May 26, 2026 City Council Special Meeting

UM, THIS APPROACH TO BALANCING THE BUDGET USING THE RESERVES IS ONLY MANAGEABLE BECAUSE THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND SET ASIDE RESERVE MONIES OVER THE PAST MANY YEARS.

HOWEVER, THIS IS NOT AN ONGOING OR NOT AN APPROPRIATE APPROACH FOR AN ONGOING REOCCURRING OPERATING DEFICIT, AND IT'S UNSUSTAINABLE AT SOME POINT.

SO WE'LL HAVE TO COME UP WITH ANOTHER MECHANISM.

EITHER WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE DRASTIC CUTS OR WE'LL HAVE TO SEEK ALTERNATIVE REVENUE SOURCES AT SOME POINT.

THIS SLIDE PROVIDES YOU WITH YOUR FIVE YEAR GENERAL FUND CASH FLOW, WHICH SHOWS YOUR CURRENT, UM, DEFICIT AT 4.3 MILLION AND GROWING TO APPROXIMATELY 8.3 MILLION ON THE FAR RIGHT COLUMN, UH, BY FISCAL YEAR 20 30, 31.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, THAT IN 20 30, 31, YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO FUND YOUR ENTIRE DEFICIT.

THAT'S WHY THE NUMBER GOES RED AT THE BOTTOM.

YOU'D ACTUALLY RUN OUT OF FUND BALANCE AVAILABLE UNRESTRICTED FUND BALANCE TO BE ABLE TO COVER YOUR DEFICIT AT THAT POINT.

SO YOU'D ONLY GET THROUGH A LITTLE OVER HALF THE YEAR PROBABLY IF EVERYTHING CONTINUED THE WAY IT'S CURRENTLY PROJECTED BEFORE YOU'D RUN OUTTA MONEY.

UH, I ALSO WANNA MENTION THAT THE FORECASTING IN THIS CASH FLOW IS FAIRLY CONSERVATIVE.

UM, WE'RE TYPICALLY USING A 2% GROWTH FACTOR FOR MOST OF THESE ITEMS, AND THAT MIGHT NOT BE KEEPING PACE WITH INFLATION AS WE GO FORWARD, BUT WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW AT THIS POINT.

SO IT'S KIND OF A CONSERVATIVE NUMBER TO USE 2% GOING FORWARD.

UH, THE PURPOSE OF THIS DISCUSSION IS TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH BOTH THE PUBLIC AND THE COUNCIL.

UM, WE CAN ONLY DRAW ON RESERVES FOR A LIMITED PERIOD OF TIME, UH, WITHOUT AN ON NEW ONGOING REVENUE SOURCE, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER.

UH, AND WE DO HAVE DIFFICULT BUDGET DECISIONS AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.

I SHOULD, AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, UH, AT THE END OF 26 27, WE'D HAVE ABOUT 25 MILLION LEFT IN FUND BALANCE.

THE CHALLENGE IS THAT YOU CAN SEE EVERY YEAR THAT NUMBER GOES AWAY.

SO IT'S, IT BECOMES INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT.

SO AT SOME POINT, EITHER WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE THOSE LARGE CUTS TO TRY TO PRESERVE SOME OF THAT FUND BALANCE SO YOU HAVE A RAINY DAY FUND, OR WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO SEEK, UH, ALTERNATE REVENUE SOURCES IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO COVER THAT.

ROD, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

THOSE ARE RESTRICTED RESERVES.

ON FUND BALANCES, IS THERE A THING CALLED, UH, UNRESTRICTED AND THEN RESTRICTED? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THERE IS, SO YOUR UNRESTRICTED FUND BALANCE, SO A LOT OF YOUR FUND BALANCE IS DESIGNATED OR RESTRICTED FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES.

YOU HAVE A PENSION, UH, RESERVE.

YOU HAVE SOME RISK MANAGEMENT RESERVES THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY DESIGNATED AND ARE SET ASIDE IN THOSE FUNDS.

THE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE IS THE MONEY THAT'S ACTUALLY JUST IN YOUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT.

REALLY.

THIS IS YOUR AVAILABLE MONEY THAT YOU HAVE IN ORDER TO SPEND.

YOU COULD TAKE ALL THIS MONEY ONE DAY AND SPEND ON A PROJECT IF YOU WANTED, BUT YOU WOULDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY LEFT.

SO THIS IS JUST AVAILABLE MONEY THAT'S NOT ACCOUNTED FOR.

SOME, UM, SOME OTHER SPECIFIC PURPOSE FOR YOU.

AND THE REASON I ASK THIS QUESTION IS, SOMEBODY'S LOOKING AT OUR BUDGET AND THEY SEE, UH, A RESTRICTED FUND BALANCE.

THAT'S MONEY THAT BASICALLY IS EARMARKED FOR SPECIFIC REASONS.

IT IS.

AND I THINK LATER ON I HAVE A SLIDE THAT ACTUALLY GIVES YOU SOME DETAIL ON WHAT THOSE RESTRICTIONS ARE.

THANK YOU, ROD.

UH,

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WHAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE AREAS THAT WE COULD CUT TO TRY AND BALANCE THIS THING? I MEAN, WHAT'S BIG ENOUGH IN THE JU IN, IN THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET TO, UH, TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE SAME BALANCE? YEAH.

I DON'T, I DON'T REALLY WANNA SCARE, I SCARE ANYBODY WITH IT.

I MEAN, ELECTIVE SERVICES ARE USUALLY WHERE YOU HAVE TO START, RIGHT? I DON'T THINK THAT IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT THE CHINO HILLS RESIDENTS KNOW THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO MAKE THAT CUT.

BUT SOMETHING LIKE COMMUNITY SERVICES IS ONE OF THOSE PLACES WHERE PEOPLE OFTENTIMES HAVE TO LOOK FOR THOSE KINDS OF, UH, DISCRETIONARY KIND OF CUTS IF YOU WANT TO DO IT.

I SHOULD SAY THOUGH, OUTSIDE OF THAT IS WE ARE LOOKING RIGHT NOW, DEPARTMENT HEADS ARE WORKING WITH US CLOSELY TO MONITOR ALL THEIR EXPENDITURES AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE'RE ALSO CAREFULLY MONITORING THE, UM, POSITIONS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

SO WE'RE HOLDING SEVERAL POSITIONS CURRENTLY, UH, UNFILLED TRYING TO SAVE MONEY.

SO WE'RE ALSO CLOSELY LOOKING AT THE LEVEL OF STAFFING THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, TRYING TO SEE IF WE CAN SAVE MONEY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF I COULD SAVE, IF I KEPT FOUR POSITIONS EMPTY FOR A WHOLE YEAR, THAT MIGHT BE A MILLION DOLLARS.

IT MIGHT BE DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF POSITION, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE A COUPLE POSITIONS UNFUNDED FOR A WHILE, AND WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT SEEING IF WE HAVE ANY MORE AS WE GO THROUGH IT.

SO WITH EVERY RECRUITMENT, WE'RE TALKING TO DEPARTMENT HEADS AND ASKING 'EM TO GO BACK AND RE-LOOK IF THEY ACTUALLY NEED THE POSITION.

WELL, I THINK THAT SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO EMPHASIZE TO THE PUBLIC WHEN THEY SEE THINGS LIKE THIS IS THAT OUR CITY HAS BEEN VERY, VERY CONSERVATIVE THROUGHOUT ITS ENTIRE LIFE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

WE ARE ON A QUARTERLY BUDGET REVIEW.

IF REVENUES AREN'T COMING IN, WE DON'T MAKE THE EXPENDITURES.

SO WE'RE IN THIS BAD A SHAPE AND WE'VE BEEN WATCHING THE BUDGET FOR SEVERAL YEARS, EVERY THREE MONTHS.

SO WHAT IF WE HADN'T BEEN DOING THAT? WE'D BE IN THE SAME SHAPE AS A CITY TO THE NORTH OF US THAT'S BEEN IN THE PRESS RECENTLY.

THAT'S ALREADY OUTTA MONEY.

AND THIS IS THE THING THAT WE'VE GOT TO EMPHASIZE TO PEOPLE FIVE YEARS OUT WE'RE BROKE.

WE'VE GOT TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT CAN, A COMBINATION OF THINGS THAT CAN GET US BACK, UH, IN THE BLACK INSTEAD OF A RED BALANCE OUT THERE AND COSTS IN A POST COVID ENVIRONMENT TOO.

OUR COSTS HAVE JUST GONE UP.

IT'S JUST IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, WHETHER IT BE CONTRACT SERVICES OR BUYING SUPPLIES, EVERYTHING'S JUST GONE UP IN THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.

THAT OUR 1 2 3 TCP PLAN IS UP.

SO IT'S, THAT'S THE CHALLENGE THAT WE'VE HAD.

WE'VE BEEN, LAST YEAR WE HAD A SIMILAR SITUATION, UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS ONE TIME WE WERE HOPING TO GET ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, SEEK OUT OF REVENUE SOURCES.

AND I'LL SAY THAT, UH, WE'VE LOOKED AS CLOSE AS WE CAN THIS YEAR.

WE CAME BACK IN WITH A VERY SIMILAR NUMBER.

WE CAME IN LAST YEAR WITH AROUND 2 MILLION, A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 2 MILLION, BUT THEN WE HAD A POLICE CONTRACT ADJUSTMENT.

WE LOVED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, RANDY.

SO, UM, BUT WE CAME BACK IN WITH POLICE CONTRACT ADJUSTMENT MIDYEAR TO BUMP UP THAT CONTRACT.

WE CAME BACK IN WITH TREES MIDYEAR.

SO WE WERE BASICALLY, ESSENTIALLY THE SAME PLACE WE ARE THIS YEAR.

SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP IT FAIRLY FLAT, BUT IT IS ONE OF THOSE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE GOING FORWARD.

WELL, AT SOME TIME, I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS, BUT I WANT TO, TO TO CIRCLE BACK AND TALK ABOUT THE, THE TREE MAINTENANCE AND THE OPEN SPACE.

UH, WE ABATEMENT BECAUSE I THINK, IF I RECALL, THAT'S AROUND $3 MILLION THIS YEAR ALONE, WHICH IS MANDATED.

NOW, IF OUR PEOPLE IN OUR RESIDENTS WANT TO HAVE FIRE INSURANCE, WE NEED TO DO WHAT'S NECESSARY TO MAKE IT AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE WITH THE WIRE FLYER, UH, ENDANGERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY.

SO I THINK WE NEED TO DRIVE THAT HOME.

I GOT ONE FOLLOW UP QUESTION IF I COULD, UH, CITY MANAGER, UM, WHAT HA HAVE WE DONE ANYTHING? I, OBVIOUSLY WE KNEW THAT THIS WAS GONNA BE AN ISSUE OR A PROBLEM.

WE'RE GOING DOWNHILL.

CAN YOU TELL THE COMMUNITY OR OR STAFF HERE, WHAT HAVE WE DONE SO FAR TO CUT COST? I'LL GIVE YOU A BIG OVERVIEW AND MAYBE DANIEL HAS MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE'VE DONE THINGS LIKE RECYCLED WATER.

WE'VE IMPLEMENTED RECYCLED WATER PROGRAMS, SO WE USE LESS OF OUR WATER.

WE'VE, A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, PRIOR TO MY TIME, THE CITY ACTUALLY PURCHASED ALL OF OUR STREET LIGHTS AND THEN PUT IN LED STREET LIGHTS IS TRYING TO SAVE MONEY.

AND WE'VE ALSO DONE A LOT OF TURF REPLACEMENT, TRYING TO SAVE WATER AND TRYING TO SAVE MAINTENANCE COSTS GOING FORWARD WITH THOSE TWO.

BUT DANIEL MIGHT HAVE MORE SPECIFICS.

UH, UH, YES, RON, UH, YOU TOUCHED ON A, ON A COUPLE OF ITEMS. UH, ONE IS, UH, LED RETROFITS.

WE SAVE, UH, ABOUT $400,000 A YEAR, UM, UH, IN COST SAVINGS BECAUSE OF THAT, UH, UH, THAT PURCHASE WE MADE ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO.

UM, WE RECENTLY INSTALLED A SOLAR PANEL, OR WE IMPLEMENTED A SOLAR PANEL PROJECT AT THE YARD.

SO WE'RE CAPTURING ABOUT A $50,000 SAVINGS THERE ANNUALLY, UH, RECYCLED WATER.

WE'VE, UH, WE'VE INSTALLED, UH, SEVERAL MILES OF, UH, RECYCLED WATER OVER THE LAST, UH, SEVERAL YEARS.

AND THAT TRANSLATES TO ABOUT, UH, $1.2 MILLION IN, IN COST SAVINGS.

UH, AND ALL THAT MONEY GOES RIGHT BACK INTO, UH, INTO THE CITY'S BUDGET.

UM, AND THEN IN TERMS OF TURF REPLACEMENT PROGRAM, UM, OVER THE LAST, UM, I'D SAY ABOUT FIVE YEARS, WE'VE REPLACED, UH, ABOUT 570,000 SQUARE FEET OF, UH, OR REMOVE 570,000 SQUARE FEET OF TURF AND PUT IN, UM, UH, NATIVE LANDSCAPING, UH, ITEMS WITH, UH, WITH MINIMAL WATER.

UH, AND THAT'S TRANSLATED TO ABOUT $91,000 IN SAVINGS.

WHAT ABOUT WALL? WELL WATER.

IS THAT A LITTLE BIT CHEAPER THAN POTABLE WATER THAT WE GET FROM METROPOLITAN? A LITTLE BIT.

UH, WE, WE CAN PUMP IT NOW, NOW

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UH, WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IN SAVINGS WE'LL BE ABLE TO CAPTURE.

THERE SHOULD BE SOME SAVINGS, UH, EXACTLY SINCE WE JUST STARTED OPERATING, BUT THERE WILL BE SOME, SOME SAVINGS THERE AS WELL.

THANK YOU, DAN.

ALRIGHT, SO JUMPING INTO THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE TYPES, UM, THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF YOUR OVERALL $59 MILLION IN REVENUES.

AGAIN, AS MENTIONED EARLIER, VEHICLE LICENSE SWAP IS OUR NUMBER ONE REVENUE CATEGORY, WHICH IS VERY UNUSUAL.

I THINK AS YOU MOVE THROUGH THIS.

UM, YOU SHOULD, MOST CITIES YOU'D SEE PROPERTY TAX OR SALES TAX REVENUE AS ONE OF YOUR TOP TWO CATEGORIES TYPICALLY.

AND HERE WE HAVE VEHICLE LICENSE FEE WITH SALES TAX ONLY NUMBER TWO AND PROPERTY TAX AT NUMBER FOUR.

SO THOSE ARE KIND OF UNUSUAL AND I'LL TOUCH ON THOSE BRIEFLY.

UM, AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION AS YOU GO INTO PROPERTY TAX, IT'S PROBABLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE ARE, UM, THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES WILL EXPLAIN SOME OF THOSE MAJOR CHALLENGES WE HAVE RELATED TO REVENUE AND HOW IT DOESN'T STAY LOCAL FOR US.

SO HERE'S A BREAKDOWN OF PROPERTY TAXES.

AND THE CITY ONLY RECEIVES ABOUT 4 CENTS OF EVERY PROPERTY TAX DOLLAR COLLECTED IN CHINO HILLS.

AND THIS IS ONE OF THE LOWEST SHARES IN ALL OF CALIFORNIA.

UH, AND SEVERELY LIMITS OUR ABILITY TO BE FLEXIBLE TO, UH, TO MEET GROWING, UH, LOCAL SERVICE DEMANDS.

OUR SHARE OF PROPERTY TAX REVENUE WAS DETERMINED BY OUT OUTSIDE AGENCIES AT THE TIME OF A CORPORATION.

AND WHILE WE ATTEMPT TO NEGOTIATE HIGHER SHARES OF PROPERTY TAX OVER THE YEARS, INCLUDING AS RECENTLY AS A YEAR OR SO AGO, UH, THESE EFFORTS HAVE ONLY BEEN MINIMALLY AFFECTED AND NOT IMPACTED.

THERE ARE SHARE RELATED TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES ONLY RELATED TO COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.

WE PROBABLY HAVE GARNERED ABOUT AN EXTRA MILLION DOLLARS THAT'S CURRENTLY WRAPPED UP INTO OUR TOTAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUES, BUT PROBABLY OVERALL IS JUSTICE.

WE'VE MADE OVER THE LAST TWO DECADES, WE'VE PROBABLY GARNERED ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THE OTHER AGENCIES THAT GET THE MONEY FROM US, THE COUNTY'S GETTING 16 CENTS.

UH, SCHOOLS ARE GETTING 31 AND 27 CENTS OF EVERY DOLLAR.

AND THEN DIS SPECIAL DISTRICTS THROUGH A LOT OF THE ASSESSMENTS ARE GETTING 7 CENTS.

HEY ROB, WHAT'S THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY EDUCATION? A AGENCY SPECIFICALLY THAT IS THE COUNTY'S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

AND THEY GET, THEY'RE ALLOCATED 27 CENTS UNBELIEVABLE.

OVERSEE EDUCATION FOR THE ENTIRE, UM, THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

AND WHAT'S INTERESTING IS, SO WHEN WE PAY OUR, I'LL JUST PICK A NUMBER, $7,000 A YEAR PROPERTY TAX BILL, AND EVERY DOLLAR 31 CENTS GOES TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND WE, WE ALSO ARE PAYING TWO BONDS WITHIN OUR PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL.

SO I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO REALIZE, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE SLIDES, THEY'RE, THEY'RE HARDER FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND.

BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS WHEN YOU SEE, WHEN ALL OF US WRITE A, A CHECK FOR OUR PROPERTY TAXES, ALMOST, IF YOU, YOU EQUATE IT TO REALLY WHAT'S GOING TO US, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO A LOT OF OTHER AGENCIES AND A REALLY COMMON PORTION FROM A LOT OF CITIES IN OUR AREA IS USUALLY SOMEWHERE IN THAT SEVEN TO 10% RANGE.

UH, A LOT OF OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE ABOUT SEVEN, 7 CENTS ON EVERY DOLLAR IS WHAT THEY'RE GETTING.

IF WE WERE TO GET 7 CENTS ON EVERY DOLLAR, WE'D PROBABLY GET, INSTEAD OF GETTING AROUND EIGHT OR 9 MILLION, WE'D PROBABLY GET AROUND 16 MILLION OR SO IS WHAT I'D ESTIMATE 16 TO 17 MILLION.

IF WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT, THAT DIFFERENCE FOR US AT SOME POINT.

AND ROD, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TOO THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN SITTING BACK AND DOING NOTHING ON THE PROPERTY TAX ISSUE.

UH, WE ACTUALLY MET AND HAD A MEETING WITH THE, THE COUNTY ASSESSOR YES.

UH, EARLY THIS YEAR TRYING TO DETERMINE, OKAY, WE, THERE'S NINE CITIES OUT OF THE 24 IN THE, IN THE, UH, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO THAT WERE INCORPORATED SUBSEQUENT TO THE PASSAGE OF PROP 13.

AND PROP 13 IS THE BASIS OF THE ALLOCATION OF THE PROPERTY TAXES THAT COME INTO THE COUNTY.

AND WE, ALONG WITH EIGHT OTHER CITIES WERE INCORPORATED AFTERWARDS.

SO WE DON'T GET, WE WEREN'T IN THAT ORIGINAL ALLOCATION FORMULA 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T EXIST WHEN PROP 13 PASSED.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE ISSUE.

AND RIGHT NOW WE, WE KEEP RUNNING UP AGAINST THE SAME ISSUE.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GONNA REQUIRE A CONSTITUTIONAL, A STATE CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE, A LEGISLATIVE CHANGE TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE THAT.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'VE BEEN TRYING AND HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR YEARS AND YOU WERE ABLE TO, UH, NEGOTIATE WITH THEM ON A, A, A TOTALLY DIFFERENT FUND SOMEWHERE AROUND WHAT, $350,000 THAT WE ARE GETTING.

UH, BUT THAT'S BEEN THE, THE EXTENT OF IT SO FAR.

SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT, WE JUST CAN'T, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T DO WHAT YOU CAN'T DO.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH COUNTY SUPERVISOR KURT HACKMAN FOR PROBABLY THE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS TO SEE IF WE COULD GET US ANOTHER COUPLE PERCENT.

AND HE WAS HITTING SOME ROADBLOCKS REALLY, WITH THE, THE REST OF THE COUNTY BECAUSE WHERE ARE YOU GONNA TAKE WHO THEY TAKE IT AWAY FROM? THAT'S IT TO GET, THEY GIVE IT TO US, THEY GOTTA TAKE IT FROM SOMEBODY ELSE.

AND THAT'S NOT EQU.

KURT KURT WAS ON IT FOR IS AND WAS ON IT FOR QUITE A WHILE.

UM, IT'S BEEN ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO, I THINK SUSAN AND I STARTED TALKING TO THE COUNTY THIS LAST ROUND WHEN WE GOT 300 OR SO THOUSAND FROM THEM.

AND, AND THEY HAVE HELPED US.

THEY HELPED US, I BELIEVE IN EARLY TWO THOUSANDS, MAYBE AGAIN IN THE MID TWO THOUSANDS.

AND AGAIN RECENTLY, THAT'S WHY WE'RE GETTING NEARLY A MILLION DOLLARS RIGHT NOW.

ROUGHLY ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS EXTRA RELATED TO OUR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.

BUT WE'RE GETTING NO MORE ON OUR RESIDENTIAL.

AND OBVIOUSLY RESIDENTIAL IS HUGE FOR CHINO HILLS.

SO THAT'S OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE WE HAVE.

SO WE COULD PROBABLY SEE ANOTHER SEVEN OR $8 MILLION POTENTIALLY AND PROPERTY TAX REVENUE IF WE COULD GET THIS UP TO 7%.

WE STARTED OFF OUR CONVERSATION,

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UM, AND WE ASKED THEM, WE SAID WE'D LOVE 7%, COULD YOU AT LEAST GET US TO 5%? AND ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, WE'RE PROBABLY SOMEWHERE CLOSE TO 5%, BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY NOT THERE ON THE RESIDENTIAL.

AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE TRY TO GO.

THEY HELPED US GET TO THE COMMERCIAL SIDE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER, BUT NOT WITH THAT.

SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, LIKE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS SAID IS IT'S COMING OUTTA THEIR POCKET IF IT COMES OUTTA SOMEWHERE.

AND THAT'S THE CHALLENGE, RIGHT? THEY'VE GOTTA GIVE UP MONEY IN ORDER TO GIVE US MONEY.

SO THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT.

AND ROD OUTTA THE 24 CITIES, WE ARE THE SECOND LOWEST AT A LOT OF THOSE.

NUMBER ONE, I BELIEVE ATO SAID 2%.

UM, YEAH, I I'D HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT, BUT I DO BELIEVE WE WE'RE ON THE SECOND.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

BUT IT'S IMPORTANT WHAT CYNTHIA SAID TO KNOW IF SHE PAID HER $7,000 PROPERTY TAX FOR THE YEAR THAT WE RECEIVED $280 MM-HMM .

WELL PROBABLY, I'D HAVE TO DOUBLE DO THE MATH, BUT, BUT THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF RESIDENTS SAY.

IT'S PROPERTY TAXES.

IT'S HUNDREDS FOR IT'S HUNDREDS, IT'LL BE 4% OVER TOTAL PROPERTY VALUE.

4% OF 200.

SO YOU WRITE YOUR CHECK FOR $7,000.

AND THEN I LOVE IT WHEN PEOPLE SAY, WELL, WE'RE OVERTAXED ALREADY.

WELL CUMULATIVELY WE MAY BE, BUT CHINO HILLS RECEIVED $280 OF THAT $7,000.

SO VERY LITTLE.

AGAIN, IT GOES BACK TO THE NARRATIVE THAT VERY LITTLE COMES BACK FOR LOCAL CONTROL AND KEEPING WITH THAT SAME, UH, CONCEPT THERE A SIMILAR APPROACH.

HERE'S A BREAKDOWN OF HOW YOUR SALES TAX REVENUE'S DIVIDED UP OF APPROXIMATELY 83 MILLION GENERATED OF SALES TAX REVENUE IN CHINO HILLS.

ONLY ABOUT 10.7 IS ALLOCATED BACK TO THE CITY WITH THE STATE KEEPING THE VAST MAJORITY AT 6% OF THAT SEVEN AND THREE QUARTER PERCENT.

IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT CITY GENERALLY ONLY RECEIVES SALES TAX AND TAXABLE PURCHASES MADE WITHIN THE CITY.

SALES TAX ASSOCIATED PURCHASES MADE BY OUR RESIDENTS AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS ARE ALLOCATED TO THOSE OTHER CITIES WITH NO BENEFIT TO CHINO HILLS.

AND THAT'S OFTENTIMES WHY YOU HAVE THIS SHOP LOCAL KIND OF, UH, CONCEPT.

BUT I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE COULD GET ENOUGH BACK AS YOU COME BACK.

UM, I'LL COMMENT THAT IT LOOKS LIKE ONLY ABOUT 30, 35% OF OUR BUSINESS IS DONE BY CHINO HILLS RESIDENTS.

THE REST OF IT COME FROM OUTSIDE.

UM, THE MAJORITY OF OUR SURROUNDING CITIES HAVE HIGHER SALES TAX RATES THAN CHINO HILLS.

OUR CURRENT RATE IS SEVEN AND THREE QUARTERS.

CHINO'S AT EIGHT AND THREE QUARTERS, ONTARIO'S AT EIGHT AND THREE QUARTERS.

CORONA'S AT EIGHT AND THREE QUARTERS.

MONTCLAIR'S AT NINE DIAMOND BARS IS AT NINE AND THREE QUARTERS AND POMONA'S AT 10 AND A HALF.

AND DIME BARS IS CURRENTLY LOOKING TO INCREASE THEIR SALES TAX RATE RIGHT NOW, JUST SO EVERYBODY'S AWARE OF THAT.

UM, AND AND ROD ISN'T THE ONLY OTHER WEST END CITY IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY THAT'S AT 7.75% UPLAND AND THAT IS CORRECT.

AND THEY, AND THEY'RE OUT.

THEY'VE HAD SOME CHALLENGES OVER THE YEARS IN ORDER TO YEAH.

AND WE'RE WORKING ON SOME DIFFERENT REVENUE MEASURES OVER THE TIME.

UM, I SHOULD, IT'S INTERESTING TO NOTE, UM, WHILE WE'RE AT 10.7 MILLION, CHINO'S CURRENTLY PROJECTING OVER 61 MILLION IN SALES TAX FOR THE CURRENT YEAR WITH ONTARIO PROJECTING OVER 21 MILLION.

20.

ONTARIO IS QUITE A BIT BIGGER, BUT CHINO'S ONLY ABOUT FIVE TO 10,000 PEOPLE MORE THAN CHINO HILL.

SO THEY'RE PRETTY CLOSE, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT NOW.

BUT THEY'VE HISTORICALLY ONLY BEEN ABOUT FIVE TO 10,000 RESIDENTS MORE THAN US AND THEY'RE PROJECTING 61 MILLION.

NOW ROD, WHAT'S THE ONLY OTHER TAX THAT WE COULD GENERATE IN OUR CITY THAT WE ACTUALLY GET A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THAT ARE RESIDENTS DON'T PAY TOT, RIGHT? YOUR, YOUR TOT WOULD COME BY YOUR, YOU WOULD GET THAT NUMBER.

WE, YOU DID INCREASE THAT A COUPLE YEARS AGO DURING COVID OR RIGHT AFTER COVID, YOU INCREASED IT 2%.

AND THAT DOES COME BACK TO US, RIGHT? SO THAT WE DO GET THE FULL PERCENTAGE OF THAT.

AND THAT COMES FROM MOSTLY FROM OUTSIDE VISITORS IS WHERE THAT COMES.

TRANSACTION TAXES THAT ARE SIMILAR TO A SALES TAX MEASURE.

THOSE WOULD COME BACK TO US.

WE WOULD GET ANYTHING RELATED TO TRANSACTIONS TAX MADE IN CHINO HILLS.

AND THOSE ARE REALLY ONLY TWO, UNLESS YOU DID A PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT OF SOME SORT.

THOSE ARE REALLY THE ONLY ONES YOU HAVE ABLE TO GET BACK TO CHINO HILLS.

BUT AGAIN, WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS POS SALES POINT OF SALE OF SALE.

THAT'S THE MOST COMMON POINT.

THE POINT OF SALE IS ORIGINATED IN, IN, UH, CHINO HILLS, SO THEREFORE THE THE SALES TAX COMES BACK TO US.

THAT'S CORRECT.

ABOUT 65% OF THE SHOPPERS ARE COMING FROM OUTSIDE THE CITY.

AND THERE'S SO MUCH ONLINE PURCHASES I SHOULD SAY.

THAT'S PART OF THE CHALLENGE, RIGHT? UM, SO MANY ONLINE SALES SALES CURRENTLY GO BACK TO, DEPENDS ON THE POINT OF SALE, HOW THEY'RE ALLOCATED.

IF IT'S A BIG AMAZON WAREHOUSE, IT MIGHT GO BACK TO THE JURISDICTION WHERE THE AMAZON'S WAREHOUSE IS LOCATED.

UM, IT CAN ALSO, SOMETIMES THEY'LL GO TO THE COUNTY POOL.

THAT'S HOW THOSE GET ALLOCATED.

BUT DIRECT BACK TO US WITH A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE BENEFIT IS YOU HAVE TO DO TRANSACTION TAX OR A TOT AND YOU'VE ALREADY DONE TOT.

SO, AND THAT GENERATED, DO YOU KNOW KRISTA A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND EXTRA? DO YOU REMEMBER A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR THE TOT IS WHAT YOU GOT EXTRA.

SO UNFORTUNATELY NONE OF 'EM HAVE A HUGE IMPACT IN, I MEAN, THOSE SMALLER TAXES DON'T HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON THE CITY.

THAT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN DO IT.

IT ISN'T THE BEST PROVI OR, OR THE BEST PAYER OF A SALES TAX IN OUR CITY.

THOSE THAT LIVE OUTSIDE THE CITY AND THEREFORE DON'T COST US ANYTHING IN CITY SERVICES FOR THEM TO COME IN OUR, OUR HOLT SHOP, CHINO HILLS FIRST.

NOW WE HAVE WHAT'S, WHAT'S OUR LARGEST SALES TAX PROVIDER OR OR COLLECTOR IN, IN THE CITY, ISN'T IT COSTCO? PROBABLY.

COSTCO.

AND WHERE DO MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE FROM? COSTCO, ABOUT 65% OF OUR SHOPPERS.

IT LOOKS LIKE FOR, WE, WE LOOKED AT IT BY REGION, BUT, BUT FOR THAT REGION,

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SO I COULDN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY WHICH CITY, BUT THEY'RE COMING FROM OUTSIDE.

WE DID HAVE A, A COMPARISON DONE BY SOME OTHER AGENCIES AND THAT'S WHAT IT WAS LOOKING LIKE.

SO, BUT THEY'RE SURROUNDING CITIES.

IT COULD BE WALNUT, POMONA, ONTARIO, CHINO, OBVIOUSLY CHINO'S RIGHT NEXT DOOR.

IT'S VERY CLOSE FOR CHINO.

SO THAT'S A REALLY COMMON ONE.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THE POINT FOR, FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THINKS SO, YOU KNOW, WHO PAYS THE SALE TAX? WE PAY IT ALL.

NO, WE DON'T.

YEAH, THERE'S A LARGE PORTION OF THE SALES TAX.

WHEN WE ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO IS PAYING 10% IN LA COUNTY AND COMES IN AND SPENDS MONEY IN CHINO HILLS, WE GET THE BENEFIT OF SOMEBODY THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THAT IS ACTUALLY HELPING, HELPING US OUT WITH SALES TAX REVENUE.

SO JUST, JUST A POINT OF REFERENCE, AND I'M SURE IT'S, IT DOESN'T GO LOST ON ANYBODY HERE, BUT A LOT OF OUR PURCHASES, EVEN BY CHINO HILL'S RESIDENTS ARE MADE OUTSIDE OF CHINO HILLS.

YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S SOMETIMES PEOPLE FORGET THAT WALMART AND SAM'S CLUB IN TARGET ARE ALL IN CHINO.

SO CHINO'S, EVERY TIME YOU PURCHASE AT ONE OF THOSE STORES, AND I'M NOT JUST THOSE STORES, BUT EXAMPLE THAT ALL GOES BACK TO CHINO.

THAT 1%, THEIR TRANSACTION TAX GOES BACK TO CHINO.

AND WITH NO BENEFIT TO OUR RESIDENTS.

UM, SO WHILE OUR TAXPAYERS DO PAY AND THEY, THEY, UH, THEY PAY TAXES, NOT ENOUGH OF THE DOLLARS COME BACK TO THE CITY TO MEET OUR ONGOING NEEDS.

THIS IS WHY LOCAL CONTROL OVER REVENUE IS OFTENTIMES SO IMPORTANT.

LOCAL CONTROLLED REVENUES ALLOW THE MONIES TO BE DIRECTED TOWARDS LOCAL PRIORITIES, PROVIDING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN HOW THOSE MONIES ARE SPENT.

THIS SLIDE PROVIDES YOU, UH, A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES, UH, WITH A BREAKDOWN BY DEPARTMENT AND EXPENDITURES RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND PUBLIC WORKS ARE YOUR LARGEST, UH, LARGEST USERS WITHIN THIS BUDGET.

WE TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, THAT'S JUST PD, CORRECT? IT HAS A LITTLE BIT MORE IN IT.

UM, IT HAS YOUR, UH, DATA TICKET COSTS.

SO SOME OF YOUR TICKET TRANSACTION, UM, FOR PARKING TICKET CITATIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT ARE IN THERE.

AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE A PIECE OF IT FOR, IS IT THE CAL ID PROGRAM? SUSAN, CAL.

CAL ID.

SO IT'S A PROGRAM THAT WE PAY INTO.

THOSE ARE SMALL THOUGH.

YOU'RE PROBABLY TALKING, I WOULD GUESS THREE OR 400,000 TOTAL OF THAT BUDGET GOES THERE.

THE REST OF IT LIES IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UM, SO SOME OF THE KEY EXPENDITURES THAT LEADING UP TO OUR DEFICIT, I THINK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT MIGHT HAVE MENTIONED THIS EARLIER, BUT SOME OF THE KEY THINGS THAT ARE LEADING UP TO OUR DEFICIT ARE OUR INCREASING RISING LAW ENFORCEMENT COSTS.

AGAIN, THIS YEAR IT WAS CLOSE TO $2 MILLION.

UM, OUR TREE MAINTENANCE, UH, IS UP ABOUT A MILLION AND A HALF OVER LAST YEAR'S, UM, ADOPTED BUDGET, OUR INSURANCE COSTS, RISK MANAGEMENT COSTS ARE UP OVER $350,000.

AND OUR STREET SWEEPING SUBSIDY IS ABOUT 365,000.

A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT.

UH, STREET SWEEP IS A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE IN THE FACT IS THAT, UM, WE DO HAVE AN ASSESSMENT.

PEOPLE DO PAY A STREET SEEPING FEE.

THE PROBLEM IS THAT FEE IS NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO COVER THE COST.

SO FOR A LONG TIME IT WAS VERY CLOSE, IT WAS ALMOST BREAKEVEN.

BUT AGAIN, POST COVID CA, PROBABLY GAS PRICES, OUR VENDOR DECIDED HE, THEY COULD NO LONGER DO IT FOR THE PRICE THEY WERE DOING IT WHEN THEY BOWED OUT, THIS WAS THE LOWEST, UM, I GUESS WE DID THE BID, DANIEL LOWEST BID PRICE TO GET THE PRICE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

SO IT'S ABOUT 350,000 MORE THAN WE WERE PAYING JUST A FEW YEARS AGO.

AND THAT'S A STATE MANDATED.

UM, WELL YOU HAVE NPDS REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER TO MEET THOSE KINDS OF REQUIREMENTS.

AND SO SOME OF YOUR BMPS IN ORDER TO MEET IT INCLUDES TREE SWEEPING.

SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE PRACTICES YOU HAVE TO IMPLEMENT IN ORDER TO DO IT.

NOTHING BUT RAIN IN THE DRAIN.

RIGHT? YEAH.

MUCH SO WE HAVE TO KEEP THE STREETS CLEAN, CLEAN WATER FOR SURE.

FOR CLEAN WATER.

SO, BUT SEE THAT'S IMPORTANT TOO.

SO IF A RESIDENT WOULD SEE THIS, WELL I DON'T CARE ABOUT STREET SWEEPING.

THEY DON'T DO A GOOD JOB ANYWAY.

I'M NOT SAYING THEY DON'T, I'M SAYING THEY WOULD SAY THAT LET'S JUST TAKE OUT 367,000.

BUT IT'S, IT'S A MANDATE, IT'S REQUIRED IN THAT, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, THE UNFUNDED MANDATES AND IT'D BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW MUCH MONEY WE'VE PAID IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS THAT HAVE TRICKLED DOWN THAT THE STATE MAKES US DO, BUT THEY DON'T PAY US FOR IT.

AND THAT'S DRIVEN UP OUR COSTS AND EXPENDITURES AS WELL.

SO, EXACTLY.

GOT A QUESTION PERTAINING TO THE WILDFIRE PREPAREDNESS.

UM, $1.5 MILLION I CAN THINK LAST YEAR WE SPENT BELOW 300, 200 AND SOME CHANGE.

SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO MY QUESTION, WITH ALL THE TREES WE HAVE, ALL THE OPEN SPACE WE HAVE, IS THAT ENOUGH MONEY? 1.5 MILLION FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE? IF, LET ME JUMP IN BEFORE DANIEL TALKS REAL FAST.

AND I'LL TELL YOU MID-YEAR YOU DID APPROVE A GRID TRIM PROGRAM AND THIS IS PART OF THE GRID TRIM.

SO YOU DIDN'T HAVE THIS LAST YEAR, IT'S YOUR BUDGET ADOPTION.

BUT MID-YEAR DANIEL BROUGHT YOU FORWARD A GRID TRIM PROGRAM WITH A SEVEN YEAR GRID TRIM.

AND THAT WAS ABOUT 1,000,003 TO MILLION FIVE EVERY YEAR GOING FORWARD.

AND THAT'S PART OF THAT, UH, WILDFIRE MITIGATION PROGRAM.

SO IT IS PART OF THAT, YES, IT IS PART OF THAT PROGRAM.

47,000 TREES IN THAT CANOPY.

THAT'S ALL.

BUT THIS IS ONLY THE TREES.

WE, THIS IS ONLY THE COMPONENT, RIGHT.

THE CITY'S HISTORICALLY NOT HAD A GRID TRIM PROGRAM, BUT WITH ALL THE WILDFIRE REQUIREMENTS THAT HAVE COME INTO PLACE AGAIN, UM, IN ORDER TO MITIGATE SOME OF THOSE TREE MAINTENANCE HAS BECOME ONE OF THOSE HIGH PRIORITIES.

AND SO THEREFORE WE'RE IMPLEMENTED THIS PROGRAM PUBLIC WORKS AS, AND NOW IT'S ON A SEVEN YEAR GRID TRIM.

IT'S, I GOTTA BE HONEST WITH YOU, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON.

SOME CITIES HAVE A FIVE YEAR GOOD TRIM.

BUT I THINK FOR US TO BE KIND OF BALANCE THE, THE COST WE'VE COMMITTED A SEVEN YEAR GOOD TRIM AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT CURRENTLY.

AND THIS IS ONLY YOUR SECOND YEAR OF THAT.

ACTUALLY YOU'RE IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE FIRST YEAR RIGHT NOW.

'CAUSE THEY BROUGHT IN ABOUT MIDYEAR.

SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE YOUR WHOLE FIRST YEAR COMING UP IN 26, 27.

AND A LOT OF THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE MATURE TREES.

WE HAVE

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IS WHAT THAT HANGING DOWN OF THE CANOPY OF THE TREE IS WHAT'S THE REAL FIRE DANGER.

CORRECT.

FOR SURE.

TONY SCOS BACK HERE TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH HE LOVES TREES AND HE DOESN'T WANNA SEE US GET RID OF ANY OF 'EM.

SO WE GOTTA TRIM 'EM ALL TO KEEP 'EM.

BUT WE ALL LOVE THEM AND, BUT YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT ARE HAVING THEIR FIRE INSURANCE CANCELED.

WELL, I MEAN THIS IS WHAT THE CITY CAN DO AND NEEDS TO DO TO HELP, YOU KNOW, PRESERVE FIRE INSURANCE FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

THAT IS AN ONGOING COST FOR PUBLIC WORKS.

IT'S A TREMENDOUS COST.

FOR ALL OF THEIR, UH, AGAIN, WE'RE FORTUNATE THEY DID SOME, WE ABATEMENT, UM, WE HAD THAT FIRE A WEEK OR SO AGO UP OFF OF SOCAL.

THEY'D LUCKILY DONE SOME WEED ABATEMENT FAIRLY RECENTLY IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS PRIOR TO THAT.

AND THAT ACTUALLY HELPED THEM CONTROL THE FIRE.

IT DIDN'T GET ANY BIGGER THAN THEY HAD TO GET.

'CAUSE WE'D ALREADY DONE ONE PASS AT IT.

SO THE SECOND PASS WAS A LOT EASIER.

AND I SHOULDN'T SAY EASY IS PROBABLY NOT THE RIGHT WORD, BUT IT, IT SIMPLIFIED THE PROCESS A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THEY'D ALREADY HAD A, A WEED ABATEMENT PROCESS OUT THERE.

SO NOW WE'RE DOING IT YEAR ROUND WHERE MAYBE BEFORE IT WAS TWICE A YEAR AND MAYBE NOW IT MIGHT BE THREE.

IT DEPENDS ON THE AREA.

AT LEAST THREE TIMES, MAYBE LONGER, RIGHT, DANIEL? MORE FREQUENTLY? THAT'S CORRECT.

AND IF WE DON'T DO IT VOLUNTARILY TO OUR CITY OPEN SPACE, WHICH IS 3000 PLUS ACRES, THEN THE, THE FIRE DISTRICT GETS INVOLVED AND IF THEY CONTRACT IT OUT TO BE DONE, THEN IT'S EVEN FAR MORE EXPENSIVE.

SO I MEAN THESE ARE, THESE ARE ALL KIND OF MANDATED, UH, UNFUNDED LIABILITIES THAT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE, THE BEAUTIFUL CITY AND THE SAFE COMMUNITY THAT, THAT WE LIVE IN.

SO PEOPLE JUST HAVE TO, THEY'RE HAVING TO REALIZE IT.

THEY KNOW IN THEIR OWN PERSONAL BUDGETS THAT EVERYTHING'S GOING UP.

THEY JUST DON'T THINK OF HOW MUCH IT'S GOING UP DISPROPORTIONATELY TO THE CITY WITH NO ADDITIONAL WASTE.

IT'S NOT LIKE YOU GO WORK OVERTIME AT THE CITY AND GENERATE MORE MONEY OR MORE REVENUE.

SO, YOU KNOW, GOTTA DANIEL'S TEAM, UH, WITH JARED AND, AND UH, TONY ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN ORDER TO MITIGATE OUR FIRE RISKS THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE AND MEET THE CURRENT MANDATES.

THEY'RE CONSTANTLY WORKING WITH THEM TO DO THAT.

SO TO YOUR POINT, OUR, I SAW A POLL OVER THE WEEKEND HAD TO DO WITH THE ECONOMY AND 77% OF THOSE RESPONDING TO THE POLLS SAID THAT THEIR INCOME WAS NOT KEEPING UP WITH INFLATION IN THE PAST YEAR OR TWO 77%.

IT'S A PRETTY HIGH THING.

IT'S PRETTY HIGH.

IT IS.

AND WE, WE DON'T NEED TO TALK ABOUT HOW EXPENSIVE PROPERTIES ARE IN CHINO HILLS.

THEY'RE EXPENSIVE BECAUSE WE'RE A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY AND THE REAL ESTATE IS GOING UP ACCORDINGLY.

AND MOST OF US THAT HAVE LIVED IN THE CITY FOR, YOU KNOW, 20 YEARS OR OR MORE CAN'T AFFORD OUR OWN HOMES.

I MEAN, THAT'S JUST OUR EMPLOYEES.

WE'D LOVE TO HAVE OUR EMPLOYEES BE ABLE TO WORK AND LIVE IN THE SAME COMMUNITY.

THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT.

THEY'RE LIVING OUT IN, IN RIVERSIDE AND YOU KNOW, GOD KNOWS HOW MUCH FURTHER OUT BECAUSE IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE.

OUR COMMUNITY IS GREAT, BUT SOMEBODY IS PAYING A LOT OF MONEY TO LIVE HERE.

SO, WELL THIS COUNCIL AND PRIOR COUNCILS HAVE BEEN CRITICAL IN MAINTAINING THAT QUALITY OF LIFE THAT WE COMMENTED EARLIER.

I MEAN I THINK THIS WHOLE DESIRABLE COMMUNITY ASPECT HAS BEEN CRITICAL FOR THIS COUNCIL AND IT'S BEEN BUILT ON THIS WHOLE PROCESS OVER THE YEARS IS JUST, UNFORTUNATELY THE COSTS ARE JUST GETTING EXORBITANT FOR US TO MANAGE.

BY THE WAY, THERE WAS NO SLAM ON RIVERSIDE.

ARE YOU SAYING THAT BY ALL MEANS THEY'RE AFFORDABLE STILL.

ALRIGHT, THAT'S A GOOD THING.

CHECKING PROBABLY SOME PARTS.

GOT A FOLLOW UP QUESTION IF I COULD.

UM, REGARDING TREE TRIMMING YOU TALKED ABOUT THAT ARE GOOD.

GOOD QUESTION.

UM, I KNOW WE ABBA'S ALL YEAR ROUND, SO IT'S NOT JUST SEASONAL LIKE IT USED TO BE.

SO LADDER FUELS ARE WE ADDRESSING THOSE, DANIEL? WE ARE ADDRESSING ALL THAT.

UM, AND AS ROD MENTIONED, WE DO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE FIRE DISTRICT.

WE MEET FREQUENTLY TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE MEETING ALL THE REQUIREMENTS.

UH, AND LADDER FUEL IS ONE OF THOSE ITEMS. PERFECT.

THANK YOU SIR.

APPRECIATE IT.

AND THEN A LINE OF CREDIT FOR ALMOST ANOTHER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.

AND THEN EARLIER WE WERE ASKED ABOUT THE RESERVES, TYPES OF RESERVES WE HAVE.

SO THIS SLIDE GIVES YOU A BREAKDOWN OF OUR RESERVES WITH THE BIGGEST CATEGORY BEING UNRESTRICTED RESERVES.

CURRENTLY AT 55% OF OUR TOTAL, UH, GENERAL FUND RESERVES, AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST GENERAL FUND RESERVES, BUT YOU HAVE, UH, MONEY SET ASIDE FOR YOUR, UH, ANIMAL CONTROL ANIMAL RESOURCE CENTER.

IT'S A CONSTRUCTION FUND THAT'S PART OF THE CONTRACT THAT WE'LL HAVE TO SET ASIDE TO CONSTRUCT THAT FACILITY.

IT'S ABOUT EIGHT AND A HALF MILLION.

YOU HAVE A PENSION, PENSION STABILIZATION FUND THAT IS TO HELP YOU OFFSET SOME OF YOUR PENSION COSTS IF THEY EVER HAPPEN TO RISE BEYOND YOUR CONTROL.

WE COULD USE THAT POTENTIALLY AS A RAIN RAINY DAY FUND ALSO.

UM, THE GOOD THING IS WITH SB C, UNLIKE WITH CALPERS IN MOST CASES, UM, WE'RE AT ALMOST 90% FUNDED.

WE'RE OVER 80, I THINK 88 OR 89% FUNDED WITH SB CERA.

SO THAT'S A REALLY GOOD FUNDING RATIO FOR US AT THE END OF THE DAY.

SO WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH TO COVER ANY DIFFERENCE THEY WOULD HAVE.

BUT THIS GIVES YOU A CUSHION IN A NET IN CASE SOMETHING WOULD CHANGE DOWN THE ROAD.

THE ECONOMY TANK, THEY HAD A LOSSES, HE WOULD BE ABLE TO COVER THOSE COSTS.

IF YOU WANTED TO BALANCE IT OUT, YOU COULD SMOOTH 'EM OUT OR YOU COULD DRAW ON IT IN ORDER TO PAY YOUR PENSION COSTS IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANTED TO DO.

UM, THEN CHRIS HAS RESERVE A RESERVE FOR ADVANCES.

THERE'S A RISK EXPOSURE THAT'S KIND OF LIKE IN CASE YOU HAVE AN UNFORESEEN COSTS COME UP.

THAT'S, UH, 11 1.1 MILLION.

I GUESS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN USED FOR SOMETHING LIKE THE FIRE AT CITY HALL.

WE WERE FORTUNATE THE INSURANCE COMPANIES PICKED UP MOST OF THAT COST, BUT WE COULD HAVE USED IT FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

UH, VARIOUS PROJECTS, ABOUT A HALF A MILLION

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BUT BY FAR THE BIGGEST SINGLE NUMBER IS THE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE THAT'S AVAILABLE TO YOU TO SPEND AS YOU WISH TO SPEND IT.

DOES JPA GET FUNDED OUT OF THIS AREA? THEY'RE NOT FUNDED OUT OF THERE.

THEY'RE FUNDED OUTTA THE CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET FOR UNDER THE RISK MANAGEMENT COMPONENT OF IT.

HAVE ANOTHER YEAR AND A HALF FROM NOW.

WELL THAT'S ANOTHER POINT THAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT.

WE'VE, WE'VE, IT'S BEEN IN THE PRESS FOR MONTHS NOW SINCE THE FIRE BACK IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR.

UH, JPA BECAUSE WE ARE WELL INSURED, UH, ENDED UP PAYING WHAT, FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS ROUGHLY? IT MIGHT BE CLOSER TO FIVE NOW.

YEAH, THEY, BUT THEY'VE COVERED THE ENTIRE COST.

I MEAN, WHEN I SAY THAT WE PROBABLY HAVE MAYBE ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF COST.

AND A LOT OF THAT WAS JUST BECAUSE IT MADE SENSE TO MAKE SOME OTHER IMPROVEMENTS.

AT THE SAME TIME WE WERE MAKING THE, UH, UPGRADES OR THE REPLACEMENTS.

SO WE MADE A FEW UPGRADES AT THE SAME TIME.

SO WE HAD TO PAY THAT PORTION OF THE COST.

AND IF WE WEREN'T WELL INSURED BECAUSE WE'RE A FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE, UH, CITY, THEN WE WOULD'VE BEEN STUCK WITH PAYING THAT OUT OF OUR POCKET.

AND WE'VE BEEN IN FURTHER SHAPE, BAD SHAPE.

WELL, I, I'M GONNA PICK ON HUGH A LITTLE BIT.

WE BOTH SAT ON INSURANCE POOL BOARD FOR ANOTHER, FOR OTHER AGENCIES.

AND OFTENTIMES YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS IF NOT A MILLION PLUS OF BASICALLY DEDUCTIBLE SELF-INSURANCE RETENTION.

WE HAVE DOLLAR ONE COVERAGE, SO BASICALLY WE'RE COVERED FROM DOLLAR ONE FOR IN CGPA.

SO IT'S A VERY, UH, A VERY VALUABLE PROGRAM FOR US.

YEAH, AND I'M SORRY FOR KEEP BRINGING UP ALL THESE LITTLE THINGS, BUT I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN FISCALLY, YOU KNOW, CONSERVATIVE AND WE TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS SO THAT OUR RESIDENTS CAN MAINTAIN THE QUALITY OF LIFE THEY HAVE.

BUT THERE COMES A POINT WHEN YOU JUST CAN'T COME UP WITH SOMETHING OUTTA NOTHING.

AND WE'RE, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO ILLUSTRATE ALL OF THIS TO TELL YOU THE HOW CON, YOU KNOW, CONFLICTED WE ARE UP HERE AND, AND HOW, UH, JUST FEELING OF HELPLESSNESS, I MEAN, WHERE DO YOU COME UP WITH MONEY? I MEAN, IT'S, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN.

IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVEN'T BEEN DOING THESE, WE'VE BEEN DOING THESE THINGS FOR 10, 15 YEARS AND WE'RE STILL NOT IN GOOD SHAPE BECAUSE THE ECONOMY IS JUST WORSE THAN WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DEAL WITH.

JUST LIKE OUR RESIDENTS ARE OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, STRUGGLING IN A LOT OF INSTANCES FOR RISING COSTS AND REDUCED REVENUES.

SO I'M JUST MAKING A CASE.

SO YOU RIGHT, JUST OH, FOR SURE.

AND I THINK OUR CITY'S BEEN VERY RESPONSIBLE TOO.

LIKE WE ONLY HAVE 155 TO 160 FULL-TIME POSITIONS FOR OUR CITY.

UH, WE'RE A PRETTY BIG CITY THESE DAYS.

WE KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE 80,000 PEOPLE BASICALLY.

SO THAT'S NOT VERY MANY PEOPLE FOR THE AMOUNT OF RESIDENTS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE SERVICES THEY PROVIDE.

AND NOT ALL THOSE ARE EVEN GENERAL FUND THAT I WOULD SUPPOSE, I DON'T KNOW IF DANIEL KNOWS PROBABLY 40 OR 50 OF THOSE POSITIONS ARE PROBABLY PAID FOR OUTTA UTILITIES.

SO WHEN YOU START TALKING POSITIONS, YOU'RE MAYBE A HUNDRED TO 120 PEOPLE OR GENERAL FUND POSITIONS.

THE REST OF 'EM ARE PAID FOR BY UTILITY OPERATIONS.

SO WE'RE NOT A VERY STAFFING FAT KIND OF COMMUNITY.

WE'RE VERY, I THINK WE'VE BEEN VERY FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR OVER TIME.

SO WE JUST HAVEN'T NECESSARILY GROWN WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE TO GROW.

WE TRIED NOT TO DO THAT.

SO RAY, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR ROD.

UM, WITH THE, WITH ARC AND THE 8.5 MILLION, SO THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH ALL THAT'S DONE, THAT'S OUR HARD COST AND THAT'S SO MOVING FORWARD IS IT, REMIND ME OF THE WHOLE, I'M SORRY, REMIND ME THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE STRUCTURE WITH ARC, HOW MUCH IT'S GONNA BE COSTING US IN THE FUTURE.

SO ARC, WELL BASICALLY, SO CURRENTLY WE'RE PAYING PROBABLY CLOSE TO 900,000 FOR IVHS.

ARC WILL PROBABLY, WE DON'T HAVE A GOOD NUMBER YET UNTIL WE ACTUALLY MOVE OVER, BUT PROBABLY IN THAT $1 MILLION RANGE AND PROBABLY WITH INFLATION, THEY'VE BEEN BOTH EVER BE IN THAT SAME BALLPARK.

BUT YOU HAVE A CONSTRUCTION, YOU ACTUALLY BOUGHT INTO THE JPA, YOU'RE ACTUALLY A MEMBER AGENCY.

SO YOU HAVE A PORTION OF THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS, AND I WANNA SAY OURS WAS ABOUT 15% SOUND RIGHT, ABOUT 15%.

DO WE KNOW THE ESTIMATED LIKE REVENUE? LIKE ARE THEY GONNA HAVE HIGHER FEES THAN I, WE WON'T KNOW THAT THAT'LL OFFSET OUR ACTUAL COSTS.

SO ANY REVENUE THEY GET, IT'LL DEPEND ON CANVASING AND EVERYTHING WE DO.

I, IT'S HARD BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ON FULLY ONBOARDED YET.

SO YET WE'RE, AND WE WON'T START UNTIL A YEAR FROM THIS COMING JULY IS WHEN WE'LL MOVE OVER.

UM, AND THEY ARE STILL WORKING ON CONSTRUCTION.

THEIR TIMELINE FOR THE FACILITY MIGHT BE EXTENDED A LITTLE BIT FURTHER WILL BE.

SO WE'LL HAVE TO WORK ON GOING INTO TEMPORARY FACILITY IF WE DO THAT.

BUT, UM, YEAH, SO WE WILL PAY THE EIGHT AND A HALF MILLION OVER TIME AND COORDINATION WITH THEIR CONSTRUCTION COSTS.

I YOU OWN I PART OF THAT FACILITY.

CAN I FOLLOW ON THAT? I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE, THE, OUR RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND THAT ARC IS BASICALLY WITHIN TWO YEARS WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE IVHS, INLAND VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY, THEY TAKE CARE OF NOT ONLY OUR LOST PETS AND EVERYTHING, BUT IF THERE'S DEAD ANIMALS, BE THEY DOMESTIC PETS OR WILD ANIMALS OR WHATEVER THAT ARE IN, IN OUR CITY, THEY'VE BEEN TAKING CARE OF THAT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

WELL, THE COST GOT CRAZY.

UH, THEY ACTUALLY STARTED, UH, FIRING CITIES THAT WERE MEMBERS OF THEIR ORGANIZATION AND THAT'S WHY ARC, UH, WAS SET UP.

AND WE HAVE MADE A CHOICE THAT WHEN OUR CONTRACT IS UP WITH IVHS THAT WE'RE GONNA JOIN ARC.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS IS THEY ARE A BRAND NEW ORGANIZATION.

THEY HAVE TO BUILD A FACILITY TO HANDLE ALL OF THOSE FACIL OR THOSE SERVICES.

SO THAT'S WHAT THIS BUY-IN IS.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT'S, I I JUST THINK WE HAVE TO EXPAND JUST A LITTLE BIT SO THE GENERAL PUBLIC WILL UNDERSTAND THESE AREN'T JUST SOMETHING WE'RE MAKING UP AND GOING OUT OF, UH, SEPARATELY.

I MEAN, THESE ARE TO REPLACE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA

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SO YEAH, THE ANNUAL OPERATING COSTS WILL BE SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING CURRENTLY.

UM, IVY, IT'S JUST BEEN A PARTNER FOR US FOR A LOT OF YEARS, I GUESS SINCE INCEPTION.

PRETTY MUCH THEY'VE BEEN A PARTNER.

THEY DID, I WANNA COMPLIMENT THEM.

THEY DID RECENTLY ON ONE OF THE FIRES, THEY DID COME IN QUICKLY AND SET UP A ANIMAL, UH, SHELTER WITHIN OUR SHELTER FACILITY THANKS TO, UH, DAN, I MEAN JONATHAN'S TEAM, MELISSA AND ALBERT AND THEIR TEAM SET UP AN ANIMAL SHELTER FOR ALONG WITH PEOPLE AFTER THE GRAND AVENUE FIRE.

SO THEY'D COME IN AND SET IT UP FOR US.

SO THEY'VE BEEN A PARTNER.

WE EXPECT THE SAME KIND OF SERVICE OUT OF, UH, THE ARC.

UH, JPA AND, AND MARIA AND AND PETER BOTH RAN, UH, HELPED, HELPED US GET TO A NO KILL, UH, CITY MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.

WHAT'S THAT NOW? PROBABLY 10, 15 YEARS AGO.

AND BECAUSE WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO IS WE FELT SO STRONGLY ABOUT OUR HOUSEHOLD PETS IN PARTICULAR THAT WE DIDN'T WANT DOGS BEING EUT, DOGS AND CATS BEING EUTHANIZED.

AND THAT WAS HAPPENING AND WE HAD TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH IBHS AND WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT MENTALITY.

AND I THINK ANY OF US THAT ARE PET LOVERS UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S THE COMMIT WE COMMIT, WE MAKE COMMITMENT WE MAKE TO OUR, OUR RESIDENTS IS TO TRY AND CONTINUE TO BE, YOU KNOW, REUNITE, UH, OWNERS WITH THEIR LOST PET AND KEEP, UH, DOGS AND, AND CATS FROM BEING EUTHANIZED.

SO IT'S, AND AND WE EXPECT A SIMILAR, UM, SAVE RATE WITH THE NEW, WITH THE ARC ALSO.

SO WE EXPECT TO HAVE A SIMILAR TYPE PROGRAM WITH THEM ALSO.

YEAH, WELL THESE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING THAT HAPPEN ALONG WITH BEN'S COMMITMENT ON IT AS WELL, SO MM-HMM .

SO AGAIN, AND IVHS AND IVHS ALSO WORKED WITH US.

SUSAN'S CONSTANTLY MONITORING.

SO I HATE TO KEEP POUNDING AT HOME, BUT I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, SINCE THIS IS REALLY THE BUDGET DISCUSSION, UM, HERE WE'RE PROVIDING ANOTHER VISUAL GRAPHIC TO SHOW WHILE BOTH REVENUE EXPENDITURES ARE PROJECTED TO CONTINUE INCREASING AT NO TIME DO FORESEEABLE FUTURE, DO REVENUES CATCH UP OR PASS EXPENDITURES, UH, REVENUES CONTINUE TO, I MEAN, EXPENDITURES CONTINUE TO GROW FASTER THAN REVENUES AS WE GO FORWARD.

UH, HENCE WITH THIS PATTERN, CONTINUED USE OF UNRESTRICTED FUND BALANCE, UH, IS REQUIRED, WHICH WOULD BE EXHAUSTED PARTWAY THROUGH THE 20 30, 31.

YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, FINANCE GAVE US A RED DOT RIGHT WHERE IT PASSES IT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 29, 30 AND 30 31.

YOU WOULD'VE EXHAUSTED YOUR AVAILABLE FUND BALANCE GIVEN CURRENT PROJECTIONS, UM, AND MANDATED SIGNIFICANT SERVICE REDUCTIONS AT THOSE.

AT THAT POINT, WE, WE TALKED TO YOU BEFORE THAT WE DIDN'T BRING YOU SIGNIFICANT SERVICE REDUCTIONS LAST YEAR.

WE'RE STILL NOT THIS YEAR, BUT IF WE DON'T FIND AN ALTERNATIVE, UH, RESOURCE COMING IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU WITH PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES GOING FORWARD.

JUST, IT'S NOT, NOT VIABLE FOR US TO BRING YOU A BUDGET THAT CONTINUOUSLY HAS A DEFICIT.

SO AT SOME POINT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO RECTIFY SOME OF THAT AND, UH, FIX IT GOING FORWARD.

SO WHAT ARE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THESE DAYS? ARE THEY DRY, HAVE THEY DRIED UP TO SOME DEGREE? WHAT? THERE'S A LOT OF CITIES.

CITIES.

I KEEP THE CITIZEN, BUT SUSAN RUNS A LOT OF OUR GRANT PROGRAMS, GRANTS, BUT WE DO GET GRANTS FOR SOME OF THE WILDFIRE MITIGATION ISSUES, THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE DO GET GRANTS, BUT I THINK WE'LL TELL YOU THAT HISTORICALLY A THERE WERE A LOT OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS THAT DIDN'T ALLOW US TO PARTICIPATE JUST 'CAUSE OF OUR SOCIAL ECONOMIC KIND OF POSITION WE WERE IN.

THAT MAYBES CHANGED A LITTLE BIT, BUT THERE'S STILL NOT A LOT OF GRANT OPPORTUNITIES READILY AVAILABLE.

SHE WORKS WITH OUR GRANT PROVIDER ALL THE TIME TO LOOK FOR THOSE GRANTS.

BUT WE HAVE LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRANTS PROBABLY JUST BECAUSE WE'RE NOT A COMMUNITY OF NEED.

WE JUST AREN'T, WE HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT'S FAIRLY, YOU KNOW, FAIRLY, UM, I GUESS UP AT THE UPPER END OF IT TYPICALLY.

SO, UH, FINANCIAL RESOURCES ARE NOT USUALLY A PROBLEM.

UH, CDBG EVEN A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO TOOK OUT OUR, UH, WE HAD A TARGET AREA IN ONE PART OF THE CITY.

THEY CAME BACK AND DECIDED JUST ECONOMICALLY WITH THAT NO LONGER WAS A TARGET AREA.

SO THEY CHANGED SOME OF THAT OUTLOOK TOO FOR THAT AREA.

SO THOSE THINGS HAVE CHANGED OVER TIME.

SO WE HAVE, WE DO MONITOR CONSTANTLY.

DANIEL'S TEAM GETS GRANTS FROM, UH, FEMA AND FROM OES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING, WE HAVE SOME OTHER GRANT OPPORTUNITIES IN RIGHT NOW WE HAVE EARMARKS IN WITH SOME OF THE SENATOR'S OFFICES IN CONGRESS, BUT WE JUST SIMPLY JUST, UH, RESOURCES ARE LIMITED FOR AN AGENCY LIKE US.

IF WE WERE IN MORE NEED, WE HAD A, A LOWER UH, SOCIOECONOMIC KIND OF SITUATION IN OUR CITY, WE MIGHT HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITY.

BUT WE DO CONSTANTLY LOOK, WE'RE ALWAYS ASKED, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING.

UM, DANIEL HAS ALMA'S VERY PROACTIVE IN HIS DEPARTMENT ALSO ALONG WITH SOME OF HIS TEAM.

AND THEN SUSAN AND OURS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.

SO, SO AGAIN, JUST AGAIN, JUST AS THESE LINES KIND OF, THEY KIND OF DRIVE HOME, THE FACT IS THAT THOSE, UH, AS THOSE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO GROW, REVENUES DON'T MEET EXPENDITURES, WE HAVE TO PULL FROM SOMEWHERE.

AND THAT PULLING IS, WE CONTINUE TO PULL OUT A FUND BALANCE, BUT THAT WILL BE EXHAUSTED AT SOME POINT.

WE WILL HAVE USED UP ALL OF OUR RESERVES AT THAT POINT.

SO JUST A REAL QUICK RECAP BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO DANIEL.

AND THAT IS THAT OUR ESTIMATED REVENUES IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR 26, 27 OR 59.2 EXPENDITURES ARE 63.5.

THAT DEFICIT NUMBER IS 4.3 MILLION.

YOU CURRENTLY HAVE, YOU WILL HAVE A PROJECTED ENDING FUND BALANCE, AVAILABLE FUND BALANCE, I'LL CALL IT THAT, OF 25.4 MILLION AT THE END OF 26, 27.

AND YOUR RESERVES WILL LAST YOU UNTIL SOMETIME IN 20 30, 31.

AND WITH THAT, UM, I'LL TURN OVER TO DANIEL, UH, BOBA DI PROBABLY WORKS DIRECTOR TO GIVE YOU

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AN OVERVIEW OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS.

WHEN DANIEL'S DONE, UH, WE'LL TURN OVER CHRISTOPHER BAJA TO GIVE US A BRIEF UPDATE ON A FEW ITEMS THAT ARE GONNA CHANGE IN YOUR BUDGET RESOLUTION.

AND THEN IT'LL COME BACK.

UH, I'LL TAKE IT BACK UP REAL QUICK FOR CLOSING COMMENTS AND THEN SOME QUESTIONS.

SO AT THAT POINT I'LL TURN OVER TO DANIEL.

THANK YOU ROD.

UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UH, THE 26 27 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BUDGET, UH, HAS A BUDGET OF $11.3 MILLION, UH, 18 PROJECTS, AND THAT ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE INVESTING INTO OUR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS THE CITY.

UM, AT ANY POINT, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, UH, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STOP ME, UM, BEFORE I BEGIN.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL GO AHEAD IF YOU CAN.

THANK YOU, ROD.

WE, UH, FIRST CATEGORY IS A PARKS AND OPEN SPACE CATEGORY.

WE HAVE TWO PROJECTS THERE, UH, BOTH FUNDED BY THE PROTECTED TREE REPLACEMENT FUND.

UH, THE FIRST ONE IS THE GRAND AVENUE WEST ENTRY LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT AT $1.1 MILLION.

UH, THIS PROJECT WILL, UH, ENHANCE THE, THE VISUAL APPEAL OF THE ENTRANCE TO THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE CITY, UH, AT THE BORDER OF DIAMOND BAR BY INSTALLING LANDSCAPING IN THE, IN THE EXISTING MEDIANS.

UM, IF YOU NOTICE, UH, IF YOU DRIVE THROUGH THAT AREA, UH, THESE MEDIANS WERE INSTALLED SEVERAL YEARS AGO, UH, PROBABLY A COUPLE DECADES AGO, OVER BY GRAND AVENUE PARK.

UH, IT'S DILAPIDATED.

YOU, YOU HAVE SANDBAGS THAT ARE DETERIORATING.

UH, THE IDEA IS TO GO IN AND, UH, PLANT SOME LANDSCAPING AND ENHANCE THAT WHOLE CORRIDOR.

UM, AND THEN SECONDLY, WE HAVE THE TREE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AT, UH, $285,000.

UH, THIS INCLUDES THE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF NEW, UH, PROTECTED TREES AND THE REPLACEMENT OF TREES THAT ARE IN DECLINE OR HAVE EXCEEDED THEIR EXPECTED LIFE.

DANIEL, CAN YOU EXPLAIN, UH, TO THE PUBLIC, SO PROTECTED TREE REPLACEMENT FUND, THAT THAT'S NOT FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

WHERE'S THAT MONEY COMING FROM? BECAUSE SOMEONE MIGHT SEE, WHY ARE WE SPENDING A MILLION DOLLARS TO PUT SOME NEW TREES OVER ON GRAND AVENUE? CORRECT.

AND, AND THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE WANTED TO DO FOR QUITE SOME TIME, BUT WE HAVEN'T DONE IT 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO INVEST, UH, OR USE GENERAL FUND MONEY.

THE, THE PROTECTED TREE FUND COMES FROM DEVELOPERS AS THEY REMOVE TREES OFF OF PROPERTIES THAT THEY ARE GOING TO DEVELOP RATHER THAN REPLACING TREES.

UH, THEY PAY INTO IT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO, UH, PLANT TREES, UH, AT OTHER LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITIES.

IS THAT CORRECT, KRISTA? KRISTA GOT SOME MONEY.

I JUST SPEND IT AND I THINK NICK IS CRITICAL IN MAKING SURE WE GET THOSE MONIES FROM THOSE DEVELOPERS TOO.

SO NICK'S OUT THERE TRACKING HIM, HIS STAFF DOWN, MAKING SURE WE GET IT.

UH, YES.

UH, AS WE MOVE INTO PUBLIC FACILITIES, UH, THE FIRST THREE PROJECTS THERE ARE FUNDED BY CFD REGIONAL FUND, UH, THE FIRST BEING THE COMMUNITY CENTER FIRE ALARM MODERN MODERNIZATION AT $35,000.

UH, THIS PROJECT WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING, UH, PLAIN OLD TELEPHONE SYSTEM ALARM SYSTEM, ALSO KNOWN AS POTS, UH, WITH THE NOTIFIER SYSTEM, ALIGNING WITH THOSE USED AT OTHER CITY FACILITIES, THIS UPGRADE SUPPORT SYSTEM STANDARDIZATION, AND AS NECESSARY AS POTS LINES ARE BEING PHASED OUT DUE TO FCC DEREGULATIONS.

UH, NEXT WE HAVE THE GOVERNMENT CENTER EXTERIOR PAINTING AND WEATHERIZATION.

UH, THIS SCOPE INCLUDES REPAINTING THE EXTERIOR OF ALL GOVERNMENT CENTER BUILDINGS, INCLUDING ANY NECESSARY WEATHERIZATION REPAIRS.

UH, AS YOU MAY NOTICE, WE STARTED THIS, UH, UH, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

UM, WE'VE HAD WATER INTRUSION FROM, UH, FROM HEAVY RAINS.

SO THE IDEA IS TO COMPLETELY SEAL OFF ALL SECTIONS OF THE CITY SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, ANY FURTHER DAMAGE, UH, WITH THE BUILDING.

UM, IN ADDITION, THIS PROJECT WILL, UH, ENHANCE THE VISUAL APPEAL OF THE FACILITIES, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, ADDRESSING THE MAINTENANCE NEEDS TO ENSURE THE LONGEVITY AND INTEGRITY OF THE STRUCTURES.

UM, AND THAT PROJECT IS JUST UNDER, UH, HALF, HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.

AND DANIEL, WHEN WE HAD THE FIRE DAMAGE, WE HAD ALL OF THE CEILING TILES ON THE SECOND FLOOR, IN PARTICULAR, UH, REDONE.

SO WE ELIMINATED A LOT OF THE PAST DAMAGE DUE TO THOSE LEASE, UH, OR LEAKS, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT, YES.

SO WE'VE GOT IT ALL NICE.

NOW, WE, WE NEED TO MAKE THE INVESTMENT TO WEATHERIZE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO OUT OF OUR POCKET REPLACE THOSE IN THE FUTURE, CORRECT? CORRECT.

WE DON'T WANT ANY, ANY FURTHER DAMAGE, YES.

UM, AND THE LAST, UH, PROJECT HERE ON THIS SLIDE IS A MCCOY BARN SOUTH DRAINAGE AND TURF PRESERVATION AT $75,000, UH, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BARN, UH, WITH HEAVY RAINS, UH, THAT RUNOFF TENDS TO MIX WITH OUR, UH, WITH OUR LANDSCAPING.

IT TRAVELS TO THE EAST AND ENDS UP ON THE, UM, UH, THE, THE TURF AREA THAT'S USED FOR, UH, LOTS OF EVENTS, UM, THAT OFTEN CAUSES, UH, UH, SOME DAMAGE, UH, AND, UH, ACCELERATES, UH, THE WEAR AND TEAR OF THAT, UH, THAT TURF.

SO JUST TRYING TO PREVENT ANY FLOODING OF THAT AREA.

UH, NEXT ITEM IS, UH, THE LIBRARY CARPET REPLACEMENT AT $220,000.

UH, THAT IS A GENERAL FUND PROJECT.

UH, THE, THE THALMAN LIBRARY IS THE, THE BUSIEST IN THE COUNTY.

UH, SO WITH HEAVY FOOT TRAFFIC, THAT CARPET'S BEEN, I BELIEVE IT'S STILL ORIGINAL CARPET, JARED.

WE MAINTAIN THE FACILITY EVEN THOUGH IT'S A COUNTY LIBRARY.

SO, UM, SO

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UH, SO THE IDEA HERE IS TO REMOVE THE EXISTING AND REPLACE, UH, THE CARPET.

I THINK IT'S PART OF THAT QUALITY THAT YOU PROVIDE TO YOUR RESIDENTS TOO, RIGHT? YOU MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A NICE LIBRARY FOR EVERYBODY TO YEAH.

USE, LIKE DANIEL SAID, IT'S THE BUSIEST.

EVERYONE RAVES ABOUT OUR LIBRARY.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

DOES THE COUNTY PAY US ANY KIND OF RENTAL FOR THE USE OF THAT FACILITY? I WOULD LOOK TO JARED.

I'M GONNA ASK, BUT THEY HAVE A SMALL COMMUNITY ROOM ONE THAT THEY USE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY RENT IT OUT.

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I, I JUST WANT THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT, HEY, THEY, WE WANT THE NICE LIBRARY, BUT THE COUNTY'S NOT PAYING FOR IT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S THE, UH, UH, COUNTY ANNEX, IF YOU WILL.

UH, BUT SO WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF IT.

SORRY, I THOUGHT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR A ROOM TO RENT OVER THERE, , AND I THINK THEY DO HAVE A ROOM YOU CAN USE, BUT YEAH, IT'S NOT A RENTAL ROOM.

AND, UH, THE LAST PUBLIC FACILITIES PROJECT, UH, FUNDED WITH THE BUTTERFIELD RANCH RECON FUND, L AND L IS, UH, THE MOBILE REC, UH, CONCRETE PAD INSTALLATION.

UH, THIS PROJECT WILL INSTALL ADDITIONAL CONCRETE PADS AT RAINCON PARK AND BUTTERFIELD RANCH PARK, UH, TO SUPPORT THE CITY'S MOBILE REC PROGRAM.

UH, DUE TO THE INCREASED SIZE OF THE NEW MOBILE REC VEHICLES SET UP AT EXISTING, UH, LOCATIONS IS LIMITED, OFTEN REQUIRING THE USE OF PARKING SPACES OR UNEVEN TURF AREAS.

UH, ADDING DESIGNATED CONCRETE PADS WILL PROVIDE SAFE, ACCESSIBLE AND LEVEL SURFACES FOR PROGRAMMING, IMPROVING OPERATIONS, PRESERVING PARK GROUNDS, AND EXPANDING COMMUNITY ACCESS TO FREE AFTER SCHOOL AND WEEKEND RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES.

UH, THE NEXT PROJECT IS, UH, IN THE SEWER UTILITY FUND, AND THAT'S THE, THE PIPELINE AVENUE SEWER MAIN IMPROVEMENT, UH, UH, PROJECT AT $2.5 MILLION.

UH, THIS WILL UPSIZE THE SEWER MAIN ON PIPELINE AVENUE FROM CHINO HOST PARKWAY TO EUCALYPTUS AVENUE.

UH, THAT'LL BE TO MEET CAPACITY DEMANDS, UM, WHICH IS ALSO IDENTIFIED IN OUR CITY'S SEWER MASTER PLAN.

UM, AND LASTLY ON THIS PAGE HERE IS, UH, THE LOS TORONTO'S FLOOD PROTECTION PROJECT, UM, IN OUR STORM DRAIN CATEGORY.

UH, THIS WILL BE FUNDED BY THE RECENT GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM CONGRESSWOMAN OR TORRES.

UH, THAT'S, UH, THE COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING FEDERAL GRANT.

UH, WHAT THIS WILL ALLOW US TO DO IS BE ABLE TO ADDRESS A FLOODING ISSUE OFF OF FAIRWAY MONTEREY.

UH, WHENEVER WE HAVE ANY HEAVY RAINS BY THE GOLF COURSE, LOT OF THAT RUNOFF, UH, ENDS UP IN THIS AREA.

SO THEY JUST TO COLLECT THAT FLOW AND SEND IT OUT OF THE AREA, UH, TO PROTECT, UH, THAT ROAD AND ITS RESIDENTS.

UH, ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO STREETS.

THIS IS OUR BIGGEST CATEGORY.

WE HAVE NINE PROJECTS, UM, AND WE TEND TO INVEST, UH, MORE IN OUR STREETS.

UH, AND THAT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE 200 STREET MILES, UH, THAT WE MAY, THAT, UH, THAT WE MAINTAIN THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

UH, THE FIRST ONE HERE IS, UH, ACTUALLY THE FIRST FOUR ON THIS LIST ARE FUNDED BY RMRA FUND.

THAT'S THE, UH, REHAB MAINTENANCE RECOVERY ACT.

UH, ESSENTIALLY IT'S A, IT'S A STATE, UH, MONEY THAT WE GET FROM THE STATE.

UH, THE FIRST IS THE GRAND AVENUE PAVEMENT REHAB.

UH, AND THAT'S, UH, FROM THE WEST CITY LIMIT TO CHINO HILL PARKWAY AT JUST OVER $2 MILLION.

AND THAT'LL BE A SIMPLE GRIND AND OVERLAY.

UH, THE NEXT PROJECT IS CARBON CANYON ROAD, CHP INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, UM, AT JUST OVER $141,000 AND PARTIALLY FUNDED BY TRAFFIC IMPACT FEES.

UH, WHAT THIS PROJECT WILL DO IS, UM, IT'LL STUDY AND DESIGN THE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE INTERSECTION, UH, TO ENHANCE TRAFFIC FLOW.

UH, THE IDEA IS WE WANT TO INSTALL A FREE RIGHT TURN COMING OUT OF CA CARBON CANYON ROAD ONTO CHINOS PARKWAY.

UM, AND IF POSSIBLE, ADD A THIRD LEFT TURN POCKET FROM CHINOS PARKWAY ONTO CARBON CANYON ROAD.

SO WE'LL WORK CLOSELY WITH CALTRANS TO, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

UM, UH, WE HAVE LOS TORONTO'S INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, UM, THAT'S ALSO PARTIALLY FUNDED BY CDPG.

UH, THIS WILL INCLUDE, UH, ANNUALLY WE DO, UH, ENHANCEMENTS IN LOS SERRANOS.

THIS WILL INSTALL LIGHT NEW LIGHT POLES, CURB GUTTERS, SIDEWALK AND UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS ALONG LUGO AVENUE AND EL MOLINA BOULEVARD AT ABOUT $274,000.

THANK.

UM, AND LASTLY, ON THIS PAGE HERE IS A TRAFFIC SIGNAL BATTERY BACKUP SYSTEMS AT $310,000.

UH, JUST A LITTLE WHILE AGO, WE, UH, WE IMPLEMENTED A PILOT, UH, PROGRAM WHERE WE INSTALLED BATTERY BACKUP SYSTEMS AT EIGHT KEY INTERSECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, SO THAT WHEN WE DID HAVE, UH, POWER OUTAGES, THE, UH, THE SIGNALS WILL REMAIN OPERATIONAL, WHETHER IN FULL OPERATION OR AT A MINIMUM, UH, ON FLASHING RED.

WHAT THIS WILL DO, IT, UH, WILL, UH, ADD BATTERY BACKUP SYSTEMS AT THE REMAINING 42 INTERSECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, OR TRAFFIC SIGNAL INTERSECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

WOULD THESE OPERATE IF WE'RE IN A-P-S-P-S UH, SHUTDOWN? YES, IT WILL.

PSPS, ANY, ANY SHUTDOWN.

EVEN A MALFUNCTION WHERE, UM, THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH THE, UH, WITH THE CABINET AS LONG AS THERE'S POWER OR THIS WILL KICK IN AND, UH, CONTINUE TO OPERATE THE SIGNAL.

UH, THE NEXT THREE ARE FUNDED BY MEASURE I, THAT WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT PROGRAM AT

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$275,000.

THE IDEA HERE IS TO IDENTIFY, UH, TRIP AND FALL HAZARDS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WHETHER IT'S CURBS, SIDEWALKS, UM, SOMETIMES DRIVEWAY APPROACHES, UH, IDEAS TO, TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY OF OUR, OF OUR COMMUNITY.

UH, NEXT ITEM IS THE, UH, THE ANNUAL STREET IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AT 1.8 MILLION.

UM, ANNUALLY WE HAVE A PROJECT WHERE WE GO OUT AND, UH, MAINTAIN OUR RESIDENTIAL ROADS THROUGH EITHER A SLURRY SEAL OR A GRIND AND OVERLAY.

UM, THIS WILL DO THE SAME THING.

UM, AND LASTLY, IN THAT CATEGORY, WE HAVE A TRAFFIC SIGNAL, LED REPLACEMENT PROGRAM AT $65,000.

UM, THE MAJORITY OF OUR SIGNALS HAVE LED, UH, BULBS, UM, SO THEY DON'T GO OUT AS OFTEN.

UH, THE IDEA IS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR SIGNALS, UM, A LITTLE BY LITTLE, UH, GET PHASED, UH, INTO, UH, THE LED PROGRAM.

UM, NEXT ONE IS THE, UH, THE CITY WIDE GREEN BIKE LANE AT MAJOR INTERSECTIONS, UM, AT 40, UH, $461,000.

THIS IS, UH, A GRANT, UH, WITH A MIXTURE OF GAS TAX.

THE IDEA HERE IS TO INSTALL, UM, GREEN PAINT, UM, AT KEY INTERSECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO ENSURE THAT, UM, MOTORISTS AND CYCLISTS, UH, BECOME, OR CYCLISTS ARE A LOT MORE VISIBLE TO MOTORISTS, UM, AT KEY INTERSECTIONS.

SO THAT WHEN THEY'RE MERGING SPECIFICALLY, UM, UM, WE ENHANCE, UH, THE SAFETY IN THOSE CORRIDORS.

UH, LET'S SEE.

AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE, UH, THE CHINO HOST PARKWAY AND GRAND AVENUE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AT JUST OVER $50,000.

UH, THIS PROJECT WILL ADD A DEDICATED RIGHT TURN LANE IN THE WESTBOUND GRAND AVENUE DIRECTION ONTO NORTHBOUND CHINO HOST PARKWAY.

UM, IDEA HERE IS TO IMPROVE, UH, TRAFFIC FLOW AT THAT INTERSECTION.

THOSE ARE ALL 18 PROJECTS.

UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER 'EM FOR YOU.

GEN GENERAL QUESTION, DANIEL? YES.

WE HAVE TO PUT THESE THINGS AND, AND PUT THEM IN THE BUDGET IF WE DON'T HAVE THEM IN THE BUDGET AND REVENUES DON'T COME IN TO, TO ACTUALLY MAKE OR DO THESE PROJECTS, THEN WE DON'T SPEND THE MONEY.

CORRECT.

IS THAT CORRECT? OR ARE THESE MANDATED EXPENDITURES WE'RE GONNA MAKE? NO, THESE ARE NOT MANDATED.

THESE ARE RECOMMENDED.

EVEN IF THEY DO GET, GET APPROVED, UM, AT THE, AS PART OF THE BUDGET, DOESN'T REQUIRE US TO, TO BUILD THEM OUT.

BUT IF THE MONEY DOESN'T COME IN, THESE THINGS DON'T GET BUILT, MAYBE IN THE CURRENT BUDGET THEY COULD GET DEFERRED 53 YEARS, THEY WOULD BE DEFERRED.

CORRECT.

AND IF THEY'RE DEFERRED, THEN THE COSTS ARE GONNA GO UP.

POTENTIALLY, YES.

I, I SHOULD COMMENT THAT MOST OF THESE, THE FUNDING IS ALREADY SET ASIDE FOR THE PROJECTS DANIEL HAS IN THERE.

SO YOU'VE ALREADY ACCUMULATED THIS MONEY FOR THESE PROJECTS.

YOU COULD SAY YOU DON'T WANNA FUND SOME OF 'EM, THAT'S POSSIBLE, BUT YOU DO ALREADY HAVE THE FUNDING FOR THE PROJECTS THAT ARE INCLUDED.

THE 18 PROJECTS THAT ARE THERE, YOU ALREADY HAVE IT SET ASIDE.

I JUST WANNA DIFFERENTIATE SO WE KNOW THAT THE MONEY'S ALREADY THERE TO DO IT.

THAT THIS ISN'T GONNA BE SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA WAIT AND SEE IF WE GET THE MONEY FOR DANIEL'S AN ENGINEER.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THOSE ENGINEER ESTIMATES COULD ALWAYS COME BACK DIFFERENT.

THAT'S PROBABLY YOUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE, RIGHT? THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS SOMETIMES IS JUST MORE, AND THEN THAT'S THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE WE FACE THESE DAYS.

I THINK DANIEL SEEMS TRYING TO KEEP PACE WITH IT, BUT THAT IS ALWAYS ONE OF THOSE CHALLENGES YOU HAVE IS THE COST COULD COME IN SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN WHAT YOU PROJECTED.

AND, AND THAT'S ONE THING THAT OUR RESIDENTS REALLY, REALLY NOT ONLY APPRECIATE, BUT DEMAND IS GOOD.

WELL, KEPT UP OR MAINTAINED STREETS.

YOU, YOU GOTTA ELIMINATE THE POTHOLES AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE 'EM AND PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT 'EM, THEY GET FIXED, YOU KNOW, VERY QUICKLY.

SO.

WELL, AND WE, WE TALKED EARLIER, BUT, YOU KNOW, DEFERRING MAINTENANCE IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT'S GONNA COST YOU MORE AT THE, IN THE LONG RUN BECAUSE COST IS GOING.

IT'S NOT CHEAPER.

IT'S JUST COSTING MORE.

SO, OKAY.

I'LL TURN OVER TO KRISTA.

THANK YOU, DANIEL.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

UH, THIS SLIDE OUTLINES TWO RECOMMENDED UPDATES TO THE BUDGET RESOLUTION.

FIRST, WE'RE PROPOSING TO ALLOW ME THE FINANCE DIRECTOR TO APPROVE APPROPRIATION TRANSFERS WITHIN A FUND UP TO 25,000.

THIS CHANGE IS INTENDED TO IMPROVE ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCY BY ALLOWING MINOR BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS TO BE PROCESSED MORE QUICKLY WHILE MAINTAINING OVERALL BUDGETARY CONTROL AND OVERSIGHT.

SECOND, WE RECOMMEND ADDING A PROVISION TO REQUIRE THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO REVIEW ANY NEW CIP PROJECTS OVER $1 MILLION.

THIS CHANGE IS INTENDED TO ENSURE PROJECTS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS AND POLICIES OUTLINED IN THE GENERAL PLAN.

I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THE FINANCE DIRECTOR, CITY MANAGER.

WHAT DO YOU HAVE? 50, $50,000? I BELIEVE IT'S A HUNDRED THOUSAND.

A HUNDRED, OKAY.

IT'S NOT, YOU'RE NOT GONNA WORRY THAT IF THEY'RE BUYING PENS VERSUS PENCILS, YOU'RE GONNA WORRY THAT THEY'RE NOT USING SALARY SAVINGS TO PAY SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF.

SO THAT, THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

YOU NEED, YOU WANT IT, THIS IS REALLY EFFICIENCY.

SO I THINK YOU OFTEN TIMES SEE THE BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS COME THROUGH FOR SMALLER DOLLAR AMOUNTS MOVING AND, AND I'M GONNA USE THE REALLY SIMPLE TERM BETWEEN PENS AND PENCILS, AND A LOT OF 'EM JUST AREN'T NECESSARY.

SO THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY MOVING BETWEEN SALARIES OR PROJECTS.

THIS IS A LOT OF IT MOVING WITH THE M AND O ITEMS, MAINTENANCE OPERATION ITEMS. AND THIS JUST GIVES THEM THE FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT.

THE AUDITORS ARE LOOKING AT THE FUND BALANCE OR AT THE FUND LEVEL, NOT AT THE INDIVIDUAL LINE ITEM LEVEL.

SO A LOT OF THIS IS REALLY JUST HOW YOU MANAGE YOUR BUDGET.

AND I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY IS YOU GET A LOT OF BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS, A LOT OF SMALL ITEMS. THIS WOULD STILL TO BE MORE EFFICIENT.

'CAUSE THOSE ITEMS, YOU REALLY, I, I SHOULDN'T SPEAK FOR YOU, BUT GENERALLY

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THAT'S MORE OF A CONCERN.

SO THIS WILL REALLY GIVE CRYSTAL THE FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS WITHIN A FUND.

I KNOW YOU MEET WITH YOUR DEPARTMENT HEADS ONCE A WEEK, SO IN OTHER WORDS, SOMETHING LIKE THIS, SHE WOULD LET YOU KNOW THAT I'M, THAT I'M GONNA BE DOING THIS.

WE WOULD DEFINITELY TALK ABOUT IT.

OKAY, PERFECT.

THANK YOU RON.

CLARIFICATION ON THE ESTABLISHING THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW OF THESE NEW CIP PROJECTS.

ISN'T THAT RATHER A, A DUPLICATE ISSUE? THE PUBLIC WORK HAVE TO LOOK AT THOSE FIRST.

I THINK YOU HAVE A PLANNING COMMISSION REQUIREMENT.

I'M LOOKING TO, TO, UH, NICK, BUT I THINK THERE'S A REQUIREMENT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO REVIEW THOSE LARGE PROJECTS.

YEAH, THE, UM, GOVERNMENT CODE, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA REQUIRES THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO MAKE A, FINDING A CONSISTENCY FOR, UM, THE FIVE YEAR CIP ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

SO, UM, THIS WAS JUST CLARIFY THAT IF THE COUNCIL, FOR WHATEVER REASON AFTER THAT ANNUAL REVIEW WERE TO ADD A PROJECT TO THE CIP THAT WAS OVER A MILLION DOLLARS, WOULD IT WOULD NEED TO BE AGAIN, REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR CONSISTENCY IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THAT SECTION OF GOVERNMENT CODE.

BUT DON'T MOST OF THOSE PROJECTS GO THROUGH THE PUBLIC WORKS FIRST OR DO THEY I'M NOT SURE.

I WAS NEVER ON THE PUBLIC WORKS.

I DON'T KNOW.

NO, THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION IS NOT REQUIRED TO APPROVE THE, THE CAP.

WELL, I, AND I KNOW PLANNING COMMISSIONER ABOUT THIS.

I JUST WANNA GET CLARIFICATION 'CAUSE I, I WAS THINKING IT MIGHT BE DUPLICATE JUST FOR HAVING TO BE HEARD BY BOTH, UH, COMMISSIONS.

SO, UH, JUST IN SUMMARY, THE BUDGET, THIS BUDGET CONTINUES TO FUND YOUR ESSENTIAL SERVICES, UH, AND COMMUNITY PRIORITIES SUCH AS PUBLIC SAFETY, INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE, WILDFIRE PREPAREDNESS, UH, MAINTAINING QUALITY OF LIFE AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AS WE GO FORWARD, UH, BUT IS NOT WITHOUT A COST.

AND THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIT IS A GROWING CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE AS WE GO FORWARD.

UH, WHILE THIS IS OUR SECOND YEAR OF USING UNRESTRICTED FUND BALANCE TO FUND OUR PROGRAMS, IT IS NOT A LONG-TERM SOLUTION.

SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS NUMEROUS TIMES, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT'S KIND OF IN MY FOCUS HERE IS, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, FINANCE BACKGROUND, I JUST HATE SPENDING YOUR RESERVES.

I REALLY HATE THAT CONCEPT IN LONG TERM.

I JUST DON'T WANT US TO FEEL LIKE THAT'S A NORMAL PATTERN FOR US.

UM, SO FINALLY WE'LL NEED TO SECURE NEW REVENUE SOURCES OR LOOK AT SERVICE REDUCTIONS, UH, IN THE UPCOMING YEAR OR SO.

AND THEN WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

CYNTHIA, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW.

PETER, COULD YOU GO DEEPER WITH POLICE SERVICES AND THE RISING COSTS OF POLICE SERVICES AND KIND OF HELP JUSTIFY WHY WE'RE BEING INVOICED MAYBE A LITTLE GREATER THAN WE ANTICIPATED? AND CAN YOU THINK BACK THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WHAT THOSE INCREASES HAVE BEEN? SO I CAN TELL YOU MIDYEAR LAST YEAR WE SAW AN INCREASE.

WAS IT ABOUT 900,000? SUSAN? YES.

ABOUT 900,000 MIDYEAR WE SAW.

SO WE GOT A CONTRACT, WE GOT A, A CONTRACT FROM THE SHERIFF LAST, UH, LAST SPRING, LATE SPRING, JUST BEFORE THE BUDGET ADOPTION TIME.

AND THEY GAVE US A NUMBER, BUT THEY TOLD US IT ACTUALLY DROPPED A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THEY WERE SEEING SOME SAVINGS IN THEIR GENERAL LIABILITY COSTS.

SO IT ACTUALLY DROPPED A LITTLE BIT.

UM, AND THEN THEY GOT A NEW CONTRACT AS, UH, EMPLOYEE CONTRACT.

UM, AND SO, UH, THE COST WENT UP A LITTLE BIT AND A LITTLE BIT.

IT WENT UP FROM ABOUT 18 MILLION TO ALMOST 19 MILLION AT THAT POINT.

UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THE COSTS GO UP.

THAT'S JUST A FACT OF DOING BUSINESS.

AND I DON'T WANNA PICK ON ANYBODY HERE, ESPECIALLY NOT RANDY, SINCE HE DECIDED TO COME JOIN US TONIGHT, .

BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I THINK YOU OFTEN SAY IT ALL, IT'S A VERY GOOD DEAL.

THEY PROVIDE GREAT POLICE SERVICES.

WE'RE A VERY SAFE CITY, SO WE VALUE THAT.

UM, BUT THAT WAS AT MIDYEAR.

YOU GOT THAT COST INCREASE OF ALMOST 900,000.

WE MET WITH THE SHERIFF A FEW WEEKS AGO.

HUGH AND SUSAN AND I WENT AND MET WITH SHERIFF.

UM, THEIR LIABILITY COSTS OF THE COUNTY HAVE JUST GONE THROUGH THE ROOF.

RIGHT? AND THEY'LL TELL YOU ALL DAY LONG, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE IN CONCLUDING OUR INSURANCE POOL, THE SHERIFF'S ASSOCIATIONS, I'M SURE A LOT OF OTHER GROUPS THAT ARE PUSHING FOR TORT REFORM IN CALIFORNIA, UH, THE, THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT THEY'RE PAYING AND LIABILITY COSTS ARE JUST OUTRAGEOUS.

OFTENTIMES THEY'LL, THEY HAVE TO SETTLE A CIVIL STATE CASE BEFORE A CRIMINAL CASE IS EVEN DECIDED.

AND THE DEPUTY MIGHT BE FULLY ACQUITTED AND FOUND EVERYTHING FULLY JUSTIFIED.

AND YET THEY'VE ALREADY, IN THE MEANTIME HAD TO PAY A CIVIL JUDGMENT OR A CIVIL, UH, SETTLEMENT WITH SOMEBODY OUT THERE.

SO IT'S BECOMING VERY COSTLY.

UH, SO THEREFORE OUR COSTS WENT UP QUITE A BIT THIS NEW YEAR, ALMOST THE $2 MILLION MARK, 1.7 MILLION FOR THE NEW YEAR, ALMOST ALL ATTRIBUTABLE TO, UM, LAW ENFORCEMENT COSTS, I MEAN, UH, TO A LIABILITY COST RELATED IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT FIELD.

THEY DID, UH, THAT NUMBER WAS ABOUT 2.1 MILLION.

UH, THE SUPPORT OF SUPERVISORS AGREED TO GIVE US A 2% REDUCTION, THIS ONE TIME REDUCTION.

SO THAT WAS ABOUT A FOUR, UH, $400,000 CHANGE.

SO INSTEAD OF BEING 2.1, IT WOUND UP AT 1.7 MILLION.

BUT THEIR INCREASE SOME LABOR COSTS, BUT A LOT OF IT'S RELATED TO LIABILITY COSTS AT THE, AT THE COUNTY LEVEL.

SO THEY'RE PUSHING REALLY HARD TO REFORM.

UH, IT'S BEEN A TALK FOR MANY DECADES, OR AT LEAST FOR THE LAST FEW DECADES TO TALK ABOUT SHORT REFORM.

IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT HURDLE TO GET OVER, BUT, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD GET OVER IT, IT'D BE GREAT.

BUT IT'S TOUGH AT ALL LEVELS, SO.

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ROD, ARE THERE ANY BUCKETS OF EXPENSES THAT WE HAVE AT PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW THAT ARE PRINCIPALLY PROVIDED TO RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY THAT ARE WAY, WAY, WAY UNDERFUNDED UNDER THEY COST, THEY DON'T, THEY'RE NOT COSTING THE RESIDENTS THE COST OF PROVIDING THE SERVICE.

SO BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S PROGRAM, WE'VE GOTTA FIND BIG BUCKETS OF MONEY THAT WE CAN CUT.

ABSOLUTELY.

BUT IT ALSO IS YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE, I THINK IN THE CITY, RIGHT? THAT'S YOUR PARKS AND YOUR RECREATION PROGRAMS AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT IS NOT AN UNCOMMON SITUATION THOUGH.

I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S CLEAR.

THAT IS NOT, WE'RE NOT UNIQUE TO OTHER CITIES.

I'LL TELL YOU, EVERY CITY I'VE BEEN AT OVER THE LAST FOUR DECADES, THEY'VE BEEN IN A, IT'S SIMILAR, YOU WILL HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED RECREATION PROGRAMS. YOU WOULDN'T, YOU PROBABLY DON'T WANNA BE THE CITY THAT DOESN'T GIVE THOSE PROGRAMS. 'CAUSE THAT'S SUCH A VALUE.

YOUR RESIDENTS FIND GREAT VALUE, WHETHER IT BE YOUR CONCERT IN THE PARKS, YOUR EASTER EXTRAVAGANZAS, CHRISTMAS EVENTS, UM, ANY OF THOSE EVENTS, PROBABLY EVEN TO THE SUMMER REC PROGRAMS. ALTHOUGH I THINK THOSE MAY BE PAY A LITTLE BIT MORE THEMSELVES.

BUT YOU, NEVERTHELESS, YOU DO TRY TO RECOVER, RECOVER WHEREVER YOU CAN, BUT YOU DO HAVE PROGRAMS WITHIN COMMUNITY SERVICES THAT WOULD NOT BE FULLY FUNDED.

BUT THAT, AGAIN, THAT'S A BIG PART OF YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE CITY.

SO WHILE THAT MIGHT BE WHERE YOU'D HAVE TO LOOK SOMEDAY, IF YOU REALLY WANNA START MAKING CUTS, IT'S NOT WHERE YOU WANNA MAKE THE CUTS.

AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SO HARD TO, TO GET TO THAT POINT EVER.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING ANY CUTS THIS YEAR.

'CAUSE THAT'D PROBABLY BE THE FIRST PLACE YOU'D WANT TO GO.

AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE THINK YOU OR THE COMMUNITY REALLY WANT TO DO.

AND THE REASON I BRING IT UP IS I WANT THE PUBLIC OUT THERE TO UNDERSTAND THE THINGS THAT THEY LOVE, THEY EXPECT AND THEY ENJOY, COME WITH A PRICE TICKET.

AND IF WE DON'T GET ALTERNATE SOURCES OF REVENUE INTO THIS CITY, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE GONNA GET CUT.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT.

I MEAN, WE CAN ONLY DO, WE'RE NOT MAGICIANS.

WE CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH WITH THE MONEY WE HAVE AND NOBODY WANTS TO BE IN A POSITION FIVE YEARS FROM NOW THAT WE HAVE TO START CUTTING.

LORD KNOWS WHAT.

I MEAN, WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO GO IN WITH A MEAT AX AND, AND CUT SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

EVERYTHING FROM COMMUNITY SERVICES TO MAINTAINING OUR ROADS, UH, YOU KNOW, GETTING CHARGED FOR, YOU KNOW, HAVING PEOPLE LOSE THEIR INSURANCE ON THEIR THEIR HOMES BECAUSE WE CAN'T MAINTAIN OUR, UH, MAINTENANCE OF OPEN SPACE.

I MEAN, I THINK WE, WE NEED TO TELL PEOPLE THAT WE'VE GOT AN ISSUE AND IT'S COMING UP ON US FAST AND IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, THEN THEY'RE EQUALLY AS, AS AS GUILTY ON THIS THING AS WE ARE.

WE CAN ONLY DO WHAT WE CAN DO.

SO I, I I THINK WE GET THAT.

WE NEED TO GET THAT MESSAGE OUT TO PEOPLE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND.

YOU KNOW, SOMETHING'S GOTTA, SOMETHING'S GOTTA CHANGE.

GOOD.

COOL.

UM, YOU KNOW WHAT, THE ONLY THING I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ELLEN ELS AND I KNOW, UH, DISTRICT ONE, UH, THERE'S AN UPTICK THERE ABOUT $2.6 MILLION FOR DISTRICT ONE.

IS THAT CORRECT? YOU KNOW, THAT'S CORRECT.

UH, TRANSFER OUT.

I'M SURE IT'S CORRECT.

BUT DO YOU KNOW THE BACKGROUND? DO YOU HAVE THE, SO I KNOW WE'VE TRIED TO WORK ON THIS.

WE, WE'VE REACHED OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.

I KNOW THIS IS GONNA BE HARD SELL THAT PEOPLE BOUGHT INTO THE COMMUNITY, DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY L AND LS AND YOU KNOW, NOW IF THEY DO, IT'S GONNA BE SORT OF HARD TO CORRECT THAT.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

SALES TAX, JUST TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR THE COMMUNITY.

ALSO, OUR POLICE CONTRACT, UM, I THINK IT GOES UP TO ABOUT OVER 21 MILLION.

LAST YEAR WAS ABOUT 18 AND 300,000, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO IT DID GO UP LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF NEGOTIATIONS TO 19 AND CHANGE.

AND THEN IT WENT UP TO, UH, 21 SOMETHING.

BUT WE DID, UH, COUNTY, I WANT TO THANK YOU COUNTY WITH, UH, KURT EGGMAN.

WE GOT AN ADJUSTMENT ABOUT $412,000, BUT IT'S THE BEST MONEY SPENT FOR WHAT WE GET.

THEY DO A GOOD JOB.

IF WE HAD OUR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE'D PROBABLY BE LOOKING PRETTY CLOSE TO ABOUT 35 TO $40 MILLION INSTEAD OF 21.

CHANGE MORE.

ONE MORE.

SO, UM, AGAIN, WE ALL LOVE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, SIR, WE ALL LOVE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT AGAIN, OUR EYES ARE OPEN AND UH, WE JUST GOTTA LET EVERY THE COMMUNITY KNOW.

UH, ONE OF THE BIG JUMPS IS BE, IS 'CAUSE OF POLICE SERVICES.

SO, BUT YOU GOT, YOUR STAFF DID A GREAT JOB.

SPEECH? WHAT ARE YOU, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA SAY THAT'S CONCISE ENOUGH FOR SOMEONE TO LISTEN AND NOT ARGUE WITH THEM? YOU KNOW, JUST THE TALKING POINTS.

THANK YOU KRISTA AND ALL OF HER TEAM TOO FOR, UH, ALL THE WORK THEY BROUGHT INTO, I DUNNO ABOUT KRISTA, BUT YEAH, OKAY.

OH, JEEZ, IT YOU DID A GREAT JOB.

DO SOMETHING QUICK FOR WHAT? I DO WANNA SAY THAT THE, UM, THE BUDGET OUTREACH WE'VE BEEN DOING, UM, FOR RESIDENTS HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD.

YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN PUSHING OUT.

UM, IT'S EASY TO UNDERSTAND.

IT'S SHORT ENOUGH, IT'S WELL THOUGHT OUT.

BUT, UM, THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT, UM, WE HAVE TO DO.

IT'S, WE'RE NOT HIDING BEHIND ANYTHING.

THE NUMBERS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.

UM, AND I THINK IT'S IMPACTFUL WHEN THE RESIDENTS CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE COSTS THAT HAVE RISEN AND OUR REVENUES ARE FLAT.

BECAUSE I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT THE BARBECUE TALK.

LIKE, HEY CYNTHIA, I READ IN THE PAPER THAT WE'RE GONNA GO BANKRUPT.

AND YOU THINK, OKAY, WHAT'S THE ELEVATOR

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AND I'M HOPING PEOPLE WATCH THIS AND, YOU KNOW, CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT THE SITUATION IS.

SO, AND NICOLE AND HER TEAM HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD TO TRY TO PUT TOGETHER SOME CONCISE INFORMATION THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH PEOPLE IN A VARIETY OF WAYS, JUST SO THEY CAN KIND OF SEE THE CHALLENGE.

IT'S NOT NEW, WE HAD IT LAST YEAR, UM, BUT IT IS CONTINUING AND THAT'S JUST, WE DON'T SEE ANY MAGIC, YOU KNOW, ANY MAGIC IN THE, IN THE NUMBERS COMING FORWARD.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.

SO, AND IT WAS IN THE WATER BILL, WHICH WAS GREAT TOO.

IN THE WATER BILL.

THEY'VE CONSTANTLY LOOKED AT MESSAGING FOR US, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

CITY MANAGER.

I GOT A QUESTION TO ASK YOU.

COMMUNITY SERVICES, WHAT HAVE THEY DONE, JONATHAN? JONATHAN IS VERY, I'M TEA.

NO TELL YOU.

SO WE JUST HAD THAT CONVERSATION TODAY TOO, ABOUT HOW MANY PART-TIME HELP THEY USED TO HAVE.

AND WHAT DO YOU HAVE TODAY? 129.

BUT YOU USED TO HAVE CLOSER TO 200.

YEAH, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN AS MANY AS 160 FOR SUMMERTIME PROGRAMMING AND, UH, WE'RE AT 1 29 THIS SUMMER AND BEING ABLE TO DO WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO DO.

SO WE'RE VERY, UH, COGNIZANT OF THE, UH, OF, UH, OUR BUDGET AND WANTING TO MAKE SURE THE BEST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK AS FAR AS, UH, EVENTS AND SUCH.

GO THE FREE ONES AS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, BENNETT HAD MADE A COMMENT TO AS WELL.

WELL, 'CAUSE WE KNOW THEY'RE, UH, THEY RECEIVE HIGH REMARKS FROM THE COMMUNITY, SO I KNOW IF UH, THOSE WERE TO GO AWAY, I'M SURE THEY WOULD BE, UH, LETTING US KNOW.

THANK YOU, JONATHAN.

IS THAT IT? THAT'S ALL I GOT EXCEPT I PROMISED YOU AN HOUR.

I'M SORRY IT WAS AN HOUR AND A QUARTER, BUT THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE.

SORRY FOR YOU BEING HERE.

ALL, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY BEING HERE THIS EVENING.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

FIRST OF

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

TRULY APPRECIATE IT.

UM, WE'RE

[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]

GONNA DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND AFTER THAT WE'RE GONNA DO THE INVOCATION.

SO IF YOU CAN STAND FOR BOTH THOSE ITEMS, I'D REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

JONATHAN, LET'S ROLL CALL PLEASE.

MAYOR JOES IS ABSENT.

ALL OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UH, JONATHAN, WHERE ARE YOU, SIR? YOU? YEAH, THANK YOU JONATHAN, UH, FOR YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.

READY? BEGIN.

I PUT PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE MISSION UNDER GOD, INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY, JUSTICE FOR THANK YOU.

I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT.

AND WHAT TROOP ARE YOU FROM? UH, 2, 3, 9, 9.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THE INVOCATION, IF YOU COULD COME UP, UH, RIGHT HERE, INMAN MISSIONARY, AHMAD SALMAN FROM THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY.

SO AT THIS TIME,

[ INVOCATION: Imam / Missionary Ahmad Salman, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community U.S.A.]

AND HOPEFULLY I DIDN'T MESS THAT UP, SIR.

I APOLOGIZE IF I DID.

IT'S OKAY.

GO AHEAD, SIR.

IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE GRACIOUS, THE MERCIFUL, ALL PRAISE BELONGS TO GOD.

LORD OF ALL THE WORLDS, THE GRACIOUS, THE MERCIFUL MASTER OF THE DAY OF JUDGMENT,

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THEE ALONE DO WE WORSHIP AND THEE ALONE? DO WE IMPLORE FOR HELP? GUIDE US ON THE STRAIGHT PATH, THE PATH OF THOSE UPON WHOM THOU HAS BESTOWED THY BLESSINGS, THOSE WHO HAVE NOT INCURRED THY DISPLEASURE AND THOSE WHO HAVE NOT GONE ASTRAY.

AMEN.

SIR, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, I BELIEVE, CHERYL? YES.

YOU CAN SIT DOWN NOW, PLEASE.

UH, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I WANTED TO COUNCIL MEMBER R BENNETT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FLAG HERE.

WHAT, WHAT ARE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE, THE FLAG? YES, AS EVERYONE KNOWS, THIS IS THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FORMATION OF OUR WONDERFUL COUNTRY OF AMERICA.

AND THIS IS THE FLAG THAT YOU'LL SEE THEM, UH, SURROUNDING, UH, IN DIFFERENT PLACES IN THE CITY.

AND OF COURSE, THIS'S THE FIRST TIME IT'S BEING DISPLAYED HERE IN CITY HALL.

SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU AND, UH, HOPEFULLY, HOW ABOUT A ROUND, A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THE GREATEST NATION ON EARTH.

THANK, APPRECIATE THAT.

SO LET NOW LET'S MOVE ON

[3. RECOGNITION - Outgoing Parks and Recreation Commission Student Member Junseo (May) Lee]

ITEM NUMBER THREE IS THE RECOGNITION OF THE OUTGOING PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION.

STUDENT MEMBER MAY LEE, WILL YOU JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM PLEASE? HI, MAY.

HOW YOU DOING? FIRST OF ALL, MAE WAS APPOINTED TO SERVE AS A STUDENT MEMBER OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION IN APRIL OF 2025.

DURING HER TERM, MAY PROVIDED VALUABLE FEEDBACK AND SUGGESTIONS REGARDING RECREATION PROGRAMS AND SERVED WITH THIS DISTINCTION AS THE THIRD STUDENT MEMBER AND LIAISON TO THE TEAM ADVISORY BOARD.

HER LEADERSHIP WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN GUIDING THE BOARD THROUGH KEY DECISION MAKING PROCESSES, INCLUDING REMOVING THE MEMBER AT LARGE TITLE AND DEFINED THE ROLE AS OFFICER POSITION AND SUPPORTING THE PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF THE TEAM LEADERSHIP SUMMIT.

THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION EXPRESSED GREAT APPRECIATION FOR YOUR INSIGHT, COMMENTS AND HARD WORK OVER THE LAST YEAR.

ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION SERVICE AND WE WISH YOU GREAT SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? SURE.

UM, YEAH.

UM, I JUST WANNA TAKE THIS MOMENT TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, THE CITY STAFF MEMBERS AND THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION OF COURSE, AND ESPECIALLY, UH, FORMER MAYOR ART BENNETT, FOR ALLOWING ME TO SERVE THE CITY IN THIS ROLE.

IT HAS TRULY BEEN SUCH A GREAT HONOR AND I COULDN'T BE MORE GRATEFUL.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

CONGRATULATIONS TODAY.

UM, I JUST WANNA SAY SOMETHING REAL FAST.

UM, I, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, AND MATTER OF FACT, EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER HERE WE'RE EXCELLENT.

WE DO A GREAT JOB, BUT I KNOW IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ME TO DO THIS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM, UH, WITH, WITH THE PROGRAM THAT YOU WERE INVOLVED IN THIS PAST YEAR.

AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.

WE DO HAVE SOME, UH, RECOGNITION FOR YOU FROM, LET ME TELL YOU WHO THEY'RE FROM.

FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS FROM THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS AND THEN ALSO KURT HAMAN, WHICH IS OUR SUPERVISOR AND ALSO, UH, OUR ASSEMBLY MAN, UH, FIELD CHIN.

SO LET ME GIVE YOU THESE AND CAN I TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU? THANK YOU, MA'AM.

HAVE YOU JUST NOT DONE SCHOOL YET? OH, I'M GOING TO U-C-L-A-U-C-L-A.

THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT FIREFIGHTERS, PARAMEDICS, DEPUTY CHIEF ALT WILL JOIN THE MAYOR TO INTRODUCE THE FIREFIGHTERS.

NEXT WE HAVE

[4. INTRODUCTION - New Chino Valley Fire District Firefighters / Paramedics: Lucas Timm Arturo Villalobos Anthony Ramos]

HEY JEREMY.

HOW YOU DOING SIR? EXCUSE ME, CHIEF, I'M SORRY.

THAT'S ON BEHALF OF CITY COUNCIL.

I'D LIKE TO WELCOME THREE NEW EMPLOYEES TO THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT.

WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU GUYS TO BE HERE TODAY.

UH, WE HAVE THE VERY BEST, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE NATION.

AND BEFORE WE TAKE A PHOTO CHIEF, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING ON, ON BEHALF OF THE FIREFIGHTERS? YEAH.

THANK YOU VICE MAYOR.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY JUST TO BRING BEFORE YOU AND INTRODUCE OUR THREE NEWEST FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS FOR FIRE DISTRICT.

IN FACT, THERE'S LOCAL CONNECTION FOR ALL OF THEM.

SO FIRST I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE LUCAS.

TIM LUCAS IS THE TALL ONE.

UM, HE ACTUALLY COMES TO US, UH, BY WAY.

HE WAS A ENGINEER PARAMEDIC WITH THE CITY OF MONTCLAIR FIRE DEPARTMENT PRIOR TO COMING TO US.

ANTHONY RAMOS, UH, HE'S THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE.

UH, HE ACTUALLY STARTED OUT AS ONE OF OUR FIRE EXPLORERS AND HAS A DEEP CONNECTION TO THE COMMUNITY AND HAS COME BACK TO US FROM HIS TIME WORKING WITH THE KERN COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AND THEN FINALLY, ART VILLALOBOS.

UH, ART ACTUALLY, UM, WORKED AS A MEMBER OF THE AMBULANCE CREW FOR THE PRIVATE AMBULANCE COMPANY IN OUR DISTRICT FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.

IN FACT, I USED TO RUN CALLS WITH HIM AND TELLS YOU HOW LONG HE'S BEEN AROUND.

UM, BUT I JUST WANNA TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WELCOME THEM ALL.

THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN OUR, UH, ORIENTATION

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ACADEMY.

SO THEY'RE COMPLETING THAT WORK IN WHICH THEY LEARN ABOUT ALL THE WAYS WE DO THINGS SPECIFICALLY HERE.

AND IN ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF THEY'LL GRADUATE FROM THAT AND BEGIN THEIR TIME WORKING ON THE ENGINE COMPANY IN YOUR COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

THANK YOU GERMANY.

THANK YOU GUYS.

REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

TRY TO STAND BY THE TALL ONES, HUH? .

WE'LL COME ON BOARDS GUYS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YEAH, I WAS ON THE FIRE SERVICE FOR ABOUT 35 YEARS AND ACTUALLY I WAS ON THE FIREBIRD FOR SEVEN YEARS.

AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU, WE, WE GET NOTHING BUT THE BEST FIREFIGHTERS.

SO FROM MONTCLAIR, I'M GONNA LET, UH, MAYOR, UH, DRE KNOW THAT WE GOT YOU.

SO GOOD JOB FROM MONTCLAIR.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THIS IS THE RECOGNITION OF RUBEN AS AALA AND CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL'S, PERCUSSION AND DRUM LINES AS WGI, PERCUSSION WORLD CHAMPIONS, PRINCIPAL YAR BOY, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AQUINO AND BAND DIRECTOR, PROPS TO ACCEPT THE AWARD.

[5. RECOGNITION - Ruben S. Ayala and Chino Hills High Schools Percussion and Drumlines as WGI Percussion World Champions]

WOULD YOU JOIN THE MAYOR, PLEASE? THANK YOU, MR. YA BOY GOT A FEW WORDS TO SAY AND THEN WE'LL, I'LL GIVE IT OVER TO YOU.

I WANT, WE'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE AYLA HIGH SCHOOL AND CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL FOR BECOMING THE 2026 WGI PERCUSSION WORLD CHAMPIONS.

WHAT'S AN AMAZING ACHIEVEMENT.

WE KNOW HOW MUCH HARD WORK AND DEDICATION YOU ALL PUT IN THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR TO MAKE SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN.

WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE THE PRINCIPAL Y BOY, DIANE Y BOY, AND I'VE KNOWN HER SINCE MY SON RJ WAS IN THE SECOND GRADE IS WHEN I FIRST MET YOU MANY YEARS AGO.

A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

YEAH, JUST A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

AND, UH, BAND DIRECTOR MR. TROST.

OKAY, SIR.

REPRESENTS A, A YELLOW OKAY.

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, AQUINO AND BAND DIRECTOR.

MR. POSH.

WE WE'RE HERE TODAY TO, EXCUSE ME, I'M SO SORRY.

WHEN I'M NEXT, NEXT TO MR. YARD, BOY, I GET ALL EXCITED 'CAUSE SHE'S JUST AN AMAZING LADY.

SO I'M ALL TONGUE TWISTED, SO THANK YOU.

SO IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SAY, MA'AM? WE JUST WANNA SAY WE ARE REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF OUR STUDENTS HERE IN CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED, BOTH AT AYLA HIGH SCHOOL AND CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL.

UM, ESPECIALLY WITH THE WORK THAT, UH, GOES INTO HAVING A BAND, UM, PROGRAM.

AND YOU'LL FIND OUT THAT IT'S NOT JUST ONE TIME, BUT THEY'VE DONE IT IN 2025 AND IN 2026, UM, WHICH TEAM DID WE HAVE WIN PER NOT TWO, BUT THREE.

AND THEN IN 2025, WE HAD WHO BOTH THE CONCERT PERCUSSION AND MARCHING PERCUSSION.

AND THEY'VE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

THEY'RE THE HARDEST WORKING KIDS ON CAMPUS.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEIR GPA, UM, IT SHOWS, IT SHOWS.

I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF THEM AND I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR THE HARD WORK THAT THEY PUT IN ON A DAILY BASIS.

I LEAVE THE CAMPUS BEFORE THEY LEAVE THE CAMPUS.

THAT'S HOW HARD WORKING THEY ARE.

SCHOOLS AT LEAST THAT COMPETED IN THAT.

THANK YOU MR. THANK YOU PARENTS.

YEAH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.

UM, WE UNDERSTAND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE ON CITY COUNCIL WHO HAVE HAD KIDS LIKE MISS Y BOY SAID HAS HAVE GONE THROUGH AYALA HIGH SCHOOL.

SO THERE'S A DEEP TRADITION IN HISTORY WITH THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS AND RUBEN ALA HIGH SCHOOL.

UM, I ALSO LIKE TO THINK IF OUR PARENTS COULD STAND UP.

WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR BAND PARENTS HERE TODAY TOO, THAT, THAT SUPPORT THEIR STUDENTS IN THIS ACTIVITY.

IF SOME OF OUR PARENTS COULD STAND, ALL THE PARENTS COULD STAND UP.

AND AGAIN, IT, IT'S AN HONOR, UH, WINNING LAST YEAR AND AGAIN FOR A SECOND TIME IN A ROW THIS YEAR.

AND, UM, IT'S, UM, IT TAKES A VILLAGE.

I SAID THIS AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING LAST THURSDAY.

IT TAKES A TEAM OF SUPPORT IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ADMINISTRATION AND THE PARENTS.

NOTHING COULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF EVERY WORKING TOGETHER AS A TEAM.

SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US AND UH, WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.

AND, UM, WE JUST GOT OUT OF BAND CAMP.

WE'RE ALREADY IN BAND CAMP, SUMMER BAND CAMP.

JUST GOT OUTTA SCHOOL TODAY WAS THE FIRST DAY.

WE JUST GOT OUT AN HOUR AGO, SO FROM BAND CAMP ONE AND WE'RE BACK AGAIN TOMORROW MORNING.

SO THANKS AGAIN FOR HAVING US AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.

COULD YOU INVITE YOUR STUDENTS TO COME UP FOR A PICTURE, PLEASE? YES, STUDENTS.

HEY, COME ON UP, TIM.

HOW MANY, HOW MANY, UH, SCHOOLS COMPETE AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS? I THINK, WELL ALL THE CLASSES THERE IS, UH, SEVERAL, THERE'S LIKE A HANDFUL OF DIFFERENT DIVISIONS AND IT'S WAY OVER A HUNDRED THAT, THAT COMPETE PROBABLY ABOUT 150 200 SCHOOLS.

AND IN OUR DIVISION IT'S PRETTY LARGE.

WE'RE IN THE SCHOLASTIC WORLD, WHICH IS THE TOP DIVISION IN THE NATION.

AND I BELIEVE THERE WAS LIKE 25 OR 26

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AND OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS, HOW MANY TIMES HAS AYE BEEN IN THE TOP ONE OR TWO ? UH, I THINK AROUND, WELL THEY WON 13 TIMES AND THEN I BELIEVE ABOUT 17, 18.

AND SOME YEARS IT GOES FIRST AND SECOND BETWEEN CHINO HILLS HIGH AND I, SO WE, WE HAVE THE TWO BEST DRUM LINES IN THE NATION THAT ARE IN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, CHINO EVEN WAS THE FIFTH, UH, IN FIFTH PLACE.

SO PEOPLE SAY WHAT'S IN THE, IN THE WATER OUT HERE? I TELL YOU WHAT IT IS, IT'S THESE WONDERFUL PARENTS AND IT'S THESE KIDS THAT WORK SO HARD TO DO WHAT THEY DO TO REPRESENT OUR CITY AND, AND THE, AND THE SCHOOL.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO.

CAN I ASK SOMEBODY FROM CHINO HIGH SCHOOL TO COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS PLEASE? THANK YOU.

I JUST WANNA SAY A FEW WORDS AND JUST THANK YOU TO, UH, THE, THE CITY AS WELL AS OUR, OUR VERY, VERY SUPPORTIVE, UM, DISTRICT AS WELL AS OUR, UH, DIRECTOR MR. PROBES.

UM, I JOINED, UH, THE DISTRICT, UH, CHINO VALLEY DISTRICT BACK IN 2025, JANUARY.

AND, UH, WHEN I CAME IN, I KNEW THERE WAS A, THIS IS A, A BEAUTIFUL DISTRICT, BEAUTIFUL CITY.

UH, I KNEW THE MUSIC PROGRAM AS WELL, UH, BEING A, A DIRECTOR MYSELF, UM, EVEN THOUGH I I WAS A CHOIR DIRECTOR, I, I, MY, MY, UH, ROOTS WERE IN INSTRUMENTAL.

AND, UH, LITTLE DID I KNOW I WOULD BE PART OF A COMMUNITY THAT, UM, REALLY, REALLY RESPECTED MUSIC AND, UM, AND PUT EVERYTHING IN IT.

UH, I, I DO WANT TO JUST THANK MR. PROBES AND HIS PARENTS.

UM, EVERYONE THAT PUTS A LOT OF WORK IN THERE, UM, I'M THERE LATE AND I HEAR THEM STILL PRACTICING.

IT'S AMAZING TO SEE WHAT, HOW DEDICATED THEY ARE AND, UM, WE SHOULD BE DEFINITELY PROUD, NOT JUST OF THEIR ACCOLADES, BUT UM, JUST THEIR PASSION FOR MUSIC.

SO, UH, THANK YOU MR. PROBES FOR CONTINUING TO, UM, BRING THAT OUT FROM OUR STUDENTS AND ALSO MODELING THAT FOR THEM AS WELL AND ALL YOUR HARD WORK.

ALL THOSE, ALL THE STUDENTS.

PLEASE COME ON UP FOR A SECOND.

IF YOU DON'T MARK ALL THE STUDENTS, PLEASE COME UP.

COME ON GUYS.

I JUST WANNA SAY A FEW WORDS AS YOU'RE WALKING UP.

UM, THERE'S COMPETITION IN A CITY THE WAY THAT IT IS.

I REALLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU GUYS ARE A TEAM IN CHINO HILLS, SO YOU SUPPORT US ALL.

AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR A JOB WELL DONE.

LET'S TAKE A PICTURE GUYS.

OH SURE.

IT'S ALWAYS SHOWING ME WHAT TO DO.

EVERYONE JUROR? YEAH.

THREE AND THEN ADMINISTRATORS IF YOU ON THE THERE, WE'LL HAVE TO DO A LITTLE BIT TIGHTER ON THIS SIDE THERE.

AND THEN WE'LL DO ONE RIGHT HERE AT THIS CAMERA.

AND THEN YOU CAN LOOK AT YOUR PARENTS.

NOW COUNT THREE CHINO HILLS.

1, 2, 3 CHINO HILLS.

CONGRATULATIONS EVERYONE.

THANKS FOR MAKING US PROUD.

APPRECIATE IT.

NEXT IS THE PUBLIC INFORMATION

[ PUBLIC INFORMATION MANAGER REPORT]

MANAGER REPORT.

GOOD EVENING VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ.

COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT.

AS MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS IS JOINING COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND RECOGNIZING AMERICA TWO 50.

AS OF THIS WEEKEND, CITY HALL AND THE COMMUNITY CENTER ARE DISPLAYING THE AMERICA TWO 50 FLAGS AS WELL AS HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, WHICH WILL REMAIN ON DISPLAY THROUGH THE END OF JULY.

AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE PATRIOTIC DISPLAY OF CHINO HILLS.

OUR EX EXHIBIT IS ON DISPLAY AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER THROUGH MID-AUGUST.

AND IN CULMINATION OF THE CELEBRATION, RESIDENTS ARE INVITED TO THE CITY'S INDEPENDENT CELEBRATION AND CONCERT ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 1ST, WHERE THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL AMERICA TWO 50 THEMED GIVEAWAY AND OTHER RECREATION EVENTS.

JOIN THE CITY FOR OUR GUIDED HIKE AT THE MCCOY TRAILHEAD ON JUNE 6TH.

DORY PRIZES, CRAFTS AND EDUCATIONAL BOOTHS WILL BE AVAILABLE STARTING AT 8:00 AM AND THE INTERMEDIATE

[01:30:01]

THREE MILE HIKE WILL BEGIN AT 8:30 AM AND LASTLY, MAYOR JOES WILL HOST THE ANNUAL STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS ON THURSDAY, JUNE 4TH.

THE EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT, BUT THE FULL VIDEO WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE CEREMONY ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE FOLLOWING THE EVENT.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON.

PUBLIC

[ PUBLIC COMMENTS - AGENDIZED ITEMS]

COMMENTS.

WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING.

THANK YOU CHERYL.

I HAVE NINE ITEMS. ANYBODY WISH TO PULL ANY ITEM? I DO NOT.

CON,

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

CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

LEVI ACT ANNOUNCEMENTS.

ANYBODY? NOPE.

NO.

PERFECT.

YOU GUYS ARE JUST PERFECT .

SO A CONSENT CALENDAR.

[ CONSENT CALENDAR (9 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.]

COULD I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE? SO MOVE SECOND.

MOTION PASSES.

FOUR ZERO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYBODY.

CALENDAR ITEM NUMBER 16, REVIEW AND UPDATE.

UH, DISCUSSION

[16. 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 ]

CITY HALL FIRE EMERGENCY DECLARATION.

UH, MR. HILL, I BELIEVE IS PRESENTING THIS.

THANK YOU VICE MAYOR.

YES, GOOD EVENING.

UH, REAL QUICK.

UPDATE NUMBER 18 TO THIS ONGOING CONTINUING, UH, EMERGENCY DECLARATION RELATED TO THE FIRE AT CITY HALL AND THE RELATED, UH, SPRINKLER FLOODING.

UH, WE JUST WANNA BRING IT BACK.

WE NEED TO CONTINUE THE DECLARATION TILL THE WORK'S DONE.

THEY TELL ME THEY'RE GETTING VERY, VERY CLOSE.

UH, I THINK MOST OF THE COUNTER WORK HAS BEEN DONE AND THEY'RE JUST WAITING TO FINISH THE GLASS AT THE COUNTERS.

SO WE'RE VERY CLOSE.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

17, DISCUSS AND APPROVE PARK RECREATION PLANNING AND PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION MEETING SCHEDULE.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ONE ITEM? I DON'T THINK WE HAD ANY.

THERE ARE NONE.

NO.

SO I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THIS ITEM.

THAT'S CORRECT.

MOTION AND A SECOND.

I'LL MOVE THE ITEM.

CYNTHIA, I'LL SECOND.

[17. Discuss and approve Parks and Recreation, Planning, and Public Works Commissions meeting schedules, update inconsistencies amongst chapters and meeting procedures, and introduce Ordinance entitled: “An Ordinance of the City of Chino Hills, Repealing Section 2.04.090 (Improper Conduct of Meeting), Amending Various Sections Within 2.32 (Parks and Recreation Commission), 2.36 (Planning Commission), and 2.40 (Public Works Commission) of the Chino Hills Municipal Code Updating the Commissions’ Meeting Schedules, Respective Commission Duties and Meeting Procedures and Determining Project is Exempt From Review Under the California Environmental Quality Act” for first reading by title only and waiving further reading]

AND WHO'S PRESENTING THIS ONE? JESSICA.

JESSICA.

HEY, WE LOVE YOU JESSICA .

UH, GOOD EVENING VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THE ITEM BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS TO DISCUSS AND APPROVE PARKS AND RECREATION PLANNING AND PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSIONS, MEETING SCHEDULES, UPDATE INCONSISTENCIES AMONGST THE CHINO HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTERS AND MEETING PROCEDURES.

CURRENTLY, PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETS THE THIRD WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH AT SIX O'CLOCK.

HOWEVER, DUE TO THE REDUCED NUMBER OF AGENDA ITEMS, FREQUENT MONTHLY MEETINGS ARE NO LONGER NECESSARY.

IT IS PROPOSED THAT PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEET EVERY OTHER MONTH, JANUARY, MARCH, MAY, JULY, SEPTEMBER, AND NOVEMBER ON THE THIRD WEDNESDAY OF THOSE MONTHS AT 6:00 PM CURRENTLY PLANNING COMMISSION MEETS THE FIRST AND THIRD TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH AT SIX O'CLOCK.

HOWEVER, A SINGLE MONTHLY MEETING WOULD BE ADEQUATE FOR THE COMMISSION TO CONDUCT THEIR BUSINESS.

RECENT CHANGES IN THE STATE LAW HAVE RESULTED IN A GREATER NUMBER OF PROJECTS BEING APPROVED AT AN EXECUTIVE LEVEL THERE, THEREBY REDUCING THE VOLUME OF MATTERS.

REQUIRING REVIEW.

IT IS PROPOSED.

A PLANNING COMMISSION MEET ONCE A MONTH ON THE THIRD TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH AT SIX O'CLOCK.

CURRENTLY, PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION MEETS THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH AT SIX O'CLOCK.

HOWEVER, IT'S ALSO BEEN A CONSISTENT PRACTICE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS TO CANCEL MULTIPLE MEETINGS DUE TO A LACK OF BUSINESS ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION.

IT IS PROPOSED THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION MEET EVERY OTHER MONTH IN FEBRUARY, APRIL, JUNE, AUGUST, OCTOBER, AND DECEMBER.

ON THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THOSE MONTHS AT SIX O'CLOCK.

THE COMMISSIONS WOULD ALSO MAINTAIN THE ABILITY TO CALL SPECIAL MEETINGS FOR TIME SENSITIVE OR URGENT MATTERS REQUIRING IMMEDIATE INPUT, RECOMMENDATION OR ACTION.

OVERALL, THE PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE MEETING SCHEDULES FOR ALL COMMISSIONS WOULD BETTER ALIGN STAFF RESOURCES WITH THE COMMISSION'S ADVISORY ROLE AND THE TYPICAL VOLUME OF BUSINESS PRESENTED FOR ITS REVIEW.

THE ORDINANCE WILL ALSO REMOVE FROM THE MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 4 9 0 IMPROPER CONDUCT AT MEETINGS SINCE THE COUNCIL ADOPTED OR REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY.

SECTION 1.4 REGARDING PUBLIC MEETING RULES THAT SETS FORTH A POLICY FOR HANDLING DISRUPTIONS AT PUBLIC MEETINGS, RENUMBER SECTIONS TO ACCOMMODATE CHANGES AND UPDATE EACH COMMISSION SECTION FOR THEIR CONSISTENCY PURPOSES.

STAFF RECOMMENDS THE CITY COUNCIL INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, REPEALING SECTION 2.0 4.090 IMPROPER CONDUCT OF MEETING AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS WITHIN 2.32 PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION, 2.36 PLANNING COMMISSION AND 2.40 PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION OF THE CHINO HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE, UPDATING THE COMMISSION'S, MEETING SCHEDULES, RESPECTIVE COMMISSION DUTIES, AND MEETING PROCEDURES AND DETERMINE PROJECTS EXEMPT FROM REVIEW UNDER CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL ACT FOR FIRST READING BY TITLE ONLY.

AND WA FURTHER READING.

THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

LET'S, UH, ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

WE SHOULD.

CYNTHIA, ANYTHING? NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

HOW ABOUT YOU, PETER? GOOD JOB.

NOTHING.

NO QUESTIONS.

WHAT ABOUT THE AUDIENCE? NO, I'M

[01:35:01]

TEASING.

, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS? AND IS THIS A RECEIVE AND FILE? NO, WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THE ORDINANCE.

SO THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND ON THIS.

[18. Adopt resolution adopting 2025 Urban Water Management Plan and Water Shortage Contingency Plan and determine action to be exempt from review under California Environmental Quality Act ]

NUMBER 18.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

SO LET ME OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.

WE'RE GONNA ADOPT A RESOLUTION ADOPTING 2025 AS URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN AND WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN.

AND OUR VERY OWN MANAGER, MR. WILEY, IS THE PRESENTER ON THIS.

GO AHEAD, MARK.

AND WE DO PUT A LITTLE SOMETHING IN THE WATER TO HELP HIM PLAY THE TRASH.

UM, YES.

SO WE HAVE OUR, OUR PUBLIC HEARING FOR OUR 2025 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN AND THE WATER SUPPLY CONTINGENCY PLAN.

UM, SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT, UH, URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN, UM, THIS IS OUR FIVE YEAR UPDATE TO THE 2020 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN.

UM, THIS COMPLIES WITH THE URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN ACT AND THE WATER CONSERV ACT ON WATER CONSERVATION ACT OF 2009, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS SBX SEVEN DASH SEVEN.

UM, THIS CAN ALSO BE FOUND IN CALIFORNIA WATER CODE SECTION TEN SIX THIRTY ONE.

AND THIS PARTICULAR PLAN, IT DIRECTS THE LONG TERM PLANNING OF OUR WATER RESOURCES.

AND, UM, WHILE I GOT YOU HERE, UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK NICK AND HIS TEAM AND ALMA HERNANDEZ AND SAVANNAH KENO 'CAUSE THEY WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN US BEING ABLE TO GET THIS PLAN DONE.

SO THANK YOU ALL.

UM, UH, THAT THE WATER SUPPLY CONTINGENCY PLAN PROVIDES GUIDANCE FOR ACTIONS DURING, UH, A SHORTAGE.

SO SOME OF THE KEY POINTS, UM, THE GOAL OF THE WATER CONSERVATION ACT OF 2009 WAS A 20% REDUCTION TARGET BY THE YEAR 2020.

AND FOR THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, THAT WAS 173 GALLONS PER CAPITA PER DAY.

UM, THE CITY SURPASSED THAT REQUIREMENT WITH A SAVINGS IN 2020 OF 148 GALLONS PER CAPITA PER DAY.

AND CURRENTLY WE'RE AT 1 38.

SO CITY CHINO HILLS IS DOING AWESOME.

UM, MUCH BETTER THAN ANYONE AROUND US.

UM, THE CITY COMPLIES WITH CALIFORNIA WATER CODE DEMAND MANAGEMENT MEASURES SUCH AS, UH, WE HAVE A MULTI-STAGE WATER CONSERVATION ORDINANCE.

UH, WE HAVE WATER METERING FOR ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS.

UM, WE HAVE A TIERED RATE STRUCTURE, UM, LIKE OUR WATER, UH, OUR WATER STRUCTURES TO ENCOURAGE CON CONSERVATION.

WE DO A TON OF PUBLIC OUTREACH AND EDUCATION AND WE HAVE PROGRAMS TO ASSESS AND MANAGE, UM, OUR DISTRIBUTION LOSSES, LIKE IF WE HAVE BREAKS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

WE MANAGE ALL THAT VERY WELL.

UM, NOW THAT THE WATER SUPPLY CONTINGENCY PLAN, THIS IS A DIFFERENT PLAN.

UM, THIS IS A GUIDE FOR WATER SHORTAGE EVENTS AND HELPS IMPROVE PREPAREDNESS.

UM, THIS IS CONSIDERED A STANDALONE DOCUMENT, UM, TO THE URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN.

UM, AND MAY BE AMENDED ANY TIME THAT WE THINK IT NEEDS TO BE AMENDED, BUT IT HAS TO BE DONE EVERY FIVE YEARS.

THAT'S WHY WE DO IT WITH THE URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN.

UM, THIS SERVES AS THE OPERATING MANUAL TO PREVENT CATASTROPHIC SERVICE DISRUPTIONS THROUGH PROACTIVE RATHER THAN REACTIVE MITIGATION OF SHORTAGES.

AND IF YOU REMEMBER BACK IN 2021, WE ENACTED OUR PLAN, UM, WHEN WE HAD A STATEWIDE DROUGHT.

UM, SO NEXT STEPS, UH, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL, YOU NEED TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION, UH, ONCE THAT IS ADOPTED, I WILL SUBMIT THE WATER SUPPLY CONTINGENCY PLAN AND THE URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN TO THE DEPARTMENT OF OF WATER RESOURCES NO LATER THAN, UH, THE, THE FIRST OF NEXT MONTH AND A DRAFT OF THEIR WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN.

AND THE WATER SUPPLY CONTINGENCY PLAN IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE.

AND, UH, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR MARK.

GREAT JOB.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM UP HERE? MARK? NO.

I, NO.

DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? NO, WE DO NOT.

AGENDIZED ITEMS NUMBER 19, 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.

WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS THEN I'M GONNA SHUT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THERE'S NO QUESTIONS.

SO AT THIS TIME, I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THIS ITEM.

CYNTHIA, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

SECOND.

THANKS, MARK.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU ALL.

MOTION PASSES.

FOUR ZERO.

THANKS CHERYL.

LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

NON

[19. 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 minutes for 1-10 speakers; two minutes for 11-15 speakers; and one 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.]

PLEASE COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK AND REQUEST TO SPEAK ANY SPEAKERS.

[01:40:01]

WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER, NEIL CAMP PATEL.

HOW YOU DOING, SIR? ALRIGHT, GOOD, GOOD.

EUGENE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY MA MY NAME IS NEILAN PATEL AND I AM 10 YEARS OLD.

I HAVE GROWN UP IN THIS BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY OF CHINO HILLS AND I'M ALSO A VOLUNTEER WITH THE BAPS, SAM MIR HERE IN CHINO HILLS.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE CHANCE TO SPEAK TONIGHT.

AMERICA'S GETTING READY TO CELEBRATE 250 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE, AND I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL.

FOR 250 YEARS PEOPLE HAVE COME TO THIS COUNTRY WITH HOPES, DREAMS, AND THE BELIEF THAT THEY COULD, THAT THEY COULD BUILD A BETTER LIFE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES.

MY FAMILY IS ONE OF THOSE FAMILIES.

MY GRANDFATHER CAME HERE MORE THAN 50 YEARS AGO, TRYING FOR A CHANCE TO LIVE THE AMERICAN DREAM THROUGH HIS HARD WORK AND SACRIFICE.

HE PAVED THE WAY FOR A LIFE OF HOPE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR MY FAMILY.

HE CONTRIBUTED TO THE VIBRANT FABRIC OF COMMUNITY THAT MAKES THIS COUNTRY SO SPECIAL.

EVEN THOUGH WE MAY COME FROM DIFFERENT PLACES, WE ALL SHARE THE SAME HOPE FOR A SAFE COMMUNITY, GOOD OPPORTUNITIES, AND A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR US CHILDREN.

THAT'S WHY CELEBRATING AMERICA'S 250TH BIRTHDAY SHOULD BRING EVERYONE TOGETHER.

IT'S A CHANCE TO REMEMBER THE VALUES OUR COUNTRY WAS BUILT ON, FREEDOM, OPPORTUNITY, COURAGE, AND UNITY.

IT'S ALSO A CHANCE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE GENERATIONS OF AMERICANS WHO HELPED BUILD THIS NATION THIS SUMMER.

BAPS LOS ANGELES IS HONORED TO HOST THIS SEA ROOTS AMERICAN DREAMS, AN OFFICIAL AMERICA'S ULTIMATE BLOCK PARTY CELEBRATION.

AS PART OF AMERICA TWO 50, WE'RE INVITING THE ENTIRE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY TO COME CELEBRATE THE AMERICAN STORY TO SERVICE, MUSIC, ART, FAMILY, ACTIVITIES, AND UNITY.

THE EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE ON JULY 3RD AND FOURTH AND WILL INCLUDE GUIDED TOUR, CARNIVAL RIDES, YOUTH ART, LIVE MUSIC, CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES, SERVICE PROJECTS, AND A NIGHTLY LIGHT AND SOUND SHOW.

WE WOULD BE HONORED TO WELCOME THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF, AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO JOIN US.

AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE AND HELP MAKING CHAIN HILL SUCH A WELCOMING COMMUNITY.

AS A KID GROWING UP HERE IN AMERICA, I FEEL PROUD TO BE PART OF THE COUNTRY AND PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.

I BELIEVE AMERICA'S STRONG IS WHEN WE WELCOME PEOPLE, RESPECT EACH OTHER, AND WORK TOGETHER.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

CAN YOU DO ME A FAVOR, SIR? GREAT JOB.

APPLAUSE.

DO A FAVOR.

CAN YOU COME UP HERE? CAN I TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU? IS THAT POSSIBLE? THANK YOU.

I AM A BIG HAM GUYS, SO I'D LIKE TO JOB.

GREAT JOB, .

THAT WAS A GREAT GOOD JOB INVITATION.

YEAH, AND WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED THAT INFORMATION.

UH, WE ARE BIG, BIG SUPPORTERS OF BAPS IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS HAVE BEEN ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2004.

I KNOW.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

PHENOMENAL PARTNERS AND THEY, WE REALLY WORKED WELL TOGETHER TO CARRY OUT THAT MISSION.

DON'T WE HAVE AMAZING KIDS IN OUR CITY? YEAH.

SO AT THIS

[ SAFETY UPDATES - Fire and Police]

TIME, SAFETY UPDATES.

LEMME GO TO FIRE FIRST AND PD SECOND.

YES, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

AND I ALSO HOPE I CAN COMMUNICATE WITH THAT SAME DEGREE OF ARTICULATION, ELOQUENCE AS THAT YOUNG MAN THIS EVENING.

SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS.

UH, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF BUSY DAYS IN OUR COMMUNITY OVER THE LAST WEEK OR TWO.

UH, JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE EFFORTS IN THE COMMUNITY.

OBVIOUSLY WE HAD THE GRAND AVENUE FIRE, THE GRAND FIRE, AND THE WILLOW FIRE.

THE GRAND BEING ABOUT ROUGHLY 36 ACRES.

UM, THAT WAS ON THE 13TH.

WE WERE REACHED A HUNDRED PERCENT CONTAINMENT ON THE 17TH, AND THEN WE HAD THE WILLOW FIRE DOWN OFF OF LOCAL CANYON ON THE 19TH, WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, KEEP IT ABOUT THREE ACRES.

UM, THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THOSE INCIDENTS IS THEY TOOK A LOT OF COLLABORATION AND BOTH THOSE INCIDENTS REQUIRED OUR COMMUNITIES TO COMPLY WITH, UH, EVACUATION ORDERS AND WARNINGS.

SO THE REASON I WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT TONIGHT IS FIRST TO HIGHLIGHT THE AMOUNT OF COOPERATION AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN OUR AGENCIES.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT PARTNERS REALLY CAME TO THE TABLE TO ASSIST OUR BRAVE FIREFIGHTERS FROM GINA VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT.

UH, THROUGH THOSE RAPID ACTIONS, WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP THOSE FIRES CONTAINED TO THOSE SMALL FOOTPRINTS, AND WE HAD, UH, NO STRUCTURES DESTROYED.

UH, OBVIOUSLY OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS REALLY COME TO THE TABLE WITH US, AND WHEN WE COLLABORATE TOGETHER AND MAKE THOSE DECISIONS ON EVACUATIONS, THEY'RE

[01:45:01]

UH, THE CITY OBVIOUSLY PLAYS A ROLE, AND THE STAFF FROM THE CITY WAS AMAZING WORKING, UH, ALONGSIDE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT, UH, BOTH ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH THE EVACUATIONS AND THE PROGRESS OF THE FIRE.

SO A REALLY GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY.

BUT THE PARTNERSHIP I WANNA HIGHLIGHT THIS EVENING IS PROBABLY OUR MOST VALUABLE PARTNER, AND THAT IS THE COMMUNITY.

UH, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION, UH, NOT ONLY IN THIS BODY, BUT IN OUR LOCAL NEWS LATELY ABOUT EVACUATIONS, A LOT OF THAT MEDIA ATTENTION GOING TO THE INCIDENT THAT'S HAPPENING IN GARDEN GROVE AND OTHERS.

SO I WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY THAT WAS SO SUCCESSFUL.

SO ONE OF THE SIGNIFICANT THINGS WE HAD TO DO STRATEGICALLY IS CALL FOR EVACUATION ORDERS AND WARNINGS, AS WE MENTIONED.

WHY THAT'S SO CRITICAL IS THAT WE WORK HARD TO CONTAIN THOSE FIRES, TO KEEP THEM SMALL.

HOWEVER, IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.

SO WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS, WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS THAT PEOPLE COMPLY WITH THOSE LAWFUL ORDERS.

I'M HAPPY TO REPORT IN BOTH OF THESE RECENT INCIDENTS, UH, OUR OUR COMMUNITY REALLY STEPPED UP AND, UH, OBEYED THOSE ORDERS.

AND THAT MAKES A CRITICAL, UM, IMPACT ON THE WORK THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH TO PUT THOSE FIRES OUT FIRST, WE CAN HAVE THE CONFIDENCE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS SAFE AND THEY'RE OUT OF THE WAY SO WE CAN GET OUR FIRE APPARATUS IN THERE AND DO THE JOB THAT WE NEED TO DO.

UM, IT'S JUST A REALLY KEY FACTOR FOR US TO KNOW THAT WHEN WE MAKE THOSE LAWFUL ORDERS, THAT FOLKS ACTUALLY COMPLY.

SO, AS A FEEDBACK PIECE, UH, WE HAD INCREDIBLE ENGAGEMENT FROM THE COMMUNITY.

UH, WE GOT THE WORD OUT LIKE WE MENTIONED.

UM, WE HAD THAT GREAT COMPLIANCE, AND THEN WE HAD HAD TREMENDOUS POSITIVE FEEDBACK AFTERWARDS FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT HOW WE COMMUNICATED.

AND AGAIN, WE UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN WE CALL FOR THOSE EVACUATIONS, SOMETIMES IT'S A GREAT INCONVENIENCE, BUT WE DO THE WORK WE CAN TO GET FOLKS HOME AS SOON AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

SO I REALLY JUST WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY PRAISE OUR COOPERATING AGENCIES, BUT ESPECIALLY THE COMMUNITY FOR ENGAGING, FOR FOLLOWING THOSE ORDERS, AND THEN FOR, UM, ACTUALLY RETURNING TO THEIR HOMES IN AN ORDERLY FASHION.

THAT ACTUALLY CONCLUDES MY REPORT FOR THIS EVENING.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS? NO, JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.

YOU DID A VERY PROFESSIONAL JOB, SO THANK YOU.

LET'S GO TO PD NOW.

VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ AND, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UH, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO, UH, REPRESENT THE CHINO HALLS POLICE DEPARTMENT IN PLACE OF CHIEF GERARD.

UH, YOU KNOW, I, UH, WANT TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS FROM, UH, FROM CHIEF ALT.

I THINK THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE BUILT BETWEEN OUR AGENCIES HAS, HAS NEVER BEEN HIGHER.

I'VE BEEN WORKING HERE IN THE CITY SINCE 2004, OFF AND ON FOR 15 YEARS, AND I DON'T THINK THEY, THEIR RELATIONSHIP HAS BEEN, BEEN STRONGER.

SO WE APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT, UH, WE WORK SO CLOSELY TOGETHER.

UM, THIS EVENING I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT .

THANK YOU, SIR.

APPRECIATE THAT SET UP.

HEY, BEFORE I MOVE ON, I'M GONNA GO TO CITY MANAGER NEXT, BUT, UH, I NOTICED THAT I HAVE A COUPLE FIRE BOARD MEMBERS, UH, SARAH GER RAMOS IN THE BACK, AND ALSO MIKE KRIEGER, WHO'S THE PRESIDENT.

CAN YOU COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS? WOULD YOU MIND SAY A FEW? COME ON, SIR.

OR MIKE, TAKE THE MIKE.

YEAH, I GUESS THEY ARE.

WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? JUST TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU AND, AND THE FIRE DISTRICT.

YEAH, NO, YOU'RE SO PROUD.

THE FIRE DISTRICT'S DOING GREAT.

WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE NEW PEOPLE AND LIKE, UH, CHIEF ALTA AND, UH, SERGEANT KNOCKIN SAID THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO ARE VITAL AND VITAL WITH THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

UH, AND YOU KNOW, IT REALLY SHOWED ALSO THAT THE MUTUAL AID RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE BETWEEN OTHER, UH, FIRE AGENCIES REALLY CAME INTO PLAY WITH THESE, BOTH OF THESE FIRES THAT WE HAD.

WE HAD CAL FIRE, WE HAD LA COUNTY FIRE, ONTARIO FIRE, MONTCLAIR FIRE, ALL PLAYING A KEY PART IN, IN HELPING OUT WITH THESE FIRES.

SO, UH, WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD TO, TO BE HERE IN THE CITY AND TO DO THE WORK THAT WE DO, SIR, REAL FAST.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MORE, UM, TO THE COMMUNITY AND I APPRECIATE YOUR HELP WITH THAT AS WELL.

UM, I KNOW YOU ALWAYS THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX, UH, THERE'S A GENTLEMAN NAMED MASON REGARDING INSURANCE.

I KNOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR A COMMUNITY.

CAN YOU TOUCH, UH, SOME INFORMATION ON THAT? YEAH, I MEAN, WE ALL KNOW THAT OUR HOMEOWNER'S INSURANCE IS BEING, YOU KNOW, UH, THE PREMIUMS HAVE GONE UP DRAMATICALLY.

UH, I, I HAVE A, A, A RELATIONSHIP WITH A GENTLEMAN THAT SPECIALIZES IN, UM, HIGH FIRE HAZARD INSURANCE.

AND, UH, HE DOES, UH, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS IN PARTICULAR, UM, AND APARTMENTS AND, YOU KNOW, SENIOR HOUSING, UH, YOU KNOW, LARGE COMPLEXES AS WELL.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO COME UP WITH A WAY ON HOW TO, HOW TO GET THAT MESSAGE OUT A LITTLE BIT

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LEMME GO TO OUR CITY MANAGER.

[ CITY MANAGER UPDATES]

WELL, I GUESS I'LL ECHO THE SAME THING.

I APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH FIRE AND POLICE.

I DID GO TO THE IC FOR THE GRAND AVENUE FIRE.

I HAVE TO COMMEND NICOLE AND BRANDON.

UH, I CALLED NICOLE AND WE TALKED NUMEROUS HOURS, I'M SURE.

IT SEEMED LIKE THERE WERE NUMEROUS TIMES OVER THE HOURS OVER THAT EVENT.

SHE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE PIO AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

SHE GOT OUT MOST OF THE INFORMATION YOU HEARD.

UM, I ALSO WANNA COMMEND JONATHAN'S TEAM.

THEY OPENED A SHELTER THAT NIGHT.

UM, WE'VE OPENED TWO SHELTERS IN THE LAST SIX WEEKS OR SO IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.

THEY WENT VERY SMOOTH.

WE GOT COMPLIMENTS IN THOSE SHELTERS FROM BOTH, UM, ORANGE COUNTY, UH, RED CROSS, AND THEN, UH, RE MOST RECENTLY FROM, UM, LOCAL PARTNERS AT HOW FAST WE OPENED THE SHELTER HERE IN CHINO HILLS.

I THINK IT WAS THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY THAT COMMENTED HOW QUICKLY IT OPENED AND HOW EFFECTIVELY IT WAS.

SO IT'S ALL THAT COMMUNICATION WITH THE PARTNERS WE HAVE OUT THERE.

I KNOW, UH, BOTH, UH, VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS ALSO ATTENDED ONE OF THE SHELTERS.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

IT SHOWS A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR THE COMMUNITY WHEN SOMEBODY'S THERE AND THEY NEED HELP AND THEY HAVE THE COUNCIL SHOW UP FOR THEM.

SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.

SO I JUST WANNA REITERATE THAT I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.

BUT THANK YOU NICOLE AND BRANDON FOR ALL YOU DO ON THOSE EVENTS TOO, SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

AND I'LL, I'LL START IT OFF.

UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THE MAYOR REALLY WANTED TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

HE JUST DIDN'T WORK OUT FOR HIM, AND HE APOLOGIZED FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT, SO PLEASE EXCUSE HIM.

HE'S SUCH A GREAT MAYOR AND HE DOES SUCH A GREAT JOB FOR US.

SO LET'S GO TO, UH, COUNCIL REPORTS

[ COUNCIL REPORTS Mayor Johsz West Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District Board Vice Mayor Marquez San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Board General Policy Committee Legislative Policy Committee Council Member Bennett Chino Valley Fire District Board Chino Valley Unified School District Board ]

SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY BOARD GENERAL POLICY COMMITTEE MEASURE I COMPLIANCE AUDIT FISCAL YEAR 20 24, 20 25, WE APPROVED IT.

WE RENEWED OUR ANNUAL INSURANCE POLICY, SAN BERNARDINO VEHICLE MILES TRAVEL MITIGATION BANK PROGRAM.

WE APPROVED THAT SAN BERNARDINO REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST UPDATES.

WE RECEIVED THAT, UH, TRANSIT POLICY COMMITTEE.

WE UPDATED, WE HAD AN UPDATE ON METROLINK FISCAL YEAR 20 26, 20 27, AND A RECOMMENDATION FOR PRIOR FISCAL YEAR.

SO THAT'S MY REPORT.

AND LET ME MOVE OVER TO, UH, MR. BENNETT.

YES, UH, CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT.

UH, OBVIOUSLY, UH, AT THE LAST MEETING WE WERE INTRODUCED TO THE, UH, RECRUITS.

UH, THEY ARE NOW THIS WEEK IN THEIR SEVENTH OF EIGHT WEEKS IN TRAINING.

SO, UH, HOPEFULLY AS, UH, JEREMY HAD MENTIONED BY THE, UH, END OF NEXT WEEK, THEY WILL BE OFFICIALLY, UH, NEW RECRUITS HERE.

WE CONSISTENTLY DRAFT FROM SURROUNDING FIRE AGENCIES AND AS A RESULT, UH, I, I AM CONVINCED AND, AND CAN SAY WITHOUT ANY, UH, UH, DOUBT THAT WE HAVE THE BEST FIRE DEPARTMENT AROUND.

WE HAVE GREAT QUALIFIED PEOPLE.

UH, THEY LOVE TO COME TO WORK HERE BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A GREAT DEPARTMENT.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

WE, THERE IS A COUPLE THINGS I WANTED TO MENTION.

AT THE LAST MEETING, THEY INTRODUCED A NEW EMPLOYEE ACCOUNTANT, EMILY RO THE, OF COURSE, INTRODUCED THE THREE NEW FIREFIGHTERS THAT WE MET THIS EVENING.

AND THERE WERE PROMOTION, RECOGNITIONS AND BADGE PENDING FOR DEPUTY CLERK OF THE BOARD, KELLY O'TOOLE ENGINEER, BLAKE LEMKE, CAPTAIN ETHAN SANDERS, BATTALION CHIEF CASEY MAY, AND DEPUTY CHIEF GREG GABLE.

SO THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH ONE OF THEM.

UH, THERE WAS ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD THE TWO FIRES THAT WERE IN OUR CITY, BUT OVER THE WEEKEND, UH, WE WERE ON MUTUAL AID WITH, UH, FROM TALKING TO THE CHIEF OVER THE WEEKEND.

THERE WAS A, UH, STRUCTURE FIRE OVER IN POMONA OFF OF NINTH STREET.

AND I UNDERSTAND WE HAD CREWS THAT WERE OVER THERE HELPING KNOCK THAT DOWN FROM WHERE I LIVE IN THE VILLAGE OAKS AREA.

I'M AT THE, UH, UP ON, AT A CUL-DE-SAC AND WE COULD SEE ALL OVER THE VALLEY.

AND THE, THE, THE SMOKE BEING THROWN OFF BY THAT FIRE WAS EXTENSIVE.

SO, UH, ACTUALLY DAVID HAD NOT EVEN HEARD ABOUT IT WHEN I CALLED HIM ASKING WHERE IT WAS AT.

SO AT RATE, THANK YOU FOR, UH, ALL OF OUR STAFF AND, AND YOUR STAFF, UH, FOR DOING THE GREAT JOB THEY DO.

UH, CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, YOU SAW THE AD, OR NOT AD EXCUSE ME, YOU SAW THE ARTICLE IN THE CHINO VALLEY, UH, CHAMBER CHAMPION, EXCUSE ME, MY, I'M TUG TONGUE TIED RIGHT NOW.

AT ANY RATE, UH, IF YOU COME DOWN, UH, PEYTON, YOU'RE GONNA SEE ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION FENCING AROUND ALA HIGH SCHOOL'S PARKING LOT.

THAT WORK IS BEING DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, WHICH HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE BOARD.

IT WAS ACTUALLY APPROVED BACK ON MAY 7TH.

UH, THERE WAS ONE REVISION, UH, THAT WAS, UH, CHANGED ON, UH, THIS LAST THURSDAY, BUT IT'S ABOUT 20 DIFFERENT VENDORS INVOLVED, UH, INVOLVED WITH THIS.

IT'S GONNA BE ABOUT A 250 SEAT PERFORMING ART CENTER, UH, TO THE TUNE OF $44 MILLION ROUGHLY THAT'S BEING, UH, PICKED UP BY, UH, MEASURED, UH, G.

SO THAT WILL BE A NEW ADDITION.

THE, UH, FINAL CONSTRUCTION FOR THE PERFORMING

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ARTS CENTER SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF 2028.

AND WITH THAT, THAT, UH, CONCLUDES MY REPORT FOR TONIGHT.

WOULD YOU MIND GOING TO COUNCIL COMMENTS, WOULD

[ COUNCIL COMMENTS]

YOU NOT A PROBLEM.

UM, I, I DO THIS EVERY TIME.

WE, WE HAVE A BREAK IN SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.

UH, SCHOOL IS OUT.

UH, WE KNOW THAT THE TWO HIGH SCHOOLS IN OUR, UH, CITY GRADUATED A WEEK AGO MONDAY.

AND, UH, AS THEY WERE SAYING, THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER SCHOOL IS ALREADY STARTING.

UH, TODAY.

I KNOW THAT, UH, SUMMER SCHOOL SESSIONS WILL BE TRANSFERRED UP TO, UH, CANYON HILLS, UH, THIS YEAR, UH, THIS SUMMER.

BUT THE, ALL THE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON, UH, IS GONNA KEEP IT VERY, VERY BUSY ALONG PEYTON.

BUT IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE YOU HAVE, UH, UH, CHILDREN ATTENDING EL ELEMENTARY AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS, UH, THEY'RE OUTTA SCHOOL.

THEY MAY NOT BE AS OBSERVANT WHEN THEY ARE PLAYING OUTSIDE, AND WE DON'T WANT ANY TRAGEDY.

SO BE EXTRA CAREFUL, DRIVE SLOWER, UH, THOSE POSTED SPEED LIMITS, UH, IF YOU'RE GOING THE SPEED LIMITS, YOU'RE GROWING TOO FAST IN SMALL, THOSE, SOME, SOME OF THOSE AREAS.

SO BE MINDFUL OF OUR SMALL CHILDREN.

THEY ARE A PRECIOUS, UM, MOST PRECIOUS THING.

AND BE CAREFUL FOR THEM.

AND WE HOPE THAT ALL OF THEM WILL HAVE A, A WONDERFUL AND EVENTFUL SUMMER COMING UP.

AND, UH, THAT'S IT FOR ME TONIGHT.

UM, WITH ALL THE TALK ABOUT THE RECENT, UH, FIRES AND PUSHING INFORMATION OUT, UM, IF YOU DON'T ALREADY HAVE E NOTIFY, I SUGGEST YOU SIGN UP.

NICOLE, CAN YOU GIVE A LITTLE NUTSHELL HOW EASY IT IS TO SIGN UP FOR E NOTIFY AND WHAT WOULD A RESIDENT DO TO BE PART OF THAT? YES.

SO TO SIGN UP FOR THE CITY'S EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM AND OTHER NOTIFICATIONS, UM, YOU CAN GO TO THE HOMEPAGE, CHINO HILLS.ORG, AND YOU CAN EASILY CLICK NOTIFY ME OR CHINO HILLS.ORG/NOTIFY ME, AND THEN YOU CAN CLICK SIGN UP.

UM, IF YOU'RE CREATING AN ACCOUNT, YOU JUST ENTER YOUR INFORMATION IF YOU WANNA RECEIVE AN EMAIL OR A TEXT MESSAGE, AND THEN EVERYONE'S AUTOMATICALLY SUBSCRIBED TO THE EMERGENCY ALERTS GROUP ALREADY.

AND THEN YOU CAN CHOOSE OTHER NOTIFICATIONS LIKE, UH, NEWS AND EVENTS OR COUNCIL AGENDAS AND COMMISSION AGENDAS.

GREAT.

THANK YOU NICOLE.

UM, WE ALL ATTENDED AT THE HAGMAN OPEN HOUSE.

UH, GREAT JOB.

UM, IT'S, IT'S REALLY AMAZING.

YOU FORGET HOW MANY, UM, COUNTY SERVICES WE HAVE ACCESS TO.

IT'S NICE THAT HE'S ABLE TO HOST IT ON THE WEST END, SO MORE OF OUR RESIDENTS CAN ATTEND THIS.

BUT, UM, YEAH, I JUST, I FORGOT HOW MANY COUNTY SERVICES WE HAVE, SO WE REALLY NEED TO UTILIZE THAT, UM, COUNTY SERVICES IF, IF IT'S NEEDED.

UM, WE HAD A BUDGET WORKSHOP EARLIER TODAY THAT WAS FILMED.

SO I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE, UH, RESIDENTS TO, TO WATCH OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP, UM, AND TO TRACK IT AS WE, WE MOVE ALONG, UM, THROUGH THIS.

AND LAST THING WAS WE ALSO WERE ALL AT THE TCP GRAND OPENING, THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.

UM, FOR THOSE OF RESIDENTS, DANIEL, THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE BIG TANKS ARE AND ALL THAT, JUST IN A NUTSHELL, WHAT DOES IT MEAN NOW THAT IT'S FINALLY OPERATING? SO OVERALL OFF OF EUCALYPTUS WHERE IT MEETS WITH PIPELINE, WE HAVE A, A NEW, UH, WATER TREATMENT PLANT.

UH, JUST CAME ONLINE ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO.

UH, THAT'S A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN IN, IN THE MAKING FOR I'D SAY MAYBE ABOUT 10 YEARS, UH, TOTAL.

UM, WHAT THAT ALLOWS US TO DO IS TO PROVIDE MORE REDUNDANCY WITH OUR, UH, PORTABLE WATER.

UH, WE CURRENTLY, OR PREVIOUSLY WE, UM, HAD AGREEMENTS WITH, UH, VARIOUS AGENCIES TO PURCHASE WATER FROM THEM.

WE WILL CONTINUE PURCHASING WATER FROM THEM.

UM, BUT THIS ALLOWS US TO ACTUALLY PUMP OUR OWN WATER, TREAT IT, AND PUT THAT INTO OUR WATER SYSTEM.

UH, SO WHAT WE'RE DOING DOING IS JUST ADDING MORE REDUNDANCIES IN CASE THAT, UH, UH, WE HAVE ANY WATER SHORTAGES WE CAN PROVIDE OUR OWN WATER.

GREAT.

THANKS DANIEL.

UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE, RIGHT? THANK YOU MA'AM.

PETER, CYNTHIA STOLE EVERYTHING I WAS GOING TO SAY.

SO IT'S KIND OF A, THIS IS A FIRST.

YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? NO, I DO HAVE ONE.

OKAY, THAT'S FINE.

I THOUGHT WINE WALK, WINE WALK, WINE WALK.

WELL THAT'S WINE WALK WILL TAKE TICKETS GO ON SALE NEAR THE END OF JULY, SO THAT'LL WORK.