINGS THAT WOULD MATTER TO US INSTEAD OF PLAYING LIKE, YOU KNOW, TOO MUCH OF LIKE THE BLING GAME.
I MEAN, WE, WE KNOW THE DEFICIENCIES IN OUR GOVERNMENT AND THE SYSTEM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME YOU WERE TRYING TO LIKE FIX IT AND ADVOCATE FOR YOUR CHILD.
SO, UM, I AM SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS.
YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WE CARE ABOUT YOUR WHOLE FAMILY.
AND I, IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY HERE TONIGHT FOR HIM.
AND, UH, IT'D BE WONDERFUL THAT WE ARE JOURNEYING IN HIS MEMORY.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW HOW TOP THAT CYNTHIA, THAT YOU SPOKE FROM THE HEART.
I THINK YOU SPOKE ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US.
AND CYNTHIA WOULD KNOW BECAUSE SHE WENT THROUGH A SIMILAR SITUATION WITH HER BROTHER IN SI IN SIMILAR RESULTS ACTUALLY.
SO IT'S, IT'S, IT WAS NEAR AND DEAR TO ALL OF US THAT JOANNE TOOK SUCH A PROACTIVE APPROACH IN TRYING TO, UH, IN TRYING TO LOGICALLY WORK THE SYSTEM FOR THE BETTER GOOD OF THOSE THAT ARE IMPACTED.
SO CYNTHIA, I COULDN'T HAVE SAID ANY BETTER, SO I WON'T, UH, I GUESS I'VE GOT ANOTHER REPORT THOUGH THAT, UM, WE, WE HOSTED THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION HOSTED A WINE WALK EVENT THAT TOOK PLACE LAST WEEKEND AND WAS ANOTHER STELLAR EVENT.
AND A LOT OF TIME WAS PUT INTO THIS.
AND IT WAS OUR 14TH YEAR A MAJOR FUNDRAISER FOR THE FOUNDATION THAT WE'LL ALL GO, GO BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY.
UH, 1300 PEOPLE WERE IN ATTENDANCE AND I WANTED TO THANK OUR PLANNING COMMITTEE, WANTED TO THANK OUR 80 PLUS VOLUNTEERS THAT WERE THERE, INCLUDING SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE HERE CURRENTLY AND OUR FANTASTIC CITY STAFF THAT ARE PARTNERS IN THIS ADVENTURE TO PULL TOGETHER FUNDS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEY WERE SO EFFICIENT AND SO ORGANIZED.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, I DON'T THINK I'LL REPORT ON ANYTHING ELSE.
FIRST OF ALL, THE GENESIS FAMILY.
UH, JOANNE, I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A, A BATTLE THAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE LAST, UH, THREE PLUS YEARS.
CHRISTINA, IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU TONIGHT.
UH, WORDS AND I WANT TO THANK YOU, UH, JOANNE ED.
UM, MY DEEPEST SYMPATHY GOES OUT TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
I KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY TRIED TO REACH OUT TO CODY.
I HAD NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS WITH CODY OVER THE YEARS.
UM, AND AGAIN, WHEN SOMEBODY'S ON DRUGS, UH, UH, THEY DON'T THINK THE WAY, UH, THAT THEY DO WHEN THEY'RE, WHEN EVERYTHING'S OKAY.
I, I REMEMBER CODY'S, UH, SMILE, UH, OVER AT, UH, BRAVO BURGER WHEN HE, WE GOT THAT JOB THERE AND GOING UP TO THE COUNTER AND HIM SEEING ME AND HE HAD JUST THE BIGGEST SMILE.
AND, UM, AND EVEN THE LAST TIME I SAW HIM WAS OVER AT DENNY'S WHEN HE WAS HAVING THE ISSUES, UH, WITH DRUG.
I MEAN, HE TALKED TO ME, HE RECOGNIZED WHO I WAS.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT IN HIS HEART HE WISHES THAT HE COULD HAVE BEAT THIS, BUT IT JUST DIDN'T HAPPEN.
BUT I JUST WANNA THANK THE FAMILY FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
IT REALLY DOES MEAN SOMETHING.
AND LIKE, UH, MR. UH, UH, MY COLLEAGUE COLLEAGUES UP HERE FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT
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YOU ARE GONNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE.SO JOANNE, GET YOUR STORY OUT THERE, ED, GET YOUR STORY OUT THERE BECAUSE YOU ARE GONNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN A CHANGE IN THE FUTURE.
SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS ON CODY.
UH, CARBON CANYON ROAD CLOSURE, WE COUNCIL MEMBERS RECEIVED NUMEROUS PHONE CALLS.
EVERY CALL I GOT, I RETURNED THE PHONE CALL.
I KNOW PETER DID THE SAME THING AND MY OTHER COLLEAGUES TO MY RIGHT, UH, THE TWO PEOPLE THAT I CALLED A WHOLE LOT, UH, WITHIN THOSE 12 HOURS WAS THE CITY MANAGER.
BEN, THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS PICKING UP MY PHONE CALL.
I APPRECIATE THAT AND I KNOW WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT THIS AND MAKE SOME CHANGES IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
POLICE CHIEF, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UM, EVERY TIME I CALL YOU, YOU PICK UP THE PHONE AND YOU GIVE ME THE LATEST INFORMATION.
UM, I MET WITH EDISON, UH, THERE WAS A ROUND TABLE IN THE CITY OF, UH, REDLANDS AND I GOT TO TALK TO STEVE POWELL, THE PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE DOING A RAID STUDY, UM, WHERE THEY'RE GONNA, OBVIOUSLY OUR RATES ARE GONNA GO UP AND THE REASON THEY'RE GONNA GO UP TWO, TWO THINGS.
THEY'RE GONNA BE HARDENING ALL THE LINES IN THE HIGH AND VERY HIGH, UH, FIRE AREAS.
THEY'RE GONNA, UH, ACTUALLY GROUND 220 MILES AT $4 MILLION COST PER MILE AT A COST OF ABOUT $880 MILLION.
SO THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THE FINAL IMPROVEMENT ON THAT.
UM, ALSO, UM, THIRD PSPS, THEY SAID YOU'RE GONNA PROBABLY SEE ABOUT A 30% INCREASE IN PSPS THIS NEXT FIRE SEASON.
SO I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO BE READY FOR IT.
AND ALSO HE SAYS THAT THEY ARE SHORTENING THE, UM, THE GRID, THE GRIDS RIGHT NOW, THE GRID COULD BE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 30 30, EXCUSE ME, 20 TO 30 MILES AND THEY'RE GONNA SHORT 'EM SO THIS WAY IT WON'T BE DOWN AS LONG.
BUT AGAIN, THEY DO, THEY DO FEEL THAT IT'S GONNA INCREASE BY 30%.
SO THAT WAS THAT MEETING WITH, UH, STEVE, UH, CAL CITY'S LATINO CAUCUS.
UM, I'M NO LONGER THE PRESIDENT.
IT'S GONNA A TWO YEAR COMMITMENT.
AND I KNOW MARYANNE ALWAYS MAKES FUN OF ME WHEN I SAY LATINO CAUCUS, BUT IT WAS VERY, UM, I REALLY ENJOYED, UH, WORKING WITH THE CAUCUS AND I GOT TO TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THIS PAST TWO YEARS.
UM, I'M GONNA MISS IT, BUT I'M REALLY GLAD THAT'S BEHIND ME.
UM, I DID, UH, MET WITH, UH, THE DIRECTOR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PAUL HERNANDEZ FROM WELL, AND THAT'S WATER EDUCATION FOR LATINO ELECTED OFFICIALS.
AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, OUR ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN FRESNO, AND THAT'S GONNA BE MARCH 27TH AND 28TH.
SO MY COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU'D LIKE TO ATTEND, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
I CAN ONLY ECHO WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS ALREADY SAID.
UM, WE'RE SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS.
YEAH, I THINK SO MANY PEOPLE SUFFER IN SILENCE AND YOU TOOK THIS ON AS A CRUSADE TO DO THE LORD'S WORK AND TO GO OUT THERE AND REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND MAKE PEOPLE AWARE.
SO I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER WORDS, BUT WE'RE PRAYING FOR YOU.
ALRIGHT, JOANNE AND ED, UH, WE'VE SHARED MANY TIMES.
UH, I CAN DEFINITELY RELATE TO A LOT OF THE CHALLENGES YOU'VE HAD OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
UH, I HAVE TWO SONS AND, UH, OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS HAD TO DEAL WITH A LOT OF THE SIMILAR QUESTIONS AND THE SYSTEM'S BROKEN.
UH, THEY, THEY STICK 'EM IN THE HOSPITAL.
MAYBE IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU CAN GET 'EM IN THERE ON A 51 50 AND THEY'RE IN THERE FOR 72 HOURS AND THEN THEY KICK 'EM TO THE CURB.
UH, IF YOU CAN GET THEM TO GO INTO A HOSPITAL VOLUNTARILY, UH, YOU THINK YOU'VE GOT IT BEAT YOU, SEND PUT 'EM IN IN THE MORNING THAT AFTERNOON BECAUSE THEY'RE OVER 21, THEY CHECK THEMSELVES OUT.
UH, IT'S A TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE BATTLE.
AND WHAT IT DOES TO THE FAMILY IS IT JUST TEARS YOUR HEART OUT.
UH, YOU ARE SO FORTUNATE FROM THE STANDPOINT THAT LOOK AROUND YOU LOOK AT THE SUPPORT YOU HAVE.
LOOK AT SWAGS INVOLVEMENT WITH THE CITY NOW AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE FOR YOU AND THE FAMILY PERSONALLY.
UH, THIS CITY IS A LOT OF THINGS, BUT WHEN THINGS ARE TOUGH, WE DO REACH OUT AND PEOPLE JOIN TOGETHER AND TRY AND MINISTER TO PEOPLE, UH, AND THEIR EMOTIONS WHEN THEY'RE GOING THROUGH VERY, VERY TOUGH TIMES.
THE ONLY THING I THINK THAT WE CAN BE THANKFUL FOR, AS TOUGH AS IT IS TO SAY WE KNOW NOW THAT HE IS IN A BETTER PLACE.
HE IS NO LONGER IN PAIN AND SUFFERING AND GOING THROUGH THE FRUSTRATION THAT HE HAS FOR YEARS.
SO, UH, GOD BLESS YOU AND THE ENTIRE FAMILY AND ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT GROUP THERE.
UH, I HAVE NO OTHER QUICK, NO OTHER COMMENTS RIGHT NOW, BUT I
[ 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.]
IS MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE THIS EVENING AND HONOR OF ALL OF US ON THE COUNCIL TO TONIGHT WE ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF CODY JANIS, WHO PASSED AWAY ON OCTOBER 4TH AT THE AGE OF 30.CODY WAS BORN IN LAWRENCE, KANSAS.
AND BY THE WAY, I LIVED HERE TWO YEARS JUST PRIOR TO HIM BEING BORN THERE AND HAD NO CLUE ABOUT THAT.
UH, HE WAS ADOPTED AT BIRTH BY HIS LOVING PARENTS, ED AND JOANNE JANIS,
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WHO BROUGHT HIM HOME TO CHINO HILLS WHERE HE LIVED HIS ENTIRE LIFE.HE ATTENDED LIDLE ELEMENTARY, CANYON HILLS JUNIOR HIGH, ALA HIGH SCHOOL, AND GRADUATED FROM BUENA VISTA HIGH SCHOOL.
CODY HAD A GENTLE HEART AND A CURIOUS MIND.
HE ESPECIALLY LOVED SPORTS AND PLAYED IN CHINO HILL'S, LITTLE LEAGUE AND PONY LEAGUE UNTIL HE AGED OUT.
CODY WAS A BRIGHT AND CARING YOUNG MAN WHO NAVIGATED SOME OF LIFE'S CHALLENGES WITH COURAGE AND THE UNWAVERING SUPPORT OF HIS PARENTS.
HE WAS INCREDIBLY LUCKY TO HAVE A FAMILY WHO NEVER GAVE UP ON HIM AND WHO FOUGHT TIRELESSLY TO ENSURE HE HAD EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE.
HE HAS SURVIVED BY HIS PARENTS, ED AND JOANNE JEN, HIS SON, ANTHONY JANIS, HIS SISTER AND BROTHER-IN-LAW, CHRISTINA AND PHILIP SANTOS, AND MANY LOVING FAMILY MEMBERS.
ON BEHALF OF THE CHINO HILLS CITY COUNCIL, WE EXTEND OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO THE GENESIS FAMILY.
AND MAY GOD PRO, UH, PROTECT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
AND WE ADJOURN TONIGHT IN HIS HONOR.