[ 6:00 P.M. - CONVENE MEETING / ROLL CALL]
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LET THAT OPEN OUR CHINO HILL CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR JULY 14TH.
MADAM CITY CLERK, ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
WITH THAT, WE WILL BE LED, UH, FOR OUR, UH, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY GIANNA AND LEO PALMISANO.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE, UH, THE INVOCATION LED BY FATHER ELMER FROM ST.
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]
HEART.I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AMERICA.
AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[ INVOCATION: Father Elmer Faliza, St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church]
AND THEN I'M THE FATHER.AND I'M THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.
WE COME TOGETHER THIS EVENING WITH GRATEFUL HEARTS FOR THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS AND FOR ALL WHO SERVE IT.
WE THANK YOU FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL, FOR THEIR DEDICATION, THEIR HOURS, AND THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE COMMON GOOD.
WE THANK YOU AS WELL FOR OUR CITY STAFF, THOSE WHO PLAN, MAINTAIN, AND PROTECT AND SUPPORT DAILY, DAILY LIFE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, OFTEN BEHIND THE SCENES, EVEN WITHOUT RECOGNITION, BLESS THEM ABUNDANTLY FOR THEIR SERVICE.
LORD, STRENGTHEN THE BONDS OF COMMUNITY AMONG US.
HELP US TO BUILD THE CITY MARK BY COOPERATION, RESPECT, AND A SHARED DESIRE TO UPLIFT ONE ANOTHER.
GUIDE THE CONVERSATIONS AND DECISIONS SO THAT THIS MAY PROMOTE UNITY, UNDERSTANDING, AND FLOURISHING OF EVERY RESIDENT.
WE ASK YOUR PROTECTION OVER OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, OUR SCHOOLS, OUR BUSINESSES, AND OUR FAMILIES.
WHAT'S OVER OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND ALL WHO WORK TO KEEP CHINO HILLS SAFE? GRANT US PEACE IN OUR STREETS, HARMONY IN OUR HOMES, AND WISDOM IN OUR LEADERSHIP.
AND MAY YOUR PRESENCE INSPIRE US TOWARD UNITY, GRATITUDE AND A DEEP COMMITMENT TO THE WELLBEING OF ALL GRANT IS THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD.
[5. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming August 4th as National Night Out]
IS PROCLAIMING AUGUST 4TH AS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT TO BE ACCEPTED BY EMERGENCY SERVICES COORDINATOR JOYCE LEE.TONIGHT WE ARE HERE TO PROCLAIM AUGUST 4TH AS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, WHICH IS ALWAYS A BIG DAY FOR ALL OF US IN CHINO HILLS.
CHINO HILLS IS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE SAFEST, UH, CITIES IN CALIFORNIA AND THE NATION.
AND A KEY PART TO THAT SAFETY IS THE STRONG PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE AT THE CITY WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OUR COMMUNITY OVERALL.
EACH YEAR, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT BRINGS NEIGHBORS TOGETHER TO SUPPORT CRIME PREVENTION EFFORTS AND TO STRENGTHEN THOSE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN NORMAL RES BETWEEN OUR AVERAGE RESIDENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OUR FIRE, UH, SERVICES.
ENC CHINO HILLS NEIGHBORHOODS HOST THEIR OWN EVENTS AND OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT FIREFIGHTERS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY STAFF TRY TO VISIT EVERYONE THAT WE CAN.
AND HERE TO TELL US MORE ABOUT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AND HOW TO GET INVOLVED AS OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES COORDINATOR.
THIS YEAR'S NATIONAL NIGHT OUT WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 4TH, AS THE MAYOR SAID.
NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS AN ANNUAL CAM, UH, COMMUNITY BUILDING CAMPAIGN HELD THROUGHOUT THE NATION TO PROMOTE POLICE AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.
THESE PARTNERSHIPS HELP COMBAT CRIME, HEIGHTENED DRUG PREVENTION AWARENESS, AND STRENGTHEN NEIGHBORHOOD COMRADERY.
NEIGHBORHOODS IN CHINO HILLS PARTICIPATE EACH YEAR BY HOSTING THEIR OWN POTLUCKS, BARBECUES, AND BLOCK GATHERINGS.
RESIDENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN HOSTING AN EVENT CAN REGISTER ONLINE@CHINOHILLS.ORG SLASH NNO, UH, BY JULY 20TH TO RECEIVE A FREE ORGANIZATIONAL KIT, INCLUDING KIDS GIVEAWAYS AND EVENT YARD SIGN AND CUSTOMIZE EVENT FLYERS.
CHINO HILL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF, POLICE DEPUTIES, AND CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT PERSONNEL ALONG WITH MCGRUFF, THE CRIME FIGHTING DOG.
AND SPARKY, THE FIRE SAFETY DOG WILL VISIT AS MANY REGISTERED EVENTS AS POSSIBLE.
IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE EVENT OR ABOUT HOSTING ONE, PLEASE VISIT CHINO HILLS.ORG/NNO AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO HOST EVENTS EACH
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YEAR AS YOU ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS AWARD-WINNING PROGRAM.AND I THINK TO THAT POINT, UM, I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE MORE FUN NIGHTS THAT WE HAVE AS CITY STAFF AND AS COUNCIL.
AND IF YOU'VE EVER THOUGHT ABOUT WANTING TO HOST SOMETHING IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, BY ALL MEANS, PLEASE DO IT.
IT'S A NICE WAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE A BEDROOM COMMUNITY.
SO MANY RESIDENTS JUST SHOW UP AFTER WORK.
THEY GO IN THEIR DRIVEWAY, THEY GO IN THEIR GARAGE, AND THEY CLOSE THE DOOR AND YOU DON'T SEE ANYBODY.
AND THIS IS A NICE WAY TO GO OUT AND SEE YOUR PEOPLE.
SO IF YOU HAVE AN HOA, ENCOURAGE 'EM TO DO IT.
IF YOU'RE A MEMBER OF A CHURCH, ENCOURAGE THEM TO, TO HOST ONE.
AND, YOU KNOW, JUST GET OUT THERE AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE A, YOU KNOW, MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY.
[ PUBLIC INFORMATION MANAGER REPORT]
OFFICER REPORT.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR JOE'S COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
THE 2025 WATER QUALITY REPORT IS NOW AVAILABLE AND PROVIDES INFORMATION TO CHINO HALL'S CUSTOMERS ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THEIR DRINKING WATER.
RESIDENTS CAN VIEW THE REPORT ONLINE@CHINOHILL.ORG SLASH CCR AND RECREATION CONCERTS IN THE PARK CONTINUES THIS WEDNESDAY AT 7:00 PM WITH MUSIC BY BUFFET BEACH.
PLAYING A TRIBUTE TO JIMMY BUFFET MOVIES IN THE PARK CONTINUES THIS THURSDAY WITH THIS SCREENING OF SEEING.
FOR A FULL LISTING OF EVENTS, VISIT CHINO HILLS.ORG/EVENTS.
AND LASTLY, A NEW CITY HALL NEWSLETTER WAS MAILED TO HOUSEHOLDS LAST WEEK PROVIDING INFORMATION ON CITY SERVICES, PUBLIC SAFETY, IMPORTANT DATES, AND OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
THE NEWSLETTER COMPLIMENTS THE IN THE HILLS RECREATION GUIDE TO PROVIDE MORE FREQUENT INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY FROM THEIR CITY IN THE MONTHS BETWEEN THE RECREATION GUIDE.
A RECENT COMMUNITY SURVEY SHOWED THAT 75% OF RESPONDENTS SAID THEY LEARNED ABOUT CITY PROGRAMS AND NEWS THROUGH THE MAILED RECREATION GUIDE AND EXPRESSED A DESIRE FOR ADDITIONAL COMMUNICATION THROUGH BOTH PRINT AND DIGITAL CHANNELS, ESPECIALLY OUR RESIDENTS AMONG THE AGE GROUP OF 45 AND ABOVE.
THE NEWSLETTER IS BEING PILOTED FOR ONE YEAR, AT WHICH TIME THE CITY WILL EVALUATE RESIDENT ENGAGEMENT, FEEDBACK, FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND THE NEWSLETTER'S EFFECTIVENESS.
THE ONLINE VERSION IS AVAILABLE@CHINOHILL.ORG SLASH NEWSLETTER.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR PI? ALRIGHT THEN WITH THAT WE WILL BE, UH, GOING TO SEE IF WE HAVE ANY
[ ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION]
ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTIONS TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION.THERE'S NO REPORTABLE ACTION TAKEN IN, CLOSED SESSION THIS EVENING, MAYOR.
ALRIGHT, THEN WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO ITEM
[6. PUBLIC COMMENTS: At this time members of the public may address the City Council regarding any item appearing on the agenda, except that testimony on Public Hearing items must be provided during those hearings. Those persons wishing to address the City Council in person must complete and submit to the Deputy City Clerk a "Request to Speak" card available at the entrance to the City Council Chambers. If participating from a remote location raise your hand in the zoom application or dial *9 if calling in. Comments will be limited to a maximum of three minutes per speaker. The time allotted per person will vary depending on the total number of speaker cards received. This comment period will generally be limited to 30 minutes per meeting, so not all members of the public may have the opportunity to speak at every council meeting.]
SIX, PUBLIC COMMENTS.AT THIS TIME, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEM APPEARING ON THE AGENDA, UNDER CONSENT, DISCUSSION, OR COUNCIL INITIATED SECTIONS.
THOSE PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL IN PERSON MUST COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK AT REQUEST A SPEAK CARD AVAILABLE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
AND IF YOU'RE PARTICIPATING FROM A REMOTE LOCATION, RAISE YOUR HAND IN THE ZOOM APPLICATION OR DIAL STAR NINE.
IF CALLING IN PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL, UH, WE'LL ALTERNATE BETWEEN IN-PERSON ATTENDEES, UH, TO ZOOM PARTICIPANTS COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.
UM, AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THAT AT THIS TIME? WE HAVE FIVE SPEAKER CARDS FOR IN-PERSON SPEAKERS.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANY, UH, ZOOM ATTENDEES.
WELL WITH THAT, MR. MAYOR, NO, PROCEDURALLY THIS IS AN UNUSUAL REQUEST.
WE HAVE A GENTLEMAN IN THE AUDIENCE WHO IS 89 YEARS OLD.
HE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON AN IZED ITEM.
IT IS NOTHING CONTROVERSIAL FROM WHAT HE'S IN, INDICATED TO ME AS A COURTESY TO HIM BECAUSE OF HIS AGE.
AND HE NEEDS TO GET HOME TO, UH, WATCH HIS WIFE.
COULD WE HAVE HIM BROUGHT UP? HIS NAME IS COURSE BY ALL MEANS.
WHAT'S THE ADA? YOU DON'T LOOK.
THE FLOOR IS YOURS OF SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THE STATISTICS SAID THAT CHINO HILLS WAS INCREASING IN POPULATION SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
THERE WAS A VOTE TO MAKE IT DISTRICTS.
THE ORIGINAL PLAN WAS THAT WE WERE TO HAVE EVERYBODY VOTE FOR A PARTICULAR COUNCILMAN OR A MAYOR OR WHATEVER.
SADLY, WHEN IT WAS PASSED THAT WE WOULD HAVE FIVE DISTRICTS
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THAT AUTOMATICALLY SHACKLED THE FEET AND THE HANDS TO PUT AN X ON A VOTING.AND I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE APPROXIMATELY 20,000 RESIDENTS BELOW 100,000.
IF YOU HAVE 1000, IT HAS TO BE DISTRICTS.
THE PEOPLE MOVING IN ARE NOT MOVING IN WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE DISTRICTS RETURN SO THAT EACH RESIDENT THAT IS ABLE TO VOTE WOULD HAVE THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE THEIR COUNCILMEN AND TO CHOOSE EVERYTHING THAT GOES WITH THIS CITY.
I RAN, I LOST, IT WAS FAIR AND SQUARE.
BUT NOW, I, A VOTER CANNOT VOTE IN FOUR DISTRICTS, AND THAT INCLUDES THOUSANDS OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT THERE HAS HAVE BEEN TIED AND THEY CAN'T PUT AN X TO WHOM THEY WANT.
I THINK IN FAIRNESS TO THE PEOPLE WE SHOULD COME BACK TO THAT IF WE GO OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND RESIDENTS, YES, BY ALL MEANS DISTRICTS, BUT WE ARE NOT THERE.
AND I THANK ART FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME HERE.
I HAVE TO LEAVE IN A FEW MINUTES.
AND YES, MY FLAGS ARE STILL UP ON THE TRAIL THAT I CREATED
AND MOST OF ALL, GOD BLESS AMERICA.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KEVIN MINSON.
SIR, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
WELL, GOOD EVENING MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
MY NAME'S KEVIN MINSON, AS MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW.
AND I'M THE POLICE CHIEF FOR THE CHINO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
BUT BEFORE I BEGIN, I WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR THAT I'M HERE ON MY OWN PERSONAL TIME.
THE COMMENTS THAT I AM MAKING TONIGHT ARE MY OWN PROFESSIONAL OPINIONS BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SHOULD NOT BE INTERPRETED AS REPRESENTING THE OFFICIAL POSITION OF THE CITY OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT I WORK AT.
AND THIS IS REGARDING THE, UH, ITEM THAT'S ON YOUR AGENDA REGARDING THE, UH, THE SALES TAX.
AND, AND BE REALLY CLEAR, I AM NOT HERE TO TELL THE CITY OF THE, THE RESIDENTS OF CHINO HILLS ON HOW THEY SHOULD VOTE.
EVERY COMMUNITY MUST DECIDE WHAT IS BEST FOR ITSELF.
I SIMPLY WANNA SHARE WHAT I PERSONALLY HAVE SEEN HAPPEN.
AND CHINO, AFTER OUR RESIDENTS CHOSE TO INVEST ADDITIONAL RESOURCES INTO PUBLIC SAFETY.
SO TODAY'S LAW ENFORCEMENT ENVIRONMENT IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS JUST 10 YEARS AGO.
COMMUNITIES EXPECT POLICE DEPARTMENTS TO ADDRESS RETAIL THEFT, HOMELESSNESS, TRAFFIC SAFETY, QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES, AND CRIME PREVENTION, NOT JUST RESPOND TO 9 1 1 CALLS.
MEETING THOSE EXPECTATIONS REQUIRE RESOURCES IN CHINO AFTER MEASURE V PASS, THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING ALLOWED US TO BECOME MORE PROACTIVE INSTEAD OF SIMPLY REACTING TO CERTAIN CRIMES.
WE CREATED A DEDICATED RETAIL THEFT TEAM FOCUSED ON REPEAT OFFENDERS AND ORGANIZED RETAIL CRIME.
AS A RESULT, WE'VE SEEN A 14% REDUCTION IN RETAIL THEFT, STRONGER PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR BUSINESSES, AND A SAFER SHOPPING ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
WE'VE ALSO DEDICATED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO HOMELESSNESS BY BALANCING COMPASSION WITH ACCOUNTABILITY THAT HAS ALLOWED US TO SPEND MORE TIME CONNECTING WITH PEOPLE WITH SERVICES, WHILE ALSO ADDRESSING TRESPASSING, ILLEGAL DUMPING ENCAMPMENTS AND OTHER QUALITY OF LIFE CONCERNS THAT AFFECT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND BUSINESSES.
THE CITY OF CHINO AND THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS HAVE ALWAYS SHARED A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP.
CRIMINALS DON'T RECOGNIZE CITY BOUNDARIES AND MANY PUBLIC SAFETY CHALLENGES ARE REGIONAL.
WHEN ONE COMMUNITY HAS RESOURCES TO ADDRESS CRIME PROACTIVELY, THE ENTIRE CHINO VALLEY BENEFITS.
AND AGAIN, I AM NOT HERE TO ADVOCATE HOW ANYONE SHOULD VOTE.
I'M SIMPLY SHARING MY EXPERIENCE AS SOMEONE WHO HAS SEEN FIRSTHAND WHAT ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS IN PUBLIC SAFETY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IN CHINO.
FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THOSE INVESTMENTS HAVE MADE OUR COMMUNITY SAFER AND BETTER POSITIONED TO, UH, FOR US TO MEET THE EXPECTATION OF THE PEOPLE WE SERVE.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BILL STEWART.
MR. STEWART? I GOOD EVENING SIR.
MR. MAYOR AND, UH, FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, IT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER BEEN HERE.
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I'VE ONLY LIVED IN CHINO HILL SINCE 1980, LONG BEFORE ANY OF THIS EXISTED.UM, AND WHEN I MOVED UP HERE, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I THOUGHT I LIKED THE, UH, RURAL ENVIRONMENT AND UH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BEING OUT OF THE WAY, BUT ALSO HAVING ACCESS TO ORANGE COUNTY AND TO THE ONTARIO AIRPORT.
I WAS TRAVELING A LOT, BUT PRIMARILY I'M HERE.
I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS SALES TAX.
AND WHAT I'VE SEEN SEEMS TO IMPLY THAT IT'S A 1 CENT TAX.
WELL, WE ALL KNOW IT'S, THAT'S NOT WHAT IT IS.
TRYING TO PROMOTE THIS, IT GOES OUT AS WHAT IT REALLY IS.
AND IT'S A 13% TAX INCREASE ON SALES TAX.
SO WHEN YOU GO FROM ONE FROM SEVEN AND THREE QUARTERS TO EIGHT AND THREE QUARTERS, YOU KNOW, DO THE MATH ANYWAY.
I JUST, UH, I'M NOT SURE THAT WE NECESSARILY NEED ALL THAT MONEY.
SEEMS LIKE EVERY TIME SOMEBODY WINDS UP GETTING AN INCREASE IN WHATEVER, WHETHER IT'S PERSONALLY A PAY INCREASE OR WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, A INCREASE IN IN FUNDS, THEY'LL WIND UP GETTING SPENT.
AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE DON'T NEED MORE MONEY.
I KNOW IN OTHER CITIES WHEN THEY GO FOR A INCREASE IN SALES TAX, IT'S NOT 1%, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE KINDA LOOKING AT A HALF A PERCENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
ANYWAY, UM, THAT'S REALLY ALL.
I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT I UNDER, THAT I GET ACROSS AND I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA PROMOTE THIS AND JUST PLEASE DON'T SAY IT'S 1 CENT THAT'S KIND OF A DISREGARDING OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR INTELLIGENCE OUT THERE.
ANYWAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND, UH, I APPRECIATE BEING UP HERE.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TOM SMITH.
MR. SMITH, GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I ACTUALLY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SALES TAX THAT, UH, PERHAPS COULD BE ADDRESSED DURING THE DISCUSSION LATER THIS EVENING.
UH, THE FIRST ONE IS, WHAT ASSUMPTIONS ARE BEING MADE ABOUT ADDITIONAL REVENUES THAT WOULD COME INTO THE CITY IF WE OCCUPIED SOME OF THE VACANT COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES THAT EXIST THROUGHOUT THE CITY? I'M THINKING SPECIFICALLY OF THE PREVIOUS, UH, TAHOE, JOE'S RESTAURANT AND THEN SOME OTHER AREAS, UM, YOU KNOW, OVER BY COSTCO IN THAT CENTER.
SECONDLY, UH, I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT PERCENTAGE OF SALES TAX REVENUE COMES FROM CITY RESIDENTS VERSUS VISITORS TO OUR CITY.
AND LASTLY, I'M WONDERING WHAT ASSUMPTIONS ARE MADE IN THE BUDGET ABOUT REVENUES THAT COME INTO THE CITY FROM USE OF SPORTS TEAMS THAT USE OUR CITY FACILITIES FOR TOURNAMENTS AND FOR REGULARLY SCHEDULED GAMES.
AND IF, IF THOSE, YOU KNOW, COULD BE, UH, THOUGHT OF AS, UH, MORE OF A PAY FOR PLAY KIND OF PERSPECTIVE, IT MIGHT BE THAT A FEW ADDITIONAL DOLLARS COULD COME INTO THE CITY BY INCREASING THE FEES THAT WE CHARGE TO THESE, UH, TRAVEL TEAMS THAT ARE USING OUR CITY FACILITIES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PUTTING THIS ON THE DOCKET.
I VIEW EVERY TAX VERY SUSPICIOUSLY AND A TAX INCREASE IS DEFCON ONE.
WE ALWAYS HAVE TO BE AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS OF TAX INCREASES, BUT I'M ALSO A HUSBAND AND A FATHER TO A NEWBORN.
SAFETY IS, I THINK, PRIORITY ONE IN EVERY COMMUNITY, AND ESPECIALLY CHINO HILLS.
ANYTHING THAT JEOPARDIZES THAT I THINK NEEDS TO BE CONFRONTED WITH THE MOST PRACTICAL SOLUTION.
I SYMPATHIZE GREATLY WITH WHAT ONE OF THE OTHER SPEAKERS SAID ABOUT WHERE TAX GOES AND HOW IT INCREASES AND HOW IT AFFECTS BUSINESSES VERY MUCH.
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WHEN THERE'S ISSUES OF JEOPARDIZING PUBLIC SAFETY AND HAVING TO MAKE COMPROMISES THAT JEOPARDIZES IT, I THINK THAT'S WHEN WE HAVE TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND FULFILL THE OBLIGATION TO HAVE A SAFE COMMUNITY.LAST YEAR, I, I LIVE IN THE G GLEN MEAD PARK AREA AND MY WIFE AND I NOTICED A PROBLEM IN THE PARK.
WE CONTACTED LAW ENFORCEMENT, THEY RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY.
OUR NEIGHBORS NOTICED THE SAME PROBLEM, RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY EVERY TIME UNTIL THE PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED.
THROUGH THIS LEADERSHIP AND THE RESPONSIVENESS THAT WE HAVE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, THEY TOOK CARE OF THE PROBLEM.
IF WE DO NOT, I BELIEVE IF WE DO NOT MAKE SURE WE ARE FUND, UH, FISCALLY SOUND GOING FORWARD, THAT WE WILL SEE WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN OTHER CITIES THAT DOESN'T PRIORITIZE PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND THAT'S MY BIGGEST CONCERN.
SO I SU I ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO PLACE THIS ON THE BALLOT AND I ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS OF CHINO HILLS TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER THAT THIS IS THE SOLUTION TO KEEP PUBLIC SAFETY PRIORITY ONE.
I'LL YIELD THE BALANCE OF MY TIME UNLESS THERE'S ANY COMMENT, BUT THANK YOU ALL.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JIM GALLAGHER.
MR. GALLAGHER, LET ME GET TO THE MIC FIRST, RIGHT,
I BELIEVE I'VE MENTIONED THIS IN PAST MEETINGS.
YOU'VE DONE EVERYTHING OVER THE PAST DECADE OR SO TO KEEP OUR COSTS DOWN.
UH, I SEE THIS CITY AS FISCALLY SOUND MANAGEMENT.
THERE'S BEEN A FEW BOONDOGGLES HERE AND THERE THAT YOU'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH.
BUT NONETHELESS, YOU'VE DONE EVERYTHING YOU CAN, I KNOW TO KEEP OUR COSTS EFFICIENT.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CHIEF MENTIONED MESON MENTIONED WAS THAT HE WENT AROUND AND, UH, VISITED ALL OF OUR GROUPS.
UH, HE VISITED THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ALONG WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND YOU WERE DOING THE SAME THING.
UH, THEY, THEY PROPOSED THAT EVERY GROUP WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO, WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO.
AND THEN THEY SAID, WE'RE PUTTING IT ON THE BALLOT.
AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE FAIR WAY TO INVOLVE THE RESIDENTS.
UH, THERE'S A FEELING OUT THERE BY THE, UH, ANTI-TAX GROUP THAT YOU'RE IMPOSING THIS ON PEOPLE AND YOU REALLY AREN'T.
PEOPLE ARE GETTING A CHANCE TO ACTUALLY HAVE A SAY AT THE BALLOT.
AND I THINK THAT'S FAIR AND UH, I STRONGLY ADVOCATE FOR THAT AND I THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERATION.
MAYOR, WE DO HAVE ONE ATTENDEE ON ZOOM.
I'M NOT SURE IF THEY ARE WISHING TO SPEAK.
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO ASK THEM? OKAY.
THIS IS NEW FOR ALL OF US, SO WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES.
OKAY, I SEE AILA IS ON THE ZOOM APPLICATION, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK DURING, ON A AGENDIZED ITEM, EITHER ON THE CONSENT DISCUSSION OR COUNSEL.
COUNSEL INITIATE INITIATED SECTIONS.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IN THE ZOOM APP.
IF YOU'RE ATTENDING BY PHONE, THAT WOULD BE STAR NINE.
OTHERWISE YOU WOULD USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE.
I DO NOT SEE ANY RAISED HANDS.
SEE TECHNOLOGY, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO MAKE LIFE EASIER.
ALRIGHT THEN WITH THAT WE WILL BE CLOSING OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS SECTION OF TONIGHT'S UH, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
[ CONFLICT OF INTEREST / LEVINE ACT ANNOUNCEMENTS: Council Member abstentions or disclosures shall be stated at this time for recordation on the appropriate item.]
INTEREST OR LEVI ACT ANNOUNCEMENTS.WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO MAKE ANY DECLARATIONS? NONE.
ALRIGHT, SHANNON, HEARING NONE, WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
[ CONSENT CALENDAR (10 ITEMS) - All matters listed on the Consent Calendar are considered routine by the City Council and may be enacted by one motion in the form listed below. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless, before the City Council votes on the motion to adopt, Members of the City Council or staff request the matter to be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action. Removed consent items will be discussed immediately after the adoption of the balance of the Consent Calendar.]
CALENDAR.UH, WE HAVE ITEM SEVEN THROUGH 16.
WOULD ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES LIKE TO PULL ANY OF THOSE ITEMS FOR A SEPARATE VOTE? MR. VICE MAYOR? JUST HAVE THREE.
WOULD ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO PULL ANY ITEMS 10 FOR? ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM 10.
SO WITH THAT, CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE REMAINING ITEMS? SO MOVED.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ.
WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS WITH THAT LOCK IN YOUR VOTE.
ALL RIGHT THEN WITH THAT WE'LL
[10. Authorize execution of one-year agreement with City of Chino, Chino Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) and All City Management Services, Inc., (ACMS) with two additional one-year renewal options for total contract amount not-to-exceed $199,277.70 to provide crossing guard services at CVUSD elementary sites]
MOVE TO ITEM 10.AUTHORIZED EXECUTION OF A ONE YEAR AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF CHINO, CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ALL CITY MANAGEMENT SERVICES INCORPORATED WITH, UH, TWO ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS FOR TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNTING TO NOT EXCEED $199,277 AND 70 CENTS TO PROVIDE CROSSING GUARD SERVICES AT C-V-U-S-D ELEMENTARY SITES.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHICH STAFF WOULD BE STEALING QUESTIONS.
YEAH, I'LL TAKE IT IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
I'LL DEFER TO SUSAN IF I DON'T, I JUST HAVE AN EDITORIAL MEMBER.
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I DON'T NEED STAFF.I JUST HAVE AN EDITORIAL COMMENT.
I THINK IT'S MONEY WELL SPENT.
UM, I TRY TO GO BY THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS MYSELF JUST TO MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE.
UM, I DO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH LIDLE EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE CROSSING GUARDS THERE AND UP THE STREET WE HAVE A VIDEO, UH, SPEED BOARD THAT TELLS THE SPEED IF WE CAN COORDINATE THAT CLOSER TO SCHOOLS TO, TO HELP WITH THE CROSSING GUARDS.
'CAUSE SOMETIMES THE TRAFFIC IS GOING WAY TOO FAST, ESPECIALLY BY LIDLE.
SO WE HAVE SPOKEN TO THE DISTRICT, BUT WE CAN REACH OUT, WE'LL TALK TO PUBLIC WORK STAFF ABOUT MAYBE RELOCATING THAT BOARD.
BUT WE DID TALK TO THE DISTRICT ABOUT SAFETY AND CROSSING GUARDS AT THAT SITE.
YOU WERE CONCERNED ABOUT 'EM BEFORE SO WE HAVE SPOKEN TO 'EM, BUT THEY DO A GOOD JOB.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN? NO, I JUST PULLED IT BECAUSE UM, WHEN WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT BUDGETS THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS, A LOT OF RESIDENTS DON'T REALIZE THAT CITY MONIES FUND, UM, A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICT STUFF LIKE OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS, IT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS, BUT OUR CROSSING GUARDS.
IT IS MONEY WELL SPENT, BUT I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PERCEPTION THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE A COST THAT'S ON THE BURDEN OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ENTIRELY.
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT GO INTO THE BUDGET, THOSE ARE COSTS THAT WE HAVE.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE STAFF REPORT FOR THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, THEIR CONTRACT WENT UP ABOUT THREE POINT A HALF TO 4%.
THINGS THAT WE, THINGS THAT WE DO.
SO SOMETIMES IT'S NOT A MATTER OF US FINDING NEW THINGS TO SPEND OUR MONEY ON, IT'S THE CONTRACTS THAT ARE IN PLACE THAT NEED TO STAY IN PLACE.
SO I SUPPORT IT, IT GOES UP, THE COST GO UP.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I PULLED IT TO CLARIFY THAT.
AND MAY, MAY I ASK A FOLLOW UP QUESTION ON THAT? NO SIR.
THEY PAY 50% OF THE CROSSING GUARDS.
THEY PAY 50% FOR THE SCHOOLS IN THEIR CITY.
AND THAT'S THE SAME THING WE DO.
WE PAY 50% OF THE CROSSING GUARD COSTS FOR SCHOOLS IN CHINO HILLS.
THEY DO THE SAME IN CHINO AS HE, HE'S NODDING TO ME.
AND IF I COULD ART, 'CAUSE I DID, I DID NERD OUT AND READ THAT WHOLE REPORT.
SO THE DISTRICT PAYS 33% AND THEN WHAT'S LEFT IS SPLIT BETWEEN CHINO AND CHINO HILLS.
AND IT IS VERY FAR BECAUSE WE HAVE LESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN CHANNEL HILL.
SO WE PAY A LITTLE BIT LESS AND THEN THEY PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE.
SO WITH CROSSING GUARDS SPOT ON.
WELL, AND YEAH, JUST TO REITERATE, I KNOW WE ALL GET FRUSTRATED HAVING HAD TWO KIDS RECENTLY IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND NOW MOVING ON TO THE HIGH SCHOOL IN THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE COMING BACK SOON.
I KNOW WE ALL GET FRUSTRATED 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY PLANNED WHERE THEY PUT SCHOOLS IN THIS CITY.
THEY'RE ALL IN HORRIBLE PLACES WHEN IT COMES TO TRAFFIC.
BUT WE ALL NEED TO MAKE SURE WE UH, YOU KNOW, WE PAY ATTENTION AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS CERTAINLY AN INVESTMENT IN SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM TEN SECOND.
AND WE HAVE A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR MARQUE, PLEASE LOCK IN YOUR VOTES.
ALRIGHT THEN WITH THAT WE'RE GONNA BE MOVING ON
[13. Approve Jurisdiction Master Agreement with San Bernardino County Transportation Authority for Measure I 2010-2040 Valley Major Street Program - Arterial Sub-Program to provide continued access to Measure I Arterial funding and streamlined reimbursements]
TO ITEM 13.APPROVE JURISDICTION MASTER AGREEMENT WITH SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY FOR MEASURE I 2010 TO 2040 VALLEY MAJOR STREET PROGRAM, ARTERIAL SUBPROGRAM TO PROVIDE CONTINUED ACCESS TO MEASURE I ARTERIAL FUNDING AND STREAMLINED REIMBURSEMENTS.
VICE MAYOR MARK HAS THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, REAL FAST.
I KNOW THIS GOES UNTIL FROM TWO 10 2010 TO 2040.
SO MY QUESTION WAS WHY ARE WE DOING THIS NOW? AND THE REASON I FOUND OUT THROUGH S-B-C-T-A IS A LOT OF PROJECTS ARE BONDED FOR 15 YEAR TO BE REPAID.
SO WE'RE GETTING RIGHT AT THE POINT NOW WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE MM-HMM
AND TO MAKE SURE THEY GET REPAID, WE NEED TO EXTEND THIS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO EXPLAIN THAT TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT IS A HALF CENT SALES TAX.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE THAT AS A MOTION.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS, PLEASE LOCK IN YOUR VOTES.
[16. Appropriate $196,100 from Landscape and Lighting 1-H The Oaks/Los Ranchos Fund and $403,100 from General Fund for increased expenditures and associated subsidies for Fiscal Year 2025-26 ]
APPROPRIATE $196,100 FROM LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING ONE H THE OAKS SLASH LOS RANCHOS FUND.AND $403,100 FROM THE GENERAL FUND FOR INCREASED, UH, EXPENDITURES AND ASSOCIATED SUBSIDIES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 THROUGH 2026.
AND I JUST WANTED TO USE THIS AS AN EXAMPLE.
BASICALLY WE DO HAVE L AND L DISTRICTS, UH, THROUGHOUT CHINO HILLS.
THIS IS ONE THAT BASICALLY DOESN'T REALLY PAY FOR ITSELF.
SO THERE'S, WE HAVE TO AUGMENT IT FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
AND I JUST WANTED TO USE THIS AS AN EXAMPLE.
THIS WILL COST, COST US ABOUT OVER $400,000 TO SUPPLEMENT THE L AND L.
AND I JUST WANTED THE PUBLIC TO, TO REALIZE THAT.
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AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN, PLEASE LOCK IN YOUR VOTES.
ALRIGHT THEN WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO ITEM
[17. Adopt (1) resolution (i) approving a license agreement with Lennar Homes of California, LLC relating to construction of detention basin to serve Vila Borba Residential Development; (ii) approving consent letter agreement with Southern California Edison (SCE); (iii) approving the form of floating easement/non-disturbance agreement to be granted to SCE; (iv) authorizing City Manager to execute license agreement and consent letter on behalf of City; (v) authorizing Mayor to execute grant of easement and non-disturbance agreement on behalf of City; and (vi) finding same to be within scope of project evaluated in Vila Borba Environmental Impact Report (SCH No. 2004081134) certified in 2006, and addendum thereto approved on April 27, 2021; and (2) resolution approving design and plans for construction of off-site detention basin and realigned access road to be constructed on City-owned property (Lot H, Tract 13880-1) South of Vila Borba Development and Across Butterfield Ranch Road pursuant to Government Code Section 830.6]
17 ON THE DISCUSSION CALENDAR.ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING A LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH LENNAR HOMES APPROVING CONSENT LETTER WITH, UH, SOCAL EDISON AND APPROVING THE FORM OF FLOATING EASEMENT SLASH NON DISTURBANCE AGREEMENT TO BE GRANTED TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON.
AND APPROVE A RESOLUTION FOR DESIGN AND PLANS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN OFFSITE DETENTION BASIN AND REALIGNMENT ACCESS ROAD, UM, TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON CITY ON PROPERTY SOUTH OF VIA BORBA DEVELOPMENT.
UH, THIS ITEM WILL BE PRESENTED BY OUR PLANNING MANAGER INGER.
UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
UH, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A BRIEF PRESENTATION REGARDING THE VILLA BORBA PROJECT AND SPECIFICALLY THE OFFSITE BASIN.
UH, SO THE PACKET THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS WITH A LICENSE AGREEMENT, SEE CONSENT LETTER, UH, FLOATING EASEMENT, NON DISTURBANCE, UH, AGREEMENT, AND THE ACCESS, UH, ROAD EASEMENT, UH, REALIGNMENT.
SO QUICK PROJECT OVERVIEW, THE VILLA BOVA PROJECT, UH, IT'S A MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY THAT'S LOCATED SOUTH OF PINE AVENUE WEST OF 71 FREEWAY.
IT KIND OF ENCOMPASSES BOTH SIDES OF BUTTERFIELD RANCH ROAD.
UH, IT INCLUDES A TOTAL OF 351 SINGLE FAMILY UNITS, 220 MULTIFAMILY UNITS, UH, FIVE ACRE PUBLIC PARK, PRIVATE OPEN SPACE, AND OFFSITE BASIN.
UH, IN THE EXHIBIT RIGHT THERE, TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA ON WHERE THE OFFSITE BASIN IS, UH, IT'S JUST SOUTH OF TRACT 1 6 4 1 3, UH, JUST ADJACENT TO BUTTERFIELD RANCH ROAD, UH, WITHIN THE CITY OWNED OPEN SPACE.
SO CURRENTLY THE, THE PROJECT, UH, HAS CONSTRUCTED A TOTAL OF 332 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
UH, AND THE FIVE ACRE PARK, UH, WHICH HAS BEEN OPEN FOR A COUPLE YEARS NOW.
AND THEN MOST OF THE OPEN SPACE, UH, IS ALL PRESERVED.
A LOT OF IT IS MAINTAINED BY HOA, SOME OF IT'S GONNA BE MAINTAINED BY A CONSERVATION AGENCY.
SO THE LAST TWO PIECES OF THE COMMUNITY IS TRACKED ONE FOUR, OR SORRY, 1 6 4 1 3, WHICH IS 19 SINGLE FAMILY UNITS.
UH, 1 6 4 1 4, WHICH IS TWO 20 MULTIFAMILY UNITS.
THE TWO 20 MULTIFAMILY UNITS ARE KIND OF THE TOP RIGHT CORNER OF THE PROJECT.
AND THEN THE, UH, OFFSITE BASIN.
QUICK QUESTION JUST 'CAUSE SURE.
THE, THE REMAINING PARCEL THAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE 71, WHAT'S GOING TO, WHAT'LL BE THEIR, IS IT JUST GONNA BE LEFT AS IS? NO, THAT'S ACTUALLY, THEY'RE WORKING WITH, UH, CITY OF CHINO AND ALSO ARMY CORPS.
THAT'S PART OF THE, UH, BASIN FOR THE FLOOD, THE CATCH BASIN.
'CAUSE IT'S GOING UNDER THE FREEWAY AND ON THE OTHER SIDE.
SO YEAH, SO THEY'RE WORKING WITH ANOTHER JURISDICTION WITH THAT.
SO ONE THING I DO WANNA POINT OUT IS FOR THIS PROJECT THAT THE, THE CITY DOES CURRENTLY HAVE A LEGAL HOLD, UH, BECAUSE OF THE OFFSITE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, THEY CANNOT MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY OF THE TRACK DEVELOPMENTS UNTIL THIS OFFSITE BASIN IS COMPLETE.
SO SPECIFIC TO THE OFFSITE BASIN, UH, IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO BUILD OUT THE COMMUNITY, UH, THE CURRENT BASIN, WHICH IS, UH, MUCH SMALLER THAN, THAN WHAT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED, IS GONNA BE REQUIRED TO, UH, BE IMPROVED AND ENLARGED IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE CAPACITY FOR OFFSITE, UH, STORM, STORM WATER.
UH, THEY WILL BE INSTALLING PAVED ACCESS, UH, TO THE BASIN, UH, AS WELL AS REALIGNING THE ROAD EASEMENT.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S KIND OF TWO ROADS YOU SEE ON THAT EXHIBIT.
UH, ONE WITH THE RED HASHED, WHICH IS THE EXISTING ROAD EASEMENT.
AND THEN THE ONE IN YELLOW WILL BE THE NEW REALIGNED PORTION.
UH, THIS IS TO KIND OF CREATE A MORE LOGICAL TURNING RADIUS FOR VEHICLES, ANY EQUIPMENT THAT, UH, NEEDS TO GET DOWN THERE FOR MAINTENANCE.
AND JUST SO THE PUBLIC'S AWARE, WHAT IS A DETENTION BASIN? DETENTION BASIN IS ESSENTIALLY, IT'S WHERE ALL OF YOUR OFFSITE WATER, ALL OF THE STORM WATER AND EVERYTHING GOES DOWN AND THEN IT GOES INTO ONE AREA AND IT COULD EITHER CLEAN THE WATER AND THEN GO INTO THE STORM STORM DRAIN SYSTEM OR IT JUST, IT, IT SITS THERE TO BE ABLE TO, TO KIND OF FLOW CAPACITY THROUGH OF WHAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE CAN HANDLE.
UH, SO AS, AS I STATED, THE, THE DETENTION BASIN, ONCE IT'S COMPLETE, LENNAR WILL BE ABLE TO, UH, TO BUILD THE REST OF THE TWO TRACKS.
UM, THE, UH, THE FIRST STEP IS TO GET THE BASIN CONSTRUCTED,
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THEN BEGIN TO BUILD THE TRACKS DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TRACKS.UH, EVEN THOUGH THE BASIN WILL BE COMPLETE, THE CITY WILL NOT ACCEPT IT UNTIL THE ENTIRE PROJECT IS BUILT OUT.
SO LENNAR WILL BE SOLELY MAINTAINING IT UNTIL THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY IS COMPLETE.
UH, SO BEFORE THEY CAN DO ANYTHING ON THERE, THEY DO NEED, UH, PURSUANT TO CONDITION APPROVAL 86 AND 99 LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY, UH, RECORDATION OF THE REALIGNED ACCESS ROAD EASEMENT, UH, WHICH NOT ONLY SERVES THE, UH, UM, BASIN, BUT I'M ACTUALLY GONNA GO BACK TO THIS EXHIBIT.
UH, BUT ALSO SERVES SCE AND, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS TO THE SOUTH AS WELL, UH, THAT UTILIZE THAT ACCESS ROAD EASEMENT.
UH, ONE THING I DO WANNA POINT OUT IN THIS EXHIBIT, KIND OF SPANNING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH, THOSE KIND OF THREE LINES RIGHT THERE IS A 60 FOOT SE EASEMENT THAT GOES RIGHT THROUGH THE BASIN.
UH, THAT IS ONE OF THE PURPOSES OF GETTING THE SEE CONSENT LETTER, UH, BECAUSE THE WORK WILL BE HAPPENING WITHIN THEIR EASEMENT.
UH, THAT EASEMENT IS FOR THEIR UTILITY LINES.
THEY DO HAVE A POLE TO THE NORTH OF THE BASIN INTO THE SOUTH OF THE BASIN.
UH, NOW WITH THE BASIN BEING CONSTRUCTED AND NEEDING OPERATING IN PERPETUITY BECAUSE OF STORM WATER RUNOFF, UH, SE AND THE CITY WORKED ON ANOTHER LOCATION, UH, JUST ADJACENT TO THE BASIN TO PROVIDE A FLOATING EASEMENT AND NON DISTURBANCE AREA FOR SE TO HAVE THE ABILITY AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE TO RELOCATE OR EXPAND THEIR FACILITY, WHATEVER THEY MIGHT NEED.
UH, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS RIGHT NOW, UH, BUT IF, IF IT WERE NEEDED IN 10, 15, 20 YEARS FROM NOW, THEY'LL HAVE THE ABILITY TO RELOCATE THAT WITHOUT DISTURBING OR, OR, UH, DECONSTRUCTING ANY PART OF THAT BASIN.
AND THEN THE LAST PIECE OF THE PUZZLE TO THIS IS ALSO APPROVAL OF DES OF THE DESIGN OF THE OFFSITE BASIN.
UH, THE BASIN HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY ENGINEERING PUBLIC WORKS, UH, AND MEETS ALL OF CITY STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS.
THEN A QUICK NOTE ON THE, UH, BASIN MAINTENANCE.
UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS EARLIER THIS YEAR, UH, THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL, OR POSSIBLY LATE LAST YEAR, UH, CITY COUNCIL DID, UH, VOTE TO INCREASE THE, UH, COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT LEVY, UH, THAT WAY WHEN THE CITY DOES ACCEPT THAT CITY FACILITY FOR THE BASIN, THAT THERE WILL BE PROPER FUNDING FOR ANNUAL MAINTENANCE.
THE PROJECT WAS ANALYZED UNDER THE ADDENDUM FOR THE AMENDED PROJECT BACK IN 2021, SO NO FURTHER CA ANALYSIS WAS REQUIRED AND STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THE TWO RESOLUTIONS REGARDING THE VILLA BBA OFFSITE BASIN.
SO I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY MORE QUESTIONS.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
UH, WE DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM LENNAR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, SPECIFIC TO TIMING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UH, THEY'RE, THEY HAVE ABOUT THREE OF THEIR FOUR, UH, AGENCY PERMITS.
UH, THEY SHOULD BE GETTING THEIR LAST ONE ANY DAY NOW AND HOPE AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE BASIN PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ? UH, REAL QUICK, UM, ONCE THIS IS BUILT, WE'RE GONNA TAKE IT OVER.
WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT AS FAR AS MAINTENANCE.
HOW DOES THAT WORK? DO WE PAY FOR THAT OR IS THAT PART OF AN L AND L? WHAT IS, UH, IT'S GONNA BE FUNDED BY THE COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT.
SO WITH THE FUNDS THAT WE GET FROM THE COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT, WE'LL HELP FUND FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT.
SO THERE WAS A COST ESTIMATE DONE BY LENAR ON THE, UH, POTENTIAL COST FOR IT.
AND THEN THOSE FUNDS WILL BE UTILIZED FOR THE MAINTENANCE.
SO ON THE CFD, BASICALLY THAT'S FOR THE ORIGINAL, UH, COST OF THE PROJECT, BUT ONCE THAT'S PAID OFF, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE ON THE CFD? UH, AS FAR AS CHRISTA DOES THAT CFD WORK, THE CFD IS A MAINTENANCE CFD.
SO IT WILL, THE, IT WILL CONTINUE, THE ASSESSMENT WILL HELP COVER FOR CERTAIN AMOUNT OF COST OF MAINTENANCE.
ANY OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS? THAT'S GOOD SEEING AND HEARING NONE.
I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THE ITEM IN A SECOND.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS, AND I'LL MAKE THE SECOND.
IT'LL BE NICE TO FINALLY SEE THIS THING MOVING FORWARD.
[18. Terminate City Hall Fire local emergency pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 22050(c)(3) because conditions no longer warrant its continuance]
ON TO ITEM 18.HEY, HEY, SOME THINGS DO END IN GOVERNMENT.
TERMINATE THE CITY HALL FIRE LOCAL EMERGENCY, UH, PURSUANT TO PUBLIC CONTRACT CODE SECTION 2 2 0 5 0, SUBSECTION C3 BECAUSE CONDITIONS NO LONGER WARRANT ITS CONTINUANCE.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
SO THE EMERGENCY DONE, THAT'S RIGHT.
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PROBABLY THOUGHT IT NEVER HAPPENED BECAUSE IT JUST SEEMED TO CONTINUE FOREVER.ITEM 20 IS DETERMINATION OF THE EMERGENCY RELATED TO THE JUNE, 2025 CITY HALL FIRE.
AND WITH THAT, UM, UH, THAT'S THE END OF MY REPORT.
ALRIGHT, QUICK WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE, THAT'S A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ, AND I'LL SECOND IT.
HARD TO BELIEVE THAT TOOK PLACE OVER A YEAR AGO NOW.
[19. Provide staff direction as to whether to place proposed increase in City's local Transaction and Use Tax (Sales Tax) on the November Ballot for voter approval, and if so: (1) adopt resolutions: placing proposition on November 3, 2026 Ballot regarding Chino Hills Services Measure for Local Transactions and Use Tax (Sales Tax); directing the City Attorney to prepare impartial analysis of proposition regarding Chino Hills Services Measure for Local Transactions and Use Tax (Sales Tax); and setting priorities for written argument(s) and rebuttals regarding City Measure filed with City Clerk to be included with Voter Information Guide for General Municipal Election on November 3, 2026; (2) appoint Council Member(s) to prepare and submit written arguments regarding Chino Hills Services Measure and direct City Clerk/Elections Official to insert appointed Council Member(s) names into Resolution establishing requirements for ballot arguments; and (3) direct staff to undertake and review and other actions related to above items as appropriate]
19, PROVIDE STAFF DIRECTION AS TO WHETHER TO PLACE A PROPOSED INCREASE IN THE CITY'S LOCAL TRANSACTION AND USE, UH, TAX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS A SALES TAX ON THE BALLOT, UH, IN NOVEMBER FOR VOTER APPROVAL.UM, UH, TO BE PRESENTED BY CITY MANAGER HEALTH.
GOOD EVENING AND AGAIN, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
ITEM 19, TONIGHT ON THE AGENDA IS FOR THE COUNCIL TO PROVIDE DIRECTION ON PLACING AN ITEM ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT FOR RESIDENTS TO APPROVE A TRANSACTION AND USE TAX MEASURE.
UM, AS PREVIOUSLY NOTED, OUR RESIDENTS CONSISTENTLY RANKED PUBLIC SAFETY, WILDFIRE PREPAREDNESS, INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE AMONG THE CITY'S HIGHEST PRIORITIES.
AND THIS MEASURE WOULD PROVIDE CRITICAL FUNDING TO CONTINUE TO MEET THOSE NEEDS.
UH, A QUICK GLANCE AT OUR 26 27 BUDGET.
AS YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE, UH, WITH REVENUES ESTIMATED AT 59.2 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES AT 63.5, UH, RESULTING IN A $4.3 MILLION BUDGET DEFICIT FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR OVER THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR 26, 27.
AS A REMINDER, UH, WHAT'S DRIVING OUR FISCAL CHALLENGES INCLUDE PUBLIC SAFETY COSTS.
UM, WE STILL GET A GREAT DEAL FOR A DOLLAR, BUT IT, IT'S, NEVERTHELESS, IT'S INCREASING, UH, WILDFIRE PREVENTION COSTS, STREET SWEEPING COSTS, RISK MANAGEMENT, INSURANCE COSTS, AND THEN OVERALL, JUST GENERALLY THE RISING COSTS IN AGING, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY.
AND AS A REMINDER THAT, UH, SOME OF THESE COSTS ARE DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE 80% OF THE CITY NOW BEING IN A HIGH OR VERY HIGH WILDFIRE ZONE, THIS IS A LINE GRAPH TO VISUALLY SHOW OUR, OUR FIVE-YEAR BUDGET FORECAST WITH EXPENDITURES CONTINUED TO OUTPACE REVENUES AND EXHAUSTING, UH, RESERVES BY 20 30, 31.
AS WE'VE DISCUSSED AT PRIOR COUNCIL MEETINGS, STAFF HAS EVALUATED, UM, SEVERAL OPTIONS WITH THE MOST, UH, WITH MOST OF THEM REQUIRING VOTER APPROVAL AND WITH THE LOCAL TRANSACTION AND USE TAX GENERATING THE GREATEST REVENUE.
AND APPROXIMATELY 60 PLUS PERCENT OF THE REVENUE WOULD LIKELY BE GENERATED BY, UH, PAID BY RESIDENTS OUTSIDE OR BY INDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY.
DID YOU SAY THAT, UH, WHAT IS A 1% LOCAL TRANSACTION USE TECH LOOKS LIKE? UM, A 1% TUT WOULD GENERATE APPROXIMATELY 11.5 MILLION WITH ALL OF THE REVENUE WOULD REMAIN, UH, AND RETURN TO THE CITY AND REMAIN LOCAL FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO USE SALES TAX RATES COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES.
CHINO HILLS IS CURRENTLY AT 7.75%.
WE WOULD GO TO 8.75 IF APPROVED BY THE VOTERS.
THAT WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH CHINO, ONTARIO AND CORONA AND STILL CONSIDERABLY LESS THAN POMONA.
SO TONIGHT, TO KEEP IT SIMPLE, UM, WE ARE ASKING YOU TO GET, PROVIDE DIRECTION, UM, ON A TRANSACTION, A USE TAX MEASURE, AND WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU WOULD ADOPT RESOLUTIONS PLACING THE, UH, PROPOSITION ON THE NOVEMBER 3RD BALLOT, DIRECT STAFF OR DIRECT CITY ATTORNEY, PARDON ME, TO PREPARE AN IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS.
AND YOU WOULD ADOPT A RESOLUTION SETTING PRIORITIES FOR SETTING, UH, WRITTEN ARGUMENTS AND REBUTTALS.
YOU WOULD APPOINT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS TO PREPARE AND SUBMIT WRITTEN ARGUMENTS, A COUNCIL MEMBER OR MEMBERS REGARDING THE CHINO HILL SERVICE MEASURE, AND YOU WOULD DIRECT STAFF TO UNDERTAKE AND REVIEW ALL NECESSARY ACTIONS AS APPROPRIATE.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
UM, I GUESS WHAT'S THE EASIEST WAY TO HANDLE THIS IN TERMS OF IF WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT, UM, ACTIONS WE NEED TO TAKE? DO WE DO 'EM ALL AT ONCE? CAN WE DO 'EM SEPARATELY? WHAT'S CLEANEST? I THINK YOU SHOULD TAKE THE FIRST ONE.
'CAUSE IT THE, UM, THE OTHER ONES, WE'LL TAKE A LITTLE DISCUSSION.
THEN WITH THAT, THE FIRST ITEM WILL BE A DISCUSSION REGARDING PLACING A PROPOSITION ON THE BALLOT FOR NOVEMBER 3RD REGARDING A LOCAL TRANS TRANSACTION AND USE TAX.
SO COUNCIL MEMBER MARIA, UM, I SUPPORT PLACING THIS ON THE NOVEMBER 3RD BALLOT.
ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS, WELL, I'M GONNA SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS, BUT I SEE ART HAS HIS HAND UP.
COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT, I I THINK THIS IS THE TIME THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GONNA BE THE LAST TIME WE'RE GONNA BE DISCUSSING THIS MATTER IF IT GOES FORWARD, UH, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THIS IN, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, UH, UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION.
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WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS? UH, THERE IS A LOT OF MISINFORMATION THAT IS OUT THERE, UH, IN THE PRESS AND EMAILS, UH, QUESTIONS WHERE PEOPLE, UH, ARE CONFUSED AS TO THE REAL IMPACT OF THIS.THE REAL NECESSITY OF THIS, UH, IF ANYONE HAS BEEN TO THE THREE MEETING, WELL ACTUALLY TWO MEETINGS, PUBLIC MEETINGS AT AT MCCOY AND ONE MEETING BEFORE THE 55 PLUS CLUB.
UH, WE'VE EXPLAINED IN DETAIL THE SLIDES THAT WE JUST SUMMARIZED.
IT REALLY IS SIMPLE FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A RESERVE THAT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS HAS BEEN DWINDLING.
WE WERE AT ONE POINT UP AROUND $60 MILLION.
WE CONTINUE TO FIND OURSELF JUST LIKE THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND THE GENERAL STATE OF GOVERNMENT NATION OR STATEWIDE AND NATIONWIDE, THAT EXPENSES ARE EXCEEDING REVENUES.
WE STARTED REALIZING THIS ISSUE OVER A YEAR, WELL, A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
AND WE SAID, WE'VE GOT TO FIND ANOTHER ALTERNATE SOURCE OF REVENUE THAT CAN REPLACE THE, THE DWINDLING RESERVES, WHICH ARE SUPPOSED TO BE OUR RAINY DAY FUNDS AND WHAT CAN DO THAT.
WE WENT THROUGH AND AS DETAILED ON THIS SLIDE, WE DETERMINED ALL OF THE THINGS THAT POTENTIALLY COULD BRING, UH, ADDITIONAL REVENUES.
I WANNA FOCUS ON ONE ONLY BECAUSE IT KEEPS COMING UP AND PEOPLE JUST DON'T GET IT.
YOU'D THINK WITH ALL OF THE VALUE OF PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE IN THIS STATE SINCE ESPECIALLY BUILT, UH, IN THIS CITY SINCE, UH, THE, THE INCORPORATION BACK IN, UH, 12, ONE OF 91, YOU THINK, MAN, WE'VE JUST GOT VALUABLE, VALUABLE PROPERTY.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE DO NOT BENEFIT FROM THE ORIGINAL, UH, ALLOCATION OF PROPOSITION 13.
WHEN IT PASSED ON JUNE 8TH, 1978, WE DID NOT EXIST THEN.
SO WHEN THEY DETERMINE WHAT THE ALLOCATION WOULD BE GOING FORWARD, THERE WAS NO WAY THAT WE WERE CONSIDERED.
AND WE ARE ONE OF NINE CITIES WITHIN THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY OUTTA 24.
UH, WE ARE ONE OF ABOUT, UH, 57 CITIES NATION OR, UH, STATEWIDE THAT DON'T BENEFIT FROM THE PROP 13 ALLOCATION THAT CAME UP.
SO RIGHT NOW WE GET 4 CENTS ON EVERY PROPERTY TAX DOLLAR.
WE HAVE TRIED REPEATEDLY, UH, I'VE BEEN ON AN AD HOC COMMITTEE WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE MEETING WITH THE COUNTY, UH, ASSESSOR'S OFFICE AND THE SUPERVISOR'S OFFICE.
AND THE PROBLEM WITH PROP 13 CHANGES IS IT'S IN THE STATE CONSTITUTION.
AND IF YOU THINK A SALES TAX BALLOT WOULD BE AN ISSUE, TRY AND RUN THROUGH A PROPERTY TAX, UH, ISSUE THAT WOULD CORRECT PROP 13.
THERE'S MORE MOVEMENT OUT THERE TO ELIMINATE PROP 13, WHICH WOULD BE DEVASTATING TO ALL OF US, BUT TO TRY AND GET IT CHANGED LEGISLATIVELY, IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
I'VE CHECKED WITH THE, UH, PRESIDENT OF THE HOWARD JARVIS TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION, UH, WE'VE CHECKED AGAIN WITH THE COUNTY, AND IT BOILS DOWN TO THIS, IF SOMEBODY IN THE COUNTY, IF THE COUNTY WERE TO GIVE US MORE MONEY BECAUSE WE'RE AT 4%, IT'D BE COMING FROM SOMEBODY ELSE WITHIN THE COUNTY.
SO IT'S LIKE ROB PETER TO PAY PAUL, RIGHT? SO PROPERTY TAX, WHICH WOULD BE THE NEXT LARGEST PROPERTY OR OR CONTRIBUTOR TO OUR REVENUES, IS JUST NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO CHANGE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SALES TAX.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY TO, TO REALIZE PEOPLE WANTING TO THROW OUT PERCENTAGES OF 12.9% INCREASE OR WHATEVER.
6% OF THAT 7.75% GOES TO THE STATE 0.75% GOES TO SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, AND 1% GOES TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING WOULD BE TO ADD 1% OF THAT, MAKE IT 8.75%, SIX WOULD STILL GO TO THE, THE STATE 0.75 WOULD GO TO THE COUNTY.
IT WOULD BASICALLY DOUBLE WHAT WE'RE GETTING RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE GETTING ABOUT 10.4, 10.7% RIGHT NOW.
YOU KNOW, THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE LOCATED WITHIN CHINO HILLS, YOU KNOW, THE BIG, UH, SALES TAX GENERATORS, WOULD IT SURPRISE YOU? THERE WAS A QUESTION ASKED, WHO'S PAYING MOST OF THAT? WE SIT ON THE BORDERLINE OF LA COUNTY.
THERE ARE TWO MAJOR PRODUCERS OF SALES TAX OR COLLECTORS OF SALES TAX, UH, IN OUR CITY, AND YOU CAN FIGURE OUT WHO THEY ARE.
WE HAVE DONE AN ANALYSIS AND DETERMINED THAT 65 TO 70% OF THE TAX SALES TAXES COLLECTED BY THOSE TWO BUSINESSES ARE PAID BY SOMEBODY OUTSIDE THE CITY.
SO WHAT'S THE BEST KIND OF TAX THAT THERE IS ONE THAT SOMEBODY ELSE PAYS? SO IF ANY OF OUR RESIDENTS RIGHT NOW
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ARE GOING TO SAM'S, TO WALMART, TO ROSS, TO, UM, TARGET, YOU'RE ALREADY PAYING THE 8.75% AND IT'S ALL GOING TO CHINO AND WE GET NO BENEFIT OF IT.SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHO DO YOU WANNA PAY THE TAX TO? YOU'RE NOT, THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT APPLIES TO, AND I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH THAT LIST, BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU PAY SALES TAX ON.
ARE YOU REALLY GONNA QUIT SHOPPING, UH, THOSE OTHER AREAS AND HOPE THAT CHINO HILLS CAN GET BY WITH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE 1 CENT CHEAPER? NO, IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
SO I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WE HAVE TURNED THIS THING INSIDE OUT TO DETERMINE WHAT IS THE BEST ALTERNATE REVENUE SOURCE THAT THERE IS.
AND SALES TAX IS THE ABSOLUTE BEST AND ONLY REAL ALTERNATE REVENUE SOURCE THAT WILL HELP KEEP OUR CITY AFLOAT.
SO WHAT I'M PRESENTING TO YOU IS THAT IF, REMEMBER WE ARE ONLY VOTING TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT, THE RESULT AND THE RESPONSIBILITY AND THE, UH, PEOPLE THAT WILL GET IT PASSED OR NOT PASSED ARE OUR RESIDENTS.
IF OUR RESIDENTS ENJOY ALL OF THE ATTRIBUTES THAT OUR CITY PROVIDES, ALL OF THE FEATURES, ALL OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS THEY HAVE, IF THEY ENJOY THE FIRE PROTECTION, THE POLICE PROTECTION, AND ESPECIALLY THE FIRE PROTECTION RIGHT NOW, UH, AND THE MAINTENANCE THAT WE DO TO KEEP OUR CITY FIRE SAFE, GIVEN THE FACT THAT TONS OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE HAVING THEIR FIRE INSURANCE CANCELED BECAUSE WE'RE IN A HIGH FIRE DANGER, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE.
WE'VE INCREASED OUR, UH, LANDSCAPING, UH, ABATEMENT, WHEAT ABATEMENT AND UH, TREE TRIMMING TO TRY AND MAKE THE THINGS A LITTLE BIT, UH, SAFER.
BUT WE ARE ALL PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS.
THIS CITY COUNCIL LOVES THIS CITY.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR YOU AND CONTINUE TO MAKE THIS CITY THE GREAT CITY IT IS AND CONTINUE IT.
AND THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT.
I'M ASKING YOU, THIS IS THE LAST TIME I CAN ASK YOU IF YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT THIS CITY.
IF WE PUT IT ON, IT CANNOT BE ILLEGALLY ADVERTISED, ADVOCATING FOR A
I THINK, MARK, YOU WANNA RESPOND TO THAT? WELL, MAYOR FIRST, I THINK YOU SHOULD, UH, INFORM THE PERSON.
THEY'RE OUT OF ORDER BY SCREAMING OUT AT A MEETING.
ALRIGHT, SO I'M GONNA ASK THE PEOPLE, YOU, YOU LISTEN TO THAT AND DETERMINE WHAT'S RIGHT OR WRONG.
BOTTOM LINE IS THIS, WE WERE ALL ELECTED TO SERVE YOU.
WE ARE HERE TO PROTECT YOUR INTERESTS, TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CITY RUNS WELL AND IS FISCALLY STRONG.
AND WE WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY DERELICT IN OUR DUTIES IF WE DIDN'T TELL YOU THE EXACT TRUTH AND TELL YOU JUST HOW SERIOUS THIS THING IS.
WE ARE GONNA BE BROKE IN FOUR YEARS IF WE DON'T FIND ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE REVENUE SOURCE AND SALES TAX IS IT.
SO PUT THINGS TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE GONNA GET MORE SALES TAX UNLESS WE PUT AND VOTE TO PUT A BALLOT ISSUE ON THERE FOR YOU TO VOTE ON AND DECIDE TO BE THE FINAL DETERMINANT.
DO YOU WANT US TO SURVIVE FISCALLY OR DO YOU WANT US TO DIE ON THE VINE AND THEN COMPLAIN ABOUT YOUR PROPERTY VALUES DROPPING? SO I'LL GET DOWN OFF.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT.
I WAS GONNA SAY A LOT MORE, BUT I DON'T THINK I WILL NOW BECAUSE ART'S COVERED MOST OF IT.
BUT I, I WROTE A PAGE AND A HALF OF THOUGHT ON WHAT I'VE ASSIMILATED OVER THE LAST FOUR MONTHS SINCE WE'VE DETERMINED THAT OUR BUDGET WAS GONNA BE UPSIDE DOWN AGAIN.
THAT'S WHAT THE CATALYST WAS, A SECOND YEAR OF THAT.
BUT I WROTE A LONG THING ON MY THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS, BUT I WANT TO KINDA REGURGITATE WHAT ART HAS SAID.
SO WHY REPEAT AND ALSO THE REPORT FROM, UH, ROD.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UH, ESSENTIALLY WE'RE, PEOPLE ASK WHY WOULD CHINO HILLS BE IN THIS POSITION? IT'S JUST BECAUSE WE CANNOT KEEP UP WITH THE COSTS OF DOING BUSINESS COMPARED TO THE INCOME.
SO THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO LOOK INTO ALTERNATIVES.
AND THIS IS AN ALTERNATIVE THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MAINTAIN OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND TO ME, THAT'S, THAT'S ONE WAY OF, UH, DOING IT, IS SEARCHING OUT OTHER REVENUES.
AGAIN, I HAD A LONG THING GOING, BUT I NO, I CAN READ IT FOR YOU.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANNA SAY I, I LOVE MY CITY.
WHEN I'M OUT THERE IN THE PUBLIC, THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS I ASK THE COMMUNITY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT CHINO HILLS? AND EVERYBODY THAT I ASK, THEY ALL SAY I LOVE IT.
I'M GONNA SAY ALMOST A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE.
WHAT'S BEAUTIFUL ABOUT CHINO HILLS AND,
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UH, LET ME TAKE A STEP BACK.UM, I MOVED HERE IN 84, UH, WITH MY FAMILY.
UM, I HAVE THREE SONS THAT GREW UP IN CHINO HILLS WITH MY WIFE.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LOVE ABOUT MY CITY IS I HAVE 3000 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE.
I HAVE 47,000 TREES THROUGHOUT CHINO HILLS.
IT'S A PERFECT, I MEAN, JUST A GREAT COMMUNITY.
UM, YES, 80% OF THE CITY IS EITHER HIGH OR VERY HIGH, HIGH FIRE HAZARD AREA.
I HAVE MY BACKGROUND BEING A RETIRED FIREMAN, IT'S IMPORTANT.
UM, I'VE TASKED THIS, THE CITY MANAGER AND ALSO THE COUNCIL, UH, DOING A LITTLE BIT MORE TO MAKE SURE WE CAN MANAGE, UH, WILDFIRES A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
AS FAR AS, UH, WE ABATEMENT, UH, PARKS.
WE HAVE OVER 40 PARKS IN THE SIZE OF CITY THAT WE HAVE.
WE HAVE OVER 40 PARKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
WE HAVE OVER 40 MILES OF TRAILS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, WE ACTUALLY EVEN GOT INVOLVED WITH TRESS WITH THE PARTNERS IN DIAMOND BAR AND CITY OF INDUSTRY.
WE HAD 1700 AND ACTUALLY 2,450 ACRES, BUT 1,750 ACRES IN CHINO HILLS.
AND THEY WERE GONNA PUT A BIG SOLAR FARM, BUT WE DIDN'T WANT THAT.
SO WE BASICALLY BECAME PARTNERS WITH THE CITY OF INDUSTRY AND THE CITY OF INDU, UH, DIAMOND BAR TO BASICALLY BE A CONSERVATORSHIP OVER THE 1,750 ACRES.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THIS STUFF THAT WE HAVE, THERE'S A COST TO IT.
AND YES, UM, A FEW YEARS BACK, UH, WE FOUGHT, UH, THERE WERE SOME POWER LINES THAT WENT UP AND THAT FIGHT COST US ALMOST $5 MILLION, WHICH WE WOULD HAVE TODAY.
BUT THE COMMUNITY WE LOVE, WE CARE ABOUT IT.
AND SO THIS, AGAIN, UM, OUR RESERVES, UM, OBVIOUSLY THE COUNCIL MEMBERS PRIOR TO US DID A REALLY GOOD JOB, UH, SAVING MONEY.
AND WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OVER THE YEARS TOO.
BUT AGAIN, THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY IS DE DIMINISHING, AND WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN.
WHAT HAVE WE DONE? RECYCLE WATER.
USED TO USE A LOT OF POTABLE WATER AT THE PARKS.
NOW WE USE RECYCLE WATER WITH THE, UH, COST SAVINGS THERE.
WE USED TO, I THINK WE HAVE SEVEN THAT JUST SAT THERE FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.
NOW WE'RE UTILIZING THAT WATER TO GET OUR WATER BILL DOWN.
UH, STREETLIGHTS, UM, WE BOUGHT OUR STREETLIGHTS, SO WE PUT LEDS BECAUSE THERE WAS A CHARGE TO IT, AND WE'RE SAVING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THERE.
UH, LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING, UH, WATERWISE PLANTS.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO SAVE MONEY LEFT AND RIGHT.
THIS PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED MAYBE FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO.
BUT EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, TO MANAGE.
AND NOW WE'RE IN A SITUATION THAT WE CAN STILL MANAGE IT FOR ANOTHER THREE TO FIVE YEARS, BUT WE GOTTA DO SOMETHING.
I'M ELECTED TO MAKE HARD DECISIONS.
UM, BUT AS ONE OF FIVE MEMBERS THAT REALLY, TRULY CARE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY, UM, I'M NOT GONNA, IT'S GONNA BE UP TO THE VOTERS.
UM, IF YOU ASK ME, RAY, ARE YOU GONNA VOTE FOR IT? SORRY, MARYANNE.
UH, BUT AGAIN, IT'S GONNA BE UP TO THE VOTERS TO DECIDE.
SO WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN DO.
AND AGAIN, IT'S GONNA BE UP TO THE VOTERS, BUT I LOVE MY COMMUNITY.
I THINK IT'S THE BEST CITY IN CALIFORNIA.
AND, UM, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN NOVEMBER.
THIS IS GONNA BE ONE OF THE HARDEST VOTES I'VE EVER MADE ON COUNCIL.
UH, YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE THAT KNOW ME KNOW WHERE I COME FROM PHILOSOPHICALLY.
UM, BUT THIS IS ALSO THE CITY THAT I CHOSE TO RAISE MY FAMILY IN.
WE BOUGHT OUR FIRST HOME HERE.
OUR QUALITY OF LIFE IS VITALLY IMPORTANT.
AND AS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ALL SAID, WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MITIGATE US HAVING TO GET TO THIS POINT THROUGH THE PURPLE PIPES FOR WATER, THROUGH CUTTING BACK ON SERVICES, UM, YOU KNOW, RIGHT SIZING GOVERNMENT FOR THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
AND WE'VE DONE ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
AND NOW WE, WE SEE THE ICEBERG.
YOU KNOW, JUST 'CAUSE THERE'S CHECKS IN THE CHECKBOOK DOESN'T MEAN THERE'S CASH.
AND THE THING THAT GIVES ME SOME RELIEF IS THAT IT'S NOT THAT YOUR CITY COUNCIL WOULD BE VOTING TO INCREASE YOUR TAXES.
WE DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT.
WE'RE PUTTING IT TO THE RESIDENTS, TO THE VOTERS TO SEE IF THEY, IF THEY SEE THINGS THE SAME WAY WE DO, IF THEY SEE THAT QUALITY OF LIFE AND PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE WONDERFUL CITY THAT EVERYBODY HAS INVESTED THEIR MORTGAGE PAYMENTS AND THEIR RENT, AND THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEIR LIVELIHOODS HERE, IS THAT WHAT THEY WANNA MAINTAIN OR DON'T YOU? AND IT'LL BE UP TO THE, IT'LL BE UP TO YOU, THE VOTERS.
SO I'M GONNA, I, YOU KNOW, RELUCTANTLY I'M GONNA BE A YES.
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TO TRUST THE RESIDENTS.AND IF THE RESIDENTS GIVE US A CLEAR NO, THEN WE, IT'S A CLEAR NO.
IF THEY SAY WE DON'T WANT TO INCREASE SALES TAX, THAT'S FINE.
AND IF WE NEED TO MAKE CUTS, THEN WE WILL MAKE CUTS.
AND THAT'S, YEAH, IT IS WHAT IT IS.
WE'RE, I THINK JIM SAID WE'RE A DEMOCRACY.
THIS IS, THIS IS THE WAY IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE PUTTING THIS ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT, AND IF I CAN GET A SECOND, ALL SECOND.
WE HAVE A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ.
THEN WITH THAT, WE WILL NEED TO APPOINT COUNCIL MEMBERS TO PREPARE AND SUBMIT WRITTEN ARGUMENTS REGARDING THE CITY, UH, THE CITY OF CHINO HILL SERVICES MEASURE.
I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN TO BE ONE OF THOSE MEMBERS.
AND TO CLARIFY, WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS YOU NEED TO AUTHORIZE.
I MEAN, IF YOU WANT TO POINT, YOU KNOW, SUMMER MEMBERS, I'M JUST READING WHAT ON THE BOARD.
YOU'RE ALSO GONNA BE AUTHORIZING ALL OF YOU TO SIGN IT.
SO BETWEEN THE GROUP, YOU CAN DECIDE, YOU KNOW, WHO'S GONNA WRITE IT, AND YOU CAN EVEN DECIDE THAT NOW.
BUT DO WE NEED TO MAKE YOU REALLY GONNA AUTHORIZE, YOU'RE GONNA AUTHORIZE ALL OF YOU TO SIGN IT, SO YOU'RE OKAY.
MARK, WHOSE NAME APPEARS ON THE BALLOT STATEMENT, WHY CAN'T ALL FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS APPEAR ON THE BALLOT STATEMENT? I CAN.
I MEAN, BUT IT'S, IT, IT'S UP TO YOU TO SIGN.
I'M SAYING YOU'RE AUTHORIZING ALL OF YOURSELVES TO SIGN THIS.
SO GIVING EVERYBODY THE AUTHORITY IF THEY WANT TO, TO BE ON IT.
RIGHT? BUT THEN, SO THE PREPARING AND SUBMITTING THE WRITTEN ARGUMENTS, THAT'S UP TO YOU GUYS.
I MEAN, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DIVVY UP THAT WORK AFTER YOU LEAVE HERE, THEN.
DO WE NEED TO MAKE IT FORMAL? FORMAL? YOU'RE SIGNING ME TO BY THE BREAK.
YOU NEED TO VOTE AS FAR AS AUTHORIZING YOURSELVES JUST TO SIGN THIS.
YOU'RE GONNA BE THE ONES, OKAY.
I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION THAT ALL FIVE OF US ARE AUTHORIZED TO SIGN IT IF WE FEEL LIKE IT.
DO WE NEED TO ACTUALLY VOTE, VOTE, OR IS IT, YEAH.
AND SO THEN NOW WE NEED TO DIRECT STAFF TO UNDERTAKE AND REVIEW ALL NECESSARY ACTIONS AS APPROPRIATE.
WELL, ACTUALLY THERE'S A COUPLE MORE STEPS.
UM, WHETHER YOU ARE, THIS IS A DISCRETIONARY, WHETHER YOU WANT THE CITY ATTORNEY PREPARE AN IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS, IT'S NOT REQUIRED.
CAN YOU DO AN IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS, MARK? I CAN.
WELL, I NEED, THAT'S AGAIN, A VOTE.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND I'LL SECOND.
HEY, DEMOCRACY AT WORK AT CITY HALL, HERE WE GO.
THAT RESOLUTION IS ALSO SETTING THE PRIORITIES FOR THOSE ARGUMENTS.
THAT ALSO THERE'S A SET OF RULES IN THERE FOR THE, WHICH ARE ACCORDING TO STATE LAW FOR THE WRITTEN ARGUMENTS AND REBUTTALS.
SO YOU'RE DOING BOTH THOSE ACTIONS TOGETHER.
ANYTHING ELSE? THAT'S A MOTION AND A VOTE.
AND THEN MARK, JUST SO WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, NOW THAT WE HAVE VOTED TO PUT SAID MEASURE ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ADVOCATE FROM UP HERE.
WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DO IT IN OUR OFFICIAL CAPACITY.
UM, OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, JUST SO, JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR, I'M, I'M NOT GONNA RESPOND WHEN PEOPLE SCREAM FROM THE AUDIENCE, BUT, UM, UH, BUT I'LL, AS FAR AS TONIGHT, UM, IT'S COMPLETELY APPROPRIATE FOR YOU TO EXPRESS YOUR OPINIONS ON THE BALLOT MEASURE AND HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT IT.
UM, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO ACTUALLY PASS RESOLUTIONS ON STATE BALLOT MEASURES.
YOU CAN TAKE ONE MEETING AND SAY WHETHER YOU SUPPORT SOMETHING OR NOT, BUT YOU CAN'T HAVE ONGOING SUPPORT FOR THINGS FROM THE DIOCESE.
YOU'RE RIGHT NOW, TONIGHT AFTER YOU'VE TAKEN THIS VOTE AND IT'S GOING TO BE PLACED ON THE BALLOT, YOU CAN NO LONGER, UM, HAVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS AT COUNCIL MEETINGS.
THIS WON'T BE ALLOWED BY THE PUBLIC EITHER.
THIS IS NOW GONNA BE OUT, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF PUBLIC, UH, FACILITY HERE, UM, OUT ON THE STREETS, IF YOU WILL.
UM, YOU'RE FREE TO ADVOCATE FOR WHATEVER YOU WANT, JUST AS A RESIDENT.
YOU CAN'T USE, UM, CITY FUNDS, UM, TO DO SO.
BUT YOU CAN SAY YOU'RE A COUNCIL MEMBER AND YOU SUPPORT, MEASURE OR WHATEVER, OR YOU DON'T.
I MEAN, IT'S AS YOU'RE ALLOWED TO USE YOUR OFFICIAL POSITION, IF YOU WILL.
YOU JUST CAN'T USE CITY FUNDS.
JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE.
THANK YOU RESIDENTS FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON THIS.
WITH THAT, WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO
[20. Designate Voting Delegate and Alternate for Cal Cities Annual Conference scheduled for September 23 through 25, 2026, in Anaheim, California]
ITEM 20, UH, ITEMS INITIATED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, DESIGNATE VOTING, DELEGATE, AND ALTERNATE FOR THE CALIFORNIA LEAGUE OF CITY'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 23RD THROUGH THE 25TH IN ANAHEIM.WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE OUR DELEGATE, UM, CYNTHIA MORAN.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GONNA BE THERE FOR THAT MEETING THAT LATE THOUGH.
I MEAN, I'VE, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE, I KNOW WHY WE'RE VOTING ON THIS, BUT MY QUESTION IS TORE.
SO I KNOW IN THE PAST, SOMETIMES THEY HAVEN'T EVEN HELD, I THINK 'CAUSE HE'S PRESIDENT, HE CAN'T, BUT THEY HAVEN'T EVEN HELD THIS MEETING.
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'CAUSE THERE WASN'T ANY MAN, THERE WASN'T ENOUGH.UM, LIKE LAST YEAR THEY DIDN'T EVEN HOLD THE MEETING.
I'LL MAKE I MOTION THAT I'LL BE THE DELEGATE.
AND THEN CAN WE HAVE AN ALTERNATE? IT DEPENDS.
WHO AM I DRIVING WITH? YOU WERE PETER.
UH, MOTION BY MYSELF TO BE THE DELEGATE AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RAND TO BE THE ALTERNATE.
WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT, PLEASE LOCK IN YOUR VOTE.
AND NOW WE ARE MOVING ON TO PUBLIC HEARINGS.
THIS PORTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDAS FOR ALL MATTERS THAT ARE LEGALLY REQUIRED, UH, LEGALLY REQUIRE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC INPUT.
TESTIMONY ON PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS MUST BE PROVIDED DURING THOSE HEARINGS, SO IT CANNOT BE PROVIDED DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION THAT ALREADY OCCURRED WHEN RECOGNIZED BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER WHO IS MOIS.
UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, UH, MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. PLEASE SUBMIT AND, UH, COMPLETE A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD AND GIVE IT TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK.
UH, IF YOU'RE PARTICIPATING FROM A REMOTE LOCATION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IN THE ZOOM APPLICATION OR DIAL STAR NINE.
ONLY RAISED HANDS WILL BE, UH, CALLED UPON DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL ALTERNATE BETWEEN IN PERSON AND ZOOM PARTICIPANTS.
SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE ITEM 21, ADOPT A
[21. Adopt resolution adopting written report regarding residential sewer charges for all residential parcels which City provides sewer-only service for Fiscal Year 2026-27 and directing such charges be collected on tax roll for Fiscal Year 2026-27]
RESOLUTION ADOPTING WRITTEN REPORT REGARDING, WOW, REGARDING RESIDENTIAL SEWER RATE CHARGES FOR ALL RESIDENTIAL PARCELS.UM, I GUESS WE'LL HEAR FROM KRISTA FIRST AND THEN I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING IS TO AUTHORIZE PLACING SEWER CHARGES FOR SEWER ONLY ACCOUNTS ON THE COUNTY TAX ROLL.
CURRENTLY, THE CITY PROVIDES MONTHLY SEWER SERVICE BILLING TO APPROXIMATELY 20,800 CUSTOMERS.
OF THESE 222, OUR RESIDENTIAL SEWER ONLY ACCOUNTS.
THESE PARTICULAR CUSTOMERS RECEIVE WATER SERVICE FROM A DIFFERENT AGENCY AND THEIR TRASH SERVICE IS BILLED SEPARATELY BY WASTE MANAGEMENT.
AS A RESULT, THE CITY BILLS THEM SOLELY FOR SEWER FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 27.
THE PROPOSED ANNUAL SEWER CHARGE IS $567 PER PARCEL.
THIS INCLUDES TWO COMPONENTS, $353 AND 40 CENTS FOR INLAND EMPIRE UTILITIES AGENCY, AND $213 AND 60 CENTS FOR THE CHINO HILL SEWER MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS FEE.
IF THERE'S NO MAJORITY PROTESTS FOLLOWING TONIGHT'S HEARING, I RESPECTFULLY RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THE RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SEWER CHARGES REPORT AND DIRECT STAFF TO SUBMIT THESE CHARGES TO THE COUNTY FOR COLLECTION THROUGH THE PROPERTY TAX ROLL.
I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MADAM CITY CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK? NO, WE DO NOT.
WITH THAT, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEE IF WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES.
WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN TO ACCEPT AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS, PLEASE LOCK IN YOUR VOTES.
YOU THEN OUR NEXT PUBLIC HEARING
[22. Accept revised report of delinquent water and sewer service charges and authorize staff to record delinquent water and sewer service charges as assessment to property owner on County tax roll]
IS ITEM 22, ACCEPT REVISED REPORT OF DELINQUENT WATER AND SEWER SERVICES OR SERVICE CHARGES.KRISTA
STAFF MAILED 11 NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITH DELINQUENT WATER AND SEWER SERVICE CHARGES, AND PROVIDED A PAYMENT DEADLINE OF JULY 24TH ON JUNE 20TH AND JUNE 27TH.
A PUBLIC NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE CHINO VALLEY CHAMPION NEWSPAPER NOTIFYING INTERESTED PARTIES OF THE UPCOMING PUBLIC HEARING AND INCLUDED THE LIST OF DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS ON JUNE 23RD.
UH, WE HAD RECEIVED ONE PAYMENT, SO WE STILL HAVE, UH, 10 ACCOUNTS THAT ARE STILL DELINQUENT.
SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVE ACCORDING THE DELINQUENT WATER AND SEWER SERVICE CHARGES AS AN ASSESSMENT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER ON THE COUNTY TAX ROLL IF THEY DO NOT PAY BY THE JULY 24TH DEADLINE.
WITH THAT, I'M GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MADAM CITY CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON ITEM 22? I DO NOT SEE ANY COMMENTS.
IF YOU WISH TO COMMENT IN THE ZOOM APP, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
SEEING, IN HEARING NONE, I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I JUST WANT TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT, JUST ONE QUESTION.
KRISTA, WHAT'S THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF THOSE 10 ACCOUNTS THAT ARE, UH, DELINQUENT? UM, SORRY, LOOKING REALLY QUICK, UH, $2,748 AND 16 CENTS.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF TOUCH ON THAT JUST BRIEFLY, I, I KNOW, UH, RAY AND I WERE ON AN AD HOC COMMITTEE WHEN WE INITIALLY STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS, AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE WAYS, AS A CITY, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO PROTECT YOUR TAX DOLLARS.
'CAUSE WE USED TO EAT THE COST
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OF THIS AND FOLKS WOULD NOT PAY THEIR WATER BILL.AND SO AT LEAST NOW, HEY, AT LEAST WE'RE GETTING BACK 2000 PLUS BUCKS ON, UH, YOU KNOW, ON THEIR PROPERTY TAX WHEN THEY EVENTUALLY SELL.
SO AT LEAST WE'RE NOT GONNA BE OUT THAT 'CAUSE THAT MEANS THAT ALL OF US RESIDENTS HAD TO SUBSIDIZE THEM FOR NOT PAYING.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, TO APPROVE ITEM 22 SECOND AND HAVE SECOND BY VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ, PLEASE LOCK IN YOUR VOTES.
ALRIGHT, WITH THAT WE'RE MOVING ON TO PUBLIC
[23. PUBLIC COMMENTS: At this time, members of the public may address the City Council regarding any items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council that do not appear on the agenda. Please complete and submit to the Deputy City Clerk a "Request to Speak" card. If participating from a remote location raise your hand in the zoom application or dial *9 if calling in.Comments will be limited to a maximum of three minutes per speaker. The time allotted per person will vary depending on the total number of speakers received so not all members of the public may have the opportunity to speak at every council meeting. 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,]
COMMENTS FOR NON AGENDIZED ITEMS. PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEMS WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL THAT DO NOT APPEAR ON THE AGENDA.PLEASE COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK TO REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD.
IF PARTICIPATING FROM A REMOTE LOCATION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IN THE ZOOM APPLICATION OR DIAL STAR NINE.
IF YOU ARE CALLING IN PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE'LL ALTERNATE BETWEEN IN PERSONS, UH, IN PERSON ATTENDEES TO ZOOM.
PARTICIPANTS COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.
MADAM CITY CLERK, WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONE IN-PERSON SPEAKER, AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK THROUGH THE ZOOM APP, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT THIS TIME.
OUR IN-PERSON SPEAKER IS CANDACE ANO.
THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING TONIGHT.
I'VE BEEN, UH, IN MY CURRENT HOME, UH, 15 YEARS IN, IN THERE.
AND I LIVE OFF OF PINE, UM, PINE.
I LIVE UP ON TOP OF THE HILL AND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL ON SLATE, UH, IS A PRESERVE.
AND THAT PRESERVE, UH, THE COYOTE POPULATION HAS BEEN PRO, HAVE PROLIFERATED JUST UNBELIEVABLY.
AND IT'S DISCONCERTING AT NIGHT WHEN YOU HEAR ALL OF THE, THE SOUNDS AND EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY ISSUE.
UM, MY HUSBAND HAPPENED TO SEE, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF LITTLE ASIAN GRANDPARENTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY WALK WITH THEIR TODDLERS.
AND THE, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE MEN WAS WALKING AND THE TODDLER WAS DOWN THREE HOUSES DOWN.
AND HE'S WALKING THIS WAY AND THE TODDLERS BY HIMSELF AND MY HUSBAND WENT AND GOT 'EM AND GOT THE TODDLER AND SAID, HOLD ONTO 'EM.
UH, WE'RE SEEING, UH, COYOTES IN MIDDAY WALKING DOWN THE STREET, WALKING DOWN THE TRAILS.
UM, AND MY CONCERN IS NOT ONLY ARE THE, ARE A LOT OF ANIMALS BEING KILLED, BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, HOW MANY CHILDREN ARE IN DANGER? LITTLE TODDLERS, BECAUSE, UM, MY HUSBAND SAW, IT'S BEEN ABOUT A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, A WOMAN SCREAMING, IT WAS SIX O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
MY HUSBAND HAD TAKEN OUT HER LITTLE YORKIE AND THIS WOMAN WAS SCREAMING, HAD HER DOG BY A LEASH, RUNNING WITH HER HANDS LIKE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
AND THE COYOTES RUNNING RIGHT AFTER HER.
AND SHE JUST HAPPENED TO BE TWO DOORS FROM HER HOUSE AND GOT IN BEFORE.
UM, AND MY HUSBAND WAS TOO FAR AWAY TO EVEN DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
AND MY HUSBAND'S 87, SO HE'S NOT EXACTLY, UM, TO, TO, I MEAN, HE'S A DEBT, HE, HE'S ABLE TO WALK AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT HE COULDN'T HAVE HELPED HER VERY MUCH.
I WAS A FORMER PRINCIPAL AND I NEVER COME TO A SITUATION LIKE THIS WITHOUT SOME KIND OF SOLUTION.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THIS WILL WORK OR NOT, BUT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY SHOULD LOOK INTO TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T CATCH AND RELEASE ALL THESE COYOTES ON THEIR OWN, BUT IF WE COULD CATCH THEM AND YOU COULD MAKE, UM, SOME KIND OF COALITION WITH A VETERINARY SCHOOL WHERE THE VETERINARY SCHOOL VETERINARY, UM, STUDENTS COULD, UM, COULD UH, UH, NOW I CAN'T THINK OF THE WORD NEUTER SOME OF THE POPULATION.
I THINK THAT MIGHT CUT DOWN ON IT A LITTLE BIT.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY 'CAUSE I'M AT THAT.
BUT A ANYWAY, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD LOOK INTO BECAUSE I THINK WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IF A CHILD GETS HURT, WE'RE GONNA BE SUED TERRIBLY AND I DON'T WANT ANY CHILD TO BE HURT AT ALL.
UM, IF YOU LEFT YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION ON YOUR UH, CARD, WE'LL MAKE SURE TO HAVE CITY STAFF, UH, GET IN CONTACT WITH YOU AND SEE WHAT WE CAN HOPEFULLY DO TO HELP OUT.
ALRIGHT, THAT IS THE FINAL SPEAKER.
[ SAFETY UPDATES - Fire and Police]
MOVING ON TO OUR SAFETY UPDATES.UH, I ACTUALLY JUST WANTED TO KEEP MY COMMENTS BRIEF THIS EVENING AND, UH, MAKE A COMMENT REGARDING 4TH OF JULY.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE CITY FOR HOSTING SO MANY, UH, WONDERFUL PROFESSIONAL EVENTS.
WE DID HAVE SOME REPORTS OF SOME FIREWORKS USE, UM, WITHIN THE CANYON OVER THAT, THAT WEEKEND.
AND, UM, WHILE I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS THAT ANY TYPE OF FIREWORK IS ILLEGAL IN
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THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYONE THAT, UM, USE OF A FIREWORK JUST TO SPEAK PLAINLY IN THE CANYON ESPECIALLY.UM, WE ALL KNOW WHAT THE RISK IS TO OUR COMMUNITY IN THOSE WILDLAND AREAS, AND I JUST WANNA TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND EVERYONE TO, UH, LEAVE IT TO THE PROFESSIONALS.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS THIS EVENING.
THANK YOU CHIEF SERGEANT TARVER.
AND GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF AND RESIDENTS IN ATTENDANCE.
UH, TONIGHT I WILL HAVE, UH, NO COMMENT.
ALRIGHT, WITH THAT CITY MANAGER UPDATES.
[ CITY MANAGER UPDATES]
RODNEY, WE HAVE NO, NO UPDATES TONIGHT.[ COUNCIL REPORTS Mayor Johsz Legislative Advocacy Committee Board Omnitrans Board West Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District Board Vice Mayor Marquez San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Board General Policy Committee Legislative Policy Committee Metro Valley Study Session Transit Committee Council Member Moran Chino Hills Community Foundation Board Tres Hermanos Conservation Authority Board Council Member Rogers Chino Basin Desalter Authority Board ]
REPORTS.UH, LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY COMMITTEE BOARD, UH, PETER AND I MET WITH OUR, UH, STATE AND FEDERAL LOBBYIST TO, YOU KNOW, SEE WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR REQUESTS.
THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE PUT A HIGH PRIORITY ON, IS TRYING TO LOBBY TO GET THOSE TAXPAYER DOLLARS BACK TO US.
WE HAVE BEEN PUT FORWARD AGAIN FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING THROUGH CONGRESSWOMAN KIM AND, UM, CONGRESSWOMAN.
KIM'S AND PETER, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, UH, THE, THE NATURE OF IT IS OUR REQUEST WAS, UH, FIRE, UH, YOU KNOW, FIREFIGHTING, YOU KNOW, PREPAREDNESS AND WILDFIRE, UH, PREPAREDNESS.
SO SHE'S MOVED THAT FORWARD AND HER, UH, FEDERAL, UM, ASKS, AND THEN CONGRESSWOMAN TORRES HAS PUT IN FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE LOS SERRANOS NEIGHBORHOOD FOR ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
RIGHT? SO WE GREATLY APPRECIATE, UH, BOTH OF OUR CURRENT MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND THE, UH, THE EFFORTS THEY DO.
UM, OMNI TRANS BOARD, WE HAD A BOARD MEETING A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, NOTHING OF ANY REAL NOTE.
UM, WITH THE SUMMER IT'S BEEN KIND OF QUIET, MORE JUST RECOGNIZING, YOU KNOW, DRIVER SAFETY AND, AND UH, AND YOU KNOW, BUDGET REALITIES WITH WEST VALLEY MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT BOARD.
UM, PRETTY MUCH MORE THE SAME, NOT, NOT TOO MUCH, UM, TO REPORT ON.
JUST, YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN, UH, MR. KRIEGER, YOU GUYS SHOULD BE GETTING YOUR, UH, MOSQUITO WIPES.
SO THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN DROPPED OFF
UM, WITH THE BOARD, WE'RE STILL CONTINUING TO HAVE OUR, UH, WITH, UH, MOSQUITO BOARD CONTINUING TO HAVE OUR PROGRAM WHERE WE USE IRRADIATED
SO WE RELEASE THESE NEUTERED ONES OUT, THEY DO THEIR MOSQUITO THING AND OFF THEY GO.
IT'S, THAT'S THE TECHNICAL TERM YOU LEARN ON THE MOSQUITO BOARD.
UH, WITH THAT, UH, VICE MAYOR MARQUE, UH, S-B-C-T-A AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT.
UM, S-B-C-T-A WAS DARK, SCAG WAS DARK, UH, METROLINK, UH, WE DID HAVE A MEETING AND UH, WE ARE REQUESTING $35 MILLION FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
SO WE GOT SOME SUPPORT LETTERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND THROUGH THE, THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
UM, AND THEN ALSO, I JUST WANNA SAY SOMETHING THAT WE DID, WE'VE BEEN MEETING, UH, PETER AND MYSELF, THERE'S COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT REGARDING THE S TERMS IN CARBON CANYON.
SO WE'RE COMMUNICATING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WE JUST HAD A MEETING YESTERDAY, SO WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP EVERYBODY ABREAST AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE FOR US TO DO.
SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, SIR.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN, CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION BOARD AND TRACER MON CONSERVATION CONSERVATION AUTHORITY BOARD.
MY MEETINGS WEREN'T DARK, BUT THEY WERE EXTREMELY SHORT.
SO, UH, STARTING WITH THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, WE ACTUALLY HAD A SPECIAL MEETING TO APPROVE, UM, AND ACCEPT A DONATION FOR THE 250TH DRONE EVENT, WHICH I'M SURE YOU GUYS WILL TALK ABOUT ON YOUR CLOSING COMMENTS.
AND WE ALSO APPROVED A FOUNDATION DONATION FOR A NEW CITY DIGITAL PROJECTOR THAT WE'RE GONNA USE IN MOVIE NIGHTS.
SO OUR FOUNDATION IS JUST CONTINUING TO, UH, GET MONEY OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND BACKFILL AND SUPPORT THE ARTS AND RECREATION.
UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMETHING FOR WINE WALK TO ADD PETER.
AND THEN TRACE HERMANOS CONSERVATION AUTHORITY BOARD EVEN SHORTER.
UM, UH, WE DID APPROVE, UH, APPROXIMATELY A $5,000 EXPENDITURE TO COVER THAT FI UH, FIRE DAMAGE, THE FIRE THAT WAS, UH, ON GRAND AVENUE IN TRACE ARMOS.
AND WE SAID A FINAL GOODBYE TO DAN FOX, WHO IS RETIRING AS CITY MANAGER FROM DIAMOND BAR.
AND THEN THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED SEVEN MINUTES LATER.
[ COUNCIL COMMENTS]
THEN WITH THAT WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL COMMENTS.UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONTINUE? I JUST HAVE A COUPLE AGAIN, I KNOW EVERYONE WILL ELABORATE ON IT.
KUDOS TO, AND I'LL BROUGHT EVERYONE THAT CAME TOGETHER FOR OUR INDEPENDENT CELEBRATION.
I KNOW IT TAKES MANY DEPARTMENTS, SO IT WAS JUST OUR BEST YET.
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KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT I'M GETTING MORE FEEDBACK THIS YEAR OF HOW GREAT.I MEAN, I MEAN, WE WAIT TILL TOMORROW NIGHT FOR, I KNOW JIMMY, BOBBY, JIMMY BUFFET, TRIVIA FAN, BABY JIMMY.
I MEAN, WE KNOW WE'RE GREAT, BUT IT'S BEEN, I'S BEEN ASKING FOR THAT FOR YEARS.
IT'S BEEN REALLY NICE TO HEAR THE FEEDBACK.
UM, I DID WANT SOME CLARIFICATION, MARK.
SO I, I HAVE A QUESTION SLASH CLARIFICATION I WOULD LIKE ON A PUBLIC SPEAKER TONIGHT THAT IS ABOUT THE SALES TAX.
AM I ALLOWED TO ASK THAT QUESTION NOW THAT WE ARE GONNA PUT IT ON THE BALLOT? I'M SORRY.
THEN WHAT WAS THE, UM, I WANT CLARIFICATION FROM STAFF ON A A POINT THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY A PUBLIC SPEAKER TONIGHT THAT, THAT'S RELATED TO THE SALES TAX.
MAY I ASK THAT QUESTION? ASK IT NOW.
WHAT IS IT? HUH? DO YOU WANT TO ASK IT? OKAY, WE'LL SEE.
UM, SO THE, AND THIS IS A SECOND PERSON BROUGHT THIS UP TOO.
SO THEY WERE SAYING THAT WHEN WE ARE, UM, PRESENTING IT AS A 1 CENT TAX, IT IS NOT A 1 CENT TAX, IT'S SOMETHING ELSE.
AND I KNOW THAT WHEN PEOPLE WATCH THIS MEETING, IT'S GONNA CONFUSE PEOPLE.
CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT, WHETHER THAT WAS A CORRECT STATEMENT OR NOT CORRECT STATEMENT? OH, IT'S 1 CENT ON, UM, IF YOU SPEND A DOLLAR, IT'S A 1 CENT FOR EVERY DOLLAR.
SO CLARIFICATION, BUT GOING FROM SEVEN TO THREE QUARTERS TO EIGHT AND THREE QUARTERS, THREE QUARTER IS A 13% INCREASE.
I THINK THAT'S, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S CORRECT OR NOT.
I'D HAVE TO HAVE, USE MY CALCULATOR.
IT'S, IT'S A 1%, ADDING 1% TO THE SALES TAX, WHICH IS 1 CENT ON EVERY DOLLAR.
I'VE NEVER HEARD ANYBODY REFER TO THAT WHEN I'VE, UH, WATCHED THE OTHER SALES TAX MEASURES IN OTHER CITIES.
I'VE NEVER HEARD IT REFERRED TO THAT WAY.
IT'S ALWAYS, WE'RE GONNA BRING IT FROM 7.75 TO 8.75 AND IT'S A 1 CENT.
JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, WHAT IT'S GONNA, ARE YOU FILMING ME? NO, NO, NO.
THE DIFFERENCE WHEN I SPEND A DOLLAR AS A CONSUMER, IT'S GONNA COST ME AN EXTRA PENNY.
LIKE WHEN YOU GAVE THE EXAMPLE OF BUYING A HAPPY MEAL AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I'M LIBERAL ARTS MAJOR HERE,
UM, BUT I, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY JUST, UM, RELATED TO THIS AGENDA ITEM THAT, UM, I SHARE ALL YOUR SENTIMENTS, I DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY EARLIER, BUT I, I SHARE YOUR SENTIMENTS AND I'M, UM, GLAD WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
ONE, I ALSO AM LOOKING FORWARD TO TALKING ABOUT THIS THROUGHOUT THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, WHICH WOULD BE OUR EFFORT TO, UH, ADD A PENNY TO THE SALES TAX EFFORT FOR CHINO HILLS.
UH, WITH THAT SET ASIDE, A COUPLE THINGS.
UH, BRIAN AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND A RIBBON CUTTING THIS PAST WEEKEND.
RIGHT NEXT NEAR TO TURNER'S OUTDOORSMAN RIGHT IN THAT AREA.
AND WE WISH 'EM LUCK AND THEY HAD A GREAT TURNOUT AND THEY'RE VERY ENTHUSIASTIC FOR SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED, WHICH IS STRETCHING YOU.
IT'S NOT A PT PER SE, IT'S STRETCHING SPECIFIC.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THEIR SUCCESS IN TOWN.
AND THEN YOU JUST REMINDED ME, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT FOR HAVING TO DO WITH WINE WALK? SO, WINE WALK TICKETS, WHICH PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS ASKING ABOUT, THEY GO ON SALE SOON, JULY 21ST, WHICH IS A TUESDAY MORNING AT 8:00 AM AND BOTH THE VIP AND THE TRADITIONAL WINE WALK TICKETS WILL BE ON SALE AT THAT POINT.
THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, WE'VE SOLD MORE THAN 1400 TICKETS.
SO WE ESSENTIALLY SELL OUT AND YOU CAN BUY THOSE TICKETS AT CHINO HILLS WINE WALK.COM OR CHINO HILLS FOUNDATION.COM.
AND AGAIN, WE RAISE GREAT MONEY AND IT ALL GOES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY IN DIFFERENT FORMS. PERFECT.
COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT? UH, YES.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, THANK THE, UH, BAPS ORGANIZATION IN HINDU TEMPLE HERE IN IN TOWN.
UH, THEY INVITED US TO THE JULY 4TH, UH, DEDICATION OF INDEPENDENCE PLAZA.
AND, UH, THEY NOW HAVE A FLAGPOLE UP THERE WHERE THE AMERICAN FLAG, THE CALIFORNIA FLAG, AND A POW SLASH MIA FLAG.
SO, UM, VERY NICE CEREMONY AND WONDERFUL DEDICATION TO, TO THE PEOPLE, WELL, TO OUR SOLDIERS AND TO OUR NATION.
SO APPRECIATE THEM ALLOWING US TO BE INVOLVED WITH THAT.
UH, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO, TO, UH, REMIND EVERYBODY, KIDS ARE OUTTA SCHOOL.
SO WATCH YOUR SPEED, UH, EVERYWHERE YOU'RE IN TOWN, ESPECIALLY IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
AND, UH, KEEP THE FAMILY OF THE PERSON THAT WAS KILLED IN THE FIREWORKS ACCIDENT AND CHINO IN YOUR PRAYERS.
UH, IT WAS A SAD, SAD, UH, SITUATION WHERE HERE WE ARE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T, THERE'S NOTHING SAFE IN SAYING
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ABOUT THOSE CRAZY FIREWORKS.AND, AND THERE'S BEEN, I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS OF SOMEBODY THAT'S BEEN INJURED, UH, WITH THOSE THINGS.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY MAY BE RETHINKING WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE LEGALIZED FIREWORKS GOING FORWARD.
AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TONIGHT, I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MY WIFE NIKKI, ON THE CELEBRATION OF OUR 59TH ANNIVERSARY LAST WEEK ON JULY 8TH.
UH, THANK YOU SWEETHEART, FOR STAYING WITH ME ALL THESE YEARS AND ALL MY LOVE.
AND THAT ENDS MY COMMENTS TONIGHT.
SHE'S A SAINT VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ.
UM, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE HAVE BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN, IN THE CITY AND THERE'S ONE, IT'S WHERE THIS, THE OLD SANDERS USED TO BE, AND I CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME, BY THE CAR WASH AND BY BRAVO BURGER.
THEY JUST PUT A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY INTO IT.
AND, UM, THEY'RE HURTING RIGHT NOW.
SO I KNOW WE, I WOULD LIKE TO PROMOTE SOME OF OUR BUSINESSES MAYBE ONCE, ONCE A MONTH IF WE COULD DO THAT.
ESPECIALLY SOMEBODY THAT'S NEW IN OUR CITY THAT'S TRYING TO, TO GET OFF THEIR FEET.
IF WE COULD DO THAT, WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, ALSO REGARDING PROPOSITIONS IN NOVEMBER AND LEGISLATION THAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING IN NOVEMBER, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN GET OUR CONSULTANT OUT HERE JUST TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON, UH, WHAT, WHAT ARE THINGS, I MEAN, IMPORTANT LIKE PROP 45? I LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.
AND THEN ALSO THE LAST THING, THERE'S A YOUNG LADY THAT I'VE KNOWN FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, HER NAME IS NIKKI.
SHE'S BEEN MARRIED TO A JERK FOR 59 YEARS,
AND I JUST WANNA SAY SHE'S A, SHE'S A GODDESS.
I ALWAYS LOVE THIS MONTH BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE TO WISH MY LOVE LEE BRIDE OF GOD.
WE CELEBRATED ON JULY 3RD, 24 YEARS NOW.
SO THE BEST THING I GOT FROM COLLEGE AND THEN DAUGHTER TURNED 13 ON THE, ON YOUR ANNIVERSARY ON THE EIGHTH, UM, BACK TO THE BAPS, UH, EVENT.
IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE NEW, UM, THE NEW FLAG POLES, THEY ALSO HAD A TIME CAPSULE THAT THEY PUT IN.
SO THE CITY SUBMITTED STUFF, MEMBERS SUBMITTED.
THEY HAD A, A NICE YOUNG WOMAN WHO IS, UH, A NAVAL RESERVIST WHO'S ONE OF THEIR CONGREGANTS WHO PUT IN, UM, I THINK SHE PUT IN HER HAT THAT SHE GOT COMMISSIONED IN.
SO, AND THAT WAS VERY COOL IN SUN HAT.
UH, GREAT JOB AGAIN FOR OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION.
YOU KNOW IT, MAN, THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT EVERYBODY HAD FUN.
THANK YOU TO SUPERVISOR HAGMAN FOR THE, THE, UH, LAST MINUTE DRONE SHOW.
AND THEN, UH, BACK TO WHAT PETER HAD SAID, WE WENT TO A RIBBON CUTTING AND GRAND OPENING, FOUR STRETCH ZONE NEXT TO THE TURNERS AND, UH, OH GOSH, THE, THE BOOT, BOOT BARN.
UH, GUILLERMO YOUNG GUY WHO IS THE FRANCHISEE, UH, IS A MARINE CORPS VETERAN, GOOD GUY, LIVES IN FONTANA CHO, YOU KNOW, SAID HE DID HIS MARKET RESEARCH AND CHOSE, UH, CHOSE TO OPEN, YOU KNOW, OPEN A HERE IN CHINO HILLS.
I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF ATHLETES THAT ARE OUT THERE AND NEED SOME STRETCHING AND WHATNOT.
SO YEAH, THANK YOU TO HIM FOR INVESTING IN OUR CITY.
AND WITH THAT, WE WILL BE A JOURNEYING,
[ ADJOURN IN MEMORIAM AND IN HOPE: Adjourn with deep gratitude, respect, and appreciation for the brave individuals who serve and have served in the Armed Forces. Their selfless contributions protect us all. May we as a community continue to support and honor them.]
UM, WITH DEEP GRATITUDE, RESPECT, AND APPRECIATION FOR THE BRAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SERVED AND ARE SERVING IN THE ARMED FORCES.THEIR SELFLESS CONTRIBUTIONS PROTECT US ALL.
MAY WE AS A COMMUNITY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND HONOR THEM.
AND WITH THAT, HAVE A GOOD EVENING.