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[ 7:00 P.M. - CONVENE MEETING / ROLL CALL]
GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE CHINO HILLS CITY COUNCIL FOR AUGUST 11TH, 2020 ROLL CALL.I THINK IT'S BEING HELD PURSUANT TO EXECUTIVE ORDER AND 29 20 ISSUED BY GOVERNOR NEWSOME ON MARCH 17TH, 2026 HERE VICE MAYOR.
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]
RIGHT.THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE, IF YOU WOULD RISE AND JOIN ME IN THE SALUTE TO THE, UH, OF THE FLAG OF THE GREATEST NATION ON EARTH, AND THEN PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR OUR INVOCATION THIS EVENING, WHICH WILL BE GIVEN BY ESTHER LYNN WELLS OF CALVARY CHAPEL, CHINO HILLS.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE WEALTH OF THE UNITED STATES ERA, THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION.
[ INVOCATION: Pastor Lin Wells, Calvary Chapel]
PASTOR LYNN, SIR.THE WORD OF GOD SAYS IN SECOND TIMOTHY FIRST TIMOTHY CHAPTER TWO, I'M GOING TO READ IT VERY BRIEFLY.
FIRST OF ALL, IT'S SUPPLICATION AND PRAYER AND INTERCESSION AND GIVING OF THANKS.
BE MADE FOR ALL MEN, FOR TEENS AND FOR ALL WHO ARE IN AUTHORITY THAT WE MAY LEAD A QUIET AND PEACEFUL LIFE IN ALL GOODNESS AND REVERENCE FOR THIS IS GOOD AND ACCEPTABLE IN THE SIGHT OF GOD.
I SAY, SO, LORD GOD, WE COME BEFORE YOU.
NOW I THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL MEN AND WOMEN AND OTHER CHINO HILLS CITY COUNCIL, AND THE ENTIRE PARTICIPANTS IN THE MEETING.
GOD, WE PRAY FOR WISDOM, DISCERNMENT, AND UNITY, AND THEN GOTTA BE WANTING TO THANK YOU THAT WE'RE LIVING IN A COUNTRY WHERE SEX THINGS CAN TAKE PLACE.
WE PRAY THAT YOU RESIDE OVER OUR MEETING IN JESUS' NAME.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PASTOR THEN, AND GOD BLESS TO TRAVEL.
[7. RECOGNITION - Presentation of Certificate of Recognition to Ruben S. Ayala High School student Andrea Hanson for being a Southern California Association of Governments scholarship award winner]
CHERYL, I UNDERSTAND IT IN OUR FIRST PRESENTATION THAT STEPHANIE WADE WOULD LIKE TO ALSO BE THE, IS SHE ON THE LINE AT THIS POINT? OR ARE WE GOING TO FOREGO THAT FOR THE MOMENT SHE'S GOING TO PROVIDE HER COMMENTS RIGHT BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENTS.OUR FIRST ITEM IS THE RECOGNITION OF I HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, ANDREA HANSON.
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE CHINO HILLS RESIDENT ANDREA HANSON FOR BEING ONE OF FOUR INLAND EMPIRE STUDENTS TO HAVE EARNED A $4,000 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS, 2020 SCHOLARSHIP.
PART OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR THE SCHOLARSHIPS REQUIRED STUDENTS TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FORM AN ESSAY OF AT LEAST 500 WORDS, TWO LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION AND A CURRENT ACADEMIC TRANSCRIPT.
IN ADDITION, THESE SCHOLARSHIPS WERE AWARDED TO HIGH SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO PLAN TO PURSUE CAREERS IN URBAN PLANNING AND PUBLIC POLICY.
CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP IN YOUR ACADEMIC JOURNEY AND DRAYA, HOPEFULLY YOU WERE ON THE CALL WITH US.
AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? UH, YES.
UM, MAYOR ART BENNETT, UH, THANK YOU CITY COUNCIL FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT IN PARTICULAR.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN MARQUEZ AND THE SEG BOARD FOR SELECTING ME.
I FEEL VERY HONORED TO REPRESENT TO YOUR HEALTH IN THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.
I'M ALSO VERY EXCITED TO USE THE SCHOLARSHIP TO STUDY POLITICAL SCIENCE AND ECONOMICS THAT UCLA HAS FALL FURTHER MY INTEREST AND EXPERIENCES IN PUBLIC SERVICE, WHERE I CAN LEARN TO BETTER OUR COMMUNITY.
AND AGAIN, UH, FROM GIL CISNEROS OFFICE, UH, STEPHANIE WAVE WILL BE ON THE LINE IN A FEW MINUTES AND MAKE COMMENTS.
UH, RAY THOUGH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING YOU THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
ANDREA, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY, I GOT TO READ A LOT OF ESSAYS
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AND I KNOW YOU REALLY THOUGHT HIGHLY OF A CYNTHIA MORAN COUNCIL MEMBER AND ALSO MR. ROGERS.AND I'M JUST TELLING YOU AS ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TOO, I AM SO PROUD OF THE WAY.
UM, YOU'RE JUST A REMARKABLE PERSON AND I KNOW A LOT OF GOOD THINGS IN THE FUTURE GOING TO HAPPEN FOR YOU.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PRESENTATION ON SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, PROJECT UPDATES.
THIS PRESENTATION IS GOING TO BE GIVEN BY DR.
RAY WOLF, RIGHT DOCTOR EVENING, MAYOR BENNETT, THE COUNCIL GRAY WOLF.
AS SOON AS THE SLIDESHOW STARTS.
SO, UH, I COME HERE THIS EVENING TO GIVE A PRESENTATION ON WHAT WE AT THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ARE WORKING ON.
I'M GOING TO FOCUS MY COMMENTS IN THE SAN BERNARDINO METRO VALLEY AREA.
EVEN THOUGH WE ARE A COUNTY WIDE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.
UM, THE MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION RESIDES IN THE METRO VALLEY AREA.
THAT'S BOUNDED BY THE SAN GABRIEL AND SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS TO THE NORTH LA COUNTY TO THE WEST AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY TO THE SOUTH AND EAST.
I'M GOING TO TALK INITIALLY ABOUT MORE OF THE TRADITIONAL PROJECTS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE COME TO KNOW US FOR, UH, FOR THE OVER THE DECADES THAT WE HAVE BEEN DELIVERING IMPORTANT PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE REGION, INCLUDING DR.
THIS IS CHERYL, THE CITY CLERK.
IT LOOKS AS THOUGH YOU WERE NOT HEARING YOUR MIC ANY LONGER DR.
IF YOU COULD TRY TO REJOIN THE MEETING AND WE CAN CONTINUE YOUR PRESENTATION, WE'RE NOT HEARING YOUR MICROPHONE.
ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TRY TO MUTE HIM SO THAT MAYBE IT SENDS A MESSAGE TO HIS COMPUTER AND HE'LL SAY HE'S BEEN MUTED.
AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL RESOLVE THE ISSUE.
IT APPEARS AS THOUGH HE IS STILL DOING HIS PRESENTATION.
HE'S STILL STUCK ON THE FIRST POWERPOINT SLIDE, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S MOVING, BUT YEAH, I CAN SEE HIS MICROPHONE IS MOVING, BUT I WE'RE NOT HEARING ANYTHING.
THANKFULLY THEY DO A BETTER JOB BUILDING FREEWAYS THEN GIVING POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS, UH, MAYBE BRANDON, IF WE STOPPED THE PRESENTATION, INTERRUPT THE PRESENTATION, HE MIGHT SEE THAT.
AND THEN WE CAN ASK HIM TO RESTART.
WOLF, WE ARE HIJACKING YOUR PRESENTATION.
AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO RESTART YOUR PRESENTATION.
HE SAID, BUT WE STILL CAN'T HEAR YOU.
IS IT POSSIBLE THAT YOU HAVE A MUTE BUTTON ON YOUR ACTUAL MICROPHONE THAT YOU'VE MUTED YOURSELF? CAN YOU CALL BACK? OKAY, THANKS.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO TAKE A MOMENT TO LET DR.
DID WE WANT TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PRESENTATION? I THINK IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, OUR NEXT PRESENTATION IS ON OMNI TRAM PROJECT.
THAT IS FROM THE DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT.
JEREMIAH BRYANT, MR. BRIAN, HE'S GOING TO SHARE HIS SCREEN AS WELL.
SO IT'LL JUST BE A LITTLE TRANSITION HERE AND HE MAY BE WAITING.
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I SEE THAT HE'S MUTED.SO HE MAY HAVE STEPPED AWAY FOR A MOMENT.
PROBABLY THOUGHT THAT THE PRESENTATION WAS GOING, GOING TO GO A LITTLE LONGER.
CAN YOU HEAR US? YOU SEE HIS MICROPHONE MOVING? NO, BUT, UM, JEREMIAH BRYANT, CAN YOU HEAR US? IF YOU DON'T SEE HIM, WE CAN DO AARON ROGERS.
BOTH OF THEM BEING THERE, THERE.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT AARON HAS THE POWERPOINT CAPABILITIES.
I CAN CERTAINLY ACTUALLY, ERIN NURSE.
I CAN, LET ME GO AHEAD AND PROMOTE IT.
BRANDON, IS THAT YOU ON THE SCREEN? IT MUST'VE GOTTEN HUNG UP.
HE SAID THAT HE DID CALL BACK, BUT HE CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING.
IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THE CRESTRON PHONE THAT'S UP HERE, UM, HAS SOMEHOW GOT DISCONNECTED.
SO IF YOU'LL JUST GIVE US A MOMENT, BRANDON, I'LL NEED YOU TO CALL BACK IN.
THE BIG LEAGUE DREAMS UPDATE IS GOING TO BE GIVEN BY BEN.
NOBODY CAN HEAR THE MEETING AT THIS TIME.
SO I WOULD NOT SUGGEST THAT WE DO ANYTHING.
YOU ENTERED EIGHT SIX ONE NINE SEVEN THREE SEVEN ONE ONE.
THIS MEETING ID DOES NOT EXIST.
PLEASE REENTER THE DROP, THE DROP BRAND PLANS.
ENTER YOUR PARTICIPANT ID FOLLOWED BY POUND.
NOW EVERYBODY SHOULD BE ABLE TO HEAR YOUR MICROPHONE.
YOU CAN PRESS STAR SIX TO A NEW, YOU ARE UNMUTED.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? HE'S LEFT THE MEETING.
WANTS ME TO CALL THEM UP AND TELL THEM TO LOG BACK DOWN.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ASK, UH, JEREMIAH BRYANT TO GIVE HIS PRESENTATION.
UM, JEREMIAH, CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY.
I'M HAPPY TO GIVE MY PRESENTATION NOW.
SO LET'S LET YOU GO AHEAD AND GO FORWARD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR UNDERSTANDING.
WE'RE GONNA LET JEREMIAH PROCEED WITH HIS PRESENTATION AND THEN WE'LL CALL ON YOU.
[9. PRESENTATION - Omnitrans project updates]
JEREMIAH.I'M THE DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT AT OMNITRACS.
I'M JOINED TONIGHT BY OUR CEO, AARON ROGERS.
AND I'D LIKE TO START BY THANKING COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN FOR INVITING US TO GIVE A PRESENTATION ON PUBLIC TRANSIT SERVICE IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ, UH, WHO IS, UH, WORKED WITH OMNITRAX AND SPCA, UH, OVER THE LAST YEAR.
UH, IN ADDITION TO COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA'S WE LOOK AT A NUMBER OF SERVICES THAT NEEDED TO CHANGE WITHIN OUR SERVICE AREA IN GENERAL.
UM, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING CALLED OUR CONNECT FORWARD PLAN AND THE CHANGES THAT ARE PLANNED TO BEING IMPLEMENTED IN SEPTEMBER IN THE, IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, INCLUDING A PROJECT, THEY MICRO TRANSIT PILOT PROJECT THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT,
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UH, COLLECTIVELY THAT THE CHANGES I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT STARTED, UM, WITH OUR CONNECT BOARD PLAN, WHICH IS A LONGTERM PLANNING PROCESS.AND, UH, WE HELD, UH, MULTIPLE PUBLIC HEARINGS TO GENERATE THIS PLAN, INCLUDING A SEVERAL HOUR PUBLIC HEARING IN JANUARY ON, I BELIEVE JANUARY 29TH IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
ULTIMATELY WHEN WE LOOK AT OMNITRACS TO SEE A PUBLIC TRANSIT AND BUS OPERATOR IN THE SAN BERNARDINO VALLEY, WHICH STRETCHES FROM A YUCAIPA IN THE EAST TO THE COUNTY LINE ON THE WEST, INCLUDING CHINO HILLS AND THEN FROM THE COUNTY LINE ON THE SOUTH TO THE FOOTHILLS ON THE NORTH.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SERVICE IN CHINO HILLS, WE HAVE SERVICE IN REALLY THREE DIFFERENT MANNERS.
I'LL TALK ABOUT EACH ONE OF THESE A LITTLE BIT, BUT THOSE ARE ROUTE 88, WHICH IS A SIX ROUTE GENERAL BUS.
YOU'D SEE, TYPICALLY A 40 FOOT BUS, ROUTE THREE 65 TRIPPER SERVICE, WHICH IS SPECIFIC TO, UH, SOME SCHOOLS, UH, THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A SECOND AND THEN A MICRO TRANSIT PILOT PROJECT, WHICH IS REALLY WHAT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT.
THAT WE'RE CALLED AND BRANDON HOBBY RIDE.
OUR ROUTE 88 SERVICE IS A TRADITIONAL, UH, FIXED ROUTE BUS SERVICE THAT STARTS, UH, VERY CLOSE TO A CITY HALL AND CHINO HILLS WITH SERVICE ALSO TO THE SHOPS AT CHINO HILLS.
ULTIMATELY IT PROVIDES CONNECTIONS TO MANY OTHER ROUTES THAT SERVE ON THE TRANSIT NETWORK, BUT THE PRIMARY CONNECTION IS A SERVICE TO THE CHINOS TRANSIT CENTER, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO CHINO CITY HALL, WHERE IT CONNECTS TO ROUTES THAT TAKE YOU THROUGHOUT THE WEST VALLEY SIDE OF THIS REGION.
AFTER THAT THE ROUTE TRAVELS NORTH WITH CONNECTIONS INTO CHINO AND MONTCLAIR, ULTIMATELY ENDING AT THE MONTCLAIR TRANSIT CENTER WHERE THERE'S CONNECTIONS BOTH TO THE EAST AND WEST, THEY CAN TAKE YOU AS FAR AS SAN BERNARDINO OR INTO LOS ANGELES BY THIS ROUTE IS REMAINING INTACT AND UNCHANGED DURING OUR SEPTEMBER SERVICE CHANGES COMING UP UNDER A MONTH.
CURRENTLY, CHINO HILLS ALSO HAS A ROUTE CALLED AMICO CHINO HILLS OR ROUTE THREE 65.
UH, THAT ROUTE SHOULD BE SEEN ON YOUR SCREEN, UH, AS A BLUE LINE, IT REALLY DOES, UH, CONNECT A LOT OF AREAS IN, IN CHINO HILLS, BUT IS ULTIMATELY, UH, SUCCESSFUL IN A COUPLE OF TRIPS REALLY RELATED TO SERVICE TO CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL.
THE MAJORITY OF THE SERVICE HERE, UH, IS, UM, RELATIVELY LOW RIDERSHIP WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TWO TRIPS A DAY, WHICH ARE VERY MUCH ALIGNED WITH THE BELL TIMES FOR CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL.
OUR RECOMMENDATION MOVING INTO SEPTEMBER WAS TO, UH, OPERATE THIS, UH, WHAT YOU NOW SEE AS THE GREEN LINE, WHICH WE WOULD CALL OUR ROUTE THREE 65 TROOPER SERVICE, UH, IN SEPTEMBER ALIGNED WITH BELL TIMES FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL, SINCE THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE HIGH SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT OUR SERVICE AREA.
AREN'T RESUMING IN PERSON CLASSES ON THIS PARTICULAR TRIP OR SERVICE WILL NOT BEGIN IN SEPTEMBER, BUT WILL BEGIN SHORTLY AFTER CHINO HILLS RESUMED IN PERSON CLASSES, UH, THE DATA, WHICH IS STILL TO BE DETERMINED, BUT REALLY THE, THE EXCITING NEWS OF WHAT WE'RE, WHAT AMI TRENDS.
AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO BRING TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
IS IT MICRO TRANSIT PILOT, WHICH IS CALLED OMNI RIDE? MICRO TRANSIT IS REALLY A PUBLIC TRANSIT VERSION, UH, UBER AND LYFT SERVICE, WHERE WITH A SMARTPHONE APP, YOU CAN SUMMON A, A VEHICLE HERE, WHAT YOU SEE AS A FORD TRANSIT VEHICLE, UH, THAT BE BRANDED FOR OMNI RIDE.
IT'LL HAVE PROBABLY SERVING SOMETHING LIKE PROBABLY SERVING CHINO HILLS ON, ON THE BACK.
AND WITH THAT, WE WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SORT OF THAT STOP TO STOP SERVICE ON DEMAND.
WHEN SOMEONE ORDERS THE VEHICLE ON THEIR PHONE, THE SERVICE WILL BE AVAILABLE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 6:00 AM TO 8:00 PM.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES THIS, UH, SERVICE, UH, SPECIAL COMPARED TO THINGS LIKE UBER AND LYFT IS WE KNOW EXACTLY WHO THE DRIVER IS.
WE HAVE MADE SURE THE DRIVER IS SAFETY TRAINED AND PASSED ALL FEDERAL SAFETY REGULATIONS.
SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BRINGING HIGH QUALITY SAFE SERVICE, UH, WITH, WITH AMI RIDE TO THE COMMUNITY OF CHINO HILLS, CHINO HILLS WILL BE THE FIRST OMNI RIDE, UH, PILOT THAT WE BRING TO OUR SERVICE AREA, WHICH IS THE FIRST OF THE 15 CITIES WE SERVE.
ULTIMATELY ON THE ROAD, I SERVES THE ENTIRE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, OR AT LEAST THE ENTIRE POPULATED AREA OF CHINO HILLS AS CAN BE SEEN ON THIS MAP HERE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT THIS MAP AND A LITTLE MORE DETAILED OR ZOOM IN ON THE MAP, THE MAP AND MORGAN INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE@OMNITRACS.ORG SLASH OMNI, RIGHT? AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS IS YOU'LL SEE A NUMBER, NUMBER OF DOTS.
THOSE DOTS ARE WHAT WE CALL VIRTUAL STOPS.
VIRTUAL STOPS ARE THE ROUTE DOESN'T NECESSARILY COME STRAIGHT TO YOUR DOOR, BUT COMES TO BASICALLY THE CLOSEST INTERSECTION AT YOUR DOOR.
SO IT'S OFTEN A COLLECTION OF, OF, OF, OF NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS OR WHERE A NEIGHBORHOOD IMMEDIATELY INTERIORS OUT ONTO
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AN ARTERIAL ROAD.SO WE MAKE THE MAKE SURE THE STOPS ARE AS CLOSE TO YOU AS WE CAN POSSIBLY GET.
IN ADDITION TO SERVING THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, UH, THERE IS A SMALL AREA OF CHINO THAT SERVED, IT'S REALLY DESIGNED TO MAKE A CONNECTION BETWEEN A RESIDENTIAL ALL LOCATIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS AND SOME EMPLOYMENT IN THE CITY OF CHINO, WHICH IS BORDERED BY, UH, CHINO AV OAK SPARKS, AND THEN CENTRAL ALSO PROVIDING A CONNECTION TO THE JC COLLEGE CHINO CAMPUS AND THAT, YOU KNOW, TRANSIT CENTER, WHERE THERE ARE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT TO OTHER SERVICES.
ADDITIONALLY, WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS MAP, TRANS HAS A SERVICE CALLED OMNI ACCESS.
THAT'S CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR 88 QUALIFIED WRITERS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE DUE TO SOME DISABILITY TO GET A DIFFERENT TYPE OF BUS SERVICE ON THE RIDE WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE AS WELL, PROVIDING CONNECTIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY OF CHINO HILLS, FOR BOTH GENERAL PUBLIC AND ADA RIDERS.
THE OMNI RIDE SERVICE IS IT STARTS WITH AN APP, A SMARTPHONE APP, AND IT WORKS VERY MUCH LIKE UBER OR LYFT.
YOU LOG INTO THE APP, WHICH IS AVAILABLE ON, UH, EITHER GOOGLE PLAY OR THE, OR THE APP STORE.
AND THEN YOU FIND OUT FOR IT, YOU PUT IN YOUR, YOUR STARTING POINT, YOUR ENDING POINT, AND YOU CAN BOOK A TRIP.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE VEHICLE IS, WHAT TIME IS EXPECTED TO GET TO YOUR DESTINATION TO YOU.
AND THEN WHAT TIME YOU'RE EXPECTED TO GET TO YOUR DESTINATION.
UH, THE APP WAS JUST MADE LIVE YESTERDAY.
SO IF YOU GO TO THE APP STORE, AND IF YOU LOOK UP ON ME RIGHT ON DEMAND, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD THE APP.
NOW IT WON'T BE ABLE TO BOOK TRIPS UNTIL SEPTEMBER 8TH, BUT YOU CAN, YOU CAN START THE PROCESS IF YOU ARE SO INCLINED IN TERMS OF COSTS, UH, THERE IS, UH, A $4 COST FOR A ONE RIDE TRIP ON AMI RIDE.
AND THEN THERE'S A DISCOUNT AVAILABLE FOR THOSE THAT ARE SENIOR DISABLED MEDICARE RECIPIENTS FOR VETERANS.
IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING THAT ONE RIDE ON OMNI RIDE, THE FAIR WILL ALSO ALLOW ANYONE TO TRANSFER TO ONE OF OMNI TRANSIT, FIXED ROUTE BUSES AND GET A DAY PASS FOR A LIMITED USE FOR THAT DAY ON OUR FIXED ROUTE NETWORK WITH THAT, UH, THAT'S SORT OF A HIGHLIGHT OF THE SERVICES THAT OMNITRACS WILL BE PROVIDING TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, UH, STARTING IN SEPTEMBER.
AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JEREMY.
THAT'S VERY INFORMATIVE AND THAT'S VERY ENCOURAGING.
I, YEAH, IT'S JUST THE OMNI RIDE IS FANTASTIC.
SO ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE DIOCESE? UM, AND OF COURSE WE CAN GET MORE INFORMATION FROM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, CYNTHIA MORAN.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR PRESENTATION.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING INCLUDED TONIGHT.
[8. PRESENTATION - San Bernardino County Transportation Authority project updates]
THANK YOU.BACK TO THE SAN BERNARDINO TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DR.
I APOLOGIZE FOR TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
I THINK I LEFT OFF, UH, YOU PROBABLY HEARD ME TALKING ABOUT OUR EFFORTS ON INTERSTATE 10 AND I'D PROBABLY GET CUT OFF SOMEWHERE AROUND THE STATE, ROUTE 60 CENTRAL INTERCHANGE.
SO IF THAT'S WHERE YOU WANT ME TO START ALL ON LAUNCH IT, RIGHT.
ACTUALLY WE MISSED EVERYTHING AND YOUR POWERPOINT POWERPOINT WAS ACTUALLY FROZEN ON THE FIRST SCREEN.
SO OTHER THAN THE FIRST 30 SECONDS OF YOUR PRESENTATION, SO WHY DON'T YOU START ALL OVER? IF YOU DON'T MIND, I WILL, I WILL DEFINITELY DO THAT.
SO, UM, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
UH, WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU NOW IS SORT OF WHAT BECOME CONDITIONED WITH, AND THAT IS A TREMENDOUS CONGESTION THROUGHOUT THE METRO VALLEY AREA OF OUR COUNTY.
AND IT'S REALLY DRIVEN BY TWO MAIN FACTORS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE ARE REALLY THE BEDROOM COMMUNITY FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES.
AND SECONDLY, WE'RE THE GATEWAY FOR FREIGHT MOVEMENT FROM THE PORTS OF LA AND LONG BEACH TO THE REST OF AMERICA.
AND SO THOSE TWO DRIVERS REALLY CONSTITUTE MOST OF, OF THE CONGESTION THAT WE DEAL WITH.
UH, OUR AGENCY IS A COUNTY WIDE AGENCY THAT, UH, IS FOCUSED ON PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND TRYING TO MITIGATE NEEDS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
BUT TONIGHT I'M GOING TO REALLY JUST HONE MY CONVERSATION INTO THE METRO VALLEY AREA.
THAT REALLY IS THE, THE AREA WHERE THE BULK OF THE POPULATION RESIDES AND WHERE THE VAST AMOUNT OF SALES TAX REVENUE IS GENERATED FOR THE PROJECTS WE'RE WORKING ON.
AND I'M JUST GOING TO CHECK IN, YOU GUYS CAN STILL HEAR ME, RIGHT? YES.
SO, UM, I'M GOING TO CONTINUE.
UM, SO I'M GOING TO TALK INITIALLY ABOUT SOME OF THE TRADITIONAL THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING THAT YOU'RE USED TO SEEING US DO.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE WERE A BIT FIRST PROJECT THAT WE DID WAS, UH, STATE ROUTE 71 REALIGNMENT
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RIGHT THROUGH YOUR COMMUNITY.THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PROJECT BACK IN THE EARLY NINETIES.
UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THOUGH, WE'RE LOOKING TO INNOVATION, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES, UH, IN EVERY SPACE THAT WE INTERACT.
AND, UH, I THINK WE'RE DOING SOME REALLY COOL THINGS AND IT'S ACTUALLY WHAT, UH, PROMPTED, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER MARK HAS TO ASK ME TO COME THIS EVENING AND TALK.
SO WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU NOW IS A MAP OF THE WEST PORTION OF THE SAN BERNARDINO METRO VALLEY.
AND I'M JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF PROJECTS HERE QUICKLY AND THEN FLY OVER TO THE EAST SIDE.
SO, UH, THE ITEM CONTRACT ONE EXPRESS LANES IS THE LARGEST PROJECT THAT WE HAVE EVER ENDEAVORED TO DELIVER A $930 MILLION INVESTMENT, UH, TO TRY TO ALLEVIATE THE CONGESTION ON ITN AND THAT CORRIDOR WE ARE REPLACING OR REFURBISHING AND WIDENING 11 INTERCHANGES ALONG THAT ROUTE, WE'RE GOING TO ADD EXPRESS LANES INTO THE CORRIDOR AS PART OF THE GREATER SCAG NETWORK OF EXPRESS LANES.
IT'S INTENDED TO HELP US AS A REGION MANAGE TRAFFIC CONGESTION WELL INTO THE FUTURE.
THIS PROJECT, OUR BOARD AWARDED CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, YOU'RE REALLY NOW JUST STARTING TO SEE A CONSTRUCTION MAJOR CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY, AND WE EXPECT IT'LL BE DONE IN THE SUMMER OF 2023.
THE NEXT PROJECT IS A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS THAT IS IN THE CITY OF CHINO STATE, ROUTE 60 CENTRAL INTERCHANGE.
WE'RE GOING TO WIDEN THIS BRIDGE IN THE FINAL CONDITION.
THERE'S 28, THERE'S $34 MILLION PROJECT.
WE'LL HAVE THREE THROUGH LANES IN EACH DIRECTION, NORTH AND SOUTH PLUS TWO ADDITIONAL TURN POCKETS LEFT TURN TO HELP FACILITATE THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC ON AND OFF THE FREEWAY.
THIS PROJECT WILL BE DONE IN FEBRUARY OF 2022.
THE NEXT ONE IS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER EAST, A STATE, ROUTE 60 ARCHIBALD INTERCHANGE.
THIS IS A MUCH SMALLER PROJECT AND ONLY $24 MILLION ADDING ADDITIONAL CAPACITY BENEATH THE FREEWAY ON ARCHIBALD AVENUE AND SOME IMPROVEMENTS ON THE ON AND OFF RAMPS, AS WELL AS SOME SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS THERE THIS'LL BE DONE IN APRIL OF 2021.
UM, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF WORK WHERE I GET TO THIS ONE.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF WORK ON STATE.
A CALTRANS IS DOING A LOT OF PAVEMENT REHAB AND RE BRIDGE REPLACEMENT AND REHABILITATION.
UH, OUR AGENCIES ARE COORDINATING VERY CLOSELY TO TRY TO LIMIT THE DISRUPTION OF THAT.
THIS IS A CORRIDOR THAT HAS SURELY NEEDED INVESTMENT FOR A LONG TIME, AS I'M SURE YOU'LL AGREE.
I WANT TO THANK JEREMIAH, UH, FOR HIS PRESENTATION.
A FEW MOMENTS AGO, THIS PROJECT THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR SCREEN IS A PROJECT.
WE ARE COLLABORATING WITH AARON AND JEREMIAH AND THE REST OF THE AMINA ONLY TRANS TEAM IT'S CALLED THE WEST VALLEY CONNECTOR.
THIS PROJECT IS INTENDED TO CREATE HIGH FREQUENCY, UM, QUALITY, HIGH QUALITY BUS SERVICE, BASICALLY STARTING FROM THE DOWNTOWN POMONA METRO LINK STATION ON THE RIVERSIDE METRO LINK LINE, HEADING EAST ALONG HOLT BOULEVARD WITH STOPS ALONG THE WAY, INCLUDING A STOP AT ONTARIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, AND THEN HEADING NORTH NEXT UP WITH THE RIVERS OR THE SAN BERNARDINO METRO LINK LINE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
UH, THIS PROJECT IS ALMOST $300 MILLION INVESTMENT.
WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE MONEY IDENTIFIED YET.
IN FACT, WE JUST PUT TOGETHER A GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE STATE.
WE SHOULD KNOW BEFORE THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR AND HOPE TO START CONSTRUCTION MARCH OF 2022 WITH COMPLETION.
ABOUT TWO YEARS LATER, HEADING A LITTLE BIT EAST OF THE EAST VALLEY AREA.
I'M JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW PROJECTS HERE, STATE ROUTE TWO 10, A GAP CLOSURE PROJECT NORTH OF SAN BERNARDINO INTO REDLANDS INCLUDES A REPLACEMENT OF A BASELINE INTERCHANGE IN HIGHLAND.
THIS PROJECT IS A $200 MILLION INVESTMENT.
WE'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE INTERCHANGES IN THE EAST VALLEY, ITIN, ALABAMA.
THESE ARE MUCH SMALLER PROJECTS, REALLY JUST TO HELP, UH, WITH TRAFFIC FLOW ON AND OFF THE FREEWAY.
SO SOME, SOME RAMP WIDENINGS AND SIGNALIZATION AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.
VERY SMALL IN COMPARISON BARTON ROAD, UH, I TWO 15 BARTON ROAD INTERCHANGE.
THIS IS A PROJECT WE'RE JUST FINISHING UP RIGHT NOW.
IT REALLY SERVES AS A NEW GATEWAY ON INTERSTATE TWO 15 TO OUR COUNTY, AND IS A MAJOR CHANGE IN SORT OF HOW THAT COMMUNITY CAN BE ACCESSED IN THE FUTURE.
THIS WASN'T JUST OVER A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT.
I'M GOING TO NOW START TO TALK ABOUT MORE OF OUR TRANSIT INVESTMENT.
I TALKED ABOUT THE WEST VALLEY CONNECTOR BUS, RAPID TRANSIT LINE ALONG HOPE BOULEVARD A MOMENT AGO.
THAT'S OUR SECOND, UM, BUS RAPID TRANSIT LINE.
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ON HERE, BUT IN THE CENTER OF YOUR SCREEN, THERE'S A SAN BERNARDINO TRANSIT CENTER.AND, UH, SO THE SPX LINE THAT AMI TRANS OPERATES CONNECTS CAL STATE SAN BERNARDINO TO THE NORTH TO LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY TO THE SOUTH.
WE EXTENDED METRO LINK, THIS ORANGE LINE RIGHT HERE, A MILE FROM ITS FORMER TERMINUS AT OUR OFFICES DECEMBER.
WE'RE STILL GETTING THE SUIT, DR.
WE'RE STILL STUCK ON SLIDE NUMBER TWO.
UH, SO WE'RE HERE, WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING, AND WE CAN SEE THE SMALL PICTURES ALONG THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN, BUT WE DON'T SEE THE CURRENT ONES THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
CAN YOU ADVANCE THOSE POWERPOINT SCREENS? I AM.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHY IT'S NOT ADVANCED.
WELL, IF IT'S NOT SHOWING UP AS THE SLIDE SHOW, IT'S SHOWING UP, UM, WITH THE THUMBNAIL VIEW AND WE'RE NOT SEEING THE ANIMATION.
IT MAY FREEZE AGAIN BECAUSE I HAD IT IN SLIDESHOW MODE HERE.
IF WE DON'T GET TO BACKUP JUST BRIEFLY, IT'S STILL SHOWING IN THE THUMBNAIL SCREEN.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANIMATIONS ON THE, THESE SLIDES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SHOW UP.
DO YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO SHOW IT ON YOUR SCREEN? AND I CAN JUST ASK YOU TO ADVANCE? NO, WE DID NOT UPLOAD IT, UM, IN ANTICIPATION OF YOU MONITORING IT.
UM, WE MAY WANT TO TRY AND DO THIS AT A FUTURE MEETING AND I CAN COME IN RAY.
IF YOU WANT TO EMAIL IT TO ME, I CAN PUT IT UP REALLY QUICK.
YOU WANT TO TELL HIM HE CAN SEE HIS SCREEN? DR.
WOLF EARLIER, YOU HAD PUT IT IN FULL SCREEN BEFORE YOU SHARED IT.
DID YOU WANT TO TRY THAT? YEAH, I CAN TRY HERE.
DO YOU WANT TO GIVE ME A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO TRY TO WORK THROUGH THIS? MAYBE CONTINUE ON WITH THE MEETING.
JUST SO I'M NOT DISRUPTING THE MEETING HERE.
DID YOU WANT TO HAVE THE BIG LEAP DREAMS THOUGHT? DO YOU WANT TO TRY AND MUSCLE THROUGH THIS? YEAH.
LET'S LET'S TRY AND LET'S TRY AND WORK WITH YOU SO WE CAN GET YOU THROUGH THIS AND THEN YOU WON'T HAVE TO DELAY YOUR PRESENTATION OR, OR COME BACK.
I CLOSED IT OUT SO THAT I COULD START IT UP AGAIN TO SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON THERE.
WHY CAN'T HE DO HOW'S EVERYTHING ELSE IN CHINO HILLS THESE DAYS, ALL GOOD.
WHERE, AND WE'RE ENJOYING SOME REAL BLESSINGS IN OUR CITIES.
SO I'M SITTING RIGHT HERE IN DIAMOND BAR OVERLOOKING THE CITY TRACER.
WELL, DIAMOND BARS TRIED TO BLOCK THIS OUT, YOU KNOW, YEARS AGO.
SO WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO EXTEND GRAND AVENUE, SO MAYBE THIS IS PAYBACK, LET'S JUST PAY BACK.
I JUST ATTACHING HERE IT GOES.
I JUST SEE I JUST JEREMIAH UP.
I CAN'T CAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING GOING ON WITH MY CONDITION.
NOW, ANY JOKES? DID YOU HAVE ANY JOKES? THAT'S ALWAYS A DANGEROUS PATH TRYING TO FILL TIME.
I KNOW THAT ON YOU CHERYL, CAN I GET MY SCHOOL DISTRICT REPORT AND TAKE IT OFF THE LIST? YEAH, MARK.
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IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GETTING CLOSE.IS THAT BRANDON? THAT WAS BRANDON.
[ COUNCIL REPORTS Vice Mayor Johsz Legislative Advocacy Committee Council Member Marquez League of California Cities Latino Caucus Southern California Association of Governments Legislative/Committees and Membership Committee Southern California Regional Rail Authority Council Member Moran Chino Valley Unified School District Council Member Rogers Chino Basin Desalter Authority Tres Hermanos Joint Powers Authority Water Financing Authority ]
WELL, AS YOU KNOW, IT'S THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL AND THEY STARTED, UM, BLENDED AND DISTANCE LEARNING.THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE TO REPORT.
UM, EVERYONE HANG IN THERE AND MORTAR REPORT NEXT TIME, BUT THERE'S REALLY IS NOTHING NEW TO REPORT FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND WE DO APPRECIATE YOUR, UH, COUNSEL.
SO ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO GIVE THEIR A COUNCIL REPORT TO SHARE? I'LL DO A LEDGE AFFAIRS.
WE'RE GONNA END UP DISCUSSING IT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PROPOSITION 20.
SO THAT WAS THE BULK OF OUR LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEETING.
SBC, TA, WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING CLASSES ON AVI ON HOW TO DO A VIDEO PRESENTATION.
I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE AGENDA ADVANCED COURSE.
WELL THERE WE, UH, JEREMIAH'S BACK AGAIN RIGHT NOW.
IT'S STILL NOT IN THE FULL SCREEN MODE.
DID YOU DO A FULL SCREEN BEFORE? IT'S NOT IN FULL SCREEN STREAM.
UNFORTUNATELY, RAY, I HAVEN'T GOT HER.
CAN YOU ADVANCE THAT? LET'S SAY, LET ME SEE IF I CAN ADVANCE IT.
I'LL START FROM THE BEGINNING.
WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT ONE.
YEAH, WE SAW ALREADY, BEFORE WE SAW THIS ONE, NEXT ONE IS THE ONE WE MISSED.
YOU HAVE THE ANIMATION EIGHT, ROUTE 60 ARCHIBALD.
WE HEARD ABOUT MARTIN ROAD, WEST VALLEY CONNECTOR.
SO NOW WE NEED TO GO OUT TO THE NEXT ONE THAT TALKS ABOUT BARTON ROAD AND WE'VE WE WERE DISCUSSING TO DO 10.
HEY, WE JUST WENT THROUGH BARTON ROAD RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE AT REDLANDS PASSENGER RAIL.
SO DO YOU SEE THAT HIGHLIGHTED HERE? RED LINE? YES.
AND YOU CAN SEE MY MOUSE MOVING.
SO WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT IS THERE'S A BUS RAPID TRANSIT LINE THAT RUNS ALONG EAST STREET, CONNECTING CAL STATE SAN BERNARDINO TO THE NORTH TO LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY TO THE SOUTH.
AND IT CONNECTS NOW TO METRO LINK AT A TRANSIT CENTER THAT WAS OPENED A FEW YEARS AGO.
I THINK BACK IN 2014, ACTUALLY WE EXTENDED METRO LINK ONE MILE TO CONNECT TO THAT BECAUSE TRANSIT'S ALL ABOUT CONNECTIVITY.
AND SO, UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW, THE RED LINE IS ACTUALLY THE REDLANDS PASSENGER RAIL PROJECT.
IT'S A NINE MILE EXTENSION OF METRO LINK AND I'LL JUST HONE IN ON IT.
CAN YOU SEE THAT CHANGE IN SCREEN? YES.
UM, THIS IS A NINE MILE EXTENSION OF THE METRO LINK SYSTEM.
UH, THIS IS A $360 MILLION INVESTMENT, UH, BRINGING RAIL CONNECTION TO THE EAST VALLEY.
UM, THIS IS A, UH, FORMER, UH, OR AN ACTUALLY AN OPERATING BRAKE LINE.
AND SO WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT, UH, WHAT WE WERE GOING TO USE TO OPERATE THIS SERVICE, UH, WE WERE CONSIDERING DECOMMISSIONED PURCHASING DECOMMISSIONED METRO LINK OF VEHICLES, REFURBISHING THEM AND OPERATING THEM IN THE STRETCH.
SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS IS INTENDED TO WORK BECAUSE THE COMMUNITIES ALONG THE WAY HERE SAID, IF THEY'RE NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO OPERATE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRETY OF THE 540 MILES OF THE BALANCE OF METROLINK SYSTEM THROUGH SIX COUNTIES, WHY WOULD WE ACCEPT THEM? SO WHEN I CAME ON BOARD, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE WERE IN THE END.
WE ULTIMATELY, UH, SETTLED ON THIS VEHICLE.
IT'S CALLED A DIESEL MULTIPLE UNIT AND EFFECTIVELY WHAT IT IS IS IT'S A SMALLER SCALE PASSENGER RAIL VEHICLE THAT IS A SELF CONTAINED POWER.
IT ACTUALLY USES ELECTRIC TRACTION MOTORS ON THE WHEEL SETS, BUT IT HAS DIESEL POWER GENERATORS IN THIS POWER CAB RIGHT HERE.
SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED OURSELVES WHEN WE WERE EXPLORING THIS VEHICLE TYPE WAS GEE, ARE WE DOING THE RIGHT THING BY INTRODUCING DIESEL MOTIVE, POWER, EVEN THOUGH IT'S THE CLEANEST, UM, TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE, BUT DIESEL MOTIVE, POWER FOR OPERATIONAL SERVICE IN 2021 IN ONE OF THE WORST AIR QUALITY BASINS IN THE COUNTRY.
AND I THINK THE ANSWER IS CLEARLY NO.
AND SO WE SPENT TIME WORKING WITH SOUTH COAST, AQM D WITH THE CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD, THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND OTHERS.
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OF TIME ON EDUCATION, WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN SECURING $30 MILLION TO INVEST IN A PILOT TO SEE IF WE COULD TAKE THE GENERATORS OUT AND REPLACE THEM WITH BATTERY PACKS, UH, FUEL CELLS OR SOME COMBINATION THEREIN.AND SO, UM, I'M PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE ARE WORKING NOW WITH A FABRICATOR OR MANUFACTURER TO BUILD THE FIRST ZERO EMISSION MULTIPLE UNIT IN NORTH AMERICA BROUGHT TO YOU BY SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.
SO THAT'S THE FIRST EXCITING THING THAT WE'RE WE'RE DOING.
AND BY THE WAY, THIS VEHICLE EVENTUALLY MAY BE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE METRO LINK SYSTEM BECAUSE THEY CAN OPERATE, UH, ON THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE NOW.
I JUST ADVANCE THE SLIDE, LOOK AT A SAN BERNARDINO MASS VALLEY, MASS TRANSIT CONNECTIVITY MAP.
SO AGAIN, OVER ON THE RIGHT OF THE SCREEN, SORT OF IN GOLD, YOU'LL SEE THE REDLANDS PASSENGER RAIL ARROW SERVICE.
WHEN I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT THE TRANSIT CENTER THAT IS SERVICED BY METRO LINK AND OMNI TRANSIT IS SPX ALONG EAST STREET IS HIGHLIGHTED SORT OF IN PINK, RED THERE, UH, ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
NOW I WANT TO MOVE OVER BACK TO THE LEFT SIDE AND TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT INNOVATION.
YOU MAY HAVE HEARD IN THE NEWS RECENTLY THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A POTENTIAL TUNNEL BETWEEN THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA METRO LINK STATION AND ONTARIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
WE HAVE BEEN STUDYING VARIOUS SURFACE ALTERNATIVES FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW, UM, BUT VERY CONCERNED THAT THE COST OF A SURFACE CONNECTION, WHETHER IT'S A CONNECTION FROM RANCHO CUCAMONGA CONNECTION FROM UPLAND CONNECTION FROM MONTCLAIR, UH, EVERYTHING THAT WE HAD CONTEMPLATED WAS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $1 BILLION, NOT A MILLION OF BILLION WITH A B.
AND SO IN A COUNTY WHERE OVER A 30 YEAR SALES TAX GENERATION, WE'RE LOOKING AT REVENUE OF ABOUT $6 BILLION, A SINGLE PROJECT EATING UP ONE SIXTH OF THAT IS, IS PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL.
AND PROBABLY NOT SOMETHING WE CAN SUSTAIN.
WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY JUST BEFORE THE COVID PANDEMIC HIT TO ACTUALLY GO TO HAWTHORNE, TO VISIT THEIR TEST FACILITY, THE BORING COMPANIES TEST FACILITY, AND HAD SOME REALLY GOOD CONVERSATIONS WITH THEIR ENGINEERING STAFF, WHICH LED US TO BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A POSSIBLE SOLUTION.
UH, SHORTLY AFTER THAT, WE RECEIVED AN UNSOLICITED PROPOSAL FROM THE BORING COMPANY.
IT DID NOT INCLUDE THE STATION WORK.
SO IT WAS JUST THE TUNNEL IN THE LINING OF THE TUNNEL.
UM, BUT IT WAS ONLY 26 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT IT REALLY, UH, IT CAUGHT OUR ATTENTION.
SO, UH, WE ARE WORKING THROUGH, UH, THE, UH, PROCUREMENT DOCUMENT, UH, UH, UH, STUFF THAT WE NEED TO PULL TOGETHER TO BRING TO OUR BOARD ON SEPTEMBER 2ND AND RFQ TO FULLY VET THIS PROPOSAL OUT, UH, AND LOOK AT OTHER INDUSTRY LEADERS AND SEE WHO ELSE IS OUT THERE.
ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT'S DRIVING THE COST WAY DOWN IS WE'RE LOOKING AT ACTUALLY THAT RED, THAT RED LINE THAT RUNS ALONG MILLICAN AND THEN AIRPORT DRIVE, TRYING TO KEEP THIS UNDER PUBLIC RIGHTS AWAY TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITIONS ARE REALLY LIMITED.
SO THIS IS AN EXCITING INNOVATION THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW AND MORE TO COME IN THE NEAR FUTURE AS OUR BOARD, UH, CONTEMPLATES THE NEXT STEPS ON THIS.
AND THEN AS WE WERE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS, I WAS HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH EXPRESS WEST.
YOU GUYS HAVE ALL HEARD ABOUT THE TRAINS TO VEGAS AND, UH, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYBODY EVER BELIEVED IT WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO FRUITION.
THEY WERE REALLY FLOUNDERING A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN A COMPANY OUT OF SOUTH FLORIDA CALLED BRIGHTLINE, PURCHASED THE RIGHTS AND REALLY ACCELERATED THE COMPLETION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL WORK.
AND, UH, ACTUALLY JUST LAST WEEK, IT WAS ANNOUNCED IN THE NEWS THAT THEY CLOSED THE DEAL WITH CALTRANS TO ACTUALLY BUILD AND OPERATE THE TRAIN WITHIN THE EXISTING
SO THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS.
THEIR PLAN HAD BEEN TO BUILD A PALMDALE FROM APPLE VALLEY TO PALMDALE TO CONNECT THE HIGH SPEED RAIL, THE CALIFORNIA HIGH SPEED RAIL SYSTEM.
I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT A CALIFORNIA HIGH SPEED RAIL IS A LONG WAYS AWAY FROM EVER IT TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
AND SO I REACHED OUT AND SAID, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR CONNECTIVITY TO THE LA BASIN, GOING TO PALMDALE IS STILL A TWO HOUR METROLINK TRAIN RIDE.
IT BECOME THROUGH THE COMB PASS IT'S AN HOUR.
AND SO, UH, FAST FORWARD JUST TO OVER THE SPAN OF A FEW MONTHS, UH, OUR BOARD ON JULY 1ST ENTERED INTO A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE THIS OPTION.
WE HAD BEEN CONSIDERING EXPRESS
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LANES THROUGH THE CAHONE PASS TO THE TUNE OF HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS, OF DOLLARS OF PUBLIC TAXPAYER FUNDING.UM, THIS SYSTEM, IF DESIGNED PROPERLY, UH, COULD OFFSET THAT NEED FOR A LONG TIME TO COME FOR US TO HAVE TO DO ANYTHING THROUGH THERE.
SO ANOTHER EXCITING OPPORTUNITY, UH, THAT, THAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, TO ADVANCING THEY'RE ACTUALLY COMING BACK TO MY BOARD TO PROVIDE ANOTHER UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY, UH, ON THE TUNNEL.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA ON THE EXPRESS WEST, UM, IDEA, AND, UH, JUST A LOT OF REALLY COOL THINGS COMING.
I APOLOGIZE FOR THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES HERE THIS EVENING, BUT, UH, HOPEFULLY WE WERE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THIS SOMEWHAT UNSCATHED AND I WANT TO THANK MIRA MARQUEZ, UH, FOR HIS LEADERSHIP ON MY BOARD.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH QUESTIONS OF THE PRESENTER.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
[10. PRESENTATION - Big League Dreams update]
NEXT PRESENTATION IS GOING TO BE BIGLY DREAMS UPDATE, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE RIGHT, BEN.I'M JUST GOING TO WAIT FOR MY PRESENTATION TO SHOW UP.
UNLESS IT DISAPPEARS THEN I WOULDN'T GIVE IT, YOU KNOW, MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, BEGIN THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT BIG LEAGUE DREAMS, BOTH, UH, YOU AND COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ.
AND AT SOME POINT IN TIME, EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER HAS ASKED, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE LATEST WITH BIG LEAGUE DREAMS. AND, UH, I'M THE, MY INTENTION IN GIVING THIS, UH, UPDATE TONIGHT IS TO START THAT OPEN CONVERSATION.
AND SO I'M GOING TO RUN THROUGH QUITE A FEW SLIDES.
UH, WE'VE GOT SOME BACKGROUND, I'VE GOT SOME GRAPHS TO KIND OF HOPEFULLY ILLUSTRATE SOME OF THE TRENDS WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT.
AND THEN, UH, SOME DATA RELATED TO, UH, THE, THE, UH, RELATIONSHIP THAT, UH, BLD AND, UH, THE CITY HAVE HAD FOR GOING ON 20 YEARS.
SO TO PUT IT INTO CONTEXT, UH, GOING THROUGH A VARIETY OF DOCUMENTS RELATED TO BLD, UH, THE PROJECT WAS FIRST ANNOUNCED IN 1999.
SO CLEARLY, YOU KNOW, A GOOD, GOOD PERIOD 20 YEARS AGO AROUND BREAKING OCCURRED IN 2001.
AND THEN THE DEDICATION CENTER CEREMONY WAS IN 2002 IT'S WORTH NOTING THE SCOPE OF THE MULTI-SPORT FACILITY.
IT'S A 33 ACRE PROPERTY, UH, IT'S BUILT AND OWNED BY THE CITY AND IT'S IN THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS FLOOD PLAIN, THE PRADO BASIN, WHICH HAS SOME UNIQUE, UH, CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT, UH, THAT HAD TO BE RESOLVED ALONG THE WAY, SIX REPLICA BASEBALL FIELDS, AS, AS THE COUNCIL IN MANY, UH, THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT IS THE MODEL FOR BLD FACILITIES IS THAT THEY BUILD A REPLICA FACILITIES, UH, WITH THE ATTRACTION THAT YOU'RE PLAYING IN A, IN A FIELD, UH, LIKE THE BIG BOYS, UH, THERE'S UH, MULTI-USE UH, COVERED ARENA, UH, CURRENTLY, UH, STRUCTURED FOR SOCCER, UH, THERE, SAND VOLLEYBALL COURTS, BATTING CAGES, PLAYGROUNDS, UH, THERE'S TWO CONCESSION AREAS.
AND THEN, UH, THE BLD GROUP USES THE OPPOSITES THERE FOR THEIR HEADQUARTERS.
THERE'S BEEN A VARIETY OF AGREEMENTS TO BRING THIS ALL TOGETHER IN 99 WAS THE INITIAL, UH, LEASE, UH, OPERATION, UH, AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY AND BLD.
THE ORIGINAL TERM WAS 20 YEARS, UH, WITH TWO FIVE-YEAR EXTENSIONS, A COUPLE YEARS LATER, THE CITY ENTERED INTO A 25 YEAR, UH, EASEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, WHICH EXPIRES IN 2026.
UM, WE ADDED TO THE SCHOOL OF THE ORIGINAL LEASE AGREEMENT, UH, THE OFFICE FACILITY IN 2002.
AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER, ANOTHER AMENDMENT FOR ALCOHOL BEVERAGE SALES FROM 2003.
UH, IT'S NOTEWORTHY THAT THERE ARE SOME KEY RESPONSIBILITIES.
THE CITY BUILT THE FACILITY, WE OWN THE FACILITY, UH, THAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH AN AGREEMENT WITH THE DEVELOPERS THAT BUILT THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES, UH, BLD, UH, WAS BROUGHT ON BOARD TO OPERATE THE FACILITY AND THEY PAY RENT.
AND THAT RENT IS BASED ON THEIR NET REVENUE, UH, THERE'S OFFICE RENT ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR HEADQUARTER FACILITY.
THERE THERE'S, UH, ALCOHOL RENT, WHICH IS BASED ON THE 10% OF GROSS SALES L'S ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, THE, UH, SESSIONS OPERATIONS.
UH, AND THEN, UH, BLD IS, UH, RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIR AND REPLACE
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COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FACILITY AND IT'S NOTE WORTHY AND IT'LL COME UP.I'M SURE AS WE TALK ABOUT THE CURRENT CONDITIONS IS THAT FROM THE BEGINNING, IT WAS INCLUDED IN THE, UH, AGREEMENT THAT BLD WOULD NEED TO MAINTAIN THE FACILITY IN BOTH A SAFE AND FIRST CLASS CONDITION.
UH, LOOKING AT HOW THE, UH, RENT IN REVENUE AGREEMENT IS STRUCTURED.
THERE'S A COMPONENT TO IT THAT IN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS REQUIRED THE FIRST $300,000, UH, OF, UH, NET REVENUE TO GO TO BLD, UH, THE SUBSEQUENT 300,000 TO 1.02, 5 MILLION WAS 100% FOR THE CITY.
AND THEN, UH, FOR THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS ABOVE 1.2, 5 MILLION, THERE WAS A 60, 40 SPLIT, 60 CITY, 40 BLD.
AND THEN AFTER $1.3 MILLION, IT WAS 40 CITY, 60 BLD, UH, WHERE WE ARE NOW, UH, AFTER THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD, UH, THE FIRST $725,000 OF NET REVENUES SHOULD COME TO THE CITY, UH, ABOVE THAT AMOUNT, UH, BLD WOULD BE ENTITLED TO THE 725 TOW 1.02 MILLION AND THEN ABOVE THOSE, UH, METRICS, THE SAME SPLIT OCCURS WHERE 60% CITY, 40% BLD, UH, AND THEN 40% CITY, 60% OVER 1.3 MILLION.
SO IN ESSENCE, THIS POINT WAS JUST TO MAKE, UH, THAT, UH, THIS AGREEMENT WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED TO IN THE FIRST FEW YEARS, GIVE THE INITIAL PROFITS OR NET REVENUE TO BLD WITH, UH, THE SUBSEQUENT YEARS, A LARGER SHARE GOING TO THE CITY.
UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR NET REVENUES AND THE, AND THE LEASE AGREEMENT, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT BOTH GROSS AND NET REVENUE.
IN ESSENCE, UH, THIS GRAPH SHOWS US THAT, UH, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE GROSS REVENUE FROM THE OPERATION OF THE, OF THE PARK AND, UH, THE NET REVENUE.
UH, I LIKE THIS CHART BECAUSE IT SHOWS THAT, YOU KNOW, IN OUR FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS, A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER, BOTH GROSS REVENUE AND NET REVENUE, BUT IT DOES ILLUSTRATE, I THINK PRETTY PLAINLY THE TREND, UH, OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, UH, HAS BEEN DOWNWARD AND DRAMATICALLY.
SO IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, UH, THE RED LINE AT THE BOTTOM INDICATES, UH, THE AREAS WHERE NET REVENUE, UH, HAS BEEN EITHER VERY CLOSE TO ZERO OR BELOW ZERO.
IN SOME CASES I HEAR IS THE ACTUAL, UH, MORE SPECIFIC DATA THAT'S ILLUSTRATED IN THAT CHART.
AND I PROVIDED FOR, YOU KNOW, IF WE WANT TO DELVE INTO IT A LITTLE BIT MORE AGAIN, UH, ONE OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE RENT THAT'S RECEIVED AS ALCOHOL SALES, UH, THIS HAS BEEN, UH, FAIRLY STABLE AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS CHART, UH, RANGING FROM SIX TO $700,000 FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE YEARS, REPRESENTED HERE WITH A SIGNIFICANT DROP OFF IN THE LAST YEAR.
AND THEN WITH THOSE ALCOHOL SALES, YOU CAN EASILY CALCULATE THAT.
UH, WE RECEIVE A 10% OF THOSE TOTALS.
ONE OF THE COMPONENTS THAT, UH, THE CITY, UH, UH, HAS OFFSETTING GROSS REVENUE IS REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT COSTS.
UH, THESE COSTS ARE THE, UH, SHARED BURDEN OF THE CITY.
UH, THERE'S A REQUIREMENT IN THE AGREEMENT THAT ANYTHING OVER $10,000 BE, UH, UH, AUTHORIZED BY THE CITY.
UH, AND THE POINT HERE IS IN ADDITION TO SHOWING THAT IT VARIES DRAMATICALLY AND HAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON, UH, NET REVENUE IS THAT IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, THE REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT COSTS HAVE BEEN QUITE LOW.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT ATTRIBUTES TO SOME OF THE ISSUES WE SEE AS THE CURRENT CONDITION OF THE, OF THE PROPERTY.
TOTAL BLD RENT IS ILLUSTRATED IN HERE FROM THE 2012, 13, UH, A BUDGET YEAR AT $170,000.
UH, AND AS YOU SEE FOR A, ROUGHLY FOUR YEARS, UH, IT WAS CLOSE TO 50, $75,000, UH, SALLY, UH, ONE 70, 44,080 AND 43, UH, REPRESENTED WHAT THOSE FIRST YEARS THEN A DRAMATIC, UH, $80,000, A $180,000.
I'M SORRY, UH, UH, LOSS AS FAR AS NET REVENUE AND THEN ONE, A DECENT YEAR IN 17, 18, BUT THE LAST TWO YEARS, UH, HAVE BEEN, UH, AT A LOSS.
SO NO REVENUE HAS COME TO THE CITY, UH, IN THREE
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OF THE PAST FOUR YEARS FOR THE BLD, UH, FACILITY.AND HERE'S THE DETAIL ON THE BLD RENT.
UH, AND PLEASE STOP ME AT ANY POINT IF YOU WANT TO DELVE INTO THIS.
BUT AGAIN, THE BIG ISSUE HERE IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT A POTENTIAL YEARS FOR THEM, UH, HAD SOME REVENUE TO THE CITY AND THREE OF THE LAST FOUR HAVE NOT.
AND SO, UH, RECENT DEVELOPMENTS WITH, WITH, UH, BLD, I, AS I POINTED OUT THERE IS SIGNIFICANT DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, UH, AT THE PROPERTY STAFF MET WITH BLD REPRESENTATIVES IN JANUARY OF 2020.
AND, UH, DID A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF, OF THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY.
EVERYTHING FROM LACK OF, UH, UH, MAINTENANCE TO, YOU KNOW, COMMON, UH, EXTERIOR WALLS, THE FACADES THAT ARE, UH, THE KEY POINT OF THE BLD FACILITIES BEING, UM, UH, REPLICA STADIUMS ARE, ARE IN SIGNIFICANT DISREPAIR.
UH, STAFF OBSERVED, YOU KNOW, CRACKS IN THE CONCRETE AND BASICALLY IT CLEARLY ISN'T THE, AT THE LEVEL THAT WE EXPECT OR THAT WE HAVE, UH, PUT IN OUR CONTRACT.
UH, THERE'S NO RENT ANTICIPATED, UH, BASED ON A COUPLE FACTORS.
ONE BLD IS CURRENTLY CLOSED DUE TO THE COVID A PANDEMIC, BUT EVEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE TREND IN THE LAST, UH, THREE OR FOUR YEARS, UH, THERE HASN'T BEEN REVENUE.
SO IN THIS CURRENT BUDGET YEAR, WE DIDN'T BUDGET FOR REVENUE FROM BLD.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, UH, A COUPLE, I WOULD SAY, UH, AT LEAST, UH, BRIGHT POINTS IN HERE IS THAT, UH, BLD RECOGNIZES THAT THEY NEED TO CHANGE HOW THEY OPERATE BOTH OUR FACILITY.
AND I WOULD SAY OTHERS AS WELL.
AND SO THEY'VE ENLISTED, UH, A, UH, PUBLIC RELATIONS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FROM THE CHRIS COMM COMPANY.
UH, THAT'S BEEN, UH, ENGAGING ON THEIR BEHALF WITH OTHER, UH, CITIES AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, PARTNERS ON THIS.
UH, I PERSONALLY HAVE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, THE CRESCOM MANAGEMENT TEAM.
I KNOW THAT, UH, OUR BLD, UH, AD HOC COMMITTEE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM CHRIS KROM, UH, RECENTLY TO GET A, AN UNDERSTANDING OF, UM, WHERE THEY SEE THIS FACILITY GOING IN THE FUTURE.
AND, UH, BOTH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS ASKED SOME PRETTY POINTED QUESTIONS TO, UH, THEIR REPRESENTATIVE ABOUT, UH, THE OPERATION OF THE FACILITY, THE DISAPPOINTMENT OF WHERE IT IS, UH, CURRENTLY, UH, CHRIS COMM BLD HAS BEEN WORKING TO FIND A PRIVATE PARTNER INVESTOR.
THEY RECOGNIZE THAT, UH, THE, UH, OPERATION ISN'T WHAT IT SHOULD BE, AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A PARTNER TO HELP, UH, WITH THAT.
UH, AND SO, UH, I'VE, UH, BEEN GIVEN RECENT REPORTS THAT THAT IS STILL DEVELOPING.
UH, THEY ANTICIPATE IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE AS, AS FREQUENT AS SOON AS IN THE NEXT MONTH, UH, TO BE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE THAT THEY HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS INTENDING TO INVEST SIGNIFICANTLY, UH, PURCHASE THE BLD, UH, BRAND, UH, AND THEN WORK WITH CITIES TO IDENTIFY WAYS TO, UH, UH, REFRESH, UH, THE, THE OPERATIONS THERE.
AND SO I THINK THAT CONCLUDES WHAT I WANT IT TO BE KIND OF A BRIEF BACKGROUND TO START OFF THE CONVERSATION SO THAT THE COMIC COULD, THE COUNCIL COULD COMMENT ON THIS, AND I KNOW THAT WE'LL HAVE FUTURE CONVERSATIONS.
SO WITH THAT, THAT'S MY PRESENTATION.
ANYONE HAVE COMMENTS? I KNOW RAY, YOU AND I ARE.
WE'RE THE ONES THAT MOST RECENTLY ASKED FOR THIS COMMITTEE FIRST AND THEN, OKAY, LET'S GO TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, MR. ROGERS.
WELL, I'VE BEEN ON THIS COMMITTEE A LONG TIME AS ACTUALLY WAS PART OF THE GROUP PARKS AND REC COMMISSION YEARS AGO.
RAY AND I WERE BOTH ON THE PARKS AND REC AT THE TIME WHEN THIS PROJECT CAME ABOUT AND WE HAD GREAT EXPECTATIONS, JONATHAN, WE WENT ON ROAD TRIPS TO CHECK OUT OTHER FACILITIES, AND WE HAD GREAT EXPECTATIONS AND IT STARTED OUT VERY EXCITING.
AND THEN THE LAST DECADE, PROBABLY ONCE THEY OPENED UP ANOTHER FACILITY IN WEST COVINA, THAT STARTED THE TREND DOWNWARD FOR THE NUMBER OF TEAMS THAT WERE PLAYING.
AND AGAIN, OUR, OUR EXCITEMENT AT THAT TIME WAS THAT WE COULD, UH, HAVE POSSIBLY A VERY COOL FACILITY IN TOWN, A UNIQUE FACILITY, AND YET, UM, AND BRING IN SOME REVENUE, BUT ALSO HAVE AN OUTLET FOR THE YOUTH LEAGUES THAT AT THE TIME WERE EXPLORING BUILDING NEW
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FACILITIES, WHICH ARE VERY COSTLY.AND WE THOUGHT THIS COULD OFFSET BY BUILDING THIS FACILITY.
JIM THALMANN ON CITY COUNCIL WAS THE MAIN DRIVER ON THIS, THESE PROJECTS AT THE TIME.
AND HE DID A LOT OF DUE DILIGENCE AT THE TIME, ALONG WITH JONATHAN AND TEAM, BUT WE THOUGHT, WELL, THIS COULD BE AN OUTLET FOR YOUTH LEAGUES TO PRACTICE IF NOTHING ELSE IN PLAY.
AND IT TURNED OUT, SOME COULD PLAY THERE LITERALLY COULD NOT PLAY THERE.
AS IT TURNS OUT, WE WERE GIVEN FALSE INFORMATION AT THE TIME THAT LITERALLY COULDN'T PLAY BECAUSE OF ALCOHOL SALES AND THEY WERE CHARGING A GATE TO GET IN.
AND LITERALLY DOESN'T ALLOW THAT PONY LEAGUE HAS WORKED WITH US.
GIRLS SOFTBALL IS WORKED WITH US, SO IT HAS BEEN AN OUTLET, BUT ONCE THEY STARTED EXPANDING AND, AND THEY BUILT IN HAD AROUND 350 TEAMS A WEEK SHOWING UP, THESE ARE ADULTS, THE ADULT SIDE OF THINGS, WHICH WILL BE THE MAIN INCOME DRIVERS.
ONCE THEY BUILT WEST COVINA, THEN THINGS REALLY STARTED TO GO DOWNWARD.
AND I MEAN, IT WAS ALMOST OBVIOUS THAT THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
THEY DILUTED THEIR MARKET BY BUILDING IN WEST COVINA.
AND AFTER, SINCE THAT TIME, THE REVENUES HAVE GONE DOWN AND ALSO THE ATTENDANCE HAS GONE DOWN.
AND OF COURSE THEY'RE DRIVEN BY RAIN, RAIN OUTS ALSO IN THERE.
NOW THEY'VE BEEN CLOSED SINCE MARCH OR SO BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
SO IT'S BEEN A REAL DISAPPOINTMENT, UH, COMPARED TO THE AMOUNT OF MONEY SPENT AND RAY MADE WANT TO GO THERE AND A LITTLE BIT, BUT, UM, IT WAS A BIG INVESTMENT WITH HIGH HOPES AND IN IT, IT JUST HASN'T PANNED OUT.
SO WE DID HAVE A LITTLE MEETING WITH, UH, THIS, THE CHRIS CALM AND THE TWO INDIVIDUALS THERE.
AND WE ASKED WHAT HAS BEEN SAID.
WE ASKED SOME POINTED QUESTIONS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW DEEP WE WANT TO GO WITH THIS.
AND WE DON'T WANT TO SHOW OUR HAND TOO MUCH ON SOME OF THE FUTURE THINGS THAT ARE POSSIBLY HAPPENING, BUT ONE OF THE MAIN INVESTORS PASSED AWAY.
AND THERE WAS THE PART THAT THE, THE INITIAL INVESTORS, RIGHT? ONE OF THE DE GIAMBI FAMILY, AND HE PASSED AWAY.
AND I THINK SINCE MR. GMB PASSED AWAY AND HIS TWO SONS PLAYED IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL'S, WE KNOW, UM, THAT THERE HAS BEEN, UH, THE NEED TO FIND A NEW INVESTMENT INVESTOR, WHICH IS WHAT BEN WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER.
SO WE HAVE SOME HOPES THAT SOME MONEY WILL BE INJECTED INTO THIS FOR THE WHOLE BIGLY OPERATION, BECAUSE BIG LEAGUE DREAMS, NOT JUST HERE IN CHINO HILLS, BUT MANY OTHER FACILITIES HAS HAD THEIR CHALLENGES FOR THE MOST PART AND IN THE TEXAS FACILITIES, MAYBE.
AND I THINK THERE'S MAYBE ONE IN ARIZONA, GLENDALE OR SOMETHING ANYWAY, UH, THEY'VE HAD THEIR CHALLENGES AS FAR AS JUST SUCCEEDING.
SO WE, WE HOPE FOR THE BEST, UH, ON PAPER, THIS, WE STILL LOVE THE POSSIBILITY THAT OUR YOUTH LEAGUES CAN PLAY THERE, UH, AT LEAST A PONY LEAGUE AND GIRLS SOFTBALL.
AND I DON'T KNOW THERE'S MORE TO COME ON THIS ONE.
SO THIS IS AN ONGOING STORY, BUT WE HAVE BEEN MONITORING IT THE BEST WE CAN, BUT IT'S 20 OR 20 YEAR AGREEMENT PLUS PLUS PLUS FIVE PLUS FIVE.
SO IT'S, YOU CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH WITH AN AGREEMENT THAT WAS PRETTY BULLETPROOF.
THEY'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT RENEGOTIATING IN THE YEARS PAST RAY AND I USED TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND WE WOULD TALK WITH THEM ABOUT THAT, BUT THEY WOULD TALK ABOUT IT, BUT THEY NEVER REALLY MADE PRESENTATION TO ACTUALLY WANT TO FINE TUNE THE, THE AGREEMENT SO THAT EVERYBODY BENEFITS.
SO I HOPE THAT DOES HAPPEN IN THE NEAR TERM.
AND THAT'S MAYBE WHAT I'LL SAY FOR NOW AND THEN MAYBE MORE TO COME.
THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD THAT I THINK WE WERE MISSING FROM THE PRESENTATION IS ALSO THAT PART OF THE AGREEMENT WITH BLD WAS THAT THEY WOULD DO THE MAINTENANCE FOR FAIRFIELD RANCH PARK, WHICH IS THE PARK THAT'S ADJACENT TO BLT.
SO I DON'T KNOW, WE DIDN'T ADDRESS IT ON THERE, BUT JUST SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS TAKEN CARE OF.
AND CURRENTLY THE CITY HAS TO STEP UP TO TAKE CARE OF THAT RESPONSIBILITY.
BUT YEAH, TO PETER'S POINT, I THINK THE CHANGES IN THE INITIAL OWNERSHIP HAS FORCED THE HANDS OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE REMAINING TO, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.
AND, YOU KNOW, AS THEY'VE REMOTELY NEW GUY ON THE COUNCIL, I'D LOVE TO GO LOOK IN THE PAST AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE GOT HERE.
BUT YEAH, I THINK WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GO FORWARD.
SO HOPEFULLY THIS'LL GET IT LEAD US TO A GOOD, EXCUSE ME, LEAD US TO A GOOD PLACE.
YEAH, I THINK, I THINK OUR BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE FACT THAT, THAT WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL BOON TO THE CITY AND A REAL REVENUE GENERATOR, UH, HAS NOT TURNED OUT TO BE THAT WAY.
IT'S, IT'S REALLY ALMOST AT THE POINT THAT IT'S, UH, AN EXTREME LIABILITY TO US NOW.
AND WE WANTED TO GET THIS DIALOGUE GOING AND
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GET THIS TYPE OF REPORT OUT THERE FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION SO THAT YOU COULD SEE WHY WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IT AND WHY WE'RE GOING TO START TALKING ABOUT, UH, WHAT WE CAN DO TO HOPEFULLY TURN THIS AROUND AND WHAT OTHER POTENTIAL USES THERE ARE FOR THE PROPERTY.UH, IF THE OTHER INVESTORS DON'T SHOW UP, BUT WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
SO, RAY, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, UM, I GOT TO BE ELECTED BACK IN 2013 AND THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO CHECK INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE I WAS ON THE PARK AND RECS COMMISSION.
WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
AND BACK IN THE DAY, WE WERE TOLD THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO UTILIZE THOSE FACILITIES, EVEN THOUGH IT HAD ALCOHOL.
WE KNEW THAT WHEN WE BROUGHT IT TO THEIR ATTENTION, BUT THEY STATED THAT THEY WOULD WORK AROUND LITTLE LEAGUE AND MAYBE SHUT DOWN ALCOHOL WHITE LITTLE LEAGUE WAS THERE AND THAT NEVER REALLY HAPPENED.
SO LITERALLY COULD NEVER PARTICIPATE WITH THAT FACILITY.
SO WHEN I GOT ELECTED, UM, I WANTED TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT THE TRUE COST WAS BECAUSE I HEARD ANYWHERE FROM 11 MILLION AND I WENT TO JUDY ROGERS AND I GUESS RAD WAS CITY MANAGER AT THE TIME.
AND IT WAS A LITTLE OVER $18 MILLION THAT WE HAD TOTALLY INVESTED IN THIS PROJECT.
AND THEN I STARTED LOOKING AT THE MONIES THAT WE'VE BEEN MAKING IN THESE FACILITIES BECAUSE WE HAVE MULTIPLE AGREEMENTS.
WE HAVE ONE FOR THE OFFICE, WHICH COSTS $663,000 TO BUILD.
SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO SAY IT'S RANT, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY REPAYMENT OF THAT DEBT.
AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO PAY US A MINIMUM OF $2,700 OR 27 65 PER MONTH FOR 20 YEARS.
THEN THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO PAY US 10% OF THE GROSS SALES OF, OF ALCOHOL.
AND THIS IS AFTER WE PAID FOR ALL THE SUPPLIES.
SO THE MORE I LOOKED AT THIS AGREEMENT, I HAVEN'T BEEN REALLY HAPPY.
AND RECENTLY I TALKED TO JONATHAN MARSHALL AND THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE HAVING ISSUES AT THE COMMUNITY PARK THAT IS BEING OVERUSED.
AND AGAIN, WHAT, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY AT ONE TIME.
I DON'T THINK IT WILL TAKE A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY TO GIVE BACK TO THAT LEVEL.
AND IT JUST SOMETHING THAT, AGAIN, IF WE CAN'T COME UP WITH A, ANOTHER AGREEMENT OR ANOTHER INVESTOR AND JOE JOBIE FAMILY WAS ACTUALLY NOT THE ORIGINAL INVESTORS, BRIAN, THEY WERE BROUGHT IN LATER.
AND WE HAD PROMISES THAT THINGS WERE GOING TO GET BACK ON TRACK AND NEVER DID.
UM, WHEN I WAS ON THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE A FEW YEARS BACK, WE CHALLENGED THE OWNER BECAUSE EVERY TIME WE WOULD MEET WITH HIM, HE WAS TELL US WHAT A GREAT AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH THEM.
AND I LOOK AT PETER AND HE LOOKED AT ME AND IT'S LIKE, YOU GOTTA BE, YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE MAKING $3 MILLION AND WE DON'T GET ANYTHING TO ME THAT JUST DOESN'T WORK.
SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS IF SOMEBODY COULD STEP UP AND BASICALLY I WOULD RATHER WOULD LIKE TO SEE A WELL WRITTEN AGREEMENT IF WE MOVE FORWARD, THE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE NOW, I MEAN, IT'S A GOOD AGREEMENT.
DON'T GET ME WRONG, BUT THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT OF IT COULD HAVE BEEN A BETTER AGREEMENT I'LL SAY, AND IF WE MOVE FORWARD, IF WE HAVE ANOTHER INVESTOR, WE GOTTA START FROM SCRATCH.
IT HAS TO BE A WELL WRITTEN AGREEMENT THAT BENEFITS OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY.
BUT BESIDES THAT, DO I SEE THE ABILITY OF THEIR FACILITIES TO BE USED FOR THE COMMUNITY I DO.
AND I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO AT LEAST LOOK AT THAT, TO SEE IF THAT'S AN OPTION AND THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.
I THINK THAT'S THE IMPORTANT PART.
BOTTOM LINE IS IT LOOKS VERY UNLIKELY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TURN THIS FACILITY AROUND.
AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET NOTHING FOR OUR LONGTERM INVESTMENT IN THIS.
SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN WE NEED TO ENTERTAIN THE THOUGHT OF BEING ABLE TO TAKE IT ON ONBOARD AS A CITY FACILITY AND SEE IF WE CAN'T UTILIZE IT TO AUGMENT OUR EXISTING SPORTS FACILITIES.
AND OF COURSE, WITH COVID-19 RIGHT NOW THAT YOU KNOW, THAT THAT CHANGES THE BALL GAME, LITERALLY BALLGAME, UH, ALL OVER AGAIN.
SO, UH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, UH, CYNTHIA, JUST A COUPLE OF ARTS.
SO I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT IT'S HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT WITH THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN, BUT WHAT I FOUND FIND INTERESTING IS THAT, UM, THE ORGANIZATION HAS CONTINUES TO LOSE CREDIBILITY WITH US WITH DIFFERENT THINGS.
I'M SURE THERE'S A CONTRACT, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S BEEN ADHERE TO SO MANY YEARS.
ALL OF US, SINCE WE'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, IT'S, IT'S BEEN A BONE OF CONTENTION.
SO WHAT I FIND INTERESTING IS THERE'S DIFFERENT THINGS.
IF WE DO GO FORWARD WITH A NEW INVESTOR AND A NEW CONTRACT, I'M GLAD WE CAN START OVER BECAUSE THERE'S THINGS LIKE AUDITS BEING REQUIRED YET, THE AUDITS WERE ALWAYS DONE BY THEMSELVES.
IT WAS NEVER AN INDEPENDENT AGENCY, WHICH IS CONCERNING.
AND THEN, UM, I WAS ALWAYS SUSPECT OF
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THE REPORTING EXPENSES.SO WHEN YOU WOULD READ THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THEIR EXPENSES, WHICH WERE INCREDIBLY VAGUE, UM, FOR THE LEVEL OF THE ORGANIZATION AND THE MONEY THAT PASSES THROUGH THERE, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD SAY ONE YEAR I, UH, NOT TO GET TOO DETAILED, BUT THIS IS THE KIND OF STUFF LIKE BUY NEW, UM, TABLES AND CHAIRS FOR THE RESTAURANT ONE YEAR.
AND THEN THE VERY NEXT YEAR, OR EVEN ALMOST TWO YEARS LATER, THEY'D SPEND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY TO, TO REFURNISH IT AGAIN, THERE WAS NO ACCOUNTABILITY OF HOW THIS MONEY IS SPENT.
UM, AND I JUST THINK MOVING FORWARD, WE, WE CAN'T LET THIS SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN AGAIN.
AND ESPECIALLY WITH ANOTHER FACILITY CLOSE BY WHO KNOWS WHERE THE EXPENSE DOLLARS WERE BEING SPENT HERE OR THERE, AND IT'S, THERE'S NO REASON TO SPECULATE OR MAKE ACCUSATIONS, BUT THERE'S A PROBLEM.
AND SO WE'VE GOT IT NOW STARTED.
UH, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY ALL WE NEED TO DO TONIGHT.
UH, KIND OF, UH, UNLESS SOMEONE HAS A, ANOTHER SUGGESTION, RAY, GO AHEAD.
I JUST HAVE ONE THING AND I JUST WANT TO THANK STAFF.
I KNOW ALL MY, IT CAN BE SORT OF A PAIN AT TIMES.
SO AS FAR AS THE CITY MANAGER, CHRISTA, THANK YOU FOR PATIENTS, BUT I AM EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON IT ON THIS.
BUT WITHOUT THAT ENCOURAGEMENT TO GET SOMETHING ON, MAKE A PRESENTATION.
SO WE REALLY KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT NOW THAT WE'VE SEEN IT IN BLACK AND WHITE, WE KNOW IT'S EVEN WORSE THAN WE THOUGHT, AND WE'VE GOT TO TURN IT AROUND SOMEHOW.
SO, UH, WITH THAT WE'LL RECEIVE AND FILE THIS REPORT AND WE WILL GET IT AGENDIZED IN THE NEAR FUTURE, HOPEFULLY FOR ADDITIONAL, UH, THOUGHTS, MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO GO TO PARKS AND REC FOR OTHER, UM, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLE REMEDIES TO THIS AND OTHER COURSE OF ACTION TO TAKE WITH THIS FACILITY, WHATEVER THE PROCESS IS.
LET'S DO IT, LET'S GET THIS AGENDIZED AND LET'S KEEP THE MOMENTUM UP AND KEEP MOVING FORWARD ON THIS.
SO WITH THAT, UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, DO YOU WANT TO MAKE IT HAS STEPHANIE WADE SHOWN UP ON THE PHONE YET? AND I KNOW SHE'S PROBABLY BEEN WAITING.
LET ME GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE THE STEP.
STEPHANIE, ARE YOU THERE? UH, YES.
WELL, WE KNOW THAT YOU WANTED TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT ANDREA HANSEN'S, UH, A SCHOLARSHIP.
SO, UH, IT'S, IT'S ALL YOURS VERY MUCH.
UM, SO I'LL JUST SAY BRIEFLY, UM, UH, I'LL READ THE, THE, THE CITATION AND IT'S, UM, DATED AUGUST 11.
UM, THE HONORABLE GILBERT R CISNEROS JR.
CALIFORNIA'S 39TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT CERTIFICATE OF PROGRESSIONAL RECOGNITION PRESENTED TO ANDREA HANSON, 2020 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS IN COMMEMORATION OF YOUR ACADEMIC AND CIVIC CIVIC ACHIEVEMENTS.
UM, YOUR, YOUR WORK IS A CREDIT TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE CHINO VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT NURTURED YOUR SUCCESS.
AND THE REMINDER THAT EVEN IN THE FACE OF CHALLENGING TIMES WHERE OUR SCHOOLS ETHIC OF ACADEMIC RIGOR IS STILL A CENTRAL PILLAR OF THIS COMMUNITY ON BEHALF OF CALIFORNIA'S 39TH CONGRESSIONAL CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.
AND I'LL JUST SAY TO MS. HANSON, I'M SO SORRY.
I HOPE YOU'RE STILL LISTENING.
I KNOW IT WENT ON, UH, THIS IS VERY LATE IN THE AGENDA.
I WAS, I WAS, I HAD TO COME LATE TO THE CONGRESSMAN, HAD A TOWN HALL, BUT, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY AND I'LL BE DELIVERING CITY HALL ON FRIDAY.
THANK THE CONGRESSMAN, PLEASE.
ALRIGHT, ANDREW, ARE YOU STILL ON THE LINE? WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMENT TO THAT? ANDREW WANT ME TO SAY THANK YOU TO MR. CISNEROS, WHOSE OFFICE.
UH, ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION TAKEN IN A CLOSED SESSION COUNSEL.
THERE WAS NO REPORTABLE ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED QUESTIONS.
[11. 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. ]
UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS.SO WE HAVE A SEVERAL, UM, THAT ARE SENT IN TO BE READ.
I HAVE TWO THAT ARE FOR CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS, 12, WHICH ARE MINUTES AND 16, WHICH IS THE, UM, CROSSING GUARD SERVICES AGREEMENT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO PULL THOSE TWO ITEMS OR IF YOU JUST WANT ME TO READ THOSE COMMENTS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT ARE I WAS GOING TO PULL 16 AS ONE OF MY TWO THAT I WAS GOING TO PULL, SO, OKAY.
WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND PULL THOSE FOR NOW.
SO WE'LL FOREGO THOSE COMMENTS FOR THAT FOR THE TIME BEING, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT BEFORE WE START INTO THIS, I JUST WANTED TO REMIND ANYONE WHO HAS REQUESTED TIME TO SPEAK UNDER PUBLIC COMMENTS, THAT WE
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TRY TO LIMIT THE TOPIC UNDER PUBLIC COMMENTS, TO ITEMS THAT ARE NOT AGENDIZED.SO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS CAN BE FOR ANY ITEM THAT IS ON THE AGENDA OR ANY ITEM THAT'S WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURY.
ALRIGHT, WELL THEN LET ME CLARIFY, UH, TO BE VERY CANDID, WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME VERY PASSIONATE COMMENTS FROM DIFFERENT SOCIAL MEDIA SOURCES ABOUT AN ITEM THAT IS GOING TO BE ON THE AGENDA LATER ON THIS EVENING, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER 20.
LET ME MAKE SURE I GET IT RIGHT.
29, DEALING WITH CITY COUNCIL COMPENSATION.
IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS ABOUT THAT, I WOULD ASK RESPECTFULLY THAT YOU FOREGO THOSE COMMENTS RIGHT NOW AT PUBLIC COMMENT TIME.
AND BECAUSE WE, THERE WILL BE SOME COMMENTS MADE BEFORE THAT ITEM IS HEARD, WHICH MAY ALEVE SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED TO US BY EMAIL, ET CETERA.
AND WE DO HAVE TO EMAIL COMMENTS FOR THAT ITEM, WHICH WE WILL READ IT.
SO I'M GOING TO HOLD OFF READING THE PUBLIC COMMENTS UNTIL AFTER WE GO THROUGH THE HANDS THAT ARE RAISED JUST IN CASE THOSE WHO SUBMITTED THEM BY EMAIL WISH TO SPEAK THEM INSTEAD.
SO THE FIRST COMMENT THAT WE HAVE IS FOR MR. JIM GALLAGHER.
MAYOR CITY, COUNCIL STAFF, FELLOW RESIDENTS.
UM, I'M ACTUALLY WANTING TO SPEAK ABOUT BIG LEAGUE DREAMS ISSUE, AND I KNOW YOU DISCUSSED IT IN FULL ALREADY, AND I'M ACTUALLY IN AN AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNCIL ABOUT THIS ONE SINCE 2003, I HAVE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
I WAS NEVER SURE THAT IT WAS GOING TO TAKE OFF.
UM, I'VE NOTICED, UH, IN FACT, 2016 AND 2017, BOTH THE MAYOR AT THE TIME, IT WAS YOU AREN'T BOTH THE MAYOR AND, UH, PETER ROGERS AND RAYMARK HAS ALL MADE COMMENTS ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE'VE NEVER RECEIVED A FULL AMOUNT THAT WE WERE DUE IN ANY PARTICULAR YEAR.
UH, THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN INVESTMENT THAT HAS NOT PANNED OFF FOR THE CITY.
AND THESE ARE QUOTES THAT I FOUND FROM YOU.
AND I KNOW IT'S THE LAST TIME, UH, WE, IN 16, WE BLAMED IT IN PART ON THE CHANGE BEING SIPHONED, A WAY TO WEST COVINA AND FEWER PARTICIPANTS AFTER THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN.
SO I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
I KNOW YOU CAN'T ANSWER IT, BUT HERE'S A QUESTION FOR EVERYONE HOW'S WEST COVINA DOING.
THAT'S MY CURIOSITY, HOW'S TEXAS DOING NOW.
I DO KNOW THE TOWN OF GILBERT, AND I KNOW THAT SELMA, BOTH REJECTED BASICALLY DREAMS, UH, OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS THAT WHEN I RESEARCHED THAT, AND I'M JUST CURIOUS, WHY IS BIG LEAGUE DREAMS WORKING PERHAPS IN SOME CITIES, BUT NOT IN OTHERS? I THINK THIS IS A GOOD LESSON FOR OUR CITY, BY THE WAY THAT ANY OF THE SPORTS PARKS AND VENTURES THAT COME IN, WE HAVE TO BE REALLY CAREFUL HOW WE NEGOTIATE THEM.
WE SEE EXAMPLES ALL THE TIME OF BIG VENTURES COMING IN BIG MONEY, AND THEN THE SPORTS PARKS AFTER SO MANY YEARS LEAVE AND LEAVE THE CITIES HOLDING THE FACILITY.
SO THIS REMINDS ME BY THE WAY OF WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE DELANO ISSUE AND ALSO EVEN THE CROSSROADS SHOPPING CENTER, BUT WE WERE HOPING FOR LOTS OF REVENUE TO COME BACK AND YET IT HASN'T PANNED OUT.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU ALLOWING ME TO TAKE YOUR TIME.
WE APPRECIATE THAT NEXT COMMENT.
AND BEFORE I GO ONTO THE NEXT SPEAKER, I JUST WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW IF THEY WISH TO MAKE A COMMENT.
GO AHEAD AND RAISE YOUR HAND IN THE ZOOM APPLICATION OR DIAL STAR NINE.
OUR NEXT COMMENT IS FOR STEVE ELI.
HOW YOU DOING? STEVE? CAN YOU HEAR US? OKAY.
I'M GOING TO CLICK ON HIM TO SEE IF HE STILL WISHES TO SPEAK.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, WE CAN.
GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR COUNCIL.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, STOP BY YOUR HYBRID MEETING AND, UH, REPORTED A FEW THINGS THAT THE INLAND EMPIRE UTILITIES AGENCY THAT'S BEEN GOING ON THE LAST FEW MONTHS DURING COVID THAT AFFECTS OUR MUTUAL INSURER, UH, OUR MUTUAL CONSTITUENTS, EXCUSE ME.
AND, UM, IF YOU'RE THAT THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC WAS AWARE OF IT.
UM, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, WE AS A BOARD, UH, TOOK THE LEAD ON AN ISSUE THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO EVERYBODY.
UH, WE HAD AFTER YEARS OF PLANNING, UH, ANTICIPATED RATE INCREASES FOR THE MONTHLY SEWER RATE PASS THROUGH,
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UM, OUR STAFF, UH, AFTER OUR SUGGESTION RECOMMENDED A SIX MONTH DAY ON THOSE RATE INCREASES, HOWEVER, ON MOTION FROM MICHAEL CAMACHO, UH, AND, UH, WHICH I SECONDED, WE MADE THAT, UH, RE STAY STABLE FOR A YEAR, UM, SO THAT, UH, PEOPLE WOULD NOT SEE THAT PASS THROUGH RATE INCREASE, EVEN THOUGH OUR RATES ARE AMONG THE LOWEST, BUT NOT THE LOWEST IN THE INLAND EMPIRE.UM, WE CHOSE TO KEEP THOSE RATES THE SAME.
WE ALSO IN A SUBSEQUENT MONTH, UM, HELP LINE ON ALL RATES, UM, WHICH INCLUDES, UH, CONSTRUCTION FEES FOR, UH, CONNECTIONS, ET CETERA.
UH, AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT IMPACT, UH, OUR 875,000 RESIDENTS IN OUR, IN OUR BUDGET, THAT'S A $4 MILLION FOR KEEPING THOSE RATES THE SAME FOR A YEAR.
HOWEVER, GIVEN THE COVID, UH, CRISIS AS WELL AS OTHER ISSUES AND LISTENING TO OUR MEMBERS AND THE CONSTITUENCIES, WE DETERMINED THAT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
OUR STAFF IS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO SAVE THAT MONEY CONSTANTLY.
UM, WITHOUT I THINK US IN A POSITION LIKE WE WERE IN AROUND 2010, WHERE WE, DURING THE LAST RECESSION, WE HAD NOT ONLY HAD A HELL GRADES, SO LOWERED FROM.
SO, UH, WE'RE KEEPING THE SEWER SYSTEM AND YOUR WATER SYSTEMS ARE RUNNING FULL THROTTLE.
AND WHEN PEOPLE THINK OURS, THEIR WATER GOES DOWN AND EVERYTHING IS TREATED AND WE WERE STILL PRODUCING RECYCLED WATER.
UM, A SECOND THING THAT I WANTED TO REPORT ON, UM, IS THAT IN PLANNING FOR FUTURE GROWTH IN THE AREA, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT, UH, IN THE SOUTH END HERE IN CHINO HILLS AND CHINO AND ONTARIO, OUR REGIONAL PLAN FIVE, WE LET A CONTRACT.
SO OUT LAST MONTH, THE $330 MILLION FOR A $450 MILLION PROJECT, WHICH WILL FINANCE ALL BY LOANS BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR ABOUT 41% OF THAT AT LESS THAN HALF A PERCENT.
AND WE DON'T HAVE TO START PAYING THOSE BACK UNTIL, UH, AFTER CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETED IN 2026, THESE KINDS OF PROJECTS WILL HELP OUR HONOR AND OUR MUTUAL CONSTITUENTS, OBVIOUSLY, UM, WE'RE ALWAYS AVAILABLE FOR ALL OF YOU.
UM, YOU KNOW HOW TO FIND ME, APPRECIATE THE INDULGENCE OF TIME.
I SEE I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
SO I WON'T TAKE ANY MORE OF YOUR TIME, CAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT ON YOUR AGENDA, BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE LISTENING.
ONE MORE THING I HAVE PRESENTED TO YOU ABOUT THE CHINO BASIN PROGRAM AT OUR WORKSHOP LAST WEEK, WE GAVE STAFF DIRECTION TO COME BACK TO US BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN SOME CONCERN ABOUT THE COST AND THE PROPRIETY OF THE PROJECT AS A WHOLE.
UM, WE HAVE SPENT SOME MONEY ON IT, BUT THE PLANNING WILL BE HELPFUL IN THE FUTURE.
SO OUR STAFF WILL BE COMING BACK TO US WITH RECOMMENDATIONS ON OFF RAMP BECAUSE THE REGION MAY NOT BE SUPPORTING IT AS THE REGION WAS BEFORE.
UM, WE'RE NOT GOING TO STOP PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE, BUT NONETHELESS, THAT PROGRAM ITSELF MAY OR MAY NOT BE THE SAME AS IT WAS AS I PRESENTED TO YOU ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES.
RONNIE, HOW ARE YOU DOING, SIR? OKAY, THERE WE ARE.
I'M THERE ALOHA, UH, MY PLEASURE TO HERE, UH, UP TELL YOU I WAS SITTING HERE PUTTING MY THOUGHTS TOGETHER, UM, AND, AND LISTENING TO THE PRESENTATIONS.
IT'S FASCINATING EVENING, UH, ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP, UH, BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IT WAS VERY, VERY INTERESTING.
UM, IT BROUGHT ME BACK THE TRANSPORTATION, WHICH YOU'RE STARTING IN THIS CORNER OF THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, WHICH IS THE LARGEST COUNTY IN LA IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL LEARN A NEW CENTURY.
BUT, UH, WHEN I WAS IN GRADE IN HA AND, UH, JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, I CAME TO IN 1955, MOVED FROM NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NEAR DISNEYLAND.
AND THERE WAS WALT DISNEY ON TELEVISION IN 1955, 56 PREVIEWING, UH, HIS NEW BOND RAIL SYSTEM, ELEVATED BOND RAIL SYSTEM AND ALL WIG, SUPER, UH, 30 FEET IN THE AIR, UH, RAIL, UH, THAT WOULD BE, UH, GOING OUT PNEUMATIC TO THE DISNEYLAND HOTEL AND BACK.
AND IT WOULD BE THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN, AND NOW WE'RE REPLAYING IT OURSELVES RIGHT HERE.
AND, UH, THE MAYOR SAID IT CORRECTLY EARLIER ON IN THE MEETING, HE SAID, WE HAVE
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PLENTY TESTINGS HERE.BOY, WE ARE BEING SURROUNDED BY, UH, AREN'T.
WE, I THINK WE REALLY, REALLY ARE.
UH, MY PRIMARY REASON FOR CALLING TONIGHT IS TO CALL ATTENTION TO A BLESSING THAT WE HAVE HERE IN OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT.
UH, CAPTAIN JOHN WALKER, UH, STARTED UP A TOWN HALL, UH, SOME WEEKS AGO, UH, OVER AN ISSUE THAT WAS BROUGHT ABOUT IN PUBLIC COMMENTS ABOUT HOW, UH, UNFORCED IS, UH, HANDLING, UH, DIFFERENT GROUPS HERE IN, IN, UH, INCH, YOU KNOW, HILL.
AND, UH, I REMEMBER PUBLIC COMMENTS COMING OUT A NARRATIVE BY SOME PEOPLE CALLING IN, AND WE'RE SAYING THAT WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH A CERTAIN SEGMENT, UH, FROM THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ANGLE.
AND SO THE TOWN, THE TOWN HALL MEETING THAT WAS CALLED FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE WERE ALLOWED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS OF THE CHIEF, UH, UH, JOHN WALKER.
AND HE WAS ASKED THE EXACT SAME QUESTION THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AS A NARRATIVE OF A PROBLEM.
WE HAVE HERE IN CHINO HILLS WITH A CERTAIN SEGMENT IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AND, UH, HE WAS ASKED, HOW MANY COMPLAINTS HAVE YOU HAD ABOUT MISUSE OF, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH THIS CERTAIN SEGMENT OF OUR SOCIETY? AND HE SAID, I'VE HAD NONE, ZERO, ZERO, NOT.
AND HE SAID FURTHER, IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM OR HAD THE REPORTS, DON'T, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD'VE COME STRAIGHT UP TO ME AND IT WOULD HAVE HANDLED IT, THEN I'LL LOOK INTO IT SOME MORE.
IN OTHER WORDS, HE WAS NOT, HE WAS NOT GOING WITH A NARRATIVE THAT'S BEING PROPOSED OUT THERE.
HE WAS GROWING UP WITH WHAT IS IS, SO GOD BLESS YOU, UH, CHIEF JOHN WALKER.
ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? YES, WE HAVE BRAD GOLDMAN.
BRAD, HOW ARE YOU THIS EVENING? I'M DOING GOOD.
HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY? YEAH, GO AHEAD.
UM, I I'VE BEEN CONCERNED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS ABOUT BIG LEAGUE DREAMS, AND IF THERE'S NOT BEEN AN AUDIT BY THE SEEDS, IT'S REALLY CONCERNING OVER MORE BIGLY AND DREAMS AS A CORPORATION APPLY FOR PPE LOAN BETWEEN ONE AND $2 MILLION.
SO IF THE CITY DOES NOT GET RENT FOR AT LEAST THE OFFICE SPACE SINCE, UM, UP TO, I THINK 20 OR 25% OF THOSE FUNDS COULD BE USED FOR BUSINESSES TO PAY RENT, UM, WHILE THEY WERE CLOSED, UM, THE CITY REALLY NEEDS TO AUDIT THEM FULLY AND GET ITS MONEY.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN A LOSE LOSE SINCE DAY ONE FOR THE CITY, UM, AND NOT, AND AFTER THE REPORT TODAY FROM BENJAMIN, I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, BUT I THINK THE CITY REALLY NEEDS TO INVEST IN A FULL FORENSIC AUDIT OF THEM AND HAVE THEM PROVIDE ALL THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS BECAUSE ANYONE WHO'S BEEN THERE HAS SEEN THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE REQUIRED THE CITY, YOU KNOW, TO DO ALL THIS STUFF AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOTTEN NOTHING OUT OF IT.
AND THE SOONER THAT WE GET OUT OF THAT AND GET, YOU KNOW, PUT OUR PARKS AND REC THAT WE ARE SO PROUD OF, UM, TO WORK INTO RUNNING THAT FACILITY AND GIVING IT, YOU KNOW, LAYING ALL THE CITIZENS WHO'S PAID FOR IT.
UM, WHO'S, WHO'S, TAXPAYER'S DOLLARS GOES INTO IT, BE ABLE TO USE IT AND OVER BURDEN, YOU KNOW, AND, AND RELIEVE THE BURDEN FROM COMMUNITY PARK THE BETTER.
UM, AND THEN ONTO THE, UH, POLICE COMMUNITY FORUM.
ONE OF THE THINGS I HEARD WHILE I WAS THERE AT THAT MEETING WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP DURING THE BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTEST.
AND IN GENERAL, JUST SOMETHING THAT IS BETTER FOR POLICING AND THE CITY IN GENERAL IS A TEST PROGRAM.
AND I'D LIKE TO REALLY HEAR FROM CATHERINE WALKER, UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT PROGRAM AND SOME OF THE BENEFITS THAT IT LOOKS TO ME THAT LOOKS TO, UM, BRING TO THE CITY IN TERMS OF WORKING WITH OUR HOMELESS POPULATIONS, UM, PEOPLE, PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AND, YOU KNOW, JUST OVERALL BEING ABLE TO RELIEVE SOME OF THE BURDENS THAT ARE NOT OUR POLICES DUTIES TO DEAL WITH AND TO INSTEAD, UM, YOU KNOW, PUT THAT INTO PEOPLE WHO ARE SPECIALLY TRAINED.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW I'M TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT MAY, OR, YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH, BUT I REALLY LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT BETTER EXPLANATION ON A TEST PROGRAM, UH, BY, UH, CAPTAIN WALKER.
I'LL MOVE ON TO THE PRINTED COPIES OF COMMENTS FOR TONIGHT'S PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THE FIRST COMMENT IS FROM MR. KEVIN STINSON, GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I HAVE LIVED ON DAISY DRIVE IN CHINO HILLS SINCE 1983.
SO NATURALLY I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED SAN BERNANDINO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT, AS IT PERTAINS TO DAISY DRIVE.
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IS THE UNSIGHTLY CONDITIONS WE HAVE DEALT WITH ON DAISY DRIVE DUE TO THE FACT THAT DAISY DRIVE IS THE ONLY STREET WITH FULL FRONT YARD EXPOSURE TO ALMOST THE ENTIRE CHANNEL.ALL OF THE OTHER HOMES HAVE THE CHANNEL RUNNING ALONG THEIR BACKYARD.
THE POORLY DESIGNED AND MAINTAINED BERM THAT RUNS ALONG DAISY DRIVE ALLOWS DIRT, GRAVEL, ROCKS, AND MUD TO CONSTANTLY FALL INTO THE CITY STREETS, THUS CREATING A AND CONSISTENT CLEANUP ISSUE FOR THE CITY AND THE ERODING CHAIN LINK FENCE FOOTINGS ALLOW HUGE GAPS UNDER THE FENCE THAT ALLOWED PACKS OF COYOTES TO ENTER OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ALMOST EVERY NIGHT.
I AM EXTREMELY GRATEFUL AND WISH TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER.
RAY MARQUEZ, COMMISSIONER BOB GOODWIN, PUBLIC WORKS, DIRECTOR, DANIEL BOBADILLA AND ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, JOE DYER.
THEY ALL MET MYSELF AND OTHER CONCERN RESIDENCES RECENTLY ON DAISY DRIVE TO VISUALLY SEE AND BETTER UNDERSTAND OUR CONCERNS AND THE UNSIGHTLY CONDITIONS.
I WOULD LIKE THE CITY TO SHARE THE CONCERNS OF DAISY DRIVE RESIDENCES.
WHEN SENDING PUB COMMENTS WHEN SENDING PUBLIC COMMENTS DURING THE EXTENDED PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, I WOULD ALSO LIKE THE CITY TO ADD DAISY DRIVE TO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS STORM DRAIN MASTER PLAN.
DAISY DRIVE NEEDS A STORM DRAIN INTO THE CHANNEL TO ALLEVIATE THE FLOODING IN ENDING.
I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ALL OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS TO DO A DAISY DRIVE BY AND VISUALLY SEE AND UNDERSTAND OUR CONCERNS.
I LOVE CHINO HILLS AND I LOVE DAISY DRIVE.
AND FOLLOW UP COMMENT ON THAT.
I MET WITH JOANNE JENNESS, WHO IS AT THE END OF THAT STREET AND WHO WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL WITH THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT IN GETTING THE NOTICES READDRESSED, BECAUSE THAT WAS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM.
THEY WERE SHOWN AND SENT TO CHINO.
SO THAT'S WHY THEY FINALLY WERE ABLE TO GET THE NOTICES AND WHY THE MEETING GOT SET UP.
SO KUDOS TO JOANNE JANICE FOR PULLING THAT TOGETHER.
WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM JOANNE JENISE.
MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF.
I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THE CARBON CANYON CHANNEL FLOOD CONTROL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED BY THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS DISTRICT FOR A LITTLE CHINO CREEK.
THIS PROJECT IS INTENDED TO IMPROVE THE CREEK IN PREPARATION FOR A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD EVENT.
THE SECTION SCHEDULED FOR IMPROVEMENT IS BETWEEN PEYTON DRIVE AND PIPELINE AVENUE.
THE RESIDENTS LIVING ON GARDEN COURT, ALDER PLACE, DAISY DRIVE, BLUE BELL DRIVE AND HONEYSUCKLE AVENUE IN CHINO HILLS WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE PROJECT DUE TO LIVING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE CREEK ON JULY 18TH, THE CHAMPION NEWSPAPER REPORTED ON THE PROJECT, WHICH I WAS TOTALLY UNAWARE OF.
I'M THANKFUL FOR THE RESIDENT THAT CONTACTED THE NEWSPAPER ABOUT THE PROJECT.
AND FOR MARIANNE WHO WROTE THE ARTICLE, APPARENTLY THE SAN BERNADINO COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS DISTRICT MAILED A LETTER REGARDING THE PROJECT TO APPROXIMATELY 90 RESIDENTS.
AND OUT OF THOSE 90 RESIDENTS, LESS THAN HALF RECEIVED THE LETTER DUE TO INCORRECT MAILING ADDRESSES, A NEW MAILING WAS DISTRIBUTED, AND THE COMMENT PERIOD HAS NOW BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL AUGUST 31ST, 2020.
MY QUESTION TONIGHT IS, DOES OUR CITY HAVE AN OFFICIAL PROTOCOL TO BRING AWARENESS TO RESIDENTS ABOUT PROPOSED PROJECTS SUBMITTED BY OUTSIDE ENTITIES THAT REQUIRE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO ADOPT A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION? THE REASON FOR THAT QUESTION IS BECAUSE IF IT WASN'T FOR THE CHAMPION NEWSPAPER REPORTING ON THE PROJECT, I HAVE TO WONDER WHEN AND HOW I MIGHT HAVE FOUND OUT ABOUT THE PROJECT.
IF THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE AN OFFICIAL PROTOCOL, WOULD IT BE SOMETHING THEY MIGHT CONSIDER MY THOUGHTS GO BACK TO WHEN STE PROPOSED THE TTP WITHIN OUR CITY, IN WHICH MANY PROPERTY OWNERS WERE IMPACTED, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM RECEIVED NOTIFICATION ABOUT THE PROJECT THEY LEARNED OF THE PROJECT.
WHEN THE TOWER STARTED SPRINGING UP IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, RAY AND MAYOR ART FOR CONTACTING THE APPROPRIATE PEOPLE, WHICH LED TO A MEETING WITH A FEW CITY REPRESENTATIVES TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE RESIDENTS' CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROJECT.
A PRIOR MEETING WAS ALSO HELD WITH A COUPLE OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT TO DISCUSS ISSUES ON THE COUNTY SIDE.
I AM GLAD THAT THE COUNTY AND THE CITY WILL BE WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS PROJECT FLOW SMOOTHLY.
IT'S BECAUSE OF THE CARING CITY REPRESENTATION AND THE WATCHFUL RESIDENTS IN OUR CITY THAT MAKE THIS COMMUNITY A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE.
THANK YOU ALL, STAY SAFE AND STAY WELL.
AND THE LAST COMMENTS THAT I HAVE TO READ ARE FROM IRENE UDO, DEAR CITY, COUNCIL MEMBERS, HOPE THIS EMAIL FINDS YOU HAPPY AND HEALTHY, WHICH IS TRULY THE MOST IMPORTANT STATUS REGARDING THE SOON TO BE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL CHANNEL PROJECT, WHICH WILL TRAVERSE CHINO HILLS.
I AM ENCOURAGING THE CITY TO WORK WITH IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SBC PUBLIC WORKS REPRESENTATIVES TO REMEDY DETERIORATING SURROUNDING AREAS AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
IT IS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO REPLACE DETERIORATING PIPES LEADING INTO THE CHANNEL REMEDY, FLOOD PRONE STREETS, SUCH AS BLUE BELL AND DAISY DRIVE AND ENSURE SAFETY AND UNSIGHTLY AREAS ARE IMPROVED.
FOR INSTANCE, NEGLECTED DAISY DRIVE WILL BE RECEIVING NEW FENCING OR BLOCK WALLS
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PER DAVID DRAKE OF PUBLIC WORKS.HOWEVER, WE NEED THE CITY TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROJECT TO ENSURE DAISY'S NEW FENCING WALL WILL BE AN UPGRADED VISUAL APPEARANCE.
AS MANY HOMES FACE THE CHANNEL.
RECENTLY, THE CITY PLACED MUCH BETTER HAY BALES ALONG THE DAISY FENCE, WHICH WAS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED THROUGH A TEMPORARY, ALTHOUGH A TEMPORARY FIX, WE ARE HOPEFUL.
THE AREA WILL NO LONGER SEE NEGLECT.
WE HAVE A WINDOW TO SEE A SIGNIFICANT, WE HAVE A WINDOW TO SEE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS AND WE ARE SEEKING YOUR SUPPORT AND ATTENTION.
WE MUST TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COUNTY.
SO UPGRADES, REPLACEMENTS AND IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE TIMELY.
AND THE RESULT A POSITIVE ONE FOR CITY RESIDENTS, WE DO NOT WANT TO SEE ANOTHER DAVID VERSUS GOLIATH EDISON BATTLE.
AS YOU KNOW, THE NOTIFICATION OF THE SIGNIFICANT PROJECT WAS A ROCKY START AND C AND I, ALONG WITH A COUPLE OTHER RESIDENTS MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COUNTY TO ADDRESS THE LACK OF CARE AND ADVISING THE RESIDENTS AS A RESULT, WE WERE PROVIDED AN EXTENSION FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
I HAVE NO DOUBT OUR VOICES WILL BE HEARD GOING FORWARD, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE HOPE FOR THE HILL'S LEGACY PROCEEDED US.
LET US, LET US THRIVE OFF OF MAKING THIS EXPERIENCE FAVORABLE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO MONITORING THE CITY'S PRODUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SBC PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, TAKE CARE AND STAY SAFE.
NOW THE NEXT ITEM WOULD BE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ANNOUNCEMENTS.
ANYONE ON COUNCIL HAVE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST? ALL RIGHT.
[ CONSENT CALENDAR (15 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.]
SAY DEPARTMENT BUSINESS.UH, WOULD YOU READ THE INTRO TO CONSENT ITEMS 12TH THROUGH 26TH? YES.
SO WE ARE NOW ON CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ITEM.
THERE ARE 15 ITEMS THAT WILL BE AN ACT IN ONE MOTION.
AND AT THIS TIME WE'D LIKE TO SEE IF THERE'S GOING TO BE ANY OTHER ITEMS OTHER THAN ITEM 12 OR 16.
UH, PETER AND THE OTHER ITEM NUMBER 19 IN ADDITION TO 16.
UH, RAY, I'M GONNA ADD TWO MORE HOME ITEM, 21 AND 26.
UM, BRIAN, NONE, NOTHING INDIVIDUALLY.
UH, CYNTHIA 16 AND 19 AS WELL.
THEN WE HAVE ITEMS 13, 14, 15, 17, 18 2022, 23, 24 AND 25.
UH, SO MAKE A MOVE TO APPROVE THE DELICIOUS.
YOU JUST MENTIONED OUR SECOND AND THE SECOND TWO.
AND CHERYL DIDN'T WE DIDN'T YOU MENTION UNDER PUBLIC THAT SOMEONE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT ONE OF THESE ITEMS. YES.
[12. Approve July 14 and 21, 2020 Regular and Special City Council Meeting Minutes, respectively]
FIRST ITEM, WHICH ARE THE MINUTES, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER 12, WE HAVE COMMENTS FROM BRAD GOLDMAN, UH, THAT HE SUBMITTED VIA.WELL LET LET'S, BECAUSE PETER PULLED THAT ALSO.
CAN WE HEAR PETER'S COMMENTS FIRST? PETER DID NOT 12.
WELL THEN LET'S, LET'S DO THIS.
LET'S HEAR THOSE COMMENTS IF WE CAN.
SO MR. GOLDMAN STATES, ON THE MINUTES OF JULY 14TH, 2020 DURING THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, IT STATES THAT BRAD GOLDMAN RESIDENTS APPLAUDED THE CITY FOR BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WITH THE SPECIAL TAX REFUNDING BONDS.
WHAT IT SHOULD SAY, BRAD GOLDMAN RESONANT ATTEMPTED TO PERSUADE THE CITY TO TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO THE REFINANCING OF THE SPECIAL TAX RATE FUNDING BONDS.
I WOULD APPRECIATE IF THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD PULL THIS ITEM AND AMEND THE RECORD SINCE THE RECORD STATES COMPARED TO, SINCE WHAT THE RECORD STATES COMPARED TO WHAT WAS SAID IS IN NO WAY HARMONIOUS.
PROCEDURALLY, BECAUSE A RESIDENT PULLED THE ITEM AND WE'VE HEARD THE DISCUSSION WHO NEEDS TO MAKE THE MOTION.
WELL, YOU WOULD NEED TO MAKE A MOTION.
IF YOU WANT THE MINUTES CORRECTED.
WE TYPICALLY DO NOT DO VERBATIM MINUTES.
WE CAN CERTAINLY TAKE A LOOK AT THEM AGAIN AND ADJUST THEM BASED UPON THE TRANSCRIPT OF THE MEETING.
I HAVE REVIEWED THE TRANSCRIPT OF THE MEETING AND THE WORD WASN'T APPLAUDED WAS NOT USED.
SO IF YOU WISH FOR ME TO MAKE A CORRECTION TO THE MINUTES AND BRING IT BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING FOR APPROVAL, CERTAINLY CAN DO THAT.
OR IF YOU WISH TO APPROVE THEM AS THEY ARE, WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL.
COULD WE MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THEM WITH THE SUGGESTED CHANGE OR DOES IT HAVE TO BE DONE BY RAY? OKAY.
DO I HAVE, CAN I MAKE A COMMENT? SURE.
UM, UNTIL WE READ OR WATCH THE ACTUAL BROADCAST CHART FOR ME TO APPROVE WHAT BRAD MAY BE RECOMMENDING
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UNTIL I CAN VERIFY IN MY OWN MIND AND LET ME PULL IT AND WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO HIS NEXT TIME.IS THAT APPROPRIATE FOR BUDDY TO ME? CAN WE GET A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT? I WAS GOING TO SAY, CAN WE PULL IT IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT A POD WAS AN THEN MAYBE PULL IT AND THEN HAVE IT COME BACK WITH YOUR CHANGES OR WITH CITY CLERK CHANGES AND GO FROM THERE.
CAUSE I'M NOT SURE I WANT VERBATIM GOING FORWARD SO I CAN TELL YOU WHAT THE TRANSCRIPT READ.
AND THEN WE CAN, MAYBE THAT MIGHT GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T DO THEM VERBATIM, SO, AND WE TRY TO JUST KIND OF GET THE GIST OF IT.
UM, IN THE TRANSCRIPT IT READ, UH, IT SAYS WITH EVERYTHING THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH ABOUT SPENDING MONEY WISELY, THIS IS THE ONLY WISE WISE DECISION.
SO THAT WAS RESTATED AS APPLAUDED.
WOULD YOU MIND BRINGING IT BACK? YEAH.
AND WHAT I'LL DO IS WHEN WE BRING IT BACK, WE CAN ALSO PROVIDE THE TRANSCRIPT SO THAT YOU HAVE THAT TO REVIEW BEFORE WE APPROVE THAT.
SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION AND THEN CAN WE TABLE IT OR HOW DO WE, YOU WOULD TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO BRING IT BACK.
BUT THE QUESTION I HAVE IS ARE WE BRINGING BACK BOTH SETS OF MINUTES OR JUST THE JULY 14TH SET? OKAY.
I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE DO JUST THE JULY, THE ONES THAT ARE IN QUESTIONED BY THE, BY THE PUBLIC.
UH, SO THE MOTION IS TO BRING BACK THE JULY 14TH, 20, 20 MINUTES AND APPROVE THE JULY 21ST, 20, 20 SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES.
IS THAT OKAY BY YOU GUYS? OKAY.
MOTION BY BRIAN SECOND BY PETER.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN AND COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS.
[16. Authorize execution of one-year agreement with City of Chino, Chino Valley Unified School District, and All City Management Services, Inc., in amount not-to-exceed $98,323.20 for crossing guard services through June 30, 2021]
ONE IS 16.AND THIS IS THE AUTHORIZATION OF A, AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF CHINO, CHINO VALLEY, UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND ALL CITY MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR CROSSING GUARD SERVICES.
I'M ALWAYS, UH, UH, I LOVE THE FACT THAT WE PARTICIPATE WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON THIS.
IT WAS OCCURRING TO ME AS I WAS READING THE STAFF REPORT AND WE'RE APPROVING A SUM OF MONEY, WHICH IS WHAT IT, WHAT IT IS, IS WHAT IT IS.
DO WE RECEIVE ANY TYPE OF REBATE FOR THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOT USING A CROSSING GUARD DURING THE PANDEMIC? IT SAYS IT, YEAH.
UH, WHICH WILL BE APRIL, MAY, APRIL AND MAY, WHICH WILL BE A PREVIOUS CONTRACT.
AND IN THIS UPCOMING CONTRACT, IS IT PRORATED BASED ON THE NUMBER OF DAYS OR HOW, HOW DOES THIS WORK? BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCE.
AGAIN, THE MONEY IS NOT THE ISSUE PER SE.
ALTHOUGH IF WE'RE NOT HAVING A CROSSING GUARDS IN PLACE, THIS IS FOR A YEAR LONG CONTRACT OR AT LEAST 10 MONTHS.
I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION I'LL COMMENT.
AND THEN I MAY DEFER TO STAFF IF THEY HAVE MORE SPECIFIC RESPONSE, UH, THIS CONTRACT IS ALWAYS STRUCTURED, UH, AT A NOT TO EXCEED, BUT THEN IT ALSO, UH, IS DIRECT, UH, ACTUAL COSTS.
I WILL EXPECT THAT WE DIDN'T RECEIVE BILLING FOR THE TIME THAT THE CROSSING GUARDS WEREN'T WARRANT, UH, OPERATING AND FOR THE WHAT'S PROPOSED FOR TONIGHT, UH, UNTIL SCHOOL, UH, KICKS OFF AND THE CROSSING CARDS ARE OUT THERE, I WOULD EXPECT WE WON'T GET BILLING.
UH, I I'LL DEFER TO, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HEARD SPECIFICALLY FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR ALL CITY MANAGEMENT ABOUT HOW THEY ANTICIPATE TO ROLL THIS OUT? UH, I SEE OUR, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UH, ROD HILL, THE PODIUM.
SO I EXPECT HE'LL HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL DETAILED AT MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL STAFF DID SPEAK WITH ALSO THE HANDS BEHIND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WILL ONLY BE BUILT ACTUAL SERVICES THEY PROVIDE.
SO MY BILL IS FOR SERVICES, THEY DON'T, AND WE WERE NOT BUILT DURING THE COVERT PERIOD DURING LAST SEMESTER.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT? I PULLED IT TOO, JUST FOR THE SAME REASON.
UM, I KNOW IF THE PUBLIC WAS READING THE AGENDA, THEY'D SAY, WHY ARE WE GOING TO PAY IF IT'S COVID, BUT IT HAD SAID THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET CHARGED.
SO I JUST WANTED THE PUBLIC TO KNOW.
WE DO HAVE COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.
SO WE HAVE COMMENTS FROM BRAD GOLDMAN.
I WANT TO KNOW IF THIS CONTRACT IS CURRENTLY GOING TO BE IN EFFECT OF ALL THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IS NOW IN VIRTUAL DISTANCE LEARNING SETTING.
IF SO, WHY DOES THE CITY NEED CROSSING GUARD SERVICES WHEN NO STUDENT IS USING THEM? IF NOT, IS THERE A DISCOUNT IN THE CONTRACT OR WILL CHINO HILLS BE REFUNDED FOR UNNEEDED SERVICES? FINALLY, SINCE THE BEST AVAILABLE INFORMATION LOOKS TO SHOW THAT SCHOOL WILL NOT BE BACK IN SESSION AFTER THE NEW YEAR, COULD THIS CONTRACT BE POSTPONED UNTIL A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEED IS IN PLACE
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AND THINK THAT YOU AND YEAH.AND I THINK WE ADDRESSED THE SAME QUESTION.
SO WITH THAT IN MIND, WE'VE ADDRESSED IT.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE ITEM, MR. MAYOR K.
AND I'LL SECOND WITH THE ITEM AND VERBAL VOTE.
[19. Authorize execution of one-year agreement with City of Chino in amount not-to-exceed $152,139.49 to provide Human Services programs for Fiscal Year 2020-21]
THE NEXT ITEM IS 19 BY PETER.AND THAT IS AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF CHINO TO PROVIDE HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAMS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021.
SO THIS, THIS ONE AGAIN, UH, WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE A NEIGHBOR THAT HAS A SIGNIFICANT, WHICH WAS THE CITY OF CHINO, SIGNIFICANT HUMAN SERVICES, UH, OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO PIGGYBACK ON BECAUSE WE SHARE A SCHOOL DISTRICT AND MOST OF THE HUMAN SERVICE PROGRAMS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT I DON'T KNOW IF BEN, IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION TO SHARE, BUT, UH, WE, UH, WE VALUE THIS, THIS AGREEMENT AND I KNOW BASED ON, UM, AND IT'S, IT'S SOME BASIC SERVICES FOR THE STUDENTS, BUT AS FAR AS HUMAN SERVICES ARE CONCERNED, IT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING WE WANT TO LOOK INTO DOWN THE ROAD WITH SOME OF THE RECENT, UM, CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY LOCAL CITIZENS, AS FAR AS ENHANCING SOME OF OUR, OUR HUMAN SERVICES.
UM, MAYBE WE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE ADD TO THOSE POSSIBILITIES OR SOMETHING, WE EXPLORE FURTHER, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, RACE RELATIONS AND THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES, I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT IN GENERAL.
SO IT'S KIND OF A CATALYST FOR ME TO TALK ABOUT HUMAN SERVICES, BUT I DO VALUE THE SERVICES WE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY OF CHINO.
AND JUST WANTED TO MAKE COMMENT ON THAT IN CASE PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE WE'RE PIGGYBACKING WITH THE CITY OF CHINO ON MANY OF THESE SERVICES.
UM, I WAS GOING IN A LITTLE BIT, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID, PETER, I'M GOING IN A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT DIRECTION HERE.
SO I PULLED THIS EVERY YEAR BECAUSE I LIKE OUR RESIDENTS TO KNOW THAT WE PONY UP THE DOUGH WHEN IT COMES TO OUR KIDS.
UM, I WANT THEM TO KNOW THE INVESTMENT THAT THE CITY MAKES.
UM, THE QUICK QUESTION I HAVE IS IT'S ABOUT GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT THESE SERVICES.
SO IN THE STAFF REPORT, WE TALK ABOUT THE HOPE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER, WHICH IS HUGE SINCE IT'S, SINCE IT OPENED AT LOS SERRANOS CAMPUS, UM, WE HAD THE TEEN COUNSELING YOUTH COUNSELING CARE COUNSELING, TOBACCO PREVENTION, WHICH IS ALL GREAT.
WHEN I GO TO OUR CITY WEBSITE UNDER HUMAN SERVICES.
UM, IT TALKS ABOUT HOW WE PARTNER WITH CHINO HUMAN SERVICES, BUT IT DOESN'T LIST ANY OF THE SERVICES.
AND THEN ON THE TAB ON THE LEFT, IT TALKS THE SERVICES THAT IT LISTS OUR SERVICES THAT ARE THROUGH CDBG.
SO I WOULD JUST KINDA LIKE SOME CLARIFICATION.
AND IF I'M A PARENT AND IF I NEED HELP, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND TYPE IN COUNSELING.
I WANT TO BE ABLE TO TYPE IN HOMELESSNESS OR SOMETHING AND I COULD BE MISSING IT.
SO MAYBE HE PROVED ME WRONG, BUT I JUST THINK IT'S NOT ACCESSIBLE TO OUR RESIDENTS, THIS, THIS STUFF THAT'S IN PLACE THAT WE'RE PAYING FOR.
AND WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF GETTING THAT OUT THERE.
I GOT A QUESTION, A CITY MANAGER, IF SOMEBODY DOES CALL OUR CITY, HOW WOULD THEY GET THAT INFORMATION? THIS, THIS CONTRACT IS MANAGED THROUGH THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
AND SO THAT WOULD BE WHERE THEY WOULD BE DIRECTED IF THEY ASKED ABOUT IT, UH, TO A COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN'S POINT.
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS BECAUSE THE, THE SERVICES ARE OFFERED BY THE CITY OF CHINO.
UH, IT'S SOMETIMES CONFUSING TO SAY, IF YOU NEED SERVICES AS A RESIDENT OF CHINO HILLS, GO TO THE CITY OF CHINO BECAUSE WE PAY THEM TO DO THOSE SERVICES FOR US.
AND SO I WILL LOOK AND HAVE STAFF LOOK AT OUR WEBSITE, UH, AND ENSURE THAT OUR, UM, COMMUNAL STAFF UNDERSTANDS HOW TO ROUTE PEOPLE APPROPRIATELY AND MAKE SURE THESE SERVICES ARE AWARE OF.
SO I'M SURE WE CAN ALWAYS IMPROVE ON HOW WE GET THE WORD OUT.
JUST HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION REGARDING SCHOOL DISTRICT.
ARE THEY A PARTNER WITH US ON THIS, THAT SOMEBODY NEEDED SERVICES? THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO GO.
AND ABSOLUTELY THIS, THIS PROGRAM, UH, WORKS VERY CLOSELY WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THE PRINCIPALS, THE TEACHERS ARE ABLE TO IDENTIFY, UH, UH, STUDENTS WHO MAY NEED THESE SERVICES AND THEY REFER THEM AND WORK WITH CHINO TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES.
SO, AND THEN I THINK THE, SORRY, JUST TO COMMENT, I THINK TO CYNTHIA'S POINT, UH, DENISE, MAYBE AT SOME POINT, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE EVER HIGHLIGHTED IT IN OUR PARKS AND REC BROCHURE.
MAYBE WE CAN REVISIT IT AGAIN SINCE THESE ARE WONDERFUL TRYING TIMES FOR EVERYBODY.
AND LIKE BEN SAID, IT'S LIKE, THEY, THE STUFF IN PLACE IS GREAT.
LIKE LIZ, LAURA IS GREAT FOR THE HOPE CENTER.
SO IT'S JUST THAT EXTRA LAYER OF COMMUNICATION WITH OUR RESIDENTS.
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LIKE AT THE HOPE CENTER, IF SOMEONE DOESN'T HAVE A COMPUTER, THEY CAN GO IN THERE AND LOOK FOR A JOB.IF THEY'RE A PARENT, THERE'S A CASEWORKER THAT SPEAKS CHINESE.
AND THEN ANOTHER ONE SPEAKS SPANISH.
I MEAN, THERE'S SO MUCH OPPORTUNITIES IN IT'S RIGHT IN CHINO HILLS.
SO AN ART AND I WERE ON THAT COMMITTEE WINDOW WHEN MR. JOSEPH STARTED THE HOPE CENTER.
AND IT'S LOCAL RIGHT HERE IN LOS ROUSE, ELEMENTARY, OLD SITE.
SOMEONE WANT TO PETER, I THINK YOU PULLED IT ORIGINALLY.
DO YOU WANT TO I'LL MOVE THE ITEM.
[21. Accept Reservoirs No. 1 and No. 4 Relining Project by Layfield USA Corporation as complete, authorize City Clerk to record Notice of Completion, authorize release of retention monies in amount of $17,417.20, forty-five days after acceptance, and other related actions]
AND NEXT ITEM 21 PULL BY RAY.THIS IS A, UH, ACCEPTING RESERVOIRS NUMBER ONE AND FOUR RELINING PROJECT AS COMPLETE.
I ALWAYS GET THIS SORT OF CONFUSED.
I DON'T ONE OF THEM, WE WERE GOING TO TEAR DOWN AND REBUILD, AND I KNOW THAT YOU CAME ON BOARD AND YOU WANTED TO GO A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE OF MOORE WAS GOING TO DO, WE'RE GOING TO TEAR IT DOWN AND WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY? SURE.
THE PLAN WAS TO DEMOLISH RESERVOIR ONE AND WE BUILD IT.
UH, THE CAPACITY OF THE EXISTING RESERVOIR IS 1 MILLION GALLONS.
THE PLAN WAS TO REBUILD IT WITH A 1.5 MILLION GALLON RESERVOIR.
THAT COST WAS APPROXIMATELY $8 MILLION.
UM, HOWEVER, WE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING TOGETHER SPECS FOR A WATER MASTER PLAN UPDATE.
SO I FIGURED BEFORE WE GO THAT ROUTE AND SPEND $8 MILLION, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN UPDATED MASTER PLAN TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE BUILDING A RESERVOIR THAT HAS A PROPER DEMAND AND CAPACITY, UH, FOR THE CITY.
UH, SO WE OPTED TO REALIGN THIS RESERVOIR.
WE OPTED TO RELY TO RESERVOIR FOR A COST OF ABOUT $775,000.
SO FOR ABOUT EIGHT $85,000, EXCUSE ME, FOR ABOUT $90,000 FOR RESERVOIR ONE, WE WERE ABLE TO EXTEND THE LIFE OF THAT RESERVOIR FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS TO GIVE US SOME TIME TO DO THE PROPER ANALYSIS BEFORE WE OFFICIALLY DEMOLISH AND REBUILD A RESERVOIR.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT'S REALLY FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THAT ITEM? I'LL MOVE IT.
[26. Approve Purchase and Sale Agreement with Orange County Flood Control District in amount of $20,000 for sale of remnant parcel on Hellman Avenue (Assessor’s Parcel No. 1057-181-23), authorize City Manager to execute all related documents, and authorize City Clerk to file agreement and Grant Deed with the OCFCD]
AND I BELIEVE THE LAST ITEM WAS ITEM 26 BY RAY.UH, THIS QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SELLING A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE IT'S A SMALLER SIZED PROPERTY MAYBE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY.
HOW CAN WE SELL THIS PROPERTY? LIKE LIMITATIONS, IF IT'S 5,000 SQUARE FEET, 10,000 SQUARE FEET, THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT.
UNDER THE CALIFORNIA LAW FOR SURPLUS PROPERTY PROPERTY THAT A CITY OR A GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY NO LONGER HAVE THE USE FOR, IF YOU DESIRE TO SELL THAT SO LONG AS IT'S UNDER 5,000 SQUARE FEET YOU ARE ALLOWED TO DO SO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, IF IT WERE ABOVE 5,000 SQUARE FEET, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH A SURPLUS PROPERTY PROCESS, WHICH INVOLVES OFFERING THE PROPERTY TO SELL TO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ENTITIES.
WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
ALRIGHT, OUR SECOND, SECOND, SECOND, PETER VERBAL VOTE PLEASE.
MOVING INTO THE DISCUSSION CALENDAR.
[27. Adopt resolution authorizing application for, and receipt of, Permanent Local Housing Allocation Program Funds from State of California, Department of Housing and Community Development in amount of $177,285 to offset costs with pre-development documents for proposed senior housing project, adopt five-year allocation plan for requested funds, and authorize City Manager to perform all related actions for the grant]
FIRST ITEM ON THE DISCUSSION CALENDAR IS TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION.AUTHORIZING SUBMITTAL OF A PERMANENT LOCAL HOUSING ALLOCATION PROGRAM.
YVETTE BERNETTA FROM THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS MAKING HER WAY TO THE PODIUM.
THAT WEEKEND ON FEBRUARY 26TH, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA'S DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ISSUED A NOTICE OF AVAILABLE FUNDING TO PROVIDE GRANTS UNDER THE PERMANENT LOCAL HOUSING ALLOCATION PROGRAM.
THE PERMANENT LOCAL HOUSING ALLOCATION PROGRAM GRANTS ARE INTENDED TO FUND PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS THAT ASSIST IN ADDRESSING THE UNMET HOUSING NEEDS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
STAFF IS REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION, TO HELP OFFSET COSTS AND THE PREPARATION OF FEASIBILITY STUDIES FOR AN AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING PROJECT, AS THE INTENT OF THE BILL IS TO PROVIDE A PERMANENT ONGOING SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR HOUSING RELATED PROJECTS
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AND PROGRAMS. STAFF IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A PROPOSED SPENDING ALLOCATION PLAN.THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS IS ENTITLED TO $177,285 FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF THIS PROGRAM WITH A MAXIMUM FUNDING ALLOCATION OF ONE MILLION SIXTY THREE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.
OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD STAFF IS PROPOSING TO UTILIZE THE FIRST YEAR FUNDING TO OFFSET THE COST OF SELECTING AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPER AND IDENTIFYING AND CONDUCTING FEASIBILITY FEASIBILITY STUDIES FOR POTENTIAL AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING PROJECT.
IF THE PROJECT IS FEASIBLE, STAFF IS PROPOSING TO UTILIZE THE BALANCE OF THE FUNDS IN THE REMAINING PROJECT YEARS, THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, PREPARATION AND PROCESSING OF PROJECT ENTITLEMENT DOCUMENTS, WHICH INCLUDES SECRET DOCUMENTATION AND POSSIBLE LAND USE CHANGES, PREPARATION OF CONSTRUCTION RELATED DOCUMENTS, PROCESSING OF CONSTRUCTION PLANS FOR PLAN REVIEW AND PERMIT ISSUANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT.
THEN WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS OFFICIALLY ACCEPT AND WELL, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ONE? EXCUSE ME.
I DO NOT SEE ANY HANDS RAISED NOR HAVE I RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS.
THEN ANY FURTHER COMMENTS BY COUNSEL.
SO WE WILL RECEIVE WAS JUST GONNA MAKE IT JUST A QUICK COMMENT.
JUST THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR THIS.
I KNOW WE HAVE HAD AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING ON THE RADAR FOR A WHILE, SO IT WAS NICE TO SEE THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COMING IN TO HELP US ACTUALLY GET THE BALL ROLLING ON OUR NEXT PROJECT.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR DILIGENCE ON THIS SO WE CAN RECEIVE AND FILE OR DO WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY MAKE THE MOTION ON THIS ONE? I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE ITEM, MR. MAYOR.
WELL SECOND MOTION IN A SECOND.
[28. Receive and file Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Update]
NEXT ITEM IS RECEIVED AND FILE CORONA DISEASE.I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE OUR, UH, HISTORY OR, UH, YOU KNOW, TRADITION OF COMMENTING ON, UH, WHAT'S TRANSPIRED IN THE COVID-19 ARENA SINCE THE LAST TIME THE COUNCIL MET, UM, BRIEFLY AS, AS MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS.
AND I KNOW ALL OF OUR COUNCIL ARE TRACKING, UH, THE GOVERNOR ISSUED GUIDANCE ON SCHOOLS AND THOSE I HAVE IMPACTS THROUGHOUT, UH, OUR COMMUNITY, UH, DESPITE THE FACT THAT, UH, THE COVID-19, UH, HEALTH ORDERS RESTRICT MANY ACTIVITIES IN THE CITY, UH, AND IN OUR PERSONAL LIVES AS WELL.
THE, THE CITY HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT, UH, EVEN, UH, WITH THE COVID-19, UH, RESTRICTIONS AND OUR MOVIES IN THE PARKING LOT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL, UH, HOSTED, UH, RIGHT OUTSIDE CITY HALL.
AND, UH, I'M SURE OUR PIO REPORT WILL INCLUDE, UH, SOME DETAILS ABOUT A FUTURE EVENT.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT STAFF, UH, WORK TO PREPARE A COOLING CENTER, UH, AT A CITY FACILITY, UH, DURING A DAY WHERE OUR LOCAL LIBRARY WASN'T OPEN IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THERE WAS AN OPTION, UH, FOR ANYONE WHO NEEDED THAT.
UM, THE BIG ISSUE THAT I WANTED TO COVER TONIGHT IS ACTUALLY THE STAFF'S, UH, RESPONSE TO THE GOVERNOR'S, UH, RECENT, UH, DIRECTIVES ON YOUTH SPORTS.
UM, THERE WAS AN INITIAL ATTEMPT TO FIND A WAY TO GET OUR YOUTH BACK ON THE FIELD, UH, ROUGHLY MAYBE A MONTH, MONTH AND A HALF AGO, UH, THAT CAME IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE WAVE THAT WE'RE IN AND THE SURGE IN INFECTION RATES.
UH, HOWEVER, LAST WEEK, THE GOVERNOR GAVE A BROAD GUIDANCE ON, UH, HOW, UH, SPORTS ACTIVITIES COULD REOCCUR.
UH, IT ALLOWS FOR CONDITIONING, IT HAS, UH, SOME PARAMETERS ON HOW THAT WILL OCCUR.
AND IN RESPONSE TO THAT NEW GUIDANCE, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES STAFF HAVE BEEN REACHING OUT TO OUR SPORTS GROUPS IN ORDER TO, UH, IDENTIFY WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE.
AND IN SOME CASES, UH, GOVERNING BODIES HAVE DECIDED THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A SEASON, UH, WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE FULL COMPLIMENT OF TEAMS REALLY IS, UH, A AT THE GRASSROOTS LEVEL GOING TO BE DETERMINED BY COACHES AND GOVERNING BOARDS.
SO STAFF, UH, IMMEDIATELY STARTED REACHING OUT TO IDENTIFY WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN OPERATING UNDER THESE NEW GUIDELINES.
AND SO CURRENTLY THEY'RE WORKING TO, UH, FIGURE OUT WHO WANTS TO PLAY, HOW THEY PLAN TO PLAY, HOW THEY'RE GOING TO STAY SAFE SO THAT WE CAN THEN ALLOCATE FIELDS
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AND ALLOW THEM TO OPERATE UNDER THE CURRENT GUIDELINES.UH, SO ANYONE WHO, UH, UH, HAS A CHILD WHO PLAYS IN ONE OF THESE, UH, SPORTS CONTACT, THE COACHES, UH, AND ANY COACHES OUT THERE YOU SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN CONTACTED OR WILL BE SOON, UH, BY THE CITY.
AND SO YOU CAN SPEAK TO, UH, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, JONATHAN MARSHALL, UH, FOR THAT, UH, CAN WE JUST GET HIM JONATHAN CELL PHONE NUMBER? I WAS GOING TO GIVE HIS HOME ADDRESS, BUT IF YES.
UH, AND SO WE, WE CONSTANTLY TRY TO REMIND THE COMMUNITY THAT, UH, WE'RE ALL, UH, ADAPTING TO THE RULES AS BEST WE CAN.
UH, WE ARE ABSOLUTELY, UH, UH, HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET SOME RESEMBLANCE TO THE WAY THINGS WERE, AT LEAST WITH THIS CONDITIONING, UH, TO GET THE BALL ROLLING THERE.
W YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL, THERE ARE NO PROVISIONS FOR GAMES OR LIMITED, YOU KNOW, THE PRACTICES.
UH, THERE'S, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF HURDLES TO GET THROUGH, BUT THE BEST MESSAGE I CAN SAY IS TALK TO COMMUNITY SERVICES.
THEY'RE HERE TO HELP YOU FIGURE OUT HOW TO, HOW TO NAVIGATE THAT AND WORK WITHIN THE SYSTEM.
INTERESTING TIMING, BECAUSE SO MANY SPORTS ARE GETTING READY TO COME ONLINE WITH A FOOTBALL SOCCER AND A WINTER, WINTER BASEBALL.
SO IT'S AN INTERESTING TIME RIGHT NOW FOR ALL THOSE COACHES AND PLAYERS AND PARENTS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND THEN ONE LAST POINT TO OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY, UH, UH, THE CITY HAS, UH, TAKEN STEPS TO BE FLEXIBLE WITH YOUR OPERATIONS THAT NOW MAY OCCUR OUTDOORS, AS OPPOSED TO INDOORS.
WE HAVE A VERY, UH, STREAMLINED, UH, PERMIT PROCESSES.
UH, PLEASE CONTACT THE CITY IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN UNDER, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING HOW, UH, UH, YOU CAN OPERATE UNDER THE GIVEN, UH, GUIDELINES.
SO PLEASE REACH OUT TO THE CITY.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, RIGHT? SPEAKERS? YES.
THE FIRST SPEAKER IS JIM GALLAGHER.
THIS ITEM IS OF INTEREST TO ME, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I DID TAKE THE SURVEY.
AND AS I WAS LOOKING AT THE STATISTICS TODAY, WE HAVE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA RIGHT NOW, 585,000 CONFIRMED CASES, 10,623 DEATHS IN OUR COUNTY, 37,315 CONFIRMED CASES, UH, 29 40 DEATHS.
ANYWAY, CITY OF CHINO HILLS IS DOING BETTER 677 CASES, 678 CASES AND FIVE DEFENSE.
SO, I MEAN, I'D SAY WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING IT.
I IT'S GOOD TO SEE OUR RESTAURANTS, FOR EXAMPLE, WORKING TO CREATE SAFE OUTDOOR TENT, DINING FACILITIES.
I'M SEEING MORE RESIDENTS WEARING MASKS AND SHOWING A LITTLE MORE CONCERN FOR ONE ANOTHER.
UH, AND REGARD TO PETER ROGERS COMMENT ABOUT MAJOR SPORTS TEAMS. SOME OF THESE MAJOR SPORTS TEAMS, BASEBALL TEAMS ARE EXPERIENCING COBIT OUTBREAKS.
AND SOME OF THE COLLEGE SPORTS TEAMS, I NOTE I'VE NOTED HAVE DECIDED NOT TO PLAY THIS FALL, BUT NONETHELESS, WHEN I SAW THE SURVEY, I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED AND I RECOGNIZE THAT RECREATION IN THIS CITY IS A REVENUE GENERATOR, YOU KNOW, AND SO OF COURSE WE WANT TO GET BACK TO SOME NORMALCY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE WANT TO KEEP OUR RESIDENTS SAFE.
SO I WAS CONCERNED THAT THE RESIDENTS WHO MISS ACTIVITIES MAY TEND TO WEIGH IN ON IT TOWARDS REIMPLEMENTATION AND MOST RESIDENTS WHO DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES, OF COURSE, WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN A SURVEY.
AND THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR HEALTH AND THEIR CHILDREN WILL VOTE IN FAVOR OF STAYING CLOSED.
SO I CAUTION YOU ON THE SURVEY.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT A FORCED DISTRIBUTION, YOU KNOW, AND I, OUR CITY STAFF TO ERR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION AND I SOUND LIKE THEY WILL, REGARDING HOW MUCH WE WANT TO REOPEN RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
I THINK THE SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS AND ESPECIALLY OUR CHILDREN IS PARAMOUNT.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BRAD GOLDMAN.
SO AGAIN, MR. MAYOR, UM, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF, I'VE BEEN, WHEN I'VE BEEN OUT IN CHINO HILLS, I CONTINUOUSLY SEE, UM, WHAT LOOKS TO BE RECREATION LEAGUES, BUT THEY SEEM TO BE AD HOC, KIND OF, NOT, SOME OF THEM ARE RUNNING CLUBS
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THAT LOOK TO BE, UM, THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLER, UM, UH, HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS RUNNING AND, UM, OTHER, YOU KNOW, PAID SOCCER SPORTS TEAMS OUT.AND ABOUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M TALKING TO A NUMBER OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS.
UM, THEY KNOW PERSONALLY, AND THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO WEARING THE MASK DOES NOT AFFECT THE ABILITY OF SOMEONE TO BE OXYGENATED, NOR DOES, NOR DOES THE COURT, THE SUPREME COURT STATE IN A CASE FROM OVER 115 YEARS AGO, JACOBS VERSUS MASSACHUSETTS, THAT THE GOVERNMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, CANNOT CAN'T, CAN DOESN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO WORK, REQUIRE PEOPLE TO WEAR A MASK.
THAT BEING SAID, UM, YOU KNOW, I REALLY ASKED THE CITY TO CONSIDER REQUIRING WHEN PEOPLE ARE OUT IN PUBLIC FOR ANY REASON, EVEN IF THEY ARE OUT WITH NO ONE AROUND, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS SAY, OH, THEY'RE SHOWN TO BE AROUND.
WE'RE NOT GONNA BRING THEM BACK.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT WEARING IT TO LEAST AT ALL TIMES CARRY A MASK.
I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE OUT.
THEY DON'T HAVE A MASK AND THEN THEY COME IN CONTACT WITHIN SIX FEET, EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, ACCORDING TO THE STATE'S CURRENT ORDER, IT DOES SAY THAT ANYTIME PEOPLE ARE OUT IN PUBLIC AND THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT'S GOING TO STOP, YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST STUDY OUT THE OTHER DAY THAT STATED IF EVERYONE WERE TO WEAR A MASK, THIS PEN DIMMICK COULD BE OVER WITHIN, YOU KNOW, TWO MONTHS CURRENTLY IN THE U S AND AS WE'RE, YOU KNOW, AS FOR PASSING TODAY, 5 MILLION CASES IN THE U S AND CLOSE TO GETTING CLOSE TO 170 MILLION, 170,000 DEATHS, I THINK THE CITY REALLY NEEDS TO CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, INCREASING THE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THE COUNTY AND THE STATE HAVE REQUIRED AND TO MANDATE IT AND TAKE IT OUT OF, YOU KNOW, OUR BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, PUTTING STOP, NOT HAVING IT ON OUR BUSINESSES AND AS INDIVIDUALS TO EDUCATE AND REALLY STEPPING UP BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE GOVERNOR, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT LOCAL CITY COUNCILS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE FOR IS TO MAKE THOSE HARD CHOICES AND REALLY ENCOURAGE A POSITIVE SITUATION WHEN WE HAVE DARK, DARK SITUATIONS LIKE THIS.
WE SHARE, WE DO SHARE YOUR CONCERNS.
WE HAVE A DISCUSSION FROM UP HERE AND EMOTION UP JUST A QUICK, UH, UM, QUESTION, A BIT OF CLARIFICATION.
FROM BEN, I THINK A FAIR AMOUNT OF US HAVE HEARD MORE AND MORE ABOUT PLAYGROUNDS.
WOULD YOU MIND ADDRESSING KIND OF OUR LOGIC TO WHERE WE ARE WITH OPENING, NOT OPENING WHAT WE LEGALLY CAN AND CAN'T DO.
UH, CURRENTLY THE PLAYGROUND AND THE, UH, WORKOUT AREAS AT OUR PARKS ARE CLOSED.
UH, THIS IS DUE TO THE THREAT, UH, OF TRANSMISSION FROM TOUCHING, UH, THESE ITEMS. THE STATE HAS PROVIDED, UH, GUIDANCE IN A HEALTH ORDER RELATED TO OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT SUCH AS THIS, THAT REQUIRES THAT, UH, IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE SAFE, ESSENTIALLY YOU'D HAVE TO CLEAN IT AFTER EVERY USER, UH, WITH 44 PARKS IN THE CITY.
AND WHO KNOWS HOW MANY AMENITIES, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S JUST NO WAY WHERE WE COULD MEET THAT REQUIREMENT.
UM, IT, MANY OF THE CITIES, UH, IN OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES AND, AND I'M SURE THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA, BUT WE DID A RECENT SURVEY OF, OF SURROUNDING CITIES HAVE TAKEN THIS APPROACH.
THERE'S, UH, VERY LITTLE A CITY CAN DO TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF A CHILD USING A PLAYGROUND, UH, EQUIPMENT, UH, UH, GIVEN THE THREAT THAT EXISTS OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY WITH YOUNG CHILDREN.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HOW OFTEN THOSE HANDS GO FROM, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, LITTLE STICKY SURFACE TO THEIR EYES AND MOUTH, UH, I CAN SAY THAT IT IS WITH A LOT OF TREPIDATION AND, AND ANGST THAT STAFF HAVE MAINTAINED THESE CLOSURES, BUT THE ALTERNATIVE IS, UH, IN OUR OPINION, BASED ON THE HELP, UH, UH, ORDERS ISSUED BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND ALL THE PEOPLE BEHIND THAT ANALYSIS, WE JUST, CAN'T IN GOOD CONSCIENCE, OPEN THOSE FACILITIES UNTIL WE HAVE SOME UNDERSTANDING, UH, THAT, THAT IT'S SAFE.
UH, AND I'LL ALSO ADD THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE TRACKING ALL OF THE DIFFERENT EXPOSURES AND, AND, UH, AND WHAT THEIR RISKS ARE, UH, OPENING, UH, THESE AMENITIES.
WOULD I, IN MY OPINION, GIVE A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY THAT NOW
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IT'S OKAY.UH, WE'RE AT ONE OF THE MOST PRECARIOUS TIMES RIGHT NOW.
UH, AND SO WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO MAKE THAT CALL TO REOPEN THOSE FACILITIES, THOSE AMENITIES, I'D SAY PARKS ARE STILL OPEN AND YOU CAN STILL GO AND HANG OUT AND DO A LOT OF THINGS.
AND WE GET THAT, UH, UM, YOU CAN'T USE THE SWINGS.
UH, I'M SURE THAT ALL OF US RECEIVED PROBABLY THE SIMILAR EMAILS, BUT, UH, ONE FRUSTRATED MOM, UH, WAS TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF MESSAGE IS PUTTING TO THEIR CHILDREN WHEN THEY GO TO THESE PARKS AND THEY SEE NOT ONLY THE TAPE, BUT THE NETTING THAT'S ON THESE THINGS PROHIBITING USE OF THESE AND MENTIONS THE FACT THAT SHE USES AND SANITIZERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE WHEN SHE GOES OUT, SHE TAKES THAT WITH IT.
AND THAT'S WHAT SHE WOULD USE ON THE EQUIPMENT AND ACCUSES US OF FEARMONGERING AND ALL OF THESE THINGS.
SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE SUMMARIZE WHAT YOU JUST SAID, SPECIFICALLY THE LANGUAGE ABOUT THE STATE BEING THE BAD GUY ON THIS, AND NOT ONLY JUST THE BAD GUY, BUT PROMPTING SAFETY, WHICH WE AGREE TO, AND THEY WOULD AGREE TO THE PARENTS WOULD AGREE TO IF THEY REALLY STOP AND THINK ABOUT IT AND NOT TALK FROM A VIEWPOINT OF FRUSTRATION.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO PUT THAT OUT ON THE WEBSITE AND JUST REEMPHASIZE THE FACT THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO THIS FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN.
AND SO ANY OTHER MR. MAYOR, IF I COULD, YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT.
AND AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SENDING THE EMAILS.
I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT, BUT WE DO OUR HOMEWORK TOO.
SO IF SOMEBODY TELLS US THAT SAY OUR SURROUNDING CITIES, THEY'RE NOT DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU ALL THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS UP HERE ON THE DIOCESE WILL MAKE A DIRECT PHONE CALL TO THOSE CITIES.
AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING.
CAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUOTES IN ONE OF THE EMAILS WE ALL RECEIVED WAS THAT THEY GO TO OTHER CITIES AND THEY DO THIS WELL IT'S I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S TRUE.
SO AT ANY RATE, A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM, OR IS IT RECEIVING FILE OR NON THIS ONE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GO AHEAD AND, AND IT'S, IT SAYS RECEIVING FILE, BUT IT IS ON THE DISCUSSION.
DO WE, OR DON'T WE VOTE ON IT? ANY ACTION.
SO WE CAN JUST RECEIVE IN FILE.
IT'S ON THE DISCUSSION CALENDAR FOR THE PURPOSE OF YOU HAVING THE DISCUSSION AND THE ITEM.
AND THEN OF COURSE IT ALLOWS THEN ITEM 27.
STEVEN FILES ARE LIFTED UNDER THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
THERE'S GOING TO BE DISCUSSION.
[29. Provide direction regarding adjustments to City Council Compensation]
NOW, THE NEXT ITEM IS A PROVIDE DIRECTION REGARDING ADJUSTMENTS, THE CITY COUNCIL COMPENSATION, UH, WE'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF EMAILS ON THIS ITEM AND I WOULD LIKE BEN TO START OUT THE DISCUSSION ON THIS AND EXPLAIN WHY THIS IS COMING UP AT THIS POINT AND THAT THE NECESSITY OF DEALING WITH IT NOW AND HOW THAT RELATES TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF IT.UH, I'D LIKE TO START OFF BY POINTING OUT THAT THE GOVERNMENT CODE HAS PRETTY SH UH, CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT GUIDELINES ON HOW, UH, UH, A BOARD, A BODY LIKE THE COUNCIL CAN, UH, GIVE THEMSELVES RAISES.
UM, I PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA SO THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS IT PUBLICLY.
UM, WE DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY, UH, TO, I DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY OF THE BROWN ACT AND THANKFULLY, SO TO GO TO EACH INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBER AND SAY, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS ISSUE? AND SO THE ONLY WAY WE CAN HAVE THIS CONVERSATION IS PUBLICLY AS, AS BY DESIGN, UH, WHAT THE GOVERNMENT CODE REQUIRES IS THAT THIS DECISION BE MADE BY A COUNCIL THAT ESSENTIALLY, UH, THERE HAS TO BE AN ELECTION IN BETWEEN THE DECISION AND THE IMPLEMENTATION, UH, OF THE, THE RAISES.
AND SO THIS HAS COME UP SPORADICALLY OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO.
UH, OF COURSE THE COVID-19, UH, PANDEMIC, UH, FOCUSED US IN OTHER AREAS.
HOWEVER, UH, IN ORDER FOR US TO TAKE THIS ACTION, IF THE COUNCIL CHOOSES SELL AND TO IMPLEMENT IT, WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE ADOPTION, THE SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE AND HAVE IT IMPLEMENTED PRIOR TO THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.
AND SO THE REASON ESSENTIALLY IT'S ON THE AGENDA NOW IS BECAUSE IF NOT NOW, WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO IMPLEMENT THIS FOR TWO YEARS.
UM, MANY IN THE COMMUNITY WHO'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS ISSUE MAY RECALL THAT THE LAST TIME WE LOOKED AT THIS, UH, WAS, UH, 2017 16.
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17 IS WHEN IT IMPLEMENTED.THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS, FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
AT THE TIME WE LOOKED AT IT THOUGH, IT HAD BEEN 10 YEARS SINCE THE COUNCIL HAD CONSIDERED THEIR SALARIES.
AND SO, UM, ONE OF THE WAYS IT WAS CHARACTERIZED WAS THAT THE COUNCIL WAS CONSIDERING A 50% RAISE, UH, WHILE THE DOLLARS WERE SMALL.
THE KEY IS, IS THAT THE LAW ALLOWS THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER A MAXIMUM OF 5% PER YEAR, SINCE THE LAST TIME THEY RECEIVED A RAISE.
AND SO ANOTHER REASON FOR HAVING THIS ON NOW IS THAT IT'S BEEN FOUR YEARS SINCE THE COUNCIL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND INCREASE THEIR, UH, THEIR SALARY, WHICH COULD BE UP TO A 20%, UH, INCREASE.
UH, IF WE AREN'T ABLE TO DO THIS AGAIN, THEN WE'RE FALLING FURTHER BEHIND POTENTIALLY, UH, THE SALARY FOR THE COUNCIL.
SO IN ESSENCE, THE DETAILS ABOUT THE RAISES IN THE STAFF REPORT, BUT THE REASON IT'S HERE IS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT NOW, OR ELSE NOT BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THIS FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS, WE COULD CONSIDER IT AT A DIFFERENT TIME, BUT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT IT, UH, FOR TWO YEARS.
WELL, AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS CAME UP OVER A YEAR AGO BECAUSE WE WERE ANTICIPATING THIS GROWING JUST LIKE IT DID BACK IN 2016, AND WE HAD A 50% POTENTIAL INCREASE IN, IN SALARY.
AND WE ENDED UP WITH LIGHT, BELIEVE IT WAS 25%.
WE TOOK HALF OF THAT BECAUSE WE THOUGHT IT WAS SO EGREGIOUS IN THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION TO TAKE A 50% RAISE.
UH, RIGHT NOW, UH, THINGS ARE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, A YEAR AGO.
UH, I PERSONALLY WANT TO JUST SAY THIS UPFRONT.
AND I THINK I MAY BE ON THE SAME PAGE AS WITH MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS BECAUSE OF THE COVID-19 BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT OUR WE'VE BEEN DOING MANY THINGS FROM THIS DIOCESE UP HERE TO TRY AND RELIEVE THE FINANCIAL BURDENS ON OUR RESIDENTS, BY TRYING TO FOREGO INCREASES IN FEES, OR DELAY THEM TO IMPLEMENTATION.
AND FOR US RIGHT NOW TO TAKE A RAISE, WHETHER THEY BELIEVE WE DESERVE IT OR NOT, UM, WOULD BE ALMOST INSENSITIVE.
SO I PERSONALLY WILL KICK OFF SOME DISCUSSION ON THIS BY SAYING THAT EVEN THOUGH IF PEOPLE LOOK AT THIS AND THEY DO AN ANALYSIS AND THEY COMPARE US TO CHINO IS AS AN EXAMPLE, EXAMPLE WHOSE COUNCIL'S SALARIES ARE $450 A MONTH MORE THAN WE ARE.
THAT'S NOT THE POINT RIGHT NOW.
THE POINT RIGHT NOW IS WE HAVE RESIDENTS THAT ARE HURTING, THAT ARE OUT OF WORK AND FOR US TO TAKE A 20% OR EVEN HALF OF THAT 10% RAISE, WHICH AGAIN, ISN'T LARGE DOLLARS, BUT IT'S A PERCEPTION.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, UH, I, I'M GOING TO SUGGEST THAT WE DELAY THIS UNTIL AFTER THE FIRST YEAR, WHICH IS AUTOMATICALLY GONNA MAKE IT DELAYED TWO YEARS.
AND THAT'S JUST MY THINKING ON IT RIGHT NOW.
SO PETER MAYOR AND COUNCIL, BEFORE YOU GO FURTHER WITH THIS, THERE WERE SPEAKERS FOR THIS OTHER WAY.
I KNOW YOU WANTED TO HAVE, UH, UH, UH, SOME STATEMENTS MADE IN ADVANCE OF THE SPEAKERS, UM, TALKING OR SPEAKING TO THIS ITEM AND BEEN A DIXIE MANAGER, GAVE A OVERVIEW OF WHAT IT IS, AND YOU'VE GIVEN SOME COMMENTS, BUT BEFORE THE COUNCIL MAKES A DETERMINATION, YOU NEED TO ALLOW THOSE SPEAKERS TO, UM, PROVIDE THEIR COMMENTS.
THAT WAS GOING TO TAKE ANY KIND OF A BOAT.
WE'RE NOT VOTING ON THIS RIGHT NOW.
I WAS ONLY GOING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION BY THE STAFF OR BY THE COUNCIL, WHICH WE USUALLY DO BEFORE WE OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
WOULD THAT BE APPROPRIATE SO LONG AS YOU DON'T WRITE IT ARISE AT A, EXCUSE ME, A RIDE THAT A DECISION BEFORE THAT, THE COMMUNICATIONS.
AND I PROBABLY WAS AN AIR THERE BY MAKING COMMENTS THAT INDICATED HOW I'M GOING TO DEAL WITH THIS.
SO, SO THEN
SO WE DON'T SHOW IN W WE'RE TRYING TO BE TOTALLY TRANSPARENT ABOUT THIS.
WHY DON'T WE FINISH FIRST? WE'RE NOT GOING TO VOTE.
THEN WE LISTENED TO THE PUBLIC AND THAT'S THE WAY WE WANT TO DO IT.
AND PETER, YOU WERE ASKING FOR, IT'S A SIMPLE COMMENT.
I JUST THINK NOW IT'S NOT THE TIME TO, TO PURSUE A RAISE.
UH, THERE'S TOO MANY INDIVIDUALS AND COMPANIES OUT THERE THAT ARE FINANCIALLY CHALLENGED.
AND RIGHT NOW THE TIMING DOESN'T LINE UP.
SO I WOULD SUGGEST WE PUSH IT FOR, UNTIL SOMETIME PRIOR, PUSH THE DISCUSSION UNTIL SOMETIME PRIOR TO THE 20, 22 ELECTION.
FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO SAY OUR COUNCIL DOES A GREAT JOB.
UM, WE PUT IN A LOT OF HOURS THAT PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE WHAT WE DO.
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AND AGAIN, I MEAN, I WORK WITH ALL YOU GUYS DAY IN AND DAY OUT, AND YOU GUYS DO SUCH A GREAT JOB.THE CITY OF CHINO, THEY GET PAID $1,676 A MONTH.
AND OUR OTHER PARTNER CITY THAT'S ADJACENT TO US.
DIAMOND BAR GETS PAID SEVEN 46.
WE DO JUST AS MUCH AS THE SURROUNDING CITIES, IF NOT MORE, BUT MY CONCERNS ARE LOSS OF REVENUES, SALES, TAXES, DOWN PERMIT FEES ARE DOWN.
PEOPLE ARE HAVING A HARD TIME PAYING THEIR TAX BILL RIGHT NOW.
AND IT'S JUST REALLY A HARD TIME FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS TODAY.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY RECOMMENDATION.
LET'S, UH, HEAR THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND THEN WE'LL HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC.
I AGREE WITH WHAT, ALL OF WHAT YOU GUYS ARE SAYING.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO BE REDUNDANT.
BRIAN KETO, IT'S, IT'D BE TONE DEAF TO DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN TALKED ABOUT.
ALRIGHT, NOW SPEAKERS ON THIS.
YES, WE HAVE CURRENTLY ONE HAND RAISED.
WE'LL GO WITH THAT ONE FIRST AND THEN TO, UH, EMAIL SPEAK COMMENTS.
WHO WOULD THAT BE? JIM GALLAGHER.
SO I AGREE WITH YOUR COMMENTS AND I, WHAT I FELT WAS INTERESTING WAS LET ME FIND MY CARS.
BUT OBVIOUSLY SPEAKER AFTER SPEAKER WOULD BE OUTRAGEOUS, DECIDE THEM BASED ON THE, WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, WE'RE TOUGH TIMES, AS YOU SAID, HARDSHIP, THERE'S HUGE ECONOMIC CHALLENGES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IT JUST DOESN'T LOOK GOOD.
WHEN A CITY COUNCIL VOTES FOR ITSELF FOR A RACE, I ASSUMED YOU WOULD NOT HIRE BECAUSE IT COULD ACTUALLY LIMIT YOUR FUTURE POLITICAL TENURE IF YOU DID IT IN A WAY.
BUT WHAT I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING AND I APPRECIATE BEN, WHAT BEN DID.
HE INCLUDED A STATE OF CALIFORNIA CODE, YOU KNOW, IN THE NARRATIVE AND ALSO INCLUDED THE CITY COUNCIL COMPENSATION SURVEY COMPARES TO CHINO HILLS.
WHAT I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING IS CODA SIX FIVE ONE SIX THREE SIX FIVE ONE SIX, SECTION D.
IT SAYS IN CITIES OVER 75,000 UP TO, AND INCLUDING 150,000 POPULATION, UH, THE PAYMENTS SHOULD BE UP TO AND INCLUDING $600 PER MONTH.
AND THEN WHEN YOU GET TO CITIES OVER 150,000 UP TO, AND INCLUDING 250,000, THEN IT INCLUDES $800 PER MONTH.
NOW ALREADY THE COMPENSATION I SEE, UH, FOR OUR COUNCIL IS $826 AND 88 CENTS PER MONTH.
NOW A COMMENSURATE WITH A POPULATION OF 150,000.
AND WHEN YOU COMPARE WITH UPLAND, UH, THE SURVEY NOTED THAT SHARON UP UNDER THE SAME UPLAND, THEY'RE MAKING CITY COUNCILS MAKING $500 AND THE MAYOR IS MAKING $600.
SO THAT'S JUST A CURIOUS THING.
SO IF ANYTHING, AND I'M BEING FACETIOUS MIND YOU, YOU SHOULD BE TAKING A PAY CUT TO MATCH THAT UP.
IF I MIGHT, JUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF, UM, SO PEOPLE LISTENING CAN UNDERSTAND, YES, THOSE ARE THE, THOSE AMOUNTS THAT THE SPEAKER REFERENCED ARE CORRECT.
EXCEPT AS YOU READ THE, UM, THE STATE LAW PROVIDES THAT THOSE AMOUNTS CAN BE ADJUSTED ANNUALLY BY 5%, UM, WHICH STARTS WITH THE INCORPORATION OF THE PUBLIC AGENCY.
AND SO THAT'S WHY THOSE AMOUNTS ARE, UM, THAT ARE IN THE SURVEY ARE ABOVE WHAT IS IN THESE BASE AMOUNTS.
THESE, THESE ARE THE STARTING POINTS.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION MARK NEXT WEEK.
THE FIRST WRITTEN COMMENT THAT I RECEIVED IS FROM MITCH.
MOMAN GETTING DIRECTLY TO THE POINT, DO YOU NOT VOTE YOURSELVES, A RAISE PERIOD.
THE FOLLOWING LIST SUPPORTS BY OPPOSE YOU VOTING YOURSELF, ARRAYS.
ONE, PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR JOBS.
AND THOSE WITH WORK ARE NOT GETTING A RAISE TWO AND NO OTHER JOB.
DO YOU GET TO VOTE YOURSELF A RAISE, EXCEPT IF YOU ARE THE BUSINESS OWNER, THREE CITY REVENUE WAS DOWN AND WILL BE FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER YEAR.
YOU SHOULD BE VOTING YOURSELF A REDUCTION IN SALARY AND BENEFITS.
HOW ABOUT EMOTION TO REDUCE YOUR LUCRATIVE BENEFITS FOR YOUR SALARY IS ALREADY 38% HIGHER THAN AVERAGE FOR A CITY.
OUR SIZE FIVE, YOU ARE NOT IN IT FOR THE MONEY YET YOU ARE 500 PER MONTH.
CAR ALLOWANCE, 1659 PER MONTH IN MEDICAL RETIREMENT, WHICH IS ABSURD.
AND NOW THE POTENTIAL OF VOTING YOURSELF A RAISE THAT WILL PUT YOU WELL OVER 50%, MORE THAN THE AVERAGE IN SIX.
THIS SHOULD BE A FIVE ZERO VOTE AGAINST A RAISE MITCH MOMENT.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHERS? THE NEXT COMMENT IS FROM BRAD GOLDMAN.
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I AM UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW DURING A TIME OF LOWER TAX REVENUE, WHICH HAS REQUIRED THE CITY COUNCIL, WHICH HAS REQUIRED THE CITY COUNCIL, DRIP INTO THE RESERVE FUND TO COVER THE YEARLY BUDGET, HOW A PAYING INCREASE IS EVEN ON THE TABLE.IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, THIS COUNCIL HAS REFUSED TO COVER ANY PART OF AN 8% INCREASE IN THE CITY'S RESIDENTS, WATER BILL ELEVATE CUTS TO THE BUDGET OR ANY OTHER FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE MEASURE IN THE FACE OF A RECESSION NOT SEEN IN OVER 80 YEARS.
IT IS AN HONOR TO BE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, ESPECIALLY FOR A CITY AS GREAT AS CHINO HILLS WITH THAT, NO ONE SHOULD GO INTO POLITICS FOR THE PAY.
ALTHOUGH I WAS HUGELY DISAPPOINTED THAT THE STAFF REPORT LACKED A COMPROMISE DETAILING, THE COUNCIL PAY AND BENEFITS.
YOU CURRENTLY MAKE A BASE STIPEND OF EIGHT 26, 88.
STILL THIS DOESN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ADDITIONAL BENEFITS, SUCH AS DESIRABLE, HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, LIFE INSURANCE, RETIREMENT, AND A CAR ALLOWANCE.
LAST TIME THIS ISSUE WAS BROUGHT BEFORE THE COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS STATED, I THINK WE CAN MAKE A JUSTIFIABLE CASE TO BUMP OUR STIPEND UP.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE EXPLORE THIS EVERY FEW YEARS.
THE LAST INCREASE WAS LESS THAN FOUR YEARS AGO NOW IS NOT THE TIME FOR ANOTHER HIKE.
IF ANYTHING, UNTIL THIS FINANCIAL CRISIS IS OVER, YOU SHOULD BE DISCUSSING A PAY.
CUT YOUR CURRENT PAY AND BENEFITS ARE MORE THAN SUFFICIENT, ESPECIALLY WHEN RESIDENTS IN THE CITY ARE WITHOUT A JOB.
IF YOU DO NOT THINK IF YOU DON'T THINK YOU GET PAID ENOUGH FOR THE WORK YOU ARE DOING, I ASK THAT YOU RESIGNED IMMEDIATELY.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THAT IS THE FINAL COMMENTS? I DO NOT SEE ANY OTHER HANDS, RIGHT? OKAY.
WE'LL BRING IT BACK UP HERE FOR FINAL DISCUSSION AND ANY RECOMMENDATIONS ON THIS.
I WAS JUST GOING TO COMMENT TO, TO THANK BEN FOR BRINGING IT UP.
WE ACTUALLY FULLY EXPLAINED WHY PARTLY WHY BEN WOULD HAVE TO BRING IT UP.
IS THAT UNDER STATE LAW AND MARK CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THE, THE COUNCIL CAN'T VOTE ITSELF, A PAY RAISE IMMEDIATELY.
IT HAS TO GO INTO EFFECT AFTER THE NEXT ELECTION.
SO THAT BEING SAID, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT POSSIBLE PAY RAISE THAT COULD HAVE EVEN THEORETICALLY HAPPEN IF THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN IS FOR THE NEXT COUNCIL IN TWO YEARS, CORRECT? CORRECT.
SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT UP.
I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION AND YEAH, WE'RE, THIS IS NOT, THIS IS NOT THE APPROPRIATE TIME BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION.
SO THIS IS GOOD TO, TO AT LEAST GET THIS ON THE RECORD.
DO WE NEED, W WE NEED A FORMAL, UH, RECOMMENDATION TO TABLE THIS UNTIL SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE, WHICH WOULD NOT MAKE IT EFFECTIVE JANUARY OF 2021, IS THAT APPROPRIATE? SO PROVIDE DIRECTION.
SO I GUESS TO REDIRECT, NOT TO JUST TABLE IT AND NOT MOVE FORWARD, RIGHT? YEAH.
I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANY ACTION BEING TAKEN IN MARK.
WE DON'T NEED A FORMAL VOTE ON IT.
BUT YOU'VE, YOU'VE HEARD OUR DIRECTION TABLE.
CAN I MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE AT LEAST THAT WAY WE'RE ON THE RECORD FOR DOING IT.
AND A VERBAL VOTE ON TABLING IT.
SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT.
YEAH, CLEARLY WE DON'T DO IT FOR THE MONEY.
YOU DON'T VALUE YOURSELF VERY HIGHLY, UM, ITEMS INITIATED BY COUNCIL
[30. Designate Voting Delegate and Alternate for League of California Cities Annual Conference scheduled for October 7-9, 2020]
ITEM 30, DESIGNATE BOATING, DELEGATE, AND ALTERNATE FOR LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES ANNUAL CONFERENCE SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 7TH THROUGH THE NINTH OF 2020, WHICH WE ALL BELIEVE PROBABLY WON'T HAPPEN.WELL, THEY WILL BE HAVING A VIRTUAL CONFERENCE AND THERE WILL BE RESOLUTIONS THAT WILL BE VOTED UPON.
SO THE VOTING DELEGATES WILL BE ATTENDING IT VIA WHATEVER PLATFORM THAT THEY HAVE, THE ANNUAL MEETING.
ANYONE WANT TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AS TO WHO THE DELEGATE AND ALTERNATE SHOULD BE.
WHO'S GOING TO BE AVAILABLE TO ATTEND IT.
I NOMINATE RAY SINCE HE'S VERY INVOLVED WITH THE LATINO CAUCUS.
WAS THAT OKAY WITH YOU THEN? RIGHT.
AND HOW ABOUT ALTERNATE? I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE POST CYNTHIA.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE BEFORE RAY, AS, AS THE MEMBER SENT THERE AS AN ALTERNATE ON THAT.
DO WE, DO WE NEED A VOTE ON THIS ONE? ALL RIGHT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A VERBAL VOTE.
YOU'VE HEARD THIS THE, UH, YES.
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MAYOR BENNETT, VICE MAYOR.[31. Adopt resolution supporting a qualified statewide measure entitled: "Proposition 20: Restricts parole for non-violent offenders. Authorizes felony sentences for certain offenses currently treated only as misdemeanors" also known as the Reducing Crime and Keeping California Safe Act of 2020]
WOULD YOU PLEASE READ INTO THE RECORD ITEM 30? YES, I WILL.THIS ITEM IS TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION, SUPPORTING A QUALIFIED STATEWIDE MEASURE, ENTITLED PROPOSITION 20, WHICH RESTRICTS PAROLE FOR NONVIOLENT OFFENDERS AUTHORIZES FELONY SENTENCES FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES CURRENTLY TREATED ONLY AS MISDEMEANORS ALSO KNOWN AS THE REDUCING CRIME AND KEEPING CALIFORNIA SAFETY ACT OF 2020.
IS THERE A REPORT ON THIS? YES.
THE COUNCIL TOOK AN ACTION IN 2018 TO SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE.
UH, AND RECENTLY THE INITIATIVE BECAME AN ACTUAL BALLOT MEASURE.
UH, AND SO WE WANTED TO CONTINUE THAT COMMITMENT.
THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE MET, UH, TO, UH, REVIEW AND VALIDATE, UH, THE ACTION, UH, MOVING FORWARD.
UH, ESSENTIALLY I I'D LIKE TO ASK, UH, OUR, UH, LIEUTENANT FROM THE SHERIFF, UH, TO COME UP AND, UH, PAT WILL EXPLAIN WHY THIS IS SO, UH, NEEDED, UH, AND, AND BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A TRUE UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPACT, UH, THAT, UH, THAT THIS COULD HAVE AND REVERSING SOME, SOME PRETTY BAD, UH, LAWS, UH, OVER THE YEARS.
COUNCIL MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL, I'VE BEEN ASKED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PROP THERE'S 20 THAT KEEP CALLING TONY AS SAFE INITIATIVE.
UH, THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO FIX SOME OF THE FLAWS FOUND IN PROPOSITIONS 47 AND 57.
AS YOU ARE AWARE OF PROPOSITION 47, KNOWN AS THE SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS AND SCHOOLS ACT WENT INTO EFFECT NOVEMBER, 2014, SOME KING THINGS ABOUT THE PROPOSITION THAT THE PROPOSITION DID WAS IT REDUCED SOME FELONY CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF ONE MUST STEAL TO BE A FELONY FROM $450 TO $950 CREATED NEW PEANUT NEW PENAL CODE FOR SHOPLIFTING THAT MADE SHOP LATINA MISDEMEANOR, NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES THE PERSON DID IT CHANGE GRAND THEFT.
SO THAT IN ANY FORM, IF IT WAS UNDER $950, IT WAS A MISDEMEANOR MADE RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY UNDER $950.
ALSO A MISDEMEANOR AND MADE SIMPLE POSSESSION OF DRUGS, MISDEMEANOR PROPOSITION 57, NO ONE HAS THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND REHABILITATION ACT WAS IMPLEMENTED IN NOVEMBER, 2016 AND HAD THREE MAIN COMPONENTS CHANGED PAROLE ELIGIBILITY FOR PEOPLE WHO COMMITTED NONVIOLENT CRIMES CHANGED HOW INMATES WERE AWARDED CREDITS AND HOW MUCH AND ELIMINATED PROSECUTION OF JUVENILES AS ADULTS, SINCE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROPOSITION 47, CALIFORNIA HAS SEEN A RISE IN RETAIL, THEFT SMASH AND GRABS AUTO BREAK-INS AND MAIL THEFT, WHERE OFFENDERS WERE TYPICALLY NOT ARRESTED.
AND GIVEN CITATIONS, THUSLY, DECEPTIVELY IMPACTING ARREST RESULTS.
REST RATES THEFTS ARE SO PREVALENT THAT MANY BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS HAVE GIVEN UP CALLING TO REPORT THE CRIME, BELIEVING NOTHING WILL HAPPEN TO THE OFFENDER.
ACCORDING TO THE KEEP CALIFORNIA SAFE WEBSITE, $78 WORTH OF PROPERTY IS STILL EVERY SECOND IN CALIFORNIA WITH AN ESTIMATED LOSS OF 2.5 BILLION SINCE PASSAGE OF THE PROPOSITION 14 AND 2014, AND SAYS SINCE THE PASSAGE OF PROP 47 AND 2014, MANY INMATES WERE AN ARGUMENT EARLY RELEASE UNDER PROP 57.
THE LIST OF NONVIOLENT CRIMES THAT OFFENDERS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR EARLY RELEASE WITH INCLUDE ABDUCTING, A MINOR FOR PROSTITUTION RAPE BY INTOXICATION, RAPE OF AN UNCONSCIOUS UNCONSCIOUS PERSON, SERIAL ARSON, FELONY ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON, FALSE IMPRISONMENT, TAKING A HOSTAGE TO PREVENT ARREST FELONY HATE CRIMES, ASSAULTING A POLICE OFFICER WITH ANYTHING BUT A FIREARM.
ADDITIONALLY, UNDER PROP 57, IF AN OFFENDER COMMITTED MULTIPLE OFFENSES WITH MULTIPLE VICTIMS, THEY WOULD STILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE AT THE SAME TIME AS THE PERSON WHO COMMITTED ONLY ONE CRIME AGAINST ONE PERSON PROPOSITION 20, THE KEY CALIFORNIA SAFE IS NOT INTENDED TO REPEAL PROP 47 OR 57, BUT TO FIX SOME OF THE FLAWS, THERE ARE FOUR PRIMARY AREAS THAT PROPOSITION 20 WANTS TO ADDRESS.
THEY WANT TO MAKE IT A FELONY.
WHEN A PERSON IS CAUGHT STEALING FOR THE THIRD TIME, IT WANTS TO ADDRESS PAROLE.
VIOLATORS WOULD REQUIRE THE PAROLE BOARD TO CONSIDER AN INMATE'S ENTIRE HISTORY WHEN DECIDING PAROLE AND REQUIRES A MANDATORY HEARING FOR PAROLEES WHO VIOLATE THEIR PAROLE FOR THE THIRD TIME, IT WANTS TO ADDRESS THE VIOLENT CRIME.
IT WANTS TO EXPAND THE LIST OF THE VIOLENT CRIMES, WHICH EARLY RELEASES AUTHORIZED.
IT ALSO GIVES VICTIMS REASONABLE
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NOTICE OF AN INMATE'S RELEASE AND ALLOWS THE VICTIM, THE RIGHT TO SUBMIT A CONFIDENTIAL STATEMENT TO THE PAROLE BOARD.IT ALSO WANTS TO COLLECT DNA AGAIN, IT WOULD REINSTATE DNA COLLECTION FOR CERTAIN CRIMES THAT WERE REDUCED AS MISDEMEANORS, AS PART OF PROPOSITION 47 PERSON, NUMBER ONE WOULD HAVE TO BE CONVICTED.
AND SOME OF THE CRIMES THEY'RE LOOKING TO COLLECT DNA FROM ARE THE NEW SHOPLIFTING CRIME GRAND THEFT RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
THE PROPOSITION DOES NOT REMOVE THE THEFT LIMIT.
IT DOES NOT CHANGE SIMPLE POSSESSION INTO ANYTHING OTHER THAN A MISDEMEANOR.
THE INITIATIVE DOES NOT PUT NOT VIOLENT NONVIOLENT OFFENDERS AND ADDICTS BACK IN PRISON.
IT ADDRESSES COMPONENTS OF PROP 47 AND 57 SPECIFIC TO EARLY RELEASE AND PAROLE.
HE WOULD NOT KEEP NOT FILING OFFENDERS IN PRISON.
HOWEVER, IT WOULD EXCLUDE INMATES FROM EARLY RELEASE WHO COMMITTED ONE OF THE RECLASSIFIED CRIMES MENTIONED EARLIER.
IF ANYBODY WANTS MORE INFORMATION ON PROPOSITION 20, THEY CAN GO TO KEEP CAL SAFE.
ANY QUESTIONS, LIEUTENANT? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU PAT.
CAN I SAY A QUICK COMMENT FIRST ART.
PARDON ME? CAN I GIVE A QUICK COMMENT, PLEASE? I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW PROUD I AM TO WORK WITH THIS COUNCIL, BECAUSE THIS IS THIS PREPOSITION IS NOT A POLITICAL ISSUE.
THIS IS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE, AND I AM DUMBFOUNDED WHEN I TALKED TO OTHER MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCILS THAT DON'T WANT TO TOUCH THIS.
AND I HOPE MORE PEOPLE STEP UP AT THE LOCAL LEVEL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS BLAME SACRAMENTO FOR THINGS, AND THIS IS SOMETHING TO UNDO WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE VOTERS VOTED ON, BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS OUR CHANCE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO KEEP, KEEP REACHING OUT TO OTHER ELECTIVES AND NOT GIVE UP ON THIS.
BUT I WAS JUST FLOORED AT PEOPLE NOT TAKING AS STANFORD, PUBLIC SAFETY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
AND IF SOMEONE IN CHINO HILLS DOESN'T THINK THAT IT THEM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A GOOD FRIEND WHOSE DAUGHTER WAS WORKING THE DAY THAT LULU LEMON WAS SMASH ROBBED.
SHE S SHE WAS SCARED TO DEATH.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I DON'T KNOW, FIVE OR SIX PEOPLE WALKED IN AND JUST STARTED GRABBING STUFF OFF THE SHELVES AND SHOVING THEM IN BAGS AND RACING AWAY RIGHT HERE AT THE SHOP.
SO IT AFFECTS US AND THIS WILL IMPACT US.
AND WHEN WE GO TO THE, TO VOTE ON THIS, RESIDENTS NEED TO LEARN ABOUT IT.
IF YOU'RE CONFUSED ABOUT ANY OF IT, TALK TO CAPTAIN WALKER OR LIEUTENANT O'BRIEN, SO THEY CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, BUT WE NEED TO GET THIS PASSED.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS RIGHT NOW? I'LL JUST QUICKLY, YOU KNOW, FOR THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS, WE, AS A COUNCIL, WE CONSISTENTLY HEAR FROM NEIGHBORS ABOUT, HEY, MAIL THEFT, HEY, PACKAGES BEING STOLEN.
HEY, I'M SEEING PEOPLE GRABBING AN ENTIRE CARD AT COSTCO AND RUN OUT THE DOOR.
THIS IS ALL THE RESULT OF WHAT THE VOTERS DID WITH PROP 47 AND 57 AND PROPOSITION 20.
WE'LL GET, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HOPEFULLY GET US BACK TO SOME SENSE OF NORMALCY AND LAW AND ORDER, UM, YOU KNOW, TO WHAT, TO WHAT PAT HAD MENTIONED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CRIME RATES.
IT'S EASY TO SAY, HEY, YEAH, FELONIES ARE DOWN.
FELONIES ARE DOWN BECAUSE YOU MADE THEM NO LONGER FELONIES.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE VIOLENT CRIMES AND ALL OF THESE PRETTY HORRENDOUS THINGS THAT ARE NOW MISDEMEANORS.
WE CAN STACK THE DECK AND MAKE, YOU KNOW, MAKE NUMBERS LOOK THE WAY WITH WHATEVER WAY THEY WANT TO.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK AS A CITY FOR US TO TAKE A STANCE ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND ACTUALLY TRY TO IMPROVE OUR, OUR RESIDENTS' LIVES AND GIVE OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, THE ABILITY TO PUT SOME BAD DUDES AND ALL PEOPLE BEHIND BARS, THEN I THINK WE CERTAINLY NEED TO AT LEAST PUT OUR VOICE BEHIND IT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? AND I THINK WE'VE JUMPED ON THIS EARLY ON WHEN CITIES WERE STARTING TO FORM AND REALIZE THAT THE VOTERS HAD PUT SOMETHING INTO PLACE THAT DIDN'T SUPPORT OUR POLICE AND OUR RESIDENTS DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE CRIME RATES WERE STARTING TO GO UP IT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE BEING PUT BACK ON THE STREETS SO SOON, AND THAT THE PENALTIES WEREN'T TOUGH ENOUGH.
THIS PROBABLY DOESN'T EVEN GO FAR ENOUGH TO BRING US BACK TO WHERE WE WERE PRIOR TO NOT 2014, BUT IT'S A STEP.
AND SO I THINK YOU'LL HEAR US SINGING THE PRAISES OF THIS PROPOSITION OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, UH, TO ENCOURAGE OUR VOTERS TO VOTE FOR IT.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, FIRST OF ALL, I'M PART OF LIGA CITY'S PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS AND WORKING ON THIS FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS.
THIS TOOK A LOT OF SIGNATURES.
THE PEOPLE WERE JUST FED UP WITH WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE PAST,
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INCLUDING PROPERTY ONE OH NINE 57 AND 47.SO I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT WE'RE HERE.
WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO VOTE ON IT IN NOVEMBER.
AND WE'RE BEING ASKED TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION, AND I WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING WE AS A COUNCIL ARE DOING ON BEHALF OF ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.
UH, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AT ALL ON THIS? YES, WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER, BRAD GOLDMAN.
BRAD, MR. MAYOR COUNCIL SUE STUFF.
UM, FIRST I'D LIKE TO SAY I'M AS FED UP WITH, YOU KNOW, THE SMASH AND GRABS AND THE MOUTHPIECE IS ANYONE ELSE WITH THAT BEING SAID, THIS LAW, IF YOU READ THE TEXT OF IT CONCERNS ME IN ONE DAY, YOU KNOW, IF NOT FOR THIS ONE PIECE, I WOULD SAY, GO FOR IT.
BUT THE SESSION DNA COLLECTION FOR, WITH, WITH REGARDS TO SECTION FIVE OF THIS FOR A NUMBER OF MISDEMEANORS FOR FIRST TIME OFFENSES, THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT I CANNOT, I CANNOT GET BEHIND.
AND I CANNOT, I CANNOT HAVE, YOU KNOW, AS MANY AS A MEMBER OF THE CITY, UM, AS A RESIDENT OF THE CITY, I CANNOT GET BEHIND, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR MISDEMEANORS.
I MEAN, IF, IF YOU OR MR. MAYOR, IF ANYONE ELSE RECEIVED, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY THAT, YOU KNOW, BOUGHT SOMETHING ONLINE AND, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE FILED A COMPLAINT OR, YOU KNOW, IF YOU REPORTED IT AND YOU KNOW, THE DA WAS FORCED TO, TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE IT ON BECAUSE IT'S A MISDEMEANOR, YOU'D HAVE TO GIVE UP YOUR DNA AND HAVING YOUR DNA OUT NOW MAY NOT BE, YOU KNOW, A BIG CONCERN, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS GOES.
AND, AND HAVING, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PRIVACY INPUT INPUT IMPLICATIONS OF THIS IS JUST SO FAR REACHING FOR SO MANY, YOU KNOW, MINOR OFFENSES THAT I CAN NOT RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY GET BEHIND THIS BECAUSE KIDS THAT MAYBE 19 MAY, YOU KNOW, STILL SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T THINK IT'S A BIG DEAL AND WHATEVER, BUT THIS CAN HAVE LONGTERM CONSEQUENCES BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT, NOW MAY BE A THING.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I DON'T THINK THIS IS CONSTITUTIONAL FOR SUCH MINOR THINGS TO HAVE THESE DNA SWAPS.
I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE OVERTURNED IN COURTS, EVEN IF IT IS PASSED.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD RECOMMEND THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER THAT BEFORE THEY MAKE THEIR DECISIONS.
THANK YOU, BRAD, FOR YOUR INPUT.
IF WE HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENTS, CAN I MOVE THE ITEM, MAKE A MOTION TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION AND ALL SECONDS.
[32. Establish Finance ad hoc Committee and appoint two City Council Members to the committee]
ALRIGHT.ESTABLISHED FINANCE AD HOC COMMITTEE.
AND THE POINT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO THE COMMITTEE.
UM, REALLY NO DISCUSSION NEEDED ON THIS THING.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT, UH, RAY AND BRIAN OR BRIAN BE INVOLVED WITH THIS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ACCEPT THAT? UH, I HONOR.
HOW ABOUT YOU, RAY? WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO IT PETER? WELL, I CAME, I CAME OFF OF IT A YEAR OR SO AGO OR SO PETER AND I WERE THE LAST TWO ON IT, SO THAT'S GOOD.
WE WILL TAKE A VOTE ON THIS ONE.
I'LL MAKE SOME EMOTION IN MYSELF.
NOMINATED EMOTIONAL MIND RUN AND CYNTHIA VERBAL VOTE.
AND THAT IS TO ESTABLISH THE FINANCE AD HOC COMMITTEE AND APPOINT RAYMARK HAS AND BRIAN JOS TO THE COMMITTEE.
[33. Introduce an Ordinance entitled: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS APPROVING MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENT NO. 20MCA02 TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE CHINO HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE TO REPEAL WESTERN HILLS PD-14-153, AND ADOPT WESTERN HILLS MINIMUM DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND ZONE CHANGE NO. 20ZC01 TO UPDATE THE ZONING MAP" for first reading by title only and waive further reading, specifically to amend Chapter 16.20 (Planned Development District) to delete references to PD-14-153 - Western Hills; repeal Chapter 16.10 (Residential Districts) Table 20-1(D-L); amend Chapter 16.10 Table 20-1(C) to combine existing Residential Land Use Districts R-S-1 through R-S-8 and add R-S-9 to Table 20-1(C), and add New Table 20-1(D) Combining RM-2.1 and RM-2.2 Development Standards; amend Appendix E (Individual Lot Setback Information for Single-Family Zoning Districts) to add the Single-Family Residential Lots formerly within the Western Hills PD; amend the City of Chino Hills Zoning Map to reflect the new Residential Land Use Category and to change the Land Use designations of six commercial recreation remnant parcels from PD-14-153 - Western Hills to designations consistent with their respective General Plan Land Use Map designations; and determine that the Ordinance is exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act]
ALL RIGHT.WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THE INTRO TO THIS ONE? YES.
UH, THIS IS TO INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, APPROVING MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENT NUMBER 20 M C EIGHT ZERO TWO TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE CHINO HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE TO REPEAL WESTERN HILLS PD ONE FOUR ONE FIVE THREE, AND ADOPT WESTERN HILLS MINIMUM DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IN ZONE CHANGE, NUMBER 20 Z C ZERO ONE TO UPDATE THE ZONING MAP.
CHERYL, CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT PD MEANS? SO PEOPLE DON'T THINK IT'S POLICE DEPARTMENT PB IS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
AND WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD.
[02:45:02]
OH, GOOD EVENING.UM, MY COUGHING, YOUR SENIOR PLANNER, UH, NEED DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, UH, BEFORE YOU IS MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENT 20 MCA.
ZERO TWO AND ZONE CHANGE
TOTAL 27 PDS WERE CREATED BY EITHER THE COUNTY OR THE CITY, APPROXIMATELY 54% OF THE TOTAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND 14% OF TOTAL COMMERCIAL ACREAGE IS WITHIN THE PDS.
UH, EXEMPT PD NEIGHBORHOODS ARE PINE VALLEY OF STATES, LEON VILLAGE, VELANO ROLLING RIDGE AND HILLCREST.
THE GENERAL PLAN YET LAND USE ELEMENT CONTAINS POLICIES TO CONVERT THESE PDS TO PREVENTIONAL ZONING, A TRADITIONAL ZONING THERE'S ACTUALLY, UH, SO FAR STAFF HAS SUCCESSFULLY CONVERTED TWO OF THE 27 PDS IN 2017 HUNTERS HILL AND 2019 GORDON RANCH, UH, FOR THIS PARTICULAR PD WESTERN HILLS PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, 14 DASH ONE FIVE THREE WAS APPROVED IN 1987 BY THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO FOR A FIVE PHASE DEVELOPMENT FOR A TOTAL OF 129 DWELLING UNITS OVER 118 ACRES, UH, WITHIN THE FIVE PHASE DEVELOPMENT PHASE, TWO INCLUDED 34 CUSTOM RESIDENTIAL LOTS PHASE ONE, THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE WERE REMOVED FROM THE WESTERN HILLS PD AND INCORPORATED INTO THE PINE VALLEY ESTATES PD.
THE WESTERN HILLS PD ALSO INCLUDES SIX REMNANT GOLF COURSE, UH, PARCELS, UH, THE GENERAL LOCATION FOR WESTERN HILLS, UH, PD IS THE NORTH WEST CORNER OF CARBON CANYON ROAD AND CANNON LANE.
THE MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS WILL INCLUDE AMENDING TITLE SECTION 16 POINT 10 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS TO INCLUDE OUR S NINE FOR THE RESTAURANT HILLS, UH, TRACT AMEND SECTION 16 POINT 10.030 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
UH, WE ARE, UH, COMBINING THE PREVIOUS, UH, DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, UH, IN HUNTERS HILL AND GORDON RANCH ALL INTO A ONE TABLE, UH, AND INCLUDING THE RS NINE WESTERN HILLS, UH, FOR EASE OF RESEARCH FOR STAFF AND RESIDENTS ALSO AMEND SECTION 16.20, REMOVING REFERENCE OF THE WESTERN HILLS PD AND AMEND APPENDIX E TO ADD THE INDIVIDUAL A LOT SETBACK INFORMATION FOR THE PARCELS WITHIN THE WESTERN HILLS PD, THE PROPOSED ZONE WILL BE OUR S NINE, UH, ON THE RIGHT, UH, IT'LL BE, UH, SHADED YELLOW FOR LOW DENSITY.
THESE SIX REMNANT PARCELS WILL BE ZONED COMMERCIAL RECREATION CONSISTENT WITH THE GOLF COURSE.
UH, BOTH WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING GENERAL PLAN LAND DESIGNATION.
SO CLOSER LOOK AT THE SIX REMANENT PARCELS, UH, THEY'RE SMALL CHINESE SHAPED PARCELS THAT ARE PHYSICALLY PART OF THE GOLF COURSE.
UH, THESE REMNANT PARCELS TYPICALLY OCCUR, UH, ERRONEOUSLY, UH, WHETHER IT WOULD BE BY A, UM, LEGAL DESCRIPTION, ERROR MAPPING, BOUNDARY ERROR, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THE MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENT IS EXEMPT FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SEEQUA STAFF RECOMMENDS THE CITY COUNCIL CONDUCTED A PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVED MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENT 20 MCA ZERO TWO, AND ZONE CHANGE.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I'VE GOT A QUICK QUESTION FOR CHERYL OR MARK.
DO I HAVE TO RECUSE MYSELF BECAUSE I LIVE IN ONE OF THE PLANNING DISTRICTS.
THIS IS NOT, THIS IS THE FIRST, BUT BEFORE WE WENT, BEFORE I STARTED HEARING THE OTHER ONE, I JUST WANTED TO INTERJECT, BUT THIS ISN'T.
YES, I KNOW, BUT IT'S COMING UP.
SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF I NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF.
I KNOW THIS ISN'T HUNTER'S FIELD, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE COMING UP WE'RE AT A FUTURE.
NO, I THOUGHT IT WAS IN THAT FIRST ONE.
I HEARD THERE'S ABOUT A HUNDRED.
I HAVE TO SAY HUNTERS HILL HUNTERS HILL WAS ALREADY APPROVED IN 2017.
THAT'S CONVERTED THEN THE ANSWER IS NO.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? WELL, WE'LL OPEN THAT.
WE'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING IN A MOMENT, BUT LET'S ASK QUESTIONS OF STAFF.
DID SOMEONE SAY SOMETHING I'M SORRY, WHAT,
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UH, CAUSED OR CREATED THIS NEED FOR THIS, UH, UH, ORDINANCE CHANGE? WHAT COSTS? YES.WHAT, WHAT BROUGHT ABOUT THIS CHANGE AND DISRUPTION INNOVATION? IS THERE AN APPLICATION OUT THERE THAT REQUIRES THIS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT? WHAT, WHAT STARTED THIS PROCESS? NO, IT'S, IT'S ASSISTED A CITY INITIATED PROCESS THAT WAS DONE THROUGH OUR, OUR GENERAL PLAN LAND USE ELEMENT UPDATE, UM, OUR HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE.
AND IT, THE AS STATED BEFORE, THERE'S SEVERAL PDS WITHIN THE CITY.
UM, AND THESE PDS NECESSARILY, UH, DO NOT, UM, ARE NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND USE UNDER THE GENERAL PLAN.
SO IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO CONVERT SOME OF THESE FILES THAT ARE ALL COUNTY APPROVED, COUNTY FILES, ALL THESE HARD COPY DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND EVERYTHING, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH TRANSCRIBING THEM INTO THE DEVELOPMENT CODE.
SO RESIDENTS AND STAFF CAN EASILY ACCESS THEM AS WELL AS CONVERTING IT TO TRADITIONAL ZONING.
SO IT COULD PROVIDE THE CONSISTENCY WITH THE GENERAL PLAN.
SO SIMPLY PUT IT IS A CLEANUP.
WE'RE PRESERVING WHAT WAS APPROVED FROM THE COUNTY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, RAY? YUP.
I'M ON THE NORTH END NORTHWEST CORNER OF CANNON IN CARBON CANYON.
THAT'S A PARK I BELIEVE IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE REZONING THAT, UH, PARK, UH, THE EXACT NORTHWEST CORNER OF CANNON AND, UH, CARBON CANYON IS THE WESTERN HILLS GOLF COURSE.
SO THE GOLF COURSE IS GENERALLY LOCATED.
TO ADJACENT TO THE GOLF COURSE.
SO IT'S NOT CHANGING THE GOLF COURSE GOLF COURSES, CURRENTLY COMMERCIAL RECREATION.
AND THIS IS DIRECTLY TO THE WEST OF THE MOBILE HOME OF STATES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF? I'M GOOD.
SO I'LL OFFICIALLY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC OR REQUESTS BY THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? I DO NOT SEE ANY HANDS RAISED NOR DO I HAVE COMMENTS.
SEEING AND HEARING NO REQUESTS FROM THE PUBLIC.
WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
BRING IT BACK UP, MR. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE ITEM.
WE HAVE A FIRST BY BRIAN SECOND BY CYNTHIA.
JOE'S COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN AND COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS.
THE STAFF FOR THAT CONCISE REPORT.
[34. Approve Community Development Block Grant Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice]
THE NEXT ITEM IS TO APPROVE THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ANALYSIS OF IMPEDIMENTS TO FAIR HOUSING CHOICE.MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, ALMA HERNANDEZ WITH THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE ANALYSIS OF IMPEDIMENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.
THE ANALYSIS OF IMPEDIMENTS TO FAIR HOUSING CHOICE IS A PROCESS THAT CDBG RECIPIENTS MUST UNDERTAKE AS PART OF THEIR OBLIGATION TO AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHER FAIR HOUSING.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT IS TO IDENTIFY PRACTICES AND CONDITIONS IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS THAT ARE IMPEDING HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS BECAUSE OF THEIR RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, DISABILITY, FAMILIAL STATUS, NATIONAL ORIGIN, OR OTHER PROTECTED CLASS STATUS.
THE DOCUMENT PROVIDES KEY DATA POINTS, INCLUDING COMMUNITY INPUT, TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL IMPEDIMENTS, TO FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING AND STRATEGIES TO MEETING FAIR HOUSING GOALS.
OVERALL, THE DATA SHOWED THAT THERE'S VERY LITTLE SEGREGATION IN THE CITY, OR AT LEAST NOT ENOUGH FOR A PATTERN TO EMERGE.
IT DID SHOW THAT THERE IS NOT ENOUGH AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE CITY, BUT PUBLIC INPUT REFLECTED OPPOSITION TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR NOT.
WHAT IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS NIMBY? THE ANALYSIS OF IMPEDIMENTS IDENTIFIES POTENTIAL IMPEDIMENTS AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS WHERE APPLICABLE THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS HAS IDENTIFIED FOUR IMPEDIMENTS TO FAIR HOUSING CHOICE, WHICH WE WILL STRIVE TO ADDRESS THROUGH THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AS PART OF OUR CONSOLIDATED PLAN PROCESS, THE IMPEDIMENTS ARE IDENTIFIED ON THE STOCK REPORT AND ARE PRESENTED IN MORE DETAIL IN CHAPTER 10 OF THE DOCUMENT.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'D BE LIKE A HAPPY DANCE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
AGAIN, THE QUESTION, BASIC QUESTION.
WHAT NECESSITATED THIS, UH, ANALYSIS OF IMPEDIMENTS.
SO IT IS A REQUIREMENT OF THE CITY BECAUSE WE ARE A CDBG RECIPIENT AND IT'S REQUIRED EVERY FIVE YEARS.
THAT'S THE KEY IT'S IT'S TIME.
ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF ON THIS? ALRIGHT.
WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND A ONE TO SPEAK ON THIS ONE.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANY HANDS RAISED NOR ANY COMMENTS.
NOT HEARING ANY, UH, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING BACK UP TO STAFF OR TO THE ITEM MOVED.
[02:55:01]
VICE MAYOR.[ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT]
ON PUBLIC INFORMATION.OFFICER REPORT, MARIN COUNCIL.
UM, I USUALLY DO REPORT THE COVID-19 NUMBERS AND I'LL DO THAT AGAIN TONIGHT.
MY NUMBERS ARE FROM YESTERDAY TO GIVE US TIME TO GET THEM ON THE SCREEN.
UH, THERE ARE 35,712 CONFIRMED CASES IN THE COUNTY.
AND JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, THAT NUMBER WAS 29,000.
SO GETTING CLOSE TO 6,000 MORE IN CHINO HILLS, THERE FIVE, 656 POSITIVE TESTS.
AND TWO WEEKS AGO THAT NUMBER WAS FIVE 71.
THE TOTAL TESTS IN THE COUNTY ARE 278,119.
AND JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, THAT WAS 233,000.
UM, THE POSITIVITY RATE IN THE COUNTY IS 12.8%.
AND THE RATE THAT WE NEED TO MEET TO S TO OPEN THINGS BACK UP AGAIN IS 8% IN CHINO HILLS.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TESTS ARE 7,992.
AND THAT'S ABOUT A THOUSAND MORE THAN TWO WEEKS AGO.
THE DEATHS IN THE COUNTY ARE 546, AND UNFORTUNATELY, AND SHE KNOWS WE DID ADD ONE MORE DEATH IN THE LAST, UH, COUPLE OF LAST WEEK OR SO WE HAVE FIVE DEATHS IN CHINO HILLS, UH, FOR THE COVID UPDATE GENERAL DESCRIPTIONS.
I THINK IT'S ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED ABOUT PLAYGROUNDS AND HIGH TOUCH ITEMS, STILL BEING CLOSED, AND WE'LL WORK TO GET THAT INFORMATION HIGHLIGHTED ON THE WEBSITE.
AND WE STILL CONTINUE TO RE REMIND PEOPLE TO WEAR THEIR FACE COVERINGS.
IF THEY COME ACROSS OTHER PEOPLE MAINTAIN SIX FEET OF DISTANCE AND KEEP WASHING YOUR HANDS.
UH, ANOTHER COVERT UPDATE IS THE CITY HAS LAUNCHED THE MICRO ENTERPRISE BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM.
UH, THIS IS FOR SMALL STOREFRONT BUSINESSES.
THE FUNDING IS PROVIDED THROUGH THE CARES ACT THROUGH THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
THERE, THE GRANTS ARE INTENDED TO ASSIST BUSINESSES NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, AND IT COULD BE USED FOR RENT PAYROLL UTILITIES INVENTORY, AND THESE GRANTS DO NOT HAVE TO BE REPAID.
UH, THIS PROJECT IS BEING OVERSEEN BY THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT BY ALMA HERNANDEZ.
WE HAVE SENT LETTERS DIRECTLY TO SMALL STOREFRONT BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BUSINESS LICENSES TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF THE PROGRAM.
THEY'LL RECEIVE THIS FOLLOW UP POSTCARD THIS WEEK AS WELL.
THERE ARE SOME VERY SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS WHICH ARE LISTED ON OUR WEBSITE.
ONE OF WHICH IS IT'S JUST FIVE OR FEWER EMPLOYEES.
SO IT'S VERY SMALL BUSINESSES.
AND THE ADDITIONAL FACTORS THAT THE OWNER MUST MEET LOW TO MODERATE INCOME LEVEL, OR HAVE AN EMPLOYEE THAT MEETS THAT INCOME LEVEL, WHICH IS $60,250 FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR, THE APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED STARTING ON THE 13TH.
SO THAT WOULD BE THURSDAY AND WE'LL ACCEPT APPLICATIONS THROUGH AUGUST 31ST.
AND YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE TO GET ALL THE DETAILS ON THAT.
AND OF COURSE, ALMA WILL BE HAPPY TO HELP WALK PEOPLE THROUGH THE PROCESS.
WE HAVE A BLOOD DRIVE COMING UP ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 18TH.
ONE OF THE BIG FEATURES FOR THE BLOOD DRIVE IS THAT ANY COMPLETED BLOOD DONATION CAN HAVE THEIR ANTIBODIES TESTED.
AND THAT'S PROVEN VERY POPULAR TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY'VE ASKED IF THEY CAN BRING ANOTHER BLOOD DRIVE TO US ON AUGUST 28TH, WHICH IS A FRIDAY.
SO THAT'S AN UNUSUAL DAY FOR US.
SO THERE'LL BE A SECOND ONE COMING UP.
THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED THE VERY SUCCESSFUL MOVIES IN THE PARK, AND WE'LL BE HOSTING A SECOND ONE.
THE SHOPS IS OUR PARTNER ON THIS PROJECT.
IT WILL BE ON AUGUST 29TH AND IT'S A DRIVE IN MOVIE ON A 50 FOOT SCREEN, $10 A CAR JUST FOR CHINO HILLS RESIDENCE.
WE ARE GOING TO HOST OUR FALL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EVENT.
THIS TIME IT'S GOING TO BE A ZOOM WEBINAR, MUCH LIKE OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS.
WE'LL BE WORKING TO GET MORE INFORMATION OUT AND WE'RE LINING UP OUR SPEAKERS RIGHT NOW.
SO KEEP YOUR EYE OUT FOR THAT.
THE CENSUS DEADLINE IS SEPTEMBER 30TH.
IT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN MOVED FORWARD BY A MONTH FORMERLY THE DEADLINE WAS AT THE END OF OCTOBER.
SO WE'RE ENCOURAGING OUR RESIDENTS TO TAKE THE CENSUS.
IT'S JUST NINE QUESTIONS ONLINE.
THEY ARE ASKING YOU WHO WAS IN YOUR HOME ON APRIL 1ST, WHO NORMALLY SLEEPS AT YOUR HOME.
AND THE RESULTS ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR FUNDING AND OUR SEATS IN CONGRESS.
AND THIS IS FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS, WE DO HAVE A FRIENDLY COMPETITION GOING
[03:00:01]
WITH ANOTHER CITY.I THINK THEY'RE ABOUT, THEY'RE ABOUT 80.
THIS IS, I THOUGHT THIS WAS INTERESTING.
69.8% OF OUR RESIDENTS HAVE ANSWERED THE QUESTIONS ONLINE.
SO WE HAVE LINKS ON OUR WEBSITE TO HELP PEOPLE GET DIRECTLY TO IT.
IF YOU GOOGLE CENSUS 2020, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FIND WHAT YOU NEED.
[ SAFETY UPDATES - Police and Fire]
NEXT, WE HAVE SAFETY UPDATES, UH, LIEUTENANT BRIAN, OR THERE IS.UH, THE ONLY THING I'D LIKE TO ADD IS THAT WE HAVE A NEW EMPLOYEE WORKING OUR FRONT OFFICE, KATHLEEN RIVERA, SHOULD IT BE HELPING WITH PROCESSING PAPERWORK, DOING STATS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND ALSO, UM, THE STATION WILL RESUME, UH, DOING LIVE SCANS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY STARTING AUGUST 20.
YOU CAN CALL OUR OFFICE, MAKE AN APPOINTMENT, AND THEY HAVE CERTAIN DATES AND TIMES THAT COME IN AND DO LIVE SCAN FROM EMPLOYMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I CAN'T SEE WHO'S ON FOR THE FIRE DISTRICT, TIM SHACKLEFORD.
ALRIGHT, CHEF SHACKLEFORD, YOUR REPORT FOR THE FIRE DISTRICT.
YOU'VE BEEN MAYOR BENNETT MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, JUST A COUPLE ITEMS FOR THE FIRE DISTRICT.
WE'VE HAD A VARIETY OF PERSONNEL OUT SERVING THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND BOTH LOOK 40 MASTER MUTUAL AID.
AND THEY'VE BEEN AT SOME FIRES RECENTLY, MOST RECENT TO THE FIRE CHERRY VALLEY, THE APPLE FIRE.
UH, AND SECONDLY, WE WILL HAVE A BORDER TRUCK TOMORROW NIGHT, AND THAT WILL BE HELD AT THE TRAINING CENTER 6:00 PM, 50 92 SHAPERY AVENUE, AND WE'LL HAVE LIMITED CAPACITY FOR THE PUBLIC AND THEY CAN ALSO JOIN US VIA VIRTUAL MEETING.
AND THE INFORMATION FOR THAT IS OUR WEBSITE.
THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT FROM THE CB.
HEY, YOU GUYS ARE RECRUITING RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? YOU'RE HIRING.
WE HAVE ACTIVE RECRUITMENT THAT CLOSES ON THE 21ST AND WE WE'RE LOOKING FOR FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS.
I'LL BE ON LINE WITH YOU TOMORROW NIGHT.
UM, BRIAN, YOU'VE ALREADY GIVEN YOURS AND CYNTHIA YOU'VE ALREADY GIVEN YOURS.
HOW ABOUT, UH, RAY, UH, LEGAL, CALIFORNIA SAID HE'S LATINO CROSS CAUCUS.
UM, WE ACTUALLY HAD TWO LEAGUE MEETINGS, ONE LATINO CAUCUS.
WE TALKED ABOUT COVID-19 BILLS.
AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE CENSUS 2020.
AND THEN FOR LEAGUE OF CITIES, WE TALKED ABOUT PRIORITY BILLS.
A LOT OF THEM WERE COVID-19 BILLS.
AND THEN THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE IS GOING TO BE VIRTUAL OCTOBER 7TH THROUGH THE 9TH OF OCTOBER SCAG WE'D LEGISLATIVELY.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR SCAG.
AND THEN WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE STATE BUDGET UPDATES.
AND THEN FOR METRO LINK, WE, THE METRO LINK RECEIVED A LARGE CARRIER ZACH'S MONIES.
AND IT WAS A COMBINATION GRANT BETWEEN US AND METRO.
AND I'M GOING TO SAY IT WAS LIKE $900 MILLION.
SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO RECEIVE THAT.
UM, I ALSO ATTENDED WHICH ISN'T ON HERE, THE PRISON I'M ON THE ADVISORY BOARD, FEMALE PRISON MEETING GOT CANCELED THIS MORNING.
MEN'S WE DID HAVE A MEETING, BUT THERE WAS NO AGENDA, WHICH I DIDN'T GET.
AND THEN ALSO THE STATIC ON THE PHONE CALL WAS REALLY BAD.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS CBDG OR A, EXCUSE ME, CHINO BASIN TO SALT OR AUTHORITY.
UH, PRETTY SIMPLE MEETING THAT WAS HELD, UM, ON AUGUST 6TH, WE DID A, UH, APPROVED A LAND EXCHANGE FOR A WELL THAT'S GOING IN TO PROVIDE, UH, SOME WATER TO OUR, ONE OF OUR, UH, CDA FACILITIES.
AND IT WAS A LAND OF LAND EXCHANGE WITH A LAND DEVELOPER AND AN EAST FAIL.
AND THEN ALSO WE JUST DID SOME CHANGE ORDERS ON SOME CONSTRUCTION, A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT FOR A RAW WATER PIPELINE PHASE THREE PROJECT.
SO THEY TRY TO KEEP THINGS LIGHT IN THE SUMMERTIME.
AND THIS, BOTH OF MY REPORTS ARE GONNA REFLECT THAT.
TH TH AFTER THAT WE JUST HAD SOME REPORTS FROM OUR, UH, GENERAL MANAGER TREASURER, OUR GENERAL COUNCIL ON DIFFERENT ITEMS, NOTHING, NOTHING OVERLY EXCITING.
HOW ABOUT TRES HERMANAS JOINT POWERS? I DON'T HAVE MY NOTES WITH ME.
I WAS GOING THROUGH MY THINGS, RAY, WAS THERE ANYTHING WE HAVEN'T HAD A MEETING IN SUCH A LONG TIME? I FORGOT WHO THEY WERE.
YEAH, NOTHING OVERLY SIGNIFICANT THAT I CAN RECALL.
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WE DID HAVE A SUSAN PIERCE FROM RED BUCKET, RIGHT.SHOULD HAVE TOLD US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT SHE DOES.
SHE RESCUES HORSES IN CHINO HILLS, RIGHT.
AND THAT'S GOING TO BE AT AGENDIZED LATE AT A LATER MEETING DAY.
AND THEN DEFINITELY FE THERE'LL BE A FEE WATER WFA, ANOTHER GENERAL OR ROUTINE MEETING THAT TOOK PLACE, JUST REMINDER WFA WHERE ONE OF THE MEMBER AGENCIES, AND THIS IS A WATER PLANT IN UPLAND THAT WE'RE A MEMBER OF.
UH, WE DISCUSSED A MAINTENANCE CONNECTION.
SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE PRETTY PRICEY SOFTWARE TO, UH, PUT INTO PLACE A, A BETTER MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF PARTS AND PIECES.
AND WHEN THINGS NEED TO BE REPLACED, ET CETERA, AND ALSO DISCUSSED A BID REVIEW FOR THE REMOVAL OF SOME EXISTING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS THAT LONG NEEDED, BUT VERY EXPENSIVE PROJECTS WE DISCUSSED, UH, SOME BITS ON THAT.
[ COUNCIL COMMENTS]
CYNTHIA.THIS IS ACTUALLY AN EVENT THAT SHOPS IS DOING.
IT'S ANOTHER DONATION DRUGS, YOUR DONATION EVENT, THIS ONE'S FOR SPECIFICALLY FOR BACK TO SCHOOL STUFF, AND IT'S TO BENEFIT THE, UM, THE HOPE RESOURCE CENTERS IN OUR DISTRICT.
SO IT'S SATURDAY, AUGUST 22ND, FROM EIGHT TO 11:00 AM IN THE PARKING LOT NEXT TO TRADER JOE'S AND IT'S A DRIVE THROUGH DROP OFF DONATIONS.
UM, SO THIS TIME THEY'RE LOOKING FOR EMERGENCY HOUSEHOLD ITEMS. WHEN I WAS TALKING WITH LIZ, LAURA FROM HOPE, SHE SAYS THAT, UM, ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO FOR FAMILIES TO FREE UP MONEY TO LIKE PAY THEIR RENT.
SO THINK IT'S THINGS LIKE HYGIENE ITEMS, OF COURSE, DEODORANT, HOUSEHOLD ITEMS, DETERGENT, SANITIZING WIPES.
SO, UM, THE SHOPS WILL OUT A FLYER, UM, AND THEY'RE ALSO CA UM, BRAND NEW UNDERGARMENTS AND SOCKS FOR ALL AGES THAT, UM, BRAND NEW IS THEIR MAJOR COLLECTION PUSH TOO.
SO THAT'S SATURDAY, AUGUST 22ND AT THE SHOPS PARKING LOT.
HOW ABOUT YOU? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
UM, I TOOK A LITTLE VACATION AFTER THE LAST MEETING AND WENT TO OKLAHOMA AND I MISSED THE QUALITY OF LIFE MEETING WAS PUT ON BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I UNDERSTAND IT WAS EXCELLENT.
UM, I DID ATTEND THE MEETING WITH KEVIN STENSON AND JOANNE JENICE, UH, WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, DANIEL MEDALLIA AND JOEL DRYER.
AND WE MET THERE OVER THE, OVER THERE, OFF OF, UH, DAISY LANE AND THE FLOOD CHANNELS BETWEEN DAISY AND GORDON COURTS WHILE I WAS THERE, I CALLED SUPERVISOR HAGMAN AND THIS GUY IS ALWAYS ON IT.
SO THERE WAS A CONCERN BY, BY JOANNE AND KEVIN, THAT THERE WAS 92 NOTICES THAT WENT OUT 42 WORLD K 50 HAD EITHER THE WRONG ZIP OR THE WRONG CITY.
SO I'M TALKING TO CURT, I GOT AN EMAIL FROM MR. HERNANDEZ AND HE'S THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO RESET THE CLOCK.
THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM ANOTHER 60 DAYS FOR NOTIFICATION, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A WORKSHOP.
SO I JUST WANT TO THINK MR. HAGMANN, IF YOU CAN LET THEM KNOW, WE'LL PASS THAT ONTO CRUCIATE.
THAT, UM, ALSO I HAD A MEETING WITH MR AND MRS. PEREZ.
THEY LIVED THERE IN ACTUALLY MY DISTRICT THERE RIGHT OFF OF GRAND AVENUE, RIGHT BY GRAND AVENUE PARK.
AND THEY HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE FLOODING ON THEIR PROPERTY.
AND I WANT TO SAY DANIEL'S BEEN WORKING ON THAT AND I KNOW OUR CITY MANAGER WILL BE MAKING PHONE CALL TO MR. MRS. PEREZ.
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION AND I KNOW BEN, WE HAD OUR MEETING RECENTLY AND I KNOW COVID HAS REALLY AFFECTED OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I KNOW I ASKED YOU THIS QUESTION BEFORE, REGARDING BUSINESSES.
CAN WE DO AN OUTREACH JUST TO SEE HOW THEY'RE DOING, TO SEE HOW MANY HAVE CLOSED AND, UH, THROUGHOUT THE VERGE OF CLOSING, WHAT CAN WE DO AS A CITY TO HELP THEM? SO IF WE CAN DO AN ASSESSMENT, WE'LL DO SIR.
JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS.
I WANTED TO ALSO CONGRATULATE OUR, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR QUALITY, OUR QUALITY AT THIS MOST RECENT QUALITY OF LIFE.
IT WAS AS WELL ATTENDED AS IT COULD HAVE BEEN, I SUPPOSE, WITH ALL THE SOCIAL DISTANCING PLACEMENT OF CHAIRS THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO THANK, THANK OUR, OUR, OUR CHIEF OF POLICE FOR POSTING THAT.
AND YOU WERE THERE ALSO ALONG WITH SOME KEY PEOPLE.
SO IT WAS, HOPEFULLY WE DISSEMINATED THE PROPER INFORMATION.
A LOT OF QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED HOPEFULLY, AND I THINK IT WAS A WORTHWHILE EVENT.
UH, DENISE MENTIONED IT, BUT I HAD IT IN MY NOTES.
I'LL BE REDUNDANT, MAKE SURE AND FILL OUT YOUR CENSUS FORM IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE SO ALREADY.
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AND SHE NOTED IT, UH, THAT THEY'VE MOVED THE DEADLINE UP TILL THE END OF SEPTEMBER VERSUS THE END OF OCTOBER.UH, SO THIS KIND OF PINCHES THE, THE, UH, THE DEADLINE A LITTLE BIT, AND I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU AS A CHINO HILLS RESIDENT TO FILL OUT YOUR CENSUS FORM.
IT'LL BE FOR THE BETTER, BETTER GOOD OF OUR CITY, ULTIMATELY WITH SOME FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, ET CETERA.
AND I WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF ARE FOR THEIR ONGOING EFFORTS, CREATIVITY.
WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING LEMONADE OUT OF LEMONS, LET'S SAY WITH A, JUST THE DRIVE IN MOVIES OR POSSIBLY EXPLORING A CONCERT, WE'VE GOT ALL THESE OTHER RECREATION OP OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE, UH, BRAINSTORMING.
AND THEY'RE PUTTING, PUTTING OUT THERE FOR THE PUBLIC JUST TO, TO MAKE, UH, TO CREATE A LITTLE MORE COMMUNITY INTERACTION IN THESE TIMES WHEN WE'RE NOT GETTING TOGETHER AND HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET TOGETHER.
SO I WANT TO HAVE JONATHAN THANK HIS STAFF, ESPECIALLY, UM, FOR EVERYTHING THEY'RE DOING TO KEEP, KEEP THINGS AS FRESH AS WE CAN WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF OUR, OF OUR, UH, CRISIS.
JUST ONE A QUICK, UH, THANK YOU TO DANIEL.
I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF RESIDENTS REACH OUT TO ME.
THE SOCAL CANYON OFF RAMP, UH, OFF OF THE 71 IS STILL THE CORNERS ARE, OR THE SIDEWALKS ARE STILL PRETTY TORN UP.
SO DANIEL HAD REACHED OUT TO THE CONTRACTOR TO FIND OUT WHAT THE DELAY WAS, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THAT IT'S STILL AT HIS IN WAITING.
WHY DO YOU NOT EDISON TO, UH, TO GIVE APPROVAL FOR OUR CONTRACTOR TO MOVE FORWARD? SO, YEAH, JUST TO REASSURE STAFF THAT ARE REASSURE RESIDENTS THAT IT'S BEEN IT'S ON EVERYBODY'S RADAR, THAT WE WANT TO GET THAT, UH, GET THAT DONE.
YOU CAN KEEP WALKING OVER THERE WITH THAT.
CONGRATULATIONS, CYNTHIA, ON FOUR MORE YEARS COMING UP SOON.
I, UH, I HAVE REALLY NO PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT OR COUNCIL COMMENTS, BUT, UH, UH, TONIGHT, UH,
[ 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.]
WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN US.IT'S A, IT'S A, UH, BITTERSWEET.
UH, WE HAVE A GENTLEMAN I WOULD WANT TO HONOR, UH, BUT, UH, UH, THIS IS A JOURNEY IN MEMORY OF JOHN STADLER, UH, WHO WAS BORN ON JULY 31ST, 1940, AND PASSED AWAY ON AUGUST 2ND.
SO HE JUST TURNED EIGHT YEARS OF AGE.
UH, THIS IS A MEMORY OF A LONGTIME CHINO HILLS RESIDENT, JOHN SADLER, WHO PASSED AWAY AT HOME, SURROUNDED BY FAMILY ON AUGUST 2ND.
JOHN SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE NAVY AND THE AIR IN THE EARLY 1960S.
HE RETIRED AFTER 32 YEAR CAREER AS AN ENGINEERING MANAGER AT GTE AND BECAME AN ACTIVE VOLUNTEER IN THE CHINO VALLEY.
HE WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE QUANTIS CLUB OF CHINO HILLS IN THE EARLY 1990S, AND VOLUNTEERED WITH QUANTIS AT MANY COMMUNITY EVENTS, INCLUDING QUANTIS CLUB, 5K EVENTS, THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS BOAT PARADE.
THE CITY'S OLD FASHIONED, 4TH OF JULY.
HE COULD ALWAYS BE FOUND THE CITY'S ANNUAL BREAKFAST WITH SANTA AND BREAKFAST WITH THE EASTER BUNNY COOKING AND SERVING BREAKFAST.
HE REPRESENTED QUANTIS ON THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, HEALTHY CITIES STEERING COMMITTEE, WHICH LATER BECAME HEALTHY HILLS.
HE WAS INVOLVED WITH THE CELEBRATE, THE FAMILY PHOTO POSTER AND ESSAY CONTEST FROM ITS START IN 1998.
HEALTHY CITIES ALSO STARTED A PROGRAM KNOWN AS SENIORS ASSISTED BY VISITING VOLUNTEERS AND YOUTH AND JOHN ASSISTED SENIORS THROUGH THE PROGRAM.
HE SERVED ON THE CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT, CITIZENS PATROL FOR TWO YEARS.
THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS HONORED JOHN FOR HIS VOLUNTEER SERVICE.
IN 2004, JOHN WAS ACTIVE IN THE CHINO VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WHERE HE WAS SERVED AS AN AMBASSADOR FOR YEARS AND WAS HONORED AS AMBASSADOR OF THE YEAR.
JOHN ATTENDED MANY RIBBON CUTTINGS AND VOLUNTEERED ON MANY CHAMBER EVENT COMMITTEES.
HE WAS KNOWN FOR STEPPING UP TO HELP WITH THE HARD WORK AT THE EVENTS.
WE EXTEND OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHIES TO HIS WIFE, CINDY AND THEIR SONS, KEVIN AND BRIAN, AND THEIR THREE GRANDCHILDREN.
JOHN, YOU MADE A DIFFERENCE IN CHINO HILLS AND THE CHINO VALLEY, AND WOULD THAT WE'LL ADJOURN, THIS EVENING'S MEETING RIGHT?