Mar 24, 2026 City Council Meeting

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ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US FOR OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY OF CHINO

[ 6:00 P.M. - CONVENE MEETING / ROLL CALL]

AT THIS TIME, PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO BE GIVEN BY I YOU, DIRECTOR STEVE ELI, AND FOLLOWED UP WITH AN INVOCATION BY PASTOR DENNIS HOSTETLER FROM CHINO HILLS, CALVARY CHAPEL.

MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO RECORD FOR THE RECORD THAT ALL MEMBERS.

WE'RE ALL HERE. ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.

SORRY. YES. PLEASE PUT YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE.

READY? BEGIN. I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. STEVE.

PASTOR. GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

[ INVOCATION: Pastor Dennis Hostetler, Calvary Chapel Chino Hills]

WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF ALL WHO ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ABUNDANT BLESSINGS, FOR GRANTING WISDOM, FAVOR, AND STRENGTH WE ALL NEED TO DO AND FULFILL OUR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AMONG ALL OF THOSE HERE, OUR NEIGHBORS, AND OUR COMMUNITY.

AS WE STRIVE TO FULFILL THAT GOLDEN RULE OF LOVING OUR NEIGHBORS AS OURSELVES.

AS THE LORD TAUGHT US IN HIS WORD.

AND SO WE THANK YOU, LORD FOR THIS EVENING.

WE THANK YOU FOR THE ABILITY TO BE INVOLVED IN USEFUL WORK AND FOR THE HONOR OF BEARING APPROPRIATE RESPONSIBILITIES.

AND AS AMERICA NOW CELEBRATES 250 YEARS OF LIBERTY THIS YEAR, I AM REMINDED OF THE WORDS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN THAT IF A SPARROW CANNOT FALL TO THE GROUND WITHOUT THE LORD BEING AWARE, IS IT PROBABLE THAT AN EMPIRE CAN ARISE WITHOUT HIS AID? AND SO WE THANK YOU, LORD, THAT YOU HAVE TRULY RAISED UP AMERICA.

AND IN OUR GRATITUDE, YOU TOLD US IN THE SCRIPTURES THAT CITIZENS OUGHT TO OBEY OUR GOVERNING AUTHORITIES, AND THAT YOU HAVE ESTABLISHED THOSE VERY AUTHORITIES TO PROMOTE PEACE, THE RULE OF LAW AND JUSTICE.

THE PROPHET JEREMIAH SAYS, SEEK THE PEACE OF THE CITY WHERE EVER WE HAVE BEEN CALLED, AND PRAY TO THE LORD FOR THE PEACE OF THAT CITY, FOR IN ITS PEACE YOU WILL FIND PEACE.

THEREFORE, WE PRAY FOR OUR MAYOR, FOR THE VARIOUS LEVELS OF CITY OFFICIALS HERE WE PRAY FOR ALL OF THE CITIZENS OF OUR CITY, AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THIS ASSEMBLED COUNCIL AND THE MEETING TONIGHT.

WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD GRANT ALL OF THEM HERE WISDOM TO GOVERN WELL, EVEN IN THE MIDST OF CONFLICTING AND COMPETING INTERESTS.

WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE EVERYONE IN THIS COUNCIL A SENSE OF WISDOM, OF THE TRUE NEEDS OF OUR CITY, AND A KEEN THIRST FOR JUSTICE AND RIGHTNESS, AND THAT YOU GIVE THEM CONFIDENCE IN THEIR WORK AND DOING WHAT IS PROPER AND FITTING.

AND LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD ALSO HELP EVERYONE WORK TOGETHER IN UNITY, EVEN IN THE MIDST OF SOMETIMES HONEST DISAGREEMENTS.

AND LORD, FOR EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER, FOR EVERYBODY GATHERED HERE, FOR ALL OF OUR CITY, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GRANT PEACE IN OUR LIVES AND OUR FAMILIES AND PURPOSE AS WE FULFILL OUR VARIOUS TASKS.

WE PRAY FOR THE AGENDA SET BEFORE US TODAY, THAT YOU WOULD GIVE AN ASSURANCE OF WHAT PLEASES YOU AND WHAT WILL DO BEST FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO LIVE AND DWELL AND WORK IN OUR BELOVED CITY OF CHINO HILLS.

WE PRAY ALL THESE THINGS IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.

AMEN.

THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING MARCH 29TH,

[4. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming March 29, 2026 as Vietnam War Veterans Day]

ART BENNETT. GEORGE. DEFRANK, JIM.

WALSH. DENNIS. FRANK BERGER, RICK.

MCDONALD, GABE. HERNANDEZ, LEE KIMBALL, SAL AVILA, DIANE BOCK, AND RONNIE GEYER.

WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR UP BY THE PODIUM, PLEASE? COME ON UP.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE.

I WAS BORN A COUPLE OF YEARS AFTER THE VIETNAM WAR, BUT HAD A COUSIN WHO FLEW F-4 PHANTOMS. AND IT'S TRULY A, YOU KNOW, AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU HERE.

WHAT I KNEW ABOUT IT, WHAT I KNEW ABOUT THE WAR JUST GROWING UP WAS JUST HOW POORLY YOU GUYS WERE TREATED WHEN YOU CAME HOME.

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ALL RIGHT. OUR CITY COUNCIL AND OUR RESIDENTS HAVE A GREAT AMOUNT OF RESPECT AND GRATITUDE FOR ALL THAT HAVE SERVED SERVED OUR COUNTRY DURING THE VIETNAM WAR, MORE THAN 58,000 INDIVIDUALS MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE, AND MANY THOUSANDS WERE WOUNDED IN COMBAT.

WE ENCOURAGE OUR COMMUNITY TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR OUR VIETNAM VETERANS FOR ALL THAT THEY'VE GIVEN IN SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY.

WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE OUR MEMBERS OF THE CHINO HILLS 55 PLUS CLUB VETERANS GROUP, ALONG WITH MAN ABOUT TOWN, RONNIE GUYER HERE TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION.

AND SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

AND WHOEVER WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU, GEORGE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MAYOR JONES.

ON BEHALF OF THE CHINO HILLS 55 PLUS CLUB, IT'S VIETNAM ERA VETERANS AND ALL VIETNAM ERA VETERANS LIVING IN CHINO HILLS.

I'M PLEASED TO EXTEND OUR THANKS TO THE CHINO HILLS CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF FOR THIS PROCLAMATION. THIS RECOGNITION STILL MEANS A GREAT DEAL TO THOSE OF US WHO SERVED ON ACTIVE DUTY DURING THE 1960S AND 70S, AND RETURNED HOME TO A LESS THAN GRATEFUL NATION. LASTLY, PLEASE REMEMBER OUR RECENTLY WOUNDED AND FALLEN WARRIORS IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS. MAY ALL THE WOMEN IN OUR ARMED FORCES, MEN AND WOMEN IN OUR ARMED FORCES, RETURN HOME SAFE AND SOUND TO A GRATEFUL NATION. GOD BLESS AMERICA.

THIS IS ALWAYS A GOOD REASON TO COME AND HOLD UP MY PURPLE HEART.

FOR BEING WOUNDED IN ACTION OR KILLED IN ACTION.

AND. I HELD OUR DEAD AND WOUNDED.

I CARRIED THEM FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER, ETC.

I WAS IN THE FIRST MAJOR BATTLE OF THE VIETNAM WAR AND.

IT WAS A GREAT GIFT BECAUSE I GOT TO SEE EXACTLY HOW WONDERFUL WE ARE HERE, FIGHTING AGAINST THE PEOPLE WHO HATE AND HATE OTHER PEOPLE AND HATE US AND WANT TO KILL US.

IT'S VERY SIMPLE. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, AND WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO BE HERE.

BUT WE KNOW JUST EXACTLY HOW IMPORTANT IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. RENEE.

ALL RIGHT. YES, SIR. I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE TWO PURPLE HEART VETERANS. WOULD YOU GUYS LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? IT'S DENNIS FRANKENBERGER AND JIM, DENNIS AND JIM.

HE'S A PURPLE HEART. THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND PEOPLE OF CHINO HILLS FOR SHOWING GRATITUDE TO US NOW. IT REALLY HELPS AS IT WAS IGNORED WHEN WE CAME HOME.

AND ALSO TO THINK, AS WAS MENTIONED ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN HARM'S WAY RIGHT NOW.

WE PRAY FOR THEM TOO, AND WE HOPE THEY MAKE IT ALL HOME SAFE AND SOUND. THANK YOU.

DENNIS IS ALWAYS RELUCTANT TO TO STEP FORWARD ON THIS, BUT HE IS A MULTIPLE PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT.

DRUG OWNER AND CREW CHIEF ON A HELICOPTER.

RIGHT. YOU SAVED A LOT OF MEN.

YEAH. YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO REMIND SOMEBODY OR EVERYBODY IN THIS AUDIENCE ABOUT THIS. YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT OUR FREEDOM AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE 250 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR.

THE ONE THING THAT WE WANT YOU TO ALL REMEMBER THAT FREEDOM IS NOT FREE.

AND MY FELLOW VIETNAM VETERANS AND ALL OF THOSE THAT HAVE EVER SERVED IN UNIFORM ARE THE REASON THAT WE HAVE A FREE NATION THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

SO YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE SHOULD TAKE IT FOR GRANTED AND THAT WE SHOULD FORGET ABOUT. WE CURRENTLY HAVE SOME LEADERS, UNFORTUNATELY, IN OUR NATION THAT DON'T VALUE THAT FREEDOM AND DON'T SEEM TO THINK TOO MUCH ABOUT OUR OWN COUNTRY. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS,

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AND REMEMBER ANYBODY YOU SEE IN A UNIFORM OR YOU FOUND OUT THAT THEY SERVE, THANK THEM FOR WHAT THEY DID TO PRESERVE THAT THAT FREEDOM.

I THINK WE WANT TO DO A PHOTO OP.

YES, PLEASE. MOVE TOWARDS THE CENTER.

THE TWO PURPLE. PURPLE HEARTS.

THANK YOU. GEORGE. DO YOU MIND GIVING ME A SECOND? AND THEN. WE'RE GOING TO.

MAKE IT PERFECT. ALL RIGHT.

THERE WE GO. I'M LOOKING RIGHT HERE AT THE CAMERA FIRST. THERE WE GO.

PERFECT. I LOVE IT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. NOW HERE'S THE.

BROTHERS FROM ANOTHER MOTHER. THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WHAT ARE YOU GUYS.

DOING? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR.

ALL RIGHT. WITH THIS, WE WILL BE MOVING ON TO PROCLAIMING APRIL AS

[5. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming April as Child Abuse Prevention Month]

AS A COMMUNITY, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE COME TOGETHER TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT CHILD ABUSE AND TAKE ACTIONS TO PREVENT THIS HORRIBLE ISSUE.

WHILE WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE ACCESS TO DEDICATED CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION PROFESSIONALS THROUGHOUT SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, PREVENTION REQUIRES ENERGY AND DETERMINATION FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

EACH CHILD HAS THE RIGHT TO RECEIVE CARE, PROTECTION, AND GUIDANCE, TO BE FREE FROM HARM, AND TO HAVE THEIR PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, AND EDUCATIONAL NEEDS MET.

SO, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, I HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL AS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH. AND TO ACCEPT THIS, WE HAVE HILARY STEVENSON RAY FROM SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES, CHILD NETWORK, CHILDREN'S NETWORK.

I MEAN, THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR DECLARING IT CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH.

IT SEEMS VERY FITTING FOR ME TO COME AFTER OUR VETERANS WHO HAVE SERVED TO PROTECT US ALL, AND WE'RE FIGHTING TO PROTECT OUR MOST VULNERABLE, OUR LITTLE KIDDOS. AND THE REASON I ALWAYS ASK TO COME TO CHINO HILLS TO PICK THIS UP IS BECAUSE IT IS SO EVIDENT AT YOUR CITY AND EVERYTHING YOU DO THAT YOU WANT TO NOT JUST PROTECT KIDS, NOT JUST FAMILIES, BUT YOU REALLY WANT THEM TO THRIVE IN YOUR COMMUNITY, WORKS TOGETHER TO TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

AND THE CHILDREN HERE ARE THRIVING AND YOU HAVE LOW NUMBERS OF REPORTS AND YOU HAVE HAPPY FAMILIES, AND THAT'S THE MOST WE COULD EVER ASK FOR.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL JUST DO WHAT WE CAN HERE ON THE HOME FRONT TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE TOO.

PERFECT. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT.

GO TO THE FRONT. YEAH, I KNOW.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. AND THEN NOW WE WILL ALSO

[6. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming April as National Autism Acceptance Month]

AUTISM IS A PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER AFFECTING THE SOCIAL, COMMUNICATION AND BEHAVIORAL SKILLS OF THOSE AFFECTED BY IT.

AS MORE HEALTH HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS BECOME SKILLED IN RECOGNIZING AUTISM.

MORE CHILDREN ARE PROPERLY BEING DIAGNOSED THAT THEY ARE ON THE SPECTRUM, RESULTING IN RATES AS HIGH AS 1 IN 36 KIDS NATIONALLY.

WHILE THERE IS NO CURE FOR AUTISM, RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT IF INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM RECEIVE EARLY AND INTENSIVE TRAINING THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES, THEY WILL LEAD. THEY WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE THEIR LIFE.

SO, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS CITY COUNCIL,

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AND TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION IS AARON PINO FROM THE BOARD MEMBER FROM THE AUTISM SOCIETY OF THE INLAND EMPIRE. THANK YOU.

WOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THE WARM WELCOME, EVERYBODY. I'M AARON PINO.

I AM ALSO A MOTHER TO AN 11 YEAR OLD.

SUCH A FUN AGE. WHO IS ON THE SPECTRUM? I JUST WANT TO START WITH ON BEHALF OF THE AUTISM SOCIETY OF INLAND EMPIRE.

I WANT TO SINCERELY THANK THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS FOR THIS MEANINGFUL PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING AUTISM. I THINK IT'S ACCEPTANCE MONTH, WHICH IS HUGE. YOU GUYS ARE ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES THAT IT'S NOT AWARENESS, IT'S ACCEPTANCE AT THE FOREFRONT. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT.

SO THIS, THAT, THAT ALMOST, YOU KNOW, KEEP THE TEARS.

SO THIS RECOGNITION FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, LIKE THIS IS SYMBOLIC.

IT BRINGS VISIBILITY, UNDERSTANDING, COMPASSION TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY, YOUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE NAVIGATING AUTISM EVERY DAY. AUTISM IS NOT JUST ONE STORY.

IT'S A SPECTRUM. AND IT'S COMMUNITIES LIKE CHINO HILLS THAT TAKE TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND UPLIFT AND ACCEPT THESE ADULTS AND CHILDREN.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

AS A MOTHER AND AS A PROFESSIONAL, IT MEANS SO MUCH.

JUST A QUICK NOTE THAT WE ARE DOING A BLUE ENVELOPE TRAINING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT MIGHT NOT KNOW ON APRIL 1ST.

I THINK YOU GUYS ARE SUPPORTING THAT.

OKAY. IT'S HERE IN CHINO HILLS.

AND THEN IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HERE.

I'LL STICK AROUND. WOULD YOU MIND MAYBE EXPLAINING WHAT BLUE ENVELOPE? OH, YES. OF COURSE. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TIME I HAVE. BLUE ENVELOPE.

I GET PAID BY THE HOUR.

LET'S GO. OH, WELL, WE COULD BE HERE ALL DAY.

SO BLUE ENVELOPE DRIVERS ON THE SPECTRUM OR ANY DISABILITY VISUAL COGNITIVE DISABILITY, NOT VISUAL. SORRY, I'M TALKING TOO FAST.

THEY WILL HAVE THIS BLUE ENVELOPE.

AND WHAT IS GOING TO BE INSIDE THIS BLUE ENVELOPE WILL BE THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE, INSURANCE, A COPY OF THEIR INSURANCE.

I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS OF WHAT'S WITH THE LAW, WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, AND THEN AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAND OVER THE BLUE ENVELOPE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT WHEN THEY GET PULLED OVER THIS, THIS TRIGGERS LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT, HEY, WE'VE GOT SOMEONE.

WE HAVE A DRIVER THAT, YOU KNOW, MIGHT HAVE A COGNITIVE DISABILITY.

SO IF THEY DON'T LOOK YOU IN THE EYE OR THEY MIGHT NOT BE COMPLYING THE WAY, YOU KNOW, THE REST OF US, YOU KNOW, COULD, SHOULD, IT JUST REALLY TRIGGERS LAW ENFORCEMENT TO, HEY, THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON HERE.

SO WE ARE ACCEPTING A GRANT IN CORONA NEXT MONTH.

WE GOT $1 MILLION GRANT TO GET LAW ENFORCEMENT THROUGHOUT THE INLAND EMPIRE TRAINED WITH THIS BLUE ENVELOPE.

SO WE'RE REALLY HOPING TO SEE SOME ACCEPTANCE AND CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE INLAND EMPIRE.

SO IT'S, IT'S A REALLY, REALLY GOOD, REALLY GREAT THING.

SO THAT'S IT. GOOD. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET THAT PHOTO.

OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY.

ALL. RIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ERIN.

ALL RIGHT. TONIGHT, WE ARE BOTH HONORED AND SAD

[7. PRESENTATION - City Tile to Benjamin Montgomery for his service with the City from January 30, 2006, to March 31, 2026]

IT IS.

IT IS WITH OUR SINCERE GRATITUDE THAT WE PRESENT BENJAMIN A CITY TILE.

I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU LATER. FOR HIS 20 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO CHINO HILLS AND A REMARKABLE CAREER OF 35 YEARS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

BEN JOINED THE CITY IN 2006 AS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES MANAGER, AND STEADILY WORKED HIS WAY THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION, SERVING AS ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, AND THEN ULTIMATELY IN 2019, BEING NAMED OUR CITY MANAGER.

OVER THE COURSE OF HIS CAREER, BEN HAS WORN MANY HATS AND HAS TAKEN ON A

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MOST FOLKS DON'T KNOW AS A CITY COUNCIL, WE ONLY HAVE TWO EMPLOYEES THAT ANSWER TO US.

ONE'S THE GUY WHO CHARGES BY, YOU KNOW, BY THE HOUR AND THEN AND THEN OUR CITY, OUR CITY MANAGER.

SO HE'S BEEN A BLESSING TO HAVE HERE.

HE'S HELPED GUIDE CHINO HILLS THROUGH SOME OF THE MOST CHALLENGING MOMENTS, ALL WHILE PRIORITIZING A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

FROM NAVIGATING THROUGH THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC TO THE BLUE RIDGE FIRE, TO MANAGING THE CITY HALL, FIRE RECOVERY TO MANY FIRES AND ADVANCING MAJOR COMMUNITY PROJECTS, BEN HAS BEEN A STEADY LEADER WHEN IT MATTERED THE MOST. HE'S ALSO CREDITED FOR HELPING MOVE FORWARD IMPORTANT INITIATIVES LIKE PARK IMPROVEMENTS, WILDFIRE SAFETY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EFFORTS, INFRASTRUCTURE, WATER SYSTEM PROJECTS, AND THE CITY'S FIRST GOAL SETTING WORKSHOP HELPING TO SET CHINO HILLS UP FOR A POSITIVE FUTURE.

BUT BEYOND THE PROJECTS AND MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, WHAT TRULY STANDS OUT ABOUT BEN IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WILL JUST WE'RE GOING TO DEARLY MISS HIS LEADERSHIP.

BEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN APPROACHABLE, THOUGHTFUL, AND COLLABORATIVE. HE WORKS WITH ALL FIVE OF THE COUNCIL, AND MANY OF YOU IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE WORKED WITH HIM THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

MANY STAFF MEMBERS WOULD AGREE THAT BEN HAS BEEN MORE THAN JUST A CITY MANAGER, BUT HE'S BEEN A MENTOR, A STEADY VOICE DURING CHALLENGING TIMES, AND SOMEONE WHO GENUINELY CARES ABOUT OUR RESIDENTS AND THOSE PEOPLE IN CITY HALL.

OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL, BEN HAS ALSO ACTIVELY BEEN INVOLVED IN A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE CHINO VALLEY YMCA AND THE RANCHO DEL CHINO ROTARY CLUB.

FURTHERING HIS HER FURTHER DEMONSTRATING HIS COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AS HE ENTERS THE NEXT CHAPTER OF HIS LIFE, BEN LOOKS FORWARD.

WELL, I'LL LET YOU TALK ABOUT IT.

I'LL SPEAK FOR YOU JUST FOR NOW, BECAUSE I'LL GET YOU ALL LOUD IF I DON'T. BEN LOOKS FORWARD TO ENJOYING HIS WELL-EARNED RETIREMENT, TRAVELING WITH HIS FAMILY, AND GETTING BACK INTO OLD HOBBIES, WHICH HE HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO AS OUR CITY MANAGER BECAUSE WE DEMAND A LOT FROM HIM.

BUT WE ARE WE, BUT WE ESPECIALLY KNOW THAT HE IS PROUD TO RETIRE AFTER DECADES OF PUBLIC SERVICE. AND HE WILL KNOW THAT HE'S LEFT CHINO HILLS IN A MUCH BETTER PLACE.

SO, BEN, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, DEDICATION, AND COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY, OUR EMPLOYEES, AND OUR RESIDENTS, THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE HARD YEARS OF WORK AND ALL THE BEST IN YOUR RETIREMENT.

SO PLEASE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

YOU GUYS WANT TO COME BEHIND US? OH, YEAH. DEFINITELY. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME.

OH, YOU CAN COME UP. JUST LIKE THIS.

YOU'RE RIGHT. THIS WAY.

YOU GOT HIM? I WILL. I'M JUST WAITING FOR YOU TO SETTLE DOWN THERE.

YOU WANT TO COME UP, TAKE A PHOTO. YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE IT FROM THE CHEAP SEATS. COME ON, COME ON. YEAH, YOU CAN TAKE 1 OR 2.

YOU SHARED WITH US. YES.

COME ON. MOM! SISTER. DAUGHTER.

DAUGHTER! EVERYBODY! COME ON. NO! COME ON, MAN. COME ON, BOY.

COME ON. COME ON. MIA! IT'S A SHY FAMILY.

COME ON. GET UP HERE. COME ON.

THERE WE GO.

IT WOULD BE A VERY PROUD MAMA.

BROUGHT UP A FANTASTIC SON.

ALL RIGHT. NOW, FROM THE TEARS. OH.

PRESENTATIONS. OH. ALL RIGHT.

ALWAYS MORE. ALL THE WHEREASES IN HERE, TOO.

SO HERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT.

SO THEN, FROM ASSEMBLY MEMBER PHILIP CHEN, DO WE HAVE A REP FOR.

THESE ARE THE ONES. OH, OKAY.

SO WE HAVE CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FROM ASSEMBLY MEMBER PHILIP CHEN,

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WE HAVE ANOTHER CERTIFICATE HONORING YOUR TIME HERE.

PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. ARE YOU READY? OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO CALL UP THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS WHO CAME HERE TO PERSONALLY PRESENT TO BEN. THE FIRST WILL BE CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT PRESIDENT MIKE KRIEGER AND DIRECTOR SARAH RAMOS.

HUBINGER.

THANK YOU. YEAH. SO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT HAVE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH WITH THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.

WE'RE VERY PROUD AND HONORED TO PRESENT THIS SHIELD TO YOU, BEN. WE DON'T GIVE THIS OUT TO EVERYBODY, BUT BUT THAT'S FOR YOU, FOR YOUR RETIREMENT. WE WISH YOU THE ABSOLUTE BEST, AND I'VE WORKED WITH BEN.

I THINK HIS ENTIRE CAREER HERE, IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

HE'S BEEN SOMEBODY THAT THAT I'VE HAD INTERACTIONS WITH, AND CERTAINLY MORE SO IN THE LAST, YOU KNOW, 6 OR 7 YEARS. BUT WE'RE IN ROTARY TOGETHER.

I HOPE HE CONTINUES TO STILL SHOW UP EVERY NOW AND THEN AND COOK CORN WITH US AND DO OTHER FUN STUFF, BUT WE WISH YOU THE ABSOLUTE BEST IN YOUR RETIREMENT VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. SO WHEN YOU WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE TO ELEVATE YOUR CAREER AND YOU COME UP TO THE NUMBER ONE POSITION IN YOUR CAREER, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DAUNTING.

AND THERE'S ALWAYS THAT OLD ADAGE OF BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR.

SO WHEN I WAS APPOINTED AS THE FIRE CHIEF BEN WAS ALREADY THE CITY, THE CITY, CITY MANAGER, CITY MANAGER.

AND I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT LIKE, OKAY, HOW DOES THIS WORK? AND BEN WAS NOTHING BUT GRACIOUS, ALWAYS STRAIGHTFORWARD AND TRANSPARENT AND EXTREMELY HELPFUL. MENTORED ME IN MANY WAYS.

HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW JUST BY WATCHING HOW HE CONDUCTED HIMSELF.

THIS AS WAS ALREADY STATED, THIS PRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE FROM FOR TONIGHT, WE DON'T TAKE THAT LIGHTLY.

IT IS A SHIELD FOR OUR INDUSTRY.

WHEN YOU WEAR THAT SHIELD, IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT THE ROLE YOU'RE PLAYING ON ANY PARTICULAR INCIDENT OR WITHIN YOUR ORGANIZATION.

IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT THE POSITION THAT YOU HOLD IN THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

I LIKE TO THINK OF THE SHIELD AS IF YOU GO BACK IN AN OLD NOMADIC TIMES, AS THOSE SHIELDS WERE VERY, VERY HEAVY AND IT TOOK A LOT TO TO HOLD THOSE UP. THEY'RE EXTREMELY HEAVY, EXTREMELY HEAVY AND WEIGHTED.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT WOULD TAKE A LONG, IT WOULD TAKE A LOT OF ENERGY TO HOLD THOSE UP FOR ANY AMOUNT OF TIME.

AND SO WE GIVE THAT TO BEN TODAY AND FOR ME PERSONALLY TO SAY, HEY, BEN, THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME BE SUCCESSFUL IN MY CAREER AND HOLDING UP THE SHIELD FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

YOU'VE BEEN A TREMENDOUS ASSET TO ME PERSONALLY.

SO THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS.

NEXT FROM THE INLAND EMPIRE UTILITIES AGENCY BOARD PRESIDENT STEPHEN ELY.

SO I'VE KNOWN BEN PRETTY MUCH AS LONG AS HE'S WORKED HERE, I THINK. BUT INLAND EMPIRE UTILITIES AGENCY IS THE WHOLESALE WATER PROVIDER TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS AS WELL AS THE WE TREAT ALL YOUR WASTEWATER.

SO WHEN YOU TAKE A SHOWER, IT COMES TO US.

AND ONE OF THE THING I WILL MISS THE MOST ABOUT BEN IS HIS ABSOLUTE CALM DEMEANOR.

WHETHER WE'RE SITTING IN A COFFEE SHOP, HAVING COFFEE, TALKING ABOUT WATER, AND THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE WITH A CERTAIN NEIGHBORING ADJACENT CITY, WHICH GETS EVERYONE ELSE'S IRE UP, OR SOMETHING ELSE.

BEN'S ALWAYS CALM. BEN IS THE CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL AND ALWAYS THOUGHTFUL IN HIS APPROACH. AND SO FOR THAT REASON I RECENTLY JUST STARTED DOING THESE TILES LIKE THE CITIES HAVE DONE FOR YEARS, AND THE BEN IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST RECIPIENT OF IT WHO'S NOT IN CONGRESS OR SACRAMENTO.

SO THAT'S SO COOL. THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE JUST STARTED DOING.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT. AND ALSO WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FOR YOU. THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE.

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NEXT FROM THE MONTE VISTA WATER DISTRICT, PRESIDENT SANDRA ROSE.

I'M GOING TO COME THIS WAY. YES, MA'AM. CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU. I'M SANDRA ROSE FROM MONTE VISTA WATER DISTRICT, AND I DON'T GET TO A LOT OF CHINO HILLS CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.

AND I THINK I SHOULD START COMING BECAUSE RECOGNIZING ALL THESE VIETNAM VETERANS.

I REMEMBER THAT WAR. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE.

WE APPRECIATE IT. AND.

AND I ONLY GOT TO KNOW BEN, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A FEW YEARS AGO.

AND I'M REALLY KIND OF DISAPPOINTED THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO WORK MORE WITH YOU.

BUT MONTE VISTA WORKS GREAT WITH YOU GUYS.

WE'RE HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME WORDS OF WISDOM.

DO NOT LET RANCHO DEL CHINO ROTARY TALK YOU INTO BEING PRESIDENT.

SO WE TOO HAVE BEEN GIVING TILES FOR A LONG TIME.

SO THIS IS THE MONTEVISTA TILE, AND I HOPE YOU HAVE A BIG HOME OFFICE WHERE YOU CAN HANG ALL THESE THINGS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS. REPRESENTING CONGRESSWOMAN YOUNG KIM ANDREW GARCIA.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. MY NAME IS ANDREW GARCIA FROM THE OFFICE OF CONGRESSWOMAN YOUNG KIM. FIRST, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE CITY, FOR INVITING US TO ATTEND THE CELEBRATION OF MR. MONTGOMERY'S CAREER.

AND SECONDLY, TO MY FELLOW VETERANS HERE. IT'S AN HONOR TO TO HAVE SERVED, AND IT'S HONOR TO FOLLOW IN YOUR FOOTSTEPS. ON BEHALF OF THE CONGRESSWOMAN, WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE OUTGOING CITY MANAGER MONTGOMERY FOR TWO DECADES OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.

WE THANK HIM FOR HIS EFFORTS IN PROMOTING THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY, AND WE WISH HIM WELL IN HIS RETIREMENT.

JOB WELL DONE. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE DO HAVE SOMETHING ON YOUR BEHALF AS WELL.

SO YOU HAVE TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE SPACE IN YOUR OFFICE. SO HERE IT IS.

THIS IS JUST A BRIEF, SMALL LITTLE TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION ON BEHALF OF THE CONGRESSWOMAN. WOW.

THIS IS AWESOME. THANK YOU.

REPRESENTING CONGRESSWOMAN NORMA TORRES, BRIAN MILLIGAN.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU.

HI EVERYONE. SO GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL.

AS MENTIONED, MY NAME IS BRIAN. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF CONGRESSWOMAN NORMA TORRES. AND I KNOW I'M GOING TO BE REPEATING WHAT A LOT OF SPEAKERS SAY, BUT THERE'S NO AMOUNT OF REPETITION. THAT'S ENOUGH. THANK YOU TO OUR VETERANS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

ONE OF THE SERVICES WE OFFER IN THE CONGRESSWOMAN'S OFFICE FOR OUR VIETNAM VETERANS IS WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE A FLAG FLOWN OVER THE CAPITOL AND THEN PROVIDED EITHER AT A CITY COUNCIL MEETING LIKE THIS OR MAILED TO YOU COMPLETELY FREE OF CHARGE, JUST TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

SO PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT TO US ON THAT FRONT.

AND ALSO THANK YOU, AARON, FOR MENTIONING THE AUTISM SOCIETY.

CHECK. THE CONGRESSWOMAN IS REALLY EXCITED TO BE PRESENTING THAT CHECK IN CORONA.

IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, SHE WAS ABLE TO SECURE OVER $1 MILLION FOR THE BLUE ENVELOPE PROGRAM.

SO REALLY EXCITED FOR THAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. BUT NOW ON TO THE, THE MAN OF THE HOUR.

JUST WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETIREMENT, BEN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK.

I AM LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE A PRODUCT OF CHINO HILLS.

I GREW UP IN CARBON CANYON, AND I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE IT IS THE BEST COMMUNITY TO RAISE A FAMILY.

IT IS THE BEST COMMUNITY TO GROW UP IN, AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE LIKE OUR COUNCIL AND LIKE THE DEDICATED STAFF HERE IN CHINO HILLS.

SO DEDICATED IS REALLY THE WORD I WOULD USE TO DESCRIBE BEN.

IT'S NOT UNCOMMON THAT I GO BACK AND FORTH WITH CITY STAFF HOSTING, MEETING, HOSTING ROUNDTABLES.

AND BEN, YOU ARE ALWAYS THE ONE CITY MANAGER THAT SHOWS UP TO ALL OF THESE EVENTS.

AND I'M ALWAYS BLOWN AWAY. I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEND OTHER STAFF TO THIS, BUT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN SHOWING UP BECAUSE HE IS DEDICATED TO DELIVER FOR CHINO HILLS.

ON BEHALF OF CONGRESSWOMAN TORRES, I HAVE SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL. IT'S CALLED A CONGRESSIONAL RECORD.

ALL OF THE PROCEEDINGS ON THE HOUSE FLOOR GET ENTERED INTO THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD AND GET SAVED INTO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.

SO WHEN WE HEARD ABOUT BEN'S RETIREMENT, THERE WAS NO QUESTION WE HAD TO ENTER INTO THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, ALL OF BEN'S WORK HERE FOR THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, AND YOU WILL HAVE A COPY OF THIS AT HOME,

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WE'RE STICKING IT OUT.

THERE WILL BE A COPY RECOGNIZING ALL OF YOUR WORK.

BEN. SO ON BEHALF OF CONGRESSWOMAN TORRES, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.

REPRESENTING SENATOR KELLY BRAXTON DIPHENHYDRAM.

LIKE THAT. HOWDY FOLKS.

AGAIN, MY NAME IS BRAXTON TIFFIN. I AM A DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE FOR STATE SENATOR KELLY SENATOR'S OFFICE.

WE'RE JUST HERE TO PRESENT THIS RESOLUTION ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE.

THIS HAS BOTH THE SIGNATURES OF MY BOSS, STATE SENATOR KELLY, AS WELL AS STATE ASSEMBLYMAN PHILIP CHEN SIGNATURE.

ALTHOUGH HIS REPRESENTATIVES AREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY, BOTH MEMBERS WERE WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZED YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS THROUGHOUT YOUR CAREER. TRULY, AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED BEFORE BEN, MR. MONTGOMERY, YOU ARE THE GOLD STANDARD FOR PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT.

JUST HOW YOU OPERATE IN THE DIFFERENT WORKSPACES THAT YOU'RE IN, BUT ALSO OBVIOUSLY THE DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT MOST OF US FELLOW REPRESENTATIVES OFTEN ATTEND IN OUR DAY IN, DAY OUT LIVES.

SO JUST ONE OF THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS I WANT TO FONDLY JUST BRING UP HERE IS A TOUR THAT YOU TOOK US ON. IT WAS BEN AS WELL AS COUNCILMAN PETER RODGERS, WHO WAS AT THE TIME SERVING AS MAYOR WITH MYSELF AND MY MY BOSS STATE SENATOR KELLY.

AND HE TOOK US BEN TOOK US ON A TOUR OF TRES HERMANOS, DRIVING US AROUND. AND THERE WAS AT ONE POINT WHERE IF YOU KIND OF FAMILIAR GOING, GOING ON A GRAND, RIGHT? HOW YOU CAN KIND OF SOMETIMES SEE THE, THE LITTLE HERDS OF SOME OF THESE LONGHORN BULL COWS. AND THEY'LL JUST KIND OF BE MILLING AROUND AROUND THE GRASSY HILLS AND WHATNOT AND GETTING THE TOUR OF THAT RESERVE GRANTED US INTERIOR ACCESS AND AT ONE POINT GETTING, TRYING TO GET THROUGH A GATED PORTION.

WE ARE ESSENTIALLY BUMPER TO HEAD WITH ONE OF THESE GIANT COWS.

AND AND AGAIN, YOU WERE JUST COMPLETELY CALM, COMPLETELY COOL. HE, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S FREAKING YOU OUT AT ALL.

IF HE'S TOLD YOU HE DOES THIS ALL THE TIME OR SOMETHING, BECAUSE THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE VIBE THAT I GOT WHEN HE WAS JUST SITTING THERE.

AND YOU JUST LET LIKE, LET THE STARE DOWN KIND OF GO ON AND THE COW JUST LIKE, LIKE KIND OF RESPECTED THAT AND MOVED OFF TO THE SIDE.

AND AND WE WERE ABLE TO GO ON OUR MERRY WAY AND THAT WAS JUST REALLY COOL.

JUST THAT KIND OF REALLY LIKE YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH NOT JUST THE CITY, BUT ITS ROOTS. ITS THE LAND THAT IT'S ON THE, THE ANIMALS THAT, THAT ARE LIVING HERE IN THIS BEAUTIFUL AREA.

SO JUST WANT TO JUST RECOGNIZE THAT LITTLE ANECDOTE.

AND AGAIN BEN, CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS AMAZING CAREER, AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT OF, OF THIS RETIREMENT AS A CITY MANAGER AND HAVING ACCOMPLISHED ALL YOUR OTHER POSITIONS.

SO HOPEFULLY THIS RESOLUTION AND ALL THESE OTHER RECOGNITIONS CAN JUST BE A LITTLE BIT OF A REMINDER TO YOU ON HOW MUCH IMPACT YOU'VE HAD IN ALL OF OUR LIVES.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT'S NO BULL. VERY FUNNY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES.

THANK YOU. NEXT FROM THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE ASSISTANT SHERIFF TRAVIS NEWPORT AND DEPUTY CHIEF MICHAEL WALKER.

ON BEHALF OF SHERIFF DICUS.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO SHERIFF DICUS COULDN'T MAKE IT THIS EVENING.

HE'S ACTUALLY ON A ON A PLANE RIGHT NOW FROM SACRAMENTO, COMING BACK DOING WHAT HE DOES BEST AND FIGHTING SOME OF THE LEGISLATORS AGAINST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY TRY TO PUSH AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT.

SO HE WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.

HE THANKS YOU FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP. HE THANKS YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. YOU KNOW,

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IT'S BECAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE BEN CITY MANAGERS THAT THAT STEP UP AND HELP US WITH OUR DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS TO NAME A FEW.

THE ALP, I THINK YOU HELPED US GET ABOUT 100 OF THEM, WHICH GOES TOWARDS THE SAFETY OF THE VERY PUBLIC THAT'S SITTING HERE TODAY.

AND OUT THERE IN THE CITY.

YOU HAD THE WE HAD THE BLUE RIDGE FIRE, WE HAD COVID YOU HELPED OUR DEPARTMENT THROUGH ALL OF THAT STUFF. AND THOSE WERE NOT EASY TASKS.

RIGHT. SPECIFICALLY AS FAR AS THE BLUE RIDGE FIRE BEN REACHED OUT TO CAPTAIN GERARD, ASKING HOW HE COULD HELP.

AND YOU ACTUALLY HELPED US OUTFIT A ROOM TO KIND OF MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT OF AN EOC EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER.

SO WE THANK YOU FOR THAT.

IT'S TOOLS LIKE THAT AND RELATIONSHIPS LIKE THAT, THAT, THAT HELP US THRIVE.

I THINK YOU GOT A COP CAR FOR US AND SOME OTHER THINGS.

YOU HELPED US GET A CRIME ANALYST, WHICH IS HUGE.

BUT JUST THANK YOU. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

WE KNOW YOU. WE KNOW YOU'RE THE PERSON COMING IN BEHIND YOU HAS SOME LARGE SHOES TO FILL, BUT WE FEEL LIKE THE RELATIONSHIP IS GOING TO BE GREAT. AND BECAUSE OF YOU, WE'RE GOING TO CARRY THAT ON.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ON BEHALF OF THE SHERIFF, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING THAT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN EVERYBODY ELSE GAVE TONIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GIVING HIM A SHERIFF'S RODEO ENGRAVED KNIFE.

CAPTAIN GIRARD, BEING A RODEO MAN HIMSELF, WILL TELL YOU THOSE ARE NOT EASY TO COME BY.

BEN. YOU PRETTY MUCH. YOU HAVE TO DO EXTRAORDINARY THINGS TO GET THOSE FROM US.

AND THAT ONE'S YOURS NOW, SO CONGRATULATIONS.

HOW CAN I HELP YOU OUT WITH THAT? HOW CAN I WITH THAT? NO GET OUT OF JAIL FREE CARD.

I KNOW.

REPRESENTING SUPERVISOR.

CURT. HAGMAN. SUSETTE.

DANG.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.

CHINO HILLS, WE ALWAYS SAY WE HAVE.

THERE'S FIVE CITIES IN OUR DISTRICT.

CHINO HILLS, CHINO, MONTCLAIR, ONTARIO AND PORTIONS OF UPLAND AND CHINO HILLS BY FAR THE CITY AROUND.

SO REPRESENTING THE GREAT CITY OF CHINO HILLS IS BEN, AND WE WORK WITH BEN ALL THE TIME.

AND LIKE EVERYONE HAS SAID, HE'S DEDICATED HIS STEADFAST COOL AS A CUCUMBER. SO THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT YOU, BUT I'M GOING TO CUT TO THE CHASE.

CONGRATULATIONS. WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU.

BUT I'M ALSO A LITTLE BIT JEALOUS BECAUSE THAT MEANS STARTING APRIL 1ST.

NO MORE ALARMS, FOLKS FOR BEN.

NO MORE MEETINGS RIGHT NOW.

YOU GET TO HAVE MORE FREEDOM WITH YOUR LOVELY FAMILY AND TRAVEL AND DO ALL THE THINGS YOU LIKE TO DO. THANK YOU FOR SHARING WITH US.

HE'S BEEN WONDERFUL. SO ON BEHALF OF SUPERVISOR CURT HAGMAN, I HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION AWARDED TO BEN MONTGOMERY, CITY MANAGER.

SUPERVISOR CURT HAGMAN, FOURTH DISTRICT, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, DOES HEREBY COMMEND YOU FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS. YOUR LEADERSHIP, INTEGRITY AND COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE HAVE LEFT THE LEGACY AND THE COMMUNITY YOU SERVED.

THANK YOU SO MUCH AND MAY RETIREMENT TREAT YOU WELL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO, BEN, JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT SUPERVISOR ISN'T THAT CHEAP. FRIDAY NIGHT, YOU'LL HAVE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

OH, YEAH.

FROM THE CHINO VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

JULIA CABRERA.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS JULIA CABRERA.

I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE TO PRESENT BEN THIS PLAQUE.

OUR PRESIDENT, CEO ZEB WELLBORN, IS ACTUALLY ALSO ON A PLANE COMING BACK FROM SACRAMENTO, SO HE CAN'T BE HERE TODAY, UNFORTUNATELY.

AND THEN OUR VICE PRESIDENT ALSO, UNFORTUNATELY SPRAINED HER FOOT.

SO BUT I AM HAPPY TO BE HERE REGARDLESS.

ZEB WANTED ME TO SHARE ON BEHALF OF HIM.

HE'S VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR MENTORSHIP THAT YOU'VE GIVEN HIM OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND HIS LEADERSHIP AS WELL.

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SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND THEN I, ON ANOTHER PERSONAL NOTE, I JOINED THE CHAMBER AT A YOUNG AGE.

SO I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS FIRST RECOGNIZED FOR MY, MY FIRST NATIONAL AWARD AS BEING PART OF THE CHAMBER, YOU EMAILED ME CONGRATULATING ME AND I STILL HAVE THAT PINNED.

YOUR LEADERSHIP EXTENDS BEYOND JUST WHAT YOU DO. YOUR DEMEANOR.

I REALLY APPLAUD YOU FOR IT.

AND SO HERE'S THE PLAQUE THAT WE HAVE.

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETIREMENT. I'M HOPING IT'S THE BEST CHAPTER FOR YOU.

THANK YOU.

OUR FINAL PRESENTATION FOR THIS EVENING IS FROM THE CHINO VALLEY YMCA BOARD CHAIR JAMIE HARDWOOD. I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE HAD A WALK UP SONG PLAYED, RIGHT. YOU ALL KNOW THAT SONG.

I'M THE BOARD CHAIR FOR THE CHINO VALLEY YMCA, AND I'VE KNOWN BEN FOR A GOOD SEVEN, EIGHT YEARS AS AS A MEMBER OF OUR BOARD.

AND LIKE MANY OF YOU HAVE SAID, CALM, STEADFAST.

WHEN I NEED JUST A LITTLE BIT OF CALM AND SOME GOOD ADVICE, I CALL BEN AND HE'S ALWAYS THERE.

SO I KNOW THAT YOU WON'T BE A STRANGER TO US AT THE Y, BECAUSE I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT LEAST EVERY MONTH.

SO ON BEHALF OF THE CHINO VALLEY YMCA, WE HAVE A NICE LITTLE PLAQUE FOR YOU.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IT'S MY TURN. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S SEE. EVERYBODY GOT THEIR TISSUE.

ALL RIGHT. CRYING PUBLICLY IS A TEAM SPORT.

EVERYBODY JUMP ON IN. THANK YOU.

SEE? THAT'S THE MAYOR.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. AS THE CITY COUNCIL AND OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM KNOW, I TRY TO BE A MAN OF FEW WORDS.

AND I CONSIDER A COUNCIL MEETING WHERE I DON'T HAVE TO SPEAK A COMPLETE SUCCESS.

HOWEVER, I COULDN'T LEAVE MY POSITION WITHOUT EXPRESSING A FEW WORDS OF THANKS TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE MEANT SO MUCH TO ME OVER THE YEARS.

FIRST, I WANT TO THANK THE RESIDENTS FOR ALL THEY'VE DONE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN CHINO HILLS. IN THE 20 YEARS I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY.

I'VE MET HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS.

SOME OF THOSE INTERACTIONS HAVE BEEN TENSE, ESPECIALLY DURING MY EARLY YEARS OVERSEEING CODE ENFORCEMENT AND PARKING ENFORCEMENT.

BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF MY CONTACTS WITH THE PUBLIC HAVE BEEN POSITIVE AND PRODUCTIVE.

I'VE MET PEOPLE THROUGH OUR FORMAL PROGRAMS, SUCH AS THE CITIZENS ACADEMY, OUR CHINO HILLS AUXILIARY RADIO TEAM, OUR GRAFFITI ABATEMENT TEAM, AND OUR CITIZENS ON PATROL.

I'VE ALSO MET RESIDENTS AT OUR VARIOUS PUBLIC EVENTS, LIKE POP UP CITY HALL CONCERTS IN THE PARK OR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.

BASED ON THE TOTALITY OF THESE INTERACTIONS, I CAN SAY WE HAVE ONE OF THE BEST ENGAGED CITIZENRY IN CALIFORNIA.

OUR RESIDENTS MAKE A DIRECT CONTRIBUTION EVERY DAY TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN CHINO HILLS BY VOLUNTEERING OR SIMPLY REACHING OUT TO SHARE THEIR PERSPECTIVES.

I'VE RELIED ON THIS INPUT TO EXPAND MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE ISSUES, AND I'M THANKFUL TO EVERYONE WHO HAS REACHED OUT.

SECOND, I HAVE TO THANK THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT SERVE OUR RESIDENTS THROUGH THEIR STAFF ROLE, EITHER WITH THE CITY CLERK, CITY MANAGERS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY SERVICES, FIRE FINANCE, PUBLIC WORKS, POLICE. ALL OF THESE DEPARTMENTS.

WE'RE A SERVICE ORGANIZATION, AND EVERYTHING WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IS A DIRECT RESULT OF YOUR TIME, YOUR TALENT, AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO DO THE VERY BEST. THIRD, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THAT HAS TAKEN A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN OUR

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THEY LEAD TEAMS THAT ARE SMALL BUT MIGHTY.

WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO MORE WITH LESS BECAUSE OF CLEAR POLICY DIRECTION AND BELIEF IN THE MISSION. SO I'M GOING TO TAKE A PAUSE HERE BECAUSE AS A CITY MANAGER, THE FIRST THING YOU NEED TO LEARN IS HOW TO DELEGATE. THE NEXT SECTION, I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE IT THROUGH WITHOUT A LITTLE BIT OF A TEARY EYED.

SO BRANDON, TAKE IT AWAY FOR ME.

SO LASTLY, BEN WANTS TO THANK HIS WIFE AND HIS FAMILY FOR ALL THEIR SUPPORT.

PUBLIC SERVICE REQUIRES A LOT OF AN INDIVIDUAL AND THEIR FAMILY.

ALL OF US REGULARLY WORK NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS.

WE HAVE TO TAKE URGENT CALLS THAT INTERRUPT OUR DINNER, OUR SLEEP, AND THE OCCASIONAL VOLLEYBALL GAME OR TRACK MEET.

WE PLAN OUR VACATIONS AROUND COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULES, AND WE DRAG OUR PARTNERS TO CITY EVENTS TO PRESERVE AS MUCH FAMILY TIME AS POSSIBLE.

BEN WANTS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE SUPPORT OF HIS PARENTS, SISTER, WIFE AND CHILDREN HAVE MADE THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE PROVIDED HIM THE FREEDOM TO SERVE THE CITIES OF WHITTIER, TORRANCE, BREA AND CHINO HILLS DURING HIS 35 YEARS OF PUBLIC SECTOR.

THANK YOU BRANDON. THANK YOU ALL.

RIGHT. NOW FOR THE FUN STUFF.

I'M JUST KIDDING. IT'S NOT FUN.

PUBLIC INFORMATION MANAGER REPORT.

[ PUBLIC INFORMATION MANAGER REPORT]

A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS ON SOME UPCOMING EVENTS.

THE ANNUAL EASTER EXCITEMENT EVENT IS COMING UP SATURDAY, APRIL 4TH FROM 10 A.M.

TO 1 P.M. AT CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY PARK.

THIS FREE EVENT INCLUDES EGG HUNTS, PHOTOS WITH THE EASTER BUNNY, A CRAFT FAIR, MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITIES, AND MORE. VISIT CHINO HILLS.ORG/EVENTS FOR MORE INFORMATION.

ALSO ON APRIL 4TH, THE CITY WILL BE GIVING AWAY FREE COMPOST, MULCH AND WOOD CHIPS IN THE SHOP'S OVERFLOW PARKING LOT STARTING AT 7:30 A.M.

WHILE SUPPLIES LAST. THIS EVENT IS FOR CHINO HILLS RESIDENTS ONLY, AND PLEASE BE PREPARED TO PROVIDE PROOF OF RESIDENCY AND YOUR OWN SHOVELS OR CONTAINERS.

AND LEARN MORE AT CHINO HILLS.ORG/FREE.

MULCH. AND LASTLY, THE CITY BEGAN ITS ANNUAL WEED ABATEMENT PROGRAM EARLIER THIS MONTH, WORKING PROACTIVELY TO REDUCE FIRE RISK IN OUR COMMUNITY.

CREWS USE A COMBINATION OF TRACTOR MOWING, REMOTE CONTROL MOWERS AND HAND CREWS TO WORK THEIR WAY THROUGH OVER 3000 ACRES OF PUBLICLY OWNED OPEN SPACE.

WORK STARTS ON BOTH ENDS OF CHINO HILLS, AND CREWS WORK THEIR WAY THROUGH THE CITY UNTIL THEY MEET IN THE MIDDLE AT NEIGHBORHOODS NEAR RANCHO HILL. DRIVES BY SUMMER. DURING THIS TIME, RESIDENTS MAY SEE OR HEAR CITY CREWS AND EQUIPMENT OPERATING NEAR NEIGHBORHOODS AS THEY CLEAR VEGETATION.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MA'AM. ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING AND HEARING? NONE. ANY ACTIONS TAKEN?

[ ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION]

THANK YOU, SIR. WITH THAT, WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[8. PUBLIC COMMENTS: At this time members of the public may address the City Council regarding any item appearing on the agenda, except that testimony on Public Hearing items must be provided during those hearings. Those persons wishing to address the City Council must complete and submit to the Deputy City Clerk a "Request to Speak" card available at the entrance to the City Council Chambers. Comments will be limited to a maximum of three minutes per speaker. The time allotted per person may vary depending on the total number of speaker cards received. This comment period will generally be limited to 30 minutes per meeting, so not all members of the public may have the opportunity to speak at every council meeting.]

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. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS.

ALL RIGHT. THAT WILL MOVE ON TO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.

[ CONFLICT OF INTEREST / LEVINE ACT ANNOUNCEMENTS: Council Member abstentions or disclosures shall be stated at this time for recordation on the appropriate item.]

NONE. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

[ CONSENT CALENDAR (7 ITEMS) - All matters listed on the Consent Calendar are considered routine by the City Council and may be enacted by one motion in the form listed below. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless, before the City Council votes on the motion to adopt, Members of the City Council or staff request the matter to be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action. Removed consent items will be discussed immediately after the adoption of the balance of the Consent Calendar.]

DO WE? EVERYTHING ALL RIGHT? ROD. IT'S FOR NON AGENDIZED ITEMS. OH. SOMEBODY WANT TO SPEAK? THE ONLY SPEAKER CARD I HAVE IS FOR NON AGENDIZED ITEMS. SO IS THERE SOMEONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK NON AGENDIZED ITEMS? NO. THIS WAS FOR THE AGENDA ITEMS. IF IT'S NOT AGENDIZED IT'LL BE LATER. MY APOLOGIES.

PERFECT. YEAH. THEY'RE BOTH FOR NON AGENDIZED ITEMS SO THAT'LL COME LATER ON IN THE MEETING. THANK YOU. NO WORRIES.

ALL RIGHT. SO ITEMS NINE THROUGH 15.

I'D LIKE TO PULL TWO MR. VICE MAYOR 11 AND 14.

ALL RIGHT. PULLING 11 AND 14.

WOULD ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO PULL ANY NUMBER 12.

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SO WE'LL BE PULLING 11, 12 AND 14.

SO CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REMAINDER.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS.

PLEASE LOCK IN YOUR VOTES.

MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.

ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO ITEM 11.

[11. Adopt resolution approving Measure I expenditure plan for expenditure of revenues in San Bernardino County expected to be derived from proposed continuation of Measure I]

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THE ONLY THING I WANT TO SAY ON THIS IS BASICALLY WE'VE BEEN. THIS FIRST GOT PASSED BY THE PEOPLE BACK IN 1989.

IT'S A HALF CENT SALES TAX.

WE'VE ACTUALLY ESTABLISHED ABOUT $7.5 BILLION IN ROAD IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE YEARS.

THIS CONTINUATION OF THIS IN NOVEMBER WILL BE A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE WILL BASICALLY BRING A LOT OF MONIES THAT WE NEED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, FREEWAYS AREN'T FREE AND WE NEED THIS MONEY.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE A CONTINUATION. IT'S NOT A NEW SALES TAX, IT'S JUST A CONTINUATION.

SO IF YOU GUYS COULD SUPPORT IT, APPRECIATE IT.

AND THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS SIR. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT I'LL TAKE THAT AS A MOTION.

DO I HAVE A SECOND SECOND.

SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT.

ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.

ALL RIGHT. AND THEN WE PULLED ITEM 12, AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO AGREEMENT

[12. Authorize Amendment No. 1 to Agreement A2024-087 with Data Ticket Inc., to add new Article IX setting forth security permissible use provisions applicable to data obtained to meet state of Washington DMV requirements ]

TO OBTAIN OR TO ADD NEW ARTICLE NINE SETTING FORTH A FUND SETTING FORTH SECURITY PERMISSION USE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO DATA OBTAINED TO MEET STATE OF WASHINGTON DMV REQUIREMENTS. AND THAT WAS THAT WAS MY I REQUESTED TO PULL IT.

I THOUGHT ANYBODY THAT'S READING THE AGENDA AND LOOKS AT THAT. WHY ARE WE WORRIED ABOUT THE STATE OF WASHINGTON? SO I CHECKED WITH SOON TO BE CITY MANAGER ROD HILL, AND HE GAVE ME AN EXPLANATION.

I THOUGHT, ROD, YOU COULD TELL THEM THAT WAY.

IT WILL BE LESS CONFUSING.

SURE. I'LL MAKE IT REALLY QUICK. JUST THAT IN ORDER TO ISSUE A CITATION FOR VEHICLE OUT OF STATE OF WASHINGTON, WE HAD TO AMEND OUR AGREEMENT REGARDING SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT INFORMATION. SO THIS IS SIMPLY AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT THAT ALLOWS US TO COLLECT THAT DATA FROM WASHINGTON AND BE IN COMPLIANCE, SO WE CAN ACTUALLY ASSESS THOSE FINES AGAINST THOSE VEHICLES.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND THAT'S THAT'S IT.

I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO PASS A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT. AND I'LL SECOND.

OH YOU'RE GOOD. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.

SOUNDS GOOD. ALL RIGHT. ITEM 14.

[14. Appropriate $565,000 from Miscellaneous Grant Fund and $188,360.46 from Open Space Management Fund, authorize City Manager to execute agreement with Mariposa Landscapes, Inc., in amount not-to-exceed $400,000 for vegetation management and brush removal services adjacent to approximately 500 habitable structures: 1) west of Chino Hills Parkway, north and south of Grand Avenue, 2) north of Grand Avenue, near Monteverde Drive and 3) south of Grand Avenue, east of Village Center Drive and find project exempt from review under California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Public Resources Code, § 21080.49, subsection (d) and CEQA Guidelines Section 15301(h)]

AN AUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH MARIPOSA LANDSCAPES, BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH.

I'M NOT GOING TO READ THE WHOLE THING. SO ITEM 14.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THIS MONEY I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, IT ACTUALLY CAME FROM ONE OF OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATES.

THAT'S RIGHT. CONGRESSWOMAN YOUNG KIM HELPED US GET THIS MONEY.

I APPRECIATE THAT, AS YOU GUYS ALL KNOW, IN THE FIRE DISTRICTS IN THE BACK BASICALLY 80% OF THE CITY IS EITHER HIGH OR VERY HIGH FIRE ZONE OR ON THE MAPS.

SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET A HANDLE ON THIS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT BRUSH WITH ALL THE RAINS THAT WE HAD AND ALSO TREES, WE HAVE 45,000 TREES IN CHINO HILLS.

IS THAT RIGHT, CYNTHIA? YOU JUST TOOK A TOUR, RIGHT? YEAH, 45,000 TREES.

BUT I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

AND MY QUESTION IS, DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A MANAGEMENT OPEN SPACE PLAN? AND I KNOW YOU'RE GONE.

THE FUTURE CITY MANAGER HERE.

WELL, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I KNOW JARED MANUEL IS IN THE AUDIENCE, AND HE IS ACTUALLY OUR OPERATIONS MANAGER FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS. HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO BEST ANSWER THAT QUESTION. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

MAYOR COUNCIL. SO SPECIFICALLY WITH OPEN SPACE MANAGEMENT, WE HAVE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MULTIPLE THINGS.

SO WE HAVE STANDARD WEED ABATEMENT THAT WE DEAL WITH, WHICH IS JUST AS NICOLE ANNOUNCED, JUST OUR ANNUAL MOWING AND TRIMMING THROUGHOUT. WE HAVE OUR TREE TRIMMING IN RESPONSE TO THE FIRE HAZARD MITIGATION, WHICH WE'RE WORKING TO PHASE BY THE.

WE'RE WORKING WITH THE FIRE DISTRICT FOR PHASING ON THE MOST.

HIGH RISK AREAS FIRST, AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE CITY.

FOLLOWING THAT IS. WHAT THIS GRANT WILL ADDRESS IS THE KIND OF.

THE ABOVE AND BEYOND AREAS THAT WE CAN'T ADDRESS WITHIN OUR NORMAL BUDGET OR WITHIN OUR NORMAL STRATEGIES.

SO THIS GRANT WILL ACTUALLY HELP US, YOU KNOW, DO A MORE AGGRESSIVE REMOVALS AND RAISINGS IN AREAS WHERE WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET TO HISTORICALLY. THANK YOU.

JUST REAL QUICK, HOW MANY OPEN HOW MANY ACRES DO WE HAVE OF OPEN SPACE THROUGHOUT CHINO HILLS? ABOUT 3000. ABOUT 3500.

YES. YEAH. 3000 ACRES.

SO IT'S REAL IMPORTANT THAT WE WE STAY ON TOP OF THIS AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN SORT OF PUT THIS AS A BUDGET. I KNOW WE ARE GOING TO BE INCREASING THE BUDGET,

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YEAH. SO THIS FOR TREES AND FOR WILDFIRE MITIGATION WILL BE INCREASING BUDGET.

THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION. I TRULY APPRECIATE IT. WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT. AND THEN I'LL JUST I'M JUST GOING TO PIGGYBACK. SO WE'LL TAKE A MOTION.

SINCE THESE ARE FEDERALLY DERIVED FUNDS JUST ALSO GIVE CREDIT TO CONGRESSWOMAN KIM.

WE, IT, IT WAS REFERENCED EARLIER IN THE MEETING, I FORGET THROUGH WHICH SPEAKER, BUT WE HAVE IMAGINE A REMOTE CONTROL ROOMBA THAT CAN GO THROUGH OUR WILD LAND.

AND INSTEAD OF PUTTING EMPLOYEES AT RISK, IF YOU'RE ON A BIG DOZER, YOU KNOW, THAT HAS A STEEP ANGLE.

NOW WE HAVE A LITTLE REMOTE CONTROL ROOMBA THAT GOES OUT AND CUTS THE BRUSH AND TAKES CARE OF IT FOR US. AND THAT WAS SECURED THROUGH FUNDING FROM CONGRESSWOMAN KIM.

SO WE APPRECIATE HER EFFORTS.

SO WE HAD A MOTION BY THE VICE MAYOR, AND I'LL SECOND IT.

MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.

ALL RIGHT. VERY COOL. ALL RIGHT THEN WE ARE MOVING ON TO THE DISCUSSION CALENDAR ITEM 16.

[16. Approve membership in new San Bernardino Regional Housing Trust (SBRHT) Joint Powers Authority comprised of County of San Bernardino (“County”) and cities within “County” to fund planning, construction and acquisition of affordable housing, receive public and private financing and funds, authorize and issue bonds, and commit City to pay dues estimated between $31,000 to $55,000 annually; appropriate $55,000 in General Fund to pay estimated dues; adopt resolution authorizing and directing execution of Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement (JPA) relating to membership in SBRHT and appoint Council Member to serve as Director on SBRHT Board of Directors for two-year term starting on effective date of JPA]

THE PROPOSED SAN BERNARDINO REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST WOULD HAVE THE PURPOSE OF RAISING LEVERAGING FUNDS TO SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION, PRESERVATION, REHABILITATION, AND OTHER HOUSING RELATED ACTIVITIES ACROSS THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY REGION.

THE TRUST IS PROPOSED TO BE FORMED THROUGH A JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT IN CONFORMANCE WITH SENATE BILL 20, WHICH AUTHORIZES TWO OR MORE LOCAL AGENCIES TO CREATE REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING HOUSING TO ASSIST THEIR HOMELESS POPULATION AND LOW INCOME PERSONS AND FAMILIES WITHIN THEIR JURISDICTIONS BY ENTERING INTO A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT.

THE TRUST WOULD BE GOVERNED BY A BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WHICH EXERCISES ALL POWERS AND AUTHORITY ON BEHALF OF THE ORGANIZATION.

THE BOARD WILL CONSIST OF ONE LOCALLY ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH PARTICIPATING MEMBER AGENCY, AS WELL AS AT LEAST TWO HOUSING POLICY EXPERTS THAT ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BE AFFILIATED WITH ANY OF THE MEMBER AGENCIES.

THE HOUSING POLICY EXPERTS WOULD BE SELECTED BY A VOTE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS.

THE GPA AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY CITY STAFF AND THE CITY ATTORNEY, AS WELL AS STAFF AND ATTORNEYS FROM THE OTHER INTERESTED CITIES.

AT LEAST EIGHT CITIES IN THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BRINGING THE JPA TO THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNCILS FOR APPROVAL TO JOIN THE TRUST, INCLUDING CHINO, ONTARIO, RANCHO CUCAMONGA, UPLAND, REDLANDS AND SAN BERNARDINO.

ANNUAL DUES FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS TO OPERATE THE TRUST WILL BE PAID BY THE MEMBER AGENCIES AND WILL BE CALCULATED BASED UPON THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MEMBER AGENCIES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE POPULATIONS AT FULL OPERATION OF THE TRUST, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY THREE YEARS FROM NOW.

DUES ARE ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN 31,000 AND $55,000 PER YEAR.

JOINING THE TRUST WILL GIVE THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS ACCESS TO FUNDING THAT WOULD SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE CITY, WHICH IN TURN WOULD HELP US MEET OUR REGIONAL HOUSING NEED ALLOCATION.

IT WOULD ALSO BE ONE ADDITIONAL PROGRAM THAT BE INCLUDED IN FUTURE HOUSING ELEMENTS THAT REDUCES BARRIERS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AS WELL AS THE PRESERVATION OF EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

STAFF. STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVE THE MEMBERSHIP IN A JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY, TO BE KNOWN AS THE SAN BERNARDINO HOUSING OR REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST, THROUGH ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION APPROPRIATE $55,000 IN THE GENERAL FUND TO PAY ESTIMATED DUES AND APPOINT A COUNCIL MEMBER TO SERVE AS A DIRECTOR ON THE HOUSING TRUST BOARD FOR A TWO YEAR TERM, STARTING ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NICK, DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ, SIR, REAL FAST.

I KNOW THERE'S A TOTAL I THINK, OF 24, 25 CITIES IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.

SO THERE'S ONLY EIGHT CITIES THAT ARE OBLIGATING THEMSELVES FOR THE TRUST SO FAR.

YES. OKAY. AND WILL THE SAN BERNARDINO COG BE INVOLVED IN THIS AS FAR AS RAISING ANY MONIES FOR THIS ENDEAVOR? SO RIGHT NOW, UNDER THE STRUCTURE, THE BOARD WOULD BE CONTRACTING WITH SOME STAFF MEMBERS, AND THEY'RE CURRENTLY UTILIZING SOME SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY COG STAFF MEMBERS TO OPERATE THE TRUST. PERFECT.

THANK YOU SIR. APPRECIATE THAT INFORMATION. MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT VICE

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PERFECT. I'LL SECOND THAT.

THEN I'LL JUST TAKE A MOTION FOR THE ENTIRE ITEM IF.

OKAY. I WILL ALTER THAT TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION.

RECOMMENDATION AND PUT RAY'S NAME BEFORE IT.

PERFECT. AND I'LL SECOND THAT. SO PLEASE LOCK IN YOUR VOTES.

MOTION PASSES. FIVE ZERO.

CONGRATULATIONS, RAY. ONE MORE MEETING.

THANK YOU. ITEM 17. REVIEW AND FILE AN UPDATE TO THE CITY HALL.

[17. 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]

BENJAMIN. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

AS WAS ALLUDED TO EARLIER TODAY, THE CITY HALL EXPERIENCED A FIRE IN JUNE OF 20. JUNE 23RD OF 2025.

AND WE SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE FACILITY, PRIMARILY DUE TO THE WATER DAMAGE FROM OUR SPRINKLER SYSTEM.

WHILE WE WERE ABLE TO RECOVER QUICKLY AND GET BACK IN CITY HALL, OPERATING IN A VARIETY OF INTERIM STEPS.

AND NOW AS WE COME TO THE CONCLUSION OF THE RESTORATION, WE STILL HAVE A FEW PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY.

WE'RE CONTINUING TO RECONSTRUCT AND REPAIR SOME OF OUR CUBICLES, BUT THE LAST BIG PUSH IS TO RE REPAIR REDO OUR PUBLIC COUNTER AREAS.

STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH A CONTRACTOR IN ORDER TO SECURE THAT WORK.

THE PLAN IS TO DO THE MAJORITY OF THAT ON NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE THE DISRUPTION TO THE PUBLIC IN RESPONSE TO THE FIRE.

THE CITY COUNCIL ISSUED A LOCAL EMERGENCY, AND WE'VE BEEN OPERATING UNDER THAT LOCAL EMERGENCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY FOR THE CITY MANAGER AND OUR TEAM TO CONDUCT THIS WORK. AS A CONDITION OF THAT EMERGENCY, WE HAVE TO BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL, PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC, AND THEN SEEK YOUR CONTINUANCE OF THE THE EMERGENCY UNTIL WE COMPLETE THE WORK.

AND SO THE ITEM BEFORE YOU INCLUDES THAT UPDATE AND THEN SEEKS YOUR BLESSING TO CONTINUE THE EMERGENCY.

ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN TO ACCEPT IT.

SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER ROGERS.

MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.

ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. PLANNING COMMISSION MATTERS.

[18. Design Review No. DR-0012-2025 - 16245 Cannon Lane, Vision Architects, Applicant (on behalf of property owners, Jiachen Jiang and Jiao Qiao): The Planning Commission adopted a resolution approving Custom Home Design Review No. DR-0012-2025 for the construction of a single-family detached residence at 16245 Canon Lane consisting of two-story 4,286 square foot detached residence with attached 690 square foot three-car garage and determining project is exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act, subject to Conditions of Approval]

[19. Extension of Time No. EXT-0001-2026 to Tentative Parcel Map No. 20201 and Site Plan Review 07SPR02 - BizPark Project, HG Fenton Company, Applicant: The Planning Commission adopted a resolution approving Extension of Time EXT-0001-2026 to grant a 36-month extension to Tentative Parcel Map No. 20201 and Site Plan Review 07SPR02 for the BizPark Project located on Pomona Rincon Road between State Route 71 and Chino Hills High School for a 187,600-square-foot business park center with 18 buildings ranging from 6,000 square feet and finding Extension of Time exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act, subject to Conditions of Approval ]

WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO HAVE ANY REVIEWED? OKAY. SEEING AND HEARING NONE. WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO ITEM 20 PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[20. 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.]

MADAM CITY CLERK, WE HAVE TWO SPEAKER CARDS.

THE FIRST SPEAKER IS SUZETTE. DANG.

ALL RIGHT, MISS DANG. TIME TO SHINE.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR, VICE VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF, AND AUDIENCE MEMBERS OF CHINO HILLS.

MY NAME IS SUZETTE DANG WITH YOUR FOURTH DISTRICT COUNTY SUPERVISOR KURT HACKMAN'S OFFICE. I HAVE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS TO MAKE STOMACH TONIGHT.

SUPERVISOR KURT HAAGMANS LOW COST SPAY NEUTER AND VACCINE CLINIC IS THIS FRIDAY, MARCH 27TH. SPAY AND NEUTER APPOINTMENTS ARE FULL, BUT VACCINE PORTIONS ARE STILL AVAILABLE FROM 10 A.M.

TO 2 P.M. ON FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED.

NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED.

OPEN TO ALL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY RESIDENTS.

EVENT WILL BE AT THE CHINO VALLEY YMCA LOCATED AT 5665 EDISON AVENUE IN CHINO, SUPERVISOR HAGMANN IN COLLABORATION WITH SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, THE LAW OFFICES OF PUBLIC DEFENDER AND ONTARIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IS HOSTING A JOB FAIR AND EXPUNGEMENT ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15TH FROM 10 A.M.

TO 2 P.M., ATTENDEES WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO NETWORK WITH A RANGE OF EMPLOYERS AND HAVE ACCESS TO RESOURCES, SUCH AS ASSISTANCE WITH RECORD CLEARING PROCESS FROM THE LAW OFFICES OF PUBLIC DEFENDER AND PROGRAMS FROM REGIONAL PARTNERS.

JOB FAIR WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE OLD ONTARIO AIRPORT TERMINAL ONE, LOCATED AT 1940 MOORE WAY IN ONTARIO.

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HAGMAN'S NEXT FREE DOCUMENT SHREDDING EVENT WILL BE SATURDAY, APRIL 15TH, YOUR TAX DAY.

SO AFTER YOU FILE YOUR TAXES, COME OVER TO ONTARIO.

IT'S GOING TO BE LOCATED AT 2500 SOUTH ARCHIBALD AVENUE BETWEEN 9 A.M.

TO 12 P.M., OR UNTIL THE SHREDDING TRUCK REACHES CAPACITY.

IT IS LIMITED TO THREE STANDARD SIZE FILING BOXES OF DOCUMENTS PER VEHICLE, AND THIS EVENT IS FREE FOR ALL SEMINOLE COUNTY RESIDENTS.

PRE-REGISTRATION IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO EXPEDITE THE PROCESS, AND THAT EVENTBRITE ADDRESS IS HAGMAN SHRED 0426.EVENTBRITE.COM.

DON'T FORGET TO SIGN UP FOR SUPERVISOR NEWSLETTER TO STAY UP TO DATE ON COUNTY UPDATES AND EVENTS. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CALL US AT (909) 465-5265.

THANK YOU AND HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

AND ONE LAST THING. THANK YOU TO ALL OUR VIETNAM WAR VETERANS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

WE LOVE YOU GUYS. THANK YOU, MISS DANG.

NEXT IS DEBBIE HERNANDEZ.

MISS HERNANDEZ. SORRY, CHERYL.

I CHECKED THE WRONG BOX EARLIER.

OKAY. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS OUR WONDERFUL CITY STAFF.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, GOING BACK TO THE DAYS OF CITIZENS FOR ALTERNATE ROUTING OF ELECTRICITY. YOU HAVE BEEN SUCH AN ASSET TO THIS CITY, AND IT'S NOT OFTEN, AS CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS, WE CAN SAY YOU WILL TRULY AND DEARLY BE MISSED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO US AND ENJOY YOUR TIME.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE BUSIER THAN YOU EVER KNEW. WHAT I WANTED TO SPEAK ON TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF US HONORING OUR VIETNAM ERA VETERANS WHO CAME HOME AGAIN TO NOT THE WARMEST OF WELCOMES.

I FELT MOVED TO SPEAK IN MEMORY OF MY BROTHER IN LAW, ARTHUR, WHO IS ALSO WHO WAS ALSO A VIETNAM VETERAN, WHO WAS WOUNDED IN ACTION, WHO SERVED, RECEIVED A PURPLE HEART AND WAS A GAY MAN. I AM SO THANKFUL FOR HIS SERVICE.

I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE VIETNAM ERA WHO HAD TO DEFEND THIS COUNTRY, WHILE NOT BEING ABLE TO BE THEMSELVES AND BEING RIDICULED, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE RISKING THEIR LIVES FOR OUR FREEDOM.

AND I PRAY THAT NEVER AGAIN WILL WE AS A COUNTRY BE DENIED THE BRAVERY AND THE SERVICE OF RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO BE MEMBERS OF OUR MILITARY SERVICES.

AND AND FEEL COMPELLED NOT TO DO SO SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATION.

WE LOSE SUCH VALUABLE MEMBERS, SUCH BRAVERY AND SUCH DEDICATION WHEN WE MAKE THAT AN EXCLUSIONARY FACTOR.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS HERNANDEZ.

I HAVE NO MORE SPEAKER CARDS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. WITH THAT, WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO OUR SAFETY UPDATES.

[ SAFETY UPDATES - Fire and Police]

FIRST, I JUST WANT TO DRAW THE ATTENTION FOR THE COUNCIL AND FOR ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN LATELY, TAKE A DRIVE DOWN PIPELINE WHERE IT DEAD ENDS INTO SOCO CANYON. TAKE A LOOK AT OUR FIRE STATION.

YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME OF THE UPRIGHTS, SOME OF THE STILL GOING UPRIGHT.

SO WE'RE GETTING CLOSER.

IT'S EXCITING. SO WE'LL HAVE A NEW FIRE STATION BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, THE FIRST PART OF NEXT YEAR. SO SUPER EXCITING FOR US.

SECONDLY, I JUST REALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE VIETNAM VETS.

AND AS I WAS REALLY PAYING ATTENTION, I NOTICED SOMETHING THAT CAUGHT MY EYE.

THERE WAS ONE LADY UP THERE.

CERTAINLY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO SERVED. BUT AS A REFLECT ON THE ONE LADY I'M VERY, VERY APPRECIATIVE OF, OF ALL THE WOMEN THAT SERVED IN THAT WAR AS WELL. AND AS I REFLECT ON MY NIECE, WHO'S IS THERE ABOUT FOUR YEARS INTO THE NAVY WHO JUST GOT ASSIGNED TO A MARINE CORPS GROUP AS A COMBAT MEDIC, WHO'S LIKELY LEAVING US SOON TO GO OVER TO DEAL WITH WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DEALING WITH.

I DON'T WANT TO FORGET ALL THE YOUNG LADIES AND ALL THE WOMEN WHO'VE ALSO SERVED OUR COUNTRY. SO THANK YOU. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU CHIEF.

CITY MANAGER UPDATES FOR THE LAST TIME, I HOPE.

[ CITY MANAGER UPDATES]

AND I'M GOING TO TAKE LIBERTIES AND TELL YOU A QUICK STORY.

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I DIDN'T KNOW BOB, OUR FIRST CITY MANAGER, SO WE WON'T GO THERE.

BUT DOUG LABELLE WAS THE CITY MANAGER WHO ACTUALLY RECRUITED ME TO CHINO HILLS.

I RAN INTO HIM AT A PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION MIXER WHERE WE WERE HAVING LUNCH WITH THE CITY MANAGER. AND SO DOUG LABELLE JUST HAPPENED TO SIT AT THE TABLE WITH ME AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO BE HIRING AN ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER.

YOU SHOULD APPLY. AND SO I THOUGHT, WOW, THAT'S, THAT'S ABOUT AS GREAT AN INVITATION AS YOU CAN GET.

I APPLIED, BUT I DIDN'T GET THE JOB.

HE HIRED ANOTHER STAFF MEMBER INTO THAT POSITION.

WHAT THAT LED FOR MIKE PFLEGER, WHO AT THE TIME WAS OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR. HE ACTUALLY HIRED ME TO COME TO THE CITY WHERE I WAS THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES MANAGER. BEST JOB FOR ME AT THE TIME, MUCH BETTER THAN ASSISTANT TWO.

AND IT WORKED OUT GREAT.

SO NOW I'M WORKING FOR FOR MIKE PFLEGER.

MIKE PFLEGER BECOMES THE CITY MANAGER WHEN DOUG LABELLE RETIRES.

AND SO NOW WE'RE ON OUR THIRD CITY MANAGER.

MIKE SERVES US WELL. THEN AFTER HIS DEPARTURE, WE GET RAD BARTLAM RAD BARTLAM ACTUALLY MOVED ME OUT OF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES INTO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, AND SO I GOT TO WORK FOR RAD.

AND THEN WHEN HE LEFT, I WORKED AS CITY MANAGER.

WELL, IN ADDITION TO THOSE GREAT STEPS ALONG THE WAY, I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH ROD FOR THE LAST SIX AND A HALF YEARS, AND THAT'S WHO OUR NEXT CITY MANAGER IS GOING TO BE.

THE STABILITY IN THE COUNCIL LEADS TO STABILITY IN CITY MANAGERS AND THOSE, BECAUSE IT IS NOT COMMON TO HAVE CITY MANAGERS STAY FOR FIVE, TEN, SEVEN. IN MY CASE, YEARS, BECAUSE IT'S A STRESSFUL JOB.

BUT WHEN YOU HAVE CLEAR LEADERSHIP FROM THE COUNCIL, YOU HAVE EXCELLENT STAFF SUPPORTING THE CITY MANAGER AND YOU HAVE A VISION FOR GROWING THE TEAM AND PROMOTING FROM WITHIN.

IT OFTEN TURNS OUT TO WHERE YOU HAVE THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST READY TO TAKE OVER.

AND SO ROD, I THINK WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.

AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING OVER THE LAST 720 YEARS.

THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER. I LIKE THAT WE HAD SOME CITY STAFF HERE.

I THINK THEY WERE MAKING SURE YOU WERE ACTUALLY LEAVING. SO. SO THANK YOU TO THEM FOR BEING HERE. WITH THAT COUNCIL REPORTS WEST VALLEY MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL

[ COUNCIL REPORTS Mayor Johsz West Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District Board Vice Mayor Marquez San Bernardino County Transportation Authority General Policy Committee Legislative Policy Committee Metro Valley Study Session Transit Committee Tres Hermanos Conservation Authority Board Council Member Rogers Chino Hills Community Foundation Board Water Facilities Authority Board]

THANK YOU SO MUCH. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY I ATTENDED THE GENERAL POLICY COMMITTEE FOR SB C TO.

WE REVIEWED AND APPROVED PROJECTS ON ELIGIBLE UNDER MEASURE I AND WAS A PROJECT IN BARSTOW REVIEWED AND APPROVED FISCAL YEAR BUDGET FOR 2024 2026 AMENDMENTS.

AND THEN WE APPROVED SB C TASB COG STRATEGIC GOALS FOR 25, 2025, 2026. AND THEN WE DID AN RFP FOR GRANT WRITING AND GRANT MANAGEMENT SERVICES LEGISLATURE. WE MET WITH SPCTA.

WE WENT OVER STATE AND FEDERAL UPDATES.

THE LAS OFFICE IS PROJECTING ANYWHERE BETWEEN 30 AND $35 BILLION SHORTFALL THE NEXT THREE YEARS, EVERY YEAR. AND THEN ALSO THE BILL COUNT IS ACTUALLY QUITE LOW THIS THIS SEASON WITH 1800 BILLS MOVING FORWARD, IT'S NORMALLY ABOUT 3000 METRO VALLEY AND TRANSIT. THERE'S NOTHING TO REPORT, SIR. ALL RIGHT.

TRACY ROMANOS, CONSERVATION AUTHORITY BOARD THANK YOU SIR.

I DID ATTEND THAT MEETING AND WE DO HAVE A NEW CHAIR, MR. ANDREW CHO. AND THEN WE APPROVED THE NEW LEASE AGREEMENT FOR CATTLE GRAZING.

THAT'S MY REPORT, SIR. EXCITING.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER. ROGERS. CHERRY HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION BOARD AND WATER FACILITIES AUTHORITY BOARD. YES.

BOTH OF THEM WILL BE VERY BRIEF.

1WFA MAIN THING WE DID WAS REVIEW THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET THAT'S COMING UP FOR APPROVAL IN EARLY SUMMER.

AND SO MOVING ON FROM THAT, THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, AGAIN, A PRETTY SIMPLE MEETING.

WE OPEN THE NOMINATION PROCESS AS WE DO THAT TIME, THIS TIME EVERY YEAR FOR THE EXECUTIVE BOARD POSITIONS.

WE REVIEWED THE BUDGET, WHICH WE WILL ALSO APPROVE OR REVIEW AND APPROVE IN MAY. AND THEN AFTER THAT WAS JUST COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND WE REVIEWED THE ART GALLERY, WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE AND UPCOMING WINE WALK, OUR 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF WINE WALK.

WE'RE STARTING TO MEET AND PLAN FOR THAT.

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ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD.

COUNCIL COMMENTS. COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN.

[ COUNCIL COMMENTS]

AND I THINK I THINK I GOT MY TEARS OUT THEN, SO I'M GOOD.

OKAY. I'M GOOD. GOOD. WHAT WAS THAT TIP? YOU LOOK AT SOMEONE WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO CRY AND THEN YOU WON'T CRY. SO MY PERSON WON'T BE MIKE KRIEGER, THEN I WON'T CRY.

OH, OKAY. OH, I CRY EVERY TIME I SEE MIKE KRIEGER.

IT WAS FUNNY. IT WAS FUNNIER WHEN YOU PICKED MARK, MARK, MARK, MARK, MARK WILEY.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, BEN? YOU HAVE JUST YOU'VE BEEN ROCK SOLID.

I WAS SAYING AT THE LUNCHEON THAT WHEN I FIRST MET YOU, I WASN'T ON COUNCIL YET AND I WAS ON THE FOUNDATION BOARD AND I GUESS I THOUGHT THAT GAVE ME LIBERTY TO ROAM AROUND CITY HALL ALL THE TIME.

PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WHY IS SHE UP HERE ON THE SECOND FLOOR? WHO IS SHE? WHATEVER. AND SO YOU'D BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES OFFICE. AND THEN 3 OR 4 YEARS WENT BY AND THEN ON COUNCIL AND I GOT TO BE YOUR BOSS, BUT I ALWAYS FIGURED LIKE YOU WERE MY BOSS. I CALL YOU BOSS, I CALL YOU HR.

BEN. I CALL YOU POKER FACE BECAUSE I CAN SAY SOMETHING TO YOU.

AND USUALLY YOU GO LIKE THIS BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT BECAUSE HR BEN SAYS, NO, CYNTHIA, YOU CAN'T SAY THAT. BUT YOU HAVE JUST BEEN A GREAT MENTOR AND A GREAT FRIEND.

IF I HAD TO PICK A TIME DURING MY TENURE SO FAR WHERE I RELIED ON YOU MOST AND APPRECIATED YOU MOST IT WOULD BE DURING MY MOST RECENT MAYORAL TERM.

I REALLY COULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN THROUGH THAT, NOT ONLY WITH MY COLLEAGUES, BUT WITH YOU.

YOU JUST MADE SO MUCH COMMON SENSE.

AND, LIKE, JUST WHEN I THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS BREAKING AND HOW AM I GOING TO KEEP DOING THIS EVERY TWO, YOU KNOW, EVERY OTHER WEEK? YOU YOU TOLD ME TO STAY THE COURSE.

YOU WERE VERY RATIONAL AND JUST TOLD ME WHAT I NEEDED TO HEAR SO I CAN START HEARING MY VOICE CRACK. SO I NEED TO STOP. BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BE MISSED.

WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE BESTIES AND FRIENDS AND TEXT EACH OTHER. AND I THINK THE WORLD OF YOU LOVE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. WHEN WHEN I STARTED ON COUNCIL ME, IT WAS SIX AND SHE HAS JUST GROWN TO THIS BEAUTIFUL, SMART YOUNG WOMAN THAT I HOPE I CAN HAVE REMAIN A RELATIONSHIP WITH HER.

YOUR FAMILY'S THE GREATEST.

AND IT'S TIME FOR US TO GIVE YOU BACK TO YOUR FAMILY.

WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU TERRIBLY. THANK YOU. BEN. ALL RIGHT.

COUNCIL MEMBER. ROGERS.

YES. WELL, BEN, I APPRECIATE ALL THE MEETINGS WE'VE HAD WHEN WE'VE HAD TO TALK ABOUT CYNTHIA AND THE HR, THE HR ISSUES THAT WE FACE.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU BEING SO SINCERE ON ON THAT.

NO, SERIOUSLY. I'VE KNOWN YOU PRETTY MUCH YOUR WHOLE TIME HERE BECAUSE I WAS ELECTED ON PROBABLY 9 OR 10 MONTHS AFTER YOU STARTED HERE.

AND WITH ALL MY INTERACTIONS WITH THE VARIOUS STAFFS AND THEN THE FOUNDATIONAL.

SO, SO I'VE APPRECIATED YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS AND YOUR DEMEANOR ALL THOSE YEARS, BUT ESPECIALLY IN THE ROLE OF CITY MANAGER, YOU'VE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A GREAT TESTAMENT ACTUALLY, THAT WE AS A CITY COUNCIL DO VALUE WHEN WE HAVE AN EMPLOYEE IN HOUSE THAT IS BEING MENTORED AND POSSIBLY IDENTIFIED FOR A FUTURE ROLE THAT WE WE HONOR THAT AND WE DON'T GO OUT LOOKING FOR OTHER INDIVIDUALS. IF WE THINK WE HAVE SOMEONE IN HOUSE THAT CAN DO A BETTER JOB. AND YOU CERTAINLY WERE IN THAT POSITION.

AND YOU HAVE YOU HAVE SHINED BRIGHTLY AS OUR CITY MANAGER ALL THE PAST SEVEN YEARS WITH YOUR PROFESSIONALISM AND YOUR COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND COMMUNICATION WITH THE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, ALSO YOUR ONE ON ONES MONTHLY WITH THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. ALL THOSE GO A LONG WAY TO KEEP KEEP US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE LOOP SO THAT WE'RE NOT EMBARRASSED WHEN SOMEONE COMES UP TO US IN THE STREETS AND ASKS US WHAT'S GOING ON. MANY TIMES WE WOULDN'T KNOW.

BUT THROUGH YOU AND OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM, WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

MORE SO THAN EVER, PROBABLY.

AND I'VE BEEN AROUND DURING FROM DOUGLASVILLE ON DOUGLASVILLE, REALLY BEING THE FATHER OF OUR CITY WITH ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT TOOK PLACE, INCLUDING THE SHOPS AND COMMUNITY PARK, ETC.

AND YOU'RE RIGHT UP THERE WITH WITH IN MY EYES WITH DOUG LABELLE.

AS FAR AS BEING A FATHER OF OUR CITY.

YOU'VE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

SO AND YOU'RE VERY POPULAR WITH CITY STAFF AND MOST OF THE CITIZENS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO LAY DOWN OUR RULES.

SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY. BUT YOU'VE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB AND ALL I CAN SAY IS BON VOYAGE. HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME AND WE'LL BE IN CONTACT.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING, BEN.

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WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT. WELL, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANTED TO THANK THE REMAINING VIETNAM VETERANS THAT ARE STILL HERE.

STILL HERE? WE'RE ALL OLD ENOUGH TO WHERE AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IT'S WE'RE WAY PAST NAP TIME.

WE DEFINITELY GOT EMBEDDED NOW, AND I CAN APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I'M NOT GOING TO TALK LONG BECAUSE I'M IN THAT SAME POSITION.

BUT MORE SERIOUSLY, BEN, ALL OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE BY THE VARIOUS REPRESENTATIVES THAT PRESENTED YOU WITH AWARDS TONIGHT, CONGRATULATING YOU FIRST AND FOREMOST ON A WELL-DESERVED RETIREMENT.

THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE. YOU HAVE BEEN A TRUE SERVANT TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, SPENDING 20 YEARS WITH US, LITERALLY WORKING IN EVERY DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE CITY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING.

BUT YOU STILL HAVE ALWAYS SURROUNDED YOURSELF WITH STAFF THAT RESPECTS YOU, BUT ALSO THAT HAS YOUR BACK.

AND YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN ONE BIT SHY OF.

IF YOU DON'T KNOW SOMETHING TOTALLY ABOUT SOMETHING OR UNCOMFORTABLE WITH IT, YOU GET TOGETHER WITH A COLLABORATION WITH YOUR STAFF AND THE CITY BENEFITS FROM THAT.

I KNOW YOU WORK A LOT WITH MARK AND BEV, AND THEY ARE BOTH WONDERFUL ATTORNEYS FOR US TO WORK WITH. THEY. WE COUNT ON THEM TO KEEP US LEGAL AND TO KEEP THE CITY LEGAL.

AND YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM SHOWS THEY RESPECT YOU, AND I'M NOT SURE THEY RESPECTED EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT THEY'VE EVER HAD TO DEAL WITH.

BUT THE OTHER THING IS THAT I WANT TO SAY THAT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR OUR PERSONAL FRIENDSHIP. YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S NOT REQUIRED.

WE'RE TECHNICALLY YOUR BOSS.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S NEVER BEEN A BOSS TYPE AND EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIP.

YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A TRUE, BELOVED FRIEND TO ME.

YOU ARE A MAN OF FAITH, AND I AM HAPPY AND PROUD TO CALL YOU FOR A A FELLOW BROTHER IN CHRIST.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A FANTASTIC RETIREMENT.

WE'LL BE COMING UP WITH ALL KINDS OF OTHER COMMENTS ON FRIDAY NIGHT ON YOUR DINNER AND PARTY. BUT BEN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING A SUCCESSOR THAT WE KNOW IS GOING TO STEP STEP RIGHT INTO YOUR SHOES. AND THEY MAY BE A LITTLE SMALLER THAN YOUR SHOES, BUT THE REALITY IS ROD'S WELL QUALIFIED AND HAS HAD THE BENEFIT OF YOUR TUTELAGE FOR SIX PLUS YEARS. SO THE CITY IS STILL GOING TO BE IN GREAT SHAPE AND IT WILL, I THINK, BECOME VERY SEAMLESS.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING YOUR SUCCESSOR, AND WE DO APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.

BUT GOD BLESS YOU AND THE FAMILY.

MAY YOU HAVE MANY, MANY YEARS OF FUN, EXCITING MEMORIES.

AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING ALL THAT YOU'VE BEEN TO NOT ONLY US AS A COUNCIL, BUT TO THE RESIDENTS OF CHANNEL HILLS.

SO GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU, ART VICE MAYOR.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'M GOING TO GIVE IT TO YOU IN A SECOND.

BEN, I HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO TALK ABOUT.

NUMBER ONE. I DID GO TO THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN SACRAMENTO.

IT'S CALLED THE SUMMIT. WE GOT TO MEET REALLY SOME INTERESTING PEOPLE.

GOT TO MEET THE CHAIR FOR CARB, LAUREN SANCHEZ.

SHE'S BEEN ON THE JOB FOR SIX MONTHS.

BASICALLY, SHE'S THE LADY THAT IS BEHIND THIS ORGANIZATION THAT IS TRYING TO, TO GREENHOUSE GAS WHERE WE GO ALL ELECTRIC AND GET RID OF ANY COMBUSTIBLE MOTORS AND ENGINES, TRUCKS AND SO ON.

SO WE HAD A REALLY GOOD LENGTHY CONVERSATION ON THAT GOT TO SPEAK WITH A BUNCH OF HOUSING PANELISTS. I GOT TO SPEAK TO DAN MOYER, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF BIA AND SOME OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE HIGHLY RANKED ON HOUSING, HAD SOME GOOD CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM. I GOT TO TALK TO LABOR LEADERS FROM THE TRADES, REALLY, IT WAS A GOOD EXPERIENCE TO TALK TO CARPENTERS AND SOME OF THE ISSUES AND CONCERNS THAT THEY'RE HAVING AS FAR AS BUILDING HOUSES IN CALIFORNIA WE HAD A SCAG ALUMNI DINNER AND WE ACTUALLY HAD NINE LEGISLATORS THAT HAD DINNER WITH US AND THEIR PAST SCAG MEMBERS. SO IT WAS PRETTY INFORMATIVE.

JOSE LUIS WAS THERE. GOOD FRIEND OF MINE.

WE HAD GUEST SPEAKERS WE ACTUALLY SPOKE WITH AND TALKED WITH THE GENERAL ATTORNEY GENERAL, ROB BONTA. GUY THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO TALK TO WAS A GUY NAMED GABRIEL PETAK.

HE'S THE LA OFFICE DIRECTOR AND FIONA MOFF, CALIFORNIA TREASURER.

SO WE ACTUALLY HAD 40 MEETINGS SCHEDULED IN SACRAMENTO WITHIN PROBABLY SIX HOURS A BUSY DAY. WHEN I GOT OUT OF IT WAS, I KNOW THERE'S SOME LEGISLATION THAT'S MOVING FORWARD ON SEQUA. AND I GUESS WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IN ORDER TO MOVE PROJECTS FORWARD, INSTEAD OF FIGHTING A LAWSUIT WHERE IT COULD TAKE ANYWHERE FROM 12 TO 20 YEARS, THEY'RE TRYING TO PASS A LAW WHERE IT GETS DONE WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR IN LITIGATION.

[01:30:01]

SO THE LAST THREE YEARS WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS MEETINGS WITH THE HOA IN CARBON CANYON.

WE HAD A MEETING YESTERDAY. I WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF ON THIS.

I ACTUALLY HAD FIVE HOA MEMBERS THERE.

THERE'S A TOTAL OF SEVEN.

WE TALKED ABOUT TRANSPORTATION. WE TALKED ABOUT HOUSING.

WE TALKED ABOUT CELL COVERAGE.

VERY INFORMATIVE MEETING STAFF.

YOU GUYS ARE NOTHING BUT PROFESSIONALS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH CITY MANAGER.

THANK YOU. AND ROD THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT. SO I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FOUR COUNTIES.

IT'S A GROUP THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER.

AND I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU.

DAN, CAN YOU TELL ME, DANIEL, ABOUT IT? FOUR COUNTIES I KNOW WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE WEST END TRYING TO GET CITIES TOGETHER.

YOU DID HAVE A MEETING RECENTLY.

THAT'S CORRECT. VICE MAYOR. WE DID CONVENE A GROUP OF ABOUT 12 CITIES AND OTHER TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES A COUPLE WEEKS AGO TO TALK ABOUT THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE OUT IN THIS AREA.

THE GOAL IS TO COME TOGETHER, SHARE INFORMATION, LEVERAGE SOME SUPPORT, WHETHER IT'S AT THE LOCAL, REGIONAL OR EVEN STATE LEVEL, TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE THESE ISSUES THAT WE'RE ALL DEALING WITH. I KNOW ONE OF THE ISSUES IS 71 FREEWAY, AND I GUESS IT'S NOT REALLY IN OUR COUNTY. IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S IN WHAT COUNTY IS THAT IN FINISHING THE 71 TOWARDS THE 91? THAT'S CORRECT. YES. SO IT'S SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AS IT GETS TO THE 91.

IT'S IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY. COUNTY, CORRECT.

THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. APPRECIATE IT. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. VIETNAM VETERANS.

I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, MRS. BOK. THANK YOU. AND THEN YOUR HUSBAND JOE, I MISS HIM.

WHAT AN AMAZING MAN HE WAS.

SO NICE TO SEE YOU HERE TONIGHT.

BEN MONTGOMERY I PROBABLY YOU'RE ON MY SPEED DIAL.

OVER THE YEARS, I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. I WAS, FIRST OF ALL, ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR TWO YEARS AND 14, 12 YEARS ON THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION.

SO I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR A LONG TIME.

YOU ALWAYS WERE QUIET UNTIL WE GOT INVOLVED WITH THE ANIMAL CONTROL WHERE WE WERE TRYING TO GO, NO KILL. SO YOU WERE DEFENDING THE CITY, AND WE HAD SOME PEOPLE THAT WERE VERY EMOTIONAL ABOUT THEIR ANIMALS, BUT YOU WERE TRULY A PROFESSIONAL, AND WITH YOUR EXPERIENCE AND YOUR HARD WORK, WE ACTUALLY BECAME A NO KILL CITY.

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU.

AND THAT'S WHAT WHEN I FIRST MET YOU WHEN I GOT ELECTED LIKE I SAID, YOU'RE ON MY SPEED DIAL AND I'M PROBABLY UNDER YOURS.

UNDER PETA PAINTING THE BUSH.

I CALL IT FOR ALL THE CALLS I'VE ACTUALLY CALLED.

BUT ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS, BEING A FIREMAN FOR 29 YEARS, YOU SEE A PROBLEM IN THE COMMUNITY AND YOU WANT TO TAKE CARE OF IT.

SO YOU GET IT SORT OF EXCITED.

YOU HAVE YOU JUST WANT TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM.

SO THE FIRST PERSON I WOULD CALL TO GET ME OFF THE LEDGE WAS BEN MONTGOMERY.

AND HE JUST HAD SO MUCH KNOWLEDGE.

YOU WERE SO CALMING AND WE DID A LOT.

I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS AND, AND THE TIME THAT YOU TOOK CARE OF OUR CITY. AND AGAIN, I DO APOLOGIZE TO YOUR FAMILY. I KNOW THEY'RE NOT HERE. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PHONE CALLS THAT I CALLED ON THE WEEKEND TOO, SO, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY TRULY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.

WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU. I EVEN STARTED NEGOTIATING AGAIN TO SEE IF YOU COULD COME BACK. AND YOU TOLD ME AGAIN, NO, I WAS GOING TO GIVE YOU A RAISE.

AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. BUT I OFFERED A RAISE FOR YOU TO STICK AROUND.

BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TRUE PROFESSIONALISM. YOU'RE SUCH A GREAT PERSON. YOUR GREAT HUSBAND AND YOUR DAUGHTER IS JUST AMAZING.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITY. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

I'LL JUST START OFF WITH THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF FOR AND OUR TEEN ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS FOR HOSTING THE TEEN LEADERSHIP SUMMIT THAT WAS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER ON SATURDAY.

IT WAS A VERY GOOD TURNOUT.

A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF YOUTH THAT WANT TO TAKE A GREATER ROLE IN THE COMMUNITY, A LOT OF FUN CONVERSATIONS.

IT WAS, IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THAT KIDS CARED YOU KNOW, CARED ENOUGH TO SHOW UP TO TRY TO LEARN HOW TO BECOME CIVIC LEADERS.

AND THEN BENJAMIN THERE, THE YOU MUST HAVE GOTTEN SO TIRED OF ALL OF US. THE AMOUNT OF TIMES THAT WE TEXT AND CALL ON WEEKENDS AND EVENINGS WHEN YOU KNOW WE'RE TAKING YOU AWAY FROM YOUR FAMILY.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS A REGULAR OCCURRENCE.

AND I REMEMBER I WOULD CALL JUST SPITTING NAILS AND, AND HOPING I COULD GET A RISE OUT OF BEN TO BE LIKE, BEN, YOU'RE ANGRY TOO, RIGHT? AND JUST THE DEMEANOR YOU SEE NOW IS THE DEMEANOR THAT BEN ALWAYS IS.

I'M LIKE, I WANT YOU THROWING A CHAIR, YOU KNOW, JUST LOSING IT. AND HE'S JUST A CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, AS EVERYBODY SAID, YOU KNOW, YOUR FAMILY SHARED YOU WITH US AND SO GLAD YOU GET TO GO BACK AND TAKE ALL THOSE FUN TRIPS, YOU KNOW, GO VISIT YOUR DAUGHTER AT UCLA.

GO HAVE FUN. SO, YOU KNOW, OUR YOU KNOW, OUR TIME ENDS.

SO THANK YOU. BEST OF LUCK IN RETIREMENT.

[01:35:02]

ALL RIGHT. JOSHUA. RIGHT.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT. YOUR DAD SOLD YOU OUT.

YOU GOT TO COME UP AND TALK.

YEAH, YOU HAVE TO. SORRY.

YOU GET THAT. THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER HIGH SCHOOLER NAMED JADEN, BUT YOU'RE THE ONE THAT GOT PICKED OUT. COME ON UP.

COME ON UP. WHY ARE YOU HERE? WHAT'S THE MERIT BADGE? AND WHY ARE YOU EATING IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS? YEAH. DON'T YOU? JUST LIKE DAD.

OKAY. IT'S GOING TO BE YOUR DAD'S PERFORMANCE REVIEW. I'M SORRY.

I'M HERE TO FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMUNICATIONS, MERIT BADGE AND CITIZENSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY MERIT BADGE.

OKAY. HOW MANY MORE MERIT BADGES DO YOU NEED TO GET TO EAGLE? I NEED THREE MORE. OH, NICE.

WOW. WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO KNOCK OUT TWO, HOPEFULLY TONIGHT.

NOT QUITE, BUT ALMOST.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE FINAL ONE? SCHOLARSHIP. MERIT BADGE.

SCHOLARSHIP. DO THEY STILL TEACH SEMAPHORE? I HAVE NO CLUE. OKAY, THAT WAS A MAYOR BADGE ICON.

JUST A QUICK ONE. ARE YOU GOING TO BE GOING TO BERKELEY? JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, SAY YES.

YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT BERKELEY? SURE.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, THAT SOMEONE'S GETTING A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION. SO. ALL RIGHT.

WELL VERY COOL. WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. OF COURSE. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER HIGH SCHOOLERS WANT TO SPEAK? NO. NO. OKAY. I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS FOR A REASON.

RIGHT HERE. THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

IT'LL BE IN YOUR MOM'S PERFORMANCE REVIEW. SO WITH THAT,

[ ADJOURN IN MEMORIAM AND IN HOPE: Adjourn with deep gratitude, respect, and appreciation for the brave individuals who serve and have served in the Armed Forces. Their selfless contributions protect us all. May we as a community continue to support and honor them.]

MAY WE AS A COMMUNITY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND HONOR THEM.

SO WITH THAT, BEN. THANK YOU BEN.

THANK YOU. RIP OFF.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.