* 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. [00:00:02] ALL [ 6:00 P.M. - CONVENE MEETING / ROLL CALL] RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED, UH, CITY OF CHINO HILL CITY COUNCIL MEETING. UM, MADAM CITY CLERK, ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. ALRIGHT, WE HAD TO DO ROLL CALL TO MAKE IT OFFICIAL. UH, WE'RE GONNA BE LED THIS, UH, THIS EVENING, UH, IN OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY VITA BROCK, AND TO BE FOLLOWED BY OUR INVOCATION FROM FATHER ELMER, FROM ST. PAUL, THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH. SO PLEASE RISE AND VITA, COME ON DOWN. [ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG] PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART. READY? BEGIN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION OVER GOD, INDIVISIBLE FOR LIBERTY, INJUSTICE FOR ALL. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU [ INVOCATION: Father Elmer Galiza, St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church] FATHER ELMER. GOOD DEAR FATHER AND OF THE SON OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE GATHER TONIGHT WITH GRATEFUL HEARTS FOR ALL THE BLESSINGS YOU HAVE BEEN SHOWERING UPON THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS. WE ASKED FOR YOUR WISDOM AND GUIDANCE UPON OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AS THEY MAKE DECISIONS TO SHAPE OUR COMMUNITY AND PLAN FOR ITS FUTURE. GRANT THEM OPEN MINDS AND COMPASSIONATE HEARTS, AND THE COURAGE TO ACT WITH FAIRNESS AND INTEGRITY. BLESS OUR CITY, MAYOR AND ITS COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF, AND EVERY RESIDENT OF JUNIOR HILLS AS THEY DISCUSS TONIGHT. AND LOOK AHEAD TO NEW PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES MADE THEIR WORK BE GUIDED BY RESPECT, VISION, AND SHARED COMMITMENT TO THE COMMON GOOD. HELP US TO SEEK UNDERSTANDING AND MOVE FORWARD IN UNITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL WHAT'S OVER OUR CITY AND ITS FUTURE ENDEAVORS, SAFEGUARDING OUR FAMILIES AND INSPIRING US TO WORK FOR HOPE, PROSPERITY AND PEACE. WE ASK FOR YOUR BLESSINGS UPON THIS MEETING, UPON ALL WHO ARE GATHERED HERE AND UPON EVERY PROGRAM THAT AIMS TO ENRICH AND UPLIFT OUR COMMUNITY IN THE DAYS TO COME. WE ASKED ALL THIS THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD. AMEN. OKAY, [4. HIGHLIGHTED VOLUNTEER - Ed Rau for volunteer service and hand in founding the Chino Hills Auxiliary Radio Team (CHART) ] OUR FIRST PRESENTATION THIS EVENING IS A HIGHLIGHTED VOLUNTEER ED RAO FOR VOLUNTEER SERVICE AND HANDHELD AND HA AND A HAND IN FOUNDING THE CHI CHINO HILLS AUXILIARY RADIO TEAM CHART. ED, WOULD YOU PLEASE, UH, JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM? ALL RIGHT. THIS IS THE FUN PART WHERE WE GET TO EMBARRASS YOU WITH HOW GREAT YOU ARE. UH, ED, IT'S A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU AS OUR HIGHLIGHTED. UH, VOLUNTEER ED WAS SELECTED FOR HIS COMMITTED DEDICATION TO SUPPORTING THE CITY'S EMERGENCY RADIO PREPAREDNESS EFFORTS AND HIS SERVICE THROUGH THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS AUXILIARY RADIO TEAM, KNOWN AS CHART. HE'S A 40 YEAR RESIDENT OF CHINO HILLS. HE VALUES BEING ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY, SPREADING AWARENESS ABOUT EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO BE INVOLVED. WHEN ASKED, UH, WHAT HE ENJOYS MOST ABOUT VOLUNTEERING, HE SHARED THAT HE, UH, LIKES WORKING ALONGSIDE HIS FELLOW CHART MEMBERS AND BUILDING THOSE LIFELONG RELATIONSHIPS AND FRIENDSHIPS. SO, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILL CITY COUNCIL, WE WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU. UM, AND THEN WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU MORE IMPORTANTLY. THANK YOU. PLEASE. UH, WE, BEFORE THE CITY WAS INCORPORATED, WHICH WAS ON DECEMBER 1ST, 1981, UH, D HALLICK AT THE TIME WAS D HALLICK AND JOHN VAN VEEN AND I MET AND DISCUSSED WHAT WE WANTED IN A WAY OF A RADIO GROUP. AND PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE DECIDED IS, IS WHAT EXISTS. WE ARE AVAILABLE TO HELP FOR ALL KINDS OF EMERGENCIES. I CALL 'EM THE BIG ONE. BIG ONES ARE JUST NOT EARTHQUAKES. THEY'RE FIRES, FLOODS, LANDSLIDES, TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, SCHOOL ISSUES. WE'RE HERE TO HELP THE SHERIFF. WE'RE HERE TO HELP THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND WE'RE OBVIOUSLY AVAILABLE FOR MUTUAL AID TO OTHER JURISDICTIONS. JUST AS OTHER JURISDICTIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR US WITH MUTUAL AID. WE ALSO ARE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY, NOT AS CHART, BUT AS A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WHO LIKE TALKING ON RADIOS. SO IF YOU NEED [00:05:02] A COUPLE OF PEOPLE TO HELP YOU OUT, JUST GET IN TOUCH WITH US AND WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP YOU. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT MORE ABOUT AMATEUR RADIO, UH, D WILL HAVE SOME CARDS THAT WE HAVE PREPARED. THEY HAVE CONTACT INFORMATION AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE CLASSES THAT WE OFFER AT THE WEST END AMATEUR RADIO GROUP. AND, UH, WE, WE DO NOT CHARGE FOR CLASSES. UH, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, GIVE IT A LOOK. UH, AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, THERE'S A PHONE NUMBER TO GIVE US A CALL. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, ED. YEAH, IF YOU'RE EVER INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT HAM RADIO, YOU NEED ALL SORTS OF FCC UH, LICENSES. SO THESE ARE THE GUYS I CAN TEACH YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD JOB, BUDDY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. [5. RECOGNITION - Chino Hills Junior All-American Mascots, Junior Micro and Junior Pee Wee Cheerleaders for earning placements in the 2025 Southern California Junior All American Cheer Competition and Junior Pee Wee Division I as the 2025 Super Bowl Champions] OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE A RECOGNITION OF THE CHINO HILLS JUNIOR, ALL AMERICAN MASCOTS, JUNIOR MICRO, AND JUNIOR PEEWEE CHEERLEADERS FOR EARNING PLACEMENTS IN THE 2025 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA JUNIOR ALL AMERICAN CHEER COMPETITION AND JUNIOR PEEWEE DIVISION ONE AS THE 2025 SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS. MARCUS, WOULD YOU PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM? THANK YOU. OH, HER PLEASURE. THESE ARE ALWAYS THE FUN EVENINGS WHERE WE'RE GONNA GET TO SEE ALL THE, ALL OF OUR, UH, OUR YOUNG FOLKS, UH, FOR, YOU KNOW, THE OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR THEM FOR ALL THAT THEY DO, UH, TO REPRESENT CHINO HILLS. WELL, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE CHINO HILLS JUNIOR ALL AMERICAN MAS MASCOTS AND THE JUNIOR MICRO JUNIOR PEEWEE CHEERLEADERS FOR THE SUCCESS, UH, THIS LAST SEASON. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, WE'RE ALL VERY PROUD OF YOU AND, UH, THE AMOUNT OF DEDICATION THAT YOU'VE PUT IN TO, TO REALLY BE CHAMPIONS. SO, CONGRATULATIONS. WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE EACH ONE OF YOUR GROUPS HERE TO WITH US TONIGHT AND TO INTRODUCE THE DIFFERENT GROUPS. I'M GONNA ASK, UH, CHAPTER PRESIDENT MARCUS WHITNEY TO, UH, DO THAT. SO THANK YOU. THERE WE GO. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME. UH, WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE CHAPTER. UH, MR. MAYOR. WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE THE HOSPITALITY AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR RECOGNIZING THE CHAPTER AND THE YOUTH, UM, IN THE, UH, CITY. AS YOU GUYS KNOW, FOOTBALL, UM, AND ANY SPORT AT THIS AGE IS VERY PIVOTAL, UM, AT THIS TIME OF LIFE AND HELP DEVELOPMENT. SO WE GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. UM, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, OUR FOOTBALL TEAM AND OUR CHEERLEADERS ALL COMPETED IN A, UH, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DIVISION. ONE, UH, SUPER BOWL THIS YEAR OUT IN BEAUMONT, AND THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL AND BECAME THE CHAMPIONS. AND WITH THAT COMES A, UH, CHAMPIONSHIP RING. AND SO THIS TIME, UH, MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH YOUR OWN CHAMPIONSHIP RING FOR THE 2025 FOOTBALL SEASON. THANK YOU. IT'S RIGHT THERE FOR YOU. PERFECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S ALWAYS FUN. YEAH. THANKFULLY IT'S FUN. EVERY YEAR. WE, WE WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU BACK. WE HAVE 'EM ON DISPLAY IN OUR CITY COUNCIL OFFICE. ALL RIGHT. SO KEEP, UH, KEEP 'EM COMING GUYS. . ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE, UH, CHEER COACHES FIRST AND BRING THE CHEERLEADERS UP. UH, WE HAVE COACH, UH, JULIANA BROCK, UM, COACH, UM, AUBREY VENA. UM, IF YOU GUYS LIKE TO COME DOWN, WE HAVE, UH, ONE COACH, UH, WHO'S NOT HERE TONIGHT. UM, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY MY DAUGHTER, UH, BRALY WHITNEY. SHE'S THE TRAINER FOR THE CREW THAT ACTUALLY, UM, THE GIRLS THAT WON THE, THE, UH, FIRST PLACE TROPHY, SHE'S ACTUALLY AT CHINO HOST HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT NOW, PRACTICING FOR THE STUNT TEAM AND DOING CHEERS OF HERSELF. SO, UH, SHE WASN'T ABLE TO BE HERE, BUT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE COACHES AND, UH, THE LADIES, YOU CAN INTRODUCE THE LADIES, PLEASE INTRODUCE, INTRODUCE THEM. I'LL COME ON. ONE OF YOU CAN HAVE, THEY'RE LIKE, STAND WITH YOU. OKAY. SO FIRST WE HAVE GIA B BRAHAM. SHE IS SIX YEARS OLD. YOU WANNA GO TO THE CENTER? SHE WAS PART OF OUR MASCOT GROUP. OH, THE WHOLE THING. I THINK WE INTRODUCE SOME AND THEN WE'LL GIVE THEM TO AT THE END. OKAY, PERFECT. SOUNDS GOOD. NEXT WE HAVE TAYLOR VENICE. SHE WAS PART OF OUR JUNIOR PEEWEE TEAM AND WE HAVE VIDA BRAHAM AT THE END OVER THERE. SHE'S ALSO PART OF OUR JUNIOR PEEWEE TEAM WHO WON FIRST PLACE AT THEIR COMPETITION. THANK, WE HAVE JAYLEN, SHE WAS PART OF OUR MASCOT TEAM AS WELL, WHO [00:10:01] PERFORMED. AND WE HAVE PAULINA WHO IS PART OF OUR JUNIOR MICRO WHO WON THIRD PLACE IN OUR DIVISION. DO WE WANNA DO EACH INDIVIDUAL OR EACH INDIVIDUAL? . OH, OKAY. AND YOU GUYS ARE BEGINNING A CERTIFICATE FROM THE CITY THEMSELVES. UH, FROM OUR STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER, OUR COUNTY SUPERVISOR. YOU GUYS ARE IMPORTANT PEOPLE. UH, FROM OUR MEMBER OF CONGRESS, NORMA TORRES, UH, CONGRESSWOMAN YOUNG KIM, GEEZ, WHAT ELSE? OH, STATE SENATOR. UH, KELLY STO. SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SOME STUFF TO PUT ON YOUR BRAG WALL ALONG WITH ALL THE TROPHIES. YES. I'LL TAKE THAT HERE. I'M JUST GONNA PUT THESE BEHIND YOU. WE CAN, WE CAN DO THAT NOW. WE'LL JUST DO IT HOWEVER WANT. ALRIGHT, SO, SO MUCH WINNING GUYS. MY GOODNESS. THIS WHAT COMES WITH SUCCESS. YEAH. CHAMPIONS. I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF COACHING THE JUNIOR PEEWEE WHO WON FIRST PLACE THIS YEAR, AND I'M SUPER PROUD OF ALL THE GIRLS ON OUR, OUR WHOLE GROUP. BUT THE SQUAD, UM, PLACING FIRST PLACE WAS PRETTY AWESOME. IT WAS, UM, THEY WORKED REALLY HARD. THEY WERE DEDICATED AND LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS OF PRACTICE AND GIGGLES AND EXCITEMENT AND STRESS AND, AND EVERYTHING. SO, UM, TAYLOR, MY DAUGHTER AND THEN VIDA, HER DAUGHTER, THEY WERE PART OF THE JUNIOR PEEWEE, SO I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THEM. BUT ALL THESE YOUNG LADIES HERE, PAULINA, WAS ON OUR GAME SQUAD AND, UM, BUT WE'RE JUST REALLY PROUD OF ALL THE GIRLS THAT CAME OUT AND THEY WORKED REALLY HARD THIS YEAR. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS REPORT FOR THE, WE WANT A CHAIR FOR FAMILY TO COME UP HERE. OH, SORRY. GOTTA TAKE A POKE NOTE. , THEN WE GOT ONE. BUT IF YOU COULD JUST LOOK ONE MORE. YES, YOUR HONOR. I'M OKAY. UM, NEXT WE HAVE THE FOOTBALL. SO PART OF OUR PROGRAM IS A CHEER AND A FOOTBALL PROGRAM, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER. UM, HERE TODAY WE HAVE OUR, UH, JUNIOR PB DIVISION ONE, UH, SQUAD WITH US. UM, THEY DIDN'T WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME THIS YEAR, SO WE'RE EXTREMELY PROUD OF THEM AND HAPPY THAT THEY'RE BEING HONORED TODAY. THIS TIME. I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE COACHES, UM, UP TO, UM, FOR THIS, UH, PRESENTATION. SO WE HAVE COACH DANNY MENDOZA, COACH MARCOS ANO AND COACH, UH, LARRY HATLEY, UH, OUR HEAD COACH, UH, ROBERT STOVL IS NOT HERE, HERE THIS EVENING [00:15:01] AND A FEW OTHER COACHES HAD TO WORK. UM, BUT UH, THEY WERE MADE A HUGE IMPACT IN, UH, LEADING THIS TEAM TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP AS WELL. SO WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE THE COACHES HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, SO WHY DON'T WE DO IT THIS WAY. WHY DON'T YOU CALL UP YOUR, UH, CALL UP, UH, YOUR TEAM AND WE CAN, EXCUSE ME, HAND THESE OUT AFTERWARDS. YEAH, SOUNDS GREAT. PERFECT. ALRIGHT. SO WHO WANTS TO WANNA CALL 'EM BY NAME? DO THE OWNER YEAH, CALL 'EM UP BY NAME. YEAH, CALL 'EM UP BY NAME. WE'LL COME UP, WE'LL TAKE A PHOTO. ALRIGHT. UH, ASHTON MORRIS. JOEY MACIA. ZOE BRINSON. GEORGE MALARA. NOW JAR OUR SUPER BOWL. MVP, JAMAL, UH, JAMEL, VENABLE, MASON, VANNA OSSIE, COLIN SMITH, LARRY HAT OR, UH, BRADLEY HATLEY. DYLAN STOVALL, ROYAL VEO, GARRETT BLOOM. LEVI CASTRO. THANK YOU. TOSCANO. LIAM LINDO, GEORGE BRAHAM , AND NATHAN MENDOZA. SO THESE BOYS FOUGHT HARD ALL SEASON. UM, IT WAS DEFINITELY A LONG SEASON FOR ALL OF THEM. UM, SUPER BOWL WAS, UH, WAS DEFINITELY TOUGH. UH, WE WENT DOWN 12 ZERO AT HALFTIME. THESE BOYS DIDN'T GIVE UP ONE ONE BIT. THEY CAME BACK, THEY, UH, THEY FOUGHT, UH, END UP PULLING OUT OUT THE SUPER BOWL WIN. UM, 12 TO 15. SO SUPER PROUD OF THESE BOYS. ALRIGHT, LET'S TAKE SOME PHOTOS. I THINK OUR, UH, HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS ARE GONNA BE STACKED, UH, IN, IN THAT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. YES, THEY ARE. GOOD JOB BOYS. YES, THEY'RE ALRIGHT. ALL WE'RE TWO ROWS. SO WE'LL GET TWO UP FRONT AND THEN BEFORE YOU SLIDE OVER AND THEN EVERYONE FROM HERE CAN JOIN THE SECOND ROW FRONT. AND THEN IF YOU'RE IN THE BACK TRYING IN BETWEEN TWO SHOULDERS SO WE CAN SEE YOUR FACES. ALRIGHT. AND COACHES GEORGIA AND JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, AS, AS THE MAYOR PEGGY IS TO THE PARENTS, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, CHILDREN INVOLVED IN SPORTS AND THERE'S A LOT OF EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS AND PRACTICES AND TOURNAMENTS AND SPORTING EQUIPMENT ISN'T CHEAP. SO THANK YOU FOR INVESTING IN THE KIDS. THIS IS GREAT TO SEE. GOOD JOB. SURE. ONE YOURS TOO, MR. MAYOR. OH, IT'S A GIVE IT BACK . I THINK ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING THINGS MR. MAYOR, IS THAT THESE YOUNG MEN BEAT, UH, CORONA IN THE SUPER IN THE SUPER BOWL, HAVING LOST HIM IN THE PREVIOUS SEASON. SO THEY CAME BACK AND ACTUALLY BEAT THE CROSSTOWN RIVAL CORONA, WHICH IS A BIG VICTORY FOR US. PERFECT. AND COME BACK FROM BEING DOWN AT HALF. YEP. THAT'S A GOOD JOB. SHOWS GOOD COACHING AND GOOD PERSEVERANCE. YES. KEEP IT UP GUYS. WE WANNA SEE YOU BACK NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS. WE CAN GO HOME AND DO HOMEWORK NOW. [00:20:07] THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THAT GOOD? YOU READY? OKAY. NEXT WE [ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT] HAVE THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT. THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR JOE'S COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT. THE COMMUNITY IS INVITED TO A FREE WRECK IN THE PARK EVENT ON FEBRUARY 7TH AT PINEHURST PARK TO LEARN ABOUT THE CITY SPRING RECREATION PROGRAMS AND ENJOY A FREE PAINTING ACTIVITY. STAFF WILL BE ONSITE FROM NINE TO 11:00 AM TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND THE INTRODUCTORY PAINTING SESSION WILL BE BROKEN INTO TWO 30 MINUTE SESSIONS STARTING AT 9:30 AM AND 10:30 AM SEPARATE PAINTING CLASSES WILL BE OFFERED FOR BOTH ADULTS AND CHILDREN, AND REQUIRED ART SUPPLIES WILL BE PROVIDED AS THE NEW YEAR BEGINS. NOW IS THE TIME TO INSPECT YOUR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS KIT TO ENSURE YOUR PREPARED FOR THE YEAR AHEAD. USE THIS TIME TO RESTOCK ANY ITEMS TO HAVE 72 OF 72 HOURS OF SUPPLIES ON HAND OF FOOD AND WATER, FLASHLIGHTS, BATTERIES, AND MEDICATION. AND TO VERIFY EXPIRATION DATES AND TEST ALL DEVICES. THE CITY HAS MANY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS RESOURCES AVAILABLE ONLINE, INCLUDING A RECORDING OF THE MOST RECENT EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS WORKSHOP, WHICH HAS TIPS TO PREPARE FOR WILDFIRES OR EXTENDED OUTAGES AND STEPS YOU CAN TAKE NOW TO MITIGATE FIRE RISKS AND HARDEN YOUR HOME. VISIT CHINO HILLS.ORG/EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FOR MORE INFORMATION. AND LASTLY, AS A REMINDER, WASTE MANAGEMENT WILL BE IMPLEMENTING CHANGES TO TRASH COLLECTION ROUTES WHICH GO INTO EFFECT THIS COMING MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND. IF YOUR TRASH DAY IS CHANGING, YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED DIRECTLY BY WASTE MANAGEMENT. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PIO REPORT AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, NICOLE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR PIO? ALL RIGHT. CNN HEARING NONE, WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO ANY ANNOUNCEMENT OR ANY ACTIONS [ ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION] TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION. ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO REPORTABLE ACTION TAKEN, MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. ALRIGHT, NOW WE ARE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS [6. PUBLIC COMMENTS: At this time members of the public may address the City Council regarding any item appearing on the agenda, except that testimony on Public Hearing items must be provided during those hearings. Those persons wishing to address the City Council must complete and submit to the Deputy City Clerk a "Request to Speak" card available at the entrance to the City Council Chambers. Comments will be limited to a maximum of three minutes per speaker. The time allotted per person may vary depending on the total number of speaker cards received. This comment period will generally be limited to 30 minutes per meeting, so not all members of the public may have the opportunity to speak at every council meeting.] FOR ITEMS AT THIS TIME. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEM APPEARING ON THE AGENDA, EXCEPT THAT TESTIMONY ON PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS, WHICH WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT, MUST BE HEARD DURING THOSE HEARINGS. THOSE PERSONS WISHING TO SPEAK, UH, TO THE CITY COUNCIL, MUST COMPLETE A FORM AND SUBMIT IT TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK. YOU KNOW, I, WE REQUEST A SPEAK CARD. IT'S AVAILABLE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CURRENTLY HAVE NO PUBLIC SPEAKERS. ALL RIGHT. THEN WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO CONFLICT [ CONFLICT OF INTEREST / LEVINE ACT ANNOUNCEMENTS: Council Member abstentions or disclosures shall be stated at this time for recordation on the appropriate item.] OF INTEREST, UH, LEVI ACT ANNOUNCEMENTS. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT? NOPE. NOPE. OKAY. MOVING ON THE CONSENT [ CONSENT CALENDAR (6 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.] CALENDAR, WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO PULL ANY OF THE ITEMS P SEVEN THROUGH 12? I HAVE NOTHING TO PULL. NONE. ALRIGHT, WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE A MOTION BY SECOND, CYNTHIA. AND I'LL SECOND A SECOND BY ARC. LOCK IN YOUR VOTES. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. PERFECT. OKAY, WE'RE MOVING ON TO OUR DISCUSSION [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; 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; and appropriate $60,000 from General Fund for additional cubicle work] CALENDAR. WE HAVE ITEM 13 TO REVIEW AND UPDATE, UH, US, UH, REGARDING THE CITY HALL FIRE EMERGENCY DECLARATION SHORT TIME BIRTH. MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THAT INTRODUCTION. UH, ROUGHLY SEVEN MONTHS AGO, THE CITY EXPERIENCED A FIRE AND, UH, WATER DAMAGE, UH, FROM THE FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM, UH, UH, ON JULY 8TH. FOLLOWING THE, UH, THE FIRE, THE COUNCIL TOOK AN EMERGENCY ACTION AND DECLARED, UH, A LOCAL EMERGENCY SO THAT WE COULD MORE QUICKLY, UH, RESTORE THE, UH, CITY HALL, UH, DAMAGED AREAS. UH, WE HAVE AT EVERY SUBSEQUENT PUBLIC MEETING, WE'VE BEEN UPDATING THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC ON, UH, THE PROGRESS TOWARD, UH, FULL, UH, RECOVERY FROM THE FIRE. UH, OVER THE DECEMBER, UH, TIMEFRAME, STAFF WORK VERY DILIGENTLY WITH, UH, OUR IDENTIFIED CON, UH, CON CONSTRUCTION CONSULTANTS TO FINALIZE, UH, THE REPAIR SCOPE, UH, FOR OUR INITIAL, UH, ESTIMATE WAS THAT THE PROJECT WOULD ULTIMATELY COST ROUGHLY $4.5 MILLION. UH, HOWEVER, THE SCOPE HAS, UH, INCREASED AFTER THE DUE DILIGENCE OF STAFF LOOKING AT ALL THE AREAS THAT NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. AND ONE OF THE BIG AREAS WHERE THE CHANGES HAVE OCCURRED ARE ALL OF THE COUNTERTOP AREAS WHERE WE'VE HAD DAMAGE. UH, AND THIS IS GOING TO REQUIRE A FULL REMOVAL AND RECONSTRUCTION. WE'RE, [00:25:01] WE'RE ESSENTIALLY TALKING ABOUT 188 LINEAR FEET. UH, THESE ARE THE COUNTERS AT, UH, WHERE WE SERVE THE PUBLIC IN OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AREA, IN OUR RECREATION AREA HERE IN CITY HALL. ALSO THE CITY CLERK, CODE ENFORCEMENT AREAS, ALL OF THOSE CABINETRY, UH, DRAWERS, ALL OF IT HAS TO BE, UH, REPLACED DUE TO WATER DAMAGE. UH, AND WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS THAT THE COST OF THAT FULL REPAIR IS INCREASING. UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY THAT THE ESTIMATE WE MADE EARLY ON, UH, WAS, UH, BEFORE WE KNEW, UH, ALL OF THE, THE ITEMS THAT NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. UH, WHAT'S FORTUNATE THOUGH IS THAT WE HAVE INSURANCE COVERAGE. WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT EVEN THOUGH THE PROJECT COST IS GOING UP, THAT THE CITY'S EXPOSURE OR THE COST INCURRED BY THE CITY WILL GO UP. UH, THERE IS IN THE, UH, STAFF REPORT A $60,000, UH, INCREASE TO, UH, THE BUDGET SO THAT WE CAN PAY FOR A VARIETY OF ITEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS. BUT I THINK WHEN WE LOOK AT THE $900,000 OF INCREASE, THAT'S STILL GOING TO BE COVERED, UH, BY OUR INSURANCE COMPANY. UM, AND THAT'S, UH, ESSENTIALLY IT, WE HAVE TO BRING THIS BACK TO THE COUNCIL, UH, SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE A VOTE TO CONTINUE THE, UH, UH, THE, UH, LOCAL EMERGENCY. ORIGINALLY WE ANTICIPATED THAT WE WOULD, UH, TAKE THIS ACTION UNTIL WE EXECUTED THE CONTRACTS FOR THE FULL WORK. UH, OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, WE'LL PROBABLY CONTINUE TO BRING THIS BACK TO THE COUNCIL UNTIL ALL OF THE WORK IS COMPLETED SO THAT IT'LL ALL BE COVERED, UH, UNDER THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION. AND WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN UP TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNSEL MAY HAVE. MR. VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. UM, I THINK YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION, BUT I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM WITH YOU. THE INITIAL BID, I THOUGHT, OR THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WAS 4.5 MILLION. THAT'S CORRECT. AND HE SHOT UP TO 5.4? YES. SO THE DIFFERENCE IS 900,000. YES. THAT 900,000 ISN'T COMING FROM THE GENERAL BUDGET, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. IT'S COVERED BY INSURANCE. WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT APPROXIMATELY WHAT IT'S GONNA COST THE CITY? WE HAVE A ROUGH IDEA YET. DO YOU RECALL IT? IT 48,000 IS THE LATEST. THAT'S AMAZING. YEAH. THAT IS AMAZING. AND THEN, DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE WHEN THIS ALL THOSE WORK SHOULD BE DONE ROUGHLY? I BELIEVE I KNOW THAT, UH, JARED MANUEL WAS IN THE, YOU WANT TO THROW ME UP? APRIL? APRIL IS THE ESTIMATED COMPLETION TIMEFRAME. JUST CONGRATULATIONS. GREAT JOB. YEP. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. AND WITH THAT WE NEED A VOTE FROM THE COUNCIL. ALRIGHT. CAN I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? I'LL MOVE IT. A MOTION BY THE VICE MAYOR, UH, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, UH, WE [14. Introduce ordinance amending nonconforming uses, structures and parcels entitled: “An Ordinance of the City of Chino Hills, Amending Chapter 16.82 - Nonconforming Uses, Structures, and Parcels (MCA-0003-2025) of the Chino Hills Municipal Code, Revising the City's Requirements for Use, Repair and Replacement of Nonconforming Structures and Uses and Amortizing Certain Nonconforming Uses and Structures, and Finding the Same to be Exempt from the Provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act” for first reading by title only and waive further reading] HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. THIS PORTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA IS FOR ALL MATTERS THAT LEGALLY REQUIRE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC INPUT. PLEASE, UH, COMPLETE AND SUBMIT A SPEAKER CARD TO THE CITY CLERK. COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES, AND WE HAVE ITEM 14, INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING NON-CONFORMING USES STRUCTURES AND PARCELS. I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. NICK. THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS TONIGHT. STAFF IS PRESENTING TO COUNCIL AN ORDINANCE THAT WILL COMPREHENSIVELY UPDATE THE CITY'S EXISTING REGULATIONS FOR NON-CONFORMING USES AND STRUCTURES. A NON-CONFORMING USE IS A LAND USE THAT WAS LEGALLY ESTABLISHED AT SOME POINT IN THE PAST, BUT NO LONGER CONFORMS TO THE USE REGULATIONS THAT ARE CONTAINED IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE. LIKEWISE, A NON-CONFORMING STRUCTURE IS A BUILDING THAT WAS LEGALLY CONSTRUCTED BUT NO LONGER MEETS CURRENT DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. AS AN EXAMPLE, HEIGHT RESTRICTION, SETBACKS, OR PARKING REQUIREMENTS. THE CITY'S CURRENT ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED IN 1995, WHILE A PORTION OF THE ORDINANCE WAS UPDATED IN 2013. THE ORDINANCE HAS NEVER BEEN COMPREHENSIVELY UPDATED. SO MANY PROVISIONS ARE OUTDATED AND DO NOT ALIGN WITH CURRENT CITY PROCEDURES. SOME OF THE CURRENT ORDINANCE PROVISIONS INCLUDE, UH, REGULATIONS, UM, SOLELY ON LEGAL NONCONFORMING USES AND STRUCTURES ALLOWING FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF A STRUCTURE THAT DOES NOT EXCEED 75% OF THE APPRAISED DAMAGE, UH, DUE TO A NATURAL MANMADE DISASTER, IT ALLOWS LEGAL NONCONFORMING USES TO CONTINUE PROVIDED THAT THERE'S NO EXPANSION OR INCREASE WITHOUT CITY AUTHORIZATION. IT ALSO PROVIDES THAT IF A NON-CONFORMING USE DIS IS DISCONTINUED FOR A PERIOD OF MORE THAN SIX MONTHS, THE USE MAY NOT RESUME IN THAT LOCATION. AND IT ESTABLISHES PROCEDURES FOR LEGAL NON-CONFORMING USERS STRUCTURES, UM, TO BE AMORTIZED. [00:30:01] UM, I SHOULD NOTE THAT, UH, AT BOTH TIMES, UM, 1995 AND 2013, THE CITY COUNCIL AT THAT TIME DID NOT ADOPT AN AMORTIZATION SCHEDULE. THE PROPOSED UPDATE TO THE ORDINANCE, UM, CLARIFIES THE, UM, REQUIREMENTS FOR PROPOSED, UM, EXPANSIONS OR CONTINUATIONS OR RECONSTRUCTION OF NON-CONFORMING USES AND STRUCTURES. UH, IMPORTANTLY THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE ALLOWS FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF A NON-CONFORMING RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE IF IT IS DAMAGED OR DESTROYED IN A DISASTER. THIS WOULD ALLOW RESIDENTS TO BUILD BACK, UH, AS WE SAY, THE HOME THAT THEY HAD BEFORE THE DISASTER, EVEN IF IT DIDN'T MEET CURRENT DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS. UH, THIS WOULD BE MOST APPLICABLE TO NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY THAT CONTAIN OLDER HOMES. UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, THE PLANNING COMMUNITY LEARNED AS, UH, WE WORKED THROUGH THE AFTERMATH OF THE EATON AND PALISADES FIRES IS THE, UM, NON-CONFORMING USE, UH, ORDINANCES IN THOSE JURISDICTIONS AS WELL AS MANY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PROVIDE FOR THE REQUIREMENT THAT, UM, ANY STRUCTURE, RESIDENTIAL OR NON-RESIDENTIAL WOULD NEED TO BE BUILT BACK TO THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, UM, EVEN IF IT WAS BUILT IN THE TWENTIES OR THIRTIES OR FORTIES. SO, UM, MANY CITIES HAVE BEEN RE-LOOKING AT THOSE PROVISIONS AS THEY APPLY TO RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES. SO THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE WOULD ALLOW FOR A HOME THAT DOES NOT MEET THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS TO BE BUILT BACK IF IT IS DAMAGED OR DESTROYED IN A NATURAL OR MANMADE DISASTER. THE, UM, THE PROPOSED, UH, ORDINANCE ALSO ESTABLISHES AMORTIZATION PERIODS FOR NON-CONFORMING USES. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT, UH, BETWEEN 2008 AND 2015, THE CITY WAS PROHIBITED BY STATE LAW FROM REQUIRING MASSAGE BUSINESSES TO OBTAIN A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT OR CUP, UH, WHICH IS A RELATIVELY COMMON REQUIREMENT IN CITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE. A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT ALLOWS THE CITY TO PUT REASONABLE, UH, RESTRICTIONS ON THE OPERATION OF A PARTICULAR, UH, FACILITY, UH, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE, UH, MASSAGE BUSINESSES. WHEN THAT STATE LAW EXPIRED IN 2015, UH, THE CITY WAS ALLOWED TO REQUIRE CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS, AGAIN FOR MASSAGE BUSINESSES. AND SO THERE ARE CURRENTLY FIVE MASSAGE, UH, BUSINESSES WITHIN THE CITY THAT WERE ESTABLISHED BEFORE OR DURING THE TIME THAT THE CUP REQUIREMENT WAS, UM, WAS, WAS PROHIBITED BY, UH, THE STATE. SO, UM, THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE WOULD ALLOW FOR AN AMORTIZATION OF TWO, TWO YEARS DURING WHICH TIME THE OWNERS OF THOSE BUSINESSES COULD APPLY FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT WITH THE CITY TO MAKE THEIR BUSINESS A LEGALLY CONFORMING LAND USE. ADDITIONALLY, UH, THERE IS A TRUCK RENTAL BUSINESS THAT HAS BEEN OPERATING AT A NEIGHBORHOOD MARKET IN THE CITY FOR MANY YEARS. UH, BUT TRUCK RENTAL IS NOT A PERMITTED USE WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ZONE. THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE WOULD PROVIDE A TWO YEAR AMORTIZATION PERIOD FOR TRUCK RENTAL BUSINESSES AS WELL. UM, HOWEVER, SINCE IT'S NOT A PERMITTED USE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ZONE, UH, THEY DO NOT HAVE THE OPTION OF APPLYING FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. SO AFTER THE TWO YEAR PERIOD, THE USE WOULD HAVE TO BE DISCONTINUED ENTIRELY AT THAT LOCATION UNLESS THE BUSINESS WAS ABLE TO REQUEST AN EXTENSION OF THE AMORTIZATION PERIOD BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. WHICH LEADS ME TO MY NEXT SLIDE, WHICH IS AS PART OF THIS ORDINANCE, UM, THAT'S NOT IN OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE. THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS AUTHORIZED TO GRANT EXTENSIONS OF AMORTIZATION, PERIOD. SO SOME OF THOSE FACTORS, UH, WOULD INCLUDE, UM, THE COST OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE PUT INTO THE LAND FOR THE BUSINESS, THE ADAPTABILITY OF THAT PARTICULAR BUSINESS TO A DIFFERENT LAND USE. UM, THE NATURE OF THE USE AND THE CHARACTER OF THE STRUCTURE WHERE IT'S LOCATED, UM, WHERE IT'S AT IN A PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD, IF THERE'S ANY, UM, POTENTIAL NEGATIVE SECONDARY EFFECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE AND THE AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT OR LENGTH OF TIME THAT THE USE HAS BEEN OPERATING. THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT THE [00:35:01] PLANNING COMMISSION CAN CONSIDER WHEN, UM, EVALUATING EXTENSION OF, UM, THE AMORTIZATION PERIOD FOR A SPECIFIC USE. ONE LAST COMPONENT THAT THE NEW ORDINANCE INCLUDES IS, UH, PROVISIONS DEALING WITH NON-CONFORMING PARCELS, UM, WHICH ARE NOT ADDRESSED IN OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE. A NON-CONFORMING PARCEL IS A, IS A LEGAL LOT THAT WAS CREATED, UM, BUT DOES NOT CONFORM TO THE STANDARDS FOR PARCELS IN THAT ZONE. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE MANY AREAS OF THE CITY THAT ARE DESIGNATED RURAL RESIDENTIAL. UM, THAT WAS A, UH, A CONTINUATION OF A, A ZONING, UH, REGULATION UNDER THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO THAT REQUIRES HALF ACRE LOTS, BUT THERE ARE AREAS WITHIN THAT ZONING DESIGNATION THAT HAVE 15,000 ACRE LOTS OR 10,000 ACRE LOTS. SO THOSE WOULD BE CONSIDERED NON-CONFORMING PARCELS. UM, THE, HOWEVER, BECAUSE THEY WERE LEGALLY CREATED, THEY ARE ALLOWED TO DEVELOP, UM, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE, UM, ALL OF THE ZONING REGULATIONS THAT WE HAVE TODAY. SO THIS CLARIFIES THAT JUST BECAUSE A PARCEL IS SMALLER THAN WHAT THE ZONE WOULD REQUIRE, IT'S STILL ALLOWED TO BE DEVELOPED AND HAS ALL THE RIGHTS, UH, FOR DEVELOPMENT. SO IN CONCLUSION, UM, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, RECEIVE PUBLIC TESTIMONY AS PUBLIC AS PART OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND OUR CURRENT REGULATIONS FOR NON-CONFORMING USES STRUCTURES AND PARCELS. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. OKAY, THANK YOU. I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, WE'LL TAKE TESTIMONY THEN BRING IT BACK FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. SO WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. ALRIGHT. WITH THAT I WILL, YES SIR. I DIDN'T FILL ANYTHING OUT. UH, JUST FILL IT OUT WHEN YOU'RE DONE. COME ON UP. WHAT'S YOUR NAME, SIR? I'M JOE SKILLFIELD. OKAY. MY WIFE OWNS, UH, JOJO MASSAGE. OKAY. ON, UH, CHINO HILL ON UH, GRAND AVENUE. AND, UH, I WAS HERE ON DECEMBER 16TH AND ADDRESSED THE, UH, FINDING COMMISSION, UH, ABOUT WHAT WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT AS FAR AS IF SHE APPLIED FOR THE CUP AND WAS DENIED FOR ANY REASON, UH, UH, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN AS FAR AS HER LEASE OBLIGATIONS AND, AND THAT KIND OF THING. AND IT COULD PUT A SEVERE HARDSHIP ON HER, UH, TO COMPLETE THE LEASE, UH, BECAUSE SHE'S PERSONALLY SIGNED ON IT AS WELL. UH, IN ADDITION TO THE FACT THAT, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, SHE PUT A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY INTO HER PURCHASING THE BUSINESS. AND EVEN THOUGH I HAD NOTES HERE TONIGHT FOR A CHANGE, I HEARD SOMETHING I HADN'T HEARD BEFORE THAT THIS ALL WAS, UH, BROUGHT ON BY A 2015 TIMELINE. IS THAT, DID I HEAR THAT CORRECT? YEAH. WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE STAFF ADDRESS YOUR QUESTIONS. OKAY. ALL THE BUSINESS THAT SHE BOUGHT, WE CAN TRACE IT BACK AS FAR AS, UH, 2014, SHE BOUGHT IT IN 2018. SO IT'S, IT IS BEEN THERE FOR 12 YEARS. UH, IN ANY EVENT, UH, SHE'S PAID TAXES ALL THESE YEARS AND, AND EMPLOYED PEOPLE AND PLAYED BY ALL THE RULES. I'D LIKE TO ASK THAT IF POSSIBLE, ANY, NOT ONLY HER BUSINESS, BUT ANYBODY THAT'S FALLS INTO THE CATEGORY THAT'S BEEN OVER FIVE YEARS, THAT THEY BE GRANDFATHERED IN AND NOT SUBJECT TO HAVING, UH, TO DO A CUP AND IF NOT, AT LEAST CARRIED THE AMATEURIZATION PERIOD OUT TO A PERIOD OF, UH, MAYBE, UH, FIVE YEARS IF POSSIBLE AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF RELEASE TO GIVE HER TIME TO RECOUP THE EXPENSE OF THE CUP. OKAY. GOT A QUESTION, MR. MAYOR? I COULD, SURE. CAN I, CAN I GET AN EXPLANATION? MAY, MAYBE I'LL ASK MY ATTORNEY ON THIS. SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE DO APPROVE THE TWO YEAR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND THEY HAVE A FOUR YEAR LEASE, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN? THEY CAN PETITION THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO ATTEMPT TO GET THE AMORTIZATION PERIOD EXTENDED. HE RAISED ISSUES ABOUT A LEASE, THE INVESTMENT IN THE PROPERTY OR THE PURCHASE OF THE BUSINESS. AND HE CAN, UH, HIS WIFE I, I GUESS IS THE OWNER OF THE BUSINESS CAN PETITION THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO TRY TO GET A LONGER PERIOD OF AMORTIZATION FOR THE OKAY. PERFECT. FOR THE BUSINESS. [00:40:01] AND THEN NICK, JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU. ON A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT ON MASSAGE PARLORS, HAVE WE EVER DENIED ONE? UH, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THE CITY HAS NOT DENIED A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, UH, FOR A MASSAGE BUSINESS. OKAY. THANK YOU. PERFECT. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU NO OTHER. ALRIGHT, WITH THAT I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MAY I BRING IT BACK FOR ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FOR MY COLLEAGUES, MR. BERG? SORRY MR. MAYOR, I KNOW YOU WANTED A FAST MEETING SO I APOLOGIZE. NO, YOU'RE GOOD, YOU'RE GOOD. YOU KICKED ME ALREADY TWICE NOW, SO WAIT FOR THE THIRD TIME. I KNOW. OUCH. OUCH. UM, REGARDING ADU ON NONCONFORMING PROPERTIES, I GOT TWO QUESTIONS. ADU, A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE BUILT, UM, ON WE HAVE SETBACKS, BUT IN A DU CAN GET CLOSER TO THE PROPERTY LINE, IS THAT AN ISSUE THERE? AND THEN ALSO THE SIZE OF THE LOT, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT HALF ACRE LOTS, IF IT'S SMALLER, COULD THEY ACTUALLY DIVIDE THAT ONE SB NINE AND BUILD UP TO FOUR UNITS? SO, UM, DEALING WITH THE, UH, THE A DU QUESTION, SO, SO THIS, UM, PROPOSED ORDINANCE WOULDN'T CHANGE ANYTHING, UH, WITH REGARDS TO A D REGULATIONS BECAUSE IT, IT DEALS WITH, UM, UH, THINGS THAT WERE, WERE BUILT, UH, LEGALLY, UM, BUT WOULD BE NON-CONFORMING. MOST OF THE RECENT LEGISLATION HAS, UM, ALLOWED FOR, UM, UH, UM, A MORE LIBERAL USE OF LOTS FOR ADUS, WHICH MAY IN SOME CASES ACTUALLY REMEDY NON-CONFORMING SITUATIONS BECAUSE THE SETBACKS CAN BE LESS SO. UM, SO THIS WOULDN'T IMPINGE ON SOMEBODY'S ABILITY TO BUILD AN A DU OR, OR, OR EVEN UM, UH, LEGALIZE AN A DU THAT MAY HAVE BEEN BUILT WITHOUT PERMITS, WHICH IS, WHICH IS OFTEN SOMETHING THAT WE WORK ON. AND THEN GOING BACK TO WHAT YOU JUST SAID, BUILT WITHOUT NECESSARY PERMITS, DO WE HAVE ANY OF THOSE PROPERTIES IN CHIN HILLS RIGHT NOW THAT, YOU KNOW? UM, SO, UM, THROUGH, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 10, UM, UH, THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT WERE, UH, CONSTRUCTED WITHOUT PERMITS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO GAIN COMPLIANCE. SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS, SO THEY'RE NOT GONNA MAKE THEM TERM 'EM OUT. RIGHT. PERFECT. THANK YOU. UM, THEN SECONDLY, IN TERMS OF THE, THE LOT QUESTION, UM, ANY LOT THAT'S ZONED FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, WHETHER IT'S FIVE ACRES OR 7,200 SQUARE FEET OR 6,000 SQUARE FEET IS ELIGIBLE TO UTILIZE SB NINE, UM, TO DO A, UH, A LOT SPLIT. UM, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, RESTRICTIONS IF IT'S ALREADY DEVELOPED WITH A HOUSE ON IT, BUT, BUT YES. OH, ANY SINGLE FAMILY LOT SB NINE WOULD APPLY TO. SO WHEN YOU DO SUBDIVIDED TO SAY TWO LOTS, WE CAN ACTUALLY BUILD UP TO FOUR UNITS, IS THAT CORRECT? TWO ON EACH. THERE, THERE IS A POTENTIAL TO DO THAT, UM, BUT THERE ARE SOME RESTRICTIONS IF IT ALREADY HAS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME ON THE LOT. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR MY COLLEAGUES? NO, THAT'S OKAY. OKAY, WITH THAT I'LL TAKE A MOTION. I'LL MOVE THE ITEM AND WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS. I'LL SECOND AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN. I GOT ONE LAST COMMENT. UM, REGARDING BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME, SUCH AS THE U-HAUL, I GUESS IT'S BEEN THERE SINCE, UH, BEFORE CITY HOOD, UM, IN LOS RONALDS MM-HMM . AND THEN ALSO BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN THERE, MASSAGE PAR PARS AND EXAMPLE. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM GRANDFATHERED IN, BUT APPARENTLY IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. BUT THAT'S JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION. AND THEN ALSO THE FACT THAT, UH, A BUSINESS THAT'S BEEN THERE PRIOR TO CITY HOOD AND NOW WE'RE GONNA DING THEM WITH A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH. SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. VOTE. WAITING FOR ART TO VOTE. TIP THE LOCK OFF. SORRY. MOTION CARRIES. FOUR ONE WITH COUN WITH VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ VOTING NO. ALRIGHT. AT THIS TIME WE'RE MOVING ON [ PUBLIC COMMENTS - NON-AGENDIZED ITEMS] TO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NONE NON AGENDIZED ITEMS. OH, THERE WE GO. SORRY. THANK YOU. YOU, UM, AT THIS TIME MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEMS WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF COUNCIL THAT DO NOT APPEAR ELSEWHERE ON THE AGENDA. PLEASE, UH, COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD. WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER, SUZETTE DANG WITH COUNTY SUPER FOURTH DISTRICT SUPERVISOR KURT HAGMAN'S OFFICE. SUZETTE. SOUNDS LIKE IT'S TIME FOR AN UPDATE. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR JOS, VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ, COUNCIL [00:45:01] MEMBER, CITY STAFF AND AUDIENCE MEMBERS. MY NAME IS SUZETTE D WITH YOUR FOURTH DISTRICT COUNTY SUPERVISOR, KURT HAGMAN'S OFFICE. UM, CONGRAT AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR HONOREES TONIGHT AND HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY MARY JO. OH, THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR HAGMAN IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FROM FOURTH DISTRICT RESIDENTS TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION AND SERVE THE COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COMMISSION. APPLICANTS MUST BE RESIDENTS OF THE FOURTH DISTRICT, WHICH INCLUDES CHINO, CHINO HILLS, MONTCLAIR, ONTARIO, AND UPLAND GENERALLY SOUTH OF THE 14TH STREET, AS WELL AS THE IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING UNINCORPORATED AREAS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS OR TO APPLY, SCAN THE QR CODE ON THE FLYER, WHICH IS ON THE IS IN THE HALLWAY. OR CALL 9 0 9 3 8 7 3 9 6 1. AGAIN, 9 0 9 3 8 7 3 9 6 1. AND DON'T FORGET TO SIGN UP FOR SUPERVISOR HAGMAN'S NEWSLETTER TO STAY UP TO DATE ON COUNTY EVENTS AND UH, UPDATES. YOU CAN ALSO CONTACT OUR DISTRICT OFFICE AT 9 0 9 4 6 5 5 2 6 5. AND THAT IS IT FOR TONIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I THINK WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, WELL THAT WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO [ SAFETY UPDATES - Fire and Police] SAFETY UPDATES CHIEF AL? YES, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. UH, CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES ON FIRE STATION 68 NOW THAT THE RAIN HAS SUBSIDED AND UH, UH, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROGRESS THERE. ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE IN THE CURRENT PROCESS OF RECRUITING FOR FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC VACANCIES AND THAT'S UNDERWAY THIS WEEK. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU JEREMY. ANY QUESTIONS? CHIEF? QUICK QUESTION. WITH ALL THE RAIN THAT WE'RE GETTING, OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE BRUSH. IS THAT A CONCERN THAT WE HAVE AND WHAT ARE WE GONNA BE DOING ABOUT IT? YEAH, THANKS FOR THE QUESTION SIR. UM, LIVING IN A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY COMES WITH CERTAIN BENEFITS AND ALSO CERTAIN CHALLENGES, RIGHT? SO AS WE'VE SEEN AS MORE RAIN COMES, WE HAVE MORE EVOLUTION OF THE GRASS CROP AS WE CALL IT. REALLY THANKFUL THAT WE WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THE CITY AND OUR ACTIVE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT. UM, AND WE HAVE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP THERE AND WE JUST ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO, UH, BE WARY OF AS THEIR GRASS GROWS. IF IT'S IN THOSE OPEN AREAS, THEY'LL NEED TO BE, UH, MITIGATING THAT. AND WE HAVE LOTS OF CORRESPONDENCE BACK AND FORTH FROM THE FIRE DISTRICT IN, IN, UH, COOPERATION WITH THE CITY. SO AS A GENERAL RULE, YES, THE MORE RAIN WE HAVE, WE CAN EXPECT A HIGHER GRASS CROP AND THEN WE'LL EXPECT PEOPLE TO, UH, ACTIVELY MITIGATE THOSE VEGETATION CONCERNS. ONE OTHER FOLLOW UP QUESTION REGARDING THE STATE PARK. ARE WE COMMUNICATING WITH THE STATE AT ALL REGARDING THE STATE PARK, THE VEGETATION? AS I UNDERSTAND THERE'S ONGOING COMMUNICATION WITH THE STATE PARK, UH, BOTH WITH THE CITY AND THE FIRE DISTRICT IN UH, LOOKING AT SOLUTIONS FOR LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS THERE. I KNOW YOU EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY QUITE A BIT. SO READY, SET, GO. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT? ABSOLUTELY. READY, SET GO IS A PROGRAM THAT'S DESIGNED TO REALLY MAKE IT TANGIBLE THAT IN THE EVENT THAT WE HAVE A WILDFIRE, WE OBVIOUSLY WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS TO COORDINATE ANY EVACUATIONS THAT MAY BE, UH, REQUIRED. SO READY IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD DO AHEAD OF TIME TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ALL YOUR VALUABLES THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE, UH, IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS SET WOULD BE THE NEXT STEP. AND IN CASE THAT WE MIGHT NEED TO ISSUE AN EVACUATION WARNING THAT WOULD BE COMMUNICATED BACK THROUGH, UH, THE COMMUNITY BACK TO OUR RESIDENTS TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT. THAT, UM, AS THE FIRE PROGRESSES, WE MAY NEED TO ADVANCE TO THE THIRD STEP, WHICH WOULD BE GO IN WHICH WE WOULD BE ISSUING AGAIN WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS, AN EVACUATION ORDER. AND AGAIN, THAT'S A LEGAL ORDER FOR PEOPLE TO EVACUATE THE AREA SO THAT WE CAN ALLOW NOT ONLY THEIR SAFETY, BUT ACCESS FOR FIRE PERSONNEL. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, CHIEF. YOU'RE WELCOME. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU CHIEF GERARD. THANK YOU. AND GOOD EVENING. HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF AND RESIDENTS AND ATTENDANCE. ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 23RD, DEPUTIES FROM THE CHIN HILLS POLICE STATION, ALONG WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT'S HOMELESS OUTREACH PROACTIVE ENFORCEMENT TEAM, OR HOPE, UH, AND BOTH CHINO HILLS AND COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT CONDUCTED OPERATION SHELTER ME IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS AND SURROUNDING UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. THE INTENT OF THE OPERATION WAS TO CONTACT UNHOUSED RESIDENTS WITH RESOURCES RELATED TO HOUSING AND MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, WHILE ADDRESSING COMMUNITY SAFETY CONCERNS DURING THE OPERATION. 50 INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR GATHERING IN AREAS FREQUENTED BY THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WERE CONTACTED. 11 OF THOSE CONTACTED INDIVIDUALS ACCEPTED REFERRAL INFORMATION TO ASSIST ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS WHILE THE REST REFUSED ASSISTANCE. UH, 15 INDIVIDUALS WERE ARRESTED ON CRIMINAL CHARGES, INCLUDING OUTSTANDING WARRANTS, NARCOTICS VIOLATIONS, AND TRESPASSING. AND OF THOSE ARRESTED, SIX WERE CONTACTED IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS AND NINE IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA. THE CHINOS POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO WORK COLLABOR COLLABORATIVELY WITH COUNTY AGENCIES TO ADDRESS THE HOMELESS ISSUE AND OFFER RESOURCES TO THOSE IN NEED. UH, THE OPERATION WAS [00:50:01] MADE POSSIBLE BY COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY CONCERNS FUNDING APPROVED BY THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. THANK YOU. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU, CHIEF. ANY QUESTIONS? SORRY MR. MAYOR. NO, NO, NO. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR. UM, REAL FAST, SIR. I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU. UM, THE OTHER DAY, I, I GOT WOKEN UP BY MY DOG, SAMMY, AND, UH, IT WAS ABOUT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. HE WAS GROWLING, BARKING, AND, UM, I HEARD LIKE A NOISE, UH, A DRILL NOISE. SO I GOT OUT OF, WOKE UP, WALKED OUTSIDE, LOOKED DOWN BELOW, I COULD SEE A WHITE VAN. SO I CALLED 9 1 1 AND WITHIN FOUR OR FIVE MINUTES, UH, THE VAN DID TAKE OFF AND YOU CAUGHT HIM THERE ON, UH, CHINO HILLS PARK, WHICH IS OFF OF CARBON CANYON. WHEN YOU STOPPED HIM, APPARENTLY HE HAD SOME, SOME WIRE IN HIS VAN. AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU, UH, THANK SERGEANT MARTINEZ, UH, FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DID. YOU GUYS ARE SO PROFESSIONAL AND YOU TAKE, YOU REALLY WATCH OUT FOR A CITY. AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PERFECT. GREAT. ALL RIGHT. UH, WITH THAT CITY MANAGER UPDATE, [ CITY MANAGER UPDATES] MAYOR, I HAVE NOTHING TO ADD TONIGHT. OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL MOVE ON TO COUNCIL REPORTS, [ COUNCIL REPORTS Mayor Johsz West Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District Board Vice Mayor Marquez San Bernardino County Transportation Authority General Policy Committee Council Member Bennett Chino Valley Fire District Board Chino Valley Unified School District Board Council Member Rogers Water Facilities Authority Board ] UH, FOR WEST VALLEY MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT BOARD, PRETTY MUNDANE MEETING, YOU KNOW, UPDATES TO ANNUAL POLICY STUFF FOR THE NEW YEAR. UH, VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UM, I DID ATTEND A COUPLE MEETINGS, SBCT, A GENERAL POLICY COMMITTEE. IT WAS A VERY SHORT MEETING. WE DID AN EVALUATION ON OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CLAIRE. UH, CARRIE SCHINDLER, DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB. WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH HER PERFORMANCE. THIS LA LAST SIX MONTHS, UH, WE HAD A, A MEETING ON MEASURE I WE WENT OVER, UH, WE'RE SETTING DATES FOR, FOR MEETINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE'RE GONNA DO A LOT OF POLLING FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND MEASURE RISE IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE ONE HALF SALES TAX THAT WE HAVE UNTIL 2030, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO GET IT TO 2040 AND BEYOND BECAUSE A LOT OF MEASURES THAT WE HAVE, UM, THAT WE BORROW MONEY, UM, WE JUST NEED A LONGER TIME TO REPAY IT. SO IT'S HALF SINCE SALES TAX. WE'RE GONNA MAKE A FINAL DETERMINATION IN APRIL TO SEE IF WE PUT IT ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER. THANK YOU, SIR. THOSE PLEASE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT. UH, YES, WITH RESPECT TO THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT, UH, THE MEETING WAS, UH, FULL OF SERVICE AWARDS. UH, WE HAD, UH, FIVE DIFFERENT, UH, 10 YEAR AWARDS. CAPTAIN NATHAN BROOKS, CAPTAIN MATT ROBINSON, FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC, CHARLES 80 AND FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC, BLAKE LEMKE AND FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC MIGUEL LOPEZ. WE ALSO RECOGNIZE, UH, BADGE PAINTING AND PROMOTIONS FOR CAPTAIN, UH, NATHAN BROOKS, UH, CAPTAIN MATT ROBERTSON AND ENGINEER NICK GRAY. UH, ESSENTIALLY THAT WAS THE, UH, THE MAIN ITEMS. BUT I DO WANT TO, UH, THANK, UH, BOARD PRESIDENT MIKE KRIEGER AND, UH, DIRECTOR, UH, SARAH ROBOS GER FOR BEING IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THAT ENDS MY REPORTS FOR FIRE DISTRICT. UH, THE CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS THE SAME DAY AS OUR, OUR WORKSHOP THAT WE HAD RECENTLY, SO I WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THAT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS? YES, JUST A QUICK MEETING. WWFA OR WATER FACILITIES AUTHORITY, WHICH IS OUR STATE WATER, IT COMES DOWN AS DISTRIBUTED TO THE RESIDENTS. VERY QUICK MEETING. WE HAD A MID-YEAR BUDGET AMENDMENT, UH, FOR FISCAL YEAR 25, 26. SO, AND WE INCREASED THE BUDGET BY ANOTHER $78,000 AND OUR OVERALL OVERALL BUDGET IS $42 MILLION. SO THAT WAS IT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, SIR. COUNCIL [ COUNCIL COMMENTS] COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER MAR, UH, JUST ONE QUICK COMMENT. UM, IT WAS ALREADY BROUGHT UP, BUT, UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY GREAT JOB WITH STAFF PUTTING TOGETHER OUR GOAL SETTING WORKSHOP. BUT TO MY COLLEAGUES, I THINK WE HAD SOME VERY, UM, ROBUST CONVERSATION, A GREAT EXCHANGE OF IDEAS, AND, UM, SOMETIMES PEOPLE HEAR ABOUT THESE GOAL SETTING WORKSHOPS AND KIND OF JUST KIND OF BRUSH IT ASIDE. BUT I REALLY FEEL THAT WE GOT A LOT ACCOMPLISHED AND, UM, HOPEFULLY I ALSO, I DON'T KNOW, I LIKE TO SEE IT HAPPEN EVERY YEAR VERSUS EVERY OTHER YEAR. BUT, UM, GREAT JOB. SOME COMMENTS FOR TONIGHT. VERY GOOD, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS? YES, A COUPLE THINGS. AGAIN, SAME THING, GOAL SETTING. UH, THANK YOU. THE CITY HOST OF THE GOAL SETTING WORKSHOP ON JANUARY 15TH. THANK YOU TO STAFF AND THANK YOU TO OUR FACILITATOR JAN PERKINS. VERY PROFESSIONAL JOB. THIS WAS THE SECOND ONE THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND IT'S, UH, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. IT WAS A WONDERFUL TIME. WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT MAKES CHINO HILLS SPECIAL, SUCH AS THE OPEN SPACE AND SENSE OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY. AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT SETTING GOALS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. SO THAT WAS A VERY, THAT FIVE HOUR, UH, WORKSHOP WAS, WAS, UH, VERY REWARDING, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE THAT WERE IN ATTENDANCE. AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CHINO HOST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AT AN EVENT THAT TOOK PLACE LAST WEEK, HAVING TO DO WITH HONORING, UH, BILL [00:55:01] HUGHES, OUR INDIVIDUAL THAT HAD BEEN AT THE CITY SINCE THE 1960S OR SEVENTIES. HE'S BEEN A, AND HE WAS THE TRUSTEE FOR THE MCCOY ESTATE. HE WAS ON THE FOUNDATION BOARD FOR ITS WHOLE LIFE, WHICH IS ABOUT 17 YEARS. HE PASSED AWAY FAIRLY RECENTLY, ABOUT A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF AGO. AND WE, WE NAMED THE CITY NAMED THE MAIN ARENA AFTER BILL HUGHES. SO WE HAD A WONDERFUL GATHERING. UH, MARYANNE HUGHES, UH, HIS WIFE, UH, HAD SOME WONDERFUL WORDS TO SAY ABOUT BILL AND JUST THE HERITAGE OF THE EQUESTRIAN COMMUNITY. AND WE, UH, HONORED THEM WITH BILL WITH A, A SIGN THAT SHOWS, UH, BILL HUGHES ARENA AND THAT WAS FUNDED BY THE CHINOS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION. SO ALL GOOD. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT? UH, NOTHING TONIGHT. ALRIGHT. VICE MAYOR MARETTE. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. APPRECIATE THAT. UM, I ATTENDED THE SCAG LEGISLATIVE COMMUNICATION AND MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE MEETING. WE TALKED ABOUT SACRAMENTO. WE'RE GONNA BE TAKING A LEGISLATIVE TRIP UP THERE. TOPICS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DIS STU DISCUSSING WITH OUR LEGISLATORS ARE REAP ONE HOUSING DENSITY AND THEN THE ARENA PROCESS. UM, THE ARENA WILL START THIS SUMMER CYCLE NUMBER SEVEN. UM, BUDGET. UH, WE WERE GIVEN AN UPDATE. IT'S A $3 BILLION DEFICIT AND THIS IS PER THE GOVERNOR. UH, THE LAO'S OFFICE IS TALKING ANYWHERE BETWEEN 30 TO $40 BILLION DEFICIT. UH, THE RAINY DAY FUND THAT WE DO HAVE IS 19 BILLION PROBABLY AFTER THIS YEAR, THAT WILL BE GONE. UM, I GOT A CALL FROM WILL FLEET, THE PUBLISHER OF THE CHINO CHAMPION. I MET WITH HIM FOR LUNCH. AND HIS MAIN CONCERN OR ISSUE OR INFORMATION THAT HE WANTED WAS TRANSPORTATION IN THE REGION. HE WILL BE ATTENDING A S SCAG MEETING WITH ME, AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE THE TRAIN, UM, TOUR OF WEST COAST ARBORISTS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN THERE YET. UM, I DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO GO. I GOT A CALL FROM, UH, PHIL CHIN'S OFFICE. UH, ALLIE CALLED ME AND SAID, HEY, I'M GONNA GO, COME WITH ME. SO AT THE LAST MINUTE HE BACKED OUT. SO I GOT STUCK. SO I DID GO AND I WASN'T REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, IT WAS SUCH A GREAT TOUR. I, THERE WAS A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION. UM, I DID GET THE FINAL COUNT OF ALL THE TREES BECAUSE THEY HAVE GPS. SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE 45,195 TREES IN OPEN SPACE. WE HAVE 38,000 TREES. THE VALUE OF ALL, ALL OUR TREES IN CHINO HILLS IS VALUED AT $161 MILLION. OAK TREES. WE ACTUALLY HAVE 600, 800, 6,832 TREES IN OUR CITY. ALSO, THE NUMBER ONE OAK TREE THAT WE HAVE IS, UH, COAST LIVE OAK. AND, UH, THAT'S THAT. ALSO THE BOY SCOUTS THEY WERE WITH, WE HAD AN UPTICK OF PEOPLE WALKING OUR TRAILS, UM, EUCALYPTUS TRAIL. AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF PEOPLE THROWING TRASH. OUR BOY SCOUTS WERE OUT THERE PICKING UP THE TRASH. I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE BOY SCOUTS AND THEN CAL CITIES. I ATTENDED THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING. UH, WE WENT OVER THE EXISTING POLICY AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES. WE CAME UP WITH A, A WORK PLAN FOR 2026. AND, UM, THAT'S MY REPORT, SIR. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. AND I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS. I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE OUR CHINO VALLEY FIREFIGHTERS FOR WINNING, UH, THE CHARITY SOFTBALL GAME AGAINST, UH, THE WILEY ONTARIO FIREFIGHTERS. IT WAS A, UM, CHARITY SOFTBALL GAME HELD AT BLD AND THEY RAISED MONEY FOR BOTH, UH, AGENCIES, FIRE FOUNDATION. SO IT WAS, IT WAS A FUN TIME TO SEE THE GUYS WERE REALLY GETTING INTO IT. AND THEN, UM, UH, I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE 55 PLUS CLUB FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK LAST WEEK. JUST KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY AND THE VISION FOR THE FUTURE. SO IT WAS FUN. IT, IT'S A BIG CROWD OF PEOPLE, SO IT'S GOOD TO HAVE CITIZENS THAT ARE ENGAGED. UH, WITH THAT [ 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.] WE'LL BE A JOURNEY TONIGHT IN MEMORY AND HOPE WITH DEEP GRATITUDE, RESPECT AND APPRECIATION FOR THE BRAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVE AND HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES, THEIR SELFLESS, UH, CONTRIBUTIONS. PROTECT US ALL. MAY WE AS A COMMUNITY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND HONOR THEM, ESPECIALLY ONE OF OURS IN, UH, IN THE AUDIENCE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS, MIKE. * 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.