[6:00 P.M. - CONVENE MEETING / ROLL CALL]
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THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY OF CHINO HILL CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, WE WILL START OFF WITH OUR ROLL CALL, MADAM CITY CLERK.
ALL RIGHT, THEN WITH THAT, WE WILL BE MOVING ON, UM, FOR OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO BE LED BY TROOP TWO 20, AND THEN TO BE FOLLOWED BY AN INVOCATION FROM PASTOR UH, TATE COX FROM CALVARY CHAPINO HILL.
SO PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION WITH THE AUDIENCE, PLEASE RISE TRO ATTENTION, TROOPS SALUTE ON THE NUMBERS.
ONE AUDIENCE, PLEASE PLACE YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART.
PLEASE REPEAT WITH ME THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]
I PLEDGE ALL PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TROOPS APPLY BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVIS WITH THE LIBERTY OF JUSTICE TO TWO AT EASE.[INVOCATION]
ALL RIGHT.THANK YOU, UH, FOR THIS PRIVILEGE OF STARTING THE MEETING WITH THE INVOCATION TODAY.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO READ A COUPLE OF SCRIPTURES FROM THE BIBLE.
IN FIRST TIMOTHY CHAPTER TWO, WE READ, THEREFORE I EXHORT FIRST OF ALL, THAT SUPPLICATIONS, PRAYERS, INTERCESSIONS, AND THE GIVING OF THANKS BE MADE FOR ALL MEN, FOR KINGS AND ALL WHO ARE IN AUTHORITY, THAT WE MAY LEAD A QUIET AND PEACEFUL LIFE IN ALL GODLINESS AND REVERENCE FOR THIS IS GOOD AND ACCEPTABLE IN THE SIGHT OF GOD, OUR SAVIOR AND COUNSEL, I JUST WANT TO, UH, JUST THANK YOU AND LET YOU KNOW THAT, THAT WE PRAY FOR YOU.
UH, WE PRAY THAT GOD WOULD GIVE YOU WISDOM AND THE ABILITY TO MAKE RIGHT DECISIONS THAT HONOR HIM.
AND IN LIGHT OF THIS, YOU KNOW, THE CHINO HILLS HAS BEEN A, A LAND THAT HAS BEEN BLESSED.
UH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK TOO HARD TO SEE THAT.
UH, IT'S A GREAT COMMUNITY WITH MUCH NATURAL BEAUTY.
AND IT MAKES ME THINK OF JUST A BLESSING THAT AARON WOULD, WOULD SAY OVER THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, THAT I WOULD JUST LOVE TO READ OVER THE LAND OF CHINO HILLS.
AND THEN WE WILL PRAY, AND I'LL ACTUALLY INSERT CHINO HILLS IN CERTAIN SPOTS.
AARON WOULD SAY TO ISRAEL, AND I WOULD SAY TO CHINO HILLS, THE LORD BLESS CHINO HILLS AND KEEP CHINO HILLS, THE LORD MAKE HIS FACE SHINE UPON CHINO HILLS AND BE GRACIOUS TO CHINO HILLS.
THE LORD LIFT UP HIS COUNTENANCE UPON CHINO HILLS AND GIVE CHINO HILLS PEACE.
FATHER GOD, WE ARE GRATEFUL TO LIVE IN A PLACE SUCH AS THIS.
AND LORD, PART OF WHY THIS IS SUCH A GREAT PLACE IS BECAUSE OF THIS COUNCIL.
BUT LORD, WE NEVER WANT TO WANT TO TAKE ANY OF THIS FOR GRANTED.
LORD, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO JUST POUR OUT YOUR WISDOM UPON THESE HERE.
LORD, I PRAY THAT THEY WOULD MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT ARE BEFORE THEM IN THE FEAR OF GOD, IN INTEGRITY, LORD, IN A WAY THAT BRINGS YOU HONOR AND GLORY.
AND LORD, WOULD THE, UH, AS THIS, AS THIS CITY HAS BEEN, BEEN AROUND FOR SOME TIME, LORD, WE PRAY THAT THE YEARS TO COME WOULD BE EVEN BETTER THAN THE YEARS THAT ARE BEHIND US.
LORD, THAT YOUR BLESSING WOULD CONTINUE TO BE UPON THIS LAND, AND LORD, THAT YOU WOULD GUIDE EVEN THIS VERY COUNCIL MEETING.
[4. INTRODUCTION - New Employees: Ashley Tran, Assistant Engineer and Taevin Scatiffe, Associate Engineer, Public Works Department]
THE FIRST PRESENTATION ON THIS AGENDA TONIGHT IS THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEES, ASHLEY TRAN AND TAVEN SCOTT LIFT.WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM? ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE, WE LOVE HAVING NEW EMPLOYEES.
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME OUR TWO NEWEST EMPLOYEES FOR OUR TEAM.
FIRST, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE ASHLEY TRAN AS OUR NEW, UH, ASSISTANT ENGINEER.
ASHLEY JOINS US WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING FROM CAL STATE FULLERTON
DURING HER FREE TIME, SHE ENJOYS HANGING OUT WITH FRIENDS AND LISTENING TO MUSIC.
WHAT KIND OF MUSIC? ASHLEY? UM, I LISTEN TO A LOT OF K-POP, ACTUALLY K-POP.
I WENT TO, UM, A BTS CONCERT THIS LAST WEEKEND.
WE KNOW WHERE THE PAYCHECKS ARE GONNA BE GOING.
AND THEN, UH, NEXT, UH, IS ALSO A MEMBER OF OUR ENGINEERING TEAM.
OUR NEWEST, NEWEST ASSOCIATE ENGINEER, UH, TAVEN, UH, SCH
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SCHLAF FLEA.SORRY, I'VE GOT A, I'VE GOT A FUNKY LAST NAME BY MAN.
THEY GAVE IT TO ME PHONETICALLY.
UH, TAVEN JOINS US AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER WITH AN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DEGREE AND EXPERIENCE AS AN INTERN FOR THE SANTA ANA WATERSHED PROJECT AUTHORITY, AND HAS A CIVIL ENGINEERING CULT, UH, CONSULTANT WITH A PRIVATE, UH, AGENCY.
SO WHEN NOT AT WORK, HE ENJOYS SPENDING TIME WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND, A DOG NAMED FRODO AND A HUNDRED POUND AFRICAN TORTOISE NAMED TREE TRUNKS
WHERE DO YOU FIND A HUNDRED POUND AFRICAN TORTOISE? YOU GET AN OLD RELATIVE WHO'S, WHO'S CAN'T TAKE CARE OF IT ANYMORE AND SAYS, I HAVE AN OLD TORTOISE.
AND THEN THEY GIVE IT TO YOU AND THEY TELL YOU THAT YOU HAVE TO LEAVE IT IN YOUR WILL.
I I INHERITED ONE OF THOSE FROM MY GRANDFATHER WHO HAD ONE IN THE NAVY.
'CAUSE IT WAS HIS MASCOT ON HIS SHIP, SO I, I GOTCHA.
SO, ASHLEY AND TAVEN, WELCOME TO THE TEAM.
UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANY, UH, GIVE US ANY WORDS, PLEASE WELCOME YOURSELF.
YOU FIRST, THANK YOU ALL FOR WELCOMING US TO CITY.
UM, I'M FROM RIVERSIDE ORIGINALLY, SO, UH, I'M NOT USED TO THINGS LOOKING THIS NICE, UH, EVERYWHERE I GO.
AND, UH, I FEEL A LITTLE OUT OF PLACE SOMETIMES, BUT I'M FINDING MY PLACE HERE MORE AND MORE.
AND, UH, I'M EXCITED FOR THE FUTURE HERE AT THE CITY.
AND, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR WELCOMING ME.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYONE, FOR THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY.
UM, I ACTUALLY WAS NOT EVER PLANNING ON STAYING IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, UM, LONG TERM.
BUT AFTER GETTING TO EXPERIENCE IT DURING MY INTERNSHIP ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS AGO, I FELL IN LOVE WITH GIVING BACK TO MY FELLOW COMMUNITIES.
AND I AM SUPER EXCITED TO POSITIVELY CONTRIBUTE TO THE CITY'S ENGINEERING PROJECTS.
I'M, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.
WITH THAT WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO
[5. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming October 4 - 10, 2026, as Fire Prevention Week]
ITEM FIVE.WE'RE GONNA BE PROCLAIMING OCTOBER 4TH, UH, THROUGH THE 10TH AS FIRE PREVENTION WEEK.
UM, CHIEF WILLIAMS, NOW YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ENGAGED IN YOUR JOB EACH YEAR.
THIS WEEK, UH, COMMEMORATES THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE OF 1871, WHICH KILLED MORE THAN 250 PEOPLE AND LEFT DEVASTATION IN ITS PATH.
THIS YEAR'S THEME IS CHARGE INTO FIRE SAFETY.
SAFE CHARGING IS A SUPERPOWER.
THE THEME FOCUSES ON EVERYDAY CHARGING HABITS THAT CAN HELP REDUCE THE RISK OF LITHIUM ION BATTERY FIRES, UH, TO KEEP HOMES AND COMMUNITIES SAFER.
THE CITY JOINS WITH THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT AND ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN FIRE SAFETY AND PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS WHILE AT HOME, AT WORK, AND AT SCHOOL.
SO, TO ACCEPT THIS, WE HAVE OUR FIRE CHIEF DAVE WILLIAMS. SO, CHIEF, PLEASE, MAYOR JOE'S COUNSEL, UH, UM, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS PROCLAMATION.
AGAIN, WE CAN'T DO THESE THINGS ALONE, SO AS A COMMUNITY, IF YOU EVER HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, PLEASE REACH OUT TO OUR FIRE DISTRICT AND WE'LL GET YOU DIALED IN AND HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
WE APPRECIATE THE PROCLAMATION.
CHIEF, I GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU.
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE COW THAT STARTED OF THE FIRE? MRS. O'LEARY'S.
IF I TOLD YOU I'D HAVE TO KILL YOU.
MRS. O'LEARY'S BARBECUE CAR AROUND.
[6. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming September as National Emergency Preparedness Month]
WILL BE MOVING ON TO PROCLAIMING SEPTEMBER AS NATIONAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS MONTH.AND TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION, WE'LL BE JOYCE LEE.
SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS MONTH.
THIS NATIONWIDE EFFORT IS A, AN OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND US ALL, UH, THAT BEING PREPARED BEFORE A A EMERGENCY CAN MAKE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE WHEN DISASTER STRIKES.
HERE IN CHINO HILLS, WE KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING PREPARED FOR EMERGENCY, SUCH AS WILDFIRES, EARTHQUAKES, AND OTHER EVENTS THAT CAN HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY.
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WE ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO TAKE ACTION, SIGN UP FOR OUR CITY'S EMERGENCY ALERTS, AND MAKE A FAMILY PLAN.
AND TO ACCEPT THIS, WE HAVE OUR EMERGENCY COORDINATED OR EMERGENCY SERVICES COORDINATOR, JOYCE LEE.
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THANK YOU.UH, MAYOR JOE'S AND COUNCIL FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT.
AS MAYOR JOE STATED, SEPTEMBER'S NATIONAL PREPARED THIS MONTH AND THIS YEAR'S THEME IS AMERICANS STAND READY, WHICH MEANS TAKING SIMPLE STEPS TO PREPARE FOR DISASTERS BEFORE THEY HAPPEN, SUCH AS TAKING SIMPLE STEPS, UH, LIKE MAKING YOUR FAMILY EMERGENCY KIT, BUILDING YOUR FAMILY EMERGENCY PLAN, AND EXERCISING THAT PLAN YEARLY TO HELP RESIDENTS WITH THESE STEPS.
THE CITY IS HOSTING A FREE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS WORKSHOP THIS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH, AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
AT 6:00 PM WE WILL HAVE PRESENTATIONS FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND OTHER AGENCIES, AND FREE GIVEAWAYS FOR RESIDENTS.
SO WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE THIS THURSDAY.
WHAT WILL OUR FREE GIVEAWAYS BE? IT MIGHT ENTICE SOME PEOPLE, IT MIGHT BE A NICE DRY BAG TO PUT ALL YOUR IMPORTANT ITEMS IN TO KEEP 'EM DRY, MAYBE.
[7. RECOGNITION - Recognizing the City for their designation as Clean California Community]
THAT, WE WILL BE, UH, MOVING ON TO ACCEPTING OUR RECOGNITION AS A CLEAN CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY.ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I'M PLEASED TO OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZE THAT CHINO HILLS IS NOW A CLEAN CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY.
THIS DESIGNATION RECOGNIZES COMMUNITIES ACROSS CALIFORNIA THAT ARE COMMITTED TO KEEPING THEIR PUBLIC SPACES CLEAN, BEAUTIFUL, AND WELCOMING.
CHINO HILLS EARNED THIS RECOGNITION THROUGH AN ONGOING EFFORT IN LITTER PREVENTION, COMMUNITY, CLEANUPS, BEAUTIFICATION, EDUCATION, COMMUNITY, UH, ENGAGEMENT, AND LONG-TERM, LONG-TERM STEWARDSHIP.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, THROUGH THIS DESIGNATION, IT REFLECTS THAT WE ARE A COMMUNITY THAT TAKES PRIDE IN WHERE WE LIVE, AND THAT WE WORK TOGETHER TO KEEP IT A BEAUTIFUL CITY.
SO, I WANT TO THANK OUR CITY STAFF, PARTNERING AGENCIES AND COUNTLESS VOLUNTEERS WHO HELP KEEP CHINO HILLS CLEAN.
AND TO ACCEPT THIS RECOGNITION, WE HAVE ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER SUSAN SHAKER, SUSAN THE THANK YOU MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
IT'S TRULY AN HONOR TO ACCEPT THIS RECOGNITION ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
THIS ACHIEVEMENT, AS MAYOR JO STATED, REFLECTS HARD WORK, DEDICATION, AND TEAMWORK FROM OUR RESIDENTS, VOLUNTEERS, CITY STAFF, AND CITY LEADERS, ALL WHO HAVE COMMITTED TO KEEPING KEEP, HAVE COMMITTED TO KEEPING CHINO HILLS CLEAN, BEAUTIFUL, AND WELCOMING.
SO THANK YOU FOR THIS MEANINGFUL RECOGNITION, AND WE WANNA THANK EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT CONTINUES TO KEEP CHINO HILLS A CLEAN AND BEAUTIFUL AND WELCOMING COMMUNITY FOR EVERYONE.
WE DON'T NEED THE, THE, ALL THE OLD USUAL STRIP.
[8. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming September 15 through October 15, 2026 as National Hispanic Heritage Month]
NOW I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT WE WILL BE PROCLAIMING SEPTEMBER 15TH THROUGH, UH, OCTOBER 15TH, 2026 AS NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.UM, I KNOW WE HAVE A NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT ARE GONNA COME UP TO, UH, ACCEPT THIS PRESENTATION.
UM, NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATES THE HISTORIES, TRADITIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF HISPANIC AMERICANS TO OUR CULTURE AND SOCIETY.
WE ARE PROUD TO LIVE IN SUCH A DIVERSE COMMUNITY AND ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO USE THIS TIME TO CONTINUE WORKING TOWARDS A STRONGER, NO, YOU CAN KEEP IT PLAYING.
AS IS TRADITION, WE ARE EXCITED TO WELCOME BACK MEMBERS FROM BOTH AYLA AND CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOLS.
TO KICK THINGS OFF, I'D LIKE TO INVITE, UH, CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL SPANISH TEACHER, DELIA FRANCO, TO JOIN ME AT THE PODIUM.
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MONTH MEANS TO YOU, PLEASE.UM, TOO BAD WE DON'T HAVE, UM, LATINO CLUB OR HISPANIC CLUB, SO, UM, BUT, UM, WHAT DOES IT MEAN? WELL, IN A WAY IT MEANS THE ACCEPTANCE OF, IN THE, IN THE CULTURE THAT LATINOS BRING TO, TO THIS CHINO HILLS, THIS TO THIS CITY, UM, THE CULTURE, THE, THE FOODS, THE EVERYTHING, LA MOCA THAT WE WERE JUST LISTENING TO.
SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE INVITATION.
SO WE'RE GONNA ATION FOR CHINO HILLS AND, OKAY.
YEAH, I THINK BRIAN'S GONNA ASK HIM.
AND THEN NEXT I'D LIKE TO INVITE UP BYLA HIGH SCHOOL SPANISH TEACHER, ADA RIOS CONTR.
SO, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT, AND PLEASE, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND TELLING US WHAT THIS THANK YOU MEANS FOR YOU.
UM, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR INVITING US.
IT'S ALWAYS A, A NICE THING TO BE INVITED EVERY YEAR.
AND THIS YEAR I INVITED TWO OF MY STUDENTS FROM THE NEW, UH, SOCIETY, FROM ELLA HIGH SCHOOL, SOCIO
AND THEY'RE GONNA JUST SHARE WITH YOU SOME WORDS OF WHAT THEY MEAN FOR THEM.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, FAMILIES AND MEMBERS OF THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY.
AND ON BEHALF OF THE SPANISH CLUB AND SPANISH NATIONAL HONORS SOCIETY OF URBAN VANESSA HIGH SCHOOL, WE SINCERELY THANK THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE CHIN ENTIRE CHANNEL HILLS COMMUNITY FOR INVITING US IN RECOGNIZING HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.
BEING RECOGNIZED AS HISPANIC IS DEEPLY MEANINGFUL TO US.
IT HONORS OUR FAMILIES, OUR LANGUAGES, OUR TRADIT TRADITIONS, AND THE SACRIFICES OF THE GENERATIONS WHO CAME BEFORE US.
IT REMINDS US THAT OUR HERITAGE IS NOT ONLY A PART OF OUR PAST, BUT IS ALSO A SOURCE OF OUR PRIDE AND STRENGTH THAT SHAPES US OF WHO WE ARE TODAY.
HELLO, AND MY NAME IS, UH, LEONTE.
UM, HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATES THE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS HISPANICS AND LATINOS HAVE MADE TO THE HISTORY, CULTURE, EDUCATION, ECONOMY, AND FUTURE OF THE UNITED STATES.
HERE IN GINO HILLS AND IN THE COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, CITIES, SCHOOLS, AND ORGANIZATIONS, THEY EMBRACE THIS C CELEBRATION THROUGH PROCLAMATIONS, CULTURAL PERFORMANCES, MUSIC, ART, FOOD AND EDUCATIONAL EVENTS.
THESE CELEBRATIONS BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER, PROMOTE, UNDERSTANDING, AND GIVE YOUNGER GENERATIONS THE CONFIDENCE TO HONOR THEIR ROOTS WHILE CONTRIBUTING TO THE COMMUNITIES.
THESE WORDS REMIND US THAT WE CAN BE PROUD AMERICANS WHILE CONTINUING TO HONOR OUR HISPANIC HERITAGE.
OUR CULTURE IS ALIVE IN OUR FAMILIES, OUR LANGUAGES, OUR MUSIC, OUR DANCES, STORIES, AND OUR DREAMS IN THE FUTURE.
ONCE AGAIN, WE SINCERELY THANK THE MAYOR, THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THE GINA HILLS COMMUNITY FOR THIS PROCLAMATION AND FOR RECOGNIZING AND CELEBRATING THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY.
WE ARE PROUD TO SHARE OUR HERITAGE WITH OUR COMMUNITY, AND COMMITTED TO BUILDING A FUTURE IN WHICH EVERY CULTURE IS RESPECTED, REPRESENTED, AND CELEBRATED.
THE, YOU WANT US FOR A PICTURE? YEAH, SURE.
I AND DAD, YOU GUYS CAN COME DOWN WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH THE FIRST OFFICIAL CITY PHOTO, THEN YOU GUYS CAN COME.
DO YOU WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT CLOSER? YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO FROM BACK.
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THANK YOU GUYS.NEXT, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME UP OUR LONGTIME PERFORMERS.
UH, FOR THE PAST, UH, FEW YEARS, THE LIZIE BROTHERS HAVE SHARED THEIR MUSICAL TALENT IN CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL HISPANIC MONTH, AND WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE THEM BACK AGAIN.
I KNOW IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING FUN THAT WE LOVE, UH, TO SEE THESE GUYS COME BACK AS A TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION.
NOPE, WE'RE NOT GONNA APPRECIATE IT.
UM, I APPRECIATE, I THINK I ALREADY GAVE THE CERTIFICATE.
UM, SO I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE ANOTHER GREAT PERFORMANCE FOR US TONIGHT.
SO IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, JUST TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELVES AND THEN, UH, PLEASE PERFORM.
UH, THANK YOU, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR HAVING US TODAY.
UM, YEAH, I WAS THINKING IT'S LIKE, MAN, IT'S ALREADY BEEN ANOTHER YEAR, HUH? AND THEN I WAS THINKING LIKE, MAN, I REMEMBER THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE WERE HERE.
YEAH, IT'S GREAT, UH, TO, TO BE BACK AGAIN.
BUT, UH, YEAH, WE'RE, THE GROUP IS AOT, WE'RE ALL BROTHERS.
UH, MAURICIO, UH, MIGUEL, AND I'M MARTIN.
AND, UH, WE PLAY, UM, REGIONAL MUSIC, UH, FROM MEXICO FROM DIFFERENT AREAS.
UH, TODAY WE'RE GONNA BE PLAYING SOME SONG TRO FOR YOU GUYS, LA BABA, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE MOST FAMOUS SCHO SONG.
UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US AND, UH, IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE FOR, UH, HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.
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THANK YOU, THANK YOU.ALRIGHT, AND THEN WE HAVE ONE LAST PERFORMANCE.
UH, I'D LIKE TO INVITE UP JULIA BRAZAA AND AVERY CETO TO, UH, DANCE FOR US.
WE BOTH ATTEND, UH, RUBEN ESLA HIGH SCHOOL.
TODAY WE'LL BE PERFORMING TRADITIONAL FLO RICO DANCES FROM THE BEAUTIFUL REGION OF S UM, THESE DANCES, LAONA AND LOS, OUR TRADITIONAL, UM, CELEBRATE THE CULTURE, HISTORY, AND TRADITIONS OF THE REGION.
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SEE, ISN'T IT NICE TO SEE, UH, JUST THE TALENTED KIDS THAT WE HAVE.AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR, UH, YOUR HERITAGE WITH US TONIGHT, AND, UH, HELPING US TO, TO CELEBRATE IT FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.
IT'S REALLY WHAT HELPS MAKE THE CITY A A GREAT PLACE IS TO HAVE THIS.
[9. PRESENTATION - Coyote Education given by Inland Valley Humane Society President, Nikole Bresciani]
NEXT WE WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION ON COYOTE EDUCATION, GIVEN BY INLAND VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY PRESIDENT NICOLE ANI.CITY COUNCIL, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, CITY STAFF.
THAT'S A REALLY TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW, SO THANK YOU.
SORRY, I DIDN'T KNOW, I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS THAT KIND OF MEETING.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, COYOTES ARE A SUBJECT OF CONVERSATION IN EVERY COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE.
IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE LOCATED IN THE FOOTHILLS, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE LOCATED IN THE URBAN COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THIS COMMUNITY IN PARTICULAR, WILDLIFE IN GENERAL, OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS HAS BEEN AN INCREASE, UM, IN, UH, WILDLIFE ACTIVITY OF OVER 93%.
SO CLEARLY, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS AT PLAY, ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS BUILDING.
UM, THE MORE WE ENCROACH ON THEIR HABITAT, THE MORE THEY COME OUT INTO THE AREAS THAT WE LIVE IN.
AND SO THAT CAN BE CONCERNING.
AND SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE ACTIVITY AND WHAT'S GOING ON.
ALL RIGHT, SO DESPITE, UH, THE GOVERNMENT'S ATTEMPT TO ERADICATE COYOTES BACK IN THE EARLY 19 HUNDREDS, UH, THE COYOTES HAVE FLOURISHED.
SO THERE'S ABOUT TWO TO 3 MILLION IN THE UNITED STATES.
THEY'RE EVERYWHERE EXCEPT FOR HAWAII.
IF THEY COULD SWIM FURTHER, THEY WOULD ALSO BE IN HAWAII.
UM, THE REALITY IS, IS THAT THEY ARE A VERY ADAPTABLE SPECIES.
UM, AND EVERY ATTEMPT, UM, TO REGULATE THEM HAS GONE, UM, REALLY UNRESPONDED BECAUSE THEY JUST FLOURISH.
UM, AND THEY'RE REALLY EVERYWHERE IN NORTH AMERICA.
THEY RESEMBLE A GERMAN SHEPHERD, ALTHOUGH SMALLER.
UM, THEY'RE VERY SOCIAL CREATURES.
SO WHAT WE'RE HEARING WHERE PEOPLE GET CONCERNED IS YELLS HIPS, YIPS, AND BARKS.
THEY'RE COMMUNICATING, AS I MENTIONED, THEY'RE ADAPTABLE.
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THEY'RE HIGHLY INTELLIGENT.THEY WILL ADAPT TO A COMMUNITY IN DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS.
UM, AND THEY, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE USED TO SEE IS THEY'RE NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY.
I GREW UP IN CHINO AND CHINO HILLS, AND I RECALL COMING HOME LATE NIGHT, UM, AND THERE WOULD BE A COYOTE, AND YOU WOULD THINK, OH MY GOSH, THAT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.
AND YOU WOULD NEVER SEE THEM DURING THE DAY.
AND NOW WE WILL SEE THEM DURING THE DAY.
WE WILL SEE THEM MOBILE ACTIVE ALERTS.
SO WE'RE SEEING THEM ALL THE TIME, WHICH IS WHY IT'S BECOME MORE CONCERNING FOR PEOPLE BECAUSE THAT TYPICAL ACTIVITY USED TO BE NOCTURNAL.
AND, YOU KNOW, DUSK TILL DAWN.
AND NOW WE SEE THEM ALL THE TIME AND WE SEE THEM IN THE URBAN SETTING, AND THEY ARE HERE TO STAY.
THEY ARE NOT, UM, GO MOVING INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND, AND, AND JUST HANGING OUT FOR THE DAY.
THEY'RE REALLY NESTING AND MAKING DENS WHERE WE LIVE AND WHY WE ARE CONTINUING TO SEE THEM IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE A COMBINATION OF THE TYPICAL BREEDING AND GESTATIONAL PERIODS.
SO, UM, MOM AND DAD ARE MAKING BABIES THROUGH, YOU KNOW, JANUARY THROUGH MARCH, AND THEN THE GESTATIONAL PERIOD IS ABOUT TWO MONTHS.
AND SO ONCE, UM, THE PUPS ARE BORN, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, BEING BORN AT MULTIPLE RATES, FOUR TO SEVEN IS THE AVERAGE.
AND THEN AFTER A FEW WEEKS, UM, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY THEY'RE MOVING ON AND THEY'RE LEARNING HOW TO HUNT.
AND THEN THEY'RE ON THEIR OWN SIX TO NINE MONTHS LATER.
SO IT FEELS LIKE THE NEVER ENDING CYCLE.
AND BECAUSE WE ONLY USED TO SEE THEM AT NIGHT, IT BECOMES THE NEVER ENDING CYCLE THAT WE SEE THEM.
THEY ARE OPPORTUNISTIC OMNIVORES.
PEOPLE WILL TALK ABOUT THEM AS PREDATORS, AND THEY'RE CERTAINLY THAT, BUT THEY WILL EAT JUST ABOUT ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING.
SO WHETHER IT'S BIRD SEED THAT WE'RE LEAVING FROM UNINTENTIONAL FEEDING OF DROPPINGS THAT HAPPEN AFTER BIRDS ARE FEEDING, UM, OR THEY'RE, UH, FEEDING OFF OF OTHER, UH, CRITTERS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, TRASH, UH, IF THEY'RE FEEDING OFF OF RATS, COMMUNITY CATS, I MEAN, ALL OF THE ABOVE.
UM, THERE'S A PROGRAM OUT OF UC, RIVERSIDE, UM, NIAM Q**M, SHE'S AN AMAZING, UM, RESEARCHER.
UM, AND THEY HAVE DONE RESEARCH TO SHOW THAT CATS ARE MAKING UP A SIGNIFICANT, UH, DIET IN COYOTES, ACTUALLY.
SO YOU HAVE THIS, UH, ECOSYSTEM THAT IS HAPPENING, AND THE COYOTES ARE OPPORTUNISTIC.
THEY NEED THREE THINGS LIKE MOST WILDLIFE TO SURVIVE, FOOD, WATER, AND HOUSING.
AND SO IF WE PROVIDE THOSE THINGS, THEN THEY ARE HERE TO STAY.
SO SOME THAT WE HAVE OR THAT WE WANNA REMOVE ATTRACTANTS, RIGHT? NUMBER ONE IS THAT WE SAY DON'T FEED WILDLIFE.
THAT'S ACTUALLY A FEDERAL LAW.
BUT IF YOU TRY TO TELL PEOPLE JUST DO NOT FEED ANIMALS, THAT USUALLY GOES UNCHECKED, KIND OF LIKE SPEEDING, RIGHT? MANY OF US SPEED.
OR WHEN WE GET CAUGHT, WE FINALLY GET A TICKET.
AND THAT REALLY IS HOW FEEDING HAPPENS.
AND SO WHAT WE'VE ASKED PEOPLE IS THAT WE KNOW YOU'RE NOT GONNA STOP PEOPLE INDISCRIMINATELY, UM, FEEDING, BUT WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO, LET'S SAY, NOT FEED WILDLIFE.
OF COURSE, THAT DEFINITELY SHOULD BE THE STANDARD.
BUT FEEDING CATS OUTDOOR OR FEEDING OTHER ANIMALS.
IF YOU HAVE INDOOR OUTDOOR ANIMALS, SOME PEOPLE FEED THEIR DOGS OUTSIDE, THEY LEAVE FOOD IN PERPETUITY.
WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO DO TIMED FEEDING.
TIMED FEEDING, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO STARVE.
BUT IF YOU TIME THE FEEDING AND BRING THE DISHES INSIDE, THEN YOU MINIMIZE OTHER ISSUES, WHICH ARE OTHER CRITTERS COMING, WHICH THEN CALL COYOTES, ET CETERA.
THERE IS A DOMINO EFFECT THAT HAPPENS.
UM, SO IF YOU HAVE FRUIT TREES, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE WATCHING TO BE PICKING UP FOR THAT.
I HAVE A NEIGHBOR, UM, JUST A LITTLE OLD LADY, AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE WE NOTICE THAT THE, UH, FRUIT TREES ARE FALLING AND A NEIGHBOR COMES AND CLEANS THEM UP.
AND SO BEING NEIGHBORLY AND BEING ABLE TO BE ATTENTIVE TO THOSE THINGS, UM, HELPS AS WELL.
YES, I KNOW IT'S HARD WHEN WE HAVE OUR DOMESTIC PETS.
I'M THE CEO OF A HUMANE SOCIETY.
BUT IF YOU'VE GOT A YORKIE TERRIER IN YOUR BACKYARD AT 3:00 AM THE CHANCES OF THAT DOG SURVIVING, UM, AN A COYOTE ENCOUNTER ARE, IS VERY SLIM TO NONE.
UM, THEY LIKE CATS, THEY LIKE SMALL ANIMALS.
THEY'RE, THEY, THEY DO HAVE PREDATORY INSTINCTS.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CHASE AFTER THOSE THINGS.
IF YOU'RE WALKING A DOG WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, EVERY CITY HAS A MUNICIPAL CODE THAT REQUIRES A SIX FOOT LEASH OR LESS.
NOW, MANY OF, UM, MANY OF OUR COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING ENC, CHINO HILLS, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A DOG PARK, WHICH WE HAVE OUR OWN ISSUES OUTSIDE OF A DOG PARK.
BUT THE REALITY IS, IS THAT THOSE 15 FOOT LEADS THAT YOU CAN BUY AT PET SMART, THEY'RE NOT ILLEGAL, BUT THEY'RE TRAINING LEADS.
THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU'RE REALLY FAR AWAY, THAT'S AN UNATTENDED PET AS FAR AS FISH AND WILDLIFE IS CONCERNED, AS FAR AS THE HUMANE SOCIETY IS CONCERNED, AND MOST OTHER ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL AGENCIES TO A COYOTE, THAT'S AN UNATTENDED PET AS WELL.
SO ANYTHING THAT'S BEYOND SIX FEET IS NOT CONSIDERED AN AGGRESSIVE ACTIVITY AS FAR AS WILDLIFE TO YOU.
IT IS, OF COURSE, IS THE DOG OWNER.
BUT, UM, AS THE STANDARD GOES, THAT'S NOT CONSIDERED AN AGGRESSIVE ACTIVITY.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE RECOMMEND IS ALSO TO INSTALL MOTION SENSOR LIGHTS.
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INSTALL MOTION SENSORED, SPRINKLE SPRINKLERS.UM, THEY SELL 'EM AT A HARDWARE STORE FOR ABOUT $40 OR MORE.
YOU CAN BUY 'EM ON AMAZON, I'M SURE FOR CHEAPER.
UM, YOU CAN INSTALL FENCE ROLLERS, YOU CAN ACTUALLY INSTALL THOSE, EVEN A DIY PROJECT THAT YOU CAN DO AT YOUR LOCAL HARDWARE STORE.
UM, YOU CAN INSTALL THEM ON CHAIN LINK, YOU CAN INSTALL THEM ON BLOCK WALLS, ET CETERA.
HOWEVER, IF YOU'VE GOT A FIVE FOOT WALL, I WOULD SUGGEST YOU NOT EVEN WASTING YOUR MONEY BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD RESIDENTS THAT WILL PUT FENCE ROLLERS AND THEN THE COYOTE CAN'T GET BACK OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE JUMPING BACK AND FORTH.
SO IF IT'S A LOW ENOUGH FENCE, IT WILL NOT DETER THEM.
I'M SORRY TO SAY, SIX TO EIGHT FOOT FENCES ARE REALLY WHAT KEEPS THEM OUT.
AND IN ADDITION, MAYBE THE COYOTE ROLLERS.
SO HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF SOME ATTRACTANTS THAT ARE COMMON.
SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE FEEDING OF BIRDS, IT'S GREAT TO BE A BIRD WATCHER AND IT'S GREAT TO FEED THEM, BUT WE HAVE CALLED A MOUSE IN THIS CASE.
AND THEN THE MOUSE CALLS OTHER BIGGER, UH, UH, UH, PREDATORS SUCH AS CATS OR COYOTES.
UH, THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT IS AN EXAMPLE OF FEEDING THAT WE ACTUALLY DO SEE IN THE COMMUNITY.
THIS IS SOMEBODY WHO JUST UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE.
THEY FEEL LIKE IT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA TO FEED A CAT BECAUSE THE CAT IS STARVING IN THEIR OPINION, THE CAT IS NOT STARVING AND THE CAT WILL MOVE ON TO ANOTHER SOURCE IF IT NEEDS TO.
UM, BUT THIS AMOUNT OF FOOD, THERE IS NO WAY THAT CAT, THAT THERE'S NO WAY THAT CAT CAN CONSUME THAT AMOUNT OF FOOD IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
10 TO 15 MINUTES, LEAVE THE FOOD OUT, PULL IT BACK IN, PULL BACK IN THE WATER AS WELL.
WATER IS A SOURCE OF WHERE COYOTES WILL ALSO COME.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, CATS GET A LOT OF THEIR MOISTURE FROM THE FOOD ITSELF.
WE DON'T NEED TO GIVE THEM ROUND THE CLOCK WATER.
SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE ON THE LEFT OF A COYOTE ROLLER INSTALLED ON CHAIN LINK BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH CHAIN LINK.
AND THE RIGHT IS AN EXAMPLE OF IF ONLY ALL OF US COULD KEEP OUT WILDLIFE LIKE THIS AT ALL TIMES.
BUT THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOOKING UP A, UM, AN AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER TO YOUR HOSE AND THEN IT'S MOTION SENSORED.
SO WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, WHEN IS THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO TRAP A COYOTE? SO NUMBER ONE, UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF BENEFITS, BUT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT WE SEE.
SO, UM, WE SEE A LOT OF CALLS THAT COME IN THAT ARE LIKE, WE JUST SEE A COYOTE GOING DOWN THE STREET.
YOU DON'T EVEN NEED TO CALL TO REPORT THAT.
UM, THE OTHER ONE THAT WE GET IS MANGE, RIGHT? IT, THE MANGE IS UNCOMFORTABLE, IT'S UNSIGHTLY, YES, THEY'RE WILD ANIMALS.
UM, THEY WILL SURVIVE IF THEY'RE AMBULATORY, MEANING THEY'RE MOVING, THEY'RE MOBILE, THEN WE LEAVE THEM ALONE.
UM, WHEN WE HAVE PROBLEMS ARE, UM, WHEN THEY BECOME HABITUATED NEAR SCHOOL SITES.
UM, WE HAVE HAD THAT HAPPEN WHERE WE HAVE INTENTIONAL FEEDING HAPPEN AND HABITATION HAPPENS, MEANING WE HAVE MADE COYOTES FEEL COMFORTABLE, AND NOW WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE WE'VE FED THEM, THEY BECOME AGGRESSIVE TO PEOPLE WALKING BY.
THOSE ARE THE CASE BY CASE BASIS THAT WE WILL LOOK AT AS BEING, UM, SUPER IMPORTANT TO EVALUATE.
WE WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE.
WE WILL COME OUT AND WE WILL SET A TRAP AND WE WILL HUMANELY EUTHANIZE.
THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WE TAKE LIGHTLY.
IT DOES NOT MAKE OUR STAFF HAPPY TO DO THAT BECAUSE USUALLY IT'S BECAUSE HUMAN INTERACTION HAS CAUSED THAT SITUATION.
BUT OBVIOUSLY PUBLIC SAFETY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT.
UM, BUT WHY REMOVING THEM IS A BAD IDEA.
THEY PROVIDE A NATURAL PEST CONTROL.
THEY EAT THINGS LIKE MICE AND RATS AND KEEP THE RODENT POPULATION IN CHECK THAT KEEPS DISEASE REDUCTION IN CHECK.
UM, LEPTOS SCLEROSIS, HAND, ANTIVIRUS, PLAGUE, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT RATS AND MICE, UM, HAVE, HAVE PASSED ALONG IN HISTORY.
UM, THEY PROVIDE AN ECOSYSTEM BALANCE.
THERE'S A CHECKS AND BALANCES, RIGHT? THE BIGGER PREDATOR EATS, THE SMALLER PREDATOR, ET CETERA.
SO AGAIN, ALREADY TALKED ABOUT RODENT CONTROL, BUT IT CAN ALSO, UH, ADDRESS SOME OF THE FERAL CAT ISSUES THAT THAT EXIST.
UM, AND THEN A TERRITORIAL, TERRITORIAL RULE.
COYOTES, UM, ARE DOMINANT AND IF THEY ESTABLISH A TERRITORY, THEY WILL KEEP IN CHECK OTHER COYOTES FROM COMING IN, SPREADING DISEASE AND BEING MORE AGGRESSIVE.
THE VACUUM EFFECT THAT HAPPENS IS THE, THAT WHEN YOU REMOVE COYOTES INDISCRIMINATELY, YOU, YOU CREATE A VACUUM, YOU OPEN UP A HOLE FOR OTHER COYOTES TO COME IN, AGAIN, DISEASED AND MORE AGGRESSIVE.
UM, AND THEN THE OVERCOMPENSATION FACTOR.
SO IF YOU REMOVE INDISCRIMINATELY THE COYOTES FROM ANY GIVEN ECOSYSTEM, THEY TEND TO THEN OVERPRODUCE BECAUSE OTHER COYOTES COME IN, WHICH IS ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
OR ACTUALLY, I STUCK ONE IN HERE FOR MANGE.
UM, I WANNA TALK ABOUT MANGE REAL QUICK.
I MENTIONED IT BEFORE, BUT BECAUSE THIS, THIS HAPPENS TO BE THE NUMBER ONE CALL THAT WE GET.
UM, THIS IS ACTUALLY, UH, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, A MILD LOOKING CASE OF MANGE THERE.
I WASN'T GONNA PUT A PICTURE OF A BLOODY COYOTE ON THIS, BUT WE GET A LOT OF PICTURES AND REPORTS OF REALLY, REALLY UNSIGHTLY MANGE.
BUT AGAIN, THESE ARE WILD ANIMALS.
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UNLESS THAT COYOTE IS DOWN, NOT MOVING IN FRONT OF A HOME OR IN FRONT OF A SCHOOL SITE OR IN A, IN A POPULATED AREA, IF IT'S, IF IT'S UP IN THE HILLSIDE WHERE NOBODY IS AT, WE'RE GONNA LEAVE IT AND LET NATURE, NATURE TAKE ITS COURSE.BUT THE CASES OF MAINE IS THAT NUMBER ONE, YOU CANNOT TRAP AND RELOCATE A COYOTE.
IF YOU TRAP IT, YOU'RE EUTHANIZING IT OR TAKING IT TO A REHABBER.
AND THAT IS THE CASE TYPICALLY FOR MOST WILDLIFE, OTHER THAN WE CAN RELOCATE WILDLIFE LIKE RATTLESNAKES, WHICH WE'VE DONE, RIGHT? A POSSUM, SKUNKS, RACCOONS.
WE COULD RELOCATE THEM UP TO A HALF A MILE AWAY.
HOWEVER, UM, WE CANNOT RELOCATE COYOTES.
AND, AND WHEN WE, THE ONLY OTHER OPTION IS A REHABBER AND THE REHABBERS ARE TYPICALLY FULL OR THEY CANNOT TREAT THE MANGE, OR COYOTES COULD GET TRANSFERRED TO A REHAB OR TREAT THE MANGE AND THEY GO BACK INTO THE WILD AND THEY GET MANGE AGAIN ANYWAY.
SO THE CYCLE JUST REPEATS ITSELF.
SO IT'S BEST TO LEAVE THEM ALONE.
IF THEY ARE MOBILE, THEY CAN LIVE YEARS AND YEARS WITH MANGE.
SARCOPTIC MANGE IS CONTAGIOUS.
THEY WILL, THEY WILL SURVIVE, BUT IT'S JUST UGLY AND IT'S UNSIGHTLY AND PEOPLE FEEL BAD FOR THEM, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU FEEL BAD FOR THEM BECAUSE WE, WE ARE HUMANE AND WE LOVE ANIMALS, BUT THEY ARE WILD ANIMALS.
SO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT OVERCOMPENSATION PREVIOUSLY ABOUT WHY REMOVING COYOTES IS A BAD IDEA.
ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE TWO DOMINANT, UH, MALE, FEMALE DOMINANT PAIR THAT MATE, THEY KEEP THE LITTERS MILD AND THEY CONTROL THE POPULATION.
THE MIDDLE IS WHERE YOU HAVE LETHAL INTERVENTION.
AND BY LETHAL, I MEAN HUMANE EUTHANASIA INDISCRIMINATELY TAKING THEM OUT REGARDLESS OF 'CAUSE YOU'RE NOT GONNA KNOW, RIGHT? WHICH IS A DOMINANT AND WHICH IS NOT.
UM, AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE INDISCRIMINATELY CULL THE HERD, SO TO SPEAK, IS THAT THEN YOU END UP WITH A, WITH A, WITH A COLUMN ON THE RIGHT, WHICH IS WHEN A COYOTE FAMILY IS DISRUPTED, AS I MENTIONED, THEY'RE TERRITORIAL, THEY ARE VERY SOCIAL CREATURES.
AND THE REALITY IS, IS THAT WHEN YOU START TO INDISCRIMINATELY EUTHANIZE, TRAP AND EUTHANIZE, YOU END UP WITH OVERPRODUCTION OF LITTERS.
THERE IS A CARRYING CAPACITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT, MEANING IF THERE IS ENOUGH FOOD TO SUPPORT THAT COYOTE POPULATION, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO PROCREATE UNTIL THEY CONTINUE TO OVERLOAD, WHICH IS REALLY WHEN COMMUNITIES TALK ABOUT CHOLINE.
THERE IS A SHORT TERM BENEFIT TO CHOLINE, BUT THE LONG TERM NEGATIVE SIDE EFFECT IS WHAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT, WHERE YOU JUST HAVE THIS ABUNDANCE, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE TWO TO 3 MILLION COYOTES IN AMERICA.
AS I MENTIONED, COYOTES CANNOT BE RELOCATED PER STATE LAW.
SO WE WORRIED ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY NUMBER ONE, AND WHETHER THEY'RE INJURED AND ILL AND IMMOBILE.
SO IF THEY ARE INJURED AND MOBILE AND THEY RUN OFF AND WE CAN'T TRAP THEM, THEN THEY'LL MOVE ON AND THE WILD WILL TAKE EFFECT.
BUT IF THEY ARE DOWN AND IMMOBILE, THEN WE ARE GOING TO ADDRESS THAT ACCORDINGLY.
SO WHAT YOU CAN DO AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER, YOU CAN EDUCATE OTHERS, UM, ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE LEARNED, LEARNED.
OR YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND RESEARCH YOURSELF AND GET SOME MORE INFORMATION.
ABSOLUTELY, THERE'S A LOT OF RESOURCES OUT THERE.
DO NOT LEAVE THEM AFTER HOURS.
DO NOT LEAVE THEM UNATTENDED IF THEY'RE SMALL, CLOSE THAT DOGGY DOOR IF YOU HAVE ONE.
UM, REMOVING ATTRACTANTS, BRINGING IN THOSE, THOSE FEEDING BOWLS, REMOVING BIRD SEED, REMOVING HOLES IN YOUR HOME, WHETHER THEY'RE ABOVE HOME, UH, BELOW GROUND, WHATEVER THAT MAY BE, THAT'S CALLING THEM.
IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO DEN, THEY WILL CERTAINLY DO THAT.
UM, OVERGROWTH, I'M SURE FIRE CAN APPRECIATE THIS.
PLEASE REMOVE THE OVERGROWTH FROM YOUR PROPERTIES, UM, ADJACENT TO YOUR PROPERTIES IN YOUR PROPERTIES.
SOMETIMES, UM, DEEP PROPERTIES HAVE DENSE FOLIAGE, UM, AND THEN THEY BECOME A BREEDING GROUND FOR COYOTE DENS.
SOMETIMES WHEN WE SEE QUOTE UNQUOTE AGGRESSIVE COYOTES, UM, THEY PEOPLE WILL REPORT STALKING.
UM, THE COYOTE IS JUST BEING CHIVALROUS AND MOVING YOU PAST ITS DEN.
SO IT SEEMS UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT IT'S REALLY JUST LETTING YOU KNOW.
IT'S CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT YOUR INTENTIONS ARE AND IT WANTS TO MOVE YOU OUT OF THE AREA.
UM, USING HAZING, HONKING YOUR HORN, BLOWING YOUR WHISTLES.
WE HAVE COYOTE WHISTLES THAT WE'VE HANDED OUT AT COMMUNITY EVENTS.
WE CAN CERTAINLY BRING THE CITY MORE IF YOU GUYS NEED SOME FOR HANDOUTS.
UM, AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN EVEN TAKE A, A SODA CAN, UH, EMPTY THE SODA, CAN PUT SOME COINS IN IT, TAPE IT UP, SHAKE IT IF YOU'RE ON A WALK.
MAKE YOURSELF LOUD IF YOU'RE WALKING AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE UNCOMFORTABLE WALKING YOUR PET.
UM, AND THEN SUPPORT HUMANE SOLUTIONS.
UH, EUTHANASIA IS A TOOL, BUT IT IS A LAST RESORT RESORT.
WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO GO TO THAT BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, UM, IT'S NOT BENEFICIAL FOR THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S NOT BENEFICIAL FOR THE WILDLIFE.
AND THEN WHO CAN YOU CALL? OBVIOUSLY AN EMERGENCY, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO CALL 9 1 1.
UM, IF THERE IS AN ANIMAL EMERGENCY, YOU CAN CONTACT US.
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AN AFTER HOURS EMERGENCY NUMBER, BUT IF IT'S DAY TO DAY, YOU'D CALL OUR GENERAL LINE.IF YOU WERE LOOKING FOR SUPPORT IN JUST GENERAL INQUIRIES ABOUT WILDLIFE, AND WE, WE CAN COME OUT AND DO A YARD AUDIT.
WE HAVE A, AN, A WILDLIFE OFFICER AND WE HAVE ANY OF OUR OFFICERS CAN DO A YARD AUDIT TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT MAY BE HAPPENING ON YOUR PROPERTY.
SOMETIMES IT'S NOT YOUR PROPERTY, SOMETIMES IT'S YOUR NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY.
IF YOU NOTICE A NEIGHBOR IS FEEDING COMMUNITY CATS OR FEEDING WILDLIFE, UM, AND LEAVING 'EM OUT AROUND THE CLOCK THAT'S CONCERNING REPORT.
INJURED, SICK, OR DECEASED ANIMALS, THE LONGER THOSE ANIMALS SIT OUT.
UM, AND SOMETIMES WE GET PEOPLE TO SAY, WELL, THIS ANIMAL'S BEEN SITTING HERE FOR THREE DAYS.
IF I DON'T GET A CALL ABOUT IT, THEN I, WE, WE CAN'T FIX THAT.
UM, AND THEN IF YOU NOTICE THAT A COYOTE IS DENING, YOU SEE ACTIVITY OF A COYOTE IN THEIR PUPS OR AGGRESSIVE, UH, UH, ACTING AGGRESSIVELY TOWARDS HUMANS, SOMETIMES THEY, YOU KNOW, WILL BE NIPPING.
THOSE ARE THINGS WE WANNA KNOW ABOUT.
FISH AND WILDLIFE WILL NOT RESPOND UNLESS THERE IS A, UH, A HUMAN ATTACK RIGHT NOW, MAY MANY OF YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THAT THERE WAS A RECENT CASE WHERE WE RESPONDED IN ANOTHER LOCAL COMMUNITY, WHI FISH AND WILDLIFE ON A MOUNTAIN LION.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE FISH AND WILDLIFE WILL RESPOND.
UM, AND THAT ANIMAL HAD TO BE, UM, TRANQUILIZED AND RELOCATED.
SO THERE ARE CERTAIN SITUATIONS WHERE FISH AND WILDLIFE WILL COME OUT, BUT IF YOU CALLED AND SAID THERE WAS A BEAR WALKING DOWN THE STREET, THEY'RE NOT COMING OUT FOR THAT, RIGHT? SO PLEASE CONTACT US OR THE APPROPRIATE PARTY, UM, WHEN NECESSARY.
AND THEN JUST A REMINDER THAT THE WORLD IS BIGGER THAN YOUR BACKYARD.
WE'VE CONTINUED TO ENCROACH ON THEIR HABITAT.
THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY.
I USED TO LIVE HERE, UM, AND IT'S ONLY GROWN AND DEVELOPED INTO SOMETHING MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN EVEN WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID.
BUT THERE ARE RAMIFICATIONS THAT HAPPEN WHEN WE BUILD AND ENCROACH.
AND THEN JUST ONE LITTLE SHAMELESS PLUG, UM, IN THE CITY OF, UH, CHINO HILLS COMING UP ON OCTOBER 16TH, UH, AT MCCOY EQUESTRIAN CENTER WE HAVE OUR HOW WINE AND BREW EVENT.
SO WE ENJOY, WE INVITE ALL OF YOU TO COME OUT AND TAKE PART.
ANY QUESTIONS? I'M HERE TO ANSWER.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR NICOLE? THANK YOU.
I KNOW WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF THESE MEN, UH, COYOTES MENTIONED ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SO THAT'S WHY WE WANTED YOU TO COME IN AND EXPLAIN WHAT, WHAT THE REAL STORY IS.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
OKAY, WITH THAT WE'LL BE MOVING
[PUBLIC INFORMATION MANAGER REPORT ]
ON TO OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION MANAGER REPORT.MAYOR JOES, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
A PAVEMENT REHAB PROJECT ON PEYTON DRIVE.
KICKED OFF TODAY AND IS ESTIMATED TO BE COMPLETED BY EARLY DECEMBER.
THE PROJECT INCLUDES WORK FROM STATE ROUTE 71 TO GRAND AVENUE AND WILL IMPROVE PAVEMENT AND CONDITIONS AND BICYCLE LANES.
WORK WILL REQUIRE MULTIPLE LANE CLOSURES DAILY FROM 7:00 AM TO 3:30 PM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
BUT AT LEAST ONE LANE ON PEYTON DRIVE WILL ALWAYS REMAIN OPEN FOR THREE TRAFFIC.
THE PROJECT IS FUNDED PRIMARILY THROUGH THE ROAD MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION ACCOUNT, WHICH IS A DEDICATED STATE TRANSPORTATION FUND SUPPORTED BY GASOLINE, TAXES, AND VEHICLE FEES.
THESE FUNDS ARE SEPARATE FROM THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND IN UPCOMING EVENTS.
WE'RE BRINGING POPUP CITY HALL TO THE COMMUNITY THIS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH FROM 9:00 AM TO 12:00 PM AT THE STATE OF BROTHERS OFF CHIN HILLS PARKWAY.
VISIT OUR POPUP TO GET YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
LEARN ABOUT CITY SERVICES OR PROGRAMS AND CONNECT WITH YOUR CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, AND THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
RESIDENTS CAN RECEIVE A FREE MINI CANVAS, TOTE BAG AND OTHER GIVEAWAYS WHILE SUPPLIES LAST AND LAST.
CHINO HILL'S RESIDENTS ARE INVITED TO JOIN US FOR A FREE SENIOR RESOURCE FAIR ON SEPTEMBER 16TH FROM 11:00 AM TO 12:30 PM AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
THE EVENT WILL FEATURE SENIOR SERVING ORGANIZATIONS OFFERING INFORMATION ABOUT BENEFITS AND SERVICES TO HELP OUR SENIORS STAY HEALTHY AND INDEPENDENT.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PI REPORT AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR NICOLE? ALRIGHT, SCENE AND HEARING NINE.
[ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION ]
IF THERE ARE ANY ACTIONS, UH, TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION THAT WE NEED TO ANNOUNCE MR. MAYOR, THERE ARE NO REPORTABLE ACTIONS.ALRIGHT THEN THAT WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO PUBLIC
[PUBLIC COMMENTS - AGENDIZED ITEMS]
COMMENTS FOR AGENDA ITEMS AT THIS TIME.UH, THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEM APPEARING ON THE AGENDA.
THOSE PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL IN PERSON MUST COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK A REQUEST TOPE CARD, WHICH IS AVAILABLE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE CITY HALL CHAMBERS.
OR YOU MAY RAISE YOUR HAND ON THE ZOOM APPLICATION.
MADAM CITY CLERK, AT THIS TIME WE HAVE ONE, UH, SPEAKER OR ONE ATTENDEE IN THE ZOOM APPLICATION AND NO SPEAKER CARDS.
I'M, UH, GONNA CHECK AND SEE IF THEY WISH TO SPEAK DURING THE AGENDIZED ITEMS. MR. ESPARZA, DO YOU WISH TO SPEAK DURING THE AGENDIZED ITEM PORTION OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS? IF SO, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
I KNOW THERE WAS SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, SO I DO NOT SEE A HAND RAISED.
HAVE WE RECTIFIED THOSE? WE ARE NOT SEEING AN ISSUE ON OUR END.
ALRIGHT, WELL THEN WITH THAT WE'LL BE MOVING ON
[CONFLICT OF INTEREST / LEVINE ACT ANNOUNCEMENTS]
TO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST OR LEVI ACT ANNOUNCEMENTS.DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST THEY WOULD LIKE TO REPORT?
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OKAY.SEEING AND HEARING NONE, WE'LL BE MOVING ON
[CONSENT CALENDAR (10 ITEMS) ]
TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.WE HAVE 10 ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO PULL ANY ITEMS FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? MR. MARQUEZ, I GOT QUESTIONS ON ITEM NUMBER 12.
ALRIGHT, WITH THAT, CAN I GET A MOTION TO REMOVE THE REMAINDER SECOND ITEM ALL, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS.
WE HAVE A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ, PLEASE LOCK IN YOUR VOTES.
[12. Ratify payments over $25,000 totaling $12,116,000.20 for the month ended July 31, 2026]
WITH THAT, ITEM 12, RATIFY PAYMENTS OVER $25,000 TOTALING OVER $12 MILLION FOR THE MONTH ENDING JULY 31ST, 2026.MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, FOR ALLOWING ME TO PULL THIS.
I GOT A QUESTION FOR KRISTA, AND THIS HAS TO DO WITH, UH, ITEM NUMBER 12, PAYMENT, UH, PAYMENTS FOR 25,000 OR OVER.
AND MY QUESTION IS REGARDING WEST COAST ARBORIST.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE REGISTRY OR WHEN WE ACTUALLY PAID THE BILL, THERE WAS THREE OF 'EM FOR THE MONTH.
AND IT'S SORT OF CONFUSING TO ME.
MAYBE THEY'RE ALL PUT TOGETHER.
I KNOW THEY'RE FROM DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT DISTRICTS, BUT WE JUST HAVE ONE AMOUNT FOR ALL THREE JUST TO MAKE IT MORE TRANSPARENT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT COULD HAPPEN.
UM, WE COULD PERHAPS PREPARE A SEPARATE REPORT FOR YOU.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT IS PAYMENTS OVER 25,000 AND, UH, THE THREE SEPARATE PAYMENTS THAT YOU SEE WERE THREE SEPARATE CHECKS THAT WERE MAILED OVER THE MONTH.
SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE BROKEN OUT SEPARATELY.
UM, WE COULD LOOK AT DEVISING A CUSTOMER REPORT IF YOU WANNA SEE.
AND THE REASON I ASK DIFFERENTLY IS THAT THIS IS A BIG NUMBER THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
IT'S LIKE $7 MILLION, BUT WHEN YOU JUST SEE A HUNDRED THOUSAND HERE AND MAYBE YOU DON'T LOOK AT THE OTHER, THE OTHER, OTHER DAYS OF THE MONTH AND YOU JUST THINK IT'S ONLY A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
SO TO ME, JUST TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT, IF WE COULD DO THAT, THAT'D BE GREAT.
THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I DO HAVE IS, I KNOW THAT, UM, REGARDING REVENUES THAT NORMALLY COME IN THIS TIME OF THE YEAR ISN'T THAT BIG OF A NUMBER.
I BELIEVE IT WAS 1.5 MILLION, BUT THE EXPENSES WERE 3.8.
SO IT LEFT A DEFICIT, DEFICIT FOR ABOUT 2.2.
IS THAT THE NORMAL CYCLE FOR THE YEAR AS FAR AS REVENUES COMING IN AND EXPENSES? SO REVENUES DO COME IN, TEND TO BE AFTER EXPENSES 'CAUSE EXPENSES ARE PAID SOONER.
UM, AND WE TYPICALLY GET OUR PROPERTY TAX DECEMBER AND APRIL.
THOSE ARE OUR LARGEST PAYMENTS IN THE GENERAL FUND, BUT FOR JULY, WE MADE ABOUT A $2.5 MILLION INSURANCE PAYMENT THAT WE HAVE TO PREPAY AND PAY UP FRONT FOR THE YEAR.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE SUCH A LARGE DEFICIT IN THAT PARTICULAR MONTH.
THANKS FOR EDUCATING ME, I APPRECIATE THAT.
I CAN MAKE A MOTION TO, ALL RIGHT.
I, WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICE MEMO MARQUEZ ON ITEM 12 AND I WILL SECOND THAT.
NOW WE ARE AT THE PUBLIC HEARINGS PORTION.
THIS PORTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDAS FOR ALL MATTERS THAT 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 OF THE AGENDA.
WE RECOGNIZE, UH, WE RECOGNIZED BY THAT'S OKAY THAT THE ENGLISH DOESN'T SOUND RIGHT.
WE RECOGNIZED BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PROBABLY SHOULD BE WHEN, UH, WHEN RECOGNIZED BY PRESIDING, THE PRESIDING OFFICER, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. PLEASE COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK CAN REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD.
IF PARTICIPATING FROM A REMOTE LOCATION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IN THE ZOOM APPLICATION OR DIAL STAR NINE.
COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM TIME DETERMINED BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER ACCORDING WITH CITY POLICY ON PUBLIC HEARINGS.
AND WITH THAT WE'RE REMOVING ON TO ITEM
[21. Adopt resolution adopting Addendum No. 2 to previously adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration, approving Site Plan Review 07SPR02 Second Amendment (SPR-003-2025), and approving Conditional Use Permit CUP-0004-2025 with respect to 19.72 acres located on eastern side of Pomona Rincon Road between Chino Hills High School and State Route 71 and introduce an Ordinance entitled: "An Ordinance of the City of Chino Hills, Adopting an Amendment to Specific Plan SP22-01 (SP-0001-2025) for the Bizpark Project Located on Pomona Rincon Road" for first reading by title only and waiving further reading]
21, ADOPT A RESOLUTION ADOPTING ADDENDUM NUMBER TWO TO THE PREVIOUSLY STATED MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION APPROVING SITE PLAN REVIEW ZERO SEVEN SPR ZERO TWO SECOND AMENDMENT, UH, AND APPROVING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT CUP 0 0 4 DASH 2 0 2 5 AND INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, ADOPTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE SPECIFIC PLAN, SP 22 DASH ZERO ONE FOR THE BIZ PARK PROJECT LOCATED ON POMONA RECON ROAD.AND WE WILL HAVE PLANNING MANAGER HAFLINGER TO PRESENT.
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, UH, BEFORE YOU IS THE BIZ PARK PROJECT AMENDMENT, UH, WHICH WE WILL REVISE THE ADOPTED SPECIFIC PLAN, UH, THE APPROVED SITE PLAN REVIEW.
THEN WE'RE ALSO ADDING, UH, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT ENTITLEMENT CP 0 0 4 DASH 2025.
SO PROJECT IS LOCATED BETWEEN POMONA AND CON ROAD AND 71 FREEWAY, UH, DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL AND SANTA BARBARA AND
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SOUTH OF THE RECON COMMERCIAL CENTER.UH, IT IS DESIGNATED BUSINESS PARK.
UH, IT'S VACANT AT THE MOMENT.
UM, AND THE EXISTING ENTITLEMENTS, UH, ARE UNDER SITE PLAN REVIEW.
OH SEVEN SPR O2, UH, SPECIFIC PLAN SP 2201 I TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP, UH, 2 0 2 0 1.
SO THE BIZ PARK PROJECT WAS APPROVED IN 2023 BY CITY COUNCIL.
IT INCLUDED 18 SINGLE STORY BUILDINGS RANGING FROM 6,000 SQUARE FEET TO 23,000 SQUARE FEET, UH, WHICH WILL ACCOMMODATE OFFICE COMMERCIAL LIGHT MANUFACTURING WAREHOUSE AND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.
UH, THE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDED A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT AND A ZONE CHANGE.
AND THE TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP INCLUDES A TOTAL OF SIX LOTS FOR CONDO PURPOSES.
AND AS PART OF THE PROJECT, UH, IT WAS ALSO A TERMINATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT NUMBER OH 7 0 1, WHICH WAS PART OF THE PREVIOUS ENTITLEMENTS UNDER THE HERITAGE PROFESSIONAL, UH, CENTER.
SO THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WILL FOCUS, UH, SOLELY ON THE NORTH PORTION OF THE PROJECT, WHICH IS, UH, BUILDING 18.
THE MODIFICATION TO BUILDING 18 WILL REDUCE THAT, THAT BUILDING SIZE FROM 18,000 FEET TO, UH, ROUGHLY 50 5300 SQUARE FEET.
UH, WE'LL ALSO AMEND THE SPECIFIC PLAN TO, UH, INCLUDE, UH, RESTAURANT TAKEOUT SERVICES, UH, FOR DRIVE THROUGH AND NO DRIVE THROUGH.
AND THEN A FEW OTHER, UH, MINOR TECHNICAL CHANGES.
UH, WE'LL ADD THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT IS FOR THE ALLOWANCE OF A DRIVE THROUGH WHICH WILL ACCOMMODATE THE CHICK-FIL-A RESTAURANT.
AND THEN ALSO A SECOND ADDENDUM TO THE, UH, M AND D FOR SQL REVIEW.
SO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON THE BUILDING 18 CHANGES, UH, THE BUILDING WILL BE REDUCED, UH, TO A RECTANGULAR SHAPED BUILDING.
AND THE ENTRANCE, MAIN ENTRANCE WILL BE FACING SOUTH.
UH, THERE WILL BE A DOUBLE Q DRIVE THROUGH LANE, WHICH WILL START AT THE VERY EASTERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY FURTHEST AWAY FROM POMONA RINCON ROAD.
AND WE'LL WRAP, UH, FULLY AROUND THE BUILDING.
WE'LL ALSO INCLUDE, UH, TWO DRIVEWAYS TO THE BUILDING 18, UH, LOT.
UH, ONE DRIVEWAY WOULD BE LIMITED TO RIGHT AND RIGHT OUT, AND ONE DRIVEWAY WILL BE FULL ACCESS.
UH, AND THE JOINT ACCESS TO THE HAN COMMERCIAL CENTER WILL REMAIN, UH, THE ARCHITECTURE FOR THE CHICK-FIL-A BUILDING.
UH, WE WILL HAVE, UH, ENHANCED, UH, BUILDING ENTRANCES, VARIATION IN ROOF LINES.
UH, TWO-TONE ACCENT COLORS, ANODIZED ALUMINUM FRAMING FOR WINDOW TREATMENT, UH, PAINTED METAL CANOPIES AND CORNES CAPS, UH, AND BRICK VENEER, UH, SPANNING FROM, UH, TOP TO BOTTOM ON ALL THE TOWER ELEMENTS.
MIKE, I HAVE A QUESTION PERTAINING TO CHICK-FIL-A.
ARE WE GONNA HAVE ANY PROBLEMS LIKE WE HAVE ON GRAND AVENUE? AS FAR AS STACKING, NO, WE ACTUALLY, UM, I, IN, IN A COUPLE SLIDES I'LL DISCUSS THE QUEUING, BUT WE, UH, REVIEW THAT EXTENSIVELY BECAUSE WE KNEW SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAD WITH THE GRAND AVENUE.
UM, AND THAT ONE, THAT ONE POSES ITS OWN, UH, CHALLENGES ITSELF, UH, 'CAUSE OF THE, UH, SINGLE, SINGLE DRIVE TO LANE.
BUT, UH, THIS ONE, WE, WE REVIEWED THAT EXTENSIVELY.
MICHAEL, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE REAL QUICK ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE? UHHUH
I JUST WANNA MAKE, SO WHERE IT SAYS THAT, UH, JOINT SHARED ACCESS TO RING CON COMMERCIAL, IS THAT WHERE LUDO IS? NO.
SO THAT MEANS THAT IF I'M IN THE CHICK-FIL-A PARKING LOT, I DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK OUT TO POMONA RECON, I CAN GET TO THAT CENTER THROUGH THE PARKING LOT.
IS THAT DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE WENDY'S THAT'S THERE RIGHT NOW? YEAH, IT'S ACTUALLY, UH, RIGHT NEXT TO, UH, THE MARRIOTT.
SO BASICALLY THAT LIT, IT'S ALMOST LIKE A, A SMALL SURFACE ROAD ADJACENT TO POMONA RING CON ROAD IS IS THE WAY IT LOOKS, IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, VERY.
WELL, YEAH, YEAH, JUST BETWEEN THOSE TWO POINTS.
BUT MY POINT IS THERE'LL BE TWO POINTS OF INGRESS AND EGRESS DIRECTLY OFF OF POMONA RING CON, AND THEN THERE'LL BE THAT ROAD WHICH WILL BE WHERE THEY WILL ACCESS THE ACTUAL DRIVE THROUGH.
IS THAT, THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? UH, OTHERWISE THE DRIVE THROUGH WILL BE JUST TO THE EAST OF THAT, UH, SHARED ACCESS ROAD WITH THE, WITH THE MARRIOTT.
IT, THEY WON'T BE GOING RIGHT INTO A DRIVE THROUGH RIGHT OFF OF POMONA VAN RCON ROAD.
THAT ACTUALLY HELPED WITH SOME OF THE, THE STACKING THAT WE WERE CONCERNED WITH.
AND I, I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA MENTION THAT LATER ON, BUT OKAY.
IT, IT WAS DESIGNED TO GET THE START OF THE DRIVE THROUGH LANE, FURTHEST AWAY FROM POMONA RCON.
SO EVEN IF YOU TAKE THAT JOINT ACCESS ROAD, YOU STILL HAVE TO TRAVEL FURTHER EAST AT THE END OF THE PROJECT TO ENTER THAT DRIVEWAY.
SO THERE WON'T BE ANY CONFLICTS WITH THE SIDE.
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JUST SO THE PUBLIC WILL RECOGNIZE, MAYBE THEY DIDN'T REALIZE IT ON THE PREVIOUS DIAGRAM, THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM ANY PORTION OF THE HIGH SCHOOL OR PARKING LOT.THIS IS ACTUALLY TO THE, UH, NORTH OF THE, UH, ANY SANTA BARBARA PARKING LOT AND EVERYTHING ELSE FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT, YES.
I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW.
UH, SO MOVING ON TO THE SPECIFIC PLAN CHANGES, UH, THE, UH, PERMITTED USES SECTION WILL BE ADDING A RESTAURANT TAKEOUT QUICK SERVICE, AND THEN ALSO RESTAURANT TAKEOUT, QUICK SERVICE WITH THE DRIVE THROUGH, WHICH WILL BE SUBJECT TO A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, WHICH IS THE, UH, CUP THAT'S BEING ADDED, UH, TO THE ENTITLEMENTS, UH, UPDATE FIGURES REFLECTING THE BUILDING 18 CHANGES AND ACCESS, AND THEN ALSO MINOR TECHNICAL CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE DOCUMENT TO REFLECT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE CHANGES.
SO I SEE AD RESTAURANT MENTIONED TWICE.
ARE THERE TWO RESTAURANTS THAT'LL BE GOING IN? NO, ONLY ONE.
AND THAT PARTICULAR LOT WILL BE REDUCED BY ALMOST, UH, UH, THREE-FOURTHS.
IT'LL GO FROM 18,000 SQUARE FEET DOWN TO 5,300 SQUARE FEET.
UH, SO THE TOTAL PROJECT WILL BE REDUCED FROM 187,000 SQUARE FEET TO APPROXIMATELY 174,000 SQUARE FEET.
UH, PARKING WILL BE SLIGHTLY REDUCED FROM 759 TO 731 IN TOTAL SPACES.
UH, HOWEVER, THE ENTIRE PROJECT SITE WILL HAVE AN EXCESS OF 180 PARKING SPACES.
UH, RECIPROCAL INGRESS EGRESS, UH, IS PART OF THE, UH, TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP, UH, FOR ACCESS ACROSS LOTS.
AND THEN AS WELL AS A PARKING MANAGEMENT PLAN WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THE PROJECT, UH, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE, UH, CHICK-FIL-A SITE ITSELF.
UM, BECAUSE OF THE REDUCTION OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR THE BUILDING AND, UM, OR, UH, PARKING REQUIREMENTS IS ROUGHLY AROUND 40.
I'D BE 43 PARKING SPACES REQUIRED.
UH, BUT THE CHICK-FIL-A SITE ITSELF WILL HAVE OVER 70.
UH, SO THEY WILL HAVE A SURPLUS JUST FOR THAT SPECIFIC LOT AS WELL.
ANY OVERFLOW WILL IT GO OVER INTO THE MARRIOTT SPOT? MOST OF THE OVERFLOW WILL, WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE BIZ PARK PROJECTS.
THAT'LL ALL BE ACCESS THIS OUT ONCE IT GETS DEVELOPED? THAT IS CORRECT.
'CAUSE THE PROBLEM RIGHT NOW WITH, WITH CHICK-FIL-A IN ITS CURRENT LOCATION, THEY SPILL OVER IN, IN FRONT OF, UH, SPROUTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
I MEAN, IT'S, YEAH, IT'S, IT'S A MESS.
AND THE OTHER COMMERCIAL, IT'S A LONG, UH, YOU KNOW, CLOSER TO THE 71, SO.
SO AS PART OF THE UH, PROJECT, UH, WE HAD, UM, UPDATED TRAFFIC STUDY, UH, PERFORMED BY LYNN SCOTT LONG GREENSPAN ENGINEERS WHO WERE THE ORIGINAL TRAFFIC ENGINEERS WHO PREPARED THE TRAFFIC STUDY FOR THE BIZ PARK PROJECT APPROVED IN 2023.
UH, THEY STUDIED, UH, THE POTENTIAL TRAFFIC AND CIRCULATION NEEDS FOR THE PROJECT, UH, SITE ACCESS AS WELL AS, UH, QUEUING ANALYSIS FOR THE PROJECT.
HOW THEY ANALYZED, UH, THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS NOT ONLY THEY USED, UH, IT WAS MORE LIKE A HYBRID APPROACH.
THEY USED, UH, INDUSTRY STANDARDS FOR TRIP GENERATIONS FOR YOUR TYPICAL FOOD USERS, BUT THEY ALSO TOOK THREE, UM, UH, THEY OBSERVED AND ANALYZED THREE DIFFERENT CHICK-FIL-A'S THAT ARE DESIGNED AND, AND UPRATED SIMILAR TO THIS PROPOSED ONE, UH, IN SIMI VALLEY, THOUSAND OAKS AND, UH, CARSON.
AND AS PART OF THAT, UM, ANALYSIS, THEY DETERMINED VOLUME THAT WAS COMING IN AND OUT, UH, ALSO QUEUING AND STACKING, AND THEY FOUND THAT ALL THREE AT ANY ONE POINT, THE MOST VEHICLES THAT WERE QUEUED UP WERE 27.
AND THIS PROJECT IS PROPOSING A TOTAL OF 41, UH, FOR QUEUING.
SO IT'S ABOUT A 30% BUFFER, UH, TO WHAT WAS OBSERVED ON THE OTHER THREE, UH, THAT ARE GONNA BE SIMILAR TO OPERATING.
IS THE DRIVE THROUGH A SINGLE LANE OR IS IT THE DOUBLE? IT'S A DUAL LANE.
'CAUSE I KNOW WITH THE EXISTING CHICK-FIL-A, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE REMODELING RIGHT NOW.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE INSIDE, BUT I'M ASSUMING THERE'S GONNA BE ADDITIONAL SEATING INSIDE AND THEY'RE GONNA ELIMINATE THE, THE, UH, PLAYGROUND AREA IS DO WE KNOW THAT OR IS THAT YEAH, THEY'RE, THAT PROJECT ACTUALLY IS THERE, THEY'RE REMODELING MOST OF THE KITCHEN AREA, UM, TO MAKE THE, UH, DRIVE THROUGH MORE EFFICIENT, UH, BECAUSE THEY HAD CHALLENGES, UH, IN MAKING IT A DUAL LANE DRIVE THROUGH.
UM, SO THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE THEIR KITCHEN MORE EFFICIENT AND THAT'S MOSTLY WHAT THE RENOVATIONS AND THAT'S WHY IT PROMPTED THE QUESTION.
'CAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY WERE PROPOSING A DUAL LANE DRIVE THROUGH, SO YES, BUT THIS ONE'S PROPOSED TO JUST HAVE ONE NO, TWO LANES.
SO, UH, BASED ON THE, UH, THE OBSERVATION USING INDUSTRY
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STANDARD, UH, THE PROJECT, UH, IS ANTICIPATED TO INCREASE THE DAILY, UH, TWO-WAY TRIPS, APPROXIMATELY 2200 TWO-WAY TRIPS.UH, BUT THE, UH, THE PEAK HOURS ARE THE MORE IMPORTANT ASPECTS WHEN IT COMES TO ANALYZING TRAFFIC, UH, AND THEIR, UM, NOMINAL, UH, IMPACTS WHERE IT'S ONLY 31 TO THE AM PEAK HOUR AND ADDITIONAL 65 TO THE, UH, PM PEAK HOUR.
MIKE, WHAT ARE PEAK AM AND PM HOURS HAVING A KID THAT GOES TO THE HIGH SCHOOL? I'M NOT SURE CYNTHIA SEES IT.
IT'S LIKE MAD MAX OUT THERE ON POMONA RECON AT ANY ONE TIME.
SO WHAT ARE THOSE HOURS? THEY WORK IN THE FIRST PERIOD WITH THE STARBUCKS CUP.
AND GIVE ME ONE TOO, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
THOSE, UH, THE, THE, THE PEAK HOURS FOR THIS PROJECT AREN'T NECESSARILY WHEN THE SCHOOL IS GOING.
IT'S, IT'S BASED ON, I'M PICKING UP WHAT YOU'RE PUTTING DOWN, BUT OPERATIONAL.
SO I BELIEVE WE HAVE OUR, UH, THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER TEAM THAT WAS HERE.
I BELIEVE THE PEAK HOURS RANGED, I BELIEVE FROM NINE TO 11 DURING YOUR AM AND THEN YOUR, YOUR PM I BELIEVE WERE YOUR ONE TO 3:00 PM UH, THEY COULD VERIFY THOSE HOURS, BUT USUALLY IT'S YOUR BREAKFAST AND LUNCH HOURS.
I MIND BECAUSE IT BACKS UP ALL THE WAY ONTO SOKO FROM POMONA AND CONE.
IF YOUR TRAFFIC STUDY PERSON WOULDN'T MIND.
I SEEM TO REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE, UM, TALKING ABOUT THIS PROJECT A FEW YEARS AGO, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE TIMING OF WHEN THEY ANTICIPATED THE HEAVIEST TRAFFIC WOULD FLOW THROUGH BIZ PARK AND IT DIDN'T SEEM TO, DIDN'T SEEM TO OVERLAP THE SCHOOL PEAK HOURS TRAFFIC WISE.
THE, THE COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS PRE CHICK-FIL-A TALK, CHICK-FIL-A WAS TALK, I'VE HEARD IT FOR A COUPLE YEARS NOW.
THE TYPE OF USES AND THE BALANCE OF, OF WHAT ALL THOSE DIFFERENT OPERATIONAL PEAK HOURS ARE GONNA BE, WE'LL KIND OF HELP ALLEVIATE ANY CONFLICT THAT, YOU KNOW THEY'RE CAN HAVE DURING THE SCHOOL, OBVIOUSLY DURING THE SCHOOL, UH, SEASON.
CAN I ASK FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBER? YES.
IS THE, UH, CAMPUS OPEN FOR LUNCH? I MEAN, ARE THEY HAVE TO STAY ON CAMPUS OPEN? YOU, YOU STAY ON CAMPUS NOW.
IF YOU GET PERMISSION, YOU CAN LEAVE.
HOW MANY ARE? UM, WE DON'T HAVE AN OPEN CAMPUS.
I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A MASS EXODUS FROM CAMPUS FOR KIDS GOING OVER THERE FOR LUNCH.
'CAUSE IT WOULDN'T BE A LITTLE BIT OF A STRETCH.
THE ONLY THING I BROUGHT UP, THE TIMING WAS LIKE, SO BRIAN HAD A GOOD QUESTION.
WHAT THEY CONSIDERED EARLY MORNING, SO IF THEIR PEAK DOESN'T EVEN START TILL NINE SCHOOL ARE ALREADY STARTED, KIDS THERE, I WOULD ALMOST CALL PEAK FOR THE PURPOSE OF TALKING ABOUT TRAFFIC FROM SEVEN TO EIGHT 30.
AND WHAT TIME IN THE AFTERNOON AFTER THREE O'CLOCK? I FOCUS OUT AT 3 23.
AND SO OUTSIDE OF THE DEFINED, UH, BUSINESS HOURS ACCORDING OR PEAK HOURS ACCORDING TO THIS? YEAH.
I'M, I'M THINKING BACK TO WHEN WE THINK OF ALL THE DIFFERENT TRAFFIC.
SO I REMEMBER WHEN STARBUCKS AND VIOLET ROOSTER AND SEPTEMBERS WAS GOING IN, EVERYONE THOUGHT IT WAS CRAZY.
HOW ARE WE GONNA SURVIVE THAT? YOU CAN'T LEAVE CAH HOUSE HIGH SCHOOL AND TURN LEFT INTO THE STARBUCKS CENTER.
YOU CAN'T MAKE A U-TURN AT THAT SIGNAL.
THEN WHEN YOU GO UP TO ALBERTSONS, YOU CAN'T MAKE A U-TURN.
YOU HAVE TO GO, I SAY THIS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I DO.
THEN YOU GO AROUND THE HIGH SCHOOL AND COME BACK IN.
BUT WE ALL SURVIVE, SO MM-HMM
THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE TRAFFIC GLITCHES.
BUT I, I REMEMBER WHEN THAT CENTER WAS GOING IN, I'M LIKE, THIS IS CRAZY.
THERE'S GONNA BE SO MUCH TRAFFIC AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
HOW ARE WE GONNA GET IN AND OUTTA THERE? WE ALL SURVIVED.
WE ALL ARE SURVIVING WITH IT AND IT'S FINE.
IT'S ALWAYS THOSE, THOSE CURVES AT THE BEGINNING.
THERE'S GONNA BE SOME GROWING PAINS WITH THIS PROJECT, BUT IT, IT PROBABLY AT THE BEGINNING, IT'S GONNA BE VERY IMPACTFUL IN THE MORNINGS AND AFTER SCHOOL.
SO PART OF THE, UH, TRAFFIC STUDY ALSO ASSESSED, UM, OFFSITE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS, UH, WHICH INCLUDE, UM, MEDIAN ENHANCEMENTS, UH, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE, UH, FULL ACCESS DRIVEWAY.
SO THE PROJECT WILL INCLUDE A 100 FOOT LEFT TURN POCKET, WHICH WILL, UH, ENTER THE MAIN, UM, FULL ACCESS DRIVEWAY.
AND THEN ALSO WE'LL INCLUDE, AND WHEN YOU ARE EXITING, THAT DRIVEWAY WILL INCLUDE A, A 100 FOOT, UH, REFUGE OR MERGE LANE, UH, FOR POMONA RINCON ROAD.
UH, IT WILL MAINTAIN THE LEFT TURN POCKET FOR THE CHINO HILLS.
UH, I BELIEVE IT'S AN EMERGENCY DRIVEWAY.
I BELIEVE IT'S, IT'S GATED MOST OF THE TIME.
UH, BUT IT WILL INCLUDE THAT, UH, LEFT TURN POCKET FOR, UH, PURPOSES OF EMERGENCY.
AND THEN, UH, ALL THE DRIVEWAYS, UH, EVERYTHING MEET ALL SITE DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS, UH, AND ENGINEERING STANDARDS.
MICHAEL, IS THERE ANY GONNA BE ANY LIGHTS PART OF THIS PROJECT? YES, I'LL ACTUALLY, UH, I HAVE ANOTHER, UH, SLIDE THAT WILL KIND OF GO OVER THE BROADER PICTURE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS.
SO GOING SOUTH ON POMONA, RAIN CAN ROAD, THEY'LL EITHER HAVE TO COME IN OFF OF THE MARRIOTT SITE OR THEY'LL HAVE THE LEFT TURN IN ONLY.
UH, AND THEN GOING, GOING NORTHBOUND, THEY CAN GO EITHER WAY.
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RIGHT, RIGHT IN ONLY, OBVIOUSLY.BUT WHEN THEY'RE LEAVING THEY CAN GO RIGHT OUT OR THEY CAN GO LEFT OUT AND HEAD, HEAD FURTHER DOWN ON, UH, POMONA RINKON? THAT IS CORRECT.
WITH THAT ACCELERATION LANE, IF YOU WILL, TO GET UP TO YES.
SO TO KIND OF LOOK AT THE, UH, THE BROADER PICTURE OF THE ENTIRE PROJECT, UH, THE, UH, THE APPROVED TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS, UH, AS PART OF THE BIZPORT PROJECT, WE'LL INCLUDE A MEDIAN WHICH WILL SPAN FROM THE VERY NORTH OF THE PROJECT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO PICASSO ROAD, UH, WITH VARIOUS OPENINGS FOR, UH, THE MAIN ENTRANCES AND DRIVEWAYS.
UH, AND IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE A SIGNAL AT THE CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL ENTRY ONLY DROP OFF DRIVEWAY, WHICH ALSO ALIGNS WITH THE MAIN ENTRANCE FOR THE, UH, FOR THE CENTER, WHICH IS DIRECTLY AT THE CENTER OF THE SITE.
AND THEN ALSO ANOTHER SIGNAL AT, UH, PICASSO ROAD AND POMONA LINCOLN CON ROAD.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE FROM THIS DIAGRAM THAT THE BUILDING THAT'S GONNA GO IN DIRECTLY SOUTH OF THE CHICK-FIL-A, UH, WILL, WILL HAVE PARKING JUST ADJACENT TO THE PARKING FROM CHICK-FIL-A.
SO IF THERE IS A SPILLOVER TRACK OR PARKING, THERE'LL BE PLENTY OF ROOM THERE FOR IT, RIGHT? CORRECT.
AND THERE'S IN INTERNAL ACCESS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE SITE.
AND, AND PART OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT, UH, THERE, THERE WAS THEN THE 2023 PLAN, A DRIVEWAY, A FULL ACCESS DRIVEWAY BETWEEN BUILDING 16 AND 17.
THEY'RE ELIMINATING THAT AND ESSENTIALLY SLIDING IT OVER FOR, UH, THE CHICK-FIL-A, UH, PROPERTY.
SO THEY'RE MAINTAINING SEVEN POINTS OF ACCESS, WHICH WAS APPROVED IN 2023.
AND WITH THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT, THERE'S STILL A TOTAL OF SEVEN POINTS OF ACCESS.
AND WHEN YOU SAY POINTS OF ACCESS, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT CURB CUT, UH, DRIVEWAYS THAT ARE GONNA BE ELIMINATED? UH, THAT IS CORRECT, YES.
SO A LOT ACCESS TO SOME OF THE BUILDINGS.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'LL BE ALONG THE EAST SIDE CLOSEST TO THE FREEWAY AND THE BACK OF THE BUILDINGS.
THE THE, THERE'S NO ACCESS ON THE, ON THE, ON THE BACKSIDE BY THE FREEWAY.
NO, BUT I MEAN, AS FAR AS THOROUGH, UH, THERE'LL BE LIKE A, ALMOST A DRIVE LANE THAT'LL PARALLEL THE FREEWAY.
LIKE YOU COULD GO FROM ONE BUILDING TO THE OTHER WITHOUT HAVING TO COME OUT ON THE POMONA RCON THAT COULD GO ALONG THE BACKSIDE OF THE BUILDINGS.
WHICH THAT HELPS, UH, FLOW FOR THE BUSINESSES.
SO IF SOMEBODY WERE TO, UH, AN EMPLOYEE WORKING IN BUILDING ONE OR TWO, UH, NEEDS TO GET TO RCON OR EVEN TO THE CHICK-FIL-A SITE OR ANYWHERE ELSE THEY CAN, THEY DON'T NEED TO TAKE THEM ON A R ON, THEY CAN CIRCULATE THROUGH THE ENTIRE, UH, BI PARK PROJECT AND GET THROUGH THAT JOINT ACCESS, BUT ONLY BETWEEN AREA THREE AND AREA FOUR, BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE ON AREA TWO, MOST OF THOSE ARE ALL THE WAY UP AGAINST THE FREEWAY RIGHT OF WAY.
SMALL ACCESS ME AISLE KIND OF DROPS INTO THE MIDDLE AND THEN IT, AND THEN IT COME, GOES BACK UP.
SO WITH THAT, STAFF RECOMMENDS, UH, CITY COUNCIL, UH, CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING, TAKE PUBLIC TESTIMONY, AND, UH, PROVE THE RESOLUTION AND ORDINANCE FOR THE BIZ PARK AMENDED PROJECT.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY MORE STAFF QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.
WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FOR CHICK-FIL-A AND THE, UH, OWNERSHIP AND TRAFFIC ENGINEERING.
UH, SO THEY, ALRIGHT, LET ME HEAR AVAILABLE AS WELL.
I DON'T KNOW MIKE, I'M JUST GONNA ASK A QUESTION THEN YOU GONNA DO, I WAS GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
HAVE ANY OTHER BUSINESSES BEEN IDENTIFIED OTHER THAN CHICK-FIL-A? NOT FOR THIS, THIS PROJECT.
I'VE HEARD ABOUT CHICK-FIL-A FOR QUITE A WHILE, BUT I HADN'T HEARD ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE YET.
JUST GETTING FEEL FOR WHAT'S GONNA BE ACROSS FROM A HIGH SCHOOL.
I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT MINOR WAREHOUSING, BUT JUST CURIOUS.
YEAH, WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING YET.
OLIVER'S GONNA BE, ANYBODY WANNA SAY ANYTHING? THE OWNERS ARE HERE OR THE YEAH, MAYBE THEY DO.
WHO'S FROM CHICK-FIL-A? RAISE YOUR HAND.
I REPRESENT HD FENTON COMPANY.
WE ARE THE OWNER AND DEVELOPER OF THE PROPERTY.
I'M HERE TONIGHT WITH OUR PARTNERS FROM CHICK-FIL-A AND I THINK MOST OF YOUR QUESTIONS WILL BE GEARED TOWARDS THEM.
SO I'LL GLADLY STEP ASIDE, BUT I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THE LARGER PROJECT.
TO YOUR QUESTION, MR. ROGERS, UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANY USERS IDENTIFIED YET, BUT THE PROJECT IS SLATED TO MOVE FORWARD IN ITS ENTIRETY.
SO WE'RE NOT JUST GONNA BE BUILDING THE CHICK-FIL-A SITE.
UH, WE HAVE GRADING PLANS, IMPROVEMENT PLANS IN FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT, AND A FINAL
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MAP AS WELL.SO IF ALL THE STARS ALIGN CORRECTLY, WE SHOULD BEGIN GRADING SOMETIME IN DECEMBER OR JANUARY.
AND, UH, WE'LL BE DELIVERING BLUE TOP PADS TO FIRST CHICK-FIL-A, UH, SOMETIME IN THE SPRING.
AND THEN FOLLOW UP WITH BLUE TOPS FOR OTHER BUILDERS AS THEY COME ALONG.
OUR HOPE IS AS THEY START TO, AS INVESTORS, BUILDERS OWNERS START TO SEE THE INFRASTRUCTURE GOING IN FOR CHICK-FIL-A, THERE'LL BE A LOT OF ACTIVITY ON THE SITE AND WE'LL START TO DRAW THE INTEREST THAT, UH, WE'RE VERY INTERESTED IN GETTING THAT.
I'M GONNA ASK A DUMB QUESTION IF YOU DON'T MIND.
UM, ONLY IF I GET TO ASK ONE BACK.
BELIEVE ME, I, I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL GET, YOU'LL GET THE RIGHT ANSWER.
JUST IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC IS ALREADY BAD.
LIKE I KNOW WHEN THEY DID THE TRENCHING FOR THE ELECTRICAL WORK, UH, ALONG POMONA AND COHEN, THAT HAD AN IMPACT ON, YOU KNOW, STUDENT TRAFFIC GOING IN AND OUT.
'CAUSE ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE PLACED IN HORRIBLE PLACES IN THE CITY,
SO I GUESS HOW CLOSELY WILL YOU BE, I GUESS, TIMING IT TO NOT, TO NOT MAKE IT HARDER ON YOUR TEAM AND ALSO ON THE PARENTS AND THE KIDS GETTING TO THE HIGH SCHOOL? JUST IN TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION'S A GREAT QUESTION.
IT'S NOT A DUMB QUESTION AT ALL.
UM, ONCE WE START GRADING, OUR FIRST OPERATION WOULD BE TO START UNDERGROUNDING THE OVERHEAD LINES.
LUCKILY THERE IS NO STREET WIDENING GOING ON.
SO OUR FIRST PHASE OF OPERATION IS TO TAKE THE LINES DOWN AND WE'RE GONNA DO ALL OF THAT FROM OUR SIDE OF THE PROPERTY OUT.
SO THE POLES WILL COME DOWN, THE TRENCHES WILL GO IN, THE VAULTS WILL GO IN ALL BEHIND THE SIDEWALK ON THE EAST SIDE ON OUR SIDE.
UM, THE INSULATION OF THE MEDIANS IS GONNA BE A LITTLE TRICKIER, BUT, UM, AGAIN, THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE WHOLESALE DEMOLITION OF THE STREET.
SO I THINK IF WE CAN, AND WE PLAN TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE SCHOOL TO, YOU KNOW, PHASE OUR CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES IN, UH, MOST OF THAT ACTIVITY WOULD BE FROM THE NORTH SIDE DOWN TO THE MAIN PROJECT ENTRY WHERE WE'LL PUT IN THE, UM, FIRST TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
AND SO IT'LL BE A LITTLE TRICKY, BUT, UM, WE DO THIS ALL THE TIME.
AND, UM, WE'VE BEEN IN CLOSE CONTACT PREVIOUSLY WITH THE SCHOOL, SO WE TEND TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND APPRECIATE IT.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU WORK WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE WORKING WITH SOMEONE AT THE DISTRICT SITE, BUT A LOT OF TIMES TOO, SOMETIMES THINGS GET LOST IN TRANSLATION.
SO SOMETIMES A BETTER COURSE OF COMMUNICATION MIGHT BE DIRECTLY WITH THE PRINCIPAL OR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL RATHER THAN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHO PREVIOUSLY IN 2023 WE HAD OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH.
I CAN'T RECALL THE GENERAL DR.
BUT, UM, SO TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY CONVERSATION WITH THE DISTRICT ITSELF.
THE ADMINISTRATORS OF FACILITY MORE EFFICIENT.
GO RIGHT TO THE HORSE'S MOUTH.
I PERSONALLY AM VERY EXCITED TO SEE THESE TYPE OF PRODUCT GO IN.
I HOPE THAT WHEN YOU FILL THE REMAINING SPOTS OF THIS BUSINESS PARK, THAT YOU CAN SEE HOW INVESTED AND COMMITTED OUR COMMUNITY AND COUNCIL ARE INTO ALL THE RETAIL THAT GOES IN HERE.
SO THANK YOU TO PURE CHICK-FIL-A FOR CHOOSING US FOR A SECOND SPOT.
UM, THEY'RE A GREAT COMMUNITY PARTNER AND I JUST HOPE TO SEE MORE OF THAT KIND OF QUALITY BUSINESS GO IN THAT CENTER.
YEAH, THEY'RE TOP NOTCH QUESTION TOP NOTCH COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT.
WE ARE SO HAPPY THAT WE WERE SO HAPPY WHEN THEY PICKED THIS FOR ONE LOCATION NOW FOR TWO.
AND WE, WE JUST LOVE THE BUSINESS MODEL AND, AND THEIR, UH, RESPECT FOR THE SABBATH, SO THAT'S GREAT.
UH, IS THERE ANY CHANCE THAT ANY OF THE OTHER, UH, RETAILERS OR WHOEVER THAT COME IN COULD POSSIBLY BE POINT OF SALE, UH, BUSINESSES? UH, WE ARE LOOKING FOR ANYBODY THAT CAN GENERATE SALES TAX FOR THE CITY.
SO JUST, UH, A A FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE HAVE A VERY EXTENSIVE ALLOWABLE USE MATRIX BUILT INTO THE ORIGINAL SPECIFIC PLAN.
WE WANTED TO INVITE INTO SMALL COMMUNITY OPERATORS.
SOME OF THEM MAY BE SMALL RETAILERS, SOME OF 'EM MAY BE SMALL, UM, MANUFACTURERS OR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TYPE PEOPLE.
IT WAS VERY MUCH DESIGNED INTENTIONALLY TO BE A COMMUNITY FOCUSED, UM, DEVELOPMENT.
WE HEARD A LOT OF FEEDBACK AT THAT TIME THAT OWNER OPERATORS DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO OWN A BUILDING IN CHINO HILLS AND THEY WERE GOING OVER TO CHINO.
SO WE TOOK THAT FOOTPRINT AND BROUGHT IT OVER.
AND THAT'S AGAIN WHY WE HAVE CONDOMINIUMS AND SMALLER BUILDINGS HOPING TO LOWER IN THE OWNER OPERATORS HERE FROM WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S A GREAT CONCEPT BECAUSE PINE AVENUE CORPORATE CENTER, UH, TO THE SOUTH OF YOU, UH, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW WHERE THAT'S AT.
UH, SAME CONCEPT, ALLOWING TO BUILD AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, PEOPLE AND BY CONDOMINIUM MANAGEMENT YOU CAN SPIN THEM OFF, UH, IF, IF PEOPLE SO CHOOSE TO, TO BUY THEM.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT CONCEPT.
COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ, ANY QUESTIONS JUST REAL FAST REGARDING PROPERTY TAX? IF THEY SELL THESE BUILDINGS, WE GET A BIGGER PORTION THAN RESIDENTIAL.
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THEY'LL BE COMMERCIAL.I DON'T THINK ANY RESIDENTIAL, BUT WE'LL GET THE 4%.
LIKE WE KNOW ALL OF OUR OTHER PROPERTIES IN THE CITY, BASICALLY WE GET A SLIGHTLY BIGGER PERCENTAGE ON, DEPENDING ON THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY.
IF IT'S OVER A MILLION DOLLARS, THEY CAN ADD SOME OF IT TO OUR COMMERCIAL CONTRACT.
BUT IT'S STILL NOT A HUGE NUMBER, IT'S STILL JUST OVER 4%.
ALRIGHT, WITH THAT, UM, THANK YOU SIR.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? I'M GONNA CHECK WITH MR. ESPARZA.
MR. ESPARZA, CAN YOU UNMUTE MR. ESPARZA? CAN YOU HEAR US? YES, I CAN.
ALL IT'S UH, YOUR TIME TO SHINE, PLEASE.
ARE YOU SPEAKING IN REGARDS TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING ITEM? NO, I AM NOT.
I WAS HOPING TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC, UH, COMMENTS PORTION.
SO WE'LL CALL YOU AGAIN WHEN THE NON-AG ITEM, PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION IS COMES UP.
OKAY, THEN WITH THAT, IF WE HAVE NO OTHER, IF WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND NO FURTHER COMMENTS, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I WILL TAKE A DIRECTION FROM MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS ITEM.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT.
WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN, PLEASE LOCK IN YOUR VOTES.
THEN WITH THAT WE'LL BE MOVING
[22. Approve 2025-2026 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report for Community Development Block Grant Program]
ON TO ITEM 22.UH, 20 25 26, UH, CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT FOR, UH, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM TO BE, UH, PRESENTED BY OUR MANAGEMENT ANALYST, MS. SNYDER.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TONIGHT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE APPROVAL OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FOR 20 25 20 26.
CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE CAPER.
THE CAPER SUMMARIZES THE ACTIVITIES COMPLETED AND THE FUNDS EXPENDED DURING THE 20 25 20 26 PROGRAM YEAR.
THE CITY HAS A, UH, A TOTAL OF $797,000 AVAILABLE DURING THIS PROGRAM YEAR.
THIS INCLUDED $400,000, UM, FOR THE CITY'S ANNUAL CDBG ALLOCATION, $35,000 IN ALLOCATED FUNDS FROM PRIOR YEARS 95,000 IN CARRY FORWARD FUNDING FOR THE HOME IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND 265,000 IN CARRY FORWARD FUNDING FOR THE LOS SERRANOS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
UM, DURING THIS PROGRAM YEAR, THE CITY EXPENDED A TOTAL OF $634,000, WHICH WAS ABOUT 79% OF THE AVAILABLE FUNDING.
11% OF THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES WAS SPENT ON PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.
UM, THAT INCLUDED EIGHT $18,200 PROVIDED TO THE INLAND FAIR HOUSING AND MEDIATION BOARD FOR FAIR HOUSING SERVICES.
THE REMAINING ADMINISTRATIVE BALANCE WAS $10,000 REMAINING AND WILL BE REALLOCATED FOR THE CURRENT PROGRAM.
YEAR 8% OF THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES OR 55 OR $50,000 WAS SPENT TOWARDS PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES.
THE REMAINING BALANCE OF $10,000 WILL BE REALLOCATED TO THIS CURRENT PROGRAM YEAR.
THESE PER THESE FUNDS WERE NOT EXPENDED BECAUSE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY DID NOT GET ANY CITY OF CHINO HILL'S RESIDENTS TO APPLY FOR THEIR PROGRAM.
14% OF THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES, WHICH WAS ABOUT $86,000, WAS SPENT ON THE HOME IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
WE ASSISTED 10 RESIDENTS THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.
THE REMAINING BALANCE OF ABOUT $9,000 WILL BE CARRIED FORWARD INTO THIS CURRENT PROGRAM YEAR.
67% OF THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES OR ABOUT $427,000 WAS SPENT ON THE LOS SERRANOS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT.
CONSTRUCTION ON THE MONTECITO DRIVE PROJECT BEGAN IN MARCH OF 2026 AND REMAINS UNDERWAY.
THE PROJECT DATE IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED DURING THE CURRENT PROGRAM YEAR AND THE REMAINING BALANCE OF 133,000 WILL BE CARRIED FORWARD.
THE CITY HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS, UM, REPORT.
I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS MAY HAVE.
WITH THAT, I'M GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES? NO.
SEEING IN HEARING NONE, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS IN PERSON? ALL RIGHT, THEN WITH THAT I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING AND I WILL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THIS ITEM.
SO MOVE ON THE, WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ AND I WILL SECOND IT.
[PUBLIC COMMENTS - NON-AGENDIZED ITEMS]
ON TO ITEM 23.AT THIS TIME, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEMS WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
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THAT DO NOT APPEAR ON THE AGENDA.PLEASE COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK AT REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD.
IF PARTICIPATING FROM A REMOTE LOCATION, RAISE YOUR HAND IN THE ZOOM APPLICATION OR DIAL, UH, STAR NINE IF YOU ARE CALLING IN.
SO, UH, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN PERSON? YES, I HAVE ONE EACH.
SO WE'LL START WITH MR. ESPARZA.
UM, FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO MAKE IT, UH, PUBLIC THAT THE AUDIO WAS NOT RUNNING PROPERLY ON THE ZOOM CALL DURING THE FIRST 30 MINUTES, 35 MINUTES.
I CONFIRMED THAT VIA MY LAPTOP AND TWO CELL PHONES.
AND YOU GUYS PLEASE HAVE SOMEBODY DOUBLE CHECKED OUT BEFORE ANY OF THE MEETINGS START.
THE SAME WAS TRUE DURING THE CLOSED SESSION OF THE MEETING, WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS STILL SUPPOSED TO BE CLOSED.
UH, BUT THERE WAS NO AUDIO WHATSOEVER, NOT EVEN LIKE, UH, MUSIC.
THE REASON I WAS CALLING, UM, JUST A ONE, UH, HOUSEKEEPING.
THERE'S AT LEAST ONE POSSIBLY MORE LIGHT POSTS ON THE PINEHURST PARK THAT ARE CORRODING DOWN AT THE BASE.
ONE LOOKS LIKE A BEAVER TOOK A CHUNK OUT OF IT AND IT'S IN DANGER OF FALLING OVER.
UH, I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOMEONE CORRECT THAT, UH, REPLACE THE POLE AS NEEDED.
THIS IS THE PINEHURST PARK DOWN SOUTH, UH, NEXT TO, UH, THE OVERTON PROJECT, WHAT USED TO BE THE OVERTON PROJECT.
AND THEN SECONDLY, I WANTED TO, UM, ASK IF THERE ARE ANY STATISTICS ON THE, UH, AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READER CAMERAS THAT, UH, HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSION IN THE PUBLIC, IF THERE'S ANY STATISTICS AVAILABLE BEING MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON HOW MANY CRIMES HAVE BEEN SOLVED BY THESE CAMERAS OVER THE LAST THREE, FOUR YEARS THAT THEY'VE BEEN IN PLACE.
UH, EVERY TIME I CHECK THERE IS NO PUBLIC ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT BE TRANSPARENT FOR THE PUBLIC.
OKAY, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TOM KINSELLA AT ME
EARLIER IN THE WEEK, I CALLED MR. BENNETT ABOUT SEVERE FLOODING AT THE PARK, THAT THE DRAINS ARE PLUGGED THE SAME DRAINS THAT WERE PLUGGED BACK IN JUNE.
THE SAME DRAINS ARE GOING TO BE PLUGGED.
I HAVE PICTURES FOR ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO LOOK AND SEE WHAT THE KIDS HAVE TO WALK THROUGH.
I SHOW SEVERE EROSION BECAUSE NOTHING'S BEEN DONE OVER THERE SINCE THIS PARK WAS BUILT IN 1987.
WHICH PARK? HUH? WHICH PARK? OAK.
HERE ARE SOME PICTURES OF THE BENCH THAT LUTHER PUT IN JUST BEFORE HE IS RETIREMENT, WHICH WAS GREATLY APPRECIATED IN MUD.
I WILL PERSONALLY PAY FOR TWO YARDS OF CONCRETE TO GET THAT THING CEMENTED IN SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WALK THROUGH MUD.
BUT NONE OF NOBODY IS GOING TO DO ANYTHING.
THIS CITY IS GREAT ABOUT BEING BEAUTIFUL AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
IT'S A, IT'S JUST NOTHING GETS DONE.
I PERSONALLY HAVE BEEN HAVING SOME BAD EXPERIENCES ON MY STREET WHERE PEOPLE MOVING IN AND PARKING THEIR CARS ON THE SIDEWALK AND YOU SAY, HEY, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
I'M NOT GOING TO CONFRONT HIM.
SO I GO TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
HAS TO SPEAK TO THE DEPUTY IN CHARGE.
WELL, YEAH, WE'LL SEND SOMEBODY OUT THERE AND TALK TO HIM.
THIS GUY'S STILL PARKING THERE.
WE'LL SEND SOMEBODY OUT AGAIN.
IT'S GETTING SO BAD ON MY STREET THAT PEOPLE ARE
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PARKING THEIR TRAILERS WITH THEIR TONGUES BLOCKING THE SIDEWALK.NOW IT IS A STATE LAW THAT YOU CANNOT BLOCK ANY PORTION OF A SIDEWALK, BUT WE CAN'T GET ANYBODY TO ENFORCE IT.
WHAT'S GOING ON? WE CAN'T ADDRESS YOU FROM THE, FROM THE DIOCESE.
I UNDERSTAND YOU WANT THESE PICTURES.
CAN IY YES, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, PLEASE GIVE THEM TO OUR, UH, DEPUTY CITY CLERK AND THEN WE'LL MAKE SURE WE HAVE STAFF FOLLOW UP WITH YOU REGARDING OAK RIDGE PARK.
AND I'M SURE CHIEF GERARDO, REACH OUT.
[SAFETY UPDATES - Fire and Police ]
WE WILL BE MOVING ON TO OUR SAFETY UPDATES.UH, CHIEF WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MAYOR.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY AND EVERYBODY WHO'S AWARE THAT WE'RE HAVING OUR 9 11 9 1 1 CELEBRATION THIS FRIDAY AT NINE O'CLOCK STATION 66 1 3 7 0 7 PEYTON.
SO IF YOU DO PLAN ON COMING, PLEASE, UH, PLAN A LITTLE BIT EARLY.
PARKING CAN BE A LITTLE CHALLENGING THERE THAT EARLY IN THE MORNING.
ALSO, THE, UH, OUR FIRE UNION IS BATTLING WITH CHINO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I KNOW IT'S THE NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR, BUT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN WATCHING IT, IT'S A GOOD CAUSE THE PROCEEDS WILL BE GOING TO, UH, ONE OF THE HOSPITALS FOR CANCER AWARENESS FOR YOUNG, YOUNG PEOPLE, I BELIEVE.
SO THEY'RE HAVING A SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT AND AGAIN, PROCEEDS GOING TO THAT GREAT EVENT.
AND THEN I DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE MEETING.
WHEN IS THAT, WHEN IS THAT DATE? UH, THAT'S AT AYLA, UH, THIS SATURDAY.
YEAH, IT'S IN THE EVENING TIME.
UH, AND I DID HAVE A CHANCE TO SIT THROUGH THE MEETING TODAY REGARDING STATION 68 AND I DID TOUR THE, THE, THE SITE LOOKS AMAZING.
I JUST WANNA SAY ROD, THANK YOU.
YOUR, UH, STAFF IS, UH, WORKING REALLY WELL WITH THE, THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE STAFF AND OUR CONSULTANTS AND THE PROJECT'S LOOKING PHENOMENAL AND WE'RE SUPER EXCITED.
I GOT A QUESTION FOR THE CHIEF.
CHIEF PERTAINING TO GROUND ZERO.
CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? IS THAT A IN EFFECT NOW AND WHAT IS IT? UH, YOU KNOW, LET ME DOUBLE CHECK ON THE DATE OF WHEN IT GOES INTO EFFECT AND IT BASICALLY, IT'S JUST IN REFERENCE TO, UM, ALL THE CONTROLS THAT ARE BEING PUT IN PLACE REGARDING WE, THE WEED ABATEMENT AND ALL THE EXPECTATIONS FOR HOMEOWNERS REGARDING FIRE, FIRE, LAND SAFETY, WILDLAND SAFETY.
IS THERE GONNA BE A SPAN OF TIME AS FAR AS ENFORCEMENT? UH, LIKE TWO, THREE YEARS? THERE, THERE, THERE IS A SPAN OF TIME.
THE CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW IS THAT IT'S ACTUALLY GONNA GO AND HAVE A RETRO PIECE TO IT.
AND SO WE NEED TO WORK THROUGH THAT.
UH, I'LL NEED TO WORK THROUGH THAT WITH MY STAFF AND THEN WE'LL WORK WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE PLENTY OF TIME AGAIN.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE A RETRO PIECE AND THAT'S GONNA BE A BIT OF THE CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED TO HAVE AN EDUCATIONAL PIECE.
BUT WE'LL HAVE TO GO BACK A LITTLE BIT IN TIME.
BUT WE'LL WORK WITH RESIDENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE, UH, SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF TIME TO COME UP TO CODE.
HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF AND RESIDENCE AND ATTENDANCE.
THE 27TH ANNUAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF'S.
PRCA RODEO WILL BE HELD SEPTEMBER 25TH THROUGH THE 27TH AT THE SHERIFF'S RODEO ARENA ACROSS FROM GLEN HELEN PARK AND DEVORE.
THIS EVENT WILL HOST THE COUNTRY'S TOP PROFESSIONAL COWBOYS AND COWGIRLS IN ROPING AND RIDING EVENTS.
THERE WILL ALSO BE OVER 60 SHOPPING AND FOOD VENDORS AND A KID ZONE FEATURING BOUNCE HOUSES, A PETTING ZOO AND CARNIVAL GAMES.
THERE WILL BE A LIVE BAND AND DANCE ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT FOLLOWING THE RODEO.
THIS EVENT IS HELD TO RAISE CHARITABLE FUNDS FOR NUMEROUS, NUMEROUS BENEFICIARIES, INCLUDING PEDIATRIC AND BREAST CANCER AWARENESS, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION, SCOUTING FOUR H LOCAL YOUTH GROUPS AND DEPARTMENT VOLUNTEER UNITS.
OVER THE LAST 27 YEARS, THE RODEO HAS DISTRIBUTED OVER $1 MILLION TO ITS CHARITABLE BENEFICIARIES.
FOR MORE INFORMATION OVER TO PURCHASE TICKETS, PLEASE VISIT SHERIFFS RODEO.COM.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE POLICE CHIEF? ALRIGHT, WHO OVERSEES THAT EVENT? THE SHERIFF'S RODEO COMMITTEE OVERSEES THAT EVENT.
[CITY MANAGER UPDATES ]
UPDATES.ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER.
[COUNCIL REPORTS]
MOVE ON TO COUNCIL REPORTS.UH, LAST, WAS IT LAST WEEK OR TWO WEEKS AGO, WE HAD OUR LEGISLATIVE, UM, LEGISLATIVE, UH, ADVOCACY COMMITTEE MEETING.
WE, UH, WE, WE RECEIVED AN UPDATE FROM OUR FEDERAL AND STATE LOBBYISTS.
UH, ONE OF THE BIGGER ITEMS WAS LAST YEAR WE HAD REQUESTED THE, UH, THROUGH, UH, STATE SENATOR KELLY STO A, UM, AN AUDIT OF CHINO HILLS STATE PARK THROUGH THE STATE'S JOINT LEGISLATIVE AUDIT COMMITTEE.
AND WE GOT THE RESULTS BACK AND FOUND THAT WHILE THAT THERE WERE A NUMBER OF WILDFIRE PLANNING ITEMS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN OCCURRING AND THEY HAD NOT BEEN SO, AND PETER CHIME IN ON ANY OF THIS, BY ALL MEANS.
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WAS GOOD, YOU KNOW, I KNOW SOME PEOPLE WEREN'T HAPPY THAT WE WERE ASKING THE QUESTION, BUT WE NEEDED TO, WE NEEDED TO AT LEAST KNOW WHAT, WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE SINCE SO MUCH, SO MANY OF THE FIRES THAT COME INTO TOWN COME THROUGH THE STATE PARK.SO WE'LL BE FOLLOWING UP ON THAT WITH OUR FELLOW PARTNERS, UH, AT THE STATE TO SEE IF THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN GET THEM TO HANDLE THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO GOT WORD THAT IN THE STATE BUDGET, SENATOR STO WAS ABLE TO GET US, WHAT, OVER 400,000? I THINK IT WAS ONE TWENTY, A HUNDRED FORTY 5,000.
I KNEW THERE WAS A FOREIGN THERE SOMEWHERE.
145,000 FOR, UM, EITHER A NEW VEHICLE OR, WELL, A COMBINATION OF NEW VEHICLE FOR OUR COPS, ALONG WITH, UH, SOME E-BIKES THAT ARE CODE, UH, CODE THREE, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLES THAT ARE, YEAH, ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLES TO BE ABLE TO MONITOR, YOU KNOW, THINGS THROUGHOUT THE STATE PARK AND AT COMMUNITY EVENTS.
UH, OMNI TRANS BOARD, BIGGEST ITEM THAT WE HAD WAS, WE PROBABLY AS A BUS AGENCY, MADE OUR FINAL PURCHASE OF A NON HYDROGEN OR EV BUS.
UH, BY 2040, ALL BUSES IN THE UNITED STATES NEED TO BE AN ALTERNATIVE FUEL THAT'S EITHER HYDROGEN OR ELECTRIC.
SO WE PUT IN AN ORDER FOR ABOUT A DOZEN THAT'LL COME IN 2029.
SO WE THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO LIMP 'EM ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO 2040.
SO IT'S THE, THE COST IS SO EXPENSIVE AS YOU'D KNOW, IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.
UH, THEN FOR, UH, THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION, THE GOVERNMENT ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE, WE WERE GOING OVER, UH, SOME, SOME NEW, UH, PLANNING ITEMS, UH, REGARDING THE LACK OF REVENUE AT THE STATE AND LOCAL SIDE FOR, UM, GAS TAX, UH, GAS TAXES COMING IN.
WITH VEHICLES NOW BECOMING MORE EFFICIENT AND PEOPLE DRIVING EVS OR CNG OR HYDROGEN VEHICLES, THE, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS AREN'T THERE.
SO ONE OF OUR PLANNERS WAS TALKING ABOUT, UM, ALTERNATIVE, WHAT WAS THE NAME HE USED? LIKE ALTERNATIVE CUSTOMER FEES.
SO I JUST KEPT SAYING, ARE YOU JUST TRYING TO SAY VMT? AND HE DIDN'T WANNA SAY VMT
SO WE WERE TRYING TO ASK FOR MORE CLARITY WHEN IT CAME, CAME TO THAT, UH, VICE MAYOR MARQUEZ, S-B-C-T-A.
UM, I DID ATTEND S-B-C-T-A GENERAL POLICY COMMITTEE.
UM, WE DID APPROVE AN MOU, UH, FOR S-B-C-T-A AND ALSO SB COG.
AND IT'S MOVING, UH, TO, TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, UM, REGARDING METRO VALLEY TRANSIT AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
REALLY NOTHING TO REPORT THERE.
I HAVE NO REPORT AS I WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND THAT MEETING.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS? YES, A COUPLE THINGS TO CHAT ABOUT.
ONE IS, UH, OUR ANIMAL RESOURCE CENTER OR ARC AS IT'S KNOWN THAT, UH, STARTED UP 14 MONTHS AGO.
AND JUST AS A REMINDER, CHINO HILLS HAS A REPRESENTATIVE INDIVIDUAL WHO REPRESENTS ON THE BOARD.
THERE'S FIVE MEMBER AGENCIES, BUT WE ARE NOT YET CLIENTS OF ARC OR THE ANIMAL CONTROL CENTER.
THE, UH, THAT'LL TAKE PLACE JULY 1ST OF, UH, 27.
SO A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT TOOK PLACE ONCE.
ONE WAS AT, AFTER AT 14 MONTHS IN EXISTENCE, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDED THAT WE MOVE TO EVERY OTHER MONTH BOARD MEETINGS VERSUS EVERY MONTH BECAUSE THE AGENDAS WERE LIGHT.
NEXT MEETING WILL BE LATE OCTOBER.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, THEY'RE STILL GETTING THEIR FEET OR PAWS ON THE GROUND WHEN IT COMES TO ALL SERVICES.
AND ONE OF 'EM IS VETERINARY SERVICES.
AND BECAUSE OF THE VOLUME OF ANIMALS THAT THEY TOOK IN FROM, UH, INLAND VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY 14 MONTHS AGO, UH, THEY, THEY ARE DOING ANOTHER CONTRACT WITH A GROUP CALLED PAW MISSION.
AND PAW MISSION HAS A MOBILE VAN AND THAT, UH, THEY CRUISE AROUND TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS BASED ON, UH, SETTING AN APPOINTMENT.
AND THEY DO LOW COSTS SPAY AND NEUTERING PROGRAMS ALONG WITH EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO THEY'VE ENTERED INTO A COUPLE YEAR CONTRACT WITH PALM MISSION FOR LOW COST SPAY AND NEUTERING.
AND THOSE ARE THE TWO MAIN AGENDA ITEMS FOR ARC AND THEN ALSO WATER.
SO WE HAVE CHINO BASIN AND DESAL AUTHORITY, OR CDA AND CDA MEETS MONTHLY.
AND THAT'S ONE OF OUR WATER SOURCES FOR, FOR THE, FOR THE REGION.
AND WE, THIS IS KIND OF IT, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, BUT IT'S KIND OF A BORING ONE BECAUSE ALMOST EVERYTHING WE VOTE ON
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HAVE TO DO WITH CONTRACTS AND PEOPLE AREN'T INTERESTED IN CONTRACTS.SO IT'S CONTRACTS FOR DRILLING, DRILLING MORE WELLS OR TO, FOR REPAIRING A LOT OF THOSE FACILITIES.
THEY HAVE TWO WATER PRODUCTION FACILITIES, ONE IN RUPA AND ONE IN CHINO, AND THEY'RE CALLED CHINO.
SO MANY TIMES WE'RE VOTING ON THE DIFFERENT, UH, CONTRACTS FOR, UH, THE CONCENTRATE REDUCTION FACILITY OR, OR CHINO ONE FOR WATER PRODUCTION.
SO WE HAD CONTRACT EXTENSIONS AND VARIATIONS ON THE PROJECTS.
UH, AND ALSO SPEAKING OF EXTENSIONS, TOM O'NEILL IS OUR GM AND HE'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR FIVE OR SIX YEARS NOW, DOES AN AWESOME JOB.
AND WE EXTENDED HIS CONTRACT FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS AND THAT WAS THE BIG ACTION ITEM FOR, FOR CDA.
[COUNCIL COMMENTS]
ARE WELCOME.COUNCIL COMMENTS? UH, COUNCIL OFFICE NUN NUN TONIGHT.
COUNCIL MEMBER MARIN, I HAVE NO COMMENTS.
ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS, CERTAINLY WE HAVE, UH, COMING UP THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION HAS THEIR BIG EVENT COMING UP IN APPROXIMATELY A MONTH NOW.
BE HUH? WOULD YOU LIKE TO CHAT ABOUT IT?
TICKET SALES ARE, ARE ARE SLOW RIGHT NOW.
WE NORMALLY SELL, UH, 1400 TICKETS.
IT'S, UH, SELLS OUT EVERY YEAR AND I THINK BECAUSE OF ALL THE HEAT THAT TOOK PLACE OVER THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS, PEOPLE, THE TICKET SALES ARE SLOWER, BUT WE'VE GOT A MONTH TO GO.
UH, VIP SOLD OUT WITHIN A WEEK.
SO WE HAVE THE REMAINING 1100 TICKETS THAT ARE GENERAL ADMISSION.
SO THAT'S OCTOBER 10TH AT THE SHOPS.
AND IT'S FROM YOUR VIP IT STARTS AT FOUR O'CLOCK.
IF NOT, IT STARTS AT FIVE O'CLOCK FOR WINE WALK.
AND WE'LL HAVE 45, 50, 55 DIFFERENT VENDORS, FOOD, WINE, AND BEER.
AND IT'S A GREAT TIME AND IT RAISES A NICE SUM OF MONEY TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, WHICH WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR ABOUT 18 YEARS NOW AS A BOARD.
SO OCTOBER 10TH, AND YOU CAN BUY YOUR TICKETS AT CHINO HILLS WINE WALK.COM, WHICH IS ON THE CHINO HILLS FOUNDATION WEBPAGE.
UH, YOU CAN ACCESS THE WEB THAT WAY ALSO, WE ALSO HAVE, ON THE SAME HOMEPAGE, YOU'LL SEE ANDY VARGAS CONCERT THAT WE DO THREE CONCERTS A YEAR AS A FOUNDATION.
ANDY VARGAS, AS I'VE MENTIONED MANY TIMES AS RETURNING, ANDY VARGAS IS THE LEAD SINGER OF SANTANA AND HE LIVES IN ORANGE COUNTY AND HE LOVES COMING TO CHINO HILLS TO PERFORM FOR OUR PEOPLE AT THE, UH, CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY CENTER OUTSIDE.
SO THOSE TICKETS ARE A WHOPPING $20 A PIECE FOR A MINI SANTANA CONCERT.
AND YOU BRING YOUR CHAIRS AND A PICNIC.
BUT WE DO HAVE FOOD AVAILABILITY THERE ALSO.
AND YOU CAN BUY YOUR TICKETS ONLINE AT, ON, ON THE CHINO HOST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
AND THAT WOULD BE OCTOBER, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2ND.
SO ONCE WE GET PAST THOSE TWO EVENTS, WE WILL, THE FOUNDATION WILL SLOW DOWN FOR A WHILE.
UH, AND JUST AS AN ASIDE, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME TALK, BUT I MEANT TO TALK TO S STEVE ELI TODAY AT MY, UM, THE OTHER WA ONE OF THE OTHER WATER MEETINGS, WHICH IS A POLICY COMMITTEE FOR INLAND UTILITIES AGENCY AND ART, YOU'LL BE INTERESTED IN THIS.
THEY'RE TAKING THE NEXT STEP IN INVESTIGATING, TAKING OVER BILLING, UH, AWAY FROM THE MEMBER CITIES AND ALSO IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT, THE TWO 18 VOTE WHEN IT COMES TO THAT.
SO THEY'RE INVESTIGATING, THEY'RE HOPING TO HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE BY JULY OF 27TH.
SO IN A YEAR THEY'RE HOPING, THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S GONNA HAPPEN FOR SURE, BUT THEY'RE LOOKING MORE SERIOUSLY NOW AT THAT EFFORT.
WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE AS IT MOVES FORWARD FOR OUR ALLEGED COMMITTEE FOR YOU GUYS TO SEND THE BOARD A LETTER OF SUPPORT OF, OF THOSE THINGS PASSING? DEFINITELY WHEN THE TIME COMES.
AND I EXPRESSED IT AS A BOARD MEMBER LAST WEEK THAT, UM, WE WERE POLICE IN SUPPORT AND WE'VE BEEN BRINGING IT UP A COUPLE TIMES A YEAR FOR YEARS.
SO THEY'RE LOOKING INTO IT MUCH CLOSER NOW.
IT'S NOT A GUARANTEED THING BECAUSE HAS TO BE VOTED ON BY THEIR BOARD, EVEN THEIR BOARD EVENTUALLY.
BUT THEY'RE TAKING THE NEXT STEPS TO SEE IF THEY CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
INSTEAD OF GOING TO A TWO 18 VOTE.
UM, BASICALLY I DID ATTENDED NUMEROUS MEETINGS WITH S SCAG, UM, THE EAC, THE
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LEDGE AND THE TRANSPORTATION.THERE'S NOTHING REALLY TO REPORT THERE.
REGIONAL COUNCIL, WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON SB 6 75.
WE HAD TAKEN A POSITION INITIALLY FOR WATCH.
UM, THIS HAS TO DO WITH IMPERIAL COUNTY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT REFORM.
UH, THIS IS AN UNFUNDED LIABILITY AT A COST OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR THE BORDER CITIES AND ALSO IMPERIAL COUNTY.
SO THEY CAME OUT AND TALKED TO US ABOUT IT.
SO WE THEN TOOK A, A POST POSITION BECAUSE OF THE FUNDED LIABILITY.
UM, WE HAD A RECAP ON 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP AND ALSO ABOUT LA 28 REGARDING LESSONS LEARNED WITH FIFA.
UM, RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO MONEY.
AND NORMALLY AT THIS TIME, UH, I GUESS IN, UH, ITALY LAST TIME OR PARIS, THEY HAD THE MONIES TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD, RALLY LA WHATEVER IT WAS, UH, 2024.
UM, SO WE'RE REALLY CONCERNED THAT, UH, THIS IS GONNA BE A NO CARS OLYMPICS.
WE'RE REALLY CONCERNED WE WON'T BE ABLE TO PROVIDE OMNI TRANS AND METROLINK SERVICE.
ENHANCED SERVICE WOULD'VE BEEN NICE IF THEY HAD SOME, UH, VENUES OUT HERE.
I'D BE A LITTLE BIT MORE APT TO GIVE THEM OMNI TRANS BUSES.
AND I GOT A QUESTION FROM NICK.
UM, AND WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS I KNOW THAT THERE'S THREE PROJECTS I BELIEVE IN CARBON CANYON, UM, WESTERN HILLS RESIDENCY, DEL VIS VISTAS AND CRESTA VERDE.
UM, THOSE THREE PROJECTS, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEM? AND BEFORE ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I WANNA ASK YOU, PERTAINING TO THESE THREE PROJECTS, DO THEY GO IN FRONT OF THE FIRE DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE THAT SINCE THAT'S A HIGH FIRE AREA, ANY CONCERNS THAT WE DO HAVE THAT THOSE, UH, ITEMS GET TAKEN CARE OF? YEAH, SO, UM, DURING THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS, THE DISTRICT'S FIRE MARSHAL IS INTEGRAL TO THE REVIEW OF THESE PROJECTS.
SO WE COMMUNICATE, UH, VERY CLOSELY WITH HER AND, UH, THEY DO VERY DETAILED REVIEW OF FIRE PREVENTION PLANS.
UH, WE LOOK AT LANDSCAPING, WE LOOK AT ACCESS.
UM, WE, UH, WE WORK AS A TEAM WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT NOT ONLY MEETS, UM, ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS.
THOSE ARE KIND OF THE MINIMUMS. BUT, UM, HOW CAN WE ENHANCE, UH, THE FIRE PROTECTION, UM, FEATURES THAT CAN BE BUILT INTO A COMMUNITY AND, AND THE DEVELOPERS ARE, ARE, UM, EAGER TO DO SO, UH, BECAUSE THEY VIEW THAT AS A SELLING POINT, UH, FOR FUTURE HOMES.
AND SOME OF THE THINGS THEY DO, DO, DO ALSO IS THE MATERIALS THAT THEY USE ARE COMBUSTIBLE.
SO IN OTHER, IN OTHER WORDS, THEY DON'T REALLY, IGNITION TEMPERATURES IS REALLY, UM, HIGH.
IT CAN SUSTAIN HEAT WITHOUT CATCHING ON FIRE.
UH, THE EAVES ARE BASICALLY BLOCKED WHERE THERE'S NO ASHES THAT COULD GET INTO THE, THE EAVES AREAS AND THEN ALSO, UM, UH, DEFENSIBLE SPACE AND THEN IN REDUCTION ZONES.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF THOUGHT AND PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THESE HOUSES ARE SAFE IN A HIGH FIRE AREA.
ALRIGHT THEN MY, UH, ONLY COMMENTS WOULD BE ONE TO, UH, COMMEND, UH, DANIEL AND HIS TEAM, UH, RAMONA AVENUE HAD TO BE ONE OF THE WORST STREETS WE HAD IN THIS CITY.
YOU KNOW, ENTERING, YOU KNOW, FOR FOLKS ENTERING INTO LOS SERRANOS FROM THERE.
STAFF DID A GOOD JOB MONITORING IT.
OUR CONTRACTORS DID A GREAT JOB.
UH, OTHER, SECOND, OTHER ITEM IS JUST, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE DISCUSSED WITH CHICK-FIL-A COMING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD STUFF THAT'S GONNA BE COMING TO CHINO HILLS IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
AND I KNOW SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THAT WHEN THE STREETLIGHTS COME ON, WE ROLL UP THE, UH, SIDEWALKS AND WE'RE NOT A, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T, YOU KNOW, NEWPORT BEACH OR WEST HOLLYWOOD WITH A LOT OF NIGHTLIFE, BUT WE ARE, WE ARE SLOWLY BUT SURELY GETTING, YOU KNOW, VERY NICE, UM, BUSINESS PARTNERS TO COME HERE.
SO I, YOU KNOW, I'M GRATEFUL TO, YOU KNOW, TO OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS AND TO OUR STAFF THAT'S DOING A GOOD JOB WITH THAT.
AND WITH THAT ONE MORE QUESTION.
BY ALL MEANS TO, UM, DANIEL PUBLIC WORKS REGARDING, UH, OAKRIDGE PARK.
CAN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT? IS THAT SOMETHING WE, THAT'S WHAT YOU DO, CORRECT? CORRECT.
[ADJOURN IN MEMORIAM AND IN HOPE]
BE ADJOURNING TONIGHT.UH, IN MEMORY OF THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NINE 11 ATTACKS, 25 YEARS AGO, OUR NATION EXPERIENCED A TRAGEDY THAT CLAIMED THE LIVES OF 2,983 MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN.
AND AS WE ALL KNOW, THAT DAY HAS CHANGED OUR COUNTRY FOREVER.
I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S BEEN 25 YEARS.
UH, WE OWE IT TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT LOST THEIR LIFE TO TRULY NEVER FORGET AND TO EDUCATE A NEW GENERATION ABOUT THE UNIMAGINABLE
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LOSS THAT WE ALL EXPERIENCED THAT DAY.AND, UH, ONE THAT WAS MARKED WITH BRAVERY, COMPASSION, UNITY, AND SERVICE.
UH, SO WE WILL BE MARKING THAT AS OUR ADJOURNMENT.
AND THEN IF YOU GET A CHANCE, PLEASE GO OUT TO, UH, THE, UH, GO OUT TO THE FIRE DISTRICT'S MEMORIAL ON, UH, NINE 11.
SO WITH THAT, HAVE A GOOD EVENING.