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[ 6:00 P.M. - CONVENE MEETING / ROLL CALL]
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US FOR OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY OF CHINO HILL CITY COUNCIL MEETING.UM, AT THIS TIME, PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO BE, UH, GIVEN BY IEUA DIRECTOR STEVE ELI.
AND FOLLOWED UP WITH AN INVOCATION BY PASTOR DENNIS HOSTLER FROM CHINO, UH, HILLS, RY CHAPEL MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO RECORD FOR THE RECORD THAT ALL MEMBERS I ROLL CALL.
PLEASE PUT YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE.
READY TO BEGIN, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
[ 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 LITURGY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.[ INVOCATION: Pastor Dennis Hostetler, Calvary Chapel Chino Hills]
GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.UH, WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE JOIN ME BY BOWING YOUR HEAD AND CLOSING YOUR EYES IN A WORD OF PRAYER? UH, ALMIGHTY GOD, MAKER OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, UH, 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 IN 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, UH, 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 IT 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 THESE VERY AUTHORITIES TO PROMOTE PEACE, THE RULE OF LAW AND JUSTICE.
THE PROPHET JEREMIAH SAYS, SEEK THE PEACE OF THE CITY WHEREVER WE HAVE BEEN CALLED, AND PRAY TO THE LORD FOR THE PEACE OF THAT CITY, FOR IN ITS PEACE.
THEREFORE, WE PRAY FOR OUR MAYOR, FOR THE VARIOUS LEVELS OF CITY OFFICIALS HERE.
UH, 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 INTEREST.
WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE EVERYONE IN THIS COUNCIL, UH, A SENSE OF WISDOM OF THE TRUE NEEDS OF OUR CITY AND A KING THIRST FOR JUSTICE AND RIGHTNESS, AND THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM CONFIDENCE IN THEIR WORK IN 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.
[4. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming March 29, 2026 as Vietnam War Veterans Day]
AGENDA IS A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING MARCH 29TH, 2026, AS VIETNAM VETERANS DAY TO BE ACCEPTED BY THE FOLLOWING, ART BENNETT, GEORGE DE FRANK, JIM WALSH, DENNIS FRANK BERGER, RICK MCDONALD, GABE HERNANDEZ, LEE KIMBLE, SAL AVILA, DIANE BACH, AND RONNIE GEIER.WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR UP BY THE PODIUM? PLEASE COME ON UP.
IT'S, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE.
I WAS, UH, BORN A COUPLE OF YEARS AFTER THE VIETNAM WAR, BUT UM, HAD A COUSIN WHO FLEW F FOUR E PHANTOMS. AND IT'S TRULY A, UH, YOU KNOW, AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU HERE.
UM, WHAT I KNEW ABOUT IT, WHAT I KNEW ABOUT THE WAR JUST GROWING UP WAS JUST
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HOW POORLY YOU GUYS WERE TREATED WHEN YOU CAME HOME.OUR CITY COUNCIL AND OUR RESIDENTS HAVE A GREAT AMOUNT OF RESPECT AND GRATITUDE FOR ALL THAT HAVE SERVED, UH, SERVED OUR COUNTRY DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.
MORE THAN 58,000 INDIVIDUALS MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND MANY THOUSANDS WERE WOUNDED IN COMBAT.
UH, WE ENCOURAGE OUR COMMUNITY TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR OUR VIETNAM VETERANS, UH, FOR ALL THAT THEY'VE GIVEN SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY.
UH, WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE OUR MEMBERS OF THE CHINO HILLS 55 PLUS, UH, CLUB, UH, VETERANS GROUP, ALONG WITH MAN ABOUT TOWN, RONNIE GEIER, UH, HERE TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION.
AND SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND, UM, WHOEVER WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU, GEORGE.
ON BEHALF OF THE, UH, TUNA HILLS 55 PLUS CLUB, ITS 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 THIS 1960S AND SEVENTIES 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.
THIS IS ALWAYS A GOOD, UH, UM, REASON TO COME AND HOLD UP MY PURPLE HEART.
WOOHOO, FOR BEING WOUNDED IN ACTION OR KILLED IN ACTION.
AND, UM, I HELD OUR DEAD AND WOUNDED.
I CARRIED THEM FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER, ET CETERA.
UH, I WAS IN THE FIRST MAJOR BATTLE OF THE VIETNAM WAR AND, UH, 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 IS 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.
I JUST WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT UH, WE HAVE TWO PURPLE HEART, UH, VETERANS.
WOULD YOU GUYS LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? IT'S DENNIS FRANKENBERG AND, UH, JIM, GO ON.
DENNIS AND JIM, THESE ARE PURPLE HEART ON.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND THANK YOU CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND PEOPLE OF VA CHINO HILLS FOR SHOWING GRATITUDE TO US NOW.
UH, IT REALLY HELPS, UH, IT AS IT WAS IGNORED WHEN WE CAME HOME, AND, UH, ALSO TO THINK AS, AS, UH, WAS MENTIONED ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN, IN HARM'S WAY RIGHT NOW.
WE PRAY FOR THEM TOO, AND WE HOPE THEY MAKE IT ALL HOME SAFE AND SOUND.
DENNIS IS ALWAYS RELUCTANT TO, TO STEP FORWARD ON THIS, BUT HE IS A MULTIPLE PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT.
DRUG GUN AND CREW CHIEF ON A HELICOPTER, RIGHT? YOU SAVED A LOT OF MEN, STOOD UP IN THE WRONG PLACE,
YEAH, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA REMIND SOMEBODY OR EVERYBODY IN THIS AUDIENCE ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED 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 FOR GRANTED AND THAT WE SHOULD FORGET ABOUT.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE SOME, UH, LEADERS, UNFORTUNATELY IN OUR NATION THAT, UH, DON'T VALUE THAT FREEDOM AND DON'T SEEM TO THINK TOO MUCH ABOUT OUR OWN COUNTRY.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'RE ELECTED
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OFFICIALS, BUT THEY ARE.EVERY DAY THAT YOU WAKE UP, BE THANKFUL FOR THE FREEDOMS WE DO HAVE.
AND REMEMBER, ANYBODY YOU SEE IN A UNIFORM OR YOU FOUND OUT THAT THEY'VE SERVED, THANK THEM FOR WHAT THEY DID TO PRESERVE THAT, THAT FREEDOM.
I THINK WE WANNA DO A PHOTO OP.
YOU GUYS ALL MOVE TOWARDS THE CENTER ALL, DO YOU MIND? ALRIGHT, HERE WE GO.
AND LOOKING RIGHT HERE AT THE CAMERA FIRST FROM ANOTHER MOTHER.
[5. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming April as Child Abuse Prevention Month]
WITH THIS, WE WILL BE MOVING ON TO, UH, PROCLAIMING APRIL AS CHILD ABUSE, UH, 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.
UH, WE, WHILE WE ARE FOR VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE ACCESS TO DEDICATED CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION, UH, 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, UH, 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 HILLARY, UH, STEENSON RAY FROM SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY'S CHILD, UH, NETWORK, CHILDREN'S NETWORK.
I MEAN, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR, UH, DECLARING IT CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH.
IT SEEMS VERY FITTING FOR ME TO COME AFTER OUR VETERANS, UM, WHO HAVE SERVED TO PROTECT US ALL AND WE'RE FIGHTING TO PROTECT OUR MOST VULNERABLE, OUR LITTLE KIDDOS.
AND, UH, 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 AND YOUR COMMUNITY WORKS TOGETHER TO, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
AND, AND THE CHILDREN HERE ARE THRIVING AND YOU HAVE LOW NUMBERS OF REPORTS, AND YOU HAVE HAPPY FAMILIES, AND, 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 IN THE HOME FRONT, UH, TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE TOO.
[6. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming April as National Autism Acceptance Month]
WE'LL ALSO BE, BE, BE PROCLAIMING APRIL AS NATIONAL AUTISM ACCEPTANCE MONTH, AUTISM IS A PERVASIVE, UH, DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER AFFECTING THE SOCIAL, UH, COMMUNICATION AND BEHAVIORAL SKILLS OF THOSE AFFECTED BY IT.AS MORE HEALTH, UH, HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS BECOME, UH, SKILLED IN RECOGNIZING AUTISM, MORE CHILDREN ARE PROPERLY BEING DIAGNOSED, THAT THEY'RE ON THE SPECTRUM RESULTING IN RACE AS HIGH AS ONE 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, UH, THEY WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE THEIR LIFE.
SO, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CHINO
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HILL CITY COUNCIL, I HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF APRIL AS NATIONAL AUTISM ACCEPTANCE MONTH.AND, UH, TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION IS AARON PINOT FROM THE, UH, A BOARD MEMBER FROM THE AUTISM SOCIETY OF THE INLAND EMPIRE.
UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND, UH, THE WARM WELCOME EVERYBODY.
I AM ALSO A MOTHER TO AN 11-YEAR-OLD.
UH, WHO IS ON THE SPECTRUM? UM, I JUST WANNA 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, UH, 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.
WE'RE, WE'RE ALWAYS AT THE FOREFRONT.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT
UM, SO THIS, THAT, THAT ALMOST, YOU KNOW, I'LL KEEP THE TEARS.
UM, SO THIS RECOGNITION FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, LIKE THIS IS SYMBOLIC.
IT BRINGS VISIBILITY, UNDERSTANDING, UH, COMPASSION TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY, YOUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE NAVIGATING AUTISM EVERY DAY.
UM, AUTISM'S 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 WANNA SAY THANK YOU AS A MOTHER AND AS A PROFESSIONAL, IT MEANS SO MUCH.
UH, JUST A QUICK NOTE THAT WE ARE DOING A BLUE ENVELOPE TRAINING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT MIGHT NOT KNOW, UH, ON APRIL 1ST.
I THINK YOU GUYS ARE SUPPORTING THAT.
AND THEN, UM, IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HERE.
WOULD YOU MIND MAYBE EXPLAINING WHAT BLUE ENVELOPE? OH YES, OF COURSE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TIME I HAVE.
UH, BLUE ENVELOPE YOU WANT, I GET PAID BY THE HOUR.
OH, WELL WE COULD BE HERE ALL DAY.
UM, SO BLUE ENVELOPE, UH, DRIVERS, UM, ON THE SPECTRUM OR ANY DISABILITY? UM, VISUAL COGNITIVE DISABILITY, NOT VISUAL.
UH, THEY WILL HAVE THIS BLUE ENVELOPE AND WHAT IS GONNA BE INSIDE THIS BLUE ENVELOPE WILL BE THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE.
INSUR A COPY OF THEIR INSURANCE.
I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS OF WHAT'S WITH THE LAW, WHAT'S, YOU KNOW.
AND THEN, UM, AND THEY'RE GONNA 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, UM, 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.
UH, WE GOT A MILLION DOLLAR GRANT TO GET, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, THROUGHOUT THE INLAND EMPIRE TRAINED WITH THIS BLUE ENVELOPE.
SO WE'RE REALLY HOPING TO SEE, UM, SOME ACCEPTANCE AND CHANGE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE INLAND EMPIRE.
SO IT'S, IT'S A REALLY, REALLY GOOD, REALLY GREAT THING.
[7. PRESENTATION - City Tile to Benjamin Montgomery for his service with the City from January 30, 2006, to March 31, 2026]
BOTH HONORED AND, UH, SAD TO SAY GOODBYE TO A VERY IMPORTANT MEMBER OF OUR CHINO HILLS TEAM.IT IS, IT IS WITH OUR SINCERE GRATITUDE THAT WE PRESENT, UH, BENJAMIN, UM, UH, CITY TILE, I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU LATER.
UH, 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, UH, NAMED OUR CITY MANAGER.
OVER THE COURSE OF HIS CAREER, BEN HAS WORN MANY HATS
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AND HAS TAKEN ON A WIDE RANGE OF RESPONSIBILITIES, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, AS OUR CITY MANAGER, UM, 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, UH, AND THEN OUR CITY, OUR CITY MANAGER.
SO HE, 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, TOO MANY FIRES AND ADVANCING MAJOR COMMUNITY PROJECTS.
BEN HAS BEEN A STEADY LEADER, UH, AND WHEN IT MATTERED THE MOST, HE'S ALSO CREDITED FOR HELPING MOVE FORWARD IMPORTANT INITIATIVES LIKE PARK IMPROVEMENTS, WILDFIRE SAFETY, AND, UH, 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.
UH, BUT BEYOND THE PROJECTS AND MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, WHAT TRULY STANDS OUT ABOUT BEN IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WILL JUST, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA DEARLY MISS HIS LEADERSHIP.
UH, 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, UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
UM, MANY STAFF MEMBERS WOULD AGREE THAT BEN HAS BEEN MORE THAN JUST A CITY MANAGER, BUT HE HAS BEEN A MENTOR, A STEADY VOICE DURING CHALLENGING TIMES, AND SOMEONE WHO GENUINELY CARES ABOUT OUR RESIDENTS AND THOSE PEOPLE IN CITY HALL.
UH, 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.
UH, FURTHERING HIS, UH, HER FURTHER DEMONSTRATING HIS COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY, UH, AS HE ANSWERS THE NEXT CHAPTER, UH, OF HIS LIFE.
WELL, I'LL LET YOU TALK ABOUT IT.
UH, I'LL, I'LL SPEAK FOR YOU JUST FOR NOW 'CAUSE I'LL GET YOU A LOUD IF I DON'T.
UH, BEN LOOKS FORWARD TO ENJOYING HIS WELL-EARNED RETIREMENT, TRAVELING WITH HIS FAMILY, AND, UH, GETTING BACK INTO OLD HOBBIES, WHICH HE HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO AS OUR CITY MANAGER.
'CAUSE WE DEMAND A LOT FROM HIM.
UM, 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, UH, OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR RESIDENTS, THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE HARD YEARS OF WORK AND, UH, ALL THE BEST IN YOUR RETIREMENT.
SO PLEASE, YOU GUYS WANNA COME BEHIND US? OH YEAH, DEFINITELY.
YOU COME UP WHAT? THIS, YOU'RE RIGHT THIS WAY.
WHAT ABOUT HIM? I'LL, I'M JUST WAITING FOR YOU TO SETTLE IN.
OH, THERE YOU WANNA COME UP AND TAKE A PHOTO? YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE IT FROM THE CHEAT.
COME ON, MOM, SISTER, DAUGHTER, DAUGHTER.
ALL THE RAZ ISN'T HERE TOO, SO HERE WE GO.
ALRIGHT, SO THEN FROM ASSEMBLY MEMBER PHILLIP CHEN, DO WE HAVE A REP FOR NO, THESE ARE THE ONES WHO SENT.
SO WE HAVE, UH, UH, CERTIFICATE OF
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RECOGNITION FROM ASSEMBLY MEMBER PHILLIP CHEN.AND WE HAVE, UH, FROM, UH, CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WE HAVE ANOTHER CERTIFICATE HONORING YOUR TIME HERE.
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 INGER.
SO AT THE MEN AND WOMEN AT THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT HAVE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH, UH, WITH THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
WE'RE VERY PROUD AND HONORED TO PRESENT THIS, UH, UH, SHIELD TO YOU, BEN.
WE DON'T GIVE THIS OUT TO EVERYBODY, BUT, UH, BUT THAT'S FOR YOU, FOR YOUR RETIREMENT.
WE WISH YOU THE ABSOLUTE BEST.
AND I, I'VE, I'VE WORKED WITH BEN, I THINK HIS ENTIRE CAREER HERE IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
UM, HE'S BEEN SOMEBODY THAT, THAT I'VE HAD INTERACTIONS WITH, AND CERTAINLY MORE SO IN THE LAST, YOU KNOW, SIX, SEVEN YEARS.
UH, I HOPE HE CONTINUES TO STILL SHOW UP EVERY NOW AND THEN AND, UH, COOK CORN WITH US AND DO OTHER FUN STUFF.
BUT WE WISH YOU THE ABSOLUTE BEST IN YOUR RETIREMENT.
SO WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE TO ELEVATE IN 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.
UH, SO WHEN I WAS APPOINTED AS THE FIRE CHIEF, UM, BEN WAS ALREADY THE SITTING THE CITY, CITY MAN, CITY MANAGER.
AND I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT LIKE, OKAY, HOW DOES THIS WORK? AND, 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.
UM, THIS AS WAS ALREADY STATED, THIS, UM, PRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE FROM, FOR TONIGHT.
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, UM, THE POSITION THAT YOU HOLD IN, IN THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
UM, I LIKE TO THINK OF THE SHIELD AS IF YOU GO BACK IN, IN OLD NOMADIC TIMES AS THOUGH SHIELDS WERE VERY, VERY HEAVY AND IT TOOK A LOT TO, TO HOLD THOSE UP.
THEY'RE EXTREMELY HEAVY, ARE, ARE EXTREMELY HEAVY AND WEIGHTED.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UM, IT WOULD TAKE A LONG, IT WOULD TAKE A LOT OF, UH, ENERGY TO HOLD THOSE UP FOR ANY AMOUNT OF TIME.
AND SO, UM, WE GIVE THAT TO BEN TODAY.
UH, 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 STEVEN ELI.
SO I'VE KNOWN BEN PRETTY MUCH AS LONG AS HE'S WORKED HERE, I THINK.
BUT, UH, INLAND EMPIRE UTILITIES AGENCY IS THE WHOLESALE WATER PROVIDER TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, AS WELL AS, UM, THE, WE, WE TREAT ALL YOUR WASTEWATER.
SO WHEN YOU TAKE A SHOWER, IT COMES TO US.
AND ONE OF THE, THE THING I WILL MISS THE MOST ABOUT BEN IS HIS ABSOLUTE CALM DEMEANOR.
WHETHER WE'RE SITTING IN COFFEE SHOP, HAVING COFFEE, TALKING ABOUT WATER, AND THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE WITH A CERTAIN NEIGHBORING ADJACENT CITY, WHICH GETS EVERYONE ELSE'S EYE UP OR SOMETHING ELSE.
BEN IS THE CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL AND ALWAYS THOUGHTFUL IN HIS APPROACH.
AND SO FOR THAT REASON, UM, IUA RECENTLY JUST STARTED DOING THESE TILES LIKE THE CITIES HAVE DONE FOR YEARS, AND THE BEN IS GONNA BE THE FIRST RECIPIENT OF IT WHO'S NOT IN CONGRESS OR SACRAMENTO.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE NOW STARTED DOING, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
AND ALSO, WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FOR YOU.
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GONNA HAVE BE BUILT IN ADDITION TO THE HOUSE NEXT FROM THE MONTE VISTA WATER DISTRICT PRESIDENT SANDRA ROSE.I'M SANDRA ROSE FROM MONTE VISTA WATER DISTRICT, AND I DON'T GET TO A LOT OF CHINO HILL 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.
UM, 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.
AND I WANNA GIVE YOU SOME WORDS OF WISDOM.
DO NOT LET RANCHO DELINO ROTARY TALK YOU INTO BEING PRESIDENT
SO WE TOO HAVE BEEN GIVING TILES FOR A LONG TIME.
SO THIS IS THE MONTE VISTA TILE, AND I HOPE YOU HAVE A BIG HOME OFFICE WHERE YOU CAN HANG ALL THESE THINGS.
REPRESENTING CONGRESSWOMAN YOUNG KIM ANDREW GARCIA.
MY NAME IS ANDREW GARCIA FROM THE OFFICE OF CONGRESSWOMAN YOUNG.
UH, FIRST I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE CITY FOR INVITING US TO ATTEND THE CELEBRATION OF MR. UH, 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 HIS TWO DECADES OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF CHINLE 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.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE DO HAVE SOMETHING ON YOUR BEHALF AS WELL.
SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE SPACE IN YOUR OFFICE.
THIS IS JUST A BRIEF SMALL LITTLE TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION ON BEHALF OF THE CONGRESSWOMAN.
REPRESENTING CONGRESSWOMAN NORMA TORRES.
UH, AS MENTIONED, MY NAME'S BRIAN.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF CONGRESSWOMAN NORMA TORRES.
AND I KNOW I'M GONNA BE REPEATING WHAT A LOT OF SPEAKERS SAY, BUT THERE'S NO AMOUNT OF REPETITION.
UM, THANK YOU TO OUR VETERANS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
UH, ONE OF THE SERVICES WE OFFER IN THE CONGRESSWOMAN'S OFFICE FOR OUR VIETNAM VETERANS IS, UM, WE, UM, 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, UM, COMPLETELY FREE OF CHARGE, UM, JUST TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS, UH, YOUR SERVICE.
SO PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT TO THAT US, UH, ON THAT FRONT.
AND ALSO THANK YOU, ERIN, FOR MENTIONING THE AUTISM SOCIETY CHECK THE CONGRESSMAN'S.
REALLY EXCITED TO BE PRESENTING THAT CHECK IN CORONA IN A COUPLE WEEKS.
SHE WAS ABLE TO SECURE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE, THE BLUE ENVELOPE PROGRAM, SO REALLY EXCITED FOR THAT.
UM, BUT NOW ONTO THE, THE MAN OF THE HOUR.
JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM, CONGRATULATIONS ON, UH, 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.
UM, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON THAT I GO BACK AND FORTH WITH CITY STAFF HOSTING, MEETING HOSTING ROUND TABLES.
UM, AND BEN, YOU ARE ALWAYS THE ONE CITY MANAGER THAT SHOWS UP TO ALL OF THESE EVENTS.
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.
UM, ON BEHALF OF CONGRESSWOMAN TORRES, I HAVE SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL.
IT'S, UM, CALLED A CONGRESSIONAL RECORD.
UM, ALL OF THE PROCEEDINGS ON THE HOUSE FLOOR GET ENTERED INTO THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD AND GETS SAVED INTO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.
SO WHEN WE HEARD ABOUT BEN'S RETIREMENT, IT WAS NO QUESTION WE HAD TO ENTER INTO THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD.
ALL OF BEN'S WORK HERE FOR THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
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OF THIS AT HOME, BUT THERE'LL ALSO BE A COPY FOR AS LONG AS THE UNITED STATES IS AROUND, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME.UM, THERE WILL BE A COPY RECOGNIZING ALL OF YOUR WORK, BEN.
SO ON BEHALF OF CONGRESSWOMAN TORRES, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.
REPRESENTING SENATOR KELLY STO, BRAXTON D INTERIM, LIKE THAT I HOWDY FOLKS.
AGAIN, MY NAME IS BRAXTON DIFFERENT.
I'M A DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE FOR STATE SENATOR KELLY CTO'S OFFICE.
UH, WE'RE JUST HERE TO PRESENT THIS, UH, RESOLUTION ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE.
UH, THIS HAS BOTH THE SIGNATURES OF MY BOSS STATE SENATOR KELLY CDO, AS WELL AS, UH, STATE ASSEMBLYMAN PHILLIP CHEN'S SIGNATURE.
UM, ALTHOUGH HIS REPRESENTATIVES AREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY, UH, BOTH MEMBERS WERE, UH, WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZE YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS THROUGHOUT YOUR CAREER.
UM, TRULY AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED BEFORE, UH, BEN, MR. MONTGOMERY, YOU ARE THE GOLD STANDARD FOR PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT.
UH, JUST HOW YOU OPERATE IN THE, UH, DIFFERENT WORKSPACES THAT YOU'RE IN, BUT ALSO OBVIOUSLY THE DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT MOST OF US FELLOW REPRESENTATIVES, UH, OFTEN ATTEND, UH, IN OUR DAY IN, IN DAY OUT LIVES.
SO, UM, JUST ONE OF THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS I I WANT TO FONDLY JUST BRING UP HERE IS, UH, UH, A TOUR THAT, UM, YOU TOOK US ON.
UH, IT WAS, UM, UH, BEN AS WELL AS, UH, COUNCILMAN PETER ROGERS, WHO WAS, UH, AT THE TIME SERVING AS MAYOR WITH, UH, MYSELF AND MY, UH, MY BOSS, UH, STATE SENATOR KELLY CIDO.
AND HE TOOK US, UH, BEN TOOK US ON A TOUR OF TRES ARMOS DRIVING US AROUND.
UH, AND THERE WAS THAT ONE POINT WHERE IF YOU, UH, 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.
UH, AND, UH, THEY'LL JUST KIND OF BE MILLING OUT AROUND THE GRASSY HILLS AND WHATNOT.
AND, UH, GETTING THE TOUR OF, OF THAT, UH, RESERVE, UH, GRANTED US INTERIOR ACCESS.
AND AT ONE POINT GETTING, TRYING TO GET THROUGH A, A, A GATED PORTION, WE ARE ESSENTIALLY BUMPER TO HEAD WITH, UH, ONE OF THESE GIANT COWS.
AND, UH, UH, 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.
'CAUSE THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE VIBE THAT I GOT WHEN, UH, HE WAS JUST SITTING THERE AND YOU JUST LET THE, LIKE, LET THE STARE DOWN KIND OF GO ON AND THE COW JUST LIKE, LIKE KIND OF RESPECTED THAT AND, AND MOVED OFF TO THE SIDE.
AND, UH, AND WE WERE ABLE TO GO ON OUR MERRY WAY.
AND THAT WAS JUST REALLY COOL.
UH, JUST THAT KIND OF REALLY, LIKE YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH NOT JUST THE CITY, BUT ITS ROOTS.
IT'S THE LAND THAT IT'S ON
SO, UH, JUST WANT TO JUST RECOGNIZE, UH, THAT LITTLE ANECDOTE AND, UH, AGAIN, UH, BEN, CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS, UH, UH, AMAZING CAREER, AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT OF, OF THIS RETIREMENT, UH, AS A CITY MANAGER AND HAVING ACCOMPLISHED ALL YOUR OTHER, UH, POSITIONS.
SO, UM, 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.
NEXT, FROM THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE ASSISTANT SHERIFF TRAVIS NEWPORT AND DEPUTY CHIEF MICHAEL WALKER ON BEHALF OF SHERIFF DIKES.
SO, UH, SHERIFF D***S COULDN'T MAKE IT THIS EVENING.
HE'S ACTUALLY ON A, ON A PLANE RIGHT NOW FROM SACRAMENTO, COMING BACK, UH, DOING WHAT HE DOES BEST AND FIGHTING SOME OF THE LEGISLATORS AGAINST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, THEY TRY TO PUSH AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT.
SO, UH, HE WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.
UH, HE THANKS YOU FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP, HE THANKS YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
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YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN PEOPLE ASK US ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS WITH CITIES, WE HAVE SUCH A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINO HILLS.IT'S BECAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE BEN, UH, CITY MANAGERS THAT, THAT STEP UP AND, AND HELP US WITH OUR DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS, UH, TO NAME A FEW OF THE ALPS.
I THINK YOU HELPED US GET ABOUT A HUNDRED OF THEM, WHICH GOES TOWARDS THE SAFETY OF THE VERY PUBLIC THAT'S SITTING HERE TODAY.
AND, AND OUT THERE IN THE CITY, UH, YOU HAD THE, WE HAD THE BLUE RIDGE FIRE, WE HAD COVID, UM, YOU HELPED OUR DEPARTMENT THROUGH ALL OF THAT STUFF, AND, AND THOSE WERE NOT EASY TASKS, RIGHT? UM, SPECIFICALLY AS FAR AS THE BLUE RIDGE FIRE, UH, BEN REACHED OUT TO, UH, 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 OPERATION CENTER.
UM, IT'S TOOLS LIKE THAT IN RELATIONSHIPS LIKE THAT, THAT, THAT HELP US THRIVE.
UM, I THINK YOU GOT A COP CAR FOR US AND SOME OTHER THINGS.
YOU HELPED US GET A CRIME ANALYST, WHICH IS HUGE.
WE KNOW YOU, WE KNOW, UH, YOU'RE THE PERSON COMING IN BEHIND YOU HAS SOME LARGE SHOES TO FILL, BUT WE FEEL LIKE THE RELATIONSHIP'S GONNA BE GREAT.
AND BECAUSE OF YOU, WE'RE GONNA CARRY THAT ON.
ON BEHALF OF THE SHERIFF, WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU SOMETHING THAT, UH, IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN EVERYBODY ELSE GAVE TONIGHT.
UH, SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GIVING HIM A SHERIFF'S RODEO ENGRAVED KNIFE.
UM, CAPTAIN GERARD, BEING A RODEO MAN HIMSELF WILL TELL YOU, THOSE ARE NOT EASY TO COME BY.
UH, YOU, YOU PRETTY MUCH, YOU HAVE TO DO EXTRAORDINARY THINGS TO GET THOSE FROM US.
AND, UH, THAT ONE'S YOURS NOW.
NO, GET OUTTA JAIL FREE CARD
CHINO HILLS, WE ALWAYS SAY WE HAVE, THERE'S FIVE CITIES IN OUR DISTRICT, UM, CHINO HILLS, CHINO, MONTCLAIR, ONTARIO, AND PORTIONS OF UPLAND.
AND CHINO HILLS, BY FAR IS 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, IS STEADFAST COOL AS A CUCUMBER
SO THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT YOU, BUT I'M GONNA CUT TO THE CHASE.
BUT I'M ALSO A LITTLE BIT JEALOUS BECAUSE THAT MEANS STARTING APRIL 1ST.
NO MORE ALARMS, FOLKS FOR BEN, NO MORE MEETINGS, RIGHT? 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 HIM WITH US.
SO ON BEHALF OF SUPERVISOR KURT HAGMAN, I HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION, UM, CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION AWARDED TO BEN MONTGOMERY, CITY MANAGER SUPERVISOR, KURT 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'RE SERVED.
SO BEN, JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT SUPERVISOR HAGMAN ISN'T THAT CHEAP.
FROM THE CHINO VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, JULIA CABRERA.
I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE TO PRESENT BEN THIS PLAQUE.
UM, OUR PRESIDENT, UH, CE OS AT WELLBORN IS ACTUALLY ALSO ON A PLANE COMING BACK FROM SACRAMENTO.
SO, UM, 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.
UM,
HE'S VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR MENTORSHIP THAT YOU'VE GIVEN HIM OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS AND
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HIS LEADERSHIP AS WELL.UM, AND I WILL JUST SAY, PERSONALLY FOR ME, I REMEMBER MEETING BEN FOR THE FIRST TIME AND ACTUALLY MEETING BEN FOR THE FIRST TIME TO TALK ABOUT OUR CHINO VALLEY LEADERSHIP COLLABORATIVE.
AND, UM, I HAVE TO SAY THAT IF IT WASN'T FOR YOUR SUPPORT, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HAVE A FOURTH COHORT.
SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UM, AND THEN I, ON ANOTHER PERSONAL NOTE, UH, I JOINED THE CHAMBER AT A YOUNG AGE.
SO, UM, I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS FIRST RECOGNIZED FOR MY, MY FIRST NATIONAL AWARD AS BEING PART OF THE CHAMBER, UH, YOU EMAILED ME, UM, CONGRATULATING ME, AND I STILL HAVE THAT PINNED
UM, YOUR LEADERSHIP EXTENDS BEYOND JUST WHAT YOU DO, YOUR DEMEANOR.
I, I REALLY APPLAUD YOU FOR IT.
AND SO, UM, HERE'S THE PLAQUE THAT WE HAVE.
UM, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETIREMENT.
I'M HOPING IT'S THE BEST CHAPTER FOR YOU,
OUR FINAL PRESENTATION FOR THIS EVENING IS FROM THE CHINO VALLEY, YMCA BOARD CHAIR JAMIE HARDWOOD.
I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE HAD A WALKUP SONG PLAYED, RIGHT? YOU, YOU ALL KNOW THAT SONG.
UM, 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.
UM, SO ON BEHALF OF THE CHINO VALLEY, YMCA, WE HAVE A NICE LITTLE PLAQUE FOR YOU, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HUH? EVERYBODY GOT THEIR TISSUE? ALL RIGHT? YEP.
CRYING PUBLICLY AS A TEAM SPORT.
I, AS THE CITY COUNCIL AND OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM KNOW, UH, I TRY TO BE A MAN OF FEW WORDS AND I CONSIDER A COUNCIL MEETING WHERE I DON'T HAVE TO SPEAK, UH, A COMPLETE SUCCESS.
UH, HOWEVER, I COULDN'T LEAVE MY POSITION WITHOUT EXPRESSING A FEW WORDS OF THANKS, UH, 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 POPUP, CITY HALL, CONCERTS IN THE PARK, OR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
UH, BASED ON THE TOTALITY OF THESE INTERACTIONS, I CAN SAY WE HAVE ONE OF THE BEST ENGAGED CITIZENRY, UH, 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, UH, WORKS, POLICE, ALL OF THESE DEPARTMENTS.
UM, WE'RE A SERVICE ORGANIZATION, UH, AND EVERYTHING WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED, UH, 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
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ROLE IN OUR ORGANIZATION.OUR CURRENT AND PAST COUNT, CITY COUNCIL, CITY COMMISSIONERS, DEPARTMENT HEADS, DIVISION MANAGERS, AND SUPERVISORY STAFF.
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 GONNA 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 GONNA 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, UM, 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 ALL RIGHT NOW FOR THE FUN STUFF.
[ PUBLIC INFORMATION MANAGER REPORT]
UH, MANAGER REPORT.WELL, HOW DO I FOLLOW THAT UP? RATHER THAN TALKING ABOUT OUR EASTER EXCITEMENT EVENT.
UM, SO GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
UM, A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS ON SOME UPCOMING EVENTS.
THE ANNUAL EASTER EXCITEMENT EVENT IS COMING UP SATURDAY, APRIL 4TH FROM 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM 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 GIVEN AWAY FREE COMPOST MULCH AND WOOD CHIPS IN THE SHOPS, OVERFLOW PARKING LOTS, STARTING AT 7:30 AM WHILE SUPPLIES LAST.
THIS EVENT IS FOR CHINO HILL'S RESIDENCE ONLY, AND PLEASE BE PREPARED TO PROVIDE PROOF OF RESIDENCY IN YOUR OWN SHOVELS OR CONTAINERS AND LEARN MORE@CHINOHILL.ORG SLASH 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, CITY UNTIL THEY MEET IN THE MIDDLE AT NEIGHBORHOODS NEAR RANCHO HILL DRIVES.
DURING THIS TIME, RESIDENTS MAY SEE OR HEAR CITY CREWS AND EQUIPMENT OPERATING NEAR NEIGHBORHOODS AS A CLEAR VEGETATION.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PIO REPORT, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
[ ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION]
ACTIONS TAKING, UH, TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION THAT WE NEED TO REPORT OUT ON? NO REPORTABLE ACTION TAKEN THIS EVENING, MAYOR.[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.]
TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.AT THIS TIME, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY, UH, ANY ITEM APPEARING ON THE AGENDA.
THOSE PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL MUST COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK OR REQUEST A SPEAK CARD AVAILABLE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARTS.
[ CONFLICT OF INTEREST / LEVINE ACT ANNOUNCEMENTS: Council Member abstentions or disclosures shall be stated at this time for recordation on the appropriate item.]
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.ANYBODY HAVE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST? NONE.
[ 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.]
CONSENT CALENDAR.WE HAVE ITEMS NINE THROUGH 15.
ALL RIGHT, ROD? UH, IT'S FOR NON-AG ITEMS TO GET CHERYL'S ATTENTION.
OH, SPEAKER, SOMEBODY WANNA SPEAK.
THE ONLY SPEAKER CARD I HAVE IS FOR NON-AG ITEMS. SO IS THERE SOMEONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK FOR NON, IS IT? NO, THIS WAS FOR THE AGENDA ITEMS. IF IT'S NOT AGENDIZED, IT'LL BE LATER.
YEAH, THEY'RE BOTH FOR NON-AG AGENDA ITEMS, SO THAT'LL COME LATER ON IN THE MEETING.
UM, I'D LIKE TO PULL MR. VICE MAYOR 11 OR 14.
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PULL ANY NUMBER 12.ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL BE POLLING 11, 12, AND 14.
SO CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE WRITER? SO MOVED.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR MARZ, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS, PLEASE LOCK IN YOUR VOTES.
WITH THAT, WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO ITEM
[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]
11.UH, ADOPT RESOLUTION APPROVING MEASURE I EXPENDITURE PLAN FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF REVENUES IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.
EXPECTED TO BE DERIVED FROM PROPOSED CONTINUATION OF MEASURE.
THE ONLY THING I WANNA SAY ON THIS IS BASICALLY WE'VE BEEN, THIS FIRST GOT PASSED BY THE PEOPLE BACK IN 1989.
WE'VE ACTUALLY ESTABLISHED ABOUT $7.5 BILLION IN ROAD IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE YEARS.
THIS, UH, CONTINUATION OF THIS IN NOVEMBER WILL BE HAVE 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 GONNA BE A CONTINUATION.
IT'S NOT A NEW SALES TAX, IT'S JUST GONNA BE A CONTINUATION.
SO IF YOU GUYS COULD SUPPORT IT, APPRECIATE IT.
AND THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, SIR.
ALRIGHT, WELL THAT, I'LL TAKE THAT AS A MOTION.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT.
[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 ]
UH, AUTHORIZE AN AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO AGREEMENT A 2024 DASH 87 WITH DATA TICKET INCORPORATED TO OBTAIN OR TO ADD NEW ARTICLE NINE, SETTING FORTH.UH, SETTING FORTH SECURITY PERMISSION USE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO DATA OBTAINED TO MEET STATE OF WASHINGTON DMV REQUIREMENTS.
AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS MY, I HAD REQUESTED TO PULL IT.
UH, 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, UH, SOON TO BE CITY MANAGER, ROD HILL, AND HE GAVE ME AN EXPLANATION.
I THOUGHT, ROD, YOU COULD TELL THEM THAT WAY.
UH, IT, IT WOULD BE LESS CONFUSING
JUST THAT IN ORDER TO ISSUE A CITATION FOR A VEHICLE OUTTA STATE OF WASHINGTON, WE HAD TO AMEND OUR AGREEMENT REGARDING SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT INFORMATION.
SO THIS IS SIMPLY A, AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT THAT ALLOWS US TO COLLECT THAT DATA FROM WASHINGTON AND BE IN COMPLIANT SO WE CAN ACTUALLY ASSESS THOSE, UH, FINES AGAINST THOSE VEHICLES.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT, AND I'LL SECOND.
[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)]
APPROPRIATE $565,000 FROM MISCELLANEOUS GRANT FUND AND $188,360 AND 46 CENTS FROM OPEN SPACE MANAGEMENT FUND.UH, AN AUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER, EX CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH MARI POSA LANDSCAPES, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
I'M NOT GONNA READ THE WHOLE THING.
UM, THIS MONEY, I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, IT ACTUALLY CAME FROM ONE OF OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATES.
UH, CONGRESSWOMAN YOUNG KIM HELPED US GET THIS MONEY.
AS YOU GUYS ALL KNOW, IN THE FIRE DISTRICTS IN THE BACK, UM, BASICALLY 80% OF THE CITY'S EITHER IN HIGH OR VERY HIGH, UH, FIRE, UH, ZONE OR THE MAPS.
SO IT'S REAL IMPORTANT THAT WE GET A HANDLE ON THIS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT BRUSH WITH ALL THE RAINS THAT WE HAD AND ALSO TREES, UH, WE HAVE 45,000 TREES IN CHIN HILLS.
THAT IS THAT RIGHT? CYNTHIA, YOU JUST TOOK A TOUR, RIGHT? YEAH.
BUT I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
AND MY QUESTION IS, DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A MANAGEMENT, UH, OPEN SPACE PLAN? AND MR. I KNOW YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONE.
UH, THE FUTURE CITY MANAGER HERE,
WELL, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I KNOW JARED MANUEL'S IN THE AUDIENCE AND HE'S ACTUALLY OUR OPERATIONS MANAGER FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS.
HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO BEST ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
UH, SO SPECIFICALLY WITH OPEN SPACE MANAGEMENT, WE HAVE, UH, WE, WE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MULTIPLE THINGS.
SO WE HAVE STANDARD WEED ABATEMENT THAT WE DEAL WITH, WHICH IS JUST, UH, AS NICOLE ANNOUNCED, UH, JUST OUR ANNUAL MOWING AND TRIMMING THROUGHOUT.
WE HAVE OUR TREE TRIMMING IN RESPONSE TO THE FIRE HAZARD MITIGATION, WHICH WE'RE WORKING TO, UH, PHASE BY THE, UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH FIRE DISTRICT FOR PHASING ON THE MOST, UH, UH, HIGH RISK AREAS FIRST AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE CITY.
FOLLOWING THAT IS, UH, 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, UH, STRATEGIES.
SO THIS GRANT WILL ACTUALLY HELP US, YOU KNOW, DO, UH, MORE AGGRESSIVE REMOVALS AND RAISINGS IN AREAS WHERE WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET TO HISTORICALLY.
JUST REAL QUICK, HOW MANY OPEN, HOW MANY ACRES DO WE HAVE OF OPEN SPACE THROUGHOUT CHANNEL HILLS? IT'S ABOUT 3000.
SO IT'S REAL IMPORTANT THAT WE, WE STAY ON TOP OF THIS AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN SORT OF PUT THIS AS A BUDGET.
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BE INCREASING THE BUDGET IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.SO YEAH, WE'RE COLLABORATING WITH THE FIRE DISTRICT FOR THAT STRATEGY TOO.
YEAH, THIS FOR TREES AND FOR WILDFIRE, UH, MITIGATION WILL BE INCREASING THE BUDGET.
THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION.
WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT.
WELL, AND THEN I'LL JUST, I'M JUST GONNA PIGGYBACK.
SO WE'LL TAKE A MOTION, UM, SINCE THESE ARE FEDERALLY DERIVED FUNDS, JUST ALSO GIVE CREDIT TO CONGRESSWOMAN KIM.
UM, WE, IT, IT WAS REFERENCED EARLIER IN THE MEETING, I FORGET, UH, THROUGH, UH, WHICH SPEAKER, BUT WE HAVE IMAGINE A REMOTE CONTROL ROOMBA THAT CAN GO THROUGH, UH, OUR WILDLAND AND, UH, INSTEAD OF PUTTING, UH, 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 HAD A MOTION BY THE VICE MAYOR AND I'LL SECOND IT.
[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]
ON TO THE DISCUSSION CALENDAR.ITEM 16, APPROVED MEMBERSHIP IN THE NEW SAN BERNARDINO REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST, JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY COMPRISED OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AND CITIES WITHIN THE COUNTY, AND COMMIT CITY TO PAY DUES.
THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THE PROPOSED SAN BERNARDINO REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST, UH, 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 WILL 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 AND 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 COST TO OPERATE.
THE TRUST WILL BE PAID BY THE MEMBER AGENCIES AND WILL BE CALCULATED BASED UPON THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MEMBER AGENCIES AND THE RESPECTIVE POPULATIONS AT FULL OPERATION OF THE TRUST, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY THREE YEARS FROM NOW.
DUES ARE ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN 30 1050 $5,000 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, UH, 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 RECOMMENDS THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVE THE MEMBERSHIP IN A JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE SAN BERNARDINO HOUSING, A REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST THROUGH ADOPTION AND 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.
NICK, DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? NO.
VICE P 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, THE TRUST.
AND WILL THE SAN BERNARDINO COG BE INVOLVED IN THIS AS FAR AS RAISING ANY MONIES FOR THIS, UH, ENDEAVOR? SO, UH, RIGHT NOW UNDER THE STRUCTURE, THE, UH, BOARD WOULD BE CONTRACTING WITH, UM, SOME STAFF MEMBERS AND THEY'RE CURRENTLY UTILIZING SOME SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY COG STAFF MEMBERS TO OPERATE THE TRUST.
I'D LIKE TO, UH, RECOMMEND THAT,
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UH, VICE MAYOR RAY MARQUEZ BE OUR, UH, CITY REPRESENTATIVE ON THAT BOARD SINCE HE'S DOING MOST ALL THINGS OTHER SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.UM, THEN I'LL JUST TAKE A MOTION FOR THE ENTIRE, UH, ITEM IF OKAY.
I, I WILL ALTERNATE THAT TO APPROVE THE RECOMMEND RECOMMENDATION AND, UH, PUT BRAY'S NAME BEFORE US.
[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]
REVIEW AND FILE AN UPDATE TO THE CITY HALL FIRE EMERGENCY DECLARATION.BENJAMIN MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
UH, AS WAS ALLUDED TO, UH, EARLIER TODAY, UH, THE CITY HALL EXPERIENCED A FIRE IN, UH, JUNE OF 20, JUNE 23RD, 2025.
UH, AND WE SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE FACILITY, PRIMARILY DUE TO THE WATER DAMAGE FROM OUR SPRINKLER SYSTEM.
UH, WHILE WE WERE ABLE TO RECOVER QUICKLY AND GET BACK IN CITY HALL, UH, OPERATING IN A VARIETY OF, UH, UH, INTERIM STEPS.
AND NOW AS WE COME TO THE CONCLUSION OF THE RESTORATION, WE STILL HAVE A FEW PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY.
UH, WE'RE CONTINUING TO, UH, RECONSTRUCT, UH, AND REPAIR SOME OF OUR CUBICLES.
UH, BUT THE LAST BIG PUSH IS TO, UH, RE UH, UH, REPAIR, REDO OUR, UH, UH, PUBLIC COUNTER AREAS.
UH, STAFF'S BEEN WORKING WITH A CONTRACTOR IN ORDER TO SECURE THAT WORK.
THE PLAN IS TO DO, UH, THE MAJORITY OF THAT, UH, ON NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS IN ORDER TO, UH, UH, MINIMIZE THE DISRUPTION TO THE PUBLIC.
UH, IN RESPONSE TO THE FIRE, THE CITY COUNCIL ISSUED A, UH, LOCAL EMERGENCY AND WE'VE BEEN OPERATING UNDER THAT, UH, LOCAL EMERGENCY.
UH, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY FOR THE CITY MANAGER AND OUR TEAM TO CONDUCT THIS WORK AS A CONDITION OF THAT, UH, UH, EMERGENCY, WE HAVE TO BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL, PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC, AND THEN, UH, SEEK YOUR CONTINUANCE OF THE, UH, UH, THE EMERGENCY UNTIL WE COMPLETE THE WORK.
AND SO, UH, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU, UH, INCLUDES THAT UPDATE AND THEN SEEKS YOUR, UH, UH, BLESSING TO, UH, CONTINUE THE EMERGENCY.
UH, WITH THAT, ANY QUESTIONS? NO.
I'LL, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN TO ACCEPT IT.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS.
UH, 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 ]
UM, NO ACTION IS REQUIRED UNLESS TWO MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL WISH TO REQUEST A REVIEW OF A MATTER.WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO HAVE ANY REVIEWED? OKAY.
[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.]
20.AT THIS TIME, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEMS WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL THAT DO NOT APPEAR ON THE AGENDA.
PLEASE COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD.
MADAM CITY CLERK, WE HAVE TWO SPEAKER CARDS.
THE FIRST SPEAKER IS SUZETTE D.
ALRIGHT, MS. DANG, TIME TO SHINE.
MAYOR JOE VICE, UH, VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER, CITY STAFF AND AUDIENCE MEMBERS OF CHINO HILLS.
WITH YOUR FOURTH DISTRICT, COUNTY SUPERVISOR, KURT HACKMAN'S OFFICE.
I HAVE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS TO MAKE TONIGHT, SUPERVISOR KURT HAGMAN'S, 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 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM ON FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED.
OPEN TO ALL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY RESIDENTS.
EVENT WILL BE AT THE CHINO VALLEY YMCA, LOCATED AT 5 6 6 5 EDISON AVENUE IN CHINO.
SUPERVISOR HAGMAN 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 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM ATTENDEES WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO NETWORK WITH RANGE OF EMPLOYERS AND HAVE ACCESS TO RESOURCES SUCH AS ASSISTANCE WITH RECORD CLEARING PROCESS FROM THE LAW OFFICES OF PUBLIC DEFENDER AND PROGRAMS FOR REGIONAL PARTNERS.
JOB FAIR WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE OLD ONTARIO AIR AIRPORT TERMINAL ONE, LOCATED AT 1 9 4 0 MOORE WAY IN ONTARIO.
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BE SURE TO ADDRESS, TO IMPRESS AND BRING YOUR COPIES OF YOUR RESUME AND SUPERVISOR HAGMAN'S.NEXT FREE DOCUMENT SHREDDING EVENT WILL BE SATURDAY, APRIL 15TH, YOUR TAX DAY.
SO AFTER YOU BUY YOUR TAXES,
IT'S GONNA BE LOCATED AT 2 5 0 0 SOUTH CHEAL AVENUE, BETWEEN 9:00 AM TO 12:00 PM OR UNTIL THE SHREDDING TRUCK REACHES CAPACITY.
IT IS LIMITED TO THREE STANDARDIZED FILING BOXES OF DOCUMENTS PER VEHICLE.
AND THIS EVENT IS FREE FOR ALL SAN BERNARD COUNTY RESIDENTS.
PRE-REGISTRATION IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO EXPEDIT THE PROCESS AND THAT EVENT RIGHT ADDRESS IS HAGMAN SHRED 0 4 2 SIX.EVENTBRITE.COM.
DON'T FORGET TO SIGN UP FOR SUPERVISOR HAGMAN'S 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.
THANK YOU TO ALL OUR VIETNAM WAR VETERANS.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, ARE 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'LL TRULY AND DEARLY BE MISSED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO US AND ENJOY YOUR DIME.
YOU'RE GONNA BE BUSIER THAN YOU EVER KNEW,
UM, WHAT I WANTED TO SPEAK ON TONIGHT, UH, ESPECIALLY, UM, IN LIGHT OF US HONORING OUR VIETNAM VERA, UH, ERA VETERANS, UM, WHO CAME HOME AGAIN TO NOT THE WARMEST OF WELCOMES.
UM, I FELT MOVED TO SPEAK IN MEMORY OF MY BROTHER-IN-LAW, ARTHUR, WHO IS ALSO A, WHO WAS ALSO A VIETNAM VETERAN, WHO WAS WOUNDED IN ACTION, RESERVED, 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, UH, DEFEND THIS COUNTRY WHILE NOT BEING ABLE TO BE THEMSELVES, UM, AND BEING RIDICULED EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE, UH, 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, UH, SIM 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.
ALRIGHT, MA'AM, UH, WITH THAT WE'LL BE MOVING ON
[ SAFETY UPDATES - Fire and Police]
TO OUR SAFETY UPDATES.UH, CHIEF GERARD, THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF AND RESIDENTS AND ATTENDANCE THIS EVENING.
CHIEF WILLIAMS. UH, TWO, TWO THINGS REAL QUICK.
UH, I, FIRST I JUST WANTED 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, UH, 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.
SO WE'LL HAVE A NEW FIRE STATION, UH, BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, THE FIRST PART OF NEXT YEAR.
UH, SECONDLY, I JUST REALLY WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE VIETNAM VETS.
AND AS I, UM, WAS REALLY PAYING ATTENTION, I NOTICED SOMETHING THAT CAUGHT MY EYE.
UH, CERTAINLY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO SERVED.
BUT AS I REFLECT ON THE ONE LADY, UM, I, I'M VERY, VERY APPRECIATIVE OF, OF ALL THE WOMEN THAT SERVED IN THAT WAR AS WELL.
AND AS I'VE REFLECT ON MY NIECE, WHO'S, UH, IS THEIR 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.
UM, I, I DON'T WANT TO FORGET, UM, ALL THE, THE, THE YOUNG LADIES AND ALL THE WOMEN WHO'VE ALSO SERVED OUR COUNTRY.
[ CITY MANAGER UPDATES]
UPDATES FOR THE LAST TIME.OH, I HOPE BIO, YOU GOT A LOT.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE A LOT, BUT I DO HAVE A STORY TO TELL AND I'M GONNA TAKE LIBERTIES.
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UH, WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT A LOT OF RESIDENTS MAY NOT KNOW, AND IT TRULY IS A REFLECTION ON THE STABILITY THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY BECAUSE OF OUR COUNCIL.UM, WE'RE, WE'VE ONLY HAD SIX CITY MANAGERS SINCE OUR INCORPORATION, AND I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE A STORY FOR EACH OF THEM.
I DIDN'T KNOW BOB, OUR FIRST CITY MANAGER, SO WE WON'T GO THERE.
BUT, UH, DOUG LABELLE WAS THE CITY MANAGER WHO ACTUALLY RECRUITED ME TO CHINO HILLS.
I RAN INTO HIM AT A, UH, PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION MIXER WHERE WE WERE HAVING, UH, LUNCH WITH THE CITY MANAGER.
AND SO DOUG LABELLE JUST HAPPENED TO SIT AT THE TABLE WITH ME, UH, AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA BE HIRING AN ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER.
AND SO, UH, 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.
BUT THAT LED FOR MIKE FLAGGER, 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, UH, FOR ME AT THE TIME.
MUCH BETTER THAN AS ASSISTANT TO, AND IT WORKED OUT GREAT.
SO NOW I'M WORKING FOR, FOR MIKE FLAGGER.
MIKE FLAGGER, UH, BECOMES THE CITY MANAGER WHEN, UH, DOUG LABELLE RETIRES.
AND SO NOW WE'RE ON OUR THIRD CITY MANAGER.
UH, THEN AFTER HIS DEPARTURE WE GET RAD BARLA RAD BARLA 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, UH, 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'S GONNA BE.
THE STABILITY IN THE COUNCIL LEADS TO STABILITY IN CITY MANAGERS.
AND THOSE COULD, BECAUSE IT IS NOT COMMON TO HAVE CITY MANAGERS STAY FOR 5, 10, 7, IN MY CASE, YEARS, UH, 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, UH, THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST READY TO TAKE OVER.
AND SO ROD, I THINK WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.
UH, AND COUNSEL, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING OVER THE LAST SEVEN 20 YEARS.
I LIKE THAT WE HAD SOME CITY STAFF HERE.
I THINK THEY WERE MAKING SURE YOU WERE ACTUALLY LEAVING.
SO THANK YOU TO THEM FOR BEING HERE.
[ 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]
REPORTS, UM, WEST VALLEY MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT BOARD, WE HAD A VERY EXCITING MEETING TODAY 'CAUSE WE COULDN'T MAKE QUORUM, SO NOTHING HAPPENED.VICE MAYOR MARQUE, UH, S-B-C-T-A.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY, UM, I ATTENDED THE GENERAL POLICY COMMITTEE FOR S-B-C-T-A.
WE REVIEWED AND APPROVED PROJECTS ON ELIGIBLE UNDER MEASURE I AND IT WAS A PROJECT IN BARSTOW.
UH, WE REVIEWED AND APPROVED FISCAL YEAR BUDGET FOR 2024.
AND THEN WE APPROVED S-B-C-T-A-B COG STRATEGIC GOALS FOR 25 20 25, 20 26.
AND THEN WE DID AN RFP FOR GRANT WRITING AND GRANT MANAGEMENT SERVICES, UH, LEGISLATURE.
WE MET WITH S-B-C-T-A, WE WENT OVER STATE AND FEDERAL UPDATES.
THE LA'S 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 IN TRANSIT.
TRACE MANO CONSERVATION AUTHORITY BOARD.
UM, I DID ATTEND THAT MEETING AND WE DO HAVE A NEW CHAIR, MR. ANDREW CHO.
AND THEN WE APPROVED, UH, THE NEW LEASE AGREEMENT FOR CATTLE GREASING.
ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS CHU HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION BOARD AND WATER FACILITIES AUTHORITY BOARD.
UH, BOTH OF 'EM WOULD BE VERY BRIEF.
ONE WFA MAIN THING WE DID WAS REVIEW THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET THAT'S COMING UP FOR APPROVAL IN, UH, EARLY SUMMER.
AND SO MOVING ON FROM THAT, THE CHINOS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, AGAIN, A PRETTY SIMPLE MEETING.
WE OPENED THE NOMINATION PROCESS AS WE DO THAT TIME, THIS TIME EVERY UH, 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, UH, WE REVIEWED THE, THE ART GALLERY AND WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE.
UH, UPCOMING WINE WALK, UH, OUR 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF WINE WALK.
WE'RE STARTING TO, UH, MEET AND PLAN
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FOR THAT.[ COUNCIL COMMENTS]
MEMBER MORAN.WELL, THE TIMING WAS A LITTLE OFF AND WE, WE HADN'T REALLY TALKED ABOUT IT.
UM, 'CAUSE I'M SURE WE'RE ALL GONNA HAVE OUR COMMENTS TO BEN, BUT I KNOW YOUR FAMILY HAS LEFT AND SOME OF MY COMMENTS WERE GONNA BE DIRECTED AT THEM SO THEY CAN WATCH THE REBROADCAST.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GONNA BE DOING AFTER YOU RETIRE, IS WATCHING OUR MEETINGS.
SO FOR THOSE THAT WE HAD A, UM, EMPLOYEE LUNCHEON AND WE DID SOME STUFF AND I THINK, I THINK I GOT MY TEARS OUT THEN.
WHAT, WHAT WAS THAT TIP? LOOK AT SOMEONE'S WHEN YOU'RE GONNA CRY AND THEN YOU WON'T CRY.
SO MY PERSON WILL BE MIKE KRIEGER.
OH, I CRY EVERY TIME I SEE MIKE CREATIVE
IT WAS FUNNY, IT WAS FUNNIER WHEN YOU PICKED MARK.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT BEN? UM, YOU HAVE JUST, UM, YOU'VE BEEN ROCK SOLID.
UM, I WAS SAYING AT THE LUNCHEON THAT, UM, WHEN I FIRST MET YOU, I WASN'T ON COUNCIL YET AND I WAS ON THE FOUNDATION BOARD.
AND I, 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 WHATEVER.
AND SO YOU'D BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES OFFICE.
UM, AND THEN THREE OR FOUR YEARS WENT BY AND THEN, UM, ON COUNCIL.
BUT I ALWAYS FIGURED LIKE YOU WERE MY BOSS.
UM, I CALL YOU POKER FACE 'CAUSE I CAN SAY SOMETHING TO YOU.
AND USUALLY YOU GO LIKE THIS 'CAUSE YOU DON'T WANNA HEAR IT.
'CAUSE HR BEN SAYS, NO, CYNTHIA, YOU CAN'T SAY THAT.
UM, BUT YOU HAVE JUST BEEN A GREAT MENTOR AND A GREAT FRIEND.
UM, IF I HAD TO PICK A TIME DURING MY TENURE SO FAR WHERE I, I RELIED ON YOU MOST AND APPRECIATED YOU MOST, UM, 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.
UM, YOU JUST MADE SO MUCH COMMON SENSE AND LIKE, JUST WHEN I THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS BREAKING AND HOW AM I GONNA KEEP DOING THIS EVERY TWO, YOU KNOW, EVERY OTHER WEEK.
UM, 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 GONNA BE MISSED.
WE'RE STILL GONNA BE BESTIES AND FRIENDS AND TEXT EACH OTHER.
AND, UM, I THINK THE WORLD OF YOU LOVE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
WHEN, UM, WHEN I STARTED ON COUNCIL, MIA 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 AND WE'RE GONNA MISS YOU TERRIBLY.
WELL, BEN, I APPRECIATE ALL THE MEETINGS WE'VE HAD WHEN WE'VE HAD TO TALK ABOUT CYNTHIA
SO I APPRECIATE YOU BEING SO SINCERE ON, ON THAT.
YOU KNOW, SERIOUSLY, I'VE KNOWN YOU PRETTY MUCH YOUR WHOLE TIME HERE.
'CAUSE I WAS ELECTED ON PROBABLY NINE OR 10 MONTHS AFTER YOU STARTED HERE.
AND WITH MY, ALL MY INTERACTIONS WITH THE VARIOUS STAFFS AND THEN, UH, THE FOUNDATION ALSO.
SO I 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, UH, IT'S, IT'S A GREAT TESTAMENT ACTUALLY, THAT WE, UH, AS A CITY COUNCIL, UH, 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 WE'RE IN THAT POSITION AND YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE, UH, SHINED BRIGHTLY AS OUR CITY MANAGER ALL THE PAST SEVEN YEARS WITH YOUR PROFESSIONALISM AND YOUR COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND COMMUNICATION WITH THE, WITH THE, UH, 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, UH, 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.
BUT THROUGH YOU AND OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM, WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON MORE SO THAN EVER, PROBABLY.
AND I'VE BEEN AROUND DURING, UH, THE, FROM DOUG LA BE ON DOUG LA BELL, REALLY BEING THE FATHER OF OUR CITY WITH ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT TOOK PLACE, INCLUDING THE SHOPS AND COMMUNITY PARK, ET CETERA.
AND YOU'RE RIGHT UP THERE WITH, WITH, IN MY EYES, WITH, UH, DOUG LA BELL AS FAR AS BEING A, UM, 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, 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 VOYAGE, HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME AND WE'LL, WE'LL BE IN CONTACT.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING, BEN.
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YOU.HE'S NOT PICKING UP OUR PHONE CALLS ANYMORE.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT,
WE'RE ALL OLD ENOUGH TO WHERE AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IT'S WE'RE WAY PAST NAP TIME.
WE DEFINITELY GOT EMBEDDED DOWN AND I CAN APPRECIATE THAT.
AND I'M NOT GONNA TALK LONG BECAUSE I'M IN THAT SAME POSITION.
BUT, UH, MORE SERIOUSLY, BEN, ALL OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE BY THE VARIOUS REPRESENTATIVES THAT PRESENTED YOU WITH AWARDS TONIGHT, UH, CONGRATULATING YOU FIRST AND FOREMOST ON A WELL-DESERVED RETIREMENT, UH, THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE.
YOU HAVE BEEN A TRUE SERVANT TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
UH, SPENDING 20 YEARS WITH US, LITERALLY WORKING IN EVERY DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE CITY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, OF PLANNING.
UH, BUT YOU STILL HAVE ALWAYS SURROUNDED YOURSELF WITH STAFF THAT, UH, RESPECTS YOU, BUT ALSO THAT HAS YOUR BACK.
AND YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN ONE BIT SHY OF WHAT IF YOU DON'T KNOW SOMETHING TOTALLY ABOUT SOMETHING OR UNCOMFORTABLE WITH IT.
YOU GET TOGETHER WITH A COLLABORATION WITH YOUR STAFF AND, UH, THE CITY BENEFITS FROM THAT.
UM, I KNOW YOU, YOU WORK A LOT WITH MARK AND, AND, UH, BEV, AND THEY ARE, ARE BOTH WONDERFUL ATTORNEYS FOR US TO, 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, UH, I I'M NOT SURE THAT THEY RESPECTED EVERY SINGLE, UH, PERSON THAT, UH, THEY'VE HAD EVER HAD TO DEAL WITH.
BUT THE OTHER THING IS THAT, UH, I WANTED 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, A, A TRUE, UH, BELOVED FRIEND TO ME.
UH, YOU ARE A MAN OF FAITH AND I AM, UH, HAPPY AND PROUD TO CALL YOU, UH, FOR A, A, A FELLOW BROTHER IN CHRIST.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A FANTASTIC, UH, UH, RETIREMENT.
UH, WE'LL BE COMING UP WITH ALL KINDS OF OTHER COMMENTS ON FRIDAY NIGHT ON YOUR DINNER AND PARTY.
BUT, UM, BEN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING A SUCCESSOR THAT WE KNOW IS GONNA STEP, STEP RIGHT INTO YOUR, UH, SHOES.
AND, UH, THEY MAY BE A LITTLE SH SMALLER THAN YOUR SHOES, BUT THE REALITY IS ROD'S WELL QUALIFIED AND HAS HAD THE BENEFIT OF YOUR TUTORAGE FOR SIX PLUS YEARS.
SO THE CITY'S STILL GOING TO BE IN, UH, GREAT SHAPE.
AND IT WILL, I THINK, BE, 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 HAVE MANY, MANY YEARS OF, UH, UH, FUN, EXCITING MEMORIES.
AND, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING ALL THAT YOU'VE BEEN TO, TO NOT ONLY US AS A COUNCIL, BUT TO THE RESIDENTS OF CHANNEL HILLS.
UH, I'M GONNA GIVE TO YOU IN A SECOND, BEN.
I HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO TALK ABOUT.
NUMBER ONE, UM, I DID GO TO THE SCAG ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN SACRAMENTO.
UH, WE GOT TO MEET, UH, REALLY SOME INTERESTING PEOPLE.
UH, GOT TO MEET, UH, THE CHAIR FOR CARB.
SHE'S BEEN ON THE JOB FOR SIX MONTHS.
UM, BASICALLY SHE'S THE LADY THAT IS BEHIND THIS ORGANIZATION THAT IS TRYING TO GO TO GREENHOUSE GAS WHERE WE GO ALL ELECTRIC AND GET RID OF ANY COMBUSTIBLE, UM, UH, MOTORS AND ENGINES, TRUCKS AND SO ON.
SO WE, WE HAD A REALLY GOOD, UH, LENGTHY CONVERSATION ON THAT.
UH, GOT TO SPEAK WITH A BUNCH OF HOUSING, UH, UH, PANELISTS.
UH, I GOT TO SPEAK TO DAN, UH, DUN 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, UM, 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.
UH, WE HAD A SCAG ALUMNI DINNER AND WE ACTUALLY HAD NINE LEGISLATORS THAT HAD DINNER WITH US AND THEIR PASSED SCAG MEMBERS.
JOSE LUIS WAS THERE, GOOD FRIEND OF MINE.
UH, WE HAD GUEST SPEAKERS WE ACTUALLY SPOKE WITH AND TALKED WITH, UH, THE GENERAL ATTORNEY GENERAL ROB, ROB BONTA, UH, GUY THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO TALK TO IS A GUY NAMED GABRIEL PET TECH.
HE'S THE LAO OFFICE DIRECTOR AND, UH, FIONA MO, CALIFORNIA TREASURER.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAD 40 MEN MEETING SCHEDULED, UH, IN SACRAMENTO WITHIN, UH, PROBABLY SIX HOURS, A BUSY DAY.
UM, WHAT I GOT OUT OF IT WAS, I KNOW THERE'S SOME LEGISLATION THAT'S MOVING FORWARD ON CQA AND I GUESS WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IN ORDER TO MOVE PROJECTS FORWARD, INSTEAD OF FIGHTING THE 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.
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SO, UM, THAT'S THAT.ALSO, UH, PETER AND MYSELF GOT TO, WE'VE BEEN, THERE'S BEEN A SERIES OF MEETINGS IN CARBON CANYON WITH HOAS.
SO THE LAST THREE YEARS WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS MEETINGS WITH THE HOAS IN CARBON CANYON.
I WANNA THANK OUR STAFF ON THIS.
I ACTUALLY HAD, UH, FIVE HOA MEMBERS THERE.
UH, WE TALKED ABOUT TRANSPORTATION, WE TALKED ABOUT HOUSING, WE TALKED ABOUT SALE COVERAGE.
UM, VERY INFORMATIVE MEETING STAFF.
YOU GUYS ARE NOTHING BUT PROFESSIONAL.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, CITY MANAGER.
SO, UM, I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, FOUR COUNTIES.
IT'S A GROUP THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER AND I'M GONNA TALK TO YOU, DAN.
CAN YOU TELL ME, DANIEL ABOUT IT? FOUR COUNTIES.
I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE WEST END, TRYING TO GET CITIES TOGETHER.
YOU DID HAVE A MEETING RECENTLY.
UM, WE DID, UH, CONVENE A GROUP OF ABOUT 12 CITIES AND OTHER TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES A COUPLE WEEKS AGO TO TALK ABOUT THE, THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION, UH, CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE, UM, OUT IN THIS AREA.
UM, THE, THE GOAL IS TO COME TOGETHER, SHARE INFORMATION, UH, LEVERAGE SOME SUPPORT, UH, WHETHER IT'S AT THE LOCAL, REGIONAL, OR EVEN STATE LEVEL TO BE ABLE TO, UH, ADDRESS SOME OF THESE, UH, 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 GREEN MILES.
SO IT, IT IS SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AND AS IT GETS TO THE 91, IT'S IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY.
I WANNA SAY THANK YOU MRS. BACH.
HE WAS SO NICE TO SEE YOU HERE TONIGHT.
UM, BEN MONTGOMERY, UM, I PROBABLY, YOU'RE ON MY SPEED, BUT DIAL OVER THE YEARS.
I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
UH, I WAS FIRST OF ALL ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR TWO YEARS AND 14, 12 YEARS ON THE PARKS AND RECS COMMISSION.
SO I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR A LONG TIME.
YOU ALWAYS WERE QUIET UNTIL, UH, WE GOT INVOLVED WITH THE ANIMAL CONTROL WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GO.
UH, SO YOU'RE DEFENDING THE CITY AND WE HAD SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY, UH, EMOTIONAL ABOUT THEIR ANIMALS, BUT YOU WERE TRULY A PROFESSIONAL AND WITH YOUR EXPERIENCE AND YOUR HARD WORK, WE ACTUALLY BECAME A NO NO KILL CITY.
AND THAT'S WHY WHEN I FIRST MET YOU, UH, WHEN I GOT ELECTED, UH, LIKE I SAID, YOU'RE ON MY SPEED DIAL AND I'M PROBABLY UNDER YOURS UNDER PETA PAINTING, THE WHATCHAMACALLIT FOR ALL THE CALLS I'VE ACTUALLY CALLED.
BUT ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS, UH, BEING A FIREMAN FOR 29 YEARS, YOU SEE A PROBLEM IN THE COMMUNITY AND YOU WANNA TAKE CARE OF IT.
SO YOU GET IT SORT OF EXCITED.
UH, YOU'RE, YOU HAVE GEN YOU JUST WANNA 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.
I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS AND, AND, UM, THE, THE TIME THAT YOU TOOK CARE OF OUR CITY.
AND AGAIN, I DO APOLOGIZE TO YOUR FAMILY.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PHONE CALLS THAT I CALLED ON THE WEEKEND TOO, SO, BUT I JUST WANNA SAY TRULY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.
UM, I EVEN STARTED NEGOTIATING AGAIN TO SEE IF YOU COULD COME BACK AND YOU TOLD ME AGAIN, NO, I WAS GONNA GIVE YOU A RAISE AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT, BUT I OFFERED A RAISE FOR YOU TO ST STICK AROUND.
BUT I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TRUE PROFESSIONALISM.
YOU'RE SUCH A GREAT PERSON, YOUR GREAT HUSBAND, AND YOUR DAUGHTER'S JUST AMAZING.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITY.
ALRIGHT, UH, I'LL JUST START OFF WITH, UH, THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF FOR, UM, AND OUR TEEN ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS FOR HOSTING THE TEEN LEADERSHIP, UH, SUMMIT THAT WAS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER ON SATURDAY.
IT, IT WAS A, A VERY GOOD TURNOUT.
A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF YOUTH THAT WANTED TO TAKE A GREATER ROLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, IT WAS, IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THAT KIDS CARED TO, YOU KNOW, CARED ENOUGH TO SHOW UP, TO TRY TO LEARN HOW TO BECOME CIVIC LEADERS.
AND THEN, UH, BENJAMIN THERE THE, UH, 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, IT WAS A REGULAR OCCURRENCE.
AND I REMEMBER I WOULD CALL JUST SPITTING NAILS AND, AND HOPING I COULD GET A RISE OUTTA BEND 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.
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, UH, TAKE ALL THOSE FUN TRIPS, YOU KNOW, GO VISIT YOUR DAUGHTER AT UCLA, GO HAVE FUN.
SO YOU KNOW, OUR UH, YOU KNOW, OUR TIME MENDS.
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LUCK IN RETIREMENT.AND UH, WITH THAT, MR. MAYOR, REAL QUICK, IS THERE A BOY SCOUT IN THE AUDIENCE SO WE KNOW? OH SHOOT.
THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER HIGH SCHOOLER NAMED JAYDEN, BUT YOU'RE THE ONE THAT GOT PICKED OUT ON UP.
WHY ARE YOU HERE? WHAT'S THE MERIT BADGE AND WHY ARE YOU EATING IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS? YEAH, DON'T YOU GUM
IT'S GONNA BE IN YOUR DAD'S PERFORMANCE REVIEW.
UM, I'M HERE TO FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMUNICATIONS, MERIT BADGE AND CITIZENSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY.
HOW MANY MORE MERIT BADGES DO YOU NEED TO GET TO EAGLE? I NEED THREE MORE.
WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO KNOCK OUT TWO HOPEFULLY TONIGHT.
ALRIGHT, SO WHAT'S GONNA BE THE FINAL ONE? UM, SCHOLARSHIP MERIT.
DO THEY STILL TEACH SE FOUR I? NO CLUE.
JUST A QUICK QUE, ARE YOU GONNA BE GONNA BERKELEY JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY SAY YES.
THAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT BERKELEY? SURE.
SOMEONE'S GETTING A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATIONS.
WELL THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER HIGH SCHOOLERS WANNA SPEAK? NO.
DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS FOR A REASON.
IT'LL BE IN YOUR MOM'S PERFORMANCE REVIEW.
[ 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.]
THAT, WE WILL BE ADURING WITH DEEP GRATITUDE, RESPECT, AND APPRECIATION FOR THE BRAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVE AND HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES OF OUR NATION.THERE'S SELFLESS CONTRIBUTIONS, PROTECT ALL OF US.
MAY WE AS A COMMUNITY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND HONOR THEM.
SO WITH THAT, BEN, THANK YOU, BEN.