* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO [ 7:00 P.M. - CONVENE MEETING / ROLL CALL] THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE CHINO HILLS CITY COUNCIL FOR JUNE 23RD, 2020. CHERYL, WHEN TO GOVERNMENT CODE, I'M SORRY, EXECUTIVE ORDER AND TO NINE 20 ISSUED BY GOVERNOR KNUDSEN ON MARCH 17TH, 2020. MAYOR BENNETT HERE, VICE MAYOR JO'S COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS. ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. THANK YOU. THOSE [ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG] THAT ARE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE OF YOU. PLEASE RISE WITH ME, PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. READY? BEGIN OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THANK YOU. [ INVOCATION: Pastor Michael Obadja, Abbalove] ON THE LINE. WE SHOULD HAVE A PASTOR. MICHAEL OVA, JOHN OBADIAH OF ALBUM. LOVE A PASTOR. IF YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE US YOUR INVOCATION, PLEASE. I AM UNMUTING HIS ONE MOMENT. OKAY, THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT, PASTOR. READY, PASTOR. ABIJAH. ARE YOU ON THE LINE? HELLO? GOOD EVENING. YES. GOOD EVENING. WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE US YOUR INVOCATION, PLEASE? PASTOR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO BEGIN YOUR IN VOCATION? SHALL WE PRAY? EPHESIANS CHAPTER FIVE, VERSE 15 TO 17. LOOK CAREFULLY THEN HOW YOU WALK, NOT AS UNWISE, BUT THAT'S WHY MAKING THE BEST USE OF THE TIME BECAUSE THE BABIES ARE EVIL. THEREFORE DO NOT BE FOOLISH, BUT UNDERSTAND WHAT THE WILL OF THE LORD IS. FATHER GOD PRAY THAT INDUSTRY MOMENT AND SUCH A TIME THAT WE'RE LIVING IN TODAY. THAT GOD TRULY, WE ARE CAREFUL IN HOW WE WALK IN. WE ARE LIVING OUR LIVES ACCORDING TO YOUR WISDOM AND NOT MAN'S WISDOM. SO WE PRAY IN THIS MOMENT, GOD, THAT, UH, MEN AND WOMEN ARE MEETING TOGETHER FOR THE WELLBEING OF THE CITY. THAT GOD, YOU WOULD DO SOMETHING POWERFUL IN OUR METS. AND WE PRAY FATHER GOD, THAT YOUR WISDOM WILL FLOW. THAT CREATIVITY WILL BE PRESENT. EVERYTHING THAT IS BEING DONE IS DONE FOR THE EDIFICATION OF ALL PEOPLE. WE THANK YOU, FATHER GOD, FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING AND WE PRAY AND SPEAK BLESSINGS OVER EVERY SINGLE MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN PRESENT. AND GOD, WE SURRENDER THIS TIME INTO YOUR LOVING HAND. WE LOVE YOU GOD. IN JESUS NAME, WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU PASTOR. RIGHT? EVERYONE MAY BE SEATED. OUR FIRST PRESENTATION TO THIS EVENING IS GOING TO BE BY SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD SUPERVISOR. KURT. HAGMAN'S GOING TO BE AN UPDATE ON ALL THIS GOING ON IN THE COUNTY, KURT, YOU THERE. I DO NOT SEE HIM ON THE CALL. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. HE IS APPARENTLY NOT ON THE CALL RIGHT NOW. SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE SECOND RECOGNITION. THEN WE'LL CIRCLE BACK WITH KURT WHEN HE GETS ON THERE, [5. RECOGNITION - Recognition of Principal Thomas S. Mackessy on his retirement from Country Springs Elementary School] CHERYL NUMBER FIVE. SO THE NEXT ITEM IS RECOGNITION OF PRINCIPAL THOMAS MCAS ON HIS RETIREMENT AND HE IS ON THE CALL. ALL RIGHT, THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE AMAZING CAREER OF COUNTRY SPRINGS, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, TOM AFTER 35 YEARS IN EDUCATION AND 24 OF THOSE IN AS AN ADMINISTRATOR IN THE CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, TOM HAS DECIDED TO RETIRE. HE STARTED HIS CAREER AT THE CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IN 1996 AS A TEACHING ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT HIDDEN TRAILS ELEMENTARY IN 1999 TO 2000, HE BECAME THE PRINCIPAL OF HIDDEN TRAILS AND THEN SERVED AS PRINCIPAL AT GLEN MEAD ELEMENTARY FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. IN 2006, HE BECAME THE FIRST PRINCIPAL OF CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY, HELPING TO SET THE FOUNDATION FOR THE SCHOOL, WHICH EVENTUALLY EARNED THE HONOR OF BEING A CALIFORNIA DISTINGUISHED SCHOOL. HE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE CITY AND HELPED US ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY. DURING THE PLANNING OF LOW SORENTOS PARK, OFFERING TO HOLD COMMUNITY MEETINGS AT THE SCHOOL. AFTER 10 YEARS AT CHAPARRAL, HE WENT, [00:05:01] HE SPENT THE LAST FOUR YEARS OF HIS CAREER AT COUNTRY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY. TOM WAS ALWAYS SUPPORTIVE OF CITY PROGRAMS, ENCOURAGING HIS STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN A DESIGN ASSIGNED CONTEST AND COMING TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WHEN WE HONORED THE WINNERS, HE ALSO SERVED ON THE HEALTHY CITIES STEERING COMMITTEE FOR MANY YEARS, BUT BEFORE FINISHING THE LAST FOUR YEARS OF HIS CAREER AT COUNTRY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY, ALTHOUGH HE HAD MANY CAREER HIGHLIGHTS, HE BELIEVED THAT THE FOCUS SHOULD ALWAYS BE ON THE STUDENTS BY PUTTING THEIR BEST INTERESTS. FIRST FAR BEFORE HIS OWN, LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE TOM PLANS TO SPEND HIS RETIREMENT TRAVELING, READING, AND HELPING OTHERS IN THE SAME WAY, EITHER THROUGH A NONPROFIT, A CHURCH OR A SCHOOL, TOM AND HIS WIFE MARGO HAVE BEEN CHINO HILLS RESIDENCE SINCE 1992, THEY RAISED THEIR FOUR SONS AND CHINO HILLS. THEY JUST, OUR FIRST GRANDCHILD BOY BORN ON JUNE 3RD ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETURN AT TOM AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, OUR COMMUNITY AND THE STUDENTS AND TOM, I BELIEVE YOU'RE ON THE LINE, HOPEFULLY WITH US TONIGHT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? ONE MOMENT CAME OUT OF HIMSELF. MR. MARQUEZ, WHAT ARE YOUR HIGHLIGHTS? SHE BELIEVES COOL. TOM, ARE YOU THERE? HE IS. UN-MUTED SO OKAY. MR. TOM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS? HOPEFULLY YOU HEARD WHAT I SAID ABOUT YOU? UM, YES, I'M HERE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY. NOW WE CAN HEAR YOU, TOM. GO RIGHT AHEAD. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE CITY COUNCIL. I KNOW THAT, UM, I HAVE LIVED IN THE CITY FOR 28 YEARS AND, UH, IT HAS BEEN MY PLEASURE TO BOTH LIVE HERE AND WORK HERE THE LAST 24 YEARS. UH, I'M JUST VERY HONORED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO RECOGNIZE ME TONIGHT. AND I JUST ENJOYED EVERY SINGLE MINUTE OF WORKING AND BEING A PART OF CHINO HILLS AND RAISING MY VOICE HERE AND THEY HAVE ALTERED OUT THROUGH THE GREAT YOUNG MEN. SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS RECOGNITION. AND, UH, YOU'VE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB, ALL OF YOU, AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE. UM, SINCE THE STATE, THE CITY HAS BEGUN. THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, TOM. AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE SORELY MISSED AT THE COUNTRY SPRINGS, BUT SPEND SOME WONDERFUL RETIREMENT TIME AND BE SURE TO SPOIL IT NEW GRANDBABY. CAN I SAY SOMETHING AS WELL? YES, CYNTHIA, YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, HI TOM. IT'S CYNTHIA MORAN. AND UM, WE'RE HAPPY FOR YOUR RETIREMENT, BUT WE'RE VERY SAD. UM, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE LEAVING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. YOU'VE TOUCHED SO MANY LIVES WITH KIDS. UM, I'VE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND BEING PRINCIPAL FOR A DAY AND YOU'RE JUST A GREAT PERSON. MOST OF US UP HERE KNOW YOU PERSONALLY. YOU'RE SUCH A GREAT ASSET TO OUR CITY AND UH, THANK YOU FOR SERVING ON, UM, HEALTHY HILLS WHEN I RECRUITED YOU. YOU'RE ALWAYS A TROOPER. SO, UM, NOW THAT YOU HAVE SOME FREE TIME, I'M SURE WE'LL FIND SOME THINGS FOR YOU TO FILL IT WITH, WITH THE CITY VOLUNTEERS AND STUFF. SO YOU AND MARGO ENJOY THIS RETIREMENT AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ALL RIGHT, PETER, JUST A FEW WORDS. I'VE KNOWN TOM A LONG TIME, ALSO KIND OF A, AN ALL STAR IN THE CITY WHEN IT COMES TO BEING A PRINCIPAL, VERY GREAT REPUTATION AND TOM, THE BEST OF LUCK AS CYNTHIA SAID, MAYBE WE CAN PULL YOU INTO A FEW COMMITMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. WE CAN TAKE YOUR SKILLSETS AND HELP MAKE THE CITY EVEN BETTER, BUT WE'VE ENJOYED HOW YOU'VE HANDLED. UM, THE VARIOUS SCHOOLS THAT YOU'VE BEEN AT AND THE REPUTATION YOU LEFT BEHIND WHEN YOU MOVED ON TO THE NEXT SCHOOL. AND THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT YOU AS A PERSON AND AGAIN, UTILIZE YOUR SKILLS SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY. UM, SO WHAT ARE YOU DOING NEXT WEEK? MAYBE WE CAN TALK. OKAY, TOM, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITY. AND UM, YOU HAVE A BLESSED, UH, RETIREMENT TAKE CARE [4. PRESENTATION - San Bernardino County update - Supervisor Curt Hagman] MAYOR. YES. SUPERVISOR HAGMAN IS ON THE CALL NOW. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL GO BACK TO ITEM FIVE OR TO MEAT ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS OUR SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY UPDATE BY CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. KURT HAGMAN, KURT, KURT, YOU READY? HE MUTED HIMSELF. LET ME CHERYL. I'VE HAD [00:10:01] A COUPLE OF PEOPLE TEXT ME THAT THEY THINK SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH ZOOM. THEY SAID THAT THE SOUND IS GOING IN AND OUT. OKAY. JUST FYI. KURT SENT ME A NOTE SAYING HE'S BEEN TRYING TO GET ON YOU GUYS HEAR ME. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. NOW WE CAN HEAR YOU GO RIGHT AHEAD. YOU'RE ON IT APPEARS IS THERE INSTEAD OF DELAY, BECAUSE I NOTICED THAT THE LAST CALLER I COULD HEAR US SPEAKING AFTER WE HAD ALREADY SPREAD HER YEAH. SUPERVISOR HAVING THEY ALREADY FOR YOU TO SPEAK. OH, OKAY. I CAN'T. ALL I SEE IS THE COUNCIL MEETING SCREEN RIGHT NOW. SO HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING THIS EVENING? WE'RE DOING GREAT. KURT. I WANT TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE. UM, AM I ON, I'M SORRY. YES. GO RIGHT AHEAD. CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME OKAY? YEP. THEY CAN HEAR YOU GO AHEAD AND SPEAK. IT'S A LITTLE DELAYED IN THE CHAMBERS. OH, OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HEY, THANKS FOR HAVING ME BACK ON. JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON THE NUMBERS. UH, FIRST OF ALL, WE REACHED AT 10,000 POINTS IN SAN MATEO COUNTY, WHICH IS NOT A GOOD NEWS. UH, BUT WE'RE ALSO ABOUT 5,600 RECOVERY AT THIS POINT. AND UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE UP TO 234 DEATHS. UM, IN THE COUNTY. WE DO SEE A COUPLE OF SPIKES, ALTHOUGH WE'RE LEVELING BACK OFF, IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN THEY'RE VINCE 10 DAYS, TWO WEEKS AFTERWARD, WE EVER SPIKE MOTHER'S DAY, MEMORIAL DAY, BOTH SHOWED SPIKES IN THE COUNTY AND OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE ARE GOING BACK TO WORK. AND, AND AS WE DO OUR TRACY, WE ARE SEEING THAT, UM, THE OUTBREAKS ARE THREE BASIC CATEGORIES. UM, FAMILY, WHEN THEY GET TOGETHER AND FAMILY OUTINGS, UM, OFFICE, AS WE GO BACK TO WORK, WE'RE OBVIOUSLY ENGAGED WITH PEOPLE. WE KNOW WE'RE PROBABLY TAKING THE MASS, UM, A LITTLE LIGHT AND THEN, UH, THE NEWEST ONE IS THE FASTEST GROWTH GROUP IS, UM, I GUESS YOUNG ADULTS, 20 TO 30 YEARS OLD. THEY'RE THE ONES THERE SEEM TO BE THE MOST OUTBREAKS RIGHT NOW. SO LET'S TALK TO OUR TEENAGERS OR YOUNG ADULTS. LIKE I HAVE JONATHAN ELIZABETH TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THEY GO VISIT THEIR FRIENDS, THEY'RE WEARING THEIR MAPS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. UM, THE GOVERNOR CAME OUT, UM, LATE LAST WEEK, COME OUT FOR MANSON WEARING OUTSIDE. UM, WHEN YOU'RE IN THE PUBLIC TOO, THEY ALL HAVE TO WEAR A MASK THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. AT THIS POINT, WE'RE SEEING SOME CHANGES ON ONTARIO NATIONAL AIRPORT. OBVIOUSLY WE ARE, OUR TRAFFIC IS STARTING TO GO BACK UP, WHICH IS GREAT FOR OUR AIRPORT AND FOR OUR REGION TO HAVE THOSE SWIPES, STARTING TO COME BACK TO THE AIRPORT. WE ARE REQUIRING MASK AT THE AIRPORT AND MOST AIRLINES REFINING WHERE YOUR MASK, WHEN YOU GO ON THE AIRLINES AS WELL, WE STILL HAVE ALASKA AMERICAN DELTA FRONTIER, JET BLUE, SOUTHWEST UNITED, AND BELARUS, ALL, ALL COMING ON BACK AS WELL AS AIRLINES ALSO. AND THEY'RE GONNA START A SERVICE AGAIN IN THE NEAR FUTURE. SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT WILL BE ADOPTED AS THIS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS BETWEEN PROBABLY THE FIRST FROM THE STATE IT'S DECORATION OF RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS RESOLUTION, AND THEN WHERE THE PERSON, COUNTY AND COUNTY WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT, WHICH MEANS WE'RE GOING TO ADD IT TO OUR COUNTY VISION. CAN WE HAVE 10 ELEMENTS RIGHT NOW TO HELP, YOU KNOW, SET THE VISION OR THE FUTURE FOR OUR RESIDENTS? THIS WOULD BE 11 TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE ARE RIGHT GOING FORWARD AND I'M GOING TO ALWAYS BREAK GOOD NEWS. AND AT FIRST IT WAS HERE AT CHINO HILLS TO SEE MY HOME CITY, UH, WHEN THE DEALS I'M WORKING JUST LAST COUPLE OF DAYS IS, YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN PUSHING TECHNOLOGY IN THE COUNTY AND HOW DO WE GET COMMUNICATION THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY? AND, UM, WE'VE ANNOUNCED THE FIRST FIVE G COUNTY PARTNERSHIP WITH T-MOBILE LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR, UM, OR TWO, THIS IS LAST WEEK, WHICH IS NOT OUT THERE YET. WE ARE WORKING WITH, UM, SPACE X AND THEIR STAR LIGHT. I BELIEVE IT'S THEIR COMPANY NAME FOR LOW OUTS, TWO SATELLITES THAT WILL GIVE FELL LIKE COVERAGE. YOU CAN BUY ACCESS THROUGHOUT ANYWHERE IN NORTH AMERICA. AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO BE FIRST COUNTY TO, TO BE THERE PARTNERSHIP AS THEIR PILOT AND TO INTEGRATE THE SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY SAN BERNARDINO, WHICH WILL HELP US ON EVERYTHING FOR VIRTUAL EDUCATION, TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, TO OUR TELEMEDICINE PROGRAM, ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON THE COUNTIES WHERE THE FIRST OF MANY THINGS, AND IT'S EXCITING TO HAVE THOSE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THOSE EMERGING TECHNOLOGY. [00:15:02] AND WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO TURN OVER THE QUESTIONS WITH THE MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS? NO, YOU'RE GOING TO GET OFF EASY TONIGHT. KURT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR INPUT. WE APPRECIATE IT. TAKE IT BEHIND ME. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. GOODBYE. ALL RIGHT, CHERYL NOW ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX. OKAY. MAYOR. I THINK WE'RE HAVING AN ECHO THOUGH. THE PHONE LINE IN HERE HAS, LET ME, I'M GOING TO MUTE IT AND YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR THAT IT'S BEEN MUTED. YOU ARE MUTED. I THOUGHT THAT WENT, MIGHT'VE BEEN A FIXED TO OUR DELAY, BUT IT WASN'T. OKAY. SORRY ABOUT [6. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming July as Parks Make Life Better Month] THAT. THE NEXT ITEM IS A PROCLAMATION FOR CLAIMING JULY AS PARKS MAKE LIFE BETTER MONTHS BE ACCEPTED BY COMMUNITY RELATIONS DIRECTOR, JONATHAN MARSHALL. OKAY. CHINO HILLS IS VERY PROUD OF OUR PARKS TRAILS AND RECREATION PROGRAMS. AND TODAY WE'VE RECLAIMED JULY AS PARKS MAKE BETTER LIFE MONTH. THIS CITY PLACES A HIGH PRIORITY ON THINGS THAT IMPROVE OUR QUALITY OF LIFE. WE REQUIRE NEW DEVELOPMENT TO SET ASIDE LAND FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF OUR RESIDENTS. AND WE NOW HAVE 44 PARKS, 3000 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE AND 48 MILES OF TRAILS. OUR PROGRAMS, PARKS TRAILS, AND OPEN SPACES PROVIDE TREMENDOUS BENEFITS FOR OUR RESIDENTS LIKE RECREATIONAL EXERCISE AND JOINING SERENITY, OR EXCUSE ME, ENJOYING SERENITY OR SIMPLY SPENDING TIME IN THIS BEAUTIFUL ENVIRONMENT. ALTHOUGH THIS YEAR HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WITH THE CANCELLATION OF MANY SPECIAL EVENTS THAT PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR RESIDENTS TOGETHER, WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM AGAIN SOON ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WE WERE ALL RESIDENTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE BEAUTIFUL PARKS TRAILS AND OPEN SPACE, BUT PLEASE DO IT SAFELY AND FOLLOW THE HEALTH GUIDELINES TO STOP THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION IS OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR, JONATHAN MARSHALL, JONATHAN, WOULD YOU HAVE A FEW WORDS TO SAY, WELL, THEY'RE I, YOU COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT ANY BETTER, ACTUALLY COUNCIL AND MAYOR BENNETT. NICE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING LIVE OF COURSE. UM, CERTAINLY I THINK WE'RE FINDING OUT NOW DURING THE COVERT PANDEMIC, HOW IMPORTANT PARKS ARE TO THE RESIDENTS OF CHINO HILLS. I'VE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS OF CORRESPONDENCES WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY DURING THESE TIMES. AND ONE MIGHT SURMISE VISITING A CITY PARK IS TOPS ON MANY FAMILIES LISTS OF THINGS TO DO BECAUSE THE OLD STAYCATION THING, AND IT HAPPENS TO BE OUR PARKS. I'D LIKE TO THINK. AND THE, AND THE CALIFORNIA PARKS AND RECREATION SOCIETY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT PARKS AND RECREATION MAKE LIVES AND COMMUNITIES BETTER. AND IN THE FUTURE, OUR CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY IS A BETTER PLACE BECAUSE THIS CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS TO OFFER. AND FOR THAT SUPPORT THE DEPARTMENT. THANKS YOU, WE ALSO THINK PUBLIC WORKS FOR KEEPING OUR PARKS BEAUTIFUL AND FACILITIES SUPREME. I CAN TELL YOU WITHOUT A DOUBT, AS THE MAYOR KIND OF ALLUDED TO A DIFFERENT SUMMERS COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF ARE EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED THAT THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO OFFER TYPICAL PROGRAMS THIS SUMMER DUE TO THE COVID PANDEMIC. SUMMER'S A GREAT TIME OF THE YEAR FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY CITY PROGRAMS AND EVENTS, BUT WE WILL BE BACK IN FULL FORCE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT DAY AND SERVING THIS COMMUNITY, BUT WE'RE VERY BLESSED TO THE MAYOR HAD MENTIONED 44 PARKS, 3000 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE AND 48 MILES OF TRAILS. BE HARD PRESSED TO FIND A CITY IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT CAN MIMIC WHAT WE HAVE HERE IN CHINO HILLS. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PROCLAMATION. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING SOME LEVEL OF NORMALCY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. AND I DO HAVE AN OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION THAT I'LL HAND TO YOU LATER ON. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. [7. INTRODUCTION - New employees: Jesika Patino, Community Services Coordinator II, Community Services Department Angela Durham, Accountant II, Finance Department Hannah Miller, Account Technician I, Finance Department Azalea Ramirez, Account Technician I, Finance Department Sean Malone, Parking Enforcement Officer, Public Works Department] NUMBER SEVEN. SO MAYOR, UM, BEFORE I GO ONTO THE NEXT ONE, I KEEP GETTING MESSAGES FROM STAFF THAT THEY CANNOT HEAR US AT ALL. I'M NOT REALLY SURE IF IT'S BECAUSE THE QUESTRAN LINE IS MUTED. YOU DID THE PHONE LINE IS . LET'S TRY THAT AGAIN. YOU ARE UNMUTED. OKAY. SO WE HAD TRIED THAT AND WE HAD A LOT OF FEEDBACK, SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL WORK. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON. THE NEXT ITEM WAS RECOGNITION OF NEW CITY EMPLOYEES. ALL RIGHT. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE SOME OF OUR NEW EMPLOYEES AND HIGHLIGHTS SOME POSITION CHANGES WITHIN OUR CHINO HILLS TEAM. FIRST LET'S WELCOME. JESSICA PITINO, OUR NEW COMMUNITY SERVICES COORDINATOR TOO, IN THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT PRIOR TO JOINING US, JESSICA SPENT 17 YEARS IN THE NONPROFIT FIELD, MANAGING YOUTH PROGRAMS FOR OPTIONS, FOR LEARNING AND CATHOLIC BIG BROTHERS AND SISTERS. SHE'S A CHINO HILLS RESIDENT AND HAS TWO DAUGHTERS AGES NINE AND SIX. USUALLY WE WOULD GIVE THEM [00:20:01] AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. BUT I THINK WITH THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, I'D JUST LIKE TO SEE, CAN THEY SPEAK OR CAN THEY HEAR US? SO THEY ARE NOT ATTENDING THIS MEETING BECAUSE YOU'RE SENDING TO THEM A NOTE CARD AND WE'RE SENDING THEM A LINK OF THIS MEETING SO THAT THEY CAN LISTEN TO A, YOUR RECOGNITION OF THEM. AND THEN ALSO THE CITY PIN. I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE. ALL RIGHT, NEXT, WE HAVE ANGELA DURHAM, OUR NEW ACCOUNTANT TOO, IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, ANGELA SPENT HER PREVIOUS SIX YEARS WITH THE CITY OF UPLAND. AND PRIOR TO THAT, 40 OR 20 YEARS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUN FACT ABOUT ANGELA, SHE HAS BEEN MARRIED TO HER HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART FOR 33 AND A HALF YEARS. GREAT. GOING NEXT? LET'S WELCOME. HANNAH MILLER, OUR NEW ACCOUNTANT TECHNICIAN ONE IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT BEFORE THIS NEW POSITION, HANNAH WORKED IN THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS AN OFFICE ASSISTANT AT THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY CENTER AND MCCOY QUESTION CENTER, JOINING HANNAH IN ANOTHER FAMILIAR FACE AS AZALEA RAMIREZ, OUR OTHER NEW ACCOUNTANT TECHNICIAN. ONE IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. AZALEA ALSO SPENT HER PREVIOUS TIME WITH THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT WHERE SHE WAS THE ACTIVE ADULT SPECIALIST AT THE CHANNEL HILLS COMMUNITY CENTER. SOME OF YOU MAY RECOGNIZE THESE TWO LADIES IN THEIR NEW ROLES AT THE WATER COUNTER HERE IN GOVERNMENT CENTER. LAST BUT NOT LEAST LET'S WELCOME SEAN MALONE OR TO OUR TEAM. SEAN IS OUR NEW PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. HE COMES TO US WITH OVER 30 YEARS OF PRIOR MUNICIPAL EXPERIENCE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL. AND I'D LIKE TO WELCOME THEM ALL. WE ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE THEM JOINING OUR TEAM AND THEY'LL ALL BE RECEIVING OUR OFFICIAL CITY PINS SOON. A WELCOME TRADITION HERE IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS AND MOVING ALONG TO PUBLIC COMMENT, CHERYL. OKAY. FIRST, WERE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OUT OF CLOSED SESSION, MARK? WHERE? OH, THERE HE IS. YOU YOU'RE IN A DIFFERENT PLACE. LIKE WE ALL ARE MARK ANY [ ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION] ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM PUBLIC MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THERE WERE NO, THERE WAS NO REPORT BLACKS TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION THIS EVENING. THANK YOU, RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I BELIEVE THAT THE ISSUE HAS BEEN RESOLVED SO EVERYBODY CAN HEAR US NOW, WHICH IS PERFECT TIMING WITH [8. PUBLIC COMMENTS: At this time members of the public may address the City Council regarding any items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council, whether or not the item appears on the agenda, except testimony on Public Hearing items must be provided during those hearings. Please raise your hand via Zoom or dial *9 to be selected from the meeting cue. Individual audience participation is limited to three minutes per speaker.] PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEMS WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE COUNCIL AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER. IF YOU WISH TO MAKE A COMMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IN THE ZOOM APPLICATION AND YOU WILL BE CALLED UPON WHEN IT IS YOUR TIME TO SPEAK, TO RAISE YOUR HAND FROM A PHONE PRESS STAR NINE, YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT TO SPEAK. AND AGAIN, WHEN TIME HAS ELAPSED, ALL CALLS WILL BE MUTED AFTER THE TIME HAS EXPIRED. AND PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD BEFORE BEGINNING YOUR COMMENTS. I DO HAVE ONE COMMENT THAT WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD. I'LL SAVE THAT FOR THE FINAL COMMENTS. SO FOR RIGHT NOW, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE FIRST HAND THAT I SEE, WHICH IS BRAD GOLDMAN. OKAY, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL STAFF, MY FELLOW RESIDENTS. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT SOME DISCONCERTING THINGS I'VE REPEATEDLY HEARD WITHIN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY OVER THE LAST MONTH. AND AGAIN, IT'S BEEN STATED, WE MUST EITHER LET COOLER HEADS EMERGE OR ALTOGETHER FOR THE CURRENT ISSUES THAT WE'RE FACING AS A COMMUNITY. THESE ISSUES DISTINGUISH, UM, INTO THREE INDIVIDUAL GROUPS, APATHY AND DISENFRANCHISEMENT COMMUNICATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND EQUITY AND, AND, AND AN EQUITY AND RACISM THIS YEAR WILL BE A YEAR THAT EVERYONE REMEMBERS AND MEASURES PEOPLE REACTIONS TO THIS MOMENT AS A COMMUNITY, AS A PEOPLE AND AS INDIVIDUALS, WE MUST OFFER A STOP AND LISTEN, AND TRULY HEAR ONE ANOTHER. AND WE MUST DECIDE WHAT STANDARDS WE WILL HOLD OURSELVES TO. AND WE MUST SPEAK. WE MUST SPEAK OUT AND LEAD SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS MONTH, I'VE HEARD ONLINE AND IN PERSON FROM MEMBERS, FROM PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, REFERRED TO A BUREAU MURDER AS A HORRENDOUS CRIME, AND THEN HAVE A PEACEFUL PROTEST CALLED AN AREA TO AVOID. AND FINALLY, MULTIPLE USAGE OF DEHUMANIZING LOAD INLET LANGUAGE ABOUT ENSLAVED PEOPLE BY RENDERING THESE HUMANS TO NO MORE THAN MERE PROPERTY THIS PAST WEEK. AND I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO WATCH A VIRTUAL PANEL BY WELCOME TO THE CONVERSATION. UM, THIS IS A LOCAL LATINO HOST COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION, WHICH WAS RECENTLY FORMED, WHICH INCLUDES SPEAKERS BY COACH SAMS AND PARKER PAR BOTH ALL HIGH SCHOOL. UM, THEY SPOKE ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES IN OUR COMMUNITY. THE EVENT WAS DISRUPTED BY A RACIST INCIDENT AND JUST PROVES HOW MUCH EVENTS LIKE THIS ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED WHILE EVEN MORE DISTURBING WAS THE BIGGEST RACIST AND ANTISEMITIC COMMENTS COMMENTARY THAT WAS FULLY ON DISPLAY AT THE LAST, YOU KNOW, VALLEY, INDEPENDENT FIRE DISTRICT BOARD MEETINGS. THESE COMMENTS HAD NO RELEVANCE TO ANY ISSUE BEFORE THE BOARD. AND IN GENERAL HAD NO PLACE IN AN OPEN COMMUNITY FORUM, ESPECIALLY I'VE MADE IT OFFICIAL. AND FROM OUR COMMUNITY WITH ALL THAT, WHAT ARE WE TO DO? EVERY ONE OF US MUST HOLD ACCOUNTABLE. ANYONE WITH POWER, SPEAK OUT, SPEAK UP FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNABLE TO OR NOT [00:25:01] FOUND THEIR VOICE. WE MUST ACKNOWLEDGE RACISM AND ANNOUNCE IN ALL ITS FORMS, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO INEQUALITY AND WHITE SUPREMACY AS COMMUNITY LEADERS AND OFFICIALS, WE MUST WORK TO LISTEN AND MAKE ALL PEOPLE FELT HEARD. OUR FIRST BATTLE MUST BE AGAINST APATHY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. THE DECISIONS WE ARE MAKING NOW WILL IMPACT US FOR A LIFETIME. WE MUST REQUIRE AN OFFICER TO FULLY DOCUMENT ANY TIME THE COURT BRANDISH THEIR WEAPON INSTEAD OF THE CURRENT REQUIREMENT OF ONLY DURING USE OF FORCE INSTANCE, THIS HOLDING BOTH CITIZENS AND POLICE ACCOUNTABLE. AND FINALLY, I LEAVE YOU WITH THIS. A SOCIETY GROWS GREAT WHEN OLD MEN, PINE TREES WHOSE SHADE THEY KNOW, THEY SHALL NEVER SIT UNDER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, BRAD. OKAY. OUR NEXT SPEAKER. LET ME JUST, YOU ARE MUTED. OH, I'M SO SORRY. THIS IS THEY MOVE, IT MOVES AROUND. WE'RE GOING TO HEAR THAT ONE MORE TIME. YOU ARE UNMUTED. OKAY. UM, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JIM GALLAGHER. WELCOME JIM, CAN YOU HEAR US, JIM? I CAN. NOW YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. WE'VE HAD SOME ZOOM ISSUES TONIGHT, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING. A MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, STAFF, AND FELLOW RESIDENTS. I ALSO SUPPORT WHAT GREG GOLDMAN HAD JUST SAID RECENTLY. AND I ALSO WANNA MENTION THAT I ATTENDED THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETINGS IT'S MORNING, AND I WAS REALLY PLEASED TO SEE THAT THEY PASSED A RESOLUTION THAT STATES THAT RACISM RESULTS IN DISPARITIES AND FAMILIES TO GO TO THE HEALTH AND MENTAL WELLNESS. AND THEY ARE COMING DOWN AGAINST RACISM IN THIS COUNTY AND SUPPORTING EQUITY. UM, I'M SURPRISED THE FACT THAT, UH, SUPERVISOR HYMAN DIDN'T MENTION IT, BUT THEY STATED THAT THE COUNTY IS GOING TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN MENTAL DISMANTLING OF RACISM. AND I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF TIME. THEY WANT TO ENSURE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS ADMINISTERED EQUITABLY, AND THEY WANT TO PROMOTE EQUITY THROUGH POLICIES TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. THEY WANT TO IDENTIFY SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES TO ENHANCE DIVERSITY, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE EXPERIENCED IN MY CAREER. WORKING AT BOEING PROJECTED, WHERE WE TRIED TO BE A MORE DIVERSE COMPANY. WE RECOGNIZE THAT IT MADE US A STRONGER COMPANY OVERALL. UM, THEY WANT TO ADVOCATE THE CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES AND NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES FOR RELEVANT POLICIES THAT IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOME. BECAUSE AS YOU NOTED, THEY ARE CALLING THIS A HEALTH CRISIS AND FINALLY BUILDING AND STRENGTHENING ALLIANCES WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE CONFRONTING RACISM AND SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES TO AMPLIFY ISSUES OF RACISM AND ENGAGING ACTIVELY. AS I SUGGESTED AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE CHINO HILLS CITY COUNCIL TO ISSUE A JOINT COUNCIL STATEMENT THAT SUPPORTS TODAY'S COUNTY RESOLUTION, THEREFORE BECOMING THE FIRST CITY IN THE COUNTY SINCE THIS WAS THE FIRST COUNTY IN. HEY. SO WE WANT TO SEE SHANNON HILLS BECOME THE FIRST CITY IN THE COUNTY THAT WILL ALSO DO THIS AND COMMUNICATE TO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT WE ARE CLOSE TO RACISM AND WE SUPPORT EQUITY IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JIM. NEXT SPEAKER. OKAY. OUR NEXT SPEAKER, I BELIEVE THIS SPEAKER IS RONNIE GUYER. THE LAST THREE DIGITS OF THE PHONE LINE IS ONE 51. RONNIE. IS THAT TO YOU? OKAY. YES, IT IS BONNIE GUYER. ALOHA. THANK YOU. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, MAYOR, UM, STAFF, UM, FELLOW RESIDENTS OF CHINO HILLS. ARE WE BLESSED OR ARE, WE'VE NOT BLESSED TO BE HERE? UH, MY LAST, UH, APPEARANCE, UH, IN ON THE PHONE DISCUSSED WAS INVOLVED IN THE ISSUE ABOUT HAVING, UH, EITHER WIDE OPEN, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS OR A HYBRID VERSION. AND AS WE WORK OUT THE BUGS TONIGHT OF THE HYBRID VERSION THAT WAS DECIDED UPON, UM, AND I'M SEEING WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT THERE AND GETTING MORE UNDERSTANDING ABOUT IT OUT IN THE COUNTRY. UH, AS I WAS TALKING LAST, UH, LAST MEETING ABOUT, I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, BEING ABLE TO, UH, BE SEEN AND HEARD DIRECTLY, UH, BY BEING PHYSICALLY AT A MEETING INSTEAD OF HAVING A HYBRID, UM, I WOULD, UH, WITH ZOOM, I WOULD, UM, NOW, AS I SEE AND GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S HAPPENED BEING OUT THERE AS WE SEE THINGS BEING TORN DOWN, AND I THINK IT WAS THE WISEST DECISION THE COUNCIL COULD POSSIBLY HAVE COME TO BLAST MEETING, WHICH IS TO HAVE MORE CONTROL PHYSICALLY, UH, OF THE, UM, OF THE EVENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THAT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE PUBLIC BEING THERE [00:30:01] AND, UH, AND HAVING GOOD PROPER SECURITY. UM, THAT SAID I WOULD, MY REASONS FOR CALLING, UH, IS IN THAT LIGHT BECAUSE NOW IT'S GONE A LOT MORE VIOLENT AND WE ARE SEEING OUR STATUES BEING TAKEN DOWN. THERE ARE CALLS FOR OF THE VIOLENT PEOPLE TO DESTROY, UM, EVERYTHING TO DO WITH JESUS CHRIST, UH, TO BREAK THE STAN STAINED GLASS WINDOWS ON CHURCHES, UM, TEDDY ROOSEVELT STATUE OUTSIDE THE NATIONAL MUSEUM WHO BROUGHT US, UH, THE PANAMA CANAL AND THE NATIONAL PARK, AS IN, AS SHOWN VERY BEAUTIFULLY ON PBS BY THE KEN BURNS TV SERIES. THAT'S TRUE THAT ERRORS VERY OFTEN UPON ON PVS. THEY WANT TO DEFAME AND TAKE THESE PEOPLE DOWN. NOW, THE REASON IS WHY, AND THAT'S WHY I'M CALLING. WE ARE NOW THIS WEEK, GETTING SOME FEEDBACK AS TO WHY THEY ARE DOING WHAT THEY ARE DOING JUST YESTERDAY OR THE DAY BEFORE. WE'VE HAD PEOPLE WHO ARE FOUNDERS. SO ONE OF THESE BIG ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE KEEP SEEING ON TELEVISION COME OUT AND SAY THAT THEY WERE THE MARCH. AND THAT CERTAINLY AFTER, AS SOMEONE SAID ARE ALL MARCHES. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW TRUE THAT IS, BUT IF IT IS EVEN PARTIALLY TRUE, IT GIVES A MOTIVES TO WHAT THEY ARE DOING. AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS WHEN THEY TAKE DOWN OUR, OUR STATUES, DEFAME THEM, PAINT THEM, WHATEVER THEY ARE MAKING US WEAKER IN, IN A FIGHT THAT THEY HAVE STARTED TO TAKE US DOWN AS A FREE COUNTRY. AND I'M ONLY ASKING THAT THE, AS THIS BECOMES MORE AND MORE OBVIOUS AS WE GO ON IN TIME, AND THIS IS HAPPENING VERY QUICKLY, THAT MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE HE AND I BOTH HAVE BEEN INTO A FIGHT AGAINST COMMUNISM, BE AWARE, PLEASE. AND MR. GEIER YOUR TIME HAS ELAPSED. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU, RONNIE. OKAY. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ATTA CON RESPECTED MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS. HI, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS . I'M A RESIDENT OF CHINO HILLS. I HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR TONIGHT. IT WAS ABOUT BLACK LIVES MATTER. UM, FIRST I WANNA THANK MAYOR BENNETT AND ISSUING A FORMAL STATEMENT FOR THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO RACIAL JUSTICE AND HIGHLIGHTING THE EXISTING WAYS THAT YOU ENGAGE WITH ITS RESIDENTS AND FOR SHARING THE COUNTY SHERIFF'S RESPONSE TO THE EIGHT COUNT WAKE CAMPAIGN. SECOND, I WANTED TO THANK THE CITY FOR POSTING ABOUT JUNE TEENS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. IT'S A SMALL GESTURE. THAT'S VERY CRITICAL. UH, BOTH OF THOSE STEPS TO ME, COMMUNICATE TO A RESIDENT THAT YOU'RE WELCOMING AN ONGOING CONVERSATION ABOUT RACISM IN OUR CITY, AND THAT'S APPRECIATED. UM, WITH THAT SAID, I'M REQUESTING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL NOW TAKE THE NEXT STEPS TO DEEPEN THAT COMMITMENT TO THIS CONVERSATION, DEMONSTRATE TO THE RESIDENTS OF SERIOUSNESS OF THE ISSUES FACING THE BLACK COMMUNITY. AND I WOULD OFFER THE FOLLOWING THREE STEPS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT. STEP NUMBER ONE, THE CITY COUNCIL COULD FACILITATE A FORUM WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE SAFETY OF BLACK RESIDENTS WITHIN ITS COUNTYWIDE JURISDICTION. THE CITY CAN PLAY A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN THE REGION TO ACTIVELY PURSUE DIALOGUE BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND BLACK RESIDENTS TO ADDRESS ISSUES OF SYSTEMIC RACISM, POLICE VIOLENCE, AND POLICE REFORM. AND THIS CONVERSATION SHOULD DIRECTLY ADDRESS THE DIFFICULT CONVERSATION AND THE DEMAND FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT DEFUNDING THE POLICE AND REFRAMING PUBLIC SAFETY TO MORE BROADLY CAPTURE OTHER FORMS OF PUBLIC SAFETY. STEP NUMBER TWO, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS A LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE THAT DIRECT STAFF TO ANALYZE STATE LEGISLATION ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS. THESE MEETINGS ARE PUBLIC. UM, WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU WOULD DIRECT THIS COMMITTEE TO DIRECT STAFF TO ANALYZE ANY STATE BILL'S WITHIN THE LAST YEAR OR THAT ARE COMING OR PENDING REGARDING LAW ENFORCEMENT POLICE REFORM REPARATIONS OR RACIAL JUSTICE. IT WOULD BE A GREAT NEXT STEP TO CONTINUE A POLICY CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY COUNCIL ON THESE ISSUES, AND THAT COULD WE SCHEDULED FOR JULY OR AUGUST OF THIS YEAR. AND STEP THREE, THE CITY COUNCIL FORMED AN AD HOC COMMITTEE ON THE CULTURE ON CULTURAL AFFAIRS TO ANALYZE HOW THE CITY MAY SUPPORT IMMEDIATE EFFORTS TO INCREASE COMMUNITY AWARENESS ON BLACK HISTORY AND TO HEAR FROM BLACK VOICES IN CHINO HILLS, WHAT THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF FORMING THE CITY'S FIRST CULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION WITH THE CITY, AS DIVERSE AS CHINO HILLS, WE ARE PRIMED FOR A COMMISSION THAT CAN MEANINGFULLY PURSUE INTERSECTIONALITY AND CELEBRATE THE DIVERSE VOICES AND CHINO HILLS VOICES THAT ARE IN SOLIDARITY WITH BLACK LIVES. HUNDREDS OF CITIES HAVE SUCH COMMISSIONS INCLUDING NEIGHBORING KIMONO. AGAIN, THIS IS A LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STATE. I INVITE YOU TO LOOK AT AUSTIN, TEXAS, WHO'S COMMISSIONED AS FUNDED AN AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE CENTER. IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT A CITY CAN ACCOMPLISH IN A DIRECT RESOURCES WORK IN SUPPORT OF BLACK LIVES. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, MAN. I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION. [00:35:01] ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MRS. SELTZERS. CAN YOU HEAR ME? GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ELIZABETH SMELTERS. UM, JUST A QUICK SIDE NOTE. I'M NOT SURE IF MR. MCAFEE IS STILL ON THE LINE, BUT HE WAS MY VICE PRINCIPAL AND THEN PRINCIPAL AT HIDDEN TRAILS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, CLASS OF 2001. UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR COMPASSION FOR ALWAYS BEING APPROACHABLE FOR SAVING US FROM QUITE A FEW RATTLESNAKES THAT WERE HIDING IN OUR JUNGLE, THEN, UM, I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU STAYED IN THIS COMMUNITY. UM, FOR ALL THOSE YEARS, YOU MADE AN IMPACT IN SO MANY OTHER LIVES OTHER THAN MYSELF. SO, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. UM, SO BACK TO MY PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, THIS IS MY SECOND COUNCIL MEETING. I'M GOING TO TRY MY VERY BEST TO MAKE IT TO EVERY SINGLE ONE. OUR PREVIOUS MEETING, UM, MOST, A LOT OF RESIDENTS WERE VOICING THEIR CONCERNS THAT THEY ARE NOW ABOUT THE RACIAL UNREST IN OUR COUNTRY AND OUR CITY. AND HOW ARE GOING TO ADDRESS THIS? I DID NOT SEE ANYTHING LISTED ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT AGAIN. UM, HOWEVER I DO, I DO STRONGLY BELIEVE IN OUR CITY COUNCIL, AND I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE MANAGING A MULTITUDE OF THINGS AND WILL ALWAYS BE OPEN IN THE FUTURE TO HEAR OUR CONCERNS. UM, THAT BEING SAID, I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE MY HUSBAND AND MYSELF ARE THE NEW CO CO FOUNDERS OF THE VERY FIRST ANTI-RACISM RUNNING CLUB BASED HERE IN CHINO HILLS. WE WILL BE STARTING THIS SUNDAY AND EVERY SUNDAY, UM, TO FOLLOW 8:00 AM AT THE COMMUNITY PARK. WE HAVE A FACEBOOK PAGE AND INSTAGRAM PAGE WITH LOTS OF INFORMATION. OUR PURPOSE IS PRETTY SIMPLE. BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER THROUGH RUNNING JOGGING, OR WALKING TO COMMUNICATE AND UNDERSTAND THE VOICES OF OUR NONWHITE RESIDENTS. WE WILL HAVE A SPEAKER AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH MEETING, THEN CONTINUE WITH A JOG WALK OR RUN. WE'LL BE FOLLOWING COPELAND SAFETY VERY CLOSELY. SO MASKS ARE REQUIRED AND WE'LL BE ENSURING A STAGGERED START AND SAFE DISTANCES DURING STRETCHING TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S COMPLETELY SAFE. WE'RE ALSO WELCOMING OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES TO COME JOIN US. I DO INVITE ALL THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE MAYOR, AND ANYONE LISTENING TO US RIGHT NOW TO COME JOIN. UM, THANK YOU TO BRAD AND JIM AND ADAM FOR ALL THOSE GREAT COMMENTS. I'M SO HAPPY TO HEAR YOU GUYS ARE OUT THERE AND ALSO HAVE COMMENTS AND CONCERNS. I HOPE WE'LL SEE YOU OUT THERE TOO. AND MAYBE YOU CAN PASS OUR INFORMATION ALONG TO THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT NEED A SAFE PLATFORM TO DISCUSS WHAT'S HAPPENING. I'LL BE SENDING OUR PERSONAL CONTACT INFORMATION TO THE CITY CLERK IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY FOLLOW UP CONCERNS, ANYTHING AT ALL. UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND THAT'S EVERYTHING ALRIGHT? YES, ELIZABETH, PLEASE DO A FOLLOW UP A CITY CLERK SO THAT WE KNOW ALL THE PARTICULARS ABOUT THE MEETINGS THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING. OKAY. OUR NEXT SPEAKER. HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. HI, RESPECT TO MAYOR CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS STEPHEN MAXI. FIRST. I WANTED TO SAY TO THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER, MS. SMELTERS, THAT I CALLED HIM MY DAD TO HEAR YOUR COMMENTS. AND HE WAS VERY HAPPY TO HEAR THEM. SECONDLY, I WANTED TO AMPLIFY EVERYTHING RESIDENT AUDIT CONCEPT A MINUTE AGO, AND AMOND SUPPORTED THE THREE STEPS HE LAID OUT, UM, REGARDING THE FIRST STEP WITH THE FORUM I'M WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. I WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IN CHINO HILLS. I'VE BEEN STOPPED MAYBE A DOZEN TIMES OVER COURSE OF MY 28 YEARS, LIVING HERE, UM, BY, ON VEHICLE MAN BY FOOT, USUALLY WHILE WALKING A NIGHT BETWEEN THE HOURS OF NINE, 8:00 PM AND MIDNIGHT. AND WHILE I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING INHERENTLY WRONG WITH STOPPING SOMEONE AT NIGHT, IT'S THE NATURE OF THESE STOPS THAT HAS BEEN DISTURBING TO ME EACH TIME I WAS TREATED VERY DISRUPTIVE SEXUALLY, SOMETIMES EVEN AGGRESSIVELY AGGRESSIVELY, ESPECIALLY WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, WHEN OFFICERS WOULD THREATENED VIOLENCE OR ARREST FOR SIMPLY ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY WE WERE EVEN BEING STOPPED OR SAT ON THE CURB. UM, BUT THIS TYPE OF TREATMENT HAS EXTENDED UNTIL THE PRESENT ONE SUCH OCCURRENCE HAPPENED LAST YEAR WHILE I WAS WALKING FROM MY HOUSE BY VETERANS PARK TO HARKIN'S THEATER, BY WAY OF YOU COULD LIVE THE STREET AND PEYTON AVENUE. UM, I WAS STOPPED ACROSS THE STREET AND THE POST OFFICE. AND BEFORE I WAS EVEN ASKED MY NAME, I WAS ASKED IF I WAS ON PAROLE OR PROBATION. THE FIRST THING HE DID WAS QUESTIONED MY BELONGING IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HE HIMSELF MAY NOT EVEN LIVE IN. AND FROM THE MINUTE HE ARRIVED, HE TREATED ME AS A CRIMINAL RATHER THAN A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY. HE IS TASKED WITH PROTECTING IF THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR WAS UNCOMMON OR HAD I EXPERIENCED IT ALL FROM THE SAME OFFICER, I WOULD CHALK IT UP TO A BAD APPLE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, EACH OF THESE NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES I'VE HAD HAD BEEN WITH DIFFERENT OFFICERS OVER THE COURSE OF 20 YEARS, WHICH LEADS ME TO THE SUSPICION THAT IT ISN'T FOSTERED CULTURE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT TO BEHAVE THIS WAY. AND SO I, UM, YOU KNOW, I COULD GO ON AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS SEVEN, I WATCHED THE SH COUNTY SHERIFF BULLY HANDCUFFS AND THROW A BLACK TEENAGER [00:40:01] INTO THE BACK OF A PATROL CAR AT HUNTERS HILL PARK, NEAR BUTTERFIELD, SIMPLY BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN RIDING HIS SKATEBOARD THROUGH THE PARK. AND I'LL NEVER FORGET IT BECAUSE THE OFFICER RECEIVED A CALL ON HIS WALKIE TALKIE THAT AN ARMED ROBBERY WAS AN OCCURRING AT A SEVEN 11. HE RESPONDED THAT HE WOULD BE ON HIS WAY, BUT HAD SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO DO AND THING TO DO WITH THREATENING A 13 YEAR OLD BLACK BOY WITH A TICKET FOR SKATEBOARDING THROUGH THE PARK AND DEGRADING HIM BY HANDCUFFING HIM AND THROWING HIM INTO THE BACK OF HIS, OFF HIS VEHICLE. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY I'M IN SUPPORT OF THOSE THREE STEPS THAT I'M AT A CON HAD LAID OUT. UM, YOU KNOW, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY ARE GOING TO BE RECEIVING FUNDING AND THE ESPECIALLY INCREASING THEIR FUNDING, THAT SOME CHANGES HAPPEN WITHIN THEIR CULTURAL MMM. BEHAVIOR OF THE DEPARTMENT. UM, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT. UM, COOL. THANKS. THANK YOU, STEVEN. OKAY. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS A COLLIN USER. SO IT'S ANONYMOUS USER THAT HAS RAISED THEIR HAND. I HAVE, UN-MUTED THEIR MIC THEY'RE LISTED AS CALLING USER NUMBER FIVE. IF YOU'RE AWARE. HI ANNABEL. YOU MAY BEGIN SPEAKING. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO START OFF BY THANKING OUR POLICE FOR THEIR DETAILED RESPONSE TO THE EIGHT CAN'T WAIT PROPOSALS. UM, I APPRECIATE FOR THE MOST PART, UM, THAT THEY ARE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED IN OUR COMMUNITY AND I ENCOURAGE CONTINUED RESTRICTIONS ON CHOKE HOLD IN OUR CITY, REGARDLESS OF WHAT STATE POLICIES ARE PASSED FOR THEM MORE, IF A DETAILED POLICE BUDGET BREAKDOWN COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE, I WOULD DEFINITELY BE INTERESTED IN TAKING A LOOK AT THAT NEXT. I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE AN EXAMPLE OF REALLOCATION OF FUNDS, UM, AND, UH, TO TALK ABOUT THE FREEDOM HOUSE AMBULANCE SERVICE. UM, SO BEFORE THE SEVENTIES, AMBULANCE SERVICES USED TO GENERALLY BE RUN BY LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS, BUT WITH MINIMAL MEDICAL TRAINING, THE HEALTH OUTCOMES WERE TERRIBLE. THEN IN PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, UH, COMMUNITY LEADERS WORKED WITH A DOCTOR TO TRAIN THE FIRST EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS WHO STARTED SAVING LIVES AT SUCH A RATE. THEY BECAME THE GOLD STANDARD FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE TRAINING IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE MODEL FOR EMPS. WE NOW TAKE FOR GRANTED IN COMMUNITIES. SO LAST MEETING WHEN MAYOR BENNETT POSED THE QUESTION, WHO ARE YOU GOING TO CALL WHEN YOU HAVE A PROBLEM BUSTERS, WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR GHOSTBUSTERS. WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOCIAL WORKERS, EDUCATORS, AND NURSES, UM, AS, AS STEVEN SHARED, UH, JUST NOW, UM, WHEN SOMEBODY'S WALKING THROUGH A PARK OR, UM, SOMEBODY IS ASLEEP IN A PARKING LOT OR SOMEONE'S HAVING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, I DON'T THINK THAT THE FIRST RESPONSE NEEDS TO BE A POLICE OFFICER. I THINK WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING MORE SOCIAL WORKERS FOR NON-CRIMINAL CALLS. THANK YOU. OKAY, MAYOR THERE SECOND. THERE ARE NO OTHER HANDS RAISED. SO I'M GOING TO READ THE COMMENT THAT I RECEIVED TO BE READ IN THIS IS FROM EMILY WHITMORE. I WOULD LIKE THE CITY COUNCIL TO NOTE THAT THE EIGHT COUNT WEEK CAMPAIGN SHOULD BE VIEWED AS THE BARE MINIMUM. THE FLYER SENT OUT BY THE SB CSD, ALTHOUGH THOUGHTFUL AND AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO THE OUTCRY FELT DISMISSIVE OF THE WIDESPREAD SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS WE FACE IN AMERICA AS A WHOLE OFFICERS MUST BE HELD TO A HIGH STANDARD S B C S D HAS 300 MORE HOURS THAN MANDATORY, BUT THE TRAINING HOURS STILL SEEM SMALL WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT MINIMUM HOURS IN CALIFORNIA ARE 664 AND HAIRSTYLISTS COMPLETE 1,601 WOULD THINK MORE TRAINING WOULD BE REQUIRED IN A PROFESSIONAL WHERE ONE CARRIES A LETHAL WEAPON, EXCUSE ME, MANY HAVE SUGGESTED IMPLICIT BIAS TESTING PRIOR TO HIRING OFFICERS. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT A HIGHER EDUCATION LEVEL AND AN EMPHASIS ON RACIAL BIASES AND CULTURAL COMPETENCY SHOULD BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF TRAINING. WE NEED TO THINK CRITICALLY AT WHAT CAN BE DONE IN OUR SMALL COMMUNITY TO HELP WITH THE BIGGER PICTURE. THIS IS A CRITICAL MOMENT IN HISTORY. PLEASE TAKE A SECOND. LOOK AT THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS FISCAL YEAR BUDGET FOR 2021. I BELIEVE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT BUDGET WAS UPWARDS OF 15 MILLION, A REEVALUATION OF HOW TO BETTER ALLOCATE FUNDS IS NECESSARY AND IMPORTANT. SOME HAVE MENTIONED RAQUEL ALLOCATING FUNDS INTO COMMUNITY SERVICES DEVELOPMENT. THIS DOES NOT MEAN DRAIN POLICE FUNDS, BUT INSTEAD LOOK CRITICALLY AT HOW WE CAN IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITY TO PREVENT CRIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, EMILY WHITMORE. ALRIGHT. AND WE DID RECEIVE COPIES OF THAT IN THE FORM OF AN EMAIL I DID THIS AFTERNOON, SO, OKAY, GREAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. IF THERE'S NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS, [ CONFLICT OF INTEREST ANNOUNCEMENTS: Council Member abstentions shall be stated at this time for recordation on the appropriate item.] UM, ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST OF SAY ABSTENTIONS, UM, FROM HEARING NONE SEEING NONE. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO [ CONSENT CALENDAR (9 ITEMS) - All matters listed on the Consent Calendar are considered routine by the City Council and may be enacted by one motion in the form listed below. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless, before the City Council votes on the motion to adopt, Members of the City Council or staff request the matter to be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action. Removed consent items will be discussed immediately after the adoption of the balance of the Consent Calendar.] THE CONSENT CALENDAR CALENDAR. [00:45:01] OKAY. SO IF THERE ARE NINE ITEMS, THERE ARE ANY TO BE POLLED. PETER HAD A POLL FOR ME, RAY PAUL 13 I'LL POOL. OKAY. ALRIGHT, CYNTHIA, I HAVE NOTHING TO PULL. ALRIGHT, RYAN AND I HAVE NONE. ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION TO MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF THE REMAINDER AND I'LL SECOND. OKAY. ALRIGHT. WE, WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO AHEAD AND PUNCH IN OR ANSWERS TONIGHT CAUSE WE'RE DIFFERENT SEATS. SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A VERBAL VOTE. YES, WE WILL. MAYOR BENNETT. YES. VICE MAYOR JOS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS. YES. MOTION PASSES FIVE, ZERO. [13. Approve revisions to Personnel Rules, Rule X - Attendance and Leaves, Section 1 - Vacation Leave] WE ALL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 13, WHICH IS TO APPROVE REVISIONS TO THE PERSONAL RULES, RULE 10 ATTENDANCE AND LEAVE SECTION ONE VACATION, LEAVE THIS JUST GOT MY ATTENTION. UM, AND I DID TALK TO THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT THIS AND APPARENTLY I WANTED TO KNOW, DID WE ACTUALLY MEET AND CONFER SINCE IT'S ACTUALLY A LABOR GROUP? AND THEN I READ THE, UM, POLICY WITHOUT POLICY WAS ACTUALLY PROCEDURES. IS THAT CORRECT? SO WE DIDN'T REALLY CHANGE THE POLICY. ALL WE DID WAS MAKE THE PROCEDURES A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO USE, UH, VIA COMPUTERS AND SO ON. CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. SO WITH THAT, I JUST WANT TO GET A CLARIFICATION ON THAT, THAT WE DIDN'T REALLY CHANGE THE POLICY. ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. ALRIGHT. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ALRIGHT. SECOND. UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT. VERBAL VOTE. MAYOR BENNETT. YES. VICE MAYOR JOS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS. YES. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES. FIVE ZERO. NEXT. WE'LL MOVE ON [18. Receive and file Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Update] TO THE DISCUSSION CALENDAR. THE FIRST ITEM ITEM NUMBER 18 IS TO RECEIVE AND FILE A CORONAVIRUS DISEASE, 2019 UPDATE. ALL RIGHT, BEN, I'M SURE THAT'S GOING TO BE YOU. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR BENNETT AND, AND OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNMUTE IT. UH, GOOD EVENING. MAYOR BENNETT CITY COUNCIL, AS IT'S BECOME OUR, UH, UH, PRACTICE. UH, WE LIKE TO REPORT PERIODICALLY AT THE MEETINGS ON THE OCCURRENCES THAT, UH, HAVE RELATE TO THE COVID-19 SITUATION. UM, SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, UM, THE STATE CONTINUES TO BE IN OUR PHASE TWO OF THE RECOVERY AND REOPENING PLAN, WHICH, UH, ALLOWS FOR LOWER RISK WORKPLACES AND SERVICES TO BE, UH, OPEN, UH, WHAT WE FOUND OVER THE SEVERAL MONTHS THAT THIS HAS BEEN THE STATE'S PLAN IS THAT WHILE WE'RE IN PHASE TWO PHASE TWO SEEMS TO HAVE 20 PARTS, UH, IN THAT, UH, LITTLE PIECES HAVE CHANGED OVER TIME. UH, WHAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED IS, UH, IN JUNE, JUNE 12TH, UH, RESTAURANTS, BARS, GYMS, HOTELS, UH, PAD REOPENING PLANS, UH, OUTLINED BY THE GOVERNOR, UH, ALSO INCLUDED WHERE, UH, OUTDOOR RECREATION AND DAY CAMPS. AND, UH, THAT'LL BE VERY IMPORTANT LATER ON IN MY REPORT. I, UH, THE 18TH OF JUNE AS, UH, CHAIR HAGMAN POINTED OUT THE STATE, UH, ISSUED A FACE COVERING, UH, REQUIREMENTS FOR, UH, MOST ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT, UH, THE STATE. UM, IT'S, IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT, THAT THIS REQUIREMENT HAS CHANGED, UH, UH, BOTH AT THE COUNTY LEVEL AND AT THE STATE LEVEL, UH, MANY RECALL THAT OUR COUNTY, UH, ISSUED A REQUIREMENT FOR FACE COVERINGS AND THEN LATER REMOVED THAT, THAT COVERING IT'S IMPORTANT TO, FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT ESSENTIALLY IT'S THE STRICTEST RULE THAT PREVAILS. AND SO I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME CONFUSION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY OR THE COUNTY COULD LIFT THE STATE'S MANDATE FOR PHASE COVERINGS. UM, IT IS THE, THE GOVERNOR'S ORDERED THAT PREVAILS AT THIS TIME, AND IT IS THE STATE, UH, REQUIREMENT FOR, FOR PHASE COVERINGS. UM, WE ALSO SAW, UH, JUNE 19TH PERSONAL CARE SERVICES, UH, REOPEN, UH, UH, WITH NAIL SALONS, UH, TATTOO STUDIOS AND MASSAGE. SO JUST SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, UH, STEPS TO REOPEN THE ECONOMY. UM, I KNOW AT THE STAFF LEVEL AND THE COUNCIL LEVEL, WE CONTINUE TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE, UH, STATISTICS RELATED TO, UH, THE INFECTION RATES AND THE TESTING RATES, BECAUSE AS THE GOVERNOR HAS POINTED OUT AND OTHERS, IT IS THE DATA THAT WILL DRIVE, UH, HOW, UM, THE ORDERS ARE CHANGED OVER TIME. UH, THE CITY STAFF, UH, CONTINUE TO REVIEW OUR SERVICES AND OUR AMENITIES, UM, SINCE [00:50:01] OUR LAST MEETING WITH GUIDANCE AND INPUT FROM THE, THE CITIZENRY, WE'VE REOPENED THE DOG PARK WATER STATIONS AT OUR, AT OUR PARKS. UM, THE SKATE PARK IS NOW REOPENED. UH, AND THEN WE'VE ALSO ADDED THE MCCOY EQUESTRIAN. UM, ARENAS ARE NOW OPEN FOR, UH, ANYONE WHO WANTS TO TAKE A RIDE THERE. AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT ANY OTHER AMENITIES THAT ARE CLOSED. AND, UM, ONE NEW PROGRAM THAT STAFF IS VERY CLOSE TO, UH, DEVELOPING FULLY IS WE ARE LOOKING AT A MODIFIED DAY CAMP, UH, FOR RESIDENTS. UH, WE HAVE NOW, AS I POINTED OUT EARLIER, SOME GUIDANCE FROM THE STATE ON HOW YOU CAN OFFER A DAY CAMP SAFELY STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY TO COME UP WITH PROTOCOLS THAT WE WOULD BE ALLOWED, UH, ABLE TO, UM, UH, OPEN A DAY CAMP. AND ESSENTIALLY WHEN YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT, WE RECOGNIZE THAT A LOT OF OUR KIDS ARE, UH, COOPED UP AND LOOKING FOR A LITTLE BIT OF ACTIVITY. SO, UH, STAFF WILL BE FINALIZING THAT PROBABLY BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING, UH, UM, WITH THE GOAL OF PROVIDING A HALF DAY DAY CAMP SERVICES, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY IN A VERY, UH, SOCIAL DISTANCE, UH, INTERACTION. UH, AND IF THE COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL ASK JONATHAN TO JOIN ME AND GIVE MORE DETAIL. UM, WE'RE ALSO, UH, UH, ANXIOUSLY AWAITING THE STATE'S GUIDANCE ON YOUTH SPORTS, UH, WHAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING AND WHAT WE'VE HEARD BOTH FROM OUR COUNTY CONTACTS AND OTHERS, IS THAT THE STATE WILL BE GIVING US GUIDANCE ON HOW WE CAN SAFELY ALLOW, UH, TEAMS TO PRACTICE AND HOST GAMES IN THE FUTURE. AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR THAT GUIDANCE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW OUR, OUR SPORTS TEAMS TO RETAKE THE FIELD. UM, WE HAVE ALSO RECEIVED QUITE A FEW COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON OUR PLAYGROUNDS. UH, OUR GOAL AS A, AS A CITY AND, AND STAFF IS TO TRY AND FIND A SAFE WAY FOR OUR AMENITIES TO BE REOPENED, GIVEN THE CONTINUED SPREAD OF THE VIRUS, UH, AND GIVEN THE VULNERABLE POPULATION OF YOUTH, WE HAVE NOT REOPENED OUR, UH, PLAYGROUNDS JUST BECAUSE OF THE, THE CON THE CONCERN THAT A RESIDENT, UH, ESPECIALLY A YOUNG RESIDENT TOUCHING THE, UH, EQUIPMENT AND THEN TOUCHING THEIR FACE, THEIR MOUTH, THEIR NOSE, UH, IS A HIGHER RISK THAN SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT, UH, UH, ARE, ARE OUT THERE. BUT AS SOON AS WE GET ANY GUIDANCE, THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION HAS REVISED ITS, UH, OPINION ON, UH, HOW, UH, CONTAGIOUS OR HOW, HOW EASY IT IS TO TRANSMIT FROM TOUCH. UH, BUT, BUT IT TRULY IS OUR GOAL TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE, UH, THE HIGHEST PRECAUTION TO PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS. BUT WE LOOK AT THIS EVERY WEEK AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO IN GOOD CONSCIENCE, REOPEN AMENITIES WITHOUT, UH, EXPOSING OUR COMMUNITY TO ADDITIONAL RISKS. UM, IN OUR LAST MEETING, WE TALKED ABOUT OUR CONCERTS AND MOVIES IN THE PARK, UH, AND WE'VE EXTENDED OUR ANTICIPATED CLOSURE OF THOSE EVENTS THROUGH THE END OF JULY, SIMPLY BECAUSE WE'RE IN PHASE TWO PHASE THREE ALLOWS, UH, UM, MORE RISKY ACTIVITIES, BUT IT REALLY IS UNTIL STAGE FOUR THAT WE ANTICIPATE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HOLD, UH, LARGE GATHERINGS. AND SO, BECAUSE WE ANTICIPATE THAT ONCE WE, UH, RESTART OUR, UM, CONCERTS IN THE PARK PROGRAM, IT'S GOING TO BE WIDELY ATTENDED. AND IT, WE REALLY WON'T BE ABLE TO, UH, ENFORCE OR, UH, EVEN EXPECT, UH, SOCIAL DISTANCING TO, TO BE PART OF THAT. AND SO WE ARE HOLDING OUT HOPE THAT SOMETHING WILL CHANGE WHERE WE MAY BE ABLE TO APPROVE, UH, CONCERTS IN AUGUST. BUT REALISTICALLY, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT, UH, CHANGING FROM OUR TRADITION OF ONLY HOSTING CONCERTS DURING THE SUMMER. UH, THIS IS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. WE HAVE SUNNY DAYS ALL THE TIME. SO IF WE CAN FIND A WAY TO DO IT LATER IN THE YEAR, UH, WE WILL, WE WILL DO THAT. AND SO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING THERE AND THEN CITY FACILITIES WILL ALL, UH, BE CONSIDERED AND REOPENED AS POSSIBLE, UH, RELATED TO WHATEVER ACTIVITIES ARE GOING TO OCCUR IN THOSE FACILITIES. AND ESSENTIALLY THAT'S KIND OF THE REPORT FOR TODAY. I'D BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE NOW, THE MCCOY'S OPEN ARE WE ALLOWING RENTALS FOR SMALLER GROUPS? SO WE, WE, THE MCCOY, UH, [00:55:01] ARENAS ARE OPEN FOR, FOR THE, THE HORSE ACTIVITY, BUT WE ARE LOOKING TO SEE IF SOME OF THE GUIDELINES, I THINK, UH, THE TERM NOW IS MANY MONIES OR MANY CEREMONIES. SO STAFF IS WORKING TO SEE UNDER THE CURRENT, UH, RESTRICTIONS, WHAT SIZE ACTIVITY WE COULD HOST, AND WE ARE CONSIDERING. AND THAT MAY COME VERY SOON. UH, AN, UH, THE ABILITY FOR SOMEONE TO HAVE A SMALL WEDDING OR A SMALL EVENT AT, AT OUR FACILITIES. CAUSE I WAS WONDERING IF IT'D BE SIMILAR TO THE GUIDELINES WITH CHURCH UP TO A HUNDRED, NO MORE THAN A HUNDRED PEOPLE. SO IT IS VERY, VERY SIMILAR, BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT OUR OCCUPANCY, UH, AND TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THE HUNDRED, CAUSE IT'S THE LESSER OF TWO. AND SO, BUT YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN THAT THAT STAFF IS FIGURING OUT ALL THE DETAILS FOR THAT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? JUST A QUICK QUESTION AND A QUICK COMMENT OR TWO QUICK QUESTIONS, BASKETBALL COURTS, ARE THEY REOPENED YET OR NOW? SO NO, WE HAVE NOT OPENED, UH, ANY OF OUR SPORTS AREAS IN GENERAL, BASKETBALL IS PROBLEMATIC, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE GOTTEN QUITE A FEW CONTACTS FROM THE PUBLIC SEEKING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A ONE-ON-ONE BASKETBALL GAME, FATHER, DAUGHTER, OR SOMETHING LIKE A, YOU KNOW, SCENARIOS LIKE THAT. HOWEVER, JUST WE CLOSE THE BASKETBALL COURTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WE WERE HAVING A PICKUP GAME SPOT, PICKUP UP GAMES WITH FIVE ON FIVE, THE CONTACT, THE RESPIRATION, THE BODY FLUIDS THAT ARE A PART OF, OF, OF A VIGOROUS BASKETBALL GAME. IT MAKES IT WHERE WE CAN IN GOOD CONSCIENCE, OPEN THE BASKETBALL COURTS. WHEN WE KNOW THAT WE WON'T BE ABLE TO MONITOR WHETHER OR NOT IT IS A SINGLE HOUSEHOLD ENGAGING IN THOSE SPORTS. SO BOTH BASKETBALL AND VOLLEYBALL ARE STILL CLOSED FOR THAT. PERFECT. AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION OR A COMMENT IS THE COUNTY LIBRARY IS OPENING BACK UP, ARE WE? YEAH, YEAH. WE'RE PROMOTING THAT. I BELIEVE THEY REOPENED TODAY. YEAH. SO VERY, THERE ARE A LOT AND THEY'VE CHANGED THEIR OPERATIONS AS WELL, UH, SPACING PEOPLE OUT. AND SO I WOULD WELCOME A RESIDENCE. THEY'LL GET THEIR BOOKS. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, I'VE GOT TWO QUESTIONS FOR YOU. FIRST OF ALL, JONATHAN, UM, I NOTICED, UH, OVER THERE AT THE BASKETBALL COURT OFF OF EUCALYPTUS, UM, WE'RE HAVING BUSINESSES THAT ARE ACTUALLY RUNNING, UH, THEIR CAMPS. AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF THEY GOT OUR APPROVAL OR ARE WE WORKING WITH THEM OR, UM, YES, WE DID. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ. UH, WE DID, UH, GO OUT AND TALK TO THE PERSON WHO WAS RUNNING THE FITNESS CAMP OUT THERE. AND WE LET THEM KNOW THAT THAT WAS NOT ALLOWED ACTUALLY EVEN GOING BEYOND THE COVID SITUATION THAT WE'RE UNDER RIGHT NOW IS, IS OF COURSE THEY WERE A PRIVATE BUSINESS CONDUCTING ON PRIVATE ON OUR PROPERTY AND SUCH, AND THAT'S NOT ALLOWED EITHER. SO WE TYPICALLY, WHEN WE ADDRESS THOSE TYPES OF PEOPLE, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO OFFER IN RECREATION AS A CONTRACTOR INSTRUCTOR PROGRAM, THEN WE ENGAGE THEM IN THAT PARTICULAR FASHION. BUT YES, THEY'VE BEEN TALKED TO VERY POLITE FOLKS, EVERYBODY UNDERSTOOD AND THEN THEY WENT THEIR WAY AM MY ONLY CONCERN. AGAIN, I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH THAT. THEY'RE DOING THAT. YOU JUST SAID THE PUBLIC SEES THAT AND THEY THINK THAT WE'RE, WE'RE ALLOWING SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO HAPPEN AS FAR AS THE, THE CITY. YEAH. SO THANK YOU FOR CHECKING. SECOND QUESTION I HAVE ACTUALLY IS FOR YOU TO A SUMMER CAMPS. I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING. I THINK WE DO NEED IT IN OUR CITY. MY ONLY CONCERNS ARE, I KNOW WE'RE VERY LIMITED IN THE PAST ON HOW MANY KIDS WE COULD ACTUALLY HAVE. UM, ARE WE GOING TO GROW THAT OR SINCE THERE IS A NEED FOR IT? YEAH, ACTUALLY IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT FOCUS FOR US. WHAT WE'VE DONE IS IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE CAMP AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER SINCE OF COURSE NOTHING IS TAKING PLACE THERE. IT'S GOING TO BE VERY SIMILAR TO PROBABLY WHAT A CLASSROOM IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, FRANKLY. UM, WE'LL BE USING THE LARGE BALLROOM AREA. WE CAN, UM, WITH SIX FOOT TABLE DISTANCE, SIX FOOT, EACH KID HAS THEIR OWN TABLE. UM, WE CAN HANDLE 36 KIDS IN THAT SCENARIO. WE ALSO HAVE AN OFF OVERFLOW IF WE, THE DEMAND IS HIGH ENOUGH TO BE IN ANOTHER PART OF THE BUILDING AS WELL. UM, IT JUST, WASN'T GOING TO BE FRUITFUL FOR, TO DO IT AT EITHER MR. CANYON COMMUNITY BUILDING OR GRAND AVENUE, WHICH WE TYPICALLY DO. WE'VE ONLY WOULD HAVE ONLY BEEN ABLE TO HANDLE, I THINK, LIKE 12 KIDS ON EACH OF THOSE SITES. SO IT'S A HALF DAY SCENARIO. THE REASON WHY WE CUT IT IN HALF WAS FOR OUR ABILITY FOUR HOURS OF A TIME THAT WOULD ALLOW MORE PEOPLE IN THE MORNING SESSION AND THE AFTERNOON SESSION. SO YOU SIGN UP FOR EITHER OR, AND THEN WE TAKE A BREAK FOR ABOUT AN HOUR IN BETWEEN THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO ALL THE NECESSARY MAINTENANCE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, BUT KIDS WILL BE ENGAGED WITH GAMES. OF COURSE, YOU'LL HAVE YOUR SNACK AT YOUR SPOT, WHICH IS GOING TO BE VERY TYPICAL FOR SCHOOL SITES. AND WE HAVE SOME BIG SCREENS IN THERE. SO IF THEY WATCH A MOVIE, EVERYBODY WILL SIT AT THEIR SPOT AND EVERYTHING [01:00:01] ELSE. SO, UM, VERY COORDINATED EFFORT BY STAFF WILL HAVE THE NECESSARY RATIOS WHERE WE'RE RUNNING. WE'LL BE RUNNING AT ABOUT A SIX TO ONE RATIO, WHICH IS, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE GUIDANCE THAT'S BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE, FROM THE STATE AND ALSO DOWN TO THE COUNTY, UH, SIX TO ONE RATIO IS SOMETHING THAT IS WHAT THEY'RE REQUIRING PER UH, EACH OF THE STUDENTS THAT YOU HAVE, BUT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. AND WE'RE HOPEFUL. UM, UH, LITERALLY WE'RE STARTING THE, ALL OF THE MARKETING OF IT STARTING TOMORROW, LITERALLY. SO CAUSE IT'S COMING AROUND THE CORNER, IT'S JUST GOING TO BE FOR THE MONTH OF JULY. UH, ONCE WE GET DONE WITH THAT, THEN THAT'LL GIVE US ENOUGH TIME TO, UH, GET THE FACILITY BACK UP, UH, FROM A MAINTENANCE PERSPECTIVE AND READY FOR FALL PROGRAMMING WHEN THAT COMES DOWN THE LINE AS WELL. OKAY. YEAH. KNOW, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE DOING THIS. WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON, ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THE ONLY THING I WAS GOING TO ASK CAUSE BLD BIGLY DREAMS, THE BIG CANOPY THAT WE HAVE, COULD THAT EVER BE UTILIZED FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS? UM, YEAH, I WOULD THINK IT COULD, UM, PROBABLY LOGISTICALLY THERE COULD BE SOME ISSUES THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO DEAL WITH SINCE WE'RE NOT AS FAR, YOU KNOW, TOTALLY FAMILIAR WITH THAT SITE AND, AND BEING ABLE TO DO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO DO THERE. UH, AND I KNOW WITH THE BIG LEAGUE DREAMS, I HAD SEEN SOME MEDIA, UH, THINGS THAT WENT OUT AND THERE, I KNOW HOPEFUL OF GETTING GOING HERE TOWARDS, WELL RIGHT NOW, BASICALLY TOWARDS THE END OF THE MONTH. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S GONNA LOOK OR WORK IN SUCH. SO PROBABLY THE MIXTURE OF BOTH MIGHT NOT BE APPROPRIATE WITH SOFT BALLERS ON THE FACILITY AND OTHER THINGS GOING ON ALONG WITH US BEING THERE. SO THANKS FOR ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES THOUGH. THANKS JOHN. PETER, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? NO, I DIDN'T. UM, ALRIGHT. UH, MAYOR. YES, WE DO HAVE SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM. OKAY. I THINK DISCUSSION CALENDAR ITEMS. EACH ONE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME, OKAY. ALRIGHT. WHO ARE THE SPEAKERS ON THIS? SO I DO WANT TO, CAMILLE RICHARDS HAD HER HAND RAISED AT ONE POINT, BUT IT'S DOWN NOW, SO I'M NOT SURE IF SHE MEANT TO PUT IT DOWN. SO SHE WISHES TO SPEAK. SHE JUST RAISED HER HAND. OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO CALL ON HER FIRST. CAMILLE RICHARDS. OKAY. CAMILLE, ARE YOU THERE? HELLO? YES. CAN HEAR YOU NOW. HI, GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. UM, MY NAME IS CAMILLE AND MY LONGTIME RESIDENT HERE IN CHINO HILLS. I'M BLACK. I, UH, HAVE DIFFERENT RACES IN MY FAMILY, BUT WHEN YOU SEE ME, THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE IS BLACK. I'VE BEEN HERE ALL MY LIFE. I'VE LOVED THIS CITY BRAGGED ABOUT THIS CITY AND RECENTLY I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED IN WHAT I SEE. UM, I AGREE WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER THAT THERE'S A LOT OF INEQUITY AND RACISM AND A LOT BEING SHARED ONLINE. IT HAS GIVEN OUR CITY A STAMP. I KNOW, I KNOW RACISM IS GOING ON ALL AROUND THE WORLD, BUT MS. MS. RICHARDSON, I'M SORRY FOR INTERRUPTING YOU, ARE YOU SPEAKING TO THE COVID-19 REPORT? WE ARE AT THAT RENEWAL HEAD OFF. NO, I WAS CUT OFF RIGHT BEFORE YOU, WE WERE ALL SPEAKING WHEN YOU WERE TAKING, UM, COMMENTS. OKAY. SO BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OTHER HANDS RAISED DURING THAT TIME, WE CANNOT ENTERTAIN ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT YOU'RE WELCOME. RIGHT. BUT YOU WERE, YOU WERE SWITCHING OVER AS, UH, SWITCHING OVER WHEN MY HAND WAS RAISED. SO I'LL TRY AGAIN. I JUST COULD, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A MISFIT, LEAVE A ONE STATEMENT AND THAT'S, IF IT'S GREAT TO SAY WHAT WE CAN DO AND MAKE A STATEMENT ABOUT HOW CHINO HILLS FEELS ABOUT RACISM, BUT IT'S ABOUT WHAT YOU DO, WHAT WE DO ABOUT IT. NOT JUST TALK, I LIVE HERE AND IT'S BECOME VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT SINCE IT'S NOT THE PROPER TIME. OKAY. COULD YOU PLEASE REDUCE THAT TO WRITING AND SEND THAT INTO US? THAT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY FOR US TO BE SURE THAT WE ALL GET A RECORD OF WHAT YOUR CONCERNS ARE. OKAY. SURE THING. ALL RIGHT. AND THANK YOU OR SORRY FOR THE, THE TIMING ISSUE, BUT WE WE'VE ALREADY PASSED THAT PUBLIC COMMENTS TIME. WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD. YEAH, I UNDERSTAND. SHE PICKED ME UP AND I WAS STILL WAITING FROM THE OTHER, THE OTHER, THE FIRST, THE PREVIOUS TIME. SO THAT'S FINE. OKAY. YEAH. WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING YOUR COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BRAD GOLDMAN. HEY BRAD, YOU'RE SPEAKING TO ITEM 18. THE COVERT UPDATE. YES. MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. UM, I'VE SPOKEN ON THIS NUMBER OF ISSUES. I THINK WHAT WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO TRIED TO SPEAK THE FIRST DAY? WE HAD AN EMERGENCY MEETING ON MARCH 17TH. UM, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE LAST SPEAKER, UM, AND I THINK THIS HAS BECOME A CONTINUING ISSUE NOW THAT WE MAY [01:05:01] HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, BE A LITTLE BIT MORE LENIENT WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC COMMENTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S ITEMS THAT ARE OF SUCH URGENT CONCERN TO MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. UM, YOU KNOW, AFTER THAT MEETING, I SENT OUT THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DELAYED AND THOSE DELAYS COST PEOPLE TIME. YOU KNOW, I ASKED IMMEDIATELY, YOU KNOW, TO TRY TO GET OUT THERE AND SAY, HEY, WE NEED TO ENFORCE SOCIAL DISTANCE BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO STATE OF BROTHERS, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE STORIES AND THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING NOW, THAT'S COMMON SENSE WAS WHAT I WAS TRYING TO REQUEST OF YOU TO DO. NOW THAT ALL BEING SAID, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO LOOK AT THE PAST, LOOK AT THE FUTURE. WHAT I HAD REQUESTED. I LOVE HAVING, YOU KNOW, THE SUPERVISOR COME AND SPEAK TO US. BUT WHAT I REALLY LIKE IS SOMEONE FROM OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THE SHARING NEWS. I HEARD JUST YESTERDAY FROM THE GOVERNOR. AND THEY'RE SAYING THAT WE'RE ON THE, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY, UH, THERE, I'M SORRY, NOT THE COUNTIES, BUT THE STATES, YOU KNOW, UH, TARGET WATCH, UH, TARGET ENGAGEMENT LIST. I KNOW THAT GETS A SPECIAL FUNDS, BUT THAT SAYS WE'RE NOT DOING SOMETHING RIGHT. YOU KNOW, COVERT BEING SOMEONE WHO'S GONE THROUGH MULTIPLE MEDICAL SITUATIONS AND KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT, THE BILLS, EVEN IF YOU SURVIVE THIS, YOU KNOW, THE MEDICAL BILLS COULD PUT YOU INTO BANKRUPTCY. THE, THE LONGTERM CONSEQUENCES, ESPECIALLY FOR KIDS, YOU KNOW, YOUNGER, IT'S SHOWING UP AS LONGTERM LUNG DAMAGE. I JUST READ AN ARTICLE WHERE, YOU KNOW, A YOUNG 20 YEAR OLD PATIENT THAT WAS HEALTHY FOR COVID HAS REQUESTED A DOUBLE LUNG TRANSPLANT, YOU KNOW, AND THOSE ARE NOT SOMETHING THAT IS EASY TO LIVE WITH. SO WE REALLY NEED TO ACTIVELY ENGAGE AND MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT JUST DOING THE MINIMUM, BUT WE'RE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT REQUIRING FACE SHIELDS, IF THAT'S WHAT IT REQUIRES FOR, YOU KNOW, BUSINESSES THAT ARE INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE, WHATEVER STANDARD, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF WE DO TOO MUCH AND WE HAVE TO BACK OFF, IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL, BUT IF WE DO TOO MUCH AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO, THEN TWO LATER WE'VE SAVED SOMEONE'S LIFE. UM, I DO APPRECIATE THE NEXT WEEK AND I'M SURE DENISE WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS, THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING A COCONUT DRIVE THROUGH CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO BE DOING MORE. WE NEED TO BE DOING MORE TESTING. WE NEEDED TO BE DOING RANDOMIZED TESTING TO SEE HOW PREVALENT THE DISEASE IS. AND WE NEED TO BE REALLY PROACTIVE THE COUNTY AND CITY, I'M SORRY. THE CITY NEEDS TO BE A LEADER WITHIN THE STATE, WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY, WITHIN THIS COUNTRY, YOU KNOW, GOING FURTHER AND DOING MORE BECAUSE IT SAVES LIVES. AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK BACK FIVE OR 10 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD AND REALIZE THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF STEPS THAT WE COULD HAVE DONE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THERE'S OTHER COUNTRIES OUT THERE THAT HAVE COMPLETELY GOTTEN RID OF THIS. THIS IS NOT THE SAME CHECK ON THE ECONOMY, BUT LET'S JUST BE PROACTIVE. MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE WEARING MASK, DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN PUTTING SANITIZERS OUT, WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE. AND IF WE DO TOO MUCH, WHATEVER, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO REQUEST FUNDS FROM THE COUNTY TO HELP US FACILITATE NEW SCHOOLS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. RIGHT. THANK YOU, BRAD. THAT IS THE FINAL SPEAKER ON THIS ITEM. ALRIGHT. THAT BEING THE CASE. AND SINCE THIS IS A, JUST A RECEIVING FILE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO ITEM. 19 ITEM 19 IS TO PROVIDE DIRECTION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEMPORARY POLICY CHANGES TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF COVID-19. BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT ASYLUM, CAN I JUST HAVE SOME CLARIFICATION ON THIS LAST ITEM? SO WHEN SOMETHING'S ON THE DISCUSSION CALENDAR AND IT'S JUST A RECEIVE AND FILE A CITY MANAGER REPORT, IS IT TYPICAL THAT WE, WE TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THAT? YEAH, IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY PART OF, IF YOU READ THE, I SEE IT ON THE AGENDA, THAT'S LIKE THE STANDARD THING THAT WE PUT, BUT ANYTHING THAT'S A DISCUSSION CALENDAR ITEM THAT THE, THE PUBLIC HAS, UH, NEEDS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. AND SINCE, FOR INSTANCE, IF IT WAS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND WE HAD PULLED IT FOR DISCUSSION, THEY WOULD GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT THAT TIME WHEN THAT ITEM IS HEARD. SO THEY HAVE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK EACH TIME AN ITEM IS HEARD WITH CONSENT, WE BATCH IT ALL TOGETHER BECAUSE IT'S APPROVED IN ONE MOTION. SO THE QUESTION WOULD BE, WHERE WOULD YOU PUT THAT IF YOU DID NOT, YOU KNOW, IF WE DIDN'T WANT TO ENGAGE IN PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE WOULD MAYBE MAKE IT A PRESENTATION AS WE DO WITH KURT HACKMAN'S REPORT. BUT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. SOMETIMES THAT'S ALL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REST OF COUNCIL THINKS, BUT I THINK SOMETIMES WHEN IT'S TRULY A RECEIVING FILE, UM, PRESENTATION FROM THE CITY MANAGER, JUST, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT VOTING ON, HE'S LETTING US KNOW WHAT HAS BEEN DONE. UM, I THINK SOMETIMES IT MIGHT BE MORE APPROPRIATE TO PUT IT AS A PRESENTATION BY THE CITY MANAGER. THAT'S JUST MY COMMENT. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON [19. Provide direction on desire to have City Manager implement temporary policy changes to mitigate impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic on residents and businesses ] TO THE NEXT ITEM AS, UH, THE CITY CLERK INTRODUCED, UH, WHAT WE'RE SEEKING TODAY IS, UM, FEEDBACK AND DIRECTION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL THROUGH THE COURSE OF A COUPLE OF MEETINGS, UH, IT'S BEEN PRESENTED BY INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THE CITY TAKE, UH, AN ACTION TO CHANGE [01:10:01] OUR REGULAR POLICIES IN A WAY THAT WOULD, UH, ADD SOME FLEXIBILITY FOR, UH, ADDRESSING SOME BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY NEEDS, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE COVID-19. AND SO WHAT WE PROVIDED ARE FOUR OPTIONS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AND GIVE FEEDBACK ON. IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADD TO THAT, UH, THE STAFF IS WILLING TO AND OPEN TO TAKING THOSE STEPS, UH, AS NECESSARY. UM, UH, FIRST, UH, WE'RE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO GIVE FEEDBACK ON, UH, THE CITY CHANGING OUR TEMPORARY BANNER, UH, REQUIREMENTS AND ESSENTIALLY ALLOWING, UH, BUSINESSES THAT WANT TO, UM, HAVE TEMPORARY BANNERS AT THEIR LOCATIONS, UH, BE ABLE TO APPLY AND TAKE THE APPLICATION FOR FREE RATHER THAN THE TYPICAL, UH, PROCESSING FEE THAT WE, UH, UH, RECOVER THE COST OF PROCESSING IT, BUT IN THE INTEREST OF FOSTERING BUSINESS, UH, ACTIVITY, UH, WE'RE PROPOSING THAT WE CAN WAIVE THAT FEE. UH, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT SPECIAL EVENTS, UH, WAIVING THE FEE EXPEDITING THE PERMIT PROCESS. UH, AND IF THERE ARE ANY BANNERS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE SPECIAL EVENTS, UH, WAIVING THE FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, UH, WAS ALSO BROUGHT UP THAT OUTDOOR DINING MIGHT BE A WAY FOR SOME OF OUR RESTAURANTS TO INCREASE CAPACITY AND TO MAKE THEIR CUSTOMERS MORE COMFORTABLE. UH, AND SO WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING THAT WE COULD CREATE A TEMPORARY OUTDOOR DINING PATIO PERMIT, UH, AND WAIVE THOSE PROCESSING FEES AND PROVIDE EX AN EXPEDITED PERMIT PROCESS. AND THEN, UH, LASTLY, UH, SUGGESTED IS THAT, UM, WE HAVE A PERMIT FEE FOR, UM, GARAGE SALES. UH, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS THAT FOR, UH, AND FOR ALL OF THESE, FOR A PERIOD OF 90 DAYS, WE COULD WAIVE THE FEE ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, WITH, UH, YOUR GARAGE SALES. UM, THE MECHANISM FOR ACHIEVING THIS IS THE CITY MANAGER, HAS THE AUTHORITY, UH, TO, UH, UH, HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER, UH, GIVEN THE, UH, EMERGENCY CONDITIONS WE'RE IN AND GIVEN FEEDBACK FROM THE COUNCIL. WE'LL EXECUTE THAT AS, UH, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. QUICK QUESTION, HOW MANY, UH, BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS THAT WANT TO GO IN FOR THIS? HOW MANY OF THESE ARE ABLE TO BE DONE OVER THE INTERNET, OR HOW MANY WOOL FOLKS HAVE, HAVE TO COME IN TO CITY HALL FOR, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK TO OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR SOME OF THE PROCESSES FOR A PERMIT AND BANNER INSPECTIONS. I KNOW, UH, BEING, WORKING WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT WHO PROCESSES THE, UH, GARAGE SALE PERMITS THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO BE DONE, UH, ONLINE ONLY. OKAY, THANK YOU. BUT, UH, UH, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, JOANN LOMBARDO IS APPROACHING THE MICROPHONE. SHE MAY BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A MORE DETAIL ON, ON THE PROCESS. ALRIGHT, THANKS. THANK YOU, BEN. UM, WE CAN'T HANDLE A LOT OF THESE THROUGH ONLINE. THEY CAN SUBMIT THE APPLICATION ONLINE, TYPICALLY WITH BANNERS. WHAT WE DO IS WE PUT A STAMP ON IT. SO WHEN CODE ENFORCEMENT THRIVES BY THEY KNOW THAT IT HAS BEEN PERMITTED, UH, WE CAN WAIVE THAT PROCESS IF REQUESTED AND JUST GIVE CODE ENFORCEMENT A NOTE AND SAY, THIS BANNER HAS BEEN APPROVED. OKAY. SMEAR JOANNE REGARDING GARAGE SALES. IS THERE LIKE A, A MINIMUM A YEAR THAT YOU COULD HAVE, OR IS THERE A NUMBER THAT YOU, I BELIEVE IT'S FOUR. YEAH. YOU CAN HAVE A MAXIMUM OF FOUR AND YOU HAVE TO SPACE THEM OUT. I THINK YOU CAN'T HAVE THEM MORE THAN EVERY 60 DAYS REMEMBER. CORRECT. I WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE FREEZE THAT MAYBE FOR THE NEXT 90 DAYS ALSO TO BE PART OF THIS SET OF SOMEBODY OUT THERE DOING THIS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY HAVE TO DO IT ONCE A WEEK OR SUSPEND THAT FAT REQUIREMENT AS WELL. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT. OKAY. SORRY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT. I SAW ONE HAND POP UP. UH, CHERYL, UH, CAN WE TAKE THIS AS COUNCIL? OKAY. WITH THIS, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE PUBLIC COMMENT REAL QUICK. AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS BRAD ACTUALLY HAND OUT A CON. OKAY. ALRIGHT. IF WE CAN WHOEVER'S FIRST, UH, HI ERIN CELTS MEMBERS. THIS IS A TA AGAIN. UM, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS, UM, ON THE, UH, OUTDOOR DINING AND THE EXPANSION. I THINK IT'S GREAT. UM, WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF CITIES DO THAT. I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT, UM, CITY OF CHINO HILLS IS DOING THE SAME. I HAD TO, UM, KIND OF, I GUESS, BRAINSTORM, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS. UH, ONE THING IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT MAKES CHINOS REALLY UNIQUE? AND WE ALL KNOW THIS, UM, FOR KIND OF IN OUR DNA [01:15:01] IS, UH, WE'RE A CITY OF SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND ENTREPRENEURS AND A PRE COVID, YOU KNOW, AT THE COFFEE BEAN OR DRIP OR WHATNOT. YOU'D FIND PEOPLE WORKING FROM CAFES AND WHATNOT. AND SO THAT'S TOUGH TO DO NOW. AND, UM, WHILE I LOVE, YOU KNOW, BEING WORKING FROM HOME WITH MY FAMILY HERE, IT MAKES IT TOUGH SOMETIMES TO FIND SPACE, TO WORK FOR SOME OF THESE ENTREPRENEURS. I WAS CURIOUS IF THE CITY WOULD EXPLORE SOMETHING MAYBE MORE CREATIVE THAT OTHER CITIES DON'T HAVE TO DO DO THAT MAYBE USING THE COMMUNITY CENTER PARKING AREA OR THE CHINO HILLS LIBRARY AREA TO ACTUALLY THE CITY FINANCING, SOME OUTDOOR SEATING, NOT DINING SEATING TO FACILITATE FOLKS JUST, YOU KNOW, COME OVER, WORK ON A LAPTOP OUTDOORS. UM, OUTDOORS IS PREFERABLE TO INDOORS FOR COVID PURPOSES ANYWAYS. UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE A NICE GESTURE TO SUPPORT THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY WHO JUST NEEDS THE SPACE, DO SOME WORK. SO THERE'S JUST SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT. AND THEN SECONDLY, UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE STRANGE REALITIES OF OUR LARGE WHITES, THE STREETS IS THAT THERE WERE EMPTY FOR SO LONG AND IT REALLY PEAKED MY PLANNER INTEREST IN COULD WE DO SOME KIND OF FLOW STREETS IN CHINO HILLS? AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S SO MANY CYCLISTS AND RUNNERS HERE, AND IF THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY ON BUTTERFIELD OR PINE OR GRANT OR PEYTON TO EVEN TEMPORARILY OVER A WEEKEND, CLOSE THE STREET DOWN, JUST TO KIND OF LET SOME RECREATION HAPPEN, I THINK THAT'D BE WONDERFUL. AND IT WOULD JUST KIND OF BE AN INTERESTING EXPERIMENT OR PILOT THAT WE COULD TRY OUT DURING THESE DURING THESE TIMES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. THERE ARE NO OTHER HANDS RAISED. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UH, BRING IT UP TO QUESTIONS. I'M GOOD. OKAY. JUST FOR THE, WHOEVER MIGHT BE LISTENING TO THIS ON, UH, IF YOU GO ONLINE AND YOU'LL PULL UP THE ENTIRE AGENDA, THIS IS THE ITEM ON PAGES, ONE 34 AND ONE 30 OR ONE 35, ONE 36. SO IT OUTLINES THE, THE FOUR AREAS THAT, UH, WERE DELINEATED BY THE CITY MANAGER. ALRIGHT. UH, WHAT'S PROCEDURALLY, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO HERE? BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH IT IS A DISCUSSION MANNER, IT APPEARS LIKE WE NEED TO GIVE YOU THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT. DO WE NEED A BOAT TO DO THAT FOR NOT, NO, EXCUSE ME. I'LL LOOK TO THE CITY ATTORNEY. IF WE NEED TO TAKE THAT DIRECTION. MY GOAL WAS TWOFOLD. ONE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE COUNCIL BROUGHT THESE SUGGESTIONS TO THE CITY MANAGER AND A SECOND TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD ANY MORE THAT YOU'D LIKE FOR US TO CONSIDER, BUT MARK, DO WE HAVE TO TAKE AN ACTION ON THIS OR CAN WE JUST MOVE? UM, WHAT I UNDERSTOOD IS THAT WHAT'LL HAPPEN AFTER THIS EVENING IS THE SAME. ANDREW WOULD ISSUE AN EMERGENCY ORDER THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR THESE ACTIVITIES TO OCCUR. AND THEN IT WILL COME BACK TO YOU AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING TO RATIFY. SO THAT WOULD BE THE, THE PROCESS. SO WHAT IS KEY THIS EVENING IS THAT, UM, THE CITY MANAGER FEELS LIKE HE HAS CLEAR DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL AS TO HOW TO PROCEED SO THAT THIS WILL COME, THIS WILL CIRCLE BACK AGAIN TO, TO, TO STAMP OR APPROVE AFTER THE CITY MANAGER ISSUES AN ORDER, BUT HE WANTED TO GET THAT KIND OF DIRECTION FROM YOU. OKAY. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PROCEDURALLY, IF THE, HAVE A FORMAL ACTION MUST BE TAKEN OR AN APPROVAL OF SOMETHING THAT WE WILL WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO IT. SO WE'RE GOING TO JUST RECEIVE AND FILE IT RIGHT NOW, BUT YOU'LL COME BACK AT US. SORRY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE QUICK COMMENT. CAN WE, I DON'T KNOW. I'M SURE STAFF WILL ALREADY DO IT, BUT TRACK WHATEVER LOST REVENUE WOULD BE FROM THESE PERMIT FEES. NOT THAT I THINK THE MONEY'S THE, MONEY'S A POINT, BUT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE FEDS AND WHAT THE STATE POTENTIALLY REIMBURSING FOR IMPACTS, IT MIGHT BE NICE TO ACTUALLY TRACK, YOU KNOW, TRACK THE COST SO WE CAN MAYBE GO BACK TO THEM AND YEAH, YOU NEVER KNOW IT'S ON THE RECOUPED. WE'LL HAVE THAT DATA. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE WOULDN'T BE WAVING THE, THE REQUEST FOR THE PERMIT FEE. WE'D JUST BE WAIVING THE PERMIT FEE ITSELF. SO YOU COULD QUANTIFY IT VERY EASILY THEN. YES, SIR. OKAY. TO YOUR POINT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THEN HEARING NOTHING MORE. WE WILL [20. Adopt resolution deferring annual water rate increase and direct City Clerk to update Resolution with deferral option selected by City Council] GO AHEAD AND GO TO ITEM 20, WHICH LIKEWISE ON THE DISCUSSION CALENDAR ITEM 20 IS TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION DEFERRING THE ANNUAL WATER RATE INCREASE. ALRIGHT, MAYOR BENNETT AND CITY COUNCIL. I'M GOING TO ASK OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, DANIEL BELVEDERE, TO JOIN US IN THIS DISCUSSION. HOWEVER, AS AN INTRODUCTION, AS YOU PROBABLY RECALL, TWO YEARS AGO, MAY, UH, IN 2018, THE CITY EMBARKED ON A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF HOW WE CHARGE FOR WATER. UH, WE CONDUCTED A PROP TWO 18 BALLOT MEASURE IN ORDER TO GET THE AUTHORIZATION TO, UH, IMPLEMENT A NEW, UH, RATE PROGRAM, UH, THAT, UH, PROCESS AUTHORIZED US TO RAISE OUR WATER RATES, UH, 8% PER YEAR, UH, AS IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE RATE [01:20:01] STUDY THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO COVER THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRODUCTION AND OR PURCHASE OF WATER, UH, AND THE, UH, COST ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, UH, WITH PROJECTS THAT SUPPORT THE WATER SYSTEM, UH, AND THE REV, UH, THE RESERVE THAT'S NEEDED TO COMPLETE THOSE PROJECTS, UH, FOR THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION TONIGHT ARE THREE OPTIONS, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH THAT RATE INCREASE BECAUSE IT IS THE COUNCIL'S, UH, POLICY DIRECTION, WHETHER OR NOT WE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT THOSE INCREASE, UH, OPTION NUMBER ONE, UH, PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL WOULD BE TO EXECUTE A 4% INCREASE, UH, JULY ONE, UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR, BUT WITH HOLD, UH, THE FULL 8%, UH, AND IMPLEMENT A 4% JANUARY ONE OF 2021. SO INSTEAD OF TAKING, UH, WHAT'S AUTHORIZED AS ONE 8% INCREASE IN, UH, JULY, UH, WHAT WE WOULD PROPOSE IS, UH, AN OPTION TO DO HALF STEPS, 4%, JULY ONE AND ANOTHER 4%, UH, IN JANUARY ONE. UH, UH, AND SO THE OPTION TWO WOULD BE TO DEFER THE FULL 8%, UH, UH, PROPOSED INCREASE, UH, FOR SIX MONTHS AND NOT EXECUTE THE 8% UNTIL, UH, JANUARY OF 2021, JANUARY 1ST OF 2021. AND THE THIRD OPTION WOULD BE TO CONTINUE WITH THE, UH, FULL AUTHORIZATION OF THE PROP TWO 18 NOTICE, UH, AND WOULD BE TO HAVE NO DEFERRAL AND, UH, INCREASE THE RATES, UH, 8% ON, UH, JULY 1ST OF THIS YEAR, UH, 2020, I THINK IT'S NOTEWORTHY THAT, UH, STAFF ANTICIPATES THAT THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH WATER WILL INCREASE 6% THIS YEAR. SO, UH, EVEN IF, UM, WE SPLIT THE, THE, UH, THE INCREASE, UH, IT IS GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT TO, UH, OUR WATER FUND ASSOCIATED WITH THESE OPTIONS. AND SO I'LL, I'LL IN MY INTRODUCTION THERE AND ALLOW THE COUNSEL, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME OR DANIEL SPECIFICALLY REAL QUICK, LET'S JUST TAKE A OPTION. LET'S SAY WE DEFER COMPLETELY UNTIL JANUARY 1ST. WHAT IS THE GUESSTIMATED HIT THAT WE WOULD INCUR, UH, FINANCIALLY? SO IF WE DEFER THE 8% INCREASE FOR SIX MONTHS IMPLEMENTING IT IN, UH, IN JANUARY, UH, WE, UH, ANTICIPATE THE APPROXIMATE LOSS WOULD BE ONE POINT $2 MILLION. OKAY. SO OBVIOUSLY OPTION ONE, WOULD THE STAGGERED INCREASE WOULD BE 50% THAT, RIGHT, OBVIOUSLY NOW THAT'S ASSUMING THAT WE WOULD GO AHEAD WITH THE FULL 8% AS APPROVED BACK IN 2018. YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE ANTICIPATED COSTS WERE SUPPOSED TO GO UP 6%, IS OUR PROPOSED INCREASES BASED UPON ACTUAL COSTS, OR IS IT THE GREATER OF 6% OR 8% THE ACTUAL INCREASE OF PROPOSED 6%? OR IS IT A STANDARD 8%? WHICH, WHICH WOULD WE BE PROPOSING IN REALITY? SO WHAT WE, THE WAY THE, THE, THE STUDY WAS STRUCTURED IS, UH, THE INCREASE IS DESIGNED TO CAPTURE THE COST OF WATER, BUT ALSO THE VARIETY OF PROJECTS IT TAKES TO MAINTAIN THE WATER SYSTEM. AND SO, UM, WHILE WE ONLY ANTICIPATE THE WATER COSTS WOULD BE 6%, WE ALSO ANTICIPATE PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THAT WOULD BE FUNDED, UH, IN ESSENCE, BY THE 2%. SO, OKAY. NOW JUST, I QUESTIONED HAD DISCUSSION WITH BEN ABOUT THIS. IF WE GO BACK A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO, WHEN WE DECIDED TO DEFER SOME OF THE PERMIT FEES FOR SIX MONTHS, ALL OF IT BEING VIEWED IN LINE OF, OKAY, LET'S TRY AND, AND HELP OUT THOSE PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE ON A FIXED INCOME, BUT TRY BECAUSE OF LOT OF PEOPLE BEING OUT OF WORK TO REDUCE SOME OF THE COSTS OR DEFER THEM SO THAT WE CAN HELP OUR RESIDENTS. I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND HERE IS THAT CLEARLY, IF WE DEFER THE FIRST, UH, 4% UNTIL, UH, JANUARY 1ST, IT'S A LOSS OF $600,000. IF WE WENT AND ELIMINATED THE ENTIRE AMOUNT, IT WOULD BE ONE POINT $2 MILLION, CORRECT. FOR, FOR THIS YEAR. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. WHAT DOES THAT TOTAL BILL? CAUSE I THINK I ASKED YOU THAT IT'S A LARGE NUMBER. WHAT IS THE TOTAL COST OF THAT WATER? WHAT'S [01:25:01] OUR TOTAL BUDGET FOR THIS IT'S SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS, WASN'T IT? OR I KNOW EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES IN THE WATER FUND ARE APPROXIMATELY $30 MILLION ANNUALLY. YEAH. SO IT'S BIG MONEY, BUT I GUESS THE REAL QUESTION IS BREAKING DOWN TO THE BOTTOM LINE IS DO WE WANT TO TRY AND HELP OUT OUR RESIDENTS AND DEFER THE 4% INCREASE THAT WOULD BE HAPPENING JULY 1ST AND THEN GO AN ADDITIONAL 4% ON JANUARY 1ST? WOULD IT BE 8%, WHICH COSTS US IS THE CITY 6,000 OR $600,000, OR WOULD WE WANT TO DO A COMPLETE SIX MONTH DEFERRAL OF THAT IN 8% INCREASE TO JANUARY 1ST, WHICH IS 1.2 MILLION. SO THAT IT IS A MATTER OF, CAN WE DO WE, I THINK WE ALL WANT TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS, BUT CAN WE DEAL WITH A 600 OR ONE POINT $2 MILLION LOSS IN REVENUE QUESTION GOT A QUICK QUESTION WITH THESE ASSUMPTIONS. ARE WE TAKING INTO, UH, INTO CONSIDERATION THE FACT THAT SO MANY MORE RESIDENTS ARE HOME NOW, THEY'RE THERE A LOT MORE OFTEN, MAYBE THEY'RE USING MORE WATER. IS THAT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WITH WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT? WE'VE LOOKED AT IT. REMEMBER FLASH REVENUE. YEAH. WE LOOKED AT OUR NUMBERS AND WE DON'T SEE ANY, ANY MAJOR SPIKES IN WATER CONSUMPTION. THEY'VE BEEN PRETTY STABLE COMPARED TO THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITHIN THE SAME MONTHS. SO YEAH, THAT WAS FACTORED IN, IN TERMS OF WATER ANALYSIS. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, MR. MURPHY, I'VE GOT A QUESTION. I'M SORRY. ARE YOU DOING BRO? YEAH. WHAT IS THE 4% MEAN TO A RESIDENT ON THEIR BILL? YEAH, THAT'S, THAT WAS THE NEXT QUESTION. WHAT'S THE ESTIMATED FOUR OR 8% IN THAT FOR THE AVERAGE WATER BILL. SO WE, WE LOOKED AT AN AVERAGE LOW AND, UH, THE IMPACT OF 8% WOULD BE $4 AND 73 CENTS. AND IF YOU'RE A MODERATE OR A HIGHER USER, UH, IT, UH, $7 AND 91 CENTS. SO THAT'S THE 8% IMPACT AND YOU WOULD CUT IT IN HALF. SO YOU COULD EXPECT THAT, UH, $2 AND 35 CENTS, IF IT WERE A 4% INCREASE FOR A LOW USER, AND THEN BEN, CAN I ASK HOW THEY, HOW THEY, HOW DID THE RESOLUTION MAKE IT TO THE AGENDA AGAIN, I FORGOT WHO, WHO REQUESTED IT, OR HOW DID IT END UP ON THE AGENDA TO CONSIDER THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE? I ADDED IT TO THE AGENDA, GIVEN THE ACTION THAT THE COUNCIL HAD TAKEN ON OTHER FEE RELATED ITEMS. NORMALLY THIS JUST PROCESSES STRAIGHT THROUGH BECAUSE WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY THROUGH THE PROP TWO 18 PROCESS, BUT I BROUGHT IT TO THE COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. OKAY. THANK YOU, RAY. YES. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE $36 MILLION UNRESTRICTED, AS FAR AS OUR GENERAL FUND, OUR WATER FUND. DO WE HAVE A RESERVE IN THERE? WE HAVE A APPROXIMATELY $35 MILLION ON OUR WATER MINSTER FUND. SO WE DO HAVE A RESERVE IN THE WATER WE DO THAT WOULD OFFSET THIS. UH, WE DECIDED MAYBE 4% CORRECT. 600,000. YES. IT HAS SUFFICIENT TO ABSORB THIS, THIS LOSS. I THINK HERE'S THE, HERE'S THE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION. I THINK ALL OF US WANT TO GIVE OUR RESIDENTS A BREAK WHEN WE CAN, BUT $2 AND 35 CENTS TO INDIVIDUAL WATER USERS VERSUS TAKING A $600,000 HIT TO OUR BUDGET. THAT'S THE QUESTION WE HAVE TO ASK. WE HAVE A FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY TO SPEND CITY MONEY, THEIR MONEY IN A PROPER MANNER. I'M HAVING A PROBLEM WITH US TAKING A HIT OF $600,000 WHEN IT'S ONLY GOING TO COST THAT TAXPAYER OR OUR RESIDENT TWO HOURS AND 35 CENTS, OR ALLOWING, ALLOWING IT TO ALL GO INTO EFFECT JULY 1ST. AND IT COSTING THEM MAYBE $4 AND 60 CENTS. I'M NOT TRYING TO BE INSENSITIVE ON THIS AND I'LL PROBABLY GET SOME HATE MAIL ABOUT IT, BUT THE REALITY IS I'M ON A FIXED INCOME TOO, BUT $4 AND 65 CENTS BASED UPON THE POTENTIAL USE THAT THEY HAVE, I DON'T THINK THAT'S WORTH AND IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR US LOOKING AT IT FROM A FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE A MILLION HIT. THAT'S MY PERSONAL THOUGHTS YOU'LL HAVE A PROGRAM RIGHT. FOR LOW INCOME RESIDENTS OR FOLKS THAT IF THEY ARE EXPERIENCED IN A HIT CAN TAP INTO THAT FOR FUN. YEAH. RIGHT. OKAY. AND JUST KIND OF TO ECHO WHAT ART SAID. UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LUCKY THAT WE'RE IN A POSITION THAT WE HAVE RESERVES, BUT JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE THE RESERVES DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN WE NEED TO SPEND IT. AND I AGREE WITH ART, THEN I MIGHT WORD IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE TAKING A HIT IT'S EVERYBODY'S MONEY. IT'S THE CEDAR CITY OF CHINO HILLS TAXPAYERS. AND YOU'VE ASKED US TO LOOK AFTER YOUR TAX MONEY AND, UM, WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS IN SHORTFALLS WE HAVE IN OUR CITY, ESPECIALLY WITH LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPE DISTRICT. UM, I KNOW MAYBE OPTIC WISE, SOME CITIES ARE DOING THINGS LIKE THIS BECAUSE IT LOOKS GOOD BECAUSE QUOTE, WE, WE WAIVED THE DIFFERENT FEES, BUT THIS HAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OUR BUDGET. UM, SO I WOULD HAVE TO SUPPORT WHAT ART'S SAYING. OKAY. OF IGNORING ANY KIND OF REDUCTION AND GOING AHEAD WITH THE FULL CAUSE. THAT'S WHAT [01:30:01] I'M SAYING, GOING AHEAD WITH A FULL 8% RATE, MR. MAYOR, I SORT OF BELIEVE EXACTLY WHAT EVERYBODY HAS SAID SO FAR, BUT I DO HAVE A CONCERN. UM, IT WAS SO EASY FOR US TO GIVE UP THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS OF UNRESTRICTED FUNDS BASED ON THIS TAX YEAR. I MEAN, WE ALL SAID, YEAH, LET'S DO IT THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IS A LOT MORE THAN 600,000. SO IF I'M GOING TO HELP MY PEOPLE IN MY CITY, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ONLY $2, $3, BUT THERE'S PEOPLE THAT ARE LOSING JOBS. AND FOR US TO BASICALLY FOREGO THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS WITHOUT MAKING ANY CUTS THIS FISCAL YEAR TO ME, I DON'T GET IT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PENNIES, YOU JUST SAID IT, BUT IT WAS SO EASY FOR US TO FORGIVE THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS AND TAKE A HIT ON HER RESERVE FUNDS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. OKAY. WE DIDN'T MAKE ANY CUTS WHATSOEVER. I'M HAVING A HARD TIME MAKING THE CORRELATION CORRELATION AND I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, OKAY, THE PUBLIC'S GOING TO HEAR WE'RE TAKING, WE'RE BASICALLY GIVING AWAY THROUGH MAN DOLLARS, WHICH ISN'T THE CASE. SO I THINK WE NEED TO GET CLARIFICATION ON THAT. MY, MY CLARIFICATION IS SOME BAD PRESS. MY CLARIFICATION IS THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. WE WERE SO EASY TO GIVE UP THAT MONEY WITHOUT MAKING ANY CUTS AND GIVE UP HOW IT ISN'T GOING TO BE RECONCILED. YEAH. IT'S NOT BEING BALANCED. WELL, WE HAD A BUDGET OKAY. FOR $43 MILLION. OKAY. WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE $43 MILLION. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE LESS THIS FISCAL YEAR. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO INTO OUR RESERVES FOR THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE EXPENSES THAN WE HAVE INCOME COMING IN. WELL, WE DON'T KNOW, WE HAVE A BUDGET THAT SET ON A PIE IN THE SKY, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ACTUALS ARE GOING TO BE YET BECAUSE WE'RE JUST GOING TO SKATE AROUND BECAUSE OF COVID-19, WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A HIT ON OUR BUDGET. OKAY. I'M HERE. , I'LL GO BACK TO THIS SPECIFIC AMOUNT AND FIGURE OUT, OKAY, WHAT DO WE DO HERE? AND THAT WE REALLY LIKE, I KNOW IT'S PANTIES AND I GET THAT. I GET IT. IT'S PENNIES, BUT OUR CONSTITUENTS, SOME OF THEM AREN'T WORKING, I THEY'RE IN A NEED. AND SO IT MIGHT BE ONLY TWO, THREE BUCKS, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, WHATEVER WE CAN DO AS A CITY, DO WE HAVE RESERVES? I'VE HEARD THIS NUMEROUS TIMES BY YOU. OH YEAH, WE GOT $36 MILLION IN RESERVES. THAT'S OPTION TWO. SO IF THE MONEY DOESN'T COME IN, LET'S USE OUR MONEY. WELL, FOR MY COMMUNITY, THAT TWO BUCKS MIGHT NOT BE A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY, BUT MAYBE IT IS. AND I WANT US AS A COUNCIL TO STAND UP AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, NEXT SIX MONTHS WE'LL GIVE THAT A 4% AND WE MOVE ON. WE GO FORWARD AND WE'LL ASSESS IT IN SIX MONTHS. AND, AND MY COMMENT WAS INTENDED FOR US TO LOOK AT IT FROM A STANDPOINT OF IT IS OUR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU FEEL WE'RE GIVING AWAY MONEY ON ONE HAND AND GONNA STICK SOMEBODY WITH IT. HERE IS NOT, I'M NOT STATING THAT ALL I'M STATING IS THAT WE KNEW THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO GET HIT BY THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. AND WE DID TAKE ANY ACTIONS TO REDUCE OUR COSTS. THAT'S MY KEY POINT. SO IN OTHER WORDS, THIS IS SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. I GET IT, BUT THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM. OKAY. SO, WELL, I MEAN, WE CAN KEEP PILING ON ALSO. WE CAN TAKE THAT GENERAL DIRECTION AND KEEP ADDING TO THE DEFICIT. ALSO IF THAT'S THE CASE AND I DON'T PROPOSE DOING THAT, I WOULD FOLLOW ALONG WITH RICHARD PROPOSING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO DO WE HAVE AN IDEA HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS IF THEY ARE HAVING THOSE FINANCIAL ISSUES IS LIKE THE CARE PROGRAM OR IS IT THE LIRA PROGRAM? IS THAT WHAT IT'S CALLED? THEY'RE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE A FINANCIAL NEED. BUT IF, IF RESIDENTS WERE REALLY EXPERIENCING SOME DRAMATIC HITS, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SIT THERE AND BURN THROUGH WHATEVER'S IN THAT FUND, RIGHT. IT'S NOT FUN TO BUY IT. I THOUGHT IT WAS FUNDED BY LIKE INEFFICIENT USERS AND MONEY WAS GOING IN, OR I'M NOT FAMILIAR. I'M GOING TO ASK OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, KRISTA BAHASA TO COMMENT. THE CARE PROGRAM PROVIDES A $10 A MONTH, UH, DISCOUNT ON THEIR MONTHLY BILL. AND IT'S FUNDED BY PENALTIES. HE'S TURNED AWAY. EVERYONE WHO APPLIES AND QUALIFIES FINANCIALLY GETS IT. IF THEY QUALIFY, IF THEY QUALIFY AND IT'S MATCHING THE EDISON LOW INCOME THRESHOLD, PROVE THAT THEY'RE IN THE EDISON OR THE SO CAL GAS PROGRAM, THEY HAVE A METER SIZE OF ONE INCH, ONE INCH OR LESS. AND, UH, THEY LIVE IN THE CITY. YEAH, THAT WAS IT. THAT QUALIFICATION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. IT, WHATEVER DECISION WE MAKE TONIGHT, IS THERE THE ABILITY TO GO BACK AND REEVALUATE IF THINGS ARE GETTING NASTIER OUT THERE, OR IS THIS A ONE AND DONE? WE SIT SET IN CONCRETE AND OFF WE GO TURN TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND SEE IF SHE HAS A COMMENT ON, UH, BECAUSE IF WE CAN CHANGE IT EVERY SIX MONTHS IN A YEAR OR ARBITRARY, OR AS FAR AS THE ABILITY TO, UH, IF YOU WANT HIM GO, LET'S SAY IN A MONTH OR TWO MONTHS FROM NOW, YOU WANTED TO LOWER THE RATE, [01:35:01] UM, OR RESERVE THE RATE, THE RIGHT TO, TO MOVE THE INCREASE UP. YEAH. YES. YOU COULD DO THAT. SO TRA PROP TWO 18 HAS GIVEN US THE AUTHORITY TO YOU. WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS THE, YOU ALREADY GOT THE APPROVAL FROM THE PROCESS TO GO UP TO CERTAIN CAPS. WE HAVE A CEILING, BUT WE CAN FUDGE IT IN THROUGH THERE. OKAY. BYE. IN FACT, I REMEMBER THERE WAS TALK, WE MAY NOT NECESSARILY DO THE 8% EVERY YEAR BASED ON WHAT WE ANTICIPATED THE COST OF WATER TO BE. YEAH. THAT WAS KIND OF THE CEILING THAT WE COULD GO TOWARDS. LET ME THROW THIS OUT, JUST FOR CONSIDERATION, GIVEN THE FACT THAT ON THE OTHER FEES, WE HAVE DEFERRED THEM NOT THE ENTIRE WHOLE YEAR, BUT JUST UNTIL JANUARY 1ST, IF WE WERE TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR HERE, IF I UNDERSTAND IT, CORRECT, IT WOULD BASICALLY COST US $600,000. IF WE WENT TO A FULL 8% ON JANUARY 1ST, COULD WE THEN DEFER THE FOURTH DIF DEFER A PAYMENT RIGHT NOW? OR IF I'M GETTING NOW GETTING MORE CONFUSED. WHAT IF, IF WE DEFER ANY INCREASE WHATSOEVER ON JANUARY OR JULY 1ST AND WAIT UNTIL JANUARY 1ST TO IMPLEMENT EITHER THE FULL 8% THEN IS THAT THE MILLION TWO OR IS THAT OKAY? I'LL, I'LL TRY TO CLARIFY IT. IF, IF WE FOREGO ANY INCREASE UNTIL JULY OR JANUARY 1ST, AND WE TAKE THE FULL 8% IN JANUARY FOR AN ON JANUARY 1ST, WE ESTIMATE THAT WE WILL HAVE LOST ONE POINT $6 MILLION BY TAKING THAT SIX MONTH DEFERRAL 1.6 OR 1.2, I'M SORRY. 1.2. IF WE ONLY IMPLEMENT IT TOOK A HALF STEP WHERE WE IMP IMPLEMENTED 4% ON JANUARY FOR A JOB. SORRY, I'M GETTING TONGUE TIED. IF WE EXECUTE A 4% INCREASE JULY 1ST, 2020, THEN WE WILL FORGO $600,000 IN REVENUE. IF WE TAKE THAT STEP A NET DEFERRAL FOR SIX MONTHS. OKAY. AND SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE TO PAY THE BILL THE 8% INC. THE INCREASE AND THAT'S A REVENUE WE WERE ANTICIPATING. YES. YES. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, DO WE WANT TO TRY AND DEFER A PORTION TO BE CONSISTENT WITH SOME OF THE OTHER FEE INCREASES AND DEFER ONE HALF OF THAT 8% INCREASE JULY 1ST, WHICH IS GOING TO COST US $600,000 AND TAKE ANOTHER LOOK WHEN WE GET TO JANUARY 1ST TO DETERMINE WHAT WE DO AT THAT POINT AND MARIN COUNCIL, I'LL ASK THE CITY CLERK IF BEING THAT THIS IS A DISCUSSION ITEM. IF WE HAVE ANY FROM THE PUBLIC, WE DO. ALRIGHT, WELL THEN LET'S HEAR THE COMMENT FROM WHOEVER THE PUBLIC, OKAY. BRAD, GOLDMAN, MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. I AM EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED. YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT THIS FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS HAD STREET SWEEPERS, CITATION MEMBERS, MEMBERS OF THE PARKING COMMISSION OR, UH, PARKS, UM, COMMUNITY SERVICE DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, THAT WORKED AT ALL THE, YOU KNOW, CENTERS THAT WERE CLOSED WHILE COBIT STARTED. AND THE SHUTDOWN WAS IN PLACE. YOU DID NOT FOLLOW THESE PEOPLE WHO WOULD HAVE PROBABLY MADE MORE MONEY DUE TO THE INCREASE AND THE FUNDS AVAILABLE AND TAKE A SMALL HIT, UM, YOU KNOW, OR NOT TAKE HIT, BUT LOWERED, YOU KNOW, THE MONEY THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE PAYOUT. NONE OF IT, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE IS TIGHTENING THE BELTS RIGHT NOW, EXCEPT FOR THE CITY. BUT YEAH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DO SHERRY RESPONSIBILITY TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WERE SAYING. YOU KNOW, IT'S A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY, BUT FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE UNEMPLOYED OR, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET PPE LOANS AND TRYING TO PAY THEIR EMPLOYEES AND DO ALL THIS STUFF, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU GUYS WERE TALKING ABOUT IS RIDICULOUS. I UNDERSTAND IF YOU WANT TO PASS A FEES ON TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT CAN PAY, BUT I THINK YOU MAY, YOU SHOULD CONSIDER MAYBE A 50 CENT, 50% REDUCTION TO PEOPLE THAT ARE UNEMPLOYED AND NEED THIS. AND NOT JUST GOING BY, YOU KNOW, THESE CAL, BECAUSE THE REQUIREMENTS TO GET SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS FROM EDISON GAS COMPANY, BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION WITH COVID ARE EITHER BURDENSOME OR NOT ACTUALLY AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY DO MAKE, THEY DO HAVE TOO MUCH MONEY, BUT THEY'VE LOWERED THEIR INCOME TO SUCH A DEGREE. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. SO, YOU KNOW, FOR PEOPLE LIKE YOUR GUYS SELVES, WHICH ARE IN A PRIVILEGED POSITION, OKAY, FINE, LET'S DO THIS, BUT MAYBE SET ASIDE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WHAT I HEARD WAS I HEARD THAT YOU HAVE $35 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND, ANOTHER $36 MILLION IN THE WATER RESERVE FUND, WHICH YOU CAN USE TO TAKE THIS HIT. SO LET'S FIND SOME WAY TO ME AND THE HALF [01:40:01] AND EITHER, YOU KNOW, TAKE SOME PERCENTAGE OF THIS HIT OR, YOU KNOW, MAKE AVAILABLE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR OUR RESIDENTS THAT ARE IN NEED RIGHT NOW AND MAKE IT EASIER FOR THEM BECAUSE THIS IS WHY YOU GUYS CHARGE THESE ADDITIONAL RATES TO US TO HAVE THIS EXTRA MONEY FOR WHEN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS HAPPENED. IF NOT NOW, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO USE THIS MONEY? THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. YOU KNOW, MAYOR? SORRY. NO, THERE ARE NO OTHER, OKAY. I'LL JUST ADD THAT. YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE GONE OVER THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES, AND I KNOW I BUTCHERED IT. I WANT TO READ FROM MY NOTES, THE OPTIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED BEFORE YOU CONTINUE CONSIDERATION. SO THE FIRST OPTION THAT WE PRESENTED WAS A 4% INCREASE JULY ONE, 2020, AND THEN A 4% INCREASE JANUARY ONE, 2021, OPTION TWO WOULD BE A SIX MONTH DEFERRAL WITH THE 8% INCREASE OCCURRING ON JANUARY 1ST, 2021. AND OPTION THREE, NO DEFERRAL AND IMPLEMENTING THE 8% INCREASE JULY 1ST, 2020. OKAY. SO FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATION THOUGH, THAT THE ONE THING THAT IT DOESN'T SAY SPECIFICALLY IS IF WE DEFER HALF OF THE INCREASE ON JULY 1ST AND CHANGE IT TO 4%, WE'LL ADD THAT TO THE IT'LL BECOME 8% JANUARY 1ST, CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND THAT. AND ONE IS A ZERO HIP ONE IS THE $600,000 MINUS A ONE POINT $2 MILLION. AND THE 1.2 IS IF WE COMPLETELY DEFER THE 8% FOR A FULL SIX MONTHS, SIX MONTHS RE YOU, YOU HAD A LOT OF CONCERN AND I AGREE WITH YOUR CONCERNS. WELL, WHAT WOULD YOU THINK? WHAT WOULD YOU THINK ABOUT THIS? I LIKE OPTION ONE. I MEAN, MAYBE IT'S NOT THE FULL 8%, MAYBE 4% AND IT'LL 600,000 SAVINGS AND THEN WE MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT, BUT, BUT IT ACTUALLY WOULD COME BACK TO US JUST TO SEE WHERE WE ARE. BUT DANIEL, I DO HAVE A QUESTION. IF SOMEBODY IS HAVING ISSUES, PAYING THEIR WATER BILL, THEY CAN'T BE SHUT OFF. CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND THAT GOES TO WHEN IT'S BASICALLY IT'S CONTINGENT ON COVID EMERGENCY WITHIN THE NEXT, I THINK IT WAS LIKE 90 DAYS OR AFTER THE DECLARATION THAT THE EMERGENCY WAS OVER. I BELIEVE SO. OKAY. SO THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME. SO I JUST WANT TO GET CLARIFICATION ON THAT. SORRY. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE PERSON THAT'S OKAY WITH JUST DOING THE DEFER. ONE HALF OF THE 8% INCREASE ON JULY 1ST, MAKE IT ONLY 4%. AND THEN IT WOULD GO WITH A FULL INCREASE ON JANUARY 1ST, SINCE THIS IS A DISCUSSION ITEM, I'LL TURN TO MARK AGAIN. WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? DO WE NEED TO GIVE HIM GUIDANCE AS TO WHICH ONE? AND THEN HE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO US IN THE FORM OF A NATURAL DOCUMENT THAT WE HAVE TO SIGN IN AND APPROVE. NO, I THINK WE JUST NEED A MOTION AND THEN WE'LL IMPLEMENT IT AS, AS DESIGNED BY THE COUNCIL. CORRECT, MARK. CORRECT. THIS, THIS DOES NEED A VOTE WITH OUR EMOTION. YEP. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I'M SORRY, THE CITY CLERK. YEAH, WE, THE, THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS PUT IN YOUR PACKET WAS A DRAFT RESOLUTION. ONE OF THE DIRECTIONS OF THE STAFF REPORT IS FOR THE CITY CLERK, TIN CERT, THE OPTION THAT IS SELECTED INTO THAT RESOLUTION. SO THE VOTE TODAY WOULD BE ADOPTING THAT RESOLUTION WITH THE INSERTION OF THAT OPTION INTO IT. ALRIGHT. SO DOES EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE THREE OPTIONS ARE I'M HEARING AND BASICALLY RAISING? HE PREFERS OPTION ONE. DO WE HEAR ANYONE ELSE THAT HAS OPTION ONE IS A FIRST CHOICE. WHY DON'T I MAKE A MOTION? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO SAY OPTION ONE, UM, TO GO TO THAT DIRECTION. OKAY. AND HOPEFULLY I GET A SECOND. IF I DON'T THEN WE MOVE ON. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A SECOND ON OPTION ONE? OKAY. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S DYING FOR LACK OF A SECOND. DO WE HEAR ANOTHER MOTION? HELLO? I'M WATCHING FOR OPTION THREE. OPTION THREE. NO, NO CHANGE AT ALL. OKAY. SO THE 8% ARE WILLING TO, TO CHARGE A RESIDENCY 8%. I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? WE HAVE A MOTION FOR OPTION THREE, WHICH WILL BE NO FISCAL IMPACT TO THE CITY. A VERBAL VOTE. MAYOR BENNETT. YES. VICE MAYOR JOS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ. NO COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS. YES. MOTION PASSES. FOUR ZERO. OKAY. [21. Adopt resolution authorizing approval of project specific maintenance agreement for Gateway Monument, authorize execution of Project Specific Maintenance Agreement with State of California acting by and through California Department of Transportation, and determine the project is exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act] HOLD ON. ITEM NUMBER 24, ONE 41. I'M SORRY. [01:45:01] MY APOLOGIES FOR ONE ITEM 21 IS TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION, AUTHORIZING THE APPROVAL OF A PROJECT SPECIFIC MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT FOR THE GATEWAY FOR A GATEWAY MONUMENT WITH CALTRANS AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR WILL GIVE A REPORT ON THIS ITEM. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. UH, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT TO INSTALL A GATEWAY MONUMENT, UH, WITHIN THOSE CENTER MEDIAN ON CHINO HILLS PARKWAY, JUST WEST OF STATE, ROUTE 71. UM, STAFF RECENTLY GOT APPROVAL FROM CALTRANS ON THE PLANS AND DESIGNED FOR THAT GATEWAY MONUMENT, WHICH WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO THE GATEWAY MONUMENT. THAT'S CURRENTLY ON PEYTON, JUST WEST OF 71. UH, WHAT WE ARE ASKING TONIGHT IS APPROVAL TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH CALTRANS, WHICH WOULD ALLOW US TO CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN THE MONUMENT LONGTERM ON CALTRANS, UH, PROPERTY. ONCE WE GET THIS AGREEMENT IN PLACE, WE CAN APPLY AND OBTAIN AN, A CRUTCH, THE PERMIT TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION AND ALLOWS JUST TO LIST A BIT FOR THAT WORK. OKAY. SO CLARIFICATION, THIS IS GOING TO BE IN THE CENTER MEDIAN. THIS WILL BE BASICALLY EAST OF CARL JR. IT'LL BE AROUND THAT VICINITY. YEAH. OKAY. CAUSE I KNOW CYNTHIA JUST BROUGHT THIS UP LAST MEETING OR THE MEETING BEFORE ABOUT THE NEED FOR US TO HAVE N A CITY MONUMENT AT MORE THAN THE MAIN ARTERIAL IN, UH, YOU KNOW, ENTRANCES TO THE CITY. IT WILL BE LOCATED RIGHT WHERE THE LANDSCAPE, UH, BEGINS ON CHP WEST OF THE 71. SO IT'S APPROXIMATELY AROUND THE CARLOS JR AREA. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UH, A DISCUSSION WITH, TO SPEAK ON THIS ONE. I DO NOT SEE ANY HANDS RAISED FOR THIS SIDE. OKAY. THIS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED FOR A DECADE OR ONE MORE PLACE THAT WE DON'T HAVE A MONUMENT REALLY, MAYBE LONGER. I REMEMBER SITTING ON A BUS AND DRIVING AROUND AND LOOKING AT MONUMENTS WITH POSSIBILITIES WITH THAT. CAN I MOVE THE ITEM? ALRIGHT. I GOT A QUESTION BEFORE YOU SHARE, WHAT DOES IT COST? WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? WE HAVE $80,000 IN OUR BUDGET FOR THAT, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 60 TO $70,000 FOR THE MONEY'S ALREADY SET ASIDE FOR THIS PROJECT. YES. OKAY. NOW WE HAVE 80,000 IN CFD FIVE FUNDS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM BRIAN. SECOND, SECOND. ALL RIGHT. MOTION OF THE SECOND VERBAL VOTE. MAYOR BENNETT. YES. VICE MAYOR JOS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ. NO, NO COUNCIL MEMBER MORON. YES. AND COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS. YES. MOTION PASSES. FOUR ONE. [22. Provide direction to place proposed increase in City's Transient Occupancy Tax on November 3, 2020, ballot for voter approval and specify the amount of increase] OKAY. ITEM NUMBER 22, 22 IS TO PROVIDE DIRECTION TO PLACE A PROPOSED INCREASE IN THE CITY'S TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX ON THE NOVEMBER 3RD, 2020 BALLOT AND SPECIFY THE AMOUNT OF THAT INCREASE. ALRIGHT. AND WE DID GET UP HERE AT THE DIOCESE, A REVISION TO THAT DOCUMENT JUST SO EVERYONE CAN BE SURE THAT WE'RE ON THE RIGHT PAGE IF I CAN FIND MY COPY OF IT. YES. OKAY. ANY, UH, STAFF REPORT ON THIS ONE? SURE. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT IS, UH, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL PROVIDE US DIRECTION ON WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD TAKE TO THE VOTERS, A TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX, UH, OFTEN CONSIDERED THE HOTEL TAX INCREASE AT THE, UH, NOVEMBER ELECTION. UH, WE CURRENTLY, UH, UH, HAVE A 10%, UH, TOT TAX ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, HOTEL STAYS IN THE CITY. UH, THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES VARY, UH, FROM BELOW OF 8%, UH, TO, UH, I BELIEVE 14 IS THE HIGH, UM, WHAT WE WERE SEEKING, UH, OR IS THE COUNCIL'S DESIRE TO INCLUDE THIS ON THE BALLOT. UH, IT WOULD TAKE TWO STEPS, ONE FOR THE CITY TO GIVE DIRECTION, AND THEN WE WOULD BRING IT BACK, UH, TO, UH, FUTURE, UH, THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IN, UH, JULY, THE CITY ATTORNEY IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY PROCESS QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS. I WHAT'S PRESENTED IN YOUR PACKET IN WHICH WAS UPDATED, ARE THE, UH, ESTIMATED, UH, REVENUE FROM, UH, TOT TAXES, UH, FOR OUR 2019 2020 BUDGET, UH, WHICH, UH, WE HAVE ESTIMATED A REDUCTION IN TOT TAX ASSOCIATED WITH THE COVID-19 IMPACTS. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO, UH, UH, AN S UH, WHAT WE HAVE BUDGETED FOR THE COMING YEAR. UM, AND ALSO PRESENTED [01:50:01] IS THE POTENTIAL, UH, ADDITIONAL REVENUE FROM, UH, UM, INCREASES TO TOT, UH, AND I'LL CONCLUDE THEY ARE FOR AN ANSWER, ANY QUESTIONS AS THEY PRESENT THEMSELVES. OKAY. QUESTIONS. I KNOW RAY, YOU HAVE HAD SOME CONCERN ABOUT THAT. THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE, AND AGAIN, WE'RE GETTING GIVING STAFF REPORTS AND WE CAN STUDY THEM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE READY FOR A MEETING. AND THERE WERE JUST SO MANY MISTAKES ON THIS STAFF REPORT, AND I'M THINKING, THANK YOU FOR CORRECTING IT. BUT YOU KNOW, TO ME, ANY PENNY THAT, UH, THAT, UH, IS OUT THERE SUCH AS TOT WE'RE LOOKING AT 1.3, THIS FISCAL YEAR, 1.3 60,000 AND NEXT YEAR, WE'RE LOOKING AT 1.3. AND THEN WHEN I LOOK AT THE STAFF REPORT, IT'S LIKE 1.4 WITH A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR REDUCTION. SO THESE ARE MISTAKES. I MEAN, THEY'RE MISTAKES. I GET IT. WE ALL MAKE IT, BUT WE NEED TO REVIEW WHATEVER INFORMATION THAT COMES OUT TO COUNCIL, BECAUSE THIS CAN'T KEEP ON HAPPENING. I UNDERSTAND COUNCIL MEMBER MARCUS, THANK YOU FOR THE DILIGENCE YOU DID IN REVIEWING THE STAFF REPORT AND POINTING THAT OUT. IT IS OUR DESIRED TO HAVE THESE NUMBERS AS ACCURATE, BUT I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT SLIPPING. IT'S NO BIG DEAL. AND JUST SO I KNOW I MAKE MISTAKES ALL THE TIME, SO, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT PERFECT. I GET IT. BUT IF WE CAN JUST MAKE US DO A BETTER JOB, I'D REALLY APPRECIATE IT. WE WILL. THANK YOU. THAT'S THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS ARE ALL RIGHT. CAN WE ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST? IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ONE? I DID NOT SEE ANY HANDS RAISED AT THIS TIME. OKAY. AND I THINK FOR GENERAL PURPOSES, I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT TOT IS THE, IS THE LARGEST SINGLE TAX THAT WE COLLECT AS A CITY THAT IS UNDILUTED, AND IT'S NOT PAID TYPICALLY BY OUR RESIDENTS IS PAID BY THOSE PEOPLE THAT STAY IN OUR CITIES, HOTELS. CURRENTLY THEY PAY 10% TRENDING OCCUPANCY TAX. UH, WE'RE PROPOSING A 2% INCREASE. STAFF IS ESTIMATING THAT FOR EACH 1% OF INCREASE IN THE TOT, THE CITY WILL COLLECT AN ADDITIONAL $130,000. UH, WE STILL HAVE ONE, UH, HOTEL THAT'S IN PROGRESS RIGHT NOW. ISN'T THAT RAMADA EXPRESS, UH, THAT ARE HOLIDAY HOLIDAYS. I'M SORRY. EXCUSE ME. RAMADA IN YEARS, BOY. YEAH. RAMADAN AS I USED TO KIDDINGLY CALL IT FOR THE KIDS. UH, BUT THE HOLIDAY, AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT'S GOING TO BE ON ONLINE. SO WHETHER OR NOT WE'LL START RECEIVING ANY TOT FROM THEM BEFORE THIS, ANY PART OF THIS CURRENT OR UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. I DON'T KNOW, BUT RIGHT. CAUSE YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATION. I DON'T THINK IT DOES SAY 2%. THAT'S A DISCUSSION THAT WE PROPOSE STAFF WOULD MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION. WHENEVER THIS CAME UP, I SUGGEST THAT 2% TO BE A LITTLE MORE IN LINE, ONTARIO'S CLOSE TO 12% AND I THOUGHT, OKAY, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD AVERAGE BECAUSE WE'RE COMPETING A LITTLE BIT WITH ONTARIO'S. I MENTIONED TO BEN BEFORE, BECAUSE A LOT OF BUSINESS TRAVELERS ARE COMING INTO ONTARIO AIRPORT AND THEY'RE COMING OVER TO CHINO HILLS TO DO THEIR, THEIR BUSINESS AND THEN HEADING BACK OVER. SO WE'RE STILL RIGHT IN LINE IF THIS IS APPROVED FOR A 12% TAX VERSUS IT. YEAH. AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, THAT MISS STATEMENT, BUT YES, I THINK IN TERMS WE'VE KICKED THIS AROUND FOR A WHILE. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S JUST A BRAIN CHILD OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS. WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS FOR SOME TIME. IT'S, IT'S A MISSED OPPORTUNITY. IF YOU WANT TO DO BUSINESS IN CHINO HILLS, WE THINK THAT YOU OUGHT TO PAY APPROPRIATELY. AND SO I THINK ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WELL, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT, YEAH, I KNOW WE JUST MENTIONED IT WHEN WE FIRST KICKED THIS OFF THAT THIS WILL GO TO THE VOTERS AND THE VOTERS WILL ULTIMATELY GET THE SAY, SO GET THE SAY SO ON. YEAH. DO WE WANT TO INCREASE THE 2% OR NOT? SO WE'RE NOT MAKING THE DECISION IN THE THEATERS. WELL, YEAH, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET ON THE BALLOT. GIVE THEM THE OPTION TO YEAH. UH, CYNTHIA, ANY COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. JUST CLARIFICATION WILL FAIL. SO I'M SORRY. SO FOR EVERY 1% IT'S 111,800, NO, 130. THE 111 IS THE COST TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT. OKAY. I'M SORRY. YES. SO IT'S ONE 30 FOR EVERY 1%. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. BEAUTIFUL. YEAH. ESTIMATED. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY, WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT WE'RE COLLECTING. SO IT'S PROBABLY AN EASIER CALCULATION FOR LONGTERM HEALTH OF THE CITY AS FAR. AND AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, WE GET 1% OF THE SALES TAX. WE GET 4% OF THE TOTAL PROPERTY TAXES ARE COLLECTED, UM, WHICH IS JUST RIDICULOUS. WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT NEIGHBORS TO THE EAST OF HERE GET LIKE 14% OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT'S, IT'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE. SO THIS IS ONE WAY WE CAN EFFECTIVELY INCREASE THE REVENUE TO THE CITY AND PAY OR HAVE THE VISITORS TO THE CITY, UH, PAY THAT INCREASE. SO, UH, OKAY. SO, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS AND WITH A PERCENTAGE 2%. OKAY. UH, VERBAL VOTE. [01:55:02] MAYOR BENNETT. YES. VICE MAYOR JOS. YES. MA'AM COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS. YES. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL. ALRIGHT. NOW WE MOVE INTO THE FUN PART. WE HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS. UH, CHERYL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO WALK THROUGH WHAT THE PROCEDURE IS FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS? SURE. SO THE PUBLIC HEARING IS, UH, WE'RE ALL MATTERS ARE LEGALLY REQUIRED OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC INPUT. THE FIRST [23. Approve proposed Substantial Amendment to 2019-20 Annual Action Plan for the Community Development Block Grant Program, authorize City Manager to execute all agreements and related documents, and adopt budget amendment resolution for Fiscal Year 2019-20 increasing Community Development Block Grant Fund by $245,261 for Cares Act funding allocation] ITEM ON OUR PUBLIC HEARING CALENDAR IS TO APPROVE THE SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE 2019 20 CDBG ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AND RELATED ITEMS. OKAY. COUNSEL, I'M GOING TO ASK ALMA HERNANDEZ, OUR RESIDENT EXPERT PLAN. MY, MY BRAIN JUST WENT BLANK WHEN I SAW HER WITH HER MASK ON I'M LIKE I GOT HER NAME. RIGHT. OKAY. UH, UH, ALICE, OUR EXPERT, MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH SEEING ALMA PRESENT ON OUR CDBG PROGRAM. AND SHE'S BEEN TASKED WITH IDENTIFYING A WAY FOR US TO USE THE CARES ACT COVID, UH, FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVED, UH, TO, UH, BENEFIT OUR, OUR BUSINESSES WHAT'S WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED TONIGHT IS FOR THE COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER, TO EXECUTE A PROGRAM THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO TAKE THE $245,000 THAT WE RECEIVED AND DESIGN A PROGRAM TO SUPPORT, UH, MICRO BUSINESSES. AND I'LL ASK ALMA TO GIVE THE REPORT. ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, WE ARE HERE TO APPROVE, UH, A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO OUR 1920 CDBG ANNUAL ACTION PLAN TO ALLOCATE THE CARES ACT FUNDING ON MARCH 27TH, THE CARES ACT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW AND IT MADE FIVE MO 5 BILLION IN CDBG FUNDS AVAILABLE TO BE ALLOCATED IN THREE PHASES. THE FIRST PHASE ALLOCATED 2 BILLION BASED ON THE 1920 CDBG FORMULA, WHICH ALLOCATED A LITTLE OVER 245,000 TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS. THE SECOND PHASE 1 BILLION WAS ALLOCATED TO STATES AND INSULAR AREAS. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WAS ALLOCATED 113 MILLION. THE THIRD PHASE 2 BILLION WILL BE ALLOCATED ON CRITERIA TO BE DETERMINED BY THE HUD SECRETARY. THE FUNDS WERE ALLOCATED WITH LITTLE GUIDANCE ISSUED BY HUD IN THE WEEKS THAT FOLLOWED HUD ISSUED GENERAL GUIDANCE AND WAIVERS ON HOW THE FUNDS COULD BE USED AND HOW ENTITLEMENTS COULD ACCESS THE FUNDS, BUT NO SPECIFIC GUIDELINES ON THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. THEREFORE IT LET STOP TO DETERMINE HOW TO BEST ALLOCATE THE FUNDS TO EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE LEANED ON EXISTING CDBG GUIDELINES AND SOLICITED ADVICE FROM CONSULTANTS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT NOT ONLY HAVE CDBG EXPERIENCE, BUT ALSO EXPERIENCE IN IMPLEMENTING VARIOUS TYPES OF PROGRAMS. AFTER MUCH DISCUSSION STAFF IS RECOMMENDING TO ALLOCATE THE FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT A MICRO ENTERPRISE BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM. THE PROPOSED PROGRAM WILL AWARD SMALL BUSINESSES WITH FIVE OR FEWER EMPLOYEES GRANTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,500. THIS IS AN EXISTING ELIGIBLE ACTIVITY UNDER REGULAR CDBG GUIDELINES AND THE REQUIREMENTS HAVEN'T TAKEN FROM THOSE GUIDELINES WITH THE ADDITION THAT APPLICANTS MUST SHOW THAT THEY HAVE BEEN NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY COVID-19 SUCH AS CLOSURE OF THE BUSINESS OR LAY OFF OF EMPLOYEES. THIS PROGRAM WAS SELECTED OVER OTHERS THAT WERE BEING CONSIDERED DUE TO THE SOMEWHAT FLEXIBILITY OF THE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. AS WITH ANY FEDERAL FUNDS. THERE ARE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS THAT MUST BE MET THAT NOT ONLY CAUSE AN ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN, BUT ALSO BURDEN ON THE APPLICANT, THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM WOULD ALLOW FOR THE PROGRAM TO BE MANAGED SIMILAR TO OUR CURRENT HOME IMPROVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM, WHERE THE APPLICANT WOULD FILL OUT AN APPLICATION AND SUBMIT THE, UM, SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION. AND AS LONG AS THEY MEET THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS, THAT WOULD BE ALL THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED. UM, IN ORDER TO EXPEDITE THE PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS, THE CITY INTENDS TO WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH A THIRD PARTY VENDOR TO ASSIST WITH THE DAY TO DAY MANAGEMENT OF THE PROGRAM. STAFF DOES NOT HAVE AN IMPLEMENTATION DATE AS THERE ARE STILL ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES THAT NEED TO BE COMPLETED. HOW DO WE CERTAINLY GAVE GUIDANCE THAT OUR MOST RECENTLY HAD APPROVED ACTION PLAN NEEDED TO BE AMENDED FOR THE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN, WHICH IS THE REASON WE ARE HERE TONIGHT AND WAIVE THE REQUIREMENT TO AMEND THE FIVE-YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN. IF COUNCIL APPROVES THIS AMENDMENT, IT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO HARTFORD APPROVAL AND HAS INDICATED THAT THEY WILL BE EXPEDITING, APPROVALS AND AGREEMENTS FOR THE CARE ACT FUNDING. AND THIS IS, UH, CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR TONIGHT. AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS. UH, SOME, UH, BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO, UH, RECEIVE $2,500 IN SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS OR FUNDS THROUGH THE COUNTY, CORRECT. [02:00:01] UH, PETER W UH, THROUGH CURTAILMENTS OFFICE, UM, WOULD THIS BE IN W WOULD THEY NOT QUALIFY FOR ANY OF THIS MONEY? IF THEY HAD ALREADY RECEIVED MONEY, UH, THROUGH THE COUNTY, THEY WOULD STILL BE ELIGIBLE. OKAY. AND THESE ARE DOLLARS AMOUNT FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, 1920, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NEXT WEEK, WE'LL BE THROUGH THE, THE FISCAL YEAR. THESE WILL STILL BE DOLLARS THAT WE CAN ALLOCATE AT THIS POINT IN TIME. IS THERE ANY LIKELIHOOD THAT WE'LL GET A SIMILAR AMOUNT FOR 2020 21, OR IS THAT, OH, HOW TO RENTAL A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN OUR FISCAL YEAR. SO WE'RE JUST AMENDING OUR 1920 ACTION PLAN, BUT THE MONEY WILL ACTUALLY ROLL OVER INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. UM, AND AS THE CURRENT WE HAVE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 20, 22 TO SPEND THE MONEY, SO IT'LL JUST CONTINUE ROLLING OVER. ALRIGHT. AS FAR AS IDENTIFYING THE BUSINESSES THAT WOULD QUALIFY FOR THESE $2,500 PAYMENTS, WOULD WE, UH, BE ABLE TO COORDINATE WITH THE CHAMBER AND FIND OUT IS THAT HOW WE WOULD PROBABLY IDENTIFY THOSE PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE IN THE MOST NEED OR QUALIFY FOR THIS? YES, WE WOULD. WE WOULD EXECUTE A PRETTY WIDESPREAD, UH, PROMOTION PROGRAM, UH, NOT ONLY THROUGH THE CHAMBER, THROUGH OUR OWN, UH, METHODS, UH, WE WOULD REACH OUT TO APPLICANTS AND RECIPIENTS OF THE COUNTY PROGRAM. SO WE'D WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR, UH, UH, ELIGIBLE ALL OF OUR BUSINESSES KNEW. SO, YES. YEAH. I'D HATE TO SEE US REINVENT THE WHEEL DOING THIS. CAUSE I THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH DATA OUT THERE TO IDENTIFY THESE PEOPLE. AND I THINK TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. UH, SO, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES. QUICK QUESTION. I DID SOME CALCULATION IN THERE. WE'RE TALKING APPROXIMATELY $200,000. WE HAVE TO GIVE OUT AFTER SOME ADMINISTRATIVE FEES THAT WERE PAID AT $2,500. THAT'S 80, UH, 80, 78, 70, 78. OKAY. SO WHAT IF WE HAVE 300 PEOPLE APPLY AND THEY ALL WERE PROPOSING FIRST, COME FIRST, COME FIRST SERVED. YES. OKAY. NOW WE SAW THAT MEANS HOW WE DISSEMINATE THE INFORMATION IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT BECAUSE ART MENTIONED CHAMBER. NOW, CHAMBER PEOPLE MAY HAVE AN ADVANTAGE TO HEAR THIS, BUT THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT AREN'T NOT CHAMBER MEMBERS THAT DESERVE THAT MONEY JUST AS EQUALLY AS CHAMBER MEMBERS, THE CHAMBER MEMBERS ARE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT THIS RIGHT AWAY, BECAUSE THEY'RE THERE ON A SYSTEM OF RECEIVING EMAILS. HOW DO WE DISSEMINATE THIS INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC, WHERE EVERYBODY HEARS ABOUT THIS IN A REAL TIMELY MANNER, IF IT'S FIRST COME FIRST SERVED GOOD. I DON'T NEED IT. I KNOW IT'S TOUGH. WE WERE TRYING TO EQUALLY BUSINESS LICENSES. CAUSE I WAS GOING TO SAY, I THINK TO, TO YOUR POINT, DO WE HAVE CONTACT INFORMATION THROUGH THE BUSINESS LICENSE SYSTEM WITH EMAIL ADDRESSES OR, YOU KNOW, CAN WE SEND A POSTCARD TO, WE DO. AND WE WOULD USE THAT, THAT ALSO FOR REACHING OUT DIRECTLY TO THOSE BUSINESSES, IDENTIFY, YEAH, WE WOULDN'T WANT TO STACK THE DECK. WE WANT TO MAKE THIS AS EQUITABLE AS POSSIBLE, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT EVEN IF THEY HEAR ABOUT IT, THEY'LL AUTOMATICALLY THINK, WELL, IT'S GOVERNMENT MONEY. SO IT'S GOING TO BE TOO HARD TO GET. WE WON'T EVEN APPLY. AND THAT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT THAT'S, I THINK A MINDSET THAT'S OUT THERE, UH, WHETHER OR NOT, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO BE AS WORRIED ABOUT WHO ENDS UP DOING THOSE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT THE WORD DOWN. I KNOW AS BEST WE CAN JUST TRYING TO BE, HOPEFULLY THE PEOPLE THAT NEED IT THE MOST WILL GET THE MONEY, BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN IT'S FIRST COME FIRST SERVE THERE'S PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST OUT THERE. THEY, THEY IT'S THE FACT THAT IT'S ON THE AGENDA. THEY PROBABLY ALREADY KNOW ABOUT IT. SO I ALREADY HAVE SOMEONE SEND ME A TEXT SAYING, I UNDERSTAND THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS IS GIVING UP $10,000 PER BUSINESS. WHEN, WHEN IS IT AVAILABLE WHILE IT WAS A CITY OF CHINO AND IT WAS UP TO $10,000 AND IT WAS A SIMILAR SUM OF MONEY THAT WE HAVE, RIGHT. WITH A HUNDRED THOUSAND MORE THAN US. SO 300,000 ISH. SO THE WORDS ALREADY OUT SOMEWHERE THAT THERE'S SOME MONIES TO BE HAD FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TO HELP THEM RECOVER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF FIRST, JUST, UM, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, SO TO UP TO $10,000 FOR CHINO, THAT'S THE WAY I READ IT. ANY IDEA WHY WE PLANNED IT ON 2,500 AS A SUGGESTION, AS OPPOSED TO SOMETHING MORE? I KNOW IT'S THE SHOTGUN APPROACH OF HELPED ME MORE IN ORDER TO SERVE MORE, JUST ONLY 30 PEOPLE. IF EVERYBODY GOT 10,000 BUSINESSES, UH, IN CHINA, A LOT LESS THAN 80 APPLY AND QUALIFY WOULD HAVE ONLY 25 PEOPLE QUALIFY AND GET IT, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO RAISE? THE 2,500? WE COME BACK TO THE, WITH THAT, IT'S SIMILAR TO THE APPROACH WE TOOK. ALMA CAN HELP ME. I BELIEVE OUR HOME IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WAS 2,500 AND WE IDENTIFIED THAT MANY PEOPLE WEREN'T APPLYING BECAUSE IT WASN'T ENOUGH MONEY. OUR GOAL IS TO GET A PROGRAM OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. AND THERE'S THE POTENTIAL THAT MORE MONEY WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE. WE'D COME TO THE COUNCIL IF IN THAT EVENTUALITY. [02:05:01] BUT IF WE FOUND THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS GROUNDSWELL OF APPLICATIONS, WE WOULD THEN ABSOLUTELY SEEK TO INCREASE THAT. AND I BELIEVE ALMA HAD THIS SUGGESTION THAT WE WOULD PRESENT THE PROPOSAL TO HUD WITH AN OPEN END SO THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO RE CERTIFIED THE DOCUMENT IN ORDER TO RAISE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT COUNSEL WOULD GIVE GUIDANCE TODAY. BUT WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO COME BACK TO A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING TO GET THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT CHANGE. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. OR I COULD, UM, AMANDA SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO JUST GIVE A VERY GENERAL CONCEPT OF THE PROGRAM WITHOUT A SPECIFIC DOLLAR AMOUNT TO BE DETERMINED. UM, WE CAN GIVE THE CITY MANAGER AUTHORITY TO DECIDE OR BECOME, COULD BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF IN THAT RESPECT? I WOULD THINK IT'D BE BEST TO GO WITH THE PLAN. THAT'S GOING TO TAKE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF TIME. OKAY. BEFORE WE HAVE OUR NEXT MORE DECISION THAT LEADING UP TO IT IS A PUBLIC MEETING. SO IF IT'S OKAY, I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. DO WE HAVE ANY REQUESTS TO SPEAK? I DO NOT SEE ANY HANDS RAISED. HOWEVER, I WILL ASK THAT IF ANYBODY WISHES TO SPEAK TO PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. NOW THERE'S ONE HAND RAISE. YUP. IT WENT AWAY. OKAY. SO WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS AT THIS TIME. AND SINCE IT'S ALL STAFF IN THE AUDIENCE, I WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE IT, CLOSE IT, CLOSE IT. THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DO. YEAH. SO THERE BEING NO PUBLIC REQUEST TO SPEAK, WE'LL CLOSE THE, BRING IT BACK UP THE DYES FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION, RIGHT. OKAY. JUST A QUESTION REGARDING OVERHEAD FEES OR ADMINISTRATIVE FEES OF 49,000. IS THAT SOMETHING, IS THAT A TRUE COST OF WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS GOING TO COST US? THAT'S BASED ON AWARDING ALL 78 GRANTS. OKAY. AND THE REASON I'M ASKING THAT QUESTION THAT COULD ACTUALLY GIVE IT ADDITIONAL 19 GRANTS, THAT IF WE WERE TO UTILIZE SOME OF THAT MONEY. UM, SO I DID, UM, SOLICIT RFP RFPS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE PROGRAM AND THAT WAS THE BEST PRICING THAT WE COULD GET. SO IT WAS AN RFP. SO WE'RE HIRING A CONSULTANT TO MANAGE IT FOR THAT 49,000? YES. OKAY. AND I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER WAY FOR US TO NOT BE CONSIDERED BIAS BY US, NOT ADMINISTERING IT AND BUYING HABIT CONSULTANT, IDENTIFYING THE PEOPLE THAT WOULD GET IT. I THINK THAT THAT'S A GOOD POINT KIND OF MAKES IT MORE CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT. SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. OKAY. FOR THE DISCUSSION AND OR EMOTION, JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION, HOW EASY WILL IT BE FOR BUSINESSES TO APPLY FOR THIS? SO IT WOULD BE VERY SIMILAR TO THE HOME IMPROVEMENT GRANT. SO IT WOULD JUST BE A MATTER OF THE APPLICANT OR BUSINESS PROVIDING PROOF. UM, OKAY, GOOD. DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE SOME, HAVE TOO MANY HOOPS TO JUMP THROUGH FOR 2,500 BUCKS. CDBG IS. YEAH. CAN I SAY SOMETHING? YES. I GOT TO SORT OF APOLOGIZE TO SENT THEM AROUND FOR EARLIER COMMENTS THAT I MADE, BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD BECAUSE YOUR BELINDA, YOU SHOWED ME A, SOMETHING WITH HER DOING SOME SIMILAR TO THIS. I WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY'S DOING THIS. YEAH. WELL SHE'S THE ONE GIVING OUT CASH BECAUSE SHE'S IN COMPETITION WITH SOMEONE ELSE IN YOUR BELINDA. BELINDA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, RAY. WITH THAT. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE ITEM. I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. A VERBAL VOTE. MAYOR BENNETT. YES. VICE MAYOR JOS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUETTE. NO, YES, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS. YES. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 24, WHICH IS ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING. SO [24. Adopt resolution confirming Engineer's Report for Chino Hills Los Serranos Lighting Maintenance District and ordering levy and collection of assessments] [25. Adopt resolution confirming Engineer's Report for Chino Hills Vellano Landscaping and Lighting District and ordering levy and collection of assessments] [26. Adopt resolutions confirming Engineer's Report for Chino Hills Special Maintenance Areas 1 and 2 and ordering levy and collection of assessments] [27. Adopt resolution confirming Engineer's Report for Chino Hills Landscape and Lighting District No. 1 and ordering levy and collection of assessments] CAN WE MARK THOSE 24 THROUGH 27 ITEM NUMBERS? 24 THROUGH 27 ARE GOING TO BE HEARD TOGETHER. OKAY. THAT'S FINE. THE VOTE WILL BE TAKEN TOGETHER AS WELL. THEY ARE TO ADOPT RESOLUTIONS CONFIRMING THE ENGINEER'S REPORTS AND ORDERING THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS FOR THE CHINO HILLS, LOS SERRANO'S LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT, THE CHINO HILLS, VELANO LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING DISTRICTS, THE CHINO HILLS SPECIAL MAINTENANCE AREAS ONE AND TWO, AND THE CHINO HILLS LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING DISTRICT. NUMBER ONE. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS MORE OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE TYPE OF PUBLIC HEARING. CORRECT? ALRIGHT. OR WE DO THIS ANNUALLY WHERE WE CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO REVIEW THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THESE DISTRICTS AND SPECIAL, SPECIAL MAINTENANCE AREAS. UH, BACK ON FEBRUARY 11TH, UH, THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZED US TO ORDER THE ENGINEERS, UH, UH, LEVY REPORTS, UH, TO LOOK AT THOSE, UM, THOSE COSTS, UH, FOR THESE DISTRICTS. UH, BUT THE RESULTS CAME BACK WITH WAS AT THE LOS RONALD'S LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT, UM, WHICH, UH, PROVIDES STREET LIGHTING FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, WE ARE RECOMMENDING A, AN INCREASE OF 32 CENTS TO THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENT, UH, THAT WILL INCREASE THE RATE FROM $57 AND 76 CENTS UP TO A $58, 8 CENTS FOR VELANO, WHICH COVERS COSTS RELATED TO STREET, LIGHTING PARKS, OPEN SPACE AND LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE. [02:10:01] WE ARE RECOMMENDING A, AN ANNUAL ASSESSMENT INCREASE THE 5%, WHICH WILL TAKE THE ASSESSMENT FROM 1085 ANNUALLY TO $1,139. LET ME POUR FOUR SPECIAL MAINTENANCE AREAS, ONE AND TWO, WHICH COVERS, UH, CITYWIDE STREET, SWEEPING AND STREET MAINTENANCE IN A SLEEPY HOLLOW AREA. THERE WAS NO A PROPOSED CHANGE TO THAT ASSESSMENT. UM, AND LIKEWISE FOR LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPE DISTRICT ONE, WHICH PROVIDES PARK OPEN SPACE AND LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE. THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THAT, UH, ANNUAL ASSESSMENT EITHER. UM, THAT CONCLUDES MY REMARKS. BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANYONE REQUESTING TO SPEAK? I DID NOT SEE ANY HANDS RAISED, ANYBODY APOLOGIZE. LET ME OPEN THE PUBLIC MEETING FIRST OPEN PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. AND THIS WAS FOR ITEMS 24 THROUGH 27 INCLUSIVE AND I DO NOT SEE ANY HANDS RAISED. ALL RIGHT. AND HEARING OR SEEING NONE. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK UP TO THE DIOCESE FOR DISCUSSION AND OR MOTION. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE ITEM ITEMS 24 THROUGH 27. ALL RIGHT. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND BY PETER. OKAY. VERBAL VOTE. MAYOR BENNETT. YES. VICE MAYOR JOS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS. YES. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. [ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT] OKAY. I'M NOT SURE. DO WE HAVE DENISE ON THE LINE FOR THE PIO REPORT OR SOMETHING? HOWEVER, I DO NEED TO UNMUTE HER SO ONE. OKAY. IT LOOKS LIKE, WHAT DO WE NEED TO CONVENIENCE REAL QUICK. OKAY. OKAY. SHE'LL WATCH THE VIDEO. OH, MARY CASTLE. OH, HEY, HOW YOU DOING THERE? I HOPE YOU'RE FEELING BETTER. I AM FEELING BETTER. GOOD. UM, OKAY. LET ME RUN THROUGH THE REPORT TONIGHT. I'D LIKE TO GIVE SOME STATISTIC ABOUT THE COBIT AS THE SUPERVISOR, THE COUNTY, 10,002 WEEKS AGO, WE HAD 6,247 FROM A DAY TO DAY BASIS. WE'RE UP 6.9% FROM THE PREVIOUS DAY. THE TOTAL POSITIVE CASES IN CHINO HILLS IS 195. THAT MEANS WE HAD 60 ADDITIONAL CASES IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. THE TOTAL TESTS IN THE COUNTY ARE NEARLY 11, 111,600. AND THAT'S A 9%, I'M SORRY. THAT'S UH, UP QUITE A BIT FROM 75,600, JUST TWO WEEKS AGO. SO THERE'S A LOT OF TESTING GOING ON. THE POSITIVE RATE RIGHT NOW IS 9%. UM, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE STATE THINGS THAT WE MUST MEET AND THEY WANT OUR POSITIVE RATES TO BE 8%. SO THAT IS AN AREA THAT IS BEING WATCHED IS OUR POSITIVITY RATES. AND THOSE RATES ARE UP 2.3% FROM THE PREVIOUS DAY. THE TOTAL TEST FOR CHINO HILLS RESIDENCE IS 3,289. AND, UM, WE'VE BEEN HOLDING STEADY FOR A LONG TIME WITH JUST TWO THAT PASSED AWAY IN CHINO HILLS. THE OVERALL DEATH RATE IS 2.3%. WE ARE VERY EXCITED. WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR QUITE SOME TIME TO BRING TESTING TO CHINO HILLS, UH, WITH OUR PARTNER, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT APPOINTMENTS FOR THAT EVENT STARTED TODAY. UM, TUESDAY, JUNE 30TH, FROM 10 TO TWO, THERE'LL BE DRIVE THROUGH TESTING AT CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL. IT IS APPOINTMENT ONLY AND THEY DO CLOSE APPOINTMENTS WHEN THEY REACHED THEIR MAXIMUM, WHICH IS 300. SO WE ENCOURAGE OUR RESIDENTS TO GET TESTED. UM, THERE IS NO NEED TO HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS TO BE TESTED. THERE IS ALSO LOCAL TESTING SHOWN ON OUR WEBSITE. MOST NOTABLY, UH, IN THE, IN THE CITY OF CHINO WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTIVITY CENTER, THEY DO HAVE WALKUP TESTING. AND REALLY THAT DOESN'T MEAN WALK UP WITH NO APPOINTMENT. IT MEANS WALK UP RATHER THAN DRIVE THROUGH. AND YOU CAN LOOK ON OUR WEBSITE FOR ADDITIONAL DATES IN MONTCLAIR, RANCHO, ONTARIO, AND THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. UM, I BELIEVE THE SUPERVISOR MENTIONED THAT OUR LIBRARY IS REOPENING AS DID OUR CITY MANAGER. LET ME GIVE YOU THE NEW HOURS FOR THE LIBRARY. UM, OPERATION. THEY'RE ONLY GOING TO BE OPEN TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY FROM 11 TO SIX AND SATURDAY FROM NINE TO FOUR. AND THEY EXPECT TO GO BACK TO NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS STARTING JULY SIX. UM, I'D LIKE YOU TO SAY A FEW THINGS ABOUT THE FACE COVERING REQUIREMENT. UM, I THINK WE CAN AGREE. THEY'RE PRETTY SENSIBLE. THEY ARE MANDATORY, BUT PRETTY SENSIBLE. IF YOU'RE IN LINE WITH PEOPLE GETTING READY TO GO INTO TRADER JOE'S, YOU NEED TO HAVE A MATH GUN. IF YOU'RE INSIDE ANY, ANY BUSINESSES, YOU NEED TO HAVE A MASK DONE. UH, IF YOU'RE AT A HEALTHCARE PROVIDER, YOU NEED TO HAVE A MASS GUN. AND IF YOU'RE DOING THINGS OUTDOORS WITH PEOPLE WHO AREN'T IN YOUR FAMILY, AND EVEN IF YOU'RE MAINTAINING SIX FEET BASE MES ARE RECOMMENDED, UH, THE EXEMPTIONS CONTINUE TO BE, IF YOU'RE TWO YEARS OR UNDER, OR HAVE A MEDICAL CONDITION [02:15:01] THAT PREVENTS WEARING A FACE COVERING, THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED. AND ALL OF OUR OUTDOOR ACTIVISTS ARE HAPPY TO KNOW THAT IF YOU'RE OUT THERE WITH YOUR FAMILY OR PEOPLE WITH WHOM YOU LIVE, YOU DON'T NEED TO WEAR A FACE MASK WHILE YOU'RE WALKING OR HIKING OR BICYCLING OR RUNNING. BUT IF YOU'RE DOING IT WITH PEOPLE, NOT IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD, YOU SHOULD HAVE THE FACE MESS DONE. I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT AT OUR RESTAURANTS, EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THEIR PROTOCOLS. YOU MUST WEAR FACE MASK WHEN YOU ENTER THE FACILITY AND YOU ARE ALLOWED TO TAKE THEM OFF BECAUSE THE RESTAURANTS ARE MAINTAINING SIX FEET OF SPACE BETWEEN THE TABLES. UH, SO THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD. JUST REMEMBER TO WASH YOUR HANDS WHEN YOU COME AND GO. AND THAT'LL ALL BE GREAT. AS, YOU KNOW, CITY HALL AND THE CITY YARD ARE OPEN AND WE ARE FOLLOWING THE SAME PROTOCOL AT THOSE FACILITIES. WE'RE ASKING OUR VISITORS TO WEAR FACE MASKS AND ALSO OUR EMPLOYEES WE'RE IN FACE COVERINGS AND WE DO HAVE HIM SANITIZING STATIONS AT THE DOORS. AND IF YOU'RE SICK, WE ASK YOU TO PLEASE NOT COME. THERE'S MANY WAYS TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY AND NOT IN PERSON NECESSARILY. UM, I'D LIKE TO MENTION A COMMUNITY SERVICES UPDATE. AS YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY HAS LOOKED FORWARD TO THE, UM, INDEPENDENT CELEBRATION AT OUR CONFERENCE IN THE PARK. AND WITH THAT CANCELED, WE WANTED TO CELEBRATE IN SOME WAY. AND OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO HOST A 4TH OF JULY PATIO DECORATING CONTEST. SO WE'LL ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SHOW THEIR AMERICAN SPIRIT BY DECORATING THEIR FRONT DOOR OR THEIR PATIO. AND WE'LL HAVE A FEW CATEGORIES BEST IN CLASSIC AMERICANA, MOST CREATIVE AND THE CURRENT CONTEST IS CURRENTLY OPEN AND YOU NEED TO SUBMIT ENTERING BY THE END OF THE DAY, JULY 4TH, IT'S FREE TO ENTER TO CHINO HILLS RESIDENCE. AND IF YOU LOOK ON OUR WEBSITE, JUST LOOK UNDER VIRTUAL RECREATION OR LOOK AT THE ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT ARE ON THE HOME PAGE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. UM, THE CENSUS, UM, THERE HAS BEEN SOME MENTION OF A CONTEST WITH ANOTHER CITY. SO WE'RE IN A RACE WITH YOUR BELINDA. I DON'T HAVE THE MOST RECENT STATS ON THAT, BUT WE STILL ARE ENCOURAGING OUR RESIDENTS THAT HAVE NOT ANSWERED THE CENSUS TO PLEASE DO. SO THERE IS A VIRTUAL QUESTIONNAIRE ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE, UH, EVERY WEDNESDAY THROUGH OCTOBER, IT'S A STEP BY STEP WALKTHROUGH OF THE FORM AND IT IS VERY, VERY EASY. THE WEBINARS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS. FOR INFORMATION, YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE@CHINOHILLS.ORG SLASH 2020 CENSUS. AND WE'LL TAKE YOU TO THE RIGHT PLACE FOR THAT. THAT COMPLETES MY REPORT FOR TONIGHT. OH, I'M SORRY. ONE MORE THING. I'M SURE THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL MENTION THIS, BUT FIREWORKS ARE ILLEGAL IN ALL OF CHINO HILLS. ALL FIREWORKS ARE ILLEGAL IN CHINO HILLS. I KNOW WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF, UH, I'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT. AND IF YOU HEAR FIREWORKS, WE WOULD ASK YOU TO CALL THE NON EMERGENCY DISPATCH LINE AT THE POLICE STATION. AND I THINK THAT NUMBER IS THREE EIGHT SEVEN. REALLY? LOOK IT UP REAL QUICK. OOPS. WELL, LET ME JUST TELL YOU, IF YOU LOOK ON OUR WEBSITE WHERE IT SAYS NO FIREWORKS ARE ALLOWED, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FIND THAT NUMBER AND THAT TAKES YOU TO A NON-EMERGENCY LINE. UM, AND I THINK THAT WE ALWAYS WORRY AT THIS TIME OF YEAR WITH ALL OF OUR DRY BRUSH, THAT COMPLETES MY REPORT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DENISE. WE APPRECIATE THAT SAFETY [ SAFETY UPDATES - Police and Fire] UPDATES. LET'S DO CAPTAIN WALKER SINCE I SEE YOU IN THE AUDIENCE. AND THEN WE'LL LET ME KNOW IF THE CHIEF OR SOMEONE, A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FIRE DISTRICT CHIEF WAS ON THERE. OKAY. WE'LL LET HIM DO IT NEXT. OKAY. MAYOR COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. GREAT SEGUE FOR DENISE. FIREWORKS ARE ILLEGAL. UM, OUR MULTIPLE ENFORCEMENT TEAM IS GOING OUT AND HAS BEEN GOING OUT, UM, CONTACTING PEOPLE. WE'VE CONFISCATED APPROXIMATELY 130 POUNDS SO FAR. UM, SO WE'RE RECEIVING APPROXIMATELY 13 CALLS A WEEK ON FIREWORKS. UM, A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE CALLING NINE 11. SO AGAIN, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO CALL THE NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER. AND THAT NUMBER IS NINE, EXCUSE YOU. THAT IS (909) 465-6837. AND THE PURPOSE BEHIND THAT IS 900 ONES DESIGNED FOR TRUE EMERGENCIES. UM, AND THAT TAKES THAT INTAKE CALL TAKER TO LISTEN TO THAT CALL AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON, UM, WHICH IS SLOWING THEIR RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL TRUE EMERGENCIES CHIEF. YES, SIR. IF YOU CALL A NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER, WHAT'S THE RESPONSIVENESS TO IT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE AT NIGHT. SO I'M SITTING THERE LISTENING TO FIREWORKS, GO OFF MORE THAN I'VE EVER HEARD PRE 4TH OF JULY. AND I KNOW WE LIVE IN A DRY AREA I'M I LIVE IN THE CANYON AREA. AND IN MY MIND, IF ONE OF THOSE FIREWORKS GOES OFF IN THE CANYON, WHICH THEY ARE, THEY'RE ALL OVER THE PLACE THIS YEAR, I KEEP THINKING FIRE TO ME, THAT'S MORE OF AN EMERGENCY WITH THE, WITH THE OTHER [02:20:01] NUMBER YOU GAVE OUT. ARE THEY GOING TO GET BACK TO THAT PERSON THE NEXT DAY THEN? BECAUSE IT'S NIGHTTIME OR HOW DOES THIS WORK? IF YOU CAN KIND OF VISUALIZE, UM, YOU HAVE A NINE 11 OPERATOR WHO'S TAKING CALLS AND THE INTAKE OPERATOR, THEN YOU HAVE A NON-EMERGENT OPERATOR. UM, SO THEY'RE BOTH WORKING 24 SEVEN, UM, AND IT'S JUST DIFFERENT PROCESSES. UM, SO THAT NINE ONE, ONE OPERATOR, IF MEMORY SERVES ME, CORRECT, THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT CALL, GET ALL PERTINENT INFORMATION AND GET THAT TO THE DISPATCHER WITHIN 30 SECONDS. THAT'S, THAT'S THE GOAL FOR CLARIFICATION? UM, SECONDLY, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF REQUESTS ABOUT CARBON CANYON OR A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT CARBON CANYON. CARBON CANYON IS A STATE ROUTE. IT'S ONE 42. UM, ESSENTIALLY THE RESPONSIBILITY LIES WITH THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL. UM, BUT BECAUSE WE WANT TO PROVIDE AN EXCELLENT SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND MY STAFF GOES OUT THERE AND DOES TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT ON A REGULAR BASIS. UM, THEY ADD IT TO THE ROTATION. WE CAN'T BE EVERYWHERE AT THE SAME TIME. UM, AND WE'VE ALSO TAKEN THE, UM, A LOT OF THE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS THAT ARE IN THERE AS WELL. UM, AS YOU, AS YOU KNOW, WE RECENTLY HAD A FATALITY ON CARBON CANYON. UM, I AM A HEART, GOES OUT TO THE FAMILY. IT'S DIFFICULT. UM, I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE, UM, YOU KNOW, A FAMILY MEMBER CAME OUT SHORTLY AFTER THE ACCIDENT AND IT'S TRAGIC. UM, THAT BEING SAID, THE INVESTIGATION IS GOING WELL. UM, WE HAVE, UH, IT'S GOING ALONG REALLY WELL. THERE'S A FEW THINGS WE NEED TO SHORE UP UNTIL IT'S UNTIL IT'S FINALIZED. UM, BUT WE'RE CLOSE TO CLOSING THAT UP. DOES IT LOOK LIKE WE WILL BE ABLE TO, UM, FIND A SUSPECT AND IT WAS A HIT AND RUN, CORRECT. WITHOUT GIVING TOO MUCH INFORMATION, A POTENTIAL SUSPECT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THAT'S GOOD. YEAH. CAUSE THAT'S THAT, THAT WAS EVEN THE MORE TRAGIC THING ABOUT IT. SOMEONE WOULD DO THAT AND LEAVE, SO, AND THERE'S A LOT OF INTRICACIES WITH IT. SO WITH THAT, I'LL LEAVE IT. I DON'T NEED ANY MORE INFORMATION. ALRIGHT. UM, THE NEXT THING I'D LIKE TO TALK TO IS, UH, TALK ABOUT IS MY RESPONSE TO THE EIGHT CAN'T WAIT. UM, ONE OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT WAS THAT, UM, MY COMMENTS CAME ACROSS AS DISMISSIVE. UM, I APOLOGIZE IF THAT'S THE WAY IT CAME ACROSS. THAT IS NOT MY INTENT WHATSOEVER. UM, MY INTENT IS FOR ME AND MY STAFF TO PROVIDE THE BEST LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES TO THIS, UH, TO THE CITY THAT WE CAN, UM, AND IN DOING SO I DON'T WANT TO BE DISMISSIVE OR DISCOUNT OTHER PEOPLE'S PERCEPTIONS OR, OR THOUGHTS. SO FOR THAT, I APOLOGIZE, UM, KIND OF SEGWAYING INTO THE NEXT, UM, I'M CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF DESIGNING A TOWN HALL MEETING TO, TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE MAJORITY OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS WERE TONIGHT. UM, REFERENCE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HOW IT PERTAINS TO OUR COMMUNITY. UM, AS MOST PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, THIS IS A CONTRACT, UM, THE CITY'S CONTRACTED WITH THE SAN BERDINO SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES, NOT THE TOTALITY OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY THAT WOULD LIE WITH THE SHERIFF MCMAHON. UM, SO THIS TOWN HALL MEETING WILL BE DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TOWARDS, UM, OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CITY, BUT I'LL BE GIVING BROADER STROKES ON SOME STATISTICS AND STUFF LIKE THAT AS WELL. SO IT KIND OF GETS, UH, PEOPLE HAVE A BETTER IDEA. CATHERINE WALKER, JUST ONE THING ABOUT THAT. UH, IS THIS GOING TO BE A LIVE MEETING? IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A ZOOM MEETING, IS IT SO IN THE INFANCY STAGES OF CREATING IT I'D MUCH PREFER TO HAVE IT LIVE IN PERSON. WE WOULD OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO DO SOCIAL DISTANCING AND HAVE THINGS TAPED OFF, UM, WITH THAT WE WOULD MOST LIKELY NEED TO HAVE, UM, UM, WE ONLY HAVE SO MANY SEATS. YEAH. SO WE'D HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE, UM, EMAIL IN OR DO A PROCESS OF REGISTERING FOR THAT EVENT. SO WE KNOW HOW MANY WE CAN DO THAT THAT NIGHT. UM, SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. YEAH. I W I WOULD SUGGEST AND, AND CHIME IN ANYBODY IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS, BUT I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO FIND A SITE THAT IS LARGE ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE IF IT'S A COMMUNITY CENTER. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE AFTER JULY 5TH TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT WE COULD EVEN USE THAT FACILITY, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IT'S SOMEPLACE LARGE ENOUGH SO THAT WE CAN DO ALL THE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND EVERYTHING ELSE. I SUSPECT FROM THE HANDFUL, BECAUSE THE REALITY IS WE'VE GOT PROBABLY LESS THAN ABOUT 20 PEOPLE THAT HAVE REALLY CALLED IN AND EXPRESSED REPEATEDLY EXPRESSED A CONCERN ABOUT THIS. THAT'S NOT MINIMIZING IT BY ALL MEANS, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A LARGE ENOUGH SPACE MAKE RESERVATIONS SO THAT THE PEOPLE CAN MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A SEAT IN THE THING. AND THEN WE'LL JUST HAVE TO REALLY MONITOR IT. IT LEFT BE WELL THOUGHT OUT, AND THE IT'LL HAVE THE MONITORED, UH, IN SUCH A MANNER BECAUSE EMOTIONS ARE GONNA RUN HIGH ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS. SO I THINK THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE ALREADY STARTING TO MAKE THOSE KINDS OF PLANS BY JUST [02:25:01] THROW THOSE OUT OF SUGGESTIONS, BECAUSE IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE CAN RUN AWAY FROM A WE'RE GOING TO STEAL OR GETTING THE, UH, HASHTAG EIGHT CAN'T WAIT, UH, EMAILS. UH, IT'S THE REPEATED A LOT OF TIMES FROM THE SAME PEOPLE, WE HEARD COMMENTS TONIGHT THAT WERE FROM SAME PEOPLE THAT ARE EXPRESSING ANY CONCERN. WE DON'T WANT TO RUN AWAY FROM THIS. UH, WE ALL KNOW THE SEVERITY OF IT. UH, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE THICK SKIN BECAUSE PEOPLE, EVERYBODY HAS DIFFERENT IDEAS AND DIFFERENT THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS AND THEIR EMOTIONS RUN DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON THEIR ETHNICITY AND PERSONAL FRIENDS AND PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AS WE HEARD TONIGHT TOO. SO I JUST THROW THAT ALL OUT THERE, CAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG PILL TO SWALLOW SWALLOW, AND A BIG THING TO HAVE TO COME UP WITH. BUT I'M APPRECIATIVE THAT YOU WERE PLANNING IN THE PLANNING STAGE ALREADY. CAUSE WE CAN'T LET THIS GO MUCH LONGER. WE HAVE TO ADDRESS IT AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR PEOPLE AND RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND THAT WE AREN'T TURNING A BLIND EYE. WE AREN'T BEING DISMISSIVE DISMISSIVE, AND THAT WE IN FACT CARE ABOUT THIS. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE POLICE OFFICERS THAT WE EMPLOY IN THIS CITY ARE DOING ALL THE RIGHT THINGS. SO I'LL GET THAT OFF MY SOAP BOX. ALRIGHT. AND CAN YOU BRING UP A LOT OF GOOD POINTS? AND WE LOOKED AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND WE'RE SOCIAL DISTANCING. WE COULD PROBABLY GET ABOUT 70 PEOPLE IN THERE. UM, AND IT WILL BE MOST LIKELY A DIFFICULT DISCUSSION. UM, IT'S NOTHING THAT WILL BE SOLVED THAT NIGHT. UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S THE BEGINNING OF, UM, I'M A HUGE PROPONENT OF COMMUNITY POLICING. THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING HERE FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS. UM, AND, AND WITH THAT, I ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY. IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH WHAT YOU SEE THAT'S GOING ON IN MY DEPARTMENT OR THE STATION, PLEASE CALL, LET ME KNOW. I LOOK AT LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES SIMILAR TO OWNING A RESTAURANT. IF YOU GO TO A RESTAURANT YOU'RE NOT GETTING THE SERVICE THAT YOU, THAT YOU THINK YOU DESERVE, TYPICALLY WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SAY SOMETHING TO THE MANAGER OR THE OWNER AND, AND COMPLAIN ABOUT IT BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T CHANGES ARE GOING TO BE MADE, THEY MAY NOT. THE OWNER MAY NOT KNOW. SO I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE I'M ALWAYS AVAILABLE, UM, TO, TO REACH OUT. AND I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE A ONE ON ONE MEETING WITH THEM, UM, OR TAKE A PHONE CALL, ANSWER EMAILS, WHATEVER IT MAY BE. YEAH. AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A RESERVATION SYSTEM, I THINK THAT MAYBE YOU ASK THEM AS THEY ARE MAKING RESERVATIONS, THEY HAVE ONE OR TWO OR THREE BASIC QUESTIONS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ADDRESSED THAT EVENING, GIVE YOU SOME ADVANCED NOTICE AND THEN A BIG, BIG, UH, ISSUE WOULD BE, IS IT POSSIBLE POSSIBLY TO EVEN GET THE SHERIFF TO COME OUT FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? BECAUSE IT'S SIGNIFICANT. UH, IF NOT, THE SHERIFF MAY BE ONE OF THE, UH, WHOEVER WOULD BE THE NEXT PERSON UP UP CHAIN FROM YOU, BECAUSE THEN WE'LL SHOW EVEN MORE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO US. NOT THAT YOU CAN'T ADDRESS IT, BUT IT'LL SHOW THE HIGHER UP THE, THE, THE, THE RANKING OF THE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. I THINK THAT'S REPRESENTED, I THINK WILL SHOW THAT MUCH MORE, UH, THAT WE HAVE A REAL CONCERN OF ADDRESSING THE ISSUE. SO JUST A SUGGESTION. OKAY, MR. MAYOR, I GOT A QUESTION. IF I COULD. UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO COMMEND YOU. I KNOW WE'VE HAD ISSUES IN OUR CITY OVER THE YEARS AND YOU NEVER HIT HIT AWAY OR RAN AWAY FROM THEM AND YOU SORT OF ATTACK THEM. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING PROACTIVE IN TRYING TO SET UP THIS MEETING. I TRULY APPRECIATE IT. AWESOME. AND THE MEETINGS YOU'VE DONE SINCE 2018 AND THAT'S, THAT'S NEVER HAPPENED UNTIL YOU CAME ON BOARD AND APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THE JOB THAT YOU'RE DOING IS OUR CHIEF OF POLICE. SO WE'RE NOT BEING, WE'RE JUST THROWING OUT SUGGESTIONS TO HELP YOU IN PLANNING THIS MEETING. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE, UH, THE LEAD AND GETTING THIS THING PLANNED. SO WE APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. WE REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO FOR US. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. YEAH, SURE. SO ON THE POLICE JEOPARDY BOARD, LET'S TAKE ZERO BAIL FOR 500 NOW. UM, SO IT WAS ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR ZERO. YES, EXACTLY. SO, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE ENDING. SO I WAS SURPRISED WHEN I SAW THE PRESS RELEASE ABOUT THE STOLEN VEHICLE THAT THE TWO SUSPECTS WERE RELEASED ON ZERO BAIL. SO CAN YOU TELL US WHY? YEAH, SO ZERO BAIL WAS SUPPOSED TO END ON JUNE 20TH AND IT HAS BEEN AMENDED TO GO TO JUNE 28TH. UM, WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY, ANY REAL CLARIFICATION AS TO WHY. UM, BUT LOOKING AT THE RISE OF NUMBERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, I THINK IT'S PRETTY SAFE TO SAY IT'S MOST LIKELY DUE TO THAT. UM, SO, UM, MY ANTICIPATION OR I ANTICIPATE DEPENDING ON WHERE THE NUMBERS ARE FOR THE STATE, UM, KIND OF JUNE 28TH, UM, IT MAY BE EXTENDED AGAIN. IT MAY NOT, WE DON'T KNOW AT THIS POINT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHIEF. WE APPRECIATE IT. UH, IS CHIEF SHACKLEFORD ON THE LINE? SCOTT ATKINSON. OKAY. SCOTT, HOW ARE YOU? DEPUTY CHIEF GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO TALK WITH YOU TONIGHT. A FEW ITEMS THAT I JUST WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION. UH, FIRST OF ALL, JUST WANTED TO REMIND, UM, OUR CITIZENS OUT THERE, UH, THAT, UH, AS THE HEAT RISES, HEAT RELATED ILLNESS [02:30:01] IS A SERIOUS ISSUE AND WE WANT DEFINITELY FOR EVERYBODY BE, HAVE CONCERNED FOR THAT. SO WE REMIND EVERYBODY, STAY HYDRATED, WEAR LIKE CLOSING, AVOID DIRECT, UH, LONG EXPOSURE TO THE SUN, A BASIC FIRST DATE IN THE EVENT THAT SOMEBODY DOES COME DOWN WITH A HEAT ILLNESS, OBVIOUSLY, RIGHT. REMOVE THEM FROM THE DIRECT SIGN. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT CAN EITHER BE A MOVE THEM OUT OF THE SUN, PROVIDE SHADE, STAND IN FRONT OF THEM TO PROVIDE SHADE. SO THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS YOU CAN DO THERE THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT. OF COURSE, PROVIDE A HYDRATION IF THEY ARE ALERT AND ORIENTED AND THEN CALL FOR HELP. SO REALLY IMPORTANT. RIGHT, RIGHT NOW, AS WE START TO HEAT UP. AND THEN THE LAST THING, UM, I'LL JUST REINFORCE THE FIREWORKS INFORMATION. UH, THE ALL FIREWORKS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, ALL FIREWORKS, EVEN SAFE AND SANE FIREWORKS, WHICH ARE THE ONES THAT ARE SOLD IN THE CITY OF CHINO ARE ILLEGAL IN CHINO HILLS. UH, YOU WILL BE TICKETED IF YOU ARE USING ANY TYPES OF FIREWORKS AND CHINO HILLS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S CONCERN DUE TO, UH, THE, UH, LARGE, UH, INTERFACE OF BRUSH AREA THAT WE HAVE, UH, IS A THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE LAST YEAR. THE FIRE DISTRICT, UH, CONFISCATED ABOUT 3,299 POUNDS OF FIREWORKS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE FIRE DISTRICT. UM, A BIG PORTION THAT WAS COMPLICATED HERE IN CHINO HILLS. ALSO JUST GIVE YOU A ROUGH IDEA. LAST YEAR IN THE FIRE DISTRICT, WE HAD 10 FIRES ALL RELATED TO FIREWORKS, AND, UM, THAT IS A CONCERN THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, THAT WE'RE VERY DILIGENT AND AWARE THAT FIREWORKS CAN CAUSE FIRES, ESPECIALLY ON THE BRUSH. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY IN CHANNEL HILLS TO NOT USE FIREWORKS WHATSOEVER. WE WILL BE THE FIRE DISTRICT. ALONG WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, WE ARE PARTNERING UP OUR FIRE DISTRICT PERSONNEL, BOOM. WE WILL BE RIDING WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, PATROLLING THE CITY OF CHANNEL HOLES TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, OUR, THAT NO FIREWORKS ARE BEING USED. AND AGAIN, IF YOU ARE USING FIREWORKS, YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD RECEIVE A CITATION UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THAT'S FOR EACH OFFENSE. SO, UH, IT'S, THOSE ARE STACKABLE. SO WE JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY HAVE A SAFE JULY FORCE, UH, STAY COOL. AND OBVIOUSLY IF YOU NEED ANY FURTHER INFORMATION, YOU CAN ALWAYS GO TO OUR WEBSITE OR CALL THE FIRE DISTRICT FOR ANY INFORMATION WITH THAT. UH, THAT'S THE END OF MY COMMENTS, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY, OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS OF DEPUTY DEEP, DEPUTY CHIEF? ALL RIGHT, SCOTT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK [ COUNCIL REPORTS Vice Mayor Johsz West Valley Mosquito and Vector Control Council Member Marquez San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Transit Committee Metro Valley Committee Southern California Association of Governments Legislative/Communications and Membership Committee Southern California Regional Rail Authority] YOU. OKAY. COUNCIL REPORTS, VICE MAYOR. JOE'S WEST VALLEY MOSQUITO, UH, HAD A MEETING EARLIER THIS MORNING. UH, OUR NEW BOARD MEMBER OF REPRESENTING UPLAND IS JANICE ELLIOT. SO SHE WAS SWORN IN, IT WAS, UH, I, I DID IT OVER, OVER FOR A CONFERENCE CALL, SO I DIDN'T GET TO SEE HER, BUT SHE WAS PHYSICALLY AT THE, UH, AT THE MOSQUITO OFFICE TO BE SWORN IN. SO WELCOME TO HER. UM, I, WE, UH, THE ONLY THING OF NOTE IS WE PASSED OUR ANNUAL BUDGET, NOTHING PRETTY STATIC, NOTHING TO WRITE THEM ABOUT REALLY BUGS YOU. HUH? I'M SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. FIRST OF ALL, SPCT A FIRST MEETING I ATTENDED WAS TRANSIT. UH, THE FIRST THING WE DID WAS THE ELECTION. SO WE HAVE A NEW CHAIRPERSON, DENNIS MICHAELS FROM THE MAYOR FROM RANCHO CUCAMONGA. AND THEN THERE'S A GENTLEMAN FROM CHINO HILLS. RAYMARK HAS HIS VICE CHAIR. WE REPEALED THE CALIFORNIA VANPOOL AUTHORITY. THEY'VE BEEN LOSING EXCESS OF 500,000 THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AND THERE IS A THIRD PARTY VAN POOL THAT WE DID APPROVE. WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE SUBSIDIES OF 500,000 PER VEHICLE, AND THEY'RE ALL GOING TO BE CLEAN VEHICLES. AND THEN ALSO WE DID APPROVE THE 2021 STATE OF GOODS REPAIR PROGRAM THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY METRO VALLEY. WE HAD AN ELECTION AND MR. KURT HAGMAN IS OUR CHAIR AGAIN, STILL IN VICE-CHAIRS DON ROWE. AND THAT'S BASICALLY THE, WE ALSO HAD A SPECIAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING AND FORMALLY, WE REQUESTED AN EXTENSION OF THE JULY 1ST, 2020 IMPLEMENTATION VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED. AND ALSO WE APPROVED A LETTER TO BE, TO BE WRITTEN TO THE GOVERNOR, REQUESTING THAT THERE WAS AT LEAST A YEAR STAY ON THIS VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED. SO THAT'S MY REPORT WITH SPC TA. OKAY. HOW ABOUT SCAG SCAG? ONE OF THE THINGS I'M SORT OF PROUD. I WAS PART OF THE SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE SIX COUNTIES THAT WE REPRESENT. WE HAD OVER A HUNDRED, MORE THAN A HUNDRED APPLICATIONS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS, AND EACH SCHOLARSHIP IS WORTH $4,000 TO A [02:35:01] STUDENT, SIX COUNTIES. WE HAD TWO SCHOLARSHIPS, EXCUSE ME. WE HAD TWO PEOPLE THAT PUT IN FOR SCHOLARSHIPS THAT WERE VETTED FROM VENTURA TWO FROM IMPERIAL FOUR, FROM RIVERSIDE FOUR FROM SAN BERNARDINO, 10 FROM ORANGE AND 10 FROM LA. SO WE GAVE ONE TO EACH ONE OF THE COUNTIES, OTHER THAN ORANGE COUNTY, LA COUNTY. THEY GOT TWO SCHOLARSHIPS. AND THEN WE HAD TWO EXTRA SCHOLARSHIPS THAT WE AWARDED LATER. SO THE FOUR FROM CHINO, I'M SORRY, THE FOUR FOR SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WERE ALL EXCELLENT, JUST AMAZING YOUNG KIDS. SO WE AWARDED ALL THE ONE AWARD SCHOLARSHIP FOR SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. THE SECOND ONE THAT WE AWARDED WAS FOR A STUDENT FROM MY YELLOW HIGH SCHOOL, AND I BELIEVE IT'S A, SHE AND HER MAJOR IS GOING TO BE POLITICAL SCIENCE AND ECONOMICS. HER GPA WAS 3.96, AND SHE WILL BE GOING TO UCLA, NOT BERKELEY, UCLA. AND, BUT I'M VERY PROUD THAT I DON'T KNOW WHO THE STUDENT IS, BUT ONCE WE FIND OUT WHO SHE IS, MAYBE WE COULD INVITE HER TO HIM TO A MEETING. SO JUST EXCELLENT STUDENTS SCAG. WE DID MEET THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE. WE WENT OVER LAST YEAR'S LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM, AND THEN WE DISCUSS THIS COMING YEAR PLATFORM. AND THEN A LOT OF THE DISCUSSION WAS IN REGARDING COVID-19 THE IMPACTS FOR THE CITIES. AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS MY REPORT. I'M THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL RAIL AUTHORITY. THANK YOU, SIR. I DO HAVE THAT AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE REPORT IS. SO HERE IT IS. WE BASICALLY APPROVED PROBABLY 20 PLUS CONTRACTS ON EQUIPMENT, HARDWARE, IT AND SERVICES. AND THEN WE GOT UPDATES ON TIER FOUR LOCOMOTIVES. WE BOUGHT 40 THE LAST THREE, FOUR YEARS, AND THEY'RE BASICALLY ALL IN SERVICE, BUT ONE, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE BOMBARDIER CARS. WE HAD THEM REHABBED PRETTY CLOSE TO ABOUT A HUNDRED. AND THEN I GOT APPOINTED TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR FUEL HEDGING, WHICH I ENDED UP, I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT, BUT I'M LEARNING REAL FAST. AND THAT'S MY REPORT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NORMALLY I WOULD MAKE A REPORT ON THIS, BUT AS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF, YOU KNOW, I AM CURRENTLY FOR ABOUT ANOTHER WEEK, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF THE CHINO VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, UH, MY TERM WILL BE ENDING NEXT, UH, ON THE 30TH, THEY, A NEW CHAIR IS GOING TO BE GG FIX OF CHINO COMMERCIAL BANK. UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR THE COMING FISCAL YEAR, 2020 21 WILL BE THE NEW CHAIR. ELECT WILL BE CHRISTINA, CHRISTINA , UH, FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD, A NEW TREASURER IS GOING TO BE TERRY FITCH. A NEW SECRETARY WILL BE CAVITA, UH, THE TAI AND I WILL ALSO BE ON THERE AS IMMEDIATE PAST BOARD PRESIDENT. WE HAVE, UH, THREE NEW BOARD MEMBERS THAT WILL BE COMING ON BOARD JULY 1ST, JOSH SON WITH, UH, EDWARD JONES, UH, HERE IN CHINO HILLS, UH, HEATHER NICHEY, ODA, OKA, UH, OF CHAFEE COLLEGE AND WILL FLEET WITH THE CHAMPION NEWSPAPERS. UH, WE ALSO ARE SAYING GOODBYE, UM, TO THREE BOARD MEMBERS, UH, GABE GABRIEL HILL, THERESA HALL, AND GAIL KITCHENER, UH, ARE ALL TERMING OUT ON THE BOARD. SO I JUST WANTED TO, UH, TO MENTION THOSE CHANGES ON THE CHAMBER. SO, [ COUNCIL COMMENTS] UM, COUNCIL COMMENTS, UH, PETER, HOW ABOUT YOU? CAN YOU JUST A COUPLE OF ITEMS? UH, ONE, UH, I JUST WANTED TO, IT'S BEEN VERY SURREAL FOR US TO GO THROUGH EVERYTHING WE'RE GOING THROUGH FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS TO CANCEL OUR CONCERTS AND OUR 4TH OF JULY EVENT AND THE SWIM CLASSES AND EVERYTHING WE'RE GOING THROUGH. WE CAN'T ACCESS A LOT OF OUR PROPERTIES, THE COMMUNITY CENTER YOU CAN AND GET INTO THE COMMUNITY CENTER. UH, I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS FOR MAKING A, AN EFFORT. I KEEP LOOKING AT IT AS IF OUR RESIDENTS ARE THERE AND, UH, MAYBE A COUPLE ARE, BUT IT JUST TO, UM, ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT CHINO HILLS HAS DONE A GREAT JOB SO FAR AND, UH, FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES SET BY THE STATE AND IN THE COUNTY AND OUR NUMBERS ARE CLIMBING, UH, PROPORTIONALLY, BUT AT LEAST THEY'RE WITHIN AT LEAST A GOOD NUMBER I THINK. AND THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB OF DOING SOCIAL DISTANCING. AGAIN, I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE OUR CITY IS PERFECT FOR THIS TYPE OF A CRISIS BECAUSE OF ALL THE PARKS WE HAVE AND ALL THE HIKING TRAILS, WE HAVE TO DISPERSE INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO I WANTED TO THANK OUR RESIDENTS FOR BEING PATIENT WITH THIS, AND, BUT NOT TO GET COMPLACENT THAT, UH, WE'RE PROBABLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS STILL VERSUS NEAR THE END OF IT AND TO SUPPORT AS MANY OF OUR BUSINESSES AS POSSIBLE. AND THEN ALSO, I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO [02:40:01] TALK ABOUT THIS INDIVIDUAL IN A FEW MINUTES, BUT SINCE IT'S MY OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT BRETT BENSON. SO BRETT BENSON IS AN INDIVIDUAL. WELL, HE PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY. UH, AND BRETT, WE LOST ONE, A REALLY ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS. UH, I'VE KNOWN BRETT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, AND HE WAS A COMMUNITY LEADER. HE WASN'T A COUNCIL MEMBER. HE WASN'T A COMMISSIONER, BUT HE WAS AS MUCH OF A COMMUNITY LEADER, AS MANY OF THE INDIVIDUALS I'VE KNOWN FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS AS A COMMISSIONER AND AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, BRETT WAS ALWAYS AROUND, UM, UH, ESPECIALLY DURING THE FORMATIVE YEARS OF CHINO HILLS, WE'RE 28 YEARS OLD NOW, OR 29 YEARS OLD. AND WE'RE IN OUR 29TH YEAR. YEAH. AND BRETT WAS ALWAYS THERE WILLING TO GIVE HIS TIME AND HIS SKILLS LA COUNTY FAIR COMMITTEE WAS ON FOR, FOR YEARS, 55 PLUS CLUB, THE FAIRLY NEW CLUB, THE LAST HANDFUL OF YEARS, VERY INSTRUMENTAL, UH, DOG PARK WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH DOG PARK. AND I'M SURE OTHERS WILL RECALL OTHER, UH, VOLUNTEER EFFORTS THAT BRETT WAS INVOLVED WITH. UH, BUT HE LOVED OUR CITY SO MUCH. UH, NOW BRETT COULD BE CANTANKEROUS AS WE ALL KNOW, AND THAT'S WHAT WE LOVED ABOUT HIM. NO ONE WAS TOOK IT PERSONALLY, THAT WAS JUST BRETT BENSON. AND, AND YET HE COULD BE, YOU KNOW, A TEDDY BEAR ALSO. SO I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY. UM, MY LASTING MEMORY FOR ME, IT WILL BE THE LAST TIME THAT I SAW BRETT AND THE WHEELCHAIR AT THE VETERANS DEDICATION. AND I HADN'T SEEN HIM IN AWHILE. YEAH. WE USED TO INTERACT ALL THE TIME THROUGH ALL THOSE YEARS. AND IT WAS, IT WAS NICE A STANDING OR SITTING WITH HIM AS HE WAS BEING GOOD AND GETTING BACK ON HIS VAN AFTER THE EVENT TOOK PLACE AND HOLDING HIS HAND AND KINDA THANKING HIM FOR EVERYTHING THAT HE WAS DOING HAD DONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SO SAD TO HEAR THAT HE HAD PASSED AWAY, BUT HE WAS IN SO MUCH PAIN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. UM, NO THAT'S, BUT I, I FEEL FOR THE FAMILY AND I WANT TO THANK BRENT BENSON FOR EVERYTHING HE DID FOR CHINO HILLS, WHICH WAS SIGNIFICANT. SO STAND IN MY COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT, RAY. THANK YOU, SIR. I APPRECIATE IT, MAYOR. UM, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, BEN, FOR BRINGING UP THE MASK. THAT WAS THE THING I WAS GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER BY THE GOVERNOR. SO THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT AND ALSO CHIEF. UM, THANK YOU. I WAS GONNA MENTION QUALITY OF LIFE FOR WHAT ARE WE DOING? AND YOU BROUGHT THAT UP. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING PROACTIVE. APPRECIATE THAT. HEY, I DO HAVE A CONCERN BECAUSE I KNOW THE NAME, ONE OF THE NEXT THINGS THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE RAINS THAT WE HAVE WITH BRUSH THROUGHOUT CHINO HILLS. AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN GET INTO ASSESSMENT AND WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS JUST LOOKING AT AREAS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE A CONCERN AND THEN MAYBE DO SOME, UH, SOME TRAINING OR MAYBE HAVING SOME SORT OF A, A MEETING WITH THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT TO DO IN CASE THERE IS A FIRE. SO I JUST WANT US TO BE PREPARED IF IT, IF IT WAS TO HAPPEN JUST THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING RIGHT NOW, MURPHY'S LAW. IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO HAPPEN, KNOCK ON WOOD. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN. AND THEN THE LAST THING I REALLY WANTED, WELL, ACTUALLY TWO THINGS. ONE IS BLD. I KNOW IT WAS IN THE NEWSPAPER THIS PAST WEEKEND. IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE MIGHT BE SOME EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING THERE REAL SOON, BUT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO DISCUSS THAT AS A COUNCIL TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT THE DIRECTION IS OR WHAT THE PLANS ARE FOR THE FUTURE. SO, AND THEN THE LAST THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS A GENTLEMAN THAT I'VE KNOWN FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. MATTER OF FACT, WE GO WAY BACK TO LITTLE LEAGUE AND SOCCER THAT I GOT TO COACH WITH BRETT BENSON. HE'S A KIND OF GUY THAT YOU LOVE AND YOU HATE. AND AT THE SAME TIME, I'VE NEVER GOTTEN KICKED OUT AS A COACH OR MANAGER. BUT WHEN HE COACHED WITH ME TWICE, I ALMOST GOT KICKED OUT. NOT BECAUSE THINGS I DID IS WHAT HE DID, BUT HE WAS SUCH A PASSIONATE MAN, ESPECIALLY WITH SOCCER RECENTLY, HE WAS VERY HAPPY ON TWO OCCASIONS. HIS SON OPENED UP A RESTAURANT BREWERY IN CHINO HILLS AND HE WAS SO PROUD OF HIS SON. AND I HAD A REALLY LENGTHY CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT. AND THEN ALSO HE JUST HAD A NEW GRANDCHILD, A GRANDDAUGHTER. HE HAD, HE RAISED TWO BOYS AND THIS WAS THE FIRST GRANDDAUGHTER OR GIRL IN HIS FAMILY. AND HE WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE HER BORN. AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS KEEPING HIM GOING. HE'S GOING TO BE MISSED JEANETTE, HIS WIFE, BEAUTIFUL WIFE, AND TWO WONDERFUL SONS. AGAIN, MY DEEPEST SYMPATHIES GO TO THE FAMILY AND BRETT YOU'RE REALLY GOING TO BE MISSED. AND YOU DID MAKE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT INCORPORATION. HE WAS PART OF THAT AND I WOULD ALWAYS HEAR WHY WE SHOULD BECOME A CITY FROM HIM. [02:45:01] I HEARD THE DOG PARK. HE ALWAYS GAVE ME HIS OPINION. I HEARD ABOUT BINGO THAT WE NEEDED TO DO THAT. AND HE JUST WAS A REMARKABLE PERSON AND HE GOT HIS POINT ACROSS ONE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY ABOUT THIS GENTLEMAN. WE WERE THE FIRST CITY IN CALIFORNIA TO BASICALLY OUR RESTAURANTS. WE PROHIBITED SMOKING BEFORE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND HE WAS THE PERSON THAT LED THAT THING. AND SO WE WERE THE FIRST CITY IN CALIFORNIA IN RESTAURANTS WHERE YOU COULDN'T SMOKE. AND THAT WAS BECAUSE OF BRETT BENSON. SO HE'S GOING TO BE MISSED. I LOVE YOU, BUDDY. I'LL SEE YOU REAL SOON, ONE OF THESE DAYS. AND THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CYNTHIA. OH, OKAY. UM, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BRETT, I HAVE JUST A COUPLE THINGS TO ADD. I FIRST MET BRETT, UM, WELL WORKING AT CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE HE WAS A TEACHER AT CHANNEL'S HIGH SCHOOL AND HE WAS SNARKY. UM, BUT KIDS LOVED HIM AND HE DEFINITELY IMPACTED A LOT OF STUDENTS' LIVES. UM, HE WAS WORKING WITH THE INDEPENDENT STUDY PROGRAM, WHICH CAN BE CHALLENGING. SO HE WAS A GOOD FIT FOR, FOR THOSE STUDENTS. UM, ONCE I GOT ELECTED TO COUNCIL, THEN I WAS KIND OF IN THE CROSSHAIRS TOO WITH, YOU KNOW, GETTING, UM, NOT COMPLAINTS, BUT FEEDBACK FROM HIM ABOUT WHAT SHOULD BE DONE. AND I ALWAYS OFFERED TO CALL HIM, BUT HE INSISTED IN MEETING ON PER IN PERSON, WHICH NORMALLY ISN'T A BIG DEAL, BUT WE COULD ONLY MEET IN TOWN WHERE THEY SERVED COKE, ZERO ON TAP, TRUE STORY. AND THE ONLY PLACE FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WONDERING IS CARL'S JR. ON SHEENA HILLS PARKWAY. SO, UM, WE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS AT CARL'S JR BECAUSE THEY SOLD COKE ZERO ON TAP. AND HE WAS, HE WAS VERY DETERMINED ABOUT THAT. SO, UM, OUR CONDOLENCES TO BOTH OF HIS BOYS IN HIS FAMILY, AND HE REALLY HAD A LASTING IMPACT ON CHINO HILLS AND HE WILL BE MISSED. UM, THE ONLY OTHER THING FOR MY COMMENTS, I HAVE TWO THINGS. I'M KIND OF SPEAKING OF EDUCATION, I'VE BEEN MEANING TO SHARE THIS. THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN AROUND A WHILE, BUT NOW IT SEEMS A LITTLE BIT MORE RELEVANT GIVEN WHAT PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH. SO WE'RE GETTING MORE, UM, YOUNG STUDENTS OR YOUNGER PEOPLE THAT ARE LISTENING TO OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS AND, AND ENGAGING, WHICH IS GREAT. SO I THINK THAT'S WHY I'M CHOOSING, UM, TO MAKE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT DURING THIS MEETING. SO, UM, THE COUNTY HAS A PROGRAM THROUGH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. IT'S THEIR GENERATION GO. AND BASICALLY IT'S, UH, IT'S LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IT'S PAID AND UNPAID WORK EXPERIENCE, FINANCIAL LITERACY, EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE, OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING. IT'S JUST, IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM AND IT'S BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME. SO THE KEY THINGS HERE ARE, IF YOU ARE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 AND 24, SO THAT'S THE FIRST THING. AND ALSO YOU HAVE TO BE OUT OF SCHOOL. OKAY. AND THEN YOU HAVE TO MEET JUST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA, WHICH WOULD BE NO HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR GED DOCUMENTED DISABILITY, OR BASIC SKILLS DEFICIENCY, OR ESL OR LOW INCOME OR A PARENTING YOUTH OR FOSTER YOUTH OR HOMELESS. THAT'S JUST KIND OF LIKE TO PUT A TEASER OUT THERE. SO IF YOU'RE LISTENING OR IF YOU HAVE FRIENDS OR IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE THAT FITS THIS, I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT TO VERONICA JORDAN THAT WORKS FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND HER NUMBER IS (909) 628-1201, EXTENSION EIGHT, NINE TO NINE. AND, UM, IT'S A PROGRAM THAT'S WONDERFUL AND CAN REALLY HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE RIGHT NOW. DO YOU WANNA SEE SOME PETER? CAUSE I NOTICE THIS COUNTY THING. UM, THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING I HAVE IT WASN'T ON THE REPORTS TECHNICALLY, BUT THE SCHOOL BOARD DID MEET. THEY HAD A, UM, A SPECIAL BOARD STUDY SESSION ON THE REOPENING OF THE SCHOOLS. IT WAS KIND OF A LENGTHY MEETING. IT WAS VIRTUAL. UM, NOTHING REALLY CAME OUT OF IT. JUST SHARING INFORMATION. WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? I'M REALLY GLAD THAT I'M GOING TO CITY COUNCIL AND NOT THE SCHOOL BOARD RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, REOPENING UP IS JUST, IT'S STILL SO UP IN THE AIR. AND I KNOW THAT A LOT OF PARENTS HAVE ANXIETY. THEY REACH OUT TO US ALL THE TIME. SO, UM, I WISH I HAD MORE INFORMATION TO GIVE YOU THE MAIN THING THAT CAME OUT OF THIS IS THAT THERE'S A VERY IMPORTANT ONLINE SURVEY THAT PARENTS NEED TO TAKE. THERE'S TWO SURVEYS, RIGHT? BRIAN. AND, UM, SO YOU GO TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WEBSITE AND PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU TAKE THOSE SURVEYS AND THEY ARE ALSO GOING TO HAVE NOW A SECOND STUDY SESSION ON THE REOPENING OF THE SCHOOLS. IT'S GOING TO BE TUESDAY, JULY 7TH, AT 4:30 PM. IT'S GOING TO BE LIVE STREAMED ON THEIR YOUTUBE CHANNEL. YOU CAN GET ALL THAT FREE INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND AT THAT TIME, DON'T WORRY BECAUSE IT'LL BE TAPED AND YOU CAN WATCH IT AT A LATER TIME. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BRIAN. ALL RIGHT. I GUESS I HAVE TO TELL MY BREAD BENSON STORY NOW FOR THE COUNTY. UM, HE WANTED TO COME IN TO ARGUE THAT THE COUNTY WASN'T DOING ENOUGH FOR VETERANS. AND SO I SAID, OKAY, BRAD, WELL, IT JUST SO HAPPENS A SUPERVISOR OVER, IT HAS A SPOT ON THE VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMISSION. CONGRATULATIONS, YOU'VE BEEN APPOINTED. AND HE, HE TOOK IT AND RAN WITH IT. AND I REMEMBER TALKING WITH, UH, OUR VETERAN SERVICE OFFICER FOR THE COUNTY AND HIM SAYING, YOU KNOW, BRETT'S A GREAT GUY. HE'S REALLY ENGAGED. [02:50:01] AND IT WAS THAT KIND OF WILLINGNESS JUST TO JUMP INTO THE BREACH AND START YOU START SERVING THAT. I LOVED ABOUT HIM. HE WAS, HE WAS A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD. CERTAINLY HE WAS CERTAINLY CONTAINED CHORUS, BUT YOU KNEW BEHIND IT, IT WAS, IT WAS MA IT WAS SAID WITH A, UH, IT WAS SAT WITH EVERYBODY'S BEST INTERESTS AT HEART AND HE JUST WANTED TO GET, HE JUST WANTED TO GET RESULTS AND GOD BLESS THEM FOR THAT. AND GOD REST HIS SOUL. UM, EH, TODAY AS SUPERMAN SUPERVISOR HAGMAN MENTIONED, THE COUNTY TOOK A STEP TO DECLARE RACISM, A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS, WHICH I THINK IS A GOOD STEP FOR THEM. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS A CITY, WE CAN PUMP OUT INFORMATION WHEN THEY HAVE COUNTY VISION MEETINGS. AND I'M SURE CURDLE DO IT AS WELL, JUST TO ALLOW FOR RESIDENTS TO HAVE A SEAT AT THAT TABLE AND TO TALK ABOUT THE PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES ABOUT IT AND, YOU KNOW, TO TAKE PART IN THE COUNTY VISION PROCESS, IT'S, IT'S A PRETTY LENGTHY LENGTHY PROCESS, YOU KNOW, TO TOUCH ON, YOU KNOW, THE GENERATION GO AND ALL THOSE OTHER ASPECTS OF EVERYBODY'S LIFE. SO IF WE CAN MAKE SURE TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT, I'D APPRECIATE IT. AND HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY. WE'LL SEE EVERYBODY AFTER 4TH OF JULY. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, I JUST WANT TO ECHO ONE POINT THAT RAY BROUGHT UP WITH RESPECT TO BIG LEAGUE DREAMS. I THINK THAT WE OUGHT TO GO AS FAR AS AGENDIZED THIS ITEM, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT. IT IS PART OF OUR BUDGET HEARINGS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. UH, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY UTILIZE OR CONSIDER AS A CITY, AS A LOCATION TO DO ADDITIONAL THINGS IN THE RECREATION AREA. AND THEY'RE STILL BEGS THE QUESTION BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT FINANCES OF BIG LEAGUE DREAMS AND WHAT IT IS, OR I SHOULD SAY ISN'T CONTRIBUTING TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS THAT I THINK MAKES IT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD HAVE AN ACTUAL FORMAL DISCUSSION ON. IT WON'T BE SOMETHING THAT QUICKLY GETS, BUT IT'S CLEARLY A BIG ENOUGH THING THAT WE SHOULD DO THAT. SO, UM, TONIGHT, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE UP HERE HAS BRETT BENSON'S STORIES AND I LIKE, I THINK IT WAS PETER MENTIONED THE FACT THAT WHEN HE WAS THERE AT THE DEDICATION OF THE MILITARY MONUMENT, UH, WHEN HE, THE CHINO HILLS 55 PLUS CLUB VETERANS GROUP ACTUALLY PAID FOR AN AMBULANCE TO PICK HIM UP AND HIS WIFE AND BRING HIM TO THE EVENT BECAUSE WE KNEW HOW MUCH IT MEANT TO HIM. SO IT WAS SO SPECIAL TO SEE HIM THERE. AND I ACTUALLY HAVE A VIDEO, UH, AT THE END OF THE UNVEILING OF ACTUALLY SOUTH TAKING HIS WHEELCHAIR AND PUSHING IT UP AND BRETT PUTTING HIS HAND ON THE MONUMENT AND IT'S TOUCHING. AND NOW THAT HE'S GONE, IT'S, IT'S EVEN MORE SURREAL. UH, THE GENTLEMAN WAS SOMETHING ELSE. [ ADJOURN IN MEMORIAM AND IN HOPE: Adjourn in tribute and honor of those who serve and have served in the Armed Forces at home and abroad. Their sacrifice and strength protect the goals and ideals that have made this Country great.] UH, NORMALLY I ADJOURN IN MEMORY AND HOPE, UH, IN TRIBUTE AND HONOR FOR THOSE WHO SERVE AND HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES AT HOME AND ABROAD, UH, BECAUSE THEIR SACRIFICE AND STRENGTH PROTECT THE GOALS AND IDEALS THAT HAVE MADE THIS COUNTRY GREAT. BUT AS WE, AS YOU CAN ANTICIPATE, WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN ALSO TONIGHT IN MEMORY OF BRETT BENSON, HE WAS BORN AUGUST ONE, 1947. UH, HE PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY. UH, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN 73, UH, IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS, WE ARE ADJOURNING IN HIS MEMORY. UH, BRETT WAS AN ACTIVE, VERY ACTIVE AND BELOVED MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY SPENT 32 YEARS AS A TEACHER FOR THE CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, WHERE HE ACHIEVED MANY MILESTONES. HE TAUGHT EVERY GRADE FROM K TO 12, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THIRD GRADE. IT MUST HAVE HAD SOMETHING ABOUT THIRD GRADERS. I'M NOT SURE ABOUT WHAT THE MESSAGES THERE, MAYBE THEY KNEW HE WAS CANTANKEROUS AND YOU KNOW, HE COULDN'T STAND THE COMPETITION. I DON'T KNOW. UH, BRENT WAS THE FOUNDING TEACHER AND COORDINATOR FOR THE GATE PROGRAM FOR GIFTED STUDENTS. HE STATED THE, OR STARTED THE INDEPENDENT STUDY PROGRAM AT CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL THAT WAS LATER MOVED TO THE ALTERNATE EDUCATION CENTER. AND IN 1997, URGE THE SCHOOL BOARD TO ADD VALLEY TO CHINO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. BRETT WAS EVENTUALLY INDUCTED INTO THE CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTS, RICHARD GIRD EDUCATIONAL HALL OF FAME. IN 2019. HE ALSO TOOK AN ACTIVE ROLE IN CITY MANNERS MATTERS. UH, HE HAS LIVED IN THE SAME HOUSE IN CHINO HILLS SINCE 1986. HE INITIATED THE CHINO HILLS. SMOKE-FREE IN 1993, UH, CAMPAIGN AND A SIMILAR POLICY IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THREE YEARS. BRETT WORKED WITH TROUBLED YOUTH YOUTH ON THE CHINO HILLS YOUTH ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD. HE SERVED ON THE CHINO HILLS DAY AT THE FAIR COMMITTEE AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SENIOR AFFAIRS COMMISSION WAS A MEMBER OF THE HOPE FOR THE HILLS, THE CITIZENS OUT, [02:55:01] UH, OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE OF THE CHINO VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT FACILITIES BONDS. IN ADDITION, BRETT WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER AND TREASURER OF THE CHINO HILLS 55 CLUB AND THE DOG PARK OF CHINO HILLS, BRETT WAS A VIETNAM ERA VETERAN AND HE PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN ESTABLISHING THE CHINO HILLS 55 VETERANS GROUP. HE HAD THE IDEA TO ERECT THE MILITARY MONUMENT AT THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY CENTER. AND HIS EFFORTS LED TO MANY DONATIONS FOR THE PROJECT. THE 55 PLUS PLUS CLUB ARRANGED FOR BRETT AND HIS FAMILY TO ATTEND THE UNVEILING. AND IT WILL SERVE AS A HAPPY MEMORY FOR ALL OF US. WE EXTEND OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHIES TO HIS WIFE, JEANETTE, WHO WAS ALWAYS BY HIS SIDE, OFTEN VOLUNTEERING WITH HIM IN THE SAME PROGRAMS AND WHO LATER BECAME HIS DEDICATED CARE GIVER AND TO THEIR THREE SONS AND THEIR FAMILIES REST IN PEACE, BRETT, YOU MADE A DIFFERENCE IN CHINO HILLS AND WITH THAT, I WISH YOU ALL A GOD BLESS AND THAT WINTER MEANING TONIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.