* 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] [00:00:03] ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING IN US FOR OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY OF CHINO HILL CITY COUNCIL MEETING. UH, WE WILL START WITH ROLL CALL. ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. THANK YOU. UM, I'M GONNA LEAD US TONIGHT IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND IT'S GONNA BE FOLLOWED WITH AN INVOCATION FROM CH VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT CHAPLAIN ADAM HOOD. SO PLEASE, READY, BEGIN. I PLEDGE [ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG] ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU CHAPLAIN [ INVOCATION: Chaplain Ernesto Garcia, Chino Valley Fire District] MAYOR. COUNSEL, LET US PRAY. FATHER GOD, I JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY. LORD, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE, YOUR KINDNESS, AND YOUR MERCY THAT YOU SHOW US DAILY. FATHER, I PRAY FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD JUST BE IN THE MIDST OF THE CONVERSATIONS, FATHER AND ALL DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE, FATHER, THAT WOULD STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE GOOD COMMON FATHER. I ALSO WANT TO LIFT UP OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY OF CHINO HILLS, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD PUT A HEDGE OF PROTECTION AROUND OUR COMMUNITY, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, AND EVERYBODY THAT'S INVOLVED. FATHER, I PRAY ALL OF THIS IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU. PLEASE BE SEATED. OKAY. OUR FIRST ITEM TONIGHT [6. PRESENTATION - City Tile to Mark Murray for his years of service with the City from August 27, 1990, to February 20, 2026] IS A PRESENTATION. IT'S A CITY TILE TO MARK MURRAY FOR HIS YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE CITY FROM AUGUST 27TH, 1990 TO FEBRUARY 20TH, 2026. WOW. MARK, PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM. MARK'S A FIXTURE AROUND CITY HALL. THIS IS GONNA BE DIFFERENT. UM, TONIGHT WE'RE BOTH HONORED AND SAD TO SAY GOODBYE TO ONE OF OUR LONGEST OUTSTANDING, UH, MEMBERS OF THE CHINO HILLS TEAM. AND IT'S IN, UH, IT'S IN GRATITUDE THAT WE WANT TO PRESENT MARK WITH A CITY TILE. WE DON'T HAND MANY OF THESE OUT. SO THAT'S FOR YOUR 35 YEARS. UH, 35 AND A HALF YEARS. WOW. CAN'T SKIP THAT HALF. UH, SERVICE TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS. MARK STARTED, UH, IN THE CITY IN AUGUST OF 1990 AS A MAINTENANCE WORKER, ONE IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. AFTER 16 YEARS, HE TRANSITIONED TO A LANDSCAPE INSPECTOR, UH, TWO, A ROLE WHICH HE THRIVED IN AND ULTIMATELY COMPLETED HIS CAREER AS, AS OUR LANDSCAPE INSPECTOR. MARK WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE QUALITY AND COMPLIANCE OF LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, MAINTENANCE, AND RENOVATION OF THE CITY'S PARKS AND PUBLIC LANDSCAPING. AMONG AS MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, THE MOST NOTABLE WAS MANAGING THE CITY'S LANDSCAPING CONTRACTORS. UH, HE INSURED COMPLIANCE, MAINTENANCE OF OUR HIGH, UH, SERVICE QUALITY, AND SUPPORTED THE OVERALL APPEARANCE AND FUNCTIONALITY OF CITY FACILITIES AND PUBLIC SPACES. HE ALSO LED THE EMPLOYEE RUN WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE, UH, WHICH WAS A RECYCLING PROGRAM THAT HELPED TO, HELPED TO RAISE FUNDS, UH, TO SUPPORT STAFF LUNCHEONS AT PUBLIC WORKS, AND TO ALSO HELP FUND RECOGNITION, UH, OF OUR HARDWORKING PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES. AND THESE ARE THINGS THAT CERTAINLY HELP ENHANCE MORALE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, THE DEPARTMENT CULTURE. IF YOU ASKED ANY STAFF MEMBER WHAT THEY APPRECIATED MOST ABOUT MARK, THEY WOULD EXPRESS HIS, UH, GRATITUDE AND WILLINGNESS FOR HIM TO HELP OTHERS NO MATTER WHAT THE TASK IT. WHETHER IT WAS REFILLING, DOGGY BAG, UH, STATIONS FOR THE PUBLIC. I'M GLAD WE GOT TO BRING THAT UP. , UM, GOING TO, GOING TO THE FIELD TO ADDRESS RESIDENT CONCERNS OR RUNNING THE WEED ABATEMENT PROGRAM, MARK WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP. HIS EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE CITY MADE HIM A GO-TO RESOURCE FOR EVERYBODY IN HIS DEPARTMENT. AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR MANY YEARS OF DEDICATION AND GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY NOW YOU CAN GET, LET US HAPPEN. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, UM, IF YOU WOULD HAVE TOLD ME WHEN I STARTED HERE IN AUGUST OF 90 THAT I WOULD STILL BE HERE THREE MONTHS AWAY FROM MY 62ND BIRTHDAY, I WOULD'VE SAID YOU WERE CRAZY. BUT, UM, I'VE MET A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE. UM, I WAS HERE PRIOR TO CITY HOOD. UM, UH, THE ORIGINAL COUNCIL, UH, GWEN NORTON, PERRY, ED GRAHAM, GARY LARSON, MIKE WICKMAN AND JIM THALMAN WERE THE FIRST COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT I WORKED FOR OR WORKED WITH. BUT I CAN'T, UM, EXPRESS MORE [00:05:01] THAN, UH, THERE'S A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT WERE VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN MY CAREER, WHICH WAS DAVE STILLWELL, WHO WE LOST LAST YEAR. AND MARVIN JONES WAS MY PARTNER IN CRIME WHEN WE USED TO WORK WEEKENDS TOGETHER. AND HE KIND OF WAS THE GRANDFATHERLY FIGURE FOR ME. UM, I LEANED ON HIM FOR ADVICE AND HE TAUGHT ME THE WAYS OF CHINO HILLS AND WHEAT ABATEMENT AND EVERYTHING ELSE. AND, UM, BOTH THEY TOOK A CHANCE ON SOMEBODY LIKE ME AND SUPPORTED ME. UM, I, IT DOESN'T GO WITHOUT SAYING. THE CURRENT LEADERSHIP WE HAVE WITH DANIEL AND JARED AND THE COUNCIL THAT ARE HERE NOW MAKE THINGS A LOT EASIER FOR US TO DO WHAT WE DO. BUT, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYTHING. UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO MY NEXT PHASE. UM, I WAS HOPING THAT I WAS GONNA BE CELEBRATING A RAMS CHAMPIONSHIP HERE IN, BUT TONIGHT, , UNFORTUNATELY. SORRY CHRIS. UM, BUT, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING. APPRECIATE IT. CERTIFICATES AT THE END. SO LET'S GO TAKE A PHOTO. BRIAN, HE ALSO HAS SOME COWORKERS THAT CAME TO SUPPORT HIM. MAYBE AFTER YOU TAKE YOUR INDIVIDUAL PHOTO, THEY CAN COME UP WITH HIM TOO. AND USUALLY WE ALL STAND WITH THE RETIREES. YEAH. STEPS TO YOUR, YEAH. OH, I WILL AFTER THE NEXT ONE. HOW ABOUT THAT? ALRIGHT. THEY ONLY WOW. YEAH. HIM ON THE NIGHT WE STAND BY. I JUST GOT A NOTICE ON, I JUST WANTED TO BE A FIFTH COUNCIL PERSON. YOU'RE STAND BEHIND THE WRONG PERSON. YEAH, YOU'RE ALRIGHT. 20. EXCUSE ME. YOU'RE GOOD, BROTHER. YOU'RE GOOD. AH, THERE WE GO. THAT'S A COUPLE INCHES. YEAH. VERTICALLY CHALLENGED. YES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. NEXT IS THE [7. INTRODUCTION - New San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Employees at the Chino Hills Police Department: Candace Sanchez, Sergeant Eduardo Perez, Deputy Michael Chavez, Sergeant Anthony Perry, Deputy Melissa Carrillo, Deputy Alexis Salazar, Deputy Leonardo Ortiz, Deputy Jesus Zuniga-Castro, Deputy] INTRODUCTION OF NEW SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES AT THE CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT. CAPTAIN GERARD, WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM? CHIEF, THANK SIR. YOU BETCHA. IT IS MY DISTINCT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TWO NEW SERGEANTS AND FIVE NEW DEPUTY SHERIFFS TO THE CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT. I HAVE SERGEANT CANICE SANCHEZ, SERGEANT MICHAEL CHAVEZ, PLEASE. SHERIFF EDUARDO PEREZ, DEPUTY SHERIFF ANTHONY PERRY, DEPUTY SHERIFF ALEXIS SALAZAR. AND DEPUTY SHERIFF JESUS ZUNIGA CASTRO. AND I HAVE TO SAY MAYOR, THIS IS ABOUT AS STRONG A GROUP AS NEW DEPUTY SHERIFFS AND SUPERVISORS AS WE'VE HAD IN A LONG TIME. SO I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT ALL OF THEM AND WHAT THEY'RE GONNA BRING TO YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. WELL, WE'RE ALWAYS PROUD OF THE TEAM THAT THE SHERIFF, UH, SUPPLIES US WITH. SO WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU, UH, HERE. THANK YOU FOR KEEPING OUR STREETS SAFE AND TAKING CARE OF US. YEAH. [00:10:12] THANK YOU. OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE A [8. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming February as Black History Month] PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH. WILL AYELLA AND CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL MEMBERS, PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. ALL RIGHT. EVERY YEAR, UH, BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS OBSERVED IN FEBRUARY. THIS MONTH IS A DEDICATED TIME TO HONOR AND CELEBRATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF BLACK AMERICANS IN EVERY FIELD. FROM SCIENCE AND THE ARTS TO POLITICS, RELIGION AND THE STRENGTH OF OUR COMMUNITY LIES WITHIN OUR DIVERSITY. AND WE ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO USE THIS TIME TO BECOME MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT BLACK HERITAGE AND TO HONOR THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR, UH, TO OUR NATION BY BLACK LEADERS. AND TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION, WE HAVE STUDENTS FROM THE I A BLACK STUDENT UNION AND WHICHEVER ONE OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, OR BOTH. UM, HELLO, MY NAME IS ISAAC AYA FROM, UM, REEN, SIL HIGH SCHOOL. I'M THE BLACK STUDENT UNION PRESIDENT. UM, FIRST I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS AND ALL REPRESENTATIVES HERE FOR ACKNOWLEDGING BLACK AMERICAN STUDENTS. UM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I DEEPLY ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION. THANK YOU. UH, HELLO EVERYBODY. UM, MY NAME IS CHASE, MARK OWENS, AND I JUST, UH, LIKE OZZIE CARE. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY HERE IN THE AUDIENCE, ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZING, UH, BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND JUST BLACK, BLACK STUDENTS IN GENERAL, STUDENTS EVERYWHERE IS VERY IMPORTANT. AND I BELIEVE THAT IT'S A REALLY GREAT THING AND I JUST REALLY WANNA SAY THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU GUYS. IT'S OUR CITY PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING IT. BLACK HISTORY MONTH. AND WE'LL GO TAKE A PHOTO. YOU CAN COME UP IF YOU WANNA TAKE A PHOTO. SORRY GUYS. OH, HEY . THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE [9. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming February 17, 2026, as Lunar New Year] A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING FEBRUARY 17TH, 2026 AS LUNAR NEW YEAR. WE'LL, UH, ALA HIGH SCHOOL CHINESE CLUB. PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM. HELLO, HOW ARE YOU? HI. ALRIGHT, COME ON. THIS SIDE OR MY PIO YELLS AT ME. WE GOTTA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S ON CAMERA. LUNAR NEW YEAR IS A TIME OF JOY AND RENEWAL PROMINENTLY CELEBRATED IN MANY ASIAN CULTURES. THIS, UH, YEAR LUNAR NEW YEAR FALLS ON FEBRUARY 17TH. DURING THIS TIME, FAMILIES CELEBRATE AND PREPARE FOR THE ARRIVAL OF A YEAR OF GOOD HEALTH AND PROSPERITY. THE CHINESE LUNAR CALENDAR IS MADE UP OF 12 YEAR, UM, IS MADE UP OF A CYCLE OF 12 YEARS. EACH OF THEM NAMED AFTER ONE OF THE 12 CHINESE, UH, ZODIAC ANIMALS. AND THIS YEAR IS THE YEAR OF THE HORSE. TONIGHT WE, UH, COMMEMORATE LUNAR NEW YEAR AND WISH GOOD FORTUNE, HEALTH, LONGEVITY, AND HAPPINESS TO EVERYBODY CELEBRATING. JOINING US TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION AND PERFORM FOR US TONIGHT IS THE AYLA HIGH SCHOOL CHINESE CLUB. SO, BEFORE WE, UH, TAKE A PHOTO, WHICHEVER ONE OF YOU, BOTH OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. HI. YEAH, HI EVERYONE. SO I'M MISS SCHOOL, THE MANDARIN CHINESE TEACHER IN ALA HIGH SCHOOL, ALSO THE CHINESE CLUB ADVISOR. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE ALL THE CREDITS TO MY STUDENTS. NOW LET ME INTRODUCE OUR PRESIDENT OF CHINESE CLUB, CINDY TU. [00:15:03] HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS CINDY TU AND I'M IN THE PRESIDENT OF THE IOWA HIGH SCHOOL CHINESE CLUB. OUR CLUB WAS FOUNDED IN 2013 AND IS LED BY STUDENTS WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT CHINESE CULTURE. WE HAVE FIVE PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE TEAMS, INCLUDING THE LION DANCE, THE DRAGON DANCE, CHINESE FOLK DANCE, TRADITIONAL INSTRUMENT BAND, AND TRADITIONAL COSTUME MODELING TEAM. TODAY WE HAVE THE LION DANCE, DRAGON DANCE, AND CHINESE FOLK DANCE. LET ME QUICKLY INTRODUCE THE TEAM LEADERS FOLLOW LION DANCE LEADER RING, RING. SO, AND OF OUR CHINESE ALONE DANCE LEADER AND OF OUR FOX DANCE TEAM LEADER . VERY GOOD. ALRIGHT, WE'LL, WE'LL GIVE YOU MADAM CLUB PRESIDENT THE OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION TO TAKE A PHOTO. UM, YEAH, IF YOU GUYS HAVE DIFFERENT INFORMATION YEAH. THEN LET'S BRING THE LADIES IN FRONT AND THEN ALL THE YES. UM, THREE OF YOU. CAN YOU GO OVER NEXT MAYOR, PLEASE. IT'S OKAY. MUCH. THE MEETING, WE HAD TO DO THIS WITH 60 LITTLE KIDS ON A FOOTBALL TEAM, SO, OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU GUYS. YOU LOOK FORWARD TO THE PERFORMANCE. WE WILL HAVE THREE PERFORMANCE TONIGHT. THE FIRST ONE WILL BE LION DANCE. YES. [00:21:48] OKAY. AND NEXT WE'LL HAVE THE CHINESE FOLK DANCE. [00:25:03] AND FINALLY WE'LL HAVE OUR HAVE OUR DRAGON DANCE TEAM. UNLIKE WHAT, UH, DRAGONS IN THE WESTERN CULTURES, THE CHINESE DRAGON LONE REPRESENT PROSPERITY AND GOOD FORTUNE THROUGH THE DRAGON DANCE. WE HOPE TO BRING EVERYONE HERE. GOOD FORTUNE AND PROSPERITY. YEAH. I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYING THE SHOW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL, UH, TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK SO WE CAN ALLOW, UH, STUDENTS, IF THEY WANT TO GO HOME AND DO HOMEWORK, UH, WE GIVE YOU THAT ABILITY. , WHAT A TALENTED GROUP OF KIDS WE HAVE. THANK YOU GUYS FOR PERFORMING TONIGHT. ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA START OUR MEETING. BACK UP. UH, NEXT ITEM OF [ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT] BUSINESS IS PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR JOES COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. JUST A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT. THE NEW SPRING RECREATION BROCHURE WAS MAILED TO HOUSE HOUSEHOLDS LAST WEEK AND IS AVAILABLE ONLINE NOW. IT INCLUDES INFORMATION ON CITY NEWS AND SPRING EVENTS AND CLASSES. REGISTRATION FOR MOST EVENTS BEGINS THIS WEEK, LIKE THE ADULT EASTER EGGS SCRAMBLE ON MARCH 27TH AND [00:30:01] MCCOY CAMP OUT ON MAY 16TH. AND THE CITY WANTS TO HEAR FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT HOW THEY RECEIVE INFORMATION ON RECREATION PROGRAMS, CLASSES, AND SPECIAL EVENTS THROUGH A NEW SURVEY. THE ONLINE SURVEY IS AVAILABLE NOW THROUGH APRIL 30TH AT CHIN HILLS.ORG/REC SURVEY. FEEDBACK WILL BE USED TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES FOR RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES. AND LASTLY, CITY FACILITIES AND THE LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED FOR PRESIDENT'S DAY ON FEBRUARY 16TH. AND TRASH SERVICE IS NOT AFFECTED. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PIO REPORT AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU NICOLE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR PIO SCENE? NONE. WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO OUR CITY [ ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION] ATTORNEY TO REPORT ANY ACTIONS TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION. THERE IS NO REPORTABLE ACTION TAKEN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL ALRIGHTYY. THANK YOU, SIR. MOVING ON TO ITEM 10, PUBLIC [10. 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.] COMMENTS. AT THIS TIME, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEM APPEARING ON THE AGENDA, EXCEPT TESTIMONY ON PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS WHICH MUST BE PROVIDED DURING THOSE HEARINGS. THOSE PERSONS WISHING TO SPEAK. UH, UM, PLEASE, UH, SUBMIT AND COMPLETE IT TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK, A REQUEST TO SPEAK FORM, WHICH ARE AVAILABLE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS. ALRIGHT. AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO [ CONFLICT OF INTEREST / LEVINE ACT ANNOUNCEMENTS: Council Member abstentions or disclosures shall be stated at this time for recordation on the appropriate item.] CONFLICT OF INTEREST. LEVINE ACT ANNOUNCEMENTS. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT? OKAY. SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT [ CONSENT CALENDAR (10 ITEMS) - All matters listed on the Consent Calendar are considered routine by the City Council and may be enacted by one motion in the form listed below. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless, before the City Council votes on the motion to adopt, Members of the City Council or staff request the matter to be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action. Removed consent items will be discussed immediately after the adoption of the balance of the Consent Calendar.] CALENDAR. WE HAVE 10 ITEMS. WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO PULL? ANY ITEMS? OKAY. NO. 19. 19. OKAY. MOVE THE REMAINDER. ALRIGHT, MOVE THE REMAINDER MINUS 19. SECOND. SECOND, SECOND BY ART. ALRIGHT, MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALRIGHT. ITEM [19. Award contract to Bear Electrical Solutions, LLC, in amount of $211,196 and authorize City Manager, at his discretion, to approve cumulative change orders up to ten percent ($21,119.60) of awarded contract amount for Citywide Traffic Signal Backplate Improvement Project] 19, AWARD OF CONTRACT TO BEAR ELECTRICAL SOLUTIONS LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF $211,196. AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER AT HIS DISCRETION TO APPROVE CHANGE ORDERS UP TO 10% OF AWARDED CONTRACT, UH, AMOUNT FOR CITYWIDE TRAFFIC SIGNAL BACK PLATE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. PETER, SO THIS IS MORE FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION. AND DANIEL, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THESE DEVICES ARE, WHAT THE BACK PLATES ARE, AND WHAT THEY ACHIEVE FOR, FOR THE RESIDENTS AND THOSE DRIVING THEIR VEHICLES? CERTAINLY. UM, WITH, UH, WITH PAST POWER OUTAGES THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED AND LIKELIHOOD OF, UH, FUTURE OUT, UH, POWER OUTAGES, UH, THE INTENT OF THIS PROJECT IS TO BRING, UH, ADDITIONAL AWARENESS TO MOTORISTS AS THEY COME ACROSS A, A DARK TRAFFIC SIGNAL. UM, WHAT THIS PROJECT WILL DO IS INSTALL A RETROREFLECTIVE RIBBON AROUND, UM, ALL TRAFFIC SIGNAL, UH, BACK PLATES, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY. UH, SO THE LAW REQUIRES YOU TO COME TO A FULL STOP WHEN YOU COME ACROSS A DARK SIGNAL. UM, MOTORISTS TEND TO NOT DO SO. UH, SO THE GOAL IS TO BRING AWARENESS, UH, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU DO COME ACROSS A DARK SIGNAL. YOU'LL SEE A, UH, A YELLOW RIBBON, UM, HOPEFULLY, UH, ALERTING YOU TO, UH, UH, JUST COME TO A, A FULL STOP. UM, THIS WILL BE DONE. WE DID A PILOT PROJECT, UH, LAST YEAR, UH, WHERE WE INSTALLED THIS, UM, THESE BACK PLATES, UH, AT EIGHT SIGNALS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. UH, THIS PROJECT WILL COVER THE REMAINING, UH, 45, UH, SIGNALS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. ALRIGHT. UM, SO THAT WAS IT, JUST FOR INFORMATION'S SAKE. UH, SO I'LL TAKE THAT AS A MOTION. THAT'S A MOTION. AND I'LL SECOND. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALRIGHT. ON TO ITEM [21. 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] 21. DISCUSSION CALENDAR, REVIEW AND FILE. UH, UPDATE TO CITY HALL FIRE EMERGENCY DECLARATION. MR. CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UH, ON JUNE 23RD, 2025, THE, UH, CITY EXPERIENCED A, UH, FIRE AT CITY HALL ON THE SECOND FLOOR. AND THE FIRE SUPPRESSION, UH, SYSTEM, UH, CREATED. UH, IT DID WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO DO IN PUTTING THE FIRE OUT, BUT IT ALSO CREATED DAMAGE THROUGHOUT CITY HALL. UH, AND SO AT THE SUBSEQUENT CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THE COUNCIL, UH, ADOPTED A RESOLUTION TO DECLARE A LOCAL EMERGENCY. SINCE THAT, UH, UH, EMERGENCY DECLARATION, WE'VE BEEN REPORTING ON THE PROGRESS OF THE RESTORATION OF CITY HALL. UH, THAT, UH, UH, LOCAL EMERGENCY ALLOWS US TO, UH, MORE QUICKLY HIRE CONTRACTORS TO MAKE REPAIRS. UH, WE'RE GETTING VERY CLOSE TO THE FINAL, UH, UH, FULL REPAIR OF CITY HALL. UH, LAST WEEKEND WE, UH, STARTED, UH, UM, COMPLETING SOME OF THE WORKSPACE, UH, CUBICLE RESKINS. AND THEN IN A FEW WEEKS WE'LL START DOING THE, UH, MILLWORK AND, UH, RES RESTORATION OF OUR COUNTER AREAS. AND [00:35:01] SO, UH, WHAT I'M ASKING FOR THE COUNCIL IS TO DO TONIGHT IS TO, UH, CONTINUE, UH, THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION UNTIL THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED, WHICH WOULD, SHOULD BE IN ABOUT APRIL. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF BEN? ANY REQUESTS TO SPEAK FROM THE PUBLIC? 'CAUSE THE DISCUSSION ITEM? NOPE. ALRIGHT, WE'RE DONE WITH THAT. I WILL MAKE THE MOTION. I SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALRIGHT. ITEM 22, [22. Consider appointment of Rodney (Rod) Hill as City Manager effective April 1, 2026, and approve and authorize execution of Employment Agreement with Rod Hill] CONSIDER APPOINTMENT OF RODNEY HILL. I'M ONLY GONNA USE RODNEY FROM NOW ON. ME TOO, AS CITY MANAGER. EFFECTIVE APRIL 1ST, 2026. AND APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WITH ROD HILL MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AS A RESULT OF, UH, BEN MONTGOMERY, THE CURRENT CITY MANAGER, ANNOUNCING HIS RETIREMENT EFFECTIVE MARCH 31ST OF THIS YEAR, THE COUNCIL ENGAGED IN CLOSED SESSION DISCUSSIONS TO, UH, UH, FIND AN APPROPRIATE CANDIDATE AND INTERVIEW THE CANDIDATE, WHICH IS MR. HILL YOU'VE JUST ANNOUNCED. AND ALSO TO NEGOTIATE A POSSIBLE CONTRACT WITH, UH, MR. HILL. UH, SO TONIGHT, AS YOU'VE JUST SAID, THE COUNCIL HAS IN FRONT OF IT AN ACTION ITEM TO, UH, TO TWO ACTION ITEMS. ONE, TO APPOINT, UH, ROD NE HILL AS THE CITY MANAGER, AND ALSO TO PROVE A EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT WITH HIM. THE KEY TERMS, AND WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO THIS BY LAW AND WE'VE DONE IT. UM, IN ANY EVENT, FOR ALL THE CITY MANAGERS THAT I'M AWARE OF AT THE CITY, WE ANNOUNCE ALL THE KEY TERMS OF THEIR CONTRACTS. IT'S GOING TO BE SUPPOSED TO BE A THREE YEAR TERM. UH, THE INITIAL SALARY IS $290,846. THERE'S TWO STEP INCREASES IN ONE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT DURING THE TERM AS IT'S SET FORTH IN THE AGREEMENT. THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEING PROVIDED TO ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY COUNSEL. THIS WILL CAUSE MR. HILL'S, UM, SALARY TO GO TO $320,694 AS OF SEPTEMBER ONE OF THIS YEAR. AND THEN IN APRIL 1ST, 2027, IT WILL GO TO $336,689. UM, MR. HILL WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED AN $800 A MONTH CAR ALLOWANCE. HIS OTHER BENEFITS AS FAR AS VACATION, MEDICAL, UM, AND SICK TIME, WHEREAS THE SAME AS THE REST OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS. UM, WITH THAT, UM, THIS IS READY FOR ACTION UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS? MR. MAYOR, I HAVE A QUESTION REAL FAST. UM, WHO IN THE HECK IS RODNEY? I DON'T, CAN YOU PLEASE STAND UP? RODNEY, PLEASE STAND UP. I CAN TELL YOU I ONLY USE IT AT THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS. THAT'S THE ONLY PLACE THAT EVER USED MY FULL NAME AND MY DRIVER'S LICENSE. AND I'LL SECOND THAT. MAYOR, I JUST HAVE A COMMENT. I'VE GOT A COMMENT ALSO. UM, WHOOPS. IT'S MOSTLY KIND OF, YOU KNOW, FOR THE PUBLIC BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HEAR, UM, A CONTRACT LIKE IT'S A HIGH LEVEL PROFESSIONAL CONTRACT AND THE NUMBERS THAT ARE INVOLVED, I, I'M SURE SOME PEOPLE MIGHT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BE TAKEN ABACK, BUT I CAN SAY THAT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THE CITY MANAGER IS THE CEO OF THIS CITY. AND AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, AND I KNOW WE ALL AGREE, IT'S LIKE WE CANNOT FUNCTION WITHOUT A TOP PERFORMING CITY MANAGER. AND BEN, WE'RE VERY SORRY TO SEE YOU GO, BUT YOU HELPED. WELL, I'LL SAVE MY SPEECH FOR TWO MORE MEETINGS, BUT THE CITY MANAGER IS AN INTEGRAL PART AND IS SO CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF A CITY. SO, UM, THEY MIGHT NOT TAKE A LOT OF ACCOLADES, THEY'RE GONNA BE THE BACK PERSON, THEY'RE GONNA GET A LOT OF, OF HEAT, BUT THEY MAKE THINGS RUN. WE SET POLICY, BUT THEY MAKE THAT POLICY HAPPEN. SO, UM, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THIS CONTRACT AND, UH, ROD KNEE BECOMING OUR NEW CITY MANAGER. AND, UM, THAT'S MY ONLY COMMENT. BRIAN. THANK YOU, MA'AM. SO BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS, I WANT ONE LAST CHANCE, BEN, FOR YOU TO BACK OUT OF YOUR, OF YOUR STATEMENT THAT YOU'RE RETIRING. SO IT'S JUST LIKE WHEN WE BUY A CAR AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO BAIL OUT AFTER A WHILE, IF YOU WISH TO BAIL OUT, THIS IS THE TIME TO DO IT. WELL, I, I THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO EXERCISE THAT COOLING OFF PERIOD. BUT, UH, I AM VERY, VERY, UH, GLAD TO SEE, UH, UH, THE FUTURE FOR, UH, CITY OF CHINO HILLS WITH, UH, RODNEY HILL. UH, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, UH, I, I WOULD HAVE TO ANSWER TO BOTH MRS. MONTGOMERY IF I CHANGED MY MIND AND MRS. HILL. AND I DON'T WANT TO, UH, BACK OUT ON ANY OF THOSE DEALS. SO, SORRY. ALRIGHT. AND JUST, I'LL MAKE JUST A QUICK COMMENT JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOWING, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A, WHAT, 25 YEAR RETIREMENT TODAY. WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT EMPLOYEES, BUT THE PUBLIC DOESN'T ALWAYS KNOW AS CITY COUNCIL, WE ONLY HAVE TWO EMPLOYEES. WE HAVE BEN, OR WE HAVE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY. THE REST OF THE STAFF, NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE WISH THEY WOULD FOLLOW OUR ORDERS, THEY DON'T HAVE TO. BUT, YOU [00:40:01] KNOW, HAVING A STRONG LEADER LIKE ROD IS GONNA BE A GOOD THING FOR THIS ORGANIZATION AND KEEPING US MOVING FORWARD. SO I THINK WE HAD A MOTION BY RAY. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. CONGRATULATIONS. RODNEY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? RODNEY ? UH, MAYBE I'M LOCKED OUT. DOES IT WORK? DOES IT WORK ONLY WHEN YOU SEND IN THE, THE BIG BOY SEAT? EXACTLY. THAT'S WHEN IT WORKS. NOW I'LL JUST THANK YOU MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE AND TRUST. I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, SERVING AS YOUR CITY MANAGER. I'M EXCITED TO DO IT. I, UM, HAVE LIVED IN CHINO VALLEY FOR 36 YEARS. I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR SIX AND A HALF YEARS. UM, AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S EXCITING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, UH, COUNCIL, WITH THIS COMMUNITY, WITH ALL THE STAFF AND EMPLOYEES WE HAVE. WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM HERE AND I THINK WE HAVE A LOT, LOT TO ACCOMPLISH AND CARRY FORWARD WHAT BEN'S DONE FOR US THE LAST SEVEN YEARS. SO THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. WELL, CONGRATULATIONS. RIGHT, CONGRATULATIONS. ALRIGHT, WITH THAT WE'RE MOVING ON TO [23. PUBLIC COMMENTS: At this time, members of the public may address the City Council regarding any items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council that do not appear on the agenda. Please complete and submit to the Deputy City Clerk a "Request to Speak" card. Comments will be limited to a maximum of three minutes per speaker. The time allotted per person may vary depending on the total number of speakers received: three (3) minutes for 1-10 speakers; two (2) minutes for 11-15 speakers; and one (1) minute for 16 or more speakers.This comment period will generally be limited to 30 minutes per meeting, so not all members of the public may have the opportunity to speak at every council meeting.] ITEM 23, PUBLIC COMMENTS. AT THIS TIME, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEM WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE COUNCIL. UH, THAT DOES NOT APPEAR ALSO ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK. I REQUEST A SPEAK CARD. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER? YES, WE HAVE HAVE FOUR SPEAKERS. FIRST ONE IS JIM GALLAGHER. ALL RIGHT, MR. GALLAGHER. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, AND ROD HILL. YOU'VE GOT A ROD FROM ME. UM, I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ASK, UH, IF YOU WOULD INCLUDE ALONG WITH YOUR MEMORIA TO GRANT WARD AND BOB ELOA. ALSO ASK, UH, TO ADD ANOTHER NAME. MY NEIGHBOR, UH, KHALI RASHAN. I MUST ADD, IT'S WITH PROFOUND SADNESS THAT I ANNOUNCED THAT HE PASSED ON FEBRUARY 3RD, UH, THE BEGINNING OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH. HE'S ONE OF OUR MORE PROMINENT CHINO HILLS RESIDENTS. SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW HIM. HE AND HIS WIFE VICTORIA ARE RETIRED EDUCATORS FROM PUSD AND THE FOUNDERS AND CURATORS OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM OF BEGINNINGS OVER IN POMONA. UH, RASHAAN GRADUATED FROM GARY HIGH IN 69. HE GOT A BACHELOR'S IN SOCIOLOGY FROM LAVERNE COLLEGE, MASTER'S IN EDUCATION FROM MIZU AT PACIFIC. HE TAUGHT FOR ABOUT CLOSE TO 30 YEARS. UH, SANTA ANA WILLARD SCHOOL, LEXINGTON ELEMENTARY. UH, HE WAS A FOOTBALL COACH AT GARY, AN OPPORTUNITY CLASS TEACHER WORKING WITH STUDENTS, HAVING DIFFICULTIES ADJUSTING TO THE COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL SETTING. HE REMAINED AT GARY FOR 25 YEARS TEACHING ENGLISH, READING GOVERNMENT WORLD, US HISTORY BEFORE OPTING TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF AT-RISK STUDENTS IN THE POMONA ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL. HE RETIRED FROM PUSD IN 2009, BUT HE COULDN'T STOP BEING A TEACHER. THE INTERESTING THING IS HE WENT ON TO FORM A MUSEUM, THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM OF OF BLACK HISTORY OVER IN, UH, POMONA. AND I MUST SAY IT'S A, IT'S HIS LEGACY. SO HE WAS, UM, ONE OF HIS COMMENTS WAS THAT KIDS AND ADULTS TOO STILL NEED EDUCATION AND ENLIGHTENMENT. AND, AND HE BELIEVED THAT THIS WOULD HELP, ESPECIALLY OUR YOUTH, TO UNDERSTAND, UH, WHERE THEY THEY COME FROM AND WHERE THEY COULD GO. SO ALL I'M ASKING IS ADD HIS NAME TONIGHT, MM ALONG WITH THE OTHERS. AND, UH, IF YOU'RE EVER CURIOUS ABOUT THE MUSEUM, YOU CAN GO THERE ON APPOINTMENT. IT'S AT 1460 EAST HOLT AVENUE STREET, 180 8 IN POMONA, RIGHT WHERE THE OLD SHOPPING CENTER IS ON HOLT AND INDIAN HILL. SO, AND ALSO, BY THE WAY, I WANT TO THANK, UH, ROD HILL. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR YOUR RESPONSIVENESS ON THE, UH, JOB FAIR ISSUE THAT WE HAD. UH, IT, IT HELPS ME UNDERSTAND THAT WE DO HAVE CITY PEOPLE WHO DO CARE ABOUT KEEPING THINGS CANE, UH, SANE AND NON CHAOTIC. SO, THANK YOU. UH, JIM, SORRY, UH, WHAT WAS RASHAD'S LAST NAME AGAIN? I'M SORRY. UM, RASHAN. HIS FIRST NAME IS KIF. KIF. OKAY. K-H-A-L-I-F-K. RASH. LAST NAME R-A-S-S-S-H-A-N. SO, PERFECT. NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, SIR. ALRIGHT, NEXT SPEAKER, SUZETTE D MS. D. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR JONES, VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF AND AUDIENCE MEMBERS. MY NAME IS SUZETTE DANG WITH YOUR SAN BERNARD MONROE COUNTY FOURTH DISTRICT SUPERVISOR, KURT HAMAN'S OFFICE. UH, A LOT OF CELEBRATIONS TONIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS [00:45:01] TO MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING RODNEY HILL AND YOUR APPOINTMENT. AND THEN WE'RE GONNA MISS YOU SO MUCH. UM, I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE AND SHARE THAT SUPERVISOR. KURT HAGMAN IS HOSTING A LOW COST SPAY, NEUTER AND VACCINE CLINIC ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22ND. SPAY AND NEUTER REQUIRES ADVANCED REGISTRATION AND REGISTRATION OPENS ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH AT 10:00 AM VACCINES ARE AVAILABLE FROM 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED LOCATION WILL BE 1 4 0 1 0 CITY CENTER DRIVE IN CHINO HILLS. THIS IS OPEN TO THE FOURTH DISTRICT RESIDENCE IN THE CITIES OF CHINO, CHINO HILLS, MONTCLAIR, ONTARIO. AND IN AND IN THE 9 1 7 8 6 PORTIONS OF UPLAND APPOINTMENTS WILL GO VERY QUICKLY. SO DON'T FORGET TO REGISTER ON FEBRUARY 16TH USING THE QR CODE ON THE FLYER OR BY FOLLOWING THE LINK FROM SUPERVISOR HAGMAN'S SAVE THE DATE. EMAIL SUPERVISOR HACKMAN IS STILL ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FROM FOURTH DISTRICT RESIDENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN BEING APPOINTED TO THE COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COMMISSION. APPLICANTS MUST BE RESIDENTS OF THE FOURTH DISTRICT AS WELL AS THE IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING UNINCORPORATED AREAS. APPLICATIONS ARE DUE BY FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH. AND FOR MORE INFORMATION, UM, ANY REQUIREMENTS OR TO APPLY, SCAN THE Q CODE ON THE FLYER OR CALL 9 0 9 3 8 7 3 9 6 1. AND DON'T FORGET TO SIGN UP FOR SUPERVISOR HAGMAN'S NEWSLETTER SO YOU DON'T MISS ANY UPCOMING EVENTS AND COUNTY UPDATES. AND THAT IS IT FOR, UH, TONIGHT. THANK YOU. AND HAPPY VALENTINE'S EVERYONE. THANK YOU, SUZETTE. NEXT WE HAVE JANE DEFRA. MR. DEFRA, GOOD EVENING MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY STAFF. I'M HERE TO ADDRESS THE COMMENTS THAT APPEARED IN A LETTER TO THE CHINO HALL CHAMPION REGARDING MAYOR JO. MAYOR JOE'S TALK TO THE CHINO HILLS 55 PLUS, UH, JANUARY MEETING. OUR CLUB'S NAME WAS MENTIONED IN THE COMMENTS BECAUSE THE AUTHOR IS A MEMBER OF THE CLUB AND WAS ATTENDANCE AT THE MEETING. I WOULD LIKE TO STATE THAT OUR MEMBERS ARE WELCOME TO THEIR PERSONAL OPINIONS. HOWEVER, AS A 5 0 1 C3 PUBLIC BENEFIT CHARITY, THE CLUB MAINTAINS A NEUTRAL POSITION WITH RESPECTS TO MATTERS AND ISSUES FACING OUR CITY. IN CLOSING, THE CLUB WOULD LIKE TO THANK MAYOR JOSS AND PASS MAYORS FOR THE TIME THEY HAVE TAKEN TO SPEAK AT OUR CLUB MEETINGS. WE FIND THESE TALKS ABOUT THE STATE OF OUR CITY TO BE MOST INFORMATIVE AND SINCERELY HOPE THIS CONDITION WILL CONTINUE TO IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. AND THEN ON A PERSONAL NOTE, THE CHIN HALL 55 CLASS CLUB WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU MR. MONTGOMERY, FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITY. WE ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU AND MR. HILL. WE CONGRATULATIONS. YOUR APPOINTMENT. I WILL NOT SAY YOUR FIRST NAME, OKAY. . BUT THANK YOU. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM US. OKAY. AND THEN ONE LAST THING, AS A RESIDENT OF THE OF CARBON CANYON, I WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO, TO MR. SAMMY MARQUEZ FOR HELPING IN THE, THE, UM, APPREHENSION OF COPPER THIEVES. THAT'S BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE AND I KNOW SAMMY WAS THERE ON THE JOB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. FRANK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE DEBORAH MADSON. MS. MADSON, GOOD EVENING. I AM, I'VE SPOKEN SEVERAL OTHER TIMES, UM, REGARDING THE SAME SUBJECT. SO I'LL CONTINUE, UM, ON FIRE SAFETY AND EVACUATION AND CARBON CANYON. I'M SPEAKING NOT ONLY AS A RESIDENT OF CARBON CANYON, BUT I'M ALSO A LICENSED SAFETY ENGINEER IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. I'M LICENSED SA 3 3 3 1. SO PART OF MY JOB AND TRAINING IS TO FORM PERFORM RISK ASSESSMENTS AND RISK MITIGATION. UM, RISK ASSESSMENTS INCLUDE, UM, LOOKING AT WORST CASE SITUATIONS. AND ONE OF THE WORST CASE SITUATIONS I CAN ENVISION IS A FIRE IN THE CANYON DURING PEAK COMMUTE HOURS. UM, SO SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT I HAVE AND MY FELLOW MEMBERS OF SUMMIT RANCH HAVE ARE HOW WILL EMERGENCY PERSONNEL GET THROUGH TO THE EMERGENCY EXIT GATES TO OPEN THEM IF, UM, TRAFFIC IS BLOCKING THE CANYON? DO WE HAVE AN EFFECTIVE WAY OF COMMUNICATING WITH BREA, [00:50:01] UM, TO PREVENT ADDITIONAL CARS FROM ENTERING THE CANYON, UM, DURING AN EMERGENCY? DO WE HAVE AGREEMENTS IN PLACE WITH THE OWNERS OF THE EMERGENCY EXIT GATES SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY USE THEM DURING EMERGENCIES? UM, WITH ALL THE ADDITIONAL HOMES UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND PLANNED? DO WE HAVE SUFFICIENT EXITS TO GET EVERYBODY OUT IN TIME? UM, AND DO WE HAVE EVIDENCE AND DATA TO SUBSTANTIATE THE ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS? I'M CERTAINLY WILLING TO ENABLE, TO ASSIST WITH THE PLANNING FOR THIS SORT OF THING. UM, THIS IS PART OF MY BACKGROUND AND TRAINING. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO COMPLETE THIS WORK PRIOR TO THE START OF THE NEXT FIRE SEASON. SO THANK YOU MS. MATSON. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. I HAVE NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT, THEN WE'LL BE MOVING ON [ SAFETY UPDATES - Fire and Police] TO OUR SAFETY UPDATES. UH, DAVE, CHIEF WILLIAMS. THERE WE GO. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. UH, STAFF COUNCIL AND, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. ONLY THING I WANNA REPORT TONIGHT IS THAT OUR BUILDING OF STATION 68, UH, IS PROGRESSING. WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT AND LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO DELIVER A REALLY NICE FUNCTIONAL PRODUCT TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HERE. AND OTHERWISE, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TONIGHT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU CHIEF, AND CONGRATULATIONS, BEN AND RODNEY . THANK YOU CHIEF. ANY QUESTIONS FOR FIRE CHIEF SCENE? NONE. CHIEF GERARD, THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING. HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF AND RESIDENTS AND ATTENDANCE. I DID NOT HAVE ANY COMMENTS THIS EVENING, BUT I DO WANT TO CONGRATULATE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, ROD HILL AS COMMANDER OF THE SHERIFF'S, UH, STATION HERE IN CHINO HILLS. I HAVE AN EXCELLENT RELATIONSHIP WITH CITY MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING CITY MANAGER MONTGOMERY AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, ROD HILL, AND I'M EXTREMELY EXCITED TO MAINTAIN THAT, UH, EXCELLENT RELATIONSHIP INTO THE FUTURE. SO I'M VERY EXCITED AND HAPPY TO SEE, UH, ROD, HE'LL GET THAT APPOINTMENT TONIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHIEF. ALRIGHT, CITY MANAGER UPDATES. [ CITY MANAGER UPDATES] I HAVE NO ADDITIONS TONIGHT, MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU BENJAMIN. COUNCIL [ COUNCIL REPORTS Mayor Johsz Omnitrans Board Southern California Association of Governments Energy and Environment Committee Vice Mayor Marquez San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Board Council Member Moran Southern California Association of Governments Community, Economic, and Human Development Committee Council Member Rogers Animal Resource Center Board Chino Desalter Authority Board] REPORTS, UH, I'LL REPORT OUT ON OMNI TRANS. WE HAD OUR BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK. UM, WE DID OUR QUARTERLY, UM, EMPLOYEE AWARDS FOR SAFETY, YOU KNOW, OUR ENGINEERING GUYS, MAINTENANCE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE HARD WORK THAT THEY PUT IN TO KEEP THOSE BUSES RUNNING. SO THAT WAS THE, WELL THAT, AND THEN WE HEARD FROM OUR, UH, FEDERAL LOBBYIST WITH REGARDS TO, UH, TRAFFIC FUNDING, HOPEFULLY ANOTHER BILL COMING FORWARD TO, UH, FUND THE PROJECT. SO JUST TRYING TO POSITION OURSELVES WITH, UH, THE FOLKS BACK IN DC AND THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS COMMITTEE MEETS OR, UH, DIDN'T MEET THIS MONTH. SO THEY'LL BE MEETING NEXT MONTH. SO WITH THAT VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UM, I WANNA REPORT OUT ON S-B-C-T-A BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING. I WAS APPOINTED TO THE AD HOC RESILIENCE CENTER DESIGN COMMITTEE. UH, WE GOT UPDATES ON MEASURE I 3.0, AND THEN ALSO WE'RE GONNA RELA, UH, RELOCATE FUNDS FROM THE GOAL LINE TO THE METROLINK ENHANCED SERVICE PROJECT. THAT'S MY REPORT, SIR. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN. UM, I REJOINED, I REJOINED A SKYPE COMMITTEE. I ENVIRONMENTAL RAN ITS COURSE. SO THANK YOU, RAY, FOR YOUR APPOINTMENT TO THIS OTHER COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC, UM, COMMITTEE. WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING, OR MY FIRST MEETING WITH THEM, UM, IT WAS A BRIEF, KIND OF BRIEF MEETING. WE HAD THREE PRESENTATIONS, BUT ONE THAT KIND OF RESONATED WITH, WITH US IN CHINO HILLS. WE HAD A, UM, PRESENTATION ON BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT, WHICH I KNOW WE'VE ALL HEARD OF, AND WE'VE SEEN PRESENTATIONS BEFORE. BUT I PUT IN A CALL TO, UM, NICK, BECAUSE I JUST KEPT THINKING ABOUT AEROJET AND THE POSSIBILITIES. SO, BECAUSE FOR PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT IS, IT'S BASICALLY REDEVELOPMENT OF A COMPLICATED PIECE OF LAND. IT'S CONTAMINATED BY THE PRESENCE OF POTENTIAL HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE. AND WE ALL KNOW ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE AEROJET THING. SO NICK'S NOT HERE, BUT BRAD IS GONNA PINCH IT FOR HIM AND JUST KIND OF GIVE THE ANSWER OF WHY WE COULD OR COULD NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE, LIKE GRANTS AND DIFFERENT THINGS. UM, FOR BROWNFIELD CLEANUP AND ALSO THE INFAMOUS TIMELINE WITH DTSC THAT HAS BEEN DRAGGING ON FOR YEARS. SO, DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES FOR US, BRAD? UH, CERTAINLY. THE, THE BROWNFIELDS PROGRAM IS OPERATED BY THE, UH, DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL, OR DTSC. UH, AND THIS PROGRAM, THE BROWNFIELDS PROGRAM, IS REALLY, UM, IT'S INTENDED TO, TO ENHANCE COOPERATION BETWEEN LOCAL JURISDICTIONS, UM, DEVELOPERS AND THE DTSC. IT'S, IT'S REALLY AIMED TO TRY TO GET THE DT, THE DTSC INVOLVED EARLY IN THE PROCESS AS OPPOSED TO WAITING LATER IN THE ENTITLEMENT PROCESS AND, AND, UH, POTENTIALLY RISKING, UH, AVOIDABLE DELAYS LATE IN THE PROCESS. SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S, THIS PROGRAM'S REALLY AIMED TO [00:55:01] STREAMLINE PROCESSES, UM, UH, INVOLVING SMALL INFILL, UM, SITES SUCH AS, UH, GAS STATIONS, DRY CLEANERS, UH, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. IT'S REALLY NOT, UH, MEANT FOR LARGER SITES LIKE THE AEROJET, UH, SITUATIONS. UM, UM, SO THE CITY'S RECENTLY BEEN CONTACTED BY DTSC AND, UM, TO, TO TRY TO BEGIN DISCUSSIONS ON, ON WHAT THE REMAINING REQUIREMENTS ARE TO GET THAT SITE MITIGATED COMPLETELY. AND, UH, UH, WE WILL BE GIVING YOU UPDATES AS, UH, THOSE CONVERSATIONS. OKAY. THANKS, BRAD. I REMEMBER YEARS AGO, REMEMBER WE HAD THAT PUBLIC, LIKE, WAS IT A HEARING IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER? IT WASN'T A PUBLIC FORUM HEARING, BUT IT WAS FORUM, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS WORKSHOP, YEAH. DTSE CAME OUT. IT WAS PROBABLY OVER FIVE YEARS AGO AT LEAST, AT LEAST JUST, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE INTENT OF THAT WAS, BUT, UM, YEAH, JUST EVERY NOW AND THEN IT GETS BACK ON OUR RADAR AND WE THINK ABOUT IT. BUT YEAH, IT'S STILL UP THERE. SO I'M VERY ANXIOUS TO HEAR WE ALL ARE ABOUT HOW THAT MEETING GOES. THAT YOU FINALLY GET A, A FACE MEETING OR PHONE MEETING WITH THAT, OR AGENCY FROM THE STATE. AND THEN THAT'S ALL I HAVE, BRIAN. THANK YOU, BRAD. ALRIGHT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT, UH, YES, IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT THIS MORNING WE'VE TRANSITIONED BACK OVER AND I'M THE LIAISON NOW FOR THE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN, THE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEN. AND I ATTENDED A MEETING THIS MORNING, UH, FOR BOTH OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS. UH, FOR THE CIW UH, OF NOTE, THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS THAT, UH, UH, I, I WANTED TO BRING UP, UH, OUR VERY OWN REBEL RANCH HERE IN, UH, UH, CHINO HILLS OVER, UH, DAVID HARRISON AND HIS WIFE NICOLE, HAD BEEN SELECTED BY CIW, UH, TO GET INVOLVED WITH, UH, EQUINE PROGRAM. YEAH, SO, UH, THAT'S VERY GOOD NEWS. UH, THEY HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR ONE FOR A LONG TIME. CYNTHIA AND I BOTH IN THE PAST HAD, UH, REFERRED THEM, UH, AS BEING A, A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR THAT. UH, A COUPLE ODD THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP. THEY'VE GOT A TATTOO REMOVAL PROGRAM, UH, AND IT'S BEING CONDUCTED ON 37 OF THEIR, OF THE INMATES OVER THERE TRYING TO, UH, HELP OUT WITH, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE GANG AFFILIATION AND THAT, THAT, UH, MAKE IT, IF THEY GET BACK IN, TRANSITION BACK INTO, UH, THE CIVILIAN POPULATION THAT THAT WILL HELP THEM OUT. UH, CURRENT POPULATION FOR, UH, CIW IS 1011, UH, INMATES. AND, UM, THAT'S IT PRETTY MUCH FOR THEM. A COUPLE THINGS FOR THE, UH, INSTITUTE FOR MEN, UH, THE ITEM THAT WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT IN THE PRESS, THE 50 BED MENTAL HEALTH HEALTH CRISIS FACILITY IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. UH, THE DATE OF COMPLETION IS SLATED FOR APRIL OF THIS YEAR, AND THEY'RE PROJECTING THE FIRST INCARCERATED PERSON BY JUNE, UH, 26TH OF THIS YEAR. UM, THE, UH, PRISONER POPULATION CURRENTLY IS 2,349 INMATES, AND THAT IS MY REPORT FOR THOSE MEETINGS THIS MORNING. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT. COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS, YES. TWO REPORTS TO PROVIDE. ONE IS ANIMAL RESOURCE CENTER OR ARC. WE HAD A BOARD MEETING A WEEK OR SO AGO, AND TWO ITEMS. UH, WE, A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT WE DISCUSSED. ONE WAS A ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF OUR, OUR DIRECTOR THERE, CLINT THATCHER AND CLINT, UH, PASSED WITH, UH, WITH SOME REVIEWS OF HOW TO IMPROVE THINGS, BUT IT'S BRAND NEW ENTITY. SO IT WAS, UH, TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT THE FACT THAT THIS IS A STARTUP AS OF JULY 1ST. SO ONE YEAR REVIEW AND HE WAS PROVIDED A 3% INCREASE OR COST OF LIVING INCREASE. AND WE ALSO DID A, A TWO YEAR AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF ONTARIO, WHICH PROVIDES A LOT OF THE SERVICES FOR ARC, AS WE CALL IT. AND IT'S A TWO YEAR FOR 400,000, SO IT'S $200,000 A YEAR AND IT'S ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES. SO IT'S PROVIDING PERSONNEL TO HELP RUN THE OPERATION, UH, THOSE THAT UPDATE THE WEBSITES, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THOSE WERE THE TWO MAIN THINGS THAT WE DID WITH ARC AT THAT BOARD MEETING. AND UPCOMING, ACTUALLY, THIS COMING FRIDAY IS THE FIRST BOARD MEETING OF THE NEW FRIENDS OF ANIMAL RESOURCE CENTER. SO THE, THE, UH, BOARD OF FIVE INDIVIDUALS, ONE FROM EACH REPRESENTATIVE ENTITY, INCLUDING CHINO HILLS. UH, WE'D BE MEETING TO START TO ESTABLISH THEIR 5 0 1 C3 PROCESS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO START SEEKING OUT, UH, VOLUNTEERS TO HELP WITH DIFFERENT ENTITIES SUCH AS, UH, FAIRES, THEY ATTEND, ET CETERA. AND THEN ALSO FUNDRAISING TO GIVE BACK TO THE, TO THE, UH, ARC GROUP. THAT'S IT FOR ARC. AND THEN, UH, ON THE OTHER SIDE, THE WATER SIDE, CHINO DESAL AUTHORITY, CDA, AND THAT'S THE, THE WATER THAT'S IN GROUND, THE BRACKISH WATER, AND IT'S PULLED OUT AND TREATED, UH, LIKE A, IT'S A DESAL. AND REALLY [01:00:01] FROM MONTH TO MONTH, WE NORMALLY JUST WORK ON PROGRAMS AND, UH, VARIOUS PROJECTS THAT PIPELINES AND, AND, UH, GOING AFTER NEW WELLS AND NEW WATER PRODUCTS. SO IT'S, UH, APPROVING CONTRACTS FOR THAT ENTITY. AND ALSO WE DID A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR THE EMPLOYEES ALSO. SO THAT'S IT FOR MY TWO ENTITIES. ALRIGHT, WOULD YOU MIND KICKING [ COUNCIL COMMENTS] US OFF FOR COUNCILOR THOMAS? CERTAINLY. COUPLE OF ITEMS. ONE, UH, THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION HOSTED A VOLUNTEER DINNER, WHICH WE DO. CHECK THAT OFF MY LIST, CHECK IT OFF. BUT PLEASE CONTRIBUTE AS I SPEAK FOR OUR VOLUNTEERS THAT PARTICIPATE. SO THIS IS THE 2025 CLASS. WE HAVE MORE THAN A HUNDRED VOLUNTEERS, A HUNDRED PLUS VOLUNTEERS. WE HAD ABOUT 80 SHOW UP THIS TIME AROUND AND WE PROVIDE A DINNER AND A THANK YOU TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND RECOGNITIONS. UH, WE HAD A GREAT TIME. WE, WE HAD KEN EROS AS THE FOOD PROVIDER THIS TIME AROUND. THEY, SHE DOES A WONDERFUL JOB, JULIE CANERO. AND WE DO NAME AN INDIVIDUAL, WHICH WE CALL THE VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR. AND IT JUST SO HAPPENS COINCIDENTALLY, RIGHT, THAT THAT PERSON IS IN THE AUDIENCE RIGHT HERE, WHO SPOKE, WHO TOOK HER THREE MINUTES AND SPOKE A FEW MINUTES AGO. SO JANE DEFRANK WAS NAMED OUR VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR. YAY. AND JANE'S BEEN A BIG TIME VOLUNTEER SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING WITH ALL THE, WITH, UH, HOME TOUR AND WINE WALK AND VARIOUS ART, UH, EFFORTS WE MAKE. UH, AND THEN SHE AND HER HUSBAND GEORGE ALSO VOLUNTEER WITH THE GALLERY. SO CO-OPTING THE GALLERY TIME AND WINE WALK, ET CETERA. SHE WAS, UH, A NATURAL SELECTION FOR OUR VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR THIS YEAR. SO, CONGRATULATIONS, JANE, AND JUST A QUICK THAT WAS PASSED OVER, BUT WE DID VOTE ON IT. CONGRATULATIONS TO TWO OF OUR EMPLOYEES, NICOLE AND SUSAN, FOR BEING PROMOTED WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION. SO, CONGRATULATIONS, BOTH OF YOU. I CAN SEE YOU BOTH ACTUALLY BY HERE, SO, CONGRATULATIONS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. SUSAN WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT HAPPENED. THAT'S WHY SHE'S HERE. THAT'S WHY SHE'S STAYED. , COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN, JUST PIGGYBACKING ON PETER, UM, THE VOLUNTEERS ARE THE, THE BACKBONE OF THE FOUNDATION AND WE APPRECIATE THEM SO MUCH. UM, AND WE CAN ALWAYS USE MORE. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A VOLUNTEER MM-HMM . CONTACT MARY FAHA, BUT THEY SHOULD PROBABLY GO, BUT YOU CAN DO IT ONLINE. ALSO, THE WEBSITE FOUNDATION, HUMAN HEALTH FOUNDATION.COM. UM, YOU CAN DO A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, A LOT OF TIME. UM, THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES, SO PLEASE CONSIDER VOLUNTEERING AND GIVING BACK. UM, THE ONLY THING I HAVE TO REPORT, RAY HAS ALREADY DONE THIS, BUT I WENT ON THE WEST COAST ARBORS TOUR WITH JARED MANUEL, AND, UM, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THEY TOLD ME, RAY, THAT YOU HAD SAID INITIALLY WHEN YOU WENT THAT YOU DIDN'T WANNA BE THERE, BUT THEN WHEN YOU LEFT, YOU WERE GLAD YOU WENT. YEAH. SO I WANTED TO GO, BUT I, THEY WERE PROVIDING LUNCH, SO I WANTED TO THAT'S RIGHT, . BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, CORPORATE TOUR. I WAS AMAZED. UM, IT'S A FAMILY OWNED COMPANY STILL, WHICH IS FOR 50 YEARS, TWO BROTHERS. THEY TELL THE STORY OF HOW THEY STARTED TRIMMING TREES AND TO WHAT THEY ARE TODAY. SO THEN THERE'S THAT HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE. AND THEN, UM, THE SOFTWARE, THEY HAVE THAT LIKE GPSS OUR TREES AND WHEN TREES ARE DOWN AND THEN THEY HAVE THIS OTHER NONPROFIT ARM THAT TAKES, UH, THE TREES THAT THEY CUT DOWN AND THEY, THEY MAKE ART OUT OF THEM AND THEY, THEY SELL IT. IT'S JUST, IT'S AMAZING. SO, UM, THE TOUR IS GREAT AND WE KIND OF CAME UP WITH IT. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL WORK OUT, BUT LIKE, MAYBE LIKE ON IN CONJUNCTION WITH ARBOR DAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT'S LIKE THEY COULD REALLY DO A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON KIND OF LIKE THE STATE OF THE TREES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND, AND SHOW LIKE WHAT IT TAKES. BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES WHEN PEOPLE SEE US, YOU KNOW, APPROVE THESE CONTRACTS FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND SAY, OH, I COULD GO OUT AND TRIM THAT TREE MYSELF. IT'S LIKE EVEN MY EYES WERE OPENED ABOUT WHAT IS WHAT IT ENTAILS TO MAINTAIN THE TREES IN CHINO HILLS. IT'S AN ASSET OF OURS, AND THIS ASSET COSTS MONEY TO MAINTAIN, IT'S NOT FREE WHAT WE SEE WHEN WE LOOK AROUND. SO, UM, I WAS JUST, I WAS JUST FLOORED. SO, UM, IF WE COULD GET THEM FOR A SHORT PRESENTATION, KIND OF THE STATE OF THE TREES AND TO SHOW, WE HAVE OUR OWN SOFTWARE FOR CHINO HILLS WHERE LIKE IT SHOWED ON MY STREET WHERE SOMEONE HAD REPORTED SOMETHING AND THE QUOTE, THE STAT THAT YOU GAVE ABOUT HOW MANY THOUSANDS OF TREES WE HAVE. SO, UM, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THEM COME AT SOME POINT WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE AND IT'S NOT TOO CROWDED ON THE AGENDA TO GIVE A PRESENTATION. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. BRIAN, CYNTHIA, CAN I ADD ONTO THAT REPORT, IF YOU DON'T MIND? OF COURSE. HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DO THEY HAVE WITH ABOUT 1200. OH YEAH. 1200. AND IS EVERYBODY FAMILY? THERE'S A LOT OF FAMILY THERE. ISN'T THAT AMAZING? LIKE, THERE'S A SET OF TWINS THAT WORK THERE AND THEN HER HUSBAND WORKS THERE. YEAH, WE MET 'EM ALL, BUT LIKE LITERALLY THE, I THINK THE OWNER WAS LIKE 17 AND HIS BROTHER WAS 14 AND HE, HE, UH, TOOK OVER THIS, THIS FLATBED TRUCK AND THE GUY THAT WAS TRIMMING TREES AND HE WENT AND TOLD HIS BROTHER, I JUST BOUGHT A BUSINESS, WE'RE GONNA TRIM TREES. AND THEY'VE BEEN WORKING FOR [01:05:01] THIS BUSINESS FOR 50 YEARS AND THEY'RE, THEY STILL GO TO THE OFFICE EVERY DAY. YEAH. DID YOU SEE THAT YOUNG MAN THAT WORKS THERE? HE IS. BEEN THERE FOR LIKE 50 YEARS. HE'S 84 YEARS OLD. DID YOU GET TO MEET HIM? NO. YEAH. WHAT DEPARTMENT WAS HE IN? HE'S UPSTAIRS SOMEWHERE BY HIMSELF IN THE CORNER. A LOT OF LONGEVITY IN THAT COMPANY BY HIMSELF. OH, YOU NO, THAT OF LONGEVITY. SO THEY DIDN'T OFFER YOU FURNITURE. I KNOW. I'VE SEEN IT AT OTHER PUBLIC WORKS, UH, YARDS. LIKE NO, NO, NO. A JOKE. FUFU. WELL, TONY FUS NOT HERE. DON'T MAKE A BENCH OUT OF A TREE THAT THEY'VE CLEANED UP. GIVE US A PLAQUE THAT I'M GONNA PUT IN THE COUNCIL BECAUSE IT'S MADE FROM ONE OF OUR TREES. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. THERE'S ANOTHER BIGGER THING WE GET, BUT I THINK, I THINK TONY FUSCO CONFISCATED IT AND IT'S IN HIS OFFICE HANGING. I GOTTA GO CHECK TONY . YEAH, BECAUSE HE'S, HE'S OUR TREE GUY. MM-HMM . KNOW NOTHING. COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT, ANYTHING? UH, YES, OF COURSE. FIRST AND FOREMOST, CONGRATULATIONS ROD. UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE, UH, FOUND OUT THAT BEN WAS LEAVING, YOU KNOW, PAST COUNCILS OR, OR IN THE PAST, WE HAVE DECIDED, OKAY, WELL WHAT SHOULD WE DO? SHOULD WE SPEND $50,000 AND GO TO AN OUTSIDE SEARCH FIRM LOOKING FOR, UH, SOMEONE THAT'S QUALIFIED TO TAKE OVER, UH, THE BIG SHOES THAT, UH, THAT BEN IS LEAVING? AND WE REALIZED THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, ROD HAS BEEN WORKING SIDE BY SIDE WITH BEN FOR THE LAST SIX PLUS YEARS. UH, HIS BACKGROUND, HE'S GOT 35 YEARS IN, UH, CITY BUSINESS. UM, NONE THE LEAST OF WHICH ARE HIS EXPERTISE IN, UH, FINANCE AND IN HR. UH, WE, IT DIDN'T TAKE US VERY LONG TO FIGURE OUT THAT, OKAY, WE ALREADY HAD THE BEST PERSON, THE BEST CANDIDATE IN HOUSE. AND, UH, ROD, I AM SO HAPPY THAT, UH, THAT WE CAME TO THAT, UH, FIVE OH VOTE TO, UH, OFFER YOU THIS POSITION. WE'RE HAPPY THAT YOU, UH, ACCEPTED THIS. WE'RE HAPPY TO YOUR WIFE THAT SHE SAID YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO WORK LONG ENOUGH TO, TO DO THAT. SO, UH, CONGRATULATIONS AND APPRECIATE IT. AND BEN, THERE'LL BE A LOT MORE TO BE SAID ABOUT YOU. OH, YEAH. UH, BEFORE YOU GET OUTTA HERE. SO YOU, UH, YOU JUST TAKE CARE. KEEP TAKING THOSE LONG WEEKENDS, YOU KNOW, IT MUST BE NICE NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU CAN TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME OFF, YOU KNOW. SO, UH, THE OTHER MOST IMPORTANT THING PROBABLY COMING UP, UH, AS FAR AS SIGNIFICANT THINGS COMING UP IS IF YOU, ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE HAS A SIGNIFICANT OTHER, UH, YOU'VE GOT THIS LITTLE HOLIDAY COMING UP CALLED VALENTINE'S DAY ON THE 14TH. UH, DON'T MISS IT. UH, WHATEVER IT TAKES. UH, DINNER, FLOWERS, UH, KIND WORDS, UH, DOING A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA WORK AROUND THE HOUSE OR IN THE YARD DEPENDING ON WHICH, UH, UM, THING YOU DON'T NORMALLY DO. BUT, UH, HAPPY VALENTINE DAY TO EVERYBODY COMING UP. AND THAT'LL DO IT FOR RIGHT NOW. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT, VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. APPRECIATE IT. UH, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO REPORT OUT ON, UH, METROLINK, UH, FUEL HEDGING. I'M ON THAT COMMITTEE AND WE BASICALLY REVIEWED THE FUEL PURCHASE POLICY. UM, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED, WE WERE DOWN UPSIDE DOWN ABOUT $7 MILLION. AND TODAY WE HAVE ABOUT $5 MILLION IN, IN THE PLUS. SO A LOT OF GOOD WORK THERE. SCAG TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, UM, BASICALLY WE HAD METROLINK, UH, CEO, DARREN KITTLE BASICALLY GIVE US UPDATES AND THEN ALSO THE IMPACT OF LA 28 AND THE, UM, JOB THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING MOVING, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND, UH, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. UM, THE EXECUTIVE, UH, LEMME GO DOWN. WE APPROVED A CONTRACT OF 500,000 OR GREATER FOR THE 2028 OLYMPICS AND 2028 PARALYMPIC OLYMPICS. AND THEN THE FEDERAL ADVOCACY SERVICES, THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, WE HAD A PRESENTATION ON REGIONAL LEADERSHIP ON HOUSING PRODUCTION. AND THEN FLIP IT HERE. WE ARE GONNA HAVE A MEETING COMING UP AND I WANT TO THANK PETER, I KNOW HE'S BEEN MY PARTNER ON THIS. UH, WE'RE DEALING WITH THE HOAS IN CARBON CANYON. UH, THE KEY AREAS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT IS HOUSING, TALKING ABOUT DENSITY, TRANSPORTATION. PETER, MYSELF, AND THIS COUNCIL HAD TRUCK RESTRICTIONS ON CARBON CANYON AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT. WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT HOMELESSNESS. AND THEN A YOUNG LADY THAT WAS OUT IN THE AUDIENCE WAS TALKING ABOUT EVACUATION. AND THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT. AND I KNOW ROD IS GONNA BE WORKING ON THAT. UH, THE COMMITTEES THAT WE HAVE INVOLVED ON THIS IS ANO, UH, HILLCREST, WESTERN HILLS, WESTERN HILLS ESTATES, SUMMIT RANCH, AND PINE VALLEY ESTATES, AND, UH, GOOD WORK. PETER. GOOD WORK, ROD. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. ALRIGHT. I'LL [ ADJOURN IN MEMORIAM: Adjourn in memory of San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Sergeant Grant Ward who passed away on February 1, 2026, at the age of 47; and Bob Ulloa, husband of Chino Mayor Eunice Ulloa, who passed away on February 4, 2026, at the age of 87. ] JUST GO OFF, START OFF WITH OUR ADJOURNED MEMORY. UH, WE'RE ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF SERGEANT GRANT WARD, UH, TONIGHT, UM, OH GOSH. TONIGHT WE ADJOURN IN HIS MEMORY. HE PASSED AWAY, UH, FEBRUARY 1ST AT THE AGE OF 47, AFTER A BATTLE WITH CANCER. GRANT WAS A DEVOTED HUSBAND, FATHER, AND PUBLIC SERVANT WHO DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. HE FIRST BEGAN HIS LAW ENFORCEMENT CAREER WITH LA COUNTY SHERIFFS IN 1998, AND HE TRANSFERRED TO SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WHERE HE SERVED, UH, WITH DISTINCTION [01:10:01] IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ASSIGNMENTS AND LEADERSHIP ROLES, UH, THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER. IN 2017, HE WAS PROMOTED TO SERGEANT, UH, WHERE HE LED THE PROFIC PROFESSIONALISM, INTEGRITY, AND COMPASSION. BEYOND HIS WORK IN THE FIELD, MANY, UM, OF US KNEW HIM PERSONALLY. UH, THROUGH HIS WORK WITH, UH, THE SAFETY EMPLOYEE BENEFITS ASSOCIATION, UM, KNOWN AS SIBA. IT'S THE, UH, UNION FOR OUR SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES. UH, HE SERVED ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD AND AS, UH, UNION PRESIDENT, GRANT WAS KNOWN FOR HIS OPTIMISM, RESILIENCE, AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO OTHERS. EVEN DURING HIS BATTLE, UH, WITH CANCER, HIS LEGACY LIVES ON, THROUGH THE COMMUNITIES HE SERVED, THE DEPUTIES HE REPRESENTED, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, HIS FAMILY. HIS INCLUDING HIS WIFE, LYNETTE AND HIS TWO DAUGHTERS. SO WE ALL KNEW ONE, IT'S TOO BAD. ALRIGHT, THEN OUR SECOND ADJOURN MEMORY IS OF BOB LOA. TONIGHT WE ADJOURN IN BOB'S MEMORY. UM, BOB IS THE HUSBAND OF MAYOR UNI LOA FROM CHINO. HE PASSED AWAY FEBRUARY 4TH AT THE AGE OF 87. BOB AND EUNICE SHARED MORE THAN 50 YEARS TOGETHER IN AS MA IN IN MARRIAGE. HE WAS A DEVOTED HUSBAND AND FATHER. HE WAS A STEADFAST SUPPORTER OF, UH, MARY LOAS. THROUGHOUT HER MORE THAN FOUR DECADES OF SERVING HER COMMUNITY, BOB WAS A LIFELONG PUBLIC SERVANT AND A PROUD, UH, NAVY VETERAN. HE ALSO, UH, SERVED AS A, UH, FIELD REPRESENTATIVE, UM, TO A FORMER SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SUPERVISOR AND STATE SENATOR CONTINUING HIS COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY BEYOND HIS MILITARY CAREER. AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WE SEND OUR HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO MARY LOA AND HER FAMILY DURING THIS, UH, DIFFICULT TIME. AND THEN I WILL ADD THE THIRD ONE, MR. KLI FORSAN THAT, UH, THAT, UH, MR. GALLAGHER MENTIONED. SO WITH THAT, HAVE A GOOD EVENING. * 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.