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[ 6:00 P.M. - CONVENE MEETING / ROLL CALL]
UH, WE WILL CONVENE OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.PLEASE JOIN ME, UH, FOR OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
THERE YOU, UH, UH, PLEASE JOIN ME FOR OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO BE FOLLOWED BY AN INVOCATION FROM ZU SA FROM, UH, OUR YOUTH DIRECTOR FROM THE CHINO VALLEY ISLAMIC CENTER.
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]
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.AND THEN PLEASE KEEP STANDING IN THE NAME OF GOD.
[ INVOCATION: Zuhair Sha'ath, Youth Director at Chino Valley Islamic Center]
UH, LAST WEEK WE MARKED THE BEGINNING OF SACRED SEASONS FOR MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY AROUND THE WORLD.OUR CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS ENTERED THE SEASON OF LENT AND MUSLIMS WELCOME THE BLESSED MANAL RAMADAN.
UH, AND IT IS IN THIS THAT WE ASK GOD THE SPIRIT OF REFLECTION, NOT ONLY OUR PERSONAL LIVES, BUT OUR PUBLIC DECISIONS, THAT HE HELPS US INSPIRE THOSE WHO SERVE HERE TO ACT WITH INTEGRITY, COURAGE, AND MORAL CLARITY.
THAT HE GRANTS US THE WISDOM TO PURSUE POLICIES OF RESPONSIBLE AND ETHICAL INVESTMENT IN STEWARDSHIP THAT REFLECT THE VALUES OF JUSTICE, COMPASSION, AND HUMAN DIGNITY.
AND HE ALLOWS US AND THE CITY COUNCIL TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE DECISIONS MADE HERE IMPACT NOT ONLY THIS CITY, BUT ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO POSITIVE CHANGE FAR BEYOND IT.
AND THAT WE ASK GOD THAT HE BLESSES US AND GUIDES US TO HIS NOBLE PATH.
[1. RECOGNITION - 2025 Photo Contest Winners]
RIGHT.UH, EACH YEAR WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, OUR ANNUAL PHOTO CONTEST AND ALL OF THE IMAGES THAT OUR RESIDENTS CAPTURE OF OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY.
IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR RESIDENTS TO SHOW OFF THEIR SKILLS, AND WE SURE HAVE A LOT OF TALENT HERE IN CHINO HILLS.
IN ADDITION TO A PRIZE, EACH RENTER WILL RECEIVE A CERTIFICATE FROM THE CITY, AS WELL AS CERTIFICATES FROM OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS.
AND TO HELP ME PRESENT THESE CERTIFICATES AND TO TELL US MORE ABOUT OUR CONTEST IS OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES COORDINATOR, VANESSA BED.
UM, SO WE'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE WHO SUBMITTED PHOTOS THIS YEAR.
THERE WAS A TON OF GREAT PHOTOS, AND THE COMPETITION WAS VERY TOUGH AS USUAL.
UM, WE'D ALSO LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK OUR JUDGES BECAUSE THEY HAD THE DIFFICULT TASK OF, UH, SELECTING THOSE WINNERS.
SO, UM, TONIGHT WE'LL BE AWARDING EVERYBODY SHOPS, UH, GIFT CARDS.
SO OUR THIRD PLACE WINNERS WILL BE GETTING A $50 GIFT CARD.
OUR SECOND PLACE WINNERS WILL BE GETTING $75.
FIRST PLACE GETS A HUNDRED, AND OUR GRAND PRIZE WINNER GETS $250.
SO, UM, REAL QUICK BEFORE WE ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS, UM, I FIRST WANNA INVITE EVERYBODY TO, UH, MEET OUR WINNERS AT OUR PHOTOGRAPHER'S RECEPTION NEXT WEEK, THURSDAY, UM, UH, EXCUSE ME, MARCH 5TH FROM SIX 30 TO SEVEN 30 AT THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM, WE'VE BLOWN ALL THE PICTURES UP ON THE CANVASES, AND SO THEY'RE GONNA BE HANGING IN OUR LOBBY FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
UM, SO YOU CAN COME HAVE SOME REFRESHMENTS, WE'LL HAVE SOME SNACKS, AND, UH, BRING YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY, AND WE'LL HAVE A GOOD TIME.
UM, SO, UH, JUST ANOTHER LITTLE SIDE NOTE FOR TONIGHT, ALL OF OUR WINNERS THAT ARE HERE KNOW THAT THEY'VE WON, BUT NOBODY KNOWS WHAT PLACE THEY GOT.
SO IT'LL BE A SURPRISE AS WE CALL EVERYBODY UP,
SO, UM, UH, NOW WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET INTO THE PRESENTATION.
I'M GONNA CALL YOU UP EACH INDIVIDUALLY, AND YOU CAN JUST STAY UP HERE, AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE A PHOTO OF EVERYBODY AT THE END.
SO, UM, YOU'LL ALSO BE ABLE TO SEE EVERYBODY'S PHOTOS UP ON THE SCREEN THERE.
SO WE'LL START OFF IN THE CELEBRATING COMMUNITY SPIRIT CATEGORY.
UM, IN THIRD PLACE, WE HAVE JOY MILLER FOR SUBMITTING OLD BARN ON PEYTON.
OH, THESE ARE NOT IN THE RIGHT ORDER.
THOUGHT I HAVE THESE IN THE RIGHT ORDER.
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ALRIGHT.IN SECOND PLACE, WE HAVE NATALIA POCHE FOR SUBMITTING HUSKY PRIDE AT BATTLE OF THE BONE.
AND IN FIRST PLACE, WE HAVE JAMES FAN FOR SUBMITTING SUNSET ON SUNSET TRAIL THAT FOR A HUNDRED BUCKS.
ACTUALLY, THAT PICTURE WAS ALREADY USED ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SO, PERFECT.
SO MOVING ON TO THE BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPES CATEGORY.
IN THIRD PLACE, WE HAVE MAURICE KWAN FOR SUBMITTING PERFECT VIEW ON WOODVIEW ROAD.
IN SECOND PLACE, WE HAVE MARLEY PORTIER FOR SUBMITTING UPPER BAIN RIDGE TRAIL LOOKOUT IN CHINO HILL STATE PARK.
AND IN FIRST PLACE WE HAVE EMILY PATTERSON FOR SUBMITTING.
MOVING ON TO OUR CHINO HILLS IN MOTION CATEGORY IN THIRD PLACE.
ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE MARLEY POURIER FOR SUBMITTING HIKING FRIENDS ON HIDDEN TRAILS LOOP
ALRIGHT, WE KNOW WHO'S BUYING DINNER TONIGHT.
IN SECOND PLACE, WE HAVE JASON LAUREL FOR SUBMITTING MORNING HIKE ON BAIN RIDGE TRAIL.
IN FIRST PLACE WE HAVE EMMA CARTER FOR SUBMITTING HURRYING OFF ALONGSIDE THE FALL FOLIAGE.
AND OUR GRAND PRIZE WINNER IS KATIE KIM FOR SUBMITTING ONE FOGGY MORNING.
UNFORTUNATELY, SHE COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY.
YOU'RE GONNA FIND ITS WAY TO HER, RIGHT? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
SO ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR WINNERS.
AND ONCE AGAIN, JOIN US NEXT WEEK, THURSDAY.
ALRIGHT, SO WE WANNA DO ONE WITHOUT ME, RIGHT? YES, PLEASE.
SO, UM, WE'LL JUST HAVE YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TOGETHER, AND IF YOU CAN TURN YOUR CERTIFICATES OUT, UM, AND REMOVE THE ENVELOPE IN FRONT.
ANYBODY, TAMMY, WANTS TO COME UP, COME UP, TAKE PHOTOS.
YOU CAN GET CLOSER IF YOU NEED TO.
[ PUBLIC INFORMATION MANAGER REPORT]
OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION, UH, MANAGER REPORT.THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT, UH, CHIN HALLS TEENS IN GRADE SEVEN THROUGH 12 ARE INVITED TO APPLY TO SERVE ON THE CITY'S TEEN ADVISORY BOARD.
THE BOARD PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRACTICE LEADERSHIP AND LIFE SKILLS.
APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN NOW ONLINE AND DUE BY WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18TH OR UNTIL THE FIRST 60 ARE RECEIVED.
STUDENTS IN GRADES SEVEN THROUGH 12 ARE INVITED TO THE CITY'S FIRST TEEN LEADERSHIP SUMMIT ON MARCH 21ST AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
THIS FREE EVENT WILL PROVIDE SESSIONS FOCUSED ON LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, COLLEGE AND CAREER PREP, FINANCIAL LITERACY, PUBLIC SPEAKING, AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.
REGISTRATION IS OPEN UNTIL MARCH 6TH OR UNTIL THE FIRST 150 STUDENTS
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REGISTER.LEARN MORE ABOUT BOTH EVENTS ONLINE AT THE CITY'S WEBSITE@CHINOHILLS.ORG SLASH TEENS.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PI REPORT, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, SEEING YOU IN HEARING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC
[2. 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 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, A SPEAK CARD AVAILABLE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS ITEM.
[ 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, UH, SLASH LEVI ACT.WE'RE GONNA BE MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT
[ CONSENT CALENDAR (3 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 THREE ITEMS. WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO PULL ANY OF THE ITEMS? NO.
ALL RIGHT, THEN WITH THAT I'LL TAKE A MOTION.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY THE VICE MAYOR AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT.
AND NOW WE'RE ON TO OUR DISCUSSION
[6. 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]
CALENDAR.UH, ITEM SIX, REVIEW AND FILE.
UPDATE TO CITY HALL FIRE EMERGENCY DECLARATION.
MR. CITY MANAGER, EVENING MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
ON JUNE 23RD, UH, 2025, WE EXPERIENCED A, UH, EQUIPMENT FIRE HERE AT CITY HALL THAT ALSO TRIGGERED OUR, UH, FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM, WHICH CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE, UH, TO CITY HALL.
UH, THE COUNCIL TOOK AN ACTION TO DECLARE A LOCAL EMERGENCY, UH, TO FACILITATE THE, UH, RECONSTRUCTION OF CITY HALL.
UH, WE'RE NEARING THE COMPLETION OF, UH, THAT EFFORT.
UH, ESSENTIALLY, UH, THROUGH WORKING WITH OUR INSURER, OUR CONTRACTOR, UH, AND, UH, CLAIMS ADJUSTERS, NOW WE'RE ROUGHLY DOWN TO, UH, REPLACING, UH, OUR COUNTER, UH, AREAS IN THE PUBLIC THAT WHERE WE FACE THE PUBLIC, UH, BECAUSE THEY WERE DAMAGED BY WATER.
WE ANTICIPATE THAT WORK WILL BEGIN IN APRIL.
UH, AND CONCLUDE, UH, UH, EITHER BY THE END OF APRIL, BEGINNING OF MAY, UH, BECAUSE WE TOOK THE, UH, LOCAL EMERGENCY ACTION, WE NEED TO BRING THIS BACK TO THE COUNCIL, PROVIDE UPDATES, AND GIVE THE COUNCIL AN OPPORTUNITY THROUGH A FOUR FIFTH VOTE TO CONTINUE, UH, THE LOCAL EMERGENCY UNTIL, UH, WE'VE COMPLETED THE PROJECT.
AND SO THAT CONCLUDES MY, UH, REPORT, AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE COUNCIL TO, UH, VOTE ON, UH, CONTINUING THE ITEM.
ALRIGHT, ANY, MR. VICE MAYOR, MR. CITY MANAGER, UM, HOW MUCH MONEY STILL OWED TO US FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANY? SO, UH, THE, THE WAY I BREAK IT UP IS THERE ARE DOLLARS THAT ARE PAID DIRECTLY TO THE CONTRACTORS, AND THEN THERE ARE DOLLARS THAT ARE PAID TO REIMBURSE THE CITY.
CURRENTLY, ALL THE ACTIVITY THAT THE CITY TOOK THE INITIAL PAYMENT ON, WE'VE BEEN COMPLETELY REIMBURSED.
UH, BUT THERE'S STILL, UH, UH, OUTSTANDING RECEIPTS FOR THE, UH, WORK THAT OUR CONTRACTOR HAS DONE.
UM, WE STILL ANTICIPATE THE TOTAL COST TO BE ABOUT $5.4 MILLION, BUT IN THE, UH, STAFF REPORT, THE $739,000 LISTED THERE, THAT'S THE OUTLAY THAT THE CITY MADE THAT NOW WE'VE BEEN FULLY REIMBURSED BY OUR INSURER.
SO WE'RE, IS THERE, I MEAN, IS THERE A PERCENTAGE THAT STILL, WE STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN PAID? I MEAN, I KNOW THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR FOUR, 4.6 MILLION AND WE'VE GOTTEN SOME MONIES, BUT THERE'S STILL A GAP, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND IT'S BECAUSE WE PRIMARILY HAVEN'T COMPLETED ALL OF THE WORK.
AND THEN A TIMELINE THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING FOR ALL THIS TO BE DONE, UH, WE'RE ANTICIPATING THE LAST PHASE WILL START IN APRIL, POTENTIALLY CON, UH, THE BEGINNING OF APRIL, POTENTIALLY BE CONCLUDED IN APRIL AT THE VERY WORST, UH, THE BEGINNING OF MAY.
AND I JUST WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB.
ALRIGHT, WITH THAT, IF WE HAVE MOTION, MOTION TO APPROACH, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS, PLEASE LOCK IN YOUR VOTES.
ALRIGHT, ITEM SEVEN, RECEIVE AND
[7. Receive and file 2026 City Council Goal Setting Workshop report or, in the alternative, discuss and provide further direction on City goals and priorities]
FILE 2026 CITY COUNCIL GOAL SETTING WORKSHOP REPORT, OR IN AN ALTERNATIVE, DISCUSS AND PROVIDE FURTHER DIRECTION ON CITY GOALS AND PRIORITIES.UH, MR. CITY MANAGER, MAYOR, I JUST WANNA ANNOUNCE THAT THERE WAS A REVISION TO THE STAFF REPORT, ALTHOUGH THE AGENDA DOES NOTE THAT THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE ACTION TO BE TAKEN.
THE STAFF REPORT DID NOT REFLECT THAT.
AND SO WE REVISE THAT AND IT HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED AND IT IS AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC.
ON, UH, JANUARY 15TH, STAFF, UH, ALONG WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM, UH, CONSISTING OF ALL OF OUR EXECUTIVES AND OUR MANAGERS, UH,
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UH, SPENT ROUGHLY FOUR, UH, FIVE HOURS TOGETHER, UH, PLANNING, UH, THE FUTURE, UH, OF THE CITY AND LOOKING AT SOME HIGH LEVEL GOALS.UH, THIS IS THE SECOND, SECOND TIME WE'VE HAD THIS WORKSHOP.
UH, AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S TURNED OUT TO BE A VERY REWARDING EXERCISE FOR STAFF TO HAVE DIRECT ACCESS, UH, TO THE COUNCIL.
UH, I INTERACT WITH, UH, THE FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS VERY FREQUENTLY, BUT OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM, WHILE THEY HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO THE, UH, TO THE COUNCIL, UH, IT WAS GREAT FOR US TO ALL GET TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER TOWARD IDENTIFYING, UH, THE CITY'S GOALS.
UH, UH, WE LOOKED AT, UH, WHETHER OR NOT OUR CURRENT FIVE OVERARCHING GOALS, UH, WERE STILL, UH, A PRIORITY FOR THE CITY.
AND THEN WE ALSO IDENTIFIED, UH, FOR NEW, UH, TWO YEAR SPECIFIC PRIORITIES, UH, UH, GOING FORWARD.
UH, OUR GOALS OR OUR STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK, THE FIVE ARE OUR FOCUSING ON OUR BUDGET, HOUSING REQUIREMENTS, INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION, QUALITY OF LIFE, AND THE ORGANIZATION OR THE TALENT FOR, UH, ALL OF OUR STAFFING.
UH, WE TALK A LOT, UH, INTERNALLY ABOUT, UH, THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS AND WHAT MAKES IT SPECIAL.
AND WE TOOK TIME TO, UH, UH, ZERO IN ON ALL THE DIFFERENT AREAS, UH, THAT THE COUNCIL AND STAFF FELT MADE, UH, CHINO HILLS A UNIQUE, UNIQUE PLACE.
AND, UH, IF WE DISTILL THAT DOWN INTO FOUR KEY CATEGORIES, THERE WAS A LOT OF FOCUS ON, UH, CHINO HILLS BEING A FAMILY ORIENTED, UH, CITY, AND THAT WE SHOULD HAVE SERVICES THAT, UH, REFLECT THAT.
UH, WE HAVE A STABLE GOVERNANCE.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, UH, POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT VALUE OUR OPEN SPACE AND PRESERVE IT.
AND THEN, UH, THAT THERE IS A STRONG, UH, COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY, WHETHER THAT BE OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PRACTICES, BUT ALSO THE WAY WE MAINTAIN OUR OPEN SPACE AREAS TO PROTECT, UH, UH, FROM, UH, FIRE RISK.
UH, WE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, WE HAD THE, UH, PRIVILEGE OF A, UH, MUCH MORE CREATIVE PERSON THAN I AM, UH, UH, DOCUMENT A LOT OF THE DIALOGUE.
AND SO IN THE REPORT, UH, YOU CAN SEE AN ILLUSTRATION, UH, OF THE, UH, UH, BACK AND FORTH, UH, DISCUSSIONS THAT HAPPENED.
UH, YOU CAN SEE HERE REPRESENTED, YOU KNOW, CONCEPTS LIKE GREAT STAFF AND LEADERSHIP, THE FAMILY ATMOSPHERE, UH, THAT WE'VE, UH, UH, HAD GOOD LONG RANGE PLANNING AND, UH, PRIORITIZING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO THIS WAS JUST A, UH, A GOOD, UH, CREATIVE ILLUSTRATION OF ALL THE, UH, UH, THE, THE, UH, POINTS THAT WERE MADE BY THE COUNCIL AND STAFF DURING THE CONVERSATION.
UM, ULTIMATELY, UH, WE SETTLED ON FOUR, UH, PRIORITIES THAT STAFF WILL EXECUTE OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
UH, LOOKING AT WAYS TO REDUCE COSTS AND INCREASE REVENUE.
UH, AS OUR BUDGETS HAVE GAPS, MUCH LIKE, UH, MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS MAY HAVE IN THEIR, IN THEIR HOME BUDGETS.
UH, WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT COSTS ARE INCREASING MORE QUICKLY THAN REVENUES.
SO WE NEED TO FIND A WAY, UH, TO BRIDGE THAT GAP FOR, UH, LONG-TERM, UH, FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.
UH, WE ALSO LOOKED, UH, AT, UH, UH, MAKING A PRIORITY, UH, SERVICES OR COMMITMENTS OR BUDGET ALLOCATIONS THAT SUPPORT THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN CHINO HILLS.
UH, AGAIN, FOCUSING ON MAKING SURE IT'S WITHIN OUR, UH, OUR, UH, BUDGET AND OUR FISCAL RESOURCES.
UH, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT SUPPORTING PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, AGAIN, UH, FROM A LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE, BUT ALSO VERY SPECIFICALLY THERE WAS A LOT OF DIALOGUE ABOUT THE RISK WE HAVE, UH, UH, TO FIRE, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MAINTAINING OUR OPEN SPACE.
THE COUNCIL, AND I KNOW STAFF HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF COMMENTS FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT, UH, HOW THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY IS REACTING TO THE CALIFORNIA FIRE RISK.
AND THEN WHEN YOU HAVE 3000 AC ACRES OF OPEN SPACE, UH, UH, THERE HAS TO BE A COMMITMENT TO DOING THE BEST WE CAN TO, UH, NOT ONLY MAINTAIN IT FROM AN AESTHETIC POINT OF VIEW, BUT MAKING SURE THAT, UH, UH, UH, THAT INVESTMENT, UH, ALSO TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THE, THE RISK OF FIRE.
UH, AND THEN ALSO PROMOTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THE COUNCIL, UH, UH, TALKED A A GOOD BIT ABOUT, UH, ATTRACTING BUSINESSES, RETAINING BUSINESSES, AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE, UH, ACCESS TO GOOD PLACES TO SHOP AND WORK.
I, UH, WITH THOSE, UH, POLICY, UH, UH, DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL, UH, STAFF WILL BE, UH, IMPLEMENTING, UH, THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED THROUGH THE WORKSHOP BY ALIGNING OUR PROJECTS AND, AND OUR PROGRAMS, UH, TO REFLECT THOSE, UH, PRIORITIES.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING THAT, UH, TO INCORPORATE THAT COUNCIL DIRECTION INTO OUR NEXT, UH, BUDGET.
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AS WE BRING ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS AND POLICIES TO THE COUNCIL, WE WILL ALWAYS REFLECT BACK ON WHETHER IT'S THE FIVE GOALS OR THE NEW FOUR PRIORITIES, TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE, UH, THEY ARE IN ALIGNMENT.UH, AND THEN WE'RE, UH, LOOKING TO MEASURE AND REPORT THE PROGRESS, UH, IN A WAY THAT, THAT, THAT SHOWS, UH, WE'RE ACHIEVING THOSE GOALS.
UH, WE, UH, IN THE PAST HAVE HAD THE, UH, WORKSHOPS EVERY OTHER YEAR.
UH, WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT THE INTERIM YEAR WILL BE REPORTING ON HOW THOSE GOALS, UH, HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED.
AND THEN, UH, UM, FOR THE PUBLIC, IF YOU LOOK AT THE STAFF REPORT AND THE, AND THEY ACCEPT THE ATTACHED DOCUMENTS, THERE'S A LOT MORE DETAIL ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY.
AND THAT WAS PROVIDED BY STAFF IN ORDER TO KIND OF SYNTHESIZE TOGETHER ALL OF THE AREAS, UH, THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
AND SO WE PLAN TO INTEGRATE THIS DIRECTION INTO BASICALLY EVERYTHING WE DO GOING FORWARD.
AND WITH THAT, THIS REALLY IS, UH, DESIGNED TO BE A, UH, RECEIVING FILE.
UH, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC KNEW WHAT OCCURRED AT THIS MEETING, UH, AND IF THERE'S ANY DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL, WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO MOVE THAT FORWARD.
BUT, UH, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE TO, TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, OUR DISCUSSION.
COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT, UH, BEN, ONE THING, JUST SO, SO WE CAN HAVE A SAVE THE DATE.
WHEN DO WE ANTICIPATE OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP AND FIRST, UH, PUBLIC HEARING, UH, OR PUBLIC MEETING, UH, REGARDING THE BUDGET SO THAT THE PEOPLE CAN SEE HOW THIS IS ALL THIS WORK IS BEING INCORPORATED INTO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET? IT'S TYPICALLY, I'LL LOOK TO FINANCE FOR THE CLERKS.
IS IT THE FIRST MEETING IN MAY THAT WE BRING IT? SO IT'LL BE THAT, THAT SECOND TUESDAY IN MAY THAT WE'LL BRING.
AND, AND, UH, TO YOUR POINT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT, WE HAVE A FULL WORKSHOP WHERE WE GO THROUGH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PROGRAM AREAS IN THE CITY, AND WE TALK ABOUT THE EXPENDITURES, UH, AND THE REVENUE.
WE TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING FROM SALES TAX, UH, PROJECTIONS, PROPERTY TAX PROJECTIONS, SOME OF OUR BIGGER REVENUES, BUT ALSO ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT, UH, UH, AREAS AND DEPARTMENTS AND WHERE OUR EXPENDITURES ARE.
SO THE COUNCIL GOES THROUGH THAT, UH, UH, INFORMATION IN DETAIL WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND STAFF PRIOR, BUT WE HAVE A PUBLIC WORKSHOP WHERE WE MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO, TO, TO THAT BUDGET, UH, DISCUSSION.
YEAH, I JUST WANNA BE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC REC OR HEARS ABOUT THAT IT WILL BE IN THE PAPER, UH, AND THAT THEY CAN, IF THEY WANT, GET INTO THE, UH, THE REAL NUTS AND BOLTS OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE BUDGET IN THAT WORKSHOP.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
SO, MR. CITY MANAGER, REGARDING IN 2023 OUR PRIORITIES, CAN YOU GO OVER WHAT THEY WERE AND HOW DID WE DO WITH THOSE THREE PRIORITIES? SO THE PRIORITIES WE IDENTIFIED, UH, FROM 2023 WERE ADDRESSING THE UN UNDERFUNDED LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING DISTRICTS.
AND WHAT WE DID IS, SO IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, WE HAVE A LA, UH, LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING DISTRICT THAT COVERS ROUGHLY HALF THE CITY.
IT'S A SEPARATE ASSESSMENT FOR, UH, ACTIVITIES IN THOSE AREAS.
AND THERE'S AN IMBALANCE THERE.
UH, IT'S DIFFICULT TO CORRECT AND SO WE HAVE NOT CHANGE THE ASSESSMENT FOR THE, UH, L AND LS.
WE BROADEN OUR DISCUSSION ABOUT REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES AND THE NEW GOALS, UH, TO GIVE US MORE OPTIONS OTHER THAN JUST THE, UH, LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING.
SO THERE IS NO SOLUTION TO THAT.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S EXISTED, UH, UH, FOR PROBABLY 15 YEARS OR SO.
UH, THE GROWING CHALLENGE OF, OF MEETING THE L AND L UH, REQUIREMENTS.
UH, THE SECOND ITEM WAS TO PURSUE COST SAVINGS AND REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES.
UH, UH, WE, UH, HAVE THROUGH, UH, WHETHER IT'S OUR PUBLIC WORKS, UH, OPERATION, WHICH IS OUR LARGEST, OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES OPERATION, UH, WHEREVER WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, UH, ECONOMIZE DEFER MAINTENANCE, UH, WE HAVE, UH, UH, REPLACED, UH, TURF WITH, UH, UH, DROUGHT TOLERANT, UH, PLANT MATERIAL.
UH, WE'VE CHANGED OUR, UH, UM, TREE TRIMMING SCHEDULES ALL IN ORDER TO, UH, BE ABLE TO, UH, REDUCE OUR COSTS SO THAT WE COULD STAY WITHIN BUDGET.
UH, WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO SECURE SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, UH, REVENUE.
UH, WE SUCCESSFULLY NEGOTIATED WITH, UH, THE COUNTY TO GET A LARGER SHARE OF THE PROPERTY TAX FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, BUT WE STILL HAVE ONE OF THE LOWEST SHARES FOR, UH, ALL OF OUR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.
SO THAT DISCUSSION IS ONGOING.
SO, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO KEEP THE COST DOWN, BUT ALSO, UH, GAIN EXTRA REVENUE WHERE WE CAN.
UH, THE THIRD ITEM IS TO DETERMINE WHETHER TO PROCEED, UH, WITH A SECOND COMMUNITY CENTER.
UH, WE'VE IDENTIFIED A LOCATION.
UH, WE ARE PURSUING A SECOND LOCATION THAT WE'LL BRING BACK TO THE COUNCIL, AND THEN I THINK WE'LL HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT, UH, UH, THAT IS STILL A HIGH PRIORITY
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OR AT LEAST A TIMELY PRIORITY.WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SECURE $10 MILLION TOWARD THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS, UH, NEW SPLASH PAD IN COMMUNITY CENTER, BUT THAT IS NOT GONNA COVER THE FULL COST.
IT'S NOT GONNA COVER THE OPERATIONAL COSTS.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO BRING THAT BACK TO THE COUNCIL, UH, TO EXECUTE THIS GOAL FULLY.
YOU GUYS DID A HELL OF A JOB, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UM, I DO HAVE SOME OTHER QUESTIONS.
ON PAGE 180 3 OF THE REPORT, YOU TALK ABOUT 3000 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE THROUGHOUT CHINO HILLS.
UM, HOW DOES THE 1,750 ACRES, IS THAT PART OF THE 3000 ACRES OR IS THAT ABOVE AND BEYOND IN TRESTLE? MONOS? 'CAUSE THERE'S ALSO A COST FOR THAT, RIGHT? RIGHT.
NO, WE DON'T COUNT THAT AS, UH, OUR, UH, UH, CITY OBLIGATION.
EVEN THOUGH THE CITY OWNS THAT, UH, UH, WITH, UH, DIAMOND BAR IN THE CITY OF INDUSTRY, WE HAVE A SEPARATE BUDGET ALLOCATION THAT GOES TOWARD THE MAINTENANCE OF, UH, OF TRUS ARMO.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH OUR OPEN SPACE, WE'RE NOT COUNTING THE, THE JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY PROPERTY WE OWN IN, UH, UH, WITH, UH, TRUSS ARMOS.
AND THEN ONE LAST QUESTION REGARDING THE A APRS AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
UM, HAVEN'T WE SPENT A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THAT OVER THE YEARS? YEAH, I THINK WE'RE CLOSER TO $2 MILLION.
THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT TOTAL, UH, FOR THAT.
UH, UH, AND THAT INCLUDES, UH, UH, THE FIRST BATCH OF APRS THAT WE BOUGHT ON A, ON, ON THE, UH, VIGILANCE SYSTEM.
AND THEN WE'VE ALSO BEEN INTEGRATING A NEWER SYSTEM THAT, UH, WORKS ON A FLOCK.
UH, AND WE'VE ADDED ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS AND WILL LIKELY BE BRINGING TO THE COUNCIL, UH, A PROPOSAL FOR ADDITIONAL, UH, INVESTMENTS.
UH, OUR POLICE CHIEF IS CONSTANTLY, UH, REPORTING TO, UH, STAFF THAT, UH, IT REALLY IS WHAT THEY CALL A FORCE MULTIPLIER.
THE ABILITY TO FLAG, UH, UH, VEHICLES EITHER THAT ARE STOLEN OR MAY PARTICIPATING IN A CRIME MAKES IT MUCH MORE EFFICIENT FOR OUR, UH, EITHER, UH, CRIME ANALYSTS OR OUR DEPUTIES TO RESPOND AND HELP, UH, UH, UH, CATCH, UH, CRIMINALS EITHER WHEN THEY'RE ENTERING, UH, TOWN OR OR OPERATING.
AND JUST ONE LAST THING, I WANT TO, FIRST OF ALL, YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB, UM, REGARDING ARENA, UH, REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
UM, I KNOW IT SAYS HERE THAT IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT WE STAY ON THE NEXT CYCLE, BUT I JUST WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU LAST CYCLE, I THINK OUR DIRECTOR WAS AT ALL THE MEETINGS, BUT ONE, AND WE DID A, WE HAD A REALLY GOOD REPRESENTATION AND WE FOLLOWED THAT, UH, ARENA CYCLE, EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T, UH, WE GOT 3 729 UNITS THAT WE HAD IT ZONE FOUR.
AND THANK YOU SIR, ALSO FOR YOUR REPRESENTATION.
I KNOW YOU WERE THERE WITH STAFF AS WELL.
I KNOW YOU WON'T SAY IT, BUT THANK YOU.
YOU WERE THERE TOO, SO THANK YOU.
ALRIGHT, ANY FURTHER, FURTHER COMMENTS? NO.
WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL AFTERNOON.
NOW, DID WE DECIDE TO KEEP IT EVERY TWO YEARS AND NOT ANNUALLY.
WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IT BECAUSE THAT'S, I MEAN, I CAN SEE HOW IT'S HARD TO ACCOMPLISH SOME OF THOSE GOALS IN 12 MONTHS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, TWO YEARS SEEMS KIND OF LONG.
I CAN'T REMEMBER IF THE, IF THE FIVE OF US TALKED ABOUT HOW OFTEN WE WANNA HAVE THIS, WE HAVEN'T, I WAS EVEN THINKING TWO YEARS IS TOO SHORT FOR SOME OF THESE MAJOR PROJECTS.
I KNOW IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU HAVE TO CATEGORIES SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY COMMENT I HAD, BRIAN.
I MEAN, OKAY, I'LL GO WITH WHATEVER, BUT, ALRIGHT.
WELL, I THINK THIS IS MORE MR. MAYOR, FUTURE DISCUSSION.
JUST TO FOLLOW UP, ONE, ONE COMMENT THAT, UH, BEN KIND OF GLOSSED OVER A LITTLE BIT WITH RESPECT, RESPECT TO THE PROPERTY TAX ISSUE.
UH, WE'VE HAD ONGOING DIALOGUE, BUT THIS LAST FRIDAY, UH, BEN ROD AND I SPENT AN HOUR ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE, UH, COUNTY ASSESSOR TO LET THE, TO, TO LET HER UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHAT THE ISSUES ARE WITH RESPECT TO THE FACT THAT WE WERE NOT A CITY WHEN PROP 13 PASSED.
AND AS A RESULT, WE WEREN'T INVOLVED WITH THE ORIGINAL ALLOCATION FORMULA.
AND SHE IS VERY, VERY WILLING.
SHE'S COMMITTED TO, UH, WORK WITH US AND SEE AND TAKE, TAKE WHATEVER ACTION SHE CAN, UH, COME UP WITH, UH, TO HELP US TRY AND GET MORE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE.
AND THAT'S A BIG, BIG, UH, DOLLAR PO POTENTIAL IMPACT THAT WILL HELP US OUT.
SO, MR. BANNON, REAL FAST PERTAINING TO THAT, WHAT DO WE GET NORMALLY IN PROPERTY TAX COMPARISON? WE'RE GETTING, WE'RE GETTING 10.
WELL, THERE'S, WE GET ABOUT $10 MILLION AND THERE'S ABOUT ANOTHER 10 THAT GOES IN THAT WE GET, UH, FOR THE VEHICLE LICENSE FUND.
SO IT'S ABOUT $20 MILLION TOTAL, BUT IT'S STILL, IT'S ONLY ABOUT 4% OF THE, OF THE PROPERTY TAX.
SO IF YOU HAVE A MILLION DOLLAR HOUSE, WE'RE GETTING ABOUT, WHAT, $400 THAT'S CORRECT.
UH, IN PROPERTY TAX FROM THE COUNTY ON THAT.
SO IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, THAT'S A BIG NUT TO, TO CRACK.
IF WE CAN GET THAT, THAT'LL REALLY HELP US OUT WITH, UH, ONE, ONE LAST CITY CHINO.
WHAT DO THEY GET? 15%? UH, YEAH, I THINK THEY'RE CLOSER TO 15.
ONE LAST QUICK THING, BRIAN, TOO.
SO ARE THESE PACKETS PUBLIC FOR PEOPLE? IF THEY WANT TO SEE THESE? YES.
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CONDENSES.SO I KNOW TONIGHT AT THIS MEETING, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE GLOSSING IT OVER.
THIS IS LIKE A LOT OF INFORMATION TO PROCESS.
BUT LIKE BEN SAID, WE WERE THERE FOR FIVE OR SIX HOURS ALL DAY AND I WISH THAT WE COULD CAPTURE LIKE OUR LIVELY DIALOGUE WE HAD WITH ONE ANOTHER AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS.
WAS IT, I KNOW IT WAS A PUBLIC MEETING, BUT WAS IT FILMED? UH, NO.
SO I ENCOURAGE IF IF, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANNA PARTICIPATE IN, IT'S LIKE NOTHING THIS, THIS CAN'T CAPTURE LIKE WHAT WAS DISCUSSED THAT DAY.
BECAUSE IF YOU REALLY WANNA KNOW WHAT'S IN IMPORTANT TO YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF AND WHAT WE WANT FOR YOU GUYS, IT WAS, I THOUGHT IT WAS AN EXCELLENT DAY.
WE HAD SOME PRETTY FRANK DISCUSSIONS AND I THINK THAT WAS GOOD.
NOT ONLY TO HEAR FROM THE FIVE OF US, BUT ALSO TO BOUNCE THINGS OFF OF CITY, CITY STAFF AS WELL.
SO I THINK THAT WAS, IT WAS A WONDERFUL TIME.
UM, WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE THE ITEM.
THERE'S NO VOTE REQUIRED UNLESS YOU HAVE A DIRECTION FOR THE CITY MANAGER.
ALRIGHT, SO THEN WE'RE GONNA BE MOVING ON TO PLANNING
[ PLANNING COMMISSION MATTERS - This portion of the City Council Agenda is for matters from the February 17, 2026, Planning Commission Meeting. No action is required unless two members of the City Council wish to request a review of the matter, in accordance with Section 16.58.070 of the Chino Hills Municipal Code. Expiration of the public appeal period on Planning Commission Item(s) 4 is March 3, 2026, 5:30 p.m.]
COMMISSION ITEM, PLANNING COMMISSION ITEMS. UM, WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO DISCUSS, CAN I ASK ONE QUESTION ABOUT IT? UH, THE ONLY OTHER ITEM THAT'S HANDLING IN THAT GENERAL AREA IS THE TRIANGULAR PIECE THAT THE WASH THE CAR WAS, IS GOING INTO.THERE WAS ISSUES WITH RESPECT TO, UH, SEWAGE AND WATER HOOKUP BECAUSE OF ITS BEING ADJACENT TO CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
THIS PIECE ALSO BEING AT THE CORNER OF MONTE VISTA AND, UH, CHINO HILLS OR, UH, CHINO HILLS PARKWAY.
IS THERE ANY WATER ISSUES THERE THAT WE KNOW OF? OR SHOULD THIS BE CLEANER THERE? THERE IS.
AND, UM, THE DEVELOPER IS EXECUTING A SEPARATE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF CHINO TO OBTAIN, UH, SEWER SERVICE FOR, UH, THIS PARCEL BECAUSE THE CLOSEST CHINO, UH, HILLS, UH, SEWER FACILITY IS A QUARTER MILE TO THE SOUTH.
SO MAR TEMPLE, SO ONCE THE, UM, THE DEVELOPER IS ASKING THIS, UH, ITEM IS A TIME EXTENSION TO THE ORIGINAL ENTITLEMENT.
SO, UH, WHEN THE DEVELOPER DECIDES TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, THEN, UM, THEY WILL GO TO THE LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION COMMISSION TO GET APPROVAL OF THE EXTRATERRITORIAL, UH, SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF CHINO.
WELL, THAT'S EXACTLY WHY I ASKED THIS QUESTION TO, TO, TO BASICALLY JUSTIFY THE EXTENSION.
SO, UM, I, I'M RECOMMENDING THAT WE GO AHEAD AND, AND GIVE THAT TO YOUR EXTENSION IN THE FORM OF A MOTION.
SO IT'S A PLANNING COMMISSION ITEM.
DO WE? YEAH, I BELIEVE YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T NEED TO TAKE AN ACTION.
YEAH, WE DON'T NEED A MOTION ON IT.
ALRIGHT, THEN, UH, PUBLIC HEARING, UH, WE HAVE ITEM
[9. Review and provide policy direction regarding allocation of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to public service projects; award Program Year 2026-27 CDBG funding for public service projects; and authorize staff to decrease 2026-27 grant awards for public service projects proportionately, with no grant award decreasing to lower than $5,000, if allocation is decreased by Department of Housing and Urban Development and it will impact maximum allowable allocation (15 percent of total CDBG funds) to public service funds]
NINE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, REGARDING REVIEW AND PROVIDE POLICY DIRECTION REGARDING ALLOCATION OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS TO PUBLIC SERVICE PROJECTS.AND WITH THIS, UM, ANALYST, SCHNEIDER, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, WE'RE HERE THIS EVENING TO ALLOCATE THE PUBLIC SERVICE PORTION OF THE CDBG FUNDS.
HUD HASN'T RELEASED THE, UM, ALLOCATED FUNDS FOR OUR CITY THIS YEAR, BUT WE'RE ESTIMATING, UM, THAT THE SAME AMOUNT THAT WE GOT PRIOR YEAR, WHICH WAS ABOUT $400,000, 15% OF THE ALLOCATION, WHICH IS 60,000, CAN BE ALLOCATED TOWARD PUBLIC SERVICE GROUPS.
COUNCIL HAS THE AUTHORITY TO ALLOCATE, UM, THE FULL AMOUNT, A PORTION OF THE AMOUNT OR NO FUNDS AT ALL TO PUBLIC SERVICES.
WE HAVE NINE PROPOSALS FOR CONSIDERATION.
TOTALING $233,225 SIX ARE PRIOR YEAR AWARDEES.
ONE IS A PREVIOUS GRANT AWARDEE AND TWO ARE NEW APPLICANTS.
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE ORGANIZATIONS ARE HERE TONIGHT TO GIVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON THEIR PROPOSALS AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
AS A REMINDER, INLAND FAIR HOUSING AND MEDIATION BOARD, WHICH IS A PREVIOUS GRANTEE, IS ALSO OUR FAIR HOUSING PROVIDER AND WILL BE ALLOCATED FUNDS FOR THOSE SERVICES AS PART OF THE ACTION PLAN APPROVAL, WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED IN MAY.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
WITH THAT, I'M GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TAKE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
ALRIGHT, OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS SEAN PRO KOPEC.
UM, I'M SEAN PROCOPE, THE CEO OF ANTHESIS.
YOU DID PRETTY WELL, CHERYL, WITH MY THANK YOU.
WE ARE A PRIOR RECIPIENT OF THIS AWARD,
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UM, ANTHESIS.AS WE'RE CELEBRATING OUR 60TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR.
WE WORK WITH ADULTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES, SO AUTISM DOWN SYNDROME, CEREBRAL PALSY, LIMITED INTELLECTUAL FUNCTIONING.
WE WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS FROM AGE 16.
OUR OLDEST IS 92, PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION TO ABOUT 215 PERSONS EVERY DAY TO THEIR, FROM THEIR PLACE OF RESIDENCE TO OUR PROGRAM OR OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WE PROVIDE DAY PROGRAMMING.
UM, WE PROVIDE ABOUT 500 HOURS OF VOLUNTEER A MONTH AT VARIOUS OTHER NONPROFITS THROUGHOUT THE INLAND EMPIRE, UM, ENSURING THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO, UM, FUNCTION AND MAINTAIN THEIR BUSINESS WITHOUT SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY ON STAFFING.
UM, WE HAVE SIX INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING HERE AT CHINO HILLS, CLEANING YOUR FACILITIES FOR 17 YEARS, UM, SUPPORTED BY A TWO DIFFERENT JOB COACHES.
WE ALSO PROVIDE, UM, HELP AT BOYS REPUBLIC DURING THE CHRISTMAS WREATH, UM, MAKING, WE'VE DONE THAT FOR MANY YEARS.
AND ALSO HAVE A PROGRAM WITH REBEL RANCH THAT HAS BEEN FUNDED THROUGH THE CDBG GRANT, WHERE WE HAVE PARTICIPANTS WHO VOLUNTEER THERE AND LEARN SKILLS OF FARMING AND HORTICULTURE AND AGRICULTURE.
UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE A, A A THIRD OF OUR PARTICIPANTS ARE WORKING.
SO WE HAVE A VERY LARGE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT GETTING, UM, INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES WORKING, MAKING OVER MINIMUM WAGE AND BEING FULLY INTEGRATED INTO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, IN 2025, UM, OUR PARTICIPANTS EARNED ALMOST $1.9 MILLION.
UM, GETTING THEM OFF OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, OFF OF SOCIAL SECURITY AND MAKING ENOUGH MONEY TO PROVIDE FOR THEMSELVES, UM, AND THEIR LIVING.
SO THIS GRANT, AGAIN, IS, UM, A REQUEST TO CONTINUE OUR WORK IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
WE'VE STARTED TWO NEW INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS WHERE WE PAY OUR PARTICIPANTS.
ONE IS IN OUR THRIFT STORE, SO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO GET INTO THE WORKFORCE BUT HAS NO JOB SKILLS, WE PUT THEM THROUGH AN EIGHT WEEK COURSE SUPPORTED BY OUR STAFF.
THEY EARN MINIMUM WAGE LEARNING HOW TO DO RETAIL SO THAT THEY THEN HAVE, EARN A CERTIFICATE AND HAVE SOMETHING TO PUT ON THEIR RESUME SO THAT IT'S EASIER TO GET THEM A JOB.
WE'VE ALSO STARTED A COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROGRAM, SO ALL OF OUR PARTICIPANTS ATTEND COMMUNITY COLLEGE SUPPORTED BY OUR STAFF SO THAT THEY CAN ALSO GAIN THEIR EDUCATION.
SO THIS GRANT FOR 10,000 8 25 IS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO 36 PARTICIPANTS IN THIS AREA OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING SO THAT THEY CAN BE WORKING, GET OFF OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, AND BE FULLY INTEGRATED, UM, AND LIVING THEIR DREAM OF WORKING AND PROVIDING FOR THEMSELVES.
AND 36 OF THOSE PARTICIPANTS WILL BE CHINO HILLS RESIDENTS.
SORRY IF I DIDN'T SEE THE TIMER RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.
ANY QUESTIONS? NO, WE'RE GOOD.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JEN CERVANTES AND EMILY SCH LIKE CHINO VALLEY, YMCA.
UH, MY NAME'S JEN CERVANTES AND I AM THE EXECUTIVE, UH, DIRECTOR AT THE CHINO VALLEY YMCA.
UM, THE CHINO VALLEY YMCA SEEKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING TO EXPAND ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL HEALTH, SAFETY AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR LOW INCOME AND MODERATE INCOME CHINO HILLS RESIDENTS.
CURRENTLY AT THE MOMENT, WE SERVE 662 MEMBERS WHO LIVE IN THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY.
WITH THIS FUNDING, WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO INCREASE OUR IMPACT, SERVING BETWEEN 300 TO 1,200 RESIDENTS WITH DIRECT, MEASURABLE, MEASURABLE OUTCOMES THAT IMPROVE SAFETY, WELLNESS, AND OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
THIS GRANT WILL REMOVE FINANCIAL BARRIERS TO PROVIDE FLEXIBLE SERVICE OPTIONS TAILORED TO EACH HOUSEHOLD'S NEEDS.
SO THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS ARE MEMBERSHIP ONLY SUPPORT SIX MONTHS OF UYMC, A MEMBERSHIP FOR YOUTH, ADULTS AND SENIORS, PROVIDING ACCESS TO FITNESS WELLNESS PROGRAMS, UH, YOUTH ACTIVITIES AND SAFE COMMUNITY SPACE MEMBERSHIP COMBINED WITH SAFETY AROUND WATER, FOUR MONTHS OF FREE MEMBERSHIP, PLUS 30 MINUTE SWIM LESSONS, OR TWO MONTHS OF FREE MEMBERSHIP, PLUS EIGHT 30 MINUTE SWIM LESSONS.
AND THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE TOO IS THE SAFETY AROUND WATER LESSONS.
1230 MINUTE SWIM LESSONS, UH, WITH WATER SAFETY FOR YOUTH, ADULT, AND SENIORS.
THIS FUNDING WILL DIRECTLY SPRING THE COMMUNITY BY INCREASING ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTH SERVICES, TEACHING LIFESAVING WATER SAFETY SKILLS, SUPPORTING WORKING FAMILIES, AND EXPANDING YMCA ACCESS TO THOSE WHO OTHERWISE COULD NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE COMMUNITY.
THE YMCA HAS BEEN A TRUSTED PARTNER OF OUR CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY WITH THIS INVESTMENT.
THIS WILL ALLOW US TO SIGNIFICANTLY GROW OUR IMPACT WITH CLEAR TRACKABLE OUTCOMES.
NEXT IS MELISSA PITTS FROM HOUSE OF RUTH.
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GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.I AM THE CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER AT HOUSE OF RUTH.
FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS, HOUSE OF RUTH HAS BEEN SERVING THE EAST LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND WEST WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES, INCLUDING CHINO HILLS.
UH, WHAT BEGAN AS A SMALL VOLUNTEER HOTLINE HAS GROWN INTO A COMPREHENSIVE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGENCY PROVIDING EMERGENCY SHELTER, TRANSITIONAL AND RAPID REHOUSING, 24 HOUR, UH, CRISIS HOTLINE COUNSELING, CASE MANAGEMENT, AND COMMUNITY AND PREVENTION EDUCATION SERVICES.
WE ARE DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO BE A LONG TIME RECIPIENT OF THE CDBG FUNDING FROM THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
UM, WITH ANTICIPATED BOCA FUNDING CUTS UP TO 40%, YOUR SUPPORT IS MORE CRITICAL THAN EVER TO ENSURE SURVIVORS IN THIS COMMUNITY HAVE SOMEWHERE SAFE TO GO.
BETWEEN 22% AND 57% OF HOMELESS WOMEN REPORT THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WAS THE IMMEDIATE CAUSE OF THEIR HOMELESSNESS.
UM, IN THIS PAST YEAR ALONE, WE SERVED 15, UH, FAMILIES FROM THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS AND PROVIDED PREVENTION AND EDUCATION, UM, PRESENTATIONS TO A 151 COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
I'D LIKE TO SHARE A BRIEF, UH, STORY WITH YOU, UH, ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WITH PUBLIC FUNDING, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP AND COM COMPASSIONATE LINES.
A MOTHER AND HER TEENAGE, UM, DAUGHTER CALLED THE HOTLINE, LOOKING FOR SAFETY AND SOMEWHERE TO GO A LONG TIME CHINO HILLS, UM, COMMUNITY SUPPORTER ALSO CONTACTED AT THE SAME TIME, HAD AN APARTMENT READY.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE TWO THINGS HAPPEN AND THAT FAMILY WAS ABLE TO MOVE INTO THE APARTMENT IN CHINO HILLS.
AND THE DO THE TEENAGE DAUGHTER JUST IMMEDIATELY FELT LIKE HER LIFE WAS ABLE TO BEGIN.
SHE FELT SAFE IN THE SCHOOL, AND SHE JUST FELT LIKE SHE WAS ABLE TO START HER JOURNEY TO HEALING.
SO WITH THAT SAID, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR THE INVESTMENTS THAT YOU MAKE IN OUR ORGANIZATION FOR THE BEAUTIFUL CITY THAT YOU HAVE.
AND JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.
CARMEN GARCIA, INLAND FAIR HOUSING MEDIATION BOARD.
HELLO, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF INLAND FAIR HOUSING AND MEDIATION BOARD.
WE PROVIDE FAIR HOUSING SERVICES TO CHINO HILLS RESIDENTS, AND WE ALSO PROVIDE LANDLORD TENANT SERVICES, THE APPLICATIONS FOR LANDLORD TENANT SERVICES.
UM, THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT.
IN OUR LANDLORD TENANT PROGRAM, WE PROVIDE MEDIATION SERVICES.
SO IF A LANDLORD AND A TENANT VOLUNTARILY WANT TO ENGAGE IN MEDIATION, WE ALLOW THEM TO, UH, PARTICIPATE IN MEDIATION SERVICES AND WE PROVIDE A NEUTRAL SPACE WHERE LANDLORD AND TENANT CAN TRY TO RESOLVE THEIR DISPUTES IN A WAY THAT'S AMICABLE.
AND SO THIS HAS ALL KINDS OF BENEFITS TO THE TENANT, TO THE LANDLORD, AND TO THE COMMUNITY.
SEPARATE FROM OUR APPLICATION, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT OUR OFFICE PROVIDES FREE HOUSING COUNSELING SERVICES TO PEOPLE WHO FACE FORECLOSURE, AND WE ALSO PROVIDE FREE HOUSING COUNSELING SERVICES TO PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE HOUSING COUNSELING ON REVERSE MORTGAGE ISSUES.
SO I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UM, THOSE SERVICES ARE ALSO OFFERED THROUGH OUR OFFICE.
I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR THESE SERVICES.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR YOU ALL TO, UM, TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND I'M, I'M HEARING TODAY FROM OTHER VERY WORTHWHILE, UM, SERVICES THAT ALSO NEED FUNDING.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
ZAB WELLBORN, CHINO VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING TODAY.
UM, I, I BROUGHT UP, I THINK OUR UPSCALE CHINO VALLEY PROGRAM WAS SOMETHING WE PUT TOGETHER IN PLACE ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAVE ACHIEVED SOME PHENOMENA RESULTS, AND I WOULD WANTED TO LIFT OFF SOME OF THOSE RESULTS FOR YOU.
UH, SPECIFICALLY IN TWO AREAS.
UH, WHERE I THINK THIS APPLIES IS IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND OUR ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMING.
UM, IN, IN OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, WE'VE HAD OVER 600 PEOPLE THAT HAVE RECEIVED JOBS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TRACK TO THIS
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PROGRAM.ABOUT MORE THAN 150 OF THOSE COMING FROM CHINO HILLS.
UH, WE'VE HOSTED 193 EVENTS, UH, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS IS ABOUT THIS, THE NUMBER WE'VE DONE OVER THOSE LAST THREE YEARS.
UH, WE'VE PUT TOGETHER 50 ENTREPRENEURIAL PROGRAMS A YEAR SO THAT PEOPLE OR RESIDENTS GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE THEMSELVES ABOUT HOW TO BE BETTER IN THEIR BUSINESS AND TO ENTREPR PROMOTE ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
AND THEN WE'VE HELPED OUT ABOUT 10,000 PEOPLE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, UH, WHETHER IT BE WHETHER ATTENDANCE AT SOME OF OUR EVENTS OR PUTTING THINGS TOGETHER.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO AS A CHAMBER IS ALSO BUILD CONNECTIONS.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AT IS BUILDING CONNECTIONS IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT AREAS IN ORDER TO KIND OF UPSKILL AND UPLEVEL OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS, IS WE DO HAVE THESE RELATIONSHIPS AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO SOME REALLY COOL THINGS WITH OUR YOUTH POPULATION, BUT ALSO FINDING PEOPLE INTERNSHIPS AND OPPORTUNITIES WITH BUSINESSES.
UH, SO I KNOW I'VE HIGHLIGHTED THAT WE'VE HAD OVER 600 PEOPLE THAT HAVE FOUND JOBS WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES.
UH, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS, IS A GREAT WAY TO ELEVATE, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS OR CHALLENGES, IS GETTING THEM CAREER PATHS AND OPPORTUNITIES AND GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES IN THOSE CAREERS.
UH, SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PARTNER WITH CHAFFEE COLLEGE, WITH IE GO, SAN BERNARD COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SAN BERNARD COUNTY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, UH, TO PUT ON SOME PROGRAMMING AROUND THAT SPACE.
WE'VE ALSO DONE, UH, A LOT OF WORK WITH OUR YOUTH LOCALLY AROUND OUR KIDS ENTREPRENEURSHIP FAIR, AND GIVING YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES TO KIND OF EXPLORE THAT, UH, PHASE AS WELL.
SO I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS ON WAS, WAS THE, THE, THE SKILLS THAT WE'RE GIVING TO FOLKS TO ENHANCE THEIR ENTREPRENEURSHIP ABILITIES, TO BE ABLE TO BUILD AND GROW BUSINESSES IN THE, IN EMPIRE AND INCREASE THEIR WEALTH GROWTH POTENTIAL.
UH, SO THAT'S THE THINGS I WANTED TO FOCUS ON.
AND, AND I COULD JUST POINT TO MYSELF IN THIS EXAMPLE.
UH, I WAS OUT OF A JOB DURING THE 2007, 2008 RECESSION.
THERE WASN'T ANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR ME TO FIND EMPLOYMENT.
I GOT INVOLVED IN THE CHAMBER.
UH, THE CHAMBER, UH, ALLOWED ME TO GROW MY BUSINESS AND ALSO GAVE ME OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE BUSINESSES AND CONNECTIONS AND COMMUNITY THAT WE'VE BUILT THROUGH THAT.
AND I'VE SEEN SO MANY, I'VE SEEN HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE COME THROUGH THE CHAMBER THAT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ELEVATE THEIR ROLES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE ORGANIZATION IN THEIR FIELDS SO THAT THEY CAN GROW AND BUILD AND HAVE A BETTER LIFE FOR THEMSELVES.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE DO AT THE CHAMBER.
AND THEN, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
DAVID HARRISON FROM REBEL RANCH.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS DAVID HARRISON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PAUSE FOR SUCCESS, DBA REBEL RANCH IN CHINO HILLS.
LAST YEAR I STOOD HERE WITH OUR RANCH MANAGER, CARLOS ROJAS, TO REQUEST CBDG SUPPORT.
CARLOS SHOWED OR SHARED HOW OUR PROGRAM HELPED TRANSFORM HIS LIFE AND HOW HE WAS USING THAT TO GROWTH TO MENTOR YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY.
CARLOS PASSED AWAY A WEEK AGO TONIGHT I STAND HERE CARRYING FORWARD WHAT HE BELIEVED IN OUR YOUTH.
THE FUNDING WE ARE REQUESTING DIRECTLY SUPPORTS YOUTH, UH, IN CHINO HILLS.
THROUGH THIS YEAR'S CBDG SUPPORT, WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE BOTH TRADITIONAL AND ADAPTIVE WRITING, AS WELL AS EQUINE ASSISTED LEARNING PROGRAMS TO YOUTH WHO OTHERWISE WOULD NOT HAVE ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES LIKE OURS.
AT REBEL RANCH, THEY DON'T JUST LEARN HORSEMANSHIP OR HOW TO RIDE.
THEY LEARN RESPONSIBILITY, EMOTIONAL REGULATION, COMMUNICATION, ACCOUNTABILITY, CONFIDENCE.
THIS FUNDING ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE BUILDING RESILIENCE CAPABLE YOUNG PEOPLE RIGHT HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
YOUNG PEOPLE WHO LIKE CARLOS ONCE DID SIMPLY NEED THE OPPORTUNITY TO RISE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
LAST SPEAKER IS GRISELDA FLORES, ERICA RAMIREZ.
DAVID LATIMER FROM CHINO HILLS LIBRARY.
EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF.
MY NAME IS ROSALDA FLORES, BRANCH MANAGER OF THE CHINO HILLS BRANCH LIBRARY.
AND HERE I AM WITH MY ASSISTANT MANAGER, ERICA RAMIREZ AND LITERACY COORDINATOR DAVID LATIMER.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT OUR ADULT LITERACY PROGRAM TODAY.
I'M HERE TO SHARE SOME STORIES ABOUT THE IMPACT OF OUR PROGRAM IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH A LEARNER WHO HAS SPENT HER ENTIRE LIFE HIDING THE FACT THAT SHE COULDN'T READ.
SHE HAS TAKEN ONLY LOW PAYING JOBS, KEPT HER, KEPT HER HEAD DOWN AND AVOIDED ANYTHING THAT MIGHT DRAW, MIGHT DRAW ATTENTION TO HER EVERY DAY.
SHE LIVED WITH THE FEAR THAT IF ANYONE DISCOVERED HER SECRET, SHE WOULD LOSE HER LIVELIHOOD.
THAT FEAR EVENTUALLY CAUGHT UP WITH HER.
A FEW MONTHS AGO, HER SUPERVISOR REACHED OUT TO US FOR LITERACY SUPPORT AFTER SHE WAS, AFTER SHE SUFFERED A WORKPLACE INJURY AND WAS UNABLE TO COMPLETE THE REQUIRED FORMS.
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WHEN SHE FINALLY MET HER FACE, WHEN WE FINALLY MET HER FACE TO FACE, SHE BROKE DOWN IN TEARS, OVERWHELMED ONCE AGAIN BY THE FEAR THAT HER INABILITY TO READ WOULD COST HER HER JOB.SHE'S ONLY BEEN IN OUR PROGRAM FOR A SHORT TIME, BUT ALREADY SHE'S BEGINNING TO FEEL SOMETHING THAT SHE HASN'T FELT IN YEARS HOPE, HOPE FOR HER FUTURE, FOR HER INDEPENDENCE, AND FOR A LIFE NO LONGER SHAPED BY FEAR.
UM, ANOTHER LEARNER IN OUR PROGRAM OFFERS A DIFFERENT BUT EQUALLY POWERFUL STORY OF TRANSFORMATION.
WHEN SHE FIRST CAME TO US, SHE FELT ISOLATED AND LONG TO BE MORE ENGAGED IN HER COMMUNITY AND PERHAPS EVEN FIND A JOB.
SINCE JOINING THE PROGRAM, SHE HAS BEGUN VOLUNTEERING AT THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION'S DOWNTOWN ART GALLERY EVENTS, AND HAS EVEN SECURED WORK WITH ONE OF THE LOCAL ARTISTS WATCHING HER CONFIDENCE BLOSSOM HAS BEEN NOTHING SHORT OF INSPIRING.
SHE IS NO LONGER STANDING ON THE EDGES OF HER COMMUNITY.
SHE'S BECOMING A VIBRANT PART OF IT.
OUR PROGRAM SERVES THE COMMUNITY DIRECTLY BY OFFERING TWO DISTINCT SERVICES, INDIVIDUAL TUTORING IN WHICH TWO LEARNERS ARE PAIRED, ONE-ON-ONE WITH VOLUNTEER TUTORS FOR INSTRUCTION IN READING AND WRITING, AND SET PROGRAMS WHICH PROVIDE INSTRUCTION ON DMV GUIDELINES AND PRACTICE TESTS AND COMPUTER SUPPORT FOR SENIORS NEEDING TO RETAKE THE WRITTEN OR ONLINE EXAM.
WE PROVIDE A SAFE SPACE FOR THE TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE PAIRED WITH A SKILLED STAFF TO ASSIST THEM IN TAKING THIS EXAM ONLINE.
WE ALSO OFFER SEVERAL DIFFERENT COMPUTER CLASSES TO HELP TEACH OUR COMMUNITY HOW TO USE THE COMPUTER.
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, CYBERSECURITY.
WITH THE PREVALENCE OF THE INTERNET IN OUR DAILY LIVES, KEEPING OUR ELDERLY COMMUNITY SAFE FROM COMMON ONLINE SCAMS HAS BECOME A PRIORITY AND AN INCREASINGLY COMPLEX AND SCARY ONLINE WORLD.
HELPING OUR COMMUNITY NAVIGATE THESE RESOURCES SAFELY HAS BEEN A FOCAL POINT OF OUR PROGRAM.
THE GOAL OF OUR LITERACY PROGRAM IS TO ASSIST ENGLISH SPEAKING ADULTS TO READ AND WRITE AT A LEVEL THAT WILL HELP THEM SUCCEED AND ACCOMPLISH GOALS IN EVERYDAY LIFE.
THE GOALS OF OUR PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS VARY, BUT OFTEN INCLUDE APPLYING FOR A JOB, PASSING A WRITTEN DMV EXAM, HELPING THEIR CHILDREN WITH HOMEWORK OR OBTAINING A GED OR OTHER DEGREE THAT WOULD BETTER QUALIFY THEM TO ENTER THE WORKFORCE.
AND THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE MADE POSSIBLE IN PART WITH YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THIS CHINO HILLS, UM, WITH YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS.
I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
ONE QUICK, ONE QUICK QUESTION TO CLARIFY FOR THE PUBLIC, WHICH I THINK IS INTERESTING.
SO WHAT'S NICE, THE LITERACY, LITERACY LITERACY PROGRAM IS FOR, UH, PEOPLE THAT, UM, ENGLISH IS THEIR PRIMARY LANGUAGE, SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE CALLING THE LITERACY PROGRAM.
SO THIS IS NOT TEACHING NON-ENGLISH SPEAKERS ENGLISH.
THIS IS TEACHING PEOPLE THAT ENGLISH IS THEIR PRIMARY LANGUAGE TO READ AND TO WRITE, WHICH IS JUST UTTERLY AMAZING.
AND I'M GLAD YOU SHARED SOME STORIES THIS YEAR BECAUSE THOSE ARE PRETTY IMPACTFUL.
THE, THAT WAS OUR FINAL SPEAKER, CORRECT? YES.
WITH THAT, I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK TO US.
AND I THINK EVERY YEAR WE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, STRUGGLE WITH FUNDING AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO CUT FUNDING FOR OUR PROGRAMS. UM, ARE WOULD YOU MIND LEADING THIS DISCUSSION? I KNOW YOU'RE SURE OUR MONEY GUY.
UH, JUST A QUICK RECAP FOR EVERYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE.
WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY, WE'RE EXPECTING THE SAME AMOUNT AS LAST YEAR, $400,000.
WE'RE ABLE TO ALLOCATE, UH, 15% OF THAT, WHICH IS $60,000.
LAST YEAR, UH, WE AWARDED $10,000 EACH TO SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY LIBRARY HOUSE OF RUTH CHINO NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE AND THESIS PAUSE FOR SUCCESS.
NOW, REBEL RANCH AND POMONA VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, ONE THAT WE DID NOT OFFER LAST YEAR, WHICH IS A PAST RECIPIENT, UH, IS INLAND FAIR HOUSING AND MEDIATION.
AND ALTHOUGH WE GAVE THEM NO MONEY, UH, LAST YEAR, THEY'RE AGAIN ASKING FOR MONEY THIS YEAR.
BUT I NOTICED IN THE STAFF REPORT THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY FUNDED FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR 25 26 TO THE TUNE OF $18,200 FROM SOMEONE ELSE.
SO I DON'T FEEL BAD THAT THEY'RE NOT GETTING, UH, ANY, UH, FUNDING FROM US IF WE CAN'T GIVE THEM ANY MONEY.
SO THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY GETTING IT FROM SOMEONE ELSE.
WE HAVE THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WHICH IS ASKING FOR $10,000.
WE ALL KNOW THE, THE VALUE OF THE CHAMBER, BUT KEEP IN MIND THE CHAMBER IS ABLE TO, UH, SOLICIT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN SUPPORT, UH, THROUGH LEGISLATIVE MEANS.
AND, UH, IF WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY, THAT'S ONE THING TO CONSIDER THERE.
THEY, CHI CHINO VALLEY, YMCA BLEW ME AWAY.
I MEAN, YOU'RE ASKING FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
IT'S THE LARGEST REQUEST FOR A GRANT THAT I THINK WE'VE EVER RECEIVED.
UH, YOU ARE PROPOSING TO PROVIDE, UH, SAFE WATER SAFETY ISSUES AND SWIMMING AND THINGS LIKE THIS.
UH, I I'M NOT GONNA SAY MUCH MORE OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT I JUST, I I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT AMOUNT IS JUST CRAZY.
WELL, HEY, WAYNE GRETZKY SAID YOU MISS A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE SHOTS YOU DON'T TAKE.
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WELL, YEAH.YOU GOTTA TAKE, YOU GOTTA TAKE THE SHOTS AND, AND I'M, AND I'M, I'M A WATER BUNNY.
BELIEVE ME, I WAS A SWIMMER AND WATER POLO PLAYER.
AND I, I, I LEARNED HOW TO SWIM AT THE WAY MCA YEARS AND YEARS AGO.
AND THAT WAS LIKE A DIFFERENT CENTURY AGO.
UH, AT ANY RATE, HERE, HERE'S MY, MY MY MY THOUGHTS ON THIS THING.
WE GAVE $10,000 EACH TO THOSE SIX, UH, UH, GROUPS LAST YEAR.
I THINK THE, THE LIBRARY ALWAYS SEEMS TO HAVE MONEY.
THEY'RE ASKING FOR 15,000, UH, AND, UH, THEY, UH, THE HOUSE OF RUTH IS ASKING FOR 20 NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE 20 AND THESIS 10,825 AND PAUSE FOR SUCCESS 20,400 AND POMONA VALLEY HABITAT FOR 25,000.
THOSE AMOUNTS, THOSE ASKS ARE $111,000, WHICH IS TWICE WHAT WE HAVE.
WELL, WE HAD TWO GROUPS THAT DIDN'T EVEN SHOW UP TONIGHT.
POMONA VALLEY HABITAT, UH, I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
WE'VE SUPPORTED THEM GREATLY IN THE PAST.
THEY BUILT TWO HOMES FOR VE VETERANS.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE OPEN HOUSE FOR THOSE COMING UP ON, ON MARCH 3RD.
UH, I WOULD THROW IT OUT FOR CONSIDERATION THAT MAYBE WE REALLOCATE IN NOTHING TO THEM THIS YEAR AND SPREAD THE 10,000 WE GAVE THEM LAST YEAR TO ONE OF THE OTHERS.
UH, LIKEWISE, UH, UH, CHINO NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE.
I LOVE, UH, KEVIN AND ALL THE THINGS THEY'RE DOING OVER IN, IN CHINO.
AND, AND THEY DO HELP PEOPLE IN CHINO HILLS.
BUT AGAIN, THEY SEEM TO BE HAVING FUNDING A A LOT FROM OTHER SOURCES.
AND, UH, WE GAVE THEM $10,000 EACH YEAR OR, OR LAST YEAR.
SO THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY LIBRARY, AGAIN, THEY ARE A COUNTY LIBRARY.
THE REASON I'M BRINGING THESE OUT IS IF WE ONLY HAVE $60,000 TO, TO, UH, TO GIVE HOUSE OF RUTH ARE ASKING FOR 20.
UM, AND THESIS IS THEY'RE JUST, THEY'RE ASKING FOR BASICALLY WHAT WE GAVE 'EM LAST YEAR.
PAUSE FOR SUCCESS, FANTASTIC WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THERE EVEN HAVE, THEY'VE BEEN RECOGNIZED SO MUCH FOR THEIR, THEIR CONTRIBUTION AND THEIR WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING.
THEY HAVE BEEN CONTRACTED WITH THE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN TO HELP INMATES OVER THERE AND HAVE A PROGRAM FOR EQUINE THERAPY, UH, AT THE CIW.
SO I'M, I'M REALLY A BIG SUPPORTER OF THEM.
UH, POMONA VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.
AGAIN, UH, I THINK WE'RE AT THE TAIL END OF, OF GETTING OUR LOCAL VETERANS OR, OR, UH, HELPING THEM OUT WITH, UH, DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
SO MAYBE THAT'S MONEY THAT, UH, IF WE DIDN'T ALLOCATE TO THEM, WE COULD ALLOCATE TO ONE OF THE OTHERS.
SO I'VE THROWN A LOT AT YOU, BUT I'M, I'M BASICALLY SUGGESTING THAT WE POSSIBLY FOREGO THE, THE, UH, LIBRARY, UH, FOREGO MAYBE, UH, EVEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE AND POMONA VALLEY HABITAT THAT WOULD LEAVE US THREE THAT GOT RECEIVED MONEY LAST YEAR AT 10,000.
WE COULD SPREAD THAT $30,000 THAT THEY GOT, UH, TO THE OTHER THREE REMAINING OR ANY OF THE OTHERS.
BUT SOMEBODY HAD TO KIND OF LOOK AT IT.
I WANTED TO THANK YOU ART FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I WANTED TO MAYBE DO A SIMPLIFIED VERSION.
I THINK WE'RE ALL BIG SUPPORTERS OF THE LIBRARY.
ALL OF THE LAST SIX THAT WE'VE DONE, EVEN HABITAT WERE BIG SUPPORTERS OF.
SO I WAS GONNA PROPOSE 10,000 TO EACH OF THOSE FIRST SIX.
NOW, IF WE DO ELIMINATE HABITAT BECAUSE WE'RE AT THE TAIL END OF THAT, THAT WOULD MEAN THAT MAYBE THE FIRST FIVE EACH RECEIVES $12,000.
UM, INCLUDING ANTHESIS WHO MAY NOT HAVE ASKED FOR MORE THAN THAT.
BUT WE DID THE SAME WITH HOUSE OF RUTH.
WE ALWAYS SAID, WHY DIDN'T YOU ASK FOR MORE? UM, BUT I THINK WE CAN SIMPLIFY IT BY, UM, BY CHOOSING THE FIRST SIX, WHICH IS WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR.
AND AGAIN, IF THERE'S A DEBATE ON HABITAT, WHICH I UNDERSTAND.
AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY GOOD ABOUT PROVIDING TWO HOMES OVER, THEY'RE ON FAIRWAY DRIVE FOR LOCAL VETERANS, WHICH NEXT WEEK WE'RE GOING TO A DEDICATION.
SOMETHING, SOMETHING TO CONSIDER TOO IS THAT WE ALL HAVE THOSE DISCRETIONARY FUNDS FROM, THAT WE HAVE AS INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS TO DONATE.
AND I KNOW, I KNOW THAT LIKE I'VE GIVEN A THOUSAND TO HABITAT SOMEONE ELSE HAS, 'CAUSE THEY HAVE A TOTAL CUMULATIVE OF 3000.
SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS, 'CAUSE I KNOW WE WANNA BE FAIR IS LIKE WHAT ARE ALL THE DIFFERENT MECHANISMS THAT THESE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE THE ABILITY TO KIND OF GET SOME MONEY.
AND I THINK THAT WE ALL HAVE OUR PERSONAL FAVORITES OF WHAT WE SUPPORT FOR WHATEVER REASON MORE THAN OTHERS.
BUT I WOULD SAY TO US THAT IF WE ARE COMPELLED TO DONATE MORE, THAT WE NEED TO DIP INTO THAT FUND AS WELL.
BECAUSE I KIND OF LIKE YOUR ORIGINAL THING WAS VERY E EQUITABLE, BUT IF YOU WANNA TAKE AWAY HABITAT, PETER'S PITCH RIGHT NOW TOO IS TO DIVIDE THAT EQUALLY AMONG THE REST RATHER THAN, 'CAUSE I, I, I CANNOT SUPPORT NOT INCLUDING THE LIBRARY I THAT'S SO I WOULD SUPPORT, SO YEAH, SAME.
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THAT'S THE ONLY, AND THE ONLY THING I AGREE.THE LAST STATEMENT, I'M SORRY ABOUT THE LIBRARY.
WHAT, WHAT DID YOU SAY? UM, I WOULD NOT SUPPORT, I DIDN'T SAY IT RIGHT.
SO NOT INCLUDE, SHE SUPPORT INCLUDES NOT INCLUDING THEM WITH FUNDING I WOULD NOT SUPPORT.
BUT TO YOUR QUESTION TOO, ART, I NEEDED SOME CLARIFICATION FROM STAFF.
SO THE FAIR HOUSING ALREADY GETS MONEY FROM, FROM US, SO, BUT THEY DO ALREADY ASK FOR IT AS WELL.
THEY DIDN'T GET ANY FROM US LAST YEAR, BUT THEY STILL HAD, THEY STILL HAD FUNDING TO THE 218,000 CAN FROM SOMEONE ELSE.
SO THEY GET, THEY $18,200 IS TOWARDS FAIR HOUSING SERVICES THAT IS REQUIRED PER HUD'S REQUIREMENT OF CDBG PROGRAMMING.
SO THAT'S JUST FORMULAIC FUNDING THAT AUTOMATICALLY GOES THAT ONE.
YEAH, THAT'S ALREADY, IT'S ALLOCATED OUT OF OUR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, WHICH IS 20% OF THE ALLOCATION.
UM, SO THIS, FOR THEIR 15% OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR IS JUST FOR LANDLORD AND TENANT SERVICES.
SO SEPARATE FROM FAIR HOUSING.
JUST A QUICK QUESTION REGARDING THE, UM, POMONA VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.
DID WE GIVE THEM PROPERTY FOR THIS? THOSE TWO HOUSES? SO WE TWO PROPERTIES THERE WAS A DONATION, RIGHT.
WE GAVE THEM THE LAND WHERE THESE TWO HOMES WERE BUILT ON, UH, RAW CITY LAND.
UH, AND NOW THEY OWN THE LAND, UH, TOWARD THE, UH, UH, THE, THE VETERAN HOME PROJECTS THAT THEY'VE BUILT.
DO WE HAVE A ROUGH IDEA AS FAR AS VALUE OF THE LAND, JUST OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD? UH, I WANT TO THINK IT WAS 300,000.
UH, BUT THAT'S OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE, UH, UH, DID A, UH, APPRAISAL PRIOR TO GIVING IT TO THEM.
AND RAY, TO YOUR POINT, THE VETERANS ASSO, THE 55 PLUS CLUB VETERANS GROUP HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THEM? UH, I KNOW I HAVE PERSONALLY CONTRIBUTED, I THINK MOST OF US HAVE.
SO I DON'T FEEL BAD ABOUT CUTTING THEM OUT ON THIS ALLOCATION ONLY BECAUSE THE MONEY SCARCE.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE ARE, WE'RE GIVING UP ON THEM AND WE CAN STILL USE SOME OF OUR DISCRETIONARY FUNDS, UH, IF, UH, WE FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT IT, UH, TO, TO HELP THEM OUT.
SO, SO I, I THINK WE SHOULD JUST CUT THE FIRST FIVE THEN COULD GET 12,000 INSTEAD OF, I MEAN, TAKE THAT 10 AND DIVIDE IT EQUALLY AMONG THE REMAINING FIVE AND 10 IS THE MINIMUM THAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO RIGHT.
READING THE DESCRIPTION FOR WHAT THEY, WHAT POMONA VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY WANTS TO USE IT FOR.
BRUSH WITH KINDNESS PROGRAM AS A NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THAT ASSISTS LOW INCOME SENIORS AND VETERANS WITH MINOR EXTERIOR, EXTERIOR REPAIRS, PRIMARILY USING VOLUNTEER LABOR AND DONATED MATERIALS AND DA DA DA.
I'LL, I'LL GIVE THEIR PITCH FOR HIM.
UM, IT WOULD BE FOR MINOR REPAIRS AVERAGING $2,000 PER PROJECT.
SO, BUT DO WE KNOW THAT THAT'S GONNA STAY ON CHINO HILLS? AH, IT'S, IT'S SUPPOSED TO.
WELL THEN I THINK 12,000 AND FOR, UH, THE FIRST FIVE MM-HMM
SO THAT WOULD BE AT 12,000 FOR SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY LIBRARY, HOUSE OF RUTH NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE AND THESIS AND PAUSE FOR SUCCESS.
WE HAVE A SECOND AND WE LOCK YOU IN YOUR VOTES.
MR. MAYOR, I DO HAVE A COMMENT AFTER WE SURE.
MR. RICE MAYOR, JUST A COMMENT.
UM, OBVIOUSLY IF WE HAVE THE MONEY, WE'D GIVE IT TO ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS, BUT WE DON'T, UM, REGARDING CDBG FUNDS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S ISSUES GOING ON.
IS THIS MONEY GUARANTEED JUST
THERE A COUPLE POTENTIAL BARRIERS.
OVER THE YEARS, UH, THERE WAS, UH, UH, AT LEAST A PRESIDENTIAL PROPOSAL, NOT THE CONGRESS, THAT THE CDBG WOULD GO AWAY ENTIRELY.
SO, UH, I THINK THAT'S WHY ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS STAFF REPORT IS THE COUNCIL'S GIVING AUTHORIZATION TO STAFF THAT WHILE WE ARE ANTICIPATING IT WILL BE $400,000, IF IT'S DECREASED, WE WILL THEN PROPORTIONATELY CHANGE THE ALLOCATIONS THAT YOU'VE GIVEN YEAH.
UH, TO REFLECT THAT, THAT CHANGE, BUT KNOW THAT THE MONEY'S NOT GUARANTEED, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH, UH, UM, UH, SHUTDOWNS OR, UH, REALLOCATION.
BUT WE'RE ANTICIPATING WE'LL GET THAT 400,000.
THANK YOU, SIR, FOR THAT EXPLANATION.
NOW WE MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[10. 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.]
THIS TIME, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING, REGARDING ANY ITEM WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL.THAT DOES NOT APPEAR ON THE AGENDA.
PLEASE COMPLETE AND SUBMIT, UH, TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK A REQUEST TO SPEAK FOR, WE
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HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD, ZB, WELLBORN Z SAID BEFORE YOU SPEAK, WE LOVE YOU.I KNOW
UH, PLEASE DON'T, UH, I, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND.
AND THAT'S, UH, I THINK THERE'S, UH, WE, WE LOOK AT OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND WANT TO DO OUR BEST TO SUPPORT PEOPLE AND GIVING THEM OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT THEIR BUSINESS.
BUT FOR TODAY, I WANTED TO GIVE JUST A GENERAL CHAMBER UPDATE SO YOU GUYS ARE IN THE LOOP ON WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE CHIN OF UNITED CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
UH, I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE BEN, UH, ON HIS UPCOMING RETIREMENT.
AND THEN, UH, GET SOME REGULAR UPDATES.
WE HAVE OUR SALUTE TO PUBLIC SAFETY, WHICH IS COMING UP ON MARCH 19TH.
WE HAD TO MOVE IT, IT WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED ON MARCH 12TH.
WE MOVED IT BECAUSE, UH, MAYOR EUNICE LOA IS, UH, HER HUSBAND HAD PASSED AWAY.
AND SO WE'RE MOVING THE DATE BECAUSE THAT'S THE DATE OF THE FUNERAL.
UH, WE'RE ALSO, I ALSO WANNA HIGHLIGHT OUR LEADERSHIP COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM.
SO THAT IS IN ITS FOURTH YEAR.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE STARTED THREE YEARS AGO.
WE'RE EXTREMELY PROUD OF HOW THAT'S GOING.
WE MADE A DECISION ON WHO TO SUPPORT WITH OUR, WE DO A COMMUNITY GOOD PROJECT THROUGH THAT EVERY YEAR.
SO OUR COMMUNITY GOOD PROJECT IS THE CHINO NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE.
SO THEY'RE GONNA BE SUPPORTING THE CHINO NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE, AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED TODAY.
SO THERE WILL BE GETTING SOME FUNDING AND SUPPORT FROM OUR CHINO VALLEY LEADERSHIP COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM.
UH, I ALSO WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE PERSON WHO RUNS THAT PROGRAM.
JULIA CABRERA, SHE'S OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DIRECTOR.
SHE WAS JUST RECOGNIZED BY THE WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF CHAMBER EXECUTIVES, WHICH COVERS THE WESTERN HALF THE UNITED STATES AS TEAM MEMBER OF THE YEAR, UH, FOR THE WHOLE HALF OF THE COUNTRY.
UH, SO WE'RE EXCITED AND WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.
UH, I'D MENTIONED ALREADY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED THIS UPSKILL CHINO VALLEY PROGRAM AND, AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE KIND OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE GROWN BECAUSE OF THAT AND BECAUSE OF YOUR GUYS' SUPPORT, BUT ALSO OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
UH, I MENTIONED EARLIER WE HAD 600 PEOPLE THAT HAVE EMPLOYED WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES.
WE'VE DEVELOPED PARTNERSHIPS WITH SAN COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
IE GO A HIRE PROGRAM TO HELP JUSTICE INVOLVE PEOPLE, FIND EMPLOYMENT.
I RUN THIS AS AN ENERGY AND HELPING BUSINESS, HELPING PEOPLE FIND JOBS IN THE ENERGY SECTOR AND HELPING BUSINESSES IN THAT STANDPOINT.
UH, WE'RE RENOVATING OUR PROGRAMMING.
SO I THINK WE USED TO DO THIS THING CALLED BUSINESS AT BREAKFAST EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, AND THAT WAS KIND OF LIKE OUR STANDARD ENTREPRENEURIAL PROGRAMMING.
BUT WE'VE SHIFTED THAT AND WE'RE MOVING THINGS AROUND AT A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT TIMES.
SO WE HAVE LOTS OF PROGRAMS FOR ENTREPRENEURS WHO ARE LOOKING TO GROW THEIR BUSINESSES HERE IN THE CHINO VALLEY.
UH, SO I'D ENCOURAGE ANYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED IN STARTING A BUSINESS, GROWING A BUSINESS, BUILDING A BUSINESS TO LOOK AT THE EVENT PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE.
WE'RE UPDATING THAT CONSTANTLY WITH ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE.
UH, SO WE HAVE SEVERAL THINGS COMING UP IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.
AND THEN ONE OF THE EXCITING THINGS THAT WE, UH, JUST HAPPENED TO US TODAY ACTUALLY WAS PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED TODAY AT OUR CALL, OUR LEGISLATIVE CALL THAT PETER WAS AT.
UH, WE HAD, UH, CONGRESSWOMAN NORMA TORRES IS WE HAD WORKED WITH THEIR OFFICE TO TRY TO BUILD AND DEVELOP AN ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTER IN OUR REGION.
UH, SO THEY GRANTED $2 MILLION WORTH OF FUNDING TO, FOR, FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO HELP BUILD A BUILDING.
UH, SO THAT'S FINALLY BEEN APPROVED.
IT'S BEEN LIKE A THREE YEAR PROCESS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
SO THAT'S BEEN APPROVED AND GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS.
SO THAT IS COMING TO THE CHINO VALLEY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND THANKS FOR EVERYTHING.
ALRIGHT, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO SAFETY UPDATES.
[ SAFETY UPDATES - Fire and Police]
UH, CHIEF GERARD.HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF AND RESIDENTS AND ATTENDANCE, UH, THIS EVENING I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT.
ON BEHALF OF CHIEF WILLIAMS, UH, HE, CHIEF GABLE AND SEVERAL MEMBERS OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARE CURRENTLY IN WASHINGTON, DC UH, ADVOCATING WITH OUR FEDERAL LEGISLATORS ON BEHALF OF OUR RESIDENTS HERE IN THE CHINO VALLEY.
UM, BEYOND THAT, UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY, UM, MOVING THROUGH BACKGROUND PROCESS WITH OUR NEW FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC RECRUITS.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO ONBOARDING THEM SOMETIME THIS SPRING.
OTHER THAN THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
ONE QUICK THING FOR YOU, RYAN.
DO WE HAVE ANY UPDATES ON THE FIRE STATION CONSTRUCTION WITH ALL THE RAINS? IS IT YEAH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE WEEKLY UPDATE MEETINGS.
UM, AS THE COMMUNITY'S WELL AWARE, WE'VE GOTTEN QUITE A BIT OF RAIN AND THE, AND THE SOIL THERE IS QUITE A BIT MUDDY.
SO WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF DRYING THAT OUT AND THEY SHOULD BE BACK TO WORK.
UH, WE'RE STILL IN THE GROUND LAYING FOUNDATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SO WE'RE EXPERIENCING SOME DELAYS, BUT, UM, REST ASSURED WE'RE, UH, HARD AT WORK.
[ CITY MANAGER UPDATES]
THANK YOU MAYOR.[ COUNCIL REPORTS Mayor Johsz Legislative Advocacy Committee West Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District Board Vice Mayor Marquez San Bernardino County Transportation Authority General Policy Committee Legislative Policy Committee]
UM, I'LL BE REPORTING ON LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY COMMITTEE.WE MET WITH OUR FEDERAL AND STATE LOBBYIST LAST WEEK.
LAST WEEK WE GOT UPDATE WAIT, 10 DAYS AGO.
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WITH THEM TO GO OVER WHAT WE, UM, WOULD BE REQUESTING IN TERMS OF FEDERAL EARMARKS.SO WHILE WE STILL HAVE TWO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, WE'LL, UH, WE PUT IN REQUESTS WITH BOTH.
I THINK THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S STILL SHUT DOWN, RIGHT.
SO WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, BUT YEAH, WE PUT IN FOR THOSE.
AND THEN WEST VALLEY MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL BOARD, I WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND.
SO THANK YOU VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ.
UM, I DID ATTEND A COUPLE MEETINGS, UH, SBCT, A GENERAL POLICY COMMITTEE.
UH, WE WENT OVER THE FISCAL YEAR, 20 26, 20 27, ASSESSMENT DUES FOR ALL THE PARTNER CITIES, UH, MEASURE I REVENUE ESTIMATES FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 26, 20 27.
AND WE REVIEWED THE 2027 FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, LEGISLATIVE POLICY COMMITTEE.
WE JUST GOT UPDATES FROM THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TRANSIT COMMITTEE.
WE HAD UPDATES FOR EV CHARGING FEE SCHEDULE.
UH, WE GOT AN UPDATE ON HYDROGEN FUEL UPGRADES FOR THE ZEMO, UH, THE LOCAL TRANSPORTATION FUND APPROPRIATION, AND ALSO STATED GOOD REPAIRS PROGRAM APPROPRIATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 26, 20 27.
AND FOR METRO VALLEY STUDY SESSION, WE JUST HAD A BRIEFING ON ALL PROJECTS THROUGH DECEMBER, 2025.
[ COUNCIL COMMENTS]
COMMENTS.COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE COMMENTS.
UM, I SEE SARAH, UM, AVENGER IN THE AUDIENCE WHO'S A MEMBER OF THE, UM, COMMITTEE MEMBER OF THE PRAYER BREAKFAST.
UM, GREAT CROWD, GREAT SPEAKER.
SO IT'S NICE TO SEE THE COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER FOR THAT.
UM, ONCE A YEAR, UM, WE HAD STUDENT GOVERNMENT DAY, WHICH, YOU KNOW, RYAN, PETER, WERE THERE.
SO IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE EVENTS.
AND, UM, STAFF JUST DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB.
AND I THINK JUST EVERY YEAR THE KIDS REALLY GET ENGAGED AND HAVE A GOOD TIME.
SO I THINK IT'S, IT'S WELL WORTH THE INVESTMENT THAT WE PARTNER WITH THE, UM, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON.
I WILL MIRROR CYNTHIA ON THE FIRST TWO OF MY THREE PRAYER BREAKFAST THIS MORNING.
GREAT JOB TO THE TEAM FOR PULLING IT TOGETHER AT SUCH AN EARLY TIME OF THE DAY.
I ARRIVED AT 6:00 AM I WAS BIG AND IT WAS, UH, THIRD CROWDED BY THEN, THIRD FULL.
SARAH, DO YOU REMEMBER? SEVENTH? SEVENTH.
I'M REPRESENTING AS, BECAUSE IT IS CALLED THE MAYOR'S BREAKFAST.
SO WE EACH HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT, AND BRIAN WAS, UH, THERE THIS YEAR AND GAVE HIS TALK.
SO THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING FOR THAT, FOR THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
AND IN STUDENT GOVERNMENT DAY LAST, LAST WEEK, I, ME WHAT CYNTHIA SAID, AGAIN, A GREAT EVENT.
AND THEN LASTLY, THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION IS GEARING UP FOR OUR CONCERT SERIES.
AND THAT KICKS OFF IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, ACTUALLY, THE, UH, MARCH 14TH AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH IS WHERE WE HOST THREE CONCERTS A YEAR.
AND THEY'RE SPREAD OUT OVER A PORTION OF THE YEAR.
SO MARCH 14TH FROM SEVEN TO 9:00 PM IS A BAND CALLED, WELL, THERE
SO THERE THEY WILL BE PERFORMING, UH, A LOT OF GREAT HITS FROM DIFFERENT GENRES.
AND IT'S A, AS IT SAYS HERE IN THE CAPTION, THEY ARE A, THEY ARE A HOT DANCING GROUP,
SO WE HAVE HOW DO YOU QUANTIFY HOT DANCING? I DON'T, WELL, I WISH DARREN LEE WAS HERE BECAUSE HE COULD HELP DEFINE THAT FOR US.
SO IT'S, IT'S A, WE ALWAYS HAVE DANCERS AT THE NEAR THE STAGE AT THESE CONCERTS.
THIS ONE IS GONNA DRAW A LOT MORE INDIVIDUALS FOR DANCING.
SO THE, THE A BAND, THEN WE'VE GOT ONE COMING UP A MONTH LATER, AND THAT'S, UH, COLBY K CAL KOLBY, I FORGOT HIS NAME.
I WASN'T GONNA GIVE A REPORT ON THAT, BUT AS LONG AS I'M TALKING ABOUT IT, HE, UH, WAS THE TOP 10 VOICE, UH, PARTICIPANT, LAST YEAR FINALIST.
AND THEN IN SEPTEMBER WE HAVE, UM, ANDY VARGAS FROM SANTANA AGAIN, BUT WE'RE PUSHING THE CONCERT RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS ON MARCH 14TH.
YOU CAN GO TO CHINO HILLS.COM OR.ORG TO BUY YOUR $20 TICKET, BRING A PICNIC AND HAVE A GREAT TIME.
I DON'T THINK IT'S COLBY CALLAY.
BECAUSE BECAUSE IT'S A, SHE'S, IT'S A, SHE'S A LET'S GO WITH THAT.
UH, REALLY NOTHING OTHER THAN THE FACT, YEAH, WENT TO THE PRAYER BREAKFAST THIS MORNING.
PROBABLY A THOUSAND PEOPLE THERE.
UH, GREAT, UH, KEYNOTE SPEAKER.
AND EUNICE, UH, THAT, THAT WONDERFUL WOMAN JUST, YOU KNOW, GRIEVING STILL FROM THE LOSS OF HER HUSBAND.
UH, SHE, SHE WAS JUST EXCELLENT AND JUST A, A PILLAR OF STRENGTH TODAY.
BUT IT WAS REALLY, REALLY A GOOD EVENT.
AND IF, IF YOU DIDN'T GO, YOU SHOULD PLAN
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ON GOING NEXT YEAR.IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT EVENT.
THEY ALWAYS HAVE A GREAT KEYNOTE SPEAKER.
UM, I ATTENDED S SCAG, UM, WENT TO THE LEGISLATIVE COMMUNICATION MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE MEETING.
UH, WE GOT UPDATES ON FEDERAL AND STATE UPDATES, UM, WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE STATE LEVEL AND ALSO THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
WE WENT OVER THE RE 1.0 CODIFICATION BILL REVIEW.
UH, WE HAD AN UPDATE ON SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BLOCK GRANTS.
IT'S CALLED STBG, CONGESTED MITIGATION OF AIR QUALITY, WHICH IS CMAC.
AND ALSO THE PROCESS, UH, FOR FUNDS, WHICH WE RECEIVED QUITE A BIT OF MONEY FROM THEM.
UH, LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES.
WE DID HAVE A BOARD MEETING IN BERKELEY, AND I HAD A GREAT TIME AT BERKELEY.
UM, A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE, SHE'S THE ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR, PAM HERRERA.
I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU STAFF AND MY, MY COLLEAGUES FOR SENDING FLOWERS TO HER WONDERFUL WOMAN, DID A LOT FOR HER CITY.
UH, WE VOTED ON A, A, A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE TAX AND REV, UH, COMMITTEE.
UM, APPARENTLY THEY HAD WORKED ON THIS FOR ABOUT 14, 15 YEARS.
AND IT HAD TO DO WITH WAREHOUSING INTERNET SALES.
AND THE PROPOSAL WAS ACTUALLY TO DO 50% TO THE CITY AND THEN 50% TO THE PEOPLE THAT BUY THE PRODUCT.
AND WE GOT A BIG PUSH FROM THE CITY, SUCH AS CHINO, ONTARIO GOT A CALL FROM CITY OF INDUSTRY.
SO WE DIDN'T MAKE ANY CHANGES ON THAT, BUT WE DID MAKE CHANGES ON WAREHOUSING OUTSIDE OF CALIFORNIA IN DIFFERENT STATES.
SO THE CITY, UH, THE MONEY RIGHT NOW GOES TO THE COUNTY.
THE MANY WILL, THE MONEY NOWS WILL GO TO THE CITIES.
SO HOPEFULLY THERE'LL BE A GAIN TO US IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
UM, I HAD A MEETING AND I WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF WITH CAL HCD, WHICH IS, UH, HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
UH, PHIL CHIN SET THE MEETING UP ING NAVEED, AND, UH, JOHN HOWTON, THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR, PUT IT ALL TOGETHER.
AND I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR HIS, ALL HIS EFFORTS.
UH, WE TALKED TO HCD AND ALMOST FELL OFF MY CHAIR.
THEY WERE REALLY ACCOMMODATING AND WILLING TO LISTEN TO US AND WORK WITH US.
I WAS REAL EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, I DID GET TO ATTEND, AND I'M SORRY FOR NOT MISSING THE, THE PRAYER BREAKFAST THIS MORNING, BUT I WENT TO SERGEANT, UH, GRANT WARD'S FUNERAL IN SAN BERNARDINO.
GRANT WAS A PRESIDENT OF S-B-C-T-A, THE CELEBRATION OF LIFE.
EVERYBODY WAS HAPPY BECAUSE THAT'S THE KIND OF PERSON GRANT WAS.
HE WANTED ALL OF US TO BE HAPPY.
AND, UH, WE WERE, HIS WIFE GOT TO SPEAK.
UH, GRANT'S BEST FRIEND SPOKE, AND I GUESS HE USED TO EAT LIKE, UH, MCDONALD'S AND, UH, MOUNTAIN DEW.
THAT WAS HIS PRODUCT THAT HE REALLY ENJOYED DRINKING AND EATING.
HIS TWO BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS, ONE OF 'EM GOT TO SPEAK.
UH, MAGGIE, SHE DID SUCH A GREAT JOB.
TRULY LOVED WHAT HE, WHAT HE ACCOMPLISHED AS PRESIDENT OF SEBA.
AND HE REALLY, UM, ADMIRED AND WORKED REALLY HARD FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN OF SAN BERNARDINO SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
UM, ALSO LAST TUESDAY I ATTENDED THE CHINO CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, I DID TALK TO EUNICE PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
SHE, AGAIN, MY COLLEAGUES, OUR STAFF, WE SENT HER FLOWERS, UH, FOR THE LOSS OF HER HUSBAND.
AND THIS WAS HER FIRST MEETING BACK.
BUT SHE TRULY WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY HERE, OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR, FOR SHOWING THE LOVE OF SUPPORT.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY, SIR.
AND JUST TO TOUCH ON WHAT RAY SAID ABOUT GRANT, YOU KNOW, EVEN WHILE HE WAS BATTLING CANCER, HE STILL WOULD ASK YOU HOW YOU'RE DOING.
THAT WAS JUST THE KIND OF GUY HE WAS.
SO IT'S, IT WAS A, A, A LOSS, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY FOR ALL OF US.
ATTENDED OPENING DAY FOR CHINO HILLS, UH, PONY BASEBALL, UH, ADAM KENNEDY FROM THE ANGELS WAS OUT THERE.
PROBABLY THE ONLY TIME I'LL EVER GET TO SEE AN ANGELS WORLD SERIES WIN.
YOU KNOW, ARTIE MORENO SAYS THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT WINNING.
THAT'S SO DUH UH, ATTENDED GIRLS SOFTBALL OPENING DAY AS WELL.
UM, LIKE WE SAID, STUDENT GOVERNMENT DAY IS ALWAYS FUN.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE THESE YOUNG, UH, YOU KNOW, YOUNG LEADERS, UH, YOU KNOW, COME AND LEARN ABOUT GOVERNMENT.
AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE SOME OF 'EM, UH, COME BACK, UH, DOWN THE ROAD.
AND THEN AGAIN, THANK YOU TO, UH, THE COMMITTEE THAT PUT ON THE MAYOR'S PRAYER BREAKFAST.
IT HAD TO BE ALMOST A THOUSAND PEOPLE LOOK LIKE IT JUST, MAYBE JUST UNDER AND, UM, YEAH, GOING INSIDE THOSE WAREHOUSES.
I CANNOT BELIEVE HOW BIG IT IS.
EVEN WITH A THOUSAND PEOPLE IN THERE, MAN, WE NEED TO GET ANOTHER THOUSAND MORE AND FILL IT OUT.
BUT IT WAS, UH, IT WAS AN HONOR TO, TO SPEAK AND REPRESENT THE CITY THERE.
I THINK CYNTHIA HAS, I'VE GOT AN UPDATE ALSO.
UH OH, I HAD ONE MORE THING I FORGOT.
IT'S BRING YOUR MOM TO WORK DAY.
SO I WANTED TO INTRODUCE MY MOM, LINDA, IN THE BACK.
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HI, MOM.ALRIGHT, PETER, BREAKING NEWS.
THERE WAS, OH, OF COURSE IT WAS.
AND HE WAS THE TOP 10 FINALIST ON THE VOICE THIS PAST YEAR.
SO HE'LL BE IN TOWN ON APRIL 25TH.
[ 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.]
IN MEMORY AND IN HOPE WITH DEEP GRATITUDE, RESPECT, AND APPRECIATION FOR THE BRAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVE AND HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES, THEIR SELFISH CONTRIBUTIONS PROTECT US ALL.MAY WE AS A COMMUNITY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND HONOR THEM.