* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [ 6:00 P.M. - CONVENE MEETING / ROLL CALL] [00:00:04] GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE CHINO HILLS CITY COUNCIL FOR NOVEMBER 25TH, 2025. ROLL CALL PLEASE. ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. ALRIGHT, UH, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU ALL NOW TO STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, WHICH IS GONNA BE LED BY 55 PLUS CLUB VETERANS GROUP RON COZI, AND THEN FOLLOWED BY INVOCATION BY PASTOR TATE COX OF CHIN OR CALVARY CHAPEL. CHINO HILLS, [ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG] THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE PEARL. THANK YOU RON. [ INVOCATION: Pastor Tate Cox, Calvary Chapel Chino Hills] WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE FOR THIS INVOCATION IN MY TIME WITH THE LORD THIS MORNING IN HIS WORD, UM, HE, HE GAVE ME SOME GREAT VERSES TO CONSIDER AS WE GO INTO THIS COUNCIL MEETING FROM THE BOOK OF DANIEL WRITTEN NEARLY, UH, THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO. UH, IT SAYS IN DANIEL CHAPTER TWO, SO DANIEL BLESSED THE GOD OF HEAVEN AND SAID, BLESSED BE THE NAME OF GOD FOREVER AND EVER FOR WISDOM AND MIGHT ARE HIS. AND HE CHANGES THE TIMES AND THE SEASONS. HE REMOVES KINGS AND RAISES UP KINGS. HE GIVES WISDOM TO THE WISE AND KNOWLEDGE TO THOSE WHO HAVE UNDERSTANDING. HE REVEALS DEEP AND SECRET THINGS. HE KNOWS WHAT IS IN THE DARKNESS AND LIGHT DWELLS WITH HIM. I THANK YOU AND PRAISE YOU, OH GOD OF MY FATHERS. YOU HAVE GIVEN ME WISDOM AND MIGHT AND HAVE NOW MADE KNOWN TO ME WHAT WE ASKED OF YOU FOR, YOU HAVE MADE KNOWN TO US THE KING'S DEMAND. LET'S PRAY TOGETHER. FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU. AND AS DANIEL BLESSED YOU THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO IN THIS PRAYER THAT WE HAVE RECORDED IN SCRIPTURE. SO WE WANT TO BLESS YOU TONIGHT, LORD, AND I LOVE THAT THIS IS CALLED AN INVOCATION BECAUSE THAT WORD MEANS AN APPEAL, A PETITION THAT IS BEING MADE TO YOU, THE SOVEREIGN ONE, THE SUPREME ONE, THE ONE WHO RULES OVER THE NATIONS. AND LORD, I ASK THAT AS DANIEL THANKED YOU FOR THE WISDOM AND MIGHT THAT YOU POURED OUT ON HIM. I ASK THAT YOU WOULD POUR OUT YOUR WISDOM AND MIGHT UPON THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS, EVEN AS THEY GO AND DISCUSS THE THINGS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT. LORD, GRANT WISDOM, IT IS YOURS TO GIVE. AND YOUR WORD SAYS IN JAMES CHAPTER ONE THAT IF WE NEED WISDOM, WE CAN ASK IT OF YOU. AND SO WE ARE ASKING IT OF YOU TONIGHT, LORD, GIVE THESE WISDOM, SHOW THEM THE RIGHT THING TO DO. LORD, I PRAY THAT THEY WOULD MAKE DECISIONS IN THE FEAR OF GOD, LORD, THAT IT WOULD BE AS THOUGH YOU ARE IN ONE OF THESE SEATS TONIGHT, ANALYZING AND JUDGING EVERY DECISION THAT IS MADE. AND IF WE ALL THINK LIKE THAT, WE WILL MAKE GODLY DECISIONS THAT HONOR YOU. SO LORD, BE IN OUR MIDST TONIGHT. WE PRAY IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN. THANK YOU. YOU MAY BE SEATED. [ CITY COUNCIL REORGANIZATION Select Mayor and Vice Mayor for terms of December 1, 2025 through November 30, 2026] CAN WE GO CITY COUNCIL? WE ARE GOING TO BE SELECTING A MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR FOR TERMS THIS FROM DECEMBER 1ST, 2025 THROUGH NOVEMBER 30TH, 2026. AND I'M GONNA TAKE THE PRIVILEGE AND HONOR OF, UH, NOMINATING BRIAN JOSS FOR MAYOR AND RAY MARQUEZ FOR VICE MAYOR. ALL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE HAVE A VOTE AND A SECOND LOCK IN YOUR VOTES PLEASE. MOTION PASSES. FIVE ZERO. AND CONGRATULATIONS GENTLEMEN. CONGRATULATE YOU. THANKS. ALRIGHT. THE [3. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming Chino Hills as a Purple Heart City] FIRST PRESENTATION WE HAVE TONIGHT IS A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING CHINO HILLS IS A PURPLE HEART CITY TO BE ACCEPTED BY JIM WALSH, GEORGE DE FRANK RON KUNZE AND RONNIE GEER. WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM? GENTLEMEN, OUR CITY. [00:05:09] I KNOW THERE ARE MANY VETERANS FOR OUR FREEDOM. VERY PRO ALSO TO HAVE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL IN RECOGNITION OF BEING WOUNDED IN COMBAT, INCLUDING OUR VERY OWN LOCAL VETERAN JIM WALSH AND COMMUNITY MEMBER RON GUY RONNIE GEIER, WHO JOIN US TONIGHT. ALONG WITH FELLOW VETERANS, GEORGE D. FRANK, AND RON COZZI KUNZE. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WE ARE PROUD TO PROCLAIM CHINO HILLS AS A PURPLE HEART CITY TO HONOR THE SACRIFICE OF OUR NATION'S MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM, WOUNDED, OR KILLED BY THE ENEMY WHILE SERVING TO PROTECT THE FREEDOM ENJOYED BY ALL AMERICANS. WOULD ANY OF YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS BEFORE I GIVE YOU THESE PROCLAMATIONS, RON? YES, I WOULD. I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY THANKING MAYOR ART BENNETT, CITY MANAGER BEN MONTGOMERY, THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY STAFF FOR RECOGNIZING THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF THE PURPLE HARP RECI RECIPIENTS THAT WE HAVE AMONG US IN CHINO HILLS. EACH OF THESE MEN AND WOMEN DECIDED TO SERVE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY DEFENDING OUR AND PROTECTING OUR CITIZENS AND THEIR FREEDOMS THAT WE CHERISH. PURPLE HEART RECIPIENTS HAVE THE DISTINCTION OF DISPLAYING COURAGE AND BRAVERY ON THE BATTLEFIELDS OF OUR ENEMIES BY BEING WOUNDED OR KILLED. THESE SERVICE MEMBERS PUT COUNTRY IN THE SACREDNESS OF HUMAN LIFE AHEAD OF THEIR OWN PERSONAL WELFARE, KNOWING THAT BRAVERY MAY LEAD TO THEIR OWN INJURY OR EVEN DEATH. MANY OF OUR FELLOW SERVICE MEMBERS HAVE BEEN SAVED BY THEIR HEROIC ACTIONS. SO TONIGHT WE SALUTE THOSE HEROES AND WE'LL ALL BE THANKFUL FOR THEIR UNCOMMON VALOR AND DISPLAYED ON THE BATTLEFIELD. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, GEORGE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? JIM, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU FOR BEING A RECIPIENT. THANK YOU. PURPLE HEART. THANK YOU. AND RONNIE, LIKEWISE. THERE IT IS. AND LET'S TAKE A [4. PROCLAMATION / RECOGNITION - Proclaiming November 15, 2025, as America Recycles Day and recognition of "Recycling Allstars” who have demonstrated outstanding recycling efforts in the community] NEXT WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION AND A RECOGNITION PROCLAIMING NOVEMBER 15TH, 2025 AS AMERICA RECYCLES DAY AND THE RECOGNITION OF RECYCLING ALL STARS WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED OUTSTANDING RECYCLING EFFORTS TO BE ACCEPTED BY MANAGEMENT ANALYST SHAKER, FOLLOWED BY A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE ALL STARS. ALL RIGHT, COME ON UP, SUSAN. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. WE APPRECIATE IT. ALRIGHT. AMERICA RECYCLES DAY WAS FIRST CREATED IN 1994 TO EDUCATE INDIVIDUALS ON HOW TO PROPERLY RECYCLE. AS A CITY, WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING AND PRESERVING OUR NATURAL RESOURCES TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY A CLEANER, SAFER, AND HEALTHIER PLACE TO LIVE. TO DO SO, WE ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR COMMITMENT TO A CLEANER ENVIRONMENT BY EDUCATING THEMSELVES AND OTHERS ON THE POSITIVE IMPACTS OF RECYCLING. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 15TH, 2025 AS AMERICAN RECYCLES DAY. TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION, WE HAVE OUR SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST, SUSAN SHAKER, ALONG WITH STAFF FROM MANAGE WASTE MANAGEMENT, WHO WILL BE GIVING US A BRIEF PRESENTATION AFTER BEING, AFTER TAKING A GROUP PHOTO, SUSAN, BEFORE WASTE MANAGEMENT ANNOUNCES THAT RECYCLING ALL STARS WINNERS. UH, PLEASE TELL RESIDENTS ABOUT OUR RECYCLING. THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND HONORABLE CA COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO ONE OF THE MOST FREQUENT QUESTIONS WE GET FROM RESIDENTS IS ABOUT RECYCLING AND TO HELP ADDRESS COMMON AREAS OF CONFUSION, I WANTED TO SHARE THAT, THAT WE RECENTLY PARTNERED WITH A CONSULTANT FIRM, TRIPE SMITH, ON A SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING MARKETING CAMPAIGN. AND WE'VE PRODUCED SEVERAL NEW EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FOR RESIDENTS OF CHINO HILLS. AND THESE, [00:10:01] UH, RESOURCES INCLUDE AN EVERGREEN BROCHURE WITH DETAILED TRASH SERVICE INFORMATION, SHORT ANIMATED VIDEOS TO ABOUT WHAT GOES WHERE, AND TIPS ON HOW TO, UH, RECYCLE YOUR FOOD SCRAPS. AND THERE'S ALSO AN INTERACTIVE IMAGE. AND SO THESE ARE ALL AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE@CHINOHILLS.ORG UNDER THE TRASH SERVICES PAGE. SO I'D ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO CHECK THAT OUT. SO NOW I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE GLENDA CHAVEZ AND TRISTAN ORTEGA FROM WASTE MANAGEMENT TO COME UP AND ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS OF THE 2025 RECYCLING ALL STARS, AND TO PROVIDE A BRIEF UPDATE ON RECYCLING AND COMPLIANCE IN CHINO HILLS. OKAY, NOW, ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION, THIS CERTIFICATE GOES TO THE CITY ON BEHALF OF THIS. ALRIGHT? YES. SO FOR THAT, THERE WE GO. THANK YOU. AND GLEN, WHY DON'T YOU COME UP AND INTRODUCE WHO'S WITH YOU AND, UH, TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT YOUR PRESENTATION'S GONNA BE ABOUT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, THANK YOU MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY HERE PRESENT AND AT HOME. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY TO, UM, ANNOUNCE OUR 2025 CITY OF CHINO HILLS RECYCLING ALL STARS. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THE MIC WITH, UM, TRISTAN ORTEGA, WHO IS YOUR DEDICATED RECYCLING REPRESENTATIVE HERE IN THE CITY. I THINK HE'S THE BEST SUITED TO ANNOUNCE OUR 2025 RECYCLING ALL STARS. UM, AND FOLLOWING HIM, I WILL DO A BRIEF, UM, PRESENTATION ON SOME OF OUR HIGHLIGHTS FOR THIS YEAR. OKAY, THERE YOU GO. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF FOR ALLOWING US TO HAVE THE RECYCLING ALL STAR RECOGNITION FOR 2025. MY NAME IS TRISTAN ORTEGA AND I'M PROUD TO SERVE AS THE DEDICATED RECYCLING REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS. MY ROLE FOCUSES ON EDUCATION AND OUTREACH, WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES TO ENSURE THEY UNDERSTAND SB 1383 AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE REGULATION. THROUGH THESE VISITS, I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF RECOGNIZING BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS WHO WOULD GO ABOVE AND BEYOND IN IMPLEMENTING RECYCLING AND ORGANICS PROGRAMS. THIS YEAR FOR 2025, I GET THE HONOR OF SELECTING AND ANNOUNCING THE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL RECIPIENTS FOR THE 2025 RECYCLING ALL STARS. I'M GONNA START OFF WITH THE COMMERCIAL RECIPIENT. THIS YEAR'S COMMERCIAL RECYCLING ALL STAR RECIPIENT IS TRADER JOE'S. DUE TO THE BUSY, BUSY THANKSGIVING WEEK, ONE OF THE MOST DEMANDING TIMES, THEY WERE UNABLE TO JOIN US TONIGHT. HOWEVER, WE VISITED THEM EARLIER TO PRESENT THEIR AWARD AND CERTIFICATE. TRADER JOE'S HAS DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY BY ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN RECYCLING ON ORGANICS DIVERSION PROGRAMS. THEIR EFFORTS ENSURE PROPER SEPARATION OF MATERIALS AND HELP REDUCE LANDFILL WASTE. SETTING A STRONG EXAMPLE FOR OTHER BUSINESSES IN CHINO HILLS. AND IF YOU CHECK THE SLIDESHOW OUT UP TOP, YOU CAN SEE TRADER JOE'S STAFF, THE OPERATION STAFF WHO ARE IN CHARGE OF THE RECYCLING AND ORGANICS PROGRAMS. UH, THEY HAVE THEIR AWARD AND CERTIFICATE THERE. NEXT I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE RESIDENTIAL RECIPIENTS, THE 2025 RECYCLING. ALL STAR RECIPIENTS ARE KENNY SATAN GANG AND JENNY LEON. THESE RECIPIENTS ARE TRULY COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS. NOT ONLY DO THEY IMPLEMENT DIVERSION PROGRAMS IN THEIR OWN HOME, BUT THEY ALSO ASSIST NEIGHBORS IN UNDERSTANDING AND FOLLOWING PROPER RECYCLING PRACTICES. MOST NOTABLY, THEY SUPPORT A RESIDENT AND ROLE IN OUR BACKYARD PROGRAM WHO CANNOT EASILY SOURCE SEPARATE DUE TO MEDICAL CONDITIONS. KENNY AND JENNY TAKE IT UPON THEMSELVES TO ENSURE RECYCLING AND ORGANICS ARE PROPERLY SORTED FOR THIS NEIGHBOR REFLECTING COMPASSION, LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION TO SUSTAINABILITY. I'D LIKE TO INVITE JENNY, WHO'S HERE TO ACCEPT THE AWARD AND CERTIFICATE UP TO THE PODIUM CERTIFICATE. AND I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU THE OOH, LOOK AT THAT. BEAUTIFUL. LIKE THIS. YEAH. AND THEN WOULD YOU, DO YOU HAVE A FEW WORDS YOU'D LIKE TO SAY? UM, IT'S SUCH AN HONOR AND I JUST LEARNED THAT, UH, CITY OF CHINO HILL IS ONE OF THE FIRST CITY THAT LIKE GOT INVOLVED WITH A LOT OF NEW PROGRAM THAT WASTE MANAGEMENT HAS IMPLEMENT. LIKE THE CAMERA IN OUR TRASH CAN , THAT'S NOT ONE THAT EVERYBODY WILL HAVE , YOU'RE DOING IT RIGHT? YES, BUT YOU'RE DOING RIGHT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. HOW ABOUT A PHOTO OP FOR EVERYBODY HERE? CAN WE DO THAT? [00:15:32] ALRIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OH MY GOD, I FORGOT HOW TO DO THIS. WHICH BUTTON WAS IT? WHICH BUTTON? WAS IT? THE BUTTON. DO YOU KNOW THE BUTTONS? I HELLO AGAIN. I WANTED TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF OUR 2025 HIGHLIGHTS IN HONOR OF AMERICA RECYCLES DAY. UM, IT BOTH FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT AND IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY. UM, AT WASTE MANAGEMENT, WE CONTINUE TO DRIVE SUSTAINABILITY WITH OUR ONGOING INVESTMENT. THIS YEAR WE UPGRADED THREE OF OUR REGIONAL, UH, RECYCLING FACILITIES. WE INTEGRATED OUR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND AUTOMATION TO IMPROVE THE DIVERSION THAT IS COLLECTED, UM, AT THESE FACILITIES. WE ALSO ARE CREATING RENEWABLE ENERGY BY TRANSFORMING LANDFILL GAS INTO RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS. WE DID THIS THIS YEAR AT OUR SEMI VALLEY LANDFILL, AND WE'RE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT IN 2026 WE'LL BE DOING THE SAME AT EL ELANTE LANDFILL. ALSO, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR ONGOING, UM, OUR EXPANSION IN OUR ORGANIC PROCESSING FACILITIES WITH A NETWORK OF SEVEN FACILITIES JUST IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ALONE. NOW TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WORK WITH YOUR CITY, UM, STAFF IN COLLABORATION, WE ARE PROUD TO SAY THAT WE HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLIANCE AT THE COMMERCIAL LEVEL. AND WITH THAT, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT HAVING A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLIANCE, IT'S THE ONGOING EDUCATION AND OUTREACH. AND WE'RE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT TRISTAN, UM, ALONE HAS DONE 663, UM, OUTREACH VISITS FOR COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES. SO HE'S THERE TO VISIT THEM, OFFER EDUCATION AND OUTREACH, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THEY HAVE SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO, UH, MAINTAIN STRONG COMPLIANCE. AND TOGETHER WITH THE CITY, UM, AND RESIDENTS, WE HAVE DIVERTED 30 MILLION POUNDS OF RECYCLED MATERIAL. SO THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S LIGHTLY, I MEAN, IT'S, IT TAKES A BIG, UM, EFFORT ON EVERYONE'S PART TO REACH THAT NUMBER. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS HAVE OUR CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WORKING WITH THE CITY STAFF AND OUR VERY SUCCESSFUL BULKY ITEM, UM, COMMUNITY CLEANUP THAT WE HAVE TWICE A YEAR. OUR, OUR DOCUMENT SHREDDING AND OUR CONTINUOUS EDUCATION OUTREACH OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. UH, WE HAVE MAIN, UM, DONE SOME COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS AND YOU ALL SHOULD BE RECEIVING, UM, A LOT OF OUR NEWSLETTERS ELECTRONICALLY OR, UM, IN HARD COPY AT HOME, WHICH ALSO GIVES YOU TOOLS AND RESOURCES TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT GOES WHERE SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DRIVE SUSTAINABILITY HERE IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS. AND WITH THAT, THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. ANY QUESTION? NO. YOU WANNA EXPLAIN REAL ? YEAH. SO, UH, WITH THE NEW CONTRACTS, THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS WAS ABLE TO LAUNCH A LOT OF THE SB 1383 REQUIREMENTS, AND THAT IS A, A MONITORING OF MATERIAL THAT WE COLLECT. AND SO WE DO UTILIZE OUR SMART TRUCK TECHNOLOGY TO CAPTURE FOOTAGE OF WHAT IS BEING PLACED IN CARTS. AND SO WE REVIEW THAT INFORMATION AND, UM, IF THERE IS MATERIAL THAT IT SHOULDN'T BE THERE, WE PROVIDE A NOTIFICATIONS WITH THE GOAL THAT RESIDENTS WILL CORRECT THE BEHAVIOR TO AVOID ANY, YOU KNOW, ANY PENALTIES. YEAH. AND YOU GIVE CONSIDERATION IF WHEN THE TRASH CANS GO OUT IN THE STREET, WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WILL JUST DRIVE ALONG AND DUMP THEIR STUFF IN THEIR TRASH CANS. UM, I'M ASSU I'M ASSUMING THAT WITH PROPER EXPLANATION, YOU PROBABLY GIVE PEOPLE A LITTLE LATITUDE WHEN IT COMES TO THAT AS LONG AS IT'S NOT HAPPENING ALL THE TIME. CORRECT. THERE ARE INSTANCES THAT, YOU KNOW, YOUR NEIGHBOR MIGHT HAVE A PARTY AND DECIDE TO USE YOUR TRASH CAN AS YOUR RECYCLE CARD AS A TRASH CAN. AND SO WE JUST NEED CUSTOMERS TO LET US KNOW AND WE WILL BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS THAT AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT WE NOTE THAT IN THEIR ACCOUNT. OKAY. JUST ASK THOSE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LISTENING THAT PROBABLY WANT TO KNOW. SO YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, I'VE GOT JUST A QUICK ONE. YEAH, SURE. WHAT'S OUR DIVERSION RATE RIGHT NOW? I KNOW WITH ALL THESE NEW PROGRAMS, IT'S JUST INTERESTING TO KNOW. IT'S 36. 36. OKAY. MM-HMM . COOL. THANK YOU. ALRIGHTY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH GLENDA. [00:20:03] ALRIGHT, UH, PIO REPORT, [ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT] PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL. WE HAVE FEW UPCOMING HOLIDAY EVENTS, FREE FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENTS. WE'LL START AT 5:00 PM AND THE TREE WILL BE LIT AT 6:15 PM FOLLOWED BY SANTA'S ARRIVAL. THE CHINO HILLS BOAT PARADE RETURNS ON DECEMBER 12TH AND THE DEADLINE TO APPLY TO BE IN THE PARADE IS DECEMBER 3RD. AND CITY FACILITIES WILL BE CLOSED NOVEMBER 27TH AND 28TH FOR THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY. RESIDENTIAL TRASH COLLECTION WILL BE DELAYED BY ONE DAY FOLLOWING THANKSGIVING DAY, AND NO STREET SWEEPING TICKETS WILL BE ISSUED FROM NOVEMBER 26TH THROUGH THE 28TH. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PI REPORT AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT. SEEING NONE, UH, AS FAR AS THE [ ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION] ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION THIS EVENING, THERE, WE, WE CANCELED THE, UH, CLOSED SESSION EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. LACK OF BUSINESS. UH, SO THEREFORE WE'RE MOVING ON TO [5. 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.] PUBLIC COMMENTS. AGENDA ITEMS. CHERYL? YES. WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC SPEAKER CARD FROM CARLOS RODRIGUEZ. OKAY, CARLOS, YOU WANT TO COME ON UP? UH, GOOD EVENING. UH, CARLOS RODRIGUEZ, THE BIA SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. I JUST WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION, UH, A CORRESPONDENCE THAT WE HAD SENT, UH, AS, AS WELL AS FROM THREE OF OUR OUR MEMBERS. THIS IS REGARDING ITEM 14. UH, IN TODAY'S AGENDA, WE'RE RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THAT THE COUNCIL CONTINUE ITEM 14 AND DECLINED THE RECOMMENDATION TO TERMINATE THE 30 YEAR DIRECTIONAL SIGN PROGRAM THAT HAS LONG SERVED THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS. THE PURPOSE OF OUR, OF OUR REQUEST TONIGHT IS SIMPLE, UH, TO ALLOW THE CITY AND THE BIA, THE TIME TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION THAT THE CITY STAFF PREVIOUSLY COMMITTED TO DISCUSSIONS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO RESOLVE LINGERING CONCERNS AND IDENTIFY A RESPONSIBLE PATH FORWARD. CITY MANAGER MONTGOMERY DIRECTED THE CITY ATTORNEY AND BIA LEGAL COUNSEL TO MEET BACK IN AN EMAIL ON AUGUST 29TH. MEETINGS WERE SCHEDULED BY OUR LEGAL COUNSEL FOR OCTOBER 6TH AND AGAIN ON OCTOBER 7TH, BUT NEITHER WAS ATTENDED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY. AFTER THOSE MISSED MEETINGS, OUR COUNSEL REACHED OUT TO STAFF TO RESCHEDULE. YET WE DID NOT HEAR BACK UNTIL THIS ITEM APPEARED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. JUST THIS AFTERNOON, THOUGH, WE DID RECEIVE FIRST COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY THE FIRST TIME IN OVER TWO MONTHS. UNFORTUNATELY, OUR COUNCIL WAS BETWEEN MEETINGS AND UNABLE TO RESPOND IMMEDIATELY, BUT WE REMAIN READY AND COMMITTED TO MEET WITH YOUR SUPPORT OF A CONTINUANCE. UH, THIS WOULD, UH, ALLOW US THE REASONABLE TIME NECESSARY, UH, TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND BRING BACK TO YOU, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A FULLY INFORMED, UH, DISCUSSION. FOR OVER THREE DECADES, THIS PROGRAM HAS OPERATED SUCCESSFULLY IN CHINO HILLS AND IN DOZENS OF OTHER CITIES THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. I HIGHLIGHTED, UH, A PRINTOUT OF THOSE CITIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY OPERATING THE PROGRAM WITHOUT INCIDENT LITIGATION OR THE HYPOTHETICAL RISK OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT. NONE OF THE CONCERNS IDENTIFIED BY STAFF HAVE PREVENTED CONTINUED COLLABORATION IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES ESSENTIAL WAY FINDING FOR NEW COMMUNITIES, SUPPORTS HOME BUYERS, AND ASSIST THE CITY IN MEETING ITS HOUSING RESPONSIBILITIES. WITH OVER MORE THAN 700, UH, HOMES RECENTLY IDENTIFIED IN THE DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE, WE WOULD URGE, UH, THE CITY TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS PROGRAM AS A CRITICAL PUBLIC TOOL. THE BIA HAS, UH, A CONTINUED MISSION TO, UH, SUPPORT THESE TYPE OF PROGRAMS. WE ASK FOR YOUR RESPECTFUL CONSIDERATION OF A CONTINUANCE TO ALLOW FOR, UH, US TO RECONSIDER THIS ITEM. WE ALSO ALSO WANTED TO SHARE, UH, A LETTER FROM OUR, UH, PAST PRESIDENT, UH, AND, UH, BI HALL OF FAMER, UH, RANDALL LEWIS, WHO ALSO WAS PART OF, UH, FOUNDING THE PROGRAM, URGING YOUR CONSIDERATION OF A CONTINUANCE AS WELL AS LENNAR AND TRUE MARK HOLMES. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. UH, CARLOS, I, I SENT YOU A TEXT MESSAGE AT, UH, 1212 TODAY, UH, INDICATING THAT I WAS, AND, AND A COPY OF BEN ON THIS ASKING AND, AND LETTING YOU KNOW THAT I WAS GONNA PULL THIS ITEM TONIGHT AND REQUEST THE CONTINUANCE. UH, BEN, DO YOU HAVE ANY DATE, UH, FORWARD OR MARK THAT WE CAN DO THIS? WELL, I'D LIKE TO RESPOND FIRST. UM, OKAY. UM, YES, WE DID HAVE TELEPHONE CONFERENCES SCHEDULED THE FIRST TIME. UM, I WAS, AND [00:25:01] I HAD A BAD SIGNAL AND I WAS IN MY CAR. I DON'T RECALL THE SECOND TIME. UM, THE NEXT DAY, I'LL TAKE HIS WORD FOR IT. THIS, SO WE CLEAR THAT WE DID HAVE, UM, TWO MEETINGS WHERE STAFF AND LEGAL COUNSEL WERE PRESENT, INCLUDING MYSELF. WE RECEIVED, UM, SOME LENGTHY LEGAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM BIA ON THIS ISSUE. SO IT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AT SOME LENGTH. I'M NOT CERTAIN THAT THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE REALLY LEFT TO DISCUSS, BUT IF THE COUNSEL WANTS ME TO HAVE FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS WITH THEIR LEGAL COUNSEL, I CAN. UM, IT IS A CONTENT BASED ADVANTAGE WHICH THE BIA IS SEEKING BY CONTINUING TO HAVE THIS SIGNAGE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. AND MY CONCERN IS I DON'T SEE THAT MY LEGAL OPINION'S GONNA CHANGE AND IT PUTS A CITY AT RISK ABOUT BEING ABLE TO ENFORCE, UM, OTHER CONTENT BASED SIGNAGE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. BUT WITH THAT SAID, IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO CONTINUE THIS AND HAVE ME SPEND MORE TIME TALKING TO THEIR COUNSEL, I CAN, BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT AS THOUGH THERE WASN'T COMMUNICATION. THERE'S BEEN EXTENSIVE COMMUNICATION ON THIS TOPIC BETWEEN STAFF, MY OFFICE, AND THE BIA AND THEIR LEGAL COUNSEL. OKAY. MARK, IF, IF THIS ITEM DOES GET, UM, PULLED, DOES THAT MEAN IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE FOR US TO GIVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ISSUE? BECAUSE WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN GIVEN A LOT OF INFORMATION, IT'S KIND OF FRESH ON MY MIND AND I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH COLLEAGUES HOW I FEEL, BUT IS THAT GONNA BE INAPPROPRIATE IF THIS ITEM'S PULLED COMPLETELY? NO. I MEAN, IF YOU, I MEAN, WELL, YOU WOULD, IT'S UP TO COUNSEL WHETHER YOU WANT TO, UM, YOU CAN TALK ABOUT IT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE IT. YOU CAN JUST CONTINUE IT WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT IT. IT'S UP TO YOU. I THINK IT'S WORTH SOME CONVERSATION. OKAY. YOU'VE GIVEN A LOT OF QUESTION. WHY, WHY DON'T WE DO THIS? LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO BACK TO THE AGENDA, UH, DEAL WITH THE CONSENT ITEMS, THEN WE GET TO THE DI DISCUSSION ITEMS. WE WILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF ADDITIONAL, UH, CON CONVERSATION. WE'VE HAD THE PUBLIC INPUT FROM, UH, UH, CARLOS AND THE BIA, UH, SO DOES THAT SOUND OKAY WITH EVERYONE? SO THAT BEING THE CASE, I'M GOING TO, UH, GO AHEAD AND, UH, QUICKLY, UH, ASK FOR ANY [ CONFLICT OF INTEREST / LEVINE ACT ANNOUNCEMENTS: Council Member abstentions or disclosures shall be stated at this time for recordation on the appropriate item.] CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ON THE LEVI ACT ANNOUNCEMENTS, UH, BY ANY COUNCIL MEMBER. YES, I, I DO HAVE ON ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, WHICH IS A SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY OFFICE LEASE THAT'S HERE AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER. AND I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN FROM VOTING ON THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE BECAUSE I'M AN EMPLOYEE OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AND IMPACTED BY THAT DECISION. ALRIGHT, THEN ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. ALRIGHT, SO HOW ABOUT IF WE [ CONSENT CALENDAR (7 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.] GO AHEAD AND I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR CONSENTS. CALENDAR ITEMS NUMBER 6, 7, 9, 10, AND 11 AND 12. MARK HAS MOVED. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALRIGHT. VOTES ON THAT. I MAY VOTE YES. OTHER THAN EIGHT. YES, YOUR VOTE WILL. I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA CALL FOR NUMBER EIGHT SEPARATELY. OKAY. OKAY. SO WHO WAS THE SECOND? I'M SORRY. OKAY, THANK YOU, BRIAN. YEAH. MOTION PASSES. FIVE ZERO. ALL RIGHT. FOR CONSENT, ITEM NUMBER, [8. Authorize execution of Amendment No. 4 to Lease Agreement A09-20 with County of San Bernardino for lease of office space located in Chino Hills Government Center extending agreement through February 28, 2031 with one additional four-year extension plan; modify governing use of premises; to allow flexibility in occupancy and permit lease to another County Department; and transferring maintenance responsibility of carpet and paint to County] UH, I'D LIKE TO MOVE ITEM EIGHT. OKAY. MOVE. MOTION A SECOND BY, I'LL SECOND, CYNTHIA, IT'S NOT UP THERE. THERE WE GO. SO WE SHOULD HAVE FOUR VOTES AND ONE ABSTENTION. MOTION PASSES. FOUR. ONE ROGERS ABSTAINED. OKAY. ALRIGHT, MOVING ALONG. WE'RE NOW AT DISCUSSION ITEMS. [13. 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 City Manager's authority under Public Construction Code 22050 to repair City Hall and procure necessary equipment, services, and supplies for these purposes, without giving notice for bids to let contracts, due to continued existence of local emergency caused by City Hall fire and flooding] UH, LET'S TAKE THESE IN ORDER 13. THAT ITEM IS TWO. THEN I GUESS YOU'RE GOING TO HANDLE THIS ONE. THIS IS THE USUAL ONE THAT WE'VE BEEN ONGOING BECAUSE OF THE FIRE EMERGENCY BACK IN JUNE. YES, MA'AM. SO FOR THE PUBLIC AND, UH, THE COUNCIL'S, UH, REMINDER, WE, ON JANUARY, I'M SORRY, JUNE 23RD, EXPERIENCED A FIRE IN CITY HALL THAT CRE, UH, UH, RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE CITY. UH, WE'VE TAKEN A, UH, EMERGENCY ACTION IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE REPAIR. I'M HAPPY TO STATE THAT. UH, AS OF, UH, LAST WEEK, UH, ONE OF THE MAJOR HURDLES, UH, UH, BARRING OUR, UH, RETURN TO NORMAL BUSINESS AT OUR PUBLIC COUNTERS, UH, WAS, WAS CLEARED IN THE RESTORATION OF OUR, UH, ELEVATOR. AND SO WITH THE RESTORATION OF OUR ELEVATOR, WE REMOVED THE, UH, BARRIER WALL THAT WAS INSTALLED. WE'RE NO LONGER SERVING THE PUBLIC OUT OF OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER THAT WAS LOCATED HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. AND, UH, NOW WE HAVE, UH, OUR STAFF WORKING WITH THE PUBLIC AT OUR, UH, COUNTERS. THERE, UH, REMAINS DAMAGE TO THOSE COUNTER AREAS. WE'RE GOING TO SCHEDULE THE REPAIRS, UH, UH, ON OFF HOURS OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. UM, UH, IN ORDER TO BRING THE CITY 100% BACK. WE'LL ALSO BE DOING SOME CLEANING OF AREAS LIKE THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS HERE, THE FLOORS IN THE, UH, OTHER AREA. BUT WE DO STILL HAVE A, YOU KNOW, QUITE PROBABLY ANOTHER MONTH WORTH OF WORK TO DO. AND SO WE ARE SEEKING THE COUNCIL TO, UH, RENEW THE, UH, EMERGENCY, UH, PROCLAMATION, UH, WITH THE FOUR FIFTH VOTE. UH, LIKELY WE'LL BE, UH, CONTINUING THIS UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF, UH, 2026. [00:30:01] UH, WE'VE, UH, BEEN WORKING WITH OUR INSURANCE COMPANY, 3.67 OF THE $4.1 MILLION THAT HAVE BEEN SPENT TOWARD THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN APPROVED. WE'RE ANTICIPATING ADDITIONAL APPROVALS THROUGHOUT THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, UH, BUT WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT A $4.5 MILLION, UH, ESTIMATED TOTAL FOR THE FULL REMEDIATION AND RESTORATION OF CITY HALL. ALRIGHT. AND, UH, WITH THAT I HAVE, UH, NO OTHER UPDATES. I'M, UH, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS. IF NOT A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS, I'LL MOVE IT AND I'LL SECOND. ALRIGHT. LOCK IN YOUR VOTES. MOTION PASSES. FIVE ZERO. ALRIGHT. ITEM 14. THIS [14. Introduce Ordinance updating the Developer Directional Sign Program entitled: “An Ordinance of the City of Chino Hills, Repealing Chapter 15.08 (Developer Directional Signs) of the Chino Hills Municipal Code and Repealing Ordinance No. 49” for first reading by title only and waiving further reading and revoke License Agreement A93-82 with Baldy Valley Chapter of the Building Industry Association for administration of Directional Sign Program] IS THE ITEM THAT, UH, CARLOS SPOKE ABOUT WITH BIA AND THEIR POSITION ON THIS. BEN, YOU WERE GONNA MAKE A REPORT ON THIS, UH, HEARING WHAT WAS SENT SAID TONIGHT, AND BASED ON MARK'S COMMENTS. AND MARK, PLEASE. HI, CHIME IN. WOULD YOU THINK THAT THIS WOULD CHANGE THIS RECOMMENDATION OR SUSTAIN SUBSTANTIATE IT TO WHERE WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND, UH, TAKE AN ACTION ON THIS TONIGHT? UH, WHAT, WHAT IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO CITY ATTORNEY FIRST, UH, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC PRESENT? HOW ABOUT I GIVE A QUICK, UH, UH, SYNOPSIS OF WHERE WE ARE. OKAY. UH, ULTIMATELY THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, AS POINTED OUT BY, UH, UH, MR. RODRIGUEZ, WE HAVE A LONGSTANDING PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS FOR PRIVATE SIGNS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY THAT DIRECTS THE PUBLIC TO DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE CITY. UH, IT'S DESIGNED TO HELP, UH, RESIDENTS FIND NEW HOMES. IT ALSO SERVES THE PURPOSE OF REDUCING TRAFFIC IN THE FACT THAT YOU DON'T HAVE PEOPLE, UH, HAVING DIFFICULTY FINDING, UH, THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS. UH, WE'VE HAD THIS PROGRAM FOR AS, AS, UH, WAS POINTED OUT, UH, SEVERAL DECADES. HOWEVER, WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE THE SIGNS, UH, UH, UH, POSTED IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. SO STAFF RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM THE BIA TO RE UH, START THE PROGRAM. UH, AND THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING INTO WHETHER OR NOT, UH, WE COULD CONTINUE TO OFFER THIS PROGRAM UNDER THE CURRENT STANDARDS FOR SIGNS. AND AS THE COUNCIL KNOWS, WE HAD A, A, A, A LENGTHY CONVERSATION EARLIER THIS YEAR ABOUT PRIVATE DISPLAYS, PRIVATE SIGNS IN THE PUBLIC, UH, RIGHT OF WAY. SO SOME OF THE CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY STAFF ARE RELATED TO THE FACT THAT WHILE THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL, IT SUB SERVES A PUBLIC PURPOSE. WE HAVE MANY, UH, UH, RESTRICTIONS THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY CAN GO INTO IN MORE DETAIL THAN I CAN RELATED TO ALLOWING, UH, THE PRIVATE USE OF PUBLIC LAND. AND SO OUR RECOMMENDATION TODAY IS ROOTED IN OUR CONCERNS THAT WHILE THIS IS AGAIN, A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM, IT HASN'T HAD ANY ISSUES AS FAR AS THE MAINTENANCE OF IT. THE BIA ACTUALLY INSTALLS THE SIGNS. UH, IT HAS, UH, CONSTRAINTS ON IT AS TO WHAT THEY SHOULD PLACE ON THOSE, UH, UM, UH, SIGNS SITES. THE CHALLENGE IS, IS THAT WE HAVE VERY LITTLE, UH, ABILITY, WE THINK FROM A LEGAL DEFENSE IF OTHERS WANTED TO USE, UH, A SIMILAR PROGRAM, UH, TO, UH, ADVERTISE A PARTICULAR, UH, PRIVATE USE. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE BROUGHT IT FOR THE COUNCIL. THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT, IN ADDITION TO REMOVING THE PROVISIONS IN OUR MUNICIPAL CODE, UH, ALSO REVOKING THE SPECIAL LICENSE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH THE BIA. UM, BUT THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT. OKAY. UM, QUESTIONS, COUNSEL? UM, I JUST HAVE, WELL, I HAD A COUPLE COMMENTS. SO, UM, I THINK DURING ITS TIME, AND AT THE INCEPTION OF THIS PROGRAM, I THINK IT SERVED A REALLY GOOD PURPOSE. IT WAS A DIFFERENT TIME, YOU KNOW, 25 YEARS AGO WITH THE BUILDING AND WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE BUTTERFIELD AREA ESPECIALLY. UM, I CAN REMEMBER WHEN THE SIGNS REMAINED EMPTY FOR YEARS, AND I'M SURE I WASN'T THE ONLY COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WOULD SAY TO WHOEVER THE CURRENT CITY MANAGER WAS. WHAT IS THIS, THIS FRAME THAT'S UP THERE? AND THAT'S WHY WE TOOK THEM DOWN BECAUSE THEY SERVE NO PURPOSE. UM, DO WE HAVE CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS RIGHT NOW? YES, WE DO. AS MUCH AS I CAN SEE THAT THE PROS OF THESE SIGNS AND THE WAY FINDING ASPECT, I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WERE GOING UP TO BUY SHADY VIEW COULDN'T FIND THOSE HOMES THEY'RE SELLING OUT. SO WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A VERY SUPPORTIVE COUNCIL OF THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY. AND I DON'T THINK THAT BY NOT HAVING THESE SIGNS IN OUR COMMUNITY IS SHOWING A, A LACK OF FAITH TO PROMOTING THEIR BUSINESSES OR FOR PEOPLE BUILDING IN CHINO HILLS. I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE IN OTHER CITIES, BUT I'M JUST COMMENTING ON OUR CITY AND WHAT WE WANNA SEE IN OUR CITY. [00:35:01] AND THIS HAS NOTHING TO EVEN DO WITH WHAT OUR CITY ATTORNEYS IS SAYING BEFORE I EVEN GOT THAT INFORMATION. THIS WAS JUST MY OWN PERSONAL OPINION OF WHAT PURPOSE DOES THIS SERVE RIGHT NOW. OKAY. AND HOW MANY MORE HOMES ARE GONNA BE BUILT AND WELL, I CAN UNDERSTAND THE WAY, THE WAY FINDING ASPECT. UM, I, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S THE, THE DEAL BREAKER OF PEOPLE NOT BEING ABLE TO FIND THE HOME TO GO TO THESE OPEN HOUSES. AND YOU CAN TALK TO LENNAR, YOU CAN TALK TO TRUE MARK OR LEWIS. AND ANYTIME THERE'S A NEW PROJECT IN THIS COMMUNITY, WE ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET. WE, WE LIKE TOOT THEIR HORNS, WE PROMOTE THESE, YOU KNOW, PROJECTS. SO I DON'T FEEL THAT IF I MAKE THE DECISION, IF MY ONLY, IF MY VOTE IS TO NOT SUPPORT THE SIGN PROGRAM, I DON'T THINK FOR A SECOND THAT THIS IS HURTING OUR RELATIONSHIP OR SHOWING OUR LACK OF SUPPORT TO THE DEVELOPER COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE SUPPORT DEVELOPERS. SO AGAIN, THIS IS JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION. I'M NOT EVEN WEIGHING IN ON THE LEGAL ASPECT, BUT IF YOU'RE ASKING ME FOR MY COUNCIL HAT, MY RESIDENT HAT, MY SOUTHERN CHINO HILLS RESIDENT HAT, THAT'S THE, THE COMMENTS THAT I HAVE ON THIS SUBJECT RIGHT NOW. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? I'VE GOT A FEW THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, WE, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS PROGRAM, I BELIEVE 32 YEARS, NOT, UH, A COUPLE DECADES. I THINK IT'S SIGNED AN AGREEMENT BACK IN 1993, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. SO IT'S BEEN 32 YEARS, MR. I WOULD ASSUME THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. I'M NOT LOOKING AT THE SPECIFICS, BUT THAT MAKES SENSE. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I CALL, AND AGAIN, THIS PRE THIS EVEN, THIS PREDATES ME. OKAY. AND WE'VE BEEN VERY, IN OUR CITY, WE'VE BEEN VERY PRO ACTIVE WITH BUSINESSES. UH, THIS IS A PRO PROGRAM THAT WE'VE, WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD FOR LIKE I SAID, 32 YEARS. SO THEN I LOOKED AT SURROUNDING CITIES IN THE WEST END. SO ALL OF THEM, BASICALLY, OTHER THAN MONTCLAIR, ARE INVOLVED IN THIS PROGRAM, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT S-B-C-T-A 14 OF THE 24 TOTAL CITIES, UH, PLUS COUNTY, UM, THERE'S, SO IT'S 14 CITIES PLUS COUNTY ARE INVOLVED IN THIS PROGRAM. SO AGAIN, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE DON'T DO IT. I KNOW THERE WAS A LAW, I GUESS RE WHICH IS A CHURCH VERSUS GILBERT, WHICH IS A CITY, AND I GUESS IT HAD TO DO WITH TEMPORARY SIGNS. SO I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED. UH, MARK, MAYBE YOU CAN SORT OF ENLIGHTEN ME A LITTLE BIT. WELL, THE RE RE VERSUS GILBERT CASE WAS ACTUALLY MUCH BROADER THAN THAT. AND UM, AND ACTUALLY FOR A LONG TIME, AND THEN THE CASE LAW'S GOTTEN, UM, IN WAY STRICTER IS IF THERE'S A CONTENT BASED SIGN THAT IS YOU'RE GONNA ALLOW SOMETHING THAT'S CONTENT BASED, UM, THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO SUPPORT UNDER CASE LAW. AND THE FACT THAT, UM, HOUSING IS SERVING SOME IMPORTANT PURPOSE ACCORDING TO SACRAMENTO, I DON'T BELIEVE IS GOING TO, IF THERE'S A LEGAL CHALLENGE, IF SOME POLITICAL GROUP WANTS TO PUT UP SIGNAGE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, UM, YOU KNOW, RETAIL IS STRUGGLING BECAUSE OF ONLINE SALES. IF THEY WANNA PUT UP SIGNS SAYING, HEY, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PURPOSE OR OFFICE SPACE, OR, WHICH IS ALSO STRUGGLING BECAUSE OF COVID AND WHAT HAPPENED AFTER AS FAR AS PEOPLE RETURNING TO WORK, POLITICAL VIEWS, YOU KNOW, ACCORDING TO SOME PEOPLE ARE VERY IMPORTANT. I MEAN, EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN WHAT'S IMPORTANT. AND SO WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT CONTENT AND WHAT'S, AND REGULATING THE CONTENT, THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO DO. UM, AND IT HAS TO SERVE SOME REALLY, UM, SIGNIFICANT SERIOUS GOVERNMENT PURPOSE. AND IT HAS TO BE IN THE LEAST, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A VERY HARD STANDARD TO MEET. AND I DON'T SEE HOW THIS MEETS THAT. UM, I GET THAT A LOT OF CITIES ARE DOING IT. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THEY'RE ACTUALLY LIKE, I, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS AGREEMENT, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD THE SIGNS UP FOR DECADES. SO ARE WE REALLY DOING IT? AND ALL THESE CITIES THEY'VE LISTED, ARE THEY DOING IT? I DON'T KNOW. DOESN'T MAKE IT OKAY IF THEY ARE. BUT, UM, MY CONCERN IS JUST THAT IS IF WE'RE, IF THE CITY ALLOWS IT, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME NOT ALLOWING OTHER SIGNS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. THEY HAVE NOTHING AGAINST HOUSING OR THE WAY FINDING SIGNS. UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, THE SUPREME COURT'S MADE THIS VERY DIFFICULT TO ALLOW CONTENT BASED SIGNS AND GIVE TO, YOU KNOW, AN ADVANTAGE TO ONE GROUP OVER ANOTHER. I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UM, SUBJECT MATTERS OUT THERE THAT ARE IMPORTANT. UM, AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM. THANK YOU, MARK. I APPRECIATE THAT. JUST A FOLLOW UP QUESTION ON THIS, UM, HAVE WE HAD ISSUES, UM, WITH THE SIGNS BEING UP, I MEAN, BEING UP OR WHEN THEY WERE UP OR OTHER CITIES, ARE THEY HAVING ANY ISSUES, ANY LAWSUITS, THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT? UM, I DON'T KNOW. WHAT WERE THESE PARTICULAR SIGNS WHETHER CITIES HAVE LAWSUITS? I RECALL, I MEAN CERTAINLY THESE LAWSUITS COME IN. I RECALL YEARS AGO CULVER CITY GOT SUED OVER HAVING ROUGH SIGNS IN THEIR RIGHT OF WAY CAUSED THEM A LOT OF DIFFICULTIES. UM, THEY DO COME UP, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU, DOES SOMEONE JUST TARGET YOU FOR A LAWSUIT? I, YOU KNOW, THEY HAPPEN. I MEAN, THE CITY OF GILBERT, I MEAN, I'M SURE THEY WEREN'T THINKING THEY WERE GONNA GET SUED, BUT THEY DID. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, YOU MAY GO DECADES AND NEVER GET SUED. I [00:40:01] CAN'T GUARANTEE THOSE KIND OF THINGS. I THINK IF YOU DO GET SUED, YOU'LL LOSE. YEAH. I THINK THE CITY OF GILBERT, WHEN I READ THE LAWSUIT, IT WAS MORE LIKE THE REAL ESTATE SIGNS THAT WOULD GO UP ON A SUNDAY AND THEN THEY JUST WOULD LEAVE THEM UP. SO THAT'S WHAT, WHAT I GOT OUTTA THAT. I COULD BE WRONG, BUT THAT'S WHAT I, WHAT I THOUGHT. UM, I KNOW HCD, UH, HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF HOUSING. SO I THINK WHATEVER WE CAN DO AS A CITY TO PROMOTE OUR, OUR, OUR BUSINESSES SUCH AS, UH, DEVELOPERS, I THINK WE SHOULD DO IT PERSONALLY. UH, WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR 32 YEARS. MATTER OF FACT, I REMEMBER WE EVEN USED TO PUT SHOP CHINO HILLS ON THOSE SIGNS, YOU KNOW, A FEW YEARS BACK WHEN WAS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION. SO AGAIN, IT COULD BE, WE COULD UTILIZE THEM IN A POSITIVE WAY, UM, TO DO SOMETHING FOR 32 YEARS. UNLESS THERE WAS A A LEGAL ISSUE, THEN I WOULD, I WOULD VOTE. YEAH, TAKE IT DOWN. BUT AS FAR AS WHAT I'M HEARING AND WHAT I'M SEEING FROM OTHER SURROUNDING CITIES AND THE 24 CITIES IN THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, THERE HASN'T BEEN AN ISSUE. THEY ARE. SO FOR US TO TAKE THIS DOWN, I, I DON'T, I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. THEN THE SECOND THING ON THE STAFF REPORT CITY MANAGER, I KNOW THAT YOU HAD STATED THAT YOU HAD MET WITH THE BIAA COUPLE TIMES. YOU, MARK AND NICK AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IS A CORRECT STATEMENT, THAT ALL THREE OF YOU GUYS WERE IN A ROOM TALKING ABOUT THIS. I BELIEVE OUR MEETINGS WERE VIRTUAL, SIR. OKAY. 'CAUSE THEY DIDN'T REALLY SAY THAT IN THE STAFF REPORT. IT WAS, I READ IT AND I THOUGHT YOU GUYS WERE ACTUALLY MEETING IN THE ROOM. SO THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. SO, SO I'M WRONG. SO THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT. BUT, UH, AS ONE COUNCIL MEMBER, I'D LIKE TO SEE IT CONTINUE PERSONALLY. ALRIGHT. UH, BRIAN, YOU HAVE SOME COMMENTS? YEAH, NO, I JUST QUICKLY, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY OF THESE SIGNS CURRENTLY UP, IF I RECALL. NO, WE DON'T. CORRECT. UM, SO IN THAT WAY IT'S KIND OF A MOOT POINT FOR ME. UM, I, YOU KNOW, I'M INCLINED TO MAKE A MOTION TO, YOU KNOW, TO CONTINUE THIS TO THE NEW YEAR, LET, UH, BIA AND LET, UH, OUR CITY ATTORNEY KIND OF CONTINUE TO TALK, TALK IT THROUGH, HASH IT OUT. I THINK CARLOS IS PRETTY CLEAR. YOU'VE HEARD WHAT MARK'S CONCERNS ARE. I'M SURE COUN YOUR COUNSEL CAN HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, SPEAK TO SOME OF THOSE ISSUES AND WE CAN GO FROM THERE. SO I HAD MOTION THAT WE CONTINUE IT TO THE NEW YEAR AND GO FROM THERE. ALRIGHT. BEFORE YOU CALL FOR A SECOND ON THAT, I, I JUST WANT TO COMMENT. I HAVE SIMILAR CONCERNS THAT, UH, CYNTHIA HAS, HAS SPOKEN AND THAT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS LIKE THE PROVERBIAL CAMEL GETTING ITS NOSE UNDER THE, UNDER THE TENT. UH, WE CANNOT, IT CLEARLY THIS IS HAS ONLY TO DO WITH DEVELOPER SIGNS, DIRECTIONAL SIGNS, CORRECT. DEVELOPER NOT REGULAR REAL ESTATE AGENT SALES SIGNS. YEAH. THIS IS A SEPARATE PROGRAM. AND GIVEN THE FACT THAT IF WE ALLOW IT TO CONTINUE LIKE IT IS AND WE HAVE OTHER PEOPLE DECIDE TO COME IN WHERE WE HAVE NO, UH, CONTROL OF CONTENT OF THOSE SIGNS, WE COULD BE HAVING A RASH OF JUST GARBAGE STUFF SHOWING UP AND THEN AFTER THE FACT TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, CLOSE THE BARN DOOR WHEN IT, WHEN IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE PROBLEM'S ALREADY HERE. SO I'M INCLINED TO, TO THINK THAT MAYBE THIS IS THE TIME TO GO AHEAD AND SAY NO. LET'S, LET'S STOP THIS. UH, PETER, YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE THAT HASN'T COMMENTED ONE WAY OR ANOTHER YET. I, I, I'M TENDING TO AGREE WITH CYNTHIA AND HER POINT OF VIEW ON THIS. OKAY. BUT I WAS WILLING TO LET THIS, UH, OKAY. PLAY OUT IF, IF THERE WAS SOME CONCERN THAT THERE HAD NOT BEEN ENOUGH INTERACTION, AT LEAST WHEN CARLOS SAID THERE WASN'T ENOUGH INTERACTION BETWEEN HIS TEAM AND OUR TEAM, MARK DISAGREES. HE'S SAYS HE'S, THEY'VE HAD PLENTY OF INTERACTION WHAT'S GONNA CHANGE, BUT I'M OPEN TO LET IT PLAY OUT FURTHER. OKAY. BUT THE WAY CYNTHIA EXPLAINED HER CONCERNS, I WAS CERTAINLY, UM, WELL THE FIRST MOTION WE HAVE IS, IS BRIAN AND THAT'S BASICALLY A QUICK FOLLOW UP REAL QUICK. SO YEAH, YEAH. I'M FINE WITH US CONTINUING IT TOO TO GET MORE INFORMATION. BUT IF WE'RE GONNA DO THAT, THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE FROM STAFF FOR THE NEXT TIME THIS COMES BEFORE US, I WANNA KNOW EXACTLY WHEN THE SIGNS WERE TAKEN DOWN, WHAT YEAR AND PRIOR TO THAT I WANNA KNOW HOW MANY, HOW MANY YEARS WERE THESE SIGNS ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY STUCK IN THE GROUND BECAUSE WE'RE THROWING AROUND A PROGRAM OF 32 YEARS, WHICH IS FINE. THAT'S A PAPER PROGRAM. I WANNA KNOW HOW MANY YEARS WERE THESE SIGNS STICKING IN THE GROUND AND AT THE TIME, I WANT TO KNOW WHICH DEVELOPERS WERE ON THE SIGNS AND THEN HOW MANY SIGNS AND WHERE WERE THEY INSTALLED? I'M ONLY AWARE OF THE ONES ON THE SOUTH END OBVIOUSLY, 'CAUSE I LIVE THERE. WERE THEY IN THE CANYON? WERE THEY IN THE NORTH END? SO HOW MANY OF THESE SIGNS WERE THERE TOO? THERE, THERE WERE IN THE NORTH END TOO, JUST SO YEAH, I WANT TO KNOW WHERE AND HOW MANY IN THE STAFF REPORT IF IT COMES BACK TO US. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. YEAH. I WILL SAY THAT WHEN I PURCHASED OUR HOME, WE WERE ON A CRUISE. WE LIVED IN UPLAND AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A BID ON A HOUSE IN SAN DIMA. WELL, [00:45:01] LET'S HEAD DOWN THIS WAY. IT WAS A WAY FINDING SIGN THAT POINTED US TOWARDS WHERE WE LIVE NOW IN SUMMER RANCH. THAT AND THE REST OF HISTORY ALLOWED HISTORY US TO THINK OF WHERE, WHAT WE WERE GONNA PURCHASE. NOW HE CRANKED UP THE EIGHT TRACK AND WE JUST LOVED IT. IT WAS CASSETTE ONLY. OH, OKAY. AND IT WAS GRANDMA PHONE. YEAH, BUT I, I I WILL SAY THAT HIS HAIR WAS BLOWING IN THE WIND. . OH, HAIR SINGULAR. HEY, HE GOT BENS LOOK AT BEN UPSIDE. NOW I'M NOT MAKING LIGHT OF THIS, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO CONTINUE THIS. DO WE HAVE A SECOND ON THAT? SECOND WE HAVE A A A A. UH, ALRIGHT, LET'S VOTE ON THAT. CONTINUATION. MOTION PASSES. FIVE ZERO. ALRIGHT, SO CAN WE HAVE AN, AN ESTIMATE OF WHEN WE MIGHT HEAR THIS COME BACK TO US? I BELIEVE THE DIRECTION WAS IN THE NEW YEAR, SO SOMETIME IN JANUARY LIKELY WOULD BE WHEN WE WOULD, UH, BE ABLE TO, UH, ENSURE ADDITIONAL DIALOGUE OCCURRED MAYBE BY THE SECOND MEETING IN JANUARY OR FIRST MEETING IN IN FEBRUARY. MAKES PERFECT IF THAT WORKS. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE CARLOS. WE APPRECIATE IT. SAME TO YOU. ALRIGHT, UH, ITEM 15, [15. Introduce Ordinance for adjusted Parks and Recreation Facilities Fees entitled: “An Ordinance of the City of Chino Hills, Approving a Three-Year Phase-In Schedule for the Adjusted Parks and Recreation Facilities Fees Adopted Pursuant to Ordinance No. 423 and Finding the Same to be Exempt From Provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act” for first reading by title only and waiving further reading and adopt resolution approving three-year phase-in of recently increased Quimby In-Lieu Fee and finding same to be exempt from review under California Environmental Quality Act] UH, INTRODUCE ADJUST ORDINANCE TO ADJUST PARK AND RECREATION FACILITIES FEES. THIS WE PRETTY MUCH BEAT UP THE LAST TWO MEETINGS, SO YOU WANT TO JUST SUMMARIZE THE REPORT ON THIS THING. UH, KRISTA, I'LL TALK FAST. OH, UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. TONIGHT I'LL PRE BE PRESENTING THE PROPOSED PHASE AND SCHEDULE FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES FEE AND QUIMBEE AND LIEU FEE AT THE OCTOBER 28TH, CITY COUNCIL MEETING, COUNCIL APPROVED UPDATES TO THE CITY'S DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES AND QUIMBEE AND LIEU FEES BASED ON THE NEXUS STUDY UPDATE. FOLLOWING REQUESTS FROM THE BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION TO DELAY FEE INCREASES COUNCIL S STAFF TO ANALYZE GRANDFATHERING AND PHASE AND OPTIONS AND ULTIMATELY DIRECTED STAFF TO IMPLEMENT A THREE YEAR PHASE IN FOR THE TWO FEES TO LESSEN THE SHORT TERM IMPACT ON NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. UNTIL THIS, UNDER THIS APPROACH, THE FEES ARE SET AT ONE THIRD OF THE FULL AMOUNT IN YEAR ONE, TWO THIRDS IN YEAR TWO AND THE FULL AMOUNT IN YEAR THREE. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE PROPOSED FEE, UH, THE THREE YEAR PHASE IN OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES FEE BY DEVELOPMENT TYPE. THIS FEE IS CHARGED ON A PER SQUARE FOOT BASIS. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE PROPOSED THREE YEAR PHASE IN OF THE QUIMBEE LU FEE, WHICH IS CHARGED ON A PER DWELLING UNIT BASIS. AND STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT COUNCIL ADOPT A PROPOSED ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION TO IMPLEMENT THE THREE YEAR PHASE IN OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES FEE AND QUIMBEE LU FEE. AND I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. ALRIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY REQUEST TO SPEAK? UH, FIRST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, WE'RE INTRODUCING THE ORDINANCE, CORRECT? ALRIGHT. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS ITEM, MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE ITEM. ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'D LOVE TO SECOND PETER SECOND. ALL ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. . AYE. AYE. AYE. A YEAH. LOCK IN YOUR VOTE. SORRY ABOUT THAT. MOTION PASSES. FIVE ZERO. ALL RIGHT. UM, ITEM 16, [16. Provide direction regarding continued commitment of $2.8 million in Measure I San Bernardino Valley Sub-Program funds to Pine Avenue Extension Project or potential reallocation of funds to other eligible arterial improvement projects within City such as Soquel Canyon Parkway Extension Project and direction to consider reallocation of approximately $1.4 million of existing Traffic Facilities Fee funds already collected from developers plus $600,000 of projected fees from Traffic Facilities Impact Fee Fund for other eligible projects such as Soquel Canyon Parkway Extension Project and/or consider restricting use of some or all of funds to alleviate negative impacts from Pine Avenue Extension Project within City of Chino Hills] UH, DIRECTION REGARDING CONTINUED, UH, COMMITMENT OF $2.8 MILLION IN MEASURE I SAN BERNARDINO VALLEY SUBPROGRAM TO PINE AVENUE EXTENSION PROJECT. UH, I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE ENGINEERING MANAGER AL. YEP. MARK. ALL RIGHT. UM, GOOD EVENING MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, RESIDENTS AND STAFF. UM, WE'RE HERE TO, UH, PRESENT ON THE PINE AVENUE FUNDING. UM, WE HAVE $4.2 MILLION DEDICATED TO THE PROJECT OF WHICH IS MEASURE I, WHICH IS THE MAJOR STREET PROGRAM, WHICH WE'LL GET INTO THE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES FROM MEASURE I, AS WELL AS DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES. UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD ON THIS, WE ALSO HAVE FROM S-B-C-T-A, UH, RYAN GRAHAM IN THE AUDIENCE. RYAN GIVE A WELL, THERE WE ARE. SO HE CAN GIVE AND HELP QUESTIONS THAT MAY COME UP AS WE, UH, GO THROUGH THIS. ALRIGHT. UH, HERE ON THE PINE AVENUE EXTENSION, WE HAVE A PIE CHART THAT KIND OF SHOWS ALL OF THE DIFFERENT, UH, FUNDING SOURCES FOR PINE AVENUE. UH, WE'RE TAKING IT OUT OF THE MAJOR STREETS PROGRAM OR THAT ORANGE SECTION OF THE PIE CHART FOR WHAT WE DO HERE IN TOWN. THE MAJORITY OF OUR WORK IS OUR ANNUAL, UH, RE, UH, ANNUAL PAVING PROGRAM WHERE WE DO, UH, RESIDENTIAL STREETS. THAT COMES OUT OF THE LOCAL STREETS PROGRAM. SO THIS IS A DIFFERENT POT OF MONEY. UH, OUR FINANCIAL, UH, COMMITMENT TO IT WITH PINE AVENUE IS ONE WITH S-B-C-T-A AS WELL AS WE HAVE ANOTHER PROJECT WITH THEM, THE SOCAL CANYON PARKWAY AND PEYTON, UH, DRIVE CONNECTION. UH, WITH THIS MONEY, UH, WE HAVE, UM, A COMMITMENT [00:50:01] OF 15 YEARS AND THE PROJECTIONS SHOW THAT GOING OUT TO 20 31, 32, WHICH KIND OF TIES US TO IT. BUT THERE CAN BE THINGS DONE IF WE, UH, DO ANOTHER ANALYSIS THROUGH S-B-C-T-A, UH, WE CAN, AND THE OPTIONS FOR COUNCIL AND DISCUSSION, YOU CAN MAINTAIN THE COMMITMENT TO THE PINE AVENUE EXTENSION AND AS WE KNOW THAT CHANGED FROM A $50 MILLION PROJECT AND A, UH, A GRADED PROJECT, A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF EARTH MOVEMENT TO NOW A BRIDGE PROJECT. UM, WELL OVER $140 MILLION OR SO. UH, WE CAN REALLOCATE THE FUNDS AND CONSIDER MOVING THEM TO THE SOCO CANYON PROJECT SUBJECT TO THEIR APPROVAL. OR WE CAN CONTINUE TO KEEP IT. AND THEN LOOK FOR, UH, GRANT MATCH OPPORTUNITIES. UH, WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY, CAN YOU DEFINE THE SOCAL CANYON PARKWAY CONNECTION? ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE EXTENSION OF IT CURRENTLY? UH, THROUGH THE HEAVENS RANCH AREA AND CONNECTING WITH, UH, PEYTON AT, AT UH YES, THAT'S CORRECT. WHATEVER THAT STREET IS. . YEAH. YEAH. BUT PEYTON AND WOODVIEW, SO WRAP AROUND. YEAH. WOODVIEW WOODVIEW IS WHAT I WAS THINKING. MM-HMM . YEAH. BEFORE, FOR A WHILE THERE IT WAS GONNA CONNECT IT MEDLAR, BUT NOW IT WOULD BE REALIGNED AND CONNECT DIRECTLY WITH, WITH PEYTON. CORRECT. YEAH. ALRIGHT. CORRECT. ALRIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS OF, ON THIS ONE? I GOT SOME QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT. UM, CAN YOU EDUCATE ME A LITTLE BIT? MEASURE I MONEY. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? MEASURE I MONEY IS MONEY. WELL, RYAN, YOU WANNA TAKE IT THIS WAY? I KNOW. I'LL GET IT RIGHT. . UM, THANK YOU. UH, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, YES. MEASURE I IS A LOCAL ONE HALF CENT SALES AND USE TAX THAT IS ASSESSED ON TRANSACTIONS AND, AND USES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. AND THIS MONEY IS THEN, UH, PUT FORWARD FOR TRANSPORTATION PURPOSES AS OUTLINED BY THE MEASURE I EXPENDITURE PLAN. AND ORDINANCE. RYAN, I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS, UM, MEASURE I MONEY IN CHINO HILLS. WHAT HAVE WE USED THAT MONEY FOR? MAYBE THE 71? HAS THAT BEEN USED FOR 71? YES, THERE'S BEEN TWO VERSIONS OR TWO ITERATIONS OF MEASURE. I ORIGINALLY, THE, THE FIRST MEASURE IS WHAT FUNDED, UH, THE, THE IMPROVEMENTS TO STATE ROUTE 71 HERE IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS. UM, UNDER THE CURRENT MEASURE, UH, THE, ONE OF THE VERY FIRST PROJECTS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ROLL OUT THROUGH AN ADVANCED EXPENDITURE AGREEMENT WAS A PEYTON, UH, DRIVE, UH, WIDENING PROJECT HERE IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS. AND THEN WE'VE PROVIDED APPROXIMATELY $23 MILLION OF, OF MONEY TO YOUR LOCAL STREETS AS PART OF THE PASS THROUGH PROGRAM, UM, THAT CAR HAD PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED. THANK YOU RYAN. AND ALSO, WHEN A PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD, IF THERE'S A SHORTFALL WITH THE CITY, DOES S-B-C-T-A HELP OUT AS FAR AS STATE MONEY OR FEDERAL MONEY? IT, IT, IT'S AN ONGOING CONVERSATION THAT WE TYPICALLY WILL HAVE, UH, BASED UPON CIRCUMSTANCES. MOST AGREEMENTS PUT THE INDIVIDUAL JURISDICTION ON THE HOOK FOR ANYTHING THAT WINDS UP COMING IN EX IN EXCESS OF WHAT WE HAVE IN A PROJECT FUNDING AGREEMENT. THAT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE WAY THAT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TREATS S-B-C-T-A ON ANY OF OUR OTHER MAJOR PROJECTS. THAT ALSO SAID THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR ONGOING DIALOGUE AND, YOU KNOW, PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN OUR AGENCY AND OUR LOCAL JURISDICTIONS. SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I WOULD SAY IS, IS WITHOUT POSSIBILITY, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE FUND TYPE. UM, TYPICALLY THEY WOULD BE GRANT BASED AND SO WE WOULD SUPPORT AND WORK TOGETHER ON, UH, IDENTIFICATION OF GRANT, YOU KNOW, FUND OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AS THEN PROVIDE SUPPORT TO YOUR, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR STAFF IN, UH, HELPING, UM, DEVELOP THAT GRANT, THAT GRANT TO BE SUBMITTED. RYAN, THANK YOU. ONE LAST QUESTION. IN ORDER FOR A PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD TO GET STATE MONEY OR FEDERAL MONEY, WHAT DOES SHELF READY MEAN? WHAT, WHAT IS THAT? IS THAT TERMINOLOGY THAT'S USED? SURE. SHELF READY WOULD, WOULD FOR, YOU KNOW, A PRETTY, A PRETTY SIMPLE BROAD, UH, UNDERSTANDING OF IT. YOU WOULD BE FINISHED WITH YOUR DESIGN, YOU'D BE FINISHED WITH YOUR RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION, IF ANY, AND YOU WOULD BE READY TO PUT OUT THE PROJECT FOR A REQUEST FOR BID BY CONTRACTORS. AND SO CONSTRUCTION READY. THANK YOU SIR. APPRECIATE IT. ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT. SO WHAT DO WE NEED ON THIS EXACTLY, BEN, HOW ABOUT COMMENTS? DO WE WANT TO GO THAT ROUTE YET? YEAH. UH, SO, UH, ULTIMATELY WHAT STAFF IS SEEKING IS DIRECTION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL. UH, ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, UH, WE BROUGHT THE PINE AVENUE EXTENSION PROJECT BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND WE RECEIVED CLEAR DIRECTION, UH, THAT THIS PROJECT IS SUPPORTED. UH, HOWEVER THE QUESTION WAS RAISED, WHAT ABOUT THE FUNDING? AND SO, AS CARL UH, POINTED OUT, WE HAVE $4.2 MILLION THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED TOWARD THE SUPPORT OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF PINE AVENUE, UH, THE EXTENSION PROJECT. SO WHAT WE'RE SEEKING IS DO WE KEEP THAT COMMITMENT? DO WE SHIFT THAT MONEY [00:55:01] TO ANOTHER PURPOSE? WE WERE LOOKING FOR THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION SO THAT WE CAN BRING BACK AN ITEM IF YOU CHOOSE, FOR US TO, TO EITHER, UH, MAINTAIN THAT DIRECTION OR TO, TO SHIFT THE MONEY TOWARD OTHER PRIORITIES. SO YOUR COMMENTS WOULD DEFINITELY BE WELCOME AND IF WE GOT CLEAR DIRECTION, THAT'D BE EVEN BETTER COMMENTS. SURE. I'LL GO. UM, I THINK, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, AT FIRST I WAS LEERY OF THE PROJECT WHEN IT WAS FIRST BEING DISCUSSED. YOU KNOW, I THINK HAVING A BETTER PARTNERSHIP WITH CHINO HAS KIND OF ALLAYED SOME OF THOSE FEARS THAT I HAD WITH WHAT THEIR PLANS WERE. AND UM, JUST MY 2 CENTS, I'D RATHER HAVE US AS A CITY KEEP THIS MONEY, YOU KNOW, 4.2 MILLION IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF $140 MILLION. PROJECT ISN'T MUCH, BUT IT'S A LOT TO US. AND SO IF WE CAN USE IT TO MITIGATE WHATEVER THE TRAFFIC IMPACT WILL BE FROM ADDITIONAL, YOU KNOW, VEHICLES ON PINE AVENUE, HOPEFULLY THEY'LL ALL BE GOING TO CHINO AND EASTVALE AND HARPA AND NOT COME IN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE 71. BUT WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO MITIGATE IT, 'CAUSE I'M SURE FOLKS WILL CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH THE CANYON AND WHAT WE CAN USE IT FOR, THERE WOULD BE GREAT. AND MAYBE, UH, HARPA AND EASTVALE WILL PONY UP TO 4.2 MILLION AND, AND MAKE UP THE, MAKE UP THE LOSS FOR US SINCE IT'S GONNA BE THEIR RESIDENTS THAT ARE GONNA BE THE BULK OF THEM GOING THROUGH. I DOUBT IT. I WON'T HOLD MY BREATH, BUT IT'S LIKE THE 71 YEAH. EXACTLY. SIDE. SO THOSE ARE JUST MY THOUGHTS. I'D RATHER KEEP THE MONEY HERE, WHATEVER ITERATION THAT IS, BUT NOT PUT IT TOWARDS THIS PROJECT. 'CAUSE WE'RE STILL GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, AS A CITY, WE OWN THAT PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES THAT END UP WORKING OUT, YOU KNOW, WITH REGARDS TO THE PROJECT IN TOTAL, LIKE DO WE DEED IT, DO WE OWN IT? I THINK THERE'S QUESTIONS ON THAT FRONT, SO I'D RATHER JUST USE THIS TO MITIGATION. SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, MR. MAYOR AND I'M, I FULLY AM THE PROJECT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. I KNEW IT EVENTUALLY HAPPENED, IT'S JUST, I I'VE ALWAYS SAID WE SHOULD BE AT THE TABLE TO DISCUSS IT BECAUSE EVENTUALLY IT'S GONNA HAPPEN. UM, I WOULD AGREE WITH BRIAN. I'D LIKE TO SEE OUR FUNDS RE REALLOCATE IT TO, SPECIFICALLY TO CHINO HILLS AND OUR STREETS AND POSSIBLE MITIGATION ONCE PINE OPENS IF WE NEED TO MITIGATE WITH MORE SIGNAGE OR, OR SOMETHING ELSE. BUT I KNOW THE PROJECT'S GONNA HAPPEN. IT IT IS, IT IS GONNA MOVE FORWARD AND IT'S FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE TO THE EAST. IT'S NOT TO MUCH BENEFIT TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS AND OUR RESIDENCE OTHER THAN IT COULD CAUSE SOME PROBLEMS WHEN THE, WHEN THE 71 IS BACKED UP WITH, UM, REROUTING. BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE THE FUNDS REDEPLOYED ALSO OTHER THAN PINE AVENUE PROJECT. I TEND TO AGREE WITH BRIAN AND PETER ABOUT, AS FAR AS THE REALLOCATION, UM, WE SUPPORT THE PROJECT. UM, I THINK WHEN THE BUDGET, UM, BALLOONED TO 140, $150 MILLION, IT WAS JUST LIKE, WOW. AND I THINK IT WAS YOU THAT SAID BRIAN, IT'S LIKE 4.2. IT IS A CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROJECT, BUT IT COULD DO SO MUCH MORE TO A, UH, ANOTHER PROJECT IN TOWN WITH A SMALLER BUDGET THAT WOULD HAVE A, WHERE THE RESIDENTS WOULD SEE THE IMPACT VERSUS US GIVING THE 4.2 MILLION TO THE POINT AVENUE EXTENSION PROJECT. AND THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. RIGHT. JUST A FOLLOW UP QUESTION, UH, TO THE CITY MANAGER, UM, GARY MILLER WAS A CONGRESSMAN. UM, I'VE BEEN TOLD OVER THE YEARS THAT THERE WAS $4 MILLION THAT HE ALLOCATED FOR THIS PROJECT, AND I KNOW WHEN WE TALK, WE, WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S REALLY A TRUE STATEMENT. HAVE WE FOUND OUT IF THAT'S A TRUE STATEMENT? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION TO, TO DATE. WE HAVE NOT FOUND THE MONEY IN OUR BUDGET. SO WE'VE LOOKED A COUPLE DIFFERENT PLACES FOR WHERE THAT FUNDING MIGHT HAVE, UH, OCCURRED. WE WERE ABLE TO FIND, UH, UH, A, A MILLER EARMARK, LET'S CALL IT, THAT WENT TOWARD THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE, UH, COMMUNITY CENTER. BUT WE HAVEN'T FOUND, UH, AND IT'S THE LOU WHAT? SAFETY LU. SAFETY LOU MAYBE, SORRY. I'M A FORMER GARY MILLER STAFFER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER. UH, JOE'S ALSO POINTED OUT A, A KIND OF NARROWING OF THAT, BUT AS OF TODAY WHERE WE STILL HAVE STAFF LOOKING, UH, SO I GUESS THE OTHER WAY TO THINK OF IT IS THE MONEY WE KNOW FOR SURE THAT'S ALLOCATED TO THIS PROJECT IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH MILLER. IT'S THE, UH, MEASURE I AND THE TRAFFIC IMPACT FEES. SO THE 4.2 WE'RE DISCUSSING IS NOT THAT MONEY. AND I SEEM TO REMEMBER HISTORICALLY THAT THE MONEY WAS ALLOCATED BY GARY MILLER, BUT IT WAS SAT IN TRANSPORTATION AND THEN THEY WERE STARTING TO MORE AND MORE BLOCK SOME OF THESE PROJECTS. UH, WHAT'S THE TERM CALLED? UH, WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE BRIDGE TO NOWHERE? OH YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. NO, UM, EARMARKS. EARMARKS THAT THEY WERE STARTING TO BLOCK EARMARKS AND IT WASN'T RELEASED FROM TRANSPORTATION TO WELL, AND I WONDER IF IT'S JUST BEEN SUCH A STEEL [01:00:01] PROJECT IF THE FEDS CLOT IT BACK TOO. THAT'S BE INTERESTING. BUT IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I JUST DON'T REMEMBER US EVER PHYSICALLY RECEIVING THOSE MONIES. YEAH. ALRIGHT. IN AN EFFORT TO MOVE THIS ALONG, DO YOU HAVE JUST ONE ONE FOLLOW UP QUESTION? I'M SORRY. SURE, NO PROBLEM. I APOLOGIZE. NO PROBLEM. UH, THE OTHER QUESTION I DO HAVE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, YET THIS IS JUST ONE PIECE OF THE PIE THAT NEEDS TO GET DONE. THE OTHER PIECE ACTUALLY IS EUCLID THAT NEEDS TO GET DONE, THE 71 NEEDS TO GET DONE, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY. SO, UM, JUST THIS ONE PRO PROJECT, WE WILL HELP, BUT WE GOTTA LOOK AT THE WHOLE PICTURE. WE GOTTA LOOK AT THE EUCLID. WE GOTTA LOOK AT THE 70, 71 2 RIGHT. TO MAKE TRAFFIC BETTER. THAT'S IT, SIR. THANK YOU. OKAY. I, I'M THINKING IN TERMS OF, OF USING, YOU KNOW, RE RETAINING THIS MONEY AND PUTTING IT TO, TO PROJECTS THAT WE COULD DEFINITELY BENEFIT OUR RESIDENTS WITH. IN PARTICULAR THAT SOCO CANYON TO PEYTON CONNECTION. UH, PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN MY DISTRICT THAT HAVE KIDS THAT GO TO CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL, THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN GET THEM THERE IS GO TO WOODVIEW, TO PIPELINE, TO SOCAL CANYON. UH, IT'S QUITE A CIRCUITOUS ROUTE. UH, IF THEY WERE TO GO AHEAD AND EXTEND SOCAL CANYON THROUGH HEAVEN'S RANCH AND CONNECT AT WOODVIEW TO PEYTON, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A VERY, VERY BENEFICIAL, UM, PIECE OF INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN THE CITY. AND I, I'D MUCH RATHER SEE MONEY GO TOWARDS THAT THAN, UH, THROW IT INTO A BIG HOLE THAT, UH, WILL LOSE ITS IDENTITY. I MEAN, $4 MILLION ISN'T THE, A DROP IN THE BUCKET ON $140 MILLION PROCESS. YEAH. OR PROJECT. SO, UM, MR. MAYOR, IF I CAN JUST MAKE ONE MORE QUICK COMMENT. SURE. AND JUST IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHEN I MENTIONED MITIGATING THIS, I KNOW A BIG FEAR IS GONNA BE RESIDENTS WITH TRUCK TRAFFIC AND WHATNOT BECAUSE OF ALL THE WAREHOUSES OVER BY THE AIRPORT. IF WE, AS A PART OF THIS, CAN ALSO MAKE SURE WE WORK WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS TO, YOU KNOW, FIGURE OUT THE TRUCK ROUTES AND, YOU KNOW, KEEPING THEM OFF OF ANY OF OUR STREETS. I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE A BIG KEY, A KEY COMPONENT TO THIS. KEEP 'EM TO THAT SIDE OF PINE AVENUE AND NOT GOING TOWARDS, UH, BUTTERFIELD. YEAH. AND IF THEY'RE GONNA CATCH, CONNECT WITH THE SOUTHBOUND, UH, 71, MAKE 'EM DO IT OFF OF EUCLID. YEAH. OR EUCALYPTUS. YEAH. EUCLID. EUCLID. YEAH. EUCLID. YEAH. SO I'D MOVE THAT WE GIVE DIRECTION TO STAFF TO RETAIN THE MONEY IN CHINO HILLS AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT CHINO IN THEIR EFFORTS. SO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, IF I CAN RESTATE WHAT I'VE HEARD AS DIRECTION IS THAT I SEE TWO POTENTIAL USES TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL. ONE IS TO USE THE FUNDING FOR, UH, MITIGATION OF TRAFFIC IMPACTS FROM THE PINE, UH, EXTENSION, UH, PROJECT. AND THE OTHER, UH, MAYOR, TO YOUR POINT OF LOOKING AT THE SOCAL, UH, CONNECTION, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF FUNDING, THE PARAMETERS FOR HOW THEY'RE, THEY CAN BE USED WILL BE DIFFERENT. BUT STAFF WILL WORK OUT, YOU KNOW, CAN WE USE THE, UH, UH, TRAFFIC FACILITY FEES FOR THE CONNECTION ONLY, UH, CAN WE, UH, REPURPOSE THE MEASURE I MONEY WITH TO ADDRESS THE TRAFFIC, UH, ISSUES WITHIN THAT SAME SPHERE OF PINE. UH, WE CAN BRING THAT BACK. UH, BUT I'LL TURN TO OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR AND, UH, OUR ENGINEERING MANAGER TO SEE IF THEY WANT TO ADD ANY OR NEED ANY ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION. SO, THINKING OF MITIGATING THE IMPACTS OF PINE AND, UH, LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT CONNECTION, UH, USE, UH, AT SOCAL. UH, DO, DO YOU NEED ANYTHING ELSE FOR THAT? OR IS NO. CAN WE DO THAT? IT WAS JUST, THOSE ARE THE TWO PROJECTS THAT THE MONEY CAN REALLY GO TOWARDS, SO WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WASN'T GONNA GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. OKAY. SO WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION WITH MORE DETAILS ON HOW THAT USE WENT OCCURRED. RIGHT. AND CAN I JUST ASK, SORRY, ONE OTHER QUICK QUESTION. I THOUGHT I SAW ON THE STAFF REPORT THAT S-B-C-T-A NEEDS TO APPROVE THIS CHANGE. IS THAT TRUE? SINCE IT WAS INITIALLY LAID OUT IN MEASURE I, IT'S PART OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT IS MORAN, IS THAT CORRECT? TENURE. SO ANNUALLY THE CITY SUBMITS TO S-B-C-T-A, WHAT'S CALLED THEIR CAPITAL PROJECT NEEDS ANALYSIS, YOU WOULD INCLUDE ANY PROJECT THAT YOU WOULD ANTICIPATE USING THE MEASURE I, UH, VALLEY ARTERIAL SUBPROGRAM FUNDING TO, TO, UH, TO FACILITATE. UM, AS PART OF THAT, THERE'S SOME, THERE'S SOME, THERE'S SOME POLICY REQUIREMENTS TO, UH, TO MAKE A PROJECT ELIGIBLE FOR INCLUSION IN THAT DOCUMENT. WE CERTAINLY WORK OUT ANYTHING WITH YOUR, WITH YOUR CITY STAFF AND MY TEAM AT S-B-C-T-A TO BE ABLE TO, UH, FACILITATE YOUR DESIRES. ALL RIGHT. VERY COOL. THANK YOU. YEAH. ALRIGHT THEN MOTION. ONE LAST THING, REAL FAST. MEASURE I MONEY, UM, VOTED, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE POLITICAL HERE, BUT APPARENTLY MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S GONNA MOVE FORWARD IN 2026 TO EXTEND IT INDEFINITE. THAT IS CURRENTLY ONE OF THE, UH, TOPICS, TOPICS THAT IS UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THE S-B-C-T-A BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THERE'S CURRENTLY A MEASURE I AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT IS, UM, REVIEWING, UH, AND WILL ULTIMATELY MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN FULL WHETHER OR NOT TO PROCEED [01:05:01] WITH A, WITH AN ORDINANCE TO THE GENERAL ELECT, UH, ELECTION IN 2026. AND JUST ONE LAST COMMENT, BECAUSE OF MEASURE I, WE'VE ACTUALLY ACCUMULATED OVER $20 MILLION MONIES TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS IN CHINO HILLS. I KNOW YOU, YOU HAVE THAT LIST FOR ME. THAT'S JUST THE LOCAL STREETS PROGRAM. YEAH. SO YES. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE REIMBURSED, UH, THE CITY ALREADY FOR $8.3 MILLION ON THE PEYTON DRIVE, UM, EXTENSION. AND THEN BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF, UH, MEASURE I, UM, BY 2040, JUST ON THE MAJOR STREET PROGRAM PORTION, THE CITY WOULD BE ANTICIPATING ABOUT ANOTHER $6 MILLION, UM, BETWEEN NOW AND THE, THE END OF 24. TAKE IT. RIGHT. ALRIGHT. SO MAYOR, I I WOULD APPRECIATE A, UH, MOTION AND A VOTE ON, UH, THE DIRECTION THE COUNCIL'S GIVING US TO LOOK AT. UH, UH, WELL, I WON'T RESTATE IT. I'LL MOVE IT. YEAH, I'LL SECOND. ALRIGHT. LOCK IN YOUR VOTES. OKAY. TAKE A RIGHT. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES. FIVE ZERO. ALRIGHT. AMEND ITEM NUMBER 17, AMEND [17. Amend Fiscal Year 2025-26 Capital Improvement Program to include Heli-Hydrant Fire Protection System Project located in Vila Borba Tract near Estoril Street; appropriate $397,391.50 from Water Utility Fund; adopt resolution determining Heli-Hydrant Fire Protection System Project (Project) to be exempt from review under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15303 of CEQA Guidelines and that no further CEQA review is required from prior 2006 Vila Borba Environmental Impact Report, Amending Fiscal Year 2025-26 Capital Improvement Program to include Project, and approving Design and Plans for Construction of Project; find Heli-Hydrant System is a necessary item only available from one source, and can be listed under its brand name in bid documents pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 3400(c)(3); and authorize staff to solicit bids for construction] FISCAL YEAR 2020 5 26 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TO INCLUDE HEALY HYDRANT FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM PROJECT MAYOR, IF I COULD JUST, UH, ANNOUNCE THAT THERE WAS A CHANGE TO THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS BROUGHT FORTH IN THE PACKET. AND SO IT HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED ON THE DAIS AS WELL AS IN THE PUBLIC BOOK. OKAY. ALRIGHT. AND, UH, MANAGER HASSELL IS GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DISCUSS THIS FOR US. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR, COUNCIL STAFF AND RESIDENTS, UH, WE HAVE BEFORE YOU, UH, OUR HELIPAD HYDRANT THAT, UH, WE'RE QUITE EXCITED ABOUT. WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION. WE ARE ASKING COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE PLANS AND SPECS SO WE CAN GET THE PROJECT MOVING FORWARD. OUR UTILITY MANAGER, MIKE WI MARK WILEY WILL GIVE A SHORT PRESENTATION. ALRIGHT. UM, WELL, MAYOR AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF, UM, EARLIER THIS YEAR, BEN MONTGOMERY ASKED US TO INVESTIGATE A HE HYDRANTS AND IF AND WHERE ONE COULD BE PLACED HERE IN ASINO HILLS. SO WE TOOK A LOOK OUT IN SOCO CANYON AREA AND ALL ALONG AROUND STATE PARK AND THE BEST PLACE THAT WE FOUND WAS IN THE SOUTH END OF TOWN. UM, SO CARL, DANIEL AND I, UH, WE, WE SPOKE WITH CAL FIRE, WE SPOKE WITH NEIGHBORING AGENCIES THAT DO CURRENTLY HAVE THESE HE HYDRANTS AND WE'D LIKE TO SHARE THE INFORMATION THAT WE LEARNED. I GOT THAT. GOT IT. UM, SO WHEN THERE'S A WILDFIRE GROUND, GROUND CREWS NEED AIR. UM, THEY NEED PLANES AND HELICOPTERS TO HELP THEM PUT THOSE FIRES OUT. 'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO GET A LOT DONE. SO, UM, HE HYDRANT IS A FIREFIGHTING TECHNOLOGY, THOUGH IT'S VERY LOW TECH, IT IS VERY EFFECTIVE. UM, SO IF APPROVED, AND I'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL ON THESE HYDRANTS IN A MINUTE, IF APPROVED THIS INVENTORY, UM, OR THIS HE HYDRANT, WE WILL ADD ONE MORE HYDRANT TO THE INVENTORY IN OUR REGION. UH, PERPA COMMUNITY COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT HAS FOUR. HE HYDRANTS, UH, NORCO AND CORONA HAVE TWO. AND Y BELINDA HAVE TWO. AND THIS WOULD BE, UM, JUST ONE MORE IN THEIR INVENTORY IF A WILDFIRE OR WILDFIRE DOES BREAK OUT IN, IN OUR AREA. SO TO GIVE A LITTLE IDEA OF WHAT, WHAT THESE THINGS ARE. SO IT'S AN ABOVE GROUND TANK. UM, IT'S ABOUT HOW IT HAS A DIAMETER OF ABOUT 15 FEET, ANYWHERE FROM SIX TO EIGHT FEET DEEP. UM, TANK CAPACITY ON THAT IS BETWEEN EIGHT AND 10,000 GALLONS. UM, IN OUR PARTICULAR CASE, WE'RE GONNA BE USING, UH, RECYCLED WATER IN INSTEAD OF A, A POTABLE WATER BECAUSE WE HAVE A, A RECYCLED LINE RIGHT, RIGHT THERE IN THE AREA. UM, THE AVERAGE COST USING RECYCLED WATER TO FILL THAT 10,000 GALLON TANK IS GONNA BE ABOUT, UH, DOING THE MATH IN MY HEAD, ABOUT 48 BUCKS. AND THE AVERAGE HELICOPTER THAT PICKS UP ABOUT 3000 GALLONS OF WATER IS GONNA COST $11. UM, SO IT'S REALLY, REALLY INEXPENSIVE. UM, THE, THE WAY THEY ACTIVATE THESE THINGS IS ALREADY INSTALLED, UM, ON OUR HELICOPTERS. IT'S LIKE A MORSE CODE. THEY CLICK ON THEIR MIC A FEW TIMES, UM, IN A CERTAIN, UH, UH, A TYPE OF A SEQUENCE. AND THAT TURNS ON OUR, OUR HELI HYDRANT, WHICH OPENS THE VALVE, ALLOWS THAT TANK TO FILL, AND THEN THEY'RE ABLE TO SWOOP DOWN IN AND, UH, SUCK OUT THAT WATER THAT'S NOW INSIDE OF THE, UH, TANK. UM, DEPENDING ON THE WATER PRESSURE WE HAVE THERE, [01:10:01] WE'RE STILL KIND OF MESSING AROUND WITH THAT. WE THINK WE CAN FILL THAT TANK AT ABOUT, BE BETWEEN 500 AND A THOUSAND GALLONS A MINUTE, SO RATHER, RATHER FAST. UM, AND THEN INSIDE OF THAT TANK, UM, WE KINDA HAD A CONCERN ABOUT MAYBE ANIMALS OR PEOPLE GETTING TRAPPED INSIDE. AND SO THESE, THESE TANKS ACTUALLY HAVE A 18 INCH WIDE, UM, SPIRAL RAMP THAT RUNS AROUND THE INSIDE. SO IF SOMEBODY DOES GET INSIDE OR AN ANIMAL GETS CAUGHT INSIDE, THEY CAN ACTUALLY WALK UP THAT SPIRAL, UM, RAMP AND HOP OUT OF THE TANK. NO ONE'S GONNA GET, GET IN THERE AND GET STUCK. UM, AND THEN AS SOON AS THE EVENT'S OVER, UM, THE, UM, THE GUYS IN, IN THE HELICOPTERS, THEY DO THEIR LITTLE MORSE CODE THING WITH THEIR, UH, MICS AND IT OPENS UP A DRAIN AND THEN THE TANK SLOWLY DRAINS INTO A STORM DRAIN. NOW, NEXT SLIDE. UM, THANK GOD THE STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD DOESN'T REALLY HAVE A HAND IN THIS. THEY, THEY SAID IT'S FINE. UM, WE ANTICIPATE THAT, UM, DUE TO THE RELATIVELY LOW COST OF THE PROJECT, UM, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE. UM, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF SAVINGS, UM, WITH THIS PROJECT AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT GUYS ON THE GROUND. UM, CREW RESPONSE TIMES ARE GONNA BE, UM, A LOT FASTER AND WE CAN'T CALCULATE, UM, HOW THIS THING IS GONNA BE ABLE TO SAVE, UM, LIVES AND HOMES THAT ARE ALONG THE AREA THERE. UM, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF, UH, UH, A LOT OF DINNER ENTER, UH, COMMUNICATION WITH CAL FIRE AND WITH YOR BELINDA AND WITH HARPA. AND, UM, WE JUST THINK THAT THIS IS A, THIS IS GONNA BE A GREAT THING AND, AND IT'S REALLY GONNA HELP HELP OUT OUR PEOPLE HERE IN TOWN. UM, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO INSTALL ON, ON THE SITE AND ABOVE GROUND HYDRANT. UM, THERE IS ENOUGH ROOM FOR LARGER HELICOPTERS TO LAND THAT HAVE TO FILL FROM A, UH, A HYDRANT ON THE, UH, GROUND. SO THERE'S ROOM THERE TOO FOR A LARGE, A LARGER BIRD TO, TO LAND. AND WE CAN, UM, HAVE THEM HOOK, UM, IN AN, UM, UP TO AN ABOVE GROUND HYDRANT, UM, THAT HAS A HOSE AND WE CAN FILL THEM UP TOO. SO CONSTRUCTION COSTS, UM, WE THINK CONSTRUCTION'S GONNA BE RIGHT AROUND, UH, 361,000 WITH A THREE $6,000 CONTINGENCY. UM, THE TOTAL PROJECT COST JUST, UH, SOUTH OF $400,000. AND ALSO I WANT TO ADD THAT IUA, UM, IS NOT GONNA CHARGE US ANY FEES. SO WE WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO HOOK RIGHT UP TO THEIR PIPELINE WITH A SIX INCH LINE AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA CHARGE US ANYTHING. SO THAT'S, UH, SAVED US A LOT OF MONEY THERE. GOOD. NOW MOVING ON TO THE NEXT PROJECT OR THE NEXT SLIDE. UM, THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF WHERE THE PROJECT IS GONNA BE IF APPROVED. SO THIS IS THE SOUTH END OF TOWN, UM, THAT'S PINE AVENUE RIGHT THERE. AND IF YOU GO TO THE, UH, WEST, THE, UH, WEST THERE, YOU'RE GONNA SEE TWO TANKS. THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE OUR RECYCLED, UH, WE HAVE A RECYCLED TANK THERE AND ALSO A PORTABLE WATER TANK. AND JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THAT, THAT LITTLE STAR, THAT'S WHERE WE WERE GOING TO BUILD A RECYCLED WATER RESERVOIR AT ONE TIME, BUT WE JUST DIDN'T NEED IT. AND SO WE HAVE THE SITE AND IT'S NOT, IT, IT'S JUST THERE EMPTY. UM, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CLOSER VIEW THERE. UM, AND THE STREETS, THAT WOULD BE, UM, YOU WOULD TAKE OFF OF, UH, PINE AVENUE AND BUTTERFIELD RANCH ROAD TO GET UP TO THE SITE. IT, IT, IT ALREADY HAS A PAVED ROAD AND YOU CAN SEE THE SITE IS ALREADY FLATTENED OUT. NOW WHERE WE'RE GONNA PUT THE HELI HYDRANT ITSELF IS UP ON A LITTLE HILL. UM, IT'S ABOUT 15 TO 25 FEET ABOVE THE HELICOPTER LANDING PAD THERE, OR, OR WHAT I'VE LABELED THE HELICOPTER LANDING PAD. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS, IS THE PILOTS, WHEN THEY COME IN, THEY WANT TO BE ABOVE EVERYTHING. AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE HIGHEST POINT ON OUR SITE. THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GO IN THERE AND FILL, UM, LARGER HELICOPTERS CAN LAND IN THAT, UH, AREA THERE. AND THEN WHERE I HAVE THE SMALL CIRCLE, THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE A ABOVE GROUND HYDRANT. SO IF A LARGER HELICOPTER NEEDS TO SIT DOWN, WE, HE CAN FILL THERE. AND THEN ALSO, IF THERE'S GROUND CREWS OR IF THERE'S FIRE IN THAT AREA, UM, THEY HAVE WATER AVAILABLE TO HIM. QUICK QUESTION ABOUT ELEVATION IN THERE. WHERE IS THE SOURCE? WHERE'S THE RESERVOIR WITH THE RECYCLED WATER GONNA BE AND WHAT, WILL IT BE A SUFFICIENT ELEVATION ABOVE THESE TO HAVE GRAVITY FILL? OR WILL WE HAVE TO HAVE PUMPED TO THIS AREA? WELL, SO IN THAT SECTION [01:15:01] OF TOWN, UH, THAT RECYCLED WATER IS COMING FROM IUA RP TWO THAT'S ON RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER THERE ON WHAT, WHAT'S THE, I FORGET THE NAME OF THE DUST. THE STREET, UM, RIGHT OVER THERE OFF, OFF OF RING CON. BUT, SO THEY'RE CONSTANTLY PUMPING TO OUR RECYCLED WATER TANK OR THE RECYCLED WATER TANK ON EUCALYPTUS, OUR OTHER RECYCLED WATER TANKS. IT'S CONSTANTLY FLOWING. SO IF SINCE THEY'RE CONSTANTLY, UM, TREAT THAT WATER THERE, THEY'RE CONSTANTLY PUSHING THAT WATER OUT AND IT'S GOING EITHER TO CHINO HILLS OR CHINO. UM, SO WE HAVE WATER IN OUR TANK AND WE CAN ALSO USE THE, UM, PUMPING THAT, THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY TO FILL THAT ONCE, ONCE THAT FLIP THAT UH, SWITCH IS FLIPPED. THERE'S NOT A TIME WHERE THERE'S WA NOT WATER MOVING THROUGH THAT PIPELINE. OKAY. DO, DO WE HAVE ANY FIRE DANGER TO THE PUMPING STATION, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S ELECTRICAL OR DIESEL OR WHATEVER. OTHERWISE IF, IF WE DON'T HAVE A PUMP TO FILL UP THE RESERVOIR TO FILL THE HE HELI HYDRANT, ARE WE OUTTA LUCK OR, OR NO? UM, SO THE, THE TANKS THAT YOU SAW THAT ARE JUST TO THE NORTH, THOSE TWO TANKS? YEAH, THEY ARE A LITTLE HIGHER, LIKE ABOUT 20 FEET. OKAY. SO WE WILL GET GRAVITY. IT'S NOT GONNA FILL AT 500 GPM, BUT IT WILL FILL. OKAY. SO BY THE TIME IT FILLS AND THEY COME AND PICK UP A LOAD AND THEY GO AND DUMP IT, IT'LL STILL BE FILLING AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GET WATER. RIGHT. BUT WHERE THE, UM, YOU CAN SEE THE IUA PLANT THERE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OR, OR THE EAST SIDE OF THE UM MM-HMM . STATE ROUTE THERE. YEAH. MM-HMM . UM, ANYWAY, THAT'S WHERE THAT WATER COMES FROM. SO IT'S ON, IF THERE'S A FIRE LIKE OVER BY STATE PARK AREA, THEY'RE WAY FAR AWAY FROM FROM THAT AND ARE OUR RECYCLED WATER TANKS, UM, WE USUALLY KEEP THOSE FULL. SO THERE'S PLENTY OF WATER AND WE HAVE A VIDEO I THINK. AND, UM, JUST A MOMENT BEFORE THE VIDEO I WANTED TO MENTION TOO, FOR THE HELICOPTER LANDING AREA, THE, THOSE ROTORS WHEN THEY COME DOWN, THEY CAN KICK UP A LOT OF AIR AND, AND WE'RE GONNA BE PLACING ROCK ON THE HELICOPTER LANDING AREA TO KEEP ROCK AND DEBRIS, SAND ALL OF THAT AWAY FROM THE RESIDENCES ARE BLOWING IN THE AREA. UM, AS A FOOTNOTE, AND WE'VE GOT A VIDEO FOR YOU. ALRIGHT. AND ALSO CAR MARK, HOW MANY GALLONS DID THEY, THEY FILL IT IN THAT AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE JUST, WE WERE WATCHING THAT IN REAL TIME. SO, UM, HOW MANY GALLONS OF WATER WERE THEY ABLE TO PUMP IN THAT SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME? UM, FOR THAT PARTICULAR HELICOPTER, I BELIEVE IT'S 3000 GALLONS AND THEY HAVE SMALLER HELICOPTERS THAT'LL HOLD HALF THAT. MM-HMM . AND, UM, AT, AT THE PAD WHERE THIS, WHERE THIS PARTICULAR ONE WHERE, WHERE WE'D LIKE TO PUT IT, UM, IT'S ALREADY, IT, IT'S ABOUT, I THINK 80 FEET ABOVE. THE [01:20:01] HOUSES THAT ARE DOWN ARE, ARE DOWN, UH, UNDERNEATH THAT, THAT HILL HILL, UH, IT'S 80 FOOT OF ELEVATION AND THEN FROM THE CENTER OF THAT PAD TO THE NEAREST HOME IS 400 FEET. SO IT'S KIND OF UP AND, AND OUT OF THE WAY. BUT THE CAPACITY OF THE, THE TANK IS STILL ONLY 1000 GALLONS, CORRECT? NO, THE TANK IS BETWEEN, IT'LL HOLD BETWEEN EIGHT AND 10,000 GALLONS OF WATER. OH, OKAY. I, I FORGET. YEAH. OH, I THINK IT WAS A SMALL PRINT ON ONE OF THOSE PICTURES. OKAY. ALRIGHT. NO PROBLEM. YEAH. MARK? YES. QUESTION PETER. SORRY, JUST A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE. UM, A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO I WAS AT A CDA MEETING AND ONE OF THE PARTNERS IS HARPA AND THEY SAID, HEY, CHINO HILLS, YOU COULD PROBABLY USE WHAT WE JUST PUT IN, UH, RECENTLY. AND THEY, THEY PROVIDED THAT VIDEO TO MORE VIDEO LIKE IT TO ME. AND HAVING TAKEN A LOOK AT IT, I THEN WENT TO BEN AND SAID, LET'S START THE PROCESS OF LOOKING INTO IT, SEE IF WE CAN FIND A LOCATION. IT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS. YEAH. BUT TO BE CLOSE TO A RECYCLED WATER IS, IS THE IDEAL LOCATION. AND IT'S TAKEN A LITTLE WHILE AND WE'VE GONE BACK AND FORTH ON, ON DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THIS, BUT HARPA KEEPS ASKING, DID YOU GUYS EVER PULL THE TRIGGER ON THIS? YEAH. BECAUSE THEY WERE ONE OF THE FIRST TO, TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. SO I THINK IT'S A VERY VALUABLE TOOL FOR OUR, FOR OUR FIREFIGHTING EFFORTS. UH, AND WE, MAYBE WE CAN SPOT A COUPLE MORE AROUND OVER TIME. ABSOLUTELY. AND, UH, TALKING TO THE CAL FIRE GUYS, UM, THEY WENT IN, THEY ACTUALLY, UM, TOOK THEIR HELICOPTER AND FLEW THAT AND LANDED THERE AND, AND TOOK OFF AND THEY SAID, THIS IS AN I IDEAL PLACE FOR 'EM. AND, AND THEN THAT THEY'RE REAL HAPPY WITH IT. THAT'S WHAT IT SOUNDED LIKE. ALRIGHT. OKAY, MAYOR. YES. COUPLE QUESTIONS. UM, I'VE BEEN ON AIR OPS BEFORE BEING A RETIRED FIREMAN, SO I'VE BEEN, BEEN INVOLVED IN SEEING THIS BEFORE. SO MY QUESTION TO YOU, BECAUSE OF TOPOGRAPHY AND VALLEYS, IS THERE ANY ISSUES OR CONCERNS REGARDING WINDS AND IS THERE LIMITATIONS WITH, THE WINDS ARE SAY 30 MILES AN HOUR, CAN THEY UTILIZE THIS? UH, WELL I KNOW THE HELICOPTERS LIKE SOME WIND , BUT I, I, I, I CAN'T GIVE YOU AN ANSWER ON OKAY. ON THAT COUNCILMAN MARQUEZ, BUT THEY, THE, UH, GUYS WHEN THEY FLEW IT AND, AND, AND FLEW IN, THEY CAME IN FROM THE SOUTH, SO THEY DIDN'T FLY OVER THE, THE HOMES. THEY CAME WRAPPED AROUND AND CAME IN FROM THE SOUTH AND THEY SAID, THIS IS AWESOME BECAUSE WE KNOW DURING A FIRE VIS VISIBILITY'S GONNA BE REALLY BAD. RIGHT. OH, I'M, I, IT'S NOT GONNA BE CLEAR. SO THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE POWER LINES AT PINE AVENUE, RIGHT? SO WILL THIS BE CLOSE TO THOSE POWER LINES? IT IS. UM, AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS, OR, OR THE CAL FIRE GUYS ARE WELL AWARE OF THAT, AND THAT WAS THE FIRST THING THAT THEY SAW. AND THAT'S WHY WHEN THEY CAME AND FLEW, THEY, THEY KIND OF MAPPED OUT HOW, HOW THEIR ATTACK ANGLE WOULD BE TO GET THERE. AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY, THEY'RE VERY WELL AWARE OF THOSE, UH, UM, LINES. AND THEN THE PRODO FIRE CAMP ISN'T TOO FAR FROM THIS LOCATION. IS THAT CORRECT? OVER THERE ON CENTRAL? NOT TOO FAR. WELL, YEAH, NO, THAT'S WHERE YEAH, THE FIRE HAWKS ARE. YEAH. YEAH, YEAH. SO MY QUESTION, I MEAN, THAT'S THE SORT OF IDEAL FLAT TOPOGRAPHY. OH YEAH, YEAH. SO WE, DID WE CONSIDER THAT LOCATION? UM, I HAVE NOT, UM, THAT WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT WAS KIND OF OUT IN THE OPEN SPACE, BUT, UH, I MEAN, UH, YEAH, I'M, I'M JUST A QUESTION. YEAH, YEAH. NO, I'M OPEN TO ANYTHING. 'CAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE WERE, WE REALLY KINDA LUCKED OUT ON, ON THAT SPOT THERE BECAUSE IT WAS GONNA BE A TANK AND WE NEVER BUILT IT. OH. I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING. THANK YOU FOR DOING THE WORK. APPRECIATE IT. ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOPE. I, I'LL MOVE THE ITEM. NO, I WAS JUST GONNA MAKE A QUICK COMMENT NOW. JUST, YOU KNOW, FOR THE PUBLIC'S KNOWLEDGE, YOU KNOW, OUR CUNA VALLEY FIRE FOLKS ARE THE BEST, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR ASSETS. AND TO RAY'S POINT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LIVE IN THE SOUTH PART OF TOWN, YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD THE HELICOPTERS COMING OVER AND IT'S THE, THE CAL FIRE GUYS. THAT'LL BE THE ONES THAT'LL MOST LIKELY OUT THERE WHEN WE NEED IT. SO THIS IS, YOU KNOW, A PERFECT LOCATION FOR THEM. OKAY. ALRIGHT. MOTION. MOTION. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE SECOND. SECOND. SURE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. DID YOU CATCH IT? MM-HMM . ALRIGHT, THERE WE GO. LOCK IN YOUR VOTES. COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ. THERE YOU GO. SORRY. MOTION PASSES. FIVE ZERO. OKAY. THANK YOU TO THE STAFF FOR VERY GOOD REPORT AND, UH, GREAT RECOMMENDATION. WE ARE NOW INTO THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING [18. Adopt resolution ratifying Chino Valley Independent Fire District Ordinance No. 2025-02, adopting by reference and amending 2025 California Fire Code and 2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code pertaining to Building and Safety standards for application within jurisdictional boundaries of City and delegating enforcement of said ordinance to District Chief and adopt Ordinances updating the California Fire and Building Codes entitled: “An Ordinance of the City of Chino Hills, Adopting by Reference and Amending the 2025 Edition of the California Fire Code and the 2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code With Errata, the 2024 International Fire Code, and 2024 International Wildland-Urban Interface Code Regulating and Governing the Safeguarding of Life and Property From Fire and Explosion Hazards, Hazardous Materials, and From Conditions Hazardous to Life or Property in the Occupancy of Buildings and Premises, Safeguarding of Life and Property From Wildfire Within Areas Designated as High or Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones, Providing for the Issuance of Permits and Collection of Fees, and Repealing and Replacing Chapter 8.16 of the Chino Hills Municipal Code in its Entirety” and “An Ordinance of the City of Chino Hills, Repealing Chapter 15.04 of Title 15 of the City of Chino Hills Municipal Code and Establishing a New Chapter 15.04 of Title 15 Adopting by Reference and Amending the 2025 Editions of the California Building Code Volumes 1 and 2, 2025 California Plumbing Code, 2025 California Mechanical Code, 2025 California Electrical Code, 2025 California Residential Code, 2025 California Energy Code, and the 2025 California Green Building Standards Code With Appendices and Amendments Thereto; Amending Chapter 1.18 of Title 1 of the Chino Hills Municipal Code; Amending Chapter 8.12 of Title 8 of the Chino Hills Municipal Code; and Amending Chapter 15.18 of Title 15 of the Chino Hills Municipal Code” for second readings (Introduced October 28, 2025) and find that proposed adoptions of resolution and ordinances are exempt from review under California Environmental Quality Act] PORTION OF THE, UH, COUNCIL AGENDA. UM, CHERYL, NUMBER 18. NUMBER 18 IS TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION RATIFYING THE CHINO VALLEY INDEPENDENT FIRE DISTRICT ORDINANCE ADOPTING BY REFERENCE AND AMENDING THE 2025 EDITION OF THE CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE AND THE 2025 EDITIONS OF THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE TO BE PRESENTED BY BUILDING OFFICIAL FLEEMAN. UM, ALRIGHT, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR BENNETT, UH, HONORABLE COUNSEL AND MEMBERS [01:25:01] OF OUR CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY. UH, WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU, UH, THIS EVENING IS, IS MENTIONED IS, UH, ONE RESOLUTION AND TWO ORDINANCES ALL RELATING TO, UH, UPDATING OUR CHINO HILLS MUNICIPAL CODES TO THE 2025, UH, CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE STANDARDS. UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING STANDARDS, REALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS, UH, TITLE 24 OF THE CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS, WHICH REALLY IS, UH, 13 INDIVIDUAL CODES. UM, THEY'RE CALLED PARTS. UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE NEXT TWO SLIDES. ALRIGHT, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON HOW THE, THE STATE GOES THROUGH, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. UM, ALL OF THESE STATEWIDE CODES ARE, ARE BASED ON MODEL CODES THAT ARE DEVELOPED BY SPECIALIZED, UM, CODE BANKING, UH, BODIES SUCH AS THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL, UM, WHICH WORKS ON OUR INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE OR IN OUR INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE. UH, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL OFFICIALS, WHICH DEVELOPS THE PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL CODE, AND THEN THE NFPA, WHICH DEVELOPS OUR NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE. OUR BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION HERE WITH THE STATE, UM, THEN TAKES THOSE MODEL CODES AND, UH, TAILORS 'EM, UH, SOMEWHAT EXTENSIVELY TO, TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OF CALIFORNIA. UM, THEY UPDATE THOSE, THOSE CODES EVERY THREE YEARS. UH, IT'S QUITE A LENGTHY PROCESS. IT INVOLVES, UH, NUMEROUS ADVISORY COMMITTEES, UH, STATE AGENCIES, UH, AND INCLUDING THE GENERAL PUBLIC. UH, OUR MOST RECENT 2025 CALIFORNIA, UM, BUILDING STANDARDS WERE ADOPTED BY THE BUILDING STANDARDS, UH, COMMISSION ON JULY 1ST, 2025. AND PER THE HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE, UM, ALL JURISDICTIONS WITHIN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA NEED TO ENFORCE THESE CODES. EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2026, UM, OUR CALIFORNIA CODE ADOPTIONS AND ALONG WITH OUR LOCAL AMENDMENTS, ARE FOUND IN TITLE 15 OF OUR CHINO HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE AND ALSO TITLE EIGHT, UH, FOR THE, FOR THE FIRE CODES. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS IS A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF THE PROCESS FOR, UH, CALIFORNIA, UH, BUILDING CODE UPDATES. UH, A LOT OF INFORMATION HERE, BUT I DID WANNA POINT OUT THAT THIS PROCESS STARTED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023, UM, OVER TWO YEARS AGO. UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. UM, ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT HERE THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY QUITE A BIT OF AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC, UH, TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS. UM, THERE'S FOUR PUBLIC HEARINGS, UH, AND IT'S, IT'S QUITE A LENGTHY PROCESS, UM, WITHIN THESE PUBLIC INPUTS, THERE'S, UH, A LOT OF LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL, LOCAL CHAPTERS, UM, ARE VERY ACTIVE IN THIS CALIFORNIA BUILDING OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION. IT'S ACTIVE IN THIS AS WELL. NEXT, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UH, SO SOME OF THE, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A REAL HIGH LEVEL, UH, SUMMARY OF SOME OF THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE STATE CODES. UH, KIND OF PUT 'EM IN FOUR CATEGORIES HERE. I THINK THE MOST SIGNIFICANT AND WIDELY, UM, RECOGNIZED CHANGE TO THE STATE CODES IS THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE, UH, WILD LAND URBAN INTERFACE CODE. UM, CURRENTLY THOSE CODE REQUIREMENTS WERE FOUND IN THREE DIFFERENT AREAS. THE INTER OR THE, UH, CALIFORNIA RESIDENTIAL CODE, CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE, AND THE CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE. UH, ESSENTIALLY EARLIER IN THE YEAR, THEY CONSOLIDATED ALL THOSE INTO ONE INDEPENDENT CODE, UH, THE STATE FIRE MARSHALS, UH, THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENFORCING THAT CODE. UM, AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT LATER ABOUT THAT WHOLE RELATIONSHIP, UH, ANOTHER BROAD CATEGORY OF, UH, THESE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES, UM, WHICH REALLY WON'T IMPACT US A LOT HERE IN, IN OUR COMMUNITY. BUT, UH, THERE'S BEEN SOME CHANGES IN THE WAY HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS ARE DEFINED, UM, HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING THE SEISMIC AND EGRESS DESIGN OF THOSE HIGH RISES, UH, MORE SIGNIFICANT TO OUR, OUR COMMUNITY HERE. UM, CURRENTLY IN OUR CODE, THERE WAS A LOT OF, UM, ABILITY FOR, UH, ESPECIALLY IN IN MULTI, UH, MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO BE WHAT THEY'VE TERMED EV READY, WHICH MEANT BASICALLY WE WOULD PROVIDE THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A FUTURE EV INSTALLATION. UM, A LOT OF THOSE KIND OF CARVE OUTS AND EXCEPTIONS HAVE GONE AWAY, AND NOW THEY'RE EXPECTING EV ACTUAL EV EQUIPMENT TO BE INSTALLED IN, IN MANY OF THESE MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, UM, SITUATIONS. AND LASTLY, UM, THEY'VE, THEY'VE CHANGED THE METRIC IN OUR ENERGY CODE. UM, WE USED TO USE SOMETHING CALLED A, A TIME DEPENDENT VALUATION. UM, NOW THEY'VE GONE TO A, A DIFFERENT TERM. THEY'RE, THEY'RE CALLING IT LONG TERM SYSTEM COST. AND ESSENTIALLY, WITHOUT GETTING INTO THE WEEDS ON THIS TOO MUCH, UM, ALL OF THAT, THE DEFINITIONS ON THAT ARE IN THE BACKEND, KIND OF BURIED IN THE CODE. UM, BUT THE EFFECT OF THIS IS REALLY GONNA BE, UM, MORE OF A, A FOCUS ON THE BUILDING ENVELOPE AND THE EFFICIENCY OF THAT BUILDING ENVELOPE. UM, AND MORE DEPENDENT ON ENERGY STORAGE AS OPPOSED TO WHAT USED TO BE MORE OF A FOCUS ON SOLAR POWER IN ORDER TO, TO HANDLE PEAK DEMANDS. SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY KIND OF JUST LEVELING OUT WHAT THE BUILDING DESIGN IS FOR, FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY . UM, YOU ALSO MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT, UH, AB ONE 30, WHICH IS A TRAILER [01:30:01] BILL THAT WAS KIND OF ATTACHED TO OUR, OUR STATE, UM, BUDGET, UH, PROCESS. UH, ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS DID WAS FREEZE OUR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTIAL CODE, UM, UNTIL 2031. SO THEORETICALLY, WE WILL HAVE THE SAME CALIFORNIA RESIDENTIAL CODE AND THE SAME RESIDENTIAL STANDARDS FOR THE NEXT NINE YEARS. UM, IT ALSO RESTRICTS LOCAL, UH, JURISDICTIONS FROM CREATING, UH, LOCAL AMENDMENTS, UH, WITH A FEW CARVE OUTS. ANY AMENDMENTS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE ON THE BOOKS WILL STILL BE IN PLAY. UM, IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO CREATE NEW ADMINISTRATIVE, UM, AMENDMENTS AS WE SEE FIT. AND, AND ALSO, UM, WITH THE OBVIOUS FOCUS ON, ON THE WILD LAND URBAN INTERFACE AND HOME HARDENING, IT ALLOWS LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO CREATE ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS, UH, IN THAT AREA. SO A FEW OF THE LOCAL AMENDMENTS THAT, UH, WE'RE PROPOSING IN THESE ORDINANCES, UM, AGAIN, I PUT 'EM IN FIVE BROAD CATEGORIES. THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF IF, AS, AS YOU, AS YOU PROBABLY SEE IN THE ORDINANCES. UM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE, ARE TRYING TO DO WITH, WITH, WITH THIS IS, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE CREATED SOME, UH, DEFINITIONS AND, AND ESTABLISHED THE ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY ON CONSTRUCTION SITE STANDARDS. UM, WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT IN THE BUILDING DIVISION WE'RE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, EQUIPPED TO, UM, READILY, UH, REACT TO CONSTRUCTION SITE SITUATIONS THAT MAY BE, UH, CREATING A A, A NEIGHBORHOOD NUISANCE. SO, UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THERE. UM, WE'VE ALSO, UH, ESTABLISHED A OF A LOCAL BUILDING BOARD OF APPEALS, WHICH IS A REQUIREMENT IN THE, FROM THE STATE CODE. UM, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, WE'VE NEVER HAD A, A, A SITUATION WHERE WE'VE NEEDED TO, TO, UH, DEPEND ON THIS BUILDING BOARD OF APPEALS, BUT THAT'S A MECHANISM, UH, FOR ANYONE TO APPEAL A DECISION MADE BY THE BUILDING OFFICIAL. UM, ALSO THROUGHOUT THIS, THIS ORDINANCE, THERE'S NUMEROUS OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE'VE, UM, RECOGNIZED THE NEED TO CLARIFY A CERTAIN LANGUAGE. UH, WE, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFIED SOME GRAY AREAS AND WE'VE, WE'VE TRIED TO TIGHTEN THAT UP A LITTLE BIT. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE'VE RECOGNIZED RECENTLY IS THAT, UM, FOR PRIVATE SEPTIC SYSTEMS, UH, WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN KIND OF, UH, IN CONTROL OF THE REGULATIONS REGARDING THE CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF A SEPTIC SYSTEM. BUT IT CAME TO OUR ATTENTION RECENTLY THAT THERE IS ALSO A, AN OPERATION PERMIT THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE STATE WATER BOARD, UM, WHICH WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT BEING COMMUNICATED TO OUR COMMUNITY. SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE PUT THAT IN THE CODE. AND THERE'S NOW A, A MECHANISM IN THERE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING FOR THAT CHECK AND BALANCE BEFORE WE ISSUE A, A SEPTIC TANK PERMIT. AND THEN LASTLY, WE, UM, WE HAD TO DO QUITE A BIT OF WORK IN BOTH THE FIRE CODE AND THE WWE CODE AND THEN OUR MUNICIPAL CODE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY, SO OUR CLEARLY STIPULATED BETWEEN THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT AND, AND THE BUILDING DIVISION. SO, UM, THOSE ARE ESSENTIALLY THE NEW LOCAL AMENDMENTS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING IN THESE ORDINANCES. UH, SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO, UH, RECEIVE THE STAFF REPORT, OPEN OUR PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AND ORDINANCES UPDATING THE CHINO WHO'S MUNICIPAL COURT TO THE 2025 CALIFORNIA, UM, BUILDING STANDARDS WITH OUR LOCAL AMENDMENTS. AND WITH THAT, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS TO STAFF? ALRIGHT, THEN I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND OFFICIALLY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY REQUEST TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER, CHERYL? NO, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY. ALRIGHT. ONE LAST CHANCE AHEAD IN THE AUDIENCE. ANYONE WANNA SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE? SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. BRING IT BACK UP HERE FOR DISCUSSIONS OR QUESTION FURTHER QUESTIONS? YES, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE ITEM. ALRIGHT, MOTION A SECOND. LOCK IN YOUR VOTES. OKAY. MOTION PASSES. FIVE ZERO. ALRIGHT, WE'RE AT THAT, UH, SECTION WHERE WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS [19. 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.] ON NON-AG AGENDAS ITEMS. CHERYL, YOU WANNA READ THIS AND LET US KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY AT THIS TIME, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEMS WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE COUNCIL THAT DO NOT APPEAR ON THE AGENDA. PLEASE COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD. WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS ITEM. ALRIGHT, THE FIRST SPEAKER IS JIM GALLAGHER. GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNSEL, UH, STAFF, FELLOW RESIDENTS. I COME HERE TONIGHT AS A LIAISON TO THE CHINESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CHINO HILLS, WHO I REPRESENT AT THE CHINO VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. UH, THEY'RE ONE OF OUR OLDEST CLUBS IN THE CITY. THEY'VE BEEN HERE ALMOST 20 YEARS NOW. THEY JUST CELEBRATED RECENTLY AND THEY HAVE A MEMBERSHIP OF OVER 800 MEMBERS RIGHT NOW. AND SO YOU USUALLY SEE THEM OVER AT THE, UH, RECREATION CENTER, UH, PRACTICING DANCE, SINGING, UH, TAKING FULL ADVANTAGE OF OUR CITY FACILITIES. SO THEY'RE A VERY ACTIVE CLUB, AS YOU ALL KNOW. UH, JUST THIS PAST SATURDAY, THEY CELEBRATED THE, UH, THANKSGIVING AND THEY HAD A FANTASTIC EVENT WHERE ALL THAT PRACTICE THAT YOU USUALLY SEE AT THE REC CENTER WAS ACTUALLY CARRIED [01:35:01] UPON STAGE. WE HAD DANCERS, SINGERS OF THE STUDENTS FROM ALA HIGH AS WELL AS CHINO HILLS HIGH PERFORMED. AND I MIGHT ADD, UH, I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK, UH, COUNCILMAN ROGERS WHO CAME ON SHORT NOTICE. WE ASKED HIM TO REPRESENT THE CITY. HE CAME ON SHORT NOTICE AND, UH, IN FACT, IN REAL SHORT NOTICE, HE EVEN GAVE A LITTLE QUICK, UH, WELCOMING MESSAGE OF COURSE TO THE RESIDENTS WHO ATTENDED. IT WAS AT THE MOUNT SAC AUDITORIUM. WE HAD 415 PEOPLE I MIGHT ADD THAT WERE IN ATTENDANCE WHO, UH, HEARD COUNCILMAN ROGERS THAT DAY. AND, AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH. I KNOW YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU, UM, DO APPRECIATE CULTURE AND THAT, UH, AS, AS YOUR WORKS HAVE ALWAYS SHOWN, UH, IN THE CITY. AND IT WAS WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU THERE. THEY WERE VERY GRATEFUL AND THEY REWARDED HIM WITH A NICE BOUQUET OF FLOWERS WHO I KNOW HE PROBABLY TOOK HOME TO HIS WIFE MARY. SO ONCE AGAIN, IT'S NICE WHEN OUR CITY INTEGRATES AND WORKS TOGETHER, UH, ON VARIOUS PROJECTS AND, AND I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A REAL FULL COMMUNITY WHEN THINGS LIKE THIS OCCUR. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JANE DEFRA. GOOD EVENING. IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. SO MAYOR CITY COUNCIL STAFF, UM, THE PRESIDENT OF THE 55 PLUS CLUB, PAULA BROGUE HAS BEEN FORCED TO RESIGN DUE TO HEALTH AND PERSONAL REASONS. UH, SHE HAD SERVED NINE MONTHS OF HER TWO MONTH OF HER TWO YEAR TERM. SO IN RESPONSE, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS ASKED ME TO FILL IN THE INTERIM TIME UNTIL FEBRUARY. IN FEBRUARY WE WILL BE HAVING A REGULAR GENERAL ELECTION AND WE WILL ALSO INCLUDE A SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL PAULA'S TERM. SO JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE RID OF ME, SURPRISE. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU JANE. THANKS FOR STEPPING UP. CONDOLENCES, . THAT WAS OUR FINAL SPEAKER CARD. ALRIGHT, SAFETY UPDATES. [ SAFETY UPDATES - Fire and Police] UH, JEREMY, JESS. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. AND, UH, ACTUALLY I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY COMMENDING COUNSEL FOR APPROVING THAT HELI HYDRANT. UM, AS MENTIONED AS THE OPERATIONS CHIEF, I DO MANAGE THAT CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH CAL FIRE ANNUALLY FOR THAT WILDLAND FIRE SUPPRESSION. SO NOT ONLY WILL YOU SEE THOSE S 70 FIRE HAWKS UTILIZE THOSE HELI HYDRANTS, YOU'LL ALSO SEE WHICH THEY, THEY CARRY ABOUT A THOUSAND GALLONS. THE 3000 GALLON HELICOPTERS ARE THE TWIN BLADE CHINOOKS, WHICH YOU'LL SEE, WHICH, UH, THROUGH OUR CONTRACT WE HAVE ACCESS TO WHAT THEY CALL THE QRF, WHICH IS A QUICK RESPONSE FORCE, WHICH IS MANAGED BY BOTH LOS ANGELES AND ORANGE COUNTY FIRE. THOSE ARE THE SHIPS THAT YOU'LL SEE COLSON ON THE SIDE. ONE OF THEM IS STATIONED AT CHINO AIRPORT. YOU'LL ALSO SEE FEDERAL ASSETS AND OTHER PRIVATE ASSETS THAT ARE UNDER CONTRACT. UTILIZE THOSE HELI HYDRANTS. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS FOR US AS TACTICAL COMMANDERS ON THE GROUND. UM, AND I HAD A ROLE TO PLAY DURING THAT. THE LAST FIRE WE HAD, UM, FOR THE BLUE RIDGE INCIDENT, WE UTILIZED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF AIR RESOURCES AND ADDITIONAL HELI HYDRANT PROVIDES OPTIONS. SO TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ'S POINT ABOUT SMOKY CONDITIONS OR THINGS LIKE THAT THAT MAY OBSCURE A PARTICULAR LANDING ZONE. THE POINT IS, IF WE HAVE MORE OF THOSE OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO THOSE HELICOPTER PILOTS, THEN THEY, UH, THEY HAVE ANOTHER HELI HYDRANT TO USE. IF THE, IF THE ONE IN YOUR BELINDA IS OBSCURED, THEY CAN USE OURS. UH, AND THEN BACK AND FORTH. AND THE POINT IS, YOU GET IT AS CLOSE AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN TO WHERE THE FIRE IS TO RE UH, DECREASE WHAT'S CALLED TURNAROUND. SO AGAIN, COMMEND THE COUNCIL ON THAT CONSTRUCTION. I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A TREMENDOUS ASSET FOR, UH, OUR FIREFIGHTING IN THE FUTURE. SO THANK YOU FOR, THANK YOU FOR THAT. UH, WITH THAT, I JUST WANNA, UH, MENTION TWO EVENTS COMING UP THAT THE FIRE DISTRICT IS HOSTING. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE INVITE THE PUBLIC TO FIRST. WE'RE HOSTING A BLOOD DRIVE FOR THE AMERICAN RED CROSS, UM, ON THIS COMING FRIDAY AT OUR TRAINING CENTER AT 5 0 9 2 SCHAEFER IN CITY OF CHINO. THAT'S FROM 10:00 AM TO 4:00 PM SO AGAIN, UH, BLOOD IS ALWAYS NEEDED BY THE AMERICAN RED CROSS TO, UM, FACILITATE TRAUMA VICTIMS, EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE COMMUNITY. SO THOSE, THOSE, UH, BLOOD RESOURCES ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED. AND THEN FINALLY, WE'D LIKE TO INVITE THE PUBLIC OUT. OUR FIGHTER FIGHTERS WILL BE CONDUCTING, UH, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE IN THIS THE SEASON OF CON OF, UH, GATHERING TOYS AND OTHER FUNDS FOR COMMUNITY. UH, WE WILL BE IN CONJUNCTION WITH SPARKLE OF AT THE TOWN SPECTRUM IN FRONT OF WALMART ON DECEMBER 7TH FROM 10 TO FOUR. AND ADDITIONALLY, IF RESIDENTS WISH TO DONATE TOYS, UH, THEY CAN DONATE THOSE AT ANY ONE OF OUR FIRE STATIONS WITHIN THE FIRE DISTRICT. THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. [01:40:01] ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU JEREMY. UH, POLICE, UH, LIEUTENANT EZ. GOOD EVENING MAYOR, UH, VICE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, OF THE COMMUNITY. UH, CHINO HILL STATION THAT WE'RE RAMPING UP OUR RETAIL THEFT ENFORCEMENT TO COMBAT LARCENY AND OTHER CRIMES AROUND THE SHOPS AND SURROUNDING AREAS, UH, FROM NOW AND, AND THROUGH JANUARY THE FIRST OR ACTUALLY THE THIRD, UH, INCLUDING VEHICLE BIKE AND FOOT PATROL. UH, IN CLOSING, I'D LIKE TO WISH EVERYONE AN AWESOME AND SAFE HOLIDAY SEASON. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CITY MANAGER [ CITY MANAGER UPDATES] UPDATES. I MAYOR. NOTHING, UH, TO ADD TONIGHT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, UH, COUNCIL REPORTS. [ COUNCIL REPORTS Mayor Bennett Chino Valley Unified School District Board Vice Mayor Johsz West Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District Board Council Member Marquez San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Metro Valley Study Session Transit Committee Council Member Rogers Chino Hills Community Foundation Boar] UH, I HAVE A, A BRIEF REPORT FROM THE, UH, CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. UH, THIS LAST MEETING WAS, UH, TYPICALLY RAUS, AS THEY HAVE BEEN RECENTLY WENT FOR TWO HOURS. BUT, UH, IN ADVANCE THERE WAS A STAFF REPORT ON THE ESSENTIAL STANDARDS AND SMARTER BALANCED ASSESSMENT RESULTS. AND IT JUST SHOWS ONE VERY GOOD THING ABOUT THE CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. THEY'RE THE NUMBER ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN ALL OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. UH, LOTS OF GREAT THINGS GOING ON WITH THE DEDICATED STAFF AND TEACHERS THAT, UH, ARE GIVING OUR STUDENTS THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED IF THEY'LL ONLY AVAIL THEMSELF OF THAT OPPORTUNITY. UM, THAT WAS ESSENTIALLY IT. SO, MOVING ON, EXCUSE ME WHILE I CHANGE THE PAGE HERE. UH, MAYOR VICE MAYOR JONES, WE DID NOT HAVE OUR MEETING THIS MONTH FOR WEST VALLEY MOSQUITO. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. I APPRECIATE THAT. I GOT TWO REPORTS ON SB CTA FIRST TRANSIT. WE APPROVED THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE AROL STATION AND THE CITY OF REDLANDS. ALSO, WE APPROVED OUR NEW MEETING SCHEDULE FOR 2026. AND THEN METRO VALLEY, UH, WE HAD PROGRESS ON REPORTS FOR THROUGH SEPTEMBER, 2025. WE APPROVED THE INCREASES FOR THE CENTRAL 60 FREEWAY OFF RAMP, UH, LANDSCAPING AND THEN SCAG, STBG CMAC CALL FOR PROJECTS. WE HAD 23 PROJECTS. WE REQUESTED $163 MILLION FOR OUR REGEN. WE RECEIVED $147 MILLION FROM SKG. AND THAT'S MY REPORT, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS? YES. TURNS OUT I HAVE TWO REPORTS. ONE IS, UH, 'CAUSE THINGS HAVE BEEN SHIFTED AROUND. WE DID HAVE A BOARD MEETING FOR THE WATER FACILITIES AUTHORITY, WFA, WHICH IS THE IMPORTED WATER FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. AND WE DO HAVE A FACILITY, WE HAVE A, A TREATMENT PLANT IN UPLAND AND THERE'S FIVE MEMBER AGENCIES. WE ARE ONE OF 'EM AS OWNERS OF THAT FACILITY. JUST AS A REMINDER TO EVERYBODY, WE'D, UH, WE HELD A, UH, WE VOTED ON A COLA UP, UH, INCREASE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. THERE'S NINE EMPLOYEES AT THE FACILITY, AND WE APPROVED A 4% INCREASE FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS FOR THE COMING YEAR. AND THEN, UH, TO DO A TWO YEAR CYCLE. WE ALSO APPROVED 3% FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR. AND LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE GOING? AND DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT, AS I TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME, UH, THAT METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT RATE INCREASE. SO THAT'S CIRCULATING NOW THROUGH ALL OF OUR AGENCIES NOW THAT THE NUMBER WAS RELEASED. I MENTIONED IT LAST TIME, THAT THE A UH, ACRE FOOT OF, UH, WATER IS AT LEAST FROM METROPOLITAN IS GOING TO BE $984 VERSUS 912, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THAT. AND THERE WERE OTHER THINGS TO TALK ABOUT, BUT NOTHING OF IMPORTANCE FOR THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS. AND THEN ALSO LISTED IS OUR FOUNDATION. WE HAD OUR FOUNDATION BOARD MEETING. WE MEET SIX TIMES A YEAR. WE HAD NOT MET SINCE OUR WINE WALK, SO I GAVE AN UPDATE ON OUR WINE WALK EVENT, WHICH WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. 1300 PLUS INDIVIDUALS AT A PROFIT OF APPROXIMATELY $155,000. SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A VERY SUCCESSFUL AND IT'S VERY POPULAR AND IT'S A LOT OF WORK, BUT IT'S WORTH IT. AND WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE GOING AT? WE ACTUALLY, ONE OF OUR MEMBERS, GRACE KAS, ATTENDED SOMETHING THAT CYNTHIA IS PART OF AND HOSTED, WHICH IS CALLED A HUNDRED WILLIAM, A HUNDRED WOMEN INLAND EMPIRE AWARDS. AND THEY PULL TOGETHER, UH, SOME FUNDING FOR VARIOUS NONPROFITS AND THEY ACTUALLY VOTE ON IT EACH MEETING. I DUNNO IF CYNTHIA, IF YOU WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE MORE BACKGROUND ON THAT SINCE YOU WERE THERE. BUT GRACE GAVE A PRESENTATION ON BEHALF OF THE, OF, OF THE FOUNDATION. AND THERE WERE A COUPLE OTHERS IN CONTENTION, PRICELESS PETS. AND THEN ANOTHER ONE, WHAT WAS THE ONE THAT ACTUALLY ONE PUNK ROCK GIVES BACK? WHAT IS IT? THE PUNK ROCK GIVES BACK PUNK ROCK. THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. SO IT TURNS OUT WE WERE GRANTED $1,500 AS A A THANK YOU FOR YEAH, EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS. IT WAS GOOD. IT WAS GOOD. YEAH, IT WAS GOOD. ANYWAY, GRACE DID [01:45:01] A WONDERFUL JOB OF MAKING A PRESENTATION AND OTHER THAN THAT WE JUST DID STANDARD BUSINESS WITH THE FOUNDATION AND WE'RE UPDATING OUR DONORS WALL, WHICH IS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. WE HAVEN'T UPDATED IN A COUPLE OF YEARS FOR THOSE THAT DONATE MONIES. UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT LIST. SO ALL IN ALL, GREAT MEETING. AND, UH, THE NEXT MEETING IS IN JANUARY. CAN, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. AND WE'RE MARRYING THE END OF THE YEAR, PETER, IF THEY WANNA MAKE THEIR TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS TO THE FOUNDATION. , THEY STILL HAVE TIME. THAT'S RIGHT. WE'RE WILLING TO TAKE, UH, DONATIONS FOR END OF THE YEAR TAX. YEP. THEY STILL HAVE TIME TAX PURPOSES. THAT'S TRUE. WELL, CYNTHIA, WHY DON'T WE, I START [ COUNCIL COMMENTS] OUT WITH YOUR COUNCIL COMMENT. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE THINGS, BEN, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, UH, FINALLY MAKING OUR SIGNATURE WHITE CHINO HILLS FENCING ALONG CHINO HILLS PARKWAY, THAT ENTRANCE. UM, I KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE A LITTLE KIND OF TRIVIAL THING, BUT IT, IT TOOK A COUPLE YEARS TO GET CALTRANS TO WORK WITH US, BUT I'VE HAD A COUPLE RESIDENTS SAY, CYNTHIA, I I WENT IN THAT END OF TOWN AND THERE'S LIKE FENCING THERE AND I'M LIKE, YEAH, IT'S PRETTY COOL, HUH? SO JUST THOSE LITTLE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, ENHANCE. AND SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN, BEN. AND THEN, UM, I WANNA CONGRATULATE, UH, CHIN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM ON A GOOD SEASON. SUFFERED A TOUGH LOSS IN THE SEMI-FINALS THOUGH, AND IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE THE TEAM HAS WENT THAT FAR. THEY WOULD'VE WON THAT NIGHT, THEY WOULD'VE WENT TO THE CIF FINAL. SO I WANNA CONGRATULATE THE HUSKIES ON A VERY GOOD SEASON AND JUST, UH, WISHING EVERYONE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU PETER. BACK TO YOU FOR COUNCIL CONGRESS. SURE. I'M GONNA REITERATE A COUPLE THINGS THAT DID COME UP TONIGHT. UH, FIRST ON MY LIST IS WHAT JIM BROUGHT UP EARLIER. UH, HAD A WONDERFUL TIME ATTENDING THE, UH, CHINESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CHINO HILLS EVENT. AGAIN, THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 500 PEOPLE AT MOUNT SAC AND THEY HAD 18 DIFFERENT PERFORMANCES. UH, SOME VERY PROFESSIONAL, SOME SUCH AS THE KIDS THAT SHOW UP ONCE A YEAR FOR WHEN WE CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR, YOU KNOW, WITH THE DRAGON AND EVERYTHING. THEY HAD 18 VARIOUS, UM, PERFORMANCES AND IT WAS A LOT OF FUN TO WATCH EVERYBODY PUT IN, UH, UH, THEIR TIME FOR PRACTICING AND THEN TRANSLATE IT TO WHAT THEY PERFORMED FOR US ON STAGE AT MOUNT S SEC. SO A WONDERFUL TIME AND THANK YOU TO THE CHINESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR INVITING, INVITING ME TO ATTEND. AND THAT WAS LAST SATURDAY. AND ALSO NICOLE MENTIONED IT, BUT WE'VE GOT THE BOAT PARADE COMING UP AND WANNA MAKE SURE THAT INDIVIDUALS KNOW OUT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT IF THEY PLAN TO PARTICIPATE, THEY MAY WANT TO PUT IN THEIR APPLICATION IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO. FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER. DECEMBER 3RD. DECEMBER 3RD. SO SOON NEXT. THAT'S NEXT, UH, MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. SO HOPEFULLY THE WORD GETS OUT THAT WE'RE TAKING APPLICATIONS FOR THE BOAT PARADE AND I'LL CONCLUDE BY SAYING HAVE A HAPPY AND SAFE THANKSGIVING WEEKEND AND HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY, UH, ENJOYS FAMILY TIME. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. APPRECIATE IT. SO I ATTENDED THE CAL CITIES INLAND EMPIRE DIVISION LUNCHEON. UH, WE HAVE A NEW PRESIDENT, BILL HESSEY, THE MAYOR OF GRAND TERRACE, AND THEN OUR VERY OWN, KAREN COMSTOCK IS NOW THE VP FOR THE INLAND DIVISION. SHE'S GONNA DO A GREAT JOB. I ATTENDED SCAGS, LCMC, WHICH IS A LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE MEETING. WE SET OUR 2026 PRIORITIES, POLICY PRIORITIES. UM, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT SB 79, WHICH HAS TO DO WITH DENSITY UNITS, SB 1 25 TRANSFER FUNDS FROM, UH, TRANSPORTATION, SB 6 95, TRANSPORTATION, CLIMATE RESILIENCE, AND THEN, UH, WHISKEY GAG. WE ALSO TOURED THE HIGH DESERT, UH, YESTERDAY, MATTER OF FACT. SO WE ATTENDED, UH, APPLE VALLEY. WE SAW WHERE BRIGHT LINE'S GONNA BE HAVING THEIR MAIN, UH, UH, BUILDING FOR, UM, HIGH SPEED RAIL, UM, 30,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING. THEY'RE ALSO GONNA BUILD A SECOND BUILDING IN ESPERIA, BUT THAT'S GONNA BE FOR COMMUTERS FROM THE HIGH DESERT TO RANCHO. UH, THIS WILL BE FINISHED IN 2029. UM, ALSO, UH, WE DID TOUR VICTORVILLE AND WE SAW THE, UH, WELLNESS CENTER. IT'S, UH, FOR THE HOMELESS SHELTER AND IT WAS AMAZING. ABOUT 200 BED FACILITY, CLEAN, EVERYBODY WAS THERE, DID REALLY WELL, UM, REALLY GOOD WRAPAROUND SERVICES. AND THEN ESPERIA, WE THINK WE HAVE A BAD UP HERE AS FAR AS HOUSING WITH, UH, 3,729 UNITS. THEIR ARENA NUMBER IS 8,000 UNITS, UH, ON 10,000 ACRES. THEIR POPULATION RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND AND IT'S GONNA GO UP TO ABOUT 150,000. SO THEY'RE GONNA BE BUILDING ONLY $500, 500 HOMES PER YEAR. AND THE ISSUE THAT THEY'RE HAVING IS JOSHUA TREE AND NO ELECTRICITY. SO THAT, THAT POOR CITY, UH, WE HEARD ABOUT AN ISSUE THAT, I GUESS THEY HAVE IT IN VICTORVILLE. IT'S CALLED FIRE TRACKER. AND IT HAS TO DO WITH GUNSHOTS. SO THEY HAVE THESE LITTLE, UM, MONITORS THROUGHOUT THE CITY ON TOP OF A CITY LIGHT. AND IF SOMEBODY SHOOTS OFF A GUN GUNFIRE, IT CAN TRACK OR TRIANGULATE EXACTLY WHERE THE BULLET CAME FROM WITHIN [01:50:01] 15 FEET. SO I KNOW WE HAVE ISSUES IN CARBON CANYON ALL HERE, GUNSHOTS EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. IT'S NOT THAT EXPENSIVE, BUT IT'D BE SOMETHING MAYBE WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT. UM, I DO WANT TO SAY MR. R BENNETT, THIS PAST YEAR, MAYOR, GREAT JOB. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. RYAN. YOU'RE GONNA DO A HELL OF A JOB OR EXCUSE ME, A GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND THEN I JUST WANT TO WISH EVERYBODY HAPPY THANKSGIVING. AND THEN MY HEART GOES OUT TO THE FAMILY AND LITTLE SERRANOS THAT, UH, THEIR HOUSE BURNT DOWN. AND I WANT TO THANK THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR DOING A GREAT JOB AND OUR CITY STAFF AND MY HEART JUST GOES OUT TO THAT FAMILY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, BRIAN? YEAH, I'LL PIGGYBACK ON THAT. IT WAS NICE OR IT WAS VERY NICE TO SEE THE COMMUNITY STEP UP TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THAT FAMILY. I THINK 30 SAW WAS WHAT, 30? YEAH, OVER 30. LAST I SAW WAS 33,000. YEAH, THAT'S A LOT FOR A FAMILY THAT'S GOING THROUGH A BUNCH OF STUFF, ESPECIALLY BEFORE THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS. SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A CARING COMMUNITY AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF THE NICEST THINGS ABOUT LIVING HERE AS OUR RESIDENTS CARE ABOUT THEIR NEIGHBORS. UM, JUST TO TOUCH ON, HAD A WEST END MAYOR'S, UH, MEETING THAT I ATTENDED WITH BEN LAST WEEK, HOSTED, UH, BY ONTARIO. UM, THE, UH, DIRECTOR FOR CALTRANS WAS A SPEAKER, SO A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, COMPLAINTS FROM FONTANA ABOUT TRUCK TRAFFIC. OF COURSE, YEAH. SO THAT TOOK THE BULK OF THE MEETING AND THEN JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, UH, THANK MY COLLEAGUES. IT'LL BE NICE TO BE MAYOR IN A YEAR, GOD WILLING, WITHOUT COVID. SO, YOU KNOW, THE REDO. AND, UH, AND ALSO THANK ART FOR, FOR A WONDERFUL YEAR WITH HIM, YOU KNOW, STUDYING THE SHIP. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TONIGHT, BASICALLY, I WOULD JUST REITERATE ALL OF THE, THE, THE COMMENTS UP HERE. YOU KNOW, IT, IT BOILS DOWN TO THIS, WE HAVE A WONDERFUL CARING COMMUNITY AND, UH, IT IS SO GREAT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR TO KIND OF REFOCUS ON WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR OTHERS AND NOT SO MUCH, UH, WHAT YOU NEED OR THINK YOU WANT TO DO FOR YOURSELF. UH, WE ARE ALL BLESSED THAT WE LIVE IN THE, UH, WHAT I LIKE TO CALL THE BEVERLY HILLS OF THE 9 0 9. UH, WE HAVE A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY AND, UH, WE ARE BLESSED AND IT'S A TIME TO PUT THE, UH, GIVING INTO THANKSGIVING AND, UH, GIVE TO THOSE PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS AROUND YOU THAT ARE DRASTICALLY IN NEED. NONE THE LEAST OF WHICH ARE THE, UH, THE VICTIMS OF THAT EXPLOSION. UH, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT IT SEEMED TO BE MOSTLY COMBINED TO THE GARAGE AREA. HAD IT GOTTEN INTO THE RESIDENCE WITH EIGHT OR NINE PEOPLE IN THERE, UH, WE COULD HAVE HAD SOME DEATHS IN THAT AND INSTEAD OF JUST SOME REALLY BAD INJURIES. SO BE THANKFUL FOR THAT. KEEP THEM IN YOUR PRAYERS. KEEP EVERYONE IN PRAYERS. KEEP OUR NATION IN PRAYERS. WE KEEP GOING THROUGH A LOT OF GYMNASTICS AND, AND FINGER POINTING AND NAME CALLING. UH, AND IT IS NOT, UH, I THINK IN KEEPING WITH THE GREAT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THAT WE, MANY OF US WHO ARE OLDER, UH, GREW UP WITH, UH, THIS KIND OF CRAP WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN PERMITTED YEARS AGO. AND I'M JUST HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN GET BACK ON TRACK AND GIVE US OUR BEST NEW YEAR'S GIFT WE COULD POSSIBLY DO BY GETTING OUR ACTS TOGETHER AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND, UH, JUST BE THANKFUL, USE COMMON SENSE AND MAKE THIS REALLY A GREAT NATION ALL OVER AGAIN. UH, SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING [ 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.] TO, UH, READ A ADJOURNMENT TONIGHT. A SAD ONE. UH, THIS IS IN MEMORY OF RETIRED SERGEANT ENO LASSETER. UH, HE PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY AFTER AN UNEXPECTED BATTLE WITH, UH, CANCER SERGEANT LASTER SERVED THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT FOR 30 YEARS. HIS CAREER INCLUDED ASSIGNMENTS AT GLEN HELEN REHABILITATION CENTER, WEST VALLEY DETENTION CENTER, AND GANGS AND NARCOTICS TEAMS, AND THE CHINO HILLS AND RANCHO SUBSTATIONS. HE WAS PROMOTED TO DEFECT DETECTIVE IN 2008, SERVING IN THE SPECIALIZED ENFORCEMENT DIVISION AND EMPLOYEE RESOURCES, AND LATER PROMOTED TO SERGEANT IN 2013. IN THAT ROLE, HE PROUDLY SERVED IN CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY FROM 2015 TO 2019. HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS WARM PERSONALITY, FRIENDLY DEMEANOR AND UNWAVERING PROFESSIONALISM. ENO ALSO DEDICATED MANY YEARS TO THE SAN OR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, HONOR GUARD, UH, HONOR GUARD TEAM, AND RETIRED IN 2022. AFTER THREE DECADES OF COMMITTED SERVICE, ENO SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE RUTH, HIS THREE CHILDREN AND HIS FAMILY MEMBERS. HIS FAMILY IS IN OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS DURING THIS EXTREME DIFFICULTY AND TIME. AND WITH THAT, WE WILL ADJOURN TONIGHT'S MEETING AT 7 55. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.